#Underrated

[bookworm-arachne]

but also have you tried PB and Honey?

* for the non USians, jelly in this case refers to a soft, sweet spread that is like jam but is made from juice instead of pieces of fruit

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Soundgarden - Spoonman (Acoustic cover by Edward Forslund)

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The Buff-Tip Moth: the resting posture, shape, and coloration of the buff-tip moth allows it to mimic a broken birch twig; its buff-colored head and the patches on its hindwings even resemble freshly-snapped wood

It also definitely tends to look like there's a weird little smiley face in the setae surrounding the moth's head, which is arguably even more striking but for some reason none of the sources I dug up on this species seem to mention that weirdness.

This type of camouflage is generally referred to as a "protective resemblance" -- a form of mimesis in which an animal can avoid being preyed upon by mimicking an inedible/unremarkable aspect of its environment. Many different moths are able to disguise themselves in similar ways, and it is especially common within the family known as Lasiocampidae. Some of the other species that engage in protective resemblance include Gastropacha quercifolia, Gastropacha pardale, Gastropacha populifoli, Euthrix potatori, Euthrix laeta, and Calyptra minuticornis (along with the other members of genus Calyptra). Most of these moths disguise themselves as leaves/foliage.

The buff-tip moth is particularly adept at disguising itself, however, and the fact that it so strongly resembles such a specific object (i.e. not just a dead leaf or a vague piece of foliage -- but a broken twig from a silver birch tree, in particular) makes this disguise seem even more impressive/unique.

This species (Phalera bucephala) can be found throughout the British Isles, mainland Europe, and Asia, with its range extending into Eastern Siberia.

Sources & More Info:

Wildlife Insights: Buff-Tip Moth Identification Guide

ButterflyConservation.org: Buff-Tip Moth

The Wildlife Trusts: Buff-Tip Moth

Wildlife Insight: the Buff-Tip Moth

Moth Identification: P. busephala

Encyclopedia of Life: Global Map of Known Occurrences for P. busephala

Insecta: Phalera bucephala

Lepidoptera and their Ecology: P. busephaloides and P. busephala

Journal of Ecology & Evolution: Strong Foraging Preferences for Ribes alpinum in the Polyphagous Caterpillars of Buff-Tip Moth Phalera bucephala

Dickinson County Conservation Board: Protective Resemblance & other Forms of Mimesis/Mimicry

[bananamiimii]

underrated!! ૮꒰ ˶ ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡

[zeezeewee]

absolutely beautiful artwork!! FOLLOW THIS PERSON IMMEDIATELY!!!

🌿 God Games : Apollo 🌿

It's my first animatic, be kind please 😭

I love Apollo so much so I want to try !

[moonwalder]

So when people talk about underrated Riordanverse characters they normally bring up Ethan Nakumara, Will Solace, Jason Grace, Magnus Chase, etc.

But I literally never see anyone talk about Reyna aside from the fact that she was one of the people who liked Percy.

It’s kind of disappointing because she is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE CHARACTER!!! Her backstory is genuinely so cool. Like, just open her wiki page.

[justdiarythoughts]

List of sorely underrated animals, go:

- African forest buffalo:

- Red tree kangaroo:

- Indian giant squirrel:

- Pangolin:

- Long-tailed goral:

- Bearded vulture:

- Jerboa:

- Hoatzin:

[thom-yorke-bot]

Disappointed people.

“Floor collapsing

Floating, bouncing back

And one day I am gonna grow wings

A chemical reaction”

- Let Down, Radiohead

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Part 4 babyyy

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First clone drawing! Captain Keeli appreciation. It was hard to catch the right moment to get his shave pattern. Absolutely underrated character in my opinion. Currently rewatching TCW and TBB.

[pain-indeed]

I need more of this shit I swear

THE LEGENDARY BATTLESHIP HALBERD IS SO SO SO FUCKING COOL!!!

Had this in the drafts for a bit....

Can we talk about the Battleship Halberd? I want to talk about the Legendary Battleship Halberd. To me, it's one of the best parts of Kirby Super Star and Super Star! You won't find a person who doesn't like RoMK. If you do, you're lying.

Here's a huuuuuge chart to help outline what I adore so much!

The Battleship Halberd has an entire hangar filled with several Meta Knight themed jets with bombs on palettes. I really wish we got to see them in action, I want to see those little jets fly. I don't think I've either seen fanart of it either. I should probably give it a shot and draw something using it.

I also love that the Battleship Halberd has a shitton of missiles, bombs, and nuclear bombs! I don't know why, but it's funny to imagine this warship in this cotton candy dreamy-weamy land having enough artillery and power to create a nuclear holocaust causing the Waddle Dee population's collective chromosomes to be rendered into a fine mush for decades to come. I want to see an AU where Meta Knight fucking does this. I want a fucked-up Fall Out esque AU where Meta Knight has launched Dream Land into a hyper authoritarian militarist state after bombing a good chunk of Dream Land. I'll have to think on this more. Anyways, it brings up a lot of questions. Mostly how and why the fuck does Meta Knight have so many different bombs, missiles, canon ammunition and possible nuclear weapons. How did he get any of this. You could say he had a lot of time to make it all but... I call bullshit. Did he buy it? With what money? How? Secondly, why would he need so much to take over Dream Land? Like, if Meta Knight wanted to he could have always just assassinated King Dedede and take the thrown during the resulting power vacuum. Slit the bloated greedy fuck's throat while he sleeps. Maybe he thought there'd be more of a collective fight from King Dedede's army? I mean, he does have a living airship but like... considering how much Meta Knight had and the sheer volume what he had did he expect King Dedede to have his own army with similar technological warfare? Given enough time I'm sure King Dedede could have something similar but definitely not during the RoMK era. It's just really funny, really confusing, and really interesting. I love the idea that Meta Knight is Dream Land and Pop Stars's sole military offense and defense force.

Something I noticed that wasn't used either, those weird looking robot machines with angler fish lights, drills, and a wrench. What the fuck are those? Why are those there?

I love that the Battleship has those satellites/sensor dishes, it really exemplifies the type of tech it has! It's probably meant to detect things coming at it in the sky but I do love the idea it can do limited interplanetary communications and full ground-based communication even more so when you see the land-line styled phones

Another thing I really love is that, even though it's mostly artillery and war stuff, there's little living space things! If you look closely you can see a large pantry with sacks of possibly flour or meal, large barrels filled with liquids that could be water or alcohol! We got brown beer bottles, large salt containers, two fridges and pots and plates. It's very nice, and if you scroll down you'll even see a barrack area. I'm not a huuuge fan of the whole "Meta Knight, Vul, Sailor Dee, Sword & Blade, and the Meta-Knights all live on the Halberd 24/7" because it invalidates the majesty that is Meta Knight's fuck huge military base! I want to pivot for a moment...

Images belong to RetroArchive

Look at this. Look at this.

This is a little pet peeve of mine, but I kind of hate that Meta Knight's military base doesn't get a lot of spotlight! I see a lot of derivative fan-content focused on The Battleship Halberd and its crew that seems to fall into this common trope that everyone sleeps, eat, pisses, and more on the Halberd! I see little focused on anything or even references to the fact that there's a huuuge base with large buildings and even a port! I just wish that got a little more spotlight y'know? I want to see more of that in fanworks! Also! I don't like Kirby OCs but I do want to see more implications that there are more people who inhabit the ship than just the main crew. It's weird that I have to say this and it isn't more common.

Anyways, back to the original topic. There's even a laundry room with a possibly Official Legendary Battleship Halberd uniform. There's a toilet too. Neat!

Anyways, to finish this post off I just want to list some headcanons I have regarding the Battleship Halberd and its inhabitants

Sailor Waddle Dee and Captain Vul are best friends till the end. They're surprisingly similar in a lot of ways and tend to work closely together when it comes to the battleship's upkeep and innovation.

Captain Vul is a heavy chain smoker of cigars and drinker of rum.

The Meta Knights are all regular enemies but are just wearing armor and taking up different weapons to look scarier and befitting of serving Meta Knight.

The Battleship Halberd doubles as Pop Star and Dream Land's form of defense both planetary and interplanetary. It makes most of its money as freights for hire, mercs for hire, or other misc. tasks at a high price. Despite this, they have a very strong moral code!

Meta Knight has a nice room on the Halberd and a personal apartment on his base.

Captain Vul views Meta Knight like a son. Despite Meta Knight being a eternal void-born being it's not weird because Meta Knight does act youthful in his ways underneath his persona of a cool suave knight this is not me fighting against 𝕯𝖎𝖘𝖌𝖚𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖞 𝕺𝖑𝖉 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙-𝖂𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝕸𝖊𝖙𝖆 𝕶𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝕻𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖔𝖌𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖆 i'm not owned i'm not owned I am NOT owned

Meta Knight has ran and will continue to run very intense emergency drills for almost any and all situations. Him fighting his own ship would be considered a drill to make sure the Battleship Halberd is fortified enough to survive himself being possessed and deciding to attack his own ship and crew. (It failed...).

Meta Knight does play favorites.

The Battleship Halberd uses three different fuel sources. Oil, Kinetic, and Alchemic Anomalous Energy.

I like to imagine Sailor Waddle Dee and Captain Vul hosting a Battleship Halberd only radio show. It's very problematic in nature.

Thank you for listening to my ted talk about the funnie ship from kirby

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Matt Dillon as Matthew in The Saint of Fort Washington, 1993

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#needthat

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NEW SOUNDGARDEN COVER BY THE BESTIE !!!

Once again, go shower that guy with love ! He's amazing and deserves more views !