#shields up

[beardedmrbean]

Shields up

sabrystargood

#shields up

[spacedadsupport]

Jean-Luc Picard @SpaceDadSupport You are allowed to say, "No," to things. 12:40 PM · Sep 15, 2023

#star trek #star trek the next generation #star trek memes #star trek tng #support #affirmations #spacedad #kindness #compassion #boundaries #community #activism #no #shields up #shields #you are worth protecting #what would picard do #captain picard #jean luc picard #picard

[spacedocmom]

Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom If someone injured you so badly that you have lasting physical damage, you never, ever have to let that person back into your life no matter how "sorry" they are. It's okay to put your shields up against that person entirely. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked 1:53 PM · Nov 29, 2023

#star trek #doctor crusher #star trek the next generation #star trek memes #star trek tng #kindness #support #care #compassion #boundaries #shields up #you are worth protecting #spoons #spoonies #disability #chronic illness #chronic pain #chronic fatigue

[theoriginalladya]

WIP Whenever

Because I did not share a snippet last Sunday and I think I missed WIP Wednesday last week and I will be busy babysitting tomorrow, here is a new snippet from my Shields UP fic.

tagging @urdnotflexthejedibard @threewhiskeylunch @mtreebeardiles @mareel and @maxrev because I know you have interest in the story! (for which I thank you all so very much!!!)

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Lifting a finger to trace the design, Aubri cleared his throat and asked, “What…what is this?”

The corner of Wulfric’s lips twitched and there was a hint of amusement in his voice as he replied, “A tattoo.  Have you never seen one before?”

“Not one like this.”  Aubri tilted his head, squinting to see it better in the dim light of the room.  The base of the design seemed to be one long line that was decorated by shorter lines to either side as well as circles and dots and… 

His finger came to a stop below Wulfric’s elbow on his forearm where several dots formed a particular shape.  Three sat along the base line itself while the other five were split to either side.  Something about the way they were laid out looked familiar.

Wulfric chuckled.  “Find something you like?”

“What is this?”  Aubri pointed at the design, his brow creasing as he struggled to find the memory.  “The shape.  I think I have seen it before.”

Rolling to face him, Wulfric propped his head on his hand and smiled.  “You have.  Think back to that night up on the battlements.”

The battlements?  Aubri blinked, trying to recall that night. It returned readily enough, followed by an unfamiliar word. “Saethyd?”

Laughter returned, warm and understanding as it wrapped around him rather than teasing.  “Close, Tywysog.  Saethyddion.”

The low, smooth tone of Wulfric’s voice sent a light ripple down Aubri’s spine.  God’s teeth, but he loved the deep, mellow tone when Wulf spoke his native tongue.  Taking a moment to clear his throat, Aubri returned his finger to the dots on Wulfric’s arm as he traced the shape.  “The Archer.”  Of that, he was fairly confident.

“You do remember.”

#WIP Whenever #ladya writes #Shields Up #original fic #historical fiction/fantasy

[moonvalecrossing]

Alright, top 3 favorite and least Gym Leaders of Paldea?

Hell yeah Fam lets do this! PROBABLY MORE SCARLET AND VIOLET SPOILERS KIND OF. THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. Also unpopular opinions probably! I aint stopping you from liking what you like. Nobody attack me for the following!

Favorites first.

#3. Kofu. I like the colors in his design. I like that he's a friendly old man. I also liked how they used him to introduce a side activity in the game that I might otherwise have completely passed by. Even though I wound up climbing the mountain around Cascarrafa in order to get to the other town he went to because I was scared to cross the desert and run into the part of Arven's quest that was out there. I want to try his cooking.

#2. Grusha. The last gym leader is always supposed to be the strongest and I did not expect to find the Ice Type gym in this slot. Of course, but his point in the game I was a tad over leveled. By this point in the game, even when I was swapping out and training entire teams for a gym/team star/legend battle I was already thinking about what mons I'd take to the elite four and any other endgame stuff so I already had a pretty good party set up. I sorta pulled the rug out from under this cool cucumber's sassy ass. It was absolutely adorable how he was clearly embarrassed when our character asks for a picture with him after earning the badge.

#1. Larry. Larry is we all. All of us are Larry at some point. This man is so tired you guys. He just wants to get his job done. He didn't want to be a gym leader, he's just really good at it so that's his job now. The poor thing is even one of the elite four. How did they manage to make a tired salaryman a pokemon trainer? I don't know but I'm so happy he exists 10/10 I would hang out and share a meal with him when he had some time off.

Honorable mention: Ryme. Her hair is dreadlocks shaped like skeleton parts. She's a rapping old lady and that is rad as FUCK. Yes, queen! SLAY! RAISE THE DEAD. NECROMANCY!! The only thing I didn't like about her design was the fact the people who made her model made her dress so damn tight that you could see her navel through the fabric as well as the damn creases where her thighs meet her abdomen. Not even rapping grandmothers are safe from the male gaze anymore, folks. Every woman wears vacuum sealed plastic in the future.

Now the least favorites! Preface: I don't HATE these characters. Well besides the unlucky duck who's sitting at the top of the #1 slot. I kinda really hate them but we'll get to that. <3

#3. Brassius. PUT DOWN YOUR PITCHFORKS, DID YOU SKIP THAT PARAGRAPH UP THERE JUST NOW? I don't hate him. But... I don't really like him too much either. I want to, don't get me wrong. I'm a sucker for artist characters. I've always considered myself an artist. But... this guy is a lot of what I hate about artist characters. A bit abnormal? The dude was standing on the damn windmill before the battle started and implied he watched us collect those sunflora from all the way up there. He uses the word 'avant-garde' way too much. Also, gonna say it now. His pieces of art aren't that great. He's got like 200 of the same sunflora statue all over Artazon. It's not even that impressive of a statue. Just slightly exaggerated of a regular Sunflora. And whatever that other work is supposed to be... yes, okay sure Brassius is such a skilled artist that his weird thorn ring thing needs to be shown on billboards all over that one city. At least they decided to give the multiple copy pastes of this piece different colors. And then there's the class he joins in during Mr. Hassel's teachings at school. If you pick the wrong emotion when he asks how he was feeling when he made that damn sunflora statue? "No no no... completely and utterly wrong!" Look here you avant-asshole. If there's one thing that really rustles my jimmies its 'artists' who get offended at someone having an incorrect interpretation of your art. You made a mildly constipated looking sunflora statue, not some great piece depicting Arceus mourning over having no choice but sealing Giratina away. Get out of my art class before you spread your bad personality to the younger students. Don't glare at me when those creepy eyebrowless eyes. You look 24 going on 79. Burgh will always be the superior artistic gym leader!

#2. Tulip. Okay, so overall I love this woman's design. Well besides whatever the Kentucky fried fuck is going on with her eyelashes. Like, goddamn woman. Stay away from open flames they might catch fire. How do you hold you eyes open with that much weight on them? However, the design is about all I like about her. We're introduced to her gabbing on her phone. She's not thinking about the gym battle she's about to be challenged to, oh no. She's too busy planning out a makeup line with someone. And this cake-up faced woman has the gall to decide the tagline for this new line of cosmetics should be 'naturally beautiful'. Uh, honey, no. Please do not enforce the idea that 'natural' beauty needs eyeshadow, mascara, lipstick, and the whole nine yards. It's bad enough that women end up trapped in a Schrodinger's Box of being 'slutty' and 'fake' if they wear too much makeup, or looking like a corpse or they're sick if they don't have enough makeup on. When she finally deigns to get off the damn phone she's quick to let you know that being gym leader is just a side gig and that her make focus is all about makeup. She then calls our character cute and says that her ESP training made us all the more beautiful. Woman your challenge was possibly my least favorite of all of the gym challenges. It was obnoxious and all it made me feel was a strong desire to have my Annihilape break your nose. And when we finally beat her? One of the first things she says is that she should take you under her wing before we find our big break somewhere else. You stay away from me, lady. This tube of purple lipstick is all I want in life. Oh, and I hope you trip on your heels when you get back to your absolutely packed schedule. Seriously, don't quit your day job. Quit your side gig. Let me battle someone with a better personality. Also? Ryme's got better taste in makeup than you.

#1. Iono. I hate this child. I hate this child so, so much. Gamefreak did an amazing job of recreating everything I hate about the stereotypic streamer girl persona. LOL SO CUTE AND RANDOM INTRODUCTION? Punny name? Oh, Iunno, looks like it! A weird-ass crazy vtuber design? Hot damn this kid's got it all! It's a good thing she's got simps like Electro King throwing money at her because after she filed her teeth down to get those absurd spikes her dental work must be an absolute nightmare. Like Tulip, Iono is clearly more focused on her job outside of working as a gym leader. She only cares about how many views you can get her. She even says as much before introducing her gym 'challenge'. We can't 'collab' with her unless we play a cheap man's version of where is waldo with some random guy she pulled off the street (who luckily just so happened to be someone we could easily recognize). If we can't get this narcissistic cotton candy brat the views she wants, we'll fail. Were I actually in this universe, my gym challenge would have ended right here because I would have called her out on that shit, walked right out of the gym, filed a complaint with the league, and bought tickets to the furthest away region I could as well as got my legal name changed as soon as I touched down. I'll be carrying my best pokemon on me at all times because there's no way in hell I'm getting jumped by rabid manlets because I called out their waifu. My brother keeps telling me she's a grown ass woman. Yeah, okay. I don't care how many thousands of years old that dragon loli is she looks like a child. The final cherry on this sundae is how she signs off after losing her gym battle. I'm guessing she's supposed to do that heart symbol with her hands as the camera zooms in on it but, unfortunately, her designers decided to give her some bigass sleeves that cover her hands. So in that split second zoom we get, all I saw was the camera zoom in on this child-looking streamer's non-existent boobs. Fantastic and not the least bit unfitting. I bet Electro King had more pokebucks for her after that one. Also she did what I absolutely hate and had an electric type that's immune to ground types because of FUCKING LEVITATE. Fuck. I hate that ability so goddamn much. How dare you make me dislike Mismagius in any way.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

#pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon scarlet #pokemon violet #gym leader #hot takes #unpopular opinion #don't fight me #shields up

[mceproductions]

No words except a crappy photoshop job as a tribute. Billy Kametz it wont be the same without you. Shields Up to everyone going through this .

#billy kametz #naofumi iwatani #shields up #the rising of the shield hero #shield hero #naofumi x raphtalia #filo #colorectal cancer #rip #I am Ferdinand

[orcamorca]

Last drawing of Tusk for a while. 

Trying a few different brushes and settings. I went into this wanting to do something painterly. instead I doubled down, the line art gives me comic vibes. 

I really hate drawing weapons. Why are they so awkward? 

#dnd pc art #dnd shifter #dnd fighter #dnd fighter shifter #shields up #dnd character art #shifter beasthide

[roaringup]

This is a powerful look honestly, I’m into it

#shields UP #mine #roaringup

[vifetoile]

almost time for Overwatch League Season 5

After some consideration (aka "They have Muze and I like Muze") I have decided that I am adding the Toronto Defiant to the list of My Teams

That means I am cheering on

Toronto Defiant

Paris Eternal

Guangzhou Charge

And... (deep breath)

THE LOS ANGELES GLADIATORS

#shields up #overwatch league #overwatch #owl

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 191

So. Apparently immortality does in fact exist. And is apparently very easily accidentally achieved, if the fact an entire city has it now. 

The GIW will be waiting a very long time to be able to drop that ghost shield, because the city doesn’t seem to be dying out anytime soon. Or at all actually. It’s been several generations now. 

They might need to request assistance. Maybe before others start to investigate now that vigilantes are becoming a semi-common thing.

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #The ghost shield made it where the ecto wasn’t able to disperse as it came out of the portal & filled the city #Everyone became too ecto contaminated to be able to exit #And just… stopped being able to die permanently or by old age #They’re not exactly humans nor ghosts but something in-between #Aka Liminal as fuck #Technically everyone counts as a meta or alien #They sure aren’t human anymore & all remember the shit the GIW and government have pulled #They’ve opened up trading with the Realms a while ago #They give them living world things that help with obsessions & get seeds or whatever supplies in exchange #Along with training #They all give off necromancing fae vibes #Liminal Amity Park #Danny is Not ghost king

[moodyseal]

This was supposed to be for yesterday's prompt of TOApril but since it's far more related to TSATS than to TOA here it is as random art 😔👊

Take this as a "TSATS but Apollo doesn't revert back to being an absent father" AU

#pjo #apollo #will solace #nico di angelo #solangelo #tsats #lonely thoughts #my art #at first there was supposed to be just the second image #but then i went 'wait but it needs context' #and things got a bit out of hand #btw pretend there's a shield in the second part i'd given up at that point

[buttclench-ryugazaki]

this whole james somerton thing is really amusing if you, like me, have legitimately never heard of the guy, have never been recommended his videos, and this is your first exposure to him at all. like holy shit did he say that nazis being hot is why americans enlisted during wwii? what the fuck is this smug clown on about and who allowed him to have recording equipment

#todd in the shadows #hbomberguy #i have an extra shield because i generally avoid video essays for the reasons todd and hbomb allude to #that too many present unverifiable info or conjecture or straight up opinions with tone of authority and severity #AND there are people who dub videos 'essays' despite lacking some necessary characteristics that would make them essays #like evidence and a FUCKING THESIS. it's not an essay just because it exceeds 40 minutes! #jenny nicholson does not make essays. she does (very entertaining!) casual deep dives. and she also has never pretended she makes essays #that's on the people who watch her

[spacedadsupport]

Jean-Luc Picard @SpaceDadSupport You are not required to obey emotional directives issued by people who are openly attempting to manipulate your emotions for their convenience. 2:55 PM · Feb 22, 2024

#star trek #star trek the next generation #star trek memes #star trek tng #jean luc picard #support #captain picard #picard #affirmations #spacedad #kindness #what would picard do #boundaries #shields up

[spacedocmom]

Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom It's okay to say, "No," to activities that don't take your health and safety into consideration. If someone's pressuring you to participate anyway, feel free to imagine me there lecturing them for you so you can repeat your, "No," more firmly. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked x 5 12:31 PM · Apr 2, 2024

#star trek #doctor crusher #star trek the next generation #star trek memes #star trek tng #kindness #support #care #compassion #shields #shields up #boundaries #protect yourself #you are worth protecting #spoons #spoonies #safety #masks are variant proof

[theoriginalladya]

Sunday Snippet

Was inspired last night by the boys in my new fic...

“You disappeared.” Wulfric pulled his attention away from the night sky to face his accuser.  “You were busy.  I was in the way.” The lord of the manor scoffed as he moved up to the wall, rested his forearms against the embrasure and looked out across the inner bailey.  Taking a deep breath, Aubri insisted vehemently, “Never.” Warmth filled Wulf but a memory surfaced, and a wave of childhood impishness got the better of him.  Lifting a brow in challenge, he tilted his head slightly to one side.  “Is that so?  I seem to remember our first meeting differently.” Aubri’s breath caught in surprise and echoed through the night air.  Darting a look at Wulfric, he smiled in bemusement.  “Is that so?” “I thought it was a wild boar in that bush.  Or a badger, at the very least.”  Wulfric fought a smile and swallowed a laugh before concluding, “As it turned out, it was the boorish son of our lord.” Aubri’s nose twitched and his smile slid into a smirk.  “I was boorish?” The conversation was ridiculous, but it was nice that they had found this level of comfort with one another once more.  “I was not the one stumbling through the woods, was I?” Aubri snorted softly in amusement while shaking his head.  There had been a time, even as recently as just a few weeks ago, where he would have been affronted if Wulfric had even hinted at such a thing. “Your wordplay is horrible,” Aubri muttered before knocking his shoulder into Wulfric’s.

#Sunday Snippet #ladya writes #Shields Up #snippet #original fic #it's nice that words are slowly starting to flow again

[mothmanavenue]

to that bloodshed, crimson clover, uh huh, the worst was over, my hand was the one you reached for all throughout the great war

#voltron #they’ve thrown down their weapons their helmets are lying sideways on the ground the battle is won their people are safe #the battles over the shields are down hes crouched on the floor panting and he looks up expecting to see stars but instead he sees the sun #song: the great war by taylor swift #voltron fanart #voltron legendary defender #vld #vld fanart #klance #lance mcclain #keith kogane #klance fanart #vld lance #klance voltron #klance voltron fanart #klance art #soft klance #post war klance #vld klance #keith kogane fanart #keith voltron #keith voltron fanart #lance mcclain fanart #lance voltron #lance voltron fanart #lance mcclain voltron fanart #keith kogane voltron fanart