LOOK AT THIS FUCKING ANIMAL PLANET BRAND “GIANT SPIDER PLAYSET” THAT COMES WITH A BUNCH OF BABY SPIDERS AND AN EGG SACK AND SOME LOSER ASSHOLE FOR THEM TO EAT + PIG FRIEND WHO IS THEIR FRIEND OF COURSE
real talk why do so many fantasy universes think giant spiders are necessary
The sad part is there’s a decent chance a large proportion of them can be blamed on one spider.
The tarantula that bit JRR Tolkien as a child.
He swore he didn’t have a spider phobia and the experience had nothing to do with the man-eating giant spiders in The Hobbit, the even more giant and even more man-eating spider in Lord of the Rings, or the unholy eldritch spider from outside creation that plunged the world into darkness and made literal Satan scream like a little kid in the Silmarillion. Very few people believe him.
Given LotR’s influence in the fantasy genre, there is a high probability that tarantula is the progenitor of even more fictional spiders than Ungoliant was.
wow fuck that one tarantula
i am going to write a fantasy world where there are giant spiders and they’re cute fuzzy friends you can ride
Yes please!
Jumping spiders would probably be smart enough to easily grasp the relationship of ‘I let the creature sit on me and walk/climb where it wants, then it gives me free food with no risk of failure. Sold!’
I also love the idea of a giant spider-based textiles industry, where the spiders essentially replace sheep. They could either be milked for their dragline silk, or just allowed to crawl around a ‘pasture’ and the fiber could be gathered after…
‘Small’ cat sized tarantulas used as pest control and bred for extra floof and colour.
Competitive peacock spider breeders working to breed even more complex and beautiful dancers.
Messenger spiders who’re taught to run a route between two places with their package webbed to their belly.
Aaaahhh now my head is full of spiders and it’s fantastic~
they’re like tiny 8-legged cats how can anyone hate them
Spiders are huge derps, pass it on.
My dad used to work as a mechanic in Arizona and he said that wild tarantulas would just wander into the shop and try and cuddle with the mechanics under the trucks. Spiders really dig car exhaust smell for some reason and they would be like “ah yes this human smells nice let me sit on your face while you’re working or perhaps climb into your pocket and see what you have” and the mechanics would keep shooing the spiders out but the spiders would follow them back like “No why would you leave me human friend??”
THAT IS SO CUTE
reblogging for the story, eeee
spiders are the derpiest things though like have you ever played with a spider and a laser pointer, because I thought my lizards chasing the laser was adorable but leT ME TELL U, BLACK WIDOWS CHASING LASERS IS FRICKEN ADORABLE
So I hate spiders but this makes them seem a bit cuter lol
Yeah no I still aint fucking with no spiders
cute
adorable
Perfect children
That’s kind of amazing! Mother nature is nuts
Crunchy hamsters which terrify me. Totally irrational phobia. Cute at a distance.
Me: Oh, hey whoa, this shower is occupied.
Spider: Omg man I didn’t see you there.
Me: We cool?
Spider: Yeah, yeah, we’re cool. I’m just coming down to scope out the tub.
Me: Oh, that’s legit. Hey, you might wanna move over some–you’re descending right into the shower stream and I don’t want you to drown.
Spider: Hey thanks, bud. I’ll be careful.
Me: So…can I get out now?
Spider: Sure, sure! Sorry I’ll just move over here.
Me: Thanks. You have a nice night. Don’t come into my bedroom, okay?
Spider: Nah, that’s your space. We’re cool. Have a great evening.
The Diva in the dressing room before the shoot. My darling Ophelia ❤
*Edit: I think the best part about this is I just put her on the set and she crawled up onto the vanity all by herself. All I did was slide the chair under her butt. She is just naturally a diva, I guess!
Lookin good today! hte fuzzy leggins on the stand and lookthe many eye. Redy to go on date! 10/10 best diva spidr
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