#Leuistic

[thatonecatinatophat]

How come no one talks about leucisim? Its always albinism this or albino that, most people will end up assuming animals with leucisim are albino and that kinda upsets me... because while everyone is trying to get a hold of albino animals because of their white fur/feather/scales/whatever(I'm just gonna say coat for faster spelling) they completely over look how beautiful leuistic animals are! Plus they are softer because the lack of melanin makes their coat that way. Albino animals tend to have health issues, like blindness and a shorter life span, meanwhile leuistic animals are perfectly healthy.

Heres a photo of my schools chicken that hatched white, compared to her siblings, and instead of getting speckled, stayed white minus a few black feathers (ignore the top hat), her name is Indy.

Animals with leucisim will also have paler skin and their eyes will still be black.

[ilikemicrowaves]

@todaysbird I went to the park today and saw this cream colored duck. I can't tell if it's just a different breed or if it's leuistic (I think that's the right word, I'm not sure) i couldn't get the best photos because my camera sucks, sorry they're bad quilty.

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

Stupid question but how come naturally paler birds, seagulls, snowy owls, etc, don't face similar levels of feather breakage as leuistic and albino birds from other species?

Feather structure is a very complex topic that I am not the most qualified to give a full coverage of as a raptor specialist.

The most barebones summary I can give you though is that out simply they are structured differently depending on if pigmentation is naturally going to occur in them or not.

However, you may also notice that the primary feathers on most gulls, terns, and other seabirds that need to sustain long and hard flights tend to be heavily pigmented to offer additional structure.

In general terms it isn’t uncommon to see white birds have some color to their flight feathers.

And exceptions to this rule tend to be birds that only engage in short flights to avoid predators or at least flights that are non-intensive. Snowy owls are a special case because owl feathers have a very unique structure to be soft and allow a lot of air to flow through and around them to create a silent flight. Because of the way the air interacts with their feathers, they don’t experience as much direct air resistance slamming against their feathers.

There is more to all of this that involves the difference between diluted pigment and absent pigment, but again that’s far from my specialization.

[kitzuukts]

I think Tsunami's time changed the lives of sophisticated SeaWings heavily.

When Fin's first son hatches, when the dragonets are routinely put through the animus test, when Otter is shown to be the first confirmation that animi still exist - Queen Anemone panics and outlaws animus magic in the Kingdom of the Sea.

Statues are broken down, and are considered a light taboo, as horror stories of Orca's carving spread through the kingdom. "Better not to be watched by the dead," some SeaWings say, a phrase explaining the lack of carved statues.

After the death of Anemone, rumors twist like vines around the SeaWings, claiming leuistics are animi, and evil. The superstition grows over the years.

The Island Palace is restored, and the Summer Palace becomes a place only for meeting with diplomats. If the fire-breathers know where it is, they can't surprise bomb it...

[kylesplayhouse]

Yup. We’re doing this again.

Since my South Park fixation is back in full force, I figured now would a good time to properly reintroduce my New Kid oc, Flava!

This little fella is very near & dear to my heart, I know that sounds cheesy but I promise you, this guy changed my life for the better.

So buckle up y’all because I’m about to lay down the DEFINITIVE introduction to my little guy. Be warned though because it’s gonna be a doozy.

Preamble

Flava was created waaaay back in 2018 by my old friend @shin-holly after they whipped up a design in TFBW’s character creation, he looked MUCH different than he does now, as was his lore (which is a whole different thing entirely)

Throughout the years Flava underwent many different design changes as I got better with my art when I transitioned to using MediBang Paint around late 2020. His main idea however stayed relatively the same; A kid who had an interest for Outer Space and the unknown.

Since then i’ve been workshopping what his relationships are with the canon cast as well as his personality, which to be honest I hadn’t even BEGUN to think about thoroughly until 2022.

I’m happy to announce that now, I am fully confident in what this guy’s character is like and what kind of friendships he has with everybody!

Some details about The Boy™️

Age 10-11

He’s transgender. Uses He/Him primarily (though sometimes uses they/them). Its a long story but to put it quickly, Flava had felt weird about himself at a young age as he felt like he didn’t fit with other girls, at a library trip with his mom he found a book discussing transgender youth and realized who he really was, he wouldn’t tell his Mom this until he just turned 10, she ended up being very supportive of her son.

Has an older brother named Niiko. He’s 17 and in his junior year of high school, he gets held back because he keeps getting into some really stupid shit, he loves Flava to death though. He’s part of the grunge aesthetic and loves nu-metal and rock music.

Also has two pets, Shadow🚺 and Sparky🚹 (not to be confused with THE Sparky.) Shadow is a 2 year old Leuistic reticulated python, she belonged to Niiko originally but since she resides in Flava’s room due to its bigger size, Flava takes care of her with the help of Niiko. Sparky is a 4 month old Border Collie/German Shepherd mix, he’s very playful and loves belly rubs. Flava recieved him as a birthday present (do not worry he had done his research beforehand)

His personality is varied. Flava hasn’t had a real friend before coming to school as he was homeschooled for most of his childhood so he’s kind of shy around new people, and even then it takes a bit for him to open up to others, with most people tuning out by the time he discusses his special interests. Be not afraid though, because Flava is a very sweet boy and generally loves talking to people if he deems them friendly enough.

That said, Flava does have a bit of an anger problem, he knows when to control it but trust me, you DO NOT want to get on his bad side. Ever.

His friend circle is pretty nerdy all things considered. Flava’s best friend is Clyde, they like goofing off a lot in class with Clyde being the instigator 99.9 percent of the time. His other friends include Kevin, Butters, Kyle(?), Red, Pip and Gregory. (I’ll explain these goofballs soon)

Interests

Space

As suggested by his alternative outift, Flava is a huge fan of Outer Space & its planets. He can and will infodump to you about all the facts he knows about it, as well as news since he follows NASA’s website very closely. Sometimes you’ll even find this guy out late at night stargazing with his telescope, he’s more than happy to let people watch with him.

Herpetology (Study of Reptiles and Amphibians)

Flava also has an interest in Herpetology, a rabbit hole he fell down while reading about snake care shortly after Shadow was moved to his room, he’s mainly interested in Dragons now, having read nearly all of Wings of Fire multiple times.

Art

This guy also loves drawing! He considers himself an artist, often getting crafty in scrapbooks and doodling (You know that “S” symbol people in school would draw? Flava draws a bunch of those constantly). Flava in particular likes drawing what he thinks planets up close look like as well as graffiti, he hopes to become a professional artist and have his works showcased in museums.

As for hobbies aside from stargazing, Flava does take an interest in hockey & he often practices with Niiko at home, though Niiko can be agressive since he’s more experienced in it than Flava, who actually does picks up some of this agression in full hockey games, resulting in his team getting shockingly good scores and sometimes even winning, something Niiko fails to do.

If it sounds like Flava is perfect, don’t worry, this fella has some pretty big flaws, most notably is his anger issues. if you push Flava hard enough he can and will put up a fight, he packs a pretty hard punch for a 10 year old. He lashes out easily if somebody pisses him off, and he knows how to put somebody in their place with his anger. He bumps heads with Kyle because of this since Flava thinks he knows better than him.

Alter Egos

Here we have our kickass “Warrior of the Skies”, Kid Dragon!

They’re a brutalist-class unit that focuses on close proximity attacks with their fists and teeth. Their ultimate, Dragon Lord Flame Fist, can completely K.O one enemy, though this also causes KD to lose a significant amount of health.

KD is a loner so they aren’t on either the Freedom Pals or Coon & Friends, he doesn’t have time for “pointless squabbles.”

[icannotreadcursive]

What races would Jack and Ennis be in DND? And I mean if you were writing them in a DND universe, not the kind of characters they would pick for themselves (because let's be honest, Ennis would never play DND (unless Jack forced him to try it (then he'd probably just be a human with no remarkable features and would generally have a miserable time))). “Human” is also a valid answer, btw. I have my own thoughts about this, but I'm not a DnD expert.

Oh that's a fun question

I am also not a DnD expert—I play, but end up asking "wait what's that mean?" or "okay, no, but which dice do I have to roll?" every 5 to 10 minutes. My friends I play with are wonderfully patient lol

But to the actual question

I have immediate gut answers for what classes they'd be—Jack's a ranger, Ennis is a druid—but I gotta think more about races so, 'scuse me while I pull up dnd5e.wikidot.com.....

Okay

So, I'm thinking Ennis would be a Kenku, a raven person, but probably with a leuistic coloration.

By the reference books, Kenku often consider themselves to be cursed, have very strong memories, and—depending on which ref you're looking at—can only speak using words that they've heard spoken. That all feels fitting for Ennis.

For Jack...half elf. Why? Half elves are described as "walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither," have boosted charisma, and have an love for nature. That sounds like Jack to me.

Also, y'know what? If anybody could talk Ennis into playing DnD it would be his daughters and he would absolutely play a human and be confused the whole time, but I actually think he'd make better sense of all the dice than I do.

[st-peculiar]

Leuistic animals as a metaphor for the vulnerability of the divine I think

[transingthoseformers]

SG Beast Wars: Not sure what to do to distinguish bots' altmodes from the baseline.

Last i checked the dinosaur colors are basically speculation, so anything goes (within reason). I could make Rattrap black, white, or brown instead of grey. Tigatron could be a regular tiger instead of white tiger. Optimus Primal could be a melanistic white gorilla. Depth Charge could be black and white like a normal manta ray. Airazor's altmode species is vague, but she could be a white morph gyrfalcon (while baseline Airazor is brown morph)?

But what the shit am i going to do with Cheetor, Rhinox, and Silverbolt?

We know a few (a few) dinosaur colors with more accuracy than others (see: sinosauropteryx, pscittasaurus, and Anchiornis), but I mean as far as I think SG Megatron: tyrannosaurus edition goes I think it would be immensely pretty if he was countershaded dark grays and light grays (maybe with his baseline canon marbling/striping!) But that's just an idea. You can also model him off of the Jurassic Park Green morph as I think that'd be pretty or the rusty reddish browns like the prehistoric planet tyrannosaurus!

Now for Rhinox we can take a look at other types of rhinoceros as I think he's based on the white rhino, maybe the reddish of the sumatran rhino or the darker gray of the black rhino! (... Probably. He's probably based on the white rhino. Eyeballing it here)

With cheetor that's difficult because cheetahs look fairly similar because their inbred as all fuck, but I've considered leuistic cheetor before (he could also have coloration more based on the swirly king cheetah morph/subspecies?) (The king cheetah coloration is probably our best bet)

Silverbolt... Is sure as hell a creature alright. Staring at his altmode I'm tempted to suggest changing his golds to silvers and his grays to reddish or brownish (or you can go for the white wolf color morph, that's an option) (the red wolf species/subspecies is super pretty imo, and they're also massively critically endangered beyond belief endangered)

There are so many gorgeous options for Dinobot, too many for me to sit down and think about unlike Megatron

But hey! That's all ideas!

[eyes-eyes-eyes-eyes-eyes-eyes]

hello have you ever seen a leuistic crow? if not i have a treat for you

NOOO WAYYY... SO COOL THANK YOU

[pianocat939]

Actually judging by the fact the cat has other colors theirs a higher chance it's a bicolor cat that is mostly white rather then leuistic! /Nm (I just really like cats)

I wasn’t being literal when I said Leucistic- bcs I don’t think it’s possible for them to be Leucistic considering lots of cats just have white coats (like you said-).

But anyway, blue and white cat yes yes.

[vulturesrottencorpse]

ppl spotted a leuistic crow near my area n so I drew it.

[finsterhund]

I wish neon pink axolotl wasn't so trendy. I do not like pink because it's not a nice color on its own for aesthetic reasons and also because when they are bright bright pink and not regular leuistic or albino pinkish without natural wild type pigmentation it's because their sensitive amphibian skin is irritated and they turn bright pink because of things like ammonia burn. Please no more hot pink axolotl. Could we have some wild type colored axolotl toys? I would like a stuffed axolotl that is rough skin newt colors. I would make one but I can't use sewing because surgery right now but I have a pattern I could make salamanders with. I also technically finished a Sly (except for the hands and feet. They are little nub arms tied off with string. Which makes sense because if underbed monsters are like gecko salamander it means they can replace their hands and feet if they get eaten off. My official Sly is in his chair watching from afar so I have him to look at across the room and Sly II is at the head of my bed under my pillow and the Sly i made I succeeded making him in time for my surgety so i could bribg him to the hospital he is under my left sidr while my pillow is undet my rigjt side. I also wish I had mister alligator.

My weighted axolotl my friend Drew gave me for my birthdau and my green and grey axolotl I got from the night market are also under my body. This allowed me to eat pizza while staying in bed.

I wish I had more axolotl. I wish I had giant stuffed Underbed monster tail as body pillow. I wish I was inside belly of monster all snuggled up and cozy. Wrapped up tight and squishy inside plush monster belly. I wish I had an ambulatory balloon that is like a small hot hair balloon jau yso that I can always float a little bit off the ground. Like what if I had an inflatable ring pillow around my body and then I lied in that?

Did you know I do not feel too hot post Op? I actually feel a little chilly. It is weird. I wonder if that will be permanent and my surgery fixed my circulatory issues what if it did that would be so awesome. It's a 50 50 shot I think. Because it fixes my circulatory issues in other ways. I wish instead of drains there was teleporters that teleported the cherry coolaid out.

I wish I was a salamander in real life

[gooseviolence]

get leuistic jackdawed

I’m curious about what you guys think! Remember, many of these have partial forms, so are not always a solid black or white animal.

[somethingsfishie]

There's these two....and then there's Speckles...

[heylinfanclub]

Sometimes watching animals fall in love is all you need for game play,,,, weeps

[greenwingspino]

I forgot to say about this fellow I encountered when I was at my local Denny’s.

The bird was an European Starling and out of all of them I spotted a rare white and nearly goldish one, Majority of the pictures I have of the bird is in the shade (this is when he was in the parking lot and I edited the picture). He seemed to shy away from the other birds…(I find it sad when a leuistic bird is an outcast among others…). At least he was pecking at insects on the ground.