#Wiverns

[acourtofquestions]

I love our flower boi🥹

Manon’s Flower Child

[wiverntiles]

Luz: Guys where did Eda go? King: They got arrested. Luz: How the hell- Eda: bursts in through the window The cops are after me, I thought it would be fun to steal crackers and throw them at people.

[acourtofquestions]

[hirocimacruiser]

Do-Luck Aero Wivern Impressa GC8

The most powerful advanced form for the active spirit.

The passionate intention for genuineness is here. AERO WIVERN fascinates everybody with its harmonious exquisite finish. We have varied lineups of aggressive forms with a complete combination of advancement and gracefulness.

[kiriska]

Sold at the Sakura-Con Art Show.

This scroll is too damn big and hard to photograph. Hopefully its new home is more spacious than mine.

[fulminatethesun]

"There are no six limbed animals on earth so dragons cant have four legs" is the most stupid argument. You have creatures weighting tons, with imposible wing to body ratio, breathing fire, but limb numbers is where you draw the line

[windenfleurg]

finishing the redecoration and unpausing was a bad idea :,(

[maverick-werewolf]

Folklore Fact - Wyverns

Another month, another folklore fact! Wyverns handily won the poll over on my Patreon this month (be sure to take a look if you'd like to vote in the next one or even suggest all new subjects!)...

(nearly all modern dragon designs seen in visual media, especially film and television but now quite often also video games, count as the traditional British heraldic classification of wyverns, really; see my post here for a discussion of that, although I could expand that post today and discuss things like Monster Hunter, etc, which I didn't really know much about at the time, and even further discuss some of the subjects already therein... Anyway, maybe I'll revise that sometime in the future and improve it)

Wyverns are often described as a dragon with two hind legs, two wings, no forelegs, and a barbed tail. There are varieties, of course; some say the wyvern has the head of a dragon, the legs of an eagle, and a barbed "serpent tail" or simply a long tail with no barb. There are many varieties. Traditionally, at least if you ask English heraldry, the requirement to be a wyvern is that it has no forelegs - unlike the dragon, which has four legs in addition to wings. However, this is a technicality that was obviously not always applied elsewhere, including the European mainland. More on that shortly.

The word "wyvern" is not in itself all that old; it originated around 1600, derived from "wyver" from 1300, so the term is not ancient. Like dragon, it essentially means "snake," though in this case it is derived from "viper." As mentioned, "dragon" itself is derived from "drakon" meaning serpent (and/or "giant seafish") [source: again, one of my favorite sites].

Stamp of Clifford, Anne, Countess of Dorset (1590 - 1676) [source], depicting a wyvern.

There was apparently some discussion around the rise of the heraldic wyvern in England, Scotland, and Ireland regarding what exactly classified a wyvern as opposed to a dragon. In 1610, the writings of John Guillim described a wyvern (then "wiverne") thus: "partake[ing] of a Fowle in the Wings and Legs … and doth resemble a Serpent in the Taile," and in 1682, John Gibbon agrees that a wyvern specifically has "but" two legs. It is noteworthy that both men in question were officers of heraldry, and these remarks are quotations from book on coats of arms, and thus it was specifically heraldry they discussed.

"Wyverns" as per monsters of myth and folklore were, for most intents and purposes of their time period, referred to as "dragons" and not thought of as their own sort of beast rather than just a variation of dragon for heraldry specifically or even exclusively. Were there any legends about something called a "wyvern?" I haven't found any in all my extensive research on dragon legends, and most all academic sources agree that a "wyvern" is a heraldic creature rather than something you'd find in a bestiary and/or folktale.

As mentioned, depictions of what we today might think of as "wyverns" were not always called "wyverns," of course, especially throughout a lot of Europe (as opposed to Great Britain). Here we see a depiction of what we would now think of as a "wyvern" referred to as a dragon ("drago"), from a work dated 1691, so during the same time period that heraldic wyverns were already being classified as such.

There are also bestiaries and other things that depict two-legged dragons as "dragons" rather than ever referring to them as "wyverns" specifically, and the creatures depicted therein were in fact meant to simply be "dragons." Older eras lacked the picky categorization that exists more recently, particularly myth and folklore. This is why there are no "categories" of werewolf legends, either, for instance, or different "types" of werewolves - except as put on them retroactively by modern scholars.

A "wyvern" from 1380 in the Chester Cathedral in England; given its hooves and head of a man, it isn't exactly a "standard" wyvern.

So, again, the idea of the wyvern as a unique creature as opposed to another sort of dragon likely stemmed from heraldry - which in itself has a lot of unique creatures and specifics, such as the enfield and bagwyn - and specifically heraldry from Great Britain and Ireland, which meant that such defined notions of a wyvern came about in later centuries. There are certainly depictions of dragons and dragon-like creatures without forelegs from other centuries, such as the 1300s, but these are not explicitly as sourced "wyverns" during their own time period. Rather, they are described as such now by people retroactively applying the wyvern concept onto them. Such a concept became common starting around the 1600s, as mentioned earlier with the heraldic writings of Guillim and Gibbon. There are plenty of examples of "dragons" with two legs and, sometimes, even "wyverns" with four legs floating around out there.

But since modernity also thrives on technicality, categories, and specifics, things like D&D for a while there often referred to a "wyvern" as a two-legged dragon (which I personally find preferable, despite my usual aversion to categorization of mythological things) - at least, until a lot of media is today started changing that ever since Reign of Fire in 2003. These days, outside of a handful of fantasy things, like D&D with their older established rules and a few other fantasy games that originated before this sweeping design change occurred, dragons very often have two legs instead of four. I could say a lot more about that, but I won't get into it...

And that covers a general overview on wyverns! Until next time. For June, expect to see a brand new werewolf fact.

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[full-on-sam]

Technically speaking, a pterodactyl is a wivern

[lordnochybaty]

4 and 12 for the fic asks, i'm so sorry i think i forgot to ask you in return 💛

Hi! Thanks for the ask, and no worries, you did send it before! I just had some tech issues while trying to reply and then of course forgot 🤦‍♂️ So here are all the answers:

4. How many WIPs do you have right now?

Tricky question, but fic wise, considering only WIPs that I still consider WIPs and not abandoned projects - I'd say 5. This year I planned to work on various projects for nano and just add some words to any WIP I feel like at the moment and I picked five active fics. (In the end I'm focusing on only one of them after all, but hey, better than nothing.)

7. How many ideas for fics do you have right now?

Aside from the ones I've started, none really. I had an idea for an OFMD fic but procrastinated until season 2 came out and ruined the whole premise. 🤣

8. What project(s) are you currently working on?

As mentioned above, I ended up working on one of my oldest WIPs (please don't ask how old, recently I did that math and I'm still terrified). It's a Star Trek AOS fic of a working title "Yes We Khan". It's over 100k words and I've now decided to change the last chapters because one plot point I believed was developed too fast. (90 pages. It was 90 pages, dammit.)

12. Do you have a playlist for your current WIP(s)? Share it!

I do, though if I were to post it I'd probably edit it heavily. At the moment it involves a lot of songs that get me into right headspace to write this story, but don't always fit exactly.

[LINK]

29. Share a bit from a fic you’ll never post OR from a scene that was cut from an already posted fic. (If you don’t have either, just share a random fic idea you have that you don’t plan on getting to.)

Fenris only hummed in response. Apparently way too smart and well-traveled to even try the ham. Or perhaps he was just waiting to see Varric's reaction first, judging by the smirk when Varric subtly turned away and spit out the offensive meet into the shrew.

"Not enjoying the taste of despair?"

"Not really no. And who's despair is it? The cooks? The servants? The poor pig whose body was so sacrilged? Mine for eating it?"

"The Maker's? For seeing this creation?"

(It's from a WIP that is abandoned, mostly because I have no idea where I was even going with it, but I have one scene with Fenris and Varric mingling at a post-wivern-hunting Orlesian party.)

[Fic Writing Ask Game]

[studio2xdiary]

なかよしインターネッツ285アペンディックス（その1）

光栄なことにイトッポイドさんのなかよしインターネッツにゲストで出演しました。Spotify・YouTube・Apple Podcastsで聴けます。本当にありがとうございます。このポストでは放送でお話しした内容を補っていけたらと思います。URLもなるべく載せられるものを掲載します。

その本に自分いますよ

紙ラボさんとかるみねさんのPLOTTERや、 佐野章核さんとcube Tanakaさんのjadda+、RebRankさんのDoujin Game Package Design Vol.01の話です。

C-media records

https://www.c-media.org/ 2001年から岡山県で活動しているレーベル、全員デザインも音楽もやる人が集まっています。CDは全て手作りで、2024年の今でもCD-Rを焼いています。CDのデザインはこんな感じです。毎年秋のM3と冬コミに参加しています。最近でたCDはこちら。

ArtPad II Pro

これです。ArtSchool Dabblerがついてきました。その後のタブレット遍歴はArtPad II Pro→bamboo→bamboo→CintiQという感じでした。

DoGA

こちらです。当時の3Dは3D studio max・Lightwave・Softimage 3D・Maya・Shade・trueSpace・Metasequoia・六角大王などなどで、その中でもDoGAは超初心者向けなところから始まっていて遊びやすかったです。Webサイトが当時から変わってなくてちょっと感動しています。

midiを打ったりとか

Music Studio Standardとか使ってました。その後ReBirth RB-338を経てReasonに至ります。

PROJECT-WIVERN

こちらで見れます。当時は動画コンテンツが少なかったので何度も見直してました。ダイジェスト版のBGMもすごい好きでした。

新海さん

彼女と彼女の猫あたりの時代です。これも当時動画コンテンツが少なかったのでめちゃくちゃ見てました。「誰か助けて」のところだけ新海さんじゃない女性の声になるあたりが演出としても非常に印象的でした。

メダロット

2Xの幼少期に多大な影響を与えました。メダ2のストンミラーあたりの話がやばかったです。メダロットのサイトも作ったし初めての同人誌もメダロットのものを買ったし人の繋がりもメダロット起因のものが非常に多いです。

コングルGood

収録後に「あれOH!MYコンブだわ」となりました。大変失礼いたしました。

CSSが未発達時代の個人サイト

Excel方眼紙みたいな作り方かとは思うんですが先日サイトがまだ残っていることを知って久しぶりに読み漁りました。

Flashの道

Flashは4とか5あたりからのユーザーでした。そしてActionScriptを覚えたのはHAKUHINさんのサイトです。このサイトでスクリプトはもとより変数や引数、データ型などスクリプトのいろはを学びました。ActionScriptはJavaScriptと文法が近いのでその後のキャリアにも大きく影響しました。

当時どんなサイト見ていたんですか？

こういうサイトを見ていました。

MONO*crafts（yugop.com）

EYE4U

B L A C K W H I T E

Pale Light

2advanced studios

(mt) Media Temple

Bionic Systems

CBCNet

Shift

04.jp.org

May1stReboot

事前登録して5月1日に一斉にサイトリニューアルするという企画。tatsさん（有馬トモユキさん）とかとああだこうだやってた時期です。FlashにBGMのループを忍ばしてインタラクティブさを出したりなどしていました。今でもインターネットアーカイブに当時のサイトなどがあります。

8月31日までにお絵描き掲示板を使いまくる

使っていたお絵かき掲示板はしぃペインターです。今思うとpixivファンタジアみたいな企画でした。この企画のためにAEで映像作ったり専用の曲を作ったりなどしました。

デザイナーのヒーロー像

今聞き返すとthaのみなさまばかりなのですが川上俊さんやセミトラさんやSLNさんやimage diveさんなどなど他にも多くの方々がいらっしゃいます。そして今もなお読み返すのはQantaさんの「私は広告賞を獲りたかった」です。メチャクチャ熱い記事なのでぜひ読んで欲しいです。

後半はこちら

[meltedbrains]

Is it pronounced why-vern or wivern?

[wiverntiles]

Luz: You really put aside everything and came all this way for me? How did you even get here so fast?

Hunter: Several traffic violations.

Willow: Three counts of resisting arrest.

Gus: Roughly thirteen cans of energy drinks.

Amity: Also, that's not our car.

[acourtofquestions]

Okay, I’m only on chapter 32 of EoS… but Lysandra is planning on becoming a sea dragon isn’t she? I do not know (I don’t want to know) this is just a theory while reading, but as I’m theorizing here I just have a gut feeling she’s got some epic plans!!

[petnews2day]

Pet shop owner banned from keeping animals after six snakes died 'from probable starvation and dehydration'

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/xegqH

Pet shop owner banned from keeping animals after six snakes died 'from probable starvation and dehydration'

Andrea Darnell, 59, of Wivern Road, Hull, who ran Diamond Exotic pet shop on Saville Street, in the city, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to six snakes. The RSPCA visited the shop in May 2023 after being alerted to concerns about the animals and found “inappropriate” numbers of reptiles caged in small vivariums. Inspector Laura Barber […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/xegqH #ExoticPetNews

[kiriska]

Another piece from Have You Eaten, which opened last week. You can see all three pieces and some photos from the opening reception here.

My mom asked me what the red thing was and why it’s drippy and I said it’s probably? The sun? And drippy makes it look cool okay. Also rice paper hates me. Art is deep.