#star my beloved<333

[tapipolouzer]

karma do you have any friends?:O

*yyesss??

*....

(asks are open for him<3)

[pirate-captain-froggy]

woe!! mirabelle be upon ye!! i love this sprite, so i drew it <33

[dustykneed]

heads up for spones spiceposting.... two of em actually. but honestly figuring out how to crop the other one is beyond me so here you go xD

inspired by the premise of this INSANELY HOT fic by @twinkboimler (painted months ago for the mcspirk discord except for some reason i didn't think to put it here until now! but that's all good really because i needed something to post to tide yall over until after my finals. btw that last f!spones spice summoned a bunch of spicy mcspirk asks and i am absolutely delighted by your minds and i cannot wait to draw all of them!! but yeah. finals. so jsyk i'll get to your reqs in a week or two ^_^)

[tree-obsession]

Aventurine, the Waste Land, the black hole, and luck- analysis on aventurine's possible fate

possible spoilers for 2.1 trailblaze mission

possible tws for suicide/suicidal idealization, mentions of slavery, and a massacre

ok there is. a lot to unpack for this mission but I would like to focus on the references to The Waste Land (by T.S. Elliot, fucking amazing poem btw) that were in Aventurine's parts?

First of all the achievements- the "Sibyl, what do you wish for?" and "She answers, I wish to die" or something like that. That is the very first thing in the poem we see- to put a long story short, it's a reference to how there was this oracle named Sibyl in Greek Mythology, blessed to live forever by Apollo. Apollo got angry after she refused to have sex with him and cursed her so that while she would live forever, her body would slowly waste away, eventually becoming dust kept in a jar. A couple of boys one day come up to this prison jar and ask her "Sibyl, what do you wish for?" and then she answers that she wants to die. This could be a reference to Aventurine, who is always so lucky but at that moment truly didn't wish to be lucky, and really did want to die. Yet he was stuck, unable to live- considering he is something of a "chosen" of Gaiathra Triclops, she could be the one who cursed him, in disguise of a "blessing" of good luck.

second, the maze scene. there were two references here, both from the fifth(fourth? it's been a hot minute since I read this poem, the details aren't all clear) part of the poem. it talks about a deserted waste land, where rain never falls, there is only lightning and rocks/sand. this matches up with descriptions of sigonia, as a desert planet that's referred to as "the unclaimed desolation", and also some of those lines are directly said in the white text that floated around the maze(which i'll be referring to as floating text from now on). the second reference was also in the floating text, which talks about how "there is another presence/person beside us", or something very similar. I don't have the direct quotation, but this is also a direct reference- within the poem, there are two travelers in this "waste land", and the narrator mentions feeling a presence that wasn't truly there. According to Elliot himself, his inspiration for this part of the poem was from an account of an Antarctic journey, where the person who wrote the account said he and his men were so out of it due to exhaustion they had begun to hallucinate another presence who wasn't actually there. this is probably referencing how mini-aventurine and present-aventurine both exist, and have existed, but the future-aventurine technically does not exist yet and literally is just popping up, clearly not "real" in the physical sense but definitely there. within the poem, there are a lot of speculations between scholars about why Eliiot decided to add this hallucinated dude in but one popular theory is that it's Christ, in disguise, which is really interesting considering The Family's Christian imagery. something to watch out for when Aventurine returns to the story (he def isn't dead, but as to when he's returning... :( i can't get my hopes up) or if anyone else analyzes this more deeply.

now, why the waste land? it's universally considered a pretty depressing poem, about how the world after World War I was torn apart and collapsing in on itself, and portrays a lot of characters who aren't living life to their fullest at all. it references many famous texts and literary works, pointing at literature as an amalgamation of all other literature and also acting as a metaphor for how everything builds off each other, so one thing collapsing could result in everything collapsing. there are a lot of references to different religions as well. perhaps the best way to put it is that Elliot was portraying a world under threat of total collapse, and asks the reader if there is anything humanity can do to save it, or if we must simply salvage what we can. the ending also implies peace is a far-off, perhaps unreachable thing since everything is so discordant. but you get the idea at this point- the poem is about decay and rotting over time. I don't have the greatest grasp on either this poem or aventurine's psyche, but the 2.1 quest revealed a lot- he is an incredibly lucky person who is in a lot of bad situations but gets out every time, and has never lost a bet (despite his life otherwise being absolutely terrible). the waste land itself could simply be sigonia, and then perhaps aventurine himself is a representation of the characters within the poem. practically all scholars agree that in this poem, all the female characters coalesce into one character, and the male characters do so too, and then there is one uniting character between the "male" and "female"- tiresias, who according to Elliot has "foreseen and foresuffered all". he is described as the most important figure in the poem by Elliot himself. Tiresias is an androgynous figure, but is referred to with he/his. he also is the only one to say "I" in the poem, and despite the fact he is blind he can see all, even the future- in mythology, he was a prophet like the Sibyl. "what Tiresias sees is, in fact, the substance of the poem", as Elliot says- in other words, what he sees seems to be the closest thing to the truth you will get.

now obviously that's pretty valuable, considering literally everyone is lying in penacony (in the livestream they said the entire guest list is filled with question marks in place of names, implying everyone's identities there were fake- other than Sparkle's, but she's a Masked Fool and will trick people just for the hell of it, so not exactly the best ally). however (this is where speculation starts) I think this could be possibly very subtle foreshadowing for Aven's return! and I know this may sound delusional but. it's established he's not dead. his stone is out, but that's quite possibly because he's next to a fricking black hole and also Acheron possibly had "freed" him, in some sense? that conversation he had with her obviously changed a lot of things for him as a character, and she said she could break the harmony's bonds on him... also, clearly if he wasn't dead while waking up next to a black hole, that's certainly a surefire way to tell his luck hasn't run out yet. the entire mission was spent establishing his luck is perfect, given by the goddess of his planet, and will never fail him. this is like near emanator-level shit- obviously not quite in terms of any special power, but he was specifically chosen by this goddess, was born on a special day, and due to sheer luck is the last one standing of his clan (apparently). literally everything was set up against him and he's only still alive due to a literal goddess-given power, which is absolutely nuts and almost overpowered if it weren't for the fact that he also seems to be in many scenarios where luck and gambling is the only way to get out at all. the massacre, the enslavement, killing his old master, the weird warlord thing that got brought up, penacony... his luck is purely for getting out of bad situations, it seems.

that was kind of a tangent. anyway! the whole mission was establishing how good his luck was. he got into this situation where the only solution is to walk into a black hole and see the other side of penacony- that is a classic example of "there is an extremely, extremely narrow chance of getting out alive". acheron did it, or something similar, so clearly it's possible- but luck and chance would be the only way. this is the cycle of his life- he's in an absolutely shitty situation, but he will get out due to luck. imo it's a terrible idea writing-wise to keep him explicitly alive up to the very end and going into a situation- alive- which he can survive in due to his luck, right after giving him fulfilling conversation with both acheron and his past self and seeing the uplifting note from Ratio... just to offscreen him, or kill him for some reason related to this "other side of penacony". it wouldn't line up with all that we know about him now. granted, I can't imagine it'll be pleasant and his mental state will be even worse at the end of it... but he'll be alive, and he's made it through a lot of hellish situations. he might not like his luck all the time, and it can be either a blessing or a curse given the scenario, but he's kind of stuck with it- until he withers away, just like Sibyl. Death does seem to be inevitable, but as of right now it's not knocking on his door.

tldr: for now, our boy isn't dead and his luck might be a curse to him but it's clearly going to keep him alive for quite a bit longer :)

tysm for reading and have a nice day!

[whaliiwatching]

hard to say out loud

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

thinking about kenyuki and their freak on freak battle again………….

[astros-arts-inthestars]

Since the last request was pride art for the PhanThieves, HERE'S SOME FOR OUR BELOVED P4 INVESTEAM <333

And look!! Some of them come in pairs! <3

Shoutout to @strawberryyosuke again for the woRST Teddie joke ever (/j)

List of their respective sexuality headcanons under the cut!!

Yu - Gay GAY homosexual. He is a BOYKISSER. EXCLUSIVELY

Yosuke - Bisexual.... but he DEFINITELY leans more to men (no matter how much he denies it)

Chie - Oh one hundred percent Lesbian. She had no idea at first, but she figures it out <33

Yukiko - Sapphic!! Same with Chie, but she still finds herself aesthetically attracted to men. but sexually? nah. She always wondered why she was never that interested in men!

Kanji - GAY GAY GAY HE'S GAY FUCK YOU CANON HE LIKES MEN I LIKE HIM i mean what. anYWAYS he has the Achillean flag, and it's a band that Naoto crafted for him, it also functions as a flashlight, and and can store small things like maybe needles and thread <3333

Naoto - Trans Boy He/Him Trans Trans TRANS.... boye .. . Oh, he is also Asexual to me <33 Kanji made him a little clip, for things such as ties and collars or even bags! It's crocheted and jhfgshfhhs ouuhghh i love that these two make things for the people they love hoguaguhhgh im inlove wiht them- SHIT ANYWAYS

Rise - Asexual to meeeEEE!! She's that kinda asexual who makes sex jokes and innuendos, but still VERY MUCH ACE that's her <33 She's also Grayromantic to me! I think she's had little experience with romance, and less interest.

Teddie. - ...Pansexual. That's all. And... Polyamr- Polyamorous. That's it.

[abba-enthusiast]

You can’t really see much and I did not capture a shooting star, but it’s amazing that stars exist and we get to see them every night 🥺💫

[demideific]

Nico is Autistic.

My source?

Me, the Autistic fan who's had a special interest in him since his first appearance and has later realized he shows quite a few Autistic traits paired with his ADHD throughout the entire series.

Also your mom, that's who.

[xitty]

Look how cute they are! 🥰

Enstars twt posted fine climax event highlights and it said how they "will continue to create lives full of love and surprises and to bring smiles to everyone around the world" and I'm honestly crying here. 😭😭

I think people often focus just on Eichi's shenanigans and forget he and fine want to bring happiness to fans through their music and performances too. Eichi spoke about this in Primavera and I love the story for that.

I love them so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[oh-wow-im-still-here]

I think a big reason why I like danmei so much is that even though the romance of course is the oft talked about highlight, I love that it takes its time to develop its main characters to the point I am completely content to just have entire books just following *their* journeys. Even without the romance. Like, I can and will read entire books length chunks of Xie Lian's entire 800+ years history. I thoroughly enjoy Wei Wuxian just doing his weird estranged uncle shtick for chapters on end. Or even just reading about all of Shen Qiao's unfortunate travels. So even if you're not into the romance at first or its an incredibly long slow burn, there is still SO MUCH to chew on. I think it's totally possible for someone out there that isn't entirely on board for the romance to continue reading just to see the main character's arc come to some sort of satisfying end. I would say Danmei fandoms are one of the rare instances where its quite common to say the main character is your favorite character! and I think that's so fun and cool and aahhhhh i love fiction that have multiple elements to sink your teeth into!!

[tapipolouzer]

EATS UR TAG ON MY SCI POST

UR SO MEAN TO ME 👹🫵/J/POSPOSPOS

STOP GIVIN ME THE BRAIN ROTS ‼️‼️/J

I'M LIKE A FUNGI BESTIE MY JOB IS TO SPREAD AND TO DECOMPOSE 😌💞💞💞‼️‼️‼️‼️

I RAISE YOU! what is sci's brother to him? do you have any thoughts about them? is he as prominent as sci's gaster? does he even exist yet? what does he think of sci's work or friends?

[to-illustrate-the-stars]

(delusional voice) kamisato art: hyouka!!!!!

[yume-fanfare]

happy birthday to my dearest normal boy!

[spoccult]

this is one of my fave moments from beyond MOSTLY because of the way you can see spock nodding along very subtly for a few beats before confirming it's "classical" music

[video description: a short clip from the movie 'star trek beyond' (2016) where 'sabotage' by the beastie boys plays as the soundtrack. the uss franklin surfs within a wave made of swarm ships, leaving a blazing trail of destruction. it cuts to spock and mccoy who have commandeered one of the swarm ships; mccoy asks, "is that classical music?!" after a short pause where spock listens intently, he confirms, "yes doctor, it would seem to be." end id]

[glowinggayduo]

he finally did it , im so proud of him <3 someone catch me im falling