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[who-needs-words]

Question, what is your ao3 as ooohh Jaster fics now im interested and i want to read them. (Hopefully its not somewhere super obvious that ive just missed)

Heyo! My ao3 is who_needs_words. It used to be in my pinned post and honestly i should probably remake that.

I hope you enjoy my fics!

[thatkidwholikesthunderbirds]

A piece I made for the amazing @astranite based off of my wallpaper, I'm very happy that you like it btw.

I definitely had fun with this one, it took a long time and a lot of redraws but it all finally came together.🧡✨

[theelin-sea]

for the wip titles ask game!

I had a very hard time deciding these are all so intriguing!

How NOT to Poison Tea The Sundari Ballet Academy's No Good Very Bad Rehearsal

Bacta and Bleeding Wounds

How NOT to Poison Tea (Kaleidoscope Linage featuring Master Ivory Lorn and Padawan's Magubab Onlor and Kee Stoll)

Magubab does nothing to quell his dramatics by the time he  bursts into his master's room, the hanging beads on his belt clacking to announce his arrival. The familiar and comforting room is lit by the setting sun that bathes the room in an orange light that feels fitting for the occasion of almost being poisoned.  Master Lorn does not turn away from the large vanity mirror as she carefully cuts away the long loose strips of shedding velvet from her antlers, unconcerned at the orange blood dripping in the wake of the shedding velvet. It somehow makes her look regal like the Theelin portraits in the archives collection, Magu almost forgets his lamentations to tell her as much.  The first time Magubab saw antlers shedding he had been young and very concerned for the other theelin initiate but the sight does nothing to slow him as he rushes over to flop down at his masters feet and rest his against her legs as she raises a brow. “What ails you, young padawan?”  “Master, I believe Kee has finally decided to try and kill me.” The confusion in the force is palpable, prompting him to continue. “Kee brought me the worst cup of tea I have ever had, I think it may be an attempt on my life. I’m not sure I can recover from it.” 

The Sundari Ballets No Good Very Bad Rehearsal (Featuring Cel Escar, Amourath Terrick, and the rainbow core of the Sundari Ballet)

The second run of the dance appears to be going smoother, so Amourath, still carefully in the spot the choreographer had placed her to mark, takes her eye off of the moving dancers to look back at Cel. They stand poised to enter the stage, offering a quick wink and an almost smug smile when they notice her staring.  The combination of the two gestures is more than enough to keep Amourath from paying enough attention to notice the blunder happening around her until she finds herself flat on her back. She is familiar with having the wind knocked out of her though the sight of Cel hovering protectively over her, already yelling at the person who had knocked her over, was making it harder to catch her breath. The soft look of concern focused onto Amourath as Cel kneels beside her is a death she is ready to accept, unsure if anyone could ever breathe at such a sight.

Bacta and Bleeding Wounds (Featuring Odala Lesath, CMO Imanes, Aurune Hevil, B1 Medical Droid Sharps and other assorted regulars of the medical squadron)

Odala can feel the patient's arrival in the force before he can even hear the hum of the hover stretcher. It took fine tuning and practice to be able to filter most of the pain and fear of the infirmary out to search for the critical points in the force. The feeling of someone beginning to slip away into the force, but not yet claimed by it.  If Odala thinks about how easy it has become to filter out so much pain and fear he thinks the creature that prowls his mind, the unknowable shape of a force eater, waiting to latch onto everything to spiral, might dig its claws in and create so much guilt that he may never know peace in his focus again.  He doesn’t have time to think about anything other than the patient as the stretcher enters and Odala guides it to a clear spot. They had run out of proper separated bays maybe an hour ago. Odala doesn’t think the patient will complain. She doesn’t look particularly lucid which seems like a mercy considering the way her chest seemed to be caving in on itself.

[squiddokiddo]

Favourite types of shells!!!

Yours, but also Squirts and Gordon’s if you wish! And any beachy headcanons you happen to have.

I do think Gordon would be very fun to hang out with and go looking in rock pools and would answer enthusiastic questions about sea creatures equally enthusiastically!

Ohh difficult question. I love seashells but I live nowhere near a beach so I don't get to see many very often, just muddy rivers and lakes around here. (;^^)

When I was younger, my mum used to scuba dive a lot in her free time and she brought me back some cool shells. One I remember was a shell from a type of snail I think and it had these pinkish stripes and would turn pearlesent in water. I really liked that shell, I think mum still has it.

Gordon's favourite type of seashells are probably anything with an animal inside, he's picking them up on the beach and flipping them over to check for stranded critters that need a little help to get back to the ocean. Gords sometimes picks up empty shells to make jewelry out of, he uses string, leather and other bits and pieces that wash up on shore like sea glass and driftwood. He's also made some décor and ornaments, with help from Virgil, some of which sit around the Tracy household as well as one being gifted to Lady P.

I think Gordon would like cowries as an aesthetic choice like cowrie bangles and bracelets, both he and Squirt would have cowrie and sea glass friendship bracelets.

Squirt would like anything with bright colours or unusual shapes like auger shells and starfish (not actually a shell but I'm including it anyway) they also like looking for fossils along the Tracy Island beaches.

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[pareidoliaonthemove]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last ten people however many you want who reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals & followers!! <3

@astranite Sorry this took so long to get to, but this required an actual keyboard to answer, and some thought.

So here, in no particular order, is five things that make me happy:

1 Coffee. I'll put my hand up and admit that, yes, it is an addiction, but it also, genuinely makes me happy. One of my favourite things in the world is spending a morning curled up on the lounge in my pjs and blankets, reading with a coffee, or two, or three ...

2 Reading. I love the written word. I'm not terribly fussy, and read fiction and non fiction equally. I am known at the local library, and book stores. Ebooks are practical, but paper is better. If you get it, you get it, don't ask me explain why it is. Also: All Hail FanFiction Writers! You're saving both my sanity and my bank account!

3 Learning. Probably sounds lame, but I love learning new things, and again, I'm not all that fussy. It's rarely formal education. I favour reading on a subject, and have been known to randomly email strangers to ask questions. Sometimes I even get an answer. At the moment, it's 'human factors' and railway engineering, because I've been going through the reports on train crashes for work, and want to make sure I'm understanding what they're saying. Who knows what it'll be next?

4 Making things. Embroidery, jewellery, knitting, woodwork, sewing, whatever it is that takes my fancy. Busy hands is happy hands. Being good isn't required. Doing is. (Housework isn't making things. Housework does not make me happy.)

5 And this one was hard, but: My Job. Don't get me wrong, most days I'll bitch and whine and moan and complain. Too hot, too cold, too wet, too much dust, flies, stupid hours, long hours, stupid people, creepy gunzels. But ... I drive TRAINS. And that is cool. And every so often, I get a reminder of that fact. People waving at you, the sheer delight when you blow the whistle for them. The way total strangers eyes light up when you're talking and they ask what your job is. Yeah, I love my job.

Thanks for the opportunity to talk about these things!

[squiddokiddo]

Greetings!!! I just wanted to say how much I love your art! The way you draw Gordon is my favourite. Your style is amazing and unique and I particularly love the colours you use, they're so colourful, and all the little details you put into it.

Thank you for all the aro & ace positivity too, I've needed to hear it lately.

I really enjoyed the fic you wrote, and if it is something you enjoyed and want to do more of, I would be very happy to hear more adventures of Gords and Squirt.

I like seeing whatever you make, whether its only Gords, or your ocs, or even just stuff that reminded you of them. And ocean stuff, the ocean is awesome. It's all cool, so whatever makes you happy!

I've kinda been lurking around the thunderfam for a while, hi. Your art is comforting and it makes me smile, so here I am to say thank you. Because, yeah, making any sort of art is hard, and you are amazing and deserve to hear it!

I feel like I should have a question, because this is an ask, so: What is your favourite sea creature, aside from Gordy, of course? :)

--AstraNite (I really like cuttlefish, they're neat!)

Hi, thanks so much for dropping me this ask. It was a really sweet surprise, I definitely needed a pick-me-up.💛💛

I'm going to try and address everything you've mentioned, give me a minute lol.

I'm really glad that you like my drawings, I haven't been getting a lot of comments on them atm so I'm really grateful for your feedback. It's interesting that you find my art comforting since a lot of the things I make are for my comfort too. I've said this before but I had a really rough childhood and TAG and Gordon have brought me a lot of comfort during some really tough times.

I'm happy to hear that my drawings are bringing other people comfort too.💛💛

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Ace and aro positivity: yes I'm also aroace and there's nothing but love for fellow aros, aces and aroaces on this blog.

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I'm so happy that you liked my fic, it was my first so I was really nervous and ocs can be very hit or miss but the fandom seems to really like Squirt which makes me so so happy.

I have been trying out more writing but none of it came out anywhere near as good as the first one. I do hope to post more Bigsquid and Squidkid adventures and hopefully expand on their relationship and Squirt's backstory (which is still an ongoing mystery to me) but I'd also like to try making things that aren't OC centered because I know it's not something everyone enjoys lol.

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Ok onto sea creatures, cuttle fish are very interesting, the way that they change colour to camouflage and intimidate other animals. Yeah they're pretty cool.

My favourite sea creature (apart from Gords) uhhhh I like sharks, no particular species, they're all cool. I think sharks have a really bad reputation when they're actually quite chill. They don't tend to attack humans, their eyesight is bad and they often mistake us for seals and other animals that they eat.

As Gordon would say: They're sea puppies.🦈🩵

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Thanks for dropping into my askbox, I hope my answers were ok. If you ever want to chat or anything my pms and inbox are always open.💛💛

[squiddokiddo]

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

🍦 SOFT ICE CREAM — what is/are your oc's favorite ice cream flavor(s)?

🩹 ADHESIVE BANDAGE — does your oc have any physical and/or mental disabilities?

Any of these for Squirt if you wish :)

Hey, thanks for asking.💛💛

💯 ･Share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

1 ･Squirt is constantly covered in plasters/bandaids because they're constantly having accidents. If they can hurt themselves on something, they will.

At some point nearly every day in the Tracy household you can usually hear:

"Ouch."

"..."

"Squirt, what did you do?"

If they don't express their pain it's definitely more than just a little scratch, silence is always suspicious.

2 ･Squirt hates cucumber, they think it's icky and absolutely refuse to eat it. There have actually been arguments over Squirt not eating veggies until there was a realisation that they're only refusing to eat things that they don't like.

As soon as the family stocked up on more food they liked, getting Squirt to eat their vegetables just wasn't a problem anymore.

3 ･ Under Scott and Grandma's rules, Squirt isn't actually allowed to have caffeine but Gordon sneaks iced coffees and frappés to them anyway. Gordon thinks no one else knows but Virgil is actually well aware of what's going on and also sometimes buys Squirt a secret coffee as a little treat.

🍦 ･What is/are your oc's favourite ice cream flavours?

Pretty much anything with lots of fruity sauce, fizzy dip and popping candy but they usually like bubblegum, coffee and vanilla flavours. Not that they get to have anything other than just plain vanilla very often because all the sugar makes them hyper.

🩹 ･Does your oc have any physical and/or mental disabilities?

The Tracys suspect that Squirt might be autistic, they show a lot of signs but with their abusive upbringing it's hard to tell because a lot of the autistic traits they have could just be symptoms of the trauma they've suffered. It could be a mixture of both.

Personally, Squirt possibly being autistic is also a story element I'm working out so at this point I'm leaving it vague.

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[lying4sport]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

A sketchy gift for @astranite and their wonderful fic 💙🧡

Pls read and enjoy their work because they deserve all the love and comments :)