#answers from solar

[solarmorrigan]

oooh. fic requests! how about 6 - fight or 19 - allergies for steddie?

Hello! I'm sorry it took so long to get to this one, but I hope it's alright! I went with:

6. Fight - Steddie

cw: implied/referenced child abuse, implied/referenced domestic violence, unhealthy relationship dynamics (not between Eddie and Steve)

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The most frustrating thing about fighting with Steve is that he doesn’t fight. Not really.

Sure, he’ll poke and he’ll prod and he’ll snip and he’ll snap; he’ll dole out bitchy, passive aggressive comments and roll his eyes and sigh pointedly, but the moment things get heated, the moment an argument gets real, it’s just–

“Fine. Fine,” Steve snaps, tossing his hands up with an exasperated huff. “You’re right, okay? I’m– I’m sorry.”

And at first, Eddie had always felt so vindicated, so flush with the triumph of winning an argument, that it had taken him a while to realize that it felt– wrong. That Steve—so confident, so sure in his opinions, so willing to stand up to people when he has something to defend—would just give in without a fight– it feels wrong.

So Eddie had tried to pay attention – really pay attention. They don’t fight often, but when an argument inevitably does crop up, Eddie always wins. Rather, Steve always lets him. He never raises his voice, never gets in Eddie’s face, never really even makes counterarguments. He cedes to Eddie’s points and then subsides and it’s– it’s infuriating, because Eddie doesn’t understand.

“Don’t do that,” Eddie growls, tugging a frustrated hand through his hair.

“Don’t– what? Don’t apologize?” Steve asks incredulously.

“No!” Eddie bursts out. “Not if you don’t mean it!”

“Excuse me?” Steve draws back, offended. “What the hell do you want me to do to prove I’m sincere? Get on my knees and fucking grovel?”

“That’s not–” Eddie leaves off with a frustrated noise, trying hard to keep his tone level. “I don’t want to win an argument just because you let me. I don’t want you to apologize just because you think it’s what I want to hear.”

“I’m not letting you win,” Steve says quickly, crossing his arms over his chest.

“You are, though. You do. Every time. You won’t actually engage, you just say I’m right and then clam up and that’s it,” Eddie says.

Steve levels him with a look of disbelief. “So– what, you want me to yell at you? You want me to tell you that you’re wrong?”

“I want–” Eddie pinches the bridge of his nose, taking a second to gather his thoughts. “I want you to feel like you’re allowed to argue with me. I don’t want you to just give in and then resent me or something.”

“I don’t resent you, Eddie,” Steve says with a roll of his eyes.

“No?” Eddie pushes. “How many times have we gone to bed after an argument with me perfectly satisfied, thinking I’ve won, while you’re actually still mad at me?”

“That’s– I don’t…” Steve shifts uncomfortably. “If I’m still mad, that’s my problem. I can just get over it.”

“But that’s exactly what I mean!” Eddie insists. “That shit builds up! And besides, what if you’re the one who’s really right? I might actually be wrong, and you should tell me. Or maybe there’s some kind of, like, compromise we can reach, I don’t know! I don’t want you to be afraid to push back – I don’t want you to be afraid of me.”

“I’m not afraid of you,” Steve says, jaw jutting out stubbornly when Eddie fixes him with a considering look. “I’m not. I’m just– how long before yelling turns into a screaming match? How long before it turns into throwing shit around, or– or shoving each other, or worse?”

“Steve…” Eddie murmurs, the last of his heated frustration draining away, leaving a clammy kind of dismay in its place. “Steve, I would never do any of those things to you.”

“I know,” Steve says, and it sounds like he means it. “I know that. But what if I–”

“No,” Eddie says firmly, because he thinks he understands now – Steve isn’t afraid of him, he’s afraid of himself. Afraid of turning into everything he’d been raised around: the blowout arguments between his parents, his mom’s petty destruction of his dad’s things, his dad’s frustration turned back on Steve, a cycle of violent familial bullshit that Steve is determined to break free from, even if it means saying that he’s wrong every time. Eddie comes forward, grabbing Steve’s hands; he can’t even remember what they’d been arguing about moments before, but he knows he doesn’t care anymore. “You would never do that. I know you, Steve, you are nothing like that.”

Steve looks down at their joined hands, blinking rapidly. “This– you… You’re more important than winning. Than any stupid argument,” he says.

“That’s exactly why we should have stupid arguments,” Eddie says, grinning a little when that gets a choked laugh out of Steve. “I’m serious. Let’s have stupid, petty arguments so they don’t turn into big ones. I swear I’m not going to stay mad if you get on my ass about not doing the dishes.”

Slowly, Steve nods. He doesn’t entirely look like he believes Eddie, but that’s fine. It’s always been like this – Steve unwilling (or unable) to believe that someone will love him if he doesn’t make it easy for them. Eddie’s been breaking that down, bit by bit, and this is no different. This is no chore.

“I’ll still love you even when I’m angry. Even when you’re angry,” Eddie promises. “I just love you, full stop.”

Steve nods again, more certain this time as he looks up to meet Eddie’s eyes. “I love you, too,” he says, because he always, always says it back, which suits Eddie just fine.

He figures if they can agree on that much, every other disagreement will be a breeze.

[geodesick]

[ID: a drawing of pye from outer wilds, standing with her writing staff. she's wearing an orange nomai space suit without the helmet, and she has a light brown face with curly darker brown fur. end ID]

figuring out how i want to draw the nomai, so here's a pye since i am obsessed with her !!!

[theallianceofcelestials]

Hello again, I have another question!: Does SEA!Eclipse have a music box, and can you put a name to or describe whatever or how many physical, psychological, or other conditions/disabilities he and those in his family may or may not have? Oh, and their pronouns please, if it hasn't already been said?

Hi! I'll answer to the best of my ability, but to be honest I'm don't know how well I'll do so with your second question

So first question, Eclipse doesn't have a music box, he mainly put kids to sleep during naptime by exhausting them during playtime and reading them stories. But he does know a couple lullabies, so he can sing

To your second and thus most complicated one, I'll be honest and just say I don't know all of them. So I'll just say the intentional ones and put a bit of a disclaimer up because I'm not a professional on these things, so take what I say with a grain of salt

The entire family is made of entirely co-dependent people, which is a rather unhealhty thing.

Eclipse has depressive disorder, though he'd be fine for the most part if he didn't have all his trauma. He also has PTSD and internalised a bunch of unhealthy things during his time in the daycare

Sun has his typical cleaning OCD and anxiety, and he's fine for the most part. I guess he's the weirdest in the family because he doesn't have the heightened predatory instincts all that much, which I guess counts as a condition in this case

Moon has his anger issues and he's touch averse. He also has troubles sorting through his own emotions and doesn't always pick up on the emotions of others. He also suffers from self-hatred

Killcode is the first one to have a physical condition, and even that's only because of his sheer size. On one end, most buildings aren't made for him so he doubles over a lot, which makes his back hurt. Combine that with gravity, and he's almost constantly suffering from back pains to just minor aches. So I guess he has gigantism. He also has anger issues, though he's a bit more emotionally intelligent than his eldest brother and knows how to work on it

Bloodmoon is an interesting case that I don't know how to properly describe. They're technically conjoined twins, though their nanomachine body allows them to separate. They're also the biggest mess mentally, because they're two people in one. They have many antisocial behaviours, seeing as they eat humans, however different species prey on each other all the time so I'm not even sure that counts. They're quick to anger but they're also two people so a bit of heightened emotions can be excused I think. They're pretty self-depraciating though

Lunar has dwarfism and he's rather forgetful. He has the old Lunar colour blindness thing where he mostly only detects blue and glowing things, though that might just be because old Lunar mixed up colours. Or he has dyschromatopsia, a term which I came across when I tried translating my language's word for mixing up colours

Solar Flare I don't think has anything for the most part, though it is somewhat selectively mute, and it has some minor body dysphoria because it can't properly emote

I don't know if this is good enough, but this is the best I can think of right now. But I do think it's better to go through my stories and try analysing them from an outside perspective because I didn't plan for most of the things in SEA, so some things might be there that I just don't see or don't know

But now onto the easy part, the pronouns:

Eclipse: he/him

Killcode: he/him

Solar Flare: it/they/he, though it's fine with anything so long as it's not feminine

Bloodmoon: they/them because Bloodmoon is a collective entity, but Bloody and Rusty both use he/him

Lunar: he/him mostly, though he also goes by they/them sometimes

Sun: he/him

Moon: while Eclipse mostly uses he/him for him, Moon doesn't care at all. His pronouns are everyone else's problem, not his

[puppppppppy]

i wrote this as a joke because I wanted to strangle a guy watching tiktoks without headphones on the bus, but im genuinely disturbed that we've gotten to a point where convenience comes first. and it depresses me even more that its used to justify and monetize greed

[solariex]

I THINKKKK I think solar may like this image just a little tiny bit, just maybe I'm not sure

hmmmmm maybe just maybe...... just a little..... i dunno it would be really hard to telll............

[moonlit-dreamers]

What are your favourite TSAMS ships?

okay so ive already answered this question BUT im gonna take advantage of this to ramble about a new ship/scenario i came up with with a friend (idk if they wanna be tagged but they might see this so hi lol)

to preface this no theres no incest in this so shoo if ya wanna be a hater bc of that. if i talk about any ships on here its safe to say it isnt incestuous

BUT! first up some code names so shit makes sense. solars sun is "daydream" and solars moon is "io"

so ive always been a sucker for solar/daydream. listen man. they kissed so many times in headspace lets be so fucking real with ourselves. BUT! BUT ALSO!! what if io hated solar more bc IO was ALSO dating daydream?? so not only did io not like solar bc he was a "parasite" but also bc he was jealous that daydream was giving solar so much attention. but he Tries to be nice for the sake of his partner but its very difficult. tho this isnt to say daydream and io had a healthy relationship. its certainly better than base dimension sun n moon but io was still... ya know... moon.

but after the split happened and daydream died both io and solar were devastated. they both desperately wanted to fill the hole in their hearts from daydreams death so they tried dating each other or being some weird form of friends with benefits. it absolutely didnt work in the slightest and everything just kept getting worse and worse until eventually solar had to run bc io was threatening to scrap him fully then he ran to the base dimension to get away (like in canon)

so basically solar ran to the main dimension bc of his toxic ex send post 😔🙏

[dark-sundrop]

opinions on Solar? Also, side note, have a pocket Solar!

@solar-but-he-is-small

(Flinging him at top speeds)

AHHHHHH NOT AGAIN!

[lightkrets312]

The KIM chats are getting to be a highlight of my day, and since they've compelled me into drawing again, here's some of my half-assed graffiti.

("No, emotional vulnerability and the mortifying ordeal of being known! That's my sensitive spot!")

(the answer to the unnecessary question of "what are the dialogue options like to the Drifter?")

(the followup question of "since the Drifter and Operator occupy the same paradoxical space, do they chime in on the other's thoughts?" (only when it's funny, but yes))

(Sometimes kids get tired of the adults around them fighting over stupid shit.)

[bassguitarinablackt-shirt]

You will be pleased to know that my home state, Arizona, has made Pluto its state planet.

i am very pleased to hear that actually

[rayofmisfortune]

SO TODAY'S SAMS EP??

BLOODMOON FRIGGIN STAY AWAY FROM THE BOYS I SWEAR TO GOD YA'LL MAKE LIKING YOU TWO SO HARD *SOBS*

[solarmorrigan]

💔 not enough - steve and hopper

This one gave me the chance to resurrect a scene I've had in mind for quite a while!

14. Not Enough - Hopper & Steve

cw: implied/referenced child abuse, implied/referenced domestic violence, referenced canon-typical violence

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It’s silent as Hopper drives, the air a little awkward and stilted. Steve still isn’t sure what to say, what to do. They’d stopped off at his parents’ house to pick up his stuff (and Steve had tried to tell Hopper that it wasn’t necessary for him to come along, that his parents wouldn’t even be home, but Hopper had just opened the passenger side door of his truck and told Steve to get in; he’s a difficult man to argue with when he refuses to acknowledge he’s being argued with), and they’re on their way to the cabin now. It’s a safe place, an easy place to be, but Steve can’t help the mounting anxiety in his chest as they draw closer.

He hadn’t expected this when he’d turned up at Eddie’s place last night, the bruise around his eye still fresh and swelling, his lip only just beginning to scab over. He hadn’t wanted to cause a fuss, he’d just wanted somewhere to stay the night, to wait out his dad’s temper. But Eddie had more than fussed – he’d gotten Wayne involved, who had gotten Hopper involved, which had somehow led to Steve being given a choice: he could stay at the trailer with Eddie and Wayne, or he could take the spare room at the newly constructed Hopper-Byers cabin (not so much a cabin as a large house at this point, but the name had stuck).

Or – well, he could also have gone home. No one is holding him hostage, but he could imagine Wayne’s resigned sigh and Hopper’s disappointed scowl and the way Eddie and Robin would have worried over him if he’d said no, and he hadn’t wanted any of that. No one is supposed to worry over him.

It isn’t supposed to be like this.

This is Steve’s problem, and he shouldn’t have made it into anyone else’s. But as long as they had been expecting him to make a choice–

He loves it at the trailer with Eddie and Wayne, but they’re pressed for space as it is; Steve hadn’t wanted to intrude any further. And that just left Hopper and Joyce’s spare room.

Steve sighs and shifts his seat. He isn’t doing a great job hiding his mood, he knows he isn’t, but Hopper lets the silence ride until they reach the cabin. Once Steve is out of the truck, though, rounding the front to head up to the house, Hopper stops him with a hand on his shoulder, giving him a searching kind of look that makes Steve’s spine itch.

“If you’ve got something to say, you’d better get it out now, because once Joyce gets you in her clutches, you’re not escaping.”

Steve sighs, running a hand over his face, like maybe he can wipe away whatever it is Hopper’s picking up on. “It’s… not that I’m not grateful, but you shouldn’t have to do this. You shouldn’t be, like– putting yourself out just for me.”

Hopper raises his brows at Steve. “Is that what we’re doing?” he asks, and Steve can’t help but huff.

“Driving me around and helping me get my crap and – and letting me stay in your house, yeah, it sounds like kind of an imposition.” He crosses his arms over his chest. “I’m sure you have other stuff to worry about. You shouldn’t feel like you have to take care of me, or something, I can– I can take it. It’s okay.”

“That’s– whatever you’re thinking, Harrington, that’s not what this is,” Hopper says. “This isn’t pity, or charity, or whatever the fuck else. You say you can take it, but you shouldn’t have to. This is just what we do for each other. What we’re supposed to do – we look out for each other.”

And something about that – it hits Steve in just the wrong spot.

It hits him in the spot he tries to pretend doesn’t exist, the spot filled with anger and doubt, where he wonders why he has to be there for everyone else but no one is there for him, where he shoves all the loneliness and want and tries to wall it away. It hits like a bolt of lightning and illuminates everything.

“Why now?” Steve asks.

“What?” Hopper’s brows draw together.

“Why now? Why does it suddenly matter now?” Steve isn’t really asking anymore. “Why not when I was thirteen, when my dad hit me the first time? Why not when Hargrove beat the shit out of me and no one ever even came by to make sure I wasn’t dead? Or after I got– after the Russians got me and I didn’t have anyone to drive me home from the fucking hospital? Why now?” He should stop, he knows he should stop, he isn’t being fair, there’s always been a good reason, but he just – can’t. “Is it because there’s nothing else going on right now? No other emergencies, so it’s okay to finally fucking– like– what, I survived infected bat bites from another dimension, but my dad gives me a black eye and that’s when everyone decides to pay attention?”

By the time Steve runs out of steam, petering off with his voice half-cracking as he demands to know what the hell is different now, something has changed about Hopper. He looks – small, almost. Tired, and older than Steve really remembers him looking.

“Kid, I–” Hopper starts; he breaks off and runs a hand over his mouth, staring for just a moment at the ground, like he can’t quite meet Steve’s eyes. “We fucked up. I know we did. We let you slip through the cracks because we didn’t have to worry about your parents breathing down our necks and because you… you were just so fucking quiet about it.” he shakes his head. He’s looking up at Steve now, like he can’t stop, his gaze intense. “And that’s not an excuse. You put everything on the line, again and again, and you kept those kids safe, and we dropped the ball on you every goddamn time. We fucked up, we never kept you safe.

“I’m not asking you to – I don’t know, fucking forgive us, or even trust us at this point. I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t want to. If you change your mind and want to stay at the Munson’s, I’ll take you there. But you have a place here. As long as you need it.” Hopper shrugs loosely. “We’ll try to do better, Steve. Maybe that’s not enough, but that’s the best I’ve got.”

Objectively, it probably isn’t much.

Still, it’s more than Steve’s ever been promised, and wavers on the edge, inclined to take it.

“I don’t… I don’t really know what you want from me,” he admits quietly.

Hopper shakes his head. “Nothing. Just come inside.”

Arms crossed tight over his chest, Steve nods slowly. “Okay,” he manages.

Hopper’s hand is on his shoulder again, and Steve expects a pat, or maybe a reassuring squeeze, but he finds himself instead drawn close with one of Hopper’s arms resting heavily across his shoulders with a weight more reassuring than Steve expected it to be. He drops his own arms so they aren’t pinned between him and Hopper; he doesn’t quite hug back, but he lets himself relax a little against Hopper’s chest. He feels solid against Steve. He feels safe.

Maybe what Hopper’s offering him won’t be enough. Maybe it’s too little, too late. But if they’re going to try, then Steve wants to try, too.

He thinks maybe it will be okay.

[bloo-the-dragon]

Why did Solar have to die permanently while Eclipse gets to keep coming back over and over like freaking Megatron!?

anon you stirred an ancient ghost inside me with mention of megatron lmao /silly

but anyways - i think it became a running theme that Eclipse was gonna keep coming back like peepaw. But this time however there has been a big shift in his character, so the coming back from death thing has ultimately had a greater effect this time around than the last.

For starters, it's already been confirmed he is not really Eclipse. At least not the prior incarnations. He's a mimicry a different entity who carries only the fractured memories and directives of the ones who came before. The only thing that even really connects him to the Eclipse character beyond that is the fact his code was made from Solar's (who is also an Eclipse)

He is very much like Eclipse in personality for sure, unhinged and a complete asshole. But his unique circumstance, being brought so low that he truly is an inferior Eclipse, a false copy, and the fact he knows this has greatly altered his view on himself and his goals. He can say how he's superior to everyone all he wants but 1. no one cares anymore and 2. he knows it's a lie anyways.

But with Earth showing him genuine kindness and patience lately combined with the aforementiond, this has finally allowed him to actually open up a bit and maybe just maybe allow that sliver of a chance for redemption/to find a new purpose in life, even if that is away from the plex. I don't expect him to suddenly turn into a nice eclipse like Solar, in fact i would very much prefer for him to continue being a little asshole rat bastard /aff - but i do want him to be free of his past and find a new purpose, a new reason to live that isn't just antagonising others and hungering for power.

But i'm getting off track here-

We don't actually know if Solar will be dead permanently. It's been said already there is a way to bring him back but it would require sacrificing someone else, and not only that but their entire existence. My moneys on it being the creator ngl because as it stands he is pretty much unkillable. Using him as that sacrifice would be effective in removing him entirely but the only problem would be actually being able to go through with the plan because the brain's a tricky guy to pin down (plus i don't doubt Earth would be conflicted about it)

[rebornofstars]

Silly Game Time: Who are some of your favorite alien (non-human *and* extra-terrestrial) characters? And what do you like about them?

They can be from sci-fi or fantasy, from other worlds or dimensions or realms. All that matters is that they're not from Earth and that they're not human in any traditional sense (and, most of all, that you find them interesting).

MY FAVOURITE ALIENS. i've been a little bit in love with space since i was 9.

firstly for the definitely non-human:

the doctor. of course. and literally everyone from his show. the weeping angels. the sky fish. nardole. missy. romana. the ood. the list goes on

um. bumblebee. 😅

star wars creatures

estraven from le guin's the left hand of darkness.

d'lacey's erth dragons are from the planet ki:mera

those martians in the war of the worlds. i had a h.g. wells kick halfway through high school. this wasn't my favourite of his works, but it was fun.

and for the recognisably human, but still extraterrestrial, because i really wanted to include these guys:

mara of the acoma from feist & wurts' empire trilogy. she is one of my favourite fictional women ever. in the context of her own series, she's not an alien, but in the context of the riftwar saga (which was published first and contain more elements of feist's mainline plot than the empire trilogy), she is, so. i think she counts.

the mandalorian. i'm not immune to single fathers... or general badassery...

darrow from brown's red rising. born on mars.

todd from the knife of never letting go (book) / chaos walking (movie). i have fond memories of going to see this at the drive-in with a friend when it came out.

actually, this list is shorter than i thought it would be 🥺 there's a couple of other books/movies i love about space but they're all human-focused and mostly about astronauts. if anyone has any recs pretty please drop them below?

[fucking-solar]

My oc has been screaming at me that your art is making him feral, what have you done this is to much Rodimus indulgence. My boy will pass tf out. Hell i just might (side note I fucking love your art with all my heart, stay amazinggiinnggg)

Hehe!! Thank youuuu, it’s very appreciated! As for the indulgence, this isn’t even the half of it. I got 10+ magmas full of different Rodmi!! Maybe I’ll post some of em later.

[absentlyabbie]

anybody playing coral island on xbox who can tell me why the feck i can't progress past the first merfolk sighting in the undersea storyline????

[tsbs-darksun-confessions]

How are you today, Dark Sun? What have you been up to these past couple of days, though I know you're assisting with Flare so sorry if you're too busy to reply at the moment.

Oh it’s the cat questioner again

I’m doing alright, I caught wind of your ask after waking up for the day, spent quite a long time looking through Flare’s code last night

Other than the sudden coding issues, I’ve been living quite happily in my corner, the others don’t bother me so much you know?

The only thing of note was Flare’s marvel at the cat’s smarts