#galactonium

This year, we ran our inaugural Stellar Firma Holiday Exchange (a festive event where fans create fanworks for each other- for more information, check out this post here: https://theallknowingowl.tumblr.com/post/662952532751056896/hello-and-welcome-to-the-inaugural-stellar-firma). We genuinely didn’t expect as many people to sign up as did, as this was the first year of an event for a relatively small fandom. Still, somehow, 16 of you signed up and produced 18 fanworks of fanfic and fanart alike, all to spread the love of our little podcast in our lovely fandom.

Today we’re going to take a moment to list all the marvellous works created for this exchange so we can give them the love they deserve! Click here for the link to the Ao3 collection (https://archiveofourown.org/collections/SFHE21), or read below for individual links to each one :)

However, before we begin, I’d like to take a moment to say thank you. At the start of this event, it was just me (Mod Tako) and my laptop. Of course, I couldn’t have done all of this without coding help from Mod Franzi (@franzis-frantic thoughts whose first event with the team is coming up soon!), and the beautiful art above from Coot (@ulyssesthescribe , otherwise unaffiliated with the mod team), but otherwise it was just me, my spreadsheets, and my burning need to see more engagement and content for and from the Stellar Firma fandom.

And my goodness, you delivered.

I couldn’t have possibly done this without everyone involved being as wonderful as they were to work with, so a sincerely-felt thank you from the heart, from your loving Tako. Now, only a few months later, our mod team has expanded to four people (and hopefully more soon!), and we’re working on a Discord server dedicated to our events (next up: Stellar Firma Anniversary Prompt Month!). Thank you, everyone who has taken part.

And now on to the fanworks! Enjoy, and may the Board preserve and keep you :)

The Trial of... by HavenJunde (@havenjunde) for general_body_pain (G)

So, you want to know the story of how I, Trexel Geistman, worked things out with Bathin? Well, let me set the stage: I.M.O.G.E.N. as judge, Harry from IT as the bailiff, I (Trexel Geistman) representing myself as prosecuting lawyer, and David 7 representing Bathin as the defending lawyer...

David's Place First Annual Holiday Hangout by KiroAngel (@kiroangelica) for arazmis (G)

David 7 spends their first Stellar Firma Holiday running and defending their Holiday Hangout Party from their hapless boss.

I.M.O.G.E.N's holiday by general_body_pain for TheAllKnowingOwl (G)

After the fall of Stellar Firmer I.M.O.G.E.N finally had time for that well deserved holiday

Disregard (Album Cover) by rcbirdy (@rcbirdy) for Almu_de_Nada (T)

IMOGEN is turning security footage of Trexel into album covers again...    

An Entirely Uneventful Trip to Space Costco That Definitely Didn't End In Someone Almost Losing Their Cool Sunglasses, Bro by thetasteofsunshine (@thetasteofsunshineonyourtongue) for KiroAngel (G)

David 7 and Trexel’s awkward accidental awful family/ex-coworkers reunion post-series, right in the middle of getting groceries

David's Fact Corner - ep 8: Catenaries by Almu_de_Nada (@disclaimer-perfomatico) for ocean_of_ink (G)

David 7 records an audio blog about the most efficient kind of free-standing structure

A look at Hartro's crafting by Almu_de_Nada for ocean_of_ink (G)

Hartro paints a chicken figurine.

David's Place nouveau poster by Almu_de_Nada for ocean_of_ink (G)

little profits by darklingundersky for angelbloggerwithabox (T)

--REVIEW--

LOCATION: David's Place [formerly Office #8945123125] REVIEWER: Trexel Geistman (Citizen Employee #362884; Department Unknown) COMMENTS: It's awful! Possibly the worst place I have ever been, and I'm Trexel Geistman, so I've been a lot of places. They don't even serve alcohol. I mean, really?

A Meet-Cute at David's Place by arazmis for thetasteofsunshine (G)

Holiday gift exchange for thetasteofsunshine! I hope you like it and have a wonderful holiday season <3

we find many simple beauties by TheAllKnowingOwl (@theallknowingowlagain) for Franzis_Frantic_Thoughts (G)

Hello and welcome to- Daaaavid’s Fact Coooorner! Where I, David, give you the facts! The only audio blog run by a clone- but not for long! Um. Hopefully.

IMOGEN and I are very grateful for the submissions everyone sent us, and we’re definitely glad we took your advice. This month’s planet we visited on the- well, a lot of you suggested it to us, so here’s today’s episode on Mossvook!

Best of Frenemies by Pezzythecat (@pezilla) for SchmokSchmok (T)

Trexel found something in the archives called 'They Pipes' David 7 doesn't know what he expected... about as much plot as a standard episode of stellar firma really. with just as much spelling mistakes as you would normally expect ... but now with pictures.

SQUID DATE DETECTED. PEGGING INITIATED. by Franzis_Frantic_Thoughts (@franzis-frantic-thoughts) for Pezzythecat (T)

Trexel attempts to tell David about a date he's had with a squid in the Cosmic Lounge. He then proceeds to peg David. Except this is Stellar Firma so not the way you expect. 

I'm a little drunk on you and high on summertime by angelbloggerwithabox (@angelbloggerwithabox) for darklingundersky (G)

Bathin plans a perfect beach day for David 7, giving them all the love and appreciation they deserve. 

Time Bots by ocean_of_ink (@scienceandstarlight) for HummelArt (G)

Request from Velorina Bloodgood, from Internal Affairs, Second Vice President of the Entertainment As An Opiate For The Masses division. She wants us to write a pilot for a holovid show. 

Art! In space! by Eituoe (@eituoe) for rcbirdy (G)

All across the known universe, travelers. And planets.

Also Trexel somewhere but nobody wants to think about that.

New World, Old Ghosts by HummelArt (@HummelArt) for Eituoe (G)

David 7 and I.M.O.G.E.N. arrive on Galactonium to start a new life, but they carry their memories with them.

purely therapeutic steps taken (no underlying intention) by timstokerlovebot (SchmokSchmok) for HavenJunde (G)

Trexel is in a state (probably excited, possibly agitated, David-7's not sure), David-7 takes matters* into David-7's own hands.

*Trexel, Trexel is the matter

i am coming up with sf oc’s at rapid speeds... the last two are Ginny the guppy and Rad the relaxologist

[ID: Several digital doodles of Stellar Firma OC’s.

Image 1: Fullbodies of Jen 28 and Casey 19, two thin clones with large, alien-like ears, pink high heels and similar onesies. Jen 28 is yellow with pink dreadlocks in a ponytail and a cyan onesie, standing up straight with a neutral expression. Casey 19 has light brown skin with several irritated patches, straight black hair in a ponytail with a pink bow, and a green onesie, standing on wobbly legs and gripping one arm, looking deeply stressed.

Image 2: A short blue fish-like Galactonian with dark blue curly hair, pink claws, fin-like ears and a blue tail fin with pink and orange tips. They are wearing a pink tank top, orange sweatpants and braces, and are smiling excitedly while doing peace signs.

Image 3: A thin, axolotl-like galactonian with straight hair in a ponytail, wearing a long skirt and labcoat with the nonbinary flag on it, holding up a smoking vial with a lazy smile. End ID]

galactonian oc’s are the only thing keeping this fandom together actually <3 Cimarine (she/they/reef) belongs to @gayvid7​ ! go check zir out ze’s so cool

[ID: Several digital drawings of Cimarine, a fish-like person wearing a suit.

Image 1 & 2: A full illustration of them with one hand on their hip and the other holding their phone, which she is looking away from in annoyance. Reef has green skin and fluffy dark purple hair, fin-like ears, gills, and webbed hands with claws. Their suit consists of a light blue pinstripe suit with diamond-shaped buttons and a cyan diamond pattern on the lapels, purple pinstripe trousers, a blue belt and a blue tie. On one ear, they have a diamond-shaped dangly earring in the lesbian flag colours. The background is a starry light-pink to light-cyan gradient, and there is an additional zoom-in on her face.

Image 3: A doodle of Cimarine holding one hand to her mouth with an amused smile, responding to a speech bubble that says “*lesbian joke*” with “*sensible chuckle*”.

Image 4: A doodle of Cimarine typing at a computer with a stressed and aggravated expression, with slit pupils. From offscreen, Bathin says “hey cimarine do you like weed”, to which she replies “shut the FUCK up Bathin im inserting WordArt”. The words Fuck, Bathin and WordArt are all in various microsoft word art fonts. End ID]

introducing my beloved galactonian oc Loray (she/they/fin), they’re a cousin of Bathin and the head of orbital defence! i made fin a casual outfit and also a war uniform :)

[ID: Three versions of the same digital coloured illustration of Loray, a fish-like person with dark blue skin, lime green eyes, fin-like ears, sharp green teeth, freckles, several faded scars and buzz-cut hair with a pink fin-like mohawk that goes down her back and ends in a pink eel-like tail.

Image 1: Loray standing in a lime green bikini, with a wide, cocky smile that shows their teeth. There is lime green text next to her that reads “Loray”, and the background is dark teal.

Image 2: Loray in the same bikini, but with translucent pieces of green fabric draped around her shoulders and waist, as well as several ear piercings, bracelets, and a necklace, all in light pink.

Image 3: Loray in a dark blue sleeveless onesie with a logo of a blue star with a cyan ring around it, a long-sleeve silvery white undershirt, and two white belts with blue buckles. The onesie collar is popped and the zip is partially pulled down. End ID]

i also really like the idea of galactonian formalwear being very fairytale-esque with the whole feudal thing going on so i drew david in some very gendery galactonian clothing :3

since fishy galactonium is such a popular headcanon, i love the idea of the main fashion being beach/summer clothes, and also being generally inspired by a lot of contemporary fashion trends from 90′s-current, like reclaiming earth fashion but making it Better TM