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[identifying-ladybugs-in-posts]

Needed to ask my partner something about his meds but my mouth kept wanting to say Coccinella and the letters appearing in my brain said Cycloneda....

Clonidine. The word I was looking for was Clonidine.

[strdst-spdwy]

I posted this all the way back in 2019 and now Marcaniel is explicitly canon and they did a coming out episode what a glorious day to be a gay Miraculous fan

GUYS

THIS

WITH MARCANIEL FEATURING MARINETTE

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SPARKLE SPARKLE SUNSHINE FAQ!

q: what is sparkle sparkle sunshine?

a: she's a magical girl oc that i came up with and made a post about. she's very new as of writing this, and doesn't have a lot of backstory planned out. you can find more about her by going through the '#sparkle sparkle sunshine' tag on my blog.

q: isn't this just [blank]?/you should watch [blank]!/was this inspired by [blank]?

a: from what i've seen in the notes, yes, there's a LOT of anime and webcomics and aus and manga and video games and everything else that follows this formula. im never going to check any of them out, and this wasn't inspired by any of them. the only magical girl things i've ever watched was two episodes of sailor moon and half a season of miraculous ladybug. i'm not claiming to be the most creative person on earth, i'm just coming up with characters.

q: can i draw sparkle sparkle sunshine?

a: yes, you may! i have two pieces of art of her out right now, one of which is linked in the first link, the other one is here. with any luck, i'll get around to making references for her and the other three members of the team soon.

q: what's her city like?

a: her city is based on a mix of washington dc and baltimore. i'll hopefully get some concept art/an idea board out soon. it's called new haiser and it's in maryland.

q: when's the show/comic/whatever coming out?

a: it's not going to. i have lots of other ocs that i like more that are more likely to get media, which, even then, is unlikely because i don't have a lot of time or energy for creating things. she was meant to be a ten note post, not a franchise.

q: how many of the other sparkle sparkle team members are trans?

a: none of them. moonlight is a demigirl and loveheart is butch, but they all identify as cis.

q: so, what are the ships?

originally, i was going to do poly-sparkles, but you guys pissed me off with the shipping questions, so until further notice, they're all single. also moonlight is aegoromantic, starshine is lithrosexual, and loveheart is aroace.

[gnomewithalaptop]

I'm still too distracted to write so here have a list of YJ-cast centric fics that make me froth at the mouth

Kon-centric recs:

I Want It That Way (1990s Tim/Kon) by WynterSky / @wynterstars -- A revamped, 90s-style Superboy origin story with added Lex Luthor AND a lil bit of 90s Robin for spice and flavor. Honestly, this whole series is so elite -- goes hard with the Superboy mythos + angst PLUS the third fic leans hard into the secret identity shenanigans in a way that'd make Miraculous Ladybug jealous. The first fic splits its attention between Tim and Kon, but the latter two are solidly Kon-centric

one plus one (easy math) by connerdrakewayne / @comphetkoncass -- Cassandra Cain and Kon go to a gala together. I'm always a sucker for a good Cass + Kon friendship. This one's very short and sweet, and it gets the job done -- 10/10 would read again

a timeline can be a haunted house by connerdrakewayne -- post-universal reset Kon angst + terrible coping mechanisms! This one goes so hard I read it three times. Tbh this author has an excellent handle on Kon as a character in general, so I honestly recommend just checking out their whole fic stash

Tim-centric recs:

Top 10 Secret Identity Fails by @havendance -- Tim's new English teacher is his on-again-off-again superhero teamup Helena Bertinelli (aka the Huntress). This one's just fun, okay -- the whole thing reads like it could be straight out of Tim's 1993 solo run, plus I love the dynamic between him and Helena. Overall just a very cool vibe

only the dead stay 17 forever by Sky_Dust (couldn't find their tumblr sorry) -- Listen, I've really been restraining myself here, because I realize my love for time-travel bullshit is not universal, but I genuinely couldn't not include this one. This bad boy is a Tim-centric time-loop featuring a seriously unhinged Tim -- definitely a darker tone, but I can't stop rereading it

Bart-centric recs:

reflections on respawning: a gamer's uncertainty by merils / @mamawasatesttube -- Bart has a hard conversation about his death and subsequent resurrection (feat. Kon) man, I just vibe with this one so hard. It's such a thoughtful take on Bart's more contemplative side, while still managing to keep his personality intact

the backlash to the backlash to the thing that's just begun by @kermit-coded -- trans/gnc impulse my beloved <3 also we get some funky Max & Bart bonding, made much rawer and more real by the fact that it's the 90s and nobody knows what they're doing. Again, feels like it's straight out of Bart's solo series

Cassie-centric recs:

you and I, we are more than just this armor by @suzukiblu -- KonCassie bonding + gender feels. They're both so trans in this, and the author does a great job of really digging deep into their complicated feelings (both about gender and about each other)

(also PLEASE somebody give me more Cassie-centric fic recs I'm literally begging you)

Team recs

I'm all yours but you're all mine by suzukiblu -- Poly Core 4 Soulmates AU! Essentially, everybody gets their 'soulmark'/soulmate-identifier (not really, but the best word) right when Kon wakes up in his pod, and because Superboy hasn't really made his big splash yet, they misidentify their soulmate as Superman; this is an issue mainly because 1) they're all 14-15 and Superman is roughly 30-ish, and 2) by the time this fic takes place, Superman is pretty verifiably dead. Currently in-progress, but this is such an interesting and fun take on the usual soulmates trope. I pinky promise you won't regret reading it

Love, Not Loved series by @popsunner -- hoooomygod this series makes me cry literally every time I read it, it's genuinely one of the most realistic representations of grief I've seen on AO3. Basically explores the general fucked-up-edness of pretty much the whole YJ Core 4 Squad dying one by one, with each fic focusing on a different funeral (complete with survivor's guilt, regular guilt, and just plain old complicated feelings). We get Cassie feels, we get Tim feels, we get Bart + Kon feels -- it's the whole shebang. Don't worry -- there's a happy ending eventually, but you def gotta work for it. This series beat me up and stole my lunch money and I'd happily do it all over again

Lost the Last Piece of Me by InsaneTrollLogic / @last01standing -- YJ Core 4 Animorphs AU! I'm sad to say I've never read the original Animorphs series, but every single Animorphs AU I've ever read has been such high quality. Unsurprisingly (I love this author, okay), this fic is no exception to that rule. Solid alien-invasion plot, character driven, and the world-building is explained well enough that even a newbie like me can understand (feat. some TimKon, but it's not the main focus)

Ikonoclast by anantipodean (couldn't find a tumblr) -- Tim and Kon get sent to an alternate reality that's almost (but not quite) like their own. This one's just fun for me -- I love the TimBart buildup and the worldbuilding on the other Earth is a funky time. Also, the other universe's Tim is goth and absolutely cannot stand mainstream-reality Tim, and I find that extremely funny for some reason

[unforth]

Alright not to like liveblog my breakdown on main but yesterday was a really bad day after a really bad, like, 4 months, and I've hit a bit of a breaking point and one of the only things in my life that can give is running @mdzsartreblogs , @tgcfartreblogs , @svsssartreblogs , @erhaartreblogs , @tykartreblogs , and @cnovelartreblogs , so that is what has to give. It's been a 99-out-of-100 days thankless job. A small number of people do say thank you and yall I appreciate you so much (HUGE shout-out to the artist I met at Flamecon who gifted me a zine when I said I ran these blogs, @bonesblubs you rock) but I have never done an act of fandom labor simultaneously this labor intensive yet this invisible before and, uh. It sucks. I spend an hour or more a day on this every day, if it's under 2k hours since I started the first of these in September 2020 I'd be shocked. And I do it because I love it but doing it means I don't have time or energy to do other things I love. And I really don't want to just quit, but I can't keep this up.

In a last-ditch effort to try not to just give up, I'm making the following changes:

1. Only watching one tag per fandom for the MXTX fandoms. I am going to check *only* #tgcf, #svsss, and #mdzs. Artwork posted to any other tag, I will not see unless a mutual reblogs it.

2. Reduced tagging (even more). I'm only going to tag characters and maybe overarching au type (eg, "modern au," "fantasy au"). I'll no longer tag creatures. I will continue to tag the same common trigger warnings I already tag.

3. If a work's appearance doesn't make it obvious what it is AND the tags aren't clear, I'm not going to reblog. I can't keep spending 5 minutes or more trying to figure out what I'm even looking at, scared that if I guess wrong the artist will get mad at me for mistagging their work. If I do reblog, I'll tag only the artist name and/or whatever else I can identify for sure.

4. I am no longer going to follow #link click. The fandom is just too big. I've started dreading checking it. If I was more into it and less busy I would make another spin off just for it but neither of those is true. (The art is so good, I hate to do this, but. If you love link click, highly recommend the main tag, lots of great stuff there.)

5. I will no longer tag any non-cnovel content in the art/post. Like, if someone draws, idek, Xie Lian and Marinette from Ladybug, I'm not gonna put any tags for Marinette, just for Xie Lian.

6. Basically if I run into something hard to tag or confusing or unclear, my new policy is I'm not gonna fricken bother.

I think those are everything but idefk, I cried for 3 hours last night and got 4 hours of sleep so I'm mostly fueled by exhaustion and desperation right now and my memory is even more fried than usual.

How artists can help. This is obviously all optional. You do you. But since some people might want to know what would make my life easier, I'm sharing. I'm not claiming I feel entitled to dictate how people fandom or anything like that.

1. Put the tags for the character(s) and ship(s) early in the tag list.

2. If you make art for a fandom that isn't one of the big ones (right now the only big danmei fandoms on tumblr as far as I can tell are the MXTX fandoms and maybe 2ha) I am begging you to use my tracked tag #cnovelartreblogs

3. Do mdzs art? Tag #mdzs. Do tgcf art? Tag #tgcf. Do svsss art? Tag #svsss.

4. Not only artists, but everyone, *please* stop tagging fandoms not discussed and/or depicted in your post. It's gotten to be stupid common for people to blanket the danmei fandom tags with posts only about one fandon (like, svsss-only works also being tagged mdzs and tgcf and 2ha for some damn reason). This isn't about just my sideblogs tbh this is just fandom etiquette that seems to have been forgotten or never learned by many. Tagging unrelated fandoms isn't "reach," it's annoying. People go into the #mdzs tag to see mdzs, not whatever not-mdzs stuff people have decided to tag for ~reach~, and seeing the same post in 8 tags, none of which it's related to, is so damn irritating, and makes scrolling the tags looking for content that IS relevant take that much longer. Knock it off.

Okay. I think that's as much as I'm prepared to meltdown where everyone can see. Thanks in advance everyone for your understanding, and apologies to everyone about to see this 8 times as I reblog it to each sideblog.

At least I'm not tagging it to everywhere. 🤣🤣🤣

[fandomsforpali]

11 000 children.

This art piece was posted on the 6th of november 2023 when the toll had just reached 10 000, 4000 of those being children. Parents were writing their kids names on their bodies to make it easier to identify when worst comes to worst.

Their hand reads ‘ladybug’ in Arabic.

The toll is now at over 40 000. 11 000 of those were just kids. (Source)

Who is paying the price now?

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— help us unite fandoms to raise money for Palestinian liberation, find all info on our work and how to contribute ( here )

Art by @cheesyakumas

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You've talked a few times about Miraculous' wacky and harmful morals, so what do you personally think are some of the worst offenders?

I think, personally, it's gotta be this idea of persistence always being right. That you should never give up on anything. Marinette should always keep pursuing Adrien even when it continually embarrasses her, leads her into doing some questionable things, and if she tries to change course to Luka or Chat Noir obviously she's hiding from her true feelings. Chat Noir should continue to flirt with and ask out Ladybug even after multiple firm rejections, because they're obviously meant to be and she might grow to love him. Gabriel committing acts of terror and brutally assaulting teenagers in the name of a wish to bring his wife back is totally justified (remember, he died a "hero".), and he's in fact rewarded with power for not giving up on resurrecting her.

Maybe this wouldn't feel as... icky, as it does, in a better written show, "follow your dreams" and "stay determined" are pretty common messages, but... it's okay to decide that you don't want something anymore. That even if you put a lot of time and effort and investment into it, it's not for you, and that's not a failure, it's healthy. *Especially* in the context of romance, when someone isn't interested and actively tells you, or you're engaging in self destructive behavior for another's sake, it's alright to step back, stop, and wash your hands of it. When something isn't working, you don't have to keep trying.

I don't think this rant is about miraculous. Not really. But I think everything I said is still applicable.

For individual episodes, I'd say Qilin is probably the worst from a general society perspective as it completely failed to tell a racism = bad message. As I said in the linked post, I've had people tell me that this episode wasn't about race which shows just how badly the writers did. I actually thought I might have been wrong to assume it was about racism because I'm American and the writers are French so maybe this was a cultural bias thing? Turns out, no, it was supposed to be about racism they just totally failed to do it in a clear manner.

For overall themes, I'd say the abuse apologia is probably the worst from a general society perspective as it can be incredibly difficult to identify emotional abuse in your own life. Little Adriens and little Chloes who are watching this show should have been told that their parents were in the wrong. Instead, the show invalidated their reality which can lead to actual harm and that's far more concerning than the bad perseverance lessons because the perseverance lessons are so muddled that I'm not sure how clear they are.

That's not to say that the perseverance lessons aren't concerning. The writers have these characters stay focused on things that are genuinely bad for their health. A fact the show seems oblivious to even though "pick your battles" is a wonderful lesson for audience members of all ages. Makes me think of a quote I've seen tossed around before:

Every dead body on Mt. Everest was once a highly motivated person so maybe calm down a bit?

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

Umm so I had a thought...

You know how Marinette and Gabriel are supposed to be foils, and there are clear mirrors in both their personalities and their ambitions. Except- you know, Gabriel is evil and power hungry and selfish, whereas Marinette is motivated by justice and is incredibly self-sacrificing.

What if Miraculous continues to draw this parallel between protagonist and antagonist, except this time not with Marinette... this time with Adrien?!

At first glance, there might be very little tying Lila (cerise?... for the sake of this post she is Lila) and Adrien together. But delving further there are actually quite a lot of parallels.

Adrien and Lila are both social chameleons who had been showcased by Gabriel to function as a figurehead for his company. They are both desperate to make friends and social connections at school (albeit for different reasons), have a preoccupation with Maribug, and both come from very mysterious/shady backgrounds. The main difference, again, between these characters is that Adrien acts with empathy and altruism, and Lila acts with maleficence and self-interest.

The Adrien and Lila parallel has actually been referenced a few times in the show, but what I find most interesting is the scene at the end of the episode "Ladybug" where Adrien makes his first threat to Lila.

This episode follows a pattern of nearly every Lila episode, where Lila does something and Marinette is powerless to act. And while it is shown in season 5 that Marinette does in fact manage to take Lila down, we as the audience are well aware that she is far from gone and will be coming back with new vengeance.

The thing is, prior to that season 5 episode, Adrien's threat is the first thing to actually work. Adrien understands Lila, by nature of his life I am sure, he is surrounded by Lila's all day. While we know that Adrien chooses to see the best in people and may take time to identify threats to himself and those he loves, once he does, he is well adept at handling manipulators. After all, he'd hardly be able to survive in his own home if he couldn't.

In seasons 1-5 it became clear that Ladybug, moreso that Chat Noir, was able to defeat Hawkmoth, because she understood the way he thought and was able to plan accordingly. Already in the London special, Ladybug was having trouble facing the new Hawkmoth. Notably, Chat Noir was not there.

I just wonder what the potential dynamic will be between Chat Noir and the New Hawkmoth and if in fact, they will be positioned as foils...

[laswells-ashtray]

I'm so sorry if I'm clogging your inbox but I'm nothing but a hyperactive gal with chronic brain rot

Domestic Kate Laswell?

Domestic Kate Laswell who gets into not-so-quiet arguments with household appliances.

Domestic Kate Laswell who sits at the kitchen table and doomscrolls while her wife makes a recipe she saw on Instagram reels.

Domestic Kate Laswell in ratty lounge clothes with her hair pulled in a tangled ponytail, somehow holding a cat, book, and a bag of Lays.

I saw Kate Laswell and immediately knew what I had to do. Not apologising for this, I like Laswell posting so it's gonna be long. Also, when it comes to Station Chief Kate "I love my wife" Laswell, there is no clogging my inbox.

Kate Laswell, the esteemed woman she is routinely argues with their toaster because it's broken but she refuses to get a new one because it was the first ever appliance she bought herself. She and her wife have the money to purchase hundreds of new toasters but she refuses because this one is her toaster. Sarah Laswell has walked into their kitchen on multiple occasions to find Kate talking to this fucking toaster. "You under-toast the bread and then you over-toast the bread. Just toast my fucking bread correctly." "Let's get a new-" "No."

Kate, who has a Pinterest board full of recipes that she thinks Sarah might like to try and she'll send them to her wife only to find that it's the same recipe from the Instagram reel that Sarah had bookmarked last night. So, now she sits and watches videos about behind-the-scenes facts from movies while Sarah argues with herself about how much garlic is too much garlic.

Kate, who spends her day off on the couch with Minnie, their Maine Coon, on her lap with a book resting on Minnie's back and a bag of chips held between her chest and the cat. She's wearing sweatpants that are so old she can't identify what logo used to be on the leg. Her shirt is definitely Sarah's because there's green paint around the collar and it matches the green in the painting above their mantel.

Kate Laswell, who can routinely be heard threatening to put one of her cats in the soup. What soup, you ask? The soup.

Kate, who very `begrudgingly` agrees to let Sarah buy the cat Halloween costumes. And then days later sends John a series of photos. Minnie, their big, glorious, sophisticated girl, is dressed like a hotdog. Borris, her favourite grumpy old man, has a stupid Dracula cape. Dolly, has on a costume that makes her look like Yoda. And John's favourite of their cats, Dot, the little mold spore has tiny ladybug wings because they were the only thing small enough to fit her. Kate makes a photo of the four cats and Sarah her laptop wallpaper. John makes a photo of Dot in her tiny wings his phone wallpaper.

Kate Laswell, the professional woman who after having spent 26 hours awake sits and scrolls through Facebook one night on Sarah's phone. Except she doesn't actually look at any of the posts, she just sits scrolling with her thumb for ten minutes before she realises what she's been doing. Sarah waits until after she's tucked her wife in to lose it laughing in the other room.

Kate and her wife who parallel play on their phone. They'll sit on the couch with a movie they've seen countless times in the background while Kate plays solitaire and Sarah does her daily word search on her favourite app.

Kate, who does that thing I've noticed literally every woman do when they're on the phone at home and they start doodling in the corner of the nearest bit of paper. It starts as squiggles, then they draw black circles and eventually there are various little flowers scattered across the page.

Kate, who absolutely adores the movie 9 to 5 and will throw it on whenever everything in her job starts to become a bit too suffocating. Sarah recognises the action and immediately orders dinner from their local Thai place. The man who owns it knows the two by name, she doesn't have to order, she just has to call up and she hears "it'll be about half an hour" over the phone. More often than not on those days they'll fall asleep on the couch together like they did at the start of their relationship.

Kate and her wife, who like to make gingerbread cookies at Christmas and decorate them. Sarah is amazing at it when she's not giving the gingerbread ladies gumdrop titties. And then there's Kate, she tries, she genuinely does but every year a photo of her gingerbread folks gets sent to a group chat with her, Sarah, John and Nikolai where they are subsequently body-shamed beyond belief. She saves some for Nik anyway and he accepts them gratefully.

Kate and her beloved blue shirt that she wears to work and owns three of because the first one mysteriously disappeared. Coincidentally, Sarah started baking in the kitchen in nothing but a pale blue shirt and Batman underwear around the same time. Her second has a blood stain on the cuff from where John had grabbed her, not knowing his palm was sliced open and he'd stained the light material with blood. He had felt horrible, Kate brought up the time she'd drunkenly thrown up on a pair of his nice shoes years ago when they were younger and more reckless. They moved on. That shirt is now her "Sarah has roped me into helping paint" shirt. If anyone fucks up her last shirt then she's asking Nikolai, John and Sarah separately all to get her a new one for her birthday so she'll have a decent stock of them.

Sarah, who has to keep a stock of Dr Pepper and Mountain Dew in the fridge because Dr Pepper is her favourite and Mountain Dew is Kate's but the other woman would never admit it or buy it for herself because she's weirdly embarrassed by it. But amongst a very small group of people, it is common knowledge, Station Chief Kate Laswell's favourite drink is Mountain Dew.

And lastly:

Kate Laswell, the woman who once snapped a man's neck with his own gun, is also the woman who loves her wife's family. When they get asked to babysit baby Katie [named after Laswell], the two women agree before the question is even half out of the relative's mouth. In fact, you're right, they should keep baby Katie for the night just to give her parents a night off because they're kind like that. No other reason. And this little girl adores her aunts, if Kate is near then the toddler is by her side clinging to her pant leg.

So, they go shopping and get snacks. They also get baby Katie a new stuffed elephant because she really needed one and who were they to deprive her. Then they go home and change into their respective comfy clothes. Katie's is a little shark onesie and the two women take no less than 19 photos. They spend the day drawing pictures with little Katie, and eventually, it results in the toddler colouring in Sarah's tattoos and drawing Kate some of her own. Eventually, they order some takeout from their local Chinese place and watch Zootopia with their favourite niece. Hours later Sarah takes a photo of big Kate fast asleep on the couch with little Kate asleep on her chest. Kate has an arm around the little girl and the toddler has a fistful of her t-shirt. The next day they very reluctantly take their niece home but not without managing to persuade her parents to let them take her in two weeks time again.

[k1ng-r0wan]

Since it's been a while, how's about I update my introduction post?

Hello! My name is Rowan, I am the artist who runs this blog. I'm 21 years old (currently) and go by he/him pronouns, identifying as trans, gay and asexual (said info being on the drawing above).

I usually post drawings either of my original characters or for the different fandoms I enjoy (though I mostly pivot between my hyperfixations specifically). I'll include these fandoms in the tags to make people aware what I'm willing to post/draw if anyone happens to have a request (I'll also update it if I miss anything/need to add any).

I tend to mostly draw, but I can also animate and occassionally post videos to my YouTube channel. I also now have an Art Fight account if anyone want to add me.

I also have a Ko-fi now if y'all wanna support me and maybe commission me (once I finally have it set up 💀)!!!

Here are some tags I may use for my content:

#kr lore - basically just oc lore

#kr ocs - anything involving my original characters

#kr art - art of my original characters

#KR - used for all my art (including art that isn't oc stuff) or just whatever posts I myself create

If you are mayhaps interested in seeing more of my silly ocs, I do have an ask blog called @ask-row-and-friends (although it is on an indefinite hiatus).

I am extremely busy with university kicking my ass, but I will try to answer any asks I can and post whatever art I make here.

[I will put the bigger hyperfixations in the tags, but here's the whole list below the cut for those who may be curious]

Major hyperfixations will be in red:

Dialtown, Dayshift at Freddy's, Deadpool and Wolverine (but also Deadpool as a whole), Undertale, Undertale Yellow, Deltarune (including many more of the aus and fangames), The Henry Stickmin Collection, Gravity Falls, Pokémon, The Spiderverse films, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Murder Drones, The Amazing Digital Circus, Maxley (yes, the ship lmao), FNAF, Omori, Detroit Become Human, Danganronpa, Mystery Skulls, Mouthwashing, Friday Night Funkin, Animal Crossing, Welcome Home, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, Walten Files (also other analog horrors), Miraculous Ladybug, Steven Universe and more if I remember to add them

[prismaticpichu]

B, C, F!!

You got it!! 💕

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Any of your stories inspired by personal experience? ~ Yes!!! One of my personal favorite fics, Lightning, has a huge focus on PTSD and the sense of confusion that comes with spontaneous triggers/episodes. For instance, (and without getting into too much detail) I myself have been able to handle being in a room full of drunk people just fine- while other times looking at a wine glass can cause my heart to pick up speed. Sephiroth in that fic is plagued by horrible memories of being electrocuted by Hojo as a child (triggered by a storm outside), yet is left confused and ashamed, claiming that he has been able to handle trekking through thunderstorms in the past without ever breaking a sweat. The point I was trying to get across there is that, sometimes- and as Zack puts it- PTSD episodes can be completely random, like “lightning having the chance to strike a tree.” Sometimes, we’re just hit by it when other times we’re not. And that’s okay <333 It’s absolutely okay.

What character do you identify with most? ~ ON A LIGHTER NOTE LOL I think I see a lot of parallels in myself to Zack!! It’s hard to always stay positive- especially when his world seems to be imploding- but the young First always tries his best to keep everyone’s spirits high!! I imagine he’s someone who genuinely finds catharsis in making others smile, even when he himself is having trouble doing so. He’s the exact kind of person I strive to be: kind, optimistic, and loyal until the very end!! <333

Care to share a favorite hurt/comfort fic? ~ Absolutely!!! How about I share a few?? <333 (and it doesn’t specify that they have to be MINE soooooo~)

• Warning: Flash Photography by @tardistype221b ~ absolutely ADORE this fic for its implementation of very realistic PTSD- with the flashbacks beautifully laced throughout!!- and Zack being there to comfort his best friend <333 ahhhhhh!!!

• A Haven of Hyacinths by @dyradoodles ~ Just PEAK catharsis wherein a Jenova-purified Seph is reunited with Zack in the Lifestream <333

• Footfalls by @altocat ~ another extremely cathartic ride, only it’s post-Nibelheim addition!! <333 Zack is essentially doing what he does best- carrying a delirious Sephiroth across the snowy mountains as they escape ShinRa’s clutches <333 All with the most beautiful writing you can imagine!!

• Poster Boy by copper_nights ~ Protective Angeal being the best friend on the face of Gaia <33333 Gahhhh I love this author sm!!! So many amazing fics in their arsenal!!

• When the Stars Shine Brightest by @lucky-ladybugs-lovelies (I believe this is the right blog??? Plz forgive me person I tag if it’s not!! 😂❤️) ~ anyway lol THIS FIC MADE ME CRY. LIKE… IT LEGITIMATELY DID. NO OTHER FIC HAS MADE ME CRY BEFORE OR SINCE. Fic follows an extremely shattered Sephiroth in the aftermath of Zack’s death- having been killed on a mission. That’s all I can say without spoiling the rest, bc it’s really worth going in blind <333 Do note that 1) this fic is on FF.Net and might need a little more digging to get to and 2) it is a sequel fic- but I promise you its predecessor, Shine Until Tomorrow, is worth the read itself <333 It’s really just an incredible story she tells, and i’ve always been such a HUGE fan of her worldbuilding <333 SOLDIER always feels so alive!!! As do the characters!!

(Side note- if you ever fsr wondered where my love for Zack & Seph came from, it started here 😂 With this wonderful author!!!)

[identifying-ladybugs-in-posts]

Species Masterpost

A list of the species that have been featured on this blog so far! Work in progress.

A

Adalia - x

Adalia bipunctata - x - 2 spotted

Adalia decempunctata - x - 10 spotted

Anatis - x

Anatis labiculata - x - 15 spotted

Anatis mali - x - eye spotted (american)

Anatis ocellata - x - eyed (european)

Anatis rathvoni - x - flying saucer

Anisosticta

Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata

Aiolocaria

Aiolocaria hexaspilota

Apolinus - x

Apolinus lividigaster - x - yellow shouldered

Azya - x

Azya orbigera - x

B

Brachiacantha - x

Brachiacantha arizonica - x

Brachiacantha ursina - x

Brumoides

Brumoides ohtai

C

Calvia - x

Calvia albida - x

Calvia decemguttata - little arboreal

Calvia muiri

Calvia quatuordecimguttata - cream spotted

Ceratomegilla

Ceratomegilla notata

see also: Hippodamia notata - x

Cheilomenes - x

Cheilomenes bidentata - x

Cheilomenes lunata - x - lunate

Cheilomenes sexmaculata - x - 6 spotted zigzag

Chilocorus

Chilocorus kuwanae - Kuwana's lady beetle

Chilocorus nigritus - Malaysian ladybird beetle

Chilocorus rubidus

Coccinella - common lady beetles - x

Coccinella leonina - orange spotted - x

Coccinella monticola - x - mountain

Coccinella novemnotata - 9 spot - x

Coccinella septempunctata - 7 spot - x

Coccinella transversalis - x - transverse lady

Coccinella trifasciata - x - 3 banded lady

Coccinula - x

Coccinula quatuordecimpustulata - x

Coelophora - x

Coelophora inaequalis - x - seaside

Coleomegilla - x

Coleomegilla maculata - x - pink spotted

Cryptolaemus - x

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

Curinus - x

Curinus coeruleus - x

Cycloneda - spotless lady beetles - x

Cycloneda emarginata - x

Cycloneda munda - x

Cycloneda polita - x

Cycloneda pulchella - x

Cycloneda sanguinea - spotless lady beetle - x

D

Declivitata - x

Declivitata olivieri - x

E

Epilachnini - x - leaf eating (tribe)

Epilachna - x

Epilachna borealis - x - squash beetle

Epilachna vigintisexpunctata

Exochomus - x

Exochomus quadripustulatus - x - pine ladybird

F

G

H

Halmus - x

Halmus chalybeus - x - steelblue lady beetle

Halyzia

Halyzia sedecimguttata - orange ladybird

Henosepilachna - x

Henosepilachna argus - x

Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata - x

see also: Epilachnini - x

Harmonia - x

Harmonia axyridis - x

Harmonia conformis - x

Harmonia testudinaria - x

Hippodamia - oblong lady beetles - x

Hippodamia americana - x

Hippodamia apicalis - x

Hippodamia convergens - convergent lady beetle - x

Hippodamia hieroglyphica - x

Hippodamia notata - x

Hippodamia oregonensis - x

Hippodamia parenthesis - x

Hippodamia quinquesignata - 5 spotted lady beetle - x

Hippodamia tredecimpunctata - 13 spotted lady beetle - x

Hippodamia variegata - variegated lady beetle - x

I

Illeis

Illeis galbula

J

K

L

M

Mulsantina - x

Mulsantina picta - x

N

Naemia - x

Naemia seriata - x

Novius - x

Novius bellus

Novius cardinalis - x

Novius circumclusus

Novius fumidus

Novius iceryae

Novius koebelei

Novius virginalis

O

Oenopia - x

Oenopia lyncea - x

P

Papuaepilachna - x

Papuaepilachna guttatopustulata - x

see also: Epilachnini - x

Paranaemia - x

Paranaemia vittigera - x

Propylea

Propylea japonica

Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Psyllobora - fungus-eating lady beetles - x

Psyllobora borealis - western fairy ladybird - x

Psyllobora lata - x

Psyllobora nigrovittata - x

Psyllobora picta - x

Psyllobora renifer - kidney spotted - x

Psyllobora roei - x

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata - 22 spot ladybird - x

Psyllobora vigintimaculata - 20 spot ladybird - x

Q

R

S

Scymninae (subfamily)

Scymnini (tribe)

Scymnus - x

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Non ladybugs

All can be found under tag #not a ladybug

Beetles

Coleoptera - x

Chrysomelidae - x

Aspidimorpha miliaris

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Crioceris duodecimpunctata

Endomychus coccineus

Spiders

Araneae - x

Eresus - x

Eresus sandaliatus

Paraplectana thorntoni

Mammals

Bos taurus

Felis catus

[egberts]

Well the ladybug from a bugs life is, not actually a lady, he doesn't even identify as a lady he identifies as a guy

that's why I told him DNI ? the post was about lady bugs and he's a man

[coffbeanie]

Posting Celestoro’s full design just cause some bits were cut off along with some info on my bby <3

-Baraan’s hairpin is on the back of Ceri’s head, and the pin is used to keep Celestoro’s bun up!

-She also gives her holders two daggers.

-They’re meant to be pretty blunt so they’re melee defense weapons -think of them like Wonder Woman’s bracelets-they can deflect shots/beams, or just as mini shields for other melee weapons

-Defensively you can also just bonk people with them

-I also like the idea of the two daggers being able to connect, so it can turn into a double edged spear thing.

-Also have an idea that they can connect into nunchucks cause it sounds cool

-Design wise they fit is meant to be kinda ballet-esque

-That’s kinda my reasoning for the ribbons, along with the fact thats it a more fem thing

-I also tried to include the taurus symbol in their design, but it was kinda difficult

-I also like the idea of their skirt being able to detatch, and maybe when it does it can change colors so it can turn into a matador like cape

-Idk if other miraculous holders can kinda do whatever with their kwami then Celestoro can do whatever they want too

-As for their debut episode (under the cut)

-Don’t ask me about it

-If i gotta be honest idk how my fellas get their miraculous

-Does ladybug give it to them? Does the guardian of this miracle box give it to them? I’m not sure yet i’m mainly just making these guys to do character design plus ship them with characters

-I have a few ideas for who the villain in their debut episode could be

-In their original debut episode we would see their dance instructor and their students, and maybe one of them could be akumatized

-Either that, or maybe we could do a Silencer 2 and have Celestoro make their debut then

-I’m leaning for this cause if you could’t tell, I ship them with Luka and I like it when couples have to face each other, one as an akuma and one as a hero

-But besides that I’m also leaning towards Luka helping Ceri realize they’re genderfluid-i didn’t mention this but a part of Ceri being akumatized into Stopwatch is that Ceri kind of knows they dont identify with the gender they were born as

-That’s why they start with they/them pronouns-they know they identify as something else, but they didn’t put “contemplate gender” in their schedule so they have no real time for reflection

-As it’s a lot more noticeable for them when they were overcome with the stress that led to Stopwatch

-And after the events of Stopwatch, while not maybe shown but with Celestoro’s debut, it’s obvious that Luka and Ceri have been hanging out a lot, and while Ceri hasn’t told Luka anything, Luka kinda knows

-During the episode if Silencer was the akuma, we’d see Luka and Ceri talking, Ceri is being open to him about their struggles with their identity, and Luka would present the idea that maybe they’re genderfluid, but Ceri isn’t quite accepting of that at first

-Sticking with this, I’d like for Luka’s akumatization to reflect Ceri’s issues somewhat when they were akumatized (and also an issue i have with his character)

-Cause i get the ha ha funny of that one scene where Luka is just giving out free therapy sessions to everyone

-But why is this child giving therapy to adults that cannot be healthy

-So Luka feels a bit of weight cause he just knows everyone’s issues and feels so pressured to help and worries that he can’t, which leads to him being akumatized into Silencer again cause he needs everyone to shut up for a minute

-Ceri is chosen to get Baraan and become Celestoro because their ability will literally allow them to get close enough without being silenced, but because their whole thing being Loyalty is meant to convey to Luka that Ceri will always be there for him and Luka can always speak to them-they’ll listen, but Ceri can’t do that if they can’t hear Luka’s voice

-Guys its full circle trust

-Gotta be straight honest i’m just yapping and throwing ideas out

-So yeah that’s all i got

-Pls lemme know if u have any questions or even any ideas to help me out

[lamiafaae]

RIP to this Asian lady beetle larva I was photographing nearly every day including in a molt between instars. I was hoping to track it through pupation and adulthood. But I haven't seen it since the high wind events that kicked up the LA wildfires. I'm assuming it got dislodged during those, poor thing.

Harmonia axyridis larvae can be identified by their distinctive double-ended spikes. I've noticed iNaturalist struggles with IDing the smaller instars, and only picks up on the upside-down-U-shaped orange spot pattern of later instars (photos 6-7 above).

On iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259261524

Friendly reminder: Asian lady beetles ARE a species of ladybug, any post saying they are "not ladybugs" is at BEST well-intentioned misinformation, and any comments saying they should be killed on sight are NOT welcome here.

[axilarycobra]

Axilarycobra Introduction

Hello! Making a new pinned post with more stuff.

INTRODUCTION: I'm Axilarycobra, but you can call be Axi. I am 19 years old.

I'm nonbinary and use they/them and he/him pronouns with no preference. I also identify as queer in general and aro-spec.

THIS BLOG: This blog is mainly dedicated to Wings of Fire! I'm newer to Tumblr and I'm not usually the kind of person to be super active in fandom spaces, so I post quite a bit but I may not be the best at interacting with others. I rarely use my home page and just use tags to find things.

There are a few things that I post frequently and I recently started using tags that should help them be easier to find on my blog. If these haven't been added to all of my posts, I will go through and add them eventually:

⭐#my headcanons / Wings of Fire headcanons- since most of my headcanons are for Wings of Fire, both of these should bring up the same thing, although I've used Wings of Fire headcanons more

⭐#Axilarycobra art - if I continue to post art here, I will use this tag for it

⭐#lgbtq heacanons - although all of these would fall under Wings of Fire headcanons, I do make lgbtq headcanons for other series so if I ever started to post about those, this would bring all those up

⭐#Axi WoF Designs - my Wings of Fire character designs made on the official Joy Ang tribe art.

MAIN INTERESTS: ⭐Wings of Fire (hyperfixation / main focus of this blog)

⭐My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

⭐Epic Mickey (my first and longest hyperfixation, lasting ~ 12-ish years)

⭐Squid Game (newest hyperfixation, hitting me really hard 😔)

⭐Miraculous Ladybug: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

⭐Fortnite

⭐Subnautica

⭐Five Nights at Freddy's (hyperfixation)

CHARACTERS I LOVE: ⭐Oswald the lucky rabbit (Epic Mickey / my all time favorite character from any media)

⭐Fatespeaker (Wings of Fire)

⭐Peril (Wings of Fire)

⭐Prescott (Epic Mickey 2)

⭐Ortensia the cat (Epic Mickey)

⭐Withered Bonnie (FNaF 2)

⭐Lolbit (FNaF:SL / also very important character to me)

⭐Randall Boggs (Monsters Inc.)

FUN FACTS: ⭐My favorite color is gold

⭐My favorite weather are rainstorms and lightning storms

⭐I'm left handed

⭐I'm a really picky eater

⭐I love to do study abroad trips and have so far gone to China and South Korea. I hope to do more in the future.

SOCIALS:

Instagram - Art / character designs (not used as frequently anymore)

DeviantArt - Art

Wattpad - Some fanfiction writing (not actively posting)

Art Fight - always looking forward to it!