I drew my Neopet, Cloudypoff the Cloud Cybunny, to submit to the art gallery on the site! I think it came out super cute, i hope it gets accepted ^v^ <3
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Taking JUSTICE into their own hands! Get thwacked, loser
I have too many hours in Tears of the Kingdom
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Biology of Fortress Dwarves
So I've been playing a lot of dwarf fortress lately, and one thing I've noticed is that dwarves are weird. So naturally I've spent a lot of time thinking about how their biology might work and I've come to the conclusion that the dwarves in dwarf fortress are marsupials. Hear me out, I promise it will make sense.
Large eyes explain many dwarfisms
Dwarf basics
Dwarves are short humanoid creatures that dig holes and build fortresses. They don't need light underground and get cave adapted if they don't get exposed to sunlight often, making them dizzy and confused when they do encounter it. To see in near darkness they would have massive eyes, and for navigating in total darkness long whiskers. The consequences of having huge eyes would explain two other facts about dwarves, namely the fragility of their skulls and their incredible talent for stupidity. No space for brain or bone in their head, it's all eyes.
They will eat just about anything except other dwarves but they don't need to eat often, something that caused me to initially assume they might actually be a form of reptile but is better explained simply by them having a lower body temperature and therefore slower metabolism than a typical mammal. None of this is strong evidence for any particular theory so let's move on.
Urist McCaveAdapted
Dwarf reproduction
Married heterosexual dwarf couples can have babies. Lots of babies. Dwarf women can have aproximately one baby a year, thanks to their short gestation period and the fact that they can become pregnant again immediately after birth. Pregnant dwarves show no outward signs of being pregnant, and birth happens while the mother is about doing her job - which will be interupted as she then looks for the child. Now the main advantage of the marsupial pouch is precisely that, allowing young to be born early reducing the risk to the mother from the birthing process and allowing the mother to get pregnant again sooner. Marsupials are born tiny and able to crawl, so it would make sense that the first thing they need to do after giving birth is find the baby and make sure it makes it into the pouch.
A dwarf mother in a rare moment of remembering her baby exists
Dwarven childcare
Dwarves are babies for one year, during which time their mothers never put them down (unless they are washed down a drain or other misadventure). The mother is able to act normally while carrying her baby, even doing things like fighting or tasks that require both hands. So she must be carrying the baby in some other way, and a marsupial pouch would be ideal for the task. Even the issue of chest deep water causing mothers to loose their offspring makes sense for marsupial dwarves, as one of the limitations of the marsupial pouch is the fact that pouch young are vulnerable to being washed out of the pouch if the adult is in water.
It even explains the lack of beards on dwarf women, as they would get in the way of the baby climbing into the pouch.
Marsupial dwarves. You're welcome.
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In the Early Spring of 180, Nelara was struck down by the zombie mountain titan Apesbeans the Glacial Jungle of Walls
Nelara Thelegica Yame (Nelara Mountaincanyon the Yellow) was Black Fiend Demon. A towering scaly bull twisted into humanoid form. Its black scales are small and overlapping. Beware its poisonous vapors!
Izegnangês Usiregath Adil (Apesbeans the Glacial Jungle of Walls) was Yawo Fograins the Amethyst Avalanche's Corpse, Animated by Unknown forces. A huge scaly squirrel. It has two long, hanging tails and it has an austere look about it. Beware its fire!
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🍀Mito Aino-Good Luck Summer's Rain Ver.🍀
In the Magia Record discord there is a little art contest for fanmade original magireco alts- here is my entry!! My fav character, Mito, and referencing both her shamrock motif and everybodys fav memoria (Mito Rain); so i gave her a cute little rainy day poncho outfit where she attacks with a rainy shamrock umbrella!
I hope it came out good, Im kinda proud of the posing ^v^ ~☆
• Btw if ur part of the magia record discord server u totally should check out the entries - and vote for mine for the ones you like the most :D
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wowowow I made Data and Worf adopt an alien child and never shared the sketches here!!! 🙉🙉🙉💦💦
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Marksdwarf Amost was the first dorf to give birth in Equalinked. She named her daughter (her 8th child!) Feb and carried her everywhere. As a mother of a baby girl myself, I was enchanted and had to draw them.
Amost later died heroically, battling against a webber forgotten beast that claimed 12 souls. Feb is still doing well, despite the tragic loss of her mother, and recently turned 10.
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dorf fort / December 2022
I went from playing a lot of FFXIV to nearly vanishing from my Free Company when Dwarf Fortress released.
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