#avians sure aren't big on like

[solidwater05]

Big post with a whole bunch of species headcanons! Not every character is here and some headcanons have more detail than others simply because I happened to have more ideas for those

First I want to say that in my headcanon, avians and bird hybrids are different things. While hybrids (in general) are a mix of different species with any combination of traits, avians are pretty uniform in what kind of bird traits they have, and in general avians are genetically more similar to each other than random birds hybrids are to each other. With that out of the way-

Grian is a parrot avian, and he has a ton of vocal stims, from whistling and singing to mimicking noises he hears.

Martyn is a parrot hybrid, and he loooves to do silly voices and mimick creeper hisses

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Gem became an anglerfish sea monster of sorts thanks to the water in Hermitcraft. The same happened to Mumbo (catfish) and Grian (cod). And also False but I don't know what kind of fish fits her </3

Pearl is also a fish, but in a different way. She's a salmon that can shapeshift into a human (or any mix between fish and human, like a mermaid)

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In Secret Life, Gem had the great idea to replace her eye with an eye of ender. She became some sort of end portal creature. Nobody else has ever seen anything like it and frankly, they're scared. But Gem thinks that it's standard for a universe so full of horror

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Skizz is an angel, and angels are soulless! This is why he wasn't in Double Life, the soulbound mechanic didn't work with him.

Another angel is Zedaph, he's a sheep/angel hybrid. He has a weird half-soul thing going on but it's fine really.

Zedaph prefers not to fly long distances if he can avoid it, because long ago he hurt his wings badly and he has chronic pain now

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Impulse is a demon, and while demons can usually fly, his wings are underdeveloped and can't get him off the ground. He uses elytra instead.

Scar is another winged elytra user. He's a vex and vexes can fly, but it's painful for him to use his wings

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Scar is an actual vex like like the ones evokers summon, and he uses some sort of vex magic to appear hybrid-like. His true form is a little vex guy.

Cub is a human turned vex, and his hybrid-like appearance is his true form. He can look fully human if he wants to, but not fully vex

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Xisuma is a voidwalker. Voidwalkers are beings that form very rarely when particles and soul fragments lost to the void come together and become conscious. They're the only beings that can survive in the deepest part of the void

Voidwalkers are so rare that most of them live their whole lives without finding another living being, especially because they don't tend to leave the bottom of the void.

Because voidwalkers spend their whole lives in complete darkness, their eyes aren't super well developed. Xisuma's vision is blurry, he has visual snow, and he's very sensitive to light. His helmet actually filters out a lot of light so it doesn't give him a headache

His helmet also helps him breathe. Voidwalkers are not made for high pressure atmospheres

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Etho is a phantom hybrid. He's allergic to cats and also the sun. He needs very little sleep. His silver hair is not a species trait, it's dyed

^that's a Hermitcraft-only headcanon. I see him as a silverfish in the Life series, for no particular reason. The silver hair is a species trait in that case

Bdubs is a glare hybrid, being scared of the dark is part of his glare instincts. The moss coat isn't part of him but I'm sure he could be mossy if he wanted to. He can probably fit inside a moss block

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Tango is a blaze hybrid. Or a blazeborn? I imagine it's a similar situation to avians and bird hybrids but I haven't put that much thought into this one. And both blazeborn and blaze hybrid can be shortened to blaze anyways

She can't get burned, and water hurts him. Water breathing negates water damage

His flame naturally burns orange, but it can be other colors depending on what she's using as fuel. For example, the blue Dungeon Master look comes from burning soul sand

Her body temperature also depends on fuel. Normal, orange Tango freezes very easily, but blue Tango's body temperature is so high that he doesn't even feel the cold

He has tritanopia, as do all netherborns. There's only really two colors in the nether so beings from there didn't evolve the ability to see more than that

She can hover, which he uses mostly to break her fall and do big jumps

Because she can't touch water (without potions at least), he takes soul sand baths like a chinchilla. Yes, this makes him blue for a while

[brainrot-stitch]

Chronically ill tss light steve truthers wya....

Anyways chat u won't believe what I have on the mind rn

There's an episode early steve saga where light steve traps sabre in the snow thing and builds a house or temple or whatever and Sabres like "come on man I'm already sick this is cold:(" or whatever. Do u guys remember that. Or am I actually js fucking crazy and making this shit up wait hold on let me go check rq I FOUND IT "come on man I already have a cold you're letting me stay out in the snow and all that?" At 9:38 on the video where he first finds light steve. Giggles and kicks my feet imagine if sabre got sick(er) and light steve being both a steve and a cold icy snowy guy didn't know that. That the cold is not good for ppl. So sabre gets sick and light is like ?? Idk if this is a good idea or not it's 7 am I woke up at like 2 or maybe 4 I'm not sure I mightbe delulu

ANYWAYS random yapping woooo none of this is gonna b coordinated

Anyways anyways yea rainbow steve trauma from the experimenting and machines early steve saga but also. Sabre being scared of deep water and/or drowning. Because of both blue steve and rainbow steve mann that mf has almost drowned a LOT over and over again. Just so much water. Rip 💔💔 rainbow is like "let's go swimming!!!" One day in the rainbow town and Lukas is like "yea sure it's a hot day out that would b cool" or whatever and Sabre is like "uhhhh hahsha yeaahhhh sureee.."

Uhhh uh um

Early tss light and sabre spent a good amount of time together especially alone. I like to think they bonded during this time both off and on screen. Cuz like bro rarely shows up in the rainbow town era and past that idek. But even tho light and sabre aren't as close as rainbow and sabre I still like to think they're real good pals :3

Idk if I've said this before maybe I have maybe I haven't idk but sabre when nervous or thinking or worried and anxious or whatever will pace around or take walks or whatever. But will he completely silent (unless he's muttering to himself which I can totally see happening). But like his footsteps are light and near silent because of the muscle memory or whatever from being an ASSASSIN because that's so real to me I'm such a 'sabre was an assasin in the past before tss/rq' believer u guys don't understand how derranged I am about this. Anyways yea he will accidentally fnaf jumpscare ppl just like showing up behind them or whatever its so silly

I HAVE SO MANY HEADCANONS BUT I FLIPPING FORGET THEM ALL AS SOON AS I GO TO WRITE THEM DOWN FUCK MY STUPID FRICKING LIFE 😭😭😭😭

Also I am as much of a human sabre believer as I am an avian sabre believer. Like yeah let that man be a bird but also not depending on the mood. Both r awesome

Galaxy steve does NOT know how to spell gorgeous don't ask why this is necessary information. It's real he told me himself I swear

MORE ASSASSIN SABRE BS he's a super light sleeper from having to wake up at the slightest noise and be on guard all the time. He still frequently wakes up if he hears smth his subconscious perceives as abnormal. Also i think he'd have a pretty high pain tolerance but it gets higher as tss goes on because he gets struck by lighting so damn much u can't tell me his nerves aren't at least somewhat fried 😭😭😭😭give bro a break PLEASE. Also I think posture would be a big thing like he's all played back and relaxed and silly but when they have to go like sneak somewhere they (rainbow and lucas- or js whoever he's with at the time idk) can physically see as he slips back into old familiar habits with practiced crouching and silent footsteps and staying in the shadows and all that.

Lukas was also an assasin remember. Remember guys. And his assasin skin has a scar on his face and a blind eye I think wait let me go check

YEAH. YEAH so he totally still has that during tss. Giggles and kicks my feet and twirls my hair. Anyways I haven't finishes Sabres assassins creed series yet but I think Lukas would be used to Sabres habits but he himself would have more guard habits than assasin ones. Like the posture and unconsciously reaching to rest a hand on his sword in that classic templar (is that how it's spelled??) guard fashion as like an idle thing to do w his hands before remembering its not there.

Oh also another thing on the sabre vs water didn't he like. Didn't he almost drown a few times during his assassins series too? Bro water has got it OUT for him 😭 😭

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Okay im sure youve explained this a million times but could you lay out what it means to be a non avian dinosaur vs an avian one. And also if pterodactyls arent dinos, what are they?

OKAY!

This is a big one so I'll try to be as concise and clear as I can be

Dinosaur has been defined, for a really long time, based on the first two ever discovered (outside of birds) - Megalosaurus and Iguanodon

The definition of Dinosaur is thus:

The Most Recent Common Ancestor of Megalosaurus and Iguanodon, and *all* of that ancestor's descendants.

I know that's a lot of jargon, or at lest, phrasing non-scientists aren't familiar with. Essentially:

The first dinosaur is defined as the last ancestor that those first two discovered dinosaurs share. Anything that descends from that first dinosaur, is a dinosaur. This is why birds are still dinosaurs: because they are descended from dinosaurs, they *are* dinosaurs.

That first dinosaur species immediately diverged into two groups: Ornithischians, which is the side of the family Iguanodon is from; and Saurischians, which is the side of the family Megalosaurus is from.

As we go through the evolution of Saurischians, we see a gradual accumulation of bird-like traits in one part of that side of the family - Theropods. Essentially, as theropods evolved, one line of the family got increasingly birdie. Abelisaurs were more birdie than Coelophysis; Allosaurus more than Abelisaurs; Tyrannosaurus more than Allosaurus; Velociraptor more than Tyrannosaurus.

Because this is a gradual transition, there's no *real* point at which a dinosaur becomes avian. Traditionally, Archaeopteryx was defined as the first avian... but it looked pretty much like a small Velociraptor, and flight might have evolved long before it, too. Meanwhile, Archaeopteryx lacks many features important to modern birds.

So, at least on my blog, I tend to use "nonavian" to mean "any dinosaur outside of the group that contains ONLY modern-type birds, Neornithes" and "avian" to mean "any dinosaur in Neornithes". But that's just me.

Pterosaurs were never found to be in that initial group - they did not descend from that first dinosaur. But!

They are dinosaurs' closest cousins!

Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs share a very recent common ancestor, and the group that contains both is called Ornithodira. Pterosaurs have bird-like ankles! They also were "warm-blooded" like birds and other dinosaurs, and had feathers like birds and other dinosaurs! But they do not fall into that defined group.

In fact, Pterosaurs and Dinosaurs are part of a group called Avemetatarsalia. That group is defined as any animal closer to living birds than to living crocodilians. We know from genetic testing that crocodilians and birds are each other's closest living relatives. So, the group that is defined as closer to birds than crocodilians, is essentially the Birds & Near-Birds party! It's everything that's on the evolutionary line to birds, rather than the line to crocodiles, or outside of their family group entirely.

So, yeah. Pterosaurs are dino-cousins. They're on the bird line. They're another type of reptile. But they are *not* dinosaurs!

[amethystfairy1]

Hii, I just finished the Traveling Thieves AU and needless to say i love it.

There's just one question that I had while reading it was: since the different storylines seem to happen around the same time, is it just a coincidence that so many hybrids get freed/end up with masters that don't treat them like slaves? or does this happen all the time?

Also, Jimmy mentioned he was relatively weak for an avian and he escaped pretty easily. Did he get lucky, or were they not guarding him that much because he didn't seem threatening?

10/10 fic, i honestly love all your AUs and can't wait for the next parts

Hello, hello! ✨

Well, considering this is a situation of...let's see what, 5 enslaved hybrids within to an entire continent full of them? I think it's just our own forced perspective because the stories all revolve around them ending up with kinder masters/escaping...but I'm sure there are plenty of other relationships out there like the ones we are seeing in the stories with our little groups! And plenty that aren't. That's kind of the whole big dilemma of this cruel dark fantasy world. 😭

Let me put it this way, Jimmy is most certainly weak for an avian. That is true. But no, he didn't get lucky. Avians are the powerhouses of this AU, they are terrifyingly strong to the point that they the only specific subspecies of hybrid who are not allowed to live freely in the old continent. Other hybrids could, it wouldn't be easy and would be dangerous and they'd be at constant risk of getting kidnapped and sold into the trade again, but other hybrids could legally live free lives in the old continent.

For avians that is forbidden, because they're just way to terrifying. Jimmy is still stronger than any individual human or hybrid he could possibly come across, in a one-on-one fight he'd beat anybody...it's just other avians he stands no chance against. Basically he's the weakest of the strongest, if that makes sense. He feels weak and inferior as an avian, compared to other avians, and he expresses that, but that doesn't mean he's viewed as weak or unthreatening by humans.

Thanks for coming by, I'm so glad you enjoy my AUs! 💖

[breannasfluff]

how do flocks normally form? most people aren't just magically dumped in the same room by a portal. and I imagine there's some stuff where if two social birds have a loner bird child, when that loner bird grows up they might leave the nest.

Social birds are more likely to flock than raptors or loner birds. In Ravio's era, for instance, it's not safe for Avians to form big flocks so he's never been in one. Social birds will be driven to find other social birds or people to be around if they aren't often enough or it's detrimental to their mental health. At the start of Wing Bois, Wild hasn't been around a flock for a long time and it gets to him. Then again, he's a whole host of guilt and trauma.

Flocks can be families who become sort of communal living in similar spaces or villages. Some birds like to nest together and some species form big groups. I could see a whole flock of similar breeds settling in a small village and then within that you have families and sub-flocks.

Raptors and non-social birds can form flocks, too. The army in Warriors' era relies on flocks or, more accuratly, flock-leaders to command obedience. You have to trust your flock-leader, generally, or it's easier to ignore orders.

Other eras really look down on that practice since it hijacks instinct over choice. It's different across the eras.

A group of avian friends who grew up together might form a flock, just like best friends that move together. Flocks aren't as binding as sub-flocks usually because a sub-flock is only a few people who spend a LOT of time together. Sub-flocks aren't romantic generally, they are platonic.

Ravio and Legend have their own sub-flock call with each other, but they didn't have anyone else originally. Also, they were pretending they weren't head over wings in love with each other. Dumb gay birds.

It's still a bit of a commitment to be in a flock because, again, you have a flock leader who directs the group and can give orders. The tradeoff is that they watch out for the people in their flock and help take care of them.

For social birds, flocks can be a bit looser and less of a "leader". It's just instinct to flock together and share communal responsibilities. Some raptors, like Twi's Harris Hawk, are biologically inclined to follow the orders of a flock leader (There is a strict dominance hierarchy within groups of actual Harris' hawks).

Two social avians with a loner child could still be part of a flock. When the child grows into an adult, they might stay in the flock, or leave.

In mixed bird flocks, the flock leader is even more important because you can have loner, pair, and social birds all mixed together. The leader has to be able to navigate all those different needs. If they can't, the flock can start to fall apart. You get in-fighting of other birds challenging for leadership. Or, alternatively, the flock splits apart and either doesn't rejoin, or becomes smaller groups. Also, the more a flock dissents and doesn't trust their flock leader, the less likely they are to follow commands.

Mixed flocks are probably less common, at least at the amount of different birds and personalities in the Chain. You might have a mixed flock of social birds, or maybe pair birds and a few loners, but not normally so many different in one. And it's because leading them is hard!

Time loves his whole flock. He very rarely gives flock leader commands past the wings up for takeoff, or landing. Usually he makes requests of the group and the others follow because they trust and love him. His wings are always open for anyone to come cuddle up to him if they are cold, scared, or lonely. He knows Warriors is a loner bird so never tries to push social interaction on him. If he's splitting up group tasks, he makes sure Wars gets something suited to his personality if he has a choice. Time is very in tune to the boys. He WANTS them to feel safe, loved, and happy while he leads. One might say he spoils and dotes on them...

Flocks are pretty common across all the eras, although there's probably some differences (please don't ask about them). Wind's era, for example, likely influenced how flocks form due to the amount of water.

So...sort of a cross between community and friendship groups?

[ardenrosegarden]

Now that the Histories Ficathon is over I'm making good on my threat/promise... please assign the Lancasterlings (and their spouses, if you want) a prehistoric creature to go alongside Thomasaurus Rex.

yes...haha yes! 😈

this got long so under the cut:

Henry V:

Okay hear me out- we keep keep the swan theme and connection to Mary and her family as strong, tight throughline also I love the idea of Hal beating up people aggressive-swan-style. But- hear me out- bigger. So I'm thinking the giant Pleistocene swan Cygnus falconeri. It's a beautiful morning in France, and you are a horrible swan.

Artist: Sergio Gauci

Given Henry VI may have gotten his panther badge from his mom, may I also propose for Catherine de Valois the Eurasian extinct giant cheetah species Acinonyx pardinensis?

Artist: Velizar Simeonovski

Thomas, Duke of Clarence:

Obviously a T. rex, but I'm gonna stick this bit in from Brusatte's The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs to show how perfect that choice is 🤌✨

I admittedly know very little about Margaret Holland, but I was kind of compelled by how her children from her first marriage were kept in her and Thomas' household...that and Margaret wanting her book of hours to prepare her to "always be redy to dye," reminds me of the oviraptorid fossil that died and was preserved in position of protecting its eggs. Something about that as a parallel to her being buried alongside both her husbands too....

Artist: Zhao Chuang

John, Duke of Bedford:

Maybe it's because he himself seemed constantly stressed and running around doing some sort of assignment, and in the plays it's sometimes played as if he dies from sheer exhaustion, but I kind of like the idea of a beardog like Ischyrocyon or Amphicyon. The beardogs were famously generalists in hunting and in both of the above genera, it's hypothesized they may have been persistence hunters.

Also voting for Anne of Burgundy as an alvarezsauroid like Mononykus or Shuvuuia, which have been compared to nocturnal avian hunters like owls 🤎🤍

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester:

So a guy having a pretty productive relationship to his family (not perfect, but pretty good compared to others I could name...) trying his best to be an actual protector of his relative's kid, having a lot of relationship drama, and also getting into spats with people reads as very ceratopsian to me lmao. To de-fang him a just a little, I'm going with Kosmoceratops. Those folded horns on the top edge of the frill and side-facing brow horns probably aren't going to help you that much at Agincourt, but I'm sure that pretty lady from Cobham thinks they're fire 👍

Artist: Lukas Panzarin

Speaking of: I like the idea of Eleanor of Cobham maybe being assigned with some sort of plesiosaur? Sort of bridging the siren to mermaid to modern creature of our mythical imagination Nessie pipeline :)

Artist: James Kuether

For Jacoba, Smilodon. They're smart and fierce so fitting. Also what she deserves ❤️‍🔥

Artist: Mehdi Nikbakhsh

Blanche:

Unfortunately I couldn't find a whole lot on her, but that sort of elusive energy kind of reminds me of Coelurus fragilis, a possible Jurassic relative of the tyrannosaurs, but not much is known about their evolution or ecology. That and it being a more gracile and swift-footed creature kind of has Blanche vibes to me 🤍

Artist: Nobu Tamura

Ludwig deserves nothing and gets nothing bye

Philippa, Queen of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway:

I know in the fic poor Philippa seems pretty freaked out by Thomasaurus' size, but I'm partial to her being a big death lizard too– maybe like those coming-of-age mermaid stories but she's...bigger and teeth-ier 😅. For a similar reason to seeing what Thomas would do at Baugé, I'd like to see Philippa defend Copenhagen as a Mosasaurus hoffmannii. Let's see the Hanseatic League try to get past THIS 🫡 min dronning 🫡

I like the idea of Erik also being associated with something aquatic though maybe not as intimidating as Philippa...maybe an early whale relative like Dorudon?

Artist: David Arruda Mourao

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[radiant-vulpine]

Status Update 3: Febuary 2023

Here we are again, and so soon after the last one... what's the big idea?! Well, I thought it was about time to give people a bit more concrete information about Chapter 5, what to expect from it, a little info about characters, and also preview some new songs that won't be on the SoundCloud page.

First off, a few characters you can expect to see.

The Minister, the ruling bishop of the Holy Land.

Dirk Bishop, a peon of the Minister.

Eska, a powerful avian peace bringer.

Hycrisik, a strange creature of unknown origin.

██████, a mysterious █████keeper.

With those guys out of the way, as they're the primary characters, I'll get onto a little bit of fun information about Chapter 5 in general.

Firstly, here's Bishop's design! Done by the ever-talented @squimpus!

Bishop is a lot more of what you would expect, directly contrasting Minister in a lot of ways. While I'm not ready to tell you all too much about him, I'm sure people are gonna love this dork.

Next up... hey, wait a minute! It's snowy here?

Yeah! This world is coated in a sleek sheet of white snow. Of course, the bright palette of the stained glass and fountain piercing the sky lights a path for the heroes.

This concept piece is by jo_ once again! Giving a great insight to the eerie and cold atmosphere the gang will have to face to reach the Minister, and to stop the Knight!

Now I'm gonna ramble about Catti and Jockington. Originally, Jockington's role in Chapter 5 was a little different. But, the new route is... he's always with Catti! They work as a duo during battle, with Catti and Jockington making use of special team attacks to do things with style.

By the way, Catti was animated by the awesome R. Poizinne! Once again, the design is by Squimp too!

Now, I mentioned a few songs that won't be on the SoundCloud page, those aren't actually for Chapter 5... they're Chapter 3 tracks, but I'd like to keep their actual use in-game completely ambigious... so feel free to just take a wild guess!

That should be it! We could probably do another update depending on how progress goes on our end, but this is just a way for me to finally get a little info out on Chapter 5.

[calamitydarcy]

now with recent events does owl have any related/unique Deep Lore or are they still just good ol owl

hybrid traits (at least for birds) are fairly random! many avians have wings; sometimes they are nonfunctional, but at least they're there. beaks and full talon hands are also common

owl... does not have that. they have no wings, just some feathers on their back. their feet are full talons, but their hands? they've just got some sharp nails. they feel like they aren't a real owl, that they got all the sucky parts. yeah, sure, night vision is great, but not when it comes at the cost of sunlight hurting your eyes. sure, being really loud is useful sometimes, but most of the time you're just obnoxious.

owl has also moved a lot their entire life. they've never really gotten attached to a place, never really settled in a home with a proper friend group. they never had very many friends to begin with, being an outcast and all, but they did make several (usually non-avian) friends in each place they moved to.

they've got... attachment issues. they're always afraid of getting attached to things, always bracing for the next big change. it's part of why they love kinito so much. he promises to be your everlasting friend.

and, now that they're in the computer?

they're not going ANYWHERE.

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #283

Our pigeon friend made it through the night alive. J and I woke up early this morning, got ready, put our avian friend in a cardboard box with a fluffy towel, and made our way to the animal hospital; we arrived promptly when it opened.

Given the state of the bathtub when we walked in, I'm pleased to report that it must have eaten at least somewhat recently before we scooped it up from the streets. I'm also pleased to report that our friends at the animal hospital happily took in our lovely bird friend. It will most likely get the treatment it needs to clear up whatever infection it has. I'll call tomorrow and ask for a status update.

We returned home after that. This autumn morning was beautifully misty in some places along the way. I got more than a few really nice-looking pictures for you…

…And in other places, the mist cleared to reveal spectacular skies:

...Sadly, of all the ones I tried to take, this was the only one that turned out well. Part of the challenge of taking photos in a moving vehicle is trying to make the best of the angles that are allowed to you.

It's only 9:22am. Today is far from being even halfway over. I have a friend coming to visit (R, the baker!), and maybe we'll go see that Wild Robot movie all together - me, M, J, and R!

For now... I should probably clean up the tub. There aren't too terribly many droppings left behind, and they're mostly solid in consistency; they should be easy to clean up. I'll get rid of the droppings, then blast the inside of the tub with an enzymatic cleaner (the same stuff we use to clean up the urine whenever Hoshi has a seizure; it's good stuff!!). I'll let it sit for a while, then I'll rinse it out. After that, I'll follow it up with bleach and a good scrubbing pad. And don't worry; I will make sure to wash my hands between each step. I know that bird droppings are dangerous; I will take every precaution, I promise. Don't you worry about a thing, okay?

...The enzymatic cleaner has done away with most of the visible ick, which is awesome. I rinsed it away and the tub looks practically sparkly. I've since filled the tub halfway with a mixture of bleach and VERY hot water. Now we just sit and wait for it to work its chemical magic. Bleach is a powerful oxidizer; I'm pretty sure that's the mechanism by which it destroys most microorganisms.

It's such a powerful oxidizer that it will literally fucking oxidize your skin. And since it's a base, it'll strip away all the natural oils from your skin, too. It's bad to get the stuff on your hands! Wear gloves! It's important!

I'm gonna try to finish my current Dead Cells run. By then, the bleach will likely have sat in the tub long enough and then I can drain it and scrub it; it'll be good!

...

...So, remember when I said yesterday that if I reached The Hand of the King, he'd be in big trouble?

Well, let me tell ya!!! Today he got his ass handed to him!!! And I made it to the room beyond - a place called the Astrolab!!!

The Astrolab has all kinds of new and unusual enemies. You can only reach it if you defeat The Hand of the King with 5 Boss Cells active. Unfortunately, I didn't think to take a picture for you. I'm really sorry about that.

But!!! If I did it once, I can do it again!! And next time, I will remember to take pictures; I promise!!

Anyway. I got my ass handed to me by the new enemies there. Their patterns were unknown to me, and the structure of the biome was weird and unfamiliar. I got this one flying enemy called a Librarian; it shoots lasers out of the sky directly down on you, and it zooms just out of reach above you. I... panicked. Totally lost my cool. They do a lot of damage, and their movements are still unfamiliar to me. I got zapped until I got dead.

...Oh well. That's what the training room is for!! I'll just practice against all the new enemies until they don't seem so scary anymore; it'll be good!

Aside from that... R came over today! He brought an amazing soup that he made himself, and he also brought a brioche marbled with chocolate! It was SO GOOD!!!

You can tell how good this one was by how little we have left, ahahaha~!

And the soup, too!!! Look at this beautiful soup!!!

It's just as delicious as it is colorful!!! 🤩🤤🥰

We went to go see that Wild Robot movie after that. Sephiroth... one of these days, you GOTTA see it. It's about a robot that crash-lands somewhere that wasn't intentional, in a wild place, with lots of animals, and... it was outcast at first. And it finds a baby gosling, and...

...The relationship this robot has with the gosling reminds me a lot of the way your existence has helped me, even if that help was indirect and unintentional on your part. I won't explain more for fear of spoiling things, but... Sephiroth... just trust me, you HAVE to see this one. I promise you, it's really good, and I'm sure you'll find it more than a little relatable in a wide variety of respects.

...I shouldn't have made it through the things I lived through. But I did, because you exist. I was given another chance at living, because you gave me the strength to hold on long enough to encounter new and different things. I wouldn't be here at all if not for you. I write every day because I wanna give to you what you unwittingly gave to me.

...Well. I don't have much to say. And also, I gotta get up kinda early for work tomorrow. So I guess I'll end today's letter here in favor of getting ready for sleep.

Stay safe out there, okay? We're counting on you coming back home in one piece. We're counting on you, just in general, because you're lovable and wonderful and we want you around. Don't go someplace no one can reach, okay?

I love you. And I'll write again tomorrow.

Your friend, Lumine

[featheredadora]

Imporyant question:

I recently agreed to adopt two parrots from a work friend. She wasn't exactly sure what type of birds they were, but from the pictures she sent, I've found that one is a conure, and the other is what I believe to be a quaker parrot. I've read quite a few pages saying that these two shouldn't be housed together, as quakers can be cage territorial, but from what my friend has told me, the two were purchased together and have lived in the same cage with no issue. This is made even harder by the fact that these birds have not been tamed at all, and I don't currently have another cage in order to separate them into. What should I do?

Hi! So first, main thing for me to say: I am absolutely just a guy who likes birds, I have 0 official knowledge/qualifications, and no experience of quakers myself. So while I can give you my personal opinion, please do treat my opinion as like asking a random guy on the street.

In answer to your question, my feelings are that I personally wouldn't want to risk it (but it is a nuanced situation!)

Like, it might be different if you really knew the birds yourself personally maybe. But for me I would be worried about something bad happening. I have a conure, and she is totally fine around my tiels and budgie - they are out together most of the day, every day. But I still wouldn't risk letting her sleep in the same cage as them. Maybe that's too paranoid, and I'm sure she wouldn't do anything. But you never know what can happen when tensions are high, or someone has a night fright, etc. I don't think I will ever let my conure sleep in the same cage as the others.

That said, when I first had just tiels and budgies, I felt similarly. I bought seperate cages so that the budgies would sleep seperately from the tiels. But after I had them for a while and got to see how they were together, I allowed them to sleep together because it was clearly what they wanted and there were no signs of fighting. You mention that your birds aren't tame, and so I understand that it, quite frankly, would be difficult to force them into separate cages anyway. My budgie and tiels aren't tame, and they choose to sleep together every night - it would be difficult for me, and distressing for them, for me to forcibly separate them. So I appreciate that that complicates things.

Another big thing for me would be thinking about the size of the cage you have. Obviously there's no hard and fast rule, and especially when a bird might be territorial, but generally: smaller cage = more fighting over space.

I feel like I've been super unhelpful here, but I imagine I feel partly how you must feel too: it's difficult to know what's best when you haven't had time to get to know the birds yourself yet. As always, I'd recommend asking a vet more than anything (and, as a key first step in general, I would make sure you've got them registered with a good avian vet). But yeah, my feelings are: I would be worried about it, but I understand there's nuance, things are often more complicated than just 'what is correct', and I appreciate that those birds will already be going through a big change moving to live with you, so keeping things as close to 'normal' for them as possible might be the best thing to do.

Wishing you all the best with them!

[t0kidal]

Baby Babiru?

(Independent one shot of other works, you're just another normal student, this is the first time you're meeting the big three (chaos trio, the dog, the cat, and the bird) of Babyls, inspired by Gakugen Babysitters.

btw, apparently the honorific 'kun' can be used strictly for young males but females can be called 'kun' as well by their 'superiors')

Here in the netherworld, life was precious. But very rarely did demons come together to reaffirm that, preferring the phrase “to each their own” as a principle.

As an effort to change that, for the sake of his grandson no doubt, the principal forcefully recruited some of the strongest students.

And you were there too, I guess.

Ok, you just needed some extra pocket money, living independently is hard and a little bit of income for a slightly larger lunch would be amazing.

But what exactly were you recruited for? You'll find out soon enough.

"006... 006... Ah, here we go."

Living alone wasn't too bad, at least your folks set you up with a roof over your head and a plot of poorly managed land (you couldn't help being at school almost the whole day). Now that you've sort of got the hang of it, you can afford to get a part time job!

Yay...

As you open the room door to 006, you see the top dog of Babyls, who you know goes by Opera.

The real question is though, Why do they have a kid?

Your gawking is put to an end when they clear their throat.

"Ah, you must be the other Kouhai. Welcome."

"Other...? I'm sorry, I'm not really sure what's going on..?"

That blue baby is just so stinking cute!

Would it be too much to just... squish his cheeks... just a bit?

"Sullivan-sama hired you for a project of his, in order to change demon society we, as well as fulfill a crucial desire."

'Oh no we're gonna be his gophers aren't we this is gonna suck so mu-'

"Having his grandson close to work."

"... huh?"

With that he releases a rope and a banner unfurls in your face.

'BABYLS' BABY DAYCARE.'

"Oh..."

'OH NOOOOO'

Demon children, extremely young ones to boot, were hellish creatures.

How did they expect you to survive!?

As if sensing your internal panic..

"Not to worry, uh..."

"Y/n..."

"Not to worry, Y/n-kun. My underlings will be joining us on this task."

'Underlings!?'

Just as you thought that, a voice behind you rings out.

"Ghg... Opera-Senpai!?"

You turn, startled, and find yourself almost nose to nose with Naberius Kalego, the guard dog of Babyls.

Your face goes pale and you step back into the daycare room.

"S-sorry!"

"Tch."

By his side was an avian demon, a little on the short side but you instantly recognize him from the rumors as the insanely strong human fanatic.

He seemed normal enough though...?

He eyes glance at you in acknowledgment before returning to read the banner overhead.

"Senpai... Are we... babysitters?"

"For the time being, Shichiro-kun, Yes."

It's silent... nothing but your internal screaming, and the chair demon's grandson's giggles could be heard.

"That damn chair demon..."

"Kalego-kun."

The temperature easily dropped ten degrees, as a terrifying look crosses Opera's face. Without looking, he hands off the blue child to you, disregarding the surprise on your face and the curious coo of said child, as he approaches Kalego.

"Need I remind you of what'll happen if you don't comply like a good dog?"

"Ghg... F-fine... Whatever."

Shichiro, noticing your confusion, steps closer and clarifies.

"Opera-senpai threatened to shadow Kalego-kun."

"Hmm?" That... you had to say it, "that doesn't seem so bad...?"

But as you listen to Shichiro explain you realize, oh... yeah... having waves of delinquent demons pester you every ten minutes has got to be the most draining thing you've ever heard. You could only look at the man in question sympathetically before your attention is snatched by a small coo.

".. Hello, little... uh.."

"Iruma" called Opera as he dragged Kalego away.

"Uh- Um, Ok, Hello Iruma, let's ignore that for now... I guess we'll be working together for a bit. Please take care of us." And then you shake his little hand all business like, marveling at how soft it is.

You gotta tell everyone, starting with 'Shichiro'.

"Uh... Shichiro... kun... huh. Nice name." Today isn't such a bad day, you heard a nice sounding name, shook hands with an adorable baby.

"Yes, That's me?"

"Ah Sorry! I just... well," It'd be weird to say you're amazed at how soft Iruma's hands are... right? "It's nice to meet you." You settle on that for now.

"Good to meet you too Y/n...?"

"Ah, you can just call me, Y/n. I hope that doesn't make you uncomfortable?"

"N-no... Not at all."

Shichiro couldn't help but smile behind his mask, you weren't too loud and you were polite. That's a win win.

Eventually, you all settle down in a little circle, Opera provided aprons for all of you to wear and you're now entertaining Iruma.

"I would've thought more parents would send their kids here..." You muse. "If only to try and connect with the Principal."

"Hmph, most noble children are tutored till they reach the age their clans see fit to send them to school." Responded Kalego. "I myself spent a great amount of time preparing myself for my future."

"I suppose..." You didn't really want to say anything else, while Shichiro was quite friendly, and Opera was... well meaning, Kalego was still a prickly sort you didn't want to cross.

And an awkward silence fell over the circle. You... against your better judgement, decide to break it.

"Opera-senpai, what class are you in?"

"Me? I'm in class 2-B on the issue of attendance."

Shichiro leans over to whisper to you, "It's cause he keeps leaving class to beat up the gangs that loiter in the halls."

"O-oh... is that so? I'm in... 1-C, it's not so bad there but it's a little..."

Iffy, you were going to say iffy because lots of your classmates, remember that Babyls is a mess during this time, liked to misbehave.

"Tsk. Shichiro and I are in class 1-A. But to be honest it's full of delinquents just like the rest of the school."

"'Tis a shame" agreed Opera.

"Don't give me that, you're literally one of them."

From how much he gets bullied by Opera... you don't blame him for that statement.

[thedo0zyslider]

Distraction - Chapter 3: Promises - 1k words

Scar and Grian make promises, ones that they aren't sure they can keep. But there sure all hell try too. if this chapter is a little rough, its bc i forgot the original idea for it. alas it needs to happen for ultimate angst potential!!!!

A03 Link

Getting caught a few times didn’t stop Grian and Scar’s meetups, not at all. It probably encouraged them, more than anything, since they kept going at full force. They really had no intention of ever stopping, because this was intoxicating , addicting , enjoyable ; it was a lot of things Scar couldn’t describe. All he knew was that he left every meetup burning for more , more of the soft touches and the passionate kisses, and Grian was more than happy to keep on giving. He gave the gift of his presence like it was Christmas, and Scar was receiving all the presents.

The two now sat at the abandoned building BigB had first made, cuddled up behind a wall. They’d decided to be more discreet for once, meeting up under the moonlight like a true forbidden love story. Apparently, sneaking away from the mansion was much harder than sneaking away from the Rock, and everytime the Bad Boy complained of it Scar cheekily suggested not flooding and burning the place next time. Grian had whacked him with a wing a few times, but the teasing and play fights had long since ceased.

Grian was sitting comfortably in Scar’s lap, and was currently snuggling closer. Normally, Scar would be smiling with fondness at just how cuddly Grian would be, but no tonight. He could tell something was off by the other’s almost stiff movements, the little avian had begun clinging to him like his life depended on it, and that wasn’t good. It reminded Scar of huddling together on cold and fearful desert nights.

“G?” He asked softly. “I can tell something’s wrong, so what is it?”

The admin took a moment to respond, burying the side of his face into Scar’s shirt. “Well, we’re both red now,” He began. “And I was worried about us having to fight each other, especially because our groups are enemies and all…” Ah, so that was the problem. Well, no matter, nothing Scar’s normal swagger and reassurance couldn’t quell.

"Promise not to kill me?" Scar muttered into fluffy blonde hair, a little too lighthearted for the moment.

"Only if you don't kill me first." His avian hummed in response, shifting slightly so he could look up at the sky.

"I suppose that's fair." He sighed, chuckling just a little.

"You suppose!? " Grian exclaimed, lighting punching Scar's arm when he started to giggle wildly. Despite the amused response, the brunette still felt as if he’d missed something, like he’d forgotten an important detail.

"What if we're the last two alive again?" Grian muttered only a moment later, quiet enough Scar initially had to strain to hear how broken his tone sounded. Oh , so that was what he’d missed, which was embarrassing, it was a pretty big detail to forget. "I..I can't do it again.." The avian's voice became louder as he spoke, more panicked. Claws started to dig into the fabric of Scar's shirt, almost ripping it.

"It won't happen again, G." He soothed, letting Grian twist in his arms until they were face to face. He twitched in discomfort at the thought, at the memory of the last time. He’d rather kill himself than do that again.

"How do you know that?" Grian eyes were wide and searching his face, they were scared . Scar hadn’t seen that look since…since their last few days in the desert; since the cactus ring. He didn’t like it. He wished he could magically wipe the frown of Grian’s face, make him laugh and smile until he forgot his fear for good. But he wasn’t a magician, not here, so all he could do was over comfort that might mean nothing later.

All he could do instead was let Grian hold his face and ask, “What if we have to do it again?”

"I couldn’t…kill you…" Scar muttered, pulling Grian to his chest once more and wrapping him into the tightest hug he could manage. He didn’t want to do it again, he couldn’t, but he wouldn’t have to. This wasn’t Third Life. There was no red army, they weren’t in the desert, they couldn't possibly be the last two alive again, it was statistically impossible. Probably. At least that’s what Scar had been telling himself since they began seeing each other again.

"You might have to!" Talons gripped his shoulders tight enough to rip the fabric of his shirt a second time and dig into his skin. "Please, I can't…I don't…." The avian sobbed, burying his nose against Scar’s neck. I can’t kill you again, went unsaid. Scar let Grian cry in his arms as long as he needed too, offering nothing but soothing murmurs and tentative wing pets, which he hoped were working. He was never sure if they did. He didn’t think of what they had just discussed, but the avian could tell when he was holding back his own emotions, even in such a destroyed state; Grian could tell that Scar was purposefully leaving his grip gentle, avoiding clutching onto him because Grian was the one who needed comfort in that moment. Their relationship was funny like that, it seemed.

"Only kill me if there's not a lot of people left, okay?" Grian whispered a moment later between hiccups, and Scar just now felt how wet his shirt had become over the past few minutes. He sighed softly, resting his chin on top of the smaller’s head. He held him tighter, closer, more protectively. He vowed silently that nothing would hurt the avian like that ever again, not even Scar himself, not if he could help it. Even if he had to kill himself to do it.

"Okay." Scar muttered a response, resting his chin on top of the smaller’s head. The brunette knew he probably couldn;t do that, not unless the bloodlust of a red overtook him completely. But he’d try, and only would try such a thing for the person currently in his arms.

"Promise?" Grian wanted a conformation, a promise that could be broken as easily as it could be forged.

"I promise." Scar buried his face into Grian’s hair once more, shutting his eyes.

They fell asleep there, like that, together. Scar pressed soft, comforting kisses to Grian’s scalp, only able to hug the smaller as he sobbed himself to sleep against his torn and bloody shirt. The brunette could care less about waking up with back pain, damp clothes, and questions from his teammates. For now all he cared about was the birdie restlessly sleeping in his arms, and how to keep them both alive, and how to avoid fate.

[quotemenevervore]

Karl just comes home after a really hard time with the traveling but the fiancees aren't there, and aren't answering their coms.

What would he do?

Oh no! He’d definitely get pretty upset, and try to reach out to someone who may know where they were but can’t really get a word out on the communicator before he just starts crying.

He calls Wilbur first since he’s usually in las Nevadas with Q, and Wilbur at that point would have gotten pretty close with the fiancés. He knows trying to get Q would be a pointless endeavor, they have him locked in meetings practically all day and Slime has his com. So Wilbur goes to check on Karl himself, contacting George and Dream and demanding they try to find Sapnap and send him home.

Quackity gets out of the meeting for Purpled to tell him Karl called Wilbur and Wilbur took off to go check on him and the avian fucking books it out of Las Nevadas, telling Purpled to tell the others that his fiancés come before their stupid projects.

When Quackity gets there, Sapnap’s there as well, and Karl is curled up with the fireborn on the couch and Wilbur’s making dinner. Karl doesn’t eat, feeling too sick from the traveling and the breakdown earlier, and Sapnap opts to make sure he knows they’d never separate from him in a literal sense. Wilbur doesn’t question when Karl doesn’t come down for supper or Sapnap’s purring, recognizing it as a comforting purr rather than a happy one. (He lives with a netherborn himself, he knows the difference)

Wilbur sends a message to Karl’s communicator before he leaves, letting him know if anything ever happened and he couldn’t reach Sapnap or Quackity, he’d go and check in with him and stay with him until they could get to him.

Quackity sleeps in that night as well, wrapping Karl in as tight a hug as he can and promising that meetings would never keep him away from the other again. Karl’s afternoon was very shaky, but they make sure it’s a good night.

Karl asks Niki to make cookies so he can take them to Wilbur, despite the fact that he can cook. He just thinks that her cookies are superior, she literally owns a bakery after all. He sits with her while she makes them and tells her what happened, and Niki doesn’t charge him for the batch. She tells him that the same rule applies for her; if something happens and Sapnap and Q can’t be reached, she is always reachable. And if she isn’t, Jack is, even if he tries not to be. All Karl would have to do is say Niki’s not answering and Jack would send her his way.

There’s another situation that happens like this where he simply stays with George and Dream, and while it’s not as heartfelt they take good care of him, makes sure he knows that they are there for him and that his fiancés would never permanently leave. He’d never be left to his own thoughts if he didn’t want to be. (George playfully rudely reminds Karl that they all have communicators for a reason, and Dream bites back with “well he’d try to contact you more if you didn’t sleep all the time-“ it’s the first time they get Karl to laugh while he’s with them, and it makes both of them feel so accomplished that George doesn’t even fight about the jab at his sleeping)

Sapnap goes to pick him up and he’s passed out on the couch, sleeping pretty peacefully for someone who just got back from what most would consider hell. George and Dream give him hell too, for not being readily available when Karl needed him. Quackity too, for that matter.

Sapnap and Quackity only let that scenario happen once. Never again, they make sure that they are always accessible and ready to return home at a moment’s notice, no matter how far away they are. Even so, if something were to come up Karl’s got a pretty big support system.

[eternalstretchofmuses]

Name: Daichi Watakhnum (+ Nendoko) Text colour: Green (Nendoko: Green and small) Title: One-horned Life Sculptor (Nendoko: Clay Avian Friend) Age: 253 (Nendoko: 125) Birthday: March 28 (Nendoko: Birthday unknown) Species: Xiezhi (Nendoko: Sculpted Animal (magpie)) Location: Forest of Magic (Nendoko: Nearby Daichi) Height: 6'3" (191.6 cm) (Nendoko: 1'1" (33 cm)) Weight: 196.3 lbs (89 kg) (Nendoko: 1 lbs (460 g)) Gender: Female (Nendoko: N/A)

Appearance: Very, very fluffy off-white hair, poofy and fuzzy like cotton. Has green eyes and freckles, too. She has two large... ram horns, one of which is permanently broken. Nendoko is often perched atop the other. They aren't too apparent, but she also has the ears of a sheep! Nendoko: A small magpie made of clay. What do you want me to say?

Clothing: Wears a white dress that transitions to green in a spiral pattern. A small vine is wrapped around her intact horn... though it seems to either be woody or deceased. The inside of her dress is full of wool, which probably isn't good for summer. She wears platform shoes that heavily resemble hooves. Her intact horn also has what appears to be a scale at the end. If only her other horn weren't broken... Nendoko: ... nothing????

Personality: While she often remains perfectly silent, she's kind and gentle to everyone around her, especially her creations. She acts motherly towards them, but shy to everyone else. Loud or aggressive people can upset her, especially if they pose a threat to her creations. Lay a hand on them and you'll surely earn yourself some danmaku to the face... or a headbutt! Please, be nice to her. She might cry. Nendoko: Nendoko is quite a silly bird. Very intelligent, too!

Abilities: Sculpting small animals out of earthly resources: By sculpting dirt, clay, stone, wood, etc. into an animal shape, she can turn it into an animal! These sculpted animals are identical to normal animals aside from their appearance. They are connected to Daichi's will, not entirely controlled but "steered" by her. They can also link telepathically to her. The animal MUST be at most half as big as her. If she wants to make a larger animal, she will have to scale it down to that size for this ability to work. Nendoko: Collecting objects of interest: Nendoko often collects things it thinks Daichi will like. Simple.

Likes: Loves the peace of the forest, rarely leaving the parts people rarely go to. Being alone with her creations is all she really wants, after all. Daichi is a simple woman: this is the extent of what she wants. Nendoko: Nendoko likes being around Daichi, as well as collecting things.

Dislikes: Daichi hates loud people, putting as much distance between her and them as possible. She also hates being told to speak, something she doesn't like doing for the most part. Any harm done to her creations will upset her, either to the point of bawling or rage. Nendoko: Nendoko dislikes anything that upsets Daichi. That and predatory animals.

Strengths: With how many animals she's created over the years, attacking her is sure to bring an army of little creatures running at you. Her love for silence has led her to be able to hear people approaching from decently far away, giving her time to leave the area. Nendoko: Nendoko is a loyal bird and has very good eyes.

Weaknesses: Her shy nature makes gaining connections difficult, and her muteness makes communicating even harder. If she were to ever get bored of her creations, she'd have a hard time making a new friend. Her love for her creation can put her in danger, too. She'd rather be fatally injured than lose them. Blinded by her unconditional love... tragic. Nendoko: Nendoko is made of clay!

Theme: Blooming Branch of a Ceramic Tree ~ Cotton-textured Silence

Spellcards: Wooden Snake 「Wooden Twisting Vine」 Collection Flight 「Magpie Treasure Pile」 Fluff of Nature 「Silence of Cotton Season」 Battering Ram 「Ram in a Ceramics Shop」 Primordial Clay 「Beloved Kofun Magpie Friend」 Gao Yao's Request 「Horn of the Unjust and Righteous」 (Last Word)

Tag: Creator of All-natural Sculptures ~ Daichi Nendoko: Clay Avian Friend ~ Nendoko

Professional Artist Rendition (Nendoko included):

[columbojumpscare]

Yeah but no.

This phenomenon is pretty dangerous to people's consumption of information.

People need to do their own research, you can't just watch a random influencer's content to get proper information if they are not a professional in the field they talk about, and even then you should still make sure they aren't being influenced to one side or even the wrong side of a debated topic in their explaination of something.

I see a Lot of misinformation spread around like wildfire way too easily just because some cretin like Tierzoo or W****goon casually said something very heavily biased or flat out wrong. Some people believe non avian dinosaurs had fucking earlobes because of the way a lot of us won't be assed to double check if something we're told is true if it comes from someone with a lot of followers.

And if you think it doesn't matter, i will remind you again that you are not immune to propaganda, and that just believing what you see from big people online is a very easy way to get fed such ideas. All information illeteracy is dangerous. Use youtube as inspiration but make sure to fact check whatever you think you learned from it.

tbh i think the funniest phenomena that's been happening in the last couple years is "youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will"