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I read an interesting meta post about Kon's time in Smallville the other day and it got me thinking about how all the non-Steel Supers have three identities: superhero (Super), secret identity (Kent, usually), and Kryptonian (El). But they don't all identify with those identities in the same way.

Clark, in his heart, is human. Yes, obviously he isn't literally human, but he was raised his entire conscious life on Earth, by humans, surrounded by humans. He married a human. His two closest friends are humans. Until puberty, he thought he was human. It's not that Superman is a disguise, exactly, but as Lois and Clark put it so beautifully: "Superman is what I can do. Clark Kent is who I am." And Clark Kent is human.

(Same with Jon, if not moreso. Jon was born on Earth and didn't know he was half alien until he was ten. Jon is also human in his heart.)

Kara, meanwhile, is Kryptonian. Kara lived on Krypton until she was sixteen. It shaped her beliefs and her values. I don't think this necessarily means she's forever alienated, it's just a different experience of life than Clark has. And I think it's telling that she's had so many identities on Earth: Linda Lee, Linda Danvers, Kara Kent, Linda Lang, Kara Danvers, probably some others I'm forgetting about. None of them are as foundationally real to her as "Kara Zor-El," or as "Clark Kent" is to Clark. Supergirl is what she can do, but Kara Zor-El is who she is. And Kara Zor-El is Kryptonian.

But Kon? Kon was created to be Superman. Kon didn't have a name besides "Superboy" or "SB" or "Kid" for years. Even after Clark offered him the Kon-El name (and don't get me wrong, that was an incredibly meaningful moment for Kon), he didn't develop it as a separate identity. For the first nine years Kon existed in canon, he had no secret identity whatsoever. He was an extremely public hero, he loved being a public hero, and he had absolutely no desire to live any other way. When he was given the name "Conner Kent" and the secret identity that came with it, it wasn't something he wanted, and it took literally dying and coming back to life for him to see any value in it at all. He had to pretend to be something he wasn't, but hey, at least he wasn't dead! Even as recently as his current miniseries, Kon has chosen to "find himself" by leaving Earth and going on a mission in space where neither the Kon nor Conner identities are in use or at all relevant.

In other words, at the end of the day, Clark identifies as human and Kara identifies as Kryptonian. But, in a way that's half inspiring for what it says about his heart, and half tragic, like a grown-up child actor who has no idea how to interact with ordinary people, Kon identifies as a superhero.

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Hey guys, I’m cooking something… A very slow cooked meal. In the meantime, welcome to Noman’s Land/Gunsmoke! Some months ago I made a post about possible exoplanets orbiting two stars that could support life, and which ones would be a good fit for Noman’s Land, and the overall take was that most planets are gas giants and therefore can’t be lived in, but their moons could! So, with that in mind, I’ve been exploring this topic quite obsessively over the past few months and painted some concept art for this lunar iteration of Trigun’s world 🌙✨

The post I’m writing explaining all of this is VERY LONG and it’s taking quite some time, so until that one is done, here is an entire day on the least inhabited face of Noman’s Land:

So basically if you lived here you would experience two “night times” in one day, since the planet would eclipse the suns during noon (this moon is tidally locked because I say so). I’ll explain everything in detail on that long ass post!

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candlelight

this certain dynamic abt millywood that goes beyond wolfwood simply yearning for milly—how he deems her as a mother, a lover, an enemy, a friend, a curse, a salvation—how milly becomes a symbol he can't put into a word, and it scares him and he wants to bury himself in it and beg for forgiveness all the same...

wolfwood knowing he has nothing to be forgiven of (that he's a sinful, sinful man) but THE YEARNING FOR ONE. the thought of how getting close to her feels like it'll melt away his 'impurities' (which is him entirely, he'll be GONE), but still clinging to her as both humanity and a heretic icon of worship......

#nicholas d wolfwood #milly thompson #Trigun #millywood

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Chapter 13: Double Dollar Bill, Y'all

Chapter Summary:

Lois and Jimmy decide to accompany Vash and Wolfwood to search for Clark. They explain the strange circumstances that brought them to No Man's Land. Vash and Wolfwood discuss getting help from Brad and Luida, but Vash admits he has no direct way to contact them. So, they decide where to head to next—December.

Start reading chapter 13

Chapters: 13/24+

Fandom: Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008), My Adventures with Superman (Cartoon), Superman - All Media Types 

Rating: Mature (Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Language, Adult Themes)

Pairings: Clark Kent/Lois Lane, Meryl Stryfe/Vash the Stampede, Meryl Stryfe/Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood 

Characters: Clark Kent, Vash the Stampede, Meryl Stryfe,  Lois Lane & Jimmy Olsen, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Milly Thompson, League of Lois Lanes

Story Summary:

Two years after Lost July, an interdimensional rift becomes dangerously unstable, opening a portal between universes—the worlds of No Man’s Land and Earth-12.

Outlaw Vash the Stampede is still MIA, although rumors abound. Despite not knowing if Vash is truly alive, both Meryl Stryfe and Wolfwood catch a lead pointing them to a remote town iles away.

Elsewhere, young Clark Kent’s life is turned upside down when he’s dragged to an unfamiliar planet to help as Superman. Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen follow his trail with some unlikely assistance.

Two heroes must make new allies to fight ruthless villains in a three-way conflict. All while trying to find where they both belong, face their inner demons, and make a better future for their worlds.

Start reading from the beginning

Start reading chapter 13

#the ticket to tomorrow #trigun #trigun stampede #my adventures with superman #maws #crossover #fanfiction #tristamp #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #lois lane #jimmy olsen #chapter 13 #ao3 #fanfic #trigun x superman

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Meryl Stryfe has my whole heart

#trigun #trigun stampede #meryl stryfe #I love this tiny wife #she loves her boys #omg the top left Woowoo!Meryl is my favorite #and babygirl Vash!Meryl too

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-A Sacrifice at High Noon-

This is my year late obligatory worship of grape-flavored Vash from the finale that has had me in a chokehold since airing. His wing gives me feelings. Like, that's my boy. That's his blackhole wing. I like that the xbox cube stole his prosthetic. Talk about a bad trade.

#trigun #trigun stampede #vash the stampede #dark shift vash #grape flavor vash #nuke cube #episode 12

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From chapter 23 of The Ticket to Tomorrow (Trigun Stampede x My Adventures with Superman.

She would never let Vash the Stampede run away again.

(“She” is Meryl just fyi.)

Uh I don’t think I know 10 writers on Tumblr that well. But tagging @kitsoa @museqmeg @kurokrisps

I’m open to making new fanfic writer friends. 👋

Tag game

Thanks for tagging me, @my-cabbages-gorl!!

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence (unless you’re like me and write enough run on sentences to where you can’t possibly tag that many people for words).

from the still untitled fic i'm writing for the zukaang bingo, you get this fantastically ominous three-word sentence:

This is war.

No pressure tagging: @okamirayne, @richardcampbellganseytheiiird, @likealittleheartbeat and anyone else who wants to join the fun ✨

#fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 #the ticket to tomorrow #chapter 23 #vash x meryl #vashmeryl #meryl stryfe #snippet #current wip #need fanfic friends #Trigun stampede

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very VERY fond of the parallels between these scenes in trimax and tristamp. meryl and vash make me insane.

#trigun #tristamp #vash the stampede #meryl stryfe #vash x meryl #vashmeryl #I can’t wait to see how they finally meet each other after so long #and the accompanying scene where Vash goes wild again #trauma bonding #also this fan art is amazing

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If you ever find yourself doubting the power of art to convey an idea, I invite you to look at these exquisite panels from Action Comics #1064 and become Lois Lane for a moment:

LOOK AT HIM.

I want to bully him relentlessly. I want to protect him from all harm forever. I want to climb him like Mt. Dork and plant my flag.

#lois lane #clark kent #superman #clois #smallville

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Colored in these old sketch sheets of 98 versus Trimax Meryl I doodled back when I was reading the manga for the first time in honor of Autism Awareness Month. Meryl Stryfe I am so aware of you.

#meryl stryfe #trigun #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #derringer meryl #vash x meryl #vashmeryl #milly! stun gun him in the penis! #bark bark bark! #i choose violence today

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❤️ “Let me see before you send the picture!” ❤️

#my adventures with superman #maws #superman #clark kent #lois lane #clois #my favorite tomboy and babygirl #super love

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Get yourself a partner who hugs you like Clark hugs Lois

#superman and lois #clark kent #lois lane #maws #my adventures with superman #clois #Superman

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Hmm, masking moment..........

#my adventures with superman #superman #maws #clark kent

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Chapter 12: Werewolf of December

Chapter Summary:

Previously, Meryl and Clark finally arrived in the city of December. Clark’s powers started to return, but they were acting up for some reason. Meryl met with Milly and the Chief to discuss her next story. Later, Lord Manga Khan hijacked the No Man’s Land satellite broadcast to make his offer to the people of the planet.

Now, Lord Manga begins his resource survey, sending scouts and a special ‘resource survey escort’ down to December to investigate (ahem, steal) the Plants. As this survey group tries to take a ‘sample’ for study, Superman confronts the thieves, and chaos ensues. Superman meets his match against ‘The Main Man.’

Start reading chapter 12

Chapters: 12/24+ (see chapter 12 snippet below)

Fandom: Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008), My Adventures with Superman (Cartoon), Superman - All Media Types 

Rating: Mature (Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Language, Adult Themes)

Pairings: Clark Kent/Lois Lane, Meryl Stryfe/Vash the Stampede, Meryl Stryfe/Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood 

Characters: Clark Kent, Vash the Stampede, Meryl Stryfe,  Lois Lane & Jimmy Olsen, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Milly Thompson, League of Lois Lanes

Story Summary:

Two years after Lost July, an interdimensional rift becomes dangerously unstable, opening a portal between universes—the worlds of No Man’s Land and Earth-12.

Outlaw Vash the Stampede is still MIA, although rumors abound. Despite not knowing if Vash is truly alive, both Meryl Stryfe and Wolfwood catch a lead pointing them to a remote town iles away.

Elsewhere, young Clark Kent’s life is turned upside down when he’s dragged to an unfamiliar planet to help as Superman. Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen follow his trail with some unlikely assistance.

Two heroes must make new allies to fight ruthless villains in a three-way conflict. All while trying to find where they both belong, face their inner demons, and make a better future for their worlds.

Start reading from the beginning

Chapter 12 Snippet:

The scene was pure chaos as people pushed and shoved and screamed.

Emergency lights began flashing, and klaxons blared, drowning out most of the shouting.

Clark superspeed through the building, weaving in between workers with limbs sprawled out as they tried to run but were frozen in time. Their expressions locked in panic and confusion with wide eyes and open mouths. The chorus of noises shifted into a deep, drawn out tone like from the leftmost key on a piano.

Further inside, a grated, raised corridor opened up into a long, spacious room. Above and below were additional floors of similar platforms. 

Rows upon rows of bulb-like pods hung from the curved walls. Each pod was filled with some kind of cloudy fluid that glowed brightly in blue yet tinged purple from the red lights. Round, white objects floated in the center of each pod.

A number of uniformed security guards armed with police-grade handguns or patrol rifles faced the center of the room. 

Various shouts of “Return the Plant!” and “Stand down or we’ll shoot!” were directed at the obvious intruders near the guards. 

Clark quickly realized this must’ve been one of the Plant facilities Meryl had mentioned. 

A remarkably tall, muscular figure leaped forward at one of the guards, knocking the man forcefully into the railing along the edge of the corridor. The guard crumpled, his weapon clattering along the floor several feet away.

Surrounding the figure stood four equally bulky humanoid-shaped robots coated in a shiny, bronze-like plating. One robot manned some kind of machinery akin to a forklift, but it hovered weightlessly in the air. 

One of the cylindrical, liquid-filled pods was attached to the machine. Inside the pod, one of those white, round masses— roughly the shape of a beetroot or flower bud—bobbed delicately, cushioned within the viscous liquid.

Right after the next guard took a shot but missed, the brutish thief ripped the rifle out of his hands. The thief then quickly took the man down with a punch to his stomach.

Without wasting more time studying the room and situation, Clark sped over to the commotion in a blur.

Start reading chapter 12

#the ticket to tomorrow #chapter 12 #superma x trigun #trigun stampede x my adventures with superman #trigun stampede #trigun #my adventures with superman #superman #dc comics #crossover #fanfiction #ao3 #clark kent #lobo #the main man #clois #beta wanted #tristamp #maws #fanfic #meryl stryfe #lois lane #superman vs lobo

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Wolfwood plucks out his cig. “Listen, blondie, I got no interest in saints. I’m just as fucked up as you are, but I’ll tell you one thing: she isn’t.” His whole arm levers at Meryl, who freezes in surprise. “She’s the kind of good you and I actually wish we could be, and for some damn reason, she loves both of us. So if someone like her can look at our sorry asses—” He turns to Meryl, his dark eyes brimming with light over the frames of his shades. ”—and still see good in us, maybe it really is there.”

Get Your Hopes Up (Chapter 4) by Shinzouing on Ao3!

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collection of au things where postcanon vashie is the sheriff and uh everyone else is there too

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Post-Trimax Vash photoshoot from Easter Sunday 💐 featuring Mitski Lyrics because I’m so normal.