#Birb’s ramblings

[birbmonster]

The Full and Detailed timeline of the Monster World (Part 2)

I probably should’ve posted this earlier-

Read the 1st post please- https://www.tumblr.com/birbmonster/718583552743211008/the-full-and-detailed-timeline-of-the-monster

DISCLAIMER: You do not have to agree with this! It is inspired by the official lore, but blended heavily with my own headcanons and ideas. Please do not yell at me in the comments.

Quick note:

Monsters are species for this (with the expection of Legendaries and Celestials), with thousands of each in existence.

Cataclysm

Before- Just days before the unavoidable Cataclysm, Galvana created the Wubboxes and buried them underground, hoping they’d be protectors of the monster world when the Celestials couldn’t do anything.

During- Earthquakes crashed all across the continent, splitting it into 6 pieces, one for each natural island as well as the volcano.The outer islands were all destroyed in some way. Party Island was left to drift as a pile of rubble after Party the Glubpole escaped into the ocean, Space Island and Cloud Island plummeted, and Cave Island collapsed. This killed off hsomewhere between 85% and 95% of the monster world population.

The Fire monsters on the continent did not have a suitable place to live. The ones that happened to be nearby quickly scuffled into the Volcano to hide, led by a Kayna named Dawn.

The energies of the Cataclysm also somehow created Mythicals. Each of them hid away on their respective islands, except Cherrubles, for Fire Oasis didn’t exist yet, who lived in the living ocean. Most lived in small clans hidden from society, until they finally revealed themselves.

The Cataclysm also affected the Pocket Dimension, sending some single-element Ethereals and Magicals to the main one.

Great Pause

Right after the Cataclysm, as the smoke lifted, monsters slowly started gathering themselves together.

Natural Islands- The respective Ethereals were discovered hiding on each one after a few days. No Fire Monsters were found, so everyone assumed they were extinct. The respective Collossals each imbued their spirits into the islands. If they hadn’t done this, more of monsterkind could perish.

Fire Haven

Dawn gathered together the remaining Fire Monsters, and the few Naturals who had preferred to come too. They became one of the few rulers in the history of the monster world, and decided it was best to hide in Fire Haven until the other monsters uncovered them again.

Outer/Magical Islands

Far fewer monsters survived on the Outer Islands. They wouldn’t have survived if it wasn’t for the islands each landing on or near their respective Titans, where the Magical Singles first showed up. Turns out, it was possible for them to cross-breed with the Naturals, creating the Natural-Magical mixes seen on the Magical Islands today.

This era lasted an unknown amount of years.

Contemporary Era (also known as the “Extinguished Age” by some)

0 CE- The Contemporary Era began with the reestablishment of contact between the Natural Islands. Fire Monsters are already beginning to fall into legend. It is the beginning of a very different time.

12 CE- Holidays, such as Spooktacle and the Festival of Yay, begin to be celebrated again as Seasonals return.

104 CE- Possibility of ‘ascension’ is discovered, allowing Monsters to go to Gold Island.

232 CE- The first ever Wubbox is uncovered on Plant Island.

456 CE- Ethereals, which, even the ones hatched on the Natural Islands, always felt out of place, finally found out how to return to Ethereal Island and travel back and forth from there. Of course, some still decide to chill on the natural Islands.

502 CE- G’joobs and Yawstritches reveal themselves to the outside world.

532 CE- Strombonins reveal themselves to the outside world.

534 CE- Anglows and Hyhehes reveal themselves to the outside world.

4230 CE- A Wubbox awoken many years ago decides to try their hand at creating life of their own. After a few failed attempts, they finally managed to create the Wublins, and fled to a new, artificial island to give them a place to live. The island was surrounded by the stormy byproducts of a mortal creating life, so it is very hard to access.

4692 CE- A brief war broke out on Wublin Island, mainly between the Whajjes and Zuukers. Members of other species either hid from the war, or joined a certain side. The Wubbox of the island, who’d been living there since its creation, had to step in to stop it.

5320 CE- Mythicals discover the ability to travel to Mythical Island. This goes similarly to the discovery of Ethereal Island several Millennia ago.

9862 CE- The Collosingum first appears, where a few naturals decide to start hosting tournaments there, for they discovered that they have the power to manipulate their elements by singing. The starting words of each competition- “Sing till one falls!” have been kept throughout the generations.

10,000 CE- A ship called the Island Seeker sails out on a voyage, led by Captain Mako. Surprisingly, they discover a new island, where they free a mysterious creature frozen in Amber. She does not remember anything about her past or who she once was, but from legends, the monsters on the Island Seeker realized she was a Kayna. Since she had no recollection of her previous name, one of the crew members decided to name her Memory.

10,004 CE- On the horizons of the recently-named Tribal Island, a Volcano was spotted rising from the depths. Memory remembers something about her past, and decides to venture down into the caves below. She discovered her old drawings, and remembered who she truly was- Basalt. She and a few others who were still residing on the island sailed to the volcano, to find that inside, some Fire Monster species were still alive.

10,842 CE- With the knowledge that Fire Monsters are not extinct, nor legends, a group of monsters take it upon themselves to build them a new home. They begin building Fire Oasis. Cherrubles from the oceans around were invited to join in, since most of them wanted a place to go on land.

10,859 CE- Fire Oasis is officially completed. Some Kaynas and the other single-elements on the Oasis move in, and eventually some new fire monsters of previously extinct species are born from the breeding structure.

11,049 CE- This was a huge year for exploring and frontiers, for it was the year the Magical Islands were rediscovered by the general population. After speaking to the monsters who’d been living there for years about their islands’ history, it was soon found that these were once the Outer Islands from the Dawn of Fire era.

11,093-11,095 CE- The most recent war in Monster World history, the Fiddlement war, was a conflict between Light Island and Faerie Island. Likely named after the species of the one who started it, it ended in a victory for Faerie Island.

11,322 CE- The final fire island is discovered- Amber Island. With a series of mysterious rituals, Fire Monsters who had passed during the Dawn of Fire. They remembered… some things about their previous lives. A couple are revived every few years.

11,900 CE- A human named Dr. Wardin E. Spurrit shows up in the Monster World. When Spurritkind... somehow appears, the species is named after him due to the striking resemblence.

11,950 CE- Four mysterious eggs were found, which soon hatched into the Werdos. They ceased to physically age at 25 years old, and are now celebrities that hop between islands to sing.

12,000 CE- And that brings us to today fellas!

Historical figures:

Dawn (Kayna) (14,979 DOF- Unknown (Great Pause)

Dawn was the Kayna who led the Fire Monsters into the Volcano/Living Core when the Cataclysm struck. They were also the one who came up with the name "Fire Haven", and composed it's song after realising there weren't enough species around to really play the original of the Continent. They fell into the local legends of Fire Haven and their story is still told there, sometimes exegerrated.

Basalt (Kayna) (14,991 DOF- Present day)

Currently the oldest living monster, Basalt was trapped in Amber right after the Cataclyms, when she was only 9 years old. She was freed 10 thousand years later by the crew of the Island Seeker. Nobody knows how, but even when out of the Amber her aging is slowed dramantically.

Mako (Pummel) (9,959 CE- 10,030 CE)

Capitain of the Island Seeker, one of the freers of Basalt. He became the first cheif of Tribal Island when some Naturals decided to stay there permamently.

There were definatley more historical figures, but I couldn't think of any. And I'm not sure whether to include Wardin here lmao

[birbbones]

So I'm not the one to ask for help so I've been very hesitant on sharing, but got some news last week that I will be homeless by June (and no, this is not an awful april fools joke, I am panicking here).

Some of you in the vulture culture community know last week and a bit ago I had an accident resulting in losing consciousness, breaking my neck, and experiencing a seizure for the first time. I've been having ongoing brain issues (we removed a lot of cerebral fluid in December that was causing increased pressure and testing the fluid to rule out infection, diagnosed with IIH), and last month I've been having heart issues.

Referrals have been made to a cardiology specialist, as well as the first fit clinic. But it's looking like I will probably have to go private to get listened to / get the care I need ASAP. Couple with the fact I will be homeless by June, it's a really terrifying situation. I have contacted local councils, independent living schemes, shelter, private landlords etc and feel like I've been let down. I'm awaiting a doctors appointment with a NHS advisor on the 10th, where I'll be showing them my list of resources I've used, and to see if they are able to help find anything.

I reluctantly made a justgiving page, on the advice of my friends, and while I hate asking for help, I am honestly quite scared and uncertain about my future.

If anyone can share the link, reblog this post, or even donate some change. It would mean a lot.

Thank you for your time, I'm sorry for posting this here but I don't know what else to do. I will be continuing to work on the skull index, as its such big passion project of mine along with the help of my team. Its a great distraction.

[salty-an-disco]

I just know Shifty would love getting to personally meet the voices.

They were born out of a need for change and adaptability within the construct, after all, and are what molded her vessels, she’d love getting to know more of their unique perspectives.

[catlliecal]

The real MVP... you will be missed, you funky little bird

[eri-pl]

I know the emotions and all but Feanor mentioning Manwe and Varda in his oath and asking them to witness is the equivalent of tagging someone in a post you know they will be extremely uncomfortable with and asking them to like and reblog.

[mangysah]

I kinda often think about what’d happen if Spinel decided instead of coming with the Diamonds, would stay in Little Homeworld.

I do think there’s a lot to explore between her relationship with the Diamonds, but I also kind of don’t exactly like how Spinel just. Left. The earth. Without fixing it. A little bit. After she, ya know, essentially tried to destroy all organic life and tried killing the savior of the galaxy. Which, since given that context, is honestly kind of funny, but also I kind of want her to take some kind of accountability with that entire thing. At least by a little.

Maybe Spinel’d be a pretty awkward gem to be around though for a while. Imagine you’re a just revived gem with a newfound purpose trying to live by, your entire new home just almost got destroyed, and while trying to reconstruct the damage left by the neon bio-poison surrounding you, there’s the same perpetrator who did all that just next to you like, “Sorry ‘bout all this. Anyway, anything I can help with?”

She may or may not adjust to Little Homeworld, that entirely depends, but I want to see her kind of try.

[forestshadow-wolf]

Hi can we take a moment to appreciate this mother fucker

He's a bearded vulture, they eat very little meat, instead eating primarily bones and bone marrow (one of very very few birds to do so). They do this by flying up really high and dropping bones of dead/decompose(d) animals to get at the bone marrow

And they dye theirs white/grey feathers red. Why? People think it's cosmetic, but we are largely unsure

[brb-on-a-quest]

#...what kind of birb are you btw? (from @igotthisaccountunderduress)

so I asked my real-life bestie this fairly recently (she likes birds more than I do and has a lot more niche knowledge) and got like so many different answers of species I'd never heard of but I shall compile a list for your viewing pleasure a list of absolutely god's most gooberist creatures to ever exist.

silkie chickens ->"Grumpy sassy bitch still fluffy" (very self-explanatory).

tufted puffins -> "The face come on the face" (the face looks like Donald Trump if he were a puffin if he made a wizard angry and turned into a bird).

Common Potoo -> "Absolute GOOF" (side note: these birds are absolutely the gooberiest thing I've ever seen, highly recommend looking up pics)

Eurasian Hoopoe -> "It's the amount of sass conveyed in the fancy head feathers while otherwise looking completely respectable borderline regal" (I really really really like this one actually)

Blue footed Booby -> "No thoughts head empty with cool shoes" (it really do be like that sometimes. also like the potoo- you need to see more pics they are so funny looking).

Purple crested Turaco -> "Ur 'I'm rocking this outfit' birdsona" (the birb does have +2 to charisma. I'm funnier tho, js /lh)

Purple-beareded bee eater -> "Small package but definitely looks like it would beat you up in a back alley if you said the wrong thing and is purple" (VERY STEPHANIE CODED)

Wompoo Fruit-dove -> "DEAD INSIDE but looking fab doing it." (This is also a solid contender).

My answer is I am a magpie because in theory I love collecting shiny things (like posts and stories and trinkets) but also am very loud in person.

If you had other guesses/thoughts, I'd love to hear them

*waves a wing* give me ur trinkets. all of them. I'm watching you.

@informedimagining @gracefulchristiangirl @igotthisaccountunderduress

[buffythebudgie]

when budgies curl up to sleep like a little cinnamon bun

[birbbones]

Woahh a Pinned post for my blog!

Hi there! I'm birbbones (Lauren) and this is my blog.

Hi there! I’m Lauren, I’m a UK-based Outreach Museum Educator and Collections technician. On the side, I do freelance illustration and skeletal articulation for clients and for personal work. You’ll probably find posts about my collection, outreach work, and ongoing projects!

I currently am the owner of The Skull Index, which is a public resource website for vertebrate specimens. We are now a registered CIC which allows us to branch out on the project and continue working on freelance outreach workshops and educational talks under ‘The Skull Index’ name. We have a community discord server (18+) which is a huge hub for museum industry professionals, students or visitors, its a great networking resource AND we have channels specific to anything vulture culture too!

Helpful tags!

#my collection - A collection of specimens in my personal collection. #the skull index - Posts about The Skull Index Project.  #asks - Questions, Chats and other asks by users. (Please send me asks! I love answering questions!!) #skeletal-articulation - Skeletons, Articulation work. #skulls - Skulls of vertebrate specimens, from personal collection or other people’s posts.

Other places to find me: Instagram - Birbbones

Art portfolio Website

[pinkpinkmermayyy]

taking care of my family friend’s bird and hes so silly help 😭😭

@champmorado @gaystappen

[salty-an-disco]

speaking of Cold having impulsive thoughts and not intrusive ones– as he is in the construct, I don't think Cold ever had any intrusive thoughts, since he genuinely considers every thought that enters his head as interesting enough to try it out at least once

But I do think in an 'out of the construct' scenario, he'd develop intrusive thoughts. And because they're very similar to the impulsive thoughts he already had ("what if I stabbed this person on the heart?" except the thought actually perturbs him now instead of seeming mildly interesting), he'd struggle with seperating them from his actual wants, just adding to his self-image of being an irredeemable and terrible person that everyone is right to be afraid of.

[yarnnerdally]

In the midst of a giant galactic war: "Well, don't forget to come up for air. And not just because all these people need you. Because *I* need you."

[mangysah]

RGG STUDIOS MAKE BUN-CHAN MERCH AND MY LIFE IS YOURS