#shino norba

[mystei]

[lilenui]

Just some stitches of Yamagi in his natural habitat, that is Shino's lap. Although he might insist this couldn't be further from the case.

[wordsandrobots]

Vengeance.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans | Ep42 'Settlement'

[hath-e]

That post about SD Gundam battle alliance got me hooked on the game again and I played it pretty much the whole day when I wasn't doing something else, so something shorter today:

The ASW-G-64 Gundam Flauros, both the Ryusei-Go and Calamity war version:

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This is hands down my favorite MS from IBO, and Shino might be my favorite of the Tekkadan boys. But today I'm talking purely about the suit and why I like it so much.

The suit is one of the three Gundam Frames used by Tekkadan, it is found in the Half-Metal mine that was gifted to them by McMurdo. It is both the last Gundam they've received and the first one to go down.

But I wanna talk about the mechanics of it. This Gundam is fundamentally opposed to most MS designs in the PD era, and it is also an introduction to the Dainsleif.

So almost every other Gundam frame introduced before was melee oriented, even the Bael which was only shown after used primarily melee weapons. But the Flauros literally doesn't not have a melee weapon in it's Ryusei-Go form, and even during the Calamity war it only had two small combat knives.

This frame mounts all of it's primary weapons on the backpack, with two machine guns being used in an under arm configuration and two shoulder guns which have three distinct configurations:

The short barrel, assumingly using normal ballistic ammo.

The railguns, using conventional warheads this is the second most powerful configuration and uses the standard long barrels.

"SUPER GALAXY CANNON!", loaded with Dainsleif reproductions from the Calamity war, this was Shino's final plan.

Moving on from the weapons is the suits main "gimmick". It is the only transformable suit in the PD, but unlike other timelines it doesn't turn into some sort of flier and instead turns into "Shelling Mode" where in it becomes a stationary artillery unit. In this state it can actually fully utilize the power of the railguns thanks to extra power being send to it.

Some fun facts to end things off:

1. The Flauros according to the Ars Goetia is a leopard that can transform into a man with fiery eyes. This is obviously a fitting name.

2. According to the mechanical design Kanetake Ebikawa the original name of this suit was supposed to be Bael before he learned of the Flauros's existence.

3. This suit won a fan vote in 2018 for which suit would get a new 1/100 MG, ever since then the MG Vidar has been announced and will be out early next year. Nothing has been said about the Flauros

4. THIS HIGH GRADE IS SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME BUY ONE BANDAI

[littlechisa]

[purseownervolatile]

Oh my god... Shino....

[fiannalover]

And I keep winning 💖 And I keep winning 💖 And I keep winning 💖 And I keep winning 💖 And I k

[kaxtwenty]

Episode 45

[sounds-in-the-fog]

Shino is infuriatingly clueless

[stgroversfire]

tbh i dont think gundam can ever hurt me again after what they did to shino

[mystei]

[lilenui]

Shino and Yamagi in their Wishing on Space Hardware pilot suits, a more basic representation.

[wordsandrobots]

Seasoned

Series: Wishing on Space Hardware [extra]

Fandom: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Rating: T

Pairings: Yamagi/Shino

Summary: Sometime after the events of Wishing on Space Hardware, Yamagi and Shino see in the new year.

Notes: As promised, here's a short ficlet for the end of 2024! It references events in one of the audio plays (which @lilenui put me on to a couple of years back -- thank you!): my own interpretation of how Yamagi ended up a mechanic didn't quite square with the play, but it's close enough to fudge.

May you all survive and thrive in 2025. Make art. Enjoy art. Be who you are and wish to be. And stay safe.

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It's Dwindling Season, which means everything is cold and dark and mornings basically aren't happening, and if there's a better argument for hibernation, Yamagi has yet to hear it. When he wakes to see not a single chink of light coming through the shutters, his first instinct is to bury himself back under the bed-covers and take full advantage of the on-site heating.

The problem is, where Shino ought to be there's only a chilly, cover-less patch of mattress.

Whining at the betrayal, Yamagi rolls the other way and checks the clock. Disgustingly, it is in fact a reasonable hour to be out of bed, even if the weekend means it isn't currently required. He pulls the pillow over his head, just to be dramatic, then checks Shino's side more closely. Must have been gone a while. But there's no sound from the bathroom, or the rest of the apartment…

Maybe he went for a jog? Even if the idea of exercising outside during Dwindling Season is appalling, Shino has different standards and also the capacity for radiating heat that makes his current absence so frustrating. He'd probably have fun, running up a sweat in the middle of winter, just to prove he could.

Yamagi curls into a ball, shuddering, and that's when the second thoughts come worming in. Because of course his nightmares these days are all about Shino not being there come the morning. As if the last five years might just puff out of existence at a second's notice. As if bringing him home was the dream and hard reality is waiting to wrench it away.

Which is dumb. Yamagi only has to turn on the light and he'll see Shino's clothes scattered around the room, the extra side-table by the bed, the posters pinned on the wall 'so we'll have something cool to look at while we make out' – said with the biggest, goofiest grin that was begging to be kissed stupid, and was, as a reminder of where attention ought to be focused…

Breathing deep, he sticks out his arm, groping for the switch. It clicks and there the signs of their life together are, present and correct. Still no noise or other clues, though. The only way he's finding out where Shino went is by getting up to check.

All things considered, he thinks he's very restrained, only swearing every other step as he jitters his way across the floor to the door and the massive, thick robe hanging there. Technically, it belongs to Shino – a gift from Merribit, who found something similar for Yukinojo at a sale and discovered that it came in bright pink as well. It's Shino-sized, without a doubt, and swamps Yamagi entirely as a result, which is why he wears it on days like this.

Suitably armoured, he opens the door. This instantly dispels any lingering fears because Shino is sitting on the sofa, large as life and twice as beautiful, a mug of tea in hand. He's staring into space. Whatever he's thinking, it's occupying him enough to dull his sense of his surroundings. Yamagi has padded right over to him before he stirs, big brown eyes lighting up. “Hey there, sleepy-head! Happy New Year.”

“Mn,” Yamagi agrees, dropping down beside him.

“Didn't wake you, did I?”

“Nh.” Leaning against Shino's shoulder, he surrenders to a jaw-cracking yawn. “You a'right?”

Nightmares are not a limited resources in this household and Shino deliberately taking himself away from other people to think isn't usually a good sign.

“Yeah! I just…”

“Mm?”

Shino swigs some tea, gaze roaming the room, settling eventually on the shelves they put up next to the vid screen and the lovingly-painted model Shiden perched there. He sighs. “I'm going to be thirty this year. Or I already am.”

Huh.

He's never let them make a fuss over his birthday, on top of nobody being sure the date in his ID record is close to accurate to begin with, so it's a bit hard to keep track. But, yes, give or take, that must be about right. “It's only a number. You don't need to feel bad just because –”

“I don't! I don't feel bad. That's kinda what I was… I like it? I like that I'm gonna be old.”

“Oh.” The part of Yamagi concerned with practicalities and accuracy even when the rest of him is changing gear mid-conversation has him add, “I don't think thirty counts as 'old'.”

“Older than I ever thought I'd get.” Shino rests his mug on his knee, tilting it slightly to one side. “I mean, most of the First Group guys weren't thirty, were they?”

Honestly, it's hard to remember. Maruba aside, they tend to blur together, lacking any personal details beyond 'bigger' and 'meaner'. “I guess.”

“Seemed like forever away. And I, um…”

We could have all died tomorrow. Why waste today on wishing when I could be having fun?

Looking back, Yamagi suspects he was guilty of thinking that way too, in his own pessimistic fashion. Not that Shino's version was especially optimistic, boiled down to its core. Another of those things they shared without realising.

He can remember – it was early on. He'd been reading maintenance manuals as fast as humanly possible, skipping meals and cutting sleep for the sake of an education. Shino caught him napping, exhausted, curled around an ammo case. For a second, he thought he was in big trouble. Only, of course Shino bubbled with enthusiasm at the idea of him learning be a proper mechanic. And not to repay Yukinojo for taking pity, oh no. Yamagi needed to aim higher, to fight alongside everyone, like the Old Man did, keeping each weapon in perfect condition. Then, one day, when Shino got his own mobile suit, they'd be a perfect team!

Ridiculous, as was standard for Shino's out-sized encouragement. The CGS had one mobile suit and it hadn't moved for years. Still, at the time, those words meant the world. Someone believed in Yamagi, in his potential as something other than an infantry drop-out. If he'd not already been half in love with Shino, he certainly would have been after that.

But there's something painful about realising how narrow their horizons were, that 'aiming high' meant nothing more than becoming better fighters.

“Sorry,” Shino murmurs. “I don't want to talk about miserable shit I'm over and make you sad too.”

Yamagi elbows him. “That isn't a reason not to tell me if something's bothering you. I was just thinking about when you got me to stop calling you 'Mister' all the time.”

“Oh, shit, yeah! Geez, it really was all the time. Mr Shino this, Mr Shino that, yes Mr Shino, definitely Mr Shino.”

“Hey, I wasn't that bad.”

“No. But I was glad I got you to stop.”

“Me too.” The change felt both wrong and surprisingly easy, thanks to how Shino had beamed at him. He's always found it desperately hard to say no to that smile. “I'm glad you're happy.”

“I am!” Shino puts his mug down at his feet and slings his arm around Yamagi. “I'm gonna get old and I get to do it with you and Eugene and everyone. Isn't that great?”

“Yeah. It is.” More than great. The highest they could possibly aim.

Oh, that's so incredibly soppy. If Yamagi weren't so incredibly comfortable, squashed against the great, warm mass of Shino's body, he might break the moment from pure embarrassment.

Then again Shino has a habit of making embarrassment feel like a colossal waste of time.

“I think… maybe… I'd like to have a birthday party this year.” Smiling at Yamagi, he gestures with his other arm, which would certainly be throwing out a hand to encompass the whole of their family if he had his prosthetic on. “Get everyone together, have a big cake. What do you think?”

Yamagi snorts. “You expect me to say anything except 'yes'?”

“Hey, I still gotta ask!”

“How about I wrap myself in ribbons this time? Will that make it clear?”

“…am I supposed to say 'no'?”

They sit there a while, daydreaming, pressed together snug as rats in a nest.

Then Shino asks, “You don't mind, do you?”

“Mind?”

“Me getting old. What if I start getting wrinkly? What if I get a beer gut?”

Smothering another yawn, Yamagi rolls his eyes. “You barely drink any more. And so what if you did? Are you planning on giving up exercise?”

“No?”

“Then I don't see what the problem is.”

“…so I only need to worry when I can't carry you around any more. Gotcha.”

He turns to plant a kiss on Shino's cheek. “You've nothing to worry about at all.”

“Thanks. Still need to hear that, sometimes.” The hand on Yamagi's shoulder squeezes once. “Speaking of exercise, you want to come for a jog? The streets should be clear right about now.”

Making a pained noise, Yamagi tries his best to disappear inside the robe.

“Heh. OK, OK. How about I stay here and make breakfast for my amazingly hot husband instead?”

And really, who'd want to say no to that?

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@phynali For no reason.

I cry EVERYTIME

[littlechisa]

[maxderats]

Inktober! I always kinda skip it or drop it after a few days, but this year not only did I tried it, I even finished it! So here are the results of my first actually completed inktober challenge. I didn't go with the list, instead my "list" was to make one gundam character a day from october 1 to october 30.

Day 1-2 : Suletta Mercury & Miorine Rembran (Gundam : The Witch From Mercury) Day 3 : Nika Nanaura (G-Witch) Day 4 : Ojelo Gabel (G-Witch) Day 5-6 : Guel Jeturk & Felsi Rollo (G-Witch)

Day 7 : Feldt Grace (Gundam 00) Day 8 : Atra Mixta (Gundam : Iron-Blooded Orphans) Day 9-10 : Takaki Uno, Aston Altland and Fuka Uno, they're watching Ratatouille (GIBO) Day 11-12 : Kati Manneqin & Patrick Colasour, they're doing the Frieren dance (G00)

Day 13-14 : Norba Shino & Yamagi Gilmerton, yes that one frame wasn't gay enough for me (GIBO) Day 15 : Sabina Fardin (G-Witch) Day 16 : Azee Gurumin (GIBO) Day 17-18 : Norea du Noc & Sophie Pulone (G-Witch)

For the next page, I did characters from other mech shows just as a way to change a little bit of air. Day 19 : Rui Kanoya (Re:Creators) Day 20 : Lio (Promare) Day 21-22 : Asuka & EVA-02 in one of the gorgeous redesign JB/Gunbusted did Day 23 : Rossiu (Gurren Lagann) Day 24 : Flame (Synduality Noir)

As we were coming closer to the end of the month, the theme for the last page was halloween costumes! Day 25-26 : Orga Itsuka & Mikazuki Augus (GIBO) Day 27-28 : Suletta & Miorine again (G-Witch) Day 29 : Tieria Erde (G00) Day 30 : Chuchu/Chuatury Panluch (GIBO)

I had a lot of fun doing it and will for sure try it again, though maybe not in october specifically? Still many characters I wanna do, more Turbines and Grassleys, Merribit, Cracker & Cookie, Elan, more 00 characters... Having such a closed theme really helped getting into it every day without thinking too much about what to draw.