#opssums

[ecruteakfreak]

More dumb small things but in color this time

[gryphonlover]

psssssst you got any other angsty ideas for opossum!Hyrule?

(don't tell Jes)

- hero-of-the-wolf

Hiding secret opossum things under this nice read more. Nothing suspicious here. Just keep scrolling, Jes.

Supposedly, opossums taste kind of like pork. (Stephen Winnick) I am not suggesting anyone should actually eat him, I'm just saying one or two individuals may be familiar with the idea of eating opossums. Personally, I would not recommend eating one, but I would also eat greens from the lawn, so... yeah.

Opossums have also been compared to pigs by some very old, very dead famous colonists, but I don't really see the similarities, myself. Seems like the most they have in common is what they eat and what they taste like. (I would like to point out that their diet is terrifyingly diverse. Opossums have been seen eating just about everything, including "skeletal remains of rodents and roadkill animals.")

I think some parallels can be made regarding estimated lifespan. The generally agreed upon average lifespan in the wild is 2 years. 2 years. That's not very long. Of course, people say that it's short because of predators, and opossums can live up to 10 years in captivity, but the average lifespan in captivity is usually closer to 4 years.

If you assume that there are lots of monsters and barely any support for Hyrule in his home era, then I think it's reasonable to assume that he's going to slip up and die young. As much as I want him to live a long, happy life, in that situation I think he'd inevitably die around the age of 25. Maybe a little older or younger, but he definitely wouldn't make it to Time's age.

Now, I don't know exactly how Dark World forms work, but given that Twilight has a lot of experience with that sort of thing (and Magic Wolf Senses), I rather like the idea that he has some kind of intuition about it.

This is utterly horrible to do to him, but you asked for opossum!Hyrule-related angst, so here you go. I'm finally getting to the point.

What I'd like to see is that Hyrule ends up in his opossum form and encounters Twilight, who figures out what's going on and wants to fix it. (Bonus points if he plays dead and fools Twilight.) One way or another, he puts two and two together and figures out that Hyrule's an opossum because they're terrifying and don't live very long. Maybe they're generally considered a symbol of people who die young or something like that in Ordon. I don't know. Whatever works. This causes a whole long existential crisis because he knew Time would eventually die (see: Hero's Shade) but he didn't realize Hyrule probably would as well and now here he is as a freaking opossum and everyone knows they're dangerous, but they also die all the freaking time. Anyway, at some point stuff happens, and the subject is actually brought up and Hyrule tries (and fails) to reassure Twilight by telling him he always knew he'd die young, and it doesn't really matter anyway because he already died once or twice (see: dolls) so really he's living on extra time and once he dies it's actually for the best for his era (see: Ganondorf ritual). Twilight, being a normal person, is not reassured at all. This would also be a good opportunity to insert one or two random historical documents/folk stories from after Hyrule's era about what actually ends up happening. (Bonus points if he dies even younger than Twilight expected.) Also, they are heroes, so an attempt to change fate is going to be made sooner or later. What happens next is up in the air because that just puts us back at the "is determinism real" debate, and no one has solved that in the last several centuries anyway.

So that's my proposal for an opssum!Hyrule angst fic. :)

[ratislatis]

HARROWING TALES FROM THE DUNGEONS AND DADDIES DISCORD SERVER(S)

includes: @bugwantsahug (black and red hair, swathed in opssums), @pincushy (green sweater vest), @nikiko-venu (back of last picture pointedly not wearing a leather jacket correctly), @what-user-to-choose (foreground of last picture)

[queenlua]

every time i mention an opssum in my fiction, i am quietly & fervently willing the reader to understand it as a reference (to James Tiptree Jr.'s "The Women Men Don't See") & hope they then nod agreeably with their Enhanced Understanding Of The Story

[ako-kipali]

My sibling is making an opossum twine game. And they released a demo of the opossum making part of the game.

Go play it.

[hellothere2009]

omg

i may be an opssum :D

[possuminnit]

opssum. opossum :) possum

I have no idea if I’m still marked as spam in the servers so I just have to kinda shout to like, a classroom of people until then so how are we

[spycyshark]

Happy Pride from this poss.

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[boozye]

Emotionally, Dani is a possum, I can and will fight over this

You did it, mate, you cracked it.

[evolved-feral]

Poisonous abuser.

[mystery-dingsbums]

HI everyone! Over the next few days I will upload the comic pages i made for the fourth issue of PICO

I hope you enjoy “Ten More Months” A short story about a short visit.

[omg-ratty]

Got to paint this awesome commission at #realmscon2018 it was the last one I was able to do before the car accident. I love opossum and ink painting #rattycreations #artistally #myart #realmscon #opssum #ink #inkpainting (at Corpus Christi, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoXs2WLn7iJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e5emkq6j6rug

[eviethedragon]

@nehirose look mom gay marsupials

PRIDE OPOSSUMS!!!

He scream at his own ass UwU

Feel free to use as icons!! Just please credit me in your bios!!

[guzik-prawda]

hey guys I have... a fursona now

its an opossum btw

[pupofnoodles]

[teddiisworld]

Lmfaoooooo #possum #opssum #hoodrat #evolve (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIwQqW5nh1A/?igshid=ek5bfxfoolnj