#I ALSO HAVE A BABY RAPTOR AS PET

[incorrect-primarchs-quotes]

Here's a small sneak peek:

"And so, having climbed the ranks of the Astartes, he [Dark Apostle Iordanus] ended up achieving more and more credit. His path finally led him to support and offer his services to a captain of great fame between the men and women she led. Horussy was the name she was given. Call it a coincidence, call it destiny, call it predestination: the captain's name was very reminiscent of that of an ancient one leader of humanity. A leader who today few people remember and even fewer know was one of the glorious primarchs of the god emperor. Horussy, even before she became the main character of this story, was famous for her terror tactics. She went down to the field, in lightning bolts, having mastered the art of concealment and ambush. The bodies of defeated enemies were exhibited [...] ".

"Even more, the stories and testimonies say that she was a powerful psyker, who did not disdain to embrace a forbidden power during the Council of Nikaea. The dark memes, birthed from her deviated mind, were capable of raising psychological storms, capable of flagellating entire sectors. Their ability to channel warp energy posed a threat, [...] "

"[...] following a drinking contest against an astartes of the Space Wolves, she had let herself go into a restful sleep. lordanus, assuming the features of Enricym Cavillius, captain general of the Adeptus Custodes, appeared among her dreams to show her a terrible truth. As much as her fame had spread among the Astartes to her Command, no one on Holy Terra knew her name. Other heroes of the crusades were revered as gods on her home planet, the fulcrum of the human race, but for her the future at home only held anonymity and oblivion. Unless she... she decided to take her destiny into her own hands [...] "

They sent me the beta script of the Spaghetti Heresy lore vid.

I'm crying, it's so fucking beautiful.

[homeofhousechickens]

Every day I grieve the knowledge that my pets will never be Beeper.

If you rescue a dying day old chick and raise it like an IPad baby you could also have a maladjusted house raptor

[awesomebutunpractical]

Fellow Jesus loving One Piece OC creator?!

Hello!

Who is your favorite OC you write I would love to hear about them

Hello! It's lovely to meet you. I was going to rattle off a list, claim I don't have a favorite, and then use it as a much appreciated excuse to talk about a random one, but it's the raptor. It's the pet raptor I gave the Straw Hats. I haven't named him yet because I'm pretty sure Luffy named him and I'm trying to figure out what he'd call a raptor. Luffy was the only one who wanted to keep the ugly little baby at first and plans on training him to be a steed when he's big enough. It's a very Boy and His Dog situation, with very territorial fights over meat. Zoro is the primary authority figure for the Raptor. He thinks he has the dumb lizard very well trained. If you can't get the lizard to behave, that's squarely a you problem. Get good. They go hunting together, they spar, I'd say if the Raptor has a primary owner, it's Zoro. He does wish his stupid lizard wasn't such a whiner though. Very very melodramatic beast. According to Chopper, one repeating melodramatic rant is how hungry and starving and wasting away the Raptor is at any given time. Sanji indignantly informs the ungrateful reptile that he eats better than kings. Sanji has threatened to cook the Raptor several times, usually during the stupid lizard's kitchen raids. Nami did NOT like the Raptor at first. Terrifying gross smelly horrible creature. But she's adapted. Keeps him in line with a spray bottle, and tells him that he's getting big enough to earn his keep and carrying saddlebags. The Raptor immediately flops to the deck in despair. Not things on back! Why are good dinosaurs so mistreated? So wronged? Second in meanness only to Zoro and also Sanji. (Raptor's can't do math.) Chopper has to deal with the brunt of the Raptor's self-pity, vanity, and exaggerated despair. Also the Raptor loves Chopper to pieces, and associates him with the best of his First Memories. The problem is this memory is of the time he tried to eat him. Chopper has... concerns. Also the Raptor does have a higher bounty than the poor little doctor and that's just not fair. I've got other notes, Usopp got treed repeatedly by the baby raptor, Robin thought he was adorable from the beginning and the Raptor deliberately tries to provoke Sanji by monopolizing her attention, and he's so good, such a good, very best Raptor because he does not chew Brook even though Bones are For Chewing. I think a big part of the whole thing is that as far as the Straw Hats are concerned, this is their ridiculous dumb pet who they love, and everyone else sees a Horrifying Powerful Wild Animal.

[dearinglovebot]

i was burned last season by the randomly changing outfits but lets go round 2 on analyzing some of the stuff we've got

first, we've got this still which we can firmly place as maybe the/one of the opening scenes for the season. it takes place right as brooklynn flies off with soyona. their positions are slightly switched around which is a little weird, but i'm currently taking that as indicating a conversation of some sort will happen on the dock.

i'd place this + the clip with barry as firmly in the first 1-2 episodes. this is them traveling to catch up to brooklynn and soyona in malta. and i say malta because at this point they'd have no intention of going to italy because, well, no one knows biosyn is evil yet. except they end up in italy first and THEN i think they're going to malta

but because speckles hatches when they're staying with gia and nonna, i'm currently theorizing that the most logical place for this shot would be them trying to hide the egg from barry. since they don't trust him yet, of course they're not gonna let on that they have an EGG.

so they stick it out with gia and nonna for a bit in italy. ben is in his loverboy era while they regroup and try to figure out the next move.

but speckles hatches while they're here!! oh my god they're grandparents now. i can read yaz gasp as either "oh my god the baby was born" or "where is the baby?!" depending on how they cut it in context.

but based on darius having an egg at malta, i'm wondering if they purposely put this out of order. maybe speckles hatches much later than we're being lead to believe. or maybe that's a different egg entirely. the lighting and motion blur makes it hard to tell the colors of it.

unlike them, brooklynn has a strong reason to be in italy first. i think it also makes the most sense for her to start at biosyn trying to unravel the mystery then go... oh... holy shit

i'd bet that brooklynn is definitely going to be the first of the MCs to see the market. probably a little after meeting with dodgson for the first time. this is soyona showing her what kind of POWER this guy has.

based on what we know of the malta market being a kind of tunnel system type build, i'd firmly place the scenes we see in the tunnels there. while biosyn also has tunnels, they have a completely different visually more clean design.

and the MAIN REASON i'm building my timeline like this is well... i'd guess that the events of the malta market will take up the bulk of the season finale.

it just makes no sense for me for there to be TWO different chaotic events at this market in the span of, what, 2 weeks? without it making ANY big waves.

and as i mentioned before, we see two dinosaurs we've seen before. now, we also see LEONARD aka kayla's pet little guy.

and we also have a dimorphodon fly off with what i'm pretty sure is scooter guy's scooter

and in that same vein as "there's no way an event like this could be covered up", i have absolutely no idea what to do with this shot. it makes no sense for it to be after dominon but it also makes absolutely no sense for it to happen before. there's no way an untrained feral pyro raptor could get lose in the city and NOBODY would talk about it. it has to happen after dominion... right?? but it logically can't if malta is the season finale. which means either malta isn't a finale or we're screwing up my sense of disbelief massively

if i had to pick out a final episode, i'd so firmly pick this one. this also supports my theory of ending in malta because yeah that background is the city.

i'm grouping these shots together because they all give the same vibe as possibly being connected, but i'm not firm in saying they ARE connected.

there also seems to be two different excursions to the snow biome hosting the pyro. we see one with a red car (gia's) featuring darius and kenji alone.

but we ALSO see kenji and sammy alone with a white van. my guess is the darius/kenji probably happens first then kenji goes to check it out with sammy but who even knows. the pyroraptor frustrates me the more i try to analyze her appearances.

but i will note that i'm pretty sure we only see darius and yaz at the market during the malta sequence suggesting a possible split up?

[honey-minded-hivemind]

Dino squad request take your time getting to it ^.^

I know that reader is the same species as Logan and victor but what if some big miscommunication happens (where victor and Logan think they’re the same species but oops!) and reader is one of those giant dinosaurs like spinosaurus or something like that

Oh, fun! Would you like to be called Spino Anon? Let's try some headcanona for this one:

• Logan would feel excited to have another teen under his wing, especially one who was thought to be a raptor like him. When he discovers that the Reader isn't a raptor, at first he's a bit upset... But then he gets over it. Reader is still a dinosaur like him, like his other (adopted) hatchlings, why wouod he be upset? Just look at them! They're a Spinosaurus! Large, powerful, and can swim!

• He is careful when getting them involved with the other teens, letting them bring Reader in and letting himself and them build their own separate trusts and friendship with Reader, allowing allowing to feel comfortable enough to show them their dinosaur form. And what a cute hatchling they are: long snout like a crocodile, a baby sail rising from their back, a long tail built for swimming, even sharp little teeth built for catching fish.

• He's glad to add them to his flock, his pack, his family. He shows them, and Oxalaia!Remy and Quetzylcoatlus!Pietro how to fish, and teaching them when different fish migrate and where they live. Mandatory fishing trips are a must after the first one. Showing Reader how to playfight with Allosaurus!Scott and Diplodocus!Rogue, being careful to show them how to not hurt them with their teeth or claws. And spending time in a large nest he spent an entire week building, just to be able to fit all of his hatchlings inside it with him, so they can have pack bonding (and nap!) time

• Victor had heard rumors as well, about a raptor running around along with the other juvenile dinosaurs. He's thrilled at the thought of having another one of his species to teach, as well as to help bring in the other young ones. When finding out they're a Spinosaurus, he's mad with his henchmen, for getting two completely separate and anatomically different creatures mixed up. He finds he isn't mad with Reader for being a Spinosaurus, he's just relieved they're a dinosaur at all. And what a Dino! A proper Spinosaurus, large and adept for swimming, perfect for wet and watery climates. The perfect hatchling...

• He's able to catch the teens (not that he knows they're human teens) in their Dino forms from time to time, happily talking to them while the sedatives he used wears off of them. He takes the proper time to pet them, to check their vitals, whispering to himself and them over how impressive they are, how wonderful, how he can't wait to give them the world... He sets them up in the habitats he specifically made with them in mind, carefuk to keep it safe and clean, not allowing anyone to bother them once they're sleeping inside

• Victor makes sure Spinosaurus!Reader has fresh sources of water, from wetlands and rivers to even lagoon and lake, all full of fish and creatures fit for that environment. Victor has careful plans to let the young dinos interact with each other, as well as lessons on not to eat each other and how to leave their dinosaur brethren out of their fights and meals (they wouldn't eat each other, but he doesn't know they were humans, again). All the time in the world, to change it and make it perfect for his new hatchlings, a new age of dinosaurs... Now if they wouod just stop escaping. Why are they such stubborn babies?

• The moment these two realize the other is involved, they are doing everything in their power to keep Spinosaurus!Reader with them. While Logan knows they're a teen and shouldn't be on their own, let alone with his evil/crazy older brother, he is also aware he can't take them away from every human. He has to share (and they could always leave him, so it's best to share them). His other harchlings agree with that sentiment, even if they sometimes try to keep Reader away from the rest of the class. Victor doesn't know the teens and Reader are human, but he knows they're juvenile dinosaurs, so he doesn't care about human interaction with them, seeing it as bad and detrimental to them. He's annoyed that Reader can leave, and hopes to convince then then stay one day, perhaps see if they understand him or the others. But even if he found out the teens were humans, he'd never let them near ones who weren't loyal to him. He wouldn't want to risk them getting hurt or choosing to leave. And if his runt is with them... well, if he has the hatchlings, his packmate is sure to follow them... After all, his brother never could resist a chick in need of a parent...

[choppersconfirmedkills]

hey, wifey! in your dr pets post you mentioned the raptors are in your law and order dr too. i was wondering how did you incorporate the raptors into your dr?

i love you btw <333333

I love you more btw <3333333333

So umm incorporating the raptors into my DR seems far more complicated than it actually is. And because I'm a certified yapper, this may be long lmao.

So I joined the Navy when I was 17 (I graduated at 16 with a bachelor's in animal behaviors). I was then placed in an advanced unit called The ARCs. It was there I met Owen Grady who became my partner. We were sent on short-term missions, so we had other jobs for when we weren't on these missions. Owen and I were involved in animal research (I also got my medical degree during this time).

Anyway, I'm now 28 and have been on SVU for 2.5 years when my Dad gets sick. And it goes downhill fast. It becomes abundantly clear that he nor I have the money for his cutting-edge treatments on a cop salary, especially as a single mother. I had gotten a job offer involving "Jurassic World" and thought it was spam bc, why would they offer me of all people a job (being a survivor of the events of Jurassic Park). I was talking to Owen about it and he said "I got a similar offer. I'm pretty sure it's real." I did some research and it is very much real, and they were offering me and Owen a job researching raptors in assistance with the military.

But the key point... the pay was astronomical. It would easily cover my father's medical bills, and allow me to save up money to buy me and my son a home. They offered to keep paying my rent back in NY, so my son and I didn't have to find storage for all our items. The benefits were also pretty good. Free daycare, obviously they had to have decent medical insurance if we were working with raptors.

So yeah, that's how I got the raptors, my babies.

[obscureother]

Howdy Obscure ♡!!

Wanted to ask- what are some of your fave dinosaurs?? Why :D? What about Data? What about his favourite dinosaurs? Do you ever use the holodeck to see them up close :o?

Tex @tex-treasures

yaa dinosaurs :0 !! so sorry for the wait, i had to think about this one a little. i like lots of dinosaurs, ive been watching prehistoric planet lately!! and i never asked data about them or thought of that before, but s/i 1 would definitely go see dinosaurs in the holodeck!! the holodeck in general would be her favorite thing ever. she's just like me and crushes on all the fictional men. she can go in there like "SHERLOCK, MY LOVE. KISS ME FOR I HAVE MISSED THOU 😩" and some 90s living cartoon man appears. "S/I MY LOVE-"

"s/i, you are required on the bridge.

. . what are you doing?"

"AH, COMPUTR CLOWE PROGRAM-"

"I'm sorry, I did not understand that comma-"

"CLOSE PROGRAM. 👹"

no, but she would love the dinos. she'd go in with data all the time and he shows her different ones or something. She goes "i want to pet it :0" and he would go "I'm afraid that would likely not be possible. Gorgosaurus was a predator, and would have perceived you as a small meal."

"aww. . :("

". . but perhaps a simulation does not have to be entirely accurate. ."

"yay :D"

i keep forgetting to use below-the-cuts on these massive posts so for everyone else, ill continue below :0

also tex, let me know if you like your moot tag below too!! if youd like i can change it tho before i go back and add it to the other asks youve given me uvu

Gorgosaurus is one of my favorites and its all THIS GAME'S FAULT:

LOOK AT HOW PRETTY IT IS.

But before then, I also learned about allosaurus from a minecraft mod a long time ago and liked them too :0 the epic version of that dino is also cool. i like theropods with funny things on their head :)) rajasaurus, gorgosaurus, allosaurus, MAJUNGASAURUS (the name on that one is fun too.)

there's the black common version too!!

yes theyre butt ugly inaccurate versions :(( but i LOVE THE BUTT UGLY INACCURATE DINOS TOO. i love dinosaur rjrjfjffbf

I personally tend towards the theropods, or the armored ones like ankylosaurs!! this one is cool:

antarctopelta is rad. stegouros looks neat :0 the design for yuxisaurus is prebby, i headcanon that a "she" and she whoop ahh uvu im still learning omegas tho so she's baby rn. then we got BUMPY. love bumpy. just a little guy. i call the one at the bottom Scoliosis, because i cant read it for shit lol. But my favorites are usually like antarctopelta, big spiky dino >:)) and the ones with smack tails!!

i also think the gator-looking ones are cool.

look at that grypo-FREAK. and the rare version of the purus is pretty on this game!!

anyway, i think data gives me hadrosaur vibes :0 i think he would be interested in herbivore or omnivore dinosaurs. He's impressed by raptors as well, but I think he generally leans more towards like. . the herd-type dinosaurs or their behaviors together, Edmontosaurus, or the one with the dorsal noggin. . Pla-

hold on-

Parasaurolophus.

i think i got that right.

Things like those!!

s/i 1 also likes chasing the little ones. And squishing them. Like fat rodents.

[jabbasyogainstructor]

Continuing on our Jurassic Park adventure: Jurassic Park III.

I actually kinda like JP3, compared to the JW sequels, we could be doing a lot worse in dinosaur movies. We’ll get to those another day.

The TRex shaky footstep thing over the opening title and production company/studio logo is a nice touch

Interesting decision to send the kid to the island ahead of all the adults. That is a ballsy change for the series.

This guy is a terrible friend to this kid’s parents. Nobody’s supposed to go near these islands. All five of them. Only two of which have ever been shown, for reasons that no director in four additional films has bothered to explain!

I love how Alan is attempting to scientifically explain dinosaurs to a toddler.

I also call Dr Grant the Dinosaur Man, but for different reasons

Ellie’s husband being an a member of the State Dept who works on treaty law definitely comes in handy when dealing with dinosaurs on Costa Rican islands created secretly by a British/American scientific enterprise who almost certainly lied about what they were doing there

It would be great if the kid from the first film at the dig site was one of the college students asking questions here. “They still look like big turkeys, Dr Grant.” Alan’s just like “hahaha, I have five two islands I want to personally drop you off at.

“No force on earth or heaven could get me on that island.” What about hell? Let’s see what those guys are up to.

Michael Jeter! You are missed, sir. RIP.

This girl showed up to a dig with a full face of makeup. You are not here for dinosaurs, ma’am, or you wouldn’t need Billy to show you the basic tools.

The first 3D printer! And Billy’s using it to trigger Grant’s ptsd flashbacks with the raptor vocals. Awesome 😂

Billy hasn’t even completed his degree, and he’s calling the shots? Don’t go to dinner with strangers, we learned that with Hammond.

The whole issue in the Jurassic films boils down to people who have too much money (or pretend to.)

Billy also has a lucky backpack. I feel like his part was intended for Julianne Moore and she didn’t want to come back. He pulls a lot of the same stupid moves as her, like his stealing raptor eggs.

“Alan!” I still think the talking dino dream is funny 😆

The biggest threat on the island attacks them immediately. Dinosaur Man has all the luck.

I mean, the plane is completely destroyed and the Spinosaurus has already eaten somebody and we’re 25 minutes in. This is bizarre.

This TRex looks more like a puppet somehow.

This Rex is not the baby or adult male from Lost World. So again, there’s lots of Rexes on this island. We will only see this one, somehow.

They didn’t even do enough research to get the right guide. God, they’re terrible at everything. They needed Ian Malcolm, or Sarah Harding, even Malcolm’s daughter Kelly would’ve been a better choice

Yes. Spinosaurus wasn’t on InGen’s list. What’s on the other 3 islands????

Udensky is a travel agent 😂😂😂

They don’t even care that their friend is dead.

Photographing the nest, sure, not stealing eggs, or raising my own pet raptors…

Why would Mr Kirby think the vending machines would still work?? Or that his first move should be to pay money for anything in them?

Nice of this one raptor to pose for dramatic effect behind that tank. You don��t see that a lot in dinos these days. It’s all get in, get out, shred that guy, eat her. Nobody plays with their food anymore.

I think it’s interesting how every time we see velociraptors in these films up to Jurassic World, they’re different every time. Not just the little feathers in this movie, but they change colors. The first movie they’re dark gray and red, lost world they’re light brown, this one, there’s a lot of green in there, and they’re the first ones with stripes in the franchise. Jurassic World, they’re gray with a blue stripe. They’re not evolving that fast, right? Are there multiple raptor groups on Isla Sorna?

This kid’s a genius. How did he get T-Rex pee? You know what, nevermind. I don’t wanna know. I assume it’s awful.

“Your parents lied kidnapped invited me along” 😂 Think Grant will be pressing charges later?

I just realized this kid is eating a lot of chocolate bars and has gone 8 weeks without brushing his teeth. His dentist is going to be busy. Not bathing much either, and he’s been collecting T-Rex pee. I bet he smells sooo baaad

Which one of the Kirbys had the idea to just come to the island to find their kid? Who talked who into chartering a plane and kidnapping their guide for dinosaur island?

Joyful reunion! Where’s the phone? 👀

🤣🤣🤣 the ringing dinosaur gag is so stupid but so funny

Y’all thought wood and rope would stop the Spinosaurus?

It would be a lot less suspicious if you didn’t ask for the bag 4 times in a row, Billy. Might’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for meddling Dr Grant.

What are the best intentions for stealing raptor eggs Billy? What are they? Hammond wanted pet dinos too. Did you think you were gonna start your own zoo, just two raptors and a dream, Billy? Sell them and fund your research to dig up dead versions of the same dinos? Scientific experiments on the baby raptors? Always thinking two steps behind, Billy. Welcome to InGen 2.0. I sincerely hope at some point in the future, we find out he was like, Peter Ludlow’s illegitimate son or something.

That’s a remarkably large pteranodon

And Billy has now jumped off the ledge of the incredibly large aviary. Grant still has the eggs.

Has anybody ever checked Billy for a head injury or symptoms of being a sociopath? I’m concerned.

Mrs Kirby didn’t lock that door, these bastards are getting out. I wonder what they’ve been eating if they haven’t been getting out before now? Each other?

Most of the closeups of Dr Grant are just him giving the same shocked face over and over. Same. I am also surprised at the decisions being made by the group.

Mr Kirby wants to send up smoke signals, like the old days. I think he should do it. What difference could it possibly make?

Dr Grant just called himself a dinosaur astronomer. Which means Billy is a dinosaur…cowboy? The weird metaphor is like “dinosaur astronaut” but it stopped making sense the second he changed professions. Grant is a dinosaur watcher. Billy is a dinosaur do-er! Yes, Billy does the dinosaurs and Grant likes to watch - Nope. This metaphor is getting worse every second. Let’s move on.

There’s that incredibly ominous phone ringing again

“We’ve been trying to reach you about your plane’s extended warranty. Also, would you be interested in a time share in a siberian gulag?”

Can’t keep a good spinosaurus down, although not being attacked by the carnotaurus was a twist. It just wanted to sniff poop. There’s a lot of joke material there, but we are above that. We are above it, and upwind of it, and it leaves a bad taste in our mouths.

Why would the Spinosaurus continue hunting them? There’s nothing at stake for it. Should its tiny reptile brain be able to function so as to stalk 5 people in spite of bigger and better prey like a determined serial killer? The raptors had their eggs stolen, what did they do to offend the Spinosaurus?

American Military (legally?) landing on foreign soil with no idea what they’re up against. Sounds familiar.

Billy rescued your hat! You can’t fire him now! (But you should, you absolutely need to fire him. I can’t stress that enough)

I wonder how many dinosaurs got loose from that mansion in Fallen Kindgom (like the exact number) and how many might’ve made it as far as Enid Oklahoma? I wonder if Mrs Kirby ever looked out the window one day and had a wild ptsd flashback

[the-starry-seas]

okay paleo pines (demo) thoughts: there's a tiny bit of stuttering when initially loading the game and in cutscenes, and benches scream when you first touch them. my only real complaint is the absence of quest markers and general 'go here next' tips - which is admittedly a big complaint for a quest-based game. i'm a fan of almost everything else, and really love the dinosaurs, especially lucky

after three hours messing around, I'd give it a good 7/10, and it would be 9/10 if there were quest markers. @merlyn-bane tag since you were interested :)

THE LOADING SCREEN IS A DINOSAUR BEING PET AND WAGGING ITS TAIL I REPEAT WAGGING ITS TAIL

hm the loading screen is also stuttering. concerns are being had about performance.

oh i love this lil blue para on the menu screen! her name is lucky, right?

unexpected options in the character customisation area

oh this baby dinosaur is ADORABLE. cutscene started out a bit choppy but baby in a bubble bath... dancing... i forgive her for making a mess <3

ooh are we moving to a new house? new house!!!

i know i'm supposed to click through the dialogue but i'm sitting and watching lucky's idle animations

nice soundtrack btw

okay i wanna check out the glowy crystal so dialogue it is

SHE DOES HEARTS WHEN YOU PET HER

okay those sounds are adorable

WELL I DIDN'T EAT THEM ALL LMAO

ooh a dreamstone sounds important

kinda wish there were different petting animations

RAPTOR ALERT WE GOT RAPTORS WE GOT RAPTORS REPEAT WE GOT RAPTORS and ooh those feathers are pretty

they've never seen a para???

ooh the journal looks fun. what's the emojis on the calendar though? someone in a hat, and fruit? oh a budding day that sounds fun

oh she can level up! curious about the placement of this spare saddle however cause who does that

hm it'd be cool if there was a map/quest markers but maybe that kicks in after you know more than one place

oh this looks cool

aw you can't pet the wild dinosaurs?

TACOS TACOS TACOS TACOS

are they yelling runes at me what's all that

"don't wander off" i love her unconditionally. but that does not mean i trust her to have an attention span.

ooh i have tools now

wait how do you track a quest

are you not supposed to sit on the benches or is the sci-fi alarm sound a bug. okay i sat down again and no noises so it seems like a one-time bug. okay nvm it happens the first time i sit down on any bench apparently.

I CAN PET BONGO AND THEY DO A LITTLE DANCE

either i'm missing something about notes, or equipping journal and long click doesn't do anything. oh wait i was pressing J instead of getting it out of the inventory nvm

do the signposts not have anything written on them?

seriously though this game NEEDS quest markers of SOME kind

i was thinking fireflies would be cool and you'll never believe what showed up a few minutes later. also the moths around the lanterns are a nice touch.

YES YOU CAN PET PAPRIKA

oh they weren't kidding when they said bedtime

give me quest markers. is there a mod? planned update? can i lay under the devs' desks and make weird crying noises until it gets so awkward they give in just to make me leave?

i started a new day and lucky??? is??? gone??? WHERE'S MY GIRL. BRING HER BACK.

okay i left the ranch and went back and she was waiting at home for me so john wick moment averted

ooh you CAN tame dinosaurs... and it follows you around! cool!

there is no way i could resist getting a pink styracosaurus and naming it strawbebby (i also have a gallomimus named 'flocking this way', iykyk)

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

My Jurassic World post is minorly blowing up again and it's very funny to me that people are reblogging it with the assumption that I hate the movie or at least don't like it.

Because like, au contraire, I love the movie.

I think it's dumb and it's silly and I could write an entire essay about the neoliberal futurism of it all, but it's also one of my favourite movies.

Is it good? No. Are the characters interesting? No. Is its politics good? No, it's a mix of neoliberal wish fulfilment and Boss Baby's First Feminism™: Second Wave Edition. But does it have dinosaur? Yes.

It has many dinosaur and big dinosaur fight and I think the raptors were cute and had some very touching moments and also there was a dinosaur petting zoo and idk dude, I wanna go to the dinosaur petting zoo.

JP3 is also one of my favourite movies, I'm not gonna be ashamed of liking Jurassic World.

[themundanemudperson]

the raptors at the amber beach dinosaur zoo once ran all the way across the zoo to invade the hadrosaur enclosure, knock chase over and two of them just like, dug their lil claws into his long sleeve shirt.

the raptors were trying to prevent riley from nomming on chase's arms.

also the raptors fed Stella a bowl of salsa they stole from argentina delight as a peace offering. Stella forgives them mostly. the raptors once tried to teach Riley a raptor mating dance. they were not impressed when he just stared at them.

the raptors steal every kiwi they see, and slowly eat it while maintaining direct eye contact with Chase. the raptors, protoceratops, and alamosaurus at the amber beach dinosaur zoo all hate chase. the protos and raptors once climbed into the titanosaur truck ride exhibit and chilled with the alamosaurus herd, then threw random crap whenever they saw chase. the raptors ate an apple pie that Riley brought to the zoo that Hope (the griffin siblings' mom if u didn't already know, coined by @spookyblazecoffee) made. the raptors were really sad the rest of the day bc Riley was mad at them. The Protoceratops all love Kaylee, they tolerate Matt and Riley, but they're afraid of them. The Protoceratops are brough sweets from Kaylee when she visits the zoo. Stella brought her a turnip she found growing in their enclosure when Kaylee came once. Stella still is finding turnips in the Protoceratops enclosure and its starting to become concerning. The alamosaurus love matt. they all have a weird innate sense of where everyone in the zoo is, so they all bellow all day when they sense Matt in the zoo. Stella gave Matt a turnip one time because he pet her behind her frill. Stella just gives people turnips when they do something she likes or if she just likes them.

I LOVE ALL OF THISSSSSSSSS

the raptors at the amber beach dinosaur zoo once ran all the way across the zoo to invade the hadrosaur enclosure, knock chase over and two of them just like, dug their lil claws into his long sleeve shirt. the raptors were trying to prevent riley from nomming on chase's arms.

that's so cute. the raptors are just doing their best, okay chase?? they're babiessssssssssss

also the raptors fed Stella a bowl of salsa they stole from argentina delight as a peace offering. Stella forgives them mostly.

aww they apologized. that's so cute

the raptors once tried to teach Riley a raptor mating dance. they were not impressed when he just stared at them.

cmon riley they're trying to help you get your man. you gotta pull your weight here

the raptors steal every kiwi they see, and slowly eat it while maintaining direct eye contact with Chase.

lmaooooo. it's a direct threat

the raptors, protoceratops, and alamosaurus at the amber beach dinosaur zoo all hate chase. the protos and raptors once climbed into the titanosaur truck ride exhibit and chilled with the alamosaurus herd, then threw random crap whenever they saw chase.

aww poor chase

the raptors ate an apple pie that Riley brought to the zoo that Hope (the griffin siblings' mom if u didn't already know, coined by @spookyblazecoffee) made. the raptors were really sad the rest of the day bc Riley was mad at them.

RILEY DON'T BE MAD AT THEM THEY'RE JUST BABIES

The Protoceratops all love Kaylee, they tolerate Matt and Riley, but they're afraid of them. The Protoceratops are brough sweets from Kaylee when she visits the zoo. Stella brought her a turnip she found growing in their enclosure when Kaylee came once. Stella still is finding turnips in the Protoceratops enclosure and its starting to become concerning.

aww. kaylee's just that great

The Protoceratops all love Kaylee, they tolerate Matt and Riley, but they're afraid of them. The Protoceratops are brough sweets from Kaylee when she visits the zoo. Stella brought her a turnip she found growing in their enclosure when Kaylee came once. Stella still is finding turnips in the Protoceratops enclosure and its starting to become concerning.

TURNIPS!!!!!!!!

Stella just gives people turnips when they do something she likes or if she just likes them.

that's adorable

[dimorphodon-x]

Just their owner relaxing watching something and then all you hear from the other room is ‘YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND BABY RIGHT ROUND LIKE THAT RECORD BABY RIGHT ROUND RIGHT ROUND’ and the owner just sighs and goes ‘not again.’

Or when the radio is sad and lonely all you can hear is ‘Hello? It’s me. I’ve been wondering about-‘ and just all these songs play over and over again until the owner pays attention to them LMAO

Can the radio walk at all or is it just a radio that can feel emotions and all that? This is an interesting topic and I really want to know more about it!!

It would be a creature with the altmode of a radio. Likely something domesticated. Could resemble some kind of bird or rodent or even a snake, or some secret fourth thing, depends on what you would want it to be I suppose.

Domestic pets could have a variety of alt modes too. Some smaller to medium sized pets could be clocks, televisions, phones, stuff like that. With bigger pets even going as far as having a vehicle mode like the Praxian metro-raptor.

In the Cyberverse cartoon we also see a single horn take on a sort of rocket shape to blast away from danger.

[tesalicious2]

Foundlings and their pets

In s3 of Mandalorian, we get some baby raptors to train as pets.

But what if they weren't the only pets, think about it. Idk what they would have but could you imagine them just training or playing with their pet massiff, adorable.

Plus they would function as great guard dogs from TBOBF and the Tuskens, but are also not dangerous to kids at all. Some would stay with the foundlings during the day to defend them or warn of predators. Also, they would be a good warning system at night, similar to working dogs on a farm that guard the animals. They would detect predators and chase them off and warn the adults of danger.

Not only that but you get cute moments of the foundlings playing with them! They would need a close bond, so play time, via chasing them, tug of war, belly scratches, would do wonders. It would also teach them responsibility and how to care for an animal. Not only that, but they wouldn't be afraid of them if they came across a wild one, knowing how to handle themselves to deescalate the situation.

Plus, could you imagine when the Nite Owls join their group. They just see these massive massiffs nuzzling and licking a five year old that its laying on, the kid laughing their ass off and yelling 'that tickles!' Adorable. Said massiff then growling and getting all protective once it sees the Nite Owls, like 'who tf are you and why are you staring at my baby.'

OMG, massiffs spending the night cuddling with a Mandalorian whos on watch that evening, snoring and drooling without a care.

I have grown attached.

[tekkai]

Hi hi!!! So glad to have met someone with an f/o from jwct too!!! For the ask game,

3) what’s in your f/o’s bookcase/e-reader/etc.? does your f/o even like to read?

10) if your f/o went to college what would their major be?

And if I may ask another question, how do the raptors act around Lucifer?

– @kiawren

Hi!!!!!! YES! Me too 100%!!!! I'm obsessed with your Darius ship! I can't wait to learn more about you guys!!!! ♡♡♡♡

3) what’s in your f/o’s bookcase/e-reader/etc.? does your f/o even like to read?

Mostly modern thrillers but there are a few popular romantic stories hidden just out of sight. When they first started to get serious, The Handler felt insecure about trying to be romantic so she would read as much as she could. She would do her best to implement what she would learn, and it was really cute in an uncomfortable awkward kind of way? Lucifer would eventually find the hidden collection and suddenly the first few months of their relationship made perfect sense. She would never confess to finding the stash and The Handler would never admit to studying.

10) if your f/o went to college what would their major be?

Yes she did! She was going to college for a degree in Animal Behavioral Science when she was offered an internship through the Lockwood program. As she bonded with her raptors she dropped her studies to become a full-time caretaker for them.

And if I may ask another question, how do the raptors act around Lucifer?

The raptors are so good around their mother... which is 99.99% of the time. Perfect angels, although it still took a long time for Lucifer to feel 100% okay around. Especially since surviving her own dinosaur encounter not long before they got together.

Panthera was the first one to really push Lucifer for attention. She's the baby of the pack and is very pushy for attention. She'll sneak up behind Lucifer and push her whole head under her hand when she wants to be pet. The raptor pack is also extremely food-motivated and Lucifer spoils them with treats.

It took The Handler years before she trusted her partner enough to leave her dinosaurs alone with them. Unfortunately, at that point, Lucifer had already become the 'fun step mom' and the hyper intelligence translated into pure mischief and mayhem. The perfect killing machines have the emotional intelligence of a human toddler, the athletic ability of a cat and are about 500 lbs of stubborn.

The most danger Lucifer ever felt when she was alone with the Raptors was when they decided they needed additional enrichment. They not only did they find a wild deer, coordinated themselves into herding the panicked animal into the house, they are very clever and managed to shut the door behind them. This of course, would all happen around 2 am when Lucifer was awoken to a wild deer flying around the house and nearly trampling her to death. The Raptors were not happy once Lucifer was able to scare the animal back out of the front door and into the forest. There were about two days of growling and pouting before life was back to normal.

That was the moment she first learned the raptors absolutely have a sense of humor.

Another favorite game of theirs is hide and seek, but when you're caught the whole pack will lay on whoever is 'it'. There is no warning when they decide it's time to play.

[uraharafiles]

RANDOM ARK TUTORIAL #1

taming troodon !

y'know those random structure sets in supply drops that build a fucking outhouse? yeah, build an outhouse without a roof!

trap the target pest- i mean- troodon- in the little cage and drop a tame or two in there small enough to fit!

2 to 3 high-level dodos works! you could also land a pelagornis, or a mid-to high-level raptor!

make sure all of the tames you sacrifice are on passive, or they'll defend themselves and kill the troodon!

keep feeding the troodon random tames until its taming bar hits 100%, and there you have it- a pet pest :3

notes:

it is possible to forcibly tame troodon on ark: ultimate mobile edition with the "ForceTame" command!

troodon are nocturnal dinosaurs, and taming/affinity rates are doubled wiehn taming troodon during night time!

taming and experience modifiers do not affect troodon, as taming them requires luring them into aggression towards your tamed animals!

although this is extra depressing, a baby spinosaurus can be damaged to below 20 health, and then used as bait in a pen or cage to lure the troodon into aggression and taming/affinity!

when taming troodon, rare flowers and pheromone darts can be used to force higher aggravation towards your chosen sacrificial tames!

lots of players suggest punching the troodon if it doesn't aggravate quickly, but do this carefully, especially during the night - troodon have up to double attack damage during the night!

if you prefer or are for any reason required to stay in the enclosure during the taming process, keep a riot shield equipped and in use to avoid getting hit/being affected by the troodon's torpidity attacks!

low-level diplodocus and ovis can also be good choices for sacrifices, as well as baby rexes or low-level force-tamed alpha raptors if you use force-tame hacks!

edited 1x on April 24th, 2025 at 4:16am MST

send an ask if you want more info, or if you've got more to share! please use this post as a source if you post or use information you found on it!

[philosophicalparadox]

And really it never ends well for that animal. Lord knows as a former dog trainer, I’ve seen my share of humanizing pets gone horribly wrong.

I also used to work in wildlife rehabilitation. I’ve seen the unfortunate consequences of people being too cuddly with birds in particular first hand. I’ve had the great and very anger-inducing misfortune of having to see a perfectly healthy animal put to sleep — owls, songbirds, and notably a young raccoon — because they’d imprinted on humans or missed their socialization window and could never be released into the wild.

And that is usually what happens to them — zoos can only take so many, and only under specific pretenses, and rehab and wildlife centers are the same. You can’t just pop a wild animal into a shelter, they need space and resources that are unfathomable to most people. And none of these places operate on profit, so survive on donations and the occasional subsidy. It’s expensive to build and maintain enclosures and it’s extremely labor intensive, plus there are animals you must legally be an employee to handle (large raptors, large carnivores, etc. this varies from state to state but for liability insurance most places require you to be an employee receiving a wage to be covered). Which means that these places must have a certain level of staff as well as many volunteers.

Point is, there’s just not enough. Not enough time, money, energy, space, manpower or resources to take in every single animal that is irrevocably doomed by humans who had good intentions but were either overcome by emotional thinking or woefully ignorant (usually both) and inadvertently ruined that animals chances of ever being wild again.

Most of them, like 98-99%, on a big scale, are euthanized. They have to be. It’s not fair to anybody, but hey, that’s what happens when people don’t listen to the experts or worse, don’t think to ask them.

Please, if you find an animal you think is in trouble, Call A Rehabber. DO NOT call the police — they don’t know shit and will probably kill it faster than you will, intentionally or otherwise. Fish and Game is ok, but they’re just gonna direct you to a rehabilitation center anyway.

Find your local rehabbers, know their number, and CALL THEM. They can guide you through just about anything and tell you if you need to bring the animal to them and how to do so. Or go get the animal if they have the resources.

Don’t be surprised when most of the time the answer is “leave it alone” because very often what looks like a distressing situation to us is no big deal for an animal. Fledglings are supposed to be hopping around on the ground. Baby bunnies are left in the open all the time, tucked into a tussock of grass. Mom isn’t far away, but she will be if you approach. Same with deer (except moose. If you see a baby moose, fuckin duck and run. If you don’t see mom, it’s because she’s practically stalking you looking for an opening. Don’t fuck with moose. It’s a dumb way to die.) baby coyotes and foxes wander quite a ways away from the den, and are perfectly capable of getting back by themselves most the time.

Also many animals are independent long before we assume they’d be. Hares, like jackrabbits, are able to run and eat solids almost right away. There’s almost never a time when they’re too young to be on their own. Rabbits are independent at 3-4 weeks. If it can eat solids, it’s supposed to be on its own. Others, like birds, are cared for by their parents much longer than it seems. Most birds have about a year to spend in their parents territory and can be fed by them for weeks to months after they fledge. This is especially true of birds that typically only have one clutch like owls. They feed their owlets for several months, and guide them through hunting and living independently for about a year, sometimes longer. Others like crows and pigeons are prosocial breeders where everyone takes care of the young once they fledge, so I promise that baby probably isn’t starving and is still learning to fly, so is just gonna be awkward for a while.

Again, most the time, better to just let them alone. Natures good at striking a balance. But if you’re actually concerned, call a rehabilitation center or at worst fish and game. Don’t call police, they can’t do a damn thing right in these situations most the time.

Idk I have such a fascination with people who coddle and baby wild animals (or even domestic ones). Maybe it's not that deep but I think in some ways it does speak to a lack of maturity in empathy, which sounds counterintuitive but I think its not unlike some forms of unhealthy parenting. It's a cognitive disconnect that perhaps the way you'd like to be treated does not always translate to what others want or feel comfortable with. That maybe your reality is not universal, and an inability to place yourself in another's shoes. People hear low empathy and assume it means distant and unloving, but it can also look like lovebombing or over imposing oneself on others with a lack of boundaries. From the outside it can look loving and pampering and an incredible life, but do they ever really stop to try and get to know the other party, what it actually feels and wants? Are you doing what's best for it, or just what you think is best? Or worse, what you think makes you look best in front of others?

They call animal care professionals who ask for more restraint and less contact with said animals uncaring and cold because they honest to god cannot place themselves in a reality where a kindhearted hug could feel terrifying and a free donut could be horrible for one's survival. And I think information based arguments can fall short because they are primarily operating through emotions and what "feels" right to them. And I think some of these people may be drawn to animals and habituating wildlife because they won't ever tell them off in clean english. Idk it intrigues me