#shadowm

[starry-bi-sky]

honestly thank GOD danny does not have his powers available to him in WTNS because if he used them as Nightingale he would be terrorizing Gotham's nightlife with them. like nothing would change he'd still be emergency backup (by his own choice) but his psychological torment just went up by 20 degrees.

creepy ghost children are already a pretty big staple in horror games and movies, tons of scary games where the antagonist is a scary dead child. well!!! now that scary dead child is Nightingale! and you have his Bat! It's like I always say: 'nightingales should be heard and not seen'

(as reference to the fact that according to the british museum, nightingales are elusive and private creatures and tend to be heard more than they are seen)

imagine being a goon that successfully trapped the Bat and then some indeterminable minutes later you hear a gentle rapping at the window like a branch tapping the glass and you turn and there's just two glowing green eyes in the window. The eyes are shorter than you, you blink or yell or cry out and then suddenly the small shadowy figure is gone.

you hear a nearby window creak and groan, you turn and a window nearby is propped open just a sliver. its not the window you saw the eyes from, the sliver is too small for any human to come in. there are footsteps, soft and teeny, circling around you. you keep seeing a small figure darting around through the reflections of the window. the lights are flickering, something is whooshing up above you.

imagine seeing a black silhouette with only green eyes climbing in from the window -- except, you only see it in the reflection of a window and when you look behind you, where the figure should reliably be coming in from, there is nothing there. the window isn't even open. or worse, maybe it is. but just a crack.

Danny isn't there to dawdle, but in the time its going to take for him to release/recover his Bat, he is going to make it your problem. and your fresh new night terror and ten years paid therapy!

[localshadowmancer]

I have been staring at my notes for a good hour now. My brain is refusing to make comprehensive sentences.

I need to write out my notes PLEASE AAHHH

[autoacafiles]

[trollamulet]

did you actually aim for that? ( from nari! )

there's still the crackle at his fingertips — magic jim is still adjusting to. shadowmancy came easier to him at this point, with him selling a piece of his soul to the darkness that comes with it.

"... no not really?" he glances up at the burnt target from the casted flare of fire. the lacquer stinks from where it bubbles and fizzes. that could have gone better... but also worse. "at least i hit it?" the witch offers.

[ianitos]

umbras my beloved

[shadowdaddydnd]

[shadowfear-art]

It's late February/Valentines, I'm in the mood for a One Piece soulmate AU Idea but the twist is you have a "living shadow" of your SO.

Appears between 13-21 years of age and its shape is the form/age of how both will meet them.

Once fully realized the two Shadowmates will join together in a helix dance, confirming they are indeed the one.

The shadow itself is always attached to the person but can move further away on its own mimicking the mannerisms, can't speak although it can make noises such as laughing, scoffs, yelps etc. Best use for them, other than emotional, is look outs.

They can attack other shadows and "harm" them tho there's never been a recorded case where a shadow has killed another (devil fruit powers are the exception)

There are stories of shadow-mates changing form to another, either from severing the bond of two soulmate's or one has died, is always the end result of these tales. Any truth to them however are just as dubious as they are plentiful.

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Crocodile x Doflamingo:

Young Croc finds his shadow... interesting, certainly tries to please him or at the very least get closer (in his space ironically?) doesn't know what to make of Doffy's true nature that he sees in bits.

Young Doflamingo HATES his shadow, at the age where he wrathfully commands servitude 'or else', Shadow Crocodile does nothing BUT show disrespect and disdain towards the boy. (As this is the version behaves like that with future Doffy) So for a while the two are usually pissed at each other.

((I have more ideas for other fave Ships I have, tho I may just write short summaries of each interaction))

[angelcakezz]

Candy Apple Cookie and Gingerbrave mirror eachother in being children who are violently devoted to a adult figure in their life’s (PV + WL for GB and ShadowM for CandyA), so much so that even when harmed by their hand or threatened by their voice they still care about them more than they ever could themselves.

The only difference being Gingerbrave’s devotion is met w reciprocal loyalty and love from his adult figures (and even more so this same devotion can be shown to cookies he’s known for under a day), while CandyA does nothing but devote herself w little to no positive recognition.

What’s more is even when these horrible things happen they both don’t react accordingly, (or at least in a way that would benefit their own wellbeing’s) but rather willingly accept these negative actions from adults they believe they can trust and will continue to admire and advocate for these adult figures even if they have harmed them before.

And I personally 100% believe that DEVSIS should talk about that more, do they even realize how self sacrificial they are?? Would they even care if they did realize??? Would GingerBrave feel any different about WL or PV if he just realized how much shit he goes through by simply being with them?? Would CandyA think to abandon her obsessive behavior if she fully realizes that ShadowM genuinely couldn’t care about her??? Do they even know there ALIVE!!?!!?!??

[riftka]

I wanted to drop a little AU idea into the void where Bi-han is not born with the ability to control ice but is instead born with the ability to control darkness (has this been done?). If I had the ability to write, I think I would have it follow most of MK1's story beats but it would change some of Bi-han's motives a little bit.

In it, Bi-han is expected to show signs of being a natural born cryomancer, as expected of his bloodline- but nothing manifests. Thinking he has no powers, the Lin Kuei begins training him in cryomancy- which he'd initially struggle greatly with. This casts some doubt on his ability to take the Grandmaster role within clan leadership since the level of strength that he can achieve overall- while still powerful- would be much lower than if he could naturally harness ice.

After the death of his mother- a very low point emotionally for him- his ability to control his shadow would start to manifest. It is after her death, that some doubts would also begin to float around against him that he is emotionally and mentally ill-equipped to lead.

Unfortunately, his shadow powers would manifest quite weakly and very unnoticeably at first and not wanting to add to the talk that he is incapable and possibly unstable, he would unwisely decide to keep his new powers secret. (continued under the cut)

Kuai Liang in this AU would be born with control over ice and his cryomancy would quickly begin to start outpacing Bi-han's. This, along with talks that Kuai Liang should instead be the next Grandmaster, add to Bi-han's overall feelings of inadequacy and eventually resentment as he begins to feel that his best possible efforts aren't enough.

As Bi-han struggles and further isolates himself to hide these emotions, he is also beginning to have a hard time controlling his shadow by himself. It is at this time that Damashi would appear to Bi-han. Damashi would be the first to notice the shadow and question why he is being trained in cryomancy over his innate shadowmancy. She would offer to help him reach his true potential by helping him train and sharpen his shadowmancy skills. Feeling like he has no one else to turn to, he'd accept.

While training with her in secret, he would also continue to study and strengthen his cryomancy under the Lin Kuei and do as he needs to claim the Grandmaster position. As expected, over time, his control over darkness grows to outshine his ability to control ice.

After gaining Bi-han's trust, Damashi would reveal Liu Kang's nature to Bi-han that he is his creator god. Damashi would then also weaponize Bi-han's ambitious nature to sell him the lie that Lui Kang is using his power to control his destiny. She would claim that Liu Kang purposefully gave him a shadow affinity in a clan of cryomancers so he would be forced to wield an element he'd have a much lower strength ceiling with and naturally fail to become Grandmaster over Kuai Liang. Already paranoid that he's losing his title prior to this, he'd choose to believe her. This would cause him to even further continue isolating himself from his allies and family who want to help him. (**more on this in the notes below)

Following the death of Bi-han's father and after he claims the title of Grandmaster, Damashi would claim that Lui Kang is holding the Lin Kuei back from greatness. Bi-han would further begin to believe this after hearing that the clan will be used to test the Earthrealm champions for the Mortal Kombat tournament instead of being used to represent Earthrealm in it. Because Damashi saw the potential in him and helped him reach it and thinking she has his best interests in mind, he would continue to trust her insights.

The events of Ying fortress would happen mostly the same except Bi-han doesn't need to be convinced to betray Liu Kang and Earthrealm- Damashi had her claws in him long before he stepped into the fortress. I think right before his fight with Kuai Liang is when he'd reveal his Shadow and truly embrace his control over darkness.

Then finally later, when Titan Shang Tsung reveals himself, he'd realize that he had been used and made a lot of horrible decisions, that his brothers rightfully hate him and that he has done some very awful things he can't take back.

And then I don't know where it goes after that because I draw and don't write lol. Attempts at redeeming himself and using his shadow for good, maybe- or maybe a horrible downwards spiral into more terrible things idk…

(((Some outside thoughts and notes: While thinking this out I wanted to use this idea to explore how it would affect some of the personality traits and thoughts that Bi-han exhibits in the MK1 story mode. At the same time, with the introduction of Damashi into Bi-han's 'origin', I didn't really want to wave away some of Bi-han's more impulsively evil actions, thoughts and flaws. I wanted the lies she told him to be things that Bi-han had already believed in his head and I wanted these thoughts to be born of his emotional isolation and warped perception of the things that are happening around him. Hearing someone say the things he was thinking amplified his anxieties and fears that they were actually happening and caused him to act on bad impulses.

**I'd like to think in this AU, that Liu Kang and his father were aware that shadow powers could possibly manifest within him and were prepared to help him should that have been the case. Because Bi-han chose to keep the powers hidden and because his cryomancy skills were advancing quite well, they never realized nor got the chance to help him in this way and unfortunately Damashi got to him first.

**I'd also like to think that his ascension into becoming Grandmaster was never in danger because of his inability to naturally use ice. If anything threatened his ability to take the title it was always going to be his emotional and mental state. Because Bi-han emotionally closed himself off to avoid scrutiny and is incorrectly chose to believe he was getting passed over, he makes the very emotionally impulsive decision to kill his father to secure his position. This is something that he would later realize was a huge mistake and come to regret. And because the blame is something that can't be completely passed off onto Damashi, this would cause a very huge and very real rift to be created in Kuai Liang and Bi-han's relationship.

That's all I got! If you have read this far, thank you! Hopefully this isn't horribly OOC. I know this isn't the usual kind of post for this blog, I seriously, seriously considered just making a sideblog but I can't maintain more than one blog lol. I really wanted the idea out there even if my ability to write is very subpar.)))

[qisheu]

Au idea that just popped up into my head. What if Jim and Claire started as demi-gods?

At the dawn of time, they were part of the demi-gods that were created, demi-god of light (Jim, because of the whole daylight thing) and the demi-god of darkness (Claire for obvious reasons)

Maybe they did something wrong. Maybe they meddled with things too much (is falling in love with your counterpart god illegal?), and the others got outraged at them. Somehow, they die, doesn't really matter how. Then, they get reincarnated as humans.

What would this mean storywise?

It would be a reason why they got their roles. It wouldn't change much at first. Maybe they would pick up their skills a little faster when normal. Maybe they're just that little bit more deadly than they're meant to.

For Claire, it would be an obvious reason how she became so powerful at shadowmancy . For Jim, it would be how he defeated so many foes. How he became the best trollhunter despite being human.

The scene where Claire opens up that huge portal? Another reason she doesn't die from it.

It would be another reason why the arcane order has such distaste for the trollhunter group. The hatred towards them would be all that more personal.

[mysticstarlightduck]

Extra 2.0 OC Favorites!

Let's go with Beck Staudder and Aspen Staudder from Crash Stardom! for this one (:

Rules: share photos of your OCs' favorite color, season, shoe choice, weapon, food & drink, clothing style, mode of transportation, animal, pastime, and breakfast and if they're an introvert/ambivert/extrovert then change up any one of the five favorite things categories for the next round. BONUS: Add some music/songs that fit their aesthetic (the songs don't have to be their favorite songs, just fit their vibe)!

Beck Staudder

Favorites:

Color: Deep Crimson

Shoe: Fancy Dress Shoes with a slight heel

Weapon: Pistol/Gun

Food: Roasted Chicken Skewers with cheese

Drink: Fresh Blood

Style: Flowy ruffled shirt with slightly poofy sleeves, fancy arm braces, black trousers and sometimes a coat.

Mode of Transportation: Shadowmancy (uses shadows to travel when in full health and unshackled) or driving around

Animal: Red Fox

Pastime: Crocheting and Macramé

Breakfast: Chocolate Croissants

Personality: Introvert and ✨T R A U M A T I Z E D✨

Songs:

Headlock - Imogen Heap

Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold

Another Way Out - Hollywood Undead

So Cold - Ben Cocks, Nikisha Reyes-Pile

everything I wanted - Billie Eilish

Aspen Staudder

Favorites:

Color: Turquoise

Season: Spring

Shoe Choice: Knee-High Converse

Weapon: Her claws

Food Choice: Pasta with Bolognese sauce and cheese

Drink: Mildly Hot Chocolate

Style: Comfy sweaters or hoodies in earthy tones, grey tights and denim or twill shorts, or in chillier weather sweatpants/jeans.

Mode of Transportation: Walking around - sometimes she asks Beck to drive her around

Animal: Opossum (she's got those possum vibes LMAO)

Pastime: Watching niche 50s movies

Breakfast: Eggs and sausages

Personality: Ferally Introverted

Songs:

Bad Dreams - Faouzia

Pale - Within Temptation

Fangs - Neoni

Unsweetened Lemonade - Amélie Farren

I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin

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[reshramlove1ob]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55104844/chapters/163008643

Woah I haven’t updated this guy in a long time, but I finally got the motivation with the anniversary update xD

[astro-naut9]

shadowm

[trollamulet]

like for a small starter (or ill invade ur ask box w a meme) who knows. multi muses specify or not. spin da wheel get a prize (its jim. hes the prize)

[prettyswellaus]

Tom's origins can be traced back all the way to the dark pits of Khrysalis, as he was known there as "The Shadow Beast", one of the many creations known as "Shadow Creatures".

But for reasons he could barely comprehend at the time, he desired a different path. So like his contemporary; The Rat aka Rasputin, The Shadow Beast took a new identity; that of a human named "Thomas Beastdweller", Tom for short. The only remains of the Shadow Beast being his eyes, and the symbol of Shadowmancy scrawled on his back.

He separated himself from Khrysalis and found his way to Polaris. Where he became enthralled with the powers of Thaumaturgy. And so, upon hearing of Ravenwood, enrolled in the magical academy. With nobody, not even the headmaster, being aware of his true identity...

Tom does not take a formal secondary school, but is privy to the use of Shadowmancy. However he doesn't use it often, as using it too much would force him into his real form.

[shadowdaddydnd]

For when there are those the light can not punish