Thread:Kat2wind2archer/@comment-39615662-20190809222837/@comment-27070860-20190824110318

(I’m sorry but I got hyped about carnivorous plants in this post)

(which isn’t a bad thing, because carnivorous plants are absolutely amazing)

It low-key pains me whenever a plant-elemental based power consists of only throwing vines & tree-roots at people (which is understandable, since it looks amazing if animated, as well as gives the user quite the range to attack[and also isn’t that much of a pain to plan out]) but plants are so damn awesome, you shouldn’t limit yourself that much

Imagine a villain creating a giant pitcher plant and luring people into it, letting the victims drown and have their carcasses slowly break down with the plant’s enzymes and acids- Venus flytraps are also pretty popular [did you know they have short-term electrical memory??]

When I finally get around to writing a plant-elemental, I’m going to make them so overpowered I probably won’t know what to do with them afterwards – god have you guys seen Sundews? There’re a few videos on yt of Sundews just straight up trapping, suffocating and digesting flies by bending around them. It’s such a slow and terrifying mechanism that I’m surprised I’ve never seen it be used anywhere (I’m getting the feeling that I’ve been reading all the wrong stuff- please recommend me something worthwhile to check out e.e)

AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON BLADDERWORTS; the pods they trap prey in are only about 2 mm large and have to be kept underwater to work properly, but bladderworts are the quickest plants in the world (for those interested, the only video I could find of a butterwort properly feeding is this one --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb_SLZFsMyQ ). They just suck in tiny prey animals before devouring them, which is like, wow

God plants are terrifying but I wouldn’t mind being reincarnated as one

(though, knowing my luck, I’d probably just be cut into wooden planks or stuffed in a vase)