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Is it to early to cry?

full hcs for what post-route m6 would say if they got to talk to pre-memory loss mc for a few minutes?

The Arcana HCs: Post-Route M6 get 10 minutes with Pre-Memory Loss MC

Julian

He's sorry

There's a lot more he wants to say, but he begins with a stream of apologies when the person in front of him isn't the investigator who became his ally, but the assistant he failed to protect

He's not proud of it, but for a moment he feels himself slip back into who he used to be

Someone whose value lay solely in how useful he could be to someone else, self-hatred creeping back in like an estranged family member when he sees how useless he was to you

But the you from back then, standing in the middle of the plague and seeing someone stronger, better-fed, less sleep-deprived, the you from back then can see that he's grown. He's happy

The you from back then only seems to want to know if the plague you died trying to make up for had a cure, and if the doctor you lost your life assisting was ever able to find it

And he did. Twice. Without having to prove himself to anyone

Asra

Oh, how they used to miss this version of you

There's so much running through his head. On the surface, it's the first and only chance he's really had to see the difference between who you were when he lost you and who you are now

But deeper, it's the wave of phantom pains, pulling them under and back to when they would've given anything to see this version of you again, when they waded through hell to get you back

And the fear, flashing up from an underlying simmer, that the you then and the you now are so irreconcilably different that there's only one of you he can truly love

As they fold you into the kind of hug that only old friends share, the first difference they notice is that your heart doesn't beat in time with theirs the way they're used to - and it's their revelation

He had enough love in his heart for who you were - and it grew to love you back into his life - and more again to hold both of you in the current one. He has enough for every piece of who you are

Nadia

She's ... humbled, a little

The you that she knows and loves now is someone who has faced down the terrifying and illogical with her, who has supported her through the rejuvenation of an entire city

But the person standing in front of her reminds her more of the person who first walked in through the Palace gates

You're ... normal

Not in a bad way at all, but - you look like every other citizen her carriage passes on her way through the streets. She's reminded all over again how important seeing you in her dream was

Because if you hadn't been pointed out to her, if your first proper meeting hadn't been you freeing her from three years of nightmare plagued sleep, she would have never thought to seek you out

So when the you from the past seems surprised to see the elusive Countess, not nearly as well-known as her extravagant husband

All she really wants to do is thank you by showing you your worth

Muriel

Well. This is awkward. And that's coming from him

There's a well of emotions swirling in him as he looks at you, at the you that Asra left the hut to live with, at the you that took his only found family from him, at the you he came to resent

Because if the worst he can see when he looks at you is someone who captured more of his friend's attention than he did -

What do you see when you look at him?

The you from the past wouldn't have known him when he was retired and forgotten, the you from the past would've known him when he was a gladiator

Or more accurately, when he was the Count's executioner

He's not sure it's good for either of you to be looking at each other

But he can't turn away, and that's because not only do you not seem to be afraid of him, you won't stop looking at him

Your gaze feels the same. Exposing. Open. And though this one is considerably less affectionate - safe, somehow

Portia

She is both starstruck and deeply disappointed

Starstruck because the person she's looking at seems a lot more put together than who you are now, if a little less ... developed

Your magic hovers around you like an old friend and your eyes seem a little more sure about where they want to look

And that's exactly why she's also a little disappointed

Because you aren't like the person she loves now in that way. Who you are now is always looking, always soaking up the world around you like a sponge, because so much of it is still new to you

And nothing seems new to the past you - not even her

She's so happy to take your hands in hers and ask you all about who you've been and collect all the stories and fill in all the gaps she can, to better know how you got to where you are now

And then when the visit's over, she'll happily wave goodbye and walk forward to who you are now

But not without a word of encouragement to her darling first

Lucio

Oh. Ohhh boy

You see, he was fortunate to meet you when you knew fairly little enough to encounter him with an open mind. By the time you learned about his horrible past, you knew his present self

But past you ... past you seems to know quite a bit more

And he doesn't like the way you look at him

There's an edge of uneasiness to the way he plasters on a smile and loudly calls your name, only to be met with a gaze that's polite at best

You're not supposed to be polite to him, you're supposed to love him, to want him, to admire him when he's done good and call him out when he's done bad and forgive him when he tries to do better

At the same time, this is the version of you whose death he knows he's responsible for. It makes him wonder if he's a bad person for being relieved that you changed before meeting him

He'll be happy to leave - but he does manage an apology, first

#the arcana headcanons #arcana brainrot #the arcana

[samtheplatypus]

Gotham characters handling period cramps

1. Oswald Cobblepot

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THANKS @demonlattee

1) Gotham (the tv show) and the absolutely waste a lot of the plotlines were, the way women were so poorly written and the way homophobia affected it (I actually have done this multiple times for way longer than an hour)

2) The Arcana a Mystic Romance (and Julian as well XD Either simping or giving a deep analysis on him as a character)

3) animation

4) Musicals (mainly Hamilton or Heather's)

5) Autism 🧍(was looking for the criteria one day and didn't stopped)

No pressure tags: @iliveforyouilongforyouvesuvia @blu-raes @dumbfxck00 @taydemordu

I saw this meme going around on twitter and I think it'll be perfect for this account.

List 5 topics you can talk on for an hour without preparing any material.

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She's so cute

thought making a human Faust would be interesting 🤔 I know technically she's only slightly younger than Asra but they also call her their "baby" so I was like hm. she's gotta be a kid. I don't know how old she is, just old enough to be Lanky like a snake

#faust the arcana #the arcana #human Faust #not my art

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I hc little Julian and Portia would make secret forts using old boats left on the beach. It'd be their secret pirate hideout where Julian would tell Portia tales of pirate adventures until the grandmas came looking for them.

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Your face when you realized you fell in love with your ex-boyfriend's apprentice.

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Some hand sketches because I love drawing hands

And I also missed drawing them, I usually do it on my sketchbook but since I'd never done it on my phone I wanted to try

And they came out pretty good!

#drawing hands relaxes me for some reason #hand sketch #drawing hands #sketch #sketches #practice #i love drawing hands #artist on tumblr #my art #digital art #artwork

[samtheplatypus]

This was fun!

I absolutely owe you the life at the party (unless maybe I'm taking it too literally? I don't like parties? Or is it not that literal?) and the "good at small talk" I've been told I'm awful at conversation because I can't for the love of god keep a conversation with small talk

I'm not tagging anyone tho because I don't know who to tag xd

hey guys there's this really cute personality quiz here and i think it'd be a fun chain game :)

@kadethecat @biocrafthero @littlest-bugz @the-hydra-sys @anyone else who sees this!!

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The Jester's again...

Kate is trying to save him by any means, she knows he won't leave her, so in order to save him she need to hurt him first

#jester #oc lore #animatic #animation #oc #oc art #oc animatic #jester oc #I'll be redisigning Julian and Dem because this isn't an AU anymore

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Stop perceiving me in a binary way, I am neither a woman nor a man, I am the embodiment of fear🎃

💛🤍💜🖤

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Dem with

Asra / Julian / Julian during his route

The first two pictures are during the prologue

Dem used to have feelings for Asra which slowly died because they were always left behind, and he knew Asra kept hiding stuff from him, they were just tired by the time the prologue starts. And when Asra decides to leave again he is just done.

Of course the relationship with Asra is not like that the whole time, it was just that aspect of it, he actually loves him very much as a friend, and sees them as their best friend, they are very close, Dem was just tired.

Things with Julian started with Dem not liking him at all, he found Julian extremely annoying and loud (Dem turned out to be just as annoying and loud), but during his route Dem just connects with him really easily, and fell for him just as easily, without realising (that actually made him mad, don't ask)

#the arcana julian #the arcana asra #the arcane game #the arcana apprentice #the arcana mc #selfshipers #selfshipping community #self ship #oc x canon #expression sheet #oc lore #self insert

[samtheplatypus]

This is literally all Nygmobblepot

the five homoerotic love languages:

- intimate stabbing

- outright obsession

- confused pining

- "no one knows me like you do"

- lifelong promises that always sound suspiciously like wedding vows

#riddlebird #nygmobblepot

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Portia and Asra being the two best cooks of the group will never not be hilarious to me, because they are both the kind of people who will throw common sense out of the window as soon as their curiosity is piqued

Eating anything they've made after being left unsupervised together is a roulette game between 1) food fit for the gods, 2) new enchantment unlocked, congrats for involving magic, and 3) a combination of flavors and textures so weird that it's worse than gross and oddly addicting

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The Scott pilgrim challenge but animated it with a Gotham audio

[samtheplatypus]

Too real

MC: [Moving In To Give Muriel A Hug] Muriel: [Flinches] MC: Why'd you move? Muriel: I thought you were gonna hit me. MC: I was going to hug you. Muriel: Why would you hug me? MC: WHY WOULD I HIT YOU?!

#the arcana #the arcana headcanons #the arcana muriel #the arcana incorrect quotes

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💀 Mr Nygma & a penguin skull 💀

[samtheplatypus]

Billy and Stu have been rotting my brain for about a year now so I commissioned @pelcrow to draw the boys for me. Lloyd’s skill and hard work never fail to amaze me and his art always puts a smile on my face. Please go check it out and show him some love🫶🫶

So so happy with my murder husbands. They are in love your honour. 🔪🩸❤️