#Cosmo Raptor

[wis-art]

Hi I saw ur post about intrusive thoughts and honestly thank you so much. As someone who struggles with intrusive thoughts and fantasies I'm always terrified that they mean I'm a bad person, but this is helping remind me that I'm not alone and that nobody is made a bad person because they have intrusive thoughts. Thank you so, so much 🧡💜

meow,,,,,,,

[kvalenagle]

Creature Fantasy Writing Tips #1 Sentient and Sapient are Different Words (and You Probably Mean Sapient).

There aren't a lot of resources devoted to writing creature fantasy, animal fiction, xenofiction, or similar human-free works, and I thought I'd help out a little by offering a few tips. My goal here isn't to judge or tell you that you're doing it wrong, but instead, I'd like to help you avoid a few pitfalls or give you more options as a writer. I'm also writing these after my brain is fried from getting my novel work done for the day, so hopefully this'll be coherent and fairly typo-free. With that in mind, here's your first tip. Sentience implies an awareness of self as an organism, while sapience implies wisdom, creativity, and near-ish human levels of intelligence. I think what throws people here is all those scifi documentaries about the "search for sentient life" in the cosmos. That phrase doesn't mean they're searching for little grey men with UFOs, it means they're searching for life larger than single-celled organisms.

If you sit outside reading this, turn around, and see that a squirrel has stolen your lunch, it is accurate for you to say "my sandwich was stolen by sentient squirrels." But if the squirrel shouts insults at you, came up with an elaborate plan to steal your sandwich, and this is part of the squirrel's four-year-plan to control sandwiches in your city, the squirrel is sapient. (It's also sentient, but since all squirrels as we know them are sentient, it'd be redundant to mention that.)

"So how far down do you have to go before life stops being sentient?" I've seen studies on sentience in beetles, so I'd assume below insects.

"Wait, but then.... where is the line between sentience and sapience?" This is a little tougher. Are crows, dolphins, gorillas, or whales sapient? It's a topic for debate, and rather than give you an answer, you can use those as an example of what the line looks like in your own writing.

This distinction can feel a bit pedantic, especially when your favorite scifi and fantasy writers are probably getting it wrong all the time. The thing about creature fantasy fans, though, is that they're here for sapient non-human protagonists, and they know the distinction. You will get angry letters if you mix these up.

That said... if you are writing sentient xenofiction, that's okay! Your audience may be smaller, but a book like Raptor Red by Dr. Robert T. Bakker was immensely popular and influential despite having just a normal Utahraptor as the protagonist. Depending on how you write them, you may get some claims that you're anthropomorphizing your characters. Maybe you want that, maybe you don't. That's entirely up to you. We'll talk about anthropomorphism and disanthropomorphism later on.

That's it for tip #1 =] Just a simple pitfall that writers find themselves in. I apologize ahead of time as you're going to see a lot of non-creature scifi/fantasy fans and authors say sentient when they mean sapient, and it's going to start to irk you as you fix it in your own writing. Just remember to be kind =] Unless you're in a situation where the difference matters, it's probably best to let it slide if someone uses sentience where they mean sapience. If anyone has any questions about how creature fantasy, xenofiction, furry fiction, or animal fantasy differs from other genres, feel free to ask any questions, and I'll try to answer them.

[shinyshade8026]

I'll start with zombie drones!

- They do not have the absolute solver ability like in canon!

- They obtain the wings and tail when they are fully infected and takeen over

- they deteriorate slowly like actual zombies!

- They communicate through the hive mind ( Absolute Solver) or by raptor-like clicks, growls, and screeches! ( the zombie drones and Sentinels can talk to each other and have a huge rivalry lmao)

( Totally not like I include my OCs in this AU- * cough * much sad)

- Mod Cosmos

Ohhhh :O

I'm listening like:

[stinkb0mber]

List of nicknames

Vector = Leatherhead, LH, Headphones, HP, Croc, Sherlock, Inspector Gadget,

Charmy = Stinger, Buzzaroo, Buzz Lightyear, Buzzbee, Honeycomb, Bee Movie, Sting-a-ling, Honeycrisp, Buzzer

Cream = Hoptimist, Little Hoptimist, Thumper, Cream Puff, Cotton Ball, Cotton Tail, Buttercream, whipped cream, Floppy ears

Vanilla = Pure Vanilla, PV, Van, Vanilla ice, Bunzilla, Vanzilla

Gemerl: G-Bot, Robot Butler, Baymax, Clunky McBotface, Sweeptron 5000, Roomba Raptor, Robotler, G

Cheese = Cheesecake, Cheesy-Wheezy, Cheddar, Parmesan cheese, cheeseburger

Espio = Naruto, Sasuke, Dattebayo, Shikamaru, anything Naruto related, Kung Fu Lizard, Espionage, Shadowstrike, Ninja Gear

Amy = Hammerhead, Cherry Blossom, Pink Rose, Pinky, Pinkie Pie, Kirby, Primrose, Strawberry

Zik = Blueberry shortcake, Potato, Master Shifu

Zavok = Big Z, Spikes, Slash, Spitfire, Pyro, Thorny Devil

Tangle = King Julien, King J, Ringtail

Knuckles = Lego shoes, Chuckles, Red

Sonic = Speedy Gonzales, Flash, Pricklepants, Pinecone, Pin Cushion, Quills, Prickly Pear, Swift Blue, Zoom Boom, Rush Hour, Hyperspeed, Haystack, Pine Tree, Thorn Bush, Flashlight (Super Sonic)

Fiona = Foxy, Fi. Fio, Sassy Pants, Foxglove, Ginger, Vulpix, Swiper

Tails = Brain, Kowalski, Tod, Kyuubi

Zazz = Beanpole, Lanky Z,Chomper, Rocktrumpet, Snapdragon

Zor = Mr. Doom and Gloom, Dark Z, Gloomy Donkey

Starline = Freakline, Toothpaste Hair, Dr. Fashion Disaster, Brainiacs, Einstein

Blaze = Fire Fly, Firestorm, Starfire, Kitty Burnpaws, Espeon, Furblaze, Blazing gear, Scorchwhisker,

Zeena = Queen Z, Blizzard, Frostbite, Ice Queen, Ice Age, Matcha

Zomon = Slowpoke

Smithy = Mufasa

Claire = Rafiki, Mindmuffin

Mimic = Tentaclehead, Hank, Butterfly Knife, Shapeshifter, Sea Spider, Squidward, Killermari, Switchblades, Swiftblade, Slice ‘n Dice

Whisper = Sniper, Watchful Eye

Slinger = Gunslinger, Taco Gunslinger, Swinger Slingshot, Simba

Surge = Sparky, Sparkster, Megavolt, Sparkplug, Zippy, Thunderbolt, Sparkletoes, Sparklezap, Stir fry, Pikachu, Palm Tree, Pineapple

Kit = KitKat, Squirtle, , Fennekin, Liquidator, Aquaboy,

Belle = Tinker Belle

Marine = Rocky, One Piece, Tom Nook, Rascal, RJ, Trash Panda, Captain Quirky, Muddy Mudskipper, . Lootin' Lizalaroo, Skipper, Cannonball, Papaya

Sole = Headlines

Scoop = Scoops, Scoop-a-doodle, Knife Chao, Scooper-Looper, Scoodeloo

Silver = String Gummy, Silverbolt, Timezone, Silverweed

Jet = Skeight, X-Treme

Eggman =, Baldy McNoseHair, Eggnog, Humpty Dumpty, eggshell , omelette, Scrambled Egg, Mustachio, Squirrel Whiskers, Crustache, Whisker Whimsy

Shadow = Starfishhead, Rocket Skates, Shades, Sombra, Nightspeed

Omega = Squash Racket, Gearloose

Bill = Cipher, Perry, Agent P

Walt = Walt Disney, Joey, Boomerang

Barby = Barbecue

Honey = Sunmmerdew, Honeydew

Cassia = Cass Shard = Shark

Cosmo = Sprout

Larry = Jinx

[hiveswap]

no one is doing it like the Shi'ar. ancient space bird people empire. they have two evil secret societies (Kin Crimson and the Fraternity of Raptors) watching their back. Had an evil emperor whose sister, the next empress, fucked Prof. X, whose evil sister took them over once. Got taken over by a ceasar roleplayer who swiftly got his ass kicked so bad no one heard of him for nine years. next emperor had a sidejob in a short-lived guardians of the galaxy follow-up group ran by cosmo the telephatic soviet puppy. next empress is Prof. X's teenage daughter, mentored by her mother's other sibling, who had a thing with the ceasar roleplayer.

[enekorre]

Tagged by @morganathewitch. Sorry for being 2 months late xD

Tagging: @solostinmysea, @hapalopus, @punalippulaiva, @nathleeng, @weirdthoughtsandideas

Last song: Lost in the cosmos by the mechanisms. "All alone and lonely" broke into my brain and I had to put it on.

Currently watching: I was going to watch all of prehistoric planet bc the little owl raptor is just *chefs kiss* but I've only made it like 2 episodes so far. Finished reservation dogs recently tho.

Currently reading: I've gotten so bad at reading. The books that I've technically started with is a series I think is called Tvåhjärtattriologin? The first book is called Tvåhjärtat and (similar to the tv series) I'm only like 2 chapters in and I haven't touched it for a month 💀 But there is hope, the last series I read I got stuck in a similar way but as soon as I got going again I finished all three books in like a week. So I just have to get going probably.

Current obsession: Can I say my niece? It's so weird, I used to have so many things, but right now it feels like time is speeding past so quickly that all I can do is hold on for dear life. Work takes up around 13 hours a day (😭) and when I get home I'm too exhausted to do anything but watch random youtube videos about who know what. And on my weekends I hang out with friends and family, especially my sister/niece (she turns one and a half years in like 2 days!). I did manage to repot some plants today, and start clearing out this small aquarium for keeping water plants in (and maybe shrimp depending on how well the plants manage). I also found out that my quail love pears (I put a whole pear in and it's slowly being disintegrated).

I guess I did have some things haha, but nothing that I am experiencing like the fandoms of yore.

[kalvanreaped]

Known — Nonhuman, Eldritchkin(eldritch deitykin subset!), Merfolkin, Caninekin, Creaturekin, winter(concept)kin, hiiten koira, hostian

Questioning — scraptors, (raptors really in general actually, but mostly scraptors from dinotrux animation series), hyenakin, crowkin, eternity conceptkin, Minecraft spectator,

Links/flickers — Pidge & Ash (?), OCkin (Kalma & Sorin)

Othersoul/spirit — corvidaesoul,

Other/vagues — cosmos & eternity related entity, Galran, avian-human hybrid, Minecraft voidkin, wolverine

Otherhearted — jackalkith,

[clockworkdragonffxiv]

So in my continued adventures of being back on my bullshit (joke’s on you I never left!) I was suddenly inspired earlier today with an alternative for my tengu thaumaturge for my friend’s upcoming Pathfinder 2e game. I’d gotten to thinking how I’d always wanted to play a paladin in D&D and never gotten the chance, and how I’d always wanted to do a dinosaur rider or themed character... and it all came together in my head:

Kobold Paladin of the stars, rider of dinosaurs, enemy of asteroids.

Save yourself, mammal, I will hold off the asteroid!

What adds to the fun is that our group also includes a Ratfolk Oracle of the cosmos, and we’re in a setting where the world was kind of wrecked by a massive asteroid strike about 150 years earlier. So now I’m trying to persuade the rest of my group to form TEAM EXTINCTION with our dinosaur riding kobold paladin, our tiny rat thing oracle of the stars, and dunno what else. I feel like we need an oread who was part of the big rock, though.

I’m also trying to decide if I want to ride around on a raptor, a t-rex, a triceratops, or an ankylosaurus.

[cosmo--raptor]

I didnt knoww you changed your url back to cosmoraptor and when I searched your url I found a blog that had links to bjork noww , im followwing you and a bjorkhead noww

Oh so THATS who took cosmo-raptor lmaoooo

Hey, have I ever told my Bjork panic attack story on here? It's all good dw, it's very funny to look back on

[faerielli]

thanks for the tag <33

song for my lost ghost friends - spellcasting

slide tackle - japanese breakfast

you can get it - bumper

uhh ill just tag some mutuals. only do this if you’d like to, no pressure :))

@cosmo-raptor @aeriawitch-cx-blog @archivistay @ra-scheln

MUSIC LOVERS ASSEMBLE!!

i feel like starting a tag chain so i hope this works out :)

reblog this with 3 songs:

the song your listening to right now (or last one you listened to)

your current favourite song

a song of your choice

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mine:

its now or never - elvis presley/love in the dark - adele

trastevere - måneskin

nevermore - queen

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[reversemoon255]

Shadow Raptor and Shine Raptor / Cosmo Raptor

I was going to talk about how much I like the episodes featuring the Raptor Twins, and what a great thematic and character piece it was. Now I just want to vent about how HLJ totally messed with me on this release. So the Kagayaki and Kurayami Souls were released 4 days before Cosmo Raptor. The Kagayaki and Kurayami Souls went into stock 2 days after Cosmo Raptor. And The Kagayaki and Kurayami Souls were available to ship 10 days after Cosmo Raptor. To give that a little more context, I should have had this toy and reviewed it the week Uranus Saver went up, and this week was supposed to be that review.

And to top it off, after I finally gave up on the Souls, thinking it was a glitch in the system and I wasn’t going to get them, they came into stock the day after I shipped Cosmo Raptor, meaning I had to pay twice the shipping.

The Good: Despite all that, I like this toy. I’d really like to see more Zords in the future that combine together into things that aren’t just robots. It’s such a cool bit of interplay, even if I had to get a second accessory set to fully utilize it with the other Kishiryu.

The Bad: The parts are awkward though, with the heads and weapons being alright, but the Raptor legs really leaving something to be desired with how they’re designed. They all have the male ports are on the left side of every leg, and the female ports are on the right, so symmetricality is impossible when combined with other releases.

Overall, this is an excellent idea for a Zord, with amazing interplay, design, and a great introduction in its show, but lacks somewhat on execution. Still a recommendation from me, but as it doesn’t have the same level of interplay as Dimevolcano I sadly can’t suggest it for the minimum experience package. Also, those All-Parts combinations are getting tougher to build. “Cosmic” kept falling apart under its own weight.

[kihakugato-art]

An Artfight attack for AlphaDino14 (who don't have a twitter but you can find them on insta, dA, and Toyhouse by the same name, I’m linking them on this tumblr post rn actually). Their raptor OC Cosmo chilling in her flower adorned nest. Really wish I knew more cretaceous period flowers, but still looks excellent with two kinds!

[faerielli]

thanks for the tag! tagging @cosmo-raptor @archivistay @lordjoe1234 @midnightcrustcat feel free to do this if you’d like <33

New tag game

Insert a photo that you already have in your gallery that best describes you. saw this in the "tag game" tag

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[kohakudragon]

OCeptember Day 15! For the sci-fi au, I drew Kaygen & Lyon! She loves exploring new places so I think she would also enjoy space travel 😆

[xochitai]

I never really draw my OCs and I would like to change that so here’s one of my VLD OCs, a space pirate turned rebel turned foster parent: Yorak

assorted info below

He was originally made for a fic I was writing several years ago that I will probably never finish where he is Krolia’s [foster] dad

He “retires” from the rebel faction he was a part of, which was basically no longer actively going out and doing fieldwork. He and his husband remain planet-side where they gather information for the rebellion by hijacking the communication channels of the army, while also taking care of children the rebels find in places where battles or attacks have been

Despite never technically adopting any of them due to having to keep a false identity, he considers every child that has come into his care as his own, giving him a total of 22 children

Krolia was his last kid

He was fairly old when Krolia was around, dying at age 957 when she was young

They spent several years together though, filled with many shenanigans

One time she got scooped up by a raptor while he was watching her and he had to chase it to get her back

Despite his age, he still tried to do activities with his kids

He’s very playful, sometimes to the extent of being rowdy

He has a mane, so his head and neck are very fluffy, but his fur is shorter everywhere else

His mane puffs up, which is why he keeps it tied back a majority of the time

His name was originally meant to be Yurak, like what Krolia was going to name Keith. I remembered seeing someone at some point mention how it was a reference to the original show, the name of the character who became Sendak in VLD, and I went to check the wiki recently out of curiosity and realized I spelled it wrong this whole time but I’ve gotten attached so Yorak it will be.

I think part of the reason I put off drawing him for so long is that his color palette is very similar to Cosmo and I was going to change it and then never did. 

Anyways, if you made it this far thank you for listening

[faerielli]

hi okay so the songs im listening to a lot atm are

1. queencard - gidle

2. guts - lavalove

3. slide tackle - japanese breakfast

4. the river - aurora

5. ditto - newjeans

tagging the homies @cosmo-raptor @archivistay @lordjoe1234 do this if you���d like :))

tagged by my lovely friend @immabethehero <3

✨when you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 of your favorite followers✨ (non-obligatory)

1. digital animal - honey claws (abby do NOT dm me abt this LMAOO)

2. washing machine - vanishing girl + rosemary fairweather

3. los imanes - odisseo

4. it tore your heart out - dirt poor robins

5. something something lake - drive45

im tagging: @abbyhaslongshorts @last-honey @hyenaskill @devilsjude @melodiiium @seaskiies @on-the-outside @uhhbeans @butnobodycame627 @skatle-skootle-demon-noodle