One thing I hate is when a young wizard of great power knows my name from the old histories and binds me by oath to never fly eastward of Pendor
So I just learned this today, but when small birds in the forest make an alarm call that they see a bird of prey, other animals nearby mimic that alarm call and spread the message around to warn each other.
It's not just birds that mimic the alarm call, squirrels and other small mammals do it too. Squirrels are apparently especially good at mimicing the alarm call. The alarm goes out and all the nearby animals, regardless of species contribute to it and benefit from it.
I just think it's wild that small forest animals developed what amounts to a rudimentary common language to deal with predators.
I was thinking about animals sharing alarm calls and the thought "the animals have unionised" popped into my head. I kept playing with that idea and made this.
Need someone to treat me for melancholy with mysterious potion and bizarre fruit
one of my friends was a dick to another one of my friends in the context of a community where we're all in volunteering roles and I can't even bitch about it on Tumblr bc people involved are on there 😭
relatedly: if anyone has any good recs for reading about managing conflict in communities/activist & social groups please share 🙏