#flaime

[fridgefanatic]

Speaking of @foreststarflaime and dragons, I made this pixel art of their character Foreststar while we were at the library together. (I make pixel art sometimes) They can tell you all about her if they wish, and correct any of my errors-- my cursory recollection is that she's like a storybook god-dragon who is the patron of protagonism, and reincarnates as many different people and creatures to pursue the depths of kindness, wisdom and wonder.

Where every star on her wing represents a different story, it fuels her breath of blue fire with the intensity and brilliance of a life lived nobly.

[foreststarflaime]

Day 7: Moon

The Moon Khopesh, dual blades made of the silvery light of the night wielded by my oc Silva Starfate, the Silver Crescent knight of the moon!

bonus tiiny little excerpt from the scene where she finds them from the first draft of the manuscript of the book she's from:

Despite their alien appearance, they felt familiar—no, not quite that…like home, perhaps? But no—simply right is the best way to describe it, I suppose. They felt right in her hands, and they fit there perfectly, as if they were made for her, sending an electric shiver of delight down her spine. While she held them wonderingly she felt alive again, alive as she hadn’t felt since the arrow that killed her. And as she pondered this the light of the stars and the moon grew bright in her mind’s eye, so bright it should have been blinding and yet wasn’t, so bright the light became as a thing liquid and flowed gloriously through her, through the veins of her arms and then through her hands and then into the hilts and finally pooling in the invisible mold of what should be and forging it into what is; the blades.

[foreststarflaime]

Well you see I have been obsessed with dragons and fantasy for quite a long time, and Tolkien in particular, I love worldbuilding! And so of course I had to develop my own fantasy world called Flaime, and Foreststar is my favorite oc in said world to playwith (they are very much a self insert whoops)—she’s (any prns) the principal diety of Flaime whose domain is story (to oversimplify it a bit), very much a trickster sort of character, he mainly appears as a dragon bc that’s the most dominant species on Flaime but they’re a shapeshifter (there’s humans and my dragon prince/tolkien inspired take on elves too)! He’s unusually involved in the affairs of mortals for your typical diety, often appearing and befriending/helping mortal heroes on their quests like Odin but actually helpful lol

I’ve posted some things on my ao3 about her and Flaime if anyone is curious, they’re the Blacksmith from my swordtember 2023 stuff, and I have much more hidden away in my google drive (so much worldbuilding. So much. I will talk your ear off if you let me)

Tagging @errantnight @aceduooooooooooooooooooooooooo @altocat @rainbowcarousels (no pressure ofc I’m just curious) and whoever else wants to!

USERNAME LORE GIVE IT TO ME NOW YOU ALL

[flaim-ita]

Michinaga is so consistent. He grows but he doesn’t change. He believes that happiness is just living with the simple things needed to be happy like food. He knows the world isn’t about grand ideals but has assigned himself to the endless task of destroying the systems that cause suffering. He wants to care and never knows quite how.

“My wish is to crush selfish Riders like you” to “This is about those who hurt others for the sake of their own happiness”, he is the same, But he is kinder, and he is happier, and he is more mature.

[ghostinthetumbchine]

Not gonna lie, people who are whining about how trop does not potray a clean, straightforward complete good vs complete evil or that the bad guy is being "made" sympathetic (ridiculous claim when tolkien is the one who gave him this sympathetetic /freudian reason, all this series is doing is coloring in the blanks) make me feel like so many people read this story with their brains on vacation. Or didnt read it at all, at best just skimmed it and are only pretending to be tolkien fans when they're in reality peter jackson fans.

Because the "i would use this enourmous power on and over my surroundings with the intention to do good but it would not stop there" is repeated so many times, through so many characters and situations that it at some points feels like tolkien was trying to hit people over the head with it. And yet, someohow, to this day, so many miss it

[leaping-toadstool-caps]

DAYS 24 AND 25! MY SWEETHEARTS AND THEIR OUTFITS AKNDIWJDJJE

[thankyoumskobayashi]

@flaim-ita replied to your post:

He’s 12 According to the production blog he’s a minor who looks grown and it makes him instantly funnier to me

congrats to toei for making one twitch rule seem reasonable

[chancellorxofxtrash]

You know exactly what I’m gonna ask.

Geats ot4 and/or decade ot4 for the ship bingo?

Yeah. Yeah I knew, lmao

Geats OT4:

Decade OT4 is almost exactly the same with one difference. The difference is there because I'm taking both of these as post-canon

I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A TAD BIT MORE LIKELY TO MAKE EACH OTHER WORSE POST-CANON THAN THE GEATS OT4 ARE

Also I circled deeply wrong because I know us, and there IS something deeply wrong with most of us

Still accepting ships

[somnoir]

Gotham's newest Crime Lord - part 2

Part 1 | Masterpost

Wraith wrecked havoc like no other.

He was loved and hated by the masses. Defended by Gotham regardless of what they felt of him. A figure in the underworld that hunted down those who moved to harm one of their kin and executed anyone who laid their hands in the weak—children.

The first explosion had been explained by the scattering papers and the anonymous posts of an organization who went after children with malicious intent. Blatant evidence that had people rallying to the GCPD to demand for justice. It was glorious and horrific—especially once they found out that it was Wraith who tossed the Joker into the harbor.

The Bats, by all means, attempt to find him. Figure him out, at least. But the man was a mystery. It was worse considering the majority of Gotham were eagerly telling the Bats to fuck off whenever they tried to hunt down Wraith. The only thing they ever got out of him was that his second in command—Phantom—was the nicer one between them. If you wanted civil negotiations, try and look for Phantom instead.

As much as they wanted to go directly to Wraith, this was their best shot. Their only shot.

"Had any luck finding Phantom?" Dick's hand rested on Tim's shoulder, trying to support his clearly tired brother. Tim was a little to determined, kinda desperate to find this guy.

"Nothing. Their names are trigger words." Tim clicked his tongue, "It's fucking up the system. Remember Ghostmaker's ghostnet? Any attempts makes you want to shut off your systems because of how encrypted they could get."

"Searching up their names gave the Batcomputer a virus?!" Steph gawked, leaning over Tim and staring at the computer. They could all tell he was wary, trying not to type in certain words to keep the damn tech sage from that mania.

"Wraith and Phantom are either metas with technology altering powers..." Barbara hums, "Or they have someone else doing this. Imagine them having their own version of the calculator... But worse and more annoying."

"So our new crime lord has a hacker... That has given the Batcomputer a virus." Dick slowly said, "And is still operating without us finding out."

"Hood and Robin are out trying to find Phantom." Barbara points to the two dots hurriedly moving through crime alley. "Hopefully they find him."

"Any news on Wraith?"

"His latest stint involved tearing down one of Black Mask's operations. Several bodies were found in the harbor."

"Why the harbor?"

"It's his MO, I think. It's always the harbor where he dumps the bodies."

Tim frowns, "Like it's his trash can.... For bodies."

"Hasn't the harbor always been the body trash can of Gotham?" Steph sighs, before turning away to stare at Cass who was training in the simulators again.

Dick glared at her for the comment but once again looked back to the screen.

"Hopefully they find Phantom soon... before Wraith drops more bodies."

Phantom was the nicer of the two—claimes by many people who told them Wraith was a little on the quieter side. No one truly knew but he was quieter than a lot of them.

Crime Alley was Red Hood's territory, everyone knew that. But apparently, Wraith has been operating in the same area from time to time. Mainly to return kids to the alley (freshly claimed by that flaiming white symbol). But Wraith did so quietly. They checked in from time to time to see if the kids were alright.

To be specific...

Phantom came to visit to see if the children they had returned and claimed were safe. Often coming with resources that he mainly reserved for the kids.

"Found him." Jason muttered, voice distorted through the modulator as he narrowed his eyes at the young man dressed in monochrome colors. His binoculars zeroed on the young man with white (seriously??) boots and gloves. The rest of his outfit was black, with a jacket still in monochrome colors. Jason frowned at the hood that covered his head.

"Let's go, Hood. Nightwing and father wants—"

"Stay out of it, Robin." Hood instantly growled. Jason has never felt so territorial before but this guy was in his territory—doing good, keeping the kids safe, marking them so no one tried going after them. "Phantom is Wraith's lieutenant. We don't need to make an enemy of the nicer one and piss of the one who ordered the explosion."

"I can handle him!"

"You'll piss him off!"

Robin scowled, crossing his arms over his chest. "And you won't? Phantom clearly is fond of children and I am a child—"

"With katanas. You're a murderous child. Wraith and Phantom claim children who are in danger. Not the danger." Jason scoffed, while Damian opted to look utterly smug at the statement.

"Stay here." Jason drops down from the building.

He, unfortunately, didn't account for Phantom pulling out a sword from nowhere and immediately pointing it at Jason. The kids behind the man were quick hide behind him, cowering in fear until the recognition sets in their eyes.

"Wait! That's the Red Hood!" A girl yells, standing between them. Stupid but very brave. "He's one of the good ones!"

Phantom, who wore a mask that covered half his face yet showed his eyes, immediately lowered his sword once the girl was between them.

Jason froze, unable to tear his gaze away from Lazarus eyes—no... That shade of green was much purer than the pits... Phantom narrowed his eyes at Jason, before turning back to the girl. "You go and take care of your little sister, yeah? If your mom forgets to feed you again, tell her I'll give her a visit."

The girl nods, but she whirled around and gave Jason the nastiest glare an 8-year-old could give. "You hurt mr. Phantom and I'll tell Wraith!" She pointed an accusing finger at him, frowning before she gives Phantom a quick hug and makes a run for it with the other kids.

Soon enough, they're left alone... Staring at one another.

"I was wondering when one of you Bats would finally find me." Phantom hums, sliding his hand over the hilt of his sword.

Jason warily watched it disappear from sight. Okay. Possible meta, definitely has powers. "You're a hard man to find, Phantom."

"Not for you, I guess. I come and go into your haunt to check in on the kids every week." Phantom laughs, tilting his head.

Jason could see snow white hair from under the hood, making him shudder as the deathly green eyes are brought back to his attention.

"Every week, huh?" Jason clicked his tongue. "I'll cut to the chase. Your boss's stint—" he swore that Phantom twitched "—pissed of the big Bat. He ain't happy tnag Wraith is bombing up buildings and killing people."

Phantom visibly rolled his eyes, "Too bad then. Wraith's pretty direct when it comes to this shit. Trafficking and pimping kids make him murderous but the fact that those bastards were killing them and selling their organs? He's damn genocidal at this point. Can't say I disagree with that."

Jason... Well... Jason can't argue with that. If he found out that some bastards were doing that to kids, he'd go ballistic too. But Bruce didn't agree with these methods and was rather reproachful about it. But Wraith wasn't going to back down. This wasn't a normal rogue that had felt fear of the Batman and his brood before. To be honest, Jason thinks he's pretty ballsy.

"I don't disagree with that shit either. But Batman ain't going to let him off the hook after that stunt." Jason warned, grunting as he spoke through the modulator. The pits were flaring up again. But not malicious, not murderous. It was curious as it warmed his chest and practically urged him to get closer to Phantom.

"Yes, well... Piece of advice—Wraith is willing to blow up an entire district if it meant keeping others safe. And besides, your rogues know not to mess with him. Not after the Joker." He didn't actually see Phantom's face but he's pretty sure that the bastard was grinning.

"So he really did it."

"If it makes you feel any better, the Joker might as well be cursing him from the afterlife. It was an accident." Phantom shrugged.

An accident, Jason breathed out. Holy fuck, that would have been humiliating for the Joker. His death. An accident. Unintentional and he still died, his body dumped into the harbor.

"Anyways, tell Batsy not to mess with the kids. I know he doesn't, but he let the Joker live, so..." Phantom gave him a thumbs up, "Make sure to not cross pass with Wraith or else you'll end up in the harbor."

Jason gawked, watching as Phantom slipped into the shadows and promptly disappeared. Meta. Definitely a meta.

"Hood, report." Batman's voice rang through the comms.

"Red Hood," he grunts, "Wraith sure as hell doesn't like you, old man. And Phantom might be the nice one but he might as well be as stabby as Robin."

"I agree with Hood. He has wonderful posture, father!" Robin spoke, sounding impressed and smug.

The little shit.

"Technus, stop bullying Oracle." Dan groaned once he caught the ghost tampering with the net... Again.

The crime lord turned towards Danny, who melted out of the shadows again. Technus was blabbering about pesky bats and birds before Dante clocked his younger brother's apprehension. He looked....annoyed and concerned.

"I talked to Red Hood."

"YOU WHAT?!"

"Fun fact! He's a revenant!"

"THE FUCK YOU MEAN THE OTHER CRIME LORD IS A REVENAN?!"

"A very sexy looking one."

He was going to punch Danny. He was going to fucking punch Danny.

(Danny was not punched.)

"He said that Batman's pissy about you blowing up shit." Danny shrugged, shaking his head before floating over to the energy drinks and coffees by Dan's desk. "Good news though! I told him he'd end up in the harbor if he ever tried anything with us."

Dan gawked, "What the fuck is wrong with you?! You want to make the bats our enemies?"

"No! I'm commiting to our crime family bit!"

"We're not a crime family!"

"Tell that to Ellie. She's already got herself a new suit and everything."

Dan threw his hands up in the air, groaning at the insanity that was his younger siblings. Dear ancients, he was praying that Jazz wouldn't find out about the shit they've done in Gotham. She'd give them the worst tongue lashing the world has ever experienced if she did. Thank God she was in Yale right now.

"Ooh! A crime family, you say?" Technus grinned, floating closer to Danny who lounged in Dan's chair. (Get the fuck away from my crime lord throne, Danny! The leather is expensive!)

"That is perfect! The others have decided to migrate here, did you know? It's been quite... Boring back in Amity." Technus snickered.

Fuck. No.

"I bet my trust from Vlad that Johnny, Kitty, and Ember are already on their way." Danny cackled, "That'd be nice. Elle's been itching to steal Johnny's bike again."

"Splendid! We shall wreck havoc upon Gotham and exact justice that the Bats cannot give the people!" And like a supervillain, Danny cackled as he stood on Dan's desk, laughing maniacally.

(Just outside, the Wraith's goons peaked into the room and saw the insanity that was the nice lieutenant's villainy.)

Meanwhile, in the distance, the laughter of Johnny 13 and Kitty rang through the streets of Gotham.

Part 3 | Masterpost

[harmogandivas]

Waiting for symphogear live 2022 to be subbed and for me to download the bluray torents so I can cry again

[leaping-toadstool-caps]

SEBANDER LOWKEY SLAPS THOOOO

worst realisation of my life is that shipnames are supposed to be the name of the character who tops first which means technically prewlow's ship name shouldn't be prewlow leander is the subbiest bottom alive i'm sorry so like what should it be. sallowett?? sebander?? nah i'm too attached to prewlow tbh it's fine

[foreststarflaime]

Day 19: Forest

Vinethorn, the sword wielded by my oc Foreststar (the dragon in my pfp) when in humanoid form! Its blade shows a real-time aerial view of Guardian Forest, one of their favorite haunts. The various gems on it allow different types of magical energy to be stored in them.

[flaim-ita]

So Toku is always hilarious to talk about but Geats has to be one of my favorites bc one sec I’m thinking about the thematic core of Geats being rooted in the dehumanization of the entertainment industry and how Geats successfully balanced fan expectations with fans who genuinely care and the pull of both executive influences and fan influences and the next moment I’m like “okay so in the among us round—”

[leaping-toadstool-caps]

Day 23, under the mistletoe. I think we should leave them to it 🫣

[foreststarflaime]

YES YES MY PRECIOUS I am still obsessed with these, especially the first one!!

Yeye that’s right! The principal deity of my fantasy world Flaime, commonly known as the god of stories, although that title is also shared by Darkstar—they’re a two sides of the same coin sort of situation; Foreststar just tends to end up on the heroic side of stories more often than not (although she is very much a trickster character). Yeah she can do a sort of reincarnation thing where she lives a story as a mortal and then once their story is completed, it’s another form she can shapeshift into. She often gets quite involved in world-changing heroic quests, sometimes even going undercover to quest alongside the heroes. The starry wings are bc since so many people have looked up at the stars and told stories about them I had to, it was too perfect, stars as a symbol of storytelling aaaaa and more of a classic dragon design bc yknow it’s the one you think of when you’re reading stories about dragons

Also she does use any pronouns partially bc of the shapeshifting thing so if you see me using different ones that’s why 👍

Speaking of @foreststarflaime and dragons, I made this pixel art of their character Foreststar while we were at the library together. (I make pixel art sometimes) They can tell you all about her if they wish, and correct any of my errors-- my cursory recollection is that she's like a storybook god-dragon who is the patron of protagonism, and reincarnates as many different people and creatures to pursue the depths of kindness, wisdom and wonder.

Where every star on her wing represents a different story, it fuels her breath of blue fire with the intensity and brilliance of a life lived nobly.

[thankyoumskobayashi]

@flaim-ita replied to your post:

Yeah that also happened in the GeatsRevice movie

oh yeah that movie i don't trust toei enough to watch. i bet it wasn't even written by ms kobayashi