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rosey100 · 1 year
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The Most Attractive 90s Musician tournament - Round 1
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GROUP A (over)
Match 1 - Geddy Lee vs Alanis Morisette
Match 2 - Brett Anderson vs Shirley Manson
Match 3 - KD Lang vs Kat Bjelland
Match 4 - Jarvis Cocker vs Mike Starr
Match 5 - Donita Sparks vs Matt Bellamy
Match 6 - Mike McCready vs Mike Dirnt
Match 7 - Zack de la Rocha vs Selena Quintanilla
Match 8 - Melissa auf der Maur vs Adam Horovitz
GROUP B (over)
Match 1 - Sean Kinney vs Mariah Carey
Match 2 - Rivers Cuomo vs Flea
Match 3 - Lauryn Hill vs Atsushi Sakurai
Match 4 - Shania Twain vs Dave Mustaine
Match 5 - Bilinda Butcher vs Whitney Houston
Match 6 - Dave Navarro vs Powerline
Match 7 - Dolores O'Riordan vs Missy Elliott
Match 8 - Janet Jackson vs Hope Sandoval
GROUP C (over)
Match 1 - Madonna vs Marty Friedman
Match 2 - Serj Tankian vs Prince
Match 3 - Tumblr anon vs Keanu Reeves
Match 4 - D'arcy Wretzky vs Kirk Hammett
Match 5 - Scott Stapp vs Martin Gore
Match 6 - Rachel Goswell vs Krist Novoselic
Match 7 - James Iha vs Tupac Shakur
Match 8 - Liam Gallagher vs Ville Valo
GROUP D (ongoing)
Match 1 - Patricia Morrison vs Chuck Schuldiner
Match 2 - Michael Stipe vs Michael Hutchence
Match 3 - Jason Newsted vs Mike Inez
Match 4 - Axl Rose vs Alex James
Match 5 - Kim Deal vs Tracy Chapman
Match 6 - Rob Halford vs Eric Martin
Match 7 - Henry Rollins vs Jay Kay
Match 8 - Chino Moreno vs Stephen Malkmus
ROUND 2 GROUP A PROPAGANDA SUBMISSION
Mini brackets and games:
Battle of the Mikes
previous tournament results <3 congratulations Tidal!
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jokerislandgirl32 · 4 months
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Zach and Violet Kiddo Refs!!! Vera Edition!
Well, I already gave you Varina’s details, so now it’s time to share the details about Vera! Zach and Violet’s second oldest daughter! I am putting a cut below because it’s a lot again! Please note there are mentions of pregnancy and drinking, but they are only implied/ minor mentions!
Feel free to ask any additional questions about Vera!
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Vera Vanica Varmitech
The Basics:
Birthday: December 14th, 2019 (4 years younger than Varina)
Drinking, A Fashion Show, and a Christmas Wish: Violet and Zach had been told they never would be able to have another child after Varina’s traumatic birth, but they wanted more children and Varina kept asking for a little sibling every year for Christmas…until her wish finally came true. Vera is the product of a wild night at one of Donita’s fashion shows when Zach and Violet were there to provide security (Zach’s Zachbots) and entertainment (Violet sang in the show). Donita gave them a little too much to drink….and Vera happened…As such, Donita often claims Vera as her own child, and they form a very strong bond.
Name Meaning: Vera - True; Vanica - Gift of God. Named for the fact that she was a true gift from God (see section above 😊). It should be noted that her name is pronounced “Vaira,” Zach and Violet collectively agreed that they hated “Veara” as a pronunciation.
Nicknames: Ve (By Zach and her siblings), Ve-Bee (By Martin), My Protégée (By Donita)….others to be added?
Physical Features:
Hair Color/Type: Dark Brown, but a shade lighter than Varina’s; long hair, but not as long as Varina’s - it goes to the bottom her rib cage; her hair is naturally wavy/has lose curls. She prefers to style it in a ponytail, down, with headbands and hair accessories, or with braids.
Eye color/ Shape: Emerald Green, round - they look just like Zach’s eyes. She uses darker eye makeup (browns and greens) to accentuate her eye color.
Signature Colors: Lime Green, Rose Pink, Black, and ✨Sparkle ✨
Style: Girly-Chic, preppy, formal, high fashion (she’s a girly-girl and complete fashionista).
Height: 5’4” - She’s taller than both Violet and Varina, something she likes to tease them about 😂.
She has Violet’s face structure: a muted triangle, she has Violet’s lips, she has Zach’s nose, she has pierced ears - two sets of piercings to be exact, and she has a mixture of Zach and Violet’s builds. She has a fair skin tone that is somewhere in between her father’s and mother’s, but it is a bit darker than Varina’s. As a child she had freckles.
Personality/ Relationships:
Personality: Sassy, sweet, caring, creative, intelligent, devoted, determined, ambitious, confident. Vera has Zach’s drive and determination, and Violet’s sassy attitude and heart. Vera is the type of person who knows what she wants and she’s not afraid to put in the work or effort to achieve her goals. This does not mean that she’s heartless though, she never wants to hurt or harm anyone with her actions, so she tries to ensure that everyone she works with or associates with is treated fairly and is comfortable with her and her decisions. She goes the extra mile to make sure those around her are loved and cared for.
Relationships With Family: She’s a total daddy’s girl and mommy’s girl. She is a loving sister to all of her siblings. Given her position as one of the older children, she does take on more of a caring role toward her younger brothers and Victoria, but nothing like Varina’s motherly role. She’s more of the older, wiser, fun sister they can come to about anything with no fear of judgment. She has the strongest relationships with Varina and Vallen, they both, in many ways, are her best friends.
Love Interest/Future Family: Due to the demands of her career, Vera does not pursue love until later in her life, she is well into her 20s when she finally decides to start dating, and even then love finds her unexpectedly. When visiting with the Wild Kratts crew on break from her touring schedule, she becomes reacquainted with a fellow Wild Kratts Kid, Nolan (please note I only ship her with the fictional version of Nolan, not the actual person, and I only ship them together as adults).
As children they were great friends, but once they are adults their friendship blossoms into a romance. I imagine that once Vera is in her 30s she decides she wants to start a life with Nolan. She still performs locally and releases music from time to time, but does not tour. Nolan is very supportive of her career and encourages her constantly, being so proud of the fact that she uses the proceeds of her career to help others and animals (see section below for more info).
They marry and have a couple children together (I feel like a boy and girl 😊). She and Nolan, along with Vallen and some other former Wild Kratts kids, eventually take over the Wild Kratts organization, carrying on the legacy of the original Wild Kratts Crew (@creativegenius22 helped me figure out the relationship/dynamic between Vera and Nolan! Thank you!).
Zach’s reformed by this point, but he still grips about the fact that his daughter married a Wild Rat and is a Wild Rat, so a similar reaction as he had with Varina and JJ.
Talents/Career:
Special Talents/ Future Career: Vera is very intelligent like her parents, and while she thrived academically in school (always making the honor roll and getting good grades), she decided to channel her creativity for her career. She is a skilled pianist, singer, and gymnast, and she excels in ballet and lyrical dance. When she became a teenager she decided she wanted to pursue a career as a musician. Much like Violet, she gets started locally around her home, performing in talent shows, etc.
Donita observes Vera’s talent and decides to take her on as a model and performer for her fashion shows (at this point Donita has stopped using animals for fashion), just like she did with Violet. This is Vera’s start and she gains a strong fan base. After a couple years she decides to go out on her own, but is nervous to perform alone.
Vallen had joined her many times when she worked for Donita, so once he graduated from high school, they form a sibling duo group much like Velvet and Veneer. They often donate many of the proceeds from their shows to animal conservation and cancer foundations; in particular they help donate to the Kratt Brother’s Animal foundations. They perform together for a few years, then Vallen quits to pursue a career in zoology, at which point Vera comfortably becomes a solo musician.
A Few of Her Favorite Things/Fun Facts:
Christmas and Valentine’s Day are her favorite holidays. Even though she doesn’t have a romantic love interest to celebrate Valentine’s Day for many years, she just loves love and enjoys the day with her loved ones.
She typically consumes a pescatarian vegetarian diet, loving fruits, vegetables, fish/seafood, bread, and sweets. She will eat red and white meat on occasion, but it is rare, it typically only happens at holidays if it’s a dish she really likes.
Music: She love boy bands and pop music, some of her favorites are … Britney Spears, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Michael Jackson, Big Time Rush, The Wanted, Conor Maynard, Halsey, and Melanie Martinez.
Animals/Nature: She love all animals, but her favorites are nearly any type of bird (humming birds, cardinals, peacocks, doves are just a few of her favorites), butterflies, dragonflies, big cats, domestic cats, rabbits, pandas. She also loves all types of flowers, but roses are her favorite flower. Spring and winter are her favorite seasons.
She is not as outdoorsy as her other siblings, she, like Zach, prefers to stay indoors, but she will go outside and enjoy nature when the weather is nice. She becomes a Wild Kratts kid early on.
She loved Sofia the First as a child, and other classic Disney movies and shows, like all the princess movies: Princess and the Frog is her favorite animated movie. Another interesting show she enjoyed was Green Acres: she loved Mrs. Douglas’s sense of fashion. She absolutely loved the High School Musical Series, Ryan and Sharpay being her favorite characters. She also loved Trolls…especially Velvet and Veneer 😂. My, my, wonder why she became a fashionista and singer…
That’s all I can think of for now, I’ll start on the twins next! Victor will be up first!
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benjaminthewolf · 2 years
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A Chef’s Snack (Vore Story)
OH BOY WHERE TO EVEN START ON THIS ONE-
So this story was started all the way back during the summer but was abandoned soon after. Only now have I decided to come back and finish it, and wow I cannot describe to you the amount of relief I feel now that this is finally done. Just uh…yeah, enjoy.
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“ COME BACK HERE WITH THOSE BABY TAPIRS, DONITA!” Chris Kratt cried out to the villainous fashion designer Donita Donata between his sprinting pants through the dense, humid Brazilian rainforest as she continued to comfortably cruise along in her pink jet-scooter while hauling a bunch of captured Tapir young behind herself via posebeam.
“YEAH, THEY DON’T DESERVE TO BE MADE INTO FUR COATS FOR YOUR FASHION LINE! THEY DESERVE TO BE LIVING FREE AND IN THE WILD!” his brother Martin added on just a few seconds later.
To the Kratt brothers’ persistent, unwavering trademark environmental preaching, Donita could only scoff and roll her eyes.
“Dabio, would you be so kind as to take care of them for me please? I need to work on designing my new line of Tapir fur products; OOH LA LA! Isn’t it just exquisite?” she instructed her decidedly dim-witted and gullible, yet somehow considerably handsome, blonde, and buff minion laying leisurely upon the backseat of the scooter.
Dabio, adhering to Donita’s demands, instantly pulled another pose beam ball out of cartoon hammerspace and aimed it towards the pursuing brothers, letting out an obedient: “Yes, Donita!” as he did. The first couple shots were just barely able to be dodged by the chasing brothers, ducking and weaving away from the commanding control of the magenta energy beams as they did their very best to keep up the pace on the two longtime greed-filled eco-villains.
Unbeknownst to the two brothers, however, was that Donita’s current Tapir plight, was only but a diversion. A diversion that would allow the show’s other two main villains to infiltrate the Wild Kratts Tortuga completely unseen.
“Hehehehehe! Never saw this one coming, isn’t that right you Wild Ratts?” Zach Varmitech, a tall lean man with smooth, black shiny hair, as well as a goatee, a black sweater, green eyes, and pale gray skin slowly rose out of some nearby brush twiddling his fingers together in the way that cartoon villains do.
“Once we steal those o’ so precious tellurium crystals right out of that turtle ship from under your noses, it's bye bye to your beloved creature adventuring FOREVER! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!”
“And better yet, Zach,” the villainous chef Gourmand piped up as he, too, rose up from the brush. “Once those crystals are ours, we’ll be able to kickstart OUR OWN creature adventuring with generous amounts of funding! Hehehehehehe!”
Gourmand wore a typical chef’s outfit, and had a rather large, muscular upper body and arms, as well as a shaved head, with a bulbous, pink nose protruding from the middle of his face that he considered to be his best feature. He had a metal quiver on his back that held a wide array of cooking utensils from spatulas to rolling pins.
Whilst Donita continued leading Chris and Martin left right, diagonal, and away from Tortuga HQ through the thick, humid, sight-inhibiting floor of the lively Brazilian Rainforest, Zach and Gourmand villainously tip-toed towards the Wild Kratt crew’s iconic turtle ship as silently as they could manage, before at last, they were lying within some bushes just a few feet away from the entrance ramp leading up to the unorthodox aircraft’s main door, prompting Gourmand to relay the plan to his heist partner one last time before said plan was put into action.
“Okay Zach, now ya see that shell plate panel thing that’s riiight above the leg on the right side?”
“Wha-of course I do! I’m not that incompitent!” Zach semi-agressively snapped back, causing Gourmand to roll his eyes.
“Well if you lift up that panel, there’s a secret entrance into the air ducts through there.” he did his best to continued on in the most professional tone he could muster.
“...because of course it's always gotta be the air ducts.” Zach grumbled to himself as he and Gourmand began to rise out of the bushes once more in order to sneak their way over to the Tourtuga’s right leg.
Once the two of them had made it, Zach immediately began trying to hop up onto the light green, metal limb in order to reach the described panel. When this didn’t work, he thought he might be able to scale it by climbing. Upon witnessing both of these attempts failing miserably, Gourmand smacked his palm on his forehead.
“Can you seriously not make it up there?” he sighed heavily in slight embarrassment to his heist partner as the struggling, weak man slowly slid back down the slick electronic leg upon yet another attempt to climb up it.
“Easy for you to say! I’m not the one with the grotesque, hairy gorilla arms here!” Zach instantly spat back in contempt, before realizing just how stupid he really was to have uttered that sentence but a nanosecond later, prompting him to frantically screech out: “WAIT NO NO NO NO NO NO NO WAIT!” in a desperate attempt to save his skinny ass from what was coming next. Unfortunately for him, the deed had already been done.
A, naturally, considerably pissed off and rage-blinded Gourmand bolted over to the foot of the metal limb, picking up Zach’s now completely and utterly limp-from-fear being by the back of his sweater’s neck, aggressively and non-mercifully twirling him around a few times in his grasp, before at last letting go and firmly flinging him up towards the panel with speed that would make a Cheetah jealous; but due to Gourmand having aimed a little too high, Zach splat face-first onto a panel a couple feet above instead, sliding down the smooth surface of the shell plates as such with that iconic cartoon squeaking noise, before at last sticking a landing. His legs dangled freely on either side of the turtle ship’s own, the impact causing him to let out a bit of a pained “Ow…” a few seconds later, leaving Gourmand from below filled to the absolute brim with nothing, zip, nada, but the sweet, sweet, sweet feeling of revenge.
“AHAHAHAHAH! JUST LIKE AN ANNOYING LITTLE FLY, YES, THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
As Gourmand only continued to cry out his gutheral screeches of victory, Zack on top of the leg had finally recovered to the point where he was able to start fumbling his fingers around on the surface of the panel in an attempt to figure out how to open it. After a few seconds of aimlessly tapping around and praying something would happen, the metallic plate finally opened up via a subtle beep noise and a subsequent sliding down into an unseen compartment somewhere underneath, causing the thin, goth man observing the spectacle to give a small shrug, shake his head for a while, and at last call out a firm “HEY!” to the chortiling chef below in an attempt to reassert some level of control over the situation at large.
“Yeah that’s right ya fatty, stand still and be shocked! ‘Cause while you were down there gloating your supposed superiority, I actually managed to get this stuppid thing to open, so why don’t you make yourself at least somewhat useful and get inside already?”
Gourmand almost instantly screeched to a halt. “I’m sorry…what did you just say to me, now?” he slowly scowled out, naturally not very fond of having his situational authority challenged. Or being called a fatty.
“I SAID GET A MOVE ON YA BIG FAT LUG, OR HOW ELSE ARE WE GONNA STEAL THOSE CRYSTALS?” Zack’s voice echoed out from inside the Wild Kratts’ ship as the lean, gray man carefully clambered his way inside.
Despite all his past attempts to make sure that this mission happened the other way round in terms o the division of power, Gourmand was now left with absolutely nothing else he could do except silently follow behind, letting out a slight *pffft* noise, narrowing his eyes and sticking out his tongue in the direction Zack had just been, before at last making his way over to the Tortuga’s leg, so he may climb up its length, and finally make his way inside.
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“NNNNRGH-STUPID-AAAA!” Gourmand growled out in irritation due to having gotten somewhat stuck in the tortuga’s ventilation system on the way into its chambers. A sudden pop noise could be heard echoing through the air, followed promptly by a great thud, an “OOF!” and finally, a low-pitched “Ungh…”
“Well…” the former gourmet chef mumbled to himself while gazing rather transfixatedly around the room. “We’re here.”
Brushing himself off as he peeled his poor, flattened being off the ground, Zack could only murmur a few somewhat agreeing: “Yeah, yeah, whatever” s as he, too, surveyed the area around them.
The two of them had ended up inside the invention storage room, surrounded in full by all the technological bits and bobs that the Wild Kratts crew would utilize on each of their creature inventions. Everything from the iconic miniaturizer to the lesser known buzz bikes were there.
As none of these inventions were the planned targets of the two villains, however, both of them were rather quick to internally dismiss them all as useful to the mission as they attempted to remember what room the tellurium crystals they were actually after were even located in in the first place.
“I…can’t seem to remember, was it the engine room?” Zack calmly asked himself out loud as Gourmand right behind him only rolled his eyes.
“Didn’t Donita tell you this before we started the mission?” he piped up suddenly at the sight of Zack not remembering the room.
“Tell YOU?” The thin, gray man almost immediately snapped back while scoffing in disgust. “She told the both of us! Don’t you try to weasel yourself out of responsibility this time, big nose!”
It was right in that moment, right in that one, singular moment, when Gourmand’s being snapped. Clenching his teeth aggressively whilst taking one step forward, the now positively fuming man could only let out a hushed: “I’m sorry, what did you say about my nose?” while maintaining rather tight eye contact with his soon to be victim as such, provided Zack refused to apologize right then and there of course. Making fun of his weight was one thing. Making fun of his arms was another thing. But making fun of his nose? His beloved king sized schnoz? Nuh-uh. That. THAT. Crossed a line.
“YEAH YOU HEARD ME YOU PATHETIC CHUBBY NOSED CHEF! YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE A REAL LICENSE! AT LEAST I HAVE A LEGITIMATE INVENTOR’S LICENSE, YOU-”
Silence. All that rang throughout the Tortuga HQ’s invention storage room in those next few seconds, was, quite simply, only silence.
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“Urrrgh… *cough cough* ugh…where am I?” a considerably groggy Zack, who couldn’t remember at first how he had gotten knocked out in the first place, wheezed out while gingerly lifting his head off the floor. The first thing he was able to pick up was the color white upon the ground. While this did indeed confirm to him that he hadn’t been killed by whatever force had previously knocked him unconscious, it still left him with far, far more questions than answers.
Attempting to clear his vision as he made out many large, blurry, multi-colored shapes from his slowly adjusting field of view, Zack’s eyes swiftly snapped onto what was currently the biggest object he could see, a largely tan one with a bit more white around it to boot. The poor, gray man would have to wait a little while for his brain to finish booting back up before he was able to place an identity on what the thing was, but luckily for him, the moment this task was accomplished, the rest of his previously waking body practically insta-reset itself in a jolt as the terrified, skinny man frantically scrambled to his feet.
“G-GOURMAND!” was all he was able to sputter out as the now gigantic chef before him gave a single hearty laugh.
“YES THAT’S RIGHT YA PUNY, FRAIL LITTLE COCKROACH! TOOK YA LONG ENOUGH TO ESCAPE FROM DREAMLAND, HUH? DIDN’T IT?”
Zack was absolutely lost for words. Not because of anything Gourmand was saying to him, but because he still had absolutely no clue how he had gotten so small in the first place. It wasn’t until he began to meticulously piece all his observations together, however, did he finally understand. The white-gray bottom, the circular shape, the fact he was shrunk…all of it could only point towards one thing…
“LOOKS LIKE THIS DARNED MINIATURIZER CAME OF SOME USE FOR ME AFTER ALL, HEHEHE!” Gourmand only continued on, hurling sentence after sentence of overjoyed, catharsis inducing insults at his tiny fellow villain, as Zack standing on the center of the invention was only able to stand still and shudder.
“...wh-what’s going to happen to me now?” Zack slowly stammered out in pure, undistilled horror as the looming giant before him formed a cheeky grin upon his face.
“WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN TO YA? WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN TO YA? THINK ABOUT IT, ZACK!” Gourmand practically howled out at the miniaturized man below as the delightful jittering across his body only grew. “Why…I am a chef, Zack.” Gourmand began to explain before swiftly reaching out an arm and aggressively clenching his grasp around the form of the poor, unresisting tiny as such, before getting up to his full height and raising his fist to the sky. “Which would, naturally, make you……MY DINNER!”
And just like that, Gourmand’s fist opened up, causing Zack to plummet unrelentingly into the gaping, cavernous maw that awaited him below. The larger man’s hot breath brushed upon his skin as he breached the barrier of the lips, causing Gourmand to snap shut his jaws but a mere second later, trapping poor Zack inside as a result.
Zack had become so mentally numb at this point that he didn’t even fight back at all as the slick, smooth tongue gently slid its way out underneath him and began to douse him thoroughly with its warm, sticky saliva, starting, of course, with his head. The sleek, pink muscle trailed across the shrunken man’s hair and face, coating it nicely in a thin layer of wetness, before tracing itself around the man’s middle, stopping periodically so it may savor the taste upon its buds for but a few moments.
Gourmand could not help but drool a little as he rigorously examined the flavor. Zack tasted a bit like a delicious Oreo cookie, his dark black hair and clothes acting as the cookie’s exterior, while his gray-ish skin exuded the taste of the creamy white stuff within. The considerably larger chef on the outside delicately soaked in the tingling upon his tongue as he practically wrapped up poor Zack in a squishy blanket of flesh before sensually swishing him between his cheeks, warming and wetting the poor man even further with each and every single second gone by.
Eventually, though, it was time for Zack to be delivered down to his ultimate destination. Thus, carefully unwrapping his tongue from his prey, Gourmand immediately flung the poor, unresponsive man all the way towards the back of his throat, the practically frozen man within just barely avoiding scraping his head against the rough ridges at the roof of the maw, and leaving him hanging head-first above the gullet as soon as he landed, able as such to stare all the way down into its deep, squelching confies of Gourmand’s throat, the plump, dangling uvula swinging freely above his head all the while.
Gourmand was just about ready to gulp, thus squeezing Zack into his esophagus and sending him plummeting down towards his stomach, before, for the second time this hour, his body instantly froze.
Zack on the inside had no way of knowing what was going on. In his mind, Gourmand was only stalling the swallow as a method of teasing him, going “Haha, I have the ability to send you into your doom at any time I like, but I choose to suspend the moment, if only for my pleasure!”
Quite unfortunately for the larger man on the outside, however, that was not to be the case. Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy, who had only now returned to the Tortuga, honestly would’ve just chalked it up as a gulp of fear if they had really noticed it, but ultimately, it really didn’t matter. All Gourmand was able to sense in those next few moments were the blurry forms of the rapidly dissipating world and people around him as he frantically dashed for the exit, taking the door closest to him that the three members of the Wild Kratts crew weren’t blocking the way of.
Of course, Zack on the inside still had no idea that what had previously been his and Gourmand’s mission was interrupted. All he was able to pick up as the pink, squishy muscles of the throat continuously squeezed him on down, was the distant, yet rapidly growing heartbeat (in both speed and intensity of course, not like Zack was able to tell,) that boomed and thumped away inside the larger man’s chest.
By the time that the only thing separating Zack from Gourmand’s heart was a thin layer of slick, smooth muscle and saliva, the pounding was practically echoing all around him as his ears worked rapidly to make sense of all the intense audible waves being delivered into them, causing poor Zack within to become numb to the sounds as well after a while, leaving him thus unable to tell when he was to be squelched through the lower esophageal sphincter and make a splash landing into the giant chef’s stomach as a result. Of course, he still had the option to just, well, look down, but in his current state of mind, such a logical thought was practically impossible to be formed, and due to all this, once Zack could feel his feet entering out into a considerably wider area, he knew his journey was just about done.
Gourmand, meanwhile, only seemed to be getting started. Yes, he had managed to get out of the Tortuga just fine at this point, much to the combined confusion of emotions that was relief and dismay of the Wild Kratts crew, but since he had managed to get through that hurdle…now what? He had made it here via Donita’s jet, not his truck, and frankly, he had absolutely no idea where that thing was parked at the moment, so for now, his only option was to run. Internally cursing himself for not knowing where a gigantic, pink jet was located in the middle of a dense, green jungle, Gourmand eventually decided to just dive headfirst into the nearest hole in the ground he saw, and pray continuously that no animal that he couldn’t beat in a fight was inside. Not even a second after he had done this, however, did he sense a slight sloshing motion coming from within his guts. Reasoning it must’ve been from Zack landing inside his stomach, Gourmand let out a sigh. Then he began to think. And think…and…well…eventually, Gourmand had an epiphany.
Yes, the mission failed. Yes, he didn’t have the crystals. Yes, Donita was probably going to hate him for months upon months upon months after this…but, really…in the moment, to Gourmand, none of that mattered. None at all. All that did matter was the fact that right now, the infamous Zack Barnitack, the fellow villain who had just attempted to override his power, was trapped helplessly inside his guts, only able to squirm and shiver around as any attempts to escape were simply all in vain. Of course, due to how out of it he was right now, Zack didn’t exactly have it in him to start resisting, but nonetheless, the point still stood. Winning the war could wait, because right now, the battle was Gourmand’s.
Meanwhile, back on the inside of the victorious chef’s guts, Zack had all but curled into a fetal position against the walls, and was trying his very, very, very best not to shed a tear. He had absolutely no idea why the splashing, rippling pool around him wasn’t painful in nature, but really, that didn’t matter. After humiliation like this, after all, Zack might have even preferred being dead, but regardless, right now, he was alive, and shivering helplessly inside the warm, gurgling chamber that was Gourmand’s stomach. That was his reality, and for the time being, he was just going to have to accept it, in order to not go insane.
The thick, goopy walls churned and squeezed around him as the ambient white noise let out a series of high-pitched gurgles and rumbles, followed after a while by a much lower growl. As the ever-present, enveloping heat continued to soak itself into his skin, and the harmless, liquid pools gently sloshed and swished around him, Zack soon found himself pushing his head and upper body deep into the walls of the stomach, if only so he may make use of their rather cushiony nature, and escape back into a pleasant land of dreams.
Sniffling slightly from the entirety of the situation at hand, it finally began to settle within Zack that if he buckled under pressure like this so easily, handling those situations as a leader was well outside his capabilities.
Of course, all he had been after in the first place was the power, but really, what use was any of that if he didn’t know how to use it? Merely permitting these questions to start to settle in, Zack slowly closed his eyes, as he snuggled up against the walls of the giant villainous chef, until at last, he began to drift asleep.
Allowing his tongue to loll out of his mouth as he gently pat over his guts (the moment he had re-angled himself into a comfortable-ish position inside of the rather tight hole, of course), Gourmand nodded his head, as a soft bout of his iconic, evil laughter leisurely escaped from his throat.
Suddenly feeling something else attempting to escape his throat, Gourmand did have a slight moment of panic where he thought that Zack might have found a way to get hurled back up, but as soon as the deep, echoing force that was a gigantic belch graced the ears of the rather satisfied chef, he rather quickly calmed down with a slight shudder of delight, allowing the reality of the situation to tingle its way up his spine.
Patting over his audibly growling stomach a few times as it tirelessly worked away at all the nutrient slush therein (excepting Zack of course, though Gourmand also had no idea why that was the case, not like it mattered,) Gourmand proceeded to stretch his arms outwards (due to the nature of the tunnel he couldn’t really do so vertically) as a great yawn was released into the area, causing him to gently smack his lips a few times after it had finished.
Over the next few minutes, after having closed his eyes, Gourmand would slowly drift asleep himself, whilst keeping one hand over his guts, absolutely nothing, zip, nada, but wondrous bouts of euphoria coursing through his veins. For right now, he had managed to claim the victory over the one who dared to challenge him, and to Gourmand, in that moment, absolutely nothing, NOTHING. Else mattered.
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Appreciate a Dragon Day
Dragons, the magical scaly creature born from fire, have existed throughout mythology since the times of the Romans and Egyptians. Dragons, with their celestial ways and otherworldly presence, make our lives a lot more interesting, and never cease to amaze people.
Appreciate a Dragon Day is a day dedicated to learning about dragons and sharing your love for these creatures!
History of Appreciate a Dragon Day
Appreciate a Dragon Day began when Donita K. Paul wanted to celebrate the publishing of her first fantasy novel “Dragonspell”, part of the five-volume series, The DragonKeeper Chronicles.
Dragons have always been popular, existing in the mythology of cultures from all over the world. Dragons inspire us and fill us with fear at the same time. Western dragons have always been depicted as fearsome creatures to either overcome or have a kinship with, while eastern dragons were typically equated with the royalty and heavenly forces, depending on the culture.
Nevertheless, dragons also tend to represent the conquering of the spiritual soul, as they are related to many of the human emotions that block the way to enlightenment. Dragons in modern culture have always been a place of fascination for them, as many authors and filmmakers have helped transform the image of a dragon to something people can admire.
Some of the most famous stories to depict dragons are seen in Tolkien, Ursula, and J.K. Rowling’s novels. In films, movies and TV shows such as How to Raise a Dragon, Game of Thrones, and Eragon have helped shape the way people see dragons and ultimately fall in love with them. Dragons have existed since the earliest parts of history and have appeared in many different forms with many different alignments of good and evil.
The depictions of dragons tend to differ by culture. In ancient times, most societies had an ambivalent view of dragons. Like any other creature, these giant flying serpents had both a good side and a bad one.
In the West, however, attitudes towards dragons changed with the advent of Christianity in the late Roman era. Suddenly, dragons became associated with evil because of their serpentine nature and needed vanquishing. Some people believed that dragons were a real phenomenon and created stories about how great warriors had to go out into the wilderness to defeat them. The tale of St. George and the dragon is likely a direct descendent of this thinking.
When you think about it in more detail, you can understand why people thought dragons were real. Remember, in ancient times, there was no explanation for giant bones. Nobody had a clue what dinosaurs were, or that fossilized bones were millions of years old. For all they knew, these creatures perished recently and could live beyond the horizon. Believing in “dragons” was logical and perhaps necessary to protect yourself.
The old ideas weren’t far off eighteenth- and nineteenth-century discoveries in paleontology. Once the dinosaur age took off, it became clear that there really were giant serpent-like creatures who roamed the Earth millions of years ago, firing the public imagination.
The diversity of dragons is considerable, and one of the main motivations for National Appreciate A Dragon Day. The fire-breathing variety is the most famous, but there are others too. Some are like gargoyles found in medieval churches. Others are many-headed hydras that pop out of the ocean. Some even depict them as wyverns, basilisks, and other mythical creatures with loose connections to the real world.
Folklore experts like Carol Rose point out that dragons are essentially “composite creatures.” We tend to think of them as highly-stylized, as depicted in films like The Hobbit. But Rose notes that they can have really unusual features, including elephant trunks.
Ultimately, the idea of dragons interacting with humans fills our mind with awe and inspires us to delight our minds with fancy. Appreciate a Dragon Day asks people to share what their favorite dragon is in popular culture and tell people why they love dragons.
How to Celebrate Appreciate a Dragon Day
When it comes to celebrating Appreciate a Dragon Day, you have a lot of options.
Draw, sketch, or color in pictures of dragons. Watch your favorite dragon-themed movie with friends. Read fantasy novels about dragons, including The DragonKeeper Series. Buy or sew a stuffed dragon for you or a friend you know – it’s all totally kosher!
If you love art, you can print out a dragon coloring page. Or you can attempt to paint a picture of one of these mythical beasts from scratch if you’re feeling brave.
Another popular idea is to use the day to cook a meal fit for a dragon. What, precisely, this entails is anyone’s guess. But heavy charring is clearly an option here. You want something that involves a little fire and passion!
Another thing you can do is learn to write in Dragonese. For those of you who don’t know, this is the language that dragons speak in the film How to Train Your Dragon. The scriptwriters created an entire universe of words, waiting for you to explore them.
You can also indulge yourself in other ways. How about collecting books and movies related to dragons and starting a dragon collection? Or what about creating a dragon mosaic, hosting a puppet show, or doing all kinds of things you can think of related to dragons?
Once you start talking about dragons, you’ll be amazed by how many people love them. Don’t keep Appreciate a Dragon Day to yourself! Share this holiday with your friends and spread your love for dragons!
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The Creature Riddle Game
In his room, a slumbering Kratt was slowly coming back to the world of living. He would've decided to get more sleep if it weren't for a thrilling reminder that almost knocked him out of bed. His eyes opened wide as a smile brightened his face, knowing what day it was.
Rubbing the last bit of sleep from his eyes, he peeked at the calendar, the date enlarging the smile on his face.
"Alright, it's 23 December! That means..." He bit his lip from excitement. "It's my birthday!" he yelled out.
From the corner of his eyes, he spotted a mysterious green envelope on his night table, accompanied by a large mug full of hot chocolate - blue marshmallows floating in the warm sugary substance.
Curious, Martin took the envelope and opened it. What it contained appeared to be a peace of paper along with a green card. He rose an eyebrow, already guessing who it was from. He eagerly read the scribbled words.
"Happy birthday, bro! We prepared something very special for you; it's a creature riddle game. In this game, you will be solving riddle after riddle left by each one of us - me, Aviva, Koki and Jimmy - that you will find in envelopes in different colors. I left the first envelope you have right now, inside it you will find a green card where I wrote the first riddle. And I left you some hot chocolate to get you started."
Martin glanced at the blue mug, a light chuckle escaping him.
"Good luck, bro. And have fun!
-Chris."
His brother's voice echoed in his head.
Thrilled, Martin gobbled down the warm drink before swiftly changing into his winter cloths, not forgetting about putting on his CPS. Then, he grabbed the card on which he believed the first riddle to be written.
Stepping out of the Tortuga, he breathed in the fresh winter air of Europe. Then, he took out the card and read the creature riddle aloud.
"My name starts with an M, just like you. But I'm small, long and a great climber too. Who am I?"
A short period of thinking was quickly followed by a gasp of realization. "Of course! The European pine marten. I bet the next clue is in the nearest tree with a pine marten on it."
He looked around - considering and rejecting multiple directions - before having his instinct kicking in. With that, he ran off into the woods.
Not far from the HQ, a pink jet was parked next to a rusty gray plane. Inside, the two villains - Donita and Gourmand - were busy discussing a plan to capture as many tailed winter animals as they could.
"Yes, I will use this machine to collect all those animals!" cackled the fashionista, refering to what one would mistake for a giant pink vaccum.
"And ah can sniff one of those rodents from a mile away, heheh..." added the devious chef.
"Yay, winter animals!" let out Dabio with a naif tone.
"Yes, now go get my coat! We're going on an animal hunt," demanded Donita, a mischievous look on her face. The obedient henchman went to do just so, leaving Donita and Gourmand filling the plane with evil laughter...
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hi, could you help me find a filipino actress who could work as a love interest for hamish linklater, please? thank you in advance.
i would suggest nadine nicole (38), tia carrere (55), lea salonga (51), vanessa lachey (41), donita rose (47), deedee magno hall (47), sharon leal (49), nia peeples (60), victoria recano (47), sheryn regis (42), chuti tiu (52) or nicole scherzinger (44). i hope these help!
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Jake & Friends: Reboot Series: Season 25: Series 1 (2023)
Characters
Jake Heaston
Zane Heaston
Rick Heaston
Kim Heaston
Grandbo
Jeanne
Leah
Sliver
Usually
Chris Kratt (PBS Kids and Amazon Prime Video)
Martin Kratt (PBS Kids and Amazon Prime Video)
Dr. Scott D. Sampson (PBS Kids and Amazon Prime Video)
Aviva
Koki
Jimmy Z
Wild Kratts Kids (PBS Kids and Amazon Prime Video)
Zach Varmitech
Donita Donata
Dabio
Chef Gourmand
Paisley Paver
Rex
Ryder
Chase
Rubble
Marshall
Rocky
Zuma
Skye
Robo-Dog
Everest
Tracker
Tuck and Ella
Rex
Liberty
Al (Pup)
Coral
(Cat Pack)
Wild
Rory
Leo (Cat Pack)
Shade
(Rubble’s Construction Crew)
Charger
Mix
Grandpa Gravel
Auntie Crane
Motor
Wheeler
Mayor Goodway
Chicketta
Julia Goodway
Julius Goodway
Mayor Greatway
Mr. Ducky-Doo
Mr. Porter
Alex Porter
Cap’n Turbot
Francisco Turbot
Tilly Turbot
Dr. Tammy Turbot
Taylor Turbot
(Ruff Ruff Pack)
Hubcap
Dwayne
Gasket
Mayor Humdinger
Kitten Catastrophe Crew
Harold Humdinger
Cheetah Humdinger
Helga Humdinger
Moby
McSquidly
Ace Sorensen
Tough Guy
Carmen
Marty Muckraker
Adventure City Camerawoman
Butch and Ruben
Kendra Wilson
Tony
Barney
Delores
Harris
Rocket
Danny
Arrby
Sid Swashbuckler the Pirate
Carols
Gus the Truck Driver
Mother Mer-Pup
Baby Mer-Pup
Kelp
Unnamed Mer-Pups
Katie
Cali
Shopkeeper Shelley
Farmer Zoe
Cafe Carl
Sweetie
Busby
Princess of Barkingburg
Earl of Barkingburg
Butler of Barkingburg Castle
Duke of Flappington
Jean-Claude
Claw
Sparks the Dragon
Speed Meister
Mr. McTurtle
Lily
Omar
Lucas
Juniper
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Timmy the T-Rex
Codi Gizmody
Elly-Dee
Park Ranger Rose
Camila (Rubble & Crew)
Mr. Hudson
River
Omar
Mandy (monkey)
Farmer Al
Ms. Marjorie
Maynard
Ladybird
The Copycat (Mr. Nibbles)
Hailey Daily
Thomas the Tank Engine
Gordon the Big Engine
James the Red Engine
Percy the Small Engine
Emily the Emerald Engine
Devious Diesel
Nia the Kenya Engine
Kana the Electric Engine
Kenji the Electric Engine
Riff and Jiff
Harold the Helicopter
Skiff the Sailboat
Carly the Crane
Sandy the Rail Speeder
Ashima of India
Beresford
Annie and Clarabel
Troublesome Trucks
Brake Car Bruno
Boxy
Whiff the Recycle Engine
Darcy the Driller
Sir Topham Hatt
Fireman Sam (character)
Penny Morris
Elvis Cridlington
Arnold McKinley
Ellie Phillips
Jodie Phillips
Station Officer Steele/Fire Captain Steele
Tom Thomas
Ben Hopper
Malcolm Williams
Rose Ravani
Sarah and James
Bronwyn Jones
Charlie Jones
Charlie Jones
Gareth Griffiths
Mike Flood
Helen Flood
Mandy Flood
Trevor Evans
Dilys Price
Norman Price
Derek Price
Mrs. Chen
Lily Chen
Moose Roberts
Joe Sparkes
Lizzie Sparkes
Hannah Sparkes
Bella Lasagne
Professor Pickles
Scoop Dooley
Krystyna Kaminski
Peter Kaminski
Radar
Nipper
Prince the Horse
Police Dog Shadow
Police Horse Kilo
Blue
Josh
Steve
Joe
Lola
Aly
Camila (Blue’s Clues & You!)
Magenta
Periwinkle
Rainbow Puppy
Mailbox
Sidetable Drawer
Malinda
Tickety Tock
Slippery Soap
(The Spice Family)
Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper
Paprika
Cinnamon
Sage and Ginger
Shovel and Pail
Firetruck
School Bus
Farmer McColl (Does Not Speak)
The Construction Workers (Cameo)
Drew (Cameo)
Unnamed Children (Cameo)
Unnamed Peoples (Cameo)
Cowgirl Beryl (Cameo)
Farmer Yumi (Cameo)
Luke Stars (Cameo)
Traveling Travis (Cameo)
Cletus (Cameo)
Mr. Wingnut (Cameo)
Mrs. Wingnut (Cameo)
Cora Colors (Cameo)
Toodles the Clown (Cameo)
Deirdre (Cameo)
Randy (Cameo)
Gustavo Goodway (Cameo)
Henry the Green Engine (Cameo)
Farona and Frederico (Cameo)
The Mayor of Adventure City (Mentioned)
Unnamed Adventure City Policeman (Mentioned)
Unnamed Adventure City Policewoman (Mentioned)
Scoop Dooley’s Cameraman (Mentioned)
Sally Thomas (Mentioned)
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AU Masterlist:
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PBS Kids AUS:
A Broken Universe Au (Inspired By HarpyStories (Ao3): The Pursuit of The Universe!) (Crossover Au)
[Summary]
(oh btw Heres the Link to the fanfiction That Inspired it)
Characters:
🏴‍☠️ Who Survived Who Died & Who's Missing:
[The Hero Version]
[The Villain Version]
Character Related artworks:
🏴‍☠️ General:
🏴‍☠️ Character Sheets:
Heroes:
[Leo & Carmen] (Let's Go Luna)
Villains:
[Donita,Gormond & Paisley] (Wild Kratts)
🏴‍☠️ Sketches:
🏴‍☠️ Other:
The Setting:
🏴‍☠️ The Headquarter(s):
[Hero Base]
[Villain Headquarters]
🏴‍☠️ Other Locations:
Writing Related:
🏴‍☠️ Snippets/Prompts:
🏴‍☠️ Drabbles:
How did everyone Died?:
[Andy (Let's Go Luna)]
🏴‍☠️ Other:
Q&A:
Other:
If you want to see More from this Au Follow the Tag:
# a broken universe au)
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The Purple Plague Au (Crossover Au)
[Summary]
Characters:
👾 Survivors:
[Heroes]
[Villains]
The Plague Itself:
👾 Info:
[Symptoms & Stages]
[The Zombies Themselves]
Character related Artworks:
👾 General:
👾 Character Sheets:
The Infected:
Heroes:
[Xavier] (XRATSM) (Concept Art)
Villains:
The Survivors:
Heroes:
Villains:
👾 Sketches:
👾 Other:
Writing Related:
👾 Snippets/Prompts:
👾 Drabbles:
👾 Other:
Q&A:
Other:
(If you want to see More from this Au Follow the Tag:
# the purple plague au)
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Sorrowful Wishes Au (Let's Go Luna Au)
[Summary]
Characters:
🎪 Sorrow Will Circus:
[Gloria Mintz]
[Darby Mintz]
[Mack Mintz]
[Kana Nightglow]
[Amias Yearwood]
[Esme Yearwood]
[Rosa Lewiston]
[Henry Brown]
Character related Artworks:
🎪 General:
🎪 Sketches:
🎪 Other:
Family Tree(s):
[The Nightglow Family Tree]
The World:
🎪 The Setting:
[Sorrow Will Circus's Tent]
[The Worker's Homes]
Writing Related:
🎪 Snippets/Prompts:
🎪 Drabbles:
🎪 Other:
Q&A:
Other:
(If you want to see More from this Au Follow the Tag:
# sorrowful wishes au)
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Other AUS:
Normality Au (Steven Universe Au)
[Summary]
Characters:
💎 New Characters (aka OC's):
[Brown Pearl]
[Brown Jasper]
[Andrea Sanchez] (Half Gem)
[Carlos Sanchez] (Andrea's Dad)
[Violet Rose Quarts] (Andrea's Mom)
💎 Character Redesigns:
[Steven]
[Pearl]
💎 The Neighbors of Forestville:
Character related Artworks:
💎 General:
💎 Sketches:
💎 Other:
Writing Related:
💎 Snippets/Prompts:
💎 Drabbles:
Backstories:
[Brown Pearl & Jasper's Homeworld Past]
[The Altered Timeline]
💎 Other:
Q&A:
Other:
(If you want to see More from this Au Follow the Tag:
# normality au)
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Character AUS:
Shitty!Senior Fabuloso Au (Let's Go Luna!):
Summary: This Au Is Basically "What If Senior Fabuloso Is an Asshole to the Kids & the Moon herself"
General:
🎩 Writing Related:
🎩 Other:
Q&A:
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WIP AUS:
🌵 Stranded au (Wild Kratts) (Alternate timeline of the Rattlesnake Crystal episode)
🌸 Far Away au (aka the Hanahaki Disease au) (Let's Go Luna)
☀️ Nostalgic Sunsets au (Let's Go Luna)
That's all for now, I promise to update this List in the future
Bye! ☺️
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Ang swerte ko sa artistahin na friend ko. Alam ko ikaw lang yan. oo. 😂 Donita Rose Antukin GNZG 😄 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd2WLnzh26g/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Trying some food @chirpandoinksc Donita Rose’s restaurant in Santa Clarita. (at Chirp And Oink) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdCl_5qrxbK3iVvuwr7yslPLLV5UxHSp2h5k9g0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Donita walking outside filming herself : Its such a wonderful day toda-
*Seven year old Rose and Artter run towards her*
Donita looks at through her phone : What in the hot hell?!?
Rose running : MOMMY!!!!!!
Donita running away (fashionably): NO I AM RICH BICTH!! I DONOT HAVE CHILDREN!
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embretheworld · 3 years
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Owo what’s this?👀
"What?! Are you crazy he's one of them! I don't want any wild rats on my ship, didn't you hear what rats like them did in Spain?!"
"Oh hush, you wouldn't know an opportunity if it stared you straight one the face."
"I think I'll keep this one, he'll be a great addition to my newest project," Her thin bony hands curl around his jaw and clamp around it with a tight grip, her nails nearly piercing his skin, instead, leaving slightly indent instead. He grimaces up at her, she's more intimidating than usual, unlike usual she could do anything she wanted to him in this state and he'd barely even managed to put up a fight to stop her. It does nothing to quell any of his worries. "You heard that wild rat? I'll make you beautiful just like me, you should feel honored that someone of my status is even willing to help you."
The way she speaks is somehow not demeaning but demeaning at the same time, implying that he's lower than her but there's a slight chance he could be something more than that; a small part of him can't help believe she's right on that despite the part that disagrees with her. Her smile grows wide, showing off unnaturally pearly teeth, it feigns its sincereness as well, enough to trick many, and one of those many is including him. He leans into her touch slightly, trusting her despite his better judgment. She should know what she's talking about, she's a fashion designer for a reason even if he does disagree with what she makes her product out of.
Yes this is something I’m writing, 👀
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Appreciate A Dragon Day
Dragons, the magical scaly creature born from fire, have existed throughout mythology since the times of the Romans and Egyptians. Dragons, with their celestial ways and otherworldly presence, make our lives a lot more interesting, and never cease to amaze people.
Appreciate a Dragon Day is a day dedicated to learning about dragons and sharing your love for these creatures! 
History of Appreciate a Dragon Day 
Appreciate a Dragon Day began when Donita K. Paul wanted to celebrate the publishing of her first fantasy novel “Dragonspell”, part of the five-volume series, The DragonKeeper Chronicles.
Dragons have always been popular, existing in the mythology of cultures from all over the world. Dragons inspire us and fill us with fear at the same time. Western dragons have always been depicted as fearsome creatures to either overcome or have a kinship with, while eastern dragons were typically equated with the royalty and heavenly forces, depending on the culture.
Nevertheless, dragons also tend to represent the conquering of the spiritual soul, as they are related to many of the human emotions that block the way to enlightenment. Dragons in modern culture have always been a place of fascination for them, as many authors and filmmakers have helped transform the image of a dragon to something people can admire.  
Some of the most famous stories to depict dragons are seen in Tolkien, Ursula, and J.K. Rowling’s novels. In films, movies and TV shows such as How to Raise a Dragon, Game of Thrones, and Eragon have helped shape the way people see dragons and ultimately fall in love with them. Dragons have existed since the earliest parts of history and have appeared in many different forms with many different alignments of good and evil.
The depictions of dragons tend to differ by culture. In ancient times, most societies had an ambivalent view of dragons. Like any other creature, these giant flying serpents had both a good side and a bad one. 
In the West, however, attitudes towards dragons changed with the advent of Christianity in the late Roman era. Suddenly, dragons became associated with evil because of their serpentine nature and needed vanquishing. Some people believed that dragons were a real phenomenon and created stories about how great warriors had to go out into the wilderness to defeat them. The tale of St. George and the dragon is likely a direct descendent of this thinking.
When you think about it in more detail, you can understand why people thought dragons were real. Remember, in ancient times, there was no explanation for giant bones. Nobody had a clue what dinosaurs were, or that fossilized bones were millions of years old. For all they knew, these creatures perished recently and could live beyond the horizon. Believing in “dragons” was logical and perhaps necessary to protect yourself.
The old ideas weren’t far off eighteenth- and nineteenth-century discoveries in paleontology. Once the dinosaur age took off, it became clear that there really were giant serpent-like creatures who roamed the Earth millions of years ago, firing the public imagination.
The diversity of dragons is considerable, and one of the main motivations for Appreciate A Dragon Day. The fire-breathing variety is the most famous, but there are others too. Some are like gargoyles found in medieval churches. Others are many-headed hydras that pop out of the ocean. Some even depict them as wyverns, basilisks, and other mythical creatures with loose connections to the real world. 
Folklore experts like Carol Rose point out that dragons are essentially “composite creatures.” We tend to think of them as highly-stylized, as depicted in films like The Hobbit. But Rose notes that they can have really unusual features, including elephant trunks. 
Ultimately, the idea of dragons interacting with humans fills our mind with awe and inspires us to delight our minds with fancy. Appreciate a Dragon Day asks people to share what their favorite dragon is in popular culture and tell people why they love dragons.  
How to Celebrate Appreciate a Dragon Day 
When it comes to celebrating Appreciate a Dragon Day, you have a lot of options. 
Draw, sketch, or color in pictures of dragons. Watch your favorite dragon-themed movie with friends. Read fantasy novels about dragons, including The DragonKeeper Series. Buy or sew a stuffed dragon for you or a friend you know – it’s all totally kosher!
If you love art, you can print out a dragon coloring page. Or you can attempt to paint a picture of one of these mythical beasts from scratch if you’re feeling brave. 
Another popular idea is to use the day to cook a meal fit for a dragon. What, precisely, this entails is anyone’s guess. But heavy charring is clearly an option here. You want something that involves a little fire and passion!
Another thing you can do is learn to write in Dragonese. For those of you who don’t know, this is the language that dragons speak in the film How to Train Your Dragon. The scriptwriters created an entire universe of words, waiting for you to explore them. 
You can also indulge yourself in other ways. How about collecting books and movies related to dragons and starting a dragon collection? Or what about creating a dragon mosaic, hosting a puppet show, or doing all kinds of things you can think of related to dragons?
Once you start talking about dragons, you’ll be amazed by how many people love them. Don’t keep Appreciate a Dragon Day to yourself! Share this holiday with your friends and spread your love for dragons! 
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