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silvermoon424 · 6 months
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The Analog/Digital Horror Recommendation Post
A lovely follower of mine asked for recommendations on Analog Horror series to watch since I mentioned I'm a big fan of the genre. I figured it would be best to just make a big post about it all!
This post will be split up into three sections: 1) Direct links to Analog/Digital Horror series with series that I have actually engaged in being in red bold 2) Links to analog horror commentary Youtube channels that do a great job of breaking down and explaining series because they can get kinda confusing 3) Some particular series breakdown videos I highly recommend.
Direct Links to Analog/Digital Horror Series
Angel Hare
ChezzKids Archive
Gemini Home Entertainment
Gilbert Garfield
Harmony & Horror
Hypnogogic Archive
Lacey's Games (I couldn't link to the playlist because the creator hasn't updated it with the latest video; just look for the Lacey videos on their channel, as of October 2023 there are 3)
Local 58
Mandela Catalogue
THE MONUMENT MYTHOS
Mystery Flesh Pit National Park (MY FUCKING BELOVED, also not a video series but rather a blog of in-universe promotional materials, documents, photos, etc. I will be linking to an explanation video)
Needlem0use
Vita Carnis
The Walten Files
Welcome Home (artist is here on Tumblr)
Winter of '83
This list will be updated as I watch more Analog/Digital Horror series! In the meantime, you can refer to the Analog Horror page on TV Tropes if you want even more recommendations.
Youtubers Who Dissect Analog Horror
Pagan Valley
Wendigoon (some videos haven't been added to this playlist so I recommend checking out his general channel)
minaxa
Wowman
Nexpo
Night Mind
ARG/Unfiction Analysis Playlist (400+ videos)
ARG/Analog Horror Explained Playlist (80+ videos)
My Fave Explanation/Analysis Videos
Mystery Flesh Pit National Park
A Digital Horror Tragedy - Lacey's Games Explained
The Most UNDERRATED Analog Horror Series: Winter of 83
The Hypnagogic Archive: An Anthology ARG
The Lost Footage of the Hypnagogic Archive
Vita Carnis - A Terrifying Analog Horror
ChezzKids Archive - A Terrifying Digital Horror
What are The Walten Files?
Gemini and the End of the World
Welcome Home: A Perfectly Innocent Lost Puppet Show!
What is Local58?/LOCAL58: The Broadcast Station that Manipulates You
The TRUE Horror of Local 58
Okay y'all, that should keep you busy for a long time, lol. As I said this will be periodically updated as I find new series and videos! Please feel free to add in your own recommendations in the replies, reblogs, whatever if you have them!
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ohnoitstbskyen · 3 months
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no one knows who created skull trumpet (until now) by Jeffiot
An internet deep dive into the history of the skeleton trumpet GIF that explodes in memes every Halloween.
Jeffiot takes a long trip through Wayback Machine archives and posts of reposts of reposts to find out who made the GIF, and meditates a bit on what it means to have your art exist so far beyond the context in which it was first created.
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saijspellhart · 1 month
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Things I liked about the Netflix ATLA and some critiques:
Before you read. Please go watch the series, take off your blinders and keep an open mind. It’s surprisingly good. This review has spoilers.
They reordered some scenes so that emotional moments would have a larger pay off. Like getting to see and experience Aang’s relationship with Monk Gyatsu, and seeing his tribe before it was destroyed. So when he has his breakdown in the air temple with Sokka and Katara later, you really feel and understand his agony.
Azula is introduced earlier, with a story running simultaneously with the Aang’s journey but not involved with his. So she has a chance to be more fleshed out and explored before she becomes a major threat. Only time will tell if this more complicated Azula comes close to the animated one. Big shoes to fill, but not a bad start.
Fire Lord Ozai plays a more sinister and oppressive role. Not a faceless boogeyman anymore. You get to see his machinations and the cruel games he’s playing with his family, and see the emotional abuse that warps them.
Appa is adorable as fuck, and so is Momo. So well animated, such gorgeous care put into them.
Kyoshi, Kuruk, and Roku make more of an appearance. With Kyoshi narrating the prologue. And if you loved the novels you’ll see they incorporated more of Kyoshi and Kuruk’s backstory from the novels than what we saw in the animated cartoon.
The acting was competent, even if a little wonky at times. I found Sokka very endearing, I loved the kid they cast as Aang and you can tell they really tried to find a balance between serious and playful. They didn’t always hit it, but the effort was there.
Zuko was great. I think they nailed him and he had great chemistry with the actor playing Iroh.
King Bumi was great, I love how they made his internal struggles more complex. He wasn’t just a crazy old man anymore. He was a crazy old man who was weary and worn down by the horrors of loss and war. A crazy old man who struggled to reconcile that the best friend he lost is the avatar and wasn’t there for him.
I loved the costume and set design. It was like stepping into the actual world of ATLA. Cities were complex and well constructed. Every setting was incredible and the attention to detail was intense.
Zuko’s boat is full of artifacts he pilfered from the Air Nomads while hunting for the avatar.
They changed how Aang got the bison whistle so it makes more sense and fits more seamlessly into the story. It never made sense why a random peddler would be selling a bison whistle if air nomads and bison have been gone for 100 years. Not impossible for a peddler to do, but not probable. The Netflix series actually gave more meaning for the artifact and changed how Aang received it.
Emotional points in the show are now more intense and brought me to tears.
Commander Zhao is more competent and conniving, and his presence felt more dangerous and less comedic.
Sokka’s outright sexism was changed from putting girls down, to just manly machismo, talking himself up. Not gone, but not degrading. They decided to let the sexism message shine more prominently with the northern water tribe, rather than tackle it twice with Sokka too. (Sokka’s sexism being solved in one episode was never well written to begin with. And the animated series quickly forgot about it and moved on to him tackling more important issues, like his being a non bender inadequacy, his leadership journey, his physical combat journey, and him finding himself as more than just the funny sarcastic guy.) For time constraints, it was better the Netflix series did not to tackle the same problem twice, especially when you might not have the resources to give both sexism issues the gravity it deserves. By focusing the sexism problem to the northern water tribe they were able to give Katara more attention.
We got to see Katara’s water-bending go from being ultra sloppy and weak to badass. It feels like they are spending more time focusing on her developing into a warrior rather than being the mom of the group. I’m honestly not sad about it. She’s still the hope ridden, emotional glue, but now it feels like she explores that warrior side a little deeper. It felt so earned when she got the title of master at the northern water tribe finale.
The actor playing uncle Iroh nailed the role. I couldn’t think of a better live action adaptation of Iroh. I love him so much.
The shirshu looks fucking phemonal.
Koh was scary as fuck and I love it. They really nailed his horror elements. Even if I’m a little sad that they changed some things about his face stealing. (He eats faces now to steal them, rather than stealing when someone shows emotion.)
The three actresses who play Mei, Azula and Tailee actually look appropriate for their age. Since they are introduced earlier, they are clearly younger, and since this show is intended to get more seasons, the casting choice made sense as we are intended to watch these girls grow up over the course of the entire show. These actors will get older, and the characters will get more menacing and sharper. It’s great. It’s thoughtful. I love it.
We get to see Zuko’s dynamics with his crew more. And find out that he did more than just speak out against his father at that meeting. His outburst at that meeting saved an entire squad of soldiers, and they don’t even know it. Zuko feels such disdain and bitterness because of the situation, and his crew doesn’t even know why. It’s so complex, you can see how the abuse Zuko endured causes him to take out his anger on his crew, and in turn they are bitter back. And it’s this cycle, that festers. But the crew also grows with Zuko, they change and evolve as he evolves. And it’s such a delight to watch.
They could have cut the Secret Tunnel minstrels altogether, given the time constraints and that the episode was mostly fluff in season two. A fun romp, but not necessary. But the creators knew people loved the minstrels so they found a way to use them anyway. Because they knew they were special. I am thankful for that, even if they show up waaay earlier than they should.
I was honestly more sold on Sokka and Suki’s relationship in the live action. It’s was so adorkable. Do I wish it had more time to develop? Yeah, of course I love a good slow burn. But that didn’t mean it wasn’t fun as hell watching the two flirt so badly with each other. Sokka being a buffoon, and Suki overstepping and being too rough, before realizing she was being too hard.
Some Critiques:
They reordered some episode storylines to happen at the same time, and while it does bloat some episodes. it’s understandable due the episode and budget limitations. In the cartoon, during the inventor episode Katara didn’t have a lot to do, and during the freedom fighters episode Sokka didn’t have a lot to do. So they ended up combining both stories into one hour long episode in the live action, so that both Katara and Sokka would be involved in something. Is it the best? No. But it makes sense. I get it.
Katara starts off bland in the first episode and it takes a bit for her to grow into the character.
The past avatars can be a bit strong with the doom and gloom, and I wish they’d toned that back.
Koh and Heibei (I dunno how to spell the panda spirit’s name) got combined to the same episode, and Koh stole Heibei’s spotlight. Again, I understand why these got combined, but I think it could have been handled a little better and Heibei should have gotten more closure.
There should have been a ninth episode, placed between the two episode Koh storyline, and the Northern Water Tribe storyline. Why? Because the Koh storyline was really heavy and intense. And it leads right into the season finale. An extra ninth episode should have been added with a more lighthearted tone. Something to ease the tension between the two very intense storylines.
Aang should have been using a glider to flit about the temples in the first episode. But it’s not something that ruins the whole show. It was a dumb that only happens in a single episode in the season.
I really missed Momo and Appa’s presence. They appeared atleast once in every episode, but it was still sad they weren’t more of a presence. Again I understand why. They were so beautifully animated that everytime they were on screen it (without a doubt) cost the production thousands of dollars. They were generous including as many of the unique animals and creatures as they had.
I still don’t think Sokka had enough time to develop a relationship with Yue at the northern water tribe. It was rushed and contrived in the animated version, and it was rushed and contrived in this Netflix version. There also wasn’t any of the chemistry like Sokka had with Suki to make the whirlwind romance work. I never liked the romance from the original, and I wasn’t a fan of it here. But that’s ok, because it’s such a small and insignificant thing.
In conclusion most of the changes I can see made were due to budget, and episode limitations. The creators were clearly trying to bring theater-cinematic quality to what was essentially an eight hour long film. And you cannot deny that this show is stunning. Absolutely breathtaking. Most of the episodes cut were filler, and while hilarious and mostly loved by fans, were stories not as necessary in the grand scope. You could feel the love and appreciation the creators included in this series. It wasn’t soulless, it wasn’t a heartless cash grab, it wasn’t a shot for shot (thank god) but it also didn’t butcher the source material.
I understand that the animated show creators had creative differences with the live action Netflix adaptation creators. But that doesn’t mean that the Netflix series completely failed. As every fanfic writer out there knows, the original authors are not going to love what you create based on their works. Tolkien hated every adaptation of his works, HATED them. But no one is going about saying that the Lord of the Rings trilogy movies were hot garbage. A creator doesn’t have to endorse a project for it to be good.
Netflix ATLA is good, it’s not perfect. And it never was going to be perfect. The cartoon it was based on wasn’t perfect either. But the ATLA cartoon was definitely some huge shoes to fill that set a bar very high. Any adaptation was going to struggle to be just as good.
I think the Netflix adaptation was a treat and a pleasure to watch. I think people should go into it with an open mind and see that it’s not trying to replace the cartoon. It’s a love letter to the cartoon.
PS: According to behind the scenes commentary on the Nickelodeon ATLA cartoon, the reason we didn’t get a season 4 was because the creators wanted a live action film. Nickelodeon offered the original cartoon creators the option to make season 4 or to spend the budget meant for season four on a live action ATLA film. The original creators chose the live action film directed by M. Night Shamalan. They wanted a live action for their show over a 4th season. They had no idea M. night would butcher their baby with his pathetic film all those years ago.
This show was a second chance after the M. night abomination. And you know what? It’s a pretty decent adaptation. And guess what? With a resurgence of interest in the series, we are getting more animated content for the original animated series. There’s definitely something for everyone on the horizon if this succeeds.
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cyphyree · 11 months
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I threw together a Show / Movie recommendation template so I can find more stuff to watch!!!
PLEASE feel free to fill this out and reblog from me so I can find more cool shows/films!! (hopefully i'll have time to watch them RIP) Or repost with credit :) Anyone can modify/expand it however they want too! Here are some of my recommendations:
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asteriass · 30 days
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Dokja’s phone battery
Being 100% fr, I dead@ss thought that after the apocalypse started Dokja’s phone became magic. In the sense that it had infinite battery. In my defense, I thought it was related to the fantastical existence of the TWSA novel on his phone.  Counterargument, I’m stupid
Reading the novel, I now realise that he does indeed need to charge his phone regularly lol (the manhwa just never really touches on it much since ig it’s just filler info) Like, the poor guy is paying special mind to looking around and asking people for power banks cause his phone can just die on him anytime 😭 (in the start at least) Everybody else is like “?Why do you need a power bank?” [Cuz phones are basically useless now since there’s no network or connectivity. Dokja can’t really tell the exact reason so he just ends up like, “Um, I just have to do something, trust”]
Makes me wonder if somebody ever mistook him for just being CHRONICALLY addicted to his phone, cuz from their POV it makes no sense as to why he still keeps pulling it out or is fretting over powerbanks CUZ ITS THE APOCALYPSE ☠️
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humdinky · 4 months
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i just finished watching scavenger's reign yesterday, and let me tell y'all this is genuinely the best piece of sci-fi media i have seen in a long while, and it's insane how little i've seen this show being discussed online! it is probably the most unique and viscerally stunning series i’ve ever seen. the world that they have created is equal parts fascinating and terrifying, and every part of it feels fully realized. sci-fi is at its best when it lets go of nostalgia and explores the unknown, and SR gives me hope that real sci-fi can take root again, and be something beyond what came before it.
i will refrain from giving too much away in my discussion because this show works best the less you know going into it. the premise for this show is simple: crewmembers of a crashed freighter ship are left scattered across an alien planet. a good chunk of time has already passed by the time the show begins, and a few of the survivors have already established camps. however, things quickly spiral out of control as disaster wipes away their progress and forces each of them to move on. it's a harsh and unforgiving world that tests them each and every step of the way on their journey.
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worldbuilding is where this show truly shines. it is no easy thing to design an entire ecosystem from scratch. it takes an insane amount of creativity and attention to detail to pull off what this show has. and my god did they fucking pull it off. living balloons floating through the air, large sea creatures that suck up their eggs when faced with danger, tendrilled plants that spawn clones of their prey to track them down - it is a frightening, surreal, and violent world, but harmonious in its own way. some creatures poison you, others clean off the poison. there are your typical type of predators that come at you with sharp fangs and giant pincers, but then there are predators that hunt via more insidious means: manipulating the memories of their prey to have them do their bidding, or hijacking their bodies from the inside. ultimately, the characters who fare best in this world are those who learn to adapt to it, and even sync with it.
SR also boasts a surprisingly well-crafted narrative. we are shown just enough of the world to keep us hooked, but it still feels like there is a lot left to be discovered. i also really enjoy the way the story is delivered to us. we follow the journeys of a few isolated groups whose paths gradually intersect. the characters are all fleshed out and three-dimensional - they were different enough to be unique and quirky, but never too different that it felt overboard. the way they react is exactly how humans in those circumstances would and should, the dialogue and voice acting were just superb. it felt so insanely real at times.
i really do hope that this show gets greenlit for a second season. this type of pure creative freedom is what we need right now. all in all, scavenger's reign is a gorgeous nightmare that you need to experience for yourself.
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alpaca-clouds · 9 months
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You should watch Kizazi Moto!
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Okay, people. One quick thing: You should totally watch Kizazi Moto on Disney+. It is an anthology series. Meaning: 10 animated short films, each telling their own stories. All in different animation style.
If I had to describe it, I would call it: Like Love Death + Robots, but African and actually good.
Disney has not marketed it much. Heck, even with the recent release I have heard it does not show up on the front page of Disney+ for me.
But really, you should give it a shot. Especially if you want to see diversity and if you enjoy Cyberpunk or Solarpunk, because both of the genre can be found within the Afrofuturist stories of the series.
I really hope more people see it.
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troythecatfish · 5 months
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Here’s my personal recommendation of a YouTube video to check out:
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draqua · 6 months
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If you're hungry for an adult animated sitcom that emphasizes emotional honesty over edgy jokes and toilet humor, Matthew A. Cherry's Young Love (HBO Max/Crave) is a great place to look.
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A sequel to the short Hair Love; Young Love showcases the family restarting their collective lives after mother Angela (Issa Rae) is finally home & cancer free. Meanwhile, her husband Stephen struggles to balance his artistic integrity with the egos of the music industry, and the demands of his father-in-law for rent money. There's only a few episodes available so far, but it shows tremendous promise.
A small note, really nice to see a sitcom wherein the mom character is decidedly not "wiser" or the voice of reason. Angela is prone to poor decision making and flights of intense passion while still being immensely likeable.
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ednamode1 · 5 days
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I’m obsessed✨ and you will be too😮‍💨
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webspiraled · 2 months
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begging audio drama fans, especially people who like the eye podcasts™️ (tma, wtnv, malevolent) and other people who like queer horror podcasts, to listen to Hello From The Hallowoods. it's incredible. it's written, produced and narrated all by one person, William A. Wellman, and they do an incredible job at it !
the best way I can describe hfth is a big warm hug, though sometimes the hug is a bit too tight and it might hurt a bit, but it'll loosen up again soon and be that familiar warm hug again. every episode, you are greeted by Nikignik, who will tell you about the stories of the humans, monsters and other beings who reside in the Northern Hallowoods. the cast of characters is huge and I have so much love for (almost) every single one of the characters. there's a lot of diversity and so, so much queer joy <3
season 4 starts at the end of this month, so there's still some time to catch up :] (if you do, let me know what you think !!! I would love to talk about hfth with anyone)
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maleyanderecafe · 1 year
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Duality (Visual Novel)
Created by: NightmareWeaverz
Genre: Romance/Horror
I've been waiting for Duality's release for a while now, and on Halloween, it finally was released! In this game, there are two yanderes that can be pursued, both in the same body, Keith and Tenebris. For an r18 game, this is one of the few where I do think having a polyamorus relationship with the two kind of makes sense as it doesn't seem like either of them can leave the body that they inhabit. If you are curious about this game, you can learn more about it at @dualityvn.
From what I can gather, there seems to be about five different endings- one with each of the two love interest, one with both of them, and two bad endings. The placeholder name for this game is Alex, so I'll be using that name as the MC's main name.
The story starts with Alex running into a flower shop to shield themselves from the rain. There, they meet an employee there named Keith and buys some flowers, and afterwards decides if they want to ask for his number or not. Asking for his number prompts him to refuse for what seems like safety reasons and then leave, not before seeing a strange expression on Keith's face. The next day while walking to work, Alex sees what seems to be Keith but with blue splotches, before heading to work. Afterwards while exiting the building, they see this blueish Keith again, this time coming up to them and asking for their number, which they can accept or deny. Accepting it causes him to be flustered and Alex proceeds to write the number on his hand. He then asks if they were just doing it so that he would leave him alone, to which Alex can either agree or disagree.
Depending on the choices in this beginning section shows whether or not Alex gets with Keith or Tenebris (the blue version), both, or a bad ending.
If Alex equally flirts with both, upon going home, Tenebris has broken in and pins them to the wall. Both Tenebris and Keith seem infatuated with them, switching sides (as they share a body), with their eye bleeding as both of them attempt to take control.
If Alex only flirts with Tenebris, he will break into their house where they can either try to get rid of him or try to befriend him. Befriending him allows Alex to ask about his hobbies (playing games) and knowing more about him, learn more about how not used to human behaviors as he's used to as well as just straight up flirting with him. At the end, Tenebris leaves by jumping out the window and crushing the cars beneath him. Alex can also just kick Tenebris out (nicely, of course) or threaten to call the police on him, to which Alex runs out and Tenebris chases them for a bit. Being rude to Tenebris (aka calling him ugly) will cause him to break in and seemingly kill or incapacitate Alex.
If Alex only flirts with Keith, Tenebris will initially break in, however, Keith will take control again. Keith begs Alex not to call the police and promises that Tenebris won't hurt them while also explaining briefly the relationship between him and Tenebris. Alex can ask him to stay longer and learn a bit more about him before Keith ends up going home (though this time they have the option to ask for his number, to which he does actually give it this time). Alex can also lie to Keith and proceed to get him to leave and then call the police, though it runs an unsettling feeling of having to see him again.
Duality's concept of having two datable yanderes is pretty interesting, especially since they inhabit the same body. From what I remember, Keith has problems with self image (to a certain degree) and will attempt to be what the MC likes (aka a mimic yandere) while Tenebris doesn't want to appear scary to the MC and has a hard time being accustomed to human traditions. In the future, you're allowed to pursue both of them leading to a poly ending, which I think in this case makes sense, as the two share a body. Normally I'm sort of iffy on this kind of situations since yanderes normally aren't built to handle poly situations (since in general, they get very jealous and violent towards anyone that goes near their love, and since they only will ever have one love I would imagine it would be difficult to maintain something like that without it falling apart), but in this case since they don't have any other way and are kind of forced to coexist, they don't really have a huge option of not sharing.
Anyways, in terms of yandere behavior, there's not a whole lot as of yet since it's just the intro stages. I would say Tenebris probably has a bit more since he does stalk Alex from the flower store to their work, as well as break into their house afterwards, though you could say part of it is because Tenebris doesn't really understand how human relationships work (considering he doesn't understand that breaking into peoples houses isn't a good thing, even if you're not taking anything), but it still would be considered yandere behavior regardless. Since it's mostly Tenebris doing a lot of the more questionable work, we don't necessarily see as much behavior from Keith, but I can imagine he's more clingy and manipulative as compared to Tenebris since he cares very strongly about his looks and how people perceive him. The one that has the most seems to be when both characters like Alex, with them attempting to both control the body and making his face bleed. From what I can tell on their tumblr page, Tenebris does a bit more of stalking and is more violent and Keith does more of becoming what Alex wants them to be and is possibly more manipulative, and it's nice to see the two different types of yandere behaviors from these two characters.
I will say that personally the textbox makes it a bit hard to read the text at times, especially from afar. It's probably due to the gradients, and maybe it's just me but I did have a bit of difficulty reading what the text says sometimes. I also think that having a stronger outline on the characters would make Tenebris and Keith stand out more since at times it does look like they blend into the background a bit as well.
Obviously I have to mention that I'm finally getting fed with a sub yandere, thank you for making Tenebris a sub, I'm very happy about this situation. Keith being jealous is also extremely cute plus he dresses up in dresses which is also a win in my book.
Anywho, I do think that the idea and demo so far are pretty interesting. I'm curious to see what else will be added into the future for this game, and I'm especially curious how the poly ending will play out.
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silvermoon424 · 3 months
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I cannot stress this enough: if you have ANY interest in horror movies, PLEASE check out Dead Meat's Kill Count series on Youtube. I've been watching those videos for years and James is one of my favorite content creators.
The Kill Count is great for a lot of reasons, but I especially love it for making horror movies accessible to a wider audience. James does a great job breaking down movies and behind-the-scenes stuff.
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flex0cas3 · 24 days
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Was supposed to do requests but I ended drawing buttons instead, oops but for @galoogamelady lol
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aimasup · 10 months
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Last of the redesigns and definitely the least, Valentino! He worries me, both in writing and personality
Because he doesn't deserve a post to himself /notsrs, here's a bunch of crack doodles based on several of my favourite Hazbin ckret2 fics
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Top to bottom:
Listeners Interview Radio Host -according to one of the tags 'One man going 'do not perceive me' while dozens of people go 'we wish to perceive you''. Alastor is a huge dick here but it's in character
Dumpster Baby -the pov from Vaggie is fascinating and this is the one that actually made me love Alastor. not really for his personality, but for the whole radio deal
A Great Cry and Roaring -eldritch stuff, actually chills, muah, for some reason gives me hat in time vibes
Vintage Electronics -this one's a winner for one of the fics ever. It's mature but no sex actually happens and imo it's fucking hilarious
Pentious Week -it's PENTIOUS and this is a 4 fic series
The Fuzbi Organ -what it says on the tin, also love everyone's dynamic here
Being a Parent Means Wanting to Give Your Child the World (Including the Option to Destroy It) -Just a good Charlie fic, not very introspective but interesting given the premise of the series
A Relaxing Evening In Hell -Alastor in hell for a reason indeed. Charlvaggie shenanigans!
fair warning, most of these are full to the brim with headcanons, I just really like the writing
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agentrouka-blog · 8 months
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Some book! jonsa fanfics recommendations? pleaseeeee <333
Hi anon!
The last time I made a list of bookverse jonsa fic was in late 2021, in this post.
I've added a few more to my AO3 bookmarks since then!
(Disclaimer: These reflect not a commentary on popularity or overall quality. I only bookmark those for rereading that fit my extremely specific tastes, the fandom has MUCH more to offer.)
I'm leaving out anything that veers too far off book canon, regardless of how good it may be, so while many of these are AUs to some extend, they won't be modern or regency or anything like that.
for the wars by ganymede_elegy (@cellsshapedlikestars) is a bookverse AU that veers of canon early and well. Jon doesn't join the Watch - and he is not Rhaegar's son, either. An excellent exploration of the Stark family dynamics in the time of war, both bitter and genuinely sweet.
My Maid of Stone is a WIP by @undercovercaptain is a bookverse "Jon goes to the Vale" AU, and already the first chapter is delightful. Come for the premise, stay for the sheer beauty of imagery and language.
Dance by @esther-dot is a short and very sweet pre-parentage reveal moment. <3
he flies by his own wings by TrishTan (@notbloodraven) is a WIP and actually an extremely different "Rhaegar won" AU, with a dark Targ bastard Jon, but it's definitely bookverse flavored and it's just all around excellent, hilarious and absolutely unique, so.. you know, enjoy!
a wind with a wolf's head by Juliet_Capulet is a bookverse Sansa-centric WIP (unfinished) where she travels North and reunites with Jon at the Wall, great Sansa voice, really captures her book personality.
Worth The Keeping by @undercovercaptain - the sequel to Beneath my Bones - is a lovely post-parentage reveal exploration. Romance, atmospheric nature descriptions, angst with a soft reward (to quote the author's approach to jonsa) - what more can you want?
Willowy Creature by @esther-dot is a lovely short post-canon happy ending moment. <3
What We Want by @justadram is a lovely jonsa fic from way back in 2013, both dark in its exploration and sweet in its execution. Set in the Vale.
By Firelight by @undercovercaptain (goodness me, how can she be in this list so often, is it because she is amazing??) and it's basically, soft and dreamy Married Idiots in Love in the gentlest way possible.
Safe and Sound by alemoncakelife is an unfinished WIP blending show and book canon post Season 4. Sansa heads North. 21 chapters and lots of plot!
Varg-hamr / Wolf-skin by @undercovercaptain is all about the Girl in Grey from warg!Jon's perspective! Gorgeous, riveting stuff!
That should about cover my new additions! I hope there's something there for you to enjoy!
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