#the expanse inspired

[chinelacanta]

🐌snail

#inspired by the drawing of dragon watering the den den mushi #and by personal experiences regarding special interests #smth smth learning to be better at the expanses of the people you failed #theres not a single day where i dont go insane thinking abt dragon and garps relation #like. so much to unpack there. hes a revolutionary. he entrusts his son to his marine father. insane #monkey d dragon #monkey d garp #monkey d luffy #one piece #my art!! #also dont mind me hitting dragon and luffy w the tism blast #:3

[chubbidust]

unfinished

#splatoon #agent 8 #side order #octo expansion #this piece was inspired by lines of lore in side order #my art #octoling #octoling boy

[simwithmishka]

Tour the Koh Sapha Tiger Rescue Centre 💕🐅.

There are 6 tigers here, including a momma and her cub that was rescued by the centre☺️. Here they will live the rest of their lives out while receiving the best care and keeping human interaction to a minimum🙂. This centre is where Sims come to learn more about this Apex predator, whilst maintaining a safe distance to observe their beauty.

The rescue is able to do its work through donations, “adoptions” and through purchases at the on-site gift shop and cafe💕.

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#sims 4 for rent #sims 4 tomarang #sims 4 expansion pack #sims 4 build #sims 4 inspo #sims 4 inspiration #sims 4 creator #sims 4 edit #the sims cc #sims4 custom content #sims 4 simblr #the sims 4 cc #sims 4 cc finds

[thelaurenshippen]

re: that *chef kiss* PERFECT Franken-Drummer post and tumblr not being all over The Expanse, I know right?? it’s such an amazing show with so many delightful, complicated characters yet it’s so unfairly slept on! maybe because S1 takes awhile to get going and ppl give up? idk but it makes me sad that I have so few ppl to squeal about Drummer and Amos and Bobbie and Christjen and Ashford and Naomi (ad infinitum) with 😭🚀😭

WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT OBSESSED WITH THE EXPANSE HELLO!?!?! there's literally so much to love about it oh my god. you're right, it DOES take a second to get going but once it does!!!

for those of you who have not read or seen The Expanse series (I myself have yet to read the books), let me tell you why you'll love it:

political space drama with incredibly distinct cultures and phenomenal world building, if you're a details girlie (gn), you're gonna go nuts

the found family vibes!!??! are off!?!? the charts!?!? (minor spoilers for the first few episodes) four people are thrown into a situation in which they accidentally become the most important people/fugitives in the whole galaxy and most of them DO NOT trust each other, what could possible go wrong, and even better, what could possibly go RIGHT

Christjen Avasarala. you are not ready for her. most powerful mover-shaker on earth with the most incredible outfits you've ever seen, refined elegance with the filthiest mouth, plus she's got a classic "whatever those two have going on is so gay it veers into something else entirely" with her younger protective knight lady, Bobbie

Bobbie. the "not to be a lesbian but oh my god" post is made for her. we meet her in the show for the first time when she arm wrestles a robot and WINS. you will be begging for her to step on you with her mech suit

speaking of women I want to step on me Camina Drummer. angry revolutionary pirate queen of my heart. do you miss the unique agony of 2000/10s queerbaiting but want it to be not baiting somehow? this show does that, idk how else to explain it. the most agonizing sapphic pining you've ever seen but it's textual and also not painful because its gay. don't worry, Camina fucks, just not the girl she wants most (also spoilers, but this is not a bury your gays show don't worry)

Jim Holden is literally just Some Guy who becomes the special fantasy chosen one because he simply cannot stop Getting Involved. nosiest bitch in the universe, I love him.

imagine you're a girl who leaves your shitty ex and gets a normal industrial job on a spaceship, only to have a six foot, two hundred pound killer dressed as a mechanic imprint on you like a baby duck, and its unclear whether he wants to fuck you or call you a little sister but he definitely WILL kill for you and will do literally anything you say and then you both end up caught up in a weird galactic war by mistake and there's this other guy with a captain america level moral compass and he's cute and you're into him except your shitty ex is still out there with the biggest secret you have and meanwhile your best female friend is the coolest person you've ever met but you don't think you can be what she needs and you're holding your family together, you're holding the universe together and all you want is justice for your people but unfortunately you've gone and fallen in love with the accidental most important man in the galaxy. well, every day Naomi Nagata wakes up

Praxideke Meng. botanist of my heart. literally tames the rabid guard dog that no one else could. gentle and able to stay gentle because of said dog. which brings me to...

Amos Burton. I saved him for last because he is my guy. he is THAT guy. canonically aromantic pansexual king. are you into guard dog characters? do you find yourself drawn to the "sorry my love language is acts of service and all I'm good at is killing people" characters? amos burton is like seventeen tumblr posts come to life. previously mentioned enormous killer dressed as a mechanic, former heels wearing "I didn't always work in space" sex worker who is always rolling into brothels and being like "you guys unionized?", gives a shit about basically no one in the universe except his crew and every single child in the galaxy, accidental comedian because he cannot stop saying weird shit, not a nice or good person but a loyal one, and one who is always trying to relearn the empathy that was carved out of him as a young person. every time he goes homicidal to protect one of his chosen people (crew + any and every child), an angel gets its wings.

fin.

#answered #the expanse #most of this is cribbed from the essay I was texting a friend the other day lol #which is what inspired my expanse posting in the first place #bc I was like 'I HAVE to stop bothering this friend' lol #btw the canonically aromantic pansexual thing teeeechnically comes from the writers' twitter? #but like #you simply have to watch the show to know that about amos #he mostly doesn't sleep with people in the show and yes the few he does are women but the dude is queer #but anyway the authors have explicitly said he's aromantic and that his sexuality is 'yes'

[histhoughtslately]

As soon as you move away from the wrong people, places and things; the right people, places and things start coming in…

#OutgrowingIsHealthy

#histhoughtslately #htl #life #life path #life quotes #mental health #self growth #growth #love #mindfulness #mindset #positive words #positive affirmations #mental heath awareness #spilled feelings #spilled ink #writing #lit #literature #self care #inspirational quotes #motivational quotes #black tumblr #empowerment #expansion #comfort zone #writing community #spilled writing #positive mental attitude #healthy lifestyle

[blimpixels]

Miya's gotten pretty rusty at magic but Maddie would say otherwise...

I got inspired one night and drew this for my friend villaru :)

#blimpixels #body inflation #body expansion #other’s ocs #go check villaru out! #she's basically the new opik oort #one of my biggest inspirations when i first started drawing this stuff fr #I hope she does story stuff again soon #villaru

[screwpinecaprice]

Another random pencil sketchdump while I wait for my laptop to charge.

Oval-shaped faces are personally tricky to do digitally compared on paper. And guess who has an oval-shaped face??

On the third pic's bottom left, I tested giving Connie a little heart-shape to see how it looks because heart-shapes are relatively the easiest to me digitally; maybe I can cheat a bit there, you know? (And it works great for others.) And to be honest.. I'm really not sure about it. :/ I definitely like the one on the right more. But how the heck is it so hard to do on the tabbbbb?

Oh! Also skitched @pogostikk's short-haired Connie and clown boi Steven. I love them. 🥺💕

#connverse #spinearl #They're suppose to be in a car and maybe she wants to order. They originally weren't suppose to be in a car but here we are. #Ohhhhh helll nooo Spinel looks like FNaF The Fourth Closet Circus Baby. 😭 #Connie Maheswaran #Steven Quartz Universe #Idk what she want at Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall though. #Yooo I am so jealous with their world. Befriending the Diamond empire definitely means the expansion of their observable universe. Because #like. They godda share what they know right? #Rose Quartz #Rose Quartz SU #Peridot SU #Pink Pearl SU #Spinel SU #Lapis Lazuli SU #human AU I guess? #My laptop is dying. I can't use it while charging anymore. #lol short-haired Connie sounds like a breed of cat or dog #I am obsessed with taking inspirations from bluebells for Connie's hair. #Rose has a square jaw.. I just realized only for some reason while drawing that. #Oh the girl with the short curly hair is just a random person. #Once I imagined Lapis having a goth-hippy style and it never left my head. Problem is I'm not good at thinking a design. #MAN it's so frickin cold here right now. I feel so cold my muscles heckin hurt. And it's just rainy weather. I'm pretty sure I'm going to #die the moment I encounter snow. #SU #my shiz #skedoobles

[fandomwonderer]

Here’s my Pearl and Marina redesigns!

#fandomwonderer #also they are gfs don’t even try to deny it #pearlina #pearl houzuki #marina ida #pearl splatoon #marina splatoon #splatoon 2 #splatoon redesigns #character design #character redesign #digital artist #fan art #splatoon fanart #splatoon fandom #the tattoos are matching #also their tops are heavily inspired by the octo expansion uniform #thanks Agent 8 #also the tats are inspired by Callie’s in story mode when hypnotized #they’re opposites but they’re complimentary #something so queer about matching tattoos and piercings #also if u redesign Pearl to have a smaller forehead I fucking hate u #also the watermark is my Instagram username lol I didn’t steal my own art #also if u have any advice I’d love to hear it but be nice pls #also I heavily headcanon Pearl as albino #also it confuses me why Marina in splat2 wears something similar to her outfit when escaping from octo society #like let ms girl change pls

[rustchild]

one of the wild things about people’s stubborn insistence on misunderstanding The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas is that the narrator anticipates an audience that won’t engage with the text, just in the opposite direction. Throughout the story are little asides asking what the reader is willing to believe in. Can you believe in a utopia? What if I told you this? What about this? Can you believe in the festivals? The towers by the sea? Can we believe that they have no king? Can we believe that they are joyful? Does your utopia have technology, luxury, sex, temples, drugs? The story is consulting you as it’s being told, framed as a dialogue. It literally asks you directly: do you only believe joy is possible with suffering? And, implicitly, why?

the question isn’t just “what would you personally do about the kid.” It isn’t just an intricate trolley problem. It’s an interrogation of the limits of imagination. How do we make suffering compulsory? Why? What futures (or pasts) are we capable of imagining? How do we rationalize suffering as necessary? And so on. In all of the conversations I’ve seen or had about this story, no one has mentioned the fact that it’s actively breaking the fourth wall. The narrator is building a world in front of your eyes and challenging you to participate. “I would free the kid” and then what? What does the Omelas you’ve constructed look like, and why? And what does that say about the worlds you’re building in real life?

#ursula k le guin #omelas #There are so many ideas in this story that simply do not get engaged with! #I’ve heard it argued that a central element of anarchism #as a political philosophy #is the expansion of the imagination: what is truly possible if we forget the structures we are raised in? #if we forget what we have been told is or is not possible? #le guin wasn’t an anarchist but her work is heavily inspired by anarchist thought #Also the idea that the compassion of citizens of omelas is possible only because they are able to see themselves in relation and contrast t #the kid #very interesting stuff there #arguably a searing critique of moderate liberals #who feel compassion from on high but rationalize the ways in which those who suffer cosmically deserve it #in order to maintain structures of suffering #This short story is breaking the fourth wall Constantly to grab you by the collar and ask #what do you think is possible in the world and what do you think is good and what do you think is necessary #If you want to free the kid then what! What does that mean! #ALSO if omelas is a place being constructed as an idea #are the ones who walk away meant to be literally deserting a place #or are they rejecting an idea #hmmm much to think about

[deus-ex-mona]

real talk: lxl should continue to explore romance fantasy concepts in their songs. it’s clearly working for them~

#typical prince aesthetics in romeo/julieta and nonfan… and now historical rofan in meoto… #(and there’s also whatever’s going on in tsuki no hime but that has no mv :( sadge) #sorry guys i still have meoto on the brain pls suffer with me~~~~~~~~~ #but mannnnn. i was struck by sudden inspiration for a meoto au a n d #well. ig now i understand why they skipped over the falling in love phase. romance is hardddd #i want to subscribe to the meoto expansion pack p l s i need to know what their deal is~~~~ #bc man. how in the world did they go from complete indifference to promising to stay together forever hello #what happened???????? excuse??????????? #man. m a n. ok i think im done for the night. i hope #LXL MEOTO CRISIS 2K24 #(but if anyone here wants to get into the otome isekai genre in general… i recommend starting off with ✨s u r v i v i n g r o m a n c e✨ #(it’s a great story and it’s still modernised enough to ease into the genre. and after that…) #(you can just go for the series with the most interesting premise/prettiest art/both tbh) #(though i personally recommend ✨the perks of being an s class heroine✨ ✨the villainess’s stationery shop✨ for milder content) #(and there’s also some series with both isekai and regression.) #(like they isekai after their 1st life in 20xx-> live out their 2nd life in the fantasy world -> regress to a point in their 2nd life) #(for that type i kinda like ✨i shall master this family✨ though ngl i’m mostly reading it bc i think the aunt is very pretty) #(a nd there’s the occasional modern regression story but that’s pretty soap drama-esque and the one i read got ridiculous at times lmao) #(but ofc the ones with less romance focus are fun too~~~~ like stories with multiple isekai-ed people for one) #(b u t i digress i think i’ll stop here before i lose the plot any longer ahaha~~~~)

[sinningtamer]

fully customizable avatar!

this is kink art, don’t reblog to SFW/fandom blogs.

#drop ur source files bby ill give you some assets #that’s a joke. i legitimately dropped out of my 3D modeling class. #body expansion #uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #idk. what else to tag this as. lol #shoutout to the conversation that inspired this. u kno who u are. #rtgm #digital assistant AU

[aeriona]

[Dedf1sh]: it is good to see you again, light

Some art for @therantingsage’s fic “Communing with the Dead”.

Please read it, it is very well-written!

#my art #dedf1sh #splatoon #splatoon 2 #xeno tag #Xeno octoling #speculative biology #octopus #horror #sanitized octoling #Octoling #octo expansion #Since my design for Octolings have a tail it means the thing also atrophied from lack of use just like her legs and voicebox #So she has to put it in her lap so it doesn’t drag on the floor lol #communing with the dead #Also inspired by hwkgrass’s post their artwork is INSANE! REALLY GOOD!

[pikoeatsglue32]

Marina

#splatoon #off the hook #marina splatoon #splatoon fanart #art #fanart #my art #octoling #hehehe she pretty #The background was inspired by octo expansion vibes #Sorry the splatoon brainrot won’t go away

[antianakin]

So in the Caretaker Luke AU, I think someone in the New Republic is probably connected to Cal or Cal's refuge on Tanalorr and is able to get a message to the Jedi to call them in for Anakin's trial because if anyone deserves to speak or have final say on what happens to him, it's the Jedi. Especially the ones left who survived Order 66. They also need help with guards for Anakin because there's a worry that someone might try to kill him while they're holding him during the trial.

So Cal shows up with Kata and Reva, who Cal found a few years after she left the Inquisitorius.

Leia of course is fairly skeptical of Reva's sudden appearance. Last she'd seen Reva, Reva had been a seemingly loyal Inquisitor for Darth Vader. Reva doesn't mind telling Leia her true story, though, and Leia chooses to bury that particular hatchet.

Cal is the one chosen to speak for the Jedi at the trial, while Reva and Kata guard Anakin. Anakin recognizes Reva, of course, and asks her why she's here, why she's bothering to protect him when he knows she'd rather see him dead. Reva tells him that she had wanted to look him in the eyes one last time and see if she can see a person looking back, instead of a monster. The Jedi are supposed to care about everyone, and she's been trying to get back to that, trying to be the kind of person who would make a good Jedi, but caring about everyone is exhausting. She keeps looking for a way to care about him, tried to tell herself he had a hard childhood but then so did a lot of people, tried to tell herself that he was clearly damaged but then so is everyone in some way. And she knows, better than most, that he's not possessed or controlled by Palpatine in any way. So protecting him now, it's not mercy. She wanted to let the New Republic kill him, and Anakin says she should just let them do it or kill him herself, but Reva tells him that he doesn't get the easy way out. If she has to live with what he's done for the rest of her life, he does, too.

At the trial, when they ask what the Jedi would ask to be done with Anakin, Cal argues for no execution. He tells them that while he was young when the Republic fell and was replaced with the Empire, he knew that the Republic was supposed to stand for justice for all. The Republic wasn't what it was meant to be by the end and it allowed itself to become something that stood only for selfishness and greed because it was run by people who were controlled by fear. He says that this New Republic should not fall to the same mistakes, that if it wants any chance to succeed where the Republic and the Empire failed, it needs to start on a new path, one of compassion and mercy. Executing Anakin, while deserved, only means more bloodshed. This New Republic needs to be better than that. If there are alternate solutions, they should find them rather than taking the easier solution simply because it's there.

Luke offers to be Anakin's guardian, to watch over him until Anakin's death, promises he will keep Anakin from continuing to rain down vengeance and violence upon the galaxy. The New Republic agrees to this solution.

Luke goes to thank Cal for his support after the trial, for speaking up for Anakin. Cal tells him that he didn't do it for Anakin, he did it for the New Republic, to try to ensure that the galaxy they all have to live in for the rest of their lives becomes a kinder place than it has been for a long time. Luke understands and accepts this.

Luke tells Cal how excited he was to hear that there were more Jedi, that there might be a whole planet of surviving Jedi he could meet and if it would be possible for him to go there. Cal tells him that while the Jedi survivors would be happy to meet him, they're also still refugees of the Empire, in hiding as they recover. It was Anakin who destroyed them last time and then hunted them down for 20 years and they've been lucky enough to keep this particular location a secret from him and the Empire for as long as they have; Cal refuses to put what remains of his people at risk (he hadn't been particularly happy about Reva and Kata insisting on accompanying him to this trial, but they'd both insisted and he respected that it was their choice to make). There's also just plenty of people on that planet who never want to see Anakin again and he won't force that trauma onto them if he doesn't have to. And Luke can no longer go anywhere without Anakin. Cal tells Luke that they can't even give him the name and location of the planet in case Anakin plucks it out of Luke's mind. They've only survived this long by being VERY careful about keeping it as secret as possible.

Cal is obviously very sympathetic and apologetic throughout the entire explanation, but it doesn't remove the sting of the rejection and they both know it. Luke just agreed to reap the consequences of Anakin's actions, and this was the first time he truly understood what that sacrifice was going to mean for him.

#star wars #luke skywalker #cal kestis #reva sevander #anakin critical #anakin skywalker critical #anti anakin #anti anakin skywalker #caretaker luke au #i shamelessly used a scene from the expanse as inspiration for reva's convo with anakin #it was just too perfect and i have thought about it ever since #esp the bit about how she tries to care about everyone and it's exhausting #it was just... SUCH a jedi thing to say #caring about people should bring joy and a lot of the times it does #but knowing you have to care about EVERYONE - even the evil people - is not an easy thing to do #and for someone like reva who got lost in the dark for a while it is possibly even more difficult #having to remind herself every day that she's supposed to care about the people in the empire and the sith is so so hard #it's quite possibly the hardest thing she'll ever have to do #but she refuses to go back to who she was #she refuses to be like them #so she puts in the effort

[ripplefields]

hey . don't cry . 1 million octolings in inkopolis ok ?

#splatoon #splatoon 2 octo expansion #agent 8 #digital art #holy shit rare not scc post #^ this was literally a break bc i couldn't get inspiration to do the other polyscc splatfest art #which i will continue i think i know what i'm gonna redraw for capsweet and capcakes #but yea #small painting in between scc art

[killingick]

Ya’ll 🥺

Imma HC this.

Y/N breaks up with Ghost, not because she doesn’t love him but because his emotions are getting in the way.

He spends so much time trying to protect her, that he barely makes it out alive himself.

As much as you loved him to pieces, you knew you wouldn’t be able to live with yourself if he died because of you.

The two of you argue, he shouts, you scream, he gets mad and punches the wall and you stare at him in shock.

Without another word you leave the room.

He slumps down into a chair, pulling the mask off of his face, hands trembling as he tries to come to terms with the fact that he just lost you.

Gripping the mask silently, he begins to ponder whether it’d be better to love you as Ghost, Simon or not at all.

#ghost x y/n #ghost x you #ghost x reader #cod simon riley #cod soap #cod ghoast #simon ghost riley #call of duty #ghost headcanons #simon riley headcanons #cod mw2 #call duty modern warfare 2 2023 expansion campaign dlc leak cod mw2 activision call of duty #cod #mw2 #heartbreak #tik tok #inspiration #shaking #call of duty modern warfare ii #ghost hcs #simon riley hcs #simon riley x reader #simon riley x you #simon riley x y/n #break up #john mactavish #soap mactavish #cod headcanons #call of duty headcanons #modern warfare 2