#ip3

[m3llowm1sh]

the ipc brothers 🔥🔥

[ronanxing]

my favorite trio (they have yet to have a canon interaction altogether)

[ironunderstands]

These Aventurine, Topaz and Jade comparisons are getting out of hand…

As much as I adore both of them, I think it’s very disingenuous to compare Aventurine and Topaz’s lore and be like “but they are the same!!!! If people like Aventurine and dislike Topaz that’s just misogyny!!! and like… no?

Topaz’s whole thing is that she doesn’t know the extent of the IPC’s evil, and believes that what she’s doing is genuinely the right thing to do. Even if she never had a choice in joining the IPC, she (incorrectly) believes what they did to her and her planet is justified, logical and moral, and for those reasons she stands with them. Part of this is likely IPC brainwashing, as she was probably very young when she became an indentured servant to them, and someone living on a planet on the brink of destruction would likely view anyone who stepped up to save them as heroes (imo the IPC likely waited for the point of no return to establish contact so her people had no other choice to except).

However Topaz got best end of the proverbial stick, her planet and its people were deemed useful by the IPC, and didn’t fight back, even if in the end they were still exploited.

Unfortunately, we have seen through Boothill, Belabog and Aventurine what happens when that isn’t the case.

Boothill’s planet got bombed and people genocided because they had a resource useful to the IPC, but were unwilling to cooperate with them or hand over their home, so the IPC decided to eradicate them.

Belabog had a debt owed to the IPC that was ridiculously high and very unfair to expect them to pay back, and had Topaz not convinced the higher ups to give them some time (which she got demoted for), the IPC would have taken Belabog by force

That leaves us with Aventurine, whose story is in no way on the same level of bad as Topaz’s. Unlike her, he has witnessed and experienced firsthand the truly awful shit the IPC can do.

They took custody of Sigonia and promised to offer the Avgin aid in their fight against the Katacans, at the very least protect them from harm. (Sidenote, since the IPC held control over Sigonia, they should have stopped the fighting in the first place). However, they simply stood by and did nothing, resulting in the deaths of around 6,000 Avgin, with around 3,000 went missing (or injured, I don’t remember, either way it’s bad).

But wait! It gets worse! Aventurine when he was still known as Kakavasha referred to the IPC as “the men in black/the men in black suits”, and his first master says he bought Aventurine from “the men in black/the men in black suits”, likely mocking the way he referred to them. Therefore THE IPC TOOK PART AND LIKELY EVEN CREATED A FUCKING SLAVE TRADE IN SIGONIA

Look being made into an indentured servant isn’t fun, but idk personally I’d take that any day of the week OVER BEING ENSLAVED

That’s not even to mention how horrible of a reputation Sigonian’s have in the galaxy, one likely spread by/resulting from the IPC themselves, as at least on Aventurines planet they do not have the mobility to make a name for themselves. (Honestly it’s a mini theory of mine that Aventurines scam is what partly contributed to this reputation, and his status as a slave is something the IPC conveniently left out in their broadcast about it-)

But, you might be saying, didn’t Aventurine have a choice to join the masked fools and leave the IPC, isn’t he free now? And to that I say, it’s complicated.

Considering the amount of suicidal shit Aventurine has done while being part of the IPC, he clearly hasn’t been having a fun time as a member of one, so why does he stick around, especially with the Fools invite? Even if he was a slave, does that absolve him of the crimes he’s committing now? What could justify his actions?

Revenge, plan and simple.

This is going to delve into some spoiler territory for the end of the Penacony 2.2 quest, something which I didn’t feel like mentioning earlier because I’m sorry but everyone and their mother already knows Boothill’s lore. Now, let’s get into it.

Aventurine accepts Jades offer to join the IPC, and when he becomes a Stoneheart, the first thing he asks about is the fate of the Avgin, to which he then learns that besides him, they are all dead. You see, from birth Kakavasha was pushed onto a pedestal as the savior of the Avgin, but now that there are no more Avgin to save, his primary motivator in becoming a Stoneheart (beyond not being enslaved anymore) is gone.

So what does he do now?

Simple, try to kill the motherfuckers behind it.

That’s why he takes on such risky gambles still, and why he wagers and wants Diamond to promote him to rank p46. The higher Aventurine gets the closer he gets to his goal of taking down the IPC for good.

Which is why his meeting with Boothill is so meaningful. I think Boothill is going to “kidnap” him and together they are gonna take down the wicked bitch that is Oswaldo Schneider for his literal crimes against humanity.

Mark my words, an IPC downfall is going to happen, and I think Topaz, Aventurine, Boothill and Ratio are going to be at the forefront of it.

However, Topaz and Ratio (and by extension the rest of the galaxy) have to learn/realize the true horrors of the IPC (although I can sense Ratio doesn’t really like them, and he’s learned a lot from Aventurine, I doubt he knows the full extent of the situation or is in any way happy about it). Therefore? Topaz mental breakdown arc? Ratio lore? PLEASE??!? The IP3 compliment one another so well and god I can’t wait for that to come to fruition.

I really want to see a Topaz and Ratio centered story leading up to an IPC smackdown, and I think we are gonna learn a lot more about how shitty they are in the later half of 2.2 and in 2.3 when the interlude and Jades release arrive.

As for the aforementioned Jade, she’s gonna need a Aventurine squared amount of trauma or reasoning behind her actions to seem in any way sympathetic, because right now she just seems like an evil bitch (in a semi good way, I will always respect the commitment to the bit) who loves her job and would make Machiavelli weep over how hard her ends are trying to justify her means.

[candycorncrave]

Eepy....

[stygiovictoria]

IP3 redesigns

[babygirlnumberone]

[aisikae]

need a bigger bed…

[kashi-daga4]

IP3にやってもらいたい

無断転載禁止⚠️DO NOT REPOST.

[rudynees]

IP3 FANART

IM SO HAPPY I HAVE ALL OF IP3 ON MY HSR ACC

[aconfusedkitten]

And there's a person there, slumped against the back wall, Numby prodding at their leg with a whine. Their clothes are dark and tattered, and Topaz immediately spots the growing puddle under one of their legs, and she's rushing forward before she can have another thought. The ground is hard under her knees, but Topaz doesn't pay it any attention. “Hey,” she says, keeping her voice somewhere between gentle and firm. “Hey, I need you to wake up.” The person makes a muffled groan, shakes their head – dropped low against their chest, and she adds concussion to the list in her head – just enough for their hair to shift, revealing their throat, and- No, Topaz thinks, this isn't right, because he's supposed to be off planet, supposed to be safe, and- The person manages to raise their head, brings a mangled hand to brush away the tears forming in her eyes – when had she started crying? – and even as they hiss at the motion, there's a smile on their face. “Hey there, Jellybean,” Aventurine says, “Did you miss me?”

so! before 2.2 comes out and murders me, here's some aventurine whump for everything, featuring the ipc trio and numby being the best trotter ever xD

[mynabirb]

after-work relaxation

[sleepy-aletheas]

Both Ratio and Topaz came onboard of the Express to chill, and I had the vivid idea of the IP3 taking TB under their collective wing and teach them anything they can to make their trailblazing adventures safer and more fruitful.

Ratio giving them a rundown of any technical issues and how to seek the best resources to study (he came today to leave a gift, cause he comes around often apparently, and he has manners, so TB asked for him being a technical consultant. he didn't say no, so that's a win in my book).

Topaz is both someone who would prattle on about different animals to the point the TB would just retain the info somewhere at the back of their mind and use it in both most dire and funniest moments possible (she was like "i'm bored, so i'm doing math. gimme something to solve." and when the first one wasn't enough, TB shot a chemistry thing at her, and she was pleased to think a bit more, and that just makes me think how much the TB would be good with them all, just on the principle that they soak in so much info all the time).

And beloved Aventurine would probably spoil the living daylights out of them, but also teach about probability, finding weaknesses, sniffing out information and calling out bluffs, and of course, make bets that will fall into their favor.

I just need more IP3 and Trailblazer connections, and having them more often around each other.

[ironunderstands]

Crossposting my IP3 as parents post because this is my propaganda and you will read it

[candycorncrave]

Coming to dream theaters near you...?

[stardreamerl0ve]

rating: g chapters: 1/1 words: 2407 warnings: no archive warnings apply relationship: aventurine/dr. ratio/topaz characters: stelle, march 7th, welt yang, himeko, topaz, dr. ratio, aventurine  additional tags: pov outsider, business negotiations, is it kidnapping if they're in a coma, and their partners sort of asked you to do it, or in other words: in which the astral express is convinced to smuggle a person, note that despite the fact that aventurine is the reason for this entire fic's existence, this is a fic where he does not pass the sexy lamp test

summary: So: she gets a lot of requests for help, she always says yes, and it makes sense that people go to her when they need something. Perfectly normal.

She just never really expected Topaz to be the one asking.

Or, in which the Astral Express receives an unexpected business proposal.

[kavehitecture]

I FINALLY GOT TOPAZ 😃

i lost my guaranteed boothill 😐