#fsmp icarus

[alphaqueen1512]

Me again, with another edit because I forgot I was doing this ":D

I thought this edit had already been published for a year, but no… Not even 11 months, idk, BUT-

✨Icarus and their 3 villain arcs✨

[kaeruutv]

me when im just at vicon i see someone with rlly cool wings then they turn around and its fucking SHERBERTQUAKE??!!??!

they regcognized my Jonathan Sims cosplayyyyyyyyy (dies insidein the best way possible)

[the-resident-gay]

Nobody by The Crane Wives is an Icarus Morningstar song

Some of it is more of a stretch than others but it is, overall, an Icarus Morningstar song

She woke me up at dawn, soft-spoken as a spider Spinning webs of holy words while she was still asleep

Fable communicated with Icarus, begging them to release him, in every way possible, including through dreams if my memory serves me correctly Kill the moon beneath my window, pull the covers tighter And hear her voice go swinging like a hatchet through the trees

The things are with Icarus almost all the time. Especially towards the end of the SMP, they are often trying to be the voice of reason- and Icarus knows this, Icarus asks us, the things, why we can't just trust them. But on some level, they know what they're doing is wrong, we can see it on their face when they read the chat and process and feel the need to respond, to argue, to defend their actions. And there's something about that, about how they hear us and listen and still keep going with what they were doing anyway. Like they refuse to acknowledge their own reservations about their actions until someone else puts words to them.

There's a shadow at the back door Something's moving in the shade She lights cigarettes like lanterns For the darkness in my head

This is a bit of a reach but this is also about the things. The things, so loud about how Icarus shouldn't do what they're doing, shouldn't side with Fable, shouldn't run after Rae found out about Centross. They bring light to what Icarus is ignoring.

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me Nobody ever loved me Like she tells me she does

And this is about Fable. This is about Fable manipulating Icarus from the beginning, taking advantage of Icarus' self-imposed isolation(they didn't talk to people unless asked to, Rae or Centross had to get them out of the house often), how after Centross died Fable said he'd bring him back. And Icarus listening to what he told them, only what he told them.

Tender as a bruise, sharper than a razor Wrap her tentacles around me like she'll never let me go

Fable needed to keep Icarus on his side. He would manipulate them as much as he needed to in order to keep his child on his side. But some part of Icarus knew Fable was and would continue doing more harm than good. Her fury shakes the rafters, but never in my favor I'm trembling in the eye of the only storm I've ever known

Fable wasn't exactly kind to Icarus. And I think that's putting it lightly. Icarus, whether they realized it or not, was at least a little afraid of Fable. They're also desperate for his attention, his praise, his *love*. And they didn't get it, did they? But they got his disappointment when they failed to follow through.

The keys are in the back door Something's wailing in my chest It eclipses every siren Any sins that she's confessed

Icarus could've left! They could've. They could've gone back to Rae. Ven left, and would have taken them with. Arisanna too. And they know this, they know that leaving was always an option in the back of their mind and that part of them was crying, screaming, begging to leave and would not stop.

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me Nobody ever loved me So she tells me

The "So she tells me" carries so much. Who has loved Icarus the way Fable claims he does? Who has cared the way Fable claims? After Centross died Icarus was vulnerable and Fable preyed on that. So he tells them he will bring their friend, their best friend, back. Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me Nobody ever loved me Like she tells me she does

And Icarus agrees. Icarus believes. Icarus believes Fable, and considers nobody else.

I should be counting blessings Something is better than nothing Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it?

This is enough, for Icarus. This isolation, this cage Fable put them in, they put themselves in. Because they have something, right? This belief that when all is said and done, Centross will be brought back. Right? Right? They're lucky Fable cares, aren't they? It's close enough to perfect What does it hurt, a little bit? A little bit A little bit The glitching hurt. Missing Centross hurts. Being alone hurts. But it's okay. It's okay. They're making everything better, they're fixing everything. Who cares if it hurts?

Maybe they deserve to hurt

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me Nobody ever loved me Like she loves me

This is Icarus' final acceptance. They know what they're doing is wrong but they're in too deep now. Nobody ever loved them like Fable does because Fable doesn't, thats the thing. But they're in too deep, they're too far gone, they are in their own mind beyond saving.

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me Nobody ever loved me Like she tells me she does

But in the end, its fake. Fable always tells them, and nothing else. And they listen. They listen to what Fable tells them.

[lxvenderfog]

I feel like the song Partner In Crime by Madilyn Mei fits Icarus really well-

[lennox0arts]

Guys do you ever just look at a character and

your brain just says,

"YOU! I WANT TO SQUISH YOU AND GIVE YOU THE BIGGEST HUG BUT ALSO I NEED TO KNOW HOW YOUR BRAIN WORKS AND HOW THIS WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN MEDICALLY IN REAL LIFE!"

[iforgotwhaticalledthis]

thinking about how icarus is this 👌 close to losing everyone that cares about them

[villainsally]

1:are we doomed in every timeline? 2: i like to think we just got a bad hand

[lxvenderfog]

I feel so bad for them, especially since (as they get more white hair on the front) they’ll look identical to their father-

maybe it's just me, maybe it's the lack of eyeblood, maybe its the beginnings of a white streak, but gods Icarixis just seems to fucking *tired.* maybe it's the red around their eyes - maybe maybe maybe, but they just look so *tired.*

[sherbertquake56]

okay YEAH—

perhaps my fable arcane AU has me in a chokehold—

[feralwetcat]

Fable au where literally everything is the same except icarus is allowed to swear

[m0rninglatte]

"Heavy is the Crown"

[itsjustj8]

the connections between icarus morningstar and the greek character icarus are clear, but i feel like no one thinks about the connections between fable and daedalus...

a man who lived to create, who was desperate to save his son, either by creating wings to escape, or rewriting time itself to prevent their death, a man who was envious to the point of murdering his family and was imprisoned for his actions, but escaped due to his intelligence...

not sure if im reading too much into this or it was intentional, but i have thoughts nonetheless

[potatoesmoomaddie]

Ic,Kai and fen all looked at an ex serial unaliver with a insane amount of trauma who use to worship a god that everyone thought was evil and went that one I want that one

[lennox0arts]

Guys, its icarus, fable, and Isla!

[possiblyawesometmblr]

steps on stage. picks up mic. clears throat.

prison duo tangled au. thank you for your time.

[sage-is-in-fact-very-tired]

consider, chat, Fable SMP video essay that is just sage rambling about Icarus and everything about them I can think of for as long as I can until I physically run out of things to talk about without repeating myself ten times over . consider