#looong plushie

[the-autistic-spider]

Why the Hell Do they Look So Cute

like my god i Want them all but i cant afford or house them all

please go ahead and look

[idlespright]

Not all those who wander are lost.

[tj-crochets]

This hammerhead shark I’m thinking $20, and for the regular/smaller manta rays (any two colors you want) I’m thinking $15. For bigger manta rays, it’d depend on the size

Plushie sale time! @anotherdayforchaosfay got hit hard by these winter storms and has a large deductible to get her roof fixed (I will link to her post about it when I’m back on my computer) so I’m selling some plushies! Message me if you’re interested in any of these, all the proceeds will go to helping her get her roof fixed

(Post is as of 1/20/23, and I’m willing to cover the cost of shipping to the US for this sale)

I will post photos of smaller groups of available plushies later too

[xcherryerim]

*anon spawns in your inbox ask question* (and you can go full detail with one) How would it go if you were on a date with Futturman and/or Mike? (bouns: if given a choice to shoot Franklin or Derek, who would you pick without hesitation?)

Hello??? 😭

okay we gonna get too delusional with this one and i’m gonna say is like first date(s).

With Futturman i would love to go to mall with him, solely because I feel like that’s an easy place he can geek out specially if there’s a hot topic near by. He’ll be acting so silly and would try to get a matching bracelet/ring/necklace.

While walking around the mall Josh would see a claire’s and joke how he got his dick or nipples pierced there. You’ll drag him inside to see the plushies and trinkets they sell. He would be standing in the back as he smells every single plushie with the “scented” label.

If he sees you particularly looking at plush and going “aw look! it’s so cute” he would get it for you immediately. Also let’s not ignore that there can be a spencer’s at the mall just saying. After I feel like he’ll take you to a cozy Japanese restaurant.

With Mike is kinda hard. I was gonna say maybe a carnival but… there would be a lot of kids running around. He’ll suffer there! I was gonna say how he would try to win prices for you and Abby but I ultimately decided that a perfect date with Mike would be a plaza. Listen a plaza with a Barnes & Nobel would be perfect. He’ll talk about a few books that he has read, would recommend you some of his favorite artists cds and vinyls.

Eventually you guys would wonder around the game boards and game cards to the movies. You guys would rant for a looong time on which movies are good and bad. He’ll then get a movie for your next date that you both think would be bad but in a good way (or camp) <3.

After that you both would walk around the plaza, just enjoying the breeze and the look of the sunset. At the end of the date you and Mike would go to a restaurant that neither of you have gone to before. It was nice and cheap enough for him (remember the man is broke).

Before dropping you off he makes out with you on the car and tells you how he wanted to do that the whole day.

Bonus question: Franklin for his fo** fetish.

The End.

No i’m kidding! I think the smartest thing would be to shoot Derek. I’m sure Franklin knows how to use a gun and even if he didn’t, he’ll learn it quickly because of his ring (if he’s fast enough) Derek on the other hand has never ever ever used a gun before idc.

[pawl3ss]

💛updated info post<3💛

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~☆ here's sum info abt me! :3

☆my preffered name is Cameron right now, but I dont mind being called pawless/paws <3

☆I go by he/him! they/them is also ok, & I dont mind she/her but it's not my fav ykwim? <:3

☆I'm genderfluid and bisexual! (Questioning) :]

☆I'm a pole from austria. Yes I speak polish, but still struggle with my english and german :(

☆I'm a beginner self-taught artist!

☆I mostly take inspo from: @/isaacvalley , @/whosectype , @/Nirami and @/ssavaart (go follow them, theyre all super amazing <3)

☆my list of interests and fandoms is below, including some more stuff ^_^

~☆ Interests and fandoms i post about:

☆Ghost eyes! (Got a separate blog for it!)

☆sanrio! (Also got a separate blog for it!)

☆bad parenting

☆Ramshackle!

☆YFM

☆minecraft

☆fairly oddparents

☆Hello neighbor: welcome to raven brooks

☆Cuphead/Casino Cups AU

☆Brawl Stars

☆Bendy (wasn't active In a looong time :((

☆plushies

☆psychology <3

☆CATS

☆ART!!

☆tag games/picrew chains (I try to reblog them on my sideblog @pawl3ss-the2nd <:])

☆My ocs!!! ♡ (some listed below <3)

+a song I'm currently obsessed with(will change)♡

~☆MY OC'S!

Oc's for fandoms im in:

☆Ramshackle oc: Conie

-the beginning (lore art)

-more about her (ramshackle oc template)

-just some accidents (all of Conie's scars)

-get gacha-fied (gacha conie +her brother)

☆Ghost eyes Oc: Oliver (posted on my GE blog)

☆hn:wtrb oc: Lorelei

☆TADC oc: Pogo

☆YFM oc: Harper

Non-fandom oc's:

☆Mary & Aniyah (ref sheets)

-Starborn (doodle +a bit of lore)

-eepy (doodle/drawing)

-even more eepy (doodle)

☆Spike & Kandi - Xin & Nene (ref sheets)

I still don't have the names for their "stories" sooo yeah </3

~☆ Stuff that idk where to put

- I have some rlly cool mutuals, including

@/fazbearedits (first mootie on here <3)

@/maritzalvrrr (cool polish mootsie)

+some others but idk if they see me as their mutual so yeah:(

@/ilovetiabeanie (bestiee)

@/dicethebomb (EMMA MY LOVELY <3)

- Yes I delete some posts right after posting them, but don't question it ^3^

- I am absolutely fucking afraid of talking so there are chances i wont answer to your dm if you wanna talk <:( im sorry

- I tend to mention some not-so-safe things, but I usually tag them with "#tw [what's mentioned in the post]", or put a big warning on the beginning of the post :3

Uh idk what else to add :']

I hope you have a wonderfully day/night ^^

[alittleplaytime]

hii! im trying to get over my phobia of bugs, so i decided i would try and see the good side of them :]

if its okay, could you share with me some of your favourite facts about bugs, and/or some cool images of bugs? no pressure, though! ^_^

oh, i'm so happy and proud of you anon! as a very avid bug lover, i always love hearing people try to be more open to them, even just slightly!!

a few fun facts:

a single dung beetle can move about 1141 times it's own weight! it's like if a human pulled SIX double decker buses, all on their own!

male stoneflies are like, the gym guy of the bug world - sometimes they'll do pushups as a way to impress a potential mate!

male giraffe weevils use their looong necks to fight eachother, much like actual giraffes!

some tarantulas have been found to essentially keep frogs as pets! the spider will offer safety and protection to frogs while a frog will eat any insects that may try and attack the spiders eggs!! (this habit has also been seen in some other spider species too!)

and here's some photos!!

rosy maple moth (dryocampa rubicunda), also known as the great silk moth! this species is a small north american moth. it's recently surged in popularity due to it's adorable colours and tiny size, even having plushies made after it!

sources: image one, image two

humming bird hawk moth (macroglossum stellatarum) is named for it's resemblance to the humming bird as they feed on the nectar of tube shaped flowers using their long proboscis while staying in the air. this species is found across temperate areas of eurasia such as portugal, japan and spain!

sources: image one, image two

cecropia moth (hyalophora cecropia), aka a giant silk moth is the largest native moth found in north america! their wing can even span up to five-seven inches (13-18 centimeters) wide!

source: image one, image two

the peacock spider (maratus volans) is a jumping spider native to australia (my country!!) with only one species residing in china! much like the bird they're named after, peacock spiders will display their bright feathers as a mating technique, paired with a dance! it is widely believed that females will kill a male if they find their dance unsatisfactory but this is fortunately, for the men, untrue! she will instead ignore him or move her abdomen side to side to display her disinterest. the maratus sarahae (first image) is one of the largest species! image two is a maratus azureus!

source: image one, image two

sabertooth longhorn beetle (macrodontia cervicornis) are some of the largest beetles in the world! it spends most of it's life in a larval stage which can last up to 10 years!! after which it will only live a few more months in which it will reproduce. sabertooth larvae are planted under the bark of dead or dying softwood trees as they will burrowing inside it!

source: image one, image two

i hope this was enjoyable!! i had a lot of fun doing this hehe

[unnamed-proxy]

HAHA here it is! The Berry dca head-cannon masterlist!

Looong post ahead beware.

Sun:

-They can actually draw really, really well but is limited by the fact they can only use crayons, if provided with the right materials their art style would be very watercolor dominant and look like something out of a classic children’s book. (Think the ‘promotional artwork/merchandise’ from welcome home or the in-game art of rain-world)

-Gender-fluid but often male presenting

-Asexual, even if they had lips they would not enjoy kissing or anything stronger than that, however they do adore hugs and cuddling!

-They find it a lot easier to express louder emotions, anger, happiness, annoyance, excitement, etc. they’re an ugly cryer as well.

-Due to their lack of facial movement, they’ve adopted a constant flow of physical expression/movement, even when they’re going to sleep they’re still moving! Usually including (but not limited to) swaying from side to side, fidgeting with their hands, or in-place dancing like they do in game!

-They have very intense anxiety, but they were good at covering it up until Moon got the virus, becoming inconsolable whenever things got to their head afterwards.

-Adding onto that last one, they’re an overthinker.

-They have a love for makeup and sometimes hang out with Chica to play around with face paint. They’re the reason they and Moon have the starry eyeliner I give them in drawings.

-They keep a Moon plushie in their ‘room’ that they’d project him onto while in control, and they never sleep without it. (Even with the virus)

-They’re a huge theater nerd, being a particularly big fan of Hamilton and the Jekyll and Hyde musical +basically anything Disney, though they don’t get to quote/see those as often. (Their fav is a tie between Princess And The Frog and Tangled)

-They get VERY jealous very easily.

-When they’re having a bad day and Moon isn’t available they usually have a gossip party with Roxy and chica where they bitch about the incompetency of the workers or a particularly bad Karen over imaginary tea.

-Continuing from the last one, Sun also enjoys doing Roxanne’s hair when she lets them.

-Their eyes were white while having the virus since they scratched the paint off clawing at their face whenever Moon took control (or tried to).

-They love the children’s drawings and are very quick to praise them! Adults on the other hand are when they get sassy, ‘if a robot programmed to act like a child on all levels but intelligence can drawn better than you then you don’t deserve any respect anyway’ type mindset.

-If you’re over the age of 13 it’ll be a lot harder to get on their good side, but usually if you’re nice to them they’re nice to you. Unless you’re staff, they’d explode any and all staff members with their mind if they were capable of it.

-Favorite color is green.

———-

Moon:

-Goes by he/him, it/its, and they/them on occasion

-Hat functions as a tail/third arm. Its rim is attached to his head by a Velcro like material or a magnet once placed on.

-The nightcap is stored inside his stomach hatch, which is shot out by the second button on his chest.

-The upper/first button on his chest activates a musical function, the music is generated through a music box attached to the throat of his endoskeleton. Sun can use it to, but they can’t pick the song like Moon can.

-It was the one who confessed first (See)

-Moon was originally a generic fruity Disney villain character in the theater and would act out on its emotions through a theatrical, more cruel lens than they were at heart. Though he underwent massive restrictions being added to his code alongside heavy reprogramming when being relocated to the daycare.

-He is demisexual and/or Asexual, he is open to kissing but nothing more intimate than that. Otherwise, he has the same boundaries as Sun.

-Moon acts like a cat in as many ways as you can think of. Enjoying the sensation of petting/rubbing or scratching on his head, purring when happy, hissing and growling when angry or threatened, and his nightcap flicks and sways near constantly when he moves, straightening and shooting upwards when he’s annoyed and doing said hissing, and curling around his torso when he’s afraid.

-He’s also just as physically expressive as Sun! Though in different ways. Constantly shifting from foot to foot, bouncing on his feet (as shown in game), tilting his head to express what his eyes can’t, and fidgeting with his fingers like Sun. Moon is also no stranger to stimming, though he tries not to around anyone besides Sun.

-He is autistic.

-If he had a functioning mouth, its go-to stim would be chewing and biting, Sun would have no issue with this and sometimes offer to be the subject of it instead of himself.

-He has anger issues as a result of his past programming, though has long since found techniques to calm himself down for the sake of Sun, pre-virus anyway.

-Moon is a huge victim of masking, most of the inhabitants of the plex still believe him to be a maniacal monster because of this.

-He desperately wishes to go outside and see the world, hanging out infront of the glass doors of the ‘Plex’s entrance after hours to look at the stars and occasionally asking Sun to paint what they think it looks like out there.

-He keeps children’s drawings and various nicknacks inside his hat. Magnets, plushies, shirts, paint sets, severed animatronic heads, you name it and it’s probably hoarding it in there.

-He’s extremely self-conscious and overcompensates to either get people to stay with or away from him.

-He’s a wonderful singer and enjoys doing duets with Sun in his spare time!

-It sleeps with a Sun plushie and often keeps it with him in his hat at all times.

-During the virus, Moon and Vanny were besties and were near constantly in communication. He looked up to her quite a lot.

-He is very much aware of their actions during the Vanny virus and sees them as proof that he’s a horrible person.

-Moon is the reason the daycare was closed down, being responsible for a child going missing 3 different times times with the help of Vanny, until being fully taken over by the virus. (While under the virus’s effects Sun did not shy away from holding this against them.)

-He loves Sun dearly, though is extremely envious of them, he would never admit it though.

-Favorite color is purple

———-

General/both:

-GR!Foxy was Sun & Moons best friend and trusted them with her life, as did they with theirs. This persists through their relationship with Roxy though they’ve gotten significantly more distant since she became part of the band

-Their theater backstory is Sun being a rouge court-jester that joined Foxy after he visited their kingdom. They were then cursed to have their deepest, darkest thoughts and desires manifest in the form of Moon.

-Adding onto previous, Moon is the in-universe reason for Foxy missing a hand.

-The skirt was a gift from Sun! It wasn’t/isn’t a part of their original costume and they both wear it as a symbol of their love, which is why it doesn’t change during their transformation.

-Moon and Sun were the patient zero of the Vanny virus, both being different prototypes. Sun was given a version where it heightened the flaws of the animatronics programming and personality, I.e their anxiety and jealousy. While Moon was given a removal of rules and restrictions, affectively turning the infected into a wild animal or a zombie. Both types were installed 3 months before the rest of the cast and both were modified/reworked due to being ineffective, the first being too unpredictable and generally useless while the second made the victim too tough to control. Though they were basically considered failures and Vanny never bothered to put the updated version into their systems, deciding it wouldn’t be too important

-They’re a tag team! If one doesn’t feel like they could deal with a specific person they’ll send the other one out to defend them (‘Soooo bad, I should turn off the lights myself.’), or they’ll just feed the one in control insults from the head-space. Sun specializes in more personal, action based insults that cut deep while Moon makes judgments on character and rapid fires.

-Moon wants to be friends with Vanessa again, Sun does not. She avoids both of them.

-Freddy sees both of them as a singular identity and is, put simply, a massive jerk to them, but he has a particular sore spot for Moon.

-The broken staff bots in their room were taken from multiple different places, Moon would sometimes clean up after Monty so he wouldn’t be caught or they’d find an already malfunctioning one and put it out of its misery. They’d then take it back and try to learn how to repair them so they don’t have to rely on parts and services anymore to sustain themselves.

-They’re both really into playing pretend and crossdressing!

-Eclipse goes by they/them and is omnisexual & polyamorous

-Eclipse doesn’t have a favorite color, if you asked they’d just answer with ‘rainbow’ or ‘I can’t decide!’

-Eclipse was a backup ai in-case Moon went rogue that failed to activate. Sun commandeered it into a way for them to both be in sync again post-Ruin as they were extremely basic and non-sentient.

-Balloon world Eclipse is what Vanny would use to infect the boys and communicate with Moon.

-Even if they were put in separate bodies they wouldn’t leave each other alone, Moon would latch onto Sun’s neck and let them drag him along while they do their job and whisper little comments to make them laugh into their ear just like they used to in their headspace, Sun would follow him around during naptime and try to keep contact, usually holding hands or, on bad days, riding on his shoulders.

-adding onto the above, if they were upset at each other they still wouldn’t be more than a room away and make sure the other is in view at all times. DO. NOT. SEPARATE, no matter how bad the argument is, there is nothing worse to them than being alone with their own head.

Aaaand that is all! TYSM for reading <3

[kookydoodleky]

Do you have any other hobbies beside art?

Yep, another of my hobbies is sewing, I like to make little plushies and stuff like that, but it's been a looong time since the last time I made one.

I don't know if it counts but I also like cosplay, it's been years since the last one I made and I would like to see if I can make a new one for this year.

[codysworld27]

Laying down on my bed after a LOOONG school week, looking at the ceiling of my room realizing I'm going to be 18 in less than a week, getting emotional over having missed so many things. Slowly start to think about good things like Tom Eddsworld, feel better, hug Tom plushie, sleep.

[fictionkinfessions]

My partner bought me the new plushies of me and my sister, and I am. So very impatient. It’s not gonna come till spring because it was a preorder but that’s so looong. I want the plush of big sis more than the one of me, but like… I want both. I want a depiction of who we used to be to be safe and happy now. Even in plush form. I mean, our puppet bodies were toys to our creators, in a way, it’s somewhat fitting.

📦

[thyming]

what are some of your favorites? favorite desserts, plants, things that make you feel cozy…? whatever makes your life a little brighter, it’d be nice to hear about it.

Hello, lovely soul. 🐇

Oooh, I love this! Okay, okay, let me think...

Favorite dessert would be ice cream - especially cookie dough/brownie ice cream. I do quite enjoy milkshakes, too!

My favorite plants are ivies, I think. (When I am moving in with my boyfriend, I will bring lots of fake ivy garlands 😭)

My favorite thinks that make me feel cozy: one of my plushies, that my boyfriend got me when I visited him in the netherlands, looking at my cats (I love their colors and they are just soft and cute), my pink and soft bedding, looong sleeved hoodies or shirts in general, and candlelight/fairylights! 🫧

I also REALLY love fluffy socks, I have two pairs with ears on them!!!

* I also have to add my boyfriend to this!

Thank you so much for your ask!

I am wishing you a day or night as wonderful as you are. 🌷

Lots of Love, Luna. 🌙

[dexalyys]

A few Psf questions!

Since Vivian is trapped in the toy store, did she meet any other plushies? If she did, are they nice to her or are they total dicks?

Did Cassidy find Theo when he was shot or did Theo literally limp all the way back home-

Will Ashton ever be able to meet Theo and Cassie?

Why do Sharkie and Ashton hate each other???

Does Ashton know about Will and Sharkie...shooting plushie (Kids included)

Was Vivian a christian bc of the cross she was wearing?

1) yes!!! she is actually quite close with alice (willow’s mother), who is a caretaker in the toystore :3c shes also the one who gave vivian the pink ribbon on her tail! i’d say viv is similarly acquainted with most of the other kids there, but a looong time ago i decided she’d be friends with a little boy around her age, i just never gave him a name ..

2) both! she heard the gunshot and realised he got outside cause he left the door open and wandered into the wood looking for him, meanwhile theo sort of dragged himself toward the sound of her voice calling out for him up the hill. once she actually found him though she just carried him back ^_^

3) he does, briefly; theo and cass come with seasnake to dean’s tech emporium (where ashton works) to pick up equipment, so he does meet them, but they don’t really talk much. i’m sure theo would love to make conversation, but ashton doesn’t want to get involved with whatever’s going on so he pretends the poor guy doesn’t exist 😭

4) ashton doesn’t hate them!! fae is actually Incredibly confused about why sharkie is so pissy around faer because they basically never talk to one another. truth is, sharkie just views faer as a threat to their dynamic with will, since him and ashton were so close in high school. after the comic sharkie communicates this to faer and they end up on better terms :>

5) she doessss not . she knows that their ‘job’ involves a lot of moving around and that they aren’t actually legally licensed to work in their field, but will never told her what exactly they do. even if she knew she’d probably just pretend she didn’t hear it and change the subject 💀

6) yeah! her and cassie were raised catholic, as their parents were affiliated with the local church. that’s how cass met theo; his father was a deacon at the same church, so they saw eachother regularly growing up.

[slavsquatting-rat]

Bobbin lace update: none.

I attended classes but that's it

On the other hand, I bounced back to crochet

After what feels like forever, I finished this sweater/jacket/garment

(I added a zipper after this photo was taken, so it can be closed if needed)

This wedding gift for a friend

I am also planning to make a plushie resembling her late dog, so we'll see how that goes.

This sad red panda

(while the second photo has a better lightning, it was taken before I decided to add legs to her)

And also this quick sweater, finished just yesterday so I am missing proper pics

Now I decided to work on a looong cardigan so let's see if I won't lose my mind and patience before I make almost 50 huge squares in fingering weight yarn

[koshekdev]

Life update (LOOONG)

Happy new year! I was gone for a month, first because of the holiday shopping and gatherings, then some freelance thingies and then I went to Ljubljana for 5 days!

I packed my trusty travel buddies, Al Pacino (get it lol) and Piggy <333 I am used to traveling with them, Al Pacino is canonically a party animal and Piggy just has a good cheerful vibe <3 Ljubljana was more expensive than I thought it would be, I come from a seaside tourist town so I thought it couldn't get more expensive than that XD but it was like 15% more expensive. Still we had so much fun just exploring the city, there are tons of galleries and cool decorations and also WE FOUND A SIGNED SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK BOOK XD!!! also I found Style Boutique 3ds games I always wanted hehe, Nintendo 3ds games are so hard to find in Croatia :P

We traveled by train, first time around we were in the cabin with Jehovah's witnesses XD It was pitch black outside, the train was very silent and it was just us six (two plushies) in the cabin, the JW couple talking about Bible predicting the end of the world...I had so much fun tbh, what are the odds of something that liminal happening? I felt like I was in an indie horror game XD

Unfortunately, on our way back something very stupid happened ;_; We were rushing to our train and Piggy slipped out of my pocket ;_____; I realized that 5 min before train started, I ran out immediately to look for him but I was in so much menstrual pain and ran a little bit before I realized that I most likely dropped him on a first platform which was too far away to go back to. I came back to my cabin and cried for the rest of the day :'c I am extremely sensitive when it comes to my plushies, I was extremely heartbroken. The ride was beautiful tho, it was 8 am, the sun was slowly rising and the sky was pink, trees were covered in snow and you could still see the moon.

There is a happy ending though. What happened was, yes, Piggy ran out of my pocket when I was on the train station. Apperently Žižek lived nearby and Piggy wanted to pay him a visit. He then promptly returned the next morning to my local Muller store where I first found him. Only one Piggy was there, so yes, it could be no other :)

Someone probably saw him at the station and adopted him, he was cute and clean and tbh I would've picked him up and take him home too XD I have no doubt he will make someone happy. But I also know that finding Piggy the day after at the spot where we first met, and him being the only Piggy there, it was exactly how it's meant to be. He is now on house arrest though and he will never travel again XDDD

I will be posting web dev updates and random stupid stuff soon <333 I am not giving up on Tumblr yet, there are some extremely cool people on here :D

[gfguren]

amber!! it’s been a while!! just dropping by to leave some cute lil plushies and lots and lots and lots of hearts!! 🧸💖💞💝 I hope this season of love has been an overflow for you 🥺

i also come back with a sel question!! i know valentine’s has passed but I am curious what an ideal valentine’s date would be for you!! and what does katsuki’s love feel like?

sel! funny enough my bf and i celebrated today so you're not late at all!

and oh man! my ideal valentine's date?? my bf's birthday is the day after so we typically celebrate both together (but more so his birthday) so i haven't been on a proper valentine's date in a looong time but! if we were to, i think i'd like to go on a picnic! especially if we make the food together! i used to bake him a lot of things when we first got together, so it'd be nice to have an excuse to do that again too!

oh oh oh! and what does katsuki's love feel like???? pls when i read that my heart went soooo soft! that's such a sweet question omg 💓💕💗

i think! it would feel very full, and tangible! like you could hold it with both hands, in both arms, and that still wouldn't be enough. that he loves deeply, so deeply that you can feel it, without him saying a thing. and it's almost overbearing, knowing just how much of his heart he's trusted you with - but it's equally as reassuring because there's never the question of if he loves you, because you can feel that he does, always.

[birdyverdie]

What is your favourite bird?

Oh my !! What a loaded question to wake up to!!

The truth is that I genuinely don't have a single favorite, I have so many that I adore! I ended up rambling, so here's a looong list ;;

I think, if I must choose a single favorite bird, it would be a red-headed woodpecker. Only because I had a childhood plushie of one. I loved it to bits. Her name was "Arbolita" (little tree in Spanish) and I'd carry her everywhere. But I have so many favorites that I have because they're cool as hell or because of sentimentality.

(Fun fact! Did yall know that woodpecker's tongue wrap around their skull when they're hammering into the tree to prevent them getting a concussion? Imagine that.)

Barn Owls! As a kid I watched Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'hoole and adored barn owls so much, my first research project was about them!

Also they're not as pretty sounding as you think they may be. I got to visit a pair when I volunteered at a Raptor center, scared me half to death!

But fuuuckkk I adore Quetzals! My dad told me a story about them and it stuck with me all these years. How the Mayans and Aztecs coveted the acquisition of Quetzal feathers! It was like a source of prestige and importance for them, because they believed that their God, Quetzalcoatl, had some sort of connection to the Quetzal. (I don't remember if these birds were Quetzalcoatl's manifestation or messengers. I last heard this story about 7 years ago.) Anyways, these feathers were so important that it was illegal to kill the birds, they were only to be collected through natural shedding, or else the punishment was death. From what I also remember, it was thought that Montezuma's treasure--treasure that the Spanish conquistadors were after--was believed to not be gold, like the Spanish thought, but rather these feathers!

I don't know how much of it is historically accurate, but that bird is very important culturally to me as both a connection to Mexico and as a bond with my dad.

But oh!! I'm such a fan of Emperor Penguins! Especially the chicks! They're so cute I wanna squeeze them so much! There's a playlist that I've collected that's mostly the BBC: Snow Chick segment of a nature documentary, but also includes other random penguin videos. My favorite video about the baby emperor penguins is the one where a tiny Adelie penguin protects a group of Emperor chicks from a Giant Petrel.

(Btw do you guys remember Happy Feet? What the hell even was that bit of psychological-torture-through-boredom segment of the movie?? It feels like a fever dream.)

Cedar Waxwings! Goofy birds, don't drink and fly!

These birds don't really migrate, so sometimes they eat berries that have been left over on the tree from a long time ago, to the point that the berries ferment! And since these birds love berries...well sometimes they get drunk

!The concept is silly, i mean, imagine drunk birds! But it is dangerous for them because sometimes they pass out and predators get to them, or alternatively they bonk themselves on buildings. So while goofy, I always keep an eye out for them in my area. I've already had to house 3 of them for an afternoon until they're better ahah ;;;

Bearded Vultures! (Alternatively called Bone Vultures) they're super cool. Their diet consists mostly of animal bones. They grab the larger bones, fly hiiiigh up into the sky, and drop them down below on rocks to help crack them open to eat the bone marrow inside. Their feathers are also white, and contrary to popular belief, no they do not dye their feathers red with blood, just with iron-rich clay or red dust from their environment :P

The redder the feathers, the sexier for their mates!

The Kakapo! A species of parrots found in New Zealand! They're mostly terrestrial birds, and can't really fly, they mostly just use their wings to balance themselves on trees when they're eating berries. They're also endangered and there's current conservation efforts to protect them so that's cool as hell! They're also the largest parrots in the world. Kinda the size of your forearm (and much much thicker) :D!

Shrikes! They're the equivalent of a lot of rage in a tiny little body. They're known as butcherbirds, for the brutal way they store and showcase their kills. They ambush their prey and then impale them in branches or sometimes barbed wire. It's meant to store their food and also be a territorial display for other males. Though for females, it showcases their powress and attracts them!

(This one is a Southern Grey Shrike, which is part of the shrike family except that "grey shrikes" kinda became a subspecies.)

I'm a huge lover of cocktails! One of my pet birds, her name is Maggie, is a cinnamon cockatiel that I adore so much!! She has such a strong personality, all my other pet birds follow her lead because she's been with us the longest (over 12 years! She's an old lady! I love her sm <3!!)

(Terrible picture quality! Can't take one rn since I'm not at home. asdfghjkl)

I also have another pet bird whose name is Avalon and he's a little beast of a menace. He's a Quaker Parrot and is as loud and destructive as you can imagine! But he's adorable, and I hold him like a little plushie sometimes. He can say a few words! Like "pollito" (little chicken) "Avalon", "good boy", "pajarraco" (funny Spanish way of saying parrot), and unfortunately, by my dad's consistency: "pinche pájaro", which means 'fucking bird'. I'm currently in the process of teaching him recall, as in, he flies around and then comes to me when I stick my finger out and tell him to come. All of my birds are allowed to fly around the house, so that means that unfortunately I get wacked in the face when a bird tries to land on me and inevitably misses my shoulder.

(Eepy birdy....)

Honorable mentions because I belatedly realized that you can't post more than 10 pictures on tumblr:

Harpy Eagle (please look up a picture of them they're HUGE.)

Red Cardinal and Blue Jays ( the original red vs. blue).

Mourning doves.

Eurasian magpies.

Long-tailed tit. (They're so cute! Snowball bird!)

Bleeding heart dove.

Great eared nightjar. (Dragon looking bird....)

Painted Bunting (my dream is to see one of these in the wild! They live where I'm at but I've never seen one!)

Grackles.

Rock pigeons.

Crows and Ravens (of course! I have a flock of crows I'm currently befriending heehee)

And so so many more. Honestly, I genuinely don't think there's a single bird out there that I'd dislike. I think they're all awesome and cool and AAAAA <3333

Thanks for the ask! Hope you don't mind I rambled sjkahdhaja