#firefly-collective

[darksideofparis]

An expanded Pantheon of Discord for your consideration! Some taken from canon beings The Doctor has fought, some from Sarah Jane, two are OCs

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The Toymaker: The God of Games- We all now know this guy, a crazy giggling madman obsessed with The Rules of Play

Hecuba: The Goddess of Fate- The canonical sister of The Toymaker. I made her The Goddess of Fate since in her one canon appearance she's called The Queen of Time.

Trickster: The God of Traps- Again, a well known one, the archenemy of Sarah Jane, an insane individual who loves chaos

Maestro: The God of Music- The child of The Toymaker who wishes to keep all music for themselves, the parent of Harbinger

Reprobate: The God of Spite- An unknown being, I haven't found anyone who would work as Reprobate except maybe Rassilon?

The Mara: The God of Beasts- A classic Who villain and enemy of The Fifth Doctor

Lucifer: The God of Despair- This is The Beast from The Satan Pit. He's also voiced by Gabriel Woolf, the voice of Sutekh and with Carla mentioning The Beast it felt right to include him. Having him be The God of Despair is from The Beast being called The Prince of Despair by the possessed Ood

Abaddon: The God of Hunger- This is The Beast's child from Torchwood that feeds on life energy and was defeated by Jack's immortality. Feasting on immortality itself seems good for a hunger god

Fenric: The God of Pestilence- Taking a Seventh Doctor enemy described as "an evil from before the universe" and making them one of The Pantheon. Given how Fenric was described, a pestilence deity seemed right

Jester: The God of Fear- The clown creature from Sarah Jane Adventures that feeds on fear and who Mr Smith said came from "the far edges of The Universe". Similar to Abaddon, a being that feeds on fear seems like they'd be a fear deity

Krampus: The God of Trickery- This is actually a canonical member of The Pantheon from a comic who tricks a citizen of Leadworth who Amy and Rory later have to save. He works by tricking people into accepting his gifts to manifest in the physical world

Harbinger: The God of Chance- Yes I'm making Harbinger a god, since the first one we met is the child of Maestro. Now Harbinger is a shapeshifter deity so both Henry and Harriet are the same deity. Their domain is for opening up chances for their fellow deities to emerge

Incensor: The Goddess of Disaster- A canonical member of The Pantheon who we haven't seen yet and I couldn't find an enemy who worked as a Disaster goddess though I wanted to propose the idea that she was the inspiration of Gaia in Greek mythology

Light: The God of Endings- A Seventh Doctor enemy who was said to be "an evil older than time itself" and worshiped as a god. Depicted as being someone obsessed with cataloguing the universe and infuriated whenever anything changes. Seems like he'd make a good God of Endings

Akhaten: The God of Plagues- Taken from the 11th Doctor story The Rings of Akhaten, described by his worshippers as A God but by 11 as a parasitic plague on his people, I think he could work as a trapped and bound God of The Pantheon

Midnight: The God of Shadow- Yes I am making The Creature from Midnight a lesser deity of The Pantheon! What else but an immortal being could survive that sunlight? Maybe it was imprisoned eons ago and all it can do now is hunger and strike from it's domain of shadow, including the shadows of the mind

Kronos: The God of Time- A Third Doctor enemy that claimed to have "known The Doctor of Old" and was "beyond good and evil", a being literally called a God and a destroyer. I think he'd fit well in The Pantheon and leads into Ash's idea of The Doctor being The God of Life. Speaking of which

The Doctor: The God of Life- A mind wiped and banished child god who was found and taken in by The Time Lords. This god was immortal and could bring others back to life (like the butterfly from Space Babies). Trapped by The Trickster and unbound from Time, The Doctor now faces his own family as The Lonely God

Void: The God of Darkness (OC)- I made this sort of a mashup of both The Void, the space between dimensions containing "no light" and Rose in "Turn Left" saying that "The Darkness is coming" almost like The Darkness was a physical being. Void separated a member of his family from the woman he loved out of spite

Sutekh: The God of Death- The supposed "mother and father and other of all" and "the god of gods" himself, master and bringer of ultimate death, the antithesis to The Doctor, God of Life. A being who simply wishes to bring "blessed death to all life"

Precursor: The God of The Unknown and Secrets (OC)- Confession time! I created this God for the sole reason of being able to hide the truth from people by tucking it away "into nothingness and The Unknown". Secrets such as the true origin of Ruby Sunday, the many past lives of The Doctor, the whereabouts of Susan Foreman, the truth of who The Doctor is and (linking in your OC Alex) who Alex's Time Lord ancestor is. They are the Secret Keeper of The Pantheon and allow their fellow gods true intentions to always remain a mystery

Would love to hear your opinions on this!- Loki

Very fascinating! I especially like the idea of a God of Secrets. Honestly, it would fit in very well with the show, and all the secrets and uncertainty surrounding the Doctor!

[bosinclairsgff]

Slashers (and others) reacting to their s/o tattoos

Includes: Otis Driftwood, Baby Firefly, Amanda Young, Patrick Bateman, The Grabber, Lance Preston, Arkin, Thomas Hewitt And Bo Sinclair

Warnings:

- Otis thinks your tattoos are super hot. He loves kissing them. When you guys are in bed sometimes he’ll trace his fingers over the outline. Only when he’s very calm. Wants to give you a tattoo so everyone knows you belong to him.

- Baby loves your tattoos. Thinks they are so cool and wants a matching one with you. She always encourages you to get more. If they are on your arms she loves seeing you in short sleeves.

- Doesn’t care. She thinks it’s a little cool but she wouldn’t get all crazy about it. When she’s in the mood though she’ll kiss around your tattoos. You could maybe convince her to go get one with you but she’d probably get like a small bird or something behind her ear.

- Hates them. Would tell you to cover them up. Thinks you look stupid and ugly. Low key gets the ick from it.

- He’s interested in the stories behind them. Albert likes looking them over and looking for every detail. Wouldn’t get one himself. He secretly finds them very hot.

- Lance thinks they are super cool. He loves them. Definitely calls you badass even if your tattoos aren’t very badass.

- Arkin thinks they are very cool. Was definitely there while you got one. He would hold your hand the whole time making sure your okay.

- This could be the reason you lived at first. He knows that flesh that’s been tattooed is disgusting. He hates the taste. That’s why you lived longer than the rest. But eventually you tell him about them and he likes them.

- Thinks they are sexy as fuck. Loves them. Wants to tattoo his name on you so you can never escape him.

[heckyeahponyscans]

Would anyone in France (or possibly Europe might work) be interested in acting as proxy for me in buying this, ie I pay you to buy this book off eBay and ship it to me? It's on eBay France.

I messaged the seller and, via Google Translate, asked if they shipped to the United States and basically said I would pay whatever amount of shipping was necessary, but they never got back to me. I am dying to read it and scan it. I've never seen this book before but it translates to "My Little Pony and the Ice Monster".

[fumifooms]

Firefly Wedding is so…

It’s so

It’s them. It’s "It’s just a firefly, they’re meant to die soon. Why should I care about the sick, or the poor?"

It’s "I was purposely trying to scare you and push you away to see how far you were willing to go with your act, how desperate you were to play with my feelings as if I was a fool, but it didn’t work."

It’s "I know you’re just using me but now I care. Please keep using me. I need you to need me."

It’s choosing to give her her freedom anyways. Because your love is no longer all about you, no longer selfish. Because this love isn’t just a shallow balm to soothe your complexes anymore.

It’s being betrayed, finally facing the lies and no longer pretending you both don’t know that this is a farce, but desperately wanting to keep it going anyways. It’s "I should hate you now. Why don’t I? Hey, tell me we’ll go through with the plan, tell me you’ll marry me after all. Otherwise, why am I still here? Why don’t I want to leave? You act like you don’t need me but I still need you."

Like that’s so revolutionary for a yandere story. The self-delusion is strong, denial that things have changed despite it being impossible to truly believe, BUT HE STAYS. It’s no longer selfish 😭😭

"I don’t care about you anymore, I won’t help you. Get yourself killed for all I care." <- Jumps to her rescue 3 milliseconds later when she almost falls down a ladder/roof. It happens twice. The ‘lying and trying to emotionally distance yourself from something to protect yourself and not get hurt’ defense mechanism is blatant and it’s failing really bad.

It’s "My sense of duty and goals to have accomplished something useful in my short life are making me do this, but I do want you to stay with me." The yandere stuff here gets turned on its head because what he says is empty where it matters and meaningful where it matters. It’s knowing that if Satoko asks him not to kill anyone he won’t, but knowing that he won’t give up on her no matter what, even if she’s unattainable, even if she’s sickly, even if she pushes him away like just before. It’s so thinly veiled for "I’m determined to see my goal through, but that’s not what I want. If you just so happen to take me away and I don’t try to run away hard enough then we can elope and be free. I want to have an excuse to leave with you. Please give up on marrying me. Please don’t. I want that, but I can’t."

It’s "If I didn’t burn brightly in my short firefly life, then what was the point?"

Except that burning brightly doesn’t have to mean making big achievements, or being useful to your family.

It can be living happily, living for the ones you love, fighting for them. It can be worth to risk it for things that actually matter to you.

It’s giving your heart to someone, figuratively and literally. To lend it to them even if it might get used or battered, for as long as it beats to use your body to protect them, even if you have to sacrifice yourself. A love that burns bright into a bonfire before they both turn to ashes. Unwise but wholehearted.

It’s despite even that, needing grandiose gestures to be able to trust that this is real. It’s needing external cues that prove it to feel safe in their love existing, other people to confirm that he’s not crazy, that this is happening and this is how they both feel. Their love has been fake, both being a warped love and being a lie, only being out of necessity or because the other was the only one willing to offer it to them, offering comfort, safety, support and care. And showing that they care is the most loving of all. It’s despite everything falling back into old habits that "Oh if she was miserably worried for me then that means she’s not indifferent to me! That’s good!" And then once again being taken aback by her, by her earnestness and by her will. Because oh, no, this goes deeper than that. She cares. It’s love.

It’s opening your heart up to love, and both being punished and rewarded for it.

But most of all it’s

And it being the most loving thing he’d ever heard

Firefly Wedding is so…

And yet it’s also

The complicated and hurtful nature of love and the joy and light it brings are two sides of the same coin, because that’s what inevitably happens when you care about something. But caring about a firefly isn’t a waste even however short lived it is, or how hard the loss will inevitably hit you. Isn’t their light just such a wonder to witness?

[jade-doodles-questionmark]

[endlesslytired]

stellaron hunter and astral express crossing over!

forgor to add but, previous post.

bonus, cross universe moment

[brella-boi]

Fresh new pictures of the Biblically Accurate Bug enamel pins!

Finally they can clearly show off the wonderful wing details.

I'm planning on making two more for this set very soon!

You can find these in my etsy shop for now if they piqued your interest :]

[darkelfdice]

It's been years, but Firefly dice are back!

[binah-beloved]

one day, Binah would like to watch the stars with you. but what if there are no stars anymore, by the time she leaves the Library? perhaps they've all been burnt out, and the moon has been too cold for her liking, ever since she became enraptured by your warmth. perhaps they were harnessed for their energy. perhaps some great monster ate them up for supper. she can't bear to see you disappointed, after you waited so long to see the night sky again.

maybe, instead, you'll see the fireflies together. they're almost like stars, after all, except they hover and land on your fingertips, winking and blinking in an almost cheerful pattern. they only appear in sparse areas in the Outskirts, where the dry grass has overgrown up to your waist. getting there alone would be a struggle and a half. but Binah thinks it would be worth it, to see dots of light on your face accompanying your happy smile again.

[bonbonthepony]

Some of my other favorite G1 ponies including Bubbles, Skyrocket, Firefly, and Seashell

[fancypantsrecords]

Michio Mamiya - Grave Of The Fireflies (Soundtrack Collection) | Studio Ghibli Records | 2022 | Black

[darksideofparis]

Spoilers for Doctor Who, The Legend of Ruby Sunday!!!!!

Doctor Who theory time! (Or maybe just the crackpot ramblings of a disturbed lunatic)

So in the penultimate episode, The Legend of Ruby Sunday, we had the character Harriet Arbinger, who, like Henry Arbinger from The Devil's Chord was actually a Harbinger. Only this time, she was the harbinger for Sutekh, The One Who Waits.

As Sutekh was revealing himself, Harriet listed out other deities, Toymaker God of Games, Maestro God of Music, Trickster God of Traps etc etc. But that got me thinking about another person referred to as a god.

The Oncoming Storm, The Predator, The Last of The Time Lords, The Shadow, The Beast, The Valeyard, The Lonely God.

The Doctor

So what if The Doctor is either one of The Pantheon or the child of one of The Pantheon?

What if The Doctor is The God of Life? A God that was sent away from The Pantheon either for his own protection or for being a positive God (Life is full of Chaos and Discord, life fits as a God of The Pantheon)

Being a God of Life would explain his infinite lives/regenerations and being a multiversal being and an Old God that was banished when he was young, would truly make him, The Timeless Child

But because he was sent to Galifrey and joined a race of Time Travellers, he became, a non linear God. And that made him dangerous, even to his fellow gods.

So, The Trickster, God of Traps, made a deal with The Founding Fathers of Galifrey, trapping The Doctor while giving Tecteun the ability to pass on regeneration to her race and people.

Tecteun formed The Division to protect her people from The Pantheon while keeping The Doctor under her observation.

But a side effect of The Doctor being a non linear God, is that unlike Maestro and Sutekh, who have their physical beings as harbingers (Henry and Harriet Arbinger), The Doctor has something else as his.

The TARDIS is The Doctor's harbinger. A living time machine for the God of Life, that's been corrupted by his fellow gods. And I can see three points where the TARDIS is corrupted.

Either since the very beginning, when The Trickster made a deal with Tecteun and corrupted the TARDIS he knew The Doctor would end up with.

The next one is where The TARDIS is corrupted by Sutekh in 1911 when he battled The 4th Doctor in The Pyramids of Mars

Third and finally, Sutekh was released by The Flux, Division actually failed in their job and unleashed one of the most dangerous Gods of The Pantheon upon the universe. Sutekh was whispering to The TARDIS in 1911 but didn't cling aboard until Wild Blue Yonder

Also Mrs Flood is another of The Pantheon, God of Stories and/or Fate- Ash

Very interesting and intriguing! I can absolutely see the Doctor being the God of Life and the TARDIS acting as their harbinger. I've love to see the show take this route, as it makes so much sense and ties into the Timeless Child plot. And yes, I can definitely see Mrs. Flood being part of the Pantheon, especially being the God of Stories, particularly after her fourth wall break in the finale.

Great theory! I really hope it comes to pass in the show!

[captain-price-unofficially]

What would seem the by a British Sherman VC Firefly at first glance is actually a US Army M4A2 that has had its turret replaced with one off a Firefly. The British never fitted Firefly turrets onto M4A2s, sticking mainly with M4A4s and M4 Composites. At the US Army Armor and Cavalry Collection.

[kollectorsrus]

[transcendragon]

New pride dragons! “Queer Chevron Flight” and “Nine Color Queer Dragon Turtle”. Because I was making two designs for the queer themed dragons based on the two common queer flags, I decided to go for one more streamlined, traditional dragon and one funky dragon!

My original art made in Procreate, image description in alt text. Look out for my intersex art tomorrow and remember if you enjoy my art I’ll be uploading these designs to Redbubble and you can always support me on Kofi.

[boag]

My bug phobia has actually gotten sooo much worse in adulthood like I used to LOVE moths and butterflies but now even seeing a close up picture of a butterfly on a screen has the capacity to cause me distress if I see its little legs and stuff…… maybe it’s bc I moved to the city when I turned 18 and I’m not surrounded by all kinds of bugs 24/7 anymore