#blueshift

[biteghost]

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"Mortals" features my characters Minerva and Alcyone snarking at each other over the concept of 'mortality' for 16 pages. You might need knowledge of my comic's world to buy-in, but then again you might not if you just like seeing huge space monsters flirting(?) w/mean women.

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[hollow-lime-green]

I mean you know I gotta ask you about a section of FIYM you’ve been dying to talk about

💜! there's so much I'm always dying to talk about tbh, especially re: jujutsu. but i don't want to give people too many hints on where we're going with that. so instead i'm going to talk about one of my favorite interlude pieces - blueshift!

in science, there is a phenomenon called the doppler effect. you have probably heard of it before, most likely in reference to ambulance/police sirens. (for those unfamiliar:) basically, when a wave is moving towards you, you will perceive it at higher frequency. when it is moving away from you, you will perceive it at lower frequency. in sound, this translates to ambulances coming toward you going wheeeeee and when they are going away from you, they go whoooooo.

when this happens with visible light, rather than high/low pitch, we are shifting towards the ends of the visible light spectrum - UV (blue/purple, aka wheeeeeee) at the high frequency end, and infrared (red, aka whooooo) at the low frequency end.

blueshift occurs when waves of light are moving towards you from a moving source. just like the ambulance siren, you receive them at higher frequency than they were emitted at, and in light, this means it shifts blue.

okay, onto the gays - this piece is called blueshift because, well, they are getting closer! although satoru doesn't know that consciously. but the Six Eyes is doing some work for us here by noticing changes in the scene through lighting. it's a pretty subtle hidden allegory (well, the title isn't subtle - but there's not a lot of space devoted to it).

as their conversation progresses, the lighting changes. first, when suguru brings up "we should talk", satoru is actively doomspiraling about suguru knowing he's gay, and he thinks he's losing ground. he thinks that suguru is put off by what happened, and so he is 'moving away'.

then, as they keep talking, and satoru is in uncertain waters, they go into a tunnel. satoru isn't getting clear light cues. we're grey and white here.

they talk more. satoru still isn't sure how suguru would take the whole 'gay' thing, but suguru goes on to reassure satoru that he likes him just the way he is. and that's enough. so finally, in satoru's eyes, he shifts blue.

this was a very fun conversation to write, too, because it is truly a masterclass in absolute dogshit communication.

satoru's thoughts: i'm so gay, i am extremely gay for my hot goth best friend, oh my god what if he thinks i'm gay (because i tried to suck his dick in a linen closet), what if-

suguru's thoughts: gay people are normal, it's fine if you're gay suguru's mouth: "well being girly doesn't mean you're gay"

satoru's thoughts: fuck fuck fuck he doesn't want me to be gay satoru's mouth: "yeah ew of course i'm not gay"

suguru's thoughts: wait wtf is he fucking homophobic suguru's cursed energy: [explodes] suguru's mouth: "right like who gives a fuck about gay people"

satoru's thoughts: wait i give a fuck about gay people ?

apart from the gay, this scene is also about satoru's complicated relationship with normalcy and non-sorcerers. the reason that he doesn't fight back (against mario and luigi) is a messy mix of internalized homophobia and his overwhelming desire to fit in with non-sorcerer society. by acting like a sorcerer - either by using his CT or by pulling out his martial training, he feels like he would be breaking the 'normal' rules. and he wants so badly to be normal because he sees that as a necessary prerequisite for fitting into suguru's life. girliepop's been fucked up since day 1.

p.s. - i love these lines, and i love the brangelina joke right after

The sheer volume of his love for Suguru pushed all the oxygen out of his lungs, but that was okay, that was fine - Satoru’s body would get accustomed to hydrogen fusion. So he kept going, because that was what they did. Because stars burn until they die. Because Satoru had enough cursed energy to outlive the inevitable heat-death of the universe.

thank you for letting me yap @mildlyannoyedscoundrel-blog, i hope this was interesting! 💜💜💜

[mentally-retired]

what if nightcrawler x morph have we thought about that?

let me help you think about it

morph: so mr blue, you like logan too?

kurt: ja

morph: yeah

kurt:

morph:

morph: so do we kiss now

kurt: what?

morph: what!

[bingoary]

jmm

[laketoriver]

barney doing a jig cause why not

(Audio by @average_hl2_player on TT)

[crmsndragonwngss]

This feeling never goes away

And I’m stuck here left thinking

How can I be there for you

When I couldn’t be there for myself

Now I’m left here wondering what could have been

Can I save myself from the devil still within

[neonjawbone]

some post-blueshift-finale viv doodles i did before the move... my beautiful horse, i love u

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[freemanverse-casualcomp-au]

Roleplaying all by myself and decided to make this

[theheckle01]

Commission for Argonis of his character, Allison, being saved and flown away by PolManning's character, Blueshift. Patreon: www.patreon.com/theheckle

[biteghost]

[Blueshift] The players escaped certain death via celestial interference - and thus got on the bad side of Cross (he/him), who felt he was cheated out of their souls.

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[boitedeconcert]

Blueshift

The Doll At The Black Bull, Gateshead, England. 21/03/25.

[introvertedwolf]

wonder if anyones noticed how to tell when blues lying yet

[bingoary]

freaky

[laketoriver]

I need to show the world this youtube comment it’s so god damn funny to me so please laugh

[crmsndragonwngss]

It's always easier when you go with the flow

Ride the wave

See where it takes you

The moment you fight back

You can't let it break you

Tear me down

Don’t let it bury me

I won't sink into my grave

Stare into the sun

‘Til there's nothing left of me

[dekaythepunk]

Song of the Day

Second Sight by Blueshift

For fans of ERRA