#feather horned beetle

[onenicebugperday]

Feather-horned beetle, Rhipicera femorata, Rhipiceridae

The larvae of rhipicerid beetles are parasitoids of cicadas. Males have large, bushy antennae used for detecting female pheromones. This species is found in Australia.

Photos 1-2 by jenncxoxo, 3 by ronlit, 4-6 by karenretra, 7 (female) by reiner, and 8 (for scale) by possumpete

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #beetle #rhipiceridae #cicada parasite beetle #feather horned beetle #parasitoid #one nice bug

[jebastijan]

#bugs #cockchafer beetle #feather horned beetle #names might not be 100% accurate soz :(

[xylocopavirginica]

Feather Horned Beetle - Rhipicera carinata

“Rhipicera male beetle has a multi-segmented antennae that is a perfume sensing device to help locate a female Rhipicera. We observed one little chap trying to hone in on a female that was resting on a twig on our garden shrub. He took about 10 minutes flying around to finally reach his partner from less than a metre away. She doesn't have a perfume sensing antennae otherwise I am sure she would have known he was nearby and then she could have waved to him or called in beetle language, "Hi! I'm over here!"

But no. She was so nonchalant sitting on that twig whilst emitting faint bursts of beetle gas. Thank God his multi-segmented perfume sensing radar was working.”

Photo credit: Fred Hort

#beetle #beetles #coleoptera #entomology #bugs #insects #rhipiceridae #feather horned beetle

[fruitybugboyart]

welcome tim and gregor to the pretty bug club!!

2023

digital art

available as stickers, magnets, and totes here on my redbubble!

#my art #artist on tumblr #art #art on tumblr #feather horned beetle #beetle #bug #bug art #tw bugs #pretty bug club #pretty bugs #xlemonprince #digital art

[drhoz]

#2020 - Rhipicera carinata - Keeled Featherhorn Beetle

A rather soggy male, not enjoying the miserable weather that weekend.

Synonyms for the genus include Polytomus, Polystomus, Agathorhipis, Rhipidocera and Rhipidicera.

Common in Western Australia (and less common in South Australia) where they parasitise cicadas.

#rhipiceridae #feather-horned beetle #australian beetle #cooleenup island #rhipicera

[herpsandbirds]

Feather-horned Beetle (Rhipicera mystacina), family Rhipiceridae, Cairns, Australia

Photograph by CygnusTech

#rhipicera #rhipiceridae #beetle #coleoptera #insect #entomology #animals #nature #australia

[that-one-weird-simp]

Gargoyle Au Demons

Hashiras

Muzan:

has curled ram horns wings work like a beetles, no joints on the wings except for the base. *like in the picture tail is based off his spiky tentacles mouths and teeth along his tail the red on his legs is scaly and hard. (forgot his arms but there the same on his arms.) height is 6'0 dick size: 9 inches, thicker at base but thins out at the tip rounds: around 5 possessive and very aggressive. will make sure you have his scent all over him so no one can clam you. his mating dance: crouches as he spreads his wings and rattles them while purring, if your a gargoyle you would do the same and flea bite his neck. as a human you would just nod you do something to show approval. wing span: 20 ft and 8 inches Kokushibo: Horns go straight up but curl back near the top purple scales along his tail, wings, arms and legs a crescent moon on the tip of his tail wings are like a bats but are scaly with black outside and purple on the under side wings span: 30ft and 10 in height: 7'4 dick size: 10 inches thin near to the tip but thick at the base passive unless provoked and possessive leaves marks and his scent all over you is clingy and will wrap his wings around you in a protective embrace mating dance: goes on all fours (they can switch from Bipedal to Quadrupedal) spread his wings but the wrist joints on his wings will tilt down, wave his tail from side to side while purring. gargoyle: copies the dance and press you forehead on his human: shows some sign of approval

Douma: straight horns that curl a little wings:

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riggied like ice on the ends but soft and silky fur for the rest of it.

gold fur along his tail, arms and legs his tail has golden feathers with the blood stain on the tip (pretty much the pattern you see on doumas head) the tail feathers are 9 feet wide and 10 feet tall. playful and passive unless provoked, will bite marks all over your body and rub his scent all over you height: 7'2 wingspan: 28 ft and 12 inches dick size: 9 inches, medium thickness from base to tip mating dance: will flap his wings and tail feathers while making playful noises and gives you small gifts (like really unique leaves, rocks, ETC) gargoyle: joins and gives him a small kiss on the cheek human: gives kiss on the cheek Akaza: double bat wings pattern scales along his arms, tail and legs traditional gargoyle horns. a snowflake at the end of his tail height: 6'8 wing span: about the same as kokushibo aggressive and very protective and makes sure he marks your body dick size: same as doumas just a little thinner dick size: 8 inches mating dance: switch to Quadrupedal and flaps his wings and tail while making soft low frequency noises gargoyle: copies dance but makes a high pitch gurgling human: shows approval

hantengu clones: all have feathered wings with there color scheme on the tip of the feathers. ex: sekido has red tipped feathers urogi is gonna look different, instead of the bird like legs its furry gargoyle legs. all have black fur along there tails and limbs all have the same wing span and dick size. wingspan: same as kokushibo and akaza dick size: about the size of douma bit thins out near the tip they have big feathers on there tails with there colors on the tips. horns stay the same sekido: aggressive and possessive urogi and karaku are like douma Aizetsu (my baby boi) is passive unless provoked all will mark you with there scent (can't have them all at once if you have more then one mate then they will fight over you) mating dance(s): urogi and karaku gargoyle and human: very confused and a little scared at first but will approve Aizetsu: will got to quad and stomp his arms on the ground instead of his feet gargoyle: will copy and flea bite his colar bone human: laugh a little and shows approval sekido that but he is swinging his tail instead gorgoyle: copies and rubs head against his like a cats human: pats his head

Rui: no nsfw for him cause he's a child wings are spider like and walks like a wyvern when he is in Quad position and uses them to climb white silky fur along his tail and limbs. the tip oh his tail mimics a spiders His tail basically wing span: 20 ft has the circle marks all over his body (you know that marks that are on his face) height is: 5'5

Enmu horns are curved inward at the base then curved out at the top mixture of black fur and scales along his tail and limbs. wings are bat like, black with blue along the edges blue eyes with the dream kanji litter his tail with a massive claw at the end of it. very possessive and aggressive has a double set of jaws wing span is the same as rui's just a foot larger. dick size: 9 inches thins out at the tip and medium thickness at the base height: just a couple inches shorter then muzan mating dance: This but purrs and goes on all fours with his wrist joints pointing down and tail slowly swaying from side to side

Gyutaro and daki No nsfw for daki cause she is also a child daki has big feathered wings while gyutaros wings are bat like both horns are traditional gargoyle horns gyutaro has scales along his tail and limbs he has a double sided sycles at the tip of his tail daki has silky white fur that fades to a green along her limbs and tails. daki has multiple tails (like five atleast) all are flate and really strong she can wrap them around you with ease gyutaros dick size: same as muzans both there wing span are the same size as kokushibos daki has some cloth wrapped around her breast gyutaros mating dance: will go on all fours with his wings spread and wag his tail as his front with jump from left to right like a playful dog and make playful noises gargoyle: copies and will hug human: starts to scratch his head in aprroval

Extras

they have knots ears are pointed like an elves they make a nest on there stone perch they have inside the midevil mansion you live in somewhere in Europe. there characters were cursed for when they died they become these stone European monsters. (literally anyone that was involved with the war against demons and humans.) there diet is fish (salt, fresh water, or brackish) giant birds, meal worms, blood worms and earth worms. I didn't add gyokko or kigaku you can just use your imagination for what they look like lol. i will do the hasiras next yes they all have powers but they spit liquide plasma all have a different effect Enmu: his plasma is a mixture of blues and purples and will send the opponent to sleep kokushibo: his plasma is as white as the moon and will melt the opponent douma: his is an icy blue that will freeze the opponent for an extended periode of time muzan and gyutaro: there plasma is blood red and very acidic and will melt the opponent daki: she has no plasma but uses her tails for combat sekido: the color of his lightnings he summons in the show, it will electrify the opponent and fry there nerves aizetsu: his plasma is a light blue and makes the opponent go into a deep depression for an extended period of time urogi: pretty much kept his sonic wave scream karaku: his plasma is a light green and is very acidic and can use his massive feathered tail to blow away his opponent like i said, kigaku and gyokko are up to you lol

Let me know if i missed anyone please!

#enmu tamio #aizetsu x reader #gargoyle au #demon slayer enmu #enmu x reader #aizetsu #xreader #kokushibo #kokushibo x reader #hantengu clones #KNY #demon slayer au #hantengu clones x reader #sekido x reader #urogi x reader #karaku x reader #douma #douma x reader #muzan #muzan x reader #daki #daki x reader #rui #rui x reader #kigaku #kigaku x reader #gyokko #gykko x reader

[chameleocoonj]

smokey oak millipede + feather horned beetle

#my art #septembug #septembug 2023 #character design #bug #insect #millipede #beetle

[velvetwyrme]

More character designs for Distilling Destiny! This time, they are side characters (the Masked Merchants!) You can find the lineup of main characters here!

[Design notes under the cut! Plus extra worldbuilding notes!]

First off! Design notes!

I feel like it's pretty obvious which skeletons these 3 are meant to parallel LMAO.

The overall designs are inspired by some of the NPC Merchants my cowriter and I discussed while planning out the fic (Beedle from LoZ, and Zacharie from OFF)

Zacharie was the inspiration for giving them masks, and Beedle is why the Knight-Shopkeep has his big backpack as well as why the masks have horns! (... Like a horned stag beetle? It's a stretch but shhh)

The Cart Merchant's cart is intended to look kind of like Sans' sentry station!

I was debating whether the cart would have parts that could fold out/be stuck in the ground to extend it, but then I thought... if he had them, he'd be too lazy to set them up anyway.

This way he can just ride around in it and not have to worry about lugging his stuff around like the others.

The Knight-Shopkeep's got two feathers in his hat like the Bard does ;]

I was going to give the Knight-Shopkeep a big hammer, but a sword looked cooler with the pose LMAO

The Knight-Shopkeep also has another horn hidden under his hat!

He sells potions and cooking ingredients! (In the fic, Blue is studying health + culinary science...)

The Shady Merchant has a golden horn instead of a gold tooth

The fur around the Shady Merchant's shoulder is a reference to what he trades, but it's also supposed to represent Red's fluffy jacket.

I gave him a sack because I thought it was funny. I almost made him the type to open up his jacket and try to sell you watches or something, but it didn't really work out, and this design fits a lot better.

That sigil is meant to be his own personal "signature", made up of aspects of his mask, as well as his kingdom, but The Cart Merchant is lazy and uses shorthand. The proper symbol would be something like an actual ❤️ shape. In universe, the larger heart shape made up by both parts is purely a coincidence. The G on the other banner is just a currency sign (like $, €, ¥, £).

AND NOW...

Here's some MORE lore tidbits that (probably) won't get mentioned in the fic, because they are just weird worldbuilding things that I've thought of but aren't really relevant in any of the discussions!!:

The Cart Merchant will try to scam you probably. (5G? i meant 50G.)

The furs and pelts the Shady Merchant procures are incredibly high quality- but he almost exclusively trades for other material supplies or information instead of gold.

I actually started trying to figure out a numeric system for this world, and it was at that point I realised I was getting lost in the sauce and thinking too much about worldbuilding.

HOWEVER, SAYING THAT... I was thinking that an upturned heart (spade) would be the symbol for 1, the v/shorthand heart shape would also double (haha) as the sign for 2. The clover (club) would be 3 and the diamond would be 4.

THAT came about because I was thinking about there being a myth/fable about the 4 (main) kingdoms having been created in that order (spade, heart, club, diamond).

The merchant masks are kind of like clown faces, in the way that there is a record of every single mask to make sure that there are no two that are the same. (Two masks may have the same horns, but different markings, and vice versa.)

The number of horns on a mask depends on which kingdom they come from. Sometimes prongs are also used instead of separate horns. (e.g. a merchant from the "Diamond"/Fourth kingdom may have 4 seperate horns, or 2 horns with 2 points each.)

Markings vary, but generally they too will be themed around the kingdom they hail from.

This is part of why the Shady Merchant is so shady- he has no marking/s, and his horns are... well, he claims to be from the second kingdom.

#flippingfate #distillingdestiny #undertale au #kinda. #I GUESS? #vwyrme.png #perhaps i should put some of this worldbuilding juice into my own personal projects #or even a fantasy au where itll actually get used #BUT ALAS. THIS IS WHERE MY INSPIRATION IS. #honestly im very happy with this :3c #theyr just little GUYS #if you’re thinking… hey i dont remember hearing about these guys before #thats cos you havent! theyr in the upcoming chapter :]

[jays-cave-of-rp-memes]

Anonymously brew a potion for my muse, and they have to endure its effects! (Specify for how long)

🥀 - wilted rose, to make my muse confess any secrets they may be hiding

🌻 - sunflower, to brighten my muse’s mood

🌹 - rose, to make my muse hot and bothered

🌷 - tulip, to make my muse strive more for perfection

🍂 - dried leaves, to depress/sadden my muse

🍀 - four leaf clover, to give my muse good luck

🌿 - fern, to boost my muse’s confidence

🌼 - daisy, to make my muse more gullible/trusting

🍁 - autumn leaves, to inspire my muse to make a drastic change

🍄 - mushroom, to add an effect of your/sender’s choice

🌸 - cherry blossom, to inspire hope in my muse

🌵 - cactus, to boost my muse’s physical and/or emotional resilience

🕸 - spider silk, to boost my muse’s stealth

🦇 - bat fur, to give my muse night vision

🦉 - owl feather, to boost my muse’s intellect

🦚 - peacock feather, to boost my muse’s ego and pride

🦋 - butterfly wings, to give my muse the ability to fly

🪲 - beetle shell, to harden my muse’s skin into armor

🧄 - garlic, to boost my muse’s strength

🐚 - sea shells, to give my muse water breathing

🌶 - chili pepper, for added kick and to give my muse firebreath

🦴 - bones, to give my muse the ability see and speak to ghosts

🍯 - honey, for sweetness and to boost my muse’s charisma

🧂 - salt, for flavor and to make my muse’s skin glow

🍫 - chocolate, for sweetness and to give my muse hypnosis

🥛 - milk, to clear my muse’s mind

🫖 - tea, to calm my muse

☕️ - coffee, to energize my muse

✨ - stardust, to make my muse’s eyes glow

🐉 - dragon scales, to make my muse grow horns and a tail (specify what kind)

🌈 - rainbow light, to make my muse’s hair randomly change colors

#rp meme #rp memes #rp prompts #rp prompt #ask meme #I don’t think I’ve seen one like this yet #also please don’t take this as me shilling holistic nonsense. it’s just supposed to be a fun little meme

[fleshdyke]

new equo design + more info under the cut

equo’s story takes place in some sort of magic au some time between darkstalker and the main arc, somewhere around 1200 years after darkstalker was defeated. in this au, magic is a vague and widely defined concept separate from animus powers, and it’s a pretty normal thing and considered a gift. witchcraft is possible, but it’s considered very taboo to talk about.

equo’s father was a seawing and her mother a nightwing, and he’s the result of a failed attempt to resuscitate the nightwing population via hybrids. the idea was to raise hybrid nightwings on the mainland so they would grow up healthy and take them back to the volcanic island once they reached adulthood, but not all of the dragonets were found, and equo was one of the ones that was never brought back. the nightwings had meticulous records of every dragonet, though, and kept looking for her and any other missing nightwing hybrids.

they were raised by its father on a tiny islet in the bay of a thousand scales, hidden in a cave or bushes for most of the day. equo has always loved swimming, and while he was limited to a little cove for most of his dragonethood, she’s very good at it. they’ve always suffered from chronic pain, so he usually prefers walking to flying and swimming over all else, but she can fly and isn’t bad at it. equo’s always preferred meat over plants, no matter how much their father tried to get it to eat a much more plant-heavy diet like most seawings have. for the most part, equo grew up on fish, occasionally something else her father brought back like turtle or whale or seabird, but when he was old enough to fly and fend for herself, equo started to regularly hunt passing seabirds as they preferred a “meatier” taste as opposed to fishy like most of the stuff her father brought back. equo had always had an appreciation for the macabre, kept bones from prey as much as possible, and his father always encouraged it. when equo was ten, they set out on their own, at first sticking to the forested fringes of the sky kingdom where she could still regularly visit his father, but slowly migrating further inland and visiting less and less until they were completely self-sufficient.

at fifteen, equo lives in the woods between the sky kingdom and the rainforest, and has built himself a pretty good little home. she’s built her home half out of a cave, with a small coop of chickens and a couple small plots of crops. he’s built it all by hand and prides themselves on how sufficient she is with its talons. they also fashioned themselves leg braces to help with her chronic pain and wears them most of the time. she found a hobby in taxidermy and bone collecting, and spends a good chunk of his time doing just that. their house is decorated with taxidermy animals, wet specimens, disassembled and whole articulated skeletons, rocks and crystals she finds, random bones and pelts and feathers etc etc, tapestries she’s woven by hand, things like that. he’s most proud of his fullbody mounted stag and great horned owl, and has entire shelves of skulls on display. she has a colony of dermestid beetles for cleaning bones, as well as luna moth tents because they’re its favourite insect. she also has two pet crows that were both siblings found on the ground after their nest had been attacked by a predator, and they’re both very much bonded to him.

while equo was hatched on a full moon and granted seer powers, they didn’t manifest in the same way that an average nightwing’s would because of his seawing blood. she also practices witchcraft and necromancy, and is capable of bringing an animal back from the dead as long as the body is in good condition. they use witchcraft to make itself appear different to others, usually in a much more shadowy, fluid-like, monster-y form, but also sometimes can make herself appear invisible. he also likes to make light shows and other unnatural phenomena using his witchcraft, and sometimes even makes potions in a very traditionally witchy way. completely unknown to them, equo’s become known among the rainwings and more southern skywings as a sort of cryptid/monster that lives in the woods. she’s seen as a large, dark, spiny dragon that causes the death of any animals (and presumably dragons) it comes across, with glowing eyes and strange powers that allows him to teleport and be in multiple places at once. ironically, being a witch or necromancer isn’t part of her reputation. they’re completely unaware of the fact that other dragons know of it, much less that they’re scared of her. equo meets tiki after her hawk falls ill and she becomes desperate and seeks out the necromancer in the woods, but their full story is for another post.

#she’s sooo much lighter than he was before #as much as i liked the darker scales it made it much harder to draw them so yk #i do like their new design though. its cool #rambles #art #my art #wof #wings of fire #wof oc #wings of fire oc #nightwing #nightwing wof #seawing #seawing wof #my ocs #equo

[eros-apage-art]

The gang is finished, everyone has complete bases. So! Detailed descriptions of my changes below 👇 Alan is not included because he already has a description in the post I introduced him and the most recent post about Alan.

Charlie- I decided to go more the "goat" route with her design. She is nearly as tall as Angel Dust, she just seems shorter than she should because of her pose. She has small feathered wings, to represent her angel heritage, however they are small because they are underdeveloped. She is unable to fly as she cannot move them to the extent needed for flight capability, she can barely move them at all, nor can she tuck or fold them. I gave her more definite horns with a floating apple motif at the top, think of it like jewelry. She often goes by Charlotte although her friends and loved ones call her Charlie.

Vox- Vox is the Hotel Benefactor in this AU and supports Charlie in her ventures. He acts more like a solid father figure than Alastor and is more of an open person. When he was alive, he was a TV host. A charming personality and a kind man at heart. In '55 he was briefly drafted into the Vietnam War until he was too injured to continue and was sent home. He regretted many of the decisions he had to make there, feeling like a monster as he was only 25 at the time. When he returned home he recovered some and resumed his work, this time opting to produce affordable technology for those who could not afford it. Unfortunately this would be his demise. One poorly timed installation of a television set during a thunderstorm led to him being struck by lightning. He still distributes tech after his death through his company Voxtech Industries. I made him a little bulkier than the original and gave him a more 50's look, complete with a 50's TV. He is also still an Overlord.

Niffty- I decided to make her more bug like. I took inspiration from a tortoise beetle and a stag beetle.I didn't change too much with her personality wise, she is still a manic, but she puts more effort into caring for those who can't care for themselves... in her own weird and twisted ways. She runs a company know as NCRIM or Niffty's Cleaning and Revitalizing Interpersonal Maintenance, and she is an Overlord.

Husk- I didn't change too much, his concept is pretty solid to me as a surface level concept. I only tweaked slight things to tend to my au better. In this au he is still an Overlord and still runs his casino.

Angel Dust- I changed Angel quite a bit design wise, but not so much personality. Angel still works for Valentino, still a porn star, and will still love Husk. For the design, I made Angel still very tall and slim, but I gave him more of a solid chest. I like the idea of him having the fluffy chest, but I feel like the "fluff" doesn't move as it should in the show, it is just fluff after all, so it shouldn't be as solid as it seems to be. I also gave Angel some mandibles and the "spider butt". I also changed Angel's hair because it looks right for the show but it looks off for me personally. I also gave him the "small spider feet" I don't really know how to call it, but I gave him thin feet. I also moved his arms up to the shoulder with the other pair, because anatomy I guess, it just made more sense to me.

Sir Pentious- I didn't really change pentious, he's still pretty much the same except for the eye placements on his inner hood and tail. His personality isn't really different either.

Vaggie- I changed quite a bit for Vaggie. I decided to lean into the moth theme more and bring that put in her design. I gave her moth wings and antenna and more anthropomorphic legs. I like to think that the moth look came after her fall, as the time she's spent in hell has changed her like metamorphosis. So the longer she stays in hell the more it influences her, the more she becomes a part of hell. She is heaven born in this au so she would assimilate into being a hell born. I also changed the design of her Spear for no apparent reason other than why not.

Cherry Bomb- She is pretty different than in the show. I haven't changed her personality but her physical appearance is different. I've decided to make her bombs more of a physical part of herself. She has what I depict as horns that "grow" her bombs as a biological process. Like how one kind of insect I can't remember the name of does. I also made her feet into heels, like permanent pumps.

Lucifer- I lent into the goat for the legs to relate him to Charlie more as well as the horns with the apple motif. For his wings, I heard somewhere [don't quote me on this I've never read the bible] I think it was from LovesArt123, that when Lucifer fell his wings burnt and became more like bat wings in structure. I sort of did the same thing for his tail as well. I gave him more of a proper halo, I honestly wasn't planning that but I rolled with it, and I gave him more than one pair of eyes. He's the king of hell, shouldn't he have more eyes to view others with? The pose I used had the person carrying a lantern and I thought it would be funny if he just lanterns to head to the fridge for depression food at night. So he uses lanterns to navigate at night, not that he can't see in the dark because he can, it's others not realizing he's there that he uses the lantern.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin art #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin #hazbin hotel niffty #hazbin niffty #hazbin hotel charlie #hazbin charlie #hazbin hotel au #hazbin au #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin vox #hazbin hotel husk #hazbin husk #hazbin hotel angel dust #hazbin angel dust #hazbin hotel sir pentious #hazbin sir pentious #hazbin hotel vaggie #hazbin vaggie #hazbin hotel cherry bomb #hazbin cherry bomb #hazbin hotel lucifer #hazbin lucifer #cursed cat alastor #alan the cursed cat alastor #my au #my art #so silly

[mustardyellowsunshine]

As proof of concept that I am working on those kiss prompts I got months ago, please take this snippet from a WiP response to prompt #29, "A kiss as a promise."

The sound of traffic and people began to recede, and then disappeared altogether. In its place arose the gentle hum of birdsong. Only something as unnatural as audible birdsong in the hub of Ikebukuro could have pulled Kagome from her preoccupation. She stopped short in the middle of a crosswalk and finally looked up. 

The cars were gone. The bustling crowds were gone. All she saw were empty city streets, and all she heard was birdsong. 

Across the street from where she stood—dominating most of the block—there loomed a series of tall office buildings, sleek modern structures of metal and glass. Across their glossy reflective surfaces, Kagome thought she saw the shadows of trees, like the tiered silhouette of pines against the horizon. 

She turned her head, and realized that what she had taken for graffiti on the cement wall of a department store were actually living, spreading vines. They seemed to grow as she watched them, broad green leaves the size of dinner plates slithering up to the building’s roof line. Her eyes darted around the block and found strangeness everywhere she looked. A cluster of bulbous, gray mushrooms grew out of the mail slot of a mailbox on the corner; an enormous horned beetle—its shell the iridescent green of a duck feather—slowly crawled its way up a streetlamp; thick patches of grass pushed up through the cement sidewalk and began to spread over the asphalt on the street. 

Kagome’s breath caught. Apprehension stirred in her chest. She took a step back, and thought she felt the pliancy of grass beneath her feet. The birdsong around her increased in volume, and mixed in with it now was the distinct whir of insects, the rustlings of animals skittering through underbrush.

Her thoughts were sluggish, and she felt strangely suspended in time as she struggled to process what was happening. She understood each separate detail—she was in Tokyo, she was somehow alone in the street, there was grass under her feet—but couldn’t fit them into a coherent whole, couldn’t contextualize any of it.

This is a dream, she thought with sudden clarity. I’m dreaming right now. 

The apprehension faded in the immediate flood of relief that swept through her at the thought. She almost smiled. Just a dream. Nothing to fear. 

Turning around, intent on exploring more of this odd dreamscape before she woke up, Kagome nearly shrieked at the appearance of a man standing mere feet away from her.

His back was turned to her, but she knew immediately the figure was a man, despite the long silver hair—thick and silky-looking—that fell to the middle of his back. It must have been his frame, something about his stance, that gave him away. He was over a head taller than her, with broad shoulders thrown back in a posture that suggested confidence. His clothing struck Kagome as the strangest thing about him: deep red robes that looked even more antiquated than the old-fashioned ceremonial robes her grandfather wore for Shrine events. The man’s sleeves and the tips of his hair fluttered in a breeze Kagome couldn’t feel—and that’s when she saw the flicker of movement on top of his head. 

Are those… they can’t be… ears?

Kagome had never seen anything cuter in her entire life than those fuzzy, twitching triangles atop this strange man’s head. 

She didn’t really think about it. Arrested by the sight in front of her, and feeling the serene calm of a lucid dreamer—certain that all this was unreal—Kagome stepped forward, reached her right arm above her head while lurching to her tiptoes, and ran her fingers over the irresistibly fuzzy ear.

Or she tried to. Rather than feeling soft fur, Kagome’s fingers felt nothing at all as they passed right through the man’s head, insubstantial as air. 

In the same instant, the man before her whipped around—his body moving right through her extended arm—and bright golden eyes stared directly at her. 

“Who the fuck are you?”  

#my writing #writing WiP #spoilers but it's not a dream ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[mutant-distraction]

𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐬

Feather Horned Beetle (Rhipicera femorata)

The large male antennae are used to locate a female beetle when she is emitting a mating pheromone.

There are only six species of Rhipiceridae in Australia and all belong to the genus Rhipicera. None have been studied well so little is yet known about their life cycle or habits.

Photo: ron_n_beths pics on Flickr

Source: Animal Photography on fb

[a-sirens-melody]

Good Enough

When Plague Knight comes to, Black Knight is lying face down on the ground and his arms and legs ache. His pockets are also significantly lighter than before he reached the tower entrance, though the rest of his cloak is still weighed down with rain water. Shattered glass is scattered around them, sparkling in the green light like the deadliest night sky, and Black Knight is caught in the center of it all. His usually pristine armor is littered with dents and scratches, and one of his shoulder pads has been ripped clean off. The horns from his helmet are nowhere to be seen as well, Plague notices, and there are black and red feathers, also damp from the rain, joining the glass shards.

Ah. That’s right. He fought Black Knight again. And from the looks of it, he did far more damage this time than in the Plains of Passage.

Plague feels a familiar cruel satisfaction bubble up, and a small smile forms under his mask. Good. That’s what that fool gets for standing in his way one time too many. He would tell the Enchantress about the foolishness of her proudest servant, but, well-

She won’t be around for much longer. It would be pointless to draw their battle out, and soon, she will also lay on the ground weakened, her Essence sparkling in his hands. And then?

Then he will be perfect.

He carefully picks his way through the mess, not even bothering to step on Black. This is no time for childish antics. Not when he’s so close to getting what he wants. Just a few more steps and all that’s left is to ascend the Tower and fight-

There’s a cough. Scraping metal. The sound grates at his ears.

Plague turns around to see Black lifting his head up to face him. 

“Clearly,” he starts, after a rattling breath, “you care for her, but… why go to such lengths? Why a potion that makes you all-powerful?”

He supposes he can tell Black the truth. He would be the only one to truly know, and no one would ever believe him if he were stupid enough to try to tell anyone else. Besides, Plague has waited for years to complete his potion. What’s a few more minutes?

“I-I’m not out to rule the world.” Gone is his usual mischief, replaced by a quiet timidness that has him kicking himself when he hears it. What a lovesick fool he’s become, so blinded by hopeless pining that not even the sharpest bombs could cut through. “Heh. I just want to become stronger, and maybe then…” His voice tapers off as he realizes what he’s saying. What he’s never told anyone and kept close to his dark, rotten heart since the moment he knew. “She’ll love me.”

“Fool!” The sudden cry startles Plague into stepping back onto a stray feather. He slips, but catches himself so quickly he’s sure Black hasn’t seen. Not that he would have been paying attention to his steps, anyways. His head has snapped up to Plague’s mask, and a mixture of annoyance, confusion, and worry tingle at the base of his spine. Is Black going to tell him how stupid his plan is, again? Did he bear his soul only to be met by mockery yet again? What a waste of his time, he should’ve known better by now.

“Can’t you see that she already does?”

“No.” He’s spit the word out before he even realizes what he’s saying, his mind reeling. “The potion is the only way.” The door to the Tower rumbles open, and he steadily walks through, the pouring rain and Black’s quiet growl of frustration fading.

The Tower is just as cold and quiet as it always has been. The water’s chill sinking into his bones turns into the blistering heat of lava pools. Plague bombs and floats his way through relentless running tracks and moving staircases threatening to crush him in a heartbeat. Really, it’s insulting that the Enchantress thinks this could do anything but slow him down. A few black powder bombs here, a vat there, with a flawless Big Boom and the beetles, stray knights, and rats are no more. Child’s play, really. He might find more joy in it if it wasn’t for his head spinning, not unlike the pesky propellers of Propeller Knight’s henchmen. Try as he might, Black’s final words have not escaped him.

Fool! Can’t you see that she already does? 

And he wonders. Wonders if all those looks he caught Mona giving him in the late nights of experimenting and potion brewing really weren’t a trick of the dim lighting. If he really had caught glimpses of her looking at him when they perfected a tricky fuse or solved a mathematical error in their notes that had troubled them for weeks with triumphant joy and… something else he hadn’t been able to place.

In the Plains, when she asked him about the Magicist and what she’d meant to him, had she not been angry at him for wanting to woo the woman they spent so often gossiping about behind closed doors, but rather… jealous? Did Black’s irritating talent of poking his helmet in where he wasn’t wanted and protecting his precious Enchantress cause Mona to leave him over a stupid rumor out of heartbreak?

Was that why she’d met with him in the first place? To protect Plague because… she loved him? Would she have stayed if he hadn’t frozen on the spot and stuttered for fear of being vulnerable; if he had corrected her and admitted his feelings, limitless power be damned?

He stops in the hallway before the banquet room. Lets himself imagine it. Mona spinning with him on the torque lifts, laughing and looking at him with such glee that took his breath away. Mona smirking at his snide comments on Percy or any one of his minions and joining in with him. Mona dancing by herself and acting so nonchalant when caught that he almost missed the loneliness in her voice.

And then he remembers the way she’d laughed when he mentioned dancing, and practically begging Black to help her because it was all “getting too risky” and she “couldn’t lose him”, and his eyes shot open and his heart broke again, as it had so many times before.

Stupid! Stupid, what was he thinking? He could say they were equals in intellect until his voice gave out, but he was an idiot to let Black Knight of all people get his hopes up. How dare he, he didn’t know her like Plague did! She wanted to protect him because he was weak. She didn’t think he could handle the Enchantress all on his own, and took pity on him, because he was stupid, clumsy, far too short, and a coward, and he would never be good enough for her.

Not like this.

Just a little longer. Just a few more steps, just one more Essence, one more distillation, and it will all be over soon.

Then, he’ll find Mona in his new perfect form and explain everything. He’ll tell her it was all for her, that he knew he needed to change since before the Order, and he did it. Now, he is good enough. Because he loved her, not the Magicist. And she will reply in kind, eyes sparkling with pride and joy that he has dreamed of for so long, and she will love him.

Plague takes a deep breath. Blows it out shakily. He hadn’t noticed the lump in his throat giving way to tears. He scrubs them away quickly, wipes his hands on his sleeves. He takes one final breath before nodding and continuing to the banquet door.

For him. For Mona.

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VIDEO CLIP‼️ + THEORY‼️

Of coooourse‼️ I’m no gossip~!😋💕💅‼️

FRANK IS SO DAMN FRUITY. I LOVE HIM. A LITTLE TOO MUCH

oh yeah btw, Every bug you click on at the website, all those videos are in Wally’s perspective. He’s always there, but his name is never mentioned until the end of the video. It is distorted and lowered because of course they don’t want you to find out. Under these videos are subtitles

All videos say Wally’s name at the end. Which shows that everyone knows Wally is there, they just don’t say his name and usually refer to themselves, someone else (if they’re there) and Wally in a pronouns sense instead of names (if Wally was ever hinted to be there. They’ll say each other’s names, just not Wally’s)

Here are some subtitles

FRANK: …So they just won’t leave my tomatoes alone- And who am I to shoo them away? Isn’t a beetle just as permitted to partake of my plants as I am, Julie?

JULIE: Posilutely absotively, Frank!

FRANK: But I’ve taken such good care of them- I read to them every day, I water them the perfect amount-

JULIE: [She playfully accentuates his words, trying to mimic his annoyed tone] Oh you do! You pour a whole book on them and read them a water on their little heads and everything!

FRANK: [Exasperated] Julie! I’m serious!

JULIE: [Laughs] Oh, I’m sorry, Frank, I’m only teasing- You know, if this is bothering you so much, you should have a little sign just for those bugs! It can say, [Said with a lower pitched voice] ‘Terrific Tomatoes! Look but don’t touch!’

FRANK: [Sound of amusement.] What makes you think they’re going to be able to read all that?

JULIE: Well they’ve got big beautiful eyes, don’t they? Like big ol’... Saucer plates!

FRANK: Oh Julie! Don’t be so rude! You wouldn’t like it if they said that about you!

JULIE: Said what about me? How lovely my hair is? That I put just the right amount of polish on my horns?

FRANK: No, more like, ‘that Julie Joyful with her nose like an orange!’

JULIE: Oh? [Laughs] If they said that, they’d also probably say, ‘Oh! That Frank Frankly with that banana on his face!’

FRANK: Banana?! [Laughs] Well if they’re going to be so rude in my garden, maybe it’s best they don’t get to partake of any more tomatoes then!

JULIE: That’s right! [Thoughtful hum] Well… How are we going to keep them out? Maybe Howdy’s got something in his shop!

FRANK: Howdy is more inclined to sell us canned laughter than he is to sell us something actually useful! Besides… I don’t think he liked my rendition of A Flea and a Fly.

JULIE: Oh don’t you fret! I’m sure we can come up with a wonderful joke between the three of us! Isn’t that right, Wally?

………..

POPPY: --pleased as poppyseed punch you asked me to make this cake for you, really, I-I-I-- well-- it’s such an honor!

SALLY: Oh, I’m sure it is, darling! Now, let’s get down to brass tacks.

POPPY: Oh, ah, well, I don’t think I have any of those - I don’t like to keep anything too sharp around here, you know–

SALLY: Details, Poppy dear, details.

POPPY: Ah! Of course. Of course! N-now then, what do you think you’d like?

SALLY: What would I like? Poppy, this is going to be on stage. It’s hardly a like, it’s a need. And it NEEDS to be BIG! BOLD!!

POPPY: Ah, b-big, big, yes… maybe, three tiers, then?

SALLY: Only three? Hah!! Dream bigger, Poppy!!

POPPY: O-o-oh, ah, um-- y-yes, yes, suppose it is a big neighborhood, better to play it safe-- [little chuckle] and you, ah, you do know I love to play it safe, dear!

SALLY: Ah, ah, ah, but not too safe! After all, this needs to be a showstopper! It needs to have beauty! Pizzazz! DANGER!

POPPY: D-danger? Oh, oh, oh my feathers, I don’t know how I feel about making a dangerous cake…

SALLY: Ahh, tut-tut-tut, my feathered friend! You’ll do great, I’m certain of it. There’s no one else in the neighborhood I would trust with this! [under breath] And not just because you’re the only one here who can make something that doesn’t come out of a gelatin mold.

POPPY: Oh-!! A-a-ah, well, goodness me-- you’re going to make me blush!

SALLY: [Satisfied chuckle] So! I take it you have everything you need?

POPPY: Oh-- um-- w-well, er, not quite-- see, when I asked what you’d like, I thought, maybe, you would have a flavor in mind…?

SALLY: A what?

POPPY: W-well, a flavor. You know, ah, we could do chocolate, or vanilla, or sprinkles, buttercream, butterbell, butterscotch…

SALLY: Oh. Hm. To be honest with you, I didn’t think that far.

POPPY: …you didn’t think about the flavor?

SALLY: [Lightly defensive] Well the audience can’t taste it from their seats, now can they?? Ohh. What do you think, Wally?

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