#alternate earth

[vveedwacker]

Not the most visually interesting picture, but a rough idea of a couple characters. Two individuals who graduated together and intern at a research station in what was formerly known as North Western Alaska. They are in a set of company gifted quadrupedal pajamas, most likely heading to the dining hall. Both characters use she/her. Cole (Tirut) and Iver (crown)

Crowns are made by @charseraph

Tiruts are mine

[sabrerine911]

I did it!

I colored ALL of them!

My Earth-911b X-men sketches are done!

Earh 911 is mostly how I dubbed the Earth they are from back then, just stuck with it.

They are based mostly on the 90's version, X-men Legends and some other more modern sources. Some of them are considerably more powerful/stronger version of those but that's the general gist of it.

(added some extra description stuff on these versions, some more similar to the regulars than others)

Now Im officially ready for X-Men 97! (was planning to add a bit more info on my versions, but these high effort posts never blow up so I wont bother with that effort XD )

[silkwhim]

Sophonts for a shiny new project ✨ Beatha (bay-ha) ✨, an alternate earth set a couple thousand years ago

The first species (green bg), Lau, are offshoots of Indriidae and are most closely related to sifakas. They originate in Madagascar but now occupy most of the continent of Africa.

The second (yellow bg) are a species of wallaby (yet to be named). They originate in the East coast of Australia, now occupying most of the country as well as most of Asia and some Pacific Islands. They are the earliest sophonts.

Finally, the Kepa-ka-o-o, an ancient relative of corvids. They originate in Aotearoa, with many relatives across the Pacific Islands which they now also live across. They have many colonies in Australia and Asia, having a close relationship with the wallaby sophont.

Despite the distance, it's not uncommon to see Lau living in Asia and Oceania and vice versa. The Americas and Europe aren't completely untouched but they don't hold very large populations of the three sophonts due to their mostly colder climate which is not preferred, however there are colonies quickly growing in South America in particular.

[doctorslippery]

[smallcloisville]

Clark in alternate dimension when he finds out Lana is happily married to someone else: 😐😞

Clark when on Earth 2 when he finds out Lois is marrying someone else :  I promise, Lois, I will never let this happen to us. I CAN'T LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE YOU DON'T LOVE ME😭😭💔

[nirvanacuga]

Made a fanart for Second_Sol's web novel in RR!

Set in an alternate Earth with much much more water, humanity believed they were the only ones existing in their lone island until their recently launched satellite revealed two different islands on the other side of the planet. It's a 'first contact' premise, and I can't recommend you this enough 👹! Lots of science involved in the writing so go check it out

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/67180/

Textless version

[elliwiny]

Today on Opportunities! (7.05)

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[chaoskirin]

Book Review--Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel

I always read the reviews before buying a book, but I knew I was going to get this series anyway. I LOVE bats.

I need to put the "bad" first for this, because the rest of my review is glowing. This is a deviation from my norm, but if anyone's started reading the first few pages and thought, "Oh. No." I want to encourage you to KEEP READING.

So the reason I almost put it down after a couple pages because the beginning really doesn't catch my interest as much as it probably should. It seems like it's going to be a rivalry between Big Strong Bat Kid and Little Runt Bat Kid, and while the characters were supposed to be children, the author sort of used stereotypical child interactions, I guess is how I put it. The rival character is named Chinook, which I dislike. It's not really a great idea to name your characters after Native American nations, especially one that's been so repeatedly shafted by the American government. So I have to take points off for that.

In any case, Chinook has a lot of lackeys, one especially, that pretty much kowtows to everything he says. I can't remember lackey's name, though, because thankfully he disappears after the first chapter and is never heard from again.

Interactions after that are MUCH more natural, and I truly enjoyed reading the entire rest of the book. The main character, Shade, is a "newborn," which just means he was born that year. He is capable and decent at hunting, but is slightly naive due to his youth. This is played with wonderfully in the story, and is even mentioned in relation to the other main character, Marina, who is a year (or two, perhaps) older then him. She knows more, and he even calls her a know-it-all in his meta at one point because of her larger span of knowledge.

This story also doesn't treat adult characters as idiots who have to capitulate to the limited knowledge of their own children. Shade has some role models, including Frieda, the elder of his colony, and his mother, Ariel. As well as a mysterious white bat named Zephyr, who has special abilities that have come with blindness and age.

The plot, in summary, is that Shade wants to see the sun, which is forbidden for bats because of their lack of taking a side in an ancient war. The owls patrol the dawn and dusk for any bats who haven't roosted, and are entitled to kill them to maintain the law. When an owl catches Shade out as the sun rises, the king of the owls demands that his colony give him up so he can be killed. That's sort of another problem I have with the book--adult characters of other species (owls/pigeons/etc) have no compulsion to give children any sort of break. It's EXTREMELY cold-hearted, but I can't really take any points off for that. I'm not going to spell out exactly why here, but we've seen the worst in people lately, and I can't really fault the author for discussing things that are happening, for real, in 2023.

Anyway, the colony refuses to give Shade up, despite the protestations of another bat elder, and this starts a war with the owls.

When Shade gets separated from his mother, he has to find his way to a place called the Hibernaculum, but he's not on his own. He meets another young bat, whom I previously mentioned, named Marina.

They also meet the trilogy-long villain, a meat-eating bat named Goth. Goth is a killer, and the actions of him and his lackey, Throbb, mean I find this book a little inappropriate for younger children. I would personally bump the age rating up to 5th grade at the earliest. He's a killer, and has no qualms about dispatching anyone who gets in his way--as well as keeping those alive who are still useful to him. He's an extremely effective villain.

I do want to note here that one other reviewer was like "bats can't do _" and I want to remind everyone that this is a fantasy world. No continents are named--only places--and the animals have been in an uneasy truce for millions of years after a devastating war. They are intelligent, capable, and interesting. I would love to see more worldbuilding, but the amount we got was plenty for me to be able to understand that this takes place on an alternate, fantastical version of earth.

Without posting any spoilers, I can say that the end of the book is satisfying and pretty awesome, and I really couldn't wait until even the next night to start reading it. I immediately opened book 2 (Sunwing) to see what happened next. This review is just for book 1, though, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I can only take one star off for the beginning and the use of Chinook as a name, but I highly recommend this to both appropriately-aged kids and adults.

[desdasiwrites]

– Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@demoiselledefortune

Scarlet thread, spun on the wheel,

Twisting on the twirling reel,

Like the dancers turn and spin,

While I now my tale begin!

Now upon a time, two cosmic beings who could see simultaenous lives and times unfold, decided not to watch passively, and instead decended onto Earth to intervene.

Crossing time and space, they found four newborns:

By their powers, two infants that shared the power to reshape reality were fused into one mind, and two infants that shared the power of longevity, self-ressurection and harnessing of celestial energy were fused into one body.

And then mind and body were made into one unity, that would be raised by the nurturing living continent of Okkara.

That being was both a gardner and mason: in gratitude to the living continent, they plowed the fields, planted seeds, and, not wanting to bar other earthlings from sharing his happiness, built homes from the bricks and clay of caves, grottos and mountains, and the sands of the beaches, so other, more vulnerable people would someday find a safe haven in Okkara.

This is the legend that is told.

[ashitakaxsan]

Hi Makima chan,I Love you. Merry Christmas:)

[vveedwacker]

A character named Thistle I've been scared to try to draw.

She is a living/intelligent Eurofighter Typhoon (not Ai) in a speculative future earth, not quite related to the pics but it's in a permawinter. They've also made contact with aliens but these living machines are earth natives.

Her transforming aspects are pretty minimal, legs that come from the wheel well and a 'jointed' face + mouth.

She usually lands with her traditional landing gear. She can technically walk on her legs but its very strenuous on her joints and legs so she much prefers to roll when landed, she mainly uses her powerful legs to catch other jets and planes in air.

Her pilot Finnegan helps her around, they've known each other since he was 19, he's 25 by the time he temporarily leaves as captain of a spaceship crew. She is helped by an academy friend of his while he's gone.

This project is VERY early dev so I do have much other than this! There are a lot of living structures, I also have a living building I want to work on next.

[sabrerine911]

Iron Fist vs Sabretooth WIP ( Marvel Earth-911b ) https://www.facebook.com/BorisGrozevArt

Was in a huge Sabretooth mood yesterday(so much so I even recreated him in Elden Ring XD)

Victor, to this day is my favorite fictional villain, and I wish we could see more of him in media.

Deadpool and Wolverine SPOILER rant:

Ive said this before but Im still very irritated on how they treated Tyler Mane's return of Creed as a one shot Joke, I knew they would do it based on the trailers, but was hoping that I was wrong. He looked and sounded awesome(but hey at least he got as many lines as the 1st X-men movie, loved the delivery on "Time to die!". wouldve been neat to have a "runt "added at the end since Tyler is way taller than Jackman still. )

I guess if there is a positive on the Sabretooth thing in D3 is that he looked cool and thankfully they didnt waste Liev on this joke.(Tyler still deserved way better tho)

As far as the piece is concerned, I went with variants from my made up variant earth. Composition based on Iron Fist #14, Sabretooth's first appearence

[artist-issues]

you guys thought I forgot I was supposed to post a story for Team Chesterton in the Inklings Challenge but no, I did not forget, I just failed

I decided I wanted art to go with the writing before posting anything and that there was a mistake

[doctorslippery]

And just like that kids reading comics had the idea of the multiverse and the history of comics implanted in their consciousness in 5 panels.

[kiababs-creative-void]

Day 1: Quarantine, Food Aide Trucks En Route.

I'm sure it's nothing. . .