#explosions and chill

[player-membrane]

How are you Gaz, been busy at work?

[twilight-in-starlight]

You look familiar. @explosions-and-chill

Oh? Wait...are you an Irken? Your little profile picture on your blog is so cute 💖

Sorry, I always thought the Irken species was so weirdly adorable in it's own way.

Hmmm..well I can't say if it was me you saw. Though I did stop by an Irken run planet once. Foodcortia does serve great takeout food.

[andyfire122]

Fictober23 day 17: "I never said it would be easy."

(Fandom: Invader zim. Zes age 6)

“I never said it would be easy.”

Zes just grumbled as she lay there on the ground. Miyuki's words didn't help much. It was still hard for the girl to look at the woman and not think it was a tallest she should be careful around. That's still ingrained in her to follow the superior.

I only need a little time to remind myself why I'm so sick of it. This is gonna be the part where it will hurt more to continue her special training. I've been there before.

She just glared with the same eyes as she once gave purple during her old training sessions. "I'm tired. What's the point of more of this now that we're off Irk?"

"You saw it for yourself. They're just going to look at you as the same species as the ones that killed their families and planets. If I'm not around then you need to be prepared."

Like she shouldn't know what kind of training he did. Miyuki was the tallest. She should know anything. Not like it matters much right now.

Zes just sighed and looked up at the sky. "I've had plenty. I said I'm tired, and you're the one who kept saying you're not the tallest any more. So when I say I'm done right now, I'm done."

The 6-year-old was still trying to get her head on straight anyway. That and there was the guilt of how she left Irk. Just ran to save herself. Leaving her brother, the one thing that mattered on that planet, behind.

“It hasn’t been that long. Besides this is the easy course.”

Miyuki was about to reach to grab Zes's shoulder. Simply to just turn her around. In the months that she had known the girl, just turning seemed to get her back on track when she wasn't paying attention. Zes immediately flinched and just jumped.

No, that was the wrong expression She shouldn’t see that. Just calm down. Miyuki is blue anyway. It’s not purple.

Zes was doing her best to calm herself, or at least appear like it. That was the first time she reacted to something like this before. Well, not on the outside. Miyuki looked shocked at her expression. It was pure fear in the child's face.

"It's nothing! Look, you might not need it, but I do need to rest sometime." She was just nervous now to turn her back on the former tallest.

It didn’t hurt at least...if this was Purple she would have hit me for saying things like that. Well, he would have hit me anyway.

Miyuki didn’t say much. Just lowered her hand. It almost seemed she was remembering something. “I see, it’s...fine. There should be a room safe enough for you to rest.”

Zes just scampered off. It would be later that Miyuki would find the child in a closed-off corner. Sleeping..like someone else she used to know.

[mamawasatesttube]

beef no one at dc thought about but that i would love to see: cassie sandsmark finds out steph (on bruce's orders) nearly got tim exploded to death, when he is the very last one of her emotional support idiots alive, and she does NOT forgive, and she does NOT forget. she will be holding this against steph (and bruce, but that's a whole other list and also this ain't about him) until her dying day. Fucka You, Basard.............. if this moron gets exploded she'll fucking snap because she can't take any more grief. did you even think of that..... no!!!! smh!!!!!!

[orions-aether]

nothing will haunt me like evan kelmp getting his arm exploded to death. nothing will haunt me like "there is a very real part of him that struggles under the effort of staying." nothing will haunt me like "if it depends on what was important to him, then obviously it is his friends" and "all of these things are easy for him to haunt" and "there is something in whatever drifting space he is now that wonders what he mattered to, and if it needs to be even".

nothing will haunt me like "it's easy to drift and to move away, but it's hard to close your eyes when it's so bright around" and "the shadow reaches out, and starts to slowly put objects back in the backpack" and "the main thing I'm going to do is take the shoes off my dead body and put them on."

[walkingstackofbooks]

Garak's shop explosion but Bigger and More Flames and Kira shouting for help to hold back Julian from running into Certain Death and Julian desperately trying to weigh up if he can risk using his enhancements to escape the officers holding him and struggling against them until it finally gets through to him that even if he gets free, he can't survive going through that wall of flames and if he couldn't then Garak couldn't and all of a sudden he's just gone limp and Kira is helping him sit down against a wall before going off to aid the firefighters and he's distantly aware that some people are headed to the infirmary having been caught in the blast and he knows he should get up and help but for some reason he just can't, hes just stuck there, shivering

And ofc Garak is okay in the end, he was just being as flashy as possible (while the explosion was very dramatic at front-of-house, the back of his shop was fairly untouched - including him. Which helpfully serves as more "evidence" that the "assassin out to get him" doesn't usually use bombing as their method)

But this time when it's revealed he blew up his own shop, people are far more angry with him bc if Kira hadn't been there Julian absolutely would have ran into the flames heedless of the risk and while Julian's too relieved Garak is okay to be properly angry for the meantime, everyone else is very much clamoring to yell at Garak for putting their Doctor at risk. And Garak ofc would never have conceived of that as being a potential problem because surely even Doctor Bashir wouldn't be such a self-sacrificing fool for Garak and has no idea how to take it or feel about it.

(Making it in some ways easier for him to accept Tain's offer and hide in it, he doesn't want to have to think about his doctor he wants to bury all of that...)

[laz-here]

How are you feeling after the change back to normal? and yeah I’ve mostly seen you on your dads blog but your blog is very interesting too!!! :)

Saw you on my dad's blog. Came to say hey - @explosions-and-chill

Oh hiiii!!! :D it’s nice to meet you!! I’ve seen you before as well!! Welcome to my blog? Thank you for coming over here! :D

[maukiki1-but-cringefail]

This pictyre iso fucdkign funny these are having their mega ultra super gay moment like its comical how fucking gay thsi is look at takaos face imgoing crazy beo but thats not why its funny its funny cuz these two beign homos n max is just there in the middle third wheeling looking w his big ass eyes like “do your thing”😭😭helop me “now you may kiss the bride” lookin ass MAHSBHSHGWHTFWYWFXVHSJWOEOİWOJWOEJPEIHIPDĞPREİWNKSŞMWVEVYEĞWPをにわふしにれふきちをへちう

[blaka-smoko]

the KaiShin thing leaving the DCMK fanbase in shambles is so funny

Gosho Aoyama introduced a guy-on-guy rivalry early in his series, it exploded into a popular BL ship, then nearly three decades later he reveals that they’re both cousins

that’s like pulling the pin on a grenade, hurling it into the fujoshi/danshi/jin side of your fanbase, and running for your life

[coppercoil-creeper]

Sornieth Pride: Day 11, Non-Binary

Another favorite of mine. This is Rackham, a dowser for the Cavalcade. They used to be rather pale and sickly, but their magic was powerful still. One day, Rackham appeared again, although their plumage had turned into the vibrant colors they have now. With their skills and their new health, Rackham was able to leave their home in the Magmablood Rebuke to greener pastures. They were recruited for their abilities by Ludivina, the boss of the Cavalcade.

[nanaten]

little beast. I was thinking ab this lately, an au where ninten says yes to giegue’s offer. he gets experimented on to become strong (giegue thinks thats love in a weird fucked up little way, to be made stronger, to be made into a weapon) and he’s a funky human alien hybrid thingy

[ryssbelle]

When you've used only Astarion for lock picking and traps the entire playthrough but hes not in your party.

[starliteonearth]

Didn't expect to come out of Transformers One absolutely loving Sentinel Prime and Airachnid but I fucking loved them. Like I'm sorry but they ATE. Another iconic, unapologetically evil, cunty villain duo for the ages I fear.

[smalliinsaneone]

I’ve seen that post about what if for Halloween the Batfam all dress up as each other and patrol like that, but consider: in a universe with Jewish Bruce Wayne (and Tim Drake, obviously), they do the same thing but for Purim. It has the added benefit of confusing all the people who aren’t up on the Jewish holidays, while being a nice nod to their heritage.

[cottagecoresposts]

Human Beach bear again 💞✨

[sysig]

My fourth wall OCs! ♥ (Patreon)

I tried to put everything in the tags but ended up being too long-winded lol, so here it is instead!

For this year’s big behind-the-scenes project, I realized I haven’t given colour references to a lot of my 4th Wall characters! There are...a surprising proportion of femboys who are aware of their existence here now that I look at it lol - I mean technically only Cory and Mint count there but that's still 2/8 - a fourth is kind of a lot! Their sizing is pretty funny to me as well, Cory’s proportions make everyone else look tiny by comparison, he’s just got a very large eye! Set right next to Gijat too, Vortians are so compact - he’s fully grown he’s an adult he’s just small!

Okay, for actuals now, starting left-to-right - while they’re obviously organized by height, it's funny because Cure is also the oldest by creation date. She's front of the line on everything! How silly. She's larger than your average plush bear but only by a little - just enough to be like Mildly intimidating if she approached haha. Puntable - and yet unpuntable lol. It's not just her being the oldest of the lot that makes her more powerful (although that is a contributing factor - she’s aware of her status both in and out of character!). It's not just Kids Rules either since she was made such a long time ago - y'know like ''Oh yeah well my character is [very powerful for X reasons]'' - although yes Also That lol. She's a Fourth Wall OC down to her roots, always intended that way - not everyone here can say that!

Tala also has that edge! Though in a very different way haha - she's also the only one here with a physical counterpart, which is fun :D Means she can go on “actual” adventures and bring that knowledge back with her cartoon versions - both are as real as the other! I keep forgotting her bow, agh, I need to take some more pictures of her sometime so my mental picture of her is more up to date haha

I guess my blankslate HF expression kind of counts?? Lol, it’s mostly for funsies, they’re more like a Concept As Person so?? Sure lol, With Accessories of course lol - haven’t been fighting it much lately so that’s all for now ♪ I wonder if they’ll stay so lucky in the near future hmmm

Gijat! ♥ He ended up being an accidental fourth wall character actually haha, he wasn’t designed with that in mind! He's not meant to know such things, but he did fairly well with it while he was part of the main rotation :) He was designed to be a story character but he ended up being my favourite comfort character so he got a few glimpses out <3 He hasn't for a while though! He's been retired for a long while actually - he's the second oldest character in the lineup after Cure but she had more staying power, sorry Gi <3 I did draw his fairy version not all That long ago tho! It’s hard to let go of anyone for Too long haha

Cory ♥ My sweet special boy <3 He's also the third oldest here! He was the first one to assert himself as a fourth wall OC haha ♪ Cure didn't really congeal into an OC for a long time - she stayed a concept and Gijat was on accident - whereas Cory purposefully and clearly looked outward from the start. He Has a story but it's never been all That developed - he has some non-4th Wall character-friends but his main focus is other, unrelated characters. He's always been very interested in other OCs, a lot of which stems from Bar actually haha - he and Bar are near-contemporaries - they're both featured here for a reason haha

Mint >:| He's...fine. He was inspired from a weird source and has therefore always Been weird - and also asserted himself like Cory. Same story - he has canon story elements but for the most part he's interested in others! Usually in a Pursuit kind of way, and not just limited to my OCs >:/ He needs to behave himself is what - he also has like 1000 outfits and they rarely repeat, ugh, pick one! I wasn’t familiar with the eGirl aesthetic at the time I made him, but he 100% fits it, look at him in his elf ears and heterochromatic contacts smh. I don’t actually know his real eye colour, or hair colour! He wears contacts and dyes his hair and won’t tell me, he even started dating a non-4th wall character without asking! He’s a real wild card

Erase is probably the babiest of the list despite Tala being newer and younger - everyone else was made before Erase! They’ve had had less screen time and less development than everyone else too.They're an incredibly light and oddly harmless fourth wall presence lol for all the danger They pose in Their story :0 They're fairly polite all things considered. They actually have a degree of respect for the fourth wall - unlike Some people (Mint) - probably from acknowledging The Player/Character vs. developer. If there's a hierarchy capable of being distinguished then Erase is going to place Themself in the safest spot. Y'know - to cause problems from lol. I do need to play with Them more - They're fun! But fun isn't quite enough to be full-fledged Interesting just yet, more to do, more to do

It's almost unfair to have Erase right next to Bar lol - possibly my most Interesting OC of all time. First created in 2015 quite soon after Cory, even in the same notebook! He retired in 2017, I think? 2018 at the latest - and then was revived in 2020 and has been here again since. And that's just his timeline! Not counting everything that went into him character-wise. Obviously my sonas don't count as 4th wall OCs because y'know - they're me - but Bar falls kind of unclear of the line between OC and sona, he's always been a weird one. He was initially meant to be an RP character and then over time he developed into a 4th wall OC/sona of a Kind. Nowadays he's a fully-fledged 4th wall OC by design - his change in design from his 2020 revival was meant to represent his transformation thereof - but he's always been weird! If I had to pick a character that I’d consider “overdeveloped” or put too much of myself in - even more than some of my sonas - it'd be him. He's one of my favourites because of that but it's hard to quantify how exactly I feel about him haha. I love him! It's painful! He's great! He's awful! He's very important to me and he'll never return to being what he was first created for again. I do quite like his new design <3 Paying homage to the video that sent him crashing back into relevance for me haha

It was fun to draw everyone :D And it's nice that they all have colour references now! Mint has definitely been the longest without one, everyone else has had at least Something - even Erase! And They're way newer! I did make Mint in a couple online dollmakers but that's not quite the same thing haha, he really needs his clothes hand-drawn :P

It's good to have them all :) They're a fun bunch and I like all of them <3 I think it’s kinda funny and a little strange how few crossovers they’ve had with each other though! So far it’s really only been Tala-Bar-Cory - the rest are aware of each other but haven’t really met, how strange, considering what they are!