#the common swift

[augment-techs]

...sure. But since there is no...singular PR Wing AU that comes to mind, I'm just going through my biases and hoping they look nice in context.

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For the sake of context, I am going to riff off a list of wings I THINK would suit the above babies:

Jason Scott: I am very torn on whether it is better to give him goose or swan wings, but the goose wings won out because there is some marginal dignity in geese when it comes to large groups and caretaking.

Trini: Vulture wings, because she is fucking tiny and I thought it was funny.

Zack Taylor: Sand Piper, because they are more leggy than wing oriented, which fits with his being able to dance, dance, dance all night long.

Matt Cook: The Common Swift, which might look to anyone else as drab and unappreciable, but to me are actually perfectly suited to him.

Kimberly Hart: Pixie, pixie, pixie wings. Like Tinkerbell, like sprites, like those fast fuckers 8% of the world says they've seen out of the corner of their eyes. SWISH.

Tommy Oliver: Tiny fluffy bat~ Tiny fluffy white bat~ Tiny fluffy white POLLINATOR bat~ Just imagine him covered in clouds of white and orange debris because he couldn't help himself.

Bulk: ~Honeybee, honeybee, won't you love a Bumblebee~ They shouldn't be able to fly, and yet they do. And if that isn't a perfect metaphor...

Billy Cranston: A Pied Crow, because they are loud and protective and they wear little white vests everywhere and look CUTE while they steal things.

Skull: Butterfly dragon wings. Which is like...a microdragon with leaf camouflage? I just keep thinking of that Strange Magic movie and how pretty the Bog King would look with a little color.

[mushbeast]

common swift

[rollercoasterwords]

most baffling thing to me in this fandom is when people will be like “omg wait this line is JUST like the lyrics of This One Taylor Swift Song am i crazy or is that not a coincidence 👀👀” and then the line in question is like. “i love you.” ur crazy girl xx

[crown-and-stallion]

Swifts and white smoke

I loooove the ending of conclave. The birdsong through he shattered window. The implied white smoke you never quite see. The feeling of a great weight lifting. Lightness, airiness, common swifts on the breeze.

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Oh I completely forgot about this with how the episode ended but can we talk about Lincoln trying to reverse psychology Taylor out of assuming the role of god and how funny and cute that was? He knows him so well your honor.

[r0setyler]

thinking about the roses on this makes me -

[proton-wobbler]

Great Backyard Bird Off - Cosmopolitan Birds (poll 5)

Bird Info & Submission Reasons

Common Swift (Apus apus)

Continents: Africa, Asia, Europe

"Swallows are really neat but swifts are so cool and fast and brilliant. Their colour is beautiful. They are not passeriformes, which is also cool, and their feet are SO WEIRD"

"I love swifts, we got them in the street I grew up in every summer. The swifts' arrival means the beginning of summer to me, and when they leave, almost mysteriously, it's the end. We had a nest in the eaves just above our bathroom window, and swifts would return to it every year. I can't go back to where I grew up easily any more, and the sound and sight of swifts overhead always feels like the glimpse of a hug from home. One of my favourite things in the world is a sky full of gathering grey clouds and screaming, wheeling swifts ahead of a breaking summer storm. Submitting from the UK."

"they're sooo fast. so fast. and i love their little cacophonies"

"They don’t exactly live in your back garden but they’re a bird you often see zipping along through the air. In the Netherlands, seeing the first ones of the year really reminds you that spring and summer are coming. There’s a saying that when you see this birds flying low, it’s going to start raining hard very soon and they’ve never let me down. Also, these birds are hardcore. Unless they’re chicks or taking care of their own young, they’re flying around 99% of the time. They sleep in the air, they have sex in the air, they spend the first 3 years of their life never landing— until the time comes to raise their young. Isn’t that cool!!!"

Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)

Continents: Europe, Africa, Asia

"Woke up at 5 to see them. Worth it. Beautiful birds"

Handsome small shrike. Male distinctive, with blue-gray head, black mask, rusty-brown back; female has warm brown upperparts, fine dark scalloping on breast and flanks. Found in open areas with scattered bushes and trees, such as heathland, overgrown orchards, and open farmland with hedges and scattered bushes; especially favors areas with thorny plants on which prey (small birds, large insects, rodents) can be impaled in "larders." Hunts from perches atop bushes and on wires, but at other times is retiring and easily overlooked. Listen for harsh, rough-sounding calls. Song is a rather quiet warble, often with mimicked elements. (eBird)

Image Sources: Swift (Anonymous); Shrike (Ana Amaral)

[halcyon-deluxe]

what do you value most in someone?

At *least* a 2x resistance to ground type attacks. My last partner died due to a 4x weakness to earthquake and it gave me SUCH an ick :/ likeeeee I haaaaate it when my partner gets one-shot by earthquake spammers. its such a turn off.

[autistrix]

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106822459]

Common Swift || Apus apus

Observed in France

Near Threatened in location of observation

[tategaminu]

Poor Taylor would have existed just to get her heart crushed confirming even more that Rayla is the only one for Callum💚💜

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Swift Parrots and the Heartbreak of Rare Species

 A swift parrot on Bruny Island, Tasmania.

© JJ Harrison / Wikimedia Commons

[bitsandbirds]

I was so excited when I saw that I had finally managed to get a swift pic that wasn't a silhouette! It is really satisfying to get good shots of the aerial summer birds because of how hard it is to catch them in a clean shot like this.

Common Swift (Apus apus), Ireland

[mycastlescrumblingdown]

i finally found it!

[dosesofcommonsense]

[emaadsidiki]

What an Eiffel!

[henry-the-queer-artist]

chappell roan gave us good luck babe, taylor swift gave us you belong with me, and conan gray gave us heather and with this we complete the holy trinity