#Stardust Planet

[adakodasoda]

Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku's Kokubo Yuno, Sakurai Emma and Nakamura Yuna had a Lunch

They talked about their favorite food, what Emma & Yuna thought about Cocona, Yuno and Nonoka as their senior member, about what to look forward on their annual summer concert "Famien", it would be the first for Emma and Yuna and the second Famien for Yuno.

They also had a gummy party after the lunch.

Watch the video with English Subtitle here:

[emacrow]

Um.. Superman.. what that thing stuck on your cape?

Clark's brain short circuit for a moment as he just got back of flying at great speed in the middle of deep space to thrown one of Lex's giants bombs destroy the city and come back in record time.

He turn a bit to look at his cape to see a tiny humanoid starlight dust covered child with white hair, glowing full green that look like white specks stars were implanted themselves into his big ol eyes, nawing on a handful of stardust with inhumanly sharp itsy bitsy fangs.

A small yet floating crown that look similar to one of Nasa pictures of far out space.

Did he just accidentally abducted an royal alien child/teen?

[fishymom-art]

A commission (+ a sketch referring to the great faerieshipping war of 2025 over on @fishytim-cookie ) for @raving-with-ghosts !!

[punktaquito]

flower crowns are so yesterday, stardust crowns are what's up

the way I STRUGGLED with this one. I couldn't figure out how to go about the coloring but I tried something new and even though it took me forever I really liked the end result :))

and bonus little animation ✨ it's definitely not perfect because I thought of it last minute so the drawing wasn't very animation friendly lmao

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Stardust From Comet Halley Falls To Earth

[ghost-of-diogenes]

Movie/TV Recommendation for People Who Are Fans of Cloudward, Ho!

Some of these are explicit inspirations for the season (from interviews/articles), and others are ones I either like/might appeal if you've been liking the Cloudward, Ho! so far:

Treasure Planet (2002) - animated movie

Disney movie based on the book Treasure Island

Has a solar-punk / space pirate aesthetic

Great characters, great music, fun adventure movie

My favourite Disney animated film (cause I love pirates)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Disney animated movie

Very adventure/historical with a similar premise as Cloudward, Ho!

Has steampunk/dieselpunk aesthetics & a good story/characters

Castle in the Sky (1986) - animated movie

Studio Ghibli movie set in airships/1800s setting

Adventure story with a mythical place they're trying to find

I admittedly haven't watched, but it seems good and is on my watchlist

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

Terry Gilliam steampunk-adventure movie

Strange in the same vein of many of his stories

Has a sky ship in it

Brennan said it inspired the idea of having new adventurers joining the older crew

Also haven't watched, so can't vouch for it

Stardust (2007) - movie

Mostly historical / fantasy, but has sky-pirates / sky ships

Stars Charlie Cox & many famous people

Robert De Niro plays a gay pirate

Nautilus (2024) - tv show

Based on 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea

Steam-punk submarine / nautical adventure

Has the actor of John Silver from Black Sails in it

Or watch any of the many film adaptations of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Disenchantment (2018) - tv show

Animated show by the creator of Futurama & The Simpsons

Mostly fantasy, but in later seasons they go to Steamland - a steampunk world and more adventure takes place

Mostly included this cause it's a fun show and I love to recommend it to more people

Around the World in 80 Days (2021) - TV Show

There are many adaptations of this book, admittedly I've only watched the movie, but my Grandma said this one's good and it has David Tennant in it

Less fantastical than the others on this list, more "grounded" I guess in real life, but still has a core group going on an adventure in the Victorian era in a hot-air-balloon

Or watch one of the many other movie adaptations of the same book

Time Bandits (1981)

Terry Gilliam movie about a group of time travelling bandits and British child

I love this movie and if I'd watched it when I was younger it would have become my whole personality

Mostly just a vibes thing that connects this one

feel free to add any in the reblogs/comments

[anoddworld]

Hehehe!

Cue the 101 character tags lmao

[masamasaibk]

Shindou loves flustering Ibuki with suprise kisses.

Ibuki loves Shindou.

Close ups in case Tumblr fucks up the quality:

[raving-with-ghosts]

reasons why you should vote mercudust in the crrcs poll: part 2

previous post

poll by @fishytim-cookie

IM BACK WITH MORE PROPAGANDA! A deep, deep dive into this ship, and why I think it truly is an amazing rarepair.

This is a bit of read, but please bear with me. I put a TON of thought into this.

At First Glance

At a first glance, one might think “huh”. It’s not as obvious as a pairing as other rare pairs might be, such as sweetgossips (killer name btw, respect to the sugarfly x sapphire shippers). So let’s examine it further.

Trauma (And Healing From It)

I talked about the trauma both of these characters have gone through, but we can go DEEP into it.

Stardust's Trauma

He was abandoned by his creators mere moments after creation, left to float in space endlessly.

He only became sentient thanks to the Sugar Swan constellation, thus waking up alone and confused.

The other stars around him were the ones to inform him of his origins, as they, too were abandoned. He also learned that he was perceived as a failure; he has one purpose, and could not meet it. Never even given a chance to try.

Upon arriving at his birthplace, he was met with a ghost town, cowards of creators who fled, and a sister who was deemed the perfect cookie, a sister who feared him.

Despite trying to explain his sorrows to what was three children, they would not listen. One of them thinks HE is behind the other stars’ havoc.

He is engulfed in sorrow and pain, and decides that the best thing not only for himself but his sister, would be to destroy the city, giving himself and Moonlight peace from the memories of their creation. This sorrow was SO GREAT that an old, mechanical guardian star was overwhelmed with it, turning into a dark vortex.

Possibly one of the saddest moments in this game’s character lore, right here. Stardust saw this vortex and thought that the best thing for him was to end his suffering. Words taken right from the wiki; “end his suffering”.

Stardust learned that the disaster was caused by his sister refusing to see the dark truth of the city. They reconcile, yes, but that definitely scars both of them.

BUT OH BOY THERE’S MORE. In Crunchy Dreams, Stardust recalls a dream where a star (likely him) communicated to the Wizard Base that it was approaching Vega, a star in the Sugar Swan. This star was sent originally to save Vega, but Wizard Base revealed that Astronomers of the Wizards came to the conclusion that Vega was beyond saving. The star's mission was to now forcefully detonate the star, much to the Cookie's horror. It pleaded to save Vega, but the incantation was already cast. The Cookie attempted to warn Vega, learning that Vega had heard it across time and space. The Cookie would say that Vega is a source of warmth it felt. Vega asked about this, but before the Cookie could answer fully, Vega exploded into a supernova. The Cookie swore revenge on the Wizards, promising to be the last light they ever saw. This recollection caused Stardust to cry in reality

Mercurial Knight's Trauma

We know way less about Mercurial Knight than we do Stardust, but here is what I can gauge from his Wiki page and in-game info.

We all know about his oath, in which he gave up his previous scent, memories, and flavor to devote himself to the Silver Tree and Guardian

Said Tree cracks, and the Guardian dies. Such could be seen by Mercurial Knight as him failing his purpose. Him failing the thing he sacrificed so much for

During his skill, it's stated he uses the power of mercury to boost his attacks and damage. Considering mercury is probably around 70% of this cookie's entirety, doing such almost definitely tires him out

He also mastered an art called Amalgamation. We know nothing about this art, as it is only mentioned within Mercurial Knight's description. An amalgam refers to any element fused with mercury. It could be looked upon as if he is forcefully fusing other elements with his own, all for the Oath.

In Theater of Lies, Mercurial Knight watches Elder Faerie die in what is meant to be a murder-suicide. This attempt ultimately fails, resulting in Shadow Milk escaping and Elder Faerie dying. In his final moments, EF is completely dedicated to White Lily. HOW ABOUT SHOW SOME APPRECIATION TO YOUR KNIGHTS, BRO? DAMN.

Neither Mercurial Knight or Silverbell are given time to grieve over this, as they are immediately thrown back into the fray. And when the battle is done, the kingdom throws a party for White Lily. Let these boys grieve boy goddamn

As mentioned in the previous post, Mercurial Knight looks down at himself with feelings of conflict. Namely, hesitation (Wish Tree), guilt (Defeat quotes), sadness (Knockout), self-negativity (3A, 4A, level up, 1S). He's also shown to have some bit of sass to him (overworld touch), confusion and wonder (overworld touch, level up) and has his own dislikes (complains the kingdom is too bright and there is no silver trees)

Healing From Trauma

Both of these Cookies have trauma, but both of them can heal. Not alone, but with one another. Both have experienced the deaths of something/something close to them, in front of their faces, even. That's not something many others can relate to; they can understand the other's experience on a new level that others may not.

What Stardust seems to need is to not be alone, and while he can have that with anyone, him being paired with Mercurial Knight specifically allows them to explore their past experiences and feelings.

With Mercurial's devotion to those he is loyal to, Stardust would never have to worry about being alone without a steady hand to guide him. Similarly, Stardust's tendency to travel could give Mercurial Knight a new view of the world, one he so desperately needs.

In the Future

Neither of these characters have to worry about aging, as they are both immortal. They are also similarly powered, though Stardust is, of course, above Mercurial Knight. Neither are helpless; they can hold their own in a fight, and together, could prove to be a deadly combo.

Stardust, like his sister, seems to have the power to enter dreams. Any nightmares his partner may have would be sensed by this, which is good because Mercurial Knight seems like he would bottle everything up </3

Others’ Opinions

I decided to do a small experiment. I took some of my Planet Mercury art, and posted it on TikTok (I never post there, and have a very tiny amount of followers). Here are the TikTok comments, only one of which is as a friend.

The video analytics (said video was posted at 12:20 EST on June 18- less than a day as of this post)

The crowd approves!

Do It For Them

[osakaenjoyer]

EUPHORIA - art based on my original story The House Of Stardust. OC - Luka, the main character.

[aliettali]

@csidepooltide the sleeperrrr

[kitkraft1]

YIPPEE STARFIREWIND

Silly little cookies

[ghostlyfleur]

steve harrington x reader

♡

he’s the universe— your universe.

steve started drawing stars around your scars from the very first time he listened to taylor’s cardigan. it was his way of showing how beautiful he thinks you are, scars and all.

it’s ironic, really, how you’ve always felt as though steve was bigger than the whole sky, a starry night, your whole universe, and now here he was adding cute, mismatched stars to your body as though you’re his universe. it became your thing, so to speak, turning each other into constellations and pretty skies and clouds and planets, you add orion’s belt to his back by using his freckles as connect-the-dots, and he turns your bruised thigh into saturn by adding rings and stars. lazy days spent in bed are always accompanied by markers and pens, paints and brushes to turn your stevie’s back into a pretty sunset one day, a colorful sunrise the next, always adding a heart here and there because you can’t help it. one day, as you softly press lazy kisses to every freckle you can reach on your boys’ skin, he feels as though he’s the luckiest guy in the world, a long sigh escaping him as he settles into this dream you’ve brought to his life, “jus’ thanking the universe i’m lucky enough to be yours” “stevie, you are the universe”

[stardustravens]

I think Hoid and the Fool should meet.

I’d feel sorry for anyone they encountered together, but they’d have a great time.

[its-ya-girl-phoeni]

@azure-aeon-soulstar​

JJBA x Kirby AU when

[swordheld]

hi! your blog is one of my favourites and i absolutely adore reading your thoughts. my grandfather recently passed away and it feels like i lost myself with him. how do i continue living after this? there is this constant weight on my chest and it feels like an emptiness has made a home inside of me. how do i go on when it feels like the world crashed on my shoulders?

hello, love! this is so very sweet and kind of you, and i hope you're treating yourself gently and kindly right now - there aren't words for a loss like this. that heaviness is difficult, and hard, and painful. it's okay if things don't feel okay, right now, or even soon - i think that's something that a lot of the people i know that have gone through similar grief feel: like they should be able to get back to a relative 'normal' in a [insert far too short period of time].

but it's okay if it hurts. that's where i'd like to start. you're allowed to feel that emptiness, that world-crashed feeling that goes beyond words, beyond time. don't feel like you have to rush this to feel some sort of better. things get easier with time, i promise you this, but sometimes painful feelings are important to feel, too. cry, scream, feel your emotions. they're a part of you. grieve.

it's perhaps a little silly, but when i think about death i always think about a couple of space songs: mainly drops of jupiter by train and saturn by sleeping at last. there are perhaps others that speak to the emotions better, but these two have always hit something a little deeper for me, and are popular for a wide-reaching reason.

and while personally i don't know much about grief like this, i do know a lot about love; and i think they're a lot of the same thing.

the people we love are a part of us, and this is why it takes from us so deeply when we lose them, because it does feel like we've lost a part of ourselves in the wake of it. but it's because they were so central to our experiences of living - our lives, that the separation introduces a hollowness - a place where they used to be. a home that now goes unlived in.

an emptiness, like you said.

but just because they're not here physically, doesn't mean he's not still there, in your heart, in your life, your memory. you can hold him close in smaller ways, as well: steal a sweater, or cologne/scent for something a little more physical and long lasting for remembering. hold onto the memories you cherish, the things that made you laugh, the ease of slow mornings and gentle nights. write them all down, slide a few photographs in there, go through it and add more when you miss him. keep them all close, keep them in your heart.

you're not alone, in this. he's still there, with you, it's just - in the little things.

he's with you in the way you see and go about your daily life, in doing what he liked to do, in the ways he interacted with the world that you shared with him. the memories you recall fondly when the night is late or the moment is right and something calls it into you like a melody, an old bell, laughter you'd recognize anywhere.

but i think, perhaps most importantly above all others - talk about him. with your family, your friends, his friends, strangers; stories are how we keep the people we love alive. the connections they've made, the legacies and experiences they've left behind, and so, so many stories.

how lucky, we are - to love so much it takes a piece of us when they go. grief is the other side of the coin, but it does not mean our love goes away. it lives in you. it lives in everyone who knew him, in the smallest pieces of our lives.

the people we love never really leave us, like this: they're in how we cook and the way we fold our newspapers, our laundry, in the radio stations we tune in to and the way we decorate our walls, our photo albums. they're in the way we store our mail, organize our closets, the scribbled notes in the indexes of our books. the meals we love and the drinks we mix, the way we spend time with one another. they've been passed down for generations, for longer than history - and we are all the luckier for it.

think about what you shared with him, and do it intentionally. bring him into your life, like this, again. whether it's crosswords or poetry or sports or anything else. if one doesn't help, try another. something might click.

i hope things feel a little easier for you, as they tend to do only with time. i hope you find joy in your grief, even if it is small and hard to grasp at first. know that your hurt stems from so much love that there isn't a place to put it properly, and that it is something so meaningful and hurting poets and storytellers have been struggling to put it into words and sounds that feel like the fit right for eons, and that it is also just simply yours. sometimes things don't have to make sense. sometimes they just are - unable to be put into words or neat little sentiments, as unfair and tragic as they come.

but i promise it will not feel like this forever. your love is real. and perhaps, on where to begin on from here - i think it's less on finding where to begin and just beginning. and you've already started. you've taken the most important and crucial step: the first one. wherever you go, after that, from here? you'll figure it out. you always have, and you always do. it'll come, as things always do. love leads us, as does light - and you're never alone in your hurt. in your grief, your missing something dear to you. i think if you talk about it with others, you'll find they have ways of helping you cope as well - and they have so much love of their own to spare, too.

as an aside, here is the song (northern star by dom fera) i was listening to when i wrote this, for no other reason more than it makes me think of connections, and love, and how we hold onto the people we love and how they change us, wonderfully and intrinsically. it's a little more joyous than the others i've mentioned, and plays like a story, and it made me think of what is at the core of this, love and stories and i am here with you, and maybe it'll bring you some joy, if you'd like it. wishing you all my love and ease 💛