Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/3400145

Anyone have an idea what the gryphon is meant to be? I'm thinking bearded vulture + black cat but I also feel like I'm missing the mark.

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Balatro obelisk hatchling card skin didn't win. Sadge

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
pretty sure the bird is meant to be a nightjar, but I can't tell what the mammal part is supposed to be. I'm going to guess raccoon?

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
The alt text say it's a mix between a Nightjar and a Kinkajou.

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
(anon who replied above you) ...I didn't realize the alt text actually mentions the animals. Yeah that makes sense

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
TIL what a kinkajou is. what a cutie patootie wtf

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-24 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
love learning about new animals thru dragon neopets. at first i thought the gryphon's claws are posed weirdly but no. that's how a kinkajou is.

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I ADORE the gryphon and the skin selection is pretty great.

Ngl though, I'm disappointed in the apparel. It really feels like it came from a rejected outfit set and they decided to use the "gothic" recolor's umbrella as fest apparel. Referencing Lightweaver in the tooltip for Shadow's holiday also feels wrong.

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
When I read the name, I assumed it was going to look like an ink cap mushroom; open with shadow goop sliding down off it. Was rather disappointed when I actually saw it. Agreed that it just looks like regular apparel.

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
nayrt

That honestly would have been 1000% times better and now I yearn for the ink cap mushy umbrella... we could have had it all...

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
i must be blind where in the world are you seeing a reference to the Lightweaver?

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Lol they've silently changed the tooltip since this morning. It originally said "shadows cast by those of the Weaver's flight are abnormally large," but it more properly says "the Binder's" now. Guess someone got their gods mixed up.

There's a post in the typo megathread that might have been what tipped them off.

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
ayrt ah okay so it was just an innocent typo instead of some weird vendetta against shadow flight like op was trying to imply. what a shock.

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
ayrt. Surprise! I am op, just forgot to mention it. I wasn't trying to imply it was some kind of vendetta what the heck. I just thought it felt wrong for a different flight's god to be referenced in a fest item. How does that imply I think there's a vendetta against Shadow?

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-23 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
nayrt

When I saw the first anon's comment, I thought they mistook Binder for Blinder as like a pejorative for the Lightweaver. Didn't realize it was actually a typo.

I think it would've been cute if they kept in the Lightweaver reference. I like the idea of light dragons paradoxically having larger shadows--like the umbrella is playing a prank on them.

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-24 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the umbrella is cute on its own (I have a dragon that works great with it), but as a festival piece it’s pretty lackluster. Like I kinda get why they picked it for Shadow (umbrella casts shadows (also probably not why they picked it but umbrellas seem like a fun quirky accessory for trickster types)), but they really could have done more with it. I think the goopy umbrella/mushroom umbrella some people talked about would have been a more interesting take on it.

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-24 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
why are there like 3 different skins with that same giant crescent moon overlay, it's so jarring

Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-24 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Holy shit you werent kidding. I counted 7 skins with moons/moon motifs. Can we get a little more creative out here?

(frozen comment) Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-24 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
before i open this what are the absolute odds one person has won again going on 4 years in a row for every single festival?

what are the odds

(frozen comment) Re: Trickmurk Circus

(Anonymous) 2025-02-24 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
it's not a very quantifiable number. there's too many variables to consider that can affect outcome, that even a super basic response working off of the number of entries submitted for each contest vs. the number the winner submitted wouldn't reflect actual odds properly.

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-24 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
can we not? this topic is so boring

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-24 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
can you be more interesting babe please babe i'm dying i cant do this again

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-24 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
who cares lol

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(Anonymous) 2025-02-25 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
who is it you are referring to? jw