#Btw they’re all dead

[cosmoshard]

Leo Angst? Nah

Raph angst? YES!

#Rottmnt #rottmnt raph #rottmnt angst #ok so let me explain #His biggest fear is failing his family #And what’s the biggest way to fail your family? LETTING THEM DIE #Cue mental breakdown #Now that he’s all alone and all #tw mental breakdown #tw anxiety #tw panic attack #Btw they’re all dead #And this is not canon #My art <3

[stuckinapril]

me stoically navigating my way through drama bc bigger things are ahead and it’s not my fault people are dumb

#kissed a guy at a kickback and thought we caught a vibe only to find out he just wants to fuck me. next #friend’s bf of 7 years drunkenly hit on me at the same kickback (I was not ok w this). they ended up beefing over me. he denied everything. #do I want to be involved in this? no. and so I simply ignore it and keep it pushing #and the guy I kissed is cancelled. like he is dead to me. so that’s also taken care of #it’s back to studying full-time for the mcat #going to the gym/taking walks daily #volunteering at the refugee center + clinic #getting published in orgo research papers #and trying to snag the opportunity to shadow doctors at a massive cancer research center. like I’d kill for it #december was such a mess but I’ve finally made peace w the fact that most of the stuff that happened I couldn’t prevent #but I’ve mourned it enough !! whatever drama comes out of it I’ll handle just fine #i literally want to be a multitasking academic weapon everyone is intimidated of this year #i am not letting something as puny as a dumb man (both of them btw) stop me. goodbye #also everyone involved is older than me (they’re both 23) but it all just feels like such high school behavior #this is not a euphoria episode like I’m literally just not entertaining any of this #had to get this off my chest. i feel better #p

[aetherdecember]

Look, I love BBC Merlin and how they told the lore, but I’m a sucker for the relationship between Arthur and Mordred in the mythology. Specifically, I love how Mary Stewart (author of The Arthurian Saga**) and Nancy Springer (author of I Am Mordred**) wrote about the father/son relationship between them. So naturally, my brain has been conjuring up how I can include that in my Flipping the Coin au.

Since the main premise is Merlin died/Arthur lives, and now Arthur is the one waiting for Merlin to come back, things would stay consistent with canon up to the last episode (when Merlin flips the coin of their destiny and sacrifices himself so Arthur can live and thus stop Camlann from happening altogether). Which is where this idea will start:

Gwen is barren. She and Arthur never have kids. Eventually, everyone Arthur knows and loves dies. He can’t rule Camelot forever, and after Gwen’s death, he no longer wants to, so he fakes his death and wanders off figure out why he’s still here. He never gets an answer for that. Arthur spends the next millennium waiting. He keeps living. He meets people, experiences things he’d never experienced before, and learns things he’d never dreamed of learning. He can’t stay anywhere long, or else suspicions will rise, but he gets to see the world change, how technology advances, and witness humans continuing to be humans. When war breaks out, he joins the battle. It’s familiar. The rush of adrenaline is the same whether he’s wielding a sword or a gun. Only, he can’t see the enemy’s face anymore.

Peace comes again. At some point, he sleeps with a woman, and she happens to become pregnant. Bisexual disaster that he is, he’s had all sorts of partners from both sexes, but has never had this happen, even before the advent of reliable birth control. Later, he’ll learn her name is Morgause. She doesn’t look like the Morgause he knew before, nor does she act like her, but her name haunts him. After the baby is born, she gives him to Arthur, says she has no intentions of being a mother, and leaves. The last thing she had said to him was the baby’s name.

Mordred.

That night, Arthur holds Mordred and weeps.

There is irony in his son being named Mordred. First, in that the legends surrounding him, Merlin, Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, and all of it, had long ago decided Mordred was his son. And two, in a retelling of that legend, it had aptly phrased what he sensed was happening now. Granted, he isn’t a sorcerer, he doesn’t have magic, so he can’t support his feeling with anything other than he’d been around a long time and knew to his very core that it was true. Mordred’s birth is a signal of the beginning of the end.

Fatherhood brings him a new sense of purpose. Gone are the days of loneliness and drudgery. Every day with Mordred brings a new light into his life. Each smile is a miracle. Seeing Mordred experience things for the first time brings a new appreciation. Being there to watch him grow makes time fly like it never has before. But Arthur is afraid. He doesn’t want to be his father. He doesn’t know how to be a father, or what the right way to do it is. In all the years he’s been on the Earth, he’s never known a man who could concretely say, “This is the way to raise a son,” and actually reap the fruits of their efforts. Too frequently, he’d seen sons grow outside of the visions their fathers molded for them and receive only disappointment and disdain in return. So he was afraid, because he too had been that son.

*cue a series of fluffy father/son one shots of Arthur raising Mordred until Merlin comes back, takes one look, and is is like WTF????? No, I won’t have Mordred for a step son >:(*

**Mary Stewart and Nancy Springer have several other works, not just the stories I mentioned. The ones mentioned are the ones I’m pulling inspiration from ^^

Additional notes below the break:

Guinevere’s barrenness is not a headcanon I typically subscribe to for BBC Merlin. My headcanon is that after Arthur’s death, Gwen gives birth, and their child eventually succeeds her as ruler.

I’ve always seen Mordred’s appearance as the harbinger of Arthur’s downfall. Thus, the reason for the plot bunnies in my brain going crazy with this idea of how I could bring him in, still remain mostly canon compliant with BBC Merlin, and build off some of my favorite parts of the lore. (Mandatory disclaimer: for BBC Merlin, I don’t headcanon Mordred as Arthur’s son. But for the mythology, I do wholeheartedly support that canon.)

Arthur’s choice to participate and live once Camelot is gone is a decision to contrast my headcanon of how Merlin handled it. I don’t think Merlin thrived. I think he stayed busy, and tried to remain hopeful, but I think he was anxiously consumed with the anticipation of wondering when Arthur would come back. In this au, Arthur may or may not know that Merlin is supposed to come back (I’m still working on that detail), but he’s always been around others. I think he would seek camaraderie, and companionship, and that he would connect with others but only to a superficial level. I don’t think he’d exist in a void of loneliness. Plus, he doesn’t have the guilt of knowing he failed because the pressure from the prophecy is very one sided *coughcough*causemerlinnevertoldhim*coughcough*

Anyways, that’s enough rambling from me about this. I’ll probably share some snippets of writing next because there are some fantastic scenes coming together in the draft so stay tuned! ;D

#bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #mordred #flipping the coin #my drabbles #arthurian mythology will always be my jam #you can tear this au from my cold dead hands but it will live on #merthur #for the Merlin not wanting Mordred as a stepson joke the last Mordred he knew turned on them to join Morgana #as far as Merlin is concerned they’re the same person #he’ll come around eventually once Arthur fills him in on everything #btw Arthur’s son Mordred is unaware of all of this #he’s having to process his dad - who has never really been interested in anybody for any reason - is completely besotted with some guy #once he learns this ‘some guy’ used to be his father’s servant it does not make things better #but by then he’ll have learned enough that it does clear things up #he’s actually a big fan of Merlin #he just wasn’t prepared for love sick puppy dog Arthur 24/7 now that Merlin’s back

[heresronnie21]

Brothers (who don’t fit on photos together). And also who paint their nails together. And who dyed their hair and then didn’t maintain it together.

I love the cabin 7 babies, dead ones included. Anyway, re-entering my actually finishing art era.. maybe..

#cabin 7 #lee fletcher #michael yew #apollo kids #my babies all of them #dead side characters my beloveds I think about them a lot #they’re besties #goth michael truthing btw #I think micheal had brown eyes in canon but I cba walking all the way over to my bookshelf to check #that’s like… 4 whole metres #my art

[thelone-copper]

A small doodle of Human Colt!

Cw: blood

A bitter end.

(The music I listened to while drawing this and crying)

#Yeah he’s dead💀 #how did he die you ask? idk I just felt like making myself cry so I drew him all dead n shit #but he did lose too much stuffing…and his whole lower half of his body #he’s with Butters now. don’t be too sad #they’re dancing in the fields together in the great beyond :D #welcome home #welcome home oc #welcome home mob au #mob colt cattlemen #welcome home mob au fanart #HES NOT CANONICALLT DEAD BTW IT WAS JUST A LIL DOODLE GUYS DONT KILL ME #human colt cattlemen #colt cattlemen #hurt colt day the squeakquel

[klanced]

Keith walking into the holding cell greeting all the regulars by name while Lance is sobbing lamenting that his life is over and his future is ruined (they were like. Trespassing or some shit he’s going to be fine)

lance: (actively dry heaving in the corner, on the verge of a panic attack as he imagines having a permanent record)(actually what does a permanent record even look like?)(omg is he going to have to go to COURT? like in JUDGE JUDY?)

keith: remy, this is lance. lance, this is remy, she’s my favorite alcoholic :)

#voltron #klance #honestly I imagine they got caught trespassing while ghost hunting #if they’re in Texas then they will most likely get a full on misdemeanor on their record. Texas is very big on property rights. #trespassing can quickly elevate to criminal charges in texas it is actually very serious. do not trespass in texas. #meanwhile in Maine trespassing can be just an infraction & not added to your record #like sure they're teenagers so they could get their records sealed or expunged when they're 18. but like. the garrison would know. not good #sorry i just like talking about the law #speaking of which let me go on a tangent #i do think keith frequently gets charged with trespassing. at his own shack in the desert. #and so now he is Really good at juvenile law specifically because he is constantly arguing with cops #keith: this is not trespassing. my dad owned this property & he died unmarried without a will. #keith: i am literally his child and i inherited this land after his death YOU CAN'T ARREST ME FOR TRESPASSING ON MY OWN PROPERTY. #cop: okay well the house is all burned down it's a safety hazard #keith: I AM NOT IN THE HOUSE I AM IN THE SHACK WHICH MEETS MINIMUM SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. GET FUCKED. #cop: okay but you're out after curfew-- #keith: is this a game to you? drag me in front of that judge i DARE you. you want to take the ORPHAN to court over CURFEW? #keith: you want to arrest my parents? WHAT PARENTS? everyone in this county knows me as the son of a hero firefighter. #keith: a hero firefighter who died in the line of duty btw. in case you forgot. since i'm an ORPHAN who has no one who CARES about CURFEW. #keith: my dad is dead my mom is gone my brother disappeared in space im 0 for 3 parents-wise. drag me before a judge. make my fucking night #sometimes i answer an ask or make a post specifically so i can do my own separate thing in the tags #i just like talking about law. i'm so excited for law school u guys #keith #lance #lance: (freaking out) #keith: (relaxed because he knows a really good lawyer who specializes in juvenile law) #shitpost #ask #anonymous #otp: we are a good team

[warriormoustache]

Got my first shrimp goby pair last week and this is my impression of them so far.

#Art #Fish #Fishblr #Fish art #My art #The fish is fine btw just a coward #Though I do think he might have gotten a small concussion from his two escape attempts #Jumped out of the tank literally at one in the morning and then an hour later at two in the morning it was a miracle I was awake during this #I have since covered the food holes in the lid with heavy objects #It gave me a heart attack on day two cuz I thought it was dead #I even poked it with a stick and it didn’t react at all #Luckily I left it in there and it was up and going about six hours later and has since been behaving normally #It is eating tho which is a good sign #Tested my paremetres and there’s nothing wrong with the water so ╮(╯_╰)╭ #Shrimp is delightful to watch #She explores the tank a lot and is super cute #Idk what the sex of the fish is but I’m pretty confident that the shrimp is a girl #Has snapped once and I was unprepared for how loud they actually are in person #The fish cuddles the shrimp with its tail and they’re super cute #They gave me a stress for a few days but everything’s stable now so #10/10 aquarium pets #Aquarium stuff

[starlooove]

Guys I understand the gatekeepers now like y’all didnt even know who spiderpunk was let alone his name till a few months ago STAY AWAY FROM HIM

#this is about white ppl btw #not to be toxic but if u have EVER said violence isn’t the answer hobie isn’t for u #if ur a liberal or centrist hobie isn’t for u #if u get mad at black ppl calling out racism hobie isn’t for u #if u tone police black ppl hobie isn’t for u #if u say informing ppl of lace code bc it’s dead doesn’t matter hobie isn’t for u #if u ever called miles a thief or even entertained that hc hobie isn’t for u #if UR WHITE HOBIE ISNT FOR U #thats only the start of my list #begrudgingly sharing hobie with my moots bc they understand him #pretending that idc that I KNEW HIM FIRST NONE OF YALL CARED WHEN I WAS IN THE TRENCHES WITH MY THREE PUNKFLOWER FICS #😐😑😐 #anyways… #that was a lil too toxic #but in conclusión #not excited for the influx of white hobie fans #who will say shit like ‘guys maybe violence against the oppressor isn’t bad! spiderverse taught me that :)’ and be completely serious #or even ‘i like hobie but he was too mean’ #AND THATS ALL ASSUMING MARVEL DOESNT FUCK HIM WITH THEIR LIL COPAGANDA BOTH SIDES ARE VALID THING #like Im still half convinced they’re gonna do that thing where he overreacts to every little thing to make anarchism look stupid #so far it’s looking good but u never know #anyways.

[velvetjune]

person who’s gotten too into the collectibles and world of control: penny bartwell should appear in control 2

#she’s probably dead but I just think it’d be neat if control 2 incorporates more of the characters we only saw in documents/videos #penny is the dead letters head archivist and runner of the book club btw #u know it must be hard getting the dead letters project approved by Trench AND have to manually go through forgotten mail for unusual things #all the elevators that are closed off because they were about to burst with letters 😭 #like what the hell happened there #and the love letter altered items that just appeared there 😭 #AND the haunted book that predicted everyone’s death in the book club #that place is cursed #control 2019 #control remedy #would also love to hear from Carla and Hubert (darlings assistants) if they’re alive too #im too far into the control rabbit hole but its ok. 😃 #penny bartwell

[rraveboy]

i love when i have gigantic brain revelations about my own artwork with symbolism i didn’t even think about when i made it . and then i will tell it to nobody even if i am extremely autistic about it because i can’t put it into words. anyway Garcello’s lollipop being red to match Annie marks her as a key part in his recovery from addiction and how she’s stuck by him at every point no matter how shitty he felt and demonstrated her unwavering loyalty to the point where the one that guards her soul has managed several times to chase the parasite that was feeding on his away from it. hence why a lot of the time especially in older Atsuover artwork Garcello isn’t smoking. she was literally protecting him with her entire heart her soul her literal essence. also his favorite flavor is cherry :1)

#(snowed in screenshot by Atsuover. obvs) #i don’t think i’m gonna tag this one but hey #uhh #hazy river #there 👍 #also also. the hearts aren’t supposed to be romantic btw. just clearing that up #they’re there becuase he likes the sucker . not cuz of the annie symbolism i just made up #i still hate garnnie with all my being and passion and will not ship them over my dead body👍👍👍 anyway

[shaykai]

What if. Hear me out. It’s not likely. But what if all the scrying eyes in Moonrise belong to Gortash, including the one sent with Balthazar

#look listen I’m cooking #like man is a terrible ally you get into act 3 (spoilers btw) #and immediately have to go deal with the newspapers bad mouthing you because he told them to #and at his coronation he immediately steps between you and your companions (as a Durge. Tav doesn’t have to deal with him outting them) #and he doesn’t tell you about a bunch of shit like the iron throne and the fire works- and while they aren’t necessary I still want to hear #about them >:( #but. and hear me out. it’s heavily implied that the scrying eyes (at least in act 1. cannot speak for act 2) are Gortash’s #man found out his dead partner is alive actually and just conviently kept that to himself (assuming that Durge got caught by an eye) #(also side note this all also goes for a Tav just without the background friendship stuff) #but listen- him keeping the knowledge that durge is alive to himself to keep Orin and Ketheric off of them because they’re weak rn #and then conviently the scrying eye that went with Ketherics right hand man- who is on a mission to secure his immortality btw- just so #happens to die in the Shadowfell #and listen. that could’ve happened legitimately #but also I like to think he let it happen because he is- in a round about kind of a way- looking out for Durge #or trying to help a Tav because he recognizes Ketheric and Orin for the sinking ship that they are #(so were Durge and Ketheric to be clear Orin just sped up the self destruction by a lot) #anyways could be a stretch- (though I’d like to think it does that fun thing where it helps him and the protag so it never really gets #clarified as being straight up helpful for them #I just want him to be a half decent ally to Durge lololol #this was a random thought I had and my brain immediately decided it liked it #bg3 spoilers #Enver Gortash

[hyunjining]

now why did an el*unor stan have to be the one to remind me of this

#they’re all dead silent about the breakup btw lmao

[growleykitts]

don’t cry

I’m dead too

yungi

view on twt

#why aren’t there more zombie AUs!!!! those wanteez episodes have so much potential #don’t worry they are dead but they’re not Dead dead yknow #i think they’d still be conscious like some of the zombies in All Of Us Are Dead (highly recommend watching btw) but they adapt to #the new ruined world and find a lil place to stay together yknow #mingi #yunho #yungi #ateez fanart #nsfwtiny #nsfwartiny #artiny #growleykitts #my art

[feartheoldblog]

ok here goes i guess. full disclaimer ghost is the only band i have a shirt of so uh yeah i think their music is ok. also your post reminded me they have a new ep i havent listened to yet so ive been playing that all day.

the chronology is kind of split up by album so ill go by that

Opus Eponymous (good fucking metal album):

So ghost started out as a concept band of over-the-top tongue-in-cheek anonymous satan worshippers. That has since changed for a couple reasons I'll get into. Anonymity was a big thing for the first few albums, every song was credited as written by a "nameless ghoul" and they all wore masks and the frontman wore corpse paint and i think some facial prosthetics so you couldnt tell who anyone was. Of course some people had guesses (and they turned out to be right lmao). The frontman was called Papa Emeritus and he wore like evil satan antipope clothes and shit. There's also this whole "Clergy" thing which is like the satanic church ghost represents - they're also a band in lore, and their goal is to gain converts by getting fans through the music.

Infestissumam (my favorite album):

Papa Emeritus 1 was an old man and one day he died. I think. Or he retired or something. So to release the new album, we got Papa Emeritus 2, who was Papa 1's younger brother (still like in his 40s or 50s or so). It was still obviously the same guy behind the makeup but who cares its lore baby. I think they actually summoned satan? There's a reading of the first two albums as concepts of a group doing evil magic devil summoning and then a world where the antichrist is actually walking around doing stuff. Anyway I don't remember Papa 2 doing much.

Meliora (their best album but not my favorite. ):

Papa 2 got taken out behind the shed or something i wasnt really into the lore at this point. Being into Ghost and being into the lore is two very different things, you really gotta be paying attention to be in on the lore. Papa Emeritus 3 debuts with this album, which also marks the band's beginning of their shift towards a more poppy sound (the is Ghost metal? debate has been waged for years by the worst metal fans in the world [on both sides] and all i have to say is if you need music to fall into a definition of your preferred genre in order to like it you don't like music, you like putting things in boxes and sounding smart). Papa 3 was the youngest brother, and he was big into the limelight and rockstar image in a way his more serious older brothers were not. This was also a height of their popularity anecdotally (i swear i heard square hammer on the radio once). Papa 3 was a slut, he was absolutely the one to fuck with socks on. Which is funny, cause I had never heard that bit about him fucking with socks on but I do know a guy in real life who fucked with socks on. Crazy.

Prequelle (came out right before covid lmao their weakest album though imo):

Papa 3 was abducted by goons right at the end of their big tour. oh no what happened? They started putting out "Message from the Clergy" videos on their youtube (might still be there) which introduced our boy Cardinal Copia (not a member of the family) who was a mousy little clergyman, and Papa 0 who was like the head of the church (and a few nuns i forget their names). Also in one of those videos all 3 former Papas were killed (they were alive? huh). Prequelle is also where the lawsuit happened which, uh, was a big fucking mess to put it lightly. Band members of the previous three albums were arguing with the frontman about pay (which was an issue cause like i said before, all the songs were credited to an anonymous ghoul), and like limb bizkit says its all about the he said she said bullshit. anyway they had to break the anonymity to go to court, so people learned that the frontman was actually Tobias Forge (formerly of Subvision). This was the prevailing theory by the way not the hugest surprise. I'm not going to get into details of the trial (cause i forget really) but im sure you can find it on the fuckin sweden legal database or whatever. Anyway, the band did kind of break up over this - some of the original longtime members left and Forge continued with the name Ghost and a rotating group of musicians.

Impera (impera is good but when i listened to it i was also having kind of a major depressive episode so that may have affected my opinion):

This is where I largely fell out of the Ghost lore loop. I hear Copia got promoted to Papa 4 which is good for him, nice kid. He's in like his 40s too i think.

They're kinda like the Four Kings cause a new one comes in when the old one dies and if you don't do enough damage there's actually 5 of them. and their music sucks

THE FOUR KINGS REF 😭😭😭

ghost WISH they could have a cultural impact as profound as dark souls 1’s four kings battle and boss theme

thank you for the proper run down i was fighting for my life trying to piece everything together from the shreds i could find (i refuse to watch a 40 minute youtube video sorry i’m stubborn). it literally reminded me of when i first played bb and was like ‘what the fuck happened’, went researching and ended up even more confused.

also you’re so real for your comment on forcing music into really specific categories. why can’t people just enjoy something without arguing over stupid shit like that………… rock? metal? nah, they’re just cringe. embrace it and be free.

question to leave bc i’m a souls bro

who would win in a fight: copia or patches dark soul?????

discuss

#asks #this is all light hearted and affectionate btw #the fucking with socks on haunts me for personal reasons #papa no three please stop #well ig he’s stopped cuz he’s dead #i started watching the message from the clergy vids n they’re so silly i love them

[quietwingsinthesky]

The baseline of all my gender nonsense is that none of the angels really have A Gender in the way we’d define it? It’s just the best/closest lens to their experience to talk about their identity issues through For Me because I am a genderfucked freak.

Some of them pick up a more human aligned sense of it along the way (like Gabriel, again, having fun with his multitude of funny gender hats (though his internal experience of that is not one-to-one with genderfluidity? It’s weird. He’s weird. He likes his hats.)) The one with probably the most human connection to gender is obviously Anna, because. Well. *gestures at her*

(Trans woman Anna btw. It’s real. I see it. You see it. I should talk about her more.)

#still thinking thoughts sorry #I have much to say on angels and gender apparently #Gabriel and his funny hats…. #I’m not trying to imply his experience of it is superficial btw #like. it’s similar to being envesseled at all. that is not a superficial thing. #vessel hood is important. the skin they’re in is made to fit them. (or lmao if you adopt my Gabriel headcanon #she literally built it from the ground up for herself. bits and pieces all sewn together. vessel Frankenstein’s monster.) #(which actually might be the best way to describe her experience. Gabriel takes from the culture he’s observed. participated in on occasion. #some of it dead. some of it damned rotten (he is weird and terrible sometimes! in very human ways! on purpose! #because xe thinks xe’s funny!) #but all of it is Gabriel’s to keep. to collect. to wear and feel good in. you know?) #spn #archangel gender nonsense

[sosaysdean]

How was the episode?

#on god Idek what happened and I was watching it #dean took care of everything ? while traveling the multiverse #jack was there and was like. ok can u stop and dean was like fine #Bobby was also there #they’re all dead btw nothing new #the winchesters crew are happy now living their best life mary is on the road with John #yea #idk #they played ramble on #thee prequel #ask #anon