#talking about flight rising btw

[beanskoala]

contest entry for dappervolk lol

may or may not be cringe

[newspecies]

i bought these two specifically to be a breeding pair but then i scried their kids and they all kind of look like shit. so.

[4e7her]

... i may have a problem

coatls. coatl permababies. screaming. crying. LOOK AT HIM.

i am starting a collection. he is my third. look at my son. his name is outlier. the other two i have are anomaly and irregularity. in my lore i’m going to make permababies spirits of some kind i think. i just can’t get over him LOOK AT HIM. HIS EYES. HIS LIL FACE. SOBBING.

[heraxic]

re8 as classical music

badly explained cause its 2am and i dont know musical terms.

Btw if anyone has any notes or other songs that would fit them id love to see it-

Ethan: Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave

Slow start, Ethan is unknowingly ensnared in a trap. As he realizes the danger Rose (and himself) are in the song becomes tragic and determined. Fastpaced strings, frantic beats —like prey escaping from predator— keeps escalating into something more and more insurmountable. A hopeful jingle is heard as Ethan finds out he can still save his daughter. A heroic theme plays as he overcomes the horrors despite it all (a sense of control over the situation is marked by highpitched anxious flutes superimposed by a deep stable horn). Then comes the first faceoff with Miranda who taunts him and Ethan’s tragic hero theme comes to a grinding halt as his heart gets pulled out of his chest. The drums pick up again and the little soldier is off to his final battle.

Mia: Claude Debussy - Clair De Lune

Sadly the real Mia doesn’t appear much. In the Winters home, Ethan writes that Mia doesn’t want to talk about what they went through in Louisiana, which leaves him with a lot of questions unanswered. In the flashback where she desperately tries reaching out saying ‘𝘺𝘰𝘶 matter’, she still can’t help keeping secrets- maybe out of fear that Ethan wouldn’t let it go (being extremely persistent) and they’d never return to normal. The song is heartbreaking and sad as she struggles coming to terms with the guilt and grief over what she’s done and what the one she loves went through because of it. On a last somber note, her child, who takes after her father both in looks and unresolved powers, is all she has left.

Rose: Saint-Saëns - Le Cygne

A little girl whos only ever known unconditional, all encompassing love. Even before her birth, it was known that her life would be full of uncertainty. Though stolen away for possessing powers she’s not even aware of yet, she continues to live and provide a beacon of hope for her family.

Chris: Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries

Comes in the dead of night and rains hell on the Winters home. In his eyes, he’s doing the right thing, but has made himself the villain to the one he was trying to protect (victorious trumpets superimposed by high fearful strings). The transport gets intercepted by Miranda and the music falls. Once Chris finally explains himself to Ethan they’re allowed a brief bit of victory (steadier horn) as their combined efforts take down Miranda’s last line of defense (Heisenberg). In the end, Chris has to live with the victory of taking down the megamycete, the guilt and grief over Ethan’s death/sacrifice, and the troubling news from BSAA. A tainted victory.

Alcina: Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake

Appears first as a noble elegant socialite. She’s at the height of her power, owns a castle and three daughters and believes herself to be Miranda’s favorite. It’s business as usual, calm serene music. Suddenly an outsider has made his way into her home, killing her daughters one by one. She reaches out to Miranda, who only cares about the stupid ceremony, and realizes everything she knew was a lie. Anger and frustration builds. The music deepens, falls and rises again as she transforms, tries taking revenge on Ethan and fails, having lost everything in one evening.

Bela, Cassandra, Daniela: Rimsky Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee

Self explanatory. Hurried, manic and playful.

Donna: Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Entrancing but with eerie insidious undertones. Fitting for the childlike dollmaker and her little porcelain friends. Ends with a fast and chilling theme for the twisted game of hide and seek

Moreau: Edvard Grieg - Hall of the Mountain King

Quiet, lumbering and slow. Ethan takes the Rose flask back easily; threatened with losing Mother Miranda it very quickly escalates as panic sets in and Moreau throws everything he has at him. The music swells and ends with a bang.

Karl: Aram Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite

A bold start. Right from the beginning he exudes arrogance, charisma and danger. He plays nice in front of Miranda with a waltz that picks up in intensity when putting Ethan through his first gauntlet. Then the tone gets deeper and quieter for a moment, as he plots in secret; it’s finally time to set his plan in action. It’s a race to the finish line as Ethan tears through the other lords, unknowingly playing right into Miranda’s plan. Realizing he could be a particularly useful asset/ally, Heisenberg puts him through the second gauntlet. The music is sadistically playful as he tests his will and endurance. Upon failing to recruit Ethan, the music picks up for the third gauntlet and ends with a bang, as Karl dies at the hands of Miranda.

Duke: Georges Bizet - Votre Toast

A friendly face unfitting in a place such as this. The upbeat and energetic theme sticks out like a sore thumb among the others. Whimsy and grandiosity acts as a brilliant facade for his enigmatic true nature. Though the jolly merchant schtick may be a lie, he always delivers on service.

Miranda: Sergei Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights

https://youtu.be/bBsKplb2E6Q?si=jnSpMO-bIhEcjJzb

Immediately imposes a sense of authority and dread. The dark theme plays over and over as she performs the same cruel experiments expecting different results, though it only succeeds in remowing her further from humanity. She imagines a world of pure bliss in acquiring her child, which at this point is as illusory as chasing the holy grail since she’s never satisfied. When she hears of Rose she schemes her way into the Winters home, elated to find the perfect vessel after a century of searching. She steals the child away, leaving behind a trail of destruction that finally catches up to her.

[raging-violets]

Around The World And Back // Kiley // Big Time Rush

A/N: Inspired by State Champs’ song “Around The World and Back”. (Btw, @partiallypearl that and State Champs' song 'Half Empty' are totally Kiley songs. I'm also doing a ficlet/one-shot based on 'Half Empty' and I'm thinking of re-writing Give Your Heart A Break ).

Set between S2's Big Time Move and S3's Big Time Returns. Specifically, it’s where BTR and Jax have just finished their Hawaii trip where BTR shoot their music video for ‘Windows Down’ and BTR and Jax are about to split up at the airport where BTR are going on their “All Over The World tour” (just before BTMovie) and Jax are starting their 6-month break in home in Australia before eventually going back to LA and reuniting in BTReturns.

For anyone wondering, I am also working on Patie stuff.

Pairs: Kiley friendship with tinge of romance

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A/N: Inspired by State Champs’ song “Around The World and Back”. Set between Big Time Move and Big Time Returns. Specifically, it’s where BTR and Jax have just finished their Hawaii trip where BTR shoot their music video for ‘Windows Down’ and BTR and Jax are about to split up at the airport where BTR are going on their “All Over The World tour” and Jax are starting their 6-month break in home in Australia before eventually going to LA.

So this is Kiley romance and friendship for where it’s set, with a sprinkling of Patie and Rhogan.

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Leaving Hawaii was easy.

Easier than anyone would think leaving paradise would be. Because there were too many exciting things on the horizon. The start of the All Over the World Tour, the first big tour that Big Time Rush were going on.

They were the headliners; they were the ones people were going to see. They were the ones that the fans would be chanting, screaming, shouting for, enough to blow the speakers of their sound production and blow the roof off their tour arenas.

It was exciting.

It was so hard.

Because the other side of the coin was Jax, formerly known as the DarkElements were going on their six-month hiatus. Going underground. Going into hiding. Or, if one wanted to see it a different way, stepping out into the light. It was all over the world now, the news of the big secret they’d been hiding for years. The secret of the abuse and neglect they’d endured for years from their manager as they worked their way up in the music industry. It was out there and they needed to wait for the reactions to subside before coming out the other side like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

A not so missed metaphor in all the articles and online postings as their albums were released under Phoenix Records. The irony was never lost to them once one publication made the oh so clever connection and the others piled on.

Even Ronan rolled his eyes at that, and it was his damn company.

The night before they left, Big Time Rush, Jax, Gustavo, Kelly, Mrs. Knight, and Ronan had dinner together. They were excited. They were sad. They shared pictures and memories of their trip and promised the tour dates they were going to watch live.

The hours ticked by and, eventually, everyone started to go to sleep. Kendall, though, found himself trying to stay awake as long as he could. Riley, ever the night owl, stayed up with him as they talked about everything but the flights they were about to take the next morning, taking them in separate directions.

Two full years of being by each other’s side at every step of the musical journey of making it big and one flight was going to change that.

So they continued to talk about everything that’d happened over their time in Hawaii, some of their memories of Minnesota and Australia, shared heart-to-hearts of their fears of what would happen on their tour and their time off.

Would BTR succeed?

“You guys are going to do awesome,” Riley reassured him, gently shaking her head once his worries were expressed. He’d asked it quietly, arms wrapped around his knees, as if afraid of putting it out there was going to jinx them, “What if the tour doesn’t do well?”

Did Jax’s admission ruin their career?

Kendall had reached out and grabbed Riley’s hand, squeezing it tightly. “You guys told the world something you’ve been holding onto for a long time. If anyone can get through that, it’s you. And if anyone says anything bad about it, they’ve got to answer to me.”

Finally, sleep became too much to ignore and they went to their separate rooms. Though Kendall was sure Riley was going to stay up nevertheless, unable to turn off the protective big sister mode to ensure her siblings, her family was safe.

He knew the feeling well.

Still, they went to sleep, and the next morning Mrs. Knight and Kelly got everyone organized and together to head off to the airport. With Logan’s insistence on following a schedule for optimizing their lead in time for connecting flights (even factoring in times for the moaning and groaning that came with it) they arrived at the airport.

Going through security was an event in itself (which Logan had also factored into their timetable) with James repeatedly having to pack and unpack his Cuda products to determine which ones would be left behind with TSA (that included a lot of shrieking and screaming as the group worked to determine which of his he needed to part with), Carlos’s shrieking laughter of being tickled as he and his helmet was patted down by TSA, Gustavo and Katie both being stopped with making loud (Gustavo) and snarky (Katie) comments on ‘blowing up the plane’ as they were pulled aside for extra screening, Kelly waving paper checks around to make it all go away, Ronan’s frustrations for everyone to ‘sit down and shut up’, Logan’s smug remarks of ‘check’ every time he marked something off the time table when they were stopped, Noah’s flat comment that if any of them were going to be detained he was surprised it wasn’t himself and his siblings, and Mrs. Knight’s screaming of ‘enough!’ to get everyone to fall back in line.

Finally, the bags were checked and sorted, and they got to the portion of the airport that would have them split up. Big Time Rush and co. going left to get on a plane to London and Jax and Ronan going right to get on a plane to Sydney.

They all started to hug each other goodbye, Kendall positioning himself so that he’d get to Riley last. (Also so that he could keep an eye on Katie as Patrick wrapped his arms around her, tucking her face into his shoulder as they said goodbye. There was going to be no ‘goodbye kiss’ between them on his watch.)  He said goodbye to each of the Jacksons in turn, going from Sydney, to Noah, to Rhuben, to Patrick, gave his mom space for her and Ronan to say their goodbyes, then moved to Riley.

She turned her attention to him, brushing her black/red strands out of her blue eyes as they trained onto him. Her lips turned up into her smirk-smile, but it didn’t reach her eyes. Sadness forming there. He was sure his own eyes showed the same.

With a sigh, he hiked his pink backpack up his shoulder, fingers tapping on the straps as he tried to figure out what to say.

For that long moment, neither of them said anything, their silence filled with unspoken words and shared memories. After two years he wasn’t going to be going on tour with his best friend and that was…weird.

Riley, unable to deal with the silence much longer, spoke first. “So, you decided to go with the pink one, huh?” Her eyes shifted from his face to his backpack.

“A fan gave it to me,” he replied, a little defensively. But mostly relieved that she spoke first. If she hadn’t…he wasn’t sure what would’ve come out of his mouth. So many options but…nothing seemed right.

“And you like your pink drinks, too,” she replied. “I’m starting to sense there’s a theme here, yeah?”

“I agree.” He puffed out his chest. “Pink is a manly color.”

Riley laughed. She brushed a pigtail over her shoulder. “I reckon I should’ve styled you guys in pink for this tour, then.” She shrugged modestly. “Though I have to admit, I really out did myself this time.”

“I like what you came up with, Riles. It’s really good,” Kendall said, thinking of the outfits she’d designed and had gotten okayed by Gustavo for the tour. (After multiple rejections of previous designs and threats on his life). “And I like the black and red. It’ll be like you’re onstage with us. Like you should be.” He let out a long sigh. “I wish you were.” I wish you were going. I wish you’d be there the whole time. I wish you were… So many things he wished, he was sure it was flashing over his face as he looked at her from beneath his eyelashes.

“I know,” she said softly. “I wish I was, too. But we’ll go to a show, we’ll be there in LA when you lot get back…” she ran a hand through her hair, hiding her face for a moment. “We can still talk.”

Kendall smiled.

Talking is what they did best.

Hours could go by in what felt like minutes when they were talking, he could get everything he’d ever felt out when they were talking, he could get advice without realizing he was asking for it or wanting it when they were talking. He could be…him when they were talking.

And he always looked forward to it.

“Well, you have to tell us everything that’s going on with your music,” Kendall said. “Even if you take a break.”

“So long as you tell us everything about what’s going on, on tour.” She held up a hand. “We’ve got a bet going that you’ll be arrested at least once in every country you go to.”

Kendall made a sound of offense. “We’re not that bad.”

“I don’t know, boofhead, international laws aren’t very forgiving.” She gestured with her head. “You just saw what happened with Gustavo and Katie. And that was them barely getting past causing a international disaster.” She laughed to herself. “And I don’t know if Logan’s made time on your guys’ itinerary for jail tours.”

“You have a real active imagination.”

Her face screwed up knowingly. “Do I?”

At that, he laughed. “You’re not funny.”

“I’m hysterical.”

He laughed again, a weaker chuckle. He reached out his hand, forming it into a fist. Riley smiled and did the same. When their fists touched, they twisted their wrists, fingers and knuckles still pressed together, and gave each other a thumbs up.

Kendall couldn’t help but joke, "I guess this is the part where we have a dramatic airport goodbye scene.”

“Looks like it,” she replied.

He stepped forward and embraced her in a tight hug. “I'm going to miss you so much, Riles," he murmured.

Riley hesitated for a moment, surprised by his movement, then hugged him back, grabbing fistfuls of the back of his shirt. “I'll miss you too, Kendall,” she replied. Of every nickname she’d ever given him coming off her lips with ease, his actual name only being said in serious moments.

She lifted a warning eyebrow when they stepped back. “I’m not giving you a bloody goodbye kiss,” she replied. Kendall rolled his eyes, both at the irony of wanting to keep it from happening to his baby sister and at the memory of his entailing Riley to help him get to the airport to say goodbye to Jo. This time around, no one was chasing anyone. They were desperately trying to stay where they were. “Because it’s not ‘goodbye’.”

Kendall zoned back in at her statement.

He smiled when she leaned in and stood on her toes, pressing a quick kiss to his cheek.

“We’ll see you when we get back,” Kendall agreed.

He looked towards the ceiling when their plane departures were called, only seconds before Logan loudly called for the group’s attention to march off in the correct direction of their gate.

A whole world away.

He gestured over his shoulder. “I’ve got to go.”

“So do I.”

They stood there for a moment, reality of their separation hitting them. Their eyes met, a silent understanding of their new experiences waiting for them.

“Don’t be scared,” Riley said suddenly after searching his eyes. “Or, rather, be scared and do it anyway. Don’t let fear hold you back.”

He blinked at her, always stunned at how easily she could read his mind, see things unspoken. (He wondered if she could see everything). "How do you do that?"

She merely smiled.

Kendall took a deep breath through his nose. Continued to look her in the eye, a sudden wave of trepidation hitting him. Not just for the tour, for the unknown of what was to come of the band, but for everything that he suddenly wanted to tell her.

“What are you going to do without me, Hockey-Head?” Riley asked with a shake of her head.

Kendall smiled back. “I don’t know,” he said honestly.

They were called to board once more.

Riley waved and backed away to be with her family. Kendall brought his hands up to his mouth and quickly blew a kiss toward her, the same way he would’ve to Katie. Riley’s face screwed up as she laughed and turned away to join in on the excitement of her and her siblings finally going home.

Kendall turned his back and joined his friends, sister, and mom to head to London.

As they walked toward their respective gates, they carried the weight of their emotions with them, the echoes of their shared laughter and friendship lingering in the air.

There were a lot of things he’d wanted to say to her.

He’d tell her when they saw each other again.

@partiallypearl @ceruleanmusings @mystic-scripture @myloveforhergoeson

[dramarising-replacement]

Free art threads.

Made a couple of these in the past, and I'm actually considering just.. not doing them on this site anymore? I actually think I'd be better off doing free art for people on Toyhou.se instead.

Cue the rant.

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So I'm sure some of y'all are familiar with the "Creative Corner" in the forums, yeah? You can share random art you've made, ask people how much they'd pay for your art, that sort of thing. Then, you got the free art threads. They can be titled things like "Drawing ur dragons :33" and "bored, draw humans. bye." and you'll also see the same couple users posting in those threads, but I'm not here to name-drop lol.

The ones who I have a problem with are the ones who don't read anything. Like, at all. You could spend thirty minutes crafting a decent looking thread, filled with information (but not TOO much, just enough to answer most people's questions) and highlight the "rules" part of your thread that has specific steps to follow for free art. Wanna know what the majority of the commentors on your thread are gonna do?

"[Insert dragon image] Pls draw :)" or "[Link to a page with over 60+ dragons] choose whatever one you want.]" and that's about it. There won't be any mention of any steps you wanted them to follow, (The steps are usually very simple, too. As in, let the artist know the bare minimum idea of what you want. I'm talking about expressions here. That's literally all they'd have to do to get some scrumptious free art.) and that feels kinda invalidating, y'know?

I'm not asking the commentors to describe a whole scene for me, I'm just asking them to give me ONE LITTLE IDEA (again, an expression or maybe if they want a bust) and I'll do the rest for them, free of charge. The art that they'd be getting isn't some random disaster of a sketch, nono, it's fully-colored and shaded. It also doesn't look like something that a 5 year old drew. (No shade to people who draw like that, I was stuck like that for years.) Bro, just do a MINIMAL amount of reading and I'll draw your dragon that has an absurd amount of apparel to tje point where it hurts my eyes.

..It doesn't just stop there, either. I've also seen these people never reply to artists who have given them an absolute masterpiece of a drawing, for free. Bro. You serious? I get that some people are inactive, which I'm not bothered by. But the ones who aren't? ...Ehh, I just think you could at least thank the artist before returning to the void with your free art.

The moral of the story is; Do the bare minimum and read what matters in a post, and thank the artists who draw your dragons for free. Especially the ones who could've easily charged you 1kg+ for the work they've done.

If you're socially awkward, then cool. I get that. If you can't afford to pay artists with fictional pixel money, then go ahead and visit the free art threads. I'm not trying to gate-keep them, I literally make these threads. I just don't enjoy having people put zero effort in their requests and then never acknowledge the fact that I drew their dragon for them. Just my thoughts, everyone views things differently and that's okay!

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Btw, I mentioned Toyhou.se because I've posted on both before, and while there are SOME similarities in the users' behavior, there's also some notable differences, too.

Common flight rising free art thread comment: [doesnt read text and adds dragon image] thanks if you draw.

Common Toyhou.se free art thread comment: [links a character, goes into a VERY in-depth explanation about how said character acts, very passionate too. Usually reads rules, too.] Thanks if you draw. (gotta stay consistent lol)

Obviously there are some differences in the sites which affect how the users act, I get that. One's a literal dragon collecting game and the other one's focused on writing and drawing characters, it's expected that one would read more than the other.

...But again, free art. Not paid, but free. Someone takes time out of their day to draw your dragon. Just give them a simple "thanks" and go on your merry way. That's all you gotta do. Lets them know their effort was appreciated, and shows that you're a nice person. Win-win.

Please man, just read. Did I mention that these threads usually have a maximum of 100 words? I don't usually type this much. But damn, this just irritated me so much.

Well, that's the end of this rant. Like I said, a few people are obviously going to disagree with some/maybe everything I've said, and that's life. This was a disorganized rant, and that's all it's going to be.

[aevyk-ing]

Rambling about the Ghibli movies I’ve seen Part 2

Read part 1 here.

11. Tales of Earthsea

This one was... weird? Just boring? I really liked the designs for the mosaics and the city, but the rest needed a lot of work. I was intrigued about the main character and found myself thinking how the books are probably better. I had some problems with the character designs and the story was all over the place. 

12. Only Yesterday

A little too long, dragging in the middle, but really cute. I loved the way it depicted the country life, the softness of the scenes in the past and the fantasy bits. I also have the feeling I should live somewhere else since I was little (I love nature and forests) and I’ve been remembering a lot of stuff (well, that’s a side effect of going to therapy, I guess). Anyway, I enjoyed the little story and the way some moments were animated and I wasn’t expecting to hear castanets in a Ghibli movie. 

13. Porco Rosso

Em... this one was pretty, but the story was weird. The scenery, music and flight scenes are really good. I was interested in the transformation part, but then it started saying things like: “Sorry only women are going to build the plane.” and then making a 17 years-old fell in love with a 36 years-old. Yikes. Just yikes. Then the ending is rushed. Started out good, ended up... meh.

14. When Marnie Was There

I really liked this one. The story got me hooked, I related a lot to the main character and everything was so beautiful (just look at that house!). It can be a little confusing sometimes, especially during the middle part, but once it starts explaining things... oh, boy. My only complain is that I only knew it was the story about two girls and, once Anna started blushing I started shipping them... SPOILER it didn’t end up well. 

15. The Wind Rises

So beautiful... and also sad. Miyazaki sure loves aeroplanes and that sort of stuff, huh? But I can’t complain: his flying sequences are always amazing. I also really liked the cinematography in this one, there’s a lot of interesting angles and uses of animation. It can also be funny sometimes (I still think that German guy ate a decorative plant) and I’m glad it didn’t dwell too much in the sad parts, even though I would have liked to see a little more after Nahoko leaves and before the dream sequence. Talking about dream sequences, that’s yet another thing Miyazaki excels at. BTW, I was ready for the sad ending, but still got me. 

16. The Cat Returns

Utterly bizarre at the beginning, took an interesting turn midway where it reminded me of morning cartoons. It’s a cute story, although I’d have preferred something a little deeper or more nuanced. But it’s nice. Not the best one but fine enough for spending some free time. And yes, I’m well aware this one was made for small kids (maybe it’s the only one so far). Also, didn’t like how they teased out that Haru and the Baron are in a relationship. I still ship him with the other cat statue from A Whisper of the Heart, thank you.

17. Grave of the Fireflies

There are some movies you can just watch once... but even though, you’re glad you watched them. This movie was a ride and I was getting ready mentally to watch it, thinking that I could never find the perfect moment. However, something happened that hurt my soul so I was at the right place. It was painful, with exquisite music, but it hurt a lot. Just like Life is Beautiful... I won’t be rewatching soon... but I’ll thank it for what it is.

18. The Boy and the Heron

Proof that we still need fairytales! Have to say it was strange to go from the last movie to the beginning of this one because SPOILERS, I immediately knew what was going on. I loved the take on trauma and mixing past and present in a fantasy world that also looked an awful lot like a limbo (thanks, Over the Garden Wall). Overall, while it reminded me of other stories, it had enough heart and stuff going on to keep you hooked. You can tell it’s the result of a lifetime telling stories and my only complain is the creepiness. It was the least thing I liked from Chihiro and while I get why it has to be done, it doesn’t make it less disturbing. 

19. Tale of Princess Kaguya

(disgruntled noises) I loved the first part. Cute animation, interesting style and adorable characters. I was having such a great time. Cut to the palace bit and the escape after the party and the story starts dragging on and totally changes genres. It went from fluffy and uplifting to depressing and sad. Why? Just why? If I had seen this movie when I was a kid, I would have never wanted to watch it again. Sigh. 

[goremet-chef]

ive been reading the lore stories in flight risings encyclopedia and im CRYINGG these dragons are talking about UNIONIZING AGAINST THEIR BOSS this is so funny im completely enthralled with all of these btw

[protectingourfuture]

Intro/About

Name’s Meyer and this is my blog hub! I’ve been around on tumblr for so long that I can’t remember when I first joined, so I have experience! My RP blogs are all side blogs, below are the ones I’m currently active in.

Color Coded and Bold and Italics for activity. Bold and Green means active and accepting new rps and will reply within a day or two! Italic and Yellow means low activity and likely will take a few days to reply or even a week. Neither means Hiatus

@sonicheroesnvillains || Multimuse AU STH RP/Ask Blog

@multiandmany || Multimuse Multifandom RP/Ask Blog 

@silversbalance || Multimuse STH OC RP/Ask Blog

@errorblankdata || AU Metal Sonic RP/Ask Blog

@shockingherochu || PKMN Mystery Dungeon OCs RP/Ask Blog 

I am slow to respond to RPS due to health issues, but I will send in random asks and mess with your muses on occasions. Like sending them cookies or the sudden confetti storm at the most random. Or an anon being chased by bees. 

I have sideblogs for other things too! Currently the most active is my Flight Rising sideblog, @unpredicablehappenings!  I also have a NEW one that involves food and me talking about my experiences as an autistic with foods and mostly, my favorite food, pasta! @meyerautisticfoodtimes

You can check all my sideblogs on my page for it!

BTW if you wanna avoid stuff like bad news from the world, the tag I normally use is WHAT THE FUCK. 

Also just because my queue has run out doesn’t mean this blog is dead, or my side blogs are dead, I check in a couple times a week.

I'm having a VERY hard time right now, if you wanna help me out, check out my post HERE and HERE.

Last Edited: 03-25-2024 (March)

[knifegremliin]

I DIED THAT NIGHT AND KILLED GOD IN THE MORNING

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hi howdy, my name's Gremlin (or Cass (short for Cassander)) and I'm your everyday knife-obsessed wannabe cryptid B)

just some fucked up guy who does art, the occasional photography and talks about bugs and ocs a lot. prone to occasionally tagging posts as my ocs and being extremely transgender.

no dni. if I don’t like you, I block you, simple as that.

also btw, my activity/note notifications do not work (and have not for a while now). so if you reply to a post, i may not see it til much later because tumblr no longer shows me when i have notifications except for a brief moment if i refresh the page or open a new tab 👍 asks and messages still show up fine tho

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Personal Lore Stuff

General Edition

First a disclaimer: A lot of my lore is just gonna be tweaking things about Flight Rising/Sornieth that I just don't like/vibe with, so if that'll bother you I advise not reading further.

Disclaimer part two: Some of the stuff mentioned here may already be canonical and I either A. haven't read about it yet (in which case feel free to shoot me the relevant readings ^^), B. I'm incorporating and expanding on it, or C. Incorporating and altering it.

Punctuation usage note:

Parenthesis () are used to signify a related but seperate thought to what they're grouped with.

Brackets [] are used as a form of authors note.

Now to begin: This is largely just going to be one chaotic info dump of all the stuff living in my head rn so I can come back and organise/edit it later but also so I can link it in my pinned cause I use verbiage that relates to my personal lore and figured this'd help anyone who might be confused.

Auction House is now:

Travel Listings

Name is a work in progress but the basic idea isn't.

The current system of dragons being put up for auction didn't really sit well with me [I understand it's function as the FR game itself goes don't at me please] so after some mulling it over I settled on Travel Listings!

The general idea is that dragons who are looking to relocate either to a new Clan within their own flight (flight AH) or just anywhere on Sorienth (Site-wide AH) can post the travel costs for them to do so with their stuff. When a Clan who's willing to sponsor the fees for the dragon posts them the dragon is then able to move in with the Clan!

This helps maintain the autonomy that dragons have as established in canon lore as well as giving the world a fun "new" mechanic [in my opinion at least]. In addition is use this as a basis for my pricings. If I consider the cost listed alongside each dragon as travel costs it let's me make some base costs guides based on things like breed, gene rarity, eye rarity, and in the event of a one-on-one arranged travel fees the cost for "luggage" (ie familiars, outfits, etc. which, btw, if you arrange for a dragons travel with me directly they'll almost always come with luggage).

The above is why I might seem to price travel fees a little weirdly and while I'm ok with the prices being a little funky I do want to be fair so if I unintentionally price something outrageously please let me know! ^^

Familiars

Familiars being listed as and treated as items within the game canon bugs me a bit as many of if not most/all of the familiars are canonically described as having sentience (sentience in this case meaning being living) them being treated as items isn't great for me.

Similar to Travel Listings I'll price/talk ahout/treat familiars with the same/similar verbiage. Familiars get travel fees as well albeit less involved than dragons might.

Familiars will also be treated as thinking beings who've choosen to come stay with our Clan for xyz reasons within lore contexts.

This leads me into my next bit:

The Coliseum

I'm not 100% posi on the canon lore surrounding Coli stuffs but the stuff I've developed whilest grinding in it as follows:

The Coliseum was started by [unestablished] as a way for dragons and beast clans to, hopefully, find some common ground.

Each coli arena/area is a neutral sparing ring/arena set up in each of the diff regions.

All who come to them agree to leave past issues/agressions/conceptions at home and have acknowledged that they are there to learn from eachother, as well as to have a good time. Each person who enters the Coli area agrees to do their part to ensure a friendly and (relatively) peaceful enviroment for all participants.

To be chosen to represent your Clan in the coli is considered a high honour by most involved and the importance of its neutrality is widely established/acknowledged. In the spirit of this many participants, dragon and beastclan alike, will bring gifts/offerings for their opponents [the coli drops]. Some participants might even find that they vibe/work really well with a clan/it's members and as such will choose to return with those dragons to their clans [familiar drops].

Due to the nature of the Coli its generally frowned upon for participants fo significantly higher levels to enter a match against participants of much lower levels [lack of exp gain], the exception to this are for teams who have come specifically to share their knowledge with those at lower levels [this parts honestly just so I can grind lower levels with my lvl 25s and not feel so bad about it 🤣].

Aaaaand that's about all I've got at the moment, there's other stuff that's dragon/breed line specific that'll be its own post(?).

[bonefall]

YES!!! THAT IS A THING HE DOES!!!!!!

HE MAKES HER WAIT, AND THEN WHEN THERE IS A MINOR DELAY AT FOURTREES AFTER ACORN FUR HAS DESPERATELY RUN TO FETCH MOTH FLIGHT, HE TAKES THE CHANCE TO BLAME WIND FUCKING RUNNER FOR IT

In FACT, he even PREVENTS Acorn Fur from becoming fully trained!

[ID: Excerpt from Moth Flight's Vision. Transcript:

“What I want doesn’t matter,” Sparrow Fur snarled. “Clear Sky is my leader. I follow his orders. And his orders are that no cat should cross our border. Especially not a WindClan cat.” Fury scorched Moth Flight’s belly. “I’m not here tohunt! StarClan ordered me to train Acorn Fur and that’s what I’m going to do.” She headed past Sparrow Fur. The SkyClan she-cat dodged ahead of her. She glared at the tortoiseshell angrily. “Get out of my way! I have to—” She stopped, surprised to see worry clouding Sparrow Fur’s gaze. “You have to leave!” Lowering her voice, Sparrow Fur glanced nervously over her shoulder. “Why?” “Clear Sky will rip you to shreds if you reach the camp,” she warned. “And then he’ll rip me to shreds for letting you.” Moth Flight halted. “He hasn’t hurt Acorn Fur, has he?” “No!” Sparrow Fur looked indignant. “But he’s angry that she’s been sneaking onto WindClan land to train with you. How can he prove that we don’t cross the border if she trails SkyClan scent all over the moorside?”]

Here's his orders to Sparrow Fur that Moth Flight is not allowed to enter and Acorn Fur is not allowed to leave to complete her training. This same chapter notes that Clear Sky is openly and flagrantly defying the will of StarClan, btw.

OH and don't think for a second I'm not noticing that this entire conflict is based on an evil atheist woman (that's WC bingo!) lying for no reason. Willow Tail alone is "responsible" for all this because the narrative is incapable of letting things just be Clear Sky's fault. We're just not talking about that right now.

Anyway then he's late to a gathering and Wind Runner is so pissed off she calls for an embargo. Sparrow Fur runs to the gathering to ask for Moth Flight.

Wind Runner delays her for only a few minutes.

You remember that. Wind Runner said no and the other leaders argued yes, but Moth Flight is not detained or held back for long. This delay was at most 10 minutes; and I'm being VEEEEERY generous with that estimate.

I am being Santa Claus with that estimate. Realistically it was 5.

Next, I am giving you a content warning. Tiny Branch, a child of less than 6 moons, is dying and they give a very clear description of how bad his wounds are. He does not survive this.

CW for child death and animal death.

[ID: Excerpt from Moth Flight's Vision. Transcript:

Moth Flight scrambled to a halt and crouched beside the kit. She could hear her own heart pounding in her ears as she swiftly scanned his body. There were deep teeth wounds on his flank. His hind paw was twisted and bloody, as though it had been yanked from a thorn bush. His eyes were closed, flickering slightly. His muzzle was clumped with dried blood. She smelled the sharp tang of horsetail and marigold rising from Tiny Branch’s wound. Dried green pulp showed on his bloody fur. Acorn Fur had clearly been trying to treat him for some time. Moth Flight glanced at Clear Sky. “Where’s Acorn Fur?” “She went to find cobwebs.” Clear Sky’s mew was tight. Moth Flight pictured the SkyClan medicine cat struggling alone to help Tiny Branch. Sympathy pricked at her heart. She wasn’t trained to deal with injuries as bad as this. She must be terrified. “She should have sent for help sooner.” Clear Sky’s tail twitched. “SkyClan doesn’t ask for help unless there’s no choice.” 'Did you stop her?' Moth Flight angrily swallowed back the words. Picking a fight with Clear Sky wouldn’t help Tiny Branch.]

I want you to look at the state Clear Sky left his son in. I want you to imagine the sort of pain this child would have felt, as the time passed enough for those herbs to dry and for swelling, a sign of infection, to set in.

And I want you to imagine you're Acorn Fur.

I want you to think about how this man got your teacher killed. I want you to remember that he stopped you from being fully trained, and that you have every reason to fear him, from his regular threats of violence to how he is the one responsible for the death of both of your parents in the First Battle.

And now imagine you've just had a mauled kid dumped at your feet, having NO IDEA how to treat wounds so serious and so deep, and he stops you from getting help.

Because "SkyClan" doesn't ask for help, "unless there's no choice."

Who the fuck is SkyClan, then? Because it's not for Acorn Fur. It's not for Tiny Branch. It's not for the horrified onlookers watching a child die a slow, agonizing death. It's not for Sparrow Fur, either, who's ALSO terrified of Clear Sky's wrath just a few chapters earlier.

It's for him. He IS SkyClan. It's for his fucking ego. It always has been.

If you think it's ever been for the benefit of anyone else, you are a fool. This is who Clear Sky is.

Oh but it doesn't stop there!

[Image ID: Excerpt from Moth Flight's Vision. Transcript:

“I had to come,” Moth Flight told him. “I need bark from the tree where Micah died. It’s to cure a sick Clanmate. She’s got redcough. She might die.” She waited for Clear Sky to understand. But he only stared at her. “No cat is allowed on SkyClan land,” he repeated. “I need the bark!” Moth Flight glared at him. “I know you’re grieving and I hate to disturb you. We don’t want to disturb you. We just want to take the bark and go.” “No.” Clear Sky slowly lifted his head, his gaze clearing. “Last night, you tried to save Tiny Branch, and I will always be grateful for that. But if Wind Runner hadn’t tried to stop you from coming, my kit might still be alive. Wind Runner has to realize that there are consequences for her actions. She has to admit her mistake.” Cold fear rippled along Moth Flight’s spine. There was darkness in the SkyClan leader’s words. He is capable of more cruelty than you can imagine. “What are you going to do?” “To you?” His ear twitched. “Nothing.” Moth Flight heard paw steps. Pelts moved at the edge of her vision. She smelled the scents of Alder and Red Claw as they closed in behind her. Clear Sky went on. “You will simply be our guest until Wind Runner comes to fetch you.”]

Remember that Clear Sky only cares about things that belong to him. He is incapable of admitting mistakes because he doesn't believe he makes them, so instead, he's decided to completely blame Wind Runner for the death of his child.

And he will hold HER child hostage until this fantasy scenario plays out where Wind Runner waltzes onto enemy territory and tells him how wrong she was for doing the same exact thing he did earlier; prevent a medicine cat from lending aid.

I want you to remember, again, how long he waited. Dried pulp and infection.

Or, more likely, Clear Sky's not stupid. He's cruel, and knows this will start war.

Remember the last time he held a prisoner? Just before the First Battle? When he committed a war crime by starving Acorn Fur's father to the point of emaciation? I remember it.

But a few pages later, the inevitable battle happens, and he's Surprised Pikachu about it. The narrative is once again incapable of blaming Clear Sky for the very obviously bad actions he takes.

His apology gives Bramblestar's "WE should never have let it get this bad" a run for its money. When forced to make peace, he dips his head, and concedes;

"It was a dumb fight"

OH YEAH? A LITTLE BIT OF AN OOPSIE-DAISY?? A FUCKIE WUCKIE??? THAT'S IT??? A TEENSY-WEENSIE ITTY-BITTY LITTLE,

[Image ID: "Uh, eto... bleh" meme.]

I once said that Clear Sky is pre-TBC Ashfur on steroids with Fire Scenes every other book, and I stand by that. He is a possessive, horrific tyrant, obsessed with personal slights and an ego so large it's impossible to not offend it.

The only thing worse than Clear Sky's actions is how the books are incapable of treating him like the threat he is, throwing kittens, mates, and unfounded respect at him as it desperately pretends he isn't responsible for his own problems. The narrative decides to punish Willow Tail in this battle, by killing her violently and allowing Peace To Return To The Clans With The Death of the Evil Foreigner(s).

What's the counter on that now, btw? 6? Scourge, Darktail and Hawkfrost are 3 in the main series. Willow Tail, One Eye, and Slash make 3 in DOTC alone.

The only power Clear Sky deserves is the power of taking 2 steps in concrete shoes. And no further, forever.

Who is the better dad, Clear Sky or Grey Wing? My friend group is arguing over this because for some reason one side says Skyclan counts for Clear Sky's dad points and we agreed to toss out Jagged Peak because they both kinda parented him, so help please as both sides agree that you have great wisdom over these kinds of issues.

....im so sorry I'm going to beat your friends with a stick what kind of a leap of logic is having SkyClan count for dad points??

If SkyClan counts as dad points then how do they not realize how incredibly abusive Clear Sky is to all of his underlings? Throwing cats out when they're sick, doing intense public humiliations, regularly warmongering and getting cats killed for no reason!

When his son Thunder comes out and says, "dad we should not throw out this cat with an infected wound" Clear Sky tells him to lick the pus off. In front of everyone. Absolute freakjob behavior

And no no no, you tell them to bring Jagged Peak RIGHT BACK INTO the conversation, because if they 'both parented' him then how exactly do they justify Clear Sky kicking him out to fucking die??

This isn't even Bonefall's Certified Relationship Guru type analysis this is surface level stuff dude!!

And don't stop there! The hogwash barrel is truly endless! It contains many gallons of both hogs and wash!

Because Clear Sky's 'redemption' is a Tumbles McStairdragon level blunder! He continues to be incredibly controlling of his son and his Clan and utterly resistant towards being told what to do.

Was it good dad behavior when he let his NEWEST disabled family member develop a horrible infection from a fox attack, and not let Acorn Fur seek help until his baby was on death's door?

If we're counting SkyClan as "dad points" then was it good dad behavior when he made Micah's life hell for the high crime of being his Clan's doctor and a foreigner? When he got him killed for gathering fucking sap??

How about when he insisted Acorn Fur was good enough to heal that sick baby son, as she kept trying to tell him she wasn't fully trained and needed help? Is ignoring the limitations and comfort of your doctor/clan daughter by this wahoo logic good dad behavior also??

At every turn, at every point, Clear Sky's pride, selfishness, and complete lack of compassion gets people hurt, injured, and killed.

He was a horrible father to the FIRST surviving child, he is the REASON he only has two more living kits, and quite frankly? If any of his other children survived, they would be utterly justified in dumping his butt in a kitty nursing home and splitting the inheritance six ways from Sunday.

[vicegrips-fr]

you know i actually do have personal lore reasons for why my dragons remain in their gijinka/hybrid forms. 

neo necropolis is a ‘no fly zone’ due to all of the buildings, flying vehicles, and other shit that could be broken if they were to fly around in their dragon forms everywhere. plus it’s just another way of making the citizens more dependent on the city and the corporation’s products themselves to get around. 

there are dragons living outside of city limits who live in little mad max style clans and stuff though. they can shift if they like, but they do so love their junker motorcycles and trucks so it’s a mix bag.

[naphiatra]

goodness, i didnt know that accent/skin makers can see every single one of your generated previews on the skin manager page im so sorry for all the artist’s preview box i spammed wahhh

[shiftingexpanse]

Fun story about this dragon

One time I had a dream about a female f-pose fire primal imp with crimson primary, gold tert, and a matching secondary (though I didn’t remember the exact secondary color). Looked on the AH on a whim and found the exact dragon. She was way beyond my normal budget but I liquidated all my notn loot to get her anyway because... what are the chances??

I named her Ianthe after the version of her in my dream :)

[rosaline-strangler]

ATTICUS is a being that lives in a forest that is perpetually autumn. No one really knows what his deal is; he never leaves the forest, and everyone has different stories about him. Some say that those who get lost in the forest never come out, and he punishes those that step foot in his home. Others say he gives you a cup of tea, and is kind and benevolent before guiding you out of the forest.

But one thing’s for sure; he’s definitely not mortal.