Part 4, Week 2

[soc_puppet]

Time to plug in the next batch of moods!

This week's Minimum moods are: Determined, Devious, Energetic

This week's Medium moods are: Stressed, Excited, Optimistic

This week's Maximum moods are: Horny, Good, Grateful


As a quick discussion reminder, I do want to keep this comm friendly for all ages, so if there's something 18+ -ish that you want to do with Horny, please either hide it under Details/Summary tags, or post it in your own journal and link it back in the comments.

Other than that, have at it as usual! What are your thoughts on this week's moods? How do you think you'll portray them? "Good" in particular seems tricky to me; what are your thoughts? Let's talk about it!

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I think the most common symbol for good is angel wings / halo.

Re: Thoughts

[soc_puppet]

Oh, nice! That dovetails nicely with making Devious something devilish. IIRC, my "Good" rat was just giving a thumbs up 😂

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Thumbs up works too. :D

Re: Thoughts

[soc_puppet]

Hilariously, rats don't actually have thumbs 😂 They do have a little nub on their front paws that functions in a very similar manner, but no actual digit to go with it! So "Good" is one of the many anthropomorphized rats in that mood theme. I'll call it an artistic liberty 😉

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Artistic license is a thing. :D

I got curious and looked it up, though. There seems to be some variation:

Just a nubbin

Looks more like a thumb

Which makes me wonder if different types of rats have developed paw variations based on environmental needs.

Re: Thoughts

[soc_puppet]

I do believe the first link is front paws while the second link is rear paws. Good for climbing and holding onto stuff!

Makes me want to check if squirrels have thumbs or nubbins.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Huh, interesting.

Opinions vary regarding squirrel digits. Some people say they have thumbs, while others say not or only a pseudothumb or protothumb. While it is certainly possible for what they have to evolve further, it is already thumblike enough for squirrels to manipulate objects in ways that truly pawed animals cannot. This is obvious to anyone who has watched them hack into a birdfeeder. They are dextrous enough to work many types of latch or catch that does not have a padlock or an extremely strong spring on it.

[kossai]

in kossai theme , determined form part of series with working and productive :


grateful and thankful have some faerie nuance ! faeries do not always enjoy implications of thanks , and may consider to be something of sarcasm or lie . so where grateful really is appreciative , thankful is not so much !


and devious is under ... particular equilateral influence :

[soc_puppet]

Making moods part of a series is just so much fun! It adds an interesting extra twist, and a bit of a story to your mood theme, IMO.

I love the extra context on Thankful there 😂 No wonder he's conflicted!

...I think I should probably be extra worried about anything that can possess a faerie o.o