#on the way to darkness {queue}

[hawkinslibrary]

Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper Stranger Things 2 Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer | 2.08

#stranger things #strangerthingsedit #stedit #joyce #hopper #joyce x hopper #s2 #the mind flayer #lex creates #dailystrangerthings #tvstrangerthings #here have these too while we're at it #i don't like these #i hate doing dark scenes bc the coloring never works out the way i want it to #and i'm impatient #but. these aren't That bad i think #queue got to let me know

[inversionimpulse]

I've mentioned a few times by now that my interpretation of Yukari Yakumo is that she's secretly still a human being, so I guess I could probably stand to actually explain it.

So, this is what the Perfect Memento says about Yukari. The actual canonicity of PMiSS is in flux, I think, it was written in a much earlier era of Touhou when ZUN seems to have had a somewhat different vision of things and not all of it has remained consistent even accounting for that it's deliberately inaccurate, but we'll ignore that for now. Making strong assertions about something as clay-like as canon in Touhou is a losing game, in any case.

Akyuu's claims seem to check out. We can, actually, independently verify that Yukari does not collect fear from Gensokyo - most characters seem to be only vaguely aware of her at best (and the more they know her, generally, the less they respect her) and in Forbidden Scrollery we see that the human villagers are so unaware of her that showing up to a ghost story circle and telling a story about very specific identifying features like her gaps only provokes confusion.

On the other hand we haven't been shown any of her activities in the outside world. We cannot verify that she collects fear there. More importantly, Akyuu can't verify that.

A youkai that never attacks humans is by definition not a youkai. The youkai Yukari does not attack humans in Gensokyo. Therefore Yukari is attacking humans somewhere else.

That's the logic here. Akyuu is faced with two facts that don't fit together, so she invents something that resolves them. But she doesn't know anything. This may not be true, and if it is, it's of no relation to Akyuu's claims.

We could formulate this problem differently, if we were inclined to.

A youkai that never attacks humans is by definition not a youkai. Yukari, who claims to be a youkai, does not attack humans. Therefore Yukari is not a youkai.

That she's human specifically is a particular leap of mine because I like the idea. I like what it says about Yukari as a character and about her particular situation. And we know from Sakuya that humans can be immortal without ceasing to be human. But looked at with as close to dispassion as I can manage, the evidence is probably weighted more in the direction of her being the Hakurei God. Depending on how you interpret certain dialogue in Missing Power, she comes within an inch of outright saying it, even.

There's also that Yukari and Reimu have long been shown to have different expressions of the same essential powers over borders, boundaries, and other distinctions. This would tend to support the idea that Yukari is the Hakurei God, but I like to fit it into the "Yukari is human" hypothesis by just saying that she's the shrine maiden of the Outside World's Hakurei Shrine. After all, we know it exists, and based on what Rinnosuke saw of it - assuming Yukari's telling him the straightforward truth about what he saw - clearly someone's taking care of it.

Regardless, by presenting one interpretation, Perfect Memento also provides the evidence and uncertainties that make up that interpetation. In doing so, it opens up entirely contradictory interpretations. The wonderful thing about the arts is that the same material can be taken so many different directions. We are obliged to admit that [1 + 1 = 2], but nothing compels us to submit to [youkai ^ !fear -> elsewhere] when [youkai ^ !fear] could mean any number of other things.

#touhou #touhou project #yukari yakumo #yakumo yukari #maribel hearn #and speaking of reimu and yukari sharing powers... nemuno also has those powers #which I have headcanons about but I'd rather express those in art and narrative than in rambling so #in general I think I'm going to try expressing my headcanons in that way more often #a queue in the dark beguiles me #headcanon

[cherry-tries-to-art]

deltarune!starlo doodles! he's a sheriff in the light world and an outlaw in the dark

#undertale yellow #utdr #deltarune yellow #2024 #queue #idk if he'd actually end up in a dark world but i'm not NOT giving him a dark world design #....miiiiiight end up changing his lineart color to a brighter green tho. like kanako #the way i shaded his head in the dark world makes his head look like it's glowing. which is kinda sick ngl

[all-inmoderation]

lmfao

#“hes part native” blah blah blah its still very shaky evidence whether hes actually even a little bit native or not #either way sokka is supposed to be dark skin and visibly native which wouldve avoided this issue in the first place #its funny tho casting directors will hire a kid whos part white part poc but u think theyd even considered someone. like. black and native? #or a blasian? no. absolutely not of course. #this whole sokka sexism thing is so funny #im glad majority of the ppl are reacting negatively as they should #atla live action #atla #twitter #queue #natla

[xofeno]

Jesse Lee Soffer as Jay Halstead CHICAGO P.D. | 5.01 "Reform"

#chicago pd #jay halstead #jesse lee soffer #cpdedit #tvedit #tvgifs #gifs #gifset #edit #chicagopdedit #jayhalsteadedit #cpd #cpd 5x01 #chicago pd 5.01 #S5 #mine #queue the post to begin #lol i just discovered the exposure setting after 84 years of giffing go me #and a fun new way to fiddle with colouring too #this is grainy bc it was dark but i still like it

[supes9]

"If you were leading and you fell, and I couldn't hold you... I'd go with you."

#emergency! #johnny gage #randolph mantooth #roy desoto #kevin tighe #johnny & roy #squad 51 #this gifset was inspired by that quote from johnny to roy in s5 #when they're climbing up a cliff for a rescue #and before johnny starts up ahead of roy he pauses and says this to him in such a sweet and genuine way #and that moment has lived in my head rent free ever since #i was going to use that scene for part of this #but it's so dark and hard to see so i decided against it #anyway these two aren't leaving a rescue without each other ❤️ #nothing to it when you know what you're queueing

[dawnthefluffyduck]

Happy 1st anniversary to Looking Glasses by @ferronickel :) (edit; whoops forgot to remove the space in the tag, sorry i know you've already seen it haha)

#super exciting day :D #every single page in looking glasses is a work of art #if i'm remembering the order of events right #i found about looking glasses bc you visited my blog around the time i first started posting #and i freaked out and was super happy so i checked yours out too #and lo and behold there was a gem of a comic to be found there #thanks for the support you've given me with my art since then :) best wishes for the rest of looking glasses! #also #christ on a stick how the hell do you handle all of those dark fountain swirlies #i always thought they were cool as hell but i have a newfound appreciation for them now that i've tried it myself #this is a bit messy but i didn't wanna overwork it #i'm still learning digital painting so i was guessing my whole way through this haha #was very fun to draw ^-^ #couldnt decide what exactly i wanted to draw for this so i drew ralsei in one of my favorite scenes #ralsei #deltarune #looking glasses #first time I've used the queue feature #got it set for 10:30 when I normally wake up so it better work or I'll gut tumblr and sell its entrails in a flea market #update; it did not in fact work #rip tumblr

[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

i was tagged by @henderdads and i'm so glad i was!!

i couldn't tell you what the 'certain way' is, but i know it when i see it

you can make your tier list here!

tagging: @inikokoru, @spectrum-spectre, @corrodedbisexual, @perseus-notjackson, @eddiesdoeeyes, @stevethehairington and anyone else who'd like to!!

#DON'T JUDGE ME ASDKFHALSF #the guilty pleasure tier also has to be done a certain way for me to actually like it so it's not ALL of those type fics either #i only read one (1) dark fic before and it haunts me to this day #noelle lore #fanfic tropes #tag game #wouldn't queue like to see something strange?

[hellhathfrozethover]

#megaman #mega man #rockman #ロックマン #fire man #ice man #scrib corner #an ember in the cold darkness and a chill in the warm light #the yin and yang of these two is what makes me enjoy their dynamic so much #its a perfect dichotomy from the physical to the mental #i know this sucks but i'm trying #figured out a new way of doing things an wanted to test it out so used the doodle canvas #that file is almost at 120 layers btw. completely out of hand #also ive figured out how the queue works recently #tags gonna be 'good-queuel' bc im trite and good-cool is jesus

[yeetlegay]

Whoever’s responsible for the sound production in the prapaisky boardroom scene should be in jail rn, I’m so dead serious

#literally WHAT was that I’m ?????? esp since all the other sex scenes were at least DECENT sound-wise 😭 #the scene was so perfect in every other way I just need to talk to the sound guy alone for 5 minutes in a dark alley nbd #love in the air #prapaisky #why don’t queue stay

[theficlistpodcast]

"Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (that's how I got my name)..."

#definitely my immortal #ebony darkness dementia raven way #my immortal #fandom #fandom culture #fanfiction #fanfic #fic #harry potter #tiktok #the fic list #another queue bites the dust

[inversionimpulse]

which aspects of Yakumo Koizumi's life should be reflected in Yukari Yakumo should, I think, be decided entirely based on what would be funniest for whatever your project is

so my stance is that if she's going to interact with Aya or Hatate, she should have a long and successful career as a newspaper reporter behind her

#touhou #touhou project #yukari yakumo #aya shameimaru #''you'll never make it anywhere with this gossip rag stuff. you need to find the bloodiest murders around and write them bloodier'' #''In Gensokyo? that sounds like a good way to get killed for being a snitch.'' #''... Yes? I'm not seeing a downside here.'' #i feel like she might actually be encouraging to hatate. I feel like she's a bit more genuine about being a reporter than aya #(though overall more insecure and ironic) #and maybe yukari would find that slightly charming. or maybe it would just be because Purple #a queue in the dark beguiles me

[avrorean]

new tags while I get pages updated et all with Nanna's New Developments

#☼ ･°･⊱ about. ∣ lift your hands toward the sun. #☼ ･°･⊱ aesthetic. ∣ bright as spring‚ with blossoms in her hair. #☼ ･°･⊱ faceclaim. ∣ a heart holding sunlight in abundance. #☼ ･°･⊱ headcanon. ∣ with your hands free‚ reclaim the dawn. #☼ ･°･⊱ humor. ∣ can I get you a ladder so you can get off my back? #☼ ･°･⊱ ic. ∣ a new adventure begins. #☼ ･°･⊱ meta. ∣ it was a dark time. there was one light. #☼ ･°･⊱ study. ∣ she laughs‚ and every saint that ever was laughs with her. #☼ ･°･⊱ ooc. ∣ sunny with a chance of darkspawn! #☼ ･°･⊱ queue. ∣ a warden on her way back home again. #.

[reflections-of-mobius]

Type: Plot Progression Universe: Enlightened Darkness Location: The Rolling Sands (Shamar Desert)

He knew this feeling....sand drifted across the barren landscape, the sun beating down its impossible heat upon an unwilling, scorched earth. The clear blue sky was nearly mocking in its appearance- almost as if it were looking at any wandering, wayward souls with a smirk, whispering 'weakling'.

There were cities in this barren place, of course- some dared to be built out in the open, a testament to sentient life and the stubbornness of all of Mobius- while some were built in the darkness, in the mountainous rocks that cut up from the crust. But between these monuments of survival- of life- two sets of footprints came to a standstill.

Silence brewed in that moment- so loud that it seemed even the sands flowing on the wind quieted themselves.

"....Dark...?" His voice nearly echoed, a single word- not the full name- spoken...and yet he could swear he felt the grains beneath his sandals tremble.

"...and here I was, thinking you wouldn't recognize me, Mephiles..." He flinched. Tenebrosity's tail flicked, the pink tuft at the end somehow cutting a gash in the sand. Light splashed into Mephiles' eye, causing him to grunt and pull back...just before Ten moved a foot over the freshly-formed glass. "...I go by Tenebrosity these days, though...please, call me Ten."

Mephiles exhaled, his eyes slowly sliding from Tenebrosity's new appearance to her eyes. She had taken on distinctly lizard-esque qualities- with dark, nearly black, purple scales that faded into a distinct light blue at her hands and feet. She still sported those six arms she seemed to like so much in her true form, and her eyes...they faintly glowed with a hidden light. That ring on her tail...was it...?

He shook his head.

"...and I, Murk..." Tenebrosity couldn't help but chuckle.

"Who would ever think..." The most powerful beings on all of Mobius...but they had both selected this path- as the two seemed to have a habit of doing, whether by choice or not.

She shifted a step closer- keeping a forever-eye on the pseudo-hedgehog. Murk looked vaguely like his true self, but...the mouth was pretty new- as were the pants and sandals...another small chuckle.

"What are you doing here, D----....Tenebrosity?" Well...that was a question she supposed made sense. Murk watched as his acquaintence's expression darkened- her tail going still, the light in her horns flickering.

"...making amends, though meeting you...was unexpected. Have you decided to attempt to destroy this world of mine?" She could feel it, the growing unease- flickering in the air, echoing out as fear echoed in the depths of Murk's heart. What did he have to fear? Surely he wasn't--- "...wait...you...?"

"𐌍𐌄ᕓ𐌄𐌓 𐌀Ᏽ𐌀𐌉𐌍…" Her head tilted. Something in the atmosphere shifted- a weight that had begun to press on the pseudo-hog instantly lifting. Tenebrosity donned a faint smile, lips curving upwards.

"...I'm glad to hear it." And she was sure that Chip would be elated- if he could see this conversation. "But what changed?" Murk's foot shuffled. His eyes fell away from the goddess. The deity let out a breath he didn't need to copy. Once his eyes returned to Tenebrosity- she could see the true color- a glittering, demonic green- bathed in the blood of a million lives, the screaming of countless souls stitched into black markings at the edges...

"That is for me to know, Tenebrosity." There was something off in those hues. The malice that Ten had seen in so many nightmares- that glint that sought the edge of a blade, that craved a world bathed in hellfire--- had it always been so full of pain? And in a blink, the eyes of his disguise were back in place.

"I wasn't going to press, don't worry~. That's for you to know." But- she would take his change with a grain of salt. His journey was very...very....long- and she had seen far too many nightmares over millennia to believe him outright. Still- the benefit of the doubt never hurt. "For now...I think we should both be on our own ways....though I do hope to run into you again, Murk."

Maybe he would say well-behaved-- but she didn't have high hopes. Though it was a little surprising to see the pseudo-hog bow his head.

"...if you wish to...please, come find me in Sanden." He knew so little about Dark Gaia- but what he did know, from seeing her very creation, to the present...he couldn't help but hope to build a bridge where once there'd been none. Please.... "...I'd like you to meet my friends." I promise-

I've changed.

"I'd love to meet them. But- I think I'll wander a little longer before I do." She wondered if the city would still be standing by the time she came by. It was highly unlikely. "Until then, Murk."

"...Tenebrosity..." Murk watched as the other 'melted' into the sand- the Chaos Energy she emitted telling of her location as she drifted across the shadows- before suddenly darting away. His own eyes flickered around.

Everything would go well....

Hopefully.

He turned, a shudder traveling down his spine for a moment as he reinforced his disguise. The crunch of sand underfoot was all that could be heard as the disguised deity began trekking back along his own path. New footsteps...replacing those he had made before.

[]

"OhmyChaos, ohmyChaos...!" The disciple whimpered. They'd had a hand over their mouth, red eyes focused on the exchange below. Only once both parties were gone, did they dare to relax even the slightest bit.

Dark Gaia.

Mephiles the Dark.

They were lucky they weren't spotted- or worse, killed. The devils who sought the destruction of Mobius--- they'd been so close--! The frailty of their mortal shell was crashing down on them, their heart beating a few million miles per hour in their chest. They were just grateful they hadn't wet themself, to top off their immense panic.

Ears flicked rapidly- before they suddenly leapt from the sands. Dark Gaia and Mephiles the Dark, speaking? There was no way in Hell that it had been a casual conversation. They had to be plotting something- something horrific,- the end of Mobius? It had to be--- why else would those two interact????

They were just a lowly disciple-- they needed someone who knew what they were talking about- someone who could solve this- break the apparent bonds between the two devils of Mobius, the destroyers.

"Mother Gile--- needa--- Mother Gile--!" They bolted.

#a tranquil sea/on all horizons | writings #Sticks and stones won’t break my bones/But your name might crack me | Mephiles “Murk” the Dark #I wish there was another way out/For you | Dark Gaia “Tenebrosity” #don’t worry we’ll be back one day/to celebrate our glory days | queue #//enjoy for this is at the end of the current Q #//may it be v tasty.....

[thevalicemultiverse]

🌌 How are you doing?

Forgotten Vows!Victor: [holding his sketchbook] Fine -- just working on a new drawing of a butterfly.

Secundus!Victor: [holding a caterpillar, grinning] Checking on my latest experiment! This one's part of a new strain of bioluminescent butterflies -- should glow orange instead of yellow.

Catch Us!Victor: [wiping the blood off his straight razor] Well, Alice and I just ended the life of another arse who preys on the weak and innocent, so I'm doing well, but I do need to run very soon.

Cuddlepile!Victor: [holding some popcorn] Great -- it's movie night! We're having a Ghostbusters marathon in just a moment!

Inevitable High School!Victor: [being towed along by a small pack of dogs] I may have overbooked this particular Saturday! Heel! Heel!

Aperture!Victor: [doodling unflattering pictures of Cave Johnson on a clipboard] How do you think I'm doing? Just another day in "paradise..."

Londerland Bloodlines!Victor: [looking maybe a bit too happy for someone who is licking blood off his lips] Alice just gave me my blood for the fortnight, so I'm doing wonderful, thank you for asking.

Fallout!Victor: [working on his Two-Shot combat rifle] No one's shooting me right now, and I just found a whole pack of duct tape in that house over there, so life is pretty good at this moment.

Technicolor Phase!Victor: [painting a picture on an easel] Lovely -- just doing some painting. It's a lot easier now that I can see more of the colors.

Valicer In The Dark!Victor: [studying a vial of electroplasm] Trying to figure out how I infuse this into a butterfly...if I can just crack it, I could so much good with that greenhouse down the road...

#~M: I want some questions! now! (ask) #~M: grin without a cat (anon) #~V: Forgotten Vows #~V: Secundus #~V: Catch Us If You Can #~V: Cuddlepile #~V: Inevitable High School #~V: Aperture Wage Slave #~V: Londerland Bloodlines #~V: Fallout Of Darkness #~V: Technicolor Phase #~V: Valicer In The Dark #answer across universes #~C: Victor Van Dort #((that SHOULD be every verse I currently have active #as you can see the Victors are all keeping busy in various ways #some more wholesome than others)) #~M: with this hand I will lift your queue

[damnation-if]

cyberpunk organised crime ring espionage with sexy demons

lmao... something tells me they wouldn't quite fit together.

#what does the chaos mirror see #anon #time flows differently in the queue #forgive me for rambling in the tags here but. the rot Consumes me #when i say cyberpunk i guess it's technically scifi since it takes place on another planet #but in addition to loving d&d and vampire the masquerade i'm also a big fan of shadowrun #the premise is that mc is a corporate espionage agent who has to seduce their way into a gang of criminals annoying your corpo masters #the planet has a wild orbit that takes it far away from the sun and through an asteroid belt for roughly the half the year #it's a miserable time; there's no sunlight and transports can't land because of the asteroids so the planet is basically on its own #so all the rich people leave during that period and it basically becomes anarchy and chaos as everything turns to lawlessness when they go #until they clear the asteroid belt and the corps send in their private armies to re-establish order via gunfire #both the corps and the gangs know that you can make a hell of a lot of money during this period by doing standard shadowrun crime stuff #but one gang has really been cheesing your corp's onions and they don't know How so they send you to seduce your way in and find out #you pick one of the ROs as a likely mark in the prologue and then it skips forward almost a year to just before the planet goes dark again #so it's like. you still haven't figured it out but also you've been fake-dating this person for nearly a year #i just wanted to write something with. that kind of more complicated relationship dynamic of a longer-term relationship already in place #anyway naturally you get to decide in the end if you destroy the gang or betray your corporate masters lmfao #shadowrun *jazzhands* #i know i said i was keeping myself from pitching RO ideas but. one of them i already decided on is a butch lesbian with a shotgun #she's their driver and is covered in tattoos lmao #also there's a guy who's a spy from a Different corp #anyway yes. Sorry about this