#Days of Absolute Darkness

[radiance1]

The Ghost Prince does not, under any circumstances, answer a summoning after it was made aware he existed. None know why he doesn't, some are bitter and hateful of it while others are thankful that it's one less bloodthirsty manic to deal with.

The Ghost King meanwhile hasn't been seen in multiple eons, so the magical community who wanted to use his power just, stopped, trying to summon him for a long time.

Most magic users knew that the Ghost Prince never answered a summons, and that the Ghost King just dropped off the radar.

So could you really blame Constantine for not taking it that seriously when some wannabe hotshot cultists try to summon both of them in the middle of a city to wreak havoc?

He'll give them some credit though. Points for doing it in broad daylight and actually being somewhat of a threat with not relying on just summoning the Ghost royalty and figuring out what to do from there.

The area they were in was somewhat destroyed, then the cultists manage to complete the summoning circle to summon both of them and Constantine, well he just light up a smoke.

It isn't going to work anyways so what does it matter?

...

Is that a fucking Ice cream truck he hears? Who the fuck is driving an Ice cream truck while their city is being under attacked with cultists trying to summon eldritch ghost royalty?

He'll give them some points for dedication, though.

Then he looked at the cultists and nearly had a goddamn heart attack to see that the summoning circle is actually fucking lighting up and working.

The Bat is so gonna give him a headache over this.

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Danny Phantom, crown prince of the Infinite Realms. Does not answer summons.

For one, it is annoying as shit, whenever someone interrupts his day just to ask for infinite power (that he can't give), world domination (that he won't do) or infinite riches (which he also can't do).

It just got annoying being summoned all the time so. One day he just, well, no. And hey, it worked out well enough for him to not continue doing it.

Then he also learned that Pariah Dark is basically the same, after he got out the coffin and stopped trying to take over the world for whatever reason. He was actually a pretty swell guy!

He was just with him too, with him being not so swell at the time for making him go through lessons about Ghost etiquette, rules, stuff that's expected of him as the crown prince.

And don't even get him started on the engagement and marriage proposals.

Overall, he just wanted to find an excuse to leave. Then he felt the familiar suggestive pull of a summoning and, instead of rejection as he usually does in a second. He thought for a bit if he wanted to go with that or crown prince duties.

It was tempting, but dealing with cultists seemed worse than this so he was about to reject.

At least, before he heard an Ice cream truck playing in the background. He doesn't even know how the hell that popped up through the pull but by the gods has it been a while since he's had Ice cream.

So he answers and is gone with a pop.

Pariah Dark just stares for a good second or two, before breathing out and deciding to also answer. Fright Knight is just there, off to side, questioning what he should do now.

Danny wastes no time with the cultists on the other side and in fact, he pushes them out of the way and goes diving for that Ice cream truck he hears. Only to realize he doesn't, have any money on him.

Fuck.

Pariah Dark is less inclined to follow the rules imposed by humans like money, but he does know it can be important. Once in a while. Not that often, but it has its times.

So when he sees his adopted son being sad over being unable to pay for some kind of human delicacy, he digs around in his hair (yes, his hair.) and pulls out some money and puts it on the counter as payment.

The man inside the tiny vehicle had shrieked before getting what they wanted. Which is good. Fear is a good motivator, Pariah thinks.

Unknown to him, it wasn't out of fear (Well, mostly) but because the Ghost King placed down a coin made of pure, solid gold on his counter.

The two then go about their business in the human realm, completely forgetting about the fact that they were summoned here for something.

Constantine is both relieved and about to have an aneurysm at seeing Infinite Realm royalty only answering a summon because of Ice cream.

#dc x dp #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #pariah dark #john constantine #The Ghost King and Prince are known to not answer summons #both for different reasons #But Danny instantly answers one because he heard an Ice cream truck in the background #Pariah followed because he at first wanted to get Danny back to Crown Prince lessons #Only to be swayed by his puppies eyes and the absolute delicacy that is Ice cream #Pariah Dark is stuck in the medieval times in terms of money #He would literally pull out gold coins and pay for shit that way #He is rich rich #Like basically a neigh infinite supply of gold coins he keeps in his hair #Don't ask him how just ghost logic #They then spent the day going around to Ice cream shops and taste testing them #Poor Fright Knight is left alone wondering what he should do #Word spreads in the magical community about this and everyone tries it out #It does work #But if there isn't actually Ice cream you'll have an angry Ghost Prince to deal with #And an angry Ghost Prince leads to a less than cordial Ghost King

[cats-obsessions]

I’m a big fan of Durge having some more animalistic qualities, regardless of race, like fangs meant to tear or a real, inhuman growl. But ya know what? I’m also a big fan of this vicious Bhaalspawn being able to purr. Maybe not like a house cat. Maybe it’s a deep, rumbling sound that comes out with a contented sigh. Either way, it’s a shock to Durge when one day it happens for the first time, the Chosen of Bane’s fingers carding through their hair.

What could That Sound possibly be? It wasn’t a growl. But if it wasn’t a growl, what could it be? The Dark Urge is no house cat! But Gortash knows exactly what it was, and he makes it his life’s goal to make it happen more often. He’ll tease Durge at first, justify his efforts to himself by claiming to exemplify how he has subdued even the Bhaalspawn. In reality, it means Gortash spends copious amounts of time pampering and doting on Durge until it becomes too obvious he just thinks it’s cute, a proud smile and a bit of color coming to his plaid cheeks every time he succeeds.

#Obviously if any guards witnessed this they would be absolutely horrifed bc that’s not a Humanoid sound #ngl Dragonborn Durge purring sounds adorable #I’m not normally a huge fan of the purr trope but I make exceptions #for psychopaths #also I do think after Gortash gets done with his religious crisis he’s fairly outspoken about his feelings for Durge #so cue him letting the invasive thoughts win and calling Durge adorable one day #durge hate loves it #durgetash is a dark comedy #durgetash #durge #the dark urge #enver gortash #goretash #gortash #cats thoughts

[rhythmmortis]

#kingdom hearts #kh #kairi #namine #kh2 #KHKairiDay2024 #I LIED!!!!!! I TRICKED YOU ALL!!!!!! IM POSTING 2 GIFSETS FOR KAIRI DAY AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME #hopefully the 3d effects should work on both dark and light mode (or regardless of mode) #i did a sora and roxas version of this a while back and someone mentioned it was different on dark mode so hopefully this fixes that #also sorry for the absolute GARBAGE compression on mobile im finding it so hard to get good quality gifs

[summonerj]

You know those posts about Danny owning John Constantine’s soul for one reason or another, why just Constantine, why not have several people in the Justice League somehow in debt because of something or someone in their past; like someone’s mom selling their first born; or a stupid dare they did in their childhood; maybe someone asking for protection for their children in their last breath; maybe they got caught up in a ritual; maybe an old generational curse; or an old enemy

somehow this happens to the vast majority of heroes, villains, vigilantes, anti-heroes and supernatural. The only person confirmed to not be indebted to the Ghost King by the Ghost King himself is Batman

#danny fenton #bruce wayne #john constantine #dc x dp #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #justice leauge dark #justice league #ghost king danny #Yes the one about the mom is about Jason. I absolutely believe she sold his soul just as much as Constantine did his #jason todd #red hood #danny phantom #Danny has the largest network ever. And he didn’t even have to do much! #Everyone is freaking out when Danny decided to visit the Watchtower one day and show the receipts #Danny doesn’t want to return them #He can’t even imagine the amount of paper work he would need to do #And how some of these contracts he has can prevent others from fully claiming their soul #No one is happy about this and the state of their soul #Danny showed them everything else they are in contract and why he should have full ownership because the alt is worse #No one knows how Batman doesn’t have a debt to anyone #When asked he responds with “I’m Batman” and leaves #This just fuels the theories that he’s something Other and he knows this

[front-facing-pokemon]

#galarian slowpoke #picture this. this was the first pokémon revealed from the new DLCs for pokémon sword and shield. the pokémon company #up until this point‚ has never done DLC for a pokémon game before. you‚ having been jaded by shitty DLCs for other games in the past #now have a distaste for the phrase‚ and imagine this can't be good. then‚ in their teaser for the new DLC‚ they add a little event #into the game where they reveal one of the new pokémon that is going to be added in the DLC #and it is a galarian form. that is identical to the original pokémon. but with a yellow head #are you imagining it. now how fucking disappointed are you. how little faith do you have in that DLC that it's going to be as good as it wa #for the most part‚ the pokémon company has demonstrated that they do absolutely excellent DLCs. proper expansions #basically an entire other game on top of the game you already have. and they typically take up the release cycle of a full game #scarlet/violet's especially. WONDERFUL dlc. i never really properly finished the crown tundra just because i was so late to the party #because i avoided buying the dlc for so long because of this experience that i've just described to you #that by the time i bought it and played it‚ it was just because SV had been announced and i wanted more pokémon to tide me over #and i never finished it. one of these days‚ i'd like to go back and finish it‚ but i'm playing through pokémon xd gale of darkness right no #and i prefer to play. one game at a time. and i don't know when i'll ever really get back to it #or if i'll ever get back to it! 'cause without resetting my save file all the way i'll just have to Remember what it is that already happen #which i'm. notoriously bad at when it comes to coming back to games that i haven't played in a while #plus i know sv is like shitty performance or whatever but the movement in that game is so much better #it feels so much more freeing than going back to gen 8 where you can still just. run. and that's it #i know nobody likes scarlet/violet but i still. like it. performance aside. like yes the performance is terrible but i still had a great #time with it. i just praised its DLC for fuck's sake! its DLC was fuckin wonderful! it has kieran in it so it like can't be bad

[goldensunset]

‘It started to consume me, until one day, I realized the darkness I thought was theirs was in truth mine.’

happy first anniversary to the high i’m still chasing!!!

#YIPPEE!!!! #khdr #baldr #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts dark road #dark road #kh baldr #baldr kh #i’ve been working on this on and off since uhh sometime in the spring #wasn’t even meant to be my anniversary tribute but. here it is!!! #anyways. it’s been a wonderful past year with you all #i hope we keep making the same posts forever and ever #the absolutely RABID state of the fandom for several days after the fact. unparalleled #❤️🔪 #mine: kh #my art

[awesomelyanon]

Very Serious Dai Dark Fanart

Context under the cut

#dai dark #art #my art #fanart #the penguins of madagascar #absolutely hilarious move on the author's part #how could I not

[babyblueetbaemonster]

Fellow sexymen in the santurary.

#skyrim sexyman poll #tes #skyrim #dark brotherhood #cicero #spectral assassin #lucien lachance #nazir #astrid #thank you isq for making this poll #this is the most fun I have this year #I was having some bad days and serious art block #this poll is such a fun game and so inspiring too #I absolutely love it thank you ❤

[sky-kiss]

R/T: Linger

A/N: Trying to find my way back into the Raphael headspace. Also. Feeling stupidly soft. So. Making Soft Raphael all your burden.

RAPHAEL x TAV: LINGER

The devil sleeps. The devil dreams. 

Raphael twitches in her hold, tweaking his nose against the rise of her breast. No sliver of light exists between them, grip bruising, hips pressing her further into the mattress. There's no pain, not yet, her body still pliant around his softening length, sweat-slick, spent. Joi strokes his hair, wrapping her arms and legs around him. His breathing evens out and then slows. 

Some nights, flush with vanity and victory in equal measure, she thinks she might protect him. The imaginings are foolish and girlish, but they soothe Joi's ego—he is hers as much as she is his, and it galls her to watch her possessions suffer. 

But that is an understatement and a lie, isn't it? It's not galling—it's maddening, leaving her blood singing in her veins.

Teeth press against her breast—an unsubtle warning to desist. Her fingers have curled in the cambion's hair, tugging to the point of pain. Raphael's voice is muffled against her skin, nakedly irritated. "Take your leave if you intend to maim me, Duchess." 

She scoffs. "You exaggerate." 

His tail arches up to flick the inside of her wrist. "And you inconvenience, wretched little beast."

Joi rolls her eyes, pressing her lips to the crown of his skull. "Perhaps I am not yet tired." 

He doesn't bother to lift his head, only shifts his weight over her more fully, driving the air from her lungs. "I recommend you find Haarlep." 

"You'll have to let me up, my love." 

She feels him smirk. "Be industrious, Duchess."

He's too heavy for her to be industrious—petty and simplistic as it is, it's his favorite trick. He's too much for her (or Haarlep) to lift with any ease. The succubus sighs. Magic would serve as a solution, but…oh, the effort. It's easier to indulge him. The fact that he's undoubtedly counting on her coming to this realization doesn't change her mind. Joi grumbles and returns to stroking his back. 

Voice still muffled, Raphael says, "Good girl." 

She fists a hand in his hair and yanks.

#bg3 raphael #raphael bg3 #raphael x tav #raphael x dark urge #oc: joi #my writing #absolute silliness #and not at all what i set out to write #but that's fine #one day i'll get back into this

[kirkhammr]

Recently had the ABSOLUTE JOY of commissioning my Durge from the incredible michfoolery on twitter!!!!!! ( I HAVE BEEN LOSING MY MIND OVER THIS IMAGE. ← THIS CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED HAHAA 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏 )

#i dont believe ive ever shown my durge on here but I NEEEDED TO SHOW OFF THIS COMMISSION....ITS BEEN MAKING ME SMILE ALL DAY HAHA!! 😭🙏❣️❣️ #it's just absolutely stunning..😭😭 they did a beyond fantastic job of capturing the otherness of my Durge in this-GH ITS SOOO GOOD GAH🤸 #gotta hang this on my wall or smth LOL #not my art #The dark urge #bg3 #durge #balders gate 3

[violetvulpini]

idk I had some textposts saved and the FF brainrot continues

[blood tw for the extra doodle under the cut]

#tmnt 2003 #agent bishop #baxter stockman #dark donatello #cody jones #listen the comedic potential with this combo of characters is great #(combo of characters being Bishop Stockman Cody and the Dark Turtles) #President Dad AU has absolutely gripped me to nobody's surprise #also holy shit Stockman is SO fun to draw. I never gave him a try til a couple days ago but he's great!! #I must draw him 20 more times at least #also I keep stealing little hcs from The Pit and I have no idea how to credit that I am so sorry #doodles

[studioboner]

talking about death to someone else whos also experienced loss or multiple loses is always so much different than talking to ppl who havent lost anyone yet

#they always go omg you made the convo SOOOO dark #when i just mentioned that the reason i dont have many pics of my mom is bc shes dead #like in a light tone #thats the why #but talking to ppl who lost someone is always so much better #reminds me of when i was at a pharmacy and the lady told me i could sign up for the mothers day gift basket #i told her i couldnt bc i didnt have one #and she said oh yeah i know #and i was like huh im not close to this lady how does she know? granted it was a small town #so she replied oh its bc my dad died around the same time so i remembered #and i was like oh! what a coinscidense right? :) #and she was likke yeah right? :) #and the other worker at the pharmacy was looking at us absolutely HAUNTED by the convo

[moodlemcdoodle]

Read some Dark/Chaos Avatar Zuko AU fics a while back and those AUs are VERY GOOD but then I had a brain blast so. Dark/Chaos Avatar Toph AU

#i think she deserves to be a little fucked up and evil. as a treat #only a little tho #I do have a bunch of notes on this concept #maybe one day I’ll be brave enough to post my bullet point outlines of fics I’ll never write up on AO3 or something as they are #all i want is more of the early toph and aang dynamic where they’re depicted as opposites and contrasts to each other #and yet are inseperable from each other and so important to each other’s growth #something something aang and zuko are parallels because they’re the same #but aang and toph are parallels because they’re opposites #but also are more equals than zuko and aang being both the same age and the same power level #making toph just as fitting if not moreso to be the rival avatar to aang #atla #atla au #Toph #dark avatar Toph #chaos avatar Toph #trying to figure out how to tag this is hard but I think that’s how I’ve seen the Zuko AUs be tagged??? #also uhhh there’s no taang in these doodles technically #but this is ABSOLUTELY a taang au #vaatu #Aang #so #taang #moodle’s mcdoodles

[sketchupnfries]

Just wanted to say that I adore your art style and I am absolutely loving your Jedi Survivor art! It’s crazy impressive that you are able to capture so many different sides of Cal including Gremlin Cal, Sweet Baby Boi Cal, and Dark-Side Cal.

I also love that that you’ve included how you styled the lightsaber. My spouse did something very similar and made both the lightsaber and blaster very shiny and multicolored. (I think he did blue, purple, and orange??) Makes me smile every time.

Anyway, sorry for rambling and thank you for sharing your work!

Thank you so much!! :D I love drawing Cal, be it more silly gromlin to more serious since I love both comedy and drama so much. Any chance I'm able to express specific emotions through my art is always my favorite.

That's awesome! :D I love that there's so much fun customization for Cal's lightsaber, and that people have so many fun combos of colors and styles. I had my blaster an obnoxious pink, light blue and purple, which uh...in hindsight I prob should've changed out at one point in the game haha Have some Cal sketches, and thank you for your support!

#fanart #jedi survivor #jedi survivor spoilers #cal kestis #bd 1 #dark side cal #sith cal #asks #bioinforwhat #my day job is a storyboard artist so i absolutely LOVE drawing expressions and getting into a character's head when storyboarding #hence why when it comes to fanart i'm like YESSS EMOTIONS haha

[kelpiemomma]

forgive the random idea, but I was thinking about how much I love stories about people with power and in power, able to destroy lives and countries without a thought, being immeasurably strong and deadly... Being so soft and gentle towards their child.

Ingo being a god, a god who's been around for millenia. He's seen nations rise and fall, people come into and out of power. He's been revered and feared and forgotten and renamed. He's lived inthe heavens and on the earth. He's been mortal as an immortal, living a human life before dying and returning to godhood. He is old and tired and powerful. He has caused forest fires and destroyed mountains. He has provided bountiful harvests and life saving rains.

And then one day a child is left on the floor of his temple. A pair of wanderers stayed the night, and with nothing else to their names they left their infant behind. Ingo has no idea who they were, barely noticed that they had lingered, but the disturbance of the child left behind - a taste of innocence that lingers on his tongue, like the breeze over a wheat field and the cleanliness of a newborn - has him going to see what was left.

He's never had a child left as an offering, as payment. Sacrifices? Yes. But this one is still alive. She is so small, her eyes so big, and she looks at him without fear. He can't remember the last time he was looked at without fear, without blind devotion. He hesitates to touch her, not sure how to be gentle, and she reaches out first. She grabs his finger and begins to chew on it.

And Ingo is lost.

#Pokemon legends Arceus au #Dad ingo #God Ingo #I was just thinking about how I love stories about powerful men unintentionally adopting daughters #And turning into absolutely doting fathers #And I oop #(might I recommend 'becoming the dark hero's daughter' if you are also into that trope) #(it's adorable) #In the time period Akari was born in it is widely regarded that if you use/visit a temple you must #Leave something of value as thanks for being allowed to stay #Her parent/s were wanderers with barely clothes upon their backs #food was foraged and consumed throughout the day #The weather was deadly and they had no choice but to spend the night in Ingo's temple #Part of what caught Ingo's attention was their sincere prayers to him for their daughter's safety #Anyway. God Ingo au lol

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

The Batman (2022) isn't perfect by any means, but it is still a phenomenal film and one of the best pieces of Bat-media in recent memory.

Firstly, the aesthetic. Seemingly small but an incredibly important part. BTAS was broody, '89 was gothic, Forever was campy, TDK was... bad. And TB I think finds a real sweet spot in between vibes. It's dark, serious, it's got a technological noir, and yet still has vibrancy and color and (the key to my heart) neon.

One scene, you'll be sitting in an abandoned tunnel with shadows and muddy colors, the next you'll be surrounded by police under white lights, and the next you'll be in a night club with LEDs of every color you can think.

The fights. This film has some of the best Batman fights I've ever seen period. Really just action in general. The night club, the hallway, the finale. It's not like TDK where every fight is slow, precise, methodical, and honestly boring. Each fight or chase here is energetic and entertaining. The choreography is excellent, the stakes are legitimately high, and the settings are always unique.

The night club is crowded and overwhelming, with people swinging, shouting, and grabbing at Bats who aren't even apart of the fight. His skills and equipment save his life multiple times, whether it's block a bullet with a precise pipe throw or survive a shotgun blast with his armor. When he finally grabs Penguin you feel as overwhelmed and animalistic as he does.

The precinct escape is tight and tense. From the punch to the jump, every second makes you feel the absolute abominable stress of trying to escape a building like this. Officers pouring out of every room, bullets whizzing by and beaming off his suit. Merely seconds to get the flight suit on before they come pouring out to the roof. We experience the fall with him as his nerves spike, all culminating in a quick second decision that ends with him crashing into the side of the road.

Gotham. The beloved city feels full here. Subways are crowded, streets are packed. The crime feels real. Vandals, gang violence, thieves, assassins, crime families. It's not just militants and killers. We see the systemic issues in place that cause these. We see the feelings and social strains that make people do this. It's like you're taking a peak into another world with context and history you don't know but understand. It feels right.

The characterizations. I'm not a huge fan of the whole "Bruce Wayne is the mask, Batman is the real you" thing inflamed by TDK. And I really don't like "the Waynes were corrupt and did bad things, even for good reasons".

I think there's so much more to say about the two very different, very real sides to Bruce's personality. The one that comes out as billionaire playboy philanthropist, and the one that comes out as a violent and vengeful demon. Both who are willing to suffer for their causes. And I think there's so much more when the Waynes die from a mugging. That the crime is so bad it took the highest. That it could take anyone at any time, even the beloved elite.

However it does something right that most other Bat-media fails at. It makes Batman a symbol of hope. It demonstrates a growth in himself. That he can do more good to inspire the people than to instill fear in them.

Pandaredd made a good video on this, but in Crisis On Two Earths, Bats' opposite is represented as the ultimate nihilist. This means that at his core, Batman is really the ultimate optimist. And that makes sense. You don't put on a suit and fight crime, you don't try to create resources to help people, you don't befriend and reform your own Rogues gallery unless you believe you can change something. That all the work you do, all the suffering you experience will be worth it when you get to know the world healed.

And that's something The Batman understands. Batman started as a symbol of fear. So that every criminal hesitates at an alley. Panics at a shadow. But he became something else. A symbol of optimism. So that people can walk the streets at night. That they can get the help they need. That they can look into the sky with hope.

#i mean dude literally has a candy pouch on his tool belt. he's just the friendly neighborhood nightmare demon #amywho go watch The Long Halloween. it has good morally-iffy Waynes and a near perfect Two Face #batman #the batman #battinson #robert pattinson #gotham #gotham city #bruce wayne #the batman 2022 #i actually don't really like zodiac Riddler but i can excuse it for this film. i much prefer flamboyant twink Riddler #theres a cool animatic of “Good Songs Never Die” which has scary batman and a unique Riddler. highly recommend it #iceberg lounge #movies #films #i despise The Dark Knight in case it wasn't obvious #I'll probably make a video about the trilogy someday but nearly everything about those films are just WRONG #they are great movies ig but absolutely trash batman films that an entire generation of fans modeled their perception off of #batman fandom #now all I'm saying is maybe one day we'll get harlivy in something outside of the comics or HQ show #lord knows James gunn isn't gonna give it to us