#Io alnst

[peachy-psych3]

in joy and in sorrow, i am my mother's child

[cloverandstuff]

She prayed to a god, that she knew was not kind.

And the universe answered in turn, sending a 'gift of god'.

It was a short-lived one, but it was a gift nonethless for her child. To have someone love him, and protect him as much as possible.

Ivan was 'a gift of god'. And Io would never truly know her prayer was answered by his actions.

[bottomivanfan]

i love io

[iri-desky]

Hey do you think that the reason Till is constantly so angry with himself is that he lost his mom but he never learned why. And no one ever bothered to tell him what really happened so he always blamed himself and he was taken away from her so young he barely remembers anything. And he barely consciously remembers her face anymore but every time he looks in the mirror he recognizes her face because he's the spitting image of his mom and can't help but feel a pang of love and recognition and despair and anger all at once. And he never can fully understand where these emotions really come from. No? Okay.

[io-alnst]

He was so small, and so full of life.

I wonder where he is now.

[peachbun2439]

….

Can I dream for a few months more…

please don’t repost without crediting.

[icethinggigachad]

this magic keeps me alive. But its making me crazy and I need to save you but who's gonna save me

[daheitu]

4th of july by sufjan stevens started playing while I was doodling Till and Io in my break (fridays are destroying me)

[lee1504]

io

Till didn't really remember anything about his birth mother. He was raised by his Guardian, not another human being.

He could remember some things though.

He remembered her hands. His mother's hands were similar to his, although a bit more calloused. She had long fingers, and he would remember seeing her move them in the air as if she was strumming something. He'd also see her writing things down on pieces of paper, but she'd always keep them from him.

He remembered her hair. They resembled each other so much that it was hard to forget some of her features. Her hair was almost silvery, cut short just like his, at the nape of her neck. Whenever she embraced him, he'd feel her hair brushing against the top of his head.

Most of all, he remembered her warmth. No matter how sad or cold he felt, whenever she hugged him tight, pulling him close, her warmth would always comfort him.

One day, she disappeared. Everywhere Till looked, he couldn't find her. Her face was blurring into the many faces he saw each day, and he began to panic, thinking that'd he'd forget what she looked like, how her hair and hands looked.

He discovered she had been writing a song for him. All of her notes were gathered into a pile on the floor, and in almost-scratchy handwriting, For Till was written on the top.

The papers dropped from his hands, fluttering to the ground. The hours into the night that she'd be humming, she was practicing the song for him.

He knew her voice was beautiful. Nobody could compete against her and win.

So where did she go?

Every song that Till sang, he gave it his all. Even during the practice sessions, he'd try being the most harmonic out of all of them. The expressions on his face changed from blank to earnest. Some of the others watched him, but he paid them no mind.

Till didn't want to lose the memory of his mother. He didn't want her face to disappear once and for all. He didn't want to forget what her hugs felt like.

Every song that Till would sing was an homage to his mother, so that somewhere, wherever she was, she knew he was thinking of her.

[mirrorcatcreditcard]

I just am curious why the fandom thinks Io should be referred to with she/her when they have no such pronouns attached to them. Calling Io Till's mom is understandable because that was the role they played in caring for him, but why are we feminizing a gender neutral person again? The original comic does not specify Io's gender. They're also flat chested from what I can observe in the comic. And Luka has gorgeous eyelashes, so don't tell me that the eyelashes make the gender of a person.

Fandom, give me answers why you're doing this, and I hope it's not erasure enabling.

[peachy-psych3]

TILL HAS A PARENT????

oh my god,,,

his love for music,,, COMES FROM THEM

HE LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE THEM WTF THIS IS SO SICK AND TWISTED

THIS IS SO HAUNTING???

THE TEST TUBE BABY THEORY WAS BETTER THAN HUMAN PUPPY MILLS

[bluemoonscape]

Actually devastated by the central theme of the Io and Till comic.

Io loved him and yet she knew she couldn’t protect him. She couldn’t keep him. In this world, she doesn’t have the luxury of keeping something as precious and fleeting as Till. He’s a tool and she is his maker. She brought him into a world where she fears he will only suffer. And Till has suffered. Till has suffered so much.

But Io wanted him to be loved. Prayed that someone could ever possibly love her baby as much as she did because she knew one day she couldn’t offer him love anymore. All a mother can hope for is that someone will love you like you deserve when I’m gone.

And someone did.

Someone loved Till. Someone protected him. Someone’s entire life was driven by love for her baby.

Someone on Twitter pointed out that Ivan’s name means “gift of God.”

Ivan was Io’s gift from whatever being she desperately prayed to.

Ivan didn’t think he mattered to anyone, but look.

He was everything Io ever hoped and begged the universe for for her child.

[io-alnst]

You do look like a little wet cat at times ^^

I keep showing my friends pictures of you by telling them about this 'little kitty cat' I met and then BAM!!! they're forced to interact with alien stage media because I trick them (you are also a little kitty cat even the plushie I have of you has ears)

im not a little cat, what the fuck? im literally a person.

[io-alnst]

hi! i'm curious, have you been watching alien stage and cheering on till? are you happy that he was able to be loved by someone? (ivan)

I haven't watched any of the rounds in a long time.

And if he is loved. Then my prayers came true, and I am more than happy.

[doephin]

modern au with till and io

[icethinggigachad]

she liked to hear him sing too much