#Modern Draconics;Shay
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She did remember. Shay wasn't sure why Grusha was thinking about it now unless...
Well, to be fair that situation was when they were just trainer and gym leader. They both weren't talkative, and it was a good battle. It was one of the few times she had to give verbal instructions during her challenge.
"Yeah." She answered. "Something on your mind about it?"
@beiowzero X
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I posted 674 times in 2022
That's 384 more posts than 2021!
127 posts created (19%)
547 posts reblogged (81%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@draconesmundi
@saint-nevermore
@drachenwiki
@semolinaart
@a-book-of-creatures
I tagged 666 of my posts in 2022
Only 1% of my posts had no tags
#dragons - 284 posts
#dragon - 271 posts
#inspiration - 132 posts
#smaugust - 87 posts
#dracones mundi - 58 posts
#mythology - 47 posts
#creature design - 39 posts
#dragon design - 36 posts
#blog keeping - 35 posts
#dracones monday - 34 posts
Longest Tag: 139 characters
#there was an anthropology paper that suggested the carved bull faces indicated where the bull skin was supposed to be draped over the stone
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
Five Dragons Not Based on Mythology
In my current draft of Dracones Mundi, out of the 40ish (43 to 45) species of dragon, 5 of them are more based on popular culture and cultural depictions moreso than mythology and stories, and these five dragons are:
The Dancing Naga - a long pink dragon who performs twirling, spinning dances through the air, based on 'hey, what if a dragon fruit was named after a dragon?' and on the puppets used at Lunar New Year celebrations.
The Sandwyrm - a large serpentine dragon that lives in the Gobi desert. It's juvenile form is based on mythology and cryptozoology (olgoi-khorkhoi or the Mongolian Death Worm) and I could have just kept this creature as a Mongolian Death Worm but I gave it a very different adult stage of life to tie in with pop culture sandworms like shai hulud from Dune or the graboids from Tremors. Just for fun.
The Grey Wyvern - a species of grey and spiky desert dwelling wyvern found in North America - the reason dragons from movies tend to be grey and spiky wyverns in Dracones Mundi is that the grey wyverns are easy to train and look really cool, so many movie makers green screen them in as terrifying beasts for their films.
The Forest Wyvern - close relative of the Grey Wyvern, this is one of those 'horns look like tree branches, wings look like leaves' dragons that appear in fantasy art. Also, I love animals who look like moss and bark so I wanted a dragon similar to a Madagascan Tree Gecko or mossy frog, a dragon that can just blend in.
The Ice Dragon - another Grey Wyvern relative, but white and spiky instead of grey and spiky. Not decided much about this dragon yet! Just there's a lot of media out there that proposes the inverse of a fire breathing dragon being an icy cold dragon, so I thought I would slide one in. It's not the only Arctic dragon (heck, might put it in the Antarctic) as I do have dragons based on Inuit folklore, although these are aquatic and sleek and don't match the pop-culture 'white spiky icicle dragon'
(image: two dragons, the first is a pale and spiky ice dragon, the second is a brown dragon with green stripes and leaflike wings. These are rough digital doodles with very few details.) Pictured are the 2 newest of the 'totally made up' dragons.
I don't think I've gone too wild with making up dragon varieties: the dancing naga is pretty much a dragon from mythology which isn't specifically named in folklore (just a pink dragon from East and Southeast Asia), the sandwyrm is loosely based on olgoi-khorkhoi and if the adult form doesn't vibe well I can shave it back to being olgoi-khorkhoi with no pop-culture references, and the three wyverns are based on strong visual motifs in modern fantasy.
I do worry that putting non-mythology dragons in the project will somehow make it less cool: I know I get annoyed when other dragon books insert pop-culture dragons in place of actual mythology, but these dragons are definitely in addition to a huge roster of mythological dragons, rather than replacing them. I may get rid of these dragons, but for now they fill up the map nicely :3
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#4
Happy Dracones Monday!
Today's dragon is the lindwyrm!
93 notes - Posted March 7, 2022
#3
My friend @i-draws-dinosaurs donated £3 to my KoFi in the month of Smaugust which means, of course, they got a Smaugust dragon!
Being a fellow palaeontologist, this is once again a prehistoric critter themed dragon, based on their amazing speculatively evolved temnospondyl dragon designs, which I wholeheartedly love. When I got the request to draw this I was like YES! I LOVE YOUR DRAGON DESIGNS! Here is the post with Tas's temnospondyl dragons. I was encouraged to go nuts with the colour design, so I of course gave the dragon eye spots and a nice firebellied-toad-inspired scheme.
During Smaugust (dragon-August) any £3 donation to my KoFi (link here) allows you to ask me to draw any dragon. This runs out soon as September draws near, but I will have commissions open for the rest of the year (a little more pricey!)
148 notes - Posted August 26, 2022
#2
Happy Dracones Monday everyone!
This dragon is the grey wyvern, found in desert and rocky areas of North America. Due to this animal being small and easy to train, they are actor animals for many Hollywood films, hence the grey and spiky appearance of most movie dragons.
For more Dracones Mondays ('dragons of mondays') consider following @draconesmundi ('dragons of the world')!
200 notes - Posted February 7, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
In the world of Dracones Mundi, dragons are real, so things named for being dragonlike must logically resemble a 'real' dragon - so dragonfruit being pink with green-edged scales meant I designed a pink dragon with green edged scales
Currently I'm looking at dragon-headed caterpillars, wondering if we need a dragon with 4 long tapering horns. Bonus, the juvenile form might have nubs instead of horns and resemble certain famous media dragons (night furies from HTTYD films, or in general cutesy blunt-snouted dragons). Would a dragon like this be a good idea? No idea which country it would live in, but it might be a herbivorous dragon due to head shape... possibly maybe a small newtlike dragon, omnivorous pond dweller or something?
421 notes - Posted October 23, 2022
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"I can, and will pick both you and Ponchik up at the same time."
This was a promise. This was a threat. The uppies threat.
@beiowzero
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"You still have that Applin, right?"
"Well, no. She's a Hydrapplin now."
Shadow Pokemon were no joke. The entirety of Shay's home and workplace was now working on programs to try and purify those poor mons from a hatred fueled existence.
Alistair could tell the towering hydra fruit dragon wasn't done being purified, but all things considered, was close to it. She snarled with all five heads before Shay recalled her to the ball for some quiet time.
"It's not like me to get rid of a mon I can't handle, you know that. Especially a dragon. What' up?"
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"WHEN DID THEY PUT SUICUNE IN JURASSIC PARK-"
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@redlegend said: <<wait really?>>
"Yeah, it was a whole thing." She sighed.
"Apparently being next to silent during battle, and being good at battling, made me an imitator. It was journalism nay saying or some shit like that."
For Red's sake, Shay pulled out decades and more old local news reports from Johto about the old League Circuit. Someone had coined her as the 'Silent Slayer' and it stuck. As much as she hated it.
"I was missing a Pikachu though."
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It's probably rude of him, but it's clear Red is captured by Cayci the Gavantula's adorable self, endeared by pricky yellow legs and bug eyes; the brunette squats down to her eye level, pulling a loose oran berry out of his sweatshirt pocket to try and win her over.
He could've done with a brief greeting to her trainer, but there was no time for that!
Shay was relieved she didn't have to immediately socialize when there was a bright squeak and chitter of high pitched spider noises behind her. Cayci looked at Red with curiosity, and no fear. She loved people far more than her trainer did!
"...brreep?"
Shay and Cayci watched as the stranger pulled out an oran berry. The bug's eyes lit up with pure glee. Free snacks! Congrats Red, you now had a friend. She wasn't keen on letting you forget it either.
"Kiiii!" Her little front legs took it and she gingerly munched on it with all the politeness she could muster. Once her snack was done, she turned to Shay and tugged on her leg, reaching for her pocket with an expectant stare."
"... yeah okay sure." Shay replied, handing the Galvantula a text to speech device that looked like... no it was a phone. Yep an actual phone, she knew how to use one of those.
Tiny arms managed to text quite well. Cayci was well practised after all. A few key strokes here and there and she showed it to her new friend.
'FREN!!!11!! NEW FRIEND!!11!!! HI I AM CAYCI THIS SHAY :D MY BEST FREN :DDDDD'
She was a big fan of all caps.
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"Sheesh, my Oton adopted a lot of people."
Now she's gotta try and be nice to them.
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"Anyone have any advice for fighting an undead fish? I am not asking for reasons to be disuaded. It's going to happen. I just need to know if someone else has done it or if I have to workshop this shit myself."
Soda was very, very upset.
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Crime Time
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⠀“ hey . . .⠀bit of a sudden question.
⠀you said your family runs a . . .⠀sanctuary, right?⠀I've been considering a certain pokémon lately. ”
"I don't think it's much of a sudden question granted I am sitting on your couch."
She was fine camping out but she had the feeling someone wasn't going to entertain the idea of her staying in a cabin made of mud and logs during a blizzard.
Sassing aside, she continued. "Yep, we do and have for ages. If you're considering getting a certain Pokemon then we likely have one up for adoption."
Leaning over the side of the couch, she grabbed her phone from her bag and started to go through some apps. Shay was a PokeGear appreciator through and through but a smartphone had it's perks. One of them was being able to log into said sanctuary's data base to see what was on the adoption registry.
"What one were you thinking of?"
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Anyway have sketchy lazy art with a bit of spice
#out of murmurs;ooc#modern draconics;shay#smeargles touch;art#not nintento friendly;nsfw#tagging it just in case
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How someone asks for flirting with men advice feat @drgnbld
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He walks in. There's no invitation to do so but he has a present box.
She was vibing in her bushcraft cabin and then someone walked in.
People weren't supposed to do that she was in the middle of the god damn-
Oh.
Oh it was Red.
...
"Hi."
Yeah that made sense.
"... you wanna come in and sit down?" She gestured to a small bench made of logs in front of a small clay fire pit that took her two hours to build.
#modern draconics;shay#we softly speak;ic#blastburned#i borrowed reds cryptid status for this i hope you don't mind
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She has no clue why pegs, tops, and bottoms are relevant in the overheard conversation, but she is pretty sure it's not about assembling Ikea furniture.
This is what happens when you live mostly offline.
#modern draconics;shay#we softly speak;ic#seen and spoken;dash commentary#not nintendo friendly;nsft
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"The Burned Tower is not ours anymore. It belongs to the Pokemon and is a memorial of nature."
That was the symbolism of the raging storm, and was not to be messed with. Ecruteak couldn't keep telling the story proper if it wasn't there anymore.
#modern draconics;shay#we softly speak;ic#seen and spoken;dash commentary#orreanintrepidness#missingstarter#shay isnt religious but spiritual at least
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