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moodboard for when you listen to survive from epic
#it’s midnight and it’s storming and i haven’t had that visceral of a reaction to a song in a long fucking time#oh my STARS ABOVE#the first choked ‘captain’ KILLED ME#holy SHIZZLE SNACKERS DUDE#i went from happy stimming to breakdown so fucking fast#what the fuck. bro.#never have i ever imagined i’d be here.#epic: the musical#warrior of the mind had me going YIPPEE#and then survive put me in my grave#anyway i feel a new obsession coming on so that’s good news
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RAVENPAW AND KILLER!SANS (UT X WC)
Bitter memories....
explanation under cut
Also UT x WC is not a ship ;-; !
Originally he had two Cats, one of them passed away to sickness though, Ravenpaw reminds Killer of his other cat Named Valkyrie because Ravenpaw looks similar to them.
He ended up trying to take Ravenpaw home (Ink managed to get Ravenpaw back to Barley's farm.)
Sketch:
Coloring page version ig:
#sans#sans au#sans undertale#etc#undertale#art#sans oc#bad sanses#nightmare sans#tumblr milestone#ravenpaw#warrior cats#erin hunter warriors#UT x WC#Warrior cats and Undertale aus mix together...?#RAVENPAW IS SO CUTE OH MY STARS#STARS ABOVE I WANNA SQUEEZE THEM#poor Valkyrie#dont worry Killer is fine
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I have crossed the species barrier and I’m currently infected with crochet, I don’t expect to get better, this does tend to be terminal, pray for my husband’s wallet. 😔🙏🏼
#shenzi rambles#OH STARS ABOVE NO WHAT HAVE I DONE I JUST WANTED TO EXPERIMENT AND NOW IM GOING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE#I MADE HALF A SCARF AND I ALREADY HAVE WOOL YARN OF MULTIPLE SKEINS ON MY CHRISTMAS LIST#I AM NOT KIDDING PLEASE PRAY FOR MY DARLINGS WALLET I DODNT EXPECT TO GO INTO POVERTY THIS WAY
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me, thinking: wow those sadness went down really quickly. if level didnt carry over loops i would be having a much harder time rn everyone: “wow siffrin you seem a lot more skilled than usual! a lot stronger” siffrin: (FUCK FUCK FUCK) me: FUCK FUCK FUCK
#in stars and time#⭐️📝#IM SO FUCKED MY GRINDING IS BECOMING MY DOWNFALL!!!!!#i mean this would probably happen eventually anyway but OH GOD SIF’S LIKE 25 LEVELS ABOVE THEM#I DID THE GRINDING MOSTLY FOR EVERYONE ELSE BUT I DID NOT THINK ABOUT. OH THE CONSEQUENCES…OH NO..#isat spoilers
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"hey!"
"Name's Mal but you can call me Encrypt!"
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#H ELPME OH STARS ABOVE-#KJUCGVKSDFGCJDCGOSEYGCDSHGCDGJSICUWQODUSEFKJHSKJDGKFJHEGSLGKLJDHCOEYFGETASGCJLHDGCIUOSYTEOFUYGEJSDOCUYEPIRUFHWQULGCKJSDHFLAYPFEIUHSJHLS#I AM#LOOKING#SO HARD#HELLO#WHATR#HHHHDGFSHCBSJCBKJDBCLJKSDGKCJBDLCHSDJCGDSKJ HESSSO PRERTRY#JESUSES#I M LOSINCGTC#CHAT ISTHIS REASL#FUCKJ DUDE#OU HHH IM GOIN G CRAXZY#HELWEPKDCHGSDCVJKGSDJCGKJSDHCGLSDFHVGKJHDSGCOYURGTKLJCHDGCHJGLVCJHDKCSDLCHJGKLCHGSDKJCFKSDGHCLSJCKLASGCUISDYTCKASGCSYUCGKJHCGRUITFGHCISUGFL#HEL P#DJKCGKSJCGDJHGKSKJHGCKAGHKHCGSDKCV#IM LOSING IT#IM GOING IANSE#DKCGSKJBSDC#H ELOP ME NO YOUVE REMINDED ME OF WHEN I HAD A CRUSH ION BILL NAURRRRDCJKSDGCKJDSGCJHSGDCKLJHSDGCLJSG#SGFDEFUYSEGDFLUYSTJHBCLDHGJCLUISTDELCLCJKSLCF#OGH HE LOOSKSSOCOOL HWRSRE#SHAKES Y OU AROUND VIGOROUS;LY#IM GOURING BONEKRER#SDHCGJKDGRHJGRHEGHRGEHJGHJEBRJHEGHEGBHGEHRGERGHEGRHGEHGR#MALWARE MY BELOVED#MUTUALS ART <3#BELOVED MUTUALS#F UCK ING HELL#<33333333333333333
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Azul who is just obsessed with being Jamil’s biggest fan. He goes to every game puts Jamil’s number on EVERYTHING buys him twenty different compression sleeves all of it. Most supportive bf ever. He knows Jamil’s game schedule before he does
#Azujami#jamiazu#ashenviper#My wip one shot now has 8400 smth words#Unfortunately I’m stuck bc of logistical problems#(Who would be more sensitive to other people’s feelings: Ace or Riddle)#BUT#oh my god Azul would be such a like#Highschool girl who’s bf is their towns best player who has deluded herself into thinking he’s gonna end up as the star nba player#And shes gonna end up as a nba wife (her boyfriend is slightly above average in skill)#That’s the energy he’d give off#Loudest cheerleader (he has no idea what’s going on)#From a more serious point tho Azul desperately wants to see Jamil’s absolute best#And I think that basketball is probably Jamil’s only ‘safe’ outlet#Bc kalim is no where near it so he actually can be a star#And like try his best#And azul would LOVE seeing it#I’m in my ashenviper brainrot hours
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Would you ever consider writing about a different path Ice and Mav could take, one where they choose to leave the Navy and pursue a more open relationship and civilian life? Thinking it would be easier but maybe the sacrifice to their careers brings its own challenges?
(hi, jan 2024 me here, this was an ask that I answered when it was sent in in May 2023 & didn't post because I felt I actually answered it fictionally in the "icedad" one-shot the week after [and you can obviously see how these thoughts affected the writing of other pieces like "tremors & aftershocks"], but I still mostly agree with this take [though it's a little overgeneralizing] & I think it sums up a lot of my final "meta" modern-military-theory thoughts on ice & mav & their relationship, so im posting it now before I post the compacflt masterpoast)
see,… the thing is, i just… can’t see that happening!! i have no idea how to write that!!! Maybe i really do have a lack of imagination. But i can’t see that happening for a number of reasons. So short answer, no.
Long answer (and it’s long):
1. lame reason to start out, but it, uh, it’s canon that ice ends up at O-10 and mav ends up at O-6. not saying that im beholden to canon obviously (my mav ends up at O-7 and my ice ends up alive) but I do base my characterizations of them on the implications of the political struggles of both their careers so… taking away ice’s fourth star is basically starting from square one wrt my characterization of him. which is a lot of work. i could start from the beginning with a top gun 1986 ice who knows he’s gay—that would be a fun AU (i think other people than me have definitely done that better, though—I’m a one-trick pony). So if that’s what you mean then disregard the rest of this post. but if what you mean is a divergence from my existing work (i.e. homophobic/rank-climbing ice&mav) then… yeah, can’t see that happening, for further reasons below.
2. wrt my characterization of him: it’s based on a broad historical overview of armed service officers and the expectations of their careers. in my view, high-ranking officers aren’t after power—or maybe they started their careers wanting power, but somewhere down the line, it just becomes an expectation. if you do everything right and follow all the rules, you are expected by the institution to lead, whether you want to or not. That’s just the pipeline. at some point you start losing agency. which is what I mean when I keep saying ice doesn’t have a choice in advancing his career (besides the meta fact that this is fanfiction and canon demands that he have 4 stars lol)—high ranking military officers are continually and continually groomed for bigger and better positions; and the longer they spend in the military, the harder it is to leave that lifestyle for something else. And with ice’s canonical (and characteristically INTEGRAL, as I mentioned a week or so ago) refusal to rebel against the wishes of the navy as an institution, plus this historical expectation to lead placed upon the shoulders of excelling officers, I really do think ice is destined for four stars & nothing less, even if it gives him chronic depression. It’s his highest priority not because he wants it to be, but because…it just is. that’s how the institutionalized system of advancement in the military works. it just is. it has to be.
3. I mentioned in this post that I can’t ever see a foot in the door with them talking about their relationship unless maverick dies and is resurrected, and I feel the exact same way about them & their retirement plans. There’s a lot that ice and mav don’t talk about: the biggest one is obviously Goose’s death, the foundation of their relationship; but also their love for each other obv, what they did to rooster, AND their careers, which have to end at some point. Them talking about everything is totally inevitable, it was gonna have to happen eventually before they died, and I think one foot in the door MIGHT have been them eventually talking about retirement (someone sent in a prompt asking for this exactly & i am brainstorming it furiously) but before the Navy FORCES them to retire… i think they would studiously avoid talking about it. For a couple reasons: a) what does retiring with each other mean? living in the same house until they die together? hard to do if you’re just good friends. talking about retirement is tantamount to talking about Them. and b) what are they gonna do outside the navy? Ice has a lot of options, as I mentioned in the slider one-shot—general/flag officers are SUPER sought after in leadership/intelligentsia/management positions post service, so maybe if he were offered a crazy cool civilian position somewhere in San Diego in like the 2000s he would quit the navy for it… but what about maverick? I have no idea what a non-navy mav would do. Civilian airline pilot? Hoo boy. I think he’d hate that. I could maybe see emergency helicopter pilot, lol, or race car driver (i just watched days of thunder can you tell?) but none of the above offers the institutionalized honor the navy does (that, as a reminder, he *killed people* to obtain in the first place). I suggested his test piloting expertise would make him an attractive technical advising candidate to A&D companies like Boeing, LockMart, GD, etc. so that might be one option. But it might have been kind of a touchy subject for him before he racked up the expertise he’d need for those high-level civilian positions… the navy was kinda his only option. So they wouldn’t talk about it because it might hurt his feelings.
4. The biggest reason: again… open rebellion like rocking the boat by quitting the navy to be in an open long-term gay relationship, in upper mil brass ranks, and even retired upper mil brass ranks, just… isn’t done. And REALLY wasn’t done in the 2000s, when i think the scenario in this ask is positioned. And it’s not like “oh but whatever who cares about the navy, ice and mav are in love, they deserve to be happy no matter what, they should do what they want, fuck the navy…” no. Ice and Mav care about the navy. Clearly. Canonically. By necessity. The military requires cohesion and on some level repression of individuality & personal expression to FUNCTION, even when you’re retired. Yes, maverick certainly strains against that repression (which is why you Could spin top gun as an anti-military franchise if you were desperate enough), but he rebels through his ACTIONS (stupid plane maneuvers) not through his personal IDENTITY. his personal identity (headstrong overtly masculine white male pilot, whether gay or straight who cares) is NEVER challenged throughout the franchise (i.e. no one really challenges his masculinity specifically) & his personal identity does not POSE a challenge to the navy. Both he and ice in their outward-facing personal identities really fit in quite neatly to the navy’s overarching identity & contribute to the navy’s cohesion in a way that is favorable to both their careers and the establishment. Lack of imagination or not… i can’t see a universe in which Ice and mav would actively WANT to rock the boat and wreck the navy’s cohesion and their reputations for an open relationship and definitively rebellious personal identities, with the obvious caveat being Maverick’s death recontextualizing both their priorities (yes we’re in love AND we’ve finally proven ourselves to be ultra-capable officers regardless of our sexuality so no one has a license to judge us anymore etc.).
And also, they’re not enlisted seamen. Nor are they mediocre officers who have the luxury of fading into obscurity. Things are different when you’re that high in the ranks, and when your job publicly matters more. sorry, but even post DADT (probably until about biden’s election), an open relationship would end their careers. They might not be fired, but they’d never be promoted again. Too much of a liability getting subordinates to still respect them, from the higher-ups’ perspective, especially if there are other qualified candidates who fit the navy’s core identity better. Like—sorry. This is such a jaded oversimplification. But if you rock the boat like that (i.e. break the service’s united front to be individualistic in a way that does not match the service’s overarching identity), from the perspective of your officer peers, you simply are a bad officer. Being an open individual in a job where you are required to fit in and represent your service is not your job. You are not doing your job well. Straight-up. Even if you’re retired. I met US Army 4-star gen. David Petraeus (retired obv) in February—he led the successful-ish surge in iraq and Afghanistan in the mid-2000s—and he’s STILL a laughingstock for his disastrous affair with his biographer a decade ago, even after he retired from AD service. That’s what people remember him for, not the fact that he was one of our only successful commanders in any of our Middle East campaigns.
Something like that might be one of ice and mav’s worst fears—being known for their affair/scandal instead of the institutionalized honor they’ve fought and killed for. That kind of thing just Isn’t Done. It's bad taste. You have to keep it quiet. If you’re an officer representing the service, you have to represent it well & according to the service’s preconceived identity, even in retirement. (see, for another shitty example of "not fitting in" even in retirement, Lt. gen. Mike Flynn [his whole scandal is actually kinda geopolitically relevant to my fic if you squint lol] whom everyone fucking hates)
To summarize: i hope I’m not mischaracterizing your ask when i reframe it like this—would you ever write ice and mav without the institutionalized pressure to advance in rank and conform to institutional norms?
and yes, I would (and will if you ask—it looks like this: ice & mav meet & fall in love & it’s boring and fine. end of story), but I guarantee you someone else already has. I’m all about interrogation of institutional norms here. And i think until maverick dies & comes back from the dead, there is absolutely no *REALISTIC* incentive for ice & mav to leave the navy and/or have an open relationship. Like it’s just not possible. Idk how else to say it.
#which is like the whole point of my fic right. this is exactly what im trying to say with the story as a whole#these are flawed institutions stuck in their ways and ice as an officer REPRESENTS that flawed institution stuck in its ways#until real life (maverick dying) gets in the way and makes him reevaluate his priorities#and the truth is—his 1st priority (loving maverick) is absolutely incompatible with his 2nd priority (advancing his naval career)#for the reasons listed above#so he quits!#but just because he quits doesn’t mean he doesn’t still represent the navy! that’s the curse of officership#per the slider oneshot: You can’t ever retire once you get any stars.#unfortunately in a realistic world Ice really DOES owe the navy his discretion. that’s how it works.#tom iceman kazansky#pete maverick mitchell#top gun#top gun maverick#icemav#asks#edts notes#the thing with petraeus though is that his affair was notable bc he leaked a bunch of classified info to her#so not the best example but it was still cool (in like a oh you’re a historical figure sense) to meet him so I’m bragging abt it#(see tweet I just added)#additionally: the military is changing! in this universe it would be young upstart officers like rooster/hangman who contribute#to the liberalization of military officer culture!#but that kind of change Is Not happening in the 50s-60s cadre of upper level officers. At all. Ice included.#anon let me know if this wasn’t what you meant in your ask.#& feel free to disagree/argue with me this is just my view#lol the DOD just banned drag shows in the military#^ these tags are 7 months old now
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In the mid-1980s, animated adaptations of arcade games were commonplace— for example, Hanna Barbera's Pac-Man or Saturday Supercade's Q*Bert. Both of these shows, for lack of a better term, 'Americanize' the designs of the titular characters, so I got to thinking...
"What would a mid-1980s cartoon based off Rascal look like?"
Seeing as I've had prior experience in drawing faux animation cels, I decided to put that talent to the test and whip up not only a cel drawing but also a painted background for a scene for a hypothetical 1985 Rascal cartoon! 🍬🧡💙🧡🍬
(You can get a print of both the standalone cel as well as the cel overlaid on top of the painted background over on my RedBubble store!)
#⭐ Star's Art ⭐#Star's OCs#Rascal#Rascal 1983#Rascal Arcade#Mr. Stackman#Sour Sally#Arcade#Arcade Games#Animation Cel#Cel Animation#Fake Screenshot#Medibang Paint Pro#Trans Artist#Coolness#REJOICE— AMERICANIZED RASCAL BE UPON YE!!!#This is a drawing that I've had completed prior to the announcement of my RedBubble store...#... though I wanted to make a few small touch-ups before it was ready to post here!#I NEVER draw backgrounds for my drawings so I am especially proud of what I drew for this faux cel#I also put a lot more detail into making the standalone cel look as authentic as possible...#... namely the inclusion of imperfections; check out just above Rascal's legs. You might notice the lineart's faded a bit!#A lot of animation cels up for grabs online have faded inks— most especially cels from Season One of Spongebob Squarepants#So I wanted to replicate that specific detail so I could achieve as authentic of a cel-drawn look as possible#If anyone's interested in seeing them I have a few concept drawings for American Rascal as well as SourStack#... SourStack? Oh that's right... I personally ship Mr. Stackman and Sour Sally together#I just drew cutesy art of them together the other night that I may end up posting here sometime! 💖✨
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-sends in several kinfessions to fictionkinfessions and forgets the tag i picked every single time- i am so siffrincore.
#it's you!#i didn't have a tag for most of my earlier kinfessions bc i wanted the anonymity but idc! i wanna know who i am!#anyways HILARIOUSLY i've gotten it rgiht every single time???#anyways i'm#✂️✨#and i put that in my about post so i can frickin uhhhhhhhhhhhhh remember. that that's me.#sorry to be cringe kinnie on side but -dabs- i'm allowed#OH MY GOD ME @ ME I PICKED THAT BC 'SCISSORS CRAFT' I AM A BIG OLE DUMBDUMB LOL#PAST ME YOU'RE A GENIUS. EXCEPT EVERY PAST ME AFTER THE FIRST PAST ME.#YOU FORGOT EVERY TIME. STARS ABOVE.
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hey. hey. *clutches your face tenderly between my hands with all the love and sincerity of Théoden king of Rohan* no more despair! ok?! you shall live to see these days renewed!!
#lotr#tolkien#I saw approximately two (2) lotr gif sets and started weeping#it’s about the HOPE of it all 😭😭😭❣️❣️❣️#and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief IT STILL GROWS PERHAPS THE GREATER#above all shadows rides the sun!! and stars forever dwell!!! I will not say the day is done nor bid the stars farewell!!!!#like. oh my god.#weeping about Tolkien and hope and love again nbd#lotr only changed my life and altered me forever irrevocably instilling itself in my heart as an eternal source of hope and love. only that❣#major lotr feels rn#oughhh#thank you mr jirt you changed my life <333
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So 1.6 is here and the Trailblaze continuance is interesting. Dr. Ratio is every bit as irritating and pompous as expected. I love him
Spoilers for the continuance quest in the tags cause y'all already know I gotta say something about this dude and it's about to get real neat
#dr ratio#honkai star rail#hsr dr ratio#so anyway here's the part where i start sounding like a drunkard purely because i've been whacked in the face with another character#when he came on screen in the interrogation(?) room with screwllum and asta and you could see his face for the first time i ooghh.#ooab. qoshdh. euahhd. the. sauaghh.#biting my nails shaking my head violently spinning in circles WOW design voice actor accent ohhggg my#i usually keep things like this to myself but ohg. oh dear. ohh my#i'll draw him hopefully. i can only pray i do him justice cause ooaodb#i just. yes sir i am a moron please tell me more in that fancy accent of yours#i will stop interrupting just keep talking 🙏🙏🙏#i'm thinking entj. alhaitham but extroverted and VIOLENTLY neurotypical#i hate him so much but heaven above his design is uuiaj#and he'll be here for free. wgat do i do woth thag informtion#i. eed an imaginary character. i acan. use him on a team#i. wgau#h.elp#THE EYES THOUGH. THE MALE CHARACTERS IN HSR ALL HAVE SUCH GORGEOUS FRICKIN EYES MORESO THAN THE WOMEN#feel free to sigh at me and move on but aough#look i'm normal ok. but i'm also a straight female human being andr thag unfortunately means something
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I love your banner! And your icon too!
Thank you! The icon is my sona you could say, or the mascot of ‘Zombie Cicada’. It’s this .. zombie….. DNA stealing… goopy critter thing that I orb-ified.
My banner is the cover of an original story of mine that I had no planned intentions of actually creating, but after meeting someone who’s become a dear friend and forcing our blorbos to become friends, it led to the whacky adventures of Odigos, one of the main protagonists of the Ghost Call AU.
To badly explain the plot:
‘Haunted child soldier doesn’t know he’s haunted or a child, tries to be an army officer all while an evil bug tries to manipulate him and kill all his friends.’
#kirby#hoshi no kirby#kirby right back at ya#art#kirby art#kirby oc#kirby of the stars#kirby au#digital artist#oh a question for me?#how unexpected#well#maybe not quite a question for me#but an ask that wasn’t for my characters#I should redraw zombie it’s such an old art piece#when did I draw that?#November 2023?#stars above
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SO MUCH TO SAY, BUT MY WORDS MEAN NOTHING
A LIFE SPENT TALKING WHEN MY EPITAPH WOULD DO
WASTING MY DAYS WITH MY MIND ON THE FUTURE
AND MY PAST LIKE A CHAIN THAT WON'T EVER LET ME GO
#DAY AFTER DAY OH THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING THE STARS IN THE SKY ABOVE US KEEP BURNING#BUT IT ISNT FOR YOU AND IT AINT FOR ME NEITHER#TRY THOUGH I MIGHT I WAS NEVER A BELIEVER#this song is so underrated like these lyrics are unmatched#this is also arthur morgans song because i say so#ben schneider my beloved#lord huron
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thoughts following what I've heard about the new (last?) tss chapter
#shaman king#shaman king the super star#as always I cannot actually SEE the pictures from the chapter so I just hear what other people are saying and go oh no#I'm very attached to hana's long hair but if it has to go-#I swear to god if I see it and it's just above his shoulders again I'm gonna lose my mind my boys can't have the same hair again
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Me, a while ago: haha lemme start an ask blog where i just make comic responses with a simple artstyle, itd be like daily warm up!
Me, haven’t slept yet, tasting colors: ah yes lemme make a full mini comic for a response to One (1) ask
#kazue’s digital log#i gotta stop for the day and pass out for 24 hours man oh my lord#lord and stars above 💀💀💀
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First day of SOI and I'm already broken, I do love POTO program very much, however it always awakens horrible memories.
But today's performance was in a way curing and by all means magnificent, so I again ended up crying on a floor with admiration 😭
#oh how much he's head above anyone else!#AND OMG THIS INA BAUER#I would have SCREAMED too#i'm crying again i can't#what does he do to me#my precious#yuzuru hanyu#phantom of the opera#poto#soi 2023#stars on ice 2023#figure skating#ice show
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