#Hail Cobra!

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

SLEEK IN HER SEVERITY -- STRIKING IN HER BEAUTY -- COBRA'S FINEST OPERATIVE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on assorted pin-ups of the Anastasia DeCobray, a.k.a., "The Baroness," chief intelligence operative for the international terrorist organization, COBRA, artwork by Bruce Timm, various dates.

Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/538813542894534788, Comic Art Fans, Comic Art Community, various, etc...

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[omorales81]

Forget Hydra—hail Cobra! 🐍 Art by Dan Hipp. #YoJoe #GIJoe #Cobra #GIJoeNation #CobraCommander #HailHydra @GIJoeOfficial

#gi joe #cobra #hail hydra #cobra commander #gi joe a real american hero

[tunasandwh3ch]

fictional masked men are the best

#digital art #fanart #artists on tumblr #gi joe renegades #cobra commander #desto #gi joe #gi joe a real american hero #meme #bitch slay #mybbgirls #all hail cobra commander #for cobra #cobra

[plasticsparkphotos]

#toy photography #gi joe #gi joe classified #hiss #cobra #cobra commander #hail Cobra

[puella-peanut]

Papercuts

Written for the @allvalley100 Word Drabble Challenge. This time it was “Early Bird.”

(100 words as counted by A03 Drafts) Third fill.

…

He’d never cared for origami, finding it unsophisticated, kitsch.

(But that was before the boy.)

Now, Terry appreciated the finesse it took to fold something as bland and dull as paper into art. The patience needed to sharpen gentle edges into firm lines, hard angles. 

The force required to make it take the shape of whatever one wanted it to be.  .

.

.

Oh, the old Jap may have caught Danny-boy first, some early-bird to the boy's misfortunes. Sheltered him in his nest—told him he had wings. 

No matter. 

(It was just a matter of time before Terry gave him talons.)

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[cyberjack]

#olivia munn #the baroness #cobra #hail cobra #gi joe #reimagined

[avabarton5]

✨CoBRa ChICkEnS!✨

#COBRA CHICKENS #HAIL #THE BEASTS #COBRAAA CHICKEEEENS #someone stop me #someone help me #im sleep deprived #theyre scary ok?! #i need sleep #Spread the word #cobra chickens are the only chickens #They rule the eart #BOW DOWN BEFORE THEY EAT YOU! #Ye. I don’t know what to tag this #Animals #weird animals #scary animals

[robbyykeene]

Cobra Kai universe tumblr dash simulator

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important context: my dad sucks

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I'm breaking up with you.

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trapped in the torture chamber again (forced to do karate with my dad)

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“Maiming and killing is bad its against the law” God forbid women do anything anymore

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Alright listen up girls, gals, and nonbinary pals. You probably know a user going by the username @tortureiscool and might have even interacted with them personally. In real life their name is Terry Silver, and despite what some recent publicity stunts will try to convince you, they are deeply problematic. Recently I've seen a lot of thirst posts hailing him as a 'zaddy' and calling him the 'only ethical billionaire' (😒😒😒) so I needed to come on here set the record straight. In this post I'll be going in depth on some of the more fucked up things he's done over the years, so a big content warning for: abuse, grooming, gaslighting, psychosexual torture, unhealthy bdsm practices, drug abuse, the vietnam war, environmental pollution, and most importantly billionaire shenanigans. Also a BIG thank you to @larusso-auto-offical for helping compile this post. Read more

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[vivalas-vega]

I'm in the mood for something angsty... would you write something where Jake's partner is hospitalized for some reason? Feel free to explore it any way you want, I'm sure it'll be great!

this gave me the perfect opportunity to rework something I'd set aside for Jake and Cobra if any of you are readers of real friends :) (this was orig going to be how they confessed their feelings hehe)

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“Break right, Phoenix, break right!” You yelled in your cockpit as you and members of your squad were engaged in a training mission… one rooted in showing a new class of Top Gun recruits what teamwork sounds like in the air but you were all having an off day. She broke right but a second too late, almost clipping into Jake who whizzed past her.

“Phoenix, what the fuck?” He shouted, temporarily wavering in the air before recovering,

“Sorry, sorry.” She mumbled and you sighed.

“Everyone on the ground, now.” You ordered. You weren't sure you had the authority to do that, but everyone was off their game and you figured it was the best thing to do to avoid disaster. As you began to descend a flock of birds came out of nowhere and you cursed as you tried to fly around them.

“Birdstrike,” you said, “right engine on fire, climbing, throttling back. Shutting off fuel to right engine, extinguishing fire,” you said, narrating everything you were doing to keep ATC informed.

“What’s going on?” you heard Bob in your ear and you ignored it as you focused on the task at hand.

“Fuck,” you said as alarms rang throughout the cockpit, “left engine is out, trying to restart.” Your chest felt tight as you furiously pressed buttons, “throttling up.”

“You’re on fire!” Phoenix shouted in your ears.

“Extinguishing left engine,” you said and you felt a sinking feeling as more warning lights popped up. “Fuck, fuck, fuck,” you muttered.

“Punch out.” You heard Jake in your ears and you shook your head though no one could see you. In his own jet he was hovering idly, watching as yours spun wildly out of control and he could feel his heart hammering in his chest.

“God damn it, just- give me a minute,” you yelled, but all of your hail mary’s were coming up short, “hydraulic failure,” you said as you pulled up.

“Damn it, you can’t save it, punch out,” you heard him again, not even attempting to hide the panic in his voice that mirrored your own that was radiating throughout your body. Your jet started to veer off, starting a spiral directly for the bluffs ahead of you as everything became unresponsive. 

“Lost all controls, trying-”

“Eject now,” Phoenix yelled and you exhaled sharply, looking at the rapidly approaching hillside.

“Fuck, ejecting, ejecting!” you shouted, pulling up on the loops between your feet and gasping as the wind was knocked out of you. You desperately tried to get in a breath of air as you pulled your parachute cord but it was futile with a rather ungraceful collision with the ground below. You heard the sounds of a rescue chopper before you could even finish detangling yourself from all of your gear and once you were free you took a deep breath and counted to ten, naming things you could see out loud to ground you, needing to come down from the adrenaline high to properly assess if you’d been hurt or not.

“Trees, rocks, smoke from my damn jet, clouds in the sky…” you breathed, feeling the adrenaline coursing through your veins begin to subside. As you began to calm down you stretched out your muscles, bouncing your weight between each foot and decided you were unharmed, spare a gash on your forehead that was oozing blood faster than you would have liked. You dug around in your pack, grabbing a pack of gauze and tearing it open to press against the wound as you waited. As your body came down from the high of a near death experience you felt yourself slipping out of consciousness no matter how hard you tried to hold on.

“I don’t understand what the hell she was doing,” Jake said as he paced outside of your hospital room with Rooster and Phoenix standing by and trying to figure out how to help.

“She thought she could save it, any one of us would have waited until the last second too,” Phoenix tried but Jake wasn’t having it.

“She could have died,” his voice cracked just as a nurse came out of your room to let him know you were asking for him.

“Hey, sweetheart…” he said, softly sitting on the edge of your bed. “How are you feeling?”

“Like a battered highway cone,” you groaned, trying to sit up but every bone in your body protested. “How long was I out?”

“Just a few hours… what the hell was that?”

“Birdstrike, thought I could save the engine,” you answered and you saw the disappointment in his face.

“You should have ejected as soon as it went out,” he replied.

“You know that’s not protocol, I had to at least try.”

“I don’t care about protocol! We can replace your jet, we can’t replace you,” he said, voice thick with emotion and you just smiled softly at him.

“I’m okay, Jake, really… just a few bumps and bruises.”

“And a concussion,” he pointed out and you grimaced… that’s why your head hurt so badly.

“It’ll heal,” you tried but he just shook his head. “I’m fine, I promise.”

“Yeah well, you almost weren’t so stop saying you’re fine,” he shot back and your eyes widened. “Because I’m not, and you shouldn’t be. I mean, what the fuck, sweetheart? Was I just supposed to be okay with watching you burn in?” you could tell he was trying his hardest not to yell, to still be gentle with you. “You don’t get to be reckless like that anymore.”

“Okay, honey,” you nodded, reaching up to cup his face.

“I’m serious, no more of that. I can’t- I can’t do that again, just watch you spin out of control. I can’t-”

“It’s okay, come here,” you said, pulling him down and wrapping your arms around him. “I understand, it’s okay.” 

“I’m supposed to be comforting you,” he mumbled against your chest and you laughed despite how much it hurt.

“That’s okay… through thick and thin, right?” you asked and he nodded as he sat up. 

“Don’t ever do that to me again,” he said looking into your eyes and you nodded.

“I promise,” you whispered, pulling him in for a kiss. “I love you, you big softie.”

“I love you, too.”

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[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

BARBARIC, CRUEL, CUNNING, & COOL -- THE FIRST LADY OF COBRA COMMAND.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 940x1418 -- Spotlight on Chief Cobra Intelligence officer, The Baroness Anastasia DeCobray, a.k.a., "The Baroness," variant cover to "G.I. Joe" Vol 6 #1. January, 2013. Cover C/ Subscription Variant by Arthur Adams. IDW Publishing.

Source: https://news.hisstank.com/2012/11/16/idw-relaunch-g-i-joe-1-variant-covers-11689.

#The Baroness #Anastasia DeCobray #The Baroness DeCobray #Baroness #IDW #IDW Publishing #Art Adams #Cover Art #Arthur Adams Art #Arthur Adams #Hail Cobra! #Cobra #Cobra Command #G.I. JOE #Sci-fi Fri #G.I. Joe Villains #The Baroness Anastasia DeCobray #G.I. Joe Comics #Military Science Fiction #Cobra Intelligence #Military Sci-fi #Female form #Cobra Intelligence Officer #Baroness Decobray #Female beauty #Baroness Anastasia DeCobray #Female figure #Cobra Baroness #Female body #IDW Comics

[kynimdraws]

Top lane diff standoff TFW my obsession with an au pairing spills over to the main Runeterra hc-verse despite these characters not having actual interaction voicelines LOL

If you actually wanna read about this hc of Yone and K'sante meeting please read the TL;DR under the cut

The defeat of the Cobra-Lion and his meetup with Tope (in "Everything We Should Have Said") closed an important chapter in K'sante's life. Despite this, he still desires to further improve himself as Nazumah's greatest warrior-hunter. After all, he always is open for learning.

His brief conversations with nomadic tribes/merchants that pass through Nazumah and tales of the wandering Icathian weaponmaster (Jax) motivates him. With the blessing of the leaders of his homeland, he sets out on his journey.

He travels past the familiar sands/oases of the desert and the fringes of the remains of Icathia. This is how he meets other champion characters like Jax, Sivir, Akshan, and specifically Taliyah.

Taliyah tells about her mentor Yasuo, who had hailed from a distant land called Ionia. He had been fairly directionless with his travels, so this suggestion is taken to heart.

This journey to Ionia of course was very fruitful as he sees other lands and their cultures. He passes through the dense forests of Ixtal (Rengar), the technological marvels of Piltover/Zaun (Jayce, Camille), the wild streets of Bilgewater (Nilah)…and finally Ionia.

K'sante luckily is able to get audience with Sett by just boldly participating in his fighting pit just a few days after reaching Navori. The two strike a friendship after their fight ends in a tie (K'sante still thinks Sett is an immature boy but that's another conversation). After hearing K'sante's purpose of his trip, Sett suggests visiting the Ionian temples/monasteries, the centers of martial arts.

It is a given that through this entire trip, K'sante always stops to help anyone that is in trouble. His trek in Ionia doesn't change any of this, but he does notice that some of the things he is fighting are more…spiritual/ephemeral, a contrast to the more physical monsters/vagabonds he has known for so long. Due to the Shuriman Empire's history of rejecting spiritual beliefs, Nazumah was still slowly trying to regain that school of thought. K'sante cherishes this oppurtunity.

In one of the Ionian villages he stopped by, K'sante volunteers to help hunt down some demons. The chieftain of the village briefs him on what he can do, and remarks about how a mysterious masked man had been stalking around the area when these demons started appearing.

"We do not know much about this figure, but he has always appeared with the presence of the demons and azakana…it is possible he is the cause of it all. His masks may be summoning the malevolent spirits to make us suffer. Beware of lone man with many masks, stranger."

K'sante accepts this precaution well enough. After all, he was an experienced warrior. If needed, he will just fight and defeat this masked man. That night, he goes on patrol as he planned. Suddenly he senses another presence following him.

Turning around sharply, K'sante sees what he assumes is the supposed masked man that had control over demons. The man had a red mask with glowing eyes, and exuded a strange aura. Before K'sante can move, the mysterious figure runs his crimson sword through him. K'sante gasps and thinks he is dead, but feels no pain or sees blood....just coldness. He hears the masked man murmur something before withdrawing the sword. Soon a mask materializes from the masked man's hand.

"A small azakana, significantly weakend over time." the masked man simply speaks before he starts to walk away. Confused but wanting to know what the hell happened, K'sante grabs the masked man's arm, demanding what that was about.

"I simply am purging this land from azakana. Your spirit had actually mostly overcome the nightmare that had threatened to overwhelm you...but I thought it would be good to finish the job for you myself."

Hearing this, K'sante demands the masked man to teach his technique of hunting down this...supposed "azakana." The masked man tries to pull away saying this is a task only he can do, but K'sante is more stubborn and refuses to let go. Yone could have disassociated from the situation by having his spirit be unbound, but a part of him is intrigued by this stranger's strong will...a will that could weaken azakana without his help.

"I suppose I can teach you a few things. What is your name?"

"K'sante, a warrior-hunter of Nazumah."

"...Yone. Just Yone."

To be contd... here

#league of legends #artists on tumblr #k'sante #yone #not heartsteel verse LOL #kyleeart #yosante #k'yone #Hunter and the mask verse #Hunter and the Mask verse Story

[eggman91]

to me as a kid cobra commander was best villain and he has fucking epic drip and to my opinion he cooler then eggman i mean look at this

And not to mention the theme

Also

he judging you for your taste in anime

that is all hail cobra

#cobra commander #best villain #top 10 villain number 1 cobra commander #comfort character

[plasticsparkphotos]

G.I. Joe Classified - #76 Range-Viper

#gijoe #gijoeclassified #hailcobra

#toy photography #gi joe classified #gi joe #range viper #cobra #hail cobra

[yanderefairyangel]

Dragon Sombron vs the Twins.

Sombron looks like a Cobra

Nel looks closer to a traditional depiction of a dragon, wearing a collar like a gecko. She still retain some of Sombron's dragonic form feature like the snake tongue, the hand tail, the wings tied in the arm, but she doesn't looks as sneaky

Rafal bear similar features to Nel and therefore the same features as Sombron but the same features distinguishing Nel from Sombron. He however has horns unlike Nel.

Here we can see that Nel and Sombron's fang are different. Sombron's fang are more spaced and thiner and ressembles that of a royal cobra. Nel's fang are much less thiner and are closer. She also appears to have some teeth in the lower part of her jaw unlike Sombron and her fang doesn't shows up when her mouth remains closed.

This is obvious in that pic. She also have a snake tongue like Sombron's.

As you can see, Nel and Sombron also happens to have slightly different jaws.

All I said about Nel applies to Rafal as well. The twins have traits more alike to a lizard then Sombron, who is designed to look like a snake/cobra.

Their tails is also different the Sombron's as they seems to have some spikes on it whereas Sombron has none

And now finally, the biggest example of the difference between Sombron and the twins, comparing the Great Fell dragon form

As we can see, Rafal and Sombron shares similairties. Their arm are now independent from their wings who have rather similar shapes and they both have a hoodie. However, again Rafal doesn't look like a snake. His jaw is more triangular and massive then's Sombron, his tooth are different, the scales on his hoody are different, he doesn't have any of the pointy tips appearing on Sombron's much wider hoody, Rafal's wings are much wider but also, Sombron don't have whatever is happening to Rafal's lower body that looks like some crystal have been growing on his skin. There is also the horns, obviously.

Comparing the spirte makes it even more obvious

However, I noticed that Rafale in this form happens to have slightly similar features to... Lumera.

Those similarities stops at the shapes of the scales, the jaws being more similar to Lumera's, same for the horns and the teeth. And because of this, you might find some similar features to the statues of Lythos garden and the Brodian Bridge supposed to depict Divine dragons.

Those similar features are because of how the Fell twins bear many more similarities to lizard. I didn't managed to identify a proper species, however from what I already noticed : snake/cobra featured are supposed to something reserved to Fell dragon, lizard one to Divine dragons, and the Twins have both.

Now, fresh reminder. At the begining of the Fell Xenologue, Nel says this.

This world was originally a dragon less continent. 1 000 years ago, a dragon was born, the divine ancestor of the Divine dragon and the Fell dragon tribe

In the world where they hail from, Divine dragon and Fell dragon are relative tribe. We don't know what kind of species this first dragon belonged to, however he is called "the Divine ancestor". That aside, Sombron and Lumera are both related as long distant relative through a same ancestor in this world, explaining why they can share some feature. This obviously doesn't apply to our Sombron as he is from another world, therefore, how could he be related in any way to Lumera ? Sombron's comment on comming in Elyos where he mentionned how Elyos was already ruled by dragon treated like gods in his arrival seems to infer that the rival tribe of his world wasn't composed of Divine dragon. I think Sombron's form as a cobra is meant to stand out as pointing him as a stranger.

Nel and Rafal's form having more similar features with lizards would therefore shows that they aren't strangers, but are born to their Elyos as they are canonically representing the entirety of the alternate continent. So I think that Nel and Rafal's dragonic from is supposed to be remniscent of the fact that in this world, they share a blood link with the Divine dragon tribe, unlike our Sombron. Also, I know we don't know how the other Sombron looks like as a dragon since the only way to signify that he is a different Sombron is that his face is never properly depicted (like other Alear) but as far as I recall, Nel comment that Rafal's appearance and hers are supposed to look like Sombron's but we just saw that they are very different and in the boss fight of chapter 26, the boss conversation with Sombron only happens with Sombron in his.... humanoid form. Rafal and Nel obvioulsy recognize his appearance has being similar to the one of their father while Sombron, as always, shows he doesn't give a singly flying sommie as he fails to to identify Nel and Rafal as looking like one of his dead kids. So that's a question that's not going to be answered.

Another thing. Neither Veyle and Alear can turn into dragon and that's because they are hybrid. Remember ? Nel and Rafal have more chance to be pure fell blood. Veyle and Alear have none as Sombron was the sole representant of his species, therefore I think the lack of dragon form for Alear and Veyle is because of their hybrid nature whereas Rafal and Nel's dragon form is one way to assert that they are like Sombron : pure fell blood.

In a nutshell, Nel and Rafal's dragonic form shows that they are like Sombron pure fell blood. However, the different features is supposed to be remniscent of the fact they hail from a universe where Divine and Fell dragon share a common heritage. In this aspect they are different from Sombron who doesn't share such a thing with our Divine dragon and the likes of Alear and Veyle. Sombron's serpentine form is way for him to stand out as comming from another world, the Fell twins as a way for them to be pointed out as being native to Elyos and sharing those features with the native tribe in both universe : Divine one.

As a conclusion.... Fell dragon cools.

#fire emblem #fe engage #fire emblem engage #fell xenologue #sombron #rafal fire emblem #fe rafal #nel fire emblem #btw if you know what specie Nel and Rafal are supposed to look like #please manifest yourself

[ao3feed-johnnylawrence]

The Prince and the Warrior

by Houses_Cane21 Johnny Lawrence hailed from a wealthy royal family that held dominion over Residia and the valley. The Lawrence family was known for their luxurious lifestyle, they had immense influence and authority over everyone. Johnny grew up in a world of luxury and privilege, where he was accustomed to having everything he wanted at his disposal. Words: 2492, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 1 of karate kid Fandoms: Karate Kid (Movies), Cobra Kai (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Daniel LaRusso, Johnny Lawrence, Sid Weinberg Relationships: Daniel LaRusso/Johnny Lawrence Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Medieval, Knights - Freeform, Johnnys a prince, Johnny gets saved, Daniels a knight in this because why not, How Do I Tag via https://ift.tt/QDtwnU2

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[markoferko]

Diana barátom írt a murle hegtetoválásokról

The photo exhibition had portraits of some of these young men hailing from the younger age-sets, as well as close-ups of the new iconography they have adopted. These include new designs representing ideals of social and economic development with symbols like the UN acronym, pen lids and water pumps; and symbols of economic status and opportunities such as keys, batteries or wristwatches. It also included references to military power and security reflected through symbols such as AK-47s, ranks and satellite phones permanently inscribed on the body. Presented alongside direct quotes, we are able to understand how young men and women in the countryside of Pibor are explicitly telling their own individual and collective stories, and making claims on the promises of modernity through powerful, permanent body art.

These are sub-groups within the same age-set loosely based on age and region that will have their own name, bead arrangement, songs and dance, and particular designs inscribed on the body that reflect their nyakeno name. For instance, a nyakeno that name themselves Tojar, meaning businessman in Arabic, will inscribe designs that youth associate with business people like keys, batteries and mobile phones. Another nyakeno may call themselves Koliyam (after the Murle term for the SPLA) and be represented through designs of AK-47s, army ranks and stars, and satellite phones.

For James, this fragmentation of age-sets could be traced to ‘the adoption of an ideology of an army. It’s the militarization of the age-sets and the adoption of an army system, fragmented and organized as an army.’ It is not just that ‘in an army you have platoons, companies, battalions, brigades and divisions and that nyakenet resemble military structures and organisation,’ in other words, armies are organized hierarchically into progressively smaller units commanded by officers of progressively lower rank. It is also that many of the names of the nyakenet are inspired by the military. Notably, there are nyakenet named Jij and Koliyam (both after the SPLA), Habeesh (after the Ethiopian army) and Suar (after the Cobra Faction armed group).