#Violet Sky EP

[mercenaryg]

I have A Letter For You, written under a Violet Sky, it's a declaration of how I feel about you.

[sinvulkt]

I had forgotten the book ending, and I know why.

Was that... last episode... really necessary? XD

(Ok I won’t begin another rant about romance and romantic ’love’ closing almost every stories i come accross xd. But seriously guys if all you needed was just two teenagers to kiss under the tree, you could just grab two in any worlds, with crushes on each other, without all the mayhem and adventures xd.)

The last battle was super great though! And His Dark Materials characters are still as satisfyingly whole and complex as ever~

My favorite will probably forever remain the first book (bcs child nostalgia xd), but the show really was great, and, rare thing for an adaptation, managed to fix a lot of the issues the book trilogy had (the abrupt and total change of atmosphere + character introduction between book 1 and book 2-3 *cough* *cough*).

So this show is truly an amazing success! Good quality fantasy and loads and loads of daemons, yessss!!

(I refuse to ever settle though :p. I don’t care that I’l supposed to be an adult. I won’t settle. I dare you to force me :p)

Cried to His Dark Materials again...

this story and its ending just gets me yall...

[enteringdullsville]

“Apparently she’s here for a job.”

“What, did she lose a bet or something?”

It’s Color Theory EP. 34

Onward and Upward

Trivia

This is the second appearance of Sky, Amber, Fuchsia and the former’s first speaking role. Sky went by “Iris” in Rough Sketch. The episode is a partial remake of her formal introduction there, as it mostly concerns her and Violet.

Gordon and Scarlett (and Amber again) appear for the first time since ‘Ello, Elo, Y’ello and Tyler for the first time since Sore Losers. Fuchsia and Tyler, who were previously alluded to as dating, appear side by side for the first time.

As of this episode, Tyler is a much greener shade of teal. Scarlett is also a deeper red.

Rudy only appears via flashback to Episode 2, although he still visibly reacts to Sky’s dialogue. Additionally, Martin and Sylvester are mentioned, but not seen.

No orange or gray Drewmans appear.

From this episode onwards, the comic’s dimensions are altered slightly.

[dykesapphics]

Deep violet fragance colored all over my body

And spread it out 'till the end of the entire, wide, high sky

Engraving a deep red love on my face

Whatever anyone says, fall in love

ID in alt! Reference image and rambles under the cut:

Really what better way to kick off your artblock than combine two interests! (G)I-DLE has at LEAST one more Homura song and with any luck I'll be making a drawing based off of that era next!

Based on this photocard from the I Trust ep which Oh My God, the song quoted above, is the title track of! If I kept working on that drawing any longer, which I would've liked to do, I would've never stopped, so I decided to stage my own intervention and just post it.

Also, here's the initial sketch! I liked how it turned out, but the work I did digitally was definitely an improvement.

[silcoitus]

Songbird EP Track 2 - Daydreams & Firelights

Songbird Masterlist

Pinky resting along the pickguard, your thumb picks one string, quickly followed by middle and forefinger plucking two more. You repeat it for a few measures before taking a deep breath and singing.

You were never meant to figure out

All my silly daydreams when my head is in the clouds

It’s a little thought I tuck away

Never in my fantasies did I think that you’d actually stay

-

But here you are

In front of me

In my arms

You’re meant to be

Firelights

I can see

In your eyes

Careless and free

-

I can’t help the foolish things I say

When you’re near and turn to me with that look on your face

You disarm me with a simple smile

I would give the sun and moon and every last star in the sky

-

If it would make

Your day

If I could take

Your breath away

Hopeless in love

Taking a chance

Am I enough

For one more dance?

A/N: Track 2 is here! A sweet little romantic waltz. Wonder what'll happen in the chapter hehe Chapter 2 drops this Thurs, March 30!

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[sparrowmoth]

Inside/Outside Voices • [AO3]

Teen | 1.6K | Wesper (POV Kaz) | Pining, Denial of Feelings, Love

A/N: This is a fill for a prompt provided by an Anon: "if you’re really taking wesper fic suggestion 👀 I’ve been dying for someone to write them being flirty and in love and annoying the shit out of kaz on the boat back to Ketterdam after the events in ep 8…"

Please note, I don't normally take requests, but if it's about Wesper, I just might write it, so feel free to drop me an ask if you have an idea!

CW: Brief sexual suggestiveness in the second scene.

1.

Seabirds circled around the ship’s masts, shrieking and diving into the rising tide as the wooden vessel rocked about in its berth. Gray clouds were thick on the northern horizon, their edges streaked by the fading sun’s light—gold, orange, pink, and violet. Beautiful to some, but just weather to Kaz. He wasn’t staring to admire it, only debating what it meant for the journey. Would a storm delay him getting back to the Crow Club? Would Inej face the same storm, somewhere out on those waters? How far had she sailed yet?

Laughter boomed like a cannon.

Kaz nearly startled. Nearly. It wasn’t something he showed. He turned around, quite composed, expression neutral as it ever was.

His eyes narrowed slightly at the sight of Jesper stumbling up the dock, dodging sailors and cargo, with an armful of Wylan, who had hands around his neck and his face buried in his chest. Wylan, at a glance, looked like a man possessed of Ghezen, wildly convulsing.

Apparently, he was in a fit of laughter.

Kaz could hear it as they drew nearer—that irritating sound.

He debated boarding ahead of them, but Jesper’s stupor had him quickly reconsidering. They might pass him by on the gangplank and push him right off into the water, too drunk to even realize.

Looove drunk, cooed a voice in his mind, sounding suspiciously like Nina. It used to be that only Jordie’s voice was there, but now, as if his skull had become kind of aviary, there were more and more the presence of his Crows—their voices and feathers and bird shit—

“Kapitein, mayn Kapitein!” greeted Jesper jovially as he approached with Wylan, who poked up his head and had the nerve to flash a shy smile—as if Kaz could believe there was any ounce of shame in him.

“I’m not your Captain,” said Kaz, “but I am your boss, so perhaps, in the future, you might both consider the merits of being punctual.”

Jesper half-laughed, half-scoffed. “Oh, come on, it’s barely past six bells and the ship’s not leaving yet, is it? We were only a little late because someone had to have a look in at a certain tea shop…”

“Jesper!” Wylan exclaimed, slapping at his chest. “That’s not—”

Kaz held up a gloved hand. “I don’t care,” he deadpanned. “Just… get on the ship. And for the love of all Saints, pick separate cabins.”

Wylan flushed right to the tips of his ears as Jesper laughed, loud and wolfish. “No promises!” he sang as he swept Wylan up the gangplank, Wylan’s backpack bouncing on Jesper’s shoulders.

Sighing, Kaz tipped his head back to look up at the sky.

If any god could hear him thinking, he wouldn’t quite mind to die.

2.

That night at dinner, Kaz was unfortunate to be late. He had left his cabin just as the sea was growing vicious, and the time it took him, with his cane, to get up the stairs and into the dining quarters meant, when he arrived, he was stuck sitting across from Jesper and Wylan.

He glowered at them across the table as he cut into his steak. This, the finest meal by far they would have on the journey, and of course, it would be spoiled by this scene of Wylan giggling as he fed Jesper from his fork. Their meals were the same. What was even the point?

Kaz cleared his throat loudly, but neither of them acknowledged it.

The crew tucked in around them, plus Nina at the farthest end of the table, didn’t look at him, either. No one else seemed to notice where Jesper’s hand was going, or how Wylan’s guilty blush betrayed him.

Kaz kicked his leg out under the table, catching Jesper in the knee.

“Ow,” said Jesper, looking accusingly across at Kaz, who just gave a shrug and muttered something about a “muscle spasm” as he sawed another piece of his steak off, imagining it as a certain appendage—

Not his own, of course. His mind had mastered his body.

What he dreamt of sometimes—that was out of anyone’s control.

3.

Some hours later, as the rain began to spatter on the deck, Kaz gave up standing at the rail, looking out into the darkness—for what, he didn’t know. His mind had been empty. It was something like peace.

Moving down through the levels and into the hall where guests and crew alike had their cabins, Kaz was disgruntled by the sound of a creaking hammock and Jesper’s voice, filtering out an open door:

“Lackaday! And what is the world coming to? In these days, there is not an honest man to be met with. Did I not with my own eyes see Sindbad drown? And now you have the audacity to tell me…”

Kaz rolled his eyes. He knew the story. The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor. Jesper was reading aloud through the first voyage, and he was doing it with a passion to have entertained a crowd of orphans. Jordie used to do the same for Kaz, many years ago, before... all of it.

The thought made Kaz clamp down harder on his cane. He hadn’t meant to stop to listen, but that’s where he found himself now—out in the hallway, like some kind of idiot. The ship lurched to one side, then the other, and Kaz grunted with the effort to stay upright. He needed to get to his cabin, give his leg a break, and try to sleep—

He shuffled forward, while practically slamming his cane down to announce his presence. He wasn’t about to take any chances when the two idiots in the cabin he was about to pass hadn’t so much as the decency to close the door on their Saints-forsaken little nest…

“As to your goods,” Jesper was reading on, “I pray you take them, and dispose of them as you please. Sindbad thanked him, and…”

Kaz paused outside the threshold, catching the sight of Wylan laid over Jesper’s chest, staring adoringly up at him as Jesper read from the book he had propped against Wylan’s shoulder. Without a word to them, Kaz swung his cane inside to hook the doorknob, pulled it it shut with a loud bang, and then continued down the hallway—

“Good night to you, too, Boss!” Jesper hollered through the wood.

4.

Kaz woke early the next day to a steady ship on a calm sea and the sight of dawn through a porthole. He laid in his hammock for a long while, having fished out a book from his satchel. Rabinov’s Cantos—

A parting gift from Tolya. He’d had no reason to accept it.

Truth, he wanted to burn it.

He didn’t care to understand why. He just acknowledged the feeling as he stared at the book, not even opening the cover. He stared at it a long time, until his mind turned to breakfast, and all of a sudden—

One of the cabin doors slammed open in the hallway, making Kaz arch an eyebrow as shrieking seemed to spill out from it, followed by the sound of thumping footsteps, like two ponies gotten loose.

He sighed, turned his stiff legs slowly out of the hammock, and listened as the sound of footsteps faded up the stairs toward the upper deck of the ship.

Eventually, with little options in front of him, Kaz made the climb to the upper deck, as well. He took a seat on a crate near the hatch he’d come up from, unimpressed at the sight of Jesper and Wylan wildly romping about beneath the brightening sky. They were acting like children, playing some sort of “tag” game. Honestly, he thought.

Jesper ran up behind Wylan, grabbed him tight around the middle and started spinning him around as Wylan laughed and kicked his feet out, nearly taking out one of the ship’s crew—

Kaz snorted as he watched them reprimanded by the crewmate.

Good.

They should be embarrassed.

They looked like puppies trying to understand an angry human.

Shaking his head, Kaz turned his gaze away. He wasn’t sure at first if he had a reason for it, until he saw the ship—a blotch at a distance, but he was sure what it was. Not her ship, though it could have been. He didn’t hope it was anymore than he didn’t. He just… watched it.

5.

Seabirds shrieked, flying out from the ports of Ketterdam. Night had fallen over the city, but the birds were active still, greeting every ship with a keen eye to its cargo. This one, having little to interest them, sailed on through to its harbour with only a few birds in its ropes.

“Ketterdam!” Jesper yelled out over the water, his arms outstretched to the cluster of lights and shadowed buildings. “How I missed you!” He dropped his arms and turned to Wylan with a grin, nudging him in the shoulder. “Good to be home, right?” Wylan just smiled at him.

Kaz suppressed an eye-roll. Home, indeed, he thought.

But was it home without her? He squashed the traitorous thought with a thump of his cane, vaguely alarmed that that voice inside was his.

The ship moved slowly into berth at the bustling Third Harbour, and Kaz watched the sailors scurry to throw down ropes to waiting men, who tied the ship off to the docks. It was a noisy affair, but for some reason, what sounded much louder were lips smacking together—

He shot an irritated look at Jesper and Wylan, and though it seemed to him that Jesper was all but drowning in Wylan’s face, he saw his oldest friend squint one eye open, meeting his eyes—and then—

Jesper raised one finger, held behind Wylan’s back.

Kaz narrowed his eyes. He adjusted his cane, started walking for the gangplank, which was about to be lowered. “Thin ice,” he practically hissed at Jesper as he passed behind him, accidentally on purpose swiping his leg with his cane—just enough it might bruise him.

Kaz knew restraint. Let them say what they would.

Thank you for reading! Reblogs are always appreciated. If you’d like to leave a kudos or comment on AO3, I’d really love that, as well! ♥

[stardustjessie]

JESSIE'S 2024 ROADMAP

So, I just wanted to ramble about the projects I have planned out for 2024. I've been very ambitious about some due to being able to afford to invest in them. Of course, art will forever be my #1 ambition and will continue to improve my craft. I'm always finding new ways to improve and exploring new ideas. However; I do have various non-digital art related! And I want to tell you all on my own personal blog about them and what you can look forward from me in the future!

MUSIC PROJECTS

I've actually been taking my time to figure out how FL Studios work, and how to work with it with Audacity. I've been attempting at voice training, so once I'm satisfied with my voice, I'd really love to do lyrics. I'm planning on working out something special for the first quarter of 2024. An EP called "Hear my Voice! (Existence)". I want it to be focused on the progress of HRT and Voice Training and just the idea of artistic freedom and the great feeling it is to be able to create things the way I want after being so long unable to. I don't know, 3 songs sound good for an EP. I want to be crafty and creative with them. I'd love for it to be Lo-Fi Pop Punk. As in, actual Lo-Fi, not the Synthwave kind of Lo-Fi. I want it to be the classic lower quality and lower frequency sounding music. I have a grudging respect for Lo-Fi and what it can represent, so I want to have my own take on it. The other project would be a proper album for once I get the hang of it all. I plan to call it "Celestial Wishes". I so far only have the plans for it to be Pop Punk and be very angelic sounding. I want it to be like heaven answering my wishes to finally do music. Obviously I won't sing about that-! I want it to carry the story of Ponies living life and miracles happening in various ways. How many songs ? God knows! It's only an idea thus far, and will take shape later. Right now I want to focus on making a couple of singles, maybe having one done in December still even. That and focusing on the overall theming and style I want for "Hear my Voice! (Existence)". I'll post all of these on a new Youtube Channel I've created, StardustJessie Music! Subscribe for when I start posting some!

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

I don't know how aware you are, but I do have a Youtube Channel. I primarily post Video Game Analysis Essays. I'm extremely proud of the ones I made this year, those being Deus Ex 2 and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Well, I have two more videos planned out! The first, POKEMON SUN & MOON ARE GREAT AND HERE'S WHY; Which I'm very ambitious and passionate about this idea. Everyone was very quick to defend Sword & Shield, Sun & Moon didn't get that same treatment. I want to be one to defend Sun & Moon, which I have a lot of argument for, and have a lot to say about its history and the state of pokemon in that age. I actually really hated S&M when I first played it and deeply regretted buying Ultra Sun (Which I still do.), so it's almost like a redemption arc for me! I'll have to gather up a shitload of footage though. Pokemon Red, Silver, Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond, Black, X, Alpha Sapphire, Red Team Rescue, Explorers of Sky, Gates to Infinity, Super Mystery Dungeon, Sword, Violet, Rescue Team DX, Sun, Ultra Sun, and more! These are just the pokemon games I'll have to record! Not to count other games I bring up as a precedent and examples like Persona 4 which is some 60 hours of gameplay! So yeah. It's a lengthy project. Thankfully I'm purchasing a 4TB HDD this week so I should be able to gather that much footage without a worry. I imagine I'll only have this done in a year or even 2025! It's a tough project. However; I want to also work on another video! MORROWIND WALKED SO SKYRIM COULD RUN (AWAY WITH MY MONEY); I really despite Skyrim for a lot of reasons. But I really love Morrowind. A lot of the things I see people praise Skyrim are things I genuinely believe they'd have a better time and enjoyment of those aspects if they played Skyrim. I believe I can actually get this video done in 2024 as these games are waaaaaaaaaaaay shorter than all the shit I have to play for a Pokemon project! But even then, Skyrim would be some 30 hours and Morrowind some 15, not to mention any other games I talk about. It's a great topic to analyse and I'll be very ambitious. I should get to write it sometime and have a W.I.P project in mid 2024 so it'll be my annual essay.

BOOK PROJECTS

I'm very interested in writing my own book honestly. Ever since I read Dracula I've considered writing a story that touches on similar themes and ideas and can evolve them further through the lens of 2024. I'm slowly taking shots at it. Sometimes I write a sentence or two. As any Tumblr Writer knows, it's very tough. Be on the look out! Once I have anything concrete I'll definitely post!

I believe this would be it! I don't have many individual projects, but they are ambitious and time consuming projects that I want to have done next year or have something substantial to show in 2024! There are more projects, like my Game Project which I'm very passionate about and have 74 pages of documentation of and still working on it! Since it's on very early planning stage I rather not talk too much. But maybe 2025 roadmap ? Thank you for reading this if you have at all! I just want somewhere to put all my ideas. Who knows. It'll be interesting in 2034 to look back to 22 year old me being so ambitious, while 32 year old me has those ambitions fully realised and onto new projects. This is almost like an archival of my personal artistic ambition and my passion for the crafts of Writing, Visual Arts and Music.

[puppy-phum]

2022: a summary

Post your favourite or most popular edit from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months!)

tagged by krishna @i-got-the-feels ♥ thank you, thank you, thank you~

January

Popular - my tribute for the ending of bad buddy and my journey with patpran ♥ am happy ppl liked both the typography and the color scheme in this. 

Favorite - i started obsessing over lang leav’s poetry + patpran with this one. i love the blues and the middle images with the shattered yous all over. it was a pain to do but worth it.  

February

Popular - this one patpran edit that still makes rounds at times. it’s probably one of my most popular edits in general and i am very happy it is bc i adore it myself ♥

Favorite(s) - i am bad at choosing for this month so i have to mention both this bb edit bc i love the violet and the shots i chose, and this seanwhite edit bc the lang leav poem is Perfect and i think this one looks amazing. 

March

Popular - this very quickly made ptpran edit with the sun and moon quote from my country i had stuck in my head for ages. i never really thought that anyone would notice this but i guess we all were into the same symbolism?

Favorite - very very tough choice once again but i was very passionate about this danyok edit that i made while hoping praying begging that they would get a happy ending 

honorary mentions:  not me characters + problems x not me characters as seven deadly sins x

April

Popular - this seanwhite edit for the not me celebration was a pain to make bc i felt like nothing of it worked like i hoped it would but i did love the final result ♥

Favorite - watching dew the movie changed me somehow and making both the edit for that absolute piece of art of a movie was a true joy. i made those edits only for myself bc i had to get some of that feeling off my chest and the first one owns my heart. 

May

Popular - more lang leav with patpran. i adored this layout even if it, once again, was a huge pain to make 

Favorite - had a field day planning this whole edit bc i haven’t done anything with as much detail and meaning in a while. tried new things and was very satisfied with the outcome. also loved making something darker and more focused on symbolism. 

June

Popular - cheering at the fact that ppl felt as insane about the official vice versa trailer as i did! i have never felt that strongly about a starting show. vv really is just so special to me and this first edit feels so dear ♥

Favorite - of course it’s my pride month edit! i still return to this one at times, it was so much fun to make. 

July

Popular - we were all hoes for kinnporsche the series and especially vegaspete during the summer so am not at all surprised that my first (and for the longest time only) vegaspete set got a bit more popular heh

Favorite - this vv set for the trailer is my beloved bc the colors were good, the pics worked, th flowers looked good. i love the style of this one and it just makes me so emotional to even look at it. 

August

Popular - not blaming ppl for liking the fire yellow episode edit the most bc it is my favorite too (with soft blush and cloudy gray). also ep 6 is my favorite episode in vice versa so even more fitting. 

Favorite - i spent a huge amount of time researching the mbti types for this and had so much fun with it plus i loooove the pastel looks for all the pics. 

September

Popular - the cloudy gray episode edit is the one with most notes for this month which, once again, i do not blame anyone for! i personally love the b&w + pops of color look. 

Favorite - the fah + prince introduction edit i made for asianlgbtnet. i enjoyed making this one a lot even if i knew it wouldn’t get that much attention with sky in your heart never really... taking off... sadness ;;

October

Popular - the last vice versa episode edit! which always reminds me of the struggle with my laptop... noodle accident, you will forever be famous 

Favorite(s) - all of my bad buddy week entries! favorite character: pran parakul x favorite episode: episode 11 x favorite dynamic: pranwai x

November

Popular - the impromptu last twilight trailer edit i made bc that trailer really just stole my heart and soul. i still watch it occasonally just to feel something

Favorite - the lang leav + puentalay edit i finally managed to make. i planned this one for a long while and currently it’s one of my personal favorite edits of mine 

December

bc of traveling, the holidays, and me mostly just waiting for ppl to drop me prompts throughout this time, i only made two edits during december so mentioning both of them. 

vice versa x bad buddy parallels as flipped lives x 

puen babygirl x

i adore both and never expected either of them to be famous ♥

this was a cool look at all of the things i made last year. there have been quite many? i think october had the most with me finally surviving my laptop crisis and then just going wild :’D 

tagging: @oswlld @wanderlust-in-my-soul @ardentlytess @spicyvampire @liyazaki @dimpledpran @snimeat ♥ link me if you’ve already done this bc i think am kind of late...

[susie-dreemurr]

Arcane s2 ep 4-6 reaction

My last lines in this ate btw.

Ep4

DID CAITLYN IMMEDIATELY GETA. REBOUND HAHAHHAHAHA

While I do admit to finding the isha and jinx connection rushes it’s still so cute. Jinx herself doesn’t want to carry her legacy so Isha is doing it for her. Child endangerment lets fucking gooooo

We’re gonna be seeing more of the place Vi spent years on, huh? Bleak…

Aw fuck that’s so fucking genuine man.

VANDER OUGHHHH

Ep5

I’m not gonna lie the entire ep 4i was just like “where is vi” so I’m glad to see this one starts with boxing

Not the song 💀💀💀 also my fuckign phone cannot take these flashing lights guys I cannot see all the details bc my screen keeps going dark I’m so sad

Vi please please please hallucinate Powder Mylo Clagger and Vander please please please— JINX,?????

While I do have my problems with the writing in this it’s just so ough. Vander bringing them both together again. If only for now.

Caitlyn…. I’m…. *nick zootopia facial expression*

MEL MEL MEEEEL YOURE BERE MY BELOWVD

Haven’t been live-blogging the jinx and vi and isha interaction and everything bc I’ve been too busy trying not to cry

“How did you know to do that?” She’s just cool like that.

Literally everything is always about siblings all the time forever

o(-( violet…… Silco and Vander fulfilling their duty as parents to at east one of the kids

Lmao just when I was like “where is ekko” the fucking hextech shows up. Pls pls pls

God fucking damnit. Viktor you could have freed ekko too yknow

Ep6

I already thought Sky was there too because the hexcore absorbed her completely but damn

LETS FUCKING GOOOO THE VIKTOR CULT AND THE VIKTOR

FUCKKKKK the commune is built upon their old house….. the one we saw….

Fuck. Aw come on huyssss leave viktor’s gay ass cult alone, Vi and jinx are somewhat happy here

“The final glorious evolution” say the line Simpsons meme

Vi saw Singed and is following him out. Beat his ass vi. Nobody said anything about weapons OUTSIDE of the commune

Caitlyn is just digging herself further and further into this hole huh

… Isha’s gonna die isn’t she

I do like that any “reconciliation arc” with Vi & Caitlyn aren’t actually. Solving things between them. They have goals and things they want to protect and they’ll accomplish that but they ain’t actually making up or talking. This kinda applies to vi & jinx too

Honestly my thoughts on part 2 s2 so far is that things are going TOO well. TOO happy. And Caitlyn isn’t TOO corrupted. Either things will go wrong real fast or it won’t feel like arcane anymore

…literally right after I type that it seems like Caitlyn has realized The Implications of jinx being here w vander and vi being amicable with them. It’s jover <- excited and nervous and already regretting and oughhh

GODAMNIT JAYCE

Viktor… Oj no….. Jayce you ruined everything DIDNT you

And again, a Powder uses the arcane to save her family, to help… and it brings about the catastrophe. And again, Powder dies and leaves her family a ruin.

[alaffy]

Queen Charlotte, Ep. 6 – Crown Jewels

It has been said that this series probably won’t have more than one season, or at least, they didn’t plan on having a second one.  Honestly, I don’t think that’s a bad thing.  The goal of the story was to show how Charlotte became to be the person she is today, and they achieved this.  There are one or two things that are somewhat unresolved at the end of this series, but those can be addressed in Bridgerton. 

Even though this is the longest episode of the series, I probably won’t take too much time recapping it. It is a Bridgerton prequel, so we kind of know where these stories end without watching the last episode.  I will be spending some time on my thoughts of the series as a whole.

So, George is unhappy that Charlotte has come to Kew because he’s still afraid that he will put her in danger.  He also makes it clear that he’s sorry for not telling her the truth about his condition; he even says he should have told her before they were married to give her an opportunity to back out.  He also wants her to leave.  However, Charlotte has realized that George isn’t doing all of this for himself, he’s doing this for her.  Or so he believes (which is understandable given that conversation that he heard in episode 4 and how he sees his mental illness given the way he's been treated).  But Charlotte loves him too, which she tells him, and will only leave if he tells her he does not love her.  Which he cannot.  So, with all of that in the open, they are free to be together.

Meanwhile, Augusta finds out that the doctor is no longer the doctor (something I will come back to later).  The problem is, Parliament has become really unsettled about rumors they keep hearing about the King and they need him to come speak to them.  Augusta tries to tell George, but George refuses to see her.  So, she tells Charlotte.  Charlotte and George move back to Buckingham.  During this time, Charlotte gives birth to her first child.

George tries to give a speech to Parliament, but the whole idea of giving a speech causes him to have another episode and he’s unable to even leave his carriage.  Later that evening, Charlotte speaks to George.  We find out that one way George can escape “the sky” is hiding under the bed.  Charlotte joins him underneath and they discuss what they need to do.  Basically, George needs Charlotte with him to calm his nerves, but she can’t be there at the speech.  Charlotte suggests giving a ball for the birth of their son, showing Parliament that George is fine.

Meanwhile, Danbury is still considering her future.  It comes quickly apparent that, while she has feeling for Violet’s father and he for her, there is no future here.  After all, he still has a wife.  Danbury meets Charlotte's brother, who is quite taken with Danbury.  Danbury also has a…moment with Princess Augusta.  Augusta won’t help settle the issue of the title without information on Charlotte and George, but at the same time encourages Danbury not to give up on getting what she wants.  I get what they are doing in that scene, even though I find it…out of nowhere (perhaps if they showed Augusta secretly enjoying Danbury’s strength instead of her just pissed off by the whole thing).

Anyway, Danbury tries to convince herself she wants to marry Charlotte’s brother.  But the truth is, while she does think he’s a good man, she doesn’t want to get married again.  And she tells him so at the Queen’s ball.

The ball itself is a success.  We even have a moment where Brimsley and Reynolds dance with each other in a secluded part of the gardens.  Augusta comes to Charlotte later and, again, says that all she’s wanted to do was make her son happy.  But she can see that Charlotte does make him happy, that they are a good team together, and addresses Charlotte as her majesty.

Towards the end of the ball, Charlotte confronts Danbury on the fact that Danbury rejected her brother’s proposal.  But what Charlotte is angry about is not the fact that Danbury turned him down, it’s the fact that Danbury considered it instead of telling Charlotte about the issue of the title.  Had Danbury done so, Charlotte would have had it taken care of.  It is in this scene that we really see that Charlotte has become Queen Charlotte.  And, not long after, Charlotte tells George that she is expecting again.  The thing is, having multiple heirs can take some of the pressure off of George, as it means the dynasty is secure and Parliament should back off somewhat.

In the present day, Violet happens to see the crown that her father made for Danbury.  Long story short, while Danbury never tells her what happens, it is made clear that Violet knows something happened between the two and Danbury knows that Violet knows.

Meanwhile, Charlotte finally gets the news that she is going to have a Grandchild (who will eventually be Queen Victoria).  Charlotte goes to tell George, but as we know his episodes are mostly full time now.  Still, Charlotte has ways to get George to come back to her for at least a few moments.  Charlotte hides under the bed and calls out for “Farmer George.”  This is enough to break through to George and he crawls under the bed as well.  She is able to tell George about the news of a grandchild and he is happy.  He also is happy because Charlotte is still there beside him after all of these years.

Now, the show does not tell us what happens between Brimsley and Reynolds, but it is clear that Reynolds is no longer in Brimsley’s life.  But something like that can be explained in Bridgerton.  What surprised me is when Charlotte asked if Brimsley had any family, like ma’am when would he have the time if he’s always with you?  There’s no way Charlotte would have been that unaware.  I know it was done to show Brimsley did not have his happy ending, but it might have been better if Charlotte had asked if he had any extended family or if he regretted not having a family.

But I think it was things like this that….I liked the show, but I think the show had problems.  I mean, Bridgerton also has problems.  But it’s more of a romantic puff piece and with something like that, you can kind of just brush things to the side.  As this one was (somewhat) more historically based (at least, we’re dealing more with real people) and has a more serious topic being discussed here, it was harder for me to ignore inconsistencies. 

For instance, in the present day, Charlotte’s son try to get out of marriage because their brother, the acting regent, did not give permission.  They make it clear that, basically, whatever man is in charge in the Royal family, only he can approve marriages.  So, uh, how was Augusta able to arrange George’s marriage without George knowing?  George is the senior member, so only he should be able to approve of the marriage.  Therefore, you would think someone (even if accidentally) would have brought up the information to George, or one of George’s servants, at some point before Charlotte had started her journey. 

it is also established that Princess Augusta is the one who brings her son to doctors and it is clear they report to her.  It also seems like she can summon the royal staff at any moment to give her reports.  Furthermore, she seems adapt at getting people to spy for her and tell her what is really going on around the royal couple.  So, how does she not know what this doctor is doing to Gorge?  I mean, dunking him in the water, the hot brands.  Honestly, if this had gotten out and it was known that she brought the doctor to George, I could see someone accusing Augusta of trying to harm the king to keep control of him.  And given that Augusta is trying very much to avoid scandal, yeah, I don't see her approving of the doctor's actual methods. Which means, she probably didn't know. Which makes no sense, given what we've seen.    

It’s not like these things are the end of the world, just that it seems like rules and such only applied when the writers needed them to and then were conveniently forgotten.   And that kind of writing can annoy me.

[snackpointcharlie]

Snackpoint Charlie: music from foreign, obscure, and forgotten genres, as well as some not yet invented. Live Weds March 6 at 10pm on WGXC 90.7-FM in upstate New York, and streaming live online 24/7 at wgxc.org. It’s been a minute between last week’s show broadcast and the playlist being posted, but don’t think you’re getting off that easy, oh no

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PLAYLIST

1) Maria Mazzotta - “Sula Nu Puei Stare (feat. Bombino)” from ONDE https://mariamazzotta.bandcamp.com/album/onde

2) Ngozi Family - “I Wanna Know” from DAY OF JUDGEMENT https://ngozifamily.bandcamp.com/album/day-of-judgment

3) Panbers - “Haai” from THOSE SHOCKING SHAKING DAYS: INDONESIAN HARD, PSYCHEDELIC, PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND FUNK 1970-1978 https://nowagainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/va-those-shocking-shaking-days https://www.discogs.com/master/1052682-Panbers-Volume-1

(underbeds:) Pinchas Gurevich - “Trivia Owes me Money” and “Memory Temple Fragments”

4) Orchestre Maquis Original - “Angeluu” from ZANZIBARA / VOLUME Nº1 https://ouchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/zanzibara-volume-n-1

5) Khruangbin - “A Love International” from A LA SALA https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/track/a-love-international

6) Cortége - “The Relentless Sun” from UNDER THE ENDLESS SKY https://cortege.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-endless-sky

7) La Lom - “Alacrán” from LA LOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-mtmOvIRBo https://thelalom.com

8) Rail Band - “Sunanh” from FOLK RAIL SERIE 1 https://mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/rail-band

9) Alkibar Junior - “Soukabe Mali” from MUSIC FROM SAHARAN WHATSAPP 04 https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-alkibar-junior-bring-music-back-to-mali http://alkibar.bandcamp.com

10) Mdou Moctar - “Funeral for Justice” from FUNERAL FOR JUSTICE https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/album/funeral-for-justice

11) Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - “Clouds Moving on the Sky” from SOUVENIRS https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/souvenirs

12) Houssam Gania - “Moussa Barkiyo” from MOSAWI SWIRI https://houssamgania.bandcamp.com/album/mosawi-swiri

13) Mol Kamach & Baksey Cham Krong - “Adios Maman Chérie” from JE TE QUITTERAI https://akuphone.bandcamp.com/album/je-te-quitterai

14) Mecca Normal - “Malachi” from MALACHI / BLUE SKY AND BRANCHES https://thebusinessanacortes.com/shop/malachi-bw-blue-sky-and-branches-by-mecca-normal-45/ https://meccanormal.bandcamp.com/track/malachi-acoustic-free

including the last words of Aaron Bushnell https://www.teenvogue.com/story/aaron-bushnell-palestine-who-was-he

15) Tom Recchion - “The Final Fattening” from CHAOTICA https://www.discogs.com/release/207305-Tom-Recchion-Chaotica

16) Nurse with Wound - excerpts from THE MUSTY ODOUR OF PIERCED RECTUMS https://www.discogs.com/release/1329827-Nurse-With-Wound-The-Musty-Odour-Of-Pierced-Rectums-A-Collection-Of-Obsolete-Primitive-Variations https://nursewithwound1.bandcamp.com/album/the-musty-odour-of-pierced-rectums

17) Negativland - “Voice Inside My Head” from DISPEPSI https://negativland.com/products/017-negativland-dispepsi

18) Milo Silva w/Nina Violet - “Peace & Beauty (Be With Me)” from WILTING / PARTING https://soundcloud.com/johnny-style-1/sets/milo-silva-w-nina-violet

19) Hanky Family - “Forests of Nula” from STAR FINDER EP https://rrrs.bandcamp.com/album/star-finder-ep

20) Maya Shenfeld - “Analemma” from ANALEMMA https://mayashenfeld.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sun

[koalas-koalas-everywhere]

a-sky-curses-with-thunder

Jane got so deep in the con that he lost sight of what’s real and what matters to him. Lisbon got tired of waiting and lying to herself about jane, and jumped ship the first chance she got.

Hey, sorry to put you on blast, but I've been meaning to talk about 6b jisbon and you gave me the excuse. So also feel free to ignore this.

The thing is, I do think Jane was building up to starting a relationship with Lisbon, since at least going back to The Golden Hammer. I think her teasing him about going on a date with Ardiles made him kinda go "oh, that's right, I haven't locked that down yet." After that, and I mean in that very same episode, you could see him "activate" (as we say in my country) — "I'm cheerful because I'm on a date sitting here with you", "that hat looks great on you", "Lisbon didn't come to Mexico? Bummer", "hey, Lisbon, drop this investigation into the murder of an acquaintance of ours and our bugged phones and let me take you somewhere near the border with Mexico! No? Bummer." He DID have to drop it once the Haibach thing picked up pace, granted.

However (and maybe this is what you meant about being too deep in the con, I'll admit I'm not sure what you mean by it), he was never going to come out and ask her out like Pike did. In that sense, the episode was a good representation of the issue — Jane engineered it so he and Lisbon were living together as a couple in a huge lavish house full of beautiful art and excitement, but, at the end of the day, they slept alone. All glitter, no gold. You can choose to read into it, but there was no risk involved for him. "I do like to keep my muss to a minimum."

And I believe (admittedly, this is closer to a headcanon) that pre-Red John (the ep), he and Lisbon had this... understanding to misunderstand. They were aware that there was something between them that couldn't be until Red John (the killer) was out of the way. So they danced around that topic on the understanding that they had an agreement. It's why Lisbon felt entitled to protest and be hurt about Lorelai. It's why they could move past "Good luck, Teresa. Love you" and "You're a little in love with him, eh? But he's so secretive and controlling". THEY KNEW.

But then Jane came back and nothing changed.* Too much muss. Jane's glacial, sideways attempt at progress looked to Lisbon like business as usual. Even IF she recognized that he was still interested in her, again, Violets seemed like the perfect example of how life would be with him — a deception backed by an illusion followed by artifice. She didn't want to be kept guessing.

It's why she allowed things to get so serious with Pike. We know that she's dated before (Jeff from Narcotics), but it wasn't a commitment for her. I think that's why Jane wasn't that bothered by it and why he waited so long to make his move when she was with Pike. Going after a woman in a relationship — tacky! And for what? Lisbon would break it off sooner than rather later. History was on his side.

I do believe Jane would have driven things home, if she'd given him time to do things his way, but she'd never had gotten the honesty and straightforwardness she got in Blue Bird. Especially since it would have involved her asking for that honesty and, let's be honest, Jane isn't the only one to avoid muss in that situationship. And that, I think, would have followed them into any relationship they built going forward.

TL;DR (Because I think even I lost the plot there for a moment): Jane did have his eyes on the prize, but he pursued her with the same risk-aversion I apply to spending loot in video games, so the moment Pike offered her something honest, Lisbon, as you said, jumped ship.

*In fact, and this is my biggest headcanon yet, Jane broke that agreement when he got back and almost immediately pretended to be interested in Krystal Markham. Fake or not, using her or not, he was making it very clear that he was accountable to no one in regards to his romantic life. Not that he meant it like that, but I, for one, couldn't help watching that and going "isn't there someone you should straighten things out with before you go out and play honeypot, buddy?"

The episode was led by an argument about what was best, hitting hard and fast and keeping it simple or cute tricks with no fuss, no muss. By the end, Jane's devious methods got him a closed case, but Pike being straightforward and direct got him Lisbon.

[enteringdullsville]

“So you can just…edit people?”

It’s Color Theory EP. 39

Leave It, Aziz

Trivia

This is the first episode Aziz and Sky appear since their respective debuts, the first appearance of Noah since Factory Reset, and the first appearance of Ivan and Paige since Exposition News (and the former’s first voice appearance since his debut).

This is the first episode to feature Aziz interacting with any other characters.

A childhood photo of Aziz and his sister can be partially seen in the background of the first panel. This is the second time any main character is seen as a child (after Chloe in Look Deep Inside) and the first appearance of Priyanka.

This is the second episode OTTO appears in and the first to detail his design, but he remains inactive and only his head is seen.

No red or violet Drewmans appear.

Noah is slightly redesigned as of this episode. His bangs no longer reach the sides of his beanie or completely circle his head. His under eyes are subtly darker and his bluish undertones are now purple/pink.

Paige is also redesigned to have messier hair with a defined hair decoration and facial markings under her eyes.

Chloe’s spider leg backpack additions make their first appearance.

As of this episode, an effect is seen on the sky that is meant to resemble storyboard art.

[forpiratereasons]

i see your "stede did ed's hair and beard bows for the ep 5 party" and raise you "frenchie did ed's hair for the ep 5 party in the crew quarters and then sent him off, and he stepped onto the main deck from one end of the ship at the same moment as stede stepped out from the other end of the ship and their eyes met and there was a soft, silent moment where ed was basically putting himself out there for stede's approval and stede smiled and smiled and looked ed from toe to top as they walk forward slowly to meet in the middle of the deck and its like no one else exists in all the world

and stede said "that color suits you" and ed said "it's just fucking--purple, man" and stede said, "do you know, some people might call this particular shade a royal purple." and ed can barely breathe at this point and he's like "oh yeah?" and stede says "or a french violet. it's great with your eyes. and your hair--oh, you did use the silk flowers." at this point ed is blushing so hard he's so glad for the fuckin beard man and he says "frenchie did it, not used to having it all pulled up like this" and stede's smile gets even softer somehow and he says "well it looks lovely. i mean, it always does, you have lovely hair, but it's--nice."

and then fuckin izzy who can't stand this interrupts and he's got these little purple ribbons and he barges in to be like "boss, frenchie says these are for your beard, i can add them in" and the moment is broken and izzy starts trying to tie them but he can't manage it and ed keeps looking away from him and glancing over at stede and izzy is getting frustrated and finally stede steps forward and says, "may i?" and ed just goes to him instantly, just melts away from izzy and steps in close to stede and offers up his beard to stede, essentially putting stede into izzy's place, so that izzy has no choice but to hand over the ribbons and it's like the whole ocean and sky holds its breathe while stede fixes the ribbons in place

"there," stede says. "you look lovely." and ed sways into him a little before he gets a hold of himself and he finally manages to say, "you do too, the, eh, white is nice, like the white," and stede grins again and they go to get into the dinghy and row over but as they're standing at the rail stede leans over and says "i am rather partial to the leather look as well, you know" just before he climbs over and leaves ed standing there with his heart falling out of his throat after him"

[notyetjae]

Heyo! Can I request a mother figure reader x arcane characters platonically? Its like reader was a mother figure to kko, vi, powder, claggor and mylo and was there in the ep 3 explosion and years later she was kidnapped with vi, cait and silco at the tear party and sh convinces jinx they can all be together and happy again

Thank you!

𝙍𝙀𝙐𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀𝘿

✎ pairing: Vi x f!reader

✎WC 1.2k

✎ warnings: Angst, flashbacks, nightmares, allusions to dead children, hallucinations, semi-abrupt ending

✎ A/N: I've always had this idea in the back of my head and I was so excited when I got this request! I hope you enjoy ~ THERE WILL BE A P2!

Chill air pierces your skin, your thin robe didn’t do much, more decorative than useful. It’d been another sleepless night, for once you thought you were doing some good for yourself, having a productive day and putting yourself to bed early to hopefully repeat the same tomorrow, but your brain had other plans, past memories haunt you every now and then, not nearly as much as they used to, it’s been years now, no need to hang onto the past is what you keep telling yourself.

On nights like this, you stood on your balcony, smoking cheap cigars to clear your mind, you exhaled deeply, smoke wisping around you before clearing into the night sky. Flashes of the dream taunted you, brain replaying blurry memories, some clearer than other, mostly the most heart wrenching ones, then the sounds, first the environment, rain pattering, fire roaring, broken concrete falling on itself, then the screams, ear splitting and headache inducing, no matter the dream you were always helpless, locked into a chair, held by a group of people, sometimes you were just paralyzed in fear. You knew what your mind would bring up next, you silently begged yourself for a moment of peace in your own head but it ignored you, remembering all the ones that died in your arms, they were only children, your children.

“Mom!” A voice called from behind you, clear as day unlike your flashbacks, you spun around quickly, hands gripping the balcony rail as you searched for the source of the voice, nothing. Your chest rose and fell quickly, you attempted to catch your breath, cigar free hand resting on your chest, you didn’t realize until now that you were crying, cool tears ran down your cheek, falling onto the concrete below.

You’d never hallucinated that before tonight, sure you'd heard shouts, whispers that would make the hair on the back of neck stand up, sometimes you swore you saw blood pool underneath your bedroom door, but that? No you'd never even heard it. Unless, maybe you have and chose to block it out, nonetheless you recognized the voice, small and terrified, it was powder. This only hurt your heart more, knowing her fate, hearing her last moments as an innocent girl, you could only pray that sisters death wasn’t as harsh as her fathers.

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Light poured through your blinds, annoyingly landing right on your face, you blinked awake, sleep haze blurring your vision as you sat up, somehow you managed to sleep after last night but you did. You spent a while just sitting in bed, glaring out the window, listening to the sounds of people outside, you couldn’t ignore the feeling of pure anxiety rushing through your veins, you felt it even before you opened your eyes and you knew it wouldn’t leave your side until the next day.

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Pushing yourself out of bed, you ambled down the halls of your empty apartment, you lived alone, which probably doesn’t help your depression but it’s better than getting attached to a stranger. You poured yourself a cup of coffee, it tasted like shit but at least it woke you up. You debated doing your responsibilities today, after last night's incident you just want to rot in bed all day.

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“Where are we going?” Caitlyn called out, lowering her voice when she realized people were staring, she pulled her hood over her head and caught up to Violet,

“Somewhere important.” She remarked, blood stained her off white bandages, she ‘bribed’ a guy into giving her the information she needed.

“You just beat someone up and you won’t even tell me where we’re going?” The taller girl whisper yelled, Vi elected to ignore her, focusing on keeping her fast walking pace and the buildings around her, ‘256, 257, 258’ She stopped abruptly, causing Caitlyn to bump into her, any other time she’d warn her to watch out but she ignored her once more, walking into the apartment complex, the entrance looked more like a sketchy motel, a sleeping women sat at the front desk, a wall of key hooks with initials and apartment numbers behind her, most spots empty, Vi steps closer, examining the initials to find yours, she huffed when she couldn’t spot yours, ‘what a waste of time.’ she thought.

“What are you looking for?” The accented girl questioned, Vi almost replied, but she stopped herself and turned back to the wall, ‘B.B’ they stuck out like a sore thumb, Vi scolded herself for not recognizing it at first, it was something you called her and the other kids growing up, you never told them what it means, powder theorized that it meant “Beautiful butterfly” while the older kids guessed it was probably just to foul to say out loud.

“That,” Vi spat, rushing up the apartment stairs, Caitlyn lagged behind. The stairs creaked with every step, and they felt never ending due to her impatience. She reached the 5th floor, and had to stop herself from sprinting down the hall. For whatever reason, she found herself paused in front of the door, fist clenched like she was about to knock but she didn’t, all she could think was would you recognize her?

“Are you going to knock?” asked Caitlyn, it came out ruder than expected, but a harsh shove was exactly what Vi needed.

A knock at your door caught your attention, gently setting down the warm mug, you made your way to the door and peered through the peephole, 2 girls stood outside, both with their hoods pulled over their heads, you sighed, and unlocked the deadbolt, pulling the door open just enough to look outside, “Can I help you two?” a firm tone, you didn’t have the patience for pranks today.

Violet’s heart panged when she heard your voice, she looked up, it really was you. She pulled her hood down, revealing her fire red hair, your heart sunk, you dreamt about this so many times you expected the sides of your vision to fade as you awoke, but they didn’t.

“Violet..?” You said breathlessly, the door creaked open so you could get a better look at her, she nodded silently, pulling her hands from her jacket. You flew into her arms, she was as tall as you now, you could meet her eyes without looking down, your arms wrapped around her shoulder, hand cradling the back of her neck, she wrapped her own hands around your back,

“You’re real!” You choked out, your other hand grasping at her jacket tightly, you feared she would disappear from your hold with no warning, “It’s me, it’s me.” She affirmed, you pulled away, despite your fear.

She looked so much older, much more tired, you could feel her muscles through the jacket she wore, her freckles were much more prominent and she had a face tattoo reading her name, she always joked about getting some while vander was working and walking in covered in ink to give him a heart attack.

The girl next to her stood silently, you looked to her hoping you would recognize her but you didn’t, “This is Caitlyn, she helped me get to you.” Vi explained, you turned back to the lean girl, hand cupping her face, your thumb ran delicately against her freckle dotted skin,

“I thought I lost you” you spoke lowly, voice soft as snow. Vi took your hand in hers,

“I know,--” she sniffled, “But I’m here now, and we need your help, can we come in?” You smiled through tears, “Of course.”