#again with the dark thoughts

[bet-on-me-13]

The First Supervillain

So! A Typical "Early Start" AU where the events of The Show happen early in the Timeline. Like, in the 70's or 80's.

Danny never quite managed to fix his Public Perception, and even years into his career people still saw him as the Villain.

Coincidentally Valerie was seen as a Hero because of how often they were seen fighting. Even after they revealed their Identities and got together, they still had the occasional Battle. It was their love language.

His role as the Villain was Cemented when Pariah launched his Second Invasion of Earth after some dumbass accidentally freed him, and Danny took the Blame for it. Instead of being seen as the Hero who battled Pariah and stopped the Invasion, he was seen as the Tyrant to launched the Invasion in the first place, with Red Huntess being the one to defeat him in one final Ultimate Battle.

And honestly? He was fine with that. Now that he was the King of the Ghost Zone, he had the Authority to Regulate the Portal so villains stopped getting through. And that meant that he wasn't needed to stop random Ghost Attacks anymore. He could finally focus on College and his own Life, instead of sacrificing everything to act as the Protector of the Human Realm.

Val continued to be a Hero for a few more years, eventually retiring when it became Clear that the new generation of Heroes could pick up the Slack.

He went to College, got a Job as an Aerospace Engineer, and eventually proposed to Valerie.

About 20 years since his initial Accident, and he was doing great! He had moved into a humble home on the edge of town with his loving wife Val, his beautiful daughter Ellie, and his cute dog Cujo.

Yeah, life was good.

Until the day Danny accidently caused a Mass Crisis.

...

Superman was having some extreme trouble in dealing with his current Opponent. He had just been flying around the City, patrolling as Usual, when all of a sudden he had been attacked by a Flying Mech Suit.

At first he had assumed that Lex was giving it another Go, but he quickly realized that was not the case when the Armor seemed to Phase though solid matter in the middle of the battle. Lex had never made Tech advanced enough to do that on the fly.

This opponent was tough too. Strong enough and Durable enough to go blow for blow with him, and seemingly able to pull Advanced Weaponry from out of nowhere whenever he wanted. As tough as it was to admit, Superman as losing the Battle.

Then, without warning, the battle stopped. His opponent was staring at the space just behind him, with a look of pure dread. He turned around, and his heart stopped.

Floating behind him, staring right past him and directly at the Mech Suit, was the First Villain Phantom.

He looked much the same as when he had last been seen, although he was definitely Older. He had snow white hair, and glowing green eyes that seemed to stare right past him and into his very soul. He was wearing what seemed to be a costume of sorts, with an all black suit, white gloves, and white boots. Over his Shoulders sat a Cloak made of Stars, and above his head sat a Crown made of an Icy Blue Fire.

The Mech tried for a greeting, "Er- Hello t-Lord Phantom. How do you d-"

"Skulker."

"Y-yes?"

"What are you doing here? I thought I gave you explicit orders to stay in the Ghost Zone until further notice. You disobeyed me."

"Okay look. I got excited, that's my fault. It's just, I got anxious waiting. Can you really blame me? I've been waiting 20 years to take another Crack at the Human World, what's it matter if I left a few weeks Early?"

"I told you. You were supposed to wait exactly 20 Years, and you left Early. This calls for punishment."

"No wait!"

"Let's see how you feel after a few days as Soup."

The Villain pulled out a Thermos, and in a flash of green light, Skulker was gone, and the King was capping the Thermos. He then turned to Superman.

"I apologize for him, he decided to leave ahead of schedule." The King addressed him. "Now, Kryptonian. Rest and tend to your wounds, you will need to be in your best health if you want to continue saving the lives of those people below us."

With a dramatic flare, the King reached up and Tore a hole in Space. Through the Hole, Superman could only see an infinite Green Void, with the sound of screams cheering being heard through the rift.

The King departed through the Tear in Spacetime, and it closed behind him.

Superman tried to collect himself, and activated his League Emergency Comms.

"Attention All Founding Members, and Justice League Dark Members. This is Superman calling for an immediate Emergency Meeting."

He took a deep breath.

"Phantom is Back."

#Dpxdc #Dp x dc #Dcxdp #Dc x dp #Danny Phantom #Dc #Dcu #Phantom is the first Supervillain #Red Huntress is the first Superhero #Danny/Valerie #Danny x Valerie #When Valerie and Danny battled against Pariah Dark they both managed to beat him #So they both became the King and Queen of the Zone #But nobody knows this and thought that Hero Red Huntress had defeated Villain Phantom #Danny went along with this since if was just easier and he didn't plan to ever break out the Phantom Persona again #Until Skulker decided to break the terms of his Parole #Skulker was supposed to be released in a few weeks but he got excited when he learned that a new Rare Species had become a Hero #He violated his Parole and left to the Human Realm Early #Misunderstandings #Now Superman thinks Danny is planning an Invasion of the Human Realm #They need to find Red Huntress #she would know how to defeat Phantom #Too bad for them she never let her identity be revealed

[linabirb]

milgram season 1 and season 2 mv art style comparison!

#not posting this on my edits blog bc i haven't edited anything #i wanted to adjust the brightness and the colors a little but then i thought #that it'd make more sense if i kept the original colors #also i don't want to edit akaa mv ever again. i hate it i hate it it's so dark #YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH NINE CIRCLES OF HELL TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD #DON'T GET ME WRONG THIS MV IS ONE OF MY FAV ONES BUT N O T WHEN IT COMES TO EDITING #also this isn't about which art style is better or anything #i just wanted to compare them and see how the art style has developed and thought it'd be fun to see #milgram #milgram spoilers #deep cover spoilers

[chaosgenasi]

We came to a young world. We came to a world of raw, elemental wonder. Of chaos and exultant passion. Of energy vaster, and more potent than anything we beheld in the cosmos... It doesn’t seem like it’s random or chaos. It just seemed like potential.

#critical role #criticalroleedit #critteredit #aabria iyengar #brennan lee mulligan #matthew mercer #cr exu #cr calamity #cr2 #cr3 #basil.gif #long post #it's about magic it's about potential it's about life it's about stories it's about exandria being a beacon it's about let's do it again #i mean it's also my thoughts on how the luxon maybe made leylines when they impacted/scattered #+ how cool that is when u examine the magic of exandria especially when u consider. luxon = leylines = ether = dunamancy = magic #(some quotes that Almost made it in were matt saying that all magic basically falls under dunamancy + the description of ether) #not to mention the tharizdun connections of a being of elemental chaos & what that could mean for the relationship between the luxon + them #and ruidus and exandria. i also have so many ashton thoughts re: elements + divine + being a fucking beacon but that's for another set lmao #also aabria's!!! dark motes of potential!! what's that about!! i gotta rewatch exu sdfjkh this was just everything off the top of my head #also real spiral shit here but the first person to officially find a beacon post calamity being named leylas. COINCIDENCE. most likely yes #also thinking about draconic being one of the like. languages of magic esp when you think about Elements. but i'm gonna stop now

[fairydrowning]

"Somewhere, someone is falling in love with a person who loves them back after a whole winter of being alone and broken. It is the earth's magic to make people trust in the warmth of love again."

– Juansen Dizon, Via "juansendizon" on Tumblr

#it is the earth's magic to make people trust in the warmth of love again #dark academia #light academia #excerpts #fragments #poetry #books & libraries #romanticism #classic literature #literature quotes #book quotes #life quotes #short peoms #literary quotes #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled words #words #novel writing #writings on tumblr

[enigmatic-elegancee]

#dark academia #poetry #dark aesthetic #literature #prose #dark art #heartache #heartcore #love quotes #lovecore #love me again #i love you #talk #writers #deep thoughts #deep quotes #light academia

[patheticbatman]

I haven't seen any posts about this yet but l've seen some fan art that makes me feel this needs to be said:

Don't forget Leah Sava Jeffries has darker skin when making Annabeth Chase fan art!

She is much closer to Lupita Nyong'o than Zoe Kravitz when it comes to shading, reflection, and complementary color usage :).

Lighting for dark skin is different on light skin. Light skin gets changed by lighting, and dark skin reflects the lighting. Below is a lovely shot of Nyong'o's character from Wakanda Forever in mourning. The filmmakers emphasize the umber qualities of her skin in contrast to the funereal white and (arguably harsh) light across her shoulder below.

Try to pick spots that aren't directly in or near the light, and try mixing 3 or more! You can put it into a color mixer online, or even color pick, lower the opacity, and lay the shades over each other until you find one that fits. And of course, the more 'realistic' you want to go with shading and lighting, the more shades you're going to want to be able to explore vivaciously :D.

Let's take a look at the same 3 beautiful actresses I mentioned at the beginning, with a bad color picked area and a better-ish color picked area. (Please keep in mind, these are not perfect comparisons, as I was not able to find pictures of all 3 actresses under the same kind of lighting.)

Kravitz's has a clear difference between the two, but they aren't too far apart, in comparison to Nyong’o’s and Jeffries’s. Note the dullness in the poorly picked shades as opposed to the better ones. Also keep in mind that while Kravitz has a rosy undertone (at least in that picture - it’s from The Batman, which has stylized coloring) Nyong’o has a slight cool undertone (I can’t pin down quite what, but the picture is definitely not stylized like Kravitz’s).

Jeffries runs more ochre or russet, but neither of those are pink. They are more red than terracotta or umber, but to call Jeffries’s face rosy would be wrong. Err more towards the golden when drawing her.

^^saved an image from a writing tutorial long ago, but can’t seem to find it. If someone recognizes it, I’ll link it. EDIT: it’s from this post. Thanks @autumnrowancollector ! <3

And also, the darker skin gets, the less likely warm undertones are going to appear. Don't be afraid to use blue or purple or even green on occasion!

Additionally, cool lighting on dark skin is always a win imo.

(I was going to use that picture of Jeffries as Annabeth by the lightning bolt, but then I realized the lighting on her face doesn’t quite match up with where it should hit from that angle, and I realized they kind of just turned everything bluer, so screenshot time!)

(Also if you want another really great live action example, check out anything Aldis Hodge is in, like Leverage and Black Adam)(and of course there’s Spiderverse <3 but I want to post pictures of Hodge)

Now, to here’s a list of more experienced people’s advice:

Black facial features & hair

Shading digitally for a (somewhat) monotone Black character

Stylistic choices and places to start looking for inspiration (besides a search engine).

Coloring Black people’s lips

A better coloration tutorial

Also a nice tutorial for Indigenous skin tones, just in case yall want to draw Piper or use this information for other dark skinned characters :).

EDIT: Some actresses who are closer in skintone to use for Annabeth, provided by the lovely @blackfemmecharacterdependency ! If you can’t find a reference for Jeffries in a specific lighting, maybe check out these ladies’ pictures! It’s a reblog, so scroll down.

TLDR: Don’t make Annabeth pink and pale, make her dark and golden.

#Annabeth chase #Percy Jackson #percabeth #leah sava jeffries #pjo #leah jeffries #art tutorial #percy jackon and the olympians #I love superheroes and so of course all of the actors I thought of were from superhero movies lmao #also for the record my advice is mostly from reading others’ tutorials and observation #and I don’t really use it a lot because I stick to lineart a lot lol #like down to mentioning Hodge (love himmmm) as a reference for good lighting on dark skin #there’s another post floating around here that specifically mentions him and Leverage for that #I’m tagging this as an art tutorial but really i want it to be more of a master post #master post so yall can see the tutorials I usually use #but then I ended up writing about Jeffries specifically because I’m dumb #I wanted to go to sleep four hours ago I’m dumb #I really want to draw her and ginger Percy but #irl it’s starting to get busy at school again :/

[iceeericeee]

I love how everyone in the Good Omens fandom is just going insane over 'do it again'. It's like the sequel to the 60's ineffable wives and the thin dark duke.

#it's me #i'm everyone #good omens thoughts #good omens #good omens season 2 #good omens 2 #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #ineffable wives #do it again #60s ineffable wives #the thin dark duke #thin dark duke

[anotherramblingfangirl]

I actually think this Dark Knights of Steel twist-reveal with Alfred as martian manhunter was a really fascinating one (I genuinely loved it).

An Elseworlds continuity which really took advantage of being able to take different interpretations of a character, by the writer of the Nightwing series where the presence of Alfred is felt throughout, despite his pre-series death

Here we have him as the last survivor of a genocide, who lost absolutely everything. Felt he failed in the worst possible way, as his fatally wounded child died in his arms - unable to even offer him any comfort, with both being telepaths.

He flees a dead world. Gets to try again. Martha and Thomas Wayne know what he is, but conceal the secret. Have him as one of their most trusted retainers, friends.

He gets to try again.

A smile on his face, he gets to see another boy grow.

Even as Martha and Thomas are murdered, he stays with their son, looking after him no matter what. Having faith in him. Loving him. To the point where a man who had his adored son brutally murdered in the dark, able to do nothing but watch him die, looks at this orphaned alien child and says -

-as he holds the lasso of truth.

It adds an additional, really interesting factor to the paternal relationship he has with Bruce in this particular setting. I wish we got to see more of it. Perhaps if they ever do more "Tales of the Kingdom", we may get to see it in a prologue manner.

#batfam #batman #alfred pennyworth #martian manhunter #dark knights of steel #dkos #i once again strongly recommend this series #dark knights of steel spoilers #dkos spoilers #i have many more thoughts but will restrain myself #post by me #long post #dc #batfamily #i always love alfred as a dad to bruce #so of course i enjoyed this version

[stellomiacis]

Revisiting my cat designs starting with the ancients YIPPEE

Individuals under cut

#cookie run #velvet’s art #velvet’s cookie cats #hollyberry cookie #pure vanilla cookie #dark cacao cookie #golden cheese cookie #white lily cookie #dark enchantress cookie #yes I made the executive decision to bald them #also I stole GC’s wings but easily can give them back #the sound of silence cover by disturbed came on as I started coloring Dark Cacao and- #-I thought that was funny because I think he would like that song #I tried giving cacao more head fluff but it looked weird #I will try again

[2smolbeans]

hear me out: mc that is terminally ill but hasnt told anyone, and at one point they just start coughing blood and laughing when the brothers try to help them because they finally feel like they have control instead of the brothers (like replaced au one or just in general with the brothers being to obsessive)

Oh no..In that type of situation, Mc should pray that the brothers never find out about that terminal illness. They also better pray that if they die from that illness that they're going straight to heaven, otherwise that's just a life sentence with the brothers!

I mean, you don't think the evil ancients that were created ever since the creation of mankind don't know a thing about manipulating life itself? I mean, if Lucifer ever so wanted, he could take a living being and separate it from itself - skin from bone- atom by atom. He's done it before, multiple times.

I mean, haven't you heard of realilty flipping demons..? And the seven deadly sins are much higher than those demons, so imagine the possibilities..The only reason why they haven't completely broken your soul and rebuilt it by their will is because..Well, where's the fun in that? They love you for who you are!

So if Mc had a terminal illness, you better pray that it kills them fast or that the brothers don't notice. But I mean, with the pact marks littered all over your body, I think they already knew. At this point their just waiting for you to say something! (The only person who's suffering is yourself..So instead of throwing up and coughing blood, why don't you just ask them to fix it..?) Because at any time they think you're just at the grasp of death - your potential freedom - they could always just snag you back to life and into their arms. I mean, the absolute horror on your face from just tasting death to being brought back to life would be adorable!

Ahh.. Now thinking about it..Isn't it hopeless either way?

#I mean come on...Haven't you seen Bill Cipher? #Or hell even Blackhat just flipping people inside out?? #lololol #thanks for the ask!! #again if anyone has any thoughts or questions about the yan obey me replaced au- feel free! I love answering them! #yandere x reader #yandere imagines #yandere prompt #yandere headcanons #yandere obey me belphegor #yandere obey me au #yandere obey me replaced au #obey me replaced mc #dark obey me #dark obey me au #obey me replaced au #obey me replaced mc au #yandere obey me x mc #yandere obey me x reader #yandere obey me headcanons #yandere obey me #obey me yandere #yandere mammon #yandere leviathan #yandere lucifer x reader #yandere obey me satan #yandere obey me x you #yandere obey me leviathan #yandere obey me levi

[namespara]

The Wolf, The Herding Dog, and The Lamb

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The Dark Urge, Archdruid Halsin, and the Pale Elf

#didnt quite come out the way i thought it would #as it always is w art #but i had to get it out!!!!! #my art #my dumb durge once again #durge #bg3 #dark urge #astarion #riz'zodan #halsin #halstarion #dark urge x astarion #durgehalstarion

[museenkuss]

NOVEMBER. digging the first warm scarf out of the wardrobe. white chocolate. the scent of perfume still clinging to the leather strap of a wristwatch. steps echoing in empty hallways. trips to museums followed by endless discussions at a nearby café. short red nails and cold-flushed cheeks. morning pilates. sleek black notebooks filled to the brim. the hunt for the perfect turtleneck. paperbacks in paper bags. pumpkin soup. the glow of buildings washed in fog at night. powdery gourmand fragrances. knit sweaters and short skirts. green tea for a floral-fragrant wake up call during a long day. constantly fighting the dread armed with a full calendar.

#monthly thoughts #Museenkuss #light academia #old money #it girl #vanilla girl #dark academia #okay enough! #I stopped tagging my posts because they'd end up on pinterest and insta. embarrassing behaviour imo #but I wanted to try it again! meet new people :)

[queenerdloser]

i just finished dark heir

#me foaming at the mouth during the last chapters: HE IS! FUCKING! SAVING YOU! #i am huddled around will kempen hissing like a mama cat none of these fuckers are allowed to look at him #dark rise #okay but like. cyrian at literally every moment in the book you see will anticipating things and making connections #that you never make. doing things like a leader & being fucking smart and strategic. and your dumb ass really thought. #hm. must mean i shouldnt listen to him about the magic staff that can literally stop the end of the world. must be evil. #me: [screams into the abyss] #i know i cant expect characters to react like readers and they DID all react like i knew they would but god it was so infuriating!!!!! #and heart breaking! god!!!! god!!!!! will reliving his mother's initial betrayal over and over and OVER again #and thinking about all the little moments we get where the novel tells us: if these 'evil' characters had just been accepted #instead of tossed aside maybe they wouldnt have fallen. if they had been protected instead of killed maybe they would have #become protectors instead of killers. maybe if will's mom hadn't tried to butcher him for the sin of his own birth #he wouldn't have been so scared to tell people he lied to them. #anyway im not normal about will kempen and if book 3 doesnt give me his friends fucking accepting him i'll kill someone #me looking directly at visander: i dont care how charming you are i'll murder your ass about it #i read this book in like 5 hrs im being very normal about it

[fairydrowning]

"The summer ended. Day by day, and taking its time, the summer ended. The noises in the street began to change, diminish, voices became fewer, the music sparse. Daily, blocks and blocks of children were spirited away. Grownups retreated from the streets, into the houses. Adolescents moved from the sidewalk to the stoop to the hallway to the stairs, and rooftops were abandoned. Such trees as there were allowed their leaves to fall – they fell unnoticed – seeming to promise, not without bitterness, to endure another year. At night, from a distance, the parks and playgrounds seemed inhabited by fireflies, and the night came sooner, inched in closer, fell with a greater weight. The sound of the alarm clock conquered the sound of the tambourine, the houses put on their winter faces. The houses stared down a bitter landscape, seeming, not without bitterness, to have resolved to endure another year."

– James Baldwin, Just Above My Head

#ik im not posting much here and it's all because of my academics #trying my best to make a normal routine again after summers so hope for best #i actually wanna make a huge post to say byee to summers but didn't get much time so whenever i get some time I'll definitely do that haha #dark academia #light academia #excerpts #fragments #poetry #spilled thoughts #words #romanticism #summers

[jiwoonsea]

Thinking about Gortash’s hair and how it changes throughout his life… gnawing on him like a little chew toy in my brain rn

Like, we all know gort for his iconic silly little emo cut right? But here, he has some different looks in his concept art…

So, here’s some of my headcanon-y ideas on how he presented himself through his life in terms of hairstyle (and some durgetash thoughts!)

In his childhood, Gortash’s hair was often messy and unkempt. A sign of personal neglect, as he rarely received consistent attention from his parents. Thus, he often resorted to chopping it off himself, an early version of the “emo medieval sasuke” look we are so used to seeing from him.

Gortash grew out his hair in the house of hope. He wore it in a slicked back ponytail, often fidgeting with it and braiding it when he got bored. It gave off a formal, handsome, pretty long haired angry sad boy vibe. There was a point in time where Raphael ordered his servants to style Gortash in his own image, but ultimately decided to waste little time on the brat and let him manage his looks on his own. It was in the house of hope that Gortash learned how to “clean up” his whole look.

Once Gortash left the house of hope, he cut his locks, as he had learned how “hair holds memories”. He was to be a new man, a brilliant inventor and future archduke.

And thus, as he made his way up the chain of nobility, Gortash wore that short, slicked back style as seen in the concept art. That is, until he met his favourite Bhaalist, the dark urge.

As he grew closer to durge, he let his hair grow once more, decorating it with pretty trinkets brought to him by his beloved and letting durge sit down and comb their sharp fingers through it. It was an expression of love and vulnerability, as if to say, “i want my hair to hold the memories of you”. (Now more closely resembling his early concept look)

And finally, with the loss of the Dark Urge and his heart drenched with sorrow, Gortash cut his hair again, like the dramatic bastard that he is. And thus, we come to see his regular and iconic emo scruffy look.

#just some thoughts that have been microwaving in my brain for the last few weeks #again I love gort and I want to give him many many kisses #my lovely wife enver gortash #jiwoonsea rants #bg3 #gortash #gortash x durge #dark urge x gortash #baldurs gate gortash #lord gortash #lord enver gortash #bg3 gortash #enver gortash #gortash headcanon #bg3 durge #bg3 bhaalspawn

[arcanegifs]

"Hammer work is such a delicate art."

#jayce #jayce talis #arcane #arcaneedit #arcane jayce #jayce arcane #jayce league of legends #league of legends arcane #arcane league of legends #type: gif #media: arcane #s1 ep7 #ksdfksfjs this scene was so dark again!!!! i had to revert to normie coloring!!! gah!!!! #also i always enjoy admiring muscles yessss #IM SORRY JAYCE I RLLY THOUGHT U WERENT BUFF AF IN THIS SHOW esp with all those clothes fskdjfksjf thank u for proving me wrong