#Killer Instinct

[bekkomi]

Drawing a character from a random media I've seen/played a day! 🎨

Days 8-14! Out of order but yeah

[flowers-for-em]

the naturals - jennifer lynn barnes

this took me wayyy too long and i kinda hate it but oh well enjoy <3 MY FAVE PART IS SLOANES CAUSE JUST ASJHDGSA

@nqds, @xo-zozo, @reminiscentreader, @lxvebelle

[jamcarven]

the moment michael townsend pulled out the jane austen in the first naturals book, i knew it was over for any other man to have ever existed.

[steviebellgirl]

i’ve got a lot of data to suggest i do or say the wrong thing at least eighty-six-point-five percent of the time♡

[tamara-kama]

I've added the Nintendo 64 era logos to the side panels of my KI cabinet's control panel! 💜😁🕹️👍🏻

Looked too blank and incomplete without them IMHO

The most challenging thing about applying these is deciding upon the alignment

But I tried to make sure they are more or less symmetrical

I included a pic of a vintage KI cabinet for reference

[killerinstinctgold]

Killer Instinct Gold N64 Ad featuring Black Orchid

[nintendometro]

'Killer Instinct' was released on the Super Nintendo 29 years ago today in the US. Support us on Patreon

[gameraboy2]

The Incredible Hulk (1977), "Killer Instinct"

[rareware-retro]

[sunshinelivesforever]

Reading The Naturals rn and just... imagine Jennifer's search history when she was writing the book 😭

[makeupafgplayer]

fighting game player who just lost their only excuse to not play KI with that one friend who is obsessed with it

[melodramaticatheart]

Lighten Up

Dean has a panic attack when Micheal suddenly appears out of the blue and distracts him from stressing thoughts.

Pairing: Dean Redding and Micheal Townsend

Word Count: 753

Book: The Naturals

Author's Note: the bromance guys!!! this was interesting to write since i rarely write from a guy's pov, especially in 1st person. anywho yeah i love my boys so writing about them and their dynamic was fun. had to cut some words cause it came down to just a bunch of yapping lol. also im kinda proud of this one!

taglist: @nqds, @reminiscentreader, @urbanflorals, @art-of-fools, @deprivedofbraincellsandsleep, @lxvebelle

The heat on my chest was brewing. I needed air. The doors stood at the end of the hall taunting me, so close yet so far away. I stumbled forward, getting closer to my goal. I finally made my way outside, breathing in the night. I took a moment to compose my shaking hands, counting as I stared at the moonlit pool. The panic in my chest only rose. I stood there, trying to make sense of how I’d let myself break. 

Again. 

Sterling was ordering Agent Locke to take me to visit my father for a new case, something about patterns. But every time I walked into that interrogation room, all I wanted was to shoot him in the head, his eyes on me. I’m not like him. I repeated the thought to myself until I half believed it.

“Y’know, I’ve never seen someone so pouty while staring at the moon.” My back straightens at the sound of Michael’s voice. “Fuck off, Townsend,” I grunt, not having the energy to deal with his bullshit. “Why the long face, Redding?” Michael teased, his grin seemed to have a presence of it’s own since I felt it before I saw it. He came to stand before me, two beers in hand and glinting eyes.

The tension between us was palpable; about a dozen arguments and unresolved fights helped make that. I stumbled forward, sitting on the familiar cobblestone steps, getting away from his figure.

“What do you want, Townsend?” I snapped, not bearing his company. My hands still trembled; the cool night breeze helped, but not enough.

Michael quietly came to sit beside me for a long moment before offering me a beer. “Thought you might need this.”

I stared at the bottle, temptation running on my tongue, before silently laughing. Only Townsend would offer the solution of drinking away my problem. “No? Ok, more for me I guess,” He says uncapping a beer and taking a chug. “Look man I know that Sterling has you going to see your dad again, it must suck ass I’m just trying to,” He lowered his voice to a whisper “Make sure you’re ok.” “What no way the Micheal Townsend cares about me?! This can’t be” I feigned sarcasm not caring to put a single inch of emotion into my words. “Shut up, I’m just doing it 'cause if you fall apart so do the girls and I don’t need to be taking care of three sad wimps.” I stare at him and take a beer out of his hand temptation winning over. 

“Y’know you shift your shoulder when you lie, Lia must be bored with how easy it is to figure you out.” 

“Shut up” He retorts with a snort,

A long silence seems to settle itself between us, leaving us to drink and drink. “I can handle it y’know” I take a moment before continuing, ignoring the sting in my eyes. “I don’t need you worrying about me, especially not Sloane or Lia,” I say with finality, not wanting them to worry about me, it was bad enough when Sterling looked at me like the same broken child I was so long ago, I didn’t need to see the worried glances from the girls every time I went out. “Can you? Handle it I mean?” He takes another swig from his beer before pointing to where I was standing just 20 minutes ago. “Cause from over there it looked like you were losing it.” 

I knew what he was saying was true and yet I couldn’t let myself admit it. “Every time I see him I feel so helpless. It’s like i’m back in that house” I cut myself off  taking a shuddering breath. “Don’t worry Redding, whether you like it or not you’re stuck with the lot of us, we’ll help you get though it and then when we go through our shit you’ll be there for us too.” I nod stiffly to his words knowing the truth behind them. “We’re a team, and if one of us breaks, well we can’t have that happening” The familiar word of Agent Locke sound through my head as Micheal stands up finishing up his beer. “Hey you notice how much calmer you are with my presence? It’s almost as if i’m a relaxing thought for you” He backtracks to the door his cocky grin back on his face. I give him my middle finger, happily confirming that no amount ‘heart to heart’ could change our relationship.

[jamcarven]

is it bad that I kinda want someone to get kidnapped or something in tgg to give jlb a reason to make a tig x the naturals crossover 😭

LIKE NOT AN ACTUALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION BUT MORE LIKE that psycho eve is up to something again

in my head I imagine it as some goofy book with practically no plot, and like I get the naturals is a very NOT goofy book. BUT I JUST WANT A LITTLE NOVELLA ABOUT THEM MEETING, IT WOULD BE SO FUNNY

also I know that there’s already a naturals novella where the characters are all 23. which I haven’t read yet because I am in denial that the series is over, so they’re a little bit older than most of tig characters, BUT THAT DOESNT MATTERRR

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[tamara-kama]

I've finished setting up the PONG cabinet.. I'm surprised it included lighting for the control panels! 💜🕹️👍🏻

With the lighting set to pink

View from the PONG cabinet

TBH I don't like games lists on cabinets and think they detract from the design.. I covered up the list here..