#flying flock

[karebeast]

Birds Fly

Birds - Imagine Dragon

I was gonna make a speedpaint but it wasn't saving properly (again) and I have low memory on my phone somehow xDDD gotta fix that later

Paligan ™ @karebeast

[fromtraveldiaries]

Cormorants, April, 2024

[yourangle-yuordevil]

[Birds of a feather AU] Absolutely incapable of asking each-other out normally in every single universe <.<

[h20milk]

how are yuu?

[jadafitch]

In Washington County, Maine, nothing says winter's almost here, more than a flock snow buntings over red blueberry fields. 'Twas the inspiration for this third Maine animals-in-winter-themed seamless pattern design. Planning sets of holiday cards for next year.

[angeart]

My brain keeps going back to the hhau rambles and Grian asking Scar about taking his wings off and just...how incredibly short-sighted that "fix" would be. Because like, even if he lost one/both his wings and lived through it....he'd still have his instincts. He'd still chirp...he'd still wanna be high up in nests but he'd have to climb now. He'd never be able to wrap himself in wings again... depending on when that earring of Scar's might be the last of his feathers... and oh gosh post rescue? The hermits seeing him without wings and all the questions and looks of pity. Some well meaning hermit maybe brings him an elytra which he's never needed before and oh that could cause a spiral

-🎀

oh gosh. oh okay. i see you're bringing angst to my doorstep.

grian definitely wasn't thinking clearly in that moment. he simply reached a point where he can't see any other solution. so much of his anguish is tied to his wings. he's in pain and scared and he desperately wants it to stop.

he's learned to despise his wings. they cause him so much turmoil and everything that was ever good about them—everything he loved—has been meticulously erased. they're not pretty. they are dirty and grimy and itchy. heavy, unwieldy, muscles locked up, clumsy and aching from disuse. they no longer feel like a proper part of him. he's not using them, he's just constantly fighting to tuck them away. to make the world believe they're not there.

well then... wouldn't it be easier? if that was the reality?

to him, it sounds like a long-term solution to an otherwise never-ending problem.

his wings are a beacon, and wouldn't him and scar be so much safer without them? if he didn't have them, there'd be no reason for people to madly hunt him. maybe then they could stop running and catch their breath. maybe then scar wouldn't be in constant danger just from being near him. maybe then the fear lodged into grian's spine and the endless string of triggered panic attacks would finally go away.

yes, he'd still have his instincts. but he's already grounded. he's already not using his wings for any sort of comfort at this point, and flight is not an option. he's craving nests and high places, but that doesn't mean he can get them, wings or no wings, and— he was fine without that on hermitcraft! surely if the pain and fear stop, his instincts will calm down? surely, he can get at least a semblance of control back?

and you need to realise. there was no thought spared to the hermits. at this point, scar and grian have given up and no longer expect or even hope to ever be rescued. in their minds, there's no one coming to save them. there's no home to go back to. it's just this.

it will always be this.

and this is painful, and grian is clawing at ideas of making it better somehow—anyhow—no matter how drastic or gruesome that option might seem.

that all being said... man. that big what if. what if he really lost them? what if, one way or another, he managed to get rid of his wings? what if that happened and he survived?

your point about how scar's earring would be the last of grian's feathers is so heartrending. that'd be so tragic and sad.

and then post-rescue, the hermits would have even more proof of the damage. even more questions, too. even more helplessness as how to help, when the damage done is long since unfixable </3

grian, having to wrangle with having a safe environment to fly again, but having no wings to fly with... especially if that was his own choice. if it was preventable. ouch.

[purpledragon18]

People who live and work in Illinois, you know you have Paid Leave right? Right???

If you don’t know, the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLAWA) started Jan 1st 2024! That’s right, Jan 1st 2024!!!

Every 40 hours you work you earn 1 hour of Paid Leave!

You can earn up to, but not more than, 40 hours of Paid Leave!

Unused Paid Leave rolls into the new year!

You can use this Paid Leave for ANY REASON!

Paid Leave pays the same as your normal hourly pay (at least untipped minimum wage)!

Untipped minimum wage is going up to $15 an hour starting Jan 1st 2025! ($9 for tipped minimum wage, $13 for workers under 18)

Your employer doesn’t have to pay out Paid Leave when you leave a job (quit, fired, whatever) so you’d better use it!

[powdery-iris]

[ravenkings]

i'm trying not to post about politics as much to maintain my sanity (lol), but i really have to say, the idea that kamala harris lost bc she wasn't left wing ENOUGH has to be one of the most insane bits of cope i've seen that consistently gets repeated like it's a smart take. especially when you take into account that the person she lost to was DONALD TRUMP.

[vox-anglosphere]

Geese massing on the Ottawa River before the long flight south.

[tetedurfarm]

appreciaton post for my pigeons. i miss them :(

[mellohiizz]

wemmbu just appearing in wato's house sound so funny actually

imagine going home after collecting ingredients for your shop and ending up finding a massive purple harpy in your living room and the little guy he brought with him (egg)

and you can't even kick him out bcs he just keeps coming back?? for some reason?? at least he helps you find the more harder to find ingredients, and he helps you drive off the more difficult customers and he can be pretty charming you guess

and egg is good company and he can make really good meals (or at least when he doesn't accidentally start a fire in the kitchen)

eggbu just crashing into wato's house(which is also his shop) is so funny to me lmao.

they kind of just start hanging out there and at first wato is like what the fuck?? why are there a harpy and just some random guy? are they buying?? no???

but then he kind of gets used to their company slowly. and ohhhhg i really like the thought of wato and egg kind of bonding too. they'd probably talk about stuff while wemmbu is out being a menace or getting the ingredients wato asked for.

not a trio i think i thought about before, but i love them

[im-going-to-eat-your-family]

Hey aviankin!

There's a Roblox game called "skyven" and it's a bird simulation game.

There are sparrows, hoopoes, cardinals, robins, blue jays, magpies, crows, bald eagles, and secretary birds.

There's peaceful music and beautiful gameplay and it makes me feel euphoric personally.

[mysterious-secret-garden]

William Holbrook Beard - Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches, mid-late 19th century.

[necrotic-nephilim]

just a housekeeping post, but if i'm slower answering asks for a bit, it's bc i'm working on SladeRobin week! none of your asks are being ignored, i just completely forgot about that until now and i want to try to complete every prompt so. pray for me, i think. but as always i love all the anons sending the lovely dead dove content <3

[choradox]

Flying Flock of Pigeons