toiling surreptitiously....

Tarrasque and Santa Marta by Charles Florent Joseph Lepec, 1874

an unsuspecting Grendel is about to be eaten by giant crochet tarantula. however, if you prevent this, he will starve and die. what do you do? do you intervene saving one creature, and in doing so, condemn another creature of god to a horrible death? or do you allow nature to take its course and let her be devoured?

Observed by nonomay, CC BY-NC-ND

Denzel Curry - Speedboat

🐉 Ulyssis Aldrovandi …. Bononiæ, apud C. Ferronium, 1640.. Original source Image description: Illustration of a dragon from a 1640 publication by Ulyssis Aldrovandi. The dragon is depicted with a long, sinuous body covered in detailed scales, a prominent wing with webbed, fin-like segments, and clawed limbs. Its head features a fierce expression, open mouth revealing sharp teeth, and a crest or frill extending from the top. The dragon’s tail curls into a loop at the bottom of the image. The style is a black ink engraving on aged paper, with text visible in the background, emphasizing a historical scientific or natural history context. The page number 423 is shown in the top right corner.

The 11th century Round Tower of Glendalough, a monastery founded in the 6th century in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland.

by Marie Spartali Stillman (British, 1844-1927)

“Sinner’s Torch” by Creeping Death - From “Wretched Illusions” (2019)

Chelsea Wolfe by Nicolas Sandino Moreno

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