Im Defo Trying This (the Fate Of My Future Rests On Hands That Are Not Mine) (aka Idk If I Have The Motivation

Shit i missed it by a day

you can only reblog this today

Yes pls

look alright, I know everyone is headcanoning Grian as a kōtare (kingfisher) this season because of his obsessive crush on the ocean but I need you guys to hear me out on this okay... if anyone is a kōtare this season it's 100% Gem (I mean c'mon her skin has the blues and everything!). no, Grian is not a kōtare, Grian is and always will be a kea.

(reasoning under the cut because it got kind of long, as well as some pictures of birds being idiots)

first things first, not only are they a parrot (which I have seen Grian headcanoned as being alongside being a macaw specifically) but their colors fit his vibe, just look at these funky lil guys??

majestic dorks.

secondly, kea are not only the worlds only alpine parrot (hello magic mountaineers? he may have a crush on the ocean but he did choose to build his base against a mountain this season), they're also well known for being (and I feel the need to stress this) absolute fucking prankster gods. they're literally known for their mischievous, chaos bringing personalities, are smart as hell, and are extremely curious and playful to boot. they're literally (lovingly) called the 'clown of the mountain' by some people.

like seriously, here's a small list of things kea have been known to do:

dive bombing roofs to, essentially, use them as fun little slides

they also like to roll stones down roofs for fun

exploring anything new - they're known to investigate backpacks, skis, and even cars, they especially love anything they can easily mess with or grab

on the topic of investigating backpacks, they will literally open said backpacks in order to steal things like food

knocking over skis so that they can ride downhill on them

throwing stones at humans for fun

peeling off and eating the rubber on cars

just fucking with cars in general (see below for an image of a kea messing with a towbar) they'll strip your car of anything not bolted or welded down

they'll nick anything they can get their grubby little beaks or claws on including wallets and passports

breaking into houses through cat doors

turning on water taps

learning to use tools to set off stoat traps

playing with traffic cones

playing with snowballs

there was a kea that literally locked a guy inside of his hut

on top of all of this, they're known to do some of this stuff just to entertain other kea around them.

here's some pictures of the idiots doing their thing:

basically, these guys are dicks and I have never seen a more Grian-coded bird in my life than these little shits. kea Grian supemacy.

What’s stopping you?

Go stalk in the forest,

Go walk around with a watering can and hiss at people who are hurting animals,

Hide yourself in the trees while you wait for hunters,

You think that Mothman became Mothman while laying around?

GO OUT THERE AND BE THE MOTHMAN YOU WANT TO BE

AAAAAA I wanna be the local cryptid

the one people argue isn’t real while teenagers go out in the dead of night to look for me

I want to protect the plants & wildlife while scaring people who dare disturb the animals

I want bfu to come in search of me while I laugh my ass off in the shadows

I want people to write bad fan fiction of me on ao3 

I want there to be graffiti of my name throughout the town

maybe I just want to be mothman

YOU GO BIYCH

AAAAAA I wanna be the local cryptid

the one people argue isn’t real while teenagers go out in the dead of night to look for me

I want to protect the plants & wildlife while scaring people who dare disturb the animals

I want bfu to come in search of me while I laugh my ass off in the shadows

I want people to write bad fan fiction of me on ao3 

I want there to be graffiti of my name throughout the town

maybe I just want to be mothman

Welp i’ll try it out

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿