#ask box cryptid

[sleepy-crypt1d]

I think The Skip Ending is The Narrator’s Countdown Ending “This is not a challenge. It’s a tragedy.”

That's a really good point. I had seen someone somewhere mention that this ending affects The Narrator so much because it's the one ending he can't fix. It's the only one he can't control. And it's also the first one where he's left without Stanley, without a purpose. In every other ending, he knows it'll reset eventually and everything will be fine, but this one doesn't do that.

Comparing it to the countdown ending is a really interesting note, I hadn't even thought of that before now, but it really is, isn't it? It's the ending where control is taken away from him and he just has to sit back and watch everything fall to ruble around him, which is the exact same thing Stanley goes through in the countdown. Two beings watching each other fall to madness for eternity.

I love this game.

#something else is like even when you do get to the end of TSBE #it's still not the TRUE ending #the true ending of TSBE is the epilouge where nate is dead and gone and stanley is alone #finally free but now without purpose or guidance aimleslly wandering in a space that doesn't make sense until he finds something familiar #but it isn't his office #because the narrator isn't there #ask box cryptid #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #tspud spoilers #the stanley parable #i really do love this game so much #so much too analyze and so little time

[electrosweaters-arts]

our hydes should be in the club

22 and 50 year old hydes,, why arent they at the club

Ah <3 they miscommunicated

#cryptid college stuff #gothic literature #jekyll and hyde #gothic lit #the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde #edward hyde #back in the mood to draw since i was sinus siccky last week lets clear out this ask box boys

[pinetreevillain]

Astrophysics major Timothy is just like me fr fr

He’s got his fingers in MANY pies

#he likes card #ask box #timothy #rottmnt timothy #local-cryptid-2000

[leonsleftbicep]

*twirls awkwardly in the middle of your room*

Why hello there Duckie. I had a Thought™ that I think you might apreciate in case you wanna draw some more Silly Token (i know you're focusing on other stuff rn so No Pressure at all!!! Just sharing for whenever you want/need/feel like it!)

So. Imagine Dad! ii and Old Man! ivy doing some old people hobby together (like a puzzle or crosswords. or like. chess), super focused, glasses are ON, and Lanky Boys iii and Ves being all whiny and annoying because they want some attention. Particularly I think iii annoying ii in general is just hilarious, especially the way you draw them.

That's it, that's the thought. Okay byeee~~

*launches a blue smoke bomb for effect while scurrying away through the front door*

i dont know if you mean quite literally dad!II and Old man!Ivy, but personally i went in the dilf and gilf vibes II and IVy so thats fun. (i forgot to add their grays, act like they are there because i forgot to take photos of the ones with grays)

IV is losing, its the fifth round of this

III: II, baby, pwease. i need attention:( II: not now hun.

Vessel: IVy? My love? im touch starved :( IV: not now Vessie.

Vessel & III close to tears II: giving up? IV: Yes

the aftermath of almost crying

the slight hurt comfort of this hurts tbh

moony, im so sorry about how late this is. i literally was working on this and then burnt my thumb and index on a plate that was WAY to hot (i just wanted my lunch🥺). so i had to take and hour or so off from working on this and then sat down and watched Lisa Frankenstein with MotherGoose (worth it tbh its a new comfort movie)

#sleep token #the duck has thoughts #the duck can draw #sleep token fanart #sleepy cryptid boys #the brain duck #sleep token vessel #vessel #sleep token band #vessel sleep token #vessel i #vessel ii #vessel iii #vessel iv #sleep token iv #iii sleep token #sleep token ii #ii #iv #ask box #ask answered

[audreyscribes]

(Super long bc I kinda Info dumped sorry)

If you didn’t mind could you maybe talk about what demigods look like/cryptid demigod hcs

I’m probably wording this wrong but I saw a tiktok saying that kids of gods would have cryptid features for example children of hades or underworld gods in general having vampire features, children of sea gods having scales or webbed fingers, maybe children of Zeus or wind gods get feathers,children of Athena can do 360 head turns like owls, Hecate kids having a visible functioning third eye on their forehead that shows them spirits(and probably vampire features Hecate does do necromancy stuff), Hermes kids getting winged feet, children of Apollo having glowing eyes (I think this is somewhat canon) tbh the list goes on

It’s reasonable to think that demigods look somewhat uncanny they are literally half god and it would probably be covered by the mist to mortals anyways

Even if you don’t wanna do a full series on this I’m just curious to ur opinion on it and ideas you have for other gods

Alright, here’s my own take if we’re going off the Greek demigods having uncanny features:

Zeus: The children could have feathers but also considering them being like the air and clouds. Like their presence can be loud and forceful like high winds or practically invisible like the air around us, or how they seem to float as they walk, their feet never really touching the ground. However, when they get angry, their form shifts and they become this angry grey, stormy cloud, crackling lightning and thunder, their voice distorting like booming thunder as their presence whips around you and threatens to tear you apart. Their hands when they touch you spark and electrocute you, and you can smell and taste the ozone around them. They look down at you with eyes like an eagle.

Poseidon: I would wager they have a sleek appearance to them and everything seems okay. So maybe when they smile, you see some unnervingly sharp teeth like a shark. However, when they enter the water, your eyes can't tell if the water is distorting their shape, but you swear you see something else that makes you remember that we know more about space, then our own ocean; making you both amazed and afraid at what the abyss contain…or don't allow you to see because they won't let you resurface at all.

Hecate: While a third eye is cool, that’s more of an Asian mythological feature (I.e. Hindu, Buddhism, Taoism), however, I can see them having three faces that they can change according to that face’s personality, or true to Hecate’s mythos, where Hecate changes forms from a young girl to an oldy lady according to the time of day, their children faces/personality changes according to the time of day. In a moment of peak battle or power, all three faces appear all at once. The Vampiric features also work as well in this case, but you could also go with something ghoulish or ghostly. From the distance, their appearance to you is half invisible like a rolling mist. Another trait that a child of Hecate could have is serpentine qualities, relating them to Lamia, who has a connection with the goddess. So imagine a child of Hecate with skins with the scales of a snake, a forked tongue, and limbs that move too fluidly in a way that makes you think they don’t have normal human bones. 

Hades: we already see references to it with Nico, but the ghostly, pale appearance would be made more true. Representing the domain of death, they would have cold skin, their eyes are dark like shadows, Or part of the Riches of his domain, you'll see how their eyes twinkle like jewels gold or their teeth, nails shimmer like diamonds. They seem alive to you but if you watch them carefully, you notice their skins shimmer as if their see-through or  made out of precious gems, but then you realise, you really haven't seen them breath. Not in the way of the living. Their chests don't move unconscious and almost seem forced, like they have to remember to move their chests up and down. In fact you've seen them stand way too still, with chests freezing yet they're still moving.

Athena: I think her kids not only can turn their necks pretty much around like an owl, but have you considered they really have good hearing, and moving practically invisible? There's a reason why owls are considered the silent hunters/death. Their grey eyes looking wide and bright at you, but as you move, you notice their eyes following you as if you're a mouse moving among a field. Their heads and neck tilting just so that makes your own neck feel severed.

Demeter: Ever heard the metaphor “Hair like corn”? Each child of demeter has qualities that reflect nature, crops, or anything to do with plant life. When they laugh, it either sounds like branches brushing against each other from the wind or the sound of wood creaking and cracking as the bark and flesh of the wood breaking. Or when you see a child of Demeter fight during the wars and you see their blood or flesh fly. When it lands on the ground, you watch as it sprouts into another version of themselves like fungi; you realise if the child of Demeter you've been talking to is the original or just another body of them with the same mind and soul?

Aphrodite: We know Aphrodite's appearance will reflect what the person's ideal version of beauty or who they love is reflected off her. Now imagine her kids having the same thing, their faces resembling everyone's love, preference, their ideal features (button nose, thin lips), but when you come to actually describing their entire face, you suddenly can't. You have an idea of their features but they're in fragments. You try to piece them together and form their face but you can't. You can't remember their faces at all. You start to think you don't know their face at all, you never have, and they're just a mirage in your mind. You don't remember their faces because you can't. You've never seen them, have you?

Ares: Out of them all, they seem the most human-like. War and violence is a part of human nature and it's reflected in them. They hold qualities that make you sweat and stiffen, the way they look at you makes you want to either fight or flight. A side of humanity you don't want to admit that is in our nature and life.   

Dionysus: There's a quality to them that seems a bit off to you, but you can't help getting drawn in. Their eyes are maniacal and don't stare in the eyes too long or you find your mind drifting off. Or how they move like a jaguar, their appearance alluring but very deadly as they stalk towards you. Nonetheless, your eyes will deceive you as you try to look at them, their forms not exactly what they seem to be and if you try to dissect what they look like, you’re not going to like what you see.

Hermes: Their feet may have wings that allow them to fly and go about speeds. However, much like the Aphrodite children, you see the faces of a traveller. They've been to places and seen things you haven't seen before, but when you try to think of their faces, you can't remember. They made an impression on you yes, but when you try to remember their features, you can't really remember and they are only a figment in your memory.  Yet you can’t forget them or their sweet, honey layered and silver tongued words, even if you know its a lie, you find yourself believing in them and take their words as the truth.

Hephaestus: The children of Hephaestus’ eyes burn and glow with hot coals, flaming hot. Their features are almost sculpted like marble statues, both soft yet rigid. Their veins underneath their skin have a thin glow of heat like the veins of a volcano as they bend the physical shape of something in something else. A limb of theirs moves rather rigidly, like it was a limp but as it moves, you are reminded of the joint of a machine, moving in a certain way that isn’t like a muscle. When their skin is reflecting the heat of the forge, you are reminded that their skin looks like stone or metal.

Apollo: We already know about the glowing eyes part, but I wanna say there’s a bit more to that. How light follows them, how they embody it. You can see them but you can’t stare directly at them for too long before your eyes start to burn like staring directly into a lightbulb. Their form seems to shimmer and bend with the light, before you realise you may not be able to touch them more than you can touch the sunlight. Then you also start to realise the shadows around them seem more darker, more of a void then you thought it could be, moving, swirling beneath their feet. As you take notice of the shadows behind them, how it seems to wrap around them like a second skin, the shadow then moves on its own, differently from it’s host, as it raises its finger over where the mouth should be, before you see it actually smile. You may not be able to touch the light and shadows, but it can certainly touch you, prying your darkest truths and secrets from your own shadow betraying you. You learn that the children of Apollo don’t naturally have shadows because they’re made out of light, so where is their darkness?

Going off a bit more of the whole concept though: It’s not the first time nor the last time someone who has those kinds of ideas as humans do. The only reason the Greek and Roman demigods have ‘human’ features is because of how the gods are perceived, where in Ancient Greek people believed the Gods looked like regular mortals, but were absolutely perfect in their appearance as they were above mortals and their features reflect peak perfection of our human appearance, and we cannot perceive their true form because it is outside of our mortal realm. I believe that’s why the gods turning into their true form is deadly to mortals for that reason. 

So the greek/roman demigods would have the godly qualities to them, that are still mortal but just a little bit different, a little out of this world. We actually see Rick Riodan reference these features in the book like Percy’s Sea Green eyes or Thalia and Jason’s Electric Blue eyes. Those weren’t metaphors or similes. They just lean more towards beyond human then cryptid realm. 

However, it wouldn’t be unusual to attach some non-human features to the gods as we constantly attach their symbols to them. Specifically the animal parts relating to the gods, it’s one of the reasons Egyptian gods are depicted with animal features; as the animal parts to represent their personalities or specific traits that were important to their purpose. For example, Anubis the God of Death is depicted with the head of a jackal as the animal was associated with death in ancient Egypt. So if these Egyptians gods had demigods, we can only assume they would have these features too. 

I believe in the Riordan verse, there are the Mayan gods and the Mayan demigods, Godborns, are the opposite of their Greek/Roman counterparts where the Godborns have a sort of physical handicap, disability, or some medical or mental issue. This is   because people believed the blood of humans and the supernaturals were never meant to be mixed.

So go have one with your ideas! Be wild! Test the realm between mortals and the supernatural.

#percy jackson and the olympians imagines #pjo #demigod h/cs #demigod headcanons #demigod imagines #pjo imagine #pjo imagines #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo fandom #anon ask #ask box #ask me stuff #ask questions #asks #scribe's note #greek gods #cryptid #I guess???

[ghcstcd]

If I saw unglamoroued Mountain in the wild I’d be dead in seconds simply bc Big Floof Must Pet. If not friend, why friend shaped?

This is why I’m making a 48 step plan to infiltrate the clergy and gain his trust just so I can scritch him between the ears.

Find him in the woods with his favorite berries, and you will make yourself a friend and a pal.

#that's it. that's what it takes #and also having honest intentions #because he will sus you out #but...Mountain is our local cryptid friend :) #messages from beyond the ask box

[chill4234]

I think @nocofamilyau is probably the best blog on this webbed site because

A) cute family dynamics

B) they made an au where the show ended after season 3, and instead of focusing on characters like Ezekiel, Alejandro or Chris, easily the most interesting characters in this scenario, they focus on two barely relevant characters. (I love NoCo as much as the next guy but let’s face it those two did NOTHING.) and three characters that would’ve never existed had the show been cancelled in s3

C) Raj looks like a muppet in every scene he’s in. ❤️

Honestly? Perfect. No notes, I wish I was capable of doing the same.

#noco family au #total drama #total drama island #td noah #td cody #td raj #total drama noah #total drama Cody #total drama raj #ok but in all seriousness what happened to Alejandro Zeke and Chris I need to know #probably rude to ask since their ask box is closed and I should just wait but like #if I had to guess #Chris got arrested for killing off two kids #but they’re both somehow fine and living out their dreams as a travelling cryptid duo

[matty-hatter]

same cryptid person here, hear me out on something tho what is hatzgang took on a ceberus kinda form? like a three headed monster? It'd look cool tho-

OMG YES????? WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT

#ASK #ask box open #spooky month #cryptid au

[cryptidize]

do you hear it too?

#other art #sona #ocs #me stuff #ask to tag #furry #cryptid #fursona #memory box #trauma series

[idk-im-just-here-now]

I don't know why...

you give me cryptid dalmatian vibes and i love it

there's my sort of hc

This is the best vibe I could ever hope to achieve actually thank you akkskd

#mmmm tumblr supplying me with wonderful arting ideas #this is the best vibe #ask #ask box #ihavewritesblockbutinreallife #i will draw it later i swear #cryptid

[the-kipsabian]

one more post for tonight i promise i'll shut up now i have to eat before i end up passing out instead, but i was supposed to make this when i got off the plane but it was such a hassle so here

this was the last song that played from my playlist when we started landing. something about this just hit me really hard, seeing the new country below and with everything thats been going on and all the struggles and everything, that im finally here ready to experience all of this like...

yeah. i think that last line just hits really hard at the moment

im not afraid to keep on living

#ironically enough this song is from my kip cryptid list so like.. the double meaning is not lost on me #just yeah i almost cried on the plane and now im definitely crying so im gonna shove something in my mouth and eat finally #it just.. means a lot. got me good right in the feels #iykyk #okay i'll shut up now and confirm tomorrows travel stuff unless someone actually wants me to talk more lmao ask box is open #night is an absolute mess on main #Spotify

[sleepy-crypt1d]

Davey said The Skip Button is his favorite ending maybe because it’s a definite end is a part of it. Until Settings Person is like nice but no. The End is Never The End. >:D

The Skip Button ending is my favorite ending too!! :DD It’s a good end!! Depressing but also really really good!! It opens up a lot of really interesting character points for Stanley, Narrator, and Slider (or 432). The way it shows Stanley and Nate’s connection to each other as well as 432′s connection to the story is really fun. Also!! The line about ‘The Stanley Parable can’t end, it can only spiral in on itself’ makes me Feel Things and my little writer hands wanna go crazy. 

#ask box cryptid #the stanley parable: ultra deluxe #the stanley parable #tspud spoilers #hrrng hrgnr love this ending and this game so much #432 my beloved #need more 432 in my life and also him and stanley being friends or at least him helping him through the parable

[leonsleftbicep]

So. In that case:

You see my vision? 🦞

this is fucked

ROCK LOBSTER!!!

(warning for gore?? not really its like skeleton but red)

no skin?

im sorry i had to 😂

edit:

ALSO ADDING THIS. III lobster can be eaten physically. WHICH MEANS VORE IS CANNON IN THE OCEAN AU. THIS ALSO ALL IMPLIES THAT THERE IS A ALTERNATE REALITY WHERE SLEEP TOKEN ARE SEA CREATURES…. sleep is a sperm whale, no i will not elaborate unless asked

#sleep token #sleep token fanart #the duck can draw #the brain duck #vessel iii #lobster III #sleep token headcanons #sleepy cryptid boys #ask answered #ask box

[abandoned-inquiries]

Ask Box Is Open!!

I just realized that in my frenzy of setting this whole account up (and then, admittedly, scrolling through memes and photography for a while) I forgot to tell you all that my ask box is open- along with my submissions!

If you have any experiences with the paranormal or have questions about my theories, by all means, ask and submit away!

#sycamore speaks #abandoned things #unreality #oc blog #ask box open #paranormal #cryptids

[scribe-cas]

hi, hello!! i am very curious about the protag of your book series, the one you mentioned you have a whole murder playlist for (in the 9 people you want to know better tag)!! could you say anything more about him?

My friend I am absolutely feral over the fact that I offhandedly mention a murder playlist and that is what gets your attention

(He has more than one)

Thank you so much

This ask made my day

NOW THEN

“Is there anything more you can say”

i will talk about him for hours I’m so sorry bestie-

AHEM

Couteau M. Profane, more popularly called (but less well known) As the Silence, is my favorite fucking character on the face of gods green earth

He’s a slightly stantoffish, but all around semi-charming guy. He works at a bar in a small town in the mountains, where my book takes place, and at first glance, he seems mostly like a friendly face. He’ll tease you (mostly about how if you’re sitting down at his bar, you’ll have to be prepared to drink more than that, no matter what you order), but he’ll make sure you feel welcome. He’s got a knack for knowing if there’s something on your mind.

Long, coiled copper hair, tied back in a ponytail in the dim glow of the lights, grey/blue eyes, groomed brows, usually dressed in a simple mockery of a suit. Not quite formal wear, but clean black pants and matching jacket are his regular go-tos. White button up underneath. Most patrons are too drunk to realize he’s usually wearing mascara.

He’s a fairly calm presence, and tends to keep to behind the counter, but if you give him a chance, you’ll find he makes good conversation.

He’s easy to talk to, albeit with a bit of a dry sense of humor. But he’ll make sure you’re safe, and his smile is a smug but easygoing one.

He’ll keep an eye out for you, even as he serves drinks, despite the other bartenders hustling around him. He doesn’t have to, after all. He owns the place-

“But what kind of a boss would I be if I weren’t down here with them?”

A few drinks here, a few there, he’d keep you quiet company as he polishes glasses.

Any issues, and he’ll very carefully make his way over, leaned back as casually as he can, just to make sure there isn’t a problem.

The only thing odd about his bar is that people go missing from it.

Some of the best service in town, and they’re famous for their spiked milkshakes.

At the risk of a disappearance.

You never hear of any fights in the bar.

Around it, sure, but never in.

Never allowed to exist for more than a minute.

And, if a person goes out to the bar, and doesn’t come home?

Well. Maybe they deserved it.

Couteau is my Mankiller.

I say he’s a protagonist, but he actually doesn’t get his own book until the third one in the series. (It’ll be the biggest. Can guarantee it. He’s my favorite.)

He’s my thing that goes bump in the night, and he’s definitely not human. :>

I got tired of supernatural romances making women their victims, so I decided to kill off some guys for the plot instead /lh

Cho is a wendigo. All teeth and bones and vocal mimics.

He’s been one for about three hundred years (at least, that’s his best guess, because he stopped counting after 226, and he can’t remember his birthday.)

Uhh he’s trans, so there’s that

He mainly eats violent/predatory men but women are also at risk (especially if they touch him and he hasn’t asked for it. Usually he’ll flirt back until he’s alone with them and then just. End it.)

Nobody in universe knows this, other than a select few who are aware of the area.

Usually, you know The Silence (local Cryptid who has been stealing people off), or you know Couteau (small town bartender who’s pretty okay)

Usually not both and many fewer who know that they happen to be the same person.

Anyways he kicks ass, if you wanna know more about him I’m happy to answer questions :>

#couteau my beloved go back into your box #bists #Blood is Sweeter than Silence #anyways he’s a murderous bitch and he eats people raw #feel free to ask about my local Cryptid #his nickname has origins and so does. everything else. #castalk

[sisyphean-writes]

Ive only known the necromancer/grave scammer au for like 5 minutes but man, idk if i wanna know what grians deal is

Or maybe i really do, also its really gay to lie in a coffin with the homies

hand in hand, let's never find out what grian's deal is together <3

you would think that what i have given you is uncontrollable good bro coffin time, but i promise i've barely scrapped the surface of what's possible when taking into account it was the mxtx novels that inspired me. imagine a staple of all your gay romance series it that they need to have sexy coffin time. i strive to be that. i will achieve that.

#ask box #sisyphean anons scarian torment series #i am making both a threat and a promise #anyway the cemetery cryptid au lives in my brain rent free #feel free to talk to me about it more #give me your opinions on being gay in a coffin together i wanna hear them