art blog is @aurora-boreas-borealis-art Artist • fanfic writer • a really fucking tired adult
Aro(?)ace • bi • poly(?)
Javelia stans are not welcome
Currently offline
Intro post because I should have done one a while ago:
Hello! I’m aurora-boreas-borealis but I go by aurora or borealis. I am a multifandom blog and I post whatever I like. I primarily use IbisPaint for my art, but occasionally I will use either Procreate and Clip Studio. I also write fanfiction if I get too invested in a show.
To note: I follow basic fandom etiquette on here, especially the “Don’t like, don’t interact” rule. I am also a multishipper that likes to explore various dynamics between characters. (I also do not mind platonic dynamics either.)
(This blog also runs on a queue, hence why there are still reblogs despite me being offline. Reblogging fanworks and commenting on fics my beloved.)
Links and all that jazz:
Youtube:
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My Ao3:
Status on art things and what not:
I post art when I feel like it, which isn’t a whole lot of the time. I like the silence, haha.
I also don’t do art trades or secret santas. Sorry, but I am constantly exhausted and drowning in wips. I will only do gift arts for friends and very close mutuals.
Commissions aren’t and will probably never be a thing.
If you mainly want to see my art (as wips or finished pieces), I usually tend to reblog or post to @aurora-boreas-borealis-art
Requests: Closed.
Art trades: Closed.
DO NOT REPOST, EDIT, OR USE MY WORK TO TRAIN GENERATIVE AI. Wallpapers and pfps for blogs are fine, as long as credit is due. As is saving art for personal use of computer wallpapers or if you want to print it off yourself. Any accusations of generating AI imagery or doubling down when you are proven wrong will result you in being blocked.
General and fandom tags under the read more for easier navigation for AU’s or any long running projects I’m working on:
Reblog tags:
“Reblog tag” — I primarily use this for fandoms. I wanted to organise my reblogs but also keep them separate from my art with the main fandoms I post in, hence the tag. However it has now become force of habit, haha.
”Collecting posts for friends” — What it says on the tin. I like collecting stuff for my friends.
”Blupees for Blue” — Blupee posts for my friends the Blupees.
“Art talks” — For when I need to talk (or occasionally complain) about art.
“Writing talks” — Same thing as art talks but for writing.
“*insert media here* posting” — When I have something I want to say about a piece of media without posting in the main tag, I’ll refer to this tag.
“Sea tag” — For collecting sea related posts.
“Timeloop collection” — Collection of Timeloop posts. Anything that has a cycle or a loop aspect going on, it’s going in the timeloop collection.
“Friend art” — Collection of art by wonderful friends
“Friend fic” — Collection of writing by wonderful friends
(No longer posting for publicly) Power Rangers RPM:
#ImplantedMemoriesAU — A canon divergence AU based off a what if scenario from ‘Not So Simple’ where Flynn and Gemma are turned into Venjix hybrids.
#CelestialAU — The RPM rangers are celestial beings that have fallen down to earth to find one of their own after promptly vanishing.
#MermaidAU — Dillon is a fisherman, Summer is a mermaid running from an arranged marriage, and Flynn has recently discovered that he is a merman. Hijinks ensue.
#RoleReversalAU — Another what if scenario where Scott, Flynn and Summer were venjix hybrids instead of Dillon and Tenaya.
#WingSeries — The RPM rangers drawn with wings.
#H2o Just Add Water AU — In the midst of the apocalypse, Scott Truman is unwillingly turned into a merman thanks to a moonstruck Flynn and Summer.
Green Ranger Tenaya AU — Tenaya did not reveal her true identity in Go For Green and thus joins the Rangers.
(No longer posting for publicly) Power Rangers Dino Charge:
#RoleReversalAU — TBA
#MermaidAU — TBA
(No longer posting for publicly) Power Rangers:
#WingAU — TBA
#WinxClubAU — TBA
Linked Universe:
#HadesSeries — The chain done in the style of Hades
#LU!TimeMermanAU — What if Time were a merman?
#LUMysticForceAU — The Linked Universe gang are now Power Rangers. Hijinks very much ensue.
#LUMermaySeries — The chain drawn as merfolk for mermay.
H2o Just Add Water:
#MermaidCharlotteAU — TBA
9-1-1:
TBA
9-1-1 Nashville:
#CaptianRyanAU — What if Don had died in 01 x 03 and Ryan had taken the mantle of captaincy?
Lil nas x coming back during pride month to tell us hes been taking care of his physical and mental health, finishing rehab and getting treatment for bipolar disorder, and telling us that he is excited to not only make new music but also just to live his life???? And during mens mental health awareness month????? Oh i missed him bad
“oh no, my audience has begun to guess the big twists of my story and are accurately predicting what will happen!”
incorrect response: write the rest of the story to be as twisty, shocking and counter to expectations as possible, regardless of whether this is a logical or satisfying way for the plot to go
(you’re not stupid. I posted this thinking it would amuse a handful of mutuals who all knew the context and that would be about it, so I didn’t think about providing any other explanation. I had no idea it would spread this far.)
I’ll start from the very beginning just to be thorough. so this is Alex Hirsch, creator and head writer of Gravity Falls, a show which had a big focus on mystery, conspiracies, codes and ciphers, etc. the whole plot is kicked off by one of the main characters finding a mysterious old journal in the woods, which detailed all kinds of weird and supernatural things, but then ended abruptly with the author saying they had to hide the journal because they were being watched. the central driving mystery of the show, therefore, was the question of who wrote the journal and what happened to them.
now, the thing about Gravity Falls is that, while it must be said that the writers weren’t always quite as sure of their plans as we tend to like to think they are, it is very much a fair play mystery, with legitimate clues to what was going on. but the writers were caught off guard by how quickly the show attracted a dedicated audience, including a lot of people outside the primary presumed demographic, who started solving the clues faster than expected. so some of the fans were able to correctly guess who the author was before it was revealed in the show, and the theory started spreading. this put the writers in something of a panic, because this was THE mystery that the whole story revolved around, with ¾ of the show building up to the dramatic reveal in the middle of season 2. they wanted it to be a mystery that could be figured out, sure, but they weren’t prepared for people to solve it so far in advance of when it was planned to be revealed, which would have really taken away from the big moment. they weren’t going to change the main story itself, but having been caught unaware by how much attention the fans were paying, they wanted to up the ante and make the mystery more complex to solve going forward–but first they needed to buy some time and throw the fandom off the scent for a little longer.
hence, Alex’s plan as described above. they whipped up a fake shot that appears to give away the identity of the author as being another character in the show, put it on a screen in the studio as if it was a real animation frame, took a picture of it, and ‘leaked’ it online. it was initially decided to be a hoax (albeit, I think, presumed to be a hoax originating from outside the production team), until Alex posted this tweet:
…before quickly deleting it (though not so quickly that it didn’t get seen, of course).
it worked well enough to distract most people for a while, and wasn’t revealed as a hoax until a year later, when an episode aired that definitively proved that the supposed screenshot could never have happened, at which point Alex owned up to the whole thing as seen in the tweet above. by then the episode with the real reveal wasn’t far off, and while people did still work it out ahead of time, it was more of an “OH MY GOD I KNEW IT!” moment than a “booooooring, we’ve known that for ages” moment, which of course was what the writers wanted all along.
personally I find this a fascinating approach to dealing with the problem of spoilers, because it doesn’t affect the story itself at all; if you watch Gravity Falls today–or if you were watching it when it aired without any significant contact with the fandom–you’d never know about it. ultimately, the problem the writers were facing wasn’t that some people might guess the answer to the mystery–they never wanted to make it completely impossible to predict–so much as it was that they hadn’t designed the story to stand up to so many people working on the puzzle together, which resulted in a sort of total output of puzzle-solving ability that far outstripped the capability of any one solo human being. so their solution is something that’s very much targeted toward delaying that group problem-solving, without actually affecting the experience of any individual person watching the show.
plus, it’s very in keeping with the overall tone of the show.
Glancing down at the apparatus bay, he spots Buck and Ravi talking next to the ladder truck. Or, rather, Ravi is talking, and Buck is nodding along. Chimney frowns at the sight, wondering what their conversation is about. There was a time he would've just asked, but he is the captain now, and he no longer can go poking his nose into anything he wants.
Happy pride month everyone always remember that the sinkhole has an ecosystem large enough to house not only insects but likely several species of small birds or mammals
being a kid and hearing adults say stuff like "woah 2011 was 4 years ago haha" didn't really convey the fucking horror of a youtube video crossing my recommended labelled "9 years ago" and it's from 2017. that's not true. 9 years ago is 2010 or something. don't lie.
