#the moon the sun and the star inbetween

[krist3a]

Finally did Heart, Mind, and Soul designs!!!

Gonna go WAY into detail about the process 'cause unlike my other socials, I do not gaf about what people think about my rambles on here 😛

Heart was easiest for me (definitely not 'cause he's my favorite). His hair is longer, messier, and more unkempt compared to the other two, as he doesn't take care of it. He also doesn't care to tie it up, considering it doesn't really impact his sight anyways. He's only half blind, but very sensitive to light, hence the blindfold (also, "love is blind"). You can only see the top half of him here, but the wings on his head are the only ones he has! For the purpose of covering his face, like an actual angel would. The halo is another reference to angels, and was also to even out his and Mind's designs. And the veins were a nice added touch 'cause, you know... he's the heart!

Mind was definitely the hardest. I wasn't sure what I wanted with his design. I always loved the winged Heart headcanon, though I felt like it had no significance when compared to the other two. So, Mind is depicted as a demon to serve as Heart's opposite! Goat horns and ears, as a lot of people imagine demons/the devil that way. Oh, and SPEAKING of headcanons that I like but need sense made out of them, Mind's eyes are white due to the fact that we don't see them throughout like literally half of CCCC. His hair is a lot neater, and is completely tied up not only to appear cleanlier, but for focus as well. Gave him his signature crown, and added a really cool brain design to the side of his head that I had envisioned would look like braids in his hair if you squinted hard enough.

Soul was easier than Mind, though definitely harder than Heart! Compared to the other two, he's the most "human" looking, the closest to Whole. Though, of course, he isn't human, and he isn't Whole, which is why he covers up his shadowed half with a mask to pretend that he is or that he COULD be. His hair is half up half down to reflect him being the inbetween of Heart and Mind, though if you asked him... it's just because he thinks it looks cute. Haha. Couldn't figure out what to do to represent he's the soul, so on his shadowed half, he always emits this weird spiky red light. It's kinda cool!

As for some collective decisions, the reason Heart and Mind are depicted as an angel and a demon at all is due to Whole's past religious trauma. The choice of who got what, of course, was dependent on Whole's wants prior to the split. All of them have their respective motifs on their clothes, too! Moon on Heart's hoodie, sun on Mind's button up, and a star on Soul's jacket.

They are forever silly and I love them a lot... can't wait to hyperfixate on them a shit ton! (Dear god, please help me)

[stranger-from-beyond]

I exist beyond‧₊˚✩彡

That does, however, not mean, that I exist beyond all. Possibly beyond earthly matters. Beyond the concept of time, and mortality. Beyond good and evil. Beyond irrationality and reason.

I exist beyond the definition of space.

I exist in the stars. In the skies. In the planets. In the galaxies. I exist in the sun. In the moon. In the void.

.𖥔 ˖─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───✩࿐

I exist in the moment of peace you feel while gazing up into the nightsky

.𖥔 ˖─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───✩࿐

I exist in the sudden realization, that your most ancient of ancestors found the same beauty and hope in the same stars.

.𖥔 ˖─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───✩࿐

I exist in the beginning and in the end of all. I exist in the inbetween.

.𖥔 ˖─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───✩࿐

I am watching. Waiting for something to happen. I just don't know what yet.

~ Sincerely, a Stranger‧₊˚✩彡

┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ ┊

┊ ┊ ┊ ┊ ˚★⋆｡˚ ⋆

┊ ┊ ┊ ⋆

┊ ┊ ★⋆

┊ ◦

★⋆ ┊ . ˚

˚★

[literalite]

oc questionnaire!! tagged by @mattodore 💞🥰

name: kristopher volkov nickname: everyone calls him kris :D he and greg use their last names for each other though ("volkov" "lunvik"). very boy gender: trans male he/him star sign: pisces sun (help him) cancer moon (HELP HIM) taurus rising (HELP HIM.....) height: 5’6 sexual orientation: gay nationality/ethnicity: he's vietnamese (tho he doesn't actually know this) but he's lived in america all his life. hasn't ever actually left oregon actually probably never will fav fruit: greg no sorry uhh god plums probably fav season: (american voice) fall! fav flower: had to go googling for this but penstemon specifically the red ones fav scent: is it too vague if i say like. tea steeping? coffee, tea or hot choc? tea ftw avg hours of sleep: hes nineteen years old dude i would say like either 4 hours or 8 no inbetween dogs or cats: looks directly at the camera. WOLVES. altho by extension thats dogs yeah dream trip: honestly i do not think he dreams of going like. anywhere he's completely content with staying put right where he is number of blankets: just the one he runs hot as most wolves tend to do. its super comfy cosy though greg's mum made it for him when they were like 7 so hes had it forever random fact: he has a really nice singing voice i think but unlike me hes rlly shy about it so hardly anyone ever had heard him sing

IM SO LATEEEEE AAAAAA okay tagging @itsmariejanel @tricoufamily @goldenwaves @orphyd @sashima yayyyy yayyyy

[bitterkarmaa]

I bring another offering! I had been thinking lately about something about Rays, some little things i've noticed - in the fics it's been hinted a couple of times that Rays is surprisingly strong despite his appearence, once when he caught Eclipse from falling and the second when he pulled Eclipse and Veil up to save them from Bloodmoon, and then held them off without immedietely getting mauled to death. This combined also with your reference sheet of him saying 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'

This has made me assume that lord bastardo had Rays fighting some pretty nasty creatures at some point over his long lifetime for his own amusement. So despite how skittish he is, Rays does know a thing or two about fighting/self defence (though the self-defence part is questionable, he's more like a shield specifically for others)

And so with that all in mind - i wrote this experimental shot super quick! :D

~~~

If Eclipse had a nickle for every time something horrifically dangerous came out of the portal…

Well if they were counting only his own experience he'd have just the one. But then with the amount of weird shit that came out of that accursed ballpit on a weekly basis Eclipse might as well be a millionaire.

But that was beside the point.

Because right now he was facing off with quite possibly the scariest thing Eclipse had ever had the displeasure of meeting. And that was saying something given his past ventures into worlds where he's had to meet the very worst of what he could have become.

But a giant insect the size of a large horse that looked like some amalgamation of a spider and a wood louse with mandibles to match was certainly up there.

And right now the thing had its eyes - all 12 of them from what Eclipse could count - on him.

Wonderful.

Moon was currently at the computer trying to activate the security protocals but something was clearly wrong because it was refusing to co-operate. The most he had managed was to re-open the portal so they could at the very least try and lure the nightmarish bug thing back into it.

But they'd needed something or someone to act as the bait and that is where Eclipse came in, and already he was regretting every life choice he had ever made.

But well- he did hold the power of the universe at his hands afterall. The star thrummed in his chest, reminding him of what he could be capable of. And so, steeling himself Eclipse raised his hand toward the creature and began to focus.

But as the light began to glow from his palm, the bug started to scuttle toward him at an alarming speed and Eclipse lost every single nerve he had.

Oh fuck that.

He bolted.

The bug was fast however, and Eclipse had barely managed to quickly dodge to the side before it barrelled past him and into one of the play structures leaving an alarmingly large dent in the side of the bars.

But it gave him no chance to gather his nerves or his thoughts as it twisted around horrifically, it's shell cracking like the sounds of a hundred bones and charged Eclipse again. This time as he tried to run, one of his legs gave out and he found himself crashing to the floor.

Of all the times for this to happen-

Panic flared within him, burning hot making him disorientated. Eclipse scrambled but ended up hitting a wall, trapping him. The creature was almost right on top of him and Eclipse had no chance to react or to even think-

A flash of yellow filled his view and for a moment Eclipse thought it was Sun. But battered rays said otherwise, and the scarred orange and black animatronic came to the horrifying realisation that Rays had jumped inbetween him and the bug.

He struggled to stand, claws digging into the wall as he yelled 'Rays don't!'

But it was too late and the giant insect charged into Rays and Eclipse would later deny the painfully anguished no that left him. However Rays did not end up mauled to death or crushed between those horrific mandibles as Eclipse had expected.

Instead somehow this frail looking and very skittish animatronic had actually grabbed the insect by those said mandibles, one in each hand like someone grabbing the horns of a wild bull and was somehow keeping it at bay as the creature thrashed and bucked under his surprisingly strong grip, screeching horrifically and at a pitch that made Eclipse cringe in pain.

But Rays appeared to be unaffected and Eclipse could only watch as the scarred yellow animatronic braced his feet against the ground before heaving, his vents and hydrolics releasing a loud sharp hiss as he turned the creature over onto it's side and with a sharp kick flipped it fully onto its back.

Now incapacitated, the insects nightmarish legs skittering helplessly in the air and it's pillbug like body arching and swaying in a mad attempt to make itself upright. But thank to whatever deity was watching right now, it seemed to be incapable.

Rays turned to Eclipse who stared back. Rays' eyes were blown wide open but his pupils were fully shrunk into pinpricks. Honestly the second scariest looking thing Eclipse had seen today. The yellow animatronic wordlessly pointed toward the portal which quite conveniently turned out to be right behind Eclipse as he soon realised as his bearings came back to him a bit.

Right right portal, plan, get the scary ass bug out of here. Then he could focus more fully on the other scary ass but admittedly very impressive thing Rays just did because what the actual hell was that how and where did that even come from.

Eclipse shook his head and pulled himself to his feet. His legs were still shaky but he steeled himself, as he had to finish this before the nightmarish creature could right itself. Setting his face in stone, Eclipse took the few brisk steps toward Rays and the insect and after a brief moment of hesitation, the nerves briefly flaring up at the sight of the thing he reached out and grabbed one of the legs.

Eclipse began to drag it over the rest of the way to the ballpit, and the insect screeched and chittered loudly, the noise ringing painfully in his audio receptors. But he ignored it, instead noting distantly just how heavy this thing was. Eclipse knew Rays was strong, but the fact he had managed to grapple and flip this thing was honest to God impressive and terrifying.

With a mighty heave, Eclipse twisted and partially swung the angry insect into the ballpit where the portal flashed to life and then the creature was finally no more. He turned back toward Rays with the question of 'ok what actual the hell was that?!' fresh on his tongue only to find Rays was crumpled on the ground.

And he was not moving.

~~~

*clears throat*

~~~

Today held a new record for ‘the amount of times Eclipse has panicked over the course of a single day.’ First the bug, now Rays laying on the ground like a pancake after having just saved Eclipse’s ass from being squished by said gigantic insect. It was not a happy day, no sir.

Pride be damned, he slides down next to Rays, shouting his name as everyone else begins to either dive off of the balcony (Blood Moon), or scramble towards the theater door to take the safer way down.

It’s a sickening feeling, the world fading from awareness as Eclipse begs Rays to be alright, shaking his shoulder in the most gentle, yet desperate way he possibly can.

If I had just stood my ground and used The Star as planned- dammit. DAMMIT!

Do not cry. Do not cry. Do not cry.

“Rays, I swear- I’ll- I’ll-“ The threat dies in his throat, silenced by the emotions that strangle him into submission. Blood Moon bounds over on all fours, circling Eclipse and Rays like a hawk hunting for its next meal. They stop dead in their tracks when they see the look on their father’s face.

“Just…resting? Just tired. Break time.” They murmur, leaning closer to get a better look at Rays. Eclipse nudges them back.

“Don’t be too sure.”

Heroics. So stupid. I wouldn’t have been missed.

Eclipse of tightens his grip on Rays’ shoulder, painfully so if he had been awake.

I had The Star, you idiot. Why? Why’d you step in like that?

Eclipse looks down to the floor at that thought, his own rays clicking, then retracting behind his faceplate. His grip loosens once again. He knows why. Knows why Rays took the hit, took the heat in Eclipse’s moment of weakness.

Because he was trained too.

“Dad?”

Eclipse looks up and over to Blood Moon, eyeing them tiredly.

“…you’re crying.”

~~~

Just thought I’d add my piece to the wonderful surprise I found in my inbox :) thanks a bunch once again, Bloo <3

[kyonkyon69]

REYLO FANFICS

>The Heartbreak Prince by diasterisms

>(won’t you let me) walk you home from school Series by somethingdifferent

> In Bloom by Celia_and for BensCalligraphySet

>Seduction of Odile by madsmilfelsen

>Peacock by AttackoftheDarkCurses 

>Unexpected by pontmercy44 

>Attack's Trope-y HEAs AO3 fics

>Sword of the Jedi Series by diasterisms

>hive. by indiecisivepsych

>Already Home by AttackoftheDarkCurses

>A Proposal by Any Other Name by Lucidlucy

>Conscience and Unconciousness by pontmercy44

>Hold This Open Flame (but do not burn) by LyricalRiot

>The Sun, The Moon and The Star Inbetween by Silvershine

[oddogoblino]

Ok, originally it was gonna be a surprise but I realised what I can't find more then one image of Tauri riding Moons hat in the distance no matter how much I look, only close ups on Orion or Spica.. Is there any close ups on Tauri? 👁👁

(Also yes it's just a rough sketch, Spica won't loose tail or frills I promise UwU)

Lmao busted by mysel but I need to look at ya girl X)

Oh shit did I really forget to post her ? 😭 help I'm so sorry but also AWE GASP WHAAAA!?!? FOR ME!?!? 😭 xndjc anyways here aaa

Ignore the extra triangles inbetween her rays, she was pretending to be Sun. I'm really not proud of how she turned out when I drew this so it's probably why I didn't post, her eyes especially just don't look right to me. Behold the second star, Tauri!

[c0rps3partybrainr0t]

Corpse Party: Restitched; Sketchbook Arch

OG Trio; Post Tenjin + BOS

Seiko: The Sun

Naomi: The Moon

Satoshi: The Star

Yeaaaah my drawing thing fried so I'm stuck with pencil n paper Forgot how different my sketch style is from my digital one, Rambles under the cut

this is like After BOS, well technically BOS n Blood covered??? Tortured Souls??? Uh... Idk naywaus are all the same in this Au just extra content buuuuuuut I digress.

P.S The marks on their necks are from being hung, :3> Yes Satoshi is in the noose gang in this au my dudes. How it happened? That's for me to know and you to find out...

P.P.S I'll probably sometime after I finish all their references I'll do a casual wear thing but like... I will warn you it's gonna go in depth with what little of their casual wear we get. From the manga to the OVA and anything else inbetween :3> I'm doing this shit for y'all bbgs

P.P.P.S To be honest, I'm not one to draw comics past doodling them, I'm more so a writer than a comic artist but I'm working on that. For the time being though I'm working on a written version of everything :3>

(Sneak Peak at Seiko and Naomi's designs lel while I cry over my smoked drawing tablet)

[calronhunt]

It's been a minute with the Fall For You guys! Would you wanna give me the run down on Andy, Kokabiel and Nuriel? What's their relationships like with each other! And how much do they interact?

Course! Andy (actual name Ananiel), Kokabiel and Nuriel are the first three beings ever made. Essentially in the Fall For You universe, Angels were made before humans by the sun and the moon as a way to sorta, experiment with making a species without the possibility of them fucking up (ie why Angels come out full grown and how they can't die nor do they age). Kokabiel was the first angel made, made as a sort of inbetween for the dieties and the rest of the angels. Kokabiel represents the night sky in general and no specific star. Second one was Andy many years later under another eclipse, Andy was the first star in the sky and represents The North Star/Polaris. Third was Nuriel, representing Sirius.

At the start of the universe the three were very close! Since the gap between new angels was pretty long, they only had each other as company, Nuriel and Andy got along great and so did Kokabiel. They were just three friends. There weren't many responsibilities for them each to do.

Jumpstart to modern day where the sky has as many stars as ours do now and their dynamic has changed. Kokabiel, Andy, and Nuriel are all seen as pillars in the Angel community and leaders in their own ways. Kokabiel has a lot of work maintaining everything as the night sky, and Nuriel has a lot of work picking up after Andy. Andy doesn't do any work, mostly slacking off and sleeping around. Andy and Kokabiel still get along great! Kokabiel's harboring a world ending crush on Andy and has since they first met, but won't confess bc they want Andy to love them romantically.

On the other hand, Any closeness Nuriel had to the other two is almost gone. She hates that Andy gets away with doing nothing and she hates that Kokabiel will just LET andy get away with anything. And she hates that Kokabiel will get on HER ass when Andy doesn't do his fucking work. She feels like it's all really unfair but it's how its been for a millennia. So why try to stop that at all. The three's dynamic and interactions is a very large part of the story!

[whispersofferra]

Character concept art I made for fun.

His name is Ardyn

I wanted to make this character for a while, but I was struggling with inspiration. I like the Butcher's chestplate in TFBK, so I used that as inspo for his top. Everything else is influenced by the lore in Ferra.

LORE:

Name: Ardyn, "The Starbreaker" (Though he rejects this title)

Age: 26

Race: Sky Being, Heartlander

Height: 5'6

Ardyn is a figure of both remarkable willpower and unspeakable grief.

He is almost two entirely different people in one man. Rarely does anyone truly understand the extent of his identity and its nuances. He is strong, powerful, untouchable. As though no storm could pelt him. But he is also sorrowful, emotional, and erratic, a force of destruction and suffering.

Ardyn is also a transman (FTM).

He has long brown hair, in dark waves. He wears it up sometimes in tails or braids, and down others, letting his hair cast shadows across his face like a curtain.

His body is riddled in scars, mostly along his arms and back. His chest, especially, to show what he gained as well as lost. His body is a burden as much as it is his personal vessel.

Ardyn loves wholly, burns brightly. He is either loved or hated, knowing no inbetween, and always expecting loss.

He wields two impressive blades, manifested not from magic, but from his humanity:

The Blade of Grief

A black obsidian greatsword, cracked and jagged like shards of scattered dark glass. It is fueled by Ardyn's suffering, his sorrow and grief. It glows with a pale blue and crashes down like the weight of his burdens.

The Blade of Will

A fiery longsword. It shimmers with a gilded flame and glows like a burning star. He slashes with pure confidence in his resolve to protect, create, and build.

Ardyn can never use both weapons at once, but he is burdened with using both. It is a balance between his two resolves. His unbearable grief and his steadfast will.

"Ghosts":

He is inhabited by 3 identities, all are him, but he calls two his "ghosts". Ardyn's resolves all combat one another, as if speaking in a circle of discussion, but all are his inner voice, how he talks to himself.

Grief glows pale blue with sunken eyes and a darkness about him. He reminds Ardyn of his fears, losses, and pain. Grief is strong, protective, but also destructive. The self-criticism Grief provides destroys Ardyn from the inside.

Will is unmistakabley Ardyn at his most radiant, glowing with a warm gold. He is taller, stronger, more handsome. Everything Ardyn strives to be. Will reminds Ardyn of his drive, love, his refusal to bitter, his refusal to give up. But Will can make Ardyn burn so hot that he burns his own self out.

Finally, there is Lonliness, the vessel himself. Ardyn's body. What he considers his default state of being. Will and Grief will never help Ardyn make important choices, it is in his own hands, in silence, to decide.

The Starbreaker:

Sorseirgh is the God of Death and Shadow, one of the Gods of Creation who helped shape Ferra into what it is today. He is represented as a star in a sea of shadow. Many mistake him for the star, but he is actually the darkness that surrounds it.

Ardyn was given the title "The Starbreaker" for his expressions of will and grief.

When he is fueled by willpower, Ardyn burns hotter than the sun, brighter than a star, filling the void of space with radiant, overwhelming light.

But when Ardyn is fueled by grief, he is deemed as cold as space itself, darker than that void, a shatterer of any light that he may come across.

The Moon Elves who revere Sorseirgh were the first to give Ardyn the title of "Starbreaker", and ever since it has been a stain he bears unwillingly. They considered Ardyn to be a dark reflection of Sorseirgh, somehow darker than the Lord of Shadow himself.

Ardyn has always tried to put himself in front of others, to protect them, but his actions and his struggles to control both will and grief cause him to appear erratic, even dangerous. Many ostracize him, cast him out.

Starbreaker was given to him as a title of shame, to mark him more like a mythological beast than a man. A man, or perhaps merely a person, is all Ardyn wishes to be.

Ardyn travels across Ferra attempting to bring joy, safety, and light to the places he wanders. But Ardyn is not only his will. Many misunderstand him, thinking grief is something he can overcome or discard, but grief is just as a part of Ardyn's existence as his will. Rejecting him for it only makes it more tied to his experience.

Therefore, Ardyn seeks others who may one day see his storm, sometimes vibrant and daunting, othertimes dark and terrifying, and still see the man in the center, choosing to walk towards him.

[isaipoet]

I don't wanted to see you in the moon that's fading away or clouds that's drifting apart or in the faraway stars or the day's sun or falling autumn or frozen winter.

I will see you in the living water. In the rain's drizzle, inside the soul of beating earth, inbetween flowing mountains, in the forest lakes. I'll feel you in my tears, in my saliva, in my veins as of in colour red. I don't wanted to see you, but feel you inside me and you're my dear water of my heart.

[terrifictavo]

I’m super curious about the void

ooooof this is gonna be a nightmare to explain ... its not really that complicated but i never write any of my concepts down so i might derail or misremember something or just write something wrong. also do keep in mind that almost my entire nicheling universe is a joint effort with my fiance (who is also a huge niche nerd) so some stuff is also unknown/might change.

so imagine you have a graph, an x and y axis that goes on forever and ever and ever in every direction. now imagine that graph is now 3D, and has a z axis that goes on forever and ever and ever. keep in mind there is a floor, so there IS a direction that doesnt go on forever. like a flat minecraft world except there's no void underneath you.

now imagine everything in this place is dark. its like if you were on earth and the sun, moon, and every other celestial body in the universe didnt exist. that being said, it's not devoid of light completely. everything looks like its in a shitty game that doesnt render shadow properly.

now, the void is usually empty, but there is some stuff in there. its just really far apart. like space in real life, there's billions of stars, but there's sooooo much space inbetween them that if you were just floating in space, you wouldn't be near a lot of things. also, most things that ARE in the void are closer to the middle of it, so it becomes more desolate the further you go out.

in the middle is ... a beach? its unclear, this part was made up by my fiance, but there's 3 nichelings that live here (one of them being daisy.) daisy is almost like a god...? from what i remember she has to ability to do... literally anything. but she just chills at the beach with her friends. shes not totally important to *my* void creatures so i dont know a lot about her. above the beach is every nicheling universe ever created, big and small, new and old. they manifest as big colorful bubbles, and if they pop, everything inside is destroyed. the bigger they are, the more likely they are to pop, so the most important one - the one all (most) of my ocs belongs to - is at the top, and very small.

now as for what happens when youre *in* the void... you very slowly begin to corrupt. it can be mental, its usually physical, and it depends on each person. most nichelings become eldritch abominations, while some of them just turn grey. you can develop god-like powers, or you can become a puddle of black goo. its all random, its all merciless.

almost anything can happen in the void. sometimes islands will pop up out of nowhere, with their own *perceived* ocean, sun, moon, whatever (which disappears if someone leaves the island) sometimes it will make freaky little nichelings by itself. sometimes nichelings will fall from their destroyed universes and land in the void, leaving them as the last remaining person who remembers their old home.

thats about all i can think of for now... let me know if you have more questions about this !! and questions about other things as well :D

[incognitajones]

Fic rec ask meme

🛳️ A fic that brought you aboard a new ship

You'll get what you want, and you'll get what you deserve

Not that I needed much selling to be interested in Cassian/Jyn/Melshi, but add sex pollen and I'm there with bells on!

💘 A fic you couldn't stop reading once you started

One of the OG Reylo epics: The Moon, the Sun, and the Star Inbetween.

[answering questions from this list]

[ithisatanytime]

there is one lie that is really central to a whole glut of other jewish lies, a cornerstone lie if you will a foundational lie, and thats that humans arent the center of the universe. im not making a cosmological point, its not about the position of earth in relation to the stars but of point of view. i try to combat this by saying that regardless of the sun and moons literal physical properties they are almost certainly for us, to provide a bright light by day and warmth and energy for our crops and food, and the moon by night to provide a softer light by which to see with when we might otherwise be better off resting. it seems to me a no brainer, that if i were to make any art in the visual medium, be it a painting, a movie, or a videogame, hell even clothes, i should make it very colorful because people naturally enjoy looking at colorful things, so i will make my setting a lush forest instead of a frozen tundra or desert so long as it doesnt interfere with my other plans for the game you know this makes sense to me, i will have to go back to the cook analogy, imagine as a cook going everyone always makes their sandwiches with bread, im gonna substitute the bread for rocks and keep the filling the same, no ones ever done that before! yeah they dont do it because sandwiches are for people and we cant eat rocks. art is for people. there is this perverted sort of objectivism that moves humanity out of focus, i ascribed to this kind of thinking for years as an atheist but the more i thought about it the less it added up over several years. thats unironically part of what makes me so different in my thinking is that i committed, i committed to atheism i didnt just go "oh evolution happened? gods not real? ok that sucks, back to work!" i kept the framework of an indifferent accidental universe in my mind constantly and tested it against everything, its just not true, god is literally real.

this entire post is either gonna read as completely retarded or utterly profound theres no inbetween because im imperfectly describing a complex and nuanced issue.

[leuchtekopf]

Created in gods image

Hi, please read this as a little foreword for context . I was lately confronted with a (christian) religious person misgendering and deadnaming me (on purpose, as I was only known to them under my current name and they found out the other and started calling me that.) And I have not been getting in a confrontation with that person, but I was very scared that it may come to this in the future and I started to think about what I might say. As I was brought up catholic I know a lot about this and this is what I would want to say to this person if we ever talk about this again. I am nonbinary and and I think something of a atheist/agnostic right now but I wanted to write this sympathetic to someone with christian beliefs. (So this is kind of a strawman* argument? I mean I have not been in a confrontation about this, I think this is more about projecting my fears onto another person.)

*A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. [Wikipedia]

Created in gods image

You talk to me of god and you say that I am unnatural. That I must accept what god has given to me. And it makes me think. Because I do accept what god has given me. Let me explain: God has created me and you and everybody on this earth.  

God created day and night. But they did not separate them completely. They gave the night parts of the light, the stars, the moon. They gave the day the shadows and days where the sun does not shine. They did not separate them strictly but made them flow into each other, made them the most beautiful in their overlapping. At the time where there is neither day nor night, when darkness and light give the most spectacular show of ambiguity and create beauty from the space inbetween. God created dusk and dawn.

After this, god created the ocean and the ground with plants on it that grow and prosper. But he did not separate them. Plants grow in the ocean and on land, and bodies of water reside on the land, cross it in streams and rain down from the atmosphere. Water does not reside strictly separated in one place and never changes, rather flowing freely and changing form as needed. Then God created the animals, but they not only reside in one place. They live on and in the water, in the air, on the ground and even in the ground. They change places as needed. They change places even during the course of their lives, from water to land or the other way around.

Lastly, god created Adam and Eve. And in the same vein, they did not create them separate. And they created them in their own picture. They created Adam AND Eve to be sure to create the concurrence of the two of them in in their image. God is not one or the other, God is both. And so is humanity, in its entirity. Not one single human shows all the nuances of God, we as a whole show gods true nature. And we are not separate, we change and we move from one part of the spectrum to the other, and we all have parts that are man and that are woman in us.

Then why, you ask, do people exist that need to change? If they are made in gods image, why change their nuance, the part of god that they carry.

You see, god made us alike to them, not only in body, but in mind. God is a creator, no, the creator, so they made us creatures that create. And as god makes changes to their original creations, adding stars and the moon to darkness, so are we encouraged to change what was given to us. To create a the light in the darkness or the cooling shade in scorching sun.

As we read in the story of the good Samaritan, god does not solve the problems we have. God sends us tests and challenges so that we may prove our love and kindness.

So, trans and nonbinary people face the challenge of partaking in the divine act of creation. Of changing what was given to us by god to something we love and are kind to, as we all should strive.

God gave you a challenge, too. God gave you the challenge to see: To see all parts of gods creation and all parts of humanity that represent them. To really see what they are like and what was given to us by god. Everyone is created alike to god. If you cannot accept that trans people are too, part of god, created in their image, you are excluding where they are not. You are denying god their wholeness. You are building your own picture of god.

And I was sent to tear it down.

[lord-of-simons-ghost]

ALRIGHTY FELLOW LADIES, GENTS, AND EVERYTHING INBETWEEN

*drumroll please*

🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

The final band au ships areeee : Jalph, Rogermon, Muram (credit to Todd for this ship y'all), and other small background ships!!

Don't like these? You're in luck! I will be dabbing in a little bit of Jack/Roger and Ralph/Simon as well, but they won't be the main focus of the story line.

Now, for the fun facts/fluff to keep everyone interested as I start to work on the story!!

Jalph

-Ralph was the first to strike up conversation when they first met and it reminded that way for most of their interactions.

-Jack likes to listen to Ralph talk about random topics (their things are stars and football ⚽️)

- Jack keeps his hair long because Ralph likes to play with his curls

-Jack is VERY much a hopeless romantic and apologies after fights with music and/or flowers

-Ralph was the first to make a move after Jack came out to him during one of their rehearsals

-They notice each other's habits and pick up on routines

-The two have opposing views and get into debates but will always cool down with a bowl of ice cream and The Breakfast Club

Rogermon

-The two are both extremely introverted until it's just the two of them

- Sun and moon duo (do I need to say more)

- Simon confides in Roger a lot and they often spend their time together discussing their lives. It may not work for others but it works for them!

-Roger really really really really loves watching Simon play the drums

- Simon's moms are the only adults Roger can confide in without feeling like he's walking on eggshells

-Painting dates

-Roger has a soft spot for Simon's critters and garden and spends lots of time in his plant room

Muram

- Sam plays piano concertos/serenades for Maurice after he told Sam that his mother played piano and he missed the peices she used to play

- Maurice's smile seems to be contagious and always manages to make Sam smile

-Maurice would drag Sam along to rehearsals and the first time Sam heard the music they made he wouldn't stop talking about it for the rest of the week (he was very impressed)

-Very cheesy teen relationship

--------------

All of the characters are *mainly* still closeted and the relationships are not well known (since its the 80s). These are just basic ideas as I figure out how to work these out!!

Thank you to all whom participated in the vote <3

Also, feel free to give me ideas in my asks, reblogs, or comments!! Everyone is also welcome to make fanart/fics if they want at any point throughout the au!!! Just keep it appropriate :)))

I NEED HELP!!!!! WHICH SET OF SHIPS WOULD YOU YOU (yes you) RATHER SEE IN THE BAND AU?!?!?!?!?!?

Edit: I forgot to clarify that these are just like the main central ships, and other ships WILL BE INCLUDED!!

[tsireyqs]

⭑･ﾟﾟ⁀➷ main works!

dark content will be bolded.

moon song (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: “m'sweet girl, you’re so good to me.” his tongue swipes over the spot he bit and kisses up to her jaw. “let me take care of you."

afterglow (jake sully x f! reader x neytiri)

ఌ➴⋆: “you have to relax, honey,” neytiri says against y/n's neck. her hand ghosts over her hips and she pushes them lower. “he can take it. isn’t that right, ma’jake?”

dancing with our hands tied (stepdad! jake sully x reader)

ఌ➴⋆: “stupid girl, what did i say about being quiet? you’re gonna get us caught,” he hisses. his head tilts when your small hands wrap around his wrist, and he tsks.

state of grace (stepmom! neytiri x reader)

ఌ➴⋆: “y/n,” her light sing-song voice calls out, “open those pretty eyes for me, sweet girl. want you to watch as you make me cum.”

lover (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: “she looks at you like you hang the stars. and i think, a little part of me hoped, no. wishes that i take up as much space in your heart as you do mine.”

false god (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: “this is wrong, i know. yet my heart can’t help but yearn for you.”

gold rush (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: quick glances and brush of hands almost makes jake forget that you're promised to another.

→ ivy

→ willow

⭑･ﾟﾟ⁀➷ drabbles/hcs!

a helping hand (jake sully x f! reader x neytiri)

ఌ➴⋆: neytiri teaching reader how to go down on jake

delicate (jake sully x human! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: size kink with jake

devil's in the details (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: choking kink while going down on reader

this love (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: praise kink with jake

destroya (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: mating press with jake

carry me out (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: pegging jake

two slow dancers (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: slow sex & biting with jake

so it goes... (stepdad! jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: gentle sex with daddy jake

high infidelity (stepmom! neytiri x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: stepmom! neytiri finally having her way with you

sweet nothing (stepmom! neytiri x reader) ft. kells ♡

ఌ➴⋆: stepmom! neytiri reeling you in

burning red (mean! stepdad! joel miller x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: face fucking with joel

i know places (stepdad! quaritch x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: stepdad! quaritch slipping into bed with you

picture to burn (stepdad! jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: stepdad! jake keeping stashes of polaroid pictures of you

but it's better if you do (stepmom! neytiri x f! reader x stepdad! jake sully)

ఌ➴⋆: stepdad! jake sully finding stepmom! neytiri between your thighs

a pearl (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: jake fingerfucking you in his lap

where your heart beats (next to mine), (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: jake's heart beat reminds you that he's here to stay; fluff!

don't blame me (joel miller x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: dbf! joel punishing you after teasing him

misery business (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: edging jake

only angel (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: letting subby! jake know he's yours

when the sun goes down (jake sully x f! reader x neytiri)

ఌ➴⋆: babysitter! reader caught inbetween jake and neytiri

what i want (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: stomach bulge kink with jake

baby you're out (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: overstimulating jake

untouchable (ellie williams x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: cockwarming ellie's strap

turn (jake sully x f! reader)

ఌ➴⋆: dbf! jakey bakey thots

more dbf! jakey bakey thots!

ఌ➴⋆: jake taking his stress out on you

brat taming with ronal and tonowari

ఌ➴⋆: body worship with jake

✩ updated 04/26/23