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friend break up
#i drew this comic like five years ago? but my scanner was on the fritz so i posted a cell phone photo of it#it proceeded to haunt me by gaining five figures of notes#anyway at long last here is the scanned version!!#comics on tumblr#artists on tumblr#diary comic#daily comic#fire#anger#davedrawsstuff#art that isn't corvids#except it is. the corvid just isn’t pictured
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Yeehawgust 2023, Day 13 - Yee-caw!
#yeehawgust#yeehawgust 2023#crow#raven#corvid#pony#yee-caw#my art#my uploads#this isn't quite as clean as i'd like#but my program crashed on me and i lost a lot of progress and motivation 😌#but anyway#i still think it's cute and i do like it
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fanart of the wholly sovereign au made by @wisteriteeth mews a little
#they're arguing and soul trying to go to his happy place. peace and love#it isn't working btw#cj heart#cj soul#cj mind#cccc#chonny jash#chonnys charming chaos compendium#wholly sovereign au#corvid art tag
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Music and Intelligence
I'm gonna preface this by saying I am by no means a professional biologist, I am just a biology student who nerds out about art and biology sharing an interesting thought I had this morning.
We don't know where music comes from. That is the very disappointing answer I got to a very interesting question I had this morning. The best answer science can come up with is ...eh, it's kind of just an evolutionary hiccup that developed out of nowhere.
I don't buy it.
Hypothesis: Music isn't an evolutionary hiccup but actually an integral aspect to developing sapience.
Think about this: One of the very first things we'll hear as human beings both now as we're born and in the ages past when we first evolved is birdsong. We associate birdsong with two very important things:
Winter has passed.
Dawn has broken.
Both of these give us a lot of valuable information like it is no longer dark, it is no longer cold, it is no longer dangerous, it is safe.
Early hominids with the ability to correctly identify birdsong and associate it with safety would thus be at great evolutionary advantage as they would be much more likely to survive the winter and the night, but that ability requires 3 major steps:
The ability to pick out distinct rhythms and melodies to correctly identify something as birdsong.
The ability to correlate said birdsong to the idea of the sun coming out.
The ability to make said connection through an abstract emotional response.
In other words, it requires pattern recognition, problem solving and complex emotion. Sapience. Music is not a coincidental fluke byproduct of sapience, it is the catalyst for developing sapience.
Granted this is largely speculation on my part; there's nothing I can do to prove that this is why our sapience evolved.
However.
We are not the only sapient life on earth, there are others, some debated, some not. Besides us there are dolphins, whales, corvids, parrots and elephants, and do you know what we all have in common? We deliberately communicate through melodic and rhythmic sounds, and we derive a particular pleasure from doing so. We all enjoy music.
If music was an evolutionary fluke in our development, how come it's a commonality among all sapient life? There are many animals that sing to mate and sing to intimidate and yet they lack any signs of sapience, but the ones that sing just because they can all happen to be the most intelligent creatures on earth.
Food for thought.
#biology#zoology#music#songs#philosophy#animals#anthropology#dolphin#whale#corvid#crow#raven#parrots#elephant#food for thought#shower thoughts
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Twst Analysis and Findings Why Crowley isn't Malleus's Dad, Unpopular Chapter 5 Diasomnia Twst Theory
While 99.9% of people seem to be convinced that Crowley is Levan, I'm that 0.01% who is still not convinced yet because there are some things that I found really odd if Crowley is Malleus's dad. So odd that this post itself has become a long post.
If you search for something and want to read where Crowley isn't Levan/Malleus's dad, then this theory and analysis is for you because here I'll explain some points for your considerations before jumping to conclusions, though I'm not sure if anyone will care about what I write and hear this small opinion at this point.
1. Heavily implied "another dragon from another country"
In Diasomnia chapter 4, it's said from Lilia's dialogue that "Draconia clan are the descendants of the dragons". All this time we might think that "Draconia are the only dragon in Twisted Wonderland" but in chapter 5 it's revealed that Draconia aren't the only dragon in Twisted Wonderland because there are other dragon clans from faraway country.
Malleus's dad, Levan's title is 竜眼公 in Japanese and it can be translated literally as "Dragon Eye Lord" or "Longan Lord". (More about his title, you can see it in my previous post)
If we see it the way like how longan fruit is named, (龍眼) either 龍眼 or 竜眼 still have the same meaning, but the only difference is 龍眼 is from Cantonese while 竜眼 is from Japanese.
But the main points in common are : They are both "Dragon Eye" and "Eastern Countries"
Which means there's a high possibility that Levan is a dragon from the longan clan/eastern dragon clan.
What's more interesting is that Lilia seems to be very fond of this "Long/Eastern Dragon" that he wants to spend the rest of his life there in their homeland. Out of all the countries he can and had ever visited, why did he choose "Red Dragon Country" in particular?
In first Halloween event Diasomnia also went with the theme of Long and it's revealed that it was Malleus's idea himself with Lilia providing more information about the Eastern Dragon Country culture and the Longs. And then there's that one dialogue said by Lilia himself in the Halloween Event :
"In fact, one such Long became a family's guardian spirit"
It is somehow similar to Levan who has been like a guardian to Meleanor and his draconia family, as her husband, her Left General alongside Lilia (Right General), and her most trusted person (Meleanor's Eyes and Limbs)
If it's not a subtle information but also kind of important that it's heavily implied many times just like Malleus who froze the time in Endless Halloween then I don't know what it is.....
2. Discarded Character Concept (?)
In twst exhibition there's an initial concept art of Crowley where he seems to have a similar theme and is somehow grouped with Diasomnia. It's because he had the same color as that of Diasomnia, even you can see the thorns on his leg and arm which as we know, is the symbol of Diasomnia/related to Draconia family (Sleeping Beauty Squad)
However, if we compare Crowley's old design and his original, usual one, in the design of the Crowley that we know now, twst seems to actually change every Diasomnia/Sleeping Beauty concept out of him and replace it all, from "thorns" to "mirrors" and "golden keys", and leave only the "corvid" part of him.
The question is, Why did Yana and twst team go into such trouble to change him all the way?
In Diasomnia Chapter 4 it's revealed that "Briar Kingdom has two castles : Black Scale Castle (Briar Valley's Main/Capital Castle) and Wild Rose Castle (Meleanor's Castle)
Diasomnia chapter is heavily tied with Wild Rose Castle rather than Black Scale Castle and places the main casts of Diasomnia chapter in Wild Rose Castle rather than Black Scale Castle and wrote Meleanor as Princess rather than a Queen. I know Diasomnia chapter was written with Sleeping Beauty as its story frame, and Meleanor is supposed to take the role of Maleficent in that story, but the question is why they created two castles and used Wild Rose Castle as the main background of the story rather than just create and use one castle, and give the title "Princess" to Meleanor and not a "Queen" since Maleficia, Malleus's grandma is the Queen? In the original and older version of sleeping beauty by Brothers Grimm, "Maleficent" is depicted as a Queen who is jealous of Talia (Sleeping Beauty) and not a Princess. It's as if they want to separate what is "exclusively Diasomnia chapter" from Briar Valley/Briar Kingdom itself.
This is honestly only my personal opinion, but based on these facts, the only logical, possible explanation I can think of is because they want to give this Diablo/Diaval's role to this Lord Longan so that Crowley can play a more bigger role rather than just a diplomat/messenger, and thus, discarded the old Crowley concept and made it invalid.
Thinking the old design as the valid source of information means that you want to tell people that "Epel with skirt and Idia as the little brother are canon" but are they now? Do twst used that concept in the end? Does Epel wear skirt in game and Idia is Ortho's little brother? Of course not, and you already saw it yourself that Yana already discarded that idea completely.
3. A seemingly Disastrous Chronology if Levan is Crowley
With the given information from in game, I want you to think with logic here :
Lilia is 700 years old. NRC gave him a letter of acceptance 500 years ago, but then he ripped it, and then Levan taped it back and stored it in royal archives. Silver said they are in Lilia's dream from 400 years ago and as we know this is when the war between faes and Silver Owl occurred, and at that time it's said that Levan was missing.
Now what I find odd is : if Levan is Crowley, then who sent the NRC acceptance letter to Lilia? We all know the Headmaster is in charge of student admission just like how he permitted Yuu and Grim to become NRC students, sending letters to people acknowledged by dark mirror, persuading Kalim's family, letting Ortho enroll even though he is an android and so on. And if Crowley is Levan, he wouldn't be able to do his job as Headmaster in Land of Dawning because he would need to be present in Briar Valley by Lilia's side to tape back the letter Lilia had torn to shreds.
Keep in mind that there are no official exact years and number from twst itself how long Crowley had been headmaster of NRC yet but from Diasomnia chapter it's clear that NRC already existed back then far before the war between humans and fae.
This one is just my personal opinion, but I'm more convinced that Crowley was the one who cast complex, ancient spell on Grim and therefore, know something about the extremely rare overblot incident that seems to always happen in NRC (and so we heard his voice summoning Yuu and said "we are all running out of time" in the prologue") and so he is tied more heavily to book 8 (Ramshackle/NRC) after Diasomnia if it does exist in the future than book Diasomnia.
Both The Watcher from Island of Woe (Idia's family) and the primeval spell that casted on Grim which seems to be similar to Shroud family's curse were from when the nature of overblot was not known yet and was considered as natural disaster, dated back to the "Age of Gods" which is approximately 1000 years ago.
But then you might think "Oh maybe Crowley had lived that long and pretended to be Levan to play his role." This is impossible because Lilia, Meleanor and Levan are childhood friends and well, Lilia said it himself that they were still children, besides Lilia is 700 years old and not 1000 years old.
Therefore I don't think Crowley is Malleus's Dad, Levan. But if someone said "Crowley was Maleficia's (Malleus's grandma) subordinate, then I can believe them because that way it will be possible for him to exist since the Age of Gods.
And perhaps this is also the reason why Yana and twst teams purposely wrote Diasomnia story with two castles and used Wild Rose Castle as the main background scene in the story rather than just created and used one castle, because they do wanted to separate it and created a place exclusively to tell Diasomnia story so it wont disturb the other plot of the other story and create a plot hole as a whole.
And so that's all the many reasons why I don't think Crowley is Malleus's Dad. Unless someone can answer the questions that had been swirling around my head because of how absurd Crowley is Malleus's Dad theory is which I had been marked with red color in this post and explained it logically or the official told it themselves then I won't be convinced.
#twisted wonderland#twst theory#dire crowley#twst crowley#twst thoughts#malleus draconia#twst malleus#twst lilia#lilia vanrouge#twst levan#personally I think Crowley is Malleus's Dad theory is so absurd#unpopular opinion#twst spoilers#twst chapter 7 spoilers#twst chapter 7
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My creatures and people.
I need to share with you the chaos that is my lair...because, I rescued my treasure hoard from storage exile. And it's totally amazing. My treasures and I have been seperated for too long, and new treasures have been collected since then, but now...now I have to merge them into one dragon pile of corvid collecting chaos treasures. Which is fine..
But like, all my shelves are currently busy..where in the fuck am I gonna put stuff???
This whole wall section will be cleared and rearranged with the elder treasures.
Elder tresures like my Tim Burton art print.
The top of my desk is already busy with creations and art projects...
...happy to be reunited with my tinker box though!
My corvid treasures include My Little Pony and corresponding 80's and 90's vintage toys and merch. And toys in general, because my inner child isn't dead. 80's vintage vibes and MLP make my Raven brain go brrrrrrrrr. So fair warning, I'll be making posts about my shiny bits of 80s plastic in the future.
My Raven brain also loves books. Alas, I never have enough book shelves to properly display my corvid library.
My favorite nerd books stacked up and waiting to find their home amongst my busy shelves...
And when I say my shelves are busy, I mean they are like, full chaos mode...
I usually have space dedicated to the faeries, so one of these little shelves will be transformed in sacred space for my fae family...and space for my color museum...
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I have one shelf dedicated to being a Curio shelf and general purpose hoard pile of shines. All the treasures I've collected while my elder treasure hoard was in stoarge exile.
And the elder treasures, in their boxes, waiting to come out and play.
I'll show you whats inside, but in another post, there is much to show.
Thanks for letting me share my corvid chaos lair! 🖤🍄🐛
#raven lair#corvid brain#ravencore#goblincore#crowcore#gremlincore#corvidcore#collection#hoard#room tour#room#cryptid#cryptid lair
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Something a little niche today, the Touro heavy Mech and Buckmaster light Mech from Brigador!
These neat little killing machines actually come packaged with a few weapon options, allowing you to mix and match a bit, which is very true to the original game's spirit.
Especially fell in love with the Touro even more as I was putting it together, it's a very cute little lump of pewter that is quite satisfying to hold.
If you've never heard of Brigador before and are curious, more info about that and these little guys under the cut!
For the accurate Brigador experience, it's best to keep reading while listening to this track on loop:
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Now, although those are miniatures up there, Brigador is a video game rather than one of the table top variety. While that may be a distasteful prospect to some, I can assure you it is still quite fun, as evidenced by this screenshot:
There are like fifty levels and I've beaten (nearly) all of them with every loadout, evidence of me doing as such with the really hard ones have been conveniently omitted in this screenshot however.
The game uses these awesome old-school 3D prerendered sprites for everything, which really scratches my nostalgic itch for that old Diablo/Starcraft look (or any 90s RTS for that matter). Here's how the Touro and Buckmaster look in game!
They're somehow even cuter...
The excellent art direction coupled with some really solid writing made Brigador a staple game for me. Whenever I have a couple minutes to kill and I'm at my computer, I'll usually just boot up Brigador and try to clear some challenge I've been working on. It's a very relaxing habit, despite the tone of the game which is actually quite grim! (Hopefully this doesn't reflect on me badly...)
Anyway, enough about videogames, we're here to to discuss miniatures!
Now while I am still very pleased that the developers of Brigador decided to release their own pewter miniatures based on designs from the game, I must warn you, my dear reader, that these sculpts may have some pretty gnarly flash and mold line issues. I can't say anything for sure, because all the pieces on my Buckmaster were free of residue and too much flash, but both of the Touros I picked up still had enough mold release where they needed a wash, and their chassis pieces had pretty big chunks of flash. I had picked up two to convert one into a Corvid mech (I can't decide between a Sweetheart or a Fatshoe) anyway though so it isn't that big a deal. The Touros were the first models they released, so I'm sure they've worked out the kinks at this point.
All that being said, I still had a good time putting these guys together and I'm very excited to paint them up in their proper NEP livery. I think I'll put them on Battletech hex bases since theyre about the right size and could work as stand-ins for some underdog Inner Sphere mecha, perhaps.
Funnily enough, these miniatures are also technically 1:144 scale, which is exactly the same scale as a Gundam High Grade model kit! Here they are next to a 1:144 scale Pilot to give you a sense of how big they would be in real life:
Something very satisfying about being able to do this with miniatures. I wish Battletech played this nice with regards to scale...
....aaand now compared to a Mobile Suit:
Makes you realize how ridiculously huge Mobile Suits are, huh?
One shot from the Touro's Abbot could probably still blow that poor Leo up, though...
Thanks for reading this far! This one has been especially indulgent, but it's always fun to talk about something underrated in the hopes more people will check it out.
Going forward on here, I'm considering making more "short-form" posts (yes, it is possible) with more quick updates on what I'm working on. Most miniatures probably won't necessitate an entire screed to accompany them either, believe it or not. I'll still be writing up long ones like these though; I have a long, long list of opinions and diatribes and I am desperately trying to spare my loved ones from being subjected to them. Most importantly, though, it's fun to write about this stuff. :P
#this one is gonna be wierd but#Brigador#stuff will be back so I'll tag that#scifi#mecha#and technically#gundam
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Poe Party came out the year I was in art school, and I fell heavily in love with ravens and other corvids cause I was drawing/painting taxidermy ravens a lot. I now wonder how different my life back then would have been if I had known the series existed
Am a little sad, ngl, I definitely would have made it my whole personality (As if antisocial Poe isn't my personality now)
#not important#poe party#edgar allan poe's murder mystery dinner party#shipwrecked comedy#Anytime someone reblogs one of my Poe Party drawings I just get into “what was I doing back then” mode#the art school was a boarding school in the middle of nowhere in the Finnish countryside near a famous 19th century Finnish artist's home#And ofc being stuck there 24/7 I just spent a lot of time in my “dorm room” watching youtube#So I have no idea how I missed Poe Party#Especially when we had our little film making course and we made a short horror film#no I will not tell you how to find it#Also I need to tell you that the art kids at the school had our living area under an old “weaving mill” so we were just sleeping undergroun#and chilling with those infamous shower spiders
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Fishbone #005
They weren't kidding, that history can rhyme
Only 9 layers and 5 source images this time. Things don't always have to be a federal fucking issue.
With how much ai art wank discourse is rooted in purity politics, especially but not exclusively on tumblr, I was amused by the mental image of slipping into a hazmat suit before venturing into the dangerous and repulsive wasteland of ai art to retrieve alien salvage like the stalkers in Roadside Picnic. It doesn't feel like that, it feels like being a grabby little corvid in the shiny trinket factory, but I still enjoyed the concept.
The rest of the image is about art as alchemical process and I'm not going to explain it.
I've been observing for some time that the objections to ai art are indistinguishable from the objections to photoshop ~20-25 years ago (including the one about "it's different this time bro trust me") so I want to look at some of them a bit closer.
It's not real art
Stop getting your talking points from fascists.
But-
I don't care how you justify it, it's a fascist talking point. Stop.
It's stealing
At risk of resurrecting stupid bullshit I was already bored with 20 years ago, I honestly think there's a better case for this regarding PS than machine learning. PS artists actually do use elements from existing images, lots of them (ideally with permission/license). However, consensus opinion has long since concurred that PS artists substantially transform and recontextualise those elements and the result is an original creation, same as physical collage.
As I've come to understand it, ML doesn't use elements from existing images, just mathematical descriptions of image attributes. It doesn't incorporate images on any level, or even pieces of images, so I'm left wondering what's being stolen here? I'm not being shitty I genuinely can't see anymore what is stolen when ML simply does not use any part of any existing image to generate an image.
There's no skill/creativity involved
The first time I ever used adobe photoshop (I've long since switched to GIMP, change the name, FOSS 5evar, etc.) I spent about fifteen minutes excitedly stacking filters on a picture of a butterfly, before the person showing me how it worked dismissively explained that filters don't make art.
Elements and principles of design are learned skills. They're taught at art school because they're not innate and they're important as hell. I often feel like people are tacitly arguing all that stuff's just padding--and if you're staunchly anti-ai-art I promise that's not an argument you want to make, it will backfire spectacularly on you.
And yeah, I think everyone still agrees that just piling filters on a photo isn't very creative and takes no particular skill. I doubt anyone thinks instagram filters take a good photo for you. I think (or hope) that we all understand now that complex image editing and manipulation does in fact take skill and creativity.
I can't help but wonder how much of the vapid trash we're seeing in the explosion of ai art is the equivalent of the 2000s explosion of shitty filtered photos.
The computer does it for you
There's so much more to PS art than filters, and the computer emphatically does not do any of that stuff for you. It doesn't do composition or colour theory or concepts or art history for you. It just does what you tell it to, you still have to make the art good. Fishbone #001 involved manually isolating dozens of fucked up hands from ML images, and I complained about it the entire time and the computer didn't even get me a cup of tea.
A lot of people used to actually genuinely believe that photoshop was a magical plagiarism machine that you stuck stolen art in and it automatically made perfect composites for you. Probably some people still do, it's a big world. But it never was true, no matter how hard they believed it.
Is there more to ML image generation? Idk I'd have to try it to find out for sure and I'm very tired. But the more I learn about it the more I think there could be. The frequency with which I see very elaborate and specific prompts with garbled and all-but-irrelevant images does at least suggest that the magical ease of making ai art has been somewhat oversold.
Using it in any way is cheating/cheapens your art
I think the cheating idea mostly came from the photography community, who thought PS was a shortcut to better photos for undisciplined talentless hacks who couldn't be bothered to learn to take a good photo. The irony. But for me, since I wasn't using it to improve photos, this was such a weird take. Cheating at what? At photoshop art? I'm cheating at photoshop by... using photoshop?
And the idea that using PS at any stage in your process irredeemably sullies your art is just stupid on its face. It's not radioactive. It's not a PFAS. Sin isn't real. Santa isn't putting you on the naughty list for photoshopping. The Galactic Council of Artistic Integrity aren't checking for pixels.
Needless to say, since 100% of the source images I use in this project are ML generated, I also think it's a bit of a silly objection to ML image generation.
It has no soul
I am not and have never been christian. I do not and will never care what your imaginary friend thinks about art.
Also, this is a repackaged fascist talking point. I told you to stop that.
It sucks
Most of everything sucks, what's your point?
People are going to lose their jobs
Unfortunately this one had some connection to reality. By about 2010 there were almost no painted book covers, and painters who'd made their living from them were forced to adopt PS or find a different job. It wasn't just book covers of course, commercial artists across the board felt the pinch of automation. That's not exactly PS's fault, the parasitic owning class will simply take any opportunity to fuck over a worker for half a buck, and PS art is generally cheaper because it's generally faster to make.
I actually have some questions about how this will play out with ML though. Currently, yes, it's looking very much like in ten years there won't be any PS book covers any more, but I think the parasitic owning class are going to quickly remember they don't actually want art that they can't hold copyright over, and human artists will remain necessary. No one wants a logo they can't trademark. No one wants commercial art if they can't control the licensing. I don't even think it'll take a wholeass test case, just a few things like selfpub novels using the same cover image as a major release or folks using pure ML images from the big stock sellers without paying, and as soon as they realise they can't sue anyone about it they'll come crawling back, cap in hand, to hire you back as a contractor at an insultingly low rate.
People will lose their jobs or find their billable hours severely cut, but, unfortunately, as the brave Luddites showed us, you can't stop automation by fighting the machine, no matter how noble your motives. You need to actually change society somewhat.
But I think this should be enough of a concern without having to also make shit up. You can just object to ML on the basis of tangible harms it will be used to inflict on individuals and society. That's plenty to be mad about, you don't need to put lipstick on it.
It's different this time bro trust me bro
Plenty of people sincerely believed that rise of PS was fully automated skill-free art theft and the sky was falling, and pointing out that all the same things were said about the invention of everything from the photocopier to home video to the printing press to the camera didn't even slow them down because this time it's different, this time it really is that bad. It wasn't.
And I honestly don't know anymore if it is.
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coyote . 20 . yt/blk + indig latine +
interacts from @koyiotea ͙͘͡★☕ ๋࣭⭑
aroace t4t butch lesbian . disbaled
intersex androgyne feragenus . . . i enjoy collecting xenogenders +++
➶ it/its + he/him + void thing
coyote suntherian → coyote shifter
’were’corvid → corvid quitherian
tornadic storms/tornado conceptkin
holothere + koyianthrope + therian
. . . extra information
proudly beastpunk, kinpunk, c-punk
➶ i will block zoomaps, radqueers/transx, proship, and transmeds/terfs, zionints/nazis . . . bigotry and supportings of genocide and white supremacy isn't welcome here. free palestine
➶ tags key
☕.koyiotxt → personal rambles/stories
🗝️.koyiotflags → personal flags i've made
🌿.flags → flags i like/terms/genders i like
🕯️.rb → reblog
🌓.art → my art
➶ i don't have a real set date on when i awakened; i deeply believe i was simply born as a canine and later developed into a corvid . . . i have had behaviors and signs of being a canine since i was as young as i can remember, my mother has told stories of me being a puppy since ive been a puppy.
➶ however i believe i discovered the term around 8-9yrs ago through a cringe compilation and found myself relating and curious, from there ive been outside of the community but actively identifying as nonhuman then !! later would be involved with the community more when i turned around 14 and since then therianthropy, otherkin history, etc has been an ongoing special interest of mine.
➶ i prefer to be rb heavy and find comfort in stories, poetry, art, and aesthetics with my nonhuman identity but i may post my own content here :]
credit . . . credit
#coyote therian#corvid therian#tornadic conceptkin#nonhuman#otherkin#therian#conceptkin#pinned#☕.koyiotxt
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✨🌈rainbow capitalism🌈✨
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#artists on tumblr#pride#trans pride#queer pride#gay art#lesbian#trans#ace#bi#plastic bags#davedrawsstuff#art that isn't corvids#image description in alt text
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[Magi rewatch] Episode 4: The People of the Plains [Part 1]
Alrite, let's get it over with. And, yeah, you can proobably tell that I'm not that excited about this arc, and, honestly, both the Kouga Arc and the Morgiana Arc are just... well, I don't really care about them. Don't get me wrong, they're both good arcs, Morgiana Arc especially, but they just. Well, they don't do it for me. Again, nothing to do with quality, just preference.
Another downside is that I slightly shot myself in the foot with that rewatch, because it kinda drags, ngl. But at the same time, I'm looking forward to rewatching the Magnostadt Arc, so imma be strong and not skip anything. "Do it for her" meme, except it's me and Kukulcan. Imma do it for my lovely snek and I remember that he had silly faces in the anime. At least I hope I remember well. But, eh, I like rewatching the Magnostadt Arc in general, so I'm losing nothing, and I can still make fun of the art quality which kinda scores a downgrade idk.
Alright, alright, I'm shutting up, let's get to the actual episode.
Sadge.
Love the low bg quality, but anyway, my girl Elizabeth is here :>
Ok, so, something that makes it pretty darn different - here it's said Alibaba's stayed in Qishan for three days, while in the manga Alibaba stays for three days... and then 3 weeks, I believe. That's a pretty big difference.
They look kinda funny here.
Ok, I kinda ended up checking Morgiana's VA, bc it reminded me of somebody, but also, the same VA apparently voiced a character from Zettai Karen Children, which is one of these kinda niche series that I have a sentiment for. Btw Zettai Karen Children: UNLIMITED opening (Last Resolution) is fukcing fire. Also, damn, the ZKC anime aired in 2008, how tf did I find it years later.
BACK TO MAGI
Ok, that's also an interesting difference. In the manga, Alibaba says that he freed everybody etc, because this is what Aladdin would have wanted. At some point after freeing Garda he also tells Toto that he did if because he [Cassim] would've done that, and I'm kinda reading it all as him not yet coming to terms with his own desires, and, yeah, Alibaba does struggle with that a bit, something that Hakuryuu kinda points out. I'm reading it that way because 1) I simply prefer to, 2) I kinda don't think Cassim would've cared that much about Garda. Like, maybe? But idk, it doesn't seem right... Anyway. Back to the topic. Here Alibaba tells Morgiana that it's because he felt that it was something he had to do. So, no deflection, he did what he thought was right. Welp, anime!Alibaba got to show more of insecurity in the Dungeon Arc, while manga!Alibaba here.
Aaaand Morgiana's reaction to finding out that Alibaba'd left was skipped completely. Darn. Kinda a shame. I feel like that moment sets up the fact that Morgiana joins Aladdin to find Alibaba, at least a little bit. That, and later there's a moment in the Balbadd Arc where Morgiana recalls that moment after Alibaba's said something similar, and connects the dots. But oh well.
Aladdin looked much angrier in the manga.
It's supposed to be imposing, but damn, it looks kinda off, and as a result really funny. Like, maybe it's the perspective, but isn't his head, like, kinda small? Idk, man.
I'm just. Listen, I'm trying to be serious, but it reminds me about these Friendship is Manly MLP animations, and I just can't.
Ok, now he's angry.
Baba! And Aladdin's future staff! That will break! Whoops!
Oh, look, the magi lore funky wallrug
Ok, in the manga, Toya was here earlier, and it was Aladdin who'd told Baba that he can see Rukh, too, but here she's the one to just know that he does. Here, though, we jump straight into the lore.
This looks hilarious here, but also, it probably was on purpose, as a form of subtle foreshadowingTM. But anyway. Magi: expectation vs reality.
This entire animation of Rukh flying here is fucking gorgeous. I've told you I'm a corvid.
Ok, but I feel like overall in the anime adaptation Aladdin's lost a bit of his agency, y'know? First in the Dungeon, to Alibaba, and here, too, he seems even more passive than he actually is.
Toya! Definitely gives off a more depressed vibe than in the manga. On the flipside, very nice voice.
Damn, there sure was a lot of effort put in here.
Aww, we didn't get the best fucking wingmen in the series : (
Aww, the "whatever your name is spelled as this time" looks kinda ni-
(honking laughter noises)
Ok, in the manga it was obvious D-guy had a huge crush on Toya, while her feelings were more ambiguous, but here it's Toya who seems to be crushing more.
First of all, lmao, and second of all, I am about to reach the pic limit bc of this image alone.
(more honks)
clueless, and the goddamn horse not getting paid enough for this bs
And last but not least
The boy.
That being said, in the anime he brings out Ugo just like that, completely unprompted, while in the manga he wanted Ugo to thank them for saving him, too, F.
Fambily.
Honestly, I feel like I gotta tone it down with pointing out the differences. I'd just never shut up. So unless I consider something important or interesting, imma drop it.
Aladdin's in much more hurry to return to Qishan in the manga.
Say what you will, but Aladdin and Alibaba's friendship comes off as far stronger than there, even if it already was pretty darn strong.
Oh, so now it's- Actually, I'm having second thoughts. Is is it a crescent or full moon. Whatever. It's pretty.
Ok, I seem to be pretty close to the photo limit.
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Hallo, could I have a request for Honkai Star Rail, Genshin Impact, & Full Metal Alchemist? ^^
My name is Corvid, I’m nonbinary asexual and use they/them pronouns. I’m a virgo sun, and aries moon, my mbti is INTP.
I’m average height (5’5 ft), I’m chubby and have warm olive skin tone. I have brown eyes, and have dark circles under them. My hair is short and curly, longer in front so I have bangs that nearly cover my eyes, and my undercut that’s been growing out. My bangs are dyed purple, and my hair is soft.
My style falls into goth and punk aesthetics, and my clothes are grunge from me altering them. (My favorite pieces are my battle jacket and my batwing hoodie.)
I have a bad rbf but light up when I see my close friends.
I’m a pretty quiet person normally and tend to keep to my self. When around my friends my more chaotic nature shines. I usually take care of others before myself.
I like art, history, mythology, video games, anime, thunderstorms, music, and alternative fashion.
I dislike crowded areas, too much noises at once, making eye contact, and rude people.
My hobbies are creating art (drawing/ writing), reading, listening to music, playing video games, playing ttrpgs, altering my clothes, doing makeup, cooking/baking, collecting trinkets and swimming.
I usually have trinkets in my clothes pockets, and I gift them to my close friends.
I hope this is okay, if not then feel free to ignore it, please take care ^^ 🖤
Hi Corvid! Thank you for your request! Aah! My first Fullmetal Alchemist matchup! It's my favourite series! I hope you like your matchups!
In Honkai Star Rail, I match you with...
Caelus matches your quiet but chaotic energy well.
Loves playing video games with you! Anything that you can both play together is a game he's interested in.
I also see Caelus as a fan of anime, especially action packed shows like My Hero Academia and Black Clover.
Caelus would enjoy cooking with you. There's usually a pretty big mess to clean up at the end but whatever you make usually ends up tasting pretty good.
If you're in a busy, crowded place and are getting uncomfortable, Caelus will excuse you from the conversation and take you somewhere quiet. He'll sit with you until you feel like going back to the group.
Loves it when you gift trinkets to him. I see Caelus as someone who likes collecting little things from different worlds, so he'll add anything you give him to his collection.
In Genshin Impact, I match you with...
Xinyan loves your hidden chaotic nature! She loves it when someone trusts her enough to reveal their true self. Especially when it's such a fun nature!
Modern au Xinyan would love playing video games with you, as well as watching you play them. Every time you get past a particularly challenging part, she's jumping up cheering you on!
Loves your fashion sense. She's always on the lookout for accessories for you when she's travelling around playing music.
Any trinkets you give her are somehow being incorporated into her outfit. Keychains are being clipped to her belt. Bracelets are going on her arms. Anything that isn't easily attached is going in a pouch in her guitar case.
Her music is usually pretty loud so, even though she'd love to perform for you, she'll always check in to see how you're doing. If you need to have a break, she's more than happy to postpone her playing and have some quiet time with you.
In Fullmetal Alchemist, I match you with...
Edward matches your chaotic energy but he's outgoing straight off the bat. Your initially quiet nature balances out his loud nature.
As loud as he may be, he'll try to be a bit quieter around you. If he's being too loud, you can count on Alphonse to notice your discomfort and tell his brother off.
If you're in a crowd and getting uncomfortable, Ed will do his best to get you somewhere quiet. If he can't get you out of the crowd quickly, he's transmuting a path up and out.
Ed loves your fashion sense! It matches his aesthetic pretty well so he'll always look for cool clothes and accessories that he would wear if he's shopping for you.
Every trinket you give him, he's keeping. The pockets of his pants and coat are full of things you've given him.
He'll return the favour by giving you trinkets as well. They might be a rock he picked up at the side of the road, or some new makeup.
#writing#fanfic#matchup#matchup request#request#honkai star rail#caelus#genshin impact#xinyan#fullmetal alchemist#fullmetal alchemist brotherhood#edward elric
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Introduction
Hello!!!
I'm Corvid, but people know me as Ardruko!
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Alias: Corvid|Bear
Age: 16
Birthday: October 26
Timezone: GMT
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I'm very friendly!! I'm open to saying hi to everyone and I'll be friendly towards anybody I meet. I stick up for my friends and I don't back down from an argument easily
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Gender ID: Cis female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Height: 5'10
Eye colour: Green
Hair colour: Brown
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I have Anxiety, OCD and most likely Tourette Syndrome! Any videos I post I will put a Content warning for my tics. This account isn't about my disorders, so I won't be posting about them or making them the main focus of the page.
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Occupation: Student
Course: Level 2 Light Motor Vehicle
Location: England
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I'm currently studying to become a Mechanic. I'm on my second year out of four total years of four courses. I'll be fully qualified when I turn 18!
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Art type: Digital + Traditional
Art App: Procreate
Stylus: Apple pencil
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I'm heavily into vulture culture!! This account will be based around bones and my findings and my collection, and a bit of everyday life!
I love bones, and I've grown in the past year to be able to identify carcasses by their feet, and different types of bird bones and birds by their calls and wings!! I'm hoping soon to become a member of the Guild of Taxidermists so I can buy and sell bones across the UK borders and ship to other countries!!
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Welcome to our weekly round-up! We do these every week to provide plot drops, highlight starters posted that week, and share other information about the setting. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points in starters, plots, anons etc. Also let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!
What’s new in town?:
After a mining accident, the town is left with cracks oozing strange black sludge that is suspected to be related to Serpent’s Flat. Check out our ongoing plot of the week for ways to interact!
Morrigan has welcomed special guest chef Gerard Buttons the III to The Raven through the end of the May. The ever-changing menu will feature a variety of meals, many made with magical ingredients. Most of theses dishes are perfectly safe, but the chilled soups seem to bring some bad luck if you don't show the corvid at the entrance its due respect.
It may be spring break for most, but the chill in Seven Peaks has been reported as being especially strong around Shimmering Sky Bar. This probably has nothing to do with the cute family of white dogs hanging around the Ski Lift area.
Local organizers are hosting an "extreme tug-of-war" competition on the Common this coming weekend. The blue team has won four years in a row and is awaiting some mighty new challengers. Unbeknownst to the organizers, the blue team consists of all werewolves, and dirty cheaters. Maybe this year's red team can knock them down a peg.
Starters:
Jonas is looking to learn self-defense and could use some tips on getting started
Leila won't let a little bit of black sludge kill the party vibes and is taking name suggestions for the crack in front of Party Thrifter
Sofie is paying attention to your jukebox choices and needs to know-- are you ok?
Metzli is here to assure us all that no, the sludge isn't art, come inside MuerteArte for the real thing
Cassius thinks we might be stuck in a Lovecraftian horror, anyone else see it?
Meera's got her computer fixed and wants the scoop on volunteering to cleanup the Pile
Anita is wondering if anyone has taught the younger generation how to write with pen and paper in the midst of grading woes
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Heyo! :-D
If reqs are still open could I trouble you for a jjba match-up? (Preferably battle tenedency, stardust crusaders, or diamond is unbreakable. Overall I think I'd prefer the masc characters with the exception of Dio and/or Kira.)
I'm an adult™ transman who uses he/him pronouns. My MBTI is Enfp last I checked and I'm an Aquarius sun, Gemini rising, Pieces moon. I'm 5'5 And Very Much Cuddle Shaped. Me and my partner always joke about how I'm their literal Squish. My hair currently orange cuz my dye is fading and is in a Mohawk style. No joke it's so curly and dense i can hold up to a five pound weight in it while hanging my head off the bed.
My hobbies include D&D, playing acosutic guitar, misspelling acoustic guitar, researching My Special Lil Topics™ (history of poetry and the arts, lgbtq+ history, myths and fables, the concept and importance of love in different cultures, rodents and corvids, Etc.), And babysitting. Also small sidenote while I like kids well enough and wouldn't be opposed to taking on a parental role if my S/O had them I have absolutely no intention of having or adopting children of my own. As such, disinterest or aversion to children isn't at all a dealbreaker in a partner. I also have no issues with things like alternative communication (Talking through text, writing, sign language, and/or body language), Long breaks between contact or long distance, and things like not verbally apologizing if the cause of the problem is otherwise properly addressed.
And I 100% understand if this drags and is way too long so as a TL:DR i'mma just inculde my favorite way my Vibe™ has been described is (as a direct quote from my bestie's server): "MF You Are Like If A Wine Aunt And A Werewolf Librarian Had A Glaringly Fruity Son Who Became A Punk Lumberjack Majoring In Himbo Dilf And Autism With A Side Hustle In Marriage Counseling.🌬💋"
I match you with,,,
Wamuu ♡
I was stuck between all the Pillarmen, but Wamuu just feels right to match you up with! Like omg Wamuu adores every aspect of your appearance! From height, to your hair, and definitely to how squishy you are! If you never need help with your hair, Wamuu is your man! He loves taking care of you, even if it's just reapplying hair dye.
And omg I can see him falling in love with your interests! Especially D&D, I can easily see you helping him build a character and him using his battle strategies for future fights! Imagine spending all night with him talking about Pillarmen mythology!! ♡
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