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You know the Laid-Back Camp protagonists are good beans when they appreciate black-headed gulls.

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I've been watching Laid-Back Camp and for such a cozy series it sure has many scenes that are hilariously misleading out of context as to what the show is about.

What the series is actually about:

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the wonderchicken

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Beginning of a story concept for the "main character Shizuka" AU. Might expand on this at a later date.

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New Song - Gator Days

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New episode of Through Time and Clades! We begin a brand-new series: Paleoart, Beyond the Canvas. Led by our new guest host @otussketching, we discuss the nature and process of depicting extinct animals in artwork, beginning with a history of paleoart and paleomedia.

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A short one for the "main character Shizuka" AU: Doraemon learns that bath time is at a premium in the Minamoto household.

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quick clarification point on platnatomy. a common platypus ‘fun fact’ is that they don’t have stomachs — this is misleading and not exactly true, since it would suggest to most people that they lack the organ entirely. they don’t, they do have a stomach, it’s small and does not secrete acids, but they have one. (i was confused hearing they didn’t have stomachs after reading plenty of studies and husbandry guides referencing their stomachs.)

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Nobita's Little Star Wars is probably still one of the best Doraemon stories at showing different sides of Shizuka:

Boredom!

Pride!

Overcome by cuteness!

Annoyance!

Anticipation!

Confused relief...?

Guilt!

Bravery!

Creativity!

Although the 2022 movie remake of this story cut out Shizuka's role in the filmmaking subplot, I appreciate that it adapted many of these other moments faithfully, even enhancing them at times.

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Burning questions wanted!!

Tomorrow I'll be recording a new episode of the SquaMates podcast. So, now is your time: rebagel or comment with your burning herpetological questions you want myself and my co-hosts to answer on the show! Things we don't get to on this episode will be added to the list and we will try to get to them in the future!

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This is a mood:

(Translated by me from a Chinese translation.)

This part is also pretty funny:

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This year is the 40th anniversary of Chimpui, so might as well give it the Shizuka crossover treatment.

Bonus:

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Listing off ten random Shizuka things while I embark impatiently on the months-long wait to watch Nobita's Art World Tales (which I'm seeing high praise for so far!)...

1. She has a history of bringing home stray animals.

...and getting in trouble for it. Considering the number of pets she already has, I can't blame her mom for reacting this way.

2. She is incredibly good at making clothes.

Nobita is suitably impressed.

Not only clothes for dolls either. There was that time she sewed a fully formed dress out of cloth in what must have been a few hours at most.

3. She needs to go to the dentist a lot.

In fact, I think she's probably shown visiting the dentist and having dental problems more than any other main character in Doraemon.

4. She's not one to accept expensive presents.

5. She can be a bit vain, however.

That mirror, by the way? She found it dropped in the middle of the street and just decided to use it.

6. ...which is something that happens quite often. She has a tendency to pick up or investigate things she finds outside.

7. She thinks toy monsters are scary.

8. She plays baseball rarely, but is actually very good at it.

This famously comes up in "Boy Becomes Girl" when she takes the chance to play after swapping bodies with Nobita, the implication being that she's discouraged from joining most of the time by gender norms.

Not that it's stopped her on other occasions.

9. She's not above a little emotional manipulation, sometimes.

The fandom meme that she is constantly taking advantage of her friends is still ridiculous though.

10. She wants to be a diplomat.

Not the only future career path she's shown interest in, but perhaps one of the most ambitious. It's a shame that this has only been shown in the manga version of Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen.

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Here the result of the St. Bathans fauna stream! This one took us into the early Miocene of New Zealand, the Moa's ark, as some call it. After many formation streams with very few birds this one has probably way too many!

The St. Bathans fauna formed shortly after NZ reemerged after being nearly gone during the Oligocene. It preserves a rich, subtropical wetland community dominated by anseriformes. Boy do we have many ducks here!

Besides that the largest known parrots, flying kiwis, basal moas and surprising elements like crocodiles and turtles roamed here. Not to mention the mysterious St. Bathans mammal! As you can see in these size charts by Discord member Dynamoterror and @arminreindl, there is still much to draw!

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One of the lesser known recurring traits of Fujiko F. Fujio protagonists: being a good shot.

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Absolutely wild that Nobita gets his hands on a gadget that has the explicit purpose of healing people and this is what he thinks about using it for.

It doesn't end there, either...

He does get what's coming to him in the end, at least.

Once again, Shizuka must be so forgiving to continue staying friends with him.

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Reminder that Shizuka is more of a chaos gremlin than she might seem:

She thinks that badmouthing Gian behind his back is hilarious.

Also that a beetle flying into her dad's mouth is "really funny".

Notice that she doesn't turn down the opportunity to witness a "huge accident".

Testing out Doraemon's Secret Trash-chute? Might as well throw in a concrete beam.

If someone pranks her, there's a non-zero chance that she'll prank them back. (See also the "Sinking Gas" story.)

She enjoys fooling people on April Fools', even though she tries to be "nice" about it.

This wasn't instigated by anything; she just decided to do it.

She agrees to beat up Suneo just because he asked her to.

And then there's this classic.