#;sapphire

[sometimesraven]

SO. I haven't talked about this project much in recent days because I have no plans to write its novel any time soon (I will some day! I just have too much on the go at once rn and this one is one I can safely table and not lose the vibes for)

BUT a conversation with @aninkwellofnectar in her discord recently inspired me to finally work on redesigning the main character and my oldest OC, Sapphire! (this is why I was so drawn to WTSA because STAR PRINCESS????? HELLO??? MY BABY IS A STAR PRINCESS)

Those who know me (especially those who've known me for longer than a couple years) will know she was originally a self-insert fanfic OC but for her novel I knew I wanted to make her a black woman due to two factors:

not enough feminine black princesses, especially in fantasy romance which is what this will be

she's a star princess/being of fire so it Just Made Sense that her physical form would be darker

I wanted to

So here it is! The first redesign of Princess Shuk'arna "Sapphire" Balmore, first of her name, middle child of the Balmore line, bastard daughter of Queen Lilian II, High Healer of the Estofel Army

@smallvillecrows @thescarletblaze LOOK AT HER

#fantasy #high fantasy #fantasy romance #fantasy oc #poc characters #i spent so long on this #i have not painted this good ever #my whole artussy went into this one fuckin drawing #and as i'm writing this i'm seeing FLAWS #but correcting little flaws at this point would take days bc so many layers and UGH #so it's FINE #;sapphire #;forbidden #mine #art

[ratective]

credit

#rat noises #steven universe #su #su garnet #garnet #su fanart #su ruby #su sapphire #rupphire #ruby #sapphire #shitpost

[retrogamingblog2]

#nintendo #pokemon #funny #gaming #video games #lol #humor #meme #kyogre #hoenn #gba #gameboy advance #2000s #maps #geography #pokemon ruby #pokemon sapphire #pokemon emerald #pokemon oras #3ds #retro #2000ish #retrogaming #dank memes #gen iii #gen 3 #legendary pokemon #team aqua #memes #pokemon omega ruby

[pygmy--tyrant]

that whole fantasy trope of werewolves and vampires hating each other pisses me off every time. it's like lgbt exclusionism you feel me. like I bet the real ones think it's dumb. they're out there going guys we're all children of the night. in their eyes we're ALL unholy abominations. bet there's posts on darkcreatures.net like vampires and werewolves are actually kissing on the lips rn

#sapphire's random thoughts #fantasy #vampires #werewolves

[sunnyirry]

rupphire dancing based on art by rebecca sugar ^^

#steven universe #ruby su #sapphire su #rupphire #my art #fanart

[discount-supervillain]

#Steven Universe #Garnet #Ruby #Sapphire

[tacobellabeanburrito]

Aww you guys are such a cute couple! Which one of you is the red one and which one of you is the blue one?

#buddy daddies #kazurei #ace attorney #Wrightworth #narumitsu #avatar the last airbender #atla #zukka #zutara #legend of korra #korrasami #voltron #klance #add your own!! #sk8 the infinity #reki x langa #Steven universe #rupphire #ruby steven universe #sapphire steven universe #Merlin #arthur x merlin #merarthur #sonadow #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #Kirby #metadede #king dedede #meta knight

[chudochudes]

Steven Universe doodles ⭐️

#art #fanart #digital art #doodle #steven universe #su #yellow diamond #spinel #aquamarine #blue zircon #peridot #connie maheswaran #ruphire #ruby #sapphire #lapis lazuli #stevonnie #pearl #garnet #amethyst

[ssunflowerfieldsz]

Missing SU hours

#steven universe #su #ruby su #sapphire su #rupphire #connie maheswaran #connverse #peridot su #pearl su #art #fanart #smol draws

[hyydraworks]

Working on some chicken variations. Might be a little while till I get them in the shop, but if you have chicken breeds you desire let me know. It’s hard with my color palette, but I’ll try my darndest.

#ceramics #figurines #animal art #chicken #bantam #gold laced wyandot #sapphire gem #chicken breeds #cute creature #friend shaped #round #birb #bird #hyydraworks #sculpture #cute animals

[haunted-skitty-doll]

Current mood

#Pokemon #pokemon ruby and sapphire #hoenn

[sometimesraven]

The Hub || Quantum Leap x Torchwood

Fandom: Quantum Leap (2022), Torchwood POV: Ian Wright

multi chapter, check the AO3 Link for more when it arrives

Summary: In which Ian finally visits the Torchwood hub -- and meets a couple of new faces.

It was a cold spring morning in Cardiff when Ian found themself standing in one spot for a very long time.

Well. Standing in one spot wasn’t the most accurate descriptor. Rather, they would approach the paving stone marked in the photo Jack had sent them, hover nearby for a minute, then chicken out and pretend they were staring at a pillar or something equally touristy.

It wasn’t that they didn’t believe there was an invisibility cloak or something around the stone, nor that it was a secret elevator. This was just… new. A whole new place in a whole new country and what if nobody liked them? What if they weren’t actually smart enough to help? What if they didn’t understand a word each other was saying through their accents?

Oh my god, just go in already. Ian could practically hear Jenn chiding them; imagined her shoving them forward like a baby bird out of the nest. If they backed out now they’d never hear the end of it.

Holding their breath and closing their eyes like the perception filter might zap them, Ian stepped into the hidden elevator.

Nothing happened. They waited, braced for impact, but nothing changed. Slowly, they peeked an eye open. They were still there, stood like an absolute dummy in the middle of an empty city square in Wales.

Until they weren’t. With a violent lurch (and a deeply undignified squeak), the ground pulled them down into the depths. Cold coastal air gave way to deep warmth and Ian's eyes widened as they were slowly lowered into the enormous underground base. The moment the elevator stopped and they could catch their breath, their heavy coat was off and slung over their arm to join their laptop bag, and they stepped off of the concrete platform, watching it rise back up with a silent note to figure out how the heck that thing worked later.

“Took you long enough,” Jack’s voice was teasing as he hopped down to greet Ian, swiftly taking their coat and hanging it nearby, “Looked like you were about to quit for a minute.”

Ian felt their cheeks flush, “Wh-uh- you-.. You saw that?”

Jack only beamed in response, shooting them a wink and beckoning them to the main bulk of the hub.

It was clear this place had been under reconstruction for a while now. Every surface was littered with cables and diagrams; old monitors, burnt and destroyed almost beyond recognition, were lined up on the ground while newer flatscreens were half hooked up and balancing vicariously on whatever was nearby.

“Welcome to Torchwood, Doctor Wright!” Jack continued, spinning to grin at them again, “Bit of a fixer upper but we’re working on it.”

“It’s… impressive,” they hummed, gazing up at what looked like an enormous engine or power core of some kind that the hub seemed to be built around. Ian could only imagine the kind of power a machine that size held — it was reminiscent of some of the engines housing the quantum core back in LA.

“Rift manipulator,” Jack hummed, “Housed inside the water tower up above.”

"It helps us monitor and control the space-time rift this hub is built around." Another voice, curt and feminine, startled Ian for a moment -- they were so taken in by their surroundings they had almost missed the two other figures in the room.

The person in question was someone who seemed (though Ian would never assume) to be in her thirties, her slight frame almost completely hidden by the frankly unnecessary trenchcoat she was wearing. She pushed to her feet from where she was crouched by a circuitboard, tossing a bit of.... something aside and turning to regard Ian with piercing green eyes.

"Here's who you'll be working with while you're here," Jack hummed, "This is Sapphire, and that's Oscar."

He gestured to the other figure, blue-eyed and freckled with a small scar on his left cheek, who glanced over with a politely awkward wave.

"About time you arrived," Sapphire hummed, tucking a strand of bright red hair behind her ear and offering Ian a smile, "Oscar has repaired the physical side of things but he's rather out of his depth on the coding and I need a second pair of eyes. I hear there's no-one better. Well," she added before Ian could think to respond, "no human."

"No-.. wait." Ian blinked, her words settling slowly amid the overwhelming amount of data between their ears right now. "Y-you're... not human?"

"I am!" Oscar interjected cheerily, shrugging, "Sort of. Half."

That explained his accent, Ian thought -- hovering somewhere between Irish, Southern American and something they couldn't for the life of them pinpoint. Sapphire's voice appeared British at first listen, but now they were looking for alien discrepencies there was something not quite right about it, almost like she'd learned the accent deliberately.

"I am not," Sapphire clarified, seeming to sense their confusion. "Do you need to sit down?"

Ian blinked again, nodding absently and plopping down into the seat Jack rolled over. Aliens are real. Aliens are real. The team back at Quantum Leap were going to scream when they found out Ian was right the whole time-- except they wouldn't, because Ian couldn't tell them. Damn.

Still, a swell of excitement replaced the overwhelm, Ian’s gaze lifting to their new acquaintances. “This is the best day of my life. Wh-where are you from? Why are you here? Why do you look human, I mean the statistical probability of that is—“

“Slow down,” Sapphire laughed, patient even as Ian felt their cheeks reddening in shame. First contact and they were blowing it already. Still, Sapphire was beaming, her eyes glittering with joy as if their own excitement was contagious. “Unfortunately I can only answer one question at a time.”

“Alright, we can blow their mind while we work,” Jack interjected, winking at them all and earning a groan from both alien acquaintances that told Ian he was fully aware of the double entendre. “Ian’s only here on timeshare so we’re working double time.”

“I can quit whenever I like, you know,” Sapphire huffed, stepping back to her station with a haughty sway.

“You can’t stay away~”

#quantum leap #quantum leap reboot #quantum leap 2022 #Ian Wright #Dr Ian Wright #ian wright ql #torchwood #jack harkness #crossover fic #doctor who #mine #fandom #dw #ql #shameless self insert #oh what's that? you didn't want me to insert my old DW OCs into this? too late #;sapphire #;oscar

[heartnosekid]

the glittering sapphire (lasaia agesilas) | borboletasoestesc on ig

#stim #butterflies #insects #bugs #sfw #blue #black #white #teal #shiny #animals #wings #the glittering sapphire #lasaia agesilas #the glittering sapphire butterfly #ishy gifs #postish

[retrogamingblog2]

#pokemon #nintendo #gaming #video games #gba #pokemon contests #graveler #self destruct #funny #lol #humor #meme #hoenn #pokemon ruby #pokemon sapphire #pokemon emerald #3ds #oras #pokemon diamond #pokemon pearl #pokemon platinum #gen iv #ds #nintendo ds #pokemon xy #retro #retrogaming

[pygmy--tyrant]

I think if we ever got bi declan real it would have been done in like a one paragraph anecdote in his internal monologue about the most boring gay experience in the world and never brought up again. like at some point he would've been like 'once declan had slept with a senator's son, a man with the false american charm and loud presence of one used to getting what they wanted, for the political advantage. he had left promptly the next morning as if merely returning from a meeting, and had spent almost a whole hour staring at guido reni's st sebastian which he had stolen from the dulwich gallery without anyone noticing. the twisting, erotic form of the man seemed untouchably alien to anything declan could reach. what declan had felt the night before was merely a polite transaction - nothing like the passion this saint achieved just by dying' and it would leave us still kinda uncertain as whether or not that means he's actually into men or not

#then MAYBE the st sebastian painting would be brought up again but he would never directly refer to the gay encounter after that #trc #the raven cycle #sapphire's random thoughts #declan lynch

[theonlyadawong]

Much Ado About Nothing

Royal Shakespeare Company, 2022

Dir. Roy Alexander Weise

Photos by Ikin Yum

#much ado about nothing #toyin adeyun-alase #micah balfour #rebecca banatvala #michael joel bartelle #mensah bediako #christelle elwin #dk fashola #kevin n golding #akiyah henry #karen henthorn #aruna jalloh #sapphire joy #curtis kemlo #enoch lwanga #mohammed mansaray #taya ming #miles mitchell #ann ogbomo #nicole sawyerr #khai shaw #luke wilson #adeola yemitan #black theatre #cataloging theatre