#M!A: harpy eagle

[drhoz]

#2545 - Hieraaetus moorei - Haast's Eagle

The largest eagle ever known to exist. Almost certainly the pouākai of Māori mythology. They certainly would have paid attention to it since it was big enough to consider humans as particularly stupid Moa who stood around in the open.

Here's some talon marks in a Moa hipbone.

Originally described as Harpagornis moorei by Julius von Haast in 1871, from the Greek harpax, meaning "grappling hook". DNA analysis later showed that this bird was actually related to the much smaller little eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) and booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) and not the large wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) of Australia.

It probably evolved from the little eagle 1.8 million to 700,000 years ago, which means it increased ten to fifteen times in size - the largest, fastest evolutionary increase in average weight of any known vertebrate species. There were no other large predators in New Zealand, and an abundance of giant flightless prey.

It had a relatively short wingspan for a bird in its weight class. Females were estimated to span 2.6 m, possibly up to 3 m. It seems likely they pursued prey into dense forests, like the goshawks and harpy eagle.

The eagles most likely became extinct in the 1400s, after the Māori hunted their usual prey to extinction. Maori oral tradition about the birds persist to today, with late 1800s records saying it had red, black and white plumage with "black feathers tinged with yellow or green" and "a bunch of red feathers on its head".

Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand.

[cod-blurbios]

Btw if anyone wants to use ideas, I’m too tired to write them properly. So here is an odd list.

- “Too Old For You” M!Reader x Soap (who likes that fact)

- Hybrid!Pangolin Child Reader saved by TF141 who happens to curl in on themselves when scared

- Emotionless Reader who learned to fake emotions, but when really tired just becomes super numb towards everybody (awkward shoulder pats, glazed over eyes, disinterest in gossip, etc)

-Emotionally Filtered Reader who doesn’t get into the romance game, doesn’t have sex because they don’t find the meaning of it and nothing seems to be engaging enough to try, but is super interested in learning about how sex and romance plays with our brain chemicals. A sex and romance enthusiast.

-Werewolf!reader who gets super territorial over their spaces, and it’s an honor if they let you in or around those spaces

-Some very projective hc’s for randoms that really make sense for those characters

-Silly headcannons for Graves (he definitely painted his face to look like an American flag and CAAWWWED like an eagle when drunk. Yes his shadows had to embarrassingly shut him up and take him home)

- Vamp!Reader who doesn’t enjoy feeding, at all. Like it’s a life-sustenance but makes them terribly disgusted to need.

-Hybrid!Wolf!Soap x Reader who doesn’t ask for affection (he’s been called needy so much he just quit asking) so he just presses his knee against your own after grueling missions in the back of the humvee

-Roach headcannons that aren’t just: he’s a silly boy xoxo GET SOME DEPTH YOU UNDYNAMIC UGHHH

-Harpy!Gaz (thank you bluegiragi 🙏) who can’t hide when he’s upset because his feathers look so puffed up and messy.

-Harpy!Gaz 2 who can’t (doesn’t) preen his own wings, your hands are just…y’know, you get all the right bristles

-Price headcannons that delve more into his character (esp ‘09 Price) he definitely had to be the leader a lot among his family as a teen and takes on those leadership roles among his team, get more headcannons for his childhood bcs he’s just ‘dad type’ and it’s NOT ENOUGH

-Ghost, who is GENUINELY an asshole. Purely canon and will not hesitate to tell you to get out of ‘his seat’ in the mess hall. Whatever that means.

-Soap headcannons that don’t revolve around Ghost or revolve around being the opposite of Ghost.

-Laswell headcannons abt her and her wife 🙏

-Reader Aus that are straight up contradictions, but work out really well. Short but not fragile (and not the typical ‘sassy/fiesty/bratty’ trope either I hate those, like buff n shii) Like a 5’1 dude who is built like a mini tank.

-Laswell x F!Reader (ofc) that are super doe coded?? She knows what your favorite breakfast on Tuesdays is and you know which day of the week she takes everything showers??

-Just otherworldly outta pocket shit happening to Yuri and Makarov that mocks poorly written AI tropes. WDYM A TREE SUDDENLY FELL DOWN AND PUSHED MAKAROV EVER SO SLIGHTLY CLOSER TO THE POINT HE FELL AND LANDED IN A FOOT-TO-FOOT HANDSTAND WITH YURI

More Nik x Price headcannons that are sweet…ofc they go to the coffee shop every Saturday and just talk about every little detail from each others lives while apart…why wouldn’t they :(

-More hate post shit against Makarov. I want to feel your soul through the screen as you pour it out for what he did to Soap in MWIII

-Bear!hybrid Reader who has to deal with hibernation but it’s realistic (having to sleep for longer but not a whole damn winter)

-More Hybrid!Readers of very out-there creatures (Bees/Polar Bears/Reptiles/Nagas/Centaurs/Cryptids)

Uhh yeah I’ll make a part two in maybe a month or so

[twisted-wonderland-shenanigans]

Twisted Monsterland: Sleepy Birds

So…let’s talk harpies.

Without going into details about the overall species (I’ll save that for the baby monster bestiary I’m working on), I will say that harpies can be based on all species of birds. Falcons, eagles, and vultures? Sure, they’re more commonly known as the base foundation for the species, but they’re not the only ones! Crowley is a good example as a corvid harpy, and some of Rook’s siblings are based on birds of paradise like parrots and macaws! Some can even be based on delicate birds like the hummingbird~

Oof…just thinking about having to flap my arms that fast as a harpy makes me tired! 0.0

Now, you’re probably wondering, “That’s neat! But…where are you going with this?” And that’s a good question! Because we’re gonna talk about birbs~!

I’ve never owned a bird as a pet before, but my grandparents had one when we used to visit in my childhood. One thing I learned about birds (aside from the fact that we had to clap whenever their bird performed a trick on her own and someone saw it) is that one common thing bird owners do to calm down their feathery companions:

The “sleepy-time blanket”!

When the blanket goes over the cage, it’s supposed to mimic night time so the bird thinks it’s time to sleep. And when the cover is removed? It’s time to sing good morning~! Granted, it seems like this varies from bird-to-bird, but considering how often I’ve struggled to stay awake in school whenever the teachers used powerpoint slides in a dark room? Yeah, I get very sleepy in those cases. 😅

Now…imagine if Yuu discovered this by complete accident in the Monster!AU. >v>

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Yuu: *hanging laundry out to dry on a bright, sunny day* “Hey, Grim? I need another clothes peg. The middle is sagging too much.”

Grim: “Yeah, yeah, here.” *flaps wings to hover next to Yuu, holding a bag in his paws* “Are we done yet? I’m bored…”

Yuu: “We’d be done sooner if someone hadn’t taken one of the bedsheets while the ghosts were collecting laundry and added one more load to wash and dry.” *unaware of a large shadow on the other side of the sheet, Yuu frowning as they go to take the sheet down and redo the arrangement*

???: “Bonjour, little Trickster~!”

Yuu/Grim: “Ack-!?!”

Crash!! Fwomp!

Grim: *pinned under Yuu* “Get…off! You’re heavy!”

Yuu: “Ow…sorry!” *climbs to their feet with a wince before turning to face the visitor now covered under the sheet* “Rook! You scared us half-to-death!”

*Rook doesn’t move, eerily silent as he stands there*

Grim: “Hm? Hey, wazza matter? You usually start talkin’ funny by now!” *huffs when he doesn’t get a response and goes to peek under the sheet* “Hey! Are you listenin’ to m…eh? Wait a minute…he’s asleep!?"

Yuu: “Huh??”

Grim: “He fell asleep standing! See?!” *yanks off blanket, pulling off Rook’s hat at the same time*

Rook: *straightens up with a blink, fluttering his wings before feathers settle down and he smiles* “Oh, there you are, Trickster. How are you faring this morning?”

Grim: “Mrah!? I thought you were asleep! What gives?”

Rook: “Hm? I was asleep? I don’t recall…”

Grim: “Yes you were! You were practically snorin’!”

Yuu: *picks up the sheet again, looking between it and Rook before slowly climbing back on the stepladder near Rook*

Rook: “Non, non, I promise you that I did not fall aslee-”

Yuu: *throws sheet over Rook’s head again*

Rook: “Mon di-!?” *freezes before slumping, standing in place in silence again*

Yuu: “…holy crap…I wonder if this’ll work on Ace or Cater?”

Grim: “What’s going on?!”

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Needless to say, Rook was thoroughly confused by this until Yuu told him what happened. This also leads to a discussion on harpy parents using their wings to settle down rowdy chicks and restless hatchlings. Suffice to say, Yuu decided to run their own experiment on their fellow winged students. The results were…interesting to say the least.

Ace: Froze in place but was wide awake.

Cater: Fell asleep but collapsed on his side.

Leona: Blanket was torn to shreds from manticore quills. Hiding out in Diasomnia until he cools down.

Kalim: Normal blanket activates the zoomies. Introduced weighted blanket. Instant calm and Jamil is left baffled and grateful at the same time by this discovery!

Crowley: Fell asleep instantly. Sheets have been weaponized by the staff on occasion, so now he flies away at the sight of anyone carrying one towards him.

Seeing these results makes Yuu question what other animal reactions the students can possibly have. Meanwhile, their fellow students are warily watching the human scribble down notes in a notepad while carrying a jar of peanut butter.

Jack: “…why do you need me to be in beast form?”

Yuu: “I wanted to see something.”

Jack: “Okay…but what’s with the peanut butter?”

Yuu: “This? It’s just a tasty snack.” *opens it and scoops out a large spoonful* “See? Just regular peanut butter.”

Jack: “…alright.” *shifts into Fu dog form, nearly eye-to-eye with Yuu now* “Okay. What did you want to se—mfph!?!” *scrambles back after Yuu shoves the spoonful of peanut butter in his mouth, licking and trying to chew at the same time* “Blamph! Namf-nif-thaths?!”

Yuu: *scribbling notes* “Fu dogs react to peanut butter like dogs. Fascinating…I wonder if catnip affects manticore too?”

Ruggie: “Do you have some sort of death wish???”

[amymaleneart]

Got an inspiration hit for @missterious-figure Wine and Feathers AU.

So here's the next part what I'm going to call,

"The Mail Service Trilogy."

Enjoy!

Another package has arrived and waiting for you at your desk. This time, it is for Moon. He doesn’t often order things for himself besides the usual basics of skincare and feather-care maintenance. What does surprise you is that this box came from a high-end confectionery store.

You know as their handler that hapries, or birds in general, cannot eat processed sugar. It’s technically not toxic to them, but consuming sugar still isn’t good for them since it’s not naturally found in nature. The only “sweets” they are allowed to have are the ones found in fruit. Granted, harpies can have a little but the casino has to order the sugary treats and syrups from a manufacturer that specialize in exotic pets. Otherwise they couldn’t enjoy their virgin cocktails while entertaining the guests.

(You found yourself cringe at the thought of any of the harpies labeled as “pets”.)

So it is definitely a surprise for you to find that Moon was able to order some from an unapproved establishment. How did he pull this off? You might as well find out so he doesn’t do this again. You bring the package with you so you can have evidence that he did, in fact, made this order since the invoice has his name as the buyer. For being a peacock, he does like to weasel out of situations that he causes.

You went out into the big aviary straight to the tree that Moon likes to perch in when he is in between shows.

“Moon! Where are you?” You continue to look up into the tree, expecting to at least see his long tail feathers with the blue and yellow eyes sticking out of the branches like a silvery waterfall, cascading down the brilliant greenery.

“Moon?”

This is starting to make you nervous because when he doesn’t come when he’s called, he’s usually going to…

You are suddenly picked up from behind with an indignity “yelp!” on your part, and whisk away into the trees like an eagle that caught himself a tasty fish. And you’re the fish.

Once settled, you found yourself being snuggle tightly against the white and blue torso of the mischievous harpy, while sitting comfortably on his incredibly yet strong lap.

“R-really M-moon? How m-many times have I t-told you n-not to do that,” you say as you tried and failed to keep the fluster out of your voice. You hear his devilish cackle at your expense as his response, snuggling his head into the nook of your neck. “But you sound so beautiful when you scream. I just have to hear it again.”

You can feel your whole body heats up to a point that you bet if this was a cartoon, you would turn into a thermometer as you go completely red. You start to quiver, causing you to shake with the package still somehow in your hand, causing a simple rattling noise. Moon finally takes notice and creates a happy trill at seeing the package.

“Wonderful. I was starting to think this will never show up.” Being completely stunned from his affection, Moon easily takes the box from your hands and opens it to reveal his order.

He pulls out an elegant f/c box of chocolates, tied in a satin blue ribbon with a familiar silver peacock feather pattern sewn into the fabric, letting the original packaging fall from the tree. He slowly unties the ribbon in a delicate manner, just to retie it to your neck in a cute little bow like a show puppy. Moon takes a moment to admire his work with his brilliant rose red eyes, as he stares ever so lovingly into your cherry red face.

After he gets his fill, he removes the lid of a box to expose the most delicious assortment of sweets you have ever seen.

It is when he grabs one between his gloved fingers that you finally snap out of it to shout, “Moon wait! You cannot eat tha–” Your urgent words get muffled as he slips one of the expensive confectionaries into your open mouth.

“Hush, little starlight. It’s not for me.” he says with his rumbling baritone voice.

Your eyes open wide as the sweet explodes with flavor as it melts in your mouth. Then you realize that is one of your favorite flavors!

You swallow down the tasty treat in order to ask, “How did you–” another one gets placed into your mouth.

Moon chuckles as he says, “I’ll tell you, but only if you let me feed you each and every treat that’s in. this. box.”

Part One: Done in an ask - Part Two: Here - Part Three: Over There

[sinner-no-5]

Whack!

M!A, you 🫵 get Harpy Eagle wings for as long as mod desires.

Meursault jolts as he feels the wings settle on his back. He turns his head as best he can to look at them - white feathers line the inner part, while black ones cover the back.

They were absolutely massive, in both wingspan and weight. It was going to take at least a day to learn how to walk without bumping into things, perhaps even longer to walk without stumbling from the shift in his body's natural balance.

.... he gets the sudden thought to tell Yi Sang of his predicament, but decides against it.

[spadefish]

[taps my fingers together cutely] it's my bday this friday (4/4!) so i am plugging my tip jar + my wishlist for funnies... but also if anyone wants to doodle me something i would love that very muchly ;w; my fave things to get pics of are: - sylvain/ashe - (m)byleth/claude - glenn - dragonleth - any of my FR dragons if you play FR - black vultures / harpy eagles / barn owls - honestly any of my kinnies/faves/ccs or AU designs or OCs or stuff like that

as per usual please feel free to ignore this and please do not feel obligated to do anything!

[if-underourskins]

I'll have you know the sacrifice of sleep to read the release was perfectly calculated and I have no regrets

But also now that it is released I thought I would share my own MC as well

Rowan Santos, my dear Harpy Eagle shapeshifter

(Yes I saw the set name Roman and my brain clicked on the name but felt more satisfied by changing M to W)

Currently have his pronouns at he/they

Their gender is "wouldn't you like to know weather boy" (aka: genderfluid)

He is mildly touch averse towards strangers and currently too on edge from stress, paranoia and now a concussion to let their usual friendly personality shine

Also giving a shout out to all the MCs I have seen and even to those who have not shared, y'all cool

HI FELLOW ROWAN YOUR MC LOOKS SO COOL!! (i used roman once for a test playthrough and i kept being jumpscared because it's so close yet so far from my name iykwim)

gender being "wouldn't you like to know weather boy" (i get that reference!!) is hilarious to me because well. real. and also because i love that meme.

also shoutout all MCs frrr i love each and every one <33

[dragonthunders01]

Spectember Day 4: Sympatric speciation

New Zealand got transformed by the step of humanity, for the few large mammals that remained there like possums and goats, alongside the demise of their unique endemic bird fauna previously and after human colonization, at the end it took millions of years for the same endemic fauna to recover, now with some extra foreign mammal occupants, and for another 20 million years it has come to a proper balance.

This forged the evolution of new ecological interactions, between them a new predator, descendant of the kea that intelligent and skilled was able to survive and cover new niches, turning more predatory. There are other dozens of species of this group that takes in different carnivorous niches, but for this entry only matters two species, they among the largest avian predators. This will be called the Harpy kea (Sarconestor) evolved in a competitive environment alongside birds of prey and large omnivorous possums, upon these they managed to stay at the top in the most forestall regions of the island. Up to 80 cm in height, and a wingspan of 2.5 m the mauling harpy kea (Sarconestor macronychus) is the main oldest species is a voracious bird capable of tear down some of the large now resident goat descendants that resemble a Takin, using their large harpy eagle like feet with large claws. They evolved around 10 to 15 million years after the departure of mankind on earth, now stepping as the apex predators, they would have remained as the only of their own genus if it wasn’t for a subdivision of one population on the same environment and region, this probably caused by a switch on preferred prey.

The second species is the Standing harpy Kea (Sarconestor phonteteres), less robust but more taller species of Harpy kaka, this reaching up to 1.1 meters and a wingspan of almost 3 meters, this one became focused on hunting medium size animals, this includes juveniles of the Takin-like goats, some large terrestrial ratite-like birds that inhabit the dense forests and so varied other animals, this evolved in the last 5 million years, and even though they often overlap in range and prey, both The mauling and stood kea doesn’t compete with each other as they hunt for specific types of prey.

[cereal17]

First art post on this account.

If there’s one character that truly brings me comfort, it’s Alune. Technically, the species she’s from isn’t mine, however I have essentially dominated the species by almost single handedly making enough OCs to fill the entire population-

But that’s besides the point-

Alune is a tarcadian, a warrior who can turn into a bird (her specifically a harpy eagle), her sole purpose to crush her enemies: the Nervemites.

As a soldier class, she’s very skilled with a variety of weapons, but her primary ones are good ol’ throwing knives (don’t be surprised, they pack a punch with spikes that deploy once they hit their target!)

Alune is around 7 feet tall and is on the average height/borderline shorter end of the height spectrum for her species, however she makes up for her height in muscle. She’s a very strong tarcadian, being able to take on someone 3 times her strength/size, as her individual ability is super strength!

Regarding other aspects of her appearance, the horns are not part of her head, but rather something her species get made for themselves when they achieve a major accomplishment - it is standard for tarcadians to eventually all have a set of horns made unique to the individual.

Alune has a tattoo on the tops of each of her hands, her right being the letter G, and the left being the letter M in her language, these are the first letters of her mother’s names.

Alune’s name comes from the word ‘Lunar’!

Alune is the most loyal friend you could ever have. Her confidence, quick thinking, and bold demeanor made her the perfect leader for her brood (a term for a group of tarcadians of similar age that grow up together). Since she as a nestling, she was always wanting to take charge, and while one do the younger ones of her brood, she was incredibly resilient and was never afraid to speak her mind about what she wanted.

While her confidence is infectious, it makes her significantly more stubborn than her peers, causing her to butt heads with others and having trouble admitting when she’s struggling, or when she’s wrong. This has unfortunately been her biggest obstacle as a person, causing her to break multiple personal relationships because she cannot set her ego to the side to hear someone else’s perspective.

Alune isn’t the smartest tool in the shed, while she’s very quick in combative situations, she isn’t as book smart as she is street smart (but don’t tell her that, because she’s always right-) She struggles with dysgraphia, and has to do all of her paperwork on a tablet instead of with a paper and pen.

While stubborn, Alune is a very strong, and deeply caring individual. The wellbeing of her friends, family, brood mates, and colleagues is incredibly important to her. She’s a great shoulder to lean on, someone you can always go to if you need to cry; this gives her a sense of responsibility that she’s responsible for the physical along with mental wellbeing for those around her. She’s Carrie’s a lot of unnecessary weight on her shoulders that she will never disclose due to her pride, after all if she isn’t the perfect Alune everyone sees her as.. who is she?

So much of Aline’s confidence is an act she puts on to not worry her crew, and most of the time she is a pretty energetic individual.. but there’s those particular nights when she thinks about her purpose in life, in the war.. and questions her very existence. If this is was all she was made for, did it really mattered if she lived or died? But she’d never do it, her brood counts on her, and she never breaks a promise. She’s frequently seen as reliable and someone most people can trust and count on.

A lot of people would call Alune egotistical and some have said she’s narcissistic, but her response? “Is it really so bad to strive to be the best at something?”

“It’s funny how the most confident individuals can also be some of the most insecure,” one of her peers noted.

She’s a very flirtatious individual who has 4 lovely partners that she absolutely adores names Recu, Eelvi, Scabren, and Rtexea; however they do not adore her dirty jokes (well… one does-)

Alune suffers from sleep walking.. and fighting, as with her super strength it causes excess energy that she has to keep up by eating massive amounts of food and exercising frequently. If she doesn’t get out the pent up energy, she’s prone to kicking her partners out of bed, or wandering around the ship.

Some of her quirks include the following:

- Chirping when her ear is pulled

- Sneezing if you boop her nose

- Upper lip twitching when annoyed or focused

- Chewing pens

- Unable to sit still, needs compression on various parts of her body to be able to focus

- Clicking and whistling to show she’s thinking or surprised

- Cocking an eyebrow when annoyed

- Voice breaks/cracks that are almost whistle-like when making high pitched sounds, laughing, or speaking in higher pitched tones

I’ve never found a proper voice claim for Alune, on the account that I can’t find a voice that would account for her little voice cracks that she gets (especially when she laughs, her voice cracks/breaks when her laugh reaches higher pitches)

Alune’s bird form is a harpy eagle named Goldwing, which tarcadians describe being in their bird forms more like driving a car than being the bird itself.

Alune is a character I go whenever I need someone to lean on, because out of everyone, she’s the one I know I can count on without any fear of judgement.

Let me know if you have any questions about her! I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts! (Please I desperately want to ramble to someone about this ;w;)

Credit for the creator of the tarcadians goes to @zombiecicada

[lilacella]

German Sirius & Remus Calendar Master Post

Hello hello,

You have reached the sloth blog. I mostly post about marauders (wolfstar, prongsfoot, sucius, jilypad, wolfstarbucks and who knows what else will turn up). Prongsfoot is my otp though.

I am not a fan of fanon characterizations of the marauders, so if you are looking for that you came to the wrong place I'm afraid. Also, obvs: FUCK JKR. We do not endorse the terfs on this blog. Scurry away and take your bioessentialism with you!

You can find some of my writing here or on my ao3.

More under the cut.

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Other stuff I'm into:

I also am a big fan of birds but not in a ornithologist type of way, more like "i love all birds and like to learn fun facts about them!" My faves are the Shoebill Stork, all types of geese and ducks, corvids and the Harpy Eagle.

Other Fandoms:

Good Omens

Dead Boy Detectives

Our Flag Means Death

Stardew Valley

Sherlock Holmes (not the BBC show, the books. Though I did like the show)

Lord of the Rings

Discworld (is that a classical fandom? Idk)

Feel free to send me asks about any of these! My inbox is always open😊

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Tag guideline:

#marauders complaint department - where I complain about fanon. Block if you're sensitive to salt.

#writing sloth - me yapping about writing

#sloth rambles - me yapping about my life and anything else

#prongsfoot propaganda - a collection of my favorite prongsfoot posts. Og and reblogs

#moodboard monday - I post a pinterest moodboard every monday (until I grow tired of it). It's usually HP themed but I might branch out one day

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Stuff I've written:

Nightsky, 11 chapters, completed, Wolfstar (on ao3)

Reindeer Games, 5 chapters, completed, Prongsfoot (on ao3)

Safehouse, 4 chapters, completed, Prongsfoot Mafia AU (on ao3)

99 problems, 7 chapters, completed, Wolfstar - werewolf activist AU for @casurlaub (on ao3)

__ WIPs__

Final Girls, 8 chapters, completed, Sapphic Wolfstar camp horror AU

The Seed of Doubt, 7 chapters, sort of Wolfstar but canon Remus is an OC called Otto 😅

Bachelorettes, 2/5 chapters, Sapphic Prongsfoot dating show AU

Evil Secret, 3/? chapters, highly problematic Sucius

--- ONESHOTS---

M is for Murder, ohhh what could this be what could this be?!

Man in the Mirror, Prongsfoot muggle soulmate AU

Strut, Prongsfoot fashion AU (on ao3)

1+1<3, sapphic Prongsfoot mathclub AU (on ao3)

She-Wolf in the Closet, sapphic Wolfstar in a night club setting (on ao3)

Kiss me, I'm drunk, Prongsfoot first kiss

Sleepless, Prongsfoot first kiss cuddling in a band bus

Birthday Boy, Gen/Prongsfoot Sirius 17th birthday ficlet

Runaway Dog, Prongsfoot, opener to a Wolfstarbucks Roommate AU

Shorts Stories, Prongsfoot, series of smutty oneshorts surrounding a pair of very short shorts

[thecoldsoldiers]

M!A - Wings; Your muse sprouts a pair of harpy eagle wings. They are incredibly large - certainly large enough to carry his weight should he attempt to fly, but they are also proportionately heavy.

SEND IN 🪶 FOR A WINGED BUCKY STARTER THIS WEEKEND.

The immense pain in his back was what Bucky woke up to, the feeling like his skin was being torn from underneath and the sensation of muscles shifting and changing. He screamed into the pillow as he could feel something emerging from his back, they were heavy and it almost gave off the sensation of a weighted blanket. Bucky could feel his heart racing and he had no idea what was going on, had he been poisoned? Was he hallucinating?

When the burning finally stopped Bucky pulled himself up to look in the mirror, the sweat covering his body. He nearly dropped to the floor in disbelief. A pair of black and white wings were now settled behind him and as he shivered he could see the feathers ruffle with him. Fuck. He had wings? Bucky was used to weird but this was something else.

How was he going to explain this?

[ratsoh-writes]

Mirla: mhm

She grabs her stuff and is ready to get out and go back to her turtles

Mirla: um... do you know a winged lady that sells wine?

Ram: brown eagle wings, harsh cheekbones and pointed eyes?

At mirlas nod he expands

Ram: yea that’s harpy. She’s m’ boss’ new business partner, owns a vineyard and some fancy rich people wine brand. I know she’s smart, pitch likes her.

They get in the truck and drive lazily back towards the city. Ram is being cautious considering the rain pelting down

Ram: do y’ know her?

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Wings of Justice

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/QwM05Aa by Wizardess11 Mila Greene just wanted to cure cancer. Was that too much to ask from her second life? She had ignored the part of her new world with superheroes and villains and managed to get to university at the age of fourteen, with all her pervious research work intact. But now, with Harpy Eagle gene’s running through her veins from her psycho professor’s botched experiment, Mila will have to get help from the heroes she’s spent her life avoiding. Words: 2006, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: F/M Characters: Original Female Character(s), Tim Drake (DCU), Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Barbara Gordon, Original Characters Relationships: Tim Drake & Original Female Character(s), Dick Grayson & Original Female Character(s), Bruce Wayne & Original Female Character(s), Jason Todd & Original Female Character(s), Damian Wayne & Original Female Character(s), Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne Additional Tags: Human Experimentation, gene therapy, Harpy Eagle, Meta-gene, Case Fic, Mentions of Cancer, OC just wants to cure cancer, gets a family instead, Batfamily (DCU) Feels, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/QwM05Aa

[paranormalisthegreatest]

‘I must say being named James David with an M on a pair of orange and silver shoes is more thrush than lyre bird but I’m pretty sure I’m so fast sometimes even the supernatural world is like sweetea boy jimborqmalamadingdong chuckie boy voice, how in Gods name did you just do that. To which I reply, in my defense the blue genie did not want to be wished for but now that it exists it separated the rest into life and afterlife, because holidays are a stain on existence, but who hasn’t had fun on holidays 🤔🧞‍♂️🧞‍♀️🐍🦅🦜🐺🍑🧚‍♀️🦍🍆🦊😷👿😈👹👺🤡👻💩💀☠️👽👾🤖🎃😺😸😹😻🎃🙌👍🤘👌🤞✌️🫰🤟🫦🦵🏼🦿👅🦻🫀🫁🧠👀👁️🗣️🫂👥👨‍🌾👩‍🌾🧚🧜‍♂️🧜🧜‍♀️🧚🏼‍♂️🧞🧟‍♂️🧛‍♀️🧙🧝‍♀️🧙‍♂️ and like most things when I was younger I begged and pleaded and tried to make up excuses for my mom to not make me do stuff I didn’t want to do. And whatever it was I was like I’m gonna become king of this whole I’m doing it. But I’m my defense lyre birds are the best vocalists, falcons the fastest, Eagles the best eyesight, hawks the sharpest beaks, harpy eagles the sharpest claws, owls the most vigilant in the dark, and as you ascend up the ranks of wingless birds, to humans favorite things to eat, to flightless birds, to apex birds, to song birds, the most sensual is the love bird.’

[writeforfandoms]

WIP List

Aka my attempt at accountability

So SOMEONE *coughAdiracough* nudged me in DMs to make this happen. Because my list is... long. Really long. So long I sometimes forget what all is on here.

So! Proceed at your own risk, yada yada. Feel free to come ask me about any of these.

Active WIPs

These are things I am actively writing within the past two weeks.

Listening In (Soap and Ghost)

Ghost shifter fic

Waking Lions (Price)

Until The Levee (dark!poly!141 x f!reader)

harpy eagle shifter

fennec fox shifter

Ghost x baker

poly 141 soulmate adventure

Vicious (Graves)

Welcome to New York (Miguel O’Hara)

Warrior Song (John-117/Master Chief)

Conversations in the Dark (ChiefPilot)

Price Holiday fake dating

Konig x medic

Monster rescue 141

Long Way Home (Gaz)

Battlefield (Gaz x Price x reader)

Fall Into Me

Hypa Hypa (Soap)

Less active but still there WIPs

How Did You Love ch 9 (Ezra, Thief, Frankie, Dave, Marcus P, and Jack)

Wild Mountain Thyme (Ezra)

Dragon Rancher Jack (last chapter)

Octopus’s Garden (Oberyn)

Marcus M fae fic

Shatter Me

Until the World Goes Cold (Frankie)

Songbird ch 3 (Fennec Shand)

Far Across The Land (Ezra and Frankie)

Soft Place to Land (Din)

Ice age clan leader (Din, Ezra, Jack)

In Dreams (Oberyn)

[a-safe-and-quiet-place]

Stymphalian Bird

Stymphalian Bird

Pausanias theorized that the Stymphalian birds originated in Arabia, citing the presence of fierce desert birds known as the Stymphalides. He then admits that the population found at Stymphalos, in Arcadia, may have been the result of a few wayward birds making their way into Greece. Following this line of reasoning, Pausanias deduces that they earned the name of Stymphalides due to their fame in Greece, and the name then supplanted whatever name they originally had in Arabia!

Variations: Stymphalide, Bird of Ares

The appearance of the Stymphalian birds is no less muddled. Their most feared weapon is the sharpened, pointed tips of their wing feathers, which they fling like darts to stab their prey. Sometimes their feathers and beaks are made of bronze or iron, the better for piercing armor. Pausanias described them as about crane-sized, but resembling the ibis in shape, but with a stronger bill; elsewhere he says they are like hawks or eagles. In Greek art they have been represented as ibises, swans, and other such waterfowl; at least one obol from Stymphalos shows a bird with a short crest and a stout, powerful bill. Finally, no doubt influenced by tales of harpies and sirens, the temple of Stymphalian Diana also has stone statues of virgins with birds’ feet.

It remains true that the Stymphalian birds were first and foremost associated with Lake Stymphalia. They terrorized the region, ravaging crops, killing people, and poisoning the ground with their dung. Fox suggests that the legend originated as a glamorization of a plague or pestilence rising from the marshes, which would explain their noxious qualities. While their feathered darts could pierce armor, they were powerless against a certain type of tree bark, which held them fast like quicklime. There was only so much bark to go around, though, and the birds seemed numberless.

It was this scourge that Heracles was sent to destroy. As his sixth labor, it was one of a list of impossible tasks, and indeed the vast numbers of birds seemed beyond the hero’s strength. Heracles got around this by exploiting a simple fact – despite their numbers and ferocity, Stymphalian birds were as easily spooked as sparrows. Fashioning a pair of bronze castanets, he made such a din that the flock took off in a panic; from there he shot a great number down with his arrows, while the remainder of the birds flew off and were never seen in Arcadia again.

That was not the end of the Stymphalian birds, as from Greece they made their way to the Black Sea and populated the Island of Ares, where they became sacred guardians to the god of war. It was this flock that Jason and his Argonauts encountered on their way to Colchis. While the birds of Ares managed to wound the Argonaut Oileus with a feather projectile, they were scared off once more by the noise of rattling bronze armor, but not before pelting the Argonauts with a hailstorm of feathers.

References

- Aldington, R. and Ames, D. trans.; Guirand, F. (1972) New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. Paul Hamlyn, London.

- Ames, D. trans.; Guirand, F. (1963) Greek Mythology. From Mythologie Generale Larousse. Paul Hamlyn, London.

- Apollonius, Coleridge, E.P. trans. (1889) The Argonautica. George Bell and Sons, London.

- Fox, W. M. (1964) The Mythology of All Races v. I: Greek and Roman. Cooper Square Publishers, New York.

- Pausanias, Levi, P. trans. (1979) Guide to Greece, volume 2: Southern Greece. Penguin Books, London.

Original Traditional Art before it gets My Surreal/Psychadelic Touch - A Book Of Creatures

PS: Btw it really sucks that tumblr doesn’t let people upload gifs with less than 10mb, makes us optimize our gifs and even then it optimizes them even further in theyr servers to 3mb i believe