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Just checking back in with the Thunderfam to say I am still out here and still plodding on.

Real life is sapping my energy right now and I'm not on Tumblr or reading/writing the boys much at the moment. I know I'm missing out on loads of great works but hopefully, when life is more sorted, I'll be back and bouncing.

Dipping back in though and finding myself tagged and mentioned in so many posts has given me a happy glowy feeling. I'll try and get round to taking part in the various first line, last line etc posts I've been tagged in but I wanted to let you know that it means a lot to be remembered, even though I've been very quiet lately.

So @ak47stylegirl @eirabach @hodgehegposts @gumnut-logic @willow-salix @tsarinatorment @myladykayo and all you others that have been sending good stuff my way - thank you. The thunderfam are a good bunch and I hope to be back and joining in again properly soon(ish).

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The SpaceBears have found another head to invade! Bless their cute little cotton socks

Fab Five Feb - Alan

Something really short this week… and something that took me a little by surprise, honestly! I hadn’t planned to go there yet but the Spacebears spoke to me and said they wanted something too.

As usual, many thanks to @willow-salix for beta-reading and putting up with me when I whine about not being confident about what I’m posting (I’m still not. lol)

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Kayo knocked on the door. Hearing no answer, she turned the handle and pushed gently before peering into the room. Her protégé was standing by the window, wearing only his white shirt and dark gray trousers. His back was to her and the tension in his shoulders was quite obvious. She couldn’t help but smile as she stepped inside, closing the door behind herself quietly. 

“Not long to go now,” she told the young man.

The day was perfect, just warm enough. When he looked down at the unfastened bowtie in his hands, the sun lit his warm auburn curls with a hint of rich mahogany. This was the most silent Brandon Berrenger had ever been in her presence, and she had known him for a few years now. She joined him at the window. She wasn’t fooled. She knew he wasn’t looking at the peaceful view outside.

“Do you think he could, like, say no?” he asked after a while, his voice barely above a whisper.

Kayo bit her lip, fighting the urge to smile again, then looked up at him. The Bear was expressive, over-enthusiastic and loud—he was the showman his viewers expected him to be. It was his armor. There was no trace of the Bear in front of her today. It was only Brandon, a little paler than usual, his large, expressive eyes showing a hint of sadness or worry.

“Why would he do that?”

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To read the rest of Peas in a Pod, it’s this way!

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and I         I didn’t know I was lost

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More SpaceBears content!! Love the protective family. These two just want to be together.

Fictional Kiss Prompt SpaceBears Edition

For @hedwigstalons for writing many many Alan Tracy/Brandon Berrenger fics that make my day

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1. Breaking the kiss to say something, staying so close that you’re murmuring into each other’s mouths.

A thousand years. It’s been a thousand years since he last saw him and there has never been as much anticipation on his heart and mind than now.

Ok so maybe he’s exaggerating, it has only been 2 and a half months, but it feels like an eternity.

Brandon has been dating Alan a total of 5 months and 18 days, more than half of that time online, and yet there is nothing that has ever felt more painful than the blonde’s absence. Between Alan’s job with International Rescue and Brandon’s vlogging and work with Lemaire they don’t get a lot of time to talk, let alone see each other in person.

There were many doubts when they started going out, like the distance and time problem, or Brandon’s reputation to have a different partner every night while he travelled to all the expos and different meetings or competitions he attended. But, after many threats delivered by many big brothers and a sister (including one that promised something involving a shovel, a skunk and pain) he had the whole Tracy blessing and a date with Alan.

Now, almost 6 months later he was pacing a hole on the living room floor of his flat, waiting for Alan to arrive because he insisted on renting a car instead of letting Brandon pick him up. With a whole week ahead of themselves and Brandon’s lack of a car, it may be a good idea to have one, but the extra waiting was killing him.

His thoughts wandered to all the problems his boyfriend way have come across on his way from the airport, and after what was probably one to many spirals down the negative lane of thoughts, he heard the noise of footsteps outside of his door, followed by knocking.

Practically running to the entrance, he opened the door and came face to face with the smiling Tracy, and felt the breath get knocked out of him. Smiling, he moved aside to let Alan in before closing the door behind him and turning around.

Without warning, they both closed the distance between them and kissed, making up for all those months apart.

After what felt like hours but where probably only a few minutes they pulled apart and Brandon let his forehead rest against Alan’s, opening his eyes to look at the bright blue ones in front of him.

“Hey” whispered Alan smiling.

“Hey” he whispered back.

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Y’all ready for earth & sky week?

A few months ago, I asked if there’d be any interest in an earth and sky week and got a pretty cool response to that post. So @sonatanotwo​ and I are hella proud to announce the Thunderfam’s first Earth and Sky week.

We’re going to launch it on Monday 29th March and it’ll end with a bang on Scotty boy’s birthday which is Sunday 4th April (and TAG’s sixth anniversary, heck time’s going faster than TB1)

To help you guys out with inspo, we’ll provide a different theme each day along with a song from earth & sky’s soundtrack and a quote that loosely matches the theme. Feel free to mix and match and include your own ideas in any format if nothing grabs ya. All we ask is that you have fun and maybe don’t kill them, please <33

A lil selection of what we have planned includes: Scenes Unseen. Sword and Shield. Bridge Over Troubled Water. POPCORNGATE. Blue and Green. “People are just for a lifetime. History is forever.” and many more to float your boats.

We’re going to be using #Earth&Sky2021 to keep track of submissions and our askboxes are open in the meantime if you have any questions or suggestions.

See you in the sky 💙

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@willow-salix , it's the inspiration for the Tale of the Bell!

Just a little reminder of HOW GENTLE is this sweet boy and how he can handle EVERYTHING just fine :)💚

(I mean, imagine if it was Scott instead; “Wanna believe it or not got no time to explain for you and hope if you would ever understand or not Wich I doubt you do and don’t you dare to joke about my dad next time GOT IT?! Now do whatever I tell you OR YOU’LL BE SORRY” man I can see a HARD BIG fight starts there -_-)

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Grabs that space carrot and clings on.

You are a wonderful person @misssquidtracy

A grating of Space Carrot for @willow-salix and @hedwigstalons, because they are both so amazing and strong ❤️🌎🌙🌟☄️

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Oh wow. That's some dedication to the birthday boy. It looks amazing

Birthday Cake! 💛

Happy Birthday to my favouritest boi in the world! 💛

Many thanks to my wives @willow-salix​, @olliepig​ and @inertplanetary​ for talking me down when I threatened to hurl the cake board out the window after the dry tubes screwed me over 😅

And many thanks to my girl @godsliltippy​ for the amazing teas! 😘

Flavour is lemon curd sponge, in-keeping with the yellow theme of the day 💛

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A new bag means it's time to update my pin selection. Can you spot the themes?

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What the what now? Um. So many questions here.

The Ghost of Thunderbird Two

By Ned Cook

Conspiracy theorists are going wild with speculation after a sighting of a ‘ghost Thunderbird’ six months after the loss of Thunderbird Two and three of the Tracy sons.

Multiple witnesses claimed to have seen the great green cargo plane through heavy smoke during the bushfire crisis in New South Wales, Australia.  The sudden downgrade of the fire at the time of the sightings would tend to agree with this possibility, however, due to the lack of both video footage and sensor recordings, many are dismissing these claims as wishful thinking.

International Rescue as an organisation has been stood down since the disaster that took those three heroic lives last year. The world remembers the horrific footage of the massive Thunderbird Two hovering over the Thames exploding into flames.

The cause of the tragedy has yet to be determined and as per international agreements with the rescue organisation, all property was retrieved by the Tracy family after survival of the operatives was negated.

‘Birdspotters, as they call themselves, refuse to be defeated and continue to claim that the green Thunderbird still flies, whether it be reborn or only in spirit.

Colonel Jeff Tracy, still in mourning and secluded on his private island with his remaining family, refused to comment.

Truth or flight of fantasy? Personally, I think we can only wish the Tracys all the peace we can offer. This is a family that has sacrificed far too much.

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Tally has been a little absent lately so I thought I would reel myself back in with some Nutty fic. And what do I find? That Nutty has deviated from thwacking Virgil with anything she can get her creative mitts on and has set her whumping sights on John.

Looks like I will need to stick around, if only to make sure she doesn't make him turn septic or something equally nasty

Repercussions (Bit 1)

This one is @the-lady-razorsharp​ ‘s fault because she pointed out this post. Of course, she is probably why it took a sharp turn at Thunderbird Five and landed in John’s lap while on it’s way to Scott. :P

We have Em Harris in this one. My OC from Gentle Rain. This occurs sometime after that fic, before Em becomes part of IR, and apparently appears to be documenting part of that joining IR bit ::eyes muse:: This was just supposed to be a scene.

But anyway, I hope you like it. About 1500 words or so with more to come. My writing has been slowed lately due to busy and more recently, not being well and it is very annoying. Holidays are coming at the end of the week, so yay!

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She knew it had been a bad one. Even if she hadn’t had a direct line to Thunderbird Five, the news nets had grabbed the action and thrown it across every available device.

International Rescue had been called into an incident with a space freighter and a civilian residential Earth orbiter. Hundreds of people, most in the higher economic bracket, were endangered.

Thunderbird Three had been deployed.

And Thunderbird Five.

Em and Eos had an understanding and the AI kept her updated on the status of the rescue. Her concise reports slipped in between clients and the bustle of the day. Most were reassuring. Scott was up there with Alan. John was out with his exosuit. Numbers of persons saved, the stark numbers of injured and lost.

It was those numbers that had her itching at her desk. The questions of her patients regarding how much weight they should lose versus how much candy they were allowed was in stark contrast to what those poor people were going through.

She had to speak to Scott. He was against her letting her practise go and getting too tied up in IR, but how could she not? How could she stand by when she could help?

She knew he meant well. Protection of those he loved was as vital a part of him as any limb, but how could she sit here knowing the man she loved was putting his life and the lives of the rest of his family on the line for so much.

She had determined that she was going to broach the subject yet again when Eos’ interrupted her thoughts.

“John has been injured.”

“What?” The tablet in her hand slipped and clattered on the desk.

“The Commander has him.” But there was something in Eos’ voice that said far more.

Her own voice snapped back as she straightened up. Her current patient stared at her from the chair beside her desk.

She ignored him and, with a flick of her wrist controls, darted from the room. A hand signal to Elvis, her receptionist and he would know she was needed elsewhere and take care of her neglected patient.

Another reason to give up her practice. Poor customer service during rescues.

She slipped into an empty office and closed the door. “Eos, I need detail.”

“Please hold.”

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She's so lovely 😍.

Not a wonky donkey at all - I'm more amazed at how neat and precise she is. I also love the water texture so much.

My contribution to Fanart Appreciation Month on the very last honkin’ day of the month XD. 

In fairness, I started this way back at the beginning of January. But I didn’t like the first version I produced, so ended up painting over everything and starting again…then I didn’t like the second version, so ended up painting over everything I’d already painted over and starting again. Thankfully, I had Netflix and chocolate buttons to keep me sane (fifteen packets from start to finish) 😊

She’s a bit of a wonky donkey, but she’s my wonky donkey and I love her 💛

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This was so much fun last year. Could be just the kick I need to get me back writing the boys again

And here we are with Week One of FabFiveFeb 2021.

This week the bro is   JOHN

The prompts are:

basket

delicate

mountain

“What is that?”

a curiosity

Take this bro and one or more of these prompts and write, art, sculpt, create anything. No pressure, no real time limit, just start here and see where it takes you.

When you are ready, post the result and tag it #fabfivefeb and #fabfivefeb2021

If you are not a Thundernerd, then you don’t have to play with John, just pick your favourite character and grab a prompt or two.

If you are a Thundernerd and John just isn’t the bro for you, do not worry. As long as his name is in there somewhere, you’ve done it. But remember, part of the writing experience is to branch out and try new things…you never know what another brother might do when you try him on for size :D

In any case, the most important thing is to have fun, share the results and the love.

So, have at it!

Nutty

(next bro and prompt list next Sunday)

PS: And yes, you may pause to stop and stare at the gorgeous boys in these piccies, just don’t forget to make something at some point :D

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Of course he volunteered. He is such a generous and kind hearted soul

So, I was in the mood for doing a shirtless and this handsome fellow volunteered because he’s such a generous soul. 💛

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Absolutely gorgeous

My first ever digital art 🌳🌈☀️

Thank you @gumnut-logic for the #Procreate recommendation.

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My goodness @gumnut-logic I go AWOL for a week and when I get back I find you have challenged me to come up with 5 things I like about myself! 5!!! That's...a lot.

Hmm...time to banish my self-critital negativity with some deep thinking.

1 - I can make connections and pick up the basics of knowledge quite quickly. This means I'm a bit of a polymath and can tell you *something* about pretty much anything.

2 - I am practical. This has manifest itself in various different ways over the years. I was the person that regularly carried a first aid kit and set of mini screwdrivers in their school bag. I'm good at fixing things, can improvise and can generally logic my way to a solution when something goes wrong.

3 - I guess I'm okay at writing. Not just with fic (although I am still permanently plauged with self doubt here and base this mostly on the opinions of others) but also academic writing and formal report (I hate doing them but I give good results).

4 - My growing self awareness. This is a work in progress and it's a weird concept to describe but I like how I am getting better at identifying my own needs. I am developing a deeper understanding of who I am and from that I'm trying to be more true to myself.

5 - I don't give up easily. Some things might be put on pause (*cough* High Expectations *cough*) but I try and see things through to the end. A bit like this list really. It was hard but I made myself think deep and come up with the full five things.

This was a weird little exercise in self reflection. I'm passing it on the @hodgehegposts @eirabach @onereyofstarlight @myladykayo and @inertplanetary

@thewritinggrindstone​ tagged me in the ‘publicly list five things you like about yourself’ challenge, which is a great way for me to realise I can’t actually think of one let alone five but negativity is bad so I’m gonna stubborn my way through this anyway and find five things.

My creativity - lets me write/draw all things I do and in turn gets me fandom friends!

My loyalty - you have me as a friend I am there for life even if we haven’t talked for ten years

My stubbornness - keeps me going when everything else fails

My hair - not that anyone would know it by the way I treat it but while it’s a complete and utter mess it’s my mess.

Whatever it is that my boyfriend likes about me so much because it means I have him <3 (even if it took a me good seven years or so to stop hissing like a wildcat every time he called me ‘pretty’ because I didn’t agree with him)

Okay I kinda cheated on the last one but that’s five things I at least vaguely like about me and thinking about good things about ourselves is always a good excerise in self-positivity, so tagging time!

@gumnut-logic @janetm74 @weathergirl8 @misssquidtracy @ak47stylegirl

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This little (or not so little) putt putt came out gorgeous. She is fantastic and you are so talented @willow-salix

I can finally share this now that he's finally home with the amazing @misssquidtracy who deserves all the love in the world.

I absolutely adore her and am so glad to have her in my life, I wouldn't be without her now. She is one of the absolute best people in the whole of the Thunderfam, she goes out of her way to check on people, to make sure they are OK and gives out love and support by the bundle.

This beast was made from my noggin, with my plush four, a tiny four model and a few pictures. It started out like this...

This was the point when I started whining to @olliepig that it was a curse and I'd never manage it. Then it turned into this...

It's always when you start sewing it together that you realise that it's starting to look somewhat like it should. When there was screams of frustration and redo's that was the time that @hedwigstalons tagged in and helped by cheering from the sidelines with Olliepig.

My darling child also helped a lot by never smacking me when I shoved a new piece in her face and demanded that she tell me if it looked like shit.

Final touches, a blessing from the cat and I never wanted to see yellow yarn again.

But it was so worth it. Does this count as Vehicle fan art @gumnut-logic?