Sup Hom's. Just Letting Yall Know That I May Be Gone For A Bit Due To My Momma Being Sick. I've Been

if i must die - refaat alareer

Indchu anon, um- I thought I sent you the ask I’m so sorry VJH. But here’re some fics! There’s not a lot bec there’s like 20 fics for them in the whole fandom (more than 1/2 of it is just them being a side pairing 😭) but :3

https://www.tumblr.com/luyous/720654549535293440/bury-your-fingers-in-each-wound-show-me-how-deep

https://archiveofourown.org/works/48007735?view_adult=true

https://archiveofourown.org/works/35161009

INDCHU ANON, you spoil me and I am eternally grateful!!!! thank you for being so kind as to oblige my request! gimme like 12 hours to read these pieces and I will reblog with my reactions aptly

I bring an old anatomy practice i only posted on insta 100 yrs ago ft. seychelles and taiwan! also a shoddy attempt at imitating mid-century mod fashion design bcuz sey a barbie in my eyes

This weekend about 2 billion people will celebrate Christmas across the world, and the birth of their religion in Palestine. Today the only remaining 700 Christians, the descendants of the first followers of Christ, are being wiped out in Gaza and their churches bombed to pieces. [@/ Hanine09 on X. 12/23/23.]

The genocide of Indigenous exposed. This is the comparison of regions and casualties per capita.

after not seeing much of each other (or the best of each other) in the 50s-60s, I'd like to think that alfred and ivan enjoy exploring musical media of that era together in modern day. for example, alfred loves to show ivan how to dance the twist and ivan will share his x-ray record collection of contraband music with him.

ivan won't let him know that he's been to a maya kristalinskaya concert or two and he's already learned the dance. alfred won't let him know that he owns multiple muslim magomayev lps and once snuck past the iron curtain to hear vladimir troshin live.

alfred f. jones holding back the american urge to put ivan braginsky in the infamous black turtleneck + gold chain combo for his own selfish reasons

when alfred and ivan visit each other, the standard gifts (or more like payment) is american cigarettes for russian vodka. nothing more nothing less. also american doritos, bcuz ame made rus try eating caviar with them and he's been shamefully hooked since

indchu really was rusame before rusame was rusame

Star death

This drawing is based on the butterfly nebula :)

If anyone cares for my symbolism:

A nebula is often formed by the gas and dust ejected by a dying star after it burns out all its fuel. Stars die once the energy from fusion isn’t enough to sustain its mass, causing a collapse that produces a supernova, throwing heavy elements into space. Throughout a star’s life, they’re constantly fighting their own collapse, fusing hydrogen into helium to resist the pressure of their own gravitational pull. They die when they can no longer do this.

In the au I’m obsessed with that only exists in my head (more here), both of them sacrificed their teenage experiences to get into the school they did, and kind of know nothing else; in that way they’re fighting their own collapse and burnout. They're each other's first run-ins with a relationship like this and that experience makes them feel unable to sustain a disconnected tunnel vision outlook on life, if that makes sense. Hence star death.

And nebulae are how new stars form :)