#>> hellhound-isms.

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[howlrs]

@dcgfight

so many ways a character can be dog-coded. stray following someone home and begging for scraps. old and needs to be put out of its misery. attack dog. guard dog. lap dog. puppy that pees on the carpet from excitement. shelter dog just happy to finally have feet to curl up on. unsocialized that bites anyone trying to show kindness. silly goofy puddle monster. obedient until the leash comes off

[prolix-principality]

Angel Network - SpinnerDolphin

Oh I very quickly got into this series, it’s so compelling and well-crafted!

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1364311

Lucifer/Good Omens/Neverwhere/Supernatural/Murder Mysteries: Crowley, Lucifer, Aziraphale, Chloe, Trixie/Beatrice, Mazikeen, Castiel, Dean, Raguel/Rags, Sam, Watchie/Watchdog (a Hellhound), Islington, Linda, Ella, Belial (OC?), Adam Young, Jack, misc characters 11+ works; 111+ chapters; 500,000+ words. ~ Aziraphale keeps a list. Islington, caged beneath London (Check the locks upon leaving). Raguel, LA (be certain his rent is paid). Michael, Heaven, but adores Earth (keep away from bulls). Castiel, alternate universe (don't ever go to that horrid place). and, lately, Lucifer Morningstar, LA, who seems the sanest of the lot. It's all very confusing. Amenadiel, LA, is also on the list, but Aziraphale reported to Amenadiel in the Rebellion and, well, some things are too strange for him even to tolerate. Crowley's just tired of flying over the Atlantic. And turns out his boss? Well, he's kind of alright. ~ Warning: footnotes, food/alcohol, violence/murder/gruesome bodily injury, dead/mangled bodies (human & otherwise), various minor character/animal deaths, off-screen kidnapping, decapitation, non-graphic discussion of people being eaten/loss of limbs/skinning, discussion of sex, (Lucifer canon-typical) police, brainwashing/memory tampering, kids in danger, seizures/medical scares, magical compulsion/threatening plants, misnaming/mispronouned, possession, excrement/sewers/unsanitary, “brat” (affectionate), brief animal abuse/car crash/insects/fire, various isms/phobic language, micro-penis jokes, (brief) gambling/drugs/theoretical incest/metaphorical beastiality/necrophilia/pedophilia/slavery/native genocide/suicide/vomit/rape mentions, minor confusing typos ~ Podfic Available - Hope4Tomorrow ~ Note: though the following canons are not necessarily largely relevant to the overarching story they are still featured: BBC Sherlock, Pirates of the Caribbean, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

[huntershowl-moving]

but sometimes, unexpectedly, grief washed over me in waves that left me gasping; and when the waves washed back, i found myself looking over a brackish wreck which was illuminated in a light so lucid, so heartsick and empty, that i could hardly remember that the world had ever been anything but dead.

[huntershowl-moving]

@spungolden

you are not a wasteland you just need ibuprofen and a hot bath and a shower and a nutritious meal and some water and some fresh air and to do something productive and to do something creative and to do something that takes physical exertion and to do something social

[theiinkwiitch]

Winnie Tag Dump!

[insertmesoftly]

Loona x Submissive Hellhound OC (SFW)

**STUMBLES OVER MYSELF AS I WATCHED A SNEAK PEAK OF THE NEXT EP IN HELLUVA BOSS**

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THE SELF INSERT PLOT IDEA I GOT WHEN THE PILOT ARRIVED IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE USED AS A PLOT POINT-

.......

Nope, not gonna make it its own post, it's cringe to me now and was honestly just one of my ways of getting out some frustration as I started coming to terms with bottoming more. Just gonna write what it was here. (Note from the future. I did it again. I went way in detail. Im a fucking idiot.)

My first take of a self insert was, of course, a hellhound because I'm a fucking furry I'm sorry. It was a small hellhound with big ears and a real people-pleaser personality named Luni (I used this name a lot in my teens lmao). They were caught by a 'Pound' essentially (had an idea that there's where unemployed and unwanted hellhounds are called 'strays' and get put there instead of shelters). They live terrified of the consequences if they can't find work soon.

After a big fight with Blitz, Loona runs away and hasn't been back for weeks. Blitz is beside himself with worry, putting up flyers, being unable to work without sobbing. The M&Ms are sympathetic, but worried that this is hindering their progress, so Millie gets the idea to go with Blitz to the Pound to see if she's there.

They ask for a Loona, but get saddled with Luni. This is not Blitz's daughter, obviously. Blitz is outraged and is about to storm out of the room to yell at the person in charge, but Luni is on the floor clutching at his legs and begging to be given a chance. They just need work, any work, please please please, they'll be good at anything, anything please! They have the biggest puppy eyes, their whines getting to Millie and she reminds Blitz they need a receptionist. This only angers him more as he reminds her that's Loona's position, but Millie suggests that maybe Luni could just... do it in the meantime. Then they can have them do something else like... cleaning?

Luni perks up and agrees, overselling how good they are at keeping things clean, getting a giggle out of Millie. Both of them look at Blitz with pleading expressions and Blitz caves.But they won't be his responsibility. He's not happy about it, but under Millie's name, meaning she has be the one to look over Luni.

Luni is quick to pick up on what to do, and does a fantastic job at getting things done. It's... annoying for Blitz, who is still heartbroken over his daughter, more so as he sees Luni get along better and start having a bit of a familial relationship with Millie and Moxxie. Luni is a good worker, a good friend, a good person.

Then, finally, Loona comes back. She storms into work right after a client leaves, not even lookinf up from her phone as Blitz rushes to hug her and cry. It's a big deal as both sides try very awkwardly to talk things out, Loona confesses that she's been avoiding Blitz by staying at different people's houses. She doesn't apologize for not contacting him, but largely, Blitz can't stay mad at her and is just happy she's safe. Everything is seemingly smoothed out... until Loona looks over his horns at her desk.

Luni is freaking out as their eyes lock, and in an instant, Loona is puffed up and growling, indignant at having been replaced as Luni turns tail and hides under the desk.

A screaming match later with Moxxie and Millie coming to defend Luni, Blitz trying to mediate, Loona baring her teeth with every word and Luni whimpering behind the M&Ms later, things are somewhat resolved. For now.

Luni is going to be an assistant for Loona, stay in the office with her and help keep things orderly. Loona isn't happy still, a mix of emotions and hellhound territorial-ism seeping in. Luni feels the agression keenly and is doing their best throughout the oncoming days to be as submissive as possible. Loona was very on edge at first... then she started realizing how much she can take advantage of this. Now Luni is doing most of her work without a whimper of complaint. Even going above the usual stuff, like running dumb errands, responding to calls meant for her... and giving her massages.

It started as a joke to see how much Loona could get them to do, but Luni was surprisingly good at it. Now it's a constant whenever the others are away to give Loona back massages.

Things escalate the more time they spend together. Loona enjoys having power over the tinier hound and making them tremble, but there's been times when they've been admittedly nice to be around. Like times after more annoying comments from Blitz that make her snap. Loona started a pattern of being mean to Luni after these fights as a way to de-stress, but after one that got too real, she got caught crying. Loona was horrified Luni was watching her, tried doubling back on her intimidation, twisting the knife with every new insult as she cornered the dog and pinned them to the wall, snarling and biting. Luni didn't complain or cry, they just kept looking at Loona with worry and risked their hand getting bitten as they tried brushing a tear from her face. Loona growled as she grasped their wrist tightly but let them go. She hasn't used them to vent those frustrations since.

Loona doesn't want to admit to their anger being replaced by growing feelings of fondness. Luni is a tiny pathetic whimp and that's all there is to it. There's nothing about them Loona can possibly like other than their usefulness.

But then, there's a day when Loona gets roped up into taking Luni with her to a party. It was involuntary, Luni was just kind of forced on her by Millie. Loona is annoyed and Luni is terrified of their first party. Despite her grievances, Loona steps up and helps them with their outfit, gives them the ins and outs on what to do in certain situations, walks them over to the house its at... then leaves them to fend for themself. Loona thought that should be it, she came with a mission to get the attention of a guy she liked and babysitting Luni was not going to impede that.

She successfully kept ignoring their presence as they stumbled everywhere, getting closer to her target as the night went on. She finally got him alone a long time after, everything was perfect, Loona was about to be kissed but-

She caught Luni smiling and laughing with another hellhound. A very attractive one at that.

Loona couldn't stop herself as she pushed her target away. All her pining and yearning for him went out the window as he called her name but she kept walking, storming to pick Luni up and leave.

They stop somewhere away from the party, but still not close to either's home, at a dark alley. Loona has her freak out there, back to her usual vile insults and pushiness as she accuses Luni of ruining her night and her chance at getting some action. Luni is so used to Loona's outbursts, they know to nod along and to keep apologizing and to stay submissive. They're so submissive.

Loona points this out and calls them a whore for punishment. They'll take any abuse and attention, like that nobody from the party they kept mooning about. Maybe she shouldn't have stepped up and gotten them out. Maybe they would've preferred going home with a stranger.

Luni jumps in finally, the anxiety winning as they insist like their life depended on it that they would've never gone with anyone anywhere without Loona. They would've waited for her at the house if anything happened.

This surprises Loona... the answer is something that coincides with Luni's usual 'good dog' behavior but it still felt ridiculous. The lengths of their stupid loyalty.

'You're so fucking pathetic.'

Before either realize what's happening, Loona has their head in her hands, nails dug into their skin as they're brought up to a kiss.

[serena-hart-09]

Meet My MC!

Link to the Picrew.

Link to the RAD Sujects Original Post  by @hyper-super-clover​

If you have any questions about my (1st) MC or about anything else, ask away! 

(There are going to be more MCs!)

(I hope you like this!)

[Casual Outfit]

TW: Blood

[Meta Form]

Bio:

Name: Meera Yukikaze

Race: Meta (-human) (Currently) ; Human (Formerly)

Age: 24

Date of Birth: 28 September

Hair: Black

Eyes: Right- Red ; Left- Yellow ; Both- Black (Formerly) (Also wears eye-contacts of the same color when near humans) (has Myopia)

Alias/Other Names: Master (Irume) ; Sister (Anya) ; The-One-Who-Shan’t-Be-Named (“Former Identity���) ; “Writer” (Unknown) ; Aoi Yukikaze (Former Identity before reincarnation) ; “MARIA” (Former Identity).

Personal Life:

Family: Aisha Yukikaze (Mother) ; Sojiro Yukikaze (Father) (Deceased) ; Ouka Yukikaze (????)

Others: Itogami (Former Master) ; “Arthur” (First Love) ; Isme (Disciple) ; Anya (Former Disciple) ; “Erena Von Degres” (Alter-ego, enemy, acquaintance, friend) ; Vivlia Isten (Creation, Enemy) ; Sayaka Anazawa (Deceased???) (Former Friend, enemy) ; Solomon (????) ; Ariela (pet dragon) ; Miros (pet pomerian dog).

Job before Arriving in Devildom: Author, has written many novels. Mostly, Fiction. Also has worked as a teacher to help Irume master his power. Sometimes also works at her mother’s café to help her.

Favorite color: Royal Red and Navy Blue.

Personality: During her childhood she was a very timid person. However, growing up she started to build her confidence and became a prankster in her mid-teens. She then again went through a personality shift and completely stopped her pranks and started to act more mature. Usually, she is calm and collected even when the situation is not in her favor, however, she only gets angry if her loved were hurt.

Likes: Her family ; novels ; writing ; tea ;  any dessert in chocolate flavor (cake, ice-cream, etc.) ; spicy foods ; anime ; supernatural animals like hellhounds and dragons ; different and interesting languages.

Dislikes: Her father ; coffee ; any fruit flavored cake (especially strawberry) ; sweet food ; any bug (more if it has more legs) ; conversations without purpose or meaning ; being called a “boomer”.

Fears: Fear of being alone and forgotten ; Butterflies and Lizards.

Relationships:

Note: “-----’s POV” means, how their relationship has grown till the present. (I don’t the right word for that right now-)

[In Devildom]:

{The Brothers}

(Has a pact with each of them.)

Lucifer:

Meera’s POV: (Dislike > Close Friend > Lover > Mate)

Lucifer’s POV: (Major Dislike > Interest > Close Friend > Lover > Mate)

While meeting him for the first time, Meera didn’t like his attitude. Avoided him like a plague after the tomb incident and whenever she had to talk to him, she was rude to him, openly showing disinterest in talking to him. This created some sort of enmity between them. She also gave Satan a lot of ideas for pranks from her experiences (thus, also getting roped in having to listen Lucifer’s lecture). She criticized him every time about his behavior towards his brothers. Tried to get into his head. Use to insult him a lot. After he helped her in some of her tasks, she started to talk a bit politely with him. After that, they would spend hours and hours with each other talking about topics they both agreed upon. She softened up a bit with him. She even showed him the photos of her pet dragon and pet dog to him, he said that he would like to meet the both of them someday. One day, out of nowhere, they both challenged each other in a drinking competition…… which……. Making their relationship complex. They avoided each other again until Lucifer came to her confiding in her about his thoughts. They again got close with each other. They spent time in knowing about each other more. It was Lucifer who confessed first. (Kept the relationship a secret at first.) After sometime they officially started dating. Sometimes the both of them would fight with each other or feel insecure about their relationship due to their different races. But even after all that, they still came together and talked about what they think albeit sometimes forcefully.  When Meera told him about her Meta-human nature he had to take some time to process the information before asking her more about it. He of course accepted her and in-turn showed her, his own True Demon Form. (Even letting her touch his wings.) After the attic incident, Lucifer became more protective of Meera. In 6 years of dating, Lucifer marked Meera as his mate. She then, turned into a full Meta destroying her human side of her nature to stay with Lucifer.

Mammon:

Meera’s POV: (Major Dislike > Acquaintance > Close Friend, Marriage Therapist)

Mammon’s POV: (Nuisance > Interest > Close Friend)

Like with Lucifer, she disliked Mammon a lot since he had stolen her ring that her master had given to her, in the 4th week. Which is why, she hexed all of her objects of value so that he won’t steal them. He was very rude to her and his impolite attitude made her dislike him even more. After defending him from Lucifer, he started to follow her around like a puppy which kind of made them close enough for him to be an acquaintance. After the TSL Mammon would hide behind her when Levi or Lucifer would come after him encouraging her to go against both of them. Some times Mira would give subtle advices to him for his schemes to make profit. Meera hates mathematics and Mammon then helped her whenever she needed his help. Was just like in the canon but more platonic. After Lucifer and Meera got together, he was salty for weeks until he saw both of them happy with each other. Became an accidental Marriage Therapist for both of them when they would fight or if any miscommunication happens between Lucifer and Meera. Both of them go to him to talk and seek advice. (Mammon feels proud about this no matter how many times he denies it.) Sometimes he would literally shout them or even plan a secret date for the both of them with the help of Asmo and Satan (sometimes). Literally cried when the both of them announced that they are mates, “They have grown so much *sniff*” (denies all claims of this event). But is still the Marriage Therapist after all these years. (Maybe for all eternity.)

Leviathan:

Meera’s POV: (Acquaintance > Dislike > Acquaintance > Friend)

Levi’s POV: (Dislike > Acquaintance > Dislike > Acquaintance > Friend)

If there is a complex relationship that Meera has over the years, its with Leviathan. After watching her mannerisms, he did start to call her a Boomer or a Normie much to Meera’s dislike. Though, he was surprised when he saw her talking about her past pranks to Satan. When he got know that she too likes anime he was really happy and they were alright. That was until the TSL quiz happened. When he lunged at her to attack, she created an unknown shield that made him bounce back and hit the wall. After that, their friendship was more or less rocky. Truly does not know how to feel about Meera after the attic incident. Even so, he did give his silent support to the romantic relationship of his brother. Over all, its’s fine.

Satan:

Meera’s POV: (Acquaintances > Friends > Close Friends > Puppy Crush > Close Friends)

Satan’s POV: (Acquaintances > Friends > Close Friends)

Another complex relationship but with a one-sided crush! No really, from all the chaos the only one who seemed sane and likeable to Meera was Satan. Satan and Meera got along pretty well due to their liking in novels and books. (And also due to the pranks-) Meera also showed some her books to him asking his opinion over them. Satan also helped Meera study and recommended the books that she would need to study. At some point Meera developed a puppy crush on him, due to his personality and due to the fact that Satan looked similar to Arthur in terms of looks. However, she kept her distance from him when he fell in love and started dating Shannon the other exchange student. After the body-swap event, Meera got comfortable with Satan and somehow got over her crush. They still recommend each other novels and talk, criticize over writing of the book, etc.

Asmodeus:

Mira’s POV: (Dislike > Acquaintance > Close Friend, Marriage Therapist)

Asmodeus’s POV: (Interest > Acquaintance > Close Friend)

Asmo’s relationship with Meera was quite stable. At first due his overly excited approach, she wasn’t too fond of him at first. She didn’t like his narcissistic personality and sometimes cringed at it all. However, when she made a pact with him, she started to understand him and basically became close with him. Like Mammon, he is also a Marriage Therapist for Meera and Lucifer (much to Lucifer’s displeasure). He is also the one who ruined Meera’s innocence (according to Lucifer) telling her about various kinks and fetishes. (And of course, due to her curious mind she asked Asmo to elaborate more on it.) Sometimes when Mammon is busy consulting Lucifer, Meera would go to Asmodeus and consult him (and vice-versa); or many a times the both of them will go to Asmo. One time, Asmo jokingly said that he would like a fee for his therapy session from both of them, he was only met with glares. (He of course apologized for that.) He is probably the biggest aggressive shipper you have ever seen. He will ship his brothers (and himself) to anyone that seems appropriate (for his brothers).

Beelzebub:

Mira’s POV: (Acquaintance > Close Friend)

Beel’s POV: (Acquaintance > Close Friend)

Another most stable relationship. Both of them got along pretty well both due to Beel liking Meera’s cooking and that they don’t have any problems towards each other. After knowing about Meera’s feelings and Lucifer’s feelings for each other he supported both of them. He was happy that Meera is now a member of his family. After the attic incident he became closer with her.

Belphegor:

Meera’s POV: (Friend > Major Dislike > Friend)

Belphegor’s POV: (Enemy > Friend)

Another complicated relationship. During the time when Belphie was in the attic Meera and he used to get along (at least according to her). However, due to the attic incident and also due the revelation of sister’s and Meera’s connection he started to regret what he did to her. Meera never truly forgave Belphie for what he did, but tolerated him and accepted his apology for Beel. Meera does talks to Belphie, but very politely without any comfort or familiarity that she shows with the others. 

Side Characters:

Diavolo:

Meera’s POV: (Acquaintance > Close Friend)

Diavolo’s POV: (Acquaintance > Close Friend > Love Interest > Close Friend)

Meera and Diavolo got along together well. At first, Meera was quite hesitant to talk to him but due to his friendly attitude, she was at ease. They would talk about the Human World and overall Devildom and compare the both of their food, culture, etc. He feels guilty for making Meera go through the damages from the attic incident and has apologized to her. After sometime of both of them spending time with each other, Diavolo developed feelings for her and tried to confess to her. However, at that point, Lucifer and Meera had already started dating. He did try to take her away by force, which resulted in her memories being erased. After that, Diavolo gave up on his love and treated Meera as only a friend again. 

Barbatos:

Meera’s POV: (Acquaintance > Dislike > Acquaintance)

Barbatos’s POV: (Acquaintance)

From their first meeting both Meera and Barbatos stayed polite towards each other. After the attic incident, the little trust she had on him was gone. For her own comfort she stayed away from Barbatos even after many years.

Simeon:

Meera POV: (Acquaintance > Love Interest > Friend)

Simeon POV: (Acquaintance > Friend > Love Interest > Close Friend)

Simeon was someone who Meera could trust in the Devildom (with Satan). After her initial puppy crush towards Satan, she fell for Simeon. Due to their similar interests, they got along pretty well. They would, discuss story plots and give each other suggestions and advices over tea. After some time Meera, confessed to him, however, he rejected her. She like with Satan kept herself away from him for some time. During Meera and Lucifer’s initial secret dating, Simeon ended up confessing and told her that he was scared when she had confessed her feelings, for he was an angel. Lucifer (who was in the same room) finally told Simeon of his and Meera’s relationship (in a very smug tone). After, Meera properly rejected Simeon’s confession, saying that its true that she fell for Simeon that time, but now it was different and that she was happy with her relationship with Lucifer. After some awkward small moments, they became friends again.

Luke:

Meera’s POV: (Acquaintance > Close Friend > Pseudo Adoptive Child.)

Luke’s POV: (Acquaintance > Close Friend > Parental Figure)

Like with Simeon, Luke was one of the people Meera could spend time with without going insane. Meera has most of the time scolded the brothers not to call him a chihuahua. After the tomb incident, he looked at Meera as his hero. Even though Meera does not have a sweet tooth and does actively hate sweets she always helps Luke in baking cakes and pastries. She also helps him study a lot. One time, Luke accidently called her “Mom” and Meera was shocked but was happy and said she didn’t mind it (while he gets embarrassed, and gets teased at by everyone). Luke still sometimes calls her mom.

Solomon:

Meera’s POV: (Don’t want to get involved with > “Nope” > Acquaintance > Friend-not-Friend)

Solomon’s POV: (Old Fren! :O > Acquaintance > Best Friend :) )

Meera has met Solomon before the exchange program. She was honestly horrified to find him there. Avoided him like a plague. Whenever he tried to talk to her she would dismiss him, saying that she was busy. The brothers had already noticed this and helped her avoid him. No one except for Lucifer knows what happened between Meera and Solomon. Diavolo had once tried to ask Meera about it but she changed topic smoothly (by that I meant by laughing nervously and talking about the good ol’ weather). Even though Meera does not at all considers that she is close to Solomon, she does sometimes shows worry and care for him.  

Other Characters: I still haven’t caught up to the current lessons T_T (I really don’t know about them that well.....)

Other Relationships: (with characters that appear in Devildom) (“OCs”)

Ouka Yukikaze (O-O-KA):

Meera’s POV: (???? - ???? > ????)

Ouka(?) Yukikaze: (Same as above)

Ouka is the spirit that is invisible to everyone else, even to the Demons and Angels but not to Meera. She follows around Meera almost everywhere. Ouka has swore to protect Meera no matter how difficult the circumstances are. Ouka is very fond of Meera. Like Asmo (of course) she also ships people a lot the example is Meera and Lucifer.

Lucifer looking at Meera, smirking: It’s just me and you and the moon above us.

Meera: *looks at him, flushed*

Ouka, from the bush, trying to sound like the moon (and failing): Hey. You two should kiss!

If you knew her well, you could see a twinge of sadness in her eyes when she looked at the brothers, for some reason. Despite her antics, Meera also cares and respects Ouka.

Devildom and RAD:

Favourite Subject: Spells, curses and hexes ; Devildom History ; Demon Language ; Art ; Music ; Theatre ; “Three Realms” ; Understanding Familiars ; Devildom Beastkeeping ; History Of Magic ; Alchemy ; Transformation Magic ; Three Realms Literature ; Normal and Cursed Photography and related media ; Illusions and Evocation.

Favourite Jobs: Hocus-Pocus, Royal Library, Majolish, Ristorante Six.

What does she prefers more?: Devildom’ Cuisine ; Celestial Realm’s Cuisine ; Human World’s Cuisine✔ 

As much as she likes the spicy food in Devildom, she would still prefer Human World Cuisine. Celestial Realm’s Cuisine is just filled with sweets……. Yeah, no.

Subjects that she dislikes: Mathematics ; Devildom Botany ; Sports ; Human History ; Physics of Three Realms ; Newspaper Club ; Astrology ; (Human) Sacrificial Teachings.

Jobs that she dislikes: Hell’s kitchen, Madam Scream’s, The Fall.

Other Preferences:

Cats or Dogs: Both. (prefers dogs)

Horror Movies?: Yes, if it is a Psychological Horror.

Scared of Ghost?: No. (Yes.)

Who is your Crush?: Lucifer.

End Notes: This is the most longest post I have wrote........hahhahhaha. 

Also, Do not Repost without permission! (Reblogs are Ok)

[jq37]

The Report Card – Fantasy High Sophomore Year Ep 14

Brennan Says It’s My Turn With The Daddy Issues

So we’re in hell--literally, not emotionally (at least for the moment). We being Fig, Riz, Gilear, the Hangman, and the blood-imp valet that Fig created last week who is ostensibly named Wretchrot but also picks up the nickname Baby this episode because of shenanigans. Wretchrot brings them all to where they’ll be staying, says a bunch of wild stuff in his weird Rita Repulsa voice, and drinks Fig’s blood which is what he is made of. Riz is bullied by the Hangman and misses the other half of his Nerd Squad. 

Anyway, Wretchrot takes the group on a little tour of Gorthalax’s stuff starting with the library which includes books that steal souls and also legal texts (redundant). Fig looks for a book on devil dating advice while Riz looks for something on the Hellish legal system On a 17, Fig finds a Manual for Succubi and Incubi about extracting souls via the penis. More helpfully, on a 16, Riz finds out that coups are baked into the ruling system of hell and killing someone to ascend to the throne is pretty par for the course. 

Next up is the hall of treasures where there are suits of armor themed to the 7 deadly sins including kinky, gimp, Lust armor they briefly consider equipping either Gilear or Kristen with (Ally breaks at that). There are also these Venitian style masks through which the people who failed to kill Gorthalax to take his place are forced to watch him do his thing. 

They pass through a hall of mirrors which they realize is a kind of security system as it shows things as they really are. Wretchrot appears in the mirror as a drop of Fig’s blood. The Hangman appears as a huge puppy!!!! (OK, a hellhound but all canines are puppies). Riz holds up the photo of Kalina to the mirror and, in the mirror, can’t see her in the photo. However, he does she her in the mirror itself. She waves at him and then appears “in person”.  Fig doesn’t know this is going on and asks Riz if he’s emotionally OK with the fact that they just whip out the photo of his dead dad on the regular. Riz says it’s fine but he quickly becomes less fine when Kalina asks if he'd like to see his dad. He starts to answer her out loud but she tells him that, by talking out loud, he’s tipped off Fig potentially so he should lose her and then meet her alone. The Hangman guards everyone while Riz and Fig split up, to find stuff to test in front of the mirror. Well, that’s the stated plan anyway.

Back in Arborly, Adaine is getting to check an item off of her Teen Girl Life Experiences checklist: Spilling Tea About Your Friend’s New GF. She gleefully does the whole, “I can’t tell you but I’ll tell you if you guess right,” routine before outright confirming that while crustacean shenanigans were happening in the house Fig and Ayda were sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! Everyone in the group goes feral over the news, especially the Gay Squad. She vaguely recalls that Ayda also told her some information about a rune or something but everyone agrees that she retained the most important information. 

They decide to call Aguefort about their coins and the rune (Kristen wisely having all the infected people leave the room). Aguefort tells them that the coins that they have comprise Kalvaxus’s hoard but not his original hoard as it has been spent and invested and put into the economy. Classic Ship of Theseus problem (ie: If you have a ship and you start replacing damaged parts of it, by the time you've replaced all the parts, is it even the same ship?). He also reminds them that spending the gold as quickly as possible is a good idea to avoid the dragon madness curse which is on all dragon gold (a weak but very hard to break curse). That prompts Adaine to describe the rune she discovered to him and he tells her basically the same stuff Ayda did last episode. She wonders if dragon madness could be the larger, static curse under which the trojan horse curse (the spellbook) is hiding. Gorgug wants to give all of the gold away and Fabian is not about that life at all.

Back in hell (literally and emotionally now) Riz prepares to meet Kalina. With a 25 Investigation, he finds a sliver of mirror that he can bring with him to keep from being tricked. He’s also mindful of being paralyzed while he’s with Kalina at the edge of a hell cliff so he anchors himself with a rope tied around his waist. Kalina is her usual aloof, darkly charming self when they speak and Riz is pretty flustered, asking if she was his dad’s familiar (no). Kalina says that Riz didn’t really know his dad and the question he isn’t asking but should be is how did his dad meet her in the first place.

She takes him to a little secret passageway which she says goes to a liminal place where he can see between the levels. She gives him the help action to get a good look (which makes Murph extremely nervous) but he only gets an 11 which means all that he sees is a cold, white light coming from the opening. He tries to use his mirror to look inside but on a 13 dex save, his footing is shaky and some rocks fall down the side of the cliff (he’s fine). Kalina says that he’s gonna have to man up and walk down the tunnel if he wants to see what’s going on. She fully reveals that she’s incorporeal and can’t actually touch him to mess with him if that helps at all. 

Riz is clearly struggling with the choice but he ultimately decides that he can’t pass up this chance and that he can trust Fig to rescue him if things go south. He leaves her a note and then steps through. Within the tunnel, he can feel things watching him and hear a chittering that’s weirdly somehow coming from him. In front of him is a smoky room lit by a cone of light--think interrogation room in an old detective show. In a chair, covered in blood and shit and tattered clothes is Pok Gukgak, gagged and chained. Riz reaches for him but, as he tries to step forward, he reaches the end of his rope. Someone unseen splashes Pok with water and tells him to “confess” and “tell us what you know.” Riz pulls out his gun--his dad’s gun--to shoot out the light. As he does, a thought comes unbidden: You know what the kind thing to do with that gun would be. That shakes Riz so he lowers the gun and starts to untie himself. He’s stopped by Kalina (speaking in his mind) who tells him that if he steps in the light, he’ll be on another level of hell in the Iron City of Dis for real. Not just looking in. Riz pulls out his mirror shard and confirms that it really is his dad in there being tortured. He leaves the tunnel.

Kalina says that she knows Riz is all hopped up on doing his quest and stopping the Nightmare King but if he just stops, if they all stop, none of his friends will have to die and, bonus, maybe there will be a little rescue mission for his dad in it for him. Riz wants to know if Pok knew what her true nature was and he seems to think he cheated on his mom with her (“I know what happened between you two. I can do the math.” Which seems logistically improbable but OK). She reminds him that Pok was a spy which means it’s naive to think that every thing he did was good and taunts him about his clue hound nature before vanishing.  

Riz meets up back with Gilear and Fig and he spills about everything. Gilear wants Riz to have lunch and drink some water before he does anything rash. Fig says that they don’t need Kalina to rescue Pok. They know crazy-person Bill Seacaster who’s also in hell. She lights a beacon to help him find them (if you remember, the Hangman has been attempting to contact him for Fabian). One thing I didn’t mention before is that Fig brought up the idea of temporarily installing herself as the ruler of Gorthalax's section of hell so she’d be a powerful enough devil (or devil-adjacent entity) to get them into Sylvere. Wretchrot said it was probably a no-go since she’s half mortal but, now, on a 29 Riz re-reads his legal book and realizes that Fig wouldn’t actually have to kill Gorthalax to take his place, she just needs to defeat him, which she technically has by putting him in a gem and they put that together almost before Brennan is done narrating. They have a new plan.

The other Bad Kids are discussing what Arianwyn is up to and Gorgug suggests that maybe she’s not actually working with Kalina. Maybe she’s playing along but actually has ulterior motives. Kristen looks at Arianwyn’s notes and on a 24 “Empath Roll” (Brennan converts this Ally-ism to an Insight check) sees that at a certain point, Arianwyn started making leaps in her research that were too lucky and suggest someone was helping her--possibly the entity she was researching. Adaine thinks about calling her mom using Sending or her new Sinod of Spire spell but Ayda calls Adaine and asks if she can come over. Of course she can. She comes with her recently summoned tropical fish familiar in a bubble of water--it has the very Albus Severus name of “Garthy and Adaine the Fish” which Adaine is thrilled about but also suggests shortening to GAF (and also considering reconstituting it into a cuddlier form--though the image of her dumping Boggy into GAF’s bubble is super adorable). Meanwhile, Kristen is thrilled to welcome her to “the family” because being gay is the same as visiting an Olive Garden (this is a shirt now because Ally said it which is too much power to give to Ally). Ayda kinda sucks some of the fun out of teasing her about her relationship with Fig by being extremely forthright about it but Kristen and Adaine brighten at the thought that Fig will be a lot more fun to tease. 

But, back to business. Ayda has not slept because she’s been working on getting to Fig. The whole group is like, “Bitch, are you OK?” and give her an ice cream sandwich which is proper Good Friend Protocol if you have them on hand I think. Ayda is super worried about Fig and is just about ready to unmake everything standing between them (Normal lesbian move according to Kristen). They talk her down for the moment in favor of sending Fig a message: Fig you sneaky bitch. Ayda’s here. She wants to invade hell. You good? PS: OOOOOOOOOOOH. PPS: Ask Kalvaxus about dragon madness. Fig completely misses the fact that they know what’s going on with Ayda (you’d think they’d be more in sync which each others’ texting shorthand) and sends back a message saying she hopes they have fun with her but, “not too much fun,” and also that she, “is king” with no further explanation. Wild. 

Ayda, who is still super keyed up to get Fig, thinks she can figure out the Planeshift spell but she needs more time to work on the spell which she could get...if they steal her dad’s time stopping pocketwatch. Considering they watched Aguefort grab the sun out of the sky the other day, they’re not super down to have a possibly adverse encounter with the man but they hear her out. While they do that, Gorgug takes his now working phone and just straight up calls the guy, explaining the situation (including Ayda’s involvement) and asking to borrow the watch. Aguefort is a little taken aback by the fact that Ayda would want any kind of contact with him at all because about 300 years back, she told him to never contact her again and that she would leave notes to her future self detailing why, which is why he hasn’t really been in her life. He lets him borrow the watch for a week (after which time it will return to him) and asks him to tell Ayda what they talked about, leaving the door open for a possible future relationship between them. When Gorgug returns with the watch and the news, Ayda breaks a little and reveals she didn’t even know she was that old. Presumably because her notes start about 150 years ago with an apology that her past self wanted a fresh start and destroyed the last several batches of notes. She hates herself for doing that and Kristen gently tries to get her to cool it with the negative self talk. Then, they hit the button on the watch and they have a week to work. 

The Wizards work on Planeshift. Fabian and Kristen go to the shrine and Kristen--mirroring her vision from episode 1--sits down to draw the unknown goddess from the mural. Her Spirit Guardians emerge and start to kinda deride her for the sincerity of her action. She in turn decides that she’s done with this wishy-washy “above it all” attitude and dismisses her Spirit Guardians for good (making her, as far as I can tell, the only cleric in Solace with a 100% turnover rate on her Spirit Guardians). She finishes the picture and it feels somehow significant, to her and to Tracker too (who can look at it without wolf-raging out). Gorgug uses the time to “get smarter” which bumps his score from an 8 to a 9 (which has no mechanical implications). Ayda is also working on a side project but she’s keeping it a secret from Adaine. 

In hell, the tribunal is called back in session. Fig comes in ready to claim her hell passport and the throne along with it. On a big ol’ 30 persuasion check--and because the law is on her side--Vrath is reluctantly convinced to confer upon Fig the title of arch-devil (via a full lip kiss which is some Poison Ivy bs) The new title comes with an upside pentagram mark on her forehead, full fire immunity (very convenient considering her new constantly on fire gf), and resistance to poison. However, Vraz is about to force the Hangman to stay in hell due to a legal technicality when who walks in but BILL FORKING SEACASTER, who invokes the law of the blade and immediately starts stabbing their way out of there and hustles the group to his ship (Goldenhoard’s reshaped corpse) which was indirectly named by Fig we learned after the thing that would annoy him the most--The Goldenrod.

Bill gives Fig (who is feeling iffy about her archdevil decision) a pep talk before fully signing up for the rescue mission of the dad of his son’s BFF. We also learn that Alastair Ash is interning on Bill’s ship! He’s pretty happy to see Fig and Riz but if he sees Fabian he’s fully gonna kill him. Right around now, the Bad Kids not in hell remember they can talk to the group via the Hangman and check in since the week of stopped time is up. The Hangman is like, “YOU NEED TO COME HELP US RIGHT AWAY!” They (everyone but the HangVan) Planeshift onto the deck of the Goldenrod which is being targeted by monsters and devils commanded by Vraz. Alastair makes good on his threat and starts trying to shank Fabian immediately (which Bill is hilariously blase about). Ayda opens up a portal to the sea and tries to flood Hell from the top down but Fig stops her, saying that they need to get to the second level to save Pok which seems like it will be quite a task with all the monsters Vraz is throwing at them. Luckily, Bill has money for days (and that money is somehow worth something in hell) and has a whole fleet to back them up for our big Hell Pirate Battle next episode! 

Detention

Gorgug for Bad Gossip Etiquette 

Look, obviously Kalina was the worst person in this episode. Like, duh. But, also, it feels like cheating to punish the Vader of the series for doing something bad. Like, yeah! That’s what she’s supposed to be doing!

So, instead, today’s dubious honor goes to Gorgug for the much less damning but more relatable sin of making his girlfriend aware of tea but not spilling it. Say it all or say nothing! 

Honor Roll

Gorgug for Being More Insightful Than His 8 9 Int Would Suggest

Back to back double awards.

Wisdom is not the same as Intelligence and I actually have no idea what Gorgug’s Wisdom score is on paper but he showed a lot of in this episode.

I think he’s been the first person to suggest that whatever’s going on with Arianwyn might not be as cut and dry as it seems and then, of course, he decided to, instead of trying to Ocean’s 11 Aguefort to just slip out and have a quick heart to heart with him. One that affects him surprisingly deeply. And him bringing up his own experiences with no knowing who his birth dad was was just the chef’s kiss on top of it all.

I don’t think Brennan actually intended them to Oceans 11 Aguefort because that would be crazy, but Gorgug is the one who stepped up to solve the problem for the group with a little compassion and I think that more than earns him the spot.     

Random Thoughts

Trailer for Season 5 is dropping Thursday so get hyped! 

“Are you looking for the Teen Zone of the bottomless pit?”

“The fief of this dom.”

“You’re a little nerd. Tell the cool girl what you know.”

“If I had new parts, where would they go?”

I love Fabian’s confident assertion that Ayda would “love shrimp river”.

Line of the night goes to Ragh for, “Frankly, bringing up the rune in this context is homophobic.” And Adaine’s followup of, “I apologize. As an ally, I’m always learning,” was also great.

I love that the girls instantly understand Fig’s earlier hot tub comment with the new context but the boys are still clueless. 

Watching Emily and Murph have their own little side adventure was so great. They are so fun together and they were clearly having a blast.

I wonder if Gorthalax can tell than Fig just got his title. Either via the title itself or his patron status.

Fig bringing up Riz’s dad to be like, “Are you OK?” caught me so off guard and it seems like it caught Riz off guard too. I hadn’t really thought about it but the fact that Fig had is just another example of her being extremely bighearted and doing a bad job of hiding it. 

Emily’s impotent “rage” as all the party members loudly gossiped about her and Ayda and she couldn’t do anything about it because she wasn’t in the scene was *golden*. 

Kalina leaves Riz so he can watch his dad but, if you think about it, that’s all placebo because she couldn’t do anything to him whether she’s appearing to him or not and she can watch through his eyes regardless anyway so it’s just like, “Do you want me to be visibly watching you or invisibly watching you?” 

Does Kalina have, like, a range? Like, if she can literally just see out of the eyes of people that she’s infected, that limits her to a certain cone of vision and range of movement. But it seems like she can appear to a person and move independently around them to some degree, see things they can’t, point things out, and move away from them. How far away? How independent can she be? What are the logistics here?

Also, on the topic of logistics, it seems extremely hard to know someone for as long as Pok knew Kalina and not realize they’re non-corporeal. Like, even if you’re not a touchy person, eventually you’re gonna bump into them (or, in this case, not bump into them).

Man, the dice really hated Murph this week and, honestly, good. His scenes, imo, work so much better if he doesn’t get to Ally his way out of them with a Nat 20. Him being toyed with by Kalina and unsure and lost is the more interesting version of this sequence of events. 

I feel like he made some big swings and misses this ep though. Like, asking if she was Pok’s familiar? Why would that have been a thing? I’m surprised he didn’t ask if he was the goddess’s familiar--though I guess they might not want to let on how much they know but bringing up the concept that she’s anyone’s familliar I think is kinda of giving the game away.

“I have a hard time making conversation with my friends, let alone you” Riiiiiiiiiiz.

Kalina brought up Kristen to Riz specifically, which I find interesting. (She also said that Kristen used to worship Sol which isn’t strictly true, she worshiped Helio, but same family and that was likely just a slip of the tongue from Brennan. Just wanted to point it out). 

Who does Kalina even work for? Like, it seems like she’s working with the Nightmare King but if she’s the mystery goddess’s familiar like we all think then that’s weird because it doesn’t seem like the NK and mystery goddess are together. Like, a part of me is just dumping everyone antagonistic to the Bad Kids into the same “Bad” bucket in my head but there’s no way all of these people have totally aligned goals. 

“Dragon madness 69”

It’s brought up again in this episode that some of Arianwyn’s research was requisitioned by Pok earlier which I want to ascribe significance to but I’m not in a theorizing headspace right now so I’ll just point it out for anyone who does want to play Gukgak.

I’ve been kinda wondering about the logistics of Aguefort and Ayda and how old that dude is but I totally forgot Chronoancy was a factor which I guess indirectly answers any and all questions about that. It also adds some dimension to his character that time travel is a thing that kinda makes you feel unmoored from time, which I think goes some way (though not all of the way) in explaining why he’s so feral. And, speaking of Aguefort insanity, he was also at the party Zelda was at last episode in the form of an owl as the beer pong mascot. Which Gorgug has Thoughts about. 

I really really want Adaine to talk to her mom in the Synod of Spires. Have you guys realized that, for as much of a driving force Arianwyn’s been this season, she’s had almost no dialogue? She has talked I think 3 times total in all of FH: During Adaine’s intro, Apologizing to her when Aelwen was arrested, and the Message Adaine found from her last episode. That’s it. We know almost nothing about her. What is her deal? Also, Siobhan just always kills during all of her one-on-one scenes and I’m biased.  

Love the return of the Bad Kids being unable to make a phone call and stealing the phone from each other to tag in with their own nonsense. 

Wild that Gorgug was able to get through to Aguefort since he has a history of pissing that dude off by saying the wrong (well, “wrong”) thing.

Shoutout to Gilear for being the Designated Dad of the Hell Trip and making sure the kids were eating and stuff. That was a very endearing moment. 

Also, while we’re on the topic of Gilear, he also cleared up that Sandra-Lynn never seriously propositioned him in an irresponsible, “Let me give you a Magic STD” kinda way which was something I’d been thinking about so I’m glad he said something (though the kids kinda aren’t even though I think we’re way past the point of TMI here).  

“Hiss at her litigator.”

Riz, who Fig is Looking to be the Voice of Reason re: Her Arch-Devil Upgrade: This is super rad.

I’m very curious about whether Brennan fully planned for Fig to decide to take Gorthalax’s place because, on the one hand, my brain didn’t go there at all but, on the other, getting Emily Axford to install someone--possibly herself--into a position of power is like getting Siobhan Thompson to steal a book I feel.

Fig Upon Being Told That Ayda Told Everyone About Them: Fuck.   

I feel like Kristen is gonna wish she had her big moment of emotional catharsis AFTER this big hell pirate fight and not before when she can’t summon her Spirit Guardians. 

Man, we haven’t gotten a big, enthusiastic, “Papa!” from Fabian in a while have we? 

No crits in either direction this episode which is wild considering Fig got a THIRTY at one point.

[killua-and-company]

Things I would Like to Know About Rp Partners

i like to be called: Ike

my favorite color is: Light Red

gender: Male

one thing you should know about me: I like the term "hardcore casual" to describe how I like entertainment since the hardcore half means that I'll read it, play it or watch it when I'm not working but the casual half means that my knowledge about these topics is limited without research

one thing you should know about my muse: Killua, Keres and Asura the hellhound are usually calm in most situations even if the situation is weird or dangerous

age range:22-23

First language:English

my favorite/most common thing to rp is: crack | action| other

am i okay with nsfw?: yes| no

oc friendly?: yes

rp blog:   does | doesn’t contain ooc posts

TAGGING:

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Tagging @castielmaris @cinnamon-pineforest @reilleyisnotdeadyet @thelastvoidwalker @ilia-a-isms and whoever else sees this

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web weaving: persephone / ships mutuals can rb!

unknown / ‘peripety’ series by jen mazza / anne carson, grief lessons: four plays by euripides / joseph morris / — azra.t “fruit” / lauren oliver - delirium / the girl from the other side 

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@tewwor

Hey wouldn’t it be crazy if we just *falls in love with you in every timeline, known and unknown, in and out of bodies we have come to recognize, in places both mundane and not to be traversed, and is bound to find you in every walk of life we take*

[theiinkwiitch]

Vladimir Tag Dump!

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–– HELLHOUND’S DIGITAL FOOTPRINT.

( mutuals can interact !! )

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a relevant trait: when hellhound is fighting, whether sparring or in genuine combat, she refuses to make sounds when she’s struck or injured. she won’t cry out, or groan, or gasp. she locks her jaw and focuses on her breaths instead. there are very, very few exceptions to this – even if it’s particularly bad, such as a gunshot or breaking her leg, she won’t make a sound.

[huntershowl-moving]

LAYER ONE : THE OUTSIDE

NAME -  persephone aisa hellhound, the hunter EYE COLOUR -  unnaturally pale blue HAIR STYLE / COLOUR - black, pin-straight down to her knees + emits smoke from the ends, usually pulled into a low, loose ponytail HEIGHT -  6′4″ CLOTHING STYLE -  tailored black military-style coats, sharp angles, vests and button-ups, embroidered crocus flowers on the linings. sorta modern emily kaldwin uniform chic. BEST PHYSICAL FEATURE - ch-cheekbones...

LAYER TWO : THE INSIDE

FEARS -  demons catching up to her + being unable to face them without freezing up, not being useful anymore, losing leto, becoming attached to anyone GUILTY PLEASURE -  jam. straight out of the jar. BIGGEST PET PEEVE -  being disrespected or not taken seriously AMBITIONS FOR THE FUTURE - to kill a certain person and then ... shrug emoji

LAYER THREE : THOUGHTS

FIRST THOUGHTS UPON WAKING UP:  where am i? am i safe? where’s my gun? WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MOST:   hard to say. she does a lot of thinking – a lot of it’s related to her hypervigilance but she also mentally argues with herself about morals, ponders on the things she sees during the day, general buzzing and worry and distraction from everything she’s repressing WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT BEFORE BED: next job. where’s my gun.  WHAT YOUR BEST QUALITY IS:  deep down, won’t give up on love. 

LAYER FOUR : WHAT’S BETTER ?

SINGLE OR GROUP DATES -  single. TO BE LOVED OR RESPECTED - respected. BEAUTY OR BRAINS - brains. DOGS OR CATS -  cats.

LAYER FIVE : DO YOU…

LIE - often, but she’s not great at it. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - hellhound? yes. persephone? no. BELIEVE IN LOVE - yes . WANT SOMEONE -  great question! repressing that!

LAYER SIX : EVER BEEN …

BEEN ON STAGE:  no. DONE DRUGS: yes. CHANGED WHO YOU WERE TO FIT IN:  i mean... does her whole self count because she’s like seven different layers of persona

LAYER SEVEN : FAVORITES

FAVOURITE COLOR - purple! FAVOURITE ANIMAL - she never thought about it. FAVOURITE MOVIE - i ... hmm. has she seen a movie? FAVOURITE GAME - honest to god hellhound has never played a video game. or a board game

LAYER EIGHT : AGE

DAY YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY WILL BE -  december 5th HOW OLD WILL YOU BE - 26 AGE YOU LOST YOUR VIRGINITY - mm, it would have been around 19? DOES AGE MATTER -  yes.

LAYER NINE : IN A PERSON

BEST PERSONALITY - either very gentle or agumentative and Difficult, generally BEST EYE COLOUR - nah. BEST HAIR COLOUR - nah. BEST THING TO DO WITH A PARTNER - uh – never thought about it. fight back to back?

LAYER TEN : FINISH THE SENTENCE

I LOVE -  leto. I FEEL - empty. I HIDE - myself. I MISS - aya. I WISH - i could guarantee leto’s safety.

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