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fairydust-stuff · 9 months ago
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Black Lagoon BF cross-over snippets.
Balalikia sat cross from Mr Chang “ So your taking a trip to New York babe?” 
“ Some shit about mind control drugs” 
“ Your kidding me”  
Chang scowled  “ I wish, you heard of  Dino Golzine Fry face?” 
Balalikia raised an eyebrow yes she was aware of the head of the French Mafia and all his dirty dealings. The going on’s at Club cod alone were enough to leave a bad taste in her mouth.   “ Don’t tell me” she resisted the urge to groan. “ What kind of mind control, torture, or are we talking bond Villian antics?”  
“ He started his own supervillian organization…..” Chang continued. “ Their trying to take over the world starting with South America” 
“ Oh fuck me!” Balalikia understood where this was going chances are those power hungry shit heads  would create a huge mess, draw more  FBI interest  in the drug trade. There was also a possbility someone far smarter could get their hands on this new substance.  
The CIA is very Adament about me personally seeing to the situation” Chang stressed. 
“ Their people  are involved then, probly in both the trafficking ring and the experimentation funding. This is going to fuck so many powerful people if word gets out. ” 
“ Not to mention it might remind people their paying for expensive  poisen. “ 
Balakilkia nods  “ And then all of us have to deal with slipping profit margins….” 
“ It gets even better one of papa Dino’s whore’s is running around distroying half of New York.” Chang sounded almost amused. “ He trained his child slave to kill, paid for everything” 
Chang slides a picture of the aftermath of a massacure across the table to Balakikia. She didn’t even flinch seeing far worse over the years. 
He hands her a second picture the aftermath of a tortured body, so mutilated and disfigued it barely looks human.  
“ The work of seventeen year old, Aslan Jade Callenresse, the streets of New York nicknamed him, Ash Lynx.” 
 Another Hansel and Gretal, she thought darkly a self destructive monster with no leash or way to control him. Who only knew how to cause death and destruction. 
“ Former Mafia hit man, debt collector,  and gang leader he went rouge a couple of months ago. He’s so infamous among the locals, I didn’t even have to ask you to look though kiddie porn this time” 
Balalikia gave him a humorless look  “ Given the circumstances I wouldn’t rule out the possibility….I’ll still end up viewing pedophile jack off material”  
Chang reaches for another photo 
“ The Lee’s were massacured recently, they say it was Vietnamese but I have my doubts” 
The picture is shot through the glass window into a room where Hau Lung Lee stands drooling next to a slender figure with long hair. 
“ You think someone used that mind control drug and is puppeteering him behind the scenes” 
“ Unfortunately the Itallians surveillance team didn’t get much, whoever it was knew they were being watched and they were fast…but we did get this” 
Chang hands her another photo which was enhanced to reveal the tattoo of a dragon on the nape of the figures neck. The Lee family crest.  “ Seems the massacure hits a little close to home” 
“ So once again we have to clean up someone else’s mess” 
Chang leans forward  “ I’m going down there see what can be salvaged and what’s just trash” 
They both knew the unspoken implications of what Mr Chang was implying. 
“ I’m meeting a friend for lunch would you like to join?” Chang asked sardonically
“ of course Babe” …
“ Thank you for coming” Mr Chang said politely. 
 Vito  Maranzo the head of the five italian families was sitting across them at the italian resturant. “ I’m glad your here, Chang…..would you like anything? This place has the best Veal” 
“ No Thank you” Chang said politely. 
“ The lady?” 
“ I’m quite fine” 
“I’m going to get right to it,  This Ash Lynx business is out of control” Vito said. 
“ Now he’s gathering allies from your own gangs, as I understand it” Chang stated. 
“ Just the Chinese and the darkies” Vito said dismissively. 
“ Maybe today but tomorrow, you could have a full rebellion on your hands” Balalika mused and she’s know how easy it was to rebell against those in power, who would cast you aside. 
“ The Chinese don’t seem concerned though” Chang said. “ Could  the Lee’s have cut a deal with Lynx?” 
“ Hau Lung lee, never had his dad’s capabilities”  Vito paused  “ Don’t get me wrong Shang Lung Lee was a freak, with his ten year old girl concubines and shit. But hey the guy knew how to run a buiness, and he created one of the largest global networks.” 
 He paused 
“ I don’t like to speak ill of the dead….but  the Lee boys were all pretty dim” Vito takes a sip from his wine glass. “ Shang used to joke with me about just picking his concubines kid, as his heir” 
So Shang Lung lee had another son, interesting. 
“ What did you think of him?” Chang asked casually “ Any good?” 
“ Never met him, honestly….Wang and Hau  Lung, hired toadies….crazied loonies anyone who inflated their sense of self importance. I’m not surprised the Vietnammese wacked em! ” he paused “ If your thinking the kid was responsible, he disappeared one night along with his mom.”  
“ if Hau had died too it would have been a headache inducing shit show.  The Lee’s have blood ties to the Chinese Emperor, distant relation but their the closest thing to Royalty we have.” 
“ I see and Dino Golzine” Balalikia muses. 
Vito cursed in Italian  “ His slut is causing millions of dollars in damages and Dino isn’t making it back” Vito grinds his cigar between his teeth. “ Hey its your business what you do in the bedroom.”  he breathes deeply 
“ But important people are dead, senators ect the press are having a field day. Then I find out he’s spending hundreds on some secret experiment! Now we have the CIA breathing down our necks. The problem is the little menace is too good, Golzine brought in several dangerous people to tutor that boy”
“ Did he pin his suicide note to the kid  as well?” Chang asked dryly 
Vito scowled  “ Its no laughing matter” 
“ Your right, we have a finically crippling situation, i’ll be take care of just give me a couple of months and we’’ll have the situation under control”...
“ You find anything on the mother?” Chang asked Balelikia later on. 
“  A fake passport to get into the country, after she was taken to Shang Lee’s house its as if she creased to exist” 
“ I need you and your team  to find out if any of the Lee’s staff were randomly promoted to a high position without warning?” 
“ Do you want a confession?” Balalikia asked 
“ I have someone else in mind for dealing with them, after all she’s might enjoy getting to come home again” Chang said 
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animalinvestigator · 9 months ago
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happy 9 years
here's to 990 more
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marigraphia · 7 months ago
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I've had this pose ref saved for a while and the Superman set photos just gave off the same energy 👉🏻👈🏻
The reference is this photo of Katharine Hepburn as Antiope and Colin Keith-Johnston as Theseus in the 1932 play 'The Warrior's Husband' (and I'd love for people to turn into a draw your otp meme pls pls pls this pose is so good)
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And also, of course, the Superman (2025) set photos
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#superfamilyweek#superman#dcu#clois#lois lane#clark kent#i was actually gonna post this a few days ago but then i found out about the superfamily week#it wasn't made for it but i hope you can accept this humble offering even if it doesn't really fit the prompts#art#digital#fanart#live-action#dc#regular#final#colour#this actually from june when the set photos came out and i just got completely obsessed and went into a clois haze#it all looks so good though!! the whole thing!!!! i'm vibrating with excitement just thinking about it!!!!!!!#if this film isn't good i'm gonna be sooo disappointed you guys have no idea how much i'm looking forward to it#but anyway. ART RAMBLES: as i mentioned on the tags of my last drawing this piece gave me SUCH a headache#i think it's probably cos it was just supposed to be a quick sketch so i used a more stable pencil brush#but then i really liked it so i decided to properly colour it instead of just doing the watercolour thing i usually do for sketches#but with finished pieces i like the lineart to be kinda messy and the sketch to even show through bit#and since i used the more stable brush for the sketch it ended up looking WAY too clean. not like my stuff at all.#so i just started throwing stuff at the wall to see what could make it more interesting. full background! actual lineart! texture layers!#and this here is what i was the happiest with. i don't... love it though. it should be looking way more interesting given the pose#and then i also did the purge girl halfway through this and it looked SO good right out of the bat (pun intended)#so i went a bit into a spiral. did some realistic stuff i'll post soon. and now am trying out a thick black lineart style.#(i'll definitely still use the coloured lines for the sketchy watercolour stuff though. it just looks way too cute)
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thimblings · 1 month ago
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viago "fashion police" de riva
#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age fanart#lucanis dellamorte#andarateia cantori#viago de riva#illario dellamorte#rook de riva#rook datv#Marisol de Riva#i saw a post once upon a time that mentioned Viago was probably appalled by the mercenary rags Rook was wearing lol and kept that head cano#another scene from the fanfic i have in my head lmao#in my HC story for Marisol the recruitment missions go a little different to kind of take away the game-ified aspect#once in the lighthouse Marisol reaches out to Viago (though lol she does wait for a bit because she got kicked out so she's still upset)#Caterina has been keeping her people watching the Ossuary for any changes because she's been slowly connecting the pieces over the past yea#solas's ritual and other stuff happens and the location gets revealed and weakened etc#rook gets in contact with a letter and a candelhop for viago to use to contact her#bc that's how i'm hc'ing that they get messages in the fade lolol#Caterina approaches Viago with a coded contract packet to send to Rook and the contract is basically to breach the Ossuary#and rescue an imprisoned Crow (Rook is unaware Lucanis is “dead” since she was gone and the contract keeps it vague)#but there's the implication it's someone important since Caterina wants to stage a rescue#the packet with info on the Ossuary also ties the operations happening there with the red lyrium artifacts they've been hunting in Minratho#and the appearance of abominations that aren't like any they've encountered before#so going to the Ossuary ALSO is important to the 'stop the Old Gods' plot#BUT ANYWAY that's why this comic reads like she's just seen Viago again despite having Lucanis with her#and also Lucanis was dirty and naked etc in the Ossuary got temp armor and clothes from an inn keep once they escaped#Illario ALSO moved his plan to attack the Diamond after Zara accidentally let it slip that Lucanis was still alive#he'd been fully operating under the assumption that Lucanis was dead for the past year and was plotting to like...#try to stage things to gain favor with Caterina because she still wasn't budging#but then he overhears Zara yelling at Calivan in a magic mirror or some shit that the Ossuary is being breached and Lucanis has escaped#so Illario panicks and directs the venatori attack on the Diamond and kidnaps Caterina so he can have JSUT A LITTLE LONGER to figure it out
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lucabyte · 1 year ago
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So does anybody else ever think about how Loop felt the need to demonstrate that the party's deaths wouldn't have any effect on the loops. I know I do but that's besides the point. Anyway I don't think Loop actually needs to bathe, they just like to feel included.
#'but lucabyte didnt you already do a comic with this exact same message? that loop has potentially killed their party intentionally before?'#yes i did absolutely do that thank you for noticing. that is what the cannibalism comic is about. no that was not a metaphor. lol#isat#in stars and time#isat spoilers#in stars and time spoilers#sifloop#isat siffrin#isat loop#in stars and time fanart#isat fanart#lucabyteart#ill ramble elsewhere some other time. maybe in a text post. but. long and short of it: even if you assume the answer to 'how do they know'#is that in sasasap isa got frozen once. theres still the fact that the loops are from sif being too distressed. how far gone does a siffrin#have to be before they can witness a party member die and notice it has no effect. how does loop feel to have planned to kill the party#during act 3. why did they NEED to show sif that. are they trying to preemtively stop them from getting the idea in their head#that maybe that might work? when they're out of all other options? when they just get so frustrated and at wits end?#loop helps in subtle ways through the whole game. and in less subtle ways like begging sif not to use the dagger. and while yes the#overarching reason you need to learn that the loops are tied to sif is because you need to figure out wish craft.... loop doesn't know the#actual mechanics of the loops themselves. just what didn't work. the power of friendship. getting the final hit in. being perfect. etc...#and besides all that.. how did loop feel during that hangout. being so deceitful. especially since before the other shoe drops#sif is enjoying themselves. but they know what's coming the whole time.#as for: why bathing? its the obvious imagery for blood on their hands/washing/never being clean. and is a bit of an inversion of the other#piece i just drew with the other casual closeness and nudity being kind. this one is cruel instead.#anyway tag ramble over ill do a masterpost of all my fanwork with some directors commentary sometime i promise. since i know im often vague
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ruporas · 2 years ago
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on the run!! (ID in alt)
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sysig · 1 year ago
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How far did you get? (Patreon)
#My art#Handplates#UT#Gaster#Frisk#A DBZA incorrect quote technically - it's just such a raw line#Even what it's in reply to kinda works in this context! ''What exactly changed between you in the future and now?'' Time travel nonsense#It feels real weird to have a piece fully finished in black and white and have that be Correct lol#I am So pleased with the composition of this ♥#Gaster vertical and the human horizonal! Gaster confined and the human-#Hint: He's not looking at Frisk#Gaster being able to see Zarfox consistently is very interesting to me#Or rather - that bit makes sense lol he got as far as he could within the confines of his world and understanding#It's still cool how much he can actually see tho - understand? Interpret? Hard to pin down and define haha#What Sans is able to see doubly interests me - he got some but just glimpses! Different from - I assume - Gaster's consistent sight#Poor Papyrus being left out haha#It's been a while since I've drawn a Vessel - weird to think about Frisk in that context haha#It's accurate! Just weird ♪#I am so in love with Gaster's post-Void design <3 The fact that his lineart is ''canon'' - however you want to phrase it just ughgjkdslafd#Any instance of The Medium being drawn attention to down to its format and details gives me the zoomies lol#Visual representation of the unfathomable! It's so cool!!#And the fact that at the Very least Gaster suspects just how limited his viewpoint is - is phased in and out of it - what he assumes is real#He knows that even with everything that makes him up now - the threads of the multiverse! - it's still so much bigger than he can understand#''More than I thought'' - and then actually getting to talk with some/thing/one(s) that make up at least a sliver of that Bigger#''Less than you'd think'' - like moving a grain of sand that contains a universe on the beach of infinity#Hghhh it's cool <3
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lightgamble · 2 months ago
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DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN | 1.09
Hey, this is it.
#Daredevil Born Again#Karedevil#Karen Page#Matt Murdock#ddba spoilers#Daredeviledit#Daredevil Spoilers#Not Revolution#GIF set#Mine#SEE they really needed to indicate that what happened to Foggy wasn't just a way to f**k Matt up and make Karen move away.#Maybe spend a minute on paperwork submission shots. An email. A brief text. Have Foggy excitedly brag to Matt and Karen that he has#something to show them tomorrow morning that is going to blow their minds#But no. They just expected that people would hang in there waiting for a point.#I have always loved the mystery solving aspect of this show and so I personally felt very disconnected with everything#for most of this season. So to just bring this up in the last 2 episodes feels a bit late.#But I do love them getting their sleuth on together. And I guess it makes sense if things changed now because Karen's back.#Like her departure paused everything and her arrival back is just as everything hits a new gear.#Matt wasn't meant to work this all out on his own.#I still think it wasn't worth Foggy's life but it's an interesting plot piece.#And I like Matt hyping Karen up at the beginning. Like no duh she's good at finding things - she was a reporter.#Matt should really invest in a coat so he isn't wandering around dressed like Daredevil in places that likely have cameras.#I'd say he could have borrowed one from Frank but... now I'm picturing that conversation and that seems a little farfetched.#Frank has like two outfits I doubt he has a coat he can lend out.#(The new gif limits are crazy FYI. I haven't done much giffing in years so it's so weird not trying to keep everything to less than 3MBs.)
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paintedcrows · 9 months ago
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Memento Mori
Or: Why is The Narrator's source object a skull in The Stanley Parable's Freedom Ending. This has been haunting me
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sideblogdotjpeg · 1 year ago
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ive been thinking about the red string superstition recently and also sol bufo always and it makes me sick how uncannily caldwell tanner has made sol to perfectly target me personally
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(+ cropped versions !)
#naddpod#ba2mia#ba2umia#solum bufo#swag daniels#calliope petrichor#calder kilde#alexandrite#posts by me dot com#okay..... SECRET TAGS RAMBLE!#so basically this superstition is like ... i think a chinese/buddhist/taoist superstition?#ive taken some creative liberties with it... but its mostly accurate to how its been told to me?#but of course theres lots of variations! some more abt bad luck; some say to tie it on the doorknob#etc etc ... lots a variations#i was also rlly interested in the .... weird illogic? of the thing?#like the red attracts and repels spirits at the same time#so thats something i was thinking about with too. red is assocuated with both swag and alexandrite. which to me was kinda reflecting like#i think what murph said . swags place in the wild is in a way. an extension of what he learned from the network#mothership s inextractivle from sol and swags lives. they will always be held doen by it. thats the spirit that will follow them forever#that they choose to hold on too! as much pain as it brought ... some of the experience was worth it#and anyway. theres somethingwrong w me that the minute someone brought up this superstition my brain went#'ohhh just like sol!' < needs to touch grass moment#but i CANT BELIEVE. CALDWELL DID THE RED STRING. AND ITS LITERALLY A MOURNING RITUAL#caldwell keeps accodentally makig that frog ASIAN. to MEEEE!!!!!!#but. anyway. idk. ive always hced sol kept the piece of yarn and it makes me kinda .... what if y let the malicious spirits follow you.#and haunt you. what if its the closest you can get to keeping the person still around#and sol and swag obviously have so much about homes .... so!#(ok. weve reached the pt where maybe nobodys reading? so confession is this is sort of a well. ive just been doodling this comic everyday#after a wake. and it was sort of inspired after realising i was even a bit sad about it maybe. so. idk its about sol but also?#i guess the projection doesnt end at him being asian. hehe. is what i mean. LOL. okay secret tags over . buried lore. dont look here folks)
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pixlatedvampire · 9 months ago
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I havent finished anything in a bit so please enjoy my favorite Grima doodles lmao 💗🥰
#grima wormtongue#grima#lotr#lord of the rings#csp#pixel art#doodle#my art#.... posting this again bc its not showing up in the tags.. 2nd time this has happened to me and both are for grima posts..#🤔😒 tumblr whats your beef?? why do you hate him?? hes just a silly guy!!#works out ig? bc i forgot to do alt text on the first go but like annoying. im going to have to check everytime now ig ugh :T#i have painstakingly rewritten my og tags bc itll bother me otherwise lmao rip ->#I missed playing w shapes lmao its fun!!#hes a wiggly man#also long pointy nose is my favorite shape actually. such a fun silhouette#the mcdonalds order is my fav one btw i live for that kind of anachronism lmao 🤣#also i think grima was always whispering weird stuff to theoden since almost no one was actually suspicious of him doing it lol#<- i have a whole drawing planned for that thought! Youll see it. One day >_<”#also technically from movie refs his cloak is one big piece w slits for the arms but i like the shape of separating it better!!#we’re in my mixed bag of canon and personal thoughts now lmao XD#<- i was a brighter happier man 2 hours ago lol#sorry if anyone sees these repost attempts and is annoyed 07 im just a bit confused why it keeps happening ToT#edit: its still not showing up? literally wtf tumblr pls.. my silly drawings... have mercy 🥺 🙏 😭#Edit again: WOAH IT MADE IT??? WERE IN THE TAGS NOW BABYYY SORRY FOR BADMOUTHING YOU TUMBLR SUPPORT IG??#in that case sorry for the double post lmao 😅
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invye · 10 months ago
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Me, gasping awake: "Omg, I haven't thought about Rosinante in days!"
My brain: "No worries fam, here's a huge CoraHawk fake dating fix it AU."
Me: "Thank you :)"
*10 minutes later*
Me: "But you know we can't have Mihawk without Shanks, especially if this is set during their duelling times, and also I think Shanks and Rosinante would get on like a house on fire--"
My brain: "This is gonna be a polyamorous Rosinante/Mihawk/Shanks story before long, who do you think I am??"
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0m3n-0f-d3ath · 3 months ago
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New sketchbook post ⭐️⚔️
Ok maybe making this three months late but huzzah
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My old skecthbook comparison side by side
Finished it just under a year, and now I will be humbly working in my 7th sketchbook
Now I’ve only had this sketchbook for approximately 2 1/2 months and I’ve completed 33 pages
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Big chunk be released out into the wild
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wandixx · 2 months ago
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Count the freckles, connect them like the stars part 2, Pisces
Summary: Five time Danny found and drew constellations from M'gann's freckles and one time she did that for him
M’gann tried to not do it too often, but there was something really nice in going on a rant about something inconsequential. She was leading a stressful life, like all other heroes, teenage or not. It was impossible not to, when every other day could end in life-or-death situation, with innocent lives as additional stakes. Personally she thought she was quite good at handling it, too. She wasn’t the one to get frustrated easily, to explode at people over things that stressed her out in other parts of life, and lately she even got some useful coping mechanisms thanks to Black Canary. She certainly had bigger problems than characters in her sitcoms.
All it is to say, there was still something enjoyable in channeling pent-up stress into winded discussion about something she found absurd in old English poems or other elements of her homework.
“And it feels so dumb, like, man heard from some witches that he’d get promotion, which wasn’t that surprising, considering everything he’d done, and then become king, and then when he got said promotion by virtue of doing what he was doing, he decided he needs to force the fate”
“Exactly! Like, Macbeth, my man. Even if you assume these ladies are right, which, why would you do that, these were randoms by the road, this means you’re guaranteed to become king. Why kill your king, your friend who you’ve been wax poeting about few pages ago?!” Danny agreed passionately, waving his hands in righteous exasperation so much, that he almost tripped over his tea. In all honesty, he was M’gann’s favorite rant partner. Sometimes he’d ask «Do you need solution or someone to yell with?» and then he was always eager to match her energy and never tried to give her advice when she didn’t ask for it. On few occasions they stumbled upon resolution while egging each other on, but but that was never a point. The point was to complain about whatever until they both felt better about it.
“And maybe it makes sense and makes everything deeper or something, but who the hell is Hecate and why did she just show up? Like, can everyone stop acting like it’s obvious? Not everyone here is human” she whined, slightly redundant. After all, big part of why she was at school in the first place was because people assumed she was human too. Still it would be nice if things were explained a bit more.
“And it’s not even general human thing, just ‘Western’ culture thing. Hecate is goddess from Greek mythology, though I’m not sure why she was used here? Maybe because one of her things were crossroads. But still. She is not really well known. Like, bitch please, not everyone here knows mythology, give people breadcrumbs at least”
“Breadcrumbs?”
“Breadcrumbs. Tiny pieces of information that can lead you to the answer. It’s from some fairy tale, I think”
“Huh. Cool”
M’gann leaned back in her chair and looked at the high ceiling for a moment.
“I need to get around to making bread sometime soon. That could be fun”
Danny just hummed in agreement.
“But it’s hard to heat up the kitchen enough for dough to grow, since it’s connected to main area”
She saw out of the corner of her eye how Danny’s face scrunched up, deep in thought.
“I think Sam mentioned some recipe that let’s bread grow in fridge overnight. I can ask her about it, if you want”
Girl slumped back forward, to look at him surprised, to make sure he was serious.
“Would you?”
“Of course”
“Thanks”
She reached forward to get her own tea. Danny’s eyes followed her hands as if they were artifacts cursed so once you looked at them, you couldn’t look away. She mentally reached out, just a little, just slightly, to brush against his most surface level thoughts to see what got hims so intrigued. Not any deeper, just–
Ah. He found stars in her freckles again. He wasn’t sure if he should mention it.
M’gann wondered how she could ask about it without bringing up the fact that she read his thoughts. Sometimes it was hard to balance between what his comfort and hers. Without telepathy, people’s moods were downright indecipherable, but she knew humans didn’t really see it the same way, and couldn’t separate public thoughts from private ones.
She needed something with hands, something with–
“Unrelated human culture question, girl at my school offered to do some palm reading on me, do you know what does it mean?” she asked, bringing her hands forward a bit. She hoped he’d take them, but didn’t want to make it too obvious. He did, careful warm fingers grasping her left wrist and flipping it palm up.
She slowly moved pen over to where they sat with her telekinesis, doing her best to not call any attention to it.
“It’s a superstition. Some people believe they can read future based on the lines on people’s hands,” he explained, feather-light finger tracing it “It’s usually stuff like how long will you live, something about your love life, maybe some other things? I don’t know much, I always preferred other forms of pseudoscience.”
“Like what?”
“Astrology~” he said with pizzazz, flipping her hand again, “and you have Pisces, which means you’re caring, optimistic, kind and sweet”
M’gann couldn’t help but laugh. She tried to keep open mind to all different Earth concepts, to not treat them as stupid, even if she considered them absurd, but this one caught her off guard. It was fine though. Danny laughed too.
“Does it really?” she deadpanned, after they both calmed down.
“Yeah!” He mindlessly grabbed the pen and started drawing line just below her knuckles “Pisces is one of the Zodiac Constellations, which is this sort of belt of stars that Sun passes through over the year. Each constellation is supposed to take up 30° of the sky and has assigned time to it, based on when Sun is in opposition of it, so it’s best visible at night. People born during that time have specific Zodiac Sign. Like I said, some people believe it affects people’s personalities and life. I’m Gemini, so allegedly, I’m really curious, playful and adaptable–”
“It’s not wrong.”
“Eh,” he stopped drawing to look at her and wave his hand in so-so motion, “Unfortunately some people get really intense and rude about it, so they’d say I’m two-faced and inconsistent or some shit and then decide they should never talk to me again. Personally I see it as dumb fun though,” he finished, scratching against her skin to write visible lines. M’gann was sure this particular pen normally wrote smoothly, but it seemed like skin made it a bit harder to use. It was alright, she liked the slightly tingly feeling it left behind.
“And my zodiac sign is Pisces?”
"I mean, you're not from Earth and I don't know when you were born, so it's hard to say"
"Right, dumb question"
Danny stopped again and stared at her intensely, suddenly deep in thought. M'gann carefully didn't peek, even though she was curious.
"It isn't," he started slowly, "Mars is close enough that parallax doesn't really affect way stars are in relation to each other, at least from what I read, so you probably could see Zodiac Belt from the surface. We can try extrapolating Earth Zodiac to Martian year and based on that see what was most likely visible when you were born. That could be pretty neat exercise"
"Huh. Are our stars really the same?"
"Yeah, it's really cool, but I don't get it enough to really explain," Danny answered, sounding genuinely bothered by the fact. This just wouldn't do, it was supposed to be time for them to unwind.
"It's fine. Maybe next time."
"Maybe next time"
"What's the story behind Pisces? Like the one you told me about Virgo and three Goddesses?"
Danny relaxed, though he quickly turned a bit sheepish.
"Funny story… There is no story" M'gann forcefully tramped down her disappointment.
"So, was Virgo only constellation with the story?" she asked, trying not to grumble. She enjoyed listening to Danny, when he was so excited, with shining eyes and almost glowing. Sometimes, it was hard to get that out of him, even if he genuinely felt it. M’gann was careful to not look to deep into his mind, so she didn’t actually know why at times he kept repressing every bit of excitement he seemed to feel. She was determined to let it surface far more often.
And these were nice stories too.
“No, don’t worry,” Danny said, not quite laughing, but with this type of projection about him, “It's just Pisces really. I think it was because Greeks adopted Babylonian Zodiac and had to scramble to find anything that could be set as origin story for each constellation. For everything else they found something, more or less matching, but Pisces proved to be difficult. Virgo is supposed to look like Maiden and other Zodiac also has assigned something they look like and based on that myths were assigned. Pisces is said to be two fishes that are tied together by their tails but nobody knows why they'd be that. One idea I heard was that they were fish that lead Aphrodite’s chariot after she came to be from sea foam. Aphrodite was Greek Goddess of Beauty and Romantic Love and was born from Uranus' blood that fallen down on see when his son injured him. I'm not sure if said fishes even appeared in any other Aphrodite myths, or even most versions of her origin story, so I don't think this counts. But I like the way it looks. It's pretty."
M'gann looked down on her palm, where Danny successfully kept upon drawing. She didn't really see what could be so pretty about this particular shape, she thought it was no different to other ones she saw, when Danny drew or when she later went to check it out, but who was she to disregard his sense of aesthetics. Maybe it was something specific to how human or ghost brains were wired.
"It's fine," After a moment she added "So, Pisces have no story and some humans can be weirdly intense about stars on night of others birth”
“Exactly”
“And I’m Zodiacless”
“For now… Ha! I’m done!”
When M’gann looked at it again, she still had trouble seeing fishes in it, but at this point she came to understand that humans were really good at finding things in most random places.
Danny was staring at her, when she looked up from wobbly drawing. He grinned, like he was barely stopping himself from laughter.
“Don’t worry, I don’t know how anyone saw fish there either”
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acaciapines · 20 days ago
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what the fuck.
no spoilers past this point im stopping for the night but MAN. MAN YOU GUYSSSSS IM SO GLAD I DIDNT WAIT LONGER TO GET THE SECRET BOSS STUFF. the things that fucked me up the most: ice mage Absolutely Chapter Two Weird Route and having to kill susie and ralsei to level up. THE WAY KRIS LOOKS AWAY.........
honestly these sections have been SO GOOD. the way you basically have to do weird route to get them--but like, its weird route in a game within a game. so who cares? they arent REAL. but like. where do you draw that line? i wouldn't do weird route in my actual deltarune file, but its cool to use the ice mage when its an 8-bit game within a game? ITS JUST VERY FUN OKAY SO SO MUCH TO CHEW ON. the levels of reality. of who gets to be real. of who gets to Want. also is anyone else gonna talk about how before the game loads in its just The Red Soul before it becomes kris's sprite bc GOD.
but also. is little kris Out There Now. is anyone keeping tabs on that thing. bc i for sure did not walk little kris offscreen.
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buttered-toasty · 8 months ago
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Forging of the Ring/The Proposal/Reflections of Self
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Till death do us part? You’re not getting out of this that easily.
And with that I think I’m done with my little marriage series (as I have been calling my bigger Sauron pieces)! I will post them all together sometime. Happy Halloween and remember not to separate out parts of your soul for the making of cursed jewelry!
Bonus thing with some extra portraiture under the cut, idk
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