#Four Evangelists

[cuties-in-codices]

crucified creature with the symbols of the four evangelists as a head, a robe full of eyes, and claws for hands

in a liturgical miscellany, german/latin, c. 1506

source: Munich, BSB, Clm 19822, fol. 30r

#anybody got any idea what this is? #i've never seen anything like it and i can't find any information on it #16th century #four evangelists #eyes #hybrids

[conformi]

Tetramorph, Monastery of Great Meteoron (Monastery of the Transfiguration of Christ), Grecce, XV century VS Mick Rock, "Queen II" cover photograph for Queen, 1974

#Tetramorph #evangelist #Four Evangelists #Meteora #Orthodox #monastery #church #Eastern Orthodox Church #Great Meteoron #queen #freddie mercury #rock #glam rock #80s #cover album #artwork #mick rock

[apenitentialprayer]

Christ Enthroned, by Kelly Latimore.

Today, the vision that the world gives us for happiness is basically that we have to get everything right. If I go to the right college and I get the right job, and then I find the right spouse and I get the right friends, and then I live in the right place — if I get that all right, then I'll be happy. It's no wonder we all have so much anxiety. Because that's a lot of stuff to try to get right. What's the problem with this picture? Well, the problem is that I'm at the center, and I'll never get all that right, and no one of those things will ever satisfy me. And so, in order to be happy, what do I have to do? I have to dethrone myself from the center of my life, put Jesus at the center, and then ask Him: Jesus, where do you want me to go to college? What's the career you made me for? Who am I supposed to marry, if I'm supposed to get married? What's my vocation? All these questions come when I realize Jesus is Lord.

- Bishop Andrew Cozzens (Beautiful Eucharist, pages 47-48). Italics original.

[O]nce you know that, in Christ, God is forever overcoming the gap between human and divine — the Christian path becomes less about climbing and performance, and more about descending, letting go, and unlearning. Knowing and loving Jesus is largely about becoming fully human, wounds and all, instead of ascending spiritually or thinking we can remain unwounded. The ego does not like this fundamental switch at all, so we keep returning to some kind of performance principle, trying to climb out of this messy incarnation instead of learning from it.

- Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M. (The Universal Christ, page 110)

Come and see the works of the Lord who has done fearsome deeds on the earth; who stops wars to the ends of the earth, breaks the bow, splinters the spear, and burns the shields with fire; "Be still and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth." The LORD of hosts is with us; Our stronghold is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 46:9-12

#Christianity #Catholicism #ego #kenosis #submission #anxiety #joy #happiness #Jesus Christ #Christ Pantocrator #Richard Rohr #Book of Psalms #vocations #discernment #perfectionism #pride #humility #grace #prayer #icon #angels #Four Evangelists

[deathdiet]

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#stained glass #stained glass window #four evangelists #evangelists #religious imagery #christian imagery #church #religious #dark academia #aesthetic #posted ☾

[phillipmedhurst]

Revealed Religion : Benjamin West

ONE HUNDRED BIBLICAL IMAGES

003 Design for the ceiling decoration of the Royal Chapel, Windsor Castle. c.1779. (black chalk, pen & brown ink & watercolour, heightened with touches of white, grey & blue bodycolour & brown wash.)

#revealed religion #bible #history painting #ascension #four evangelists #four gospels #royal chapel #george iii #benjamin west #american art #ceiling painting

[homesweetgoodneighbor]

STARDEW VALLEY 1.6 SPOILER INCOMING:

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Okay, so, like, you can get summer squash now.

In Stardew, I'm not even out of Spring yet on this save, and I've already gotten something like 18 summer squash seeds. Not gonna lie, I twitch nervously every time I see that number in my storage chest, but also find it exceedingly hilarious.

In Real Life, if anyone who has ever gardened or been gardening adjacent, you know that summer squash is prolific. Very Prolific.

You don't plant more than a couple of plants of the stuff. Three is pushing your luck; four is lunacy.

If they are happy with your soil and your care, they will produce lots of squash.

And, keep producing.

You quickly figure out that you can't eat it all and you run out of freezer space and you think "I can't afford a chest freezer in this economy" and then you think "I'll give it away!" So, you give some to your neighbors and more to your friends and you think "Yay! I have lots of healthy food, and I shared! Community!" But, then you go outside and you see there's more squash. A lot more. Because the plants love you...or hate you depending on your point of view. So, you have a little cry and give more away to neighbors and more away to friends and maybe even to a food bank if they take it, then you think "Yay! More community! And, godsdamn I'm starting to hate squash." Then, you go outside, and seemingly overnight, even MORE squash has appeared. And, now you're sobbing as you load them up into bags, but you can't give them away anymore because your neighbors and friends now hide behind their couches when they see you coming up the walkway like your one of those door-to-door evangelists. Food banks or shelters are always happy for it, but now you're getting a reputation. You're now the Crazy Squash Person. And, you dare not look out into the garden, but you know it's there...waiting... You know now you are in the Squashpocalypse and look upon what you wrought and despair.

If it's just a weirdness with the update, I don't want Concerned Ape to change the fact you can get so much of it so quickly because a) it's pure freakin' profit since the seeds are free, and b) everyone needs to learn the lesson of being mindful of the ridiculousness of summer squash.

Edit: Now all we need is for him to add mint plants to the game, but they are only acquired through a witch's curse. Once you have it, you can keep it for some amazing recipes but you have to be wary of its ability to spread like wildfire. Every day it is in the ground, the chances increase that you will wake up and find it has overrun your farm and taken the animals hostage.

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Seriously, don't plant mint in your yard IRL. Keep it in pots.

#stardew valley #1.6 update #sdv 1.6 #stardew valley spoilers #concerned ape

[jacob-jordaens-paintings]

-The Four Evangelists-

#art #art history #artwork #culture #history #jacob jordaens #museum #museums #vintage #painting

[thetiredstuff]

This is just mostly a handy little post for me but I asked people to rec me some destiel AU best friends to lovers fics and this is what I got:

Recs from ltleflrt:

okay, cupid. by orange_crushed On Air by wincechesters Just Turn Around and Go by @porcupine-girl Version 2.0 by Elizabeth1985 aka @cocklesheadboop Ignore the Butterflies: Best Friend Advice from Dean Winchester by impatient14 A Match Made (and Misunderstood) by surlybobbies More Views. More Money. by herbivoredinosaur Remember When by VioletHaze aka @scones-and-texting-and-murder When In Vegas by Dmsilvis & TobytheWise

Recs from doctorprofessorsong

One of my favorite fics of all time is Evangelist by @valleydean. It's really enemies to friends to lovers but the enemies part becomes friends pretty quickly because they are deeply obsessed with each other. One of the classics if you haven't read it is To Build a Home. Childhood friends who broke up and find themselves back in each other’s life. It is very angsty but they have a lifelong friendship so you get a lot of childhood and teenage friendship moments. If I may self recommend, I just wrote Can't Fight the Moonlight in which they are in this post canon partnership and both want to add sexual intimacy but the partnership is soft so you get some really fun platonic intimacy. It's not AU, obviously, but may have something of what you want. Seraph by @dothraki-shieldmaiden is a superhero au where they are friends and roommates to lovers. It has great world building. More than Kisses by @friendofcarlotta is a friends to lovers epistolary romance. Dean and Cas are pen pals and they share an absolutely gorgeous emotional intimacy. Tiamatv has a few that fit the bill. I'm gonna mention Marchen because I love the world built in that one. Dean Winchester is a prince locked in a tower. Feel free to also skim my fic recs. @riversrecs

Recs by castiellesbian:

tiamatv's "It's the End of the World (As We Know It)" is a friends to enemies to lovers if that counts? They were childhood best friends in that one "A Midterms Night's Dream" by Englandwouldfall is an au where they're roommates (oh my god they were rommates). "In Some Sacred Place" by schmerzerling is a good one where they're friends throughout most of the fic, but it's kind of depressing overall

Recs from porcupine-girl

Just Turn Around And Go (roommates-slash-best-friends): https://archiveofourown.org/works/4228830 Like four weddings and a funeral but without the funeral (Sam POV, Sam is clueless and doesn’t realize they’re together): https://archiveofourown.org/works/6225625 Go Down With This Ship (online fandom besties, don’t realize they know each other irl): https://archiveofourown.org/works/8023642

Rec by trampledundercas

#i thought of ‘ready to fall’ by lemonsorbae on ao3

A whole bunch of recs from dean-you-assbutt-cas-loves-you

A Tale of Two Tropes by Amelia_Clark (E, 7k) As You Walk On By by MercyBraavos (E, 23k) Are We Any Different? by LeviathanBlue, SerpentCountess (T, 41k) More Than Kisses by  FriendofCarlotta  (E, 29k) things i knew when i was young by stormwarnings  (T, 16k) Alright  by  turningthepages  (T, 46k) To Build a Home by intothesilentland  (M, 383k) When In Vegas  by  Dmsilvis, TobytheWise (E, 16k) The Ocean Between Us  by  noxsoulmate  (E, 27k) Room for Two (The Mattress AU) by  almaasi  (E, 14k) Honey-Baked  by  mishaminion69, sydkn3e (E,  89k) The Ones We Choose  by  lightmyway  (E, 82k)

EDIT: MORE:

Recs by bexfangirlforlife:

The Graveyard Shift by riseofthefallenone. PurgatoryJar Evangelist by embrancsxx0 Stay with me Sweetheart by Mandalarose We are what we pretend we are by tricia_16 Tricks of the Trade by Trenchcoat_Impala

Recs by impaledbeetle:

okay, cupid by orange_crushed Seek to Know You Better (E) by ahurston Après (E) by Imogenbynight Here's a couple aus that i really really enjoy that aren't necessarily best friends to lovers: spirit of the west (M) by teen_dean Parachutes (E) by chaoticdean (this one literally changed my life it is so good) And This, Your Living Kiss (M) by opal_bullets (again, this is life changing) Roll With It (E) by saltnhalo (this is a The Proposal (movie) au) Shut Up (Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is) (E) by kototyph

Recs by butch--dean:

spirit of the west by teen-dean (everyone should read this 90's horse girl dean au where he befriends cas, a local veterinarian) I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart) by unicornpoe (I am a sucker for all "cas using dean as a vessel" fics) Après by imogenbynight (surely everyone has read this? dean and cas in paris what more can you ask for) under the midnight sun by northernsparrow (dean is the caretaker of a research station in the arctic and cas is a mysterious bird researcher) (I also rec you can keep holding on by this author but be warned that it is very grief-driven - but it is an in-depth study of the way they care for each other) though the course may change by imogenbynight (fake dating AU at a couple's retreat - another one that everyone has probably read but is so worth mentioning in case you haven't) there's no cell service in the afterlife by screamsintothesun (cas gets back from the empty and his phone blows up with dean's voicemails & texts) Gold in the Edges of Our Vision by SewingNatural (dean and cas eat peaches together on a hot summer evening. The writing style on this one is really really lovely) these are just a few from my bookmarks but also there is a really good rec list here & here (this one has a link to a specific friends to lovers list here) that I refer to often when looking for new fics/authors to dig through!!

Recs by mercurialkitty for some reason tumblr won't allow me to add them to my post so just click on their name to go to their post!

These are all the ones i've gotten up til now but will def edit if I get any more. If you see this post and think of a Destiel AU best friend to lovers fic that isn't on here or just a Destiel AU (no abo) fic that isn't on here: PLEASEEEEEE GIVE ME ALL THE DESTIEL AU FIC RECS (no abo)

Also i didn't tag the people who recommended it cuz I don't wanna annoy them but I linked back to all of their original posts or comments!

A hugeeeeeeee thank you to everyone who replied to my annoying messages for fic recs cuz I really really appreciate it. thank you all so so so much!!!!

#to read #destiel #i love my husbands #spn #supernatural #destiel fan fic #spn fan fics

[lionofchaeronea]

St. Matthew the Evangelist (from The Four Evangelists), Frans Hals, ca. 1625

#art #art history #Frans Hals #religious art #Christian art #Christianity #Saint Matthew #imaginary portrait #Dutch Golden Age #Baroque #Baroque art #Dutch Baroque #Dutch art #17th century art #oil on canvas #Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art

[vidyagamereference]

I have so many feelings about touchstarved character design pt 1 Kuras

So! First lets talk about how his whole outfit is just.... yassified priests garb. Like... the collar, the long sleeves, the "tabbard" straps, the gold. Its all very.... 3 peice suit high fashion is eating a catholic Fathers robes and a protestant Preists robes at the same time. Like the whole suit to me drips power.

Lets count off the different things that imply power to his outfit

Gold and stark white fabric (hard to clean and hard to find)

WELL TAILORED suit (high fashion)

J E W E L E R Y

Religious leader symbolism (Christian)

Fucking EPAULETS???

The hair (weird one but in animated/drawn mediums royalty tends to have longer hair)

If yall told me there was 1 person from Hightown (rich people land) and everyone else was from somewhere else and ONLY showed me the character lineup I'd pick Kuras as the hightowner tbqh.

More analysis under the break

Lets look at his "circles"

I dont have anywhere else to put this so... epaulets look like wings sleeves also imply wings. Makeup = crying gold. Gold bodily fluids = ichor. Ichor = divinity. that is all

A list of imperfect/broken circles/halos on kuras

There's attempted circles with his belts (inturrupted by his buckles and almost always at least two [i'll get to the one on his chest]). The buckles around his thigh in particular remind me of slashed circles.

There is an attempted circle on his chest (implying a flase homesty if you like the theory that veres chest is open bc hes more honest and kuras's is covered because hes more of a lier) that is left open by way of the empty preists collar. Like something religious was taken away. Its highly decorated so i think were ment to see it

The epaulets have some shape language of wings and halos imho and they also continue the trend of doubled up circuits (these are too angular to be circles but square triangular halos were in fact a thing)

His earrings are rayed halos (halos that have sunlight/sunbeams coming off of it) but even they somehow seem inturrupted by his ears when looking at how theres never a perfect circle. Another example of doubling round things

The golden cords on his hip (princely) are also imperfect circles and doubled up round things

What do the doubling up of round things (and honestly most things in some way or another. Makeup, vials on his chest, aprony tabbardy strappy things) mean? I dont know for sure but I'd wager its hinting at a few things

Broken halo

His Angelic body structure (see also: belt talk below)

A duality to his nature

Actually on the topic of halos he seems to imply a lot of shapes of halo! He obviously has the thin circular outline ones (for old testament prophets, angels, saints, Mary, and the symbol of the four evangelists according to Wikipedia), the triangle (less prominently) which is for The Holy Trinity (god jesus and the holy spirit),

and somewhat also (weirdly) square halos. Which was for.... *checks notes* celebrities who wanted to be painted like their blorbo jesus and friends... dont beleive me? Look at the fancy "not a belt buckle" thing he has and if its NOT giving painting frame I'll eat it.

Looking at the belt buckle square halo thing again it has been crossed out which makes me think that maybe kuras hates the rich and idolitry (komrade Kuras)

Another word for halo is glorihole. That is apropos of nothing i just had to learn that and yall do too now. Youre welcome

Anyways back on the topic

His too many belts moment at the hips really makes me think of the standard idea of a biblically accurate angel. Yknow. Rings of eyes around a central flame are a common depiction, the hidden rings on the inside are studded to look like false eyes to me. Especially so hidden behind a decorative false belt

The hiding of so much black (another dye reserved for royalty) under such pristine white makes me think hes lying to us, or at best putting up a facade.

THE ABOVE BEING SAID he only has two stripes of true black, the rest is a humble brown. And the belts look like theyre holding something in. I think theres a third layer to him

Layer 1: The Good Doctor Kuras Of Lowdown. Friends? You mean people im around so nobody suspects I'm not human! Yes i am human man and i eat human food!

Layer 2 possibilty a: MWAAHAHAHAHAHA I AM EEEEVILLLLLLL A FALLEN ANGEL!!! THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED ISNT IT?!?! [Edgelore noises] [terrified screams of those who just realized this edgelord could kill us all]

Layer possibly b: this is the [insert accurate adjective here] of a killer bell- I MEAN MC. emotions. Like 300 gallons of them in one sitting. Possible 0 sum game. More likely hes a living nuke and will Go Off somehow

Layer 3: hey I'm feeling less catholic guilt can i still go sorta wild ish and not be eeeevillll? And also maybe kiss? Also I'm not actually baby I'm just unsure of how to be myself in this new way will you help me figure it out [happy ending noises]

So yeah tell me if i missed anything :]

@hollana

#touchstarved character design #touchstarved #touchstarved theory #touchstarved kuras

[darkestprompts]

What do you think everyone’s “Beast” form would look like if they all had Bigby’s curse?”

You mean if they were all fur-- *shot*

Bonnie: a type of salamander creature. She would literally eat fire to survive, as it was though salamanders did back in the day. Not very strong, but with impressive regenerative powers.

Paracelsus: a mix of a ghoul and a shrieker. Her beak is long and thin to pick apart bodies with impressive precision. Bulbous sacks on her back that burst and spread blight. Pincers instead of hands.

Sarmenti: overly long bones that force him to bend forward, often on all fours. A long neck with a smooth, mask-like face. Can produce all sorts of strange sounds from its throat. They are strangely beautiful and melodic, yet ominous and chilling to the point of madness. Erratic behavior, difficult to predict or understand.

Tardif: his face would look much like a barn owl, but the apparent beak would open to reveal a huge jaw with many small, razor-sharp teeth. Padded paws and retractable hook-like claws for silent movement. The feathers fade into scales near his torso.

Missandei: Many eyes that shift, move and adapt to any conditions. The flexible mass of her head allow them to take any position, grow, reform, shrink. Darkness, light, long range, wider area, she can see all. Possesses a long tail with a needle-like appendage that she uses to strike at the enemy's vulnerabilities.

Reynauld: Part arthropod, part dragon. A combination of plates of silver chitin, curved horns, spikes down his spine and tail, mantis claws, crocodile teeth. Shows traditional draconic traits as well--greedy, territorial, clever in a savage, wicked way.

Amani: yeah, she's an easy one. Take the notion of Amani showing snake-like traits while using Aegis and turn it up to eleven. Her skin hardens, her eyes turn yellow with vertical slits, her fangs grow, her stump drips poison, she develops extra joints. Extremely lethal.

Audrey: a shadow creature, dissolving and reforming in darkness as needed, barely physical in the shade. Has a habit of consuming bones. Her skin now burns in the light even in her normal form, which is why she keeps the big hat.

Baldwin: a towering, eerie being that bears resemblance to a knobbly, rotting tree. Antlers resembling dry branches. Think of Over The Garden Wall's Beast, only with a much broader sillhouette and no ability or desire to reason. Sheds pieces of bleeding, bark-like skin.

Dismas: serrated claws and teeth made to mangle flesh and cause copious bleeding. Short, dense fur and loose skin that make it difficult to actually hurt him (think wolverines and badgers). Large bat ears that allow him to detect the slightest movement of prey.

William: close to a classic werewolf, with something of a broad mastiff head and neck, and very hard, stiff fur, almost like pine needles. One of the easiest to communicate with and handle, as his form is based on a fundamentally social creature. Fergus recognizes it well and does not fear it.

Alhazred: very similar to the DD2 evangelists or the ascended cultists in DD1. Unlike most transformations, he is still very much rational, but his conscience twists into something so inhuman that he becomes nearly impossible to comprehend.

Margaret: Thin body with an elongated snout reminiscent of a greyhound. Whiskers that detect movement. Straight horns that are followed by lines of quills along her body that can be used as projectiles.

Junia: think of a beastly ghost-woman, shambling forward and hissing through piraña teeth. A head of "hair" that covers her face but is actually a bunch of very thin jellyfish tentacles with the ability to provoke paralyzing stings. Her skin has a bright sheen and her eyes glow.

Damian: an ever-changing creature that continuously claws and bites itself, shedding acidic blood and growing new natural weapons out of shattered bone. When it bites, it leaves its teeth deep in the wound as his gums immediately regrow new ones in different sizes and shapes. One wonders how its form holds together.

Boudica: a terrifying combination of predator animals, harpy eagle claws, sabertooth fangs, enormous size, horrific roar and a shark's ability to track blood. Probably the most violent and overtly dangerous transformed hero.

Josephine: a sleek creature of many extra arms and eyes that releases a toxic breath. Beautiful iridescent feathers like a magpie. Fast, precise, often nervous in a defensive way. Tends to attack only in ambushes.

Barristan: thick skinned like a rhino, tusked like a boar, big heavy hooves, buffalo horns. Rarely needs to do much more than charge or trample an enemy. His bellows sound like they come from some otherwordly abyss.

#darkest dungeon #dd lists #dd ensemble #asks

[thebeautifulbook]

GOSPEL OF JUDITH OF FLANDERS

Jeweled cover with silver-gilt repoussé figures of Christ in Majesty and the symbols of the four evangelists, Continental work, last third of the eleventh century. On: Gospels of Judith of Flanders, in Latin; Canterbury, England, ca. 1060. Manuscript on vellum. Purchased by J. P. Morgan, 1926.

#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #incunabula #book binding #treasure binding #book design #jeweled #11th century #gospel

[transgenderer]

The early Christians should have given each of the four evangelists some sort of distinctive deformity or something. Maybe one of them has an eyepatch. Idk, do SOMETHING. Every depiction of these bozos is just four old bearded men. The ancient greeks made their old man statues distinct! It's not that hard!

[heresylog]

12 Days of Christmas Symbolism Explained

1 Partridge in a Pear Tree = Jesus on the Cross

2 Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments

3 French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues

4 Calling Birds = the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists

5 Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.

6 Geese A-laying = the six days of creation

7 Swans A-swimming = the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments

8 Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes

9 Ladies Dancing = the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit

10 Lords A-leaping = the ten commandments

11 Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles

12 Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed

#Christmas #12 Days of Christmas #symbolism #long post #Christianity #Catholic #religion

[thelampisaflashlight]

Cowbell and Special's Variety Hour

[They're best friends, they're mortal enemies, they could be something more if they weren't such nerds. Cowbell and Special go on a tiny adventure.] Below the cut.

"This is stupid..." Cowbell says in a monotone, leveling an emotionless stare at Special, who pouts dramatically, "...And I am stupid for agreeing to join you."

"You're just being cranky because you know we're gonna have a lot of fun and you're jealous you didn't think of it first." Special replies, placing his hands on his hips, "I thought your macabre little tushy would be down for some good old fashioned ghost hunting, you already talk to dead things all the time!"

Cowbell tilts his head, his neck giving a sharp click, "Dead plants and dead people are different... mushrooms though. Mushrooms talk. They scream. Often."

Special smiles with his teeth to mask the sudden shiver he feels up his spine.

"Mushrooms aside, I think it would be fun!" he laughs nervously as Cowbell continues popping his stiff joints, his blank gaze never leaving Special's face, "...Bells?"

"Yes, Phillip?" Cowbell asks, bending fully backwards to crack his spine.

"...You're scarin' me, bud."

"It is unintentional."

"I see... Anyway, ghost hunting!" Special claps his hands together, "I was going to invite more people, but as it would turn out, you're the only friend I have that was even remotely interested in coming along!"

"That is because I am the only friend you have." Cowbell intones, straightening his back with a snap, "Others do not appreciate your noises."

"...Harsh."

"Is it? I see..." Cowbell nods, "I enjoy your sounds, is what I meant to imply."

"Awww, buddy, that's so sweet, weird way of putting it, but sweet!" Special chirps, "You know, I knew there was a reason I liked you! You're such a good pal, who's always keeping me humble-"

"I often enjoy when they stop, too."

"You're so mean!"

Cowbell gives a stilted laugh.

Special sighs bodily, wraps an arm around Cowbell's shoulders, and starts walking, "Bells, bestie, never change."

"...?"

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.

The chapel on the far side of the abbey's grounds has been abandoned for nearly two decades now, having been badly damaged in a fire when some less than friendly evangelists learned who it belonged to, and, well...

"At least no one died." Special comments, making his way through the now overgrown building, brushing his hand over a moss covered pew, "Primo never was the same after that happened though..."

Cowbell hums and traces his fingers over the smooth bark of a tree growing out of the floor.

"This place is more sad than haunted." Special says, "But I'm certain there's ghosts here! There's always creepy shit goin' on."

"Hm... stone tape."

Special blinks.

"What?"

Cowbell crouches down, feeling the rotten wood tiles, crumbling a bit between his fingertips, "Residual haunting, maybe."

"Ohhhh... is that what that is?"

"Do you know me to be a liar?" Cowbell asks, tilting his head backwards to stare at him.

"I'm not saying that-" Special watches Cowbell bring his arms back and walk across the floor on all fours, upside-down, "-Why are you like this?"

"I find happiness in your perpetual torment." Cowbell responds, ambling up the wall like a demonic spider, "...And I am told I have poor impulse control as a result of what the humans call ADHD."

"Oh, same." Special says, following Cowbell's ascent, "Still, I don't know how that applies to the cryptid vibes you're givin' me, bro."

"...Phillip."

"Yes, Bells?"

"We are demons."

"Oh. Oh right, shit."

Cowbell drops down.

"You must do more weird shit." he says, dusting himself off, "It is good for you."

"Right, right, I'll keep that in mind." Special sniffs, "Uhh, so, whatcha think? Any ghosties around?"

Cowbell looks around the chapel, then shakes his head.

"Aw... Man, this was kind of a wash, huh?"

"Not entirely." Cowbell says, gesturing towards what's left of the chapel's stained glass windows, at the sunset filtering in through the glass, "We got to see something of your namesake."

"I don't know what's so 'lover of horses' about this situation, but okay...?"

Cowbell swats the back of his head.

"It's special."

"Oh, oh, awww, you're being cute again~" Special coos.

"You are ruining the moment with your noises."

"...You like my noises."

"...Unfortunately."

For a moment, they just stand there, enjoying the sunset, but right when Special is about to suggest they leave, Cowbell turns to him.

"Special."

And, fuck, his heart skips a beat, the setting, the soft expression that flits across his friend's face for a fraction of a second.

"Y-Yeah?"

"...You have bird shit on your shoulder."

"Goddammit."

#Lamp writes #shitghosting #nameless ghouls #special ghoul #cowbell ghoul #ghost band #ghost bc #the band ghost #ghost band fanfic #Cowbell being a morbid little guy is based purely on... nothing #I just decided him being weirder than Special would be funny #tfw you're the weird guy at work but your bestie is even stranger

[muzzleroars]

Idk why but Uriel,Michael,Gabriel and Raphael give 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse vibes

i do think about this....and think it's pretty interesting when you consider it in the context of revelation - the horsemen are called by the living creatures, often contextualized as the four evangelists but, like i mentioned previously, connected back to the cherubim of ezekiel that are often thought of as representative of the archangels. if they're considered in this way, michael calls conquest/pestilence, uriel calls war, raphael calls famine, and gabriel calls death (if they are listed in the same order as they are introduced in an earlier chapter) i think it's interesting to see how to make these motifs fit and how the angels may fill the role of avatar with their horsemen (possibly as their destructive counterpart/natures). michael's, as conquest, is quite clear, that he destroys for god's army and sows fear by wielding such massive power over the weak (ALSO fascinated by the idea of him as pestilence because of well. his current state in the au lol esp as his rot can spread) uriel as war presents an interesting angle, but i think as the keeper of knowledge and the one who controls all the flow of information, he's absolutely a propaganda machine, and it would be incredibly easy for uriel, above anyone else, to start pointless dissent. raphael as famine is fairly direct, if not as much as michael, as he oversees health and growth, and so his is a role of absence - i like the idea that raphael commits his atrocities through pure dereliction of responsibility as he struggles much more than the other three being direct (esp as harm is contrary to his nature). gabriel, finally, comes as death, connected to his role in revealing apocalyptic visions, and pretty apt imo in the context of ultrakill/this au - he ended the rule of the council, he accepted the death of god himself, and as a fallen angel he has died and been reborn. it gives me a lot of ideas on how they may direct their righteous anger, and just what each is capable of

#there's art ideas in here somewhere i just haven't fully found them yet!!! #i am easily most fascinated by uriel as war #guy who just sits by the window in the library writing all day #ESP since war is more especially in this case civil wars #he causes INTERNAL dissent and that's. actually right on the nose for how he would do this #cake answers #michael #uriel #raphael #gabriel