#hummingbirds and gila monster

[harlequinfrog]

i'm having some trouble with the fire line but here's the grass and water starters at least

[sparklingandtwinkling]

Heartcatch Pretty Cure! Characters as Mobians

💐🩷🌸🌎💙🌼🌊💛🌻☀️💜🌹🌕💐

Cures:

Tsubomi Hanasaki/Cure Blossom - Dark Magenta Butterfly/Bright Pink Butterfly

As Cure Blossom, she represents the flower, cherry blossom and the flower of the Earth

Erika Kurumi/Cure Marine - Dark Blue Octopus/Sky Blue Octopus

As Cure Marine, she represents the flower, daisy and the flower of the Oceans

Itsuki Myoudouin/Cure Sunshine - Brown Fox/Gold Fox

As Cure Sunshine, she represents the flower, sunflower and the flower of the Sun

Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight - Dark Purple Hedgehog/Lavender Hedgehog

As Cure Moonlight, she represents the flower, rose and the flower of the Moon

Faires:

Chypre - Cure Chao (Pink Brunfelsia Latifolia Flower Chao)

Fairy partner of Cure Blossom

Coffret - Cure Chao (Blue Morning Glory Flower Chao)

Fairy partner of Cure Marine

Potpourri - Cure Chao (Sunflower Flower Chao)

Born from the Tree of Hearts 

Fairy partner of Cure Sunshine

Cologne - Cure Chao (Purple Lily Flower Chao)

Former fairy partner of Cure Moonlight

Died during the battle against the Desert Apostle while trying to protect her. He is still watching over Yuri from the Tree of Hearts

Magical Allies:

Master Coupe - Giant Frog Cure Flicky (Ancient Flicky)/Crane Mobian

Former fairy partner of Cure Flower

Helped Cure Flower transform

A superior fairy who is greatly admired by other fairies such as Chypre and Coffret

His human alias is Sora Hanasaki

Mirage Pretty Cure:

Cure Blossom Mirage - Moth

Cure Marine Mirage - Horse

Cure Sunshine Mirage - Shiba Inu

Cure Moonlight Mirage - Porcupine

Aurelie/Cure Ange - Yellow Hummingbird/Golden Hummingbird

She is also the very first Pretty Cure to use a Heart Perfume and is suspected to be much more powerful than the current Pretty Cures.

She is the lover of the goddess, Hana Ange and the guardian of the Pretty Cure Palace

Hana Ange - Pink Butterfly Dragon

Is the third oldest of Vanessa’s sisters and is the spirit tied into the Tree of Hearts.

She is the Goddess of Flowers and Life.

Villians:

Dune - Green Scorpion

The actual leader of the Desert Apostles, who has been in deep sleep after he was defeated by Cure Flower.

Baron Salamander - Gila Monster

He is a lost member of the Desert Apostles and originally, the right hand man of Dune before Sabaku took his place.

He was eventually defeated 400 years ago by the very first Pretty Cure, Cure Ange, before being unsealed by Olivier.

Professor Sabaku/Hideak Tsukikage - Gray Tenrec/Brown Tenrec

The acting main villain in the series.

He is very mysterious, constantly keeping his face hidden beneath a mask.

Dark Pretty Cure - Dark Teal Tenrec

A mysterious woman who has powers very much like those of Pretty Cure, including her own Tact.

She was created by Professor Sabaku and resembles and acts like a Pretty Cure.

Kumojaki - Red Spider

The apparent leader of the three generals of the Desert Apostles.

Sabaku created Kumojaki by using the genes of a spider and the wilted Heart Flower of a young man aiming to become a professional martial artist.

His Heart Flower is a Achillea which means to fight.

Sasorina - Auburn Scorpion

The only female of the three generals of the Desert Apostles.

Sabaku created Sasorina by using the genes of a scorpion and the wilted Heart Flower of a nursery school teacher.

Her Heart Flower is a Katakuri which means withstand sadness and jealousy.

Cobraja - Navy Blue Cobra

The third member of the three generals of the Desert Apostles.

Sabaku created Cobraja by using the genes of a cobra and the wilted Heart Flower of a fashion coordinator.

His Heart Flower is a Japanese Rose which means beautiful sadness.

Family:

Youichi Hanasaki - Brown Crane

Tsubomi's father and son of Kaoruko.

Together with his wife Mizuki, he works in their own flower shop.

Mizuki Hanasaki - Red Burgundy Ladybug

Tsubomi's mother.

She, alongside her husband run the flowershop, Flower Shop Hanasaki in Kibougahana.

Futaba Hanasaki - Dark Magenta Ladybug

Tsubomi's younger sister.

Sora Hanasaki - Crane

Kaoruko's husband, Youichi's father, and Tsubomi's grandfather.

A bit after his son was born, he died.

Kaoruko Hanasaki/Cure Flower - Brown Butterfly/Pink Butterfly

Tsubomi's grandmother and mother of Youichi.

She is a famous botanist, and owner of Hanasaki Botanical Garden.

When she was younger she was Cure Flower.

Ryuunosuke Kurumi - Dark Blue Octopus

Erika’s father.

Because of his job as a famous photographer, he is often away from home, but still cares about his family.

Sakura Kurumi - Light Indigo Dolphin

Erika’s mother.

In the past, Sakura used to be a charismatic model.

Momoka Kurumi - Majorelle Blue Dolphin

Erika's older sister.

A famous charismatic model.

Her Heart Flower is a Dahlia which means splendour.

Tsubaki Myoudouin - Brown Fox

Itsuki’s mother and the daughter of principal Myoudouin Gentarou.

Satsuki Myoudouin - Brown Fox

Itsuki's older brother, who has a condition on which he can't walk properly.

His Heart Flower is a Chamomile which means to overcome hardship.

Gentarou Myoudouin - Gray Fox

Itsuki's grandfather.

He is also the principal of Myoudou Academy and the leader of the Myoudouin family's and town's local dojo.

Haruna Tsukikage - Brown Hedgehog

Yuri's mother and is the wife of Hideaki.

Her Heart Flower is a Rapa Blossom which means to be full of energy.

Supporting People:

Rumiko Kuroda - Light Brown Deer

She is a member of Erika's fashion club.

Toshiko Sakuma - Brown Lamb

She is a member of Erika's fashion club.

Sayaka Ueshima - Red Jackal

She is a first year at Myoudou Academy.

Captain of the girls Soccer Club.

Her Heart Flower is a Poinsettia which means a heart burning with passion.

Mao Ogasawara - Border Collie

Tennis partner to Ayumi.

Her Heart Flower is a Blue Star which means a trusting heart.

Ayumi Kumazawa - Brown Labrador Retriever

Tennis partner to Mao.

Akira Miura - Red Panda

His parents own the restaurant, Miura Ramen and he is a regular at Myoudou Academy's baseball club.

His Heart Flower is a Salvia which means familial love.

Kanae Tada - Brown Bat

Part of the photo club at Myoudou Academy.

Her Heart Flower is a Blackberry which means caring for others.

Obata - Brown Wolf

Studied under Tsubomi's father when he was still working as a professor.

His Heart Flower is a White Hyacinth which means a heart's peaceful love.

Yoshito Sakai - Red Echidna (has brown hair)

Masato and Yoshito are both intersted in martial arts.

His Heart Flower is a Digitalis which means burning passion.

Masato Sakai - Red Echidna (has brown hair)

Yoshito’s older brother and a classmate of Tsubomi and Erika.

Risa Shibata - Orca

She is Yuuto's girlfriend.

Her Heart Flower is a Tulip which means eternal love.

Yuuto Toshioka - Dark Violet Ox

A regular customer of Hanasaki Flower Shop.

He usually buys flowers for his girlfriend, Risa.

Nanami Shiku - Lioness

Acting mother for her household, in the absence of her late mother.

Her Heart Flower is a Carnation which means motherly love.

Rumi Shiku - Lioness Cub

Nanami's younger sister.

She is also best friends and schoolmates with Haruka.

Azusa Takagishi - Brown Minx

A classmate of Tsubomi and Erika and the president of the Theater Club.

Her true dream is to one day become a professional actress.

Her Heart Flower is a Bougainvillea which means passion.

Kenji Ban - Black Crocodile

He is student attending Myoudou Academy who is a fan of the Pretty Cure, and an aspiring mangaka.

His Heart Flower is a Dogwood which means to receive feelings.

Tsurusaki - Dark Violet Hedgehog

Tsubomi and Erika's homeroom and Japanese teacher of Myoudou Academy.

Her Heart Flower is a Rhododendron which means dignity.

Aya Mizushima - Bee

Is the president of the gardening club at Myoudou Academy.

Her Heart Flower is a Sasanqua which means unyielding love.

Naomi Sawai - Dark Purple Bunny

She is a member of Erika's fashion club.

Her Heart Flower is a Strawberry Blossom which means love and admiration.

Mitsuru Nakano - Black Fox

A childhood friend of Tsubomi's, who lives in Kamakura.

His Heart Flower is a Lavender which means to be waiting.

Yuuki Hayashi - Yellow Leopard (has brown hair)

A classmate of Tsubomi and Erika.

His Heart Flower is a Rapa Blossom which means to be full of energy.

Aya Ikeda - Songbird

She is a member of the light music club in school, together with Kudou Mayu.

Her Heart Flower is a Aster which means a trusting heart.

Mayu Kudou - Nightingale

She is a member of the light music club in school, together with Ikeda Aya.

Her Heart Flower is a Aster which means a trusting heart.

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[spaceumbredoggos]

Welcome to my Den.

My name is Kenz/Lunne. I’m 19 years old. I use they/them/their/its/it pronouns. I am a therian furry. I’m AuDHD CPTSD with anxiety and depression (maybe with DID and maladaptive daydreaming. No diagnosis yet.) I’m Aroace Agender.

Fandoms I am in:

Gravity Falls

Pokémon

The Owl House

FNAF

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss

Skylanders

Furry

Wander over yonder

Warrior cats

Wings of Fire

Cult of the Lamb

Survivors Dogs

Minecraft

My theriotypes (Confirmed):

Australian Cattle Dog/ Labrador mix

Black cat

Saltwater crocodile

Mule deer

Gila monster

Saw scaled viper

Flying Fox

Questioning Theriotypes:

Red Fox

Snow leopard

Black jaguar

Hawk moth

Hummingbird moth

Monarch butterfly

Hummingbird

Vampire Bat

Honeybee

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Bullfrog

I am a puppy/kitten/hatchling regressor who loves to catch bugs, reptiles, and amphibians. This blog is a bunch of writing, art, and general posts about my life. Expect some politics because I need to call out the MAGA cult.

DNI if you are:

Racist

Ableist

Homo/transphobic

Radqueer

Proship

NSFW kink

MAGA

Just generally a jerk or a weird person.

My dad who somehow found this blog (I complain about my family a lot.)

My system:

Kenz (main personality.)

Bill (fictive other who really really likes to abuse the shit out of me.)

Flamestripe (a Litten Pokémon mystery dungeon OC that used to be human. Transmasc demiboy. Rarely posts due to lack of thumbs.)

This is a safe space.

[moltengoldveins]

dreams get real weird when I’m dealing with anything health related like for example a mild case of food poisoning. I don’t remember much but I do remember adopting a chickadee and a hummingbird and now I’m sad I have no chickadee and hummingbird to hold. This is almost as sad as that time I dreamt an entire epic plot line about a pack of wolves and a rival clan of velociraptors and how the runt of both clans got separated from their families and trapped together and became friends and had to hide it and then eventually became lovers when they grew up and had creepy eldritch velociraptor-wolf children that I got to hold and then I woke up and was really sad bc they were really cute and warm and their fur was soft and they had like, gila monster scales. I have really weird dreams. If I had a nickel for every time they cave me a cute impractical and/or nonexistent pet and then made me sad when I woke up I’d have like maybe eight nickels from the past six months.

[dergshadow]

Four Swords Dragon!AU stuff(ig?)

I don't have a lot of lore on the AU so I might aswell share what I have

It's not very long btw

Let's start off with Shadow shall we?

His post-manga self has a "gemstone"(idk what else to call it), yet his during-manga self doesn't. Let's just say the "gemstone" is basically a mini dark mirror(kinda), keeps him alive and is essentially his life force since the dark mirror is gone(I won't explain how he got brought back because I don't know)

The others also have this "gemstone"

Basically the same thing as Shadow, if this "gemstone" breaks, they're screwed and will most likely, die. It's their life-force of magic, makes them closely connected to their elements which is the reason why they look so different from one another, they look more or less adapted to their element.

-Green is based on snakes and skinks(and birds if you squint), makes him light and quick as the wind

-Red is based on a (red)lion(dragon), because fire and stuff, and a leopard gecko because I can(I also really like wind waker)

-Blue is mainly based on amphibians and aquatic lizards(examples; sailfin lizard, axolotl, basilik lizard(or Jesus lizard) and a salamander) because water and stuff

-Vio is mainly based on reptiles found in the desert, or some i found really spiky(examples: armadillo lizard, bearded dragon, and a red-eyed crocodile skink) he's also based on a hummingbird.

-Shadow is based on more "dangerous" reptiles, such as the gila monster, komodo dragon, monitor lizard, oh and he's also based on spiky caterpillars

I'll probably make a part two, but this is all I have to share for now

[elementalgod-aj]

Anthro Allies Remastered (Part 2)

now for the first vertebrates before us mammals

Cephalochordate

Wyn (Lancelet)

Oxi (Amphioxi)

Tunicate

Hydrant (Sea Squirt)

Vagile (Larvacea)

Fen (Salps)

Sub-Flame (Pyrosome)

Fish

Lagoona (Eel/Fish Hybrid)

Josiah (Hagfish/Lamprey)

Chomps (Piranha)

Fugu (Pufferfish)

Mikayla (Mermaid hybrid)

Whirlpool (Merman hybrid)

Fossil (Coelacanth/Lungfish)

Sea Shocker (Ray Hybrid)

Ichi (Chimera fish)

Thatcher (Shark Hybrid)

Amphibians

Pads (Common frog/Bullfrog/Goliath frog)/Mutant

Zookie (Poison dart frog)

Balzo (Tree frog)

Mangrove (Horned Bullfrog)

Croaker (Toad Hybrid)

Daisy (Caecilian)

Poly (Rubber Eel)

Rigid (Newt)

Axanthic (Salamander/Axolotl)

Echo (Siren/Olm/Amphiuma)

Reptiles

Veo (Komodo Dragon/Monitor Lizard)

Ivy (Sand Lizard)

Clyde/Pygment (Chameleon)

Viridian (Skink)

Rancor (Gila Monster)

Anahera (Tuatara)

Takeo (Gecko)

Nori (Iguana/Marine iguana)

Draco (Dragon Lizard)

Chole (Softshell/Terrapin)

Beckett (Box/Pond Turtle)

Rave (Snapping Turtle)

Mechel (Big headed Turtle)

Flyta (Sea Turtle)

Bartolomeo (Tortoise)

Lu-Hyen (Caiman/Gharial)

K.Roc (Crocodilian)

Roxy (Alligator)

Herik (Viper/Cobra)

Neveah (Constrictor/Serpent)

Birds

Nimbious (Bird of Prey)

Maverick (Bird of Prey)

Felifa (Owl)

Jaxon (Sea Bird)

Valentina (Serima)

Stalks (Stork/Crane/Shoebill/Heron)

Terpsicore (Flamingo)

William (Paleognath)

Harper (Game fowl)

Martin/Frozan (Penguin)

Mallie (Water fowl)

Loco (Cuckoo)

Evelin/Evening (Corvid)

Colors (Parrot)

Rumba (Cardinal/Canary/Tanager)

Sonnet (Song Bird Hybrid)

Yashi (Woodpecker/Toucan)

Recorder (Drongo)

Tiffany (Oxpecker)

Zennon (Hummingbird)

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[hoodie-prince-kid-archived]

Its four mammals, four birds, four amphibians/reptiles, and four fish from the area.

So from Mexico I chose the Mexican Fruit Bat, Vaquita, Bobcat, Desert Kangaroo Rat, Black-Necked Stilt, Broad Billed Hummingbird, Marbled Godwit, Inca Dove, Mexican Spiny Tailed Iguana, Gila Monster, Axolotl, Forrer's Grass Frog, Rainwater Killifish, Giant Oarfish, Pacific White Skate, and the Mexican Blind Brotula.

Youve got it all sfigured out, way to go!

[heroic-endeavors]

Animal Shift! ꒰꒰꒰𝕡𝕠𝕠𝕗꒱꒱꒱ Kacchan gains long red-sandy ears and a sharp, brush like tail - a dingo?!, maybe?!?

Denki gains a long tail of his own, like a spotty yellow frill-less basilisk tail. Hey, he can be tail-buddies with Ojiro now! 🦎

Izuku, surprisingly enough, gets not bunny ears and tail but legs like a secretary bird, hummingbird wings, and the tongue and teeth of a gila monster. How bizarre! Maybe that might have something to do with his strange, somehow underexplained Quirk, huh??

(lasts for 8 asks or however many you want?)

Katsuki thought his changes were weird but at least it isn't terrible. Denki would be swinging his tail around. Izuku however would find his own changes a bit unnerving. Katsuki when he noticed this seems to be amused.

[8 is fine.]

[lordelmelloi2]

since living in tucson for 5 years:

haven't seen gila monster. Probably won't see one still

literally have never met anyone that got valley fever

haven't seen a chranchula.

haven't seen a gougar

What I HAVE seen:

Javelina at the bus stop I had to go to. driver pulled into the median lane to ask if I was okay and I watched the bus drive up and I tried to get the bus driver to stop at my stop instead of at the thing and tried to desperately explain that there was a JAVELINA at the BUS STOP and driver hadn't noticed it so I had to make a mad dash to the bus

javelina just walking around like nobody cares in neighborhood I lived in in 2020 also

Coyotes that prowl the neighborhood and howl at 1 AM

Black widows thing is ok kind of a mess but like if you live in places closer to the Desert Desert you'll see more of them, in 2021 a black widow made a home in my fucking bicycle and started creating an egg sac and I was like "that's her bicycle now" and eventually my roommate destroyed the entire thing with a bat. We had black widows in PA too I'm not like scared anymore

saw plenty of lizards and because of it part of my reptile phobia/trigger has gone away. they like doing push ups

Have been in multiple dust storms including some that I was like "Yeah lets pull off the road for this one" about. Also I hate walking in dust storms shit sucks

saw a tornado

dead people on the road 😭

. SOME quails also

Sooooo many butterflies you guys like not even kidding

THE ONE YEAR WE HAD A LOCUST PLAGUE?

THE ONE YEAR WE HAD A JUNE BEETLE PLAGUE?

One baby scorpion that came into our house that my roommate stomped with his shoe. Had me paranoid as fuck for a while I really don't think I'm gonna go live in a house on the edge of the city for any period of time soon

orb weaver spiders galore

Various species of Hummingbirds also galore

So I heard uhhhh tucson has fuckibg, gila monsters and lizards and valley fever and black widows and tarantulas and whatnot??

Can someone explain in detail the likelihood of me encountering any of these and/or dying

[fatehbaz]

The magic of mountains in Mesoamerica.

Active volcanoes covered in thick green coats of misty cloud forest and rainforest. A focal point, an epicenter, the meeting place between two oceans and two continents. The origin of the revered orchid, vanilla!

Here, an absurd amount of endemic species with very small limited distribution ranges in Central America and Mesoamerica. Out of about 700 species of reptiles living in Mesoamerica, over 200 live nowhere else. Out of about 550 species of amphibians living in Mesoamerica, over 350 live nowhere else.

And this extreme biodiversity is boosted by the presence of so many mountain ranges located within the tropics, so that “cooler” habitats (at high elevations) can exist closer to the heat of the equator. And orographic uplift (rain in the mountains) means that humid and wetter habitats (”sky islands”) can exist closer to dryland habitats (arid valleys). And also different habitats can occur so close next to each other along the slopes of a single mountain (”altitudinal zonation”). And this is in addition to how the region is the meeting place between ecosystems of South America and North America, and between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

So that there can be about 30 species of hummingbirds that only live in Mexico and Central America.

Or there can be like 11 different species of venomous palm pit vipers all in the same genus living in just a couple of mountain ranges between merely San Jose and Ciudad de Guatemala.

Or how, within the borders of Guatemala alone there are at least 40 different species of salamanders, and most of them are so-called arboreal “climbing salamanders” which live in bromeliads and fern mats growing in the branches of trees.

Like how the mangrove hummingbird only lives in brackish swamps of the mangrove forests along the seashore of a stretch of coastline only within the borders of Costa Rica, and the hummingbird depends on the nectar from the flower of one species of tea mangrove (Pelliciera rhizophorae).

Consider the Motagua beaded lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti), a species of venomous lizard in the same genus as and closely related to the beloved Gila monster. It’s an endemic species, living only in one valley, and there are less than 200 Motagua beaded lizards surviving in the wild. It’s “one of the rarest and most endangered lizards on the planet.” And for food, it relies on the eggs of the Motagua spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura palearis), of which there are less than 2,500 surviving in the wild, making it another of the planet’s most endangered lizards. Two lizards, found nowhere else, entwined in a relationship, almost extinct. But it gets more incredible. For food, the Motagua spiny-tailed iguana itself relies on the fruit of several cactus species. (One of the dryland plants that the iguana relies on is Pereskia lychnidiflora, one of the only cactus-type plants that basically produces leaves.) Without the cactus fruit, the Motagua spiny-tailed iguana would disappear. Without the Motagua spiny-tailed iguana’s eggs, the venomous Motagua beaded lizard would disappear.

Think of frogs like Bromeliohyla bromeliacia. There are colorful poisonous tree frogs whose aquatic baby tadpoles swim around in the tiny pools of rain water that temporarily collect in flowers growing on tree branches and in forest canopies. A whole multiplicity of “small” worlds existing, some ephemerally and some more permanently. Whole unique ecosystems in the treetops.

Here, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean nearly kiss. They are separated by less than 70 kilometers of land! You could stand on the peak of a Central American volcano, drinking native cocoa flavored with vanilla, and nearly toss a stone between these two marine universes.

Amphibians, reptiles, and hummingbirds in Mesoamerica were just like: “Let’s find a mist-shrouded cloud forest near the slopes of an active volcano in a single mountain range and only live in an area under 5 square kilometeres in size and only between the elevations of 1450 and 1650 meters.” (This is the famous recently-extinct golden toad of the Monteverde cloud forest and the slopes of the Arenal volcano.) Then these creatures were like: “Also I’m probably extravagantly colored with neon blue or fiery orange or bright pink or something.”

“And I’ll live nowhere else on the planet.”

[rowyngoldeart]

[sebring5]

C62C507A-B3FC-4D01-8C4E-26DDAAC59041 by Henry

[bonjourmelodie]

Reporting in from Arizona: we’ve got bobcats, gila monsters, road runners, coyotes, rattle snakes, coatimundi, chuckwalla, great blue heron, javelina, cougars, desert tortoise, cactus wren and ana’s hummingbirds, to name a few ;)🌵🩷

look at me. listen to me. this is directed at americans for the record. the reason you think North American animals are boring is because you live here. there are so many cool and beautiful animals here. we have beavers. we have wolves. we have moose. we have sea lions. we have armadillos. we have mountain lions. we have alligators. we have foxes. we have bighorn sheep. we have manatees. we have bears. we have ocelots. we have BISON. and that’s not even touching on the birds! or the turtles! or the snakes! we have amazing beautiful and diverse wildlife right here and it deserves to be appreciated and protected

[fire-and-bone]

New Kickstarter Collection!

We’ve launched our fifth (!) Kickstarter collection and it contains ten new species, PLUS three new cufflinks, AND for the first time ever, earrings!

There are three new birds (Golden Eagle, American Robin, and Ruby-Throated Hummingbird), two felines (Domestic Cat and Bengal Tiger), a sea mammal (Leopard Seal), a lizard (Gila Monster), a rodent (Brown Rat), a wild pig (Warthog), and an incredible bovid (Texas Longhorn)!

Everything is available now at special Kickstarter prices, which are 30-40% lower than retail! Let us know what you think about the new collection. You can see all the new pieces here.

[saintsurvivors]

What does Mòrag mean? (I know Google exists i-- Hang on) oh! That's a lot of options. Sun, lesser greater, moor, Sarah? But of course he'd be a crow. So smart. Can you imagine his fear of heights (cries) Mòrag loves to fly but not away from her Angus and that visceral and not entirely logical fear just got so much worse when he realized flying meant someone he loved going Away. And being able to separate from his daemon makes him a great agent but the first time he does it in front of new (1)

2) partners it always scares them. And no one wants to Ask how he got separated from his daemon and he Never talks about it. He's not opposed because it was so long ago it's an old wound but he also doesn't ever volunteer information (more crying) Jack's daemon has to he something loyal. Some kind of canine? Or something just a little poisonous maybe? Like a gila monster... What do you think Riley's daemon would be? Some matching bird? Or something smart and stylish like an ermine??

Mòrag, from what I was able to find means great, a scottish name that’s derived from Mòr, though Mòrag  tends to be used more than the original, and is oftne times used as the Gaelic equivalent of Sarah. 

Because in the his dark materials verse, parents are actually the ones who name their kids daemons.

I like to think that Ellen is the one who names the little daemon that slowly appears into view, cradled in Angus’s arms, just as small, just as tired, as her human. Ellen names her Mòrag, because for all that she knows Angus is going to need all the luck in the world, she knows that her child is going to be great, is going to fly, soar high above them all. Angus itself means one strength, and whilst she knows that Angus is going to be strong, he at least he isn’t going to have be strong all by himself. 

They often forget that they shouldn’t be able to pull, that they shouldn’t be as untethered as they are; they forget sometimes, but the look in Harry’s face often reminds them, in Bozer’s face when he sees them. 

Mac never really used to scared at heights, liked flying with his grandfather actually whenever Harry went for his flying lessons and things, but, after, watching at how Mòrag flew and flew and flew, nothing but a grey and black speck in the summertime skies, Mac felt something that had nothing to do with them pulling. Remembers avoiding his grandfathers eyes, and how he’d cuddled Mòrag to his chest, smoothing over the top of her head, kissing it gently. 

“i wish i could fly,” mac had whispered. “bc then i could come with you.”

“that’s okay,”  mòrag had said. “we’ll always be together, even if we’re no longer tethered.”

It’s his father that names Jack’s daemon, a small slinky thing that curls around their boy’s neck. He names her Ilma, meaning determined protector. They named their son Jack, meaning god is gracious, and so, with all the fever of religious texan parents, had made sure that Jack knew he was always protected, would never walk alone whereever he went. They never knew that Jack would embody the meaning determined protector so utterly. 

Ilma settles on Jack’s fourteenth  birthday, a quiet day at the ranch where Jack is watching the horses, Ilma at his side, watching over the little cousins, making sure his uncle, still shook from the war, doesn’t struggle. Ilma settles between one form and the next, like shedding skin and settling into the next. For a texan boy, seeing the jaws and the white fur of a polar bear is ..amazing. Ilmsa stands up to Jack’s waist, her head bigger than his chest and she roars, startles the birds from the trees, startles the family from the ranchhouse. 

They find the symbolism of a polar bear, and his father looks in the eye, hands on his shoulder, and tells him that it means, endurance, and strength, and acceptance. In basic training, in delta training, he holds that close, holds the meaning of it and how Ilma never leaves his side, even thought during delta training they’re trained to pull, can manage thirty feet between them before it hurts, before it burns. 

Becoming a Delta just seems, the right way. Settling into the squad that runs Overwatch for their EOD’s seems right too, and the pride they take in getting each and everyone of their tech’s home settles across their shoulders in ways that becoming a CIA spook had stripped them off, they no longer feel like they’re something they’re not, they’ve took up the protector mantle and this. this is them, this is who they were meant to be. 

He has a laugh though, with Mac, when Mac makes a crack about seeing a polar bear in Afghanistan, geared up in tac gear.

Diane is the one to name Riley’s. Riley, meaning couragous, valiant, as if she knows Riley is going to be the one to help save the world, as if she knows exactly what Riley is going to be like. She name the little mice Cenehard, whispering that it means bold guardian, someone to always watch over Riley just as she knows Riley will watch over Cenehard. She hopes that using that symbolism will help, especially as she watches Elwood through the corner of her eyes.

Riley’s Cenehard settles on her tenth birthday. It’s when she crawls out of her cupboard, hearing Elwood shouting, hearing the slur of his voice, the way he puts his fist through the wall. Riley’s wardrobe has been her safe space for the longest time, and when she goes to climb out of it, to get to her mum, to drag her into the wardrobe to, Cenehard howls, from where he’d been cuddled into her chest, in her air, and then-, fluttering wings, a flat beak and a crimson throat, Cenehard is as beautiful as a hummingbird as he was a ferret, just as beautiful, and Riley calms herself with the way she can hear the thrum of his ever moving wings, the way he tweaks at her hair. 

After, huddled into the cupboard, with Elwood away, her and Diane will find out that a hummingbird symbolises indepedence, and resilience, and Diane will curl around her daughter, will pull Riley into her chest, tuck her head beneath her chin as Cenehard and Diane’s own Jacoby curl around them too. Dianes eyes stay on Cenehard, seeing the crimson of his throat, as she whispers that she’s sorry, that she’s so proud of her.

When Diane and Jack are dating, before Jack beats Elwood and Diane lies and says Jack just left, Riley will take the greatest pleasure in seeing Jack’s Ilma playfully stalking Cenehard, letting him get away even if Cenehard should easily outmatch Ilma.