#demon city

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Demon City by Cocktail Soft

#demon city #cocktail soft #pc-98 #anime girl #pixel landscape

[solipseismic]

i hope you know that every day i wish i could read your book and really enjoyed reading the nanowrimo tidbits you sent, you should infodump about it 👀

CROW ... this is so so sweet i am kissing u gently on the mouth . also this is great timing bc i am just about to compile a vigilante's guide to knowing when to die into a goog file that i can send to my friend (part of our bargain in me convincing him to do nanowrimo w me this year)

snippet from book 2 for u:

The Rift gave a sudden convulsive shudder. Skysteel felt it all the way to her ankles as it threw her out—and away. She was freefalling before she even knew it, pinwheeling through the air like a shitty paper airplane. Sky-ground-sky-ground-BUILDING passed in a dizzy blur right up until she smacked into a billboard with a comedic sound. She would have laughed, except her lungs seemed to have gone on impromptu strike at the time of impact. It really was a hard-knock life, huh? Black spots swarmed her field of vision. An Avian shrieked at the sight of her and dove, the razor talons of its feet extended fully and bladed wings gleaming in the bright sun. Poltergeist and Eidolon were both yelling something over comms but she couldn’t parse anything—all she could see was the golden light of the Avians surrounding her, all she could feel was the agonizing feeling of the Rift splitting open wider far above her. The golden light of the Avians turned blinding. Skysteel’s secondary eyelids dropped down for a split second. But— That was no fucking Avian. A man shining like a blue sun reached down and gently plucked an Avian off Skysteel’s prone body laying in the ruin of the billboard. One moment his hand closed around its shoulder and the next—it was a still-glowing pile of fine, off-white ash on the ground. “That was stupid,” he said. Skysteel took the hand he offered and heaved herself up out of the pieces of billboard she’d fallen to the ground with. “That’s what I want on my headstone,” she told him, wincing and touching a hand to her ribs.

anyways i rarely talk abt a vigilante's guide (which some of u who have been following for a long time may know under the previous title of "demon city" and / or "demon eyes" and so all the stuff i've posted abt it r under those tags) bc it's like That One Big project for me. like u know how brandon sanderson has the stormlight archive that kind of is the hub / culmination of all his works across the brandonsandersonverse (official term is brandon sanderson's "cosmere")? for me that's vigilante's guide. also it's exceedingly self-indulgent is the other reason.

it's gone through like 50 different iterations bc it's existed in my brain for nearly as long as i can remember (i think over a decade at this point) and the Ira Neda i talk about (my supreme blorbo, if you will) is the protagonist! i have ambitions for it spanning five books with the second (formerly "demon eyes") titled a vigilante's guide to destroying the world but right now books 1 and 2 are existing in the same doc (DEMON MEGADRAFT) because i'm trying to see what gets shaken out of it while i play with a non-linear timeline between the two

as a result, there are a lot of ideas that are getting spun into it (and even more ideas that i've had trial runs of before editing or cutting them entirely) but it's got the run of the mill superhero genre setup: we have a recognizable earth set in the near-ish future / a time that's somewhat similar to our own, we have a bunch of vigilantes running around fighting ordinary crime and supervillains (tho these are mainly just called "terrorists" in-world bc, well.), and different people have different powers from different things (but mostly it's because they're alien / part alien lol)

book one (knowing when to die) follows ira neda's arrival in anehaven, a (fictional) city in new york, where she is trying to unravel the circumstances that led to her twin brother's death several years ago. she promises herself, her family, her friends, and a lot of strangers that she isn't in that vigilante business anymore, if she ever really was: she's retired now. she just wants to live a quiet life (lie) and she doesn't intend to instigate anything (lie) and she is never picking up the mantle again (lie). but anehaven, like ira neda herself, has secrets of its own. the city is alive--and it hungers. people have been disappearing from the streets without a trace for over a year now, more and more with each month that passes. she makes some friends (criminal empress and her two partners in crime as well as ... actual partners), she makes some enemies (her fellow vigilantes) there are three questions now that have no answers: what happens to these people? why does the sidewalk have teeth? and who the FUCK is this other guy calling himself a vigilante?

book two is a little more abstract on account of I Still Haven't Figured out Subplots for it, but it's your stock alien invasion with ensemble cast: here we introduce cori sanchez, the (also) (formerly) retired HUSH, a mirek'ar necromancer; alec iakabos, SOLSTICE, and noah harper, EQUINOX, whom you can think of as "gosh, i really was VERY inspired by wildstorm comics when i was fifteen, huh," if you're familiar with apollo and midnighter from them; along with some familiar faces from the first book--alan and blue wilson (POLTERGEIST and EIDOLON, respectively) and ira neda. names capitalized to make it easier for me to keep track of them lol.

#THANK U FOR COMING TO MY BLORBOTALK .... #croidhe #demon city #demon eyes

[dantone]

#wicked city #demon city #yoshiaki kawajiri #anime 80s

[thyarqade]

Demon city shinjuku 1988

#demon city 1988 #demon city #shinjuku #anime #movie #retro #classic #animation #japan #poster

[arcusxx]

gordi art

#dark art #dark photography #dark illustration #dark aesthetic #mood #atmospheric black metal #atmosphere #ambient #dark ambient #dark city #city #rain #shadow #black and white photography #bnw photography #occult #magic #demon #ritual

[bluerosefox]

Over Tea

A sudden chill sweeps through Gotham, almost like Mr. Freeze had just attacked only thing was the man was currently locked away in Arkham, and was felt by all. And talked by all via word of mouth and on social media as well.

The clouds and smog that covered their dark city shifted and swirled, a rumble beginning deep inside them as the weather turned from smoggy to rain and thunder with no real warning. The strangest thing was the green glow that could be seen when thunder rumbled inside the gray clouds.

Then like a candle being blown out, the rumbling stopped, the rain ended, and the clouds parted all over Gotham.

For the first time in a while Gotham had a clear sky and it felt... it felt like something heavy had been lifted off the city.

It was this sudden shift and the all felt chill that had set off alerts for Batman and his family. Since early morning since the first change and shift happened he was in front of the Batcomputer trying to narrow down where it started.

After hours of searching with the help of Red Robin, Oracle and strangely enough Red Hood, they managed to narrow down where the odd power had been coming from.

Was still coming from, only very low.

The old and abandoned observatory tower.

-x-x-

"More ecto-tea Lady Gotham?" Danny asked, his hand waving towards the steaming pot nearby.

The woman smiled lightly, her dark painted lips curling up to show her sharp fangs for a moment before saying "No but thank you Young Kingling though I would like more cookies if you don't mind. Now where were we?"

Danny nodded towards her and signaled towards a maid skeleton ghost who walked forward with a tray of cookies. The maid swiftly placed a few more cookies on the spirit embodiment of Gotham plate before bowing and stepping away.

"We were just about to discuss the sentience of the Court of Owls." Danny said as he lightly tapped the large almost mountain of paperwork on the table they were sitting at, floating high above the floor as shooting stars and planets drifted around them. Many ghosts floated around as well, servants that had sworn their loyalty to the Young King, and were preparing things like snacks and drinks for two powerful beings in the room as they discussed business. Nearby doors and windows though were ghostly knights that stood tall and alert, making sure no interlopers interrupted the meeting taking place and ready to defend not only Lady Gotham but their King.

"Ah yes them." Lady Gotham grimaced as she took a drink of her ecto-tea. "That will take some time for us to discuss, they've been running around unchecked for to long and even with my limited abilities to hinder them has been less than ideal."

"You, Lady G, were deeply cursed for many, many years and I just broke most of it." Danny cut in quickly, he was not about to let this wonderful and powerful city spirit blame herself for something out of her hands "Due to said curse you couldn't do much so please don't go blaming yourself. Its mostly broken now, so you can freely start healing yourself and your city self now that jerk demon that cursed you is in Walker's prison for his crimes."

Lady Gotham grew silent for a moment, her dark eyes staring deeply at the young King but then warmly smiled, well as warm as she could seeing how she was Gotham itself. "You reminded me of my Knight, Young King, treating me like this. Not afraid to point out the truth and facts."

Danny gave a light laugh as he took a hold of one of the cookies on his plate and gave a bite "I'll take that as a compliment Lady Gotham. Now about those Court of Owls...."

#danny phantom #danny fenton #dp x dc #blue rambles #crossover #writing ideas #random idea #danny phantom dc #dpxdc #dcxdp #ghost king danny #Danny visited Gotham as part of his new kingly duties to discuss things #only to find the city spirit chained and cursed by a demon #he fought the demon and kicked its butt now that he's cleaning up Pariah Dark bad management #Lady Gotham been trying to save her city self for years but couldn't do much #Her Dark Knight and his bats and birds helped ease the pain #but the demon encouraged and influenced a lot of Batman's rogue's #The Joker is the one he's most proud of #Lady Gotham did her best to save her people from his influence #some listened others didn't #anyways Danny came to Gotham because he noticed a lot of papers for the city and well #again found the demon and fought him #it caused a huge shift in Gotham that couldn't be ignored #and we all know Batman wouldn't ignore it. #Honestly I just wanted Ghost King Danny and Lady Gotham discussing business and drinking tea as they float. #I like to think the Batfam do get to the Observatory and somehow sneak in even with all the guards. #what happens next I leave open for others to play with. #11 pm ideas and thoughts

[layzeal]

one of my favorite headcanons with little to no canon support is that xue yang and mo xuanyu were guidao jin disciples at the same time, and mxy mentioned a few times wanting to ressurect the yiling laozu to kill his mom's evil family, so when xy saw him (or rather his body) entering yi city AS the yllz, he was like "son of a bitch he actually did it"

#mdzs #the window of time for them to have been disciples at the same time is small but IT COULD have happened #and with mxy having had access to the sacrificial ritual (and his lack of progress on “proper” cultivation) #it's perfectly possible he was one of the jins' demonic students #also at yi city xue yang attacks wwx #who asks if he's trying to take advantage of that body's low spiritual energy. #BUT HOW DID HE KNOW BEFOREHAND THAT MXY'S BODY HAD LOW SPIRITUAL ENERGY HUH‼️⁉️‼️⁉️🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 #(please ignore the lack of sword-carrying) #i just want mxy and xy to have been buddies idk #it's very fun to me if xue yang recognizes wwx in his old classmate's body #modao #lace speaks

[nigelgraz]

Making niche self-indulgent memes is my passion

#vampire hunter d bloodlust #angel's egg #ghost in the shell #bride of deimos #wicked city #cyber city aedo 800 #demon city shinjuku #anime #goth #cyberpunk

[goatpunches]

around the corner, there’s always something waiting for you

#bones and i finished the yi city arc of the untamed #and then one of my favorite cage the elephant songs came on #so needless to say i was quite inspired #sorry not sorry #mdzs #yi city #xue yang #xiao xingchen #song lan #grand master of demonic cultivation #fanart #mxtx

[allastoredeer]

Headcanon! The hypnosis effect dampens with alcohol. Alastor fortifies with a shot of absinthe if he's expecting to be in close proximity to Vox. It has an effect like making a sound under water. You hear, but you can't really make it out.

Vox: (walks into an Overlord meeting)

Alastor: Ah, fuck. (pulls an entire bottle of vodka out of his coat and chugs the whole thing)

#he's perpetually drunk at every Overlord meeting #that bitch is not listening #he is playing with Rosie's hat feathers #he's becoming known as the city drunk #it has to be that smoopy “Happy” Hotel right? #it's turning him into a drunkard #better not go there #or do #if it drove the Radio Demon into being an alcoholic it's gotta be SOMETHING #hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #the radio demon #alastor the radio demon #vox x alastor #alastor hazbin hotel #radio demon #hazbin vox #hazbin hotel vox #voxval #voxal #vox the tv demon #asks #anon #anonymous #radiostatic #staticradio #Drunk AL Au

[annebaneriddle]

Wei Wuxian?????

Honey, the hell you doin' at Ghost City???

The sects trying to summon WWX's soul: Why isn't it working???

Wei Wuxian having the time of his life (death?) gambling at Ghost City: ... Hua Chengzhu, can you hear that annoying buzzing sound too?

Hua Cheng: I don't hear anything.

Wei Wuxian: ...

Wei Wuxian: Anyways, so -

#the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the grandmaster of diabolism #the untamed #wei wuxian #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wei ying #yilling laozu #13 years of wwx's death #heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #tgcf #ghost citty #wei wuxian at ghost city #ghost city

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Demon City, PC-98

#demon city #pc-98 #dragon #pixel art #pixel landscape #retro gaming

[solipseismic]

last line tag xxiii

thank you @willowworkswithwords for the tag!!

RULES: post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic/ original/ anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence

this isn't one line lol so i shan't be tagging that many people but here's a bit from a vigilante's guide to knowing when to die:

Ira steepled her fingers over her cooling coffee mug and let the steam baste her face for a minute. Neri’s mind was an impenetrable fortress. For some reason, she only communicated via email when she was on-world—either from her “personal” or “business”, which were both misnomers because she used the same terse, ascetic voice regardless. She liked pretending she was social.

tag games taglist (ask to be + / -): @47crayons , @sleepy-night-child , @bladeverbena , @drippingmoon , @vellichor-virgo , @writing-is-a-martial-art , @wiz-is-sorta-a-writer , @thelaughingstag , @mj-is-writing , @hellowkatey , @asbestostrain , @gayskywalkcrs​ , @lorspolairepeluche , @thesunlikehoney , and anyone else who wants to do this !!

#bless thank u willow ive been wanting to do a writing tag for a while #need to get my ass into gear augh #demon city #a vigilante's guide #solipsismisillegible #tag games #now THOSE are tags i haven't used in a while

[mrs-gauche]

The Rotunda and the Fresco

On the mural, all messere would say is, "Skyhold is her fortress. These are her actions."

#dragon age #dai gifs #solas #my gifs #this set took. forever. #basically had to play through half the game again lol #one thing I noticed while making this though.. #..is just how prominent the Black City is in his frescoes #..and the many pride demon like eyes surrounding it (!!!) #..like he's always watching it.. #interesting.. given how in the mural from the official teaser trailer the Dread Wolf seemed to break into the Black City 👀 #and I have a pretty strong guess why that is... #you know - besides the fact that *cough* the Black City is totally Arlathan where the false elven gods are imprisoned *cough* #but I actually think he needs to break in there for another reason 👀 #..involving a certain idol 👀👀👀 #anyway.. I always have to chuckle when I read the codex from this archivist calling Solas ''messere'' lol

[so-na-r]

Okay, until I can show you something new, I'll show you the old one, namely the mafia batdr AU

a couple of months ago, I really wanted to create something like this, but over time I postponed it because there are many similar ideas and I was afraid that I would not be able to do at least something original

But I have a lot of sketches and references left ✨

I'm still not sure if I'm going to take on the creation of a second au. So at least I'll just show it :3

#batdr #batim #bendy and the dark revival #bendy and the ink machine #bendy au #btw! I took the clothes for Bendy from a small sketch comic about a silent city from this ink demon hehe

[rejectedfables]

MDZS memes Xue Yang edition 01/???

#mdzs memes #mo dao zu shi #the grandmaster of diabolism #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #xue yang #text post memes #tpmemes #xue chengmei #xcm #xy #xuexiao #yi city #mdzs donghua #mdzs #xue yang memes