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Sure go ahead :D

Without the hood + me rambling below

I've been dead for months but I swear I'm making their refs...But I keep getting sidetracked by everything. But here is Sirius's official reference sheet that I kept flat colored so I won't have to scroll down to find his colors anymore...I'll be posting more collector stuff soon!

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Without the hood + me rambling below

I've been dead for months but I swear I'm making their refs...But I keep getting sidetracked by everything. But here is Sirius's official reference sheet that I kept flat colored so I won't have to scroll down to find his colors anymore...I'll be posting more collector stuff soon!

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Oc haver.......

Oc...what????

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*Explodes*

Hi, I am not dead! Just,,, college,,, someone save me.

ANYWAYS, this is @curseofhyperfixation 's oc, Messie! I'd start a war for this creature no questions asked.

Go follow them btw. They make peak art.

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Shoutout to @starryowlfella for their adorable archivists oc hat I had promised to draw before finishing anything else!

Go check out their wonderful arts and Collector design!

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Nice i really like the songs you choose for the archivists and gaby but are the archivists very overprotective of gaby like Poseidon is with polyphemus like would they get very piss off If belos made him blind in one of their eyes because i really want to see these four singing ruthlessness because belos is a piece of shit we all know that Then good luck then pal again :)

In lore for TSOYB au It is impossible for even Titan Belos's level to blind Gabriel or do any harmful damage that their shell would break. (assuming that Belos controlling the isle's corpse has barely any actual titan magic due to its decomposition or is just weaker).

But if it were to happen, no one would notice they're already dead(Yes, everyone on the planet.) by the time Sirius steps onto the planet to grab Collector. That planet is gone, and so is every living thing in it.

Which is why Collector never wants their siblings, especially the eldest, stepping into mortal planes ever in a state of anger.

It is funny to imagine Belos explaining why he had to do it like Odysseus but instead of escaping in the end, Belos gets stomped right down to the core of the planet.

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Hi I'm new here and i already how you do gaby and his siblings very well but after reading circe name got me thinking of circe from epic the musical and now i can't not stop thinking of other epic songs would fit gaby and his siblings now

Good luck i guess there pal ;)

I love Epic the musical :D And may or may not have based Circe's name on Circe from the musical, since I couldn't think of any.

Here is ones that I think fits each character lorewise :D

Sirius

Borealis

Ouroboros

Circe

Collector(Child)

Gabriel(Adult Collector)

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Where's Collector's cap in their adult design?

Somewhere on a tombstone.

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OC alert

Meet my creature: the sheemperd

They got the space god equivalent of cardiac insufficiency and severe anxiety. This guy's barely functioning, urgently needs an ibuprofen.

One of The Collector’s few starchild friends, they had a rough first meeting, but put their differences aside for a common goal.

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Pov: taking a selfie with your favorite brother and sending it to your eldest sibling

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I just wanna hug collector so bad omg

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I'm cooking, I'm excited for Valentines.

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So Sirius is possessive ya? We’ve seen how Sirius reacts about collector but im curious if Sirius acts differently towards his other siblings. Is he as possessive of them as he is collector? Or is it dialled down more with them?

I'll explain it to low to high

Circe(Low)

They are the most independent out of all the siblings despite being younger than everyone except Collector. They don't have an issue with Sirius possessive traits nor cares as they don't often have those directed at them. But when it does it's usually not as bad and is very tame in comparison.

Ouroboros(Normal)

Ouroboros is complicated. They don't have an opinion on Sirius behavior and accept whatever they are told to do so it makes Sirius's behavior more tame as Ouroboros isn't causing trouble or shift in power (because Sirius has controlling issues being the Head Archivists)

Collector(High)

Is constantly watched by Sirius through magic as he cannot trust Collector to be by themselves or be honest with him about their issues. While he is still respecting their personal space and letting them go out for a few minutes unsupervised, he will track down Collector if they take too long and remind them where they belong.

Borealis(High)

A lot. They have a codependency with each other. They keep each other grounded as much as they can. Borealis rarely or almost never left the Archives because of Sirius protectiveness and him going "I know what's best for you"

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"Where have you been?"

Me trying to claw my way out of the hell that is the hyperfixation my friends have put me in to finally do my archivists drawing: busy....

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@regular-gnome look

What could possibly be the evolutionary reason behind developing those wack ass shells😭

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Giant Emerald Pill-Millipede: when these enormous millipedes are all rolled up, their bodies can be as big as a baseball, a tennis ball, or a small orange

This species (Zoosphaerium neptunus) is commonly known as a giant emerald pill-millipede. The females can measure up to 90mm long (roughly 3.5 inches), making this the largest species of pill-millipede in the world.

There is a significant degree of sexual dimorphism in this species, with the males measuring only about 45mm (1.8 inches) long -- roughly half the size of the females.

Giant emerald pill-millipedes are found only in Madagascar, which is home to several endemic species of giant pill-millipedes (order Sphaerotheriida). The Malagasy name for giant pill-millipedes is "Tainkintana," which means "shooting-star."

Pill-millipedes use conglobation as a defense mechanism, which means that they can curl their bodies up into a spherical shape so that their dorsal plates form a protective shield around the softer, more vulnerable parts of their bodies, just like an actual pill-bug or a "roly-poly."

When they roll themselves up completely, they look almost like gently polished chunks of malachite, emerald, or jade.

Giant emerald pill-millipedes will sometimes form large swarms that travel together as a group. This is the only species of giant pill-millipede that engages in any sort of swarming behavior, and the purpose of that behavior is still unclear. The swarms often contain thousands of individuals, with almost all of them moving in the same direction, even when there is no physical contact that might allow the millipedes to "herd" one another along.

Their swarming behavior also has some very peculiar features, as this article explains:

During swarming, Zoosphaerium neptunus individuals pay little attention to their surroundings; many specimens were observed walking straight into and drowning in small puddles. Some swarms even display ‘cliché lemming behaviour:' in Marojejy, a large part of a swarm walked into and drowned in a small river.

No single specimen was observed walking ‘against the current,' all specimens were moving in the same direction (southeast), even when not in contact with one another.

Of 273 randomly collected individuals, 105 were males, while 168 were females. The males were 8.3 - 14.1 mm wide (average width 10.4 mm). According to the inner horns of the posterior telopods, all males were sexually mature. The females were 9.95 - 15.4 mm wide (average width 11.4 mm). All females displayed non sclerotized vulvae and were sexually immature.

Some researchers argue that the swarming serves as a defense mechanism, providing a layer of protection (or at least some cryptic cover) against local predators, but the swarming behavior is still poorly understood.

Important Note: I just want to remind everyone that these animals belong in their own natural habitat -- they should not be trapped, bought/sold, traded, shipped, collected, or kept as pets. This particular species does not survive well in captivity, either, and the demand for these "exotic" invertebrates is putting the wild populations in jeopardy. The previous article discusses those issues, too:

Another possible threat for Z. neptunus swarms are collections for the pet trade. There exists a large demand in Japan, Europe and North America for 'green -eyed monsters’ as pets. Giant pill -millipedes from Madagascar unfortunately have a very short survival time in terraria. The species is specialized on low-energy food (dead leaves), and adapted to the cool climates (<20°C) of the highlands. Specimens in terraria often starve to death quickly.

So I know that they're adorable and really, really fascinating...but let's just let them be their chunky, adorable little selves out in the wild where they belong.

Sources & More Info:

European Journal of Taxonomy: Seven New Giant Pill-Millipede Species and New Records of the Genus Zoosphaerium from Madagascar

Madagascar Conservation & Development: Swarming Behavior in the World's Largest Giant Pill-Millipede, Z. neptunus, and its Implication for Conservation Efforts

Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum: The Giant Millipedes, Order Sphaerotheriida (an Annotated Species Catalogue) (PDF)

African Invertebrates: Madagascar's Living Giants: Discovery of Five New Species of Endemic Giant Pill-Millipedes from Madagascar (PDF)

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Happy anniversary ftf