#indigo wars

[zmwrites]

OC Kiss Week Day 3: Stolen

WIP: Indigo Wars

Pairing: Poppy x Elliot

CWs: slight unreality

Words: 486

Notes: y'all wanted some angst and existential dread mixed in with your cute kisses, right?

Poppy stood in the hall, motionless aside from her fluttering lashes. She couldn’t tear her eyes from her own reflection in the floor-length mirror in front of her. Her pale blonde hair in its simple updo, her wide blue eyes, her fair complexion, her small mouth—features she’d seen her whole life. 

Yet now the sight created the oddest sensation in her gut of unequivocal wrongness. All the tiny voices in her head she’d picked up by reading people’s memories screamed that her face wasn’t the right face. Her clothes weren’t the right clothes, her body wasn’t the right body. She felt at once too big and too small, too delicate and too hardened.

“Poppy?”

She dragged her gaze away from her face-that-wasn’t-her-face. Elliot stood a few paces away, watching her with concern in his gentle brown eyes. He wore his Order of the Vario coat, a shorter and less elaborate version of the robes the current Dominus wore to mark his station. The purple and silver made him look serious.

“Are you okay?”

She smiled brightly. “Of course, my love.”

“Are you sure?” He closed the distance and cupped her cheek, searching her face. His brow was slightly furrowed.

She leaned into his hand. “Have I ever lied to you?”

“No,” he said. Still, doubt lingered on his face.

The Dominus shuffled towards them, clearing his throat to announce his presence. Elliot dropped his hand and turned to face his boss. A number of other officials passed them at a quick pace, murmuring tensely among themselves and barely sparing a glance for the three along the wall.

 “Mr. Vance, we’re needed in the Council Chambers,” Mr. Benton said. He looked more tired than usual. 

Elliot nodded. “Yes, sir.”

Mr. Benton clicked his tongue at the formality but continued down the hall after the other officials. 

“You’d better go,” Poppy said, brushing imaginary lint from Elliot’s shoulder.

His mouth tightened. “You’ll tell me if you start experiencing anything weird from your magic, right?”

“Immediately,” she confirmed.

He hesitated.

She gently pushed him a step down the hall after Mr. Benton. “Go. Stop worrying about me and worry about your job.”

“Okay, okay.” He glanced behind him, then stole a quick kiss. 

She squeaked in surprise—he wasn’t usually one for public displays of affection when he was working. Heat rose in her cheeks as he drew back, mirth glittering in his eyes.

 He smiled at her, the beautiful, warm smile that made her feel like everything was right in the world. “I’ll see you later.”

She nodded, not trusting her voice, and watched him until he disappeared into the Council Chambers. The voices in her head screamed that his lips weren’t the right lips, that kissing him was wrong in some way, but she tried to smother them. She loved Elliot, and she was still herself despite the strange memories crowding her head. Or at least mostly herself.

[alphamecha-mkii]

Hasbro Sith Infiltrator Toy Box Art by Indigo Studios

[oddrenaissance]

do u guys remember that grouchy ass dar’manda from mek’sha cos …. cos i do ……

alternative title: helmet = mirror

part two

[jisreal64]

A friendly reminder to not focus or dwell on the negative things in life, and to focus on the positive things instead. I made this meme with the intention of it being a therapeutic coping mechanism, what do you think?

[legendary-alliance-stance]

SO I ASKED INDIGO IF THE GAY VIBES WITH VIKTOR AND ARCHEMORUS WERE INTENTIONAL AND

[dreamofbecoming]

i’ve seen conflicting opinions on whether eddie would listen to springsteen, but i feel like the answer should be obvious. i mean, the guy painted a woody guthrie reference onto his first guitar, you can’t tell me he doesn’t have a soft spot for the johnny cashes and the willie nelsons and yes, the bruce springsteens of the world. guys with gravelly voices who sing about loss and disillusionment and being left behind, by life or the government or the girl they love. add in that springsteen openly made out with another man on stage (a black man no less) and you can’t tell me eddie wouldn’t be hooked. queer guy sings about being stuck in a small town and doomed love and hating the man? that’s his fucking shit right there. maybe he wouldn’t admit to liking him in public to protect his metalhead cred, but eddie values music, he values sincerity, he values bravery.

anyway my point is that in the 90s/00s eddie is absolutely a closet dixie chicks fan and i will die on this hill

[xxinkyshadowxx]

86 dollars and I dont get kieran or carmine😎😎😎

[splitsabers]

Cal Kestis - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Saber Series: Indigo

[starseers-garden]

Sketch time

[kierongillen]

Starting from issue 8 of THE POWER FANTASY, we're running capsule pieces on the new books from Image comics. As we're out late in the month, let's actually get the pieces up here now.

Full text beneath the cut.

Firstly, let’s welcome Mike Marlow, Zach Howard and Nelson Daniel to the Image family, with Moonshine Bigfoot. You may assume this is a silly comic about a bigfoot that likes moonshine. You would be wrong. It is a spectacularly silly comic about a bigfoot that likes moonshine, but the moonshine is expanding people’s minds and messing with an evil supervillain’s plots. It’s a book that believes the plural of “Bigfoot” is “Bigfeet”. If you feel that, you’ll feel this.

Returning after Indigo Children, Curt Pires joins Luca Casalanguida for Lost Fantasy. For a century, monsters from an underworld have been emerging, kept at bay by hunters, also from beneath the earth. It’s a big, playful concept treated seriously. They describe it as “East of West meets Something is Killing the Children” which seems to get to the heart of it. I’d rather say “East of West meets Once & Future”, because I’m an egomaniac.

After the success of Plastic, Wagner and Hillyard are back with I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer. The title says it all, right? A lead who realises that mean girls aren’t good for nothing – they’re good for unusual leathers. Its mix of camp and creep reminds me of 1990s black comedies like Heathers’ literal explosion of high school tropes.

Golden Rage is back with Golden Rage: Mother Knows Best 1. In short: The Golden Girls meets Battle Royale, set on an island where post-menopausal women have been abandoned to fight. Instead, they survive, bond and wait for an invasion. I’m biased on this one – I’m married to the writer – but I adore this book. If you watched Fury Road and wanted to live with the Vuvalini, this one’s for you.

But maybe you’re looking for something new with a spine, True War Stories is here. As the name suggests, this is a collection of veterans’ war stories. More than 250 pages, it covers from Vietnam to the modern day. It’s transcribed and edited by Alex de Campi and Iraq War veteran, Khai Krumbhaar. Alex’s always had a strong hand with authentic military life in her fiction, and tells the stories with respect and clarity. I’m a big fan of creators helping tell others’ stories in the medium, and glad to see it at Image.

Kieron Gillen writes The Power Fantasy.

[zmwrites]

i’m gonna scream. it has to be done, but i’m gonna scream.

[alphamecha-mkii]

Hasbro V-Wing Starfighter Toy Box Art by Indigo Studios

[oddrenaissance]

pt 2 to this

[msmercury84]

"The Past Catches Up With Bill-An Army Records Snafu"

"I Double Dare You-A Rendezvous With Destiny. "

*Author's Note: All info about Guarnere's military records comes from his and Babe's book. Frannie Guarnere wrote letters to Dick Winters, etc. to obtain proof of Bill's being promoted to Staff Sergeant. Bill's son and eldest granddaughter told the stories included here in a podcast.*

One evening, after supper, Bill was helping Leigh with the supper dishes. She noted that he was unusually quiet.

"Honey, what's wrong?"

"Baby, I gotta tell ya somethin', an' I hope it doesn't upset ya." As Bill collected his thoughts on how to tell Leigh what was on his mind, she wondered what was going on.

"I wanna quit the government job. I know it's a good job, but bein' behind a desk all day ain't for me. This doesn't mean I'm gonna sit back an' expect ya to support us.

I read in the newspaper the other day that veterans can get money for school. I was thinkin' about learnin' a trade that would get more money for us. Now that I told ya, I hope you ain't too mad at me."

Leigh put her hand on Bill's shoulder,

"Honey, why would I be upset with you wanting a different job? I'm behind you 100 percent with whatever you choose to do." Guarnere felt more at ease.

"Thanks for understandin', Baby, an' for supportin' me. I had another idea about a job. Doin' something' wit' my hands is perfect work for me. I've really enjoyed construction work. "

"As long as it makes you happy, do what you want to do."

"Leigh, you're an angel."

Bill decided to take advantage of the G.I. Bill for educational expenses. He was interested in engineering and enrolled in classes. Unfortunately, he had to cancel his education after going to college for in Philadelphia for six months due to the government denying him the money.

When Guarnere was shot and wounded in Holland, he went AWOL from the military hospital when he learned that he was headed to a "Repo Depot," in other words, he would be reassigned to another unit.

Bill wanted to go back to Easy Company, so he painted his cast black with shoe polish to make it look like a boot. He made it as far as an airfield before being caught.

Guarnere told the Military Police that he would go AWOL again if he wasn't assigned to Easy Company. From that point until he was released from the hospital, Bill had to walk and then run in order to get himself in shape for combat. The military busted him down to Private from his previous rank of Staff Sergeant.

Somehow, the paperwork about his demotion got lost in the shuffle, so Guarnere remained Staff Sergeant.

His records only indicated that he went AWOL when he got back to the United States, his promotion to Staff Sergeant wasn't included.

Upon learning about the reason for losing the money for his education, Bill realized he was in for a long haul with the government.

Leigh wrote to Dick Winters and other officers, asking them to send letters on behalf of Bill to verify his claim that he was never officially demoted. He wasn't receiving the money for his disability due to this error.

In an interview many years after this event, Guarnere said,

"I had a hell of a time straightening out records." That was an understatement. He got officially and honorably discharged from the Army as a private in 1946.

The government then decided Bill owed them back pay since he was paid as a Staff Sergeant and discharged as a private.

Leigh was so irate that she wanted to give an interview on the radio and in print with the local newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer about the situation. She envisioned headlines along the lines of "Army Denies Songbird's Hero Husband Rank and Salary"

Bill discouraged this idea, saying,

"Baby, I know ya wanna help me, an' that ya love me an that you're pissed off wit' the Army, but this ain't the way to do it. I believe they (the Army) will do the right thing. We just need to be patient."

"After what you sacrificed, they have no right to treat you this way!"

"I was only doin' my job. If ya think about it, I went against Buck's orders to stay in my foxhole. If that would come out, if we had a hearing, it wouldn't help my case.

Leigh, I appreciate ya wantin' to help me, but a man has to fight his own battles sometimes." She immediately understood that Bill didn't want her doing what he thought was his work to do with the government and the Army.

Leigh didn't like not getting involved, but she respected and loved Bill too much to go against his wishes. This was an era where men were largely in power and a woman taking action like this would go against the societal norms.

It took about eight years for Bill to get his back pay. He was, at first, considered 60 percent disabled and he got about $145-$150 per month.

Since he took the disability money, he couldn't use that money for his education due to governmental rules.

By the 1960s, the artificial leg was causing blood clots. Bill went through several wooden legs. When they wore out, he burned some of them. Some kids in the neighborhood wanted the legs. He gave one of the legs to a friend of his son.

His son later recalled in a podcast that his friend's sister "screamed her head off" when she saw the leg in their basement.

Bill's eldest granddaughter said in the same podcast, that they "should've saved the legs and made a table."

There was a danger of the blood clots going to Guarnere's heart or lungs. He told his doctor, who in turn informed the government,

"You're gonna get me on the damn leg an' get me workin', or get me off the damn thing right now an' give me full disability." Bill was granted full disability in 1967.

After a couple of years of fighting the government, Guarnere went to a hearing in Washington, D.C. where he was exonerated and his records were officially corrected.

While this was going on, Bill worked as a salesman, he also sold rugs and worked for U.S. Gypsum. Prior to doing construction work full-time, Guarnere worked as exterminator.

When Stephen Ambrose interviewed Bill about the records snafu, he asked,

"Mr. Guarnere, are you angry with the government because of the mistake they made with your files?"

"Hell, no! What are you gonna accomplish? I was one of the ones who got lumped. You take your lumps and it all works out in the end."

[bagerfluff]

So, I just saw a tiktok talking about digimon's digivolution and sexualization, I wanted to talk about it.

So in the video, a man shows a picture of a meme that shows two lines. One if labeled pokemon evolution and one digimon evolution.

The pokemon one shows a small kitten to a cat and a tiger while the digimon one shows a puppy to a kitten to a women in a vert reveling bra and underwear with large breasts to a dragon

This picture is obviously showing that pokemon's evolution lines fit better from one to the next while digimon's makes no sense, and I agree with that.

A puppy to a cat to a angel to a dragon makes less sense then a cat to a bigger cat to a bigger cat, and that's not what the video talks about, it does mention that a cat to a female angel makes no sense but that's not the main topic of the video.

The man speaking seems to be a fan of digimon and as at least watched the first anime Digimon Adventure, but what he brings up are the way the the creators are really freaky, he even says that their two freaky.

His reason is because angewomon has breasts, now he brings up the counter argument of just because the digimon fem that doesn't make it freaky, which is true.

He then shows a picture of lilymon, a fem looking digimon that has no breasts and then a picture of ladydevimon, which does have breasts.

Now, there are many digimon that have very fem or masc traits, like big breasts and lots of skin showing to even large muscles, he even shows another digimon with lots of skin and large breasts, calling her a muscle mommy.

Now, I want to point out that the first image in the video was only showing the weirdness of the digimon vs pokemon evolution lines and nothing else.

Now this is where I got mad, sure, lots of digimon don't make sense when they digivolve and I can agree with that, but both male and female digimon have exaggerated features.

Now, here are two male coded digimon and two female coded digimon. With both you can see you see some level of sexual dimorphism.

Now, on the top you had wolfmon and angemon, which have v-lines and abs and pecs. With Angemon, the male coded counterpart with very defined abs and pecs, the same as angewomon's breasts.

Now, lot's of female coded digimon also have lots of skin showing, but the man in the video doesn't bring that up so neither will I, he has a point about the breasts.

Which, looking at the two digimon on the bottom, venusmon and minervamon have skin showing amd breasts, but I don't think that they're that big.

Some digimon have very large breasts and are more sexualized then others, both male and female coded digimon, but what pissed me off the most was the fact that the man didn't bring up the sexualization in pokemon.

Both franchises are owned and operated in Japan, which if you know anything about it is very different from America and other country in the west.

Having a different idea about fan service and sexualization, and this comes from a very different culture, we also have a different idea of male and female. With males being more fem in Japan then in western places.

One other thing.

All digimon mentioned in the video and here are all humanoid digimon, they all look like humans but with a little extra flair, but in pokemon, all look like animals.

Humanoid is different in digimon and pokemon, but in pokemon humanoid is either nightmare fuel, fine, or animals, and it's the animals part that makes me mad.

The idea of humaniod pokemon in pokemon that are based off animals are just making them bipedal, and they still are sexualized, now the none humanoid pokemon that are sexualized are fine.

Now, I don't know pokemon like I do digimon so if anyone wants to reblog or comment about humanoid pokemon that are sexualized either male or female that would be great.

And there are beast digimon that are humanoid and sexualized, but most beast digimon that are humanoid are male coded and this isn't about male sexualization.

It's one thing to make a digimon that looks like a human have accurate anatomy.

It's another to do this.

Yeah, you can't deny that this is sexualization, of an animal that doesn't have breasts like humans does. Bunny's do have breasts, but not like that.

So, yeah, both digimon and pokemon have sexualization of male and females bodies, but the sexualization of an animal is different from the accurate making of human bodies, even if it means you have to see breasts and skin.

[hughesgarnet]

my cat Oscar and my mini library

09/24/24 UPDATE: i rearranged my upper shelf to display ALL of my series to accommodate the arrival of my Indigo mood lamp 💙

12/11/2024 update: my dad installed shelves for me as a birthday gift!!! i love it so so much!!! no more tetris-esque arrangement hehe