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[jmdsminiatures]

OOAK Dollhouse Miniatures Handmade Realistic shorthair Lemur, cat By JMDS 1:12

[azulaang-chakras]

“Dada,” said the boy, earning a frown from his mother.

“Mama,” she told him, insistently. “Say mama.”

Bumi paused before repeating, “Dada.”

Azula let out a short groan, which only amused her son further. The only advantage she had in her situation was that they were alone. Ilah was out with Aang and Appa for the day, leaving Azula with Momo, the other Nomads, and Bumi. The young boy resting on the pillow between her arms was two months away from his first birthday. She, along with Aang, had been encouraging him to speak his first word for some time. Little had she known that the adorable little traitor in front of her would render her efforts to naught.

“Listen here, young man,” she told him, tapping his fat little cheeks with her finger for good measure, making him giggle. “I did not carry you for nine months and then give birth to you just for a man who did nothing to get this accolade.”

“Dada,” Bumi repeated with an innocently defiant smile, as if to defend his dad’s honor.

“Did you know that I was your sister’s first word? You’ve been crawling after her wherever she goes for weeks now. Don’t you want to follow in her footsteps now?”

It was a half-truth, which was far enough from a lie that Azula’s self-made promise to always be honest with her children remained unbroken. Ilah had started speaking early at seven months, but her only words at the time were ‘mamo’ and ‘moma,’ leaving it unclear whether she was talking about her mother, her favorite lemurine babysitter, or was mixing them up in her head. Ilah later learned to separate the two words, and Azula took the credit for being her eldest child’s first word.

Bumi’s response to the information was, “Dada!”

“Look, I’m going to tell your father that I was your first word anyway,” she explained to him, “so you might as well say it. You can say dada when he gets back. He’ll be happy with second place.”

“Dada!” he insisted, wiggling his arms for good measure.

Her baby boy was so young, but he already knew the power that he had inherited. His joy was starting to infect her, forcing Azula to press her tongue to the inside of her bottom lip in a vain attempt to not smile back at him. “Don’t think that little smile of yours will always get you out of trouble, young man.”

Another sudden fit of giggling widened Bumi’s smile even further, and its spark caught like wildfire in her. If Azula had one weakness, it was a smile from an Air Nomad.

[erherr]

In case you are like me and disappointed that this wasn't actually a like about animal adjectives

accipitrine hawk

anserine goose

aquiline eagle

asinine ass

avine bird

bovine cow

bubaline buffalo

cameline camel

cancrine crab

canine dog

caprine goat

cervine deer

corvine crow, raven

crocodiline crocodile

elephantine elephant

equine horse

falconine falcon

feline cat

ferine any wild animal

hippopotamine hippopotamus

hircine goat

hirundine swallow

hystricine porcupine

lacertine lizard

larine gull

leonine lion

leporine hare

lumbricine earthworm

lupine wolf

murine mouse

myrmecophagine Anteater

aleclaphine, bubaline, antilopine antelope

simian ape

tolypeutine armadillo

ovine sheep

pardine leopard, panther

passerine sparrow

pavonine peacock

picine woodpecker

piscine fish

porcine pig

pteropine bat

ranine frog

scolopendrine centipede

serpentine serpent

soricine shrew

struthionine ostrich

suilline swine

taurine bull

tigrine tiger

ursine bear

vespine wasp

viperine viper

vituline calf

viverrine mongoose

vulpine fox

vulturine vulture

zebrine zebra

zibeline sable

anguine snake

arachnoid spider

batrachian toad

bovine bison

cervine elk

cetacean whale

cygnine swan

delphine dolphin

dipterous fly

eusuchian alligator

formic ant

galline chicken

gastropodian snail

vermian worm

murine rat

musteline badger

ostracine oyster

otarine seal

pieridine butterfly

scyphozoan jellyfish

simian monkey

testudine tortoise

vespine Hornet

percesocine barracuda

apiarian bee

rupicaprine chamois

viverrine civet

coralline coral

elapine cobra

didine dodo

myoxine dormouse

draconine dragon

cervine elk

piscine fish

musteline ferret

pulicine flea

pteropine flying fox

vulpine fox

gazelline gazelle

cricetine gerbil

cricetine hamster

hyenine hyena

macropidine kangaroo

hirudine leech

microtine lemming

lemurine lemur

patelline limpet

homarine lobster

pediculine louse

manatine manatee

musteline marten

musteline mink

acarine mite

talpine mole

arctian moth

didelphine opossum

orygine oryx

lutrine otter

pantherine panther

musteline polecat

pythonine python

crotaline rattlesnake

ceratorhine rhinoceros

glirine rodent

capreolinae roebuck

zibeline sable

salamandrine salamander

limacine slug

hippocampine sea horse

atherine smelt

sciurine squirrel

musteline stoat

termitine termite

acarine tick

microtine vole

musteline weasel

pongine orangutan

phascolomian wombat

icterine blackbird

turdine bluebird

pyrrhuline bullfinch

emberizine bunting

buteonine, cathartine buzzard

pyrrhuloxine cardinal

rangiferine reindeer

phalacrocoracine cormorant

phocaenine porpoise

varanine monitor lizard

alectorine crane

cuculine cuckoo

columbine dove

charadrine, scolopacine woodcock

vulturine vulture

meleagrine turkey

cypseline swift

cygnine swan

ciconine stork

oscine songbird

charadrine snipe

coturnix quail

pullastrine pigeon

charadrine plover

alectorine, phasianine pheasant

perdicine partridge

psittacine parrot

struthious ostrich

strutious ostrich

philomelian nightingale

mimine mockingbird

icterine meadowlark

hirundine martin

anatine mallard

garruline magpie

psittacine macaw

milvine kite

halcyonine kingfisher

falconine kestrel

garruline jay

trochiline hummingbird

larine gull

fringilline finch

accipitrine falcon

You know how the word "feline" refers to cats, and "canine" refers to dogs? There are a whole bunch more animal adjectives, and here are some of them:

equine -> horses

bovine -> cows

murine -> mice/rats

porcupine -> porcupines

wolverine -> wolves

marine -> marmosets

saline -> salmonella

cosine -> cosmonauts

citrine -> citrus

combine -> combs

famine -> your fam

bromine -> your bros

palpatine -> your pals

alpine -> alps

christine -> christ

asinine -> asses

machine -> the speed of sound

landmine -> explosions

migraine -> migrants

trampoline -> tramps

dopamine -> dopes

medicine -> the Medici family

praline -> prey

masculine -> mascara

feminine -> femurs

latrine -> latissimus dorsi

fettuccine -> fetuses

poutine -> sadness

turbine -> turbans

engine -> england

supine -> soup

valentine -> valence electrons

Follow for more nature facts!

[cloudbattrolls]

Despite the fact that like, none of my trolls have it, I actually really love two-toned hair in design. It’s just my other characters who tend to have it; it’s even a species-wide trait for two of my own races.

[honourablejester]

Since I’m apparently on the subject of bioluminescent mermaids again, I went back and dug up some worldbuilding notes for the story I originally had the idea for, and which basically never actually got written. It was essentially going to be a sci-fi/horror/noir set on a maritime planet (Lemuria), starring an eldritch abyssal mermaid nightclub performer and her nightclub-owner human partner (in all senses), dealing with industrial sabotage and race relations in a submarine city run by geothermal power.

If you want to see what my worldbuilding notes for stories often look like, this is (sometimes) it. Sometimes. Actually, this is quite organised for me. Normally I just wing it on the day.

Lemuria Notes

Contents:

Planet Lemuria (geography, inhabitants, language)

Major Nations/Peoples of Lemuria

Interplanetary Issues (Galactic Ruling/Judiciary Bodies)

Actual Story Idea

Planet Lemuria:

Lemuria has a very slow rotation around its own axis, especially compared to its solar orbit, with one full Lemurian day lasting two thirds of a Lemurian year. Planetary nights last for four months at the equators. The planet is primarily oceanic at this phase in its geological history, with two small continents still in existence, both largely on the same ('continental') side of the planet, and a series of many occupied island chains in the vast oceans on the other ('oceanic') side of the planet. Lemuria is home to a significant human colonial population on these landmasses, being gradually settled over the past 300 galactic years.

Lemuria is also home to what are called the demimondaine, which is a (human) collective term for the two or three loosely connected species of semi-humanoid aquatic beings (‘mermaids’) who are the original and continuing inhabitants of the planet. Demimondaine are broadly divided into three main types: surface or island demimondaine (warm-blooded, amphibious, very humanoid surface or upper water column demimondaine), ocean or deep water demimondaine (cold-blooded, amphibious, semi-humanoid mid-column demimondaine from the deeper oceans away from the islands and continents), and abyssal demimondaine (semi-humanoid, biomorphous, non-amphibious demimondaine from the sea floor and abyssal plains/trenches). The demimondaine form several major nation states on the planet, and have a (mostly) friendly and cooperative relationship with the human colonies, having granted permission for human settlement on their planet three hundred galactic years ago.

A note on languages and names: as most of the demimondaine languages are unpronounceable and largely unintelligible to humans, owing to the difference in vocal construction, most of the names given in this document are the human names for places and beings. Communication between humans and demimondaine is largely text-based, as demimondaine have several glyph-based writing systems (most language groups have one or two) that are translatable to human systems. Electronic text-based translation is the standard, though there are also several pidgin sign-languages in use, particularly in trade cities like Jasconius, Zaratan and Ys, and in the Island Union, since hand-shape is largely similar between species.

(Further note on all of this: I am bullshitting to the max, having no scientific background on any of it at all)

Nations/Settlements of Note:

Zealandia: the largest continent and surface nation, located in the southerly continental oceans and generally enjoying a very warm and humid tropical climate. Lemurine, its capital city, is the administrative colonial capital of Lemuria. The continent hosts 54% of all colonial residents and off-planet visitors to Lemuria. Zealandia is the main surface agricultural production area, and it boasts a significantly different and human-orientated diet to much of the rest of Lemuria. Baralku, the primary Lemuria-to-orbit spaceport, is located just south of Lemurine City.

Kerguelen: the smaller continent, located to the north west of Zealandia on the continental side of the planet. Kerguelen has a colder climate than Zealandia, and is primarily home to forestry and ore mining, with a small agricultural zone. It is the other main colonial settlement and nation state, along with the Island Union on the oceanic side of the planet. Kusu is the capital for this landmass.

The Island Union: a nation state comprised of several of the largest island chains in the central and southern oceanic seas, controlling much of the territory west of Deep Mu and east of Zealandia on the oceanic side of the planet. The Island Union has the most integrated mixed human and demimondaine population on Lemuria, with both species represented in its ruling body. It also has the widest range of both human and demimondaine languages in current use.

Kibu Island/Spaceport: the main Lemuria-to-orbit spaceport and atmospheric transport hub on the oceanic side of the planet, Kibu spaceport and arcology complex is built on a large semi-artificial atol island chain in the equatorial ocean, with the main spaceport tower complex on Kibukuth island.

Bohol: one of the main island chains in the southern oceans of Lemuria, it's the third largest land-based and colonial settlement on Lemuria, and the largest single non-Jasconian demimondaine surface settlement. Considered the capital and administrative center of the Island Union, and a significant point of contact between humans and demimondaine.

Jasconius: a large demimondaine floating city complex and independent city-state, inhabited primarily by deep ocean and surface demimondaine. Jasconius famously circumnavigates the planet on a slow, continuous basis to keep itself on the daylight side of Lemuria, with regular excursions to the following dawn-twilight zone. It's always morning in Jasconius. The city's heart is sixteen hundred Lemurian years old (equivalent of twelve hundred galactic standard years), making it the oldest continually-occupied demimondaine settlement on Lemuria's surface, a very popular tourist destination, and a primary human-demimondaine trading city.

Zaratan: a smaller floating city complex, located exclusively on the oceanic side of the planet, Zaratan is essentially a floating market city that travels along trade routes in the Island Union and several outlying micronations in more northerly waters. Largely inhabited by island demimondaine, and also considered an independent city-state, though it has strong trade and political ties with the Island Union.

Deep Mu: Largest and most powerful of the two known deep nations, located in the vast western abyssal plains between the Zealandia continent and the Island Union, Deep Mu is home almost exclusively to abyssal demimondaine who rarely come to the surface. Its capital is unknown to the surface, but there are rumours of a vast cave complex in the wall of the Zealandian continental shelf that serves as the main Muean city. Owing to large geothermal activity at several points on the sea floor, Deep Mu is the producer of around 60% of Zealandia's energy supply, which is a serious political bone of contention between Deep Mu and the surface.

Ys: an independant deep ocean city habitat and power station located just on the edge of the Zealandian continental shelf, Ys is the primary connection point between Lemurine and Deep Mu, and a major trading hub for deep water demimondaine in the continental oceans. It's one of the few places where humans, deep water and abyssal demimondaine intermingle.

Vaalbara: the other known deep nation, located in the colder northern waters to the east of Kerguelen. Vaalbara has two main cities, an abyssal city deep in the Cipactli Trench on the eastern edge of the territory, and the deep water city of Sedna on the Imap Umassoursa submarine plateau about four hundred miles off the coast of Kerguelen. Vaalbara is to an extent isolationist in relation to humans. The abyssal city again has almost no contact with humans, although Sedna does have a limited trade relationship with Kerguelen, mostly conducted via coastal settlements on Kerguelen itself. Surface fleets from Sedna also have some contact with Zaratan on the extreme north-westerly loop of Zaratan's circuit, and Jasconius makes a stopover above the city itself roughly every year-and-a-half when taking its northern circumnavigation route.

Interplanetary Issues:

Galactic Systems Alliance (GSA or the Alliance) - Interstellar Governing Body of which Lemuria is a member state.

Alliance Planetary Justice Commission (APJC) - Alliance justice body which investigates and regulates primarily intra-planetary/intra-system interspecies incidents from a supposedly neutral outside perspective. May be called in by system authorities and/or sent in by the GSA if reports are made to them of gross injustices in defiance of galactic law.

Story Idea:

Yes, all this was basically random worldbuilding for a single story, which wound up not being written, though bits of it still live in my brain. The original idea was for a mermaid vampire story, which morphed into a maritime sci-fi/noir/spy story in what became the city of Ys. It featured APJC agents being sent to investigate terrorist/industrial sabotage threats aimed at the Mu-Lemurine geothermal power conduits, and ending up getting involved with Yssian protectors in the form of an abyssal nightclub singer/secret agent/femme fatale and her human nightclub owner/handler/detective partner.

Serene, the abyssal singer, is strongly inspired by the black dragonfish and similar creatures on Earth, and is basically a shapeshifting black bioluminescent nightmare with glass-like bones and needle teeth who hunts in pitch darkness using self-generated infra-red light, on the grounds that if you're trying to sabotage a deep-water geo-thermal industrial complex, this is exactly the kind of nightmare you really, really don't want coming after you. She also uses the bioluminescence to perform underwater glass tank lightshows at the club ('Last Light', incidentally, for a variety of fun reasons) as a cover, as suggested by her human partner Eshe (who is also black, but in a human blazing-sun-and-light sort of way, as opposed to alien product-of-a-lightless-abyss type way). It takes the poor Apjacks a while (and some minor friendly fire) to get used to working with the Yssian ladies, but by the time the case has headed towards threatening citywide structural collapse and interspecies war levels, they've caught on well enough.

That was the idea, anyway, before I basically got distracted spending two days researching mythical island names, real and mythical sunken continents/cities and random sea deity/monster names in order to do some rather random worldbuilding, and then the story just sat there for five years doing nothing. (Yes, most of the place names are one of the above, with a couple of afterlives and ancient supercontinents thrown in - it does make in-universe sense as well, though, since they're all human names for places on an alien marine planet where native placenames are largely unpronounceable). Behold, one of the dangers of worldbuilding. Heh. Sometimes, you do too much worldbuilding, you never write the actual story.

It's an awful lot of fun, though ...

[casualaddict]

i found a cool original open species on dA called Lemurin and wanted to try designing one....started off alright but he devolved into...something lol

this always happens. 

i think i let my passimian gijinka concepts influence him too much pfft and he’s also ended up looking too much like someone else’s character, so he’s still a WIP, i think. he’s based off of a red ruffed lemur :> annnd....handfeet and big tails are actually a lot of fun to draw so i’m not abandoning him.

[cloudbatcave]

Acetyl Choline has been in my head for several years but her story is one I’m less interested in, so the most action she’s ever seen is in a human AU that I sadly don’t really get any time for these days.

It’s partially because I used to be embarrassed about her species, the Lemurines, since they’re a bunch of sparkly anime cat people who each control a single periodic table element. These days I have decided I do not give a fuck, and I will have sparkly anime cat people because it’s fun.

Her element is, predictably, carbon.

[limesquares]

apollyna replied to your photoset “gross, kiddo.”

Also golly the weird lil doglip things are A++++

yes... good stuff... I think they’re called a “lemurine toothbrush,” but i haven’t found very much on what their purpose is, only that they’re found only on canines (and some lemurs??). The best guess is a sort of tooth cleaner, which makes sense given Mikhael’s diet. sorry for the out of the blue long response, but i love animal biology and slapping it onto my ocs lol

[closedspeciesdrama]

Anon looking for cheap species: there's the Technoctem which are pretty cheap, and the owner also has the Lemurins which are a fully open species, or the World-of-Eslion group which has three closed species and two open ones. I also suggest Gemmadites and Aerolins, both species are pretty active and cheap to get!

[lemurinviaggio]

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Ė trascorso un anno in questo variegatissimo habitat che ben si è combinato con l’insita smania di girovagare. Ci ha permesso di conoscere tanti altri esemplari che, come noi, “nutrono” queste passioni…. e “si nutrono” delle stesse! Insomma, un nutrirsi reciproco, che paradossalmente, invece di saziare, rende ancor più vogliosi di continuare a farlo, in un tripudio di golosità itinerante.

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