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Roca Nested Coffee Tables are minimal nested coffee tables designed by Los Angeles-based studio ŌMBIA STUDIO. In the shadowed corner of Cristina Moreno’s Los Angeles studio, the Roca Nested coffee tables emerge like geological formations frozen in time. Their presence speaks to a deeper narrative about the intersection of Colombian craftsmanship and contemporary design language, where each piece bears the intimate marks of hand-sculpted precision.
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I've heard about having a nest egg but this is getting ridiculous, Bug
#peafowl#my pets#bug the peahen#peahens#the money Bug#i left the payment from selling Lotta Bit on her table#and she stole it all for her nest overnight
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House Beautiful Color, 1993
#vintage#interior design#home#vintage interior#architecture#home decor#style#1990s#living room#90s#wall sconce#striped#upholstery#fringe#nesting tables#modern#black and white#artwork#contemporary#House Beautiful
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#Woodensday :




Émile Gallé (France, 1846-1904)
Nesting Tables, c.1900
Cherry w/ mixed hardwood inlay decoration (marquetry)
On display at Philadelphia Museum of Art (1966-30-1-3)
#animals in art#20th century art#european art#birds in art#19th century art#bird#museum visit#birds#cat#cats#squirrel#cats in art#parakeets#parrots#budgies#nesting tables#table#woodwork#marquetry#trio#Emile Galle#French art#furniture#Art Nouveau#interior decoration#ginkgo#Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Prayer Paraphernalia
#this is my new vigil table since i moved#if you even care#hashtag vigil table for previous#vigil table#i prayed a paraklesis in front of that icon of St. Nektarios for my dad#doctors said he had 4 months to live but two weeks after the paraklesis they said he’s cancer free#so dont worry#just pray!!!#orthodox christianity#prayer paraphernalia#prayer corner#birds have nests and foxes have holes and the Son of Man gave me a prayer cave#the painted ceramic jar with the onion dome is from St. Elizabeth Convent in Minsk Belarus#it has holy water from St. Anthony in Arizona#St. Elizabeth Convent
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any time i imagine kid xelqua lounging in grian's house, he is watching sesame street or dragon ball z, with snacks sat on the cushion next to him.
he shoves the snacks into the crease of the couch when he thinks he might get in trouble for eating on the furniture and doesn't want to get caught. (he would not have got in trouble, but now he will, just for that)
#he watches sesame street solely bc i imagine he has a rly positive reaction to doc and joe hills#big starry eyes. grian is SOO confused the first time he sees this reaction. like. he thinks the puppet is real ??#(joe hills under the table holding the puppet up)#we've barely seen the inside of grian's s10 build but i have it so vivid in my head#where hte kitchen is. the bed. the bathroom. theres a box tv#he has fish themed wallpaper and multi coloured muted rugs around#his bar stools don't match each other#he has to light his stove every time he uses it#his coffee table is way too detailed around the edges and legs#his bedroom doesn't have a wall its just a loft looking over his living area. theres a ladder to it. but he flies up#its just a large nest on the floor full of blankets#storage on the other side#I CANT DRAW BACKGROUNDS I TRIED FOR THIS ITS SO HARD AND UGLY#picture it in ur mind with me hold my hand#he hangs sliced dried oranges in his window for the smell and decor..
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y'know it wasn't until i went to pull all my stats data off the nano website that i realized: it's not actually gr8 for grabbing things in one fell swoop, huh??
#text#personal#nano#nanowrimo#writing#like i want the Daily Counts and the Total Running Counts#and for some reason those are in two separate tables??#so i have to paste twice into my excel file *glaring moji*#i am also grabbing full page screenshots for The Graphs As Presented but like.#even that.#the data tables are scroll bars nested within the big page and i CANNOT ADJUST THEM#so there's really no way to grab all this data easily or at once lmao#anyway. dumpsterfire all around.#i'm still upset about it even though i didn't use them last year#just like. How Dare You.#this WAS my process and now it's got the Yuck on it#i mean i definitely still write this way and will continue to do so. but. SALTY.
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I survived my own execution and all I got was this atypical narrative identity || A vivisection of Kozuki Oden / Yamato's otherkinity

Yamato! Everyone's favorite pseudo-Straw Hat himbo. He's a popular character, and one of the best known outside of the One Piece fanbase due to what I like to call the Bridget Effect (aka being a trans character in a popular series from Japan). There's a lot of discussion about him, and there have been many analysies written on him from a queer perspective- as there should be!
But there is something distinctly lacking in discussions of Yamato, which is any meaningful alterhuman perspective on this character who is just as alterhuman as he is queer. At most, you might see someone jokingly calling him "Yamato Odenkin" or something like that, and that's about where the willingness to engage with his identity begins and ends.
So, I would like to give Yamato a long-overdue look from this angle. But first, a couple disclaimers:
1. I am fictionkin, which is a very similar experience, but I am not factkin myself. I apologize if I have missed anything because of that.
2. I'm not gonna be getting into Factkin Discourse™ here, and I kindly ask that you follow my lead in this regard. I will be approaching Yamato's identity with the same good faith I would approach any other otherkin identity.
Take a shot every time I say "freedom" in this essay if you want to get alcohol poisoning or something lmao
0. A note on the word "kin"
Our vocabulary has been widely stolen, bastardized, and watered-down, so there's a good chance you have a huge misconception about what the word "kin" actually means. So, as a brief clarification:
To be otherkin is to be your kintype. It is to identify as it, not with it. It is a part of who we are at our core, not a game we play or a little hat we wear for fun. It isn't roleplaying, or faceclaiming, or merely "relating". In the same way queerness is broadly not a choice, the same is true of otherkinity.
Alright, back to One Piece.
1. What is the point of Yamato?
Throughout One Piece, pretty much every important character explores some distinct idea related to the core theme of freedom- what it means, what pursuing it looks like, what it's worth, etc. Yamato is no exception. His character and story are about the ways in which self-actualization and freedom are intrinsically linked, and I can hardly think of a more poignant way to deliver that message than through a character like Yamato, for whom the two are truly one and the same.
Kozuki Oden led a life of freedom, being a free spirit who did as he pleased from childhood and eventually sailing the seas as a pirate alongside the freest man in the world. Oden embodied freedom as a symbol and as a person. Yamato seeks to do the same in order to embody himself, and seeks to embody himself in order to achieve freedom.
Yamato himself stresses this connection between his identity and his conception of freedom, even lamenting that Luffy is "more Oden" than him due to Luffy living a life of both material and inner freedom. Putting a pin in this interaction, by the way.
Another core One Piece theme that Yamato has his own spin on is that of inhereted will. When Yamato's identity forms, he is inhereting Oden's will to the extent that it is truly his own will. He is an extention of Oden past death; perhaps the purest distillation of this concept that is so crucial to One Piece as a whole. More on that later.
Yamato's identity is frankly a stroke of writing genius, tailor-made for the exact point that One Piece is communicating with him. If he was only a trans man, or if his kintype was something else, his story wouldn't have the same flawless cohesion and immense impact.
Additionally, the use of an identity that is on the periphery of the periphery in real life is in and of itself is a bold and good writing choice for this. While it can (and absolutely does) lose some readers, it's worth it for the poignance it lends the message. Freedom of self-determination is for everyone, One Piece says through Yamato, not only for those who are deemed "normal" and easy to understand. (Him being non-passing also contributes to this, but that's tangential to my focus here.)
2. It's all us
There's a common misconception that otherkin of all stripes- but especially fictionkin & factkin- don't truly consider ourselves to be our kintypes. We do. It's important to understand that. But there's also, somehow, another common misconception that we completely reject our current selves, or that we "should" if we want to be "valid".
The truth is that we don't, because it's all us. The lives we lived then and the lives we live now both shape us, are both part of our person. Some things are different, some things are the same, and that's okay. It doesn't make either us less us.
Yamato reflects this wonderfully. He introduces himself as both Oden and Yamato- a kind of polyonomy you'll see in a lot of real life otherkin. He wears the exact same kind of shimenawa belt as a visual tie (pun intended) to his identity, but the rest of his style is different. He says he's Oden and that he's Kaido's son, and he's caught off-gaurd when Kaido acts like there's any contradiction between the two, because the fact that there isn't is completely self-apparent to Yamato's eyes.
I would like to circle back around to that pin now. Luffy doesn't really get it, but it's a very real feeling that Yamato's expressing there. Despite knowing that we don't need to be exactly like we were before, it can still, sometimes, cause feelings of self-consciousness or even jealousy to see someone who is more similar to your other self than you currently are. This can cause problems when handled immaturely, but there's nothing wrong about the feeling itself. It's just a feeling, and Yamato handles it pretty gracefully. It's just a sad little relatable moment that really cements Yamato's conceptualization of his kintype.
3. Language
Yamato is fully disconnected from others like himself and largely disconnected from other people in general. He's had to navigate his identity on his own. The results of this are interesting and, in my opinion, pretty realistically written.
Most notably, the language Yamato uses to refer to himself is pretty wishy-washy. Some have used this as evidence that he doesn't actually see himself as Oden, and I can definitely see why it might appear that way if you aren't all that familiar with otherkin. I don't really blame anyone, but the truth is more complicated.
This kind of fluctuation between "am" and "want to be" language is actually not terribly uncommon among otherkin. Why the imprecise language? Well, honestly, it boils down to the fact that it's a whole lot easier to say, ex., "I want to be a cat" than it is to articulate the nuances of incongruence and dysphoria, or to even fully understand those nuances within yourself to begin with.
It's not universal, and certainly as you get into the academic side of the community, you're not going to see that kind of imprecision amongst them. But for many, and particularly for those who are isolated from the community, that kind of language can be the best they have.
When we look at Yamato- a man who is without guidance and without pre-existing language to lean on- it only makes sense that the way he talks about and conceptualizes himself ends up being wildly inconsistent.
4. Present day Yamato
(Note: At time of writing, the most recent chapter is 1135, i.e. part 21 of Yamato's 'surrogate pilgramage' cover story.)
In the current cover story, Yamato is using his newfound freedom to travel the Land of Wano, and in doing so is growing into himself by following in his own old footsteps. Small note, but I like that this is reflected even in little background details, such as the crowd of women we see swooning over him, much like the Oden before. (Also, same. I would be in that crowd.)
He's also healing as Oden- honoring the will he carries in a very real way. When the original Oden left to sail the seas, Wano suffered in his absence. When Yamato saw the threat that faces Wano now, he knew he couldn't repeat that mistake. I, like many others, was very disappointed that Yamato didn't join the Straw Hats on the Thousand Sunny (and I knew it was coming! I can't imagine what it must have been like at the time.) But now, I've formed an appreciation for that decision. There's a special kind of hindsight that comes with getting to see yourself from the outside as fict/factkind do, and it's incredibly healing to be able to take that and do better. I'm happy for him, because I myself know what that feels like.
5. So... is he good representation?
Overall, I would say yes. Most depictions of otherkin are either mean-spirited or undercut by themselves or both. Yamato isn't either. He is presented as weird, but in the wonderful "yes, and?" way that so many weird characters in One Piece are. This is a story that thoroughly believes that weird is good, so there's no need for it to portray Yamato as normal in order for it to treat him with respect. And best of all, in the cover stories, we see that he is thriving as he grows into that identity further, with the choices he makes to do so also making a positive impact in general as they lead to him helping others.
He's not flawless, though- his identity is played as a little bit of a joke sometimes. But not too often- certainly not enough for me to not love him to bits.
I don't know how much Oda knows about otherkin. It could genuinely be nothing; wouldn't be the first time someone "invented" us out of thin air without knowing we do actually exist. But I will say that if that is the case, then his sheer intuition for how an identity like this manifests is crazy because everything about Yamato makes sense.
Anyway, I hope you found this interesting. Thank you very much for reading.
#the vivisection table#<- this will be my tag for my character analysis essays#starting off this series by swinging a big studded club at a hornet's nest but fuck it. we ball.#one piece#yamato#otherkin
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Marcel Breuer Nesting Tables
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SQL just gets wildly out of hand really quickly huh
#I am three nested subselects in on this table trying to pull most recent x after greatest y and I am losing my mind#'select MAX(CASE WHEN' is a thing crazy people say
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Feeling really frustrated with rhubarb today/ this week.
#hopefully I can fix it#I just put SO MUCH EFFORT into making her life enriched and she spent all of her time out today trying to nest on all the bird room shelves#the couch the table#her food bowl her foraging bowl#and I can’t redirect her successfully#I feel like I’ve tried everything to help her be less hormonal#I know I’ll feel better in the morning but#/ negativity#the reality of parrot care
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Why Nesting Tables Are a Must-Have for Modern Homes
In today's fast-paced world, homeowners seek furniture that is not only stylish but also functional and space-saving. One such essential piece that has gained immense popularity is nesting tables. These versatile tables offer a perfect blend of aesthetics and practicality, making them a must-have for modern homes. Whether you are looking for a nested coffee table for your living room or a stylish nested table to complement your decor, this guide will help you understand why nesting tables are the ultimate furniture investment.

What Are Nesting Tables?
Nesting tables, also known as nested tables, are a set of two or more tables designed to fit neatly under one another. This unique feature allows them to be stored compactly while providing additional surface space when needed. These tables are ideal for nesting tables for living rooms, bedrooms, or even study areas, as they offer convenience without occupying excessive space.

The Growing Popularity of Nesting Tables
The demand for nesting tables has skyrocketed due to their adaptability and space-saving features. With urban homes getting smaller, the need for multifunctional furniture has increased. Nesting tables are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly practical, making them a preferred choice for modern homeowners.

Benefits of Nesting Tables in Modern Homes
1. Space-Saving Design
One of the biggest advantages of nesting tables is their compact and stackable design. They take up minimal space when not in use, making them ideal for apartments and smaller homes. If you require additional tables for guests, simply pull them apart and rearrange them as needed.
2. Versatility in Functionality
A nested table can serve multiple purposes, making it one of the most versatile furniture pieces. Here are some common uses:
As a Coffee Table: A nested coffee table works great in a living room, providing ample surface space for drinks, books, and decorative items.
As Side Tables: Use nesting tables as stylish side tables next to a sofa or bed.
For Storage and Organization: Some nesting tables come with drawers or shelves, offering extra storage space.
As Temporary Workspaces: Need an extra table for work? A nesting table can be quickly moved and used as a laptop desk.

3. Stylish and Aesthetic Appeal
Nesting tables are available in various styles, materials, and finishes, making them a perfect addition to modern homes. Whether you prefer minimalist wooden designs or chic metal and glass combinations, there’s a nested table to match your decor. Wooden Street offers a stunning collection of nesting tables for living rooms that seamlessly blend with different interior styles.
4. Easy to Move and Rearrange
Unlike bulky furniture, nesting tables are lightweight and easy to move around. You can reposition them based on your needs, whether it’s for hosting guests or simply changing the layout of your space.

5. Budget-Friendly Option
Investing in a set of nesting tables is more economical than purchasing multiple separate tables. They provide the same functionality at a fraction of the cost, making them an affordable yet stylish choice.
Choosing the Perfect Nesting Tables for Your Home
With so many options available, choosing the right nesting table can be overwhelming. Here are some factors to consider before making a purchase:
1. Material and Finish
Nesting tables come in various materials, each offering a unique appeal:
Wooden Nesting Tables: Classic and timeless, perfect for a warm and elegant look.
Metal and Glass Nesting Tables: Ideal for modern and contemporary homes.
Marble Nesting Tables: Adds a touch of luxury and sophistication.
Rattan or Wicker Nesting Tables: Perfect for a bohemian or coastal aesthetic.
2. Size and Shape
Consider the available space in your room and choose a size that complements it. Popular shapes include:
Round Nested Tables: Soft and elegant, ideal for compact spaces.
Square or Rectangular Nesting Tables: Perfect for a sleek, modern look.
Abstract or Geometric Shapes: Adds a unique and artistic touch to your decor.
3. Purpose and Placement
Determine where and how you plan to use your nesting tables:
In the Living Room: As a nested coffee table or side table.
In the Bedroom: As a nightstand or additional storage.
In the Study or Office: As a compact work surface.
How to Style Nesting Tables in Your Living Room
Once you’ve selected the perfect nesting tables for living room, it's time to style them effectively. Here are some styling tips:
Layered Look: Keep the smaller table slightly pulled out to create depth and dimension.
Decorative Accessories: Add vases, candles, books, or art pieces to enhance the visual appeal.
Balanced Arrangement: Position them next to a sofa or accent chair for a cohesive look.
Mix and Match Materials: Combine wood, glass, and metal elements for a contemporary aesthetic.
Use as Separate Pieces: Split them up and use them in different areas of the room for functionality.

Nesting Tables at Wooden Street – Premium Quality & Designs
If you’re looking for high-quality nested tables, Wooden Street offers an extensive collection that caters to various tastes and styles. Some of the best options include:
Solid Wood Nesting Tables: Durable and elegant for a classic look.
Modern Metal & Glass Nesting Tables: Sleek and contemporary designs.
Compact Space-Saving Nesting Tables: Ideal for small apartments.
Luxury Marble Top Nesting Tables: Adds sophistication to your space.

Maintaining Your Nesting Tables
To ensure the longevity of your nesting tables, follow these maintenance tips:
Regular Cleaning: Dust frequently with a soft cloth to prevent buildup.
Use Coasters: Protect the surface from spills and stains.
Avoid Direct Sunlight: Prolonged exposure can cause fading or warping.
Mild Cleaners: Use gentle cleaning solutions suitable for the table’s material.
Conclusion
Nesting tables are more than just furniture; they are a smart and stylish addition to any modern home. Whether you need extra surface space, a decorative accent, or a space-saving solution, a nested table offers unmatched versatility. With a wide range of designs available at Wooden Street, you can find the perfect nesting tables for living rooms that suit your style and needs. Explore the collection today and elevate your home decor effortlessly!
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Happy Early Valentine's Day! I couldn't wait, but this will be open for a week.
The prospect of character-themed custom perfumes has caused me some brainrot, so I decided to take some ideas I've been pondering over (with permission and consultation from the creators of said characters) and make a poll on what people would collectively be the most interested in. I actually had even more ideas, but just grabbed a couple.
Below this, I'll be listing the notes ideas that I'll consult with the perfumer over, so there could be some tweaking and the listed order will probably change up in the formulation. You can choose either based on the character or the notes; I'll order and review the winner (plus anyone can reorder the perfume, and at a cheaper price than formulating it in the first place- just remember that it will be several weeks before it ships when I order the custom and that this is unofficial, albeit with permission).
Name: Living Lie
Character: Seto from He's Just Away by HelloYinny
Notes: petitgrain, jasmine, moonflower, sea salt & rice flower, matcha, yuzu, cedar, and a hint of latex
Name: The Martyr
For this one, I was inspired by the mention of Seto's jasmine shampoo, the nickname that he gives (Moonlight), and some artificiality. Also, HelloYinny's suggestion of matcha is Big Brain. The overall vibe will probably be floral and citrusy.
Character: Martyr by @quieteeks
Notes: incense accord, red currant, merlot, tonka, gilded amber, white musk
This one was kind of a no-brainer, since quieteeks has straight up described how Martyr smells before: incense-y, red wine, and something soft like amber or white musk. Seems like he knows what he's about. I added the red currant and tonka for a little extra fun.
Name: Ratboy
Character: Ratboy by @quieteeks
Notes: dirt, oak, lavender marshmallow, vanilla bean, cabernet sauvignon, petrichor, moss, musk
Ratboy is mentioned to probably also smell like red wine, so I decided to go a little more dry on this one. Also got the suggestion of dirt and moss, so I added some petrichor (rain smell) and some other notes to round it out, including lavender marshmallow and vanilla bean to sweeten it up a little.
Name: Pining Artist
Character: Krow by @thekrows-nest
Notes: mango & chili, coconut milk, ginger, datura, paper, clean cotton, sandalwood, cedar
Krow's been mentioned to really enjoy mango, so that had to be included. A lot of the other choices are for his Indian heritage and artistic passions. As a fun extra, I chose datura because that's a poisonous flower this fits his tragic aspects.
Name: Shoot Your Shot
Character: Ivar by @theawkwardvillain
Notes: fruity hard candy, smoked vanilla, tobacco, leather & labdanum, sandalwood
Major sweet tooth on this guy, so fruity hard candy is a perfect note for him. He also has a smoking habit, so tobacco and smoked vanilla feel like a must but in a way that's especially wearable (anything not to use the cigarette smoke note, sorry). Plus, who can resist some leather for a Lost Boys vibe?
Name: Picture Perfect Date
Character: Ashton from Picture Perfect Boyfriend by @espoirduvide
Notes: green apple, fresh rose, coffee bean, honey & tonka, musk
This one was another fairly simple one overall. This guy loves roses, coffee, and honey (along with coffee dates with his Honey). The choice of some green apple has to do with apple imagery in the sequel.
#poll#custom perfume#perfume#seto inoue#he's just away#helloyinny#martyr#a seat at the table#quieteeks#ratboy#krow#the krow's nest#ivar#theawkwardvillain#ashton fell#picture perfect boyfriend#espoir du vide#yandere#male yandere
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Science of Bird People
I was speaking to a friend, regarding the comfort of different sleeping positions in avian humans, which led to an infodump on the logistics of bird people and the adaptations they would need to be somewhat plausible. As a certified autistic bird nerd, I feel the need to share my considerations to all of you lovely sex-havers. (Sincerely, an ace.) -----------
1. In order to maintain powered flight, most birds have a bone called a keel, which is essentially an enlarged breast bone for wing/flight muscles to attach to. The logistics of how we would place wings on a human body, which already has shoulder-controlling muscles attaching to the breast bone, is a question unto itself, but considering that bird wings are in fact just a bird’s arms, we can safely assume that a six-limbed modified human, with both arms and wings, would need two sets of pectoral muscles.
-RIP to Scott’s chest dysphoria, but seeing as both male and female flighted birds have keels, I am choosing to believe it causes him no additional dysphoria. (Not from his birdy brain, anyway. Human brain may be another story…)
2. Regarding oxygen intake during flight:
True flight is one of the most energy-consuming abilities in nature. To sustain it for any long period of time, flighted birds have several adaptations to help them consume as much oxygen as possible. The first of these, which will be relevant later when considering a reasonable wingspan for a six-foot tall humanoid, are hollow bones. Hollow bones in birds are called pneumatic bones. They are not hollow in the way that a human’s would be if you stripped them of bone marrow; rather, they have “pockets” within them in which air can flow, which helps move oxygen more efficiently through their bodies. Contrary to popular belief, this does not make bird bones lighter or weaker. The bone is denser than in mammals, making them more difficult to break— but this also makes them brittle, more prone to shattering or splintering when significantly damaged, whereas a similarly-sized mammal might only receive a simple fracture.
Additional information, less relevant to Scott’s external anatomy and durability, purely for additional context of how the bones themselves “breathe”; therefore, this is an optional read:
The energy expended during powered flight is exponential, so oxygen needs to be flowing in at the same rate that carbon dioxide leaves. Air sacs connected to relatively small lungs help maintain that unidirectional, constant air flow, to provide the large amount of oxygen birds need to consume in order to fly. The hollow spaces of a bird's bones connect to these air sacs. Oxygen exchange does not happen in the bones or in the air sacs, but it does offer more space for air to be stored, giving them a greater overall lung capacity.
The actual process is quite difficult to explain in a quick summary, but if you know about “circular breathing” in humans, it’s almost similar, in the sense that air is moving around even while breathing in or out— though of course, the actual process is more complex than just pushing air out through cheeks.
3. Wingspan
The most important thing to consider about wingspan is an animal’s weight. In a world with an atmospheric density similar to earth, there is no chance that a bird as large as Scott would be able to take off, especially considering the added feather weight. Large birds such as waterfowl and vultures already struggle quite a bit.
However, that said, this is fantasy. We can pretend it has a denser atmosphere and/or weaker gravitational pull, and beyond that we can simply suspend our scientific disbelief.
We’ve established that Scott’s hollow bones would not make him lighter. Therefore, we can assume he weighs about the same as any other six-foot tall humanoid (ignoring added weight from extra limbs and massive feathers for simplicity), and his wingspan therefore would not need to be larger than any bird proportionally the same. This is true even if we pretend that his bones would not be hollow, more similar to that of a mammal’s.
Barn owls are normally about 13-16 inches in length, with wingspans between 39 - 49 inches wide.
A small, 13-inch-long barn owl might have a wingspan close to 39 inches— three times that of the body’s length. If we assume the same is true of Scott, then his wingspan may be up to 18 feet long, with each wing measuring close to 9 feet.*
*Note: a bird’s length is typically measured from the tip of its beak to the end of its tail feathers. Scott may or may not have tail feathers, as discussed later in this post, but he does have meaty human legs which may create more weight and drag. It is well-worth considering that his wings may be even larger to overcompensate for the lack of a tail, in order to create that lift he’s missing otherwise.
4. All this raises the question of how Scott could possibly maintain all of his feathers.
There are several steps to preening and maintaining feathers. Some are simple, such as simply shaking, raising, and ruffling feathers to get them all in place, but other steps are far more complicated and time-consuming, while being vital to a bird’s survival.
Scott, entering this new world where even breathing is different, would have had to go through a period of not only learning how to maintain his feathers, but also coming to terms with having to set aside potentially hours every single day for that purpose.
Real birds have an oil-secreting gland at the base of their tail. They collect the oil with their beaks to spread it through their feathers.
There are a few ways a humanoid avian might do this, such as collecting the oils from a special gland with their hands and spreading it through their feathers, but I’d lean toward the assumption that there is an oil he has to or can choose to buy, and specialized combs to help spread the oil evenly over each feather.
By himself, going over each individual feather might take hours, so this could be a great way to bond with friends who help him, especially when it comes to feathers at the back of his wings that he can’t reach with his sad human arms and short, inflexible human neck.
Along with learning to keep the feathers tidy, he also has to keep them clean. Shaking and oiling them would be required for daily maintenance, but as an owl, if he gets his feathers wet, he will be far too heavy to fly until they fully dry. If he gets them covered in mud, it might take weeks to get it out.
Owls, if you don’t already know, have “hairy” wings that help muffle sound during flight. The bottoms of the feathers are rigid, but the ends of each wing and tail feather are fuzzy to allow air to pass by without a sound, and the top of each feather also has a unique layer of “fuzz.”
Whereas most birds have some amount of water resistance and may be able to fly in the rain, an owl’s feathers make them uniquely vulnerable during wet weather, unable to fly in the rain.
(Consider the vulnerability Scott must feel when it rains, particularly during adverse weather. Consider the angst potential, whether it’s during his adjustment to his new body; or his desperation when his friends forget he can’t fly in the rain, assuming he’s right behind them or somewhere overhead, while fleeing an enemy during a storm. Imagine Scott crying out for help as someone grabs and binds his wings, but his friends can’t hear him over the downpour.)
I had it in my notes for writing this page to also mention pin feathers and blood feathers. My ramble about feather maintenance was pretty long-winded as-is, so you’ll be spared… This time.
TLDR: Feathers as disability (in towns that are not tailored to avian, or even owlish-specific, races)
5. Tail Feathers!
I find it very difficult to imagine a humanoid (and therefore upright-walking) owl with tail feathers. How do they keep them from dragging on the ground and being useless? Do they have a different way of steering and controlling flight? Are their tails just incredibly perky? How does that work?
I have nothing to say here except to point out how important it is to have some way to steer flight. Think of Toothless from HTTYD. Can’t fly without the tail fins, and for good reason.
Bats control flight by having extra long fingers, but feathered wings don’t have those extra joints and feathers aren’t as maneuverable as skin.
Artists, I’m looking at you. Give me your wildest theories and ideas, if he doesn’t have tail feathers (or how we’d make that work). I can envision some horrible and beautiful alternatives. Please ask me for my ideas; I have so many.
(A perky tail is the most simple solution to Scott's tail problem-- funny, but we can be more creative.)
Ask me about Scott’s sleep habits and the logistics of that with extra and feathered limbs! Ask me about the weird ways he’d have to land after flying, particularly at high speeds, and whether or not that might cause joint issues over time! I have so many thoughts and notes that I was info-dumping onto @imfindingsolace, but not all are relevant to his physical anatomy as discussed here. [I want someone to make a meme that just says "GET AUTISMED" in a way that feels or looks like you're being punched with autism. Pretend that image is here to finish off this post.]
#the encounter table#the encounter table podcast#tet pod#scott travis#autistic bird nerd certified#not an expert#barn owls my beloved#birds are so freaking cool man#there is a fungus called a bird's nest fungus#which isn't relevant but I thought you should know#avian humans#speculative biology#felt cute might delete later
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