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[loominggaia]

Do some divines just MAKE new monsters for literally no reason other then they wanna? Like, Titania made faeries to be soldiers, Cerno made the first werewolf to defend himself (And made a plague), Erasmos made demons to boink, and Morganya made arachne to piss off Gaia, but could there be a divine who, at one time, made a species of monster and had NO intention for it beyond they thought it'd be cool if it existed and they made it exist because they're divines and Gaia lets them use her tools?

There have been plenty of monsters that existed simply because a divine said, "I think this would be cool" or "I want to make my own custom friends/spouse/pet/whatever".

Most monsters are one-of-a-kind and eventually die out, and not all of them get recorded by the World Athenaeum before they pass. These simply get lost to history. Only a very small number of them go on to build a self-sustaining population (like skorpius, harpies, etc.)

Monster forging is a complicated process, it violates World Law, and it's one of those things that everyone knows is a bad idea, but some divines can't resist the temptation to try anyway. Every monster has some unintended flaw and the potential to wreak massive havoc on the ecosystem or society. Monster forging is considered "playing God".

(Even Disgrace was wary about making the camedile because he knew that thing was going to turn out fucked up no matter what he did. I mean, it tried to attack its own creator right off the bat, so...incidents like that are pretty typical when forging monsters.)

So, divines making random monsters willy-nilly doesn't happen as often as you'd expect. But yes, it does happen.

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[buddys-follows-and-likes]

hi hello!

I looked at this blog and I am super interested I am looking politely. Anyways. What do the elements entail? What're the specific abilities/notes you have for them? just curious SORRY

No need to be sorry!

Anyway, this world is probably gonna go through a major rehaul, so don’t get too used to any of these concepts.

I’ll put them under the cut, cause this is gonna get long.

Fire monsters are lizard dudes who can breathe fire and exude heat. They can only eat meat.

Sound monsters kinda look like tropical birds from the neck up, but their bodies are humanoid and they have dinosaury tails. They like to sing and have the most advanced medical technology.

Toxic monsters look like snakes and have arms, but no legs. Their septic bite is deadly to all other monsters. They eat venomous plants, mostly, so it’s unknown where the stereotype of them chowing down on grandma when they get a bit peckish comes from.

Psychic monsters look a bit like cats with red gems in their foreheads and can read minds and see into the future if they’re born under the moons. They used to live on a volcanic island (the volcano’s smoke blocked out the sky) until they moved to the rainforest.

Metal monsters look like little gray drakes with sharp claws, frills, and tail blades. They eat metal because it strengthens their scales. They’re known for being anti-social due to them being naturally solitary.

Plant monsters look kinda like six-limbed jaguars with rainbowy fur. Their tails are prehensile and they can hang from trees, but it’s not the most comfortable. They only eat plants.

Air monsters look like Utahraptors with more flight-able wings. They can’t hover or perform complex flying tricks because their bodies are too heavy. It’s said that half of all of them are gray, chatty, and huge people pleasers. Apparently, the other half is brown, chatty, and huge people pleasers. It used to be canon that they didn’t eat birds because they could talk to them, but not anymore.

Electric monsters look like little velociraptors and like to run. They can fire electricity from their mouths. It used to be thought that they were just loners, but it’s a known part of their culture now that they just go on long solitary trips that can last for weeks, sometimes up to a month.

Crystal monsters look like ceratopsians with rocks for horns. They’re named after whichever gemstone they eat first, as their horns will grow with its color and texture. Other than minerals, they also eat underground-dwelling moles, bugs, mushrooms, and fish.

Earth monsters have the heads of ceratopsians, and the bodies of lions. They have designated “breeding nights” once a month, as they’re not raised by their parents, but their siblings instead. They lay 3-6 eggs at a time. Romance isn’t really a thing in their culture, so they’re often dumbstruck when they realize that it’s real and not something that other species invented to write saucy books.

Ice monsters are pretty much anatomically identical to polar bears other than that they have blue manes that run down to their long tails. They’re fancy and have a class system that updates every month, which determines how “useful” you are to their society.

Water monsters are “cetacean mermaids”. From the hips down, they have normal cetacean bodies, but above that, they have humanoid bodies with cetacean heads and narwhal horns on their foreheads. It used to be canon that they didn’t eat fish because they could talk to them, but not anymore.

Light monsters look like fuzzy critters with any combination of “cute” traits (floppy ears, fluffy tails, short snouts, etc). Their queen, with the help of a book and an evil plant, colonized their entire continent, which is different than the one the previous 12 live on. They cut down all the trees, killed off the Dark monsters, and integrated the Faeries as second class citizens.

Faerie monsters are kinda bird and kinda bug. They start off as birds with talon-hands in place of wings, then they go through a month-long metamorphosis in at age 12 or so, which is when they get the cool butterfly wings on their backs. In Light monster society, they don’t get to choose their jobs, and if they’re born able to spin a special kind of silk, they’re sent off to textile mills where they spin it and are only let out to breed and create more special silk spinners.

Dark monsters look like any kind of theropod, with dark blue feathers all over their bodies aside from their hands, feet, and face regardless of which they resemble the most. They were pushed off into a corner of their continent, a place which is now known as the Dark Forest. They’ve been conspiring to overthrow Queen Shining (queen of the Light monsters) ever since she drove them out.

And that’s the last of the monsters! There’s critters too, if you care to read on them.

Trolls look like ugly cute little fuzzy guys with big noses and ears. Their opposable fingers allow them to learn various tricks and even to be service animals.

Goblins look like upright standing, green-skinned pig things that live in the forest and like to steal whatever catches their eyes, which is most often shiny things and treasure (bonus points if it belonged to a monster). Their tails are also absurdly long, which can seem like an evolutionary disadvantage since that’s how they so often get preyed upon.

Orcs, for lack of a better comparison, look like Moblins from Breath of the Wild specifically, other than that they have green skin, a slightly more stocky build, tusks, and a less disproportionate arm:leg ratio. Orcs know how to use tree branches as weapons and that they can tie rocks and bones to them to make them more effective. Troops of them go to war just about every day, and it’s unknown if that thing about them eating rivals’ babies is true or not.

Ogres resemble large theropods, but they stand more upright and have way longer arms which reach down to their hips. They are extremely rare, so it’s unknown if they even exist. They apparently live in far-off, remote caves and only come out when they’re starving.

Rocs are giant, beautiful birds of paradise with colorful tails and head feathers. Both sexes show off to attract each other.

Unicorns are decidedly more majestic and pretty than monokeros, for some reason. No one exactly knows what their horns are for, since it would be less than practical to fight with them as they jut straight out of their heads. Unicorns live in large herds and run around, going wherever the wind takes them.

Monokeros are related to unicorns, despite not really resembling them. They have three toes instead of two, short tails, and horns that can resemble hadrosaurs’ crests. Their crests are colorful, and the ones with the prettiest crests end up breeding. They don’t tend to live in groups, but ones with young babies will probably form them.

Yeah, if you couldn’t tell, this was originally just an uninspired Wings of Fire rip-off. I’m trying to rework it into its own thing, but I’m so far deep into rip-offness that I’ve started subconsciously replacing the word “dragon” with “monster” when I read the books lol. In any case, if you have any more lore questions, don’t be afraid to ask!

Also, thank you for being my second ever ask! I’d give you a silver star, but I couldn’t find any on Google images. So instead, you get a verbal thanks!

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[teacupfulofstarshine]

Oof rant anon okay so like a week ago ther was this boy who i was chatting with because he was my friends friend. So he then he started talking about my nb friends but he was misgendering them and not even trying to fix it. So i naturally started to correct him subtly. Throwing in a they when he misgendered them. And then after like 5 times he goes 'i got permission to call her him" (i have not) so like im about to scream because what? You have permission to use this pronoun and you're not?

Rant pt so im ask him why he doesn't use the correct pronouns? It's really rude to my friend and he HaS tHe NeRvE to say "look im sorry im straight this us what im used too, and after running in circles with him for ages to hear this absolute garbage of an excuse i may or may not have gotten upset. I told him if you're not going to use the correct pronouns don't speak to me. Simple and then i went back to drawing(i was before this) and he stops talking to me! Yay! But! 

Rant pt3 i stood up to someone being rude to trans people for the second time in three whole years. Thats how long ive known i was trans. And i was kinda happy i was able to do it! Normally i get nervous and just listen! So im proud i handled it without throwing my notebook at him so of course i tell my parent because she knows me! She'll prolly laugh! She did not in fact laugh! She said i was to rude with him. And im like pardon me? And my grandma who was also there thinks i was rude too!

Rant pt 4 (this is so long im srry) like i listened to him misgemder someone and then when i asked him to stop i asked him to stop talkimg to me and he did! How is that rude! Turns out i should let him do what he wants and shouldn't have out right say i didn't want to talk to him or asked him to use the correct pronouns on a diffrent day because he might need time and im like seething. Because hes had time. My nb friend has been out for 2 years! If thats not enough time i dont know what it!

Rant pt5 ohgod im really really sorry this is so long. But of course they start saying it's his choice! And im in tears now because what?! I can't ask someone to stop talking to me when they can't fix a pronoum but he can misgender my friend all he wants?! I'm coming out next year publicly at school. And so im like so upset because the idea of my mother brushing off people being rude to me as a choice really hurts. So ofc i bring this up. So if people misgender and deadname me next year 

i feel like there was actually apart 6 that tumblr’s askmonster might have eaten, and i’m sorry about that

this sounds so awful!! i have my fair share of “parents not accepting your identity” experiences, and i know how awful they can be, and i’m not sure what i could say that can make you feel better. but i can say that your identity and pronouns are completely valid, and you have the right to ask people to respect both of those

[kidmonsterr]

Hey i was just wondering what kin meant? I've seen it everywhere and im still confused

well, in my case, it means i identify as/with a certain thing/animal/character, to the point of even thinking i was/am one sometimes!

[emperor-starscream]

Hey heyy

I made a tomtord blog for asks and drawings because i was bored and wanted to do something and now imma do a shoutout for it @askmonster!tomandtord

[5am-the-foxing-hour]

So, this is my ask that got eaten: The sides are in the middle of a video, and decide to summon Dee for whatever reason. When the summon him he is sleeping. Silence decends as everyone stops and stares at the sleeping, and BLEPING Dee. Patton, not wishing to waste such an adorable opportunity, lays on the Side of sleeping Dee. Dee instantly starts too cuddle him. Virgil records this becaus BLACKMAIL. Everyone joins in and it is a cuddle party with the BLEPing snake. ~ I ask asks that get ask

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askmonster how dare you BETRAY ME BY EATING THIS?!

That is ADORABLE!

[loominggaia]

I thought of a funny not so serious AU. Divine monster high. All the monsters are their divine creators' kids and treated as such, and go to school together no matter how little sense that makes. Isaac is also there as the token relatively normal person.

I don't know much about Monster High, but I still think this is an intriguing idea! The thought of Isaac being the one "normal" guy in a school of monsters is pretty damn funny! I can imagine demon cheerleaders, skorpius bullies, spriggan stoners...

Any Monster High fans available to chime in?

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[loominggaia]

Even if demons don't poop I assume they still have buttholes for sex? Similar to how nymphs have vulvas even though they can't get pregnant.

Erasmos designed demons to be attractive to him and fulfill all his sexual desires. So if he was into butt-stuff, then yes, I imagine they probably do have anuses, even if they're not functional for digestion.

Let's just be thankful he wasn't into like, vore or inflation or something...I think we'd have much scarier monsters on our hands!

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[loominggaia]

Do faerys cast magic super early on like fae do? I feel like they would... Imagine a babby drau making fly zombies!

I don't see why not! It probably depends on the individual. Some monsters are naturally smarter and more capable than others, so they're able to pick up magic earlier. There is a genetic component at play here.

The idea of insect zombies is very intriguing to me!

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[loominggaia]

Heres my altar senora for gaia. Sapient monsters gain a soul and form their won great kingdom: the republic of Ascend

I think we have some translation issues here, but I get the gist of the idea, and it's very interesting! If a bunch of monsters were to suddenly gain souls, I'm sure they would be inspired to build their own kingdom.

They would face a lot of resistance, so I think they would first have to ally with an existing kingdom to get a foothold. The name Ascend or Ascendance is perfect for a monster-kingdom!

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[loominggaia]

Very serious question: do monsters poop?

I think most of them do, but there are exceptions. Demons, for example, don't feed on food so I don't think they would.

Slimes probably don't, since whatever they consume is just added to their mass.

Angels don't, as they are powered by energy from souls.

As a general rule: if the monster consumes matter, some of that excess matter must exit somehow. Not always as feces, but maybe energy/magic bursts or it gets converted into another material. Wood into coal, water into alcohol, silver into gold, etc.

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[loominggaia]

How’s this sound as an idea for a chimera monster? An amalgamate monster that adopts the attributes & abilities of animals it consumes, taking on a possibly infinite number of plausible forms depending on environment and local ecosystem. It was ofcourse created by a divine to act as bio-weapon but went rouge and became a number of terrifying monsters as they spread out and bred.

I really like that idea! Whenever I get around to making a chimera-inspired creature, I might take it in this direction if that's okay with you.

I imagine it retains some aspect of every creature it's ever consumed, and over time these aspects just build up. Eventually the chimera becomes a total clusterfuck of random body parts and abilities. Maybe this is its main weakness, and eventually it leads to its demise as the parts become too burdensome.

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[loominggaia]

When it comes to monsters and their lack of creativity, aside from being uninterested and robotic with art/music, what other creative forms does this effect? Stuff like cooking/ inventing/ etc…? Would monster chefs innovate with food or only cook exactly off a recipe with no innovation or flair?

That's a great question! In a way, you could say monsters are similar to animals in that they don't exercise creativity. They have no imagination. They can paint a picture, but only from memory or by copying another picture in front of them. They can't invent an imaginary landscape or creature to paint. They can't add their own style or flair.

The same goes for writing; they can write a story about something that happened to them or retell a story they were once told. But they will really struggle to invent an original scenario, characters, setting, etc.

The same principle applies to music. They can play a song from sheet music or copy notes they recited. But you will not catch a monster writing an original piece of music, lyrics, comedy routines, and so on.

So, can they cook? Only if they copy recipes from a cookbook, otherwise they are lost. And forget about fashion; monsters could not throw together a nice outfit to save their lives. They have no sense of aesthetics, meaning they don't know how to decorate either, nor do they appreciate the beauty in anything. They learn to dress themselves by copying outfits they see peoples wearing.

Monsters don't choose outfits because they like them, they choose outfits based on their function. For example, a drau knows that he has a better chance of landing a job if he wears a fancy suit to the interview, as opposed to rags. Tojum understood that a dress would help people perceive and treat her as a female.

A monster's lack of imagination also means that they don't dream. When they go to sleep, their minds go blank until they wake up.

They have no urge to dance or sing to music. (This one can actually be an advantage, because some mind-control spells exploit peoples' weakness to rhythm! Monsters can easily resist these spells. The sirenes' song, for example, has no effect on monsters.)

Even the most intelligent monsters, such as drau and adhene, will never advance their civilizations without help from peoples. If left to their own devices, these monsters form groups that stagnate indefinitely, or eventually dwindle and die out because they're not creative enough to think of solutions to new problems.

Case in point: Seelie and Unseelie Courts. A huge chunk of these kingdoms' populations are made up of monsters (faerys, mostly). But these monsters are not the ones calling the shots. They remain stuck in lower rungs of society, ordered around by the upper classes of peoples such as elves and goblins. They are basically grunts, they need direction from peoples to thrive.

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[loominggaia]

Since you describe magic as being at least partially conscious, could this be why magic and monsters tend to screw up? Like spells backfiring towards mages or having unpredictable effects? Or with monsters having unintentional flaws that magic itself grants them upon their creation?

That's exactly the idea! Magic never lets any one person become too powerful. If a divine is forging some kind of monster that will cause too much imbalance in the ecosystem, magic goes "lol nah" and botches the process. So, you still get a monster...but it's not quite the badass you intended it to be. Monsters always have some kind of major flaw that their creator never intended.

(I think Isaac may be the one exception here...because while other divines try to forge the "perfect" creature for greedy purposes, Karenza purposefully gave Isaac human flaws so that he would have a human experience in life. Thus, he integrated well with the ecosystem and magic left him alone. It really said, "I don't need to fuck you up, kid, you're plenty fucked up already" lmao)

The same goes for casting spells. Let's say a sorcerer wants to sterilize all the water on Gaia or something. They're doing this for noble reasons, to provide clean drinking water for all creatures. They don't understand the ecological havoc this would cause, but magic does. So, magic rebels and the spell either doesn't work, only partially works, or does something completely different.

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