NO THOUGHTS JUST JINSHI FUCKING WHIMPERING WHILE MAOMAO ACCIDENTALLY MANHANDLES HIS FROG

dynamic sketching week 5 - insects, reptiles, etc

First time painting with gouache. It was fun and I’m keen to do more

For the ask game: 🦖

🦖 "Favorite extinct animal?"

hmmmmm

maybe the splendid poison frog

it did such a good job at being red

ask game

Uber Eats.

reading kusuriya no hitorigoto and let me just say chapter 63

thank you for letting me know that he has a decent sized frog LMFAO

Splendid Odorous Frog (Odorrana splendida), family Ranidae, Amami, Japan

photograph by Yuji Abematsu

Splendid frogs and angel’s trumpets

Today’s Pondering Captain is Round Frog! (Bonus points for Splendid Stomach!)

HE HAS A SPLENDID FROG

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SPLENDID

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eta I'm high ok

"SPLENDID FROG TO BOOT"

The way mao mao said he's got a big D...

Random DC/DP headcannons bc I can't sleep

Expect many typos

Danny hates storms, especially thunderstorms bc of the lighting cracking in the sky

Danny wears a power cuff like a bracelet that dampens his more violent powers bc he's scared of them (wail, large-scale ice like with undergrowth etc)

In one of his magazines, instead of bullets Jason keeps solid ectoplasm just in case, and so it's not conspicous

In his Phantom form Danny has a streak of black hair where his white usually is

Jason is fright knight (unless it's a Jason-Danny biologically related fic. Ghost Zone law says no one you share blood with (clones included) can become fright knight (but they can join the court and have other ranks))

Danny made a contingency plan against himself and with the help of a sibling (Cass most likely, though she did seem a bit sad) got it on the bat-computer. Password protected so Danny can't get into it. Bruce doesn't know and won't know until/if Danny goes bad. Bruce made a separate one for him.

Tim gets low and non-harmfil doses of ectoplasm in his coffee bc it is like a shit ton of caffeine for a living person. (Yes, some Amity Park drinks have ectoplasm in them too)

Danny asks Bruce, Tim and Lucius for help with Ghost King Shit TM

Duke has to squint when looking directly at ectoplasm (Danny's trying to find some solution but there isn't one)

Jason has a shadow core

Damian got extinct animals from Danny as a birthday gift multiple times (a dodo bird named Delilah, a messenger pigeon names Luke and a splendid posion frog named Ares)

To piss Bruce off, Jason got a pterodactyl he's named Flynn that he takes on patrol. Safe to safe, people get a hella more scared of Red Hood. Bruce hates it but Jason does actually love Flynn and Bruce can't bring himself to take Flynn awya

Danny made a patrol playlist for every member of the bat family and beyond bc he has one for when he goes out as Phantom (they all listen to their playlists and love them)

Before Danny was fully pulled into the family, he'd flinch at Dick's escrima sticks and still catches himself staring the weapon, his heart pounding

Danny found out Captain Marvel was a kid bc while on a mission with him, Captain Marvel pointed out that there was a pirate ship hovering above them and that Danny should probably deal with that. He'd, and any other Amity Parker that overhead, never laughed so badly in his entire life. Billy was never so scared & confused.

Bart and Danny are friends bc Dan had leveled most of the future before the Beatles took over what was left (I'm actually not that sure about Bart's backstory so feel free to correct me if something's wrong here)

Cass and Danny have staring contests alot. Sometimes the others think they've fallen asleep with their eyes open. They didn't.

Danny had a Twitter account for Phantom without Bruce knowing, but when Steph was trying to convince Bruce to let her have one she mentioned it and Danny had to delete it (he has an alt he now posts every embarrassing thing Batman does and has ever done)

Puns. So many puns between Dick & Danny.

Danny mumbles in his sleep

Crows flock to Danny like hungry tigers. Damian's envious but he gets to pet & feed them so it's mostly okay.

GW likes Jason and let's him borrow books whenever he wants to (also any destroyed book ends up with GW but that's a pretty common hc) but Jason has to swear not to give them to Danny. Not that Danny wants them.

Duke is helping Tucker out with studies and Tucker Duke with tech. Technus sometimes shows up too to help.

Johnny and Jason are dEAD bffs

Sam and Babs get on like a house on fire

Talia met Danny and they're actually friendly to each other. Sure, she's trying to trick Danny into giving her his throne, but Danny knew that and wasn't about to let that happen

Danny will randomly punch his siblings, smirk, then bow and say "my leige" and run away. The sibling now has the crown and is chasing to punch Danny back because honestly fuck that

Constantine is slightly terrified of Danny and Bruce uses it like a threat-- "John, if you don't answer, Danny will contact you." It works like a charm

When too excited, Danny and Jason will start talking in Ghost speech. It freaks everyone else but Damian and Cass out bc the same sounds came from the pits

Take, edit, have fun with whatever you want here. It's just bs that crawls around my brain for funsies and won't let me sleep.

Splendid poison frog (Oophaga speciosa) By: Hans Reinhard From: The Complete Encyclopedia of the Animal World 1980

medieval motivation nugget: is there any arthuriana or other romance-type writing that involves frogs?

also if you were muldumarec what bird would you be

not remembering any frogs off the top of my head sadly. lots of birds and weasels though. and that weird ass fish centaur which is arthurian but not medieval. weird ass fucking thing

if I were muldumarec I would be the splendid sunbird because just look at this thing

📸 Ian Gill

So many characters in ASOIAF believe in the importance of vengeance even after the people who harmed their families are already dead, how it doesn’t matter which “Usurper’s Dog” killed the Targaryen children, or how “Though mayhaps [the murder of a nine year old] was a blessing. Had he lived, he would have grown up to be a Frey” is considered a funny/awesome line even by some of the audience. Characters like Ellaria Sand who don’t want to see their loved ones die in pursuit of vengeance and want to see the revenge cycle end are few.

Then you have Sansa Stark, who on several occasions has shown she does care which of the house members have harmed her family, and expresses some sympathy for the others:

Together, Sansa and the serving man got the wounded knight back on his feet. "Take him to Maester Frenken." Lancel was one of them, yet somehow she still could not bring herself to wish him dead. I am soft and weak and stupid, just as Joffrey says. I should be killing him, not helping him. —ACOK Sansa VII I hope he falls and shames himself, she thought bitterly. I hope Ser Balon kills him. When Joffrey proclaimed her father's death, it had been Janos Slynt who seized Lord Eddard's severed head by the hair and raised it on high for king and crowd to behold, while Sansa wept and screamed...Morros dropped his lance, fought for balance, and lost. One foot caught in a stirrup as he fell, and the runaway charger dragged the youth to the end of the lists, head bouncing against the ground. Joff hooted derision. Sansa was appalled, wondering if the gods had heard her vengeful prayer. But when they disentangled Morros Slynt from his horse, they found him bloodied but alive.—ACOK Sansa I Osney's brother Ser Osfryd was savagely punishing the frog-faced squire Morros Slynt. Blunted swords or no, Slynt would have a rich crop of bruises by the morrow. It made Sansa wince just to watch. They have scarcely finished burying the dead from the last battle, and already they are practicing for the next one. —ASOS Sansa I Podrick Payne had changed as well, and looked almost a proper squire for once, although a rather large red pimple in the fold beside his nose spoiled the effect of his splendid purple, white, and gold raiment. He is such a timid boy. Sansa had been wary of Tyrion's squire at first; he was a Payne, cousin to Ser Ilyn Payne who had taken her father's head off. However, she'd soon come to realize that Pod was as frightened of her as she was of his cousin. Whenever she spoke to him, he turned the most alarming shade of red. —ASOS Sansa I

Sansa Stark doesn’t believe in harming children based on the actions of their parents. She is going to be one to break the cycle of revenge and help build a brighter future.

Splendid Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer), family Hylidae, Costa Rica

photograph by Milan Zygmunt

Do frog Faunus eat their own skin after shedding?

Ruby: Mister Sheddingskin, I have splendid news to share with you! Lord Arc has asked for my hand in marriage!

Ruby: ...Your silence speaks volumes. For I could not help but notice you exchanging glances with my betrothed at Madame Schnee's gala-soiree last week.

Ruby: Are you enjoying your tea, Mr. Sheddingskin? Delightful blend, isn't it? You could say it has a certain KICK to it. (Sips)

Ruby: You know, I've been thinking about a lot of things recently. About love. About life. About friendships. About trust.

Ruby: It's such a fragile thing, isn't it? Just like these teacups, they too can be so easily shattered-

Yang: RUBY! (Cuts up shed skin) Stop playing with your food.

Ruby: (Eats shed skin, Licks eyes)

Fun Fact! Frogs, lizards, and other reptiles and amphibians will eat their shed skin to avoid wasting nutrients.