#gustav gloom

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‘Tis the season… re-reading the Gustav Gloom series season…

I’ve been having a lot of fun in my illustrator era doing interpretations of characters from their book descriptions! I traditionally drop one (1) Gustav Gloom piece every year on Halloween but I made the executive decision to release her early this year.

Maybe there will be more, so look out for that >:)

[jonahmagnus]

Does anyone else remember this danm book series

[twigstarpikachutroll22]

Holy frick, shadows in the Gloom house could be watching Goncharov

[the-golden-comet]

‼️Clickbait Description Tag Game 😱😱👇👇 ‼️

Thank you for this wonderful idea for this tag game, @the-letterbox-archives ! I’m digging all the creativity in this community 😎✨

Additional thanks for tagging me @gioiaalbanoart here , @noxxytocin here, and @willtheweaver here ! 💛✨

Rules: explain the plot/premise of your wip/s as if it were a clickbait (or just a regular one if you don't want to do clickbait) youtube video.

Ready? Set? CLICKBAIT! ✨

YWIMC:

GAY GENIE DOES WHAT AT WSU CAMPUS??? 😱😱😱😱

ITROG:

You’ll never guess what happened after Tyr stole from Gustav! #JustJarThings #EpicQuest

Tenshito:

IS THIS WHOLESOME MAN ACTUALLY AN ANGEL??? FIND OUT MORE!!

LSR:

Space travel just got a whole lot sexier with this gay cowboy. Yeehaw 🤠✨

OP:RE

HELP. MY BOYFRIEND IS A COP AND I COMMITTED SO MANY FELONIES 💀💀💀

I’m laughing so hard now 😂

Tagging gently: @fortunatetragedy @sunglasses-in-the-bentley , @sableglass , @davycoquette , @saturnine-saturneight , @words-after-midnight , @jev-urisk , @ominous-feychild , @mysticstarlightduck , @honeybewrites , @finickyfelix , @autism-purgatory , @alinacapellabooks , @glasshouses-and-stones , @willowseed , @leatafandom , @quillswriting , @moltenwrites , @tildeathiwillwrite , @mauannacreates , @houseplantblank , @paeliae-occasionally , @agirlandherquill , @tabswrites , @zackprincebooks , @justabigoldnerd , @pippinoftheshire , @theink-stainedfolk , @rivenantiqnerd , @kaylinalexanderbooks , @katenewmanwrites , @lychhiker-writes , @cowboybrunch , @drchenquill , @nczaversnick , @noxxytocin , @davycoquette , @writeahurricane , @oliolioxenfreewrites , @smellyrottentrees , @lavender-gloom , @fractured-shield , @thecomfywriter , @theaistired , +open tag! ✨

[didoofcarthage]

The Tomb of Agamemnon by Louis-Jean Desprez. French, c. 1787. Black ink and gray washes, heightened with white gouache, on beige paper. In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Description from the Met:

Trained as an architect, the French artist Desprez was appointed by King Gustav III of Sweden in 1784 as the head stage designer for the Royal Opera in Stockholm. This drawing relates to the sets Desprez made for the Swedish opera Electra, which premiered at Drottningholm Castle on July 22, 1787. The scene of Agamemnon’s interment is in the prologue, which opens with Electra and Orestes plotting to avenge their father’s murder. Desprez’s rendering is cloaked in gloom, with torches and censers dramatically lighting the architecture from below.

[apocalypseofvanities]

doing this too but my own version

[the-mob-mentality]

Where are my Gustav Gloom fans at?

[ifyouseekay468]

Random question: if you’ve read Gustav Gloom and the people taker, can you tell me how the people taker gets defeated? I’m trying to figure out if this is the book I read as a kid but I only remember the ending, nothing else.

[astxriai]

happy halloween to my favorite spooky characters i grew up with! i was the same age as gustav and fernie when the first book came out, and so i’ve kind of made a tradition out of drawing them once a year! enjoy these drawings of the kids at 17!

[xbenadrillx]

my goth ass seeing gustav gloom at the library for the first time

[seaoreos]

Gustav Gloom & Fernie Whatt are the ultimate autism + adhd solidarity (being childhood best friends + saving the world together + getting married + finding a way to let Gustav actually leave his fucked up shadow house without dying)

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It’s been 10 years since Gustav Gloom and the People Taker was released!

If the main characters aged, they’d be 20 years old this year. I had another project related to that in the works, but I didn’t have the time to fully realize it. Maybe later…

[surprise-soprano]

gustav gloom au where everything is the same except gustav knows the f word

[lepetitdragonvert]

QUEEN MAB

Little fairy comes at night,

Her eyes are blue, her hair is brown,

With silver pots upon her wings,

And from the moon she flutters down.

She has a little silver wand,

And when a good child goes to bed

She waves her wand from right to left,

And makes a circle round its head.

And then it dreams of pleasant things,

Of fountains filled with fairy fish,

And trees that bear delicious fruit

And bow their branches at a wish :

Of arbours filled with dainty scents

From lovely flowers that never fade ;

Bright flies that glitter in the sun,

And glow-worms shining in the shade :

And talking birds with gifted tongues,

For singing songs and telling tales,

And pretty dwarfs to show the way

Through fairy hills and fairy dales.

But when a bad child goes to bed,

From left to right she weaves her rings,

And then it dreams all through the night

Of only ugly horrid things !

Then lions come with glaring eyes,

And tigers growl, a dreadful noise,

And ogres draw their cruel knives

To shed the blood of girls and boys.

Then stormy waves rush on to drown,

Or raging flames come scorching round,

Fierce dragons hover in the air,

And serpents crawl along the ground,

Then wicked children wake and weep,

And wish the long black gloom away ;

But good ones love the dark, and find

The night as pleasant as the day.

by THOMAS HOOD

artist : Gustave Doré

1870

[the-golden-comet]

✨😈Seven Deadly Sins Tag😈✨

Thank you very much for this tag here, @drchenquill , here @theink-stainedfolk , and here @thatuselesshuman , as well as anyone else who has tagged me for this !! This looks like a fun one! 💫✨

Rules: which of your OCs would you assign to which of the seven deadly sins and why?

Alright, here we go ✨

Greed:

Peter from Peter Hart would have to take this one. He’s a treasure pirate, and captain of the Golden Phoenix Gang. That title alone shows that Peter is a fan of materialistic wealth, and has amassed a fair amount of coin on all of his adventures. One of the themes in Peter Hart is “The Price of Greed,” which is to say he has to choose between a moral good and his own self-indulgence quite often.

Sloth:

Noah from YWIMC takes this one. He is holed up in his apartment when he’s not required to attend class, takes online courses when that option is given just to avoid going out in public, and hates going outside of his comfort zone.

Wrath:

Tyr from ITROG fits the bill the best. He is one spiteful, vengeful, and angry OC that constantly fights for his own survival, and his defiant and bull-headed attitude has gotten him into lots of trouble, with the biggest act of defiance serving as the catalyst for his forced adventure.

Gluttony:

Ali from YWIMC would fit this sin best. He is not only a glutton for knowledge, but is also incredibly self-indulgent once he is freed from the lamp. Taking life’s pleasures to the extreme, as well as his love of cooking, matches this sin very well.

Envy:

Gustav from ITROG would be the most envious OC. Constantly searching and competing with nature, he’s always felt like an outcast to other giants. He often finds himself wishing to fit in, and wishing to have that sense of family that he doesn’t have as a wandering lone wolf.

Lust:

Itazura from Tenshito would be lust on account of his occupation (porn star). Though he does wish to escape this job and become a chef, there’s no doubt that Ita has enjoyed the fortune that comes with this role, despite despising the fame. Being paid exorbitantly has had its merits, yet one of Ita’s struggles in the story is how much his current job is worth the risk.

Pride:

Benjamin from Peter Hart would match this sin the most. Being raised as a prince has given Benji a sense of ego, which thoroughly gets checked on several occasions. His sense of self-worth on the surface seems inflated, but deep down Benjamin struggles with his identity, and wishes to escape his duties in order to freely express himself.

You may have noticed that Tenshi from Tenshito is not on this list. The cinnamon roll angel is no sinner; he is a saint. 🙏🪽✨

Going to gently tag (no pressure): @tragedycoded , @somethingclevermahogony , @oliolioxenfreewrites , @leahnardo-da-veggie , @kaylinalexanderbooks , @willtheweaver , @aintgonnatakethis , @honeybewrites , @illarian-rambling , @agirlandherquill , @theaistired , @lychhiker-writes , @jev-urisk , @wyked-ao3 , @alinacapellabooks , @gioiaalbanoart , @autism-purgatory , @48lexr , @badscientist , @rhikasa , @aalinaaaaaa , @dearunreliablenarrator , @swordslord , @worlds-tallest-fairy , @rotting-moon-writes , @tildeathiwillwrite , @mauannacreates , @moltenwrites , @asablehart , @dragoninatrenchcoat , @marlowethelibrarian , @sableglass , @cowboybrunch , @coffeexafterxmidnight , @words-after-midnight , @saturnine-saturneight , @smellyrottentrees , @lavender-gloom , @thecomfywriter , @mysticstarlightduck , @ominous-feychild , +open tag to whoever else wants to join! ✨

[chadillacboseman]

so i requested this for someone else but i think they forgot about me T-T but i have a one-shot idea :3 i’m having a hard time getting my ideas out on the paper and having the motive to write it

anyways- how bout where reader is thermites wife and she was on a Alaska mission with doc and ela but she’s cut off from the two and she’s the MIA character and jordan is really worried and decides to go save her with ela and doc. kinda acting all irrational and ash at first is like no but then finally let’s him go with ela and doc to retrieve her. while all of them are in the helicopter on their way back to base, thermite holds the reader close to him trying not to cry in front of doc and ela.

so when they get back to base, doc takes her to help her and when thermite sees doc trying to get her out of stasis, thermite is watching it all happen and balls his eyes out. in the end- she wakes up and hold thermite close to her and thermite whispering how he almost lost her.

some extra points: ash sees thermite watching doc heal the reader through the operation window and when she goes up next to him, she hears him silently crying and when she hugs him, he breaks down to the floor and ash just hugs him, letting him cry it out.

-i also would die to read a part two of tough decisions T-T please fill my angst tainted heart- 😰

PART TWO OF TOUGH DECISIONS INCOMING THIS WEEK!

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"Jordan, you're too close to this."

Ash was pacing the control center as the monitors on the wall flashed with data. On the far side of the room, Elżbieta and Gustave watched the tension unfold in silence.

"With all due respect, you're out of your depth on this, Eliza," Jordan took a step toward her and folded his arms defiantly, "A team of three is more effective than two and-"

"Jordan-"

"Don't 'Jordan' me!" He snarled and Ash took a step back, surprised, "I'm going with them-" he gestured to Elżbieta and Gustave, "and you can reprimand me later."

--

"Where are we headed?" Jordan fiddled with the sights on his rifle as he shouted over the roar of the helicopter.

"Orpheus Research Center," Gustave called back, "That's where the parasite..." he trailed off and exchanged a glance with Elżbieta, who averted her eyes.

"Give it to me straight, Doc," Jordan leaned forward and planted his elbows on his knees, "When the parasite takes someone," he paused to swallow, hard, "The stasis foam..."

Gustave shifted uncomfortably while his fingers twitched on his rifle, "The foam prevents infection, but not physical damage," the last words fell flat in the helicopter as it approached Orpheus base and Jordan chewed the inside of his cheek.

It would be easy for him to hate Doc and Ela. When you went MIA, it had been their squad that had lost you. Jodan had had his anger- he had shoved Doc against a wall and shouted until he was hoarse and Mira had separated the two of them.

But that didn't bring you back.

"Here's your stop-" Jäger called from the pilot seat, "Signal when you're ready for pick up-" the skids touched down in the snow and the helicopter jarred slightly, "Come back safe!"

Jordan and the others bailed out of the vehicle and Elżbieta pulled out a tablet with the facility's layout.

"The center, there-" she pointed to a heptagon-shaped room, "The observatory. That's where the Arc tree has taken root. It's where our MIA operative will be."

"MIA Operative"

It sounded sanitized, devoid of even your name.

The base was eerily silent. The black ooze of the Sprawl had enveloped most of the equipment and furniture, throbbing and pulsing like a living creature under their feet. The substance seemed to dampen sound, swallowing it up until all Jordan could hear was the sound of his own heartbeat thrumming in his ears.

The pace was slow as they moved through the base, flashlights swinging wildly through the gloom at every sound.

"Wait-" Gustave hissed and held up his fist, "Up ahead."

Jordan squinted into the darkness and saw the prowling form of several Breachers in the path to the observatory.

"We'll have to find another route," Elżbieta pulled out her tablet and Jordan scoffed.

"Let's push through them- take 'em out quiet. The sooner we-"

"Now is not the time to be reckless," She interrupted him and he glared pointedly at her through his CBRN mask, "We will get her out, but we must do it safely."

It was bullshit. Jordan could feel himself growing more frustrated by the moment. Why was he the only fucking one who seemed to care about getting you home safely?

"Fuck that," Jordan shoved past Elżbieta and Gustave, ignoring their whispered protests. He pulled his suppressed pistol from its holster and aimed down the sights at the first Breacher.

BANG

A muted pop sent the Archaean to the ground with a squelch and its cohorts turned toward the sound, hissing and vibrating as they searched for the source.

BANG

A second Breacher hit the floor and Jordan pushed forward toward the observatory. A faint blue light radiated in the room from the moonlight that filtered through the tinted glass overhead.

In the center of the room, an enormous black spine had erupted from the floor, covered in black sprawl and pulsing red tendrils.

The Arc tree.

Jordan scanned the object carefully with his flashlight until his eyes fell on you.

"Shit-" Jordan muttered under his breath as he approached your form, encased in bright yellow stasis foam and held to the tree by several thick "branches" that clung to you like arms.

"I'm gonna get you down," he murmured as he fanned his hands over the branches, searching for a weak point in their hold, "I don't know if you can hear me in there-" Jordan tugged, hard, at one of the limbs, which gave way with a crunch, "But once I get you out of this hellhole, I'm gonna take you on a date."

Another branch broke away and the Arc tree shuddered and tightened its hold on your form, "Yeah, a real date. Just like the old days-" Jordan braced his foot against the trunk and yanked at your arm, "Dinner, a nice glass of wine, the works-"

Another valiant tug and the tree released you, sending you and Jordan toppling to the floor. He grunted and slung you over his shoulder, holding you in place with his arm as he turned back toward the exit.

"Jordan, hurry up-" Elżbieta's voice crackled to life in his comms unit, "We have a LOT of movement. Whatever you did, it pissed them off."

"On my way," Jordan adjusted his grip and made his way toward the rally point.

--

"Welcome back!" Jäger called from the pilot's seat as the three operators hauled you into the helicopter.

"Get us back to base," Jordan dropped to the floor next to you as Gustave retrieved his kit and set to work bringing you out of stasis.

"It may take a moment for her to regain consciousness-"

Jordan pushed Gustave aside as the foam melted away slowly; your face was so peaceful you could have been asleep. He bent down to cradle your head in his lap as the helicopter jerked and shuddered through the turbulent winds.

You didn't awaken.

--

"Bring her out of it!" Jordan grabbed a fistful of Gustave's shirt and pulled him close with a snarl, "Now."

"Jordan!" Eliza pried his hand away and shook her head, "You need to calm down."

"No. I need him to do his fucking job!" Jordan pointed at the observation window; inside, you were lying motionless on a gurney, surrounded by monitors.

"I have tried-" Gustave began, exasperated, "All we can do is wait-"

"No. Don't give me that-" Jordan took another step toward him and Eliza grabbed the back of his jacket, "If that was your wife in there, you'd be trying a lot goddamn harder."

Gustave threw his hands in the air in defeat and retreated back into the infirmary. Jordan watched him carefully as he stooped over your gurney and glanced the monitors.

Eliza watched as Jordan rested his forehead on the window. She had never seen him like this before- he was completely devoid of his usual humor.

"Damn it," Jordan muttered to himself as he banged his balled fist against the glass, "It should have been me."

His voice shook and Eliza realized with a start that he was crying.

"Jordan..." Eliza laid a hand on his shoulder and he turned to face her. Her heart sank at the sight of him- dark circles haloed his red, swollen eyes and his hair was disheveled.

Eliza wrapped her arms around him and he sobbed into her shoulder, clutching at the front of her jacket as the tears spilled down onto the fabric.

"It's going to be alright, Jordan. Doc knows what he's doing."

A knock from the other side of the glass brought them back to reality and Jordan paused to wipe his eyes on the cuff of his sleeve. Gustave was grinning through the window, pointing behind him at your gurney.

You were awake.

Jordan nearly sprinted for the door, wrenching it open and shoving past Gustave to get to you. You looked exhausted and your hair hung in your face as you sat up slowly.

"Jordan-" you croaked and he threw his arms around you.

"I thought I lost you-" he pulled you tightly against his chest and you leaned into him weakly.

Gustave backed out of the room and joined Eliza at the window, watching as Jordan fretted over you.

"That one's a fighter," Gustave murmured and Eliza glanced over at him.

"How so?"

"Her heart stopped." He fidgeted with the paddles on his vest,

"Twice."