#sickle claw

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

So it turns out Terror Birds/Cariamiformes are, in every possible sense, "Dromaeosaurs 2: The Quickening"

[hasellia]

My Raptor Collection.

[ganymedesclock]

I know I'm a contrarian who likes to play with villainous tropes and traits reimagined through a protagonist lens, but honestly, one that seems obvious that I don't think I've seen as a major active protagonist is "character whose singleminded desperation/obsession to accomplish Something twisted their body into a Strange Monstrous Shape".

Granted, this is because the specific variation of such I'm thinking of tends to be one where the monsterized character meets that fate to make them a credible and visually interesting threat for the heroes to combat, but it isn't as if it has never been milked for pathos even in that context, especially if any aspect of their newfound turbocharged disability is hard to control.

I think watching a protagonist having to navigate the limitations and drawbacks of being a weird meat horror, day in and day out, especially if their motivation was well-intended and they failed at it, could be a juicy foundation to build a character on, but also imagine a setting where the core protagonists are spending a given amount of time hanging out with someone who looks like a Resident Evil boss fight engaging in increasingly elaborate feats of tailoring to be able to comfortably dress their mutated body.

Now, I know there's beauty and the beast type riffs out there, but my interest with this is less approaching it as a curse the character must overcome and a kind of new normal they are adapting to and learning to care for, and if it's a karmic punishment for anything it's a karmic punishment for not thinking your health mattered when you were able to take it for granted.

Also admittedly I'm just really salty at how physical deformity is so carelessly conflated with moral failing or weakness, especially when a previously upstanding person is mutated and immediately begins to "act evil" with a framing of oh, so sad, the ruins of a man who isn't a person anymore, as if there aren't plenty of people with disabled, sick, and deformed minds and bodies who aren't becoming serial killers about it.

[etchif]

Balaur bondoc sketch I might or might not colour later

[chrisrin]

JADEDAVEKAT FUSION DESIGN!!!!

[notamortician]

Made a more ‘Paleo Accurate’ of the new Walking wake, since it looks like a raptor I couldn’t resist giving it proper claws and arm feathers.

[dndtreasury]

Claw Sickle

[queensectonia]

this is a couple years old and i never posted it WOOPS. anyway i knew i couldn’t in good conscience make a proper gijinka out of daroach. he had to stay furry. he’s just too dapper and i love that

[darksilvania]

Fossil YAMASK (Ghost/Rock) & Fossil DWEBBLE (Dragon/Rock)

This two pokemon has made their home in a vast ravine rich in fossils, the constant interaction with the fossilized remains eventually caused some changes in their physical appearence as well as behaviour.

Fossil YAMASK carries the fossilized claw of an ancient raptor like predator.By doing so this pokemon has been able to channel this predators spirit from the afterlife. Thanks to his the pokemon has started to look more like such creature, featuing feather like spikes and claw like fingers. It brandishes the Claw as a weapon and uses it to fight.

Fossil DWEBBLE has made its rocky shell using a piece of bedrock that contains the skull of an ancient ceratopsid. Somehow having such remains constantly on them has affected them on a genetic level, making them tougher and more aggresive, choosing to fight head on instead of hiding inside their shells.

This pokemon evolve by leveling up inside of the ravine into DEINORYGUS (Ghost/Rock) & STYRACRUST (Dragon/Rock)

DEINORYGUS (from Deinonychus) now posseses the fossilized remains of the original predator from wich the original claw came, still embeded in stone. Despite its looks it can move with incredible speed, and having freed the fossil's sickle like claws from the rock, it uses them to slice its opponets with ferocity.

STYRACRUST (from Styracosaurus) now carries a fully developed ceratopsian skull on top of its rocky shell. Its body now has changed to become as tough as the skull with sets of armored horns that can be used for both defense and attack. It uses the large horns of the skull to fend of predators as well as compete with other members of its species for territory.

[tubbytarchia]

Etho doodles in which I let my inner dinosaur nerd take over 😔 and also have no idea how to shade

Get it cause he's old and washed up haha... ok but actual raptor Etho hybrid justification below cut

To be honest the main reason was because I really wanted a hybrid in the mix who wasn't some furry creature and a reptile or amphibian or smth instead. Etho still ended up feathered but whatever it's close enough! But for ACTUAL reasoning:

He does feel damn ancient, like an old deity of the mcyt space that no one can dislike. Dinosaurs are the same!! They're old but still thought of with great fascination and fondness, everyone loves dinosaurs...

Dinosaurs are ever so mysterious, as many advancements as we make there's still so much we don't know. Just as we know jackshit about mister Kakashi skin man. Also, there are so many incomplete skeletons out there. I didn't have a particular species in mind for Etho, because where's the mystery in that? He can be one of those 5% skeleton 95% speculation dinosaurs like this guy!! Missing jaw and all

"I'm a runner, not a protector" - so, a raptor, or more specifically the Dromaeosauridae family, which literally has "running/runner" in its name

But! I'm always a fan of stuff going against its nature, especially in this case! Etho states he's not a runner yet protects his allies rather fiercely even in total silence. Eg refusing to kill Cleo in SL or to give away Tango's location during the LimL manhunt, same for Grian in SL. He was a bit flaky in 3L I think? And he only started to have genuine care for allies in LL with Bdubs? Though he is still very much a runner in many cases like during the LL Wither fight. Research also strongly suggests that most if not all raptors were solitary hunters, and the way I see Etho (through my shamefully limited watchtime of his POVs...) he feels a lot like someone who ultimately only trusts himself at the start even if he's pleasant and allying with others, and doesn't seem to think he can carry his weight in groups though he doesn't voice this a lot. That's just how Etho is, very composed, but it feels like there's an insecurity there, showcased especially in SL but again I haven't seen almost any of his POVs in full so maybe I'm talking out of my ass!! Sorry ethogirls I'm only a sidegig ethogirl myself... But yeah tldr to me he gives off the vibe of an otherwise solitary animal struggling to find 100% sure footing in a pack. In whichever ways he does go against his nature, its not usually made a show of

At the mention of a raptor, a lot of people will probably think of the glamourized Jurassic Park Velociraptors. But those awesome guys from the movies are actually the size of chickens. In general though, dinosaurs tend to be a bit.. exaggerated in media, despite how inherently fascinating they already are. And I think it fits Etho because we all know how the Lifers seem to fear and mancrush on him when he's just some dork with perfect capability to become pathetic at a moment's notice. Still, he's a clearly skilled player and still respected without question Etho's not some killer machine like some people make dinosaurs out to be. He's just a fellow creature fulfilling his role in the ecosystem 👍

dinosaurs are cool

The hook-like sickle claws on the feet... something something fishing rod

I swear I'm not turning all my Lifers into hybrids I'm not!! Still plenty normal humans in the mix I swear....... But Etho is such a radical dude, I really wanted to do something more for him. The whole Kitsune thing that I often see associated with him is really cool. I don't actually know the reasoning for it but I assume something something naruto, but also, him being this ancient mythical cryptid who people know so little about, you know? It makes SO much sense. So anyway I turned him into a dinosaur instead rawr

As a herbivore advocate I also considered stuff like the triceratops (known for how they protect themselves and their own) but nah the raptor symbolism...

[terribly-clawed]

…last anon here. I happen to be therian myself and most of us really do not like to be lumped with KFF, it is not the same. I would hate for someone to think I choose to be a certain species when I can’t. Maybe just research a bit? Just ask anyone, I know you might be young.

ok, i do not mean to be aggressive, but please read my bio in full and deduce that i am also a therian. i am also an adult so don't patronize me

[sabertoothwalrus]

TOY DETECTIVES NEEDED !!

In 2005, my brother had his FAVORITE plushie named Hammer. He was bought at Universal Studios in the gift shop of the Jurassic Park ride. My brother took Hammer EVERYWHERE (the photos above are from our christmas card photoshoot), but unfortunately lost him, almost certainly at Denny’s. He’d gotten another dinosaur plushie (also named Hammer) as a replacement, but it was never quite the same.

I’d really like to get him another one, but I’ve looked and looked and have had no luck. I am desperate. If anyone can help find anything about him, be it manufacturer or year produced or what, it would be greatly appreciated!!!

Notable features about Hammer:

plastic eyes!

three fingers, no added material for claws

I can’t tell if he has 3 or 4 toes, but he has NO sickle claw

allegedly he was sold as a tyrannosaurus rex?? but he looks more like a velociraptor to me

no screenprinting

his teeth were felt iirc

This is kind of a stretch, but boosts are appreciated!! Help me find Hammer!

[amnhnyc]

Happy Fossil Friday! With sharp teeth, long legs, and sickle claws, Deinonychus antirrhopus was likely a formidable predator. This dinosaur, which could reach lengths of about 7 ft (2.1 m) from nose to tail, lived during the Early Cretaceous, some 107 million years ago. It belonged to a group of dinosaurs called maniraptors, or “hand-robbers.” Its hands and feet were equipped with sharp claws for catching and grasping prey. Like modern-day birds, it had hollow bones.

Fun fact: The Deinonychus on display in the Museum is a real fossil skeleton—and the only one of its kind on display anywhere in the world! See it up close in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs! We're open daily from 10 am-5:30 pm. Plan your visit.

Photo: © AMNH

[cemeterything]

if i had these bad boys id be fined for millions in damages to public property and infrastructure from stimming so much with my wicked sickle claws that i create lethally hazardous potholes wherever i go

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

I had no idea what seriemas even were! They literally have a little raptor claw and it is so cute 😭🥺

-roadrunner anon

right??? I love seriemas. they're the closest living relatives of terror birds!!!

sickle claw!!! velociraptors are among us and they live in south america!!!