The Curse Of Hope
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Danny is in another universe. He had a reason, but he doesn’t remember anymore. He can only stare, horrified and disgusted, at the sickest city spirit he’s ever seen. Shivering and swaying with every step, core exposed, and ectoplasm leaking from wounds that are decades old. A ratty blanket was thrown over their shoulders, barely hiding the spirit’s pale grey skin and protruding black bones.
The spirit didn’t even sense him until he reached out to touch its wispy shoulders. The spirit flinched, clutching at the dozens of trinkets hanging from their neck and tucking in on themselves like they were expecting a blow.
“Oh, shit,” He swore, floating back a few feet, hands in the air, to show he meant no harm. “I’m sorry. I promise, I’m not here to steal from you.” The spirit shivered again and rolled a pearl necklace in between their fingers. A nervous habit. “Uh, I like that pocket watch? It’s very nice.”
That got their attention. They peeked at Danny, and he saw that more tattered cloth was covering their eyes, blending in with the stringy hair that reached the ground. Their blanket fluttered weakly, revealing hundreds of thousands of tiny marks etched into their skin. Scars, really. Scars that wrote out curse after curse onto the spirit’s very being. They burned with evil intent, and even reached inside the spirit’s body and wrapped around their core.
Occasionally, blinding specks of color raced across their body, temporarily erasing the writing, but it always returned quickly. He watched, a little detached, as one particular line rewrote itself across their rough forearm, drawing fresh ectoplasm like someone was writing it with a thin knife.
“Are you…alright?” Danny stuttered. A stupid question.
The spirit cocked its head. He couldn’t see their eyes, but he felt their burning gaze as they pondered the question.
“The pain of others becomes mine own.” They rasped. “The lights of the city dim as rotten wealth clogs mine veins. Magicks long forgotten have eaten mine skins, pulled mine cloak, and darkened mine skies. Helios has refused to grace mine doorstep, and the seasons of the Earth have revoked their kindness.”
Danny held his breath. It felt like he was the one with the exposed core, not the spirit.
The spirit shivered once more. “Tell mine soul, little lamb. How could this Forsaken City know peace, when it was long since ripped from mine hands?”
Shit, he needed Frostbite. And maybe Clockwork. Now.
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Danny meets the spirit of Gotham City. The villains and rogues that have plagued the city for decades are literal curses that are taking quite the toll on Gotham, and honestly, Danny isn’t sure how much longer they can hold out. The heroes seem to be doing some help, and are probably the reason Gotham made it this far, but the poor city needs help from the Realms if they want to get better.
Luckily, Danny can provide that help.
But only if he could get Gotham to leave their city behind. Because recovery is going to take a very long time.
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Tiktok pisses me bad why did I just see someone say they want s4 not to see them be gay and living their best lives but so they can see Hannibal and Will get caught and then proceed to act like the shit they got up to was insane (derogatory) like THEY ARE GAY MENACES IN LOVE WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?!
“You broke out of prison, used a stolen cop car to pick up your ex bf so y’all could kill somebody. Say that out loud and you hear it to your ears right”
THAT WAS LITERALLY HIS BECOMING??? HELLO????
Can people who are not the target audience for Hannibal/do not understand it stfu forever about it and I mean that disrespectfully
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DREW FANART FOR MY FAVORITE FIC OF ALL TIME (and spoiled it for those of you who wanna check it out)
If you DON'T know what fic this is, this is "Dynasty Decapitated" by blueticked. Their tumblr account is deactivated, and idk if they ever made a new account, so I can't properly tag them. But the fic is linked if you want to read it. You may have to zoom in for better quality also because this canvas is huge
(Reblogs with tags/comments are appreciated. PLEASE go read this fic it's so good. Also! I will put a non spoilered version of this under the cut so you can see what I drew. Thankyu)
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what is your holy grail fic??? 👀👀👀
Hi anon!
The fic I was talking about in those tags was Beast of Burden. by quigonejinn. I've mentioned it once before I think but it's a favorite and I highly recommend. However, please mind that it does not tag for graphic content, so check the beginning notes for warnings.
It's so well-constructed and beautifully executed, I can only dream of one day being able to write something half as good. If anyone has read this please talk to me! I don't know anyone who has!
Again, I recommend this fic but it's pretty upsetting so, you know, know what you're getting into.
It's one of the best I've read though. (Also it's only stucky in the worst way so there's that too.)
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Unfinished Storyboards for a Stobotnik animatic I am working on to the song "I Want You" by Mitski
(I'mma little pissed 'cause I typed all of this out before but I accidently freaking deleted it so here we go again.)
Alright, so a fanfiction I really adore called "Empty Space" by little_bugger on Ao3 has consumed my mind I have decided to make an animatic about it. It was discontinued for a while, having not updated since last year, but recently, they have picked the series back up and the next update is gonna be the LAST CHAPTER AND I AM SO EXCITED!!
I have been listening to a lot of Mitski, looking for a song that resembled Stobotnik and thought this song was a perfect(ish) fit for the fic I was reading to vwallah! Storyboard.
This is a bit of a thank you to them for continuing it. Their way of writing these two is phenomenal, the little details to each of their characters is so interesting and adorable. The whole fic is about Stone's grief with the loss of the Doctor after the first movie, before the second, and his whole journey in-between. If you haven't read it yet, I would HIGHLY recommend it (and all of their other Stobotnik fics, I reread them constantly).
It is almost 6:30 am over here and I have not gone to sleep since I have been drawing this. Go read it please or this will make no sense.
(It still might not make sense afterwards but read it anyway.)
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Down below is the link to an amazing fanfiction that I just finished and will adore to the day I die. If you see this and you like Sleep Token and Boys Kissing without smut then this is for you.
This story talks about what it means to love someone and it has a great approach to the theme of soulmates. This really made me think about love and trust and stuff. It doesn't wreck my nerve too much so it's fine. It also talks about what it means to love someone and the things you are willing to do in the name of love and why. It talks about insecurities and bad feelings™️ but it all gets solved so beautifully it made an insensitive cunt tear up. Bonus for the point on humor.
Also the author (absolute genius and witch) has such a great way with words it's incredible. Sidium if you see this i love you with all my soul.
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