#thread 217 .

[ollieinoue]

G's Rave early-ish in the night [ @sassa-fiske ]

Ollie stood in the hallway that lead towards the bathrooms, leaning his head back against the wall as he watched the lights from the main dance floor make designs against the ceiling. Not able to tear his eyes away from them until he heard footsteps. He lowered his head and smiled brightly at Sassa. Whether she was approaching him, or just going to the bathrooms didn't really matter to him. "Hey, babe!" He greeted, eyes moving over her get-up. "You look so good. Like honestly the best person here." He actually meant that too, but maybe it wasn't totally a good thing. She looked like if she got her outfit ruined it would actually be pretty tragic, but maybe it was supposed to be some sort of rich person flex. "You looking for anything tonight?" He meant - of course - drugs.

[blueish-bird]

Gege’s writing has felt mad frustrating and predictable lately; it’s like whenever he doesn’t know what to do he just introduces a time limit/ultimatum, kills someone (usually a woman), and/or includes incesty shit. Honestly the shock value has worn off at this point, it’s gotten boring.

[bucktommyscones]

Plausible Deniability

Ficlet of how I imagine it could go if Tommy is involved in ground ops for the plane landing because I couldn't resist. From Eddie's pov. I don't know why. lol.

Eddie really feels like they should have seen this coming. He can tell he and Chimney clock Tommy's presence by the 217 engine at the same time, chatting with one of his guys, and Eddie realizes that he may not know Buck isn't with them.

That is confirmed almost immediately when Tommy rushes up, looks around, and says, "Where's Evan?"

Eddie grimaces as Chimney looks toward him. "Uh," Chim says. "Eddie'll tell you."

"Traitor," Eddie hisses and Chimney just shrugs.

Tommy is eyeing them. "You guys? Why isn't he here?"

Eddie looks at his phone and the obviously hastily typed out text that reads 'on 110, clearing traffic for landing', and winces.

"I can tell you what he's not not doing," Eddie hedges and he hears Chimney snort beside him. "He's not not on the 110, helping Bobby clear traffic with a fake fire engine from the show he's working on."

Although, now that he thinks about it, he's kind of surprised Tommy doesn't know that. He knows he and Buck are practically joined at the hip and he knows this because he's often the third wheel, even though they really do try their best. "He didn't text you?"

Tommy exhales in frustration. "I left my phone in my locker. I was on a call right before they mobilized everyone."

"There you go," Eddie encourages. "You're probably going to find a whole string of texts from him when you get your phone back."

Unfortunately, this does not seem to make Tommy feel better. "So, you're saying he's in the path of a damaged plane being flown by someone not actually trained to fly one with only Bobby and an actor to back him up?"

And okay, when he says it like that...

"Not not," Chimney supplies and Eddie elbows him sharply, starting a brief but intense elbowing back and forth.

Tommy is rubbing the bridge of his nose like he's got a migraine coming on and Eddie thinks that's probably fair.

He hands his phone over. "Here, check in on him. You know the drill, he'll answer if he can. No sexting!"

"No promises," Tommy mutters but takes the phone gratefully and Eddie thinks there is probably going to be more scolding than sexting, but honestly, he doesn't put anything past them. He vows to delete the whole thread when this is all over.

Tommy's just finishing off a text, looking marginally less worried, so Eddie knows he must have gotten ahold of him when they get word they're heading to the 110 to meet them and they all scramble to get on the way, Tommy handing his phone off with a hurried 'thank you.'

Eddie knows that Buck is good at his job and he knows that Tommy knows that too. It's still hard, though, not to be worried anyway.

If, when the plane is down, people are safe, Athena is being hugged within an inch of her life by Bobby, and they're helping the injured passengers onto land, and he sees Tommy and Buck share a brief but heartfelt kiss in the midst of the crowd of people not likely to notice in the chaos?

Well, he'll make fun of them for it later.

[tevanbuckley]

see this is what I don´t get. i love him - but we did not need Tommy in 8x01. Buck could have mentioned him and that would have been enough to remind the audience of them being together. Leave him out of 8x01 and put him in 8x02 or 8x03 instead! He is a pilot. This is a plane emergency. It will make more sense then having him eat cake at Eddies house, Tim!

On the other hand, they barely managed to integrate Hen, Chim and Eddie in 8x03. I wasn´t very excited for the first 3 episodes and it really turned out as expected. It was the Bathena show again with a side of Buck.

yeah, ppl have brought up the practical costs of including him, but if that were the case surely they’d prioritise this over chris’ zoom party? the inclusion of the 217 makes me wonder if they did initially intend for him to be there but got lost in the bathena of it all and ended up not having room for anything else. Even all the stuff they set up with the guest characters got dropped, like what happened to dog girl and viagra guy? we didn’t even get to see jem and his dad reunite!

ridiculously, I think the highway landing went a little too smoothly, they cook up this insane plan in 30 seconds that just kinda works, and the dennis/pedo ring stuff didn’t have high enough stakes for an act 2 follow up imo. They could’ve had more pushback from ATC or made more out of athena having to chose between making a risky landing that could kill even more people or sacrificing the passengers on the plane who were probably gonna die anyway.

not only would something going wrong give them a reason to call the pilot they know, by proximity having to get tommy’s help could’ve given chim, eddie and hen something to do, seeing as they were twiddling their thumbs a fire truck over!

if they really did want to go all in on the plane crash, they should’ve left the dennis stuff as a lose thread to pick up later, especially because I assume athena pissing off a bunch of high powered sex pests is gonna have further consequences down the line.

[bansheeoftheforest]

So, I am not in the TGS fandom anymore, but I am currently exanimating my Fake Kidnapping fic (A Moment of Glory, which can be found on tumblr and ao3) under a microscope as I am actually writing my first book at the moment and AMOG turned out to be an entire book. So, now, a little over 3 years since I wrote it, I have some stats for yall.

AMOG is 96,868 words long, which means that it is;

Twice, and almost thrice, as long as books like The Great Gatsby, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

In the top 10 longest TGS fics (as of now on AO3)

A decent bit into the Novel category of book lengths. -

It is, with proper book formatting, around 202 pages long (times new roman 11p and 1.5 spacing).

The average chapter length is 6919 words (nice) and 14.5 pages.

As of now, at least 4300+ people have read AMOG on AO3 which is a little daunting. I don't think I have ever met that many people irl.

It is my most popular fic in turns of hits, comment threads, and subscriptions, with only Truths Be Told taking the #1 spot with kudos and bookmarks.

It is the 15th fic I ever published, which is at the moment 10 fics ago.

On tumblr, the entire series got 217 notes, and on AO3, it got 179 kudos.

I started writing it on July 4th 2021 and opted to write everything before I published anything. The first chapter was published July 15th (also 2021), so it took me about 11 days to write the entire thing.

I did also edit it a bit as I published. Old readers will know that it was once named something akin to "Shattered Mirrors and Bloodstained Feathers".

To this day I have absolutely no fucking idea what possessed me to write AMOG and all I have now is bragging rights.

[greenhorn-art]

to catch a sunbeam with white moonlight

Author: orphan_account [this work has been orphaned and is no longer associated with it's author]

Fandom: 全职高手 | The King's Avatar

Rating: General Audiences

Category: F/M, Gen, M/M

Words: 55,720

At a Glory convention, Dai Yanqi meets Ye Xiu who is helping Su Mucheng buy her favorite doujinshi. They surprisingly hit it off as they browse through all the doujinshi about their peers and talk about Glory.

About the book

FONTS: EB Garamond (body text, title), Roboto (body text - electronic), Bebas Neue (title, headings), Alfie (title), Segoe UI Symbol (scene breaks - 'gear without hub')

IMAGES: Sunflower (Rawpixel, ID: 2687359), lightning (Rawpixel, ID:10200699)

MATERIALS: Domtar Earthchoice (textblock - 20lb, cream, 11x17 cut down to 8.5x11), Recollections paper pad (endpapers - Dark Watercolor Florals), Iris bookcloth (covers - Eggplant), Verona bookcloth (covers - Hot Toffee), Ribbon (covers - 1/4", shell grey), embroidery floss (endbands - 209 Very Dark Lavender), leather cording (endbands - 1.4mm), Ceramcoat acrylic paint (painted edges - metallic silver), Anita's acrylic paint (painted edges - 11038 Purple), Reeves acrylic paint (painted edges - Violet & Crimson & Blue Lake, Payne's Gray), waxed linen thread (sewing textblock - 30/3, white), Books by Hand (glue - pH neutral PVA)

PROGRAMS USED: Affinity Publisher (typesetting), Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo, LibreOffice Writer (QR codes), Bookbinder-JS (PDF imposer)

BINDING STYLE: Split-board binding, French double-core endbands

(Belated) Binderary Book 2024

My first year participating in Binderary and I'm 2/2 with my goals, albeit slightly late (even with the added leap day).

Goal No. 1: Bind a book!

This fic is an orphaned work, with no author available for me to reach out to. Convenient, since it was a last-minute decision.

Goal No. 2: Finish typesetting the fic that got me into this whole bookbinding/fanbinding hobby!

Bad Boys JEDI Style is a 217 chapter, 908k word "comedy of errors: in which our heroes are recruited to film a reality holo-drama". Much to my despair, the fic I loved had been deleted from every site it was uploaded to, and I was left kicking myself for not having downloaded a copy from AO3.

Shout out to Kam and Lofe, whose wonderful Binderary demos were put to use in the making of this book! Kam's French Double-Core endbands demo was super helpful, sizing up the 'textblock' and components made it easy to actually see what's happening with the sewing. Loffe's demo introduced me to the split-board binding technique and, sleep-deprived hiccup notwithstanding, I think I might find it easier then bradel style binding! Need to bind more books to know for sure (such a hardship 😔).

In other new-s, I took my dad's recent workshop baby for a spin. The bookbinding plough works like a dream! I tried a hidden fore-edge painting for the first time (just a solid colour), but the purple is lost under the Payne's Gray basecoat I applied to the silver painted edges. Adding ribbon to the cover was also new (mostly due to the fact that I never remember until the endpapers are already pasted down).

On the Design

Cover

This is a Team Thunderclap!Ye Xiu AU, so the cover was based on Team Thunderclap's uniforms from the donghua (from the one screencap of the team I found, see below): purple across the shoulders and forearms of their jackets with a yellow stripe down the centre. I added silver ribbon as a nod to the white of the jackets as well as the grey gear of the team's logo. Also in reference to the title: yellow=sunlight, silver=moonlight.

Title Page

The title page stumped me for a while. While brainstorming title page design ideas, I thought about what the title means. In English it's poetic but nonsensical, so I wondered if maybe it held some meaning in Chinese?

As it turns out, it does. Kind of. Maybe. (If I stretch and reach for it, it makes sense). According to a quick search of one webpage for each query, "'White Moonlight' usually refers to a person or thing that is elusive in the heart, has always been loved, but cannot be touched" or "an 'unforgettable first love'." The sunbeam itself might be Ye Xiu, the figurative ray of light, the hero, the gaming idol. Or 'catching a sunbeam' could refer to how "sunflowers turn their heads to catch every sunbeam."

The potential meaning I have cobbled together is how Dai Yanqi turns Ye Xiu's head and captures his heart by sharing the (SanXiu-ified) story of Su Muqiu, the aforementioned white moonlight. Is this what the author intended? Who knows. But it does seem plausible enough to inspire me.

I ended up using both the idea of sunflowers and Thunderclap's uniforms (again). Lightning referencing the team's logo, and also the white colour of a flash of lightning which is kind of like moonlight. The logo's background is blue, as is the uniform as seen on the cover of the manhua featuring the captain Xiao Shiqin (see below), so I made the background blue-purple.

Endpapers

The (not-actually-)sunflowers carried over to the endpapers, as well as the grey colour from the gear in Thunderclap's logo.

Endbands

Kept these simple. A solid purple, as close as I could get to the bookcloth. I didn't want to draw attention away from the stripes on the covers or the silver edges.

Probably could've gone for thicker cores.

The text

For the scene breaks I used a special character of a gear. The cog also looks like a sun. Which is fun because it can reference Thunderclap, the title (sunbeam), and my design choice of sunflowers.

I reused the lightning image at 50% opacity as a background to set apart the backmatter.

Misc.

Recently, I've begun to increase my efforts of preseving fanfiction and safeguarding the stories I love from purges and takedowns. (Sparked by the December 2023 scandal about Sony announcing an upcoming removal of content including the movies and TV shows that people have purchased).

This fic has been archived via the Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20240215155152/https://archiveofourown.org/works/37414021?view_full_work=true.

Also, curses be upon Rawpixel. Since the time that I had downloaded the images, they have now be placed behind the premium user paywall (along with a number of other graphics and elements that used to be free).

[ravelights]

So I've been out of the bnha fandom for a bit, but with AFO biting the dust finally I kind wanted to talk about my perspective with the deal with this situation.

Mostly about AFO and Izuku story as characters, because I don't think you need to look far to see that there is or was something bigger to both their characters, that connected them in a way outside of OFA and that story line. Now for a long time a lot of fan thought of the DFO theory but I've and plenty other I think have gotten to the point where that's been sadly debunked.

That being said I don't ever regret being apart of that theory fandom, it was an awesome community to be apart of and they stories, fanart and theories that have been made were incredible. and A lot of us even die hard believers knew it was a far fetch theory even at the best of time's, but that the reality of following a story it doesn't always turn out the way you expect, but it was still a blast to be apart of.

The thing about the DFO theory was that it handily tied two very real plot threads in the story in a clean knot. Which is who is Hisashi Midoriya, and what the weird foreshadowing with Deku and AFO but now it seems their separate I want to talk about the later theory.

From the beginning of the manga AFO has a had a presence in deku Life, as many fans know the doctor who diagnose Deku quirkless is AFO doctor who also turned his grandson who played with deku into a nomu. We also have gotten what went down at Kamino and AFO general off handed attuited when it came to deku for most of the story. The multiple quirk's deku could spawned without dying and even that chapter 217 the basically compared Deku to AFO. Not to mention two different official artwork of them interacting. Despite some pretty big foreshadowing that something was going on with them, after this newest chapter 410 many fan are scratching their heads in what his all means. Because DFO aside there was something more to their story that know seems to have just been left as a dead end.

Now of course this story is not over yet and this could still be explained. but it is a lot of build up for two character who will have never interacted face to face (as far as we know). And frankly I'm at a complete loss as to what it all meant, it's possible it could have been a story line Hori wanted to change, which i don't blame him if that's the case, BNHA has been going on for a decade now, ideas that happened at the beginning of the story certainly haven't made it to the end. For example Hori just revealed that Endeavor was meant to die earlier in the story, and that Tsukauchi was meant to be a traitor. not to mention there have been a lot of other family reveals he might have felt he overloaded the story if he had decided to do DFO at some point.

That being said it's not the only plot thread that's been left unanswered (for now). For instance we still don't know why Gran became a hero (anyone remember that plot thread from the stain arc). We have yet to know anything about Nana husband and of course we still have no idea who Hisashi is. and Their seems to have been a slightly dropped arc with the doctor, the nomu and his grandson.

so what does this whole ramble mean in the end? well it's the fact I'm a little stubbed as to where these character are going now and a little disappointed they never got to fight. That being said there is still a way to go before the manga ends, so I have a feeling at this point we all just have to wait and see if these plot point tie up or if they where dropped.

And Who knows, maybe it's something Hori has planned for later down the track outside of the main manga. Should he ever want to do a sequel to MHA or maybe possible a prequal.

[ridenwithbiden]

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST. BLAMING THE 'DYSFUNCTION' THEIR OWN PARTY CREATES "Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., who announced last month he would not run for re-election, will resign from Congress early, he confirmed in a statement Friday.

Gallagher’s departure before the end of his term in January is another blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republicans, who have been struggling to govern and demonstrate stability in this Congress.

2 sources familiar with the matter told NBC News of Gallagher's plan to resign early Friday. The Wisconsin Republican then released a statement announcing that he will depart April 19.

Gallagher informed Johnson of his decision earlier this week. Johnson, in a post on X, praised Gallagher's "extraordinary work in the House" and for "courageously exposing the threat Beijing poses to the U.S."

His resignation could cause more headaches for House Republicans. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., who also is not seeking re-election, is resigning from Congress on Friday, cutting the GOP’s minuscule majority to 218-213. When Gallagher leaves, the majority would further shrink to 217-213, meaning Republicans could only afford a single defection on any vote if Democrats vote together.

Gallagher’s decision to leave April 19 also means that there will not be a special election to fill his seat. Under Wisconsin state law, vacancies after the second Tuesday in April are filled in the general election, so Gallagher’s replacement will be decided in November and his seat will remain empty until January.

A source close to Gallagher said the decision to leave was in the works and not related to anything happening in House lately. Gallagher has a young family that he and his wife hope to grow and the House schedule is not conducive to that, the source said.

Gallagher, 40, an Iraq War veteran, is the chairman of the select committee investigating the Chinese Communist Party, and serves on the Intelligence Committee. It’s highly unusual for a committee chairman to resign in the middle of the term.

But Gallagher, an institutionalist first elected to Congress in 2016, has grown frustrated with his own party. He was one of three Republicans who voted against the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last month.

He is one of several top Republican chairmen who are not running for re-election in November following a tumultuous House session.

Earlier Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to oust Johnson from the speakership over his handling of funding the government, though no vote is scheduled yet. It follows a similar motion, made by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., that successfully toppled then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., last fall.

Meanwhile, shortly after the House passed its final government funding package for fiscal year 2024 on Friday, retiring Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, said she would step down as chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, setting off an early battle among Republicans to succeed her in the powerful post. Unlike Gallagher and Buck, Granger said she will serve out her House term, which ends in January.

In his statement, Gallagher said he worked closely with GOP leaders on the timing of his announcement — shortly after the House voted to avert a shutdown — and looks forward to Johnson naming a new China committee chairman.

"I will forever be proud of the work I did on the Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, chairing the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and chairing the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party," Gallagher said. "It has truly been an honor to serve in the House of Representatives."

[youngfcs]

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[randonauticrap]

💋 ~ with Gilbert von Obsidian

Part of the Kiss, Hug, or Cuddle? event

~~~

Pairing ~ Gilbert von Obsidian x Reader

Word Count ~ 217

Author's Note ~ I hope you enjoy your Gilbert kiss, friend! Thank you for sending in an ask. 😁❤

Sensuality threaded with a dark vigor, a need to own, a fear of betrayal. He held you closer than you thought possible; closer than the very breath of reality would allow as he claimed you, no -- possessed you. The wariness you held for him had no room here, not as his velvet lips devoured yours in an erotic and desperate dance.

His tongue slipped into your mouth so deftly that you barely had time to react before he was ripping moans from your throat, his gloved fingers tightening around the soft skin of your waist while his other hand played teasingly with the neckline of your blouse. The silence in the library around the two of you couldn't possibly wage war against the sounds that Gilbert von Obsidian was coaxing from the depths of your very essence.

Had it been a week ago; hell, had it even been two days ago, you would have made an attempt to escape his grasp, not yet willing to accept what you knew was inescapable. But you had learned since then. You had finally grasped the meaning of the yearning in your chest, the ache between your thighs, and the want your entire being held without reserve. You wanted this. You wanted him. You wanted the enemy, and he wanted you.

~

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, June 11

Giles: Um, a medical transport is delivering the monthly supply of blood to the hospital. Buffy: Mm. Vampire Meals-On-Wheels. Giles: Hopefully not. Uh, we'll meet outside the hospital at 8:30 sharp. I'll bring the weaponry. Buffy: I'll bring the party mix! Giles: Just don't be late. Buffy: Have I ever let you down? Giles: Do you want me to answer that, or shall I just glare?

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[pawnshopsouls]

unlikelyandco​:

Nemo watched Salem from under half-closed eyelids, breathing heavily, laying on her side. She was so tired, so confused, and her name falling out of his lips barely registered. It was as if her mind was trying to protect her, muffling everything around her.

Only when he came back with the first aid kit, she finally started to realise he was real. He was her Salem.

“It’s alright… It’s–” She hissed, trying to sit up properly, one arm over her stomach. She felt sick, nauseous… Probably still from all the adrenaline. “Ahhh…” The world swirled as she heaved herself to lean on one arm, making her head spin with it. Oh, that was bad. Why was she feeling like this?

Leaning forward to prevent fainting, Nemo took deep, slow breathes, allowing Salem to patch her leg up. Why was he doing that? She was so confused, the realisation not settled in fully just yet.

“I’m going to be fine, it’s nothing big.” She tried to brighten up the mood, looking up at Salem properly. Why was he covered in Light? Why was she–

Her heart sunk and her vision darkened around the edges. Oh no. No. No, no, no…

“S- Salem…”

It came out barely a whisper as she sunk in on herself, slowly sliding to one side as if someone turned off the power.

Salem looked up as Nemo went limp, terror filling his sickened heart.

"Oh no, oh no, oh Traveler, no!" He lurched forward, catching her by the shoulders as he kept her from falling sideways. "Oh no, oh no! Oh, Traveler, what do I do!?" Terrified tears beaded in his eyes he looked around for help. "Chance-Chance, what do I do!?"

 The little ghost sputtered wove hither and thither as he tried to examine Nemo, the light of his scanner flickering his sickly golden color. "Healealealeal-l-l-l-l-l," he chattered, shivering in mid air.

The warlock looked from his ghost to his friend and ran a hand over the front of her helmet. "Nemo, I'm so sorry," he stammered and pressed his forehead against hers. There was only one way he knew how to heal. Quickly he propped her against the wall, finished dressing her wounds, expending the last of the medical kit, and lifted an unsteady hand.

'I'm sorry..'

Light glowed around the two as the healing well lit up the floor. Salem gave a groan as he felt the pure, clean light inside him drain into the healing well. But he had to save her. He had to save his friend. Salem let out a rasping groan as he pushed himself away from Nemo. He could feel his lucidity fading, his vision beginning to fog... but he had to get away first.. he had to get away.

 "St-stay with her," he stammered as he pushed himself to his feet. "Stay with her... Get her out..." The warlock choked and coughed, hot, golden light dribbling from his lips. He tried to wipe it away, but only managed to smear it on the inside of his helmet. "Stay with her..." he said and staggered away, leaving Chauncey to hover, chittering in the last healing well his risen would likely make...

[mybeingthere]

Xu Bing (Chinese, b. 1955), Series of Repetitions. 1987－1988

woodblock prints, 22 x 28.5 in. per print, Edition: 50

From 1986 to 1987, Xu became intrigued with the concept of the print as an "indirect" painting, and its special quality of "multiplicity." 

Five Series of Repetitions, which he started in 1986, took multiplicity as its conceptual starting point. Xu releasd this work, along with the copperplate print Stone Series. Slightly later the same year, he gathered his thoughts and creative experiences on printing in the article "New Explorations and re-recognition of Multiplicitous Painting."

Xu wrote: "Multiple, standardized copies are the key characteristic that sets printing apart from other forms of painting. Only by following this thread can one discover the unique qualities of print art." 

In his essay, he analyzed Western contemporary art, critiquing, for example, Andy Warhol(1928-1987) and expressing the opinion that "printing has a more intimate, direct relationship with modern art than other categories of painting." Especially when cosidering its "replicability," printing is actucally "a form filled with a modern-feeling cadence."

http://www.xubing.com/en/work/details/217?classID=14...

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Jordan Gibson drawing Bruce Wayne in the likeness of Kevin Conroy

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Susan Eisenberg's tweet thread about the late Kevin Conroy.

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As a Bisaya—speaking Filipino, I am very happy to see this representation in Craig of the Creek. In bisaya, we call bless as amin and I am really loving that. I hope to see more of this in cartoons and shows. 

Translation of Lola’s (Grandma in English) lines:

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[dark-twist-fairytales]

Keegan Moore

Here is the information on Keegan!

Tw!: Implied child abuse. Scarring (visualized).

NSFW warning: Tattoo placement is on the front of thighs, and while it isn't explicit or detailed, just a pre-emptive warning.

~Name information~

Name: Keegan Sage Moore

Nicknames + Origin: Kee- Shortened verision of his name due to not being able to say it fully. Sagey- Derived of his middle name, but only used by family. Tic-Tock- A nickname given by bullies, and while used in a derogatory way, uses it in pride in the bully's face.

Pronouns: He/HIm/His/Himself, but also accepts They/Them/Theirs/Themself

Meaning behind name: 'Keegan', a name pre-picked by his father, no matter if they were a boy or girl. 'Sage', a name picked by his mother for the nature match amongst her children. 'Moore', lost to history for him

~Base Information~

Age: 27

Birthday: July 8th (07/08)

Height: 6 foot 6 inches (198.12 cm)

Weight: 217 lbs (98.43 kg)

Sexuality: Asexual, Demi-Romantic

Meaning: Asexual means he doesn't feel a strong sexual attraction to people. Demi-romatic means he feels a romantic attraction to people ONLY after he developes a strong friendship/gets to know them for a while.

~Physical Information~

Scars: 

Explanation: Burns (Cigs) - Kee's stims has always happened, even while a child. His mother, not pleased with it, would place lit cigarettes against his shoulders. | Cluster Burn Scars, Hypertrophic - These are raised scars from multiple burn scars being placed in the same spot. | Knife #2 - This is the reason his father is in prison. An attack towards his siblings with a knife. He took the hit on his hand, and stalled his father enough for the police to come and take him away. This happened when they were 15 | Knife #1 - A bully attacked at school at age 17, while in high school. It looks less like the 2nd cut, since his sister was nearby and was taking first aid classes.

Hair Type: Medium brown, thick, fluffy, and cut a certain way for sentimental reasons.

Eyes: A dark blue with purple-ish undertones. Some reports spot stars of red in them when angry and speaking full sentences, others report golden specks when actively talking.

Distinguishing Features: Uneven haircut. Large scars on palm of left hand. Large patch of burns on top of both shoulders.

Piercings: None

Jewelry: Sometimes wears a red and white, mushroom patterned ring on right hand, but only a few days out of the year.

Tattoos: One on lower back that a needle and thread running though 'MOORE' with the thread connected to a spool, and another on both thighs that is the solar system connected like a puzzle

~Medical Information~

Physical Disabilities: Speech disabability, unable to say the letter/sound 'n' or too complex of words.

Gained?: Had since birth (mother smoked during pregnancy)

Allergies: None that he's aware of.

Dietary Specifications: No special need.

Mental Disabilities: Seperation Anxiety (minor form, but can get intense at certain moments). Night Terrors (not reported nightly, may be connected to anxiety). Learning disablity (origin unknown, only seemed to be in English/Language Arts/Reading, but only ever in English)

~Family Information~

Mother: Anabell Lily Moore (maiden name: Kindle). Deceased.

Father: Nicholas Morsal Moore. Alive, in prison

Siblings: 4

Older Brother: Nicholas Morsal Moore II. Alive, ex-Toppat member, currently house-husband

Older Sister: Natalia Lilith Moore. Dead.

Triplet Sibling (Younger): Conner Rose Moore. Alive, tattoo artist

Triplet Sister (Younger): Laurn Rosemary Moore. Alive, doctor

Distant Realatives Relevant?: Yes

Uncles: Rhett Hamlet & Flynn Jameson Kindle

Why: Cared for triplets after they turned 16

Life Before The Clan:

It was complicated. He couldn't get a job when he was old enough to move out, and he had to move out once he turned 18 for legal reasons. Unlike his siblings, he didn't have anything set for him academically, and took to crime to get money to pay for anything. He did get paid for a few things, like his tattoo was paid for and he got money for it for being a test for a new ink gun and ink (courtesy of Conner). He still in contact with his siblings, being the eldest triplet, but they aren't often seen around each other.

Powers?: There is an odd occurance, typically seen the strongest around his siblings, but the only thing people can explain it as.. 'Stars within the void, both so bright and so dark, that it's impossible to see'.. Whatever that means.

Joining the clan

Roommates with Ezhno

[fourseasonsfigs]

Concert Goldfish

These two cuties are re-enacting this wonderful scene from the Word of Honor concert:

I still am not entirely sure what they were doing - I feel like it must be a singer hydration thing that Zhang Laoshi taught Gong Jun. We absolutely already know Gong Jun will do whatever Zhehan says anyway (see Happy Camp for the most obvious example, but there's so much more!), but I imagine especially so when it comes to something like singing where Zhehan is so much more experienced.

Given that I'm a worse singer than even the old (younger!) Gong Jun, I wouldn't know about pro singing tips!

As you can already tell from the packaging, these bad good boys are resin, and not only that, they are SOLID resin, as in super heavy. Their heads weigh a ton, but their bodies are no lightweights either.

You can see Gong Jun's hairpin came in two pieces, which fit into either side of holes in his hair loop. I think it's a good idea they send this separately, as I wouldn't expect it to come through unbroken anyway if it was one piece. All the head would have to do is rotate slightly when traveling, and snap.

Ah these two cuties. These are fathead figures, meaning their heads are much larger than the standard fig size, for extra cute effect.

I am not sure what that thread or bubble or whatever is on the side of Gong Jun's hairline...it almost looks like wig tape has gotten unstuck! But of course, it's just a bubble in the paint. It's pretty glaring here in the pics but I didn't notice it at all when the fig was in my hand.

This fig maker always puts the moles on their ears for these two, it's very charming. Gong Jun looks a bit smaller than Zhehan here, but that's because Zhehan's ponytail is upping the ante! (I also think I had a slight bit of an angle here too)

You can tell the heights look a bit more normal here. And there's Zhehan's ear mole. The combo of Zhehan's half ponytail with the fathead style makes his hair take on a life of it's own!

As you can see here. That's alright, A-Xu's hairstyle can take center stage if it wants! You can see here too the hair pin affixed at a jaunty angle. I went back and scanned the pics from this segment and sure enough, Gong Jun's hairpin is at a bit of an angle. These fig makers don't miss a single detail, I swear.

The holes for his hairpin was nice and big, thank GOODNESS, I still am not over the Hanye with a Sword fig (which is coincidentally from this same fig maker). I don't like using glue where I don't have to, so I gathered up some of my trusty Museum Wax and put some at the ends of the hairpin, and it worked perfectly. The hairpin is nice and evenly straight, which made me happy. It's quite large, but makes sense for large headed figs like this one.

I love the detail on the boots. You can't see the boots at all when the figs are standing, so this is just a nice clean finish all the way around.

These figs stand just fine - very stable and solid, which is good because the weight of these heads are no joke.

Aww, Gong Jun's hands are so cute here. Zhehan is holding the water bottle in this clip, and Gong Jun's hand's were just like this indeed.

I love the detail on the boots. You can't see the boots at all when the figs are standing, so this is just a nice clean finish all the way around.

These figs stand just fine - very stable and solid, which is good because the weight of these heads are no joke.

Every time I post about concert figs I go back and watch parts of the concert, and it's just so, so good. It really is one of my favorite things ever.

Material: Resin

Fig Count: 217

Scene Count: 18

Rating: Cutest cheekies ever!

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