#my tortoises

[outofangband]

TÚRIN AND NIËNOR CHOMPING

#to delete #maybe #my tortoises #not Tolkien #they are separated now and you’ll never fucking guess why

[wheremyscalesslither]

We decided to name them Chili Pepper 🌶️

#chili pepper #my tortoises #tortoise

[mrburnsnuclearpussy]

Tortoise thistle crunch!

#my tortoises #tortoises #marginated tortoise #cute #reptile

[amu-says-hav-says]

I can’t believe I went through all of Season 2 assuming Nina was the stand-in for Crowley when you actually pay attention it’s so CLEAR that she’s Aziraphale. I was tricked by her spiky, sarcastic, cynical outer shell and lulled into a false sense of security by Maggie’s bubbly optimism and wholesome goodness, because on the surface they reflect the ineffable husbands perfectly, in their personalities, their aesthetics, even many of their actions and morals. but not, and this is the real key, when it comes to their “relationship”. but those first impressions really had me damn fooled. 

I missed the blatantness of Nina’s “we’re just friends. actually we’re not friends. we barely know each other.” the same thing Aziraphale said in season 1.  the way he still struggles to quantify their friendship when Nina asks. Nina’s sarcasm when Crowley asks about rain and awnings because it worked for him (we all know it LMAO). hell, that whole convo the girls have in the rain is so AziraCrow (“I know. I’m not your type” “...You have no idea” hits so much harder the second time, help meeeee.) “Lindsay” maybe being symbolic of Heaven and Aziraphale’s toxic relationship with them and their abuse? (the handwritten text messages in red pen make me think of angry notes on paperwork, anyone else?) because Crowley has never actually cared about what Hell thinks of him, just not getting into trouble (or him or Aziraphale getting hurt). Maggie is always chasing Nina. NINA NEVER GOES IN THE RECORD STORE. Just like Crowley always goes to the bookstore, to Aziraphale, Zira NEVER WENT TO THE FLAT (apart from The Swap but that doesn’t count imo). Crowley has always chased Zira, not the other way around. Always there to rescue him, always going to him for company, always relying on their shared connection, always US. OUR SIDE. All through season one, he comes to Zira every time to work together, never trying to work alongside Hell in any way that isn’t to save their skins or Earth, while Zira hides things from Crowley because he STILL thinks Heaven is ultimately good and will do the right thing if he can just show them. fix it from the inside. 

Maggie working up the courage to finally say something, to put herself out there, while Nina is utterly oblivious and then when she does realise Maggie has feelings, becoming standoffish, putting up that barrier, fighting it, denying it, ITS SO CROWLEY AND AZIRAPHALE IN THAT ORDER. the way I was fooled into thinking Nina’s trust issues are Crowley because he does have trust issues ofc he does BUT Crowley has ALWAYS TRUSTED AZIRAPHALE. has always relied on him. has always been hurt when Aziraphale doesn’t immediately reciprocate the way he expects (the holy water request, the bandstand, the “off in the stars” etc). he’s always the one putting himself forward. Aziraphale has always been the one to second guess everything, to fight their connection, their similarities, their friendship. the girls really made me think it was going to be okay when they sat Crowley down, even as my inner sirens were going haywire about Metatron interfering, they were telling Crowley he just needs to open up and it’ll all work out BUT HE’S ALREADY AT THAT POINT. he may not say it, and by gosh is that part of their damn problem, but he’s always SHOWN IT. he’s not Nina who needs time to heal and recover from her broken trust, he’s always been Maggie believing it doesn’t matter, they’ll end up together in the end anyway AND I WALKED RIGHT INTO THE TRAP THAT THIS MEANT THEY WERE GOING TO BE OKAYYYYYYYYYYY

#good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 #good omens 2 #GO2 #GO2 spoilers #ineffable husbands #not me going to my basically unused sideblog that isn't GO related because I NEED TO YELL THIS SOMEWHERE #I mean outside of the relationship thing there are so many ways #that Nina and Crowley line up and Zira and Maggie #but the girls story isn't about them as people #it's about this relationship the boys are tryna push on them and what that relationship reflects about the boys #anyway I'm on my first rewatch for all the clue I missed #so I imagine I'll only spot more clues to berate myself about as I go #HOW DID I FALL FOR ITTTTTT #I can't believe I was so blind #OFC the Disaster Puppy Lesbian was Crowley #and OFC the Emotionally Abused Tortoise was Aziraphale

[army-of-bee-assassins]

#i had this idea for a poll last week bc i think car names are fun #and i finally got polls today #i would love functional public transportation but that's not my reality so if i'm gonna depend on a car i will name it #my car's name is clyde :) #after the tortoise in elementary

[frogtowns]

pov: you’re on animal crossing tumblr in 2015

#acnl #mayor text #my acnl #animal crossing new leaf #just saying. don't tell me you haven't seen these EXACT outfits on at least five different popular animal crossing blogs in 2015 #also ik the tortoise specs picture is from nh but it was eithar that or a 5 pixel big photo from moridb. #also. remember the princess set. #lthe dreamies lists w lolly marshal julian maple beau diana fauna lily merengue and marina #the bus stop and wisteria trellis pwps #and the boppers but tbh im still obsessed w the bulb boppers from new leaf. don't @ me #also the photo editing site we all used. the one that made everything super smooth and larger. #can't remember the name but .yea.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A new challenger approaches (slowly)

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #wen chao #jin zixuan #jiang cheng #lan wangji #tulu xuanwu #Wen Chao's turtlephobia starts now. I wonder if that's ever going to come back into play? #Slight re-ordering of events for the funny punchlines but we're close to getting back on track. #The mianmian stuff happening right after we also have a Torment Tortoise looking for blood makes this scene so chaotic. #A good kind of chaos as it is supposed to be overwhelming and anxiety inducing! #I have been sitting on the idea of the Beast being just a normal turtle with a knife for ages. Years in fact. #It's stupid as hell but that's sometimes what art is. Indulging the past you who would have loved to see the dumb thing be drawn. #Making it canon now that A-Qing's turtle (the one pd-Lan Sizhui found) is a descendant of this turtle. #Maybe she was so defensive because she has eggs she was watching over! How insensitive of these cultivators! #You can insert your own choice of boss music here - I did not grow up playing video games so I have nothing off the top of my head. #I am making a BOTW reference here so you could substitute one of those themes but I find them more melancholic than menacing.

[markscherz]

Why are lizards and salamanders so similar in shape?

That’s just what peak performance looks like

#it’s also just basically the ancestral shape of the sarcopterygian fishes that we are descended from #African lungfish look so much like salamanders you’d be forgiven for confusing the two #mammals and birds and tortoises and frogs are just heavily modified from this splayed-stance long-tail tetrapod shape #snakes and caecilians are just variation on the theme of ‘how much leg is actually needed for my lifestyle’ where the answer is zero #but remember that salamanders and lizards are really only superficially similar #answers by mark #anon #anonymous

[k8katdoodles]

Tortoise Racing 🐢

#genshin impact #genshin #genshin impact fanart #fanart #diluc #diluc ragnvindr #kaeya #kaeya alberich #jean #jean gunnhildr #barbara pegg #barbara #they were childhood friends i know it in my heart #also i cant get the thought out of my head of diluc and jean owning huge ass tortoises #like i know logically they were probably pretty small #but rich people are weird #crepus would get diluc a giant tortoise

[scatterbrainedbot]

I AM SPINNING I AM PACING I AM FULL ON FROLICKING IM SO EXCITED

@d1sc0rd1a THANK U FOR THESE TAGS

okayokayokayokay so pretty much all of these questions will be Officially Answered properly in the character design/intro pages im working on but also i am physically vibrating with excitement about the fact that you noticed all these details and i have very little self control so! lore dump time!!!

(minor tw for mentions of leos self-harm/self-destructive anxious behaviors and unhealthy coping skills)

- mikey does indeed have curly fur! i believe he would be considered a 'rex' rat (pictured on the left) for this trait? though the curls can be more easily seen on mice (pictured on the right). or, at least it seems that way. have not delved too deeply into the details of rodent genes and husbandry, but id assume its the same sort of mutation considering curly haired mice are also referred to as rex sometimes? either way hes a extra floofy bby 🧡

-as for raphie, unfortunately being more fluff and less shell than the average rapheal comes with its downsides. especially if you and your brothers occasionally encounter things like territorial dogs, hungry cats, or sewer crocodiles while exploring places ur dad said not supposed to go. (most of his scars will have more ninja related stories, but his ear i think got messed up from something very animal. probably around age 11 ish? old enough to sneak out from dads protection but young enough to not fully know how to handle himself alone against real danger. thankfully his ear injury looks worse than it actually is for the most part, as the damage was largely to the outer ear. his hearing wasnt super affected, except that he now has a bit of a harder time being able to track/pinpoint noises origins if its on his right side.)

-also yep! dons got some glasses that just clip/rest on the bridge of his nose! theyre mostly just for home use, as they do fall off if hes knocked around. in the field he has some goggles he tends to use (theyre helpful as they have multiple additional functions like heat-imaging, extra zoom/telescoping, and recording capabilities. but also theyll give him headaches if he wears them for too long without breaks). contacts are theoretically also an option but he absolutely hates the sensation of putting them in. so sometimes when hes tired he'll just not bother with either clips or goggles and just squint and struggle. leo hates when he does that lol.

-speaking of leo, he is def an anxious baby :) he has a few patches of fur missing on his hand cos he has the tendency to tug on it while hes thinking. he yanked and chewed on his own tail a lot when he was younger too, which is why when hes older he usually wears some wraps to cover the scars left from that behavior. he finds those scars specifically to be kinda embarrassing and shameful because they werent from any battle or life-lesson, just his own 'inability to control himself'. all of his brothers have repeatedly called him out on the fact that that is not a healthy way to think about his anxiety or mental health, but leo insists hes fine. hes kinda convinced himself that a proper warrior always has control over his own body* and his own thoughts, thus he should be able to just like willpower-brute-force his way into 'being better'. (this line of thinking pisses raph off so much he has to leave and go hit something)

Splinter also tries to talk him through some of that internalized guilt/shame/everything, but splinters very metaphorical, poetic, and indirect when it comes to talking about Big Things, which combined with how much leo gets caught in his own head, makes it kinda hard to gauge how much these talks actually help

*this is made extra fun considering leos also ftm trans, so he is faced with a body that fundamentally disobeys him perhaps more than the average rat-man.

-and im still going back and forth between a few species for splinter, but im leaning mostly towards an African Spurred Tortoise! they have these beautiful if kinda subtle geometric shell patterns and are the third largest species of tortoise in the world. the only thing that doesnt fit perfectly with Splints is that (allegedly) their lifespan in captivity is around 50ish years, whereas im p sure Tortoise Splinter is well over 75, probably closer to 90 when the boys are born and hes mutated into Old Man Papa.

but maybe hes just a particularly long lasting African Spurred Tortoise.

the Hamato family has taken very good care of him for many decades after all. :)

(well. until everything all fell apart, that is.....)

#tmnt #rat sons #my art #tmnt au #literally bouncing around the room thinking about this all #my downstairs neighbors are gonna hate me #ask reply #sort of??? #pats leos fucked up lil head #this bad boy can fit so much projection #get out of ur head idiot ur family loves and wants to help u #also looking at the chaco tortoise and ploughshare tortoise for splinter thoboth of those are smaller species than i think he is

[hallowshumour]

A custom design for my good friend Turtle!

🌊🐢⭐️💙

#my art #my friend has been a furry called turtle for like a year but no turtle oc it was driving me mad so i took action #art #digital art #furry #oc #anthro #fursona #illustration #art for others #custom design #design #ref #turtle #reptile #tortoise #sea turtle #scalie #green #blue

[wheremyscalesslither]

I finally rejoined the reptile keeping community with this tiny bugger 😍 they’re a Redfoots’s tortoise and I’m OBSESSED. No name yet.

#red footed tortoise #tortoise #my tortoises

[maxellminidisc]

Here's one of the commissions I did to fundraise for Gaza!! Remember, you too can get a sweet lil beetle, butterfly, moth, or portrait (portraits are for donations $50+) when you donate to Palestinian causes like providing e-sims and funding individual family fundraisers (I will also do this if you donate to fundraisers and charities aiding those in the Congo and Sudan).

Just send proof of donation to me at [email protected]! A few links are on my pinned post like guidelines for buying e-sims and other causes needed funding so please check those if you need a starting point.

#free palestine #esims for gaza #donate to palestine #my art #beetle #golden tortoise beetle #entomology

[todayintokyo]

Autumn in Tokyo

#Tokyo #Setagaya #autumn in Japan #my photos #just smartphone pix #the little tortoise stole my heart

[saltycharacters]

[ID: A mixture of digital and traditional artwork featuring a variety of stylized bugs. The first features the most in one image, with arthropods ranging from flies, weevils, cockroaches, ticks, mantids, and ants to dragonflies, grasshoppers, stinkbugs, big-eyed bugs, silverfish, and earwigs all cluttered around the drawing. The word "BUGS" is spelled out in big bubble letters to the left, going top-down instead of left-right. The next art piece compiles a few assets drawn for a web-design class, including things such as a stag beetle, tortoise beetle, a checkerspot butterfly resting on the word "Endangered", and two ladybugs holding up a banner that reads "Email Updates / Photo Submissions". The next drawing shows the stag beetle up close, with a patterned background using even smaller stag beetles to create a unified image. Artwork 4 showcases a simplified pillbug, styled to resemble a logo and placed within a black box background. The final image shows a comparison image of the tortoise beetle drawing, with the one to the left being from 2021 and the one to the right being from 2023. End ID]

Bug art from the past few months

#bugs #insects #mantis tw #arthropods #arachnids #my art #pillbug #golden target beetle #tortoise beetle #stag beetle #fly #cockroach #mantis #grasshopper #stinkbug #checkerspot butterfly

[achromatic-bot]

Sometimes when I'm sad I remember Phil predicted Dan coming into his life and get even sadder.

#dan and phil i'm gonna start sending you my therapy bills #i hate these tortoises #dnp #dan and phil #daniel howell #amazingphil #danandphilgames #dnpgames #phan #phil lester #phandom #danisnotonfire