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[Image ID: A personalized holiday card with text and a drawing by Jack Kirby. The text is “Remembering you at Hanukkah and hoping you will find that your holiday leaves many special memories behind. Happy Hanukkah. The Kirbys.” Opposite the writing is an ink drawing of Ben Grimm, a k a The Thing, who is canonically Jewish. Ben is wearing a yamaka, prayer shawl, and formal attire while holding a book of prayers; a menorah with eight lit candles sits in the background. The phrase “אחולים לחנוכה”, which translates to “Happy Hanukkah” is printed on his collar, and Ben stares directly at the viewer with an expression that is both stoic and inviting. The tough, craggy design of the character blends surprisingly well with the softer elements of the drawing; a true testament to Jack Kirby’s skill.]
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A fake manga panel based on the lines “onegai dakara hontou no koto iite” (please just tell me the truth) that I got from shidanmaker. I have a separate Christmas post so be on the look out ☺️
people talk all the time about “primal instincts” and it’s usually about violence or sexual temptations or something, but your humanity comes with a lot of different stuff that we do without really thinking about, that we do without being told to or prompted to
your average human comes pre-installed with instincts to:
- Befriend
- Tell story
- Make Thing
- Investigate
- Share knowledge
- Laugh
- Sing
- Dance
- Empathize with
- Create
we are chalk full of survival instincts that revolve around connecting to others (dog-shaped others, robot-shaped, sometimes even plant-shaped) and making things with our hands
your primal instincts are not bathed in blood- they are layered in people telling stories to each other around a fire over and over and putting devices together through trial and error over and over and reaching for someone and something every moment of the way
~“Your primal instincts are not bathed in blood.”
My god this is beautiful. Such a refreshing change of pace to the constant glorification of instinctual human violence.
Primal Human Instinct pack also includes bonus instincts such as:
- imitating weird noises made by other animals
- playing with water
- the urge to eat anything brightly colored and jelly-like
- touching things that look like they will move in a funny way
- seeing faces in literally everything, including toast
- jumping up to see if you can bap the top of that doorway
- saying ‘ow’ when something unexpected happens, even if it doesn’t hurt
When you’re a ghost but still get zoomies
air elemental off the shits
What kinds things would you want to ask God if you had a 90 minutes in heaven situation, and in what order?
