#Which creatures? All of them.

[bookshelfpassageway]

managed to get some loose doodles in during D&D tonight, on a topic that’s been conceptually bouncing around my brain. Tumblr probably murdered the quality in the dashboard view hhghhhhh…

what if the creatures of Hunters Unlucky had Shelts (faunlike creatures) in the style of Wefrivain/Panamindorah?

First one’s a possible version of the Telshee, Keesha. Probably being a nosy nuisance on purpose to an offscreen Arcove. Long white hair on this species seems fitting, they’re sirens after all, as does the beard for someone who is the eldest waking Telshee. Big pupils for underwater eyesight, and a slightly greyer skintone like a seal’s. Clothes omitted because I can't think of any that wouldn't get in the way of swimming good, and it fits the mythical creature feel.

Second one’s a foraging Ferryshaft. Probably pretty thin and leggy fauns, even if a bit small. They’d make a weird faun that’d be hard for people to categorize, with their animal counterparts being omnivores that hunt and having the more wolfish tail. Braid for practicality, and loose simple clothes that allow for a good range of motion, and running. I started coloring him and then realized due to palette and clothing choices they accidentally look exactly like one of my own characters, so I just leaned into that. Their name is Virgil.

[botanyshitposts]

confirming the Ethiopian wolf pollination hypothesis seems so straightforward in theory, like just erecting anti-wolf barriers around some of the hot poker plants and seeing if those get pollinated at the same rate as the other ones, but also I feel like it could be some lab’s 6 year long project that ends up in Nature and answers more questions about wolf dessert time than I could ever think to ask. and also it would give more beautiful photos of wolves between 3 seconds and 1 hour into passionate nectar indulgence. so hopefully with the media attention they’re getting they can do that

[puppetmaster13u]

Meme Prompt 2

Thinkin of feral halfa Jason again. No surprise there.

[fisheito]

I started reading beastars so now HE's reading beastars .wait

THEY'RE reading beastars

[synthaphone]

i don't mind that people often mistake my fursona for a neopet, and i also don't blame people for assuming its one when i draw mostly neopets + it has backplates and claws like a bori

but i should probably clarify that it isn't a neopet. its just some thang

^ examples of thang

[marclef]

felt like making some more Fakeling content, so i thought i'd share some of the "special" unique properties that each of them has! it's not all of them of course, just one special trait about each Fakeling! maybe i'll share some more in the future...?

the first one is Goudino! she's the second-smallest Fakeling, but she has the largest ears, and that's because the "hat" on her head is her true ears! the smaller ones are just for show! but they're very powerful ears, she can hear pitches than humans can't, such as high mouse and rat squeaks! making it all the easier for her to hunt her favorite meals! she can hear rats squeaking from extremely far away, and even through walls!

second is Poultrino! she has many mannerisms like a chicken, like the way she walks and the sounds she makes! but, she also has a very unique method of "disposing" bits of meals she can't absorb! with the others, like Fakey, the things they can't absorb like bones and plastic just have to be coughed up, but for Poultrino, her body encases them in a protective "shell", kinda like an oyster's pearl! they are still coughed out, but as an "egg", neatly bundled together for easy disposal! just don't mistake those "eggs" for normal ones... they still contain things like bones and excess goop!

third is Paperino! they read many books and other written material, and it's not too rare they find something they particularly enjoy! but, for most things they read, they simply eat it afterwards, so what's the solution if they want to keep something to read later? (not eating it? don't be silly!) they've developed a two-chambered "stomach"! for favorite books and the like, they will shove them further down into this second chamber, which is special in that it won't absorb anything put into it! perfectly safe and ready to read again later!

fourth is Pisceno! the most unique and only aquatic Fakeling, they spend most of their time hiding in deeper waters to ambush prey! it's not always easy when they stand out from their surroundings. so, like a cuttlefish or octopus, they can change their "skin" to near-perfectly match the colors of what's around! most Fakes can change their "clothing" colors with ease, but Pisceno's entire body changes! and sometimes, they'll leave their mustache visible, as a kind of lure to get fish close! in the darker waters, it's extremely effective!

and finally, there's Trashino! since he eats mostly garbage, there's a lot of stuff that ends up inside him that other Fakes couldn't process! since that'd end up with him full of things he couldn't absorb, his body has adapted, and his inner goop is now especially effective at absorbing anything it covers! tough pieces of metal, hard plastic, even things harmful to Fakes such as the dreaded lemon are barely a match for Trashino! he can eat to his heart's content, and his body will not put up a fuss!

but, this has been your fun lesson on Fakeling Properties! hope you enjoyed! ✨

[roominthecastle]

[bayetea]

I'm a strong "percy would get a job in education/outreach to underprivileged kids in the future" truther but I don't necessarily agree with people who say that him taking on marine biology as a college major doesn't make sense at all

"why would he study marine biology he can already work with sea animals to his heart's desire" I don't know maybe because he wants to get paid???????? he wants a normal job???? percy grew up poor and unsafe. why is it weird that he craves stability with a career that enables him to do something that he loves? or maybe he wants to go into the system and help bring about lasting reform that will actually improve care for sea creatures??? yes he can save sea animals on his own time but think about it. is it better to abandon his life in the middle of the night to go help a trapped sea creature Every Single Time it happens or is it better to enter the system and make it so that capitalists stop polluting water or disturbing sea ecosystems for profit. his powers as a son of poseidon are a band-aid not a lasting solution to systemic environmental neglect and decay. he has an established precedent of caring for bringing about systemic change (see: turning down immortality) and for me this is no different (I just personally headcanon him wanting to bring change for disadvantaged kids but whatever)

to me this logic is like telling an exceptional artist that there's no point in going to art school to become a professional when they can already just do art on their own time for fun. like yeah....... if you're content with doing that as just a hobby. but what if you want to become an even better artist and learn new skills. what if you want to do it as a job that pays you and gives you health insurance and social security. then what

for me the main logistical issue of him majoring in marine biology has never been that he would never do that it's that the intersection of new rome college accreditation to the Actual Real world isn't all that clear/logistically sound. like I guess the mist can handle anything but what impact is new rome going to be able to have on the realm of mortals. this would be a nice thing to discuss actually (more in tags)

[thermodynamic-comedian]

do you think michael distortion, kevin wtnv, and elijah volkov would get along

[naamahdarling]

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[creekfiend]

I just had the worst nightmare I've had in over a decade and in retrospect it was kind of like a bunch of mean bored dead people tormenting me about my miseries while I was trapped in some sort of car park. like a gang of rogue beetlejuices who didn't have anything better to do. fuck off

[blackhholes]

teen wolf meme: [4/6] creatures -> chimeras

You found the perfect word, though, Scott... Because a Chimera isn't just a monster with different parts. It can also mean something impossible to achieve. An unrealizable dream.

[sysig]

A very normal scientist doing very normal gene splicing experiments (Patreon)

[mango-sideburns]

My fav thing about TAZ is that any aspect out of context sounds fucking bonkers.

Like, in the balance finale there's a scene in which Garfield (who is very specifically never described visually bc most people imagine him as like. The Lasagna Cat. Who in this universe is the most powerful warlock in the realm and also has a hobby of cloning people, which is great for the one character that got forced into haunting a mannequin) is summoned by an alien spaceship that runs on the power of friendship so he could beat up some flashing balls. In D&D.

And that was just. Such a normal scene in the narrative. No one blinked an eye. I would like to bow down to Griffins clear unmatched talent for making me feel such big emotions over ridiculous shit like a goddamned umbrella or a regular ass pair of jeans or the idea of a taco recipe.

[cinnamart]

to spiral out, to try and float

to see a friend, to see a ghost