Thoughts, Opinions And Ratings Of The New/Easter Jellycats By ✨️ME✨️ (part One)

Day 8/31

Hall of Deities - Seeds' Grave (not from the game; made this on my own; on dutch's island in New Dawn)

did y'all know that scorpions glow under uv (ultraviolet) lights?

the outer layer of the scorpions exoskeleton is called a cuticle. on the cuticle is a thin layer called, the hyaline layer. this is the layer on the scorpions exoskeleton that reacts to the uv (ultraviolet) lights and makes it glow.

what's even cooler is that scientists figured out that this thin layer on the cuticle of the exoskeleton is really really strong. so strong in fact that if you were to shine a uv(ultraviolet) light on a dead, or fossilized scorpion, it would still glow like it does when it's alive.

also, when the scientists preserve the scorpion specimens in jars, the hyaline layer will make the liquid of the jar glow as well.

one thing to point out though is, after molting, the scorpions don't glow immediately. the cuticles would have to first completely harden in order for the hyaline layer of the cuticle to glow under the light.

scientists don't know for sure why the scorpions glow though.

hello! I wanted to start a thing where I share new facts about animals that i learn everyday. I will do lots of research on the things I share before I post them. the credit to this picture goes to Google, but specifically; https://agrilife.org/urban-ipm/2017/10/06/glowing-scorpions/

the credit of where I got the info is below (from various sights and such):

https://www.terminix.com/blog/bug-facts/why-do-scorpions-glow-under-ultraviolet-light/

https://kidsdiscover.com/quick-reads/makes-scorpions-glow-ultraviolet-light/

New books. May 29th, 2023

went to the bookstore yesterday and got some new books. i was mainly looking for books that were easier to understand and relate too. here are the ones i found:

-fish in a tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. it's supposedly about a disabled student who has trouble in school

-a storm of strawberries by Jo Cotterill. its about a girl with down syndrome who loves her older sister. but her older sister's friend is sleeping over and all her older sister's attention is on is her friend and its making the main character upset, who just wants to spend time with her. there is also a tornado.

-full cicada moon by Marilyn Hilton. its about a mixed girl who has trouble with the fact that she doesn't physically look like either race she is mixed with. and she wants to be an astronaut.

-what a wonderful phrase by Nicola Edwards and Many Montoya. its about a bunch of different commonly heard phrases from around the world and what they mean. i take things too literally and this explains where the phrase orignated from and what it really means.

-our generation: a fair share at the diner by Erika Nadine White and Geraldine Charette. i like our generation dolls and it felt sad to see this book abandoned at the bookstore and for only $0.25 as well. i figured it would be a good idea to get to know the two characters (who are also physical dolls) from this book.

-the selkie girl by Janis Mackay and Ruchi Mhasane. the title pretty much tells you what its about. its a scottish and irish (but this book in particular is the scottish one) folklore about selkie's.

I made a penguin wearing walrus pajamas out of perler beads!

Random art I made :)

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Captain after watching Joseph yell “Release me!” at the sky 72+ times

Fortnite-Mariposa

It was said that the secret skin of this season would be a skin we already knew, which is Meowscles, but there is another skin no one thought about. Enter: Dynamo!!(There will be more in the other comments I make on this post!

Dynamo was a fortnite skin that was released on July 20th, 2018 (source: fortnite wiki, search dynamo). Her base model is Ramriez and she is apart of the " Lucha Set" along with the skin: Masked Fury!

Meowcles is a fortnite skin that was released on Febaury 20th, 2020! Dynamo is around 2 years older than Meowscles!

One of the skins in the battle pass is: Mariposa (first picture)! Mariposa's bio says: "the daring Dynamo reinvented". This is implying that she is in someway related to Dynamo! Dynamo was one of the first female Luchador skins in fortnite, until Mariposa was added! My theory is (supported with facts) that Mariposa is actually a redesigned Dynamo! This is implied from her bio and, Dynamo's design! Dynamo has the watermelon dyed hair (pink and green) and the same exact hairstyle! Mariposa is just wearing a similar but updated outfit!

Another supporting fact is: Dynamo is apart of the Lucha Set. The skin: Masked Fury is apart of the Lucha Set. We can see Masked Fury in Mariposa's loading screen!! As well as Mariposa having a secret style called: Dynamo!!

My theory is: I do not think Meowscles is the only skin Fortnite might have been talking about when they said that there was a skin that was of a character we already knew! This is not saying that Mariposa is the secret skin, I just think there might be more redesigned skins!!

I think that others theories about #FortniteChapter4Season3    going back in time, might support this as well. I think we should try and pay more attention to all the skins and see if they are similar to Mariposa's situation! She may not be the only skin like this!

Sources: I used http://fortnite.gg for the pictures and I got the dates from the fortnite wiki. Everything else is from me!

@FortniteGame#FortniteChapter4Season3    #Fortnite#FortniteWILDS    #Fortnite

@FortniteDotGG

I did my best to make the image descriptions as accessible as I could for others, but I had alot of difficulty.

Red Redemption 2 Gang Members Horses

One of my sparks is horses. Another spark is red dead redemption. I found a connection to why all of the gang members have specific horses.

Bill- his horse's name is Brown Jack. Brown Jack is a Brown Roan Ardennes. Bill used to be in the war, and it shaped him into the man he is today. Ardennes horses were and are war horses both in the game and in the real world. An Ardennes horse was chosen as Bill's horse because both have involvement/ties to the war.

Charles- his horse's name is Taima. Taima is a Grey Snowcapped Spotted Appaloosa. Appaloosa's are/were commonly used by Native Americans. Charles is Native American and African American. Charles tried to connect with his Native American culture throughout the game. It would make sense for him to have an Appaloosa horse because of his cultural/racial identity.

Dutch- his horse's name is The Count. The Count is an Albino Arabian horse. Arabian Horses' s are an expensive breed. They are mostly, if not always, associated with high society. Dutch wants nothing more in the world than to strangely fit into high society and prove he is something he is not. Because Arabians are an expensive breed, Dutch owns one to feel as if he were to fit into the strange, backwards society.

Hosea- his horses name is Silver Dollar. Silver Dollar is a Silver Turkoman. Turkoman horses are a hardy breed, but are sadly extinct in our modern world. This is because of the industrial era, which we can actively see happen in the events of Red Dead Redemption. Hosea is seen as old fashioned and "washed up". He is extinct, much like the modern day Turkoman. The reason I say extinct is because, Dutch held a tight grip on Hosea, and the grip is what killed him, similarly to the Turkoman horse which has been relied on by humans for a very long time but eventually became "old" and "washed up" by the time the industrial era came. Cars were the newer, better thing. The equivalents to this in the game would be Micah.

Javier- his horses name is Boaz. Boaz is a Grey Overo American Paint horse. Javier is Mexican. American Paint horse's are the in-game modern day Azteca Horse. Azteca Horse's are native to Mexico and as time went on, and breeding contiuned, the American Paint horse was born. They are commonly used all throughout Mexico. As a Mexican man, similar to Charles, Javier owns an American Paint horse because it is a horse commonly used by his people.

Karen- her horses name is Old Belle. Old Belle is a Smokey Black Nokota. Nokota are known as a feral/semi-feral horse. This means they have a lot more trouble with domesticating them. They want to stay free, similarly to a Mustang and many other horse breeds. Nokota do not conform to societal standards of being a "well bred" and "well-tempered" horse. This is very similar to Karen as a person. Karen does not want to conform to society's standards of women. She acts the exact opposite of how a women "should act" in that time period. She can be seen in the same light as a Nokota, a "feral" horse and woman.

Kieran- his horses name is Branwen. Branwen is a Flaxen Roan Tennesse Walker. Tennese Walker's are known as Tennese Walking Horse's in our time. They are a very common horse breed, especially at the time the game took place in. They were relatively easy to find anywhere and everywhere. They got you to where you needed to go, and were affordable to buy. Anybody from a normal person to a common thief could own one. Kieran is a meek and weak willed person. He is forced into many things, like joining the O'Driscoll's and joining the Van Der Linde gang. He isn't seen as important enough to own a "specialty horse" like the other gang members, and he is very similar to any other person you would find. All of the gang members aren't in society because they have something that sets them apart from others. Whether they are a killer who enjoys killing, or someone who was harrassed or hatecrimed because of your race or gender, they are in a gang for a reason. This doesn't mean these people are more special. This just means that Kieran doesn't want the life that the others have and wants to live a normal, calmer life like many other people, not in a gang.

John- his horses name is Old Boy. Old Boy is a Silver Dark Bay Hungarian Halfbreed. Something important about Hungarian Halfbreed's are, that in our modern time, there is and never was any horse known as the Hungarian Halfbreed. This doesn't mean the horse doesn't exist, it just means it goes by a different name. John's horse is a Nonius horse. I believe that a Hungarian Halfbreed was chosen as John's horse because neither are what they seem. For starters, Hungarian Halfbreed isnt its name; it's a Nonius. 2nd, when they were domesticating the Nonius, they orignially planned to use the horse for light draft work, but it didn't work out. Then they realized they were best suited for agricultural work. John tries to pretend he is a mean, cold hearted man and denies many things. The most important thing being, his son. Once he realized that he was happy with the idea of a family and a "normal" life, he was better suited for that than killing and being an outlaw.

Lenny- his horses name is Maggie. Maggie is a Light Palomino Mustang. Mustangs are a commonly known horse, mostly because of that very loud car. Mustangs are assosiated with being young and moving fast, and that is all that Lenny did. One moment, everything was normal, then the next it wasn't. Lenny is around 18 years old when he joined the gang. He went from being a kid, to being on the run. He moved a bit too fast.

Micah- his horses name is Baylock. Baylock is a Black Missouri Fox Trotter. Baylock is said by many others to resemble the low honor scrawny nag that would come when called in Red Dead Redemption. I do not believe the Missouri Fox Trotter has anything to do with Micah specifically, other than the fact that the build and coat of it resemble the low honor scrawny nag from the first game. There are many comparisons with Micah, and specific things are chosen for a reason. Like how his hat is white while Arthur's is black. White is commonly used to resemble a "good" person while black is assoiated with a "bad" person, but in reality it is reveresed. They are doing the same thing with Baylock. I do believe Baylock is meant to look like the low honor scrawny nag for the first game, and that is why the Missouri Fox Trotter was chosen.

Sadie- her horses name is Bob. Bob is a Gold Dapple Turkoman. I mentioned the Turkoman earlier with Hosea, but I left out a key fact about them. I left it out so I can mention it in Sadie's area. It is no secret that Sadie is surronded by change. Her life changed in minute's all because of others actions and contiunes to change time and time again. But not only does change surrond her but she brings change as well. She changes alot of gender norms in the game. Turkomans might be extinct for us, but their blood is not. Turkomans are in almost every breed of modern day horse. They are known as a hardy and resillient breed, and traces of their blood still exist to this day. They brought a change in the whole horse world that will last forever and can be seen in modern horses. Sadie did something very similar. While Sadie did not single handedly change the gender roles in our world, and isn't even real, women like Sadie changed our world. People like Sadie all around the world, changed how we live, to be where we are now. A lasting impact and change was caused by both Sadie and the Turkoman that changed both of their species forever.

Sean- his horses name is Enis. Enis is a Silver Buckskin American Standardbred. For us, they are known as the Standardbred. Standardbred horses are show horses and alot of what they do (even if its not their choice) is for attention. Show horses do specific tricks and trots for attention. That's their job. Sean loves attention. He makes bad jokes and does bad things all for attention.

Trewlany- his horses name is Gwydion. Gwydion is a Brown Leopard Appaloosa. Appaloosa's were mentioned earlier in Charle's section but for a different reason. I think it's because he wants to appear as mysterious.

Uncle- his horses name is Nell II. His horse is a Sabino Kentucy Saddler. Kentucy Saddlers are known as "The American Horse". I think that kind of explains Uncle's horse choice pretty well. I don't really care for it much so I'm not going to say more.

I think these are all of the gang members horses. Arthur is not on this list because we choose his horse. Also, it's not confirmed what Boadecia is, and I will probably talk about my theories for it another time. I did all of this on my own. I didn't look up what others ideas were and such. So all of the credit of this goes to me. I also don't care about spelling errors.

May 26th, 2023

I saw a Spongy moth last night. I also saw a bleptina flavivena. I got to hold the other one but not the Spongy moth.

Spongy moths names were changed from a racial slur. I personally think their new name describes them way better and it is inclusive and doesn't hurt specific groups of people.

I'm unsure what bleptina flavivena it is specifically but it was still really nice to see one.