#vqs

[trellia]

There’s something hauntingly beautiful about Mileena’s story so far: and I know it’s gonna break my heart when the time comes to see her scenes.

So I wanted to display both versions of Mileena: the future queen, and the ‘monster’, all the while showcasing as much emotion as I could.

Have you played the Beta yet? 🐉

[ministerofchaosabsolute]

Devorah belongs to @maiden167

[harritudur]

JOSEPH QUINN APPRECIATION WEEK Day 5: Favorite Off-Screen Friendship ⬩ Grace Van Dien

Joe: "You're lovely." Grace: "You're so sweet."

[lonestarflight]

Two Douglas EA-3B Skywarriors from Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 2 (VQ-2) fly past Gibraltar.

Photographed by PH3 Franklin P. Call, USN., on June 20, 1991.

National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 330-CFD-DN-SC-92-01461

[drizzlecorduroy]

a human sized package

[neutron-stars-collision]

( source) https://x.com/rippedpromdress/status/1746289127975272824?s=20

I'm actually going insane.

[the-art-ghost]

All I have to say about the Zalgo human design

I can see why people spelt with this man (he has two daughters I think)

ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔰 𝔭𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰…

𝔅𝔲𝔱 ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔪𝔶 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔫, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢 𝔰𝔬 ℑ’𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔦𝔱 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔡 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶 ℑ 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔩𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢

ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔵 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔫, 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥…ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡𝔫’𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢…𝔬𝔥 𝔡𝔬𝔫’𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔯𝔞𝔪𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣

𝔚𝔞𝔯𝔪 𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰, ℨ𝔞𝔩𝔤𝔬

[kaheeliez]

a spaceman and a gay alien cowboy!

drew this as a cover for a playlist i made for my beloved girlfriend @clockwork-windmills :))

bonus doodles of holly and peter from my sketchbook below the cut!

[pumpkindogart]

Back at it

[contremineur]

Alfonso Vidal-Quadras

from here

[trellia]

Silent Hill 2 is and has been my number 1 favorite video game since its release. I’m looking forward to the release… for now. I really hope they don’t mess it up 😭

I haven’t been posting my art anywhere lately because I’ve been going through a terrible case of creative block which has impacted both my art and writing. I’m trying to get out of it, but pieces take a lot longer to make. Still, I’m not unhappy with this :)

[a-strange-inkling]

it’s the height difference for me ✨

[harritudur]

If you could give your younger self advice what would it be?

Joseph Quinn & Grace Van Dien, Fanexpo New Orleans

[celinamarniss]

I recently pulled the notes and bits of drafts for the fic Experiments out of the back of the (metaphorical) drawer and dusted them off. Maybe now I'll finally write it? I found a few short scraps for a scene in which Mara goes to check in with Karrde, and so:

He’d found another abandoned resort, a staging ground for safaris that had folded during the early days of the Empire. The resort consisted of a series of buildings rising out of a grassy plain like giant mushrooms, the circular floors lifted above the ground by thin support beams. 

Several circular platforms served as landing pads, connected to the other buildings by a set of bridges that ran from mushroom to mushroom. Mara set down her shuttle on the landing platform nearest to the mushroom that housed Karrde’s office. Aves was waiting for her, leaning against the railing that ran around the edge. 

“Hey, Mara,” he called, raising a hand. 

“Aves.” She swung her carryall over her shoulder and moved past him toward the bridge. 

He fell into step with her. “Long trip?” 

Mara grunted. 

“How’s Skywalker?” 

She cut him a sharp, insincere smile. “Why Aves, do you have a crush on my boyfriend?” 

“Not as big as the one Karrde has on him,” Aves shot back. 

“No doubt.” 

-----about ten minutes later-----

Mara dropped into the chair across from his desk. Digging through the carryall, she pulled out a datachip case and tossed it on the desk before dumping the carryall onto the ground and leaning back in the chair. 

“You look tired,” Karrde said. “Are you taking care of yourself?” 

“I’m fine,” she bristled. “Didn’t get much sleep hauling my ass halfway across the galaxy to meet you. I’m not a kid anymore.” 

“Complain to me in fifteen years time, when you’re approaching my age.” 

He was still watching her with a calculating look in his eye. Kreth. “How’s Luke?” he asked. 

“Great. Fantastic in the sack.” 

He didn’t even blink. “I have a few datacards for him for you to take back with you.” 

“Sure.” 

[painted-bees]

Margie's previous homelessness is mentioned once in a while, but we never really get to hear a lot about her struggles with being unhoused. She bounced all the way from Montreal, so I can't imagine it's been all easy for her. I guess I'm just surprised. It's such a big character thing that hasn't gotten a lot of elaboration.

oough... I mean, you're not wrong, I don't think... I dunno why I haven't gotten super deep into the weeds about these years of Margie's life. I know she, personally, kinda glosses over a lot of it herself. She never considered herself to be "really" homeless. In her mind, she could always go back home if things got "bad enough", and [in her mind] the fact that she had that option meant she wasn't homeless. She's never had to stay in a homeless shelter, and mostly shied away from those kinda of communities and resources. Sleeping in a grayhound station "doesn't count", because she could just as well be a paying commuter..! (Though--she had been kicked out of grayhound stations before...for -not- being a paying commuter).

She's definately had to endure some all nighters due to not having a place to stay (and not wanting to sleep outside...and so wanders, trying to find things to pass the time instead), and she doesn't like recalling those nights because they are just not fun to remember! But they were very temporary, and she internalized them as "well, this is what I get for not thinking ahead and trusting that things would just ""work out"" like they always do." And so, for that, they are also kind of embarrassing to recall...like it was a personal failing that she hadn't found a place to sleep those nights.

But, she is an outgoing and open person with a very non-threatening air about her. It's pretty easy for her to make a fast friend who'll let her crash on their couch for a night or two. Never mind that these "fast friends" are people she often met that same day--and she has absolutely found herself in uncomfortable/compromising/stressful situations by trusting the wrong stranger. But just as I am right now, she glosses over these memories as being "akward, but not the worst". At least one of her romantic relationships was established because of shelter as a motivation. As well as a handful of "fwb" relationships (Colby, the person texting her in the "place to stay" comic was one such relationship). Irrefutabley exploitative--but Margie herself doesn't reflect on them that way. They were just realationships that were fine--until they weren't, and she bad to leave. She hasn't really dwelled on the nature of these relationships, nor has she entertained the thought that those guys were never...actually... friends. But--in that same token, she doesn't talk about those relationships/arrangements. She's embarrassed by them, but she hasn't really unpacked why she'd prefer no one knows about those experiences. Especially odd considering how much she loves to overshare about everything.

I think a huge part of her reluctance to stay at Raf's place for long [alongside her fear of ruining the friendship by being a sloppy nightmare roommate that he'll resent] is because she didn't want their relationship to become just...like those previous arrangements.

Like--there's this thing that happens with guys who are only your friend because they want to sleep with you, where--once they know they can talk about and perform the fuck with you, it becomes the only thing they're interested in doing/discussing with you. And like--we all know Margie loves sex. But boy... she hates that.

But she feels bad for being a shit roommate, and so she tries to make up for it where she can--which like...being sexually available seems like a real easy way to do that--and it's something she enjoys doing...but then the relationship just keeps degrading because a relationship isn't what the other party is after, really. So there's nothing else. And, you know...they get bored. And then annoyed. And then she's gotta find somewhere else to sleep.

But even knowing and being self-conscious that this is the cycle she consistently finds herself in, she still managed to continue this trend with Raf; taking it upon herself to initiate a "FWB" relationship with him. She can't help that she finds comfort and validation in it. The difference is...he actually enjoyed the "friends" part far, far more than the "benefits".

[cosmignon]

greetings current spg fandom i have a poll formed from curiosity

if u are learning this from my post, you vote the "someone else" option.

I am rly curious just bc despite it feeling like extremely obvious and sense making to me the album itself doesn't ever tell you out right the connection is there, or that there's a concret split timeline, just scatters little hints hither and thither