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You said you think of George and Horace as friends, I'd like to know more about that! Like how they first noticed they got along and how they spend time together

I love the character you give the ghosts, it's super interesting to think about

It all started when Horace and George saw Dennis in the hallway, helpless. They shared a little grin. And that’s the defining moment when they realized that friends were two people mad at—no, best friends were two people furious enough at one person to kill him together, even in the afterlife. 🖤

That’s the main reason, but—

I feel like Horace and George have some other things in common. In life, neither were a stranger to discrimination. They’re among the biggest, and most violent ghosts; they’ve been referred to as 2/3 marks of Hell’s Winter (script version). Now I wonder: if they could drag Ryan into their little friendship, maybe the three of them could end the world?

The two of them seem fairly quiet. Horace prefers to keep to himself, and George is a little more of a friendly soul, so might look for a bit of connection with him. Realistically, I don’t think it would be much more than the occasional team up or brief exchange of words. That’s all they really need, though.

This was a fun question, thank you! Your interest is such a compliment. 😄

#thirteen ghosts #dark castle entertainment #thir13en ghosts #13 ghosts #the black zodiac #George markley #the hammer #the juggernaut #horace Mahoney #asks

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I LOOKED CLOSELY AND THIS MAN INDEED HAS MORE THAN ONE TOOTH!!!

#yes his teeth don’t quite fit in his mouth #I’m sure they meant multiple rows of teeth but HAHAHAHHA #thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #13 ghosts #dark castle entertainment #the jackal #ryan kuhn #the black zodiac

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I was just clearing up space on my old iPad, then I found her.

It’s not proper art…it’s more of an edit I made to try and get me out of art block once. (The girl is traced, the background is mostly a photo…) She’s not even an OC, but there’s potential there. 😅

#thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #13 ghosts #oc

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Hear me out…

A reason why I think I’m so attached to the thirteen ghosts is because I really liked the homunculi from Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) for a while first, and they kind of remind me of each other?

All of them used to be “human,” and were gathered into a team that represents either The Black Zodiac or Seven Deadly Sins.

The Jackal and Envy

He’s crazy, he knows it, it’s fine… (But he kind of hates himself…)

More or less mistaken for a woman

Always laughing about something

In one version, Envy died by fire/suicide and Ryan did just that

The Great Child and Gluttony

Hungry

Acts like a baby but will kill you

Very clingy to one person (Margaret/Lust)

The resemblance. Come on.

The Juggernaut and Greed

Bulletproof (oh wait, no…just VERY strong)

Height difference with Horace/Ryan and Greed/Envy (who they bicker with a lot…which is a head canon with the ghosts, but bear with me)

Likes animals???

The Angry Princess and Lust

Over-sexualized

Will stab you

Secretly just very sad

#fma 2003 #fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemist 2003 #thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #ryan kuhn #the jackal #13 ghosts #the juggernaut #horace mahoney #dana newman #the angry princess #greed fma #envy fma #lust fma #gluttony fma #the black zodiac #the 7 deadly sins #homunculi #the great child #Harold shelburne

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I’m LOVING the new members of Davy Jones’ crew.

They’re from the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie that’s definitely real, which I definitely didn’t make up too late for April Fools Day, but hope you’ll enjoy anyway.

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Here we have the crab trap guy.

I think his backstory is that we was scuba diving and got his head stuck in a crab trap and drowned?

Then there’s this guy…

He got his head bitten off by a shark. Also his legs, which made it hard to swim. 🥲

He eats seaweed.

That’s his job. Seriously.

She’d rather dine with the crew naked than wear an ugly dress.

I know it was Barbossa’s crew that said that in the first movie, but she’s paying homage to it, or so I have heard.

He’s part pufferfish.

He’s best friends with Koleniko…the other pufferfish guy.

He was an official ship hole patcher.

He was bad at his job, I guess, because in the end…he went down. Good thing Davy was there to add him to the team.

#thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #13 ghosts #pirates of the caribbean #April fools #the jackal #the juggernaut #the hammer #the great child #the angry princes #the torso #Davy jones

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Royce Clayton (torn prince) as an older brother? thank you :)

Royce as an older brother

In one of Royce’s newspaper clippings, it read that he was “survived by his mother and father—Madeline and Kirk—and his young…” before it cuts off. This gave me the theory that Royce might be an older brother in canon. I headcanon a little sister, but for your request, I left it open to choose!

I’m so sorry this took me so long to respond to. Please enjoy!

Royce loves you, but you annoy him like mad sometimes…especially when he’s around his friends.

Sometimes he lets you tag along anyway, like when he and the boys race out for burgers. They’ll tease you a little bit, but won’t leave you out, and Royce makes sure it never goes too far.

Your parents are pretty busy, so after school most days, the two of you have a tradition to go to the park and practice baseball. It’s then when your older brother and you get to bond the most.

You’re one of few who know that Royce doesn’t feel content in this town, that he has bigger dreams than playing baseball his whole life. You support him.

You always had an uneasy feeling about Johnny. When the greaser challenges your brother to a race, you beg him not to go, but Royce is having none of it.

As the time draws nearer and nearer and he still won’t listen, you tell your parents on him. He’s furious, and when you try to reason with him, he throws you down and races off anyway.

Unfortunately, Royce loses control of the vehicle and dies in that race. You’re convinced Johnny messed with your brother’s car, but no one believes you.

Years later when Royce finally makes it out of the glass house, you’re the first person he thinks of. But by now you’re old and grey. You left town in honour of your brother’s dream…but maybe you’ll come back one day, just like he might.

#dark castle entertainment #thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #horror movies #the black zodiac #13 ghosts #royce clayton #the torn prince #my writing #asks

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Ryan: *walks into a glass door*

Horace: Ha ha.

Horace: *hits his head on the doorway*

Ryan: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

#this is canon #incorrect quotes #thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #13 ghosts #ryan kuhn #the jackal #horace mahoney #the breaker #the juggernaut

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Kathy: Oh my god, I love the sweaters with the floppy sleeves!

Ryan, gawking at the long, hanging arms of his straight jacket: …Why.

#incorrect quotes #Kathy kriticos #ryan kuhn #the jackal #the black zodiac #thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #13 ghosts #dark castle entertainment #horror movies #2000s horror

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Orphan

Orphan: First kill

Orphan 3

Why must there be always have to be something wrong with Esther?

#esther’s so ironic #orphan first kill #orphan 2009 #horror movies #dark castle entertainment #leena klammer #isabelle fuhrman #esther coleman

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Cyrus: I’m sure the ghosts are more afraid of you than you are of them.

Dennis, shaking, crying: I doubt that.

#dark castle entertainment #thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #dennis rafkin #Cyrus kriticos #horror movies #13 ghosts #incorrect quotes

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I saw this quote and went “HIM. IT’S HIM. THAT’S MY BOY RYAN.”

#ryan kuhn #the jackal #the black zodiac #thir13en ghosts #thirteen ghosts #13 ghosts #incorrect quotes #dark castle entertainment #horror movies #my meme #thirteen ghosts meme

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I can’t explain it, but Vincent likes vanilla ice cream and Bo likes chocolate ice cream.

I’m with Bo on this one.

#house of wax #Bo Sinclair #Vincent Sinclair #slashers #slasher fandom #dark castle entertainment

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“I’m starting a podcast called Death in America, where I’ll be listing off all of the most brutal deaths in the country as they happen! Woo, can’t wait!”

— Bobby Kriticos, 7 years old

#nice one bobby #incorrect quotes #but is this REALLY an incorrect quote? #bobby kriticos #thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #dark castle entertainment #horror movies #13 ghosts

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What do you think would happen if Cyrus let the ghost roam the basement before the family got their as a little test or something. How do you think that would play out?

Do you have siblings? A big family? Then imagine what it’s like when you’re all out of your rooms and on the main floor together. It’s chaos. Everyone’s fighting. Cyrus is yelling at you because he’s expecting company in five minutes, and Billy won’t clean up his toys. 😮‍💨

#dark castle entertainment #thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #horror movies #the black zodiac #13 ghosts #asks

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Wanted some behind the scenes lore and just had a minor life crisis upon learning the Juggernaut’s actor wasn’t just made taller via movie trickery and he’s actually 6 foot 9. He’s listed as “one of Canada’s tallest actors” and idk if I want to know who beats him in height lol

Also that one behind the scenes pic of the Jackal drinking water with a straw is Monday personified. Do you know any fun behind the scenes facts lol

Ahh, yes. I know the photo you’re referring to. It’s the best. 🤣

Awesome question! I love all the behind-the-scenes stuff. I have a few fun facts off the top of my head:

On the topic of Jackal…I was listening to the creative team’s commentary on the movie a while back. (It’s in the collector’s edition blu-ray.) They described Shayne Wyler as this little guy who was just super friendly to everyone on set. He’d walk up to people and say “Hey! How ya doing?” but since he was dressed like a monster, people were startled and often didn’t know how to react.

They had a few extra concepts for ghosts, including a lighthouse ghost, an elemental ghost, and a mechanical technician ghost (essentially Horace?) who had glowing eyes behind a set of goggles, if I’m remembering them correctly. I heard this on a panel on YouTube once, and I’ve yet to find it again. I’ve always thought these concepts would make some interesting bases for OCs.

There’s also this ugly guy, “The Rat,” who existed in concept art. He appears to have been combined with another to create the Great Child (Harold), who was originally called “The Dire Child” and was an actual baby. It looks like rats were eating this guy from the inside out. How cute.

#dark castle entertainment #thirteen ghosts #thir13en ghosts #horror movies #behind the scenes #13 ghosts #the black zodiac #asks

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Emily March

An In-Depth Character Analysis

Ghost Form:

Like all ghosts, she lacks skin pigmentation and has grey shadows around her eyes as well as a visible grey hue to her lips. Her feet are bare but splattered with blood as is most of her legs which are visible from the knee down. She wears the same purple dress she was wearing the night she died, her wrists marred by the deep vertical cuts that took her life. The post-mortem photographs taken of her reveal that her back was scattered with bruises and various cuts and scrapes, likely from one or several of her eleven victims fighting back.

Killer Classification:

Spree Killer:

A spree killer is someone who commits a criminal act that involves two or more murders in a short time, often in multiple locations. Being present during Royce's death and then seeing his body caused her to have a psychotic break. She purposely chose 11 people she knew her half-brother cared about - one of which was her own friend, Caroline Cooper - hunting and stabbing each of them 11 times with a Buck 119 knife over a span of 11 days. Her spree started Monday, October 14th, 1957 and she killed one person each night, coming to an end on Thursday, October 24th, 1957.

Her mask (Drawn by me):

Personality:

On the surface, Emily was kind. She was a good friend, a wonderful listener, and a talented musician. She was fiercely intelligent. A trait she inherited from her great-grandfather, Ryan, along with his photographic memory, and black as pitch hair. While she had a good heart, it could also be uncontrollable, very similar to Royce's lack of self-control.

Because of her empathetic nature, she never hesitated to help those in need of it, treating all with warmth and respect. Even if she didn't say a word, her feelings were easy to read due to her honest expressions, which caused those around her to soften in tough situations and be honest as well. Even with this, she wasn't without her flawed, quirky, and immature side, which was typical of her age.

Emily was, despite her relatively small size and the time period she was born and raised in, headstrong and outspoken, possessing what some would say was a pathological fearlessness when it came to defending her friends or herself. She also wasn't afraid to be violent when the situation called for it and was a capable fighter.

She was never afraid to voice her mind about what was "right" and what is "wrong," making her somewhat opinionated and stubborn. She eventually learned to not see the world in black or white, becoming the one others turn to when they need emotional support or advice as she can be direct and make hard but valid points, even to a friend. Still, Emily was unforgiving of anyone who betrayed or disappointed her. She could also be manipulative at times, easily telling people what they want to hear or lying to get Royce out of trouble.

Though she was usually calm and compassionate, Emily had a surprising hidden violent side to her when her short temper was brought into play. Her half-brother tended to be the only one who brought this out in her due to his violent and ill-mannered nature which she never tolerated or had any patience for. She is completely comfortable reacting violently to his instigations, believing wholeheartedly that his reasons for hating her are pathetic and make him an incredibly weak person. She could also be vindictive and harsh in her dealings with him, one time remarking quite cruelly that she was their father's favorite child (which was true) and that it was never her fault that her mother loved her while Johnny's fled the moment she had him and started a new life pretending he never existed.

Emily was in love with Royce Clayton. A love he returned just as fiercely. She was present during the drag race that took his life and it traumatized her deeply. The compounding shock of seeing his body and the added knowledge that Johnny was going to go unpunished was too much for her and Emily suffered a psychotic break, channeling all of her grief and anger into a masked vigilante persona that the newspapers would come to call, "The Madison Ripper."

For eleven nights in a row, the Ripper terrorized Madison, Ohio, claiming a life each night. As the Ripper, Emily was malicious, calculating and brutal, specifically targeting those her brother was fond of and taking their lives with a Buck 119, inflicting 11 stab wounds with precision and bloody resolve. The sheriff of the town at the time, Donald Rafkin, was a psychic. Due to his suspicion of her, he attempted to do a reading when he went to see how she was doing. He could glean nothing. She was blank. Empty. Nothing inside. Royce's murder had robbed her of her will to live as well as anything else that had made her an individual.

Even after her vengeance was complete and the Ripper was retired, Emily felt no reprieve from her agony. Seeing no relief, and tired of the pain consuming her every fiber, she murdered her brother, stabbing him a grand total of 26 times before cutting his throat. She then returned home and turned the blade on herself.

In total, she outlived Royce by fifteen days.

Relationship with Royce Clayton:

One of the defining relationships in Emily's life was the one she shared with Royce Clayton. As their mothers had been lifelong best friends, the two were born relatively close together, with only a ten day difference.

Royce was born on March 23rd, 1940. He is an Aries, which definitely suits him. It was clear from a young age that Royce had temper issues, putting Johnny's head through a window when he was just four years old - despite the fact that Johnny was two years older - as well as hurling a block at the back of another child's head when they pulled Emily's hair. Despite this troubling behavior, Emily never batted an eyelash, merely learning to look out for signs of an impending tantrum and find ways to calm him down. If that failed, she would just find a way to keep him out of trouble afterward. Since Emily could smell lies and tell even better one's, this tended to be successful more often than not.

Royce driven by a fierce, persistent determination to win in every aspect of his life. However, his volatile emotions could often drive him to behave childishly and become tiresome to his friends at times. Royce was incredibly hotheaded and easy to upset, often striking out with his fists toward the source of his annoyance. He even occasionally got nasty with girls if they irritated him. This was particularly true about Caroline Cooper, one of Emily's best friend's and the most annoying out of the three. His dislike of her was no secret to her as he had told her he hated her to her face before walking off like nothing happened. Royce was also impatient by nature and could be very prideful, having much difficulty admitting he was wrong about something.

With the onset of puberty, their close friendship became a crush which evolved into love. Despite discovering his talent for baseball in his freshman year of high school as well as becoming suddenly very popular with girls, Royce paid no attention to them, often exhibiting annoyance with their persistence, solely seeking Emily's attention, desiring her affection and love, truly believing that she was the only person that loved him completely, illustrating that he had enough self-awareness to know that his ego and anger problems made him a hard person to feel genuine affection for, the superiority complex he exhibited hiding his true feelings of inferiority and failure.

Emily never minded, encouraging him when he hit a low, doing his homework when he was too exhausted from everything else to do it himself, calming him down when he lost it with an endless supply of patience, and giving him the love and affection he desired, easily managing to put him back into place without fear of reprisals if he overstepped in her outside relationships. Luckily, unlike a lot of girls in her time period, she didn't really have to worry much about Royce being jealous or possessive since he knew it was illogical to expect her to just ignore every guy that talked to her. He trusted her enough to tell him if one overstepped.

As a result of his love for her, Royce became fiercely protective of Emily, saying to his best friend and teammate, Andrew, that "if anything ever happened to her, I would die." He would often turn his anger on her friend's if she got hurt when she was with them. Even going so far as to throw one of his classmates to the ground when they accidentally knocked her into the chalkboard.

Royce told Susan during their first captivity that the hardest part of dying was watching Emily fight against her friends hold on her as she tried to get to him. To help him. The sight of her tears had hurt more than the torn skin on his body. He had been grateful for the superheated air stealing his breath, knowing that every scream for help he gave was a dagger to her heart.

#ahh I love ocs! #she sounds amazinggg #and Emily’s related to Ryan!? *cries* #13 ghosts #thir13en ghosts #thirteen ghosts

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Friendly reminder that I have explicitly said NOT to send me perverted asks. I’ve blocked two different followers so far because they did not respect that.

To the rest of you, thank you for asking such awesome questions and keeping this space respectful. I’m grateful, and I love interacting with you. <3