#gvr

[the-iron-shoulder]

Happy Tuesday, throwback to the time Hideki Naganuma remixed a Guitar Vader song

[thedarkmarkshow]

Hitting the jackpot in #lasvegas #gvr (at Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa & Casino) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm0z2h_uwkrlabNzBNh2ARmzgIEDQkNArTXiYw0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jmkho]

I'm getting pretty emotionally overwhelmed with how many people kindly sent that message to me so I'll reply to some more later to not swamp the dash but I'm just going through it and can't thank you enough

In my feels this morning goddamn 🥺

[hotelbooking]

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[expressions-of-nature]

Alps by GVR

[glitternightingale]

Lovingly leaving an Encanto AU at your door.... Instead of leaving, or while he’s trying to leave, Bruno somehow falls into a 10 year coma. I wonder if the family would talk about him more if they didn’t think he ditched them. And personally I’d make it a modern AU because more advanced medical care lol. But I want to hear your thoughts and what you’d do with it :D (This came to me because my mom was recently devouring documentaries about ppl who woke up from like 20 year comas oof)

-gvr 💚

I can relate to your mom on a spiritual level, haha! Once a random topic piques my interest there's no going back until I know everything about it (my latest medical topic was heart failure which might find its way into a future fic of mine lol).

I don't know anything about comas, though. But, yeah, I think a modern AU would be for the best... because even using Julieta's food on Bruno in the canon universe would be very, very difficult and pretty painful for everyone involved.

I couldn't help but think of the prison/modern AU I made (if anyone still remembers it) when you sent me your ask because

1. Bruno was still physically in reach for the family after their conflict

2. He had to adjust to a world that had gone on without him once his sentence was over

which sort of would be like waking up from a coma, I suppose? And yet the biggest difference I could imagine would be the feeling of guilt and shame for the Madrigals from the very start which would cause them to overcompensate and to possibly give themselves up in the process.

"How did he fall into a coma? Who takes care of him now? Can Bruno still hear and sense what's going on around him?"

The last question has so much angst potential that I'm actually too scared to think about it any longer. But in that case, I'd like to believe that the Madrigals wouldn't stop talking about and to him. 😭

What should we call this AU?

[teawizard]

May I request my girl Claudia in your AC style? 🙏

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/greenvillainredemption/730818591914655744 (sorry my encanto blog is a secret sideblog so I gotta stay on anon here lol)

- gvr 💚

Hello, sure! I am so sorry it took so long to fulfill your request! I love Claudia so much, she's so unique and such an enjoyable character (not even mentioning how beautiful she is)

Honestly, it was really difficult to decide on what species she would be. My main thought was - cat, but uhhhhh I didn't want her to look like Raymond, because of her style in clothing. I searched further and remembered- a goat! And I really like her wavy hair, so I couldn't resist myself and not add the curly bangs :D

Here she is!

Why is she cranky? Because in her description you mentioned that "She appears very stern and angry, but that’s just her face." and I honestly don't understand why some villagers would be outright mean to others, so let's pretend that this personality type means she just looks mean, but she isn't ':D

Also, I don't know much about psychologists, and the only thought I had about her favourite saying was "well, a lot of people probably would have breakdowns on their therapy sessions, and she would probably have to comfort them, and she probably would like to feel that she can make someone's life better by saying something like 'it's okay' or 'you're okay'"

Hope I got her right! If not, please tell me, will get to know her better :)

Added a sketch with her alternative color palette under the cut

[osrphotography]

NZR Dᴱ Class [English Electric 1745/1951] №507 seen on Glenbrook's exchange road earlier this year.

New to NZR in 1951, Dᴱ 507 served with them until 1988 when it was sold to the Railway Enthusiasts Society/Glenbrook Vintage Railway.

It was repainted into its original livery and given the identity of GVR №8 early on.

It was later returned to its original identity of Dᴱ 507.

With DBRs 1295 and 1254 and Wᵂ 480 in running conditions, the Dᴱ rarely makes appearances on passenger trains but does make semi-frequent appearances on work trains.

[omgcheez]

Autistic Bruno headcanons/fic ideas go!

-gvr 💚

I dunno how fresh these are, but here I go:

Rubbing fabrics is one of his most common stims, but there are some others not seen in the movie. I don't remember who it was, but months ago someone said that they wanted to HC him flapping but felt bad because the way the fandom was... it's in the ol book of HC's now. you deserve flappy Bruno homie.

Sand is very texture™.

When he was a kid, Bruno spent long periods of time looking at the sand in hourglasses fall.

Being the gifted kid of the family allowed a lot of his quirks to get overlooked for a while. By the time he hit burnout, he was seen as a burden. this could probably be a general HC, but it was very much a double edged sword for him.

He advocated for Dolores at loud parties, and postcanon, the two will go to her room to enjoy a quiet activity.

His "Special rat" he mentions in OBB is his support rat that acts as not only a companion, but a comfort. He pets it and also trained it to lick his face and calm him down.

I've mentioned the HC of involuntary visions sometimes vetting tied to meltdowns. The swirlimg sand has unintentionally hurt people before, and out of context, a random villager probably would see it as scary.

This one is common I think, but Mirabel making Bruno textured a scarf,plush, etc? yes, she does that.

She is also one of the first people that really sat and listened to him to that extent. Second most would be Julieta, who was in general the nurturing big sister, though she took care of everyone. That line about holding him in the book until it relaxed and being ok with him not talkong until he felt comfortable is canon in my heart. She knew a lot what to do because of how gentle she is with Antonio and when it comes to emotional care, post canon especially she goes out of her way to make sure everyone, including him is okay.

Luisa gives some awesome pressure hugs, though she has to watch her strength, of course. Bruno can just give her a look and she knows.

If you let him talk about his rats or shows, he will be your best friend. It's not something that everyone necessarily understood, but post canon everyone, especially his family enjoy his shows and his enthusiasm. Something he loves just as much though is the actual process of making things. He can get into a full on trance making his art and sets.

Bruno being afraid of fireworks for the angst. :( It's another reason for him to get Dolores in her soundproof room though.

Julieta knows how his body reacts when he is happy, and is the most thrilled to see that as he is getting better emotionally.

The first time that they all ate together as a family again was chaotic and it was a learning experience. It took some tweaking and sometimes he will eat alone, but generally family meals are good now. :)

The silver lining to his gift is being able to have predictability in his life. He still isn't fond of when the future sneaks up on him or things don't go to plan like in the game where he freaks out and mirabel has to calm him down

He hides in tight corners and small spaces, and his new room has a little hiding spot. The family knows about it and the other spaces he has in the house but respect that

He hits himself and hair pulls when he's in a bad space mentally.

As he got older, a lot of his quirks were misumderstood by the villager and even his mother as him being moody or Noncompliant. Post-canon, she starts to listen to him more and gets to have a caring motherly role more often. She tries to check up on him and make sure that his limits aren't being puahed and that she isn't subconvipusly trying to make him someone else.

He asked Julieta to "fix" him at least once when he was older and frustrated with how sour everything had gone. He's a lot happier with himself, though.

These probably aren't the freshest ideas, but I might add more to the future. Anon, I would love to hear any of your ideas if you have them, as well as other people. Feel free to add in reblogs, comments, asks, or whatever you can think of

[sokkas-first-fangirl]

Something about Bruno explaining why he’s okay without a partner, maybe to the kids? I love the idea of the kids trying to set him up, but I also love the idea of him responding to it like ‘ily guys but I do not need this’ lol

-gvr :D

“She likes you,” Mirabel teased as she, Luisa and Bruno left the fruit stall behind. The owner of the stall was watching them leave- or, more accurately, she was watching Bruno leave.

Bruno only shrugged. “Meh,” he said. He looked distinctly uninterested.

Luisa suddenly giggled. “Tio Bruno doesn’t go on dates,” she said, like she was letting Mirabel in on a big secret.

“What, like…Not ever?” Mirabel’s eyebrows rose and she looked at her uncle questioningly.

Bruno shrugged again. “Never,” he confirmed. “I’ve never been interested.”

“Never ever?”

There was a hint of a smile on his face. “Never ever,” he said.

“Once, a woman asked Isa to make some flowers for Tio Bruno,” Luisa said, giggling again. “And she did. But she told Bruno they were a present from her.”

“Poor Leona was very confused when I said I hadn’t gotten any presents,” Bruno said with a grin. “Isa said they were to cheer me up because I’d had a bad migraine.”

“Sneaky,” Mirabel said, smirking.

“That’s Isa for you. I might need her to be sneaky again if anyone tries to ask me.”

“So, you’re just…not interested?”

“Nope,” Bruno said, sounding quite cheerful. “I’m fine by myself”

[the-iron-shoulder]

It’s Tuesday, have some Guitar Vader

[paxvictori]

April 27th. 1938, Outskirts of Flussberg, Victoria GVR-AKE Broad Gauge Mainline.

Here we see two engines who seem to have a rivalry, one a GVR 90xx Class, another an Apollan Imperial Railways (Apollanisches Kaisereich Eisenbahn) BR 4.5 breitspurbahn locomotive. Broad gauge engines tend to have a sense of superiority over engines on other gauges, this is common world wide, but in the specific case between the GVR and AKE being two broad gauge railways sharing a section of mainline between the Victorian Republic and Apollan Empire you see the rare broad gauger rivalry form.

[acewithapaintbrush]

I’d love to see your take on Bruno explaining to the kids that he’s perfectly content without a partner and kids of his own, maybe because they’re (lovingly) pestering him about it or trying to set him up.

(I sent this prompt to sokkas recently as well, but what can I say I’m greedy and curious to see two of my fave writers’ takes on the same prompt. As a treat.)

-gvr :D

Well @sokkas-first-fangirl already did an amazing job, I hope mine will keep up

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"Tonito. We need to talk." 

Antonio ducks his head. He knows that tone of voice from his Mama. She uses that one when he's done something he shouldn't have done. The 'you are not in trouble but you kinda are' tone. Cami taught him how to recognize it and what to do to get back out of trouble. 

He immediately presses his hands together, makes his eyes go big and round and purses his lips. Exactly like Camilo has taught him. 

"I love you, I'm sorry and I will never do it again." 

Tio Bruno stares down at him with a puzzled look on his face. For a second Antonio is scared that Cami's trick isn't working, but then Bruno's shoulders, which had been up to his ears with tension, loosen up and his lips pull into a reluctant smile. 

"Do you even know what it is you will never do again?" 

Antonio opens his mouth and pauses. "No." 

Tio Bruno finally laughs and Antonio's heart feels a little lighter. Something about his uncle being cross with him is even worse than when it is his Mama. Maybe because it's so difficult to make Bruno angry in the first place. He must have done something truly bad. 

Antonio fidgets with the edges of his vest and only stops when he feels a large, calloused hand gently card through his hair. 

"I'm not angry, Tonito." His uncle instinctively knows exactly what to say to make him feel better. Bruno always claims that he is not good with other people, but Antonio secretly thinks that other people are just not good with Tio Bruno. "I really just want to talk."

"Okay?"

Bruno sits down on the ground and gestures to Antonio to join him. He probably didn't expect the little boy to plop down on his lap, but doesn't push him off either. "You told me Senora Lorna wanted to speak to me. That she needed help with something." 

"Yes."

"But apparently, Senora Lorna didn't need help. She thought it was a…" He clears his throat. "She thought we would be going on a date."

"Did it work?" Antonio asks excitedly. "I read about it in a book. I sent you two on a cute visit." 

"Meet cute." Bruno corrects absent-mindedly. "And no, Tonito. We didn't go on a date." 

"But I thought you like her." 

"I do. As a friend." Bruno sighs and he is really serious all of a sudden. "Tonito, Senora Lorna was really embarrassed. And also a bit sad. It was not nice to lie to her like that." 

Antonio can feel himself tearing up. "I didn't mean to make her sad! I just wanted to help." 

Bruno pulls him closer. "I know. And she knows that too, don't worry. Just please don't do something like this again, okay?" 

"Okay." Antonio sniffles some more. He feels really bad, but he just wanted to make his uncle happy. "I just wanted to help you", he repeats. 

Bruno sighs again. Antonio can't see his face because he is still pressed against his chest, but it sounds kinda sad. "I know, amigo." 

The little boy pushes away so he can look up at his uncle. "Who do you like?" 

Bruno smirks and bops his nose. "I like you, you little troublemaker." 

Antonio giggles and squirms away. "No! Not like that. Who do you like like. Like Mama likes Papa."

"No one." 

"No one?" Antonio shouts. He thought everyone like liked someone. Even Isabela like likes that girl from the village even though she is always denying it and throwing cacti at Mirabel when her sister teases her about it. Mama told him he doesn't like like anyone yet cause he's still too young. "Are you still too young for that?" 

Bruno blinks a few times. He looks like he really needs to think about it. "That's a new one." he mutters under his breath. "I have never liked someone like your parents like each other. Pretty sure I never will." 

"But why?" 

Bruno shrugs. "There are many different kinds of people on this earth, buddy. Some want something like what your parents have, or something like Isa and her mystery girl. They want to get married and have a lot of children. And some don't want any of that at all. Like me."

"But aren't you lonely?" 

Bruno smiles softly and rests his head atop Antonio's. "Oh no. How could I ever be lonely with all of you around? I have everything I will ever need, Tonito. Don't worry about your old tio." 

Antonio kind of gets it. And if Tio Bruno says he's okay and happy, then Antonio will believe him. 

And anyway, this way he can have his Tio all to himself. That's so much better than a new Tia. 

"I'll draw a picture for Senora Lorna. As an apology."

"That's a great idea!" 

"Will you help me?" 

Cami has said that you can also use the big eyes and pouty lips for situations like this. It seems to be working, because Bruno laughs and ruffles his hair. 

"Of course!" 

[rukbat3]

Babylon 5 Rewatch - Eyes

This is a post I originally wrote several years ago for Mark Oshiro’s Mark Watches blog. I don’t really plan to edit them before posting, so there may be some references that don’t make sense. If you see words that look like gibberish, they are actually rot13, which was our way of discussing spoilers. There are plugins you can install to decode the text (Cryptext is the one I use), or you can copy/paste to rot13.com, or just ignore it.

Sinclair to Garibaldi, on learning that someone has been asking questions about them: “Walk softly. The last thing we need is a corporate lawsuit.” Oh, Sinclair. Don’t you know by now you shouldn’t say things like that? You’re about to find out just how much worse it can get!

This episode isn’t really a favorite with the fandom, but I like it a lot. Granted, Gregory Martin’s (Colonel Ben Zayn) acting can get a little over the top sometimes, but I don’t really mind that. On the other hand, the episode features Lennier being adorable, as well as the appearance of Harriman Gray, a character I find charming, in an odd sort of way.

Harriman Gray is a fascinating character. You really end up learning a lot about him in this episode, much more than you do about Ben Zayn. He always wanted to join Earthforce growing up, but was prevented from doing so when his telepathic abilities manifested and he was forced to join Psi Corps. Now he is able to work with Earthforce, but he’ll always be an outsider, and I think it wears on him. You can see in his conciliatory attitude towards the B5 staff in this episode that he really just wants to be liked. (Plus, I’ve always rather thought he might have developed a bit of a crush on Ivanova. Poor Harriman. She’d eat you alive.) At the end of the episode he makes a choice between Sinclair and Ben Zayn, but he’s really choosing between the wishes of Psi Corps (in the form of Bester) and what is in the best interests of Earthforce. And he chooses Earthforce, the way he’s always wanted to.

[books] Uneevzna Terl'f pehfu ba Vinabin vf pbasvezrq ol gur svefg O5 gvr-va abiry, ohg V unq qrirybcrq gung urnqpnaba ybat orsber V ernq vg. V jnf npghnyyl irel fhecevfrq, ba yngre tbvat onpx naq erjngpuvat "Rlrf", gb qvfpbire gung gurer vf ab erny uvag bs nal ebznagvp vagrerfg va gur rcvfbqr vgfrys.

Garibaldi calls Sinclair “a by-the-book guy” at one point in this episode, and I may have scoffed a bit on first watch, but he’s kind of right? Sinclair may have come up with some out-of-the-box solutions to problems he’s encountered, but he has pretty consistently arrived at those solutions by turning the rules to his advantage in some way, as, indeed, he tries to do here as well.

But even though this episode is ostensibly focused on Sinclair, the real star is Ivanova. She goes through an entire emotional journey here, and while we are never too concerned about anything happening to Sinclair, for her the stakes feel real. Claudia Christian is so good at helping the viewer feel Ivanova’s emotions along with her, and Ivanova is usually so stoic that when she breaks down, as she does here, it makes the situation feel even more desperate. Also, that dream? How very dare you. WZF nyjnlf qbrf terng qernz frdhraprf.

Favorite scene: I’m tempted to pick anything with Lennier and the motorcycle in it, which I barely even mentioned, but it’s gotta be Ivanova coming to Sinclair’s quarters to try to resign. The friendship between them is so clear in this scene, and it manages to be at turns serious and funny and tender. And I love that Ivanova is able to feel comfortable enough with Sinclair to share such an intensely personal story about her mother. Somehow I get the feeling that’s something she doesn’t do lightly.

[prophetic-hijinks]

Are you canadian??? Just curious because I live in bc lol

-gvr

I lived in Canada on a hobby farm for seven years as a kid, but I was born in and now live in America.

[glitternightingale]

I’m very behind on bnha but I’m so sorry for your loss omg 🙏

-gvr

Thank you ❤️

It sounds so pathetic that the death of a fictional character affects me this much but it's like I've been with him on his journey for literal years, always waiting week after week, break after break for any crumbs of him-- I'm just so tired. It does feel like a slap in the face.

But it's not just his death that makes me feel this way. Bc the way it happened was so shallow, like they could barely cough up any manga panels for him. It doesn't make any sense story- and build-up-wise to me either. And it feels so out of character for Deku especially (he showed like no emotion wtf)!