#Eldrich spirits au

[tazma-art]

Bat blob inspired au

More info under the cut

So, I remembered a post I saw a long time ago, I think it was from @broosepayne but I'm not sure, it was about Bruce being more of an Eldritch spirit of vengeance of Gotham(or something), instead of a guy in a suit, and he adopts a newly orphaned Dick by looking at the child and going "mine"

So, this AU was inspired by that.

Bruce is still kinda a human but switches between shadow horror and traumatized man. It's sorta something he developed through the years that he used to be a vigilante.

AND his condition can get passed down ( because Gotham loves making the Bat's children into its too ) So when he takes little Dick under his wings the kid starts growing red, green and yellow "feathers" with black around his eyes, and a beak later! ( Little Robin looks like an Indian robin a lil bit )

Robin is born! :D

The colorful "feathers" get replaced by black and blue overtime and dick develops into his own shadow creature. All be it smaller, less menacing, and much more bird like than Batman.

Jason's Eldritch form looks more like a puppy, but because Jason associated being robin with red yellow and green his "fur" grows with the same colors.

I won't go into too much detail rn, cuz I want that to be another post, (and I'm not completely convinced on Jason's design) but I will say that putting a resuscitated, young, and traumatized spirit of Gotham in the Lazarus Pit makes for a horrible situation for everyone involved.

[thesoulspulse]

As a small bonus to @aikoiya here are some recolored versions of my Eldritch AU Fright Knight, who btw I’m thinking of calling “eagal na h-oidhche“ which in Scottish Gaelic means “fear of the night” since he’s not an actual knight this time. He is an Eldritch after all so changing the colors of the flames he manifests would be child’s play. XD

Original:

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Au where Danny is Damians twin. He had gone on countless solo missions since the time he was six and niether he or his brother had ever failed. This time however, was a bit different.

Dr's Jack and Madeline Fenton were playing with forces beyond thier comprehension and endangering the entire world with thier actions. They were clearly aware of it too if thier sketchy work with the government was taken into consideration. Daniel's job was to infiltrate thier lab and copy all thier data into a flash drive before killing the parents and destroying everything. Simple enough, but he made a crucial mistake.

He got curious.

Isn't that always how the eldrich and unknown gets you? You start asking questions and before anyone knows it you're a raving lunatic.

Once he had completed his first three tasks, Danny had put on one of the suspiciously numerous white and black and child sized hazmat suits and went into the beckoning maw of what was mentioned to be the portal. He looked down to step over a bundle of wires and in his momentary distraction hit a button on the wall with his hand.

The next thing he knew everything was tinged green and he was screaming.

Awaking to find his form had changed, leaving him with glowing green eyes, pale skin and white hair he was confused. Mother and Grandfather did not have a meta-gene and according to mother thier Father-the Batman- also did not have it.

Then It clicked. The scientists were studying the afterlife, more specifically the spirits of the dead and how to invade thier realm. Daniel, at the tender age of eight, had died. Whats worse is that he apparently had the ability to flop between life and death at will. Fearing what kind of experiments his Grandfather would no doubt subject him to he finished his mission by rigging the place to blow far more spectacularly then planned and fleeing into the portal.

The resulting explosion could be seen for miles. Upon seeing it from her place on a park bench with her friend, Jazz had immediately knew something terrible had happened.

Three years later Daniel- now going by Phantom- found that the portals maw had survived even if the portal itself did not and it was reactivated by a pair of nosy teens. Amity Park was being attacked by ghosts and the Justice League, a group of famous heros lead by his Father, Wonder woman and Superman, refused to even answer thier calls for help. Odd.

Phantom stepped up and began fighting them both with his powers and his training from the League of Assassins. The people hated him for being dead. The dead hated him for stopping thier rampages and his annoying ability to just disappear. (He's so glad he kept the half living thing to himself, even if it meant he often had to sneak away to living realms to get human food)

As it turns out, the Fentons had a back up location that niether he or the League of Assassins knew about where they stored notes on thier theories about the nature of ghosts and how "evil and mindless" they were. A government based group eventually formed called the Ghost Investigation Ward, or as the locals called them, The Guys In White who then passed a set of laws called the anti-ecto acts.

Daniel had grown up hearing tales of his Father. A paranoid man who thought of everything and had eyes and ears in every sector of the government. He and his League of Justice would never allow this...and yet days passed since the announcement of the acts. Then weeks. Then a month with no words speaking out againsts laws that essentially stripped the rights of an entire species. Did Father believe the lies and slander from the government and the remnants of the Fentons "research"?

If he knew about him would he think he was a monster? A threat to be eliminated?

Daniel fiddled with his domino mask as he began applying the weekly dose of phase-proof paint to the metal of the portals blast doors. He loved his mask. It made him feel just a little bit safer. Yes, he knew logically no one would ever think that a dead child would ever secretly be a living one, but facial recognition software was a very real thing and it wouldn't be long before the GIW modified it to work the blurriness out of ghost photos. Even if they didn't (which they might never considering the groups overall intelligence) people have eyes

Daniel wasn't technically living in Amity Park. At least not legally. He stole whatever he needed and stayed hidden away in abandoned houses and underground caves. Not the most luxurious life, but better than a scapel and rib shears. He shuttered at the thought.

It was almost a week after his and Damians birthday that he saw his parents again. They were fighting in the streets near Polter Heights, the rich side of the city. He wondered what they were there for. He had long taken the portal deep underground where no one could access it without intangibility and Amity really had nothing to offer otherwise. They couldn't possibly know who he was, could they?

He flew closer invisibly, listening to mother state that she planned on recruiting this "ghost child" into the League. Interesting. She didn't know it was him.

Batman. His own father argued that she knew nothing about these creatures and that they were dangerous but handled by the local authorities. Daniel couldn't fight back his sneer. The GIW did nothing while Phantom did all the work and he highly doubted any of the living considered him an "authority". Nevertheless, this proved to Daniel his fears of his Father hating him was well founded.

He did however, find himself surprised at the familiar chill of a blade at his throat. How? Then his brother, his beloved twin ordered him to surrender. Not a chance. Not even for him. Phantom fought his brother that day, no matter how much it pained him. The GIW have been chasing him relentlessly since thier founding and would do anything to get thier grubby little paws on him. If he was taken into custody by any form of law enforcement or was an immediate Game Over, even if it was the Justice League.

Daniel managed to escape but Damian left knowing he recognized that fighting style.

Damian ended up telling the rest of his family about his twin, Daniel and how he had died and how he suspected the ghost protecting Amity was his lost brother.

Unfortunately, Daniel had overheard what Batman had said to his Mother and believed his change of heart and attemps to get him to come home with him were a ruse to get him to let down his guard.

Thus begins the chaotic time in Amity Park where his Mother and Father both try to convince Phantom to live with them.

[twst-drabbles]

(not a request - just me sharing thoughts lol)

Abvdhabsb I just wanna scoop some of the lil guys from the pet AU into my hands and give them belly rubs or something. Just have them on their back, cupped in my hands, with my thumbs squishing their cheek or tickling them or whatever,,,, they're so cute lol

I bet the twins would try to nom me though. And Vil wouldn't want his appearance to be messed up (although he may be willing to put up with some pampering,,,) I think Ace and Deuce would be smug little menaces - teasing the other if they're the one to receive the affectionate treatment...

Abshshsb I love your AUs so much you have so many great ideas and the way you execute them are!!! Amazing!!! Pet AU is one of my favs - alongside the Janitor AU and your Eldritch one too (those rose bushes have remained in my brain lmao - junji Ito is one of my favourite mangakas for a reason. The reason is that the eldrich horror is fun.)

I hope you have a great day! Also make sure you stay hydrated!

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Thank you thank you! I have a lot of pets so I have a lot of memories to pull from and use as inspiration for the little shenanigans that happen in the house pet au.

Oh, and because of the most recent chapters, specifically the knowledge that Malleus was born from an egg, I've been in the mood to write a what-if where the house pets are genuine babies. As in, they're not at all old enough to be away from their parents just yet. Basically, nursery au type thing. Vil doesn't have his eyes open, a pretty bald little thing with only the lightest of fuzz on his head. The plant nymphs are still in their hard shells, tripping and don't even have their colors yet. Soils needs constant changing. You get the deal.

Would any of you like that idea? An AU of an AU. A Nursery AU.

I'm having the slightest bit of trouble with the spirits in Savanaclaw but I have a few ideas as to how they would be as real youngsters.

Anyways, funnily enough, I actually haven't gotten into Junji Ito until waaaay after I got into university. But, I have been exposed so a lot of Juniji Ito inspired works, so I suppose my horror writing style was, in the end, influenced by him. I like strange horror. I like beautiful horror! Like in the manga Hell's Paradise. I'll try and make some more horror pieces, mostly because I haven't done so in a while.

[the-knucklesverse]

The Knucklesverse Guide - Quick Version

The Master Emerald—who loves her guardian something fierce—creates a special place where all the versions of her guardian from across different universes can come and socialize, be safe, and not feel so all alone anymore. This place exists in a little pocket dimension the ME created, and is called The Sanctuary.

Who are the Knuckles in attendance? You can check the Google Doc for more details, but in a nutshell:

Games/Comics

Archie - Little echidna, very big, convoluted storyline.

Dark - Ex-Enerjak of Dark Mobius storyline. Universally disliked. (Whole lotta nasty in a wrinkly package)

Gawain - Begrudging king, not very fond of the job but loved by all regardless.

Sinbad - World Ring bearer, and sufferer of bad luck.

Modern - Serious and stoic, history buff.

TV/Movies

Boom - Big heart, very affectionate, and honorary big brother to all.

Dread - Stinky pirate, causes problems on purpose - eldest of the shatter triplets.

Gnarly - Anxious, nervous, sensitive to chaos energy - youngest of the shatter triplets.

Renegade (Ren) - Blunt and level headed, gets bad vibes when something's wrong - the middle shatter triplet.

Prime - The original Knuckles the shatter triplets split from and is uncomfortable around them.

Ova - Total cryptid, appears at will with his bag of endless possibilities.

Wachowski - The only one who knew his tribe, and typically the one to acclimate to new situations best.

X - Short temper, very gullible, pretty rude, but still a sweetie deep down.

THE MOMS

Maddie Wachowski - Veterinarian and the more gentle of the moms, always ready with a calm head and kind word.

Callie MacPherson - Mama Qwerty's OC, and full of snark, sass, and love - works best with the more troublesome of the Knuckles (ie, DREAD).

AU KNUX - all created by the folks on Echidna's Parade server

Cyber - A holographic program created by the ME to act as go-between, designed in the form of the echidna under his care.

Hackett - 8 foot tall echidna working in thankless magic tech support.

Jax - Former knight to the cruel Queen of Hearts. One of the most anxious.

Nile - Mummy Knux - serious and regal, blunt and almost tactless - ghost "servants" (companions).

Quetzal (aka Q) - Dragon Knux with golden retriever vibes.

Zombby (aka Z or Little Z) - Mischievous little kid zombie - the baby of the family who’s adored by all.

THE TWINS - Metzli & Yunuen

Metzli - Was a bodyless spirit for a while, and retains his ghost abilities. Protective of Yunuen.

Yunuen - An ex-eldrich body snatcher that fears his old self. Anxious, tends to hide behind Metzli.

THE SISTERS (FRATERNAL TWINS) - Lavender and Violet

Lavender - Silly and playful, naive and impulsive. Tries to befriend everyone.

Violet - Grumpier and more serious. Needs to be physically dragged by her sister into activities.

[cryptidclaw]

Ey you remember that Evil Spottedleaf AU that took over the fandom for a while a couple years ago? I just came up with a neat reason why she'd become evil that doesn't have anything to do with her love for Firestar (bc that's just gross ew)

Because she delivered the fire alone prophecy shortly before her death, she was selected by StarClan to be their next "prophecy bearer/messenger" where she'd go to all the different Clans and medicine cats and deliver prophecies and omens (hence why she'd still be relevant and appears to a lot of cats) but over time the constant traveling between the afterlife and cats' dreams starts to affect her physically and she's in constant agony as her spirit slowly deteriorates.

She becomes more and more bitter as time goes on and begins to blame Firestar and those close to him because it was his prophecy she last delivered, as well as blaming StarClan since they forced her into a position she didn't want and living a miserable afterlife in chronic pain. So then she starts taking advantage of her position to meddle with the lives of Firestar's kin around the PO3 era up until she's killed somehow in the great battle in the last hope.

Idk man I just wanted to rant about it somewhere I can't get over this idea. I also think maybe the previous messanger for starclan would have been Goosefeather because he's confirmed to walk in both starclan and the dark forest.

OMG I LOVE THIS!!

I had a similar idea for my au! I really like the idea of Spottedleaf being a messenger for starclan, and as a result starts to change.

Im thinking of having her slowly become more and more eldrich, and no longer having the same empathy or understanding for the living that she once had. Like, she does what must be done for whatever starclan needs/wants to happen without care towards how it hurts people. Ex: she encourages and guides Leafpool to have the 3 because starclan wants them to exist.

Spotted only understands that eventually good will come from her guidance, but she has no care for how starclan effects and harms the lives they meddle with. She's sort of a grey character in this au idea rather than evil though, what she does is supposedly for the greater good, but at what cost?

Gaaaa i just really love moraly questionable/full on evil starclan aus!!! I mean its basically canon at this point (even if the Erins didn't mean it to be lol)

[playedbetter]

Acker's Multiverse Classification System

Elias created an unofficial classification system for the multiverse to classify universes based off of factors such as danger level, tech level, and the presence of things like magic. Both Elias and Leah use this system, and it will also be generally used on the blog.

Brief note: Spawning refers to where a hopper will appear in a universe, usually it will be the equivalent of where they entered a gate, which typically is just directly on the other side of the gate. However in universes where the action is happening far away from where the spawn point world be, or that a direct equivalent doesn't exist, it will spawn the hopper at a place equivalent in spirit.

Some elements inspired by @chaosmultiverse

Danger Level

Class 0-A: No danger at all besides from environmental obstacles such as water or cliffs. The universe might be post apocalyptic with ruins of civilization present. Fauna is extremely limited and there is no sapient life in the universe. Life is sustainable here due to ability to get supplies through some means native to the universe.

Class 0-B: As above but life is unsustainable due to a lack of native supplies. These are more likely to have no complex fauna at all and extremely limited flora.

Class 1: Danger is extremely limited, but possible to encounter. Fauna and flora are likely pretty normal. Sapient life can be present, even in great numbers. Powers might be present but aren't strong or the full applications of them never used. This includes universes such as most toddlers cartoon universes and some children's, post apocalyptic with some survivors who have banded together, and slice of life aus.

Class 2: Danger is present but not overwhelming. Most universes similar real life life fall under this class. Powers are more likely to be present but still are rather limited. This includes universes such as most realistic universes, historical universes, some fantasy and sci-fi universes.

Class 3: Danger is difficult to avoid but not overwhelming. Powers are far more likely to be present in these universes. Fauna and flora start to get more dangerous. Minor apocalypses may be in their starting days or immediate aftermath or beyond. This includes many superhero universes, fantasy and sci-fi universes, and historical world war era universes.

Class 4: Danger is impossible to avoid or overwhelming in some way. Powers are highly likely in these universes. This includes universes in nuclear war, universes with eldrich conspiracies, apocalyptic universes, and some superhero universes.

Class 5: Danger is impossible to avoid and overwhelming. These worlds are nearly certain to become class 0 universes at some point once life has been wiped out. This includes universes with extreme apocalypses, worst case scenario nuclear war or powered war, post arrival eldrich universes, and universes near the end of their existence.

Class X (theoretical only): Entering these universes result in instant death, or near instant enough that escape is impossible. This includes universes where the spawn location is somewhere like the sun, there are no planets with a survivable atmosphere, all human life immediately ceases to exist, etc. Currently these universes are only theorized to exist as neither Elias or Leah have attempted to enter one, and haven't accidentally.

Class Z (theoretical only): Universes that do not kill instantly, but that are impossible to escape. This includes universes that instantly remove any and all powers a person has, ones with no surfaces to draw on or material to construct with (or universes lacking any form of door if lacking equipment), and ones that remove a person’s soul immediately. Currently these universes are only theorized to exist as neither Elias or Leah have attempted to enter one, and haven't accidentally.

Class Null: Universes that don't exist. These are extremely rare, but do exist (or well, not exist) such as universes Leah or Elias do not have, have not, and will never exist in. This also is used to refer to universes they try to enter with impossible specifications such as if trying to encounter the version of the other they know and then other specifications don't match the universe the other is in. Trying to enter these universes results in the hopper getting booted to the void.

Tech Level

Alpha: No tech at all to stone age.

Beta: Bronze age to iron age.

Gamma: Medieval to age of sail.

Delta: Industrial revolution.

Epsilon: Mechanized age.

Zeta: Nuclear age.

Theta: Technology equal to 21st century earth.

Iota: Technology feasible in the next fifty-hundred years.

Kappa: Full sci-fi but grounded in some present science or feasible scenarios.

Omega: Advanced technology beyond what is considered ever possible.

Extras

Magik: Some form of magic is present in the universe.

Powered: Powers not obtained through magic is present in n the universe.

Xeno-1: Humans don't exist or are not a dominant species, instead there is a different sapient dominant lifeform.

Xeno-2: Humans co-exist with other sapient life, possibly multiple species or just one other.

Regressed-(tech level): While their tech level is higher most of that tech is unusable for one reason or another, and besides from some choice things, they operate at this lower tech level.

Terra: The spawning planet is not earth, and earth may not exist.

Screwy (Leah only): Universes that Elias has significantly changed in some way, such as removing or adding people.

Eli territory (Leah only): Universes that Elias frequently is in and exerts a claim on.

Leah territory (Elias only): Universes that Leah frequently is in and exerts a claim on.

Examples

Since this is such a dense read here's a few examples of the system in use.

DC Prime Earth: A class 3 iota magik powered xeno-2 earth.

Star Wars: A class 3 omega xeno-2 terra.

Dragon Age: A class 3 gamma magik powered xeno-2 terra.

Payday: A class 4 theta magik earth. Would be misidentified as a class 2 theta earth.

John Wick: A class 2 theta earth.

The Walking Dead: A class 4 theta regressed-epsilon earth.

[dragongirlmesilune]

Stealing Fire

(I wrote this for my friend @ibrithir-was-here it's based on their Endless Heirs AU, plus the recent 'The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country' comics, which I feel would fit into their AU quite well, as it seems a certain golden eyed anthropomorphic personification is messing with their older brother YET AGAIN. Also, Daniel is about 18 in this.)

The last thing Madison Flynn remembered was her dead friend Kells snapping her neck on the orders of two murderous gimps, while said dead friend was being stabbed by a man with teeth for eyes who was apparently not only a serial killer, but also a dream, and now she was in some unending white void, probably dead, and her only remaining friend Robbie would probably be joining her momentarily.

She was pretty sure the situation could not get any weirder.

She was quickly proven wrong.

"Um... Excuse me? Madison Flynn?"

She whirled around at the sudden voice- and came face to face with a guy about her age.

Or, at least, it had the general shape of a guy about her age.

It- he, really, was white, unnaturally white. From his skin to his hair (which seemed to float about in defiance of gravity) to the robe he wore, everything about him was as white as a piece of paper. The only exceptions were the emerald that hung from a chain around his neck, and his eyes, which were black voids dotted with pinpricks of light.

Stars. Madison realized.

He has actual fuckin' STARS inside his fuckin' EYEBALLS.

The being seemed to notice her discomfort and took a step back, a slightly worried look on his face.

"You- you don't need to be scared. I'm not gonna hurt you..."

It took her a moment to find her voice. "Am... am I dead?"

"Unfortunately."

"Are you death?"

He snorts a bit at that. "No, I'm not Death, thats my auntie. I'm Daniel. Cori asked me to talk to you."

It took Madison a moment to realize who he was talking about. "The Corinthian?"

"Yeah. He kinda works for my Dad, and he asked him to save you. Except, Dad is a bit... intimidating, so he decided to let me do the talking instead."

"Who... Who exactly is your Dad? What exactly is he?" Madison had a feeling the answer was going to be something big.

Daniel smiled gently. "Dad has a lot of names. Lord Shaper, King of Stories, Kai'ckul, Onerios, The Sandman... the name he uses most often is Morpheus, but his true one is Dream of the Endless. As for what he is... well, I think of him as a very polite Lovecraftian eldrich horror- insanely powerful, but you can't perceive his true form because your mind would melt into goo."

"I... see." Madison said, even though she really didn't. "And what does that make you?"

"I'm... complicated." Daniel scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "You ever seen that movie Wolfwalkers, where the people's spirits become wolves while their bodies sleep? I'm kinda like that, except instead of a wolf, my spirit turns into... this." He gestured to himself.

Madison was silent for a moment, before she finally responded. "So which one of you is responsible for those bullshit dreams about my middle school bullies apologizing to me?!"

"Actually, neither of us is." Daniel said, his voice grave. "And that's a huge problem."

"What do you mean?"

He sighed. "Whenever a being dreams, they come to a place called the Dreaming. But when Dad examined your body, he discovered you hadn't been there since you were little. Somehow, something has taken your ability to enter the Dreaming and has been feeding you false dreams in its place. And this 'Smiling Man', this waking nightmare you keep seeing who looks a little like Cori? Neither Dad nor I made him, and we've literally made every dream and nightmare there is. And it isn't just you either. There have been at least fourteen other people who've seen the Smiling Man- and most of them have died horribly in the past six weeks. Cori wants to hunt it- and whoever is behind it- down, but he wants your help doing it. I'm probably going to be coming along too, just so he doesn't start eating eyeballs again. And before you ask, no I won't be looking like this, like I said before, I'm a human when I'm awake."

"So, my options are to help a serial killer and a demigod solve the mystery of my death or just like... fuck off to heaven or something?"

"Pretty much."

Madison thought about it. From what Daniel had said, someone had been messing with her head for a long time, and whoever had done it was not only responsible for her death, but the deaths of multiple other people and judging by the way they had torched her dormroom and butchered Kells, they didn't care about collateral damage.

She had every right to rest in peace... but she couldn't.

Not when innocent people were dying and she could do something to stop it.

She stuck out her hand. "I'm in."

"Great!" Daniel said, grabbing the offered appendage. "Now hold still, I've never made a once-living person a new body before, and I don't wanna mess up."

"Wait- 'New body'?!"

Everything went white.

-------

The door to Limbo opened, and the Prince of Dreams stepped through, into the bloodstained living room where his Dad, Matthew, and the Corinthian stood waiting amongst several sleeping humans.

"So?" Dream asked.

"How did it go?"

Daniel smiled. "See for yourself."

There was the sound of wings, and a raven came to land on the floor. Unlike Matthew, however, this bird had plumage as white as Daniels robes. The raven glared at Daniel with black eyes for a moment before opening its beak to speak in Madisons voice. "You could've said I was gonna come back as a bird!"

He shrugged. "Well I couldn't exactly bring you back in your old form could I? Walking around with a dead person tends to draw unwanted attention, and this way you can go between the Waking and the Dreaming without my help. Plus, now Matthew doesn't need to run himself ragged trying to keep an eye on both me and Dad."

"Well I still would've preferred a warning! And who's Matthew?"

"That'd be me."

Madison let out a squawk of fright as she laid eyes on the tall, eerie figure of Dream, swathed in night colored robes with flame-licked edges and with an omen of death perched on his shoulder.

No wonder he let Daniel do the talking.

"Madison, meet my Dad, Dream of the Endless, and his raven Matthew."

"Hi."

"Greetings, Miss Madison." Dream nodded before looking at his son.

"She is white, Daniel."

"Hey, it was my first time! And I think I did a pretty good job, all things considered."

"I was not criticizing your work, merely stating a fact."

"Uh, my Lord?" The Corinthian said.

"I don't mean to alarm you, but Agony and Ecstasy are gone."

Sure enough, despite Dream having put them to sleep, both murderous gimps had vanished without a trace.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" Daniel shook his head in disbelief.

"Interesting..." Dream mused. "It would take a considerable amount of power to recall them without my notice."

"Narrows down the suspect list, I'd imagine."

"Indeed. I suggest we return to the Dreaming for now, to formulate a plan of action."

"Sounds like a plan to me Dad."

"W-Wait! What about Robbie?"

Dream shook his head. "I can do no more for him, unfortunately."

"If its any consolation, he'll probably think this was all a dream." Daniel said.

"Hes holding my dead body!"

"... mostly a dream."

"Enough. It is time we leave. I trust you will be right behind me, Daniel?"

"Of course Dad."

"Good." Dream pulled a worn leather pouch from within his robes and opening it. "Corinthian, Matthew, with me."

"Of course, my lord."

"Sure boss."

Sand began to swirl about the three like a tornado, engulfing them completely until it stilled, revealing an empty space where they had been moments before.

Madison just stared. "... wow. That was... something."

"You get used to it." Daniel said, tilting his head away from his left shoulder.

Madison let out a caw and flapped her wings, steering herself towards Daniels open shoulder. "It's funny."

"What?" The young demi-Endless asked as she settled herself.

"I just remembered an old story I heard about a white raven." She said as he pulled out his own pouch.

"Apparently Raven was originally white and had a beautiful voice, but when the gods took fire away from mankind, he flew up to the sun with a twig in his beak to bring it back. His feathers were charred black and his throat was half cooked, but he returned to earth a hero."

"Well then," Daniel smirked as the sand began to swirl around them.

"Let's go steal fire from the gods."

[paigeoforacle]

Meta request: does Barbara know what genre she's in/how does her journey go? :3

Bonus optional: in the Streetlight Hearbeat au I've been telling you about (the Caves, the spirit of Gotham, etc), do you think would she be aware what genre she's in (horror/eldrich horror) or nah? (I haven't decided yet, so I'm also kinda spitballing)

Well, comics exist in canon in the DCU, so I imagine she makes joking parallels, but no. She's not breaking the fourth wall.

Similar would go for the eldritch horror. Ahe would be familiar with the genre and make a comment about how familiar her life is, but I doubt she would make that leap.

[jack-o-chica-multiverse]

((Heh, Jack-O is being such a mother hen right now.  It’s funny, but after my prolonged stress-induced-brain-fart, this genuinely helps me ground her character again - being the terrifying-hulking-monster-who-is-really-a-loving-sentimental-marshmallow that she is.  That, and having her fighting tooth-and-claw for the family she has found in the Officialverse also helps refocus her character in my mind [which is damn fun to write, too, especially when she’s being overly dramatic] - but that will come again soon enough.)) 

[i-pogchamp]

Collection of all the current “final” designs of the dsmp dnd au... with 5up and crumb, because I love them both very very much.

Incidentally, they’re also the designs I describe in use for my fantasy/magic au fanfic. Y’know, in case you wanna check that out.

Everything is subject to change but here’s what’s in this post! (Under read more for length!)

Tubbo: College of Spirits bard. Not as much lore reasoning, but I think it’s fun.

Wilbur: College of Eloquence bard. Wilbur is incredibly good at talking, both in encouraging and lifting people up, but also the reverse; his words can be cutting, off-putting, setting people back six steps.

Dream: Mastermind Rogue, potentially with level drops in Fighter for action surge. Mastermind is like, self-explanatory, because what is he if not a mastermind? Able to puppet others? I have a lot of design notes for dream which I’ll separate out to the bottom.

Karl: Chronomancy Wizard! Manipulator of time, baby. Wizards have spellbooks, which also fits in line with Karl’s use of numerous books to keep his history in memory. Also intelligence as a primary score!

Skeppy: Eldritch Knight Fighter. Sacrificing himself to the egg wasn’t a good choice, but it was an incredibly smart choice; Skeppy’s strong scores are dex and int, though str isn’t low. He’s good at combat, and has magic in the branches of protection, which is exactly what he tries to do with Bad. During Red Skeppy arcs, I think he’d have a level drop or initiate feat in Warlock.

Fundy: Forge Domain Cleric. Church of prime man that is skilled at making things. Fundy was... difficult to pin down, and maybe forge domain cleric isn’t the best thing, but I like it for him! So I’m keeping it.

Ranboo: One of the only people to undergo a class change singe original headcanon, Ranboo is a Great Old One Tome Pact Warlock! Books, an all-seeing eldrich creature utilising him to help it, and psychic-based powers that also centre communication? PLUS the Gift of the Protectors invocation fits SO WELL with the list of friends that he keeps in the book!

5up: I don’t actually have a class for 5up! I’d put him probably at early glance at Arcane Trickster Rogue. Intelligence is a strong suit, a little bit of magic (incl illusion and enchantment), and he’s good at killing too. Seems fitting, considering how good pink man is at among us.

Crumb: Circle of Stars Druid. It’s because she’s a star. Next question.

Dream’s design notes

Bright colors aren't great for sneaking, which is why theyre minimal accents. It's important to be stylish, but not at the sacrifice of stealth. Still, are you really a rogue if you dont have that poppin aesthetic? Cape/cloak is tied around the waist so it's kept our of the way. poofs out at back. Dream team wristbands!!! ik canonically the relationship is Tense rn but *i* cant not draw one of the dteam without a sign of the others, even if its all gone to shit! leather??? cufflets on arm/wrist are symbolic of manacles, or at least thats the intention. Dream is just as shackled to this ultimate plan as everyone else is, regardless of his god complex. I hc that ender chests can like... grow/shrink like pokéball, and pockets r just Bags of Holding Axe (hatchet) and explosives are kept close at hand, everything else stays in the Magic Pockets/Ender Chest. (Also consider dream eyes under mask... look like eyes of ender. thanks.)

[bansheeoftheforest]

ooh, but imagine henry and edward meeting while he's still a child? hyde is probably a hundred years old and not a hundred percent human-looking, being the astral creature he is. he serves under dadrich and is some sort of spirit of the night. and pre-teen henry decided to study and catalogue all of this astral beings that hung around his dad (y'know, ✨for science✨), and actually got along really well with hyde. he looked at edward and decided that's his older bro now, and our poor spirit of the night didn't know peace ever since.

and then there's the possibility of combining summoner!jekyll and young!jekyll. since if henry was raised by an eldrich god who is basically a big mass of tentacles and eyes, henry would basically be a feral child in this. if he's a teen, he would probably already have his summoner gang and even be worshipped. but i like the idea of henry not knowing how to handle his cult so well as a teen and trying to be as cryptic as his dad is to his own cultists. so if henry's current cultists tried to visit him in the society and met this teenager being prepotent and trying to act like his dad would be pure chaos.

oh i also have a ton of worldbuilding ideas for how the eldrich gods and the realms would work in this world, let me know if you want to hear them.

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Honestly I'm just hooked on the idea of Henry being the chaotic one in this au. Hyde would essentially be like a mama swan or goose; immensely protective and loving and also strict to their kid (Henry) but can and WILL bite someone's nose off if they dare to get too close. Dadritch might be Henry's dad but Hyde IS the older brother who can and WILL punch someone in the face if they dare to touch Henry. Just yes pls. Also Henry being so fascinated with Hyde-- I can imagine him following him around all the time taking notes on him, also I bet Henry had entire sketch books filled with sketches of Hyde, him, and Dadritch <3

Oh my god, young!Jekyll and summoner!Jekyll... The chaos. Henry waking up in the infirmary back into his preteen body, seeing the Lodgers, and immediately hissing and chanting in Eldritch while making a run for it like a possessed child. Climbing on the walls and oh shit how the HELL did he get so many eyes on him-- even when he manages to calm down he would solemnly speak like a pretentious aristocrat or lawyer, also he demands sacrifices a whole lot despite having no idea what to do with it because his dad does it all the time and he is scared so he just. Acts like his dad.

also good god imagine HYDE finding out that the Lodgers accidentally turned Henry back into a kid. Just imagine Hyde storming into wherever room the Lodgers are trying to contain Feral Henry in and Henry immediately squeals and run into his arms, and Hyde just picks him up and holds him to his chest as Henry asks where dad is, whimpering and almost sobbing and Hyde just... Comforting him so tenderly? Can you imagine that confusion? Also imagine the Lodgers realizing that Hyde and Henry probably are brothers and they have both thought that they were lovers and also that Henry was Hyde's dad--

[thesoulspulse]

The idea looked a lot cooler in my head but all things considered at least I finally finished. Like I mentioned in the previous post announcing the Fright Knight as the winner I wanted to give him more of a bonfire aesthetic which in turn kinda led me towards hellfire since going to hell is something a lot of people fear. That’s why instead of human legs he has the the agile legs of a gargoyle or hell-hound. His form is a mix of charred bones, animal horns/antlers, shadows, and pitch black smoke that’s so thick it could blot out the sun...

This Eldritch is a true horror and can see into the hearts of mortals, manifesting their worst fears with a single strong of his blade. And that blade he pulls directly out of his own rib-cage which is devoid of a heart, of all emotion, so he judges humans solely by what they fear and why. He is neither good nor evil, but an ancient primal fear personified who is just as willing to help strengthen the hearts of those who wish to conquer their fears as he is to let that fear and despair consume the weak willed and guilty whose fear is of some terrible crime they’ve committed. And last but not least, instead of having a horse to ride, he becomes one along with taking the shape of any beast mankind fears whether it is real or not.

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Who's ready to feel pain again?

Here's an angsty eldrich horror prompt to make you cry <3

Au where Danny is blind and Damians younger twin. He was raised basically being told he was abandoned by his mother for his blindness and that his brother was healthy and happy with her. Meanwhile Danny's life was a living nightmare. No one wanted to adopt a blind kid in a small city like Amity Park, so he stayed stuck in the crappy little orphanage with neglectful caretakers. He hated this place and everyone in it, though he had no doubt his life would be much better if he hadn't been blind.

Danny was killed when a drunk driver purposely ran him over for something as stupid as ableism. Unfortunately, dying as a person with a lot of sorrow and angst in his heart inside Amity Park basically ensured he would become a spirit. That, or it had something to do with the Fentons expiramenting on his corpse.

No one could have known he would be so powerful though. Or that he would be able to "see" after his death. He soon became obsessed with finding the woman who abandoned him in this tiny city in the middle of nowhere and making her pay.

First, he needed a lair. He found out from research -aka possessing his mothers ninjas that felt like her and by extention, himself- that his father was Bruce Wayne- the Batman, and the first time in forever his heart filled with want.

He wanted a father. Someone who was kind and caring and who would protect him. Someone who would want him in turn.

He wanted brothers who would play with him and tease him and teach him him how to be like them.

He wanted sisters who would stand by him and hug him when he had a bad day and help him get away with things he wasn't supposed to be doing.

He wanted a family. The family Talia had cheated him out of. The life Talia had cheated him out of.

So he picked a mansion. A horrible dilapidated old thing, literally half falling apart. One pulse of his core transformed it into a billionaires dream. Everything was pristine as the day it was built. The gardens outside changed from weeds and grass taller than he was to beautiful paved garden paths, forever in full bloom.

This of course drained his energy and he fell asleep, never taking notice of the "For Sale" sign out near the gates

Needless to say, once he awakened he was not amused to see a couple unboxing thier belongings and taking over his home. He just wanted to scare them. He didn't think throwing heavy boxes across the room into thier heads would kill them, but it did. He killed them and there was no going back.

It was only a few hours later that he discovered whoever he killed within his lair would become a ghost.

A weak ghost fully under his control.

So he continued killing the people who moved in, but was sure to always give them a month to move out, signing a warning on thier calenders. Some left. Most didn't though, and became lesser ghosts.

His obsession with the picture perfect family allowed him to develop the power to trap any one person in a painting, but only one person per canvas and he had to have a full view of thier body and he has to do that double L thing with his hands and line them up in the center.

Once he lures his mother home with a mysterious letter addressed to her mentioning her League he wastes no time trapping her and hanging her portrait in the grand entryway.

He did the same with his Father, inviting Bruce Wayne and his wards to speak about someone committing corporate espionage in his company. Danny didn't actually know what that was but it sounded important, and the end goal wasn't to fool them but to get them here. Sadly nothing seemed to go as planned. First Jason snuck into the mansion as Red Hood a week before the planned meeting time and saw something he wasn't supposed to. Namely one of his victims. So he ordered the spirits to pin the startled Jason to the wall as Danny trapped him.

The painting came out better than expected. You could tell he was startled even with his helmet covering his face simply by his body language. The multitude of transparent arms coming through the wall to pin him made the scene all the more haunting.

The bats grew more concerned with each day that passed with no word from Jason and as the day on the invitation grew closer they begin preparing to go in groups. One group goes as civilians and the other sneaking about as vigilantes and trying to find Jason while Alfred and Barbara stayed behind to keep an eye on them and the mansion respectively.

Cue them arriving at the mansion and being forced to play real life Pac-Man and free thier kin from thier paintings while avoiding getting trapped in one themselves.

Eventually one of them discovered they could actually use the furniture around the house as weapons and Danny couldn't phase through it and they told the others about it so they didn't have to keep relying on Jason's unexplained ability to punch ghosts.

Eventually they manage to temporarily defeat Danny and escape the mansion. It was so hard on everyone listening to him sob from where he was pinned on the ground, begging them not to go. Promising to be the best little brother, the best son, he promised to be good.

Bruce took it the hardest. He had failed another of his children but he needed to get the rest of his family out of the sprung trap before the weaker spirits dug Daniel out of the rubble and the mansion is pulled back into that pocket dimension and captured them again. They had been here a while and he was fairly certain his family could go for a round 14 but he wasn't sure they would last beyond that.

So they left. But Bruce silently promised himself he would come back for his son. He kept repeating it over and over in his mind like a mantra to block out his sons desperate cries as they left him behind.

Needless to say the ride back to Gotham was mostly silent as his children processed everything that happened.

[simpz-art-stash]

A friend of mine and me have been rp’ing a LOT of LMK as of late and we decided to stuff in some old faces from an old original rp we had going on between our fav OTP (JokiXTrixie~) Decided to have their future versions meetup with the gang in an AU! As well as have Joki live out his lifelong dream as a rockstar again. Only this time as a demon-centric metal rock band. Where basically all their players are a demon of sorts to help fill the community in the world now that demons / spirits altogether are becoming a more popular minority on the online community. (my headcanon at least lol) ALSO HERE’S SOME COOL NOTES ABOUT EM!;

- Joki is based off a nightmaren from the game series NiGHTS Journey of Dreams. He still is one in this AU, the only difference is that he helped NiGHTS along with a whole gang of char’s defeat and seal away Wizeman in order to restore peace to the Dream Realm (Nightopia). Now with THAT out of the way, he eventually married Trixie where they both travel the world on tour. (The kind of music they tend to work on sounds like this.) - Joki is an electric guitarist / vocalist who used to have a band under the same name back during his first few long years in the mortal realm, back then they weren't able to go all out due to the stigma against demons. So they simply opted to pretend in favor of keeping their fans pleased. But it took it's toll on the rest of the gang who where demons. To the point they just ended up quitting due to stress of trying to keep their secret. As well as Joki having to take a lotta ‘sick days’ because of his 'condition'. (He couldn’t exist outside of the Dream Realm for too long due to the real world magic not meeting the same standards of his own body’s magic composition like his homeworld would.)

Now that he's been reborn to where his condition no longer applies he wanted to get back into the gig wid his wifey. Unfortunately the rest of his old members had either died off, uninterested or he just couldn't find em anymore. So he rounded up a few demons he met while doing a lil soul searching with Trixie and eventually brought the band back online. Mostly he did it because of the more popular outlook the demon community has started to show online. And since their band mainly has a whole gang of demons, it only fuels their rep for being pro-demon.

- SQiD: Joki dunno HOW the hell they found out he was looking for players for his band, but they showed up one day and offered their services. They’re a great pianist, as well as a good music editor. And even though they never talk, they DO happen to do vocals for their more metal heavy albums while Joki and Dez do backup. Joki isn’t even sure if they ARE a demon (pretty sure they’re some kinda eldrich deity) but honestly, so long as they don’t cause trouble he could care less. (They’re non-binary btw) (The kind of music they tend to work on sounds like this.) - Ray: A fire demon incubus and also the drummer! Joki met em a while back, and asked em if they wanted in, to which they agreed. He’s a bit of a hot head, and he’s totally hit on Trixie at least once. Though after getting shot down he more or less just teases her from time to time, there is a bit of mutual respect for her though considering she’s abstained his temptations in favor of his own bro. Just make sure you knock on his door because the chances of you walking in on him nakey is never 0%. - Dez or ‘Songbird’ as the other’s nicknamed them for their extensive vocal range, is what you’d totally call a drama queen. They also handle the bass and share vocals with Joki. They’re an ice serpent, but that’s about as much as you’ll get out of them backstory wise. They’re more keen on keeping the attention on themselves and adore their fans, who’re always surprised to find their persona on stage is a complete 360 compared to their normal demeanor. (The kind of music they tend to work on sounds like this.) - Trixie is married to Joki. She also happens to help with merch and keepin’ the boy’s in line. All of em know not to mess with her more than needed. Especially considering she’s a witch who’s gone through hell n’ back with Joki knowing he’d do the same for her. She’s basically helped saved the world twice at this point, and a third in this AU. She’s also a high standing witch now having eventually found her path and studied to get where she is with her status. And even though she isn’t immortal, her magic will keep her alive for a long time to come, something Joki wouldn’t have any other way. - Also Red Son is a total simp for Beast Machines music. LOL

If you got any questions regarding these neat char’s don’t hesitate to hit me up! ;D I own all the characters EXCEPT for Trixie, who belongs to @preposterousmissbradley However I did design her new outfit. Along with the rest of the character’s. work © Azelforest , do not repost, re-distribute, edit, or claim as your own, etc.

[carnistcervine]

Meme/Game thing

Post your WIP/Fic/AU/whatever’s name and explain it badly.

Here are some of mine~

Zuko’s Invisible Friend- Agni took one look at Zuko and decided that the little fire prince was his trash baby now.

Air Nomad Conquest AU- All life is sacred. (ʘ‿ʘ✿)

Parasitic Raava AU- rAAva nO.

War Erasure AU- War? What war? What Air Nomad genocide? What are you talking about? The Fire Nation would never do that! Or alternatively, aZUla nO.

Nonbender Avatar AU- Local Avatar shooketh to find that they are indeed, not a non-bender.

Firebender Sokka AU- Goddamnit, Agni.

Concervation of Bending Energy AU- Goddamnit, Universe.

Shitpost Avatar AU- I'm the Avatar. Hilarity and memes ensue.

Avatar Spirit Possesses Zuko AU- Poor Zuko. Rip in piss.

Spirit Vigilantes AU- The Gaang are spirit Batman.

The Gaang Chases Zuko AU- Oh how the turns have tabled.

Avatar Lu Ten AU- But what if Lu Ten was not kill?

Spirit Gaang AU- Inversed ghostbusters.

Bolin Befriends Vaatu AU- Local himbo wins over eldrich abomination with relentless sunshine.

Theater Nerd Vaatu AU- ITS NOT A PHASE, RAAVA.

Evil Yue AU- yUE hwY.

Steaming Coco AU- Local waterbender falls in love with grumpy firebending barista.

False Soldier AU- Everybody lives, groundhog day edition!

CATLA- Meow.