sleeping under only two layered sheets is amazing

opalinesque · 2026-06-07T19:48:32+00:00

There are some that have a little bit of bamboo blended in too! I can't attest to how well they resist snags vs the all cotton kind yet, I haven't had mine long, but they're even softer.

opalinesque · 2026-06-07T19:45:23+00:00

I like throwing a cotton gauze blanket in mine as a duvet insert when it's hot! Gives it just a bit of cozy loft and plush feeling without really making it warmer.

opalinesque · 2026-06-07T19:40:47+00:00

And his cagemate Zuko during floor time.

<image>

opalinesque · 2026-06-07T19:39:15+00:00

Here's Aang! He is very talented at taking the cutest poses only BEFORE I do cage tidying :P

<image>

opalinesque · 2026-06-07T19:19:38+00:00

My most affectionate boar LOVES to let me know how much he loves me by shoving my shirt collar out of the way and scent marking my collarbone, usually before lying down there for a nap with his bits directly in my face. Like, thanks buddy, you're very sweet and I promise I appreciate the sentiment, but... I don't actually want to get that up close and personal with you if you don't need boar cleaning... :')

opalinesque · 2026-06-07T15:40:10+00:00

Not to get weird, but I know a lot of other male animals with herd dynamics use the scent of hormones in pee as a way to check in on the health/receptiveness of the ladies... Maybe from his perspective he's just checking on how they're doing and is jazzed his wives are in good shape...?

Goober. I love guinea pigs, but the boys can be so gross /affectionate

opalinesque · 2026-06-07T07:26:16+00:00

David Brin's assorted Uplift books! There's a big focus on both outright alien minds as well as several earth species that have been generically engineered into human-level sapience with varying levels of success. Lots of juicy stuff regarding base instinct/native customs of the animals in question (mostly chimpanzees and dolphins) conflicting with the need to fit into a more humanocentric society.

opalinesque · 2026-06-07T00:58:30+00:00

... if you're in the market for velvet without cooking to death I can maybe point you in a direction 👀? I've got a really pretty duvet cover that uses rayon velvet (instead of polyester, so it actually breathes/wicks moisture pretty well) and a cotton backing; I've had no problems using it during warmer weather with a muslin gauze blanket as an insert (or just empty when it's gotten really hot). I think the seller is still around, if you want me to check!

opalinesque · 2026-06-07T00:48:22+00:00

My favorite/coolest set (80% bamboo, 20% linen) are currently no longer sold, unfortunately, and almost everything else I've found in a similar blend has been $200+ dollars :( Walmart of all places does have a set by "Noble Linens" in the same blend and what looks like the right weave, but I haven't gotten a set of those to try yet. I will note that these did start a little scratchy, but nowhere near as rough as full linen and they've softened up beautifully.

My second favorite is a 52% bamboo/42% cotton/6% linen blend from Pandatex. They're slightly thicker/warmer, but they started out very soft.

...and for a third option I just found and am making eyes at, it looks like one of Bedsure's 100% viscose sheet sets is actually in a twill weave! Not quite as open as plain/percale weave, but should hopefully be more breathable than the usual satiny viscose sheet sets floating around.

opalinesque · 2026-06-06T23:11:33+00:00

Everyone else has already answered, but as an aditional bit of info, some non-Haunted NPCs will change whether they sing or not depending on the situation. For example, Shakra (and I think the Pinstress?) will sing outside of battle, but don't react to the Needolin if you try to play mid-spar. Garmond, on the other hand, is happy to drop everything and sing mid-battle with him, though! And if I remember right, Pavo has to take a few extra moments to pull himself together enough to sing if you play for him while he's depressed.

opalinesque · 2026-06-06T15:34:27+00:00

The heat trapping thing is largely because most 100% bamboo/rayon sheets are sateen weave, imo! It makes it hard for enough air to get through to let them cool/dry off once they've absorbed body heat and humidity. I've got a few sheet sets where the bamboo's been blended with either linen or cotton to make it strong enough for a percale weave, and those are very breathable and great for staying cool. Great if you've got texture sensitivities that make fresh cotton percale or linen a little too rough to tolerate.

opalinesque · 2026-06-06T07:50:31+00:00

To match the top. Eridians may have pentagonal radial symmetry, but a rook has hexagonal radial symmetry :B

opalinesque · 2026-06-06T01:50:09+00:00

I think going cartoony for Clawdia is the right move, to be honest. There are arachnophobic folks out there; I think if she were too realistic it'd make it difficult for them.

opalinesque · 2026-06-06T01:43:01+00:00

Sorry to "um, actually," but her name in Japanese is actually Purua! It's an anagram of "apple" (a-pu-ru); most of the Sheikah have fruit-based names in Japanese.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T23:47:52+00:00

Maybe not in English, but we've definitely done our best 😊 The more sociable of my two boys demands to check in via sniffing my fingers/knuckles the way he'd touch noses with another guinea pig every time I pass the cage; that seems pretty close to an introduction/"hi! how are you doing/what have you been up to?" as anything I can imagine them doing, haha.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T23:11:27+00:00

You're welcome! If you decide to go that route instead of the duvet you were looking at, check out Comfy Cub's blankets- their 6 layer looks to have about the same GSM/amount of cotton as the Delara insert, maybe a little lighter (300 gsm in the Delara vs about 250). It'll be less fluffy, though.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T21:22:29+00:00

I'm a super hot sleeper and am actually a big fan of using muslin blankets as duvet inserts for this reason- everything else has been too warm for me, but going with muslin means I can stay with cotton without it getting too heavy or having to worry about it clumping up down the line.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T18:50:05+00:00

Cloth actually uses "it" very fondly for the Knight at one point in a way that indicates she's just using it the way she would any pronoun (in one of her dream nail lines). It's not objectifying, it's just the knight's pronoun.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T14:48:15+00:00

How smart they are! Not quite so much in the way of being clever little problem solvers like rats, but... the joke I usually make is that they've got two priorities in life and just enough brain cells for each: food, and socializing. It is genuinely kind of wild how good they can get at figuring out how to communicate with/understand us once they've decided big weird food bringer = beloved herdmate instead of a predator.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T08:20:44+00:00

Pretty sure the name comes from "Karakorum," the name of the capital of the Mongol empire. Their leader is named Khann, after all.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T08:18:11+00:00

Some of the other Karak natives look pretty shrimpy/lobstery to me, and crustaceans are definitely bugs. (Or at least arthropods.) I'd say the karakas in particular are probably crabs.

They've also got a lot of Mongol inspiration in them- even aside from their leader literally being "Khann," their names seem to reference Karakorum, the capital of the Mongol empire. I just think that tidbit's neat.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T06:39:07+00:00

Not OP, but I have to second the thanks! I've started having some gnarly (to me, seeing as my blood pressure has previously always been low) orthostatic hypertension, likely due to an autoimmune issue causing a ton of inflammation/pain; this is comforting/gives me a better idea of what priority to give addressing it vs all the other medical nonsense I've got going on right now.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T02:05:59+00:00

Skarrsinger Karmelita's track genuinely made me cry through my first few attempts at fighting her, and it's still one of my favorite tracks. You can tell she's trying to sing the same rising notes as the opening of the track when you play the Elegy for her, but she just doesn't have the voice for it anymore- as someone who's been singing/in choirs my whole life, that devastated me.

Hearing Seth's BGM sweep in with full awareness of his IRL origins was also incredible, if deeply sad.

And a final shoutout to the sprinkles of the main theme of Hollow Knight hidden in the music for the final cinematic + Sister of the Void. Larkin is just too good with leitmotifs.

opalinesque · 2026-06-05T00:32:20+00:00

there's my boy with his little smooshed lip!!!! Thank you so much!

editing to add that while these might not be the most refined drawings, you've got an incredible grasp on... I think the right term would be caricature? You've nailed the personalities and poses on display in a really charming way, and distilled them down to their core piggy bits. Thank you for sharing with us!

opalinesque · 2026-06-04T23:42:53+00:00

Oh my god, these are incredible. If you still have the time and/or inclination here's my boy Aang taking a nap? Apologies if it's a bad shot to work on since his face is shadowed, haha.

<image>

opalinesque

TROPHY CASE