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lazlolullaby · 5 months ago

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the body, the mind, the heart, and the breath of Kur (The Secret Saturdays fanon)

hey you know that Artifact that Argost couped and killed a King of Kumari Kandem for? The Amulet with the Breath of Kur that was just used for unlocking the Tomb of Kur and nothing else?

...I'm gonna weave so much headcanon Lore about that.

Spoilers for the two major plot twists of the Secret Saturdays.

TL;DR Kur was split into several pieces. The Breath, which was an attempt to Kill Kur that didn't completely work. Then the Sumerians and Lemurians making a plan to actually separate and destroy Kur, splitting them into parts; The Body, aka Big Red that was buried in Antarctica, the Mind, that the Lemurians took to the Himalayas, And finally the Heart in the Kur Stone.

First Kur was an immortal God that created and controlled the cryptids. It's not clear what Kur was actually like, if he was unfair or just acting as a warrior king would. But some cryptids and humanity rebelled; they tried to steal the Breath of Kur and store it in an Amulet. So he'd stop breathing and die, or would have to negotiate for his own ability to breathe and talk back. The first body of Kur dies. People think that Kur is really dead and start to prepare a tomb.

But you don't kill Gods that easily. Kur is now a spirit that latches on to his cryptid progeny, controlling their bodies and minds, hopping around to whoever he can. Kur is pissed and decides. "Fine. You think I'm bad? I'll be bad." And gathers enough resources and energy to make a large cryptid to lay waste to the people that killed him. It's about this time that the Kur Detector artifact is created - to find Kur with whatever body he was in.

The Big Red cryptid is created, and Kur digs himself fully in, not expecting anyone to want to fight him.

So. Of course they fought. Of course they split Kur from his new body, and decided to seal Kur's spirit into a funerary tablet to bury in his Tomb, aka the Kur Stone.

Kur, of course, is still very manipulative and convinces some arrogant Lemurians to keep him closer in their Himalayan mountain range city. They split Kur again. Kur's mind is hidden in burial jewelry - a clunky necklace that "didn't fit his style".

The plan changes. The Tombkeepers believe that Kur has finally gone mad from defeat, only acting on instinct and is incapable of being reasoned with. They don't know the mind was removed, and now all that's left is just the core of Kur. The Heart.

To prevent anyone from taking control of their insane God, they layer the Tomb with traps and security measures, then use Kur's madness to scatter the keys beyond where any one person could travel in one lifetime.

Kur is just chilling at this point, every so often checking on his cryptid kids. He can't directly communicate or influence them unless they touch the jewelry, but it's fine. It's peaceful, no one prays to him, expects any favors or demands power.

Hundreds of years pass. The Lemurians either decline on their own or Kur stirs the pot, probably both.

Argost, being a Yeti of the Himalayas, and bored as hell even with killing people and taking their stuff, goes exploring. He finds the Lemurian ruins and the necklace.

Kur doesn't explain that he's Cryptid God, just that he's an ancient spirit who's seen the rise and fall of Kur. Kur imparts wisdom; mostly his knowledge of bug cryptids, trying to bait Argost into getting a Devonian annelid to swap into a better piece of jewelry - the Blue Tiger just received some gorgeous jade hair pins and he's feeling jealous.

Argost goes for a hunt, but can't enjoy it because Kur could control him - Argost wants to be the one in control. So he asks the spirit for a mask that could block Kur's senses - prevent cryptids and humans from seeing him as a Yeti. Then the jewelry is tucked away in Argost's cave. Argost uses his Cryptid Bug knowledge to make prosthetic scorpion legs for Baron Finster.

The Kur Stone is dug up. Kur's mind does register it as a large wave of energy coursing through his cryptid kids. Zak absorbed the Heart of Kur, being an empty body with no mind yet. Kur's Heart is entrenched in Zak and to remove the Heart would kill Zak.

Events of the show happen. Kur's mind can see when Zak draws on his powers, but any kind of thoughts are blocked to him - this changes slightly after "Ghost in the Machine" where Zak was mixed and split with Fisk and Komodo. Kur's mind also influenced Fiskerton to pick Antarctica, where Big Red was buried.

Because Big Red was the Created Body that Kur used, the energy was hanging around and Zak absorbed it, boosting his powers. Kur's mind can see more of what's going on, and influenced Zak in the 2nd season premiere. Kur said they were in Hong Kong. The Nagas were actually in New York. And there's not much Kur's mind can do about the War of the Cryptids.

...now if, post series if someone were to go through Argost's cave...and Zak happened to touch that burial necklace...that would be fun.

#the secret saturdays #Kur tss #zak saturday #vv argost #fiskerton saturday #King Uraj #Lazlo's lulls #Anyone mentioning certain racist wizard soul split bullshit will be taken out back shot and fed to cactus cats #Anyway. Does anyone want a way that Zak can wriggle out of his guilt about New York? Here you go!#...I'm blaming cartoon network. Kur should have had like 10 minutes at least on screen for us to willfully misinterpret #Or something concrete about Kur itself you know how it is #Fun tv show fact: all the cryptids featured in TSS are based on / reference actual cryptids. Except the fake Kur in Antarctica #And for the fanfic I will never write:#Kur's mind - metaphorically snacking on garlic popcorn and watching the world go on without him- and it's my problem how?#Zak - YOU MADE THESE CRYPTIDS YOU NEED TO CARE FOR THEM!#Kur - nah you and your family can do it

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the-hilda-librarians-wife · 1 year ago

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Fireflies Over The Wall - Chapter 5

Relationship: The Bell Keeper & Meiri (Original character)

Summary: "The troll brought with herself, every night without a fault, a baby.

Every night, she placed it upon the grass, and pointed upwards, showing her baby the stars and constellations. Showing her baby the fireflies.

Holding it tight. Cuddling with it. Making sure it saw the beauty the world had to offer. He had never considered himself a sentimental man. Yet this image, for some reason, never failed to make him return home feeling something gaping and void inside of himself.

Every one of his former coworkers must have returned to their families.

Who would Edmund return to when he could work no more?

What would give him a reason to get out of bed when the fireflies were no longer enough?"

An OC's origin story as well as a Bell Keeper character study, because this character is much more fascinating than I'd been giving him credit for.

Notes: Title from "King And Lionheart" by Of Monsters and Men

Was supposed to post this chapter yesterday, but unfortunately I was stopped by chaotic week at college reasons. Woopsie

Chapter title: You're a king and I'm your lionheart

Read it on ao3

Meiri was the type of person that had a hard time showing interest in things that didn’t, well, interest her. She was just too genuine to feign paying attention to something. Which made it even more special when she did try to engage him in conversation about topics surrounding his life by doing so. It meant she was doing a great deal of effort to reach out. She tried it sometimes with books she saw on his house, or by asking him to expand upon a comment he made about his day. That afternoon in particular, though, they ended up talking about his job. Unfortunately, that also meant acknowledging the baggage that came with it.

“I just don’t get it!” She said, looking at him with the futile hope that he would get it. “Why did the town get built somewhere where there were already people living?”

After a sigh, he raised his eyes from the checkers board to her with a small smile. Meiri was the first time he’d ever had a child in his life aside from when he’d been one himself, and Edmund was finding that the reputation children had for being so much more decent wasn’t for nothing. He didn’t think he’d ever heard a single adult refer to trolls as ‘people’, despite having seen them show more than enough conscience to be considered rational beings.

“That’s a whole can of worms you don’t wanna open, kid.” And it was something she should know, it was a reflection she should make, but she was still so very young. It was good that her heart already told her something was wrong; that meant she had more awareness than he’d had at her age. But it was something that he thought for now should grow on her own. When she was older, maybe, if he was still around in her life, he could give her a piece of his mind on the matter. She tilted her head to the side.

“Why ‘can of worms’?”

“What do you mean?”

“You said ‘a whole can of worms’ as if it’s negative. But worms are actually good for everything around them.”

The change of topic was so drastic that Edmund was left with his mouth hanging open and no idea of what to answer. Then, he rubbed his chin and figured he should just try to explain to her.

“It’s just how the expression goes, kid. It’s supposed to mean it’s a difficult topic or situation, but I don’t know what the origin was. You’re the specialist on insects, anyway.”

She gave him a very level glare. “Worms aren’t insects.”

“Are they from the same family as spiders?”

If she wasn’t so young, Edmund would be afraid she was having a heart attack by the horrified look on her face.

“No. Insects and arachnids are arthropods. Worms are annelids, that’s a whole other phylum!”

“You expect me to know what a phylum is?”

She shrugged, putting the last of her stones inside the board again. “Well, it’s interesting.”

“It is.” He nodded. He even meant it, truth be told. Nature had always interested him, and even though he had never wanted to look too deep into it, hearing her talk about the topics she enjoyed was always a fun time, even if only for her enthusiasm. “But it’s getting late. You should head back to St. Annes before Terry gets worried. Why don’t you tell me more about it the next time you’re here?”

Although reluctantly, she agreed. She knew the way out perfectly well, but he still got up from the table to open the door for her, only closing it when he could see her back no longer.

…......

“Lovely evening, ain’t it?” He said loud enough to startle her, not really worried about it since there were no patrons in the area of the library he had found Kaisa in.

The woman was at the top of a ladder, shelving some books after a long day taking them out of their places for the people who had needed them. She might just be the one person in the entire town he considered to be more overworked than the remaining bell keepers. Nothing, and he meant nothing could make him understand how come a library that big only had one person working in it. She glared down at him, having almost lost her balance because of the jolt, but it did nothing for him. He was all but immune to glares at this point.

“Look who remembered they can read.” She slid down the ladder, only her hands hanging onto the rails, with surprising ease for someone who he knew was essentially sedentary. “What can I do for you that made you come all the way from the city limits?”

He shoved his hands in his pockets. “I need a book.”

“Really? In the public library? You need a book? How innovative, Ed.”

Edmund did his best to send her a level stare. Two could play this passive aggressive eye game and he had been training with the best.

“Do you have a book on phylogenetics or not?”

Frowning, Kaisa mouthed the word ‘phylogenetics’ without uttering a sound, looking at him like he was insane.

“Kind of a big word for you, isn’t it, bell?” He was going to flip her off, but she’d already begun walking in front of him, so she wouldn’t properly receive it. “Really is none of my business, but where did you… how… why?”

“You should have finished the sentence at ‘really is none of my business’. It was the wisest thing I’ve ever heard you say.”

He couldn’t see her rolling her eyes, but he knew. Spiritually, it was there.

“Hm. Can I at least present my hypothesis?”

“Can I stop you?”

“No. The first is you’re trying to date a mad scientist.”

The idea was so ludicrous it made him snort. “Don’t have the time nor the patience for that.”

“Hm. The other is this has something to do with the little girl who showed us her science textbook in the middle of a cafe.”

He remained silent; rookie mistake. Kaisa didn’t stop walking, but she looked back at him with a grin. It was a terrible habit that she’d acquired, walking without seeing where she was going and trusting she knew the library well enough to not end up concussed or toothless. And then she had the audacity to say she didn’t know how come she had so many mysterious bruises on her limbs.

“Aha!” She pointed accusingly at his chest. Damnit. There was a reason why he avoided mentioning Meiri to her after they met. Kaisa just made such a big thing out of anything. He knew it to be because neither of them had any actually interesting topics to talk about from their own lives, but still. “It does! Are you still talking? That was quite some time ago. Months, I believe.”

“We are and she likes the topic. Can you please just drop it?”

Seeing as he looked actually vexed, Kaisa shrugged and left him be.

Even so, even after they’d found a useful book and gone out to eat something since he was already around, she had kept a satisfied smile on her face during the entire evening.

…......

“Alright, so first there are the domains.” She said as he placed a cup of tea in front of her and sat down on the table. “Then the kingdoms-”

“And then the phylums?”

“Exactly!” She smiled. “In the Animalia kingdom, you have a couple of phylums that aren’t chordates and have very specific characteristics. Then you have the chordata phylum. It contains all the vertebrates! Like, we share a phylum with elephants! Isn’t that weird?”

Edmund smiled with his head resting on his hand, watching with glee as she got excited about the topic.

“Anyway, chordates aren’t as cool to study. The first phylum to evolve was porifera, and that’s, like, just sea sponges. Then cnidaria, which are the jellyfish, anemones, and other sort of alien and threatening looking stuff that lives in the sea. Weird guys. And then next comes the platyhelminthes, and it’s with them that the idea of having a place to put a bunch of your nervous system stuff starts-”

Meiri pointed to her head and kept on going with her speech, telling him about how even if annelida and arthropoda were very close evolutionary speaking (and she did know some very big words for her age, not that it surprised him when it came to something she was passionate about), there were key differences that tore them apart. Annelids didn’t have exoskeletons, to begin with. For his part, Edmund tried to balance not interrupting her with showing interest, mostly allowing her to speak but piping in with an interjection every now and then.

“What I don’t really understand-” He said when she circled back to talking about worms and leeches after having finished her invertebrates infodump with sea stars. “is how worms are different from those nematode creatures. They’re round. They’re slimy. Ain’t it all the same thing?”

He didn’t think he’d ever crack when being ignorant on something she liked would make her glare and when it would make her laugh, but that time it was the latter. “Well, nematodes cause disease, for once.”

“Oh, should we be saying ‘can of nematodes’, then?”

“Ew, that’s so gross!” She chuckled, eyes closing as she did so. “But I suppose that would make more sense. I think in reality it has something to do with their very early stages. They’re very different.”

Edmund nodded. “Right. Something to do with the coelom, whatever the hell that may be.”

Meiri was in the middle of taking a sip of her tea as he said that. When she frowned, her creased eyebrows and confused eyes were all he could see.

“How do you know that?”

“You don’t know everything about me.” He quipped, but continued before he could earn himself another glare. “I actually looked a bit into it. Didn’t want to be asking you stupid questions.”

It was so quiet for a moment that Edmund thought he’d be able to hear a needle falling to the ground. Meiri’s eyes scanned his face like she couldn’t comprehend what she was being told.

“You… what?”

“Yeah, I got a book.” He got up from his seat with the intention of grabbing it, having left it at his bedside table. “Remember Kaisa? She helped me find something on the matter.”

He climbed up the ladder to the platform that passed for the second floor of the cabin, which was partly walled in around the bathroom, and partly open. It meant he didn't have anything to shield his face from the sun in the morning, seeing as the light from the living room all reached him as soon as it started flooding in, but he was usually up before that blasted star, anyway. And it wasn’t like it made a difference when he was really tired.

When he got back, he found Meiri still staring after him with a befuddled expression. Her focus only shifted passingly when he raised the hand with the book.

“Here.” He set it in front of her at the table. “Due date’s next Thursday, if you want to keep it for a while. Ya could even keep it a couple of days over it, I hardly think Kai would revoke my library card over it, she has much bigger problems right now. Though I suppose you already know all this stuff, ain’t that right, kid?”

When she failed to do anything other than stare at the book for the next ten seconds, he cleared his throat.

“Kid? You alright there?”

“Yeah.” She snapped herself out of whatever mood she’d sunk into, blinking rapidly and not really looking at him. “Yeah, it’s nothing.”

Edmund raised his eyebrows but didn’t comment on her lack of an excuse, nor on how her voice sounded strained. If she wanted to talk about it, she would. With him being off-duty, they spent the rest of their time normally, either talking or cooking or completing chores together, Ed cleaning up the cabin while Meiri did her schoolwork.

When the time arrived for her to be on her way home before the orphanage started ringing up the cabin’s phone, Edmund opened the door for her as per usual. But this time, she stood in front of him before walking out, looking indecisive for a couple of moments. Then, after a deep breath, she took a step forward and hugged his legs.

Not having expected it, the force of the move made him fall back against the open door which banged on the wall with an ‘oof’, but even after his brain registered what was happening, he wasn’t able to recruit enough neurons to react. He didn’t have time for it, in fact, because after what couldn’t have been more than two seconds, Meiri let go and with her head ducked squeaked a very quick ‘see ya’, before running away.

………

Next time Meiri visited, she wasn’t empty handed.

It wasn’t exactly the first time she’d knocked on the door of his cabin, but it surprised him anyway. Generally she’d be playing near the trees - or on the trees - when he found her and either invited her into his cabin or up the wall. So it still felt different that she’d come directly to him that time.

She stood on the doorway shifting her weight between her feet, probably caught off guard that he had answered her since she (much like he himself) had no way of knowing whether he’d be home or working. Edmund didn’t get past his greeting before she raised both hands towards him, presenting him with an unexpected item.

“Here.” She said, all but shoving a flower crown in his hands. “I made us these.”

No asking him if he liked it. No requesting he put it on. Just stating a fact and looking down at her fidgety hands in a failed attempt to look like she didn’t care.

“Oh!” He brought the crown closer to his eyes, seeing flowers that ranged from purple to pink to yellow and their intertwining stems. “Thanks, kid. Looks pretty.”

She shrugged, still looking down.

“Where did you get these flowers?” Edmund asked as he closed the door behind her and began walking to the table, partly to break the silence but mostly because they didn’t look like the type one just finds around. They were much too well kept for that, even if some seemed to be missing a couple of petals from the process of braiding them together.

“Someone’s garden.”

“Meiri!”

“What? They aren’t native plants! They weren’t doing any favors to the soil and the bugs! Maybe they were even causing harm!”

What was the appropriate age, he wondered, to teach someone the difference between morally right and socially right? And was he even the right person to talk to her about it since he sort of wanted to agree with her?

He was about to open his mouth and say that she should have asked for permission anyway, when he noticed that, partly hidden by her never tidy hair on her head, was a crown identical to the one he had received. And only then did he truly assess the situation. She had made these, with the clear intent of giving it as a gift so that they could match. She’d thought of him and planned it and executed it, even if a bit more chaotically than she should have, and she was allowing herself to be open about it to him.

He took a metaphorical step back.

“Well, whoever you got it from must be a good gardener; got some beautiful plants.”

“May I put it on you?”

The question was hurried, the words merging into one another. But their meaning was understood.

“Sorry?”

“You heard me.” She groaned, giving him a glare but it was a half hearted one. “Yes or no? Don’t make a big deal of it.”

He was absolutely making a big deal of it.

And not only because of the girl in front of him, but also because he hadn’t worn something feminine in <em>so long</em>. Once he wasn’t forced to anymore, he had never put on anything that made him feel awkward in his body.

But he really didn’t feel as if he could possibly feel bad about it if Meiri was matching him.

“Alright.” He leaned down towards her. “Go ahead, please.”

He wore the crown for the rest of the day, both of them letting time get away from them as they went from looking for butterflies outside to listening to music on the radio when the weather began getting colder. The evening set, and they were still discussing what Edmund should have for dinner and judging the songs that came up when the cabin’s phone rang.

It had been from Saint Anne’s, asking him if Meiri was there and asking her to get back, since it was already past her curfew. The girl got on her way, not happy about it but knowing she had no other choice. That night, he hung his crown on one of his coat hangers, figuring that letting them dry was the best way to preserve it, and struggled to fall asleep as he wondered about what it meant that they now knew exactly where to find the girl when she slipped away.

#Additional bit of lore: the garden that Meiri stole the flowers from was Tildy’s.#She actually got caught by her while doing it #but she explained that she was doing it for someone she cared a lot for #and Tildy gave her the flowers happily and subtly put a small good luck blessing on her :)#meiridom #fic: fotw #my fic #hilda oc #the bell keeper hilda #meiri #meiri (oc)#the bell keeper fanfic #hilda the series fanfic

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duskgryphon · 2 years ago

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Hey rewrite your oc stuff

responding to this hours later because i uh. took a while to revise this lmao

Okay so! Technically not talking about any specific ocs here, but rather my personal project world. I got sent an ask about bug dragons, so I'll start there I think? After some explanation. Essentially this world is entirely removed from the concept of Earth and humans. Different galaxy, different planet, different life. It's still in. very early stages so a lot of things are subject to change, a lot of things I'm still working on. Though this is sort of misleading; I've been working on this world, in it's vaguest sense, since late 2016/early 2017 ish. The most recent iteration started I believe around the start of 2021? But I've been giving it a lot more focus in the past couple of months. It's also turned into a partly speculative biology based project. Gaining an interest in specific subjects does that to yah I guess.

So, bug dragons. What are they? "Bug dragon" refers to a large number of species, mainly those that would be classified as athropods and annelids. They aren't technically insects, though they do, in part, replace insects here. Like the aforementioned phylums, they encompass species with and without flight and worm-like species. There are, additionally, a small number of species that make up some of the sophonts in this world. They're uh. currently unnamed, though two have designs that are mostly set in stone? The classification that distinguishes specific species of sophonts from one another is whether or not they're "true" bug dragons. True bug dragons have no capacity to transform, but the other species do. The only species with the capacity to transform are sophonts, since they're the only ones that developed a need for it.

I should also note, coming back to the fact that this is completely removed from Earth, human languages don't exist. It'll take a lot of time and effort for me to get even vague individual constructed languages down, but if anyone is interested in this I'll try to make things as clear as possible. Uh, "bug dragon" is also technically a temporary term, for the previously stated reasons, but I think it's a perfectly viable name for them from a human standpoint, so I'll probably keep referring to them that way.

id: An image depicting various bug dragon sophonts on the left, with text describing what each are on the right. The top one shows a species of winged bug dragon with a long body, six legs, and a tail ending in a stinger. The text reads; "Species of bug dragon with the ability to transform. They come to just over 7 feet." The middle one shows two characters from different species transformed. One of them is shown to stand bipedally, with four sets of arms. The text reads; "Concepts for two bug dragons, both transformed. Their transformation resembles one of the other sophonts, though they keep their insect-like appearances." The bottom one shows one character of a species of true bug dragon, she stands on four legs, with a set of arms hidden under a coat pinned at the neck. She's almost bird-like in shape, and has a tail and what resembles rabbit ears. The text reads; "Species of "true" bug dragon as shown by A'rei's concepts. They come to around 4 feet."

#gryph.txt #project world #< temporary tag until i figure out what to call this #names are. so hard #uhhh i hope the image description is alright i'm. not really sure how to describe some things?#anyway there's a ton i left out here but i hope this is a suffienct starting place #feel free to ask questions!#i have two other species of sophont #one thing for folklore #and again things i missed out with the bug dragons #like gender speech clothing etc etc #also thank bog and tony and whoever sent this ask i never would've written this up otherwise ToT #gryph.png #bugs #spider #< for xico just in case

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tangleweave · 1 year ago

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For my favourite Flora: What does Groot find repulsive or disgusting?

[ Random Asks / Accepting ]

The inquiry comes as Groot is tilling soil on a world that has no name by the tongues of galactic residents... none have seen fit to colonize the place. Ordinarily that would make it the most perfect haven for him and Beth, save that the flora here have been struggling for survival in the wake of the Snap. The loss of life had not been merely that of creatures with brains and blood, after all. Thanos' universal culling had also vanished half of all floral life. And every world had been affected differently.

Here, there were precious plants whose ecosystem had already been fragile, even without the interference of so-called 'advanced' species coming down to mine (reap) the world's resources. With the Snap of the Titan's fingers, that ecosystem had been sent to the verge of collapse... and it's only been due to three full weeks of stabilization efforts invested by Groot and Beth that those delicate little miracles are beginning to thrive once more.

He looks over at her as she appears to ponder a handful of soil, through which insects and annelids crawl. She appears unbothered by the sight and sensation, but it makes sense to him why she's chosen this moment to ask. And he needs only a moment to consider his reply.

"I am Groot."

<< My progenitor was cast out from his homeworld because he could not stand to see mammals enduring imprisonment and experimentation by order of his peers, and chose to set those captives free. >>

The memories are distorted and fragmented, since this Groot is not the Groot that was exiled. Nevertheless, he drops his head in shame to think of what his prior iteration saw and endured.

"I... am Groot."

<< It was meant to be done in secret, and without any further harm. But matters turned violent... and for his principles, and the sake of those he sought to free, he was forced to raise his branches, and set his growth, against his own. >>

He looks back up at Beth, a sobered gaze in his sap-brandy eyes. "I am Groot."

<< I am revolted by those who would commission harm against others, for nothing more than the sake of curiosity. I am sickened by sadism. Abject cruelty disgusts me. I hate bullies, and I will gladly raise my branches against them. >>

He turns back to tilling the soil. "I am Groot."

<< It is why I so readily joined Steve Rogers' team to confront Thanos on his garden world. I wanted justice. I wanted to help turn everything back. I wanted my family back. For a moment, I was proud to help Carol Danvers restrain him... to deny him the power he had claimed as his destiny. I believed that at last, I could force the ultimate bully to see all his cruelty undone right before his very eyes. With just one more snap of a finger. Or even a twig. >>

He draws a long breath and stares up at the sun for a moment.

"I am Groot."

<< Fate dictated differently. And now we work to undo that cruelty... one leaf, one vine, one fruit at a time. >>

#answered asks #brooklynislandgirl #beth riley #muse: groot

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echoing--stars · 1 year ago

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I hope sending you art is ok !! I just wanted to do a lil something for all the lovely stories you create they always make my day and inspire me so much, I hope you have a wonderful day :]

Oh my goodness! It's more than okay! This is absolutely gorgeous and adorable and I've been thinking about it all morning. They look so happy! I love how you did Rowan's hair, you captured the curls so well!

I'm so glad that you enjoy my lil stories! I love writing for Warriors and Rowan so much and it warms my heart that they bring joy to so many people in our little corner of the fandom.

#annelid asks #rowanverse #lu warriors #Rowanverse art #This is so gorgeous I can't get over it #Perfect remedy to a cold and rainy day

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mt-lowercase-m-derogatory · 3 months ago

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I'd like to believe that if there were Gods-given spirit animals, they would all be worm-shaped critters that take several specialists and a full work week to tell apart.

That's the only way the Gods can express what they think of us: making us spend days of our lives figuring out whether our spirit worms are coveted and high-status Deutorostomes like the noble acorn worm (which does NOT look like a penis), respected workers like Annelids, or a Nematode, destined to be part of a strict ascetic order that is not allowed to speak with other Nematode monks. It turns out that half of the population is assigned Nematodes, and the reason why they are sworn to silence is so they don't recognize their majority and the fact that they provide all hard labour. This is also when it becomes clear that the work is a YA dystopia parody.

PS: If your spirit worm is an Acaelomorph, you go straight to jail no questions asked, and honestly you kinda deserve it. Don't @ me over this you know it's true.

a sluge 😔

#shitposting #worms #wormposting

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fishyfishyfishtimes · 3 months ago

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I’m not usually the one to ask this, anyone know what these are (not the fish, the little fan-like things)? They were in a saltwater aquarium, I’m thinking they’re some kind of annelid worm

#aquatic

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lalsingh228-blog · 10 months ago

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Animal Performance Enhancers Market: Ready To Fly on high Growth Trends

Global Animal Performance Enhancers Market Report from AMA Research highlights deep analysis on market characteristics, sizing, estimates and growth by segmentation, regional breakdowns & country along with competitive landscape, player’s market shares, and strategies that are key in the market. The exploration provides a 360° view and insights, highlighting major outcomes of the industry. These insights help the business decision-makers to formulate better business plans and make informed decisions to improved profitability. In addition, the study helps venture or private players in understanding the companies in more detail to make better informed decisions. Some are the key & emerging players that are part of coverage and have being profiled are Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (Canada), Bayer Animal Health GmbH (Germany), DSM N.V. Merck & Co. Inc. (US), Biomin Holding Gmbh (German), Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (Germany), Cargill Inc. (US), Zoetis Inc. (US), AB Vista Inc. (UK), The Alltech Groupare (US), Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (US), Bupo Animal Health (South Africa), Chr. Hansen A/S (Denmark), Danisco A/S (Denmark), Novus International Inc. (US). Get Free Exclusive PDF Sample Copy of This Research @ https://www.advancemarketanalytics.com/sample-report/48482-global-animal-performance-enhancers-market Animal performance enhancers are defined as chemicals or drugs. These chemicals help animals for digesting their food more effectively, getting the maximum benefit out of it, and by this, the animals develop strong and healthy adults. These chemicals also protect the animal from various types of microbial diseases. Animal growth enhancers help the animals gain more fat and weight which helps in more amount of flesh production. It includes products such as feed enzymes, antibiotics, organic acids, probiotics & prebiotics, which help to enhance the growth in performance of animals.

The titled segments and sub-section of the market are illuminated below:

by Type (Antibiotic, Hormonal, Probiotic and Prebiotic, Organic Acid, Phytogenics, Others), Animal Class (Livestock, Aquaculture, Poultry, Porcine, Equine), Animal Groups (Arthropods, Annelids, Chordates)

Market Trends:

Growing competition and the changing market dynamics

Opportunities:

Rising population and increasing disposable income levels and increase the protein-rich food demand

Market Drivers:

Reduced production cost

Increase in demand for food from an animal source

Global Animal Performance Enhancers market report highlights information regarding the current and future industry trends, growth patterns, as well as it offers business strategies to help the stakeholders in making sound decisions that may help to ensure the profit trajectory over the forecast years. Region Included are: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Oceania, South America, Middle East & AfricaCountry Level Break-Up: United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, South Africa, Nigeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Germany, United Kingdom (UK), the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Russia, France, Poland, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Australia and New Zealand etc. Have Any Questions Regarding Global Animal Performance Enhancers Market Report, Ask Our Experts@ https://www.advancemarketanalytics.com/enquiry-before-buy/48482-global-animal-performance-enhancers-market Points Covered in Table of Content of Global Animal Performance Enhancers Market:

Chapter 01 – Animal Performance Enhancers Executive Summary

Chapter 02 – Market Overview

Chapter 03 – Key Success Factors

Chapter 04 – Global Animal Performance Enhancers Market - Pricing Analysis

Chapter 05 – Global Animal Performance Enhancers Market Background

Chapter 06 -- Global Animal Performance Enhancers Market Segmentation

Chapter 07 – Key and Emerging Countries Analysis in Global Animal Performance Enhancers Market

Chapter 08 – Global Animal Performance Enhancers Market Structure Analysis

Chapter 09 – Global Animal Performance Enhancers Market Competitive Analysis

Chapter 10 – Assumptions and Acronyms Chapter 11 – Research Methodology Read Detailed Index of full Research Study at @https://www.advancemarketanalytics.com/reports/48482-global-animal-performance-enhancers-market Thanks for reading this article; you can also get individual chapter wise section or region wise report version like North America, Middle East, Africa, Europe or LATAM, Southeast Asia. Contact US : Craig Francis (PR & Marketing Manager) AMA Research & Media LLP Unit No. 429, Parsonage Road Edison, NJ New Jersey USA – 08837 Phone: +1 201 565 3262, +44 161 818 8166 [email protected]

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