#dromeo

[thesquirrelqueer]

& Juliet 7/10/24 Notes

matinee

- tiernanne and dromeo show!

- philippe went to high five maya after the proposal and they both completely missed

- when austin threw the towel at makai he completely missed and it almost fell into the audience

- when dan went down on the lift during SUBG he looked at the audience and mouthed “what the fuuuu”

- dan taking maya’s hand in both of his hands when they went of the ferris wheel and not letting go until she says “I can’t love you romeo”

- when shakespeare interrupts anne during iwitw tiernan whispered “I was talking!”

- kate as benvolio doing a 🤘instead of ✌️ after “this is the truth or let benvolio die”

eve

- makai was so nervous but he did such a great job as romeo

- mromeo is so fun because you can see the gears turning in his head every time he speaks

- during oops philippe went to take off his glasses and then just like decided not to

- david said “my son is my first priority” instead of “primary concern”

- makai singing the LMLYD reprise purposefully off key

[indigotree94]

he’s so fuckin cool i’m going to shit myself.

I MISS THIS MASK PLEASE.

[betsyswolfes]

Im seeing Dromeo. Thank you universe.

Now can i have a may or frankie understudy

[dromeoraptor]

Birds-of-Paradise feel like some speculative evolution project. Once upon a time, a bird found itself on an isolated island continent (most of them live in New Guinea, but some live on Australia, and New Guinea was connected to Australia during glacial periods), and it evolved into a whole family of birds with crazy sexual displays. But not just crazy, but with multiple genera all crazy in different ways. It really does feel like someone wanted to make a spec evo project showing off how sexual selection and display structures can be, but it's real!

This is far from a comprehensive list, but we have:

The one with a trombone windpipe: Curl-Crested Manucode

This is a bird that looks pretty normal, it's from the first branch to split off from the others so it's still monogamous unlike the more extravagant ones. It has a cool sound, but not something you'd expect to need crazy internal workings.

But it does have crazy internal workings, with this super long trachea (windpipe) that bends 4 times before finally getting to the mouth. I'm honestly not sure why it has this windpipe, it's not particularly loud or anything as far as I know.

The "King of the Dance": Western Parotia

Parotias already have complex dances for birds-of-paradise, but the Western Parotia is the one with the most complex of them all. Each Parotia's dance has multiple steps, in a specific order. This one has 6 steps.

Perch Pivot- the male pivots back and forth on a horizontal branch above the display court, a little patch of forest floor that he's cleared out

Head Tilt- the male goes up to a female on the branch and flops his head from side to side.

Court Hop- The male hops across the court, (not one big hop, multiple smaller ones like a sparrow or kangaroo), pauses, and then hops the other way.

Swaying Bounce- The male bounces up and down and side to side as he flutters his wings, moving his head in an infinity sign. He also has a variation on this where it closes its wings and bounces more vigorously

Ballerina Dance- has four parts to it. He does a bow, he walks a bit, he pauses, and then he moves flares those shiny neck feathers while hopping side to side.

The one with wires coming out of its head: the King-of-Saxony

This one has two really weird feathers called "head wires". Twice as long as the bird's body, and he can point them backwards, to the side, or even forwards! They're not just long too, their structure's all weird with the barbs fused into these plasticy tabs.

The one that likes it rough: the Greater Bird-of-Paradise

While showy for a bird, they're nothing too special for a bird of paradise. The main special thing is their big plume of feathers on their back, and their display is basically just running along the branches showing off their plumes and making a racket.

But once he's got the female's attention, he shows the underside of that plume on his back, and then he starts flapping his wings and basically hopping backwards and touching her with his rear end.

Then he starts clapping her with his wings, and kinda pecking at her head. I don't think he open his mouth but he's not exactly being gentle with that beak. And then comes the sex, both seconds of it. Well 2.5 seconds is what I counted in the video, but yeah. Bird sex in general is really short with few exceptions.

The bald one with a Yoshi saddle: Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise

For these birds, the height of male sexiness is a bald head, it seems.

Wrinkly, pale blue bald skin on the head.

Even the females get in on the bald action, it seems.

There's also this thing on his back that he can open and close, this time made of feathers and not bald skin, that I think looks like a Yoshi saddle thing. Also that bib thingy is green, but only at a certain angle.

The one that sings like a cricket: The Black Sicklebill

Crickets sing with their wings, and so does this bird. One of the things he does is rub his wings either against each other or the base of the tail (we're not sure), and it makes this knocking or "distant machine-gun" sound.

The one that sounds like a Machine Gun: The Brown Sickebill

His display is impressive, I showed off his relative's display in the images of the previous part. But the more interesting thing to me is that he sounds like he's imitating some sorta rapid-fire ray gun. I don't know how true this is, but supposedly, during WW2, Japanese soldiers mistook their songs for gunfire.

Credit to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's YouTube channel being my main source for this post!

[legendary-defender-of-fandoms]

Hopping in without a proper tag. Is that legal?

Huh. Welp, I’m sure this will be fun.

Doing one of these but with my mutuals after seeing this image on my dash today!!

..Y'know he may be the god of war but.. I'm not mad. No, no not at all. :)

@xxgalacticambitionsxx @hatbox-apologist @ghostingyourass79 @kittieshauntedourfantasy @emerald194 @thatonerabbit @comical-icicle

[atomicdarc]

hes so little guyyyyy

OMG DROMEO HOTSHOT!!!!!!

YOU MADE HIM LOOK SO HAPPY AND CUTE!!!!!

[azrantimes]

Another edit I can check off before I switch back to the dromeo boot but I don't like this )):

[thetisming]

it's all "Ben doesnt get sick that much!" until i have 3 Dromeo videos and i might get even more soon

[serpentariusart]

Velocidrome (and their subordinates Velociprey) are one of the most common Dromeo bird wyverns. Like the other notable Dromeos, they are noteworthy for their pack structure with an alpha that has undergone a dramatic physical change. They’re low on the pecking order among wild monsters and rely on their pack hunting skills and tight-knit coordination to survive. They are a frequent nuisance to villages when they decide to start taking livestock so are regularly culled or relocated to keep populations in check. While totally capable of killing people they’re reasonably easy to deal with, and are often allocated as training for new hunters.

As with the other Dromeos, alphas are much larger and more difficult to tackle. If a Velociprey senses weakness or lack of direction in a pack it is in, it may start to undergo a change into an alpha. Usually this is due to lack of an alpha, but if the current one isn’t providing for the pack well enough then a subordinate may change to overthrow them. As a result Velocidromes tend to drive out morphing Velociprey before they’re big enough to be a threat. Velocidromes are also far more colourful then their subordinates. This makes hunting and stealth more difficult, which garners all the more respect for an alpha that is healthy and thriving.

[kwojciechowicz]

Greek mid century modernist architecture, and the Amalia Hotel in Olympia by famous Greek architect Nicos Valsamakis plus modern sculpture by famous Greek artist Costas Vatsos (creator of Dromeos in Athens).

More about architect Nicos Valsamakis.

The Amalia Hotel Lobby.

More about Costas Vatsos: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dromeas

[thunderbottle]

hello, technically im not online rn but i am avoiding irl responsibilities lol. hope u have an easy day <3

view from my barn yesterday, cows and all their babies

omg the cows look so peaceful. thank you so much for sharing them with me, i hope your day is lovely <3 and enjoy your offline time king!!!

here, in return, is a picture of my cat from this morning :] her name is bug shes almost a year old

[thesquirrelqueer]

i've had insane dromeo brain rot today and of course tonight, the one night I wouldn't be able to go to the show because I have other plans, dan is on for romeo

[octopodhotrod]

[danbensen]

In a scathing imperial statement from the Geist Allmother, the Empress condemned Homo Sapiens unnecessary aggression against their Urdo’ brethren, stating: “The ongoing hostilities in the province of Telos will not be tolerates by the Empire, and should these radical humans not heed Imperial dictation, direct action will be taken by any means necessary to secure peace”. The embassy in the New World reports that the Dromeos Broods maintain their unity stance with Empire. Any thoughts, human?

Okay, I’ll yes-and this

There are two possibilities here, as I see it. One is that this is just more saber-rattling from the Allmother. If so, then trade, diplomacy, and international aid are more important than ever if we are to end the cycle of inter-species violence in Telos. But we’re already doing that, and Imperial “social food chain” policy is not helping. The people in Telos, human and otherwise, are desperate. Desperate people lash out. 

The other possibility is that the Empress is building support among her anti-human allies, preparing for a program of explicit aggression against us. It is easy to imagine an Empire crack-down in Telos followed by a declaration of war by one human state or another, then an attempt to “liberate” the province, which will give the Empire, Broods, et al. an excuse to retaliate. It’s easy to imagine us all getting dragged into a war. Easy to imagine, and therefore, I hope, unlikely. Surely, the powers that be would never allow such a disaster.

[griffinkid]

I did that dinosaur name game meme and I also saw @octotot do it when he reblogged it from me so I draw'd our crazy dinobeast hybrids

Thylacodinotitan (mine) - thylaco (from Greek thylakos, meaning pouch) + dino (from the Greek word deino, fearfully great or terrible) + titano (Greek, titanic)

Protodromeodactyl (Woll's) - proto (from the Greek word protos, first or earliest) + dromeo (from the Greek word dromeus, runner) + dactyl (from the Greek word dactylos, finger)

[dromeoraptor]

(Reposted Draft) Culture- The Sun Festival

December 2021 Dromeo: Another really unfinished draft The Sun Festival takes place on the summer solstice, and is believed to bring good harvest, success in hunting, and other good luck.

The festival starts when the sun rises. As soon as the sun can be seen, priests do a dance, where