#CALEB QUINN MY BELOVED

[4ndeka]

commission for @catboxes of Deathslinger and billy hangin out! XD based on this

[bubbasbubblebutt]

Caleb saw this and went "what a distinguished gentleman"

[valyrra]

I cannot look at him he's such a pookie here I wanna hug him so bad 😔

[daylightonelmstreet]

A WIP of my favorite boy Caleb :)

This is the finished sketch, though I plan on coloring it and doing a digital version (mostly just for practices). Hopefully I don’t ruin it with my colored pencils; I have a bad habit of making it looking worse 😭

[spottedenchants]

For the reverse unpopular opinion meme: Shadowgast fanfic tropes!

!!!!! I absolutely absolutely love how the flexibility of their dynamic is reflected in the breadth of tropes people apply to them effectively!! They're readily capable of gritty angst and crystalline doublespeak and marshmallow fluff and impeccable humor and there's so many clever and creative ways to express them :3

Some specific tropes! (thank you @quinn-of-aebradore and @rainbowcaleb for the list :D)

Aeor hurt/comfort: Truly wizards in their natural habitat with all the weird magic and secrets and dangers and isolation and excitement. I consider Aeor wizard dates (round 1 especially) to be the SG equivalent of getting stuck in a cabin during a deadly blizzard, only the cabin is also trying to kill them.

Fugitive Essek/Adventurer Essek: Whether post-canon explorations or AU shenanigans, I love the idea of Essek trying new things, and what's newer than a life of adventure :D shout out to the hurt/comfort variety and especially a hurt Essek turning up on Caleb's doorstep. Let Caleb stretch those caretaking skills \o/

Professor Widogast: SLICE OF LIFE MY BELOVED. I adore imagining Caleb's post-canon day-to-day and love seeing how people blend his past, his present work against the Assembly, and his future working with students. I love the kids people make as his students and I love it when Essek gets written as a substitute or visiting cat or is somehow involved in teaching alongside Caleb :3

Essek knits: I've always loved the thought of Essek having some sort of a string/yarn/thread creative pastime, so seeing him knitting in fic makes my heart very warm and I looooove when Caleb gets his knitted scarves.

Trancing/sleeping together: gimme the weird 'dreams', gimme the threshold of consciousness, gimme the 'I know you're watching over me rn and I'm going to pretend I don't notice so you won't stop', gimme the 'how can you lay down to die every night', gimme the 'Essek reads while Caleb sleeps'. Good good stuff.

Telepathy/shared dreams: it's the drift compatibility of it all... I also really like this when it's taken in a 'you stared into my soul and for once did not flinch when you saw yourself staring back' direction.

Misuse of magic: They're wizards. They're experimentalists. Testing the limits of magic and their arcane abilities is part of their job description and it seems very them to get creative with spells both for utility and for fun :3

Timeline mishaps (and subsequent fix-its): Essek is a time wizard, Caleb wanted to change his past; there's sooooo much interesting stuff to dig through with this and so much can go wrong. Maybe they fix the T-Dock but get stuck in the past, maybe they make a time spell and erase the present as they know it, maybe they're summoning echoes who are themselves from a different point in time or maybe from an AU all their own. I also like it when they can wiggle their way back home.

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Thank you for the ask! :D

Reverse Unpopular Opinion meme

[orbitalpirate]

9 people you'd like to get to know better tag!

Thanks for the tag @haven-of-faded-dusk

1. 3 Ships: janchard (obviously), colinjamie, and Taul (Tom O'Brien x Paul Reynolds)

2. First Ever Ship: First, in general was Quinn and Logan from Zoey 101, but the first I ever engaged in Fandom and fanfic for was maybe Captain Cold and the Atom? I think?

3. Last Song: Not Strong Enough by boygenius

4. Last Movie: A Haunting in Venice

5. Currently Reading: im still on the last unicorn

6. Currently Watching: Sex Education for the first time and Bob's Burgers for the thousandth

7. Currently Consuming: Pepsi

8. Currently Craving: Chicken parm hero, my beloved

Tagging: (please please feel free to ignore this) @clo-q @ravenclawrockchick @caleb-is-existing @carolinemathildes @jamietarttstart09 @samantharoseadele @batboi13 @adistortion @cyberstevie

[kmackatie]

Oh my god, so so many of yours fic!! Love them! breath before the phrase is of course dearly beloved, seeing those update emails when I woke up and knowing I had a chapter waiting when I got home got me through many a long day. Longing for the day my brain will let me sit down and reread it XD

sleep with benefits was so fun, I will never be done screaming over the ending of a certain phone call. I’ve realized fic has made me into a rom-con person and I’m not fighting it.

the better version of our past is one of my favorite takes on the Time Nap. Essek at the kitchen table with a very concerned Caleb and the “who’s Caleb” in the Bren timeline have never left my mind.

aaaaaand there’s a very special place in my heart where like colored indigo resides, one of the first fics I read and followed when I got into the CR fandom! Am still not over “I can’t eat soup without thinking of you” 💜💜💜💜💜💜

Quinn! Your comments are always a delight! Thank you for them, and again for this one too. 💜💜

[whimpity-whumpity]

List of my characters because even i forget sometimes and i do not expect yall to remember them when i dont even post abt them much. Will be updated as i remember more of them because there are quite literally hundreds rattling around up there.

Whumpees

Caleb (he/him, immortal, does not have a good time)

Sorin (he/him) (knockoff spiderman)

Lace (lab whumpee) (she/her) (also mind controlled via SCIENCE)

Tango (lab whumpee) (she/her)

Delta(lab whumpee) (she/her)

Yankee(lab whumpee) (she/her)

Charlie(lab whumpee) (she/her)

Lars (gladiator) (anxious big man) (he/him)

Elipso (satyr, emergency food) (they/them)

Emily (she/her)

Quinn (they/she)

Jakob (poor baby i hurt him so bad) (it/its but in a dehumanizing way, then he/him later) (he just wants to play his songs)

Donny "Trix" Riggs (he/him)

Ryder (any pronouns but I only use they/them because they'll stop letting me write them if i don't) (betrayed villain my beloved)

Amy (she/her)(???) (villain whumpee)

Bucky Ark Patton (he/him) (he works for Waylan!) (yes his initials are BAP.)

Whumpers

Arcturus (he/him) (utter asshole)

Esyn aka Emily (she/her) (shy but later also asshole because of how my power system works :<)

Sorin (really a sweetheart) (he/him) (he just wants someone to cuddle and is all kinds of fucked up)

Arson aka Gwid (alien) (they/them) (their culture has very very normalized violence and like. slave gladiators. its not great. they did not mean to come to earth. they hate it here.)

Riclle (vampire, the oldest) (he/him) ("gender? i'm fucking thirsty, fuck gender") (creepy whumper)

Tobias (vampire) (he/him) (pretends to be a creepy whumper, is just trying to protect his little brother)

Phil (he's a surprise tool that will help us later) (reference) (vampire) (he/him) (idk he might get deleted, i made him for a rp and he never really came back)

Sir Nicholas the 23rd (he/him) (PROFESSIONAL asshole. asshole EXTRORDINAIRE. i hate him so so much.)

Lukas (reluctant) (he/him) (crime family go brr) (he just wants to sell glowy clothes)

Harlow (doesn't like its job but gets paid well) (he/it) (only has this job to provide for his son)

Waylan (he/him) ("gender? is that uh, one of them new medicines?") (have you noticed i like giving assholes kids? have you?) (you will.) (her name is ronnie and i love her sm. baby. she kicks off his redemption arc.) (waylan 🤝 sorin fucked up childhoods)

Bucky (he/him) (hes literally that one stereotypical henchman i love him) (also hes trans)

Hadrian "Pike" whatever the fuck surname. (he/him) (basically he gets hired to kidnap people and keep them out of the way and or kill them)

Jude (he/they) (basically a supervillain) (feral) (but also wildly cheerful) (would just strap somebody down and sit on their lap and wait for the knife to wake them up) (giggles like a child while torturing people)

Caretakers

Quinn (they/she)

Sami (she/her) (Waylan's cousin, but she and the rest of the family think he's dead)

Karma (she/it) (hero) (bloodbender equivalent) (starts up a recovery center later <3) (also very much enjoys watching people in pain) (it hates that about herself)

Maewyn (vampire) she/her (successor to Riclle) (can't turn people)

Tobias (kind of) (vampire) he/him (he tries)

Donny (AU of Riggs) he/him (works in a temple of Melu!)

Ophi? Maybe? If she cooperates? (she/her) (Jakob's youngest sister)

Bucky!!! Ark!!! Patton!!!!! (literally he does anything his Boss tells him to hes so fucking blorbo rn)

Divines

Kypripos (Chaos and all not written below; Lord of Lost Things, Sky-Painter, and prankster. Father of Fathers, the First, etc.) doesn't really care about gender, goes by he/him through most of the story because their vessel is male.

Estor (Domain: History) he/him

Tai (Domain: War, grief, poets, and strategy) he/him

Rask (Elder Child of the Depths) xe/xem/xeir

Melu (Domain: Illness and Health, often credited with making ALL life) I've been referring to Melu with feminine pronouns till now but Melu just said no so I'm gonna just not until Melu finds some that vibe right.

Saras (Child of the Depths) Saras also sees no need for pronouns. Saras speaks in third person.

Ponma (Domain: Drama, acting, lies) (Dead) Whatever the role demands: he, she, they, xe, it, she delights in wrapping new roles around himself like a new cloak.

Rust (Child of Ponma, once known as Vera) they/them (clown)

Ent (Embodiment of "Chaos comes for all in the end") (Dead) he/they (never STARTED fights but would finish them) (same with pranks)

Misief (Domain: General mischief, pranks, laughter) (Dead) it/its (always started the fight/pranks)

Cosmo (Domain: All the things of the sky)(Dead) she/it (the token serious child)

Arcturus (Domain: magic) (dead-ish) he/him

Esyn (Domain: magic) she/her

Mara (Domain: destruction and rebirth) Similar attitude to Ponma, but less about new roles and more about destruction not needing a gender

Madac ("Sea-mother") she/they

Seli (Parent of selkies) ????

Spiren (Death) Spiren is older than the concept of eyes, Spiren doesnt give a shit. Uses "Father" in refrence to Bilen, Hen, and Renwick, though.

Bilen (Soul-chaser, "The Bear") she/her

Hen ("The Hare", Guide of Violent Ends) he/him

Renwick ("The Rabbit", Singer of Lives) (they/them)

Dara (Domain: Song) he/they

Julokal (Domain: Honorable Combat) she/her

Discord for more about them

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We are ikemen-trifectaー a group of four who share a blog dedicated to writing beloved characters in different scenarios. We accept almost all story and imagines requests, from affirming to depressing and everything in between. We do not take NSFW submissions.

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🐀Muff

18 yrs

any prnns

fav charas: Dowun Yang, Baek Han, Luka Clemence, Licht Klein, Riddle Rosehearts, Epel Felmier, Inumaki Toge, Yuta Okkotsu, Xiao, Kazuha, Heizou, Scaramouche, Albedo, Lucas (WMMAP), Gladion, Imigo (Yotsume God), Tagata (Yotsume God), Sylva (AS), Kenma, Muichiro Tokito, Iguro Obanai, Ray (TPN), Yuri Briar, Shuichi Sahara, Kokichi Ouma, Genos, Yuki Souma

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🌟Astraea

21 yrs

she/her

ENFP - 7w6 - 7-4-9 - sx/so - Chaotic Good - IEE - SLUAI - ELFV - Sanguine [Dominant]

fav charas: Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, Lucifer (OM), Mammon (OM), 707, Jumin, Childe, Levi Ackerman, Garry (Ib), Angel Dust, "Grim" (A Date With Death), Ahri (LoL) ← best husbando real

Kin list: Pinkie Pie, Luz Noceda, Yoimiya, Mitsuri Kanroji, Mako Mankanshoku, Rapunzel, Kel (Omori), Persephone (LO), Chika Fujiwara, Emu Otori, Harley Quinn, Ibuki Mioda, Charlie Morningstar (HH pilot)

Fun Fact about me!!! I have ADHD and Maladaptive Daydreaming! ALSO, I AM A SUGAR ADDICT :3

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🔥Igni

21 yrs

she/her

fav charas: Pyramid Head, Mr. X (RE3), Nemesis (RE3), Itto, Kazan Yamaoka, Albert Wesker, Ghost Face, Caleb Quinn, Craig Boone

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📂Edi

22 yrs

they (when using writing persona)

INFP

fav charas: Pinkie Pie, Lottie (PATF), Yoshiki Kishinuma, Yoosung Kim, Evelynn (LoL), Asmodeus (OMSWD), Preminger, "Grim" (A Date With Death), Kiyotaka Ijichi, Niffty

shortened kin list: Fluttershy/Twilight Sparkle, Seiji Maki, Junpei Yoshino, Yves Kloss, Idia Shroud, Lucas Lockhart (Star Children/Star Catcher)

fun fact about me: Receiving requests for affirming LGBTQ posts makes me really happy because I grew up with very little exposure to the community and didn't find out my identity until after I became an adult.

[ideasvoid]

In my grave, I’ll rot.

The dark sky seemed unending, dead stars shining from their graves millions of miles away. Farther away than Caleb could comprehend. He held onto his abdomen as he stared off, hoping that with enough pressure the deep wound would stop it’s persistent bleeding. The boards of the wooden shack groaned against his weight. The ground was entirely too hard, almost painful on his lower back from his sitting position, yet he couldn’t find the strength to force himself up.

Forcing oneself to get back up had been a skill he had been made to learn from a young age. Get up Caleb, be a man Caleb, if you don’t get up you’ll die Caleb. You got left behind if you couldn’t go on, left to die alone and in pain. He could almost hear his father scolding him for sitting here like a wounded animal, disappointment heavy in his voice. It made him sick - the idea of his parents seeing what he’d become. All their blood, sweat and tears put into him just for him to become… this. Little more than an attack dog.

The state of him.

He was almost glad they wouldn’t be able to see him here, he was almost glad you couldn’t either. Caleb could only imagine what you thought of him now, he had left town so fast with barely an explanation. His anger blinding him once again as red filled his vision and the sight of Bayshore’s bloated corpse in his mind.

Caleb had had every intention of coming back for you, to marry you and give you the life you deserved. The blood loss clouded his vision, made his limbs heavy as he sat in his cell. The fog came not long after and well… the rest wasn’t important.

The Deathslinger hissed as a wave of pain pulsates through his body, darkening the edges of his sight. Whose bright idea was it to let the bounties find sharp objects? He couldn’t tell if it had been a knife the blonde girl had pierced between his ribs or something she had found around glenvale, either way he had to give her credit. She knew where to hit.

His thoughts were interrupted by a wet, painful coughing fit. Hacking into his fist and only proving to further agitate the already nasty wound. Caleb heaved, looking at his hand to see crimson staining it. “Well that ain’t good…” he rasped. The darkness at the edges of his vision grew darker, despite the warm blood pouring from his side his finger felt cold, numb.

The clouds above darkened, spider like claws breaking through the sky and slowly lowering towards him. About time, he thought, sooner she claimed her evening snack, the sooner he’d be rid of the pain. Low whispers filled Caleb's mind, sounds he couldn’t begin to describe whispering words that should be nothing more than nonsensical noise but he understood all the same.

He had done a good job providing, it was right to bring him here, his inventions were more than they deserved. The same as always, bloating his ego, attempting to fill him with a pride he had lost a long time ago. Your face flashed into his mind, making his heart sink. He missed you, more than he could ever express. She could bring you, as a reward, it could bring you here and he could hold you again. You could be his again and he would never lose you again. All he needed to do was ask and the pain would stop and you would be right by his side when he woke up. you would be so happy to see him again. Just ask Caleb.

“No.”

Another cough raked through his body, the claws hovering just above his bloodied form, ready to put him out of his misery. Anger flooded his mind, but not his own, it pours from the very world itself as the entity was once again turned away. Caleb missed you more than anything else, but so long as he had any say in the matter Caleb Quinn would make sure you never saw this hell.

Hooked appendages retracted, returning back to where ever she watched them all from. And Caleb was left to die alone and in pain. He rested his head back and looked at the stars again, his breath shallow as his body grew colder. He would be back, he always would.

After all, death is not an escape.

[jollyfishtrashweasel]

"Joseph Quinn did a phenomenal job playing Eddie Munson" and "Caleb Mclaughlin deserves more recognition and awards for his role on Stanger Things" are two statements that can, and should, coexist

[berrymimes]

may i suggest gilded stampede slinger with birds on his horns?

crows want him, survivors fear him 💔

[quinn-of-aebradore]

I saw you tag that books being carried like guilt post as calebcore so it might please you to know that someone has actually drawn Caleb in that meme before

Oh I know, I’ve seen, and love it dearly.

[valyrra]

Every time Deathslinger flirts with me in-game, kills my whole team, carries me around to find a hatch and lets me escape - a very broken part of me heals, my skin gets cleaner, the grass is greener and I want to live forever

[womensblood]

Who I Write For (UPDATE) + Rules

Slasher(s)

Michael Myers (2018/2021 version ONLY, and I usually write for him on my own but don’t worry cause I’m GOOD AT IT)

Jason Voorhees

Chucky/Charles Lee Ray (but I only write him being poly with you and Tiff sorry bruddas😔)

Tiffany Valentine

Jennifer Check AND Anita “Needy” Lesniki (dude, they are in love so I can’t imagine them ever separating, so you guys are poly>:()

Nancy Downs (I know she’s technically not a slasher but idc)

Billy Lenz

Pinhead (+ Pinhead as a woman cause boobie)

Candyman (and Helen also when she’s a killer if you guys want *enter lip biting emoji*)

Hannibal Lecter

Herbert West

Art the Clown

Annie Wilkes

Jack Torrance

Wendy Torrance (I made an AU where she went insane instead and was an alcoholic and Jack was the better parent but she’s hot guys so it’s okay<3)

Baby Firefly

Captain Spaulding

Amanda Young

Kayako Saeki

Pyramid Head

Jessie “Chromeskull”

Doomhead

Stu Macher and Billy Loomis (they can be poly too if wanted)

Dead By Daylight

Danny/Jed “The Ghost Face” Olsen

The Oni

Sally “The Nurse” Smitherson

Legion (all except Susie)

Laurie Strode

Ash Williams

Amanda “The Pig” Young

Cheryl Mason

Pyramid Head

Anna “The Huntress”

Philip “The Wraith” Ojomo

Evan “The Trapper” MacMillian

Lisa “The Hag” Sherwood

Claudette Morel

Dwight Fairfield

Nea Karlsson

William “Bill” Overbeck

David King

Herman “The Doctor” Carter

Charlotte “The Twin” Dershayes (I am not writing for that stupid ugly ass baby do not request it I’m fucking begging)

Carmina “The Artist” Mora

The Executioner

Laurie Strode

Feng Min

Mikaela Reid

Caleb “The Deathslinger” Quinn

Adris “The Plague”

Leon S. Kennedy

Jill Valentine

Yun-Jin Lee

Jane Romera

Final Girls

Laurie Strode (both gilf and young version)

Ash Williams

Sidney Prescott

Ellen Ridley

Kirsty Cotton

Erin Harston

Nancy Thompson

Jamie Lloyd (ONLY PLATONICALLY)

Mortal Kombat

Mileena, my beloved

Literally every single woman in MK. All. Especially Mileena

Rule 1

I mostly write for trans readers/nb readers, so all of my content is trans and LGBT friendly. I generally use GN terms, but sometimes I specify. I will also use neopronouns if requested/if I feel like it! So don’t be afraid to ask<3

Rule 2

I’m not going to be unrealistic in my writings. Most of the people I prefer/will be writing for, are slashers. In some of these relationships, it’s not always going to be rainbows and sunshine. In fact, in a lot of these relationships, it won’t be the healthiest. Off you think Michael Myers would genuinely comfort you, you, my friend, are delusional. No offense. Along with many others.

Rule 3

No p3dophilia. I can write about dark topics but… I’m not going to glorify it. I often write about very dark subjects, so if I go into detail about that, I will give a warning. I’m not a monster.

Rule 4

You are not going to “change” or “heal” these people. With some (if not most/all), if you tried, you’d end up dead or worse. These are sick and demented villains who crave violence. We accept our lovely psychopaths as they are<3

[yeehawitstheplague]

Ok I found your blog yesterday and have been stalking it, your writing is amazing! I have a request for the yeehaw man if that’s alright ~ what about Caleb goes to pick up his s/o at the survivors camp? Like this is the first time the other survivors find out they’re a thing and he just kinda walks off with his arm around them (maybe while the other survivors are slightly scared/wonder why he’s there his s/o just gets excited)?? Anything you write is perfect!

ofc!! i’m glad you’re enjoying the blog 🥺

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Caleb Quinn ‘The Deathslinger x Reader

‘Walking You Home’

“Y/n, hey Y/n!”

You snapped back into reality as you heard one of your friends talking to you.

“Yeah?” you replied.

“What are you looking at?” Nea asked. You realize you’d zoned out staring off into the forest for who knows how long now. You shrugged it off as just observing the surroundings, because you were too embarrassed to tell her what you were really looking for.

Caleb, always met you just outside the campfire to walk you back to the saloon with him. You always told him you’d be fine walking alone but he insisted he escort you in case anybody or anything were to be prowling from the shadows. But really you knew it was just because he was a sappy gentleman deep down and just wanted an excuse to have more time with you.

Normally, he would always stand very subtly by a particular tree in the distance and wait for you to walk to him before pressing on, as not to give away you were willingly walking away to go spend time with one of the killers to your fellow survivors.

You kept glancing back to that spot, waiting to finally see the silhouette of your beloved cowboy, but you were once again torn from your watching by Nea’s conversation. “Where have you been wandering off to lately? You’re hardly around anymore when we all aren’t in trial”.

What was with her and all the questions today?

You fiddled with your hands trying to think of an answer to give her.

“I just uhh... I just needed some alone time ya know? Just to get my head straight”

you glanced over at her for a reply only to find her fearful expression looking at you.

You cocked your brow in confusion.

“Nea? You good?”

She didn’t reply, she only pointed to something just behind you. Curiously, you turned around to see the cause of her fear only for your heart to jump itself.

A pair of glowing eyes pierced through the fog, a tall figure stood strong not far behind you, slowly inching closer. You knew that mysterious figure anywhere.

“Oh! Caleb, you scared us” you laughed. You heard the familiar dark chuckle rise from his throat as his face became clearer in the light of the campfire.

“I was waiting to meet you at the spot” you said.

Caleb reached out a hand to help you stand.

“I know, I jus’ figured I’d come pick ya up so we ain’t gotta walk the whole way”.

He motioned over to his horse that stood not far behind him. You smiled sweetly taking his hand.

“You’re too sweet”

Nea watched in horror and utter confusion as he draped an arm around you and you kissed his cheek in return. She wanted to say something but she couldn’t manage the words. She looked around the logs at your fellow survivors for a reaction, but they all were just as speechless as her.

You gave a few soft scratches to Caleb’s horse before looking back at your cowboy.

“Ya remember the way back?” Caleb asked you.

You nodded.

“Ya wanna be in front this time, then?” he offered. You gasped and smiled brightly.

“Can I?”

“I don’t see why not” he replied.

He helped hoist you up onto the giant creature, before throwing a leg over and jumping on himself. You gave a few pets the the beautiful steed before grabbing the reins and motioning him to move along.

But before the two of you could ride away, you turned back to Nea.

“Oh, I’ll be back later you guys. Be safe!” you called out, before disappearing into the fog with the Deathslinger and his steed.

There was an odd silence among the campfire for a few moments, until a rather unbothered Ace spoke up.

“Yeah, they’re getting some ‘alone time’ all right”.