#Quercus

[rebeccathenaturalist]

That's so cool! And they found a few of them, and they're now growing seedlings in greenhouses for eventual replanting!

Quercus tardifolia is a relic species leftover from when the climate was much cooler and wetter in the past, and can only really live in a few high-elevation spots in Texas. It's definitely still at risk of extinction due to increasing heat and drought caused by climate change, but the discovery means this species still has a chance.

[flame-shadow]

Quercus on the move!

[ art trade with @bowelfly ]

[thelethalsilence]

the world is coming back to life

Quercus douglasii/blue oak budding out

March 2025

[cerastes]

Hey Dreamer, hope you're enjoying the new event! Just wanted to ask, what are your thoughts on Quercus? I was kind of intrigued by her as a unit (mostly for IS purposes) but my friends and fellow AK players tell me "Quercus shouldn't be used for anything" (as in she's just that bad), but I think the Yujimama cat is cute and I wanna use her :(

Quercus is pretty good, especially with module, her healing output is good (great with module), but the main thing about her is that S2 makes her give SP to heal targets. Not only does she provide free 16/18% damage reduction to allied in range with 60%+ HP — very easy threshold that help also prevent OHKOs in certain cases — but whenever she heals with her ASPD steroid S2, she’s giving SP to the healed unit on a relatively good cycle. If a Spinach skill unit, like Ch’en S1 for example, is fighting something, that can easily lead to S1 spamming, and even allows certain burst damage strats with Blue Poison S1 in enemy ranged attack range. It’s a flexible skill. Degenbrecher S3 with Quercus S2 on her not only keeps her alive, it also lets her easily fire a second S3 against enemies she won’t be able to.

An SP granting skill is never bad. Your friends are tripping. It’s free DR, too. Hell, in my week 1 W15 clear of IS3, Quercus was my sole healer.

[burstfoot]

[arkiwii]

i dont think i ever posted quercus doodles

[wild-e-eep]

A little bit of oak appreciation on a winter's day.

[lauren-ce]

After reading Come Catastrophes and Wakes of Vultures and A Light Spark in Darkness, I really appreciate how Arknights recognizes the concept of the diner/saloon as a refuge for the working class. It places an emphasis on found family and resilience in the face of the hardships Infected face, and organically allows a whole slew of people from different walks to mingle and provide mutual aid.

People make fun of many stories for starting in a diner so the characters can talk and establish character and plot, but what Arknights does is different—it centers the atmosphere of the diner as an integral part of the local community.

It's a shorthand for family, so when Goldenglow loses the diner the day after she buys it to keep it safe, it's no wonder that she ends up on the rooftop. She's lost her home and thinks she's lost her family in one fell swoop, more than five years work up in flame. What's so touching is that the rest of the event hammers home that basically everybody in the Infected district of Caladon, whether they're Infected or not, is desperately trying to find her to make sure she's safe. The diner is the gathering point for the community, but the community still exists without it there!

We see this with Coldshot's diner as well in Davistown. Even when everyone is forced to leave and the diner is left behind, the community has never been more connected.

"Life might suck, but we can get through it together."

(unrelated, but I love that both Quercus and Grani's first order of business upon seeing Susie is to rub her ears to relax, regardless of the risk of static shock. and it happens four or more times in the event!)

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Friday 27 December 2024

In the gardens of Goodnestone Park, Kent, the evergreen trees Quercus ilex (holm oak, evergreen oak, holly oak) form the main framework of the landscape. Here the trees are allowed to take their natural form but the species responds well to formative pruning and clipping and can be used as hedging.

Jill Raggett

[gaemms-chamois]

Arknights Blorbissimo Series

#300 – #310

[thelethalsilence]

oaks and buttercups, chartreuse in spring

[cerastes]

:)…

;)!!!!

[arknights-archive]

5th anniversary celebration artwork

01 / 02 / 03

[gamingcreatures]

*Bow to the squirrel. He's very welcome.*

[burstfoot]

Some goldenglow doodles to celebrate her coming to the yellow certificate shop!!

[arkiwii]

quercued up victorian serval busting it down abjurer style, is she goated with the sauce