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NO JUST BURNT OUT

ARE YALL DEAD PLS

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Hi, I don't know if you still do the bingo, but can I ask for Zinari from Aurora Cycle?

I don't have such a strong opinion on them bc we see so little of them truly together, but I'm glad our little weirdo found someone

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ok its not funny anymore amie and jay is the aurora tv show happening or not cmon we can take it (we can't)

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the 50/50 split is so fucking funny tk me. anyway time to speedrun during my free periods

@starfish-sonnyangel kalora bedroom sketch ! I promised after all

Might refine it later.

kalora fic should be out by friday! I’ve been holding out on y’all. Actually one sec

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@starfish-sonnyangel kalora bedroom sketch ! I promised after all

Might refine it later.

kalora fic should be out by friday! I’ve been holding out on y’all. Actually one sec

#kal gilwraeth #aurora o'malley #aurora cycle #the aurora cycle #kalora

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Kal Gilwraeth #1 zuko kinnie, prove me wrong

#literally

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auri and kal are always so much fun to draw

#mmmmmmmm…

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Squad 312 headcanons because it's my birthday today :D

After AE, Tyler and Finian became incredibly close, due to Scarlett. Like, best friends close. And because Kal is Tyler's brother and loves teasing Fin, the three boys became a tiny family within the family, a group unofficial brothers <3

Scarlett takes Auri on massive shopping sprees so she can feel more at home in space with her own wardrobe. Auri fittingly almost spends all the allowance on shoes, to which Scarlett says she actually needs clothes. (Kal later buys her shoes)

Kal washes his hands after a shower.

Saedii and Fin get along like a house on fire, obviously, but what Fin didn't know was that Saedii spoke Betraskan, and they would use it to talk shit, basically. (Scarlett quickly joins the gossip group and the others have given up on trying to figure out what they're saying)

After the events of AE, every og member of 312 gets a different winged creature tattooed to remember Cat. Similarly, they all get identical two circles to represent Zila and her earrings.

EACH MEMBER OF 312 GIVING EACH OTHER DATING ADVICE DEPENDING ON WHO THEY NEED IT FOR

While he doesn't write songs himself, Kal has the most gorgeous singing voice. Auri does not. This makes for some adorable but interesting duets when they're alone.

Auri is like Tyler's younger sister and I will DIE on this hill, WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT THEM-

Tyler starts swearing more frequently. When he dropped a mug and swore for the first time, the room was dead silent. He was insecure about swearing anymore after that

Zila makes herself a library in the past with Nari, and writes each member of 312 a personal note with a book page attached.

Betraskan food is spicy as hell, and Syldrathi food is sweeter. As a result, although she would NEVER admit it, Saedii almost barfed when having traditional Betraskan chilli for the first time.

Scarlett does each girl's makeup every now and again. Their respective boyfriends get very flustered every time she does.

Tyler gets Kal really into Rugby, and they become the most stereotypical Rugby men at bars you've ever seen once there's a game on.

Auri dyes her white streak different colors a lot due to it being very easy, and Saedii starts helping her, and soon they have hair dye sessions! (Scar does not join in as she only lets her hairdresser of ten years anywhere near her hair)

Anyway that's all I got right now, but just thought it would be nice to drop something seeing as it's my birthday!

#AWW THIS IS ADORABLE

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Okay but it seems my AC hyperfixation is Jericho+Corae, who are a fucking side couple that don't really matter all things considered but I think about too much. so idk have this thing that has been bouncing around my head like a damn pinball while I have been in my sad girl feels this week

TW: Kinda NSFW, but not graphic

Also, I make the rules so Jericho lives, fuck it

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~Jericho~

The night is cool around him when he finally finds Corae. She sits against the trunk of the giant lias in the meadow just outside camp, knees to her chest. Her silver hair is shining in the places where Evaa's light peeks between the leaves, the only reason he could spot her there.

He ducks under the low-hanging branches to come and sit beside her, close enough to feel her body heat, but far enough that he doesn't touch her. She doesn't speak to him and eventually he decides to get it over with.

"Corae, I'm sorry," he says, and she glances at him from the corner of her eye.

"You don't have any reason to be sorry," she answers, "I had no right to be upset with you for wanting to go home," she turns her eyes away from him and he feels it like a shot to the chest.

"Corae," he whispers and she turns to look at him again. He can't read the emotion on her face, but her eyes are some mixture of sadness, anger and disappointment. The same things he feels when he thinks of leaving her. He takes her hand from where it sits on her knee. "You know I have to go," she nods, a grim smile appearing on her face.

"I know. I understand." And that's the problem, isn't it? She understands, better than anyone he had ever met. She understands all of him, the duty and the honour and the selfish part of him that yearns for her more and more as he's learnt all of her too. The part of him that could stay under this tree with her for forever.

He reaches a hand over and traces the curve of her jaw, the scar hidden in the shadows, the dimples in her smile. He looks over her face, trying to memorise every inch.

Finally, with an overwhelming feeling that tonight be the last chance he'll ever get to do so, he leans in and kisses her. She makes a tiny surprised sound against his lips and he feels the same way.

This is their first kiss, and he kicks himself for not having changed that sooner. Corae's lips are soft, so soft, as they press back against his and make him feel like he is simultaneously floating and being lit on fire at the same time. She smells like flowers, and tastes like the warm sugar of kirraviis. Her silver hair falls in a curtain around them as he tilts her head so he can kiss her deeper.

Her tongue presses against his and he doesn't hesitate to allow her to explore further as she grips his shirt in one hand and presses closer to him.

"Corae," he whispers as they break the kiss to breathe finally. He rests his forehead against her own and watches her as her eyes finally flutter open again. "Corae, I love you," he admits, unable to squash the words down any longer. She smiles at that, somewhere between joy and sadness.

"My answer will only make it harder for you to leave tomorrow, Jericho," she replies and he knows what she wants to say and he knows she is right.

"Tell me anyway, so I know that this was real, even after I'm gone," she watches him for a beat.

"I love you, Jericho Jones," she finally says and his heart beats fast and heavy in his chest as she kisses him again.

Neither of them says much of anything after, but they kiss, and their hands are gentle as they map each other.

And dammit, he knows that it will hurt like hell to leave, but he wants them to have no regrets. Corae seems to be thinking the same thing, and pulls him with her as she lays back in the grass, letting his lips move to her jaw and neck and his hand to her legs, pulling the hem of her dress higher as her hands reach for his belt.

What comes next is slow, both of them trying to hold on to this for as long as they can. He holds her tight as he presses into her, and her hands cling to the back of his shirt, her legs wrapping around his. Her head tips back into the grass as he thrusts into her and he buries his face in her neck, breathing her in and trying to memorise every iota of how Corae looks and feels in this moment.

How her breath stutters right before she comes, her torso bowing under his hands as she clenches around him. It's so unexpected that he can't do anything but follow her down, stars whiting his vision and his hips thrusting messily into hers.

The can only breath in the silence of the night after. He can't bring himself to move, to part them, and Corae doesn't move either, her hands pressing into his back, her legs tangled with his. She turns her head to press her lips into his hair, and his face presses to the silky material of the sleeve of her dress.

His mind races, thoughts of what they could be. He thinks of a life for them, a home and a wedding and maybe a few babies they could raise together. Of having a thousand more nights curled into her like this.

And then he remembers that their people are at war and that he has to leave her tomorrow.

His throat tightens and his eyes cloud and he can do nothing but cling to her tighter. She wraps her arms around him, and the hand she runs into his hair tells him that she knows, she knows.

They lay together, awake, until the sky lightens with the dawn and he has to leave her.

~

~ Corae, 21 years later~

The dawn cracks through the curtains of their bedroom and Corae scrunches her eyes shut tighter against the sharp sun rays, turning over so she can fight for another few minutes of sleep.

Her face presses between the bare shoulder blades of her husband, who she feels start a little with the feeling of her rolling into him.

After a second, he rolls over and wraps around her, kissing her shoulder.

"Mornin', Cor," Jericho whispers into her shoulder. She grunts in response and he chuckles a little, before pulling his arms back. "Coffee?" Jericho asks and she nods, perking up a little at the thought of the Terran drink of which she had became a bit of a fan.

She had pulled herself into a seated position in their bed by the time he came back, passing her a mug of black coffee. He kisses her cheek and sits on his side of the bed and sipping his tea.

"Thank you, love," she says and takes a sip.

"Well I waited 20 years to marry you, I can't have you ready to divorce me less than a year in," he grins and winks at her.

Corae shakes her head and kisses his cheek.

"Oh, so I should give it two years then?" He laughs at that.

"Oh, no, Ciriltari, you're stuck with me now," he goads, making her raise her eyebrow at him.

"Jones," she corrects and he blinks at her, before putting his mug down and taking hers to put on the bedside table.

Corae giggles a little as he lifts her to sit on his lap. He kisses her lips and then the scar on her jaw and then her neck, before pulling her sleep shirt off her and running his hands along her bare waist.

"You're right, it is Jones, however will I make it up to you for making such a grave mistake?" Corae grins, flashing her dimples and wrapping her arms around her husband's shoulders.

"Oh, I'm sure you'll think of an appropriate form of apology, won't you?" Jericho smirks.

"Oh, I have one in mind that I think you'll find particularly penitent," he says, before rolling her into the sheets and capturing her laugh with his lips on hers.

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Tyler actually got his dimples from his mum, and you will never convince me otherwise.

#brb sobbing #THIS IS SO GOOD omg

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No one does diversionary tactics like squad 312

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Aurora's cycle spoilers

Ok Tyler and Scar being half Syldrathi was not expected.

A pleasant surprise sure, but still.

Goddamn.

I mean really, the signs were there.

But damn.

#ABSOLUTELY HEARTBROKEN THAT I HAVEN'T DISCOVERED YOUR PLAY-BY-PLAY BEFORE NOW

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Finian means so much to me.

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GUYS you’re so real for this !! I was thinking a lot about this especially as it relates to the way that culture interplays with religion? i’m atheist but i participate in religion as it relates to my culture. and there’s no frickin Way that people would give up their religion just because there was no proof of God(s). Or for that matter that someone would follow it because there was evidence of a god ! the authors have clearly never read kierkegaard. anyway religion beyond the united faith is canon in my head and fan content

Tyler: my faith is called the universal faith because it is followed by all the religious people Finian: Ty and i are the only religious ones on the squad Cat: crazy how there's only 1 religion nowadays but that's just the way it is kal and the rest of all syldrathi, blatantly having a different religion:

#worldbuilding

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I love how half the people put combat training session. the hivemind is hiveminding.

IM AROACE YALL ill do my best but. if i can't. ill pick a different one :]

ive also started making a video game so im pretty busy but ! i have not forgotten about this

HMM OKAY i can't figure out which one i want to do so we are crowdsourcing my kalora fanfic inspiration. [these are all things that I have handpicked though. sorry if you had a suggestion but i didn't put it here] key:

summary of the fic [something to note/something Cool]

teehee have fun

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THE WEAPON DESTROYS THE SOLAR SYSTEM??? SOBBING

yall i relogged into my grammarly account after for the first time since before covid and i found my ac fanfic from middle school 😭  😭  but the thing is i kinda predicted everything perfectly??????? i was a psychic or smth apparently. i remember having this vision where i was gonna write the third book before it even came out but everyone was gonna like my version better #delusional. im sharing it but pls keep in mind this was a whiiile ago, i have much different standards for my writing than i did then. pls be kind 😭  OKOK THANKS

idk what tf i was on when talking abt chapter 5 but i hope you ejoyed this mildly embarrassing journey with me!! kudos to tweenager me for thinking she could outwrite the authors and then proceeding to barely outlining 5 chapters, your reminder to always dream big <3

ALSO TELL ME WHY WE GOT NO SAEDII POV IN AE?????? i was kinda spiting w that idk

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ECCC 2024 SCARLETT JONES

The galaxy’s girlie🫶🫶 I hope I did her justice dude cause those boots were a workout and a half.

#AHH GORGEOUS #OMG YOU TOTALLY DID HER JUSTICE #THE BOOTS ARE BOOTING