#ziggy stardust headcanon

[justafairytailofinnocence]

Ziggy stardust x reader 👨‍🎤🌌👢

You were always the dreamer. You weren't very popular in comparison to the singer but somehow you caught his attention. You lived a simple life, in a house with alone, you didn't need anyone. The one thing that kept you going was the dreams. You were a walking dream.

No one understands you. You couldn't socialise with normal people. As you put it. Everyone had their quirks, but—they all spoke of boring, mundane things you cared not for. You did get along with those of a grand imagination but that was only short lasted.

You prefer the quiet life of being alone.

One night, you were studying or watching TV. When a sudden flash of light beamed down. You looked out your window, seeing a strange aura of glitter.

Rushing out outside, you looked down to see who it was. And to your surprise—it was the rockstar himself—Ziggy Stardust.

He was draped in flamboyant attire with bright red and orange. His hair was bright like Mars. He had a strange circle on his forehead, and he carried a red tear drop shaped 12-string guitar.

Your breath dropped. You weren't sure if this was real. Ziggy Stardust was here, in the flesh.

You checked his pulse. He was alive.

Acting quickly, you decided to carry him—to the best of your ability—inside your house. You placed him in your bed. To the best of your ability, you kept him warm and safe.

He was breathing. You draped a blanket over him for the time being and placed his guitar to the side.

After a few hours, he woke up. His eyes flickered, and you felt the weight lift off your chest.

"Where, where in the bloody cosmos am I?" He asked, placing a hand to his head.

"Uh, my house." You said.

"Your house, is it?" he cocked an eyebrow.

"Yeah."

"Ah, well forgive the intrusion, darlin', I was surfin' through space, through the stars to find earth for me next gig and I—crashed here." He sat up.

"Gig? Oh? Do you mean like with your band?" You questioned, seeing as he was the only one here.

"Yeah, me band, spiders from Mars we are."

You then offered, "I see, well, I could drive you if you'd like."

"That would be great, I mean, it doesn't start for another 12 hours." His reddish lips curved, and his eyes glinted.

By the time you got there, he gave you access to backstage. You'd attend more concerts day by day, helping with props, set up and make up.

Despite not being as famous, nor a singer or musician. He found you intriguing. It's about the flare of your imagination that drew him in. Why your're so dreamy and artistic like him.

He would use comforting words to help with insecurity and fame. Even when you were less, he would reassure you. "Darlin' you are enough. You don't need popularity. you're a unique star on your own. I'd rather that than anyone else."

As you attend concerts, he would mention something like. "Ello' me beautiful audience. I ave' a special guest with me tonight, one whose been elpin' me travel the cosmos. Y/n L/n".

If you choose to go on stage, you would awkwardly stand there as ziggy sings to you. Lady Stardust. He doesn't just see you. He sees what you are. He's in love no matter what you look like.

Parties are wild. You're not into the drug life, maybe a cig, but otherwise, he would respect that. If it got much ziggy, would hold you in his hand and protect you, some knight in shining armour.

You helped with his make up in performances.

You'd travel the cosmos with him and his 12-string guitar. It'd be like a galatic dream, holding him as he played and flew through the galaxy, creating a whirlwind of glittery colours.

On mars, you'd be allowed to be yourself and chill out. Many of the residents are full of love and hope. They'd be rocking out to the Spiders from Mars.

A band group you met through ziggy. He'd be rocking out on Mars twenty-four-seven.

On earth, you'd likely attempt to help ziggy.

That was until his downfall. Ziggy became more obsessed with the fame life he began to forget you in a sense.

The fans and his fame sent him on a spiralling madness to forget his original mission. To bring peace and love on earth by rocking out to the youth.

You started to become alienated, and the Spiders from Mars noticed it too.

You remembered your first time doing it. He was hyped up on drugs and alcohol.

You were hyped up on the rock star life.

You were both in his hotel after a party in London with mick Jagger and Iggy Pop. He got you into corruption.

He would seduce you and have his way with you. You remembered smearing his makeup on both your faces. Causing a night to remember as you both deflowered on his living room floor.

Ziggys' last performance was in London's Hammersmith Odeon. It was his last performance, singing "rock n roll suicide." Where ziggy was killed off mysteriously.

You later found his body carrying his guitar on stage, and that was the end. He did leave a message for you. "Stay true darlin', ain't no one is like you. Be the cosmic star that you are."

David bowie persona requests: open

[plotwhatplot]

thinkin abt a alien au and killjoys au crossover bc my killjosona is in both of those and i had this little idea that hesitant is trying to find a way to get his music out there in a better way than jst open mic night on jupiter with an audience of five drunks and widow finds out that mad gear and missle kid r looking for small artist openers and Hes is like "but i dont even aheva band guys cmon how am i gonna do all thattt!!!" and the goobers say they will all pitch in to play the instruments and stuff and it's like "ok FINEEE🙄🙄... *crickets*..... thank u- *starts sobbing/hj*" and idk how getting an opening gig works so SOMEHOW they get hesitant the gig and he plays his first big official and plays hesitant alien with widow, crybaby, ziggy, and lola on instruments and (still thinking on this idea but) maybe even covers a (bowie) song with ziggy <3 (rlly a ziggy song ig? bc in this au ziggy IS bowie *MUSIC CAREER WISE*)

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Meet the Byers siblings:

Jonathan- Major Tom

Will- Ziggy

El- Lady Stardust

[ohloveyourenotalone]

Ziggy doodles I did earlier cuz I really really wanted to draw them this morningggg

[conceptalbummultiverse]

Oh hey, I just realized this headcanon/jokey lil thought I have isn't a spoiler anymore:

Ziggy loves wearing jewelry from time to time- the more sparkly, the better- but the one piece of jewelry that he's rarely seen wearing is earrings. When he does wear them, they're clip-ons. Why? Because trying to get a piercing when your body has an automatic healing power is EXHAUSTING. The earrings will stay in, but as soon as they're out, the holes IMMEDIATELY close up and Ziggy would have to get them pierced all over again. It's easier just to clip the earrings on (like the beautiful dangly rhinestone earring that David Bowie wore in that one Ziggy-era interview, although of course in real life, Bowie probably did have his ear pierced), or, better yet, not to wear any at all. (That healing factor might also affect Ziggy's ability to get a tattoo, though I'm not sure if he'd want one, anyway.)

[marsormassachusetts]

Some doodles while I infodump about the shit me and @ohloveyourenotalone got goin about Ziggy Stardust x Pink Floyd. So basically Gerry was into The Wall then David Bowie and we share a braincell so I got into those things then we saw that fic over at @conceptalbummultiverse and went ‘Zink…we need to do that but in our own evil way’. Then we started talking abt it and then we watched The Man Who Fell to Earth and went ‘YEAHHHH’ and added Thomas and Mary and (BOOK) Bryce.

Now like 2 months later we got a little plot going on and we kick our feet in the air and giggle about Pink Floyd and Ziggy Stardust.

So like THE LORE I think is that Ziggy is made by the black hole jumpers to preach about the Starman and all that. They’re inspired by one of the extinct intelligent species that lived on Tommy’s planet, Anthea, but aren���t exactly the same species just very similar and built different. Anyway they go to earth in the year 1975 and they gotta start somewhere. So they go to a Pink Floyd show and start harassing Pink that entire night. Pink wishes they were a hallucination but they’re not. They steal his guitar and run away to the US a few weeks later with Thomas J Newton who they also met that night.

Thomas and her (transfem TJN headcanon giggles) girlfriend/best friend Mary-Lou Mosher act like parents to Ziggy while Ziggy’s got their eye on Pink…

That’s as far as we got cuz I’m really really lazy (Sorry Gerry ily platonically) but maybe I’ll update with more lil drawings when I respond to that RP…

[vallettamango]

Will Solace Headcanons

Swiftie to heart

Also loves Conan Gray (so does Nico) he relates to his music in many ways, especially growing up queer in Texas

Sun chips and Doritos guy  

Apollo cabin listens to 80s music (lots of love songs) at the courtesy of the wonderful taste of their older siblings Will and Kayla 

Apollo cabin is filled with music posters (wills personal favorites are the ziggy stardust David Bowie poster and the ABBA one above his bunk)

Sings in the shower, literally you could walk by the communal showers on Apollo cabins shower day and you’ll definitely hear all them harmonizing to baby by Justin beiber

Golden retriever boy <3 !! 

Loves colorful band aids 

Favorite camp snack is red jello 

Can play simple songs on guitar 

His favorite songs to play is stick season and hey there Delilah at campfires

Wears lots of friendship bracelets (has matching sun and star ones w Nico and a rainbow one 🏳️‍🌈 :)

Kids love him

Wears 2 small thin silver or gold hoops earrings 

Writes letters to his mom from camp (and to friends on quests) when he’s not busy in the infirmary

Has a stick and poke of a sun on the back of his shoulder he did with his siblings on the last night of camp (Apollo cabin>>) obviously w a safely sterilized needle

Really wants a nose piercing he’s hoping to get one next time he visits home 

Only wears flip flops or Birkenstocks at camp in the summer 

Had a cowboy boot phase when he was 7 (hes our fav southern boy ok.)

Loves having minty fresh breath (from tic tacs)

Has a small collection of different scented hand sanitizers he rotates in the infirmary (like the ones from bath and body works)

Lovessss Peach cobbler (same) and coleslaw especially from his hometown 

Caffeine addict

Loves tangled and treasure adventure movies (like Goonies)

Current fav books are Hearstopper and the song of Achilles 

Elvis music makes him nostalgic because his mom would play it all the time back in Texas (he listens to it when he’s sad)

Chaotic bisexual 

He realized he was bi after a boy kissed him during recess in grade 5

Had a crush on his lifeguarding coach when he was in grade 8

He only ever really ever came out to his mom (who was supportive) other than that people usually assume he’s straight or just gay if he’s with Nico

He never officially came out to his siblings they kind of know or figured it out but Will never feels awkward talking about his sexuality 

Makes playlist for every occasion and people (a Nico playlist obviously, cleaning the cabin w his siblings playlist, working in the infirm etc)

Occasionally enjoys painting (specifically nature landscapes)

He loves picnic/lunch dates w Nico and baking short bread cookies for their dessert 

He and Nicos fav holiday is Halloween they love dressing up in matching costumes (last year they dressed as Nick and Charlie from Hearstopper!)

He obviously has very warm hands

When Will can’t sleep on hot summer nights Nico puts his cold hands up his shirt 

He took Nico to an Arctic Monkeys concert for his birthday 

Apollo is the biggest Solangelo shipper. he even recited a poem about them to them (which embarrassed Will so much) “omg dad please stop!”

He and Nico bicker like an old married couple

He has freckles all across his back and shoulders

A morning person (obviously) he (and his siblings) get up early to clean the cabin and then he goes on a walk around camp during sunrise. If he has extra time he preps the infirm 

Lock Screen would be a photo of the camp strawberry field on a sunny day or everyone at camp fire 

[lolotr]

Charles Rowland inspired nail art!

I was talking with @extremely-eager-reader about how I love how the fandom has collectively decided Charles paints his nails black then we devolved into headcanons, under the cut

Niko asks if Charles ever wanted to try other colors, so the gang has a manicure night

Edwin tries polish but hates it for sensory reasons, and is kind of bummed about it. Charles dedicates two of his nails to colors Edwin wants to try (they're the index and middle finger bc he's a little shit, Niko doesn't get it until Crystal makes a lesbian joke)

Charles mostly sticks with black, white, red, etc but he finds he loves special effects polish especially holographic glitter because he is an ADHD king who loves to stare at it all day. he'd also occasionally ask Niko to do nail art from his favorite albums or artists

for my nails, I did black holo glitter bc obviously, the checkerboard pattern for ska representation, and a Ziggy Stardust reference. the Edwin nail represents the pinstripe material he wears, but with a little sparkle to tie it in with the rest of the mani, because I will be wearing these for at least a few days 😜

it's been ages since I've done nail art or painted my nails at all, but shoutout to DBD for giving me creative energy again and hauling me out of my depressive rut

[spaceagebachelormann]

𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬

!!REQUEST REQUIREMENTS!!

-> state the character, romantic or platonic, the format of the request, and a plot

-> do you have any specifics for the reader? blonde, poc, male, neurodivergent, etc? (please keep in mind i will write poc readers but i’m white so they may be a little difficult for me)

-> requests are preferred to be sent through inbox, but i can make dms work if needed

-> PLEASE ACTUALLY SPECIFY WHAT YOU WANT WITH YOUR REQUEST!! ITS VERY HARD FOR ME TO WRITE “____ x reader fluff” GIVE ME A PLOT LINE

!!WHAT I WILL WRITE!!

-> platonic

-> romantic

-> familial

-> any gender x any gender

-> headcanons

-> long fics

-> multi character

-> blurbs

-> poly relationships

-> x reader

-> i will only write cheating if it’s a character comforting r after being cheated on, not a character cheating on r

!!WHAT I WONT WRITE!!

-> smut (i’m 15)

-> yandere

-> most aus, ask about the specific au before requesting an au

-> incest

-> age gaps

-> canonical gay/lesbian character x a man (if lesbian) or a woman (if gay)

-> song fics

-> things about ocs

-> ships

-> sunshine x grumpy tropes, i’m horrible at this trope

character list

keeper of the lost cities

sophie foster, dex dizznee, fitz vacker, keefe sencen, biana vacker, marella redek, maruca chebota, tam song, linh song, wylie endal, jensi babblos, stina heks, elwin hesledge

harry potter

harry potter, ron weasley, hermione granger, neville longbottom, luna lovegood, ginny weasley, fred weasley, george weasley, sirius black, james potter, remus lupin, mary macdonald, marlene mckinnon, lily evans, dorcas meadows, regulus black, barty crouch jr, narcissa black, andromeda black, bellatrix lestrange

the outsiders

ponyboy curtis, johnny cade, sodapop curtis, darry curtis, steve randall, twobit matthews, dallas winston, cherry valance

the school for good and evil

agatha, sophie, tedros, hort, hester, anadil, dot, nicola, rhian mistral, rafal mistral, clarissa dovey, leonora lesso

little women

jo march, amy march, beth march, meg march, laurie

dracula

dracula, lucy westenra, arthur holmwood, john seward, mina harker, abraham van helsing, renfield, quincey morris, jonathan harker, the brides

frankenstein

victor frankenstein, elizabeth lavenza, henry clerval, adam frankenstein, justine mortiz, ernest frankenstein, the bride

dr jekyll and mr hyde

henry jekyll, edward hyde, richard enfield, gabriel utterson, hastie lanyon, lucy harris

phantom of the opera

christine daaé, erik destler, raoul de chagney, meg giry, carlotta giudicelli

the mighty ducks

charlie conway, adam banks, lester averman, guy germaine, connie moreau, fulton reed, dean portman, julie gaffney, ken wu, luis mendoza, dwayne robertson

david bowie

david bowie, ziggy stardust, jareth, thomas jerome newton, celliers

daisy jones and the six

daisy jones, billy dunne, graham dunne, karen sirko, warren rhodes, pete loving/roundtree, eddie loving/roundtree, camila dunne, simone jackson

doctor who bbc

ninth doctor, tenth doctor, eleventh doctor, twelfth doctor, rose tyler, jack harkness, mickey smith, donna noble, martha jones, clara oswald, river song, amy pond, rory williams, simm! master, missy/gomez master

miss peregrines home for peculiar children

jacob portman, emma bloom, millard nulling, enoch o’connor, olive elephanta, alma peregrine

good omens

crowley, aziraphale, ineffable husbands (poly), beelzebub <3, gabriel, ineffable bureaucracy (poly), nina, maggie, nina and maggie (poly), anathema

what we do in the shadows

nandor the relentless, nadja of antipaxos, laszlo cravensworth, colin robinson, guillermo de la cruz, the guide, baron afanas

yellowjackets

shauna shipman, lottie matthews, misty quigley, taissa turner, van palmer, natalie scatoricco, jackie taylor, travis martinez

star trek (tos/aos)

jim kirk, spock, leonard mccoy, nyota uhura, hikaru sulu, pavel chekov, montgomery scott, janice rand, christine chapel

xmen

charles xavier, erik lehnsherr, logan howlett, scott summers, jean grey, ororo munroe, rogue, remy lebeau, kevin sydney, lucas bishop, mystique, emma frost, kurt wagner, hank mccoy, jubilee

miscellaneous characters

sarah williams, bernard the elf, rodrick heffley, varian, lisa frankenstein, the creature (lisa frankenstein)

UPCOMING FANDOMS : american horror story, torchwood, gossip girl, hannibal, sherlock, ghosts, house md, star trek tng, the x files, the big bang theory, dead poets society

[vraisetzen]

V! Hi!! I hope you’re doing well!! ☺️ Personally, I’d love to read your thoughts on ‘Kimetsu Academy’ Muzan 😀

𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒂𝒚 — 𝑨 𝑲𝒊𝒎𝒆𝑮𝒂𝒌𝒖!𝑴𝒖𝒛𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆

Tags: KimeGaku!Muzan, and whatever shady politics he brings with him

Author's Note: Thank you for the lovely ask, and for waiting for me to complete this! I initially planned this to be a snippet or headcanon post, but I got so carried away and decided to abridge everything into a faux-news article on KimeGaku!Muzan. Enjoy!

At the turn of the 20th century, the theatre of politics shifted from the dour old halls of debate chambers to the street. On one hand, there were salt of the earth charmers who touted their blue collar origins, regaling working class folks with rousing campfire anecdotes of struggling through adversity and emerging as a champion of the underclasses. On the other, those with silk stockings on their feet and silver spoons in their mouths sculpted an image of mythological statesmanship — dazzling and distant as the stars who would bestow their light on those that walked beneath their radiance.

With his paisley ties, velvet-lined waistcoat, and artfully tousled hair, Kibutsuji Muzan seems an exceptional specimen — a trilby in a sea of receding hairlines, his rockstar allure has been the subject of much controversy ever since he was sworn to the House of Representatives, from his proposals to reduce education spending in favour of tax cuts for nighttime entertainment businesses to his remarks concerning climate change and environmental conservation.

And yet, the man has found tremendous popularity across all boundaries, from c-suites in their sharply pressed suits to construction workers in their hard hats and afternoon chūhai.

But what lies beneath the glitz and glamour? What truly went down behind the scenes of such a man whose image leaned closer to Ziggy Stardust than Harold Wilson?

Kibutsuji Muzan's office is located in the downtown area of W------- City, away from the bustling hive of the townsquare and the cordial cheer of the uptown residential district. It is sandwiched between a pharmacy and a bookstore, sitting atop a real estate company and accessed through a dark flight of stairs from the backdoor; and it is here that I will conduct a special profile of the man — the first since his re-election.

As I navigated through the cobwebs and dust, feeling very much like Jonathan Harker stalking the halls of Castle Dracula, I wondered if this was yet another attempt to cultivate his star-studded image.

During his campaign trail, Kibutsuji was known for organising handshake events and distributing paper towels printed with his likeness — in a matter of minutes, the streets were flooded with young, female voters, queueing in neat lines as if waiting for Johnny's idol fanmeet. It was a tactic marked with great success; ask any young, twenty-something woman dithering along the streets of Azabudai who they would vote for, and find only one name on their lips:

Why, Muzan-sama, of course!

At the door, I am greeted by Kibutsuji's secretary — a skyscraper of a man with tinted shades, bookcase shoulders and cascading hair. Fans of Kibutsuji have nicknamed him "The Dark Moon" for his steely glacial demeanour; though I knew better than to refer to him as such. Introducing himself Kokushibo — and I am reminded of 80s pop prima-donnas who referred to themselves in the singular — he led me into the office.

I spied hardworking interns and staffers with their heads buried in paperwork, typing away at their desks; in the corner, right next to the pantry well stocked with Umaibo (in mentaiko and chocolate flavours) and Nespresso pods, I notice a robotic arm.

"That's the Delta pick-and-place robot," pipes a staffer with noticeable scars on his cheeks. "We use it for, uh, pick and placing — thing, not people, that is."

"Get back to your work," Kokushibo orders, before turning to me. "Would you like coffee or tea?"

Tea, with a stick of Creap and two sugars, would have been my usual order; but there is a saturnine tension in the office, and I am hesitant. It seems as if I had walked onto a hidden camera set, where the ceiling lights were too hot and too bright, and the actors' lines were to be fed and spat out precisely on cue.

In the end, I settle for anything Kokushibo gave me, and he prepares a thin Americano from an instant coffee sachet instead of the Nespresso pods.

Kibutsuji Muzan sweeps into the office in a waft of Eau Sauvage at precisely the hour he promised. His steps are confident as he approaches, his tailored coat swishing around his shoulder as he extends his arm in a handshake. Up close, he is fair and feline, hair tumbling in a parted fringe of waves that he tucks behind his ear like a knowing schoolgirl.

His grip, however, is anything but — his hands are cold, he told me, from spending the afternoon at a construction site, where he oversaw the building of a new community centre for W------- City.

Our interview begins cordially enough, with Kibutsuji Muzan sharing, unprompted, his thoughts on re-election and returning to the community that voted for him — he is honoured at the opportunity to serve the city, as he did for the past four years. He speaks of his approval ratings (the highest of any representative in the House) with a casual air, unfettered by the support he has been given as he extolls his commitment to doing more for the people.

It is all rehearsed hogwash, something which I know that he knew, from the glint in his bright red eyes. Kibutsuji leans back on his armchair as he finishes, crossing his legs and placing his hands on his lap. His relaxed pose comes as a challenge to me, and I do not hesitate a second longer to take him head on.

Back and forth, we parried; Kibutsuji's media training was flawless, with well-rehearsed responses for the warm-up questions I directed towards him. His politics skews conservative, with just a touch of Big Tent to draw in the younger, liberal demographic. His speech, though formal, is warm and comforting enough in tone to not draw too much of a distance between him and unconvinced voters — or in this case, a skeptical journalist adamant to find the chink in his armour.

But I was not to be deterred. As I scale down the list of questions I had prepared, I send a curveball in his direction: his office, and his staff. Instantly Kokushibo was by my side — I jumped at his sudden appearance, concerned that I might be asked to leave as a bouncer would an unruly socialite at a nightclub, but he was merely bringing me a small snack: the single umaibō on a large porcelain dish feels strangely threatening, but I take a bite out of it anyway.

Kibutsuji smiles, and with a wave of his wrist at his staff, says: "I am very fortunate to have my staff through the entire campaign trail, and I am fortunate still to have them with me, at this present moment. We sieve through feedback and complaints from the people, we prioritise their concerns, and we address them together, as a team and family."

I glance backward at his team; far from the eager, doe-eyed political science graduates and volunteers which I was accustomed to seeing at rallies and other offices, they seem like iterations of the Artful Dodger, watchful and shifty.

Kokushibo, who glares daggers over the top of my head, is the subject of much rumour from online denizens, as they speculate if he had been a member of the JSDF Special Forces.

And what about his supposed ties to the yakuza? Or the lavish business parties caught on tape by a Weekly Bunshun? Bottles of Moet rippling over a pyramid of crystal champagne flutes, scorches of cabaret hostesses flanked by drunk business leaders who could scarcely tell the difference between a hefty tip and a political bribe.

Kibutsuji remarks: "Whether the people admit it or not, Japan's postwar economic miracle was made between the legs of cabaret hostesses; you cannot deny the role that these establishments have played in reviving our country. It is the heartbeat of our nation. I was there."

I press him on what he meant by the last statement, and he waves it off. "Let's just say that I've worn many hats."

Little is known of Kibutsuji Muzan's life and career before he dove headfirst into the world of politics; there are rumours that he was distantly related to the Ubuyashiki family, whose philanthrophic work towards education and healthcare could not be further from Kibutsuji's plan to cut spending and encouraging privatisation in both of these sectors. Indeed, some eagle-eyed Internet sleuths have noted a similarity between the politician and Ubuyashiki Kagaya, the conglomerate's director.

It is worth noting that seven years ago, Ubuyashiki was the victim of a chemical attack that disfigured the upper half of his face, leaving him with horrific scars and partial visual impairement that forced him to cede his role as principal of Kimetsu Academy to his wife, Amane. Some have wondered if his similarity to Kibutsuji Muzan was behind this horrifying attack, but Ubuyashiki has declined to comment on this incident and his relationship with the politician:

"Kimetsu Academy has always been devoted to educating society's next generation of brilliant leaders, ensuring the brilliant, fairer future where all can flourish and succeed."

As I showed Kibutsuji the official response, I notices the flash of a vein rippling across his temple — the rare hint of irritation, perhaps, beyond the calculated courtesy — before he smooths his expression into a cordial, if wry, grin. Handling the tablet back to me, he opines: "I guess this is what they mean by the blind leading the blind."

When I inform him how his words may be poorly received by the disability groups, he shrugged.

"I simply call things out as they are. There is nothing I dislike more than misplaced optimism and cheap, feel-good platitudes. My job is to help the underprivileged and the disenfranchised; to give a voice to the weak."

As the man delved into a rhetoric of his policies and accomplishments once more, a thought occurs to me that Kibutsuji's brand is very much a reflection of what he proclaimed to be distasteful — a vague, shapeless form appealing to the widest and lowest common denominator: to the nightclub hostesses, the dark, seedy underbelly of this country, he was their spokesman; to the high-powered executives, an advocate; and to the hoi polloi, toiling against a flagging economy, Kibutsuji was an idol.

But was this not what a rockstar was? An operation of contrasts, a dazzling spectacle taking precendence over its sordid truth — the dirt beneath the glitter, the fizzy sparkle of champagne too heavy on the saccharides. Kibutsuji Muzan was a talented orator, no doubt, a charismatic chameleon that could fill rallies and concert halls; but words were words, and this glamourous lustre to me is merely another means of distraction and intimidation.

As I leave Kibutsuji Muzan's office with the taste of bad coffee and cheap snacks lingering in the back of my mouth, I wonder what his goals were, and just how far he will go to achieve them. The premiership, perhaps? Or something darker than that?

Work is underway at the Kibutsuji campaign office for the next election despite it being three years away. He prefers an early head start — not merely for the sake of his supporters and countless Roppongi girls waiting for his handshakes, but also to bring surpass last election's result.

Because for Kibutsuji Muzan, winning the most votes and receiving the loudest cheers was only one small part to his firebrand of chart-topping, billboard-dazzling success — and he will stop at nothing until he reaches the zenith of political stardom.

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The newspaper rustled in Kibutsuji Muzan's hands as he folded the pages and tossed them onto his desk.

"What do you think, Kokushibo?" he asked, fishing for his packet of Seven Stars and slipping a cigarette between his lips. With a flick of his Dupont, he watched as the end caught an amber glow and sizzled with the sharp scent of tobacco.

"It is certainly troublesome, sir," Kokushibo answered from where he stood two paces away from Muzan's desk. He had a tablet in his arms, its screen small in his long fingers as he swiped to where he had found the reporter's profile. You had joined the newspaper two months ago, having transferred from major crimes to the general affairs department.

Your supervisors had agreed that the transition was a much needed change of pace — the stress of questioning the authorities and law and order, coupled with your tendency to get to the root of things however difficult, had also threatened the paper's reputation.

Still, it was not so much your journalistic integrity which roused Muzan's suspicion; a curious footnote in your records suggested that you once spent a summer interning for Ubuyashiki Kagaya.

"She seems interested in a second interview," informed Kokushibo, as his inbox piped with a new message. "But this will have to wait until we are done negotiating with the Inagawa-kai next month."

"No matter," Muzan remarked, puffing sharply and watching the cigarette smoke rise into the darkwood ceiling. He needed time to read his fortunes — playing his cards wrong could mean a disgraceful tumble from where he was perched on the political ladder; but Kibutsuji Muzan had a gifted hand for turning spades into aces; however damning and acerbic your article may be, he was adamant to turned it into his favour.

And Kibutsuji Muzan always had his way.

Thank you for reading!

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[blitzstoneshouldbecanon]

Heyo so you can call me Lia, Ziggy (from the rise and fall of ziggy stardust) or Blitz. This blog is mostly headcanons and thoughts about different books/fanfiction.

So I’m not gonna say my age for reasons but whatever.

Pronouns: She/her/they/them

Sexual orientation: Asexual/Bisexual

Star sign: Taurus

Favorite shows/movies: Gilmore Girls, Wednesday, lmao sometimes I watch Octonauts for funsies, Heartstopper…. Um. I don’t know what else

Favorite books: Keeper of the Lost Cities, anything from the Riordanverse, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Land of Stories, A Good Girls’ Guide to Murder, The Inheritance Games, Coyote Sunrise, Heartstopper

Favorite fanfics: All The Young Dudes, Sensitive Touch, Crimson Rivers, Beneath a Big Blue Sky, Teach Them How To Dream, Kill Your Darlings

Artists I’m into: Queen, The Beatles, David Bowie, Conan Gray, The Oh Hellos, The Lumineers, SOMETIMES Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy but it depends on my mood

Otp’s: Wolfstar, Percabeth, Blitzstone (you’ve probably already realized that-), Sokeefe, Jegulus, Rosekiller, Dorlene

Ao3 account: Can_You_Help_Me_Hide_A_Body

Hogwarts House: Slytherclaw, yes I am a sarcastic nerd, sue me. (Please don’t I’m broke as fuck)

People I kin with my entire soul: Remus Lupin, James Potter, Regulus Black, Annabeth Chase

AND if you are @yourlocalenthusiast or @projectsquid and you reblog/like any of my posts that gives me express permission to go onto your blog and harass you, and I expect the exact same from you two (for those of you who are not them, I swear it’s fine we know each other irl)

Guys please ask me questions I’m lonely af.

By questions I mean literally anything except for nsfw stuff (I get flashed enough on my communities) send in headcanons, short stories, or other random shit

Unfortunately I find it extremely difficult to tell who is genuine when asking for help and money in the war, and I am unable to donate anything as I am underage.

[plotwhatplot]

⚡ziggy stardust info card☄️

this is for my au version of ziggy! not david bowie!

GIF by animatedglittergraphics-n-more

⭐Basic info⭐

Name: Ziggy stardust

Age: unknown

Species: Mars alien

Gender: androgynous

sexuality: bisexual

Pronouns: they/xem

Planet: Mars

height: 5/10

⭐species desc⭐

Beings of mars are almost fully humanoid. They often have unique features, (ex: uneven and/or different colored eyes, different sized pupils, really long natural nails, uneven facial alignment, uneven fingers, ears, etc *all in which are beautiful features <3*) Most of them have an English accent, they also have naturally luminescent/shimmery/glittery skin. due to their convincingly human appearance, they're able to pass as just really artistic looking people if they go to Earth (which is why some Mars aliens do exactly that, specifically when they want to expand their artistry from space!)

their abilities include: telepathy (only works with other aliens, they all have telepathy), ability to shoot laser beams from fingertips, hypnotizing, and invisibility

they are known for their outstanding makeup skills, artistic fashion choices, love for surealism, and androgyny (which is actually common on mars)

⭐headcanons⭐

xey're nice when ur first starting off ur friendship but once they get comfortable mf is FEISTY

cunt. thats it thats the headcanon

LOVES big platform shoes, they're shoes shoes silly!

found out abt chappel roan and adores her now lol

willing to roast anyone but lola, its like those 4th grade friends groups and lola's that one "innocent cinnamon roll that must be protected at all costs" and ziggy's the mean friend who will murder anyone who even breaths on lola but only treats them like that💀(i was in this friend group, trust me)

fashion snob, need fashion advice? call ziggy! they might be a little bit rude, but u'll look FABULOUS

in reality, they're not even mean, in fact their the most kind hearted alien u'll meet, xey're just cunty

allergic to fascists (we all are)

"you know there are a lot of doctors who can actually help you with this 😃" ifykyk if u dont and ur reading this post then u should

Their species bleeds and cries different kinds of substances, everyone has their own unique combo; Ziggys is red glitter and gold!

xeir favorite color is red

keep glitter in their pocket to throw at ppl on the streets, xey think it should be normalized (self projection lmao)

if they could live anywhere other than mars and earth, it would be saturn. they love saturn

became a strawberry soda addict along with hesitant when they came to earth for the first time (shi is BANGIN)

loves to go to little shows for small indie artists

oki thats it! :3

[cygninae]

Hi! 👋 Could you please do 20 and 23 for the Quagmire triplets for the character ask game? :)

Hi Ven ! Sure !!

20 (Weird headcanon)

Quigley

i have literally SO many headcanons for Quigley but I'll try and hold back and only share a few. (I'll refer to Quigley with they pronouns because that is my headcanon !)

if they had been raised in the 2000s, would absolutely have thomas the tank engine or cars bedsheets. so embarrassing

couldn't take serious photos, always had to be pulling a face or doing bunny ears or something

tried to pierce their ears with a safety pin and lemon (did not go well.)

disastrous handwriting. Like incomprehensible.

Isadora

gay awakening was Veronia Lake in I Married A Witch (dir. René Clair)

went through a goth phase (after discovering Mary Shelley and Edgar Allen Poe) where she attempted to dye all of her clothes black. They came out brown.

Duncan

tried to pull a prank on Carmelita Spats by balancing a bucket of water on a doorframe and have her walk through, getting drenched. Forgot to let himself out of the room first and drenched himself.

obsessed with lava lamps

23 (Future headcanon)

Quigley

felt so betrayed by Jacques leaving, that they completely turned away from VFD. Lost a lot of their love for cartography and it took a long time for it to come back. They began to prefer sketching landscapes and people they loved.

discovered David Bowie (this depends on your theory of when ASOUE is set) and he changed their life. Became obsessed with Ziggy Stardust and embraced gender fluidity through makeup, piercings, shiny clothes, etc. learnt to love themself :)

finally got that ear piercing they had botched when they were younger.

actually became really good friends with Fiona. She taught them that it was okay to view the world with more criticism. They got along and were actually really similar. Bickered a lot.

moved to a big city with Duncan and Isadora and got really into the world of music, art, freedom, self-expression. They probably joined a band at some point, no doubt.

Isadora

in the big city, joined a sapphic society and made friends who loved poetry (and girls).

got her poetry published in the paper on multiple occasions, but anonymously. She wanted to spread the beauty of poetry without getting attention for it.

opened up to the idea of writing prose too, and learnt that she was really talented in that area, too, joining writing societies and book clubs and learning so much more about literature. it gave her the opportunity to express herself in more ways than one.

her and Klaus (if reunited) absolutely became an unstoppable best friend duo. They were practically unseperable, and he was in a lot of the same book clubs with her. He worked at one of their local libraries and let her sneak in the back to write in the staff room while he ate his lunch or read on his break.

Duncan

aside from writing journalism, he actually got really into photojournalism. He loved the peace of the dark room and the process of developing photos. He got into the habit of photographing his friends and siblings to immortalise them and kept his favourite pictures in his shirt pocket.

got an internship at a newspaper (NOT the daily punctillio, lol) and had a niche in foreign correspondence, (with the rise in use of the telephone) and he made so many connections across the world. Learning about so many cultures gave him a sense of freedom after feeling so trapped post the death of his parents.

and a dunklaus headcanon, since I can't hold back: after he and Klaus started dating, he would very occasionally sneak coded messages into the newspaper, just sappy stuff saying he missed him and hoped he was having a great day :)

interviewed Lemony Snicket once without knowing it was him.

This was so much fun !! Thanks so much for asking :)

[ohloveyourenotalone]

Father, Mother, and their strange little child who slays

So we got Pink, then we got Ziggy (which I kinda failed on sorry my love my baby), and their crack child who I love very much, Zenith.

Zenith really be so slay. They’re just so glam and goth and I headcanon them as the starman because we don’t really know that much about the starman tbh…

Growing up was a little bit of a struggle for them but they slayed anyways.

[conceptalbummultiverse]

Character Timelines: Ziggy Stardust

Here's the second in my series of concept album character timelines. This one is going to be a little different, since Ziggy is not from Planet Earth and I'm hopeless at math, so calculating what years his planet's timeline corresponds to on Earth is too much effort for me at the moment. I'm also going to weave in some of the history of his planet and species, for a better sense of background.

In the beginning, there are the Venusians. Although the Venusians are called such by humans because when the humans meet them, they're based on what they call the planet Venus, no one actually knows what the Venusians are really called and where they actually came from. Some speculate that they've been around for longer than Earth's solar system has. The Venusians are the masters of interplanetary travel, and can even travel easily to other galaxies. They roam the outskirts of space in their magnificent crafts, which somewhat resemble human tall ships.

The Venusians don't make contact with any living beings in Earth's solar system, until they become aware of a dire situation on Mercury. The planet is becoming unsustainable for life, and its residents are suffering. The Mercurians reach out to the Venusians for help, and the Venusians agree to help them. They bring several Mercurian officials to a new planet to determine if it will sustain life, and to work out an agreement with the natives of that planet (who call themselves the People). The Mercurians reach an agreement with the People, and the Venusians therefore transport all survivors to the People's planet, where they settle in and begin to live in harmony with the People. Given that the Mercurians live underneath the surface of the planet, and the People live on it, they don't get in each other's way too much, and all works out well.

Years pass, and the story of how the Venusians rescued the Mercurians has become legend within Earth's solar system. Mainly on Mars, who are the next to make contact with the Venusians.

Ziggy Cygnet is born on Mars (or Ares, as its residents call it- I'm going to use the name Ares from here on out) to Sommie and Denyl Cygnet, two high-ranking officials within the government of his country. He's the second-youngest of four, his siblings being Dione, Pia, and Katee. Aside from a character who I'll discuss later, and calling his parents his "mother" and "father" for convenience's sake when on Earth, Ziggy doesn't assign any of these characters a gender during his time on Earth because he never talks about them, so I'm going to use the Aresian personal pronoun in Ziggy's language to refer to them all- ey/em/eir. Said language is similar to English, in the way that A Clockwork Orange's nadsat-talk is similar to Russian (which, btw, is not just a random reference, but that becomes a plot point MUCH later and won't be mentioned here), but the culture in which Ziggy is raised is VERY different from that of England. The culture of those in power, however, is unfortunately not all that different from how it's like on Earth.

Ziggy grows up in an insular environment, rarely traveling outside of his home unless he's accompanying his parents to some social function or political meeting. He honestly doesn't mind it much at first, though, since he has everything he could ever want within the walls of his home. His siblings are his closest companions, and he also gets to play/hang out with his parents' friends' offspring when they come to visit. He is educated in his home with a series of tutors.

When Ziggy is twelve years old (or the equivalent of a human twelve year old), one of his tutors begins to teach him how to play an instrument that's very similar to a guitar on Planet Earth. Ziggy takes to the instrument immediately and quickly excels at it. His parents encourage him to play to entertain their guests, and Ziggy enjoys the attention. However, he enjoys it most when he's just playing for himself, on his own time and his own terms. Music becomes his number one love in life. Other hobbies that Ziggy takes up during his teen years are gardening (or rather, admiring the plant life as he takes strolls around the grounds of his home, while a gardener does all the work) and flying several of his family's small crafts, one of which is designed to break free of the atmosphere and travel between planets in the solar system.

Sometime early in the year that Ziggy turns the human equivalent of twenty, Sommie and Denyl and several other government officials around the world discover that a catastrophe is about to befall their planet. People are running out of resources, particularly water, and the environment is turning bad. In desperation to save themselves, it's Sommie who comes up with the idea of reaching out to the Venusians (or as the Aresians call them, the Aphroditans). Since the Venusians saved the Mercurians, surely they could do the same for the Aresians. Ey appoint someone to undertake the mission of traveling to Venus and explaining the situation. Once contacted, the Venusians agree to travel to Ares to discuss arrangements. To welcome them and prove their worth as a species to the Venusians, all the countries' governments across Ares collaborate on a festival, sending all sorts of creative delegates to Ziggy's country to perform. Since their country is hosting it, Sommie and Denyl naturally set Ziggy up as the piece de resistance, the showstopper performer who headlines the festival.

Ziggy is not aware of any of the ulterior motives behind the free festival, as are very few of the people who are scheduled to perform in it. Nor is the festival marketed as "the show to save our skins"- those attending it just think that it's something flashy to welcome the first-ever visitors from another planet. They don't know why those people from another planet are visiting, but some begin to question it.

At the festival, Ziggy becomes enraptured with another performer on the bill, who plays visi-sonor (an instrument I stole from Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, although this is a much fancier and more elaborate version of what the Mule plays). After her performance, he introduces himself. The performer is named Serafina, and Ziggy is instantly smitten. Fortunately, the feeling is mutual. They spend the entire day together, talking and getting to know each other and taking in the performances, to the point where Ziggy is almost late to take the stage because he doesn't want to stop hanging out with Sera. The festival concludes with a celebration of sexuality... basically an orgy, as Aresian culture (and especially the culture of Ziggy's country) is very unrestrained on sexual matters... and afterwards, Ziggy and Serafina decide that they want to keep seeing each other.

The relationship continues without interruption for six Aresian months. As often as he can, Ziggy sneaks out to meet Serafina at her family's home. He's not sure why she can't ever come over to his, or why Serafina insists that he needs to be discreet regarding the relationship (especially when it comes to discussing the relationship with his parents), but he's happy to obey what she wants. The more frequently they see each other, the more things Ziggy observes in Sera's part of town that strike him as strange. He has everything he could ever want at his disposal back at home. Why is Serafina's family struggling so hard to get food and water, let alone other goods? Why does it seem like others in Serafina's part of town are dealing with the same problems?

Eventually, once Ziggy returns home after an outing to find that several protestors have lined up at the gates of his home, he decides to bring his questions to his parents, regardless of what Sera wants. Instead of answering his questions, Denyl and Sommie forbid him from ever seeing Serafina again, and enforce that by having a guard keep an eye on him at all times. Three months pass without Ziggy seeing Sera, which he finds intolerable.

Eventually, Ziggy wakes one night to a noise outside his window. It's Serafina, who has come to him to reveal the news that's just broken out, news which she doubts that Ziggy is privy to despite the fact that his parents surely know all about it. Ares is in a state of decline, explains Sera, and will be uninhabitable within five years. A plan has been uncovered, which reveals that when the Venusians visited for the free festival, the government officials all across Ares made a deal with them to save all of the elite, and leave the rest of the Aresians to die on their planet. It sounds ludicrous to Ziggy. How could his parents ever condemn so many people to a slow death? However, as he thinks about Sera's family and the way his parents reacted to his questions, it starts to become more plausible. He tells Serafina that he'll try to get help for her family and for all the other Aresians, but Sera is concerned that he won't be discreet enough, especially because she sees that he's still very much in love with her. So she breaks his heart by telling him that in the time they spent apart, she met someone else and moved on. It's not true, but Ziggy doesn't know that. Despite his heartbreak, he wants to do right by Serafina in whatever way he can.

The next day, Ziggy snoops around his parents' offices and finds out that everything that Serafina told him is true. Now he just has to figure out what to do. Should he try to convince his parents? Would they listen? Maybe not... but the Venusians might listen. Maybe if Ziggy can go to Venus, he can command enough authority to convince the Venusians to save the rest of the Aresians. Within a few days, he's packed up everything that he thinks he'll need on his family's spacecraft. Then he steals it, flying out in the dead of night. He programs the coordinates to Venus and seals himself in one of its life-sustaining chambers, so he can remain unconscious but basically on life support in order to not use up his limited resources during the six-month journey through outer space.

Except there's one problem. In his haste to leave, Ziggy didn't program himself to remain unconscious for six months. He programmed himself to remain unconscious for six years.

During those six years, the Venusian evacuation of Ares goes according to the original plan. They take the Aresian elite to the same planet that they took the Mercurians, as the People are agreeable to hosting another form of life on their planet, given how well they've gotten along with the Mercurians. The Aresians, however, turn out to be another situation entirely. Despite having made certain agreements with the People, they soon begin to infringe upon those agreements, expanding outward from the city that the Venusians have built for them into the territory that belongs to the People. The People fight back, and war is declared. Almost all of the Aresians end up dying in this war, including Ziggy's family (except MAYBE for one of his siblings- I'm still not sure if I want to go down this route eventually, but as I've said before, that's literally another story and I don't have to think too hard about this until I finish SF: ALS and have to get the sequel in shape to be posted).

Meanwhile, after his allotted time spent unconscious, Ziggy awakes to find that he's fallen into the Earth's orbit. He makes a crash-landing and ends up in the English countryside, surviving due to the healing agent in his blood. His spacecraft, however, is another matter- it’s damaged beyond the ability for Ziggy to use it, and he has no idea how to repair it. When Ziggy reaches civilization, he finds out that fortunately, he’s ended up in a country that speaks a language similar to his own. Unfortunately, the culture is completely different, and no one is aware that there are people living on Ares (or Mars, as they call it). The situation soon becomes clear- Ziggy realizes he has to fix his spacecraft in order to continue on to Venus, and to do that, he must raise money to either get the supplies to fix it himself, or hire someone who can fix it.

Ziggy ends up in London, looking for work, and soon discovers an ad looking for an intern in engineering. Engineering! That sounds like a trade through which Ziggy can learn how to repair his craft! However, when Ziggy shows up at the location, it turns out that the ad was looking for would-be sound engineers. As far as Ziggy's concerned, this is a blessing in disguise, as his musical know-how is sure to get him somewhere. He spends the rest of 1978 interning with Bobby Toft, who works at Abbey Road Studios, and he's so quick to pick up on it (thanks to his excellent memory, which is a trait that all Aresians possess) that Bobby allows him to work in exchange for free studio time, which Ziggy uses to record an album. Bobby also invites him to stay with him and his partner Janine at their flat indefinitely, both of them having a soft spot for Ziggy. Janine even agrees to manage Ziggy in his career. Things are maybe starting to look up?

In 1979, Ziggy releases his first album, Ziggy Stardust. He adopts the stage name because it fits with the image presented in his first single, "A Space Oddity" (named after a film that Bobby shows him, 2001: A Space Odyssey). Janine works hard flogging the single and booking spots for Ziggy to appear live and on the radio/TV, but outside of that single, the rest of the album doesn't go much of anywhere. Nonetheless, Ziggy is astonished by the money that he receives from the single's success. He begins a writing frenzy that lasts much of the rest of the year, trying to get as many people to record his songs as he can and working hard on a follow-up. The musicians who played on Ziggy's first album were all studio musicians, but some are agreeable to backing him up in a live setting, so Ziggy begins to play shows with a live band. During this year, Ziggy also explores human culture as much as he can in order to blend in, and finds it both fascinating and terrifying. After living in such a quiet place for most of his life, he can't get over the hustle and bustle of London living. He has a few fleeting love affairs that never get serious due to him not being over Serafina, and discovers that he has a charming effect on people, who are drawn to his otherworldliness. He begins to use this to his advantage.

In February 1980, Ziggy returns to Abbey Road Studios to record his new songs. During the recording session for what he hopes to be his next single, "Moonage Daydream," another musician walks in who introduces himself as Pink Floyd. And so Strange Fascination: A Love Story begins...

[ghostiegram]

more overwatch lgbt headcanons because i am a man gone mad and it's raining so i got disconnected from overwatch:

sigma- gay. i see him as a pining romantic in his spare time. and spare time is rare for him, given that he is a meticulous scientist with the universe possessing the inner recesses of his brain. but romance is a nice thought for him sometimes.

hanzo- gay. can you imagine this guy dating a woman?? because i sure as hell can't

genji- he's either a bisexual or a token straight take your pic. bro likes women

mercy- she's bi

moira- .. i can't tell exactly what her identity is, but she Does have a ziggy stardust skin so that makes her some form of lgbt. i think she would date women. i was thinking about crackshipping her with junkerqueen just to see what sort of havoc i could create, but there's like no chance they'd actually like each other LMAO. but if anyone feels strongly the opposite, then perhaps i could be convinced

cassidy- cowboys are just lgbt by nature it's part of the trade. bro is probably bisexual or smth

ashe- she's probably a lesbian let's be real. i see so many overwatch women as lesbians. i could probably be convinced to see her as something else though

rein- token straight

torb- another token straight

ana- also straight, but i won't call her a token as a joke because she's a bamf (sorry cassidy she suits the title better)

i don't even know what to think about junkrat. i really don't. same w roadhog.

ramattra is an interesting case. he might be pansexual but i can imagine that he probably has a preference for men/ masc people or omnics? and it's definitely not because i ship him with bob idk how omnic dating works people im doing my best

i can see sojourn as either straight or lgbt, really. she's just a girlboss and i love her

brigitte is a lesbian idk what else to say

dva im unsure about. she's either bi or straight??

widow bi probably.

reaper also bi and i will shit myself if he's canonically confirmed as straight LMAO

idek about zarya or mei..

that's it if i think of any more i'll just add it but the rain is making me sleepy