#Clinging to the Glass

[bixels]

Scary Sunset.

I'm concepting things way outta order in this story, but I'm sure you can piece things together. Context is for a storybeat where, after defeating and capturing Adagio (thus having all three sirens in her possession), Sunset enacts her revenge plot to release the sirens on Canterlot as Thea discovers she's been manipulated. In a confrontation, the two scuffle and fight over the siren orbs while Sunset struggles with her conflicting wants and emotions.

#mlp #sunset shimmer #twilight sparkle #twiset #the orbs are the glass balls sunset carries on her back btw its in her cast line up art #deep down sunset hates thea. she was named “twilight” by celestia. the time of day succeeding sunset. she was always her replacement #but at this point in the story sunset's also fallen for thea. so it's also a conflict of wills in sunset. love or hatred. #hence the “don't make me do this” language. she's rationalizing her hatred and violence as thea forcing her hand and getting in her way #when in reality she doesn't need to do any of this. it's her last stand and outburst to cling to a life of revenge that she's grown too #fond of. because she knows thea has the power to change that and disrupt her identity as a pathetic victim who fell from glory #and that's scary. thea's a very scary thing to sunset because suddenly sunset wants something and to be someone new. #she suddenly wants to change. to be better for someone else. and she never thought or believed that could be an option for her #anyways toxic yuri yayyy #my art #the grand galloping 20s #character design #i hope i got across the pained conflicted emotions in sunset's face tho i belabored over them these past 3 days #i hope a look of anger and dissonance and guilt and “oh god i don't really wanna hurt you please just obey me” while trying to intimidate #is readable. if so it's all in the eyebrows babey

[dimension-246]

Hark to the alien from the planet of the sun! For it has come from another star bearing new life it had created solely to save our world.

‘I am a teacher of children sent here in steed of any marksman in a mission of science, here to gift all knowledge from my world. All that I ask in return is that you heal the surrounding stars the same as I have tired to save mine.’

‘Amaze!’ says a scribe, without any forethought, ‘You have bones on your inside.’

‘I do,’ says the alien, elated for being welcomed with curiosity instead of fear. ‘They are made of element 20, you may have them to study once I die.’

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I started a drawing based on the Voyager 2 disk right after my first PHM stained glass art but it didn’t work out. Here’s a redraw I’m a lot happier with.

#project hail mary #my art #stained glass #ryland grace #the glass texture is actually cling wrap

[knockeddeadv5]

Gabrielle Caunesil

#Gabrielle Caunesil #wet #cling #sheer #glasses #beach

[knockeddeadv6]

amanda pizziconi

#amanda pizziconi #wet #cling #glasses

[jeonwonwoo]

the look on campus today 👓

#z.face #when i tell u i have been CLINGING to the 001 dior oil with revlon rum raisin lip combo for this whole month.... #<- yes i often fall to consumerism but also btw havent bought since the boycott i do have to say #anyway more tmi i used to wear glasses for like 6 years except they were always the thick square frame ones and then i got contacts #but my eyesight is NAWT good the more u know #heyteo #analook #okay to rb

[lenievi]

saddest hug ever :(

#imagine being mccoy getting saved and helped by a young woman then reuniting with your BFF and being so happy #just to see the young woman being driven over by car because your BFF stopped you from saving her for reasons unknown to you at that moment #and said BFF clinging to you really hard while his heart was breaking into pieces #because it was a woman he was in love with #and you didn't know and couldn't comprehend why your BFF (you tend to view through almost rose-colored glasses) would do something like this #yeah anyway #(mccoy probably even forgot that spock acted in the most emotional way possible slamming into him and shaking his hand) #tos nonsense #Leonard McCoy #Jim Kirk #star trek tos

[northernember]

red queen taking place after the 6th mass extinction event has me so unhinged and feral like,,,

its about the underlying theme of being undone down to your base essentials and than remade entire by circumstances out of your control. its about stumbling out the other end, having miraculously survived the horrors done to you but being unable to recognize the person looking back.

its about how humanities hubris will always guide us down the same paths and corridors. how our base components and nature will always ripple across time even as the knowledge of those that came before us is lost.

and what of the great blood divide? how many times were those that bridged the gap unraveled and sewn back together by the massive amounts of radiation they were subjected to until they emerged with silver blood and abilities? How many succumbed to radiation sickness? How long did it take?

How long did humanity claw themselves across the ground of their forefathers failings before they learned how to walk again and how long until they repeat it?

i need to know of the calamities, i need to know what domino fell first. what happened afterwards, How the blood divide happened. Was the Silver’s creation violent and cruel? to mirror the natural, 1500 year evolution of the New bloods? were they made from those in poverty left to die to the radiation, to circumstances they had no control over but managed to somehow survive in spite of it? to mirror the Silvers treatment of Reds now?

was Cal’s arc the radiation? was it the explosion that shattered the windows and cracked the pavement? was it about the unmaking of everything youve ever known to pave a path for it to be remade for those who come after? was it feeling yourself come undone, feeling your dna unraveled, your cells torn apart and Surviving but seeing someone else staring back at you in the mirror? that the blood and ash is still on your hands but the person who stares back is not who you were before. he is scarred and scared but Better, kinder with gentle hands that will hold the world aloft, to help pave a way for those who can fix it, To fix it because he has Learned where his ideals and duty would have lead through his own unmaking.

was Maven’s arc the ruined cities? a place once full of joy and sorrow, of music fluttering through the windows, the smell of paint that clings to some people, the gentle noise of people typing as they write novels and essays and chat with their friends, of people walking and talking, of everything humanity was and now it is nothing more than a hollow city full of the echo of ghosts. A place left to decay and crumble beneath the tragedy brought by those that promised to protect it. A place that is seen as unsalvageable but only needs time to heal. Plants and vines climb up through the cracks, leaving a promise and echo that it Can heal. That it could have healed.

and was Mare’s arc the aftermath? was it the stubbornness and determination to stand on to shaky legs, to look out upon a world ripped apart and left in ruin and choosing to fix it, for yourself and for all those who will come after you? was it about pulling together a community left to die, to rebuild all that was lost, to heal the world and yourselves with gentle seeking hands and promising to do better? you came out bearing scars and cracks, searing memories of the terrible things done to you and choosing to take a trembling step forward even as the earths crust shakes beneath your will. You have had terrible things done to you time and time again but still you loved and still you chose to stand up on your own or reach for outstretched hands. You are scarred and you see yourself as unfixable but your community and family do not and they will give you the things you need and the time to patch yourself up until your tremors stop and your waters settle, until the sun is blanketed by your ozone and made gentle and kind again, until your raging storms become kind bouts of rain. They will wait for you to be okay again, and they know you will never be the same and they will love you through everything. They will stand with and beside you until the end of time. are you the aftermath of humanity or are you the earth’s embodiment?

#red queen #glass sword #kings cage #war storm #red queen series #mare barrow #cal calore #tiberias vii calore #maven calore #im feeling so so insane about this actually #completely consumed by the brainrot #the moment i heard about the calamities during my first read it was Over #this post is completely incoherent and nonsensical but by god #i have so many thoughts about the underlying theme of the calamities and the parallels they have to the current themes happening in rq #biting and clinging to whatever in hell went down 1500 years ago in the rq universe

[isan0rt]

Oh boy look at the time. -checks a reoccurring calendar notification that says 'cry in the club about Xehanort and his abandonment complex'-

#i don't know why this occurs i just periodically get sad about Xehanort again #not a sentence i thought I'd ever write if you asked me a few years ago but like this has been my life for the last year and a half #just periodically getting deeply sad about Xehanort #the sad du jour is about Xehanort aggressively clinging to how being the Child of Destiny means he's totally not unwanted #even if his mom did give him up and his dream friends aren't even really his friends #and maybe his real friends will also reject him if he's insufficiently dogmatic about light and darkness #surely it doesn't matter he's the Child of Destiny he's not UNWANTED perish the thought #and anyway he totally doesn't care even if he IS unwanted. Totally. Totally not hung up on what Baldr said at all. #IT'S FINE. I'M FINE. I'M SO NORMAL ABOUT IT. #khml needs to come out so i stop chewing glass about this [it will probably also make me chew glass]

[daisychainsandbowties]

How are you holding up with the new intro drop?

i am literally not holding up. at all

#WHEN LAUDNA’S AT THE TREE & THEN IMOGEN APPEARS AND PUTS HER HEAS ON HER SHOULDER #unwell i feel unwell about it #and the shot with ashton falling through the glass and then the ship #😭😭😭 and imogen & laudna clinging to each other as they fall #and then the shot where they’re back to back fighting & laudna’s doing her form of dread 🥺🥺 #i’m just going to have to scream for six hours there’s no other option #critical role #cr spoilers

[straightfromthetorturedpoetsdept]

Birdie and Whiskey are two sides of the same coin: a white woman trying to exploit patriarchy to work in her benefit.

You're not supposed to like Whiskey because she is shown as self-aware of her actions AND the harm that she in engaging in by endorsing patriarchy BUT Birdie is shown as more "sympathetic" because the way she endorses patriarchy is through her interpersonal relationship to Miles and therefore her agency gets diminished because of her love for Miles.

However, Birdie is even more insidious of a character than Whiskey is because she justifies her actions to herself as being well-intentioned because she loves Miles. But she doesn't love Miles. She loved controlling Miles, she loved the power she felt when Miles told her "I can't believe I'm talking to you, you're on magazines." If I was in that situation, it would come off very strong to me but Birdie likes it because she interprets it as having power over Miles.

Miles is not as attractive as Birdie, but he has money. When she was young, she saw it as her beauty having power over him. But because she's used to her beauty doing all the work for her, she's never had to be intelligent. She's fed and believed this lie that beauty is the most important thing a woman has and her stupidity is her ultimate downfall because if she thought about what it meant to be beautiful in this society, she'd know she was dooming herself to fail because a woman is only beauty until her 30th birthday in America.

But here's the thing, Whiskey is young. She represents a different version of Birdie, a smarter version of Birdie who is more aware of feminist theory but is still blinded by her youth, race, and beauty. She's bought into the lie that beauty is all that matters but she doesn't like how that causes men like Duke to abuse her and basically sex traffick her. She's waking up to the harm that the "mandom" perpetuates and is shown to be conflicted over that versus pursuing a career in politics.

She knows that beauty can be used as a weapon but she is also aware of how rapidly she is aging out of that category and I think the difference between Birdie and Whiskey is really their intelligence. I love it.

#birdie is clinging onto her youthful innocence because she knows that to be beautiful is to be excused for your bad behavior as a woman #whereas whiskey knows that there is an age limit to beauty and she needs to pivot her career if she wants to be independent from men #she doesn't want to be like birdie washed up because birdie is the definition of a pick me woman #and whiskey represents a realistic reforming pick me woman where she recognizes that its not cool to be dependent on men anymore #and women are expected to be independent and that change in mindset is made clear throughout her character arc #glass onion #birdie jay #whiskey (glass onion) #im obsessed with the morally grey characters in this movie because wow the writing again #amazing writing #movie analysis #personal

[zappedbyzabka]

🤓🤓🤓🤓

#Cutie absolutely cutie patootie honey baby perfect angel #His face is just so naturally sweet looking. He looks like he knows how to treat a gal right. And he DOES #Picturing this as my Nerd cobras x popular Johnny au. Or Jimmy who usually wears contacts being comfy enough around Johnny #(and the others) to wear his glasses. #Jimmy x Johnny #Johnny cozies up to him on the couch and pretends to be scared of whatever they’re watching so he can cling to Jimmy. Boost his ego a bit #and Jimmy is smitten like the other boys #he’s a lot less cutesy when he actually rails Johnny though…. #tony o'dell

[glassolastainedglass]

New window cling! Get a print of my stained glass panel, An Ineffable Duo, (based on the Good Omens characters Aziraphale and Crowley) on vinyl static cling to stick in your own window. Each cling measures 5x7". Simply peel and stick to any glass surface to get your own miniature stained glass look. No residue is left behind if you ever need to remove it.

Here's how it looks in the window:

And from now until Nov 30, get 15% off any window cling in my shop! (Discount is applied at the checkout.) They make great small holiday gifts for fans.

#glassola #stained glass #fanart #good omens #good omens fanart #window clings #static cling stickers #aziraphale and crowley

[caspiansarts]

A little something I did for myself for Trans Day of Visibility. Just a reminder that you are loved and valid no matter who you are 💞🏳️‍⚧️

#trans #transgender #I am tans masc #Caspians Stained Glass #it’s late but it’s done and that is what matters #sorta a piece of vent art #my family still clings to who I was

[pnuk-r0ck]

Everything making me upset rn tbh

#Saw a video and someone was clinging glass bowls together and it made me upset😡 #Victor Speaks

[loveregrown]

I think about my middle school crush sometimes. Gabriella Jazmin... I truly adored her. Did she know, how much I loved her? Does she miss me? I never had a chance; it was doomed from the start. But goodness did my guts churn, back then. She probably didn't even know what she did to me—maybe she did.

#❀ #It creates a strange tug in my heart. I think she made my penchant for glasses worse #I am very happily married & this isn't romantic yearning or anything despite it having Been romantic. Tbc. I'm just reminiscing... #She was so patient with me. I followed her everywhere. I liked her little smile when I'd say something weird; I liked when she'd take #selfies on my phone. we'd set our chairs together #a left handed chair and a righthanded chair so itd make a sort of loveseat #I'd cling to her and hold her and she'd sit on my lap and I #d lay my head on her lap and she'd play with my hair... #she was good at math. I wasn't. #Her mother only barely tolerated me. #We walked home together every day. #she was an honors student. #I think everyone has that one friendship. I have two; but this one hit me worse #she loved ham&cheese empanadas #she was one of the most ''developed'' in our grade... so I'd chase boys away and hurt them for her #I was awfully awfully possessive and jealous. I didn't like how other girls ''tainted'' her. #I had the belief if she stayed with me; she'd stay the same.

[trollbreak]

Junie and fishys old friends do u kno

#< got emotional over the fact they saved for ages to watch the sun rise one time with a lil portable sun shield that wasn’t made to be #durable it was just made to get the job done and they couldn’t repeat it but um #the homoeroticism of sitting under an oversized umbrella with someone who sees the world with as much love as yourself. and watching the #world around you go to sleep. wake up. it’s just the two of you in the contained heat and the near silence. you watch the stars fade out of #view. you watch the sun rise- even through the heavy tint it’s painful to look at for more than a moment. so the two of you take to watchin #the sky around it. it’s so hot as the sun rises but the two of you cling to each other. it’s visceral just how aware you are of your own #vast smallness. it’s terrifying. it’s inspiring. some part of you wants to brand the moment into your brain in spite of the way it makes #your eyes ache in your skull. #fishys needs glasses after that. junie closed her eyes. they held each other until it was unbearable and then it was exhausted giggles as #they used the shield for its intended purpose- to get to whoever’s home is nearest. #it’s warped from the heat- it was rather cheap after all- but you keep it. it stays in its designated spot even as the two of you find #yourselves galaxies apart. #fishys still tries to paint the sunrise from memory sometimes. among the depictions of alien skies and constellations and simply a view fro #the void looking out into the universe #Jundes norcel #fishys #fishys astral