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Cursed fountain of youth where storks get the babies from.

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one

wishing well, a fountain, throwing coin and wishing in fountain, unexpected meeting, receiving the most special gift from someone, a lost purse/wallet, climbing alone in mountain to reduce stress/ hangout, being alone without feeling lonely, a dog coming towards you, small home in forest, cross roads, being happy in other people relationship, going to building/institutions to fix legal documents, a friends to lovers trope, visioning your past life, a gallantry from someone, aiming financial achievement, lucky money wins, a nest eggs, flames, mutual feelings with someone, being flirt, co-worker, a new friend, ships, a little home/cottage, new house/places, moving to a new place, soulmate connection, meeting perfect person/ ideal lover, seeing lots of abiding love, wedding, wedding rings, hurt/painful feeling, hospital/doctor, unrequited love

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two

changing location whether it is for work or residency, when you heal from the past, starting a new, stork, a invitation for a event, gifts ( receive or give ), helpful advice from someone, receiving lots of good news, a clock/time, your hate and fear towards someone, a handshake, a journey ( travel ), birds, sharing ( partnership), food, restaurant/ fast-food places, notice of correspondence from important bills, writer/ journalist, financial loans/help, being at your lowest point such as feeling trapped/tired/staying at home/unhealthy situation, a friend betrayal, older than you, foreign, lawyer/authority, being attack, an enemy, invitation in weddings or engagements, church, cemetery, thinking negative/ having negative thoughts, a large body of water such as beaches, pools, fountains etc, night, cold weather/winter, locks, fishes, physical union with someone, a mending of broken friendship/ex love, party, clubs

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three

younger, foreign / leader, bad girl & boy image/personality, unexpected kiss, feeling lonely, a new lover/person, family oriented, lady and moody, soulmates connection, unexpected friendship with someone, horse/sagittarius, a good news coming, an artist/poet, student of arts, athletic body or an athlete, lack of focus in commitment, receive or give gifts, fountains, generous, wears uniform that symbolize their position at work, a friend, co-worker, a peer, taking time to heal the wounds of the past, in park, in forest, walking around and meeting someone new, having time alone, wandering in woods, in the big trees, travel, achievement, lucky breaks, successful moving up ( at work or something), the space, distance, someone is far away, delay, receiving love letters and bouquet of flowers, country side, simple life, money surrounds them, professional person, workaholic and less focus on love, a bank; good at handling finances, provides good advice in finance, a happy family, fire/burning, summer, evening, warm weather country, good judgement, social

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four

authority, can be foreign, arrogant, weddings, older, negative emotions, large body of water such as beaches, pool, fountains, lake, pond etc, night, cold weather/winter, a dog, a friend, a church, a purse, money, financially stable/ wealthy, office, jewelry box, a social butterfly, enjoy clubs and socializing, likes to be busy and active, wine, travel, trips via water, clouds, heavy rains, good partner, sensual, good at financial advice, an expensive wedding of a friend, children, financially secure, fixing cars, lily, workaholic, trying their best at difficult situation, lion, a Leo sign, quite, electric, jealous and possessive, like to give great advice, streets of gold

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Here are all of my observations from Unikitty! on what the Unikingdom’s society and culture is like. It’s so I can decide what to include in my AU, and what I’d rather not.

Here’s a full, detailed list of my observations. Long post warning!

The Values and Opinions of the Unikingdom:

Happiness

Fun

Friendship

Love

Carefreeness

Leisure

Creativity and pizazz

These are all very important to the people of the Unikingdom.

Being nice is heavily encouraged; Unikitty has nice princess duties.

Being, quote-unquote, “boring” or anything less than fun, positive, and creative is frowned upon. Being unhappy or angry is as well.

Stories, Mythology and Folklore of the Unikingdom:

Ghosts (There are definitely some spirits in this world. Ghosts are often seen. Could the Score Creeper be a ghost? Dino Dude also mentions the Ghost of Wipeout’s Past.)

Sentient Skeletons

What’s the deal with the Sugar Crash Coaster in Doki Diamond Funland? Can you wish on it? (Unikitty said, “I wish it never ended!” and then the ride never ended for the gang)

Score Creeper traps people’s souls in games

Magical things happening after bedtime (by the way, magic exists in this world)

Spell books for both casting spells and spelling words

Sorcerers

Alchemists

Mages

Pegasus?

Amazon warriors?

Mermaids

Sirens

Ogres

Trolls

Dragons

Wizards that fly on brooms

Witches that fly on brooms

Trickster spirits?

Skin thieves?

Poisoners?

Zombies

Neuromancers

Necromancers

Elves?

Gnomes?

Dwarves?

Goblins

Mysterious hook hands

Chainsaw killers

Lab monsters

Alien invasions

Demons?

An underworld?

Richard dresses like Frankenstein’s monster in Scary Tales?

Scary stories can really be about anything. You can leave someone quaking in their boots with a story about a permanent stain

Stories about pirates

The old beach legend of the Perfect Spot

Detective stories?

People can die from lovesickness in this world by being literally crushed by their crush; their feelings take the form of giant giggling hearts and crush them

The Curse of the Last One There (Whoever is in earshot when the curse is uttered is cursed to be literally turned into a rotten egg if they are the last one to get to a place)

”Chair Valhalla”?

Making wishes with coins, shooting stars, birthday candles, 11:11, wishbones, eyelashes, and four-leaf clovers

Fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Hansel and Gretel exist?

The Golden Goose?

Santa Claus?

The Tooth Fairy?

The Sandman?

Cupid?

Careen Ingle, a director on the show, stated that people can have kids via a stork bringing them pieces that look like them. They build the kid with those pieces. I’m not sure if this happens in the Unikingdom, Frowntown, or everywhere.

Unikingdom Naming Customs:

Animals in the Unikingdom are typically named after their being/what they are.

Lego brick creatures usually aren’t, like Richard, Beau and Kickflip.

Not everyone follows these customs.

Some people’s names are silly made-up words, like Bim-Bom or Stocko.

They don’t use surnames in the Unikingdom.

Areas in the kingdom are named after what they are. For example, Flowery Park is, as the name suggests, a flowery park.

Unikingdom Architecture:

Everything is, quote-unquote, “cute”

Everything is brightly colored and utilizes all the colors of the rainbow

Fountains?

Bouncy castles are legitimately buildings

Towers, either with pointy roofs (like Marques towers) or with round balls at the top

Decorative pennants and banners everywhere

Decorative lights and tassels

Flags

Unikitty’s castle is her, but way bigger

The mouth of her castle is a fountain

The tail is a greenhouse with a garden inside

The horn is a tower; there are crates full of stuff in it

There are secret passages in it (Are these in other buildings as well?)

The mouth fountain spills into the moat, which has a rainbow bridge going over it.

But there is another road to the castle that leads into its garage (where the gang’s vehicles are stored)

Buildings, furniture, and appliances can look like anything

They can also be constructed out of anything

Bunnies live in carrot houses

Crabs all live in a giant sand palace

Beds and homes can also be influenced by what type of animal someone is

Batty (a vampire bat) lives in a house that looks like a cave and sleeps hanging upside down on her ceiling

Hawkodile sleeps in a nest in his treehouse. His nest is never seen in his treehouse except for when he wakes up in one episode, so it’s implied he puts it away during the day.

In another episode, he wakes up with him and a pillow attached to a punching bag

Ball pits and silly slides

Circular/round windows

Lots of geometric shapes as well

Roller coaster tracks behind Unikitty’s castle

Spherical floating buildings behind her castle? We never saw what’s inside them

Towers with round, glowing lights

Gingerbread houses?

Fantasy yurts?

Round aquariums

Condomiums?

A Unikitty sphinx?

The Toy Zone/Toy District has shops similar to carnival booths

Japanese-inspired architecture in Action Forest, such as the dojo and the Torii gate in front?

By the way, Eagleator destroyed the dojo. It’s shown that it’s still destroyed to this day, and Eagleator camps out in the rubble now. But aren’t you supposed to treat a dojo with respect? (Did Eagleator kill Sensei Falcomodo?)

I don’t think the Unikingdom is trying to represent any real countries or cultures

Everything about Action Forest is based on gritty action movies from the 80s

Forts?

Stony lairs (such as Flamurtle’s lair)

Torches

Buildings, such as the castle, have secret passages

Tubes with sparkles passing through them

These tubes can also be seen inside people’s brains. Is that where their sparkle matter comes from?

Trash is discarded in trash cans and dumpsters

There are many playgrounds with swingsets, slides, monkey bars, sand pits, seesaws, and springy rocking horses (or rocking animals, or foods)

Unikingdom Symbolism:

Silhouettes of Unikitty’s head are very prominent

I spotted flags that had a silhouette of her head. Are either of them supposed to be the Unikingdom’s national flag?

Are there other unicorn-cats?

Are there any unicorns?

Clouds (Some are rainclouds)

Rainbows

Suns?

Moons?

Hearts?

Stars?

Sparkles?

Sparkle Matter?

Planets?

Cool sunglasses are “an action hero’s highest honor” in the Unikingdom

Hawkodile’s were given to him by his sensei

The torii gate in front of Action Forest…

Is Action Forest supposed to be a sacred place?

Their official bread- a cat-shaped bread roll with cream and a strawberry on top

Their official fish- a wide-eyed orange fish with a beak

Their official bird- A green, parakeet-looking bird

Their official scary man who lives in the sewer- Yes, this is a thing they have. He’s green, and he wears brown rags.

Their official song- Official Song. It just goes, “OFFICIAL SONG! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!” (That’s all there is to it; it has no real tune)

Their official candy- The gang tried to pick one. They brought their favorite candies to life and had an entire Pokémon-style battle with them. In the end, though, they decided that you should just like the candy you have. So, I’ll just say their official candy is whatever candy you like. There’s a lot of candy in the Unikingdom anyway.

Demographics of the Unikingdom

The Unikingdom is populated by anthropomorphic animals

Like I asked, are there unicorns anywhere?

Some of them are animal-based hybrids

Monsters such as the giant jelly creature and krakens

Lego brick creatures

Living stuffed toys

Anthropomorphic foods (like Burger Person, Cookie Guy, and Herbert Sherbert)

Anthropomorphic objects (like Toaster and the kite people)

Living clouds in the sky

Self-aware robots (and rockets)

Crabs and bunnies have their own societies within Unikingdom society, but both are considered part of the Unikingdom. The crabs also have a “pinch dungeon.”

Aliens?? (Hominid is an alien who travels around in its UFO)

These creatures produce sparkle matter, which is sparkly stuff that pops out of someone’s head when they experience strong emotions.

Unikitty can also change color and burn/flood things with her emotions. I imagined that this is a thing unicorns have.

There are no humans/Lego minifigures in this world.

Who are Hank and Kyle? They, to quote Dr. Fox in their one and only appearance, “haven’t been on the team since their funeral.” So they’re ghosts?

And Batman exists?! Batkitty is the ONLY episode of the whole show that ties back into the Lego Movie, and he’s the only character from it that appears in the show. We don’t see him any other time, so I don’t even know if it’s canon

Geography of the Unikingdom:

The Unikingdom is situated on rolling green hills

The weather is usually very sunny (“Unikingdom- burning hot!”), so it looks like it has a warm climate

It’s prone to extreme weather, such as tornadoes, thunderstorms and typhoons

Action Forest is a lush jungle area; it’s confirmed to be part of the Unikingdom

But the Unikingdom isn’t meant to be fantasy Japan, like I said

Rocky cliffs

Fir forests

Caves

Dinosaur bones are underground!

Walkways made of towers and bridges are built around the cliffs and forests

There are much shorter bridges with no towers, too

Ravines? Some places in the Unikingdom are separated by said bridges (Three citizens tell Unikitty that the bridge to their town is out)

The Unikingdom is also next to an ocean

Tall coastal rock formations

It’s confirmed to be in the north of this planet

It makes sense because they get snow in the winter, and the Unigang can get to the North Pole in a short time

Neighboring deserts

Neighboring mountains

Volcanoes (which can come to life if they’re angry enough)

Some place with ice cream snow? That’s where Mrs. Ice Pop’s factory is

The surface of the sun?? They can go there?

Flora and Fauna of the Unikingdom:

There are non-anthropomorphic animals in this world

People keep pets; there are pet stores

People also keep potted plants

There are gardens in people’s front and back yards

Gators

Cats

Cows

Brightly green grass everywhere

Acorns

Jellyfish

Albatrosses (Puppycorn mentioned them once)

Crows

Gophers (inhabit golf courses)

Iguanas

Flowers with four petals

Pointy trees (fir trees?)

Some round trees, too

Trees can live to be very old; as in, “My grandkids never visit me!” old

Turtles

Aloe

Octopuses

Pancakes

Ladybugs

Colorful bushes (they come in any color)

Whatever the Darling Flower is

Mushrooms

Colorful bushes

Anglerfish

Flowers with five petals

Wolverines?

Penguins

Whatever type of bug Abugail is

Crabs

Manatees

Falcons (falconry is practiced)

Fireflies

Fish (they come in multiple colors)

Fire lilies

Raffodils

Bees (of multiple sizes)

Chipmunks

Shrews

Flowers with six petals

Sunflowers

Moonflowers

Roses

Bell flowers

Caterpillars and butterflies

Sharks

Dolphins (they can swim in freshwater)

Winged dolphins

Electric eels

Lava sharks

Cacti

Corn

Chickens

Raccoons (they are realistic)

Worms

Snakes

Lions

Monkeys

Sloths

Zebras

Parrots

Giant scorpions

Peacocks

Flamingoes

Tarantulas

Ducks

Beavers

Deer

Bunnies/Rabbits

Smaller birds of multiple colors and sizes (such as the red-chested warbler, northern oceanic blue bill, and the red speckled hen)

Dinosaurs

Elephants

Squirrels

Flies/Gnats

Unikingdom Society

Unikitty is the princess of the Unikingdom and the sole leader

Her and Puppycorn’s parents are never seen or mentioned; Richard is their guardian. Fans assume they’re dead.

Unikitty is a friend of her citizens, but they acknowledge her status as princess

They don’t acknowledge the fact that Puppycorn is a prince, though.

There is no social hierarchy to speak of, but this society is matriarchal. The law says that the Unikingdom has to be ruled by a princess

Maybe that’s why Puppycorn is never viewed as a prince by any citizens

However, it seems like the current princess can just pass down the ruling position to a relative of another gender if she feels like it. (Unikitty decided to let Puppycorn be the ruling prince for a short time in one episode)

Can the princess be elected? I think not, because Master Frown, who is not from the Unikingdom, suggested there be a princess election in that episode

There are no armies/defense forces to be seen.

Hawkodile seems to be the bodyguard of both Unikitty and the kingdom as a whole. He lives in a treehouse behind the castle. Pretty much all the defense is handled by him, and he’s, to quote Cast Aside the Truth, “the toughest bodyguard alive.”

The kingdom can also be defended by giant kaiju-like mechas

Unfortunately, though, there are cops… such as the Action Police and Science Police… Detective Dan literally mentions a Unikingdom Police Department, and there are buddy cop movies…

It’s implied that firefighters exist here, too

Action heroes/fighters require action licenses. It works like getting a driver’s license; they get it at the Department of Mayhem and Violence (DMV).

Did Sensei Falcomodo not know this before giving Hawkodile his shades? Did Unikitty and co. not know this before (presumably) hiring him?

Unikitty is also assisted by her resident scientist, Dr. Fox, who lives in the castle and has her own high-tech lab right under it

Dr. Fox seems to be the one handling the kingdom’s technology. For example, she built the security system at the zoo. Also, her smarts and inventions help solve problems in the kingdom

Occasionally, she dabbles in medical stuff, even though she’s not licensed to practice it

Unikitty and Puppycorn also drive cars, parade floats, and bulldozers, despite not having driver’s licenses, or so much as a learner’s permit

The Action Police’s job is to punish those who don’t have action licenses. The Science Police’s department is to punish those who experiment dangerously. I feel like noting that both Hawkodile and Dr. Fox end up earning their respect in the respective episodes they appear in.

Anyway, pilots in the Unikingdom have to take a pilot’s test. Hawkodile is seen doing it, so I guess they can take it with no plane-flying experience (except maybe some studying?) (Did Dr. Fox need one to build and fly any of the aircrafts she built?)

People apparently also need a license to love chinchillas.

As mentioned before, crabs and bunnies have their own areas/societies that are considered part of the Unikingdom

There are also courtrooms and jails in the Unikingdom.

Judges in the courts are decided by spinning the judge wheel.

Some jails have a specific theme, like ice pop jail.

It seems like prisoners can escape jail at any time.

How are the characters familiar with mayors, emperesses, and Madame Duchesses?

It’s implied that they use a Gregorian-ish calendar in the Unikingdom, but some of the months are different, like Brickcember

They also use analog clocks and alarm clocks to tell time. In one episode, Richard says, “I’ve been up since 5:30 this morning.”

By the way, 5:00 AM in the Unikingdom is long after sunrise, when the sun is pretty high in the sky

The Unikingdom uses dollars as its currency. They also have coins, so are they, like, their equivalent of cents? (Puppycorn changed this to paying for things with high fives for a short time.)

The Unikingdom has banks. Unikitty refers to the bank as the money store.

Anything can be sold, in either shops or roadside stands.

There are pet stores, as I said.

The Toy Zone/Toy District seems to particularly sell toys and games.

The episode Special Delivery shows us how wacky and zany the Unikingdom’s postal system is. Dolphins can deliver mail, and there’s even literal snail mail. (As in, snails delivering the mail.)

Stamp collecting is a thing, too.

Unikingdom citizens get their news from The Unikingdom News Super Good Morning Time Action Program Information Show Now!, the Internet, and much less popularly, newspapers. (I say much less popularly because no one wanted to read Richard’s newspapers)

The people use tablets and cell phones.

There’s a secret society of people wearing cloaks, and they use stickers and books to open up a portal to the underworld?!

Issues in the Unikingdom can be about anything, from super major problems to super minor ones.

Art in the Unikingdom

Origami

Colorful tapestries with a silhouette of Unikitty’s face on them

These tapestries can have other symbols, too; see the Symbolism section above

Stickers are decorative

Firework art (Unikingdom citizens love fireworks)

Knitting

Crocheting (Richard mentions learning how to crochet)

Drawings with pencils, pens, and crayons

Paintings with lots of paints splatters

Renaissance-style art? Modern art? Pop art? Surrealism? Cubism? (There are references to real paintings in the show, and those styles are what I could glean from them)

Shapes- hearts, stars, sparkles

Rainbow colors are used

Apparently, every color symbolizes love

Photography? We see lots of framed pictures in the show, and people take photos with cameras and phones. Selfies are also popular.

Uhhh… why does Hawkodile have a torii-shaped picture frame in his treehouse??

Proscenium theaters (look them up)

Dance floor stages

Large indoor arenas

Magic tricks (as in, sleight of hand and illusions)

Sea shanties

There’s a morning song that’s sung in the morning

Culinary arts

Sock puppets

Comic books

Gold statues of random things. These are very expensive

Knitting

Friendship bracelets

Juggling

Unicycles

Pillows can be shaped like hearts, squares, suns, moons, and pretty much anything

Couches are cloud-shaped

Beds can have headboards and footboards shaped like anything

Daytime television in the Unikingdom is described as “Like regular TV, but weirder!”

So… regular TV in the Unikingdom is early-morning, afternoon, and nighttime programming?

Uni-TV is, to quote, “The Unikingdom’s favorite and only television network.”

There are four known record labels in the Unikingdom (Unikingdom Entertainment, FoxZone Music Group, McCorn-Horn Records, and Rick and Roll Records)

Cars have radios built into them

Popular music genres:

Techno

Hip-hop

Pop

Rock

Metal

Making up songs in one go

Popular film genres:

Fantasy

Action

Romance

Drama

Sci-fi

Musical

Comedy

Popular TV shows:

Third Degree Love Burns (which is, like, a Bachelor-ish romance show)

The Nightly Late Night Nighttime Show (the moon- yes, the moon- watches this late night talk show so she doesn’t get bored at night)

The Early Morning Daytime Daytime Show (a morning talk show for the sun to watch)

Styles of dance:

Hip-hop dance (like breakdancing)

Capoeira

Rave dancing (like glowsticking)

Partner dances

Tap dancing

Moonwalking

Salsa

Country dances

Disco

Headbanging

Polka

Ballet

Waltz?

Can-can (Dr. Fox and her clones are seen doing it)

Musical instruments:

DJ turntables

Singing

Conical drums

Drumsets

Pianos

Keyboard

Keytars

Organs

Horn pipes

Cymbals

Shaker sticks

Xylophones

Banjos

Saxophones

Guitars

Ukuleles

Tambourines

Cowbells

Accordions

Triangles

Gongs?

Vuvuzelas (mentioned by Puppycorn when he tries to say Viva La Lazy Sunday)

Giant versions of musical instruments exist, too

Sound equipment includes boomboxes, radios, speakers, and handheld mics.

Sports and Games in the Unikingdom:

Board games seem to be common

Most notably, adventure board games like Spoooooky Game, and fantasy RPGs like Castles and Kitties (Is Castles and Kitties meant to be anything more than “Look, DnD reference!”?)

You can even get transported inside the game

Could that happen even if Score Creeper wasn’t there?

Games involving dice

Card games

Sudoku

Trampolines

Piñatas

Arcade games

Video games (There are Gameboy-like consoles and controller consoles)

Light as a feather, stiff as a board (played at sleepovers)

Walking your pets

Playing fetch with your pets

Video games can put their controls in the real world and turn people 16-bit

Escape rooms

Hot dog eating contests

Skydiving

Racing

Carnival games (like Whack-a-Mole, ball toss, ring toss, and those basketball hoops)

Hide and seek

Jump ropes

Laser tag

Arm wrestling

Sailing

Monster truck rallies

Escape rooms

Marathons

Robot fighting

Skateboarding

Ziplining

Archery

Bowling

Fishing

Golf

Rodeos

Fencing

Jet skiing

Weightlifting

Kickball

Cheerleading

American football??? They even have their own equivalent of the Super Bowl, the Pasta Bowl.

Tennis

Running marathons

Baseball

Soccer

Surfing

Basketball

Pet shows

Catch with balls

Bingo and water aerobics are enjoyed by elderly citizens

Traditions, Customs and Holidays in the Unikingdom:

Snow Day, a holiday on which people make snow angels, build snowmen, carve ice, sled, build snow forts, have snowball fights, drink cocoa, decorate their homes with wreaths, peppermints and bright lights, etc.

Problem Fixy-Day, on which the citizens state their problems and Unikitty offers her solutions

Valentine’s Day? (there’s a Valentine’s Day special)

Halloween? (there are two Halloween specials)

Christmas?! (there’s a Christmas special)

There’s no Christianity in this universe, by the way. There’s a throwaway joke about nuns from Unikitty, but there are no churches or anything to be seen.

Parade Day (there was a self-expression parade in that episode, so do they pick a yearly theme or something?)

Rave-a-palooza

Hide and Seek Championship

Jump Rope Championship

The Skaterz Stuntz Gamez

Best Best Friends Competition

Atomic Battle Royale

Bounce Olympics? (Unikitty mentions them once and only once while she and Puppycorn are, well, bouncing)

The Unikingdom Awards (The awards presented are VERY random and VERY specific, such as Most Likely to Be Crushed by a Falling Statue, Best Lil’ Bro a Princess Could Ever Ask For, and Best Name That Rhymes With Schmuppycorn.)

Chore Day/Lazy Sunday, where Richard wants everyone to clean the castle, but Unikitty and Puppycorn want to chill out on the couch all day. Does everyone in the kingdom observe one of the two?

Trash Day happens every week. People throw out all the stuff they disposed of. What day of the week is it?

Unikitty chooses a Flavor of the Month.

There’s a Helpful Helpers Auction where the gang lends their services to the citizens for a day or so, and it supports next year’s auction, according to Puppycorn.

There’s also an annual Ice Cream Festival.

There are lots and LOTS of specifically themed parties, such as a Piñata Party, a Burger Party, and a Jazz Party. In fact, they celebrate something almost every day. Some of these parties are annual, like the Cotton Candy Pool Party.

I guess that informal IS formal in the Unikingdom.

Unikitty also has these kinds of conferences with her citizens on an outdoor stage?

People have sleepovers, where they eat pizza, do prank calls, watch monster movies, and play sleepover games.

Birthdays are a huge deal in the Unikingdom. They’re taken very seriously. They’re observed with cake, presents, big parties, and the Happy Birthday song.

Weddings are held outside. There’s wedding bells, flowers, groom top hats and tuxes, bridal veils and bouquets, and engagement and wedding rings. And wait a minute- bishops?!

In a scene where Dr. Fox is watching her robots get married, the officiant robot is wearing a mitre.

Funerals are done by burying the dead person in a coffin. There’s a gravestone, wreaths, and their picture. The attendees wear black and throw flowers on the coffin.

Traditionally, the people lay down a towel at the beach to claim a spot.

Elderly people customarily tend to their gardens, clean their dentures, feed birds, wait for their loved ones to call, apply ointments, bake, swim, and eat dinner in the afternoon

The elderly are seen as “always napping at weird times, drinking tea and knitting.”

Dessert sweepstakes are a thing. Unikitty and her friends search for a winning ice pop stick to win a tour to an ice pop factory

Libraries are run pretty strictly in the Unikingdom. They have a strict return policy. If you don’t return your books on time, you get banned for life

When on vacation, people take selfies and photos, try new foods, and buy a lot of souvenirs

Going to the zoo is a fun activity to people. So is going to the park.

Coupons to the zoo are sold online

On a hot day, people wear, quote-unquote, “cool” outfits and strike “cool” poses. More on this in the Fashion section

In his treehouse, Hawkodile has SOME kind of shrine for Sensei Falcomodo. There’s his picture, a bowl of incense, candles, and a cloth on the table.

In the summer, people go to the pool for a fun pool day, play/watch sports, have barbecues, go on picnics, watch fireworks, go to the movies, catch fireflies, try on shorts, ride bikes, try on shorts, and go to the beach

There are carnival games at amusement parks

Amusement parks sell fried foods on a stick

There are also park mascots

Unikingdom Education:

Despite being roughly 11 and roughly 9 respectively, Unikitty and Puppycorn are never seen going to any kind of school.

That led me to assume they were homeschooled, but who would homeschool them? Richard?

In fact, we almost never see any kind of schools in the Unikingdom at all.

They do summer camps in the Unikingdom, like Lost at Sea Survival Camp, or camping trips for kids.

Action Forest is where action heroes train, and they practice in a dojo?

Hawkodile had supposedly trained in the dojo his whole life. It’s also implied that Sensei Falcomodo raised him and Eagleator.

Fuzz Fuzz (a baby caterpillar that Unikitty decides to adopt and who grows up) attends a Giant Monster Community College… but he’d graduate with a degree, not a diploma.

Wait, so college exists?

Medical school is a thing, too?

They have the same periodic table of elements that we do.

Unikingdom Mannerisms and Etiquette:

Being silly and loud seems to be considered acceptable.

Chores (such as cleaning your home) and renovations are done in fantastical, goofy ways. Any way that isn’t is seen as boring.

It’s normal to be carefree (to the point where you can neglect your responsibilities)

Talking in unison

You can slap someone to help them stay awake

Fighting Styles and Weaponry in the Unikingdom:

There’s some form of hand-to-hand between Hawkodile and Eagleator, and between Eagleator and Flamurtle. I see punches, kicks, blocks and stances.

Being cool is emphasized in Unikingdom fighting.

As I said, Action Forest seems to want to combine martial arts with 80s action movies.

Boxing gloves. Hawkodile and Eagleator wear them. (Are there any boxing punches?)

Swords (like broadswords, katanas and scimitars)

Shields

Punching bags used for practice

Dummies

Whatever those rotating poles with pegs sticking out of them are

Archery (bows, arrows, round targets)

Hawkodile often mentions karate

He also mentions judo, like, once

Kung fu is mentioned in an episode where Richard has a book about it, and several other topics

Shurikens?

Kunai?

Big honkin’ bombs with timers

Small bombs with fuses

Missles

Cannons

Tasers

Tanks (Not just for combat. You can go on a tank driving tour through Action Forest.)

Mechas and robots, which can have any of these weapons

Lasers

Axes

Cages

Booby traps

Nunchucks

Whips

Grappling hooks

Hand grenades

Pickaxes

Sais

Forks can be used as throwing weapons

Cards can be used as throwing weapons, too

Daggers

Nets

Knight armor?

Morning stars

Tridents

Flame throwers

Staffs (like the flame staff, explosion staff, and the training staff that belonged to Hawkodile’s sensei)

Safety suits are worn to keep people safe as they do risky/daredevil-ish stuff

”Work hard, play hard!” is a philosophy that Sensei Falcomodo taught Hawkodile.

Ninjas and samurai are seen, but why do they attack the kingdom? Why is there a sneaky stealing samurai squad that causes mayhem? Why does Hawkodile wish for a ninja attack in the asteroid episode? 🤨

Any Language in the Unikingdom?

Everyone Speaks English™️

Spanish?

German?

French?

Japanese? (Hawkodile says, “Protect me, Dummy-san!” in one episode?)

Sign Language?

Hawaiian? The gang throws a, quote-unquote, “luau” when they crash land on an uncharted island… no one else is on it but them.

Slang terms such as Sis and Rad are very, very common

Puppycorn gleefully answers, “I’ll do my best, Miss Ma’am!” when Unikitty asks him to keep an eye on the surface of the pool

Sir and Ma’am are used here

Dino Dude has an Australian accent.

FeeBee speaks with a Southern accent.

Really Old Edith wrote a story about her discovering an ancient something and deciphering a lost language. When sharing it on the Nighttime Show, she’s interrupted before she can get into any detail

Unikingdom Food:

In my notepad, I accidentally put some animals in this section. My bad.

Dishes are served on plates and eaten with forks, knives and spoons. People use napkins. Utensils, plates, bowls, mugs, etc. are cleaned with dish soap and sponges.

Food is eaten at tables, though people can have picnics on blankets.

Things such as flowers and candles are used as table centerpieces.

They have a concept of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Napkins and bibs are used. In the tourism video episode, Puppycorn suggests using an entire tablecloth as a napkin and a bib. (“The whole table is covered in napkins, so you can be as messy as you want!” And he tucks it into the suit he’s wearing.)

Some restaurants in the Unikingdom don’t allow outside food.

There are refrigerators in this world. But there’s also a big, icy vault in the castle to store frozen food in. Do any other homes have this?

Steel is edible in this world.

Cheese

Tea (specific types named are Chamomile, Earl Gray, and Mint tea)

Noodle Soup

Soup

Salt

Pepper

Macarons?

Juice

Tacos

Carnitas?

Pretzels

Cauliflower stew

Berries

Bananas

Celery

Ice cream sandwiches

Muffins

Chili

Hot sauce

Chicken nuggets

Tomatoes

Smoothies

S’mores

Marshmallows

Graham crackers

Sprinkles

Icing

Breakfast cereal

Whipped cream

Bubble gum (even long after you chew it, it doesn’t lose its flavor)

Sunny side up eggs

Donuts

Hot dogs

Cheesy puff snacks

Fried foods on a stick (there are even fried sticks on a stick, so sticks/twigs are edible in this world)

Burgers

Cakes

Caviar and truffles? (There’s a restaurant in the Unikingdom called Caviar and Truffles by Giovanni.)

Bacon

Ice cream (comes in different flavors, including a mystery flavor)

Butter

Ketchup

Cookies

Milk

Sandwiches

Finger sandwiches

Poke? (Dr. Fox mentions a restaurant called Poke Bowl, but it’s never seen.)

Apples

Radishes

Barbecue (there are barbecue grills)

Rutabaga

Cauliflower

Peanut butter

Jelly (I think; the title card of What’s Grampa Eating looks like peanut butter and jelly)

Cranberry sauce

Pie

Popcorn (there are popcorn stands)

Subs

Hoagies

Jam

Waffles

Pancakes

Pizza (mostly pepperoni)

Hot chocolate

Beans

Coffee

Cupcakes

Salads

Bags of chips

Brownies

Churros

Sushi? (There’s playground equipment that looks like sushi rolls.)

Chicken? Turkey?

Chicken/turkey legs

Macaroni

Hot Sauce

Sauerkraut

Ketchup

Pickles

Salt and vinegar chips

Bite-sized candies

Gumballs

Chocolate bars (that can be filled like Milky Ways and Twix bars)

Candy canes

Peppermint bark

Taffy

Lollipops (such as Lickypops)

Cinnaburns

Sweet Buns

Chocolate Caesar bars

Peppers

Cherries

French fries

Watermelons

Baguettes

Bagels

Wheat bread

Snacks served in vending machines

Thai food? (One of the Unikingdom citizens, Batty, runs a Thai food restaurant)

Pineapples

Trail mix

Broccoli

Ice pops

Pudding (like the bad vibes pudding)

Unikingdom Fashion and Dress Code:

The people of the Unikingdom don’t usually wear clothes. They’re pretty selective about it

Even during the winter, the people can play in the snow wearing nothing but a pom pom hat and a scarf. Even Hawkodile does despite hawks and crocodiles being cold blooded, but normal logic does not apply in this show

Some people DO wear clothes all the time. Dr. Fox is always wearing her lab coat and some pants, or is fully dressed in some other articles of clothing

Hawkodile usually wears nothing but a pair of shorts, his sunglasses, and his boxing gloves

Flower crowns? (Unikitty gives one to Hawkodile for protecting the gang in one episode, so are they a symbol of gratitude?)

Boots?

Berets? (Worn by film directors, and worn with formal outfits?)

Puffy chef toques and aprons worn by cooks, and when cooking

Plaid shirts and light jeans worn by home renovators/architects

Wide-brimmed, round sunhats are worn in hot weather

Lab coats and glasses/goggles are worn by scientists in the kingdom

Black jumpsuits/ski masks are worn by thieves and criminals

Prisoners wear gray and orange boiler suits

There are MJ-ish fedora hats

Rulers wear yellow crowns, but Unikitty doesn’t?

Shorts

Coats

Hats

Shirts

Socks

Masks (in an episode where Puppycorn bought a mask, one of them looked like a sugar skull)

Tutus

Baseball caps

Top hats

Sweater vests, visors, ties, caps, and collared shirts are worn when people play golf

Multicolored safety hats and suits

Ugly limited edition sneakers exist

Headbands

Life vests

There are specific safety vests Hawkodile uses:

Laser proof vests

Teddy bear proof vests

Bee proof vests- they look like beekeeping suits

Ice ray proof vests

Insult proof vests- they are armed with mechanical hands that pop out and knock you back when you insult their wearer

Long, wild hair and dramatic makeup for rock and metal fashion

Flamurtle has a Mohawk

Pocketed khakis?

Fanny packs/waist bags

Cozy sweaters

Cheerleading outfits have white, long-sleeved shirts, navy blue skirts, pants, and a rainbow U.

Other cheer outfits are purple two-piece uniforms with orange edges

And powder blue sleeveless uniforms with yellow edges

Pom poms can be any color

Hiking shirts, coonskin caps, ascots, stringed hats, and backpacks are work for camping and hiking

People sleep with hair rollers, even when they don’t have hair

Purses are worn by old people

Fun and silly costumes are worn on certain occasions, such as the gang dressing up in submarine sweaters and caps when they rode in Dr. Fox’s submarine. There was also an entire episode where they dressed in Batman costumes.

50s fashion- leather jackets, sunglasses, pompadours

Action Forest students and fighters wear karate uniforms.

Action fighters can wear sunglasses, bandanas, jumpsuits, boxing gloves, jackets, tank tops, and shoulder/elbow/knee pads. They’re usually armed with a weapon or two.

Jewelry:

Earrings

Necklaces

Bracelets

Can be made of gems or pearls

Swimsuits:

One-piece swimsuits

Swim trunks

Pool floaties (float toys and inflatable arm bands)

Tank tops and whistles are worn by lifeguards

Swim caps are worn by old folks

Winter clothes:

Scarves

Coats and pants

Earmuffs

Pom pom hats

Underwear:

Briefs

Tank tops

Formal clothes:

Poofy gowns/dresses

Tuxedos, ties, and bow ties (of any size; Puppycorn had a comically large bow tie that he wore on his head in one episode)

Pajamas:

Night caps

Matching shirts and pants

Onesies (can have bows on them)

“Cool” outfits can consist of:

Cool sunglasses/shades/reflective sunglasses

Pearl necklaces

Heeled boots

Cool, shiny baseball caps

Gold chains

Puffy skirts

Hoop earrings

Gem earrings

Pearl earrings

Sick, wicked, awesome gems (aka SWAG)

Gold coins

Headbands

Headbands that you tie back (Hachimaki?)

Swoopy hair/wigs

Pompadours

Animal print shirts

Jackets with popping collars

Cutoff jeans

High top shoes

Patterned pants

Sweatshirts

Roller skates (can have rockets if the wearer wants)

Striking cool poses can actually make things colder and freeze things

Anything lame counteracts that, melting all the cool

Cool poses can come in literally any shape

Examples of cool poses:

Pizzazz (a zigzag shape)

Puzzle piece

Bathroom sink

”Night steed?” “Fiesty?” I don’t really know what Hawkodile said

Jazz panther

Funky cowboy

Resplendence

Head rotation

Squinty eyes

Duck lips

The infinity gaze- the coolest of cool poses!

Unikingdom Queer Culture:

People of all genders are respected in the Unikingdom. (“Sir, or ma’am or neither, I don’t wanna be presumptuous…” “Ladies and gentlemen and everyone in between!” These are real quotes said by Unikitty.)

Same-gender couples are also respected

Queer people can have kids!

Other than this, there’s not that much info on queerness and queer culture in the Unikingdom

Unikingdom History:

Other than character backstories, almost nothing is known about the Unikingdom’s history. It’s just kinda there.

In this world, movies were invented by Really Old Edith.

She was also the champion of cheerleading 100 years in a row.

Her book, The Most Interesting Story Ever Told, took her 110 years to write.

Hardcore skaters were wiped out forever in the Skaterz Stuntz Gamez, and their hardcore ghosts are believed to haunt the ramps.

Dr. Fox studied hard and earned a PhD in science. But where?

Richard’s past is unknown, but he has a criminal record?

Hawkodile and Eagleator’s whole backstory together. Sensei Falcomodo is implied to have raised them. They trained together in the dojo. But… Eagleator destroyed it? And it’s still destroyed to this day?! Also, did he kill Sensei Falcomodo?

Hawkodile is orphaned, and he never met his birth parents.

Eagleator says that his family was kidnapped by bandits, and he’s running out of time. It’s also implied he has a baby sibling, but we never see them or find out who they are.

There are occasional s’mores wars in the Unikingdom between graham crackers and marshmallows, but how far back do they go?

Lego beings can grow and age like people do.

Really Old Edith is over 110 years old, so it seems they can go on living for a very long time.

In one episode, Unikitty says, “Before the castle was built, I told the castle builders to surprise me!”

When was the castle built?

When was the Unikingdom founded?

Who founded the Unikingdom?

Unikingdom Transportation:

People drive around in cars, vans, and trucks

Many cars are colorful convertibles

They also often get around on foot

If they want to, they can transform their bodies to put wheels on them

In fact, they can transform themselves into any of the vehicles listed here

Planes, with party lights on the aisle floor

Scooters, skateboards, and bikes are used

Unikitty has her cloud car.

Puppycorn has his trike.

It looks like people don’t need a license to drive, since kids like them can do it

Does anyone else have cloud cars or trikes like theirs?

People do have to take pilot’s tests to fly a plane, though (I mentioned this earlier)

Sports cars

Rigs (can be attached to trucks and vans)

Ambulances

Helicopters

Roller coasters are used as a form of transport (Puppycorn implemented roller coaster highways for a while in one episode)

People drive roller coaster wagons (This isn’t seen in the show, but it is a mini Lego set)

Ships (pirate ships, cargo ships, and cruise ships)

Rafts

Sailboats

Flying toasters

Hot air balloons

Steam rollers

Vehicles can turn into mechas

Vehicles can also be armed with cannons and such. (The roller coaster wagon Lego set has a disc launcher. Even when they aren’t mechas, Unikitty’s cloud car and Puppycorn’s trike both have cannons)

Motorcycles

Baby carriages

Blimps

Submarines

Double-decker sightseeing buses

Trains (Richard mentions reading a book about them)

Paddle subs (and paddle boats)

Space exploration has gone very far, with all the rockets Unikitty and her friends travel in

[forgotteneilionora]

Possible Bannermen Sigils

ok so the discussion of the hedgehog as a possible vassal sigil to malconaire inspired me!!!!! and i accordingly went insane <33333 so!! combing through the sigils that coamaker.com boasts, here're some ideas for our various biomes...there are probs others but these are the ones my brain seized on for astairan use like...most other things felt less natural/them to me, at least??? or else were simply, like, grassland/savannah or tropical, or some other biome that didn't quite fit ;D so yeah!! obv a lot of these could also be used elsewhere too etc but these were just general thoughts ;DDDD

CALLEARY (ocean)

anchor

dolphin

merman

shell/escallop ✓

sea lion

pearl ✓

pelican

seahorse ✓

ship✓

trident

wheel ✓

CALLEARY 2.0 (snow)

bear

hare

lynx

LORCAN (mountain, lake)

heron

otter

(pascal) lamb

(pastoral) staff

ram

sheep

swan ✓

MALCONAIRE (forest)

broch/badger

deer ✓

fox ✓

hedgehog ✓

oak ✓

rabbit/coney

wolf

STAFFORD (sky)

moon

star/etoile ✓

martlet

owl

?????? (wetlands)

boar

salamander

stork/stork & snake

fleur-des-lys/lily

thistle

rainbow

i left out farm stuff/domesticated animals bc they could fit just abt anywhere but there are plenty of them:

arm

arms

beehive

bell

book

bull

cat

cock/rooster

cubit/arm w fist

fountain

goat

greyhound

head (various)

horn

horse

knight

knot

dog

wheat/garb

[whovianofmidgard]

New chapter!!!

Ch.5.: The Myth: Patron of the Line of Kings

For as long as the Númenorians could remember the white seabird had been a recognisable symbol of the Royal Family. It appeared in frescos and stained-glass windows all over the palace of Armenelos. The birds were depicted perched on the shoulders or arms of their great rulers, and always rising up in flight behind their founder, Elros Tar-Minyatur, its radiant white feather’s haloing him almost as divinity. They decorated fountains and mosaics in the city squares and carved into the figurehead for sailing ships. Even the sceptre of the King had its own wings of true-silver and glittering white gems, as pure as starlight.  

It was a much-debated topic among the artists and historians what kind of seabird was the correct one to use. The historical records always named one or the other appearing on monumental days of the royal line, but rarely ever the same bird twice. A swan bearing witness to a new King’s crowning, a stork flying by the Queen’s delivery room at each little prince and princess’ birth, a flock of gulls taking flight whenever a Crown Prince took sail and an albatross guiding the ship back to port.  

Later, in hindsight, the Faithful would say that it was telling that no white bird accompanied Ar-Pharazôn’s fleet carrying Sauron to Númenor. In the coming years no white bird could be seen around the King and his tyranny.  

Some fanciful retellings of the drowning of Númenor reported of the last sighting of Tar-Míriel at the steps of Meneltarma and being swept up by a great flurry of white feathers before the first waves overtook the island, saying that was the first sighting in years of the patron that favoured the Royal Family. The validity of such claim was very much scrutinized.  

What most could agree on was that the scattered fleet of the surviving Faithful were heralded onto the shores of Middle-earth by a petrel showing the ships’ way to land.  

The myth (or superstition) of the white bird of the Line of Kings persisted in their new homes of Gondor and Arnor. The defeat of Sauron, the death of Elendil, and the end of the Second Age was announced with a single cry of a lone gull, strangely far from the sea.   

And almost like tradition, the birth of a new prince or princess was accompanied by sighting a great egret, royal weddings were overseen by a white duck circling above the newlyweds’ heads, mysteriously appearing geese would hissingly run off wild animals in protection of the royal children, and at each coronation – and later the appointing of Chieftain of the Dúnedain - a swan could be seen flying overhead.  

The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known, so the legend in Gondor’s streets echoed. Yet those who remembered the old symbolism would mutter ‘If the White Bird favours him shall we know the true blood of the King.’ 

Read the rest on Ao3

[nancypullen]

Riquewihr and Kaysersberg

Today was utterly lovely. Strasbourg is snug up against the French/German border and the mix of cultures is obvious everywhere. We decided to rent a car at the train station and journey a bit south where Switzerland gets involved. We picked up the keys (they gave us a BMW suv for the price of a compact!) and drove through more beautiful countryside.

Aha! JUst what we were looking for- Riquewihr! The enchanting village that inspired Beauty and the Beast. We drove through vineyard after vineyard and found our way to the magical spot.

Cobblestones, medieval buildings, and old wells and fountains down every street.

The Alsace region is home to a large population of storks. The legend of storks bringing babies started here. Children who want a baby brother or sister leave a sugar cube on their windowsill hoping to lure a baby-carrying stork. So there are stork souvenirs everywhere, and as sweet as the legend is, I don't need stork hot pads, magnets, coffee cups, or statues. BUT, another symbol that appears everywhere that i just love is...

hearts! They're all over the place. These late blooming geraniums on the front of a crackled 15th century building are accompanied by a trio of sweet hearts.

Window boxes, shutters, curtains, fences - even cookies and pastries were heart-shaped. It put a smile on my face.

After a few hours wandering around beautiful Riquewihr we decided to ease on down the road. Again, over the river and through the vineyards we go. Pardon my photography, these were taken through the windshield.

This time we were looking for Kaysersberg, and we found it! I liked it even more than Riquewihr.

We roamed and roamed, eventually stopping for a late lunch.

I had a delicious quiche and a salad. The mister chose another tarte flambe. He's hooked.

After satisfying our tummies, we continued to explore and uncover more information about Kaysersberg. "The name is German for Emperor's Mountain. The high fortress that dominates the town serves as a reminder of both its strategic importance and its warlike past." The town was first mentioned in 1227, when Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor purchased the castle and began to refortify it. During the Middle Ages, Kaysersberg prospered. In 1648, the city became a part of France, although most inhabitants continued to speak German. From 1871 to 1918 (and again from 1940 to 1944) Kaysersberg belonged to Germany. It's now part of France again and lucky for us, still so very beautiful. Before we turned the car back toward Strasbourg we decided to gather the ingredients for a yummy charcuterie dinner in our apartment. We scored cheese and sausage in this shop.

Nuts and sweets in here,

and even found a bag of delicious local grapes. Oh my, what a feast we had tonight! Is there anything better after a long day than snacking in your pajamas? Anyway, that's it from me tonight. I should have given you a bit more info on Riquewihr, and I'll probably do a bit of a summary of this trip when we get home. But I'm pooped and I took wayyyy too many pictures to wade through tonight. Tomorrow is a light schedule. We'll get up whenever we get up, walk to train station and hop on a train going to Colmar. We've read good things and would like to see it for ourselves. It's a quick 30 minute train ride which leaves us the bulk of the day to wander. Trains between Colmar and Strasbourg run all day so we can return as we please. Isn't that a nice, hassle-free day? Exactly what a vacation should be. Until tomorrow, dear pals. Stay safe, stay well. XOXO, Nancy

[cheapsweets]

The perspicacious Yaggzrok

My response to this week’s BestiaryPosting challenge, from @maniculum

I feel like I'm definitely getting better at drawing birds, but it's also making it much more obvious when I mess up the anatomy :D

Initial pencil sketch, then Sailor fude nib fountain pen with Rohrer & Klingner Sepia ink for the lines. I think I need to find a fine-nib fountain pen, and try drawing with that - the flexibility of the fude nib (in terms of thick/thin lines and being able to transition easily between them) is really nice, but for now being able to keep a consistent (and thin) line would benefit me more in terms of learning and practicing, particularly some of the tiny details I keep trying to include! :D

Reasoning under the cut...

Isidore says this about it: ‘The Yaggzrok is so called because it does not feed on the ground but catches its food and eats it in the air. It is a twittering bird that flies in twisting, turning loops and circuits, is highly skilled in building its nest and rearing its young, and has also a kind of foresight because it lets you know when buildings are about to fall by refusing to nest on their tops. In addition, it is not harassed by birds of prey nor is it ever their victim. It flies across the sea and winters there.’ -

So, we know this is a twittering bird that exhibits 'hawking' behaviour (eating on the wing), and that it nests on the top of buildings. How does it do that? Well, it's here that I start to have some suspicions about this creature's identity, so I start to backpedal furiously. Now, non-small birds that make their nests on houses? How about storks, nesting on chimney stacks? I'm not entirely sure how fire-safe the nest in the top-right illustration is, but maybe the smoke keeps parasites out?

We can also see that the canny Yaggzrok has been very smart about which house the nest was built on. The owner of the house marvels at his good fortune, while his neighbour... :(

The top left illustration shows the Yaggzrok flying in loops over a body of water.

The Yaggzrok is a tiny bird but of an eminently pious nature; lacking in everything, it constructs nests which are more valuable than gold because it builds them wisely. For the nest of wisdom is more precious than gold. And what is wiser than to have, as the Yaggzrok does, the capacity to fly where it likes and to entrust its nest and its young to the houses of men, where none will attack them. For there is something attractive in the way that the Yaggzrok accustoms its young from their earliest days to the company of people and keeps them safe from the attacks of hostile birds. -

It's a small bird, so nothing so magnificent as a raggfong, but we do know it's extremely skilled at constructing its nests (though I suspect 'more valuable than gold' might be pushing it). Again, it's reiterated that it builds nests on human houses - it you look *really* carefully you can see a couple of Yaggzrok chicks peeking out of their nest, waiting for a parent to return.

Then, remarkably, the Yaggzrok creates a regularly-proportioned home for itself without any assistance, like a skilled craftsman. For it gathers bits of straw in its mouth and smears them with mud so that they stick together; but because it cannot carry the mud in its claws, it dips the tips of its wings in water, so that dust sticks to them easily and turns into slime, with which to gather to itself bits of straw or tiny twigs, a few at a time, and makes them stick. It makes the whole fabric of the nest in this fashion, in order that its young can live safely as if on a solid floor in houses on the ground, lest any of them insert a foot between the small gaps in the woven fabric or the cold should get to the very young. -

More detail on the nests - a regularly proportioned home? A solid floor? Maybe the sharp angles in the corners of the nest are a little excessive, but they bring across the point!

In the bottom left, we can see a Yaggzrok gathering material for the next; straw in the mouth, ready to be smeared in mud, but more importantly, *slime* on the wings... :p

This conscientiousness is fairly common among most birds, yet what is distinctive about the Yaggzrok is its special loving care, shrewd intelligence and the extraordinary quality of its understanding. Then there is its skill in the arts of healing: if its young are infected by blindness or pricked in the eye, it has some kind of healing power with which it can restore their vision. -

At this point, I couldn't think of much to express this part of its behaviour, so I opted for a more detailed sketch of the Yaggzrok hawking (which also gave me an excuse to draw a medieval bug!).

In terms of general anatomy, I looked at flycatchers (small, hawking birds, some of which have a small crest), but dialled up the exageration to make it a little more distinctive. In terms of the overall structure and setup, I was influenced by @coolest-capybara's Raggfong illustration and the multiple panels, given that I wanted to express multiple different aspects of this bird's behaviour (I did it in a less narrative way though, which I might rethink if I try this structure again).

I also took some inspiration from this post that @coolest-capybara reblogged; my copy of M.S. Bodley 764 is still in mothballs while I'm following these challenges, so I'm trying to find some good resourses for medieval illustrations (houses was a real struggle!) without doing direct searches for animals and (potentially) getting spoiled...

[visualpoett]

Plan of the Labyrinth of Versailles, with the fountains (numbered)

Aesop's Fables

Owl and Birds (Le duc et les oiseaux, Perry 614)

Cocks and Partridge (Les coqs et la perdrix, Perry 23)

The Cock, the Dog and the Fox (Le coq et le renard, Perry 252)

The Cock and the Jewel (Le coq et le diamant, Perry 503)

The Cat and the Mice (Le chat pendu et les rats, Perry 79)

The Eagle and the Fox (L'aigle et le renard Perry 1)

The Jay and the Peacock (Les paons et le geai, Perry 472)

The Cock and the Turkey-cock (Le coq et le coq d'Inde)

The Peacock and the Jackdaw (Le paon et la pie, Perry 219)

The Viper and the File (Le dragon, l'enclume et la lime, Perry 93)

The Ape's Twin Offspring (Le singe et ses petits, Perry 218)

The Bat (Le combat des oiseaux, Perry 566)

Hen, Chicks and Kite (La poule et les poussins, Perry 601)

The Fox and the Stork, first part (Le renard et la grue, Perry 426)

The Fox and the Stork, second part (La grue et le renard, Perry 426)

The Peacock complains to Juno about his Voice (Le paon et le rossignol, Perry 509)

The Parrot and the Ape (Le perroquet et le singe)

The Wolf and the Fox before Judge Ape (Le singe juge, Perry 474)

The Frog and the Mouse (Le rat et la grenouille, Perry 384)

The Tortoise and the Hare (Le lièvre et la tortue, Perry 226)

The Wolf and the Heron (Le loup et la grue, Perry 156)

The Kite and the Birds (Le milan et les oiseaux)

The Ape and the Fox (Le singe roi, Perry 81)

The Fox and the Goat in the Well (Le renard et le bouc, Perry 9)

The Mice in Council (Le conseil des rats, Perry 613)

The Frogs ask Zeus for a King (Les Grenouilles et Jupiter, Perry 44)

The Monkey and the Cat (Le singe et le chat, not in Perry)[19]

The Fox and the Grapes out of Reach (Le renard et les raisins, Perry 15)

The Eagle and the Beetle (L'aigle, le lapin et l'escarbot, Perry 3)

The Wolf and the Porcupine (Le loup et le porc-épi)

The Snake with several Heads (Le serpent à plusieurs têtes)

The Mouse, the Cat and the little Cock (La petite souris, le chat et le cochet)

The Kite and the Doves (Le milan et les colombes, Perry 486)

The Ape and the Dolphin (Le dauphin et le singe, Perry 73)

Fox and Crow (Le renard et le corbeau, Perry 124)

The Swan and his Owner (Du cygne et de la grue, Perry 233)

The Fox and the Mask (Le loup et la tête, Perry 27)

The Snake and the Porcupine (Le serpent et le porc-épic)

The Ducks and the Water-Spaniel (Les cannes et le petit barbet)

[blueangeldreamland]

Palestine Protests: February 2024

updated: 2/10/2024 source 1 source 2 + extra links at bottom of post :)

Sunday, February 11

ITALY

GENOVA, ITALY – Sun Feb 11, 2 pm, Fanti d’Italia. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2SZSc7IfAD/

Thursday, February 29

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Thurs Feb 29, 2 pm, State Library (Student Protest for Palestine). Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/C1JJpq6LShT/

February 10, 2024

Chicago, IL | 11:30AM Hanover Park Train Station

Chicago, IL | 1PM Chicago Tribune Center

CORVALLIS, OR | Noon Benton County Courthouse

LOS ANGELES, CA | 1PM LA City Hall

OAKLAND, CA | 11:30AM Lake Merritt Amphitheater

PETALUMA, CA | 12:30PM Petaluma Blvd and East Washington

RACINE, WI | 12:30PM 909 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.

SANTA BARBARA, CA | 2PM Hollister & Storke

WASHINGTON, DC | 2PM Lafayette Square

February 11, 2024

REDONDO BEACH, CA | 11AM 1815 Hawthorne Blvd.

SACRAMENTO, CA | 12PM 601 McKinley Park

SAINT LOUIS, MO | 2:30 PM @ Kirkwood Park 111 So. Geyser Rd.

February 14, 2024

PHOENIX, AZ | 4pm. NE Corner of 7th St & McDowell Rd

February 15, 2024

Austin, TX | 10AM Austin City Hall, 301 2nd St

February 16, 2024

EAU CLAIRE, WI | 5:00PM Corner of Hwy 93 and Golf Rd (Outside Hardee’s)

February 18, 2024

NEW ORLEANS, LA | 11:30 AM ARMSTRONG PARK

February 19, 2024

Chicago, IL | 11AM Chicago History Museum, Children’s Fountain

February 25, 2024

SAINT PAUL, MN | 1 PM 1176 N Mississippi River Blvd, St. Paul, MN.

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[bunsakashitaeuropepaintings]

On my days off in London, I flew to Denmark in the midst of winter. On the second day after arriving I was caught in a snow blizzard and this was the only landmark I could use to trace my way around Copenhagen. Years later, I saw again many paintings of this very same location by a Danish painter. So, this is my tribute to Paul Gustav Fischer who loved Copenhagen. "Storkespringvandet" (Stork Fountain) Amagertorv 6, 1160 København, Denmark Acrylic 6.1x8.3x2 Etude Butterfly Sketchbook Cir. Feb 1997

[straydogintherain]

Hiii this is a blog dedicated for oc posting and fanart. I don't have much to say but I will lay out my main stories/oc universes I frequently draw.

[Redacted] spells & shop: it's a somewhat shady business that claims to cure ailments and solve anyone's problems. But with a price attached. The employees there has or had a significant incentive to work there. Some needs to repay a debt, some needs to solve their own problems. This This business is led by a man who is knowledgeable in blessings and curses. But there's also something about him...

Operation: BIRDHOUSE: secret organization that works for the government but is also working to overthrow the government. Also there's aliens/monsters involved too. Every member has a codename named after birds. Stork, Finch, Tawny (owl), and Hawk are the characters I have so far.

Spirit Doctor: a story that takes place in fantasy historical Vietnam. Follows a young animal doctor who reluctantly became an animal spirit doctor. Together with her frog and snake companion she works to help animal spirits with any problems that may be troubling them.

Also in the same universe: a traveling buddhist monk who works to atone for his past mistakes by exorcizing demons and ghosts. Accompanied by a dhole spirit who protects him on the orders of someone else.

Reaper 99: this follows a young king who is searching for the fountain of youth. He is afraid of death. There's Grim reapers involved too. Roughly the medieval era.

The grisly tale of eleanora grimm (name wip): follows the story of a half demon girl named Eleanora Ainsworth and her adoptive father Quielle Ozanne (who is also shady as hell and a priest). I really don't know the entire plot yet, but I remember it was about how some angels can be morally corrupt, and some demons can be good. I just know I had a whole concept of there being councils of angels based off of constellations in the sky, and each angel being named after a star in that constellation.

If there are more story concepts I forgot I'll add later.

[zeraphimtwins]

Funny how I am always given the materials and opportunities to act upon when I want it.

A course correction is appreciated; and this last month's hard work in my two jobs have really been showing. So much has changed. So much is moving faster than expected and I love it. So much seclusion and so much dedication to my crafts and educations mean everything to me. I love seeing things through and through.

The moment I think the fountain wealth of knowledge and empathy is slowly sinking -- it becomes explorative, curious. It changes in color and aura the next time I deeply meditate on the status of the layers underneath these lives.

This isn't even my most sacred of sanctuaries with my Artes in a general sense i am talking about neither. I'm proud of keeping all of these cards so closely to my chest all of these years -- while so many around me have broken themselves in half and cannot ever be mavericks any more after such fears.

This life's storks of fortune always have its trajectories in such long and drawn-out distances. All of the growth I go through. All the these certain efforts and wisdom and all out expression out into this space. The wonderful team play of it all -- the orchestrated energies that flow when you choose to let go and follow the strongest current in front of you. Knowing how everything you manifest and intend goes through and through. Realize not everyone is lucky to fight and work hard for what they want in this life -- especially those in conflicted areas. Hence never complain daily and shorten your life with the stress of other's. To create beautiful routines of life in this life -- is expression unto dying.

[limestoner]

Period Problems. Because not all women have periods and not all periods have women people with periods are women! And all women are humans and all humans are people.

I thought lol pppp all finished my thought so nvm.

My last appointment of the day was cancelled. I asked the front desk person why. The building was noisy and Ms. Front Desk said: “_-_-^-\_” [Quicj sidebar: that attempt to use text characters to draw what the intonation sounded like looks like Stork crawling on the ground pushing a hockey stick.]

_-_-^-\_

Now I see it as Stork flat on the ground as the hockey stick speeds awwy’nnn!! It’s like a flip book. Or a gif with two frames but it’s one image.

I don’t know whether I’m genuinely more creative right now or that my standards are lower and everything I do seems creative to me. I believe that like most things it is a combination but leans towards low standards.

Can’t tell if it’s head noise or the neighbors listening to what sounds like a holiday caroling oompah band going: “LalalalaLALAAALalalala.” It’s gone now.

I still see my friend, Snrlk the snipple snorfed snildebeest on my ceiling. He lives in the snowy white kingdom of the clouds. Earlier he took on a deep, fluid red shade. It faded to black until he returned to his home in the beyond the skinny sky skinks. I want to make up more words but I don’t want to accidentally type a hurtful word by accident and I’m too lazy to do that kind of multilingual spellcheck.

interrupted writing task

-I say 20 sentences aloud and have people write them down

-Something happens that interrupts them so they can’t finish the sentence. Like a bell rings. They have to stop immediately. How immediately can they stop? And most importantly: are they stopping mid-letter? Mid-word? Between words?

I don’t think it tells us anything other than information I’m interested in knowing.

Dear Future BFF:

This stuff coming up involves mildly gross feet. Protect your brain and stomach. In a big purple bear if you have to. So if that bothers you, flee

I had part of this out of order and was performing mental calculations for now to correctly move it but it was shockingly easy.

Trimming nails. What if an emory board was taken from a salmon or \¥’eone or someone and are expecting a ritzy palace and the. They arrive and it’s this mansion with lots of fountains and towers and stairways and swimming pools. Then it is conveyed by the butler (?) to the Criticallg Acclaimed Person owner and THEN… horrible feet. Inhabited by Matt, Toph, and Ike, cousins of Digger the Dermatophyte. But the story started with them and they are kind and peaceful, but it doesn’t change the fact that their toe farming is making gross feet. Now the Emory board must roll up its proverbial sleeves to save the feet and the Dermatophyte brothers.

More body horror:

I finally cut my toenail experiment. I grew a tonsil toenail for awhile without cutting jt. No real reason; just wanted to see what would happen. What happened - it got kind of long and was good for scratching my other leg. The skin on the tip of my big toe is enjoying the sensory experience with being able to touch surfaces again. Usually the nail blocked it like one of those porch awnings. Now every texture on it feels diving. I mean divine!

Rug. Pretend wood floor. Grass. Blanket. Tub.

But NOT the wall. Just thinking about that makes me about to throw up.

Dear Future Limestoner, please remember oh gorsh I plumb forgot wait, now I remember:

Criminals. Now I understand a way that criminals get caught because of context clues. Because you always wondered about it. That’s why it’s locker detective.