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fulcrumstoried · 9 months

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Ex Diris and the Card Spread

Just read the Ex Diris lore entry exotic grande launcher from the season pass and haven't seen anyone try to do a breakdown of the cards and how they align with cartomancy yet, cause I am gnawing at this.

So, the Deck of Whispers is an oracle deck (think tarot, but the cards and meanings are different).

One of the ways that people engage with cartomancy is by developing spreads, aka the order you draw the cards, and the places that you put them, add to the meaning of the cards.

Eg, a three card spread of past, present, future. The first card you draw represents the past, the second is the present, the third is the future.

I don't believe Eris' spread has an exact match (please let me know if it does), but it is very very close to the Celtic Cross Spread, particularly the expanded version.

I'll break down the spread, the meanings, and the cards below. There's very little theory crafting, but a lot more meaning finding, so I hope you enjoy!

The Labyrinthos link above is a very good full breakdown, but tl;dr, each card in this Celtic Cross Spread has a different meaning, which I'll get into (at a basic level), and it looks something like this:

Card 1 - Your current situation [Blades]

Eris interpretes this to mean Sword Logic. Yes, but I think it's also about the First Knife, and the Final Shape, aka this whole fight / saga is centered around whether or not the Witness is right.

Card 2 - The Challenge / Obstacle [Adherent]

Eris clearly sees this as Xivu Arath. I agree, an Adherent could also be known as a Disciple. The meaning also supports it: she's the threat of the season, the thing we have to overcome first.

Card 3 - Foundation / Cause of the situation [Sisters]

Eris clearly sees this as the Hive God's first selves. I agree, as the meaning supports this: who the Hive Gods once were is the foundation of who they have become.

Whilst this feels like a limited meaning (there are more causes than just them), I think it's a deliberate choice to set up the next card:

Card 4 - The / Your Past [The Harbinger]

Eris can only see this as herself. The spread meaning becomes tenuous here, perhaps because she is the Oracle and from the past she foretells the future? Perhaps it is her card because it is her past that is in play? Or perhaps it's because the writers wanted to have that very interesting line

Perhaps now she counted among those sisters. Savathûn, Xivu Arath, and Eris Morn. A game between siblings. A love that sharpens.

I've got a bit of a crack theory developing about this (particularly with what implies about her role as a Navigator), but that's for later.

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This is also when the normal spread and Eris' differ. Traditionally, you then place Card 5, which represents the present. Eris skips this (perhaps because she doesn't need to know what's happening now), and goes straight to

Card 6 - Near Future [The Lie]

Eris wonders if this is the Guardians, or maybe the lie of the Deep. From a simple standpoint, perhaps it could just mean that the future is a lie, or that to know the Future is to know a lie? Or, following the way each card is an entity, perhaps this is the Witness? After all, they're going to be in our near future.

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This is when the normal and Eris' spreads diverge again. Sometimes, at the end of a reading, people add three or four more cards across the bottom, which shows the more subtle influences around the person doing the reading. Eris does this halway through, creating:

Because she does it halfway through, I think Cards 6, 7, and 8 are clarifiers of the three columns beneath them, rather than the reading as a whole. (I'm also toying with the idea that they could also represent the Surface, the Sky, and the Deep, but eh)

(Lmao I've just realised that because I made the second graphic, now the numbers don't align, and I'm going to repeat Card 6 and now use the numbers from Eris' spread, sorry!)

Card 6 - aligned with Harbinger/Eris [Liminal]

Imo these match, Eris is currently occupying the liminal space between Hive and not-Hive, Light and Dark.

Card 7 - aligned with Sisters [Ascension]

Again, a match, their rise from being sisters to godhood.

Card 8 - aligned with The Lie [Lacuna]

Now, a lacuna is a gap, particularly where there should be, or once was, something. Eris saw it as part of a Guardian's Light, but I think it's specifically her Light - and the fact that she no longer has it.

She had not held it for centuries. The Hive sisters below beckoned more loudly than the Light did.

Aligned with The Lie, either she is tempted to fill it with the Lie (aka the Darkness), or the fact that she doesn't have it is the Lie (?).

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Then we get to the final four cards, also known as the Staff.

Card 9 - Current approach / Your influence [The Witch]

Eris is torn between Savathun and herself, and I think that's reflected in what the meaning of the card could be. I'm leaning towards Savathun, because it's highly unusual to have two cards representing one person in a spread, and because she is, you know, the Witch Queen.

Also, that which is influencing us and dictating our approach right now is Savathun. So if we continue with our current approach, we will continue up the staff/column of cards to:

Card 10 - What you need to know / External influence [The Truth]

This is a fun card because it states The Truth, then Eris goes and says

There were too many truths for any one to triumph.

This is a very interesting line to me, and immediately brought to mind the final Veil Log, the Von Neumann-Wigner hypothesis mentioned, and this breakdown from Reddit. Tl;dr the Light is about creating possibilities, and the Darkness is about collapsing all possible states into one reality.

I also find Eris' use of the word triumph interesting - what will the final truth (final shape) of the universe be?

Card 11 - Hope / Fear [Lament]

Eris sees this as Oryx's death. I immediately thought of The Lament sword from Beyond Light. The sword was a gift from Clovis Bray to Banshee, due to his regret at not caring about the living whilst he was alive. In it, he states

Stay alive. For legacy.

However, when we activate the Clovis Bray AI, he threatens to kill Banshee. His initial lament is forgotten. Similarly, Savathun and Xivu Arath both once died, and Oryx brought them back.

So, these combine in two interesting ways; that of fear of total loss then rejection upon regaining it, and perhaps a fear/hope of sword logic being true.

Card 12 - Outcome [The Wish]

The particle The Wish feels important, and my immediate reaction was The Last Wish or Eris' Wish? Now Eris' was in the past, and I think both the meaning (Outcome) and Eris' interpretation suggest that this is something that will occur.

Eris had wished before. It had led her here. Would she be asked to wish again? What else would her desire wrought?

This post breaks down those lines really well. Or perhaps it is about the Last Wish, fulfilling it, that of the fireteam wishing to keep the Dreaming City / Awoken/Humanity safe?

A wish is desire, the greatest power in this universe.

Which is pretty much a direct quote from the Last Wish cinematic. This also reminds me of the reddit post, as being able to choose your reality feels like a pretty darn great power.

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Eris' interpretations of these cards are built on each other, like a tower working up. A Witch, from whom Truth flows, which causes Lament, to the final outcome of The Wish.

This could be the story of Eris, actually. She asked for the way out of the tunnels under the moon (knowledge, and truth), losing and gaining something in the process, to obtain the wish of being free.

But also, according to Labyrinthos, with the staff (this column of four cards),

We learn how the context of this situation can affect the reader's life outside the situation, and also - how to change it, if desired.

I think these cards are not just for Eris, but for the story/season - the wider picture, and also how it may change later.

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I also think that these cards do a really good job of bringing together a lot of different areas of Destiny story together - from Forsaken and the Last Wish, to Lament and Beyond Light, with the Hive and Witch Queen.

This was an absolute blast to try and read into, so hope you all enjoyed my red string nonsense!

#destiny 2 #destiny 2 spoilers #season of the witch #season of the witch spoilers #yes i made graphics lmao #destiny 2 lore

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rainofthetwilight · 7 months

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AND FINALLY HERE IS A SMALL MASTERPOST FOR THE HELLSPAWN WALKER SIBLINGS!!

I present to you, Jenna and Ethan :DD

(also since you asked to be tagged, @alizibtheterrible)

(pssst, here are the ref sheets for these kiddos)

before I get into anything, here are my timelines in this AU:

2 years between moto and season 11, atleast 5 months between s11 and s12, 5 more months between s12 and s13, 4 months between s13 and the island, a month between the island and s15, canonically a year between s15 and crystallized, 2 years between crystallized and the merge, 5 years between the merge and the events of DR

and jenna and ethan's ages during these times:

jenna: a year old during s11, almost two years old during s13, turned three a while after nya left, four during crystallized, six when the merge happened, and 11 in current time

ethan: a year old when the merge happened, and 6 in current time

I..know it's probably confusing, but I can attempt to explain more if you don't understand!

my fic for these two is currently being rewritten!!

and now, time to ramble abt the kids!! (warning, VERY long)

their full names are: Jenna Edna Lilly Walker and Ethan Ed Raymond Walker (you can guess who was named after who)

jenna was born just a year after moto, and ethan was born also a year after crystallized!

and from that, the age difference between them is 5 years

jenna inherits jay's powers, and ethan inherits nya's

ethan has ADHD and lacks good social skills due to being surrounded by only 2 people for most of his childhood, while jenna has anxiety, trust issues and some slight ptsd

oh and I can't forget to sprinkle the t r a u m a on them both

they have a good dynamic and bicker normally like siblings always do, but jenna sometimes needs to have her alone time and hates when anyone bothers her so she can snap at any time

while ethan is sensitive and cant control himself, especially if he sees someone distressed, but if he himself is the distressed one either no one should even come near him or he needs a genuiene hug or encouraging words from someone

I'm not sure when jenna will get her powers and will get her true potential, but until I figure it out, she gets her potential when she saw a certain someone in danger (kinda placeholder!!)

she didnt have control of her powers much at first, but would soon learn its abilities

and when ethan gets his powers, it doesn't go smoothly at all due to nya having been turned into the sea, so all the sudden power is..quite a painful experience without control

his true potential? realizing his worth and saving his sister from danger

I don't have exact birthdays for them yet, but the placeholders for now are may 23rd (jenna) and october 8th (ethan)

when they got a bit older, jenna decided to dye some streaks of her hair blue (and one time had a pixie cut), ethan didn't take any creative liberties with his hair but would sometimes style it when he's bored

jenna was named by jay, and while nya had wanted lilly she didnt mind and just she told him ''as long as you don't name her nya junior I won't throw you off a building"

lilly in the end was just given as a middle name

want a fun fact? jenna was the one that named ethan, the moment she saw him in his little blanket she just kept shouting "ethan! ethan!"

and jenna has a HUGE obsession for drawing and painting, while ethan likes cooking and is declared 'the gordon ramsey of the walkers* by jenna lmao

Jenna: dude please just open your own restuarant at this point Ethan: for the love of the fucking fsm Jenna-

jenna's special nickname is JJ! long story short, it was at first a shortened version of 'jay junior' that was actually a joke but then it became her actual nickname lmao

jenna is aroace and will go by she/they in the future, while ethan goes by he/him and will come out as bi!

jenna was attached to both her parents but felt closer to nya, especially after seabound

she'd watch her and jay in the sam x cave for ages

never remembering nya nor jay, ethan was wary of nya at first and tried to stay close to jenna but the moment she hugged him? he felt safe and knew it was right (shoot I'm kinda spoiling the reunion uhh)

jenna says she has no favourite uncle, but it's secretly cole and only he knows that

and she bullies kai, even when she's not ordered to do so by jay 👌

she does have a good bond with all of them tho!

jenna, in dragons rising, is 5'0 and will stay that height for a while until she hits a sudden growth spurt at 13 and is literally 5'6

and she'd be 5'9 at 16

happens with ethan aswell, he's only 6 so he's about 3'8 which is average for his age, but he'll keep growing taller and taller and he stops growing once he reached 5'8

The Forest Of Walkers(tm) as a moot of mine once quoted (we both hc jay to be very tall, finn I am looking at you)

and yes, that small part of the drawing of them walking is them in the future, I have no exact design yet and just wanted to throw that in bc of the free space lmao (I will post their future designs tho trust)

fun fact: when me and my friend were still planning what jenna and ethan would be doing after the merge, instead of staying with lloyd they had ended up with sora and arin

in this au, maya and ray are a tad closer to nya than they are in the actual show, they visit regularly to check on her, jay and jenna (soon ethan aswell)

both them and ed and edna SPOIL HER TO DEATH. they'd gladly take jenna any day

..which actually happened, seabound stuff :")

from the way all the ninja grieved, it was extremely lonely for a 3 almost 4 year old kid, especially with how everything happened so suddenly and how she can't yet process grief well, she only had cole who'd stay with her alot when she wasn't at her grandparents

even at their places it felt gloomy, but she loved to distract herself when she'd be in the junkyard by helping ed collect scraps and build with him (when her love of mechanism began)

and she loved to take walks with maya or ray at ignacia, or watch ray blacksmithing

it calmed her down a bit, but she knew something was still missing

edit: jay was also not in the best place after nya left, and wasn't able to spend time with jenna because she reminded him so much of nya, so he went to the lighthouse before he got too far

crystallized was..not the best experience either

because of spoilers and still planning out some more stuff, time to jump to post-crystallized

jenna grew much closer to nya, and had went to school 2 months after ethan was born!

she started in first grade, and was chaotic as fuck

she beat a kid in her class once just because he didnt like her drawings, obviously did not end well but she won and she was proud af 😎

during the timeskip after the merge, when ethan hit 4, lloyd would do some sort of homeschooling for him since he and jenna never left the monastery

Lloyd: okay, what's 5+6?

Ethan: 10!

Lloyd, trying not explode because he was so close:

I have so much more, but this is getting long af and I'm tired lmao

for my moots that are in the combined au, feel free to ramble in the tags aswell if u want to btw!! I wish I could too but I don't have the fuckin energy :'))

I may add on once I have the time and energy in the notes (or another post), but for now here's some info abt these hellspawns :"DD

#ninjago #ninjago oc #ninjago au #early family au #oc: jenna walker #oc: ethan walker #levi's ted talks #levi's writing #alizib tag #levi's art #my art #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago jay #ninjago nya #also I forgot their freckles :'DDD

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riddle-me-ri · 7 months

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Heyo everyone!

Slowly feeling less like a zombie today but taking it a step at a time!

Anyway, I've been thinking for a hot minute how I wanna address these...topics I wanted to bring up lol but I think the only way to do it is to just...do it lmao

Below is a list of a couple new writing rules, a reminder, and a small proper update lol

1) While I do have a list of characters and their versions I'll write for, when it comes to headcanons from now on I'm able to skip a couple characters especially if I feel it's getting too repetitive or I can't think of much for them

The reason being.. a lot of headcanon lists get stuck way longer in my drafts longer than they need to just because I can't think of something different for another character lmao. If that's your favorite and you'd like a drabble or something where I can make it a bit different than headcanons, that's totally fine.

2) I will no longer be writing for Nolanverse/Murphy Scarecrow. I've already started trying to erase him from my request info. His stories and the headcanons I've done with him thus far will remain posted.

I included him at the time because I felt like I didn't have enough Scarcrows at the time, and I kinda saw some potential in writing for him after a re-watch of the Dark Knight Trilogy...mind you I have yet to watch it to completion because I fall asleep...every time.

But now I just...I don't know I don't have much motivation or inspiration to write for him, not as much as I do others.

4) A reminder really but, I do not write about children or minors in any capacity with the Rogues. It makes me uncomfortable. Even if the prompt is something platonic and not explicit at all, I will still delete the request and likely block you.

3) Overall, writing may be slow because I'm trying to get back into drawing more and working on some original ideas. I've also got a drawing commission in the works and a writing commission coming up.

And that's about it! I hope you guys understand! I hope I don't come off too...mean, these are things I've been thinking about the past few days and I just...need it gone and out there for you guys!

Thanks to everyone and anyone that understands and continues to support my writing! 💚

#ri rambles #ri updates

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good-beans · 3 months

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1, 2, 10 for Haruka and 3, 4, 12 for Muu, if you don't mind ♡

Ahh thank you so much!! Love them ;----;

1. favorite song lyrics?

I’m between two:

You praised me by saying “You’re crazy.”/Thank you, I’ll do my best

First of all it’s just such a telling line that drives home how the (negative) attention he was receiving only encouraged him to do more harm, and really puts his situation into perspective. It’s also a common painful neurodivergent experience to not realize you’re being bullied/criticized, and really makes my heart ache for him…

But I’m always incredibly insane about the entire “mama, look” section. There’s something so heartbreaking about him crying out to her in pride and desperately imagining her kind response. Plus I love wordplay!!! The Muu pun is very cool. Not to mention Shun Horie ripping my heart out and stomping on it when he performed live…

2. favorite mv moment/frame?

This expression combined with the “ah” makes for such a perfect and painful emotion – even though he’s shown bloody and dangerous, the moment manages to paint him more distressed than anything :( It really got me when I first watched it, and still can get me emotional now.

10. is the answer to the previous question different from your vote(s) on the character themselves (do you vote them based on anything else aside from the crime)?

I do forgive his crime, and I would have voted accordingly :’) I joined right before INMF so I missed both his voting periods so far, but I both forgive him and want him to be safe ;-----; Yamanaka please… I beg you…

3. favorite non-mv official illustration?

I really like her door art!! She looks so pretty and confident and just a lil sneaky but that’s what she deserves! I also just love whenever they draw her with chubby lil cheeks in the minigrams… WAIT I forgot the karaoke art -- I love her in that one too!!

4. favorite minigram episode/moment?

Speaking of, I love this one where she refuses to go on the walk but then immediately gets jealous – it’s such a mood and I love her little “muu” pouting adsfsdf. Another big mood is her imagining herself as a sad wet little dog when facing someone intimidating LMAO I think of this panel all the time 😂 (eng versions from thinkin-bout-milgram)

12. what do you wish would be discussed more often about them in the fandom?

That she is just as needy/easy to be manipulated as Haruka! :( It’s hard enough to get people to realize she’s not really doing any malicious manipulating, so it never gets around to any discussion about how she’s equally starved for attention and love. Even though it seems like she’s had friends and he hasn’t, they’ve had the same trouble with connecting to others. They both have no clue what a healthy friendship looks like, and they’re doing their best! Like Kotoko, I think people fall for the front she puts up that hides how much she really doesn’t have her shit together inside :( Someone give her a hug!

#milgram #haruka sakurai #muu kusunoki #thank you so much for the ask!!#this was so fun :')#haruka my beloved - they better not FUCKING touch him next trial :((((#ive been listening to kingsleighs akaa english cover a lot and ill always make myself upset singing the mama section :(#its always been my favorite #i wasnt crazy about muus recent anniversary art ya know #it doesnt look like her :(#she looks so pretty and confident on her album though :D i genuinely loved her her portrait for t2 #rose posts #ask

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theverumproject · 1 day

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💻 and 🫵 for the ask game? ✨

This is the first time somebody ever asked me a question, so thank you!!!

💻 - List five objects in your living space that give you joy:

1. My tablet: It's what I write on (it has a physical keyboard), it's what I draw on (it also has a pen) and it's good for watching movies and longer YouTube videos!

2. My bed: It's very comfy, the mattress is hard just how I like it and the top part of the bed is soft and nice to lean against.

3. My phone: That's where I read fics on AO3. And I sometimes write in the forest or fields, which I think is really fun and relaxing.

4. My Xbox One: My first ever console that I got in 2018 I think. We've had many adventures together, like 11 different Assassin's Creed games! (even the chronicles games). I've also been at Alien: Isolation for pretty much as long as I have the console. The game is fun sometimes, but also suuuuper stressfull! Sometimes I get so frustrated that I just stop playing for a year, lmao. But I only got two or three missions left I think! So I'm finally getting to the end! Oh and might I just add; I love robots, but I absolutley despise Working Joes! And Apollo can go fuck itself! I also miss my wife, Susanne, she was the first Xenomorph in the game, but I killed her.

Ohhh wooops, I rambled about video games.... I apologise sincerely....

5. My PS4: (It's actually my little sister's, but she bought a PS5, so I could take it). I only just got it this year, so I haven't played much yet. But I've been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 every now and then and ooooohhhhh this game is good! Makes me wanna be a member of the Van Der Linde Gang! I love all the little details in the game and there are some real cool random encounters!

Ok ok ok, I gotta stop myself now. Onto question number two!

🫵 - If your OC was standing in front of you, and you could tell them anything, what would it be?

The OC I'll choose is Luce Balton (Verum), the protagonist.

I would tell them that I absolutley love and adore them and that I wish I could be like them. Because she is smart, badass and has robot boyfriends!

But I'd probably also be a little bit scared of my life. Because (Spoiler warning, but some of this hasn't even been written yet) what is dangerous to her universe gets taken. And I am the one who killed off her father, caused civil wars and the genocides of entire planets and intelligent aliens. So I might be begging on my knees, saying that I'm sorry and that I'm gonna write a fix it version, where everybody is happy.

Thanks again for the questions!!! Made me very happy and this was so much fun!

#writing #writer #writers on tumblr #writers #writeblr #writing community #author #Ask game #video games #gamers

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takemebackto-eden · 6 months

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EM ‘Hey Stranger’ • Chapter Twenty Six - Euclid

Chapter summary: Here comes Vecna.

content warnings: mentions of mental health (depression), mentions of suicidal thoughts, mentions of parental abuse / PTSD.

A/N: this chapter might be a bit confusing as its in two different locations (regular Hawkins trailer park and the upside down version of the trailer park) so I hope it makes sense!!! Also, the song isn't from the 80's but fuck it fits perfectly with the scene, its also my favourite song atm and would 100% bring me back from the upside down if I heard it lmao.

I really recommend listening to the song at the same time when reading this chapter so you get a feel for the vibe I'm going for but its totally optional! Any excuse for me to talk about Sleep Token lol.

link to song: Youtube link to Sleep Token - Euclid / can also be found at the Hey Stranger Playlist (which contains all the songs used in this series! :)

Friday / 1pm / Eddie’s trailer / 4 days left

Nina: “Can Ozzy and Garfield stay with Sheryl, Robin and I for a while?”

Eddie: [confused] “Sure, why?”

Nina: [muttering quietly] “Vecna might get them if they stay here.”

Eddie: [amused] “Don’t think Vecna feasts on kittens, sweetheart.”

Nina: [blushing, cute] “Just to be on the safe side.” [she picks them up and puts them in their carrier] “Don’t want anything bad happening to the children.”

Eddie: [looking at Nina fondly, amused] “So it’s fine if Vecna takes your soul and snaps your bones like a twig, but kittens are where you draw the line?”

Nina: [tickling Garfield’s chin] “They’re our boys!” [looking at Eddie, smiling] “I just want to make sure they’re safe.” [teasingly] “Glad to see you’ve got your sense of humour back, you had me worried for a while there.”

Eddie: [rolling his eyes, voice soft] “They’re going to be fine, and you’re going to be fine.”

Nina: [unsure] “I know. Just to be on the safe side.”

Eddie: [sighing] “All packed?”

Nina: [going through her draw in Eddie’s dresser] “Nearly, yeah. I’m sorry about this, Eddie.”

Eddie: “Don’t apologise, I want you to feel safe. It’s not safe here for you at the moment.”

Nina: [shy] “Funny, this is usually my safe place.” [cautiously] “You’re gonna stay with me, right?”

Eddie: “Always.”

Nina: [picking up a tape from the drawer] “What’s this?”

Eddie: [blushing] “Erm, that was meant to be a surprise. I was making you a mixed tape. It’s not finished yet.”

Nina: [grinning] “You always said you were going to make me one.” [teasing] “I can’t wait to hear it.” [joking] “If it’s finished before my bones get crumpled like a piece of paper.”

Eddie: [grinning] “See, we’re both making jokes about it now.” [Nina smiles at him] “That means that we’re definitely going to beat Vecna.”

Nina: [sarcastically, bitter] “Actually it means we both have really healthy coping mechanisms and good luck in our lives.”

Eddie: [wrapping his arms around her waist from behind] “My luck has turned I’ll have you know, the day I met you.”

Steve: “Ugh, get a room honestly, Hawkins is about to get blown to smithereens and Nina crinkled like a leaf and you’re both still groping each other.”

Eddie: [grinning] “See, even Steve’s got a sense of humour about it.” [Nina rolls her eyes]

Nancy: “You guys find anything?”

Nina: “Nah, nothing. Just packing some stuff to take home.”

Eddie: “I’ll take them to the car.” [he picks up Nina’s bags, kisses her cheek and leaves the room]

Robin: “You okay, honey?”

Nina: [solemn] “Yeah, I guess.” [frustrated] “Just wish we knew what we were up against.”

Robin: “I know.” [wrapping an arm around her, resting her head on Nina’s shoulder] “Don’t worry, we’ll figure it out.”

Eddie: “Ready to go?”

Nina: “Yup! Oh wait, I forgot to get something from the bathroom.”

Eddie: “You can say condoms, Nina, we’re all adults here!”

Nina: [appalled] “Eddie! What the hell!” [muttering to herself] “And why would anyone keep condoms in the bathroom? Dumbass.”

Jonathan: “Why are you talking about condoms- Nina? Are you okay?”

Nina is looking at the mirror in the bathroom.

Nina: [cautiously, afraid] “Can- Can you guys see that?”

Robin: [coming to Nina’s side] “See what?” [looking in the mirror] “There’s nothing there.”

Nina: [pointing at the mirror] “There’s something in the mirror.”

Nancy: “There’s nothing in the mirror, Nina.”

The lights in the bathroom begin to flicker and the group gasps, the flickering lights now spreading to the whole trailer. The lightbulbs begin buzzing and the electronics turning on and off; the microwave pinging, television crackling static and Eddie’s amp whining.

Nina: [going pale] “I can see it, he’s right there.” [turning to Eddie who is stood facing her] “Eddie, can you see-“

Eddie’s hand reaches out to touch Nina, and as his hand rests on her arm, Eddie’s body disappears in a puff of dark smoke, as does Robin’s, Steve’s, Nancy and Jonathan’s. The trailer begins to swirl and furniture evaporates into dusty black clouds, Nina falls backwards in fright. Where Eddie once stood now stands the black figure from the mirror, it’s long claws reaching out for her.

Vecna: “Nina….”

Nina screams and scrambles on the floor, desperately trying to skate away from the tall figure looming before her.

Eddie: [worried] “Nina, what’s wrong?” [he goes to reach for her again and she shuffles back in fright, he looks around at everyone, scared] “Guys, what’s happening?”

Steve: “It’s happening again, he’s here.” [looking around, frantic] “We need music!”

Robin: “Nina, can you hear us? We’re here, don’t worry, we’ll get you out of there!” [She reaches to touch Nina and Nina screams, backing away on the floor, hitting her head off the wall as she presses herself against it] “Somebody find some god damn music!”

Eddie: [rushing around the trailer] “Damn it Wayne, why yesterday of all days did you decide to tidy?!”

Nina: [blinking furiously, shaking] “Stop, make it stop!”

The figure transforms into Nina’s Mom and she walks slowly towards Nina, crouching down to her height.

Nina’s Mom: “Going somewhere, Nina?”

Nina: [frightened] “Oh god, please no!”

Robin: [shaking Nina’s shoulders] “Nina! Wake up, wake up!” [she clicks her fingers in front of Nina’s face, Nina looks straight through her, staring at nothing in the middle of the living room]

Nina’s Mom extends her hand to stroke Nina’s hair, Nina flinches with fright.

Nina’s Mom: “No need to be scared, it’s just me, your mom, Nina.”

Nina: [whimpering] “Leave me alone!”

Eddie: [pained] “Nina, can you hear me? It’s me, it’s Eddie!”

Nina’s Mom’s hand leaves her hair to wrap around Nina’s throat, Nina panics.

Nina: “Not again, please, no!” [Nina stands and runs, hurtling fiercely out of the trailer door, tripping over her feet and landing on the wet ground with a thump] “Please, not now!”

Eddie runs after Nina as she sprints out the door.

Eddie: “Nina! Nina, wait, it’s just us, Nina!” [he catches up with her as she is standing motionless on the grass outside the trailer, her back to Eddie] “Nina?” [he grabs her shoulder] “Nina?” [he moves to stand in front of her and he pales] “It's happening again. Oh fuck, it’s happening again! Guys!”

Nina is standing completely still, her eyes white and bloodshot, her body and mind unresponsive.

In Nina’s mind it is just her and Vecna; the trailer park she’s stood in now dark and cold, the only light shining from the moon. The trailer park is deserted, the howling of the wind the only noise in their encounter.

Venca: “I’ve been waiting for you, Nina.”

Nina: [in the upside down] “Let me out of here, please, I don’t want to be here!”

Vecna: [approaching her] “You can’t run from me.”

Nina: [muttering to herself] “I’m gonna fucking try.” [she begins to sprint in the other direction, carefully weaving in between the trailers]

Vecna: “You’re good at running, aren’t you Nina?” [Nina continues to run, turning her head occasionally in fear to see Vecna creeping slowly behind her] “Running from your feelings like you did in the woods that day,” [Nina remembers running in the forest, when Eddie found her bloody and crying] “Running from your mom in California,” [Nina remembers sitting in the airport for hours, watching the minutes on the clock tick by] “Running from letting Eddie and Robin into your life.” [Nina stops in her tracks, stunned] “But you can’t outrun this.”

Nina: “I’m not like that anymore.” [her bottom lip quivers] “I’m better, I’m fixed now. I’m not running anymore.”

Vecna: [bitter, venomous] “Fixed? How could you be fixed?” [condescending] “Deep down you’re still that broken little girl who cries herself to sleep at night.” [walking towards her menacingly] “You think that I don’t see you? See your pain?”

Nina: “Stop.”

Eddie: [shouting back to the trailer] “Get me some fucking music, now!” [looking at Nina, terrified] “Please don’t go, Nina.”

Vecna: “It could be so easy Nina, just take my hand and I’ll make it all go away.” [Nina begins to tear up] “You think I don’t see how you hid in your room, praying it all would end-“

Nina: “Stop, please!”

Vecna: “-Praying that one day your mother would push you just that little bit harder, hurt you that little bit more-“

Nina: [desperate] “Please! I don’t want this!”

Vecna: “-So that she’d put you out of your misery-“

Nina: [clutching her chest, squeezing her eyes closed] “Stop it, get out of my head!”

Vecna: “- So that you wouldn’t have to do the inevitable-“

Nina: [panicking] “It wasn’t like that, I-“

Robin: “Something! Anything that plays music! Right fucking now!”

Steve and Jonathan are rushing around the trailer looking for anything to play music on, a radio, Eddie’s record player, but their minds and hands are shaking with fear. Nancy stands next to Robin, both of them watching Nina as she hangs lifelessly in the air.

Steve pulls the stereo off the wall in the living room, chipping the wallpaper and breaking the power socket in the process, and plugs the stereo in in the nearest plug socket by the open front door. He turns the volume up full but no sound comes out.

Back in regular Hawkins, Nina’s feet lift off the ground; her body now at least twenty feet in the air, arms spread out.

Eddie: [pained, reaching for Nina; fingertips only inches away from her foot as she levitates above him] “Nina! Nina, please! Come back to me!”

Steve: [slapping the stereo angrily] “Why isn’t it fucking working?”

Nancy: “Give it here!” [She fiddles with the buttons, with the switch, no sound comes out]

Steve: [sarcastically] “Oh yeah Nance, I forgot about your ability to manipulate electricity!”

Eddie: “Hurry up guys!” [to himself, watching Nina] “Holy shit.”

Nancy: [thinking out loud] “The electricity… he’s manipulating the electricity.”

Vecna: “Nobody knows how long you lay there on your surfboard, praying nobody would find you, hoping you’d float out to sea and be done with it.”

Nina: [screaming, distressed] “it wasn’t like that! I can’t do this! Get out, get out!”

Vecna: “I could make it so easy for you Nina, it’d be like floating right up to heaven. We both know you’ve thought about it.”

Nina: [screaming] “Get out of my head!”

Robin: [watching helplessly as Nina floats in the air, her helplessness turning into determination] “Oh, fuck this!” [Robin storms into the trailer, rummaging through the clutter on the sides, finding a mixtape on Eddie’s desk]

Robin runs back to the living room and puts the mixtape in the wireless battery radio from the kitchen and turns the volume up to the max.

Eddie: “Robin! That’s not finished yet! I-“

Robin: [shouting] “I don’t care! We need music!” [Robin pushes play on the player]

Dreams by Fleetwood Mac begins playing on the speaker.

Eddie: [running to Robin’s side] “Wait, not that one!”

Robin: [stressed, exasperated] “Eddie! I don’t think which song matters right now! I’m trying to save my best friend's life!”

Eddie: “That song makes her sad, not that one!” [Eddie takes the player and skips a few songs] “This one, trust me!” [to himself] “This will bring her back.”

Euclid by Sleep Token begins playing on the speaker, Eddie holds it in his hands like a boombox and raises it in the air.

Nina crouches on the floor, hands over her ears and eyes closed tightly shut when she begins to hear music.

Just run it back, give me five more minutes,

I am thick tar on the inside burning.

Nina: [softly] “Eddie.” [she opens her eyes] “Eddie? Robin?” [peering around] “Guys?”

Robin: [shouting in the distance] “Nina! Come back to us! Follow the music!”

I got a ghost in the hallway grinning and a heavy head that won’t stop turning.

Nina: [standing up, looking around desperately] “Where are you guys? I can’t see you!”

Vecna: [approaching her] “You won’t get away Nina-“ [Nina begins to run] “Nina!”

If my fate is a bad collision and my mind is an open highway,

Give me the twilight two-way vision,

Give me one last ride on a sunset skylane.

Nina: [sprinting, out of breath] “I’m coming! I’m coming guys! Where are you? Wait for me!”

Call me when you get the chance,

I can feel the walls around me closing in.

As Nina runs through the trailer park, ghostly figures of people from her past stand in her way.

Nina’s Mom: “You can’t run away forever, Nina.”

Nina: [pushing the figure out the way, it dissolves in her hands] “Go away!”

Carly: “You were a terrible friend, Nina.”

Jessie: “I only stayed with you because I felt bad for you.”

Nina: [annoyed, still searching for the gateway] “Oh, fuck off!”

Just running forward, a life like wires,

I see the past on the empty ceiling.

Robin: [faintly] “Nina! We’re right here!”

Steve: “Come on Nina!”

Eddie: [pleading] “Baby, please, I love you, don’t leave me now.”

I play along with the life signs anyway,

But hope to god you don’t know this feeling.

Nina’s Mom: “You were a mistake, a constant disappointment.”

Jessie: “You are unlovable, Nina. Who would want you?”

Yet in reverse you were all my symmetry,

A parallel I would lay my life on,

So if your wings won’t find you heaven,

I will bring it down like an ancient bygone.

Nina whimpers as she runs, running in circles at this point, running away from Vecna. She stops to catch her breath.

Vecna: “You can’t leave us Nina, we’re a part of you now.”

Nina turns around startled, seeing Vecna’s tall figure stand before her.

Vecna: [raising his hand to her face, making her squirm and fight] “Join us Nina, we’ll make you whole.”

Call me when you get the time,

I just need to leave this part of me behind.

Nina: [crying, desperate] “This isn’t how it’s supposed to end, please! Let me go!”

Eddie: [faintly] “Nina! Nina please, I’m right here!”

Nina: [finally seeing the gateway behind Vecna, eyelids fluttering with emotion, whispered] “I tried, Eddie, I’m so sorry.”

Do you remember me, when the rain gathers?

And do you still believe that nothing else matters?

Nina remembers lying on the couch with Eddie on the stormy night after his gig at the Hideout, how safe and peaceful she felt.

She remembers playing in her welly boots in overflowing puddles with Robin in the summer.

Vecna: “They’re better off without you Nina, give in to me.”

Nina: [softly] “It’s not enough.” [looking at Vecna] “It’s not enough.”

Vecna: [proudly] “That’s it Nina, join us, and soon you’ll be free.”

For me, it’s still the autumn leaves,

These ancient canopies we used to lay beneath.

Nina is reminded of the gang carving pumpkins before Halloween, of her and Eddie watching Ozzy and Garfield play in the piles of orange leaves in the trailer park, of cosying on the couch with Eddie and the gang on their weekly movie nights.

Nina: [being raised from the ground, tears flowing down her cheeks] “Just a glimpse of them is not enough.”

By now, the night belongs to you,

This bough has broken through,

And I must be someone new.

Nina is reminded of the night in the caravan with Eddie, the song they danced to, the flicker of the fairy lights and the twinkle of the stars and meteors above, the way he looked at her with so much love and devotion.

Vecna: [claw-like fingers only inches from her face] “You’re mine now.”

Nina: [looking at the gateway] “It’s not enough.” [determined, kicking back against Vecna] “Fuck this!” [Vecna tumbled backwards, dropping Nina to the floor] “I’m coming!”

No, for me, (just run it back give me five whole minutes, I am thick tar on the inside burning)

Vecna: “No!”

Nina: [scrambling to her feet] “I’m coming!”

It’s still the autumn leaves (I’ve got a ghost in the hallway grinning and a heavy head that won’t stop turning)

Eddie: “Nina! I’m right here baby!”

These ancient canopies (if my fate is a bad collision and my mind is an open highway)

Robin: “Nina! We’re waiting for you! We’re right here!”

We used to lay beneath (give me the twilight two-way vision, give me one last ride on a sunset skylane)

Nina: [hurtling towards the gateway] “I’m coming, Robin!”

(Just running forward, a life like wires,

As I see the past on an empty ceiling)

Jonathan: “You can do it Nina!”

Nancy: “Come back to us!”

The night belongs to you,

Eddie: “Please baby, please. Come home.”

(I play along with the lies and anyway,

But hope to god you don’t know this feeling)

Nina: “I’m coming!”

This bough has broken through,

Vecna watches Nina as she races through the dark trailer park.

Yet I’m reverse you were all my symmetry, a parallel I would lay my life on,

Nina crashes through the gateway.

I must be someone new,

Nina’s body lets out a loud gasp as she drops from the sky to the floor.

So if your wings won’t find you heaven,

I will bring it down like an ancient bygone.

Eddie: [pulling Nina’s weak, shaking body onto his lap] “Nina? Nina, can you hear me?”

The whites of your eyes turn black in the low light,

Nina: [softly] “Eddie…”

In turning devine, we tangle endlessly,

Eddie: [crying] “Oh, Nina!” [he pulls her tightly into him, his face in her neck]

Like lovers entwined,

Eddie: [choked] “I thought I lost you.”

I know for the last time,

Nina: [breathless, panting, pale] “Not getting rid of me that easily, Munson.”

You will not be mine,

Eddie: [clutching her desperately] “I hope not.”

So give me the night, the night, the night.

Comment to be added to tag list, please leave a comment if you liked this chapter! :)

➡️ Chapter Twenty Seven - Follow You

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crescencestudio · 1 year

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hullo! i love alaris (kuna’a🤭), and i love your art! your art is so amazing, i know you’ve probably been told this a million times but like i literally cannot draw to save my life, and your art is just-mwah😌💅 no matter who you draw, from your game or a different game, it’s always so pretty!❤️

anyways, do you have any game recommendations? it can be any type of game, on any platform :) i’m kinda desperate rn. i’m looking for games that i can consume and still want more lmao

hi anon!!! thank you so much that is so!!! sweet of you!!!! 😭😭 i appreciate that so much. ik artists shouldn’t put too much weight on external validation (and obvi u as a creative always have worth no matter the external validation u receive) but i would be lying if i said i wasn’t a bitch for compliments 🥹🥹🥹 i always cherish them so thank you 🫰🏼✨

game recommendations!! i’m honestly a bad gamer so my recommendations might be basic and i’m thinking of these at the top of my head so i might forget a lot but these are some of my faves:

completed pc indie visual novels

our life @gb-patch

blooming panic @robobarbie

cinderella phenomenon @dicesuki

changeling @steamberrystudio

second reproduction ((this one is so old but it was my fave for so long and i still think of it fondly to this day. i think it’s japanese but got a fan translation? idk. i found it on @englishotomegames)

console visual novels

arcana (mobile game—my hyperfixation on this one was scary i was obsessed)

ai: somnium files (SOOO GOOD my current hyperfixation i’m obsessed)

collar x malice

storm lover kai (psp. has english patch you can emulate it)

tokimeki memorial girls side 3rd story (one of my faves ever. inspired free time mechanic in alaris. ds i think?? has english patch i emulated it)

rune factory 4

story of seasons: trio of towns

other games

hades

cult of the lamb

kingdom hearts 2 (technically u should play kh1 ig but the mechanics r so 💀)

persona 5 (one of fave games ever)

stardew valley (download mods and u can sink hundreds of hours into this game)

wip indie games

infinite blue: scavenger hunt (demo version, mobile app) @velvetfoxgames

diffraction

obscura @rottenraccoons

peachleaf valley

the good people @moiraimyths

games i want to play but haven’t

house in fata morgana

hollow knight

13 sentinels

#asks #anon #other games

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archenemyintellegence · 1 year

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“Salmon man” (14/2/2023)

“I become a mermaid to swim in the depth of your heart💙… so I can dig up shadow work for you! 😈”

This is an absolutely goofy idea. I got a message from Loki during meditation that he wants me to draw him as a mermaid. So I draw him as one. I doubted a lil bit while sketching as this is so silly. But at the moment I drew mermaid feature on him, the joyous energy which is the same as the first time I drew him as a very hot boy appeared again. He is so happy that he gets the silly drawing that he wants 🥴 It’s so much fun for me to try make this idea work too.

When I was finishing the drawing up, I felt that something was missing. And then he demands the seashell party hat with chiffon. It doesn’t make any sense at first but when I added it, I realized it is indeed the thing that’s missing. So, thanks for the idea, Loki 🧜🏻‍♂️🧡 Another fun fact, despite he is a mermaid here, the color is inspired by the flame on his candle haha.

Also, I would like to rant about salmon here.

Yesterday, I learned about different fishes used in sushi during the Japanese cuisine course. One fish the lecturer mentioned is salmon. Although he hasn't talked about salmon in detail this lesson, he brought up some interesting facts about salmon. In sushi, there're "red bodied" fish (赤身), "white bodied" fish (白身), and "silver-skinned" fish (光物). Salmon is one of the "red bodied" fish in sushi. However, if you consider the biological definition of the term (hemogolbin, myoglobin-> makes the meat red), salmon is actually a "white bodied" fish, despite it looks really red. Then I think about the fact that salmon is a sea fish that is born from the lake, making it the only sea fish that is unsafe to eat it raw (cultivated fish is fine I guess). This is indeed THE FISH that is the most suitable for Loki. This is definitely NOT a coincidence that he transformed into a salmon in the myth

Additionally, despite the popularity of salmon sushi in Japan, it is the only sushi (at least from what I know) that is NOT from Japan. The Norwegian invented the salmon sushi and brought it to Japan, in order to try sell their salmon to the Japanese. Isn’t it surprising that there’s a norse background for salmon sushi? Maybe Loki is the one who invented it! Who knows. He may be the God of salmon sushi too 🥴😂😂😂 That’s why he claimed the salmon sushi plush haha. If you’re interested, you can see it on photos of his altar 😭🤪

Finally, here’s a song for this drawing. Enjoy. 🤪😃 I hope the drawing is inspiring for you lmao

#lokean #loki deity #art #my art #digital art #hyperpop art

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cee-grice · 1 year

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15 OC Questions Tag

got tagged by @writerfae, @rachaellawrites and @eccaiia, so I'm gonna do this for both leads instead of doing separate posts :v thanks for the tag!!

this is also just gonna be me answering the questions rather than doing it interview-style 'cause I absolutely cannot do that...

soft tagging @sam-glade, @tate-lin, @scribe-of-stories, @ethaeriea, @thesorcerersapprentice, @poetinprose, @jasmineinthenight and leaving it as an open tag!

Are you named after anyone?

Quil — Initially he was, yes, but when he picked his own name, Quilin, he took it from a proverb in the old version of his language. Not many know this, though, because he now thinks it's too dramatic and prefers to just be called Quil by those close to him lol

Endra — No, although a fun note about his name: it's such an old one that it's barely in use anymore and has historically been typically given to girls, so how his mother picked it is a bit of a mystery...

2. When was the last time you cried?

Quil — Uh. Uh. I think. Literally five minutes ago? He cries very rarely but he's going through something right now, so

Endra — Despite him being the one prone to crying, it's been a while... I don't know, two years maybe?? (that's gonna change soon though dw)

3. Do you have kids?

Neither do!

4. Do you use sarcasm?

Quil — Yes definitely, although only when he's around people he's comfortable with. Otherwise, he's very polite and nice :)

Endra — Also yes, but in a very playful manner :) Although it can still be taken negatively :( No one gets him

5. What's the first thing you notice about people?

Quil — Signs of their social status and/or culture, so clothing styles, how they hold themselves, their speaking mannerisms, etc. Just anything that gives away where they're from and what their standing in society is. He's never impolite, but he does adjust his behavior a bit accordingly

Endra — their emotionality? Like, what mood they seem to be in. Do they seem happy or upset or tired, helps him figure out how to best approach them (depending on what his end goals are...)

6. What's your eye colour?

Quil's is dark mint, and Endra's a very dark brown where you can barely tell where the pupil ends

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

Quil — hm considering his favorite fiction genre is fairytales that often go in fucked ways... I'd say scary movies yeah, he'd be fascinated by them (if they existed lol)

Endra — also scary movies but in a different way! He just. enjoys being scared. it's a thing don't think too much about it

8. Any special talents?

Quil — ahm he's got an affinity for languages, if that counts? There are 8 major languages in the continent, some with many dialects, some having old versions, too, and there's only 1 he's not able to speak yet due to there literally being. extremely little resources on it. It's a very remote country and not much literature leaves it x)

Endra — he can climb trees very well. In general he's pretty agile and flexible. anyways

9. Where were you born?

Quil was born in Ethelen, Merridie, and Endra in some obscure village in Edkava. This tells you practically nothing but there you go

10. What are your hobbies?

Quil — Reading with a capital R. that's what he does the majority of his time lmao nerd. he prefers nonfiction but he won't say no to an interesting fiction novel, either. he also enjoys a bit of foraging and gardening :) as well as engaging in life-threatening medical practices :) anyways

Endra — he likes to play the piano! and draw! and he's recently got an interest in cooking! in general he's a pretty artistic guy :)

11. Have you any pets?

Quil — No :( He doesn't like animals that much :((

Endra — Yes :) a kitty named Zucchini :))

12. What sports do you play/have you played?

Quil — if we're talking about his early years... does sleeping around count as sport

Endra — eh not really? Besides some outdoor games that count be counted as sport, at least. He's pretty impartial to sports tbh

13. How tall are you?

Quil is 169 cm (5'6 ft?? I think?), and Endra 180 cm (5'11 ft)

14. Favourite subject in school?

Quil — well, obviously he was most drawn to all subjects related to magic, but his favorite would probably be The Fundamentals of Magia, which delved more into the physicality of the element. Besides magic stuff, he also really liked Language and Literature :)

Endra — oh he hated school with a passion lol. He chronically engaged in truancy and held no love for anything that had to do with school. but if he had to choose what he tolerated the most... it'd probably be Music as it was what could actually understand? so yeah he might have kinda liked that one a little bit

15. Dream job?

Quil — a teacher :)) guy loves teaching with a passion. it's been his dream for a long while but y'know how life can go...

Endra — ahmmmm a housewife. honestly I don't think I'm kidding. god knows he could not be tied down to an Actual job, and he actually likes fussing around the house, cooking, cleaning, just making sure it's all homely and nice, and I think he would really like staying home to raise children, too. mayyyybe on the side he could do some freelance art or music stuff, but that's it lol

#writeblr #wwcc wip #c: quil #c: endra #tag games

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partyinthemysterymachine · 10 months

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I notice how you draw Harry and James is pretty different from how they look in game. I was curious how you decided their looks. It's interesting to hear about that sort of thing if you don't mind answering. Thanks

hi anon!! :3 thanks for the ask!! i will do my best to explain myself LOL but no promises it'll make any sense >:3c!

so let's go on a fun lil' art journey, anon. grab a granola bar and some gatorade, and c'mon!!!

well first and foremost: i am a NOTORIOUS "i do what i want"-er. going off the beaten path to the beat of my own drum is my favorite thing to do!

.. that said!! as i've mentioned before, actor Josh Charles was my first PB/"cast" for Harry Mason.

and my very first piece of silent hill fanart (march 10, 2018) really reflects that, LOL

incredibly, and almost a full year later to the date, i drew and posted this on march 4, 2019. now THIS is actually the closest canon-Harry i've ever drawn. (this was also around the start of the SH RP i was doing with a friend, which then spawned GOOMT lol.)

april 25, 2019. first color piece for any SH art and my first "real" time drawing james. this is also the last time you'll see him with his bangs on the "correct" side LOL.

april 30, 2019. the SH RP is still going on, and this is where i'm starting to get a better handle on what i want them to look like. Harry also gets a maroon sweater. he's also notably thinner here, and still has a lot of Josh Charles vibes.

sept 22, 2019. james sunderland thinnest browns edition. the bangs will be drawn on the right from now on.

(the only reason why they're on the right is because i forgot which way his hair actually parted. oops.)

the RP has ended. the first chapter of GOOMT is written a tumblr post and subsequently posted to tumblr october 3, 2019. i write/pst chapters 1 - 4 in the following days, then draw them again:

james's jacket is still short (but at least he has eyebrows!!); harry is still thin(ner). he's also got more of a canon-harry super low cut sweatervest.

ch 5, 6 is written/posted to tumblr. i draw and post this on october 27, 2019. please clap for my art journey LMAO

you'll also notice hte presence of A Knife. this is actually Angela's knife. shhh. ;)

still figuring out what they look like in goomt here tbh.

stuff from the following week. more figuring out! DRASTICALLY different Harry, too! still very Josh Charles-y, but starting to take on his own look as well. (note his greys!!)

i like DILFs. i like dad bods. he was intended to be a little soft around the middle.

it's not until January 2020 that i draw these idiots again:

very different nose for james lmao.

this is actually my first full body for both in awhile.

(i'm redoing this :3)

also more "accurate" debut of Harry's jacket!! this jacket was ALWAYS intended to look/be bigger on him. i can't really explain why because i don't know, other than it felt right.

at this point i've figured out how i want Harry to look. his design elements are very simple, because i'm EXTREMELY self-indulgent and i really. REALLY like:

widow's peaks

big thick eyebrows

noses. big beak noses

old men

grey hair

(you can actually find this sort of pattern across my various OCs that you'll never find evidence of on my blog anymore haha except for Zach good luck tho. >:3c)

January then gets very busy in the art department for these guys.

Harry finally gets more of a pudge and starts to "look" like himself. James also starts to "look" like himself.

a note on james's bangs: i uhhhhhhh. Stylistically, i have a thing for drawing Big Hair and Tall Bangs. this is seen in my version of Jonathan Crane. but also my hair used to do the exact same bangs so are you really surprised.

(bonus pieces of abandoned James GOOMT character sheet from 2001. i might have the files somewhere if you guys want to see What Almost Was LMAO)

more from January 2020. rubs chin.

it isn't until the end of Janurary/beginning of February that Harry finally Gets Fatter.

i'd been very unused to drawing fat people until Harry, and had been struggling up until here with actually drawing a more accurate representation of his body type to the one i saw in my head!

the reason why i made him fat is because it made sense to me that he was. people change, and being a single father changed him a lot. (and also i recognize that the only reason why the Dead Harry model was lean in sh3 was because it was a recycled Dead James model and they were Legit not going to actually put too much thought into it otherwise lmfao)

march 2020. still getting used to drawing Harry's body type!! also: even tho James's jacket is Longer in my head, i'm still trying to draw it the game-canon length.

idk why.

August 2020, James long jacket hours!!! and Harry really getting his look.

and FINALLY, one of my FAVORITES i've ever done of these two!!:

james's jacket is short here (only bc i was a Dumbass and forgot to make it longer i think?? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ who's to say), but this is also the color debut for the backpack!!

(bonus Sept 16 2020 YOUNG HARRY CONCEPT from when he pierced his ears in the 90s thinking Jodi was going to find him soooo handsome. he sure is he cute huh)

BONUS MATERIAL:

attempted to re-do their character sheets back in 2021. this did not go as planned, and i was having a very hard year doing ANY personal art, so. gestures.

(sorry i had to put them up here like this it's just a screenshot of the two files in preview bc i'm Totally Incompetent when it comes to computers lmfao)

this is where we are now!! now as these are just sketches for their Newest character sheets, Harry is a liiittle different in the actual file and is is literally just a screenshot of what i've already posted like mentioned above lmao.

what it comes down to is this:

FOR JAMES

i actually just forgor what he looked like and didn't ref my art to what he looked like in-game. simple as that! LOL

in the initial RP, James was played by my friend, while i grabbed the reins to Harry, so i naturally preserved some of the base features of what my friend decided for James (lean, Super Sad And Wet, pale af). i slapped on the caterpillar brows (this is also a thing i'm historically known for in character design), did some tweaks, and also let James evolve himself as i became a better artist.

longer coat because Aesthetics that's why LOL. i don't like the short jacket he wears in game-canon and i needed GOOMT james to put his hands in his pockets like how i drew him above. Reasons.

he's also so pale because [REDACTED] and much thinner than his in-game model because he did Not take care of himself very well in those three years during Mary's illness. (it's also in his genetics: Frank is lean, too (however much taller than James, rip dude 😔))

FOR HARRY

switch from blue to maroon: i like maroon/burgundy. (i realize later that the color he wears is more on the side of burgundy but y'all i hate the color spectrum and it can definitely also be called maroon so it's maroon LOL) i also just thought it looked better on him. the only other reason i can think of as to why i changed it was because.. people change. this is a new era in his life. i kept it a (more modest, sh1 harry you whore <3) v-neck sweater as a nod to his game-canon but just.. changed it to maroon. probably just a designator.

he's fat because of reasons detailed above (fatherhood, life on the road, settling down, etc). and also because he's hot and he deserves that. self-indulgent.

hair, nose, elf ears: self-indulgent.

for Harry especially there are a lot of aspects about him that "almost were" but got cut out of his development for one reason or another an really he's better off that way. i really really don't like to force development or force a "look".

the main reason i guess above all else is that Harry looks so different than his game canon is because he's not that Harry anymore. and in sh3, you never see the guy's face: him dead. i can't even recall if i'd seen the dead Harry model in full before trying to hammer out what GOOMT Harry looked like. young GOOMT Harry would look a lot closer to what his game model looks like, tho. i can tell you that much :3 (one day i'll draw a Younger Harry but don't expect it anytime soon unless the inspiration REALLY strikes lmfao)

a lot of their changes are just not that deep, honestly. my vision for them comes from forgetting which way the bangs go (looks James), developign them in my head over time, The Vibes™️, and The Indulgences™️. i'm a creature of habit for sure in the character design department LOL but my world my puddle we play in it.

i should go to bed now!! but if you have any questions about something else or anything about their designs in particular PLS let me know!! i realy REALLY love this question and wanted to answer it RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY (even tho it's been two hours since and I NEED TO GO TO BEEED DGLDFDFGDGFSKGDFDKGSDFGKH O O O P S ) SO i hope you enjoyed that little trip down memory lane (and my art tag archive LOL) and you have a good safe healthy and cool day :3c!!

#ches writes #my art #goomt #THANKS ANON1!#long post #yeah i decided to put it under a cut but IT IS LONG lmaaaooooo #good LORD ther's a lot of really old art in here. have fun!

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phantomdecibel · 1 year

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ART DUMP PART 3

near exclusively epic! art this time lmfao-

1) poli n euryl w bby tele (or could be asty, but this was before flower au lmao)! theyre all brother your honour i dont make the rules; theyre just teles uncles thats just how it is- 2) a gift for @hahahaghosty based off of the first paragraph of their Telemachus study! very proud of how it turned out :3 3) really shitty first attempt at drawing odys, i really just keep it for like. colour references lol 4) boat! also proud of this one, inspired by the “watch where the birds fly” line in Full Speed Ahead. played around w filters on this one too, so ive got like. 15 different versions of it lmfao, this is just the original 5) my favourite frame from my second large scale animation project! the thing in total isnt great, but i like how this one scene turned out :) 6) odys sketch, also inspired by Full Speed Ahead! whenever i listen to that song this image is seared into my brain haha, will totally finish it eventually (hopefully) 7) small flower au sketch of young odys! hes grumpy abt poli putting flowers in his hair, but he knows that euryl will grab him if he tries to run so hes tryna preserve his dignity lmfao :3 8) poli! aka rabies boi uwu (pretend I dint forget abt his glasses; i tried to add them after this pic and fucking hated it lol) 9) low quality gluck- 10) one of my favourite frames from my school film i’m working on rn! thought he was cute lol

sorry the formattings weird on this one; did part of it on mobile, part of it from my laptop. i think there’ll be only one or two art dumps to follow?

#my art #epic the musical #flower au

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x-raei-s-art · 2 years

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Ok so... I decided I would redesign and potentially rewrite some aspects of Tmnt 2012, and we'll since I've been brought back to my 9-10 year old hyperfixation of mutant turtles, I went straight to character redesigning. Hope you enjoy my process lmao 🦐

A collection of beta designs of my redesigns of 2012 tmnt, and of course April was one I prioritized first, and I quite like it so it may be permanent (I could tweak the hair a lil more though)

(rough sketches)

Final result

Since she is a Krang expirement, after all they did give her telepathic powers I kinda wanted to explore that part of her as it was in like maybe by season 2 it was established she was a "mutant", but it was never heavily explored.

I kind of wanted her outfit to have more pop and make her stand out instead of the weird clothes she has, and since it takes place in 2012, I wanted her to fit like early 2010's teen heroine aesthetic (oh and she will be Hispanic cause I said so 🤪)

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Onto the great legend, tech genius, Donnie. I wanted to to stay true to his original design. Just added some goggles and some mixed toxic chemicals bottles on his strap, cause from what I've seen (I haven't watched the 2003 or 1987 yet) 2012 Donnie and Bayverse!Donnie are the only ones who mess with chemicals and expirement with antidotes so I wanted to heavily reference that.

Also donnie 2012 doesn't have the best tools and materials to work with when it comes to tech unlike Rise!donnie so I'm debating on if he should have the same skills he's always have and putting junk together and making it work, or up his knowledge to !Rise or !Bayverse level

Yes I did steal rise!donnie's goggles at first but than I looked for refs to redesign it and I got the bottom left *first image* as my final result so yeah (did try to do bayverse donnie's goggles but it was to much detail)

I do gotta admit, I put more effort on trying to write donnie's traits while designing him than the other boys 😀

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Now onto the Leader Blue, Leo. After all this is 2012 versions so yeah he's leader lol

So Leo was kinda a struggle, because I wanted him to have something that would make him different than donnie. The first thing I came up with was one of those fabric arm brace, with the Hamato Clan symbol. In Japan, when someone's a president to a club (from what I've seen in the animes) they are wearing the arm brace with the symbol of their club. So that was my first idea.

I was going to leave him with his original design until I went into looking at the other outfits he's wore on the series, and I got inspired with season 4 finally and decided to give him the fishnets he wore so yeah lol

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My boo, my bae, Raph the Violent Fucker His design was basically what made him look "bad ass" and "he's fucking stupid for that" vibe cause yeah thought it would be funny

with Raph I had an idea of what I wanted him to have. I first relied on the crack of his shell to giving me an idea, and that was that he was a reckless kid. The scars on his face and legs are due to reckless self-injury (not purposeful SH) or Leo.

Leo and Raph were always competing since kids so when they got their weapons Raph wanted to fight Leo, and of course not being trained, Leo swung his sword wrong and hurt his bro (I might add a couple of scars on Leo too just to be even)

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Now the precious boy Mikey is up next. His head shape was a pain in the ass to draw, and I might redraw him cause I'm not very happy with it. Though the general idea is drawn on here so I will use this ref for now.

There wasn't much thought put behind his design, I was just thinking about what would he wear to stand out from his brothers. I was struggling with how he would wear the wrapping on his leg so I came up with what's on the sketch (I don't really like but it does give me another idea). I did add stickers because I think April would just decorate him with stickers.

I also added more freckles on him because, I can

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I will say that these are just some beta designs and I will try and improve them, I might start writing about the relationship dynamics first before another redesign, maybe then I could get a better idea of what I should improve, keep, or change all together so for now I hope you found my lil hyperfixation on mutant turtles interesting lmao 🧍‍♂️🪄

#raei art #raei talk #tmnt 2012 #tmnt april #tmnt donnie #tmnt leonardo #tmnt ralph #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt rewrite #tmnt redesign #bayverse tmnt #rottmnt

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cxhleel108 · 7 months

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Thank you @libelle949 and @kikithegr8 for tagging me! ⭐️

1. Are you named after anyone?

Sorta kinda. My dad’s name was Carl so he gave me and his other kids different versions of his name or just names that start with C. That’s why it’s not spelled like “Khalil”.

2. When was the last time you cried?

Coincidentally last night and I’m not even a cryer lmao.

3. Do you have kids?

Hell nah gang.

4. What sports do you play/have you played?

Does marching band count? They had us pretty active in that bitch🤷🏽‍♀️

5. Do you use sarcasm?

Dawg it’s my favorite literary device.

6. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Tbh it’s different for men and women. For men it’s whether I think they’re cute or not. For women it’s their outfits. That’s such a gay answer I know😭

7. What’s your eye color?

Brown

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings

9. Any talents?

Playing the drums. I guess also art according to everyone else even tho I think I could improve😭

10. Where were you born?

Arkansas, USA🤠

11. What are your hobbies?

Binging Youtube Videos, Video Games, Reading, Drawing, Listening To Music, Driving (My fav), Partying, Dancing

12. Do you have any pets?

No but I want a dog so bad🥺

13. How tall are you?

6 feet/182cm

14. Favorite subject in school?

Science as a kid but it became Art when i got older.

15. Dream job?

Ummm I guess photography. It doesn’t necessarily have to be my actual job I’m fine with it just being like a side hustle.

Tagging @crimswnred @kiwi-tai @peachesandhunii and anyone else that wants to do it🤟🏽

#tag game

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electronicfurbymusic · 8 months

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Cringetober day 4: angel x demon

Marble's look is inspired by a very edgy "evil form" he had in late 2020, it was mostly a vent OC and it's not canon anymore but I like drawing it sometimes bc the idea is pretty cool, also the colors of his clothes are just an inverted version of his regular ones (I got that idea just last year tho it wasn't a part of the og 2020 design) and Wednesday is just himself with different eyes and a few angel features lmao

#cringetober #cringetober 2023 #marble offline #marble offline wednesday #marble offline records #marble offline's art #electronicfurbymusic's art

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thorntopieces · 8 months

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So quick question

Would you happen to have a fic with good descriptions of what your version of the colours look like?

Or would you be willing to write that up?

Note: this is long lmao. Quick question, long answer /lh

I don't, as of yet, though one is in the works! It's one of the things I've been really struggling with! So far I have an illustration of Vio done (done by my girlfriend @mydmdcorner ) but we'll probably get to drawing the others soonish! I'm more than happy to give a description though!

They also have slightly different blond(e) hair colours, with Blue's being the palest and Vio's the darkest.

Red (he/him): he's the smallest of the bunch (but really we're talking about differences in millimetres and centimetres here, they're all small)! In A Brief Respite, he's described as the one that looks the most like their grandpa! His eyes are blue, lighter than Blue's. His hair is short but curly/wavy. I'll attach photos and other references under a read-more! He's also got freckles. As for his tunic, it looks very much like the one presented in the Four Swords Manga, though it now has 3/4 sleeves and has a normal hood (to replace the stupid Link hat, I just think it's silly). When he's sleepy or shy, he'll hide in the hoodie. The only reason the tunics are 3/4 sleeve lengths is because he kept burning the ends of the sleeves when they were full. No more long sleeves for Red. He also has some of the same piercing holes as Vio (helix piercings), but instead of having amethyst studs, it's golden hoops/rings.

Blue (she/her): Blue's a tricky case. She got into the Minish magic in an attempt to change her body to fit her gender which had some. Interesting consequences. She's kind of surrounded by a permanent glamour of the weirdest kind, so despite being female, she appears entirely male (short hair etc). She wants to grow her hair out tho (but only to a length that's still practical). She has dark blue eyes. She does not have freckles and her hair has the barest hint of waves. Her tunic is also similar to the manga, but she wears a different, thinner belt higher up on her waist (to make it look like she has wider hips) and her tunic is the longest of them all, brushing the tops of her knees. She currently has no piercings.

Green (he/him): My favourite sleepy boy. He more or less looks exactly like the manga version of Four Swords LInk. He's got green eyes with golden spots in them. He's also ditched the hat, but has the same hood that Four has, with the Ezlo decoration at the end. He's a sleepy boy, so the hood is long enough to fully cover his eyes if he needs to lay down to rest in the middle of the day. The shirt he wears under the tunic has longer sleeves so he can hide his hands. His boots are also more padded so walking is less exhausting/hurts less.

Vio (they/them): Has the longest hair of them all currently. It just brushes their collarbone. The front parts are braided and kept secure with magnetic beads that can be used to clip the hair back. They wear a similar tunic to LU!Four. The bottom part is also flared/split into multiple pieces to ease movement. They wear a thicker belt, but not the same one from the manga. On their hip they wear purple and black kinstone-shaped gems. They've got purple eyes and freckles, although less freckles than Red. They also wear the most piercings in their ears. I might still redesign their tunic some. I really like the tunic design for ASAU!Legend (note: ASAU is rated M/18+), so I might take inspiration from that when I get around to drawing Vio myself.

Hope that helps some! I've left a couple image references below the read more for you! I don't have the spoons to image describe them currently, but I might get that done within the next day or so. If that's an immediate issue, I'll try to get it done tonight!

DISCLAIMER: I do not claim this as my art, this is the initial tunic redesign sketch me and my gf did as we tried to figure stuff out. It's redrawn over one of JoJo's (@/linkeduniverse) drawings of Four. Please do not see this as my art. The headband should also not be there for my Vio. Oops.

This is another drawing of Vio. The hair is wrong. Disregard that please. Vio also doesn't have ears. Oops. This is my girlfriend's art. (The Minish you see is Bubble, you can meet them in the first chapter of Dark Hair Significance)

This is my current profile picture and is of Vio! Here you can see the piercings Vio has, too. The Minish tail/feather isn't one they commonly wear. They left that behind in their Hyrule to keep it safe. Depending on the day, they do the braids a little different. This drawing was also done by my girlfriend.

This hairstyle is roughly what I imagine for Red, maybe a bit shorter (Source: Gentlemen's Magazine).

And of course a reference for the Manga.

#asks and answers #anon!!

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