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It’s hard to believe tomorrow is the first day of February — the month of love. But let’s be honest… not everyone is feeling the love. And that’s okay — we’ve got a productive way to vent. For just $30, we’ll name a feral bad-boy [or girl] cat after your ex and get him [or her] neutered, because not everyone should breed. We’ve teamed up with 901 Feral Project and SnipSpay USA, Inc to trap feral cats right here in our community and get them fixed — turning a little pettiness into real impact. Just click the donation link below, put your ex’s first name in the memo, and on Valentine’s Day we’ll snip a feral cat, give [them] your ex’s name, and post [their] picture on our Facebook page. All donations support lifesaving spay/neuter efforts and help prevent unwanted litters in our community. Click here to donate

So I do TNR and socialization and rehoming bc i live on a street where people witlNOT FUCKING GET THEIR CATS FIXED AND KEEP THEM INSIDE and lately I'm working on this guy, Little Big Fat. And I need you to look at him

he's easily over 15lbs and i can fit my hand in between his ears.

Still working with him and another cat, getting them litterbox trained and used to indoors before actively looking for homes

Oooo this was such a fun little project! Not a fan of the nine realms which is pretty standard within this fandom, but I do like the uh. Vibe. Of some dragons. The designs are always a miss apart from like. One or two.

Starting off with Thunder - species Night light:

Thunder being so night furyish makes little sense if we’re taking Toothless being the last night fury as canon. Either that mother fucker had the strongest genetics known to man, or dragons live for hundreds and hundreds of years, which considering httyd likes its realism(sometimes), I doubt is the case for a species like the night or light fury. So, I made his design lean way way more into being a light fury, but still making it clear that he is actually a night light.

Also, didn’t include any of the weird fucked up ‘evolution’ to the tail/wings/earnubs, because little short from it being a birth defect or cross breeding with a non-fury dragon (Which genetically speaking is 99.99% impossible) is absolutely NOT possible at all. 1000 years is fucking NOTHING for evolution. Maybe you’d get a slight gene change or something but you are not getting anatomical shifts that fucking visible in only 1000 years.

And anyway, the evolution Thunder supposedly went through is so stupid?? What’s the point of his wings’ surface area being decreased?? He can catch marginally less draft with those shit fuck wings??? And his PROPORTIONS OH MY LORDDD. He’s just inbred I have no other explanation. And his stupid fucking snout. Pugification of the night light. And I’m not even going to comment on the stupid ass tail there is literally no point. Why did they give him an aeroplane tail. They took one of the most recognisable features of the fury species and just fucked it. He can’t fucking shift air flow and change direction with that shit oml😭

Anyway moving on before this post just turns into a tnr night-light rant,

Feathers!!! - Species Featherhide (how creative)

Feathers is probably my favourite design from the canonical tnr dragons. I’m a massive fan of the parrot theme they went with!!! But one gripe I have is that she does seem just a bit too generic. She has pretty colours and some feathers on her head and tail. But like. That’s it. They didn’t really do anything else with the chameleon crap she’s got going on (for those who don’t know, her species has the same camouflaging ability as the changewings).

So, I went a lot more traditional reptile looking with her, and added way more feathers and general details to her design. I did consider making her eyes chameleon like, but it ended up looking a bit off. I like to think she scampers around and constantly licks her eyes, even though she’s perfectly capable of blinking.

Next up, Plowhorn - Species Gembreaker

I love love LOVE the beetle thing going on with her wings!!. It’s just incorporated into the design in such an awkward way😭 There’s so much space Beneath the beetle shell and her back, which makes them look glued on.

Anyway for the redesign I leaned more into the rhino theme they got going on, tough skin and big chunky face horns. (By the way- the placement of the horn on her face is SO off putting and I can’t quite explain why. It’s just. ????. Why is she an extremely scaly unicorn that got the pug treatment???) and I gave her ears cuz her canon design looks insanely bald.

I also attempted to un-derp her a bit. Cuz. I mean fucking look at her bro that shit is NOT scary😭

Neeeeeext is Wu & Wei - Species Mist Twister

The eastern zippleback

I really like the idea of half blue half red on this guy (I think it’s a he?), it makes for a cool Fire and Water theme.

My main problem with the canon design is how forced the colours kinda feel. Hard red to yellow to blue with a slight fade transition. Come on guys, incorporate your colours into the design!

Their heads as well. They’re just. Not nice to look at. The ends of their noses are making me incredibly uncomfortable. They look like spoon billed borzois

Anywho, I really enjoyed designing those guys!! Maybe I’ll do some of the other tnr dragons in the future lol

TNR= the Trap Neuter and Release of feral cats.

Eradication = the mass euthanasia of feral cats. )

Something that irks me is when people are like "wow so and so supports TNR yikes" on a post from someone who rescues cats or works with cats. LIke what are you doing personally to help the feral cat problem that puts you in the position to be on that high horse? Are you putting in the time euthanizing or finding community cats homes?

TNR has its problems and honestly I dont agree with it personally but that doesnt mean I would shame or unfollow people who are doing rescue because of it. TNR people are pretty much the ONLY lay people who are boots on the ground working with feral cat populations spending their own time and money getting these cats help. If those cats have to be outside because euthanizing them would upset the community then its better for them to sterilized, vaccinated, and wormed then for them to just not be because it hurts your feelings. Yeah it sucks these cats are decimating native animals it sucks they lead such short lives but unless a lot of stuff changes fundamentally for how we treat cats TNR is currently a necessary evil especially in areas with dense feral populations where eradication would encourage more breeding and disease spread.