The H.i.v.e. Crew As Mulaney Gifs Because Why Not

oh yeah? well [puffs out my feathers to make myself look huge and scary]

The core four should have been able to get revenge against Dr. Nero somehow.

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree

Think of all the gray hairs they gave that man— is that not revenge enough?

(Although I’m not opposed to one of them pulling a stunt later with him as a taste of his own medicine… maybe Shel should steal his credit card, or slip him a ridiculous fake ID as payback.)

I really need to start posting art here more, so here, have a fake screenshot from last year.

For those unaware, this is everyone's favorite technopathic clone and a H.I.V.E. OC of mine- Razor, a "graduate" from Raven's year who unfortunately did not get picked up by Nero during the raid on the Glasshouse. He and his team like to make that a problem for everyone, but Razor specifically takes issue with Otto for blowing up Furan's hand and getting her imprisoned. (You could say he's rather attached to her- a lack of parental figures will do that to you. So don't even get me started on his feelings on Raven...) As for the art, I was taking inspiration for the art style of Netflix's Carmen Sandiego (my beloved). If you like animation I highly recommend it! This screenshot definitely shows its age, but I'm still quite pleased with it; I should really try out this style again sometime.

If anyone has any questions about Razor, by all means ask away! He and his team are some of my favorite ocs and I love to ramble : D

May I ask for Armadillo girldad lizard before christmas???

M E RR Y C HR IST MA SSSS

Armadillo Girdled Lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus), family Cordylidae, endemic to South Africa

photograph by @don.cataphractus

Armadillo Girdled Lizard (Orobourus cataphractus), family Cordylidae, from Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa

photograph by Johan Marais - World of Reptiles

Armadillo Girdled Lizard (Ouroborus cataphracrus), family Cordylidae, western cape of South Africa

photograph by Devin Belliston

Armadilo Girdled Lizard (Ouroborous cataphractus), family Cordylidae, West Coast, South Africa

photograph by Chad Keates

As a character design nerd this piqued my interest, so:

Nero and skulls! Also, while we’re at it, bees/hive insects (lots to be found there symbolically I think, considering they’re almost entirely mothers and the males don’t do much… what happens when a man has to substitute, in a way? Hard to explain, but there’s something there.)

Anastasia with both ice and fire— I like to think of fire being associated with her more reckless younger self and ice being more of her new-age Glasshouse aesthetic.

Cypher and the ocean, both through his ship and it’s name— it’s a nice contrast to Nero and his volcano.

Number One and space: Further distance makes it easier to hurt others without regret. Also, being far from people who could have originally threatened him… but also being stranded from help when Overlord took over.

This one might just be my headcanons talking, but Laura and games (I refuse to see book 2 as anything other than Laura playing an extended version of Battleship with Cypher.) Also nature/plants.

Animus and viruses.

Shelby and cats.

Darkdoom and marine life or prehistoric animals (Megalodon, and Dreadnoughtus is a sauropod genus.)

Zero and lab equipment + memory.

Anna and angels.

The Malpense family complex and symbiosis, specifically:

Otto/HIVEmind = Mutualism (Both parties benefit.)

Overlord/Animus = Obligate parasitism (cannot survive without host)

Zero/Anna = Predation (One gains, one loses, and usually loses fatally.)

What's some random things associated with the H.I.V.E. characters that aren't immediately obvious?

E.g. Nero and fire trucks

Glad y'all liked Cobra Commander; that said... Y'all are not ready for Storm Shadow.

my liege we your council would not advise this course of action but we all agree it would be pretty funny regardless