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The Biggest Damn Winner

You, Takua, cheer your crab of choice as they dash for the finish. The contestants give their all for the final stretch in a thrilling display of sportsmanship! Until, what is clearly a Matoran in a Crab Suit skitters wildly off-track, tangling into Absolute Unit and tripping both of them up in an act faker than professional wrestling. Several Matoran in the stands laugh knowingly.

Ceiling Sam- Total Score: 28

Grapple- Total Score: 30.9

Racer X- Total Score: 34

Shortstack- Total Score: 29.2

Matoran in a Crab Suit- Total Score: 10

Hannah the Guncrab- Total Score: 32.9

Horseshoe Crab- Total Score: 10.8

Spot- Total Score: 25.6

Absolute Unit- Total Score: 6.6

Hannah dashes to the finish line, but is overtaken by the mysterious Racer X. As both are about the cross the finish line, the cavern once again begins to tremor!

RuMbLe rUmBlE RuMbLe rUmBle RuMbLe rUmBlE RuMbLe

With another mighty crash, the ceiling caves in just over the finish line. Riding the debris down is a menacing Manas! Snapping it's claws and glaring at the oncoming crabs. Absolute Unit is now the second-largest crab in Onu Koro.

On it's heels drops Toa Onua, looking the worse for wear but still fighting on with his claws and throwing waves of earth, to little effect.

You, Takua, turn to Jaller, who has caught up to you with Turaga Whenua. They quickly explain that the Manas escaped containment somewhere deep below the mines along with many other rahi. The others have mostly left the Koro, but the Manas is good and cheezed about being caged for so long. Toa Onua needs help!

Maybe you should have talked to the Turaga or found Toa Onua first...

Nah!

You, Takua, Jaller, and Kongu rush forward. The Matoran in a Crab Suit rushes forward as well. It's Nuparu! He lost a bet, don't ask.

Racer X and Hannah the Guncrab also aid you, the rest of the crabs flee squealing in terror along with the Matoran spectators.

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bogleech

It’s not just that the leaves will break down on their own (and enrich the soil while they’re at it!). During the winter, all sorts of insects use leaf litter for shelter, and they’re the first food available to larvae in early spring. Leaves also insulate the plants under them during the winter, which is important if you’re in an area prone to frost heaving.

One of the best thing you can do for native pollinators in your area is Leave the Leaves!

My mom stopped raking her leaves when she found out about this but her neighbor used his leaf blower to clear out her yard the first year she decided to try. So she started posting a Leave the Leaves sign in the yard each year with an explanation about why it’s good and two winters later only one house still rakes their lawn each year.

We’ve seen a dramatic increase in the biodiversity in the neighborhood since. We have birds that we haven’t seen since we moved into the city from living rurally and those birds are starting to nest in the trees and gardens in spring. The swallows and bats are back at night. The single woodpecker we would only occasionally see visits daily and even has a friend that has joined it. We have more squirrels and rabbits and shockingly fewer moles and voles. We heard an owl outside last fall.

Leave the leaves indeed.

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tawakull

If you have a family that loves you, a couple of good friends, food on your table and a roof over your head, you’re richer than you think.

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The Trump campaign arguing: “Well, Kamala is unfit because she thinks convicted felons like Trump should be allowed to vote” is…certainly interesting.

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aquar-io

if you ask me, the guy who put the sword INTO the stone should be king, not the chucklefuck who got it out.

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acekoral

I assume the guy who put the "sword that makes you the king" into the stone, doesn't really want the position

i think the stone should be king since it held the sword the longest

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This dragon is especially chilly. He is so cold that is body is entirely made of snowflakes. One frost breath from him is enough to freez you for eternity. Its the "Icedragon - Winter" dicetray. You know where to find it!

The design is by @urbanthreadsemb

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they are friends they are friends they are friends

Frame 1: Ooh, Miles Spiderman Fan-art comic! This should be cool! Wonder who the OC is...

Frame 2: Haha! It's funny 'cause Miles is a graffiti artist!

Frame 3: ...MICHAELANGLO?!

Frame 2: Haha! It’s

funny ‘cause Miles is a

graffiti artist!

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

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