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TW violence

Completed comic from the end of my fic, Ptolomaea

"See? You're reasonable. You understand. I saved you. I invited you in. No other human would have done that. I am the reason you're here."

No.

"You are the reason I am here." Vaatu reached up to wrap a tendril around Unalaq, ever so carefully, and she felt the spirits move discreetly to give her a wide berth.

"And because of me, you will —"

Unalaq did not get the chance to say anything else. His silence was swift and brutal with little more than a crunch, and Vaatu withdrew before his body even hit the ground.

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An event happened to me tonight

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ART when Mensah is coming:

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I had a dream that Murderbot and the Preservation crew had to break into ‘ancient’ technology systems as part of a mission/adventure and Murderbot comes up against a CAPTCHA test and is like what the fuck is this. Can you imagine the comedy. 

MB: So, I’m supposed to choose all of the squares that show the visual depiction of a ground transport? And that will prove that I’m human?

Mensah: You must understand, this was from a time in which most robots were extremely rudimentary–

Ratthi: Wait, does the square with just the corner of the tire of that transport count?

Gurathin: Yes, obviously, Ratthi

Ratthi: I don’t think it does! I think it’s a statistically insignificant part of the transport!

MB: *Turns and looks directly at the camera*

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Hear ye, hear ye! Ye AU-gust 2025 prompt list is here!

What is AU-gust? It stands for Alternate Universe August, and it is a creative challenge for everyone. Writers, artists, fans; anyone can join! Be sure to check out our FAQ for more answers! Join us on BlueSky, AO3, Discord and under the tags #au gust and #au gust 2025.

Special thanks to @yaoyorozoops for creating our wonderful graphics!

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I'm enjoying this comic making shit (wip, tw for semi-graphic violence)

From the end of Ptolomaea, my fic

Vaatu lowered herself, landing in front of the human. Behind him, he felt Korra shift, moving in front of Jinora.

"See? You're reasonable. You understand. I saved you. I invited you in. No other human would have done that. I am the reason you're here."

No.

"You are the reason I am here." Vaatu reached up to wrap a tendril around Unalaq, ever so carefully, and she felt the spirits move discreetly to give her a wide berth.

"And because of me, you will —"

Unalaq did not get the chance to say anything else. His silence was swift and brutal with little more than a crunch.

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A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending? 

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

V - Which character do you relate to most?

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

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...might've discovered a new genre to lose my mind about, hold please

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Murderbot: suck my dick

The Perihelion, an intellectual: inhale my richard

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#sometimes i think about how like art's job. its entire job. is to keep its crew safe while they are attempting to dismantle a violent system#a system that reliably shows no regard for human life#i don't think the fear in network effect is a one-off thing. it's probably actually art's worst nightmare coming true#and unlike murderbot it can't keep people safe by 'performing its function'#it has to arm its pathfinders. it has to petition (probably) for a debris deflection system#the inherent helplessness of being made without a way to defend you or the ones you love most#while the ones you love are fighting against an inherently violent system#like yeah. i'd start bombing people#i also think about how its bestie is uniquely created to be good at the only thing it can't do: protect its crew outside its hull#which is making me think about the conversation between art and seth about mb joining the crew#mb voice: they don't want me to join :( who wants a rogue secunit :( art probably bullied them into this :((#art: SETH PLEASE this is a person i trust as MUCH AS ME to keep you safe and it has LEGS#PLEASE!!#the murderbot diaries#tmbd#pov you're art and jealous of your friend's legs

vie @inkedinserendipity

get peer reviewed

I think a part of ART that is so underrated by the fandom sometimes is how much affection it shows for the people it loves. It's big and intimidating and mean sometimes and has no sense of proportionate retribution, but it's also very open about how much it loves its crew and Murderbot. It's not really just a hair-trigger angry ship, it's deeply protective of the people it houses in its hull.

And I wonder how much of that is informed by, or contributes to, the fact that it's a research transport that also goes directly into corporate territory and it and its crew protect and shuttle slaves and indentured servants and other disenfranchised people out.

And to do something like that, it's no wonder that it's so willing to take down anything that challenges it.

I mean. Imagine if your job was to protect your humans and you lived in a universe where everything is being slowly eaten by massively imperialistic mega-corporations who want you and everything you stand for wiped off the face of existence. You have to learn how to Fight the Hell Back.

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what even is the point of posting and tagging nonstop about vaatu like it's a job if i'm gonna get called crazy over a completely unrelated character 😮‍💨

i would like to very seriously address the allegations of being mentally ill over an analysis of suyin beifong, because this is quite the accusation. this is incorrect.

I'm not mentally ill about suyin. i am mentally ill about vaatu. please get your facts right.

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this tweet is a foundational text for terminally-online bi people everywhere because let's face it, many of us are the grungler, but "whatever happened to beauty" legsweeps me every single time

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i would like to very seriously address the allegations of being mentally ill over an analysis of suyin beifong, because this is quite the accusation. this is incorrect.

I'm not mentally ill about suyin. i am mentally ill about vaatu. please get your facts right.

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devastating: you find the song from a fantastic clipped edit and it turns out those two lines were like,,,by far the best lines in the song

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✨I don’t need to wish for anything when I’m with you ✨

Star Catcher and her girlfriend Sky Wishes in my Exileverse AU! For 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈PRIDE🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️!!

Sky Wishes is the only creature with a direct connection to Star Catcher…I’m a sucker for deity/worshipper ships…