#paradisier

[philoursmars]

Deuxième étape de mon périple dans l'Ouest pour retrouver des ami(e)s lointain(e)s , Brigitte et Sylviane à La Rochelle.

Le Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.

Baudroie

Coracine casquée et Paon du Congo

Môle = Poisson-Lune

Paradisier du Prince Albert

Cœlacanthe

Tortue-Luth

poissons divers !

squelette non déterminé ! (je pense celui d'un Marsouin ?)

Tégénaire, Nephiles, Argiope, Mygale à genoux blancs, Mygale à genoux rouges, Mygale Goliath

[billyobilly]

Paradisier Grande-Emeraude Dessin à l’I Pad - 2023. * * * * * * #oiseaux #paradisier #dessin #billyserib #dessinoiseau #dessinipad #ornitology #ornitologia #ornithologie (à Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpipNxzLYXd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dinonfissatoaffetto]

L’unica cosa per cui si può avvertire nostalgia sono i paradisi perduti. Gli angeli nascosti. Ciò che di meraviglioso, magari fugacemente, abbiamo incontrato. Se c’è una cosa bella dell’età che avanza, è in questo miracolo: saper riconoscere la bellezza. Quando mi passa davanti, adesso, la colgo.

- Franco Battiato

[kirjavas]

Eventually, child, you will go to the land of the dead with no effort, no risk. A safe and calm journey. But there is no reason to rush there.

[helluvatimes]

The Heel Bruiser

A Chrysopelea paradisi or Paradise Tree Snake seeking a lizard meal near the Supertree Grove. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Actually, this is a rather timid and skittish snake and would disappear up a tree quickly once spooked. This one had frozen still as we passed by (5 feet or 1.5m away), hoping that we won’t have noticed.

[casualavocados]

HIS DARK MATERIALS 2.04 | Tower Of The Angels

[666frames]

The Visitor (1979)

[weirdlookindog]

Stridulum (1979)

AKA The Visitor

[valentina-lauricella]

Amare, non importa se corrisposti o no, più persone contemporaneamente, fa capire che l'amore non è per una persona, ma per una disposizione della coscienza, quella inerente al piacere, alla meraviglia, al sacro.

[birdblues]

Indian Paradise Flycatcher

[lobbycards]

The Visitor, Mexican lobby card. 1979

[lesser-known-composers]

Pietro Domenico Paradisi (1707-1791) - Sonata No.10 & 4

00:00 - Sonata No.10 in D major (Vivace-Presto)

06:23 - Sonata No.4 in C minor (Andante-Minuetto)

Luciano Sgrizzi, harpsichord

[billyobilly]

Paradisier Grand Émeraude. Dessin à l’I Pad - 2023. * * * * * * * * #oiseauduparadis #paradisier #paradisiergrandemeraude #oiseau #dessinoiseau #ornitology #ornithologie #corvidé #passereau #billyserib #dessin #ipad (à Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpiWs3PDZjR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[birding-with-tortoise]

Indian Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), female

Sighted at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

[occult-roommates]

A rotten corrupt world

After the banquet came Giuseppe's speech. He was going to do some emergency PR for himself trying to explain what was going on with that whole Delfina Baradoz situation. She had been invited to the summit, but had denied the invitation for some odd reason, so she wasn't even there to defend herself, it's perfect.

Giuseppe: Yes, Delfina, or Delphine as I call her, is my daughter. However, I would never try to hide one of my children, especially one who obviously look so much like me. You see, it all started when I married Gwenaelle Lorgn-

In the middle of his sentence, he was interrupted by Daniele, bursting into the conference room enraged. He ran towards the podium and punched his former childhood hero straight on the nose.

Daniele: Outta my way, old man!

Once the old spellcaster was on the ground, Daniele threw a temporary paralysis spell at him. It should last around only five minutes, but he still won't have much time to do his speech before security shows up.

Daniele: Hi everyone. My name is Daniele. I was born in Tartosa in the powerful Rossini family 23 years ago. When I was 12, I was diagnosed with progressive magic degeneration, and while my parents never claimed I was dead, they like to pretend that I am.

He quickly scanned the room and noticed standing in the very back, Dawud, Gwenn and Adem. They were just there, hoping they wouldn't get noticed by any of the staff or worse, by Giuseppe himself.

Daniele: I knew spellcasters with my disease or a similar to mine, or who were straight up born without powers, were treated horribly, but I didn't realize the extent of it until recently. Our society truly is vile towards our most vulnerable. I know we are all traumatized to a degree about being mistreated by humans, even by other occults sometime, but we need to understand that ironically, there is more to being a spellcaster than casting spells. I mean, do you really think humans see me as one of them?

He took a moment to catch his breath, then continued.

Daniele: People with my condition who have more typical spellcaster traits such as say, purple hair, don't even lose their traits! Hell, a few months ago we had a case of a young human man becoming a spellcasters, we're not as different as we claim to be. We like to claim we're different species, but we're clearly not like...just the fact we can have children with each other should be a big enough proof. We're all homo sapiens, we're all people. It's just that some of us can do magic, some of us grow fish tails underwater, some of us are half-bat, some of us turn into wolf during the full moon and some of us have dragonfly wings. Fuck, I'd even say we're all humans, how come us occults can't even get that words even though we objectively are human being too? Like, we're complacent in our literal dehumanization. This whole division thing is stupid, you realize a woman whose goal was literally to create peace between humans and spellcasters was demonize to hell and back like holy fuck! And it's not human who were demonizing her, I'm just saying. I understand, like I said, humans have mistreated us for centuries, I'm not forgiving them for that, but at least, can we just not let this pent up anger be redirected towards people like me or Delfina. Please.

Gwenn and Adem looked around, people were looking at them. Seems like they weren't that subtly hidden after all. Though, there was one person with them that hadn't been mentionned yet.

Daniele: And like, proof we're not so different, both "regular" humans and spellcasters get mad when we start dating each other, or if we fall in love with other occults. A-A-And...I no longer care that you're human, Dawud, I love you.

Dawud turned bright red, and was now totally outed as a human to the rest of the crowd who had no idea who he is. He literally did not know how to respond. The guy really made a whole speech, a poignant speech in spite of it being improvised on the spot, begging for acceptance to his community, a speech which might go down in spellcasting history even, and then ended it with a gay love confession.

Adem: Dude, I think he might be talking about you.

Dawud: Y-Yeah.

Anyway, he would not have the time to give Daniele an answer live, as security barged in right after. Even if one of them secretly agreed with the speech, he started it by punching an old guy unprovoked.

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[helluvatimes]

On The Hunt

A Chrysopelea paradisi or Paradise Tree Snake chasing a prey up a tree in a northeastern park. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

It had first caught our eyes when it landed at the base of the tree. It had just missed its prey but swiftly moved up the tree after it. At 10 metres away (a little over 10 yards), we couldn’t make out what this snake was chasing after but it eventually lost the prey.

The snake didn’t stand out very well in the original capture. So in post, we had the tree trunk darkened a little bit.