#sapient animals

[icomefromuranus74000-blog]

So I drew this sapient, stone-age narwhal thing a few months ago. Her name is Limpet. Did you know a narwhal’s horn is actually it’s incisor teeth twisted together and jutting through it’s upper lip? Wild shit.

[darkwing-ramblings]

The Brightstorm Chronicles by Vashti Hardy

Is a four-book series (at present) written for children, but a very fun read still as an adult and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s centred on two fraternal twins (Arthur and Maudie) adventuring and so romance and couples are essentially not present at all in the first two books. It has sky ships and touches on topics like cultural exchange, sustainable environmental practices, as well as legacy and complexities in familial relationships.

I liked the main characters who never failed to be compelling and enjoyed the sapient animals immensely (they don’t talk and they’re rare- so they’re few and far between but how they sometimes choose a companion and stick with them is cool). It also, right off the bat, starts to engage with how institutions impact the world and has a fair amount in that regard in common with Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials.