#i think this is my favorite of all the collab designs

[starrymarii]

Happy halloweeeeeen

#hatsune miku #ghost type miku #project voltage #pokemon #vocaloid #i think this is my favorite of all the collab designs #it fucking slaps so hard #tbh all of them do #love #mikuposting

[666soulz]

rapper!connie first run in with fashionvlogger!reader was…interesting. you answered a question from a fan on twitter who asked if you could style one rapper who would it be? you replied saying, ‘connie springer, his music don’t match his style. he dressing like a regular hood nigga when he should be dressing like a bad bitch with a dark lair. pisses me off.’

eren snorted when he seen the tweet and sent it to connie. at first he was a little offended and was about to clean you right on up, but when he saw the comments agreeing??? he had to find out why your opinion mattered so much. so the the first thing he did was tap that instagram link. 550k followers. hmm. he seen that plenty of his celebrity mutuals followed you. 

                           hollowsoul

followed by thegirljt, gunna, liluzivert and others. 

when he tapped on your pinned photo he almost drooled at your beauty, your body, and the outfit you were wearing.  you indeed had that shit on to the T. connie caught himself scrolling through your feed as his anemic ass shook ice into his mouth. you sure did have a love for all black outfits. 

he taps on that message button and types in two words. ‘style me’ 

your phone lights up as you stir around the meat in the pan. you put your glass of wine down to pick up your phone. 

instagram 

new message 

you tap on the notification and it takes you to the dm. you didn’t really have a shocked reaction, but you were surprised that he even bothered to to dm you. connie was semi private. he has moments where he’s very active on social media then he becomes a ghost. 

‘sure long as your okay with me vlogging’

connie puts his cup of ice down beside his feet warning his dog, Choppo, to not touch before replying to you. 

‘i don’t mind. you free on friday?’

   ‘i am’

ight let’s meet at the outlet mall on Lafayette @ 1 then. you mind if me, my friends, and security come?

 okay sounds good and i don’t mind at all.  see you on friday x

trust me you were less boring in person. connie was lacking in first impression as he was late to you guys shopping date. 

you didn’t mind though, you were right in dior trying on sunglasses. “how these look y’all?” you ask your camera. “i don’t know they’re kinda cunt..” you say looking in the small mirror. you didn’t even notice connie and his crew walking in and walking towards you. 

“i like them.”

you look behind you, seeing connie and his friends. connie took you in while you were distracted and you were better in person. you were in an all black outfit, of course, and you looked fucking beautiful. 

“they’re cute right?” you smile looking up at the 6’1 FINE ass dominican man. one thing that  also irritated you about connie’s style is that it doesn’t emphasize his face. connie face card was something different. He had beautiful features, hazel eyes, low lids, some pretty plump lips, and he was pulling off a buzz cut like david beckham in the 2000’s. not many people can do that. 

“yeah, sorry I was late. had to drop my sister off to her dance practice.” connie says you wave him off, “oh I'm not worried about it. it gave me time to think of what stores i want to go to.” you say taking your glasses off. “hey it’s nice to meet y’all,” you said looking at the two men behind connie. eren and ony. they weren’t a group but they put out some collab albums. those albums were heat, and was always playing when you were working out or cleaning. 

“we’re starting here by the way. can’t go wrong with dior. do you have a favorite fashion brand or designer?” you ask connie as you walked over to the men’s section. 

“uhm nike?”

“nike..? you know what i’m just..i’m just going to pretend you didn’t say that.“ you say shaking your head in disappointment. ony was laughing to himself in the background cause he could hear it in your voice. 

“what’s wrong with nike?” connie smiles as you picked up a dior sweater. “well first off all nike is a sports brand i’m talking about a fashion brand like rick owens, true religion, moschino. 

“what’s a moschino?” connie scrunches his face and he was dead serious. 

“do you know who jeremy scott is? law roach?”

“are these random white people?”

you looked at connie like he was a little lost baby, pouting your glossy lips. “aw you are so cute.” you pinch his cheek. “this is my favorite part. teaching you the ins and out of fashion.” you smile pushing an outfit into his chest. “go try this on.”

connie found out that you were a bossy little thing. if he didn’t like something, “oh well too bad you’re getting it anyways.” ony and eren enjoyed seeing him get bossed around as he was usually the demanding one in the studio. you had fun telling connie stuff about fashion and how to put together a good outfit. 

connie left that outlet with a new wardrobe, friend, and crush. a very big crush that his friends noticed. the way connie blushed like some nerdy school boy every time you’d hype him up. you noticed as well and found it absolutely adorable. 

“do that lil pose that you do. period!” 

you enjoyed Connie's presence. He was a mix between laidback and hyper. like when he got comfortable around you, he got to cracking jokes. even joking you. picking up some ugly ass cowgirl boots and saying, “this looks like something you’d like.” and you’d just give him a little playful glare telling him to not play with you. 

you left Connie with a homework assignment. learn how to use pinterest and make a pinterest board. 

#just making up scenarios #whatever flows ig #aot x black reader #connie springer #aot smut #connie x black!reader #connie springer x black!reader #connie springer x y/n #black reader #connie x black reader #aot x reader #connie springer x black reader

[pinkpigtailsprincess]

౨ৎ ⁺ . Dolly n Honeys Collab .ᐟ 🎀🍯🐬

Hii Dolls!! im soo soo 2 do this collabs with one of my favorite blogs @honeytonedhottie !!! basically we’ll be talking about persistence and being limitless!!🧁🎀 Enjoy!!!

Honey 𝜗𝜚 ! 🍯🎀

HOW TO PERSIST ; persisting simply means reminding urself that u already have whatever it is that u want. when u persist, you decide what it is that u want and you STICK to it.

the oxford definition of persistence simply means to continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

your 3d literally has no choice but to catch up and reflect the new thoughts that ur thinking in ur 4d so just KEEP GOING. if ur gonna whine or complain every step of the way and think thoughts like "persisting is hard" or "theres lots of resistance/difficulty with manifesting" then thats what ur going to experience.

manifesting is easy, effortless, and instant. when u catch urself thinking thoughts that perpetuate the old story, remind urself that no matter what, whatever u persist in will harden into reality simply because it HAS to. stop getting in your own way!!

Dolly ୨୧ ! 🎀🫧🍨🛼

Limitless > Imagination!! 🎀🧁

Limitless Definition; Possesing power of an immeasurable rate a perfect way to describe your power your literally the god of your reality and you know you might think thats silly or “delusional” its so true though like ever since birth people are conditioned to believe that being negative is the more “logical” and “realistic” way to think than positive whoch is such a stupid revelation because all throughout life you meant to believe that you have to bring yourself down to earth about achieving something and that you’ll never have “__” because of “__” but that makes no sense seeing all of the extraordinary achievements that humans have done like

- build rockets and do rocket science

- walk on the moon

- build the great wall of china

and so many others including the human body its self your cells in your body healing and protecting wounds and your organs being able to stay in the designated spot no matter what and you think “logic” actually matters? everything in the human mind is projected i mean everything you use on a daily basis started off in the mind it all stems from imagination i mean just think about how everything around you started put as an idea in someones head!!

Decisions!! 🎀🍨🫧

deciding is the final decision and the final outcome no matter what no questions asked like if you went too a sushi restaurant and ordered and decided that you want a shrimp tempura roll you will have the shrimp tempura roll no matter what

Concepts !! 🎀🧁🐬

“if the concept of something can exist then that can be achieved no matter” literally something i think about alot and a direct quote from yours truly like most people do think that you can have something because its quote “unrealistic” or it “doesn’t exist” but if that were really the case than why is the concept of it allowed to prosper like if those things really didn’t exist then the concept of Billionaires or Superpowers and Superheroes wouldn’t exist or even time travel everything single one of those things are a product of imagination!!! 💭🎀

#subliminals #manifesting #subliminal #dolly #girls generation #newjeans #kpop gg #pixel gif #loa tumblr #loassumption #law of assumption #law of manifestation #law of the universe #manifesation #states loa #loablr #loa blog #loa success #loa #desired reality #reality shift #shiftinconsciousness #black shifters #shifters #shiftblr #reality shifting #desired self #2sweet2eat🎀🧁

[wilted3sunflowers]

This is my Miku pokemon trainer tier list

For this tier list its both my favorites and what i consider a very good miku design

Of course all of them are good miku designs but some shine above the rest

S tier- my absolute favorites Bug miku is so classy, so well thought out, and i think the brown looks amazing with her teal. Shes everything A close tie with bug miku is Ice miku her hair is everything to me im in complete love with this sharp miku. Water Miku is basic but that's all she needs in lovely simplicity, truly feeling like Miku in this world as a water trainer especially with her tan lines from her original outfit it feels like this is her off time from being an idol! Steel Miku had my heart as soon as I saw her with Jirachi. Which was my favorite pokemon when I was a child [it was prior before i even had any pokemon games of my own and only watched the movies] The colors, the motif of star, the hat and the hair its all wonderful to me!

A tier- Amazingly done concepts and totally miku! Rock Miku's dress and veil is lovely, i love they incorporated the veil as mock pigtails. If this was the verison of her without the dress then she would have been in S tier. I love the jester look but thats my own personal preference. She also reminds me of diance with the dress.

Flying Miku is gorgeous, the wispy hair, the translucent areas to mimic clouds and mist. It's an amazing concept and wonderfully executed design! Fairy miku i know is everyones favorite and it's obvious to see why, shes adorable and cute and I too would love to draw her. She has that appeal to her down to a T. Fighting Miku is something i've been waiting for this whole time. Of course no way they could do a pokemon collab with miku and not include farfetch'd! It's a sleek and simple design that takes traits of the original miku's outfit and tweaks them. Though she does kind of remind me of maka from soul eater just a small bit.

B tier- Great concepts! Electric Miku's lightening pigtails are so cute she looks like a little adventure/farmer of currents. She stands on her own as a design and as a tie to miku. Poison type Miku i would have done the same doing mucky/slime twintails though i probably wouldn't have thought to use the new alolan muk which is a very good look and helps add in the colors. It's a great design and while i wouldve put her in A tier some of her design elements hold me off. This is a top tier character design though trust me Dark Miku, i love she came with obstagoon. Though at first i couldnt even tell if miku had pigtails in the artwork. This reminds me just of a nice miku for a cover of an existing song which is not bad it's just how it feels. Normal type miku has good colors, shes paired with an active singing pokemon and while it's simple I think it conveys miku well enough. Though she keeps reminding me of the oversaturated stereotype of early 90s fashion. now on Ghost miku, shes higher than i'd actually put her but for her concept and simplicity of staying to miku but as a glitched out ghost version of her i do have to give props to that even if i find it more on the plain side. I think they succeeded in what was necessary even though this portrays miku AS the ghost instead of just a ghost trainer. ....honestly now that i type my words i feel like i was right and shouldve stuck with her in C tier.

C tier- too basic for my tastes yet still well done Grass miku is cute and all but if you told me she was unrelated to miku, i could believe you. Just that it'd be a fandom joke to call her 'green miku'

Fire miku, reminds me all too much of the anniversary miku song and im sure thats where they got part of the insipration from it but it doesnt really do much for me combined with the fire aspect and how her hair is shaped. I know its to mimic the pokemon shes with its just personal taste on that one. The silhoutte is good.

Ground type miku i had to keep looking up because i forget what shes supposed to be numerous times. Same case with grass miku, i could see someone telling me shes from x thing and unrelated to miku. I'm just not a fan of the design and colors but it's well done. I know when something is just my subjective taste rather than poorly done.

Dragon miku while i'm not the biggest fan of all the cowlicks going down the twintails i know it's purpose is there to mimic the spiked tail of a traditional dragon and i wouldn't want them removed. I think i especially just don't like the tacked on half shawl cape it feels disjointed. Yet i find its a nice concept they did both an almost knight look for her as dragon as always with the concept of knights and dragons battling. Now the knight trainer is battling with the dragon as comrades.

Psychic type miku- i think they started with the least interesting and noteworthy one honestly. It just looks, kind of uninspired but thats rude to say. I know shes here to fufill the concept of miku as a trainer in pokemon and well it just looks like she's her own trainer class that'd have multiple running around looking the same instead of a stand out like a rival or a gym leader in game.

[iamsosmaug]

Miraculous Fic Recs

Recently I've been complaining a lot on the internet how sucky the recent seasons of ML have been, and how much better the old fanfics are; I'm going to prove my point by sharing my tried-and-true rec list. Here we go.

Back To Us - Written in 2017, so some things are inaccurate. Basically Marinette, as Ladybug, kills Gabriel Agreste on accident by pushing him off the Eiffel Tower and Adrien moves to Milan. Seven years later Marinette is a rising fashion designer, her long-lost partner comes back seven years later but hot, and a new Hawkmoth shows up on the very day Adrien comes back. Suspicious. INCLUDES: Antihero!Chat. Alternate superhero names for Alya, Nino + there are only seven miraculouses which honestly I like a lot better than Ladybug just busting another one out whenever she feels like it. At one point, it was the longest fic in the fandom but now it's not even close. 446k. Requires an Ao3 account to read.

Second Chances- Again, written fairly early in the fandom. Adrien is a single dad and Alya volunteers Marinette to be his daughter's nanny - the premise sounds like it could turn out really weird but I promise it's not. Adorable adorable. INCLUDES: Past ChloexAdrien and MarinettexNathanael, and Adrien never went to school. Reverse best friends (Alya + Adrien, Mari + Nino). 105k.

Whose Woods These Are (I Think I Know) - Ladrien Cinderella AU. Super well-written in a kind of fairytale style. I honestly love this fic. 105k.

Spotty Connections - Adrienette texting fic (no miraculous AU, but does incorporate LadyNoir). Tikki & Plagg are M&A's cats. One of my favorites ever. 66k.

Film It - Adrien is a youtuber! Soon all of Twitter ships #adrienette. INCLUDES: Gabriel Agreste's A+ Parenting. Endgame Adrienette. Superheroes exist, but LB & CN aren't a huge part of this. Also worthy of note: #thatfoursome and a decent amount of Twitter formatting. This has pretty much everything I want in an Adrienette fic. 56k.

Chasing The C/h/atwalk - Project Runway AU. Marinette is a designer and Adrien... is her model. Shenanigans ensue. INCLUDES: Some LadyNoir, mostly after the identity reveal. #MarinetteInDenial. 100k. I love this fic.

Lucky Us - No Miraculous email AU. See Spotty Connections: LadyNoir incorporated without the actual superheroes. Fluff with a tiny bit of angst but still happy ending. 136k.

Secret Santa - fluff. Pure fluff; classic in the fandom. A bit cheesy and very outdated but very nice. Time for a reread. It has a sequel called New Year's Ball. 52k.

Être Majeur - horror, AU, fairly short, creepy and strange but really well-written. 24k. M for horror elements.

La Pucelle Et La Coccinelle - Absolute favorite. Explores Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc in this story) with the Ladybug Miraculous. INCLUDES: Actual historical references, lore for the miraculouses, and a flashforward to the future at the end with Marinette. 38k. I have it printed out, I love it so much.

Pray For the Children You Lost Along the Way - Silent Hill AU (Emilie Anderson from the arcade game is Adrien's mom). It has been on hiatus since 2019, but is still worth a read because so many things tie together in a satisfying way. 86k. Rated M b/c of Silent Hill-type things.

Under Lock and Key - Huge classic also published on Wattpad. Author/artist collab with Maerynn & EdenDaphne - Maerynn passed away while the fic was being written and ED finished it. Very nice art by ED. I view this fic as the quintessential 2017 era Adrienette fic. Very sweet and fluffy. 34k.

Tripped at Fencing - Gabriel hits Adrien. INCLUDES: Gabriel Agreste's A+ Parenting. Accidental identity reveal (Marinette finds out first). Only 5k but a classic.

The Butterfly and Her Brother series (Generations Past and Future) - written c. 2016. Gabriel is NOT Hawkmoth; Gabriel is not a villian in the least so technically OOC. First couple are set in the 1990s, then a couple in ~2016 and the latest in like 2044. I haven't read the last one in the series but WHATHGAWAATG (Europe gets taken over), featuring the next gen of Agrestes, is really good as well. Many things are outdated/false as this was written based off of s1, but I honestly like this interpretation of the Miraculous much better than how the show does it. Mama Agreste's name is Adele (again, s1) and I quite like her character. I freaking LOVE this series. I have it downloaded to my phone and I reread it when I'm feeling sad. 340k in total, but the longest work in the series is about 166k. SO many kudos.

a fight that you were born to lose - "Adrien finds out that Gabriel is Hawkmoth, and Gabriel gets to bring his long-waited plan into action." TW abuse, emotional manipulation, forced dieting. Gabriel Agreste's A+ Parenting. Fairly short for how well-rounded it is - 17k.

An Impromptu Proposal - what it says on the tin. Reverse love square kinda: Ladynoir requited love bc Adrien never went to school. Includes identity reveal and Hawkmoth!Lila takedown. 33k.

On The Prowl - Criminal CN. Also on ffn.net. Good story and TOTALLY a classic, but also uses 'ravenette' and 'sapphire orbs' unironically. The writing is okay if a little melodramatic. 53k.

Chat Noir's White French Man Hit List For Feminist Purposes - pretty much what it says on the tin. Sentimonster!Adrien. 7.8k.

i think it's time i told you (i'm a fan of your universe) - ladynoir proposal. v v nice. Just 5k. Smidge of angst.

The Ladyblog Comment Section - what it says on the tin. 27k. Hilarity and crack.

spark - Tinder AU. Lots of Marichat. Angst with a happy ending. 49k. Slow burn w/ eventual identity reveal.

all dressed up and nowhere to go - No Miraculouses modern royalty AU - human Tikki and Plagg. Mostly DJWifi but a mild amount of adrienette and a smidge of chlogami. Includes arranged marriage Adrien x Alya but they don't end up together. "Twenty-five-year-old Marinette is a wedding dress designer, business blooming in her trusty shop, Ladybug Bridal. When the engagement of Prince Adrien Agreste and Ancient Princess Alya Césaire is announced, all she expects is an influx of work. What she gets instead is... a bit different." 35k.

tangled ribbons - Ao3. ballet/dance AU (no miraculous). Adrienette with some DJWifi and human Tikki & Plagg. "Marinette is a small studio dancer who wins a scholarship to a summer long ballet intensive. Adrien is a famous ballet dancer who would rather be at home than at said intensive. The end of the summer will bring about a showcase that could make Marinette's career, if she can ignore Chloé and focus on something other than Adrien." 82k. The slowest of burns.

Where timing is kind to us - Ao3. marichat discusses quantum physics. 4.3k. This is a beautiful one-shot with a one-sided reveal.

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[lovecanyon]

BELLA I WAS THINKING…..WHAT IF WILDFLOWER CASES AND PLEASING COLLAB????? HELLO THAT’S SUCH A GOOD IDEA

INSTAGRAM BLURB

dad!harry x reader

MASTERLIST | PATREON

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harryflorals HARRY AND Y/N IN ITALY YESTERDAY!

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harryfan4 italy and harry in the same sentence always scares me 😭

harryfan6 WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURN

harryfan8 i know damn well his ass ain’t reading

harryfan3 please 🤭

harryfan7 they are so cute

harryfan9 me when?

hrryfan11 STOP I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

harryfan13 alexa play that should be me

harryfan10 this just reminds me how single i am

harryfan12 Y/N AND HARRY = SOULMATES 🫶

harryfan14 cries screams sobs

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pleasing Tomorrow. Pleasing X Wildflower Cases

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harryfan15 i just collapsed

harryfan17 “i don’t want you to go broke” okay….

yourinstagram designed by: harry styles

harrystyles I am: talented

harryfan19 they are so 😭😭

harryfan16 HARRY DESIGNED THE CASE??

jefezoff when worlds collide

harryfan18 the way it’s gonna sell out so fast

pillowpersonpp i love this so much

harryfan20 harry and y/n are insane

harry_lambert ICONIC

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wildflowercases Pleasing x Wildflower out now!

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harryfan21 i am not okay 😭

harryfan23 GIRL IT’S LIKE A WAR ZONE OUT HERE

harryfan25 y/n is so pretty omg

harrystyles I agree.

harryfan22 HARRY?????

harryfan24 it’s gonna take me 5-10 business days to recover

alexademie yessss!!!

harryfan26 sold out in less than 10 minutes…🤭

gemmastyles i support this so very much

harryfan28 this whole collab feels like a fever dream

florencepugh this. is. it.

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ynharrydaily Y/N in Portofino Italy tonight with fans!

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harryfan35 MILF

harryfan31 honestly harry writing three albums about her make so much sense

harryfan33 the muse ✨

harryfan36 y/n makes friends with people everywhere she goes

harryfan38 she’s just like harry

harryfan34 oh to be her

harryfan37 i love y/n

harryfan39 she’s really living the life

harryfan41 when you remember she’s harry’s fiancé 😭😭

harryfan43 good for her!!!!

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harrystyles I love Italy.

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harryfan40 i can’t handle this

harryfan42 WHY IS THIS SO CUTE?? I’M SCREAMING

yourinstagram i’m obsessed with you

harrystyles No, I’m obsessed with you.

harryfan44 CHEATER 💔

emmalouisecorrin i love y/n

harryfan46 the way her and harry have matching adidas shoes 😭

gemmachan you guys are so adorable together!

harryfan48 in tears right now

billieeilish this couple.

harryfan50 i wish i was y/n and could go to italy with harry

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yourinstagram babies first time at a museum

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harryfan52 my favorite styles siblings 🫶

harryfan55 BEAU AND INEZ ARE GROWING UP SO FAST

harrystyles Strawbabies.

yourinstagram I see you laughing in the corner of my eye, is it that funny?

harrystyles Yes.

harryfan58 i want this type of relationship so bad

pillowpersonpp nez and bee are the cutest

harryfan53 “babies” 😭😭

gemmastyles hope you guys had fun!

harryfan59 the way they have blonde hair like harry when he was a kid

paulithepsm miss those rascals

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[walkawaytall]

bring back the turkey, you cowards

Weird thing none of you know about me: from about 2015(?) until about 2019 or so, I had a very specific and weird obsession: Lisa Frank's social media presence (and, to a lesser degree, Lisa Frank's collaboration deals clearly made in an attempt at making a comeback).

Now, I will go ahead and correct a commonly held misconception amongst the people who followed me on Facebook at the time: I was not obsessed with Lisa Frank the person (as mysterious as she attempts to be, I think I have her mostly figured out), Lisa Frank the manufacturer of my favorite childhood school supplies, or even Lisa Frank the company as it stands today (though this Jezebel article, Inside the Rainbow Gulag: The Technicolor Rise and Fall of Lisa Frank, is wild and I think everyone should read it; it may not hold true today since they've had so much change and turnover, but it's still fascinating). My obsession was primarily focused on Lisa Frank's social media presence. And that's because Lisa Frank's social media presence was batshit insane.

Keep in mind, when I first started following them on social media, they were not banking on Millennial nostalgia. They were still primarily selling school supplies. The adult coloring book (not adult like smutty; adult like...those therapy coloring books that were so popular ten years ago?) sold by way of an exclusivity agreement with Dollar General hadn't been announced yet, nor had workout gear or the SpongeBob collab (sold only at HotTopic). As far as anyone knew, Lisa Frank was still that rainbow school supply company whose target audience is nine-year-old girls.

Which is why all of the housemade "memes" were absolutely bonkers.

This is peak Middle-Aged Mom Humor, so why is it being presented to me by the company making pencils and folders for elementary schoolers?

Glad to know we are encouraging fourth graders to day drink.

This one isn't actually aimed at any particular age group; I just find it funny that captains of pirate ships are inherently pirates, so I don't know what this is supposed to mean.

He won't. He will not fly. He is a flightless bird. This is a terrible lesson and you are a homicidal mother penguin. (Also using slightly altered lines from poems without attribution is theft, but whatever.)

And the image that started my obsession:

This...isn't a joke??? What is this???

I don't know who was behind these posts, but considering how small the company was at that point, I always suspected that Lisa herself was recycling old artwork with the help of an intern or something and creating the social media posts...because it just sort of seemed like that's what was happening? I have no proof of this; it was just a vibe I got.

But, during that period of time, even though the posts were inscrutable and sometime just straight-up Minion Humor, they were at least interesting.

Well, I mean, sometimes they were interesting because they were like acid to the eyes.

Okay, and sometimes they were interesting but also sported questionable messaging about one's relationship with food and exercise.

Anyway, I digress. In 2019, Lisa's son Forrest Green (yes, her sons are named Hunter and Forrest Green) took over the social media presence and it became...very palatable for the masses, I suppose. It was a lot of photo edits of old boy band pictures with Lisa Frank designs superimposed on tshirts -- it was very nostalgia-driven and very much directed at Millennials and thus I lost interest, because if there's anything I hate, it's being the target demographic for a sales pitch.

Anyway, my point is that for several years in a row, Lisa Frank would post the same holiday-themed images, so I got used to seeing a certain Thanksgiving design that is, and I cannot prepare you enough, one of the most chaotic and hideous things you'll ever lay your eyes on. But it was tradition. They posted it like three years in a row, and then as soon as Forrest took over, this design was never posted again. And all I have to say on this Thanksgiving week of 2023 is: bring back the turkey, you cowards.

#it me #lisa frank #thanksgiving #i'm about to go save a bunch of images from the lisa frank facebook page because i think forrest forgot that these existed #and i don't want them to become lost media #there are so many more #they're all bonkers #and i love them #long post

[mangogator]

hey myst fandom its me! back with some art!

this is a concept that literally will never happen (and only appeals to me) but for a while i’ve been thinking of a myst x sky cotl collab season called season of ages!!! above are a few concept designs for cosmetics can you tell exile is my favorite game in the series

click on the read more to see disorganized ramblings and the uncropped drawing!

SO its a very loose concept with very scattered ideas so far (and if you are both a sky and myst enjoyer PLEASE feel free to add ideas and also be my friend?????) and im sadly not super well versed in myst lore so this is going to be VERY surface level

a VERY basic concept of the season would be collecting pages across the realms to restore linking books, but this feels kinda boring. i’m also not sure how the spirits would relate to the myst characters, if there even would be spirits? and should each realm have a new area in it that resembles an age in one of the games that gradually get unlocked as the player completes quests? i have no idea!!! idk about yall but i would LOVE to fly around myst island

i know for sure that an ultimate gift/iap cosmetic would be a linking book. what i’m undecided on is if the player would just get one book that would allow them to link to a chosen area (it would be a wearable cosmetic, kinda like the art book), or would completing the season unlock a special place in vault of knowledge that gives the player access to multiple linking books? if it were an iap cosmetic (like all collab seasons have), it could be a linking book to a room of linking books? idk

i really want to be able to pay homage to all of the myst games by incorporating at least one element from each game (ie a whole age, an object in an age, a cosmetic that resembles something a character wears, etc etc). i also really want there to still be a puzzle element , but like. super easy puzzles. people play sky to chill, not be frustrated hdkshsskkh

the spirit guide will be atrus i will not budge on this

tgc and cyan. collab when

#sky cotl #myst #sky children of the light #that sky game #riven #myst exile #that game company #art tag

[supraveng]

Fandom Leap - chapter 4

previous chapter @crazyunsexycool

Story MasterList - check out all the chapters by all my favorite mutuals

here's my chapter for our crazy collab experiment

Summary: you wake up in yet another universe, one where you actually belong

Word count: 2.4k

Pairing: not really but hinted

Readers inner thoughts are in italics

dividers by @firefly-graphics

The air shifts around you, a chill runs down your back again and you’re no longer sitting on the floor of a beaten down hotel room in the middle of Germany in the 1940s. The last thing you heard was them calling out your name. This time you feel exhausted. These jumps are draining you and yet again you’re in a universe you don’t recognize. A tear rolls down your cheek as you finally look around to try and figure out where you are.

Most importantly, will you figure out a way to get back?

You were groggy, and exhausted, but the irritating ringing made you move to try and figure out where it was coming from.   Sitting up, you realized you were in bed, an incredibly comfy and luxurious bed.  

Well, at least there’s something positive with this most recent shift.  I could get used to this.   

Attempting to settle back in and enjoy the Egyptian cotton sheets, the ringing continued, reminding you of the reason you were alert to begin with.  Taking a look around the room, you didn’t recognize anything but found the ringing phone on your night stand and answered begrudgingly. 

“Hello?’  rubbing your eyes and trying to figure out where you were.  

“It’s about time you answered, I was beginning to worry.  I have a final schedule that I want you to look at today and let me know any change requests immediately.   I can’t guarantee we can change certain meetings but you know I’ll try my best for you” the person was very alert and talking pretty fast. 

What the hell is going on?  Who would be creating a meeting schedule for me?   

“I’m sorry, I’m just waking up and haven’t had any coffee yet, I’ll take a look and get back to you”  Trying your best to continue a conversation about something you weren’t aware of with a person you didn’t know was harder than you realized. 

“I have to say I’m impressed you even answered the phone if you haven’t had coffee yet.  You have a few hours before the wardrobe arrives so try to wake up and I’ll be there as soon as I can but probably right as the clothes are arriving.  Is there anything else you need?” the caller asked and seemed to have a whole agenda for today.  

“Uh no, I’m good, see you later”

When the call ended you weren’t really sure what to think, but knew the best way to get a grasp on your newest universe was to start snooping around the room you were in.

Thank goodness it's not a Hydra bunker and it's 1000% better than the motel with Dean.  

It was gorgeous,  honestly it almost reminded you of the dream bedroom you tried to create at home, but this one was definitely not designed from your shopping trips to Target and TJ Maxx. 

The room really felt homey, and you wondered where you were, the uncertainty was making you even more nervous than the previous shifts.

When you spotted a photo of yourself, you weren't sure how to feel, this shift wasn't like the others, this one was personal and that was much more unsettling.  You held the picture in your hand to see if you remembered taking it, but you were sure you'd never been on a boat where the water was that blue. 

That realization made you feel rather envious of this version of you and you didn't really know anything about yourself.   This is ridiculous, how can I be jealous of someone who doesn't exist. 

Shaking your head you picked the phone back up and did some research on, well you.  Thankfully the facial recognition unlocked the phone immediately and you thought maybe going through your text messages would be a good start.  

Except that only confused you more, not only did you not recognize any names on your contacts,  you assumed most were code names for people you were friends or acquaintances with.  You were certain there wasn't anyone actually named Gemini Flanagan or Chubby Dumpling, and considering who that was in your world you were too apprehensive to jump right into that. 

I'm gonna have to Google myself. You immediately started giggling at the thought, both for the absurdity of the situation and the sexual connotation that phrase always held. 

Since you weren't completely awake you decided to take your phone with you on a hunt for coffee, throwing on the robe you found on the back of the door you quietly left the room.  Not hearing anything while you were in the room, you assumed you'd be alone but not aware of your surroundings you'd rather be safe than sorry. 

Finding the kitchen quickly, and not a soul around or a light on, you settled on the fact you were indeed alone.  Making your coffee you were pleasantly surprised to see your usual brands stocked in the kitchen.  At least I have good taste, or at least this me.   

Your initial online search brought up articles and pictures of yourself, and even a few fan fictions that you were not going to attempt to read today.  After what felt like hours and 3 cups of coffee later, you had more information on yourself  and it was quite impressive. 

Apparently you were the next big thing in Hollywood, or so 1 source said, of course others said you were overrated, or lucky to be in the right place at the right time because your talent wasn’t much, you just got lucky. 

Well this is not what i had expected.   You wouldn’t call yourself a shy person, but not the center of the room attention seeker either.  Instead of just reading anonymous stories about yourself, you dug into your own social media and was pleasantly surprised to see that this version of you was still friends with the same people you had since you were a kid.  At least I’m not an asshole   

A quick shower and dressing in some of the most elegant loungewear you had ever seen, you kept looking through your personal items around the apartment.  

When you heard a knock at the door, you weren’t sure if you should open it or not, but with not much else going on you decided to take the risk.   Before your door was completely open a woman you have never seen before started giving orders to the people behind her. 

She smiled while you stared at her, and extended her hand “Hi, we are a smidge early, hope that’s ok”  Your only response was to nod and open the door wider as several trunks and bags were brought into your living room. 

The only thing you could think to do was stay out of their way as they worked.  Within minutes the room was covered with all sorts of items, from dresses and jackets, to pants and blouses, even shoes, jewelry and bags.  Feeling a bit overwhelmed you weren’t sure what you were supposed to be doing, and thankfully the mystery woman spoke up.

“So as promised everything we discussed is here.  I’ve also labeled everything for you, along with the chart that Claire asked for.   I’ve categorized the pieces based on the schedule she sent, but obviously if the schedule changes, then the outfit that day will too.  But most of the outfits deemed casual can still fall under the dressier category as long as you are using the coordinating accessories.” 

Nodding you looked at everything before smiling at her again.  “Claire mentioned she would be here but I guess she’s not here yet.   Is it ok if we try on the outfits for tomorrow while we wait on her?”  

“Yes, that works for me.” you weren’t sure what else to tell this lady.  Until your stomach growled loud enough for everyone in the room to hear and stop in their tracks.

“I haven’t eaten yet and was planning on ordering something. Are you guys hungry?” 

The woman laughed slightly, “you really are as nice as everyone says, I was hoping to not like you”  

“Well if that’s what you heard, I’ll do my best to live up to it”  while you were chatting a young man came up and handed you a garment bag and a shopping tote.  

“This is for tomorrow, the dress is for the show and the other outfit is to wear to the show”  The look of confusion on your face made him laugh before he pushed your toward your room to change. 

“Put it on and come out, we want to confirm the fit and we can alter where needed” 

The dress they had picked out was beautiful, and probably the most expensive thing you have ever seen, but it wasn’t your style at all.  It was elegant and sexy, two phrases that you would never use to describe yourself or how you dressed. 

However, once you put the dress on, you felt more elegant than you thought was possible.  Walking out of the room, back into the mingling of people working on rearranging the seating area to create a makeshift fashion show with a raised platform and everything. 

“Oh it looks wonderful, but go and step on the alterations pedestal and we will make it perfect!”  

I wonder if this is Claire, the voice sounds familiar   

“That is perfect, Molly you are a godsend.  This is exactly what we need.” 

ok, so wardrobe lady is Molly, got it

“Thank you Claire, that's what I do” she smiles and turns to me inspecting every inch of the dress.  There were now less people in the room, but it seemed like a lot more clothes, with everyone doing something and you, just standing there staring into the void. 

“So, what do you think? How does it feel?  You need to practice sitting before and after any alterations.”  

Turning you smiled “Um, Claire?” she just nodded,

“it’s a beautiful dress, I love it”  

“Of course you do, Molly is amazing.  Now let’s get the fitting finished, we need to make sure the rest of the month’s wardrobe is acceptable before we take a final look at the contract.   Then a once over on the schedule before tomorrow.” 

so Claire was definitely the wake up call, and she apparently is in charge of you, well the you in this life. 

“Ok, as long as I get a chance to eat, we are golden” you turn back to the guy from earlier who is meticulously pinning the side of the dress. 

Claire simply sighs and turns to her ipad, “you are acting like I don’t know you at all, food will be here any minute”  

The rest of the afternoon was a frantic change from one outfit to the next.   From what you could gather from the conversations being had as you simply nodded along, you were leaving next week for a 3 week promotional tour of your new film coming out. 

Apparently, Molly, the fashion stylist, was in charge of your wardrobe from head to toe and this was the drop off for you to pack before leaving town.  Once everyone ate, you were looking over the extensive variety of shoes, Molly was heading out, her work was done. 

“Remember, if there are pieces you want to keep, just let me know, otherwise I’ll be back in a month” she hugged you before leaving, and it didn’t feel as awkward as you would have expected.  

Now that only you and Claire were left, she started digging into her bag and discussing changes and updates that you weren’t sure you could follow.  

She finally turned to you when you hadn’t responded, “ok, I know, you need coffee.  How about I make it while you tell me about any changes you want to make to the contract” 

As she made her way into the kitchen, you couldn’t help but follow. 

“Well, um the contract is an extensive contract, but what sort of changes would I need to be making?” you asked, trying your best to sound like you had a clue as to what was going on. 

“Ugh, you didn’t read it?  I got you to finally agree to the PR relationship and you promised you would read the contract, provide feedback and changes.  I need to get it back to Dacre’s team yesterday”  she looked irritated, but handed you a beautiful cup of coffee, so how mad could she have really been?  

“Um, D- Dacre?  As in, Dacre M-Montgomery?  You want me to sign a contract for a fake PR relationship with Dacre Montgomery?”  you barely said above a whisper, but Claire heard you. 

“If you are still on the fence, I get it.  And I know you wanted to speak to him personally before finalizing but the earliest he’s available is the day after tomorrow.  I was hoping this would start during the press tour, you know, a few secret meet ups that the papz caught wind of.  I agree with you wholeheartedly, nothing like the crap Evans put out there, that was poorly executed, we are smarter than that” 

Your head was spinning by the time she finished talking.  What the hell kind of universe is this and how do I get to stay forever?

Clearing your throat to try and shake any nerves out, “yea, I’d like to meet him first, but if that’s not possible, I understand.   He seems way out of my league, so I’m not sure how many people would buy that we are really a couple” 

You hadn’t intended to sound so insecure, but this might have been the most anxiety inducing situation you have ever been in. 

“Oh, honey, are you kidding, this was his idea, I think you too would look great together.  And who knows, maybe the contract will end and you will fall madly in love with one another?” she giggled before moving on to have you sign the contract and get the ball in motion.  

“Ok, so here are the interview questions for The Tonight Show, they are pretty straight forward.  But I need you to really think about the story you tell, please keep it under control” 

Holy shit, I’m going to be interviewed by Jimmy Fallon?    

Before you could respond that feeling came over you again, you hadn’t even had the chance to warn Claire or live this glamorous life for an entire day before feeling the chill running through you and knowing you weren’t going to be able to get back here anytime soon. 

Next

@swiftlymoniquesblog @nickfowlerrr @unabashed-lover-of-fictional-men @missvelvetsstuff @vibraniumarm06-bucket @rosedpetal @imyourbratzdoll @herdreamywasteland @jamneuromain @potterhead2207

@im-a-satanic-ritual @kiiwiigii

#fandom leap #fanfiction collab #fandom writing

[goldendoodlerlockerlove]

4, 10, 11, 27!! (took you this long to reblog the thing >:/ but hell yessss ♥️)

Yesss!! Thank you so much for invading my ask box, DT!!❣️

4.) How many different styles/mediums (e.g., digital art, traditional art, comics, sculptures, paper craft, etc.) did you try this year?

Actually, quite a bit!! At least, more than I initially thought I did. I, of course, did mostly digital art near the end of this year, and ended up producing a lot more pieces than I've done before!! It was honestly kind of crazy how much art I began producing at the end of this year. It was like I was a driver in a race, pffffffft. But, at the beginning of this year, I dabbled a lot in traditional art, because I enjoy the feeling of putting a pencil to paper, and whilst it takes more time, sometimes it can give you more freedom to experiment with designs or expressions. I also began making a long-form Bob's Burgers comic for the first time, which was inspired by @bluebirbbs and their long-form Bob's Burgers comic, which everyone should read if they haven't already. When I was younger and in art class, I actually used even more mediums for creating art, like sewing an actual Christmas ornament, and sketching stuff using a lightbox, which is super fun. But I haven't done those two things in years. I kind of want to try doing them again someday.

10.) What inspired/motivated you this year?

DT, you know I'm going to say you as my first (and biggest :3) inspiration. I mean, come on, you're the reason I have this blog in the first place. I know I've said it before, but seeing your amazing, lovely BB art inspired me to begin making my own and get back into drawing, and it caused me to create my blog and expand it into territories I didn't even think were possible. And now I'm running Geneuary, an event celebrating my favorite baby boy, and that would never have happened if it hadn't been for you, and that initial Boblin ask I somehow worked up the courage to give you (and am so glad I did)! It doesn't show it anymore, but do you remember how I didn't even have an image for my account?? 😆

Yes, I'm getting super sappy, but all of this is true!! Now, of course, you weren't my only inspiration. There are too many blogs to name, but @br1ghtestlight has been super sweet and my Gene Belcher buddy!! He's the one person who loves the baby boy as much as I do. We may or may not do a collab for Geneuary based on an idea she had about Gene and Tina working on a lil' puzzle together, which is just too adorable 😭

I also must shout out @babsvibes too. She was also, in a way, the reason I even have this blog. I used to be content enjoying this silly Burger show on my own, watching the episodes and having fun, and reading the occasional fanfic (@thisaliennerd and their Boblin fanfic Falling For You is Easy [Like Sunday Morning]) was one of my first forays into the BB fanfic community, and it wonderful) when I suddenly stumbled upon this Tinimmy fic by Babs one fateful day called Honeycombed Hair, I believe: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44413795

This fic led me to you, DT, and your amazing art!! And I joined this incredible Muppet community, and nothing's been the same for me ever since. Now I don't have to enjoy this show alone!! Of course, I have my BF @cryptidchrome now, who watches the show, but I digress. Babs also invited me to the Louigan server, which has been an absolute blast. And she's just an excellent writer in general, which is very inspiring as someone who also writes.

I must also shoutout @theangrypomeranian for being so sweet and Commissioning me, and also being an excellent writer (she called me the #1 Gene person in this fandom and that made me so 🥺). And @devilh0rnsinc for having such lovely art that it makes me squee every time. And @jimmypesto for making the best Boblin fics and just being the ultimate Boblin connoisseur. Shoutout to her new nephew for being the most adorable bambino on the entire planet. Welcome to the world, lil' bean!! @jimmyjrsmusoems is another fantastic writer and is hilarious, and is the other Tinimmy connoisseur in this fandom, besides you, DT, of course. Also, @koko-raccoon has some of the cutest art ever and listened to me ramble about my OCs, which I definitely want to thank them for. Their art is very inspiring to me. But the person whose art is the most inspiring to me, besides yours, DT, is probably @dianadeadwing. Her art is wonderful, and I'll never get enough of it. I also get so excited whenever I see it.

Okay, now for more of a speed round so I can mention more people!! @ratguy-nico has adorable art as well, and I love his style so much. It's wonderful. And @ltwharfy is such a good writer and I didn't even know until I read his Roudise Week fic about Bob and Rudy getting Louise a new hat when she outgrows her bunny ears. @keepyourhornson-spyro is another fantastic writer and is the certified Tedmort Monarch. There are just so many more people I want to name, but I'll just mention one more person: @carnivaldemon, who gave me the most adorable art of Gene and my OC, Alexis. His art is truly inspiring to me.

11.) What pairing/character/subject did you create the most for this year?

You probably already know the answer to this ☠️

It's definitely a tie between Boblin and Gene/Alexis, which is definitely my newest ship and obsession. But I have to give Boblin a special shoutout because I began work on an entire Pre-Canon Boblin series (which I'm still working on to this day) and a "Linda is Deaf" AU, both of which are super close to my heart now. Thank you for giving me the push I needed to work on my "Linda is Deaf" AU when I sent that ask about it to you, pfffffft.

Gene is definitely the character I've created the most for in terms of just singular characters. I could talk about him all day. I love this lil' guy so much. Hopefully, y'all don't get bored of hearing me ramble about him, because I'll certainly never get bored of rambling about him.

27.) Biggest surprise while creating art this year?

Honestly, the biggest surprise was just how sweet, supportive, and welcoming the Bob's Burgers community ended up being. Y'all welcomed me with open arms and supported all of my creative endeavors (and long analyses about Gene) and for that, I'll always be grateful. This community really does feel like one big family, and it's so lovely to see. Everyone is just so nice to each other, it warms my heart 🥹 And one of my biggest surprises was learning about the Ship Weeks/Character Events, and how fun they are. They're truly a testament to how sweet and talented this community is. I'm definitely looking forward to them all next year if they happen again.

#asks #doodler’s daydreams #bobs burgers #thank you so much for asking this dt❣️ #i know i got super sappy but everything i said was true #joining this community was the best decision i ever made #i'm not planning on leaving anytime soon. not willingly anyway #who knew them burger muppets could create one of the sweetest and most supportive online communities ever?? i certainly didn't #and i've never been the same since (in the best way possible)

[summmeister]

A Look Over the Art I Made in 2023

2023 has come and gone, with a sizeable improvement on my art skills. Once again, I am VERY proud of the work I managed to accomplish this year. I'll be going over some of the highlights month by month in this post, being sure to point out anything of note.

JANUARY

Starting off the year, I made some new artwork of Skweeb! I consider this fairly outdated now, but it did start a few trends with the character, mainly how I draw shine on him. His eyes bulge outwards, they're not holes! I also drew @akfamilyhome's character, Leddy.

FEBRUARY

This was a BIG month for me! I tried a lot of new things, and most of them worked out! This month also contains what I consider to be one of my best drawings this year, a celebration of Hollow Knight's 6th anniversary. Other highlights include a dashing tribute to Dangeresque and an entirely new reference sheet for Skweeb!

MARCH

March was not a particularly noteworthy month. These are the only two drawings from it! That said, I am quite happy getting any drawings out this month at all! As you'll see later on, this wasn't actually my most dry month.

APRIL

A VERY full month! I can't even fit everything I wanted to! Lots of Skweeb here, some Lucy too! Also a fitting send-off to Courtney (very sad Dead End got cancelled). Tried some big things here, like with the parody Album art, but for the most part I was just doing what I was good at: simple character full-bodies.

MAY

VERY dry month for art. This is the only piece from May! I participated in @some-fool-fp's aRtPG collab this month. Skweeb joins the party!!!!! Made my own custom logo for him, too.

I had a LOT of college work this month. I was working on a game!!! I got the highest grade possible on it, very proud of that. If you would like to play it, you can do so here. Just a warning though, it's very short and VERY jank at times.

JUNE

Another big month!! Some proper reference of Winslow, another Jevil drawing, and my FAVORITE piece of Skweeb art to date!!! The pose and the shading is just so good on it, I love it.

JULY

...Well this is awkward.

Art Fight was this month, and with all of my effort going towards that, I kinda... didn't draw any of my own art this month. Whoops.

Let's press fast forward, shall we?

AUGUST

A NEW OC WAS CREATED THIS MONTH!!!! Meet Chao. He helps out at the circus. He babby. I put a TON of effort into getting his design just right and ensuring he had the proper referencing before working on anything else. I love this 'lil guy.

Also some of my favorite art from this year!!! Inspired by Lemon Demon's "One Weird Tip", I made some art that takes place on a ficticous desktop! Getting the shapes and text right was hard, but I am so glad I put the time and effort in.

SEPTEMBER

Always Watching.

WOW, I am so so proud of what I accomplished with this CoTL piece. Everything from the pose to the composition and the use of colour is just PERFECT. This is up there in my favourite pieces of art from this year.

Skweeb and Jack Frost are here too... wait, it's not December yet!

OCTOBER

A certain someone turned 2 this month! My baby boy, now 2 years old... how time flies...

It was halloween this month too... but Skweeb isn't dressing up this year. It's Lucy in his place! Got some nice Jax art here too, I love that asshole.

NOVEMBER

I was never the most content with my previous Jevil artwork. I never felt like I was giving it my all, which is why I'm happy to say that this month, I did!

I also took a second shot at drawing Jax; this time, featuring Pomni! I used thinner lines and taught myself how to draw hands a whole lot better, I think it helped, haha.

Lastly, (part of) my piece for @hillelart's 10th Anniversary FNAF collab! The full thing is staying secret for now. Keep an eye out for January 15th!

DECEMBER

Finally, we arrive at December.

Funnily enough, I didn't actually draw for half the month. But when I got back into it, I got BACK in. I'm very proud of both of these pieces, and the shading and blending I used in them! This certainly feels like a new era of my art, and I'm looking forward to continuing it!

And that's it. You made it to the end! Most people just together a simple image for their art recap, and while that certainly works just fine, I like to go into the nitty gritty, write down my entire year in art, y'know?

I'm not sure if this year contains as much progress as 2022, but it certainly contains a BOATLOAD of progress! Look back at the start of the post and compare it to the end of the post, the difference is insane!

Lastly, I've got just one more thing to show, once again, redrawing my first ever piece to mark off yet another year. I hope you like it, you'll only have to wait another 365 days for the next one!

Bring on 2024!

#digital art #digital illustration #summs-art #art #artists on tumblr #artwork #digital artist #original character #skweeb #summs-thoughts #cult of the lamb #the amazing digital circus #five nights at freddy's security breach #jevil #lemon demon #clown oc #sam and max #hollow knight

[m00dysunflower]

I'm only making this post because I've come to realize not many people think about this silly lil thing I find so amusing about Diamond is Unbreakable... While I don't like the part by any means, I have to admit, it has what I would probably consider the best esoteric music reference in JJBA.

Now, it's no secret that Yoshikage Kira's design is based on David Bowie, it's frequently talked about; we all make jokes about it, and yet... his stand isn't a Bowie reference. Kinda weird if you don't think about it too hard.

He has a stand and abilities that are all Queen references: Killer Queen, Sheer Heart Attack, and the infamous (Another One) Bites The Dust.

Fans of DIU I've talked to joke about it, saying how Araki just did whatever he thinks looks and sounds cool, but you know me by now if you read stuff like my Jolyne/Irene analysis post, I always read really far into things with media I'm passionate about and I'm here to say, I'm more than certain there was a method to the madness, even if it was accidental.

A wonderful thing to keep in mind for this post is that Koichi's stand, Echoes Act 3, has the ability to weigh people down.

So, with that said, Koichi and Kira face off a few times throughout Part 4.

Kira was Under Pressure... one might say... no?

And wouldn't you know it; there was a song called "Under Pressure" which was a collab of Queen and David Bowie, the two musical inspirations for the hand-obsessed freak.

And that, my friends, is my favorite musical reference from Diamond is Unbreakable.

#mar analyzes shit #jjba #personal #my writing #diamond is unbreakable #yoshikage kira #killer queen #under pressure #jojos bizarre adventure #look at me talking about silly cartoons again everybody lol #Spotify #anime #koichi hirose

[biinaberry]

I saw your grian design and. you need to understand how genious it is purely because hell yeah cool design but it personally implies he is manufactured and mass produced. why is he Ariana Griande? Why is he Princess lea(forgot how to spell it)? Company Collab. Why does he have winter clothes? /They need to sell dolls somehow/. sorry for rambling but that just blew my mind.

Keep going, honestly I Love hearing people break apart my designs. It feels rewarding watching other find meaning behind how I portray everyone. Gonna get sentimental here. I assume a lot of people's favorite grian skins are the space suit s8, Ariana, or maybe even the pink apron demise skin from s6. For me it will always be this lone one off bit of grian wearing a janitor outfit and cleaning up the mess infront of the button in s7.

When I saw this my mind went "hah, he dresses himself up like a barbie doll". This created the doll grian concept which is still my favorite minecraft design of all time, so this skin holds special value in my heart.

You did make me think however of those old paper dolls and what if grian had his own line up. I have my own lore for why he is a doll but the idea of there being multiple "grians" running around or companies clambering to him begging for collabs is just wonderful

#grian #hermitcraft #goodtimeswithscar #docm77 #If any of you have thoughts on my designs or ideas in general send an ask #most times ill answer them #love rambling about my designs

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KARMA - Part 2 😈

Poly!Lost Boys/Female!OC (Mainly David&Marko/OC)

Summary: David and his bride are ready to dish out Marko's punishment for getting out of line. It's designed to bring back some not-so-fond memories of the past, but it's what he deserves.

LONG FIC ALERT!! This is the second part of a collab series with @ghoulgeousimmaculate. It features her OCs from Party The Pain Away and Little Red (which I highly recommend you read). This has references to her stuff, and takes place in the modern world, not 1987!

WARNINGS: Nsfw/18+ Readers Only, Dark Fic, Sadism, Torture, Cruelty, PTSD, Crying, Blood Drinking, References to trauma, Chains, Bondage, Stabbing, Burning, Holy Water, Drowning, Electrocution, Gore, Body Horror, Blood, Threats, Revenge, Hurt/Comfort

PART 1 PART 3

“David, I can’t do this,” Sis wept as her mate lifted her into his arms. She whimpered, feeling sore from the brutal assault on her body. But David was nothing but tender with her, holding and touching her with the same gentle caress he used when he made love to her.  

“There’s nothing to be afraid of, doll,” David cooed as he carefully carried her to the wheelchair. As David placed her down, she trembled, having flashbacks to when she had ‘fallen’ in the woods, and the boys had to care for her. They were far from kind during that time. 

“Hey,” David whispered in her ear, “Daddy’s got you. You hear me? I’M DADDY, not HIM. I won’t let anything happen to you. We’re using my chair so I can take care of you, Okay?” 

Sis nodded, relaxing with a sigh in his arms before he placed her down. Marko was in a world of trouble. Yes, the boys punished their mates when they broke pack rules, but they tried their best to be empathetic to the traumas of their girls. They did uproot them from humanity after all. Trauma was understandable, but the last thing they wanted to do was trigger pain that would last their mates for eternity. 

David began wheeling his wife through the tunnels, and as they came closer to the toy room, she began to sob and grab at the wheels of the chair. 

“D-daddy, PLEASE, I don’t want to go THERE,” Sis pleaded with tear-streaked cheeks. “I hate that place, please don’t make me.” 

Sighing, David knelt, reaching forward to wipe away her tears with gloved thumbs. 

“Dollface, I know you’ve received many punishments in there, but I’m fair. I was wrong about what happened with Spunky, and as a leader, I realized that. Today, YOU are in control,” he said. “You are the PREDATOR, not him. Think of all the times Marko made you feel small, weak, and helpless. Beautiful, this is your chance to feast on his pain. You have a little bit of him in you, so I know you have an appetite for anguish, and a helping of revenge is a delicacy.” 

“Trust me,” David cooed, “it’s my favorite meal – besides your pretty pussy, of course.” 

Sis smiled, her breath hitching and her eyes dilating as she absorbed David’s words. He could see the unhinged twinkle dance in her eye, her human mask slipping to reveal the bloodthirsty vampiress they nurtured with sadism and cruelty. It was as if his wife had a light switch in her head, the toggle flipping from ‘lady’ to ‘monster’ in seconds. She was a sleeper agent, and David was her handler. She had been activated. 

The platinum blond resumed his place behind her chair, a sadistic smirk forming on his lips as he wheeled the curvy beauty, who giggled uncontrollably as he approached the toy room. The boys heard her feminine, childlike titter, instantly becoming aware of their wife’s current mental state. Things were not pretty when she was like this, especially when she was hungry or WORSE – angry. 

“One, two, Sissy’s comin’ for you~” Paul sing-songed from the other side of the room.  

He and Dwayne had been sitting on a nearby couch and sharing a smoke while keeping an eye on Marko. They weren’t going to give him the chance to potentially escape and get out of his punishment.  

They did their best to keep it lighthearted. Marko had already gotten quite the scolding from them, and that was the nicest thing he was going to get tonight. The moment their wife’s giggles filled the quiet air, they knew trouble was on the way. Paul and Dwayne were just grateful it wasn’t going to be toward them.  

David had their wife in tow as he entered the toy room. His trusty wheelchair was perfect as a temporary throne for the beautiful woman. Though the boys hated seeing the damage that Marko had done, she wasn’t looking as hurt and frightened as she was before. David’s words had truly worked their magic on her, and she wasn’t going to cower at the sight of the toy room as she usually did.  

“Is he ready?” David asked his two brothers. Paul gave a nod before snuffing out his smoke in a nearby ashtray. Dwayne got back on his feet to where the chains were set up. It didn’t take much of his vampiric strength to pull the massive bits of metal down, and lower Marko from the top of the cave ceiling.  

He was still upside down and naked as the day he was born. The silver cuffs had made quite a set of blisters around his wrists and ankles. It made David wince ever so slightly. He couldn’t imagine how bad that felt. But then again, he didn’t care about Marko’s well-being. All that was on his mind was justice for his darling bride and baby. 

Marko’s eyes fluttered open, his daze finally clearing when Sis caught his eye. Flashes of what he did played in his mind. She had looked so helpless underneath him in the nursery. Now she looked like a mighty queen, ready to order whatever she wished to be done to him. 

“H-Hey, beautiful,” Marko croaked out. “You look so radiant tonight....h-have I ever told you how m-much I love you?” 

Four sets of eyes glared at him in disbelief. He could share all the sweet nothings he wanted, but there was not a single thing he could say that would get him out of this punishment. Though they all knew what a sadist Marko truly was, nobody knew it better than the man himself. He remembered every detail of every punishment he made their mates experience.  

The glimmer in his wife’s eyes told him she was going to enjoy seeing it come right back to him. Karma really was a bitch.  

“I love you too, handsome,” Sis purred while she playfully cocked her head to the side, a wry smile on her full lips. “But love is cruel, remember? You gleefully whispered that little gem into my ear two and a half years ago. The night I accidentally set you on fire. I was helpless – mortal. I begged you for mercy, but you still drained me within an inch of my life. I think it’s time to return the favor.”  

Marko’s eyes widened, his gaze falling on his wife’s sadistic grin before he felt her latch onto his throat, the brown-skinned beauty sucking on his flesh ferociously. The boys could barely register how fast she moved, seeing nothing but a blur before she reappeared, attached to Marko like a leech.  

David smiled as Sis fed, her coos of pleasure and her content sighs being music to his ears. The boys were pale, but Marko had become as white as a sheet, the color draining from his already ashen pallor as their wife greedily filled her belly. His face was frozen in horror and his mouth hung agape as he was drained. He was helpless, and there wasn’t anything he could do about it. The curly-haired blond was powerful, but at this moment felt weak as a kitten, his precious strength sliding down his mate’s throat.  

People think that vampires can only be killed with stakes, holy water, and sunlight, but bleeding a vampire is just as severe. Their strength, their life, was in the blood and if a vampire was drained dry, they could also perish.  

Marko was beginning to worry, but his wife graciously released him moments later, throwing her head back in satisfaction as she sighed. David and the boys watched her sinfully glide back to her seat, her injuries stitching themselves together with the help of her mate’s essence. She was young, and would still need to rest and feed again to fully heal, but David was pleased to see an improvement in her spirit.  

The platinum blond lowered his mouth to hers after she settled on his throne, kissing her passionately and licking the blood from her chin. The two broke their embrace, the vixen settling her eyes on a groggy Marko as David massaged her shoulders. 

“Now, you get to walk a mile in my shoes. You get to see what it’s like to be me,” she whispered coldly before turning her head to kiss David’s gloved hand. 

David could barely contain the smile on his face. This was all he ever wanted his beloved wife to be. Confident, powerful, and glowing with bloodlust. All the work he and his boys had put into shaping her into the beast they knew she could be was on full display. He was more than happy to fuel that side of her some more.  

“Now that Marko is nice and weak, I think we can go ahead and get things started, my love,” David cooed. He kissed the top of her forehead before strutting over to his brother. Marko was still looking rather woozy. Sis had done quite a number on him.  

“I have the perfect punishment in mind to remind Marko of his place in our happy little family,” the bleach-blond smirked. “Doll, do you remember that story we told you long ago? The one about how we got our revenge on the traitorous Emerson family?”  

While Sis simply nodded casually, the other three Lost Boys were struck with their own sense of discomfort. The memories of the humans were still so painful to think of, even with the passage of over three decades. They had quenched their thirst for blood that night of the engagement party, but the deaths they had had to suffer before that were pure agony. 

“Well, I told you how we took them down....but I haven’t told you all the details of what they did to us in the first place.”  

“D-David...no...don’t tell me y-you're thinking about....that....” Marko whimpered. He would have taken any other kind of torture. Whippings, beatings, he would even let his wife set him ablaze again. But to experience the taste of death again struck pure terror into his very being.  

The leader crossed his arms, watching his brother squirm at the mere hint of such a thing. It only excited their bride some more. Her sadistic switch was turned up higher from seeing the usually terrifying Marko act so weak. 

“Let me tell you a story, my love,” David began. He sauntered over to the massive wall of toys. Every possible weapon of torture imaginable was ready to go. All he had to do was pick one. “It’s called....The Lost Boys versus The Frog Brothers.” 

“There was a boy named Michael, and he was exceptionally beautiful – baby blue eyes, chiseled jawline, dark curly hair. He was the eldest son of a lovely woman named Lucy, who moved to Santa Carla after a nasty divorce. Little Lucy caught the eye of our father, Max, and ordered us to turn Michael and his brat brother, Sam.”  

“Our lover, the stunning Star,” he mused as he trailed his gloved hand over the nefarious tools, “caught his eye on the boardwalk. He was smitten by her, and we were able to use that to our advantage. Long story short, we entrapped him, turning him with the bottle. But he didn’t accept his fate. He fought back.”  

“Enter the Frog Brothers,” David purred as he pulled down Marko’s favorite wooden paddle, an antique mahogany piece from Venice. “They were friends of Sam, and they managed to infiltrate our home. They stole Star and Laddie away while we slept before turning their weapons on us.” David eyed the intricately decorated paddle, running his fingers over the smooth wood before swiftly cracking it over his knee, splintering the tool of torture into a tool of murder.  

Marko pathetically squealed, his body quaking uncontrollably as he saw the jagged spike from the corner of his eye. Tears flowed from his eyes, rolling down his face and into his brow and scalp as he began to weep. David smiled diabolically while Dwayne and Paul shifted from side to side uncomfortably, the retelling of their attempted murders still fresh and open like a wound.  

“We were sleeping. It was the afternoon, and the Frog Brothers found our chamber.” Sis’ eyes widened, her manicured hand drifting to her plush lips as she let out a gasp.  

“NO.” “Yes, beautiful,” David whispered as he approached Marko with the shard gripped in his hand, “they staked Marko while he was sleeping.” David raised his fist, and Marko squealed, begging for mercy as his body swung back and forth with gravity. 

“DAVID, PLEASE!” Marko wailed. Even in his weakened state, his body was rushing with adrenaline-filled panic. It was all coming back to him. The fiery stabbing sensation of the stake in his heart. How fast the blood poured out of his body. The last minutes of his life were nothing but suffering. He couldn’t possibly go through such trauma again. 

“Dio mio! Vi supplico, abbiate pietà di me!!” 

Marko sobbed out pleas in his native tongue, yet they went on deaf ears. David toyed with him like a cat with a captured mouse. He stabbed at the air on one side. Then he pulled his arm back to do the same with the other side. With every swipe, he got closer and closer to Marko’s flesh.  

Finally, the teasing ceased. The real damage was done.  

David pierced the side of Marko’s chest, slicing through muscle and bone. He purposely picked the side his heart wasn’t on. Marko would survive this gory reenactment, but it would be tormenting for the entire duration. 

“AAAAHHHHH!!!! FUCK!” the vampire cried out. He wriggled and howled, scared like he’d never been before. 

Paul and Dwayne watched on in horror. The boys also carried insufferable memories. Paul still remembered how he sobbed over Marko’s body when the kids got away. Dwayne had to drag him away so they could rest before hunting them down.  

But as much as they wanted to, they couldn’t leave the toy room. They knew they had to be there in case Marko tried to escape. Nobody finished their punishment early. The only way you got out was in death. Those were the rules. 

Sis, on the other hand, was feeling quite differently about the macabre show. Her brown eyes widened and shimmered, completely enchanted by the sight. She was seeing pain and torture through Marko’s eyes now. He had been right all along. It was art. It was passion. 

She needed more. 

“Ooooh Daddy...” she sighed, her undead heart fluttering from how excited she felt. David was so powerful. So suave. He always knew how to give her a good show. “What happened after Marko was staked?”  

“We were devastated, pet,” David cooed as he grabbed the other splintered piece from Marko’s paddle. “I wanted to kill them where they stood, but they fled. I chased them down and grabbed Michael’s little brother, Sam. I almost had him, but the Frogs pulled him into the sun, and I burned my hand.”  

David strolled over to a lit oil drum and set the scrap alight before handing the torch to his wife. “For you, my love.” 

Sis sighed, cat-like purrs rumbling in her chest as she rose from her throne. “Daddy,” she cooed, with an inhuman twang as her eyes blazed gold, “how romantic.” 

“Only the best for you, doll,” David crooned as he accepted his wife’s hand in his, the bleach-blond leading her to Marko.  

They both smiled evilly at him as they circled him, disappearing from his line of sight. Marko could feel their presence behind him, the hellish couple lingering close enough to make him terribly uncomfortable, but standing far away enough that he couldn’t anticipate their next move. He remained as still as possible, trying desperately to tap into his vampiric instincts, but his wife’s feast dulled his senses. 

The vampire yelped when he felt harsh, stinging heat against his fingertips, his wife teasingly running the torch across his hand.  

She pulled back, giggling wickedly at Marko’s reaction, her cackles filling the room for a few minutes before David reeled her in by touching her shoulder. Sis calmed down, purring again as she leaned into David’s touch. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed the platinum blond on the lips before she casually set Marko’s hand on fire. 

The curly-haired blond wailed in pain as she discarded the torch, tossing it into the oil drum. Dwayne and Paul watched in horror as the blaze traveled up Marko’s dangling arm, spreading to his shoulders and neck before catching his curly tendrils.  

Big Sis clapped her hands, jumping up and down with glee as she watched the blaze. David watched her with pride while Dwayne and Paul felt disgusted. Paul gagged as the smell of burnt hair filled the room, while Dwayne looked as if he’d hurl up the Chinese food they ate earlier, the sight of his brother’s melting flesh making him feel ill.  

The boys disposed of many corpses this way, tossing them carelessly into a pit of fire after feeding, but things hit differently when it was one of your own.  

Marko suffered and screamed as the fire scorched massive parts of his body. This was much more than what David had experienced on that faithful day, but he was powerless to stop such punishment. Even if he had the strength to protest, David wouldn’t stand for complaining. He had to suffer with every taste of death he was fed.  

If having his flesh burned wasn’t bad enough, he also had to experience the agony of his body repairing itself. Going through such a thing would be a hell of a lot easier if he was properly fed and energized. The faster it went, the better. But his wife had nearly drained him dry. That meant he had to feel every last nerve, tissue, and inch of skin reform.  

Sis watched in awe, practically bouncing with joy as the charred flesh healed at a snail’s pace. David wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her close to his chest as he nuzzled her neck. Normal couples cuddled around a fireplace when they wanted to get cozy. For vampires, you burned someone to get a romantic, roaring fire.  

It took ages, but Marko’s body was mostly back to how it was before. The only minor problems were the makeshift stake still plunged into his chest and his skin scarred and bright pink. Every inch of his body was in terrible pain, yet he was grateful that the fire was gone. When you were tortured for such long periods of time, you had to enjoy the brief seconds of rest while you could. After all, the worst was yet to come. 

“So we slept in the cave. We were waiting for the sun to go down so we could attack the little brats and get our revenge for our dear, departed Marko,” David continued. Marko himself winced from how his brother used such sweet words as he set him up for more torture. He really was an asshole sometimes.  

“We all split up to take on the Frogs and the Emersons. I went for Michael, Dwayne took Sam, and Paul went after the Frogs.” 

David disappeared into the depths of the toy room to find something to go along with the next part of the story. Paul and Dwayne shared a look, feeling anxious about what was next. They still remembered how torturous their own deaths were. None of the Lost Boys had died quickly or painlessly that night, and that wasn’t good news for Marko.  

Sis simply waited for her husband to return with the next set of toys for their “game”. She perked up with curiosity when David came from the shadows with something massive in tow.  

It was a bathtub. One that had been salvaged from over a century ago. It was scuffed up and dusty, but it would do the job as the next prop for David’s tale. 

With the use of his powers, David was able to easily drag the old tub with one hand so he could carry something else on his shoulders. A massive, glass jug with clear liquid sloshing around inside. Both items were carried over to the spot right under Marko. Though David was feeling quite proud of himself, Paul wasn’t doing very well with such a setup. 

“Oh my God, I can’t watch this,” he whimpered, hands shaking in terror. Dwayne swiftly pulled the blond into his arms, facing him away from the sight and comforting him as he kept an eye on the others. He shushed and cooed reassuring words in Paul’s ear all the while. 

David uncorked the large jug, carefully pouring the liquid into the bathtub. The pristine liquid disgustingly mixed with the thick layer of dirt, creating a tan soupy mixture that no one in their right mind would want to be submerged in. 

“What happened next, Daddy?” Sis asked curiously, approaching the tub to survey the filthy concoction. David quickly blocked his wife’s path, turning her body to usher her back to her seat.  

“Careful, my sweet,” David purred as he rubbed her shoulders. “You’ve been through so much today. I wouldn’t forgive myself if you were burned.”  

“Daddy,” Sis asked as she settled down on her throne, “is that—?”  

“Holy water? Yes,” David cooed with a sadistic smirk. “When Paul went after the Frog Brothers, the struggle led to the bathroom where they had a bathtub full of Holy water. The Frogs were children. Amateurs. Paul could have easily ripped them to shreds, but Sam’s dog, Nanook, came to their rescue.”  

“What happened?” Sis asked, leaning forward in suspense. “What did the doggie do?”  

“The doggie pushed Paul into the Holy water,” David informed as he strolled over to the pulley system that secured Marko in place.  

Marko wept, murmuring Paul’s name over and over again, the vampire having flashbacks to his brother’s nearly liquified remains and the sight of watching him slowly grow his flesh back. David and Marko had the most benign injuries, despite them still being traumatizing. They healed first and nursed Paul and Dwayne back to health together. Marko would never forget how he fed sniveling mortals to his brother, the wild-haired blond resembling an emaciated skeleton. He’d never tell the boys, but he occasionally had nightmares about it.  

David lowered Marko towards the vile liquid, and Sis watched with bated breath as his curly locks touched the surface. The ethereal wisps began to sizzle as Marko let out a strangled cry. He felt no pain yet, but it was the anticipation that was killing him. He prayed that David would just get it over already.  

“Am I taking too long for you?” David asked tauntingly, having heard Marko’s thoughts. “If so, I’ll be respectful of your time.” Marko opened his mouth to protest, seconds from apologizing and begging for mercy, but he only received a mouth full of holy water.  

He screamed in pain, inhaling the liquid through his mouth and nose. It BURNED, scalding the delicate mucosa of his nose and throat. The vampire even accidentally swallowed some too, his stomach bubbling with pain as his digestive juices mixed with the holy fluid. And he was only under for a few seconds.  

David pulled him up again, allowing him to gasp and sputter while their wife squealed with delight. He was only allowed a moment's relief before he was submerged once more, David repeating the action over and over, dunking him like a cookie in milk. Marko’s flesh was horribly blistering and melting again, which was infuriating for the blond because he had just healed from being lit ablaze.  

Thie was even worse for him, the holy elixir causing the immortal beast such agony from the inside out. But he deserved it. Sis and the rest of their women loved them. So much that they were even willing to die for them, and he repaid that devotion with such cruelty – too many times he could count.  

But tonight was the magnum opus of his sadism. The boys have bedded many men and women, manipulating their minds with their thrall to fill them with wanton desire before giving them pleasure. Marko didn’t give that courtesy to his own wife, opting to carelessly throw her across the room like garbage. The pain of his scalding flesh was nothing in comparison to having someone you love force themselves on you. 

Paul and Dwayne truly hated every moment of this. It was so conflicting. On the one hand, what Marko did to their wife was truly unforgivable. Even as creatures of the night, they wouldn’t do such a thing to their love. On the other hand, this was truly the most traumatizing torture they had ever conducted in this room.  

The boys could take just about anything and live to see another night. They had immense power that kept them going. But to recreate the worst day of their undead lives? Bring back the memories of what could have been their final moments? It shook them to their very core. Paul wouldn’t look at this. The screams were already bad enough. Dwayne took notice, putting his hands over the blond’s ears to muffle the sound. 

“It’s okay, baby. I got you...” he whispered.  

Flesh dripped from Marko’s body as if it was no different than the water. It was hellish for Marko, but true bliss for the lady. Sis licked her plush lips, a newfound hunger building in her belly. Tasting his blood had been so delicious on her tongue. Now it felt like his pain was the dessert for her meal. If the holy water wasn’t deadly to her as well, she would have loved a taste of the drops Marko’s body left behind. 

David had lost count of how many times he lowered and raised the chains. It was like a fun game to him, seeing his traitorous brother go up and down and up and down. His raspy cackle mixed with the howls that came from Marko’s ruined mouth.  

“STOP! STOP!!! Per favore!!” Marko wailed. 

“Awww okay. I’ll stop,” David smirked.  

He finally raised him up on the chains and let go so that there would be no more dips in the tainted holy water. Marko shivered and sobbed while the platinum blond went to remove the tub and the now-empty jug. David would have to remember to pay off another cop to sneak into the local church to steal more of the stuff the next time a punishment was planned. 

In the brief moment David stepped away, Marko looked at his wife with a pathetic pout stuck on his ruined face. She really did have a huge part of his devious nature in her heart. It was like looking in a mirror.  

“My love....my beauty.....cuore mio,” he said to her. Though it was torture to speak with his throat burned so badly, he had to let his wife know how he felt. “I....I’m so sorry....” 

“Save the waterworks, Marko,” David stopped him. Marko couldn’t see what was happening behind his back, but the way Sis’ eyes widened and her smile grew wider than ever told him that the next act of torture was going to be a particularly bad one.  

Dwayne knew exactly what was next in this unhappy story that David was retelling. He remembered how cocky and stupid he was at the time, letting Sam shoot him into the stereo speakers. When he and the others recovered, he promised himself he would never act so carelessly again. He made sure of it that the night they crashed the engagement party.  

“Our handsome Dwayne was next,” David recited. “Sammy also hit him with some holy water before shooting him in the chest with a bow and arrow. You’ve had quite a bit of staking and swimming already, so I think it’s more fitting that you get to experience the true thing that killed Daddy Dearest.” 

Sis giggled playfully. It was quite fun to hear their shared nickname for the brunet vampire in such a morbid setting. She twirled a lock of hair and batted her beautiful lashes at her husband. 

“What killed him?” 

“I’m so glad you asked, Doll,” David cooed. “It was....electrocution.” 

David revealed a cattle prod. He held the device in his gloved palms, crossing the room and graciously kneeling on one knee to present the tool of torture to his beloved. 

“My Queen,” David crooned, “your scepter awaits.” 

Sis smiled demurely, batting her eyelashes coyly, her baby face juxtaposing the maliciousness in her heart. She accepted the cattle prod with taloned fingers, standing as she analyzed the device. It felt delicate in her hands, light and sleek like a conductor’s baton, but it packed a punch, letting out a zesty zap as she tuned it up.  

The Queen of Santa Carla knew she could orchestrate some fantastic music with her royal ‘scepter.’  

“Oh, Daddy, you give me such nice gifts,” Sis muttered as she toyed with the prod, zapping it obnoxiously in front of Marko’s face, enjoying how he jumped when he heard the sickening crackling sound and how his eyes widened at the flash of light. She teased her naughty husband, running the prod over his still slick melted flesh. He was healing slowly once again, but he was still wet enough for the prod to have some kick.  

“Don’t cry,” Sis cooed as she lowered the cattle prod to Marko’s delicate nipple, “I’m only doing this because I know you can take it.” The vixen chuckled as Marko shook his head, a tear falling from his eye as his words were thrown into his face.  

He’d told Sis that many times when he had her at his mercy. Marko closed his eyes, holding his breath as he felt the prod graze his nipple. It made contact, Big Sis laying her thumb on the power button, releasing 4000 volts of electricity into Marko’s body. The vampire trembled and twitched as the holy water acted as a conductor, amplifying the charge to horrific levels.  

His eyes rolled into the back of his head, and blood poured from his mouth. He had accidentally bit his tongue. Sis held the prod in place for five minutes, giggling as Marko seized through the currents. She pulled back to allow him reprieve and to also admire the gnarly burn mark the prod left behind.  

“You have a new tattoo!” She playfully cooed as she surveyed the wound. “I’m going to give you a few more to match!” Big Sis turned her attention to the other nipple, teasing it pert, and at attention by rubbing the prod over it. When she was satisfied, she conducted her assault, zapping Marko again – and again, AND AGAIN.  

The blond released a pathetic wail before seizing up again, his muscles spasming and jerking awkwardly from her sadistic attention. It was almost as if he was doing a funny dance, his clunky movements blessing her with glee. She began to hum various tunes that she favored, curious to see which songs matched his ‘dance.’  

It was a fun game for her but not for Dwayne. It was now Paul’s turn to comfort him, the memory of his shrieks of pain to the tune of rock and roll flashing in his mind. The pain was tremendous. He’d exploded, his body reduced to dismembered pieces. His limbs and head had to be reattached. He didn’t tell anyone, but he sometimes had headaches. That was never an issue in his life before.  

Sis ceased her assault, Marko’s body now littered with seared circular wounds across his chest and bell. The beauty turned to David with glittering doe eyes, seeking his directive. “What happened next, Daddy?” 

David smiled warmly at his wife. In a sick, twisted kind of way, it all felt like a big bonding experience for the two of them. Though his three brothers each suffered through this dark reenactment, he adored how joyful Sis was acting. This truly was the perfect way to grant her back the power and control that Marko had tried to strip away from her.  

But now it was David's turn to get a little uncomfortable with sharing details about what happened all those years ago. 

He stepped closer to his wife, gently taking the cattle prod away in order to slip his hands over hers. Out of habit, she entwined her fingers with his own, squeezing them lovingly. Even in her deranged state, he knew there was still a hint of that lovely lady he fell in love with years ago.  

“It was me and Michael. The final battle,” David began. No longer was he sharing the story with a theatrical tone. “We tussled around the living room, fighting each other like true vampires. He was so perfect for our family....” 

His voice was soft. Somber. The demented glee in Sis’ mind began to fade when she noticed the genuine pain in his eyes. Though Star had been their lover back then, there was a more genuine heartbreak painted on David’s face when he spoke of what went down with Michael. 

“I....I truly didn’t want to kill him. He was a lot like you. Put up a good fight...protective of his family....and then he shoved me onto a pair of antlers.” 

Dwayne and Paul glanced at one another. Though they loathed how brutal the whole torture session had been, they recognized the vulnerability that David was presenting to their wife. They remembered how bad it hurt to be betrayed and destroyed without a second thought. Michael truly would have been a great brother. An amazing vampire.  

If he had just stopped fighting, they wouldn’t have all gotten hurt. They wouldn’t have had to slaughter his family when they healed. Sis was their second chance, and they couldn’t fathom losing her. 

Which is why Marko had to endure it all. He almost ruined everything. There was absolutely no excuse for what he did.  

With a second wind of rage burning in his heart, David released his wife for a moment to find a very specific tool for Marko’s mutilated body. Something he hadn’t yet used but wanted to give a try with his wife.  

“I want us to do this together, Doll,” David called out to his wife. She tilted her head in curiosity, waiting for her husband to come back into the light. When he did so, he had something in each hand. 

“Gemsbok Antelope. That’s the kind of animal that the antlers belonged to. I can see why Michael’s grandfather liked them so much. They’re incredibly deadly.” 

Sis gawked at the sight of them. They must have been three feet long. The antlers were thick and jagged in a dark, ashen color. The mere thought of David being speared by them made her whimper. Even after all she had witnessed with Marko, she felt hesitation about using such massive things. 

“Oh David....you all went through such awful pain...” 

“And we came back stronger than ever,” David assured her. “We took our revenge for what they did to us. They can never keep us down, my love.” 

The two lovers locked eyes as he held out one of the antlers for her to take. Blue and brown. Each thought the other was truly striking.  

“Don’t you think Marko needs that reminder? That if anyone tries to hurt us, we fight back? Don’t you want to show him just what you can do, my queen?” 

Those words dug deep into Sis’ psyche, teasing her sadistic side once again. The sympathetic side that still held remnants of her humanity was hidden, and a wicked smile pulled at her lips. David knew exactly what she needed. She had to quench this thirst for blood and revenge. She was a phoenix. No matter how much others tried to destroy her, she would rise from the ashes again. 

“Let’s do it, David.” 

Sis caressed David’s cheek lovingly, rubbing her thumb over his pillowy lips before accepting one of the antlers. Running her nimble fingers over the surface, she studied the harsh bone, enamored by its intimidating beauty and its weight in her petite palm. She gripped the horn in both hands before turning to her lover, waiting for his cue before making the journey. 

They had to do it together, just as he said. David nodded, signaling that he was with her every step of the way, putting his horn to the side to walk with his wife, the two approaching Marko with dark expressions.  

Looking at their faces, Marko came to the realization that even though he, Dwayne, and Paul were married and mated to Sis, she was David’s. They were truly a match made in Hell, and they were made for each other in every way. 

Sis raised the Gemsbok over her head, freezing in midair. Her hand jittered, her kind heart slipping through for a moment, but as promised, David was there to support her. The platinum blond slipped his gloved hand over hers, rubbing his thumbs soothingly over her knuckles.  

She could feel the warmth of David’s body on her back and she sighed, relaxing against his chest to gather herself. David kissed her neck, whispering words of encouragement, reminding her of her right as a Queen. To fight back. Marko closed his eyes, muttering a prayer in his native tongue, hoping that anyone in the skies would have mercy on a wretch like him while Dwayne and Paul waited with bated breath. 

The tension was palpable and the suspense was killing everyone, but after a nudge from David's palm, Sis slammed the bone into Marko’s chest, twisting with a manic ferocity, a sickening squelch echoing in the room as she maliciously twisted the horn.  

She’d done it. It was over. Her lip trembled slightly as a tear escaped her eye, and she threw herself into David’s arms, her rage, vulnerability, hurt, and pain pouring out in catharsis. 

“That’s it, my love. You did it. It’s all over now,” David soothed her. His gloved hands rubbed her back gently, comforting her as she went through the rollercoaster of emotions. She was still so young and delicate. It would be decades before she had the strength the boys did to endure all of this extreme torture. But the potential was there. He saw what she was truly capable of with Marko during this entire session.  

“I’m so proud of you,” he purred in her ear. Ever so gentle with his bride, he tilted her chin up, silently telling her to look at him. “You are truly a powerful vampire, doll.” 

When her nerves finally began to settle, David decided to give her a bit of a break from all of this. He slipped his trusty jacket off and laid it over Sis’ shoulders. On her, it looked more like a cape than a coat. It flowed behind her back as he carefully escorted her over to Dwayne and Paul. As he helped guide her, David felt all of his adoration for her build up within his dark heart. She had been through so much, yet she overcame it stronger than ever. He truly did love her.  

Dwayne and Paul held out their arms for her to collapse into. Soft nuzzles and kisses were traded with her, each boy wanting her to feel safe. It had been such an intense night for them all.  

But it wasn’t over yet.  

“Take her back to her nest,” David commanded his two brothers through their mental connection. “I’m going to set up one last surprise for her. Help her freshen up a bit.” 

The two of them gave their leader a nod as they offered their sweet little wife the chance to get some pampering done and to check on her daughter. Such an idea seemed to relax her, and she nodded eagerly, her radiant smile returning once again as she linked her arms with theirs. With a wave to David, the three of them were off.  

“D-David...” an exhausted voice groaned from behind the Head Vampire. With a sinister grin still plastered on his face, David turned around to face Marko. The hanging vampire looked like a bloated corpse. His skin was still half-melted, his flesh mutilated and his blood dripping all over the cave floor. 

“Please......get......me down......” 

The platinum blond didn’t say a word. He simply went back to the spot where he left the other antler. As he picked it up in his hands, memories of his own screams from the white-hot pain they caused him the first time around danced in his head. He had a true taste of death that night. Though he and the others put their wife through the more horrifying experiences to solidify her place by their side, he would never want her to go through what they did. 

And Marko almost ruined it. That was something he was still not ready to forgive.  

“Listen to me carefully,” David sneered. In a flash, he swung around with the antler, letting it face Marko. The battered vampire screamed but silenced himself when the sharp end stopped merely half an inch from his throat.  

“If you ever think of pulling shit like that on our wife again, I will put you through all this again, and make it slow enough to last a whole fucking month. Do you understand?” 

Marko frantically shook his head “yes”, barely missing the weapon each time he moved.  

“I understand! I swear I do! I’ll do anything you want. Anything SHE wants. I know my place, Master!” He babbled in panic. Hearing such things pleased David immensely. At the end of the day, he was indeed the master of all the boys and their mates. He was a king amongst them, and nobody disrespected a king or his queen.  

“Good,” David said. Finally, he tore the antler away, tossing it into the darkness where he had fetched it before. He paid no mind to the massive crash it made onto the ground where it landed. There was no use for it now. In fact, there was something better in mind for the little rule-breaker.  

“The last part of your punishment is the most important one of all,” David began. He made his way back to the pulley system so that he could lower the chains that held Marko in the air. There was still no way the boy would be released yet, but at least he could look at David right-side up. 

“You need a refresher on how we treat our mates in this pack. Sweet little Red has a baby on the way, and you’re going to have to step up in order to take care of your family. Something that doesn’t involve throwing her on the ground in front of your child." 

Marko winced, both from the rough floor of the toy room on his bare knees and from the pain of his body continuing the regeneration process. Still, he didn’t dare stop listening to David.  

“I hope you’re ready to pay attention because the first lesson I’m gonna give you is how to properly lay with your woman~” 

 

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#nsft #dark fic #proceed with caution #writing collab #the lost boys #the lost boys x oc #tw abuse #tw torture #tw body horror #tw violence #marko the lost boys #david the lost boys #paul the lost boys #dwayne the lost boys #tlb

[astralartefact]

Divine Akeha Analysis Post

the gacha game gives us another lore bomb on a random thursday and i felt a calling, this is my moment to shine

this is your warning, voice of cards forsaken maiden spoilers below. seeing as it is legit canon nier now, you might want to check it out before looking at this! i will spoil my personal favorite reveal of that game, so be warned

this hastly made conspiracy board is brought to you by a "I told you so"-induced fugue state

The Pink Petals

The Lunar Tear is firmly on the spot of "most notorious flower in the NieR universe", so much so that people more often than not conflate them with Zero's flower - and while her flower is probably very much purposefully similar to a lunar tear it actually was precedented by something else too:

Pink Petals have actually been a thing since Drakengard 1, where they were used with Manah to give her a "flower girl at a wedding" sort of thing, probably just to make her creepy man voice even more creepy or to serve as a visual side piece to Furiae's twisted romance.

Even if they didn't intend this to mean anything back then they later picked that back up with Zero's pink eye flower which now continues this symbolism for the 'influence of the watchers/gods'.

2. The Black Flower (sword not entity)

Divine Akeha's sword kind of resembles Zero's sword from her Collab Design, mainly in the way the sword neck (?not the handle, the part right in front of the handle) is decorated going down into the blade and the shape of the blade towards the tip. While I'm not as convinced on this point as on the others, this might be on purpose too: The Black Flower (this time the entity in Zero's eye) is as we know some extension of the watchers/gods. Symbolically it makes sense to me to now take that blade as a reference point for weapons based on the power of gods - and especially since the "Black Flower" in Zero's eye is actually pink, this would serve as a full circle moment too.

3. Lac and Mommy

Her design is 100% based on Lac. There's just absolutely no way it isn't. The colors are the same (grey, red and black), she wears a crown like both Lac and the Ivory Spirit and has two red hair ornaments where his red horns would be - but especially the area around the ornamental piece on her obi is strikingly similar to the button on his belly, the design on the metal piece itself is very similar and then above it is red just like his mouth and below it she has the white of his belly..

For the people that haven't played Forsaken Maiden, Lac is one of your party members and as it turns out towards the end of the game he is a god who's out to sacrifice Laty for his own survival. Laty then sacrifices herself to basically imprison the gods into her dream realm.

There is this other god though, she barely has a presence in the story, but she eventually appears as the person who held Lac's puppet body the entire time: The Ivory Spirit. You can read more about my thoughts about her here, but in summary even if she is not the Mother Beast from Drakengard, she very much could be Mommy, who I miss dearly and I just want to see her again.

(That's btw the reveal I mentioned in my warning blip, the moment when the game non-chalantly turns Lac's card around and she's just there is just so eerie, even knowing that it's coming takes so much away from it and combined with the "THAT'S HER RIGHT???" of thinking she has to be the mother beast, especially given that lanca/mini-zero is her maiden... hands down my favorite moment of all VoC games, I think about it so often)

And now we're here and Divine Akeha with a pink petal sword wears a Lac outfit.

Basically, Voice of Cards is 100% confirmed NieR canon. Expect some of the other Divine costumes to look like the other spirits.

Btw, the Lead Scenario Writer of the Sun and Moon arc Yuki Wada was also the Lead Writer of Forsaken Maiden, just so you know whose name you can curse for this.

(This also fuels my Laty => Seeds of Destruction => Cage theory btw)

edit: character story

How many times have I heard. Have I seen. How their words fade into the air. Drown in fresh blood. Is someone there. Is someone present. Yes. If so, there is no reason for me to exist in the same space.

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May salvation come to those who wait for it. May punishment come to those who need it. We worship. We pray. We believe she who sits on the heavenly throne is listening.

weapon story

Flowers bloom when she smiles. Her joy spreads vitality. Buds bloom as she does.

Birds sing when she sends word. They lend their wings as she speaks to us.

The wind howls as she despairs. The heavens rage as she weeps for our tragedies.

The moon shines when she comes to us. She leads our human sacrifices away as we sleep.

(thank you nierrein.guide, you provide a most valuable service)

There aren't any particularly outstanding references in the stories as far as I can tell, even the mention of flowers isn't particularly noteworthy tbh. The most !!! to me is the line "We believe she who sits on the heavenly throne is listening" since it refers to a female god, but that doesn't have to be the Ivory Spirit/Queen Beast, that could just as much be referring to Divine Akeha or an entirely different god such as Amaterasu or something like that, same with the entirety of the weapon story.

I personally also like the line "May Punishment come to those who need it" using "need" instead of "deserve". Very CrimePun of them.

#Nier #Nier Reincarnation #Drakengard #Yoko Taro #Voice of Cards #Forsaken Maiden

[mightymizora]

You mentioned in your post that you have a master's degree in writing for stage. Would it be correct to conclude that you enjoy theatre?

And, if so, what are some of your favorite stage productions? You can talk about multiple, I know it's hard to pick just one!

This question is so goooood! Thank you.

Yes, I studied theatre through undergrad (directing for stage) and postgrad (writing for stage) and had some limited success in my own career. I did get to be on the ground of some incredible work though!

I think the best thing that's on right now is Cabaret. Which is wild to me. I'd never usually recommend a West End production, but a friend of mine did the choreo and it is truly exceptionally good. I walked out thinking oh wow, what a treat that people get to experience this? People that probably would never go to a dance show get this level of movement work. Wow.

Sticking with dance, and with a BG3 theme, I saw Lanre Malaolu (the original Wyll) do his solo show Elephant in the Room in a tiny conference room in 2018 and he blew my mind. A few years after his show Samskara at The Yard Theatre in 2022 reduced me to bits. A serious talent.

Emilia at The Globe Theatre in 2018. Exceptional experience. Please read this play. The final line is everything to me.

I'm a Phoenix Bitch by Bryony Kimmings, again in 2018 (a strong year!) I saw this like 5 times.

Getting to see the premiere of Tender Napalm by Phillip Ridley in 2011. Me and my friend came out literally grabbing at each other's faces all night and quoting the play at each other. Hypnotic.

Seeing that same friend in Cleansed by Sarah Kane at the National Theatre in 2016. He was perfect. I love Sarah Kane, she is a huge influence on me. Her work is so full of hope against hope.

August: Osage County's original production when it came to the National Theatre in 2008. Wildly innovative, intimate, beautifully performed.

Helen McCrory playing Medea at the National Theatre in 2014. You can watch this online I think. What a talent, I miss her every day, I think of all of the performances we will never get to see.

Three Kingdoms by Simon Stephens at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2012 completely changed my writing, my perspective. Unfortunately they adapted the playtext so much that reading it cannot capture it. It was a collab between British playwright Simon Stephens, German director Sebastian Nübling and Estonian designer Ene-Liis Semper and it blew my MIND.

There's probably more but these are the ones that really stand out as me thinking damn, how lucky was I to get to experience this!

#thank you for this awesome ask #theatre #theatre thoughts #if you look up some of these productions they may have been filmed #but also just read em they're so good