#me too Ivan

[ro5ani]

I can't stop thinking about the scene where Ivan finds Till and nuzzles his head against his. He was on that banquet for the same reason as Till, most likely went through the same treatment with the only difference being that he doesn't fight it so it will be less painful (but it isn't really)

So i think he not only felt bad about Till but for both of them. I've seen a lot of takes that say he didn't kiss Till because Till was unconscious and he knew that it was wrong after what Till went through, but i think a kiss didn't even occur to him.

He got out of that banquet and immediately looked for Till, perhaps out of just worry but i think he needs that human comfort as well.

His eyes were glassy the moment he looked at Till, he was keeping it together until he saw him.

And then he just... holds him close

#IVAN JUST WANTS A HUG TOO GUYS AAUHHG😭😭😭 #forever a ivan is not as inhuman as people say truther #he makes me so sad i tear up just thinking abt it is embarrassing #alnst till #alnst ivan #alien stage #text post #ivantill #universe please put that ivantill hug sketch in my hands it would be the cure to my sadness

[shakingparadigm]

I think one of the biggest mistakes I made in my speculating was that I forgot one very important aspect: Ivan was actually THAT fucked up.

#i think i humanized him too much iny head. #well i mean humanize isnt the right word for it. i mean like. i thought he was a lot more. you know. #the Patreon posts warned me yet i didnt expect THIS. #alnst #alien stage #alien stage ivan #alien stage till #ivantill #alien stage round 6

[nevenne-creates]

fool in the moon by @arahir

#vashwood #vash x wolfwood #vash the stampede #wolfwood #go read the fic it's pretty short and SO good #(he's fine he got shot but he gets better in case my art makes it a bit too graphic adghdksj) #tw blood #tw injury #i just realized this looks vaguely like ivan the terrible and his son ivan and it's killing me

[marzipan-alligator]

Free cup of hot chocolate for all Alien Stage round 6 survivors

#WHAT THE HELL I WAS SO SURE TILL WAS GONNA DIE #WHAT IF I KISSED YOU AS I DIED BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO HATE ME AND HAVE THE STRENGTH TO KEEP FIGHTING #WHAT IF YOU WERE MY WORLD BUT YOU NEVER EVEN SAW ME UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE #AAAAAAAAGHHDHFGR #(coping badly) #alien stage #ivan alien stage #till alien stage #ivantill

[crepegosette]

something i thought of at 4 am

#i originally intended to post this at halloween but i'm too lazy to wait for it arrive #so i'm posting it now #for any catholics following me: deeply sorry for this #hetalia #hetalia world stars #aph america #aph russia #hws america #hws russia #rusame #amerus #hetalia fanart #alfred f jones #ivan braginsky #my art #aph usa #hws usa #hetalia america #hetalia russia #don't join their church they're batshit insane

[goatsandgangsters]

S&B but make it book quotes (5/?)

“You know what he plans to do, Ivan.” “He plans to bring us peace.”

#sabedit #shadowandboneedit #shadow and bone #alina starkov #ivan kaminsky #grishaverse #the grisha trilogy #shadowandbonecentral #shadowandbonesource #my edits #sabbookquotes #Justice for Ivan’s Deleted Backstory #this was def A Whole Scene once #why else would you film .005 seconds of Alina and Ivan silently looking at each other #give me the deleted conteeeeeent #it would have been a good parallel to their ep 2 carriage conversation too

[escapedaudios]

Ok so for the longest time, I was convinced my Listener's names had little/no overlap with other VA's Listeners because I try to give them more standout names. I had a mild jumpscare when I learned that Redacted Audio had a Listener character named Asset (the same name as my very first Listener). Up until like last summer I thought that all of Redacted's characters (except for Freelancer) were named romantic pet names like Darlin/Sweetheart/Lovely/etc., and I try to avoid that naming convention because I want my Listeners to be unqiue. Imagine my horror. My utter shock. Asset is such a specific name lmfao, I think his might have come first too.

I already don't like blending in with other VAs, but also I've seen people accuse VAs of ripping each other off over the most random shit. Like I remember someone on here Tumblr accusing Charlie from Yuuri Voice of being a copy of Guy from Redacted once on account of both being pizza guys (a preposterous accusation imo) so I'm outrageously paranoid. It has me constantly on guard lmfao I really shouldn't worry this much but people are wild.

#this is just me being paranoid #no one who actually listened would think the characters are similar anyway #wait a minute we both have a Guy named guy #I think he has an Ivan too #fuck #redacted audio #escaped audios

[neolxzr]

hey theyre happy in at least one universe (the one that exists in my brain)

#quin sketches #alien stage #alnst #ivantill #till alnst #ivan alnst #wow rare lazer art post?? #is this actor au or student au or something else??? who knows... (not me) #theyre consuming my brain girl help !!! #would u guys want to see more alnst. i will make more maybe #i have a couple of realllyyyy horrible deranged mentally ill ideas #but i wanna make more cute art too. to cope #anyways ^_^ hiiii friends

[gremlins-hotel]

fuck you [dragons your silly russian man] | he's the fluffiest which means he's the most fun to draw (for me). also yes. dragons. not apologizing. there are technical things below.

notes about dragon ivan:

his inspirations were sabertooth cats, the siberian tiger, goats & ibexes, polar bears, horses, and reindeer.

a dweller of cold, mountainous foothills and steppes, he possesses curved claws for climbing rocky slopes and gripping ice.

he has a thick double coat; a long, coarse outer layer, and an incredibly soft, downy undercoat. when wet the coat is very heavy. when dry, it efficiently keeps snow away from the skin, instead trapping air close to the body to keep warm. this double coat is good for blocking some attacks from small opponents.

his proportions are stout and stubby to reduce the surface area for heat to be lost.

built for ambush tactics; short bursts of high power to grab and (hopefully) dispatch a target quickly. on the other hand, he would not be good in a long chase.

the same musculature that propels him into a sprint is excellent for leaping across difficult terrain.

his horns, head, and neck are adapted for absorbing significant impacts, usually from headbutting or locking horns with opponents.

massive paws that act as snowshoes and, when swimming, paddles.

he has a flash-freezing breath. technically a fluid, when it contacts the air (if sufficiently cold) it instantly freezes into a stream of frost and will freeze anything it touches. however, if he is too hot, it will only discharge as a fluid and be rather useless. it is very fluid rather than viscous and is somewhat iridescent. in the case of overheating, his other natural defenses can make up for the loss of this weapon.

#callsign gremlin checking in #alpha romeo tango #dragontalia // claws and paws for all #i ain't apologizing for this i've been wanting to draw these fuckers as dragons forever #ivan is the most fun for me because i knew he would be fluffy #and if you know me then you know fur is one of my favorite things to draw #however i *will* say sorry for using the main tags but not really #and sorry for the nerd shit i basically get to copy & paste my dragon oc's notes for him because she's arctic too #hetalia #aph russia #hws russia #ivan braginsky

[patrickblancos]

Iván and Patrick in Élite, season 5.

#eliteedit #patrivanedit #ivantrickedit #patrivan #elite #patrick blanco commerford #ivan carvalho #i really have forgotten how to colour gifs #dailynetflix #me making gifs and pretending season 6 is not about to make a mess of this #though i mean half of season 5 made a mess of it too so that's elite #also can someone explain to me why they're always sharp and nice in Photoshop and shit in the dash unless I zoom out twice #they're 540px wide i really don't get it #(to be fair that goes for ALL gifs on the dash - zoom out twice and they're clearly as intended) #myedits

[stupidly-silly]

ARGAJFKKAJGJAJTHAJJTUAHFKAJDJ THIS IS SO CUTE

#alien stage #ivantill #alnst #alien stage ivan #alnst ivan #alnst till #actor au #one really fucking sad post then one super wholesome and cute post #Ivan was so cute and silly in this 😭 #Stan Ivan #I will protect him with my life #also apparently Till is older in this and imagining Ivan calling Till Hyung is too much for me #can’t do it today

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

best grishaverse moment but no one talks about it

#this is a romantic scene to me 💖 #siege and storm is so funny #he would have done it too! frankly iconic #also damn she’s not even getting a real healer she’s getting Ivan 😭 #shadow and bone #grishaverse #siege and storm

[capitalisticveins]

Baby is such an enigma bc you can never rlly tell whether they fell for Ivan’s bullshit or not

The last audio he had was the Halloweek one, but smth no one considered is where it was on the timeline

In it, he starts muttering “The windows have bars” when looking for Baby, but the windows only have bars AFTER the audio where Ivan took Baby on a walk, and in that audio we learn Baby had been “well-behaved” and we can suspect they fell for stockholm syndrome or such

This means that it is possible that in their final appearance with Ivan in “The Cost”, Baby has not fallen for Ivan’s antics

But that’s never confirmed because Ivan states, again, that Baby had been “well-behaved”, which can easily be another ploy on Baby’s part to lower his guard, but we’ll never know

In the end, we DON’T know if Baby ever believed Ivan

#Before Kris finds this post and makes a fool out of me for it bc it might be wrong #NO i didnt watch Cam’s first audio with Baby I only watched the one where Caelum got him and Baby stuck in an elevator together #Also fun fact #this post has been rewritten dozens of times and has been sitting in my drafts for…say….since the end of November #Ive only just been able to piece my thoughts together on this #Think of this as the Wil E. Coyote vs ACME of my blog bc this was so close to js getting deleted #it was supposed to be way longer too #redacted audio #redacted asmr #redactedverse #redacted ivan #redacted baby

[karamazovanon]

you cannot exhume a soul

— "Either he will rise up in the light of truth, or … perish in hatred, taking vengeance on himself and on everyone else for his having served that in which he does not believe" (The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky tr. McDuff, p. 837)

#the brothers karamazov #ivan fyodorovich karamazov #alyosha fyodorovich karamazov #aleksey fyodorovich karamazov #first line is a lyric from god is dead? by black sabbath bc if im gonna inflict my art on yall then im also gonna inflict my music taste #sorry i keep drawing ivan sweaty and miserable it will happen again #his w/ill g/raham arc just goes too hard i cant help it #also i hate that alyosha cut his hair short and took off the cassock bc now i have to choose between textual accuracy and his objectively #cooler fit from the beginning of the book #the cassock and long hair solos sorry!!! #anonart #ivan #alyosha #also i bought a copy of c&p bc tbk is the first dostoevsky ive read so expect me to be annoying about that soon probably #also also i want to draw ivan w horns and a tail and alyosha w wings and a halo but im scared of fandomificating them. #plus idk what id draw dmitry with #anyway lmk if u want to see that bc i am incredibly susceptible to peer pressure #GODDAMN I TALK A LOT TAGS OVER SORRY

[ivanttakethis]

Round 7 Predictions

Since we’re only halfway through Alien Stage, I don’t think there will be a Round 7 winner.

There’s a ton of material Q and V could get into if both Till and Luka survive in some way or another. I also think there’s still a lot more left to learn about the lore of Alien Stage as a competition and how the whole system functions for the competition part to end so quickly.

I think Till will be rescued by the rebels at some point, either before or during Round 7. He’ll get to reconnect with Mizi, see how much she’s changed, and hopefully come to see her as less of a godly savior and more of a person.

Freeing Till would also force him to confront his own wants and dreams beyond escaping the competition and taking Mizi with him. What does Till want out of life now that both he and Mizi are free? How does he process all of the shit that went down in the previous rounds, especially Round 6?

As for Luka I think one of two things will happen: (1) he won’t be rescued by the rebels at all or (2) he’s offered the opportunity to leave with them but he refuses.

The second option is definitely more interesting as it will tell us more about Luka’s mindset, but also Hyuna’s if she can choose whether or not a rescue attempt is made for him. It would possibly give us insight into how they feel about each other given the current circumstances.

Either way, I don’t think Luka will leave Alien Stage or rebel against the aliens.

What would be his reason to? He’s the face of the whole competition. His status within the alien society has provided him with a lot of access that he could possibly not be able to live without, given his chronic illnesses.

But more than that, I think he’ll stay for personal reasons. Fame? Accolades? Ego? Maybe a mix of all three? Or perhaps some long buried guilt or remorse? There’s still a lot we don’t know about his feelings and motivations.

Personally I think he’s too interesting of a character to kill off so soon (a.k.a. I want to study him under a microscope).

Now this next part is me being delusional, so I’m putting it under the cut.

So,

If Till is rescued before Round 7 starts, that leaves Luka as the winner by default. But that’d probably be pretty boring as a finale for the audience.

How do they spice things up? By healing/reviving Ivan and putting him up against Luka.

Think about it: they’re both insanely popular in-universe, they’re somewhat equally matched in terms of singing ability, and they’re both considered pretty boys.

Think of the fashion! Think of the theatrics!! The material is LITERALLY. RIGHT. THERE.

In my opinion they’re two of the most complex characters in the cast, but they haven’t had much (if any) direct interaction with one another. I’d like to see how their similarities and differences stack up once they’re side by side, and what that tells us about each of them.

They’re also both weirdos (in their own ways), so putting them head to head would be the ultimate Freak (derogatory) vs. Freak (affectionate) final showdown.

And if Ivan were to win, he would essentially take over Luka’s role as the face of Alien Stage. How would that affect him personally? What would he do with his life after?

If he learns that Till managed to escape with the rebels, would Ivan still want to escape on his own? Or would he be content to stay put with the knowledge that Till is free?

Similar to Till with Mizi, who is Ivan beyond helping and supporting Till? What are his hopes and dreams?

I went more in depth about how Ivan could potentially be brought back and what ramifications it could have on the story depending on how it’s done in this post, if anyone wants to read that.

#*writes predictions that could possibly happen* #“okay here’s how ivan is alive truthers can still win—’’ #at this point i need ivan alive for purely selfish reasons #but also luka and ivan having a cunt-off would have me foaming at the mouth #think of the potential #alien stage #alien stage round 7 #alien stage ivan #alien stage till #alien stage mizi #alien stage luka #alien stage hyuna #alnst #alnst round 7 #alnst mizi #alnst till #alnst luka #alnst hyuna #alnst ivan #ivanttakethis talks too much

[asouwan]

• • • • • ❀ ✿ DAY 2 : modern AU ✦ ✧ • • • • •

#IVANTILLWEEK2023 #alnst #alien stage #alien stage fanart #ivantill #ivan alien stage #till alien stage #melona #this is from that one art where till is doing some hardcore gaming!! #it’s too hot… #heatwaves #been faking me out #actually it’s been really cold here but for them in this specific instance it is hot #omg i was going to give them a little kitty cat!! #imagine its rubbing against tills leg out of frame ^^