people who complain about dinosaurs “not being scary anymore” because its been discovered they have feathers and are closely related to/ancestors of birds are so bizarre like
its not about how scary they are, they are/were real life animals and what matters is learning more about them, not how well they fit into your science fiction horror film lol
can you imagine a 13 foot chicken running at you with full intent to eat you??? thats fucking terrifying holy shit
peacocks are synonymous with vain, frivolous beauty and they will attack cars. they will attack you while you try to get to your car. they’re like six feet of useless feathers and they will destroy you. imagine if they were carnivorous and had functional spurs.
a t-rex could look like a gay disco ball and i guarantee that you would fucking book it if it had a problem with you
listen
listen
have you ever met a swan
if anything the birdier they get the scarier they are
Australia literally fought a war against giant birds AND FUCKING LOST
“Oh man, I can’t deal with birds ‘cause they’re dinosaurs and sometimes it’s like they get this glint in their eyes and they remember.”
“Have you ever interacted with a goose? ‘Cause those things are dicks.”
If chickens were still the size of a T-Rex we’d all be dead. No question.
Feathered creatures that give some serious lie to the idea that feathered dinosaurs ain’t scary:
This is a bearded vulture, or lammergeier. It’s four feet long and has a nine foot wingspan and it eats bones.
This is a shoebill stork. It dropped the duck without biting down shortly after the picture was taken, but if it had decided not to-
… it could have been the end of the road for that duck.
This is the last thing a fish sees before a macaroni penguin eats it.
This is a secretary bird in the act of demonstrating to Lord Voldemort that he came to the wrong neighborhood, ese.
This is a goose.
This is a vulture.
This is a cassowary on the attack.
Be glad I couldn’t find the actual gif of a pelican swallowing a fish, because it’s freakin’ Lovecraftian in its HEADS SHOULD NOT BEND THAT WAY factor. You’ll have to settle for the idea of a feathered dinosaur suddenly going GLORP and devouring its victims whole just like this lady here.
Steven Spielberg didn’t create these. These are the feet of an emu.
And this is what happens when a swan (this one is named Asboy; his father was Mr. Asbo, the first swan in the UK to get named after an anti-social behavior order in ‘honor’ of his tendency to attack boaters) decides it doesn’t like you. I should probably note that this one attacked a cow.
Respect the feathered dinosaur, yo.
Terrifying. The last two illustrate why you did not fuck around with the Children of Lir.
I suspected that a dinosaur could have been feathered after I heard that a T-Rex is the chickens’ ancestor.
For those who think dinos aren’t cool because they’re feathered…whatever, mutherfuckers. Evolution doesn’t give two shits what you think is cool or not.
You showed a cassowary on the attack, but forgot to show what exactly it’s attacking with. Their feet are nearly identical to the Emu’s, except for one minor, teeny tiny detail: A five-inch claw for killing motherfuckers, raptor-style.
This is like the “fuck birds master post” and I love it because Honestly, Fuck. Birds.
“Hi, I’m looking for a book with adventure, but no graphic violence.”
“I’m interested in a thriller that doesn’t have any rape scenes.”
“I want a gay main character but I don’t want it to be a coming-out story. And no anti-gay violence.”
“Oh, no, murder’s fine, but no animal cruelty.”
All separate reader’s advisory questions that I’ve answered, and successfully. I don’t know why any of these people asked for those specific parameters, and I didn’t ask, because it’s not my fucking business. And it’s no one else’s business, either–up to and including the government.
Librarians don’t make you reveal your trauma in order to justify what you read or write. You may be confusing us with, uh… *checks notes* …fandom.
We are literally trained not to ask. Any halfway decent reference professor nails it into you. Even if it would help you answer a question, you never ask a patron why they need something.
If we’re being honest the most unrealistic thing about MHA is that…you mean to tell me…none of these kids dick around with their quirks???
Legit some of these kids have the most wild and borderline outlandish powers and you fr expect me to believe they all handle them in a responsible manner?? LMAO OKAY
>You mean to tell me Sero hasn’t used his tape to tape himself or others to the wall/ceiling??
> Jirou doesn’t take her ear thingys and hijack the aux cord to play Cupcakke or Take On Me at full blast???
>denki doesn’t go around (mildly) shocking his friends??? Come on…we know he can be used as a charger give us this…
> Urarararararaka doesn’t randomly make people/their possesions float to see how long it takes them to notice?
> Kirishima and tetsutesu don’t go around headbutting every hard surface they see because someone dared them to?
> kendo doesn’t walk around with her hands enlarged to see how long it takes someone to say something??
> Shinsou doesn’t make people do the Macarena or smth when they slightly piss him off just because he thinks it’s funny???
>Ojiro doesn’t go around hanging from random trees and poles with his tail?
Even the more serious characters like Bakugou, Iida, Tokoyami, Todoroki, and Tsu would fuck around with their quirks they’re tEeNaGeRs
> tsu wouldn’t cling to the wall and startle people at the doors? She wouldn’t use her tongue to grab objects she could reach if she just moved a little more???
> Tokoyami wouldn’t use dark shadow to sneak into the dorm kitchen and get him a snack bc he got the munchies at 4am??? Rly??
> Todoroki is a thermometer for fucks sake you seriously mean to tell me he hasn’t set the dorm on fire at least once because he wanted to heat up his hot pocket without using the microwave??? He hasn’t tried to ice skate to class??
> You mean to tell me Iida doesn’t Naruto run to class sometimes…he isn’t the one that gives Midoriya super sonic piggyback rides bc Midoriya already told someone “he had a ride”????
> Bakugou doesn’t go around lighting up ant hills or using his quirk like a firework bc the bakusquad wanted to cause some Teenage Chaos at 1am??
But the most unrealistic thing of all…is that Izuku Midoriya…the boy who was once qUIRKLESS
DOESN’T FUCK AROUND WITH HIS POWERS THE MOST
> You mean to tell me he doesn’t wall jump in order to sit in really high places he’s not supposed to just bc he can??
He doesn’t do that thing where you use your legs and back to support yourself between two walls except it’s between two buildings??
He doesn’t try to stand on top of light posts like the weeb headass he is?
He doesn’t do Extreme Parkour??
He doesn’t try to support things with his legs that he really doesn’t need to (balancing desks, the chair of the kid in front of (with said kid in chair), boxes, etc.)??
He doesn’t Naruto run to class (with iida)???
He doesn’t take every dare that’s given to him because he’s That Bitch??
Ookay so just, for the reference, the French text* has a very interesting different nuance here.
*(which, for the record, is absolutely amazing, I’ve no idea how close a translation it might be but it throws in puns and quirks and beautiful turns of phrases and is generally a joy to read, a lot of work and love has clearly been put into it.)
“J’ai fini par lui demander pourquoi il était toujours tellement silencieux, et j’ai bien vu que la réponse lui coûtait.”
“I finally asked him why he’s always so quiet, and it was obvious that answering took a great effort from him.” (~almost “it pained him to answer”)
“Le royaume a toujours beaucoup attendu de lui, et c’est la crainte de décevoir qui l’a finalement enfermé dans le mutisme.”
“The kingdom has always expected a lot from him, and it it’s the fear of disappointing that ended up locking him into mutism.”
“Quelle surprise ! Moi qui pensais qu’avec son talent naturel, il n’avait jamais dû connaître l’angoisse de l’échec…”
“What a surprise! Here I thought that with his natural skill, he must have never known the fear/anxiety of failure…”
please note FEAR and DISAPPOINTING and LOCKING HIM and MUTISM and FAILURE
It sounds a lot less like it was a conscious decision for Link, and much more like… selective mutism caused by stress and anxiety.
Which is why Zelda goes on to basically go “!! SAME DISORDER!!” — it’s not just the fact of being under a lot of expectations that means you’ve gotta appear strong / focus on your task: this wording sounds more like it’s literally Link’s coping mechanism in response to the stress and pressure.
“En réalité, nous avons tous nos soucis. J’étais tellement centrée sur les miens que je ne voyais rien autour de moi.”
“In truth/It turns out we all have our own issues. I was so focused on mine that I didn’t see anything around me.”
Idk if/how this is worded in the English version, but this sounds very much like she feels Link is also miserable (perhaps as much as her).
Basically, the French version goes beyond “Link is constantly dissociating” to “anxious and depressed children find each other and proceed to realize it’s ok to feel like they do and they’re not alone”.
