#hunter is a stag beetle

[ladykagewaki]

I was watching the bad batch, again, and every time I see Tech in his helmet I think he looks like an adorable little bug man. I was compelled to draw this. I'm sorry. Now you see it too. And then it lead to the rest of this. I present to you, The Bug Batch.

Here's an alternate grasshopper Omega

@badbatchsmolbean

[risingscorchingsuns]

family resemblance 💜

does he look familiar?? this is Hiroki Eritora, Hikaru’s father! the one who taught him everything he knows, the man that made Hikaru who he is today 💜

Hikaru is a universal big brother to everyone he meets- he can’t help it, it’s just in his nature. But he definitely got it from someone; if Hikaru is the Universal Big Brother, Hiroki is the Universal Dad.

Hikaru’s mother isn’t in the picture, abandoning the Eritoras after the birth of his youngest brother, Haruo. Hiroki vowed to himself that day that he would never fail like he did with her- his sons would never feel unloved or unwanted again, and he would do everything in his power to give them all the love, nurturing, and support they deserved.

And he did. Hiroki was warm, welcoming, and infinitely patient. He had a nurturing spirit that one couldn’t help but feel drawn to. Hiroki was, in every sense of the word, a kind soul.

The Eritoras have always been hunters, and Hiroki was no exception. He lived by the rules of nature- never take more than you need, and never kill without reason. Every life was sacred, from the tallest tree to the smallest beetle. He was fond of stag beetles, which is where Hikaru gets his appreciation for them. The scar on his cheek is from when he was Hikaru’s age, and hunted a bear! He likes to exaggerate the story to make his children laugh.

Hiroki liked to whittle, and he often made little figures of animals out of wood. He considered the deer a sacred animal- the only creature whose life he would never take. He saw them of symbols of strength and resilience, and omens of good luck. His earrings are deer teeth- he foraged them, and wears them as a symbol of respect. The earrings are still with his bones.

Hikaru wouldn’t be who he is without Hiroki, with his wise stories, warm nature, and patient, gentle soul. With everything he had, Hiroki loved his sons… until the very end.

[possessable]

what are some of your fandoms?

short answer: At the moment i like Captain Underpants (no way) (the movie continuity specifically) but i don't tend to stay in fandoms for very long

long answer: Aha! You've made the mistake of asking me something that can be Unnecessarily Over-Categorized into separate lists!

Things i Am Currently or Recently Was a fan of:

Captain Underpants

The Odyssey/Epic The Musical

Rhythm Doctor

Things i fixated on for like A Month that people followed me for but i have a low chance of posting about unless i get into them again:

Deltarune (i will probably get back into this when the new chapters come out)

DHMIS

The Stanley Parable

Markiplier...lore...? like who killed markiplier and stuff. what do you call it

Simon Petrikov (???) (not true i fixated on him for longer than a month i was extremely fixated on him for like 2 years in 2018 and he holds a Dear Place in my heart i just don't . post or think about him anymore)

Mob Psycho 100

Things i am Perpetually a fan of even if i don't post about them often:

Hollow Knight (all of it but Sly especially, also that fanfic Stag Beetles and Broken Legs)

Kirby (I like the Dark Matter Trilogy stuff)

Mario/Sm64

Petscop

Gildedguy

Interface (by Umami)

The Odyssey (i put this already but Polyphemus and Poseidon specifically)

The Dear Hunter (Acts)

let's be honest Captain Underpants is also probably on this list considering i first saw the movie in 2017 and i still like it now

The only things you are guaranteed to see consistently if you follow me:

Possession Adjacent Tropes™ and any medias (usually involving Possession Adjacent Tropes™) that i happen to get into. and also my Dumb Ass OCs . (and stupid shitpost crossovers with whatever my current fixation is + my Dumb Ass OCs)

[cloudyswritings]

Hollow knight bugs and real world species: P2

Hornet: So we know that Hornet is the daughter of the pale king and Herrah, making her some sort of biological monstrosity. But what bug is she based on? My best bet would be a horned orb weaver, specifically either a long-horned orb-weaver or Gasteracantha versicolor based on coloration and her horns.

Zote: So the in game/logical answer is that zote is whatever type of generic beetle that team cherry concocted from stag, Hercules, and rhinoceros beetles. However I think that’s really boring, I personally subscribe to one of the single best crackfics in the fandom Camouflage of Great Renown and think zote is a nosk that left Hallownest and lost his memories before retuning and adopting his persona. It’d even explain how he’s actually really hard to damage(see coliseum) and how he keeps getting places before ghost does.

Midwife: So I’ve seen a lot of people headcanon that she’s a centipede of some sort, and it kinda makes sense? Like centipedes are actually really good at caring for their young and protect them until they’re able to hunt on their own, so I think it’s a plausible and likely theory. That’s said I’d like to present some alternative ideas. Midwife to me, looks a lot more like she has an earwigs body shape, based mostly on the width of her. That said her behavior matches up far better with a trapdoor spider and she lacks antennas. Overall I’d say a trapdoor spider is more likely as an alternative reading of her species.

Lord fool: So here’s the thing with lord fool, there’s a lot of evidence he’s a higher being of some sort. Most of it comes down to the way the fools, while infected, seem less damaged by the radiance and seem to keep a large portion of their mind intact. Plus his position-dead on his throne- seems earily similar to a certain pale wyrm. Interestingly however it seems like his mask is actually just a mask, because we can see the top of his head and it looks to just be soft carapace. He’s also got six limbs so we know he isn’t an arachnid, or crustacean. My best guess would be either a deathwatch beetle(the texture on them looks like a good match) or a more likely a green junebeetle. Him being a junebeetle also matches nicely with how the fools are regarded as invasive, or not belonging in Haloownest. My last theory is that the bug the colosseum is built in may be the Lord fools old shell, aka wyrm.

Bretta: She looks a lot like a hair soft-shelled beetle to me, but her colors are all wrong. Based on that I’d say she’s actually a female scarab of some sort(sorry y’all my beetle knowledge isn’t up to par just yet!!)

The Hunter: So I’m really and truly unconvinced that the hunter is a bug, or crustacean, or arachnid of any kind. Bro visibly has a spine of some sort and the only beings with hands remotely similar to his that we see are THK, The shade lord, and the collector. That said we do still know he has an exoskeleton. I’ll admit I’m kinda stumped, I’d love to hear what y’all think. Verdict: inconclusive.

Baldurs: So I’m pretty convinced that these fellas are a pill millipede of some sort, they have the right number of legs and do curl up for defense. Additionally they spit infection, which I imagine when non infected would be some sort of toxin— something millipedes are well known for.

Mosskin: So this covers the mosskin as a whole, I’ll probably make a post for them specifically eventually. They’re obviously creatures that are in a symbiotic relationship with plants(because Unn). The only ones I feel super comfortable giving a specific species atm are the moss chargers who I feel are a species of velvet worm, mostly due to Unn being a big old slug and them living in a more tropical region. These velvet worms essentially copied the homework of the leaf sheep sea slug—which steals its ability to photosynthesize from the algae it eats.

That’s it for now!!

[exhausted-archivist]

Bestiary of Thedas

From bird to insect, fish to land animal. Every creature mentioned in Dragon Age, blighted and non-blighted, spirits and demon, created and possessed creatures alike are listed along with their breeds, subspecies, or variations.

If you want a more specific list, check out the post for Real World Animals in Thedas

Updated: 2023/11

Amphibian

Frog

Salamander

Toad

Horned Toad

Poison Toad

Birds

Albatross

Black-capped Songbird

Bluebird

Budgerigar

Bunting

Buzzard

Canary

Crow

Dove

Duck

Mallard Duck

Eagle

Falcon

Finch

Goose

Grouse

Gull

Hawk

Kingfisher

Lark

Magpie

Merlin

Mockingbird

Nightingale

Owl

Parakeet

Parrot

Partridge

Peafowl

Pheasant

Pigeon

Ptarmigan

Quail

Raven

Robin

Rock Darter - Native to the Anderfels, an insect eating bird.

Seagull

Simir - A bird hunted in Tevinter for the magical properties in their feathers.

Sparrow

Swan

Swift

Turkey

Vulture

Bald-necked Vulture

Fish and Marine Creatures

Blind Tetrava

Bluefin

Carp

Cetus

Cod

Eel

Lamprey Eel

Jellyfish

Krone

Mackerel

Octopus

Raytooth

River Herring

Shark

Squid

Giant Squid

Trout

Whale

Bony Whale-Shark

Pilot Whale

Whitebait

Crustaceans and Shellfish

Clam

Crab

Giant Swamp Crab

Crayfish

Cuttlefish

Lobster

Mussel

Oyster

Prawns

Shrimp

Insects

Bee

Bumblebee

Honeybee

Beetle

Cave Beetle

Death Watch Beetle

Dung Beetle

Glow Worm

Roof Beetle

Wood-burrowing Beetle

Butterfly

Cricket

Dragonfly

Firefly

Flea

Fly

Blue Flies

Giant Spider

Giant Poisonous Spider

Giant Spiderling

Poison Spider

Gnat

Hornet

Ladybug

Leeches

Locust

Maggot

Scorpion

Silkworms

Slugs

Snail

Spider

Wasp

Worm

Earthworm

Poison Worm

Tapeworm

Mammals

Badger

Honey Badger

Bat

Giant Bats

Bear

Black Bear

Brown Bear

Cavern Bear

Great Bear

Large Bear

Boar

Bogfisher

Bronto

Cat

Cattle

Bull

Cow

Ox

Qalab

Chicken

Cockerel

Cretahl

Dathrasi

Deer

Red Deer

Stag

Dog

Coursing Hound

Ferelden Shepard

Hunting Dog

Mabari

Pug

Rat Terrier

Sheepdog

Wild Dog

Wofun Hound

Donkey

Druffalo

Elephant

Elk

Ermine

Fennec

Ferret

Fox

Gazelle

Ghast

Giant

Goat

Ayesleigh gulabi goats

Mountain Goat

Griffon

Gurn

Halla

Hamster

Hare

Hart

Bercilian Sure-Foot

Greater Frostback Elk

Pride of Arlathan

Red Hart

Royal Sixteen

Tirashan Swiftwind

White Hart

Wild Hart

Horse

Amaranthine Charger

Anderfel

Anderfel Courser

Asaarash

Avvar Mixed Draft

Dalish All-Bred

Fereldan Forder

Free Marches Ranger

Frostback Mountain Horse

Green Dales Feral

Imperial Warmblood

Inquisition Barded Charger

Oath-Bound Steed

Orlesian Courser

Taslin Strider

Hyena

Jackal

Jackrabbit

Lion

Great Lion

Red Lion

Lynx

Marmot

Marten

Mole

Monkey

Moose

Mountain Lion

Mouse

Chip Mouse

Mule

Nug

Nuggalope

Avvar War Nug

Battle Nug

Greater Nuggalope

Greater Mountain Nuggalope

Gwaren Land-Hammer

Knuckled Thunderer

Tiddles Majoris

Otter

Pig

Rabbit

Raccoon

Ram

August Ram

Rat

Giant Rat

Sheep

Snoufleur

Spotted Cat

Spotted Hunting Cat

Squirrel

Tiger

Tusket

Voles

Weasel

Wolf

Black Wolf

Crag Wolf

Great Wolf

Wolverine

Reptiles

Adder

Death Adder

Basilisks

Cobra

Crocodile

Deepstalker

Deepstalker Matriarch - largest deepstalker

Deepstalker Leader - always male, second largest deepstalker

Deepstalker Runner

Dracolisk

Abyssal Hang-Tooth

Basking Longma

Blue River Bane

Desert Lightning

Hunter Shade Dracolisk

Mountain Dracolisk

Primal-Trained Longma

Sharp-Tail

Dragon

Abyssal High Dragon

Fereldan Frostback

Gamordan

Stormrider

Greater Minstral

Guardian of Mythal

Highland Ravager

Hivernal

Hunterhorn Shrikes

Kaltenzahn

Northern Hunter

Sandy Howler

Stonejaw

Vinsomer

Dragonling

Drake

Great Dragon

Guardian Serpent

Gurgut

Lurker

Phoenix

Quillback

Sand Stalker - a small vermin-like creature similar to deepstalkers

Sand Stalker Spitter

Sand Stalker Leader - larger than common sand stalkers

Varghest

Viper

Wyvern

Snowy Wyvern

Created Creatures

Golem

Varterral

Blighted Creatures

Bereskarn

Blight Owl

Blight Wolf

Blighted Werewolf

Bloodcrow

Corrupted Spider

Corrupted Spider Queen

Darkspawn

Archdemon

Broodmothers

Children

Emissary

Genlock

Hurlock

Ogre

Shriek

Darkspawn Magisters (Named and known)

The Architect

Corypheus

Dragon Thrall

Ghoul

Created Creatures

Golem

Varterral

Demons and Spirits

Spirits

Choice

Command

Compassion

Faith

Hope

Justice

Knowledge

Perseverance

Valor

Wisdom

Memory

Wisp

Wraith

Demons

Desire

Despair

Envy

Fear

Hunger

Pride

Rage

Remorse

Shade

Sloth

Terror

Vengeance

Possessed/Magical Creatures

Abomination

Arcane Horror

Ash Wraith

Corpse

Devouring Corpse

Devouring Skeleton

Enraged Corpse

Fanged Skeleton

Shambling Corpse

Shambling Skeleton

Skeleton

Skeleton Archer

Skeleton Mage

Walking Corpse

Dryads

Harvester

Revenant

Rock Wraith

Ancient Rock Wraith

Sylvans

Vampire

Werewolf

Wood Nymphs

Undefined

Glowing Slime

Firesprite

Wandering Hills

Sources

Dragon Age Origins + DLCs Dragon Age Awakening Dragon Age 2 + DLC Dragon Age Inquisition + DLC Dragon Age Inquisition Multiplayer Dragon Age: Last Court Dragon Age: Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas Dragon Age Tabletop Core Rulebook Dragon Age Tabletop Blood of Ferelden World of Thedas Vol 1 World of Thedas Vol 2 Dragon Age: Asunder Dragon Age: Masked Empire Dragon Age: Last Flight Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights Short Story: The Riddle of Truth Short Story: Varric Dragon Age Origins Armor: Clamshell Armor Armor: Dalish Gloves Codex: The Bow of the Golden Sun Codex: Bronto Codex: Deepstalker Codex: The Frostback Mountains Codex: Meditations and Odes to Bees Codex: Nug Codex: Rat Codex: The Vaterral Item: Fox's Pendant Item: Golden Mirror Item: Lamb Bone Item: Micah/s Lucky Deer Foot Item: Ox Bone Item: Rat Poison Item: Uncrushable Pigeon Weapon: Cat Lady's Hobble-Stick Dragon Age 2 Armor: Rat-Nibbled Gloves Codex: Broken Dowsing Rods - No Refunds Codex: Carta Bronto Codex: Pride and Rider Junk: Stuffed Parrot Quest: Redblossom Special Weapon: The Tiger's Tail Last Court The Acerbic Dowager The Applewoods The Arrival of the Divine The Boastful Neighbor The Cheery Baron Choose your quarry The Dowager Steps Forward Enlightenment Glass Glassblowers' Anger Graffiti A Life of Toil A Meeting with the Outlaw A Plea for Sanctuary River Herring The Sealed Chantry A Swift Stream Sylvian Raid An Unofficial Meeting The Well-Read Pig-Farmer You have cornered the bear You have the hind in view Dragon Age Inquisition Items and Codex Codex: August Ram Codex: Andruil's Messenger Codex: Bear (Inquisition) Codex: Constellation Tenebrium Codex: Correspondence Interruptus Codex: Crate of the Live Death Watch Beetles Codex: Cretahl Codex: Dirthamen: Keeper of Secrets Codex: The Folly of General Not-Shertan Codex: Ghilan'nain: Mother of the Halla Codex: Hard in Hightown Chapter 15 Codex: A Horsemaster's Notes on Mounts Codex: The Hunt of the Fell Wolf Codex: Journal of Gurd Harofsen Codex: The Lion of Orlais Codex: Moldy Journal Codex: A Nutty Affair Codex: On Avvar Cuisine Codex: The Perendale War Codex: Ram Codex: Scout Lace Harding Codex: Surviving the Western Approach Landmark: Crestwood: The Guide of Falon'Din Note: Charred Note Note: Sera's Cabinet of Wonder Whose it Was Valuable: Carved Cricket Charm Valuable: Cut Crystal Lion Valuable: Eagle Feather Charm Valuable: Falcon Crest Valuable: Glass Fox Valuable: Golden Ladybug Charm Valuable: Grouse Feather Charm Valuable: Raven Totem Valuable: Silver Dragonfly Charm Valuable: Vulture Feather Charm Valuable: Wooden Mabari Figurine Wartable Mission: A Present for Bianca Wartable Mission: Smash

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[felixcosm]

In cause u were wondering, here's the woe.bebug version for everyone

The Mikes are atlas moths

the hunters are bees (have yet to find a specific type)

ryan and topher are head lice

marissa is a cicada

chance and shadow are entognatha

jamilla is a silk moth (also have yet to figure out specifics)

edgar is a praying mantis

eagle is a dragonfly

sly is a stag beetle

and I still have no idea about matt anne and charlie

You have no idea how much I love this YES!! Lmfao at Ryan and Topher and also EAGLE IS A DRAGONFLY HELL YEAH!!! MY BELOVED EAGLE BEING ONE OF MY MOST BELOVED INSECTS!!

I wanna say Matt is a scarabaeus, mostly because of The Cellar Letters, but I also imagine him as a pill bug. Maybe because they seem so benevolent to me.

I also imagine Anne as a longish insect, like maybe a stick bug or a web spinner.

No idea about Charlie either! Maybe a ladybug? Or something that looks harmless but is parasitic or cannibalistic.

[hallownest-in-minecraft]

A list of mobs and their insectoid counterparts

And, happy fiftieth post. This is the collection that I have deliberated on in regards to what mobs will be made into what as I progress with the resource pack. One such example has already come to fruition, though it is up to you to determine which, until I have more to show for this.

As of yet, this list is incomplete, as it does not officially include the new mobs of 1.19. I will need to review the additions to 1.19 and see what other ideas evolve. Based on everything else, I may consider a lifeblood butterfly for the allay and heavy fool or somesuch for the warden. I don’t have ideas for frogs yet, and I don’t remember if there were other new mobs aside from those three. If there are other non-1.19 mobs that I am missing, please let me know.

I am open to suggestions and feedback on ALL OF THESE IDEAS! Especially the ones with question marks or multiple options. Or, if you have questions about my thought process, I would be more than happy to answer.

It means I am indecisive but am also not sure what else I could do. I’m confident about most of these, but there are also a number that I’ve simply pulled out of a hat. Otherwise, the mobs may or may not be exactly like their Hallownester counterparts, but rather inspired by their design. I can simply make more stuff up if it comes to it, but please allow me to pick your brains first before it reaches that point.

I apologize, as I did intend to add links to every mob and enemy together for quick reference, but Tumblr took issue with it. Please note the focus is on creatures that are in or were supposed to be in Hollow Knight and nothing from Silksong.

The full list is under the cut!

Axolotl -> ???

Bat -> Belfly

Bee -> Hiveling

Blaze -> Either Grimmkin Master or Grimmkin Nightmare, depending on the palette

Cat -> Grub

Cave spider -> Deepling or Deephunter

Chicken -> Grounded vengefly or grounded crystal hunter

Cod -> Flukemon lower half

Cow -> Boofly

Creeper -> Volatile mosskin, fungified husk, or violent husk, again depending on palette and unique features from the other mobs

Dolphin -> Pilflip?

Donkey -> Blundering Obelisk

Drowned -> Flukemon

Elder Guardian -> Uumuu

Enderman -> Void construct, soul twister, or soul warrior

Endermite -> Shadow creeper or Mistake

Evoker -> Volt Twister

Fox -> Tiktik or Crawlid

Ghast -> Fungoon

Glow squid -> Ooma

Goat -> Great Hopper

Guardian -> Charged lumaflies

Hoglin -> Moss charger or flukemunga

Horse -> Great Stag

Husk -> Entombed Husk

Llama -> Giraffe weevil

Magma cube -> Infected balloon

Mooshroom -> Fungified elder baldur

Mule -> Some kind of horned beetle that looks similar to Stag but isn’t Stag

Ocelot -> Grub mimic

Panda -> ???

Parrot -> Maskfly

Phantom -> Vengefly King? Aluba?

Pig -> Golden jewel scarab beetle

Piglin -> Generic godseeker (Meaning, not the character of Godseeker, but a godseeker)

Piglin Brute -> Void-touched generic godseeker

Pillager -> Sturdy fool

Polar Bear -> Glimback

Pufferfish -> Hwurmp

Rabbit -> Hopper

Ravager -> God tamer’s Beast

Salmon -> Flukemon upper half

Sheep -> Large mosscreep

Shulker -> Sporg

Silverfish -> Dirtcarver

Skeleton -> Leaping husk

Skeleton horse -> Void-touched Stag

Slime -> Lifeblood balloon

Spider -> Corpse creeper or little weaver

Squid -> Uoma

Stray -> Slobbering husk

Strider -> Durandoo

Trader Llama -> Grimmsteed

Tropical fish -> Flukefey

Turtle -> Bluggsac

Vex -> Aspid hunter

Villager -> Various NPC characters ie cartographer -> Cornifer etc

Vindicator -> Shielded fool

Wandering Trader -> Brumm

Witch -> Salubra, Seer, or Jiji

Wither Skeleton -> Siblings

Wolf -> ????

Zoglin -> Infected moss charger or flukemunga

Zombie -> Wandering Husk

Zombie Horse -> Infected Stag

Zombie Villager -> Infected NPCs (or infected elderbug if I can’t do variants. Sorry elderbug, I love you, but you Are the face of generic villager types, and basic husks are already in use elsewhere. :( )

Zombified Piglin -> Infected generic godseeker

[elementalgod-aj]

Anthro Allies Remastered (Part 10)

Now the Third and Final Part of the Arthropods

Endoterygota

Emorrossa (Insect Queen)

Lord Hexagath (Insect King)

Sawfly

Buzza (Sawfly)

Team 

Stem sawfly

Horntail

Cedar wood wasp

Webbed Leaf

Xyelid

Megalodontes

Parasitic Wasps

Crimson the Abominable (Thistledown velvet ant)

The Hoard

P. Wood wasp 

Sirex Woodwasp

Ichneumon Wasp 

Gall wasp

Chalcid Wasp

Fairy wasp

Ensign Wasp

Crowned Wasp

Cuckoo wasp (Emerald wasp)

Velvet Ant (Cow killer)

Spider Wasp (Tarantula Hawk)

Tiphiid wasp

Scoliid wasp 

Mammoth Wasp

Cockroach wasp (Jewel Wasp)

Sand digger wasp

Cicada Killers

Ant hunter wasp

Bee wolf 

Aphid wasp

Eusocial Wasp

Queen Assaut

King Vespa

Prince Axe

Princess Strike

Warriors

Hornets

Yellow jackets

European wasps

Paper Wasps

Executioner wasps

Warrior wasps

Potter wasps

Hover wasps

Pollen wasps

Honey Wasp

Ants

Queen Amber

King Ore 

Prince Beryl

Princess Siafu

Special Forces

Acrobat Ant, Dracula Ant, Exploding Ant, Mafia Ant, Shining Guest Ant, Sugar Ant

Colony

Black Ants (Garden worker), Red Ants (forager worker)

Argentine Ants (Warrior), Erratic Ants (sun workers), Needle Ant (Warrior), Ghost Ant (Scout), Stink Ants (aphid and caterpillar farmer), cone ant (pest control)

Eciton Ants (Generals/Tanks), Driver Ants (Army)

Trap Jaw Ants (Trappers), Dinosaur Ants (Moon Worshippers)

Diving Ant (Swimmer), Honey Pot Ants (Food dealers), Crazy Ants (Wild cards), Amazon Ants (Raider), Carpenter Ants (Builders), Tree Ants (Warriors), Hodor Ant (Bouncer),  Giant forest ants (gladiators)

Leaf Cutter Ants (Builders), Weaver Ants (handmaidens and caretakers), Lemon Ants (mushroom growers), Pharaoh Ants (communication), Harvester Ants (harvesters), Pirate Ants (rogues), Raider Ants (raider), Electric ants (warriors), Fire Ants (Warriors), Big headed ants (Guard)

Bees

Queen Apidae

King Apo

Prince Kyle

Princess Pollen

Bee Hive

Dwarf/Asian Honey bee, Giant/European Honey Bee, Dog Bee, Sugar Bag bee (Honey makers), Carpenter bee (Builders), Bumblebee (Nectar collector),  orchid bee (Flower manager), Sweat Bee (workers), Long horned Bees (Workers), Digger Bees (nest builders), Mining Bees (Mining and Excavation)

Plasterer bee (builder), Polyester bee (cloth maker)

Carder bee (Collectors), Leafcutter bee( (Weaver), Mason bee (molder), Wallace giant Bee (blacksmith)

Pantaloon Bee (Guards)

Australian Bee (soldiers)

Daniel and Lyon (lacewing & antlion)

Xan (Snakefly)

Zip(Alderfly)

Grounder (Ground beetles)

Live wire (Telephone pole beetle)

Knock Knock (Deathwatch beetle)

Lucky (Ladybug)

Lumi-Nate (Firefly)

Adorn (Jewel beetle)

IronShell/Ira (Horned Scarab beetle)

Horns (Stag Beetle)

George Schmutz (Dung beetle)

Red Rover (Rove beetle)

Ballin (Boll weevil)

Waxer (Giraffe Weevil)

Twist (Stylops)

Twiddle (Stylops)

Harleigh (Butterfly/Moth)

Eugene (Monarch Butterfly)

Genevieve (Silk Moth)

Cassidy (Caddisfly)

Bethany (House/Horse Fly)

Pesky (Gnat/Midge) 

Zika (Mosquito)

Rome (Hover/Robber/Crane fly)

Sting (Scorpionflies)

Ichor (Fleas)

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[peregrineggsandham]

In case anyone was wondering how my mostly-blind Hollow Knight playthrough is going: I have full-on cried one (1) time.

[spoiler warning]

It was not when I fell into the abyss filled with thousands of corpses and their shades whose hunter's journal entry read Sibling.

It was also not when I ascended a tower of buzzsaws (I get that it's probably a metaphor for how deeply the king locked himself and his thoughts away but given that there are spikes on top of the elevators even in the real world I still want a word with his architect) and found a room of discarded void constructs only to realize where those thousands of corpses came from.

It wasn't even going back into the abyss, seeing just how down far the layers of tiny tiny bodies went and the horrifying implications of the Sibling entry "fragment of a lingering will"! It was not Myla's infection, nor the Old Stag's desperate words of hope when he returned to his empty and abandoned birthplace! No! No, I teared up, but I did not cry, none of those times! (Though the last one came very close, when his name changed.)

Do you want to know why I have only just stopped actively pouring tears? The catalyst for my gosh-danged melancholy?

Dream nailing Dung Defender.

Seeing him sleeping in a cave of dung with lumpy statues made of dung in the shapes of his (probably) long-dead friends, and an idol (which I accidentally stole, I'm so sorry) of the king he still loves. And dream nailing him and seeing that in his dreams he is still a knight of a living kingdom, and the other knights' silhouettes are clear and sharp in the background, and he is in pristine white and when you dream nail him again during that battle all he does is recite all of the things he misses about the others.

He mentions Isma - I've been to her grove, and seen her body. I think he loved her, somehow. And I recognized the armor of the False Knight in the silhouettes. Or whoever they really were, before they died and a maggot crawled into their armor. I don't even know which name is theirs - they are forgotten by almost all. Hegemol, maybe? The Defender misses their humor. I don't know his name, either, yet.

The music is grand, just like the first fight with him - but unlike the first, where it was almost hilariously incongruent (this dung beetle is flinging balls of poo at you to such stately music, it's silly and fun and he has such a jolly voice!)... well, now the arena matches. He looks noble - chivalrous even. In shining armor.

These are good memories. And he didn't seem sad, in that first fight. Far from it! How much of that is resilience and how much is denial? Salubra still thinks the Crossroads are a bustling town, after all.

And then? Then you die and wake up next to him, sleeping in his den of dung next to misshapen dung statues he sculpted of his dead friends.

So yeah. Thousands of dead probably-children? Awful. I sniffled.

(And admittedly stood horrified in the corpse pile to process what the king had done for a solid minute - to be fair, I'm still not entirely clear on it. We'll get there. This game drip-feeds story, I love it.)

Freakin' Dung Defender? Heartbreaking. I sobbed.

I haven't beaten the White Defender battle yet. Cheesy as it sounds, tears got in the way, we'll try again later. I do not care how stinky it would be, I want to give this knight a hug. He shouldn't be alone. Maybe he could move to Dirtmouth. It's nice. Elderbug is a delight. Cornifer would love him.

[namesetc]

maybeeee names related to hollow knight? :O

Bug / Bugg

Bretta

Brumm

Bardoon

Beetle / Beatle

Cloth

Cornifer

Divine

Dreamer

Emilita

Fluke

Fool

Grimm

Grimmsteed

Grey / Gray

Grub

Hornet

Hermit

Herrah

Hunter

Hollow

Iselda

Jiji

Jinn

Joni

Knight

Lemm

Lurien

Millibelle

Mato

Myla

Mushroom

Marissa

Mask

Monomon

Moss

Moth

Nymm

Oro

Quirrel / Quarrel

Revek

Sheo

Salubra

Sly

Shroom

Seer

Stag

Snail

Spirit

Thistlewind

Tuk

Tiso

Willoh

Zote

[sunvisetrip]

Not great as the first episode, but I got a lot of laughs out of it.

As for today's summary (SPOILER WARNING UNDER THE CUT SINCE IT AIRED EARLIER ON ANIPLUS ASIA)

Non binary dhampir Mikazuki Kagomehara from Tokyo pays a visit at the Hunters Guild and would you know it... Ronaldo rises to his bi-awakening to him, which is one step ahead for our beloved pathetic hunter in red within canon as bisexual.

Goldilocks Hinaichi checks up on the Office Trio like usual and we get more interesting tidbits about the quality of blood wine as described by Papa Bear Draluc. Hundreds of vampiric coconut larvae evolve into a giant stag beetle after hogging every sip of wine and is quickly slain by Mama Bear Ronaldo and the cookie monster.

Cozy Crazy Party is good ending theme but the outro for this season was rather too happy for me and probably because Strangers clutched me more on wistful, sappy angst.

Last is the evil incarnate Fukuma (which Draluc & Ronaldo have theorized in a hunch) and possibly the entire witch cult + merciless kingpins in disguise as a publishing company forces Draluc to give a positive review an appalling, unfinished, broken game equivalent to the horrors of Sonic 06 + Sims 3-4 severely long loading screens and combustion of thermal heat of a laptop or CPU and game-breaking glitches seen on many bad ones like Balan Wonderworld. (Poor Draluc, now he is enforced to be reviewing more abysmal games.🥹)

And...uh oh. Next week will be the beginning of a low rating episode score for me.😰

[wyverewings]

Wyvere Reviews All the Monster Hunter Monsters (Fanged Beasts)

Welcome back to me reviewing all the monsters of Monster Hunter! (Well, most of them) Today, I'm reviewing the Fanged Beast class! Why so early? Well... I prefer reptiles over mammals, so I'm gonna get this over with so I can finish with my favored monsters.

Something kinda funny about Bulldrome is that its weaker counterpart, Bullfango, was originally a Herbivore class monster. With the advent of Fanged Beasts, it progressed to a more prestigious class of monster. Anyway, Bulldrome is a pretty bog standard bull monster, but those big tusks are cool. 5.5/10

A more fantastical looking monster, Blangonga is the first of three monkey monsters introducing the Fanged Beasts. And they're a pretty cool monkey monster! I like the whiskers and face spikes. 6.5/10

Congalala kinda takes a toilet humor direction, as it attacks by farting. Whether that is a boon or flaw of this monster depends on how much you like toilet humor, which for me, I think it can be funny sometimes. The design does work with the abilities, with the hippo face adding to the goofiness of the monster (also, that makes the potency of the farts worrying, considering the dangerousness of hippos). 6/10

The third of the monkey trio, Rajang is one of the most powerful monsters of Monster Hunter aside from the Elder Dragons. And they're a pretty intimidating monster! Again, I prefer the more reptilian monsters, but this is still a pretty dang cool monster, 7/10.

We have another trio, these ones being bears! Arzuros is the most bear-like of the bunch, but they've got some lovely reptilian scales for flavor! 7/10

Lagombi is supposed to be a rabbit-bear (a rabbear?), but they've got some nice armored plating as well! It's a pretty weird design, but that's what makes it shine! 6/10, no lizard elements, but still neat.

My favorite of the Bear Trio, however, is Volvidon, mainly because the bear elements are obscured by elements from other creatures, namely armadillos, crocodiles, and stag beetles! All those details make the design so interesting and fun, and I love it! 7.5/10, probably my favorite of the Fanged Beasts!

We're taking a break from bears with Gammoth, a furry armored elephant monster! It's quite a majestic beast, which of course is fitting with real world elephants! 7/10

If you've been missing the monkeys, Kecha Wacha has you covered! They're even weirder than Congalala, with a tapir-like snout and arm membranes allowing them to glide. But my favorite part are those wonderful ears. Those spikes give of such a unique vibe! 7/10, my favorite of the monkeys by far!

...and they aren't even our weirdest monkey! The wyvern-like appearance of Bishaten (which... kinda sounds like bishonen, which is kinda funny) is quite common in Monster Hunter, but not one that the Fanged Beasts has played with yet. It almost makes me wonder if this is the result of convergent evolution. Not only that, but they also have an extra arm with their tail! It's bizarre, but a good kind of bizarre. 7/10

Bombadgy is probably one of the cutest Fanged Beasts, as well as one of the least mammalian. I suppose they're heavily based on a tanuki, but they've got no fur, and also some spikes all over their body! 6/10, I wanna hug it.

We have yet another bear monster with Goss Harag! And they take that archetype in an interesting direction with an oni motif and also the ability to form their arm into an ice sword. Overall, a pretty badass monster! 7/10

Last but certainly not least, we have Garangolm, who only really appears like a Fanged Beast because of their gorilla face. The rest of them resembles a Brute Wyvern much more, which of course is a boon with my tastes in monsters. 7.5/10

[mothpawbs]

I posted 4,026 times in 2022

That's 1,826 more posts than 2021!

241 posts created (6%)

3,785 posts reblogged (94%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 3,519 of my posts in 2022

Only 13% of my posts had no tags

#batman - 249 posts

#music - 236 posts

#gotham - 201 posts

#moth mumbles - 172 posts

#lgbt - 170 posts

#oswald cobblepot - 164 posts

#the penguin - 163 posts

#edward nygma - 149 posts

#the riddler - 148 posts

#video - 132 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i don't have strong opinions on them bc i got tired of seeing their posts about 2 years ago and have a content filter set up for their blog

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Squirrelcrow, anyone?

Idk what it is lately, but I've been absolutely devouring New Prophecy-era crack ship content and I really like Squirrelcrow. It's cute in a dumb way XD

Please do not use my art anywhere without my permission, reblogs are appreciated!

183 notes - Posted March 5, 2022

#4

finished up this thing that's been sitting in my wips folder all week, here's how I headcanon/simplify the tribes in wings of fire! click for high quality <3

216 notes - Posted November 3, 2022

#3

Made this a week or so ago and forgot to post it, there's this post I can't find about reasons op would like a song? And this stemmed from that. Every song I have liked on spotify fits into one of these categories istg

254 notes - Posted April 27, 2022

#2

Took a break from playing Hollow Knight by... drawing Hollow Knight characters. I swear this game hasn't taken over my life

I'm lying haha

Anyways, pictured here we have:

1. Monomon! I wanted to try drawing her in my style, she's quite pretty and I really like her

2. Quirrel and Lemm! QUIRREL MY BELOVED, I rotate him in my brain constantly I ADORE him, and Lemm is just a grumpy lil guy! I like him a lot XD. I've been reading Stag Beetles and Broken Legs for the past couple of days and it's making me Feel Things,,, them. That is all.

3. I had some empty space so I drew Flick because they're cute,,, if I ever end up hacking my switch and installing Atmosphere, the first thing I'm doing is creating a Flick sprite pack. I also drew an aspid hunter because... listen they are certainly infuriating but they're SO cute. If Flick ever had a pet, it would be a little semi-tamed aspid to help them with their hunting. They'd probably look at one and see a kindred spirit.

4. SIBLING STACK SIBLING STACK SIBLING STACK SIBLING STACK SIBLING STACK!!!

272 notes - Posted March 14, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I feel like you people are the kind of crowd to appreciate this, so take this comic I saw in a newspaper the other day

1,781 notes - Posted April 5, 2022

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[soldier-requests]

Hello! I'm looking for some masculine name ideas for a Sniper-kin ; if you want to experiment with making it earth/forest/canine themed that'd be really swag

hello!! wasn’t too sure about how masc some of these names feel, but i hope you find something you like regardless!

there's not as much as i normally end up doing, but it's still quite the list so i put them under the cut 👍.

acacia

acacius

ace

ackley

acorn

affie

alaska

alfie

alpine

arbor

arc

archer

archie

arctic

aries

arthur

artus

ash

asher

ashford

ashton

aster

atlas

august

augustin(e)

augustus

avens

avery

bandit

baron

basil

bass

basset

bay

bear

beaumont

beck

beetle

ben

bengal

benji

benny

bentley

benton

berry

birch

birk

blackjack

blaze

blue

blume

bo, boe

bolt

bone

boomer

borage

border

boxer

bracker

bracket

bramble

briar

brick

brin

brock

bryce

bryn

buck

bud

bull

burr

bush

busher

bushie, bushy

butch

buzz

caelum, caylum

callum

cane, kane

canid

canine

canyon

cas

casey

caspian

cedar

cerberus

charcoal

charlie

cheddar

chen

chez

chow

cider

ciel

cinder

citrine

citron

citrus

clay

clement

cliff

cloud

coal

coast

cobalt

cobolt

cocoa

collie

colt

columbine

columbo

columbus

conan

cooper

copper

cove

coy

coyote

crane

crimson

crispin

crow

curry

cyan

cypress

dagwood

dak

dakota, dakoda

dale

dane

dante

darrah

darren

darrow

david

dawson

deacon

dean

declan

den

denis, denys

deniz

denver

derry

dhole

digger

dill

dingo

dipper

douglas

drake

duff(y)

duke

dulce

dune

dusk

dust

dustin

dusty

dutch

dutchen

east

eden

elvis

elwood

emerald

emerson

emery

everest

everett

evergreen

falcon

fallon

fang

farley

fennec

fennel

fergus

fews

fin, finn

finch

finley, finnley

fir

firth

fish

fisher

flax

flint

florence

florent

flynn

ford

forest

forester

frank

frankie

franklin

fraser, frazier, frasier, frazer

frost

gale(n)

gardner

gene

genesis

ginger

goldie

grain

grey, gray

grove(s)

hades

harvest

hawk(e)

hazel

heath

hercules

hive

holland

hound

hugo

hum

hummer

hunt

hunter

huntie, hunty

jack

jackal

jackie, jacky

jason

jasper

jay

jett

joey

jove

july

june

juniper

juno

jupiter

kai

kale

kestrel

kip

kippy, kippie

koa

koi

lake

lark

leo

loch

locust

lodge

lotis

lotus

lucky

lumen

lupin(e)

lupis

mace

magnus

mane(d)

mango

march

marley

marlow

marsh

marshal(l)

matchbox

maverick

max

meek

meer

merlin

mickey

mint(y)

mob(y)

moose

morgan

morris

moses

moss

mossy, mossie

nash

nasher

nicholas

noble

norman

north

nox

oak

oakie

odie

odin

oleander

olive(r)

olivier

ollie

oto

otter

otto

ottoman

packet(t)

pear

percival

percy

perry

perseus

picard

pickle

pine

pongo

prairie

prince

red, redd

reed, reid

ren

rhodes

rhody

ridge

rock(e)

rocky, rockie

roman

ronat

rook

root

rory

rover

rudy

rune

russel

salmon

samsun, samson

scruff

scruffy, scruffie

silver

silvester

skylark

smokey

sol

solei(l)

solomon

sorrel

south

spade

sparrow

spot

spruce

stag

sterling

stone

sun

sunray

talon

tawny

terran

terro

terry, terrie

theo

thistle

thor

thyme

titan

toms

trip

tunnel

turtle

velvet

vulp

vulpes

wade

wane

warbler

wax

waxer

weaver

wells

west

whistler

winston

wolf(e)

wood

woodrow

woodson

woody, woodie

york

zeus

[talesofpassingtime]

Mother and grandmother, the female brigade, stand guard, rifle in hand, to protect Erika against the male hunter lurking outside. They may even have to give the intruder a physical warning. The two elderly women, with their dried, sealed vaginas, throw themselves in front of every man, to keep him away from their fawn. The young female should not be bothered by love or pleasure. The vaginal lips of the two old women have turned into siliceous stone. Rattling dryly, their snatches snap like the jaws of a dying stag beetle, but catch nothing. So the two women hold on to the young flesh of their daughter and granddaughter, slowly mangling it, while their shells keep watch to make sure no one else comes along and poisons the young blood.

— Elfriede Jelinek, The Piano Teacher 

[magicalgirlmel]

Anime finished this year 6: The Fire Hunter

6/10

Transcript under the cut

So, the ending of this one surprised me, as in, I wasn't expecting it to end when it did at only ten episodes. Mostly because I didn't know what the episode count was meant to be, but also because it felt like the series was really starting to build towards what was going to be some level of a final act. However, it just cuts off right there, in the middle of what feels like some pretty big raising of the stakes and something of a turning point. As such, I'm not fully sure how to feel just yet. I'm glad that the show is getting a second season, but I also wish that the ending of this season wasn't quite so abrupt.

For me, a lot of the characters here fall a little flat aside from a small handful of standouts, but the world is really meant to be the star of the show here, so I'm not entirely surprised that I ended up feeling that way. However, at the same time, I do wish that I didn't. I would have liked to be a little more connected to them, but some of them can feel kind of flat at times, which does make it a little more difficult. 

Still, the world of the show is interesting and it's always something of a slap to the face to remember that this takes place in a post-apocalypse during a second industrial revolution instead of during just, ya know, a first industrial revolution. It's not that that's a bad thing, but it's something that can feel like a background element until it's really really not. However, the differing factions and the intrigue of the plot were more than enough to carry me through here and I loved the lived in feeling that the city had once we reached it, even if the streets can look empty at times so the crowded feel I think it was going for is a little lacking. I don't believe the novels have official translations at the moment, but I do hope that they get one in the near future since I would love to give them a read.

The downside is there was always this feeling that I had that this series had somewhat bitten off more than it could chew. It's definitely ambitious, but I think that ambition was somewhat of a downfall for the series as well. The art style of the series is fantastic and I really did love the way it had a more grounded feel to it than I think some other productions might have gone for. I may not have agreed with every design choice that was made here, but you also can't say that it wasn't making some strong choices.

The problem is that the animation of that art style could be pretty lacking at times. Because of the look they went for, any CGI elements stood out like a sore thumb, shots of the manor and anytime Kun made use of stag beetles easily come to mind. There's also this usage of cut in shots that don't come up very often and can feel like a reason to not have to animate a full body and just part of one instead. I think the still art pieces that are used at some times are very well done and the colorwork on them is fantastically beautiful, but they also felt somewhat weirdly placed at times and their usage was odd, as some episodes could have quite a few and others none at all. 

It leads to this feeling of inconsistency, like these things were used as something of a band aid patch. That inconsistency is what really keeps them from feeling like a real stylistic choice. That's not even getting into the way that there would sometimes be very obvious animation errors, such as the time that a tree vanished, leaving the man who had been pinned to it very obviously floating in the air.

And for a series that there was a decent amount of moments that were meant to be action, quite a few of those action beats could feel incredibly stiff and stilted. Watching the OP, there are some gorgeous cuts of action animation there that the show was never able to live up to, which was incredibly disappointing to see.

I will be watching the second season that was announced the same day as the finale, to be clear, but I hope that the success that the series has seen can allow them to make change to the production that will allow the next season to feel like it is more consistently put together rather than the roughness that is present in the currently existing one. I think tightening up those animation problems could really make it easier to recommend.