#volcanus

[zzthekaiju]

The truth is, Flying Brick isn't particularly dour, but when it comes to unrelenting optimism, no one quite does it like Volcanus here.

(BTW, they're in the air right now. Brick is already short compared to her human peers).

[poolpvrty]

She spoke. Liber [Dionysos] had long been listening to her words of complaint, as he followed behind her. He embraces her and mops her tears with kisses, and says: ‘Let us seek heaven's heights together. You have shared my bed and you will share my name. You will be named Libera, when transformed. I will create a monument of you and your crown, which Volcanus [Hephaistos] gave Venus [Aphrodite] and she gave you.’ He does what he said, and turns its nine gems to fires, and the golden crown glitters with nine stars.

Dionysus! Sirius and his husband, Ariadne! Remus

[cartographers-office]

The PNF-404 Phylogenetic Tree

A bit of a different post from the usual, as I have been very hyped for Pikmin 4! Here's my speculative phylogenetic tree for most of the creatures in the Pikmin series. It is a bit more cautious than an actual phylogenetic tree, so there are a lot of soft polytomies (ideally every branch split should only have two children), but I digress.

Edit

It seems that Tumblr's compression did some nasty work on my post, so I'm gonna leave here a link to my phylogenetic tree in case anyone would like to see it in its full glory.

Here are also all the notes on the image in case anyone needs those too:

Author's Notes

Updated as of the Pikmin 4 Demo.

Icons taken from the Pikipedia and Pikmin games.

Fonts used are “Pikmin Font” by TheAdorableOshawott and “Dimbo” by Jayvee Enaguas.

Species with multiple scientific names

The Red Bulborb, Empress Bulblax and Bulborb Larvae are all explicitly different forms of the same species, as is the case in their Japanese technical name.

The Spotty Bulbear and Dwarf Bulbear are both explicitly different forms of the same species, as is the case in their Japanese technical name.

The Baldy Long Legs and Hairy Long Legs are explicitly stated to be the same species.

The Centipare and adult Centipare have completely different scientific name and family.

Incorrect scientific name (according to Japanese family name)

Despite being in the Breadbug family, the Fiery Dwarf Bulblax, has the Oculus genus instead of Pansarus. This is corrected here.

Despite not being in the Blowhog family, the Tusked Blowhog shares its Sus genus.

Despite not being in the Mandiblards family, the Shooting Spiner shares its Himeagea genus.

Despite not being in the Flint Beetle family, the Glint Beetle shares its Pilli genus.

The Floaterbie family is supposed to be the same family as the Flutterbie family in the original Japanese.

The Crysanthemum family is considered the same as the Dandelion family in the original Japanese.

Changes due to assumed consistency

All Wollyhop names have been updated to match the Wolpole's European name, which was standardized in Pikmin 4.

Similarly, All mentions of the “frodendum" specific name have been updated to match Wolpole's frondiferorum name in Pikmin 4.

The Red Spectralid has a different genus (Fenestrati) than every other Spectralid. This is likely a mistake is corrected here.

Despite not all Candypop Buds being present in the Pikmin 4 Demo, it is assumed they are all now considered the same species in the Piklopedia.

Scientific name in the wrong order

The Fiery Young Yellow Wollyhop has its “volcanus" subspecies name incorrectly placed in front of its scientific name. This is corrected here.

The Queen Shearwig, Speargrub and Sheargrub all have their genus incorrectly placed as their specific name. This is corrected here.

Incorrect use of real taxonomy terms

The genus Chilopoda of the Centipare is actually the real world class of the centipedes.

The genus Stauromedusae of the Medusal Slurker is actually a real world order of cnidarians.

The specific name phytohabitans of the Leech Hydroe is actually a real world genus of bacteria.

The genus of the Common Glowcap is actually the real world kingdom of fungi.

Inconsistencies within English localizations

The Coppeler has the Scarpanica genus added in the American localization.

The Armurk has different scientific names: Tegoparastacoidea reptantia (US) and Scalobita rotunda (EU).

Other Notes

The Caustic Dweevil was renamed to Hydro Dweevil and its scientific name to Mandarachnia aquadis in the Switch port of Pikmin 2.

Although the Puffstool has no confirmed family, it shares a genus with the Puffstalk, implying they are likely related.

Missing creatures: Mamuta, Smoky Progg, Blubbug, Puffy Blubbug, Electric Cottonade, Red Blubblimp, Seedbagger, Stuffed Bellbloom.

Unplaceable creatures (extradimensional and/or possibly entirely artificial life forms): Waterwraith, Plasm Wraith.

[aliciavance4228]

Athena doesn’t want to be a virgin but her father didn't allow her to marry this, back then virgin ment not married and so she was sleeping around all this time that...

Meanwhile a scholarist wrote the reasons why Hera, Poseidon and Athena participated in the binding of Zeus in the very first place:

Not to mention the fact that there's a myth where Hephaestus literally tried to force himself on her, but she managed to protect herself. If anything, Zeus tried to forcibly marry her off to him, rather than force her to stay a virgin:

Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 166 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "When Father Liber [Dionysos] had brought him [Hephaistos] back drunk to the council of the gods, he could not refuse this filial duty [and free Hera from the magical throne he had trapped her in]. Then he obtained freedom of choice from Jove [Zeus], to gain whatever he sought from them. Therefore Neptunus [Poseidon], because he was hostile to Minerva [Athene], urged Volcanus [Hephaistos] to ask for Minerva in marriage. This was granted, but Minerva, when he entered her chamber, defended her virginity with arms. As they struggled, some of his seed fell to earth, and from it a boy was born, the lower part of whose body was snake-formed. They named him Erichthonius, because eris in Greek means ‘strife’ and khthon means ‘earth.’ When Minerva [Athena] was secretly caring for him, she gave him in a chest to Aglaurus, Pandrosus, and Herse, daughters of Cecrops, to guard."

Also, the more I find the "Acktchually, back then virgin ment... 🖕🤓" argument, the more I'm inclined to believe that these people aren’t going to take: "This goddess has no interest in having romantic/sexual relationship with men." as an option.

Aphrodite and Demeter are right here, if you really want to write a sexually active, unmarried/no longer married goddess then just use them two.

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Kaiju Week in Review (November 5-11, 2023)

Raven Banner has opened preorders for their impressive Shin Ultraman Blu-ray. I don't which is more surprising—the new subtitle translation for a movie that came out last year or a new audio commentary for a Toho kaiju film. Alex Rushdy and Kevin Derendorf recorded the commentary, so it's sure to be extremely informative. The film itself should look better than the Cleopatra release too, as it's on a 50 GB disc instead of a 25 GB.

ILM's animated Ultraman: Rising film has a teaser. Visuals are striking; dialogue seems generic, though there's not much to go on. I am naturally enthralled by the host playing baseball professionally. His uniform is weirdly logo-free, but he may be on the Yomiuri Giants, the "Yankees of Japan" who currently inhabit the Tokyo Dome. The New Tokyo Dome in the trailer has a powerful force field in place of a roof, though physical shielding can be seen moving into place later. You get the feeling that this city is pretty used to kaiju.

There's a new kaiju manga on the way from Hiro Nakamichi—Kaiju on the Earth: Volcanus. It's based on a 2019 board game where players manage the response to a kaiju attack, and the first chapter will go live on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry website on Christmas Eve. Hopefully an English scanlator or publisher picks it up.

The Ultraman Blazar manga, meanwhile, already has a scanlator on the job. I haven't had a chance to read much of it yet, but the art is quite impressive. And much further down the line, Marvel will be reprinting its 70s Godzilla comic as part of its Marvel Omnibus line next October. Their previous reprint of the series in 2006 was a black-and-white paperback with cheap paper; this promises to be an upgrade in every way. Seeing it with digitally reconstructed color will certainly be interesting too (h/t Maser Patrol).

A VR game called Godzilla Kaiju Wars dropped some screenshots just in time for (shameless plug) Wikizilla to squeeze it into our Megaguirus Kaiju Profile. Manda and some smaller, original enemies are also in it, and it should be showing up in arcades next year. Another Godzilla arcade game dropping in 2024 is the exceedingly silly-looking Godzilla vs. Kong Smasher. And while most everyone sharing them was relentlessly DMCA'd, a video and a few screenshots leaked out from the mobile game Godzilla x Kong: Titan Chasers. You control a team of humans instead of monsters, so that's already strike one. Cool to see a comic-exclusive monster (Death Jackal) in it though.

[rad-foxgirl]

Volcanus is going well, I tore down my Pure Unadulterated Spaghetti for something more workable

Site of my landing, and where I get lava from

Power gen too, although its wayyyy more than I need. As it turns out a recipe that makes 10k steam really cheaply lets you run power more efficiently than basically anything else at this point

Oil is weird

This thing's probably not efficient, I built it entirely on V i b e s

The rest is just normal ish factory stuff with foundries in places. Copper Wire foundries Rule though, oh my god

[whencyclopedia]

Vulcan

Vulcan or Volcanus was the Roman god of fire and forge, the equivalent of Hephaestus from Greek mythology. The son of Jupiter and Juno, he was the special patron of blacksmiths and artisans. As the god of the forge and the devastating fire of both the environment and nature (volcanoes), Vulcan was probably among the most dreaded of all the gods.

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[leshyofalfheim]

Sejanus really wants a blonde baby Okay?

snowjanus fankids list in order of age so I don't forget them

Tiberius S. Plinth (nickname Ty)

Oldest, male alpha, dark eyes, light brown hair, blonde streaks in summer bears an uncanny resemblance to sejanus in terms of features.

Amalthea and Tisiphone are fraternal twin girls.

Amalthea female alpha, has light brown curls and dark eyes with a thinner face shape that resembles the bone structure of coriolanus and tigris.

Tisiphone female alpha, has dark brown curls, with coriolanus' blue eyes and rounder face with prominent dimples

Volcanus male beta, black hair and dark eyes, despite being a boy he reminds his parents of ma plinth because of features and personality

Shale (Sejanus finally got to name one!) Male alpha with brown curls and curiously light brown eyes, like most of his siblings he looks more like his sire.

Malachite male omega, the infamous snow family shade of blonde with sejanus' dark puppy eyes

will add personality notes later

[mask131]

Roman gods are not Greek gods: Vulcan

VULCAN

Vulcan is, just like Mars, another one of those Roman gods that is really exemplifying the gap between the two pantheons.

After the Hellenization of the Roman pantheon, Vulcan was… let’s say “reduced” to a smith-god, and attributed the role of forging the weapons of the gods and heroes, with his forges said to be in the volcanoes of Southern Italy. He became the patron and “father” of all blacksmiths, and the deity of metallurgy, the spirit of the forge. But his original characterization was very different from the one of the Greek Hephaistos, and the “volcano” association here is key.

Originally, Vulcan was the god of fire. Not the god of the smith, but the god of the flame. And not just any flame – the dangerous, destructive flame. If Vulcan is associated with volcanoes so much, it is because he WAS the god of the volcanoes – in fact one of his earlier names was “Volcanus”. This is why Vulcan’s cult was particularly strong in the volcanic regions of Italy, and why the military rites of Vulcan (as with all Roman gods, Vulcan has a war-related side – here, Roman soldiers offered him the weapons they stole from their enemies and defeated rivals) were also tied to volcanoes (one way to “offer” the enemies’ weapons to the god was by throwing them into a volcano). The volcanic association Hephaistos (or Hephaestus as English speakers call him) has in people’s minds actually mostly comes from Vulcan.

But he wasn’t just a god of lava: Vulcan was also the god of wildfires. In fact, it was the entire purpose of his cult in Rome. The reason the god was originally worshiped was so he could protect the city against destructive fires – he was Vulcan Mulciber (he who softens) and Vulcan Quietus (he who calms), whose role was to appease the fury of the flames. This is also why Vulcan’s temples were usually located on the borders of the city, for him to act as a protector of its limits, and why he was originally associated with watch-dogs – just like them, Vulcan was a “guardian” of Rome. Similarly, his main festival, the Volcanalia, happened at the heart of August, during the hottest and driest time of the year, very prone to wildfires – and appeasing Vulcan during this festival came hand in hand with celebrating his agricultural role as the deity who could protect crops from drought and heatwaves. To appease this wild, dangerous, destructive, prone-to-anger fire deity, people used sacrifices. Not human sacrifices mind you – but live animals were thrown into the fire to be burned alive. Vulcan was a “devouring fire” that needed to kill to be appeased, and so small animals and fishes were thrown into the flames to avoid having humans burned alive.

It was only because of Vulcan’s fiery nature that he was associated with the Greek god of the forge, Hephaistos, but as you can see Vulcan was originally a much more “natural” god, tied to disasters rather than crafts, and his cult was all about avoiding the harm he inflicted or pleasing the god so he wouldn’t let the world burn. Mind you, Vulcan wasn’t all about destruction – as I said in my Vesta post, the Romans perceived fire as a fertilizing element and a life-giver. As a result, Vulcan was also seen as a… well, fertile god, who kept fathering heroes, kings and monsters, usually through strange fire-related miracles (for example a glowing amber jumping out of a hearth and landing on a woman without burning her, making her pregnant with Vulcan’s child ; or a phallus forming itself out of the ashes). As you can note, Vulcan had a hearth connection, just like Vesta – and in fact the two deities were often depicted together as a fire-duo, metallurgic and domestic fire, destructive and civilizing fire, to the point they were sometimes depicted as an actual married couple (despite Vesta’s eternal virginity). Vulcan was also sometimes given the goddess Maia as a female companion and/or wife, the goddess of the growth of plants, highlighting again the fire’s “fertilizing” nature.

Even with Vulcan’s Hellenization, his fire nature stayed VERY strong – for example his mythological children rarely have any affinity with metalworking, but rather are said to control fires, breathe flames or be crowned by fire that doesn’t burn… And since the Hellenization spread the god’s duty to the “users” of fire, like smiths, Romans also started to see him as the patron of ANY job that uses fire – for example it was attested that Vulcan was the god of all oven-users. Cooks, bakers, confectioners, they were all Vulcan’s.

Many things came with Vulcan’s Hellenization: his role as a maker of weapons and jewelry for the gods, his appearance as an ugly and lame god, most of his legends were just the Greek tales of Hephaistos rewritten… And some even theorize that maybe Vulcan’s position as the son of Jupiter and Juno was a projection of the Greek myths. Indeed, there are records in the pre-Hellenized Roman religion of an unnamed god that gave birth to Jupiter – and people theorize that Vulcan might have been this god originally. The many strange tales of Vulcan impregnating women through “fire miracles” that somehow still left them virgin seems to be tied to this original tale of Vulcan being born of the union of a mysterious god and a “virgin goddess”, and the fact Vulcan’s two main consorts were earth-goddesses (Maia and Vesta) led to people thinking of a primordial “fire and earth” couple of deity that ruled over the pantheon at first, before leaving place to the Jupiter and Juno couple. This theory also goes along with other theories and hypothesis that interpret early Vulcan as either a lightning god (and thus a proto-Jupiter), and/or as being originally a sun god (hence his worship at the hottest part of summer, and how his original association with heat and fire might have started). Of course, these are just theories, and some less considered than others, so take all of that with a grain of salt. The only thing we are certain of is that originally Vulcan was the god of volcanoes and wildfires, before becoming the god of the smith and the forge to fit into the “Hephaistos mold”.

[gwtoomanyalts]

I think I solved Keri's problem of not having a weapon set that matched her very well! The bad thing is I didn't have Volcanus previously, so, yea, my gold supply is basically gone now lmao.

[siren-darkocean]

I find it ironic the oldest living village on Bara Magna was Vulcanus which was inside a Volcanus crator

Like yeah temperatures on the desert barren wasteland planet are already skyrocketing, let's make the longest surviving village be inside a crator of LAVA!

[zzthekaiju]

Super Zeroes - Volcanus

And here's our secondary protagonist/arguably my favorite character!

Born Corazon Esperanza, Volcanus, age 35, is the last of the dragons, which were wiped out for being such a threat to humanity. His powers include breathing fire capable of melting steel, bulletproof skin, and deceptively graceful flight. Unlike his kin, little Corazon was raised by a kindly farmer in Mexico after she found his egg. Unfortunately, events out of his control forced him to cross the border and head to Collateral City so that he could pursue his dream of becoming a hero. He was bullied relentlessly by the top student at the local Hero School, the cruel bully who would eventually become Dark Cowl. And while he found a best friend in the similarly mistreated Skull Face, he found he couldn't take the cruelty and prejudice of city life anymore, and he quietly retired to the forests of Bellingham. Many years later, however, Skull Face approaches him to revitalize his own career. Without any other friends or family to turn to, he reluctantly accepts. Volcanus is, in essence, a minion with a big fat F in evil. Unendingly kind and empathetic, he's a gentle giant who seeks nothing more than to help others and be seen as more than just a monster. He’s not oblivious to how awful the world can be nor how everyone seems to hate him for what he is, but does his best to not let it get to him. Unfortunately, this has given him a few repressed anger issues. As it is though, Volcanus is at a crossroads throughout the series. He can either walk away from Skull Face's mad campaign of villainy and lose the only friend he's ever had, or he can stay with the Supervillain and betray his own values. As fate would have it, his inevitable meeting and friendship with Flying Brick could serve as a much-needed push in the right direction for them both…

[augustheart]

four-legged dragon with wings and white scales and horns

Only one dragon in North America fits that bill, the Common Northern Dragon (Eurodraco terribilis borealis). One of two subspecies of the somewhat poorly named Common European Dragon, with the other being the Common American Dragon (E. terribilis americanus), the Northern Dragon has a wide range and is distributed throughout the northern hemisphere. Individual coloration ranges from dark grey to almost entirely white, with many individuals displaying great variation throughout their lives--comparatively southern specimens are typically darker while northern specimens are paler, but there is plenty of overlap.

Fun facts:

Like most dragon species, especially true dragons (family Draconidae), they display minimal sexual dimorphism except in size--with females being up to a third larger than males, similarly to in raptors--and in horn arrangement, with females displaying longer horns after reaching sexual maturity at three years of age. They use them for sparring with other females over territory.

Scientific debate is held over whether the Common Northern Dragon should be considered a subspecies at all! Some argue that given their physical variation from the type species E. terribilis, they should be promoted to their own species. Personally, I think this is... shaky at best. Physical variation in dragon subspecies is nothing new (the best example probably being Pyropedetes cornutus volcanus, the Hawaiian Salamander, which was originally considered its own species until genetic data showed it was a subspecies of American Horned Salamander), and genetically they are very similar to their type species. But if consensus swings the other way and they're deemed to be their own species, I won't be mad or anything.

As is typical for Eurodraco species, especially ones found in colder climates, clutch sizes are very small! No clutch larger than four eggs has ever been observed, and the average amount of eggs per clutch is two.

Juvenile siblings will occasionally stick together after leaving the nest for up to a year in order to cooperatively hunt.

[bmoj-dp]

Book 1: the new generation

Chapter 1: the prophecy

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Chapter 2: the meeting

Characters in this comic (old ref will make new refs soon)

Plasma, core, and hole (overall name is Singularity)

Viper

Typhoon

Icicle

Thunder wave

Poizellen

Characters in this comic I haven't made a ref sheet of yet

Magma, rock, lava (overall name is Volcanus)

Naja

Whirlpool

Frostbite

Brontide

Toxicity

Realm

[butwhypants]

Acromyrmex ambiguus, Acromryrmex ameliae, Acromyrmex aspersus, Acromyrmex Balzani, Acromyrmex biscutatus, Atta bisphaerica, Acanthognathus brevicornis, Atta capiguara, Atta cephalotes, Atta cephalotes lutea, Atta colombica, Acromyrmex cornatus, Acromyrmex crassispinus, Atta cubana, Acromyrmex diasi, Acromyrmex disciger, Acromyrmex echinatior, Acromyrmex evenkul, Acromyrmex fowleri, Acromyrmex fracticornis, Atta goiana, Acromycmex heyeri, Acromyrmex hispidus, Acromyrmex hystrix, Acromyrmex insinuator, Atta insularis, Atta laevigata, Acanthognathus laevigatus, Acromyrmex landolti, Acromyrmex laticeps, Acanthognathus lentus, Acromyrmex lobicornis, Acromyrmex lundii, Atta mexicana, Acromyrmex niger, Acromyrmex nigostetosus, Acromyrmex nobilis, Acanthognathus ocellatus, Acromyrmex octospinosus,  Atta opaciceps, Atta pilosa, Acanthognathus poinari, Acromyrmex pubescens, Acromyrmex pulvereus, Atta robusta, Acanthognathus rudis, Acromyrmex rugosus, Acromyrmex rugosus rochai, Atta saltensis, Acromyrmex silverstrii, Acromyrmex striatus, Acanthognathus stipulosus, Acromyrmex subterraneus, Acanthognathus teledectus, Atta tardigrada, Atta texana, Acromyrmex versicolor, Acromyrmex volcanus, and Atta vollenweideri!

Name all Women (0/59).

[rad-foxgirl]

Behold, the Foxgirl Cargo Liner!

Bigger, Badder, And Faster then my old ship, im using it as a delivery point between Volcanus and Nauvis

Bit the bullet and started producing ammo on board, might improve it a bit later bc it basically has just enough ammo to travel to and from the planet