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puppetmaster13u · 3 months

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Prompt 193

Once again I put forth cryptid batfam. But with a Marvel crossover. Because why not.

See Gotham isn’t really talked about by the others in the US. The other cities ignore, ignore, ignore as best they can manage, pretending that if they don’t see it, it doesn’t exist.

That being said, they aren’t completely oblivious to it either. Oh they don’t believe the tales and whispers that come out of the place, because if they were true surely someone would have done something. But they are aware of things like Wayne Industries or Drake Enterprises, right up there with Stark’s.

Both of which are based within Gotham, though have plenty of things outside the dreadful city as well. Now the Drake couple were constantly seen at galas outside of New Jersey before their tragic demise, but the Waynes? Never once have they been seen outside their city for a single Gala.

Which makes this invite that one Tony Stark get to one of the Gotham Galas incredibly surprising. Suspiciously so actually, but he has the option for a couple plus ones. His team might be interested- Shield definitely would, seeing as Gotham is a complete blackout on their files. And from his hacking he’s discovered that any information gathering attempts of theirs have failed.

But really, how bad can it be, it’d only be a couple days after all.

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Okay what is that fucking thing on top of the building-

#Prompts #DCU #DC #Cryptid Batfam #Cryptid Batman #Cryptid Batfamily #Marvel #DC x Marvel #Marvel x DC #Something to think about is how the Avengers are directly working for the US government while the JL are all volunteers #Bruce is in his own information gathering state #But has also given his kids permission to go all out on the cryptidness #Gotham doesn’t like outsiders and the small avengers team is struggling #They meet a Mr Kent at one of the cafes and have a nice conversation- and he even gave them a bit of information #But uh what the Fuck are the Bats and Birds??#*Probably* not gods or demons? You don’t sound sure about that- aaand he’s gone #The batclan are blessed/cursed by Gotham #This is why they do not die or don’t die permanently- and why they don’t seem to age either #For funsies #Eldritch Batfam #batman #avengers #stark industries #wayne enterprises #The team spots a Signal booi and are immediately befuddled about wtf they just saw

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singularsoldier · 1 year

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There’s so much potential in tf2 content if yall let go of the “parental role” dynamic and let the mercs be a weird friend group spanning at least three different generations. Scout saying he doesn’t wanna turn 30 (bc erm OLD??? /j /j thats a joke) and Medic throttles him

Pyro mentioning how they never filed taxes for the business they owned (in the comics) and Soldier explodes them with a rocket. Spy always talking about how the war “devastated her” while Sniper takes the fattest rip of his bong on the other end of the couch. Idk man there’s so much yall are missing out on its crazy

#trust me old and young people can be friends #you just gotta be creative w conversations bc no one over 35 knows what a catboy is #anyways scout pyro and sniper are the weed smoking trio #demo joins but just to scare them with his cryptid stories #tf2 #tf2 scout #tf2 medic #tf2 soldier #tf2 spy #tf2 demoman #tf2 sniper #tw weed #team fortress 2

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spellboundcities · 1 year

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They are revising the script to The Film Ever....

#buddy was talking ab jaylex and I got carried away with a warmup doodle take them #(holds them so so close and dearly)#they're having some dumb conversation about whether the camera model is good enough.#Jay's making fun of him. Alex is telling him to quit goofing off and stop taking pictures of random shit.#cmon merrick think about the storage space.#local cryptid draws #marble hornets #marble hornets fanart #jay merrick #mh jay #alex kralie #mh alex #mh jaylex #jaylex #'hey ben what mh pairings do you ship' 'all of them' '....all of th-' 'ALL OF THEM.'#digital art

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faeriekit · 10 months

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Health and Hybrids (IV)👽👻💚

[I can't remember the original prompt posters for the life of me but here's a mashup between a cryptid!Danny, presumed-alien!Danny, dp x dc, and whatever prompt made the one body horror meat grinder fic.]

PART ONE is here PART TWO is here PART THREE is here and this is part four 💚 Ao3 Is here for all parts

Where we last left off... Our boy is recovering from Bad Stuff in the Watchtower (involuntarily). Danny gets a bandaid for a variety of wounds that definitely are not covered by a little adhesive bandaid, but hey! Bart’s trying.

Trigger warnings for this story: body horror | gore | post-dissection fic | dehumanization (probably) | my awful attempts at following DC canon. On with the show.

💚👻👽👻💚

Batman clicks on the projector screen. Everyone in the room has access to the slides and note-taking abilities on their tablets. The assembled heroes quietly select their app of choice, sit back in their chairs, and ready themselves for the meeting.

“Good afternoon. For everyone in alternate time zones, good morning or good evening as they apply. Before I begin the approved agenda for this meeting, there are developments on the base that everyone ought to be aware of.”

Click. The slide changes to a fuzzy image of an unusually dense collection of shadows in a typical medical-wing setup. The specific location isn’t clear, but the phenomenon itself is stark against the white walls and flooring. The static on the cameras is atypical for the quality of equipment used on the base.

“There is an extraterrestrial lifeform that has made Medical Wing C their territory. Yes, we know they are there. No, they cannot be moved at this time. Please do not try to take initiative in doing so. Please do not enter the aforementioned medical wing. If you see this entity outside of the medical wing, please leave, ignore them, or otherwise make your presence known. They are generally in search of isolation and seek to remain unseen. All known attempts at self-defense by this entity have been largely non-hostile so far, but we do not know how or if that behavior will change as they heal.”

Batman…takes a breath. Not sighs. The vigilante has more control than that.

“They are severely injured. The exact nature of their injuries are still unknown, based on their—unique physiology—“

Barry squints at the screen. Nope. The cloud still looks like a cloud.

“—But the identified fluids they secrete have been recognized as at least partially composed of red blood platelets and a modified plasma. Based on their aggressive self-defense, the persistent seclusion behavior, and their general lack of responsiveness, the injuries are considered deeply severe and require rest to treat. It is imperative that non-medical staff and on-base heroes maintain as little contact with the entity as possible. We are attempting both delicate medical treatment and non-verbal communication, which have both failed thus far. We have reason to believe that the extraterrestrial is sentient and capable of communication based on—“

Click. The next slide is an image of a nearly-obliterated craft of some kind—tinted glass, wings, debris everywhere, twisted shards of metal that look like they scrape like teeth. Charred black everywhere. Barely visible is a torn–through upholstered seat ten yards away.

A hiss breaks the silence in the back of the room. That’s nasty-looking wreck.

“—This craft. It is relatively rudimentary in its design, and would not have held up to prolonged space travel, but would have required complex intelligence to start and maintain transport. Basic testing has proven that its energy readings, while not precisely contiguous with the Speed Force, show that it has been in contact with extradimensional phenomena. A non-sentient life would not have been able to pilot it successfully enough to crash it—much less to avoid the farmhouse in its path. The result is that we have an extremely wounded entity with no shared form of communication. There have been worrying observations by their medical team, however.”

Click.

This slide is blank.

“We are now pursuing the possibility that the entity has been attacked or otherwise held captive by human organizations here on Earth. There are persistent triggers of aggression brought on by medical settings, adults, and more specifically, any present medical personnel and equipment.”

Batman pauses.

“Their medical team has informed me that their persistent fear has made treatment…difficult.”

There’s a snort from somewhere in the room.

“If you discover any evidence of possible extraterrestrial captivity or torture or experimentation among your usual cast of rogues, please forward everything you are able to base for further investigation. In this time period where the Lanterns are unavailable to return to Earth, Martian Manhunter has been notified of the need of his presence on the base, and will hopefully help settle this matter. In the meantime, as a reminder: do not enter Medical Wing C, do not engage with the entity in any way. Simply make your presence known, and they will flee.

“Now. Onto our agenda. First article: whoever has been taking the toilet paper from the supply closet, stop it. The league is not here to fund your lifestyle habit of two-ply toilet paper.”

There’s more food available more often.

It just appears at the foot of his bed. Like magic. Or, like…like a really, really fast human child.

Some of the packaged foods Danny can’t eat without swallowing them whole, wrapper and all. They’re just too fiddly to get with his claws—the solution is to just swallow it and let the whole thing dissolve in whatever weird ecto-acid is churning in his stomach at the moment.

The rest is fresh from the bakery—or, well the base, anyway, however this moon base gets their fresh foods. Muffins and croissants and sausage rolls and other things he would expect to see on a coffee tray or something.

…Danny prods his stomach.

He’s been too sore to notice, but this half-state of being a somewhat-physical half-ghost is super, super weird. He can eat, but it’s not processed like food is in his living body. Everything he can digest just gets incorporated. Everything he can’t just gets…

He looks down at the slowly growing puddle in his bed.

…Maybe ‘spit out’ is too generous a phrase. Expelled? Excreted?

Ew. Okay that thought is kind of gross and he doesn’t want to think about that while he can’t move away maybe.

He knows, instinctually, that he’s wounded, but this half-and-half state stops him from feeling the specifics. Knowing how, exactly, he’s hurt. Experiencing the majority of the pain and distress.

He curls up on his bed.

Danny hates it here. Not because it’s bad (it is) but because he wants to be home. He selfishly, desperately wants to be home. He wants his rocket sheets. He wants his room with its glow in the dark stars.

…He wants his dad to heat up soup and sit with him, like when he was little and had nightmares. He wants Jazz to sit on the edge of his bed and read to him.

Danny wants Mom.

…There is some other company here, though.

Sometimes, if Danny is mostly sated and kind of sleepy, the quick human buzzes in with a few of its age-mates. The two don’t get as close as the buzzing human can, because Danny can at least read the Excited!! or Nervous!! or Booored! energy on the human, which makes him more comfortable with letting it in close. Its friends seem to respect his space, though. They don’t go past his curtain, even if it’s open. They talk, but they don’t yell.

Danny thinks he’s getting the soft little bones back in one of his ears, but he can’t fully tell. He can hear that they’re chattering and he can hear which sounds they’re making, but he can’t understand any of them.

Auuuuughhhhh. He pushes the pillow more underneath himself. Does he have brain damage?? Is he…is he missing pieces of his brain??

There won’t be a concrete way to tell until he solidifies again. Gross. He doesn’t want to do that yet.

Or soon.

…Or at all, maybe.

Mom was so mad at him. Maybe he’ll be safe and he can come home if she…if he can’t be touched…?

…No. He remembers. Mom makes things for ghosts.

??Concern?Con??cern?

Danny looks up. Oh. He made the human vibrate all nervously. Danny’s fine. Well—he’s not fine but he’s not hurting more than usual or hungry.

The human is careful not to touch him when he doesn’t want to be touched, but Danny’s feeling generous. When the human puts its hands on the bed, Danny willingly brushes his knuckles up against it.

No claws. A peace offering.

The human goes suuuuper still.

…Uh. Did he break it?

And then it zoooooooms away faster than Danny can comprehend (he jolts) and sprints back with a whole lot of stuff in its hands, and a few things thumpthumpthump ono his bed. And.

Well. None of it smells like food? When he bites it, it doesn’t taste like food either. In fact the texture is…

Danny frowns. Turns over the object so he can see it better. (It doesn’t help.) Is that plastic?

Wait. Danny twists it in half. His wrists ache but the pieces rotate.

…It’s a rubric’s cube.

…Huh.

There are other puzzles too—things that taste like plastic and one that tastes like wood, which he might have dented with his teeth by accident. Whoops. Danny puts that one farthest away, in the hopes that he doesn’t accidentally damage it a second time.

…Huh. That’s. That’s nice.

Danny surprises himself and the surprised!surprised! human with a purr.

It’s not a lot. Not even monetarily is this little offering a lot.

But it’s more than Danny’s had in a long time.

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vldsideblog · 1 year

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One of my favorite keith things™️ is that he has this bad boy persona, but he’s actually just kinda blunt and autistic. like he can obviously fuck you up and he not the most approachable person, but he doesn’t go out of his way to be a dick either. he just has problems with authority and is a thrill seeker. and once you get to know him he’s actually really awkward and kinda sweet.

he is also just kinda feral and unhinged

love him<3

#Just…. Keith #vld #voltron #voltron legendary defender #keith kogane #keith voltron #keith headcanon #character headcanons #hcs #broganes #autistic keith #Adhd keith #Keith is a cryptid #Keith is a menace #he’s so funny to me #he could fuck you up #But he also can’t hold a conversation to save his life

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fluffypotatey · 1 year

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Consider: Arthur keeping his word about making peace with the Druids (*side-eyes BBC*) and the next time they come across one of those small shrines, he's a lil uncomfy still but is doing his best like, "what's this one for? Should we go around or...?" Because this one isn't as subtly creepy as the last one, there are no "def haunted" vibes, it's just a kind of rough cairn of stacked stone and branches, and it's got flowers all over it, candle stubs and incense sticks, little jars of honeycomb, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

And it's Percival (hc he was raised in a Druid camp, even if he doesn't have magic) is like, "No, it's fine, this one is for Emrys."

Cue Arthur asking about Emrys, and Percival explaining he's supposedly the living son of the Triple Goddess, born to heal the wounds of the Old Religion (he's tactful enough to not mention who made those wounds *coughcough*kingcunt*cough*) and the offerings are made to show kindness and peace, and to aid him in his duty (sure enough, those flowers and herbs are all medicinal).

"Why's it so important to keep him happy?" It's Gwaine who asks, irreverent and curious.

And Percival tells them the story of the High Priestess Nimueh, who tried to turn her power against Emrys's through the magic of life and death. So Emrys created a great storm over the Isle of the Blessed and called down the wrath of rain and lightning to unmake her.

They're all so absorbed in storytelling that nobody notices Merlin sitting off to the side and sweating like a hooker talking to a beat cop.

Bonus points if Merlin sneaks over to take some of the offerings, against his better judgement bc he should not be encouraging this but he's got a killer sweet tooth and nobody in Camelot can make decent sweetmeats, apparently, and some of these herbs are pretty rare.

Double bonus if Percival or Elyan sees him do it and are like, "bro you gon be so cursed," and Merlin doesn't know how to explain that no he's not sacrilegious, these are for him, they're offerings, they were offered, and not entirely realising he's being paid the magical equivalent of ye olde protection racket.

*also side-eyes bbc* yeah...this would have been awesome to have...excuse me while i go sharpen my knives, completely unrelated to this ask i assure you

#(at bbc) hey why the FUCK did you leave an opportunity like this open??? 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪#bbc i just wanna talk #hey i just want to have a conversation 🔪 nothing bad 🔪 i swear #your honor you can vouch for me right 🔪 ....that's what i thought #bbc merlin #i am 100% on board with this #elyan being extra vigilant with merlin bc he was possessed before and doesn't wish such a thing to befall his dear friend #merlin: emrys won't mind #elyan: emrys burned a fucking priestess to the ground for challenging him #merlin: well...she asked for it #elyan: merlin that's not helping your case!#merlin emrys #i feel like it's through percival's explanation through the shrine is when the knights learn how much of a cryptid emrys is #yeah yeah i'm going with that #sir percival #knights of the round table #Anonymous #asks #ask

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counterfeit-cryptid · 2 months

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#myart #cryptid dad draws #fanart #oc art #another thing based off a few conversations with friends #dogday and my oc Andy also a bright orange dog who dies I guess you could say tragically ya idk #dogday #very different types of deaths Andy’s is unspecified but inspired by animal attacks he dies in the woods while traveling with another oc #THE OTHER OC DOESNT KILL HIM #but rather finds him as he’s slowly dying #I have a comic of it on here posted recently

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milimeters-morales · 1 month

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ACAU Miles doesn’t like thinking of Aaron being the Prowler (i’ve decided he figures it out in year two, but doesn’t tell anyone about it) because he doesn’t like that Aaron is doing bad shit and lying about it, and a smaller part of him doesn’t ever want to consider that Aaron and Peter are remotely similar right now, but he sort of… like, he starts to believe “playing favorites is fine when it comes to family” and doesn’t give any hints to anyone about his uncle being the Prowler, when he hears about what the Prowler’s done some nights he’ll brush it off and make himself forget a few days later, and if it sticks with him he tries to convince himself he’s jumping to conclusions and Aaron surely had his reasons. If he accepts that his uncle is capable of this evil, that means he’d have to tell people, and that would no doubt get Aaron taken away from him, and would send him (and his possible sister) into the system. Besides, his uncle is just trying to provide for them the best way he knows how, and life isn’t fair anyways, why ruin what he’s got? Why does he have to be the one to be good all the time, why can’t the adults just know without his intervention, why can’t he just sit back and let them do whatever they want? Especially since it’s not really negatively affecting him. He’s got a roof over his head, always has food, a warm bed, and a loving guardian, soooo… 🤷🏾‍��️

#miles when something bad doesn’t happen immediately: surely this also means nothing bad will ever happen. because aaron won’t let it.#sure he sees other people doing the same thing as bad. but his uncle? nah man you’ve got it all wrong. his uncle loves him so much that’s+#why he’s doing this. yeah it MIGHT be bad but who’s the say. oh so now you’re bringing the LAW into this conversation? what are you. a cop?#i like to think that miles would be like the ‘my dad can whoop your dad’s ass’ but about uncle aaron #miles morales #aaron davis #actual cryptid au #m&m posts

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fixfoxnox · 1 year

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Gaz: *giving a mission report to Price*

Gaz, suddenly: Do you think God stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?

Price: 👁👄👁

Gaz:

Gaz: Anyways I'll make sure to get that info to Soap and Ghost

#I'M ABOUT TO TAKE A TEST #BUT I HAD THIS THOUGHT SO CLEARLY #Gaz is the type of guy who drops lines like this in the middle of a conversation then goes back to normal #he doesn't have a lot of cryptid energy #but he does have some #kyle garrick #kyle gaz garrick #captain price #captain john price #call of duty #cod mw #cod mw2 #task force 141 #simon ghost riley #simon riley

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spoonmoment119 · 1 year

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fuck man idk

#my favorite is the one about mumbo #with the oh my gosh what was that #because that makes him seem like some sort of cryptid #spoon rambles #conversations with me sis #we r froends :]

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puppetmaster13u · 7 months

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Thinkin of the meat marionette au and how different the batfam's body language would be.

Like they've gotten used to having longer limbs, tails, long ears, wings... which doesn't translate over to their original human bodies. So their movement is definitely off, but that's not what I want to talk about right now. What I am rotating is their body language in said meat marionette bodies. When they're more directly connected to the Hive and the Tunnels beneath the city, when they're openly large predatory creatures stalking the night. Which means that their habits and movements would most definitely also be more animalistic. Like they might scrape their claws at the edge of the city to show that it's their territory, or maybe start play fighting like a pair of cats or birds. (If you've ever seen a pair of birds fight it's great lol)

Blinking slowly like cats to show trust or perching up high to preen while keeping an eye on the surrounding area. Chasing after goons for just a hint too long because it's a moving target to play with, things that humans just would not do.

Some other ideas for common actions: Snapping Jaws= Annoyance or exasperation Lashing Tail (Scraping on the ground)= Aggression, going to attack or pounce Lashing Tail (High)= Playful aggression Kneading the Ground (Claws Out)= Nervousness or caution Kneading the Ground (Claws Sheathed)= Relaxed, feels safe Scraping Claws= Feeling territorial or frustrated Wing Fluttering= Amusement or interest Head Bobbing= Interest, acknowledgement, enjoyment

Also @phoenixcatch7 I shall attempt to summon thee for your thoughts, dear mutual

#meat marionette au #batman au #cryptid batman #cryptid batfam #body language #world building #Honestly if anyone has more ideas gimme them #Bruce is sitting there on the GCPD trying to have a conversation while his kids squawk and try to kick each other off the edge #Sometimes they'll try to get him to play by pouncing at his tail despite the fact there's a dangerous blade #I just think they deserve to be a little feral <3 #Head bobbing combined with wing fluttering is probably an invitation to play or spar lol

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