#I missed the cicadas

[recapitulation]

#i get that this is very specific to my region so im sure i left out something very important to some people #but for me... i love the sound of cicadas #i do miss the sound of the trains passing in chicago though.. i dont get that where i am now

[cormiemochi]

MANY BUG FRIENDS!! You guys are just some of the greatest friends I’ve ever had, spending time with you all at AC was just the absolute best! I miss you guys so heccin’ much, and I can’t wait to see you guys again at another con soon! <3

Suit made by Butterscotch Biscuit Costumes (on Twitter and Instagram!)

Happy #FursuitFriday!

@snackhouse and @curiouscalembour are the only ones I recognize here on Tumblr, but the rest are either on Twitter or Instagram as well! ^v^

#furry #fursuit friday #fursuit #cormie #cormiemochi #mochi raptor #bugs #moth #cicada #bee #spider #aaaaaaa I miss you guys so much!! #this was seriously one of the best times I’ve ever had #you’re all so special to me and I love and appreciate you all so much! ;w;

[hello-god-its-me-sara]

Southern Jonathan Crane giving everyone a new phobia (to his delight) by telling people what cicadas are

#do you see my vision #jonathan: sometimes i miss the cicadas singin at night #riddler: the what now? #jonathan: *explains* #ed: *horror* #batman and robin listening in: *also horror* #jonathan: happy little accidents #jonathan crane #southern jonathan crane giving aneurysms to everyone around him #southern jonathan crane

[fortune-maiden]

Random TGCF AU of the day:

Space-time shenanigans result in main canon He Xuan wandering into an AU where the fate swap didn’t happen.

He ascends as a civil god, and is doing quite well for himself, only his presence has unexpected ramifications for a few people

SWD can no longer save his brother via fate swap. He is not giving up obviously and will find another way no matter who he has to screw over (though HX would really really like it if he didn’t screw someone else over thank you very much), but in the meantime he is very much devoted to keeping his little brother safe and under control.

A necessity probably given that this little brother is an anxious mess afraid of his own shadow, with only shades of the bright determined Shi Qingxuan of the main timeline. He’s got all the comfort and wealth he could ever need and zero sense of confidence or independence.

Also different is the new civil god Ling Wen. She’s closed off and unpopular and may or may not be responsible for some sabotage He Xuan keeps encountering. Oh well it’s nothing to worry about. With dwindling followers she’s well on her way out anyway…

#(SWD is the cicada HX is the mantis and LW is the oriole he is not paying attention to) #Pei Ming is here somewhere too! #tgcf #he Xuan #Shi Qingxuan #Shi Wudu #Ling Wen #random tgcf thoughts #I once had an idea where sqx went back in time to a pre date swap verse #but there were a lot of problems with that to work out #anyway the main problem here is is this a pre or post revenge hx #because those are two very different hx to explore xD #also need to think about how to treat hx’s family in this scenario #there is one great Russian fic I read where hx learns that the tragedies in his life were not actually because of the fate swap #but I feel that goes against the whole point of his revenge #but at the same time I don’t like the idea of hx’s life being all good and happy if the fate swap didn’t happen #he was meant to ascend which means he was meant to face trials in life #(points at every other god with various traumas in their life and no roew to blame it on) #but also I don’t want to hurt them because the first thing hx would do in this AU is go see his family because he loves them & misses them! #I just want a HX in a lotus water machine scenario and dealing with a much weaker terrified sqx #who is completely codependent on swd in this verse #which hx finds extremely annoying #and decides to make sqx fix his RoEW problem on his own instead of dragging others into it #(hx proceeds to drag others into it) #swd meanwhile hates him but also recognizes that he’s not the worst person for sqx to be around #(at least as long as sqx is still dependent on him just a little less scared) #(it’s not going to stop him from helping ling wen plot murder if she asks nicely but progress?)

[teknikolor-walters]

im so scared for school tomorrow smiley emoji

#ive missed a week of school #my chem teacher is gonna be so disappointed in me #im so scared what if this fucks up my gpa #what if i dont get into a good college bc of this #if i dont get into a good college im straight up killing myself there's nothing for me at that point #i wouldnt be able to get into a job that i'd actually like #and if i cant get a good job im screwed #especially with how shit the economy is #sighsss #why cant i just be in 5th grade forever #i was so happy #cicadas vent tag

[mementomush]

“cicada days” coming right after “becoming the last names” on ICIMI makes me want to actually throw up 😭 

becoming the last names is basically a fearful but hopeful love song that in verse 4 pushes the lover away (see WW’s genius annotation)

“This verse is sort of the climax of the song, where I try to address what ultimately is at the heart of the pain in the tune. In this line, I guess the idea at play is the possibility of having made more mistakes than having had times where nothing happened at all. Of life overall having been comprised almost entirely of mistakes.”

it ends mildly hopeful still, hoping to grow old together but still bringing up anxieties with: “That is, assuming that I die first (which is fair) and assuming I don't leave”

and then in comes cicada days, a break-up song written BEFORE becoming the last names, that has a nostalgic sound to it and has the line: “Let all my red flags fade to white, yeah, I give up” while red flags arent “mistakes” exactly you can kind of see the connection

BUT THEN IT ENDS WITH “Christ, now it feels damn inhumane to get all I've dreamed of” WHICH WASNT IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS SONG WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN!!!!!

having a relationship that was really painful and hard to end but ultimately brought you something better!!!!!! “The greener grass grows where the wildfires fertilize”!!!!!!!!!! 

now i may be way off with my connection but if im right it makes becoming the last names and cicada days so much more powerful emotionally imo

#fungus rumbles #will wood #wwatt #wwattw #will wood and the tapeworms #cicada days #icimi #in case i make it #becoming the last names #i need to know if anyone else caught this or agrees #i missed this connection at first too cause i assumed it was chronological but will confirms cicada days was written during seda #and i remember the end of cicada days didnt have that line #im going to throw up LMAO #i want to do more lyric analysis

[thistleburr]

Sketched a couple cicadas today

#brood x #cicadas #pen sketches #brood x cicadas #great eastern brood #I love these little guys #15 minutes total drawing time for these two in 5 minute intervals with breaks in between #I miss being able to draw for a normal period of time #the upside-down cicada was clinging to a leaf but I ran out of time to draw the leaf so he just looks upside down whoops

[sabrinazoarium]

εϊз cicadas εϊз

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prints

#i miss the cicadas chirping in the summer #and i am also deeply terrified that it is currently sunny and 75º in november #still trying to figure out what color profile is best for uploading to tumblr? seems like sRGB something but man the colors look dull here #bugs #cicadas #art #artists on tumblr #bug art #illustration #illustrators on tumblr #entomology #pink #purple #insects #procreate #mine

[blingblingsparklesparkle]

Anyways three assassins au where Iwanishi didn’t die and went to rescue Cicada bc they make me sad

#and ig the whale missed idk listen I just want them to be alive #for my sake #I have so many thoughts this au is all I can think about rn #I love Iwanishi so much #grasshopper (2015) #three assassins #cicada three assassins #Iwanishi three assassins #my art #fanart #blood #tw blood

[17yearcicada]

aw are the cicadas only going to be in the midwest and the south that's so sad... conveniently paying my grandmother a visit this may

#i really miss when the cicadas were everywhere sorry... shocking news from jay of 17yearcicada fame i know #.txt

[enteragoodnamehere]

that reminds me I gotta go through my mutuals art tags more I have to see and reblog my mutuals art or I’ll die

#cicada screams #/silly #but still. if you’re my mutual and I don’t reblog an art thing you posted please know it’s literally only because I didn’t see it #I try to reblog as much art as possible but also I have school and a dumb brain so I miss things a lot 😔

[chaotictomtom]

i could cry rn (is missing the sound of cicadas)

#used to live at a place where it was almost deafening how loud they would get #i miss it so bad #i don't think we get any where i live now even tho it's not a big city and still south of france we're not close enough of nature </3 #we do have lil frogs and birdies making pretty sounds tho :3 #but i really miss cicadas

[breakfastwithbeb]

lamps > overhead lighting

#i missed this game it caused me physical pain but im BACK #sims 4 #sims 4 gameplay #cicadas in spring*

[teknikolor-walters]

FUCK <- guy who realized both of wings sonas and wings old "main" oc are basically John Kayano

#i cant help it he's got all my favorite tropes :[ #pr1cada is literally 0909 #milgram cicada's friendships with benji and toby... #georgie esther oh how i miss you. sorry you got scrapped

[ryttu3k]

Oh my god I just saw a Christmas beetle. Nature is healing et cetera <3

#flew straight into the wall and flonked onto the desk in a daze #because they fly like goddamn champions #so i scooped it up and carried it outside because i don't think it'll like my fake plants #no but it is genuinely nice to see #they've become so scarce in the last decade or so #i miss them a lot they used to be EVERYWHERE #also bogong moths i haven't seen in years #and even the cicadas are more scarce #insects #australia

[chibiko]

my online friend group in highschool was batshit insane (myself included) and as much as i miss it sometimes i am so glad it all fell apart. we were Not healthy for each other whatsoever.

#cicada buzzing #i was thinking abt how i barely survived hs and tbh #they simultaneously saved me And doomed me back then #i miss the closeness. i don't miss the people or circumstances