#Triton Fountain

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Triton Fountain, Valletta, Malta

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V A L L E T T A

[2seeitall]

Plaça del Duc de Medinaceli, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona - Spain

[thezubata]

[art3mus]

One of the dolphins on the Fontana del Tritone in Piazza Barberini 3/13/24

[witekspicsoldpostcards]

Malta, Karozzin and Triton fountains.

[clouds-of-wings]

My BTS bias is RM, btw. Just so you know.

My sister says he's the one who came up with the Carl Jung concept, so I guess it fits my interests anyway.

[machoplaid]

[happyk44]

The cabin door was locked. Nico stiffly knocked on Percy's door, but no response. He wasn't sure why Percy had called him. He'd loudly yelled for Nico to come to his cabin and then hung up. Didn't even have the decency to unlock the door first.

Nico sighed, finding a dark spot behind the cabin to slip into. The inside of the Poseidon cabin was always homey. Maybe it was Percy - an instinctive creature comfort to Nico. Or maybe it was the water motifs, the bubbling fountain and soft blues, that reminded Nico of Venice and sitting in his mother's lap while they sailed down the canal on a gondola.

The cabon itself was empty, but rhedoor to the batjroom was creaked open just a smidge. Nico eyed ir warily. "Percy?" he called out.

"In here!" Percy called back.

"You better be decent," Nico grumbled as he pushed open the bathroom door.

Percy was, in fact, decent. Well, as decent as one could be when they were a mermaid. The first thing that Nico noticed was the dark blue tail. It was squished awkwardly in the bathtub. The end fins, whatever they were called, stuck out over the end of the tub.

Percy, himself, was sitting hunched over, looking absolutely miserable. His spine had a series of spiked fins, more rigid than the near translucent tail fins but just as floppy. They were a grayish blue, and trailed down his back into his new tail. Nico couldn't see much below the water but he had a sense that if he followed that trail, it would lead him right to the end of Percy's tail.

A small series of shimmery dark blue scales spotted up from the tail and over Percy's stomach before fading out by the time it reached his chest. His fingers were webbed.

Brows furrowed, Nico stepped closer. "How..."

"I don't know!" Percy wailed.

It was sharp and deep guttaral sound, that vibrated through Nico's core and rattled his bones. Percy groaned and hunched over even more. The fins on his back fluttered angrily.

This time, when he spoke, it was quieter. "I was visiting my dad yesterday because he asked, and I wanted to see Tyson." He flicked at the still water pooled around him. "And maybe.. got into it with Triton."

"About what?" Nico sat, criss-crossed, beside the tub.

Percy scowled. "Tyson wanted to make me a shield for my birthday, he told him not to deviate because they're still restocking Dad's armory I told him to lay off Tyson, he can do what he wants, we started arguing and..." His eyes darted away as he trailed off.

Nico stared pointedly at his cheek. "And?" Percy tilted even further away. Nico stared harder. "And?"

Percy caved, wincing from his shoulders all the way down to the flip of his tail fins. "I kind of... Punched him."

"Percy-"

"He was being a dick!" Percy protested. He covered his face and groaned. The water churned dangerously beneath him, going frothy. "He's always such a fucking asshole when I'm around. I get it - I'm Dad's illegitimate whatever but like fuck off, I don't want your shitty throne, I just want to live to see tomorrow, you jackass."

Nico twisted his ring as he considered what he knew about Triton. "He doesn't like most of his demigod siblings, Percy. It's not the illegitimate aspect - he just thinks if you're going to be associated with Poseidon, you should be under his rule." Nico shrugged. "You're human, so you won't be. And you're his son, the untameable, uncontained ocean. So living under someone's rule isn't really for you."

"So Triton's the fuck-up?"

Nico rolled his eyes. "Triton is Triton. You are you." He prodded Percy's tail. "So why the tail?"

"I don't fucking know." The water began to boil. "But I do know once this shit wears off, I'm kicking his fucking merman ass."

"Because that's not gonna exacerbate the problem?" Percy shot him a dirty look. Nico grinned wickedly.

He flicked Nico's forehead. "Just help me get to the beach so I can swim down there and kill him."

Nico snorted. "I'm not doing that. I will, however, get you breakfast since..." He gestured loosely to Percy's... everything.

Percy's tail flipped in a huff, but he sighed dramatically. "Fine."

Pushing off the ground, Nico headed for the door. A thought blistered by him. He smiled quietly and pushed through the doorway, peeking back in. "Also I'm taking a picture."

A sprout of water hurtled for him just as he slammed the door shut. Behind it, Percy shouted, "No, the fuck you're not!"

Nico giggled to him as he slipped into a nearby shadow. Yes, the fuck he was.

[murfeelee]

BG3 INSP: The Flood Tide of Umberlee

Wavemistress Allandra Grey bestows her watery blessings of music and magic upon Bard!Tav Nasir.

MY THOUGHTS & CC CREDITS

MY THOUGHTS

YES, I know Umberlee's a female goddess, but EA's patriarchal propaganda only allowed me to use the male merman/triton fountain. U_U

CC CREDITS

Allandra's lingerie by EA, face makeup (layer multiple makeup with Nraas' Master Controller): X X X X X

The rest of Allandra's CC by me, coming later today!

Nasir's CC by me

HUGE shoutout to @puddingface1902 for their amazing Mermaid mod! <3

[museum-archives]

Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells

c. 1736

François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)

France, 18th century.

Black chalk with stumping, and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper

[rivensdefenseattorney]

Red Fountain Students

(WIP)*

Alliances

The Alliances bring students from various specializations under common goals. This intentional mixing of skills allows students to learn from one another, exchange innovative ideas, and broaden their perspectives. The alliances also provide effective means for the school to meet and exceed established contribution quotas.

There are currently 15 Alliances at Red Fountain. Each one pooling talent across various departments and sponsored by a corresponding school(s). The alliances are typically comprised of Squadrons of 5-10 students.

Rankings

Phoenix

Ranking: 1

Affiliated Squadrons: 330

Affiliated Departments

Strategic Leadership & Organization

Spellcraft & Enchantment

Tactical Combat

Survival Tactics & Freelance Operations

Vehicle Engineering & Transportation Infrastructure

Tecno-Magic Weaponry Design

Pegasus

Ranking: 2

Affiliated Squadrons: 200

Affiliated Departments

Magical Theory & History

Spellcraft & Enchantment

Alchemy & Potionology

Magical Artifacts

Mystical Creatures

Salamander

Ranking: 3

Affiliated Squadrons: 100

Affiliated Departments

Military History & Strategy

Magical Theory & History

Tecno-Magic Innovation & Development

Wyvern

Ranking: 4

Affiliated Squadrons: 192

Affiliated Departments

Techno-Magic Integration & Programming

Aerospace Engineering & Dimensional Travel

Vehicle Engineering & Transportation Infrastructure

Techno-Magic Artifacts & Tools

Tecno-Magic Innovation & Development

Tecno-Magic Weaponry Design

Triton

Ranking: 5

Affiliated Squadrons: 184

Affiliated Departments

Military History & Strategy

Tactical Combat

Survival Tactics & Freelance Operations

Field Operations & Simulation

Strategic Leadership & Organization

Unicorn

Ranking: 6

Affiliated Squadrons: 175

Affiliated Departments

Tecno-Magic Innovation & Development

Tecno-Magic Integration & Programming

Tecno-Magic Weaponry Design

Tecno-Magic Artifacts & Tools

Magical Artifacts

Spellcraft and Enchantment

Hippogriff

Ranking: 7

Affiliated Squadrons: 120

Affiliated Departments

Military History & Strategy

Strategic Leadership & Organization

Magical Theory & History

Tecno-Magic Innovation & Development

Nereid

Ranking: 8

Affiliated Squadrons: 150

Special Interest Alliance: Women-Only

Gargoyle

Ranking: 9

Affiliated Squadrons: 165

Affiliated Departments

Mystical Creatures

Alchemy & Potionology

Survival Tactics & Freelance Operations

Field Operations & Simulation

Military History & Strategy

Serpent

Ranking: 10

Affiliated Squadrons: 158

Affiliated Departments

Tactical Combat

Survival Tactics & Freelance Operations

Field Operations & Simulation

Spellcraft & Enchantment

Tecno-Magic Weaponry Design

Alchemy & Potionology

Chimera

Ranking: 11

Affiliated Squadrons: 134

Affiliated Departments

Alchemy & Potionology

Spellcraft & Enchantment

Magical Theory & History

Survival Tactics & Freelance Operations

Centaur

Ranking: 12

Affiliated Squadrons: 115

Special Interest Alliance: Interdimensional Studies

Satyr

Ranking: 13

Affiliated Squadrons: 142

Special Interest Alliance: First Years Only

Griffin

Ranking: 14

Affiliated Squadrons: 125

Affiliated Departments

Techno-Magic Integration & Programming

Aerospace Engineering & Dimensional Travel

Vehicle Engineering & Transportation Infrastructure

Tecno-Magic Innovation and Development

Dryad

Ranking: 15

Affiliated Squadrons: 85

Special Interest Alliance: Mystical Creatures

Dragon

Ranking: 16

Affiliated Squadrons: 1

Affiliated Departments: None

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No. 50 - All Nippon Airways Airbus A380 "Flying Honu" Livery

Happy 50th Runway Runway post! I had a bit of a hard time deciding what to do for it - after all, it's a pretty significant number. I already sort of know what I want to do for the 100th post, but I hadn't put much thought into the 50th, and I had to scuttle any plans for something long and interesting after a rather stressful week. Instead I decided to do something both fun and requested!

source: ANA Stories

One (well, three!) of the most beloved special liveries out there, All Nippon Airways' turtle-themed "Flying Honu" Airbus A380. These three friendly giants fly from Japan to Honolulu, delighting anyone lucky enough to see them.

Actually, I love the Flying Honu so much I have one myself.

I would describe myself as a bit of a magpie. I collect useless things, be they historical ephemera, horror movie memorabilia, old books, pretty rocks, or way too many fountain pen inks given I mostly use them to take notes. I even have a bunch of my old teeth in a pillbox. Surprisingly, though, the things my talons have lodged in don't include many model airplanes. I have...a few. I've actually, though serendipity, gotten two more since I started this blog, expanding my collection to a startling five. Maybe seven if you count my Starscream and Brainstorm figures, but I don't think I even remember how to put either of them in their alt modes. The fact is that while they aren't a fortune or anything plane figures are expensive enough that it's a commitment to buy one, and I usually only do when I stumble on a good deal for a model I really want. And one of the few times I've actually decided that I just needed a model of a specific livery was the "Flying Honu" A380. Specifically, the one I have is the airframe registered JA382A, Kai. (She's the 1:500 JC Wings diecast model and is around the size of my hand.)

I just needed to be able to gently tap her nose in person, okay? She can't fit up on the shelf with a lot of my other miscellaneous trinkets so she sits on my desk and sometimes I explain things to her while trying to figure them out, like a coding rubber duck. She makes me happy.

All Nippon Airways (全日本空輸) is a major Japanese airline. In fact, in terms of both fleet size and number of destinations they're bigger than flag carrier JAL. They're consistently described as being among the best airlines in the world for the discerning well-to-do business traveler, and let's just say that's not me, but what I am is a reviewer of airline liveries, and ANA sure has those! In addition to their standard Triton Blue livery they do all sorts of special designs, particularly crossovers with properties like Pokémon and Star Wars. All of these are something I would like to someday feature, but none of them matter at all to me when compared to the Flying Honu, introduced with the A380 fleet in 2019.

A couple of times when I've told people I know about this livery they asked me if 'honu' is Japanese for 'turtle'. That's a reasonable question, but the Japanese word for turtle is 'kame'. 'Honu' is the word for turtle, though - in Hawaiian.

image: ANA

In fact, Honolulu is the A380s' only destination. ANA didn't really want A380s to begin with, but ended up stuck with them while acquiring another airline. The thing about the A380, and the reason it failed commercially and so few were ever built, is that the use-case for a massive plane is pretty limited. It goes as such: you have a passengerbase of people who have to travel from one giant hub that can land an A380 to another frequently enough that you can actually make money on a plane with four entire engines.

Okay, so the use-case is that you're Emirates. ANA might be expensive, but they don't really have the central location or sheer amount of regular business travelers that Dubai does. 'Three' also isn't really that many A380s, which creates a bit of a question of reliability. So instead they fixed the problem in a way that's honestly pretty genius: they made it turtles.

image: ANA

ANA seems to be generally invested in Hawaii, with a fair amount of partnerships with local organizations. A lot of Hawaiian real estate is owned by Japanese companies, and those of Japanese descent are the second-larget ethnic group in Hawaii at 16.7%, so it makes sense that a lot of people would want to travel there. Tokyo to Honolulu is a nice 9-hour flight with no possibility for a stopover of any kind (unless they invent civilian aircraft carriers for A380s), so it's the perfect route for precisely three really huge planes.

images: ANA

They can fit 520 passengers across four classes on one flight, seated across both decks of the massive planes. There is also a section of seats which convert to couches, marketed for families. Those who fly this route get to enjoy rainbow lighting and the ability to buy a duty-free 1:500 model of the plane (not the same model I have, though, I'm pretty sure) or a set of Flying Honu plushes.

Ra looks like she's plotting something. Lani looks like she's never had a single thought in her life.

And they do make money off this, because people absolutely love these planes. People have apparently had their weddings on these planes, and I would too! They make ten weekly flights right now, but in December that will be increasing to fourteen weekly, or two daily.

Okay, so, the actual liveries.

Here's Kai in full-size! The light in my room make her look way cooler toned in the photographs, but in real life she's this color. It's frequently described as 'green' or 'emerald green', but I think it's definitely turquoise and would go so far as to call it blue. Whatever the case, it's meant to represent the color of the sea near Hawaii. Kai is also distinct from the others because of her eyes, which are closed as she smiles from ear to ear. That's why she's my favorite - she just looks so happy!

...a bit weirder looking from upfront, but look how even the ventral fairing is painted! That's part of the flippers where they curl around, tucked into the shell. Unlike the Transocean Air Jinbei Jets, the cockpit windows blend in with the 'scales' of the Flying Honu, looking rather natural.

'Ra' is a beautiful orange, meant to represent the Hawaiian sunset. She has a bit of a peach undertone if you look closely, but her details are done in an extremely vivid reddish orange. Her distinguishing feature are those gigantic eyelashes, similar to Sakura Jinbei's. The actual mouth shape on all three planes appears to be the same, but I find that the eyes still give them distinct 'personalities'. Ra has always looked very thoughtful to me.

Just look at her in flight! I've never understood why people call the 747 stately or graceful, and same for the A380 - double-decker planes are just inherently goofy-looking, and that's great, but ANA managed to make one look pretty elegant. I think it's because turtles are already regarded as large and slow creatures, so fitting like for like just makes it seem as natural for this absolutely gigantic aircraft to be flying as it is for a turtle to swim.

Finally, Lani, the turtle everyone agrees to be blue, represents the Hawaiian sky during its brightest color in daylight. If you look closely, you can see her blue 'eyeshadow', which I've always thought made her look relaxed.

This picture gives a good angle of my only real critique of the Flying Honu, which is that the shells and heads don't entirely look aligned, as if the head is in the process of being retracted. That said, I think that's just a fact of working with the shape of an airplane. There's just no more space below to fit any more shell.

Rather than being just one turtle, though, each "Flying Honu" has two fully rendered baby turtles following behind their 'mother'.

I think this is adorable, and beyond that it solves a crucial problem - the tail. Turtles do have those, but not in a way that maps onto a standard empennage. Instead, ANA makes the smart choice to end the shell at a certain point and add these two extra turtles make-way-for-ducklings-ing their way across the fuselage for more visual interest, leaving the tail empty for an ANA logo without making it jarring. This is a huge improvement over the Jinbei Jets, which again serve as a point of comparison as the other major Japanese marine life planes. (Amakusa Airlines is way smaller and thus not going to get caught up in this.)

I mean, it's hard to find too much to say about these that isn't just "oh my gosh, look at them". The Flying Honu are vividly colored, with clever shapes used to make them immediately recognizable as turtles. I smile every time I see one, including the little one on my desk!

And in case you weren't already delighted, there's two extra bonus turtles!

I think it's pretty obvious I'm giving these an A+. Come on, just...just look at them. The fact that ANA bothered to make three distinct ones with their own names and faces is just icing on the cake for me, but I do love that they did.

I can't believe I didn't find a way to fit this in earlier into the post, but I really love turtles. If you have an aquarium near you, and that aquarium has turtles, I really recommend stopping by to see them. My local New England Aquarium has had Myrtle for more than 50 years. As they describe her, 'the 550-lb Queen of the Giant Ocean Tank is large, in charge, and ready to receive your adoration'.

True to form, although a lot larger and dealing in a different type of fluid dynamics, the Flying Honu jets get plenty of my adoration too.

[the-cricket-chirps]

Anna Hyatt Huntington

Tritons Riding Hippocamps: A Pair of Fountain Figures

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