#scorpion voice

[thickness-protection-program]

To my gays and coffee lovers and anyone with taste my deodorant smells like coffee so who wants a sniff

[zivazivc]

the JD loosing touch with society adventures

imagine him rattling and sweating more and more the longer this goes on

While I patiently wait for @picory to make his 'how JD and Rhonda met' animatic I had to get this stupid idea out of my system...

bonus:

next step: they steal the car

[saltedcoffeee]

kuai liang voice "tomas has always been fond of lizards"

[bestanimal]

Round 2 - Arthropoda - Arachnida

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

Arachnida is a highly diverse class, ranging from the Demodex mites living on you (yes, you) right now, to the Triassic-surviving horseshoe crabs (yes, a 2019 genetics-based analysis places them within Arachnida, though this is still debated), to your friendly pest-controlling house spider. They live worldwide, mainly on land, but some also in freshwater and marine environments. There are over 110,000 named species, with more being discovered every year. They comprise the Ricinulei (“Hooded Tickspiders”), Xiphosura (“Horseshoe Crabs”), Opiliones (“Harvestmen”), Solifugae (“Camel Spiders”), Acariformes (“Acariform Mites”), Parasitiformes (“Parasitiform Mites and Ticks”), Palpigradi (“Microwhip Scorpions”), Pseudoscorpiones (“Book Scorpions”), Scorpiones (“Scorpions”), Amblypygi (“Tailless Whip Scorpions”), Schizomida (“Short-tailed Whip Scorpions”), Uropygi (“Vinegaroons”), and Araneae (“Spiders”).

Adult arachnids have 8 legs attached to a head/thorax segment called the cephalothorax. Their abdomen contains their heart and respiratory organs. Arachnids also have two other pairs of appendages that vary in function between orders. The chelicerae are mainly used in feeding and defense. In spiders, they are used to deliver venom. The second pair, called pedipalps, are used for feeding, locomotion, defense, and/or reproduction. Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions, Ricinuleids, and Horseshoe Crabs have pedipalps that end in a pair of pinchers used for defense and manipulating food. Pseudoscorpions also have a venom gland in their pinchers which they use to immobilize prey. Vinegaroons, Schizomids, Amblypygids, and most Harvestmen have raptorial pedipalps that are used for capturing prey. Solifugids use their palps as another set of legs, and spiders use theirs like hands, while the males also use theirs for mating. Mites and ticks use their palps to sense their surroundings. Mites are more diverse than other arachnids, some only having 6 or even 4 legs. Adult females of Podapolipidae only have a single pair of legs. Some arachnids have a tail-like structure called a telson. Horseshoe Crabs use their telson to flip themselves over if they are turned on their backs. Scorpions use their telson as a stinger to deliver venom, while Palpigrades, Schizomids, and Vinegaroons use theirs as sensory structures. Schizomids and Vinegaroons can also produce acetic acid at the base of their telsons, which they use as a chemical defense sprayed at attackers. Instead of a telson, spiders have spinnerets on their abdomen which they use to create silk. Some have no eyes; some have up to six. Some only have very simple eyes which detect light and shadow, while others have very advanced eyesight.

Arachnids are so diverse that it would be impossible for me to provide a general summary of their behavior here. Some lay eggs, some bear live young. Some have intensive courtship rituals. In most, mothers provide parental care, but in some this falls on the fathers. They can be predators, scavengers, carnivores, omnivores, herbivores, parasites, and everything in between.

Arachnids are one of the oldest living Classes of land animals. Xiphosurans first appeared in the Late Ordovician, with modern horseshoe crabs appearing in the Carboniferous and becoming more common in the Triassic. The spider-like Order Uraraneida first appeared in the Permian, with true spiders appearing in the Carboniferous. There’s a lot of talk about how horseshoe crabs predate the dinosaurs, and that’s true, but so do other arachnids… and most other arthropods as well!

Propaganda under the cut:

While only Spiders, Scorpions, and Pseudoscorpions have venom, they all have different methods of injecting it, meaning they likely independently evolved venom. Which is wild to me.

Spiders tend to get a bad rap (mostly due to western media banking on arachnophobia and spreading misinformation) but they are incredibly beneficial to humans, eating many of the species we consider pests. Some crops, such as cranberries, tomatoes, and potatoes, rely on spiders for pest control. It has been found that wherever farmers release spiders, their crop yields increase, while also cutting down on the use of chemical pesticides by 80%.

There are around 50,000 species of spider and all but one family (Uloboridae) is venomous. However, this venom is mainly used to capture prey, and only 10 genera have venom considered medically significant to humans. Bites are rarer than the media would have you think, and deaths are even more rare, as they are usually a result of secondary infections, allergic reaction, or pre-existing conditions. You are more likely to die from a mosquito bite.

Even if they weren’t super important and helpful to humans, spiders are still just small animals living their lives and are all too often unfairly demonized. I’ll get off my soapbox now but listen… I’m Love Them. They are just little guys.

Anyway, Ricinuleids have a hood, called a cucullus, which can be raised or lowered over their head. This hood is also where females will carry their eggs until they hatch. Baby hoodie.

Horseshoe Crab blood is blue due to a copper-based respiratory pigment called hemocyanin. It is often harvested for its unique reactions to bacterial contamination and is thus used in FDA testing. Horseshoe Crab blood has saved millions of human lives, however, overharvesting for their blood as well as for fishing bait has put their populations into decline, which has in turn affected populations of shorebirds which depend on their eggs as migratory fuel. Many areas have enacted regulations on harvesting and established captive breeding programs.

Harvestmen are sometimes referred to as spiders, but they are actually closer related to scorpions!

Harvestmen are unique among arachnids for their high diversity of feeding behavior. Many species are omnivorous, eating small insects, fungi, and plants. Some species are scavengers. Some species feed on fecal matter! Unlike most other arachnids, they do not have sucking mouthparts, and instead chew their food with tiny pinching jaws.

Many arachnids, especially most scorpions, are biofluorescent, glowing under UV light. There are many hypotheses for why this is, but it may allow them to detect the presence of UV light themselves, letting them know when there is a full moon vs a new moon.

Scorpions can also detect light through sensors in their tail!

Scorpion claws and tails are reinforced with iron and nickel

Mites are incredibly diverse and live everywhere. Many live in the soil and aid in decomposing, some live in water, some live on plants, some live in plants and create galls, some eat fungi, some eat lichen, some eat carrion, some are predators, some are parasites. Almost every species on land (mammals, reptiles, ants, plants, etc) has at least one mite species associated with it.

Vinegaroon courtship rituals involve a dance that can last up to 12 hours of the female testing the male’s endurance. Female vinegaroons invest a lot into their children, often starving themselves in the process, so they must be absolutely certain the male has good fitness.

[splendidcyan]

Yaaayy season 2 let's force crosshair to be a good boy again

[pinkyjulien]

━ ARIZONENSIS 🦂

[mogamuncher]

Yeah you're absolutely right, it WOULD be pretty fucked up if a scorpion was literally so held back by its own nature that it would kill both a frog and itself on a whim. It would be insane to think that a being would have destructive habits that are highly harmful so deeply ingrained in its core identity that it would default to that at even the most delicate situation, especially since said habit is actually usually a defense response to danger. But the danger in that situation was the river, and the frog was helping the scorpion overcome it, but said self defense response was something the scorpion leaned into so much that it fired off the handle on someone trying to help it, dooming an innocent frog and making the river kill the scorpion in a self fulfilling prophecy. The scorpion essentially killed itself, it caused its own problems by having a nature that's harmful by design, it could have let the frog pass through and survived, it could've just avoided crossing the river altogether. But the scorpion didn't do anything wrong, inherently it too was a victim of its actions as much as the frog, their nature wasn't a defense but its own doom, and it did not regret it at all, it knew it would happen all along. It is in its nature, after all

Man, what a weird and fantastical story, I'm so glad that there are NO real life equivalents to this WHATSOEVER

[salty-an-disco]

The Scorpion and the Frog!! :D

Much happier with this Witch redesign. It captures her character a lot better than my old one, and is just so much more fun to draw.

And also Oppy showing off how his wings look in a resting position. His tail hides an actual venomous stinger he only uses on emergencies.

I also decided he has minor shapeshifting abilities and his teeth start sharpening the closer he gets to throwing hands

Now here’s some doodles of them being worsties:

they’re always one snark comment away from going at each other’s throat, I love them so much

[coffin-hopping]

hey yeah so we literally don’t talk enough about part 9 even though the scorpion and the frog dialogue literally encompasses and opens up conversation for one of Malevolent’s core themes—humanity.

bitches be like “part 5 represents rebirth and dignity”, but any god can give itself a name any god may demand respect any god may be reborn

it takes a human soul to recognize the crushing weight of one’s inevitable death, even more so to recognize it with humility.

John wanted Arthur to be afraid of him before, but when Arthur implies that destruction and violence are “in his nature” John completely flips the script. he WANTS Arthur to trust him, he WANTS a place in Arthur’s body, not as a parasite but as a guide and as a friend

part 5 is the turning point, but part 9 is a mutual realization of John’s true nature, one that wasn’t determined before he even existed

[lukachupacabra]

More often than not, if you catch me giggling to myself unprompted. It’s because that one line between Kuai Liang and Hanzo from BOTR plays in my head and takes me out at the most unexpected of times.

Kuai Liang (Sub-Zero): YOU KILLED MY BROTHER!

Hanzo (Scorpion): I did and I am sorry.

[mel-addams]

“I’m Devinder Crousley, and this–is Delving Into Darkness.”

“Or, at least, into a lovely twilight, soon to be dark. I’ve come to Egypt to visit a couple old Oxford mates, and happened upon some rather curious rumors circulating amongst the locals. As I understand, not far outside the town is an area referred to as “Serket’s Domain,” where one might be able to find some scorpions of unusual size. But not just any supernaturally oversized arthropodic cryptids! These are, so I’ve heard, potentially descended from those in the tale Isis and the Seven Scorpions. And–oh, what luck!”

"A spectacular specimen, indeed! Its claws alone appear to be over 20 centimetres, the typical length of the entire body of a Pandinus imperator–or, emperor scorpion–one of the largest mundane scorpion species. And while standard scorpion chitin will fluoresce under UV light, this one appears to have unique striations, glowing even without the use of my blacklight–in multiple, atypical colors, akin to a railroad worm’s bioluminescence! Fascinating… Primarily prominent are fiery orange markings, located on both the stinger and cephalothorax, presenting as a large dorsal spot with eight to ten radial lines–almost like a sun with rays. Perhaps these markings might be used amongst others of the species as a form of signaling, possibly for general communication or mating purposes? However, an additional green spot just above its two front-facing eyes is relatively quite small. While it appears to me not unlike an illustrated "third eye" of sorts in combination with the surrounding orange markings, it’s possible the green mark acts as a form of lure for prey–bugger."

“It would appear Isis’ seven scorpions–or rather their descendants–are as formidable as you’d expect from the legend! I had assumed the initial specimen was an adult, but I now believe it more likely a juvenile, as many others have arrived that seem to be, um–they’re a few metres long! I shall endeavor to report further observations and provide more accurate measurements once I’m at a safer distance, but for now, it’s time to go! Until next time, dev-iners!”

(I had an idea to have seven scorpions chase me for a SWL anniversary contest, but it evolved into a short Redfall-flavored cryptid-hunting pseudo-eposide!)

[laismoura-art]

The way we see Hanzo in 3 endings and he looks different in each one (in terms of size and details) tells me they actually hadn't decided on his age yet. He doesn't look consistent in Smoke's ending either. He looks bigger when Tomas catches him first than in the final scene.

Yeah I don't think they are fully settled on his design! (It can also be the artist failing to reproduce their own art, which honestly... I relate🤡)

He might not even be that young and Tomas just views him as such cause he's older and had zero to no interactions with children whatsoever and couldn't actually tell a child, a teenager and a young adult apart to save his life💀

And as a person who has the exact same face since I was 15 (I'm 23 now) I can tell from experience that looks and size can be quite deceiving🥲

Kuai: *swears*

Tomas, covering Hanzo's ears: Have some decency, Liang! There's a child in the room!

Hanzo: For the last time WE ARE FIVE YEARS APART!

Bonus:

Bi-Han meeting Hanzo:

Hanzo: I'M NOT--

[sargent-space-dork]

Just fucking around still, I accidentally put myself on a bug kick and now wont stop drawing Scorpion till his whole story is done. So what better way then to make a fake screenshot :3 Would've been from his villain debut episode in S3. Thanking my pal Prince for that Sable ad in the background there.

[cieric-of-chaos]

I miss Steve Blum's Sub-zero voice...his voice is so icy and scratchy... it's massage my brain everytime I hear it

[shinigami-striker]

Artt Butler | Sunday, 10.13.24

Same voice actor - featuring Artt Butler. Happy 55th birthday! 🎂

2020

Shang Tsung - Mortal Kombat Legends series (movies; 2020-present)

2024

Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender) - Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (2023 video game; added as DLC via September 2024 update)

[perenlop]

common mistake i see with gliscor fanart is people not realizing that gliscor’s chest carapace goes over the red body, which continues up to gliscor’s head, and thats where the arms come from as opposed to being attached to the gray. and i gotta be fair there because the official art doesn’t communicate this well and you mostly see it in the anime, which not many people have actually watched since they were nine. but its still an interesting misconception to me, the canon way is a big thing i like about the overall design. it makes it look like its wearing a cloak!