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“only a select few other species exhibit these same traits so clearly,” they note. “they are capable of not only emotion but also real compassion. this is the view of the wolf that we want to share. …it is an animal that cares for its sick and desperately needs to be part of something bigger than itself - the pack. the bond a wolf has to its pack is certainly as strong as the bond a human being has to his or her family.”

they add, “rarely did two wolves pass each other without playfully rubbing shoulders together or exchanging a brief lick. so often we would see two wolves relaxing together, curled up beside each other.” the dutchers also recount wolf behavior rarely documented: grief at the death of a pack mate; excitement over the birth of pups; and the shared role of raising young pack members.

but as the wolves struggle to reestablish their foothold in the american west, their public demonetization continues.  say the dutchers, “as we see wolves, once again, being shot, trapped and poisoned, we recognize that our unique experience, living with wolves, is unlikely to ever happen again, and for that reason we feel that we have an obligation to share the lives of these wolves we with the widest audience possible.”

i watched sharkboy and lavagirl for the first time this year… having missed out on it when i was, you know. the right age to watch it. i…found some of the CGI things on ‘planet drool’ honestly a little (a lot) nightmarish, and the whole thing super corny, but nothing was funnier to me than baby taylor lautner who was down to fight the entire movie. his dream song/dance thing was…hysterical

One of the most fascinating relationships between animals is the one that seems to exist between wolves and ravens.  The raven, scavenger of food of all types, will often follow wolf packs in hopes of morsels of food.  And wolves have learned to watch for circling ravens as a sign of of possible food below.  But there seems to be more than just a symbiosis based on food between the two species; many observations have been made that can only be described as a friendship between the big predator and the wily bird.

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While it’s not the same characters or fantasy feel to it, the other characters the Mcelroys made are loveable in their own ways and the podcast has a nice aesthetic going on about it. It takes place in West Virginia and involves stories of cryptids such as bigfoot, vampires, Goatman, The Mothman, Indrid Cold, and even more creepy shit!

I’ve seen some people say it’s hard to transition to something so different with characters that aren’t Balance, but I began the original TAZ like that.

It starts off slow with character creation and plot buildup of course, but now that the boys seem to know where they’re going with this, it’s turning out to be something special. The characters are becoming more fleshed out, just as loveable, and they’re starting to feel like a family. The soundtrack is also just as bomb!

I’m only almost twenty episodes in, but this story does have twists and turns. There’s one big one with two main characters that I’m breathing anticipating the fallout of once it’s revealed to the characters themselves! Once things start up, they really start going.

There are similar themes to Balance as well: strong, leading woman with deep secrets, another cat character named after a cartoon cat, a badass, bisexual woman who can wield fire (who also has a thing for a vampire lady!), a mysterious character who “looks like she could be a sister if you had one” (sound familiar?), twists and turns in character interactions that are going to be heartbreaking, a character with an odd name that’s “Not really his name,” like, this isn’t even mentioning the npc’s and how cute/badass they all are

it’s not the exact same as Balance, but once you get used to the layout, it can be enjoyed in different ways that Balance wasn’t. Each sub-arc has their own pros and cons, and Amnesty is very unique and, imo, the pros outweigh the cons now.