#merops

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Carmine Bee-eaters (Merops nubicoides), family Meropidae, order Coraciiformes, Southern Africa

photograph by Michael S. Haworth

[snototter]

A white fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) catches a dragonfly in Kruger National Park, South Africa

by Sumarie Slabber

[colorsoutofearth]

Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)

Photos by John Anderson

[birdblues]

European Bee-eater

[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

[tenth-sentence]

Duke. How shall I fashion me to wear a cloak?

I pray thee, let me feel thy cloak upon me.

What letter is this same? What's here? 'To Silvia'!

And here an engine fit for my proceeding.

I'll be so bold as to break the seal for once.

[Reads.]

'My thoughts do harbour with my Silvia nightly,

And slaves they are to me that send them flying:

O, could their master come and go as lightly,

Himself would lodge where senseless they are lying!

My herald thoughts in thy pure bosom rest them;

While I, their king, that hither them importune,

Do curse the grace that with such grace hath bless'd them,

Because myself do want my servants' fortune:

I curse myself, for they are sent by me,

That they should harbour where their lord would be.'

What's here?

'Silvia, this night I will enfranchise thee.'

'Tis so; and here's the ladder for the purpose.

Why, Phaethon, – for thou art Merops' son, –

Wilt thou aspire to guide the heavenly car

And with thy daring folly burn the world?

Wilt thou reach stars, because they shine on thee?

Go, base intruder! overweening slave!

Bestow thy fawning smiles on equal mates,

And think my patience, more than thy desert,

Is privilege for thy departure hence:

Thank me for this more than all the favours

Which all too much I have bestow'd on thee.

But if thou linger in my territories

Longer than the swiftest expedition

Will give thee time to leave our royal court,

By heaven! my wrath shall far exceed the love

I ever bore my daughter or thyself.

Be gone! I will not hear thy vain excuse;

But, as thou lovest thy life, make speed from hence.

William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Act III, Scene I)

[lightningant]

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

[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.

[katartna]

I really enjoyed Touchstarved's demo so I created an OC! I love Merope, she is sad tired. Elegant in appearance only, damp and confused most of the time. When she was little she was abducted by an eldritch snake cult. She has a few good memories of her childhood and hopes that she can find any reason to not unleash the entity inside of her.

[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

[colorsoutofearth]

European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Photo by Guy Edwardes

[birdblues]

European Bee Eater

[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