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Carrot Sailfish/Terracotta Coil/Black Gecko Rare Earth eyes on F Dusthide for a speckled Tangerine morph Leo dragon?

Moon Bar/Dust Daub/Shale Gecko Dark Earth eyes for Oreo Morph AFT

Auburn Strike/Sable Loam/White Underbelly Dark Earth eyes for regular/wild type AFT?

i straight up thought this was spam in my inbox, i thought that somehow a bot had just started mixing up FR words and reptile words because I had mentioned "gecko" before. Finally understood what was happening. these are UNSOLICITED SCRY IDEAS. so let's judge i suppose

Carrot Sailfish/Terracotta Coil/Black Gecko Rare Earth eyes on F Dusthide for a speckled Tangerine morph Leo dragon

ok HMMM it's pretty good for the tail! but it's so sad not to have the white belly. i wish there was an FR yellow or orange with a white belly that would be so cute...

Moon Bar/Dust Daub/Shale Gecko Dark Earth eyes for Oreo Morph AFT

HMMM too grayscale i think. somehow gotta get that cute blue tip in there. also i really know nothing about exotics so i'm just kind of hoping the random words being presented here have led me to google the right thing.

Auburn Strike/Sable Loam/White Underbelly Dark Earth eyes for regular/wild type AFT?

HMMM i mean i GUESS, they are similar colors so, that's something. i'm not sure the correct gene exists for this fellow. maybe something could be done with that everlux gene that gives them glow stripes. i realize now you probably wanted them all to be dusthides because i think only dusthides have strike but oh well. the second one is a snapper.

anyway this was very funny ask to receive with no context. geckos are here

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So i’m doin like a skill practice where i learn different textures but using the flight icons from flightrising. Here three different types of textures i have done since beginning of the year. These all soon be available on my resources for people to use.

Enjoy!

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gave gecko to these two :) had a nice time previewing this gene on all my guys, most it didn't really work for because of the color change but a lot of the colors were so fun to see. gonna be a real fun one for gen1s in the future

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chocolate gecko is gonna be the one... for the creature, you know. The Guy

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when the animals you herd can teleport, it helps to be a bit of a wizard yourself (Puzzledust, a new piebald friend for my squad, Vitiligo Fae M accent by Sourdeer)

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yaaay geckoooo

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shoutout to the spring queen Marzanna who got on the front page today (thank you front page commenters backbone of the community)

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go my scarabs...........

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And here’s all four pages together for easier reading :)

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THE BATCROOKS AWARDS 2024

After keeping meticulous notes on every Media Property™ I consumed in 2024, here is my roundup of the BESTS!! It should probably be one thing per category but I couldn't decide so it's lots actually. And I broke down video games into so many categories because I play a lot of video games!!!

Best Movie I Watched for the First Time in 2024 (Live Action and Animated Categories)

What I wrote about them: Parasite - sooo good so tense and dark and funny? Isle of Dogs - what a DELIGHT. it was so fun to watch this film, i didn't want it to end. the animation was so good. the logistics behind the making of this movie are simply unbelievable. i can't believe this isn't a more beloved film.

Best TV Show I Watched in 2024 (Broadcast and Internet Categories)

What I wrote about them: Severance - SOO GOOD what a FUN SHOW. it has all the good tenseness of a thriller but it's also so funny in its absurdity. i must know more!! the work is mysterious and important Game Changer (season 6) - this season is very high concept. there have been some very funny ones and a couple eh. Sam Says 3 and the one where they had to find the buzzers were both top 5 episodes

Best Video Game (Multiplayer)

What I wrote about them: V Rising - VAMPIRES!! i loved this game for its tight and unwavering focus on being about vampires. you could build a house but it was always, always a vampire house. you can have a horse but it is a vampire horse. incredible. pretty cool combat and magical spells, some questionable level-up mechanics. mostly fun boss fights almost completely ruined by the final Dracula fight being so so overpowered. really enjoyed this one thanks Abiotic Factor - this has been a very cool survival crafting game, maybe one of the best. it reminds me of a lot of different games. mechanically it feels a bit like Raft, in that it has very unique setting and base building and a narrative thread and handcrafted things to explore. of course it has all the half life vibes but also way more SCP stuff than i would have expected and that's great because it is always fun. as of writing we are doing the reservoir section, which has been a lot more stressful than previous sections, but i think we'll probably get through it alright. with only a few exceptions (how long it took to unlock food recipes for example), the progression of craftables has been good. for the mostpart, resources haven't been very annoying to obtain (other than silver and carbon). the vibes are just so good throughout and so many things have been delightful. since it is early access, i'm not going to knock a star off for the Issues. it is an optimistic five stars. about 52 hours and we have completed all the early access. genuinely sad to stop playing it so i guess it was good!! the last chapter was a bit stressful but it was fun how many new gadgets we got to play with for a little while there. anyway it is now tied with v rising for best multiplayering of 2024

(have a lot to say about video games)

Best Video Game (Cat Plays) (Games I Played With an Audience) (Of Sourdeer)

What I wrote about them: The Roottrees are Dead - so good, better than Hand With Many Fingers. hope more games like this keep existing. the amount of info you got to trawl through was so fun. honestly considering replaying it when the steam remake comes out someday, which seems crazy for a mystery game but there was so much i doubt i'll remember everything. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes - a little heavy on the kind of arbitrary spookiness? I dunno how to explain it but it just often feels like games are spooky Just Because sometimes. The same as feeling like this and other games try to tackle high brow stuff Just Because. and the control scheme is WHACK lol. if it just had a "back out" button it would be fine tho. but this is another game that has made me feel so clever very often. it helps to play with multiple people contributing to the tricksy puzzles. It does seem to be a very meta video game which would be fine but it actually doesn't seem relevant to anything? The instruction booklet, the gameboy game of the maze, the ps1 games, the implication that the video game we are playing right now is also licensed in universe. It's INTERESTING but what does it have to do with the auteur filmmaker and the death of materialism and whatever they go on about all the time. But I'm really liking it so far. A good variety of puzzlers and lots to look into, have only felt stuck a few times. Comically long to-do list though. Could have maybe used more elegant level design? Only deal with one floor at a time maybe? Or at least less. But maybe having so many floating mysteries is part of the vibe actually. in the end i think it is firmly in the second tier of plays game, Very Good with a few flaws. most appreciated for being a rather long puzzle game. more of those please

Best Video Game (Sour Plays) (Games Sourdeer Played With an Audience) (Of me)

What I wrote about them: Hypnospace Outlaw - watched sour play. what a WEIRD THING!!! it was so finely crafted which is funny to say about something so absurd, but they really didn't skimp on anything in this. it really rewards exploring everything, and while i feel like it was maybe a little too loose i think there was just enough guidance with the cases to get you through the story that was happening. very chaotic The Rise of the Golden Idol - while i think overall it is not as good as the first one, i think that is mostly just because the first one was a brand new thing that shocked and awed us. the art style was a bit of a downgrade but still had the expected Vibes and the mysteries were just as satisfying to put together (if not as Cool thematically). i'm very glad to have future installments to look forward to. i can't even rate it a star lower because the gameplay is so good. i love golden idol. I.D.O.L.

Best Video Game (Singleplayer)

What I wrote about them: Dredge - really good!! addictive. 100%'d it Arco - i really liked it!! it was like a combo of West of Loathing and Chroma Squad gameplay-wise. it was really good stories and characters i liked them a lot. the pixels were so cute. i accidentally devoured the whole thing (about 13 hours) so fast but i think theres some replayability there sometime. make a few different choices and see what happens. Animal Well - a DELIGHT!! this game had moments where you felt soooo clever but it did also have some times that were a little hard or fiddly. i loved how it had no (very little) music but so much atmosphere. it was very pretty to look at. the backtracking could be annoying sometimes. but i like that it explained nothing and you could still figure out so much. i've gotten to the credits now as of writing (7.5 hours) but i know there's probably a lot hidden around i will try to find some. i see you smiley faces. i just have to remember how to get back to you. 10 hours later: i have gotten all the achievements which is 100%. to me. sourdeer had to help me get the last ten eggs but i think that overall it was a good difficulty throughout. if you dont try to do the rabbits and all the stuff sour is telling me about that is after even the second credits. so a Nice Game, Brent (Billy Basso)

Best Book I Read for the First Time in 2024

What I wrote about them: Children of Time - considering making this a top ten book. i really liked this one. (editor's note: there are diminishing returns on the sequels. The first one is so fun and innovative, but I don't recommend them past that. The second one is OK) Return of the Thief - yaay a satisfying ending :) it was really bold to introduce an entirely new character to be the POV for the last book in a series but it worked out really well i thought. a good character. everything all tied up in the end :) sad to finish, these were a lot of fun. it is sad that not a single one of these had a female POV. Eddis and Attolia were great but compared to the towering amount of male characters it doesn't seem great. but it is forgiveable. finally someone was gay in this one. so that's nice lol. (editor's note: i read this entire series for the first time this year and have chosen the final as the representative.) Assassin's Quest - Oh ok we are serious now!!! Actually fundamentally a bit less serious because there are dragons now but it made it work. Ended really bittersweet and if I didn't know the characters will return someday I would have been pretty thoroughly bummed out about it. Excellent fun book really elevated the other two. Fantasy books really get you drinking the divine right of kings koolaid. Will start on the next trilogy now, have no idea what to expect from it except that it isn't about any of these characters afaik but same world. It has been a real treat to stumble on to long completed series this year. (editors note: final book to a trilogy)

And that's it!! If you want to see every media I consumed this year and my star ratings and comments about them, here's a link to them! (It's a spreadsheet)

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Another bonus Secret santa art for Caper! If she has a cooking show, I watch it every day

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Holidays cuties Kringle and Gimel back for Holidays 2024 🎅 🕎

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As SantaClaws used to say, “A very merry wintertime to you and your kin!”

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merry chrimbus from a bunch of 10+ year old North Pole buddies!!

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Annual reblog of the birds! You can also read the entire zine on tumblr using this link: https://flightdescending.tumblr.com/tagged/travels%20with%20talonok/chrono

The Talonok of Travels with Talonok! A set of Raptorik and Corven for each flight, in the order they’re visited in the “book”. If you’re interested in learning more about each of these guys, check out the zine here: https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3165773

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The bounty of the Scarred Wasteland

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oh man i knew Chorus would be the one!! twilight pharoah is a good shout though. you have Completed them

trying to figure out a good primary for the neat Iris Lode/Lapis Sunsail combo i accidentally stumbled on but am convinced that the best primary must be some gene they dont have because i am an ancient hater that can not be satisfied