Tag: dangerous currents

displacerghost:

Then, at last, a shiver ran through his body, from the frill on his neck to the bottom of his tail, and he turned away and moved, with sinuous grace, down to the lake again. He slipped into the water, and disappeared, with hardly a ripple beneath the surface of it.

Down into the dark water he dove, moving with easy, powerful flicks of his tail.

from Dangerous Currents by @setepenre-set​

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Ohhhhh this is lovely. He’s so sharp and dangerous looking–the determined expression, and the spines and sharply pointed edges of his fins. And his hands, webbed and clawed like the paws of otters, so very definitely the hands of an aquatic predator. 

I really like the way you’ve drawn the water swirling around his hands and tail as he swims. And the countershading on his body! So that he’s darker on the dorsal side and lighter on the ventral side, just like a dolphin or a shark!

Thank you so much for this; I really love it!! ❤ ❤ ❤

displacerghost:

The lake was very deep, and he did not stop until he reached to bottom of it, where the great, hulking forms of rock formations thrust upwards from the silt of the lakebed. 

Syx’s eyes, though, searching the rock formations, picked out an opening in one particular rock which glowed more than the others—a greenish color, rather than blue.

He halted in front of this rock formation, fins waving gently with the motion of the currents.

Minyon, he called, the sound clicking and echoing through the water like the noise of whale-song. Come out, Minyon, please.

The greenish glow pulsed for a moment within the rocks, and then a fish emerged, a fish with sharp teeth and intelligent eyes, and luminescent tendrils. It fixed Syx with an accusing stare.

Please don’t be angry, Minyon, Syx said.

from Dangerous Currents by @setepenre-set​

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!!! AAAAAAAHHHH THIS IS SO CUTE!! 

Syx’s ear fins! And his tail! And his expression! So worried, with the turned-down mouth like he’s biting his lip! I really enjoy the periwinkle shades you chose to use for Syx; the light lavender-ish blues really make him look so sweet and innocent! 💙💜Don’t be angry with him, Minyon! 

Minyon’s expression is really great; he looks so ready to start scolding! 😠🐟Also well done on the rock formation; drawing rocks and caves is really hard for me!

Thank you so much for this; it is adorable, and it makes me so happy!! :DD ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Seal Lullaby

citizen-of-the-fandom:

meganwhalenturner:

Rudyard Kipling, 1865 – 1936

Oh hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,

     And black are the waters that sparkled so green.

The moon, o’er the combers, looks downward to find us

     At rest in the hollows that rustle between.

Where billow meets billow, there soft be thy pillow;

     Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!

The storm shall not wake they, nor shark overtake thee,

     Asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas.

@setepenre-set Roxanne definitely sings this to Megamind before bed