[PotD] Thylacine.

[moonvoice]

Not such a great day today,
and struggled to think of a subject for today's photo of the day as a result.
Hunting through the house I found this thylacine in repose,
a lovely gift from a good friend.
I have an elusive but wonderful connection to thylacine,
and they are part of my earthsong.

Comments

[tygerwulfe]

Oh, I love that! It's so adorably cute and tiny.

Thylacines have a special place in my heart...I often think they have something to tell me, totemically, but I've never been able to get in touch with one.

I suppose that's a bit metaphorical. LOL

[moonvoice]

It is really cute and tiny! I love that little thylacine. :D

I often think they have something to tell me, totemically, but I've never been able to get in touch with one.

They can be very elusive, and I do think it's a part of their totemic energy in general. The people I know who have had them as totems or guides have actually - almost always - reported a kind of distance or elusiveness, a 'there and not there.'

[tygerwulfe]

That makes perfect sense for their personality, really. :) I keep thinking, for some reason, that I'd have a better shot getting in touch with one if I'd ever been in close quarters with one of the Thylacine specimens in museums around the world. However, I haven't been lucky enough to get to do that yet.

I know of several other animal energies that didn't speak to me until I'd been in close quarters with their remains.

[calissa]

*offers hugs* Sorry to hear the day hasn't gone so well. I do hope things improve soon.

I love your figurine--cute and kind of... restful, maybe.

[moonvoice]

I think it's just the time of year too? The Summer SAD has crept up and landed, unfortunately. But it'll clear up when the weather cools. And there will be bright moments in the meantime. :)

[calissa]

I definitely think you're right. Those of us without Summer SAD find this time of year challenge enough, thanks to heat-induced sleep deprivation. I certainly don't envy you the extra challenges.

I'm glad to hear that you are still able to appreciate the bright moments, though. :D

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I love thylacines too. When I designed an anthropomorphic setting, I made them the most powerful race in terms of magic. Also the lions are basically doormats.

Re: Yay!

[moonvoice]

Yeah, I love your anthropomorphic thylacines. They're wonderful animals in general. It drives me nuts that we killed them all. :/

Re: Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>Yeah, I love your anthropomorphic thylacines.<<

*squee* That makes me so happy! I should write more about them one of these days.

>> They're wonderful animals in general. <<

Agreed. Did you ever see the rendition in Janet Kagan's Mirabile stories? There was a plot spanning several of them that began with the Kangaroo Rex, and people eventually discovered that the end result was going to be a Tasmanian wolf.

>> It drives me nuts that we killed them all. :/ <<

Me too. Well, presumably killed them all. Thylacines are on the list of cryptids that people still occasionally report seeing. *chuckle* My favorite there was a story in an anthology of lycanthropy fiction, in which the thylacines were hiding by shifting into the shape of other animals. Because in cryptozoology, there's a theory that people don't know there are still thylacines because they get mistaken for kangaroos.

That sort of thing is why I gave my thylacines crypsis powers.

[goddess_incarnate]

I LOVE LE ANIMALE.

I love all her little animal totems. They're just so cute! I WANT TO BE HER APPRENTICE.

[moonvoice]

Heh, it'd be great if she took on apprentices!