#falling falling stars

[not-poignant]

Birthday Spotlight - Dr Gary Konowalous

[13th January - Capricorn]

Known first and foremost as the MVP of Falling Falling Stars, Dr Gary was a runaway hit even though he was never meant to be in anything more than a handful of reminiscences re: Efnisien's sessions with a psychologist who specialised in criminal juvenile behaviour, especially those who leaned towards murder, rape, arson and animal cruelty.

The Director of Hillview eventually came to be featured in the Underline the Rainbow alternate universe, an omegaverse where he is the Director of Hillview Omega Rehabilitation, a peak alpha, and the unlikely partner of Efnisien ap Wledig in an unusual m/m romance. Going from psychologist in one serial to lover and main character in another is a pretty big glow up!

‘You touch the lives of the people around you, Efnisien. In the past, all you saw was the negative ways you influenced them. I’m sure that will be the main way you orient to the world going into the future, though as I always say – we’ll work on it. But you do have an influence on the lives of the people around you. Sometimes it’s fleeting. But sometimes it’s meaningful, and important, and quite a remarkable thing. ‘I enjoy you as a client, not only because I enjoy the work we do together as a professional, but also because I enjoy the young man you are. You’re kind and compassionate, funny, and sometimes possessed with a very wicked sense of humour which I frankly find quite relatable. You’re insightful and courageous.’

Falling Falling Stars

Spoils of the Spoiled - A minor character referred to by name only, and the diagnostician of Efnisien ap Wledig, formally diagnosing him with Pure O (a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

Falling Falling Stars - Intended to only be a side character with minor cameos, Dr Gary quickly became the MVP of this long running serial, and was as much a star of this story as Efnisien and Arden!

The Moon is Down - A oneshot between Dr Gary and Mika from Falling Falling Stars.

Constellations - A Gwyn + Efnisien reconciliation story in the Falling Falling Stars universe.

Underline the Black - Main POV character alongside Efnisien ap Wledig. An enemies-to-lovers, alpha/alpha romance, with very unconventional dynamics and a significant (20+ year) age gap!

Underline the Gold - Cameo role

Underline the Blue - Cameo role

Underline the Red - More significant character here, and the unlikely antagonist

PhD of Psychology

Specialises in niche psychology (juvenile criminals/sociopaths in Falling Falling Stars, omega rehabilitation in Underline the Black)

Has a golden retriever - Polly - who is the goodest girl ever

He is dry, witty, dominating, a top, compassionate, insightful, bullish, heavy-handed, can be ruthless, and quick to apologise (though he has to be!)

Older. Age undisclosed in Falling Falling Stars, but he's 44 in Underline the Black.

The scene where he dropped absolutely everything to save Efnisien's life in Falling Falling Stars

Every time he's made Efnisien cry

Being so extra in an omegaverse that he's a literal "peak alpha."

Workaholic!

Consistently helping Efnisien realise the world can be a better place, usually after upsetting him a lot beforehand.

Dumping Efnisien into the ocean (just about) to snap him out of a dissociative episode.

The blue cup

His espresso + wine habit in Underline the Black

Chain-smoking his dead lover's cigarettes while moodily staring at the beach, in Underline the Black, like a 44 year old emo kid.

That good old PhD in psychology

He keeps his wry sense of humour

He always owns Hillview!

He cares deeply for Efnisien

Good dresser! Likes suits.

He pushes too hard

He has a strong sense of inner justice and equality

Needs a holiday

His appearance was intentionally never described in Falling Falling Stars so that people could imagine their own safe version of a psychologist! That's nearly 780k of never telling you his hair or eye colour, for example! Many people swear they know what he looks like, and are surprised to realise I never said a word about what he looks like in this story. Much to the rage and chagrin of fanartists (I'm sorry!)

Dr Gary's therapy sessions have inspired multiple readers to seek therapists of their own, and some people have described him as being the therapy they needed. Sometimes fiction just hits right, especially when Dr Gary's in the room. (He's a pretty annoying therapist though!)

I started shipping Efnisien and Dr Gary in the first 3 chapters of Falling Falling Stars, and then had to stop myself for the rest of the story to maintain their professional relationship. But in a way, the seeds for Underline the Black were sown a long time ago!

After typing 'Dr Gary' for so long in Falling Falling Stars, it took ages to train myself to write 'Gary' in Underline the Black! Thankfully it took Efnisien a while to get on board with saying 'Gary' instead of 'Dr Gary' as well. :D

‘Did you fuck me?’ Efnisien croaked, thinking he should be presenting a more macho image right now, but waking up to that dog touching him – and feeling a bit like he might be dying – was making it hard to manage much at all. ‘You would know if I’d fucked you,’ Dr Gary said, voice wry.

Underline the Black

#birthday spotlight #dr gary konowalous #writers of tumblr #falling falling stars #mm romance #queer romance #enemies to lovers #slowburn #underline the black #underline the rainbow #original fiction #original works #character birthday #doing something new this year #happy birthday dr gary!! #don't drink too much wine

[swifty-fox]

You blocked the door to the tomb

Well, I hope you let me out soon

These ropes were subtle and neat

You said it's OCD

I remember the silly cartoons

And the smell of summer afternoons

The lost cause of dying in a room

Where you were born to be

- Manic Memories by Des Rocs

Oh you thought I was done with this story?! I think not!!!

#fae tales au #fae tales #efnisien ap wledig #swiftyart #falling falling stars #not-poignant #now to actually take a break from drawing so my wrist doesn’t fall apart #need me a kadek to yell me into shape tbh #I won’t be taking a break jk

[simplyjustagirlsblog]

i love laura palmer

#laura palmer #twin peaks #twin peaks fire walk with me #twin peaks spoilers #fire walk with me #meanwhile #david lynch #audrey horne #dale cooper #special agent dale cooper #shelly johnson #mark frost #twin peaks the missing pieces #stars hollow #fall aesthetic #funny memes #lynchian #the secret diary of laura palmer #just girly thoughts #just girly things #you like your girls insane #tumblr girls #girlblogging #girl blogging #female hysteria #female manipulator #female experience #girl blogger #girl interrupted #girls icons

[acorviart]

devourer of falling stars

#illustration #wibblies #serpent #wings #falling star #acorviart

[painted-lemon]

um can we make this a real thing??????

please tag any other fandom that could use this meme format

#calling all animation fans #cartoon fandom #anime fandom #gravity falls #amphibia #the owl house #star vs the forces of evil #steven universe #hilda netflix #the amazing world of gumball #mphfpc #my litte pony friendship is magic #phineas and ferb #ninjago #she ra and the princesses of power #adventure time #harry potter #lore olympus #nevermore webcomic #cursed princess club #invader zim #kindergarten game #kindergarten 2 #scott pilgrim #over the garden wall #dream smp #the little prince #wings of fire #w

[verkomy]

falling

you can get a print here: inprnt!   

#if you look very closely you'll see crowley's silhouette #I wanted to make it subtle #but I don't know if it's visible at all #crowley #good omens #good omens 2 #neil gaiman #good omens fanart #falling star #fallen angel #fanart #my art #verkomy #verkomy 2023 #procreate #prints

[battleofthegarys]

Loser Bracket Side 2

#falling falling stars #i guess??? It doesn't feel fair to not give him a tag #ib #polls

[bixels]

Hot to the Touch

(Sunset x Thea)

#mlp #sunset shimmer #twilight sparkle #twiset #my art #fanart #the grand galloping 20s #illustration #rarijack is my funny goofy ship your american drama “the fashionista falls for the farmgirl!” #but twiset is my pull at your heartstrings drama romance shit #at least for this au #what if thea was the only one who could calm sunset's rage #what if sunset knows she should hate thea for “replacing” her for being the witch she was supposed to be but she can't bring herself to #what if thea was the guiding star who saves sunset's soul and brought laughter and peace and love back into her jaded tired life #what if they loved each other more than they ever thought they could but it wasn't meant to last. sunset must leave and thea must stay. #what if i ran off a bridge

[elbydraws]

Sophie from ‘Howl’s moving castle’

#sophie #howls moving castle #ghibli animation #studio ghibli #falling #stars #anime #moon #humanartist #artistsupport #digital art

[pinkiemachine]

…and again…

#fan art #crossover #star vs the forces of evil #gravity falls #over the garden wall #steven universe #Disney #Cartoon Network

[not-poignant]

Daily excerpt from today's writing, chapter 5 of Constellations (the first chapter launches on AO3 tomorrow!!! - Sunday that is):

Kadek hosted play parties for kink about twice a month these days. He wasn’t slowing down at all now that he was fifty. If anything, he was becoming more immersed, taking it more seriously, and he had something like regular relationships with about five different people now. When Efnisien had brought the word “queerplatonic” almost eight years ago to Kadek to ask him what he thought about it, Kadek had rejected it, and then only twenty-four hours later semi-joked he was in some kind of queerplatonic thruople with Efnisien and Arden and that maybe he wanted to talk to them about it. ‘It’s just a dumb fucking word,’ Kadek exclaimed the next night. ‘What does it even mean?’ ‘Platonic but more-than-platonic,’ Arden said, and Efnisien nodded. ‘Not helpful, babes,’ Kadek said. ‘Nah, you know it is though,’ Arden said. ‘Come on. The thing we all have, you know it’s something.’ ‘I mean…’ Kadek’s expression creased. That had been during a time when Kadek was still firmly off the idea of any relationships at all. And Efnisien had stepped in, not liking the distress he was seeing. ‘It doesn’t change anything,’ Efnisien said, ‘and you don’t have to accept it, and if you don’t, I’ll never bring it up again. I think it’s a good word for describing what we are now to each other – not romantic, really queer, and more than just friends – but I know you don’t love labels, so…you don’t need to have one. It can just be this.’ Kadek looked between them, and his hands did something where they rested on his knees. ‘Yo,’ Kadek said to Arden. ‘What do you think?’ ‘I think it’s a pretty good term for the level of chosen-family-with-kink we’ve got going. I mean come in, Kadek, I know you tie up a lot of your friends, but you’re not having them over for dinner as often as we come over.’ ‘Yeah, but you’re like my brother,’ Kadek said. But then he looked at Efnisien and leaned back heavily in the chair. ‘But you sure are something.’

#daily excerpt #constellations #falling falling stars #efnisien ap wledig #kadek setiawan #arden mercury #feels SO nice to be tagging arden in something again #anyway this one's for the OT3 lovers

[forecast0ctopus]

she was putting the moves on this man like crazy

#id fall for it too idk she was charming as all get out #if a woman kissed my hand like that imight pass out idk #she saw his cartoonishly unhealthy slouch and said I Need Him. #star trek #star trek tos #leonard mccoy #leonard bones mccoy #doctor mccoy #natira #for the world is hollow and i have touched the sky #old man posting. will happen again

[swifty-fox]

Five percent of my brain is at all times dedicated to Efnisien in a pink slip thank you

#swiftyart #efnisien ap wledig #arden mercury #not poignant #falling falling stars #fae tales au

[say0ranarts]

⚡ serval from honkai star rail - print commissioned by her english VA, Natalie van Sistine!

#honkai star rail #serval landau #just art #started playing hsr myself and sheesh game is pretty... (falls in love with the women immediately)

[maraudover]

this is how i’m perceiving the various conditions of the bad batch lovers rn:

hunter fans: surviving, but barely

wrecker fans: surviving, but BARELY

crosshair fans: thriving, but in constant pain

echo fans: starving, in the trenches

tech fans: somewhere in the margin of dying, being dead, and clinging to life on the edge of insanity

#i fall into the last category ! 😋 #the bad batch #star wars #tbb spoilers #the bad batch spoilers #tbb #the bad batch season 3 #bad batch #omega fans are living for hopeful plot armor and a dream

[novelconcepts]

The defintion of hell is knowing a show is incredibly well-received in its first season, but if people don’t become machines churning out tweets, content, and rewatching 24/7, there’s no likelihood it’ll get a chance to tell its whole story. This shit is madness. Shows in different genres shouldn’t have to pit-battle for dominance. First seasons are MEANT to be baselines establishing worlds and characters, not complete storylines. The idea that this golden age of television has turned into “get it done in one or get out” is revolting.

#the sandman #paper girls #some of the hot takes on Twitter are breaking me #‘why don’t we know the whole story? it’s bad writing if you don’t have a complete story in the first season’ girl WHAT since WHEN #how many excellent shows were weak as fuck in S1?? and here we’re getting shows with incredible first seasons fighting for their lives #like fuckin Christ dude the idea of long form storytelling is allowing your story time and space to spread out #otherwise we would only make movies #i am so sick of this edge of my seat fear that any new show I fall in love with will get axed because the higher powers don’t care about art #this has to be a bubble right? this has to pop at some point and go back to shows valued on what they are #and don’t even get me started on creators having to beg for good reviews to balance out review-bombing from shitheads #if every one star review is clearly bigoted from the comments? why is anyone taking them into account?? #why is there no way to manage this shit aside from creators being like ‘please help us”’