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Babies, the lot of them

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Guess who celebrated their birthday by going to visit our gorgeous SS United States 🫶

Also, cameo of the USS New Jersey from across the Delaware!

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Woahhh happy two year anniversary to my weirdo little woc blog 🫶

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Been rambling this inside my head for long. So yep-

(Just a Concept, might expanding its lore in the future)

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Kurtz is quite talkative when he doesn’t have to be professional. He wants to know if planes can feel the clouds when they fly through them, or if it just feels like when you drive through fog - cold and damp. Ryker doesn’t have an answer, but it’s okay, because Kurtz knows he doesn’t like small talk anyways.

Kurtz falls asleep sometimes. Ryker often sits there and ponders whether or not he should wake him up. Most of the time, he sits there for so long that Kurtz wakes up before he can make a decision.

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Ruh roh

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I was looking through my old canvases and. have I shown y’all these?

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IN LOVE WITH THIS

CHiPs screenshot redraw but with looprange

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PLEASE excuse the shabbiness, I’m too tired to ink this. I’ve added an ID just in case it’s completely unreadable. Please excuse my sweaty hands.. and my weird little made-up last name for Ryker

I’m pretty sure this was requested by @callsign-ryker ?

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Truck shenanigans because I saw so many on the highway today and I couldn’t resist

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Doodle of whale shark cabbie & his little remoras because I just remembered it’s mermay

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They are so Shaped !!!!!!

Lost Anchor drafts

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Hey. I really really like your avian au! It’s such a cool and creative concept! In fact, it’s one of top favorite AUs EVER!

But, there’s a small problem. :(

None of the posts have the same tags, so it’s really hard for me to find them all. Do you think that you could real quick add a tag to them all that is the same, so that they are grouped together? It would make it a hundred times easier to find one of my favorite AUs!

Thanks in advance!

You know, I was trying to find all my avian posts as well the other day, and I was thinking to myself “man… if only I could have them all in one place”. My sincerest apologies for that 😅

But I have gone through the avian posts I could find, and I’ve put them all under the tag ‘avian au’ ! Thank you so much for letting me know, I’m glad you’re enjoying my funny little bird ideas!

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Random avian au questions!

Do the wings need to be preened? If so, how do they do it considering just how big their wings are? Can they do it themselves or do they need a buddy to help?

Do the avians have any bird instinct stuff going on (like nesting or flock stuff) or are they just regular people?

Is infrastructure super different to accommodate them and their wings or is it more or less the same as canon?

And finally, a very silly question: Who do you think would be most likely to swoop at people like a territorial hawk?

1) Yes, they do need to be preened! Based on how much they fly around, the feathers might need to be fixed daily or weekly. Most of the time they can maneuver their way around their own wings, but they do need help concerning the backs due to limited muscle movement and whatnot. Luckily, feathers closer to the back tend to move around less due to their small size, so it takes around a month or two before they have to tend to those feathers in particular. Even though they often can’t see the feathers that need to be fixed, they can feel little pinpricks of discomfort whenever there’s a feather out of place, and other avians tend to point out that sort of thing to each other.

2) Kinda sorta.

They flock together like how people of similar interests and needs tend to do, but they do so in a way that you rarely ever see just one or two avians in a neighborhood. If there’s one avian living somewhere, you’ve got a good chance of finding at least three more families in the same area. Similarly, if one family leaves a place, the other families nearby will feel compelled to do the same; avians know what’s save for avians.

In terms of nesting, not really. However, they do have a habit of living in one place for their entire lives. If they settle somewhere, it’s rare that they’ll leave that place to settle elsewhere. Because of this, they often spend a lot of their lives traveling and looking for someplace they love most.

Avians do tend to inherit specific traits from whichever species of bird they are. For example, Shrike avians often find work as butchers or hunters, and have a startling carnivorous streak. Bearded Vulture avians have a palate for bone and its marrow, and have extremely acidic stomachs, giving them a fast digestive system concerning other foods.

3) Infrastructure isn’t that different, really. Most of the time avians aren’t as big as, say, Cabbie, so not many steps have been taken to allow maximum comfort for those kinds of avians. Actually, not many steps have been taken to allow maximum comfort for bigger people in general; everything is made to fit the statistically average person, no bigger and no smaller.

However, there are some places that extend their warmth to those kinds of people. Some restaurants have bigger chairs and booths made with avians in mind; avian-owned places often have open-back chairs or even cushioned sills (think of armrests) made to allow customers to relax their wings. Still though, these places aren’t as common as you might think.

In actuality, the most produced ‘aid’ for avians are corset-like binders that fasten their folded wings to their backs (in the words of the inventor, “so they don’t take up too much room”). A lot of avians own these binders; some businesses that function with little space (think factories or office buildings) require them, and many restaurants and parties will have them on the dress codes. But even so, avians wear them in their day to day life.

Seeing an avian with their wings fully out is like seeing someone in swim trunks in the winter. You might spot it once or twice, or a handful of times if you’re on a campus, but it’ll surely be a strange sight. Like any corset or binder, these things are harmful over time; they can restrict breathing, wear away wing joints, damage feathers, and cause cramps within muscle groups. However, avians tend to look past these things in favor of being accepted by society. The world is still quite harsh.

4) Blade. Absolutely Blade. If you haven’t seen my spectacular vision concerning the wing anatomy of our dear helicopters, take a glance at it; those fellas have two pairs of wings! Hoo boy. You know what that means? They’re fast as all hell.

Remember at the beginning of the movie, when Blade was one thread away from snapping at Dusty after the poor racer had crossed through his flight path? Chief would’ve dove at him for sure, instead of the careful landing he made in the movie. He wouldn’t have hit him, but he definitely would’ve clipped the ground nearby and scared the guy half to death.

Generally speaking, however? Ripslinger. We all know it.

Thank you for all the cool questions, and I’m sorry it took so long to get back to you! When I tell you I’ve been buried in work since I last posted, I mean it.. I might have a little time to get back to you all though — I’ve seen all the comments and reblogs and whatnot y’all have sent, and I promise more stuff is on the way, even if it’s slow-going! Love y’all! 💕

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Who do y’all want to see more of? Not just on my blog, but generally? Because I feel like some of you have some favorite characters / character relationships that aren’t talked about ever, and y’all are out here starving about it

Also, here’s Windlifter swindling Maru again because it’s funny

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Are we seeing my visions for our copters? Yes? No?