#teals

Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera

Don Balke (b. 1933), Nevada - Cinnamon Teal Ducks, 1983, gouache on board.

It freaks me out that Lunar/Cosmos and Eclipse are what boosted my medias - I don’t even like Lunar…for…no reason in particular. *I say with a nonchalant eclipse voice*

Eclipse cared for Lunar long before anyone realized. He had felt guilty for his actions before anyone even dared to give Eclipse a second glance. Lunar was supposed to be a nonsentient distraction to help hold his counterpart down, but he built him to be a BROTHER. Not to mention Lunar had always seen him the exact same way. Though they have parted ways, dropped their relationship to each other, and have tried to block out each other’s existence, they are connected - and they know it. Lunar/Cosmos came back to try and break it, and Eclipse still hasn’t.

I find it odd how they cause me to make the most animations - considering I love many more relationships than these two brothers. But, it always finds its way back to me and I don’t even realize it when I’m already animating.

THEM,,,,

I was looking at the TEALS infodumps and like, I think my boy and him would argue a lot - but for the sake of the fact BS!Eclipse would NOT want Swap!Eclipse to follow in his footsteps. I think this would happen (at least in my silly little brain) considering Moon visits other dimensions, meeting other versions of himself + the Moon Haven (in my case I made the Eclipse Covert like, ages ago)

I MAY DOODLE THEM MORE ITS SO FUNNY- I KEPT GIGGLING AT THE SECOND IMAGE IM SORRY (If its not obvious uh, he's getting flicked-)

Photo: Laura Gooch

Teal are small ducks, fast in flight, flocks twisting and turning in unison. Seemingly a warm-weather duck, the Blue-winged Teal is largely absent from most of North America in the cold months, and winters more extensively in South America than any of our other dabblers. Small groups of Blue-wings often are seen standing on stumps or rocks at the water's edge.