Coin Flip: A Ship Name Study

Coin Flip: A Ship Name Study

Otherwise known as: yes, hi, I am coping with the end of Searcher by focusing on this hot mess of a couple. I did one for Radiant Words, might as well again!

So, first off, I can't take credit for the name! That goes to my friend @amethystunarmed, a genius as always. I just wanna dive a little deeper into it, to convince others to start using it! So, why Coin Flip? Well, obviously it pulls on their titular song Two Sides of a Coin (god, I still think it's beautiful that the entire chat started shipping them at that.) The fascinating thing about Dakkar and Kal is that they truly seem to be just that! Two sides of the same coin! Neither of them can ever fully keep a victory, always struggling against each other. A flip of a coin - who wins? Who loses? Will there ever be an end to this fight, this relationship, that clearly has them both in a grip? They always fight to a draw, it's cosmic law.

What would you do without me, I'm not certain...

It's pretty clear that Kal respects Dakkar in a way he hasn't done so for any other character so far - Samuel, and AJ, for example. He spends time actually talking to Dakkar, negotiating with him. He doesn't see it as a joke, like Dakkar is beneath him. He didn't do that for anyone else!

Don't make this harder than it needs to be, Dak!

Everyone else has been boring.

Dakkar is the main event.

Meanwhile, Dakkar has kept on moving. He never even says Kal's name throughout the whole show. Mobilis in mobili, right? But he also knows where to dig when he needs to, insulting Kal with ease. Dakkar is furious here, practically brimming with rage. Kal brings out a side of him we haven't seen yet, and it's delightful to listen to.

I will stand, and you will falter! I'll be the rock of Gibraltar!

I will float and watch you sink, and it eats you up inside!

What is so interesting about this ship is the amount of history we can tell is there from a song that is only a couple of minutes! There's bitterness, there's knowing - these two go right for the THROAT when it comes to each other. Kal's jabs at Dakkar are a lot more personal than his to Sia ever were. (He went STRAIGHT for the daddy issues with Dakkar, damn.) Their strikes aim true, while they get in each other's heads.

They know each other like their other half--because maybe they were, once. Like the palm of their hand. Like the other side of a coin.

How well did they know each other?

Two sides of a coin.

The coin flips. Which side will it turn up on this time?

[Seducing You] I made pasta.

“Forever, Taavi…” 🏝️ it was a haunting debut for the newest character in the Pulp saga. Welcome to the fold, Sam! 📻

BEHOLD! a ✨️Samuel✨️

.... a few Samuels

I've been wanting to do fan art for Pulp Musicals for AGES because I love literally everything about it, so here I am, learning how to draw one Samuel Stratford. I drew more than what you see here, but these are my favorites. Very excited to do more & nail down the way I wanna draw him!

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Thanks @moonlitkilljoy for getting me into Pulp Musicals! I heard this lyric and had to draw it. ( I know her hair is supposed to be in a bun, but I misinterpreted the portrait asjkdhfg)

"On my head, there's a crown

of constellations, spinning round

Yes, we will persist

'Cause we are more than this."

-Rose Stratford

Once you get a look, you cannot un-see ⚓️

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alright, last one! the newest episode of Pulp Musicals has been released on spotify (give it a listen!!!! it's so good omfg) so here's some hopefully-not-too-spoiler-y art for The Ghosts Of Antikythera. details are, you guessed it, under the cut. 😆🖤