#[ wither : musings. ]

[madamemiz]

sad: falling out of a hyperfixation

tragic: watching your beloved friends and mutuals fall out of the hyperfixation while you're still in it

[serendipizzy79]

Aww it looks like me and Halsin stayed together after all.

Party! 🎉🥳

[funtheysaid]

purely speculation but…

“Write me a song and put your lover’s voice on it, what the fuck is wrong with your head?”

“Write me a book and put your lover’s voice on it, what the fuck is wrong with your head?”

Andddd the theory that Louis is holding a rough draft of the book in the 2x08 promo image, and is in NOLA to give it to Lestat ANDDD he looks wet like he’s been rained on (or swam the Mississippi cough cough) and andddd the fact that we know there’s a song in the finale called “I Didn’t Know It Was A Gift”

*clears throat*

A gift like a dedicated song or book ???

Yeah it’s probably nothing.

[roamwood]

ok group huddle remember no purple team in artfight history has ever won the game. Stardust we have got to break the cycle

[rsxavior]

Withers strikes me as the camp grandpa. He keeps those terrible hard butterscotch candies in his robe. Just hands them out whenever someone walks over to his side of camp to visit.

[sashatriestobeanartist]

The two concerts - Mode of Withering to Death and Mode of Uroboros - turned out to be very different.

The first one was pure flames, fans were very active, singing, being loud, moving (there was a mosh pit at some point - I hope this is the right word?).

The second one was my favourite, by the choice of songs and by the mood. Fans were more quiet. Some songs weren’t interrupted by screams at all - it seems people were there to listen and watch.

My theory is that the main factor was the choice of songs for each set list - especially Vinushka being the first song on the second day made the mood more thoughtful.

I would love to know if this will be the same for concerts in another cities.

But my favourite thing about this topic is how you can spot the difference in mood by watching Kyo perform Oboro. The mood is so different!

Mode of Withering to Death:

Mode of Uroboros: here

[wolfpackmuses]

Balsar's reaction to being chastised by Bhaal for not becoming his "true son"

[starlitwishes]

@starscrxssed for a plotted starter!

It wasn't the first time he encountered a Withering Zone.

Though Nahida had wiped elezar from Sumeru, her efforts did not prevent the random instances of Withering Zones from occurring--in fact, they almost seemed completely unaffected. What exactly caused them?

That wasn't really his question to ask or answer.

Wrenn had decided to accompany Tighnari to deal with another one that had cropped up near Gandharva Ville, a little too close for comfort.

The second flower had just been dealt with, and Wrenn was just finishing up destroying the third. Then they would have to destroy the core, and it would return the lands back to normal--or at least, as normal as they could be. The regions were never quite the same after they were affected by a Withering Zone, after all.

As Wrenn destroyed the third flower, however--he was shot in the back by one of the pods, making him howl and fall flat on his face.

The Withering started to take effect, his body just about at its limit. Yet the core was the final thing to deal with--he was so close...

"D... damn it..."

[fatalled]

"through me you pass into the city of woe: through me you pass into eternal pain: through me among the people lost for aye. justice the founder of my fabric mov'd: to rear me was the task of power divine, supremest wisdom, and primeval love. before me things create were none, save things eternal, and eternal I endure. — all hope abandon ye who enter here." DANTE'S INFERNO, CANTO III.

john david washington. 42. agender. he/any. ┊┊ cerberus corp has been watching HADRIAN LÉCUYER.  some of the public has dubbed them WITHER because of SKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY gifted by DYING WITH UNFINISHED BUSINESS. having been an extra ordinary since 2020, they’re doing a good job at hiding EXTENDED RECOVERY TIME. when they aren’t working their day job at CASINO ÉQUINOXE, they are fond of ROBBERY and are never seen without A GOLDEN COIN FOR THE FERRYMAN. at first glance they seem TALKATIVE & CHARMING, though their close friends know them to also be MANIPULATIVE & OBSESSIVE.  they consider themself a VILLAIN. ┊┊

001.  GENERAL

name:  hadrian félix lécuyer. nicknames: n/a ( bone daddy ) age:  42. date of birth:  10/29/1981. zodiac:  scorpio. place of birth:  lyon, france. current residence: unknown. gender: agender. pronouns:  he / him. ( but accepts all. ) truly, as a dead man — he doesn't care what pronouns you use. but he / him is what he used in life, it's what he's used to. sexuality:  pansexual. occupation:  he owns and operates casino équinoxe as well as a few auction houses. beyond that, it's nothing legal. ( grifter / thief / bank robber / arms dealer / you name it, he's done it. )

faceclaim:  john david washington. height: 6ft 4in. tattoos:  from his neck down to his wrists all the way to his ankles are tattoos depicting various scenes of the nine circles of hell from dante's inferno along with others such as demons torturing souls and the like. his back reveals satan in his pit devouring the souls of the wicked. around his throat is 'abandon all hope ye who enter here' from inferno. piercings:  lobes ; diamond studs or small gold hoops. distinguishing features: his tattoos & golden canines.

positive traits: cunning, tactful, resilient, smooth-talker. negative traits: ruthless, unyielding, a liar, uses people like tissues. likes: having power / success, tailored suits, loyalty, traditional vices like: smoking, drinking, excess of pleasure of money, reading, philosophy and history, art. dislikes:  losing power / success, betrayal, gatekeepers. fears:  nothing. hard to be afraid when you've crawled out of the grave. hobbies: reading those scientific journals about eos ; reading in general ; collecting art. habits:  flipping his coin over his fingers when he's talking ; smoking

002.  EXTRA ORDINARY

[ NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE ]

( tw: gun violence. )

as the books and papers explain it ( and hadrian has many. ) a near death experience is when a person experiences death — but usually not enough to full die. cellular reproduction enhances, similar to the fight-or-flight physiological reaction but on a cellular level. the entire body is rewritten in a desperate attempt to live. there are accidents though.

there are always accidents. especially with those that tend to play with fire.

hadrian has worked with eos, employed them more often than not when planning a heist. they don't go down too easily and a lot of them work for money. but as often as he played with death, it never brushed close enough to spark any extra ordinary life within him. but you know how the saying goes: the house always wins.

hadrian died. he took a shot, the heist gone sour in so many way and he was looking for a way out as all the walls were closing in. his partner at the time saw a way out and took it & hadrian died. he fully, completely died. his body rotted away within the grave, seeping into the coffin and leaving behind the skeletal remains.

but then — oh, but then — well, there's another saying right?

ain't no rest for the wicked.

[ POWER ]

skeleton physiology. his skin and organs can immediately wither away leaving behind a skeletal corpse. he can pick and choose which parts he can make skeletal, such as his hand or his face. he can still talk and communicate even if he has no factories such as his nose, ears, or eyes.

he is nearly impossible to kill as a skeleton and his strength is tripled.

you know nothing of hell but he'll give you a taste.

[ WEAKNESS ]

it requires an extended amount of time to recover as he has to grow the organs, systems, and flesh back. if he decides to become a full skeleton, it will take an even longer time. if he only does one part or another, the time is reduced. The shortest amount of recovery has been noted to be about a week.

as a man, his powers are nullified. he is as any other person out there. if he doesn't become a skeleton by the time he is hurt., he carries this damage into the healing process. ( for example. if he were stabbed before he became a skeleton then as he recovers, the stab wound will still be there and require more healing time. )

[ CERBERUS CORP ]

there's rumors he might be of some familiar relation to the mysterious founding member of cerberus corp, fabián benoit. or perhaps it is an acute obsession. or something far more sinister. he is beginning to direct his focus to cerberus corp, studying their heroes and planning something.

[ CODENAME ]

wither, he chose it himself. he sees the heroes with their suits and armor and well — why not.

003.  HEADCANONS.

fairly well known in villainous circles as someone who paid big money for big crime before his death. he's working to get his connections back. he's been dead for 3 years.

obsessed with dante's inferno as a child and it followed him through the rest of his life.

he immigrated to america as a young man with his sibling but his aspirations didn't match the money he had on hand. petty thievery became bigger jobs became more power became more money.

french is his first language, italian his second, and english his third.

004. WANTED CONNECTIONS

GROUP OF 4 ( 1 / 4 ) VILLAINS WANTED — before he died, hadrian had a core group of villains that he paid often and well to do big jobs such as bank robbery / mercenary work / thieving / etc. they would be on semi good terms before hadrian died. those terms can obviously have changed. the group so far: ( AMELIA — MIDNIGHT )

JUDAS ( VILLAIN at the time of knowing each other ) — worked with hadrian but was the one who actually killed him in order to escape. the darkest circle in hell is reserved for betrayers & he wants to be sure you're locked tight.

idk what else im really bad at connections

friends ? other enemies ?

maybe he'll join ur book club

[chococolte]

*flexes on you with my c6 layla whom i wasn't even trying to get*

YOU HAVE SOMETHING I WANT

ok but i need to complain. i have been eagerly awaiting the shop reset for the entire week i've been at my grandmothers. all i wanted was layla bro... i literally took a piss and then in the bathroom started wishing and YOU ONOW WHAG I FUCKINGNBGOT

HEIZOU. C3 HEIZOU. ARE TOU SEKTOIS RIGHT NOW I CANF DVEN SPELL RIGHT DO YOU SEE HOW MISERABLY I SPELLED SERIOUS HELP ME I'm not fixing it tho

I just want ONE COPY OF LAYLA JUST ONE

You know I usually have pretty good luck in his godforsaken game; i usually win my 50/50s. i had some hopes for getting wanderer and al haitham (foolish am i) I DONT ANYMORE BC WTF OS THIS SHIT

WANDERER IS GOING TO COME TO ME WITH AN ELECTRO VISION AND A SWORD AND KEQING WILL MIRACULOUSLY BECOME C4 LIKE WTF help m

[avernusfuries]

"She battled in Avernus fuelled on naught but hope. And that hope came to become truth, in but a dozen tendays and an entire life was lived. More than mortal years. Mortal centuries were hers. Thou might endure a great aeon of mourning, but thou must hope as once she did. Her life. Her happiness. Was you." — Where Withers has 0 chill, and I am left crying into my fucking hands.

[serendipizzy79]

Deranged by blood 😭

Back to camp!

Spelunking. I still can't believe that's a real term 😂

Can't we just, like, swap one bard for another? I'm sure no one will miss Volo as much as Alfira. Not that anyone has mentioned it but still...

[withering-red-spider-lily]

“....I’m a horrible role model. I’m being a horrible role model...Don’t go feral-”

Sayaka saying this while also dating Sycamore and considering her recessive feralness....

[sunburnacoustic]

Muse at the NME Awards:

2008:

2009:

2010:

*Ahem* 2011:

pre:

awards:

post:

Uh, 2018:

I don't know why, enjoy.

[poein]

one day i’ll have the courage to give jerrica benton her own blog

[prestonmonterey]

remembered

that i turned off the sss vod bc its gory

i love slay the princess

but bloody stuff before i eep is not the happiest

but now

im playing stuff

thats like

substantially gory as well