#Rising Star

[reality-detective]

I Love Candace Owens, she's 100% spot on with everything she says here... "What's it going to take for you to wake up?" 🤔

[silentmagi]

Rising Star

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Hello and welcome back to the story dear readers. A new year is upon us, and I’m hoping that we will all continue to enjoy this story. I apologize again for the delay on the previous chapter, and will work to keep from having a repeat in the future.

Last time, in true college student fashion, Star imbibed some questionable liquids, and started hearing voices. What do you mean that’s not a universal college experience?

Anyways, the votes came back, and the voice said:

“Welcome my child, it’s good to see you again,” a deep, kindly voice spoke, causing her to turn around and come face to face with a man she hadn’t thought she’d ever see smiling at her again. “Though, I suppose this is not what either of us had in mind.”

“No, it’s not,” Luna answered backing away from him slightly. “Where are we father?”

The man let out a dry chuckle as he walked around her, shaking his head. “Ever the practical one, you get that from your mother… as well as your brilliant mind. We are in a place where magic comes from, the void of creation, destruction, healing, harm, life, and death… we are a part of the ley lines, and they are a part of us,” he explained spreading his arms out wide as the endless white expanse tremored and echoed with his voice. “I only hope you are stronger than I was.”

“What… What do you mean?” Star asked, as her eyes scanned the expanse, watching as her father began walking up an invisible wall.

The slightly unhinged laugh he gave a reply was not comforting, as he leaned against a ledge that was not there. “We are one with magic. I, in my hubris, craved to control and have all the magic. You, I believe may not be corrupted by your intentions.”

“You’re the creature in the water,” she stated, putting the pieces together, as she watch the man stand and bow before her.

“I knew you were your mother’s brilliant daughter. I was twisted and corrupted by my desire for more power, never being satisfied. But I have a feeling that you are not the same as I am, I feel that you are better than I could dream of being.”

She turned away from him, walking towards the distance. “Magic is not just for one person, it’s meant to be spread across this world, to help everyone.”

“I never thought that, and I believe that is what will keep you from becoming like I am.”

She paused, looking back at the man that she still saw holding her up to the sky, and teaching her about the night’s constellations during the summer. “There is hope for you father, I can feel it.”

He seemed to pause at that, giving her a cheeky smile, as a faintly familiar voice tickled at the edges of their hearing, calling her name. Leaning against the invisible wall with his arms folded over his chest, he jerked his chin towards the direction she’d been heading. “Don’t worry about me kiddo, you have something much larger to worry about.”

“But I can’t ju-”

“You can, and you will. The star does not care, the power does not choose its master. You must, because if you do not, magic will die,” he stated with a grim seriousness as the white void trembled around them again. “You will, because you are so much better than I ever was.”

She looked at the man once again, seeing the sternness to his countenance, before taking a deep breath, and turning away. “Magic do as you will,” she stated coldly before the void shattered around them and she was flung into blackness, a warm enveloping blackness that drew her deeper, and deeper. She could feel hands in hers, being pulled along to this final confrontation, and knew without looking that her companions were along for the ride.

Deep in her heart, she knew that she was going to have to push herself far beyond anything that she had ever done before, and the magic coursing through her body sang out begging to be used, to be free, and to be unleashed.

The blackness broke apart, revealing thousands upon millions of eyes around them, staring, watching, and waiting. The discordant swirl of colors were focused and hungry for the battle for magic to commence.

Feeling a weight on her shoulder, she found Balgarath Jr. seated there, like he owned it, and there was her friends as well, ready to face the challenges before them. Turning back to the creature that loomed over them, she could see a core of light deep in its chest, drawing in all the light around it, and sealing it within, and beyond it, a star that gave the majority of the light, and was slowly fading before her eyes.

This was it, the end of her journey for good or ill, and she had to make a choice.

[world-of-celebs]

Kaya Scodelario attends the Vanity Fair EE BAFTA Rising Star Party at Pavyllon London on January 31, 2024 in London, England. 

[unteriors]

W Austin Street, Rising Star, Texas.

[miyrumiyru]

Falling phlox 🌠 Rising star ⭐

[thethirdromana]

Rising Star!

Ominous music for the Acting President. But what she's saying sounds reasonable.

Christ this scene with Ivanova is raw.

Meanwhile Londo and G'Kar are... flirting? This is weird. "We are developing a rather strange relationship" - you're not wrong.

Ooh, the prophecy is doing its thing, no matter how little Londo likes it.

Bester is very smug about a Psi-Corps member not testifying against him. But Lyta has already scanned Garibaldi!

Garibaldi is in his happy place, beating up criminals. Oh, I can't even be annoyed any more.

"I am so rarely in the presence of living history," says Londo, who has been in the presence of living history almost uninterrupted for the past four years.

I know I'm immature because I laughed at "change of underwear."

I liked the Acting President at first, but now I see why she gets the sinister music.

... is Delenn about to found the United Federation of Planets?? Is that what they'll be talking about for a hundred years?

Sheridan does love to give a speech. Acting President Lady is giving him a special treat.

Everyone gets to do their favourite things this episode: Garibaldi does violence, Sheridan does speeches, Delenn does mysterious behind-the-scenes wrangling.

Delenn is founding the United Federation of Planets!! Or at least the League of Planets that's the precursor to the United Federation of Planets.

Is the dramatic flyby wise at a sensitive political time?

The music is again a bit unpromising. If Delenn is developing a cuddly peace force, then why does she get the military drumbeat backing?

I mean, it all seems to be going well, but I am nervous. There are a good few episodes left!

Garibaldi gets the girl! Do we think he has the skillset to be running a business empire? I do not.

And Ivanova is leaving Babylon 5 (boo!) and Sheridan and Delenn are married (yay!) and Londo and G'Kar are practically best friends (unexpected) - wow we're wrapping things up quickly!

There's still a further episode this season. What's even going to be in it?

I don't quite understand the point in killing Marcus off to save Ivanova only for Ivanova to leave immediately afterwards, though. Other than the great bit of acting Claudia Christian got to do at the start of the episode.

G'Kar's eye thing is very creepy but I'm quietly pleased that they remembered he could do that.

[nitanael]

Freya Allan photographed for Elle Magazine (2024)

[tikitania]

Can we talk about how refreshing Sofia Maymula is? I'd first seen her on the ballet day bolshoi livestream in 2023, the part in honour of Svetlana Adyrkhaeva. Then to be honest I'd forgotten about her, until very recently, and I am obsessed!! She's still so young, but I see great potential for great things, she gives me the most positive vibes ever

Maimula totally caught my eye in Nutcracker, but she really nailed her recent debut in La Sylphide. That was a huge breakout for her — so light and airy and charming.

I’ve seen some behind the scenes of her at the Bolshoi in rehearsal, and she also strikes me as an incredibly hard worker. You can see that effort play off on stage. She keeps getting better. She’s kind of the dark horse stalking Koshkaryova’s meteoric rise.

Maimula reminds me of a young Obraztsova, and I could see Maimula step into those career-defining roles: Aurora, Giselle, the lead from Marco Spada. But she also has the long lines for a Bolshoi Odile/Odette. But for now, slow and steady.

I mean….she’s already getting tribute videos so she’s clearly getting some well-deserved attention.

[cejav13]

From her breakout roles to leading the nominations at the NAACP Image Awards, Ayo Edebiri’s rise is matched only by her impeccable red carpet style.

[incorrect-alienromulus-quotes]

Congratulations to David for winning the rising star BAFTA!

[purplekoop]

Finally got an update to Crush Comet's partner in action, along with her name at long last:

The supermassive super-idol, Rising Star!

Definitely a more radical update, but I think the star theme is what finally helped me nail this design. Not perfect, the legs are a little proportionally short because I ran out of room, and I definitely didn't polish her completely, but definitely feels like an improvement towards making her feel accurate to the character in my head. Especially the new hairstyle, definitely the biggest change from the first design.

(also fittingly MASSIVE thanks to @heat--end for helping bounce ideas for the name, very much an appreciated breakthrough that made this update possible)

I did have another mini sketch for this one that I like, arguably more than the full-sized design, so here's that just for good measure:

But yeah, that's these two sorted, at least for now. Hopefully soon I'll be moving on to the rest of the Renegades team, and all the other heroes and villains shaping their world.

[silentmagi]

Rising Star

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Hello and Merry Christmas dear readers. I apologize for the late update, and hope that you’re still enjoying this tale, as well as that you are having a warm and safe one. I fear I was rather ill and drained of energy for this week, and couldn’t update this on time. Last week we found something waiting in the water, and that they need to do something about that. You voted for Star’s solution, and there was a three way tie between:

1 - Drain the lake 2 - Get more people 4 - Drink the magic lake water

As with all such ties, there is only one fair way to resolve this. Rolling 1d4 - rerolling 3s, the winner is Drinking the magic lake water. Let’s see where this goes.

Well it looked as though the creature was drawing something to it in the vision, and they needed to get it out of the water. However, to do that, they needed to be stronger than they collectively were. Which meant taking risks.

The thought of draining the lake was tempting, however that would likely wash Castledale off the mountainside, even if they could somehow get the water flowing out of the lake and down. Which would be a lot easier with magic.

As far as she knew there was no magic to be found in the world, yet the creature had to be feeding on something this high up. It was possible that this was the lake from the start of magic, and could contain endless amounts of magic in its depths, which would explain the creature.

If it was feeding on the raw magic, and only that, it was possible the magic was corrupting and twisting whatever it once was into the monstrosity that she saw in the visions. So she had a theory that should possibly work.

If she could take some of the magic from the water, and into herself, then she’d be more able to fight the creature with the others. Right?

The simplest and most direct route would be to take a cup and drink water from the lake. Which was probably a mistake, but at least they could do something else if that doesn’t work. So grabbing a bowl from the travel kit, they gathered water, and…

Okay, so the glowing water in the bowl was either a sign of them being on the right track, or it was a sign that this was a bad idea. Deciding to go ahead, Star took a deep breath and began drinking. Several gulps in, she felt an energy coursing through her body. Once she finished the first bowl, she panted as the energy and warmth continued growing and building in her as she saw motes of light building up over the surface of the water. “Are you seeing anything over there?” Star asked, getting a negative sound from the others, before the lights paused and zoomed in towards her faster than she could blink.

Feeling herself washed away by a tidal surge of some unspecific power, she closed her eyes and clenched her stomach to hold it in. It was growing and building, at the same time familiar and unfamiliar.

Feeling her body reaching its limits, she arched back and felt her mouth open to scream, and nothing came out.

When she opened her eyes, she found a void around her, and heard a voice speak to her.

[touhoutunes]

Title: マクロフィラパラソル (Macrophylla Parasol)

Arrangement: Pizuya's Cell

Vocals: 3L

Album: Rising Star

Circle: Pizuya's Cell

Original: Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall

[izafetess]

'RS Dandy is here! Accept the ticket from him?'

(heloooooo)

AHA ITS YOU AND I DEFINITELY DID NOT SOIL MY PANTS >:D

[blondie20000]

Jonathan Bailey, that star you are!

[genshinoutfitotd]

The Genshin outfit of the day is:

Aether: Rising Star!