#bodysnatches

[wildgeese98]

It's kind of unfortunate that the only bit of characterization for original! Elias that's widely talked about is him being a stoner. It's true that for a long time that's literally the only thing we got. One funny throwaway line. But we do learn a bit more in mag 193 (one of my favorite s5 episodes incidentally) and it makes him a much more interesting and tragic character.

Elias was an aimless rich kid trying and failing to live up to his father's high expectations for him. He was raised to believe that he deserved success and power simply because of the family he was born into. It's implied that this alienated him from his peers leaving him incredibly isolated. It probably also meant he didn't have a lot of control over his own life, following the path he was expected to rather than what he acctually wanted. Even before being marked by the Eye he probably felt like was constantly watched and judged, and found wanting.

The statement draw heavy parallels between original! Elias and Jon. In fact the line between them gets very blurred as Jon "plays" Elias in the statement and Elias's VA plays Jonah in the body of James Wright. Jon and Elias are both parallels and opposites. They were both marked and drawn to the Institute by that mark.

Elias had the conviction that he was destined to be important and he was right the most perverse, twisted way possible. He was only ever there to be used and used completely. To the point were he ceased to be, leaving only his body to puppeted by Jonah.

Jon had no such conviction, and yet he became literally the most import person in the world. But that was only after being moulded and completely reshaped by Jonah. He in a way lost almost as much autonomy and control of his body as Elias did. Though he at least got to keep his mind, for the most part.

This has gotten away from me a bit, but the point remains. Elias, like a lot of TMA characters, is a fascinating person who we only get to see brief snatches of. I think about him a lot. I especially think about how horrifying it must have been to realize, for the briefest moment, that his mind and body were being completely taken over, right before his consciousness was snuffed out.

#tma #elias bouchard #original elias bouchard #jonah magnus #the magnus archives #tma spoilers #i did acctually write a fic about Elias getting bodysnatched by Jonah but im so very self conscious about my writing #im not gonna link it but my ao3 name is similar to my username so u could probably dig it up of u really wanted to

[kentuckycaverats]

when is a tremere not a tremere? when she's a secret salubri dominated into believing she's the childe of the tremere lord/regent/primogen before she's even had a chance to earn her third eye.

ayoni olowe (she/her), npc from my nola by night chronicle, by the indomitable @crownedinmarigolds !!

#staring whimpering whining rotating her at maximum velocity #if you ever suspect ive been bodysnatched simply show me a piece of kelsey art and if i dont foam at the mouth within seconds it isnt me #shes BEAUTIFUL im gonna CRY #ayoni olowe #vtm #nola by night #salubri

[ladycrimsonandblack]

the more we learn about the original hikaru, the more i'm surprised at how fake he was. we're introduced to him as a sporty, vaguely popular teen from yoshiki's memories, and at first you think that's all there is to him. he went into the woods, and died looking at a funny tree, thus starting up the plot for yoshiki and 'hikaru'.

but then you learn that he's a liar. that he never cried and could be careless and a little cruel, and that he hid behind a joke and a smile. that he was fully capable of keeping secrets from his best friend, and seemingly felt no issue with it. his dad confessed to murdering and dismembering people for an empty tradition, and hikaru never mentioned a word of that to anyone for more than a year. he was ready to continue the tradition himself.

compare that to 'hikaru' who is, if anything, painfully honest with yoshiki, who doesn't know how to lie or how to act. yes, he kills people, but he's a monster; that's what monsters do.

hikaru, on the other hand, was painfully human and fully ready to shoulder the indou sins on his shoulders. the narrative gradually obliterates the first impression you get of him; the hikaru you learn about in the first chapter is not the same as hikaru from chapter 25, and the difference is... considerable.

the more we read, the more everything is reframed, and i love it.

#the summer hikaru died #hikaru ga shinda natsu #hgsn spoilers #to be honest i did not go into this manga expecting the bodysnatching eldritch monster to be one of the more boring characters #not that 'hikaru' is bad character or anything #i love him #but his struggle with identity and humanity was expected #whatever the hell is going on with yoshiki and hikaru was not #i'm pleasantly surprised by the complexity they've managed to put into an already dead character

[faunamafu]

the summer mafuyu died (the summer hikaru died au/crossover)

#i was briefly possessed after reading “the summer hikaru died” manga... highly recommend #a boy's dead friend/crush gets bodysnatched by an eldritch horror #but bc of his lingering love and regret... the boy lets that horror lead an “ordinary” human life #and strange and terrifying things happen as a result #mafuyu asahina #ena shinonome #project sekai #mafuena

[fulgurbugs]

Flats! Up next is shading to really make them sparkle

#finally getting them through the lineart stage into color I’m having a lot of fun with these guys #I think zinnia might be the one I make a prototype of only because she’s close to ghoulias color and would be easy to bodysnatch for #myart #ocs #character design #dux doll tag

[basement-buddy]

#apex legends oc #apex legends #bodysnatcher #basement buddy #I want to explain how they’d actually be decent friends but I think it’s wishful thinking

[imdointhebestieverdid]

I saw Emmure tonight and omfggggg they were so fucking good

#personal #cute #selfie #me #stoner girl #metal girl #metal music #emmure #bodysnatcher #wcar #bd/sm kink #message me #concerts #alt girl #bd/sm brat #bdsmgirl #feeling slutty #big tiddy gf #mommy

[ot3]

phoenix's characterization is for the most part really not that bad in dual destinies. his relationship with trucy is completely neutered and gutted and i think he shouldnt have been a playable protagonist but other than that my complaints about DD's writing dont really center around him. so what in god's fucking name happened in SOJ

#phoenix in dd is phoenix in a bad video game. phoenix in SOJ is a bodysnatcher.

[seattlefactsijustmadeup]

DO NOT BE ALARMED

It is currently WET in Seattle.

Our staff are just as surprised as you all are. We hope to return soon to our normally scheduled desert climate with 0% humidity.

#Seattle #Washington #*screeches and points bodysnatcher style at a transplant using an UMBRELLA*

[saym0-0]

once again insane about udad mechs, i just think that marius and raph would team up for some good ol human experimentation on dubiously dead folks, then chop up the bodies and take em to the acheron, brains for hades, all the good fleshy bits for cerberus, and for some reason persephone keeps requesting the bones

#its like the reverse of bodysnatchers selling to doctors #doctors selling to body snatchers #human experimentation #implied cannibalism #/jonny/ #um #implied gore #i guess #i always want to tag properly to avoid triggering anyone but i never know what to tag 😭😭 #the mechanisms #the mechs #udad #ulysses dies at dawn #cerberus jonny #hades udad #persephone tim #udad mechs #raphaella la cognizi #marius von raum #sayms mechs headcanons

[crowreys-wormstache]

One of these days Adrian Tchaikovsky is gonna drop a novel about sentient spacefaring leeches and for about 600 pages I'm gonna be forced to care about those bastard creatures and I'm gonna LIKE IT

#children of time #its been a year since i finished that one #and about a week since i finished #children of ruin #now i love octopi #but the huge spiders? the bodysnatching bacteria? #Tchaikovsky has a knack for changing your entire mindset towards a critter at least temporarily #i hear the third book is about corvids and i dread to ask what the secondary sentience is this time #These of We fucked me up SEVERELY #Frankly I'll be avoiding CoM for a while cuz i dont wanna spend time with a character whose sentence is in part the These Of We #FUCK those guys #kudos to Tchaikovsky the These Of We are terrifying #but also FUCK THEM SO HARD THEY'RE TERRIFYING #adrian tchaikovsky #science fiction #books #jess talks

[watcher0033]

#jjk spoilers #jjk leaks #hajime kashimo #ryoumen sukuna #ryomen sukuna #when ancient bodysnatching sorceror #got ultimately rewarded by Sukuna paradise #fandom #lol

[walks-the-ages]

anyways, gonna put it on tumblr as well!

Eighth Doctor fans!

Did you know there's some fanmade EDA audiobooks?

Websites+youtube channels were updated 8-10 years ago, so make sure you back these up, and leave a like and comment to show your support, just in case they're still active :)

And don't forget to save the links regularly to the Wayback Machine!

General links:

Original website: https://heroic-efforts.blogspot.com/?m=1 (mix of everything including Doctor Who)

Youtube account 1: https://www.youtube.com/@TwilightZoneAudio/featured (has Doctor who )

Youtube account 2: https://www.youtube.com/@StarTrekTheReturn/videos (does not have Doctor who, instead has some of their Star Trek fan audios)

Audios in particular:

The Eight Doctors: https://heroic-efforts.blogspot.com/2010/01/click-on-play-to-listen-to-chapter.html?m=1

The Bodysnatchers: https://heroic-efforts.blogspot.com/2010/05/coming-soon.html?m=1

Vampire Science: https://heroic-efforts.blogspot.com/2010/03/doctor-who-vampire-science-audiobook.html?m=1

Osskah: https://heroic-efforts.blogspot.com/2010/11/doctor-who-osskah-short-trips.html?m=1

Tales of Christmas Past: https://heroic-efforts.blogspot.com/2010/12/doctor-who-tales-of-christmas-past.html?m=1

Evergreen: https://heroic-efforts.blogspot.com/2011/12/doctor-who-evergreen-audiobook-heroic.html?m=1

#bold text #doctor who #fan audios #media preservation #edas #eda #eighth doctor #8th doctor #vampire science #the eight doctors #the bodysnatchers

[ostaramaclay]

I really wish they'd actually made the RD series III episode "Dad". It is so incredibly gay: Rimmer telling Lister he's glowing, Lister calling Rimmer his husband... UGH.

And Rimmer is SO enamoured with the baby - it's so cute.

"Marvellous, isn't it?! It's a miracle, really. They don't tell you about the joys, do they? Good as gold. Not a peep, eh? Look at him."

I'm glad we actually get to hear Chris Barrie reading the script because I probably wouldn't have been able to imagine him saying this like he does lmfao

#red dwarf #rimmer #lister #lister x rimmer #rimmer x lister #rimster #bodysnatcher collection

[vi-138]

going insane i think

#i love he #sobbing crying in my little hw cage #luzki's skrunklies #the other day i woke up and went 'i really want to take a big bite out of eleanor's shoulder' #luzki's art #this was supposed to be a quick doodle but it grew legs and ran #exams. next week.. #el is very gender methinks #this is a pretty decent drawing actuallu #when will luzki use the tagging system properly (never) #i also want to bodysnatch him a little bit

[zonkabonka]

Book accurate Gray design

#the body snatcher #Gray bodysnatcher