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themintman · 6 months

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Someone kiss this fine gentleman on the cheek before i do.

#a hat in time #ahit badge seller #badge seller #a hat in time fanart #Drew this cause I am so inconsistent w their design I will cry #Platonic kisses for the badge seller ‼️‼️💥💥💥💥💥💥#They r so so pretty #Eheheheh #Prettyyyy #So pretty #Gorgeous gorgeous eldritch horror #💕💕#ahit snatcher #the snatcher #ahit dwellers

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bunmellos · 10 months

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happy pride month!

#this is from the summer hikaru died btw!!#horror bl kinda manga. READ IT #ah.. the bond between some guy and his best friend who died and was possessed by some creepy eldritch creature…#also the art is gorgeous #and quite unsettling

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fem-blade-adept · 11 months

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Ok I’m a firm believer in the “toxic people should not be simped for” camp because I know better.

However, both Mileena and Skarlet can both wreck my life. And they probably would. Don’t ask.

#mk11 #mileena #skarlet #gorgeous women #why do I simp for eldritch horrors?

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literalite · 6 months

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that was my official advertisement to read hikaru ga shinda natsu it is so FUCKING GOOD! okay

#small town eldritch horror haunting my best friend came back wrong and i'm the only one who knows. etc #the art is just gorgeous also #seph.txt

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lxvvie · 7 months

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@art-herog, you have called and I have answered. I think. And then I went and tweaked it so the scenario is as follows: your lovely babies are doing their own thing and ignoring you. how would they respond to you calling them someone by else's name as a prank?

Capt. John Price - It doesn't register because he's lost count of how many pet names you have for him and he assumes this is the latest one. Your prank dies a solemn, cigar-ridden death.

Gaz - "WHO?!" It's funny watching Gaz get all jealous and shit with his nostrils flaring. Yeah, that's what you get for the last prank (said prank woke you up from a good-ass nap).

Alex Keller - Has a delayed reaction. You think he didn't hear you until you hear, "The hell you say?" And thus he close shut the jaws... of Sweet Keller Lovin'. By refusing to manspread. Yeah, you wanna play that game? Good luck getting another glimpse at his sweet thighs, babe.

Soap - Is devastated in Golden Retriever. Was busy watching the latest football (soccer) game when you... when you broke his heart. How could you do this to him? Is willing to find and fight the bastard for his (his as in Soap's) honor because he gave himself to you mind, body, and spirit... after he sulks some more because his team just had to lose the game.

Ghost - A total Petty Betty 'cause you got him fucked up lmao. Doesn't really respond to it aside from a heated glance initially. And then he gets you back. You ask him a question: "Mm. Ask the knobhead, he'll have 'n answer for ya." You try to flirt with him: "Sorry. Simon is spoken for." You can practically see the smirk in his eyes. Touché, you bastard. Touché.

Alejandro - Was sifting through paperwork. Called him handsome to get his attention. No response. Okay, then. You then called him gorgeous. Still no response. Then: "You hear me, Rudy?" Alejandro stops mid-sift and stares. Hard. Bonus points because Rudy was in the vicinity and poked his head in all, "You called?" You're smirking, Alejandro narrows his eyes and turns to stare at Rudy, and poor baby doesn't even know what the fuck is going on.

Rudy - His whole reaction can be summed up as '??????????'. When it hits him it turns into '?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?'. Wait, who the hell is Dasher—?

König - König's inner Eldritch Horror Call of Köthulu Yandere comes out in full force and oh wow, did the air change all of a sudden? What's that tension? You turn and he's staring at you. Calmly. Evenly. He doesn't even blink. And then, "Who is Prinz, Schatz?" Turns out the person he lost that sniper position to took the callsign Prinz and König decided to one-up his ass. Once assured it was all a prank, he's back to his... normal self again? A Shadow over KorTac, indeed. It's on sight, PRINZ!

Horangi - Turns out one of the names you used is an alias he tried to use to get into a game but he got found out. He tells you the whole story and everything. It was riveting as shit, so much so that you forget you were even trying to prank him.

Graves - Doesn't even bother to react. Not really except for this one line: "Mm. He fuck you as good as I do, darlin'?" PHILLIP, PLEASE—

Valeria - Hits you with another Uno Reverse and calls you by the name of one of her exes. Thought you were being fucking cute with that prank, eh?

Roach - Wait, when did he receive a new callsign?

Keegan - Wasn't quite outwardly reactive but was mentally drafting a plan to find the bastard if only because they had an incredibly shitty name compared to his. Or something like that.

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mossdaggar · 3 months

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Unemployed Promo Post

Hey y'all, I'm Moss, a queer game designer who heads Brewist Tabletop Games. Late December, I quit a toxic job environment when my mental health was at its lowest. I fortunately had a big game launch just before I did, but I've now been out of work for 6 weeks (I've had interviews and I've got some hope!) and it has left me in the red. I'd love if you'd check out my games or boost this to people who might. <3 A notable release I've had is HELLWHALERS, a TTRPG of nautical and Christian-religious horror. Play as damned whalers hunting a leviathan whale in a bid for redemption in this token and d6 based game. There's even a metacurrency with its own gambling mechanic! I also have Rel1ct, a GMless eldritch body horror solo or duet TTRPG inspired by things like Annihilation and The Color Out of Space. Play with cards and dice in a journaling game that TTRPG reviewer/designer Sam Leigh called a "TTRPG that will wreck you". There's also my experimental gridless tactical TTRPG that is a love-letter to JRPGs and weird math, Infinite Reverie. It's only $9 right now, but the 2nd edition is coming this year, and it'll just go up in price from here. It's complete and playable in v1, but the layout is /bad/. Pip, the other half of Brewist Tabletop Games, is working on a gorgeous and fantastic redo of the game, and you'll want to pick it up before that price jumps! You can also find a draconic duo of games bundled together, Kn1ght and Dr4kk3n, two games about fighting their own respective terrible dragons, but in two very different ways. Kn1ght is a GMless solo or duo journaling game, the original model rules that Rel1ct was based off. Dr4kk3n is a d4 based dungeoncrawl for 3-4 players and a GM built on Caltrop Core engine, pioneered by designer Titanomachy. Regardless of whether or not you can pick them up, all my games can be found at brewisttabletopgames.itch.io, and as a thanks for looking, I'll be adding a few community copies of each of these games. There are also a smattering of pay-what-you-want and small microgames available on our itch as well.

#indie ttrpg #ttrpg #ttrpg community #christianity mention

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ladyloveandjustice · 3 months

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My Favorite New Manga and Graphic Novels I Read in 2023

It's time to take a look at the comics and manga I read this year! I read a whopping 78 manga and graphic novels in all. Here's a link to my Goodreads year in books (the manga is at the beginning, the novels start with Siren Queen) and my storygraph wrap up.

I also read 36 novels! If you want to see my favorites, check out my reviews here!

And finally, I've got the continuing manga series I've enjoyed this year here, so check that post out too!

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

This is a tale about a first-generation Vietnamese-American boy struggling with coming out to his mother. He connects with his mother through fairytales-- she uses them to express her journey as an immigrant, and he uses them to explore his queerness and identity as a Vietnamese kid growing up in America. It's an absolutely gorgeous book full of Trung Le Nguyen's signature stunning art. The fantastical, ethereal fairy tales are weaved beautifully into the lives of the characters. The book explores how fairy tales can form connection, can express culture, can tap deeply into something real and true, and can offer tragedy and catharsis. The protagonist uses fairy tales to write his own story, and the ending is lovely and moving.

Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles by Mark Russell and Mike Feehan

You may know Mark Russell from his darker, socially aware re-imagining of the Flintstones, which made quite a splash on Tumblr with this post. Well, I had pleasure of meeting him at a local convention, and I finally got his comic re-imagining of Snagglepuss, also of Hanna-Barbera. He re-imagines the titular pink puma as a closeted gay playwright in the 50's dealing with McCarthyism. It's as wild as it sounds,but also really digs into the politics of the time, the struggle of standing against oppression and how art fights through suppression and censorship. It's tragic, hopeful, poignant and full of historical references. I enjoyed it ! Definitely be cautious if you're deeply disturbed by homophobia and suicide.

The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren

A story about a teenage boy, Yoshiki, who realizes that his best friend and crush Hikaru has died and been replaced by a strange eldritch being who is imitating him. But, missing his loved one and desperate to cling to any piece of him, Yoshiki decides to keep on having a relationship with this mysterious entity. This book's horror is visceral and sublime, especially the bizarre, creepy, beautiful body horror involving the being who replaced Hikaru. It's an exploration of anxieties involving grief, relationships, and sexuality that hits just right, and the atmosphere layered with dread is top notch. I love me some messed up relationships and unknowable queer monsters, and this book delivers.

Chainsaw Man, Look Back and Goodbye Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Chainsaw Man needs no introduction, but I did end up really enjoying the story of the doggy-devil boy hunting other devils. It got so tragic and intense at the end, with lots of great surreal horror imagery and darkly funny moments. I'm impressed it went so hard, though the random powers that kept piling up made what was happening hard to follow at times, especially in fights. I'm also enjoying the current weird arc starring a class-A disaster girl and the demon sharing her body.

Look Back

I really do enjoy how Fuijimoto writes messy pre-teen/teenage girls. They ring so true. The manga follows the fraught friendship between two girls as they create manga, exploring the struggle of art mixing with real relationships, and how someone keeps creating after tragedy. It's a little hard to follow at times (especially since I have to differentiate the leads based on hairstyle), but it's a good read.

Goodbye Eri

Probably my least favorite of the three, but it's a fun read- a weird ride that examines the thin line between fiction and reality in art and makes good use of Fujimoto's cinephile background and signature gaslight gatekeep girlboss characters.

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

The story follows a teenage girl, Chika, who has always struggled with not being attracted to anyone. When Chika enters college, she meets queer people all across the spectrum of asexuality, and starts exploring her own identity. As an ace, this is the best story about asexuality that I've read. It was a nuanced look at asexuality and queerness and all the variations. Chika's journey and how she found her community was moving and poignant. It's a honest, moving look at relationships and identity, and how complicated and hard to define both of those things can be. I loved the moments of Chika imagining herself as an alien to explore and cope, and how she bonded with people through magical girl shows and other geekery. My favorite new manga of the year, it really connected with me!

The Girl that Can’t Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi

Oh girl, I've been there. This is a fun autobiographical comic about a butch4butch lesbian's struggles finding a partner in a word that favors butch/femme, and it's just an honest look at the messiness of loneliness and relationships. I also appreciate that crushing on Haruka in Sailor Moon and becoming a HaruMichi stan was the beginning the author's queer awakening because uh...same! She has taste, and is truly relatable.

Qualia the Purple: The Complete Manga Collection by Hisamitsu Ueo and Shirou Tsunashima

See my review of the light novel here for my general thoughts on the story, since it's adapted pretty faithfully. I do think the manga is overall the best experience though, because the illustrations break up the detailed explanations of quantum mechanics a bit, and it includes a bit of extra content that fleshes things out, especially withthe ending.

The Single Life: 60 year old lesbian who is single and living alone by Akiko Morishima

Just like it says on the tin, this focuses on a 60-year-old single lesbian. And definitely the shortest thing on here, since only one 30 page chapter is out. It's a grounded story about a woman looking back on her journey to finding her identity, touching on sexism in the workplace and other challenges. It paints a portrait of a proudly gay elder who's still perfectly content being single and feels fulfilled by the life she had rather than regretting past relationships. I definitely want to see more.

Daemons of the Shadow Realm by Hiromu Arakawa

Arakawa's latest, the story is about a boy who lives in a small village with his little sister is imprisoned and has to carry out a mysterious duty...but then the village is attacked, supernatural daemons awaken, and everything he knows might be wrong. I'm enjoying this fun romp so far! It delivers an really nice plot twist right out the gate (and an excellent subversion of the usual shonen "must-protect-my-saintly-sister" narratives). It boasts Arakawa's usual fun cast and interesting world (and cool ladies). There's some slight tone and pacing issues in the first part- there's so much time spent explaining mechanics the lead doesn't really get to react to his life turning upside down. But it starts smoothing out by the second volume. I'm excited to see what's next!

Superman: Space Age by Mark Russell and Michael Allred

This is a retelling of Superman set throughout the late fifties to early eighties that has Superman interact with the political and social upheaval of the time and question his own role in things. It explored the Superman mythos through a lot of cool new angles, and has a good Lois (why yes she would break Watergate) which is how I always measure a Superman adaptation. My one complaint is, while I liked some of the things it did with Batman, the ending with the Joker was pretty weak. The ending of the overall comic will also be bizarre for anyone not uses to how weird comics can get, but I think I dug it.

#DRCL by Shin'ichi Sakamoto

A manga retelling of Dracula that focuses on Mina as the protagonist and imagines the characters at an English prep school. It adds a lot of diversity to the characters and has exquisite, evocative art. I'm curious where it will go and what it intends to do with all it's changes (especially Lucy), because right now it's mostly vibes and creepiness and the direction isn't clear.

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idliketobeatree · 2 months

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i know good omens isn't that kind of a hardcore religious fiction show, but i would actually kill to see "in the beginning" scene with our angels in their biblically accurate forms. aziraphale as a principality/cherubim and angel!crowley as a seraphim/dominion/throne, with david and michael on the voiceover dialogue and the special effects team doing the stylised 3D animation. it would give so much depth and context to their human performances, you could never forget what they really are. it'd be a spiritual experience. and also, done right, the most hauntingly beautiful thing i'd ever see on screen

can you just imagine those ethereal eldritch horrors at the edge of the universe going look at you, you're gorgeous and beaming at each other. can you imagine crowley's thousands of eyes crinkling with delight, his rings of power moving like gearshifts, 6-pairs-or-so wings fluttering in excitement almost knocking aziraphale's form over. and aziraphale gazing up on him like he's not only hung up the stars, but like he outshines all of them. i just. god.

#good omens #ineffable husbands #starmaker #aziraphale #starmaker!crowley #angel!crowley #crowley #in the beginning #good omens 2 #good omens angels #good omens s2 #biblically accurate angels #gomens #religious imagery #wings #theology #please see my vision and feel free to scream to me about it #it'd be doing fanart right now if i wasn't drowned in work aaaaahsgsd #marcela talks

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hatkuu · 4 months

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warning call

a continuation of this fic by my dearest mutual @kylars-owner!!

warnings: eldritch horror stuff, pseudo-incest, canon divergent, kylar is an eldritch horror disguised as a human :)

(florie this is a love letter to you. mwah. thank u for creating this gorgeous eldritch horror)

"Kylar! I— I'm so sorry—" You gasp, lungs heaving for air as you barrel into his body, wrapping your arms around him tightly. "I know you didn't 's-say' it but— but what you s-said about S-Sydney was right and I should've listened to you a-a-and—" Your arms squeeze tighter as you speak, mind reeling at the thought of the librarian's assistant.

You thought she was sweet, all blushes and shy smiles as she fiddled with the crucifix on her neck. You loved borrowing books from the library on the odd gamble of seeing her as opposed to the libriarian. But the thought of yesterday makes you shiver—her once easygoing smile morphed into one that was predatory—her eyes looking you up and down like you were a meal to be devoured.

You went home early.

Snivelling as your head ducks down onto his shoulder, your hands cling onto your cousin's shirt, nails digging into the skin beneath the cotton. Kylar, visibly surprised by your sudden change of heart, cautiously wraps his arms around you in return. His movements are jagged and awkward, like he hasn't touched another human being before. You pull back slightly, wiping your eyes with the back of your hand.

You hadn't known Kylar long, only being introduced to one another a week ago, and yet here you were, openly sobbing into his arms.

There was an unspoken connection shared between the two of you, one that you swore not to acknowledge no matter how many pleading gazes were thrown at you from across the dinner table. He was gross. A creepy weirdo that you so desperately wanted out of your life even if he fought tooth and nail to remain in it.

Kylar's staring at you. Hard.

You had been so mean to him; kicking him out of your room when your aunt and uncle stayed over, glaring at him whenever your parents began listing off all of his achievements and how 'good of a young man' Kylar was, and staring at him blankly as he tried to conquer his ever-present stutter in a conversation with you.

Not breaking eye contact at all - he speaks.

His voice is croaky, thick with an accent that doesn't remind you of any known nationality. His words are laden with affection, a gentle—albeit shaking—hand reaching forward to gently cup the plump flesh of your cheek. He visibly shudders as the contact. The moment his hand meets your cheek, pins and needles bloom underneath his touch, spreading all over your body until the whole world starts to feel fuzzy. You're in a constant battle of trying to keep your eyes open, swaying slowly as Kylar holds you steady with one compassionate hand.

"You must be tired,"

His mouth doesn't move. Your whole body floods with a carnal fear as you take him in, tears still streaming down your cheeks. His mouth morphs into a shy, small smile. His haunting voice floods both of your ears. You swear you can feel the hot breath of something behind each ear.

"It's okay. I know you're weaker than me—It's in your nature—but I w-won't ever hold it against you. I'll k-keep you. Keep you safe."

You didn't take your cousin for one to view himself so highly. It's weird hearing him vow to protect you because he's deemed you 'weak' when he's so shy normally. You want to comment on how weird he's being right now - to sneer at him from your position held tightly against his chest. You can feel the words forming in your throat, you can taste them against your lips, but the instant you move to say them they're ripped away.

You look up to your cousin in confusion.

Inhuman.

That's the only word that can describe how your 'cousin' looks right now.

His stature is rigid, back straight in a way that you know is extremely uncomfortable. Those haunting green eyes that would pine for you are now vacant - looking through you rather than at you. His hair that has been steadily messy ever since you first were introduced to him seems even more unkempt now. It frames his face and makes his headache-inducing eyes even more painful to stare into.

He pets your hair softly, coaxing you to stare into him even more. You blink slowly, eyelids drooping despite your brain struggling to stay awake. Something must be going on right now, you think, head falling forward as you nuzzle Kylar's chest. He's so warm and so nice. You want to stay here forever.

You can.

You shake your head, giggling at the distant voice speaking from the back of your mind; No I can't, silly! Kylar's my cousin! You feel the pins and needles cease. You lean back, pouting. Why'd you stop? That felt good—

You feel the trail of something long and sticky, like a tongue, wrapping itself around your thigh. It's like a kiss! A really invasive, disgustingly intimate kiss that you're sharing with your cousin— The static feeling buzzes all over, more appendages begin trailing all over your body, tasting your skin and sliding over your form.

You hear purring, distantly. You like cats. Cats are cute. Maybe there's a cat in the room? Your eyes focus on the wall behind Kylar, looking for the source of the purring. Kylar growls, one of the tentacles slides under your shirt through the neck of it to pinch your jaw in it's grasp, forcing you to meet his eyes once more.

You can't look away when he speaks, tentacles still sliding all over your skin.

"̙̬̖̗̩̞͖͍̊ͭ̃̀͢"̸̮̥̼͍͎̩ͮ̋I̶̹̠͕͂ͅt̸̰͕͓̞̠̖̦̯̅ͨ͌̒ͣ̕ͅ'̧͎̘͎̻ͤͥ̌ş̥͙͌ ̨͉͓̮͚̯̘͉͔̓̔o̟̮̰̓͠k̾ͥ͏͉͉̯̝a͍͕͉̜̺͔ͨ͜y̴̲͈̙͆̋.̢͇͔̓ Ȉ̴̗̞͍͕̼̳̓̐͐̃͡'̬͎͐̋ͦ̔͞l̻̮͇͈̘ͪ͠ĺ̰̠̺̮̈̓̕ ̸̠̥͊̌t̻͓̭͈̜̝̐͠a̬͍̓͌͠k̳̻̪̾͜e̶̺̩̺̹͆͊ ̧̺͖̠̰̹ͭc̢̜̙̎̓̚a̶͉̙̣̭͖̬͆͐r̭̖͒̉̂̓́e̦̣͔̜̜̬̠̪ͨ͟ ̫̺͙̬ͩ͒̀ͅo͖̞͕͑̋ͣ͟ͅf̞̥̘̲̮̾́ ̰̟̼̪̳̺̪̱ͨ̈́ȳ̡̹̼̯̑͌o̭͔̦͈͉ͥͭ̅̆̕ͅͅu̥͖͎͐̎̔͢ͅ.͍̪̗̖͚͕̣̼̝̟̎̈̂̾̎͘͢""̱̘̭̠̳̮̮ͨ͒̑͛̀

#kylar the loner #dol #dol kylar #kylar #kylar x reader #hatkuurambles #kuuskylarposting #mwah

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fadedfrost · 3 months

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From @thescrapwitch’s gorgeous Maglor is and Eldritch Horror series

#fadedfrostmoodboards #ao3 #tolkien #silm edit #silmarillion #Maglor #eldritch

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zestials · 10 days

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i got the art back i commissioned of zestial in his lil corset , highly recommend this artist like hello ?? he's gorgeous & i love my little eldritch horror.

#goes w/o saying do not use this art!!!!!#linked the artist & their signatures on it <33 they r super sweet .#* ── caught in my web. : visage.

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drama-glob · 1 month

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(Not) A Master Chef

Fizz offers to cook dinner for Ozzie, but things don't go well at all. ;)

THUMP!

The loud noise shocked Ozzie so bad it caused all his feathers to poof up as he snapped his full attention back to his boyfriend. He was greeted to the sight of Fizz having his knife stuck in the lettuce, but rather than pulling it out and trying again, he went and banged it against the cutting board a couple more times to make it go all the way through. “There! One cut down,” Fizz declared before he hacked at the left half with the tool again, making another audible thud as the lettuce frayed apart in several direction. Ozzie winced every time the knife was brought down as the vegetable was basically butchered into uneven, limp pieces in a little over a minute.

“I think you got it chopped good enough Fizzie Frog,” the Deadly Sin gently beseeched as he gave a trio of supportive smiles.

Fizz stopped his chopping as he turned around to look at his love, followed by facing the massacred lettuce again. “If you say so gorgeous,” he simply uttered as he set the knife aside, only to be interrupted by the sounds of loud popping again and an acrid scent this time, which made Ozzie scrunch up his beak some when it reached him.

Here is the link on AO3:

@charsawdeath @enbydemirainbowbigfoot @pastaprincess @my-dark-lord @meandtheyeehaws @eldritch-horror-wannabe @knightinink @lagomorphlady Fizz tries but we all know it'll be a disaster. ;)

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heartfullofleeches · 1 year

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Not Host cutting a hole in his face 😨. I’d be horrified. Host needs to learn what a figure of speech is lol.

He's just revealing the good bits. How else can he give his co-star sloppy so good it makes them see stars if he doesn't have a mouth? It's all there - with a few snips you can see that real gorgeous smile of his under the painted one and have an eldritch horror give you head. That's a double win in my books, baby.

#yandere oc #yandere teratophilia #Host my oc #yandere

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linddzz · 3 months

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Whooooo! I found ya! Down to business:

Are there any fic recommendations for baggin/shield or pitch/frost that you like(d)?

I am absolutely feral

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand…..

What are 3 of your most favorite fics that you’ve ever read?

Ya found me! Let me say that the notifications of someone going through old fics and commenting are ambrosia. You are a treasure and a saint of a person!

And oh man I had to dive into my old bookmarks for these! I'm good at remembering snippets or vibes of fics but not the fics themselves. I will warn that a lot of my fave pitch/jack stuff tended to be pretty dark. It's not like, a thing I regret or say is wrong, and I still enjoy/love a lot of it! I was in a dark place mentally and that reflected in the stuff I was reading and creating. Who actually has a good time in their early to mid 20s?

Mostly warning because most of my stuff since then skirts the edges or flirts with the darkness but doesn't feel that need to go deep diving.

Second warning is there may be less here than you'd think! The more I write for a ship the less I read, because my brain gets very dumb and the self doubt gets Real Bad. This is all non-exhaustive of course! I wouldn't even say this is my Best of The Best it's just what's coming to mind at the moment. There's way more in the AO3 bookmarks

Pitch/Jack fics

In the Dark - series by @charmed7293 romancing the monster under the bed is maybe not always the best idea

The Syntax of Programming Languages, and, Why Some Code Talks in Accents - by Midievil. I'm biased here bc this was a gift fic inspired by my The Device Has Been Modified, but it done showed me up bc it was written by someone who knows more about actual coding than me

Shadows and Light - this series by @not-poignant is The Classic of the ship. Since you liked Things That Were you'd most definitely like this one. And unlike me, Pia actually finishes things!

I swear to God there were a lot of fics by @insufferablearchanist that I loved but they nuked their old AO3 and I can't ever remember shit.

Thorin/Bilbo fics

Prayers to Broken Stone - @avelera the beauty and the beast flavored au you didn't know you wanted

Comfort in the Sound - by northerntrash. Ok. Yes. It's Bilbo/Thorin/Bofur but like. Trust me on this. Road trip throuple shenanigans

Patchwork Robe - @hallsofstone2941 I am not immune to stupidly adorable modern college au one-shots

Possession - aljira. You liked Sanzigil, you'll like this :)

Marriage in the Manner of Dwarves - series by diemarysues

Other Fandom Faves (that come to mind. I've been reading fanfic since like 2002 ok there's a lot that has made impressions over the years that I just lost track of dkdjdk)

Taking Everyone For A Ride - by Nonymos. Venom/Eddy+Anne/Dan. typical Eldritch shenanigans plus polyamory. Unhinged and weird, just how I like em

The Only Way Out Is Down - @avelera Newt/Hermann. The second PR movie was so bad I wanna erase it from my memory but my god did it spawn some AMAZING fics, including this one that rewired my brain

After Zero - by what_alchemy Newt/Hermann. A bunch of delightful smut

The Wine Dark Sea - @moorishflower Dream/Hob. Siren! Dream au. Jesus Christ. Holy fuck. Goddamn. Gorgeous, monstrous, surreal, Unhinged4Unhinged behavior. Listen. I work with octopuses. I know what their arms feel like and that has ruined almost all tentacle shenanigans for me ok?? This fic got past that hangup.

If I Please You - @moorishflower Dream/Hob. It feels like a modern retelling of an old medieval fairy romance goddamn

And finally. This series. The series.

So. I very recently refound this series and I'm almost hesitant to post it. Because as I was reading it again I kept having to put it down and sit in horror at the realization that I read this fic when I was in college and it actually rewired my brain. I realized everything I have written was trying to recapture what this fic did to my synapses. I was chasing after vibes that I did not realize originated in this fic for me. Me sharing this risks everyone who reads it and has read my stuff also going "ooohhhh you're just doing this again huh?"

It is the very specific combination of "Character A: openly unhinged, obsessive, violently romantic and unnerving/Character B: seems so chill and just happily rolls with CharacterA being insane, because they are also secretly insane." It's the combo of a codependent bonkers relationship with humorous banality of their day-to-day.

It's also a Johnlock fic.

Anyway, The Paradox Series rewired my brain so deeply that I didn't even realize it rewired my brain until over a decade later. I swear I have been unaware of how much my writing has been leaning on what this did to my brain.

#fic recs #i cannot stress enough how non exhaustive this is dkfjdkdj #refound the paradox series like a month ago and kept having a fuckin crisis about it to my friends #like UH OH IVE JUST BEEN SNATCHING THIS FICS ENTIRE VIBE THE WHOLE TIME

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nillial · 6 months

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mutual 1: anyone ever think about bjork

mutual 2: Me and the bestie :) #selfie

mutual 3: does anyone hear that noise

mutual 4: Who want my recipe for grandma's chicken nuggets

mutual 5: I hope he can feel me schlermping his glermp from 10 million miles away

mutual 6: there's a really loud noise outside rn kind of spooky

mutual 7: feeling decidedly silly tonight might get a PhD in aerospace engineering

mutual 8: HELP TUMBLR ADDED A FEATURE WHERE AN ELDRITCH BEING REACHES OUT OF UR COMPUTER SCREEN AND TRIES TO GRAB YOU BY THE SKIN OF YOUR NECK HOW DO I TURN IT OFF

mutual 9: ummmm is anyone else hearing a really loud low humming sound?

mutual 10: for those asking how to turn off tumblrs new feature go into ur settings > dashboard preferences > turn off eldritch horror. hope this helps

mutual 11: oooooooh i cannot wait to see my best friend Bed and Blankie

mutual 12: i think i can tell where the noise is coming from

mutual 13: so are we all hearing the noise or

mutual 14: Has anyone asked nicely for the noise to stop

mutual 15: Im going to follow the noise

mutual 16: UGHHHH WHY IS MY DASH FULL OF THE NOISE............ well THATS another term to blacklist...................... literally shut up you guys I'm trying to look at destiel lenovo tech support/concerned customer AUs

mutual 17: GUYS IM SEEING A LOT OF POSTS ABOUT FOLLOWING THE NOISE. DO NOT FOLLOW THE NOISE. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS IN THERE. STAY IN YOUR HOME

mutual 18: about to follow the noise LOL

mutual 19: i just asked my Twitter user friend what shes heard about the noise and she doesn't know what I'm talking about???? Does it only affect tumblr users?

mutual 20: I think I've reached the center of the noise

mutual 21: The noise sounds mad pleasant rn what if i followed it. Would you guys be mad at me

mutual 22: it's beautiful here

mutual 23: Guys please don't listen to anyone telling you to follow the noise it's dangerous

mutual 24: hey if you see me in the noise feel free to say hi :3

mutual 25: what if we entered the center of the noise.... and we were both girls

mutual 26: Guys you have to come see the noise it's legitimately the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen

mutual 28: i heard the noise has a ballpit

mutual 29: OKAY SO it turns out that the noise is another tumblr update thing. You've gotta go into settings > dashboard preferences > turn off The Beacon

mutual 30: this being a tumblr thing makes a lot of sense. first tumblr live then eldritch horror now big droning noise that compels you to follow it. tumblr live still sucks the worst tbh

mutual 31: Guys I just turned off the noise. Why am I in Idaho. I live in Germany

#hush lillian #can you guys tell im avoiding doing assignments #unreality tw

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undefeatednils · 7 months

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TTRPGs I Desperately Wanna Play

I like TTRPGs. I've only played with three systems (D&D 5e, The Dark Eye 4th Edition Revised, and Dread), but I'd love to try out more. These are a small selection of games that I wish I could play, but I sadly lack the group(s) for that. Also, as an honorary mention, Pathfinder 2e needs to be pointed out. It's very mainstream, and I think I'd enjoy it as a player, but not as a GM.

These games are all in alphabetical order, by the way!

Blades in the Dark

Blades in the Dark is an absolute classic, from everything I've heard. Designed by John Harper and pretty old by now (2017!), I'd just love to experience a short campaign with it. The usage of "clocks" to represent progress when solving problems, the focus on intrigue in general, flashbacks! Blades in the Dark is a very specific game, but it sure looks so fun!

Cloud Empress

Designed by someone going by watt, Cloud Empress is heavily inspired by Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the first original movie by Hayao Miyazaki (by the way, not a Ghibli movie, because it predates the studio, and its success allowed Studio Ghibli to be formed!).

Cloud Empress really feels like a world where violence is an option, but rarely worth it. Gorgeous illustrations, a fantastic injury and stress system, and a dark yet hopeful setting really give it a lot of flavor that I really, really love!

GRIM

Designed by Tumblr's own @efangamez, GRIM is a dark sci-fi horror game inspired by Quake. I loved reading about its fast-paced, coin-toss-based gameplay and its focus on players rushing around the dungeons, so I'd love to get to play it some day! Let me slay some eldritch beings!

Mausritter

Another oldie, but a goldie! Mausritter by Isaac Williams really plays with the squishyness of player characters in TTRPGs of yore and plays with it by making the players create cute little mice that go on adventures. You can go Watership Down dark, or whimsy, or somewhere inbetween. Perfect little guy energy in the form of a game.

Mothership

So... Are you looking to play a game with someone that really allows you to mirror classic films like Alien or Aliens or The Thing or Event Horizon? I think Mothership by Sean McCoy and others would be the perfect game for that. It largely uses d100s and really seems to allow for characters that fit the archetypes you can find in sci-fi horror movies and have them be both weak enough to be in danger but competent enough to have a shot at dealing with the problem at hand.

See You Space Cowboy

See You Space Cowboy (also known as CUSC) by Onslaught Six and the rest of Tidal Wave Games is really just Cowboy Bebop the TTRPG without the licensing required. Lots of jazzy slang creates the short ruleset for this fun sci-fi RPG. Its system of traits, talents, and breaks feels very intuitive, and I just wanna put on some T-Square or Yoko Kanno or Casiopea while me and a bunch of friends try to survive in a zanier version of space compared to, say, Mothership xD

Sherwood

Created by Richard Ruane, with additional design by Eric Swanson, Sherwood really looks like it can capture the feeling a lot of TTRPG campaigns want to achieve when presented with the idea of adventurers being more trouble for commonfolk than they're worth.

It uses a nice, elegant 2d6 system, its four attributes also serve as a resource for your outlaw, and it really seems fit to tell fun folk tales filled with magic, rebellion, and merriment!

The Electrum Archive

Developed by @emielboven, I just adore pretty much everything about The Electrum Archive. It combines an incredibly flavorful desert world setting with mechanics that are easy to grasp for folks who mostly play 5e, and three very cool classes (I adore the Warlock and the whole magic system which involves knowing the true names of magical spirits and a bit of negotiation between the Warlock player and the GM). I backed the game's second volume via Kickstarter because I was so blown away even by the free rules. I adore it!

Wanderhome

Wanderhome, by Jay Dragon, is another classic. And it barely has any "conventional" mechanics, mostly relying on conversations guided by the, many, many playbooks that exist for it. It really seems like such a beautiful game, an exercise in empathy, and I'd love to read the rulebook more and sit down with folks to "play" Wanderhome, sharing tasty drinks and snacks in the sun.

Also, as an honorary mention, Pathfinder 2e needs to be pointed out. It's very mainstream, and I think I'd enjoy it as a player, but not as a GM.

Also sorry to the two folks I tagged, both are just very prolific people who are also (semi-)active on Tumblr, so yeah...

And again, I didn't get to play any of these. But maybe I will sooner rather than later? Hopefully?

#nils talking #ttrpg

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