#its my fave beast...
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the in-between creature, doing nothing and going nowhere
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beast gohan thoughts
#redtailfins art#db#dragon ball super#beast gohan#gohan#son gohan#sorry for having an inexplicable dragon ball phase im not normal rn#its so hard being a gohan fan anime dudebros dont respect me#this doesnt even look like gohan tbh fuck my stupid baka life#can you tell ssj4 is my fave transformation </3
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@SHOFARSOGOOD
SORRY TUMBLR WOULDN'T LET ME REBLOG???
BUT
OH MY GOD YOU HAVE OPENED THE FLOODGATES HNNNGH
Okay, so you're in France in the 1760s. Specifically, you're a peasant in the Gevaudan province.
AND SOMETHING IS KILLING THE SHIT OUT OF EVERYBODY
It's described as being "like a wolf, yet not a wolf" and these people, they're shepherds, they see wolves ALL THE TIME, so if they say this thing WASN'T a wolf, I trust them. But the problem is, we don't know WHAT it was. Descriptions vary a LOT, probably owing to the people who saw it being terrified and trying to get away, combined with a typical "game of telephone" deal where the thing got changed each time someone told someone else about it, combined with people just lying and SAYING they'd said it, combined with the fact that if it was an exotic animal (more on that later) people just had no idea what they were looking at. But some fairly consistent traits are that it's BIG, it's got a long tail with a tuft, and it's a reddish color with a black-striped back and white underbelly.
Sounds like a tiger, right? That's a common theory. A lot of nobles kept zoos of exotic animals that peasants would never have seen before and have no reference for, so the fact it's a big furry predator on four legs was probably enough to make it "like a wolf but not a wolf" if it wasn't a bear (and we don't think it was a bear because people also knew what bears looked like) Some good candidates are a tiger for the aforementioned reasons, a lion (tufted tail, some drawings have a mane), and a hyena (wolf-like, has the bite force necessary for decapitation, as many of the corpses had the head removed from their bodies, another unusual feature)
So this thing just fucking runs around the countryside savaging peasants. And they can't do much about it because it's illegal for peasants to have guns. If you ever have to make an argument for the right to bear arms, bring up the Beast of Gevaudan, gurantee no one will see that coming!
Some peasants made do with what they had though. A group of boys managed to save their friend with, iirc, sharpened sticks, though they did not escape unscathed. One had his cheek basically TORN OFF, and as a result the king funded his education for the rest of his life, which was a big deal for a peasant boy who wouldn't ordinarily receive it. And a girl, Marie-Jeanne Valet, successfully fended it off with a homemade spear (she described the beast as a large dog) A statue still stands in her honor today.
Speaking of the King, the news about all this was reaching him. So he started sending out hunters and dragoons (a type of cavalry that would dismount to fight) to get the wolf. But, to no avail! They couldn't seem to kill it. And when they DID finally get a great big wolf, as well as a female wolf with unusually large pups that had traits not normally seen in wolves (ex: double dew claws, which some large dog breeds have, indicating wolfdog hybrids) the killings stopped for awhile. . .and then started again.
This became one of the first international news stories; other countries thought it was HILARIOUS that the King of France and all his men couldn't handle one little WOLF!
Eventually, it was brought down for good by a local hunter named Jean Chastel. Legend sprang up that the beast, which was said to be immune to ordinary bullets, had been felled by a bullet which had been made by melting down a medallion of the Virgin Mary. At the time, the fact it was killed by a holy icon was what was significant, as some people thought it was a werewolf and those were seen as creatures of the Devil at that time (rather than innocent people afflicted by a disease/curse as in modern media) but the fact the medallion was silver may be the source of the modern "silver bullet" myth which isn't from any real werewolf folklore and seems to be an invention of Hollywood.
The royal notary examined the animal after death and recorded in what is known as "The Marin Report" that "This animal which seemed to us to be a wolf; But extraordinary and very different by its figure and its proportions from the wolves that one sees in this country." and details a "monstrous head", unusual body proportions, aberrant morphological characteristics, and unusual fur colors. The report also includes the dental formula (number of molars, number of canines, etc) of the animal, which does seem to indicate a canid of some type. The report is preserved in The French National Archives.
So, this wasn't an unsubstantiated cryptid. It was pretty darn meticulously documented.
Unfortunately, photos didn't exist then, and by the time the corpse was taken to Versailles, it was so rotten and badly decayed that no one wanted anything to do with it, and it was in all likelihood dumped somewhere like garbage. I reckon everyone was just happy to be done with it.
While the beast was dead (or at the least, the attacks ceased) the speculation never has. Some people think it was just a big wolf or wolves, but like I said, I think these people knew what a wolf looked like. Other people think it was a wolfdog hybrid or family of such, which would account for the large size, unusual features, and lack of fear of humans. This, I think, is the most likely option. The escaped exotic animal is the next most likely imo; I remember that there's no records of. . .it was either of any such zoos themselves at the time or of no escapees, but like, if I was a noble and my tiger got out and it was eating people, I don't think I'd say anything.
Then there's more fringe theories. The werewolf thing, of course, but also the idea it was a conspiracy against the king, or some big political plot, often involving Chastel (the hunter who shot it) or his son, or that it was a serial killer dressed in animal skins, or a serial killer that had trained a dog to hunt with him as his method of killing. I...kind that pretty unlikely, just because I've never heard of a serial killer doing anything like that, like using an animal is just not 'intimate' in the way serial killers seem to like to be? But I'm no expert.
My PERSONAL favorite Unlikely Fringe Theory is that it was a mesonychid. See, some descriptions of the Beast claimed it had hooves. And while no modern carnivore has hooves, there is a prehistoric class of carnivores called mesonychids who are often described as "wolves with hooves" and whose appearance---monstrous head, longer tail---do match up pretty well with a lot of accounts.
Now, is it likely that a breeding population of huge prehistoric predators just...survived THAT long into the present and just NEVER got noticed by humans except this ONE time, and no other remains to indicate their survival have ever turned up? Yeah, no. But I really like the idea! That and the werewolf are my FAVORITE options, but in all likelihood it was a wolfdog(s) or escaped exotic.
#this is a pretty condensed version and mostly from memory#but I'd totally rec checking out youtube videos on it#there's some great ones with animation and puppets and stuff#but yeah its my fave historical mystery!#beast of gevaudan
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ALRIGHT ALRIGHT HOLD YOUR HORSES FINE I'LL POST THESE ON MY MAIN TOO. /lh
(Took a better picture of the first drawing too since the one on my other blog was kinda blurry💔)
Context: I was messing around with a character ai of Frollo, one thing led to another and I ended up creating this. It's a beast au, one where Frollo is punished for his crimes by transforming into a snake/sheep-drake (land dragon) kind of monster. His outsides finally matching his insides, a creature of his own making.
The more I thought out the universe for this AU the more I found myself joking about this being an alternative version of Beauty and The Beast (the fucking coincidence too that Frollo is french 💀💀) except there is no happy ending for the beast (not in a fairytale-esque way anyway) and there is no breaking this 'enchantment' because it's a full-on curse. And this only accentuated the minister's self-hatred and internal turmoil, since now his every desire comes bubbling out along with his animalistic instincts.
#I genuinely did not expect anyone within the frollo fandom to sniff out my rp blog and find my silly au#long story short i turned my fave into a furry/scalie oc pretty much.#its VERY complex summarizing it in a few sentences doesnt do it justice#my art#my ocs#???#i guess. since he is VERY divergent from canon in this state#the hunchback of notre dame#claude frollo#thond au: beast of lust
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New and a bit alarming, who’d have ever thought that this could be?
Matilda | Brom [x]
#headlessedit#headless: a sleepy hollow story#brom bones#bromtilda#matilda bishop#abraham van brunt#webseries#shipwrecked comedy#beauty and the beast (1991)#my edits#gifs#is this silly? yup#is it also kinda genuine? maybe#honestly that's my fave kind of story/characters/media#also BRAVO for making a gaston character and turning the character on its head#to become one of my top favourite things about this series#(and i have a lot of favourite things)
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snaps wide awake out of completely nowhere thinking “are my ocs too weird”
#USUALLY NOT A PROBLEM i think its just late and i am feeling the effects#but i went on like. a trip into my art files (never a good idea) and i got self conscious for no reason#literally its so silly i was like. fuck are my CD characters too nonhuman looking. i keep thinking theyre v humanoid but then i draw them#and taking into account the biology and stuff its like. wow they are just fucking beasts. down to habits and posture and customs#and now im like. fuck did i make them TOO like that#and that for some reason led me to look at art of talas and be like. god did i make him too weird. is his mask weird.#YOU KNOW.... TALAS. WHO IS MY SECOND FAVE. AND THE MASK THAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING#i may be losing my fucking mind#it could also be that my brain is going ALART !!! you need to tweak the reference again!!!!! the art is not at prime capacity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#god am i making sense#im so fucking normal fr. i just need CD to be the best ever and get a good grade in it which is both normal to want and possible to achieve#thunderclap#oughghg sorry for the completely insane post i just needed to scream at a cloud for one second thank u for ur time
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KOBOLD PRESS ABSOLUTELY ICONIC (from tome of beasts 3)
#d&d#kobold press#my biggest ups to murph/#naddpod#for spreading praises of kp#theres a shit ton of cool stuff in tome of beasts 3 but my other current fave is.....#A PRISMATIC DRAGON!!!!!!!#ITS DOPE AS FUCK#dungeons and dragons
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samael's favorite book of the bible had always been the book of revelation...
#and it always creeped his family out but can i blame him#that book is badass LMFAO#ITS ABT THE APOCALYPSE AN D IT HAS BEASTS#ok i grew up christian so i have so much bible knowledge rotting in my brain#(im agnostitc now)#revelation is my fave book too#i feel like he may fuck around and reference revelation in his songs / albums#he has so much bible knowledge guys#⛧ ooc. —— 𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖈𝖍𝖚𝖗𝖈𝖍.#religion tw#heavy on that
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old-ish doodle of my version of terra and beast boy lol
#mine#artists on tumblr#dc#dc fanart#teen titans#teen titans fanart#teen titans au#terra markov#beast boy#garfield logan#interpret the t4t however you want but for me its transboy beast boy + nonbinary terra#terra may or may not be a lil transmasc cuz i like projecting on my faves
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Comics Read in 2023:
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 7 by Koyoharu Gotouge (2017)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 8 by Koyoharu Gotouge (2017)
So I'm a Spider, So What? Vol. 4 by Asahiro Kakashi & Okina Baba (2018)
I Was Reincarnated, and Now I'm a Maid! Vol. 1 by Natumse Tamayura & Tetete Tanaka (2019)
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Vol. 1 by Jougi Shiraishi & Itsuki Nanao (2019)
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Vol. 2 by Jougi Shiraishi & Itsuki Nanao (2020)
Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama (2018)
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Vol. 4 by Yu Tomofuji (2017)
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Vol. 5 by Yu Tomofuji (2017)
[ID: Covers of the aforementioned books. End ID.]
#gigi.txt#2023media#i liked this arc of demon slayer. i think they did a good job of making a character you really only met this arc#into someone you're genuinely upset to see go#the thing is with demon slayer is i can see why ppl go nuts abt it#because animated its such hot shit#but in terms of manga its... fine? like its not BAD for the most part but its just.#im enjoying it tho#so im a spider so what continues to be incredibly unhinged. 10/10. she has multiple brains now#love that for her#i was reincarnated maid was very boring. do not rec. not continuing.#wandering witch was also boring.......... but with a hint of interesting to it. i have one more manga volume 2 read and then im done#and then i'll check out the light novel. manga won't keep on top of but novel might be okay!#to the shock of no one i fucking loved witch hat atelier and absolutely will continue w/ the series. should've read it earlier. obsessed.#and i liked this arc of sacrificial beasts but the series continues to be a very unsubtle metaphor for Discrimination Being Bad.#love anubis just trying to get the mc kicked out and the king is like. anubis u can keep being an asshole bc ur my bestie. yeah hes a fave
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#biosphere 2#saw the trailer fir the new biosphere film and it made me remember that i made this when i was thinking about it at work a while ago#note i had volunteers in mind not like a jail#i just got into a mind set where i was thinking that it probably wants people living well in it like it was built for#and got thinking the building must be hungry...#i may volunteer under certain circumstances lol#like my fave person would also be willing .. free use of internet for communication and entertainment etc .. and pay well enough#like well enough i wouldnt have to get back to another job for some time when i gout out to make up for time inside afterwards#tho id miss several outside things like the taiko dojo and movie club bros and just going places like the desert and what not#anyway its wild i live like an hour away from this beast of a facility its on my mind#atleast the college does put it to some use and its not just abandoned or something#talks
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#totk spoilers#literally all spoilers below dont read this if you dont want spoilers#hit the credits for totk and the first thing i said was I miss ganondorf#overall it was a brilliant game and i loved it so so much and its leagues better than botw and oughh#i have issue with the plot....mostly the Imperialism Good roite that it took#was kind of hoping for something different i suppose but that is on me mostly#look we all wanted ganondorf to either be out buddy of have the nuance of ww ganondorf#he was fucking superb in this game Do Not get me wrong but man. ilour first ganondorf since tp and i just wanted more for him 🫠#when imposter zelda was going around hyrule i genuinely thought maybe they were gonna go with an evil zelda plot#imagine how cool that would have been....i got played#rauru being evil or at least morally grey and controlling zelda and ganondorf being Right and also my friend would ahve been so good :(#but anyway!!!!! i really liked a lot of other things about the plot!!! dragon zelda was devestatingly good#the fact that we had a Find Zelda quest and yet she was one of the first things we see on the sky island at the start of the game#áaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (dats me yellin)#superb and traumatic#i really like botw/totk zelda actually and she was very good in this game and the haters can eat my nuts 😊#the boss fights were great#colgera being my fave and the ganondorf fight was so good and tense and eeeeee#the end phase against dragon ganon with zelda was really fun!!!!!! even if ridiculously easy i wish it wasnt just dark beast ganon 2.0#anyway my final verdict is banger game but ganondorf deserves better and also dlc when
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saw 6 is literally one of the best horror movies ive ever watched even tho its not like. good.. it does amazing commentary on for-profit healthcare and the twist of acid room was so. cries.. and like the rest of the gauntlet too,, Especially gallows and shotgun carousel.. also the fact that it took place in a zoo chef Kiss symbolism.. & well sometimes dying is about the revenge you can finally carry out.
#saw#this is incoherent but like#absolute masterpiece to me as a disabled person#and what was so fun is when i first watched it i thot the locale looked like an exhibit at my local zoo and then well#it really was a zoo...#and also like hoffmans little freakout was fun but not what im thinking about rn ..#i think its my second fave saw movie :-) after the original but they r whole different beasts
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vocaloid reblog game time AGAIN in honor of miku day reblog with your favorite miku songs 💙 underrated or overrated, cover or original, anything goes
#or well miku birthday in japan. today its just the 30tj#*30th#hatsune miku#vocaloid#anyway#ill go first. faves include but are not limited to:#the beast. by spectacle-p (MOST FAVORITE OF ALL TIME)#romeo and cinderella by doriko#stargazer by kotsuban-p#deep sea girl by yuuyu#melt by ryo#more i cant think of rn#tbh im more listing songs i like rather than all time faves (with the exception of the beast who is an all time fave)#and i encourage you to do the same. unleash the miku within etc etc#honestly? i would also include the entirety of the my favorite vocaloid medley since technically majority are miku songs#the version with 67 songs#and well i am obsessed with that specific medley
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i hate when a band i listen to their entire discography but my fave song is their most popular. Like no i prommy I'm better than that but sometimes it's popular for a reason
#maybe if delta rae didnt do everything w bottom of the river then it wouldnt be my fave#but. drive your son like a railroad spike into the water let it pull him under dont you life him let him drown alive the good lord speaks#like a rolling thunder let that feaver make the water rise etc#probs my fave immediatly but if i start thinking its probs the beast or i go to work yknow#but bottom of the river *starts shaking*
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✨ Sailor Celestial ! ✨
aka Naelle, but she’s now a sailor senshi soldier archetype XD
and epic huntress & defender, fighting evil by the moonlight !
#. my edit#it started as just the bottom pic but I just HAD to include a transformation drawing too so... here we are!#I was gonna call her sailor artemis but realized the names already taken in both sailor moon and mythology soooo#Celestial it is instead!#or its variations#Celeste or Celestine or Celestia#I like the last one just dont want to tag it directly cuz its a name already majorly used in another fandom#also there's a whole sub-plot of this version of Naelle hunting down 'the Beast' that took her lost love#not knowing the identies of who was her lost love and the Beast are the same! gasp!#and y'know#drama :D#also Naelle's transformation theme is the#'Sailor Starlights Appear' OST#alternatively the#'Uranus and Neptune Transformation'#has always been my fave too
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