Are Devil and KD a thing here? Or they are just partners in crime?
[16+] “Cuphead: Unsainted” Q&A Nr.001
*Mildly Suggestive Content
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“Are Devil and KD a thing here? Or they are just partners in crime?” - Anonymous (Tumblr)
“After Dice starts working for the Devil. Will they only have a boss-servant relationship? Or there will be something more between them?” - Anonymous (Tumblr)
And this concludes the second week of posting. You can find this week's collaboration once again below the cut!
Title: Holding On While You Slip Away
Writer: @acedragontype
Artist: @alexxuun
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Outdated queer language/ideas, transphobia, minor character death, public outing, witch trials and drowning, warfare
Word Count: 33,148
Pairing/Main Characters: Hob Gadling/Dream (Morpheus)
Up to 10 Additional Tags: Trans Hob Gadling, Queer History, Canon-Typical Violence, Grief/Mourning, Getting Together, Dream Sex, Dream Transformation, Trans Hob gets his preferred body in dreams, Top Morpheus, Top Hob Gadling
Summary:
He was not born Robert Gadling, he'd spent the first 16 years of his life going by another name. And yet, he'd always been Hob in his dreams. A Trans!Hob au exploring his various relationships in the context of queer history, as well as how he feels about his own body and identity.
Title: Closing the Distance
Writer: Ryunya (@ryunyaz)
Artist: innenui
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Attempted Sexual Assault
Word Count: 18k
Pairing/main characters: Dream/Hob
Up to 10 Additional Tags: H/C, Blood and Violence, Fluff, Sensory Overload
Summary:
Distance (and time) make the heart grow fonder, and both Dream and Hob are very happy to be finally reunited. However, Dream gets affected by the Waking world in ways he never has before, and that complicates things a bit.
Title: Shoulder the Sky
Writer: im_not_corrupted (@im-not-corrupted)
Artist: @kd-heart
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death
Word Count: 35,279
Pairing/main characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling
Up to 10 Additional Tags: Heavy Angst, Depression, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus has Depression, Suicidal Ideation, Grief/Mourning, POV Second Person, aftermath of imprisonment, Emotional Hurt, Suicide Attempt, Post Season/Series 01
Summary:
Dream's time spent caged by Roderick Burgess has changed him, and he is tired. The Dreaming is loud, an ocean that drowns him. His responsibilities are another cage, and Dream comes to the realisation that he does not want to be who he is anymore. But he is Endless, and the Endless cannot change. It is not enough to banish the exhaustion that haunts Dream's steps, but he finds comfort in Hob's company as the two of them navigate a tentative friendship. It is a break, when the Dreaming gets too loud. It is not enough. Dream finds himself unable to find the words to explain what is happening inside his own head, though many are willing to listen. Eventually, his own desire to change and be something different manifests itself as a door inside the Dreaming that will take him to the Sunless Lands. It is not the change he wanted. But he is tired, and this door is the only way to escape his function. Though he doesn't take the chance at first, eventually the Dreaming manifests his own resentment for his function as a fog that blankets his kingdom, until Death seems like the only way out. Thankfully, Death of the Endless has another solution to offer her brother.
Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48299206
Art (Podfic): https://archiveofourown.org/works/48631597
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Title: It's A Kind of Magic
Writer: artful_fanfic (@artfulusername)
Artist: @jeniidrawsshit
Rating: Explicit (E)
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Drowning-Related PTSD
Word Count: 21,957
Pairing/main characters: Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling; Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling, Matthew the Raven, Lucien | Lucienne (The Sandman) Up to 10 Additional Tags: Movie Night, POV Alternating, Appearance by Death of the Endless, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Blowjob
Summary:
While Dream and Hob navigate their newly-admitted friendship by engaging in traditional movie nights, neither of them seem prepared to admit that being simply friends is the last thing they want. Will their assumptions about the other's wants and needs keep getting in the way? Will Dream stop wanting to glare at Matthew for teaching him about "Netflix and Chill?" Only time will tell. Fortunately for them, they've got plenty of it.
Match 1: Kurt Cobain vs Sinead O'Connor
Match 2: Shirley Manson vs KD Lang
Match 3: Donita Sparks vs Selena
Match 4: Miki Berenyi vs Brian Molko
Match 5: Ed O'Brien vs Bjork
Match 6: Mariah Carey vs Lauryn Hill
Match 7: Whitney Houston vs Missy Elliott
Match 8: Jeff Buckley vs Fiona Apple
Match 9: Trent Reznor vs Jonny Greenwood + Mike Patton
Match 10: Madonna vs Keanu Reeves
Match 11: Rachel Goswell vs Tupac Shakur
Match 12: Kim Gordon vs PJ Harvey
Match 13: John Frusciante vs Tori Amos
Match 14: Patricia Morrison vs Alex James
Match 15: Tracy Chapman vs Stephen Malkmus
Match 16: Lisa Lopes vs Kathleen Hanna
This week we introduce our eight mini-bosses to duke it out with the hardy survivors of the previous rounds.
Old masterposts: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Battle of the Mikes (mini bracket)
blog lore iceberg chart
Check out #results, #propaganda, #poll request and #asks!
And #other tournaments for all my lovely friends.
tags to filter if you're not into certain kinds of posts:
#my inbox sings to me sometimes - lyric asks
#digging up dirt - controversies/ accusations
#disc horse - anon fights of all varieties
#dreams - people's 90s musician dreams
#jike bbq crack fic/#gruncharov - exactly what it says on the tin
what's allowed in my asks? anything 90s music related! tournament propaganda, discourse and debates, poll requests, rare photos/stories. I will also draw stickmen on demand. Be unhinged. Start fights. Make me proud.
OMG Ao3 WRAPPED QUESTIONS!!!! EXCELLENT, I'M ABOUT TO THROW SO MANY NUMBERS AT YOU: 3, 5, 16, 17 (listen I know the answer to this one, I just want to give you a chance to wax poetic about Ed okay), 20, 29, 30
love you so much thank you
3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?
completed work, anything we want, work in progress Kalahari Down, anything we wabt was me really coming into my own as an artist and KD is me cashing that check
5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?
different names for the same thing i did NOT expect it to blow up like that and im still so touched that it did
16. What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?
i think its "blackbeard has adhd" or "angst with a happy ending"
17. Your favorite character to write this year?
EDDDDDIE MOTHERFUCKING TEACH theres just something about him hes so complex and fascinating and hes a pretty fucking princess and so fuckable im obsessed with him
20. Which work of yours have you reread the most?
oh gosh im actually not sure i reread a lot of my work, i think its either anything we want or my unlisted tumblr fic the ocean:
29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?
to reveal the true answer would be to spoil KD, but off the top of my head my fave published line is from anything we want "Thunderstorms so hard they’d rattle a tooth loose, lightning so bright it’d highlight every dark corner of the house like high summer, and Ed’s never seen anything like him."
30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?
oh so many, primarily how much i revealed and learned about myself in writing KD and also every time my beta would be like "nice parallel how dare you" and id be like DIDNT KNOW I DID THAT