#darkbird

[alex-ham51]

update from Alexander Darkilton:

@sparkbirdmusic

you may recall Jeremy Ricky’s recent murder due to a cardinal named Fish. (rest in pieces)

you may recall my role as Alexander Darkilton, accompanying Keavy-Jane and Darkbird during their hunts.

I recently retired that role after Jeremy Ricky’s passing and returned to my normal life.

You may think the recent darkbird update to be the last from the Keen-Eyed Searchers.

Maybe that will all change.

I was casually reading Project Hail Mary with my picture of Stephie Nancie when i saw a notification that a package had arrived. Strange. I didn’t order anything..

When i went to the parcel locker to check..it was a package from…Sparkbird? I didn’t order any merch so i was just as confused as you probably are right now reading this.

I took it to my lair (which was pretty dusty due to my recent retirement), and opened it. Could it be just free merch? Could it be- OH MY LORD.

Jeremy Ricky’s dead corpse?

I wasn’t exactly sure what to make of this. Was it a threat? A peace offering? Perhaps a request to continue the Keen-Eyed Searchers alliance??

For now, his remains rest in the bubble wrap, in the mysterious box.

Now we are left with the question- what shall i do with these remains?

Alexander Darkilton out.

[sparkbirdmusic]

final(?) update from darkbird:

you may think it would bring me great pleasure to share this grisly photograph.

in fact, it brings me only tears and heartache.

so much has transpired over the past month, i scarcely know where to begin.

you may recall keavy-jane the bounty-hunter snail, and her oath to recapture jeremy ricky within 30 days.

you may also recall that keavy-jane suffered the loss of one eye when a “peaceful” cow-dragon grazed it right off her head.

while we waited for kj’s eye to regenerate, she and i began attending jeremy ricky’s tech rehearsals for romeo & juliet. not openly, of course. kj disposed of a couple of the show’s crew members and we began doing their jobs in disguise.

kj became the production’s intimacy coordinator, while i assumed the role of jeremy ricky’s wig supervisor. our disguises were wigs, which helped me practice for my fake job.

for the first few days, kj and i left the theater buzzing with excitement over our murderous schemes.

but by opening night, something had shifted.

maybe it was the passion jeremy ricky poured into his portrayal of juliet. maybe it was the way he complimented keavy-jane on her new eye when it finally emerged. maybe it was the fumes from the wig adhesive.

or maybe it was the spirit of pride month, and the power of live theatre.

keavy-jane felt it too. as the first performance ended, i noticed that her old eye and her new one were both glistening with tears.

“maybe it’s time we put this vendetta behind us,” i whispered. keavy-jane nodded, too verklempt to speak.

still in disguise, we approached jeremy ricky in his dressing room and invited him to a celebratory drag brunch the next morning. we figured the best time to reveal our true identities would be after a daytime jamboree of waffles, laughter, and lip sync battles.

“it’s funny,” jeremy ricky said, “you two remind me a little of some folks i’d rather forget, but you’re not like them at all. you really care.” he smiled, though his eyes were as haunted as always. “i was thinking of going to the cast party, but you know what, screw it! i’ll go to bed early so i can hang out with the wig supervisor and intimacy coordinator whose names i don’t even know.”

all the way home, keavy-jane and i couldn’t stop giggling and talking about how wrong we were about jeremy ricky. i also confessed my aspiration to find more work as a wig supervisor, but doing it the old-fashioned way, by applying and interviewing. no more mercenary snail assassins for me.

kj didn’t respond. she’d fallen asleep to the rocking of the subway car, her angelic little head stuck to my shoulder. i carried her to our lair and tucked her into her habitat.

brunch was a roaring success, as far as meals go. the waffles were crisp on the outside, fluffy on the inside. the maple syrup was real, not the cheap stuff.

a bossy drag queen named totalitarian régine commanded me, keavy-jane, and jeremy ricky to participate in a dance-off to the britney spears hit “toxic”. we danced and laughed so hard i thought we might lose our waffles.

but keavy-jane lost something else: her wig. you’d think the mucus would have kept it in place, but no.

i turned to jeremy ricky in horror, expecting to see his eyes even wider than usual. but he showed no surprise over the revelation that keavy-jane wasn’t a bombshell blonde.

shame-faced, i removed my own flowing pink curls.

at this, totalitarian régine kicked us out for stealing her thunder. i can’t say i blame her.

we crossed the street from the bruncherie and entered prospect park. “i figured it out days ago,” jeremy ricky said as we walked. “and honestly… it means so much that you’d go to such great lengths to support my acting career.”

keavy-jane and i exchanged a glance. “yes,” i said. “that was exactly our motivation.”

“i’m just glad we can all be friends now,” keavy-jane said.

“friends for life,” jeremy ricky said warmly.

suddenly a bilateral gynandromorph northern cardinal swooped down.

“i’m fish,” the bird said.

and then the bird named fish eviscerated my friends while i stood screaming and sobbing, powerless to help.

so i guess i’ll be processing that for a while.

fish is still out there. protect your loved ones.

[indigoisaspookyghost]

Should I become darkndigo in the Jeremy Ricky saga and begin (restart? Continue?) the indigo villain arc. or should I remain a defender of light and possums.

[writingnotes520]

This may just be because I'm hyperfixating but the whole Darkbird thing gives Orange!Logan from Sanders Sides vibes so I drew a Darkbird design based on that as well as the Free, Freer, Free design

CW for them holding a knife

The coffee pot floating was because I feel like the anti-Sparkbird (at least the anti-Free, Freer, Free Sparkbird) would be very technological rather than associated with nature so I wanted to make the hostage situation more sci-fi ish but clearly the outfit is still giving gardener so I don't know how well that got across

[huberts-private-counsel-archive]

I think you would be great at Hubert x Marianne! I think Hubert would be really nice to Marianne, because he was so great with Bernadetta!

<----- has only seen the C support for Hubert and Bernadetta

Uhhhhhhhhhh

I do like to think Hubert would try to help Marianne out of her shell, pre timeskip. Saying it's for the sake of Lady Edelgard, but he genuinely thinks Marianne has potential, if she stopped beating herself down so often.

Seeing how much happier Marianne seems post-timeskip is definitely a weight lifted on Hubert, even if he won't say it.

[stilljosiegrossie]

Shuffle/lyrics game:

Write the first 7 songs that come up on shuffle and quote your favorite lyrics from each song 

(I’m supposed to tag people, but how about anybody that wants to do it, and tag me in your answers! I’d love to see what you find beautiful!)

1. Peace On Earth - U2

“They say that what you mock Will surely overtake you And you become a monster So the monster will not break you“

2. Close Call - Rilo Kiley

“Her good looks coulda sailed a ship But her will alone coulda sunk it”

3. Delicate - Damien Rice

“And why’d you sing Hallelujah If it means nothing to you? Why’d you sing with me at all?“

4. Father and Son - (Cat Stevens cover) Johnny Cash, Fiona Apple

“All the times that I cried Keeping all the things I knew inside It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it If they were right, I'd agree But it's them they know not me Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away”

5. Expo ‘86 - Death Cab For Cutie

“Sometimes it seems that I don't have the skills to recollect The twists and turns of plots that took us from lovers to friends I'm thinking I should take that volume back up off the shelf And crack it's weary spine and read to help remind myself”

6. And Darling (This Thing That Breaks My Heart) - Tegan and Sara

“You slip your heart into my chest They both become one of the strongest pairs When strangers come”

7. Poison Arrows - Darkbird

“I don’t know how But we still exist Oh bleeding hearts throwing sucker punches with angry fists”

[galacticknight79-blog]

"Use this next match as a source of encouragement."

-Fumikage Tokoyami

[rockin-robinz]

Tomorrow Birds

Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day: Robins of the Future (Various Continuities)

Today is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day (8 December) and I thought it would be apropos to make a photoset of the possible future Robins. These futuristic Robins ranges from five years into the future (Duke Thomas (Upper Right)) to the 853rd Century (Robin: The Toy Wonder (Center)). Images Used:

Damian Wayne: Damian Wayne: Son of Batman Variant Cover by Tony S. Daniel (Upper Left)

Darkbird: Batman Annual (Vol. 1) #20 by Vincent Giarrano (Upper Middle)

Duke Thomas: Batman and Robin: Futures End by Dustin Nguyen (Upper Right)

Ricky: Batman (Vol. 1) #700 by David Finch (Middle Left)

Robin: Batman: Year 100 #4 by Paul Pope (Middle Right)

Robin: The Toy Wonder: Robin (Vol. 4) #1000000 Cover by Rick Burchett (Center)

Rodney: Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty (Dark Future) by Scott Hampton (Lower Left)

Thomas Wayne: Robin 3000 #1 by P. Craig Russell (Lower Middle)

Tris Plover: Robin Annual (Vol. 4) #5 by Jason Armstrong (Lower Right)