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[iamdoru1]

Undertale Yellow Portraits - THE WILD EAST [Part 4]

[wuaya]

Starlo's new drip!

[cattytheartcat]

More art wee

[zitafriendship]

Mooray Eel Bingqiu. Don't question it.

[zoomzooml]

Dragons:TNR Jörmungandr redesign (rework?) concept

(Also I know that my design pushes beyond limits of TNR animation in more than one way but here I just had fun lol)

I feel like he is not intimidating enough in original. He is very small for an "Apex predator of all dragons" (and let's remember that TNR has Giants Realm so-). I expected him to slide way longer when he was escaping his prison. He also had a lot of troubles with catching dragons (it was honestly sad to watch) And yes, as far as I know snakes are expecionally challenging to rig and animate and TNR doesn't have movie-level budget, but c'mon. It's The Final Boss. (*I think that in concept art he actually is longer so perhaps they shortened him to make animation easier (and cheaper??) considering mad speed seasons were coming out)

Sidenote - that poor danger noodle had so little of any kind of build up. It's really sad. And the first time we see him live he: did shitty jumpscare (build up was actually decent imo, but sound effect and bad animation humbled it), had short, off-screen fight with Sky Torcher after which he didn't even kill him (though he did at least leave some nasty scars and broke Torchie's tooth), and then fucked away. For me it was very underhelming.

Low quality clip for those who didn't watch (I hope Tumblr won't take it down).

Coming back to the design. I really don't like his colors. He got wings but to compensate I decided that he's not a good flier. In my mind he is an ambush hunter. And I know that THE Jörmungandr, the spawn of Loki from the myths, did not have wings, and this is pretty consistent as far as I know, but it is not THE Jörmungandr, so yeah

He is in some way mix between King Cobra, Moray Eel and sea snakes (Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait mostly). I changed his hood to be more similar in construction to a king cobra. In short, it is a bit of loose skin and ribs with the ability to move. In my design, the tips of some of the ribs poke through the skin. Now I don't think TNR would be able to animate it (But i'm not very familiar with 3D animation, especially for shows) so in show he probably would just have hood always flared. His head and sail are inspired by mooray eel because they are dope and I love them. I feel that aspects of sea snakes have died in design - they have a paddle at the end of the tail, but this has already been included in the OG design, so I don't feel the need to talk about it. However, like Sea Krait, Jörmungandr is semi-aquatic. He is much slower on land than in the water, but the difference is not as great as with Sea Krait.

I increased his size - and if he wasn't inprisoned he probably would be about 15-25% longer by now. He's old enough to be a Titan Wing but he isn't normal size - he stopped growing a bit after outgrowing average dragon of his species (let's remember that Red Death is Titan Wing as well!).

*Jörmungandr is longer but Red Death is more massive. Avarage serpents are slightly shorter than Red Death as well.

To be honest, I'm not sure if I didn't overkill it with his size. On the one hand he is large, on the other hand he is mostly long and not that massive. Idk

In addition to the scars, I think Jörmungandr would also be covered with small amounts of moss and other vegetation that started growing on him when he wasn't really active (his cave is very wet/moisty). To survive he spent almost his entire life in a state of brumation, being more active when he sensed meal approaching his reach.

Now, in my mind The Jörmungandr is the name of this particular dragon, not the whole species (Midgard Serpents? IDK), and at the same time he is not a "real" Jörmungandr from the myths. Because words cannot describe how I hate that plot.

I don't know how exactly he got his name but I think it was not because of how big he is, but because of his intelligence and mischievous soul. Again, idk.

Jörmungandr is a tragic dragon. In my version he was not trapped by Hiccup (in my version Hiccup never come back to Hidden World, because c'mon. I don't really like THW but if TNR is continity to that franchise they should follow established canon and not wreck last movie and make it completely insignificant. It loses all it's value if Hiccup, his family and perhaps other vikings, just come back and maybe even lived in the Hidden World anyway! If we have to have human marks and structures, etc. in the Hidden World, I would do it more in the style of “Haddock's Cycle” than “Hiccup and Tom.” Essentially, the creator of these changes is perhaps one of Hiccup's descendants, Tom's ancestors - the "soul of the dragon" that Hiccup and before him his mother had, summoning them to the world of dragons to see "Is it finally time? ”, but it never is, not yet anyway. Idk, I'm trying lol)

I have two concepts: There was once a main entrance to his part of the Dark Realm accompanianed by the waterfalls of magma, but now there's only basalt wall. This would make the closure possible for natural reasons and give Tom an opportunity to show off his geoligical knowledge some more.

Or he was caged in human-build prison, but not by Hiccup. I did that little sketch of how his page in Dragon Book could look in this scenario. Clearly different artstyle than Hiccup's to show that he was not the one to write about this individual (tho in show there's already different styles so--) But at the second thought it can be just illustration for species as whole, so anyway

In both cases, there are ways to enter his personal prison but he is too large to use them. They are still usefull as this is the only way prey will come to his reach. Not many dragons can escape his jaws.

He has spent most of his life in a rather hostile environment to which he was not adapted, which has left scars on his body and psyche. When he's not hunting, he sleeps. Hunger has halted his growth.

Jörmungandr is a damaged, dangerous dragon, the victim of fate and unknown past.

The psychological damage has made him hyper-aggressive, even by the standards of an already aggressive species. I don't think he could ever satiate his hunger either - if he could he would hunt and eat until he consumed everything in range or died of overeating.

For this dragon, it seems too late for a happy ending, unfortunately.

Now about the Midgard Serpents (placeholdern name, I have no idea how to name them) as a whole. Apex Predator may be a bit much, given the existence of dragons like Red Death, Purple Death or Bewilderbeast. However, Midgard Serpents remain one of the dragons that feed almost exclusively on other dragons (and sometimes even other members of their own species - they're cannibalistic), and they're damn good at it. When they feel best in the water, they can follow their prey in the sky or on land. They grow quite large and still are able to take down prey more massive than themselves (mostly thanks to venom and poisonous gas).

I think they are the main predators of 'Deaths and Bewilderbeasts (and other equally large dragons) in the earlier stages of life.

[vrgssmncht]

Shrimp shramp shromp

(why is a mooray there? emotional support vertebrate, shrimply.)

[lionews]

nuking ra rlc price sounds fun, we need something else to do now that mooray’s modbox ticket is pending lel

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[cockatude]

Mooray eels are like this.

I love love love fang blennies because they can unhinge their terrifying jaws to reveal giant venomous teeth

But when their mouths are closed they’re just the Goofiest Goobers in the whole world.

No thoughts just Sit In Tube

[crepuscular-girlthing]

i don't think a materialist analysis of my situation would put "motivation" at the top of my list of problems.

but many people argue that it is. it seems social moorays dictate it must be.

[huzaifjpeg]

Gaseh Vesyee Laleh Chum Dooray

Meh Chu Mooray Lalvun Naar

O! Friend, fetch my dear who is far-off from me

Fiery flames of love are blazing me.

- Rasul Mir

[toopandabear]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: MOORAY KN95 Face Mask for kids 25 Pack, 5 Layers Cup Dust Mask w/ Adjust….

[lenyfoce]

Maybe Dalv? He wanted to make children's books in UTY, so maybe he got to be a teacher now. Maybe Mooray's parents?? Blackjack??

Who would Clover and Kanako's teacher be?

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION HUH

[huitunkuutti]

[ID: an illustration of two anthropomorphic clowns based on see creatures standing next to each other holding hands. The figure on the left is a tall yellow anthro eel, with blue spots. She has yellow ruff and blue overalls on. The text next to this figure reads “Su, she/her, moray, clown, in her late 20’s” The figure on the right is a much smaller pink anthro seabunny standing on a ball. They are wearing a pink ruff and romper. The text next to this figure reads “Babie, they/them/she/her, sea bunny, clown, in her early 30’s” Between su and babie there is an arrow connecting them with the text “bffs” above it]

Clown friends! Finally a ref for these ocs!

[corpusprion]

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Blatantly inspired Mooray myo, because I simply could not resist. His name is Nasu, translates to "eggplant" because purple haha im so smart (bad joke) Moorays - https://toyhou.se/~world/128775.moorays

Carrd/Homepage

[lionews]

holy shit wow people hate people sometimes no fucking way. vulture who CARES if people hate you for no reason stop flooding the blog with your stupid ‘but what did i dooo 🥺’ asks.

‘yall sending more hate to vulture than moray’ LMAO at least mooray got their stupid ass off this blog when they saw no one supporting their delusions. everyone gets unsolicited hate it’s lionews god hurry up and build a bridge to get over it bc the rivers BEEN cried

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[halybs]

Lost wax casting :)