#all your dreams are strange

[throughdarkeningskies]

something so comforting to me in dracula daily. we will all read the same story and make the same jokes and gasp in the same places and we will do it over and over again forever. we will all follow along together and the story will always turn out okay and even if it doesn't. there's always next year

#dracula daily #idk #i got the first email the other day and there was such a sense of homecoming in it #go ahead johnathan. tell me all about your strange dreams

[thatoneluckybee]

Tell me about your OCs! (if you have any)

Good grief I have many an oc… I’ve spoken vaguely about my mains online BUT I keep it vague for privacy stuff lol. The main set are from a story me and a close friend began IRL years ago that was all but abandoned after the pandemic. They aren’t really into it anymore so essentially I’ve been given free reign over them. However… I have no set plan on what we’re gonna do. We both love art so we’ve considered making it into like a webcomic or a book but neither of us know. It’s just this series stuck in my head. I keep things vague with them love in case we ever do get around to making this a real published thing (also because I am… 60% sure said friend has a tumblr and Do Not Want Them To Find Me.)

#i have so many little people and characters in my head from things ive made over the years i love writing #there’s also a book i stopped writing cause my parents got too involved and it wasnt fun anymore but who knows i may finish i have too much #lore in my head. #my notes app is CLUTTERED with ocs and game ideas and comic ideas and book ideas and— #hmmm. ive been working on a new idea for a bit amnd there’s one thing ive had for over a year but it isnt fleshed out enough for me to have #like. oc introductions. #maybe i should finish fleshing out one of these half-finished prompts so i can tumblrify it. #OH AND #i DO have VERY vivid dreams often and if a character appears often I name them #so i guess those people count as ocs? #because theyre dreams they are very strange #i think dreams are so interesting. they can be such a deep dive into your inner self OR just essentially shitposting behind your eyelids #its so cool to me. maybe i should talk about those. #aight chat what do i do. who are my tumblr ocs gonna be. #flesh out the horror idea? flesh out the other milder horror idea? or talk about the dream characters? #those three i havent spoken much of irl who will be my Tumblr Ocs #i love them all so #asks #anonymous #I DID NOT MEAN TO RAMBLE i may screenshot this and make these tags a whole post

[caterpillarinacave]

sometime's I sit and think about how interesting an AU where the curious cat was after Roman instead could be, but then I remember that Roman would just. not.

#it would require a) listening skills and b) talking to the cat #that man his been in survival mode since he was four you think he's gonna stay in the same room as a creepy cat for more than thirty second #CC: “I can make your life wor- wait where'd he go.” #caterpillars dream sequence doesn't work Roman forgot what he looked like as a child #Young Roman: “Look we can forget all about remnent! It would be safe here-” #Roman: “who are you???" #Young Roman: #Young Roman: just drink the tea #Roman: I don't accept food from strang- #The tree itself giving up at that moment: oh FOR FUCKS- #actually I rotate this au in my head constantly #if I had energy I would write like a forty chapter fic about it #I have actually worked out all the kinks it would be very angsty it would be amazing I would have no idea how to end it

[browsethestacks]

5 Random Comics

#Comics #5 Random #5 Random Comics #Wings Comics #Superboy #Strange World Of Your Dreams #All Star Comics #My Own Romance #Justice Society #JSA

[damsxlette]

Took a nap earlier and had a dream where I literally only remember being drowsy as shit and making out with @z-shalltear ‘s Knox, so….I guess 10/10 dream.

#usually my dreams are like weird as shit #this was strangely normal?? #I’ve got a headache (migraine I think) so just a sketch #I hope this is okay #I looked through all your do’s and don’t’s but I’m still paranoid about posting this #anxiety ✌🏽 #sona art #knox #every time I draw my sona I’m reminded that I don’t think I know what my face looks like #sketchybun

[sleepvines]

had an interesting dream. main takeaway, extend a hello to someone who's been quiet or struggling lately. make someone a warm drink they like if they live with you, once in a while. Do what you can to help someone feel better without expecting a thank you

#sleep rambles #dreams can be strange and insightful #it's all mostly jumbled brain stuff but hey. you can dig into what your brain's idly processing

[timey-fandom-stuff]

... I really gotta stop coming up with wildly ambitious AU ideas.

#my posts #HEAD IN HANDS. #it's a much darker flavored Deltarune AU. similar vibes to Lynxgriffin's Eldritchrune. everything and everyone is terrifying #but it's fae and grimm's fairy tales instead of demons. #like. DANGEROUS fae. don't give strangers your name. #a world where magic is real and it hunts you in the night. #i'm currently calling it 'Changeling AU' and it's a bit unhinged #the 'kris' of that world is a fae changeling that was abandoned after their parents realized they weren't really their child :') #so the Dreemurrs took them in... even knowing what they are. #meanwhile the real HUMAN Kris was being raised by fae in the Other World so they're BOTH very weird and feral #i haven't figured out all the details but i know they find each other because the human Kris escaped and is trying to get home #while the changeling Kris is trying to figure out these strange and terrifying doorways that are appearing around town #not really realizing what's going on and that someone on the other side is knock knock knocking... :) they want out. #and of course i'm sure that goes MEGA bad because Kris realizes they were /replaced/ and this THING took their life #because they don't Get that Changelings have no idea they're not human and have no ill intentions. they're just Weird #the Changelings of this AU are meant to be a 'gift' by the fae; a 'perfect' child born from hopes and dreams for the future #they're very uncanny but don't have much magical ability on their own and are the closest to human that fae can get #since they're a fae specifically born from human feelings. it makes them a bit of a halfling in a sense. #Changeling Kris might even be actively benevolent... having witnessed Dess getting Taken and wanting to rescue her... #they just weren't expecting to find TWO lost kids in the dark. #anyway. it's a hellish AU and i'll probably never complete it #but god i just needed to ramble for a sec there lol #ROLLS AWAY BACK INTO THE VOID

[craycraybluejay]

ok seriously why is a stupid heart react making me weird

#why are you so whimsical boy #sometimes you talk to me with such. zest and excitement #its like life is all a beautiful journey for you #thats so inspiring #i wish i could. sit you in my bedroom #on the corner of my bed doing whatever you please drawing working even playing on your phone #and look at you as my muse and write words off of your nauseatingly wondrous energy #your sickeningly dazzling vibes #youre like a dream not in a sexy or romantic way even #just like. did i imagine you. your indecipherable and whimsical nature makes me want to stab you #with fascination. #you fascinate me you tittilate me you inspire strangeness in me #im sure i dont mean much to you but #i would give a lot for you to let me use you as my muse #the atmosphere around you is pure novelty #youre so simple. somehow mystery is in there #i want to shake you around and watch with rapt attention as you get dizzy and sick #wna feel how your skin sinks under my fingertips and stretches #wna smell you. a lot. for science #also wna make joyous memories :) #im normal and sane and capable of moderation in intetpersonal feelings #i definitely do not want to cannibalize close friends and family #or like. stab a guy that pissed them off one time #but also friendship bracelets! mutual infodumping!! #im a sentimental little freak im sorry #normies dream ab their wedding and kids w their crush #i dream about talking under the stars with a close friend and making stuff together and touching their bones #there is a stage of friendship where i will unironically call you love baby or honey or whatever #i call it im in love with you no romo tho #its when im in love with you but its not romantic i just. adore you.

[selvepnea]

A strange shirt sort of dream?

#Sel talks #dream journal #I'm pretty sure that's the trash I used #Anyway! #I can't remember the dobby of the dream too well #But for some reason I had 2 bibis (bibii?) But I end up picking both of them up and walking up to the bathroom mirror; like I'm filming a o #Something; saying like “wow! Your mom lets you have 2 bibis??” And I see myself in the mirror (strange!) #And I have a funny little stash growing (along w a weird mullet thing going) #I start thinking something like 'oh its growing in well!' And start to remember my grandma commenting on it? Implying I should shave it? Ca #Shouldn't have mustaches? And then thinking how ridiculous that was cause I really liked how it was looking? Or something? #I didn't really have any strong gender... connotations? To my facial hair? #It's especially strange cause I can't really remember a time where I've seen myself in a dream? #But besides that; I remember using the bathroom a lot. I think I was in some sort of class at one point? I think we were sharing plant #Stories? And I was worried cause I only had a dill plant and I didn't like dill all that much #I also remember putting off planing some herb plants until the end of my dream (right after the fun 2 bibis scene) where I really wanted to #Get that started? But there was strange dream magic that prevented me from starting that. #Anyway! I'm sure the lesson here is I need to get another bibi and I'll finally have such gender

[tiredofthehumanlife]

I asked him what he thought of me and he was like "I thought you were cool and your personality was interesting" like just just say you think I'm weird

#just bc i have the hobbies of a 1950s housewife #does not mean #im weird #or strange and unusual #girlblogging #(what is girlblogging) #manic pixie dream girl #manic pixie nightmare #ill eat your flesh #im telling you #dude turn your back #and im going bones and all

[langernameohnebedeutung]

horrors/horrors being turned into banality/banality being the real horror is such a fascinating dance to me, don't make me explain, round and round they go.

#ok ok I will try. take some horrifying horrible monster that haunts a village and torments the people. It feeds on dreams and nightmares. #pretty scary! #now - for the sequel you COULD make it buffer and more cruel and whatever. Or add more of them or something. Easy-peasy. #but the real next step of horror would be...to see its limbs and legs wrapped in cellophane and sold at the butcher's and no one comments. #oh oh I know: think of the Destroyer in Borderlands 1. Ancient creature guarding the mysterious vault and only appearing every 100 years #now adding more and more vaults and creatures...it's okay (looking at you Borderlands 3) but the real horror? #that was seeing its eye harvested and used as a weapon in the Pre-Sequel. The real horror is no longer this strange bizarre creature #but the act of sacrilege that is reducing it to its parts as a tool #BUT THEN if you have a banal setting - then the horror lies in the banality gaining its own life. #working in a storage job and being sent to retrieve something and realising the storage rooms never end and realising you've never left #the internet as a hivemind. years and years of living in an apartment complex and hearing steps and noises - #until you realise you've never SEEN any of your neighbours. and you start to pay attention and the only signs of life are the house itself. #the fly-realising-it-is-sitting-in-the-venus-fly-trap-ness of it all #and the jaws are closing around you. #the horror of the untamable being tamable vs the horror of the tamable taming you. #is this something? am I saying something?

[rosielav]

Bellefast has been coming to me in my dreams recently, in a similar way to how Monteith and Jibblie do

I find myself at The Circus, but in a sleeping quarter of some kind. And I can hear the festivities going on outside, in the big top. I'm apparently just passing through, but know everyone well enough that they let me stay on the property.

The only person I don't know is Bellefast, which is strange since he's the Ringleader, you tihnk I'd know him quite well, if I know all the clowns and performers and stagehands.

And he doesn't know me. So when he stumbles into the sleeping quarters, whiskey and candy floss on his breath, and falls into the bed, he's caught by surprise. As am I.

It feels like maybe a creative exercise? Maybe my brain wants to flesh this character out more, so it's putting him into my almost asleep brain so that I have to learn more about him.

So far I've learned he has a drinking problem.

#Rosie rambles #My dreams have been very strange lately especially my almost dreams like I'm about to fall asleep state #Whenever I describe things like this none of my friends think it's normal #Like to fall asleep I have all these situations play out and scenes and I don't have control over them #I can be like man I wish Monteith was here cause I can't sleep #And then Monteith will crawl out of the closet and Jibblie will be doing cartwheels on his shoulder #And he'll say something to me in a voice I never expect bc that's kind of his thing #And then usually Jibblie will do a trapeas act or something to keep my brain occupied #Trapese? Trapeese? I don't know how to spell it. You know the flips and shit #But the past two or three nights it's been Bellefast and I have little control over him #Meaning I can't think for him to say something or do something he just does what he wants #Which is to sleep. Drunkenly. Next to me #I didn't even mention his mind control powers but it's more like... Persuasion? Or like.. I want this #So you want this now too #Idk how to describe it exactly but it's kind of like Damien from The Bright Sessions except he uses it for good #...... Mostly. He mostly uses it for the big top performances and getting everyone genuinely excited about The Circus #He doesn't implant false feelings into your brain it's more like he coaxes out stuff like you WANT to be having a great time right now #So then they DO have a great time #I guess it's like releasing your inhibition? Versus mind control technically #But yea the drinking problem is more of a concern to me lol he relies on it after every performance regardless of the time of day #OC: Bellefast #I think I want to tag my OC places too #The Circus

[cuteniaarts]

Someone to protect / Someone failed to save

(Alternatively: The “P’Li saw her late sister in her niece” to “Midori is Lien-Hua’s reincarnation” pipeline)

#my art #artists on tumblr #the legend of korra #original characters #sotrl midori #laf lien-hua #I missed when we decided that yeah this is canon but you know what I’m here for it #it’s about the tragic sibling pairs and history repeating itself and missed second chances #it’s about the irony of fate and the cycle of violence #it’s about Kat and Nia completely losing it with the self indulgence let’s be real here #anyway lore rant time: #the way reincarnation works in the avatar world is vague #like.. the avatar is the only confirmed person who can be reborn #but raava tells wan that they’ll be together in all his lifetimes like reincarnation is normal #and there’s that scrapped concept of momo being gyatso’s reincarnation so… safe to say it happens to everyone #and here are some of my headcanons about it: #normal humans can’t contact their past lives like avatars. you can get glimpses or strange dreams but that’s it #most people never find out what their past lives were like. usually only the most spiritual can connect with the universe or w/e #and get a fuller picture #but if you happen to spend a lot of time around places or people that you knew in your past life #like. say. if your past life’s older sister was now your surrogate auntie #then you’re more likely to get flashbacks #children are more susceptible to it but it happens to adults too #especially if you visit the place or get to know the person again after a long time. like. for example. sixteen years #and if your auntie actively sees her sister in you to the point of sometimes mixing up your names #the glimpses confuse Midori. a woman with golden eyes and a covered forehead who she feels so loved and cared by #a girl who looks scarily like her auntie but younger. more innocent. with no tattoo #a dark damp cold cell somewhere underground that fills her with nothing but dread and fear #she puts it together after a while and wishes she never did. she keeps it a secret. if she tells then no one will ever see her as her again #they will only see auntie’s unfortunate little sister who none of them knew… I’d talk more but there’s a tag limit so I’ll leave it here :/

[caterpillarinacave]

So you choose not to step through the door, after all why mess with nonsense when you're already in nonsense? You check the items in your pockets, your phone you shut off to conserve power, the dog tag, key and top clink together but offer no help, and when you fiddle with the walkie-talkie you manage to get it to turn on, excitedly you call out to the void but only static responds, which is disappointing but predictable, so you put the items away and hunker down for the night, looking at the sky you can see that the stars seem strange, though you're no expert, and the moon seems to have a second smaller moon near it which looks pretty cool but is a stark reminder of how not on your own world your predicament has landed you.

In the morning you begin looking through the nearby bushes and plant life taking note of anything strange, you notice the berries you had been picking before you stepped through the door are also growing around here, they look and taste the same, and some other plants seem pretty similar to the forest from before as well, although the further away from the door you go the more unfamiliar plants you come across (of course that may just be your lack of familiarity with plants) and the few animals you have noticed are bizarre in a way that you can't explain, like the people from town, they seem almost perfectly familiar, just a little off and the noises they make have you thinking they wouldn't be able to communicate with their counterparts either, brushing aside another branch you come across a strange funnel made of metal which you pocket and what looks to be a regular whistle, you wipe it down and blow but hear nothing aside from the air going through, you consider it is either broken or maybe a dog whistle, as you go to put it away you hear something big running in your direction, before you can decide how to react a large creature storms out of the bushes and stops in the clearing before you, it's huge as a horse with paws and sharp teeth it licks as it looks around and spots you, it shakes its head again reminding you of a horse, then steps closer before turning and staring expectantly, you get the feeling it's waiting on you, impatiently, and you realize it seems to expect you to get on its back. Do you get on?

Yes.

#I am a terrible terrible Irish child #Clearly all those folk tales whose only moral was “don’t climb on the strange horse” were lost on me. Technically not a horse though. So. H #Uh please don’t run into the bog with my on your back strange horse thing. #…This may be one of my worse ideas #On one hand moving away from what appears to be the only connection my world doesn’t sound like a great idea #Back through the door is logically the the best bet. However I’ve already explored the area #The only thing to do would be to just sit there for hours and that will get me nowhere. The things that do have leads like the walkie- #Sputtering are things to pay attention to but not things that are likely to change if I don’t move. The whistle is the newest thing- #And let’s be real I’ve been in the bramble for like 14 hours without the neurospicy meds I am teetering on dangerously antsy #Probably better to get on the horse before I come up with something more stupid #It’s interesting my world flora seems to surround the door. I wish I’d payed more attention before I stepped through #If the nearby flora on the other side seemed like it would come from this world it would suggest that the door just leaks between universes #In two ways. If it’s earths flora then it’s either only leaking one way which we could no from one step through #Or - which we will not know but should pay attention for if we step into some other world - if the earths flora shows up around EVERY porta #Which would suggest earth is the base in some way #It might be beneficial to climb a tree to try and see farther out #Though I don’t exactly get many opurtunited to haul myself up a tree so I would put to much stock in a)my upper body strength #And b) my ability to chose a tree that won’t kill me #It’s defintley worth taking in as much info as possible. I’ll try and notice things like different winds gravity tempature ect #What should i tag this all. Help I got lost in a blackberry bush? Anon who takes me to alternate planes of reality? #I know #Guys I got lost in a bush #That’s a good one. Nothing weird there at all. #FINE I’ll rage it “guys I got lost in a blackberry bush” #I wonder what makes things so familiar. Perhaps this world exists very closely to the other. Perhaps they’ve crossed paths before. #Perhaps they’ve shown up in our dreams. Perhaps I have bad memory and my brain gaslights itself into thinking everything’s familiar #I wonder maybe the horse is a horse/dog thing- that would explain the likeness to the dog whistle (?) #This can’t get any worse I say doing something that could very much make it worse #Eh what’s the worst that can happen. At least I don’t have to pay taxes in this world #Guys I got lost in a black berry bush

[steviehcllis]

tag drop!

#thought • my insecurities are hurtin' me. #asks • don't ask me how i've been. #instagram • and i bet everybody here is just as insincere. #text • and i'm callin' everybody that i know. #literally • i'm the worst of my enemies. #reflection • but i'm still learning to love myself. #aesthetic • is it really that strange if i always wanna change? #musings • can't shake the feeling that i'm just bad at healing. #tweet • i told you i'd spill my guts. #attire • i'm kinda like a prettier jesus. #moodboard • i'm in my own little golden age. #playlist • and i just wanna sing at the top of my lungs. #hc • i feel like your manic pixie dream girl. #starters • and i'm sorry if i'm just a little too much. #conversations • i talk shit then i bite my tongue. #face to face • just a corner of all the madness.

[arthur-r]

asked reddit how to maintain stage presence while seated and the responses are ridiculous so does anyone here have advice?

#‘​‘get a wheelchair for sympathy’’ yeah i would have a wheelchair if it were that easy to afford!!!! #i did like the advice of making the chair super cool. the person suggested i go to a thrift store and get the best chair there #i’ll have to see about clearing that with the drummer (concert is also her grad party) but sounds like a good idea #however it doesn’t actually help me look less awkward while singing and that’s the problem #is that by default i sit with my whole body crossed and folded and that’s not how to look like a lead singer #and all the rules i know to fix that involve standing up. and i nearly passed out just singing my songs from a chair yesterday #because that was somehow also too much exertion. yeah i’m not doing very well. i wish the concert could wait #but anyway has anyone here had to perform from a chair and your hands weren’t automatically busy?? what did you do with them???? #i’ll be playing cello in some songs so i’ll be alright for those but other than that i have no clue what to do #anyway our second concert ever is in a few days i’m pretty nervous #this saturday. real people are coming and a real musician is opening #and i’m not even allowed to wear my cool shoes :( #i also keep dreaming that it’s the last day of school and i’m walking down the hallway crying???? and seeing people i miss?? #so just feeling a little bit strange. anyway my grandparents will be picking me up in a little bit to go out for my birthday (was in april) #so i’m gonna have a shower and get ready for that. but here is a little status update i guess #me. my post. mine. #delete later #and right please give advice!!!! my stage presence is already awful cause i’m autistic and can’t read the room. being seated makes it worse #anyway i’m getting in the shower. but thanks preemptively for any and all advice and otherwise i just hope you’re well