cringe but not free

she/her | 23 | making silly little drawings... and silly little texts... sometimes... | idk how to english :( | currently: sw, tf, val

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my beautiful lovely gorgeous queen and... uh idk some lame loser toothpick boy

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viper and her evil bisexual gang (she’s the most evil and the most bisexual out of them)

sova is about to be kicked out bc he has the nerve to question his leader’s orders

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pleeeease, i need to see SNIPS again in the ahsoka show... let her be silly, i’m begging you on my knees. i really like ahsoka's cosplay as gandalf the white, but please let her smile and be happy for more than like 2 seconds

also. i need GIANT ahsoka. giant ahsoka with giant montrals

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i need to study both of them under a microscope

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hera, please, come home, the kids miss youuuu (ᗒᗩᗕ)

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obi-wan kenobi, the master of trolling

and his poor padawans are his main targets

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tfo jazz and his pretty little wings <333

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miss them and their chaotic dynamic... riots, why did you separate them? they’re literally twins

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when your circle (autobot high command) small but y’all crazy

poor elita is disappointed in her boss and in the path the autobots are following and is trying to do something about it, but her most loyal (and only) follower is an idiot in every aspect except war crimes

...and all her other besties think she's lost her mind :(

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this time i will take more than just your eye, sasha

ugh, i really hope that soon we will get more information on their story, because 7 in-game lines and 10 seconds of shared screentime over almost 6 years is ridiculous (while this exact story should be the main narrative of the character)

anyway. my favorite part of their conflict is that despite the fact that alpha sova is the instigator and the aggressor, it is impossible to tell from the way he talks about his 'brother': "it was you or me", "a fine death", "i must kill my reflection, it's the only way forward"... fella, you wiped out his entire squad and poked out his eye, wtf is this attitude. either we don't know a very important detail about that day (obviously) or he has a really distorted perception of what happened between them. in any case, there's something wrong with both of them. and i adore this

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random cute/funny/interesting sova details

1. both sova and iso seem to enjoy photography! and for both of them their relationship with their grandmother is an important part of their life. i think that's very sweet <3 the boys have common topics to chat about, haha (neon can be added to them on the grandma theme, a trio of beloved grandchildren!!)

2. it's funny for me to think that harbor has some kind of a friendly beef with sova because of his choice of combat weapon, sjjajajja

like this moment from harbor's presentation video, where my guy is like "oh, what a cool team with a bunch of cool dudes with cool guns i have" and sova be like "trickshot, any angle, scanning ahead"

3. skye heard sova calling their team a "pack" and she seemed to like it! my skyesova friendship crumbs <3

with a fact that skye is an actual leader of an actual pack, i think they both should have some cringe obsession with animal metaphors :DD furry besti- AHEM

4. probably everyone knows that all agents have meaningful names. byrne (brimstone's surname) means "descendant of the raven", in the theme of "ragged ravens", his former team, adeyemi (phoenix's surname) means "the crown suits/befits me", the crown is a prominent symbol of his design, and so on, and so on

i really like the meaning of sova's name:

aleksandr means "defender of men", "protector of mankind", "warrior" - what is the most important for sova? protecting his people and his earth, of course

novikov most likely comes from "newcomer" or "new man", buuut i found another very interesting meaning. in old russian the word "novik" meant "new recruit" or "young warrior who had recently entered service" or even specifically "young nobleman who has been enlisted in military service for the first time" - sova is one of the few agents in the protocol who actually has a military background

a promising young warrior, defender of his people. that describes him perfectly. such a beautiful and fitting name!

btw, here's another fact. actually, we don't know his full name! i don't know if this was intentional or if the developers just messed up, but sova must have a patronymic. if he doesn't have one, we have two options: again either the developers fucked up and forgot about it (although, for example, gekko and neon seem to have full names in the tradition of their peoples... why sova doesn't??) or sova has issues with his father and he officially rejected his patronymic (a rare thing to happen). the second option is very unlikely, but it sounds like an interesting headcanon

...or for some reason he's just being a little secretive shit and doesn't tell his co-workers his full name. WHICH IS WEIRD

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unmasked cypher headcanon

tbh, i actually think he's bald, but i just really didn't want to draw it. shame on me, actually, shame on me

thooo!! it would be hella funny if cypher would be like finn from adventure time with his hair, ajajajajjaja

best hair in the protocol, period! sova, breach?? nahhh

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this guy is getting wilder and wilder with every update and i'm here for it. come on, show us your teeth!!

i really enjoy the direction in which he is developing. growing tension and rising stakes in their battles don't force him to change, but reveal a side of him that we've only glimpsed before, a side he kept hidden, not wanting to lose his composure and self-control, traits he's definitely proud of. with every fight, every kill and every loss he allows his grief and anger to take over him, and, surprisingly, it benefits him, turning him into a braver, more steadfast, more reliable soldier, a fierce and formidable opponent. it seems that he works much better when he is driven by emotions, especially negative ones, hm?

by the way, it's funny that both of his call signs (sova and filin) are related to owls. on one hand, it seems to me that with the current development of his character, these creatures are becoming less and less suitable for him. yes, owls are excellent hunters, cold-blooded and deadly, but they are also associated with intelligence, wisdom and insight, and lately this guy has been doing nothing but losing his temper, allowing rage to envelop him and cloud his judgement. he proudly celebrates his bloodthirstiness and lethality, anticipating the punishment of his enemies, their defeat and pain, in the smallest details, moreover. we see him from different angles, a loyal follower, a team leader, a smart, brutal fighter, but all this doesn't really fit with what owls symbolise in most cultures

although, on the other hand, in slavic beliefs, owls are associated not only with wisdom, but also with darkness, grief, loneliness, misfortune, bad news and bad omens, signs of imminent death. these are not the main-main themes, but it seems that all of this resonates with him as a character much more than 'symbol of wisdom', lol. at least with omega sova

thooo, i bet this guy probably didn't think too much about his call sign "man, i don't care what owls are supposed to mean, i just think they're NEAT, i don't give a shit about symbolism"

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quick little legola-- uh, i mean rapunz-- ahem, barbi-- SOVA study

had to overcome myself and try to paint him in a normal colour palette :D

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i like my babushka <3 i like my friends <3 i like photographing <3 vs i will kill you and your entire family and won't even flinch

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suddenly had a few thoughts about omega cypher. we all know that the valorant legion on their earth, in contrast to alpha, is not a secret organisation. obviously, the public knows practically nothing about their work or identities, but the fact remains: they are open and known. stories are written about them, comics are created, they are discussed in the media, they are surrounded by attention, admiration and affection

wouldn't that mean that the whole damn world knows about cypher? the whole world! of course, he only revealed one of his many masks to them, but isn't that already a huge sacrifice on his part? a man who always hides in the shadows, who keeps his secrets like the apple of his eye, at the cost of his comfort and his very life, whose greatest fear is to expose himself, has given up his anonymity, all for the sake of saving his earth

it's... such a brave and noble thing for him to do, isn't it? even if everything that is known about cypher is a lie, even if amir el amari himself is still safely buried under layers of deception and trickery, even if he hates what he had to do with all his soul, he still allowed this to happen. when the legion became public knowledge, he surely had a chance to leave to protect his secrets, but he didn't

although saving the earth is hardly the only reason for this act and certainly not the most important one. each cypher had their own reasons for joining valorant, primarily related to their personal interests, but it warms my heart to think that helping his dying home played a part in him overcoming his fears and stepping out into the light

by the way, speaking about how they are viewed from the outside, it's such a curious concept: they are heroes for their world, so cypher is not a criminal and a killer, but a symbol of hope. knowing that their heroic acts partially consist of attacking and robbing someone else's home, i would like to say that this fits interestingly with his character, but that's not entirely true. cypher never had a habit of pretending to be someone he wasn't. he hides behind lies rather than creates a new, pure image for himself. and he has never been ashamed of the dark deeds he does (but in the case of a couple of other agents, the irony of this situation is truly mesmerising)

i wonder what cypher means to morocco, to rabat. imagine children growing up seeing him as their icon. i also wonder what all those people whose lives he once ruined think about this, haha. overall, it’s a very curious topic to ponder, especially when it comes to agents such as cypher, omen, reyna, fade or yoru

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the spectacular optimus prime's support squad! <333