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Seasons Of Love - Benji Dunn/Ethan Hunt/Ilsa Faust/Julia Meade

A/N: Day 3 for @polyshipweek

Queerplatonic partners weren’t unusual, not for people who worked in the world Ilsa did, but she knew as she fell more and more into the relationship that she would do anything to protect Benji, Ethan and Julia. Most people, of course, would expect them to fall into romance, a trope so old that Ilsa almost laughed when people told her they had ‘reversed the tropes’. Throughout the years they grew more and more sure of themselves. It comes to an end on the beach, the four resting, finally free, finally officially retired, free to simply be a happy, safe polycule.

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shoutout to bi ppl fr. bi women, bi men, bi nonbinary people. blows a kiss to masc bi women and fem bi men in particular. fat bi people, bi poc, aspec bi people, trans bi people, i love all you guys

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as a bi person, the bisexual flag brings me infinite joy and always puts a smile on my face, however as a person who has a Passion for Graphic Design, that undersaturated shade of purple infuriates me when it's used digitally

like, on an actual flag - which was its original purpose - it looks great!

those look fine! lovely, even! with the semi-transparent fabric, the way it catches the sunlight, it looks beautiful!

but now look at how it looks digitally

the pink and blue are so vibrant compared to the sad, lonely lavender!

and let's look at this statement from Michael Page, the creator of the bi flag:

(sidenote: he created this flag in 1998, so if his takes on bisexuality is different from yours, it's okay to notice that! a lot has changed since the 90s when it comes to lived experiences and the way we describe them. but, it's also important to respect his thoughts about this and the way he presented them, even if today, we'd probably not say that bi people "blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities.")

so in pantone colors, the pink is 226 C, the blue is 286 C, and the purple of the flag is 258 C.

but...here's the deal

Michael talks here about how the key to understanding the symbolism is to know that the purple blends into both the pink and blue. and on a physical flag, I think you can see that!

but digitally, it absolutely does not blend. it clashes badly, and looks oddly separate from the other two colors.

which got me wondering...what purple do you get if you actually blend 226 C and 286 C?

oh! oh, my god.

look at that! look at how nicely it fits between those colors!

look at it next to the original color scheme! look at how much more vibrant the purple is!

and friends. this is just blending through rgb! you get even more purple variations when you use other color spaces!

let's compare all of them:

(top: original, lab. middle: lrgb, lch. bottom: rgb, hsl)

look at all of the different purple options you can get just by combining these two colors!

if you want almost too-vibrant saturation, you can go hsl, if you want something more relaxed that's closer to the original, you can go lab or lrgb. and if you want to split the difference, lch is bright and violet, while rgb is there with its saturated but darker purple.

anyway, I guess I don't really have a point here? this isn't so much an informational post as it is Me Getting Weird About Colors, but I think it is a useful lesson about how colors look very different on screens compared to how they look on objects in real life.

and sometimes, I think it's okay to compensate for that.

out of all of these, this is my favorite bi flag:

it's the one where the colors were blended in lab color space. for me, the lighter, softer purple is close enough to the original bi flag purple, while also feeling like a smoother blend of the blue and pink

but that's just me! and it might not even look the same to you, since every screen is different, because technology is a nightmare!

anyway, thank you for coming with me on this colorful journey! I will now retreat back to inkscape and make pained sounds about inkstitch gradients until something tangible pulls me back into reality

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September is Bisexuality Visibility Month. Please be on the lookout for bisexual people when crossing the street, as we can go both ways.

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Readers, make sure you have all your favourite Ao3 fics downloaded.

Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.

I don’t want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it 😅

Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56400346/chapters/143461558#workskin

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Mav *sits straight up in the middle of the night*: oh shit.

Ice, startled and barely awake beside him, still snuggled into the sheets: uhhhsghj whaaaa????

Mav: I forgot to tell Dad-Mike about the daggers...... He has no idea he's a grandvipapa now.......

Ice: .....I just assigned you to the dagger squadron three days ago??? When did you adopt them???

Mav: When I birthed them. 30-40 years ago. They're my kids!

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Alternate ending

Mav *sits straight up in the middle of the night*: oh shit.

Ice, startled and barely awake beside him, still snuggled into the sheets: uhhhsghj whaaaa????

Mav: I forgot to tell Dad-Mike about the daggers...... He has no idea he's a grandvipapa now.......

Ice: Or that they're all grandpilots

Mav: OR THAT THEY'RE ALL GRANDPILOTS!!!!

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this is me all day

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when the story is just not working, but you keep writing anyway

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Darry’s accent just gets thicker the more worked up he gets, pony comes home late and he’s on the verge of short circuiting. Three seconds away from just *upset oklahoman noises*

Obsessed with the way he says “so fast it’d make your head spin.”

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Icemav hc#7

Nothing much, just Mav being absolutely whipped for Iceman, especially when they're older.

Mav being batshit insane, never listening to anyone a day in his life, but will instantly calm down and recalibrate the singular moment he sees his husband. He will light up with the biggest smile, like his dreams have cone true and he's having the best day ever! He nearly skips over to his Ice and hugs him.

Ice is also the only one who can get him to calm down, whether from doing crazy shit or getting too down, most superiors will take one look at a Maverick that is out of the regular range of emotions, either very, very quiet or more manic looking than usual, bordering on feral (especially if there's no planes or dangerous missions involved) and either call Iceman Kazansky or arrange for some leave for both and send em each others way. Its just a better system for all involved.

Mav gets crazy ideas and Ice simply lays a hand on his arm or tugs him into the curve of his body for a cuddle, tucking in under his arm, with Ices head resting on his, cause Mav really is that short (amd secretly loves that Ice can do that).

And Mav just... melts. Hes a soft lil puddle in Ices arms, totally pliant and resting against himself peacefully, where moments before he looked like he could vibrate outta his own skin. Oh, hes still talking a mile a minute and only Iceman seems to be able to understand what he says, humming and nodding along, but gradually slowing.

Mav also calls him every day, even if they'll see each other at home to make sure Ice has all his meds, his lunch, he got to work safe, if he wants company for a munchbreak, and so on. He prefers facetime when they're stationed away from each other.

Mav is totally whipped for the guy and is achingly soft when around him, its so sweet, in a way many brass and officers would never have even dreamed the wild Maverick Mitchell could be until they seen him, curled up and content, almost docile under Kazanskys arm.

The brass (minus Iceman) all uninanimously decided to work out a schedule to have the two spend as much time together outside of official urgent postings, it was better for the survival of the Navy all around really

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people will see a fandom thing and be like "why isn't this a fanfic" "why is there no fanfic about this" my brother in christ, because you're not writing it

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I haven't seen dancing pumpkin guy ONCE this year, are you guys okay?

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

and a merry boop to all <3