NANIIEBIM- HERE BE DEMONS

Old Yautja Yaoi

Wolf waking up and getting aggressively cuddled.

Hi. I’m really glad you like my work. Here’s a little batch of Yautja babies.

I’m not sure if this is what you had in mind, as these are once again drawn from the lives of my characters. What’s more, they’re from the Naar Hish clan. Their facial anatomy is a bit different from what we’re used to seeing in the Yautja from the films and such. But I can’t help it – I just enjoy drawing them😊

Here are Vei’ke and his brother from the same litter, Va’rezu. Back when they were babies. And, of course, Kwei’shra, their mother.

I don’t see Yautja babies as human babies. I see them more like puppies. They develop very quickly, and as soon as they learn to use their legs (which doesn’t take long), they start testing their hunting skills through play. They’re curious and hard to keep an eye on. And that’s the job of their mothers: to watch over them, protect them and feed them. And the cheeky, venomous T’za won’t let the Naar Hish mothers get a moment’s sleep.

...Sort of?

Both Zabimaru and Zangetsu are plagued by having wielders that have a habit of getting themselves into more trouble than they have the spiritual horsepower to actually get out of.

So both Zanpakuto end up giving their respective wielders Baby Bankai- a low-powered or partial version of the full Bankai because the full Bankai will run through their spiritual reserves and/or is so complex that they're more likely to hurt themselves than an opponent without training. In fact, Ichigo gets baby shikai when he first gets his shinigami powers because it's all 3 heads of Zangetsu being shocked awake and going "WHAT THE FU- OH SHIT THERE'S A HOLLOW FUCK FUCK IF HE GETS EATEN WE'RE ALL DEAD WHAT DO WE GOT? i have a bow THE HOLLOW IS RIGHT THERE WE'RE NOT DOING RANGED WEAPONS OH THANK FUCK A SWORD YEAH DO THAT GO GO GOGOGO-" Which is why Zangetsu looks so much like Engetsu at first- Engetsu was the only aspect with his shit together when they were first awakened.

Captive adult male giant Asian mantis, Hierodula pulchripes, Mantidae

600 year ago young blood Elder (Yes, he's a pretty big guy even then) and Crushed Leaves and Earth.

Least bothered when human falls asleep on him and he can't move for a bit. Goes with the flow.

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“Grace says he would like half of dome to be water.”

“Oh, is necessary for humans to have large amounts of water question?”

Small Eridian equivalent of a sigh. “No. Not needed for life. In fact Grace will die if he falls in water and does not get out.”

“Tell him we give him water in containers that won't kill him. Lots lots lots of water on Erid for Grace to drink.”

“No. Grace say he want water on ground. Also want it with excess sodium chloride compound so it will be unhealthy for drink.”

“Grace want this liquid for celebration.”

“Of course.” They scan it. “You have wrong liquid. This contain compounds which are poisonous for humans.”

“Yes yes yes. Grace say humans like feeling of being slightly poisoned.”

600 year ago young blood Elder (Yes, he's a pretty big guy even then) and Crushed Leaves and Earth.

Least bothered when human falls asleep on him and he can't move for a bit. Goes with the flow.

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Also a comic:

Still can’t get over just how small this species is.  Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens.

This species prefers acidic rocks typically; but this smaller subspecies is really only associated with dolostone outcroppings that retain moisture or stay fairly wet. The divisions of the maidenhair spleenwort is really not by size necessarily, but is associated directly with substrate and separation by long distances between prefered habitats. Although this speciation event isn’t traditional allopatric speciation(speciation by large scale geographic divergence and separation) this species is definitely one exception that had been funnelled under that cause, micro-allopatric speciation for quite some time due to the presence of this species in many countries that span the northern hemisphere of the globe. The truth later was found that Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens was far more rare overall than its acidic sandstone loving lineage, and it was more associated with North Eastern North America. Thus it was due to edge niche shift in a place that shared both habitats(like RRG for example). This then referred this speciation event to  Parapatric Speciation; the specific way it has been phrased is really “Gradual speciation by habitat splitting” 

The more common acidic/sandstone loving lineage is referred to now as A. trichomanes subsp. trichomanes.