#I FREAKING LOVE MANTAs!!!!!

[sky-cotl-nature]

animal of the day: this beautiful manta from the lantern!

these guys are so cool, and OBJECTIVELY better than normal mantas due to them being portable. wish i had a little guy to bring around wherever i went 😢

[hasmadara]

Some Beast Wars redesigns!! Annotations below :3

Edit: wow mobile quality is terrible, i hate you tumble

INFERNO

I went very heavy with the knight imagery, serving his rrroyalty!! Went with a mix between a trapjaw ant and turtle ant because I wanted a shield. He has dual flame-throwers on his back/shoulders connected to the ant-butt because might as well add another mix with the yellow crazy ant, that sprays acid (in this case flammable liquid) through it's rear!

Being grabbed by those extremely strong, extremely fast mandibles of the trapjaw ant before being blasted by a flamethrower to the face sounds like a wonderful time <3

RATTRAP

Rattrap I wanted it to feel like an Italian mobster, I think I went a little too on-the-nose but, I like it! He has a fedora-type helmet, with a lovely cigar alongside some hidden suspenders and I tried to make the rat head have a tie - on his wrists he has tools such as lockpicking devices, torch, other things ;)

In my continuity he's primarily infiltration and sabotage, with a heavy preference for explosives

RAMPAGE

Rampage was fun, I stuck heavily to his BW design but I wanted the mutant freak part of him to be more emphasised. So, the crab has teeth. And 6 legs? I gave him extra arms because it would be quite hard to grab things with those mega pincers, but also extra arms are cool as fuck. He also has spurs and leg-guns because, again, cool as fuck. I love how his biolights turned out!

I didn't want to spend time drawing massive guns but he does still have his rotating grenade launcher thing - it has all sorts: hellfire missiles, acid bombs, napalm grenades, and other nightmares <3

DEPTH CHARGE

Depth Charge was very fun also, I wanted his colouring to be extremely opposite to Rampage's so he has very muted cool tones while Rampage is blindingly bright. He has twin remora-shotgun things on his shoulders, and I wanted the manta to be more manta, less metallic. I enjoyed doing the gold highlights to add a bit of grandeur and elegance to him.

In my continuity his primary weapon is the Blades of Chaos from GoW :'))

[thetombedspirit]

Jurassic World: Camp Fam - Next Generation

I was board, so I made a next gen for the Nublar Six, based on my personal headcanons and ships so if you don't like Benrius and Kenlynn, then please don't come at me. This is all just in good fun.

Enjoy!

Emily Bowman (Benrius)

Emily was nine-years old when her parents were unfortunately killed in a freak dinosaur attack, leaving her orphaned. Darius and Ben responded to the call and took her into their care. She stayed with them for a little while whilst Social Services began sorting out her situation, wherein during that time, Emily gotten to get to know Darius and Ben and what they do; how they locate dinosaurs, care for them, and ship them off to private island habitats funded by Dr Mae Turner and Mantah Corp, now under Kenji’s full jurisdiction. She even began to conquer her fear after making friends with a Maiasaura she named Ursa.

She was eventually put into a foster home, but the conditions were poor, so she decided to run away and return to the Sanctuary, via stealing the mum’s credit card to book a plane ticket.

Darius and Ben were shocked to see Emily and horrified to hear about the living conditions. After sending her to bed, they had a long talk about how they had once talked about adopting and raising a family, agreeing they both adored Emily and didn’t want her to go. So they gave Emily the good news the next morning that they would adopt her into the family and she said yes.

Fun Fact: Ursa the Maiasaura is a direct nod to concept dinosaurs that would eventually become Bumpy, as Maiasaura was one of the many plausible candidates.

2. Julia and Xavier Kon (Kenlynn)

Despite their ups and downs, concerning Brooklynn’s line of work and Kenji's inheritance of Manta Corp, Brooklynn tries extra hard to live in the moment and not take her time with her family and friends for granted and Kenji works hard to ensure that the Kon family name is redeemed through his work. Regardless of their hardships, they work well together and support each other through their struggles.

Julia Kon is the more extraverted of the duo. She takes after her father, enjoys skating, archery and isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty, preferring physical activities to staying coped up indoors all day. Her brother Xavier is more closed off then his sister. Younger by two years, he prefers technology and hacking to climbing and being outdoors.

Despite their differences, two things they have in common is their love for their family and their association with dinosaurs. Namely the herd of Parasaurolophus living by their father’s climbing camp. Every month, Kenji would take the family camping at the cliffs and the kids would play with the baby Parasaurolophuses. One in particular took a real shine to the children; Brooklynn affectionately named her Nightlight, due to how Xavier would snuggle her tightly due to his fear of the dark when they went camping.

Fun Fact: Julia and Xavier are named after Brooklynn and Kenji's original concepts for Camp Cretaceous, Jules and Xi respectively. Also, Kenji and Ben used to have different roles, with Ben being the strong, athletic character while Kenji (at this point in time, Xi) was the shy, nerdy type. They since swapped roles, with Ben becoming the shy one and Xi taking the role of the rich kid and was renamed Kenji.

3. Katie Gutierrez-Fadoula (Yasammy)

When Sammy and Yaz got married and talked about starting a family, they realized there were some complications: Sammy's encounter with the Scorpios Rex damaged her reproductive organs and left her unable to carry a child to term, and Yaz was uncomfortable with the idea of ordering a doner. So in the end, they agreed to adopt.

Katie loves her moms and her life at the ranch. She enjoys spending time with Angel and Rebel, who they were able to rescue and keep on the ranch (best cattle dogs Sammy ever had), tending to the cows, chickens and the stray Pachycephalosaurus that had been hanging around the ranch lately, who she has named Bonehead. She came out to her mums as trans when she was 13 and they wholeheartedly support her through her transition.

Fun Fact: Katie is a sorta merge of Sammy and Yaz's concepts. Sammy was originally meant to be male and Yaz's name was originally Katie.

Anyway, those are my versions of the next generation of Camp Fam. I hope you like them and again, this is just all in good fun; I'm not trying to start any shipping wars.

Take care peoples.

[rosiesdisneydrama]

Some Random World Building for GF x SKY

I wanted to draw something for the new year, but I have no spoons for drawing right now. So, instead, I'll drop some world notes on the GF x Sky AU. Hope you all enjoy it.

If anyone wants to ask about stuff for this AU, PLEASE DO. I love getting asked about my aus!

~ The Mystery Shack features displays of the various animals/creatures from Sky! With only a few cryptids from around GF making appearances to round things out. (They get cycled depending on the season.)

A lot of the Sky creatures’ names are a mix of their official and fan names or have an extra suffix added to show that they’re not just regular animals. (Ex. Calling the Mantas “Light Mantas” and their starry versions “Cosmic Mantas.”)

He did that because they were all familiar enough to him that he could make something that Ford could have potentially made for it. While also all being magical/strange enough that he could get away with making stuff about them that would interest tourists and locals enough to pay Ford’s bills.

They’re all real creatures in this universe too, they just live in the Realms of Sky which is really hard to get to without the help of a Sky Kid or a Sky Spirit. So Ford’s never seen them before during his travels because he hasn’t had that access ticket to get there. When he sees Stan’s exhibits, he just assumes they’re totally made up because it’s his sibling who’s the one talking about them.

Then he sees something that makes him realize that maybe, just maybe, there’s more to his brother than he realized.

~ Stanley is seen as the “Cool” old man by the town youths because he’s so… Different from everyone else. He’s in his late 50s/early sixties but he’s got half his head shaved, is covered in tattoos, and completely chill about them just hanging out. (He does charge for any snacks they don’t bring with them though.)

And, when they ask for it, he gives them genuine advice if they ask him about getting their heads shaved or getting tattoos. Even piercings, despite not having any himself. He tells them things they ought to know about doing those themselves.

What the best/safest way to do them is, how they need to be cared for over time, what they should do to avoid infections, and more.

And he takes them seriously.

He doesn’t shrug off their questions or their thoughts/opinions. He listens to things they’re going to him for help/advice. And it’s been that way for years! There are more than a few adults who went to him for advice as teens and now they advise others to do the same.

He’s also openly part of the Queer community. Not a “scream it from the rooftops” type, but he doesn’t hide that he likes all genders and doesn’t fully identify as a man himself. (He just knows that everyone is attractive and he’s not a chick. But that’s about it.)

He doesn’t know all the terms and flags but is actually very happy to help people figure themselves out.

(He may have been the one who helped get the two officers of GF together. Just made a comment about how nice their relationship was without knowing they weren’t actually an Item. They promptly had their “Wait you can DO that?!” freak out and he awkwardly excuses himself to let them talk it out.)

~ Stan remembered being the Cackling Cannoneer due to Traumatic Events. (Near-drowning experience.) And while he's happier to have memories of that life to help him in his current one, he really wished that wasn't how it had all come back to him.

There are days where he misses being in the Sky Realms and the people he knew there, but he tries to not let himself linger on those feelings for too long.

But what he has been enjoying is relearning and experimenting with the magic (gestures, spells, and so on). Most of them are harmless or have purely cosmetic effects, a few he used to lock up places so that people can't get in, but there are a few that he's figured out (or even made) that have proved very useful for getting out of tight spots. Especially in the woods around Gravity Falls.

He's made a book that he keeps hidden in the basement that has his "confirmed" notes on Sky Magic. It's a mix of a reminder book and a "Notes for Teaching Someone Else If I Have To" book.

[ghostie-in-wonderland]

Rides I think the Obey Me! Characters would dislike

Tw: motion sickness is mentioned

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Mammon: Manta at Sea World Orlando

I think his voice box would be definitely strained afterwards from screaming. Definitely don’t think he’d enjoy the whole like laying parallel to the ground part. He seems like the friend who would pretend to not be scared of a ride, while actually being terrified and at the end of the day has no voice from how loud he was screaming. 

Lucifer: Tower of Terror 

I can’t explain it, but he gives me the vibes of someone who has definitely freaked out about getting trapped in an elevator, but he plays it off because of his pride so he would never let anyone know that the ride spooks him. He’s also a 1000% someone who’d go on the People-mover all day, which is definitely a mood sometimes. 

Leviathan: Thunderbolt at Kennywood

It legit causes someone to pretty much sit on someone else’s lap. I think he’d be freaked out by that. If he rode it with the MC, instant nosebleed. I think he’d prefer to play the games or do rides where he’s not sitting directly against someone. 

Asmodeus: A Bug’s Life at Disney World 

The seats make it feel like bugs crawl on you. I think he’d hate that. Plus, you watch like a little Bug’s Life performance thing and it’s freaky (I also hated this attraction as a kid). 

Satan: It’s a Small World at Disney 

Somehow, he would get stuck in there. The ride would then be closed for the next five years because of how angry he’d get about the song. It would be entertaining though for MC if they’re chaotic. 

Beelzebub: Mission: Space at Disney World 

This ride is motion sickness devildom (lol see what I did there). He gives the vibes of the family member who has to sit in the front seat or next to a window because he gets really bad motion sickness and feels guilty the entire time. 

Belphegor: Black Widow at Kennywood 

I don’t think he’d vibe with the swinging and the spinning. I think he’d get really dizzy and annoyed by it. Especially because it’s longer than it needs to be. He also seems like the type to get headaches from rides that spin too much. 

Diavolo: Raptor at Cedar Point

This man is beefy. Truly I don’t think he’d like rides that have over the shoulder harnesses because they squish him. I think if you asked though, he’d still go with you on any rides because you asked. Also, I feel like if you’re plus size/chubby and nervous about fitting on a ride, he would 1000% make it seem like he was the problem if you don’t fit on the ride. He is a 100/10 character to go to a theme park with. 

Barbatos: Exterminator at Kennywood 

This is the entire reason I thought of this idea. I love this ride, but Exterminator with it’s OG theming (pre-making an express lane when it had good theming) would have freaked Barbatos out because it’s all about rats taking over a city. Like the whole ride is rat themed and you’re in a car that looks like a rat “trying” to escape exterminators. 

Simeon: Pipeline at Sea World Orlando

I think he’d dislike the whole standing while on a rollercoaster. I think he’d just dislike Sea World in general because of the ethical issues with it. I feel like his least favorite part would be getting off the ride and his legs being all shaky because of it. 

Luke: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Disney World 

I think it would mostly be the jokes the brothers would make at his expense in line. 

Solomon: Invertigo at King’s Island 

I think he’d hate the possibility of going backwards on a rollercoaster. I think he’d also hate rides like the Music Express at Kennywood or Matterhorn at Cedar Point because it only goes in a circle. 

Mephisto: All of them

He just gives those vibes. I’m sorry he just does to me. I feel like he would be one of those people who are there for the vibes, probably go on a couple of the chiller rides like the Merry-Go-Rounds or join Lucifer on the People Mover (which would be amusing to watch). 

Thirteen: None 

A 10/10 character to go to a theme park with if you want a ride buddy, she’ll go on everything with you. 

[ladyblueberrymuffin]

May I offer you another character to headcanon as trans in these trying times?

His name is Manta, he comes from this French cartoon called Droners, and in season 1 he looks like this

(He's the white haired one)

Then in season 2, after making a much happier life for himself, and going through a cool redemption arc, and standing up to his abusers, he looks like this

(You can even see he covered that tattoo on his shoulder—that was the symbol of the military academy that brainwashed him and where he was treated like trash)

He's a really fun character. We learn in season 1 that despite acting all big and tough on the island, he was actually bullied at his military academy, and basically did everything his abusers told him to gain their respect, which of course never happened.

But like, just look at him. The animation! The smug aura. The voice actor is also doing such a good work selling just how feral this boy is.

And you know the best part? Unlike a lot of redeemed rivals, he never loses that edge after he chills out. He's still this extra. He just went from bully (derogatory) to bully (affectionate). He's still headstrong, he's still ready to throw down, but now it's in defense of his friends. He's willing to compliment people, he does not threaten his friends with violence, he smiles, and has small talk about home food, and plays video games with other droners.

And when he flies his drone in the race, he's still this wonderful heel, he still wrecks stuff in his path, his drone is literally designed to be able to chomp other drones in half. AND WE LOVE SEEING HIM CHOMP OTHER DRONES IN HALF. I love my trans shark son reenacting the plot of Jaws (btw, his drone is also named Jaws, and we love that)

I feel the need to tell you, every time he does that attack, he does the ice cube crunch. So extra.

Have I also mentioned he gets a romantic arc with the main heroine of the story? He becomes the bad boy love interest?!

Also, his drone is literally a blåhaj, and his insignia is the Monster logo. Love that for him

On a side note: check how his best friend added freaking cat ears to his hood after they rebranded themselves. (Also note they both stopped wearing dog tags)

They dance together. (Which is also a nice subtle character development, because at the beginning of season 1, they're always sitting around the parties, sulking, and glaring at everybody)

[spnfanficpond]

February 2024 Angel Fish Awards

(Angel Fish design by @slytherkins!!)

Every month all of you fantastic writers work your asses off to post some truly incredible stories. Our Angel Fish Awards are the way for all of us, as a community of writers and readers, to lift each other up and give praise to those who have captured our attention and deserve a few kind words. (Click here to learn more about how to nominate a fic for an award!)

Nominated by @spn-fanfic-reblog-writes

Pack by @spnexploration

I love this story. I love the pack dynamics and how they all are despite Dean being the Pack Alpha. I love that they even have an extended pack as well (Claire, for example). I love that the reader has to learn the world and shows a very real world freak out over the information as well as how the pack dynamic and tactics work with and without Dean and Sam. I love how gentle and human Dean and the Reader are together. It’s a very relatable story with new relationships. I related to the Reader’s self-view very, very much. I’m gonna start including pack dynamics in my own a/b/o fics. I love that idea, so so much. Evolution is slow to change, so even if a/b/o was an evolutionary change, it doesn’t mean that all aspects would change with modern day society. Please check the story out and the author. Thanks!

The Cala Lillies of Winchester by @littleangelcassie

This is such an amazing story! Castiel instantly connects with Dean who falls asleep on him while on the bus and Cas being Cas decides to take him home and keep him. Doesnt take long for Dean to agree. It’s an amazing, challenging love story from there that encompasses family, children, health and home, and the challenges of in-laws for their personal and religious views. It’s beautiful and terrifying, and worth the tears.

The Heartbreak Hotel by @naughtystiel

You have to read this is such a fluffy story. It’s like so heart warming, chest squeezing, heart racing and so angsty. I love it. It’s so fluffy that it’s schmoopy. That’s how affectionate and caring it is. Let the story take care of you. Trigger Warning: cheating, survivor’s guilt, bad parent Mary Winchester

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Nominated by @mrswhozeewhatsis

If you don't look good, we don't look good by @talltalesandbedtimestories

HOLY HELL!!! This is SO HOT! With feelings, and hair, and brotherly Sam, and HOLY HOTNESS DEAN. *wipes sweat from brow*

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Nominated by @mariekoukie6661

Mutually Beneficial by @kittenofdoomage

It's cute, fresh, and I can't wait to see where it goes!!

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Nominated by @spencereliotwinchester

Flash by Ellia (AO3)

It’s so simple, yet extremely deep. An amazing take on the masks we wear

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Nominated by @thoughtslikeaminefield

(K)not For Sale by @sam-is-my-safe-word

I don’t even go to the school of ABO, but, Kasey, love, you killed me. It’s emotional and anxious and hot, and SB is the Omega. Yes. Good.

Spotless by @stusbunker

FAKE. DATING. I’m epically behind in college comments for this, but it’s so fun and sexy and Stuie!

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Nominated by @glygriffe

Wait for the Ricochet by @bobwess

I nominate this fic - first, because it is by Bob Wess and I think everybody in the SPN fandom should read at least one Bob Wess story - second, because it’s a time travel WIP where Dean and Sam meet their younger selves. 16-year-old Dean getting all big brother-y with 36-year-old Sam is precious, and Castiel serving as a buffer between the two versions of Dean is quite an interesting read.

(Divider by @glygriffe)

THANK YOU ALL, KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK, AND AS ALWAYS, HAPPY WRITING!

- From your Admins and Manta Rays, @manawhaat, @mrswhozeewhatsis, @mariekoukie6661, @thoughtslikeaminefield, @spencereliotwinchester, and @heavenssexiestangel!

[facefullabugz]

do you have any good scifi recs? i recently read the murderbot diaries and realized i have shamefully little experience with scifi....

Y'know, my scifi's actually pretty limited! I mostly just like the cover art, sorry. oTL Looking at Steve Purcell's work has me thinking about influences in illustrative art of that era so that's why I was in the tag lol

Left Hand of Darkness is an interesting read (just go in knowing what era it's from and know it's mostly about anthropology on a planet where people change genders more or less at will and a lot of it is the protag going HUH????).

Ray Bradbury's The Veldt is an all time good creepy short (what is that noise in our children's hologram room? it sounds like us screaming. well i'm sure it's nothing.)

is the Southern Reach series considered sci-fi...? It's sci-fi horror at least, I'd say (what if there was a spot that was more or less a DNA scrambler and what if you were a biologist lady who loved staring at freak shit. and also your husband's a dolphin. or an owl. dont worry about it.) I still need to read the newest book, but there's a moment in book 2 where a surface is described as like a manta ray's skin that I still think about

if I'm REALLY stretching here, The Hollow Places counts as scifi for me. It's scifi horror/fantasy horror- (what if there was a portal to another world and it was sooooo safe and you should go in.) There's a part I still think about where a man had been standing in this like, waist deep pit of water for a while (years?) and the protag has some realizations about what she's looking at when she sees him that still freak me out.

Otherwise, watch MST3K. That counts, right?

[honey-minded-hivemind]

I had…the weirdest thought/idea while reading through your mermay stuff. This can be h2o no au or just general mer shenanigans but…what if reader was allergic to shellfish/fish in general before becoming a mer/siren? Like- for h2o it just adds to the “ocean and fish bad” mindset and trauma reader has. But also when they become a mer that would bring up so many questions. (Do you think they’d become immune or just stay allergic bc the human part of them is still technically the same???)

When they become a mer they just suddenly have this urge to consume something that quite literally will kill them. When they eventually wind up with the yans and the caretakers try to feed them reader once again just sees it as an attempt on their life and not some caring gesture. The adults are so concerned and confused that their guppy won’t eat anything, but it doesn’t seem like a hunger strike they literally freak out when food is put toward their mouth. Maybe reader finally explains it and the adults are just CONFUSED.

“Reader please eat your food.”

“I can’t I’ll literally die.”

“…..what?”

If reader is still deathly allergic they become the mer equivalent of a vegetarian or idk marine animals are weird, if fate is kind reader is partially a type of sea creature that just filter feeds or something (ex: whale shark, or manta ray)

(Idk all of this is coming from the mind of someone who cannot eat fish, had a very violent reaction to it, and has been scared of it happening again ever since)

I’m curious what you think, does the moon pool just heal the immune response? Is reader only allergic while in a human form but fine to eat fish as a mer? Or is reader plunged into an even worse situation bc when the yans find out about the allergy they become 100x more protective, treating reader as the most fragile guppy on the planet that needs even more of their attention and care? Like- allergies aren’t a thing for mer so they don’t really understand it so they’re just like: “No Reader! If that fish gets near you you’ll die!” Imagine someone like Sabertooth being like that one uncle that’s like “you’re just faking it” or “that’s not a thing!”, playfully force feeds reader a crab or something and suddenly reader’s gills swell and they can’t breathe. That makes x2 murder attempts on reader by Sabertooth. And then from that point on everybody in the pod is traumatized by the experience, reader is even further from being assimilated, and the yan adults are so much more worried about their reluctant guppy.

Weird funny concept. This became so long, I am so sorry.

Been binge reading your work and I think it’s awesome! You’re a really creative writer, and I love everything I’ve read from you!

Idk how your anon system works

Call me rhino anon 🦏 if that’s available?

Oh wow! Okay, I have a family member who is also allergic to shellfish (I'm not sure about fish, but they're allergic to shellfish), and I hope you are okay after that experience, 🦏 Anon.

I can see it working as Reader is either immune as a mer but can't eat shellfish as a human, or as them being unable to eat, well, any seafood at all.

They're basically stuck eating seaweed, kelp, and/or filter feeding, and Reader isn't happy, and neither are the platonic yans, especially the adults. Their kid/sibling isn't eating, they're worried Reader will starve, and they want to help but are confused by being allergic to what is a sirens main diet.

If Sabretooth did force Reader to eat shellfish or fish, he'd be lucky, and so would Reader, if they didn't die or have a severe allergic reaction. Reader does however fear him even more after it, regardless of if they almost died or if they actually stomached fish for the first time in their life.

I think if Reader had to have a meat to eat, it would have to be sea birds or sea mammals. So, seagulls, albatross, terns, for birds... or seals, dolphins, or orcas for mammals... It's still a hassle, but it's worth it if Reader doesn't end up with anemia or sick from only being able to eat seaweed and kelp and seagrass...

The adult platonic yans at this point are having to fist fight or tail fight who is and isn't allowed near Reader as one of their main caretakers, because they need someone they will listen to yet have a chance of liking. Reader is scared of all of them, but some more than others, so it's best to pick the ones who haven't traumatized them, and go with the ones who at least they won't faint from seeing...

(Welcome to the platonic yandere X-Men club!)

[gatheredfates]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers (ू•‧̫•ू⑅)♡

Aww, I love positivity asks! I can't say mine are in any way profound, but:

My loved ones. Cheesy, I know. Shout-out to my partner who does have a Tumblr account but refuses to be perceived because I know he'll read this and appreciate the fact I didn't tag him. I've been asked before how on earth I've been in a relationship with one person for over half my life and that's simple: I fell in love with my best friend. 💖 Also huge shoutout to @riftdancing who will be perceived because she's the platonic love of my life and, without her, I would not be who I am today. These two have seen me at my literal worst and stuck by me — I love them to bits! There's also my FC members/close friends @lightwrought / @gaygentofchaos / @whirlwyrm / @snakemoltsiren / @swingbeard / @dragons-ire / other people I have missed and/or wouldn't like to be tagged but know you are included because I love you. IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW. Also everyone in Seafloor!

Music. I've always loved music, but I really only got into music and listening to different things later in life! Sleep Token fundamentally altered my brain chemistry and I will thrust them on anyone who will listen (start with Sundowning through to Take Me Back to Eden if you want the whole ~experience~ but Jaws is also a good separate introduction). I've also come to love Crywolf, Ashnikko, Bad Omens, as well as old faithfuls like Red, Evanescence, Halsey, etc.

My cat. She's not really my cat, but she adopted me. Ratticus le Catticuses the third of her name; brat cat, rat cat; little goblin; my little baby girl, love of my life. (Her name is Lucy).

Graphics design/creativity. I make it no secret my favourite part of my irl work is when I can make a brochure/pamphlet/poster. I don't profess to be an absolute master in it, and I'm entirely self-taught, but there is something about making something better. It's the same with GPOSING and the like. I don't do it often, but my edits are there. There are people in the community that use the little dividers I put together in Canva. It makes me happy!

My current mental health/personal journey. I'm in a really good spot mentally. My diagnosis has changed my life, and I was already on a good trajectory with my personal mantra/outlook on life prior to it. A few years go I was extremely depressed/anxious, I had a lot of trauma/paranoia around my spaces, and acted in ways I'm not proud of. I've reached out and reconciled a lot of it, and it's allowed me to engage with this community and my personal projects in a manner that's healthy and engaging for me. I was in a spot of ~drama~ recently (which I won't get into — that's another personal choice I made to keep things between relevant parties) and, rather than freaking out and thinking everyone hated me... I just dealt with it. I took all sides, formulated my opinions and blocked the people I didn't want to deal with. I was SO proud/happy with myself — I still am! It's not world-ending like it used to feel and that's so freeing for me as someone who used to be a chronic people-pleaser/conflict averse. I still want to try to be the latter, but I really believe the manta of 'be kind, take no shit'. It's done wonders for my happiness.

This got really long, I appreciate anyone who got to the bottom! I'll send these out to ten people from my permanent interaction call because I think that's nice. Thank you @disciple-of-frost for sending this in!! ✨

[stiffyck]

For the tattoo bug thing you asked for

Praying mantas

And one of these is a silver fish the other one might be a silver fish, i dunno

HONESTLY IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A MANTIS TATTOO FOR A WHILE. IF I WENT FOR THAT ONE ID WANT IT ON MY HIP PROBABLY.

Also the other two freaks. Love that. Creepy as fuck /pos

[sardinedweeb]

“I’m in love with a monster!”

introducing my newest self ship, “pig man!” Which is a fan pairing between big man and Snowtrees the Guinea pig (my main fursona). Yes, I love a freaking manta ray….so what? Anyways, have some cute Halloween art of these two. Going to try to make it a habit to pay attention to my other self ships. Enjoy!

[fortunatelydarkmoon]

Time for my first droner fanfiction

"I'm fine"

It all started on a peaceful day corto resting in the beach while enki,mouse and oro were building a sand castle with oro watching but then they saw manta and shino were also at the beach with manta being angry at him losing the race to team tiki today and says to shino "I can't believe i lost to this weak team how is that pose" and corto being well corto says "oh please manta maybe you should need sone trainer kid's one haha" which just angers manta more and says "oh say's miss I'm obsessed with oromosis" I'm thinking you have the biggest love interest on it" and corto says"oh say's mister "i have anger issues and a frozen brain" I've got to say you definitely do have anger issues" and mouse says "come on corto leave manta alone" and corto says "but he started it" as she looked at manta but his head was facing the sand and shino says "manta are you ok?" And corto says "hey dude you good or are you still trying to process that you lo-" "SHUT UP YOU IDIOT" manta yelles before corto finished her scented and manta says "I don't understand how wired and your team including stupid genie accept you look at you all you are and forever will be is a idiot and a good for nothing droner" as manta continues yelling at corto yelling and shino stops manta by saying "manta stop come on let's leave" as he put a hand on manta shoulder and they both left with oro saying to corto "don't listen to him corto your stronger than this you just gotte-" "I'm leaving" "what?" "I said I'm leaving" as corto turned and started walking away from the beach with enki saying "corto is this about what manta said?" As suddenly corto said "leave me alone" as she ran away ignoring the pleases of her friends telling her to stop running and after a while corto stopped running and sat behind a tree hugging her knees but finnaly she felt whispering coming inside her mind "your pathetic" and corto says "no...no shut up" as she puts her hands on her ears trying to block the whispers but they were still being heared "your useless what kind of droner runs away like that phh just pathetic","oh look are you going to cry? Crybaby","you shouldn't even be friends with your friends your just useless to them slowing them down" as the whispers continuing corto says "no shut up I'm not I'm not" and the whispers say "oh but you are aren't you","your always weak nothing else" as the whispers continued corto could feel herself listening to them was she useless? nothing but a pathetic freak? But then as corto continued trying to block out the whispers she heard a voice that broke it off

"corto?"

And corto looked beside her and saw flora looking worried including the sky was at dawn was she really having a breakdown for so long it felt like minutes to her "oh thank aqua's your ok enki said you ran away after manta said some bad things to you everyone has been looking for you are you ok?" Asked flora her tone having a lot of worries "I'm fine just... needed some time alone" said corto as she stood up clearly hiding something but flora couldn't see what "ok come let's tell the rest that we found you" said flora as both corto and her started waking away but flora then asked "corto...how are you?" And Corto respond with the words "I'm fine"

[eriexplosion]

Clone Wars - Shadow of Malevolence

Having expended everything I remembered about this three parter in the first part, I'm going into this one not remembering anything whatsoever.

First of all 'diabolical droid commander, General Grievous' I love that the writers simply do not know what this man is. Droid? Not a droid? Who knows, not the people writing this that's for sure!

I love when the clones get the salt and pepper hair... absolute top tier look right there. And one of them even gets a name, Matchstick - taking bets on if he survives the episode because I have a haunting feeling the answer is no.

"The Jedi are never that harsh with their clones." "The care these Jedi show for their troops is a weakness." "A weakness we shall continue to exploit."

Cannot get over that this exchange between Dooku & Grievous is actually about Grievous punching a head directly off a battle droid and getting told off because they're expensive. It's weakness not to decapitate your troops with a single punch, this is why the Jedi will lose. Clearly.

Honestly, I think that there's a strong preference for Grievous in like, the 2D series where he's an incredible badass but I love coughing little freak Grievous. Most character of all time. He has several things wrong with him.

Their target is a medical station with 60,000 injured clones though, fucking. Hands off the boys, Grievous.

One thing I like about this episode is that it really gives us the first bits of the Ahsoka & Anakin sibling dynamic that works so well for me. We got lots of them interacting last episode, but I don't think it has quite the charm of their back and forth over how Anakin TOTALLY doesn't hate Ahsoka's flying he just enjoys her company so she should come with him as the gunner and definitely not fly. Awkward big brother Anakin is my favorite.

UNEXPECTED NALA SE APPEARANCE. I forgot she was here so early. Headcanon possibilities abound with that, is Omega on the station somewhere? What about early pre-deployment batch? Some of the behind the scenes stuff makes it sound like they were only allowed into the field because someone spoke up for them after 99 died, but they're probably still Nala Se's pet project to experiment on. So many options just with her being here.

"Broadside, if we make it through this one, drinks are on me." "I can already taste it."

OH YEAH THEY'RE TOAST. AT LEAST ONE OF THEM. NEVER MAKE PLANS.

I love that Plo Koon knows that this random smuggler's route is the habitat of DANGEROUS POSSIBLY SHIP EATING SPACE MANTA RAYS. Is he particularly knowledgeable in smuggler's routes or does he just know a lot about space marine biology? I hope that he has a book about the Purrgils.

The "It's just smiling at ya!" bit from Anakin. I adore him, god.

Also yep, Matchstick is gone, doomed by making plans for after the mission ;A; don't like that, put him back. (Also lost an unseen clone named Tag, which is the cutest name ever oh my god)

And once again Plo Koon saves the day with clear headed thinking mid-battle. Best Jedi master.

At the end there's another little exchange that caught my attention, this one between Nala Se & Anakin:

Do not take the lives you saved lightly. I don't. But I also can't take the lives I lost lightly.

Once again I am TORN UP by how much Anakin cares about people and wants to do right by them, that even in victory he's thinking about their lives being lost I am In Agony about it. But also, it's interesting to see this Nala Se who seems a little more caring about the clones. She didn't escape immediately and stayed to oversee the evacuation, for one, but also praising Anakin for the lives he saved. She's almost likable and then goes on to do things like drug Fives to lead directly to his death.

I was going to do all three tonight but I'm getting a little sleepy so third one tomorrow. I am going to be turning around the thought of Omega or the batch being on this station with Nala Se ALL NIGHT, I just know it.

[foxyk7]

I usually stay QUIET on main about anything else than is not my art or about my mutuals...

BUT FOR LORD SAKE LOOK AT THEMMMMM!!!!

I FUCKING LOVE THEIR NEW DESIGN FOR THE FINAL SPLATFEST, LOOK AT MY LESBIANS AND MY BIG BRAZILIAN MANTA RAY!!!!! BUT I'M ALSO SO PISSED THAT I CAN'T PLAY IT I DON'T HAVE A FREAKING SWITCH AND THESE THING ALONG WITH THE GAME WILL COST ME BOTH OF MY LIVERS.

If this happen to decide which path Splatoon will take AGAIN THIRD TIME IN A ROLL we're so FUCKED.

I'm soooo fucking sure than Team Past will win but at the same time there's Team Future!! (Of course that is IF its the Idols against each other then Present might have a chance since is Off The Hook, everyone love those lesbians!, or just Shiver VS Frye VS BigMan, then its most probably gonna be Shiver)

I'm even more angy than I won't be able to see the live stream! I HAVE A FUCKING JOB NOW!!! I CAN'T JUST TURN TO MY BOSS AND SAY "Hey boss! I'm not going to work today because there's a Live stream show than I want to see of a bunch of cephalopods with humanoid proportions singing and dancing songs that don't have 'exact' lyrics because is ALL GIBBERISH BUT IS ALSO SO FUCKING GOOD"

Splatoon changed my life in a way that is not reparable anymore.

[askdarkwingduck]

Hey darkwing Duck

Whats your favorite Pokémon?

Oh gosh.... I have so many favorites...

If I had to give 6 pokemon that I like, my pokemon team if you will, they would be...

Honchkrow and Corvikight for obvious reasons... ;)

Delibird for being soooooooo cute!!! Mantine for being a freaking manta ray!! I love those creatures!!

Pelipper for reminding me so much of Launchpad for me! And finally Quaxly, for also being sooooooo adorable!!!

Those are my personal favorites!!! As you can see, theres a certain pattern with most of them!!