#i have another theory but...for later

[akiraal]

he got arrested :/

#reemerging a month later to post another random fanart of my 90s au that builds slower than my skills in drawing #which is saying a lot because I still have no idea what I'm doing but hey. now it's colored! #brought to you by: my stubbornness. its 2am rn and I have a night shift tomorrow so I have to get used to staying up til dawn #I know the lines are messy and its /a lot/ but I just cant do simplified anything. hopefully I'll learn later on #btw this scene is supposed to be in the very beginning. right as he comes back from being drafted - he gets into a fight. as one does #he's not gonna get charges though. it's the post-soviet-type chaos we're talking about. that's also why the jacket is too big on him #I think the colors are weird but thats what you get when you dont learn color theory ig #voltron #vld #keith kogane #voltron legendary defender #keith vld #my art #brother 1997 #gonna hide under a rock now. bye

[summertimemusician]

Linktober (Shadow) 2023

Spirit

Welp turns out my exam season throughly steam rolled through my general Linktober plans, so you get this VERY late thing for now folks who find this, at least until I decide whether to continue this until I finish it even though it's no longer Linktober or if I'll make whatever other stories come later their own thing after exam season is over (mostly because the original for this one is my preferred draft, and that I feel the one for the Link/Dark Link prompt would be kind of wasted if it just sat there collecting dust cause I worked hard on the tension and horror there lord darn it, along with a few others mainly involving Fae Hyrule, Twilight, Time, First, among other Links like Legend, Sky, Warriors, just all of the boys, I wanted to give them all proper spotlight and still want to do that in any way I can). Welp. *Downs coffee like a shot* Also really need to find out how to make a Masterlist on mobile, figure out how AO3 works and answer asks.

Anyway, not really any warnings this time besides Reader Not Being Okay (par the course really) and angst.

As always can be read as either romantic or platonic, Reader is gender neutral on purpose, technically is meant to be read as either Hero's Shade Time x Reader or First x Reader mainly, but you can interpret it as any Link really lol

Good reading!

This corner of Faron Woods was quiet this time of year.

The woods were solemn in this Hyrule, the sliver of moonlight barely enough of a guide through the mist, it was silent but for the soft padding of animals through the underbrush and the howl of a wolf in the distance (not Wolfie's, not musical enough). The stars were your only company as you were separated from the group, the air was cold agaisnt your skin as you attempted to find your way.

Being alone in the forests of Hyrule never spelled anything good for anyone, but as you felt the brush of a hand tenderly twined in yours, the ghost of leather and the faint clinking of steel, and a faint glow of pale gold and ivory cutting through the veil of the night, mindful of roots you may trip onto and never flickering too far out of sight you couldn't feel safer, even  if instead something like melancholy threatened to lock your throat with the chains of silence, you felt as warm as the soft twilight glow and as frigid as ice, frostburned with the bitter cold of your own warring emotions.

You can't help but chuckle a bit whille holding a old scabbard close to your heart, it's a wry sound, "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

There is no answer, of course there isn't, but you don't mind, you know he'll listen, thorns wrap around your heart and crawl up your throat, the smell of lilies and steel coats and sticks in your throat like honey, or maybe blood, "... I didn't think you'd show up, you know? I always considered the possibility but..." You trail off, you feel something brush your side, you can only see him in the corner of your eyes or with a passing glance, there but not, existing but gone, so you keep your eyes on the road and in the flicker of light, so you carefully don't look to your side, you don't think you could contain the shaking in your heart otherwise, to stare at inevitability and prophecy, "... I know, I know you're fine. At least for now, I apologize for all the trouble I gave you."

'It's alright. It could never be a hardship aiding you.', the voice echoes in your ears, and you swallow thickly, breath hitching, the warmth of the sun in the fields of Hyrule, the wind caressing your hair, the song of the animals in Faron Woods, someone holding you carefully, fondly. The warmth of your hand in his. Not really here, but not gone either, more feeling than true echo.

You chuckle, and try to pretend it's not a bit breathless, something like a wounded keen, "... You're too kind. Too, too kind, thank you."

Spirits in Hyrule never spell anything good, in this wild land of light and shadow in a gestalt of divinity. There are some exceptions though, even if it hurts to witness then. So you follow him through the dark, certain that as you've guided his way once, he'll lead you now to where you need to go.

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... The clearing he leads you to is open, but by no means truly quiet among the trees, there is no peace to be found for the armored skeleton here. You choke on sorrow, on unfinished business, on the cruelty of being brought to ruin and being denied peace, and you stumble towards the familiar figure, almost in a trance as your vision blurs, roots and thorny vines wrap over rusted armor and a thorn cape, the skeleton's void sockets piercing through your soul, illuminated by the solemn gaze of the wretched moon and it's uncaring maids of honor in the stars.

You fall to your knees near the decaying skeleton, biting back against the wounded sound that attempts to leave your throat with enough strenght to bleed, you lay the scabbard by his side with a bouquet of lilies and shiver at the gentle, phantom touch, so soft, so loving it almost leads you to ruin all over again.

'... It's foolish to grieve for someone who isn't gone yet.' the thought comes to you, yet you can't help it. You still hurt for him, you still hold onto the fury at the heavens themselves for denying them quietus. For denying them rest over and over and over again. To watch this cycle and be helpless to stop it all due to the will of uncaring gods.

Alive. Dead. Alive. Dead. Denied full rest over and over again, to watch the chance at rest to the kindest of souls found in this world you found yourself in.

You barely register the touch to your cheek, ephemeral as it is, as you can't help but shed tears, can't help but grieve. Because if you don't, who will?

You know by now that some wounds can never heal, some rifts can never be mended. Even with the guarantee of cyclic, eternal rebirth, some things never return to how they were. And reminding yourself of this inevitability to them will never not hurt, even if you know it's futile to blame anyone but the one god who started this, and maybe the goddess who stood complacent to it. It leaves a bitter taste in your mouth that it'll one day come to this, that the frost of death and the sharpness of pain will leave a mark the sands of time can't scar over.

You reach a trembling hand towards the one in your cheek, try to find catharsis in the remains of decayed, dead yet ever eternal, ever growing love. And you breathe.

'We'll meet again. So do not mourn for me, please.'

You don't think you could deny him if you tried. Not when you know he's trying to soothe you, to thaw your sorrow. To allow your heart's healing to fallow.

"We will, I know. I'm sorry for making you worry." You chuckle, leaning into the cold, trying to brand the memory of the shadowed, but not gone love given to you so you can return it in kind. Just until you meet again, just until you can give all you can to his not yet decomposing self, grasping onto what remains of him, "I love you."

'I love you too. Until we meet again.'

The cold is gone, the echo of love leaves. And you breathe, and pretend you don't feel empty.

(When you see Link again, reuniting with the Chain on the next day's twilight. You hug him as tight as you can, and hope you he doesn't notice the tears in your eyes. And that you don't feel the lingering traces of a frigid embrace.

When no one is looking, you wave goodbye to the shade. And pray he dreams of warmer days until he finds quietus.)

#linked universe x reader #hero's shade x reader #linked universe time x reader #first x reader #hylia's chosen hero x reader #first link x reader #also know as What Happens When Summer Watches Corpse Bride after Playing MJM #I'll never not be emotional about the Hero's Shade and how it's an inevitability that Time will always die relatively young #how First died alone in the surface and likely never got a proper burial #And the fact we never learn what happens to the heroes after the task is done and THE ONE INSTANCE #we do is to learn they died young in some manner (ex Time. The Link before Hyrule. First. #Probably Twilight if we go by the theory Wolfie in BOTW is a spirit sent to help Wild #Technically pre calamity Wild because losing your memories is technically death of identity although that's for another story #and related to Lost #Most of the more effective LoZ games present themselves as either dark fairy tales and I'm running with that concept #Plus it's literally LEGEND of Zelda. Hardly do things end well for protagonists in actual legends and mythology involving gods #I think I have a right to worry #Anyway I'll probably elaborate more later because I'm tired lol #gotta perish to tackle studying and THEN be free to start on the pages long LU/LoZ essays /jk #unless? #we'll see #summer writes linktober 2023 #summer writes linktober shadow 2023 #summer writes #this short fic was also brought to you by the death holiday we have here in my country because it always makes me sad #and thinking of the Hero's Shade and what happens to First basically made it Depression times 100 lol

[chirpsythismorning]

Season 5 Opener: Out of Context

Bonus:

#stranger things #mike wheeler #*mike running late* #*mike and stairs* #labyrinth teas #no but the theory that they already filmed the opening of s5 during s4 filming is looking pretty interesting rn... #bc this interview was during s4 press aka after they filmed for s4... #finn... try not to subtly spoil the show challenge? failed part 16 #'you mean the end?' #'what do you mean you don't know yet?' #'hey no running--' #'you're late. again' #'we're gonna miss the opening' #'what are you doing? it's ten after!' #'you have thirty seconds or i'm leaving without you. THIRTY SECONDS!' #'jesus. how am i gonna survive a whole week without you guys' #*s5 opening at the end of said week...* #another detail i noticed is that these moments all happen later and later in the opening of each season #s1 it's around 3 minutes #s2 it's around 6 minutes #season 3 it's around 8 minutes #and season 4 it's around 13 minutes #yall. i think mike is gonna be late 15 minutes into s5... #aka #15 after... #no i dont think mike will die #i just think he might go on a side quest 'labyrinth/paladin absolution after breaking an oath' style #hence mike by himself isolated from the others in that one funkopop shot-listing ross posted (they only completed ep 1-2 for that...) #crack theory i guess

[capybaraonabicycle]

Anne: I want to be like you: Unmarried because I don't give a shit about romance.

Josephine: Anne, I'm a lesbian. And my wife just died.

#I don't think this is supposed to be funny but it really is #*Anne talking about kindred spirits proclaiming her undying love to Diana* Josephine: thank god she gets it #*Anne saying how she will ignore her romantic feelings for a boy because she is following in Josephine's footsteps* #Josephine: I have spoken too soon #Don't worry aunt Josephine: Anne will figure out she is bi sooner or later I am sure <3 #I have the theory that all of Anne's kindred spirits are simply fellow queer people #Aunt Josephine and her 'friend' Gertrude are clear and so is Diana #That teacher (that I haven't seen in the series yet but I am sure she'll show up) I expect will be another open and shut case #Matthew in the audio book was very aroace coded and now there's his lady friend in town #But honestly it does make sense that he would be nervous around her when he cares for her a great deal platonically but knows she is #expecting something else #anne of green gables #anne with an e #I am kinda watching the series and listening to the audio book at the same time #I have to say much as I like the series Marilla she will always be Whitney Avalon to me #I am not set on anyone else as much but Marilla is her that's just the way it is

[mikesbasementbeets]

it’s a little frustrating sometimes to watch people try to “debunk” gay mike evidence by quibbling over things that are. kind of beside the point? like arguing that mike’s consistently negative (or even neutral, if you want the benefit of the doubt) reactions to girls aren’t “disgust” therefore they don’t mean anything. but like 1. yeah i agree, cates gate isn’t about mike being “disgusted.” mike’s face when el kisses him isn’t “disgusted.” mike’s reaction to el, to max, to girls in general doesn’t really read to me as “disgust” either. so 2. what DOES it read to you as? incredulity? confusion? discomfort? those…. still aren’t positive reactions.

the point is that mike actively and blatantly Does Not react positively toward el kissing him. and he also Doesn’t react positively to dustin’s description of a girl being “hotter than phoebe cates.” he asks “is she cute?” with maybe preemptive incredulity (in line with will's question "girls go to science camp?") over a girl who goes to science camp being cute, or perhaps just a neutrally curious state over dustin's new girlfriend, but then dustin doesn’t say “she’s hotter than phoebe cates.” he says, “think phoebe cates. only hotter.” that’s a prescriptive statement. you want to know if she’s cute, mike? think about phoebe cates, and then imagine someone hotter than that. and mike’s expression doesn’t improve in the slightest. think about someone hotter than phoebe cates, dustin tells mike. and mike? remains confused and entirely unintrigued. no, he’s not disgusted, but the point is not his negative reaction, it’s a complete lack of any sort of positive reaction. if he’s listening to dustin, he should have, in that moment, thought of phoebe cates. and his reaction?

nothing.

(but. this is also just to say... i don’t even think it's fair to call most of mike’s facial reactions “proof” of his sexuality in any argument… i think they’re fun little easter eggs that add an extra visual element to his gay characterization. but. it’s not WHY people think he’s gay. it's funny to point out BECAUSE he's gay)

[edit: AND this is not even to mention the direct line drawn to this in season four via stobin's discussion of fast times, linking phoebe cates to 'people who like boobies.' #notmikewheeler]

#y’all want gay to mean nothing less than ‘disgusted by women’ and pretend that’s not homophobic #‘he’s kissed a girl without throwing up so he can’t be gay check mate’ maybe check your homophobia 👍 #this was inspired by a bylr confession anon that i shouldn’t have seen bc i have that blog blocked but it showed up anyway. this is why #(i know i called this proof uh. two years ago but it's not 'proof' i recognize that. also not going on another tangent but. there is no One #irrefutable gay mike proof and that's also the entire point. you can point out specific things out of context and say hey i think this #points in this direction. but if you pull EVERYTHNG together and analyze IN FULL then the entire narrative only makes sense from a gay mike #perspective. imo. 'well i think this one is a reach' ok fine but if you see it all together and your only argument is 'idk it's just not #that deep' i mean. fine i guess but the burden of proof is on you then. the issue is then that no one who is against gay mike is willing #(or. um. able.) to put together a COMPREHENSIVE analysis that supports bi mke as a Full narrative without brushing a bunch of stuff aside #as 'eh idk i don't think that means anything' and instead fall back to 'it's just a headcanon i don't have to prove anything to you' #but refuse to recognize that gay mike is not actually a headcanon it's a theory. backed by analysis. we are not the same.) #idk. got annoyed might delete later 😗✌️ #beets posts

[aro-culture-is]

quick note - this blog is gonna be sparse again for at least this week. trying new medications and tbh initial side effects are not super pleasant + actual effects build up. as a result: currently as if unmedicated for mental health, with anxiety+ side effect, extra fatigue, dizziness, and fatigue. it's uh, sure something.

totally recognize that most of y'all know we're absent at times due to health things, just wanted to give a heads up that this one is at least anticipated.

#fun fact sometimes condensing meds just means poorer treatment of some conditions #this is a re-expansion + new thing #so that instead of poorly treating my mental health and using an unusually high dose SNRI for another (physical) condition #i will hopefully both be in less pain AND not depressed af AND also have an appetite again #i doubt i will be lucky and not have a fucked stomach due to meds but one can hope that an appetite will allow me to eat foods that upset #my stomach a lot less #my health is forever a massive balancing act #every time a medical thing is like 'so what meds do u take' i'm like here i wrote it down for u #and they're like 'oh. ooookay. let me just...' *five minutes of typing and clicking later* #'so! what did you come in for again? uhuh. you said you experience pain daily? with your chronic pain thing? hm. have you tried yoga?' #/gen #like. straight up every time i say 'i am in pain all the time due to fibromyalgia' they are like 'ooh studies say regular exercise helps' #and like. theoretically yes! but also. i would be lying if i said the fibromyalgia studies i've skimmed don't set off general 'bad science' #alarm bells in my brain #like... cool you performed a fibromyalgia study with... all male lab rats? mhmm? so are you aware fibromyalgia appears to occur #overwhelmingly in women? like. data seems to suggest between 70-85%? #(not that the data can't still indicate things but it certainly makes male rats a poor choice of model for tests on it) #also just... idk i've looked at some metaanalysis and been like 'okay cool theory and for all i know about human bio or bio in general that #sounds more or less correct BUT. you never discussed that one study on this subject that did NOT support your conclusion. #and that's 1) interesting when it was the most diverse group of subjects and the exceptions often teach just as much as the 'rule' #2) just shitty science. tell me how your theory is still credible when some evidence doesn't fit the model. #like... 'given that all other studies were primarily conducted on white american women in their 30s to 40s it is possible that this model #only explains (the early effects of fibro since that's a typical onset period) / (a possible genetic link primarily found in white women) / #(a possible sign of bias in diagnosis that demonstrates the possibility that there are different causes) / combinations of all of those #like... idk a paper that just throws out things that don't support it is a pretty big red flag #it doesn't mean the conclusion is entirely incorrect but it is often important to understand the context in which it applies #like... it's very easy to jump to an incorrect conclusion if you used something in the wrong context #ie: thumbs up is a good job / positive thing in a lot of western civilizations. teenage kee once went to china and discovered it to be #neutral to offensive in many areas outside of major tourist locations that were used to it #anyways i gotta sleep

[chaos-has-theories]

Canaan House Lab Notes

Second House Lab

Trial Transference/Winnowing

Key Claimed by the Ninth through completion of the trial.

Lab Includes a laboratory , a training floor, guns, and a comfy sitting area with two beds, "separated only by a nightstand". Even so Gideon calls it "more lab than living space".

Theorem "Transference" according to Harrow is "the utilisation of a living soul". Not quite reading someone's mind, but "borrowing perceptions". I believe it's necessary for step two of the Eightfold Word: "analyse [the soul]- understand its structure, its shape".

Third House Lab

Trial Unclear

Key Claimed by the Sixth

Lab Presumably similar to Ianthe's room on the Mithraeum

Theorem All things considered, probably "step six: consume the flesh".

Fourth House Lab

Trial Unclear

Key claimed by the Sixth

Lab Wish we knew enough about Ulysses and Titania to jump to conclusions on what was inside.

Theorem ?

Fifth House Lab

Trial Unclear

Key claimed by the Sixth

Lab WHAT kind of room did Alfred and Augustine have? Is it similar to his room on the Mithraeum, i.e. classy, elegant, and full of books and 'ancient' artefacts?

Theorem ?

Sixth House Lab

Trial Psychometric; the molar leading to one of the skeleton servitors.

Key Completed by Cytherea, some time before the Avulsion trial. Key later given to Silas Octakiseron; copy made by Palamedes Sextus and Harrowhark Nonagesimus.

Lab Looks like "an open-plan bomb wreck... as though somebody had left the place in a hurry or simply been an unbelievable slob". (I'll leave it to you whether you think that's likely for Cassie and Nigella.) Tools, papers, a chin-up bar, and sleeping bags; no beds.

Theorem Theorem appears to be related to Teacher and the skeletons, and the necessity of maintaining an energy source to do necromancy. I believe it's step one of the Eightfold Word: "preserve the soul, with intellect and memory intact" - since that's exactly what makes a "hideous corpses" so special.

Seventh House Lab

Trial Unclear.

Key Claimed by trial by the Fifth, and killed over it. Key hidden in Abigail, where Cytherea presumably had access to it; later retrieved by the third House.

Lab Sparsely furnished, but lovingly decorated and painted. Rolled-up mattresses and embroidered quilts.

Theorem According to Ianthe, the theorem corresponds to step four of the lyctoral process: "fix [the soul] in place so it can't deteriorate". I would like to note here that I have no idea when the message was left on the wall. I don't think Cytherea would have had time for it before the Fifth were found... did she take the key out and put it back in at some point?

Eighth House Lab

Trial Avulsion

Key Completed by the Ninth, key passed on as per the agreement to Cytherea. Key passed on later to Silas Octakiseron, "for safekeeping".

Lab Lab remains undescribed. But it's not like I'm salty or anything.

Theorem Relatively safe to assume that it's "Step Three, remove and absorb [the soul]: take it into yourself without consuming it in the process." Almost confirmed by Ianthe to be the final step, "hook up the cables and get the power flowing." (thanks, @fire-swift!)

Ninth House Lab

Trial Unclear - but we can probably assume it's related to bones, so it's utterly fascinating to me that Silas even decided to attempt it.

Key Claimed by the Eighth.

Lab Never once seen by anyone, because Silas is an intellectual cretin and a dog in a manger.

Theorem Could it be related to Harrow's conception or the tomb somehow?

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For the record: I'm relatively certain of the theorems and how they correspond to the Eighthfold Word, but we only know the one Ianthe mentions for sure.

The parts I haven's assigned:

"Step five, incorporate it: find a way to make the soul part of yourself without being overwhelmed."

"Step seven is reconstruction - making spirit and flesh work together the way they used to, in the new body."

"Step Three, remove and absorb [the soul]: take it into yourself without consuming it in the process."

Which would have to go to the Fourth, the Fifth, or the Ninth respectively. Is Incorporation how Abigail manages to deal with the "savage" dead? Is Reconstruction how the Reverend Parents managed to modify an ovum on the chromosomal level? Does "absorption" refer to Isaac's blue-green sodium explosion?

Did John have his own lab, somewhere in there?

#I 'had some thoughts' that I wanted to 'quickly jot down' and now it's at least three hours later #ah well. at least now I have a reference sheet that isn't yet another sloppily drawn table with nine columns #tell me if you think I got anything wrong! #the locked tomb #chaos has theories #once again returning to these old questions: #what did teacher know? why is that basement so very haunted? why the hell did Cytherea use bone constructs anyway? #gideon the ninth #tlt meta #the locked tomb meta

[nonbinarylesbianskout]

Yeah, having a bit of a moment over here.

#nomad of nowhere #skout non #toth non #melinda non #fullmetal alchemist AU #don't think too hard into this it's like half Brotherhood and half what actually happened in NoN #Y'dalan nomad was my favorite theory back in the day and i had to pay homage <3 #Melinda fans please come get your food #I feel like making Toth take Ling's role is a controversial decision when Scar is right there. but i think it's more in character at least- #for her in season 1 #yes melinda dead again and 100 years later another dumbass made the same mistake #Skout tried to bring back her mom and got off pretty damn easy in comparison #Skout is actually NOT trying to get her old body back. only nomad's #but the king here. while in Bradley's role is more like what we know in NoN but the crown in a philosopher's stone #just. you have to trust me here even though this is a mess #gave melinda and skout braids because of Ed but i didn't want to mess with Melinda's design too much

[eliotquillon]

yeah yeah something is very clearly Up with jeremy and his family and knowing how this usually goes he’s probably gonna have a secret dead sibling or a something but wouldn’t it be nice if it just turned out his family were regular assholes instead of straight-up evil. Wouldn’t that make a nice change

#tsc #the sunshine court #jeremy knox #i think the options for the Jeremy Lore and whatever he did at that banquet are relatively limited tbh #just because kevin is such a huge trojans fanboy that if it were anything fox level there’s no way we wouldn’t have heard abt it #and also if it was really that bad surely he woukd’ve been cut from the team/not been made captain later in #but also knowing ms nora it is going to devastate me isn’t it #my tentative theory is that jeremy’s second brother is dead and was at that banquet with jeremy #playing in another team in the southwestern conference #and they got into an argument and jeremy’s brother killed himself afterwards #which would explain why jeremy is in therapy over it + why his siblings blame him for tearing the family apart #but also why we haven’t heard anything of it from kevin or jean #idk. Just a thought.

[nancy-drewdles]

I know there's a theory that Ace will be seduced by a Siren, but have we considered that it might be Lilith?

Hear me out. The chapter on the Creation of the Sin Eater mentions the Mother of all monsters.

In one of the myths, after Lilith refused to return to the Garden, angels threatened to kill 100 of her children each day until she returned. In revenge, Lilith instead went to Hell to be the mother of monsters.

Another myth states that she used her powers to seduce men so she could use them to father her monster offspring. Sometimes even taking on the appearance of women they are in love with.

Her own physical appearance is also described as her having wings and long hair.

So what if the Governance figurehead is actually a Lilith statue?

We know it's somewhat alive since there's a shot of the scene in the trailer, though I think the guy looks more like Tristan than Ace.

Ace's Jewish heritage is also brought up a lot this season, so this may be why she chooses him?.. Or maybe it's Tristan who sends her (potentially his mother, if he really is the sin eater) after him?

Truthfully, after Nancy gave birth to a bunch of spiders, Ace almost fathering a monster will not surprise me *yuck* it's almost soulmatism (if you squint).

#nancy drew speculation #nancy drew spoilers #nace #ace x nancy #ace [hardy] #nancy drew #nancy drew cw #i have another theory about his li that i will post a bit later #this one we are blaming on me being high on painkillers and the flu

[disaster-catalyst]

screaming at Dana's reaction with the Huntlow/Winter question

side note but these sorts of body language really makes me want to pursue psychology even more

especially seeing how the fandom interprets these reactions as either:

Dana wanting to confirm something about the ship (the confirmation assumed as positive)

Dana laughing at the ship name being Huntlow and not Winter like how she and the owlcrew have been calling it

it's just both fascinating and hilarious

#alpas rambles #the owl house #haven't seen the full interview #maybe I'll check it later or just soon yknow #I don't have the time #another side note not related to the post is that my birthday is on june 5!! #okay I'm gonna go hide again bye byee #dana terrace #toh #huntlow #winter toh #toh theories

[rainbowwyrm]

🩸Devotion of Blood🩸

Line art version:

#another WIP completed! Yippee! #I actually used to hate shading and rendering bc I didn't have a good grasp of color theory so it never looked the way I wanted it #I still don't but I realized later on that I don't have to strictly follow art rules and just let my mind wander to what feels right #anyways love elden ring and its deranged characters and fucked up lore #my art #wyrm's art #elden ring fanart #elden ring varre #white mask varre #elden ring

[makorragal-312]

Since I’ve been seeing a bunch of theories of “Animal Instincts” and how it relates to Buddie, I kinda have a theory.

What if...The Buckley-Diaz family are on a family outing (zoo, park, restaurant, etc.) and then while they’re walking, some random jerk keeps mumbling about Christopher and Eddie and Buck choose to ignore it and keep it moving (also Chris is completely oblivious so why bother bringing this to his attention, right?)

This goes on for a couple more minutes before the jerk says something out loud about how slow Chris is going (because crutches) and before Eddie can turn around and say something, Buck is gripping the guy’s collar and pulling him to his face and is basically “Say one more thing about Chris and I’m fucking you up. Keep it moving, dick.” So, the jerk gets spooked and walks away meanwhile Eddie is standing there, stunned at what he just saw.

Fast forward, everyone is back at Eddie’s place and Buck and Eddie are drinking beers in the kitchen when Eddie brings up what happened and is all like:

“Wow, you really went after that guy, huh?”

And then Buck, with almost no hesitation, says something along the lines of:

"Hell yeah! I wasn’t gonna let anyone disrespect our kid!”

Almost immediately, Buck and Eddie are left staring at each other in shock for about a minute before Buck panics and makes his way out the kitchen, into Chris’ bedroom to say goodbye, and is then out Eddie’s door with a hasty “later!” And Eddie is left staring at the door thinking:

Oh.

#911 #911 fox #911 on fox #911 s6 #911 s6 speculation #911 animal instincts #eddie diaz #evan buckley #christopher diaz #911 eddie #911 buck #911 christopher #buddie #911 buddie #i am fully embracing the clown makeup at this point #but can you imagine #I actually have another buddie/buck related theory to this episode #but ill post it later #buckley diaz family #buckley-diaz family

[mwebber]

finally homeeeee oh god. week 2 of law school done and it's hitting like an 18 wheeler. the thing they dont tell u about going 2 school for reading and discussing the faults of society is that when u finally get a break from reading and discussing the faults of society ur brain refuses to use any horsepower even remotely related to reading or the faults of society so u simply. Marinate. on the bright side though im totally free for the weekend!

#i am a VEGETABLE.. that was like only 4 days too 💀 #also eating vegetables for the first time in what feels like forever but was probably like wednesday #friends want to do brunch and another friend wants to do coffee this weekend but a) seb also b) i don't know if i have the #will to leave my apartment KJNDKJNSDKFNDSKJFNDSJKFN #i'm sure things will get better as i get more familiar with the schedule... i like the routine of not doing anything when i get home alread #but idk if that's sustainable. maybe i just need to buy snacks and keep them on campus for later nights #definitely need to figure out how to split the readings so i'm not doing. 80 pages of theory a night #but already i've got them by classes and each class has around the same work of 30-40 pages a night... ++ revision of class materials #we haven't even rlly gotten into supreme court cases yet either it's mostly been This Is Why The Civil Code of Quebec [GESTURES] & #introductions to how each field exists in common law legal traditions & let's unpack everything canada's #ever done wrong to the indigenous peoples in a social political cultural and legal sense #droopy cat dot jpeg maybe the busy-ness is just how it is.. not even counting my extracurriculars though ): #loving the overall experience hashtag grateful. but also: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[katyspersonal]

Interesting possibility about Hail the Nightmare chanting and... mercury?

Alright... This time it is quite a headcanon moreso than a theory, as I will refer not only just to the facts found in game, but also to the features and alchemical meaning of mercury that I, honestly, only found out in this fanfic about Micolash's magical mirrors:

It is not that I didn't know that mercury is basically 'liquid' metal of course, it is just that I did not pay attention to it within the Bloodborne context. But here, a bit from this fanfic that made me really THINK of it:

Basically: this metal would serve very well as a medium that connects the waking world and the Nightmare realm, and work well in the portals, as a metal that is also a liquid and combines two of the basic natural elements in alchemy system (water and air). The belief that it was a medium to connect two opposing, paradoxial things was recognised within alchemy.

But also, when I read about it, it made me recall that in the lyrics of Hail the Nightmare ( x ), there WAS, in fact, some bit about "silver water in the darkness":

I am not an expert in Latin though, so let me know if anything. However from the context it seems like their blood is "tainted" by "silver water", because 'et' here can also mean like... 'our tainting THAT IS silver water'. Pale blood that cosmic Kin bleed is closer to greyish yellow than 'silver' (so, drained out of color), so it is not likely to refer to that, right?

But you know what DOES, actually, feel like silver liquid (or watery silver, more literally)? Mercury! It is silver-colored, and is (sort of) liquid! And there is another bit:

'Tenebris' means darkness, and internal filenames of Bloodborne ( x ) consistently refer to Nightmare realm as darkness, too:

Ok ok ok trust me, I am going somewhere with this! We also can confirm that people in the ritual room where we find Micolash are not likely to be other Mensis scholars, but rather, victims of Micolash; they wear only rugs, they have shackles, and their cages are smaller than his. We also know that Brain of Mensis was made by Mensis:

It is not hard to see that Brain of Mensis appears to be made of melted bodies, not unlike how heads of Winter Lanterns are made of melded together Messengers. Except, this time, it is just... people?

So uhhh! This makes me think that maybe, Hail the Nightmare is not chanting or prayer of School of Mensis, but rather a lament of the victims of the ritual, that now 99.99% likely became Brain of Mensis! They sing about how they are cursed to be stuck in the Nightmare (the 'darkness') and can sense the 'silver water' connected to the fact. So, could they be stuck between worlds because before the ritual, they've gotten completely stuffed with mercury - the 'glue' between worlds, to be dragged in more effectively! This makes that 'Vale, vale' in Hail the Nightmare even sadder, to be honest:

And also sort of a bonus (not really, it is absolutely relevant): you remember how mercury bullets that the hunters use ARE connected to Oedon, who IS a Great One?

So like! What if! That actually makes even more sense to use THE metal that, within the lore, would be THE glue between the waking world and the world of the Great Ones! Because!! A medium of this nature would provide a muuuuuch more effective way to be connected to a Great One and transmit that Great One's will! Through your mercury-filled body! Because what if mercury glues the mortal and the divine together!

Also, since mercury is naturally poisonous for humans (very very much so), it might be an explanation for why hunters use bullets of this for so many years? Because as of now, they are held together by the 'magic' of a Great One that endorses bloodshed, that uses mercury for easier connection with them!

Honestly, absolutely None Of This would've fallen into the right place for me had I not read that fanfic, revealing some observations and facts about how mercury was supposed to work in alchemy lore and what it meant within it. So, I owe it to the writer for the inspiration.

It actually makes so much sense all of a sudden that I think I am going to adopt this headcanon about how mercury works within Bloodborne world and what it means for the characters and their... "science"? Heh. In the universe where we have magic and Hell knows what else, it would not be a very far stretch if some presumptions and theories of alchemy were pretty much legit laws of nature, you know! And again, it just makes so much sense in my eyes now.

#bloodborne #bloodborne theory #bloodborne headcanons #quicksilver bullets #formless oedon #(they are relevant too you know) #use later #reference to another work #this is what happens when bloodborne fans have eerly specific knowledge of alchemy occult and other bizarre things #it gives a path for things that make way too much sense #like i know how it sounds to say that i might have found some valid theory inspired by fanfic #however the fanfic used legit references.. and you know that fromsoft references 900000000 things #and still counting #bloodborne specifically uses ABSOLUTELY every weird thing ever used by humanity #(yet it doesn't feel convoluted) #alchemy is just such an obvious thing. right next to religious references ofc ofc #but even if i am missing some detail here that makes it 'not that deep fam'? #still this makes so much sense like... why mercury specifically? that's why #because in this realm it is magical and for a GOOD cause!

[overlydependant]

ever wonder what tannhauser looks like under that respirator?

yeah me neither.

WOW okay jokes aside, I had a lot of fun imagining what Tanny would look like without the mask. Being able to download the character references was also a godsend for this project. I'm so happy the NarraDeclaration team has them available for download, 'cause now I can see every time I forgot a design detail <3 (not complaining though, Skelebean did a wonderful job designing the best gang of chucklefucks in Outset)

This is also the closest I've ever been to trying to be 'anatomically correct.' I had to look up some pretty weird stuff, the tamest of which was 'chin up reference.' I don't think it's 100% accurate anyways, but I had fun and that's what matters.

Uncensored version + more design thoughts under the cut. Trigger warning for some pretty gnarly face modification, specifically to the mouth and lower jaw.

If you don't wanna see that, the basic summary is: I wanted Tanny to look scary lol

So we know that there was an ACCIDENT that occurred to Tannhauser which resulted in his mostly-robotic form. I'm not sure if it's been mentioned in-game, but my conspiracy theory is that he got mangled by a chainsaw car due to a Tyrant's Guild raid. As a part of THE ACCIDENT, I think he lost his whole bottom jaw, requiring reconstructive facial surgery with leftover skin and more metal to replace the missing bone. The respirator is to help maintain that structure, and to assist in eating and breathing.

Again, it bears mentioning that I had A LOT of fun with this.

Even if he is one of the sillier characters among the party, I think it's always good to remember that Tannhauser can be very intimidating when he wants to be and when he doesn't want to be! The cringefail balances out the coolness perfectly.

Oh and if you're wondering why he's got such sharp canines, the answer is simple: I thought it would look cool and no one was there to stop me.

#tanny is one of my favs to draw solely because of his hair #it is such an AGGRESSIVE shade of red and i love it #i have another mask-off face hc for him but for that one he is just. a guy #it's the same with baldric lol #it's either 'this is just a normal man' or 'goddamn what happened to you' #with no in-between #also cant wait for my theory to be proven wrong #i have not caught up and i have no idea if they drop more backstory stuff in the later eps of season 3 #i believe this is the first time i'm posting serious art to tumblr so #hooray?? #this blog is 90% for sillies and rogue interests but i might post more #in the distant future #rotgrind #narrative declaration #tannhauser #my art