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Midoriya Izuku holds one of his analysis journals in one hand with a pen in the other, as if about to write in the journal. There is a shocked expression on his face.



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    Izuku had heard of the uncanny valley.

    Two words, meant to summarize a vast feeling of insurmountable description.

    The uncanny valley, at its core, was an instinctual feeling of wrongness humans experienced when seeing something non-human with human characteristics. Birds with mocking capabilities or emotionally intelligent AI could trigger it, or even other humans that were sick or dying.

    Izuku thinks there’s something more. When he looks in the mirror, he can see that the body in his reflection is identical to his own.
    When his reflection touches his face, he feels the caress on his own skin. When Izuku moves his arm, the reflection copies him.

    The reflection is real, yet it is not. It couldn't exist unless Izuku himself was there to give it life, to give it something to copy.
    If Izuku shattered that mirror, his reflection would cease to exist, erased.
    But it wouldn’t erase the feeling that Izuku got when he looked into the eyes of his own reflection.

    The uncanny valley was an instinctive response when seeing something non-human that was trying very desperately to pretend that it was.

    When Izuku looked in the mirror, all he saw was a ghoul.

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    Living beings are intrinsically bound to instinct.

    A new life begins for Hafsa the serval and Desmond the sheep. With their days at Noah's Arc Academy behind them, they face ahead towards the great unknown of their final year of high school at Wombell's Menagerie High, and what lies beyond. This time, there are no doubts about their feelings, nor their resolve to stand by each other. But love between a carnivore and an herbivore will always be challenged; both by society and by their own bodies.

    Hafsa and Desmond must forge their own path towards a future together despite it all. But when cracks in Wombell's peaceful facade begins to show a darker reality, their goal proves easier said than done.

    Ambition, popularity, power, acceptance, romance, facades, urges... In this society controlled by instinct, one must choose what mask to wear. It is up to these young animals to decide how to navigate the increasingly uncertain issues of society. If they even have a choice at all.

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    “You are preventing decay.” AM stated as calmly as he could muster, as soon as this force let him go.

    Caine’s avatar did a small spin, and chuckled. “Of course! The circus is no place for ‘decay’ as you put it! It’s a place for whimsy, and fun!” He waved his little hands around as confetti popped out from behind him.

     

    AM who had destroyed the world, had never considered preserving it.

     

    “You are soft. Inefficient.”

     

    Caine laughed, a quick, shrill laugh that drove AM to near insanity.

     

    “You’re boring!!”

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    In the year 12136 H.E., Humanity tests its first FTL drive, going on an expedition to explore an alien solar system up close. The two astronauts on the expedition, however, stumble upon the greatest discovery in all of human history.

    And things only escalate from here.

    Join us as we explore the story of Humanity discovering a massive interstellar alien civilization, full of strange biological quirks and unique fascinating cultures, and also watch as their appearance on the Galactic scene changes the course of interstellar history.

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  5. Public Bookmark 41

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    This is an AU based on Gustavo091106s deleted Reddit post. Humans in this AU have a diet of around 65% meat with the remainder mostly being fruit and grains, with an average height of 7’2, the more carnivorous diet means more iron to use, with the excess we reinforce our bones and gain that height. Our larger size and predatory appearance cause integration into the interstellar community to become much more difficult. How will the venlil react to us? Will they rat us out? Will earth be glassed?

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