Sending you the warmest birthday wishes today Chris! Thank you for all you have done to bring a love for the creature world and creature adventuring into the lives of so many people! Through your shows alongside Martin, you have created awareness and knowledge about animals and their habitats that will continue to be fostered in future generations for many years to come.
Your shows have been a refuge for so many people in times of hardship, and they have helped people, like myself, to overcome and even escape from such situations. Your work in the creature world is unsurpassed, please continue to do what you are doing, it is so needed and appreciated, just like you are.
We love sarcasm 🥰🥰
Donita, giving Nia a once over glance: So, you're the new member of the team?
Nia: I am. Is that going to be a problem?
Donita: Probably. You know, you're rather plain looking now. But with some styling, you'd be a real beauty!
Nia, confused: Good to know?
Donita: I mean it. You should leave the Wild Kratts and come model for me. We could make millions together.
Nia: Tempting. But hard pass.
Donita: But-
Nia: Hard pass.
Donita: Well, you're no fun. Absolutely wasted potential.
Nia: I'm so sorry you feel that way.
Donita: Whatever. Come on, Dabio. We're leaving.
Nia: Aren't you forgetting something?
Donita: I don't know what you're talking about.
Nia: I'm talking about the baby snow leopard you have pose beamed!
Donita: Ugh, such a stick in the mud!
Nia: Better to be a stick in the mud than a model for you!
Donita, offended: How dare you?
Nia: Just let the baby go, and I'll let you go. Deal?
Donita: Fine, but you haven't heard the last of me!
Nia, With a deadpan expression: Oh no. Whatever shall I do?
Hey guys! I am so sorry I have been MIA! 2025 has been a stressful year so far for my family and I, mainly due to the Los Angeles fires happening right now. Luckily, we are safe, but many close friends and family are evacuated or were evacuated, so unfortunately I have not had tons of time to write. I am still planning on finishing up my WIPs, so they should be coming soon. New content is coming soon, I swear. I miss you guys!
So cute! The two motorcycle 🏍️ baddies! Great job as always JIG
Day 8: I’m Good (Blue)
You know I'm down for whatever tonight I don't need the finer things in life No matter where I go, it's a good time, yeah And I, I don't need to sit in VIP Middle of the floor, that's where I'll be Don't got a lot, but that's enough for me, yeah
'Cause I'm good, yeah, I'm feelin' alright Baby, I'ma have the best f*ckin' night of my life And wherever it takes me, I'm down for the ride Baby, don't you know I'm good, yeah, I'm feelin' alright
So this is more of a “vibe” song for Zach and Violet. I imagine them together in their pre relationship phase and this song is playing in the background as they fly down Outer Banks’ oceanfront Highway 12 on a motorcycle. Why? Because in my AU Zach can drive a motorcycle. It’s a very attractive concept to me…And this song, like riding a motorcycle is representative of a feeling of freedom.
Note on my OCs listed here: Todd is Koki’s cousin, Paige is his wife/Violet’s cousin, Nathaniel is Paige and Todd’s little boy, and Amy is Violet’s aunt/Paige’s mom. Also I’ve never drove/ridden a motorcycle so I hope this all seems accurate!
“Whose is this?” Zach asked pointing his thumb toward the motorcycle parked in the driveway at Amy’s house.
“It’s Todd’s,” I replied cocking my head at Zach in curiosity, “why do you ask?”
“It’s nice is all…” he whispered looking closer at the chrome work.
“What? Do you like it?” I question, surprised that he was so interested in it.
“Yeah, I do, oh come on, don’t look so surprised, I’ve had one since college…” Zach grinned, winking at me.
“I don’t believe it…” I whispered.
“Why not?” His voice rose in aggravation.
I sputtered, “I-I-I, ummm, You’re just so….scared of things and unsure of yourself….I thought you would be scared to death to even look at one.”
He balled his hands into fists, “don’t think I know how to ride it, huh? We’ll see about that. Zachbots bring me my motorcycle gear!“
“What!?!?” I shrieked, and within seconds the robots obeyed his order and he was dressed in full motorcycle gear, all in his signature colors and with his V logo. He pulled the helmet on and flicked the visor up to look at me before he took a seat on the motorcycle.
(I image it would look something like this)
Zach sat on the motorcycle and looked at it to get his bearings, then he grinned mischievously at me, “Do you think he’d let me ride it? Just so I can prove you wrong, you’re welcome to join me.”
“ARE YOU CRAZY!” I screamed.
“No, I’m dead serious,” Zach replied turning to me, admittedly he did look comfortable on the motorcycle.
At that moment Todd happened to come out of Amy’s house, he looked at Zach and me suspiciously, “hey, what’s going on you two?”
“He wants to prove he can drive a motorcycle, and he wants me to join him!” I shrieked.
Todd started laughing, he patted Zach’s shoulder enthusiastically, “oh this I’ll pay to see, it’ll be better than when I took Paige the first time!” He fished the keys out of his pocket and gave them to Zach.
I huffed, digging the toe of my shoe into the dirt, “I can’t, I’m wearing a dress!”
Todd laughed and spoke up, “I’ll get Paige’s riding stuff for you to borrow, Violet!”
“Todd, Todd! Oh no you won’t, I’m not going on that thing!” I screamed after him, but he soon disappeared into my aunt’s house and reappeared with Paige who starting hollering at me from the doorway, drawing the attention of the neighbors until I caved and followed them inside.
I emerged a few minutes later decked out in Paige’s riding outfit and holding her helmet at my side, I glared at Todd who walked along beside me. Paige, Amy, and Nathanial followed us giggling, “you just had to open your mouth,” I growled.
Todd smirked and patted my head, “go on little cousin, I wanna see this, and you have an audience now…”
I stood hesitantly beside Zach and the motorcycle, looking from Zach to my family, Zach was becoming impatient and he bit out, “are ya coming or not?”
“If you kill me, I expect to have a nice spray on my casket!” I groaned pulling the helmet on. I hesitantly swung my left leg over the back of the bike.
“I’ll notify my mom, she’ll prepare a stunning arrangement for the occasion. Now put your arms around me, and let’s go,” he flicked the visor to his helmet down and I did the same, then I wrapped my shaky arms around his thin waist, holding on to him for dear life.
Zach grazed his fingers over my arms before returning his hands to the handlebars, “you’ll be fine, I won’t hurt you.”
“Okay…” I agreed, burying my head against his back and scrunching my eyes shut as Zach turned on the engine and the motorcycle roared to life.
VvvvvvvVvvvvvV
Ten minutes later we are flying down Highway 12, I’d screamed for the first couple minutes of the ride, but I soon became accustomed to the motion and realized Zach truly was a skilled motorcyclist.
I felt comfortable enough to lift my head and look to the ocean to our left, the sea breeze was blowing my hair behind me under the helmet…so this is what freedom feels like, I thought to myself.
mmm angst! I love it so so much! This has been one of my favorite songs recently and I love that it's in this animatic now! <3
This thing was made because I got inspired (and went delulu) by the wild Kratts apocalypse au, made by @martincrushcameback, who is very talented.
Probably changed some things but my brain can't even function right now so I don't know.
ANYWAY ENJOY
I only have two 🤭
Jake Peralta (Brooklyn Nine Nine) and Henry McCord (Madam Secretary)
Im just ignoring they both have canonical wives 😌😌
Post four characters that make you go, “My man, My man, My man…”
Thanks a lot for the tag, @lovelyheartclover! I just decided to make a whole new post to keep everything tidy!
I mean…is it really a surprise?
Tagging: @m0thisonfire, @cyberrose2001, @cephalo-bot, @xyumichux, @princess-hope-selfships, @pechaberriesandsoju, @perytonpred, @asimp4bee, @hollister-mc, @darknadaworld, and anyone else who wishes to participate!
What a cute story! Who wouldn’t be happy to have their partner surprise them on their birthday 🥳
October 4th - Sparks Fly
Get me with those green eyes, baby As the lights go down Gimme something that'll haunt me when you're not around 'Cause I see sparks fly, whenever you smile
My mind forgets to remind me you're a bad idea You touch me once and it's really something You find I'm even better than you imagined I would be I'm on my guard for the rest of the world But with you, I know it's no good And I could wait patiently But I really wish you would
Posting this a day late, but oh well!
Since yesterday was my birthday I decided to include a fic excerpt from one of Violet’s birthdays! It’s either her 19th or 20th birthday, I haven’t decided yet. But I hope you all enjoy it! Putting it below the cut due to length and mentions of alcohol consumption, a few crude comments, and references to a toxic relationship.
I had barely opened the menu when the sound of people singing happy birthday caught my attention. I looked into the restaurant, and saw the girl I was looking for: my Violet.
Violet’s long hair was pulled back in a braid, and she was dressed in a simple off-the-shoulder, lilac sundress with a black apron around her waist. She smiled and blushed as her family and the patrons of the restaurant sang happy birthday to her.
The waitress in front of me huffed and rolled her eyes. I sensed she did not like Violet very much, and I was more than ready to get rid of her, “I know what I want,” I announced.
She pulled out a notepad and looked at me expectantly, I fished out my wallet and produced a $20 bill, “I want the birthday girl to serve me, here’s something for your time.”
The girl’s brown eyes widened, and she stuffed the bill into her apron pocket, “of course, thank you, I’ll go get her!”
VvvvvvVvvvvvV
I was busy thanking everyone for the impromptu birthday song when Nicole ran up to me out of breath, “I’ve got a customer for you, he’s a very good tipper, he just gave me 20 dollars to seat him, and he requested you!”
Nicole usually did not speak to me because she claimed I’d stolen Travis from her, which was far from the truth. I figured she was setting me up for embarrassment, but part of me was hopeful that there really was a customer who wanted me to be their waitress.
I smiled and said, “okay, here’s to hoping he tips me well too!”
“Yeah, you can treat yourself to a nice birthday present,” my cousin Paige winked at me, having overheard the conversation.
“I guess,” I whispered, fixing my hair and going to the table where the gentleman was seated.
When I arrived he sat holding the menu up, covering his face, “good evening sir, can I start you off with something to drink?”
He responded in a gruff, hateful sounding voice, “do you recommend anything? I usually prefer alcohol, but there’s none listed. What type of an island restaurant is this if you can’t get alcohol?”
I felt taken aback by his comment, “I apologize sir, but it is the preference of the owner of the restaurant to not serve alcohol.”
“Why’s that? Is she a prude?” He snickered and something about his voice was oddly familiar. I stood on my toes to peer over the menu covering his face, but he held it closer to him and raised it slightly.
I tried to bite my tongue, but it was no use, I would not stand for whoever this was insulting the aunt who had practically raised me, “Sir, I respectfully disagree with you, the owner is my aunt, and she prefers to host a restaurant where good food and fun can be had without the negative impacts that result from alcoholic consumption. If that is a problem with you, you can go to a neighboring restaurant or bar that does serve alcohol.”
“Ohhh, that’s a bold statement, but I should expect it coming from a sexy little minx such as yourself,” I could hear the laugh in his voice, and I’d had enough. It was one thing for Travis to make crude comments about me, but this man was a stranger, this was unexceptable.
“Sir, I am sorry, but I do not appreciate your comments. They are making me very uncomfortable. If you cannot refrain from saying such things, I will have to ask you to leave.”
“Awww, come on, you can’t ask your friend to leave,” he pouted, lowering the menu enough for me to see jet black hair.
The gears in my mind started turning, who did I know with black hair? And before I could stop myself, I asked, “who are you?”
The man lowered the menu and took off a pair of triangular sunglasses at the same time, his voice returning to normal, to a voice I'd wanted to hear for so long, “happy birthday, Vi.”
I felt a few tears fall from my eyes as I looked at his smiling face. I approached him and he stood up quickly, gathering me into a hug without me initiating it. I threw my arms around his neck as his head fell to the crook of my neck, “I’m so happy to see you, Zach,” I whispered.
the angstttt! I love it so much
The first meeting part 2
"So that was your brother Chris?" Aviva asked and Martin nodded.
"Yes, the last time we saw each other we had a very hard fight, we said things to each other and well... I haven't seen him since" Martin explained.
"And who was the one next to him?" Jimmy questioned.
"This is Zach Var*interrupted*
"Guys, look at this!" Koki said, drawing the attention of the other three, "I looked up information about Zach and it turns out that he is an inventor and CEO of Varmitech Industries, a company that is dedicated to collecting animals and turning them into robots." Everyone was horrified to hear that. "And you say that your brother Do you work with him?" Koki asked offended.
"There has to be an explanation for this, I'm sure," Martin said, refusing to believe that his brother works in that horrible world.
"Mh....let's see Chris Kratt" Aviva searched and got some results "Chris Kratt biologist, zoologist and personal secretary of Varmitech industries, although he has some individual studies for the company he works for"
Everyone looked at Martin waiting for him to say something, on the other hand Martin grabbed his head more stressed than he was before, the looks on him were uncomfortable, it had been a long time since he felt comfortable with them, but he knew he had to say. something "I....this is my fault" was the only thing I managed to say about the one in blue
"Don't say that Martin, how would you know that your brother would work with someone like that?" Aviva consoled "we better make a plan to save those poor Oryx and talk to your brother and solve this"
"Yes, maybe we can meet him, Koki and I too," the pilot said enthusiastically.
"I have no intention of meeting him, I don't like people who hurt animals," Koki emphasized bitterly, who was very upset with the situation.
"Not us, but it's about my brother and I have things to talk to him about," said Martin, defending his brother. Maybe he doesn't know the reasons why he joined a company that harms animals, but that's no excuse. to treat him badly "Aviva, I think something occurred to me," the oldest finally smiled, leaving the others with the excitement and curiosity of knowing what occurred to him.
...
A new day had arrived, the bright sun greeted all living beings with its splendor, giving a good sign that that day would be beautiful.
Martin and Aviva went out with createrra where Zach and Chris were to start their plan, Martin was just hoping to be ready to talk to his brother and Aviva didn't seem very happy about what she had gotten "Eh? Hey it's your brother again" Zach said enthusiastically.
"Oh..." the boy said with little interest, who left without saying anything else. His boss tilted her head in confusion but preferred not to stop him, "he will have his reasons for leaving." He thought.
"Hello Zach, it's been a while," the older man greeted there.
"About 8 years to be more exact"
"Yes haha, um, Zach we were talking Aviva and I and she is very curious to know how to ride an Oryx" this made the inventor very happy who couldn't help showing it
"Really?" He asked excitedly, doing a lot to the girl.
"Hey, well, me," she said, a little uncomfortable because of the rudeness. "Come on, you'll have a lot of fun, I assure you!" She said and took her by the wrist and took her straight to the stables.
"Have fun," he greeted them, both inventors walked away. "Now to look for Chris," he said seriously and setting off.
Chris was looking at some papers, while he watched his boss chat with the purple girl and help her get into the Oryx. "She looks so happy." He thought to himself when he suddenly felt someone touch him on the shoulder.
"Hello," a shy Martin whispered, Chris felt like all the muscles in his body tense and prevented him from moving. "It's been a long time since we last saw each other, don't you think?" He joked nervously when he saw how the youngest didn't answer. "I understand that maybe you don't want to see me, I just wanted to know if you're okay." He said, looking away to see the two inventors talking.
"I'm fine, thanks for asking." He spoke with a certain tone of indifference that Martin never imagined hearing from his little brother. "Are you doing well?"
"Oh yes! In fact, I founded my own animal protection and research team!" He said excited to see that his brother was paying attention to him.
"Yes, mom told me a little about that when I talked to her, she said she was proud" this surprised Martin a lot, he didn't think that Chris would still communicate with the rest of the family after what happened between them and this Chris did. I noticed by the look of confusion and surprise on the older man's face, "that you and I had not been together anymore, that doesn't mean that I didn't communicate with the rest of the family," he clarified, you could see some discomfort at having to clarify it, "but You'd know if you went to family gatherings..." he hissed venomously.
"I didn't mean to make you angry friend, sorry, you know that kind of things happen to me hehe" I try to calm the tension that formed after the poisonous comment
"We are not friends," he said, keeping his distance from the opponent.
An awkward silence ensued after that, Chris seemed to wait patiently for his brother to leave while he continued with his work.
"And what are you doing?" He asked as he snooped through the important papers that Chris had in his hands.
"Don't act like you care," Chris stressed with an annoyed and tired expression, moving the papers away from Martin's gossiping gaze. And he began to walk away from there, being chased by Martin who did not stop talking to him.
"But if I care, at least you could tell me what you do with your life, I told you a little about mine, that's fair" he stood in front of him to prevent him from continuing walking, Chris only seemed more upset but he didn't want to make a fuss.
"Martin, please let me pass, I have work to do" he tried to move but his older brother prevented him from moving forward and in an accident Martin surrounded him with his arms, preventing him from moving, bothering the youngest a lot "are you in trouble or something like that? Let me go, is it?" "Seriously" The youngest ordered, clenching his fists in annoyance.
"No, I won't do it until you answer me," he clarified. Chris sighed tiredly and relaxed his fists.
"Okay, I'm fine, I have a job as a biologist and secretary at the company Zach founded, happy?" I ask, asking with my eyes to release him from that hug.
"Not at all, why did you decide to go with him?" Martin looked at him with pity and Chris looked away.
"He offered me a position, I needed a biologist and we had known each other since we were little, so why not?" He said in a carefree tone, Martin still had a pitiful look, he looked like a puppy who had been punished and Chris felt more uncomfortable in the hug "Can you let go of me now!?"
"Hey, okay," he said, releasing him, Chris adjusted his clothes and took a few steps back to have distance.
"If that was all you wanted to tell me, I'm leaving" he was going to take another path when one time they were called
"Chris!/Martin!" They were from Zach and Aviva, the two inventors were calling them so they had no choice but to go
....
"Wow, you're very good at this," Zach commented, surprised to see how Aviva had no problem jogging.
"Thank you, although it bothers me, I must admit that the seats are very comfortable" I said sadly "even so, I still believe that the Oryx should not be used as saddles"
"Well, that's your opinion," said the one in the black vest indifferently, trying to anger the girl.
"It's not just my opinion, there are many people who think the same!"
"Just like there are many others who believe that what I do is right," he said, smiling superiorly at her.
Aviva was silent for a moment, she knew that Zach was right about that, so she couldn't make him free the animals just like that, she had to think of something to save the Oryx, until an idea crossed her mind.
"Zach, how about a competition?" Aviva asked, trying to sound as interesting as possible.
"A competition? You want us to have an Oryx race!?" Seeing him so excited, Aviva decided to play along.
"Sure, but with certain rules" Zach nodded happily "you will use an Oryx and I will use my invention, if you win we will leave you alone and you can use the Oryx as mounts, but if I win, you will let them free"
"Well, okay, we'll see you in a while then," he said, confident that she was going to win.
"Well, in that case let's call the brothers" he suggested, hoping that part of his plan had worked on them.
"Yes, Chris will surely like the idea of the game"
"Chris!/Martin!" The inventors called excitedly, seeing how Chris and Martin were walking towards them but they seemed upset and sad.
"What's wrong Sir?" the assistant asked
"Everything okay Aviva?" The older man asked, hoping for good news.
"Everything is fine, Zach and I had a competition. If they win, we will have to leave the Oryx on the mount, and if we win, they will have to release him," the short-haired girl explained.
"I understand, in that case, I will send the zachbots to look for a safe lead here."
"Huh, a race?
"Yes, so come on, we have to get ready," said the girl, taking the blue one by the collar of his jacket and dragging him away from there.
Chris gave a tired sigh as he watched them leave, which confused Zach with "everything okay?" He asked him worriedly, "Don't worry, Sir, it's my thing," he said somewhat discouraged as he left. Zach took one last look at the blue and purple spots and began to suspect that they were up to something else.
Such a great read
Warning: Blood!🩸
Paisley doesn’t like being touched..
Sit Next To Me by Foster the People
If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)