sunshine challenge #1 & #2

[deerna]

i'm not great with color prompts but i always loved color coded characters so i decided to do a little icon spam of my fave characters and maybe a little rambling, idek.

red

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( prompt #1: red )

i'm not allowed to like red. it was a childish reluctance at first and then someone explicitly forbid me to wear it when she was in the room. manipulation is a very nasty, subtle, insidious thing. it taught me i wasn't allowed to pick a favorite, if someone else had picked it first. despite that, i still love it. i think it's a very edgy color, paired with black. red is blood, sacrifice, pain. it's the color of a flashy exterior to hide behind. the perfect color for armor.

my icon choices are edward elric because of the coat but also because of the blood/pain/sacrifice thing; dave striderbecause of his text color and the time aspect, but also because he's definitely one of those who uses red to hide behind; karkat vantas because of his blood and because of his secretive shtick, but also because red is the edgiest color on alternia; gabriel reyes because red and black is the color of blackwatch (blood, pain, sacrifice), because he's an edgelord and because he definitely has something to hide; keith and tony stark because of their armor but also because they both have the pain/blood/sacrifice/things to hide thing going.

 

orange

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( prompt #2: orange )

i never thought about orange, besides its link with dirk strider. i guess it's the color of summer but in that way that isn't welcome anymore. the sticky heat of july and august. according to the pride flag, orange is meant to be about healing, which i find very ironic since red in my mind means pain and hurt. i guess it's the next step.

my icon choices are dirk strider because of his text, zenyatta because of his robes but also because of his connection to healing, and tobio kageyama because of his uniform.

Comments

[enemytosleep]

Oh no the Keef is tempting me! xD The curse of only 15 icon slots

[deerna]

same dfkjgh i wasn't planning to get new icons (especially since my new theme doesn't show them in the homepage) but i accidentally made some very relatable ones and now im here like - i played myself.

[bemused_writer]

I love the sheer variety happening here!

[deerna]

i usually prefer planning out things but im so scatter-brained bc of rl lately that i just said 'fuck it' and went for it djkdfgh i have eclectic tastes, i might as well show it XD
thank you again <3

[stellar_dust]

excellent karkat wearing dave's pajamas. :D honestly, best thing about HS2.

[deerna]

i legitimately yelled when i saw they were 1. sharing the bed 2. swapping pajams 3. definitely fucking. i crack-shipped them before there was a whisper of it in canon and im still stunned about it dkfjgh

(speaking of which, i would've shared my old davekat fic in that post you wrote but it's in ITALIAN so XDD)

[stellar_dust]

Same! Remember when johnkat was the big ship? haha.

[deerna]

*oh man* i remember indeed. (i was actually more into johndave but i must admit im a multishipper at heart so i basically slurped everything down XD)

[stellar_dust]

Me too, actually, though I've settled firmly into Davekat in my old age ...

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[oldtoadwoman]

it taught me i wasn't allowed to pick a favorite

Ouch. ❤️hugs❤️

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[deerna]

i learned early on that you don't want to fight with the little girl who picked red first because it usually means she's a fierce little bitch and she will make you regret it.

its worse when the little girl is all grown up. but im working through it <3

[cornerofmadness]

Love the icons

[deerna]

thank you!

[impala_chick]

Really great use of the prompt colors!

[deerna]

thank you! <3