astercontrol:

God: which ones are monkeys and which ones are humans again

Angel: *deep sigh* monkeys are the ones that have fingers like humans but on both the hands and the feet

God: hahahaha classic! My favorite

Angel: …yes sir

God: I wanna do that with other animals that have cool hands too

Angel: what other animals do you think have “cool hands”

God: well for one, the tyrannosaurus rex, i love his tiny little useless front limbs

Angel: that went extinct a long time before we made monkeys and humans

God: oh heck, did it? My brain and linear time, man, lmao. Anyway let’s recreate it

Angel: …recreate the T. Rex? In the same time with the humans? ….I mean, okay, not to question your judgement but… just because you CAN do everything doesn’t mean you SHOULD

God: ….well… it doesn’t have to be exactly the same. Basically it’s just gotta have the tiny little limbs, they’re hilarious

Angel: …..o…kay

God: and remember!! The monkey version of them! Both front and back, this time!

Angel: *eons-long sigh*…whatever you say

and thus, the blue tongue skink was born

…it’s tempting to describe this as a “monkey’s paw” type of wish.

except that would kinda suggest that God got an unwanted result.

which I don’t think is the case.

I mean, not that I believe in God at all. but hypothetically, I think a God who would have this conversation is a God who would be absolutely delighted with how blue-tongue skinks turned out.

so, monkey’s paw only in a literal sense.