#merhorse

[caramelcove]

Hehe "seahorse"

[sp00ky141]

Arthur

Third horsie complete! 🐬🪸🌊

[f0xyismoiname]

#playadoptme M𝕖𝕣𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖 💙🐴

The adoptme pets are actually pretty fun to draw💙✨^w^

[sonic-spirit]

^_^ Yup, still on my mer shit! This time with my alicorn form. ^_^ The file name on this one is "Imma hippo." Cuz hippocampus. I've ended up having arts to go live the past three days. Wonder how long I can keep that chain going?

Posted using PostyBirb

[canararapstudios]

[ocbykamaete]

ABALONE | She/Her

Abalone is the messenger for the Queen of the Ocean. She’s very fast, though she is also shy.  She doesn’t get too competitive, though she lives to please the queen and hopes to one day be recognized by her. Her cutie mark is a pale blue seashell on a scroll.  She usually keeps messages curled in her tail, held in place by a wrap of seaweed. Her mother was an earth pony, and the hybridism has given her some unusual traits.

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Designed by; FlaaffysTaffyAdopts Original; https://www.deviantart.com/flaaffystaffyadopts/art/Breedable-Batch-11-OPEN-436353844

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SYMBOLISM & THEMES

+ TRANS PRIDE + Messages, Marathons + Oceans, Water

[ojirojika]

safari ltd - merhorse

[okaydays22]

[knifedog]

Had a dream I got my tattoo touched up and the artist was really good! But she added words to my tattoo? But it was a really long and convoluted quote?? I couldn't even read it. I kept asking her why she didn't do knuckle tattoos instead like

Fish Dick

Chop Worm

Wet Sleep

Salt Bite

she did give me a cool cowboy tattoo so I paid her $100 even though she asked for 58

[caramelcove]

The best alarm clock✨️

[mouseoho]

trying to plan out a seoho drawing and im really regretting not participating in mermay when i was younger

[mercerislandbooks]

Book Chats: The Spellshop

Summer is here. The days are warm and long, and the evenings are perfect for sitting outside and reading (or listening and crocheting, in my case) as the sun goes down. The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is an amazing choice for this kind of relaxing evening. The narrator was excellent, the descriptions were lush, and the setting was idyllic. A librarian and her sentient spider plant seek refuge from a bloody revolution—with crates of books in tow—by heading to Caltrey, a small island on the outskirts of a nation made of islands. All Kiela wants is to protect her books and live unnoticed in the cottage her parents left her. (Un)fortunately for her, that's not how small villages work. With an attractive next door neighbor and a friendly baker determined to welcome her into their small community, as well as a suspicious old man who is set on driving her out, Kiela has to decide if letting people in is a chance she's willing to take. Warning: you will want baked goods slathered with jam by the end of this book.

Becca: Kiela was such a fun, unique character. Her love of books obviously resonates with me as an avid reader and a bookseller, and her habit of overthinking what she says and does was also very relatable. What did you think about her as the main character and voice of the story? Lori: I loved Kiela. For the same reasons as you but also, I loved the way circumstances kept pushing her beyond her comfort zone and then, because of getting to hear her overthinking inner voice, the reader knows what choosing to be brave costs her. But she does it anyway. It's not comfortable to acknowledge that those moments are what bring growth. Also, she has blue skin. And blue hair. And lots of blue clothes. I approved of all the blue. What did you think about Kiela's scheme to barter homemade jam for the supplies she needs? Becca: Making jam is not necessarily the occupation I would turn to for survival, but I also don't live on a little island surrounded by merhorses and abundant fruit trees and bushes. Well, maybe the bushes; our blackberry brambles are out of control. I loved how she took what she had available to her and, with much determination, figured out a way to keep moving forward. Lori: She did. No matter the obstacles, she kept trying. I think we need to discuss Caz, though, the sentient spider plant! Becca: So...a talking plant research assistant. I wouldn't mind that. Maybe then I'd finally know how to care for one without it slowly fading away on me. And Caz has such an excellent personality. Lori: He stole the show in my opinion. I thought he had all the best lines. His friendship and support of Kiela really brought home to me how careful Sarah Beth Durst was to give all her characters, and the environment they inhabit, a nuanced worth. She also created an interesting magic system. Becca: I do love it when magic is something accessible to everyone in a book, instead of just the chosen few who are born with it. But with all of the impressive feats that can be accomplished with spells, I think it was the little magics scattered throughout the book were my favorite. Yes, Kiela wanted to do big magics to help her community, but the little ones that encouraged plant growth and water to flow were the ones that resonated with me. And it's the small magics that she was determined to share with those around her as a way to make their lives better. Lori: It really shows how little things, that maybe don't seem like they matter that much, actually have more of an impact than one might think. It's encouraging that making small choices towards the good does make a difference in the world. Becca: It is. And I appreciated how Kiela came to believe that sentiment because she observed Larran, her always-willing-to-help neighbor, put forth the effort to do so. Lori: I loved watching the spark between Kiela and Larran grow. She started out so wary and standoffish, but as she continued to see how good he was (and how good he looked shirtless), she started to admire him, until she found herself unable to resist.

This sweet book is perfect for summer, with its cottagecore vibes and berry-filled island. The first printing has beautiful sprayed purple edges to add to the appeal. So, stop by to pick up a pretty book, whip up (or purchase) some scones with jam (preferably raspberry), and settle in for a gentle adventure full of plants, jam, and slightly illegal magic.

— ​Becca & Lori

[ratsoh-writes]

Ok with the siblings who are they friends with

Angler is genuine besties with captain. Captain may have a bit of a crush on her in fact!

Pacific has close friends with twin merhorse monsters, they were the same age and trained together

Bermuda has a ton of buddies on tumblr. He mostly hangs out with either silex or angler in real life

And baby Atlantis’ best friend is her lightning McQueen hot wheel and Pearl of course!

[the-anime-void]

Got another Fakemon starter! This is Foalpie, the Merhorse Pokemon. Pure water type.

They're loving but a bit dimwitted. They enjoy swimming in dark waters among kelp and seaweed, generally giving other swimmers a fright when they just want to say "hi."

Their bodies are also very squishy, aside from their hooves.

Art is provided by the amazing Hikoku.

[pollyssecretlibrary]

"The Spellshop", by Sarah Beth Durst

𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 (𝐔𝐊) - 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The subgenre cosy fantasy is here to stay. It was popularized by authors such as Travis Baldree, Sangu Mandanna or TJ Klune, and now we must add Sarah Beth Durst to the list, not doing so would be a disservice to this genre that has created a welcoming safe place for many readers.

“The Spellshop” is a slice of life rather than pure action based fantasy. Its main character, Kiela and her spider plant companion Caz arrive into the island after fleeing the revolution that ended with the assasination of the emperor. Kiela and Cath lived in the library of sorcerers at the high capital, and they managed to take a few crates full of books with them. Now they’re living in Caltrey, in the little cottage by the sea and the forest where Kiela was born and raised. At the village where she grew up Kiela witnesses hunger and decay and desperation caused, according to the villages, for the lack of help from the sorceres whose magic made life possible there. The emperor took the sorcerers a few years ago and the place is dying. Kiela can’t tell her secrets, of course, but she and Caz start a shop that apparently only sells raspberry jam but behind the scenes they sell spells to heal trees, help the fields grow with produce, help the forest come back to life and heal magical creatures.

This book is full of wonders. Kiela and Caz are fantastic main characters, a bit reluctant to mingle with the locals but getting close to them and making friends eventually, one step at a time. There’s all kids of people here. Caz herself is blue skinned and blue haired, she makes friends with a centaur, there are cats with wings, there’s a bakery where the patros are shaped in all the ways you could imagine, and there’s Larran, Kiela’s closest neighbor, a man who trains and looks after merhorses, half horse, half dolphin… there are mermaids and people with several arms… this book is overflowing with imagination.

The pages are wonderfully written and the reader will enjoy the slow paced story even if nothing seems to happen. And I must remark that there are books everywhere, talk of books, love for books, for both Kiela and Caz are bookworms, librarians, book scientists, dreamers.

This is a book without age target. It can be enjoyed by young children and old people equally. It’s perfect for cuddling up with a nice mug of cocoa, or cofee, or anything comforting. You won’t be disappointed by this book, it’s compelling and heartwarming yet it doesn’t come with its dose of adventure, risks, a little bit of darkness, but also love and found family. It is magical.

This is a love song to books, to imagination, to magic, to exploring different worlds encapsulated in words, sentences, paragraphs, this is a love song about sailing the universe on a ship made of books.

[eunchancorner]

Spirt animal??? 👀 Pray tell, my dearest.... what's the au about? Well, besides the fact it says it in the title, what's everyone's spirit animal and why? :>

Well my dearest beloved, I do admit that most of these spirit animals are random, but each one is assigned to a character when they reach their 13th birthday! I have most characters but am still thinking on some; Here's what I have so far!

Jack: Cerberus (I just thought Jack having a dog would be cute) John: Manticore Shotty: Pegasus Ethan: Wyvern Kevin: Phoenix Robert: Hydra Roy: Unicorn Ross: Griffin Lila: Kitsune Streber: Dragon Liv: Hippocampus Confi: Kirin Leon: Enfield Jaune: Peryton Frank: Leucrocuta Aria: Baku Richard: Jackalope Radford: Wolpertinger (thought it would be funny if the other sibs got big, cool spirit animals and Rad got a tiny little thing) Diego: Goldhorn Cap: Merhorse (Kinda matching Shotty) Rick: Roc Carmen: Zmiulan (It looked elegant idk) Robin: Quezalcoatl Patty: Kelpie Ross's Dad: Chimera Evermore: Serpent Dexter: Cockatrice (I liked how it looked like a nonsensical horror mixture instead of something elegant or grand) Bob: Hellhound (It's a hunting dog cmon)