#Saracen Rue

[sorry-but-no-sorry]

Here they are ! The deadmen standees art, the whole gang id here for an interactive reading fun for all ages !

Please go check @razzlefrazzum ‘s tiktok to have a look at the final results, which look awesome !

#skulduggery pleasant #skulduggery Pleasant book series #ghastly bespoke #anton shudder #erskine ravel #dexter vex #Saracen rue #also includes #Hopless #larrikin fetter #freshly reset !

[nicstylus]

Is the ask for making 2 characters hug still open if so can you do Dexter and saracen pls

Yes of course :]

I also think this is the first time I've drawn either of them in color :0

#skulduggery pleasant #dexter vex #saracen rue #the dead men #stylus answers #nic stylus #digital art #magic

[thisreallyrattlesmybones]

skulduggery characters as onion and reductress headlines

val:

skully:

tanith:

china:

ghastly:

dexter:

also val:

saracen (please don’t kill me): 

fletcher:

the dead men and co:

#sorry for another one #skulduggery pleasant #SP #Ghastly Bespoke #Tanith Low #valkyrie cain #China Sorrows #dead men #Dexter Vex #saracen rue #Fletcher Renn

[candiedloveapple]

I just reread Last Stand of the Dead Men

#skulduggery pleasant #last stand of the dead men #saracen rue #dead men #monster hunters #valkyrie cain #anton shudder

[lyorofthequill]

#tfp knockout #tfp raf #miko nakadai #tfp humanformers #tfp megatron #transformers decepticons #transformers autobots #transformers prime #transformers #skulduggery pleasant #Skulduggery Pleasant memes #nefarian serpine #billy ray sanguine #mevolent #lord vile #valkyrie cain #derek landy #dexter vex #saracen rue #anton shudder #erskine ravel #ghastly bespoke #china sorrows

[incorrectspquotes]

Saracen: I can’t believe you live nearby and you won’t let anyone crash at your place. Hopeless: You people already know too much about me. Saracen: I know exactly three facts about you and one of them is that you won’t let any of us crash at your place.

#skulduggery pleasant #saracen rue #hopeless #source: brooklyn nine nine

[mychemicalspitefulness]

*Skug is cooking* Saracen: Any chance that’s for me? Skulduggery: It’s for Ghastly. I’m planning on making some bad choices tonight, and I need him on my side. Dexter: I never realized the forethought that went into being a disappointment.

#skulduggery pleasant incorrect quotes #skulduggery pleasant #ghastly bespoke #dexter vex #saracen rue

[spooklia]

Skulduggery pleasant characters as john mulaney quotes

#i dont know what this is #im tired and had a dumb idea #some of these r based on my headcanons #skulduggery pleasant #nefarian serpine #larrikin #ghastly bespoke #corrival deuce #saracen rue #erskine ravel

[tictactotallyokay]

I’ve been thinking about the Dead Men a lot recently. Like, A Lot. I think that the series glosses over a lot of their trauma. I know Phase 2 shows Valkyrie struggling with her trauma but it doesn’t show the others. And after fighting in a centuries long war these guys have a vast array of mental health difficulties. Content warning for the rest of the post regarding mental health, trauma, sex and self harm. These are my personal headcanons

Anton

Anton self-harms. It’s subtle. So subtle that it’s just treated as part of his personality as him being stoic and stubborn. But in LSODM we see him refuse to take some leaves offered to him by Dexter.

Yeah sure he applies the ointment but it would be impractical not to in case it affects his reflexes or fighting abilities later on. But he chooses to continue to feel the pain because he thinks he deserves it. Part of that is due to what the gist does when he releases it but part of it is because of the gist itself. Because Anton has all these “bad” thoughts that are fuelled by anger and hate and they create the gist. If he can create something so violent then he thinks it makes him a bad and dangerous person.

This feeds into part 2 of how he self-harms. He isolates himself. He has his hotel that goes all around the world but in doing so he cuts himself off from his support group. The other Dead Men would be the best people to understand how he feels but he’s too scared of hurting them. Because one day his gist will take over and he wouldn’t be able to live with himself if it hurt his friends.

Saracen

Saracen has PTSD and trust/attachment issues. Yeah, all the others have varying levels of them too but Saracen is constantly in survival mode from his. It’s why he’s secretive about his power. Not because he’s ashamed of it but because if people know what it is he’ll lose his edge. In LSODM Saracen noticeably changes when a wraith jumps out at him.

He’s so used to seeing through things, knowing what’s coming that when something comes that he didn’t know he’s scared. Helpless. Powerless. He doesn’t have the type of magic he can use to save him in the heat of the moment like all the others so he needs to know what’s coming at all times so he can keep them at arms length.

The reason Saracen gets around is because he’s scared of trusting someone. If they get too close to him he’ll be weaker, vulnerable. He won’t know what’s coming. It’s why he goes from country to country. From one bed to another. And it gets pushed aside like it’s just him being a play boy but I think he actually wouldn’t mind being close to someone if he felt like he could. Dexter is probably the closest person to him but he still kept him at arms length by not telling him his power and happily not talking to him for years.

To curb being alone all the time Saracen finds comfort where he can. It’s why he prefers more luxurious things. Because he’s not in a war anymore so why should he have to sleep on the ground? Sex is a good way to get a rush of endorphins so he does it as often as he can. Food is also a good way to get endorphins. Saracen finds comfort in it and the fact that there is no longer the worry that his next meal might be his last. So he feels more comfortable eating whatever he wants when he wants it. It’s his way of getting through the day. It’s also why I HATE the “jokes” that are made about his weight and that all his friends constantly body shame him. But he doesn’t object or correct them because otherwise they’ll know more about him. And he can’t have that.

Dexter

Dexter has body dysmorphia and control issues. He accepts that he can’t control the things around him because he’s a soldier and he’s been in unimaginable situations. But the one thing he can control is how he looks. How much he works out. How defined his muscles are. He’s fine traveling and sleeping rough because he can still control how active he is and how much he exercises. In the same way that Saracen gets his endorphins from sex and food, Dexter gets his from exercise. It’s how he can put up with all of the nonsense that goes on with the others. In some ways, his appearance is all he has. Saracen has his secret power. Erskine had his crusade with Corrival. Anton his hotel. Dexter is known as being the person with the toned physique. If that gets taken away then who is he?

Ghastly

Ghastly has survivor’s guilt. He’s seen too many friends die and so many times it should have been him. It’s why he puts so much effort into making armoured clothes. Because he is going to do everything in his power to make sure his friends don’t die again.

#skulduggery pleasant #the dead men #saracen rue #dexter vex #anton shudder #ghastly bespoke

[neitherthehoneynorthebee]

Because the trends of my earlier poll surprised me, I do have to ask ...

#skulduggery pleasant #the dead men #erskine ravel #ghastly bespoke #larrikin fetter #saracen rue #dexter vex #anton shudder #valkyrie cain

[winter2468]

One of the highlights of Hell Breaks Loose was the confirmation that the Dead Men, elite squad doing the toughest missions in a magical war, also do that friend group thing of "your ex boyfriend didn't do anything wrong, and if anything, it's your fault that the relationship ended, but he was the one who broke up with you so we've decided that he's terrible and the worst and we hate him"

#this is not a skulduggery pleasant quote #ghastly bespoke #skulduggery pleasant #anton shudder #saracen rue #dexter vex #the dead men #hell breaks loose #sphbl #larrikin #erskine ravel

[silverior968]

Dead Men Halloween costumes circa 1970s, Happy Halloween!

[Image ID: A digital drawing of the Dead Men posed for a group photo. The background is dark. To the left, Larrikin dressed as Gomez Addams and Anton dressed as Morticia Addams. Larrikin's hair is slicked back and he's drawn himself a pencil mustache. He's wearing a pin-stripe suit and carrying Anton in his arms, smiling up at him. Anton has dark-colored make-up on and is wearing a black dress and shoes, and holding a rose in one hand. To their right is Skulduggery Dressed as Miss Marple, wearing a pink jacket and skirt combo, white tights and gloves, black shoes and a pink bowler hat with flowers. He also has a gray wig on. To his right is Erskine, dressed as 60s Joker, with face paint, dyed green hair, a green shirt, a black bow and a purple 3-piece suit. Knelt by his feet is Hopeless, shapeshifted to look slightly more feminine, with curly hair and a pink, blood-stained dress and heels. They are dressed up as a Night of the Living Dead zombie, with black lipstick and eyeliner running down their face. They are snarling at the camera. To Erskine's right is Saracen Rue, dressed up as Han Solo, winking. He has his arms crossed and his outfit consists of a white low-cut shirt, a brown vest, brown trousers and shoes and a holster belt. To his right is Dexter, with long wavy hair, dressed as Boromir from Lord of the Rings. He is smiling and his outfit consists of a red cape with a fur lining, a silver tunic with a brown belt and a silver collar with a white gemstone. His trousers are gray and his boots are brown. Finally, in the right side of the drawing is Ghastly Bespoke, dressed as Dolly from Hello, Dolly!. He is wearing a gold dress, and a ginger wig. / End ID]

#skulduggery pleasant #fanart #anton shudder #larrikin fetter #saracen rue #ghastly bespoke #dexter vex #erskine ravel #hopeless sp #dead men #blood cw

[nicstylus]

Joining the Dead Men

#ive wanted to draw this forever #help i love them #skulduggery #skulduggery pleasant #valkyrie #valkyrie cain #ghastly bespoke #dexter vex #saracen rue #erskine ravel #anton shudder #dead men #last stand of dead men #stylus #art #skeleton #detective #magic #hug

[thisreallyrattlesmybones]

skully p characters as those pet finder cats

skulduggery:

fletcher:

saracen:

dexter:

val:

china:

kenspeckle:

ghastly:

tanith:

the monster hunters:

#skulduggery pleasant #sp #valkyrie cain #tanith low #china sorrows #dexter vex #saracen rue #fletcher renn #ghastly bespoke #I don't know what im doing y'all but enjoy

[shudderue]

May I perhaps ask about the brain rot?

this is going to be incoherent but something about rue picking his discipline because he was a horny stupid teenager who never had to think and shudder never getting a choice because it was formed by anger. but it was rue who killed his whole family and ends up better off outnumbered in combat. and like they both feel guilt about their discipline but it's for drastically different reasons and just. hm. parallels

shudder found his purpose after the war and his purpose was helping people and his hotel. and he settled down and was happy and had that going for him even with the fucking atomic bomb in his chest while rue travelled and fucked and became a fulfilling prophecy of the reasons behind his guilt

and i just feel like there's a lot to be said about how rue is an addict — sex, booze, anything to take his mind off of things and dull them a little bit. he's this squirming pile of guilt and has this constant ache in his chest that's all the emotions he's trying not to look at, and then you've got shudder who's kept himself as a steady lifeline for people like rue who are running and running

my own personal headcanon is that what happened in and pre-sow was that rue and vex just fucking. lied. like they went "oh yeah the argument was about my discipline" because it was actually way more serious than that and they don't want to talk about it but all the dead men have known for centuries and are in on the joke. but that's another post in itself lol but basically it's like. something something i can see through you i can see every part of you but your murderous rage has made you shield it from me anyway. i can see everything and take and grab and hide and bury because it's the only thing i can stand to do to get these horrors away from me. you know?

#yep this is incoherent 👍 #lucy's shit #skulduggery pleasant #shudderue #saracen rue #anton shudder #asks #neitherthehoneynorthebee

[consultingskeletondetective]

Valduggery, entering a dimension in which the soulmate red thread exists -

Dexter: do you know how I knew Val and Skul were soulmates?

Saracen: when the red thread connected them?

Dexter: no, when Valkyrie tripped over it and Skulduggery laughed for twenty full minutes

#skulduggery pleasant #valkyrie cain #valduggery #dexter vex #saracen rue