baleana terraincola is a giant whale-like animal that descends from earth whales, it has adapted to the land for more food due to a period of algae blooms that killed it's main food source, it is so big that towns have been built on them. During the summers they move to cooler areas and during the winters they move to warmer areas. Towards the end of their life, they head to the sea where they'll die and coral reefs and other ecosystem will grow on their skeleton
I don't think I ever shared this here! This is Flower, a friendly-ish little 'spirit' that is bound to Odette's house (the one her Aunt Odile gited her!)
He's named flower because before Odette moved in full time he was fond of snoozing at the bottom of vases. He's mostly kind! Often mischievous! Odile bound him to the house a long time ago thinking he might be helpful and she was wrong!! But he is delightful, and so he stayed.
Flower doesn't really look like this. Odette was gifted(?) the doll by a miqo'te woman with eyes a little too big and brought it home. Sometimes, Flower wiggles in to possess the doll when trouble has been hard to fine.
my prof just explained on the syllabus that he’s included more points in the class than we needed to pass, so we could skip up like?? 20 small assignments/quizzes/participation!! and still get a very high grade!!
the idea was that we could focus on assignments that played to our strengths - only do the participation stuff if we like to talk out loud - only do the quizzes/readings if we want to do the class remotely - only do online discussions if we like to talk and share opinions but struggle with anxiety in class ect.
and that’s cool enough but then he pulled up DnD character sheets with drawings he’d done of these hypothetical student player classes and how our various accessibility needs could be gamified to ‘max out’ different aspects of the class to get high grades and like!!!!!
hell yeah!!!! let’s treat accessibility in higher education not just as a necessity but as the fun, engaging, and creative aspect of learning that it is!!! I love this!!
EDIT: For proper credit or further questions about his system please find my professor on twitter @/kurtishanlon
imagine being someone at new rome university and not knowing percy is the same guy as “percy jackson, son of poseidon, two-time hero of olympus, former praetor” because the thought doesn’t even cross your mind. like… he’s percy. he’s a total frat boy. on a normal night, he walks into a party, refers to everyone as bro or dude, socializes with every living (and not-living) person in the room, makes at least 50 sarcastic comments, plays 12 rounds of beer pong, drinks way too much, and then skates around campus on his skateboard yelling “I LOVE NEW YORK” (which makes no sense, because they’re in california) until someone calls his girlfriend to come get him.
and then one day there’s an attack, and frat boy percy is all of a sudden a fighting machine. he’s yelling battle cries alongside the praetors frank zhang and hazel levesque as they lead everyone into battle. (why is he with the praetors? and why…. why in the world do the praetors seem to be following his lead?) his sword slashes through armies of monsters faster than you’ve ever seen. he’s controlling the entire river surrounding the camp, creating huge waves as tall as skyscrapers that crash down all around him, wiping out monsters and causing mass destruction to his enemies’ ranks. the sky is suddenly dark above you, ice-cold water droplets are slashing through the air, and the wind is blowing so aggressively that it’s making it hard to stand up steadily. because he’s somehow created a hurricane.
and he looks terrifying. you can feel the power radiating off of him. he’s like a god. or maybe a monster. it’s hard to tell. you’re a little scared of him, to be honest. but also in total awe, because it’s extraordinary. he’s extraordinary.
This is not a hiatus announcement (don’t come for me!!!) lol, but yeah school starts tomorrow so idk how often I’ll be able to draw fanart. But I’m devoted to my relationship to HH and am trapped by the radio demon so I’ll be around 🥰♥️
The good news is that I’m going to school to learn how to draw better so hopefully my fanart game will level up hehe 🎮✨