#taika

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Divinity.

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The constellation of Lacerta, the Lizard // E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani

Click below to read a little bit about this little guy as well as an annotated image to help you spot it!

Lacerta, which is Latin for "lizard", is a recent addition to the night sky. It was added in 1687 by the Polish astronomy Johannes Hevelius. There aren't a lot of bright stars in this part of the sky, so it wasn't recognized as a constellation by ancient astronomers. Hevelius originally intended to name it "Stellio" after the stellion, a lizard with star-like spots found around the Mediterranean.

There are only three named stars in this constellation. In order of brightness, they are:

Stellio (α Lacertae), the brightest star in Lacerta. It is a solitary blue-white star about 103 light years from Earth. Its name honors Hevelius' original name for Lacerta.

Tengshe (V424 Lacertae) is a red supergiant star about 2,300 light years from Earth. Its name comes from the Chinese word Tengshe (螣蛇) meaning "flying serpent." This was a Chinese constellation that shared the same part of the sky as Lacerta.

Taika (HAT-P-40) is a yellow-white star about 1,515 light years away. It has one confirmed exoplanet orbiting it, about half the mass of Jupiter, named Vytis. Both names were given by the people of Lithuania: Taika is the Lithuanian word for "peace" and Vytis is the symbol for the Lithuanian coat of arms.

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I don't know anyone else who has specifically read the series, but I'm on book 7 of He Who Fights With Monsters and Taika just showed up again and I screamed ❤️❤️❤️ I love how Heath Miller voices him!! Just needed to share my happiness with the void.

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Taika Waititi (i love him so much😭😭😭)

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Source (Season 2 - November 12th 2023)

Leslie Jones: Spanish Jackie is one of the best roles i ever played!! Such a great story snd they made me a badd ass with 20 husbands and wives! I loved it!! Its a muthafucking vibe!

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I love taika no risei or taika's reason, he's such a good boy

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RUBS HANDS TOGETHER!!

Tell me/us about Taika!! Who would come for her when she was kidnapped? Who would kidnap her? What kind of stories does she fit into?

She's my sweet, timid White Mage in my Final Fantasy 1 playthroughs! She hates fighting and blood, but she swallowed all that to heal anyone who was hurt or dying using her White Magic! She's not assertive at all, though she did go through some character development to be more so, and she won't back down since!

She's currently married to my Red Mage, Veles, whom Taika had a huge crush on during their adventures together. She's also close friends with Drusus and Keme, who also traveled with them to save the world! She acts motherly to them, and gets slightly annoyed, ESPECIALLY at Keme, whenever she ignores her orders to rest or be careful XD

I imagine some bandits or even Garland, the team's arch nemesis, would target her, as she's not much of a fighter (White Mages like her are mainly healers!) Maybe some used as bait scenarios, or a held for ransom scenario. Maybe Veles' murderous father might kidnap Taika to lure out his son for a final fight, who knows!

As for stories she would fit into... kidnappings and ransom/bait demands, of course, but also when she, as the main healer, gets hurt/sick herself or when she exhausts herself from using too much of her magic! >:)

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Taika in 2026 vs Taika in 2020!

Finally some new art! I had a big artwork for March Caprice (an online Kingdom Hearts event) in the works for a long time, and now that it's done, I can focus on my ocs and the new banner / profile pics again n_n Gosh they are in dire need of an update, my rendering style has changed a lot haha

I will publish the March Caprice art after it's been revealed at the event, sooo stay tuned for that :D