#might need to do a breeding project for this scry its so good

[convallaria-coterie]

sand boa/spruce/cream underbelly goes so hard it's crazy

[draconisvenenum]

The worn out, rusty door might lead one to think this lab was abandoned- but stepping inside reveals a world of life, dark purple walls and neon lights more reminiscent of an arcade than a lab. But those bright lights arent from the ceiling lights, they're from Sciuros. Hundreds upon hundreds of them, all shining colourful wingtips and scurrying about like they own the place. You barely avoid stepping on one when a dark haired man with a twisted jaw steps out of a hallway. "Oh, hey! Wasnt' expecting visitors, lemme show ye around!"

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Hello! My name is DraconisVenenum, both here and on Tfo mainsite, but ye can just call me Ven! I go by He/They pronouns, and Stranga Sciuros are my favourite animal in TFO! My favourite character is probably Roy Shade or Sherman Kamada. Both are tied for favourite. Posts will be disorganized and iregular, but will probably be about sciuros, mostly.

PROJECTS YOU MIGHT SEE:

Godkillers: my favourite of the projects. How high can hardiness get? Well, this project aims to do that. I am currently breeding together a bunch of stranga sciuro to get the most hardy animals possible. I eventually want to breed them to a ridiculous number, 1000+, or perhaps, even a number so high it goes off screen, but i dont think thats actually possible. I want the hardiest sciuro onsite. Also, breeding this many creatures helps me with my next project....

1500 Sciuros: simple as that. I want the most sciuros in the game, and i think 1500 is a good number to aim for. It will put me well above the current highest sciuro count, which is 1144 sciuros, owned by animatedrose. I have 422, and when i first started this, growth on animatedrose's lab was slow, but now has become very active. I see you mate, ima catch up! >:]

Digimon: i like digimon. Alot. Perhaps too much. Its just a simple fanscrying and fanbreeding project for me. So far, i have 2 Birdramons, 2 Sabredramons, 3 Tentomons, and a Hagurumon, which i was gonna give to Coral M Mui, but the trade didnt go thru. I might post some scrys here.

So yea! All my projects. Godkillers will probably get the most attention, because i need to keep track of it and pay very special attention to the breeding, esp. Because i want to avoid inbreeding, so i think having a visual reminder will help immensely.

Well, i hope your enjoy your stay here in my lab, fellow scientist! Enjoy the squirrel related nonsense!

Oh, and before i forget, heres my lab link! I appreciate any and all clicks sent my way!

[iniquity-fr]

hey hi heehee. question... how on earth do u enjoy this game? maybe its just Not for me. i start projects but then they look ugly as hell to me after 3 months. ive tried lore writing, pretty dragon collecting, working with g1's. i love the dragons & concept of this site but i never look back @ my lair and go "yep. it was all worth it". it's miserable to get the stuff u need! ur ideas and outfits are very inspiring so i wanted to hear from u specifically how u make ur own fun bc DAMN is it hard!

HI SORRY for taking so long to answer this it’s been. a weird weekend. also srry for the long + public answer lmk if you want this taken down and i’ll DM screens or smth i just figured it might be helpful to other ppl too or at least maybe others can provide feedback!!! anyway uuuhhhhh the trouble w fr is you do have to Find and Make your own fun yea, and it is cool to me that there is different stuff that different ppl like to really focus on! but i imagine it can be frustrating when none of those different things quite feel like Your Thing

i think above all what has kept my FR enjoyment up the most over the years has been running this blog and being in a couple (small, not super public lol) discord servers and generally just being able to actually talk to people about FR! i hate using the forums and don’t chat people up onsite via PM or whatever, but i do have this blog to share my art and projects and characters and stuff as well as discord w some pals where we can hype each others stuff up and generally enjoy pixel dragons Together. finding a way to share what yr doing helps to enjoy doing it if that makes sense??? crafting lore and art and ocs and stuff around my dragons got a lot more fun (and i was inspired to do it more and keep doing it!) once i was actually sharing any of it (not that i still dont just keep a lot of lore locked in my head lol)

but sharing the fun still requires finding the fun aka what really feels like yr Favorite thing to do on fr itself? character creation & design is my favorite thing to do like, in general, and to make a neat character i need the dragon to be really cool and customized in such a way that inspires me and informs what kind of character they’re gonna be and where they fit into within my lore….. thus dragon dressup is my favorite part of the site, i spend a LOT of time fiddling around in the dressing room making outfits, i usually won’t even buy a dragon until i’ve at least got the beginnings of a good outfit started. i didn’t get into g1s at all until we could start dressing scries and now coming up w the perfect scry+outfit is SO satisfying to me, even if i take literal years to complete projects lol, knowing what the goal is is good enough for me to pull character and lore ideas from (and i always stick the outfit plan image+scry img in the bio so i can still always visualize it) helps also to find a couple niches or smth that you REALLY like and want to have groups of dragons w this specific kind of look or lore going on so you’re less likely to find the project ugly or boring later if that makes sense? ie i have my plague church and weird ocean cult and eldritch space monster tabs, being able to know where ur dragon fits in with your other dragons keeps ‘em interesting i think! having a loose handful of random guys w no connections can make it hard to feel like holding onto ‘em :(

so then i think it’s about making these end results (be it breeding projects or g1s or a mixed lair of whatever) feel, yknow, worth it! for me its worth it and i love to look at the finished stuff in my lair bc i then have these characters attached to them—not everyone is fully fleshed out with a gijinka design and everything yet, but i generally have an idea of their personalities and they’re always sorted into a lore faction where i know they’ll be participating in xyz activities/behaviors/etc. a lot of them do have this kind of background character syndrome atm bc of that but i still care about the end result dragon in my lair bc i CAN develop them into a character and base a design off of their genes/apparel/etc that i put all that effort into matching up perfectly. so having and completing these dragons and their outfits and gazing upon my own lair feels satisfying and Worth It to me because i like creating and this way i’ve created something / given myself this lovingly customized bunch of pixels to create with, yknow? they’re not JUST pretty dragons sitting there doing nothing, they have purpose and space in my head.

ofc that’s all just What I Like about the game personally and what’s Fun For Me and for you and other people that can or will be different !!! my hope is just that hearing What i like and How and Why helps u and anyone else to figure the same for yrself… tldr it’s about finding what you like and why and what your real end goal that keeps you feeling attached to your dragons is, and being able to actually share these things with other people somehow can be a big help! playing all by yrself with no real goals is definitely a rough experience for FR and i wish u the best of luck finding what sparks pixel dragon joy for you 🙏🙏🙏