#wonders unknown

[our-flag-means-fanfics]

Wonders Unknown

Wonders Unknown 

  Authors:   ClaireGregory, Kninjaknitter, NivellesArt (Nivelle)

Rating: M

Finished: July 2023

Tags: Edward/ Stede, AU - Mythical Creatures, Falling In Love, 18th-century Expedition

Word Count:  58k

Summary:  

It’s 1872, and anthropologist Stede Bonnet has spent decades trying to prove that mermaids exist. And he should know; he's only here because one saved his life as a child. Only he and Nigel Badminton know the truth of that encounter, and now new evidence has emerged, the lifelong rivals are locked in a scientific race around the world to find the long-lost location.

Nigel might have the full weight of the British Navy behind him, but Stede has several secret weapons of his own, including the guidance of world-renowned adventurer Edward Teach, who agrees to join their mysterious expedition as soon as he meets the intrepid captain.

Ed’s got secrets of his own that can’t stay beneath the surface forever. But as they voyage across the Atlantic seeking hard proof of wonders unknown, they’ll come to believe in each other most of all.

Comments:

There seems to be a bit of a mermaid trend happening here. Unintentional, I assure you; this story is very different from the last. Set in the wonderfully-crafted world of 18-century scientific expeditions, an exciting time of revolutionary discoveries in many fields! I loved that the crew all had specialty interests relating to the times (Jim truly shines in this fic). 

Ed and Stede’s canon internal struggles are grafted well onto the characters here. While the situations are often dire, there is little strife between the two of them, so this story is a nice, low-angst read. The author seems very knowledgeable about the various topics brought up; it was especially enjoyable to see the art and photographs illustrating the discoveries in the story. 

Excellent immersion, great detail, and quite the wild ride of an adventure!

P.S.: How could I forget the upside-down, other-dimensional Bermuda Triangle under-world! One of my favorite parts of the story, and such an awesome concept! I would read an entire fic based around this!

#omfd #omfd au #fic rec #omfd fic rec #Our Flag Means Death #our flag means fanfic #ed/stede #blackbonnet #wonders unknown #clairgregory #kninjaknitter #nivellesart

[drizzledrawings]

Insert a deep quote about seeing your grief in everything

#sobs hysterically #I just think about how Charles burried him #and was alone for an unknown period of time after leaving the wapiti #makes me wonder what he did and how he felt #I just wonder what kind of weight that would have on his mental state #of not knowing what happened #and knowing that the last time he saw Arthur was when he told him to go back to beaver hallow #AND ALSO NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHERS #SCREAMS #charles smith #rdr2 fanart #rdr2 #rdr2 charles #charthur #high honor arthur morgan

[nelkcats]

A Little bird told me

Danny knew his dimension didn't need him. It had been a long time since it stopped needing him, a long time since he had to be content to spend most of his days in the Infinite Realms. His sister and friends were too busy these days to pay attention to him; Danny understood, it's not like he could work or have a job, considering he'd stopped growing at 21 and people would start asking questions eventually.

Honestly, it was a relief that he'd even been able to grow up to that age, Clockwork's knowing look told him he had help with it.

So, he distracted himself by learning things from the other ghosts in the Realms, who were definitely as bored as he was. He even managed to get Vlad to teach him duplication, but it wasn't that interesting after a while. Though he had become interested in the different dimensions that Clockwork watched over.

The problem was that there was one dimension that had caught his attention (one full of heroes and magic) but they always made the worst decisions. There came a point where he decided to interfere, Clockwork seemed amused so he figured he wasn't going to stop him.

As he thought about how to infiltrate (definitely not as a hero, he loved his retirement, thank you very much), he remembered a rather...odd power he had recently discovered.

Danny had discovered that he could shapeshift. The problem was that he could only shapeshift into dead animals and well, while it was fun to scare others, he didn't know how well people would take a ghost crow with ectoplasm coming out of it's wounds.

Figuring it was better than nothing, he transformed into a bird and flew through the portal; he flew towards John Constantine, who seemed fed up with his life. Constantine knew the bird was fucking weird the moment it sit on his shoulders but he had better things to take care of, like the demon in front of him.

Said bird apparently knew the way to defeat the demon, because he started naming the ingredients needed to banish it. Constantine saw it with narrowed eyes and asked if he wanted his soul, the bird pecked him, looking annoyed.

From there, seeing that the dead bird was doing no harm, Constantine let it stay. It was oddly useful and he had sold his soul for less.

Danny spent his days whispering things to Constantine to defeat enemies and the hellbazer gave him cookies in return (the halfa really wanted to be offended), when the League saw Constantine with a dead crow on his shoulder they wondered if he had finally lost his mind.

John commented that his name was Ghosty (he was pecked again) and that he was useful, unfortunately for the superhero community, Constantine had never been that useful and therefore they couldn't complain (but why did he suddenly know all the existing gossip?, he kept bribing them with it! His crow looked amused too).

Every time Constantine won a battle without explanation, someone would make the mistake of asking how he did it. With a shit-eating grin, Constantine would point to his shoulder and say "a little bird told me."

Danny was so tempted to shape-shift just to bite his head off, but the cookies were good.

#dpxdc #Basically Danny became Constantine sidekick #but not really #he just give information and gossip #and Constantine give him cookies in return #Danny stayed as a crow at first #but he started changing to different birds just to confuse the heroes #Constantine doesn't care #he should probably be worried about the unknown entity in his shoulder #but he sold his soul for less #dp x dc #dc x dp #immortal danny #he changed the dimension destiny via Constantine #Constantine is having fun for once #Clockwork is too #Danny is starting to like cookies a lot #he wonders if it's a bird thing

[spllwys]

SATANIC VOGUE SPECIAL EDITION ⛧ source — click for better quality!

#brought to you by someone who rewatched that video and was once again overcome #papa emeritus iii #ghost #the band ghost #alltag #i was going to make gifs and an article / spread but it wasn't really working out #whats that instagram post.... levels of drip previously unknown to mankind #and whats the reason for this. nothing. not 24 hours into the blog and we're already making weird things #if anyone is wondering where this background photo is from i'm afraid it doesn't exist #i extracted all the frames from the hello papa iii video and stitched them together + a lot of adjustment #happy to share the result if anyone wants it though #can give it to u uncoloured in the original size

[natasha-in-space]

I apologize in advance.

#mystic messenger #mysmes #mysme #mm #zen ryu #jaehee kang #jumin han #saeyoung choi #jihyun kim #ray choi #unknown choi #se saeran #mm vanderwood #LISTEN they're all silly #just in their own wonderful ways

[millenniumscreampuff]

Randomly waking up on the kitchen floor at 3 a.m.

#ryou bakura #bakura #my art #yugioh #ygo #I was just doodling without thinking and then I looked at this and started wondering where all this perspective is coming from... #also poor Bakura I know that feeling all too well lmao #losing time isn't fun 🥲 #unknown Yami Bakura shenanigans™ happened

[functionalasfuck]

Am I obsessed with Unknown?

Yes.

But also, was anyone else extremely disturbed by the flashbacks of Wei Qian’s mother smothering him with really uncomfortable and clearly unwanted kisses and how going on blind dates with women who dress like his mother immediately send him into a panic attack? And that he clearly has never ever let himself consider romantic or sexual endeavors?

Devastating. Truly devastating. I want to wrap that boy in a blanket, but I think Yuan will beat me to it.

#unknown the series #yall the hurt comfort of this show #wei qian #and #wei zhiyuan #backstory is so similar but also so different and clearly shaped them differently #I wonder if we will ever get Wei zhiyuan s actual family backstory #or if we will jusr focus on Wei qian s family trauma #bl series #taiwan bl #bl drama

[euphorictruths]

NGC 4631, The Whale Galaxy ; Caldwell 32

NGC 6621 & 6622

NGC 4650A

ESO 510-G13

Spiral Galaxy NGC 520

#space #outer space #stars #galaxies #celestial #cosmic #cosmos #astral #mystical #deep space #nebula #constellations #beautiful #beauty #escape #astrophotography #photography #spiritual #wonder #the unknown #otherworldly #galactic #ngc 4631 #caldwell 32 #ngc 520 #ngc 6622 #ngc 6621 #ngc 4650a #eso 510 g13 #nasa

[pen-pain-poetry]

Oh, to be loved.

Oh, to be loved by painter, to be painted across blank canvas as if it’s the only things they have memorized.

Oh, to be loved by writer, getting all the memories weaved into best of the stories world has ever seen.

Oh, to be loved by sculptor, to have all the flaws sculpted as if the most mesmerizing of the muse. Oh, to be loved by photographer, to be compared to sunrises, and sunsets, and sky and put them into shame.

Oh, to be loved by the poet(ess), to be center of their universe, and being their best poem.

©Pen_Pain_Poetry

#spilled thoughts #just a thought #unknown #quotes #just wondering #poems on tumblr #poetry #poem #fypage #fyp #spilled ink #spilled poetry #spilled writing #spilled words #writers on tumblr #writing #poems and poetry #original poem #words words words #poetic #writerscommunity #writers and poets #writeblr #writer things #writblr #poets corner #poets on tumblr #poems

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

Oh, for a skeleton key…

Plus a digital mockup to simulate a red ink pass that i discovered could not be achieved well enough with the materials available to me, and the original pencils.

#baldur's gate 3 #astarion #fan art #ink drawing #inktober #(i guess eehehe) #i drew him for funsies and sent him on his merry way to lands unknown(the postal system) #i expressed my initial anxiety about drawing his face properly to a friend who rightfuly observed that his head IS yoshiko shaped #wonderful shape. 10/10. the jacket…. #was a labor and a half lol #worth it for the bestie though lol #i would draw him so he could look at his vain self #i wanna see if i can get that artist guy in game to paint him lol #i’m only in act two at the time of typing #still one of my fave interactions with him: #‘i dont want a freaking poem #just tell me i’m hot’ #astarion… buddy… look at me…. i’m a god damn bard how could you say these things to me? #my craft!! #Pointy bastard mean girl hungry boy crime time murder elf.

[letsbehonestjootnes]

And this is how LIKE WE JUST MET was created!

I always wondered why they never chose the song as their favorite dream track, their comfort song or even put it in their personal TOP 7?

Chenle not even choosing it on his Top 7 Dream tracks! 🙃

And it’s a fan favorite cause girls project themselves in it, like they do with Teddy Bear 🥱🥱 that’s the only reason they talk about the song cause “it’s about nctzens”

#it makes sense why UNKNOWN and BREATHING are their favorites on Dream Scape 🤭 #I wonder why they never chose the song for their top 7 #they always say #we chose this song because WE WRITE IT TOGETHER #never CAUSE WE LIKE THIS SONG #nct dream #kpop #mark #nct #renjun #jeno #haechan #jaemin #chenle #jisung #like we just met #istj

[moonlightsmasquerade]

Some other funky toys, a eerie porcelian doll and a spooky jack in the box!

#tmc gabriel #tmc six #the mandela catalogue #mandela toyshop au #my art #(ill go back and tag the others in a bit!) #some were wondering about gabe hes a doll too! im thinking the toyshop is like... “haunted” with an unknown owner

[schumiatspa]

"Carlitos, cásate conmigo" // "Carlitos, marry me"

(Copa Carlos Alcaraz, Murcia, 28.12.23)

#after the match that poor girl had to file a complaint against a pale tall man who threatened her with a carrot #but the identity of the man is still unknown #wondering who that could be... #anyway THAT GIRL HAS TASTE #and look how he is smiling <3 #carlos alcaraz #tennis

[schrondingers-dumbass]

Burrows end; stotal recall: the bast of us II the stoatening- musteloid bugaloo is close to my favorite d20 series

#dimension 20 #burrow's end #truly it is all about a family adapting to change and surviving #how could you not love tradition vs modernity and the struggle of the wonders of the unknown vs the comforts of the known #all i’m saying is #these stoats would evaporate if confronted with therapy or a manifesto #and what could be best #stoats in chernobyl what will they do

[michaelnordeman]

i love to watch the seasons change in your photos, i look forward to it every year, since i don't get to see much of that where i live. how the squirrels and plants change colors, the deer change shape a little. it brightens my day to see new photos and notice something new and a little different! i really appreciate you sharing them and your little part of the world with everyone, tack så mycket!

Thank you, it is my pleasure to provide you with some seasonal change. You know, it really blows my mind that the pictures I take here in my corner of Värmland is actually seen and appreciated by people. I'm quite private and very much in my own bubble both when I take the pictures and when I prepare them for the blog, and then suddenly the pictures are out there and I get these wonderful comments. It means so much to me! So thank you again, thank you for appreciating and noticing the changing seasons of Värmland from afar.

#i hope i don't come off as complacent #it's hard to explain what i mean #it's the wonder i feel that my private little universe filled with squirrels and birds by some magic is shared with friends unknown #without anyone ever invading my private sphere #something like that

[amelia-yap]

Is there any fanfic or comic of your Derg AU?

@powertaco wrote one! in which weiss has a grand ol' time stealing ruby's hoodies and yang suffers:

it's very silly and i love it

#fyi i have a tab open for this fic in the mess that is my 70+ other tabs #people are always so shocked to see so many tabs open and wonder how i navigate through them #like do you not do that #it's organized chaos my good sir #browser tab weirdness aside there is no plot to this AU (yet?) lol anything goes #started as a bunch of doodles and then it just happened lmao #ruby is still an unknown creature #is she human? a werewolf? who knows! #the other day i was thinking how cool it would be if ruby was some kind of shapeshifter #but yes go read the ficcc if you haven't #read it again anyways if you've already seen it hjhkjhkh #hi tacooo #bless you