#monster children

[kabishkat19]

Cyan Lake Monster💙

The final adorable (grumpy) Lake Monster name Cyan💙

The group is completed for now…

[mostlyskateboarding]

[audreyscribes]

hey!! I love ur hcs ❤️❤️❤️!! They're well researched and detailed!!!! Would it be okay if you did one for Arachne?

a/n: I think I lightly touched on a child of Arachne but it was nothing detailed or anything; so I'm goign to do this one because this isn't the first time I've gotten an ask about Arachne. I will be using the PJO mythology view of Arachne and Athena btw where Riordan went with the mythology that Athena punished and cursed Arachne into a spider because of her hubris/impudence. Also don't expect too much arachnid facts or anything because while I have a less fear over spiders, I'm not their biggest fan still. Warning: Spiders/Arachnophobia (duh)

I dunno how a child of Arachne would be like, and I'm highly assuming we're talking about a child of Arachne that is humanoid in shape and all I can think of is either Arachne gave birth to a spider that was able to turn into a human, or she gave birth to what seemed human but is able to turn into a spider, or there's a Spiderman situation where they're practically human on the outside but have Arachnid features; like able to stick onto walls, create webs, etc- Or maybe its all three of some amalgamation of a were-spider situation. Or there's a centaur situation of being half human top wise, and spiderwise bottom-wise- I don't knowwwwwww-

All children of Arachne have a radar that pinpoints to the nearest Athena embodiment; from statues, symbols, and of course any demigods of Athena. Its an instinct that alerts and drives the children of Arachne to go after them, like a wolf that caught the scent of bleeding prey and they have to go after them. Regardless the stance of a children of Arachne has towards Athena and all that comes from her, its part of instinct that will always ignite. This can range from harassing/bullying/tormenting a demigod of Athena and her descendants and followers to the most extreme of just killing them in retribution for what Athena did to Arachne. It's not as if the child of Arachne can't over-ride their instinct to not act upon them, but it always lingers and exist.

It's not entirely out of the question though that a child of Arachne may have multiple limbs like a spider but they do have two arms and legs, I'd imagine the power of 8 limbs is evenly distributed to those four limbs so it feels like they have the power of eight limbs.

Whether its a remnant of Arachne's talent as a human or the innate nature of being a spider, your hands and fingers are adept at all that concerns with threads and string; from knitting, lace making, weaving, embroidery, making thread bracelets, and etc.

While you may or may not physically have 8 eyes, it does feel like you do. Your perception is wider and sharper then most and if 20/20 vision applies with two eyes, you have 160/160 vision. However, the downside is that a spider is much smaller and their range of view doesn't include as much, your vision is rather sensitive to anything bright, shiny, and etc which easily can overstimulate you. I'd imagine a nice pair of sunglasses are in order.

As a child of Arachne and basically being a spider, there are limited things you cannot consume; one of which is coffee or high amounts of caffeine due to the fact caffeine acts like a drug to spiders. If you look at the results done by scientists of the effects of drugs to Spiders, you'll see the result of their spider making while under influence.

Communicating with spiders is definitely obvious, but I'd imagine this ability can extend to other arachnids by technicality; like scorpions, ticks, mites, and etc. However, communicating with spiders is more clear and stronger than any other arachnids which is less more so.

[rosetyler42]

I was looking at this old "50 things to do after school" book I took from school eons ago and found a perfect activity to monsturize for Lucy, Simon, Stacy and the other monster kids: Color Me Slimey, where you use colored slime (cornstarch and water in the book) to paint. The kids here are using Blobby's slime instead.

@lovelylivelyv @heartsong1994 @deathfangirl9 @hotelt-resurrection @speedygivermusic @morsobaby

[aeolianblues]

It’s very difficult, but it's as simple as remembering that you love these people. Things can get frustrating, there’s more at stake. There’s times where you have to put all of those things aside and just see the five boys [Fontaines D.C.] that would rehearse in a shed. The thing that we wanted to maintain forever was how we felt about each other, and you have to take care of that and make efforts. It’s a relationship. You have to remember why you love someone in the first place. It’s easy to forget sometimes. You have to make efforts to keep that alive in your head. 

I have a baby now, and things change in a relationship when you have a baby. Things take on more importance and you can get lost in all that, but my girl and I do these date nights every now and again where we get a babysitter for the night and book a hotel in the city, we don’t go on our phones or anything, we’ll just have our own date. That totally refreshes everything.

I think it’s the same with the boys. We do that sort of thing together. The last time we went on tour, we booked flights maybe a week before the tour started and hung out. I think the tour started in Madrid, so we booked flights to Balbao, and that was all we booked. We said lets just be those five guys again who showed up for a gig and had nowhere to stay. So we flew to Balboa, rented a car at the airport and had nowhere to go, so we just drove out and were like, ‘lets see where this takes us’. We spent a week in Balboa where nothing was planned and it kind of brings you back to when the entire world was these five guys just making the most out of wherever we are or whatever we were doing.

It can feel really strange sometimes. It requires a lot of planning and effort, and it feels very systematic because you have to make the time to do these things, but it’s so important. I do the same thing with my girlfriend with our date nights. When there's so much more at stake than the relationship, it’s easy to lose the relationship.

—Carlos O’Connell on maintaining healthy relationships, whether in Fontaines D.C. or otherwise in life. 7 August 2024 in Monster Children

[monsterkinkmeme]

A human stepdad has a lot of things to learn when caring for his harpy step-children, such as incubating them as eggs, feeding them as nestlings, and helping them learn to fly as they begin to fledge.

[suburbansnakes]

James Turvey: Skate Mag Collector — Monster Children

One man’s mission to rack up every Australian skateboarding publication ever made.

Fellow skate writer, Josh Sabini, and I had a chat about the new book I’m working on (amongst other things) via Zoom the other day. Then Josh went away and turned it into a really nice interview for Monster Children. Thanks, Josh! 

[maxbruiser]

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