#combat ostriches

[funnyscienceman]

i think one thing i'm never gonna get over about the movie is that the memorial wall full of art — some of the drawings are of shadow nimona. i can't get screenshots right now but like. shadow nimona smiling. beaming. getting hearts and smiles and hugs, from the kids, from other shadow creatures. it's just. it's so sweet. like it's the kids who drew that taking all that raw hurt and vulnerability from the final act and giving it the hug and empathy and solidarity it needed. and it's like, look at nimona's line after the kwispy incident, look at the cereal ad, the board game billboard; look at gloreth being taught hate, and then look at the drawings. and i just lose it every time i think about it

[stinkylandersuwu]

name headcanons

i *really* like the idea of codenames/stage names in place of proper existing names here, so i threw together some names + some additional headcanons. please enjoy <3

*putting transcripts in case you can't read my garbage handwriting

Mack Thresher "Terrafin" (he/him)

Despite being a dirt shark, Terrafin isn't quite the same species of dirt shark as the others in Iron Jaw Gulch

He's been off-duty a long time, but still tends to find himself acting on lifeguard instincts.

Probably trains people in boxing sessions in his off-time

Liang Xià "Flameslinger" (he/they)

While they do wear a blindfold, he does see through the flame on the tip of his arrows

He is trilingual and speaks English, Elvish, and French*. Elvish being his first.

Ambivert. Usually loves being around people, but every now and again, HAS to shut themselves in.

*he learned French solely because he thought it'd sound cool. Very likely also forces the accent.

Finnigan "Finni" Ryder "Fright Rider" (he/they)

He's rather disconnected from his culture compared to his fellow elves, isn't entirely familiar with his native language, traditions, etc. He often feels alienated from the other elves in this aspect.

Ozzy, his ostrich, serves as emotional support for him, even if Ozzy is much more fearful.*

Additionally, Ozzy serves as physical support, as Rider also deals with OSD and has episodes of being unable to stand (at least not without being in pain.)

(* Headcanon loosely based on something someone once said here, raise your hand please <3)

Hura Crepitan "Stump Smash" (he/it)

It constantly feels chronically unwell/unrested since being logged, usually being what contributes to his mood.

He dehydrates far easier, and often needs to soak before doing anything combat related -- being on the dryer side makes it difficult for him to move.

Despite being generally bitter, being around Flameslinger has taught him significant patience (although likely, not a whole lot)

(these may change with time, and these definitely won't be the last of the skylanders. I plan on doing npcs for my next one of these though <3.)

[anonymous-ace72]

Some of my favorite ToA quotes

I was a dramatic god.

 I thought my last statement was a great line. I expected gasps, perhaps some organ music in the background. Maybe the lights would go out just before I could say more. Moments later, I would be found dead with a knife in my back. That would be exciting! Wait. I’m mortal. Murder would kill me. Nevermind.

Hidden Oracle, p.201

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“If you pull out a brochure, I will make you eat it.”

Hidden Oracle, p. 235

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VERILY, THOU ART DENSER THAN A COMBAT OSTRICH CUBE. 

Dark Prophecy, 125.

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What was proper? Commodus intended to live forever. He would drive away the darkness with the roar of the crowds and the glitter of spectacle.

But he generated no light. 

Not like the Waystation. Marcus Aurelius would have approved of this place. Emmie and Josephine lived properly with what time they had left, creating light for everyone who came here. No wonder Commodus hated them. No wonder he was so bent on destroying this threat to his power. 

Dark Prophecy, p.370

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Leave it to McCaffery to be tactless about love to a child of Aphrodite, while simultaneously starting a fire in front of a satyr.

Burning Maze, p.122

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I remembered how disgusted Poseidon had been, watching Caligula tootle around the Bay of Baiae, though I think Poseidon was just jealous his palace didn’t have rotating statues.

Burning Maze, p.221

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I had never been a fan of felines. They were self-centered, smug, and thought they ruled the world. In other words… All right, I’ll say it. I didn’t like the competition.

Tyrant’s Tomb, p.76

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Nothing is quite so disconcerting as having science explained to you by a supernatural creature.

Tyrants Tomb, p.116

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I could imagine a younger Meg exploring these tunnels, doing cartwheels in the muck, and growing mushrooms in forgotten locations.

Tower of Nero, p.28

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NERO IS NOT WORTH A FIG, HE SEES NOT MY BRILLIANCE.

Tower of Nero, p.247

[same-picture-of-benson-every-day]

How to beat an ostrich. Why are there answers, holy shit, there's a WikiHow. You think you can take me? Think you can take me?

"Can you give us, like, a dramatic reading?"

"Use a long weapon. If you are forced to defend yourself against an ostrich, avoid close-quarters combat. Keep as far out of reach of its legs as you can. Use the nearest, longest object that could be used as a weapon"

There's a sidenote here: "If you have a gun. AIM for the ostrich's main body"

"Keep to the ostrich's side. Consider yourself at the most risk when the two of you are face-to-face. Stay behind or to the side of the bird as much as possible to keep clear of its most powerful weapon."

STEP THREE

"Aim for the neck. Consider this to be the ostrich's weakest body part, despite their considerable size. Strike it where it is most vulnerable and least protected to defeat it more quickly."

"Go for its legs. If you find yourself behind or to the side of the ostrich with an easy shot to one of its legs, comma, take it. PERIOD. If given the chance, deliver one or both a blow to upset its balance, speed, and striking power."

Anyway, I'm gonna leave you guys with this image. POV: You're Ostrich.

[libraryofmoths]

Moth of the Week

African Wild Silk Moth

Gonometa postica

The African wild silk moth is a part of the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described in 1855 by Francis Walker. It is also known as the Brandwurm in its larval stage in Afrikaans, Kweena in its pupal stage in Tshwana, and Molopo moth/mot in English and Afrikaans.

Description The female of this moth is much longer and larger than the male due to having to carry eggs. The male is about half the size of the female and much thinner.

The female has a light brown abdomen with a dark brown thorax and head. The female’s forewings are striped light brown, dark brown, and gray. The hindwings are a yellow-brown with a dark brown edge.

The male has a dark body and wings with a transparent portion of the hindwing.

Female Forewing Range: 35–42 mm (

Male Forewing Range: 21–25 mm (

Diet and Habitat Larva of this species eat Acacia erioloba, A. tortilis, A. melifera, Burkea africana, Brachystegia spp., and Prosopis glandulosa. The larva will feed from the same tree it’s entire life unless there are two many other caterpillars. When there is a large number of caterpillars, they may defoliate the whole tree and the larva must move in order to not starve.

This moth mainly inhabits savannas with many Acacia trees, especially in drier areas. These moths contribute to the Acacia environment by providing food to predators and nutrients to plants through feces. Cocoons are usually found on Acacia tees.

Mating Males detect females’ mating pheromones with their antennae. Males fly to the females because the females are weighed down by the eggs. The female contains about 200 eggs which are laid on the food plant after fertilization. Eggs hatch in about two weeks. Eggs are laid in clumps and the newly hatched caterpillars grow as a group and become more solitary with time.

Predators This moth is preyed on by parasitic wasps and flies. These insects lay their eggs on the caterpillar and feed off of its resources until the moth larva cocoons. The parasites live off the cocoon and grow to adulthood while killing the pupa. Specifically, these larva are subject to parasitism by Diptera and Hymenoptera, the most common parasitoids being Palexorista species from the Tachinidae and Goryphus species from the Ichneumonidae.[6]

To combat external predators and weather, the caterpillars build a tough cocoon. Caterpillars and their cocoons are also covered in stinging hairs to deter predators from touching them. Female cocoons are larger than male cocoons.

Fun Fact In Madagascar, wild silk has been harvested for centuries, and this knowledge has been introduced to southern Africa. The cocoons are harvested commercially in Namibia, Botswana, Kenya and South Africa, and the species also occurs in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. They are difficult to harvest due to the cocoons being covered in calcium oxalate. Oxford University discovered and patented a method known as demineralizing using a warm solution of EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) that soften the cocoons by dissolving the sericin. This lets the silk unravel without weakening it.

- Wild African silk moth cocoons are also used as ankle rattles in southern Africa by San and Bantu tribes. They are filled with materials such as fine gravel, seeds, glass beads, broken sea shells, or pieces of ostrich eggshell.

- Furthermore, the cocoons have long been known to cause the death of cattle, antelope and other ruminants in the Kalahari. During drought periods, the cocoons are eaten, probably because they resemble acacia pods. The silk is indigestible and blocks the rumen of multiple-stomach animals, causing starvation.

- Finally, the protein found in this species’s slik contains many basic amino acids making it a potentially useful biomaterial in cell and tissue culture.

(Source: Wikipedia, SANBI)

[molagboop]

What are your headcanons regarding chozo newborns/fledgelings?

OH BOY do I have information for you.

A few basics:

Chozo lay eggs.

Most Chozo are born with an egg tooth on the tip of their beak which helps them break free of the shell to be born.

"Boriha" is a Chozo word used to describe children who have yet to fledge.

Chozo hatchling (very new guy edition) with an egg tooth.

The Chozo tribes evolved with different traits on their homeworld, which have only diverged further following their departure.

Mawkin and Thoha hatchlings are altricial: they're born blind and depend wholly upon their parents for the first few months. It takes two weeks for altricial babies to gain a full coat of down.

Thiloo (a tribe of penguin-like Chozo) hatchlings are semi-altricial: they open their eyes within the first 24 hours of hatching, and are born with a thin coat of down that reaches full thickness within three days.

Hatzu (ratite Chozo: think emu, ostriches, and cassowaries) babies are precocial upon hatching: their eyes are open, and they're covered in natal feathers. The strong-legged Chozo of the Hatzu tribe are the only ones capable of walking fresh out of the shell. The Hatzu are the only Chozo who lack an egg tooth: instead, their babies kick their way out of their shells.

There are more tribes than I've listed here, but the Thiloo and Hatzu have the most notable differences upon birth.

Pictured below: a Thoha baby, a Thiloo baby, a Hatzu baby, and two images of newly-hatched baby Raven Beak. The altricial babies look like little naked old men (not unlike many real baby birds: shout outs to baby pelican).

The Hatzu kid pictured above is being picked up by an adult: the most stable method is to place your hands under the kid's chest and lift. Most Hatzu hatchlings will start to panic if their legs are restrained: it's a survival instinct.

Most Chozo babies use their sharp talons to grasp the downy feathers on a trusted adult's neck, chest, and back. It takes about two months for a hatchling to be able to reliably grasp. Grasping is how baby Chozo get around for the first few years of their lives. 18 months is around the time Chozo will be able to stand and walk independently, but they still rely on their parents to carry them around long distances.

That's not to say they'll rely solely on their parents for locomotion: once those babies can run, they run.

A few examples. The large compilation image is of Raven Beak's mother with a cameo from the big (little) guy himself.

Baby Chozo ask for food by nudging the nearest adult's throat or negging them with screechy cries. The corners of their beaks are flexible and pronounced at this age so they can open their gullet wide for room service. They can eat some solid food (little bits torn off of an adult's dinner, grubs, small insects), or their parents can regurgitate nutritious, partially-digested matter from their crop.

Raven Beak and his dad. Baby guy opens very wide for optimal screechage and to ensure oncoming food makes it into his face-hole.

Pictured above: a Thiloo hatchling (left) and a Thoha hatchling (right). The corners of the Thoha kid's mouth are brighter and more flexible than that of an adult, allowing it to open comically wide.

Doodles of a newborn baby Mawkin and one with natal feathers (not to scale).

Hatzu hatchling doodles.

Chozo kids begin to fledge properly around five years old and learn to fly at seven. Mawkin children can start the preliminaries for their combat training as early as four and a half, but training starts in earnest at six.

This post talks about child-rearing practices and feeding. This post has more information about Chozo eggs and a basic child development roadmap.

[mysticwolfshadows]

Taken - Zutara - Part 81

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Katara spent the weeks leading up to the Peace summit feeling rather... Bored.

With the school in place, and both healers and combat benders from the North, the only thing Katara could really do is teach them to sense the flow. Of course, each could feel the push and pull as the bend, which was a good start, few were able to feel the water moving around them.

She taught them meditation exercises, adapted from firebending, where they sat with three bowls in front of them. When Katara believed they were ready, she'd pull the water up from one bowl, and they would try to tell her what bowl she had bent. It was slow progress, with the men finding the exercise more difficult than the women.

Aang had left just two days in, having to go deliver the letter to the Northern tribe. Katara wondered if Chief Arnook would bring Yue with him. As long as Hahn wasn't invited, everything would be fine.

The Wani returned, in time for them to leave for Ba Sing Se together. Captain Jee seemed rather impressed with the progress that they had made in his two weeks of absence. She climbed aboard gleefully, Sokka and their parents right behind them. Rinzo and Taka of course slipped in right behind them. Bato would be in charge of the tribe while they were gone.

They would sail for approximately three days to Cameleon Bay, where they would then make the day long trip on ostrich horse to the city proper.

It was the ostrich horse that Katara was nervous about. She had spent so long, traveling from the relative comfort of Appa's saddle, she wondered if she could keep herself up on an ostrich horse.

Her parents ended up having more trouble than she did. Her mother nearly fell a few minutes in, and her father gave up entirely and had climbed on to ride behind Sokka, who was most surprisingly a competent rider. Rinzo and Taka were at the back of the formation, as Jee took the lead. A small crew would stay with the Wani until they returned.

In all, it was the Southern Water Tribes 'royal' family, being escorted by five Fire Nation soldiers. To be fair, most of them were honorary members of the tribe. Still, it was sure to be quite the sight.

They had to make camp for a night, which her mother found more comforting than the ostrich horse saddle. It was far more familiar to her. She cooked, with Katara giving pointers where she thought it appropriate. The tribe hadn't been cooking much rice while Katara and Sokka were gone.

It was when they arrived in Ba Sing Se, a day before the summits opening ceremony, that the fun began.

"It's..." Her mother gaped as they stepped onto an earthbender trolly. It shot off, her mother holding tight to her father. She had never been out of the South Pole before. "It's so big. It's just... Wow."

"You should see Caldera," Katara said, grinning as she watched the city roll by. "It's not as big as Ba Sing Se, but the people... The color... Oh, mom, it's just amazing."

Sokka groaned. "We get it! You wanna go back already."

Pressing her lips into a thin line, Katara turned away from her family. She had missed the Fire Nation, in the years she had been home. There was just... so much more, than the white expanse of the South Pole. She missed it.

As they reached the inner ring, where the palace was, Katara was momentarily distracted by spotting Appa in the distance. She could see the little figures of Aang and Toph standing beside the bison, along with a plethora of Earth Kingdom officials milling about.

"Mom!" Katara jumped up as the trolley wobbled to a stop, and pulled her mother up. "Come on. I want you to meet Toph!"

She was soon pulling her mother out of the trolley, pulling her to the little earthbender. Her mother was quick to smile and worry, which made Toph squirm, but also praise her skill, which made Toph preen. With her mother distracted for a moment, Katara moved to give Aang a hug.

"How was the North?" Katara asked, smiling. "Did you get to see Yue? Is she coming? I need to thank her again for the vial of spirit water."

Aang's smile dropped as she pulled away. "I don't know. Even though they helped with the invasion- A collaboration on Yue and Pakku's part apparently -Chief Arnook wasn't to excited about the idea of the North getting more involved than they already have. And Pakku wasn't giving any support this time. Appearently, people have been going 'missing', especially women, and they're think about closing the city again."

Under her breath, Katara cursed. The people that came to the South. To many, all at once. Since the first wave right after Katara had returned, there had been almost two dozen more. Nearly forty people, leaving the North almost all at once. No wonder Arnook was nervous. And it wasn't like Yue could admit she was the one leading the effort.

"When is Zuko supposed to be here?" Katara asked.

"Today," Aang said, frowning. "Actually, I think he said he was planning to get here before you. So I'm not sure where he is."

Chewing her lip, Katara turned to look out in the direction of the Fire Nation, nearly a full continent and an ocean away. Had something happened?

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[martincrushcameback]

Got a fan-theory I wanna pick your brain about, and warning you now, this is a long one.

Keep seeing a lot of fanart about the bros with Lion cps that have the manes match the color of their actual hair.

I agree, it looks better than what we have now, but what if what we have now is for a reason?

We have multiple instances of the bros being affected by the instincts of whatever animal they've turned into, so what if Aviva decided to make the manes blue and green to combat that? A way for Chris and Martin, upon seeing their reflections, to mentally separate the cat from the Kratt, if you will.

Thoughts?

Its definitely a deliberate design choice to show its a suit that they're wearing and that it's not altering their actual bodies but I think k it would have been fine with their hair colours because like... the ostrich and flamingo suits clearly stretch their necks and its impossible to be in a lot of these suits without it shifting how their bodies work lol.

Ultimately each suit highlights significant parts of the creature and the manes are a big part of male lions, hence it being green and blue for the suits.

[ecargmura]

Wonderful Precure Episode 2 Review - Cure Friendy Takes No L's

This episode surprised me a lot. First, there’s the debut of a second Precure already. Second, the formula seems a lot different than previous iterations. Third, it makes me wonder what will happen later on. Regardless, I really liked what I saw in this episode.

I’m still new to Precure, but is it normal to have the second Precure debut in the second episode? Hirogaru Sky had it so that Prism debuted in Episode 4, as well as Delicious Party. I feel like this was to make it so that Wonderful has a motive to keep doing Precure stuff. Despite that, Cure Friendy’s transformation sequence was legit amazing. While Wonderful’s is good, Friendy’s is super well done from the hair animation to the brooch animation to the running animation. I love it a lot! My only gripe about Cure Friendy is that her skirt is poofy like Wonderful’s. Given that Nyammy and Lillian have different skirt patterns, it made me wonder why both Wonderful and Friendy have the same skirt. Also, Friendy? Really? That’s the name you’re going with? Not Friendly? I guess her design and transformation rocked so hard they took the L off of her name. She takes no L’s.

The formula is a bit different from previous series as it seems to revolve around healing corrupted animals without using finishers or combat. I guess it’s to tell kids to not hurt animals in a way? I said that it’s a bit different because the focus character isn’t Komugi but Iroha in a way. She feels more like the main character, which makes sense because she’s a human while Komugi is a dog meaning she has the intelligence of a dog and not a human’s. Because of that Komugi is rather simplistic as a character compared to Iroha who’s more prone to worrying about Komugi because she cares about her so much. I really liked the part where she starts thinking back to the day she met her dog and how her life changed because of her. Despite Animal Town being known as a harmonious place where humans and animals coincide, Komugi was abandoned. This means that Komugi is from outside of the town or there’s someone in Animal Town cruel enough to abandon their pet. I legit felt a bit emotional when I saw Iroha shielding Komugi from the rain with her umbrella. I am a HUGE sucker for any scene where someone shields the other from the rain.

Speaking of Komugi, I was worried about how they were going to handle her human form but it turns out that she can change back into a dog; as a dog, she can finally talk now, which is a whole new set of shenanigans for her as Komugi’s animal instincts have a hard time helping her keep things a secret. She accidentally tries to speak to Yoko, which Iroha covers her mouth and then speaks again when Satoru was nearby. Dogs do have short term memory, so it makes sense if she had forgotten about keeping her newfound talking abilities a secret.

Mayu makes another appearance in Iroha’s family’s pet center. It turns out that Yoko is a veterinarian and Tsuyoshi is a pet groomer as he’s the one who made the collars that Mayu seems interested in. I hope Mayu paid for that blue collar. Satoru seems to be a familiar face at Iroha’s place as he comes in with Daifuku and asks if he could use the dog park. Daifuku is so adorable. There’s a very soothing aspect about Satoru in a way, like his demeanor and aura. The official website for Wonderful Precure states that Daifuku is male, so I will be using male pronouns when talking about Daifuku going forth. I do wonder if Daifuku and Satoru will be mid season Precures.

The animals of this show are so cute. The ostrich was cute and the GaruGaru form was rather adorable looking compared to Mey Mey’s GaruGaru form last episode.  Mey Mey is super adorable! Maybe I’m just biased because I like sheep but look at him! He’s a fluffy sheep! His schtick of saying “Dameeeee” with him crossing his arms reminds me of Lacey in the Indigo Disk DLC who does the same thing with her arms. Mey Mey is from Niko Garden where animals live harmoniously, like Animal Town. I do wonder what sort of darkness befell the garden that it caused all of them to become GaruGarus. It’s also the first time I’ve seen a Precure show where the villains haven’t shown up—just the monster of the day but not sight of a villainous team anywhere. Will they appear later on? Or is the villain just darkness? Mey Mey is voiced by Shinnosuke Tachibana. He’s actually not a newcomer to Precure as he voiced Prince Kanata in Go! Princess Precure. I haven’t watched that show yet, but I’ve heard so many good things about it. Speaking of returning casts, I looked up that Atsumi Tanezaki, Cure Friendy’s voice actress, has voiced Puka in the All Stars F movie, which I haven’t seen yet. It’s cool that they’re getting many returning voice actors to play new characters.

I can’t wait to see what Niko Garden looks like and what our heroes need to do to restore peace and balance to the other world. What are your thoughts about this episode?

[artzychic27]

Blame @msweebyness’s post for this… I call this au Miraculopolis

@imsparky2002

Marinette: Goddess of Luck and Chance. Her symbols are ladybugs and clovers

Adrien: God of Family and Children. His symbols are domestic cats and carnations

Alya: Goddess of Messaging and Facts. Her symbols are spectacles and pigeons

Nino: God of Protection and Defense. His symbols are shields and turtles

Nathaniel: God of the Fine Arts and Inspiration. His symbols are paintbrushes and peacocks

Alix: Goddess of Time and Memory. Her symbols are clocks and rabbits

Juleka: Goddess of Serenity and Inner Beauty. Her symbols are mirrors and ravens

Rose: Goddess of Romance and Love. Her symbols are roses and doves

Sabrina: Goddess of Loyalty and Companionship. Her symbols are rings and wolves

Chloé: Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity. Her symbols are gold coins and bees

Kim: God of Sportsmanship and Victory. His symbols are palm branches and eagles

Max: God of Statistics and Possibilities. His symbols are abacuses and horses

Ivan: God of Poetry and Ballads. His symbols are quills and mice

Myléne: Goddess of Nature and Grains. Her symbols are cornucopias and bears

Marc: God of Literature and Epic Tales. His symbols are fountain pens and roosters

Aurore: Goddess of the Sun. Her symbols are parasols and lions

Mireille: Goddess of the Moon. Her symbols are wool and sheep

Reshma: Goddess of Craftmentship. Her symbols are a needle and thread and spiders

Ismael: God of Mischief. His symbols are apples and foxes

Lacey: Goddess of Siblinghood. Her symbols are rope and frogs

Jean: God of Theater and Entertainment. His symbols are comedy and tragedy masks, and songbirds

Cosette: Goddess of Masking and Adaption. Her symbols are a makeup pallet and chameleons

Zoé: Goddess of Rebellion. Her symbols are broken handcuffs and a tiger

Simon: God of Technology and Surveillance. His symbols are eye-shaped pendants and hawks

Denise: Goddex of Strength and Health. Their symbols are barbells and bulls

Luka: God of Music and Emotional health. His symbols are lyres and snakes

Kagami: Goddess of Combat. Her symbols are swords and dragons

Ondine: Goddess of the Sea. Her symbols are a trident and orcas

Different nations, different mythologies and deities

They’re all powerful deities, but they still act like teenagers, get crushes, drink a lot of wine, have wild parties up in the heavens, and crash mortal parties whenever they please

Being the goddess of Masking and Adaption, Cosette can shapeshift into any animal she pleases while the others only shapeshift into the animals they’re associated with

Cosette: Random animal exit! *Shapeshift into a shark and starts flopping around on the ground before shifting back and gasping for air* Random… Land animal exit! *Shapeshifts into an ostrich and walks away*

Zoé: Even as an ostrich, they’re still gorgeous.

Marc and Nathaniel have been crushing on each other for eons

Rose and Juleka have been girlfriends for centuries now. Juleka is not affected by Rose’s romance-inducing aura, and Rose is not affected by Juleka’s almost ethereal beauty. They just love each other

Adrien has almost this maternal instinct due to being the god of family and children, and as such, he adores mortal infants

A former member of the gods and goddesses of Miraculous is Lila, the goddess of deceit and trickery. Her symbols are jackals and masks. She still has her divine powers, but she’s not allowed back in the skyward abode of the gods and goddesses for a multitude of reasons, and has offended each of the others gods in some way

Also… She was just annoying as hell

*During an outing in the divine garden, long before Lila was banished, Myléne is telling the others about a new tree she had come up with. The others are listening intently when Lila suddenly interrupts*

Nino: Someone, make her stop!

*Nathaniel summons his paintbrush staff and slathers a bit of red paint over Lila’s mouth. It dries in an instant, and her words come out muffled*

Nino: *Sighs* Much butter.

Ismael possesses an object called The Golden Apple of Chaos. Basically, when he throws it, it causes some sort of havoc somewhere

He’s always tempting mortal children to cause a little chaos

Ismael: Just think of it, Manon. You, me. All the chaos. All the discord! ALL THE FREE CHICKEN!

Legend from both Miraculous and Prodigious mythology tells of a monster named Kiku, once a mortal man who wanted to become stronger. One night, he snuck into Kim, Denise, and Kagami’s temples, and stole one of Kim’s medals, one of Denise’s barbels, and one of Kagami’s swords. When they discovered this, the god, goddex, and goddess punished him by turning him into a monstrous bear-like creature. He had impenetrable skin and could tear through entire villages with his claws

One quirk about him is that whenever he gets flustered or excited, a peacock tail will fan out from behind him

A tale from mythology of Miraculous talks about how Nino developed feelings for Alya when she protected him and several mortals from a dangerous monster while they were visiting the mortal realm

Wherever Marinette steps, four-leaf clovers grow

When they arrive in the mortal realm, their entrances are all a sight to behold that you’ll wanna punch yourself if you miss them

According to Miraculous mythology, whenever Rose travels to the mortal realm, she descends from the sky in a flurry of rose petals. And when she lands on the ground, several doves appear at her side, and she emits a pink aura that causes people to momentarily fall in love with the first person they see

When Nathaniel comes to visit the mortal realm, the sky becomes an array of colors as his beautiful, iridescent chariot is drawn by several peacocks.

Reshma descends from the sky, performing aerial tricks using spider web silk. Her feet never touch the ground as a clutter of spiders carry her about, almost making it look like she’s gliding

Lore has it, that centuries ago, Denise nursed a young injured bull they named Aithen back to health, and infused him with some of their divine magic, helping him grow stronger over time until he was able to pull their heavy two ton chariot on his own

And, there is a tale stating that Simon won Denise’s heart after using his wits to vanquish a monster attacking the mortals

According to mythology, Lacey bestows blessings on mortal children and their siblings, helping to strengthen their bonds and know when their siblings are in need

While Lila may be the goddess of deceit and has done some terrible things over the centuries, she still has standards. As such, she refuses to ever interact with Lucien, the god of Onedience and Power, and Emani, the god of Manipulation, who were also ousted from their heavenly abodes

Max’s sacred object is his golden abacus, gifted to him by Kim. Centuries ago, Kim melted several of his prized golden medals to create it for him

During the annual Olympics hosted by the Miraculous, teams from different nations come to compete for glory. The gods and goddesses watch from the stands while disguised as humans or the animals they are associated with. Kim, meanwhile, is in his god form and loudly cheering for the team representing Miraculous

While Nathaniel is one of the kindest gods of Miraculous, but he also has a fiery temper. When provoked, he’ll fly into a rage, and even the other deities know to approach with caution

One way to piss him off is by claiming you’re a better artist than him. He’ll curse you so that any piece of art or art material you touch will turn into dust. *cough* Louis *cough*

Due to being the Prodigious god of not only Theater, but also Entertainment, whenever there’s a party happening in the mortal realm, Jean is known to make a grand appearance. This is usually when he feels as though the party’s reaches its peak. Guests are to be advised that whenever Jean attends a mortal party, it doesn’t stop unless he wants to stop. The longest was a week

Zoé, the Prodigious goddess of Rebellion is also known to frequent parties, usually ones thrown by teenagers who plan and attend it without their parents knowing. From the heavens, she descends using a charriot drawn by two majestic tigers. She describes parties such as that as, “Rebellion in its most premature form!”

[wardog-of-the-endless]

Jeff Satur Black Tie Fashion Breakdown

I can do all things through spite, which sustains me.

I love the fashion in Black Tie. Jeff's really living his best Valentino life, and I wanted to break down what I could determine. Granted, his coats almost all seem to be custom, and while I worked in the industry it was not with Valentino, so I would hesitate to guess. (I mean, I will if you want, my DMs are open). But everything else I could more or less find on the website and I thought, why not? My besty already got slapped with it, why should you guys escape?

Let's Do This.

Opening Look

Coat: Full Length Likely Custom (Ostrich)

Top: HEAVY COTTON POPLIN LONG SLEEVE SHIRT $ 950.00

Tie: WOOL AND SILK VALENTIE TIE WITH METAL V APPLIQUÉ $ 520.00 (*See Author's Note)

Slacks: LANA STRETCH PANTS $ 1,250.00

Shoes: M-WAY ROCKSTUD ANKLE BOOT IN CALFSKIN LEATHER $ 1,550.00

Earrings: VLOGO SIGNATURE METAL AND GLASS BEAD EARRINGS $ 850.00

Secondary Look:

Coat: Half Length (Assumed Custom) Jeff Satur Chevron Feather

Nose Stud: ROCKSTUD METAL NOSE RING $ 190.00

Lip Wrap: VLOGO SIGNATURE METAL LIP RING $ 190.00

Tie: WOOL AND SILK VALENTIE TIE WITH METAL V APPLIQUÉ $ 520.00 (*See Author's Note)

Top: Unknown

Shoes: ROCKSTUD M-WAY SINGLE MONK STRAP SHOE IN CALFSKIN AND MATCHING STUDS 50MM $ 1,150.00

Tertiary Look

Coat: DOUBLE-BREASTED WOOL AND CASHMERE COAT WITH EX CHESS ALL-OVER INTARSIA PATTERN $ 8,850.00

Tie: WOOL AND SILK VALENTIE TIE WITH METAL V APPLIQUÉ $ 520.00

Top (assumed): HEAVY COTTON POPLIN LONG SLEEVE SHIRT $ 950.00

Slacks: LANA STRETCH PANTS $ 1,250.00

Shoes: M-WAY ROCKSTUD ANKLE BOOT IN CALFSKIN LEATHER $ 1,550.00

Earrings: VLOGO SIGNATURE METAL EARRINGS $ 1,370.00

Final Look:

Coat: Full Length (Assumed Custom) Jeff Satur Red

Nose Stud: ROCKSTUD METAL NOSE RING $ 190.00

Top: Existence Cannot Be Confirmed

Shorts: LANA STRETCH BERMUDA SHORTS $ 1,250.00

Shoes: ROCKSTUD M-WAY COMBAT BOOT IN CALFSKIN WITH FEATHERS 50MM $ 2,850.00

Author's Notes: (Image from Jeff's Instagram)

The finale red look seems to have at least 2 iterations, the heavier solid piece that may involve a tie (social media) and the lighter almost-chiffon that Jeff got rained on in the MV.

Author's Note: At least one of the Valentie ties in the opening/secondary look appears to have been customized (embroidery) per social media images (Jeff's Insta) rendering it priceless. (He does wear alternate Valentie Ties in appearances that do NOT appear to be embroidered with JS).

Not to be all The Devil Wears Prada about it but:

"Are you wearing the-?"

"The Valentino Feather Boots? Yes, I am."

p.s. hi @markmybirds. love you marmar.

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

Venting:

Dear Christopher

Your image will never recover because you decided to play along with the stupid lies your C's make degrees publicist team put out there against your actual fandom and all of those who spent time defending you

You do not deserve the amount of time, effort or money that has been spent at the expense of others over your precious "image"

You have shown not only your fandom that held you up all of these years but the entire world that you are nothing but a spineless git who will never stand up and do the right thing if it does not directly benefit you or your bank account

You have chosen to stay silent during what may turn out to be one of the most important turning points in history

You were absolutely dead wrong about any part of the character that made you famous rubbing off on you, you are nothing alike and never will be

You use the excuse of "remaining neutral" for the benefit of your website to hide behind instead if your long gone fandom who abandoned you because of your own bad choices

Stop hiding behind the lies and rumours they've spun out of the fandom, you've had ample opportunity to set the record straight properly and you've actively chosen not to

I have a word for people like that, Ostrich Managers, they like to run and hide instead of apologising for the shit they did to other people making them run around and do the work for them so they don't have to do anything, passive aggressive narcissists

You sit silent, and yet you claim to understand the meaning of the word and what it means to remain so

Theres neutrality, and then theres avoidance of responsibility and lying to get out of it

You are a failure of an actor and a piece of shit human being; how you continue to participate being a Hollywood puppet and retain any personal integrity is beyond my comprehension

At least if you actually got angry about something we'd know you actually possessed real human emotions

Even fucking AI bots have done more work than you have to combat whats happening out there in the world right now, even I have and I have far less of everything by comparison but I still actively choose to show up every day and do the work that I can for the benefit of other people, not because they asked me to, but because its what I want to leave behind in this world is far more important than what people think of me

I'm nobody with nothing, and yet I still possess far more than you will ever be able to obtain

A complete soul

[quirkwizard]

What about an ostrich Quirk?

I've actually done something like this with "Cassowary", but I think I can still cover something like this.

I see it working as a Mutant type Quirk that alters the user's body, granting them all the traits of an ostrich. The user's body has a surprising amount of endurance, being able to run and go without food and water for days. The user's covered in feathers that grant them greater resistance to their environment and act as a mix of a glider and parachute. The user's vision increases in both range and scope to the point where they can see fine up to several kilometers away. The greatest trait of this form is the user's mobility. The user's strong legs have a much greater aptitude for running and jumping, easily outrunning cars. This is in addition to the claws on their legs that can be used for cutting and climbing. This gives the user a good mix of options, their natural mobility supported by their other options. They can scout around an area, using their various modes of travel to get around, nimbly dodge around attacks, batter foes with their kicks, or simply carry their allies around. Though the user is lacking in bulk, making them less useful in combat. The feathers may end up working against the user if they are not careful as they can get caught or grabbed. A possible name for the Quirk could be "Ostrich".

[miniar]

Human beings are not sexually dimorphic.

This is the biological fact ignored by every misogynistic and/or transphobic person on the planet because their bigotry hinges on believing otherwise.

When a species is sexually dimorphic it has two distinct and different sexes.

What that means is that there are traits that apply to all of the males of the species and none of the females, and there are different traits that apply to all of the females of the species and none of the males.

Think of birds for example. A male ostrich has black and white feathers. A female ostrich has brown feathers. They are sexually dimorphic.

There is no trait that all human men have that no woman has.

Beards? Nope. Some men do not grow beards and some women do.

Tits? Nope. Some women don't grow beards and some men do.

Height? Absolutely not! The difference between the tallest percentile of women (taller) and the shortest percentile of men (shorter) is about five times greater than the difference in average men's (taller) and women's (shorter) heights.

Etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

There is no biological difference between men and women that is Universal and Distinct.

So every single argument that operates from the idea, the basis, that men and women are "inherently" different is an argument based on a cultural idea and that cultural idea exists to justify the different treatment of men and women and nothing else.

That cultural idea is the very core justification for All misogyny.

It exists For that purpose.

You can not hold to this idea, this myth, and not participate in the justification of all sex and gender based bigotry.

You can't hold this falsehood to be true without giving permission for sexism, transphobia, and homophobia to exist.

The myth of human sexual dimorphism is what that bigotry is built upon.

Our experiences differ. Our access to society differs. Our lives differ, YES!

And they differ because of a myth.

A myth that is so pervasive, so widespread, that it can feel near impossible to disbelieve it, it's built into our societies at every level, it's the building blocks of our inequality and of what tools we are given to combat it, it's everywhere.

But it's still a myth.

It's not true.

It's been used to condition us from the day we were born. It affects how we treat our own children from the day they are born. It's in our music, in our movies, in our books, in our games, in our clothing, in our food, in our drinks.

It's in everything we consume and everything we are exposed to.

But it's still a myth.

It is not true.

And we will not be rid of the harms done by this myth unless we start to call it what it is and start doing the work to dismantle it's influence upon us, our thoughts, our emotional reactions, our beliefs, our behaviours, our self image, our ideas of who and what we are.

Without that work, we will never be free of our own sexism, our own internalized misogyny, and we will never be able to free ourselves and each other from the myth's grasp on our whole society.

It's hard. It's asking a lot.

But if we want a society that is just, that is fair, that treats us all as human beings, we have to stop holding onto the myths that are used to justify an unjust world, and that includes this one.

The biological fact is that we are not sexually dimorphic and many of our so called differences in averages are likely created and maintained by that myth and how it affects our treatment from infancy.

It's time we stopped pretending otherwise.

[ahamkara-apologist]

Ok I saw your alien junk post (love it, I'm a huge speculative bio nerd) and read "ostrich + duck" but not as horrifying as you think it is?

Now I gotta know

okay so i'm either about to ruin ducks for you or you already know about how they mate and is unphased by it. I'm going to assume the former and just go ahead and explain what the fuck is going on with ducks

Rhulk and the subjugators remind me of terrorbirds, so I based Lubraean anatomy off birds- specifically birds with penises. Birds don't usually have penises. This is because a penis is an extra dead weight when flying, and birds (most of them, anyways) are as optimized for flight as possible, so they simply did away with them altogether. Penises are exceptionally useful for mating on land, however, so in the ratites (primitive flightless birds) there was the re-evolution of an intromittent organ (which is the fancy scientific way of saying penis on non-mammilian animals, since technically I think we're the only ones who have 'true' penises? Which is fucking stupid imo) so that copulation would be more efficient than a cloacal kiss, which is what most birds do. Interestingly, erections are produced by filling the penis with lymphatic fluid instead of blood, which is unlike that of mammals and the rest of the reptiles. We still don't know how they evolved a lymphatically-driven penis, but it's an interesting case in evolutionary history, and I really want to do more research on if its a retained ancestral condition present in the primitive birds (ratites, anseriformes, galliformes), or if they lost and then re-evolved a penis, which is a rare but not unheard of occurrance. The problem is that they're the last lineage of dinosaurs left around, so we don't really know if it's a dinosaur characteristic or something unique to birds- I'm getting sidetracked.

ANYWAYS, waterfowl- like ducks- have penises because they have a 'coercive mating' system, which is the scientific way of saying that a mating system is based on rape without the social connotations tied up with that word (as rape is a socially-driven act of harm among humans, which animals do not do). Male ducks evolved to have long, corkscrew-like penises so that they can quickly penetrate a female for insemination, while females have long vaginal canals that corkscrew in the opposite direction and have many blind pouches in order to foil an unwanted suitor from having as much success as her preferred mate, giving her more control over who sires her eggs. In fact, the reason that male ducks have the long corkscrew penises in the first place is as a result of the odd layout of a duck's vagina, as they're locked in an evolutionary arms race that's bringing their genital configurations to new extremes

Coercive mating is actually pretty rare in the animal kingdom- as a rule, female choice prevails, and a male's attempt to influence that choice is typically done through courtship, mate guarding, and sperm competition, where he tries to get a female to mate with only him/get one over the other males who might mate with her by preventing rival sperm from reaching the eggs, or giving himself a greater chance of fertilizing them by lengthening mating. Species where the males attempt to aggressively combat female choice tend to be the ones where really dramatically weird genital configurations come about, such as bedbug knife penises or spinny duck vaginas.*

In the case of the alien specbio- Lubraeans struck me as a pretty violent society from what we get of the Shattered Suns lorebook, so while they don't have a mating scheme that is as extreme as ducks, needing to prevent forceful, unwanted insemination is still necessary. I figured that for them, a corkscrew vaginal canal evolved among females so that mating can only occur when they're aroused, with males evolving a twist to their penis so that they fit together in a lock-and-key mechanism. They evolutionarily stalled before they ever got to something as extreme as what ducks got, and their genital configuration is a relic of that time. Their dicks look something like this, which I scribbled on the bus real quick:

This def. needs revision, bc it dont even look like its twisting, but the general gist of it is there. Pretty identifiably phallic, not a full corkscrew, also not tied to the whole reason duck dicks are...like that. Important to note here is that this is NOT actually what Rhulk's cock looks like- that, like the rest of him, got revamped by the Witness, because it was nothing if not an obsessive perfectionist. I drew his penis once (also on the bus, funnily enough), but I have zero idea where that picture went

*Fun fact! Some duck penises can grow to 18 inches long, and are shed once the mating season is done, to be regrown at a later date. Shits fucking wild. I almost wish I didn't know this, so now you get to know it too