I'm Taking Longer Than I Expected To Make The Pages (it Takes Longer To Do It Digitally Than On Paper)

Sé que llevo bastante sin subir nada, y como hace poco vi la peli de Asesinato en el Orient Express, me apetecía dibujar al mejor detective del mundo, Hercule Poirot (no sé si Hercule lleva la tilde "ù" en la "u" o no en francés). Me gustó la historia, el final no me lo esperaba de esa manera, la recomiendo si te gusta intentar adivinar quién es el asesino.

PD: También sé que esto no tiene que ver con los personajes de los anteriores dibujos, pero al fin y al cabo, yo subo lo que me da la gana jajaja

Por cristinardvaya

Hi! Just dropped by to say I enjoy seeing your Spones comic! It’s been so enjoyable to read :3 Hope you have a lovely day!

Hello! I really appreciate it, thank you very much Sunni!! 😄✨ It's great to know that people like it, it gives me happiness! Have a nice day you too! 😊

Also, this is only the first part of the story and I know it goes slowly, but that makes the following parts (with more Spones interactions) better (I hope)

Yes, information!

THE BIG VULCAN BIOLOGY POST (aka Vulcan is a Hell Planet)

DISCLAIMER: I am not a biologist, astrophysicist, neurologist, animal psychologist or literally anything that would qualify me to talk about this with 100% confidence. This is the result of dozens of headcanons and obsessive deep dive research. I don’t want this post to be three miles long, so after I address the planetary stuff I will oblige y’all with a Read More.

Adsfasdkfjhaslkdfh I’ve been working on this post for almost a month SO HERE WE GO!

First of all, Vulcan (aka T’Khasi) is a HELL PLANET, which is part of the reason they’re so badass, I say this for the following reasons:

No moon(s) (natural satellites)

Sodium (Salt) is so rare on the planet that Vulcan’s oceans are freshwater

It’s a “Super-Earth” (as in big chonkin’ planet of similar composition to earth in the “goldilocks region”)

Let’s do this.

“Vulcan has no moon Ms. Uhura.”

-Spock, The Man Trap

Tons of things change about our planet if there was no moon:

Much darker nights (no moonlight)

Much lower sea levels since there is no gravity from the moon to pull it upward.

Lower and weaker tides because the water is pulled by the sun instead of the moon, and it depends on how large the Vulcan solar system’s sun is for how big the waves are.

Stronger winds from faster planet rotation.

Depending on whether the axis of the planet would straighten or tilt further without the moon’s pull, combined with the faster rotation would lead to more severe seasons (strong tilt) or no seasons at all (no tilt)

The first factor may lead to Vulcan eyes being very catlike even if they aren’t nocturnal (I think they’re crepesucular but we’ll get into that later). Which given the likely nature of their blood and their herbivorous eating habits they probably aren’t. The sky would still be so dark that our human eyes couldn’t even see our hands in front of us, being blind when the sun goes down could be a death sentence. Alternatively, if they didn’t develop strong night vision that may be one of the reasons why they have such strong senses of hearing.

The stronger winds, faster rotation, and stronger (or nonexistent) seasons come from the lack of resistance and friction that stronger tides and the moon’s pull create on our planet. I suspect that Vulcan is larger, or at least denser than Earth, but I’ve been informed that according to the TMP novelization that it does rotate faster. I also think that Vulcan’s tilt is on the more extreme end to get the hostile extremes like storms and heat that we see on Vulcan.

If you look at this image of Vulcan, water covers way less of the planet’s surface than Earth. I don’t think this is necessarily because Vulcan has less water, but that it isn’t spread as far because of the lack of moon, and the fact that the oceans are freshwater, I’ll get into that shortly.

“My ancestors spawned from a different ocean than yours.”

-Spock, The Man Trap

In the Star Trek: The Original Series (third) pilot The Man Trap, there is a creature that kills its victims by draining their bodies completely of salt. Spock encounters the creature but does not die, implying his (and Vulcans overall) body contains little to no salt. His justification is that his species did not evolve from a salinized ocean.

What does it mean to have oceans with no salt?

This has to mean that sodium is a very rare mineral on Vulcan, as the reason our oceans are so salinized is due to erosion of minerals by rainfall, carried from river to ocean. Salt in the ocean is also generated by submarine volcanic activity, which means either that the volcanoes on Vulcan (which we definitely know exist) somehow don’t produce salt, or the vast majority of the submarine volcanoes have been inactive for millions if not billions of years. The active volcanoes on Vulcan must be very far inland and/or Vulcan has almost no rivers, which given how hot the planet is, wouldn’t actually be too much of a stretch of the imagination.

Which means every single lifeform on T’Khasi, including Vulcans, evolved biosystems that exist without (or with very little) salt content. Any salt that exists would likely be deep beneath the planet’s surface, and within volcanoes.

No saltwater has a ton of consequences:

Plants (like underwater algae) are rarer and may not photosynthesize the same way Earth plants do, meaning less oxygen and more carbon dioxide, which means more greenhouse effect, which means higher temperatures.

The lack of salt would also mean less diverse plant life (at least as humans know it) and given the lack of visible rivers and vast swaths of desert on Vulcan, we can safely say vegetation must be hardier and infrequent.

Lower sea levels as the oceans would have lower density due to lack of salt.

Little to no water convection, which salt is crucial for on Earth. Which means warm ocean water doesn’t move to cold regions and vice versa. Creating extremes, the equator being obscenely hot, and polar waters freezing at the poles more extensively.

Lack of convection means more frequent and stronger storms like hurricanes.

If you thought the lack of a moon made Vulcan inhospitable, compound it with the low sodium factor and you’ve got a planet of even more severe extremes than before. The heat, and the decrease of plant diversity definitely explain why the vast majority of Vulcan is rocky desert, even being near the water poses more extreme dangers than it would on earth due to the increased frequency of hurricanes.

“Mr. Spock is much stronger than an ordinary human being.”

-Kirk, This Side of Paradise

I am almost 100% sure that Vulcan is either bigger or denser than Earth. Which would explain why Vulcans are so much stronger than Humans and other species that exist on similar gravity worlds.

Effects of a high-gravity planet or “Super-Earth” include:

Everything is shorter or has very strong foundations, plants, animals, structures, and people.

More “Armageddon” class asteroids would hit the planet (like the one that killed the dinosaurs and created the Gulf of Mexico)

Larger liquid mantle under the planet’s surface, higher pressure under the surface as well.

Weaker magnetic field due to lack of convection in the planet’s core (not to be confused with the mantle interacting with the planet’s crust). Which means a weaker atmosphere, lower magnetism in surface metals, and increased vulnerability to solar flares.

More volcanically and seismically active due the the increase in the mantle’s size and generated heat, more earthquakes, and more volcanic eruptions.

Would have to have a smaller sun but be closer in orbit to it than earth.

Extremely deep oceans, potentially with water under so much pressure at the bottom that it becomes solid like ice. Luckily Vulcan is not an ocean world, because the pressure would block the planet’s core from interacting with the atmosphere, which would prevent life as we know it from happening.

There is plenty of evidence for this on so many levels. We never see any plant life similar to trees on Vulcan. Nor animals significantly larger than Vulcans, the ones that are bigger are much more muscular. Vulcan’s sky is more red than blue because of the lack of oxygen molecules for the light from the sun to filter as blue. I actually headcanon that Spock is unusually tall for a Vulcan because of his human heritage (Leonard Nimoy was around 6ft tall) , and may have had heart and muscle problems in his teens and early adulthood while on Vulcan.

Perhaps Vulcans are the result of many more extinction level events than we are, contributing to their hardiness. Perhaps they are, evolutionarily, not too much older than we are, and had more incentive to develop extraterrestrial technology than we have, so that they could repel Armageddon Class meteors and defend their planet against Solar Flares? Space travel being born out of self-preservation rather than curiosity. Which would absolutely account for their attitudes in the beginning of Star Trek: Enterprise.

It could be that Vulcans still maintain a semi-nomadic lifestyle even today because their planet is so incredibly volatile. Unsentimental and utilitarian in anything less than the most sacred of architecture long before they adopted the teachings of Surak. Their own survival more valuable than any structure that would inevitably be damaged or destroyed by their planet’s harsh environment.

In summary, Vulcan is a Nightmare Planet because:

So, so many much natural disasters, like, so many, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes, twisters, just, so many more than Earth.

Water is relegated to specific locations in the world rather than spread across it due to lack of flow and lower sea levels.

Extreme temperature changes, intense heat, intense cold, hard to breathe, stronger gravity.

Due to the planet’s hostility, there is a smaller diversity of life than we have here on earth, which means fewer and hardier food sources that, like Vulcans, are very difficult to kill.

So… How do they handle it? What features have they developed to adapt and thrive in such an inhospitable place?

First thing is first, lets talk about

BLOOD

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Un pequeño dibujo para hoy

A little drawing for today

Parece que Spock no se encuentra muy bien, necesita un médico

It seems that Spock isn't feeling well, he needs a doctor

Por cristinardvaya

I have talked about videogames on some occasions, but not many times.

This time I just want to recommend one that I loved. I saw a gameplay of it quite a while ago, but it has come back to my mind and I thought it would be a good idea to talk briefly about it.

It's named A way out

It's a videogame that must be played in multiplayer (2 people), because there are two characters that must be managed at the same time and that's very important for the story and the ending. It's an adventure and action game, and its story is very interesting, I didn't find it boring. This game is already several years old (3 years old to be precise). A spoiler-free summary is that there are two people who enter a prison for some crimes they have committed. They want to escape from it for various reasons. You'll have to find that out for yourself.

I say no more, I just advise you to play or watch it.

ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

Sigo subiendo el cómic. Si veis que en unos cuantos días no subo la continuación es porque estoy con el fic de Spones de vacaciones del que hablé. A ver si consigo acabar el primer capítulo para el día 31... (Tengo pensado subir uno o dos capítulos por mes, aunque en cuanto empiecen las clases me será complicado)

I keep posting the comic. If you see that in a few days I don't upload the continuation, it's because I'm with the Spones fic on holidays that I talked about. Let's see if I manage to finish it by the 31st... (I plan to upload one or two chapters per month, although it will be difficult as soon as university starts)

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Beginning of the comic

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¿Spock sospecha algo de McCoy? ¿Qué pondrá en la autopsia? ¿Desvelará algún detalle importante?

Does Spock suspect McCoy? What will the autopsy tell? Will it reveal any important details?

Por cristinardvaya

Siguientes páginas del cómic. Ayer no me dio tiempo a acabarlas y por eso las subo hoy.

Next pages of the comic. I didn't have time to finish them yesterday, so I'm uploading them today.

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Beginning of the comic

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Qué creéis que le pasa a McCoy? Está nervioso?

What do you think is wrong with McCoy? Is he nervous?

Por cristinardvaya

I'd like to know what other people think about this person. I think he/she/whatever is being racist and talks about things he/she doesn't know

Every day the people of this planet surprise me more and more, and we are supposed to be advanced, 21st century-minded beings. I don't understand why you think that about Spain and France.

what a deal.

Pequeña historia: Spock y McCoy están de vacaciones en una casa (¿solos?)

Short story: Spock and McCoy are on holiday in a house (alone?)

"Spock está leyendo un libro en su padd sentado en el sofá del salón. En plena ola de calor, el ambiente es sofocante, como un día de finales de julio, incluso en aquella casa. Pero al vulcaniano no le importa, al fin y al cabo, él es de un planeta que tiene una temperatura muy superior todos los días del año. De hecho, lleva una camiseta negra de manga larga, y así está cómodo.

'Spock is reading a book on his padd sitting on the couch in the living room. In the heat wave, the atmosphere is sweltering, like a late July day, even in that house. But the Vulcan doesn't mind, after all, he's from a planet that has a much higher temperature every day of the year. In fact, he's wearing a long-sleeved black T-shirt, and he's comfortable like that.

McCoy, por su parte, no aguanta ni un segundo más ese calorazo, necesita refrescarse y una ropa más fresca, o si no, siente que se derretirá allí mismo. Va a darse una ducha fría y se pone una bata bastante holgada. Ahora está de buen humor, y le apetece cantar un poco. Hace un tiempo que no ve a Spock. ¿Dónde está? Él no lo sabe. Seguramente, ese insensato haya salido a la calle, no sé cómo no se churrusca ahí fuera. ¡Son las 4 de la tarde! Se encoge de hombros y sigue cantando feliz. Le conoce tan bien que sabe que no le pasará nada. Entra como una bala al salón"

McCoy, for his part, can't stand the heat any longer, he needs to cool down and get some cooler clothes or else he feels like he'll melt right there and then. He goes to take a cold shower and puts on a rather loose-fitting robe. He's in a good mood now, and feels like singing a bit. He hasn't seen Spock for a while. Where is he? He doesn't know. That fool has probably gone out into the street, I don't know how he doesn't scorch out there. It's four o'clock in the afternoon! He shrugs his shoulders and goes on singing happily. He knows Spock so well that he's sure that nothing will happen to him. He comes like a bullet into the living room'

(Dibujos desde aquí. Pongo un "leer más" para que este post sea más corto)

(Drawings from here. I put a "read more" to make this post shorter)

"A McCoy le ha dado mucha vergüenza entrar así en el salón. No recuerda haber cantado algo delante de Spock, ni tampoco haber llevado puesta solo una bata en su compañía. Se ha salido del salón con la misma velocidad con la que entró y se ha ido corriendo a su habitación, ajustándose bien el cinturón de la bata. No está seguro de si será capaz de sentarse en la mesa con Spock para la cena de aquel día.

'McCoy was very embarrassed to walk into the living room like that. He doesn't remember singing anything in front of Spock, nor does he remember wearing only a robe in Spock's company. He has left the living room with the same speed with which he entered and has hurried to his room, tightening the belt of his robe securely. He's not sure if he'll be able to sit at the table with Spock for dinner that day.

El vulcaniano se ha quedado sentado en el sofá, sin poder mover sus brazos. El padd le está tapando toda la cara. No hay nadie más allí, pero le da tanta vergüenza que se siente mejor ocultándose. Por primera vez en aquellas vacaciones sufría calor, pero no es un calor sofocante, es un calor agradable, que nota dentro de su cuerpo y no solo en su piel. Al ver al doctor con esa bata había sentido un escalofrío, y una parte de él desea volver a experimentarlo. Se ha sorprendido a sí mismo al pensar eso, pero no puede engañarse. Un tiempo después, decide ir a hablar con él"

The Vulcan is sitting on the couch, unable to move his arms. The padd is covering his whole face. There's no one else there, but he's so ashamed that he feels better hiding. For the first time on that holiday he feels hot, but it's not a suffocating heat, it's a pleasant heat, which he feels inside his body and not just on his skin. Seeing the doctor in that robe had sent a shiver down his spine, and part of him wanted to experience it again. He has surprised himself by thinking that, but he can't fool himself. Some time later, he decides to go and talk to him'

(Continuará)

(It will continue)

La canción es You're my heart, you're my soul de Modern Talking

Por cristinardvaya

The song is You're my heart, you're my soul of Modern Talking