#Mothra's nerd

[androgynousbirdtale]

James Webb telescope reveals gargantuan 'Mothra' star in most colorful image of the universe ever taken.

By Jamie Carter published 2 days ago

The James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have combined forces to image a cluster of galaxies 4.3 billion light-years away in one of the most colorful pictures of the universe ever taken.

NASA has combined the power of its two premier space telescopes to produce one of the most colorful and comprehensive views of the universe ever.

We see an array of twinkling yellow, red, and blue galaxies stretched across space in a way that is reminiscent of Christmas lights.

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Hubble Space Telescope to collect light in different wavelengths, a new, combined image reveals a parade of stars and galaxies within the massive galaxy cluster MACS0416, 4.3 billion light-years from the solar system. While JWST detects infrared light invisible to humans, Hubble detects visible light; the resulting panchromatic image creates colors that help astronomers measure vast cosmic distances.

For example, a landscape of galaxies in blue and red can be seen surrounding the yellowish line of lights that make up MACS0416. The bluest galaxies, which mostly come from Hubble's data, are both the closest to Earth and the busiest hotbeds of star formation. The redder galaxies are much dustier and farther away. They're the work of JWST's infrared instruments, which can detect heat signatures through dust clouds.

The image also includes concentric circles curving around MACS0416. They're actually objects far behind, magnified by MACS0416's gravitational field. This gravitational lensing occurs when a massive foreground object distorts the space around it and bends the light from objects behind it. The result of this chance alignment is often referred to as a "cosmic magnifying glass," which both reveals and magnifies objects. One of those magnified objects in the new image is an enormous star, nicknamed "Mothra." It's being magnified by a factor of at least 4,000 times, according to NASA.

"We're calling MACS0416 the Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster, both because it's so colorful and because of these flickering lights we find within it," said Haojing Yan, professor of astronomy at the University of Missouri and lead author of a new paper describing the results, said in a NASA statement. The paper, available on the preprint database arXiv, has been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal.The image could be the first of many like it. Since 2014, Hubble has been busy imaging the faintest and youngest galaxies ever detected. And JWST is now adding valuable data about the early universe.

"The whole picture doesn't become clear until you combine Webb data with Hubble data," Rogier Windhorst, professor of astronomy at Arizona State University and principal investigator of the Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science (PEARLS) program, which took the Webb observations, said in the statement. "We are building on Hubble's legacy by pushing to greater distances and fainter objects." While Hubble images took 122 hours to produce, JWST's — collected nine years after Hubble's — took just 22 hours.

#2023 #your friendly neighborhood space nerd #space #nasa #galaxies #beautiful #jwst images #hubble space telescope #mothra #gargantuan

[nerds-yearbook]

On August 18, 2016, Rifftrax hosted their 21st live simulcast event riffing the feature "Mothra" and the short "Soapy the Germ Fighter". ("Rifftrax Live: Mothra", Movie Event)

#nerds yearbook #august #2016 #real life events #b movie #monster #mothra #soapy #soapy the germ fighter #rifftrax live #rifftrax #mike nelson #michael j nelson #bill corbett #kevin murphy #mst3k

[doctorslippery]

(via Trying Times Comics on Instagram: “♥️ big nerds More comics soon! (whenever I stop being sick...) . . . #tryingtimescomics #tryingtimes #nerds #nerdlove #geeks #Godzilla…”)

#instagram #godzilla #mothra #weird nerd stuff

[mothnem]

Okay! This is based on a post where Godzilla dies instead of Mothra, and if I knew how to link posts on mobile I would.

But this is how I imagine the aftermath would be.

Monarch discovers an unknown egg, but Mothra is viciously protecting it. One day it hatches and out tumbles a baby Godzilla. Not a Rebirth of her beloved King, but an heir. However, this leads to her savagely keeping the other Titans in line... it's almost as if the gentle Queen died with her King.

Since humans were involved in the death of Godzilla, she only tolerates them now. Although there are a few exceptions. All in Monarch.

Well, for an MvK event, Mothra is out to eliminate threats to her son, Junior. Thus her attack on Kong. There is no reason for her to believe he won't harm a baby Godzilla. And MechaGodzilla? A twisted facsimile of her beloved, built on the bones of him and his greatest enemy.

Now, Junior hasn't been able use his beam yet. Which is how he got captured. In fact, that was the original reason Mothra attacked the first Apex facility. She was looking for Junior. Maddie, Josh, and Burnie find the baby Godzilla, and realize that's why Mothra is rampaging. Simmons intended to celebrate his fully functional Mecha by having it kill Junior.

So Mothra manages to beat Kong. She's slightly better off than him. But MechaGodzilla is loose now. And it has Junior as a hostage. So Mothra is trying to rescue her Godzilla Pup and... it's going.... strange. Sometimes it will try to attack her and other times it deliberately deflects the attack. Almost as if it's at war with itself. Yes. The spirits of Ghidorah and Godzilla are fighting inside. And Godzilla is encouraging his beloved to destroy this body. But there is a very big part of her that doesn't want to. He's BACK.

But Ghidorah is too, and he wants to kill the baby. Kong joins the fight, and during it, Junior finally uses his atomic beam for the first time. And charges the axe. Kong and Mothra come to an understanding, he won't hurt the Godzilla pup. And she won't try to shank him again.

But, Monarch wonders, if the Ghidorah skull is removed.... could Godzilla come back to life?

@paladin-of-nerd-fandom65 @weirdgirl92

#godzilla #godzilla au #mothra #Ghidorah #kong #godzilla junior #mothzilla #mothra is not doing her grieving well #she can come back from the dead #godzilla can't

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Kaiju Week in Review (November 12-18, 2023)

The first two episodes of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters were officially released on November 17, but Apple gave me a stellar birthday present by dropping them in the last few hours of the 16th in my timezone. So far it's living up to the hype. Now, as one of the five people who remember Surface, I wasn't expecting much kaiju action on a TV budget. Fortunately, the characters are compelling (and many of the actors unfairly attractive), while the kaiju make the most of their handful of scenes. With more room to breathe than most Godzilla stories, it's able to show what it means to live in a world of nigh-indestructible nightmares like few before it. Subsequent episodes will continue to drop on Fridays (with an asterisk?), except for this week, which will see a premiere on Wednesday instead, I guess because of Thanksgiving.

Between Godziban, his stint as a Godzilla Battle Line juggernaut, Godzilla: War for Humanity, Godzilla Voxel Wars, and the upcoming Brave Like Godzilla picture book I think I forgot to talk about before, it's clear we've entered the Second Age of Minilla. Godzilla: Monster Island Summer Camp, IDW's first original Godzilla graphic novel, will give him another prime role. The plot:

This fresh Godzilla OGN proves that kaiju are for kids. Especially the ones who’d rather befriend beasts than fight them. As an aspiring cartoonist, Zelda has always dreamed of attending an art summer camp, and this year she finally gets to go! But when she arrives to Make It Summer Camp, she’s horrified to see the easels and sketchboards have been replaced with dodgeball and calisthenics. The camp is under new, suspicious management that’s turned it into an extreme sports nightmare.  Determined to salvage her summer, Zelda escapes to a secluded corner of the island. Here she can finally draw in peace. At least until she stumbles into a portal to a fantastic world! Welcome to Monster Island, Zelda! There she makes a connection with baby kaiju Minilla and discovers the beauty of these legendary creatures. However, all is not well on Monster Island. Great evils are stirring and if Zelda can’t protect their home, the kaiju will unleash their wrath on the world.

Rosie Knight (writer) and Oliver Ono (artist) previously worked together on Godzilla Rivals: Vs. Battra, an intriguing tale with terrific monster art that I thought needed more pages than the Rivals format affords. Looks like IDW agreed. They've really got us nerds by the throat with this premise too. Releasing August 13, 2024.

Read Godzilla Rivals: Vs. Mechagodzilla. Not very good.

Mechagodzilla also looks to feature heavily in the first Rivals issue of 2024, although it's titled Mothra Vs. M.O.G.U.E.R.A. Johnny Parker II is writing, Winston Chan is illustrating. The logline:

Mothra is a great protector and friend to humanity, but not everyone believes the monster is always going to be on our side. When an anti-kaiju group controlling the powerful robotic Mechagodzilla and M.O.G.U.E.R.A. attacks Mothra’s home, it’s up to a few brave souls, an injured Mothra, and a little extra robotic help to save the day!

#godzilla #kaiju week in review #monarch legacy of monsters #idw #minya #comics

[angelsdean]

dean bonding with the kid in the opening of 1x15 over Godzilla vs Mothra. nerd boy I love youuuu. and once again early on showing him being so good with kids

#also making fun of Sam for having bad taste at the same time lol #vics spn rewatch #spn 1x15 #dean and kids

[shera-dnd]

What are some Godzilla films/tv shows that you would recommend? I have seen the 1998 one with Matthew Broderick and the 2014 one with Bryan Cranston.

Well I only recently got into Godzilla, so my own recs are limited to Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One

BUT my friend @itswarden is a colossal Godzilla nerd and has given me a good list of recs for you

Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Alll Out Monsters Attack is a great movie that holds a message about how countries cannot forget about the misdeeds and atrocities committed during war as if they never happened Godzilla Final Wars is a great movie that celebrates the history of godzilla while pushing a message about letting go of the hate of the past to move forwards for a better future Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla has my favorite version of MG, aka Kiryu, so I can always recommend it If they want cheesy Godzilla movies, the showa era has a ton of classics, vs Hedorah, vs Megalon, and vs Mothra are the ones I recommend there

If you wanna stick to western renditions then the follow ups to the 2014 movie, King of Monsters and Godzilla vs Kong, are both delightfully stupid movies with lots of big monsters punching each other

So yeah those are all the recs we got. Hope this helps, and have fun with everyone's favorite fuck off bit lizard

#godzilla

[henshinjohn]

So today's Mother's Day and people in the toku/kaiju community tend to post about Mothra or Mother of Ultra. Well I say... Why not have BOTH? Behold... MOTHRA OF ULTRA!!! Btw Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms and especially to my Mom who allowed me to be the nerd I am today

#mothra #mother of ultra #ultraman #gojira #godzilla #kaiju #art #toho #tsuburaya #fanart

[godofthemoss]

Bee’s National Forest of Eldritch Horrors

Hi! Original story here that includes some eldritch horrors going on in a national forest park including a nonbinary park ranger and their love interest a little gremlin of a wannabe monster hunter. Although maybe he's right about the entities in the park. Fuck.

Chapter One

“Saw that little occult nerd of yours in the woods again, he was covered in some kind of green snail jizz. Probably sap or something. He smelled sweet. Anyway, the idiot swore up and down that he had run into some kind of monster den. And guess what? When I went and checked it out there were boulders in front of the supposed ‘lair’. Someone needs to drag that poor dye job back to the city. He’s losin’ his shit out here, Bear.”

“What did I say about using my legal name, Bernice? Just call me Bee or bitch or whatever thousands of other nicknames you seemingly call me anywhere besides the forest.” 

Bear swept a hand through their too-early-to-be-greying hair. Bear was already pissed their tea mug was cold. They didn’t need Bernice secondhand yelling at them for Septimus again. Bernice sat on the edge of Bear's desk and picked up their baggie of walnuts and waved it in front of them. She leaned in close and looked deep into their eyes.

“Now you’d tell me: your official work bestie if you,” Bernice narrowed her eyes. “Had a thing for dyed hair, yeah?”

Bear just blinked up at her.

“Didn’t you just spend like two hundred dollars getting your new hair though?”

Bernice deadpanned and leaned in closer. She slapped down the walnuts.

“Bear Newton. Not only are we indoors at the park so I can call you whatever I want but I’m GAY! Which you are well aware of. Do you ever use those brain cells of yours?”

Bear just screwed up their face, still not getting it.

“Weren’t you just asking if I think dyed hair is cool? Your hair is cool Bernice I already told you that after you got it.”

Bernice groaned and pretended to drop dead to the floor dramatically. She spread her arms and legs all over the floor and groaned and rolled around.

“How the hell did you get in charge around here? You are so dumb, Bear. Honestly. It hurts my heart. Just never mind. Eat your damn walnuts. You need the brain power. Maybe a peppermint after too my old science teacher always said that helped and you need it.”

Bear happily did. After a minute or two of Bear eating and Bernice just lying quietly on the ground, she got up and went to her own desk. It was high noon and they had to finish up their paperwork before their park rotation was up. This month they were in the afternoon to midnight crew.

A creak of the bathroom door and Eckie the tabby came out strutting. The old cat was well-fed and well-groomed for a feral cat. Eckie was perfectly round but not too fat and his short hair was always pristine. A grey, black, and light brown striped tabby cat. Green knowing eyes. For as long as the cat’s apparently been in the forest he’s got all his eyes, ears, and a full tail. Bear always thought it weird with the amount of predators in the park. They had seen a video of a cat slapping a sea lion though.

How he always let himself in the Mothra house was beyond Bear’s or their team’s knowledge but the cat always found a way in. Weird as the cat was, he was Bear’s favorite little creature in the entire world. They even had a bed for him which the cat jumped up to reach on the desk. Their coworkers had made fun of them but they didn’t care. Eckie was like their baby and made their job easier to work through. Bear gently petted Eckie while writing down the latest littering incident.

“Mothra house come in.”

The radio cut through the easy quiet of the small office. It was hard to tell with the tone taken out by the walkie but the voice, Ayla’s, sounded rushed. Bernice jumped for the closest walkie sitting over on the counter in the small kitchenette they had. Seemingly unaware of the hurried voice, Bernice took the time to perch herself up on the counter and flip her locs over her shoulder. Little decorations shone in the sunlight coming in through the nearby window.

“Mothra house, whatcha need?”

“Get to Scully’s Fall. We gotta missing person and two dead.”

Bear immediately shot up and ran over for the walkie-talkie, not bothering to take it out of Bernice’s hand when they called over.

“Ayla, it’s not the green-haired kid right?”

“No, but he’s here alright. Y’all head out. Call Akane and Ramhead.”

“Copy.” Bear and Bernice spoke simultaneously while also both holding down the button.

It didn’t take more than a breath and a tilt of the head at each other and they were already grabbing their coats and equipment. Bernice grabbed the keys and roared the truck to life. Bear gave a yell for Eckie to man the helm and they locked the door. Bear took their phone from their pocket and sent a quick text to Septimus.

Bear: You’d better count your lucky fucking stars I don’t see you out there.

Around halfway there they got a response.

Septimus Pinepike: I can help!!!!!!!!! I think I know what it is!

Bear: No.

Septimus Pinepike: :(

Septimus Pinepike: maybe close ur eyes when u get here then lol

Bear shoved their phone in their pocket and practically kicked their door open when they arrived. Florence and her girls were on the scene already and it was grizzly. Blood drowned the rock around the shore of the river at the bottom of the falls. The bodies were in pieces which made sense and so was their canoe. Coming down Scully’s fall was no joke. What eluded Bear was how they missed all the giant signs at the fork of the river. The old rangers made sure the Twisting Crook River was posted up with about twenty little signs growing in size the closer one got to the fork that divided the main river path and the cliff run.

“Florence, the front desk said they don’t recognize these folks, and the one I.D. we found doesn't match our records of folks comin' in. Must’ve snuck in.” Ayla had been working too hard, as usual, blood smothered her shirt and she was already making calls.

The image of the girls pulling the bodies from the river seared in Bear’s mind. They were all tougher than them but no one, in their mind, should have to do something like that but every once in a while they sure had to. The cops were always late and if they could someone they would. Always seemed like grim work for the paradise they practically lived in. Bear took the scene in carefully, and looked over; Bernice was doing it too. She was lowered to the ground by the canoe, so Bear got to ground level with the bodies alongside her and slapped on some gloves.

“Who’s the missing one? The I.D person?” Bear muttered as they inspected a twisted face with a gloved hand. “And why’s the face this bad?” 

Bear took a second to look at the full body. Full wasn't actually right though. Some things were missing and it wasn't just the face that was bad. Everything was twisted up wrong. The bodies, or more accurately, the pieces that were on shore were bent in nearly impossible ways. Ways a river just doesn’t do. Something about the way the bones were jutting out twisted up Bear’s stomach sharp and quick. They only had a moment to sprint to the nearby bushes to vomit. After washing out their mouth and wobbly walking back like they didn't just evict their entire body and spirit to the girls all greeting them with unimpressed looks, Bear squatted back down.

“I.D. man is missing.” Florence quickly showed Bear and Bernice the I.D. and its information after ending her call. “Miri’s house is checking the perimeter. Cops are coming,” Groans sounded from everyone, but Florence kept on. “And they will handle the rest. We just have to fan out for the missing guy. And, uh, Ole Less said the river does that sometimes, certain rocks and whatnot don't go all buck wild about it.”

“Are you one hundred percent sure it was just some rocks, Flo?” Bernice had her face screwed up in plain disbelief.

Florence just shrugged, “Boss said it was some rocks, would you rather it be a deranged serial killer in the park, Bernie? People can’t do this type a’ shit.”

“Then why is the boat like this?”

What was left of the boat itself was just weird. It was a weird fractal mess of colors and glittery iridescence of different sizes spiraling underneath blood. Lots of blood. The metal was forced open at weird, wrong angles. Some of it looked so thin while other chunks of the canoe were thick. Bear thought perhaps that part was just their lack of knowledge of canoe making because that thing had to have been hand-crafted, but still, it rubbed them the wrong way.

“Bit too much blood, here don’t ya think, Florence?”

“Kid, try gettin’ a period.”

That got a huff of laughter from the rest of the girls. Florence was right though, so Bear let it go. With the few accidents they had seen over time, the blood always seemed impossible anyway. The amount of blood in people was an insane thing to think about. Though the thought of this still being too much blood persisted in their head. They threw a glance at Bernice and she already had her ‘We’re missing something here’ look on. They made sure the rest of the rangers weren’t looking and then slowly nodded back. Something was different about this and the others were already dismissing it.

“Where’s Septimus?” Bear quietly asked once they and Bernice were done looking the scene over.

“Who?” Ayla quirked an eyebrow up at them.

Bear sighed, “The dark green-haired guy. Kinda short. Talks a lot.”

“Oh!” Ayla gave him a wink. “Off ahead with Mothman house. Sure you can catch up to ‘em.”

Bear simply nodded their thanks and headed towards the surrounding woods with Bernice in tow. They had no idea why no one else was keen on keeping the guy out of trouble but extra eyes to search does help, Bear mused to themself. When they were out of earshot Bear pulled Bernice close by the arm.

“You think they’re just too used to this stuff to see it doesn’t make sense at all? I mean they all did a bunch of stuff like this before we got hired a few years ago.” 

Bernice glanced over her shoulder, “Yeah I mean, rocks could definitely fuck up the bodies but how did they miss the sign? Who dragged them on the shore? Ayla said she didn't do it when you were throwing up. If it's I.D guy then what a battered, half-dead man pulled them up and some of their pieces? I don’t think so. Times like these are when I wanna believe our little monster detective. 'Cuz if a person did this...”

“We’ve had so many accidents and just weird fucking call-ins. Are people being stupider than usual out here? I really hope it's not a killer, but maybe someone lured them out here to get murdered?”

“Well, the thing is people are just really stupid sometimes. They don’t believe death comes on that black train till it rams them off a fucking cliff and they fucking die.”

“Maybe the heroin epidemic reached those granola girls and camping dads you always joke about? The majority of our reports are white people.” Bear let out a low unconvincing laugh. They really shouldn't be joking right now but the thought of a serial killer flooded them with a simmering fear they couldn't afford on the clock.

“White folks do acid in the woods if I remember anything from college, not heroin but shit maybe. Black and brown people know how to stay on their toes I’m not surprised it's just white people calling in.”

“Bernice. That I.D.. If all those men were from Nighmoor. I didn’t recognize the name but what if—”

Bernice barked a laugh, “You sound like fuckin’ Septimus.”

Bear stifled a laugh. “No, just what if it has something to do with my hometown, Bernice? It has a long history of really dark shit. Cults and stuff. That makes it more of an us problem and less of a park problem. The town's not far and I mean you know I don't believe in that supernatural shit but it's really weird, right? What if some cult or some devil group is up to something.”

Before Bernice could reply the cops and the rest of the Mothra house pulled up as they reached where the shore met the forest’s edge. Bernice waved over Akane and Ramhead who went bug-eyed at the accident scene but quickly switched to their professional faces and veered towards them. Florence started her typical heckling and bossing around the cops. Which in Bear’s opinion, was well-needed. Sheriff Ulric was old and shit at his job.

“Don’t know what the hell they think Ulric’s boys are gonna do. Why do we call them for this type a’ shit again?” Ramhead pulled up on his belt, making his equipment clang through the afternoon.

“It's the law, bud.” Akane slapped him on the back. “Alright, what’re we lookin’ for?”

“Oh, the typical, white male in his mid-thirties, blonde hair, and named Steven. Oh, and Bear’s little goblin boy.”

“We are in the woods.” Bear seethed.

“And off we go a’ singin’, Big Bear. Let’s fan out.” Akane pushed him off to the far right.

When looking for a missing person each ranger walks in a grid formation of the woods. It was important to make sure no gaps were left unchecked. Each ranger was placed in a specific range of one another. The other three began to spread out far to the left. Each had grabbed their own walkies, flashlights, and first aid kits, and unfortunately out here required a gun. Pistols for small creatures and rifles for larger predators. Man included.

“Mothman house come in? Mothra house has joined the search team.” Bear radioed over.

“Bet. We’ll stop until you guys are in eyesight. We didn’t start too long ago, probs fifteen minutes before you guys. We do have a bit of a clothing trail going on though, one shoe. Black river shoe with a purple streak thing.”

“Roger that Miri, see you soon.” Akane radioed.

“Bear, your little creature is stealing all of my snacks! Come and get him! Ugh, how are you hungry! People just died! No! Ugh, as if.”

Bear could hear cackling to their left.

I make sure this kid doesn’t get killed off in the woods a few times and suddenly he’s my responsibility?

Around fifteen minutes later dyed green hair comes into focus. Septimus had on a flashy shirt with a purple and neon green robot and a bright mint green puffer coat. The bright colors of his top half contrasted with his black carpenter pants but then at the bottom, he just needed more color with some color block sneakers. To top it off he had a dried sheen of that sap on his coat like Bernice had mentioned. 

At least he wouldn’t get shot or lost too easily. Bear kind of liked it too. More so they liked the old dark leather satchel Septimus always had on. Which was, of course, strapped to his side per usual. Berek swore the kid would rather die than lose that old bag and that book he kept inside it.

“Bee!” Septimus was beaming at him mischievously, double lip piercings and all, and Bear felt themself age another twenty years and also something turn excitedly in their stomach that they routinely ignored.

“Stop stealing other people's food.” Bear grabbed the graham crackers from him and tossed them to Miri. “If you're gonna come out here be prepared.” 

Bear kept their voice stern but not too harsh. It was hard to be mad when Septimus was the only one who followed the No-Yelling-Bear-Unless-There-Is-A-Real-Bear-Rule. Septimus ran over and guided them by the arm over to where they’d begin their now shared grid search. That much was obvious. The professional in Bear had still not been worn down completely though. They had a duty to protect the public as much as possible even though they knew it was useless on Septimus.

“You ought to go home, Septimus. This is a serious case.”

Septimus ran a silver-ringed and tattooed hand through his hair and rolled his eyes.

“Alright, ranger. Good thing my house is this way then, huh?”

Bear just narrowed their eyes at him.

Septimus leaned more into him and tilted his head with a smile.

“Okay, I'm lying, whatever. You wanna know what I think it is?!”

And here it was. What he thought it was. The whole reason Septimus had burrowed his way into Bear’s life over the last few months. It had been annoying at first and sometimes still is but the way Septimus lit up when he had first talked about his monster theories tugged a bit at Bear’s heartstrings. They just didn’t have it in them to crush that light or send it away. It was nice seeing someone so passionate about something even if it was silly.

So, they indulged the guy and somehow became his unofficial forest guide and monster theory confidante. Not that they actually believed any of them. Just a nice thing to do and if they were honest with themselves they didn’t have many friends outside of work. They wondered if this really counted though. The two of them only ever saw each other in the park. Neither of them had mentioned the word friend either.

“Alright kid, shoot.”

Septimus frowned.

“Well, first may I remind you I’m literally five years younger than you. Stop acting like thirty makes you fucking ancient or some shit. Okay, but anyway, I think the initial attack wasn't an attack as much as something messing with them. It changed their reality somehow.”

“So drugs?” Bear leaned in.

“No! I haven’t had time to pin down something in the book but there are a couple of things that really stand out. First off no one paints canoes like that, so it’s been transformed but then I think like why weren’t the people transformed in the same exact way? If it's not something from my book then, I mean those two guys and the I.D. guy seemed super straight by their clothes and shit. That canoe totally looked like some gay art kid threw up their final project—”

That busted a laugh out of Bear but they quickly quieted themselves and kept looking around. “You’re right on one thing.”

“Oh god I know, right? Anyway, it's the fractals that worry me. That’s something so hard to just paint like that they’re all so perfect it looks like nature did it. Like a perfect Lichtenberg figure.” Septimus paused for a few beats looking around. “I don’t know. It rubs me the wrong way which usually means a supernatural way. Obviously, the other dudes' bodies were transformed all unnatural, so maybe it doesn’t all have to match but you’d think it would but maybe it makes more sense that it doesn't. Maybe it's not supposed to. I’ll have to get into the morgue and look at them better later. Maybe the fractals went deeper. They should match if it's what I think it is though.”

“I didn’t hear that.” Bear trudged ahead and out of Septimus’s grip. Eyes scanning their surroundings. “And you didn’t give this whatever you think it is a name yet.”

“Got another shoe and a T-shirt. Covered in blood of course.”

Bear simply sighed and Septimus caught up again and grabbed their elbow as they walked.

“The missing person was wearing cameo in his I.D. photo. What if he’s a hunter? That would have Hyaalakath written all over it. Especially if we find him and he comes back with animal scratches and no memory. The fractals and reality shift are wrong then though. But it is possible to get snatched by another thing out here. Just unlikely.”

“You sayin’ he turned into a werewolf?”

Septimus stopped dead and fixed him with the most offended look possible. Bear just rolled their eyes and kept moving. They still hadn’t spotted anything in their grids. No prints or clothes or anything. Bear could hear Septimus pull out his own flashlight, much smaller than his and definitely from the nineties.

“If it was a werewolf it would be a way different crime scene. That’s like the first thing you learn about in my line of work! Plus werewolf isn't quite right for what those creatures are.”

Septimus was worked up now and Bear might have found it far too amusing.

“Your line of work, huh?” Bear held down a smirk.

“One of these days Bee! One of these fucking days I’m gonna be right!”

“We found what’s left of him. Get to Arden’s section. We’re not on him yet,” There was a hesitant pause. “But we can see it.”

“It?” Bear breathed out in horror to Septimus.

Arden’s section was a puddle of blood and viscera. Only a few feet in either direction but it still seemed so monumental. Bear dry heaved several times while Septimus strode ahead until his sneakers toed into the small pond of flesh, bone, and blood. He pulled out his book and started thumbing through it only for Miri to pull him back gently by his shoulders. Septimus hardly seemed to notice.

“Bear this kid scares me sometimes.” Miri’s face was screwed up in concern but her eyes had a mild amusement. 

Miri was young but had seen some of the worst accidents the park had to offer. She was also a veteran, so Bear figured she’d surely seen some blown-up people before. Explosives though? Out in the forest? It was their first train of thought but that seemed strange although not impossible. Hunters were cruel and uncaring for those who got caught in their traps sometimes. Although they would've gotten a call about a loud boom or bang so perhaps not a bomb. A weird new high-tech hunter trap felt silly now that Bear thought about it now. An old mine perhaps?

The slam of Septimus’s book broke Bear’s thoughts. Looking over at him he watched him rip out of Miri’s arms and right into the center of the puddle. Shouts and swears followed but nobody dared wade in after him. Tucking the book away and rolling up his sleeves, Septimus put his hand into the human sludge and pulled out an opened locket.

Septimus walked back out of the sludge and ignored all the berating and even the lecture pouring out of Bear’s own mouth now on how utterly stupid he was and that this was a crime scene. From his bag, he pulled out a rag with his clean hand, wiped away all the bloody remains from the locket, and then carefully held the locket up to his flashlight. He snapped the locket closed, grabbed a nearby rock, and smashed it full force onto the locket.

“Woah!” Miri barked.

“Yo, get your nerd, Bear!” Quinn had his hands up. They were another one of Miri’s group.

“Mean!” Septimus whipped his head around to Quinn, rock still in hand, who muttered a quick sorry at him. “I’m so pissed. The one fucking time!” Septimus threw the rock out into the woods.

At this point, Ramhead tugged on Bear’s arm and pointed at Septimus and then with two thumbs motioned harshly behind them, and then to further drill home his point he jabbed a finger at Bear's chest. Bear let loose a long and loud sigh, gathering looks from the others. Miri stepped away to radio in the scene and thankfully left out the locket bit, not that the cops would’ve noticed anyway. Bear slowly made his way over to a fuming Septimus and gently pulled him up by his puffer’s collar. Without really noticing anything Septimus followed along consumed by whatever thoughts were raging through his weird little brain.

#cryptid #eldritch monster #original story #godofthemoss #taz amnesty #the magnus archives #mlm story #nonbinary character #monster hunter #orignal character #orignal writing #mystery #horror #horror comedy #national park mystery story #Bee's National Forest of Eldritch Horrors

[clarktooncrossing]

Giraffe's Eye View | Komi Can't Communicate REVIEW

Wanna here more of my geeky opinions? Click here to check out my last review on 1962's Mothra! For now though, let's talk about the girl who doesn't talk a lot.

When a person has extreme social anxiety, also known as social phobia, they struggle to communicate with others. But take this into consideration: it makes for genuinely heartwarming entertainment.

Like I said back in the review of Princess Mononoke, anime isn't really my thing. For a while the only animes I watched were RWBY or the Avatar series, only to be met by gatekeeping nerds saying those 'aren't true animes'. Usually their logic is that anything made outside of Japan is faux-anime, a way of thinking I consider incredibly stupid. After all, imagine if any animated media made out of the United States couldn't be called a cartoon. Ignoring that though, anime never struck my interest, much to the persistence of my pals. Much like with My Little Pony, I legit can't remember a time when I wasn't hounded to watch more of the stuff or read more mangas, it had gotten annoying! I thought I was safe with my sci-fi loving friend SIM-N (aka Finjix for anybody not familiar with his Monova or WALL-G comics), but eventually even he succumbed to the power of the medium. What was it that did him in?

But we're not here to talk about Nagatoro, at least not yet, anyway. While we wait for Season 2 of that show to hit Crunchyroll, let's talk about the other anime series SIM-N got me hooked on!

Komi Can't Communicate is a series centered around Komi, a High School student with an extreme social disorder that renders her practically mute. Not that anybody else in her school notices, instead perceiving her as silent beauty that's too cool to mingle with peasants like them. That is until an unassuming boy named Tadano discovers the truth, becoming her best friend before promising to help her make more. This all happens in the first episode / volume of the manga, the two carrying on a conversation via a chalkboard. It's a really cute scene that sets up the rest of the series perfectly. You get how nervous Komi is, how well Tadano's able to read her, and the seeds of what will (hopefully) blossom into a romantic relationship.

Being someone who wasn't exactly a social butterfly in school, I relate to Komi far too easily. Heck, I can even relate to her getting a flip phone later on in the series, my family getting me an old school phone with keys rather than the newest iPhones that were slowly on the rise. The only thing I can't relate to is how everybody wants to be on Komi's radar. I was never that popular in High School, even accidentally. Admittedly that's the one annoying aspect of the show, how easily some problems are solved for Komi or how much everybody gushes over her, but luckily Komi's too modest to let any of that go to her head. The only opinion that genuinely seems to mater to her is Tadano's.

While equally intimidated by Komi's presence at first, Tadano quickly manages to pick up what her friend is feeling, resulting in the most endearing relationship on the show. Easily the cutest moments on the show come from the two encouraging each other, daring to reach outside their comfort zones, or even daggling in the romantic feelings they so obviously have for each other. I'd complain about this relationship being yet another slow burn I have to wait forever for, but recent developments in the manga have changed all of that.

Before that happens though, there's the matter of Komi making 100 friends. This subplot is kinduv' annoying considering how many characters you have to keep track of, some being more notable than others. It gets so annoying that my friends and I have resorted to giving some of these friends nicknames for ease of remembering. Here are the ones who make frequent appearances or are the most memorable to me:

First there's Najimi, Komi's second friend and Tadano's oldest friend. They are easily the best character on the show. Acting as a conundrum with lilac hair, this excitable young student is the one who truly pushes Komi to venture outside her comfort zone, inviting her to large social gatherings with an absurd amount of people. It helps that Najimi has been childhood friends with everybody, a factor they have used against Tadano on so many occasions. Good rule of thumb with Najimi: never tell them any of your secrets. You can pretty much guarantee they'll no longer be secrets by sundown. Also, never take them to Las Vegas, they have a gambling problem. Which is small potatoes in comparison to...

Yamai Ren has earned the nickname 'Stalker McGee' among my peers. So obsessed with Komi is she that in one of the earlier storylines she actually kidnaps Tadano with the intent on killing him so she can take his place. Now one could say she wasn't really gonna commit manslaughter, playing it off more like a joke considering she threatens him with drumsticks in the show. I'd buy that if not for the fact that she wields a very large butcher's knife in the manga! Or, y'know, the fact that she kidnapped one of her peers in the first spam place! She is a creep that keeps overstepping her boundaries, constantly trying to peak up Komi's skirt or having sexual fantasies of her. Later on in the show when the girls all have to share a bathhouse, Yamai even asks to grab Komi's boobs. Honestly I'm shocked she even bothered asking! Stalker McGee is easily the worst character on the show, sentiments shared by friends like Alec or @the-pale-servant. Nobody likes this character, so why is she still here? In fact, her continued presence doesn't even make sense in-universe! After freeing Tadano, Komi and co forgive the blood-thirsty bitch way too spam easily! Girl, your spoiled butt should be in prison!

Next there's Agari, a shy girl who totally has naturally green hair. Totally. Another anime trope she falls victim to is the series constantly drawing attention to her large breasts, which totally doesn't get annoying after the first few times they make this joke. Totally. Out of all the characters on this show, Agari is the one I feel the most pity for. Not only are they always pointing out how plump she is, but when they were making her they apparently rolled a Nat-1 for confidence, meaning her self-esteem is essentially non-existent. This is why when Komi eventually works up the courage to ask for her friendship, Agari only accepts only if she's treated like Komi's dog. That's not to say she isn't a cute character, but boy do I wish this universe would stop using her as a punching bag.

In contrast we have Nakanaka, that one student from school you know spends most of her time at Hot Topic when not playing the latest JRPG. She wears an unnecessary eye patch, is a pro at totally not Smash Brothers, prefers to roleplay as some reincarnated knight, is it weird that she's one my favorite character on the show? She's just so zany and over the top that you can't help but love her. Then again, it also helps that she's a foil to Yamai, so there's that.

Speaking of crazy, there's Makeru, Komi's self appointed rival who's super into sports... despite pretty much sucking at all of them.

There's plenty of other characters I haven't mentioned, but like I said, that's the downside of a show with a premise of someone making 100 friends. It's hard to remember them all. 100 always sounds big and flashy on paper, but in reality I would've been fine with Komi making 50 or so friends. It'd still be a large number while also providing us fans an easier time remembering who is who

Oh, and before anybody mentions why I haven't mentioned Manbagi yet, it's because I'm not that far in the manga yet and she was just introduced at the end of Season 2 of the anime. From what I have read though, she seems like yet another over-the-tope personality for Komi to befriend, though with a twist. Turns out she also has feelings for Tadano too. Unlike so many other properties that would depict the two as hostile rivals hellbent on making each other miserable in the name of love, Komi and Manbagi are depicted as friends who still try to encourage each other despite everything. I really dig that, actually. This series manages to depict healthy relationships founded on communication, something I wish more shows and books would do. Words can't describe how refreshing it is seeing everybody act so maturely. Y'know, save for Stalker McGee.

As stated though, the best moments come from Tadano and Komi. Them talking via chalkboard, Tadano cheering up Komi after a mishap at the water park, the two sitting next to each other during Christmas, Komi falling asleep on Tadano's shoulder on the bus ride back from a vacation, their ever-evolving relationship is the biggest reason why you should check out the book and series. If you haven't yet, do yourself a favor and buy yourself a copy of the manga or stream the show via Netflix. After all, it must've been good if it made an anime-shut-out like me into a reluctant weeb in training. Now to see if that carries over to the next anime I watch...

CURIOUS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? TUNE IN NEXT TIME WHEN I CHECK OUT SPY X FAMILY! UNTIL THEN, MAY THE GLASSES BE WITH YOU!

#giraffes eye view #review #anime review #anime #komi can't communicate #komi #komi x tadano #tadano #agari #yen #stalker mcgee #najimi #nakanaka #manga

[brw]

Hank misses out on a great hero moniker by being a dude. Imagine it: DR. PYM aka ANT QUEEN.

fem!hank just looks like that terrible ant comic that bad-comic-art is always posting except you know. thankfully an actual adult and not a 14 year old who can transform. she could make her helmet look kind of like a crown to complete the look.....

because all hank's are nerds she would call herself mothra at least once and very possibly get sued.

#asks #anonymous #hank pym #genderbent hank pym #fem hank pym #idk what to tag this but i think i should tag it

[cat-penguin-anon]

Hmm. Honestly we could probably come up with some punny name for it, but I've just been calling it the "Necromancer Jaune" AU in my head lol

yeah same...

uhhh throwing out some name ideas- familiar faces au (cuz ppl die and come back), raven's call au (based on my ross bird associations haha)

also random stuff that I think would be cool:

jaune should have a black robe with gold accents that makes her look like a grim reaper. bc it looks cool and dang it I wanna draw now

one of the weird signs showing up around ross is ravens/crows following him places. he gets attached to one of em and he names it mothra bc hes a nerd lol

jaune and ross have weird, shimmery gold pupils when using magic

alright there u go

#ask #friendo tag #spooky month #spooky month au

[witchyclispe]

Hello everyone! I haven't posted here in a long time to say the least. I wanted to rebrand this account, so I can feel better about posting here❤❤❤ My original name on here was Damienmoonart! But i have recently changed it to Witchyclipse! Anyways-

This is my main blog! I plan to use it for my personal artwork! If you'd like to see my writing, please go follow my second blog @damisupernova !

Heres some quick info to get to know me 😌

My name is Dami! I am a self taught artist who mainly uses Digital Art. My program that I prefer is procreate! Ive been drawing for around 11 years, and hope to open an art shop on etsy in the near future! I am a huge nerd, who loves anything action, scifi or horror themed.

Yes there will be OC content here, whether that's my writing I've reblogged or my artwork itself. If you don't enjoy ocs, feel free to leave! This is going to be a safe and positive place for everyone, including myself 💕

Do not trace or steal my artwork. This includes my ocs, or fanart I have done.

If you are interested in talking or commissions, please feel free to send me a message! I'd love to chat and have fun with others 😌🦋

My Interests Include

Current hyper fixations will be in purple!

Marvel Comics

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Xmen

Dc comics

Dc Extended Universe

The Sandman

Stranger Things

Harry Potter

Fantastic Beasts

Pirates of the Caribbean

Supernatural

Doctor who

Sherlock (Rdj, BBC)

Spiderman (Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield)

Detroit: Become Human

Resident Evil

Star Wars

Star Trek

Dune

The Hobbit

Lord of the Rings

John Wick

Kingsman

My Original Characters!

In every universe, there will be some canon divergence so beware!

Some designs are out of date/ to be worked on

Stranger Things

Cynthia Creel

Tadgh Hoffman

The Sandman

Astoria (Imagination)

Star Wars

Estelle Norith

Ziorah Casamorsa

Darth Corodis

Darth Binaira

Xmen

Etheria (Azalea Collins Lehnsherr)

Zoan Lehnsherr

Marvel

Madame Nightshade (Nova Moore)

Glitch (Coda Barlowe)

Agent Mothra (Dezdemona Lenoir) (variant: Deziray Octavius Osborn)

Red Daemon (Dr.Róisin Healy)

Illuminatrix (Monika Ivanov Zemo)

Evening Moon

Tsunami (Juliette Keloha)

Detroit Become Human

Lieutenant Aeryn Sinclair

Detective Rosaleen O'Connell

Nyx

Supernatural

Amaris Macleod

DCEU

Nightmare (Kinsley Hyde)

Harry Potter

Professor Odette Chamberlain Lennox

Lynette Lupin

Fantastic Beasts

Sylvain Strummer

Star Trek

Captain Jupiter Solace

Sherlock (BBC)

Lux Moriarty

Doctor Who

Celeste Pevensie

Dune

Zara Gemosia Atreides

The Hobbit/LotR

Lady Morìnth

Saffron Baggins

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[philsalazarart]

Happy Godzilla Day!! Get my 11x17 Godzilla Vs Mothra monster truck print along with many others this Saturday at Nerd Con, in @montbelvieutx!! See ya’ there!! #godzilla #godzilladay #mothra #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #monstertrucks https://www.instagram.com/p/CkgkMqiuCYF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#godzilla #godzilladay #mothra #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #monstertrucks

[mothnem]

Gijinka Godzilla Vampire AU because I can.

Godzilla is a Vampire hunting down his sire, Ichi Ghidorah, one of the Triplet Vampire Lords, for turning him against his will. He is joined by his "cousins" Rodan, turned by Ni, and Angurius, turned by San.

Mothra is a Vampire Hunter blessed by a goddess like all of her lineage is. At first she doesn't realize Godzilla is a Vampire. Because he hasn't been one for long. They are even falling in love when Mothra finds out. She assumes Godzilla was trying to seduce her to her death. All that talk about his two sons he can't see again is probably just a lie!

Godzilla is very hurt by Mothra's actions. He should never have opened what was left of his heart to her. She probably was just luring him into a sense of false security to kill him and his cousins.

They keep having confrontations while Godzilla and his cousins are tracking down the Ghidorah brothers until finally, Mothra corners Godzilla.

Godzilla: DO YOU THINK THIS IS EASY BEING A VAMPIRE!? TO HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM MY SONS BECAUSE I'M A MONSTER!?

Mothra: You should have thought of that before you chose to become one!

Godzilla: Do you really think I chose this?

@paladin-of-nerd-fandom65 @weirdgirl92

#Godzilla #mothra #enemies to lovers #vampire #king ghidorah #rodan #Angurius #AU #yes Minilla and Junior are Godzilla's sons in this #mother is dead or he adopted them #your choice

[sneakydragon]

Sneaky Dragon Episode 643

This week David and Ian talk job appeal, injury to eye, nice ice, Victorian jerks, we're doing pretty great, underwater spiders, older youngsters, pivotal comedy, ape shit, the cultural filter, and getting pooped.

This week: job appeal; end quote; eyes, eyes, baby; ice is nice; sticky situation; the Victorian error; the sweet science; alchemist the point; spice world; bathroom humour; Dave Suze you; older youngster; Dave spends 500 Days in the Wild; some thoughts on Madame Web; nerds on the loose; misrepresentation in the movies; super high expectations; Sweeney bod; Mothra-in-law; ape shit; on the…

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#500 Days in the Wild #Jim Carrey #Madame Web #Roadhouse #Rodney Dangerfield #Steve Martin #Suze #The Man with Two Brains #W.C. Fields