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It's a basic sketch of the explosion-borne lizard. And, he's got a chick.
Hopefully, I can make something proper outta this concept.
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@Naganadel King of the Stars @MimikBoogTube @Ankysareawesome @BaryonyxLover9870 @JustanPaleoartist2 @Cooner21 (If you want pings just request in replies)
We start again from the ending of the last episode, where Ekrixinatosaurus blasted a hole into a Hollow Earth tunnel unintentionally when aiming to defeat a juvenile skullcrawler in training.
"Dude! A simple 'my bad' isn't gonna fix things!" Kong shouts, slightly frustrated.
"What are we supposed to do then? Fill in the hole again?" Ekrixinato replies.
"Well. Uh, you just beamed straight through 5,000 kilometers of Earth. Under a second no less. I suppose you can just annihilate whatever comes out of this hole."
"Sweet!
Wait, what do you mean by whatever comes out of this hole? There's nothing that lives inside the core of the Earth right?" Ekrixinato remarks.
"There is one that I remember..."
As Kong was about to explain, flocks of large armored bat-like creatures swarm out of the Hollow Earth tunnel, loudly screaming in apparent coordination.
Ekrixinatosaurus stumbles to the ground, roaring in pain. "What are those things?!" he asks, opening his eyes slightly despite the wind, observing the creatures' grotesque forms.
Kong tries to close his ears from the audible madness, shouting back, "A swarm from hell is what it is!"
He realizes something else tied to them, and warns Ekrixinatosaurus about the imminent danger. "HIDE!"
Kong jumps out of the way, hiding behind a cliff. He urges Ekrixinatosaurus to follow as well.
Ekrixinatosaurus accepts, trying to run into behind the cliff, but it appears he's late.
A violent echo shakes the rubble and earth, and the wind roars with sudden turbulence. Ekrixinatosaurus is blown away into a nearby rock, and looks anxiously at the tunnel as it continues its eery glow.
The bat-like creatures stop their vocalizations, flapping their wings high up in the air as clouds darken around them. The only noises come from the wind blowing through the leaves and rocks.
"EKRIXINATO! RUN!"
The abelisaur tries to get back on his feet, but his anxiety grows as he senses something rising up the tunnel.
And with a sudden burst of speed, a gigantic version of the bat-like creatures emerges, flying high up alongside what seems to be its underlings.
Ekrixinatosaurus runs into some cover, but the giant releases a powerful hypersonic scream, blowing him out into the open and causing him to experience a violent seizure.
"Ekrix! What's wrong?!" Kong roars, frightened.
"That.. thing..." Ekrixinatosaurus stutters, "It.. hurts... so much.."
"I see..." The gigantic bat growls in a raspy tone, "It would seem that we are your weakness.."
Kong looked up towards the creature. "Camazotz, you have nothing on this guy! What do you even want this time?"
"The colony merely seeks retribution, for our father's demise."
"You and Kong are related?" Ekrixinato joked.
"Do you know who you're related to, little one?" Camazotz replied, to silence from Ekrixinato. "Our father's mission of bringing our peace to the surface world was halted, and we only aim to finish what he started."
"Have you ever thought about why that's bad?" Kong asked, "It's not like I stopped your ancestor for no reason."
"It was for the good of our realm." Camazotz excused, preparing the swarm to attack.
"Okay, Ekrixinato, I think we need to kill this guy." Kong whispered to the abelisaur, who lay on the floor.
"You think?"
"Well,
I mean, yeah, just go blast 'em or something."
The bats proceed to all unleash their supersonic screams on the two, disturbing Kong, and fully paralyzing Ekrixinatosaurus before he has the chance of releasing his powers. Kong looks worryingly at Ekrixinato, and grabs him with his right hand, bringing both of them to safety under a mountain.
Camazotz and his swarm flies over, believing that they've got the two under their grasp. Kong pounces from below, grabbing and crushing some of the hellbats. Camazotz directly tackles the giant primate, giving some time for Ekrixinatosaurus to recuperate. Not wanting to let his golden powers fully heal, he subconsciously orders his swarm to scream, disorienting the abelisaur.
"I will say," Camazotz screeches, while clashing with Kong using his talons, "I sense your ally's strength, and he is impressive."
"So what? You're gonna say that it's still not enough or something?"
"No," Camazotz pins Kong against the edge of the mountain, "Just saying that, he does not belong in this world."
Ekrixinatosaurus opens his eyes, hearing those words. Enraged, he struggles to get up, but still tries to do so, harassed by the screaming of the hellbats trying to bring him down.
"That's not true," Kong objects, while still defending from the bat's attacks, "He's still a boy, he will find his purpose eventually."
"A boy with powers could either become a protector of hope, or a miserable destroyer," Camazotz slashes against Kong's chest, "I don't think you can raise him well enough to be the former."
Ekrixinatosaurus gets up, though with pain, staring down the hellbats with fury. "YOU interrupted my training! You don't get to preach about who I am!"
"And who's fault was it that a tunnel to the surface world was opened, conveniently above us?" Camazotz replied, ordering the hellswarm to attack Ekrixinatosaurus.
The abelisaur gets knocked back down, repeatedly getting stabbed and bitten by the bats.
"FINE!" he roared with pain, "I didn't mean it! I was just trying to learn my powers, and get stronger! That's what Kong wanted!"
Kong looks at his friend, shedding a tear, now motivated to push Camazotz back. He pummels and punches the giant bat, triggering the sonic scream again.
Ekrixinatosaurus stumbles back, the energy within him reacting negatively to the weaponized frequencies. He pushes his head forward, trying to get up again. "I'm just a boy, and I accept that!"
Kong and Camazotz continue clashing with eachother's strengths.
Ekrixinatosaurus gets up, grabbing one of the hellbats and throwing it around against the others. Golden sparks of light begin to finally glow from his body.
"I just want to be as strong as my brother."
(Final battle music or smth)
A golden pulse of circling lights booms from within Ekrixinatosaurus, eviscerating the hellbats that were ordered to keep him down. Camazotz looks with horror, and unleashes his supersonic scream, knocking Ekrixinatosaurus back and dispersing the golden energy.
Kong is inspired by Ekrixinatosaurus's revival of hope, and uppercuts Camazotz with a dramatic fist, stopping the sonic attack.
In the few moments where the effects of the sonic boom were taking place, some hellbats rush to attack Ekrixinatosaurus, however he leaps to grab one of them with his jaws, slamming them to the ground and causing them to be burnt away with golden energy coursing through. He tailslaps another to a bone from the pit, and delivers the fate of the first to another with a choke and a slam.
Enraged, Camazotz slashed Kong repeatedly, hurrying to stop Ekrixinatosaurus. With a sonic boom and a roar, he disorients the abelisaur, but isn't enough to physically stop him. Kong similarly rushes towards Ekrixinato's aid, leaping onto the bat and knocking him down. "Do it son!" the primate encouraged, holding Camazotz by the throat.
Ekrixinatosaurus hovers up, with wings of golden light. "Sorry if I disappoint your kind, or something. Any last words before you get annihilated?"
Camazotz struggles to talk, but manages to leave an impression.
"Remember.. me... and don't.. forget, who you are in.. this world.."
With some hesitation, Ekrixinatosaurus subatomizes Camazotz with his golden energy beam, sending the rest of the hellswarm to retreat inside the Hollow Earth tunnel. Both Ekrixinato and Kong drop down with exhaustion.
"You did great," Kong remarked, breathing heavily, "I think this should do as training."
"Thanks," Ekrixinato replied, noticing the tunnel, "Are we.. going to cover that up or something?"
"No we can go there if you want."
"Sweet," Ekrixinato starts to rest, "Damn it's been a long day."
Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the first round of the Dinosaur Rap Battle Tournament! Our contestants in this round are Oxalaia, representing @Naganadel King of the Stars , and Ekrixinatosaurus, representing @Shieldon.BAH ! Ready? let's go!
Oxalaia: I heard that you're famous around here, beat a giant lizard in a battle, and now you're here. But really, anyone can win against that thing, all you did was get lucky with a good mood swing. Now, let's talk about your name, explosion born? That's insane. You look like a Skorpiovenator, and I don't mean to be a hater, but I'm just saying the facts, I'm burning up all the wax, and you don't have comebacks!
Ekrixinatosaurus: Didn't you copy Spino's homework? I know it's hard, but you got to put in the work!
Pings:
Welcome one, welcome all, to the Dinosaur Rap Battle Tournament! In this series, each round will have 2 dinosaurs rap battling it out, and at the end of the round, you guys get to vote who won the battle, and the winner will progress on to next round. Your job is simple: You can choose a dinosaur to represent you in the tournament, and that's it. You're in. There will only be 8 contestants, so act quickly! Here are the rules and some questions you may have:
Rules:
People who have their dinosaur competing in a round cannot vote in that round.
Only one dinosaur per person.
No fictional dinosaurs.
Questions and Answers:
Q: Who will make the rap battles? Will the users have to?
A: Only I will the rap battle.
Q: Can we use prehistoric creatures that aren't dinosaurs?
A: Yes.
Q: Can people not in the tournament vote for the rap battle winner?
A: Yes, they can.
This is the board for the tournament (It will update as the contestants sign up):
Pings:
@Naganadel King of the Stars @Ankysareawesome @MimikBoogTube @Cooner21(funny) @JustanPaleoartist2
Everyone knows that Godzilla was created in 1954, with the aftermath of nuclear testing. But what if I told you there was one more creature, who was actually birthed from the nukes?
It began with the explosions.
An abelisaur washes up on the coasts of a strange island, unconscious. Unfortunately for the theropod, a pack of death jackals happened to run around nearby, and they see only food.
They ravenously run up to the Ekrixinatosaurus, however as the predators bit, the Ekrixinatosaurus roars in pain and releases a golden burst of energy from his body, immediately eviscerating the death jackals and causing strong winds that easily blow the surrounding trees away.
In the aftermath, the Ekrixinatosaurus wakes up, to see the ash left behind by what was once the death jackals, and the severely damaged trees.
"...What the hell happened?"
"Wait, how am I still alive?
Why am I capable of speech? ...Why is it in English?!"
Ekrixinatosaurus asks with utter confusion, before stopping as he hears large footsteps from nearby.
"Oh, no."
The abelisaur begins running into the forest, the footsteps growing louder and louder as the sound of trees being knocked around tremor.
Ekrixinatosaurus ends up in front of a river, stopping abruptly in fear of the water depth.
Before anything else happens, a gigantic ape leaps into the middle of the river with a colossal splash of water, roaring at the Ekrixinatosaurus, perceiving him to be a threat to the island.
"I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry! I wasn't awake when it happened I swea-"
Before Ekrixinatosaurus could finish the sentence, and before the gorilla could potentially kill him in one blow, giant tentacles emerge from the water, grappling the ape in an attempt to drag him deeper into the river.
"NO!"
Ekrixinatosaurus roars, as the primate starts to fight his way out of the tentacles, biting them off and trying to pull them above.
The tentacles try to resist, but they aren't equivalent to 100 giant men in strength, so the giant gorilla easily tears them off, and pulls the actual squid above, eventually killing it with a stomp and then proceeding to eat it like ramen.
Ekrixinatosaurus stands there a bit disgusted, but the primate finishes eating the squid's contents.
"Mm, that's good.
Also you can talk too?" Kong asks. The environment conveniently becomes calm and peaceful.
"Uh, yeah, somehow. Why are we speaking in English though?"
"Don't think about it too much. How did you get here by the way?"
"I fought my brother, I think I went into a coma, and then I woke up here and then found you."
Kong sits down atop a cliff to talk without getting his legs tired from standing too long, "Who's your brother?" he asks, curious (george).
"You know that monster who ravaged Japan?"
"Oh. Oh yeah I've heard of him, a human friend told me about him back then, but we really haven't heard of the thing since. Everyone calls him Godzilla, he's apparently 'king of the monsters'." Kong scoffs.
"He was pretty powerful though." Ekrixinatosaurus sits down as well. "What are you by the way?"
"I'm Kong, King Kong as some of the humans call me. They died in one of Godzilla's rampages."
"Damn."
"Yeah I didn't care too much about them aside from the one blonde girl they had along with them. But you're solidly powerful I gotta say, surviving a fight with Godzilla. I heard the shockwave from your arrival from the edge of this island, and it's like 200 kilometers across!"
"Wait so how did you get here in just a few minutes-"
"Don't think about it too much."
"Oh, okay.
So how can I get to be as strong as you?"
"You're probably already stronger than me, but you don't seem to have enough discipline or skill. I can offer to teach you though."
"Really?!"
"Yeah, some companionship would be nice in this island when all of your friends just kind of come and go like the waves in the sea. Can't really blame them, but you should probably stay here for a while.
Anyways, follow me." Kong gets up from the cliff, and starts walking along the river, showing the way to Ekrixinatosaurus.
"Ooh shit.. this is gonna be peak.."
(Training montage music starts playing)
The two start going through the strange and unique terrains of Skull Island.
"Kong, you're sure that these forests are safe?" Ekrixinatosaurus asks, looking around disturbed by the chirping coming from the canopies.
"Safe for me. I'm big, you're not."
"I can see why your human friends left you."
"Just kidding my guy, I simply learn the ropes of surviving here. That will be part of your training too. Don't just use your shockwave powers."
"Oh, I guess that's nice-" Thousands of giant ants drop onto Ekrixinatosaurus's back, biting onto him. "OH HOLY FUCKING SHIIIIT!!!!"
"Do a barrel roll!" Kong shouts at the abelisaur.
"What the hell is this island?!" Ekrixinatosaurus screams in agony.
"JUST ROLL!"
Ekrixinatosaurus complies, and rolls onto the ground, crushing the bugs immediately. "Oh, that wasn't so hard was it?"
"Man I can see why you dinosaurs got wiped out by the meteor. Good thing I'm a smart and dominant mammal!"
"Sub."
"What did you say"
"Hey, when are we arriving at that place you said we would be going to?"
"The journey's a part of the training, by adapting to this island's hellish folk, you'll learn actual combat skills, then you can probably rematch with your big brother."
"Sick!"
"That ant scuffle displays your utter lack of experience, you still have a lot to learn."
"Damn."
They arrive at the 'entrance' to a gassy pit, decorated with the skeletons of former Kongs, a gruesome sight.
"I'm at a loss for words..." Ekrixinatosaurus remarks.
"This is where I saw my parents die, Ekrixinato."
"How did you know my species name I didn't even introduce it before-"
Kong points a finger, telling the abelisaur to keep quiet. Banshee-like wailing eventually echoes from the graveyard, some abominations lurk there.
"This is where I believe you can warm up, without the fight being as clearly one-sided as the ant one."
"Warm up?! Those sounds came from the depths of hell! And you said the things that lurk there killed your parents!"
"Yeah, it's pretty sad. But that's exactly what you need to learn. Never let your fears hold you back, for the fiery spirit within you is the true key to survival."
"Well, alright. But what about the gas?"
"You have superpowers I don't know just tell them to block the poison or something" Kong pushes Ekrixinatosaurus into the graveyard pit. "Good luck, I'll be watching from here in case you still don't know how to fight yet."
"Damn it!" Ekrixinatosaurus shouts. He looks around and starts walking towards the center of the pit, seeing the bones of Kong's deceased relatives.
"Man.. this is creepy as hell."
The abelisaur is surprised by flocks of leafwings, rushing from the skeletons to peck him. After some screaming, Ekrixinatosaurus tries getting them off, managing to bite one of the pterosauroids and throwing it to a rib bone. Ekrixinatosaurus starts to memorize the attack direction of the leafwings, and one by one, he gets them off quickly.
Just as he was about to finish off the last few leafwings, a juvenile skullcrawler erupts from underground, tackling Ekrixinatosaurus down.
Kong sits down, shouting to Ekrixinatosaurus,
"You can do it!" as he watches the fight.
Ekrixinatosaurus roars back, "You son of a bi-" before being interrupted by the skullcrawler biting him. Despite the insane size difference, Ekrixinatosaurus kicks the juvenile skullcrawler to release himself from the grip, managing to do some damage.
"Woah! I can do that?!"
"I told you, you have the power, but focus on the fight! You're gonna get ambushed again!" Kong informs.
Sure enough, the skullcrawler jumps back at Ekrixinatosaurus, swinging its large tail at the abelisaur. Ekrixinatosaurus is knocked back severely, but after seconds of struggle, he gets back up. The skullcrawler rushes towards him, but he's beginning to learn to anticipate, and while not perfect, he narrowly dodges and counterattacks with a bite at the neck. He puts high pressure on the bite, but the skullcrawler kicks him off before he could fully land a killing blow.
Ekrixinatosaurus gets back up again, and hears the skullcrawler's movement, this time rushing as it tries to pounce onto him and grabbing the tail with his jaws, managing to swing it around and throwing the skullcrawler with some difficulty.
"Holy hell! Kong did you see that?! I just threw this thing by its tail!"
Meanwhile, Kong was pummeling a pack of skullcrawlers atop the pit.
Ekrixinatosaurus looks around, and runs for cover, expecting the skullcrawler to come anytime soon. It instead runs right up to him, smashing the bone he was hiding behind and grabbing him with its talons. Ekrixinatosaurus bites again, and the skullcrawler releases for a moment, giving an opportunity for him to try and roll out of the way.
"Now that's how you do it!" Kong motivates, with the corpses of crushed skullcrawlers surrounding him.
The skullcrawler uses its tail again, knocking Ekrixinatosaurus onto another bone. He watches as it runs up to him with terrifying speed, however he's anticipated, and he bites onto the skullcrawler's snout, breaking it off as he applies full force, causing the creature to flail and scream in pain.
"Yeah.. sorry buddy, you're going back to the hell you came from." Ekrixinatosaurus remarks, as he uses his golden energy power to blast the skullcrawler into oblivion.
"WOAH! Hey! Don't do that!" Kong warns, watching the gas be pulled into the hole caused by the blast at a rapid pace. He jumps into the pit to inform Ekrixinatosaurus.
"What's wrong?" The abelisaur asked.
"Well, you used your full power which is cheating,
and you JUST DRILLED A HOLE INTO THE HOLLOW EARTH!" Kong roars, pointing at the hole, which now glows a radiant blue.
"Oops. My bad."
Prior Extinction is actually good, it's just the amber grind that is frustrating
Accurate dinosaurs are not scary in the way a lot of people portray them. Yall can try as hard as yall can but it'll just make them look stupid. They're animals, use what makes actual animals scary and do that instead.
Tyrannosaurus is overhyped and overstudied. Mfs calculate their arm strength meanwhile every other dinosaur gets a description and at best a bite force study, leave some room for the little guys
A lot of material ≠ actually good dinosaurs most of the time. Like I've previously said with the trex, unless we discover things not previously known, these "great preservation" dinosaurs are not at all that interesting to me.
Primitive War movie is gonna be slop, I am not excited about it at all.
MEGARAPTORANS ARE NOT "COOLER" THAN OTHER THEROPODS!! "But they have big claws and usable jaws though!" Yeah but the same can be said about spinosaurids. They are literally just more terrestrial spinosaurids without the overly crocodilian jaws.
And that's all I can really think about. I'll be honest probably the hottest takes in this are 1 and 4 and 6, because people were already hating on rex and some have justifiably disliked the way the primitive war movie is going. Lemme know your hot takes (or lukewarm takes if you cant think of anything original, like the post title says.)
The Giganotosaurus requested to the Carcharodontosaurus.
The shark-toothed lizard looked fearfully at the tyrant king approaching.
"Father, I do not believe I could take him on."
"Are you sure?" The Giganotosaurus replied.
Carcharodontosaurus was vanquished as a result, with a flick of the claw. The giant southern lizard looked sternly at his opposition.
"Pretty sure." The Tyrannosaurus answered, despite not being the dinosaur questioned.
"Sea salt.." Giganotosaurus rumbled.
As the strongest predator, Tyrannosaurus, faced his challenger, the Giganotosaurus, he smirked.
"I will be conquesting it. Goon, goon for Viltrum, my brother."
A shockwave of radiation pulsed from the lizard king, knocking back Giganotosaurus.
The southern lizard turned with horror, shouting at his rival.
"What you did was not nice!" he continued, "It's not nice to do that!"
Tyrannosaurus raised no eyebrow, but merely looked blank.
"Are you sure?" he mocked.
Giganotosaurus kicks his rival in the foot, but he doesn't flinch.
"You know what's crazy?" Tyrannosaurus asks, his eyes flaring blue.
"That low taper fade," he continues, starting to float above the ground, "is still, MASSIVE."
Another shockwave radiates from the king.
"WHERE IS OMNI-" Giganotosaurus roars and charges, before being stopped by Tyrannosaurus' two-fingered hand.
"Throughout Viltrum and Earth.." Tyrannosaurus raises an arm, channeling energy on it, "I alone, am one with the extinct brainrot."
Giganotosaurus collapses on a molecular level, and Tyrannosaurus drops to the ground in a victorious thud.
The fraud has been conquested, and the true king reveals himself. Tyrannosaurus, the strongest predator in history. Lives up to his name.
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I've noticed that Triceratops is basically the only ceratopsian with no parietal fenestrae (those holes on the frill), is there any other genus with this sort of skull shape? Besides maybe like Kosmoceratops as well, if there's no other ceratopsian with a skull shape like both, maybe just like very reduced parietal fenestrae in general.
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