#locus the mercenary

[artnonymous-productions]

Yeah, I'm not sorry 💅✨️ pop off king

[bored-sunray]

Favourite trio, Traffic light squad! Aka Locus, Felix and Sharkface.

Who should I try to do next?

[hipstersoulgushers]

Locus and Felix model sheets from Making a Mercenary

[sharkface-daydreams]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Red vs. Blue Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Felix | Isaac Gates/Locus | Samuel Ortez Additional Tags: Anal Sex, Rough Sex, No Lube, /very little lube, Quickies, Blow Jobs, Biting, Pain Kink, Light Masochism, Barebacking, Coitus Interruptus Series: Part 2 of pleasure in punishment Summary:

For most people, sneaking past the guards on a prison colony isn't easy... luckily, Felix and Locus are not most people, and they've located a temporary safehouse for a private rendezvous.

[sixcrowsbooks]

Wanting to write an in-depth character analysis of Locus but fearing I won’t be able to do him justice

[shegetsburned]

❝ you’re an addiction, a cruel, slow torture that pulls me in and makes me wait, and Darling, you make me so impatient .❞

— 𝐱: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 (𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐬 & 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬)

requested by the one and only @sstewyhosseini who’s just as obsessed with these two as I am

kansas belongs to me

[pvtchurch]

I love what Washington and Locus see in each other... How frustrating Wash is to Locus because he sees someone like him, who could've been a perfect soldier but has been weakened by actually allowing himself to form ties with other soldiers. But at the same time... He sees a nobility in that that he doesn't have, and chooses to try to kill Wash instead or admitting that maybe he'd like something like that for himself... (He thinks, if he could get Wash to partner up with him instead of Felix, he would. But that's never going to happen.)

And Wash sees what he could've been, a heartless mercenary too concerned with orders to see things for himself, where money is not so much an incentive as just a bonus for being able to remain a soldier. Because those who knew war will always know war. And Wash was content to follow orders before, we've seen it, and it's only once he lost the chain of command he was under and had to learn leadership for himself beyond just being more competent than the others (his entire arc within seasons 10-13 is about that) that he could start truly freeing himself from it. And seeing a reflection of the path he was on just makes him cocky. Wash isn't humble. He wants to prove how much better he is. And that feeds into their dynamic even more

[rvbocweek2025]

RVB OC Week Potential Ideas

Possible themes for each day, with examples of what could be done

(from @rubykgrant)

1- Introduction (Name, backstory, general info. Skills and abilities, weapons/special gear, designs with or without armor. Original OCs, self-inserts, and side characters who have been expanded on are welcome. Art, 3D models, dress-up game/icon makers, aesthetic/moodboards, playlists, text/writing all good examples. A single OC or multiple are fine)

2- Red Team/Blue Team (Would they be with the Reds or the Blues we know, Flag Zealots, Temple's group of Blues and Reds, with a totally different set of Red/Blue teams, or "in the middle" like Doc)

3- Project Freelancer and Charon (For any OCs who are Freelancers, or OCs who interact with them, such as scientists and pilots. Maybe the OC isn’t part of the program, but still knows some Freelancers. OCs who were part of Charon/the Insurrectionists, directly part of the fighting or involved in other ways)

4- AI/Robots and Other Worldly (For OCs who have an AI companion/interact with the AI, or perhaps ARE an AI. New AI Fragments, floating orbs/AI gods. Robots, vehicles/ships with their own personality. OCs that are different kinds of space aliens/creatures, OCs that aren’t human)

5- Chorus and Mercs (Would an OC be with the Feds or the News, friends with the Lieutenants or an assistant to Dr. Grey. Would they be part of the Mercenaries, either working with Felix and Locus/a different kind of space pirate)

6- Relationships (For any dating/romantic ships, friends and close companions, QPR, polyamory, found-family/long-lost relatives/time-traveling ancestors/descendants, etc. OCs having relationships with existing characters or other OCs welcome. Creators can ask each other if OCs can be paired together)

7- Energy Sword Sunday (OCs who have "Great Keys", any ideas about how it was acquired/how it is used, activating temples/ancient technology, any quests or prophecies, or epic sword fights with other wielders)

[discordzero]

Disco! in the Panic Room by Bug Hunter ||| ["I don't know] by Saphho translated by Dan Beachy-Quick ||| Mercenary by Panic! at the Disco ||| Panic Room by au/ra ||| Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

All pictures from Red vs Blue

This is my first try at the format! I wanted to make one for Wash/Felix/Locus with a side of Wash/Sigma. Is there a story being told here? Yes :)

[bearbait-adventures]

Hi. I'm looking for a rvb fic that I know I read here at one point. I thought I reblogged it, but I can't seem to find it anywhere on my blog. So I was wondering if anyone else has seen it?

It's a short one about a mercenary Washington. It starts one with him spying on the red and blus from the cliff side while Felix and Locus argue behind him. Caboose is looking at him even though he knows he's definitely too far away for Caboose to see but he knows that Caboose knows he's there. And it ends with Washington jumping into the middle of the fray double crossing Locus and Felix and teleporting the Reds and Blues all out of the canyon and away from danger. And Caboose is happy to see him.

I can't find it >< help please >< sorry

[rubykgrant]

Everybody knows I am a Grimmons Person... but for the fun of rare-pairs, here are some thoughts I have for other characters being in this Orange/Maroon Peanutbutter/Jelly sandwich~ (a silly way of saying, hey- here are some relationships that are Grif/Simmons/other characters)

(I have thoughts for several, but right here are Locus, Wash, and Donut, I'll add more later~)

Locus; Grif is just super chill hanging out with him, doesn't take NO for an answer when Locus tries to disappear into the shadows, but also? Locus actually LIKES Grif's company, which is very rare, so he doesn't have it in him to actually avoid Grif/reject him. HOWEVER... Simmons is very jealous and petty. He's also very intimidated by the big scary former mercenary... sometimes the jealousy overrides the intimidation, and Simmons will get IN BETWEEN THEM, saying some passive-aggressive nonsense about how Locus will NEVER understand all their inside jokes, etc. Then Simmons notices... Locus is so very AWKWARD. He like- doesn't try to bully Simmons back? What??? OK, now Simmons feels bad. He resents Locus for making him feel bad, so he tries extra hard to include Locus in things they've both done before (because that'll teach him a lesson?). Locus just accepts all the attention as he does with Grif. They tell him one day that he's been looking better lately, gained some weight back, and can finally relax, and Locus casually gives them honest compliments back, and it is like they JUST realized he's handsome (they get all twitterpated for a minute). Neither Grif nor Simmons is sure how to like... discuss the idea of three-way-dating? Not exactly something they planned on. They eventually bring it up to Locus, and HE gets all flustered, and accepts. It's hard to figure out which one is more surprised by the results (Grif, who has his adorably weird nerd AND somebody who defines the strong silent type? Simmons, who has TWO big beautiful men? Locus, who has genuine affection and intimacy that DOESN'T have life-threatening undertones? yeah, the bar is kinda low for Locus in terms of relationships, but Grif and Simmons are a VAST improvement)

Wash; He has to be the one that initiates. Not because they wouldn't be interested, they just don't expect HIM to be interested. Wash is also not super great at this. He tries to kinda introduce the idea of being kinda "flirty" with each of them solo. In his head, this is supposed to be "sweet", like- I care about you both as individuals, but I'd love us all to be TOGETHER. For Grif and Simmons, they now think Wash is? A HOME-WRECKER??? Which sounds stupid and weird, maybe Wash is just trying to joke around in a weirdly intimate way. So they kinda play along, and he thinks it is working, but then they finally ask if this is a prank or whatever, and now he's MORTIFIED. Wash avoids them for a week, and when they talk to him again, he explains, and they assure him this is FINE, in retrospect it was just funny haha, then invite him out for a movie to show everything is cool. Grif and Simmons come to an agreement after the movie... and start individually flirting with Wash. He thinks they're just teasing him for being a dork. They have to actually call another trip to the movies their "second date" before he GETS IT. Everybody else just sees them teasing each other a LOT more often, but laughing about it, being all cute. Wash even starts picking up some of their habits (naps with Grif, watching deep-dive/documentaries with Simmons). Wash asks all politely if it will alright to kiss them, and it isn't FAIR for Wash to be cute like that and also be such a nag (Grif now has 2 people ganging up on him to do laundry/the dishes, Simmons has 2 people reminding him to sleep, and Wash has 2 people who make sure he actually eats properly)

Donut; He always wiggle-worms his way into their space. He acts like he didn't realize they were trying to be all lovey-dovey, but they know he knows. He must be lonely for their company, maybe he feels extra left-out with them being a couple. He manages to NOT be totally annoying when they're doing whatever, so they decide let him spend more time with them. This just encourages Donut to hang out with them MORE, and he always seems to be bribing them for more attention, making Grif treats or telling Simmons about a new bookstore with something he's interested in... the only they do alone, is when they go to bed. One night, Grif and Simmons talk about how clingy Donut has been, they way he's acting around them, and even when they aren't with him, he looks at them all wistfully. Grif jokes Donut is acting like he's got a CRUSH or something, and they have to go OHHHHHH. Which one of them? BOTH of them??? What are their options here? Let Donut down, try to be nice about it, still hang out but as friends, or... there is an OR? Really? Really. Donut isn't really so obnoxious. Even when he is, they can tell he's doing it on purpose, and these two LOVE bothering each other, that is their whole thing. They can appreciate that he knows them both very well, and yeah- they know him, he's been part of their lives for a long time, and they both know how it feels to pine after somebody when it seems like a lost cause... so, they keep letting Donut hang out with them. He doesn't know they know. Until, one night, after staying up to watch a horror marathon, Donut sighs as he gets ready to leave the room, but Grif and Simmons scoot over on their bed and hold the covers open for him. He joins them, literally just for sleeping, but then Donut starts actually CRYING, he feels like they're just being nice and he's being disingenuous (oh, the pain of unrequited love), and they have to tell him to KNOCK OFF THE DRAMA, he likes them, they like him, they GET IT, Simmons has to hug Donut and roll over while holding so he's in the middle, where he actually gets double-cheek-kisses in the dark. Now he wants to giggle about it, and they tell him to SHUT UP. He tells them they're a-holes. All three happily argue for an hour before settling down enough to sleep

[mariacallous]

The Biden administration is launching a new initiative to end the war in Sudan—one of the world’s deadliest conflicts—with fresh peace talks following months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, according to five current and former officials familiar with the matter.

The United States plans to convene talks between Sudan’s two warring parties in Switzerland next month to revive long-stagnant efforts to end a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and pushed millions more to the brink of famine. Switzerland and Saudi Arabia will co-host the talks, and other regional powers and institutions with stakes in the conflict, including the United Nations, African Union, Egypt, and United Arab Emirates, will be invited to observe, the officials said. The talks are scheduled for mid-August.

The U.S. special envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, plans to brief congressional overseers on the plan this week and will be actively involved in convincing top negotiators from both sides of the conflict to attend the upcoming talks, several officials said. If both sides signal their seriousness about ending the conflict and send senior negotiators, then U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield—both of whom have been closely involved in Sudan policy—could open or preside directly over the talks, the officials said. These officials spoke on condition of anonymity, as they were not authorized to speak on the record.

Despite ongoing humanitarian efforts, Sudan’s war is worsening following 15 months of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. U.S. officials estimate that around 150,000 people have been killed—though precise figures are hard to come by—and as many as 11 million have been displaced due to the conflict.

“Sudan right now is probably the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, and yet it’s not getting the attention it deserves,” Blinken said during an interview at the Aspen Security Forum on July 19.

A senior State Department official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said Blinken was “very personally engaged on Sudan policy, including forthcoming initiatives.”

“Far too much of the world is looking at this crisis saying ‘it’s far too complicated,’ or they’re looking away, and we’re looking at this crisis and saying, ‘yes, it is that complicated, and we have to find a way,’” the senior official said.

The conflict in Sudan has also become a locus of foreign powers competing for influence, which analysts say is prolonging and worsening the war. The SAF is backed by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, while the United Arab Emirates backs the RSF. Iran is supplying the SAF with weapons, and the Russian government is courting the SAF, offering military support in exchange for access to a Sudanese port on the strategic Red Sea corridor. Russian mercenary groups, meanwhile, have reportedly armed the RSF.

Earlier this month, the head of the SAF, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, hosted Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for talks in Port Sudan, Sudan’s provisional capital under the SAF. (Both sides are still vying for full control over the capital city of Khartoum.) Since June, the RSF has seized swathes of territory near the borders to Ethiopia and South Sudan, heightening the risk of the conflict spilling into new territories or derailing the fragile peace process in Ethiopia’s Tigray region following a devastating war there that ended in 2022.

Both the SAF and RSF have been accused of widespread atrocities, including mass rape, torture, and civilian massacres. The United States has also concluded that the RSF is responsible for ethnic cleansing. Republican lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee have criticized the Biden administration for not having a coherent Sudan policy and introduced resolutions recognizing the atrocities in Sudan as acts of genocide—a step that the administration has yet to take.

Officials and aid workers focused on Sudan warn that while it is being overshadowed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, Sudan risks becoming the world’s deadliest conflict and could spiral into a full-blown regional crisis without international intervention. Perriello has warned in the past that the conflict could become a “Somalia on steroids.” Around half of the people of Sudan, some 25 million people, face a food crisis. Of them, some 8.5 million people are acutely malnourished and more than 750,000 are on the brink of starvation, according to a report released last month by a group of experts from U.N. agencies and top aid organizations.

In 2021, Burhan seized power in a coup with the help of the head of the RSF, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as “Hemeti,” derailing a yearslong effort to transition Sudan to a democracy. Tensions between the two leaders mounted as both jockeyed for power and influence, until they erupted into war in April 2023.

Past efforts to broker a peace deal in a format of talks hosted in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, have failed, prompting Perriello and other envoys to push for a reset in a new venue with buy-in from other regional powers and the United States. This initiative follows recent efforts by the U.N. envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, to bring both RSF and SAF representatives to indirect talks in Geneva, focusing on the limited goals of expanding humanitarian aid access and protecting civilians. The two delegations did not directly meet, though the U.N. called the talks an “encouraging initial step in a longer and complex process.”

The U.S.-brokered negotiations are designed to achieve broader ambitions of bringing both sides face-to-face with a goal of ending the war.

“If a new round of peace talks do come to fruition, it would mean that all these outside actors who have been driving the conflict would now be on board with a peace process,” said Cameron Hudson, an expert on U.S.-African affairs  “If that is true, and everyone is rowing in the same direction, that would give us some cause for some hope in Sudan, really for the first time.”

[bored-sunray]

... so I made this, price doesn't look that good, I drew him quickly, the main person I was focusing on was Felix in this, pretty obvious

[transsimmonss]

"Trying without success is futile. Locus knows that if he doesn’t know anything else. It’s the one thing that stuck, and it’s simple. Be good at what you do, if you’re even going to give it a shot. It’s why he’s good at what he does. Why he’s a good mercenary, a good soldier. His English isn’t half-broken like when he was that crying kid. That kid is dead, has been for a while."

-

Or, a character study on Samuel Ortez and how he became Locus.

[harbingersecho]

WODtober 14 > Lines Drawn In Blood ⥄ RVBtober 14 > Crossover

"He and I are closer than friends. We are enemies linked together. The same sin binds us."

So. Here's some possible bg/lore mixing - idk if normal, 'non-secret service/intelligence agency' humans in this universe know vampires exist but disregarding that -

I think a lot of the vampires, esp the ones in space, are pretty high generation or thin-bloods (i.e. they're weak). Originally Locus + Felix were on the v edge of being thin-bloods (like gen 13) but... they're not anymore. The wonders of diablerie - not that they really advertise it. Views on that haven't really changed. They're also autarki aka freelance/mercenaries, but I dunno when they were Embraced; could've been before, during or after the War. Doesn't rly matter that much, they can all work imo but at least for Locus post-War works best

Locus could have either the Blood Addiction bane or the Noxious Blood bane since I think both could work for him, and Felix would have the classic Ravnos Bane of needing to move around.

I'll post more thoughts abt why I chose those clans for them + more abt sharky etc a bit later bc I don't want this to be too long lol <3

[leonardalphachurch]

For rarepair week could you do a little snippet on Locus and Grif?

- @skateboard-theta

okay im mixing these two together. heres the sloppy makeouts:

i imagine my thoughts on logrif are pretty typical. locus desperately need someone whos, like. normal. and out of the whole cast grif is probably the most normal. which i think says more about the rest of the cast than grif. giving grif high strung ex mercenaries that he can make smoke weed and play mario kart should be a national past time. and as much as locus hated it he NEEDS to be around yappers. he needs the extrovert whos going to take him under his wing and go "okay no more sulking alone lets hang out". which is donut. but in second place for that is grif! and the hanging out that grif wants to do is infinitely more appealing to locus than anything donut or felix would. theyre just chilling and watching movies and grif is yelling at the screen. its familiar but its different. i think we can get locus to associate the color orange with something new.

oh and also simmons is there. simmons being there is so funny bc he never ever would vibe with locus but theyre both theyre for grif and so its like. yeah hes terrified but he just realized that he loves grif forever and never wants to lose him so he guesses if grif adopted this terrifying space pirate hell? learn? to be okay with it? and the thing is with all grif ships you need to be okay with simmons being there even if not in a romantic capacity and honestly i think locus would really appreciate the fact that theres very little pressure on him to be engaging when the three of them hang out. like grif was already so low pressure but he does get restless if hes not being given his enrichment of having stupid arguments and i think ppl directly arguing with locus would stress him out, even if its over something completely meaningless. but when simmons is there grif puts most of his attention onto simmons and simmons onto grif so locus can just parallel play with them