#been busy but good ^^

[midnight-mourning]

Midnight's DCA MerMay (update post)

Hello! This is a brief post to serve as a bit of an update on me & also my mermay plans. Will try to be quick to save both time & effort for everyone

First off, I've started writing the multi-chapter story (and having a lot of fun with it), and look forward to sharing it with you all in May! My goal is to have the entirety posted in May, but you know how that goes, still, I think it'll be very good and I hope you all enjoy when it comes out ^^

Speaking of schedules and such, my intent is to post requests every other day in May, and scatter the story throughout. Regarding requests, I'll be opening them soon! Looking at sometime end of this week or beginning of next (please don't request anything until after that point, thank you), so be on the lookout for that! When that post comes out I'll go over rules and other such details as per usual then

Something I did want to open up now though like I mentioned in the Valentine's post, is that I'm looking for artists to draw things for both the main story and the requests! I've had a few people reach out (which, thank you very much for that) but this is an opportunity for any others who may be interested. To keep it simple:

i'll share the finished requests/story chapters (as I write them) with the group ahead of posting

you pick a request or chapter/scene you'd like to make a doodle for 

can be anything you like in terms of involvement, from a simple doodle to something more detailed (again whatever your preference is)

this is low-commitment/volunteer-based/for funsies, there's no pressure to make something, it's just meant to be silly and fun if you want to! if something comes up or you change your mind, it's no worries/big deal

ideally you would post your doodle when the story/chapter is posted (again tho, if something comes up and you need more time, it's no worries, very flexible)

if you're interested simply let me know, and I'll invite you to the discord server I've made ^^

if you're not an artist but are interested in beta-reading (again low commitment) let me know! Would mainly be checking for grammar and spelling 

if you're not an artist or interested in beta-reading please consider sharing this post so it gets to a larger audience who might :)

Last thing I'll say is a brief explanation for what i've been up to recently. I know it's been kind of quiet from me here and that's because I've been busy! Work & school have been keeping me tied up, and I just haven't had the time nor urge to be on Tumblr, I have been writing and taking some time for myself tho! And am generally doing well/excited to share things sometime in the near future

that's all for now, bye!

P.S. I went through all my writing posts and added the tag #midnight mutterings to them, so anything i've written will include that tag (if you were looking for things and were unsure), working on updating my masterpost sometime soon as well :)

[fly-chicken]

A Pragmatic and surprisingly comforting perspective about the Trump 2nd Presidency from the ACLU

***Apologies if this is how you found out the 2024 election results***

Blacked out part is my name.

I’m not going to let this make me give up. It’s disheartening, and today I will wallow, probably tomorrow too

AND

I will continue to do my part in my community to spread the activism and promote change for the world I want to live in. I want to change the world AND help with the dishes.

And I won’t let an orange pit stain be what stops me from trying to be better.

A link to donate to the ACLU if able and inclined. I know I am

[ato-dato]

Go on, burst every one of his bubbles why don’t you

[chalkrub]

pwyw thingy from previous opening 🌸

[fee-phy-fo-fum]

(You died saving your friends.)

you know whats the funniest part of this? siffrin deals no damage to the. yknow. rock type calamite. bc. calamite. is immune to all damage types except the one its weak to at that point of time. :thumbsup:

[tamanegi-san]

Hallo Tumblr pepols, I know I'm late but have some goofy halloween stuff I drew :D

[hinamie]

been in a yuuji mood

[heartorbit]

happy halloween! 🎃🐈‍⬛👻🐇

[sgt-celestial]

My take on the Sherlock Holmes books

[icantdothistodaybruh]

What a terribly dull ending this is.

[sopuu]

double rizz

[kabukiaku]

hey guys, guys what if....what if they went on...on a da---*explodes*

[prinsomnia]

✶ solitude of profession ✶

☕️ my ko-fi

[p3arl-luk1]

Gabriel’s wings molt like a bird because I said so

(low quality doodle today because I was rlly light headed and tired this afternoon 💔)

[just-null]

[modern au] pjs movie night w these idiots

[bet-on-me-13]

Fear Toxin had an unintended side effect of the people of Gotham.

So! When Jonathan Crane was first testing his Fear Toxin, he was only ever testing on the Inmates at Arkham. And suprisingly a lot of the Patients there were from outside of Gotham (before it was converted into a revolving door of a Prison, it actually used to be an Asylum for the mentally ill. Who knew?).

Since he had so many Test Subjects from outside of Gotham, by pure coincidence he never actually got to test his Fear Toxin on a Born and Raised Gothamite. The first time he saw the effects of his Toxin on the people of Gotham, was his first Terror Attack on the City.

And it did not go as planned.

As it turns out, the People of Gotham are mostly Liminals due to the high percentage of Ectoplasm in the area the City was built on. And unfortunately for Scarecrow, Ectoplasmic Beings like Liminals have a very different reaction to distilled Fear than normal people.

Their Bodies process it differently, it is filtered by their Ectoplasm into pure energy, and that energy is directed straight into their Dopamine Centers.

Basically, Fear Toxin is Weed for Liminals.

Scarecrow accidentally released a cloud of pure Weed into the City. And the people loved it. It wasn't long before he was being inundated with requests for more of his "Product" from every single Crime Boss in the City.

This wasn't what he wanted! He wanted to see them squirm and riot in unadulterated Terror! He wanted to see them attack eachother in Fear, not raid the nearest 7/11 trying to satisfy their Munchies!

But whenever he tried to make a new Strain of Fear Toxin to get them with, they all rejoiced at his "New Product"! It was sickening!

He should have moved to Metropolis.