#a weird cryptid

[sarah-kings]

Getting back into the swing of G/t by drawing it more often in my sketchbook again

Sometimes you just have an OC and wanna... Gently hold...

Additional whole sketch book page under the cut

[boozois]

the creature will grant you one wish for the new year, what do you wish for?

[endlessnightskyshoutsback]

hey you! come over here.

puts a frog on ur head. puts a frog on ur head. puts a frog on ur head. puts a frog on ur head. puts a frog on yo

[nucleardeathstrike]

[hussyknee]

I know some dickheads have now decided that Judaism is the "bad, violent, terrorist religion" and Islam is the "good, peaceful" one, which is only to be expected of white people, but how much of an issue is it currently? Like I've seen some USAmericans sharing how the Islamic faith shapes Gazans values and perseverance (good) except with that distinct white hippie "I'm about to imprint on this like the world's most racist duck" vibe (bad), but I didn't think they're already turning on Judaism in numbers.

Do they realize that Christianity is also the same kind of comfort to Christian minorities in Asia and Africa? That it was Buddhists that genocided the Rohingyas in Myanmar and Tamils in Sri Lanka? That Hindu fundamentalists are even now trying to ethnically cleanse Muslims in India? How Hindus and Christians are terrorized and persecuted in Pakistan? That Muslims have a history of persecuting and ethnically cleansing Jews too?

Really tired of asking y'all to be normal about people's religions man. There's no religion that's inherently violent or exceptionally peaceful. It's just like any other ideology that becomes a weapon in the hands of ethnic power. Interrogate power, not religion, and respect people's belief systems insofar as they aren't in your business.

Edit: I've amended the "long history" of Muslim persecution of Jews because it might be misleading in the current political climate. Zionism and antisemitic Arab nationalism are twin births resulting directly from Christian colonization, and Islamic empires tended to actually be more tolerant of other religions compared to Christianity, especially Judaism, which was considered a sibling religion. Antisemitism wasn't ideologically entrenched in Islamic tradition. It's simply that ethno-religious power will lead to ethno religious domination and intermittent cleansing of minorities, and Islam is no exception. Humans be humaning always.

[rosieandthemoon]

[saturnisscreaming]

When you meet The Creature (and you will) give it my regards

[batboopp]

this is the first sign you see when you try to get into gotham

[humanoidhistory]

Illustrations from Curious Creatures in Zoology by John Ashton, 1890. My gateway drug for this book was @nemfrog.

[strawberrus0da]

Dream seeing someone try and eat an apple and resisting the primal urge to slap it out of their hand because it's just so ingrained in him to stop people from eating the apples that it just carries over to the regular fruit bc they look similar enough, even worse if the apple is a golden delicious or something.

It's just been imbedded into his subconscious, the panicky instinctual thought of don't let them eat that fruit despite knowing full well regular apples are a thing

Sometimes he actually does slap it out of their hand only to realize what he's done a moment later and profusely apologize

Imagine if Nightmare had the same buried instinct

[boozois]

you have to give it a pastrami sub every day or else it makes noise all night long!

[dogzoro]

[civetside]

happy october! i drew mothman and the fresno nightcrawler, as lesbians

[cavities-in-reality]

[starcurtain]

I don't post about it often, but my favorite brand of Wriolette is definitely:

Despite being however many centuries old, Neuvillette still has significant dysphoria about being in a human body and doesn't think himself even capable of physically doing things the way humans do, so when he starts experiencing attraction to Wriothesley for the first time he's just like

"Oh dear."

But maybe Traveler is right? Maybe Sigewinne is right? Maybe it's time to truly start living the life he's been born into? This is his body, racing heart and trembling, drippy palms and all, and maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing to just... give it a go?

His mind is made up. Neuvillette is going to express his interest to Wriothesley in a mature, respectable, and perfectly normal manner!

But, ah... how?

Meanwhile, Wriothesley is growing ever more confused at Neuvillette's odd behavior by the day, but like... it's an endeared sort of confusion. Dragons are just kinda weird like this; it's all perfectly logical. Neuvillette has Wriothesley's unwavering support even if he does keep swimming down to the Fortress of Meropide in his full suit and cravat at 5am in the mornings and scaring the shit out of the morning shift gardes.

Wait. Wait. Run it by Wriothesley again--Neuvillette wants to what--?! The consent can only be described as enthusiastic.

Still, the ultimate takeaway is that Neuvillette doesn't just learn how to love a human, but also learns how to love himself, the strange vishap in smooth human skin that he's become.

[bestcryptids]

This is one of my favorite bigfoot videos. It's known as the "Beast of Gum Hill" and according to the witness (dude on the ATV) it's about 7 feet or 2.13m tall.