#admiral ZEX

[zarla-s]

@cooperationiskey has this adorable little thing called Teeny Towers where you can make and collect little rooms for a tower you can put on your site. I always thought it was such a cute idea so I finally sat down and made some rooms! I need to actually set up a page for my tower still...

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[alanahikarichan]

was talking with the incomparable @zarla-s about DAX getting chompied by a somewhat less dangerous pet than the Beauty and then my hand slipped

[remcycle]

Admiral Zex invites you to tour the menagerie.

[zombified-queer]

I have GOT to get back to my roots (writing Star Control 2 fanfiction).

[yourdarkstuff]

Favorite Pair

Corey and Zex were pretty close friends, always there for each other, and being there when the other needed something, but what Corey didn’t know was that Zex had an ability to turn living things into inanimate objects. Corey and Zex had been hanging out in front of Corey’s house, when Zex decided he was going to take off his Converse, to air out his feet. When all of sudden the back of his Converse ripped.

Zex gave Corey a look saying, hey bro you mind helping me out, I can’t go walking around like this. Corey gave Zex a blank stare and replied, What do you expect me to do? I don't have any in your size, you know your feet are bigger than mine. Zex then sighed and said, well I could make you a pair, if it’s cool with you bro, you do still owe for that secret I kept about your little foot obsession. Corey began to shush Zex stating, fine you win just make it quick. Zex smiled great dude you’ll be my new favorite pair, I can already see it, I hope you’re comfortable for me. Zex then touched Corey, as Corey felt a surge course through his body, Zex then said, now we wait for the results, oh forgot to mention this is permanent so I hope you enjoy this, what am I saying of course you will, especially since you get to be on my feet all day, as Zex waved his foot over Corey, as Corey began to shrink down.

Zex began admiring his work, wow bro loving the look, you’re gonna be a classic style all black from what it seems, can’t wait to wear you. Corey begins to split as his body is ripped in half, but he feels no pain while this occurs, Corey then begins to hollow out on the inside and begin to form the signature black converse high-top style. Corey is astounded by what he has become, nothing but his best friend's new converse. Zex came and picked up Corey admiring his work you came out perfect, now try you on, as Zex slides Corey on his feet, wow your surprisingly comfortable I should have done this a long time ago, hope you enjoy your new life, as Zex goes back to sitting down outside of Corey’s house, whos owner now hangs at the end of Zex’s legs as property himself.

Zex then says, yeah you’re definitely my favorite pair.

Got some real positive feedback on my other story so I figured I'll make another, enjoy.

[doctor-dorky]

Star Control 2 species doodles I did the other day.

Spathi: Go onward, be strong!

Supox: Even these plant-based aliens love a good romance movie!

VUX: I don't think Colonel Hayes really likes Admiral ZEX's advances.

Umgah: (The quote, btw, is from the Goonies, except replacing Sloth with Umgah).

Syreen: Simple, yet beautiful space Valkyrie.

Orz: Wonder what it sounds like if an Orz sang? Would it sound like a higher-pitched whale song? Or something harmonic?

Melnorme: Trade Master Greenish deserves a good nights sleep after selling the MetaChron. He's likely going to sleep like a baby afterwards!

And a couple of FunRoms(Winky's Happy Night and Loveless Loneliness).

[mazarinedrake]

Just popping in to say I love Admiral Zex and your pfp makes me smile!

Aw, glad to hear it! He makes me smile too ^_^

[zarla-s]

Given that humans had been trapped under an impenetrable slave shield for twenty years, I have to imagine ZEX was a little startled to have one come waltzing up to his planet, haha.

(btw you can play starcon2 for free, it's under free stars: the ur-quan masters on steam)

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[alanahikarichan]

do you think greg would have gone for it if rose had been a tentacle alien i think he would have anyways this is all @sysig's fault and i claim no responsibility

[alanahikarichan]

he predates tumblr sexymen. a tumblr sexyman is inescapable, overwhelming, you are exposed to the fringes of tumblr sexymen through the open nature of the website; ZEX never acheived that status.

he was instead a livejournal sexyman. one small, contained community of web 1.0 fans who loved him immensely in a tight-knit ring of friendship.

but if we post enough sexy ZEX art to tumblr, we can change that.

Is Admiral ZEX a Tumblr Sexyman™?

[letta-orca]

A hat-wearing shark appears!

The thing I was talking about in the last post? It was a gift for @zarla-s and I now have confirmation that the giftee has received it, so I can post photos!

It's a hat! Don't mind the shark, I didn’t make it, but I needed somebody to model the hat!

Here’s a front-on view, so that you can admire all the cross-stitch work! I designed the cross-stitch pattern for the black mesa circle, the umbrella, Admiral ZEX and Zarfox, everything else comes directly from the pixel art it is referencing.

You can see the little Spathi ship hanging out at the back, here! I was going to make it a badge as well, but then I decided that it would be nicer to keep those hypothetical Spathi safe by making sure they can’t fall off. (characters from Star Control 2, in case you’re wondering. Cool game, try it.)

Close-up of ZEX and Zarfox, why not. You can also see some of my itty bitty stitching on the hat itself – I’m pretty proud of that.

Here’s the other side! The candy-cane is from Bubble Bobble, by the way, and I spent ages comparing all the different versions and spin-offs that exist of that game (I’m most familiar with Bubble Bobble Nostalgie, myself) and it turns out that the appearance and function of the candy-cane is surprisingly consistent across all the different versions that have existed! Unlike the sand-timer which was my original idea, but which doesn’t even exist in the original! (In ‘nostalgie it makes it so that the white ghost never appears on that level, which is handy.) But the candy-cane makes big food appear, and is one of my favourite items, so I went with that.

This giant badge on top is the decoder ring from Space Quest 3, and I did not expect it to turn out so big! I counted the pixels, and thought ‘oh, well it’s a bit taller than most, and a bit wider than most – I guess I can’t use it on the band of the hat then, it’ll need to be a badge, which isn’t a problem since it would work best with a blue background anyway’. What I forgot is that when you double the side lengths of a shape, you quadruple its area. Oops. That thing is enormous, seriously.

These two badges here probably took me the longest out of everything. Not as long as making the whole hat, probably, but I’m pretty sure they took longer even than the decoder ring. They come from the sprite of Admiral ZEX’s uniform, and so many pixels are a slightly different shade of colour to similar pixels elsewhere! I spent a lot of time figuring out which pixels to count as the same colour, and which to keep distinct, and then which of the thread colours I had best suited which pixels. And I ended up keeping lots of the shade differences, so there was a lot of tying off one thread and starting up a new one, just a tad lighter/darker. But I’m very pleased with how they turned out in the end, woo!

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So, there we go, my first post with something actually in it, and the whole reason I made this blog. Pretty cool hat though, I think! o/

[divumere]

[Image Description: A digital drawing of Admiral ZEX, sans jewelry, whimsically posing with streaks of bright blue and red over a vibrant yellow background.]

I remembered a while back there was a headcanon about the VUX having blue blood, (and two hearts, and one lung, and my brain decided to remember all of this and not basic algebra) and then of course, the howling over various scenarios in which the forbidden purple would be made

[musicalblooddrop]

How did those get there?

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[artbymesa]

Someone take my drawing tablet away from me this is getting out of hand.

[rarsonic]

Is Admiral ZEX a Tumblr Sexyman™?

[mugenfinder]

Abridged from the original upload on Newgrounds

SO HEY WHO WANTS TO WATCH A BUNCH OF RANDOM CHARACTERS PLAY DDR

I KNOW I SURE DO

This video says so much about me. Pretty much every fandom or character I've loved appears in this at some point or another. Which adds up to some EIGHTY CHARACTERS last I counted jesus christ. Almost all frame-by-frame again aaaaagh my eeeeeeyes why do I keep doing this to myself.

Here's the full cast list:

Metal Gear Solid: Solid Snake, Otacon, Sunny, Liquid Snake, Revolver Ocelot, Raiden, Solidus, The Joy/Boss, The Sorrow

Star Control 2: Admiral ZEX, The Captain, Talana, an Utwig, a Supox, an Arilou, Subcommander DAX, Fwiffo

Phoenix Wright: Yanni Yogi, Damon Gant, Matt Engarde, Juan Corrida

Pikmin: Olimar, Pikmin

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Nny, Edgar

Mother 3: Duster, Kumatora, Lucas, Boney, Ionia

Pokemon (these are original characters of mine): Radic, Farnsworth the Lucario, Nova the Raichu, Callima the Parasect

Megaman Legends: Teisel Bonne, Glyde

Mario: Luigi, Prince Peasley (from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)

Silent Hill: Harry Mason, Dahlia Gillespie, Pyramid Head, James Sunderland, Heather Mason, Father Vincent

Final Fantasy 7: Cid Highwind, Vincent Valentine

Slayers: Vrumugun, Zangulus

Final Fantasy 9: Zorn and Thorn

Magic Knights Rayearth: Ascot

Road to El Dorado: Miguel, Tulio

EarthBound: Ness, Paula, Jeff, Poo

Final Fantasy 6: Strago Magus, Kefka

Secret of Mana: Sprite, Boy

Captain Jack (Franky Gee), the Eurodance artist

Cleo, my dead dog

Slasher Movies: Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers

Final Fantasy 8: Zell Dincht, Irvine Kinneas

Snatcher: Gillian Seed, Random Hajile, Metal Gear Mk. II

Quest for Glory: The Hero

Metroid: Samus Aran

Wilhelm and Zee (from NeonPteranodon's videos on youtube)

Lazytown: Sportacus

Chrono Trigger: Ayla

Space Quest: Roger Wilco

Day of the Tentacle: Green

Original Characters: Tsukiyo, Girl, Triangle, Scriabin, Dr. Dowasure, Zarla, Alix, Sheena (my, my brother's, and my cousin's avatars)

I shall dive into the pits of hell for knowledge…who are these characters?!