#One Small Shadow

[tommys-little-writing-corner]

One Small Shadow: Chapter I

》 The youngest of Sindel's daughters, (Y/N) was only born after the passing of King Jerrod. Growing up shadowed by her family and their magics, the Third Princess does what she can do best. She stands by and waits... 》 Chapter I: Waiting... 》 General Notes: Fem!Reader, Complicated Family Relationships, Canon Divergence, Angst Train, No Beta We Ball Like Kobe, No Romance, Y/N is described to be feminine with certain features, Bounces between Y/N's POV and third person 》 Chapter Notes: The first few chapters of One Small Shadow take place before the start of the plot of Mortal Kombat 1. 》 Word Count: 600+ ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂

(Y/N)'s P.O.V.

I hate looking at this damn mural.

It sits in the main hall where the thrones lay, always alight with candles. Sometimes by the bright flame of the sun or by the pale flame of the moon. It's a mural portrait of my mother, Empress Sandel, and my late father, Emperor Jerrod.

I never knew Jerrod, not in the way my Mother and sisters knew him. My mother was expecting me when he was killed. Nobody spared me any details, only that it was a great tragedy over a thousand years ago. Now his soul resides in the forest, along with all other members of royalty and more.

Many say I do hold some resemblance in him, a trait I share with my sisters. We have his dark eyes-- the way they seem to sparkle with a plan, with a mind game to taunt others. setting down stones to be stepped on. However, it would be my sisters who would have his smile, his dark hair and everything.

I would be the one, the youngest of three of about roughly a thousand years old in age, who would have my mother's white hair. Pale like marble stone, like the colorless stars in the sky. Unlike my family who kept their hair long, I kept mine short, barely touching the corner of my jaw below my ear. It was better to maintain hair that way, easier to hide it whenever I wanted life out of the palace. Another talk for later.

I hate how everyone around me doesn't understand how I feel every time I look at the painted mural.

"You should be mourning-- you have no father, as does your sisters do. As your mother doesn't have her husband anymore."

How was I to mourn someone I never knew?

I only knew his name, the painted faces that decorated this wall along all other walls. The stories of praise and glory from the Umgadi who remember him, who loved him well as does everyone else inside and outside the palace. However, only because I was born three months after his death, I would never know the man personally as did everyone else who once knew him.

Maybe a trip to the Living Forest, where his soul resides, I would get to know him. Maybe he would be willing to talk, to tell me tales of his life before death. No... I would not be able to go beyond the walls of Sun Do. The ones made by my ancestors many lifetimes ago. Mother doesn't like me wondering around, not without armed guards, without Umgadi, or even the likes of Reiko. Since losing Jerrod, she became paranoid about an unfortunate fate falling onto me as well.

Certainly, she truly thought things well. Despite magic running in my veins, in my family blood, I could conjure no magic. To her, I seemed defenseless without a means to defend myself. It was why she insisted me having to be monitored and protected at all times if it could be helped.

I hate looking at this damn mural.

"Princess, you're needed at the entrance. To meet with the Empress and your sisters."

The Umgadi guard reminded me, making me snap out of my reoccurring thoughts about the mural in front of me. My lips curled into a frown as I looked over my outfit one last time. Dark purple ceremonial robes that almost matched colors with red wine, shades darker than the purple Mother wore. A layered skirt-piece that touched my ankles over black tights, black longlseeve under a dark purple top. My hands and arms decorated with golden jewelry with pretty gems-- fitting for a royal princess, but not as flashy as my older sisters. Subtle, quiet, just like me.

"Right..." I responded with a flat tone, turning my head towards her and nodding. "... Let's get going."

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TO THE KONTINUED...

#mortal kombat x reader #mortal kombat 1 #mortal kombat 1 fanfiction #Fem!Reader #One Small Shadow #platonic reader #no romance #tommy's post #tommy’s writing

[bottombaron]

oh ok so its the usual no-homo bullshit you always hear, good to know.

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #guillermo de la cruz #nandor the relentless #nandermo #look im a reasonable guy #i dont get worked up easily and ive been around writers rooms and understand the pressures of writing a big show like wwdits #hell i even liked season 4 #but this has got to be one of the most offensive bs ive read that wasnt from 2015 #‘its only a small (but vocal) amount of people that actually want to see them together’ #‘their love isnt ~s*xual~ they dont need to kiss its more ~profound~ than that’ #‘you don’t REALLY want to see them together! (thats gross!)’ #also ‘the power dynamic is ~problematic~’??? are you kidding me??? #jfc its like someone literally got this out of the queerbating handbook from 2010 #and like yeah i know wwdits isnt queerbating but its queerness feels more performative when it treats an actual central relationship #like its a gross kinkything only a few freaks on the internet want #instead of a legitimate plausible story that deserves exploration #nandermo should be a triumph - a victory for the characters and something the writers should be pleased with writing #not…this. #like it’s some problem pressured reluctantly upon them that needs to be carefully defused #this has left a bad taste in my mouth

[felix-krain]

I am very sane and normal :D

#my art #sonic the hedgehog #sth #IAMDID #shadow the hedgehog #captain shadow #pirate sonic #sonic pirate au #pirate au #sonadow #this is technically a spoiler but it’s a small one and from early chapters so eeeh #drawing this scene because I’ve been stuck in a meeting for four hours and I can’t write it #I have fallen so deep into the sail ship rabbit hole #my hyper fixation for sonic is dragging me into an hyper fixation for pirates and ships #and idk how to feel about that #I mean it’s super cool but I have been neglecting so much stuff for the brain worms #hyper fixation is fun until you can’t work anymore because the only thing you can think about are sails #HENDHAKDNHAHAHAHA

[groovyfrog420]

tiny cookie obsessed with giant girlfriend who's 4 times his size

When your evil plan backfires because you didn't predict some guy could genuinely be so full of uncoditional love

meme ref for the title (and what gave me an idea for this drawing lol)

#I lowkey wanted to draw PV as human just super small #but I think this is funnier sfsfsd #SM is not genderbent in this one btw I just think anyone can be a girlfriend if you try hard enough!! #shadowvanilla #vanilla milkshake #pureshadow #shadow milk cookie #shadow milk #pure vanilla cookie #shadow milk crk #pure vanilla crk #blorbo-time #(personal art tag)

[luna-lovegreat]

I want. Four to get appreciation. Because

Four gave a ton of unnoticed help when Twilight was injured

The fight with Wild was difficult, and I know we're all concerned about his negative view of the shadow crystal

But Four did something that no one else really thought of to help- He took care of Twi's stuff

From the beginning he told Twilight to not worry about them

So Four took care of pretty much everything but the others (that Sky and Wars handled)

He took care of Epona

Which is so very important- he took care of Twilight's horse. After her arrival at the stable Four followed up on her

And for Epona, a horse so attached to her human, having some company can help so much for reassurance

He took care of Twilight's stuff

He got Twi's shield- his bags and equipment, and organized it into one place

And he was worried. He obviously found the shadow crystal while handling Twi's stuff, but his negative reactions to it were out of concern.

Also- because of his placement in this scene

I'm fairly convinced Four was ready to start cooking before Wild showed up (since he's beside the counter with food supplies). At the very least he had the basket of fruit out for everyone -but he was literally standing with food behind him- he thought of everything

And he did housekeeping!

Wars payed for the inn, so Four took care of the inn

Realistically these boys were probably not too concerned with tidyness. Four got all of Twi's things on one table, and took care of the room they stayed in

Organizing tables and Twi's things, having food supplies ready, and opening the curtains- overall he was the one tidying up the inn

Four helped in a huge way! He took care of Twi's horse (Epona is so important), his equipment and shield and bag, as well as the other rooms in the inn

Four filled in all the little tasks that others didn't think of. He helped in ways that were needed, but not obvious

There's a lot of problems with the shadow crystal and with Wild, and I don't know what's gonna happen in the future

But don't forget this- don't forget that Four was one who stepped up in an almost unnoticeable way

Don't forget that when everyone was barely holding it together, Four visited Twilight's horse and took care of his things

No matter what develops in the future- this amount of care shown is important ya know?

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Art and comic from Jojo @linkeduniverse au :)))

#epona is so important #Lu four #linkeduniverse #linked universe #I work with horses and #Epona is INCREDIBLE- she's extremely attuned to humans and emotions. she doesn't scare easily and can keep her cool in a fight #but it's still super stressful to suddenly be in a fairly large and populated town- separated from her person #and for such an empathetic horse? Four going and TALKING to her- gently petting her nose and just being near her #means so so much! that literally matters so much to a horses mental state in a foreign situation- just having company #he checked on Epona and gave her company like !!!!!! it's so considerate and means so much for Epona! Four I love you !!!!! #uhhhh yeah! #with the food- I don't think the innkeeper would have free/complimentary food out- but wars wallet def had it covered #then wild showed up with potions in a cooking frenzy- but four was still shown with food behind him- he thought of everything #I don't know what's gonna happen with the shadow crystal and stuff. but no matter what happens in the future- this matters. #he did a ton of small things no one else thought of it matters he cares so much didjdkdksjfjj #I have a lot of posts I'm making/editing and trying to get to. I'm just a little gal trying my best :/ #so many ideas and so little time... I love you guys and this fandom so much :)) #(if I said anything off or offensive let me know... I'm always nervous about that but I want to hear from you if I'm wrong) #(also you are so so cool and valuable don't forget that ok? I love you and you are important) #:)

[darkfluffydragon]

Woo! Phantasmagoria! Shadow Milk Cookie :D (also known as Phantas when it comes to AUs)

It may be messy, but I've spent too long trying to come up with a design for jester man over here. Let's just embrace the chaos SMC style. This is also the guy who designed Pure Vanilla and Wind Archer's outfits by the way. He does not like his hair.

#fyp #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #cr kingdom #crk #shadow milk cookie #phantasmagoria crk #he's the same height as prune juice cookie #now at least #before the silver tree he was taller than pv #his appearance is completely based on what he remembers about himself #he remembers being called short by all the other virtues #so he just sort of assumed how small he is #he got gaslit into being smaller lmao #'smaller' #he was actually quite tall #it's just all the others were taller #on the second image #the two eyes #the left on is called jerry #the right one is called rem

[spibder]

some mini sonic characters my brother requested me to do so he could make em into stickers at school </3

#if its not obvious by one of silvers legs being rlly small these were kinda rushed lol but fun enough #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #knuckles the echidna #amy rose #blaze the cat #rouge the bat #shadow the hedgehog #silver the hedgehog #metal sonic #was gonna do more but AAA my hands #maybe ill throw these on rb later but ehh we'll see

[krazycat6167]

So @somerandomdudelmao made a version of their sona in a dystopia (inspired by @tapakah0 doing the same to theirs) and the person in this ask named the robot C.A.S.5 and I thought, ‘well then there’s at least four other C.A.S. units out and about in the world’ leading to this being the end result! It was a lot of fun to come up with the different customizations each C.A.S. unit has.

also, the design for C.A.S.4 (Cash) was partially inspired by @mobiitez post.

Doodles:

#somerandomdudelmao #tapakah0 #my art #Dystopia au #Mob’s character design session #cass fanart tag #i think #I’m probably not going to make more C.A.S. bots but just know C.A.S.7 or Cast is bird based (not sure which bird yet) and blue for my sis #small detail but on Cass there’s broken wires on the back of their head so I decided that they used to connect to the body #Cash hates Castle while Castle is indifferent unless Cash tries to steal from her #Case is vibing with the farm life and making up little tunes #Cazz is a cross between the crazy old cat lady and a backwoods cryptid - they will stare at you from the shadowed depths of the scrap yard #while making commentary to the parts they keep for themselves and of those parts Benji is the favorite #Battery packs for C.A.S. units attach to the things that stick out their backs for the wires - except Cazz who made some internal modificat #No one knows exactly how since the mods are a chaotic hodgepodge of patchwork but they somehow work #Had a lot of fun watching others make stuff for the impromptu dystopia au the vibes of the world were awesome #Technically fanart #so yeah #enjoy!

[chipistrate]

Day 2: Puppet Boy

Based on the GGY prequel theory!! I've actually had the sketch for this one rotting away since the theory was first made by Percy (PuhPandas), but I didn't like it enough to finish back then- Decided to take this challenge as an opportunity to go back to polish and finish it!^^

GGY prequel I still believe in you even if the arcade glitch was an accident<333 We can still win this!!

#my art #chipillustrates #fnaf #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #five nights at freddy's fanart #fnaf help wanted 2 #pre help wanted 2 #fnaf vr #fnaf vr 2 #fnaf vr help wanted #fnaf vr help wanted 2 #fnaf hw2 #fnaf dr rabbit #fnaf ggy #fnaf gregory #lyrics used are from 'Puppet Boy' and 'Life is Confusing (demo)' #(second one is on the arcade machine if you look closely enough ^^) #I drew and colored Rabs entire face only for a small mistake when shading make me decide to just throw a shadow over it #rip Rab’s face so sorry you got Jeremy’d

[galacticghoste]

@sonic-fankid-showdown

Yes we are going for Super Smash Bros theme!!!

Anyways, I'm very excited to see everyone else kids!

I never really though much on what kind of ability Silho would posses but thinking about it, combining a being with super strength and a being who has the power to control chaos energy Girls gonna be something Awesome! I like the idea of her inheriting Amy's strength, she can use Chaos energy like Shadow but has difficulty controlling same goes for her strength so she relays on her hammer and focuses on transferring that chaos energy there I think it would make some neat attacks.

#digital illustration #digital art #artists on tumblr #digital drawing #drawing #small artist #artwork #art #fanart #shadamy #amy rose #shadow the hedgehog #Silhouette Rose #sonic fan character #sonic the hedgehog #sth #sonic fankid #fankid #oc art #sonic fanchild #YouthLegacy AU #sonic fancharacter #Sonic Fankid Showdown #i promise she's a calm kid #She's just a lil mad sometimes #also yeah I tried a new brush this ones fun if u want to go for a cleaner look #super smash bros

[nerdranttheories]

Oh yeah, I said I’d draw the winner of the poll. So here ya go, AFOmight for your viewing pleasure

#all might #yagi toshinori #shadow might #smol might #small might #all for one #afo #afomight #my art

[bottombaron]

"very small subset" but also one of the "most requested"

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #nandermo #that's his boss #love your math simms #it must just be the very small amount of people being really loud and not indicative of your audiance lol #also how it jumps from 'kissing' to 'hooking up' #like the quotes are out of order because its funnier and we knew abt the first quote #but literally no one brought up 'hooking up' #like three times it was discussed as 'kissing' or 'making out' #(which is still disingenuous to the discussion of romance between two characters but w/e) #paul was the only one to make the jump to 3rd and then decry it as nasty #hmmmm

[lazycranberrydoodles]

fun fact about me: for about a year (2019-2020) i did all of my digital art in mspaint with a laptop mouse and i got really good at it. i planned to do something nice but school said otherwise so i ended up using mspaint as god intended. i bring assorted mxtx doodles.

(^my scene wwx and goth lwj designs that i've been drawing for months but never posted)

#i COULD have used a custom brush and a small canvas in procreate to make it easier on myself but :) #its my opinion that limitations make better art (<- copium for some of her best work being in mspaint) #i used jspaint which is an online replica of mspaint because i have a mac now #its very good except it doesnt do *the eraser trick* which i'm sad about #iykyk #(when you set certain colors in actual mspaint and right click w the eraser you can set it to erase only one color) #(this can removed sketches from under lineart for example) #niche online communities will make you SO knowledgeable about the flags of states of the holy roman empire. or the intricacies of mspaint. #my art #art #mdzs #tgcf #mo dao zu shi #tian guan ci fu #the grandmaster of diabolism #heaven official's blessing #hob #wei wuxian #shadow the hedgehog #lan wangji #wangxian #jiang cheng #jin ling #hua cheng #cringetober 2023 #cringetober #lmao

[notedchampagne]

harrow the ninth, gideon pov & seven stages of grief feat. harrowhark nonagesimus

#reposting the harrow page because i finally got the energy to scan it properly #after the main tags ill go over all the small details im excited about bc i want people to have the chance to pick them out themselves so: #the locked tomb #harrow the ninth #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow the ninth spoilers #griddlehark #dudele #john gaius #okay so details: #the halo around harrow (gideon)s head is the iris of an eye #same with alectos eye and 'first flower of my house' #the shadow of one of the iron railings and the zweihander make IX #i referenced that freak bug description from the actual book lmfao i hid the page number in there #dont forget the 'river is a revenant' theory w the teeth as is described in ntn so i added that in there too #i balanced green on both sides of harrow(gideon) with the bug AND the stray leaves from the planet harrow killed- #- the bright green stands out and is supposed to feel unnatural against the orange #for the harrow piece: obviously i replaced like all stages of grief with denial #but i put some random words in there too in the bg/in different colors #to try and represent her forced changing of the 'stages' so to say #behind harrows head in the top right you can see the first two letters of 'acceptance' #if you look closely at alectos hand her fingers are fused together and are smaller proportioned. that is on purpose. ily barbie #i do NOT have a distinct gold marker so imagine all the orange is gold. now look at that last golden denial eye. hi gideon #i also hid stairs in there. haha <=== homestuck

[complete-clownery]

Ooo boy why did this took me soo loong

#actually i know what took me this long #i was spending two hours of looking for that one fucking picture of shadow drinking the blue drink from the glass cup with the white straw #im not kidding it was 2 hour of searching just so i can have them #anyways #clown does art #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #miles tails prower #rouge the bat #e 123 omega #team dark #cream the rabbit #also theyre playing with duplo not with lego since the lego pieces are too small for omega to safely play with

[monotone-artist]

the siblings of all time tbh

[id: several digital drawings of shadow the hedgehog and maria robotnik. shadow is wearing purple pajama pants with slightly lighter star pattern; maria wears a couple different outfits throughout the drawings, and for most of them shadow doesn't have the inhibitor rings on.

first drawing is of a young shadow, sitting back and bristling, his arms braced on the floor as he glares.

second drawing, maria is sitting down with her legs out in front of her, feet crossed. she's wearing a bluish shirt with a graphic on it: an orange circle, inside of which is a mountain silhouette with a lake in front. shadow is seated by her, his chin resting on his arms which he's crossed on her legs. he glances away from her, looking a little upset. maria rests on hand atop his head, and she's a little concerned but still slightly smiles encouragingly.

third drawing, shadow is sitting hunched forward, elbow on his knee to rest his head in his hand. he's staring vacantly at the ground in front of him, quills on end. little sparks fly off his body. text pointing to him reads, "pre-inhibitor rings, absolute overstimulation sensory nightmare."

fourth drawing is an upper body shot of shadow, pointedly staring ahead with his arms crossed. he says, "what the fuck?" in the background, maria puts her hands on her hips and crossly exclaims, "Shadow!"

fifth drawing, shadow is standing with his back partially turned toward the viewer, glancing over his shoulder. his brows are furrowed anxiously as he twists his hands together.

final drawing, shadow is finally wearing his inhibitor rings, and he has on maria's mountain silhouette shirt (which is a bit big for him) as well as his pj pants. he has his arms stretched out on either side as he peers curiously down at the shirt. maria is beside him, wearing a blue dress with darker hems and a striped skirt. she's leaning her weight on a crutch and appears a bit more sickly than before, but she's grinning down at him as she gestures with her free hand. end id]

#monotoneart #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #shadow the hedgehog #maria robotnik #while i did draw mostly maria looking after shadow here he very much took just as much care of her. especially as they got older. #he's small but not that much younger than her at all he's just. well. a hedgehog #i just /really/ wanted to draw little baby shadow #also maria's mountain shirt is based on one i have irl :] #can't believe we're gonna get to see her get shot twice more soon. this truly is the spiderman backstory of the year