#koco 5

[t4yce]

koco in dragula 5.03

#koco caine #dragula #dragulaedit #dragula season 5 #gif* #Want her in every ep x

[koco-coko]

Mea Culpa - Vincent x Jean - Ikemen Vampire

-> The entire mansion was invited to a summer gala! Jean and Vincent sneak off for some alone time… Except- Oh no! They didn’t hear the footsteps behind them!!

Tags/Warnings <--> Slight crack, Humorous, Slightly fluffy, Supportive Family, Being Outed, Slight spice (is making out considered spice?), More kissing than I originally planned, Theo loses his mind, "Comte loves all his sons equally" (the mansion knows Jean the favorite- Jean does not), Arthur bullies indiscriminately

Word Count: 3203 (about 6 pages)

A/N <--> I had too much fun writing this. I genuinely don't know how I wrote this so fast. Also I recommend reading https://www.tumblr.com/koco-coko/737240114777948160/when-the-world-exploded-vincent-x-jean?source=share this if you want more context if not that'a fine

i think they might like this: @azulashengrottospiano @natimiles @weirdwriter69 (if anyone wants to be removed or added lemme know)

A summer night’s gala… What a romantic scene. The heat and humidity of evening air, the faint glow of candlelight, the soft melodies of a piano and violin…

It was a beautiful event, really. A friend of Le Comte’s invited him and the residents of his mansion to celebrate the summer solstice. It was the first summer after Jean and Vincent started their relationship. It wasn’t public, considering the era, but nobody in the mansion knew either. Maybe one day, but Jean was not ready for the amount of teasing comments he’d receive after this. Besides, only Sebastian and Mitsuki came from an ‘accepting’ era… How would the rest feel about something like this?

So, for the gala, Vincent and Jean stayed trapped in their own bubbles. Vincent hung around the food with his brother while Jean was a wallflower by Mozart’s piano. Jean would’ve approached Vincent by now, but unfortunately, the light of an angel attracted many people. Mostly women. All in their nice summer dresses with their fans, all swooning over the innocence and purity of the man before them. Theo seemed to fight them off fairly well by just… being Theo… but Jean felt something rising in him as he watched the crowd, tipsy and carefree, flirting with Vincent so openly. A green-eyed monster in Jean’s heart made his jaw tighten, only made worse by Vincent’s cluelessness and occasional discomfort when a lady in red mentioned the idea of courting him.

Jean tried to stay next to Mozart as long as possible. Except… the people really did love Wolfram, flocking around his piano to listen to his songs more intently. Jean’s discomfort then brought him to linger around Napoleon, but then Napoleon chatted with Isaac, who was being stalked by Dazai, and no way was he going anywhere close to Comte and that bundle of nerve and nobility…

Jean found himself at a loss in the corner. Why did he even agree to come to this place? He really wasn’t the type for fancy events. Even his suit felt stifling, though maybe that was the humidity getting to him. Jean pulled at his collar and wiped his forehead with his arm, scanning the area for any type of escape. The balcony already had lovers on it, enjoying the idyllic starry night. A single glimpse to the upper levels gave him the sight of an older man and woman clinking their glasses together. A young pair behind them was making their way to the balcony, whispering and blushing as they did.

His eyes traveled to a sandy-blonde without any command. The thought of passionate and amorous nights made his thoughts turn to Vincent in mere seconds. 

Vincent was rubbing Theo’s shoulder while Arthur laughed about something, when suddenly he caught a glimpse of Jean staring at him. He waved, but his grin faded as he saw the anxious look on his partner’s face. Theodorus was starting to chide Arthur for something, not even realizing his older brother’s hand had left him. Vincent pointed to the open door, the only thing that caught the venue from being too stuffy to handle.

When Jean nodded shyly, Vincent made a beeline outside. Of course, the garden was filled with groups of people as well. The fairy lights and lanterns were just too nice to miss. Wine and lovey-dovey nobles littered the area. When Jean joined his side, that’s when he caught sight of a small place beyond the bushes. None of the fine ladies in their bouncy dresses would want to go through thorny bushes to somewhere so dark and secluded to flirt with their lovers (Well, there were a few unseemly sounds coming from behind the banquet hall… B-But they weren’t going in that direction! Vincent was actively trying to avoid places with sound, anyways…).

There weren’t many lights in the clearing beyond trimmed bushes, leaving Jean and Vincent alone in the dark. Still, by how close they were put together, there was no need for it. Jean grabbed Vincent’s hands and held them to his face, peppering both of his knuckles in kisses before he could even get a word in..

Vincent hadn’t even gotten a word in! He chuckled lightly. “What spurred this on?” Vincent asked, naive to the expression on Jean’s face. He looked desperate and helpless, as if being away from Vincent that long was torture for him.

Jean glanced to the side. “I do not know… I believe envy has claimed me tonight.” How embarrassing it was to admit such a deadly sin to his lover… He’d likely never live it down. “Seeing you with those women, I believe it has stirred something in me. Forgive me, monsieur.” Jean hid his pink face behind Vincent’s hand. They vaguely smelled of oil and lead. From here, Jean could even observe the dried paint behind his lover’s fingernails. It was cute, sort of.

When Jean looked back at Vincent, he had the most romantic expression, his smile almost reaching his ears. “Aw, Jeanie…” Vincent whispered. His hands moved from Jean’s grasp and onto his cheeks, causing the soldier to straighten himself into the proper standing position. “I’m sorry I didn’t realize they were trying to court me,” he said. Unconsciously, his finger rubbed Jean’s eyepatch as he spoke. It had become so natural at this point. “I’m not the best when it comes to that kind of stuff. But next time–”

“I will be there next time. To protect you,” Jean cut him off, although unintentionally. Neither had great social cues, it seemed. 

The possessive tone in Jean’s voice made Vincent’s heart flutter quite a bit. He couldn’t tell if he was heated from the summer’s humidity or something else anymore. In all truth, Vincent had a possessive streak in him as well, but he had always pushed his jealous thoughts to the back of his mind. Despite everything, his habit of trying not to feel still had quite the hold on him. 

Jean cleared his throat once he realized how long he’d been staring at Vincen’t face. “Apologies,” he mumbled, “That is only if you wish.”

A moment of silence dragged on between them, but the painter’s palms on Jean’s cheeks made him all too aware of the time that elapsed. Seconds felt like hours when he couldn’t hear his lover's sweet and soothing voice.

“I don’t mind,” he started softly, his hands slowly lowering. A distant sadness was behind his sky blue eyes, one Jean had come to learn all too well. His arms wrapped around his lover’s waist on instinct. “It’s just…” Vincent sighed and grimaced as the words struggled to leave his lips. “It’s times like these I wish they’d see us as real lovers.”

Jean’s heart had struck a chord. Vincent could tell from the tightening of his grip.

“It’s not that we aren’t,” Vincent explained, laying his head on Jean’s shoulder comfortably. “I know this–” he placed his hand on Jean’s heart and almost laughed when he felt it suddenly speed up, “–is real. But others are going to say it’s not, and I think that hurts a bit.”

Jean, despite a bit of stiffness, began to rub Vincent’s back as best he could. It wasn’t very soothing, but the gesture was appreciated. “I didn’t believe it either, at first,” Jean responded slowly, picking his words with care and precision, “But I do now. Maybe others just need time like I did.”

“And a lot of persistence,” Vincent teased. He couldn’t help it– not when Jean’s flustered pout was so cute!

Jean and Vincent always had a struggle with words and pinning down their true emotions into tangible sentences. It’s why Vincent had his art to escape to. Jean’s coping mechanisms were a little (a lot) less healthy (fencing his feelings out until he forgot about them), but both were actively trying to get better at this whole thing. A relationship meant communication and communication meant a lot of scary things.

Communication didn’t have to be just words, though. Vincent’s paintings revealed much broader ideas than even he realized, and Jean’s actions were much better at showing his true intent as well. So, with a short smile and one last scan for safety, Jean tightened his grip on Vincent and pushed their lips together.

Vincent loved kissing Jean, and vice-versa. It was much more personal and loving than they could ever voice. Jean, in all his shyness, was surprisingly passionate with every kiss and put his entire heart and soul into every minute of it. It was only exaggerated by his jealousy tonight. He pulled Vincent closer and closer, until their bodies were up against each other completely. He was also a die-hard fan of French kisses (I wonder why). Almost every session like this devolved into those. Not that Vincent was complaining.

Vincent smiled when their lips touched, nothing but accepting the moment. There were so few times they could display their love, and they both barely had any idea how to do that either. But here? For just a minute or so, they could pretend that they were your average, head-over-heels couple, unable to keep down their passions any longer. They could pretend that they didn’t have to hide and completely soak into the other with no pesky inhibitions to get in the way. Vincent wrapped his arms around Jean’s shoulders just as their tongues started to meet, his hand running up his neck and into the lower strands of his slate blue hair.

Oh, it was utter bliss. They could stay like this forever, if time let them.

“I KNEW IT!” A voice yelled beyond the bushes. They ignored it at first. Then, the stomping got closer–

“I TOLD YOU, I KNEW IT!!” Wait, was that Theo’s–!?

The bushes parted with a big swoosh just before the lovers could retreat their faces from the other, revealing Theodorus’s red face and gritted teeth.  “YOU ARE STEALING MY BROTHER FROM–” 

His eyes opened wide when he saw the scene before him. It was as if his whole world shattered right then and there. “... me.” Theo’s angry stance fell to one of complete disbelief.

Jean and Vincent… like two peas in a pod… Jean’s arms around his waist…. Vincent’s on his shoulders… their faces, red and flushed… inches apart…

“Um… Hallo, Broer!” Vincent laughed awkwardly, trying his best to put on a welcoming smile. No point in trying to move away from each other now. It was bound to happen eventually, right? Oh, why’d it have to be Theo? Even Arthur would’ve been better…

Jean, unlike his partner, was as still as stone, staring dumbstruck at Theo with wide eyes rivaling the little brother’s look of shock. He couldn’t even move. It was as if Jean had been completely frozen in time.

“Pal, what in the brother complex are you going on about?” Arthur was quick to join the scene. The partners in crime never seemed far apart, so it was only a natural development. He just had to glimpse at Jean’s tomato-red face once to burst out into laughter, holding onto Theodorus’s shoulder for support. Thankfully, Arthur was pointing at Theo and not the two currently in a tense embrace.

Suddenly, Jean shoved Vincent off of him. Vincent didn’t seem all too upset at that, quickly patting down his suit. Actually, he was thankful he did. With Arthur’s bellowing laughter, the real chaos soon began.

Mozart, then Sebastian, then Comte, then William, then Leonardo, then Napoleon– in that order. There were more, but the bushes were too dense for Vincent to see the others through.

“Is there something I should worry about happening here?” Comte asked gently, clearly confused by the combination of residents. 

The playboy was doubled-over, clutching his stomach and wiping his face of tears. He could barely look at Theo’s traumatized face without wheezing. “Oh, nothing wrong, dear old dad! Just Theo walking in on his older brother’s love session!” Arthur barely had the breath to force those words out as he fell onto the grass. “Dear Gods, I’m about to piss myself!!” he snorted.

Mozart’s face was utterly disgusted as he tried to avoid the foliage, only to gaze at Jean and Vincent with mild disinterest. “That’s it? Here you had me thinking it was somewhat important. But…” Mozart’s expression softened when he saw Jean’s red face. The soldier still wasn’t completely in reality. Mozart snapped his fingers in front of his face, but it did nothing. “Vincent, huh?” he leaned over to observe the painter currently biting his lip and rubbing the back of his neck. “I did not expect blondes to be your type.”

“He’s not the worst choice in the mansion,” Napoleon added on, smirking broadly. This was currently… amusing. “Though, I thought Jean would be more into you, if anything.”

“I was going to tell you Theo– we were going to tell you all, really!” Vincent desperately tried to control the situation, stepping in front of the flustered Jean. “Just… Not now. But eventually! We didn’t know how everyone would react, and we’re just trying to take it slow and–”

William laughed heartily, approaching his friend with glee written all over him. “Th're is nothing to beest dainty about! i has't did kiss many a sir in mine own lifetimes!”

Vincent blinked and his expression dropped. “What?”

Shakespeare smiled lightly. “Actresses didst not exist  in mine time. Juliet wast just a knave in a dress. Or I, if 't be true nobody else could fill in at rehearsals that day.”

“Oh… I see,” Vincent replied. Will pat his shoulder reassuringly, joined by a slap on the back from Leonardo. Jean and Vincent both recieved one as Leonardo came from behind them. Jean let out a soft ‘oof’ as he caught himself, finally waking from his humiliated trance.

“Welcome to the club, you two,” he said, grinning. “Man, I remember the day… I was almost arrested for something just like this when I was younger!” Leonardo gripped Jean’s shoulder and shook it. “Ah, memories.”

Jean glanced at Vincent, then at Will and Leonardo. “How many residents of the mansion are… like us?”

“More than you think!” Sebastian chimed in, grinning madly as his pen went all over the pages of his notebook. He slammed it closed quickly and hid it behind his back. “But that’s just a hunch. Take Napoleon, for example! He’s likely kissed almost every resident here!”

To that, Napoleon smirked and shrugged. He couldn’t really deny it…

“I can’t believe it,” Comte sighed, a hand over his chest as he gazed fondly at Jean. Jean’s face instantly scrunched up and he turned out. “I never thought I’d see the day Jean found happiness in another!” Comte’s face lit up as he made his way to Jean’s side and wrapped his arms around him for a quick, tight squeeze. “I’m incredibly proud. Maybe one day you’ll even open up to the rest of us.” 

Jean looked as if he wanted to crawl out of his own skin. Mozart, Leonardo, and Napoleon all gave each other an exasperated, knowing glance. Comte wasn’t even trying to hide his favoritism anymore.

Vincent sighed, half-relieved and half-worried for the future ahead of them. He caught sight of Theo, still standing there with complete shock. At least, unlike Jean, he was blinking and looking around.

The brothers stared at each other for a bit. It was tense, at least on Vincent’s end. “Broer, I’m sorry–” Before Vincent could finish, Theo had closed the gap between them and embraced his older brother tightly.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” he whispered shyly, just as Vincent’s arms made their way around his younger brother. “I wouldn’t judge you for something as simple as this! I could’ve helped you! You didn’t have to hide all by yourself. How long have you had to bear this alone!? A month? A year??”

“Oh, Broer…” Vincent held his brother just as tightly, only moving back so he could pinch his cheek. Theo, although embarrassed, let it happen. “You really are a sweetheart sometimes. And I wasn’t alone, Theo. Jean was there with me!” Vincent looked over at Jean, only recently free from Comte’s smothering. By the look on his face, he was going to wash himself the moment they got home. Theo squinted at Jean. “He’s good to me, Broer. With Jean… I’m really happy with him. I promise.”

Theo’s glare didn’t stop just because of that. Jean met eyes with the little brother. It only added to the soldier’s nerves about such a sudden outing. If looks could kill, Jean was already a goner. Stabbed 29 times, shot 46, and probably a few broken bones.

Theo left Vincent’s arms and examined Jean in excruciating detail, head-to-toe. Once he had been thoroughly checked at all angles, despite Jean’s squirming, Theo leaned in close. Too close for comfort. Jean tried to lean back, only for Theo’s deadly glare and infuriated expression to come closer.

Theo pointed at Vincent. “You even think about breaking his heart, and I will hunt you down until the end of time and cut your dick off. You got that?”

“Broer!” Vincent exclaimed, “Language!”

Jean heeded Theo's warning, nodding his head quickly.

“Oh, old pal,” Arthur said, finally able to stand and dust himself off. He quickly went to his long-time friend and leaned on him. “That look on your face… Whoo, I’m never letting you live that down!”

The night continued on fairly normally, with only a few residents who weren’t present at the scene asking for clarification (Mostly Isaac, considering his era). The residents were surprisingly welcome to the idea, though maybe the whole vampire thing put the small stuff like this into perspective. 

Things were a lot different back home, though. 

For one, Theo was always giving the death-glare to Jean when he was around. He was checking in on Vincent a lot more often, always making sure his Broer was always happy and satisfied. It was only after a few talks with Arthur and Comte that he started to lay off (Comte and Arthur? Teamed up? It had to be serious).

Arthur and Dazai would often have teasing remarks, to Jean’s displeasure, but it was really only in the first few weeks that they were bad. Isaac nodded to them anytime they said a word, considering they were now fodder for jokes.

Comte was… more than proud, to say the least. If Jean ever mentioned that he wanted to take Vincent to a show, tickets would magically appear on his bedside the next day. Sebastian joined Comte, hiding around the corners near them a lot more often to take notes. This need for information (Comte was more on the: making sure his sons’ were always content side of things) led to a truce about the notebooks between the master and butler.

Despite all the changes, or lack thereof, there was one change that the lovers were the most fond of.

Finally, finally… Vincent could leave a peck on Jean’s cheek anywhere he’d like. Right in front of the dining table, after a sparring match with Napoleon… and nobody would bat an eye. 

It was the simple things that meant the world to those two.

#ikevamp #ikemen vampire #ikevamp jean #ikevamp jeanne #ikevamp vincent #koco talks ikevamp #ikevamp fanfic #I wrote this in the span of 5 hours #6 pages.... #vincent x jean #vincent x jean ikevamp #jean x vincent ikevamp #jean x vincent

[hammert-fitzerald]

Akiridion koco speedpaint

#trollhunters #3below #king fialkov #fialkov tarron #sonic frontiers #koco #akiridian koco #akiridion #akiridion 5 #speedpaint

[fruitymarcy]

I think it’s very interesting that the Sonic Frontiers dlc is free. Now, updates 1 and 2, sure, any game would have stuff like that for free. But update 3 is an expansion with 3 new playable characters (Tails, Knuckles, and Amy) and new story content. You’d think that’d be 20 bucks or so, but it’s going to be entirely free as well! I think the reason Sega chose this route is to convince more people to buy the base game, rather than trying to make more off of the install base the game already has. Let me explain my theory on this:

If you think about it, if Sega made the dlc 20 dollars that would mean they’d make money off of those who already own the game, but no one would really buy the game for the dlc alone considering that would total 80 dollars, or 90 dollars if you buy the digital deluxe edition. But to advertise to those who don’t yet own the game that there’s now even more content and 4 whole playable characters? Now THAT would convince those who were on the fence about buying the game to take a look

Instead of making 20 more dollars in revenue off of those who bought the game in the last year, they instead make 60 or 70 dollars off of people who never bought the game in the prior year. Not only that, but existing fans who do already own the game will be thrilled to get free content and it will help to keep us happy while we wait for the Sonic Frontiers sequel/successor

And lastly, because of this strategy, Sega could release a definitive edition for Sonic Frontiers. It’d be like Sonic Adventure 2: Battle where it combines the base game and all dlc to create the best version of the game all on one disc/cartridge. Then all they have to do is throw in extra goodies like maybe the Sonic and Koco plushies and other goodies they made for the Japanese Sonic Frontiers lottery as well as the Frontiers DX and Limited Edition sets. Seeing as we never got a physical Sonic Frontiers Deluxe Edition in America, it’d make sense for this to be their way of giving us one: giving us collectible goodies AND the best version of the game physically. Collectors would go nuts, and Sega likely knows that. I mean, I own Sonic Frontiers Digital Deluxe Edition on Steam. However, I’m also planning on getting a ps5 copy so I own it physically and can play in bed, and a Switch copy so I can play on the go. Not only that, I want to buy an Xbox copy for my little brother. A massive Sonic fan like me would absolutely also buy the Sonic Frontiers Physical Deluxe Edition as well, and I imagine Sega knows that

#sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sonic frontiers #sonic frontiers dlc #sth #sega #sonic games #knuckles #knuckles the echidna #miles tails prower #tails the fox #amy rose #sonic adventure 2 #sonic adventure 2 battle #koco #sonic frontiers koco #ps5 #playstation 5 #nintendo switch #xbox #game collecting #deluxe edition #video games #dlc

[shinigami-striker]

Wallpaper Wednesday - Sonic Frontiers | Wednesday, 01.25.2023

It's not "Wallpaper Wednesday" without some mobile wallpapers from Sonic Frontiers. And they're totally free! Enjoy!

#blue blur #chaos emerald #january 2023 #japanese wallpaper #kocos #microsoft windows #mobile phone #mobile wallpaper #nintendo switch #playstation 4 #playstation 5 #sage sonic #sonic frontiers #sonic team #sonic the hedgehog #starfall islands #wallpaper wednesday #wednesday post #xbox one #xbox series #xbox series s #xbox series x #ソニック #ソニックフロンティア #ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ

[borrelia]

sonic frontiers is a 9-0-1 on the weeb-ass shit scale

#the 1 is for. collectively: #forcing elder koco level up one by one instead of batch #the arcade minigames (esp 5 Million Points) #all the levels i didnt like bc they were hard #and not enough consequence to sonic corruption besides Suffering #SUFFER THEMATICALLY YOU LITTLE RAT!!! #GO THROUGH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING #IDK. LEARN A LESSON. TEACH OTHERS A LESSO NABOUT YOURSELF. SOMETHING. #power of friendship doesnt count as a lesson bc they really couldve just done that Whenever it seems #it has to Catalyze a Change that Could Not have otherwise happened #other than that great game i loved it im probably gonna replay on hard or something after a break #and do my little arcade mode teehee #or try to 100%100% #switch doesnt have the fun little achievement trophies but maybe i'll look them up and do them just for me :) #myaa #sonic frontiers spoilers

[insanethrottlebikernews]

Investigators traced a deadly weekend shooting in Texas to a biker gang shootout in Oklahoma City.

Click the Banner and listen to Motorcycle Madhouse Morning Mayhem on Spotify OKLAHOMA CITY — Investigators traced a deadly weekend shooting in Texas to a biker gang shootout in Oklahoma City. Three people were killed at the Whiskey Barrel Saloon back on April 1. The violence from that night hasn’t stopped. One of the nation’s leading experts on biker gangs said the shootout at the Whiskey…

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#Bandidos motorcycle gang #biker gang shootout in Oklahoma City #Biker News #biker news 1% #homietos mc #insane throttle #Investigators traced a deadly weekend shooting in Texas to a biker gang shootout in Oklahoma City. #KOCO 5 affiliates #outlaw biker news 1% #Whiskey Barrel Saloon

[suzienightsky]

I love how when Sonic stops for 5 seconds the koco gather around him 💙✨️ Warm ups with the koco are becoming my favorites. This is him as he waits for me to finish taking photos of them haha

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic fanart #sonic #sth #kocos #koco #sonic frontiers #warm ups #my art #adorable #i love the koco they are so cuteeee

[t4yce]

koco in dragula 5.07

#koco caine #dragula #dragulaedit #boulet brothers dragula #gif* #dragula season 5

[batboyblog]

dispatches from Republican America, Jan 24 2024

Texas:

“Texas saw an estimated 26,313 rape-related pregnancies during the 16 months after the state outlawed all abortions, with no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association,”

“The authors noted that while some pregnant rape survivors who need abortion care may be able to travel out of state or manage the pregnancy at home with abortion pills, the bans leave many survivors without a viable alternative.”

Oklahoma:

On Tuesday, Oklahoma's superintendent of public instruction, Ryan Walters, announced he was appointing right-wing social media influencer Chaya Raichik — best known for her controversial Libs of TikTok social media accounts — to an advisory role on the state's Library Media Advisory Committee. That will allow her to help determine which books are appropriate for Oklahoma school libraries.

Raichik's social media accounts are known for targeting liberals, LGBTQ people and teachers. Often, she uses incendiary claims and conspiracy theories to suggest without evidence that members of these groups engage in the indoctrination or sexual exploitation of children. And both Raichik and Walters have been accused of stoking bomb threats toward people and places featured in Raichik's videos: Walters has faced calls to resign over claims that he helped incite bomb threats toward a librarian when he reshared an edited Libs of TikTok video. That video also led to bomb threats against his home; Walters called such threats "reprehensible and unacceptable," according to KOCO News, and said they were being investigated. Raichik, meanwhile, has been accused of inciting threats against hospitals and schools.

Ohio:

Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them.

The Republican-dominated Senate voted Wednesday to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto. The new law bans gender-affirming surgeries and hormone therapies, and restricts mental health care for transgender individuals under 18. The measure also bans transgender girls and women from girls and women’s sports teams at both the K-12 and collegiate level.

Officials expect the law to take effect in roughly 90 days. 

Texas (again):

Texas is apparently taking advantage of a loophole in a recent Supreme Court ruling involving the US-Mexico border in order to keep putting up more razor-wire fencing along the Rio Grande riverbank.

The Supreme Court's 5-4 Monday ruling delivered a huge win to the Biden administration in its ongoing legal battle with Texas over the southern border by allowing federal border agents to cut or move barbed wire fencing the Republican-controlled state installed at the border.

The ruling does not call for Texas to take any action in the matter — and the state's Republican governor, Greg Abbott, suggested in a post to X on Wednesday that Texas will keep putting up the fencing, even if federal border agents take it down.

"Texas' razor wire is an effective deterrent against the illegal border crossings encouraged by [President Joe] Biden's open border policies," Abbott said. "We continue to deploy this razor wire to repel illegal immigration."

#Politics #us politics #republicans #rape #transphobia #trans ban #abortion #immigration #Texas #libs of tiktok

[vonxodd]

KOCO CAINE & VICTORIA BLACK on dragula titans episode 5 'zombie prom'

#dragula #dragula titans #dragulaedit #boulet brothers dragula #koco caine #victoria elizabeth black #tw: blood. #tw: gore. #*mine #this deserved its own set :)

[shinigami-striker]

TGS2022 - Sonic Frontiers & SBR2 | Saturday, 09.17.2022

Found some pics on Twitter both on the upcoming Sonic Frontiers and Super Bomberman R 2 games, courtesy from Tokyo Game Show 2022 respectively from both Sega and Konami. Take a look!

Sonic Frontiers:

Super Bomberman R 2:

#amy rose #aqua bomberman #black bomberman #blue bomberman #bomberman #ellons #green bomberman #knuckles the echidna #kocos #konami #miles tails prower #microsoft windows #nintendo switch #pink bomberman #playstation 4 #playstation 5 #red bomberman #sega #saturday stuff #sonic frontiers #sonic the hedgehog #super bomberman r 2 #tokyo game show #tokyo game show 2022 #white bomberman #yellow bomberman

[kocoloco]

Live koco reaction^^^^^^^

Ok as ive said in a couple posts, im still watching/reading the entirety of homestuck yea?

Im in Act 5 act 2 rn and im like

Karkat has a crisis with almost every character from what ive seen, the boy talking about dave and john not allowed to date the troll girls and then proceeded to go into detail about Daves lips TWICE and then argue to himself about Jade being cool or not, KK IMPLYING IF THERES ANY FEELING DIFFERENCE INFRONT OF JADE??? every troll seems to have a crisis but KK doesn’t catch a break ✋

Im sure there will be plenty more but this is just my observation 👍

Also yes i am ranting about this in 2023

Also this piece is so funny to me of what KK says to Jade 😭

#homestuck #dave strider #homestuck dave #karkat vantas #john egbert #john eggbert #homestuck comic #june egbert #homestuck in 2023 #jade harley #hs kanaya

[borrelia]

frontiers dlc cutscene simulator:

amy: we CANT let ANYONE DOWN!! sonic and the koco are COUNTING ON US i'll do ANYTHING to protect them!!! i love everyone so much im gonna BREAK SOMETHING!!

knuckles: grr i love to hit things. i love to dig in the dirt. i love to punch things WITH MY FISTS! and break things WITH MY FISTS! aww is poor widdwe sonic tired? aww too bad you have to do your little platforming boohoo Grow Up. tails, kid, you are doing amazing no notes. amy. would you like to break some things with me. with my FISTS 👊💪💪👊💥💪💥💥👊

tails: uwa i don't know if i can do this... but i have to.. but i dont know if i can.. everyone is counting on me im the Most Important guy here.. sonic don't worry about me i can handle myself. also did you know that these islands have incredible capacity to harness emerald power. by my calculations 🤓 i've hacked the mainframe.

eggman: mmyes. sonics stupid friend and his girl friend and his very scary little fox friend and also sonic. can you even appreciate that some of the set dressing on this island used to be a highway powered by emerald energy harnessed by ancient spaceships which btw are buried underground so you cant see them but theyre there. i wish i had a spaceship. i could do so much evil with that kind of power.

sonic: yooooo sup amy. tails. things are getting pretty rough, you doing alright? you are both so cool, i know youre gonna do amazing things💗. hey Treasure Hunter. seems like im better at finding the emeralds than you, Treasure Hunter. HA! eat my dust--im gonna go fall off that tower 20 more times. btw i wonder whats up with this building. can someone real quick explain what it does in 5 paragraphs or more?

sage: we are running out of time. you must find the emeralds or we will have success rate of zero percent. but since you asked. this building was a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a bucket elevator or a pneumatic conveyor, which scoops up grain from a lower level and deposits it in a silo or other storage facility. In most cases, the term "grain elevator" also describes the entire elevator complex, including receiving and testing offices, weighbridges, and storage facilities. It may also mean organizations that operate or control several individual elevators, in different locations. i would also like to drop some casual race science into this conversation. do not worry about it.

#myaa #sonic frontiers spoilers #btw the race science hing is 'one tribe of these people was The Smartest' #which is. A Choice #anyway this post brought to you by me finishing my cutscenes and getting like 3 knuckles ones in a row where he refers to his FISTS!!! #long post

[gayemeralds]

TIME LINE…

Unknown Time (millions of years ago?)

gaia forms the earth, the master emerald is there (chicken or the egg?)

probably at least one or two gaia awakenings- the master emerald is used by light gaia to put dark gaia back to sleep

100,000 years ago (give or take)

after a large war, and several failed attempts to seal the end away, the ancients flee their home world and arrive on earth

likely, the ancients build the gaia temples across the world, either seeing the event of gaia coming to life first hand, or hearing about it from the natives on the planet

the end chases them and kills a very large chunk before being successfully sealed away

the ancients move to angel island, and bring the emeralds and a few koco with them

20 to 10,000 years ago

the babylons arrive on earth and are unable to fix their ark of the cosmos

the babylons use their technology to try to conquer the world and pillage and steal from other emerging civilizations

by this point, the ancients are near extinct. koco have begun to mutate into chao from the chaos energy

the babylons steal the emeralds from the ancients and use them to fuel their conquests

the babylons create babylon

within the millennia, the ancients manage to strike back. they use the chaos emeralds to seal the babylons in a pocket dimension they once tried to seal the end in- the twilight cage, guarded by the ancient argus

babylon falls and becomes buried, the ancients return to angel island

4 to 5 thousand years ago

the echidna clan splits- the knuckles tribe and the nocturnus clan. the knuckles clan moves on to be peaceful and nomadic- the nocturnus clan waged conquest after conquest

the babylons use the resources of the twilight cage to construct ring transporters- the babylons are able to escape from the twilight cage, leaving behind a civilization others call the “precursors”

the babylons find their home missing and that the world moved in without them. they swear to find their missing artifacts and babylon once more

4 thousand years ago

pachacamac’s mother dies and he takes charge; the echidnas become a warmongering tribe, mimicking the nocturnus clan, and have several scuffles with their sister tribe

while they travel, tikal finds the shrine of the emeralds and befriends the very last of the ancients, named chaos

pachacamac seizes the temple, attacks the chao, and chaos lashed out. using the seven emeralds, chaos becomes perfect chaos and attempts to end the world. tikal manages to seal him away, and sends angel island floating to the sky, in hopes of keeping the emeralds away from other hands

the nocturnus clan were assumed to have perished during the event, but were in fact not involved. after pachacamac’s demise, the nocturnus clan manages to conquer a large chunk of the world through their superior technology, and the creation of the gizoid.

argus, who had noticed the babylons escape, comes back to earth to find them. instead, argus finds a new race who has conquered the world out of greed, and takes them to the twilight cage in the “argus event”

the knuckles clan sets up on angel island

50 years ago

gerald robotnik becomes embroiled in a government project to create the ultimate lifeform. implied to have visited angel island, gerald manages to find all seven emeralds and a gizoid. he creates the biolizard and eventually shadow, and uses the chaos emeralds to create the eclipse canon

the raid occurs. gerald sends six of the emeralds back to earth, where they fall on to south island. their energy over time warps south island and causes strange artifacts to show up

gerald used the seventh emerald to finish project shadow. once he does, he seals shadow away and sends the seventh emerald across the world, where it lands on christmas island

gerald is executed

5 years ago

gerald robotnik’s grandson, dr ivo robotnik, gives up his teaching career and decided to become an evil dictator. he develops “badniks” and decides to test them out on christmas island, presumed to be abandoned

ivo crosses paths with a blue hedgehog while he tests out his machines. ivo names the creature sonic…

… and the rest is history

#ALRIGHT……………… #sega official speaks #the idea is that sonic finds the emerald on Christmas Island #but when Eggman reveals that he’s actually a bad guy #sonic sends the emerald away to west side island #which is why the emeralds remain split up in the first few games