#same with the second dilo

[lunavagans]

Started playing the dino game. Have Green and my first tame. Her name is Alloy and I would kill for her :D

And a very tentative attempt at shading:

[zponds]

Godzilla The Kaiju King — Season 3 Episode ??? — “First Encounter” (part 3)

Some kind of animal outside the building makes a hooting noise. It sounds like it’s circling the building but if anything, sounds unintimidating. Max steels his nerves and slowly walks through the studs, stepping out into the open. He keeps his sight on the far well, on the exit. The plastic ripples in the wind. One step at a time, Max crosses from one end to the other, tipping his head down as he passes under the empty pallet racks. As he gets closer and closer to the exit, Max picks up his pace, eager to get out of the darkness. He walks under the last steel rack but stops dead in his tracks when he hears the same hooting noise from before, right outside. He presses his hand onto the flashlight, with the back of his hand glowing bright red as the light shines into his palm. Max pants in fear, watching the large shape of a bipedal animal walk behind the plastic, silhouetted by the moonlight outside. It’s a slender animal, standing about ten feet tall (and twenty feet long) with twin crests upon its head. The throat bobs as the animal emits that same hooting sound. It’s a fully-grown (The Isle) Dilophosaurus; a male judging by the size of the twin crests. The early Jurassic predator angels forward, dipping its head down to sniff the ground. Initially thinking it’s Zachery Ponds in the form of a Dilo, Max breathes a slight sigh of relief that unintentionally grabs the Dilo’s attention. It suddenly rears upright and the plastic is pushed inward and crinkles as the carnivore presses its snout into it. Max glances down at the flashlight’s light peeking through the slits between his fingers and making the back of his hand glow bright red and he realizes that the animal must be able to see it through the plastic, as its the only light surrounded by total darkness. On top of that, another realization hits Max’s mind; Zachery is nowhere within this town and is very likely asleep in Chattanooga. With that, Max realizes that the animal before him is an ACTUAL Dilophosaurus. With a horror-filled gasp he fails to bite back, Max turns around, nearly tripping over his own feet but manages to stay upright and wastes no time bolting back the way he came. Behind him, he hears the loud rustle of plastic as it’s ripped aside and hears the thud of the Dilo’s feet hitting the floor as well as its snorting breaths as it sprints after him. Having only half a second to consider his options, Max decides not to risk climbing the pallet racks, not knowing if he could climb high enough or fast enough to escape the carnivore’s jaws. On top of that, Max doesn’t know if the rusted structures would buckle if the dinosaur rams the lower supports. Not looking back, Max ducks under the industrial racks as he goes, heading for the back of the warehouse from where he came. He hears the footsteps of the Dilophosaurus go around as its too tall and too big to fit under the lowest shelves like Max can. With the predator taking a small detour, that gives Max a slight advantage, one he desperately needs as the dinosaur is swifter in a full sprint. Max reaches the offices at the far end and trips over the horizontal beam anchoring the studs of a long-gone wall but he makes his way through before falling to the floor, having the breath knocked out of him. At this point, the Dilophosaurus has caught up to the Maple kid and claws scratch the polished concrete floor as if comes around the last corner of the pallet racks. It crashes into the row of two-by-four studs, torso too wide to fit through. The wood makes a sickening cracking & splintering sound but the Dilo losing momentum right before making the corner, there’s not enough power behind the impact for the wood to snap and let the dinosaur through. Max rolls over onto his back and shines the flashlight’s beam up at the Dilo’s head just in time to see it crane its neck to reach as far through the opening as it can. Max pulls his feet in just as the predator snaps at them. The studs make more noise as the animal leans its weight against them but the barrier holds… for now.

[wtfgaylittlezooid]

The dinos are still a work in progress, but what I’m thinking so far:

All of the color gang are compies. They have the same dumb scavenger pack energy

King is a quetzal. Based on vibes alone, and Purple is an archaeopteryx

Chosen one is a T Rex, Second is an Allosaurus, Dark I want to be some kind of bug megafauna but I might change that… Victim and Alan I’m unsure.

Primal is a Smilodon, and Ballista is a Dilo. Not sure about Agent and Hazard yet (tempted to make Hazard a herbivore)

....dinosaurs ava..................................................

You have no idea how bad it’s gotten. I played Amber Isle which is like a little paleo animal crossing game and have been already cooking up a fluff au and assigning everyone little dinos

[famderfries]

My unfiltered thoughts on Jurassic World: Dominion.

**(spoilers!!!)**

DOMINION HAS A LOT OF BUGS. LIKE A LOT OF THEM. I WONT BE DISCUSSING THEM HERE, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO WATCH THE FILM, KEEP IT IN MIND.

I feel like saying that I went into this film expecting a pile of dogshit and some dinosaurs, my expectations were VERY low, and that may have swayed my opinion. As probably did my favourite dinosaurs and co being in it. I left the cinema like 2 hours ago and did not plan this. this has been your disclaimer.

First of all, Chris Pratt is never a positive to this series. The first two Jurassic World movies were... a little disappointing to say the least. The first one was ok, introduced some interesting concepts, but was mostly ruined by the writing, cast, and general attempt to make dinosaurs equate to pets? The second follows through with this, making Blue a softie (which thankfully they seem to have reversed in Dominion), and being insufferably boring in my opinion. And though I dont particularly like Owen or Claire in any of the films, the (very welcome) addition of Ian Malcolm adds a lot to their dynamic. Having Owen outrun 3 Atrociraptors on a motorbike for like, 10 minutes, catch up to a plane, and get in while the plane is taking off is stupid, and ridiculous, but I couldnt bring myself to be upset about it. Every stretch of the imagination being accompanied by Malcolm's almost deadpan assessment of each scene is refreshing. Ian Malcolm as usual is the highlight of the film, but he really made me laugh a lot in this one. Thanks Goldblum.

A couple more negatives: It feels at points as if they're REALLY trying to stuff you with as much unfo as they can instead of showing it; the kid is annoying - nothing wrong with her personally, her british accent is just very offputting and pronounced. it makes some of her lines stiff at times (see "Eyes on me"). It was also more apparent in this film than any other that the characters had plot armour made of reinforced steel, but its quite fun to laugh at at times. Think Claire outrunning Rexie while IN HEELS in Jurassic World. This film is Nostalgia bait, its not hard to tell- its fairly similar in plot points and shots such as:

- Characters such as Grant, Sattler and Wu

- Brachiosaur (even tho its not the same one from the first film bc shes dead)

- Rexie, but shes in every one

- villain is killed by Dilos

- Throwback to the Malcolm Flare scene

Onto the dinosaurs (+Quetza)

The designs aren't all that accurate, but thats not what I'm really judging them on here. I was pleasantly surprised with the Dinosaurs in this film. To name a few, this film features: Atrociraptor, Pyroraptor, Compsognathus (background), Giganotosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Ankylosaurus (background), Dryosaur (i THINK?), Carnotaurus, Quetzalcoatlus (a pterasaur but Im including it), Therazinosaurus (my beloved <3) even if for a short amount of time, it was so nice to see these dinosaurs in the film. I feel as if Giga was underused, and it was also introduced as the "Biggest terrestrial carnovaur ever" which it wasn't, Spino's bigger, but the design was cool and different enough from Rexie that it was easy to tell who was who. Thera being a part of the main fight was not expected but i loved it :D

The supporting cast are mostly likeable, even though Blue's baby is clapped and has a terrible name. The humour was fairly good, the dinosaurs looked pretty good (except for the babies), no complaints there.

A lot of scenes were dramatised in ways that were really entertaining. I found myself laughing at Chris Pratt a lot (which i enjoy doing), especially when he does the raptor hand thing? they also talk a lot to dinosaurs in this movie and they seem to understand pretty well but its funny so who cares i guess. The plane scene was so stupid and dramatic i couldnt help but love it. The raptors conveniently taking like 10 minutes to get up after falling over. Chris Pratt carrying Beta on his shoulser like a pomeranian in a handbag, him somehow being able to singlehandedly wrestle a fully grown and abled Para with only a piece of rope and then touching its nose How To Train Your Dragon style-ing it into compliance. The Giganotosaurus LITERALLY BREATHING FIRE THAT ONE TIME. Although, for how cliché this film is, I have to give it credit for having Ian Malcolm in a large portion and not ONCE uttering the "Life finds a way" line. impressive.

I think the way they dealt with the dinosaurs being in the wild now was realistic enough, although sticking every land dinosaur in a nature reserve was lazy, considering the status quo of "Dinos deserve to coexist with us in the wild!!!" but Jurassic World: Dominion comes from a long line of films that are Lazy Cashgrabs about Lazy cashgrabs, and i don't know what else they could have done without feeling as if they hadn't accomplished anything.

Given the hand that they were dealt, they did well. Jurassic World: Dominion is definitely worth watching in my opinion, going into it expecting it to be more so dramatic that its funny and not a masterpiece. I am however upset Owen didnt try the crouchy-Raptor-hand-thing on the Giga </3

[shenanigans-and-imagines]

NSFW (whole alphabet) for Maul?

A/N: PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMMENT AND REBLOG IF YOU LIKE THIS! HEADCANONS NEED LOVE TOO YOU KNOW! (Also the tags are not working because they hate me)

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

He’s gentle, shockingly so. No matter how rough or intense, his entire demeanor shifts.  He treats you like glass; caressing your skin, cleaning your mess, and reveling in the lingering warmth. He becomes one clingy bitch is what I’m getting at here. 

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

He loves your throat.  He loves how you leave it so open to him, to kiss or bite or squeeze as he wishes.  It’s a sign of trust, not to mention it leads down to your chests and all the other soft parts attached. (He’s a boob man, that’s all I’m saying)

As for himself, he likes his hands. They still hold his true strength. They can still wield the force to his will; to destroy his enemies or to place a gentle touch to your cheek.  He’s amazed that you can allow him to touch you after how much his hands have done. 

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

He makes a mess whenever you fuck.  He likes to cum on you; on your tits, stomach, back, face, anywhere.  But he really loves cumming inside you and watching it drip from your sex.  Even if he can’t give you children, the idea of burying his seed in you is an instinct he can’t shake.  Would love nothing more than to keep his cock inside you and fill you again and again with him cum until it spills out on the bed.

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

There are times he purposefully makes you angry because he knows how you’ll punish him later.  He’s not sure if you’ve caught on or not, but either way you play into his scheme perfectly.

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

Not very before you.  He was taken by Sidious at a very young age; as a Sith he was trained to forgo attachments and obey his master at every turn.  Sidious would not allow his apprentice any chance to form a connection with another aside from taking him back to Dathomir to fulfill a coming of age ritual where he was taken by a Night Sister.  After that, nothing. 

But, for what he lacks in experience, he makes up for in his willingness to learn.  He asks what you want, what you like.  He feels your reactions through the force and demonstrates a control you hadn’t found in previous lovers.  He can be patient when it counts.

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

He loves it when you’re both kneeling, with you straddling his waist a he thrusts up into you.  He’s able to reach deep inside you while allowing either of you to gain control as you wish it.  Not to mention easy access to your throat and breasts as he clings to you. 

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

Maul is 99.9% of the time completely serious during sex.  Either his focus is entire on your pleasure or you’ve given him permission to work out his frustrations using your body.  The only time he’d crack a joke is if he’s feels particularly smug about the way he’s making you feels and wants to tease you.

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

No hair down below, because, well...he doesn’t really have a natural below.  I doubt Mother Talzin added hair just for the fun of it.

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

As I said before Maul has two modes; I need to fuck away my feelings OR you are the most important thing in the galaxy let me show you why.  When he’s in mode two, he’s the most intimate and romantic partner you can ask for, almost desperate in his attempt to show you how you make him feel.  If it’s option one, you’ll have to wait until after the sex to get the same treatment.

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Pre-Naboo, he kept it on the down low.  He could only allow himself a moment’s release when his master wasn’t around.  And even then, it was only when he was particularly stressed or angry.  It was done quickly with no real thought of pleasure, just some kind of release if he couldn’t do it through violence.

After Naboo, it’s not really something he does because well...there’s not much down there for a good long while and after he gets some of his...parts back, he meets you.  With you, he doesn’t feel as compelled to use his hands.

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Breeding kink.  He can’t give you children, obviously, but there’s an almost instinct there.  Just another thing Kenobi took away form him.

Also, not sure if it’s a kink, but he’s an absolute switch.  One minute he’s squeezing your neck while using you as his personal cum bucket.  The next, he’s tied to the bed begging and promising you the galaxy if you just let him cum.

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

He’s a bit of an exhibitionist. As much as he wants to be the only one to see you naked and writhing underneath him, there’s something about fucking you on the throne of Mandalor that sends a thrill up his spine.  Anyone can walk in and know that he’s the one making you feel this way.  He has the power to fuck you in front of the whole of Death Watch if he wanted to and none of them could touch you.  They would know you were his and as their leader they would not dare oppose him.

So, in terms of most common place, your bedroom.  In terms of most thrilling place, the throne room, followed by the war room, and then the training room.

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

You getting angry is the hottest thing in the galaxy to him.  If you direct that anger into destroying your enemies in combat, even better.  He’ll take you the second you’re alone in the ship.

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Roleplaying.  It’s you and him, that’s it.  He doesn’t want or need to “spice things up”.

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

He prefers giving.  He loves your taste and how easily he can get you to cum with just his tongue.  He can feel your pleasure through the force which only drives his further.  Granted he needs to be mindful of where his horns are when you clamp him head between your thighs but that’s neither here nor there.

He’ll certainly accept you going down on him, but he knows it’s not as pleasurable for you to have a metal cock in your mouth no matter how good it feels for him.

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

He can be slow an sensual, but it almost always devolves into rough desperation.  He’s a man of wild passions and it shows in the marks on your thighs the next morning.

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

You’re almost always the one to initiate them.  He says he can wait until the evening, but he’s often left working well into the night and forgets.  You take it upon yourself to strive into his office and tell him you need a good fuck.  That will get him away from the paper work long enough to leave your legs shaking and his mind a little more clear.

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

He’s willing to try something you propose so long as you discuss it properly before hand.  He wants to make sure you’re safe before trying anything.

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

It’s absolutely insane how high his stamina is.  For one, he’s got a mechanical cock that doesn’t actually get soft even after he cums.  Second, his reliance on the force allows him to recoup faster than normal.  He can go for an many rounds as you can stand for as long as you want.

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

That will be a negative.  He doesn’t have any toys and the idea of you having a toy when all you have to do is ask he finds more than a little insulting.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

He always does it when he’s trying to win an argument or make a point, and it’s infuriating.  He likes hearing you beg or admit he was right all while he teases you clit with the promise of more.

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

Maul gets loud.  It’s almost a defiance.  His master would not allow him anything like this singular happiness with another being and now he’s taking it at his own pleasure.  He screams and growls and moans and begs and every other noise in the book.  He wants people to hear.

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

Maul wants to have kids with you, and that fact that he can’t really aches at him.  He wants something that is truly his own; a legacy outside of the Sith, a final defiance to the master who abandoned him.  They would be the best of both of you and unparalleled in their power.  Nothing would stand in their way.  He can see it in his minds eye every time you fall asleep in his arms.  But, it can never be.  If Mother Talzin had figured out a way to make life without the need of Zabrak men, he wouldn’t have been a Night Brother in the first place.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

Like I’ve said, Maul’s entire lower half is mechanical, including his cock.  Mother Talzin made him one which retracts back in when he’s not aroused.  It’s shaped like a Zabrak male: three ridges, each wider than the last giving him good length and girth (look up Nova: Bad Dragon). It also gives him pleasure, which is better than a dilo and excretes a synthetic cum when he climaxes.

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

It’s not so much a sex drive as a yearning for you.  There are times he just wants you, to hold you close, to bury himself inside you and forget anything exists outside of you.  It’s in flux, but it’s certainly higher than most men you’ve known.  You’re having sex at least every other night if not more.

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

He doesn’t dare fall asleep until you do.  He likes the feeling of your body relaxing beside his as you drift off. He likes knowing you trust him to keep you safe, even in sleep.  Only when he knows there’s nothing lurking in the dark to take you away does he finally fall asleep.

[nightfoot]

I loved the monolophosaurus in Camp Cretaceous but.  Ok.  I am just a little bitter that we got a monolophosaurus and not a dilophosaurus.  It’s fine. It’s cool. The dinosaurs we got were good. But.

Please please please, it’s been almost 30 years. Dilo is such a fan favourite and it’s only got 1 scene in 5 movies. 

Is it because featuring one will force creators to pick a side on the size debate? Because if it appears the same size as the one in the movie, that will crush the “it’s just a juvenile, that’s why it’s so small” theory, and if it appears true-to-life size, it will confuse casual viewers.

Is it because they don’t think they can use the frill and venom as a surprise for a second time?  Bad excuse. Threats don’t have to be surprising to be thrilling.  Even if you know it’s coming, a dinosaur that can spit venom is still a fun and interesting threat for at least one episode. 

Plus, there’s good tension if the audience knows more than the characters! If some of the less-knowledgeable characters encounter it first (anyone besides Darius basically), the audience will know the venom is coming but not the characters and that’s tension!

Please I just want to see her again, I love her so much 🥺

[the-starry-seas]

gonna put this under a readmore so people don't have to scroll for years cause i have too many 😂 but thank you for asking @siyratiin!

Originally it was just a regular mechanical keyboard, but in a battle of the bots, a bot’s shard was injured. The energon from this shard came into contact with the keyboard, and a new bot was created in an instant. Terrified by the battle of giants raging all around it, it ran off immediately to hide. It was found two days later by the human it’s lived with since, who named it Button.

Chromeblaze is a very reserved bot. She escaped Cybertron just to land on Earth among the beginning of WWII, so she didn't have a very favourable view of humans and hid among an Energon-rich mountain range with her twins until they were found by other Autobots who convinced her to give Earth a second chance. She's a 1936 MG TA Midget (pic is a black car but she's dark turquoise).

The twins' names, by the way, are Neutrobolt (red) and Nitroblitz (blue). Chromeblaze was their batch initiator! Their spark split in half during the sparking process, creating twins from the only protoforms who weren't destroyed in a Decepticon raid. They chose their alt forms after already being on Earth for a while, and settled on the 1959 MG MGA 1500. Their alt forms are from the product line that replaced Chromeblaze's alt form, which they see as a familial line.

Demoiselle was sparked into the Decepticon faction, but didn't really care for it. Eventually zi ran away, scanned a different alt form to hide better, broke down, and got restored by a ranger who thought she was just fixing up a normal old vehicle. Since zi loves birds, zi's actually quite delighted to be living on a bird sanctuary in the middle of nowhere. Zir alt form is a side-by-side, or UTV, speifically the 1990 Land Pride Runabout UTV. (Unlike the picture, zi's grey with a purple stripe up the side. Turns out vehicle manufacturers did not account for me when planning their stock paint options.)

Technically Goldshot has two alt forms! Because she had one before she went to Jurassic Park. To get on the island, she became one of the gas Jeeps, #13 to be exact. When the park went offline during the hurricane, she went to the nursery in the visitors' center to check if the babies were all right. The rest of the raptor eggs hatched while she was there and imprinted on her. She was delighted! And Optimus was very tired when he came to pick her up and she wouldn't leave any of her raptors (or that month-old dilo) behind. She looks exactly like the canon vehicles, just with a different number.

Nightflash was sparked just after the war on Cybertron began and is kinda fucked up from being a child soldier feyr entire life (not that fey'd ever admit it). Fey has a lighted spoiler and rims and running boards, a roll cage around feyr front seats, heavily tinted windows, and whitewall tires. The lights can switch between white, black, green, and RGB. Feyr car mode, a 1984 Fiero 2M4, was entirely influenced by this post. I can't find a pic of a green one like fey is so have this one:

Stormbrake crash-landed on Earth hard enough to result in a forced shutdown of his systems. He came back online 35 years later in the hands of the Decepticons, who convinced him that they were all on the same side, peacekeepers, and the Autobots were actually trying to kill everyone. Eventually Stormbrake started questioning things so they sent him to kill the 'rebel leader', aka Optimus, assuming he'd die in the attempt. Instead the Autobots managed to un-brainwash him and now he's dating the bot he was sent to kill. His alt form used to be a grey 1985 Ford Escort and is now an orange and robin's egg blue Caterpillar D6T XL Crawler Dozer. He scanned a brightly-painted art installation rather than a normal dozer bc it made him feel pretty <3

And finally, I have Voltcast! Who technically does not have an alt form because he's a dinobot, but I love him anyway. He's based on a Utahraptor. He has two-foot-long feathers at the end of his tail and along his arms from wrist to shoulder. Each is independently attached, and can be electrified and used as projectile weapons. He was alone for two hundred years after being the sole survivor of an Autobot-Decepticon fight, and with so much alone time to think, decided all that faction shit is stupid. He’s avoided interacting with any bots he’s seen since, and has been having a great time on his own in the woods, occasionally scaring the shit out of random hikers.

I've gotta get weirder about my Transformers OCs, ask me something about em and I'll come ask about yours!

[lord-dusk]

Jurassic Emblem-Chapter 8

Guess who came home?? :3

 Commander Anna, the general of Askr’s military commandment, had summoned the raptors and some of the other Heroes in the meeting room. She was discussing some very serious issues happening around Askr, most notably, the changes to the entire ecosystem done by what the scouts can only describe as “aberrant forms”. Anna was collecting herself, and she listed so far the aberrant forms identified:

Basilice.

Sobek and Gorgonorhea.

Henoka.

Styracostegas.

Emmatross.

One of the effects that Anna had said was already happening was the fact somewhere up in Nifl, the sun-god Helios was frozen solid by a “giant icicle-covered serpent.” Blue snarled. Unlike the medieval warriors she was with, Blue and her sisters knew that these aberrant forms were heinous-hybrids created by the controversial Henry Wu, and she needed to destroy them quickly. Her life was already fried by those red-eyed mangled-tooth fatherf**kers and she didn’t want anyone else to suffer the same fate.

And coincidentally, outside the meeting room, Askr’s summoner and tactician Kiran shrieked out a macaw-style gasp. Lucina and the raptors rushed out.

And there, above the groveling,thirsty, pathetic form of Kiran, was a goddess in a pelagic-blue yukata, waving her shark-like crocodilian tail in patience like some Hoshidan deity. Blue didn’t had to blink her eyes to find out who that woman was.

It was the Island Goddess Ryukami, the mosasaurus who not only protected Nublar(before she swam out into the open sea), she was also the heroine that leapt out of her lagoon, pulled the Indominus rex into the water, and devoured her like a roast chicken.

.“Hunh. I was quite busy tearing apart a Chinese shark-finning vessel and I was just about to swallow the last fisherman when you pulled me to this strange dimension,” Ryukami said. “Tell me, human. What reason do you have for interrupting my meal?”

Kiran formed his words meekly. “P-please....Please...H-help me l-land....Vel-velouria and....and....Leanne....”.

Ryukami ignored him. She fixed her gaze on Blue, Lucina, Echo, Delta, and Charlie.

“Hmm. Oh. Hello, little lizards.” the crocodilian whale greeted. “I didn’t expect to see you girls. Especially to you, blue one-” she paused. “Wait, wasn’t there only one raptor left on Nublar? Particularly a charcoal one with a blue stripe? 

Blue smiled.”It’s okay Ryu. I think I can explain things along-”

“Oh wow! It’s Ryukami from the Mosasaurus Feeding Show! Look at those sharp teeth of yours! Can i have your autograph?”

For the first time in 80 million years, a velociraptor has tackled a mosasaur. Specifically, Charlie had sprung unto Ryukami, face pressed against the goddess’s chest, and shaking her hands.

“Well, dear child, do you have anything I can sign my name on?”

Charlie brought out her Nintendo Switch. “Sure! You can sign  on the back!”

                                          *********

 When the meeting had ended and the raptors explain the situation to Ryukami, the mosasaur agreed to ferry them to the icy isle of Nifl. But they were some hurdles to overcome.

First was Teba and Warbler. After the incident in which the two criminals attempted to run-off with the frozen embryos, they were thrown in the cellar awaiting judgement. Lucina and Blue had some very powerful urges to mangle the already injured mercenaries, but Anna wouldn’t allow it presently and declared that Teba and Warbler shall not be executed until they scrutinize the morals of the formers’ agenda. Besides, no one exactly knew how to deal with dilophosaur that spat venom out of its beak and an amphibian with katana-sharp dorsal spines. And as such, as much they’d like to accompany Blue and Lucina on their mission, Echo, Delta, and Charlie decided to stay watch and monitor the samurai and the drunk dilo.

“If they pull something I’m going to tear them apart bit by bloody, bony bit!” Echo cracked her claws in anticipation.

“When Askr finds out what these belligerent iguanas are really up to, then yes.” Delta replied.

“Um, I understand I am in no position to ask, but may I have some water?” Teba requested from within the cell. Warbler lay at the back corner, dozing off.

“You just answered your own question Pouter-Flounder,” Charlie answered back. “it’s called drinking pee.”

And second, as much of a kind reptile Ryukami was, a deity didn’t grant a wish for free. If you wanted a god to grant your wishes you had to offer up a payment.

And by payment, I mean a person or several to sacrifice to the mosasaur.

Initially, Lucina tried to process everything down. Sacrificing people to the dragon-gods can’t be good, she thought, until she considered that in order to obtain the “Good Ending” in Awakening, the Shepherds chopped up and raped, and devoured every last denizen in Plegia. After all, humans, both good and bad, loved to end chaos by BRINGING FORTH chaos. A negative factor multiplied by a negative factor always lead to a positive. Therefore, Lucina decided to sacrifice Henry and Tharja, as well as male Robin to Ryukami.

“Aaaaaaaah, this is the happiest day of my life!” Henry chirped as the mosasaurus crunched downed on his ribs and slurped up his intestines like sausage pasta.

As an added bonus, Ryukami had blessed both Lucina and Blue with water-magic, which not only increased their vitality and endurance, it also allowed them to convert the surrounding water into atmospheric air in case shit happens and the two raptors find themselves 30 meters below the surface.

“The trip to Nifl will take about a two or three days by me so you ought to be thankful for my gifts,” Ryukami said. “Now, is everyone ready?”

                                 ********

 The night sky was a deep-blue color, a gorgeous complement to the turquoise waters. The air was cool and kind to the skin, which would have been perfect for relaxation.

But there was no time for relaxation. For the past several days(or lacking thereof) there was no sunlight. As Helios the sun-god was turned into a kakigori, an icy cold night was spreading from Nifl to Askr, placing photosynthetic activity in jeopardy.

Blue and Lucina were perched on Ryukami’s head and hand, respectively. When asked why she couldn’t have simply used her Dragonstone to morph into her crocodilian-whale form, Ryukami claimed she had left it at the bottom of Dragon’s Reef.

Even gods have accidents, I suppose, Blue thought.

Lucina broke the silence. “Hey Sole Survivor, have you killed your own parent?”

Blue perked her head.”......Why do you ask?”

“I know I had to kill my previous mother in order to save my father and country. What about you?”

“That’s a very morbid question Future Witness. Were you part of the tiger-raptor tribe on Site B? Did you cannibalize your own sibling as well? To answer your question though, I did not. But that’s not to say I didn’t put Papa and his friends’ lives in danger multiple times.”

“I nearly killed my father as well-in fact, the world where I’m from, I had to detonate my re-animated father like the walking flesh-grenade he was.”

“You know, if I died, my ghost would be more than happy to tell my daughters to eat my body,” Ryukami joined in. “There will be times when children will literally want a part of their parents-at least physically.”

“Well, my ex-mother’s flesh tasted rather like lobster and centipede mixed with sperm-covered pants,” Lucina said.

“Okay Future Witness, can we talk about something else? We already had a chapter dedicated to your hobbies.” Blue remarked.

“Alright,” Lucina answered. “I’ve always wanted to ask you this anyway. What is your papa like? I’ll take note if there is a slight,slight,slight chance I’ll meet him.”

“A nice guy. A bit of a jerk who only goes by his own rules, drinks beer, and lives in the most beautiful shack on the outskirts of the jungle. But as someone who’s raised me and my sisters ever since we were hatchlings,he is the best person in my entire world, so much so I’ll slice up security guards for him.”

“I see.”

Just then Ryukami had stopped at a large ice-floe. “We’re here.” Ryukami announced.

[eurovision-del]

We’re going to get our second Eurovision song this year tonight when Albania pick their entry! So before that happens, I’ve ranked every one of this year’s FiK songs:

Erma Mici – Kozmosi i dashurisë

Rezarta Smaja – N’eden

Lynx – Nëse ke besim

Vanesa Sono – Aroma jote

Albina dhe familja Kelmendi – Duje

Enxhi Nasufi – Burrë

2Farm – Atomike

Sergio Hajdini – Vështirë

Elsa Lila – Evita

Franc Koruni – Në pritje

Anduel Kovaçi – Malli

Petrit Çarkaxhiu – Emri yt mirësi

Evi Reçi – Ma kthe

Manjola Nallbani – Duaj

Gent Hoxha – Ajër

Arsi Bako – Sonte dua të jem me ty

Rovena Dilo – Motit

Urban Band – Në çdo hap

Sara Kapo – Para teje

Melodajn Mancaku – Gjysma e zemrës sime

Gjergj Kaçinari – Dje

Permit of Stay – Fobia

Fifi – Stop

Fabian Basha – Një gotë

Luna Çausholli – Jetën ta fal

Alban & Lore – Melodi

I listened to these songs in the order they appeared on the RTSH youtube page, and thought we were off to a fantastic start after hearing Kozmosi I dashurisë first. Although there are plenty of other good songs here, by time I’d got through everything else, nothing had surpassed it! I was hooked from that opening line, it’s an interesting sound that gives the whole song a unique flavour. The chorus is soaring and intense, and Erma has a powerful rich voice and sings with so much passion. I love the orchestration of this song so much, I hope it can be just as good without the live orchestra!

Back when we only had the names of the competitors, I was very excited to see Rezarta Smaja and Urban Band listed, who were both at the top of my ranking last year. Once we got to the songs, however, I was disappointed. I loved E jemja nuse last year, and was hoping for more of the same from Rezarta, however instead of another upbeat number she sent an emotional ballad. Once I got over that, though, I realised that N’eden is a great song! It’s flowing and dramatic in all the right ways, and I love how it builds, that final section gives me chills. It also gives Rezarta a chance to really show off her gorgeous voice, more so than her previous entry.

It was a different story for Urban Band, whose entry this year I just find dull, but thankfully another returning act, Lynx, was here to fill the rock slot! Nëse ke besim starts a little slow, but once it gets going with the drums picking up the pace in the second verse I’m really into it!

I really like my entire top 6 here, they’re the ones I’m hoping to get the ticket to Eurovision. I don’t think Albania have a Eurovision winner here, but they’ve got plenty of options which I could see doing well in the final if staged right. With the public completely in control of selecting Albania’s entry for the first time, I’m very curious to see what they pick!

[blueberryraptorcrumble]

For real though, Dominion was weird. At least… tonally? Like right off the bat this pg13 movie premiered with several rated R trailers that included very strong language and violence and whatnot. Then throughout the movie the strong language continues, with a titular character even calling one of the dino critters an asshole. These things make sense in context, no adult isn’t going to drop a few bombs when they’re gonna be chomped on, right? The original was more on the adult thriller side of thing anyway so whatever right?

So then you get to the actual violence, that usually accompanied the swearing and there’s hardly any? Dudes get eaten left and right and there’s no blood whatsoever and plenty of convenient cuts. There’s a scene where a main character reacts to a minor cut on their hand and the only way you can tell anything actually happened is the next scene it’s covered in a makeshift bandage. Same character somehow comes out pristine after a trip to a black market bazaar goes sideways. Also that scene is the only time you really see guns, in a universe that established military presence and their want for the assets for some reason, and for the most part the movie still relies on the dinos making the body count rise. I think the only real blood I saw was from a fight between dinosaurs. From the series that started with a severed arm and a goat. Like…

It feels like this was written and filmed to be an R rated film but at the last second some execs were like ‘think of the kiddos! We gotta market to them!’ And it just feels strange. My husband noted that it felt like there was a movie we were missing in between this one and the last one.

The dinos, what you saw of them anyway, were mostly enjoyable. It was disappointing that the big bad is just a bad Indo Rex reskin. The contrast between them and Rexy (because of course she had to be there) was very stark. One looked pretty almost like an actual animal the other was… not. (Also… How tf IS Rexy still around? Did I miss something? Did she get her genes or something fixed in one of the last movies? Poor girl can’t catch a break.) I’m not gonna talk more about accuracy or whatever because I’m not that knowledgeable and I went in fully knowing that these guys probably aren’t very. I did notice that there might’ve been some effort into Pyro’s wrists? It was immediately alarming anyway but I could’ve been distracted with the other stuff on screen.

I will give them a cookie for some use of puppetry (and other possible practical effects, I mostly noticed the puppets), which is more than what we can say from any Disney offering these days eh? They had a lot of fun with that dilo puppet that’s for sure. Lol My waifu, for being such a closely guarded marketing mascot, was hardly in it and that’s kind of strange considering how much they like selling her likeness.

Anyway I’m not a movie critic or anything and I’m just sharing some thoughts on it that probably could be worded way better.

[weirdunicorn]

I have the Safari Ltd. Carnegie Fighting Dilophosaurus set and really hated their coloring (The image above, second from the bottom, not mine though, mine had heart shaped markings like the image below)

So I decided to repaint them to look like the Dilos in the Jurassic Park novel. The last image, by March90 is based on the books description. ( https://march90.deviantart.com/art/Jurassic-Park-Dilophosaurus-675992619 ) 

The novel says they were yellow with black spots and a green underbelly as well as a red crest. I took mine in a slightly different direction, the markings aren’t the same as March90′s or any of the other artists I’ve seen draw them from the novel. But there are only so many ways to draw a yellow, black spotted, red crested, green bellied Dilophosaur, you know? So they all kind of look similar in a way, like they could all be related lol.

Anyways, its my first time doing a repaint on one of my dinosaur models and I’m pretty proud of these. I tried to make the upright one a bit lighter in color to make it different from the crouching one. They’re more yellow in person... Not sure if you can see that in the pics. I might take them outside to get better pictures once the weather cheers up, its been raining and cloudy a lot lately.

[harmeetsingh95-blog]

DinoEscape

Individual and Team Post-mortem

 Individual

During this month, I have been working with my team on creating a 2d sided scrolling game called DinoEscape. The game was developed on a engine I have not used called construct and I liked using it because there was no programming involved and if I used unity to make this game then I know I wouldn’t have made the same game that has been developed on contrast. I was the lead developer as I was the one with the most experience in putting a game together.

There were many features that I worked on this project.  I worked on the player movement, the player’s health, enemy movement, enemy health, enemy dropping health pickups. Worked on all the levels, made a functional main menu, level select, controls page, quit function, game over function. From the first demo showing there was only three levels but in the final build there is a boss level cutscenes which I add in the game and the transitions from cutscene to the main game is smooth and there is not problems. At first there was only one dinosaur which the player can only player but now I have added different dinosaurs so when the player progresses to the next level they will play as a different dinosaur and I gave all the dinos different attributes so they can used for that particular level.

I worked on lot of the features but there were some features which I was having trouble implementing in. The first feature was the switching characters. So, in the game the player would have the choice whether they would like to change their dinosaurs and I found it hard and tricky on how to do that. I tried to look at some tutorials but it was not what I was looking for. The second feature is the attack animations for both player and enemy. I have also found it hard to deal with animations and I tried and tested to have the animations to work but it seemed to not work. The final feature is the special dinosaur attacks for example the Dilo would be able to spit acid from a long range to defeat the enemies but if there were more time in completing this game then I would have got this feature in there.

Overall, I have enjoyed working on this game and I think I have personally put a lot of effort into making this game and only having 2 weeks to do it, I am happy with the work and if there were more time I could have got the features implemented in.

Team

I really enjoyed working with my team on the project, there was no issue when I asked Li and San for art work as we all communicated very well and all the art work I asked for is what I asked for so I had no problems there. Gordon who designed the levels and cutscenes was also good to work with and got all his work done at the right standard and had no problem when I told him to redo some work when needed to be done. David contributed also to making this game. He was mainly working with me and when I needed him to work on stuff which I was busy working on other things he did it without a fuss and got the mines, turrets and boss shooting fireballs. Adams was working on the animations for the player and enemies and got all the animations done which was idle, walking, jumping and attack.

Overall, there was no problems but if I had maybe another developer who had experience in programming, this game could have been what we planned from the start but, I am happy with what the outcome is and would work with them on more projects in the future.

[lord-dusk]

Jurassic Emblem-Chapter 9

You thought JE was merely fantasy? Well, my friend, your mind is about to be mind-blown! >:3

 Teba and Warbler were in the deep sea. Specifically, 35 meters below the isle of Nifl, surrounded by what what appeared to be a frenzy of shear-toothed chameleon-sharks and flame-spewing dolphin-lizards.

How did Teba and Warbler end up in this crazy shit? Well you sea, the two mercenaries had escaped confinement by feigning their death. It wasn’t very easy, given how excellent the olfactory senses of raptors are, and many predators can easily distinguish between a sleeping living creature and a creature whose brains and hearts have stopped. By coating himself and Warbler with their own feces, they had disguised themselves as luxurious buffets for flies, and Echo and Charlie wasted no time to toss the mercs into a man-hole.

Unknowingly to the raptors, the dilo and the salamander were still alive, albeit smelly. They were wandering through the sewers underneath Askr when the floor began to quiver upwards. Teba knew too damn well that shoggoth Andromeda had some news to report to them. They were, under the newly assigned orders by Sha’Rad Yuwi, to find Lucina and the raptors and have them dead with twelve days. Even Warbler for all her toxic personality felt a shiver down her spine;if there was one thing Sha’Rad Yuwi was good at, it was killing subordinates who disappointed her, and Teba and Warbler nodded their hands reluctantly.

“What about the embryos however?” Teba asked.

“Ahhn, don’t worry cute-boy~<3, I’ll take care of things on my part too~.” Andromedra replied in her own lewd way. “Ahhn, I hear Luci-Bluci are at Nifl, so there’s a chance it might be a water level. Teba, you’re fine as you are since you are an amphibian, though you might want this Warbler.” Andromeda formed a part of her gooey body into a cylindrical tank with tubing and a respirator, detached it, and gave the whole thing to Warbler.

“Oh I get it! Now that’s what they call Direct Kissing:French Maid edition!” Warbler cackled.

“Glad you like it, Warbler-chan~” Andromeda was burning hot, despite the cold damp sewers. “Ahhhn, it’s so cute to see you two cuties ready for your mission that I can’t wait for you to COME on down~!”

PLOOOSH! Teba and Warbler were thrown to the water by a push from Andromeda. Warbler immediately donned the respirator, attached the cylinder onto her back. Teba started to swim towards the mouth of the sewer, make their way through the Askran waterways, and head on out towards Nifl where those velociraptors are.

                                   *********

The waters were dark and freezing, Teba thought. He had hoped that as an aquatic creature, this mission would be relatively easy, given how the environment is within his forte. You would expect Warbler to be a popsicle by now, but she was surprisingly resilient, furiously paddling to create thermal radiation. It had been four days since they headed out from Askr and the two mercs were starting to feel fatigued. Periodically they sit down and rest on the rocky bottoms, eating passing fish that swam by. 

They came across a sign. A metal crossing sign on a rocky cliff over looking a patch of sea-floor below that was neon-lit with various fluorescent lights. Skyscrapers rising into the water column, illuminating the otherwise black sea. 

Teba was quite out of breath, and decided to rest adjacent to the crossing sign. “This looks like a very suitable place to recharge our batteries, so to speak,” the samurai said. “The view here is very magnificently beautiful I might add.”

“I could use a nice bottle of Caubernot Sauvignon to go with the view!” Warbler spoke, stretching her arms and legs. “ My body’s aching from all that swimming we just did over the past few days-wait, Teba, how many days had passed since we left that jail?”

“Well, the answer’s already in the above paragraph.” Teba answered. “Look above.”

“........Awww shit-!! Shit! Fuck! FOUR DAYS!?! Holy macaroni-with-wine the deadline’s in three days! That angry bitch is going to rip our spines out if those rowdy-raptors aren’t dead by then!!”

Teba pat his hand on Warbler’s head, stroking her white hair. “Don’t be so edgy. I have a feeling that those raptors are closer to us than you might  expect.”

Teba loosened up somewhat. “Whats makes you so sure of that?”

“Nothing in particular. I am not exactly sure if my theory is correct, but something is telling me that the lizards we’re hunting are right above us at the surface.”

“You mean those sharky-looking things with googly eyes, long tongues, and fiery throats?” Warbler pointed her finger behind Teba.

“What ‘shark-things’?” Teba questioned, as he spun his head. What he saw chilled him even more than the surrounding water.

 There were a massive swarm of sharks all around them, but they weren’t exactly “normal” sharks that you think of. They were lime-green whose flanks had a red horizontal stripe running down from their odd jaws that are likened to a pair of shears with one row of teeth on each mandible. Vertical light-blue bands crossed the red stripes, and the sharks possessed strange, calculating eyes situated on fleshy pink stalks that spun and twitched periodically.

Almost like the aquatic version of a chameleon,Teba thought, frowning.

There was another group of creatures as well, creatures that resembled dolphins, save for their curious three-lobed tails shaped like those from airplanes, and they were ivory white with splotches of ember orange on them. Their snouts were particularly long, like a gharial’s, and indeed, embers were falling out their mouths.

“Awww hell. Why can’t happy things ever happen to bad guys like us?” Warbler groaned.

Teba was just about to ready his katana blades into battle when something smacked around his belly, wrapping him up and tightening, causing him to drop one of his blades unto the ground. He didn’t have to realize that he was seized by the elongated tongue of one of the chameleon-sharks, and the creature was pulling Teba towards its jaws and was about to slice him in two when the samurai managed to stab his katana under the creature’s upper jaw and out its forehead between the eye-stalks. A deep crimson cloud filled with pieces of brain seep out and the chameleon-shark loosened its grip on Teba, and he was released. 

But when a previous danger passes, a new one immediately begins. A dolphin had opened its jaws agape, and spewed out expansive flames near Teba. The amphibious samurai leapt into the water column, barely missing the flames as a piece of ember had caught on his yukata.

Warbler picked up Teba’s second katana blade and proceeded to slice apart several of the chameleon-sharks and fire-breathing dolphins.”Take that bitches! Oh hey, you dolphins remind me of Celicunt from Echoes-because you girls all have celiac disease from guzzling down raw flour all day! Kahahahahaha~!” Several heads,fins,and tails floated down towards the ground as the waters were reddened by blood and organs-not that you see them in the darkness anyway.

“I see that you’re quite invigorated once more,” Teba remarked, slicing apart fire-dolphins and chameleon-sharks here and there. “If you don’t mind, I think I would like one of my blades back.”

“Sure thing Tebs!” Warbler chirped as she tossed the katana blade she was wielding towards the samurai, kabobing more sharks and dolphins in the process.  The dilophosaur took her Dragonstone from her breast pocket, and proceeded to transform into her saurian form, and tore apart more of the creatures.

“Sword Shield”. Teba activated his signature move. Emanating electromagnetic impulses, he spun his blades all around himself hand-free and shredded apart more sharks and dolphins. The shield might not be able to block the dolphin’s flame-spewing, but it’ll certainly chop the tongues of those water-chameleons. 

There was more slaughter when a bright magenta laser had pierced the ground between the mercenaries and the creatures.

“Alright ladies and mentlegen, why don’t we channel your violence into something more productive?”

A tall inigo-magenta man was floating down from the water column, and landed between one of the dolphins and Teba. 

“Dear me, what if Lady Basilice sees this chaos? She might add it as an action sequence in her writing, tough she does appreciate there will be a percentage of persons that will find carnage as appealing as moldy cotton candy.”

“What reason do you have for stopping our fighting?” Teba questioned the man in front of him, his attire the opposite tone of the samurai’s yukata. While Teba wore yukata that were colorful but not overly garish, the man’s clothes were very flashy. His jacket was deep navy with white and magenta lines, his boots were the same theme, and the man wore blood-red headphones around his ears. Pink and purple chromatophores running down on his cheek and hands added to the neon effect.

The fluorescent man waved to the remaining sharks and dolphins. They held their tongues and fire. “Listen, these guys here saw you wandering on this cliff and they simply wanted to welcome you to our city Neon Choral,” the man explained. “It would seem there was a huge misunderstanding and there was quite the ruckus.”

“May I have your name?” Teba asked.”It would be very tedious to the reader if they had to call a flashy fellow like you ‘The Man.’‘‘

“Call me Laba. Labea Iridophorous. And I would like to treat you to a local tea-house as a form of apology.”

“Will there be some sake as well?” Warbler licked her lips.

“Oh yes, there will be, my dear,” Laba answered, smiling. “In fact, I think I can escort you to those surface lizards you’re so eager to hunt.”