#ferryman of the damned

[urisk-factor]

Thinking that because DJ technically exists at the same time as the Ferryman of the Damned, there might be more ferries for the dead. These are the only four captains that have designs so far, Davy Jones, the Ferryman (originally Fergus Wright), Captain Hook, and Cassandra Hadden "the Ashen King". There's also Atticus Britt, and Ràn.

There are seven ships all together, the Flying Dutchman, her long lost sister ship known as the Sunken Scotsman (uncaptained currently), the Ferry of the Damned (originally the Solstice), the Jolly Roger, Ægir's Tempest (Rán), Vulcan's Forge, and the Golden Hailstone (Atticus)

And yes I will talk more about this idea if prompted

[australet789]

"I decide to remember him differently: as a valued friend, a good man and, above all else, a great story.

No matter how you tell it."

[vastiitas]

ik that he mentions he'd like to be buried with his gun, but i also think he wld like to be buried in his decimated dust-to-dust hometown in the timelines where he hasn't retired n made a home-

[softichill]

Every day this transcript is haunting me

[cherubchoirs]

I feel like Ferryman should be allowed to be involved with the (or a) Mike pummeling as a treat in a support role (I dont see them wanting to actually fight Mike) so that they can get their holy cloth back, look at the pummeled Micheal, and start tearing the cloth into strips to bandage Mike's wounds because the Ferryman has always been the better person and Micheal's condemnation will not change that.

OUUUGHHH I LOVE THIS....it would be an extremely eye-opening experience for michael, but he would be overly stubborn about it's ramifications because for the life of him he cannot accept that a single one of the damned deserve anything more than what he believes they chose. when the ferryman comes accompanied by gabriel and v1, to him it seems like an obvious affront to his authority - they've returned to get revenge for his actions against them, showing clear contempt for god's law as he enforces it. the sinner should accept their punishment, should accept his rule, yet that assumption can't even hold water within the first moments of the confrontation as the ferryman is quick to show their deference to him. they bow low again and do not speak a word to him, his own arrogance only deeming fit to address gabriel rather than the ones beside him. and gabriel is quick to tell him all that he asks for: the holy cloth, the one michael stole from the ferryman. in his words he makes it clear he has come to collect it of his own accord, but michael is incensed at the accusation - the cloth is of heaven, under his property as its prince. he cannot steal from a sinner's own wrongful gains. the ferryman wishes they could speak, but they want nothing less than to invoke michael's ire on them once more...and he has not spoken to them. so a fight is inevitable, but they refuse to do any harm to one of god's servants, especially one so exalted.

because the ferryman didn't exactly...want this. they want their holy cloth back, they are endlessly grateful that gabriel and v1 were willing to seek michael out for it, but the confrontation isn't at all their wish. still they came, because they couldn't allow gabriel or v1 to risk themselves for their sake - they would do all they could to assist, but made it clear they would not engage michael whatsoever. the two understand the ferryman's position, allowing them to stay on the backlines and offer what support that they can. and it's immediately obvious to michael that they abstain from attacking him even if he targets them directly. fair enough, as gabriel and v1 quickly mount a defense for them, but it rattles him enough that speaks out a single word to them - "coward". finally in return the ferryman's thin voice can answer him, that they wish nothing but peace and healing upon st. michael. it seems they can say nothing right to him though, not even their blessing, as there's just a single beat before michael is infuriated by the remark. to be pitied by a sinner, for the damned to pray for his health, makes him acutely aware of every inch of rot now on full display. he's something miserable, even to the one who tore their own flesh from their body for the grief they felt. and gabriel knows this means they'll have to fully kick the shit out of him before they can recover what's been lost.

it's a grueling fight, but the ferryman remains steadfast, only watching their backs to block incoming attacks and assisting v1 with blood from time to time (since michael's does so little for it) but when michael falls, when he grudgingly passes the cloth back along to gabriel, the ferryman is struck by him collapsed onto the ground. he's suffering, deeply. god's highest angel, wings crumpled up in exhaustion as sticky, too dark blood clings to exposed bones and wounds litter decayed skin. they're sure every battle speeds the process, that he loses pieces of himself and so expedites his wasting. a wave of sadness rolls over them, unspeakable grief shaking them even as gabriel returns their cloth to them. michael is the leader of god's army, the slayer of lucifer who stood in defense of all the meek flock, and the ferryman can't stand to see him so weak, so vulnerable. in spite of everything, they move past gabriel and bow down again to michael before cautiously moving to tend his wounds with strips of their own cloth. michael moves to hold a hand against them, but freezes as the ferryman sees to him. he tells them he needs nothing from the damned. the ferryman knows this. he tells them this will earn them no favor in heaven, their regard is lost. they knows this as well. so why? it does them no good, and it is presumptuous, offensive.

and i THINK the ferryman gets the chance to repay michael JUST a bit by quoting luke 6:27-36 right to his face: "'but i say to you that hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. to him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your cloak do not withhold your coat as well. give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. and as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.'" fine. ok. he KNOWS. but i think they continue, because he needs some impressing: "'if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? for even sinners love those who love them. and if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? for even sinners do the same. and if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. but love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the most high; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. be merciful, even as your father is merciful.'" which is a HARD hit directly into his ego. they expect nothing from him, but they will serve him as he deserves as the angel he is...or perhaps once was. they adhere to the teachings, they keep the faith without hope, but they are essentially indirectly implying that michael needs to look inward now. he is full of hatred, trying to prove so much to so many instead of just...doing the work. keeping his faith. the ferryman knows it is difficult, they understand the pull of anger (they are in wrath too, after all) but he has their sincerest prayers, however little they mean, that he too can heal.

michael is shocked silent, retreating into his stoicism when anger can't serve and he has no choice but to swallow his pride as the ferryman treats him with gabriel watching on. he feels. weak under their gaze. it's unbearable to him, but he must bear it. soon the ferryman finishes their work and a silent pause passes between them before they thank michael for all that he's done. he has been all of their great shield, he completed a wonderful service to god and the whole of humanity, and the ferryman is forever grateful to him for his tireless work against all the evil they have seen in hell. if nothing else...their place here makes them understand just how much michael truly did for god's kingdom, and so they are thankful for that. they bow once more before departing, and michael is left to think on all they did, the little they spoke. he shouldn't care, he shouldn't give a second thought to the damned, yet this encounter would absolutely sit with him like a stone for a long time.

[fleshmaid]

i want to make more ultrakill art that references classical paintings.

[samantha-girlscout]

Me eyeing the two new fics sitting in my inbox right now.

[outlying-hyppocrate]

fucking wailing because i have to write a full-fledged essay on the perks of being a wallflower that's due in four hours (it's 4am here) and i have done nothing but look at pretty enmu pictures on the internet. oh well. i like enmu because. aha. pretty

[rapperia]

it's so serious, furina.

[straightyuri]

yeah. ok.

[absinthe-of-midnight]

Rolls over

So Wolfwood may allude to a Psychopomp,

Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') are creatures, spirits, angels, demons or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife.

Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply to guide them. Appearing frequently on funerary art, psychopomps have been depicted at different times and in different cultures as anthropomorphic entities, horses, deer, dogs, whip-poor-wills, ravens, crows, vultures, owls, sparrows, and cuckoos.

One notable Psychopomp is Charon(which is also one of Pluto's five moons) the ferryman who collected coins as payment, whose name is a poetic form of χαρωπός (charopós) 'of keen gaze', referring either to fierce, flashing, or feverish eyes, or to eyes of a bluish-gray color.

bluish-gray...

Another Psychopomp is Mercury, guider of souls to the underworld and "messenger of the gods", planet and metal named after him, noted as “both destructive and creative”.

“The elusive, duplicitous Mercurius who consorts with the devil

is at the same time a redeeming psychopomp”,

“The fact that he can freely participate in both light and dark worlds without taint makes Mercurius the perfect meditating bridge."

The metal known as quicksilver for being fluid and because of it's colour:

Silver...

(Wolfwood I love you but finding a good shot of your eye-colour is a pain in the ass!)

Now in Stampede he doesn't have any of these eye-colours but his role as a Psychopomp is still alluded to via the undertaker title(those who were given burial rites are able to meet Charon and cross the river Styx) and of course, being outright called a guide(btw Saint Peter was also considered a Psychopomp:)).

Still with me? Now let's discuss Legato for a bit, This is still part of the Psychopomp thing because Orange might be doing something that's making me go crazy(in a good way).

In the manga Legato is Not a Psychopomp, he does have death imagery but invokes it via war and destruction, thus it associates him with Mars and iron, one well known iron-cyanide complex often used as a pigment is Prussian blue(Berlin blue, Paris blue) or "ferric ferrocyanide", and it looks like this:

Now reason I'm pointing out that he's not a Psychopomp in the manga is because one of the lovely participants in Tristampparty had pointed out in their rewatch that Legato's eyes are

a greyish-silver and that surprised me and got me thinking, is Orange trying to give him Psychopomp allusions too? How? *Rolls over again* through Charon? He guide souls deeper into the underworld through the river Styx which could be referenced in how he "guides" lost souls into EOM.

And then hit it me, hehe, he's–, guys, he's the fucking Archangel Michael, chief of the angels and archangels, "stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord". Meditating the "law of god" and standing at the right hand of the throne of god(right hand man, get it?).

Given permission to bring "righteous judgment" on the souls of the damned and bring those who are "worthy" of god to the gates of heaven.

"Bring them to the afterlife" would make him a Psychopomp as michael does guide souls but if you recall earlier they do not and cannot judge souls in the end so while micheal is theoretically a Psychopomp he does not embody it in its truest form, Micheal's role is a judge, jury and executer.

“The Lord punish you.”

And That’s it, the difference between Wolfwood and Legato's roles as Psychopomps, it is guide vs. judge, which uh, could also tie back to the twins.

(muttering, guide vs. judge, guide vs. judge... *tosses this into the steadily growing pile of "Orange might be foreshadowing a Wolfwood v. Legato fight in the future."*)

[sodafrog13]

ok but. but the fucKin g light symbolism in ultk with gabe is fucking killing me rn

the fact that it's sisyphus's radiance and his alone that allows him to command his army. the fact that gabriel knows this from experience and can therefore use it as his downfall. the fact that he's knows as the brightest of all the angels and this is what makes the council send him to take down those who dare defy their rule, those who they fear so much they enclose them in tiny little boxes and hope, no, pray that they will not escape.

radiance as a weapon. radiance as something that can kill and ensnare and disfigure, mesmerizingly bright but which will burn you if you dare get too close (or, god forbid, it seeks you as a target).

and yet. it is his radiant personality that causes lowers angels to favor him over the council. the ferryman sees him as the light in their darkness, going so far as to create portraits and statues and a massive fucking hologram of him on their own ship made specifically to fare the souls of the damned because he had gone out of his way to save their life, something he absolutely did not have to do.

yes, radiance as something that can destroy. but also radiance as warmth. as something that can heal and comfort and give way for something more than just how things are "supposed" to be.

people portray gabe purely as some snot nosed brat who hisses and whines when things don't go his way. but what i feel like some people don't understand is that things are supposed to go his way. he is quite literally one of the smartest and most adept beings alive, and V1 is the only being, inanimacy be damned, he's ever encountered who he could even begin to consider an equal.

there is so so much more to him when you scratch away at that outer layer of holy plating. because yes, he is ruthless, and yes, he is a short-tempered little fuck who monologues and plays angry organ solos. but he is kind. and gives people something else to believe in when they've been abandoned. and now he is willing to die now that he finally knows that everything he's been fed is a lie but he's doing it on his own accord, not at the orders of a long dead god or the so called "angels" who declared themselves His predecessors.

for the first time in his life, gabriel is free. he is alive. and even in his final hours, he is just as radiant as ever.

[shit-ultrakill-imagines]

imagine a ferryman ferrying damned souls in a beautiful 2007 Ford F-150. With nearly 500 horse power and a towing capacity maxing out at well over 3,000 pounds he could transfer piles of filth with ease.

.

[whowasgold]

MAKE THIS LITTLE GUY AN ANGEL ALREADY this is what happens when you don't take care of your damn friends, i'm surprised ferryman isn't violent with how little gabriel actually (probably) cares about him

[mr-bugs]

BUGGY HEADCANNONS - WHAT ULTRAKILL CHARACTERS SLEEP IN EDITION

V1 - Wouldn’t sleep - Naked or boxers with a stupid pattern like hearts or smthing - On the floor

V2 - Naked/Mirage’s stuff - Standing

Mirage - Mismatched clothing she digs out from her closet - A twin sized mattress (the front botttoms ref?!)

Streetcleaner - Oversized onesie - Leaning against someone else

Mindflayer - Fuzzy pants with a T-shirt - Being leaned against

Drone - Romba charger

Swordsmachine - nothing - the floor

Earthmover - like a horse

Sentry - bird

Gutterman - no rest for the wicked - nuke delivery thing

Guttertank - DOE SIE SIE SIE DIE DIE DIE I HAT EYOU YOUNXWNES - in the delivery nuke looking thing

Something Wicked - Alone :(

Sisyphus - literally was never able to sleep brother had to push that damn boulder

Minos - Fancy chiton or something like that - very nice plush fancy bed

Gabriel - in his armor - the floor / whatever he had on hand i feel like he’d feel guilty of sloth or greed if he slept comfortably (gahaha loser (twinning))

MDK - batman pjs - in the sarcophagus (i think its a sarcophagus i lowkey forgot)

Ferryman - striped nightgown with machine cap and slippers - captain’s quarters

filth - that bench - you knkw what i mean

Virtue - birb

Stalker - DIE SIE DIE DIE DIE - no sleep for thoust

Cerebus - their pedestal

CR + VCR - cancerous rodent sleeps atop very cancerous rodent

Malicious face (maurice) - stops standing and wraps their limbs around themself, likes sleeping near other mal faces

Soldier (pepsi man) - on the floor surrounded by blood (woopsies)

hideous mass - curled up in the ground

insurrectionists - No rest for those carrying the boulders of their sins

Stray - sleeps standing ominously off in the distance

Flesh prison - it WAS sleeping the entire time you woke it up, asshole

Flesh panopticon - cursed to never sleep

mannequin - Look and feast your eyes upon what happens when you fall asleep first at a sleepover

schism - never alone

leviathan - like a dolhpin, half of their brain on half off, doesnt sleep either way it hurts. It hurts. They hurt. It hurts so much.

[dark-elf-writes]

hades is the first of the big three to add his blessing to the car, a little compartment full of whatever coins you need at that time. and a shiny mirror doodad (yknow like those fuzzy dice?)

Percy scowling at a screech owl.

“You’re not cute.”

The owl, of course, says nothing.

“I’m not your damn ferryman!”

The owl tips its head.

“I’ll keep it though. Gods know how many fucking tolls I pay in a month.”

The owl flys away, buffeting Percy as it does.

“Love you too, Uncle,” He mutters and head back tot he car.