#how is she not a cryptid

[sisaloofafump]

Stephanie and Jason in makeshift disguises (they forgot their masks) (still remembered their guns tho) (and their matching hoodie vests)

Bonus:

#glowing eyes because I believe in that post about Gotham giving them slightly cryptid features #I love adding blood to drawings lol I found an amazing way of blending it with this eyebrow hair brush? so fun #Jason running to their investigation destination: fuck I forgot my mask #Stephanie: how could you Forget your mask? what kind of rookie mistake is - oh wait I forgot mine too #both (nodding): no one can ever know #Jason looking at a wonderwoman costume: why can't she wear a mask? the things I would give to have a Wonder Woman mask rn #jason todd #stephanie brown #batfam #batgirl #red hood #batfamily #Batman #my art #dc comics

[aelijoh]

Werewoof Catradoras as new parents 🐾❤

#spop #shera #catradora #she ra fanart #spopwerewolfau #my art #werewolf #cryptid #shapeshifter #parenthood #fan baby #spop finn #catradora kid finn #idk how to tag them lol #tophestart

[spellboundcities]

short bitch energy ( @wandering-the-worlds )

#my friend dragged me by my ankles into this whole shenaniganery. the minute I found out fanart was a thing I lost my mind #i don't know how long this will last me but it's battling the reigning king (mh) for fixation of the week #in true hsm fashion lmao #local cryptid draws #cccc #cj heart #cj mind #cj soul #chonnys charming chaos compendium #WHAT are the tags for this. I think I've got em all #shitpost #she heart on my mind til i soul

[fluffypotatey]

Consider: Arthur keeping his word about making peace with the Druids (*side-eyes BBC*) and the next time they come across one of those small shrines, he's a lil uncomfy still but is doing his best like, "what's this one for? Should we go around or...?" Because this one isn't as subtly creepy as the last one, there are no "def haunted" vibes, it's just a kind of rough cairn of stacked stone and branches, and it's got flowers all over it, candle stubs and incense sticks, little jars of honeycomb, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

And it's Percival (hc he was raised in a Druid camp, even if he doesn't have magic) is like, "No, it's fine, this one is for Emrys."

Cue Arthur asking about Emrys, and Percival explaining he's supposedly the living son of the Triple Goddess, born to heal the wounds of the Old Religion (he's tactful enough to not mention who made those wounds *coughcough*kingcunt*cough*) and the offerings are made to show kindness and peace, and to aid him in his duty (sure enough, those flowers and herbs are all medicinal).

"Why's it so important to keep him happy?" It's Gwaine who asks, irreverent and curious.

And Percival tells them the story of the High Priestess Nimueh, who tried to turn her power against Emrys's through the magic of life and death. So Emrys created a great storm over the Isle of the Blessed and called down the wrath of rain and lightning to unmake her.

They're all so absorbed in storytelling that nobody notices Merlin sitting off to the side and sweating like a hooker talking to a beat cop.

-

Bonus points if Merlin sneaks over to take some of the offerings, against his better judgement bc he should not be encouraging this but he's got a killer sweet tooth and nobody in Camelot can make decent sweetmeats, apparently, and some of these herbs are pretty rare.

Double bonus if Percival or Elyan sees him do it and are like, "bro you gon be so cursed," and Merlin doesn't know how to explain that no he's not sacrilegious, these are for him, they're offerings, they were offered, and not entirely realising he's being paid the magical equivalent of ye olde protection racket.

*also side-eyes bbc* yeah...this would have been awesome to have...excuse me while i go sharpen my knives, completely unrelated to this ask i assure you

#(at bbc) hey why the FUCK did you leave an opportunity like this open??? 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 #bbc i just wanna talk #hey i just want to have a conversation 🔪 nothing bad 🔪 i swear #your honor you can vouch for me right 🔪 ....that's what i thought #bbc merlin #i am 100% on board with this #elyan being extra vigilant with merlin bc he was possessed before and doesn't wish such a thing to befall his dear friend #merlin: emrys won't mind #elyan: emrys burned a fucking priestess to the ground for challenging him #merlin: well...she asked for it #elyan: merlin that's not helping your case! #merlin emrys #i feel like it's through percival's explanation through the shrine is when the knights learn how much of a cryptid emrys is #yeah yeah i'm going with that #sir percival #knights of the round table #Anonymous #asks #ask

[eldritch-muppetshow]

pomni design for an au i’m planning hehe

#art tag #tadc #tadc au #the amazing digital circus #basically it’s an au where pomni manages to escape but she’s still stuck as her avatar #and has to just kind of learn how to be human again even tho she still doesn’t remember her old life #(and yes ik she’d realistically be reported as some kinda cryptid and be taken away for study #but i think the horror of ‘you lose your humanity and everything that made you *you* and life goes on anyway’ #is a more interesting/tragic angle to this) #pomni escapes au

[musical-chick-13]

So I guess ultimately my question is why are we assuming that Nayuta specifically meant “Denji belongs to me definitively, and you are trying to take his attention away from me?”

Aside from the fact that narrative misdirection is a thing and that I think it would completely contradict all the themes of the story thus far to just have her be Makima 2.0 and inherently evil...

We don’t actually know if she and Yoru recognize each other or not? Even on a subconscious level. If she does recognize Yoru (and, reasonably, knows how her powers work) calling Yoru a thief could have meant that “You are trying to steal Denji’s spinal cord to make a weapon” or even “You have stolen this random girl’s body to use for yourself.” (Even if she doesn’t know specifically that Yoru is sharing Asa’s body, she might still be able to tell that something weird is going on?)

She’s still a child, she might have just impulsively said the smallest amount of words that would sort-of convey what she was feeling.

I’m not worried yet.

Yet.

#I know people are pointing to the 'don't kiss me in front of her' as evidence of her posessiveness over denji but. she's also a child? #lots of children just don't like seeing kissing in general. especially involving family members. it's also possible that...idk they were #watching a movie once with a kiss scene and she made a disgusted face or something and denji just interpreted that the wrong way #I mean. I know creators like to troll people especially ones who are essentially human cryptids like fujimoto but...he did say that part 2 #would be different from part 1. idk he's not a stupid writer I don't think he would go this hard on Themes™ of love and connection and how #they enrich our lives and then backtrack on that? I don't think he would highlight how Things Will Be Different if it didn't mean anything? #MANY THOUGHTS HEAD FULL #I'm still sad we didn't get a discussion between yoru and nayuta about eating crayons I'm thinking too much about that one comic #nayuta #yoru #chainsaw man #chainsaw man spoilers #chainsaw man manga spoilers #csm spoilers #csm manga spoilers #csm chapter 119 #(I think that's all of the tags people might have reasonably blocked if they don't want manga spoilers???)

[dopplerdora]

I love that we have confirmation that Fuuko just.... didn't hide for 200 years. She's a legit cryptid, an urban legend.

A 200 year old Ramen monster.

#undead unluck #undead unluck spoilers #fuuko has no clue how she comes off #fuuko izumo #ramen #cryptid #but in a manga #a fuctional cryptid #ramen cryptid

[lunarsluttymoon]

I feel like any theories about what happened to Lucy Gray kinda ruins the intentional mystery of her. But tbh. The idea of her just being some weird old lady in 12 is hilarious to me. Nobody believes her about anything she says.

“Y’know I was the 10th winner of the games” “okay miss Lucy”

#I think it’d be funny #especially if Katniss doesn’t even know her all that much #she’s just miss Lucy that one weird woman who is somehow still alive #the hunger games #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #lucy gray baird #tbosas lucy gray #she’s just been Existing in 12 for as long as anyone can remember #no kids no husband no family #nobody can figure out how she manages to support herself #but like. she’s doing it. somehow. #and still hasn’t died. #which is BIZARRE bc barely anyone makes it to be elderly in 12 #just 12’s local cryptid

[corrodedcoughin]

90s au where stobin and Gareth and Eddie meet at a bar. How do they meet? Arguing over the bar’s sonic the hedgehog game. For months the two pairs have been playing it separate nights. Eddie and Gareth on Fridays (usually they have gigs on Saturdays) Steve and Robin on Saturdays (the Official start of their Saturdays nights). Both pairs unknowingly having vendettas against each other for the leader board (never the top spot, they accept they aren’t that good and it’s always headed by some guy called jargyle<3)

Anyway one weekend corroded coffin have a gig on a Friday so gareth and Eddie decide to keep their tradition alive but move it along to Saturday. They arrive at their usual time and set up shop at the game, quickly devolving into their routine of each others nicknames, Eddie being Sonic and Gareth being Tails. They are getting In The Zone when Steve and Robin arrive, absolutely OUTRAGED that somebody is at THEIR game and not only that! They’ve stolen THEIR names, Steve is Sonic, Robin is Tails. They plant themselves in a booth and order drinks, ready to pounce on the machine as soon as those two imposters move.

Only they end up maybe drinking more than expected, possibly riling each other up to the point of storming over to the two guys because how dare they steal Steve and Robins Saturday night ritual?! Their names! Maybe even their high score!

Gareth and Eddie are heading towards drunk themselves, losing more money to the machine than they can justify and over the top celebrating when they clear a level. Which is when Robin taps Eddie on the shoulder, spinning him round to explain Just How Rude he’s being with Gareth standing just behind Eddie’s shoulder, sipping his beer and squinting at Steve who is giving Scary Dog behind Robin. Gareth is maybe further gone than he realises because in the middle of Robin’s speech (which is very eloquent and impressive he must admit) he’s whisper shouting in Eddie’s ear ‘hey dude major hottie behind the cool lesbian. Want me to wing man you?’

And Eddie? Eddie slides his eyes over to ‘major hottie’ who happens to have the fluffiest hair and sharpest jawline he’s ever seen and whisper shouts back to Gareth because he too, is more drunk than he possibly wants to admit, ‘oh my god he’s so hot man, I think he might be a meringue. Menagerie? Mirage!’ And goes to extend a hand towards Steve.

Robin, now slightly endeared from being noted as a cool lesbian, turns to look at Steve who has his Loverboy Game Face on and figures she can swing this display of bad flirting into an opportunity to get her Saturday Night Ritual back on track. Nothing is getting in the way of her playing Sonic with Steve, it might just be a little detoured along the way.

#Gareth is in awe of lesbian swag and Robin appreciates him for it #(he has Exponential Tboy Swag) #this was originally going to be stobin and Gareth and Eddie shouting about how they are the REAL tails and sonic and the other couple are #FAKES #but I couldn’t figure it out #there’s also another version where Steddie argue over who is sonic and who gets Dustin as their tails #then shadow the hedgehog appears and Eddie demands he’s shadow #ALSO IMPORTANT Gareth and Eddie’s name is MothBoys 2 me #freak and Jeff enjoy their stories but have their own jersey devil band. sometimes cc break into the separate bands during #a gig. this is called Crytid Communications and have a small but enthusiastic cult following #Robin gets called in to play trumpet from time to time and she gets to be whatever cryptid she desires #this is more of my own cc lore sorry #also you’d think I was a sonic Stan. No I just used to watch let’s plays for anything to relax and recently got back into it #this is stupid sorry my dudes #genuine question how are we all? #I haven’t asked since I came back. catch me up on y anything you desire!!! I missed being here!!! #don’t worry it wasn’t a noticeable absence I don’t expect anyway to have noticed lol BYE #gotta go fast #stranger things #eddie munson #steddie #steve harrington #platonic soulmates stobin #stobin #gareth stranger things

[canadiancryptid]

Finally got around to finishing Netflix's ATLA adaptation. I have a LOT of notes, but I think the biggest one is this:

At the end of Season 1 of the original, Aang had at least started learning waterbending alongside Katara, and a little bit of Firebending with Jeong Jeong. Outside of the Avatar State, he had at least started 3/4 elements.

By the same point in NATLA, he's only at 1/4. I don't think this kid has bent a single drop of water. So far he is just a *really* good airbender who can do some spirit world stuff. That should give you a good idea as to why I have a few issues with it.

#THEY COMPLETELY REMOVED AANG LEARNING WITH KATARA ON THE WAY TO THE NORTH #LIKE I UNDERSTAND REMOVING THE BRIEF FIREBENDING EARLY ON TO SOME DEGREE #BUT THE TWO OF THEM LEARNING WATERBENDING TOGETHER WAS PRETTY IMPORTANT #I have a whole lot of other nitpicks like how they kept sprinkling in moments with Azula that didn't add much of anything #and how all of season one of natla didn't seem to establish her as well as the very first episode she was in from season two did #but this is just the biggest thing I have at the moment #atla #avatar the last airbender #netflix atla #natla #natla spoilers #netflix avatar the last airbender #cryptid says stuff #OH DON'T EVEN GET ME *STARTED* ON WHAT THEY DID TO BUMI HE FELT LIKE A DIFFERENT CHARACTER #overall it is better then the movie did by a HUGE margin and they got the main character's name right so thats something #there were definitely things about it I liked and places where there was clearly love put into it but also places that were not done great #there were changes they could have done better and changes that shouldn't have been made #and I think most of the problems I have comes from the 'could have done better' category and overall it wasn't THAT bad

[syrasenturi]

scribbly amphibbies

bonus christmas garfapillar

#amphibia #marcy's journal spoilers #kinda #syrass #im too embarrassed to talk more about my post amphibia anne ideas #but a little bit of it #it's like around when she starts drifting from sasha and marce but also realizing what she wants to do in life #hence the froggies #but she becomes like a local cryptid #there's still lingering effects of her powers but she feels she's grown too distant from the only people she can talk to about it to even br #ing it up so she tries to deal with it on her own #i dont want it to be all angsty but it is a good bit and i dont have all the details but yeah #anyway unrelated but my best marcys are the fucked up ones #which i dont like perpetuating no because i think it's bad but because i think marcy would not react super uhhh sad? idk how to word it #she'd be more avoidant and play it off i think and not so much fall back on depression as just sad melancholy that she'd then turn to #some kind of positivity i think idk she's an excited kid and nd you know #ok thats the most ive talked about anything in a while time to shut up again goodbye #also thanks for everyone who bought garfapillar stickers i hope you like them <3

[gracegordongreene]

Usher BTS (all the Sam content I have found so far)

#tfothou #the fall of the house of usher #tfothou:bts #samantha sloyan #flanaverse #i just love her and she's such a cryptid this is how I have to live okay

[longelk]

i think kaycee would kinda believe in aliens/cryptids/the paranormal she wouldnt be a total nut about it or perhaps even admit it to most people out of embarrassment but i feel like its a fitting assumption especially after seeing the cursed disk (+maybe another reason she's predisposed to enjoy leshy's theming the most with his cryptids)

#however (im going to talk about the TMA au now tune out if you dont care) i think she Would be more fanatical about it in a tma sense #cause i Think of her becoming hunt-aligned by having an encounter with a hunt creature (wolfman?) when she was younger #then she gets crazy trying to figure out wtf that was for the rest of her life #trying to learn about the specific creature she saw leads her down the rabbit hole of believing Everything #its how she eventually bonds with leshy since he's a hunt-aligned monster/cryptid nut too! and they descend further into insanity together😄 #she is ab-so-fucking-lutely stupid enough to throw her old life away and travel with a 6'10" sketchy old russian man #who probably didnt even get to canada legally. to go find the mothman #i know its trevor and julia 2.0 but have you considered i love trevor and julia.

[theriu]

How To Ride A Chollima

Chollima: I am here to register for the race. Not that it will be much of a competition.

Me: Great! Species?

Chollima: Chollima. Obviously. (mutters) Ignorant Americans.

Me: (flips through rulebook) Okaaay here we go. Winged horse, Eastern—dang, a thousand Chinese miles in a day? That does sound tough to beat!

Chollima: Yes, I’d suggest simply crowning me now if not for the complaining of the other racers.

Me: And “too swift and elegant to be mounted by any mortal man.” Well, good on you for having the humility to join us today!

Chollima: …I beg your pardon?

Me: You must have a rider if you’re entering this race, right?

Chollima: Of course not! I would never disgrace myself or my species by letting one of you unworthy creatures ride me like a common horse. I shall be racing alone.

Me: Ah… well, that’s awkward. Since it’s sort of a requirement. (points at rulebook) Every racing mythic has to have a passenger. How they support each other is between the two of them, but it IS required.

Chollima: What?! Why would they make such a ridiculous, demeaning rule?! And why would any intelligent equine allow it?!

Me: Look, we can have a long argument about teamwork and fairness of loadbearing requirements, but the simple fact is that you can’t race without a humanoid partner.

Chollima: (terribly conflicted) But… but I MUST have that stunning handwoven horsecloak that goes to the winner… and yet I can’t go against the chollima code…

Me: …So you need a rider…but not someone who’ll actually “ride” you…

Chollima: …Yes…?

Me: (scribbles something on registry) I have a solution! Furgus, cover for me.

Furgus: (rolls his eyes)

——

(At the starting line, the chollima hovers a bit above the ground. A human hangs from a sort of fabric sling strapping her to the chollima’s neck, his front legs wrapped around her. A significant number of other racers are snickering)

Me: (gleefully) This is gonna be SO GREAT.

Chollima: This is utterly undignified.

Me: Hey, you’re racing, right? And carrying isn’t technically the same as riding! Yay loopholes!

Chollima: You’re lucky I now have to win without dropping you, just to silence these jeering buffoons.

Me: That’s the spirit!

————

(A/N: Shoutout to author W.R. Gingell’s books for introducing me to the chollima and thus inspiring a new way to annoy horse mythics :D If you like urban fantasy, go read her City Between series, it’s great!)

If you enjoyed this, there’s a bunch more in my How To Guides for Mythical Creatures masterlist!

(EXTRA NOTE: @kittyrinn-aiko pointed out it’s supposed to be a thousand Li, aka the Chinese mile, which is about half a kilometer. So we’re looking at around 310 miles in a day. That’s still pretty dang fast for a magic horse (standard horses can do 25-30), but you know this guy wouldn’t correct the misunderstanding, so I’m leaving it in XD)

#how to guides for mythical creatures #mythic #chollima #mythology #river writes #writeblr #cryptids #monsters #horses #humor #I dont know what it js about horse creatures that makes them so fun to annoy #but then again my character annoys most mythics she encounters #theres just a significant percentage that are horse-related

[1ore]

fellas. due to a series of events there are now 3 nougatitos and their mother nougata under my mom's bed.

what's the funniest naming scheme you can think of for a tortoiseshell cat and her 3 cream-colored nougatlets

#sorry for the image quality. i am only capable of taking cryptid photos #indoctrinated a feral cat into the indoor cat life. and then it turned out she wasn't spayed. you know how it is. #we do not need/want 4 cats but will be caring for them until they're old enough to be placed with someone else #anyway we need some real petfinder names. some real 'i need crunchwrap supreme in my home Right Now' names #uncaptioned

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

(once again forced to behold the hideous farce that is 'normal' tumblr voice) well drat

#the cryptid speaks #only peace and love to the dashboard unfucker creator ik why she's not keeping up with it anymore and i respect that #but fucking man. i forgot how much psychic damage this causes #if someone else starts up making/updating the unfucker y'all let me know bc this is painful #and while i am a compsci major i do Not know html . unfortunately #never before in my life have i so deeply wished i knew web design