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blueiskewl · 7 months

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Meet Methuselah, The Worlds Oldest Fish in Captivity

The lungfish arrived in San Francisco on a steamship along with 230 other fish. Today, she’s the only living aquatic animal from that vessel.

She’s super-gentle, and doesn’t get overly excited. She enjoys eating earthworms, fruits and vegetables, and slowly moving around her tank. Her favorite food – at least for what is in season now – is a fig.

If Methuselah sounds like a grand old dame, it’s because she is: she is the oldest living fish in captivity, aged somewhere upwards of 92 and potentially as high as 101 years. She arrived on a steamship from Australia along with 230 other fish to the Steinhart aquarium in San Francisco in 1938 as a young, small fish. And Methuselah’s story unfolded in a typical way, for a fish in an aquarium: she grew. Humans came to look at her. She peered back through glass at humans.

But 1938 was a different time: bread cost nine cents a loaf. A racehorse named Seabiscuit was winning races. Germany was persecuting Jews, foretelling a coming conflict in Europe. Then there is Methuselah, who is no ordinary fish. She’s the only fish still living from the steamship. And most important, she’s a lungfish – a species more closely related to humans or cows than to ray-finned fish like salmon or cod – which can breathe air using a single lung when streams become stagnant, or when water quality changes. Lungfish are also believed to be an example of the original creatures that crawled out of water and moved to land in evolutionary history. The species was discovered in 1870 – and the scientist who first described the fish originally thought it was an amphibian.

Lungfish like Methuselah have long-held secrets, but scientists have only recently attempted to understand their evolution and life history. For one thing, the fish’s genome is the largest of any animal, containing 43bn base pairs – roughly 14 times the number in the human genome. The previous record holder, the Mexican axolotl, has a genome made up of 32bn base pairs.

“Genetics is really quite straightforward for normal fish – but for lungfish they’re so unique and so different that all of those techniques didn’t or don’t work,” said David T Roberts, a senior scientist with Seqwater, the statutory authority of the government of Queensland in Australia, where the fish still live in a handful of rivers in the wild. “It’s always pushed the envelope on uncovering some of its secrets to be able to manage and conserve it – and age is a really important one.”

A fish’s age is critical to know because it tells scientists information like growth rates, maturity, longevity and how long they breed – which is vital fundamental knowledge to manage a protected species.

Lungfish – a vulnerable species – have proved especially challenging to date because they grow a lot at the beginning of their lives, but then grow extremely slowly (yet continuously) for the remainder of their lives. Ear bones that are harvested after most fish’s death can be counted like tree rings, but lungfish, always the outlier, don’t have the same composition to their ear bones.

So scientists started to use radiocarbon to date the fish – relying on a technique that basically imprints living things with a carbon signature resulting from the atomic bomb tests back in the 1950s. But that doesn’t work well in animals born before 1950, when the carbon signature changed.

Now, scientists are using DNA tools that look at methylation – the way that DNA is turned on or off – to date the fish. For younger fish, it can offer an exact number, but for older fish it gives a range of dates.

It wasn’t the first time this technique had been used. Last year, scientists estimated a lungfish named Granddad that lived at the Shedd aquarium in Chicago to be 109 years old (give or take six years) at the time of its death, confirming that lungfish can live well over 100 years. The analysis also revealed that Granddad started its life in the Burnett River in Queensland, Australia, the location of the species’ original discovery in 1870.

In the study on Methuselah, aquarium workers took samples the size of a peppercorn from the lungfish in captivity and extracted the DNA from that in order to estimate their age for the first time ever. They found Methuselah to be at least 92 years old. The scientists plan to release their findings of 30 other lungfish later this year, as part of a library of living lungfish across the world.

“Knowing how long they potentially live and understanding more about how long they could reproduce could drive how we’re caring for habitat to help keep that species afloat in the wild,” says Brenda Melton, director of animal care and welfare at the Steinhart aquarium. “It just really opens the doors for a lot of other conversations and questions that might be able to be asked about how we can better care for them in the wild and preserve habitat.”

Roberts is inspired to continue to conserve the fish – after all, lungfish were around before dinosaurs became extinct, and their cousins possibly split off into animals with legs and then crawled on to land and then became humans, he says. “They’re a cousin to all land animals, basically.”

Methuselah’s age is now known, but she still holds other mysteries – even her biological sex. The handlers use she/her pronouns, but they actually don’t know if Methuselah is a male or female. Some fish have gender differences in size or shape – but not lungfish. And behaviorally, they suspect she’s a female, but they will not be able to find out for sure until after she dies.

Another question is if the fish is feeling old – and how do fish change when they’re geriatric? Melton says it varies widely. Most fish live only a few years – so it’s rare to see really old fish in the wild. But there are some hints: some spinal changes, like a curved back, or weight loss, cloudy eyes or looking a little gray in the scales.

Two of the other fish in the new study were estimated to be 50 and 54 years old – and Melton says they look a little more similar in coloration, while Methuselah has gotten a little lighter in color over the years. “We don’t know that that’s actually tied to her age, but it’s the only thing that we have seen physically that looks different for this fish.”

Melton says that just the existence of something that has lived for so long leaves her in awe. She wonders what Methuselah thinks of all her companions and living situations over the many years she’s spent at the aquarium – as the fish has the longest institutional memory of anything in the building.

“It’s incredible to me that after all of these years of having her in our care,” she says, “we’re still learning and we still have the ability to learn from animals in ways that we can’t even conceive yet.”

By Katharine Gammon.

#Meet Methuselah the Worlds Oldest Fish in Captivity #the worlds oldest fish #lungfish #Steinhart aquarium in San Francisco #history #history news #interesting #long reads

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bethanythebogwitch · 9 months

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Let’s turn up the heat because I’m going over the real-life inspirations for all the fire-type starter Pokémon. Here are the links for when I covered the inspirations for all grass starters, all fish, and all non-fish aquatic Pokémon.

Gen I gives us quite possibly the most iconic starter line: the Charmander line. Interviews with the design team have revealed that Charizard was the first of the line to be designed and the other two were designed by working backwards from it. Both Charmander’s English and Japanese name (Hitokage) reference the mythical salamander of European folklore. Salamanders have been associated with fire in multiple cultural folklores throughout Europe, often to the point where their depictions have nothing to do with the actual amphibians. Interestingly, the oldest accounts that associate salamanders with fire comes from Pliny the Elder, who repeated an account their bodies were so cold they could extinguish fires. Somewhere along the line of legends being passed down, salamanders got flipped from repelling fire to living in it, possibly as a result of getting conflated with other mythical reptilians like dragons or basilisks. In the renaissance, the alchemist Paracelsus described salamanders as fire elementals, along with a group of other elemental beings (gnomes for earth, sylphs of air, and undines of water).

(image: an artistic depiction of a fiery salamander. Art by Michael Maier)

In addition to salamanders, Charmander and Charmeleon are given the upright poses and dragging tails of outdated reconstructions of theropod dinosaurs. Charizard is a classic depiction of a western dragon: a winged reptile that breathes fire. Western dragons are based heavily on lizards, with some of the earliest depictions being a dead ringer for monitor lizards. Charizard is said to love fighting, which is reminiscent of how western dragons have been depicted as dangerous, destructive, and even demonic monsters. It is only relatively recently that western dragons have been depicted as anything but evil. Charizard doesn’t have the dragon type (unless it mega evolves to X form), but that’s more because back in gen I, dragon was intended to be the special type exclusive to the late-game powerhouses that are the Dratini line. Charizards mega evolutions and gigantamax form don’t really add much to the origin, they’re just exaggerations of Charizard.

(image: art of a western dragon by Friedrich Justin Bertuch)

Cyndaquil is based on an echidna, an Australian monotreme (egg-laying mammal) that has a long snout and quills like a porcupine.

(image: a long-beaked echidna. I don't know why, but its snout makes me very uncomfortable)

Despite being an echidna, its species name is the Fire Mouse Pokémon. This is actually a hint to an additional inspiration for its origin. The Japanese word that got translated to “Fire Mouse” is “Hinezumi”. This is the Japanese name for a monster originating in Chinese legend called the “huǒshǔ”. It’s a flaming mouse that lives in volcanoes. The flaming mammal and volcano association continues through the line. Also, when I googled “hinezumi” the first thing that popped up was the Monster Girl Encyclopedia. If you know, you know (don’t google it). Quilava and Typhlosion completely drop the echidna inspiration, which is a bit disappointing to me. That’s why I made regional variants of them for my Australia/New Zealand fakemon region where they stay as echidnas. While being based on badgers, they retain the quills that are found in many animals, most famously porcupines and hedgehogs. Hisuian Typhlosion is based on Kamuy-huci, the Ainu goddess of the hearth. The Ainu are the indigenous people of Hokkaido, the island that inspired Sinnoh and Hisui. There are multiple Ainu references in Hisui’s design, plot, and regional variants. In the Ainu religion, the hearth was the connection between Earth and the world of spirits and was therefore never allowed to go out. It could also be used to communicate with the kamuy (gods and spirits) and was the passage through which the souls of the dead would leave the world and eventually return for reincarnation. This is why Hisuian Typhlosion is part ghost-type. The fire around H Typhlosion’s neck looks like magatama beads, which are used in the spiritual practices of multiple belief systems. These flames can release 108 ghost lights. 108 is an important number in Buddhism and is the number of beads in a Japamala, another type of beaded necklace used for spiritual practices in (among other religions) certain types of Buddhism.

(image: a japamala with wood beads)

The Torchic line is, I suspect, the place where the trend of basing fire starters on Chinese zodiac animals started. Typhlosion really doesn’t fit the zodiac, though some people say it’s supposed to be the mouse. The line is based on chickens. More specifically, they are based on the basan, a legendary fire-breathing chicken.

(image: art of a basan by Takehara Shunsen)

Torchic is a chick, a hatchling chicken. It being bright orange comes from a tradition of dying chicks bright colors to be sold at festivals. Male Torchics have a tiny black spot on their rear ends that females don’t. This is probably based on vent sexing, a technique for determining the sex of chocks, a notoriously difficult task. It is done by examining the cloaca, looking for a bump that usually only males have. Combusken and Blaziken are based on cockfighting, a form of animal abuse where people force chickens to fight and bet on the winners. The official art for Blaziken’s normal and mega evolved forms have it in poses used in the martial art of Muay Thai. Blaziken is usually depicted as fighting primarily with kicks and Muay Thai emphasizes kicking. Blaziken being an humanoid with a bird head may also reference the bird-headed Egyptian gods Horus and Ra, or off of the karura, a diving being that looks like a human with a bird’s head in Japanese mythology.

(image: a statue of a karura)

The Chimchar line are based on the monkey from the zodiac. Chimchar’s species name is the Chimp Pokémon, and it does bare some resemblance to a young chimpanzee. When Chimchar’s flame goes out, you can see prominent red marking on its butt. Several monkey species have marking on their hindquarters, but the most famous by far is the baboon. Chimchar’s lack of a tail identifies it as an ape, but its evolved from gain tails, making them monkeys. A lot of people think that apes are separate from monkeys, but really apes are a subset of old-world monkeys. Apes are monkeys, you are an ape, therefore you are a monkey and that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Monferno and Infernape both have prominent facial markings heavily reminiscent of those of mandrills.

(image: a male mandrill's face)

Monferno having blue facial marking and orange fur also makes it look like a golden snub-nosed monkey.

(Image: a golden snub-nosed monkey's face)

These are native to China and the line does have some heavy Chinese influence. The martial art that Monferno and Infernape use is most likely Monkey Kung Fu or Hóu Quán, which was inspired by the movements of monkeys. Infernape is based on the character of Son Goku, the Japanese name for the character Sun Wukong from the Chinese epic novel Journey to the West. Sun Wukong is the king of all monkeys, a martial artist, and has several magic powers.

(image: Japanse art of Son Goku/Sun Wukong. Art by Shunman Kubo)

Sun Wukong may be based on the older Hindu god Hanuman, a monkey-like god associated with strength and heroism who was also a member of the varana, a species of monkey people.

(image: a sculpture of Hanuman)

The Tepig line are based on the boar of the zodiac. Ken Sugimori said that the Unova starters were based on different cultures to reflect Unova being a very diverse place. The Tepig line were given Chinese design elements whole the Snivy line were “western” and the Oshawott line were Japanese. Tepig having a dark marking on its head and rear but being light everywhere else comes from the markings of the British Saddleback pig breed.

(image: a British saddleback pig)

The fire and pig combination references how pigs are bad at regulating their body head and need to use external sources like mud to cool off. Pignite takes on more boar traits with its exposed tusks. The markings on its body look like it is dressed in a wrestling singlet, which fits as both Pignite and Emboar are based on wrestlers. The yellow markings on Pignite and Emboar resemble patters found in ancient Chinese cauldrons called dings.

(image: a ding)

Ken Sugimori also stated Emboar was inspired by the character Zhang Fei in the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the story, Zhang Fei is betrayed and decapitated by his own men. This could be the purpose of the fire scarf Emboar has, to separate its head from its body. Pignte and Emboar also draw from another Chinese story, the afore-mentioned Journey to the West, specifically the character of Zhu Baije. Zhu Baije is a pig man who joins the titular journey. He is also jealous of Sun Wukong, which kind of fits with how Emboar is a much worse Pokémon than Infernape.

(image: an artists depiction of Zhu Baije. Unknown artist)

The Fennekin like take the place of the fox in the zodiac. Design-wise, their large ears mark them as being based on fennec foxes. They are also based off of the kitsune, magical foxes in Japanese mythology. Among the many powers attributed to kitsune were the ability to breathe fire and perform magic. Kitsune could also take on the form of human women, which is referenced in Fennekin’s evolutions becoming humanoid and having feminine designs.

(image: art of a Kitsune scaring two people by Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

Human could also learn magic form foxes, becoming fox witches or kitsune-mochi/kitsune-tsukai. Braixen and Delphox take quite a bit of their design from these fox witches, they also draw from the classic wester witch, using magic wands and Braixen having a tail that looks like the head of a flying broomstick. The association of witches with fire might be a reference to witch burnings. Delphox is also based on a prophet or seer, with its ability to see the future. Delphox’s English name directly references the ancient Greek oracle at Delphi. The final forms of the Kalos starters are based on the fantasy character archetypes of the fighter, the mage, and the thief. Delphox is very much the mage.

Litten is a black cat with tabby cat features. Tabby cats are defined by the stripes on their faces and legs. The orange and black stripes also identify it as the tiger from the zodiac. Its eyes plus forehead stripes are a dead ringer for the alchemical symbol for brimstone, another name for sulfur. Sulfur is a highly flammable element, fitting the fire type. This is one of several references to alchemy found in gen VII.

(image: the alchemical symbol for brimstone. two horizontal lines crossed by a vertical line that leads down into an infinity symbol)

Torracat doesn’t change much from Litten, just adding more stripes and a fireball that looks like a bell on a cat’s collar. It does change when it evolves to Incineroar, and not for the better. Incineroar is my least favorite final stage starter and easily in my top 10 most hated Pokémon. I could go on for a while about how much I hate it, but this isn’t the post for that. It’s still a tiger, but now it has been combined with a professional wrestler. You can tell they really wanted to do another fire/fighting type but knew there would be backlash. The belt of fire is based on a championship belt and its dark type comes from being a heel. In wrestling language, a heel is a villainous character, someone the audience is supposed to boo (a face is a heroic character). This fits with Incineroar being describes as a violent and egotistical Pokémon. However, Incineroar does have a soft side. This fits with how wrestlers are performers playing characters. A performer playing a heel character may cheat, lie, steal, and generally be an asshole while in character, but when not in character they probably won’t be nearly as unpleasant a person.

Scorbunny is the rabbit of the zodiac. More specifically, it is a white rabbit and like with real rabbits, its feet are considered good luck charms. The yellow patch on its face comes from a Japanese character design trope where a bandage over the nose is supposed to indicate that the character is tough and rambunctious. Maylene from the Sinnoh games shares this design element. Its fire typing could come from the Jataka tales, a collection of Buddhist stories from India. In tale 316, a rabbit is placed in a fire as a burnt offering, but it is unharmed by the flame. Another connection could come from the fact that rabbits have unusually high body temperatures for mammals. If Scorbunny is cheerful child, Raboot is a moody teenager. It’s fur and the stripe on its head look like a tracksuit and headband, giving it a connection to athletics. This continues with Cinderace, who is now an association football (or soccer to Americans) player. Football is a huge deal in England, the basis for Galar. Its fur looks like athlete’s attire and it uses a flaming berry like a football. This is another one where you can tell they wanted to make another fire/fighting type.

The Fuecoco line ditched the zodiac theme to become a crocodile. Its upright posture makes it look like a chibified theropod dinosaur and its silhouette looks like a chili pepper. The white face of both Fuecoco and Crocalor resembles a calavera, skull imagery used in the Mexican Day of the Dead. This is a Mexican holiday which is a celebration of dead loved ones that is typically very spirited and cheerful as opposed to glum and mournful. Folklore says the ghost will return to the world of the living on the Day of the Dead. While Paldea is based on Spain and Portugal, several of the new Pokémon have designs based on elements from central and south America, possibly because of both countries’ history of colonialism in those areas. Crocalor adds several references to mariachi players. The flaming nest and egg on its head is a sombrero while the markings on its abdomen look like a traje cordobés, a type of vest often used in mariachi.

(image: a mariachi band wearing wests and sombreros)

The hat combined with the calavera face makes it look like La Calavera Catrina, a skeleton wearing a wide-brimmed hat that is used as a common symbol in the Day of the Dead.

(image: art of La Calavera Catriana by José Guadalupe Posado)

It could also be a bouquet of Tagetes erects, the Mexican marigold, a flow also used for the Day of the Dead. Skeledirge continues the mariachi and Day of the Dead theme by becoming an undead singing crocodile. Real crocodiles will vocalize during mating and nesting season. There are several stories of ghostly or monstrous crocodiles in Spanish folklore, such as the Cocollona and the Drac de Na Coca, the latter of which is displayed as a taxidermied specimen in a museum in the city of Palma de Mallorca. There is also the Coco or Cuca, a boogieman-like that originated in Spain and Portugal and spread to the Americas that is often depicted as a monstrous crocodile. All three of the Paldea starters are based on entertainers and Skeledirge is based on a singer. Given its typing and English name, it probably single funeral dirges. The fiery bird on its nose could come from the gharial, another type of crocodilian. Male gharials have large bumps on the tips of their snouts in the same spot the bird sits.

(image: a male gharial)

Another, possibly more likely source is the Egyptian plover, a bird that will land on top of Nile crocodiles and eat parasites off of their skin. Skeledirge could also be based off of alebrijes, very colorful statues of mythical creatures in Mexican folk art. This is making me think about how cool a Mexico-based region could be.

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krowbby · 5 months

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my hot take is that if they were gonna genderbend a character to be non-binary in the good omens show, it should’ve been newt. first of all, we need human non-binary characters so cmon. secondly, their name is already non-binary as fuck, trans ppl love amphibians.

they work as nonbinary transmasc or transfem, and i think you could get some funny gags out of shadwell being unfazed by transness once newt proves they’re not a witch. there’s room for a joke about the stereotype of trans women being computer scientists. anathema has such queer vibes it would make sense to make newt queer too. i think it would be funny to have a canonically non-binary character who’s just a bit of a loser and still gets the girl, and it would’ve played better to a modern audience than with a cis guy (i’ve seen a lot of ppl complain about their relationship both in the book and show and even though i personally like newt i get it.) anyways, this concludes my propaganda for trans newt, thanks for coming to my ted talk

#hearth arts #pardon the shittiness of the sketches i just wanted to doodle something to go with my post #terry pratchett #good omens #neil gaiman #newt pulsifer #newton pulsifer #anathema device #btw i don’t like how anathema was portrayed in the show either #where is her intense dorky charm……..

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a-chaotically-small-lunta · 6 months

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I had a dream, where there was this movie called something like Hoisho and the Windfolk. (Straight up what it was called btw) Apparently dream me has been searching for this movie forever. Cause apparently no one remembers the ending or the twist at the end. They all remember and have clips of the most fucked it scene which many believe is the actual ending of the movie, as well as other clips from the beginning of the movie.

The only reason I’m putting this under more is because holy shit is it long. My dreams and all the damn lore they come with, like jeez man.

It was a movie about these two factions, the windfolks: people who believe in bringing beauty back to the world via ancient statues, who held on to tradition tightly, and they were considered old style despite abandoning the main reason they are even called windfolks.Then there was the other faction, which did have a name but i don’t remember it, they were a faction of larger beast who were a strange combination of lizard, amphibian, man, and machine. They were the future but they were the result of a scientist who made wanted to create the ultimate defense for human kind, or something, which lead to the downfall of the world and a terrible war that ripped the world in two. After the war, Each faction never crossed into the others borders. Then we meet Hoisho, a young lad and part of the windfolk. All kids have this sense of adventure and are wild, so as per tradition, they go to learn about why it is dangerous to go out adventuring, why trying to befriend an enemy is pointless, and why creating something new is dangerous. The windfolk believe that restoring ancient statues that were destroyed in the war will bring them true peace, especially when these statues are built with a rare metal that only came to be because of the war. It was clumpy and strange but shaping it with your tools was almost impossible with how tough the stuff was. When put into the light it would glitter and shine bright colors, and if the statue was done correctly then the true colors would appear. Aka if the statue was of a blonde woman then when it was remade with this special metal in the correct way, you could actually see the blonde hair when the statue was in the sunlight. Creating something new was prohibited since it was seen as a waste of metal, and it was so rare that most windfolk will never see a new collection of it in their life time. They are taught that the mines are the place they will spend their lives, and that they are only called windfolk in honor of their ancestors who flew in the sky. They were also taught to never explore past the tree line or to open the “rat door.” Each of which was basically a death sentence. Hoisho didn’t believe in this kind of stuff and thought that their people should abandon the destroyed past and live as they were supposed to, flying in the sky! But the elders said that windfolks have never actually flown in the sky, however Hoisho, being the explorer he is, found old paintings and relics depicting their ancestors gliding through the sky. So he thinks it’s all bullshit and wants to prove them wrong without giving up his secret hiding spot where all the evidence is, in fear of them destroying it.

However one day Hoisho, accidentally crossed into the other factions territory. He tried to get their attention thinking they were some tall windfolks, but when he grabbed some of their hands he noticed they were far bigger than any of the windfolk. He tried to run, the fog hiding his cover, but he found himself in a crowd, that only seems to be getting taller. The crowd sees him and thinks him a bug, they find joy in keeping him a pet or simply squishing him into a paste. Hoisho, terrified tries to leave but eventually is found only for them to become enraged, accusing him of trying to steal their tech and start another war. Well they won’t let him start the war cause they’re gonna start it! They tell him to let his little town of weaklings know, a war is coming. He is let go and runs off to his home to tell them what happened. They are pissed and banish Hoisho from their home and tell him that if he comes back they’ll throw him into the “rat door” Either way they must prepare for a war. Hoisho then asks why the rat door is so dangerous, with such a stupid name. They explain, (and in the movie it is shown in a different visual style and considered the most fucked up part of the movie) that a criminal in their society will be walked to the door and shoved in. When the door opens screams of what sounds like a strange combination of human like screams and rat screeches. We get to see a glimpse of what’s inside and its filled with a horrifying image. Of people fused into giant rats with body parts scattered about, their eyes being crazed out from what has happened to them. Like it was fucked up.

Hoisho runs off and tries living on his own when he meets a strange man his size, which he thought only the windfolk were his size but this man is clearly not one of them. From his gray skin and jet black hair, which gave off a feather like look. (Windfolk tended to have actual color in their skin, just think humans tbh) He takes the boy in and tells him that everything he knows is a lie…

THEN MY FUCKING DREAM MOM GOES “This movie is cheesy and dumb, turn it off” and she does that. When I’ve been searching for this damn movie for fucking years because I’ve never seen past the part of where Hoisho meets the stranger! And this bitch just turns it off?!?!? And doesn’t even let me watch the rest of it?!!? I was so pissed that I actually woke up.

Anyway from what I could remember and gather I think I know the twist. In the dream I remember there were many different theories on what happens and other theories about the windfolk. Like why is it called Hoisho, and the windfolks, when he is already one of them? One theory is, That the windfolk we meet at the beginning aren’t the actual windfolk. But then where did they go? Some believe that the rat door holds them and that they’ve all become these horrifying monsters behind the door. Others believe that the mysterious man is actually a descendant of the real windfolks, which may or may not have intermingled with whatever Hoisho and the rest of the fake windfolks are. With this theory it is thought that the fake windfolks are actually “rat folks” and that those who are too wild are sent into the door because they will one day break into the monsters that lie behind the door. But there are so many questions about the rest of the story! What about the giant faction? Why were they so into violence but many of them actually didn’t care for it? It was only the soldiers that were itching for a fight. Why did that special metal appear after the war? Is that metal their deceased corpses? They were know to be cyborgs in a way. Why are they huge? Are the folks humans? Or are humans all gone? Are the different folks tiny people who were a result from the war or were they always around? Why the fuck was it considered a fun kids movie when the whole “Rat door” sequence existed? Is the “rat door” the reason why the movie disappeared? Was it so disturbing that everyone agreed to make the movie disappear? How the fuck did my dream mother find the movie?!?!?

So many questions, no answers…although it sounds like a pretty good Internet mystery Or like an ARG tbh haha!

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wickedsrest-rp · 1 month

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NAME: Fire salamander

RARITY: ★☆☆☆☆

THREAT LEVEL: ★☆☆☆☆ | Harmless aside from some possible burns due to handling.

HABITAT: They can be sighted under leaf litter, in piles of wood, up on trees, and inside peoples’ houses. They like hot, moist environments and sometimes can be recognized by the steam that forms around them when they’re resting somewhere damp and it gets too cold for them. There’s an especially powerful population in Seven Peaks at Daybreak’s Roost.

DESCRIPTION: Fire salamanders are found naturally across most of the globe; they’re one of the most common species of fae, though the average person wouldn’t recognize them as such. Despite their name, behaviors, and appearance, fire salamanders are not amphibians (or salamanders at all). Some people have been known to keep fire salamanders as pets or familiars. A salamander who trusts its owner won’t burn them, but new owners are advised to use heat-proof gloves to handle their little critters at first. Their favorite food? Fireflies, of course.

ABILITIES: Fire salamanders withstand and even thrive in a wide range of temperatures. They emanate heat and are capable of making their skin as hot as fire, burning anyone who touches them and melting or setting ablaze to anything nearby. They have magical qualities that spellcasters may find helpful, and can aid fire elementals who need help focusing their powers. Though not as smart as a person, they’re smarter than actual salamanders and have comparable intelligence to a cat.

WEAKNESS: Though salamanders like moisture, they don’t like water. Dousing them with water could kill them or make them ill. They’re vulnerable to iron. They don’t have any protective abilities or physical means to defend themselves and can be killed with nearly any object. But why would you want to?

OTHER VARIANTS:

Pyrausta: First sighted on the isle of Cyprus, this salamander species has dragonfly wings and more reptilian features. Pyrausta die if separated from a heat source for too long.

(Fire) gecko: Much like salamanders, except their physiology is more similar to geckos. They’re not found in leaf litter, and are more likely to be seen tip toeing across your walls and ceilings. This can leave little scorched marks on them from their hot feet.

#monsters #friendly #magical #woods #populated areas #meadows #mountains #subterranean #pyrausta #fire gecko #fire salamander #fae monster

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mortallyclearwonderland · 1 year

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Epic 2013 - NAMES

In this post, I would like to talk about the meaning of the names of the characters from the movie Epic.

Either people think long and hard about how they are going to name their children (or anything for that matter), while others just pick a name that they like without looking any further.

Names are especially important in stories like books and movies.

While in the real world you can have 6 girls named Olivia in the classroom (something that really happened to me), writers can give every character in their story a different name to avoid confusion.

It can be as simple as ''This character is from Japan. Let's give him a Japanese name.'' or ''My movie takes place in the 80s in the US let's give characters names that were popular at the time.''

Sometimes names can give you an insight into what is character's personality, talent, etc. Some are more subtle than others. (Dr Evil or Dr Doom)

Let me start by saying this, names in Epic are all over the place. Let's get the simple ones out of the way.

Susan comes from Persian and it means lily flower. In modern Hebrew this also means rose and a flower in general. It's a standard name for the setting and the time period, modern times (the 2010s) somewhere in North America.

Professor Radcliffe Bomba, his title is supposed to explain how he knows all this ‘’scientific’’ stuff. Bomba means bomb in most Slavic languages. It's supposed to showcase how wacky, clumsy and does things that are detrimental to his own safety. Radcliffe derives from the place-name Radcliffe meaning “red cliff.” I didn't even know he had a name but fandom has spoken and it won't kill me to include it.

Mary Katherine is named after the daughter of the author of the book the movie is based on. Mary means Star of the sea/Drop of the sea ; Bitterness; Beloved. Meanwhile, Katherine means pure. Mary Catherine is a name that signifies a freedom-loving and free-spirited individual.

Bufo is just an American bull frog. Bufo is a genus of true toads in the amphibian family Bufonidae. Bull + Frog = Bufo

Grub and Mub. I put them together because they're a comical duo and that's why their names rhyme. Common thing. Grub is the larva of an insect. To grub is to dig or poke about in the soil. I couldn't find what Mub means, just a bunch of acronyms to stuff. Their names are supposed to sound funny and disgusting.

Nim Galuu is weird. Nim is a game in which two players alternately take one or more objects from one of a number of heaps, each trying to take, or to compel the other to take, the last remaining object. Galuu means to enter and the main characters go into a tree to meet him and even deeper into the tree to see the scrolls. Also, Nim reminds me of The Secret of NIMH. It's probably just a coincidence.

Then there's a bunch of other characters that are just names of the species/plant they're based on. Dandelion, Pinecone, Stickman, Marigold Girl, etc.

Now we get to the interesting names!

Nod, in Biblical Names the meaning of the name Nod is: Vagabond, fugitive'. At first, I thought his name, Nod, is referring to the action of nodding, agreeing with someone. Because he's a rebel, his not doing what he's told, so he's not nodding. Irony! Him being a vagabond or fugitive shows in his concept art a lot more. In the movie, he deserts the army for like 5 minutes. I'm going to go into detail about it in another post.

Ronin, is a wandering samurai who had no lord or master. This goes with the samurai-inspired design of the Leafman. Tara is the master that he lost. Again, not executed to its fullest potential. Also, there's a huge difference between a ronin and a samurai. Many times when movies portray samurais or cowboys they're more like ronins.

Tara, in South Asia, such as India and Nepal, Tara is a word originating from Sanskrit, meaning star, and it symbolizes the light of the soul. Tara is the soul of the forest.

Mandrake, a Mediterranean plant of the nightshade family, with a forked fleshy root that supposedly resembles the human form and which was formerly used in herbal medicine and magic. It was alleged to shriek when pulled from the ground. Mandrake lets out a loud shriek to alarm his army.

Dagda, (Celtic: “Good God”) also called Eochaid Ollathair (“Eochaid the All-Father”), or In Ruad Ro-fhessa (“Red [or Mighty] One of Great Wisdom”), in Celtic religion, one of the leaders of a mythological Irish people, the Tuatha Dé Danann (“People of the Goddess Danu”). Highly skilled and wise beyond measure, he was not only the god of life and death, but of seasons, agriculture, fertility, magic, and druidry as well. There is so much lore behind this guy's name. He had so much potential! I'm going to rant about it in another post.

I think the naming system really shows the problems with this movie. It's all over the place and there's just too much.

Inspiration from the Bible, Slavic countries, Japan, India, Scotland, Ireland, and many more.

There are so many things that nothing gets enough focus. We got:

Romance

Tara and Ronin

MK and Nod

Mub has a crush on MK

Parent-child relationship

Ronin and Nod's father-son relationship

Mandrake and Dagda's father-son relationship

MK and her father's relationship

Deaths

Nod grieving over his dad

Mandrake grieving over his son

Ronin grieving Tara

Ronin grieving Nod's father, his friend

MK grieving over her mother

Magic

Plant manipulation

Shrinking and biggering people

The Rot

Anything involving this stupid bud

Resurrection?

Dark Prince?

Scrolls in the oldest tree

Other stuff

Nod not following orders and not being part of the team

Bird racing

Gambling? Some criminal stuff

Random song number

Shenanigans with the dog

MK's parents being divorced

MK running away from home

Believing in what you can't see

WAR!

Queen dying and finding her successor

Pointless fight with a mouse

Grub wants to become a Leafman

The people behind this project wanted to make this movie awesome, deep and mature but they wanted too much too fast.

Nothing gets properly set up. The creators had all those cool backstories for the characters but we don't get to see them. The movie throws us into the middle of the action. It feels like we missed a previous movie. This movie should've been a trilogy and it shows.

#Dagda #Mandrake #Tara #Ronin #Nod #Bufo #Nim Galuu #Mub #Grub #Professor Radcliffe Bomba #Susan Bomba #Mary Katherine #Epic 2013 #Epic #blue sky studios #blue sky

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Do you have any hcs about Fitz? I liked the hints you gave of his and Petrona's relationship and I wanna know more :b

Here yah go. I don’t think about this man much but I tried

A HC list but it’s just Professor Fitz

- Hardworking and eccentric but means well, though he can be a bit snarky or easily frustrated sometimes

- He has the appearance that he doesn’t get phased by bad things but he just keeps his bad feelings inside

- His full name is Isaac Fitz

- He hates schedules because he has a hard time with being decisive and tends to change little things so often that they don’t work for him

- Has a crazy high spice tolerance none of his children can beat

- After some investigation, he thinks there could be a way to make replica warp coins which work exactly like the real thing, however, the ethics of this are questionable at best since these are very sacred objects which the technology shouldn’t be messed with so the project is on hold

- Petrona is his daughter and they have a close relationship. Fitz checks in on her at work whenever he can and worries about her a bit excessively which annoys her sometimes but she knows that he just does it because he loves her

- He’s also very close with Iggy since he spends a lot of time with him when Petrona is at work, which is pretty often. They practically live together which is… actually a little depressing, but they’re never unhappy with each other

- Radley was his son but… well, y’know. He’s a radish now

-NuMarcus is also his son but he has no feelings towards him after all the questionable stuff he’s done

- He likes small mammals like rabbits and hamsters and raccoons. When he saw Skip with Pastrami the rat during Mocharia he asked him if he could hold Pastrami and Skip allowed him to. Fitz was very happy

- He actually seems to like all types of animals. Reptiles, amphibians and he even used to capture and collect bugs as a kid

- He doesn’t know what furries are but he might be one, and his fursona would be a skunk

- He doesn’t believe in ghosts but the concept of them scares him

- Pop songs on the radio are kind of his guilty pleasure, and will sometimes sing to them alone, even doing the typical thing where he’ll pretend to sing into a microphone when it’s really just a hairbrush or something (Once Iggy walked in on him doing this)

- Disney songs are also something he loves. He hasn’t bothered with watching all of the movies, he’s mainly watched the old classics but some of the songs he likes even from movies he hasn’t seen

- Despite his limited knowledge he’s an LGBT ally all the way. He even bought Iggy a pride flag when he found out he was a demiboy (he’s trying his best okay?)

- Back in school his favorite subject was, of course, science though his least favorite was literature. He’s traumatized from analyzing William Shakespeare, just hearing the name gives him Vietnam flashbacks

- Whenever he gets transmissions back from Ripley in Munchmore he has to use a thesaurus or Petrona to help him understand what the hell she’s saying. (He asked for in-depth detail but not like this)

- Speaking of Ripley, they didn’t really interact much at Truffleton, but when they started collaborating for the Munchmore expeditions they got to know each other better and he sees her as another daughter

- Okay so going for the angst part of the Fitz family AU he’s gotten nightmares about his wife dying and Radley turning into a Radish

- Him and Louie have been friends since they were young and dumb. He still sticks around to help him with restaurant and food ideas and such, however, because of other reasons he thinks maybe the dumb is still retained in him sometimes

#papa louie #papa louie headcanons #flipline studios #asks #aronora #papa Louie Professor Fitz #fun fact: the pop song hc was made because I was listening to Shawn Mendes #don’t ask why

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What are some of your favorite headcannons on Anne?

Anon, you have great timing, because I just watched some Amphibia with my roommate and her friend >:D

I love headcanoning her as romance-favorable/sex-rupulsed aroace and transfem :D

She has sciatica in her right leg- this is totally projection (because I also have sciatica in my right leg), but it also makes sense because she’s bound to walk a bit funky because of the one shoe, right? And my theory is that I have sciatica because I also walk a bit funky so now Anne has sciatica, too. I gift this to her lovingly.

Other than liking K-Pop, I headcanon that Anne likes indie rock- stuff like Vampire Weekend and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, maybe. I’m basing this off of the vibe of No Big Deal, which she wrote.

She’s literally such a good chef. Maybe even better than her parents/grandfather. If she wasn’t a herpetologist, she’d be a chef.

Speaking of a herpetologist- for her job, she gets a green pickup truck. If the worlds aren’t seperated, she gets one with a bench seat in front so she can fit her entire family. Two humans and a frog up front, and two frogs and a human in back. Frobo can ride in the bed of the truck.

Sprig names it the Frogmobile. Much to Anne’s chagrin, it sticks.

Her first name is actually Annabell but she hates it. She goes by Anne at every opportunity.

She eventually gets her name legally changed to Anne Savisa Boonchuy-Plantar

When she still had her Calamity powers, leaves would actually grow in her hair, due to her powers. This is why her leaves and sticks visibly grow when she uses her powers. If she didn’t lose her powers, she would need someone to help her trim all her plantgrowth. In a world where Earth and Amphibia aren’t separated, the only two people she trusts to actually clip her leaves are her mom and Sprig.

Related, if the worlds were able to stay together, Anne and Sprig would develop a relationship that’s a mash up of best friends/siblings/QPPs. They’re idiots who share one braincell (affectionate).

She can’t keep her right shoe on to save her life. This is a lifelong thing and not just an Amphibia thing.

She uses the Plantar Family Hunting Dance to capture specimens for the aquarium and also to fend off large predator animals.

She can make actual frog noises. Related, Sasha does a terrifying Toad battle cry.

She becomes a lot more acrobatic after Amphibia and actually starts doing a little gymnastics as a hobby after she gets home.

I know it’s canon that she legitimately likes eating bugs, but I’d like to think she starts eating them as snacks at school and work. She, Sasha, and Marcy all gain reputations as the girls who like eating bugs as snacks. Anne will also cook with them and has roped in her parents to liking them, too.

On a slightly angstier note: if we follow the canon ‘verse, Anne finds it really damn hard to sleep alone after she gets back for good. She slept with the other Plantars in the same room for upwards of seven months during a war (they probably had to share a room in the tunnels), so it’s hard to sleep alone, after that. She keeps waking up with the fierce need to check on her frog family. She can’t do that anymore.

She uses her phone a lot less after Amphibia. She really enjoys getting outside and going to the forest and stuff. Swamps are her favorite and she’s actually a pretty decent fisherman, now.

Nobody she knows can rival her greenthumb. She starts a vegetable garden when she gets back from Amphibia.

Anne becomes an accidental internet celebrity after the invasion and she doesn’t even really notice because she uses social media a lot less. She mostly posts pictures and talks about amphibians and her garden.

Not as much as Marcy or Sprig, but Anne is an artist, too. She likes keeping it as a hobby, though.

She writes songs in her spare time and plays them on her guitar.

Man I should probably stop now huh alfsdhjlkdfsh

#I am constantly rotating her in my brain 🥰#I did not expect to get into 'amphibia' as much as I have but this one character in particular makes my brain go brrr #beans answers

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Introductions!

This blog is primarily run by the Quilted System’s SysKids. These are all children under the age of 12. (Our teens get their own subblogs which are ALSO monitored by Fen.) Note that we have not included any fictives here who may be underage. The SysKids use “Renna” as their word for Mamma/Papa when talking about Fen as a nonbinary alternative.

Individual introductions are under the cut!

Arkle: he/him; ageslides 5-9

What’s up? I’m Arkle! I’m one of the Triplets - my siblings are Aspen and Avery. I love skateboarding, space, and SpongeBob SquarePants! And sour candy! I’m “rough and tumble” according to Renna Fen - I guess that’s why I’ve always got a bandaid on somewhere. But I’m not a fighter - I’m actually pretty sensitive…

Aspen: they/them; ageslides 5-9

H.hello. I’m Aspen. I’m the middle triplet - right between Arkle, who’s a few minutes older than me, and Avery, who’s a few minutes younger. I love to read - Renna Fen says I’m a very advanced reader for my age. I also like to write my own stories. I’d really like to learn to play the violin someday. I’m really shy and I don’t talk much out loud.

Avery: she/her; ageslides 5-9

Hiiiii! I’m Avery! But sometimes I’m also Magical Girl Pink Bow! I love all things pink and girly and I love love love Magical Girl anime and shows like them! Renna says I’m “high energy” but that’s just fine with me~! I’m the loudest of the triplets. And the youngest. But don’t think that makes me weak! If you mess with my siblings I’ll take you down!

Harper: she/her; 10

Hello; I’m Harper. I’m sort of a loner. I love pretty gardens, tea parties, and princesses. My favorite things are the Secret Garden and Sofia the First. I love floaty dresses. And birds! I’m quiet in person.

Jinx: she/he; 4

Hihi! I’m Jinx. I’m the littlest of the SysKids. Well, other than Bud, but they’re an actual baby so they don’t get to Tumblr! I love Bluey and Sesame Street and rainbows and Duplo and coloring and playing pretend and stuffies! I still use a pacifier sometimes… But Renna says that’s okee cuz there’s no age limit for them!

Kippo: she/frog; 6

🥺👉🏻👈🏻 | 👋 | 🐸 💚💛 | 🔇

Note from Fen: Kippo is a nonverbal child and a trauma holder. She is very, very shy. She really loves frogs and other amphibians. She does not type in words and uses emojis to communicate, though she prefers to use various sticker packs of frogs on Telegram to communicate in person.

Madison: she/her; 8

Heya! I’m Madison. But you can call me Maddie if you want. I’m kinda “stuck” in the 90s/00s. That’s the kind of stuff I like most when it comes to just about everything - toys, shows, foods, activities… I have a big sister in system! Her name’s Alisha. I wanna be just like her when I grow up!

Rowan: she/they; ageslides 7-12

My name’s Rowan. I guess I’m sort of the “feral” kid. I love the outdoors. Playing in the woods, climbing trees, splashing in puddles, hiking, fishing… that’s the kind of thing I like. My favorite show is Hilda on Netflix. I’m always a little dirty, but that’s just Nature!

Zoe: they/she; 10

Hello. I’m Zoe. I’m the only SysKid with my own subsystem. It’s all superheroes cuz that’s what I love most. Superheroes are strong and brave and beautiful and always save the day. And they’ve saved me lots and lots. I’m not like them, though. I’m shy and average and get bullied a lot.

#actually did #actually dissociative #syskid #syskid blog #syskids #intro post #introductions #did system #did #did osdd #did alter

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Hello! Welcome to our humble blog!

My name is Phoebe, and I’m one of the moderators here. Feel free to ask me and my friends anything! (As long as it’s appropriate, of course!)

Now, here’s some intros to the gang:

Phoebe Terese (That’s me!)

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite colors: Red, yellow, and purple

Things I like: Nature — mostly birds, plants, and insects.

Dorothy Ann Hudson (D.A. for short)

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite colors: Teal, magenta, and violet (for the last time, Carlos, it’s violet. Not purple. They’re different colors.)

Things I like: Science! All kinds of science! I also love reading books any chance I get.

Carlos Ramon

Pronouns: He/him

Favorite colors: Blue, yellow, and red

Things I like: Bad puns… that’s how eye roll. Besides that, I like engineering, computer science, and geology.

Tim Jamal-Wright

Pronouns: He/him

Favorite colors: Green, dark blue, and cerulean

Things I like: Drawing and painting. I also like taking pictures and videos. You’ll never catch me outside without my sketchbook.

Wanda Li

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite colors: Pink, yellow, and maroon

Things I like: Adventure! Reptiles! Amphibians! Roller coasters! What are you waiting for, you weaselly wimps?

Keesha Franklin

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite colors: Fuschia, purple, and light blue

Things I like: Insects, cinematography, dancing, mystery-solving.

Ralphie Tennelli

Pronouns: He/him

Favorite colors: Red and green (No, it is NOT Christmas colors!)

Things I like: Sports! All kinds of sports, but baseball is my favorite. I also like comics, sci-fi movies, and photography.

Arnold Perlstein

Pronouns: He/him

Favorite colors: Orange and yellow.

Things I like: Mostly rocks. I know all about rocks!

BLOG RULES (set up by Mods Phoebe and Carlos)

Keep it PG-13. Nothing inappropriate for kids and teenagers like us.

No discrimination of any kind. This means no racism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism, sexism, and anything else we might have forgotten.

Please be kind.

No hate asks, please.

HAVE FUN!!!

Occasionally our family members and/or friends will visit this blog. Please be nice to them.

Last but not least, here’s a picture of all of us!

#pinned post #magic school bus #ask blog #send asks

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Creatures of Gallinia — Part One

This post will be a semi-complete list of the various creatures you can meet within the world of Gallinia. From the enchanting Rasoer that fly within the North-Eastern Gallinia sky to the darkly territorial Fire Wyrms of the South Western Volcanic fields.

Aeyragon

The Aeyragon are a small dragon species that can be found in a variety of places within Gallinia. They namely travel in herds— usually referred to as thunders— for the sake of safety. They’re inquisitive beasts that will approach a humanoid species if they feel like said person isn’t a threat. This allowed for an old fable that the ones chosen to see the aeyragon were pure of heart.

Their diet mainly consists of berries, insects, and small amphibians.

Fire Wyrms

The sole reason that traveling the region around Mount Torpar is so dangerous. Fire Wyrms are a species of drake that have skin as molten as the lava that they live within. A single touch to their blistering scales could sear the skin right off of someone’s hand. Added to the fact that Fire Wyrms are horrendously territorial and aggressive, it’s best to avoid them at all costs.

If one were to be brave— or stupid— enough to venture into the caverns within Mount Torpar, you’ll be met with the sight of hundreds of tunnels cutting through miles of solid stone. For the Fire Wyrms bite can tear through rock and stone like it was simply paper. All must beware when trespassing on their territory…

Their diet consists of mainly meat, but they have been known to consume lava rocks if nothing is readily available to them.

Ice Wyrms

Like their distant cousins, Ice Wyrms are extremely territorial and aggressive. Unlike their fiery relatives, however, Ice Wyrms have a scaly hide that’s freezing to the touch. As if winter itself had been encapsulated within their bodies.

Their bite is even more powerful than the Fire Wyrms; simply because of their razor sharp teeth. Teeth that have been likened to diamonds for their unwillingness to break.

Fortunately, Ice Wyrms try to avoid most creatures if they can help it. As long as you stay away from their territory then you should be fine traversing the wintery wastes that they inhabit. Just make sure you’re aware of the signs of their presence, because they’ll definitely be aware of yours.

Their diet mainly consists of fish and various cervine species that inhabit the North.

Rasoer

The Rasoer are a large avian species that inhabits the north east portion of Gallinia. They’re usually around the size of a standard harpy eagle, but they can get much bigger.

Rasoer are commonly set a part from their avian brethren because of their sharp, intelligent eyes. They’re the overseers of the avian world and that’s how they’ll like to stay; their sharp claws and beak help them achieve such a feat. Despite their size, the Rasoer move gracefully within the air; almost as silent as an owl and as fast as a falcon.

Their diet mainly consists of rodents, small game, and fish.

Vaursela

The Vaursela— also known as griffins— have a wide range within Gallinia and the bordering countries. They’re mainly solitary creatures— rarely leaving their domains— but every year, at the peak of the winter solstice, vast waves of Vaursela plague the Gallinian Sky in order to reach the Floating Isles of the Avariel; the birthplace of their species.

Specifics morphs within the Vaursela range from tigers to snow leopards. Not much is known about the Vaursela, but they’ll mainly leave you alone if you leave them alone. Just don’t encroach on their hatching grounds.

Their diet mainly consists of various meats that inhabit their specific domains.

Leviathans

Colossal aquatic life within the Hasmere Sea.

Peirra, Tarsines, Ynerra, Lurrenth, and Sialrion are the Great Leviathans within the Hasmere Sea; with Lesser Leviathans falling within their domain. They’re not known to attack humans, or the aquatic Kriarcean, but they have been known to cause tsunamis when threatened and/or they’re in a bad mood. The Great Leviathans are seen as Gods within the aquatic world; namely to the Kriarcean.

They’re to be revered and respected. To not do so would be the greatest offense.

Their diet mainly consists of Lesser Leviathans, various aquatic marine and plant life.

#heart of flames #creatures of gallinia #lore

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ladychandraofthemoone · 1 year

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SPIRIT AND CRITTER FRIENDS!

HEY HEY HEY BEEN AWHILE!

Haven’t posted much art of much of my au so I thought I’ll start sharing some friendly ghosts and their animal companions, featuring some quick doodles of Adeline and Kyle (plus mini godred cameo!!) I’ll post more details on them all later but for now, let’s get to it!

Adeline the Phantom Engine

🌙 adeline befriends a owl better known as the wise old owl that hoots when a fog is coming, the owl has been around for years, outlasting many events throughout the history of time (adeline’s story is slightly different here since shes bought by the mod not the skr)

🌙adeline was very grateful for his company during her 43 years alone after her accident, yes other animals like fish, bugs, amphibians and the occasion squirrel came to her when she was trapped under the bridge and stones

🌙 yet Cornelius has come and visited her as she pleases and she enjoys having his company around even if dont speak the same language

🌙 like Kyle, Cornelius tries his utter hardest to help adeline not just help others in need as a ghost trapped in limbo, but also guide others to her location to save her decaying yet still alive and in a huge amount of pain and agony body

🌙 even after Adeline’s rescue and restoration, Cornelius comes and goes as he pleases with Adeline’s new life on the Estate Railway, he has his own perch and bed near Adeline’s engine and her place with Godred

🌙 he has a tendency to stare at everyone, especially at godred. Who often feels intimidated since Cornelius never attacks him just stares at him judgmentally (yes I ship Godred X Adeline fight me) Cornelius just wants to make sure Adeline is safe

Kyle (Proteus)

🪔 after his sudden death, Kyle was alone as he could no longer be seen or heard from the mortal realm as seen in his episode (main inspiration) where he desperately tried to communicate with Stanley

🪔despite this, he remained optimistic and hopeful, still determined to bring some luck and joy and not wallow in his own sorrow and despair

🪔after following stanley after he arrived on the msr after being brought on sodor by sir topham and went around bringing good luck, he noticed a couple of fireflies around his lamp at night

🪔still determined to talk to anyone at this point and that he loved fireflies when he was young, kyle tried to communicate with them by blinking his lamplight, to his overjoyed surprise, they responded back

🪔 Kyle happily talked with them though was sad yet understanding when it was daylight but to his excitement, they came back again and every night from then on, there were more fireflies when he was near the msr and skr cause of Stanley

🪔Currently has a million of them and counting, he gave them names like Blaze, Sparky but also Dawn, Twilight and Sunbeam and they’re all his little helpers and assistants, warning him of any danger or to others like Duncan and Stanley (Adeline also helped warn him though but she unintentionally frightened them)

🪔He refuses to put them at risk, he might've given them all some of his magic, his soul after the first time unknowlying giving them a mini power boost like being immortal and brightly enough to illuminate through darkness and fog

🪔He can control them and use them to communicate(think Duncan gets spooked along with Adeline cause they adore her), something he refuses to do since he can completely understand them and refuses to harm them at all so they do the work for him

🪔Speaking of which, ever since he saw the lamp to help get rid of his jinx, Stanley and others began to notice how whenever he would do late night work, fireflies tend to be around him and his engine, sometimes even landing on him or following him about, Stanley lets it happen cause they remind him of kyle

🪔Kyle knows all of their names and can tell them all apart, and is very protective of them, is devastated if he loses them, just how he’s terrified if Stanley would ever become withdrawn and closed off towards the world once again, he loves them all very much

That’s it for now! ill probably add more later on but more spirit stuff coming soon!

Adeline the phantom engine-wildnorwester

Corporal Kyle Proteus-Stories of Sodor

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sluttbuttsstuff · 2 years

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SILVER CHARIOT “SUGAR DADDY” APPLICATION FORM:

NAME:Enrico Pucci

AGE: 45

OCCUPATION: Forensic Psychologist, author of self-help books, occasional teacher of psychology

ANNUAL INCOME AVERAGE: 400,000+, with additional money from book sales and special appearances, occasional case bonuses

BACKGROUND HISTORY: Enrico Pucci, despite originally pursuing a career of the cloth, had a change of career after meeting Dio Brando in college. The two have become lifelong friends, and often work together in criminal and civil court cases, as well as working for the justice system on occasion. His work has been used in several big-time court cases, which has made him a world-wide name. He’s written a few books about his role in several big-time cases, as well as a series of textbooks on the art of interrogation and questioning, as well as analyzing the criminal mind. His work has been used on an academic level as well as professional grade. He has two main bases of operation: One in Miami, Florida-the other London, England.

PERSONAL INFO:Despite his impressive career and playboy extravagant best friend Dio Brando, Pucci is much more private and…conservative than one might expect. Despite leaving the church, he is still very religious, and spends much of his free time reading the bible, attending worship, and showing his devotion to the catholic church in different ways. He knows little about his biological family, as he was adopted at birth. He is, however, fairly close and protective of his younger sister, who lives in Georgia closer to their parents.

EXPECTATIONS: Pucci is looking, more than anything, for secret companionship. Having to spend so much time in the spotlight between work, church, and Dio-he’s spent his entire life keeping a low profile and scandal out of his life. It hasn’t been easy, and he has no interest in any relationship, sugar baby or not, going public. News reporters are constantly trying to get a new scoop on him and his private life, and Dio can be annoying when he finds something that interests Pucci-it would be best for both parties involved to keep this relationship private. Pucci is mainly looking for companionship as a date at the moment. Sex isn’t neccessary, and depending on the relationship the two of you develop, he may choose to wait until marriage to have sex. It would also be ideal if darling was catholic, or christian of some kind, or perhaps willing to convert. Depending on how close the two of you might get, he may consider marriage for any long term possibilities. However, Pucci also reserves the right to stop seeing you for whatever reason, if he doesn’t feel any connection-no hard feelings. Pucci is getting older, and spending more and more time alone-perhaps you can help him?

LIKES: God and worship, Dio Brando, his younger sister, cherries, mathematics (s[ecifically prime numbers), high quality clothing/fashion brands, traveling, charity work, psychology, therapity, understanding people better

DISLIKES: too much loud noises/distractions (it makes it hard for him to think and stay calm), rule breakers, corruption, amphibians and reptiles (they’re gross and slimy)

IDEAL TYPE: Someone polite, reserved, and submissive to him. Pucci isn’t looking for a wild lover that will embarrass him and ignore his rules- he wants someone to follow and obey him. Ideally, someone who could one day become the ideal housewife-a homemaker, cook, cleaner,teacher, mother, all in one. Pucci isn’t…against dating a man, per se, however, he often has conflicting views on homoselxuality due to his very religious beliefs.

IDEAL FIRST DATE: A very typical, if not boring, first date. A nice dinner and a movie, however it will either be agt his home, or at a private hotel. Pucci has no desire to go to a public restaurant or crowded theater, only to find it plastered over the news, or wake up to a dozen texts from Dio.

PAYMENT: Pucci will send payments after every session, or “date” directly to a bank account under both of your names. He also gives you a credit card under his name for spending of your choice, although there is a spending limit to the card, and Pucci will go over any questionable purchases you chose to make and adjust your payments accordingly. He will also pay for any and all dating activities and events, rest assured, and may pick out specific outfits (mostly plain, modest outfits that are respectable inoffensive but of high quality).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS/INFO: The easiest way to get Pucci to be your sugar Daddy is be polite, be submissive, and obey Pucci's rules. Let Pucci do the thinking, deciding, and you’ll be taken care of for life. You'll never have to worry about money, scandals will be nonexistent or wiped under the rug, and you’ll be untouchable to the law between Pucci and Dio. Just don’t push anyones buttons, and you'll be fine

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If Amphibia Characters Replaced The Owl House Characters

Been a while since I made something like this. All the Amphibians look like Humans.

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Main Characters

Anne Boonchuy = One of the humans who got stranded in the Boiling Ilses. Is studying in the Beastkeeping Track. Her Palisman is Domino 2.

Sasha Waybright = One of the humans who got stranded in the Boiling Ilses. Is studying in the Bard Track. She doesn’t have a palisman.

Marcy Wu = One of the humans who got stranded in the Boiling Ilses. Is studying all tracks. Her Palisman is Joe Sparrow.

Sprig Plantar = Anne’s best friend. Used to study in the Plant track but changed to Bard. He doesn’t have a palisman.

Polly Plantar = Sprig’s brother, let’s assume they’re twins here. Used to study in the Plant track but changed to Abomination. Frobo is her sentient abomination. Her palisman is Microangelo.

Ivy Sundew = Sprig’s girlfriend and Sasha’s best friend. Is studying in the Potions Track. She doesn’t have a palisman.

Maddie Flour = Marcy’s best friend. Is studying all tracks. She doesn’t have a palisman.

Hop Pop Plantar = Wanted to be in the Bard Coven but joined the Plant Coven cause of tradition. Took Anne in. His palisman is Bessie.

Grime = Head of the Construction Coven. Took Sasha in. He doesn’t have a palisman.

Percy = Learns Illusion magic and used it to pretend that he;s in the Construction Coven. He has no palisman.

Braddock = Percy’s wife. Thanks to Percy, she can be in the Construction Coven while also having Plant Magic. She has no Palisman.

Olivia = Is in the Emperor’s Coven and her magic is Plants. Took Marcy in. She managed to hide her Palisman, Mossman, from the Emperor.

Yunan = Olivia’s wife, is in the Emperor’s Coven and her magic is Bard.

Andrias = Head of the Emperor’s Coven and he’s known for using Healing magic but secretly does Illusion as well. He used to have a palisman named Joe Sparrow but had to send him away, friends with Sasha since Grime tends to bring her during meetings.

Leif = Used to be head of the Plant Coven but had to run away after getting caught of using Beastkeeping magic, friends with Marcy when she and Maddie found her in the woods.

Barrel = Learns Construction Magic and was in the Emperor’s Coven but got kicked out after failing to capture Leif, is now in the Construction Coven. Friends with Anne since he’s guarding the town she’s staying in.

The Core = The Emperor. Wants order and to take over the Human Realm some day.

Calamity God = Is trapped in the mirror realm and can only talk to the Core. Wants someone to take over his duties, does not care who dies at all.

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The story.

Instead of some stupid curse plot, Andrias is planning a rebellion with Grime and Hop Pop. Which caused the girls faster than normal, no angst, no knowing about portals, just character developement.

The divorce trio still love each other and no betrayals happened (The Core is the one who kicked Barrel out) but are forced to get seperated, so now there’s a side plot for the kids to try to get this tragic love doves to reunite.

There’s also Anne accidentally drinking Titan’s blood, giving her Titan powers, so the Core is after her now, (is it weird that I can see her doing this?)

By the time King’s Tide happens, Anne stays behind to go find the Calamity god as he is the only one who can fix the mess while the Divorce trio and the other kids are stranded in the Human Realm and are living with the Boonchuys (yay)

#amphibia #the owl house #au

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