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Semi-Active. Just here to run an ask blog, reblog the occasional funny/neat or thought provoking thing, and keep tabs on friends. I am well over 18, but I provide a safe place for folks of all ages. ^^

[cryptid-artha]

Link Hub

My personal website that acts as a worldbuilding hub https://www.cryptid-creations.com My ARPG site (You can join if you want!) https://drakiri.com/

My other ARPG project, that is heavily in progress https://realms-between.com/ My Furaffinity https://www.furaffinity.net/user/cryptid-artha

Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/cryptid-artha.bsky.social

AO3 https://archiveofourown.org/users/CryptidArtha/pseuds/CryptidArtha

Toyhouse https://toyhou.se/Cryptid-Artha

Discord cryptidartha (Feel free to add me, I don't bite!)

Telegram Cryptid-Artha (I am less active here, but feel free to toss me a message! My current most active blogs The Moth and the Warden https://the-moth-and-the-warden.tumblr.com/ A blog surrounding the story of a trans moth named Tiavel and his unlikely bond with Yugoth, a big, aggressive, territorial and often very angry warden with some secrets in its past. Bits of story are planned, and interactions are very much open!

The Friendly Warden https://the-friendly-warden.tumblr.com/

A blog about a rather friendly warden named Zylarath. Also included are Zylarath's cub, an aggressive and bitey little shit and Zy's mother, a disabled and scarred up old warden named Azraketh living in the town that saved her life. Also included are a small pride of wardens consisting of Ophelion, Seraphis and Voryth and their rather strange pride members Mezrith, a deep elf necromancer and his familiar/close friend, a grimalkin named cat. Voryth is Zy's sire. Interactions and asks are very much open!

The Phantom of the Deep https://the-phantom-of-the-deep.tumblr.com/ A blog about an ancient and powerful warden, unusually large with a unique pale coat. Phantom is surprisingly chill for one of her kind, approachable. She can even speak a bit better than most wardens. She's a sassy old thing, and has a bit of a sense of humor. She loves glowberry jam on toast, but really, she loves any people food. She finds humans endearing and cute.

My World of Enterra Ask Blog https://the-world-of-enterra.tumblr.com/

This started as a Hollow Knight AU, but is being turned into its own world and setting. It's on a short hiatus as I rework some things, but isn't closing!

The Border Outpost https://the-border-outpost.tumblr.com/

Set in Enterra, a small border outpost consisting of the Warbred pack that is stationed there, their doctor, a dreameater, a moth, and a little troublemaking hybrid.

The World of Azrimar https://www.tumblr.com/azrimar

A rebirth of an old blog with a lot of fun characters and creatures. It's quiet now and under construction, but more is planned! Wayfarer Ari https://wayfarer-ari.tumblr.com/ A rebirth/reboot of an old blog set in the Journey universe, revolving around my character Ari! It's pretty quiet now, but I had a lot of fun. Hoping to resurrect it!

[mysharona1987]

[fagcrisis]

i hate the word spicy can we bring back calling things erotic

[maryoliveoil]

rolling up to Wendy's to get an erotic chicken sandwich

[ooppo]

The beginning of the end for every digital artist

[shinraalpha]

i am losing my mind over discovering that there's a species of jumping spider (Pellenes nigrociliatus) that builds nests in empty snail shells and makes little silk webbing curtains to close off the entrance

look at her!! she is so cute!!! i want to cry!!!!

[because-im-freaking-greed]

I know we all know that toph loves to cuss, but I just realized

She had an extremely sheltered upbringing, then when she snuck out to fight, she went to the Earth Kingdom version of WWE, which, if it’s like real world WWE, is family entertainment, and she never spent time backstage, she came she fought she left

I don’t think Toph knows any swear words

[lostfan10000]

She learns to swear from team avatar and becomes all powerful.

[because-im-freaking-greed]

I don’t think Sokka or Katara would know swears either; they grew up in a village consisting of them, Gram Gram, and a bunch of little kids and their moms

I don’t know if the airbenders taught aang swears or not but I know he’s not really the type to swear anyway

Zuko, on the other hand, spent about 3 years of his life as a young angry teenager surrounded by sailors

[waterbenderkat]

Zuko and Suki teach the Gaang to cuss— the Avatar spinoff.

[master-katara]

Zuko when he joins Team Avatar

[captainkirkk]

Toph’s REAL life-changing field trip

[wrenchinator-central]

Toph when Zuko stubs his toe and lets out a string of curses

[flightstalling]

An explanation.

[jones-friend]

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[feniczoroark]

;-;

[corillion]

Anyone crying over this needs to think about how insufferable a dragon raised by a seagull would be

[bludraws094]

make chocolate chip cookies

all purpose flour

baking soda

salt

softened butter

granulated sugar

brown sugar

vanilla extract

egg

chocolate chips

gravel from the driveway wait why is this an option wait dont pick this one

Voting ended onApr 30

[ammnontet]

my nothing

[humoristics]

The ocean molded this clump of bricks into a rock shape

via

[pochowek]

real life texture glitch

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Domesticated rock has returned to the wild and become feral

[beardedmrbean]

Rick Rolled a entire stadium full of people, epic.

[cryptid-artha]

Oh I wish Loggi was on Tumblr cause I would share this with him xD

[anguilliforme]

really big extra-large size moth found on malgana and nhanda country in wa if you even care

[prismatic-bell]

Wait wait wait is this a third sighting?! It was last seen in 2021 that I can find but this photo isn't anywhere else online.

[sorcererslittledragon]

New moth?

[prismatic-bell]

Rare moth. Biggest moth in the world and one of the few things in Australia that doesn't want you dead.

[valcaira]

big fluffy baby

[toruandmidori]

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

The Rainbow Jumping Spider: this flamboyant species of jumping spider has a stunning, almost rainbow-like appearance, and it was once believed to be extinct

The scientific name of this species is Chrysilla volupe, but it's also known as the rainbow jumping spider, because the males are covered in colorful, iridescent patterns that include shades of red, pink, purple, blue, green, and gold.

Above: the male form of Chrysilla volupe

These may be the world's most flamboyant spiders.

Above: Chrysilla volupe males

Despite its eye-catching appearance, Chrysilla volupe is regarded as a rare species, and it's often very difficult to find.

The male form of Chrysilla volupe was first described by scientists in 1879, but very few of these spiders were documented in the years that followed, leading some researchers to believe that the species may have gone extinct.

Above: another male of the same species

The female form wasn't even identified until 139 years later, when several female specimens were finally discovered in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala, India. That discovery was made back in 2018.

Above: the female form of Chrysilla volupe

The females also have iridescent patterns, but their colors are much more subdued. Their heads are decorated with patches of red and grayish-blue setae; the spider's abdomen is also covered in shimmering flecks of blue, gold, pink, and purple. Unlike the males, the females do not have colorful patterns on their legs.

Above: a lateral view of the male

Like most jumping spiders, this species is quite small -- the males have a maximum length of just 5.4mm (that measurement includes their outstretched legs) and the females are even smaller, measuring just 2.6mm long, which is roughly the size of a flea.

Above: Chrysilla volupe standing on a lizard's head

Chrysilla volupe has been documented at sites throughout India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka.

Above: a rainbow jumping spider with a dewdrop on his head

I wrote a post about this species a few years ago, but it recently occurred to me that some of the info in that original post may have been misleading or inaccurate (accidentally, of course) so I decided to just go back and rewrite the whole thing.

I also added more info, sources, and photos.

Above: a male Chrysilla volupe snacking on a fruit fly

Sources & More Info:

Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies: Chrysilla volupe Spider Spotted in Eastern Ghats, India (PDF)

Arthropoda Selecta: First Description of the Female of Chrysilla volupe from India, with Notes on the Species' Distribution and Life History

Biodiversity Data Journal: The Genera Chrysilla and Phintelloides Revisited

The Hindu: Rare Chrysilla volupe Spiders Discovered at Puttenahalli Lake

Peckhamia: New Records of Jumping Spiders from Nepal

[the-crafty-coyote]

@cryptid-artha

[bnq]

Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind

[ceekari]

unmute for the unfathomable sounds of mankind being shamed

[dailycatsblog]

[the-frightening-ghoul]

ㅤ

[foxboytail]

As a young adult, I used to think what messed me up as a kid was having completely unfiltered access to things I wasn’t ready for, like NSFW content, gore, heavy discourse, and the existence of predatory adults online. But now that I’m older, I see it differently.

The problem wasn’t what I had access to. It was that I didn’t have access to a safe adult I could actually talk to; someone I could trust to help me without immediately cutting me off from everything and everyone. I remember getting messages from strangers on Skype. I didn’t even respond. But when my parents found out, they banned me from using it entirely. That meant losing most of my contact with friends outside of school. So what did I do? I went behind their backs. And once I was hiding, I couldn’t tell them when something actually dangerous was happening, like when I started being groomed. By the time things escalated, I was already alone with it.

I think about an episode of Scared Straight where a girl was dragged through a prison because she’d been talking to adult men online. She wasn’t doing that because she was reckless or malicious; she was lonely. Her parents weren’t present, she was being bullied at school, and these men gave her attention, told her she was pretty, told her she mattered. She was already being harmed. And the adults in her life responded by terrorizing her. Humiliating her. Calling her a slut. Telling her she deserved it. Breaking her to pieces.

What lesson does that actually teach? Not “this is dangerous, come to us.” It teaches: If you get hurt, we will hurt you more. Do you really think that makes her stop, or does it just make the predators look safer by comparison? They might as well have driven her straight into the jaws of those predators with torches and pitchforks. Because when every path back to safety is lined with punishment, kids don’t run away from danger. They run deeper into it.

If you want kids to be safe, stop treating them like problems to control and start treating them like people worth protecting. Stop ripping away their autonomy the second they make a mistake or encounter something risky. Stop teaching them that honesty will cost them everything.

Be the person they can come to without fear of losing their entire world. Because safety isn’t built through control, it’s built through trust. And if you aren’t safe for them to tell the truth to, then you aren’t keeping them safe at all.

[cryptid-artha]

Educating children, supporting them, and being a safe space for them will always do so much more for them than punishment and fear. Controlling them and sheltering them is just setting them up for failure later in life.

Remember, those kids are going to grow up. They are whole entire future adults and if they aren't given the tools they need, adulthood is gonna be rough and difficult. Instill fear into them as a child, and that fear will remain well into adulthood.

It's not just children who are susceptible to predators. It's adults who grew up sheltered. But instead of "predator", it's an abusive partner.

They don't know what to look for. They don't know how to escape. They have no model on how they should be treated.

I was one of those extremely sheltered and controlled kids who ended up in a 5 year long abusive relationship that damn near ended with me removing myself from the mortal coil numerous times before I finally got away... And If I had been educated and guided, I would have known better.

So you aren't JUST hurting a child. You are hurting a future adult, and potentially effecting their entire lives.