#of that cursed level

[niinnyu]

Cursed.

Explanation for this below the cut heh [mild manga spoilers!!]

In ch181 (?) We see this one panel of her super focused very scary, like she meant business (i cannot find the panel tho im sorry). This happens right after Yuuta vs Takako and Ishigori.

I remember thinking ooh maybe Miwa and Yuuta would team up, but then also why??

Then I had this thought of Miwa now having Mechamaru as a curse and going to Yuuta for advice, but because for Yuuta it comes much more instinctively because of his relationship wih Rika,he doesn't have much to offer (mostly because I'd like her to not have to rely on someone else too much) and she has to navigate having a curse with her.

Her recent appearances do make her look like she still has her brand of nervousness, which I like about her, so I've drawn her like that too. I also gave her Kokichi's ear piece thingy, wonder if that's what created the curse oohh.

For Kokichi I've mixed his human form with the bandages and hair and his mech from his fight with Mahito, because I like to think that was his sorta freedom form compared to the usual metal/wooden mechamaru. It was after he got his body ofc but also after trying to right his wrong.

I talk about why I wouldn't wanna exactly see this in the tags tho lol I'm am my own naysayer ✌️(Miwa has to find her happiness!! And that doesn't have to be a person or romantic!!+ more!!)

#miwa kasumi #kokichi muta #mechamiwa #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk fanart #jujutsu kaisen fanart #jjk art #shibuya arc #culling games #muta kokichi #kasumi miwa #i do wonder if what they had was enough for a curse to be born though #because in my interpretation it seemed more like miwa was curious and mechamaru was fond of her #and ig thats a kind of love not everything has to be like stsg level for it to be real #but i just think it is an interesting concept #BUT EVEN WITHOUT A MECHAMARU CURSE I WISH WE GOT MORE MIWAAA #one of the few characters who's gone head to head with kenjaku (albeit not for long because she wasn't allowed it) and did give a fight #i also dont want her whole thing to be mechamaru? #she mentioned that she has siblings to take care of AND I LOVE THAT #as a motivation that is #but she's one of the few female characters who's connection with a guy is somewhat believable also at least by jjk standards #for my taste ig #anyway wow why're you still reading pff obsessed with me or something hah?? #jjk manga #jjk manga spoilers #jjk spoilers #no nickel for niinnyu's thoughts #niinnyu arts

[dailyadventureprompts]

Scragglmop the Destroyer

Once feared throughout the land, a great and terrible dragon grew tired of being endlessly hunted for his hoard and faked his death with the aid of a glory-hungry gnomish bard. Living on for centuries in the guise of a street cat, the dragon is now a hair's breadth from resuming his rampaging ways after the bard's descendants have lost the fortune he gave over to them for safe keeping.

Adventure Hooks:

A series of unexplained fires has wracked the city in recent weeks, which has both the guard and the populace on edge. Rumours swirl blaming arsonists, saboteurs from a rival kingdom, even an illegal duelling society of mages, but none have yet put it together that all of the workshops and businesses were all patronized in one way or another by the famed Candlebright noble family.

Coincidentally, Hignatta Candlebright, young head of that same noble house has sent an invitation to the party to join her at a famed teahouse to discuss a delicate matter involving the retrieval of stolen property. Hignatta has all but taken over the teahouse and its guestrooms since her own family home burned down near the start of the panic, and the party might begin to draw a connection when half way through their meeting the teahouse begins to fill with smoke, panicking patrons, and a booming, sourceless voice that demands "WHERE IS MY GOLD, CANDLEBRIGHT?!"

If you really want to mess with the party, consider introducing them to the fluffy street cat completely independently of the arson plot, making a nuisance of himself in the market while they're trying to shop, or catching mice in their store-room should they have acquired a residence in town. Have them befriend the cat as they might any bad-tempered stray, only to realize after the adventure is half way through that the mice he catches are always somewhat charred. Also imagine the looks on their faces the moment the party's home is broken into by an enemy and their housecat incinnerates a wave of intruders for disturbing his nap.

Background: Everyone knows the story about how the legendary hero Gailen Candlebright saved the realm from the tyrannical dragon Slaggrath, a beast known to devour whole armies and raze kingdoms in search of treasure. It's the ubiquitous tale against which all adventurers are measured against, made all the more ubiquitous thanks to the fact that the deed is memorialized in drinking ballads, children rhymes, and even a few folk operas. Gailen was a troubadour of not insignificant skill before he became a legend, and he had little trouble using that skill and hardwon fame to ensure his deeds would never be forgotten.

As with many tales told by the bards, Gailen left out quite a bit of the truth when concocting his tale: It was a late night in a roadside tavern and the young Candlebright was approached by a sourfaced man with a tangled beard and clothes that might have once been quite fine. Gailen had sung for his supper and then some, his hat was overflowing with tips from a long night's work and a greatful crowd, and the old man wanted to know how it was exactly that the Gnome hadn't yet been robbed; The roads were full of all sorts of rough types who thought that their strength entitled them to others' wealth, bandits yes but worse yet kingsmen, who took what they wanted sure that that they were above any kind punishment.

Seeing that the old man had fallen on rough times, likely having been robbed himself, Gailen spoke from the heart: He'd been robbed a few times yes, but he got by looking like someone that no one would bother to steal from, dressing in his fine clothes only on days he'd perform, and keeping most of his riches in the safe keeping of others, such as the caravan masters he frequently traveled along with.

The old man considered Gailen's words and the two sat up drinking through the night debating the merits of the Troubador's duplicity. Was it not better, asked the old man, to defend what was yours with strength and reputation, That everyone might learn from the failure of those that had trifled with you before?

Gailen looked at the many scars the old man bore and countered that fools never learned their lesson, they just thought themselves better than the last fool who risked it and they'd keep risking it till luck won out or they went to join all the fools that had come before.

It was dawn when the two parted ways, Gailen tottering off to bed thinking he'd given council to a reformed bandit chief, the old man slipping out of the inn and taking to wing thinking he'd concocted a brilliant scheme with the help of his newest, and perhaps first, friend.

i was a week (and one pants-shitting revelation over the old man's true draconic nature) later that the legend of Slaggrath came to an end: Gailen walking into that very same tavern bloodied, burnt, and with the broken off horn of the great wyrm held above his head as a trophy. The news spread like wildfire, the name Candlebright ascended to the shortlist of the realm's great champions, and not a soul questioned when the newly knighted Gailen comissioned the construction of an elaborate series of vaults beneith the castle he'd just been awarded. The bard had everything he wanted, and in return he and his family would hold the dragon's horde in trust, not touching a single copper and adding a little to it each year out of respect for the wyrm's generosity.

Future Adventures:

Even before he charmed his way into unexpected riches, Gailen was an ardent follower of Garl Glittergold, god of ambition, wit, and wariness. Genresavvy bard that he was, he understood that this fabulous windfall wasn't just some gift from his god, it was a test, and that to keep his good fortune going he'd best abide by the exact deal he'd struck in that tavern. Gailen kept Slaggrath's treasure under lock and key all his life and made sure his children did the same despite never telling them where he got it, in accordance with his pact with the dragon . Feeling that the Candlebright family has sat on its laurels for far too long (especially since practical and buisness minded Hignatta has been increasingly questioning why her late grandfather insisted on keeping a giant pile of money in their basement and never spending it), the god has seen fit to shake things up, ensuring that some long lost blueprints for the vault have fallen into the hands of a group of thieves, who broke in and cleared the vault though the very same secret passages Slaggrath used to pop in every decade or so and make sure the count was up to date. The dragon is pissed, convinced Hignatta has reneged on her family's deal.. and all the while the thieves get closer and closer to escaping.

Depending on how the party handles it this situation could break bad in any number of ways: The dragon could give up on being Scragglmop and go on a rampage forcing the party to put him down, they could intercede on Hignatta's behalf and ensure the treasure is returned possibly earning themselves a cushy position as retainers of house Candlebright, perhaps most dangerously they could earn the attention of Garl Glittergold himself and end up being singled out for their own unstable blessing.

In addition to being motivated by the prerequisite desire to get rich, the thieves were hired by an ambitious mage who has long desired to get his hands on Gailen's Horn, the draconic trophy the bard thereafter used as the sigil for his house and hollowed out into a heavy instrument through which he channelled his most showy magic. The mage has designs on the horn as the centrepiece of a ritual drawing on the object's history of power and triumph. Given that the horn is in fact the centrepiece of a giant con it's going to bring some very unaccounted for variables into the mage's ritual which is liable to set off its own chain of problems down the line.

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#adventure #mid level #dragon #town #city #dungeon #thief #garl glittergold #disaster #bard #gnome #I thought this was going to be a short one T_T curse you writers brain #monster hunt #patron merchant #patron noble

[waugh-bao]

#the levels of cursed at play here are uncountable #(also. considering the Boss hat. I have the feeling he either did or would buy this for Charlie) #the rolling stones #old married band #mick jagger

[vodoriga-art]

Strahd-tober: 5&11 - Death House + Player chara ✦ I couldn't decide which one to work on, did both. This random coffee pot and the remains of the animated broom stayed with us for the rest of the campaign.

#strahdtober2023 #strahdtober #cos #curse of strahd #barovia #dnd #dnd oc #tortle #artificer #art #artists on tumbr #level 1... happier times #ocs #strahd squad #kaspar

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Playdate in peril, the homosexual thoughts be upon ye.

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#MDZS #poorly drawn mdzs #lan wangji #wei wuxian #lan xichen #I subscribe more to the belief that LXC saw an opportunity for his brother to make a friend his age than him wanting to play matchmaker #in his perspective wwx is clearly going out of his way to *try* and interact with his little brother #and he reads the signs that lwj isn't objecting to it #sometimes you gotta facilitate a friendship between people by setting them up to hang out on a lake together! #how was he supposed to know the levels of tension between the two? #If it were not for the several feet of cursed water between them they would be fighting with fists not words #wwx has incepted a thought into lwj and its not going away! #dear god i hope the boy you like doesn't fall into the water and you have to pull his sopping wet body into your arms #It took every ounce of restraint in me to not pull a quote from the linked song #so now its just a bonus for people who like to click links #I have to continue the pre flashback joke somehow #lets make it soft canon in this comic that wwx has been humming and singing boat drinks the entire time they've been out on the water

[girasolen]

By far my favourite part of Volo's Sinnoh outfit is that he obviously made it himself.

There's no way Jubilife was casually selling this 100% silk Arceus cosplay that he just happened to buy. This raises a lot of incredibly funny questions:

Did he make it prior to the game and he was just waiting for a good opportunity to use it? Or did he make it during the events of the game and that's why you can't find him half the time, he's too busy sewing? Did Cogita have to teach him to sew?

Does he carry the outfit around all the time just in case he sees an opportunity to overthrow God and he wants to wear his Special Godkiller Outfit for it? Does he wear it under his guild uniform all the time? Why does he refuse to overthrow God in his normal clothes and insist on wearing this outfit?

He must have also done his own hair, but during the temple reveal, it just cuts and magically transforms his bun into the Arceus haircut. Did the jump cut disguise a twenty minute time-lapse of him putting his hair into that updo, or does his hair naturally form that hairstyle and he just let it out of its bun?

He's so fucking funny. Who does it like him. Who else goes to the effort of having an elaborate outfit and hairstyle specifically made to commit deicide in.

#volo #pokemon #pokemon volo #pla #pokemon legends arceus #you can also tell he made it himself #because nobody else in hisui has this level of dramatics #arceus cursed him for his blasphemy by making his hair naturally form *that* hairstyle #and he hides it by putting it in a bun #also thank you to esprei because i went off about this to her first #giratxt

[porunareff]

New line of prize figures announced by Bandai Spirits (via Ichiban Kuji). “Evil Party” is set to release in early August, 2023.

btw I can’t unsee this:

#JoJo's Bizarre Adventure #jojo #jjba #DIO Brando #Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken #Kira yoshikage #diavolo #enrico pucci #kars #jojo merch #these are all different levels of cursed #BUT DIO LOOKS LIKE MY FAVORITE REACTION IMAGE

[averageludwig]

Sorry About ranting about how the fandom treats demoman but god there is so many things I can talk about. from the exclusion, to the stereotyping him, to mischaracterization and to the weird fetishization... lord. being a demo fan is a hard battle.

#averitext #also #noticed this genre of stereotyping demo as african american which. wow #just goes to show how little people care and KNOW about black people in general #I stand by the FACT that he would have been so fucking popular if he was white. #and I mean medic level popular. no joke #LIKE alcoholic silly guy who is cursed and has one of the best merc backstory ever #woah he is black.... nvmmm IG..... #ripping my hair out CANT EVEN LAUGH AT THIS

[howlingdemon13]

I miss them so much, but I’m gearing up to do more with them very soon, so look at my children!!!!!

This is oldish art, but I love their designs so much!

#Castlevania #castlevania 3 #Dracula’s curse #trevor belmont #grant danasty #sypha belnades #alucard #we were robbed on several levels in the animated series #fuck you im reviving it #my concepts #howie’s art

[horror-aesthete]

Apparently The Terror producer David Kajganich stated in an Q&A what jobs he thinks the characters would have if they lived in the modern day, and I just…

These are all so fucking funny. Love that one of the show’s producers seemingly has peak Terror brainrot

#personal #amc the terror #the terror #extremely cursed terror posting #also #Franklin- yes 100%. tho I could also see like. mid level office manager who really wants to be your friend #just a real Michael Scott #crozier- yup. fitzjames- yup. #hickey- for sure. silna- absolutely #goodsir- yes. tho I could also just see straight up doctor. like… a pediatric surgeon #little- why do we have to be so mean to this already very sad man???? #hodgson- cursed. so cursed. I HATE it #Irving- yup. blankey- ugh. perfect yes. collins- yes please give this man a break #jopson- YES. oh this made me emotional #hartnell- …there something you wanna tell the class david k? #bridgens- yes. but wheres peglar #tozer- god please don’t make him a cop. please. firefighter works great. gym teacher… I feel like he’s hate children #lady jane- yup. sofia- …honestly yea. I see it

[lunarrolls]

thinking about how the closest ashton greymoore has ever been to actual death (again) over the course of the on-screen campaign was not when they were eaten by a giant carnivorous plant, nor when they were downed in a turn by renowned war hero otohan thull, nor even when they were curveballed into the floor of a temple by an actual literal angel of the dawnfather. it was the time they got into a fistfight at a masquerade ball for punching a guy after he tried to take their mask off. it wasn’t even supposed to be a lethal fight in fact both parties were enjoying themselves a lot. this is why ashton is a fucking icon

#cr #cr3 #ashton greymoore #roll persuasion #in fact this might be literally the only time ashton has ever had to MAKE a death save #he just immediately fucked it up so bad he ALMOST DIED #it’s that level five curse man taliesin must have done something

[devyuence]

Saw this post by @tomatoland (thank you, lovely) on how Force gives signals to Book whenever they kiss so he will remember how to take a breath.

This reminded me of the iconic AkkTheo balcony kiss from Enchanté Notice how Force subtly moved his fingers. I zoomed it in if you cannot see it.

Then we have TopMew kitchen make-out in Only Friends.

Same story, folks. Force really gives a signal to Bookie by tapping the back of his neck.

The previous observation made me look carefully at the OurSkyy 2 X ABAAB episode 2 4/4, and look at what I found.

In case you missed it, Book looked breathless after the kiss.

This led me to rewind the specific part of the EP and violá!

Gun's hand moved to the back of Cher's neck sometime during the kiss. Who knows if he made the signal because it is followed up by a close-up shot.

Anyway, these are some of the things that I liked about ForceBook--their chemistry, as well as the level of trust and care they have for each other.

#forcebook #akktheo #topmew #guncher #enchante the series #only friends the series #ofts #a boss and a babe #i notice every single detail whenever i watch something that i feel it is a curse #but i feel like this skill is so handy today lol #their love scenes are always soft and flluffy #the level of care they have is sooooo #i really feel like force treats book as a porcelain doll #as he should lmao

[dailyadventureprompts]

Villain: The Cult of the Wyrm Eternal

Any adventurer, alchemist, or awestruck child can tell you that there is power in the body of a dragon, and like all sources of power it's only a mater of time before someone comes along to try to capitalize on it.

Enter the Cult of the Wyrm Eternal, which emerges from long buried vaults to dissect the bodies of dragonkind like flesh eating beetles. The cult originated from a time beyond remembering following the teachings of a profane text known as the Har'Khon Libram, which survives into the modern day as a sort of how-to manual for those seeking forbidden knowledge allowing them to revive the cult's practices and discover its caches of lost power.

It's in this manner that the cult has survived millennia and numerous purges at the hands of heroes, holy orders, and oligarchs: With each iteration caching away knowledge and resources for acolytes they will never meet.

Hooks:

A prominent dragonborn hero and ally of the party disappears, leaving behind few clues and a mystery to solve. Lacking a true dragon to carve up for ingredients the cult abducted the dragonborn and plans on sacrificing them after a gauntlet of strange rituals intended to suffuse their flesh with power.  Its a race against the clock for the party to find their friend before there’s nothing left of them but a grisly scattering of magical items bound for the cult’s armoury. 

The local warlord has a new pet, a young dragon provided to him by the cult in exchange for his protection and material support. Tales of him riding out to wreak destruction from its back send shivers of terror through the populace. What a surprise then when the party encounter it in the wild, rampaging aimlessly after  slipping her bonds.  Brainwashed by cult doctrine the parry find themselves  negotiating with a creature with the drives of a caged tiger, the volatility of an abused teenager,  and the destructive potential of an artillery battery.  Talking her down will be as difficult as diffusing a bomb, but they might just come away with important information or even a new ally should they help her evade recapture.

Using knowledge purloined from the mysteries of the mother hydra herself a cell of the Wyrm Eternal has been working on a ritual to create a true dragon, experimenting with drakes, basilisks and other reptilian monsters, filling the wilderness with bounty worthy monsters that will inevitably bring the party crashing into their lair.

Background: The knowledge contained within the Har'Khon Libram is cursed, part of a scheme by the book's original author in an attempt to evade both death and those who hunt unlawful immortality. Reading the book not only imparts the authors knowledge upon the prospective cultist, but also a vestige of their cosiouness, which steers them towards the same course of action that has kept the cult alive for so long: constructing more vaults, hoarding draconic power, and propogating the Libram's knowledge so that the infection can spread through time.

Hidden in the depths of each vault are tablets of further tainted lore, which causes the seed of malign presence within the Wyrm cultist's mind to blossom, opening their mind to the space between life and death and allowing their patron's thoughts to swirl into their own. In this way the party can end up fighting the same villain through many proxies, the unseen master of the Wyrm eternal studying them as they cut down vessel after vessel before formulating a counteroffence.

Dungeon Dressing:

Wyrm Eternal vaults vary by the culture that originally constructed them, but are always in remote, sheltered areas that could endure largescale devastation. Their entrances are hidden and warded against intrusion, protected by magical cyphers that can usually only be broken with aid from the Har'Khon Libram. Vaults can also contain these doors within, locking away the greatest treasures until the acolytes have further tainted their thoughts with the Libram's curse.

Undead are ubiquitous within dungeons claimed by the Wyrm Eternal, ranging from simple servitors to looming guardians to dragonbone infused war machines just waiting to be unleashed on the cult's enemies all with green corpsefire flickering in their heads. Access to these undead armouries and the arsenal of magical items that come with them are one of the primary drivers for individuals to become cultists in the first place.

Each vault will likewise contain preserved pieces of dragongore, ranging from single skulls placed on altars to whole cellars filled with blood magically preserved in clay or glass vessels. If a cult cell reached full operation, it's likely to have atleast one mummified corpse preserved in an onsite tomb, it's vital organs ( and perhaps a few spares) preserved in canopic jars waiting nearby.

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#cultists #villain #villain cult #mid level #rescue mission #undead #dragon #occult #cursed item #curse #dungeon tomb #Necromancer #warfare

[fantastic-nonsense]

it's been like three days and I'm still thinking about the person who tried to defend Batcest by saying that in the 50s and 60s Robin was considered an adult man, Batman and Robin were "the most widely acknowledged gay icons in that time by gay men," and that DC "retconned Robin back into being a child" to demonize gay men who identified with them

#personal #batman #dc fanwank #bruce wayne #dick grayson #absolutely and genuinely *baffling* take. kinda wonder what was going on in their brain tbh #because absolutely ZERO historical or comics canon knowledge was happening there #meanwhile me: no thoughts head empty just 'how are Seduction of the Innocent's nonsense talking points still this popular 60 years later?' #the curse of knowing literally anything beyond the surface level of the Seduction of the Innocent scandal #is that about half of the fandom arguments re: politics sexism and homophobia in comics cause you immense psychic damage

[pinktrashgoblin]

they gave him shoes for Christmas

#jsab #just shapes and beats #jsab art #jsab au #art #aaaaaaaaaaaaa #oh no #fan art #jsab bmau #jsab blixer #jsab cube #jsab barracuda #doodles #i love making cursed doodles #little doodle #impossibly high levels of silliness

[shrimpari]

Splash page for Ji, my Curse of Strahd PC!

The first of many for the characters under my belt

#took a break from the Strahd sheets to finish this #had it sketched for a bit #jiji #curse of strahd #dnd #dungeons and dragons #dnd oc #dnd pc #my oc #oc #my art #the turnaround should be animatable eehehehehee #d&d #d&d art #dnd art #probably shoulda put we’re level 8 and he’s got a level in modded barb but it’s too late!