#alien stage io

[aesthetic-watermelon]

Im on the art drugss

[cloverandstuff]

She prayed to a god, that she knew was not kind.

And the universe answered in turn, sending a 'gift of god'.

It was a short-lived one, but it was a gift nonethless for her child. To have someone love him, and protect him as much as possible.

Ivan was 'a gift of god'. And Io would never truly know her prayer was answered by his actions.

[iri-desky]

Hey do you think that the reason Till is constantly so angry with himself is that he lost his mom but he never learned why. And no one ever bothered to tell him what really happened so he always blamed himself and he was taken away from her so young he barely remembers anything. And he barely consciously remembers her face anymore but every time he looks in the mirror he recognizes her face because he's the spitting image of his mom and can't help but feel a pang of love and recognition and despair and anger all at once. And he never can fully understand where these emotions really come from. No? Okay.

[astoria-rese]

ok we’ve see the parallels between the two already but what if I told you we had a THIRD parallel

ok maybe not but I find it interesting that the one hand Till is able to reach is the one he lets go

[lakeside-paradise]

So anyway, I'm not coping

[ide4m4chine]

The way that Ivan was the kind of love that Io prayed for their son to have. The way he loved freely and without bounds and gave an unconditional love to Till, no matter what happened he would always love Till and be by his side. Io's prayers were answered.

In a way Ivan was like a guardian angel. No matter what, there would always be someone there to make sure Till was loved.

If there was any purpose to Ivan's guardianship it would be, "Never forget that you are adored."

[theboredhooman]

sometimes I wish I could actually draw or edit or be creative in general...I've been thinking about Till and Io with that song "mama's boy" that was trending on TikTok a while ago 😭

[mirrorcatcreditcard]

I just am curious why the fandom thinks Io should be referred to with she/her when they have no such pronouns attached to them. Calling Io Till's mom is understandable because that was the role they played in caring for him, but why are we feminizing a gender neutral person again? The original comic does not specify Io's gender. They're also flat chested from what I can observe in the comic. And Luka has gorgeous eyelashes, so don't tell me that the eyelashes make the gender of a person.

Fandom, give me answers why you're doing this, and I hope it's not erasure enabling.

[babiejeeves]

till’s mom has Donald Trump ear im so sorry

[bluemoonscape]

Actually devastated by the central theme of the Io and Till comic.

Io loved him and yet she knew she couldn’t protect him. She couldn’t keep him. In this world, she doesn’t have the luxury of keeping something as precious and fleeting as Till. He’s a tool and she is his maker. She brought him into a world where she fears he will only suffer. And Till has suffered. Till has suffered so much.

But Io wanted him to be loved. Prayed that someone could ever possibly love her baby as much as she did because she knew one day she couldn’t offer him love anymore. All a mother can hope for is that someone will love you like you deserve when I’m gone.

And someone did.

Someone loved Till. Someone protected him. Someone’s entire life was driven by love for her baby.

Someone on Twitter pointed out that Ivan’s name means “gift of God.”

Ivan was Io’s gift from whatever being she desperately prayed to.

Ivan didn’t think he mattered to anyone, but look.

He was everything Io ever hoped and begged the universe for for her child.

[doephin]

modern au with till and io

[kimi-karma]

Io helps Till sort through his thoughts 🫡 (This is one big SK8 reference. I couldn’t help myself. )

[marimondart]

My Songbird (comic)

[peachy-psych3]

in joy and in sorrow, i am my mother's child

[yuzzans]

❤️‍🩹

[bottomivanfan]

i love io