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How To Guides for Mythical Creatures Masterlist

All of my HTGfMC posts, listed from oldest to newest! I’m pinning this post to the top of my dash for easier access. If you have a decently well-known cryptid, monster, or mythological creature you’re interested in seeing a guide for, feel free to send me an ask or idea!

1. How To Deal With Goblins 2. How To Work With Fairies 3. How To Defeat A Sphinx 4. How To Confound A Centaur 5. How To Console A Leprechaun 6. How To Pitch To Minotaurs 7. How To Vex A Vampire 8. How To Play With Dragons (And Comic!) 9. How To Charm A Gorgon 10. How To Thwart A Kelpie 11. How To Reason With Perytons 12. How To Handle A Harpy 13. How To Cure A Werewolf 14. How To Appreciate A Reaper 15. How To Challenge A Kitsune 16. How To Scare A Skeleton 17. How To Spook A Selkie 18. How To Behead A Hydra 19. How To Tag A Bigfoot 20. How To Trick A Troll 21. How To Pacify Your Yokai 22. How To Befriend A Giant 23. How To Bribe A Gryphon 24. How To Annoy A Unicorn 25. How To Discourse With Dwarves 26. How To Sting A Siren 27. How To Disgruntle A Pegasus 28. How To Evict A Dryad 29. How To Confuse A Chupacabra 30. How To Desecrate A Mummy 31. How To Ward Away Fae 32. How To Disgust A Zombie 33. How To Track Invisible Men 34. How To Discourage A Changeling 35. How To Pass A Cerberus 36. How To Repay A Chimera 37. How To Energize A Mothman 38. How To Ride A Chollima 39. How To Nag A Naiad 40. How To Glare At Gargoyles 41. How To Extinguish A Phoenix 42. How To Silence A Banshee 43. How To Bargain With Rumplestilts 44. How To Frustrate A Faun 45. How To Rehome A Brownie 46. How To Bathe A Hippogryph Outfit Concepts for M.E. (the Mythic Expert) The M.E. getting her game face on (gonna whack somebody)

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this isn’t a “blog” we are having tea together. do you take sugar

konoko

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do you ever feel yourself fail a charisma check in real time

phantomrose96

There’s something wrong with me right now but don’t worry I found a cure (holds up a hyperfixation from when I was 14) (NOT one of the good ones)

yorgen-sh

#Cant decide if more impressed by the genius tool reuse #Or the turtle's epic dance moves

eatsleepcrap

Look, I made a collection of Fandom cakes that I found!

I like cake.

mimidiann

What about Homestuck.

princecharmingtobe

Homestucks aren’t sorry.

agnesmontague

ive invented (note: dubious claim) something i call the bear diet which is mostly fruits and vegetables with fish as the main protein source and something like once a month you eat a few hyperprocessed foods of your liking because that is when you, the bear, raid a dumpster in the suburbs

stellarskyes

after the hyperprocessed foods, do you take tranquilizers to simulate getting captured by animal control and returned to the wild?

agnesmontague

i would settle for melatonin gummies but well. knock yourself out

madhyanas

cannot stress enough the importance of having a bucket in your house. a big plastic bucket. helps with housework. helps with morale. get yourself a bucket today

clusterduck28

#Its true tho #Very very handy to have a bucket

janepaulina

when God created your favorite things, He had you in mind as well. isn't that lovely?

avengerraven

In Defence of Buttercup

Buttercup’s supposed passiveness is the crux of most critiques of The Princess Bride. But I’d argue that Buttercup acts in her own interests throughout the movie, making moves to secure her own future from her position of powerlessness. For the entirety of the movie barring the first and last scenes, Buttercup is a captive. She has to marry Humperdink in accordance with the law- she has no choice. In this moment we see her at her most passive. She’s accepted that he will marry her regardless of her feelings and she seeks her happiness in other places. Then she gets kidnapped. From that moment to the end of the movie Buttercup gets passed back and forth as the trophy everyone fights over. However, she doesn’t sit idly by. She attempts to escape Vizzini by jumping overboard into eel infested waters. That’s a brave move. She doesn’t know who is on the other ship she swims towards. She only hopes they won’t kill her like Vizzini plans to. Her failure doesn’t negate the bravery of her actions. Then she defies Wesley before she knows his identity. She tries to kill him by pushing him down the hill. He turns his back for one second and she makes a move against a man who she thinks will likely kill her. She saves Wesley when they exit the forest. Yes, it backfires, but she doesn’t know that. From that point on, Buttercup makes deals and argues with Humperdink in an attempt to get out of her betrothal. She uses any argument in her arsenal. It doesn’t work because she doesn’t know what he has planned for her.

Do you notice a theme? Because as I wrote this I noticed that Buttercup makes moves without context, which is why her escapes never work. She is a character acting without the information to succeed. That’s not her fault. That’s not passivity. That’s plot. The plot actively works against Buttercup freeing herself. So maybe we cut her some slack.

abigailspinach

The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid. - The Curse of Chalion

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I'm Curious... Favorite Psycho?

JinYeong

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Athelas

You expect Miette to CHOOSE!?

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Remaining time: 3 days 20 hours

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The World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise has a new white-faced owl chick… and he’s doing 1pm demos the next two days 5/28-5/29.

I cannot, sadly, teleport to Idaho this week. But if you’re in Idaho and have Thursdays or Fridays off, please go see this fluffball on my behalf.

onionowlwatchingu

I got to see the lil fella today!

So many people showed up they had to split the session into 2 groups so we didn't overwhelm the birb

This lil guy is Nox! They aren't 100% sure what sex it is, but they're pretty sure he's male.

He's a brancher, so he can't fly yet but is real good at jumping. In the wild he'd be jumping from branch to branch to build up his flight muscles, but he'll be flying soon

Nox is 5 weeks old, weighs 190g, and has reached his adult size, but his flight and tail feathers haven't grown in yet. He'll be a full adult next week!

The Northern White Faced Owl is from Africa, usually between the Sahara and the equator (according to Wikipedia, staff just said Africa). It used to be believed that this and another species, the southern white faced owl, were the same species but are now recognized as separate birds

His lil whiskers are called bristles, and they function like cat whiskers! He's just learned to tear meat, the trainer had big tweezers to give him lil bits of rabbit (some were placed on her glove and some were put right in front of his beak!)

He kept bobbing his head around, which is called triangulating and helps him figure out how far away things are.

*checks notes* these are also known as transformer owls! Like screech owls, they can stretch themselves real tall and thin to try and camouflage itself as a branch (search for transformer owl and you'll see what I mean)

After today he'll spend time with a foster parent to teach him how to Bird, then he'll join the legion of ambassador birds they have out here!

(PS his feathers are so fluffy my phone had a hard time taking clear pictures of them)

If you're near Boise this is absolutely worth a trip, they have so many other birds to see, and there's a walking trail just outside as well as a huge ampitheatre they use when it's not too hot out