I'm pretty sure I got an ask or something few days ago about my favourite character dynamic in the dinosaur project thingy, but I can't find the ask for some reason.
Anyway, went to dig this older drawing from few years ago, because I still like it, demonstrating the sibling dynamics of Two Feathers (below) and her brother Laughter in Canopy!
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The thing that bothers me the most about the whole 'feathered dinosaurs look stupid!' or 'not scary' debate is that... They were real animals. These were actual real animals.
They aren't movie monsters or fictional creatures who are conciously designed by someone, they were real and shaped by their environment. Natural and sexual selection 65 million years ago didn't care what some random human thought looked cool, it cared about what allowed a species to survive long enough to reproduce, and it's so annoying that people treat them otherwise. Paleoart and reproductions of what they looked like are (generally) aiming for realism. You don't flip over a rock and chastise a salamander for not looking cool enough. And you don't ignore scientific evidence because you think that dinosaurs look cooler featherless and shrinkwrapped.
I know it can be hard to picture them as real animals because their presence is usually limited to media, occupying a similar place in people's minds to dragons perhaps, and with fictionalised stories of extreme violence. As much as I liked Jurassic Park, the leveraging of dinosaurs as horror monsters puts them in a similar place to fictional characters, and people treat them as such.
I need to emphasise- Dinosaurs weren't conciously designed. Dinosaurs weren't conciously designed. And getting upset at more realistic representations of them because you preferred how innacurate depictions looked is wrong, fustrating, and shows a deep misunderstanding of what a dinosaur is. Accurate science isn't there to create a cool monster. It's there to approximate what real animals looked like before we existed.
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Ngl its really funny when paleobros cry and whine about dinosaurs "not being scary anymore" bc people are putting feathers/more speculative details in their art yet fail to see how fucking goofy dinosaurs are. This is the goofiest proportions i think ive ever seen on a creature THIS is your scary monster?
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Feeling ✨ stabby ✨
Getting back into needlefelting now that I have a dedicated crafting room/desk :)
Starting off with my little raptor, Pidge. Worked on her for a good bit of the weekend and I'm very happy with the shapes that are taking form!
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did you know them
Ha ha ha ha verrrry funny. Ah that’s a good one. I remember doing shit like this. Haha nice.
Uh anyways fuck off :]
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Tony being either 25 to 45 because yeah. Doesn't matter buck is always older than this rat of a man ^-^
Bucky proudly stating he is like 108 or something insane.
Bruce collective scaring most of the original team members, "Hey! Most of you were injected with genetically enhance materials! Some of you are harder to off!" Finger guns and walks out.
Clint staring at the lack of his mortality. Natasha knew this. Pepper already got screwed. Rhodey can't die, it is against the rules. Everyone else drank the super juice xD
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🖤
Send 🖤 and my character will answer about yours.
"Wait, so the velociraptors in Jurassic Park were really based on Deinonychus all along??"
attractiveness:
repulsive / hideous / ugly / not attractive / unappealing / not unattractive / meh / no preference / ok / mildly attractive / nice looking / cute / adorable / attractive / pleasant on the eyes / good looking / hot / sexy / beautiful / gorgeous / hot damn / would tap that / perfect / godlike / holy fuck there are no words / I've never met a harpy before...
personality:
grating / irritating / frustrating / boring / confusing at best / awkward / unreasonable / psychotic / disturbing / interesting / engaging / affectionate / aggressive / ambitious / anxious / artistic / bad tempered / bossy / charismatic / appealing / unappealing / creative / courageous / dependable / unreliable / unpredictable / predictable / devious / dim / extroverted / introverted / egotistical / gregarious / fabulous / impulsive / intelligent / sympathetic / talkative / up beat / peaceful / calming / badass / flexible.
how likely they would have sex with them:
not if they were the last person on earth and the world was ending / fuck no! / never / no way / not likely / not sure / indifferent / I’m asexual / maybe / probably / it depends / fairly likely / likely / yeah sure / yes / would tap that / hell yes / fuck yes! / wishing that could happen right now / as many times as possible / we are already having sex / That's kind of fast, we've only just met!
level of friendship:
never in a million years / worst of enemies / enemies / rivals / indifferent / neutral / acquaintance / friendly toward each other / casual friends / friends / good friends / best friends / fuck buddies / bosom buddies / practically the same person / would die for them / true friends / my only friend / fossil friend! :D
first impression of them:
i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them / Feathers?
current impression of them:
i hate them so much / i don’t like them / i don’t trust them / they annoy me / they’re weird / I’m indifferent / meh / they seem alright / they’re growing on me / truce / I think I like them / I like them / I’m not sure if I trust them / I trust them / they’re cool / they’re genuine / I think we’re going to get along / I really like them / I think I’m in love / oh fuck they’re hot / I love them / Feathers.
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Tfw it’s 2022 and people still think dinosaurs, pterosaurs and marine reptiles were cold-blooded.
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