#SB Stokes

[sbstokes]

Riding to a Valley Beneath a Devil Mountain

random close interactions

sometimes 

with energetically dissimilar 

strangers

we cross paths

trapped in the back

of an angry bald man’s car

he hate drives me

toward my mother’s house 

coughing repeatedly

his mouth wide open 

car windows shut tight

all I know so far

he is caught up

in a snare of his own devising 

forcing me quite simply 

to not give a shit

about anything 

related to his bald

-faced rage

until I can safely 

get away

I keep catching him

in the rearview

staring

the traffic compounds

compounding

this back-wrench

ing feeling

this automotive entrapment 

herking and jerking 

through the congested lanes 

of highway 680

the exhaust pipe next to us

blackened and spitting

[madamemiz]

after a bit of a delay, here's an update! this will be the last chapter at the coast. next up is a flashback, and then we're heading west. where to? we'll see!

[cyberstatic-fox]

ladies and gentlemen, here we GO

[chipistrate]

HAPPY 2 YEARS OF SECURITY BREACH!!!

FUCKIN!!!!! TWO YEARS OF SECURITY BREACH!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GRAHHHH I'M SO HAPPY AND EXCITED I CAN'T BELIEVEEEE IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS OF THESE GOONS!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!

Real talk though; Security Breach is one of- if not- my favorite fnaf game ever and has been since it released, and I'm so stoked to see where the story and these characters go next!!!!! All of the SB characters are my favorite characters to've ever come out of fnaf, both base game and DLC, and I can't wait to see more of them!!!!

My favoritest guys ever Happy two years of existence<3333

[thebiggerbear]

"I hate you." "You have a weird way of showing that." - Soldier Boy Prompt Response

Summary: You're pissed that he put himself at risk yet again.

A/N: Prompt from @creativepromptsforwriting (#941). This was too much fun to play with. Soldier Boy is something, that's for sure lol. Hope this is alright.

Thank you to my beta @rieleatiel for her services. You rock, girl!

Pairing: Soldier Boy x Female!Reader; Soldier Boy x Female!Supe!Reader

Warnings: mentions of violence; mentions of sex; implied sex; Soldier Boy being himself; language (I guess?)

Word Count: 1881

Taglist: @avada-kedavra-bitch-187

SB Taglist: @heartlessdelusions; @nancymcl; @brightlilith

Jensen Taglist: @samanddeaninatrenchcoat; @deansbbyx

"I hate you." "You have a weird way of showing that."

Beau version ✨ Dean version ✨ Jenny version ✨ Jason version ✨ Tom version ✨ CJ version ✨ Rachel version ✨ Anael version ✨ SDV Leah version ✨ Alec version

You stormed into the suite you and Soldier Boy shared in Vought Tower. The supe strolled in after you, a scowl on his face as he shut the door behind him.

You waved around your hand and suddenly, a glass flew out of the cabinet, landing on the counter. A bottle of the finest whiskey you owned made its way from the bar as ice cubes from the fridge settled softly into the glass. Once the whiskey was poured and the bottle was safely settled beside it, you held out your hand and the drink slowly fit itself into your palm. You took a sip, letting the liquid travel down to the pit of your stomach, and relished the fire it stoked; it was a fire that had already started during your mission.

“Got one of those for me, doll?”

You scoffed and walked away from the kitchen—away from him. “You’ve got working limbs. Use them and make it yourself.” You didn’t need to turn around to know that that response pissed him off. Well, too damn bad; you were pissed as well.

You headed into the bedroom and, heaving a deep breath, you began to take off your gear. Soldier Boy came in behind you, but you refused to turn around.

“Come on, you’re making a big deal over nothing.”

“Nothing?” You spun on your heel, glaring at him. “You could have been killed, Ben!”

He was glaring right back at you. “Yeah, well, I wasn’t. I did what I had to do to take that fascist fuck down.” 

You let out a frustrated huff as you slammed your gloves down onto the dresser next to you. “You are the most stubborn, pig-headed jackass I’ve ever met! You just refuse to hear what I’m saying to you!”

Hands grabbed onto your hips and spun you around, bringing you face to face with a very turned on Ben. Of course. You knew he loved it when you would get angry since he could “fuck it right out of you,” as he’d once told you when you’d asked why he enjoyed riling you up so much. “Best fucking ride I get to take,” were his exact words. He’d given you a salacious grin and then that deep laugh when you’d smacked his bare shoulder. The action didn’t, and wouldn’t, hurt him in the slightest; in fact, he’d pulled you closer and you had taken the opportunity to run your fingers through his sweaty locks.

Ben leaned in to kiss you, thinking things were about to pop off once again (he was pretty sure he’d never seen you this pissed off before and he wanted to skip the yelling altogether, get right to the fun part), but you prevented him from doing so. The impatient frown you’d expected was in place and you cupped his cheeks to meet his eyes. He knew this was a sign that you wanted him to really listen to you.

“Ben, you can’t keep doing things like this,” you told him in a softer tone but laced with as much firmness as before. “You’re not invincible, you know that.”

His lips lifted up into a smirk. “Pretty damn close, though.”

You let out a sigh of frustration and decided you’d had enough. A bluish white haze came over your vision and you saw Ben’s eyes widen as your palms began to glow. You showed him your perspective of the day’s events: how you’d watched the missile launched by the townspeople, heading straight towards the building he was in; how you’d been unable to stop it but still slowed it down enough so that more people could get out of there; how everyone had been clear except him and the asshole dictator and their regime that he’d been ordered to kill; how you’d screamed for him to get clear because you couldn’t hold it back much longer; how you’d finally collapsed because you had no juice left, only able to helplessly watch as the weapon slammed into the building. You let him feel your heartbreak, your grief, your pain from thinking he was dead. And then you shared with him the massive relief you felt once he managed to dig his way out, dirty but unscathed nonetheless—and then your anger once he told you he’d heard you yell for him but he had to take down the dictator. He chose to stay inside, knowing he could very well die, and he was okay with that. He simply snorted at the idea that he should run for cover, for safety, and that enraged you.

You ended this viewing with memories you swore you’d never show him (but would if that’s what it took to get your point across). You both watched as you first met—your apparent disgust towards him; your perception of him changing over time; the first time you’d let him into your bed, how you two grew closer; the look on his face when you demanded exclusivity or you’d walk after you’d found him with a receptionist from the 28th floor willingly on her knees; the contentment you felt being partners with him both inside the job and out of it; your worry for him each time he separated from you on a mission; the threats you’d made to Stan Edgar if he ever tried to have another Nicaragua happen again and the hell you’d unleash if he did; the tenderness you watched him with as he slept after having more nightmares; your compassion for him the one time he’d mentioned his father to you; the enjoyment of spending time with him watching things from the past and watching him laugh or enthusiastically tell you about that time, and finally, the kicker — the love you’d started to feel for him. You moved your hands away, the glow disappearing as did your haze, and you turned away from him. You hadn’t meant to show him that last part or let him in that deeply. You had been waiting for the right time, which you were pretty sure would be never, but when your emotions ran high like they did today, it was harder to keep everything behind the wall you usually kept in place.

Instead, you quietly cleared your throat and decided to act as if he hadn’t just heard those last thoughts. “You get it now? How dangerous that was? How dangerous it is every time you do some stupid crap like that?”

He gripped your chin and forced you to meet his gaze again. 

“Ben, you can’t keep—”

He cut you off by leaning in and kissing you. Instead of turning it dirty like he usually did or ramping it up, he pulled back after a minute and stared into your eyes. “I do, too, you know,” he murmured.

You were afraid to ask. Still, you had to know. “Yeah?”

He ran his thumb tenderly over your bottom lip. “Yeah.” You studied him as he studied you in return. For once, you didn’t see any hint of amusement, bullshit, or even lust. He was telling you the truth.

You lifted a hand to run your fingers through his hair, which made him shut his eyes halfway; you knew he liked it when you did that. “Then you can’t keep doing things like this.” You wrapped your arms around his neck and he lowered his forehead onto yours. “I thought you were dead today,” you let out in a broken whisper. He had really scared the shit out of you… You had been beyond devastated for those few minutes.

“I’m right here in front of you, sweetheart,” he reassured you, giving you a sweet smile that you only saw when it was just the two of you. 

“But what if—”

“I’ll be more careful from now on,” he promised, kissing you once more. He then grinned wolfishly. “So, do those magic hands of yours work both ways?”   

You knew they did but you’d never told him that. He’d only seen you use them to insert images sometimes into your targets to paralyze them or make them vulnerable, but you’d never actually used them on him before. “They can,” you answered carefully. “But I don’t usually do that. I don’t like reading someone’s thoughts without their consent.”

“So all this time we’ve been rolling around, you’ve never once tuned in?”

“No,” you insisted, offended and moving away from him. “I can only imagine the jizz-soaked apocalyptic ride through unforgettable hell that would be. There probably isn’t enough alcohol in the world to try and wipe those memories from my mind.”

He caught your wrist and gently placed your hand against his bearded cheek. “Read mine now.”

“Ben,” you pleaded. “Please don’t make—”

“Trust me.” He leaned in closer. “Read ‘em.”

You weren’t sure you wouldn’t be retching after this. He’d literally just learned you loved him and he implied he felt the same, so if he showed you the highlights of his glory days, you swore you’d nut punch him after you got sick and then force him to relive your own highlights and how much you very much still enjoyed those from time to time. Usually, of course, when you were alone in the shower.

You took a deep breath and opened the connection. You were suddenly flooded with images of your greatest hits: him going to town on you and being merciless, making you cry out his name in passion; the furniture you’d broken during your escapades and the walls you’d cracked, even one floor you’d broken through (right into the middle of a table being used for a board meeting but that didn’t stop either of you—if anything, Ben enjoyed everyone watching him give it to you and making you almost feral in chasing your high); you taking charge and putting him on his back, your eyes having a bluish white glow as you smirked wickedly down at him before taking what was yours and truthfully had been yours since you’d said you wanted him all to yourself. You could hear your cries and moans echoing in your ears along with his grunts and yells and dirty talk you both loved. You could hear other sounds too—sounds that made your cheeks warm—and you could feel the lust and heat rising within you as that same bluish white haze settled upon your vision.

You suddenly broke the connection. His brow furrowed in confusion before you growled out, “Suit off. Now.”

His typical smirk returned as he began to undo his chest plate.

“Not fast enough.” You waved your hand and Ben’s suit undid itself at the same time yours did. The shield planted itself in the corner where it usually sat while the clothes situated themselves beside it. Both of you were stark naked but that wasn’t enough. You flicked a finger and Ben was immediately shoved back onto the bed, right where you wanted him. You clambered up on top of him and positioned yourself, his hands on your hips to help you, when you leaned down to look into his eyes.

“I hate you.”

His grin was wide, knowing you definitely didn’t mean it. “You have a weird way of showing that.”

You snorted and kissed him, taking what you now knew was undoubtedly yours.

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Graceland, 1972

“What are we going to do with all these scarves?”

There are just so many of them. You had no idea just how many Elvis had amassed in the past few years. Scarves in every color of the rainbow, some solid, some patterned, some short, some long. A veritable smorgasbord of silk. No wonder his closet was bursting at the seams.

You lean in, drawing in the distinctly spicy scent of him locked into the soft fabric, running your fingers through them hanging in his large closet.

“Oh, I can think of a few things we could do, darlin’,” he breathes in your ear, voice smooth and buttery as he wraps his arms around you from behind. Pulling you into him, you feel the roaring heat of him against your back, blazing through you, stoking warmth low in your belly.

“E, we’re supposed to be cleaning things out and here you are being distracting,” you attempt to scold him, but it comes out as a breathy sigh instead. He nuzzles into your neck, his pillowy lips lighting fires across your skin. A tiny gasp falls from your lips, turning into a hum when he flattens a palm over your hip—a gentle press backwards that he meets with his pelvis.

“What about Nicky?” you whisper, your hand reaching up to graze Elvis’ jaw and your body responding in an almost Pavlovian way to his touch.

Finding time for intimacy with a two-year-old toddling around could be challenging to say the least. It had certainly been an adjustment when your family grew suddenly last year, though you both always made a conscious effort to make time for each other in that way. It was nearly impossible not to. You both had so much lost time to make up for and it showed in your private (and sometimes public) moments.

“Oh, he’s fine,” he reassures you, flitting his fingers down the side of your body. “He’s outside with Patsy and Dodger and the other kids. Nothin’ to worry about. Just you and lil’ ol’ me, up here all alone.” His lip slowly quirks up into a salacious grin.

His free hand pulls one of the scarves—a fiery red one with bold, black trim—off its hanger.

Your heart flutters. This scarf sticks out in your memory because there was one time at the International when he’d worn it after a show and looked so outrageously handsome, so haughtily debonair, you’d nearly come apart just from staring at him. And if memory serves, you came apart many times that night, after all was said and done. The thought melts through you, stoking the embers in your belly.

Elvis quite deftly winds the silk over your eyes. Robbed of your sight, your lips fall open, and you are only able to get out a hushed, “What are—?” before he shushes you. His warm breath tickles the shell of your ear and sends a cascade of shivers down your spine.

There’s a grin evident in his tone when you attempt to remove the scarf that has suddenly darkened your world. “Nuh uh, no touching,” he tsks, playfully slapping at your hand.

With your sight gone, your other senses begin to go on high alert. Heat is coming off him in waves. Having showered not long ago, your nose is filled with his clean scent of Neutrogena soap and Brut cologne, but there is a sudden muskiness on his breath that unlocks something deeply primal inside you.

It sends you squirming in his arms, and you are desperate to feel his skin against yours.

Instead, he clamps his arm around yours from behind, effectively trapping you against him. “What a naughty lil’ girl,” he growls. “I guess you need some help followin’ instructions, don’tcha?”

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[queenaeducan]

ah yes the favorite "every elf fan must actively hate dwarves and dwarf lore, I am the only one who cares about dwarves and dwarf lore" 😔 it IS a venn diagram and the middle is LARGE!!!! 😩

Tas what is one dwarf lore question you are keeping your eye out for in da4?

it is a personal offense as sb whose interest in fantasy as a genre was stoked by the hobbit.

honestlyyyy i'm trying not to hope for specific things, as that's what leads to disappointment for me. i do really hope to learn more about the ambassadoria. in da:i dorian is one of the only people who is normal about cadash, and thinks southern dwarf stereotypes are confusing. i imagine the ambassadoria plays a role in that impression, and overall i would love the chance to get to see how they compare to orzammar and surface dwarves.

oh! and this codex:

War? I don't remember any legends about our people fighting the dwarves. Though I remember my Keeper telling a story about how the dwarves fear the sun because of Elgar'nan's fire. A metaphor for the elves of Arlathan driving the dwarves underground? The Qunari like metaphors. I should share that.

given who we may be getting to know more of in DA4, i'm hoping more light is shed on this! it is a half-remembered myth, so it may not prove accurate, but i think there's a good chance we'll learn more!

[satanic-faggotry]

> Titled the “Reject Escalating Satanism by Preserving Essential Core Traditions (RESPECT) Act,” SB 1279 would alter the law by adding the following line to three different parts of the state statute:

> SATANIC MEMORIALS, STATUES, ALTARS OR DISPLAYS OR ANY OTHER METHOD OF REPRESENTING OR HONORING SATAN MAY NOT BE DISPLAYED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN THIS STATE.

Incandescent with rage at this proposal.

Obviously it's wildly unconstitutional, and there's really no chance it won't be struck down. (At least I really hope we're not that far gone...)

But this isn't an isolated action.

This is just one step towards normalizing Christian theocracy. They want to make Christianity the state religion. They want to wipe out every one of us who dares to disagree, to believe something but their lies and their dreck.

It's laying the groundwork for religious genocide. A call for a new Crusade. Alt-right circles have already been doing so for years now, it's just bubbling to the surface.

You're probably thinking it's not a big deal. Maybe you're not a Satanist. Maybe you think "normal" atheists are safe, or that they won't come for your liberal flavor of Christianity.

But you're wrong.

Satanists are just the easy target. It's easy to stoke fires of hate towards us, to start a new wave of the Satanic Panic.

We won't be the last target. They won't be satisfied with us.

And when they've killed us, we won't be here to speak for you.

[brightsstar]

Okay, i've honestly needed to do this for ages now, and I am finally getting around to it.

Hi! I'm Bright Star. I'm a hobbyist artist as well as writer. My main blog is @brightstar2000. This blog is a side blog where i dump my art as well as give updates to what i'm working on.

I don't do commissions, at least for now. Perhaps one day, but that won't be for a long while.

I have had many a hyperfixation over the years, and currently it's the Sun and Moon Show, and FNaF Security Breach.

I have several aus as well, and my current focus is my Regretful Eclipse AU and my Stoked Embers AU.

My ask box is always open! If anyone is curious about anything, it's always open to you. I often respond quickly as well, or as quick as i can.

Also fanworks of any kind in my aus is welcome! In case people think I don't want it. I absolutely do! In fact, i encourage it! I want to see other's interpretations of events or just the characters in general doing what ever! I appreciate all of you! If you make fanart or fanwork of any kind, feel free to tag me, or drop it in my inbox, i want to see it!

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Thanks for reading! This is subject to changes in the future.

[a-man-for-hire-and-his-archives]

Luke Arnold shares his pick for the Gold! #Logies (IG: TV Blackbox)

Transcript (thanks to @asterofthevoid for help!)

Interviewer: Luke Arnold, congratulations on True Colors for SBS and and NItV. A huge series, an amazing performance from you, congratulations.

Luke: well, thank you very much.I mean, I just loved being a part of that. The moment I read those scripts, I was like get me on this show,” I’d already wanted to work with Bunya for a while, and so, it was a dream for me. And while I’m so stoked to be nominated, representing True Colours, I feel like I’m the last person that should -who should be here, like it’s just-

Interviewer: oh come on-

Luke: No, well it was, you know it was such a magical show, really so about, you know that part of the country. About Alice, and the Arrente people, and so I really feel like I was a guest in that part of the country as much as I was a guest in this show. But to be here, and let people know to check it out on SBS on Demand if they haven’t yet, or to draw more attention to it, I’m happy to do it.

Interviewer: oh absolutely, a phenomenal series, and Bunya as a production house, doing some great work, not least of which is True Colors, so that’s a great pick up there. Um, so whose your tip for the Gold Logie?

Luke: Oh, well uh, look, I really gotta go with Mark. I think its so fantastic, I mean he’s doing so much great work. But of course Mystery Road Origins was just so brilliant, so um, that’s where I’m going. Yeah.

Interviewer: awesome well congratulations, I really hope you bring it home tonight.

Luke: Cheers, thank you very much.

[sbstokes]

Whistling while he hums

there’s a blank day

just outside my

single-pane window

seems like every day off

is only half a day

gray and/or raining

at least

I inhale and exhale

at ease

my wife

right here

giving me

everything

it’s a good life

when we both

manage to find

a miraculous way

to relax

[heliosphere-underthesky]

Have you watched the whole moon revolution arc? If so give it a rate from 1-5 (its ok if you dont then)

Howdy! I'd say it's probably a 4 or 4.5 for me, but not because it's not good but out of personal preference only. I do really like Titan though, he inspired me to make my own Titan a little softer and more sensitive!

(Yep that's the same character... 2014 vs 2023)

The story flow itself was good but there were times I was waiting for space facts to come on again, but understandable since it's difficult to merge lore and space facts in a full-blown story. The ending was a *little* anticlimactic, but I can see it's because it leads to another arc! All in all, I'm stoked for whatever else they may have in store for us.

Since we're on topic, I'd say I preferred the Earth Alone/Redemption arc and the first episodes when it was about short snippets about space trivia!

Earth's arc kinda made me think how they managed to squeeze in space facts while keeping the story going. The whole thing especially the last part really hit home for me and I'm so happy for him! I was literally possessed to draw my Earth hugging SB!Earth right after the whole thing, it was the first time in a long while I felt like that.

[drowxiv]

I just want to share the absurdity that is my intro-to-FFXIV experience because it comes back to bite me sometimes and it's kind of funny. I started playing FFXIV in 2019 after rage-quitting WOW. One of the things I hated most about WOW was raids, mostly because I was treated poorly by a guild while playing them. This is important later. My partner spent weeks trying to convince me to pick up FFXIV including "I'll literally buy you the game" but what finally got me was "You can be a Drow that picks flowers." I had a couple friends who played at the time and were VERY excited for me. Shadowbringers had JUST come out when I started playing and both my partner and my friends were really eager for me to reach endgame so I was told explicitly "just do the MSQ, don't worry about anything else." Cue absolute fucking CHAOS y'all.... I obviously did what I was told but the game kept pointing me at these job quests. So I asked about that and got "Oh yeah well obviously do your job quests AND MSQ" which is the point that I should have become suspicious about the advice.... but dear reader I am a dumb idiot who blindly trusts people. So I plowed through MSQ & Job quests per instructions until I got pretty deep into Heavensward and I wanted to unlock flying. THEN the instructions changed to "Oh, well, yeah, you have to look at those blue quests and if they have a green crystal go ahead and do those." One might think I'd start doubting the advice now, for sure. Nope. Dumb idiot. I just added that knowledge to the list and KEPT RIGHT ON TRUCKING. Blew through HW and SB that way. Finally got into SHB and my friends were so stoked for me. At this point I need to pause and point out that at this time the Crystal Tower raid was NOT required MSQ content. So I got to "THE MOMENT" in SHB. THE "parry this you fucking casual" moment and all my friends are freaking out and screaming and I'm just staring blankly like "...?" They go "Don't you KNOW who that IS?" No of fucking course I don't! And they go "OH! You should have played the Crystal Tower raid!" THE WHAT? So they had me unlock it and ran me through it to get the story. Because I only knew of raids from WOW I just kind of wrote that off as "the big raid" from ARR and then never thought about it again. Until alllllllll the way in Endwalker when my partner goes "Hey do you want to do the Pandaemonium raids with me." "RAIDS? I'M SORRY? PLURAL? RAID-S? THERE IS AN S? AS IN THERE IS MORE THAN ONE?" I missed EVERY. SINGLE. raid series from EVERY. SINGLE. expansion.... I'm still sifting through everything I haven't unlocked. I JUST learned that all the raid series' have savage versions which I haven't unlocked either. So I thought I had all of "Coils" open - NO WRONG! It's a mess.

[cyberstatic-fox]

wheezes

lies down

its finally done,,,, this fUCKING THING has been TAUNTING ME for MONTHS

gonna punt it across the room if it does this to me again i swear tae fUCK

[roguelioness]

Still thinking of how Aly's reaction to loss in HW is to seek out more power so she can be stronger and hit back harder against her enemies to protect the ones she cares for-

And it continues through SB (unhealthily stoked by Zenos) - more weapons more fighting do more damage, more more more - but that isn't enough to keep her friends safe-

Feeling her own life slowly slip away on the First pushes her to try healing. Learning the cards from Urianger (so they have something else to talk about, something other than the unspoken knowledge that he's keeping secrets from her - again - that she's being deliberately kept in the dark). There's power in taking life, yes, but there's also power in restoring it-

but even that's not enough to help, to protect, to save-

So she puts herself at the forefront, makes herself the biggest target on the field, keeps the enemy's attention on her. They will have to get past her if they want to reach her loved ones.

[thehyperrequiem]

Diego and the Scary Monstrous Revival (Bendy and the Dark Revival parody) cast

"Return to the cartoon studio from Diego and the Dino Machine™. See the ink-soaked kingdom of Diego Brando™ like never before through the eyes of Edge/Jolyne, an animator with mysterious abilities. Deeper, darker, and with more horror-stoked action, the Scary Monstrous Revival will keep you on the edge."

Edge (Mario + Rabbids) as Audrey Drew (Real World)

Jolyne Cujoh (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Audrey Drew (Cycle)

Starscream (Transformers Prime) as Wilson Arch

DIO Brando (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as Shipahoy Wilson

Mikitaka Hazekura (JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable) as Porter

Mariah (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as Betty

Wambus Troubleham (Bugsnax) as Steve McGregor

Carne (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Big Steve

Gwess (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Carley

Dr. Ferdinand (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Slicer

Foo Fighters (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Heidi

Bakugou (My Hero Academia) as Bill Danton

Ghiaccio (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Mad Artist

Changelings (My little Pony) as Widows

Queen Chrysalis (My little Pony) as Widow King

Ringo Roadagain (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Lord Amok

DIO Brando (JJBA Phantom Blood) as Shipahoy Dudley

Decepticons and Vehicons (Transformers Prime) as Keepers

Glamrock Animatronics (FNAF SB) as The Ink Jets

Limp Bizkit Zombies (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Iridescent Lost ones

Weather Report (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Henry Stein

Cromdo Face (Bugsnax) as Joey Drew

Scary Monsters Diego Brando (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Bendy/Baby Benders

Partial Utahraptor! Diego Brando (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Ink Bendy

Utahraptor! Diego (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Beast Bendy

Hot Pants (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Alice Angel

Partial Utahraptor! Hot Pants (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Susie-Alice

Yukako (JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable) as Allison Angel

Koichi (JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable) as Himself/Allison’s Boyfriend

Gyro Zeppeli (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Boris the Wolf

Johnny Joestar (JJBA Steel Ball Run) as Himself/Boris’s Friend

Giorno (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Tom

Pucci (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Sammy Lawrence

Rubber Soul, Devo the Cursed, ZZ and Steely Dan (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as The Butcher Gang

Legoshi (Beastars) as Norman Polk

Formaggio (JJBA Vento Aureo) as The Projectionist

Daniel J. D'Arby (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as Bertrum Piedmont

Dark Enchantress Cookie (Cookie Run) as Susie Campbell

Joseph Joestar (JJBA Battle Tendency) as Wally Franks

Caesar Zeppeli (JJBA Battle Tendency) as Thomas Connor

Snorpy (Bugsnax) as Jack Fain

Chandlo (Bugsnax) as Himself/Jack’s Lover

Tiziano (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Swollen Jack

Squalo (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Himself/Swollen Jack’s Lover

Triffany Lottablog (Bugsnax) as Allison Pendle

Floofty (Bugsnax) as Grant Cohen

Salt Cookie (Cookie Run) as Shawn Flynn

The Pillar Men and Santana (JJBA Battle Tendency) as The Butcher Gang Enemies

Utahraptors (Jurassic Park series) as The Searchers

Zombies (JJBA Phantom Blood) as Lost Ones

Megatron (Transformers Prime) as Nathan Arch

Airachnid (Transformers Prime) as Tessa Arch

Perceptor (Transformers Animated) as Alan Grey

Gramble Gigglefun (Bugsnax) as Telly Wester

Mario Zucchero (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Angus Newman

Tonio (JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable) as Dale Little

Eggabelle (Bugsnax) as Kay Lee

Beffica (Bugsnax) as Jane Todd

Gingerbrave (Cookie Run) as Lance Derby

Ratchet (Transformers Prime) as Hank Scott

Juno (Beastars) as Grace Conway

Deku (My Hero Academia) as Phil Clark

Sale (JJBA Vento Aureo) as Archie Carter

Carrot Cookie (Cookie Run) as Kitty Thompson

Quinn (Flipline) as Sally Newt

Telence T. D'Arby (JJBA Stardust Crusaders) as Hudson Doyle

Shockwave (Transformers Animated) as Chef Buck

Ironhide (Transformers Animated) as Muncie Dunn

Tea Knight Cookie (Cookie Run) as Eugene Lloyd

Thunder Mcqueen (JJBA Stone Ocean) as Carl

Scary Monsters Diego Brando (JJBA Steel Ball Run) (With Raptor teeth and eyes) as Sinful Bendy

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Drawn to Darkness

Chapter 2: The Raptor's Domain (The Demon's Domain)

Chapter 3: The Eternal Stand Power (The Eternal Machine)

Chapter 4: The Prison of Horrors (The Factory of Horrors)

Chapter 5: The Scary Monstrous Revival (The Dark Revival)