Last week I mentioned the one oddball dinosauriform that had crocodilian-like osteoderm armor, so let's take a look at that one too.

Lewisuchus admixtus lived in what is now northwest Argentina during the late Triassic, around 236-234 million years ago. About 1m long (3'3"), it was an early member of the silesaurids – a group of dinosauriforms that weren't quite dinosaurs themselves, but were very closely related to the earliest true dinosaurs.

(They've also been proposed as instead being early ornithisichians, but we're not getting into that today.)

Much like its later silesaurid relatives Lewisuchus had a long neck and slender limbs, and was probably mainly quadrupedal, possibly with the ability to briefly run bipedally to escape from threats. Its serrated teeth suggest it was carnivorous, likely feeding on both smaller vertebrates and the abundant insects found in the same fossil beds.

Uniquely for an early dinosauriform it also had a single row of bony osteoderms running along its spine. Although it lived at close to the same time as the similarly-armored Mambachiton their last common ancestor was at least 10 million years earlier, and no other early dinosaur precursors with osteoderms are currently known – so this was probably a case of Lewisuchus independently re-evolving the same sort of feature.

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haha unexpected emotional damage about my dad again, i thought i was fine until i found a video in my phone from 2019 and realized i've already forgotten what his voice sounds like so i am!

not ok rn lmao i'll be flighty today bc between this and the errands i have my brain's not all here lmao

HDAFJJFHKKDSDF K L OKAY SO

Sozo was originally named by someone else after (if I remember correctly) the Japanese words for imagination.

Stay with me, I posted this wip in a discord server and someone mentioned mistaking Sozo for the cult of the lamb follower instead of my actual character.

Now, I hadn't heard of it so of course I had to look up Sozo.

BUT I WASN'T EXPECTING TO FIND THIS?!

That's so ironic and beautiful to me, I can't. Sozo, you poor sweet baby boy.

Oh yeah and that other ant guy is cool too I guess.

i have. very specific muses i can jump right into a ship with. xayah is not one of them ajsflkd;ja

Tell us more about Ciaran because I love hearing about that boy!

How does he deal with stress? Or at least how he *tries* to?

And since you got me thinking about his braids - would he enjoy someone doing them for him?

Also - have a wonderful day! 💜

My dear, I love to see you in my notifications! How are you?

I spent ALL DAY thinking about this ask. It was wonderful, actually. So thank you for that lol

Once again, I got...excited. And talked to much. So a cut for your convenience.

Ciaran. Ciaran does not deal with stress...well. Or at all, maybe. He's trying his best and he's muddling through and the meditation helps a lot, but at the end of the day there's been a lot more stress than there has been dealing with it and it's starting to break him down. (I say starting but let's be honest. This isn't new) So there's the meditation, obviously. He goes away from the camp in the evenings and finds as quiet a place as he can, closes his eyes and listens to the wind in the trees and tries not to listen to his thoughts or the blood rushing in his veins. He's found it also helps to sit with the camp and listen to his friends (he can call them that, now. Astarion opened the floodgates) just existing. Karlach and Wyll are always doing something energetic, Gale has been teaching him how to cook and always has some info to dump, Astarion floats amongst them offering sass and complaints as he does. It doesn't always work, mind. Sometimes when he hasn't slept in too long and the bloodlust is especially high being around them just makes it worse but on the other days, remembering there are people who matter and who care about him in turn really puts things in perspective and helps calm the nerves. Somewhat.

And last, practicing music. Making something good out of nothing. Focusing on the notes and the sound and using his hands to create rather than destroy is incredibly cathartic for him. Even when the music is bad (and it often is, to be honest. He's still learning after all) it feels good.

His braids!! Yes!!! He's only just gotten used to touching and being touched but he's been LOVING it. The idea of someone else with their fingers in his hair, tending his needs and caring for him would be practically a divine experience. Even better, though? Someone else taking the braids out. Ciaran with his head in a lap, fingers carefully picking out the tight braids and then scratching at his scalp with nails, running their fingers through his hair while he stares through a book, or meditates, or just sits there and feels. Gale doing so while talking about everything and anything. Tara purring again Ciaran's chest. The sun setting. The piano playing.... This is where my brain has been all day. This is all I can think about. Ciaran's cat-like qualities manifesting in lapping and loafing and begging for scratches. My brain is. So full of these thoughts right now THANK YOU FOR THIS GIFT! I've been floating on air all day lol. You're the best T_T

*spawns in* Hellllooo How you be? How has your day been?

ellooo

i've been doing fine, how about you?

How would Matt react to meeting someone who constantly messes up everything because they have poor listening skills they end up crying or sulk thinking they're an idiot who can't be taught anything?

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/0U0TpIdg538

Matt is a hot-headed guy in my hc so I think he'd get irritated at first. But soon as they starts sulking or crying he'd realise something is wrong, it gets on his nerves, but he's trying to understand (I don't expect him to be the perfect guy who cares about every aspect of people and understands much about others😀).

Basically it would be him learning what's troubling them and repeating himself with patience (as much as he can manage, which isn't pretty much). He snaps sometimes and regrets (Oh, and that bitchy attitude, but that's his natural state dont worry😊).

Sammy: Sometimes I get so caught up on being gay that I forget I’m actually bi.

Me when I'm being gay as fuck for ponytailed men

And also my partner

And also Ozzy

I’m gonna go see The Mountain Goats again in the spring, and that feels good.

It's true that it can be difficult to convey tone in writing, but it's also true that I don't have complete control over my tone when I'm speaking.

There have been more misunderstandings in my life from in person conversations than there have been from written correspondence. And I've often tried and succeeded to fix the former by writing a letter.

Our Hawke being trans was surprising to her but in retrospect we should have seen it coming

It really did take a goddamn meta post about Blackbeard's bedside manner to drive home that I am still Dealing With Some Shit about being with Ryn in the ICU, huh?

finding out that Keira Knightley was originally the female lead of The Essex Serpent is kind of crippling tbh

my pet mold spore

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again