#Hello Pride

[joebaidoo]

Hello Pride Event

End of the Rainbow and True Colors is bringing you an exciting pride event for pride members in Calgary, Alberta – Canada. The event is scheduled to take place on August 10, 2024 from 13:00 – 15:00 at the Community Wise Resource Centre, 223 12 Avenue SW, Calgary. Come meet fellow pride members who would make you feel at home and comfortable. And don’t forget to invite a fellow pride friend or…

[candaru]

no no. you don't get it. the reason I injure my blorbos until they can't walk is because that's the only way they'll ever let someone else carry them. the reason I curse them to be sick and feverish is so that they'll finally open up about their emotions while delirious. the reason I force them to overexert themselves to the point of exhaustion is so that when they pass out they can finally rest.

I'm doing this for their own good.

[whiskersoup]

whag would you do if farcille……

[skullsemi]

Getting a bit better at art means I can draw old favorite pairings of mine and that therefore I can do whatever I want

[kustar-ryumi]

wdym u can’t read his mind bro

(og comic by flashcs5 🫰🏼🧙🏼‍♂️)

[driderwife]

SEVEN years ago I drew hello kitty and Garfield at pride!! So I updated them! 🏳️‍⚧️✨🏳️‍🌈🎉🩷

[nutsack90]

happy pride month everypony

shes such a tfemme lesbian. To me

[ibahibut]

💚💜 EmmCanis Emotes for The Bone Nest discord server, as a gift.

☕ Separate art to for personal used.

[starbluethunder]

happy pride month!!(and fourlear month..and tjunder birthday month...) redrew something from last year which. was also a redraw of something

old versions

this is probably the most i change between these but i think its an upgrade haha

rip's flags havent changed buti made them hold two each because then their paws would get full lol. i just picked the ones i thought would be the most significant to them 🤷‍♂️ but uh. nothing in shadows old one is the same LOL...as usual my favourite part about redoing old deepseaship art is seeing shadow get more gender

[battlekidx2]

Alastor Episodes 7 and 8 Thoughts

These two episodes really gave us a lot in regards to Alastor and I cannot wait to see where they go with him in season 2. What I find most fascinating about what they established with him in these episodes is how I think this perfectly sets up Alastor to directly challenge the show’s main themes of redemption.

Alastor is the only character in the main cast that I think could effectively challenge Charlie’s idea of redemption by making her face the question of “where the line for who can be redeemed and who is too far gone is?” 

Even Vaggie and her past as an exorcist couldn’t challenge Charlie’s ideals in the same way because Vaggie so clearly wants to be better and is trying to be better. She could only challenge Charlie’s idea of who could be redeemed. She couldn’t truly challenge the line of when someone is too far gone unlike Alastor. 

And to explain this I'll just jump right in.

It’s clear these two episodes were meant to show a shift in Alastor and Charlie’s relationship in some capacity. It’s a bit more of a subtle shift than with the other characters, but I think it’s setting up this future conflict well for the limited time the show has. 

At the start Charlie doesn’t think Alastor cares and calls him out on this. She directly states that she believes he enjoys the suffering. He refutes her idea of him by stating she doesn’t know what he feels. He purposefully hides his feelings behind a smile as a sign of control. (The first shift. It tells her there’s more beneath the surface)

Then Alastor helps Charlie enlist cannibal town and says he wants to mentor her in the song. This is more than the initial indifference and humor he got out of Charlie at the beginning. There’s an interest in seeing Charlie grow and being a part of it that wasn't there before. And, with Alastor helping Charlie here, trust is being built (at least on Charlie's end).

Then Alastor talks to Niffty (who he is clearly fond of) and admits he finds the group enjoyable to be around. He says he could grow accustomed to them after Niffty says she really likes them almost in agreement with her. He's very candid with Niffty and doesn't seem to feel the need to hide his emotions around her. They appear to be on the same wavelength.

And finally, Charlie is upset when she thinks that Alastor died against Adam and hugs him happily when he returns. In Charlie’s eyes Alastor has been helpful and risked himself and his power to protect the hotel. This is a true shift in their relationship on Charlie's end.

This bond is necessary because if (at the very least) Charlie doesn't care about Alastor then he won't be able to truly challenge her idea of redemption and the show implies it doesn't just go one way. It's just obscured.

To explain what I mean I want to look at Alastor's role in the final battle and that moment when he is alone after he escapes.

At the beginning of the battle he felt like the trump card he should have been. He makes the exorcists, before Adam destroys his shield, look like a joke. And he gives Adam a run for his money before he becomes overconfident and lets his guard down. He didn’t expect Adam to bounce back and have that much power left to show. He was caught completely off guard and paid the price. 

And instead of staying to face the end with the rest of the people in the hotel Alastor opts to save himself. He places himself first. When he leaves he seems almost smug, spouting off a one liner and smiling as he sinks into the shadows. It seems calculated and calm, but alone is a completely different story. This moment shakes Alastor and that moment alone puts his fight against Adam and decision to flee in a different light.

In this moment when he's alone he starts to lose it, saying there has to be a way out. This isn’t where things end. He will come out on top. 

He can feel his control over the situation slipping. His power and notoriety has been challenged left and right this season. First Vox, then Lucifer, then the loan sharks, now Adam. It’s one right after the other. And Adam almost killed him.

He’s struggling to grasp onto what little control he has left by forcing himself to keep on his smile and it calls back to the beginning of episode 7 when he says to Charlie that just because she sees a smile doesn't mean she knows how he really feels. His smile is a sign of control. And even in this moment you can see that last bit of control slipping. And it’s left him even more desperate for his freedom than before.

The Radio Demon was introduced almost as if he was an all powerful entity and now he is being brought back down to earth and he’s raging against it, barely keeping it just below the surface. 

But there’s even more to his breakdown than just his pride. The lines “Great Alastor, altruist, died for his friends. Sorry to disappoint that is not where this ends. I’m hungry for freedom like never before. The constraints of my deal surely have a backdoor.” strongly imply that he really does care for the residents of the hotel more than he wants to admit even to himself.

He is freaking out because he got too close to dying trying to protect and help people that he never thought he would care at all about and he’s doubling down on his plans from before. 

His immediate desperation to be free implies he is at the hotel because he is forced to be there, but he’s desperate to get out of the contract because he doesn’t like how it’s changing him. Alastor has always put himself first and here he is almost dying trying to protect this hotel and it's rattled him even more deeply than the blow to his pride.

I feel like they know exactly what Alastor can mean thematically and they want you to know he’s a villain while seeding hints there could be change under the surface (ones that Alastor himself is afraid of and wants to double down against). There’s a balancing act going on with him and it seems they really do want to challenge the idea of redemption with him. Not just Charlie’s, but his own as well.

Alastor is still in my opinion the best written character in the series. There’s just so much to unravel with him and he’s the most fun to try and dissect to me. I can’t wait to see what they have planned for him in season 2.

[lychee-milk]

[myewt]

A song for nobody

[transredguy]

hey

[doodle-cat-whats-that]

fell in love with how I drew a cat- so I used the same drawing with different colors!! some are from fandoms!!!

[raycatzdraws]

A Linked Universe meets The Dark Crystal AU! I don't even remember what started it at this point. I remembered that the Dark Crystal and Age of Resistance are things I like, blinked, and woke up three days later with an AU and a bunch of art.

The designs and the story are a wip and for fun so expect a lot of variation! (I have a few different beginnings, ideas for different designs, etc)! :D

In addition to #linked universe I'll be using the tags #the dark crystal lu au and #courage of the dark crystal!

[gaytedlasso]

“Hey fellas, listen up. Have a little somethin’ to talk about.”

The din in the dressing room quiets, fifteen pairs of eyes turning towards Ted. Ted and him. And without a word, Ted slides his hand into Trent’s. He knows his hand is clammy. Knows there’s very few ways to explain away a touch like this. Trent wraps a hand around Ted’s upper arm to settle himself.

There’s no going back now. Trent a breath catches in his throat and the longer there’s silence, the more Trent’s anxiety ramps. Colin is one thing; head gaffer isn’t. Trent is in mayday mode, trying to figure out what to say.

“That’s it. Pay up boyos.”

What.

Colin’s grinning, hands outstretched.

“Off by one fuckin’ day,” Roy grouses. “You couldn’t have done this yesterday? Once a prick, always a prick.”

And that’s how Ted and Trent came out to the team — without actually needing to come out.

- drabble by my lovely @singaroundelay

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