The DEFINITIVE ranking of the Gelfling Maudra
1. Maudra Argot: kooky badass grandma, great laugh, doesn’t need her sight to see through your bullshit
2. Maudra Laesid: gave us Gurjin AND Naia, not here for any of Seladon’s shit, apparently has a pet eel big enough for children to ride on
3. Maudra Fara: not afraid of a little light rebellion, has a fizzgig, loses points for dying
4. Maudra Ethri (book version): has an eye made of emerald, Ocean Queen™, still learning but recognizes that Onica knows what’s up
5. Maudra Seethi: nailing her aesthetic, doesn’t need to talk because her outfit says it all, goth
6. Maudra Mayrin: regal energy, gonna steal your stuff in the name of the law, helped make Brea and Tavra, also helped make Seladon, bad mom of the year award
7. Maudra Ethri (show version): nice hat?, pales in comparison to her book counterpart, no vibes whatsoever
8. Maudra Mera: shady af, bootlicker supreme, only gets points for raising Kylan
9. Seladon: rigged an election, tried to justify human (gelfling) sacrifice, gave up on being goth way too soon
honestly if you wouldn’t bond with a symbiote you’re a fucking idiot, like you get unbelievably powerful and sexy and all you have to do is what? not go in fire or listen to noises that sound bad? newsflash idiot i already dont go in fire or listen to noises that sound bad. dumbass. you gotta eat some living flesh once in a while? whatever dude easy shit
passing my time with some background practice
Hangin with my Gnomies!
Wow.. she has such a way with worms…
Update: due to multiple, and quite valid additions to this post, I have come to the conclusion (headcanon) that Gelfs are just capable of mimicking the noises they hear. And Deet definitely did a hollerbat call to scare those guards.
👏👏👏 gentle and resourceful
Quick question: How the fuck did Deet make those noises when pretending to be a monster?
Second question: Can all gelfling go full cryptid like that, or is Deet just special?
Federico Andreotti, A New Basket of Flowers detail, ca. 1870-1930
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Actually life is beautiful because the sound I make while trying to breathe around hot food sounds like my dog trying to eat an apple. When I yawn my cat tries to put his face in my mouth like a little dentist man and when he yawns I put my finger in his obligate-carnivore trapzone and we both know he will not hurt me. When I do not fold my clothes, they do not hold it against me.
I am demonstrably sad, and lonely, and full of fear. But there are other people who will hold my hand, who will point out the hawk overhead, who will give you That Look in a public place. The other day at a coffee shop a child said "look! It's snowing!" so all of us strangers went to go look out the windows. It wasn't the first snow and it won't be the last but wasn't it lovely, like that?
How wonderful to live in a world where birds and frogs both say beep! How wonderful to have an ocean of beautiful sharks with their dinosaur teeth! How wonderful the moon and her changing face, how wonderful the bees and their dancing to communicate, how wonderful shrimp and their forbidden layers of vision! How wonderful, you, and what you will give the world! The way we love things enough to spend entire blogs devoted to them? How people will let me explain my Pokemon team to them? How we will both jump at the scare in the movie, how we laugh so loudly, how it feels to give someone your baking? How wonderful to be alive. I am sorry for forgetting.
This is the process of getting better. With wonderful people and wonderful strangers and wonderful friends: I am getting better, slowly. Thank you, whoever you are. In some way, you've been wonderful, and left a wonderful place in the world to ripple out to me. In some small way - isn't it beautiful - I promise, you've been helping.