#all ur designs are tasty

[scooterscoob]

HOW THE HELLLLL-- bro we literally. MIND LINKED LDSKJF WE LOCKED IN TOO HARD

HOW. THE PIERCINGS. THE EYEBROW SCAR. OGUGHHGH HOW HOW HOW the way my jAW FELL TO THE GROUND LMAOO

NOT TO MENTION KEPLER NOSE SCAR OHMYGO?#?@?@? our brains are too big dude

Just wanted to say that the way you draw Jacobi is officially the only way i can imagine him now and i am NOT complaining. You designed him so so so well and your art needs to be more appreciated!!! You are incredible, thanks for being such a cool artist<3

Ohoho thank you !!! If you enjoy my Jacobi you’ll also love @scooterscoob’s design for him! I was scrolling thru the tag and was legitimately terrified by how similar they are idk how this happened

[sister-lucifer]

my headcanon design for helen aka bloody painter!! i think this is a creepypasta who needs more lovin tbh

click 4 better quality

if you like this post pls reblog!! it’s free, takes two seconds, and it’s the best way to support artists here on tumbly:3!

and also pls let me know what u guys think of him i eat up all ur feedback it’s so tasty

[webism]

3k members of the disco girls club !!! this is crazy considering i’ve been writing on this blog for just over a month 🗯️ anywho i wanna celebrate by directing you all to my current fav writers on tumblr—if you like my stuff you’ll like theirs 🪩

my sister !! first of all, @lotties-ashwagandha — writes the most gorgeous wlw fics and is doing a very tasty kinktober at the moment that you must take a peek at. vita is my favourite person in the world. i love my vita, heres my fav fic she's written for our friendship anniversary amen

SHAE!!!!! @6ronze i think was the first moot i made on this blog and im so madly deeply in love with her that my heart aches just to say it. read this zayne fic of hers for spiritual enlightenment

@getoslamb !! who recently moved to this blog and is beyond worth a follow because if we are judging from the works i've seen yall are going to eat up this kinktober masterlist

@toadtoru alba alba alba who is so sweet and also my designated tumblr muse, look at this gojo fluff piece im elting im crying im screaming im dying

rize !! @itachiiwrites who has been so sweet and supportive and i love love love seeing them in my notifs it always makes my day. here i offer a gojo fic that still has me choked

and @aeyumicore !! whom i havent interacted with all that much (to my hearts dismay) but i absolutely adore her works. the amount of time and effort that must go into her writing is insane and something i could only ever aspire to emulate. this voyeuristic sylus fic converted me to the dark side, im not even a sylus girl (zayne and raf have me loyal) and i was choked.

thank you !! to everyone who has followed me or interacted with my silly little late night horny posts. ur the sweetest in the world for giving my writing a little time out of ur day and im giving u all a big kiss for it <3 -abby !!!!!!!!!!!!

[synthbug]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @milimeters-morales !!💙🦋 the cake's been knocked around a bit but I'm sure it's still tasty ^_^ ‼️ YIPPIE !!!

HOPE U HAVE AN AWESOME YEAR !!! Ik I've been less active but i just wanted 2 say a great big THANK YOU for being you‼️ :3 last year you made my 2023 so AWESOME and boosted my whimsy and joy so much !!! U have such COOL ideas and characters and designs and ur art is always so lovely💙 !!!! Plus your nice kindness and SILLYFUNNY spirit makes me smile so wide :3 your impact on my joke vocabulary in 2023 was huge...🦋 And I'm pretty sure i got into the silly spiderman side of tumblr and gained all my mutuals from you!! Which was such a lovely experience and im so lucky i got 2 goof around in the eventful year with cool mutuals like u !! So I just wanted 2 say thank u 4 being such an AWESOME FRIEND and making my spiderman brainrot and overall whimsy so much more joyous :3 rambling with u about the atsv trailers and mini miles was so much fun !! 1 BILLION SHEEP FROLICKING CAREFREE IN A FIELD !!! AND SMILING !!!!🐏‼️

Something silly also !! the first proper interaction I had with ur blog was on ur birthday last year !! Did a similar doodle so I just did it again ! :3 Happy birthday Scor !! I hope the world is ever so kind 2 u this year and awesome things happen forever :D💙🦋

[aipurjopa]

i need to like eat ur egg design he looks so tasty what are ur favorite hcs u have abt him if u have any :3

thank youuu!! i love this guy

not reallyyyy headcanons but i do have many thoughts/things abt his design that i gave him :3

> i was sorta going for the biblically accurate angel thing with their 382983 eyes, so he has 4 eyes and also cool eyes on his wings and the back of his hands. erm idk how he injured 2 of his eyes but it happened, hence the bandages

> with the elytra equipped the eyes on the wings are opened and when it’s not they’re closed. also similar to what i have with parrot, the wings without elytra aren’t physically big enough to let him fly and then they grown larger with the elytra equipped. i guess he’d get like 360 vision while flying since there’s eyes all over his wings.

> has horrible depth perception because he lost the right half of his vision (so in fights wemmbu will generally protect egg’s right side!!)

> horrible hand eye coordination

> i haven’t drawn it yet but wemmbu designed and then forged his sword :3

> took a nap while he was in solitary and would get woken up whenever parrot walked by it was just a fun time for him /silly

[alukaforyou]

just saw ur tags abt getting back into tkrb and i just gotta ask 1) who is ur fave a) character-wise (personality) and b) aesthetics (design) and 2) have u ever drawn any of them ; w; ur art is so pretty ngl i miss it and id love to see ur tkrb art if u ever made any

oh em geee i cant pick omg i love sm of the charas 😭😭😭😭 im gonna answer 1b first, screen shots from my game:

my current fave is jikkyuu mitsutada cuz the art for him looks soooo tasty 😭 AND hes voiced by THE koyasu takehito like everyone SHUT UP DIO BRANDO / TOJI FUSHIGURO IS SPEAKING 🗣️ jk but his in game voice is so soft uwu i got him from the sea shell event, which i've never rly put in effort into before cuz its not one of my fave events BUT i grinded SO HARD to get My Boi 👍🏻

runner ups are kogi and iwachan, kogitsunemaru looks so 💯💯💯 the artstyle the outfit oof like the off shoulder kimono and the neck piece and the gloves with the fingers out 🥴🥴🥴 also the artist for his sprite is rly good at drawing everything feet?? akakskkal rly pretty looking peet & toez 💀 i nabbed him as a node drop on the regular map it took me 500+ tries, yes i counted 😭 as for iwachan his kiwame art is a Major glow up, i dont always like the kiwame sprite redesign (kogi & hotarumaru looks better reg version imo) BUT iwatooshi looks sm better 10000/10 also hes like 200cm tall 🫠 im gonna motorboat his b00bs who said that btw those 3 are also my fave bgs, i still rly like the old spring sakura bg so i use that one alll the time too 🌸

honorable mentions^ oodenta looks like. if u mashed up kenchan from bleach and madara from nardo. love the shibari bdsm top but i hate the gold stuff on his legs 😭👎🏻 kanechan is the og long black haired pretty boy, the way he talks is younger brother coded lol. fudo & akita r my fave tantous cuz they look like if me & madara had babies LMFAO shizukagata's design is so cunty 💯, hanjin is my fave pink haired boy 💖 wish he wasnt wearing camo tho 😐 and i got nukemaru & shichiseiken semi recently so they are sorta novelty faves rn xD

1a. the game is in jp and i cant read all that so idk abt their personalities much 😭 like i did google a lot of the charas dialogue lines on the wiki but ngl i forgor 💀 i just remem kogi and jikkyu being kinda flirty LOL? 👁️👄👁️ just off the top of my head, maybe fudo cuz i remem his pre kiwame self was rly sad, hes actually the first boy i sent off to kiwame :') im so here for the Character Development thats MY SON!!!! good for him :)

2. i've drawn kanechan ONCE a loooooong time agooooooo i dont draw so much lately RIP and when i do, its anime boys from Shows™ 💀

[itstimetoghoul]

currently going absolutely FERAL over all your ghoul designs - specifically Mountain w his messy hair and big ol’ chompers

just—MMMM UR ART STYLE IS SO YUMMYYY

I'm super humbled yOy I've been inspired by the community for years by their own tasty cracks at designing them <3<3 It means a lot to have your appreciation for mine.

[foileadeux]

Yo is it ok if I cosplay as ur pkradi design? Really love ur art and character designs they all look tasty! 🍴

oh hell yea brother!! u gotta show me when it's done!!!

[lollytea]

I originally started following after the first trolls movie.

You haven't posted trolls in the while and maybe you don't keep up with the media at all.

but if you do, it would scratch an itch in my brain.

What do you think of Guy Diamond's son, Tiny Diamond? Like Jade vs Tiny Diamond is kind of a whiplash huh?

What do you think of branch's brothers????? I'm just so curious b/c ur headcanon content is very tasty to me.

Haha! All of my trolls brainrot has been effectively purged. The kind of things that I'm interested in have varied so far elsewhere that I really can't sink my teeth into this franchise the way I did when I was 19. Its a universe that doesn't really take itself all that seriously and functions on saccharine surrealism, which is fun to watch for an hour and a half, but I can't really get invested in it. Its just not what I vibe with anymore. And if I'm just not interested in staying long in the world the characters inhabit, I'm just not gonna think about it much.

But! I do watch the new trolls movies when they come out, mostly cuz I love Poppy and Branch and its always nice to see them again. I appreciate that they've remained three-dimensional characters throughout all three films, and their wide range of emotions are taken seriously, in spite of the overall goofy tone of the movies. And as I said, the world itself can be fun to sit in for an hour and a half.

Nobody needs to know my overall thoughts on trolls 3. But the short version is that I didn't really like it and will probably never watch it again. But there was a lot of talented designers, writers, animators etc. involved and I like to appreciate the bits of magic they brought to it.

Tiny Diamond is....certainly a bit. His character is just. Being a bit. It's not a bit I find all that funny (baby with a grown man voice), so I really don't feel anything about it. Except for Guy Diamond giving birth out of his head, like the King of the Gods, producing his noble daughter Athena. I feel a lot of indescribable emotions about that.

Diversity win! The trolls franchise has mpreg!

Anyway, point is, Tiny Diamond was the first of MANY characters that the sequel films fired at us. It's made it all feel....a bit crowded. There's just a lot of bitches to keep track of. And they dump all of them out in front of you in the span of one film that it's hard to get particularly attached to any of them.

I don't even have anything to say about Jade, except I was transparently more into the characters than the world when I was 18/19. Jade was an OC that existed (almost) solely in the Human AU. I didn't give a shit about troll Jade obviously. I didn't develop him all that well and have no real emotional attachment to him anymore, so I don't really feel anything about Tiny Diamond becoming his Canon counterpart. Tbh I think it gave me an interesting glance in the mirror. With Jade, I had strayed very very far from the trolls' goofy ridiculous vibe. The introduction of Tiny Diamond was a humbling experience agsbdjnk.

I quite like Branch's brothers! It's the kind of info that makes me wish they revealed Branch had brothers seven years ago when I was going absolutely insane about trolls. I love sibling relationships. I would have had so much fun with it. Like throwing new toys into a baby's playpen.

But unfortunately the info has dropped in 2023 and I am 25. Sad face.

But still, Branch's brothers are neat. I like that their designs are all distinct but they still have the family resemblance you'd expect of brothers. I like that John and Bruce are fat. I like that Clay is all gangly and peaky looking. I like that they're all well meaning but kinda unintentionally dickish for refusing to acknowledge Branch as anything but a baby. I like that Floyd was a very sweet nurturing big brother and Branch still has a soft spot for him twenty years later. I like that Floyd is a twink. Yippee.

I think Bruce is my favourite, mostly cuz I had the most fun during his segment of the film. I love the puppet land. I love his big puppet wife and puppet children.

To be honest, as soon as I finished watching the movie, I began losing memories of it at a rapid rate. This is just what I remember. Okay byeeee <33

[digenerate-trash]

HI I just wanted to say that your art is so tasty I love seeing what you make every time you post, even if it's just lil doodles !

I adore your style and I love the way you color, especially the colors themselves,,, the way they turn out whether from the color pallet or a filter or whatever you use make them turn out really well!! they're so pretty and nice to look at aaaaaaa

I remember seeing your art for the first time a couple months ago and i immediately went 👀👀👀, mainly the style intrigued me but it was also a harper drawing and I'm obsessed with that man, jshsjsh but anyway im glad i followed you because your art of the other characters are really good too, i love your designs for them hehe. also it's fun seeing you draw in different styles and doing more ambitious (?? not sure if that's the right word) stuff! like some of the stuff you make blows me away like "holy shit" jzhjahaka- it's been a hot minute since ive properly lurked on ur blog again but what i have in mind is like the clove drawing with all the different versions, like that was dope kshsksn

anyway, I'm rambling. just wanted to say thank you for feeding us with your lovely art and I hope you have a good day/night, depending when you read this

Dude you have no idea what a hellish week this has been and I'm so happy to get a response like this! I'm glad you like my art- the truth is I struggle with consistency and digital stuff but it's always so encouraging to have someone send you stuff like this (Most of my anonymous asks are usually just slurs)

But it was so sweet of you to reach out like this and I super appreciate it! I love engaging with people on here it's a fun community and it's always nice to receive any public feedback!!

I'm just so happy bro I'm gonna go cry for a bit but thank you so much bb!!!! (///ω///)

[istherewifiinhell]

LETS FUUUUUCKIIINGGGGGG GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BAT TURTLES

Here yee here yee! Come one come all! New and long time fans, young (ish) and old. These are so god damn. PREMIUM. Grade A. Turtlefied Certified. Ninja Turtles. Who are Mutant Teens.

Long have we wondered. Must a turtles movie overly explain the concept and set up of the turtles. Or else be a sequel that could confusing or lower quality. Must there sadness about fathers, conflict between brothers and general. Condensed movie run time character arc things. Well. The answer is here. And its this. Who know who the fucking turtles are. And Batman too. So lets just get to do some fucking Movie Ass Movie shit.

(And okay side note I only know animated dc im not like. All up on it but. Yeah. Its batman. Hes over there).

There is a plot a foot! A foot plot! even. Turtle villain and bat villian team up that leads the guys to gotham! And due to it being. Ninja robberies. Misunderstandings abound. But then the team up of the. Two teams. And conflicts arise there. Until they work it out for the greater threats, and thematic culmination in your final action set piece. Delightful. Tasty. So so workable.

Anyway. HELLO ANIMATION. These turtles are so. Wonderous and goofy looking. We have distinct shapes and colouration going on, which is the hotness for modern designs. They have the all white eyes look which is classic and cool. Theyre a bit toned down in shape and snoot having but its a vibe, it looks great in motion.

The action is sick as shit. and a little bloody! your not in nicktoons anymore! hey some turtles arent for little kids indeed. people can be killed! But its not like. Aggressively so. Just enough to feel it. But also theyre doing great comedy animation too. all rounder.

So whats the real meat of it? Well. WOULDNT IT BE SICK IF THE TURTLES WERE IN GOTHAM? And yes. Yes it is. Due to the crossover nature and large cast. We dont really need large changes and arcs. Isnt it enough to see how characters would bounce off situations and others...

Hows our comic lover goof ball, with slight powers of 4th wall poking, enjoy the rogue gallery. What happens when our sciencey tech guy puts his mind to finding a secretive vigilante. What do our serious leaders in blue make of each other. What if an EXTREMELY self aware 16 year old with an attitude read ur entire gimmick from a mile away. What happens when 4 sewer raised teens end up in a rich dude MANOR with a whole ass bulter...

Like basically. All of them are allowed to be their cool funky selves without needing to push it into something thats gonna be the crux of a joke or problem. We get that Leo has the weight of his responisblity as leader stuff, but his still a teen, without him having to tear into anyone. Donnie's doing his tech stuff that goes over other ppls heads without anyone saying he "relies on it too much" or being pressured into fixing everything for everyone. Mikey is techincally, a joke in that. hes saying funny things, hes goofing. But no one needs to slip into anything down right cruel about it, nor does it make him a fuck up.

And Raph... my RAPHIE.... Giving the fucking. Crown of Raph understanders to these fine folks! Yes he's implusive! Yes he's the bruiser. Yes he finds his little brothers jokes annoying! (this is half the point of a little siblings joke. trust me). But also he loves his fucking family. He's nice to kids! And he doesn't have time for anyones elses dramatic broody horseshit. THATS HIS THING??

Delicious. Finally some good fucking food. And eh. Pish posh I really dont know enough about the other bat characters but know its Babs, who is also a purple smartie, and she was fun! Shes fun to see react back at the turtles. And The smallest angriest robin. Who yeah really idk him. BUT DELIGHTFUL. To force into contact with the turtles. This is a mandatory playdate you WILL be dragged into shenangans. Enjoy ur new older bro/cousin figures. They came free with ur fucking crossover.

Shout the fucks out. Watch this movie. They gave the turtle van a little angry mouth again. Fuck Yeah.

[bronanlynch]

hello good evening if ur still doing the headcanon meme pretty please tell me about edelgard fireemblem?

oh I would love to

Sexuality Headcanon: bi but primarily into women (like I am the first person to be annoyed when people On Line act like the one universal experience of bisexuality is abt being into all women and like three men bc that's blatantly untrue for lots of people but I do think it's true for edelgard) Gender Headcanon: she's not one of the fe3h characters whom I'm just fully incapable of not reading as trans like her story still works for me if she's a cis woman but I am very very compelled by the idea of her as a trans woman. something abt her determination to take back her autonomy & ownership over her own body hits as a trans narrative Imo A ship I have with said character: many of them, since she has many women who are very sapphicly obsessed with her and also her goth bestie hubert who in some ways is also a woman who is sapphicly obsessed with her since hubert is 1) obsessed with her and 2) a trans woman to me. special shout outs also to dorothea, the opera singer who fantasizes abt playing the role of edelgard in an opera based on edelgard's life, and monica, who has perfect photographic memory which she uses for remembering everything edelgard has ever said to her and everything edelgard has ever done and also who is meant to be doing what chore A BROTP I have with said character: hubert tbh. like I know I included him as a ship option and I do enjoy them kissing but also the thing is that they are each other's best (and for a while only) friend, and for a long time the only person they each trust, and he has shaped his entire life around being someone who can kill & die for her and this is all endlessly compelling to me A NOTP I have with said character: swings bat at hornet's nest. byleth tbh. so. okay. a thing I don't love abt fe3h more generally is how unearned some characters' trust/fixation/reliance/etc on byleth feels to me personally. there are some characters who care a lot abt byleth in ways that make sense (leonie, who has a connection with byleth's father, or linhardt, who likes studying people's weird magic situations and oh boy does byleth have a weird magic situation, for example). but there are other characters who get introduced as untrusting/independent/etc who then begin to make major life choices because of byleth in a way that I find unconvincing and unsatisfying. and for me, edelgard is one of these characters A random headcanon: I think she used to play a musical instrument like violin or piano with her siblings, and she wasn't ever especially good but it was a fun thing to do together. and she doesn't remember that anymore (have I told u abt this part of her whole deal? anyway she used to have a bunch of siblings and they died and she doesn't have many memories of her childhood anymore due to. the horrors) but sometimes she still like. gets a song they used to play stuck in her head and doesn't know why it makes her so sad General Opinion over said character: I just think she's neat! interesting character, lots of potential for tasty tragedy, so many fun relationships with other characters, cool design

[toonocosm]

I really really love ur art and character design it's so cute and tasty and I wanna put it all in my mouth

I hope you mean that in a cool way, and not in like... a fet!sh way. If so, thank you! :) Sorry, the internet has scarred me.

[toxictoxicities]

HOW ON EARTH DID I MISS THIS

There is so much to read it's insane you'd write this much and you really did hit the nail on the head for some of the the symbolism as yeah- the association between the ship and birds is significant and in the comic will appear here and there depending on what's happening and with the relationship. I can't help but spill a little because fuck! How can I not converse with this! There is so much to talk about here You're 100% right about "being able to show their true colours" being a interpretation of the bird symbol in emergence. It's actually this idea that got me to ship the two in the first place. In the broadcasts Suns was heavily more mellow and vulnerable with Sigs than with Pebbles or Winds (the other 2 broadcasts we see Suns speak to) which I thought was tasty to see a character who portrays themselves so highly become a pathetic wet meow meow to specifically one person. So I jumped onto the ship so hard. The more birds there are the more vulnerable and open the two are being with each other, if birds are leaving scenes the opposite is in effect.

You also nailed the idea of romance and attraction but I also plan to parallel the two with birds literally. In a few of my pieces I have Suns and Sigs dancing a lot, they like to dance, similar to birds how they dance and show off their colours to attract (lowkey that's why Suns has a lot of jewels to be sparkly n pretty because yeah Suns lacks in being able to express themselves so they cover it up) which is a symbol in itself in the story characters with more grand designs are the ones who are hiding something or keep secretes! I actually have a scene where Sig removes this massive fluffy coat because - yeah- he sees through all that glamour n bullshit, they've been close friends for god knows, he knows Suns. Though I love that you mentioned that while Sigs can communicate his emotions, Suns can't and also is bad at understanding other emotions, so sometimes Sigs deflects or avoids expressing (which is where the whole mellow and unserious side comes from as a way to hide it as well- so Sigs is also guilty of hiding away just in other ways). I also reckon Sigs is just as skillful as Suns, considering they took inspo off each other in making the slugcats which is what Suns would find attractive in Sigs, having someone who works alongside with enabled Suns to at some point feel a connection- which is new to them as they're introverted af- so I actually have Suns fall for Sigs first but they ofc don't know what to do with it or even realize it till much later- it's just an unthinkable concept to them at first. Which also links to the analogy of birds being free from the birdcage as these two experience a bunch of new shit together, leaving the can, the wilderness as well as new feelings as a whole. Through the relationship they've kinda freed each other to feel new things and think outside of the norm- so theres the freedom symbol there.

I love the rio analogy it's so spot on- but Suns does actively make the effort to try and understand Sigs even if it's hard or they make mistakes they'll keep trying, because Suns appreciate Sigs and their friendship a shit ton- since it's the only close friendship where one isn't above the other, Sigs doesn't hold Suns on a high pedestal and Suns doesn't see Sigs as just a jokester, they actually admire Sigs ideas and thoughts.

Man uve just sparked my love for these two again - through the roof- it's so fun to just waffle about them, even if I'm spilling too much HAHA I don't mind one bit if ur au is taking inspo off mine, I'm excited to see what you do with it! I'm flattered if anything <3

Quetzalli on Trafficlights and Birds

Well @toxictoxicities, it has been done! You gave me the chance for me to give my own interpretation on this matter, and I can’t resist chances to add some narrative significance! I decided to make a separate post on it because what I came up with ended up being long (as always with me), and in case anyone else would enjoy these thoughts.

However before I go in with this essay I've put together I have to give a very important note: These thoughts are gonna be primarily based around my personal interpretations and headcanons for Seven Red Suns and No Significant Harassment. I’m generally a person who needs to know exactly what I’m working with to do something well, and as such my ideas about metaphors, symbolism, and greater narrative significance typically depend a lot on me understanding the characters and ship not just in their general dynamic, but various other deeper elements — what their core desires/fears are, what their backstories/histories are, each of their main character traits and why they are that way, then from there what they see in each other and why their relationship benefits each other in-universe, and what other effect(s) the relationship has or could have on the characters in-universe as well as the greater narrative out-of-universe, with the additional optional knowledge of what the main plot of the story they come from is to possibly tie in important moments. Seeing as you probably aren’t going to explain your Trafficlights interpretation completely to this intense of a degree anytime soon (though I’d absolutely enjoy hearing it whenever it comes!), if I’m going to make some metaphors I think the best option is to just use my current character interpretations so I have this background familiarity, especially since I’ve actually been developing these things a whole lot for my own iterator off-the-string happy ending AU!

Also, I want to say to that if some of these idea sound familiar, it’s because I realized I can actually project some of my previous Lilypad ideas onto this Trafficlights portrayal as well. I feel my Suns and Moon are similar enough in their personality traits that many of the same dynamics and significance could reasonably apply. In fact Tox, I’m gonna admit I actually did take some inspiration for my Lilypad portrayal from seeing your particular Trafficlights and drawing my own conclusions about how that dynamic worked, and overall my depiction of Seven Red Suns is largely inspired by your own take on that character, which I found quite unique compared to the rest of the fandom for being the first one I saw to show Suns as being far less imposing and confident internally than they seem in public. So I guess I am once again coming full circle now!

I think this is already more than enough words, but I just felt the need to give those prefaces as context for all of these ideas. With that being said, I hope you like at least some of these!

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Option 1: Birds as Freedom

From what I’ve read, a common symbolism for birds is freedom, which to me is easy to see because of their signature flight ability. Flight can be considered the mode of travel with the greatest freedom because it’s not restricted by landmasses (or even planets, if you include space travel), and because flying is literally defying, or “freeing oneself” from gravity, one can easily associate it with weightlessness and thus being carefree and without worries or negativity.

With any off-the-string iterator story, it’s easy to give going off-the-string a positive significance because it’s literally the puppet “freeing itself” from the limited confines of their chamber, and by extent the limits imposed upon them by the Ancients. This is further supported by how some iterators in canon do appear to perceive their cans as a limitation or cage, as evidenced by the broadcast dialogue. In fact, I've heard No Significant Harassment is one of these very iterators, so I imagine he’d absolutely want to go off-the-string so long as he has a good incentive to. 

To relate this back to birds, you could very much use a caged songbird as a metaphor for the iterators; beautiful, brightly-colored creatures “raised” in captivity and trapped in boxes to serve other people, once “singing” out their ideas from within to those people, but now just giving those “songs” to each other. Thus, going off-the-string (perhaps to the Emergence facility in your AU) could be seen as these “birds” finally flying free to be with one another “in the wild”, finally able to fly and live their lives more fully as they were denied for so long. So regardless of any other symbolism, Trafficlights — and any other off-the-string iterator ship by extent — leaving their cans could be seen as them “flying free” together from the restraints forced upon them.

However, I’ve also recently realized another freedom symbolism besides freedom from the Ancients’ restrictions, and that’s freedom from their own. This is something more impactful to my Seven Red Suns, who like Moon, is also someone who hides a lot of his true personality for a more polite, proper, and dignified public persona, shoulders a lot of weight he isn’t always able to handle alone, and puts lots of limits on himself and what he’s “allowed” or “supposed” to do, albeit for entirely different reasons. Now contrast that with Sig, who although he also hides a lot of his true feelings and knows when to dial it down, is someone who is a master at breaking rules and going against convention. In fact, I like to imagine it’s literally in his nature (er, programming) to think outside the box, generating all sorts of different ideas to solve problems that don’t always totally follow outside rules or what’s “typical” for using a certain item. 

When you bring these two together, I imagine Sig could absolutely be the one to encourage Suns to let loose more, letting down his proper and and uptight persona to show more of his emotional side and explore things he didn’t allow himself to before (like I said, this is one of the ideas that works with Trafficlights as well as Lilypad)! It’s as if Suns is a bird too used to living in the cage and afraid to truly fly again, and Sig has to coax him out into embracing that freedom. You could even take this with the idea of iterators not being used to romance, a restriction Suns absolutely puts on himself and even others because he believes a “proper” iterator isn’t supposed to have such deep attachments, of which romantic love could be considered the worst because it’s both breaking Karma 3 of Companionship and can directly lead to Karma 2 of Sexual Intercourse, so it’s essentially a double-risk. But again, Sig is willing to explore these new feelings, and now that they’re off the string and can love each other more physically and directly than ever, what better time could there be for Suns to “spread his wings” and fly alongside him?

Option 2: Birds as Passion/Romance

To me, the second biggest symbolism that birds can have is that of passion and general romantic ideas. Technically all birds could have this association because feathers and wings in general are pretty showy, so spreading one’s wings could just as easily be a gesture of great emotion and expression as it could be preparing to be free. In addition though, whereas the previous point was more related to songbirds, this seems to correlate more with birds of paradise especially, who have the most colorful and varied plumage of the bird kingdom, thus making it easy to say they’re “showing their true colors” without fear. Some birds of paradise, particularly parrots/parakeets/macaws/etc. are very social creatures by nature, so it’s even easier to draw the connection between their vibrant plumage and social behavior with being expressive and outgoing.

As for the romance element, to me it seems birds are commonly used as such symbols already; there’s doves and swans being symbols of love often included in some way at weddings, words like “lovebirds” referring to lovers as well as one of my favorite words, “twitterpated”, which means to be very smitten and infatuated and also has a clear bird-based association and maybe even origin. But then there’s the idea of songbirds singing to each other, which I think is a particularly romantic idea which plays into one of my favorite shipping tropes I call, “answering the call”. So far, I like to describe it as when someone is looking for companionship and romance for a while, either openly or as a subconscious desire, but is eventually found and “answered” by someone willing to love with them. It’s such a romantic idea to me because it often includes so much loneliness and sometimes even tragedy before, making that moment where they finally find someone all the more sweet!

Okay, now to bring this back to Trafficlights. Starting with the first idea, I think it’s easy to associate Sig with these kinds of birds, especially macaws and such, seeing as I imagine he can be just as “colorful” both literally and personality-wise, and cares deeply about his relationships in a similar manner. But even then, like I mentioned before Sig can sometimes feel like he needs to hide those feelings because others don’t fully understand him and he doesn’t want to risk creating tension (although hiding his feelings like that kinda does anyway). 

To resolve this, I’ve decided to use what I imagine Sig would appreciate and value in Suns that would evolve the relationship past friendship to romance, that being that Suns was one of the first people besides Moon who believed that Sig’s ideas and his dedication to his friends could be something more, something better and used for good. My Suns is defined largely by his perfectionism and endless drive to make things the “best” versions of themselves. In my timeline of events he already helped Sig in that way during a pretty important moment, not to mention it’s just really inspiring how much Suns cares about trying to bring about the “best” for everyone. On Sig’s end, this is how they at least developed a friendship, and in this alternative what would cause that appreciation to evolve to romance eventually. In fact, in my headcanon it was the combined efforts of Moon first understanding Sig’s feelings and Suns helping to perfect his role in his group, with both of them working really hard to help him find new belonging with the Local Group, that was what got Sig out of his “rough patch”. Thus, in a way, Suns directly helped Sig make new connections, “spread his wings”, and “find a new flock”, which can easily be the main reason why Sig would fall for Suns.

Now, what about Suns? Relating him to birds and passion also hinges largely on another pretty crucial headcanon about my Seven Red Suns, which is that he is secretly a huge romantic with a passion for the fine arts. In addition to striving for an “ideal” world at all times, he appreciates art and the deeper symbolism within. However, because of what I said earlier about Suns placing a lot of high standards on himself, he doesn’t actually make art of his own, believing it’s “not an iterator’s place” to do such a thing themselves because it’s not in their purpose. But even then, he can’t help himself from seeing things artistically and drawing his own conclusions about things.

That being said, I imagine Suns could have a strong appreciation for birds in particular; their beauty, combined with their flight, makes them seem as though they’ve already “ascended” on some level above other animals. On top of that, I think Suns would come to see Sig as sort of a bird himself! Maybe a big green macaw with the most beautiful plumes who’s also far more intelligent than others think. But even more so, when it comes to what Suns appreciates in Sig that causes him to fall in love, I imagine it’s how Sig is the only person who sees through his facade for who he really is. Everyone else around him seems to either put him on a pedestal, with their own high expectations to follow, or is intimidated by his grandeur into avoiding much direct contact. Again, however, Sig naturally thinks outside the box and challenging people’s ideas, so it’d be pretty easy for him to break down some of Suns’s diplomacy to show that more emotional side (another idea that I use in Lilypad as well). No Significant Harassment is the one person Suns feels like he can be himself around, helping him realize that even those parts of him he hides make him “perfect” by virtue of being his real and unique self. It’s like Suns is a great eagle, looked up to and feared by other birds as a large bird of prey and thus lonely and pressured to soar above all else, and only the surprisingly smart macaw is able to lower his guard, helping him see he’s just as beautiful and inspiring on the ground as he is soaring high in the clouds. 

And then there’s the idea of “answering the call”. I’ve already seen your Trafficlights will probably play out as a slow burn, with Sig and Suns harboring growing feelings for each other for a while but only really acting on it once Emergence kicks in. In this case the dynamic would be mutual, with both of them longing for a deeper connection, but perhaps not realizing it until this timeline. I imagine Sig would be the one more conscious of this desire though, seeing as he openly seeks connection with others, so it’d be as if he’s a lonely songbird wanting to sing out but never getting an answer. And then of course, when Suns finally does respond it’s that much more poetic!

Trafficlights as Rio (spoilers, by the way)

OKAY HEAR ME OUT, I just have to include some words on this because this movie, this freaking movie is not only one of the two that kickstarted my love of birds but is what started this whole Trafficlights-as-birds-symbolism thing for me.

To give some context, if you don’t already know I am someone who not only loves making metaphors and symbolism with my ships, but loves finding associations between them and outside music or stories. I often look for connections to the old Disney animated fairytales, but I really end up doing it to all sorts of animated stories that I believe have pretty universal themes.

That being said, if there’s any association I’d make for Trafficlights as I currently see them, it’s to Blue Sky’s Rio and some of the scenes from that story. Firstly, Blu as a character already somewhat parallels my Suns in that he’s awkward and not the best at interacting with others. Not to mention his inability to fly, which came from him never getting a chance to embrace his emotions before being captured and taken from his home, could be paralleled to Suns’s bottling up his emotions, especially since flight in that film is directly related to feelings of happiness, love, and freedom, so Suns in a way is also “stunted” in his emotions. Meanwhile Sig on the other hand is more like Jewel, someone who at least understands his emotions a lot better and thus “knows how to fly”, and who resists others’ attempts to cage him and tries to get his partner to do the same. Like Blu Suns refuses at first, his logic and desire for a dignified self image getting the best of him being able to let loose in any environment where he isn’t surrounded by close friends. 

Then there’s the freaking “Hot Wings” scene, which takes the most responsibility for this association of mine. Largely because the two side-characters, Nico and Pedro, also seem to carry a dynamic with their lyrics that just reminds me of Suns and Sig, respectively, a lot (honestly I just thought about it on a whim one day and I can’t unsee it now…). Not to mention the entire scene is about pretty birds dancing, which given you’ve also made a decent number of drawings of Trafficlights dancing together, I think is just super fitting. And then Jewel’s singing once again brings back this idea of freedom and showing one’s emotions and love, with the remaining question being whether or not Blu can eventually unlock this feeling inside him despite his fears and fly up with her. This is something I think could work with Trafficlights, at least how I see them, for even if Suns can be more emotional around Sig and maybe his friends, he still has trouble doing so in public, not always liking the pressure of being “perfect” but not wanting to risk looking like a fool around everyone who looks up to him.

It works even better with one of the later scenes in the film when Blu and Jewel finally manage to cut the chain keeping them together, which causes Jewel to immediately lift into the sky with the pure joy and euphoria of once again being free to fly as she pleases. However, Blu is left looking up at her as she flies with their friends, and you can tell he’s both realizing again just how beautiful she is and longing so much to join her in the sky, yet still unable to fly. Once again I can’t help seeing Suns in Blu’s place, looking at Sig having fun and being so carefree, loving the feeling of being off-the-string, and him thinking Sig so beautiful and wanting to join him too. And eventually, just like Blu does in a true “answering the call fashion”, he is able to “spread his wings” and they finally can fly away together!

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Okay, I think that’s all I have to say for now on this topic. This essay, excluding the preface at the beginning, is 2498 words! I think that might be a little bit more than my Lilypad essay! I really hope it delivered!

But even then, this was so fun to do! Even though Trafficlights isn’t my main ship and isn’t going to happen in my own AU, I’ve recently been looking to better figure out Sig and Suns’s relationship anyway to understand why they’re at least friends with each other. Of course there are some other factors in their relationship, some of which I’ve edited out for the sake of these ideas because it throws a bit of tension in the dynamic that could compromise its ability to work as a ship, but this was still an important aspect and I’m glad to have gotten a chance to develop it! And then of course, a reason to think about ships as well as shamelessly plug one of my favorite movies ever is also very nice!

This may all sound super silly and maybe none of it works with your Emergence Trafficlights, but regardless this was seriously such a fun opportunity, and I’m glad you gave me a reason to do this! I would love to hear your thoughts on or additions to all this, if you can!

[catboyfurina]

I watched a 12 minute video of food crimes so now I'm mad and so now I'm going to make some boring soup that tastes good and is not full of cheetos

[sevendeadlymorons]

mc bunny maid like the UR cards off luci and mammon but more reveling and sexiest🦉

On it 👀

Brothers Reaction to MC Wearing a Revealing Bunny Outfit

WARNING: Kinda spicy 👀

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Lucifer

He definitely couldn’t pull it off like you can, that’s for sure

Such a tease

Smirks as you wiggle your butt at him, the little bunny tail swaying side to side as you moved

Hides the gentle blush appearing on his cheeks

Steps forwards to catch your chin between his fingers, giving you little bunny kisses

Wraps his arms around your waist, grabbing you and pulling you backwards onto his lap, his fingers tracing over your exposed skin

Mammon

Oh shi-

Why do you pull it off better than him tho

Blushing so damn much, his cheeks are on fire

His eyes are drawn to you, admiring the way the outfit rides up your thighs

He literally can’t look away, you looked hot as shit in that

Can’t help but run his hands up your legs and place them around your waist, tugging you towards him and placing kisses on your neck

Leviathan

Straight up nose bleed

His eyes widen as he stares at the amount of skin that the outfit was exposing

Wiggle your butt at him and his entire face will be red with lustful embarrassment

Eyes were drawn to your thighs, for sure

Stepped slowly towards you to reach for your thigh, giving it a squeeze as he shyly smiled

Wraps his arm around your waist, his hand sneakily rubbing at your bare skin

Satan

He would have preferred cat ears, but this was good too

Eyes you up and down, admiring his bunny

Smiles as you put on a little show for him, twirling around so he can get a full view of your outfit

Feels a slight blush creep onto his face as he reaches for your hip

Pulls you to sit on his lap while his hands run up and down your body

Lays kisses on your face and jaw and tells you how good you look

Asmodeus

He enjoys this very much

Scans your body, taking in the lewd design of the costume you were wearing

Immediately walks over to you and wraps his arms around your waist, squeezing your bare thighs

Gives your neck several kisses, and nibbles on your ear

Won’t let anyone else see his bunny

Gives your butt a quick sneaky pinch and laughs as you yelp in surprise

Beelzebub

Well goddamn

Almost drops his sandwich when you walk in to show him

You looked tasty

Blushes sweetly as he avoids your gaze for a few seconds

Smiles and walks over to you, palming and grabbing at your hips

Runs his hands up your body and lifts you up onto the counter, giving you kisses all over your face as he listens to your laugh

Belphegor

Smirking immediately

Very much enjoys the little show you put on for him

Pats his lap to invite you on

Smiles and kisses your nose, listening to you laugh

Wraps his arm around your waist and sneakily grabs your scut, chuckling at your startled face

Buries his face into your exposed neck and falls asleep on your shoulder