Dragons (and other fantastic creatures) Described

[Header Description: a screenshot from the 1959 “Sleeping Beauty”, showing Maleficent transforming into a dragon. End header description.] [Icon Description: Maleficent, in her dragon form. End icon description.]

[yinza]

Time for some leafy seadragon mermaids.

Available on Inprnt and in my Etsy shop!

[Image Description: A digital painting of two mermaids based on leafy seadragons. They float underwater facing each other, holding both hands with their faces close together. The mermaid on the right has her back mostly to the viewer. She is average-sized with light skin, short red hair, and a golden yellow tail. The other mermaid is slender and brown-skinned with long blue hair and a blue tail with purple accents. Her eyes are closed and she has a soft smile on her face as she leans towards her partner. /end ID]

[shadyufo]

Cryptids & Creatures of Folklore Drawtober Day 21 — Mermaids

Mermaids are aquatic creatures with the head and torso of a human and the tail of a fish.

Also called sirens, they are said to be able to use their ethereal beauty and bewitching voices to lure men to their deaths, sometimes by crashing their ships upon rocks or sailing into storms and other times by becoming the sirens' dinner.

Merfolk have been present in the folklore of many cultures around the world for centuries and sightings of these mysterious creatures are still reported to this day.

[the-unicorns-of-nienna]

[Image Description: greyscale artwork depicting a pair of mermaids resting on a beach beneath a pier; their eyes glowing white, and their mouths stained red.

Seated between the two merfolk is a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt, and a shark-tooth necklace. His left arm is missing, while his severed head sits in the blood leaking from the stump of his right leg.

End image description.]

[uninucleus]

I really hate the way lesbians talk about women sometimes. You might not be a man but the way you talk to and about women is creepy as fuck. You don’t get a pass at being a misogynist for being a lesbian.

You need to respect women. I don’t care what you think of her looks, what you “want to do to her”, if you want her as your wife or not. The assumption that women who get defensive and angry when hearing those words are lesbophobic because “I’m a lesbian, not a man” is a manipulative strategy and an attempt to belittle and disrespect a woman for saying no and refusing to be talked down to. This way of talking to women gets even worse in professional settings where dating and your personal preferences isn’t even the topic.

After not being taken seriously by men, judged depending on attractiveness and not being respected, it’s completely understandable for women to respond with anger and repulsion to anyone making an advance. In fact, that’s exactly what women should do when they’re uninterested and annoyed.

[gotchibam]

Added a new flygon adopt in my ko-fi shop! :) ❄️❄️❄️

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[Image Description: artwork depicting Flygon, a dragon-type pokémon resembling a theropod with insect wings. This Flygon is unusual; with blue coloration, silver wings, mitten-like paws, and a white ruff around her neck. End image description.]

[soothedcerberus]

I just want a Dragonite to deliver my mail... Is that too much to ask? 💌

[h0use-fly]

Rolling hills 🐑

[snailtype]

[ID: a digital illustration of a huge dragon-like beast with a long, winding body. Its back is covered in a strip of grass, dotted with trees, sheep, a river and a house, resembling hills. The rest of its body is dark brown, except for its head which is a gradient into a starry sky. It faces away from the viewer, clouds coming out of its nose and coiling around its head. End ID.]

[foenixed]

Being an aroace disabled person is so fun because whenever the possibility of (aro)ace disabled characters is raised, the disabled community is always like, "umm, that's a negative stereotype because you're just saying disabled people aren't full adults, capable of consent with ~normal~ desires and that we're unloveable, why are our characters always asexual?"

Like, a) the vast majority of disabled characters aren't ace, lmao, b) they're just fully accepting all the negative stereotypes and beliefs about asexuals being broken, unfulfilled or not fully/properly developed and the idea that being in rose (romantic/sexual) relationships is a necessary part of being fully humanised and c) centering allo disabled feelings of annoyance over these negative stereotypes about asexuals being applied to them, about asexuality being used to dehumanise them, without recognising that the group most hurt by the dehumanised asexual disabled character is asexual disabled people. They fully accept us being misrepresented, they're just annoyed they're hurt too. Good representation for ace disabled people is an important part of the pushback against this trope, but they'll never accept that because they just hate any association with us. Why must a disabled character be allosexual to be good representation?

"We'd accept it if it was good." The fact you say all that aphobic shit when it isn't is proof enough you have a problem. It is in fact a basic part of the bigot playbook to criticise any poorly executed minority character's existence and then defend themselves by saying they wouldn't say all that bigoted shit if they were a good character.

But a lot of you can't even acknowledge aces are a minority, despite the fact you say all this shit, despite the fact aces have the same rate of conversion therapy as gay people, despite the fact that asexuality is still a diagnosis in the DSM and ICD. We have 101 problems even getting you to recognise that aphobia exists, let alone that you contribute to it.

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Cistern Keepers: from “Bosun’s Journal”. Artwork by CaptainStroon

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“Bosun’s Journal, MET: 964,001,873,119 seconds.

The passenger population continues to dwindle. In the 10,000 years after the Nebu-Kadnean war effectively ended the corpocaste culture, the population has fallen from 2 billion at its peak to 201,032,471 individuals currently. Nebu, moreso survivor than winner of the war, the former most populous habitat, has been ravaged by millenia of follow-up wars and is currently a lawless wasteland. The remnants of the great war’s warbeasts and gentech warriors roam the arid lands, trying to keep civilization going. Settlements popping up as fast as they disappear through droughts and raids. Bandit lords raising to power just for their dominions to splinter as soon as they fall in battle.

Water is the most valuable resource in the Nebbian desert. Since the habitat was cut off from the ship’s hydrological systems, it relies entirely on natural precipitation. It’s enough to sustain an arid ecosphere, but not enough for river systems and lush biomes. Water does collect in the old cellars and canalizations of the ruins of the Nebbian cities, making these cisterns incredibly valuable for the remaining Nebbies. But collecting the valuable cistern water is not without dangers. Namely the cistern keepers. Large feral semiaquatic war beasts originally made to protect water reservoirs.

During the war, water was already a rare commodity on the Nebbian side. Just as valuable for the civilian population as it was for the military. To keep water reservoirs from falling into Kadnean hands, they infested them with massive controllable war beasts. Durable, powerful and originally armoured and equipped with automated weaponry, these monsters would lurk under the surface and surprise attack anyone without a Nebbian identification chip. They might not have been able to stand against a full army on their own, but they did’t need to. All they needed was to make any source of water hard to get.

Cistern keepers were meant to be deployed strategically, but they thrived on their own after the war. Feeding on fish and ambushing creatures seeking out the caverns for a drop of water. They navigate through the murky waters using sensory hairs on their chin. Their size and thick leathery hide protects them against other feral war beasts and sapient hunters, even outside their watery domain. Young cistern keepers seek out new caverns, hiding in the sand to avoid predation. Adult ones also occasionally leave their territory to seek out new waters and potential mates.

Nebu has become a dangerous place, where even looking for a drink can be deadly. If the passengers want to survive here, they have to get crafty.”

[thejawsdevour]

Zdeněk Burian (Czech) - Nothosaurus (illustration, 1964, Prehistoric Sea Monsters)

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[Image Description: a painting of a grey nothosaur perched on a rock, watching the sun rise over the ocean. End image description.]

[beautyandcuriosity]

Antique Salamander Jewel circa 16th Century

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[Image Description: a photograph of a blue and gold pendant shaped like a salamander, with a baroque pearl forming the body. End image description.]

[lesbianpeachs]

If you claim making fat or autistic or poc characters asexual is “desexualizing” them, you’re supporting the idea that being asexual is a desexualization and you’re actively supporting that stereotype against ace autistic and fat people, and ace people of color.

Stop using arguments about fictional characters to hurt real life people. Asexuality isn’t a rhetorical concept, its a real orientation real people have. Including us fat people, autistic people, and poc.

[comparativetarot]

Nine of Wands. Art by An-Nhien Nguyen, from the Spellbound Tarot Deck.

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[Image Description: a tarot card featuring artwork of a white unicorn beneath the night sky, surrounded by nine burning trees. End image description.]

[comparativetarot]

Six of Wands. Art by An-Nhien Nguyen, from the Spellbound Tarot Deck.

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[Image Description: a tarot card featuring artwork of a white unicorn with flowers in her mane. She stands beneath an arch of red tulips, with two castles on hills in the background. End image description.]

[comparativetarot]

Four of Wands. Art by An-Nhien Nguyen, from the Spellbound Tarot Deck.

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[Image Description; a tarot card featuring artwork of two unicorns-one black, and one white-rearing beneath a red rose tree. End image description.]

[the-curated-woman]

Women who are seeking/in a relationship with a male partner: Here's a fun game to play called Would He Do It For You?

The rules? Simple. Take an aspect of your life or relationship and ask if your male partner would do the same as you're willing to do. Here's some examples.

You decide to try not shaving your legs, but he asks you to continue your usual weekly shaving routine. He likes the "smooth, silky" feeling of your legs, he claims. Okay, fair enough - you like the way smooth legs feel too. So ask him to shave his for you.

No? He won't do it? Ask him why. And when he spouts off some reason, ask why again. Ask why as many times as you need to.

And then ask yourself if this is the ~only~ area that he's not willing to treat you the same way you're willing to treat him.

Here's another example.

He likes when you keep your hair long. Okay, sure, you're willing to let it grow out, even though you kind of like how much easier it is to shower and get ready when your hair is cropped short. Ask him to keep his hair and/or beard long and groomed for you, since you also like the way it looks on him. Wait, he's not really interested in doing that? Why?

You can play this game with more than just looks and aesthetics. Take this scenario, for example.

He asks you to pick out a birthday gift for his mom next week, since you have such a good eye for it. And you think, sure. You like his mom, you know what kind of gifts she would enjoy receiving. So you go shopping on your own and bring back a great gift. Then, your mother's birthday rolls around and you're busy with a project at work, so you ask him if he would shop for her this week and pick out something she'd like. Would he do the same for you? Or would he whine, moan, make excuses, give in, and then call and text you a million times until you wish you had never asked him to help in the first place?

Another.

You're getting married to a man you truly love! He loves you and treats you as an equal in everything. You've found one of the good ones. Then, it comes time to plan signing your marriage certificate, and he makes a little remark when you say you're keeping your name. It turns out, he wants you to take his name - it will be easier, he says. Matching last names on bills, bank accounts, and of course, the kids. Yeah, okay, maybe the idea of matching names sounds nice - so ask him to consider taking your last name instead. Would he do the same for you?

Ask him why.

Ask him why.

Ask him why.

[albaillustration]

Itty Bitty Dragon! 🐉

A wee 3x3 inch painting created for a patron in my Tiny Collector Tier at www . patreon . com / elisabethalba (proper link in bio)

[emily-e-draws]

a tasty hoard for a tiny beast!🍓🐉✨

[emily-e-draws]

now available as a print :)

[whirling-ghost]

[ID: a digital art piece of a tiny green dragon beneath a strawberry plant. it is curled around a strawberry that is roughly the size of its own body and taking a bite. end ID.]