#animal pov

[stimboardsorwhatever]

[a-minke-whales-tale]

Thank you for being my friend human.

I tried something different and it is a bit of a mess, still cute though.

[guardian-of-da-gay]

The Hurt You Take (Part 3: Ozzie)

Sequel to Throw It All Away

Read on Ao3

For Whumptober 2024 Prompt 18: Unreliable Narrator

One of his people was missing.  The one who smelled like earth with the big, hard petting hands.  His walking friend who was always going outside and letting Ozzie come with him.

He came and went as they all did, of course.  Ozzie never knew where or why.  But the one with paw horns that he wasn’t allowed to chew was taking an especially long time to come back this time.

Ozzie lay by the door and waited.  The mailman came and went but no one came to growl with him.  When Ozzie warned the house about the cat traipsing through their yard, nobody came to check the threat.  When the sun went down, Ozzie’s mother let him out into the yard.  But it should have been his walking friend taking him for their evening perimeter patrol.

The house felt all wrong.  All of Ozzie’s people were distressed and not doing the things they normally did at the times they normally did them!  That made Ozzie feel distressed too.  What was going to happen?  Would it be like this forever?

When would his friend be back?  Where had he gone?  Ozzie checked his bed, explored every room, sniffed all over the back deck, combed through the garden, stood at the edge of the yard and smelled the breeze for any sign.  He even tried to go looking in the woods, but then his very fast friend came and made him go back to the house.

Ozzie trudged up the back steps.  He passed his food bowl but he wasn’t hungry so he only ate a few bites.  He peaked out the windows by the front door, but his missing friend had not returned.  Ozzie lay down and rested his chin on his paws.

He wanted his walking friend to come back now.

[whimsyskullhorror]

"So in this book, the narrator is a crow-"

Me: ... Oh?

"During a zombie apocalypse-"

Me: OH?

"Who teams up with a dog to survive."

Me: OH FUCK YEAH

[libraryofbaxobab]

November 11, 2023:

This was so cute hahah and it delivers exactly what it promises: a flock of sheep trying to solve the murder of their human shepherd. They act like sheep--forgetting what they're doing because they'd rather graze, getting spooked and running away, misinterpreting human words and names. Charming through and through, cozy as a wool sweater. The only downsides are minor: The middle is quite thin on clues so it was tempting to skim. A late introduction of a new sheep character who talks strangely was confusing. If you only like the hardboiled, gory details kind of mystery, this will absolutely not do it for you. This is cuddly, silly, and sweet, for fans of dramatic irony and those interested in unusual point of view characters. Several of the sheep have satisfying emotional arcs, and they have a whole village full of suspects to investigate and misunderstand.

7.5/10 #WhatsKenyaReading

[rathacat13-blog]

Ratha's Creature, Dell Laurel-Leaf paperback (1987)

[sinvulkt]

For @kittonafoxgirl

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Ahsoka Tano Characters: Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Original Characters, Tuk'ata (Star Wars) Additional Tags: POV Animal, couldn't help myself sorry not sorry, does the fact that its probably sentient help?, Tuk'ata | Sith Hounds (Star Wars), I gave Ahsoka a doggie :3, Fluff, can't believe i'm using that tag xd, Hurt/Comfort, Light Angst, for the puppy background, Animal Abuse, probably too - but just at the beginning, Jedi as Found Family (Star Wars), I'm probably misusing that tag but who cares Summary:

The hound - for it had no name but hound, beast, mutant - collapsed in the dark alley, its small paws folding underneath it. Its chest felt heavy, and its breath came ragged, pained. Blood sang loudly to its ears, as did the loud men that were after it. Its muzzle was still wet from the time they tried to drown it.

[rozmorris]

Your first pages - 4 more book openings critiqued at @Litopia by literary agent @agentpete author @anniesummerlee and me!

I’ve just guested again at Litopia, the online writers’ colony and community. Each week they have a YouTube show, Pop-Up Submissions, where four manuscripts are read and critiqued live on air by literary agent Peter Cox @agentpete and a guest, or sometimes two. This time the other guest was longtime Litopian Annie Summerlee @anniesummerlee , who has published short stories in a range of online…

[pastelshroomsbasement]

idk which version it is but that binghe design is very special to me

ALSO BARBIE YAHHH

[tonitart]

💤Sukuna + Sanrio

[0ketinha]

they are so smart

[averagepikminenthusiast]

POV: You’re playing ball with your red pikmin

[doublxpresso]

beauty

(Edit: Alt text by @princess-of-purple-prose)

[makowcy]

gif from that hit 90s space mining anime that is real and not made by me

au by @kiszoneszczury

[nokkiart]

As a long time httyd fan who has been heavily involved in the fandom since the first movie and who has spent years working in the animation industry, I’d like to share my thoughts on the new httyd movie. Keep in mind, this is just my personal opinion and it's completely fine if you disagree with me. I just want to say a little something about all this that really bothers me.

The core reason that Dreamworks and Universal made this film is that it’s a quick and easy cash grab for them. Thats it. They don’t care about telling a good story or making a “better” version of the original movie for fans or even having an accurate portrayal of the characters/story. It’s purely about money. They know that fans of the original film will go see this movie, whether it’s good or bad. And those guaranteed ticket sales are all that matter to the studios. And with Universal, it has the added bonus of being a cheap promotional and merchandising opportunity for the new HTTYD land in Orlando that opens around the same time that the film is premiering in theaters.

And to help the studios make even more money out of this, they are using non-unionized VFX companies around the world to make this film, so that they can get cheaper labor and push the artists to do more that would be against American union standards. The same thing has probably happened with the costuming and fabrication for the filming, hence why the costumes look un-weathered and the sets look cheap. They don’t want to pay for the extra time and effort that it would take to make the practical bits of the production look good.

On top of all this, Dreamworks has already announced that they’re shutting down all their in-house animation projects in favor of using AI and outsourcing projects to cheaper international non-union studios.

With all this in mind, I just can’t support this film and I will not be seeing it in theaters. And I hope that others will do the same.

The only way to stop all these horrible “live action” remakes (which are actually just realistically animated remakes) is to not buy tickets to see them. Money is all that matters to these studios, and if they don’t make any money off of it, then they will stop and try something different. Maybe they'll even go back to focusing on original stories!

That’s the power that we hold as audiences. Our wallets help drive the decisions that the executives make. So support unique storytelling and gorgeous cinematography in movies. Support indie films. Support animators as they're fighting for fair pay and better contracts. But don't support a mediocre shot-for-shot remake riding on the coattails of an already successful film.

And I just want to wrap all this up by saying I have absolutely no hate towards anyone that has worked on the new film. Toothless looks incredible and I know the artists and creatives involved in this project did the best they could with what they were given.

But I also know that those same artists have so many more brilliant ideas that they would’ve loved to be given the creative freedom to do. I just wish hollywood would be willing to take a chance and let them do it.

[libraryofbaxobab]

June 24, 2023:

this is practically poetry every other line is sublime or beautiful or funny or all three

it is from the point of view of a mountain lion

every book should be written like this it took no time at all to read I had a wonderful time

9/10

#WhatsKenyaReading