#and also coincidentally

[giantmonstermash]

"Humanity", she thought, sitting in the hangers and watching a hazy whorl of grey dance around her fingers, a strange chittering buzz following with its motions in her mind, "is a funny thing."

What marked someone as a person? She wasn't some Anthro-Chauvinist, beating their chest about the greatness of mankind: The last time they had any say, the Deimos Incident happened, and everyone knew how that turned out.

The Union, drove to its knees. The First Contact Accords. And N.H.P.s came into the world, howling, thrashing, overpowering in their wonder and terrifying in their splendor.

She hummed softly, watching the comparatively miniscule Greywash swarm land across her hand, giggling and marveling as they settled into a silvery coat across her hand in a strangely ticklish wave.

Non-Human Persons: Paracausal beings that could only safely interact with humanity as a whole when caged, shackled, and pared down in Caskets. Almost literal godsends for any sort of computational work, solving problems that would take a human millennia to process and input.

"And yet, just so they can interact and be, their shackling needs renewed every few weeks and cycled every few years, so they can properly understand us."

She tilted her head, looking at the settled Greywash on her arm, and felt for the connection that was ever-present at the back of her mind.

"And if it weren't for all that mess, I wouldn't have you, wouldn't I, love?"

A presence distinctly behind her, one that she'd grown so used to, so connected to that the thought of anything severing that bond made her very soul ache, rumbled like distant thunder in her mind, and a rush of "-WarmthEmbraceAcceptanceAgreementLoveYouToo-" parsed through her in a tide that left her almost breathless.

She was so young when she heard about them: Beings that had to chain themselves down, carve themselves to fit, just to communicate with humanity. She couldn't help but think of how lonely they must've felt, at the time: How much making themselves fit had to hurt. Then again, "She" had thought herself a "He", at the time.

And then, he became she, and she wanted to fit, too: To stop feeling like a square peg, crushed and ground into a round hole until her sides bled and she choked and wanted to scream-

The presence curled around her mind in moments, like a hurricane coiling around its eye: There, overwhelmingly present, and yet every bit as gentle as a summer breeze, a white-noise murmuring of "-SafeHappyWe'reHereShapeIsBetterNow-" filling her as she finally remembered to breathe, RA Take It All-

In Four, Out Eight.

In Four... Out Eight. Ragged breaths slowly smoothed out, and she felt herself start to relax. "I-I'm fine now, love. Thank you."

The hurricane chirred in her mind, curled around her still, just like the grey tendrils that had coiled around her when-

"Oh." She looked, staring up into a single, softly glowing lavender eye that gazed down curiously, one car-sized hand cradling her while millions of Greywash drones held her tightly, anchoring her there and pressing close in an imitation of an embrace.

... And then, she'd found Them. Rather, They had found her: Offered to help, with all the innocent whimsy of someone seeing a turtle on its back, before flipping it over.

They'd only needed moments to hijack and print out a way to reach her, and then...

All was silent and calm.

She fell, and fell, and fell, into a blooming sea of a million-billion minds. As one, they looked. As one, they spoke. As one, they acted.

"WELCOME HOME, O ERRANT DAUGHTER."

And they were her, and she was the sea, and the sea was Acceptance, Warmth, and Love.

And all was silent and calm.

When she woke up from... that, she could feel herself settling in ways she'd barely recognized, like a machine freshly repaired by loving hands, every part cleaned, oiled, and finally fitting right...

And she gawped.

Something... buzzed, in her mind: A shard of the sea, gleaming, vibrant, loving and there. "-NewBrightHappyWhoAmI?"

She'd sat, all but struck mute, for a good long while. They'd left a fragment of themselves with her: Fledgling, strange, and curious about everything. There were many moments as her body finally, well and truly began to fit where she'd had to push down bubbling waves of laughter at their more strange questions, choke back tears at their more tragic ones, and watched them become.

To say that their growth had been exponential when they'd found any forms of data was an understatement: Information was analyzed, categorized, and compiled in moments.

Of course, she hadn't been slow on the uptake, either: Not to the (frankly) insane degree as her new partner, but she'd directed her efforts... elsewhere.

She stood, the Greywash floating apart and parting around her like water around a stone, and raised her hands. The cockpit of her mech, her Balor, bloomed open, and the swarm of nanites drew her in. Her partner had learned everything immaterial that they could. She'd learned to pilot: To make a mech dance, to clamp onto an enemy, hold together against a storm of lead, reach through data, and drag systems to a screeching, screaming halt.

Anyone else would have been eviscerated by the Greywash of her mech: Their very molecules ripped apart to feed and fuel the Grey'.

She was not Anybody Else: She was Kassandra Kal'lai, and this was her Balor: Her swarm.

The aperture closed quietly behind her, and she sighed as she finally felt comfortable again, cradled in the heart of her mech as the Greywash folded and pressed itself around her. She curled herself into the seat and pressed her head to the back of her seat, listening to the soft thrum of the machine's reactor: The resting heartbeat of a half-awake colossus, humming a sleepy lullaby to her.

She sighed, closed her eyes, and fell.

"Goodnight, love."

And the silver sea embraced her, once again. "-GoodnightSleepTightDon'tLetTheEgregoreBite.-"

And all was silent and calm.

#Lancer RPG #Because sometimes a family #Is a trans hacker with anxiety #her curious-about-everything NHP partner #and the billions of nanomachines they have #Girl straight gazed into the Abyss #and the Abyss said #“Jeez you need a hug and a blanket” #and gave her some #NANOMACHINES~☆ #Because nothing solves problems like Grey Goo. #Transfem #and also coincidentally #transhumanism #I like the idea #of a caring Cascading NHP #Because sometimes #humans are nice to bugs #so why wouldn't something that sees humans as comparative insects #potentially #choose to be nice?

[loyalhorror]

a bunch of wilds (theyre all just Me but in slightly different flavours sdkfnsdf)

#rat.exe #sort of from like. most to least 'realistic' i guess #and also coincidentally #me/max - me/sugars - me(TM) - me/HAL/etc

[mobius-m-mobius]

Lokius in Loki 2x01 - "Ouroboros"

#mobius #loki #lokius #mcuedit #marveledit #lokiedit #loki spoilers #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #oh we're eating SO well!??? like being in a fever dream 🥺💖 #y'all i've NEVER seen two people touch as much or often as they did in this ep or coincidentally had as much fun watching anything #they put their missions on hold for each other could've died saving each other never wanted to let each other go in case more went wrong #it is episode ONE 😳😳 #also it really took me like a year to figure out my s1 coloring only to have this much fun w/ s2 after a couple hours lmao #feel more alive than i have in ages 😅 #marvel #owenwilsonedit #loki s2 spoilers #dianagifs

[excuseme-greentea]

#I'm sorry but #evan buckley #evanbuckleyedit #911 #911 abc #911hiatus2023 #911edit #this is also very me #and coincidentally my last rewatch edit #*falls off stage and dies* #911ramblings

[beescake]

as a fellow arasol enthusiast you have a godtier arasol take but i would humbly like to suggest what if aradia was taller than sollux, just a little consideration 🥺

massive considerations!!!!! ^^

jumping straight into this fully expecting everyone to be familiar w @hamsterlover38, singer of the arasol national anthem 👀

simple feelings complicated emotions

#long post #ask #anon #homestuck #aradia megido #sollux captor #arasol #arapostings #2024 #vioart #i find it funny there was a post going round saying homestuck is actually abt girls and coincidentally this entire thing is me girlposting #v niche assortment but its how i see them (also aradia doesnt normally talk w fullstops i took many liberties hrkkkrhk) #wtv. destroy sollux w intimacy and sincerity!!!!!!!! get owned nubbie

[mimimar]

finally completed my comic based on the song ivy by taylor swift!✿ please zoom in to read the text and see the details~

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you can get the digital zine pdf here! it includes extras like character profiles, costume design, more art of willow and ivy, zine-exclusive sketches and an illustrated guide to the symbolism of all the flowers in this comic.

you can also get prints of individual pages here!

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#ivy comic #it's finally complete!!!♡ this was the longest project ever but i really wanted to do my best on every spread #i also worked really hard on the extra pages for the zine. i hope you like those as well if you decide to get it! #i've been wanting to make this comic since evermore came out in 2020 and i listened to ivy for the first time #i posted the first sketches from this comic on my patreon in 2022 and released the first page last year in 2023 #so it's been a loooong time coming working on this in between other art #i was always disappointed that i got a hand injury back when i was making my dorothea/'tis the damn season comic #so i couldn't give my 100% on every page of that one. that's part of why i wanted to go all out for my ivy comic #and it has a happy ending this time!♡ #thank you for sticking around if you've been reading since page 1 #and thank you also if you just read it for the first time today! #also i didn't plan it but i coincidentally finished this comic exactly on lesbian visibility week. love that #ivy comic mimimar #oc #ivy #willow #taylor swift #taylor swift ivy #ivy taylor swift #evermore #illustration #illo #comic #lesbian #wlw #sapphic #lesbian visibility week #lesbian art #wlw art #sapphic art

[ventresses]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (13/?)

Star Wars + Text Posts & Headlines

#the clone wars #swtcw #tcw #star wars #star wars the clone wars #star wars tcw #ahsoka tano #anakin skywalker #padme amidala #asajj ventress #star wars memes #tcw memes #tcw text post #star wars text post #mine #feel like the age in that last meme might be incorrect but also all the canon sources i've seen say that ahoska was 17 at the time #idk man if so then she coincidentally has a massive growth spurt during that time away

[arsillanola]

The Pride and Prejudice BBC special lake scene, reimagined <3 Thanks @fellshish for the idea.

I love the thought of this being the first time they meet again, just like Lizzy and Darcy. The coverstation alone is peak awkward I cannot

ahhhh

Am I done now? Probably not

#good omens #good omens fanart #aziracrow #ineffeble husbands #this stupid comic took me way longer than it should #But I love these silly men #suusart #my art #Also the positioning of the angels eyes there are purely coincidental #but when i noticed I did not want to change it lmao

[marvel-lous-guy]

Tony: I can't believe you managed to nearly burn down the lab in the hour I left you alone

Peter: in our defence, you shouldn't have given us a blowtorch

Harley: and it didn't take an hour

#it took 12 minutes #which coincidentally is also the amount of time it takes 2 teenage boys to decide to microwave a pizza #then realise they dont have a microwave in the lab #give up building one #then decide to use a blowtorch #it was a good pizza #only half of it was black #the other half was brown and burnt but the cheese was good #peter parker #harley keener #tony stark #irondad #iron man #spider man #spiderman #ironman #irondad and spiderson #spiderson #marvel #marvel cinematic universe #incorrect mcu quotes #incorrect mcu #marvel incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #mcu #incorrect peter parker

[makiinspace]

warmth of your touch

#fire emblem #fire emblem the sacred stones #fe8 #eirika #l'arachel #eirichel #they're in love... #i really love them a lot #so much safety and love whenever i think of them #also this coincidentally works really well as a wallpaper and i didn't expect that but that's pretty cool

[tri-pofdeath]

Hi i have an actual Thing i want to write about the fights in volume 3 bc i like them but im very busy this weeked so, for now. Take this

#coincidentally this was also my reaction #TrigunBookclub

[yoomtahsgf]

my 4 yr old cousin chose 5 touhou characters to draw from the ones i have saved

#touhou #touhou project #satori komeiji #komeiji satori #medicine melancholy #koishi komeiji #komeiji koishi #parsee mizuhashi #mizuhashi parsee #fujiwara no mokou #coincidentally me and my bestie oipy turned out most recognizable JSHDJSKFJDH #i didnt even expect her to want to draw either of us bc i had like.42 pieces of touhou official art for her to choose from #but it was a welcome surprise XD #i guided her through the features of each chr too bc she kept getting distracted LOL #also the lil meddy on the left is by me bc she wanted me to draw her too

[puppyeared]

updated xin ref

#i havent drawn them in a while ^_^ changed their hanfu a little so they only really wear the top half #and the leg shape as well.. i used doll joints in the past just so it wouldnt bother me drawing their leg bending but at this point idc #the red parts on their hanfu are meant to kinda visually mirror sailor's red rope.. something something bound by fate #and i opted for a ginkgo pattern this time around since i think its suits them better. coincidentally ginkgo also has medicinal properties #and i kept the marking frm when zah drew them because it really is such a nice touch that i wanna keep it in their design :) #and if we're going off the idea of sailor bringing them clothes to wear as souvenirs id bet he picked that pattern out since it #reminded him of xin lol. you can also see they have a little fish charm as their jin bu (sailor has a matching one) #they are so friends to me... i love them sm #still need to update their page a little since i overhauled some of their lore.. theres a whole slidedeck and everything lol #my art #myart #my oc #myoc #oc #xin ya #lmk #lmk oc #lego monkie kid oc #ref sheet #oc ref sheet #oc reference sheet #fur #furry art #furry

[whump-side]

My piece for the ABCs of Whump zine @thewhumpyprintingpress My letter was T for Torture ! If you want to acquire this very whumpy zine, there are physical and digital copies still available. Make sure to visit The Whumpy Printing Press Tumblr for more informations

#whump art #whump #chained #whumpee/whumper #whumpblr #t is also for teeth and tools coincidentally #had a lot of fun with the lighting in this drawing #it was really cool to see everyone's progress on their piece #highly recommand to check the zine and all the artists!

[maomango-doodle]

Dumping all my old Strike Hawk art here

These 3 pages are titled "Lost and Found". It's not rly related to any particular event in the story (it's just the aftermath of a mission here) But i'd probably situate it after chapter 8 with the whole Camu ordeal. I wanted to show how Kamui has found people that accept him and care for him while Camu is left behind, living through Kamui

#pgr #punishing gray raven #strike hawk #my love for this squad is immeasurable #am i the only one finding the “be positive” joke funny considering that chrome has coincidentally B fluid type #c-chrome crying p-prettty *gets sniped* #sometimes comfort is sunshine boy kamui hugging chrome who can't hold back tears of relief #serve me a protective chrome who's scared of losing his teammates and i'll eat that shit up #strike hawk angst *chefs kiss* #mama chrome and his lil birbs!!! #truly a found family #i have so much love for these four idiots #also kamui and camu's bond simultaneously kills me and heals me #pgr chrome #pgr kamui #pgr wanshi #pgr camu #cw injury #shinxo comic #shinxo art

[scintillyyy]

an important distinction of rr!tim is that it's not that he was so alone and friendless he had no choice but to turn to the league it's that even at his most self solitary he is unable to turn off his innate ability to make friends in any situation even if he really doesn't want to be there

by which of course i mean his time at the league really should be read as his adult brentwood arc where he spends his days saving various league members from their personal struggles during his time there. everyone remembers pru, but nobody ever considers faceless ninja #2487, who tim saved from a crippling addiction to gambling-

#if you don't remember this happening it's because it was in my super special issue 5.5 #coincidentally that's also the issue where he meets up with danny temple on one of his various missions #it's a meeting dripping homoerotic tension