#epic flights

[flightrising]

No thoughts, just vibes. Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira. 'Runaway'. Eurovision Grand Finale 2010. https://youtu.be/pHXDMe6QV-U?t=46

Video Description: A video of a platform with red banners in the background. Also in the background are two black and white Bogsneak dragons in male pose bopping their heads to the beat of the saxophone song. The Bogsneak on the left is dressed in a white scarf and tunic and the Bogsneak on the right is dressed in a black scarf and tunic. In the center foreground is a bright yellow and blue Coatl in male pose, with a black vest, blue pants, red gloves, and sunglasses. He is holding a saxophone and playing it, bopping to the beat in half time and around the screen.

Dragon Information:

Bogsneak Dragons

Harlequin White/Jester White/Points Black

Apparel on the left: Contrast Rogue Belt, Dour Sailor's Pants, White Aviator Scarf, White Satin Tunic, Simple Iron Bracelets

Apparel on the right: Contrast Rogue Belt, Dour Sailor's Pants, Black Aviator Scarf, Black Satin Tunic

Coatl Dragon

Lapis Ribbon/Lapis Eel/Yellow Underbelly

Black Shades, Dour Sailor's Vest, Simple Iron Necklace, Blue Breeches, Crimson Rogue Gloves, Privateer's Seaspray Boots

#FlightRising #Dragons #Dragon #Meme #Epic Sax Guy #Digital Art #Video #Audio #Stuck In My Head #Flight Rising #FR

[sunspinecity]

Happy pride month to Galore specifically

#epic win for galore likers #fr #flight rising #galore #chimechatter

[silverstarsheep]

Been a while since Dragons

Lucinda, Vine, Lotty, Ryker

#sheep of the epic boat #flight rising

[pestilentbrood]

ocean Woman take me by the hand lead me to the l

#I'm glad u all suggested her because then i ended up spending hours on this and completely forgot about that exam #epic win #flight rising #fr banescale #there's also technically an undertide in that first image but u can't see her. so. #//dragon: noiraskava #clamart #//clan: twisted waters

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Just thinking about the universe and catalysts and paths diverging so you can learn and grow before merging again!

Eddie got buried under 40feet of mud and had to take a different route to get back to the surface (even ground)- he was buried under his trauma and couldn’t get out by going back the way he came so he had to forge a new path. Which we then saw him do through seasons 4 and 5.

Then there’s Buck climbing that crane after Eddie got shot but metaphorically speaking, he never came back down. The idea of detachment from the world - you can still see it and you’re still part of it, but you’re not actively participating in it (Which is also a metaphor for donor not dad!). It connects in really interestingly with touch points of Bucks storyline since the well - his searching for something (a way down) while we keep seeing scenes happening involving height/ high things - the train rescue, then he met Abby on a hill overlooking the city (the same metaphor)blimps, walkways collapsing, the fact we’ve been out on bucks balcony a few times even the fact we’ve seen the firefam up on the roof of the firehouse!

It’s so interesting how the two arcs are paralleling each other and counterbalancing each other at key points - starting from the well. It’s the same trigger points for them both and how Buck tried to dig to get to Eddie but couldn’t because Eddie needed to find his own way back to the ground, and how Eddie is going to try to get to Buck but won’t be able to, because Buck needs to find his own way down (by this I mean separate from Eddie as if he’s in a coma he won’t be getting down on his own in the literal sense!)

It also therefore stands to reason that the flashbacks (or coma dream for Buck) will counter balance each other as well. Eddie’s flashbacks showed him his family - the one he was building and made him realise that Buck is a central part of that and I would argue, allowed him to recognise and accept that Shannon, whilst an important relationship in his life and someone he loved, was also toxic for him and that he could put that part of his life to rest. Bucks coma dream will conversely (most likely as we don’t actually know at this point) show him what life would be like without Eddie and Chris in it (fully expecting 6x11 to be an Eddie free episode because his absence is more telling and important then his presence!) and how what he thinks he wants and what he actually wants (and is already on his way to getting) are two different things - that the fantasy childhood he’s been dreaming of wouldn’t necessarily lead him to a happy adult life - that what he has fought to build is far better.

The universe is taking matters into its own hands to get him down - it might have been happy to let Eddie take a longer route to get back to the ground, because Eddie was making progress but Buck has been stuck in the air ultimately in stasis so it’s going to be a quicker route to the ground as it just shocks (literally and metaphorically) him into action and to getting back to the ground.

We’re so close to them both being in the same place at the same time that I’m vibrating at the epic story unfolding

#does this even make sense?? #im not sure I’ve said what I’m trying to say at all #but the writers and the cast and crew are just so good #because the layering is incredible #the idea of active toiling towards a recovery #versus getting stuck and going nowhere before something happens to jolt you into recovery #it’s fight flight or freeze in its finest form and fits so brilliantly with their characters #Eddie is fight while buck is flight and freeze!! #they are telling an epic love story #we’re so close #god I love this show so much #kym thinks thoughts #911 spoilers #911 on fox #911 fox #911onfox #eddie diaz #evan buckley #buddie

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

#ultimate obscure blorbo #polls #round 5 #Ido (The Epic of Zektbach) #Ivy (Flight and Flame trilogy)

[last-flight-of-fancy]

“Kingdom Hearts being an epic slow burn gay romance would be incredibly impactful to people both personally and as a landmark in queer representation by extremely popular and established characters. It has decades of legitimate buildup and has the potential to be both incredibly validating to queer fans everywhere and even possibly sway the minds of those who love the characters but may not have much contact or knowledge of queerness.”

and

“The Kingdom Hearts series is honestly kind of unique in its unabashed emotional sincerity. How it treats friendships and non-romantic bonds as being both extremely important and powerful, never giving the impression that friendship is lesser to romance, is depressingly still somewhat of a rarity in media. This is very important and validating to many, particularly aromantics but also most everyone who is just Tired of how friendships and romance are often presented in tiers of importance.”

are concepts that can and should co-exist.

#like i get it. there really is nothing quite like kh when it comes to how it treats the bonds between characters #and the latter is just as legitimate! #but i do think that the people who argue (in good faith) that kh shouldnt make anyone canon- #-are kind of missing the forest for the trees #(i specify in good faith bc we all know the bad faith ones are just co-opting the argument to hide their homophobia) #(and oh boy are *most* of them in bad faith. but i wanna take a sec to talk about this bc there are good faith ones out there) #and what i mean by that is that... well first of all making one ship canon doesn't invalidate all the other examples of stunning displays of #-the power of friendship #second of all i would like you to consider the framing of this #if no ship becomes canon and it's purely platonic for all the OC's... how is it different from any other kids show with no couples? #in terms of representing friendship as not being less than romance? #it's still not bad don't get me wrong. what i'm saying is that media DOES exist #there are shows and books and games out there where there are no couples to speak of #maybe not terribly common but they're out there #but a slow burn epic gay romance where platonic connections are legitimately just as important and powerful? i sure af havent seen it #sora being in love with riku and still willing to sacrifice himself (TWICE) to save kairi... is that not exactly what you want? #to show that the platonic connection is not lesser? that its just as important? #i dunno i've been turning this over in my brain all afternoon thinking about it #stop talking to yourself flight

[spearxwind]

Help i cant stop listening to the PW soundtrack I'm obsessed

#its not my fault it fucks harder than diamond #got me replaying 'kings' on loop like my life depends on it fr #thunderclap #if ur a fan of epic videogame osts give it a try its so good #THE MOTIFS GOING OFF THE THEME DUETS THE ANGUISH OF THE OPENING AND CLOSING #And now knowing ofc what's happening during this too makes me go AUUUGGHHHHH #WAILINGGGGG #AND KNOWING CORONATION COMES RIGHT AFTER TOO. MAN....... #musicposting #its so fucked up i cant talk about this with anyone bc none of my friends played it and i need to go off about it so bad #i WILL be using it as oc soundtracks. when i make an ost playlist for broken horizon itll be like 60% just the project wingman soundtrack #AND WHAT ABOUT IT!!!! ITS GOOD FLIGHT MUSIC!!!!

[brinkle-brackle]

just hijacked an art room white board after a group project and drew a doc :) been having a lot of thoughts about this silly guy lately

#top 2 eccentric time traveling old man blorbos who are doctors of all time #been on a hardcore bttf kick this past week and it's been wild. i have thunken so many thoughts #ALSO I FOUND OUT THE MUSICAL IS GONNA BE CLOSE TO WHERE I AM THE LAST WEEK OF MY WINTER BREAK??????? #my mom and i started looking at tickets and oh my gosh if we end up getting them. mark my words i will explode #only qualm is that we don't have roger bart :( #he's probably still gonna be on broadway anyway #rest in pastrami sam 2024 #ah well. it's still gonna be epic if we go #maybe at some point i'll be able to convince my parents to book a flight to new york lmao #only time will tell #(aHaHAAA i'm so funny.) #(anyways lol) #sam says things #my art #doc brown #doctor emmett brown #emmett brown #back to the future #bttf #back to the future fanart #tee hee :)

[viejospellejos]

Cómo cansar al crío antes del vuelo

#video #sfw #cansar #tired #son #hijo #kid #vuelo #flight #worn out #lol #xd #humor #fail #wtf #lmao #funny #fails #epic #smart

[canipel]

Gulls flight. | Make sure you follow > Shot By Canipel & Instagram

#seagull #gull #birds #flight #nature #epic

[world-of-fire-and-flight]

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[silverstarsheep]

MORE dragons.

Mina, Mori, Willow, Underflow

#sheep of the epic boat #flight rising

[youssefguedira]

Yusuf is there when Nicolò enters the old temple, not a vision of him, no portal behind him that will take him somewhere Nicolò cannot follow yet again before he has the chance to reach him, just Yusuf. He's alone, his head tilted upwards and eyes closed, illuminated by the shafts of sunlight that fall through the cracked ceiling. The sight of him - here and safe and whole, finally, after everything Nicolo's fought through to reach him - takes his breath away.

"Nico," Yusuf says, and opens his eyes to look at him. He smiles, and he's still Nicolò’s Yusuf, even after everything that's happened.

Nicolò can't wait another second, then, sheaths his sword at his back and walks up the stone steps towards him. Yusuf's smile widens, and then he's stepping into Nicolò's already open arms, laughing. "I missed you."

"Missed you too," Nicolò says. He kisses Yusuf's temple, holds him close. "So much, Yusuf, you have no idea-"

Yusuf leans back, cupping Nicolò's face in one hand. "I know. It's okay. I'm here."

But Nicolò knows him well enough to know something's wrong. "What is it?"

"It's not over, yet." Yusuf steps out of Nicolò's arms and back a few steps, leaving him cold. "There's so much more you don't know yet, but we're running out of time. He will return, soon, and we're not ready."

"Tell me what I need to do," Nicolò says immediately. He can't bear the idea of Yusuf disappearing again, not now when he's finally here, when every other time Nicolò has tried to reach him he's been a second too late. "Anything, and I'll do it, whatever it is. Just tell me what you need."

Yusuf smiles again, sad. "It's not you, Nico. We need more time. And I can buy it, but-" He cuts himself off.

"Then I'll help you."

Yusuf shakes his head. "You don't understand. For this to work, I need to reform the seal, and I can only do that by" - there are tears in his eyes, now, and dread running down Nicolò's spine - "by sealing myself away along with it."

Nicolò realises just a moment too late what that means. "Yusuf-"

"If I seal myself here, in the past," Yusuf continues, "when you return to our time, it will be just strong enough to hold. You will have the time you need to finish this. And once all this is over, the seal can be broken in our time."

"I can't," Nicolò says. "There has to be another way. This can't be it."

"It's the only choice we have," Yusuf says. "I cannot - this was always my path, Nicolò."

She's manipulating you, Andromache had said, the goddess. She's using Yusuf to make you do what she wants, can't you see? If Nicolò hadn't understood then, he does now - neither of them ever had a choice in this. Yusuf was chosen because Nicolò would follow him anywhere, and Nicolò was chosen for the same reason.

Nicolò realises something else then. "If you seal yourself here, you'll be trapped for thousands of years."

"I'll be asleep," Yusuf says, soft. "It'll be like the blink of an eye. So when this is all over, you'll have to come wake me up." He smiles, then, even through his tears. "Just like old times, no?"

And before Nicolò can say anything else, the air around him begins to glow gold, condensing around Yusuf, who tilts his head back and closes his eyes, and Nicolò cannot move, frozen in place by something beyond his control. All he can do is watch as the light gathers around Yusuf, blindingly bright, until Nicolò cannot see him anymore. Whatever's holding him releases, and he runs towards Yusuf even though the light hurts his eyes, and just as he reaches out the light fades.

Before him is what looks like a crystal, tinged orange, clear enough that he can see Yusuf inside, his eyes closed. He looks like he's just sleeping, like this is one of the mornings Nicolò had had to wake him but had paused for a moment just to watch him.

Nicolò lifts his hand to the crystal. It's freezing cold when he touches it. Yet again, he's too late.

"I'll come back for you," he tells Yusuf, even though he knows Yusuf can't hear him. "I swear it. I'll finish this, and I'll come back for you." His voice is trembling, but he can't let himself break down now, not when there's still work to be done. The faster he finishes his task, the sooner he can wake Yusuf.

(Nile is the first to ask when he returns through the gate, waiting for him with Andy, Quynh and Sebastien nearby. "Where's Yusuf?" she asks, looking behind him - the plan had always been that Nicolò would bring Yusuf back with him, after all.

Nicolò can't bring himself to say it out loud.)

--------------------

It feels like an age before Nicolò returns to the temple, now in the present. It's over, finally - the five of them have sealed the demon king away for good. The others are outside.

The crystal is overgrown with vines, now, just like their old favourite meeting place on the island where all of this had started. Its surface is scratched and clouded with age, but Nicolò can still make out Yusuf inside it, looking exactly as he had when Nicolò left him in the past. He hates to think of the crystal here, alone, for so much time.

There's a glowing mark on the crystal's surface that hadn't been there before. Nicolò approaches it carefully and places his hand over the mark.

Almost immediately, glowing cracks begin to grow from where his hand touches the crystal, spreading across the whole thing until it's glowing as brightly as it had when it was formed, but he can't look away. When the light dies down, Yusuf hovers in the air for just a moment before whatever spell had held him there finally breaks, and he collapses, but Nicolò is there to catch him, sinking to his knees and cradling him close. He doesn't move for a moment, and Nicolò is terrified, because what if something had gone wrong-

Yusuf gasps awake, his eyes fluttering open. He looks around frantically before catching sight of Nicolò above him, who nearly sobs with relief, holding him impossibly closer.

"Nicolò?" Yusuf whispers, his voice hoarse. Nicolò nods, unable to speak just yet, blinking back his tears and brushing Yusuf's curls away from where they've fallen into his eyes.

Then Yusuf asks, "Did I oversleep?" and Nicolò has to laugh even though it comes out sounding more like a sob, kisses his forehead and smiles. "It's over, then?"

"It's over," Nicolò confirms, and then, "I love you."

Yusuf sits up and wraps his arms around Nicolò's neck, buries his face in Nicolò's shoulder and holds on tightly. "I love you too."

(When they return, Nile is the first to them, hugs Yusuf so tightly he laughs, and then it's Sebastien's turn, then Andromache and Quynh both.

They choose to stay on the surface, all six of them. And neither Yusuf or Nicolò are the same people anymore - sometimes Nicolò wakes screaming, sometimes Yusuf gets a distant look in his eyes and it takes a worryingly long time for him to come back to himself. Sometimes there are things Yusuf still can't tell Nicolò, and vice versa.

They make it work, though. They find a quiet place in the woods, far away from the temple and any danger, and they're safe, and happy, and together.

It's all Nicolò's ever wanted, really.)

#neon writes #posting this separately in an attempt to unbury it a little #the old guard #kaysanova #ANYWAY guess whos playing skyward sword. thats right folks this is ANOTHER different zelda au #ive condensed the entire thing into this because im not going to write much else for it #but. the plot: #nicolo and yusuf are childhood rivals-to-friends-to-lovers. at the time when Shit Goes Down they're coming up to the point where they have #to pass a specific test to become soldiers/knights/whatever. the wing ceremony if youre a zelda fan but theyre both participating. anyway #they both win (andromache and quynh are two years ahead of them nile and booker are the year below but they're all like. adults. not 17) #anyway they win and go on some kind of flight around the clouds because the kicker is that this takes place on a sky island and they get #around by riding giant birds i love ss. anyway while they're flying around (victory lap or something) yusuf mentions weird dreams he's been #having. then a giant tornado appears things happen yusuf falls below the cloud barrier separating the land from the sky nicolo is thrown #from his bird. wakes up explains this to andy who is like Well Shit. cue epic quest to find yusuf who has some destiny shit to do #gods and all that. its not important #but theyre trying to defeat an evil demon king before he comes back. merrick with horns can be the visual for that. nicolo spends half of #his time chasing after yusuf who always has to leave before they can talk. maybe quynh isnt with them on sky island and is the one guiding #yusuf instead i dont know anyway eventually nicolo has to do some hero stuff and all that. and this happens when theyre running out of time #as a kind of last resort. but then nicolo nile booker andy quynh defeat The Evil and rescue yusuf and its all good #the plot of this isnt very well thought out. i just thought about that scene with zelda and then about them and had to make this about it #enjoy #the reference to yusuf oversleeping is bc there's a bit in skyward sword abt link always sleeping in and then having to wake zelda and it #causes me 10 psychic damage so i had to adapt it here. that line is the whole reason this fic exists

[defensenow]

#youtube #militarytraining #Aerobatics #Formation Flight #Top Gun #Fighter Squadron #Epic #Military #Aviation #Marines #Air Force #Training #Fighter Jet #Navy #F/A-18D Hornet #Airshow #Combat #Aircraft #Miramar #Naval Aviation #United States Marines #Pilots

[lewanarta]

Vikersund was a blast!

📸 @eksperimentgaj

#vikersund 2023 #raw air #raw air l #wsj #msj #moje #there are so many thoughts in my head but i don't know how to write them down #what an experience it was #i really had a feeling that i'm witnessing a historical event out there #and it feels so unreal #i missed watching ski jumping live like crazy and i'm so glad i decided to go there so so glad :') #it all was incredible and i made so many memories #some epic like seeing women's wr being beaten 4 times #stefan's incredible flights #and halvor winning the ra and securing the cg #through little and funny ones like all the encounters we had on and off the hill #(including shouting at poor pauline line and ingebjoerg to come and give me autographs ajdgafghah i felt so silly 😅) #(or waiting for halvor and seeing how good he is with children) #(and many more) #just. go to any sj event if you have an opportunity it's worth your time and effort (and money 😅) #ski jumping