#merops

[herpsandbirds]

Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus), family Meropidae, order Coraciiformes, riding a Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori), family Otididae, order Otidiformes, central Africa

The Kori Bustard is the largest flying bird in Africa.

photograph by Rich Lindie

[snototter]

A European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in southern Bulgaria

by Paul Ellis

[birdblues]

European Bee-eater

[colorsoutofearth]

Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)

Photos by John Anderson

[namu-the-orca]

So, I'm just cleaning up my art folder now... I hope you like seeing the old stuff I pull from there lol. I think this is one of the first animations I tried? Or at least one where I tried a more simple scheme. It worked cause it's shit simple but I do think it's cute. Also the file is literally called "super cool bee-eater" so it has that going for it.

[bird-identifier]

Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides)

“Paradise Birds” ~ By ACAPELLA

[blog-aventin-de]

König Merops

König Merops ⋆ Fabel ⋆ Mythologie ⋆ Sternbild Adler ⋆ Aquila

König Merops ⋆ Fabel ⋆ Mythologie ⋆ Sternbild Adler ⋆ Aquila

»Ich muss dich doch etwas fragen«, sprach einst ein junger Adler zu einem tiefsinnigen grundgelehrten Uhu. »Man sagt, es gäbe einen Vogel mit Namen Merops, der, wenn er in die Luft steige, mit dem Schwanz voraus und den Kopf gegen die Erde gekehrt, fliege. Ist das wirklich wahr?« »Ei nicht doch!« antwortete der Uhu; »das ist nur eine alberne Erdichtung des Menschen.« »Du aber möchtest wohl selbst ein solcher Merops sein, weil du nur zu gern immer gen Himmel fliegen möchtest um Beute zu jagen, ohne die Erde auch nur einen Augenblick aus dem Gesicht zu verlieren.« Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Der Name Merops (altgriechisch : Μέροψ ) steht für Mensch, Sterbliche oder die Stimme teilend. Merops war in der griechischen Mythologie ein mythischer König der Meroper auf der Insel Kos, Sohn des Triopas, Gatte der Echemeia und Vater einer Tochter, die der Insel ihren Namen gab. Als seine Frau Echemeia einst die Göttin Artemis beleidigt hatte, wurde sie lebendig in die Unterwelt verbannt. König Merops war über den Verlust seiner Frau so untröstlich, dass er sich sogar das Leben nehmen wollte. Die Göttin Hera aber hatte Mitleid mit dem trauernden Witwer und veränderte seine Gestalt in die eines Adlers. Später stellte sie seine Gestalt auch im Nachthimmel dar, im Sternbild des Adlers (Aquila). Der hellste Stern im Sternbild Adler (Aquila) ist Altair, welcher mit bloßem Auge sichtbar ist. Am besten ist das Sternbild nachts im Sommer am nördlichen Horizont zu sehen, da es sich entlang der Milchstraße befindet. König Merops ⋆ Fabel ⋆ Mythologie ⋆ Sternbild Adler ⋆ Aquila Read the full article

[lightningant]

Another Tom Riddle character design quirk I made up has taken root

[lina343]

LOOK AT WHAT LEG MADE FOR ME!!!! they did such a good job showing off how pretty Merops is ;; everone go follow them they're the raddest and you'll get to see great beautiful shapes and colors !!!

flight rising art for my good pal lina!!!!!!! 

@linalovesflightrising

please go support their art as well, they’re incredibly talented! 

@chelsealinaeve

[herpsandbirds]

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), Meropidae, order Coraciiformes, Croatia

photograph by Vlado Pirša

[wookiecookiesfactory]

I honestly like the way you draw both Merope & Tom. I need to see more of them as they grow in your au. :)

HIII, I am so sorry to answer this so late but I had to actually be in the mood to draw something lol. I love them too!

"Mum, you are making the snakes look ridiculous!"

"No, they look pretty"

Oh, Merope you would have loved Molly weasley (both canon love potion users 😬 I giess they would have understood each other)

Also a bonus:

Tom jr: "Pink?"

M: "She is a girl basilisk"

Tom jr: "Ah"

I am just assuming but if "the slytherin heir" doesnt HAVE to be male, I like to think that as the oldest member of the gaunt family (that the basilisk knows abt) she would listen to merope over tom lol.

[birdblues]

European Bee-eater

[colorsoutofearth]

European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Photo by Guy Edwardes

[akanothere]

Rotten root in Little Hangleton

[yutoo00]

Romance of TOM RIDDLE's Parents（所谓父母爱情hhh

Copy source:The Gardener-7

（觉得这首诗和Merope的心情挺相配的hhh

[severussnapemylove]

Sometimes I wonder if JKR even realises she wrote Snape as a victim of sexual assault. Because he unambiguously is, and she writes him as traumatised by the incident. So it seems mad to suggest that she might not have thought through the implications of her own writing, but if she did get it, I am baffled by how sympathetic she remains to James. Harry is never really made to confront how vile his actions were, because he looks for comfort from Remus and Sirius rather than telling Hermione who would react in horror and disgust, and he gets to skip over it completely in The Prince’s Tale. JKR clearly considers James a hero, and has confirmed that in interviews. She’s even more sympathetic to Lily, who is portrayed as an absolute paragon of goodness, morality and virtue, despite her being attracted enough to James *after* he publicly commits sexual assault on a less privileged kid to marry him! What a malfunctioning moral compass. JKR also has no sympathy at all for Tom Riddle Sr, who is a victim of rape, and his rapist Merope Gaunt, who is herself strongly implied to be a victim of incestual abuse, is condemned by Dumbledore and the narrative not for what she did to Tom but for not being as courageous as nice, pretty, middle class Lily Evans because Merope committed the crime of…dying in childbirth. The only conclusions I can draw from this is that JKR is the sort of ´feminist’ who doesn’t believe men can be the victims of sexual crimes, and that deep down she thinks being a member of the underclass who can’t drag themselves out of it alone is indicative of moral failure.

This! All of this!

I don't think she puts it together at all. She's incredibly tone deaf about a lot of the abuse she puts these characters through. And with the blasé attitude she has about male victims of SA in the books definitely goes along her brand of toxic radical "feminism". It looks like she just doesn't recognise the severity of what happens to these characters. On top of Severus's attack and Tom Riddle Sr, remember that Ron was roofied with love spell that was intended for Harry, and Moaning Myrtle is incredible predatory towards the boys. Sadly, this attitude carries over from the author to a chunk of the fandom too. I've seen so much dismissiveness of the assaults against the male characters, especially Severus. And it's even more disappointing when I see people who have experienced abuse saying that what Severus endured "didn't count" as abuse. Had someone today on another platform having an absolute meltdown at me, saying that what happened in SWM wasn't sa, and that he wasn't traumatised from his abuse and if his anger was caused by trauma then why wasn't Harry the same. Seriously, you can't tell another person that what they experienced wasn't "bad enough to be abuse", that's a very warped mentality. Survivors are supposed to support each other, not belittle each other's trauma. Also, what book did they read that they think Harry doesn't have issues from the life he endured? He has different issues than Severus, yes, because he had different life experiences and everyone's reactions to trauma are different.

"Merope Riddle chose death in spite of a son who needed her, but do not judge her too harshly, Harry. She was greatly weakened by long suffering and she never had your mother's courage."

WTF is this!!!??? This is just plain victim blaming. "Your mothers' courage"? Lily had supportive, loving parents, was loved by her peers, admired by her teachers, had a very comfortable, secure life. Merope was physically and mentally abused for her whole life. They really criticized the poverty stricken, abuse victim for not being as "strong" as the Mary Sue of the Wizarding World??? Toxic as hell. Personally, as someone who has dealt with self-harm, mental illness and generational trauma in my family, this attitude of "they weren't strong enough" is nauseating and infuriating.

There really is a disturbing trend of extreme poverty equalling a dead-end life with no hope. Which is again an extremally toxic and judgmental attitude and a very dangerous message to put in a book aimed to children. The attitude towards abuse, poverty and indecent assault of men is beyond problematic, not only in the books but in far too many members of the fandom.

I could rant more but this will go on for pages.