NAMAZU! I Love Him He Is The Best. And I Love Your Depiction Of Him! Here, Have A Video With Very Poor

NAMAZU! I love him he is the best. And I love your depiction of him! Here, have a video with very poor audio balance (it gets VERY LOUD) of a couple of people being absolutely baffled for half an hour by depictions of Namazu in Japanese art:

the best catfish :3

Jeanette asked for “Obscure mythical creatures” so I picked one I’d  never heard of before! 

The Namazu in Japanese mythology is basically a giant catfish that causes earthquakes when he thrashes around.

a dilemma

have breakfast with grandmother BUT her racist white friends will have Opinions™ -OR- stay in my room for a sixth consecutive day, eating terrible pickles and tweaking Windows 10

i am home safe from ICVM 2016

i really, really need to figure out a way to get paid to attend academic conferences because holy shit what incredible fun that was even just an afternoon.

e: on that note have you all considered helping support my work on patreon

Here comes the tassel dragon, bearing the candy peach flag! I’m still learning how to use watercolors, but I like how he turned out! Concept: tassel dragons are bred and braided for parades or processions, and retire to live comfortable lives around antique shops or textile mills.

One of the many untrue beliefs I hold about the Silmarillion (which I haven’t read) is that it’s an early fan translation of Disgaea by a group called “Jar Token” which took a lot of liberties with the original text.

Mark Hughes talks to CBS