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[downbythetidepools]

Sunbird

[ffreckleface]

Something about the sleeping pods seem so cozy to me

[downbythetidepools]

Patron Saints of Undying Hope 🚀

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Full image under cut ⭐️

[downbythetidepools]

one of the funniest things about Orange Side theories to me is that a lot of people protray Orange as supervillain levels of malicious or wanting to cause harm to the others (very specifically Logan) for no reason when Orange himself… hasn’t really done much to indicate that he’s ill-intentioned 😭

Now to be so fair, he hasn’t really Done Much, and Janus + Remus’s cryptic warnings haven’t exactly helped his case… BUT CMON GUYS the most he’s done is say hi and caused Logan’s outburst let’s give him the benefit of the doubt!!! Back off!!!!

[creepy-c00kie]

Makin some ponies. Griffon icarus be upon ye 👐

[downbythetidepools]

Space nerds

[creepy-c00kie]

Its crazy to me that this audio is already like. Two years old. Anyways

[downbythetidepools]

divorce squares GO!!

elaboration under cut:

- Don’t ask what I mean by divorce. It’s not really a single event and more like a slow erosion of their relationship.

- I’m gonna be a bit of a contrarian and say I do not think the dark sides were inheritly familial or had a similar dynamic to the light sides. I just don’t think it would work for their functions and how Thomas perceives them. I imagine they have/had a bit of an “Us vs Them” mentality, and they were probably closest in the earlier days (like how we saw the baby sides in WIDS) because all they really had was each other. Each of them were still finding their footing, trying to figure out what (and who) they really were (a headcanon of mine is that the dark sides probably took longer to develop their own identities compared to the light sides because they were so repressed) and suddenly they were being shunned simply for doing their jobs! And if those “light side” jerks are going to push them around, the least they can try and do is stick together (which eventually led to a real bond!). I really think their relationship was less of a genuine familial bond and more of a “these are MY people so I gotta stick by them no matter what.” They’re like a weird codependent high school friend group

- The exception to this is Virgil because HOT TAKE I DONT THINK HE WAS EVER THAT FAMILIAL WITH THE DARK SIDES (with the exception of Orange)!! At least not on the same level as with the Light Sides. Close? Absolutely! But much of that closeness was built out of circumstance rather than a genuine friendship. The amount of vitriol on both sides always gave me the impression that they… never really had a super positive relationship. I (and a friend) believe that Virgil was actually alone for a very long time and only joined the dark sides (despite being quite afraid of them) because 1. He believed working with them was the best way to protect Thomas, and 2. He wanted companionship. As they all grew, Virgil probably rejected the others the same way he does in canon (“they’re evil and can’t be trusted”)

- I think that (outside of my Orange and Virgil theoryslop) that Janus and Virgil were the closest because they had very similar methods to protecting Thomas (hiding!), while Remus and Virgil probably fed into each other’s worst traits which made them weird codependent sort of friends, and Janus and Remus felt as though they could be themselves around each other without judgement

- If I think about who actually “formed” the dark sides as a group, it was 100% Janus (he’s Repressionmaxxing), but I like to imagine Orange was like the heart of the group and kept them all together. He was very lonely.

- If I had to give them actual family roles? Janus is the crappy wine aunt who gets saddled with his three plucky orphan nephews. They sort of hate each other but they learn to coexist through the Power Of Love or something

- The only dark side (former or present) Orange even remotely likes anymore is Remus, and that’s pushing it

- They don’t miss each other but they also don’t DON’T miss each other. Secret third thing

[downbythetidepools]

Happy Birthday Orange!

Today is the 6 year anniversary of SVS Redux, and the first episode where Orange appears!

[8bitraee]

POOR MOE TOO DUDE JHASJAHSDHJSDALK

[downbythetidepools]

that little clown girl got ptsd

[downbythetidepools]

snippet from my baby dark side fic (WIP!! VERY MUCH A WIP!!!!)

the first chapter is orange and janus meeting for the first time! i like to think that the two of them were the ones to Rally The Troops (tm)

[downbythetidepools]

Points at Icarus. Can I put him in my orange sides competition fic /lh

(I know it might be confusing since then there'd be two Icaruses but y'know what that's funny and I think they should almost start a fight about it /j)

ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN!! I’m honoured :D

[thebloodyduck]

so that’s what they’re arguing about

[creepy-c00kie]

My icarus would just be like trust me you do not want wings bro. 😒 You gotta be preening them constantly, flying isn't as fun as it looks cause it takes so much energy and it's just fucking exhausting, plus I can't even fly anymore so it's literally just like having a useless heavyass backpack on at all times. And dont even get me STARTED on pin feathers they're the worst i stggg

[downbythetidepools]

About halfway through this rant my Icarus zoned out and began giggling like an idiot because he imagined being able to smack Janus upside the head with a massive wing. What’s he gonna do, punch back?? It’s a fucking wing

[downbythetidepools]

Points at Icarus. Can I put him in my orange sides competition fic /lh

(I know it might be confusing since then there'd be two Icaruses but y'know what that's funny and I think they should almost start a fight about it /j)

ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN!! I’m honoured :D

[thebloodyduck]

Icarus sanders!

Designs by @creepy-c00kie and @downbythetidepools, love your designs! :D

*Flies too close to the sun*

*Wings melt, he falls from the sky*

[downbythetidepools]

HOLY SHIT!!!!

[downbythetidepools]

What’s the little pink flower pin on Icarus’ jacket mean? :]

It’s a pin for C!Thomas!! Icarus really really cares about C!Thomas is very open and Loud about his love, so he wears a little flower pin for him! He actually wears different accessories to represent those he’s close with (which is only really Remus atm. Icarus you loser), but he’s very proud of C!Thomas, so he puts his pin front and centre!

[downbythetidepools]

Since you asked for questions- where did icarus's scars come from?

HI HELLO!!!

Icarus’s scars are literal emotional scars. I’ve always been fascinated with why the sides look the way they do, and I’ve decided that it’s largely inn part due to how C!Thomas views each concept, with only a handful of traits being physical manifestations of a certain psychological concept. They can seemingly change their form at will, but don’t seem to be permanently affected by injuries or Weird Side Bullshit (tm)

His scars are similar to Virgil’s tempest tongue when he’s panicking or Roman getting all bruised up (bruised ego). Because of his concept (which I may expand on soon hehe), Icarus tends to latch onto moments where C!Thomas has felt cheated, or like he’s been treated unfairly, or like he has to swallow his feelings and ignore them. The scars are simply a consequence of that. Those memories don’t disappear. Those feelings don’t go away just because they’re undesirable. Someone has to take on that burden.

He’s actually quite proud of them. He thinks they make him look badass!