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imoonblaze · 1 year

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The Melody of a Story AU (CrossoverMelody-story)

TheMelodyOfAStory AU (CrossoverMelody-Story) belong to @imoonblaze

thanks for @some-multifandom-stories for helping me to find a name for this AU

What is this AU?

It is a universe where there is a crossover between different fandoms and different universes, the curious detail here is that… each character is a magical or mystical creature! They even live exposed to the magic of this world.

In this AU there are different creatures and kingdoms in all the confines of this alternate universe. There are different types of magic that make up the variety of powers and spells that its inhabitants can possess, although in its uses it can be used for attacks, defense, healing, invocation and among others.

But although it sounds like a magical fantasy world and with a lot of wonder to show, don't trust it, there are also dangers and dark forces and creatures that can be a threat if you have no idea how to guide yourself or be very careful where you walk.

What magical or mythical creatures exist?

In this world there is a great variety of creatures or races that fill this Au with life, among them there are:

-Harpies -Sirens -Faeries -Ajins (or geniuses) -Nymphs -Goblins

-Elves -Fauns -Ghost -Demons -Angels -Dragons

-Beastmen (insects, marine, flying, reptiles, transmutable creatures etc)

-wizards (sorcerers, alchemists, witches) -clerics (exorcists, nuns)

-creatures of dreams and nightmares -vampires -trolls -puppetry

-living inanimate objects -zombies -toys or dolls

.yokais (onis, kappas, Kitsunes, tanukis, nekomatas, etc)

AND MANY MORE!...

What magic, spells or powers are there?

There are a variety of powers and types of magic that each creature possesses, such powers usually have categories or classifications or are already specific to each race. These would be:

-Elementals (fire, water, air, earth, etc)

-Psychics

-supernatural

-summoning magic

-healing

-alchemy

-creation magic

-taming or taming of beasts

-delusions

-music or harmony

-white magic (light, energy, purification)

-black magic (darkness, corruption)

-gray magic (an intermediate point between white and black but its dangerousness or safety will depend on its use and the morality of the person who uses it)

-red magic (just as dangerous as black magic but it is a mystery, its counterpart is blue magic)

-blue magic (just as safe as white magic but it is a mystery, its counterpart is red magic)

-purple/violet/purple magic (just like gray magic is intermediate between blue and red...its dangerousness or safety will depend on its use and the morality of the user).

What places exist within this Au?

So far there is only this information that speaks a little about this world except not the locations, towns, kingdoms and others, since it is barely in development so a map for it will still be thinking as the concept ends.

How do they get their powers?

The way to obtain this magic depends on the genetic inheritance of both parents to the son/daughter, either inherited from one of them or a fusion/variant of both powers

However, there is also the one that they can learn other types of magic and spells in addition to the one they are born with, giving them the possibility of acquiring more abilities and greater possibilities.

But also, it is common for some races or depending on the individual to be born without any power.

What categories or classes of occupations exist in this world?

In this world there are different occupations or categories that the character can decide to be if it refers to combat and adventure, among them there are:

-Warrior -goalkeeper -magician -medicine man -cleric

-alchemist -explorer -Puppeteer -fighter

How do you get to this world?

The way to get there is complicated, since many other AUs do not know how to travel to this universe so far. The way it would be achieved would be to find hidden portals or that appear randomly anywhere in some universe (in all or some), mostly some opened by someone else or by a being of greater power.

In case it is discovered, there would be the possibility of creating an artifact or portal that needs some energy source to keep it active or thanks to the use of an object that you can find but rarely.

Creator deity?

Unknown so far.

#TheMelodyofAStoryAU #CrossoverMelody-Story #AU

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angel-milano · 6 months

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November 28 – Around the World in 30 Days

WeirdNJ: A Rebuttal

This is a zine that Angel picked up from a night market while traveling through New Jersey, USA. Written by proclaimed Magicks expert Charlie Little, these are theorized magical explanations for some of the stories that the infamous WeirdNJ publication puts out. It's tucked in the pages of Angel's journal where she has completely forgotten about it.

1. The Jersey Devil - The most powerful and lasting of Jersey folklore, the Devil is not a devil, but in fact, a demon! There are aspects to the origin story that are true. In the mid-18th century, a woman named Mother Leeds was pregnant with her thirteenth child.

Unable to handle yet another, she attempted to summon a demon who could take her unborn from her and spare her from her fate. Seemingly, it did not work, as nothing came through the tear. Leeds would go on to have her child, only to realize that the demon had possessed her unborn child. The demon killed its host and took on its true form--the horned, taloned, hooved monster that we know today. It killed most of the Leeds family and retreated into the Pine Barrens, where sightings and encounters would continued for the next three centuries.

While most Magical Experts would classify the Devil as a Stage 4 demon, some have theorized that it might even be Stage 5, considering its lasting power on this plane in its true form. It continues to collect pieces of humanity by slaughtering those it comes across, so don't go camping in the Pine Barrens alone!

2. The Deserted Village and Enchanted Forest of the Watchung Reservation - Deep in the forests of Watchung Reservation in Union County are a series of buildings that have largely been abandoned. They have been bought to be used as homes and businesses, but every time the venture fails and the buildings are abandoned again. Some claim it to be ghosts, while others say that it is witches or demon summoners.

But this expert theorizes that it is actually...faeries! After all, where does the name "Enchanted Forest" come from, were these lands as dark as claimed? That isn't to say that faeries are automatically whimsical or even friendly. In this case, the forest houses an isolated Hollow that does not appreciate encroachment by outside creatures. It is very possible they are using their pixie dust and magic to create much of the spooky atmosphere that is attributed to other sources.

3. Big Rusty - In the forests of Burlington County, you can find a series of small abandoned buildings, and a huge "statue" of a troll feeding on the materials of said building. But is it truly a statue at all? Not so, says this expert! As our society has modernized, the needs for Bridge Trolls has largely been discarded, leaving many to go into hiding. But some, like Big Rusty, have found ways to exist out in public, especially in remote places such as this. Live freely while no one is around, while freezing in place when people come to admire. It's a pretty good gig for someone of that massive size and I commend his creativity making use of the surrounding landscape.

4. Caldwell's Mystery Sky Thread - In the 70's in Essex County's Caldwell, a mysterious silvery thread was found to be hanging, supposedly from the sky itself. Eventually the thread was brought down with fishing wire and handed over to the authorities, who could not determine its origin. While declared an unsolved phenomena, many sorcerers have come forward to explain that it is the remnants of a reagent that was not fully utilized, most likely from the clouds and winds itself. Despite this pretty cut and dry explanation, WeirdNJ continues to ignore Magical theories.

5. Cat Eye's of St. Joseph's Church - For the past 100 years, a mystery has been plaguing this church in Jersey City. Many have reported sightings of gleaming cat eyes in the belfry. While some have posited Magical theories, like perhaps a vampire or a werewolf, I believe the answer is much more obvious--a gargoyle! Gargoyles are known to choose residential, populated areas as their daytime homes, and although the church does not claim to house any, that doesn't mean that none like to go there. In fact, it may be a prime spot to spend a relaxing evening after a stony day in the sun. With their ability to fly, the creature could easily vacate and hide away during the day, thus leaving no traces behind.

6. The Double Trouble Mystery Spot - On the border of Berkeley and Lacey Townships is the Double Trouble State Park, where a section of trees has been completely flattened by unknown means. The location has been hijacked by UFOlogists who claim that the mysterious flattening and reports of lights are a clear sign of aliens. But my readers will know that aliens aren't real. More likely, it is the aftermath of what is known as a Magical Disaster. These happen frequently in heavily Magick populations, where a sorcerer loses control of a spell or someone tears a hole between dimensions. Although much rarer in New Jersey, it is possible, if not probable, that the forest was being used for some kind of ritual that went wrong. The perpetrator was simply ashamed, and never stepped forward.

7. Highbee Beach's Ghostly Grave - Ghosts are the bread and butter of WeirdNJ. They are one of the few Magical phenomena that the common folk understand and accept. Any oddities in the world are almost always attributed to ghosts, which I find to be a very lazy form of investigation. Take Highbee Beach in Cape May. Just because there is a grave there, all strange activity is attributed to ghosts. But have we not considered that mermaid pods frequent the Cape May area? Reports of hearing mysterious noises, or even seeing strange figures can easily be explained by a mermaid wandering the shores. But the fat cats at WeirdNJ don't want you to know the truth, and thus we must find it for ourselves.

8. Mysterious Lights of Slabtown Road - And then when it likely is ghosts, that's when alternative explanations come out! When traversing this road in Salem County, it is said that there will be lights you can touch and the sounds of footsteps on all sides. Some have claimed fairies, while others have claimed sorcerers, when this seems to be a textbook definition of ghosts. Ghost stories are always attributed to pale human figures, but ghosts can take on incorporeal, non-humanoid forms as well. Hello, Will-O-Wisps, people? But that isn't a "fun" ghost story, and thus is not classified as one. I would also highly recommend NOT touching the lights, if you can help it.

9. The Cult of the Mysterious Monk's Castle - Everyone knows the story of the cult that made this castle famous. However, rumors and legends surrounding the castle still exist, despite the cult being long gone. Why is that? Some believe that it has become squatting grounds for vampires. Vampires living in a castle is highly cliche, but considering the property has been under numerous legal battles and has no plans to be open to the public soon, it makes a great location for newly transformed vampires to lay low until they figure out their situation.

10. The Gates of Hell - This zine began with demon activity and will end on demon activity! The Gates of Hell are a huge series of underground tunnels and sewers in Clifton, Passiac County that have become legendary for demon activity. A haunted tourist trap for teenagers and graffiti artists alike, there does not seem to be much truth to the rumors. However, the sighting of multiple demons, and weird behavior exhibited by visiting teenagers suggest that the spot is a prime location for summoning. While actual portals to the Underworld are highly scrutinized with little evidence, is it possible that one exists here in our very own Garden State? Check out our website and subscribe for further magical truths to paranormal investigations.

*NOTE: None of these claims have been verified.

#swynwrimo #swynwrimo2023

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fatewild · 1 year

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there’s quite a few characters on my page, so here’s a comprehensive list of my original characters with bad short summaries:

unaffiliated

shiri madrala, wood elf druid. can be mean because she only knows how to talk to plants and snails. her first time out of her woodland ended up with getting a strange parasite, so she gets a bit defensive. wants to be able to turn into a stone golem.

tomcat, faerie changeling sorcerer. pink disaster. used to be a slave to a witch who was stealing his magic and gave him permanent scars. despite that, he’s a sweetheart and a clingy optimist. can’t read, but can draw really well. has sunlight powers.

charis fray, tiefling wizard. pink disaster 2.0. used to be a princess locked in a tower, and raised by a wailing wraith, hence why she can can be a little deranged at times. learned illusion magic from books inside the tower and is on a quest to learn more.

vesper ‘vale’ vallen’as, 3/4 elf cleric. professional curse breaker, secretly an author of erotic novels under a pen name. comes from a long line that originated from celestial bloodline, but basically left to live alone in his woodland home for years and years. has social skills of a wooden stick.

ginny montague, human wizard. your friendly neighbourhood necromancer. comes from a happy family that lived by a graveyard, hence why her expertise is what it is. used to be bullied as a kid, but grew not to care. wants to become a dead people’s lawyer.

jinho, half-elf monk. with a dash of sorcerer. the grumpiest doctor you’ll ever meet. it’s very easy to read him, so he’s not very mysterious. he died and got resurrected by his brother, who gave up his life, so he’s been accused of killing the only person he actually liked.

roberta silkwater, halfling warlock. local housewife makes pact with a sea hag to save her son, has a year to live before her soul is consumed and body overtaken by said fiend. may or may not have the hag’s voice inside her head at all times.

dustin the just, human fighter. formerly a noble, got disowned after he protected people they didn’t want to protect. currently sword for hire, a bit oblivious, easygoing. lights torches for other adventures and often tends to befriend monsters instead of killing them.

crime clan

morwen shask, elven blooded half-orc rogue. equivalent to fantasy millennial. works as a waiter and bartender during the day, professional thief during the night. a really chill, but firm guy, who has big, warm hands and fairly attractive looks. is currently looking for his sister.

jade / mya oriseis, elven blooded half orc sea cleric. runaway from home, formerly a pirate captain before a mutiny occurred and she was killed at sea along with her husband. resurrected by an enemy to the god she used to serve, currently amnesiac.

wren oriseis / wu haoran, half-elf bard. adoptive favourite child, certified eldest sister. businesswoman first, performer second. runs an inn and a spy network, taking care of her baby siblings. very passionate about cooking, gordon ramsay style.

immortals

svalin / strife / dalen (originally), demon / fake deity. formerly a half-elven bard. local bard gets randomly selected for a curse, sets a chain of events where he’s eventually thrown into the abyss, gets turned into a demon because he can’t die and becomes a substitute for a lazy deity at a wishing well.

salazar rust, ghost in a locket, formerly half-drow warlock. former courtesan gets killed and put in a locket, slowly fading into oblivion and forgetting himself. is stuck in an antique shop of an aged gnome with zero trading skills. bored to death (literally).

affiliated

nayan searlas, human rogue. former prince whose (almost) all family got killed before he ran away. has chronic main character syndrome, but tries to avoid it like a plague. for a while worked for a theatre group as a scenographer, costume designer and stage assistant.

#( out of character. )#very general character descriptions #so you guys might wanna check who you'd like to interact with #i love all my kids sm

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krovscastlerpg · 1 year

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MOST WANTED UPDATES

The following is a list of our MOST WANTED species, versatility, and roles as of today for masters, slaves, staff, and villagers:

MOST WANTED ROLES (in order of preference from most to least)

Slaves

Masters

Villagers

Staff

MOST WANTED SPECIES (in order of preference from most to least)

Elementals – Wanted Elements: Air, Earth, Fire, Water

Werewolves (slaves and staff only)

Witches (slaves and villagers only)

Shapeshifters

Celestials

Faeries (slaves and villagers only)

Humans

Demons – Wanted Subspecies: Arachna, Fallen Angels, Familiars, Nightmares, Shadow Demons

Mermen

Dragons

Phoenixes (staff and villagers only)

Spirits (slaves and villagers only) – Wanted Subspecies: Inugami, Kitsune, Valkyrie, Wendigos

Vampires

Vampire - Human (Dhampir)

Vampire - Werewolf (Varcolac)

Vampire - Merman (Mershark)

Vampire - Phoenix (Strix)

Vampire - Faerie (Leanan Sidhe)

Vampire - Shapeshifter (Lamia)

Vampire - Dragon (Aswang)

Vampire - Spirit (Ahool)

Vampire - Elemental (Moroi) – Wanted Elements: Air, Earth, Fire

Vampire - Celestial (Lich)

Faerie - Human (Halfling)

Faerie - Witch (Leprechaun)

Faerie - Shapeshifter (Púca)

Faerie - Spirit (Vila)

Werewolf - Faerie (Cŵn Annwn)

Werewolf - Human (Werecoyote)

Werewolf - Witch (Werewitch/Witch Wolf) (slaves and villagers only)

Werewolf - Shapeshifter (Werebeast)

Werewolf - Spirit (Barghest)

Witch - Human (Medium)

Witch - Shapeshifter (Skinwalker)

Witch - Spirit (Raven) (slaves and villagers only)

Demon - Faerie (Unseelie/Dark Faerie)

Demon - Human (Cambion) (slaves and staff only)

Demon - Werewolf (Hellhound) (slaves and villagers only)

Demon - Merman (Siren)

Demon - Shapeshifter (Berserker) (slaves and villagers only)

Demon - Dragon (Leviathan) (slaves and staff only)

Merman - Faerie (Banshee) (slaves and staff only)

Merman - Human (Nereid)

Merman - Werewolf (Selkie)

Merman - Witch (Nix)

Merman - Shapeshifter (Encantado)

Merman - Spirit (Kappa)

Shapeshifter - Human (Nagual)

Dragon - Faerie (Salamander)

Dragon - Human (Reptilian)

Dragon - Werewolf (Gargoyle)

Dragon - Witch (Draconic Sorcerer)

Dragon - Merman (Wyvern)

Dragon - Shapeshifter (Basilisk)

Dragon - Spirit (Kirin)

Spirit - Human (Eldritch)

Spirit - Shapeshifter (Tengu)

Phoenix - Faerie (Anqa)

Phoenix - Human (Pyromage)

Phoenix - Werewolf (Simurgh)

Phoenix - Witch (Psionic) (slaves and villagers only)

Phoenix - Demon (Phenex)

Phoenix - Shapeshifter (Griffin)

Phoenix - Dragon (Coatl)

Phoenix - Spirit (Onmoraki)

Elemental - Human (Bender) – Wanted Elements: Air, Earth, Fire, Water

Elemental - Werewolf (Lupus Magi) – Wanted Elements: Air, Earth, Fire, Water

Elemental - Witch (Druid) – Wanted Elements: Air, Earth, Fire, Water

Elemental - Shapeshifter (Mimic) – Wanted Elements: Air, Earth, Fire, Water

Air Elemental - Faerie (Sylph)

Air Elemental - Demon (Ala)

Air Elemental - Merman (Skyfolk)

Air Elemental - Dragon (Thunder Dragon)

Air Elemental - Spirit (Air Sprite)

Air Elemental - Phoenix (Ziz)

Air Elemental - Celestial (Air Deity)

Earth Elemental - Faerie (Elf)

Earth Elemental - Demon (Dryad)

Earth Elemental - Merman (Terrafolk)

Earth Elemental - Dragon (Forest Dragon)

Earth Elemental - Spirit (Kapre)

Earth Elemental - Phoenix (Roc)

Earth Elemental - Celestial (Earth Deity)

Fire Elemental - Faerie (Drake)

Fire Elemental - Demon (Imp)

Fire Elemental - Merman (Ashfolk)

Fire Elemental - Dragon (Ifrit)

Fire Elemental - Spirit (Kobold)

Fire Elemental - Phoenix (Thunderbird)

Water Elemental - Faerie (Undine)

Water Elemental - Demon (Adaro)

Water Elemental - Merman (Triton)

Water Elemental - Dragon (Ice Dragon)

Water Elemental - Spirit (German)

Water Elemental - Celestial (Water Deity)

Celestial - Faerie (Peri)

Celestial - Human (Nephilim)

Celestial - Werewolf (Raiju)

Celestial - Demon (Nephalem)

Celestial - Shapeshifter (Pegasus)

Celestial - Dragon (Bahamut)

Celestial - Spirit (Archon)

Celestial - Phoenix (Garuda)

Tri-hybrids and quad-hybrids

MOST WANTED VERSATILITY / ROLES (in order of preference from most to least)

TOPS: Slaves, Villagers, and Masters

BOTTOMS: Villagers, Staff, Slaves, and Masters

VERSATILE: Masters, Slaves, Staff, and Villagers

VERSATILE/TOPS: Slaves, Villagers, and Masters

VERSATILE/BOTTOMS: Villagers, Masters, and Slaves

MOST WANTED STAFF JOBS (in order of preference from most to least)

Guards

Magic Consultants

Head Butler / Housekeepers

Groundskeepers

Kitchen Staff

Restaurant Staff

Medical Staff

Librarian

Servants

Game Room Staff

Stable Grooms

MOST WANTED VILLAGER JOBS (in order of preference)

Bank Employees

Groundskeeper

Business Owners

Market Square Employees

CURRENT BANS

The following below are currently BANNED FROM APPLICATION according to our character ratios:

BANNED ROLES

None

BANNED SPECIES

OVERALL: Nekos (Spirit subspecies), Incubi (Demon subspecies), Water Moroi, Demon/Spirit Hybrids, Celestial/Witch Hybrids, Fire Elemental/Celestial Hybrids, Water Elemental/Phoenix Hybrids

MASTER SPECIES: Vampire/Demon Hybrids, Vampire/Witch Hybrids

SLAVE SPECIES: Demons, Phoenixes

STAFF SPECIES: Faeries, Witches, Spirits, Werewolf/Witch Hybrids, Witch/Spirit Hybrids, Demon/Werewolf Hybrids, Demon/Shapeshifter Hybrids, Phoenix/Witch Hybrids

VILLAGER SPECIES: Werewolves, Merman/Faerie Hybrids, Demon/Dragon Hybrids, Demon/Human Hybrids

BANNED VERSATILITY / ROLES

TOPS: Staff

VERSATILE/TOPS: Staff

VERSATILE/BOTTOMS: Staff

#supernatural rp #gay rp #slave rp #smut rp #oc rp #most wanted species

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abstracthappiness · 2 years

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microfiction, September 1-10

The tree grew from a battlefield. Roots nourished by blood; branches braided with bones. When moonlight hit the bark, the tree looked like it was weeping silver tears, glinting off the blades the trunk had grown around. Some prayed to it for peace. Others, for war.

The druid’s prayer sinks into the soil like water: By root and branch, by oak, ash, and thorn— The rest is lost to rustling leaves and groaning bark—the path closes behind them, overgrown by ancient trees in an instant. The forest shifts into a maze, and they run—

He studies my cards, which glow with a secret light. “Fortunetelling will get you arrested—or worse if you’re really a—” Because the Crown controls those with the Sight. This man was once my friend; either he’ll let me go, or I’ll show him what a witch can do.

The angel spoke of its Fall, of justice against Heaven—and Earth listened, for surely a being so beautiful cannot lie. But the angel was of alien origin—exiled for unspeakable crimes, intent on dragging humanity into a galactic war against its former order.

“You’ll find your family in the south,” the Dragon Seer declares, “But you’ll face three great losses along the way.” “And if I go north?” she asks. The Seer is quiet for a long time, then: “You’ll find a terrible weapon, and your greatest happiness, but you’ll never find home.”

The sorcerer spreads his cloak, and from its umbral depths, nightmares spill and slither. The spectral creatures flood the town, impervious to all barriers—until they strike one door hung with rosemary and rue…

Sometimes souls become lost on their way to be reborn; they are drawn to my fire. I see visions of past lives as they dance among the flames. As dawn breaks, I gently hold the soul, whispering, “There’s someone out there waiting to love you. Your path is blessed.”

This isn’t the first time my sister’s disappeared. This time, at least, she left a note: Heading west, see you soon. Like: one day I’ll be in California, knee-deep in the Pacific, and she’ll swim right up to me. Stranger things have happened in our family.

The eyes of the Hyde family portraits follow you around the house. You tell yourself this is comforting—to have someone watching out for you. But it’s no consolation as the eyes watch you bleed out, watch your murderer take your gold rings and flee—

When the trees cast shade over the house, she heard demons whispering in her ear. She told her father, who cut down the trees. The next day at sunset, the house was still covered by shadows. And the demons laughed, louder than ever, as the girl began to scream.

Made heavy by the opium, she watches crows made of smoke draw close. They speak in unison: Return to the North, or you will die. “This is a dream,” she whispers. Death is not a dream, but a promise, the crows say, scattering black feathers.

When the guests arrive, Edith stays out by the folly, a charming little tower ruin set up in the garden—rich people love to make their land look like it was kissed by history, and her father is no different. But she loves it—it’s where the faeries leave her messages.

The fence is magicked down to the nails, usually enough to keep out even the nastiest spirit on a full moon night. But this ghost slips through the barrier, cold as ice and sweet as you please. It asks for Gram, calling the old crone out by her full name.

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lailoken · 3 years

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“The idea that associating faeries and Witches with the dead related to an initiatory phase of the faerie encounter makes sense of why faeries are often confused with the dead, and why Witches are relentlessly associated with death. The Witch as poisoner of the well and bringer of disease is much like the apples of the Underworld upon which the Queen of Elphame claims "all the plagues of hell are upon," which could even be taken literally as diseases.

There is a risk in passing through the realm of the dead to get to the Crooked Path, there is a risk of an incomplete initiation that brings back demons of madness and disease instead of healing powers. For this reason many of the motifs of Witchcraft have to do with initiatory death and the Underworld, even though it is as much about the realm of Faerie as it is about the world of the dead. What we see in Witchcraft are images of blackness, skulls, bones, poisons and narcotic ointments, curses, animalistic transformations, cannibalism, perverse sex, and sorcerous tortures. This is all the uninitiated or partly initiated ever get to see. Our faerie light, the cunning fire, is hidden from view, but hidden in plain sight.

Initiation in other shamanic cultures involves things like dismemberment, eating of the flesh and blood by demonic entities and heating and forging symbolism. Eva Pocs talks about the way something was often removed or put in during a Witch's initiation in the Balkans. She says the removal of a bone or even the little finger was required in some parts of Europe. Just as Witches sucked illnesses or fairy darts out in the British Isles so did other Witches remove a bone from the body of an initiate, scratch them and take their blood for a pact or take something else from them that would serve as a relic of their personal power. The procedures of healing and the processes of induction into the cult resonate profoundly, and initiation can be seen as a form of drastic healing.

Things may also be inserted into people's bodies, both by faeries and Witches. You can see in the following charm that way back since the dark ages both faeries and Witches have been linked together in the practice of throwing elf shot or "witch shot" as it was also called.

The tenth century metrical charm “Against A Sudden Stitch" (WiÐ fœrstice) offers remedy against sudden pain (such as rheumatism) caused by projectiles of either ése [gods], ylfe [elves] or Witches (gif hit weere esa gescot OÐÐE hit wœre ylfa gescot 0ÐĐº hit wære hægtessan gescot) “be it Ése-shot or elf-shot or witch-shot." This brings to mind the physical ways in which Witches are renowned for putting things in people, such as pins of blackthorn into the heart of a poppet doll. The bewitched were sometimes seen to vomit up pins, and the tangled hair of the one who had hexed them. In this way both for good or ill, Witches and faeries were united in being held responsible for either removing strange body parts like an extra unnoticed bone, or instead inserting magical objects into the body of either a victim or potential initiate. As we have seen, when it comes to the realm of Faerie and humans the only difference between victim and initiate is a strong familiar spirit who acts as a kind of bridge and guide between the worlds.

Eva Pocs gives an account of how death and resurrection experiences were part of becoming known as a woman or man of Faerie. Lady Wilde also spoke how Irish Faerie Doctors often acquired their trade through having spent time in Faerie following abduction. Pocs tells us in her Fairies and Witches at the Boundary of South-Eastern and Central Europe that the living ones, as in people who had not passed through the initiation trauma, were not permitted to gaze upon the Otherworld in Balkan traditions. But the light-shadowed people who were either faerie already, or who had been taken away and "changed" were allowed to know it. The light- shadow was perceived as an aura around the person's head like a halo.

"As far as 'transitory death' and temporary soul journeys are concerned, they, according to several beliefs, mean initiation; if someone has ever looked into that other world,—eg. Has seen the fairies who must not be seen by a living person,—from that time on he/she is considered initiated." Or as another account from the area puts it: “The faeries killed him but revived him, giving him power."

During these abductions the iele takes out a piece of bone and replaces it with a stake or wheel spoke. One year later in the same location they put back the removed bone. This trope of something being removed or inserted into the body of the initiate is found in many shamanic cultures throughout the world. In some cases the shaman is believe to be in possession of an extra bone that must be counted by the spirits.

These faerie motifs of abduction, initiatory death and repatriation into the community with altered status, and the insertion or removal of body parts and blood are all clues to better understanding how Witchcraft flows forth from the Faerie Faith. Eva Pocs points out the following similarities. Just like faeries:

"The witch, for instance, flies in the form of a crow or a whirl-wind, sits in a swallows nest, where she seems to sometimes be little, sometimes big, and sometimes disappears, she walks on the top of trees as quickly as the wind; or the whole witch company 'transforms into crows and alights on wil- lows'. They travel in green coaches on the top of the trees..."

Of course this close connection between the Faerie Faith and Witches was muddied by persecution of the Craft. The faerie practices were increasingly assimilated into the household and moved away from the wilderness, with Sicilian Fairie Witches going from house to house, rather than out into the forest. Meanwhile Witchcraft was given all of the dangerous Otherwise characteristics, the ones so crucial to initiation that were slowly being stripped from the faerie narrative. In the process the realm of Faerie was losing its teeth and claws, and Witchcraft was being vilified almost out of existence.

All of the negative or dark attributes of the faeries, which were originally part of their primordial ambivalence, were gradually settled on Witches. Cunning practices became strongly associated with Faerie, and Witchcraft with demons, even though originally it is almost impossible to make this distinction in a meaningful way. In this way most forgot that Witches serve with the right hand as surely as they blight with the left, a characteristic shared with the fées of Brittany. Faeries throw darts and blast crops as surely as they bestow blessings and cure the diseases they cause.

LOnce faeries, and the human practitioners of magic who had faeries for familiars, both shared in those characteristics, including the ones that do mankind good, and those that do mankind ill. Faeries, and the Witchcraft that grows forth from it into the human side of the hedge, carry with them all the plagues and poisons of the Earth, and also the potential inoculation and medicine that affects every cure.

Only those who have passed through the world of the dead are offered access to the Third Path. Only he who has walked that path and come back wearing the virid doublet of Faerie and learned to keep silent, can now come back and eat of the fruit upon which all of the plagues of Hell alight to find the secret of their cure. In the Underworld, the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life and Death are the same tree.

Even in Britain where we don't find the bone tak- ing motif and only occasionally see an explicit spiritual death followed by resurrection, we do find the passing of the breath, where a Witch's shadow is able to enter someone else, giving them soul, through the breath and mouth, or illnesses is sucked away with the mouth. Witch teats also allow something to be sucked away as a form of nourishment to the familiar, who also sometimes drank the Witch's blood drops. Familiars were sometimes put in another person by blowing them into someone's mouth and we may conjecture during sexual encounters with faerie beings where vital force was being taken out and inspiration put in.

The relationship between faeries and Witches is as much peppered in the language of consumption and assimilation through eating as it is in sexual ex- pression. Witches and their familiars live off each other, eat of one another. Here do we perhaps find the origins of the "eat of me" theme behind the Housel or Red Meal. Where some Witches consume the body and blood of their Devil and his Dame, just as the Christians consume Jesus Christ.

In this natural religiosity of consumption and mutual nourishment we see the foreshadowing of all such edible sacraments. The spirit world is understood to enjoy blood. As early as the 13th century in Ireland Alice Kyteler sacrificed a black cock at the crossroads to the spirit Robin Artisson, her spirit lover and familiar—himself a man of Faerie, a dweller at crossroads.

Jeffrey Burton Russell says of Robin Artisson: “As much like a faerie as a witch's familiar, Robin appeared in a number of shapes, a cat, a shaggy dog or an Ethiopian."

Alice was also said to gamble about on a salve-covered broom (no talk of flying on it only of putting ointment on it mounting it and moving around) so perhaps something was introduced into her body via the salve. Even if the straddling of the broom does not suggest intimate applications of the unguent, flying ointments, regardless of how they are administered are always an herbal formula given to them from outside the hedge, which is put into the body via the pores of the skin.

Another Witchcraft tradition, prominent mainly in Britain that involves taking something out, is the practice of taking blood above the breath. This procedure, where one suspected of bewitching someone was attacked and scratched badly enough to make blood flow, usually above the nose and mouth, was believed to neutralize their power for a time. We can conjecture that the reason has to do with the way power or Virtue is considered to be stored in blood and breath and is connected via an invisible thread to the power of the familiar spirit nourished by these two things. The Witch's power and virtue is expected to leak out in great glut in blood above the breath because so much power lives in the skull. Drawing the blood above the breath can be seen as an attack on the Witchs familiar as well as herself. It is quite illuminating to look closely at the scratching attack on Joan Guppy, whom we have mentioned earlier in relation to Faerie Doctoring.

"They scratched her face with overgrown brambles, saying that Guppy 'was a witch and they came for the blood and they would have it and her life also before ... they left her." Not just blood but "the blood" — witch-blood. This statement is reminiscent of the sweet blood faerie Witches were believed to have in Sicily. We can conjecture that when they say they came for the blood and would have "her life" before they left, what they actually meant was her soul force or magical virtue, as they didn't actually kill her. Witchblood, sweet blood, the power that holds a tenuous thread, like a bridge made of one hair, between this world and the paradise of Elphame—a thread that must cross the abyss of Hell and is like-wise just as capable of unleashing it.”

—

Sounds of Infinity

Chapter 9: ‘Faerie Doctors and Magicians’

by Lee Morgan

#sounds of infinity #Lee Morgan #Gloaming folk #faerie #fair folk #the fae #faerie faith #faeries #faerie doctor #faerie witch

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Names for Witches

An updated version of an earlier list! Good and evil witches alike:

Acrasia: A witch in The Faerie Queene who tempts and bewitches people, controlling their minds. Means "lacking command."

Agatha: Means "good." A disproportionately common name for witches in media, including the Enchantress from Beauty and the Beast, Aggie Prenderghast from ParaNorman, and Aggie Cromwell from Halloweentown.

Aglaonice: A Thessalian witch from the writings of Plutarch, who could draw the moon down from the sky (probably referring to an eclipse). She might just have been an astronomer!

Akantha: A Greek name meaning "thorn."

Akitophis: The name of an unkown goddess mentioned in the PGM. Possibly a name or epithet of Ereshkigal.

Alcina: An evil sorceress and seductress from Orlando furioso, and the title character of a series of operas. Meaning uncertain.

Alcmene: The mother of Heracles. Means “moon strength.”

Aradia: The title character of Charles Geoffrey Leland's book Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches. A moon goddess and basically the witch version of Jesus, at least in that book.

Arcana: Latin word meaning “secret” (literally “to shut in a chest”), also a word for the two groups of cards in a tarot deck.

Argante: The Queen of Avalon in one Arthurian text, a version of Morgan le Fay. Might be related to argenta (“silver”).

Arianrhod: A Welsh goddess, associated with the moon, stars, fertility, and the passage of time. Means “silver wheel.”

Armida: The name of the witch/seductress in Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered, meaning uncertain.

Asteria: A Titaness and the mother of Hecate, the goddess of falling stars, prophecy, astrology, and oneiromancy. Means “starry.”

Asterope: The mother of Circe in one telling. Means either “lightning” or “star-faced.” (Also the name of one of the Pleiades.)

Autumn: The season containing Halloween/Samhain.

Belladonna: Deadly nightshade, a poisonous herb. Means "beautiful woman."

Briar: Refers to thorny bushes. Could be associated with evil enchantments, beautiful roses, or both.

Brigid: Celtic fire goddess. Means either "strength, virtue" or "exalted one."

Cassandra: A Greek prophetess whom Apollo cursed so no one would believe her. Means "she who entangles men." Could be shortened to "Cassie."

Cerridwen: Welsh enchantress goddess associated with the sacred cauldron of divine inspiration. Means "white poet."

Circe: A sorceress in Greek mythology who turned men into animals and who was a priestess of Hecate. Means "hoop-round."

Despoina: A daughter of Demeter and Poseidon associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries. Means “the mistress.” Also an epithet of Hecate and Persephone.

Diana: Roman name of the goddess Artemis, the virgin goddess of the moon and the hunt. Associated with Dianic Wicca, a modern cult centered around this goddess.

Edana: Celtic, means “little fire.”

Elergia/Annowre: An evil sorceress in Arthurian legend who tries to seduce Arthur.

Endora: The Witch of Endor was a sorceress in the Bible.

Empusa: Female monsters that served Hecate. Means “one-legged.”

Erichtho: A horrifying, evil hag from Lucan’s Pharsalia. Meaning uncertain.

Esmeralda: The name of Granny Weatherwax (from Discworld), means "emerald."

Freya: Norse goddess of love, beauty, sex, and war, means "lady."

Ganeida: An Arthurian sorceress, a sister of Merlin.

Grimhilde: The name given to the Evil Queen in Disney's Snow White. Good for fairy-tale-esque witches, could also work for a kinda Gothy heroic character. Means “masked battle.”

Gwendolyn: A Welsh name meaning "white bow" or "white ring."

Habundia/Habonde: "Abundance," a name for the queen of witches or fairies, associated with Diana, Mab, Nicnevin, and Hecate.

Hazel: Witch-hazel is a shrub with yellow flowers, associated with witches because of its name and its medicinal properties. Actual hazel is an all-purpose wood for magic wands.

Hecate: The goddess of witchcraft, necromancy, the night, and the crossroads in Greek mythology. Means "worker from afar.”

Hecuba: The Queen of Troy, mother of Cassandra. Uncertain etymology, possibly related to "Hecate." She turned into a dog and became one of Hecate’s familiars.

Hellawes: An evil sorceress in Arthurian legend, who seeks to kill Lancelot so she can embalm his corpse and kiss it every day to spite Guinevere. Creepy.

Hellebore: A poisonous herb.

Ianira: A name of several nymphs in Greek mythology, possibly meaning "enchantress."

Ingrid: A Norse name combining the name of a fertility god and the word for "beautiful."

Ivy: A plant thought to drive out evil spirits.

Lamia: A vampire-like monster from Greek mythology that eats children. Name of the witch in the film version of Stardust.

Lilith: The Queen of Demons in Hebrew folklore, means "of the night,” referring to a screech owl.

Lilura: Basque name meaning "enchantment."

Louhi: An evil witch queen in Finnish mythology. Means "trance."

Luna: Roman goddess of the moon.

Maeve: Based on Irish Gaelic, means "intoxicating." Possibly related to Queen Mab.

Medea: Means "cunning," a sorceress in Greek mythology who helped Jason steal the Golden Fleece. Took violent revenge when he left her for another woman.

Melissa: An apprentice of Merlin, who rescues the victims of Alcina. Means “honeybee.”

Morana/Marzanna: The Slavic goddess of death and winter, means "death."

Morgana: Name of the famous sorceress Morgan le Fay from Arthurian legend. Means “sea circle.”

Morrigan: Irish goddess of death, war, and ravens, means “great queen” or “phantom queen.”

Morwenna: A Welsh name meaning “maiden,” the name of the witch in the book version of Stardust.

Nepenthe: A magical drug from the Odyssey that cures sorrow and causes forgetfulness.

Nicnevan: Queen of the Fairies in Scottish folklore, and the witch queen of Samhain. Means "daughter of the divine." Identified with Hecate.

Nimue: A name for the Lady of the Lake, and/or the sorceress who encased Merlin in a tree with his own magic. Might be related to a Greek word meaning "memory."

Nyx: The Greek primordial goddess of and personification of the night.

Orenda: Iriquois name meaning "magical power."

Persephone: Greek goddess of flowers and Queen of the Underworld. Means either "wheat-thresher" or alternatively "destroyer."

Ragana: Lithuanian Crone goddess of witchcraft.

Raven: The bird, associated with death, magic, and prophecy in multiple mythologies.

Sage: Unisex, a cleansing herb used in many magic spells. From Latin, “healing plant.”

Selene: The Greek goddess and personification of the moon.

Sibyl: Greek, “prophetess,” a word for an oracle.

Strega/Striga: "Strega" is the Italian word for witch (and a word for Italian neopaganism). "Striga" is the Latin word for witch and means "screech owl" (owls are in the order "strigiforms") and a genus of flower called "witchweed."

Sycorax: The name of the witch in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, who is probably based on Medea. Uncertain etymology.

Taika: Finnish, "magic spell."

Vervain: An herb with magical and medicinal properties.

Venefica: A Latin word that simply means “woman who poisons,” referring to a woman who works magic by means of potion-making.

Vivian: A name for the Lady of the Lake, means "lively."

Willow: A tree associated with witches and spirits

And, because I don’t want to neglect the men, here’s a few for male witches (I haven’t been able to find nearly as many!):

Abdecian: Means “to get by asking,” as in a magic spell. (Disclaimer: I have no idea where I got this name. I had it written in my notes, and I remember finding it somewhere, but when I searched it I got mainly my own content on various websites. So… idk.)

Abraxas: A magic word found throughout Greek magic spells as a name of power. The name of the “Great Archon” in Gnosticism, also the name of one of the horses of the Sun. Etymology uncertain. Also spelled Abrasax.

Alaric: Germanic, “all-powerful.”

Alistair: Scottish variant on Alexander, meaning “defender of mankind.” Similar to the chosen name of a certain famous occultist.

Altair: The brightest star in Aquila. Means “eagle.”

Amergin: A druid in Irish mythology, “born of song.”

Aspen: A white tree, associated with fairies. Its leaves turn golden in the fall, and they appear to “shimmer” in the breeze.

Arawn: The Welsh lord of the Otherworld and the dead, and leader of the Wild Hunt. Etymology uncertain; might be a variant of the Hebrew Aaron, “exaulted.”

Aurelius: Latin, “golden.”

Belenus: Pan-Celtic god of light and healing identified with Apollo, who gave his name to Beltane. Means “shining one.”

Briar: Refers to thorny bushes. Same fairy-tale associations.

Eliphas: Hebrew, “God is agile.” The pen name of the famous occultist Alphonse Constant.

Gwydion: Means “born of trees,” a magician and trickster god in Welsh mythology.

Hemlock: A poisonous herb used in spells.

Hunter: Self-explanatory. Modern witchcraft tends to involve the worship of forest gods associated with hunting.

Mabon: Welsh, “divine son,” a figure in Arthurian legend. His name was given to the autumn equinox in modern paganism.

Maddock: Welsh, “fortunate.”

Melchior: One of the Biblical magi, “king of light.”

Merle: A unisex name, from Latin, meaning “blackbird.”

Raven: The bird, associated with death, magic, and prophecy in multiple mythologies.

Rowan: Irish, “little red one,” the name of a tree with the ability to ward off evil.

Simon: Greek, from Hebrew, “hearkening.” The name of an ancient sorcerer, Simon Magus, who founded Gnosticism in early Christianity.

Soma: A name with various mystical meanings in different languages. In Greek, it means “body.” In Sanskrit it means “distill, extract” and refers to the drink of the gods, as well as being another name for the Hindu moon god, Chandra. In Finnish, it means “pretty.”

Tanwyn: Welsh, “white fire.”

Taliesin: A legendary bard in Welsh folklore, the son of Cerridwen. Means “shining brow.”

Valerian: A medicinal herb, used to induce sleep. “Health, vitality.”

#witch #witches #witch names #male witch #names #character names #magical names #mythology #witchblr

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I love seeing the references/ easter eggs in Fablehaven. there’s

-The sack of gales, which is the bag odysseus got from aeolus in The Odyssey

-The Octopus’s Garden, which is a Beatles song, is referenced because Remulon (octopus demon) has an underwater garden

- The man who tells Seth about the Lady Luck might be Nereus, the old man of the sea, though in an interview, Brandon Mull says he “… comes from a ghost story I heard on Hatteras Island off the coast of North Carolina. The story tells of a gray man who sometimes appeared on the beach to warn people before storms, so I included a similar apparition when I had my characters embark on a journey from the Outer Banks.”

- The astrids might be a reference to the myth of Icarus?

- The steppe pyramids at Living Mirage are mentioned to have gardens. In reality, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. They’re supposed to be on a steppe pyramid. However, the Hanging Gardens are the only one of the Seven Wonders for which the location has not been definitively established. They would be in modern day Syria, Iraq, or Turkey. In the Fablehaven universe, they might have disappeared when Living Mirage was established.

- The Beckoning Grove features a lot of literal “forbidden fruit”, much like the fruit in the Garden of Eden. Interestingly, Living Mirage, being in Eastern Turkey, is very close to where scholars say the “real” Garden of Eden would have been.

- The giant rats in the catacombs of Terrabelle might’ve a reference to the ROUSes in The Princess Bride. ROUS stands for “rodent of unusual size”.

- Part of Stratos was lost to the sea. A lost civilisation that sank beneath the waves? Sounds a lot like Atlantis.

-The giants used to live in the sky. In Jack and the Beanstalk, giants also lived in the sky. The giants call Ronodin “the giant killer”, a moniker that Jack also used. In Jack the Giant Killer, Jack kills a two-headed giant and a three-headed giant. Fun fact: in CotTG, Ptolemy (the three-headed giant) is referred to as an “ettin”, which usually have two heads. “Ettin” is an Old English word related to Old Norse jötunn, meaning giant.

- In Arabic, sorcerers are referred to as “the blowers in knots”. When they make incantations, they blow on knots. Untying the knots would break the spell. This is much like the first book, with the witch Muriel.

- The Font of Immortality is an awful lot like the Holy Grail

-Silvian, language of the fairies, sounds like “sylph-ian”- something sylphlike. Sylphs are vain spirits of the air that the Swiss German physician and alchemist Paracelsus posited were real and named.

- In Celtic folklore, “the Fair Folk” is a term used to discreetly refer to faeries. Calling them something unkind might bring their otherworldly wrath down upon you. Simply using “fairy” is considered an insult. They also have no division into good or evil, light or dark, like most European elves do. Take, for example, the Seelie Court and the Unseelie Court; both are dangerous, but the former is more benevolent and the latter is more malevolent.

-Frosted Peaks is possibly shangri-la

- The references Brandon Mull makes to Dante’s Divine comedy, naming characters Dante and Virgil, and naming a sword Omagion, are likely because his college comedy troupe was called Divine Comedy

#ive had this in my drafts for a while #fablehaven #dragonwatch #Brandon mull #meta #original #references in fablehaven

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hello! do you have any fantasy/historical jungkook x reader fic recs ?

hello lovely!! i’m so sorry i missed this yesterday :( i was actually planning on reorganizing my tumblr because i feel like no fics are ever going to be able to be found my blog LOL so hopefully that’ll be done soon!!

as for the fantasy/historical fics.. i’m honestly not too sure what “fantasy” (do demons count..? soulmates..? werewolves????) typically includes so i’m just going to include a bunch of fics that hopefully fit in :”) here are the first ones that i thought of + summaries included in their main posts!

also.. i’m sure i missed a lot of amazing fics (mainly because i’m dumb as hell and don’t really know what can be included in “fantasy”) and would like to apologize in advance!!

@inktae ’s entire masterlist (they have a lot of fantasy fics!)

while this isn’t just jungkook recs, @ficswithluv had a fantasy category a few weeks ago!

@kpopfanfictrash ‘s jungkook masterlist

@fortunexkookie ‘s jungkook masterlist

one shots!

énouement - @littlemisskookie Mulan!AU

War is Hell, but it’s what you had to do to take your brother’s place. Of course, between the days of Hell are little slices of Heaven you’d call your Captain, Jeon Jungkook.

midas - @gukyi

jeon jungkook was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and the power to turn whatever he wants into pure gold. you were born with healing and invisibility powers but without a cent to your name. so when you’re plucked off of the streets for pickpocketing and assigned to be his minder as punishment, you realize you’re going to have to overcome a lot more than class differences if either of you are going to get what you want.

i will not lose! - @jimlingss Magic!AU

A single bet - use every means to make Jeon Jungkook fall in love with you.

a piece of the moonlight - @/jimlingss Mulan!AU

For your loved ones, the people who are waiting at home, the people who have died - you will fight. And sometimes to fight means to sacrifice: who you really are and the person you really love.

dynasty - @/jimlingss Historical!AU

It’s no secret that the Emperor is infertile. But even so, a girl is selected every three months and brought to become his concubine in hopes of conceiving the next heir. This time, it’s you. And in order to prevent execution, Jeon Jungkook might just aid you in conception.

game of temptation ft. knj, myg, kth - @/jimlingss Succubus!AU

As a succubus, your beauty is unrivaled and shaped to tempt mortals. But it’s still hard to resist Taehyung, and there’s little you can do once you’ve been coerced to do his bidding for him. This time, you find yourself entering the affluent Kim Household as a housemaid. And these poor humans don’t know your intentions are far from being angelic.

knot today - @kinktae

(IDK IF WEREWOLVES COUNT BUT JERHFBDSKNZX THIS IS REALLY GOOD!!)

When your first heat approaches and you are left partnerless, who better to turn to than your alpha roommate that you’ve spent the better half of your life hiding your feelings for?

ego - @luxekook Harry Potter!AU

(..i also don’t know if HP counts LOL)

in which jeongguk is a cocky lil shit and the reader has to take him down a few pegs

stumbling - @hayjeon Prince!AU

an ask in their inbox regarding the prompt: hii! so the royal wedding of prince harry and meghan is today, and since my bias is JK and since i’m such a sucker for royal stuff, can i reuest a fic of bts all being royal of 7 different kingdom, and all of them being invited to jin’s wedding and the girl (oc) is also invited and kookie met her there, and eventually took an interest at her? the girl is also royalty from other kingdom. thanks!

werewolf!jungkook - @/hayjeon

an ask in their inbox regarding the prompt: Werewolf!jk? (im sorry ik it’s overused and unoriginal) where he and his mate have pups to take care of and they’re quite a mischievous bunch!

there for you - @cupofteaguk Hogwarts!AU

Jungkook is always known for doing things unapologetically, and it makes sense given how almost nothing gets under his skin—almost nothing, but maybe there’s an exception that takes a form of a muggleborn with the shy smile and quirky spells.

say you won’t let go - @/cupofteaguk Soulmates!AU

You’ve been eighteen years old for ten years when Jungkook first moves in

new romantics - @/cupofteaguk Hogwarts!AU

Jeon Jungkook will go down in history as one of the best Quidditch players that ever graced the Hogwarts scene. It seems like he always gets what he wants—his life is very predictable in that sense. What he cannot predict, however, is the newest weekend employee wiping down the tables at the Three Broomsticks.

a cinderella story - @suhdays Modern Cinderella!AU

you are forced to work multiple jobs as you live under your stepmothers roof. unable to move out and strive for complete independence, you do what you can in order save enough. turns out, as a college student that is harder than you thought. so, you distract yourself by joining online chat groups in which you meet a boy that goes to your school. that boy? none other than the rugby star himself, jeon jeongguk. it doesn’t prove to be an issue until he asks to meet you at an upcoming halloween party. he’s never noticed you before so why not hide yourself in order to live your dreams, if only for a moment?

explorer - @1kook Alien!AU

Jungkook does not want to impress the frankly tyrannical ways of his planet on you. He just wants to stay here and keep your couch warm for you, hold your hair back when you wash your face in the morning.

rottenfolk - @junqkook Faerie!AU

a look was as hazardous as chemicals, a kiss as perilous as poison; his eyes and lips felt akin to a cure, but he was purely venom.

the young wolf - @/junqkook Game of Thrones!AU

he was promised to another, meant for another to hold and to love and to kiss. but when his hand lingered on yours for a moment too long to be proper, and when his eyes held yours for a beat too long to be a passing glance, you allowed desire to creep into your veins, to take root inside your heart. perhaps before you might have been permitted to love him freely. perhaps he might have even been promised to you instead. but war was no place for the wants and desires of two people, no matter how much they yearned for it to be.

the lighthouse - @rubycoast S2L!AU

(im not too sure if this is considered fantasy but its one of my favs!)

you and jungkook had one thing in common: you were both lost souls stagnant in the search of some fulfillment. the one of many differences was that your story had been written on your sleeves, while jungkook’s was a story needed to be unriddled.

black magic - @hansolmates Magic Uni!AU

a witch with an ambition for learning, you stumble across a crushing spell in the middle of the forbidden section. of course you have to try it out! what happens when the crushing spell not only has jeon jungkook crushing on you, but you crushing on him?

the sea & the storm - @jamaisjoons Fantasy!AU

the sea is a powerful mistress. she is calm and beautiful. she is mysterious and alluring. she is a force to be reckoned with. above all, however, she is lonely. until she meets him. fantasy au.

the lionheart’s oath - @sugaxjpg Knight & Princess!AU

There was no happy ending, no dragon slayer to save the kingdom and get the princess — there was only him: Jungkook. A simple orphan that was lucky enough to be invited into the castle, a former homeless thief that had found shelter in the form of an elysian heir. Now, after twelve years by your side, he was about to lose you to the world you sought to explore.

ghosts just wanna have fun - @/sugaxjpg Psychic & MedSchool!AU

When Jungkook discovered that he could communicate with dead people, the last thing he expected was that they would be there to give him romantic advice.

wartime child - @ktheist Wizard!AU

raising a baby in wartime isn’t easy. but when your baby starts showing signs of magical abilities, you’re forced to ring up the only other person you know he takes after: jeon jungkook.

birth of an empress - @/ktheist Dragon Slayer!AU

partners for three years and friends for longer, jungkook thought you’d remain so until he saw you with the knight at the merchant’s trade.

alternatively, the friendly neighborhood wizard trying to propose to the infamous dragon slayer in the middle of slaying a dragon? now, that’s classic.

series/two shots!

fear in your eyes - @/gukyi Werewolf!AU

(again, idk if werewolves count but hifksdjcx !!!!)

there’s a werewolf in that forest behind your house, they told you, and he’ll eat you before you can even beg for mercy.

the worshiper series - @/jimlingss

Long ago, there were gods who resided in Heaven -- existing to watch over and protect the universe. Each of them had their own flaws, trials and tribulations; some which were more sparing than others, but these are their stories...

a promise of freedom - @/jimlingss Wartime!AU

War is cruel and its inhumanity has not spared you. Captured by the enemy, you were brought to the front lines to heal their wounded. But after one night of saving a particular man’s life, he swears to fulfill any wish of yours.

one year, my love - @/hayjeon Historical!AU

You forge a marriage contract with the strangely speaking man who suddenly stumbled into your town with memory loss, but little do you know that he’s actually the lost Crown Prince, and a lot can happen between a married man and woman in one year.

demigod!au drabbles - @/hayjeon

an ask in their inbox regarding the prompt: i have a supernatural au prompt! how bout daughter of hades/loner!reader and son of zeus/bully! jungkook?

into the woods - @/junqkook Goblin!AU

getting hurt and stumbling upon a goblin in the forest leaves you completely at his mercy, though you aren’t sure if that’s necessarily a bad thing.

lionheart - @/junqkook Magic!AU

as a sorcerer, it is of the utmost importance that you keep your magic a secret from everyone. when you become prince jungkook’s servant, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep your identity hidden; especially when you fall in love with him.

a royal exchange - @/hansolmates

she’s the man!au where the princess impersonates her brother yoongi in order to finish his degree on time while yoongi is thrusted into princely duties. jeongguk is in the mess purely through room arrangement

knight!jungkook x princess!reader - @/ktheist

a series with 27 parts!

that’s all i can think of off the top of my head right now :(( not gonna lie, half of these probably don’t even fit into either of those categories and i know there are so so so many amazing fantasy/historical fics out there!! i wish i knew them all but i hope this helped a little bit! if anyone has any fic they’d like to rec, feel free to send it to meee :)

and finallyyyyy i leave my following page open for viewing as well so you can check out all of the authors i follow!! please show all of these authors (and many more) some love! <3

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sylvanvixen · 3 years

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It’s here and it’s amazing! I cannot overstate how hyped I am for this project! Exalted is a fantastic and beautiful setting and the design for Exalted Essence has been fabulous.

It’s an amazing mythic fantasy world drawing from myths, legends and pop culture from all across the world, actively choosing to focus on world building that diverges heavily from medieval western fantasy. Various stated locations include cultures inspired by mixes of various places and time periods including China, India, Venice, Athens, Baghdad and a heck of a lot more.

The system that we’ve seen so far is an amazing game that runs fast and straightforwardly, rewards cool descriptors, makes convictions and bonds between characters mechanically relevant and gives every character cool magical abilities that enhance their stats and an awesome battle aura that buffs their skills, it’s also not restrictive in it’s powers for the most part, a fighty type character can totally invest in the knowledge skill and all the cool powers associated with it. There’s full social mechanics engaging in romance or rivalry (or both!) and for downtime projects like running a kingdom, navigating a wilderness, crafting and magical rituals.

The design team for this game is awesome, they’ve been incredibly cool and open while talking with fans, they’ve put in deliberate effort to avoid cultural stereotypes in their work, the art for the game includes diverse, multicultural characters, a number of women doing awesome things and several disabled characters. The design team is also majority queer, several of them even run a podcast about queer women speaking about rpgs called Bonus Experience!

The character options for this game are really rad!

Characters play as mortal heroes who've been empowered by one of the major gods or other cosmic beings of the setting who are given the power to perform magical and mythical feats in a diverse fantasy setting. It's got 10 Exalted (basically classes) each with subtypes called Aspects or Castes (basically subclasses).

Solars: Heroes with conviction to change the world powered by the Sun god they're mythic heroes and kings of light and excellence, basically most of the Avengers, Hercules, Adora, classic 'protagonist' dudes.

Lunars: Heroes who stand outside society empowered by the Moon God/ess, they’re shapeshifting warriors, tricksters and witches, think Maui, Loki and Double Trouble, the more wild card characters, explicitly trans validating with a gender fluid patron.

Dragon Blooded: Heroes born of blessed family lines empowered by the elemental dragons, passionate and numerous, basically elemental samurai, think the Avatar, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and most of the She-ra Princesses.

Sidereals: Heroes chosen by Fate, secret agents of heaven trying to create a better future with powers to forsee fate and obscure memory, like spy-thrillers with weird esoteric ninja powers, imagine if sailor moon was a spy/ninja show.

Getimians: Heroes who never were, heaven in Exalted is a bureaucracy and sometimes prophesied heroes end up edited out of destiny, returned by a rogue sidereal these heroes awoke in a world in which they were never born and their great deeds undone, now with funky quantum powers, like It's a Wonderful Life as an anime protagonist.

Alchemicals: Heroes born of metal, found in ancient tombs of the machine-titan, these heroic souls were reborn in bodies of magical metal and made to serve a community, able to incorporate magic item powers into their bodies, basically the Iron Giant meet every awesome sentient robot hero but in a fantasy setting

Liminals: Heroes born from death, resurrection doesn't work in Exalted but when someone tries you get a FMA situation where some new being is born in the body blessed by the OG death goddess with awesome ghost hunting powers and creepy body horror, think Frankenstein or FMA hommunculi, but with psychic powers and the ability to hunt ghosts in order to help protect the veil between life and death.

Abyssals: Heroes brought back from death, empowered by the ghost kings of the underworld these deathknights are empowered to become the lords of the underworld with spooky dark powers, very castlevania, vampire hunter D, and basically any gothic heavy metal album cover, not necessarily villains but it's an option.

Infernals: Heroes beaten down by the world order and empowered by the trapped titans to rebel against the world that hurt them, Punk rock kings of hell with their own final boss demon form and awesome alien powers, totally able to play a lot of villains, totally don't have to be evil, you could easily do Dante from DMC or Bayonetta.

Exigents: The exalted of any number of smaller gods and basically the homebrew Exalt, the example one is the champion of a Field God who gave up his power to empower the Strawmaiden who began cutting down an army of evil fairies like wheat. Has provided rules and guidelines for making your own exalted and their cool own powers, so you could be the champion of a god of rainbows, mice or libraries.

Exalted doesn't have proper 'race' options like D&D, if it's going to say something isn't human than it means it (Elves are called Raksha and they're vampiric chaos spirits given shape by dreams to look beautiful and terrifying for example) but you can totally play a 'mortal' with weird fantastic features; some people are beastmen so you could play a snakeperson or a catboy, some people carry the descent of spirits so you could play a character with the style of a tiefling, aasimar, genasi or weird fey character and some people just hung around faerie realms or sorcerers and were given strange mutations or powers

This game is just so damn cool. Check out the project, you can back it for 5$ and you’ll get access to the full rules text of the game, released in chunks throughout the kickstarter (Basically the full book, just without the editing, formatting and all the art) and if you like it you can bump up the pledge at any point afterwards, including after the project is over. It’s already funded several times over!

#exalted rpg #Exalted game #Exalted Essence #Long post

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void-galaxy-shenanigans · 2 years

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Pick A Letter & Send An Ask

So...we have a lot of stories (some barely begun, some well in the works, one finished). I want to write something but need help getting inspired. So, if y'all would like to help us out...pick a title or letter, and send us an ask with a question or suggestion. I'll give you titles & keywords up top here, then at the bottom of the post you'll find a full description if you want to know more. I'm willing to post scenes, quotes, etc. if you ask nicely.

Thank you in advance!

~Lucca (he/him; protector, soother)

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Our original stories:

((There will be descriptions &/or blurbs below))

A) Dawn Of Red Death

(keywords: LGBT, queer werewolves, vampires, magic)

B) ¿Don’t You Wanna Be The Villain?

(keywords: morality, questioning government & society, nonbinary main characters, "villain" with good morals (but questionable methods))

C) The Hidden Villain

(keywords: amnesia, enemies to lovers)

D) Nightstalker Fae’s Dream

(keywords: fae/faerie, sorcerer, gay lovers, immortal main characters, trickster, disguised)

E) Rising Into Heaven

(keywords: demon child MC, archangel MCs, adopted family)

F) When Destiny Falls

(keywords: forced villain, corrupt government, intentional child ab*se set up by government)

G) The Hero Who Can’t Speak

(keywords: semi-nonverbal/selective mute main character (hero), ableism, transgender (f2m) MC)

H) But We Could Be Immortal, Darling

(keywords: planned m*rder, prince + poor person, consent & respect, falling in love, betrayal)

I) Exposed To The Naïve, Never To The Clever

(keywords: fae, vampire, ancient beings, magic, theatre, hiding)

J) Banished To Freedom

(keywords: alternate dimensions, escaping ab*se/trauma, two main characters in one (it's complicated), magic, sentient planet, transphobic family, transgender MC(s))

K) The Runaways

(keywords: multiplicity system MC(s); magic; 'church vs cult' war; religious ab*se/trauma; first person POV)

L) Saving Hawthorne

(keywords: werewolf/lycanthrope + vampire hybrid; Gen Z fearless bean; injured "monster"; comfort; protecting one another; vampire vs werewolf clash)

M) Eclipse For Your Soul

(keywords: monster parent, normal child; adopted family; nonbinary main characters; first person POV)

N) Lightwing’s Journey

(keywords: ab*sive father; prophecy; first major project; escaping trauma)

O) The Final Symptom

(keywords: complete; depression & unalive; symptoms of depression; short story; nonbinary MCs/narrators; first person POV)

P) Hidden Healers Shatter

(keywords: multiplicity system main character(s), ab*sive childhood, first person POV)

Q) Correrina’s Guest

(keywords: alien main character; queer main cast; interplanetary travel; first person POV)

R) The Moment Death Became Rebirth

(keywords: faked death, new name, nonbinary main characters, closeted queer, self discovery)

You can ask questions if you have any, &/or give us clues & ideas of scenes, character arcs, etc. you'd be interested to see based on what you know. Anything goes right now - we need ideas.

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Descriptions:

(quotation marks indicates a blurb we already wrote; no quotations means we wrote it on the spot)

A) Dawn Of Red Death

“Witches, fae, werewolves, vampires and the like are in an all-out war with nonmagical folk (typical humans). The government sees profit in recreating the genes of their abilities and selling them to the nonmagical public, and exploiting the living magical community as pets or servants; the magical community doesn’t want to be cloned or enslaved. Normal everyday folk are scared of their power and potential and want them either locked up or dead; of course, magic folk prefer freedom. Many innocents have died and tensions are running high. Personal stakes are high. Cal saves Davide’s life, and Davide is thrust into a world he had no intentions of mingling with; but after some time spent talking to Cal and Nathan he finds something deep within himself and comes to the decision that the nonmagical folk shouldn’t win this war due to the dire consequences in place for the magical community. So it’s up to our gang of unlikely heroes to end the war for good.”

B) ¿Don’t You Wanna Be The Villain?

“The label “villain” is stuck on someone with questionable methods, but who fights for a good cause. The government is corrupt and greedy, and keeps sending unwilling soldiers to fight White Hawk for them. But White Hawk somehow keeps setting everyone they send free and sending them home...until they send a child to do their dirty work for them.”

C) The Hidden Villain

A crew of heroes has been battling their villain for a long time. During one of their fights, the villain hits the ground a little hard...and with total amnesia, doesn't remember who they are or why they're fighting. The heroes take care of the villain as they recover, & because he likes being taken care of he doesn’t tell them when he starts to remember things (past the point before he became a villain). The heroes find out more than they bargained for as he begins to trust them; that leaves them with a decision of what to do when he does remember, if he doesn’t immediately harm them.

D) Nightstalker Fae’s Dream

Inspired by a tune we heard: “Liar is my instrument, but humans strum their sweet guitar”

A particular type of fae called a Nightstalker gets lost in the human realm after escaping his abusers in the fae realm. Fae hunters are everywhere and Harley is in danger. After a couple years, he meets a sorcerer who doesn't want him dead and has no clue he's fae...and he falls in love. But eventually Azure finds out that Harley is fae, and he despises being lied to. Harley doesn't have much time to figure out if Azure fell too, and to win him back, before fear turns Azure's heart cold.

E) Rising Into Heaven

Tre is a little kid who just happens to be a demon. He escapes Hell by freeing an angel, but if he goes back he'll be in danger. Will the angels let him live, or will they refuse to trust a demon?

F) When Destiny Falls

The DESTINY team chooses a new infant to become the next villain as their current one gets older. But as he grows up, Phoenyx keeps responding differently than they expect, even into adulthood resisting the call of villainy. Meanwhile an academy trains five "heroes" to become egotistical warriors, with the expectation that they will eventually have to fight Phoenyx. When destiny (& the government) calls, will you bend to its will, or will you write your own story & let destiny fall?

G) The Hero Who Can’t Speak

A hero who never speaks intrigues his fans. Most are convinced he's mute or deaf, because no one has heard him speak and he seem to know how to read lips and knows some sign language. It's all speculation...until he finally speaks.

H) But We Could Be Immortal, Darling

“Three low-life thieves makes a plan: one of them (whomever is deemed likeable) woo the crown prince Willow, bide their time, marry him, and when he becomes king, kill him (puts one of them on the throne to pardon all of the others’ crimes). But their pet gets chosen instead - a shy undiscovered queer who wants nothing to do with their plan. They assume he’s afraid enough to cooperate, but while he dates and tries to woo the prince he ends up falling in love. Will their love win, or will Robyn’s fear?”

I) Exposed To The Naïve, Never To The Clever

“An ancient fae, Napoléon, has safely hidden in various theatre crews for a century, moving on as soon as suspicions about his age arise. Everyone he's been exposed to has been naïve & easily convinced that his magic was simply a theatre trick….that is, until an ancient vampire from the same generation, Romulus, joins Napoléon's new theatre. Napoléon has only been exposed to the naïve, and unless they can convince Romulus to keep a secret they might be in real danger for once. These traumatized ancient beings may be each other's end….or each other's eternal love.”

J) Banished To Freedom

- A mafia is experimenting with alternate dimensions; they’re open about this in one dimension & quiet about it in another. Corbyn is from Fade Dimension where they’re open about it. Chance is from Rune Dimension where they’re quiet.

- Banishing Corbyn to Rune Dimension basically blends Corbyn & Chance into one person? one ish person who has memories & emotions from both dimensions, responds to both names, etc.; this can’t be undone once it’s done & leaves them as /essentially/ (sort of) the same person even though they’re different

“Corbyn is tired of living in his universe where everyone is cruel to him…so he takes a huge risk that his father wasn't lying about sending him away and that the magicless universe will be a safe place to hide.

Chance finally got away from his abusers, only to be found again. He'll need a miracle to survive…or a little magic.”

K) The Runaways

Forrest is finally free; he's escaped the cult's grasp and gone on the run. He takes a risk to go into a quiet house to hide....and discovers the Still System. Forrest breaks down crying and unintentionally trips their host Benjamin into front, who decides to not let him fall back into cult hands.

L) Saving Hawthorne

Hawthorne stumbled across the right place to be injured, entirely on accident. Fearless Gen Z rebel Ever rescues the injured monster from crawling up the staircase again and hushes his sobs, not realizing this will launch him into the midst of a war between vampires & lycanthropes. Hawthorne runs away as soon as he can, but Ever has already been noticed. This puts them in danger, which draws Hawthorne back to save his new friend.

M) Eclipse For Your Soul

Samandrael eats souls and drives any human who views its true form mad...until one traumatized little kid doesn't go mad. Samandrael performs his first act of selfless benevolence, and destroys Eclipse's abusive father. He adopts the kid and brings him home. No one understands why this monster would rescue a child and assumes fae kidnapped him. But they simply found someone worth saving.

N) Lightwing’s Journey

((We began this at five years old & it's an ongoing piece. It was originally inspired by Warrior Cats, but became its own thing at some point & continues to expand as a universe and a story.))

Robin is miserable living with his father...so he launches an escape plan. After several failed attempts, he finally escapes his father's territory and slinks into hiding as the elusive Lightwing. It's there that he finds out his father's sinister plan for the other packs...and sets out to dismantle it as the prophecy foretold.

"One kit to wander the lands, see them all, and understand. One kit, light as a feather, to unite the lands and fight together! The darkness is coming, strong and swift, to blind them all and create a rift. One kit to rule all packs, unite them again, and destroy the dark one’s plans. One kit to bring them together, for light as a feather shall fly forever!"

O) The Final Symptom

“Some people find out the hard way that some illnesses are deadly. ~Aiden

An attempt to reframe su*c*de as a symptom of depression, rather than a failure. Not because losing someone to su*c*de isn't tragic, but instead because (from the perspective of someone who has depression) we wanted to show from our perspective that su*c*de is about losing the war to depression no matter how many battles you win, instead of a display of selfishness & lack of care about those around you. One of the symptoms of depression is that it makes you feel like a burden on your loved ones…a burden you feel the need to remove so they can be happy. So here is our understanding: The Final Symptom. ~Nico”

P) Hidden Healers Shatter

This is our understanding of becoming a system. The basic idea is, you're someone who wants to heal &/or realizes you need to heal in a household of people who refuse to, or don't realize they need to, heal...so you hide, and you stay multiple (viewed as "shattering") to survive.

Q) Correrina’s Guest

[unnamed MC alien]'s grandfather sold him to a much older, creepy man who doesn't respect anyone. [unnamed MC] ran to Earth hoping to escape his "husband", but Hayden ends up finding him anyway and kidnapping the person he fell in love with on Earth. So [MC] launches a rescue mission...and reconnects with the family he was forced to abandon in his search for safety.

R) The Moment Death Became Rebirth

Grey Morrison is tired of his boring, pampered CEO life. So he fakes his death to escape his job, his life, and his wife. What he finds on the other side as Trace Vera was more than he bargained for...and everything he desperately needed.

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thenightling · 4 years

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I love Gaslight fantasy

I love Gaslight fantasy. Gaslight fantasy is also known as Gaslamp fantasy. And before I go any further, no I am not “Confusing” the terms. Gaslighting as a term comes from a 1940s film called “Gaslight” where a man tricks a woman into doubting her perceptions of reality. The concept of “gaslighting” as a verb to mean this didn’t exist until that film. The title of the film was named for the object, “gaslights” which were common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

This has nothing to do with “gaslighting.” I should not have had to explain this but... Tumblr...

There is a new genre of fantasy / Gothic horror fiction called Gaslight fantasy. This genre can be compared to High Fantasy, Gothic Horror, and Steampunk in many aspects and yet it is wholly it’s own entity.

Gaslight Fantasy is a genre where a fantasy world resembles our world’s Victorian era but the supernatural such as monsters and magick are known to be real. It bears a lot of elements of Gothic Horror and many examples of Gaslight Fantasy also fit the genre of Gothic Horror but unlike the term “Gothic Fantasy” which feels like an attempt to circumvent acknowledging that Gothic Horror is a form of Horror, Gaslight Fantasy can exist in tandem with Gothic Horror as descriptors for the same property. As a result it is a new sub-genre I welcome as opposed to “Gothic Fantasy” which feels like a term invented by those embarrassed of liking horror.

Example: Barnes and Noble slapping “Gothic Fantasy” across the cover of their leather bound versions of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, and H. P. Lovecraft, as well as Dracula, and Frankenstein. Those are all Gothic Horror and the use of “Gothic Fantasy” feels like a term for those ashamed of the horror aspect or don’t realize horror can be more than just gore and jump scares.

Further note: Frankenstein is often considered the first science fiction novel but Victor found the secret of life while reading the works of Agrippa and Paracelsus, a self-proclaimed alchemist and sorcerer. Also Victor was studying metaphysics, not biology. The Frankenstein monster is often considered (in fantasy-loving circles) to be a “Flesh golem with a soul.” Psuedo-intellectualists seem to chafe at the idea that Frankenstein is a horror story and prefer to call it science fiction because there is still this incorrect ant antiquated notion that horror is low brow and cannot contain romanticism or emotional, spiritual, and moral explorations.

Even The Shape of Water, which can easily be mistaken as a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon and Revenge of The Creature (But with a happy ending for The Creature) is often called “Supernatural romance” instead of Horror even though there are scary moments, atmosphere, violence, death, supernatural elements, and other things usually associated with the horror genre.

The same thing happened with Silence of the Lambs, which was branded “Thriller” when it got its Oscar nomination. It seems the Oscar nomination might be why The Shape of Water isn’t classified as horror either.

Director Guillermo del Toro (though a clear lover of Gothic Horror) seems reluctant to classify his own films as Gothic Horror even though Crimson Peak is clearly paying homage to Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath and Hammer Horror films.

It’s the cultural resentment of Gothic Horror that makes me dislike the term “Gothic Fantasy” but I am willing to embrace the new idea of Gaslight Fantasy that can exist within Gothic Horror or side by side with it, in the same story.

Though it’s still a relatively new genre I do love the refreshingly new concept of Gaslight Fantasy as a reimagined Victorian era that isn’t just full of zeppelins, steam engines and gears (like the typical superficial Steampunk tropes) but also supernatural creatures and or magick being common place. Not to mention so many fantasy stories are set in a pseudo-Middle ages Europe-esque land like in Game of Thrones and The Witcher, that it’s clever and different that the fantasy world doesn’t look like the late dark ages but instead the late nineteenth century, just to give it a different aesthetic and atmosphere while retaining a sense of wonder and historical nostalgia, though blatantly and deliberately inaccurate.

Examples of Gaslight Fantasy include: Amazon Prime’s Carnival Row - Set in a nineteenth century style city where humans, faeries, werewolves, Franeknstein-style monsters, trolls, fauns, and centaurs co-exist. This is probably the first true, mainstream, gaslight fantasy and the best example of the genre. It deals with Jack the Ripper style murders in a slum inhabited by magical creatures. It’s a lot like Penny Dreadful but Penny Dreadful pretends to be set in our world where most people do not know the supernatural exists whereas Carnival Row is not quite our world and people know about most of the supernatural creatures who reside there.

Dolls of New Albion - Dolls of New Albion is described as a steampunk musical, is set in a world where human souls can be summoned from Elysium (Greek Heaven) and inserted into semi-mechanical dolls. The fact that the afterlife is treated as a common knowledge fact in a world that just resembles ours in the Victorian era, and human souls can be inserted into doll-like bodies indicates to me that this actually drifts into Gaslight fantasy.

The movie Van Helsing- Though this film is what I would call Goth Action (Gothic Horror merged with action) the film Van Helsing is very much what I would consider Gaslight fantasy. Set in what looks like our world’s Victorian era and even using real-world place names there are distinct differences, such as The Vatican behaving as a secret monster hunting organization instead of just the Capital of the Catholic Church. Similar can be said about the setting of Castlevania that is distinctly another world even though it resembles ours and has our European place names though that one is set in the fifteenth century.

Howl’s moving Castle - Though bearing Steampunk elements, the common knowledge of magick, in a setting that is not quite our world, and reminiscent of the Victorian era of our world, or even the Edwardian era, makes Howl’s Moving Castle very much a Gaslight fantasy.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Though easily considered Steampunk or Gothic Horror, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen bears some fantasy elements mixed with the horror and the resemblance to our world is dubious at best.

Stardust - The film and novel by Neil Gaiman deal with a wall that separates the human world from the realm of Faerie and a young man’s journey where he meets a fallen star in humanoid form, and his own long lost mother. In this world the barrier between the human world and the realm of magick is a known and tangible fact.

Discworld - The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett are set in a fantasy world known as.. the Disworld, supported by four elephants riding on the back of a giant turtle, the Discworld pays homage to and parodies fantasy tropes in a pseudo-Victorian / Edwardian setting. The setting includes witches, wizards, Death incarnate, ghosts, golems, faeries, and so on.

His Dark Materials - His Dark Materials (i.e. The Golden Compass) is set in a fantasy version of the Edwardian and provides a stark commentary about religion and society.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - A very odd British mini-series and novel about two competing men who work with magick in what looks like late eighteenth century or early nineteenth century England but it’s really its own fantasy setting. The subplot deals with a dark faery known as The Gentleman and his schemes.

A study in Emerald - Another one by Neil Gaiman, this is an alternate universe version of Sherlock Holmes’ story A Study in Scarlet, but a version of late Victorian England where Lovecraftian Old Ones have taken over and nothing is quite what it seems. Anno Dracula - Anno Dracula is an alternate universe version of Victorian England set after the events of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker but if Dracula had won and married Queen Victoria.

Beauty and the Beast - The 1740 novel by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Though nearly a century before the Victorian era this does fit much of the criteria of the Gaslight Fantasy. There’s political intrigue with faeries, and unlike the Disney film, the novel is not set in France. It’s a fictional land that just resembles eighteenth century France. And there are other fictional kingdoms such as “The Summer Isle.”

Pinocchio - The original novel by Carlo Collodi was set in a surreal, fictionalized version of early 1880s Europe and featured anthropomorphic animals, faeries, self-aware tree bark, and heavy handed human to animal transformations to represent the metaphor of becoming a jackass.

Ravenloft - The Gothic Horror portion of Dungeons and dragons. Where Dungeons and dragons already featured elves, dwarves, and wizards Ravenloft contains vampires, Flesh Golems (Frankenstein-style monsters) and werewolves.

Castlevania - Not so much the Netflix Castlevania series... yet but parts of the Castlevania video games franchise count as Gaslight fantasy. Castlevania begins in a fantastical version of fifteenth century Wallachia (Romania) where vampires, demons and various other monsters are known to be real. Later installments in the game are set in that world’s version of the nineteenth century. Though place names match our own it is very clearly not our world as teleporting castles, vampire warlords, and entire towns being wiped out by vampire armies never made it into our own history books. There are also some steampunk-esque historical inaccuracies in technology and science. Castlevania is most assuredly a horror themed franchise but it also fits the criteria of Gaslight fantasy.

#Carnival Row #Gaslight Fantasy #Gothic Horror #Gothic Fantasy #Steampunk #Scifi #Fantasy #Faeries #Fae

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crossoverworldtree · 3 years

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Wise Dogs and Dreamland Cats

Wise Dog (6-Point Quality)

Art by Jill Thompson

Wise dogs are dogs who follow an ancient magical tradition, granting them human-like intelligence and a magical awareness of the world not afforded to most other animals. Some have even learned how to be effectively immortal, but such magic is rare.

Wise Dogs are, first and foremost, dogs. They are quadrupedal, and thus cannot work things with their hands, only their paws. As dogs, they have +2 Dexterity and +3 Perception, with a minimum Perception of 5. Dogs can bite for 3 x (strength+1) Slash/Stab damage. They also have Acute senses (Smell) and Enhanced Senses, as well as night vision. Finally, physically, they have a +10 to their speed. On the negative side, they are color blind, and, well, animals. They can also only speak to those with Magic in then, (sorcerers, demons, faeries, etc.) or those with animal-sides (such as Werewolves and Moreaus). Among animals, however, they are perfectly able to communicate. Be it dogs, cats, or even frogs. They may not have much to say, but they can be asked.

Wise dogs also have a Basic Supernatural Sense, allowing them to ‘sniff out’ various supernatural beings, such as ghosts and vampires.

Wise Dogs are eventually taught magic by their pack, but that comes once they proved themselves.

The pack acts as a 3 point contact, but also a 2 point obligation. They also have Adversary (Supernatural Predators) 3. As carnivores, they have a mild anti-social impulse to violence due to their predator’s instincts.

Most dogs are also a bit smaller than a person, but this is purchased separately. As is, this represents a medium or large breed of dog.

Dreamlands Cat (16-Point Quality)

Cats are magical. Everyone knows this, but few know how far that goes. Cats are smart, can talk if they so choose, and know actual magic.

As a Cat, they are quadrupedal, colorblind, Carnivorous, and small. While they take 1/2 damage from falls, their life point total is also halved. They also do 1/2 their normal listed damage when their attributes are used in combat for damage purposes. They have a -1 to any ranged attack they make (including spells), but have a +1 to hit human sized targets, and a +3 to Stealth tests.

Cats have a +3 to Dexterity and +3 Perception, as well as Acute Senses (Smell) and Enhanced Senses, again requiring a minimum Perception of 5. They can bite for 3 x (Strength+1) Slash/Stab damage, and claw with all 4 feet for 3 x Strength Slash/Stab damage. These also provide a +3 bonus to climbing.

Dreamlands Cats can communicate with other animals and animal like beings as well as people (if they feel like it). They also have Innate Magic and the Blink power at level 1.

Oh, and they have nine lives. When killed, they reform in the dreamlands in (1d10 x 2) hours. This works as the Revenant ability when forming new stats. They can reform 8 times after being killed.

On the negative side, they are Cats are... Cats. They are pets in the human world and treated as such. They suffer from Delusions (Mild Feline Indifference), Mild Cruelty, a mild anti-social impulse to violence due to their carnivorous nature.

They have Adversary (5) from many demons and monsters of the dreamlands, such as ghouls, zoogs, gugs, and sarturnian cats. Cats do have a hierarchical society that gives them Obligation (Important) to most cats.

Some dreamlands cats can act as familiars for witches. But only if they want to.

#Crossover Universe #Beasts of Burden #Dark Horse Comics #Cats #Cat #Dreamlands Cats #Dreamlands #H. P. Lovecraft #The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath #Cthulhu Mythos #Lineage

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