#mokele

[frameacloud]

"Is [therianthropy] a religion? A cult? Neither. ... to be a cult we’d need some level of organization, leadership and most of all, to actually agree about basic spiritual concepts. As for a religion, therianthropy on its own is merely a condition, to be interpreted by the individual in their worldview. It’s more like a component that can be added to an existing belief structure, just as a member of any religion can be vegetarian for any number of theological reasons, but they are still vegetarian."

- Excerpt from an article written by Mokele in about 2003, "So, What’s This 'Therianthropy' Thing?"

[troll-bridge]

Goblin barbers are the real frontline workers in Azeroth this week hahahah. 

Wicked purplish eyes for Mokele, while my main got brighter eyes, smaller tusks, different hair, bone jewelry, and warpaint!

[pandamorphic]

More Bayou as I practice the difficult, muscly dragon tribe o: she is massive compared to other dragons, and she’s still young. The dragon with her is like a caretaker, making sure she’s taking her vacation, but they’re not doing a very good job…she’s just too stubborn…and intimidating :)) poor dragon (also that dragon is like 5 years older than Bayou but she still towers over them)

[troll-bridge]

Might as well post this uncolored for now, since I've been sitting on it for a while. 😔 My Zandabashi warrior, Mokele, scouting the coast.

[troll-bridge]

My half-Zandalari / half-Gurubashi berserker, Mokele.

[transsupers]

Trans super-per-day #439: Mokele'!  From the Whateley Academy universe, Portia Smith is a junior at the titular school, her mutation having caused her to gain a male body and she now goes by the name Peter.  Despite being referred to by male pronouns in inferences I've found, it's also stated that she's not happy with her transformation, which points to her not identifying as male in actuality.  She's listed as a villain on the wiki, though I don't know how she is, due to not having read the stories.

 Mokele has the ability to shapeshift into various animal forms.  However, unlike some shapeshifters, she can only increase her mass incrementally, an example given on the wiki being that if she wants to become a dragon, she needs to transform into a panther, to a bear, to a rhino, finally to a dragon.  These transformations are more than just altering her appearance, as well, as when she's a dragon, she produces venom valuable to mystics.

 It should be noted that I didn't see anything stated as to her appearance, so the above picture may be quite off, being completely designed by myself (with a Whateley Academy male uniform).  Not that it's well drawn in the first place.

 The Whateley universe can be found here.

[forteanworld]

'It must be monstrous, the prints of its claws are seen upon the earth, and formed an impression on it of about three feet in circumference. In observing the posture and disposition of the footprints, they concluded that it did not run this part of the way, and that it carried its claws at a distance of seven or eight feet one from the other.'

- Abbe Lievan Bonaventure, missionary in the Congo, 1776.

[valeriewilsonblr]

Livre tout juste paru: Vivarium, une histoire de pygmées dans l'espace!

L'histoire:

Et si un engin spatial atterrissait au cœur de l’Afrique ? Alors que l’homme est en danger d’extinction, Joël, anthropologue réputé, se retrouve embarqué dans le vaisseau du dernier espoir, pêle-mêle avec des autochtones décontractés, des hommes de pouvoir hautains, des femmes caractérielles, des militaires nerveux, et une myriade de bestioles locales. Leur destination semble paradisiaque, mais une surprise de taille les attend : comment ces individus pourront-ils survivre, ensemble, au Nébuleux et à ses manipulations de l’espèce humaine ? Auront-ils accès à la Vérité Universelle sans être assimilés par la substance cognitive visqueuse du lac Màbùlibùli ? Il n’y a pas d’échappatoire, les derniers des nôtres font maintenant partie… du Vivarium.