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Lotus Esprit and type 79
#1970’s#lotus#esprit#type 79#Grand Prix#formula 1#sports car#racer#3 litre#cosworth#v8#british style#world champion#ground effects
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Hot take
Night furies are actually perfectly evolved for hunting and killing other dragons and the only reason they aren't a dragon-hunting species like the death song or deathgrippers are is because DreamWorks couldn't have their adorable main character dragon be a "cannibal"
(below I'm gonna try to summarize what we've figured out in a convo with friends on discord)
(also tw animal death via predator)
First of all yes I'm aware that pretty much every decision made about their design was with consideration of the effect it would make on human audiences but hear me out
Night furies are most iconically known as dive-bombers. They are built for speed, high maneuverability, night-time camouflage and for striking targets from above. If we remove human settlements out of the equation (which would not have existed long enough to actually influence night fury evolution, come on), what does that leave us with?
They aren't built for catching fish for sure, they aren't very hydrodynamic and their head is round, wide, and their teeth are dull. Honestly, the monstrous nightmare is much better suited for catching fish, with its long neck, almost pelican-like jaw and rhamphorhynchus teeth
Compare to
Yeah the jaws look kinda like a porpoise of some sort but for that the whole body would have to be a lot more aquatic imo. The light fury looks a lot closer to an aquatic diver, it has a sleeker body, rounded fins instead of spikes, and a long neck.
I don't really see them hunting land animals either, they just don't look like they're adapted for that minus the resemblance with large felines and even then, they're too large to effectively hunt in forests.
The one thing I can kinda imagine them hunting is large mainland megafauna, but we're working with a setting that takes place pretty much exclusively on islands. And overall, dragons are the only abundant species there with the exception of fish and human-bred sheep and chickens.
In general, night furies have duller teeth, smaller claws and are smaller than most dragons. Disregarding the movies making Toothless weirdly OP, a night fury would be disadvantaged against most dragons in a 1v1 fight and besides, it has four huge weak spots that would highly discourage it from a direct physical fight - the primary and secondary tail fins. One unlucky rip in the membrane and the night fury is fucked.
The night fury however noticeably resembles falcons, given their dive-bombing ability and high maneuverability.
Falcons too have smaller beaks and weaker claws compared to most birds of prey, and for that they compensate by simply picking up speed, balling up their talons and Punching. Really. Hard.
And they use that ability to kill other birds, even much larger ones, by knocking them right from the sky.
Here, the night fury's plasma blast works the same way as a falcon's punch. Dragons are fire-resistant, so what the plasma blast does is really just a densely packed bolt of energy that has the effect of either stunning or outright killing prey by damaging its spine. And what the plasma bolt doesn't do, rapid contact with the ground would finish. And if even that doesn't do it, the night fury's wide jaws and dull teeth are just fine for simply clamping around the unlucky dragon's neck and strangling it, like a lion or a pitbull.
The night-time camouflage allows the night fury to soar for extended periods of time perfectly unnoticed in the night sky, and by the time it strikes, the dragon wouldn't even know what's coming.
Unless
Say the hunting night fury is aware of other dragons sleeping under the trees, as most dragons probably would at night (village raids aside, most dragons seem to be diurnal), so how does the night fury get them in position where it can use its signature attack? Well, there's That Iconic Screech Of Death. Since in the movies it tends to appear not just during dive-bombings but also when charging up a blast, I imagine it's something the night fury is able to control to some degree. So by simply fake-diving in close proximity to sleeping dragons, it can effectively terrify them into leaving their hideout and fly out into the open where it can easily take them out.
I dunno, the possibility of night furies as predators to other dragons just makes so much sense to me, I really don't know what other reasons there would be for them to evolve these particular adaptations.
And one more little headcanon to add to this whole rant - since night furies are significantly smaller and less equipped for dragon vs dragon fights and are primarily speed-based predators, I imagine there is this very likely scenario:
There is one dragon who resembles a hyena, a lil bit
Ok, rant over
#httyd#how to train your dragon#night fury#spec bio#spec evo#as for why Toothless isn't hunting other dragons and lives in the hive with all the rest#this is a pretty funny possibility to think about but perhaps in the past -1000-ish years humans have simply become#such a massive nuisance to the dragons that some of their species abandoned their natural behavior in exchange for kicking humans asses#yes i know the movies were all about ''dragons are actually perfectly fine and innocent and it was just the Red Death''#but also human effect on the environment and encroaching on natural dragon hunting grounds and fucking up the ecosystem#anyway there
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STEREO LEFT ON, NASHVILLE, TN. 2023
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this was supposed to be just a doodle erm
#my art#marble hornets#jay merrick#skully mh#i also spent like an extra hour+ with some weird...effect shit#and then ended up not liking it LMAO#it made it look uhhh idk#bad#anyways clenches jay in my fists so tight his head pops off like a toy#this didnt turn out exactly how i envisioned#i think i ended up in a tug of war of do i want weird bright glitchy shit#or really dark and grungy creepy shit#so it ended up in a weird middle ground#but whatever i spent too long on it im done LOOKING AT IT#maybe ill attempt my ~vision~ another time
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littlest furth shop
@laikascomet
#i think i had a little too much fun with this lol#i also wanted to draw road boy and other characters but maybe when they actually get introduced#i do have a sketch of him with a lil chainsaw.. im not gonna be normal when he gets introduced man he looks so sillygoofy#if you squint laika's eye marking is a clover yue's is a crescent moon and mars' is a star ^_^#i wanted to give laika an accessory too but i couldnt think of anything.. maybe a stack of pancakes??#im curious to see the apocalypse side of the story too.. like so far we have an idea of the comet fucking everything up#and im assuming that lead to a ripple effect causing the apocalypse but exactly how bad?? i cant wait to find out#rn im kinda piecing stuff together.. larkspur delivers mail in a beat up van so that might mean all transportation is grounded#the buildings we've seen so far are intact like the observatory and turnip's house but idk if thats the same for big cities#laikas playlist only includes songs downloaded on yue's computer and there hasnt been internet in 20 years.. but radio signals might#still work.. if yue grows his own food we can assume that mass production and distribution also isnt a thing anymore#sorry im a sucker for worldbuilding.. and the furth puns are fun to me. i like to think toronto would be clawronto.. and vancouver wld#be nyancouver.. barktic circle.. mewfoundland and labrador.. canyada....#christ i have so many drawing ideas. willow if youre reading this im so sorry youre probably gonna expect to see a lot of drawings frm me#like. i wanna draw laika in the akira bike pose so sosososo bad. IT WOULD BE SO AWESOMECOOL. ill teach myself to draw bikes if i have to#i also wanted to animate laika leekspin.. man#my art#myart#fanart#laika's comet#laikas comet#laika#mars#yue#furry art#fur#littlest pet shop#lps
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What does the yotici life cycle look like now?
Fairly similar, here's a generalized idea
I Did kind of drop the sessile+asexual polyp mobile+sexual fish alternating generations because it doesn't Really change anything besides sounding vaguely interesting. Fish reproduction is wild enough as-is.
Their eggs are laid in a stringy mass that requires a root to the sea floor (coral, tough kelps, rocks, sticks, etc) and light currents to keep them oxygenated. These egg masses are strong and can bend and sway fairly significantly without coming apart, but will be broken by strong currents and require a sheltered environment to survive. This is the basis of a Garden, an engineered ecosystem designed to protect the eggs, provide substantial and consistent nourishment for the young and resting places and shelter for adults, and additionally function as cultural and social centers.
Larvae are tiny and born with a yolk sac attached to sustain them. They metamorphose into a 'predatory' phase in which they feed on zooplankton and organic debris. These phases are tiny and poor swimmers, wholly reliant on the sheltered environment of the garden for safety and consistent food sources. Those swept out have very little chance of longterm survival. The VAST majority of yotici that hatch at all die in their larval stages.
Most of their anatomy is fully developed as a 'yotling', in which they are much stronger swimmers, school together, and are primarily predatory. Yotlings feed on plankton and other small animals, but their most important food source is their own species' eggs. This is a natural behavior for yotici, and much of the function of the garden is to provide this dependable, clustered food source for their young. The survival benefits of most of their reproductive output being sacrificed to these viable young with a fairly strong chance of survival vastly outweigh the loss, given the vast majority of yotici larvae who hatch to begin with die without ever reaching this phase. Yotlings have much lower mortality rates than the larvae, but a majority will die to predation. They're also frequent bycatch in fisheries and are widely eaten by landdwelling peoples. During the yotling phase, they're about 4-8 inches long.
Their beak starts to develop in the juvenile stage, during which they are 'weaned' out of predatory behavior and start consuming algae and marine plants. They instinctively school around adult yotici and follow them to food sources, usually eating algae that grows around the tougher foods the adults can handle. This tends to be the point in which active parental protection begins, but few yotici cultures conceptualize these juveniles as full people or develop personalized bonds with them, as their mortality rate is still fairly high. During the juvenile phase, they're about 8-14 inches long.
A yotici 'child' has all its base adult anatomy developed, including its tentacles, and looks like a miniature adult. They can eat tougher foods and join the adults in consuming seagrass. This is the point in which they are semi-equivalent to a human infant, rapidly learning and picking up on language and beginning to communicate. Fully active parental care and bonding will occur during this period (the Exact cultural marker of when this starts can vary) and they are conceptualized as people. Diminishingly few yotici actually survive to this phase, but those who do have a very good chance of lasting to adulthood. The child phase starts at about 1-2 ft in length.
At this point they grow steadily until sexual maturity, and will continue to grow (much, much more slowly) throughout the rest of their lives. Sexual maturity takes a VERY long time, usually about 20 years from hatching. An adult yotici generally ranges in size from 12-18 ft, with outstanding or very long lived individuals passing 25 (the World Record would be in the mid 30 ft range). A yotici who survives to reproductive adulthood has excellent chances at a long life, and yotici are by far the longest living sophonts. A lucky individual can crest 200 years.
#Should note that when I make changes for realism it's not because I think worldbuilding should be hyper realistic to be good but because#like. It's fun for me. I like having to think about these things and having to learn and problem solve to conform to Mostly hard#realism. I only drop things when they're not fun for me and/or I like another option better.#And I let a lot of other things be fully unrealistic with like. A little grounding when adjusting for realism would Not be fun for me#Like the three moons is not even slightly realistic (in that it has like no effects whatsoever on this world which is 99.999% earthlike)#but I like it and think it's fun to have the wrinkle of Three Moons and think about how that could affect cultural interpretations of the#moon so I keep it#etc#yotici
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me when my meteor-powered robot gf attempts to murder me 😳😳
#context:#after Bortom city recognized Beatrix as a threat and began persecuting her‚ she became widely known#A great reward would be given to those who captured the runaway android‚ and most people feared her.#To sum it up‚ she was alone in her journey and refusing to trust anyone so easily.#The persecutions got worse when more cities allied themselves with Bortom. This attracted robot hunters.#At some point‚ Beatrix met this golden-eyed‚ humanoid shadow that always seemed to watch her from afar#It wouldn't stop following her‚ until it was close enough to initiate a confrontation#Beatrix was basically FED UP with the persecutions and so she fought using her fists... while he had a gun.#The bullets couldn't cause great damage‚ and were actually microchips designed to stunt robotic enemies#Beatrix barely resisted the effects and managed to take down the other... who raised its hands in defeat.#Imagine the situation: She's literally got him on the ground‚ fist raised to deliver a powerful blow while he's SHAKING IN HIS BOOTS#Turns out the microchips take effect‚ and Beatrix attempts to escape before it's too late... But her systems go off abruptly#...Then she wakes up in this cozy workshop of sorts. She goes outside and BOOM!!!#A ship moved by machinery? Robots living peacefully? People walking past her without batting an eye? This must be a dream!#She's finally found Fusionsprunt (or was found but it). The city built for and by rebells like her.#and about the golden-eyed enemy? yeah uh. that's Hunter. of course that was Hunter. he could NOT resist making a dramatic appearance.#the mysterious enemy is actually just some silly guy w workaholic tendencies father of a prodigy and who also enjoys piloting his spaceship#fusionsprunt#fusionsprunt hunter#fusionsprunt beatrix
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Arriving at Anor Londo
#dark souls#dark souls remastered#gamingedit#dailygaming#dsedit#ds1edit#edit:all#edit:gif#damn what a glorious payoff after curse sewers and poison swamps#tho i still think its a bad idea to put the extremely cursed status effect areas in early(ish) game and i’ll die on that hill#imagine having to go through subterranean shunning grounds and lake of rot in order to access leyndell in er#it works well with ds' narrative but oh god 💀💀
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I crucify the birthday boy as a treat
#im not sure if it doesn't quite count as a crucifixion bc hes not hanging in the air but like even on thr ground u r gonna get the same#effects. genuinely maybe one of thr worst ways to die. this is how u kill an enemy of the state#i cant remember a single god damn birthday irl but ive had this one in my head since high school#tw blood#roronoa zoro#one piece#zoro on the cross is so god damn funny to me for reasons i cant explain
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Here's the final version :) might make the small chibi Mordin a charm you can buy on my etsy.. hmm..
#mordin solus#mass effect 2#mass effect#my artwork#digital art#he looks very handsome in casual clothes#too bad we will never see that#my shepard hates dresses so much it's their arch nemesis and would've loved to just burn it to the ground#Mordin didn't let them however >:(#also. Shepard. Hurry the fuck up he can't distract those salarians for much longer or they get suspicious
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i wish inkbrush could do this
#I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SMASH BROS THE KO EFFECT WAS JUST TO HELP EXPLAIN IT VISUALLY#it should work against enemy splat bombs too (airborne only!!! not if it's already touched the ground and is about to detonate)#you could also use this for SO many minigames in PBs where you use inkbrushes like racquets or bats and splat bombs as the ball#splatoon#splatoon 3#my art
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How absolutely wild must it have been for Nightmare to have like, minimum-to-no contact with mortals for hundreds of years and then the first two he has any regular close interactions with are Killer and Dust.
Like he must have a book in his castle somewhere of all the observations he kept like he was studying a new species
#UTDR#UTMV#Nightmare Sans#Killer Sans#Dust Sans#I could probably ramble for a while about the effect Killer had on him alone#But imagine being hurt by the world and carrying the grudge for hundreds of years while you wreak havoc all by yourself#And then you get one (1) roommate and he's so strange and unhinged but not at all what you expected#And then you get a second and he's so different again it's like they're different creatures even though they came from the same root world#And you get a third and he's a little more grounded but still has such wild needs and stipulations#By the time he got Cross he was probably onto his 3rd book of observations#If you dig around in Nightmare's library or office long enough I just know you can find at least one book where he's noted down what all hi#boys need and like and hate and what they refuse to do and how to handle them#Like someone leaving super detailed instructions for the care of their pampered beloved pet#Anyway Killer loves to joke to the other 3 that they should be nice to him because he ''let Nightmare adopt them''#and he's not entirely wrong#Anyway I need to go to bed so I can work all day tomorrow (rip) goodnight gang!!
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POV: you're a random Starly about to be caught unawares
I got @waywardstation's keychains and they're phenomenal! Some of my favourite keychains ever, look at these lil guys :D They went on a mini Survey Corps Expedition together
Home and sleepy...
A few more pics under the cut of Just Rei haha
Gracidea flowers perhaps....
he's just. a little guy!!!!! I love him
#one of my favourite genres of photo actually#i love bringing keychains around like they're little guys. bag buddies. companions#though rei tripped on the ground and got a scratch.... whoops ! oh well. it adds character#he got it while fighting that one Alpha Snorlax trust. there's a very Cool and Epic story behind that scar#this was such a fun and silly photoshoot haha#not pictured: me crouched low in the grass arranging keychains for best effect#(i was a little sneezy for an hour afterwards XD pollen/grass moment... worth it)#thanks so much wayward for them!!#rei pokemon#akari pokemon#trainer rei#trainer akari#pokemon legends arceus#pokemon#// merch#rei#akari#// tikposting
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for the first time since i've met you, i see you as genuinely inhuman, in every sense of the word
[id: dialtown fanart of phonegingi sitting and looking at the narrator sock on its right foot. they are drawn with bright colors and sketchy lines. the background is a red tinted image of vultures descending, the heads of two obscured by gingi's legs and the head of the other obscured by gingi's head. end id]
#what a wonderful day to be narragingi's only fan 💚🧦#dlc fucked me up so bad. this scene turned me into baby crying sound effect#dialtown#roger dlc spoilers#dialtown spoilers#phonegingi#narragingi#<-I WILL BUILD THIS TAG FROM THE GROUND UP#my art
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☀️ first pass at the Princesses 🌙
#goodsmellerart#wip#mlp#my little pony#Princess Celestia#Princess Luna#fanart#mlp redesign#like they've been elevated by high magic. their manes are no longer 'manes' but clouds and mist#i think i might make their 'younger' designs look a little more grounded and mortal. when i get there#luna has been effected by her era as Nightmare Moon in at least her curved horn and bat wings#in accordance with my headcanon that she “made” the batponies when she mutinied against Celestia#THANK YOU for comig to by horsetalk#id love to write this out more formally but it's gonna be a tag dump for now lolol
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You will be the voice of our people. I will be more than that.
#mass effect#javik#omegamedits#i feel like i'm 15 and playing with photoshop again#but i can have those high quality caps of javik for the first time!#but seriously the way he stares at the ground#and then stares at shepard like this#chills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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