#the cloud speaks

[seastarryclouds]

The mouthwashing fandom has a problem… and it’s that I can’t go five min of scrolling through two certain sites without running into someone saying “liking x character is bad”, “media literacy is dead”, “drawing curly like this is ableist”, “actually if Anya had just told x then none of this would have happen”, “they should have just killed jimmy, and because they didn’t-“ blah blah blah!

It’s this idea that you have to have this “correct” viewing of the game, and view certain characters as black and white. When in truth they are grey characters (except for the obvious villain) in a COMPLEX SITUATION. Stuck in space for a year with limited cryo pods and no proper holding cell.

My views about certain characters aside it’s EXHAUSTING to be constantly bombarded with opinions that boil down to “you don’t see it the way I do? You are a bad person!”

Shit like this burns out fandoms fast and pushes creators away from wanting to draw fanart for the fandom.

Try to be kind and try not to jump towards “this person is doing something horrible” when they have a slightly different view than you over a piece of media that doesn’t have its themes and messages hitting you over the head with a hammer

[jadenvargen]

LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME!

[rocketbirdie]

face value

[droshawoluv]

Happy Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy day

It's truly an amazing job referencing many things

Check >EVERY MtG x FF Card Explained HERE<

[valentimmy]

his favorite hobby is tormenting cloud 🔥

[darqx]

Bought the most expensive Pencil™ of my life to test out drawing on an iPad whilst I was on hols

[faithinlouisfuture]

LANDO NORRIS - F175 LIVE RED CARPET (x)

[coffinkissez]

ff7 as lps anyone ? pt 2 | pt 3

[self-made-purgatories]

From the Half-Empty Loveseat to the Cuck Chair: there is definitely a Spirk fight arc in Season 3. Here's the latest development, from The Cloud Minders.

First, a quick recap of the last two episodes:

S3E19: Requiem for Methuselah: Everything goes off the rails in this episode. Kirk fixates on a female Spock surrogate because internalized homophobia, repeatedly rejecting the real Spock and seriously hurting his feelings and their relationship in the process. It turns out the girl is a counterfeit girl in addition to a counterfeit Spock, and so Kirk loses it even further and hurts Spock even worse. Their relationship is in shreds by the end of the episode. I wrote a gigantic post about this episode if you want to know more of my thoughts (and more about the half-empty loveseat).

S3E20: The Way to Eden (the Space Hippies one): Kirk and Spock are definitely still fighting (I posted about this too). They don't touch, don't make eye contact, don't flirt, don't work together, struggle even being in the same room together. Spock goes off and has a thing with a fun flirty space-hippie musician guy in a miniskirt (and honestly, good for them).

And now:

S3E21: The Cloud Minders: Spock and Kirk are back to working together, off on a mission together. Their tone is cool, professional. They keep their own personal space. Their interactions are calm, less awkward than The Way to Eden, but no longer intimate.

At one point they are given a bed to share and Spock takes the cuck chair across the room instead, which is fraught with symbolism. The half-empty loveseat is gone; Spock is sitting alone, leaving no room for Kirk. (Not to mention that he has literally been cucked.) And yet still, still, just as at the end of Requiem for Methuselah, he watches over Kirk as he sleeps.

Most notably in this episode, Spock openly and shamelessly flirts with their host's scantily clad six-packed daughter, both in front of Kirk and in private. Spock's unusual behavior is both to make Kirk jealous and to cockblock him because he really cannot fucking take any more of this bullshit of having to watch Kirk bag another bitch of the week right in front of him. It works; the girl is practically begging Spock to fuck her and never once looks at Kirk. Meanwhile, though, Kirk is attacked by a female disrupter, and he manages to pin her to a bed and flirt with her, but he does keep it in his pants. After a short struggle with the disrupter, Kirk calls for Spock and when he finds the two of them standing alone in the room together, Spock bitterly asks, "Am I... intruding, Captain?" and proceeds to glare at Kirk for most of the conversation that follows.

BUT. Late in the episode, Kirk is in trouble down on the planet's surface. Spock beams up both Kirk and his attacker and jumps into the melee to help Kirk and break up the fight. He grabs Kirk with both hands and pulls him away.

Kirk is out of control, momentarily insane from the effects of the cave gas, and Spock forcefully and desperately reminds Kirk of this by very uncharacteristically, emotionally, illogically shouting it in his face.

Kirk composes himself rather quickly. There are echoes of the turbolift scene where Spock's presence delivers Kirk from a panic attack, although this time it's very brief, and much less like a kiss and much more like a fight. But once again, the moment is rife with sexual tension. (Seems like a good spot to point out that fighting and fucking are very closely connected in the series also.)

This is the first time they have touched since Requiem for Methuselah. They stare deeply into each others eyes for a brief moment. Are they communicating telepathically, as they sometimes do? What are they saying?

Did it feel good to yell at him, Spock? Did it feel good to release some of those emotions? Kirk, do you understand now? Can you fix it? Can you two kiss and make up and move on now?

All of this is underscored by the way Bones just stands there, saying nothing, staring unblinkingly at the two of them this whole time. He knows them better than anyone. I wonder if he is wondering the same things I am.

[maodun]

I dont know where you people are finding or trusting (!!) places like Chuang or Lausan but come on.

1. pieces using terminology like authoritarianism or totalitarianism should at least give you some skepticism, if not in taking them seriously, then at least in having some understanding of how those terms are positioned geopolitics, eg, western imperialist motives in smearing their enemies who have the most power and ability and organization in fighting back.

2. theyre very purposefully unclear in their exact positions or affiliations. say, their funding for operations - especially when it's not just one guy and clearly they're not asking for viewer/follower support. they may (supposedly) seek collaboration with indigenous and anti-imperialist groups and then turn around and either insinuate or openly call china imperialist. unserious. and then have the gall to say they support a revolutionary global leftism

[seastarryclouds]

If you are ever bored, pick a pokemon, a random pokemon, preferably a pokemon you wouldn’t normally go looking for in fanart, and search it up in the tags.

Some of the artwork drawn for these pokemon are so beautiful, and you can tell that it’s someone’s favorite. It really makes you appreciate pokemon you normally wouldn’t think about

[angelmush]

magenta smoothie 4 breakfast, vibrant vase of tulips 4 my gf, black dragon dog 4 sharing the couch with, and a big stack of notebooks 4 writing

[detailedart]

i want to know who broke the sky's heart last night

[contentstarved]

hrmm. as someone who struggles to admit to actually being hungry and being so embarrassed about saying it that generally I'd rather die: I'm thinking about a scenario in which you make someone go hungry and refuse to feed them until they can actually bring themselves to say it, that yes they're hungry and want/need something to eat

I'm not imagining this in a harsh way necessarily. Just as like, a way to train someone into being comfortable with saying it and praising them when they finally say it

[cloudwhisper23]

Shoutout to @pixlokita for drawing fanart for a fandom they're not a part of! The wings really lured them in, XD

We have a habit of collaborating on silly art, so Pix did the lineart and I did the color.

Original lineart:

Alternate background:

Some silly highlights from my coloring process:

[highabovethecloudssomewhere]

Life is so strange. You have a family emergency. Your boss gives you a raise. Your favorite coffee brand is on sale. You decide you have to break up with your partner. You get sick. You find a new brand of soup that you love. You watch a movie that changes your life. There’s another family emergency. You’re in the hospital until 4am trying to figure out what’s wrong. A stranger tells you your kindness made their day a little better. Prices increased at your favorite local ramen shop. It’s finally warm enough to keep the windows open. There are birds out there, singing. You bump into an old friend who stopped talking to you and never told you why. You become a regular at a coffee shop and the barista knows your drink, then your name. You have another family emergency. You do laundry and think about cutting your hair. It’s sunny. Your boss thanks you for your hard work. Your favorite candle just burnt out. You have canned soup and bread for dinner.

Life keeps moving.