Modern AU.
***
3 years BC (before covid):
Sam scrolled down his phone.
His breathing was an aerial sandpaper on his throat, his eyes waterfalls, his heart a star going into supernova. He read the message over and over again, looping himself in panic:
"Gree...
2022-01-04 23:07:17 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://sites.google.com/view/allotheria/caribbean-good-for-vacations-bad-for-palaeontology
2021-12-29 00:40:40 +0000 UTC View PostBoth Sydney ad TJ went to do some groceries. TJ's parents had insisted but they compromised by baking the cake. The list wasn't that extensive anyways: some chicken salads TJ found particularly pleasing. Humble as he was, even his birthday wasn't that much of a fest day.
Still, they bought ...
2021-12-28 04:24:27 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://sites.google.com/view/allotheria/lord-god-tiny-tim
2021-12-28 01:55:42 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://sites.google.com/view/allotheria/green-and-white-antarctica
2021-12-26 00:27:11 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://sites.google.com/view/allotheria/early-intelligence
In a slight diversion, I'm actually accepting suggestions for ME's first sophont.
2021-12-20 21:33:07 +0000 UTC View PostSecond part.
***
A few sessions of love-making later the two were hanging out in the couch.
"happy bday TJ!" Chase texted.
"hey so happy birthday tj" Kudzu texted.
"Feliz compleanos gatito!" Leo phoned directly, "Miss both of you babosos so much!"
"Love you bro...
2021-12-19 02:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostWell, temtem was fully released so I gotta talk about it.
The Airborne Archipelago
Arguably more interesting than the mons themselves are the locations in temtem. Taking place in a sky world, there are six islands, each revolving around two temtem types and based on r...
2021-12-18 18:49:02 +0000 UTC View Post<figure>
Quetzalcoatlus reconstruction by Padian et al 2021. Apparently, the limbs are wonky</figure>
So...
2021-12-16 15:09:49 +0000 UTC View PostTJ woke up to the world's most pleasant smell and sight. Enveloped in Sydney's musk, he saw his boyfriend snoring peacefully. He was so cute that TJ couldn't help but smile broadly and kiss him gently on the nose. He tried his hardest to not wake up him but, but involuntary purring led to the ott...
2021-12-15 00:45:31 +0000 UTC View Post55 million years ago, Wyoming.
A small mammal scurries along the tree branches. It is dusk, and it has just left its shelter in the deeper canopy to forage for food. It is an omnivore: it can do a little bit of everything, which is likely how it got to remain alive for so long. But these da...
2021-12-14 01:29:51 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://sites.google.com/view/tzinaka/p%C3%A1gina-inicial
2021-12-11 00:02:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Based on the new Kogaionon paper + Wilson et al 2012.
2021-12-10 13:42:41 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://mullerornis.itch.io/lands-of-fire/devlog/322736/a-short-update
2021-12-08 17:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostNot sure if this will become a full blown Speculative Evolution project but I couldn’t hold it anymore:
What's up with WOTC not using Liesa in the main storyline anyways?
***
Sigarda had felt when Liesa returned.
It was a shock, so much so she lowered her guard and allowed flesh-wax strings grip her, surrundering her to the vampires. She wasn't afforded much processing ...
2021-12-06 15:06:46 +0000 UTC View PostSydney decides to take Jenna's example and sleep at Leo's house.
***
Jenna was reading on the bus.
It was a Hiromu Arakawa title filled with beefy men and busty women. Honestly it was horribly uninteresting but she didn't mind, it was better than reality. G...
2021-12-04 00:05:37 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://mullerornis.itch.io/lands-of-fire/devlog/319209/build-67
2021-11-28 20:59:39 +0000 UTC View Post<figure>
The concept of theropod-like mammals is a fairly controversial one in speculative evolution discourse and one I weighted in very negatively ...
2021-11-28 16:31:52 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://sites.google.com/view/lemuriaspeculative/ginkgos-of-lemuria
2021-11-10 01:34:46 +0000 UTC View PostOf course I'm scared,
Of course I'm bleak.
Every breath takes something,
Something that once made me unique.
With each new dawn,
A fire.
With each new dusk,
A drowning.
Anger is in the sun,
Despair is in my cold tears.
And so is balance,...
2021-11-05 20:25:10 +0000 UTC View PostSo essentially I decided to use the MH decks I formed to think of Innistradi werewolves across the color pie. Think of this s a speculative exercise based on what amounts to toys.
"Normal" Werewolves (Red/Green)
The ones seen onscreen. Primal urges, Tovolar, dire str...
https://mullerornis.itch.io/lands-of-fire/devlog/309830/build-63
2021-10-31 22:15:11 +0000 UTC View Post<figure>
William Beebe’s notorious hypothetical Tetrapteryx. One of the most famously vindicated hypotheses of all time.</figure>
After discussing 2021-10-29 16:24:26 +0000 UTC View Post
For funsies I decided to run an experiment and see where the protagonists of furry VNs tend to fall on MTG’s colour pie and if there are widespread patterns.
For this I’m sampling 30 VNs and see what happens.
Echo Project
https://mullerornis.itch.io/lands-of-fire/devlog/308166/new-update
2021-10-27 15:57:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe resurrection of one of my greatest speculative evolution concepts, the pain inducing parasitic bird: https://sites.google.com/view/lemuriaspeculative/the-dreaded-titicula
2021-10-25 17:36:46 +0000 UTC View Post
https://mullerornis.itch.io/lands-of-fire/devlog/306314/build-6
2021-10-22 04:35:30 +0000 UTC View PostAs previously mentioned I rebooted my old spec project Lemuria and is in constant updates. Here's one of the pages I'm most proud of: https://sites.google.com/view/lemuriaspeculative/the-dra...
2021-10-11 13:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostWhen designing "realistic" dragons many people seem to default to chemical explosions in the mouth to produce streams of flame. While there is a precedent among animals, the bombardier beetle, vertebrates have more complex tissues, and a common issue that's rarely addressed is how these animals d...
2021-10-09 13:37:12 +0000 UTC View Post