#cloudsurfers

[jranon]

[pactheland-at-100]

Was supposed to post this yesterday but here you go, a happy Arlo hugging a strawberry :D

I love him so much, with all my heart.

[ninemccartney]

I can fly 🕊

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[mw-537]

On Running Cloudsurfer by Soft Power

[alumniofny]

Enter the Cloudsurfer – opening the door to a new dimension of soft cushioning with a new, computer-optimized technology.

The cutting-edge CloudTec Phase™ midsole delivers an incredibly smooth ride for landings like you've never felt before. Pave a better future in the Cloudsurfer with sustainably-focused design, incorporating optimized recycled content and water-saving dope dye technology.

Director - Ribo Azumaya

Producer - Michael Stewart

Director of Photography - Julian Watanabe-Neis

1st AC/Op + Editor - Julian Watanabe-Neis

Camera Operator - Ted Maniatakos

Photographer - Koki Sato

Photo Assistant - Nao Fukui

Production Assistant - Thomas Morris

[imfuckingwasted]

Shirt designs I spent hours making bc why not?

x

[jazzy-art-time]

Hits the Ask-Eden Trio with the Pony Beam !!!! For fun and sillies of course. (started as a joke that Dysnomia would kiss AppleJack dont ask why)

Useless mini lore things below the cut

Dysnomia is named DaisyChain! As a nod to his name as well as daisy chains being chains. Cutie mark represents this as well as "red string of fate" in a way

Luan is CloudSurfer! Her name is… obvious lmaO- But I imagine she is unaware that she is actually a SeaPony and once she touches sea water instantly transforms like in H2O just add water (CLEUAoOOO.. NAuuRRR)

and then! Eden as… Prince DawnShimmer! Unlike his brother, Prince DuskShimmer (haha their names are Dawn and Dusk get it am I clever am i CLEVER-) he was not born a proper alicorn. He is a standard earth pony but over time, he will earn his horns and wings! He technically has no cutiemark but instead a wavering shimmering circle on his flank that will eventually fill with something when the time is right

[laeyein]

cloudsurfing (2024) - commission for mythicalviper on flightrising! c:

[arazan-universe]

OK MISS VORA I LOVE THESE AND NOW I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS

How is Mister I-will-wrap-my-swords-in-cloth Aranel ranked HIGHER than Meizan on intelligence?? Granted they're all kind of idiots (I mean this lovingly) but seriously??? Unless we are mixing up intelligence and common sense??

I am not the biggest Aina fan but she deserves more points for chitronic skill THE GIRL IS CHANNELING WITH A DISABILITY.

lmao Aranel weakass "strength of character" (tracks with the book) MY BOI IS TOOOOO SOFT

Meizan beating Aranel by half a bar on physical strength is everything I need to know about who tops in that relationship

Arazan's charts are quite similar for all the, um, physical aspects, just saying...

Can you imagine how they'd react if they saw these? Aranel would whine about being faster (mister cloudsurfing champion) and stronger than he is and deserving more points. Meizan would pretend not to give a shit though really he's upset that Aranel beat him in chitronic skill. Aina would actually not give a shit.

[jranon]

Trippy Gorilla

[pactheland-at-100]

decided to hop on the trend of fictional characters drawn in irl photos so have a kinda crappy doodle of xolga and mr. toko cloudsurfing (original charas by @pacthesis obvs)

[ask-artsy-oncie]

What’s Jules’ and Kit’s relationship from them first meeting onwards? Do they move in together at some point? How do they keep in contact? Stuff like that.

They exchange contact info after Jules is given a tour of the Sea Duck. I think it takes a little while for them to meet up, again, but they do. They're too fascinated by one another not to.

I think, though, if I want to explain how their relationship goes from one stage to the next, I ought to examine their social lives and how it impacts the development of their romance.

Kit's doing very good, now! In that, he has his family, he has Della (fuck canon, Kit and Della are childhood friends TO ME!!!), he has now former pirates he works with and can bond with, he goes out drinking every so often, like. I still consider him an introvert but he's got a pretty healthy social life and doesn't really struggle to have positive friendly interactions on the regular. He's just a generally good-natured guy like that.

HOWEVER, god, his romantic experience is weird. It's not like he never "noticed" girls or boys, but the vast majority of his focus growing up was on learning how to fly, getting into flight school, getting his pilot's license, etc. He just didn't have time for romance because he had other things at the forefront of his mind, and it took up a lot of his mind, too. I think it was something that gave Baloo great joy (in the sense that it meant that at least Kit "wasn't growing up too fast") and Rebecca a lot of anguish (in the sense that she had certain expectations for certain milestones at certain ages).

Into adulthood, maybe perhaps a little stunted from ignoring those kinds of feelings throughout his teen years, I don't think Kit really winds up in a serious relationship at any point prior to Jules. And I'm not even certain it's something he even cares to look for. He's very fulfilled by flying and cloudsurfing, among other things, yknow? I do think he ended up in short flings and even one-night-stands (he's still an adult with needs, and that's just how he went about dealing with it) throughout his 20's and early 30's, so he's not totally inexperienced in romantic endeavors, just not committed.

And he's also just fucking horrible at being self-aware about his attraction, as well. I've said this in a previous post but Kit develops crushes on pilots very easily. They don't last terribly long, but he's never aware of how obvious it is, or that much has even changed within him. Maybe after the fact, but rarely ever in the moment. His family absolutely teases him over it. Della is more exasperated by it.

Meanwhile, Jules has very little experience socializing outside their family. They'd always been the shy one among their siblings, and as they grew up they'd made one or two school friends (basically, they socialized just enough that their reclusive nature was never noticed, by their family or themself), but rarely ever got close enough to anyone like they were with their family.

They do, however, technically have a leg-up on Kit in that they did briefly date someone in a superficial high school sort of way. Lol.

Jules was just also pretty damn absorbed into their fixation on learning magic and magical history to really focus on maintaining friendships and other relationships after high school. Their siblings all grew up alongside them and got busy with their own lives. Jules gradually, without meaning to, became more and more reclusive. Stuck in their own head. Very painfully aware that they would like to form friendships and even romantic bonds at this point in their life, but totally intimidated by the process of doing so.

It's by chance that Kit makes the first move on that fateful day. And does so in a way that opens Jules up to him in a way they'd definitely struggle to without prompting. And they click pretty easily, it turns out.

Jules's proficiency is in magic, of course, but engineering and machinery really fascinates them. They genuinely were hanging off Kit's every word as he explained the mechanisms of the Sea Duck and compared them to those of other planes, what each part did and if and how it did it well. Meanwhile, Kit has had a pretty limited encounter with magic. In Talespin he's shown to be at least a little superstitious, and I, of course, have a very self-indulgent headcanon that he reads tarot, but he doesn't know the fine details, how or why things work the way they do. Actually seeing someone flying on an honest-to-god broomstick made his brain go "!!!!" and he absorbed Jule's long-winded, tangent-filled explanations with no complaints. Beyond just vibing with having related special interests, they're also both invested in the other's respected special interest.

It makes for a pretty great feedback loop, so when they do meet up, they tend to hit it off really well. Before Jules knows it, they've made their first friend in a long time. It happens without either of them really even noticing. It's suddenly just so normal to have one another in their lives. Suddenly, Jules is wedged into Kit's life, seamlessly, and Kit is wedged into Jules's. Kit is swinging by Jules's shop in his free time, just to see them, and hopefully goad them into having a conversation with him and giving him their attention, despite them being on the clock. Jules is starting to show up to Kit's shows when they can, and, with Molly's permission, ends up waiting backstage for him on the regular, hoping that they'll get to steal a moment or two of his time.

But Jules absolutely is having a very new experience after spending so long, alone. Whether they consciously realize it or not, they're pretty overwhelmed by this foreign feeling of having such a close companionship with someone, now. Not to mention that Kit is, physically, very attractive to Jules. What I'm saying is that Jules develops a crush on Kit pretty quickly. And once they notice they can't even bring themself to deny it when pried by one of their sisters.

They like Kit. A lot. But he's also the first friend they've had in so long, and the last thing they want to do is ruin that by letting romantic feelings get in the way. So they don't act on their feelings, which they feel is the smart, mature thing to do. They just want to be able to enjoy having a friend, right now (though it doesn't stop them from becoming a blushing, stuttering mess when Kit gets too close or grabs their hand and holds it, or, god forbid, some adventure perils cause Kit to pick them up. They have had to refrain from asking Kit to crush them SO MANY TIMES NOW--).

And Kit? Honestly was pretty smitten with them from the get-go, but again, he really isn't aware of it. He of course gets teased, he's so obvious about it, but he brushes it off with the same lighthearted comebacks as he always does with their teasing. Like he just does not make the connection. He just really, really, really enjoys being around Jules so he acts on those feelings and doesn't really put deeper thought into them...

... Until his crush ends up lasting so long that he inevitably comes to the realization that he has one, while he's still having one. Uh oh. Kit ends up entering a sort of crisis mode where he's suddenly hyper aware of his feelings for Jules and can't behave normally (or rather, calmly) around them anymore. He gets too jittery, too blushy, too dumb around them, now, and it's making him frustrated with himself. Meanwhile, Jules repressing their own attraction to Kit is starting to get kind of painful for them. There's romantic tension between the two of them that is just begging to pop at any given moment. Their loved ones are way too invested in this repressive disaster unfolding before them, btw. Things are super awkward between them now, despite their best efforts, but they're also attached enough to each other that it doesn't stop them from spending time with one another.

And, see, Jules has a pretty bad habit of talking aloud to themself. It's a holdover from only really having themself to talk to when there wasn't a customer to be helped. They're not loud about it, but they're definitely audible. And they're in turmoil at this moment, so they're definitely talking to themself every chance they get.

Despite their own self-awareness, Jules does not actually recognize that Kit reciprocates their feelings. They believe that things are getting more and more awkward because, in bottling up their feelings, they believe said feelings have gotten "worse" and are putting the strain on their friendship they feared it would. So their next step is just to convince themself to get over their feelings. To cross the peak of this awful mountain they've been climbing, already. That this isn't going to last much longer, that it's just their physical attraction to Kit messing with the rest of their feelings and it'll go away. That, sure, maybe right now they're in love with Kit and extremely attracted to Kit, and--

The door to their shop is open.

Kit is standing in their doorway.

As Kit still does, in order to suffer through incomprehensible sentences and blush so uncomfortably hot, just so he can hear Jules's voice and see their smile and be with them, with their attention on him.

He's probably heard to much.

He has heard to much.

The tension pops like a bubble.

And it really is such a drastic relief to the both of them that, all this time, they were just being idiots and there really wasn't much of anything to worry about. They're adults, dammit, they shouldn't have to dance around one another, if they both like each other romantically they should just give this dating thing a shot, right? The two of them think so.

And so they end up in a sort of honeymoon phase, where they're still extremely reactive towards one another. Blushing, stuttering, babbling, awkward messes. But it isn't painful for either of them, anymore. It just makes them feel warm and happy and giggly, until everything calms down properly and they settle back into their familiar familiarity. They're just both friends AND lovers, now.

I'm gonna stop it there because it's past 1AM and I am extremely tired, but this is them going from acquaintances to friends to a couple, at least. If I was more coherent I'd probably have a better narrative structure to this? But maybe I'm just being too harsh on myself. If this satisfies you, anon, then I'm very happy :)

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[alumniofny]

Enter the Cloudsurfer – opening the door to a new dimension of soft cushioning with a new, computer-optimized technology.

The cutting-edge CloudTec Phase™ midsole delivers an incredibly smooth ride for landings like you've never felt before. Pave a better future in the Cloudsurfer with sustainably-focused design, incorporating optimized recycled content and water-saving dope dye technology.

Director - Ribo Azumaya

Producer - Michael Stewart

Director of Photography - Julian Watanabe-Neis

1st AC/Op + Editor - Julian Watanabe-Neis

Camera Operator - Ted Maniatakos

Photographer - Koki Sato

Photo Assistant - Nao Fukui

Production Assistant - Thomas Morris

[valorxdrive]

"Man oh man was that a good nap!" A certain hero is feeling his usual round of chipper spirit.

"Dunno why, but I feel like a lil cloudsurfing today would be the best way to kick things off. Just wish I could teach more folks some Flowmotion, it'd be a competition then!"

Not to mention just having the rolling waves of clouds as the sky ocean? How damn cool would that be.