#the night market

[night-market-if]

Chapter Four Public Release

Chapter Four is out for the public! Enjoy the ups and downs of this amazingly happy and angst free chapter. Promise. Swear it.

I love you all

You can read it here

[mooreaux]

Fully fae Milo is a mood ✨

[emmabirb8]

he's done this twice now. TWICE

[tallullahssacredlamb]

Nandermo & signs that are just coincidentally there and have absolutely no hidden meaning behind them

[old-type-40]

As I mentioned before, I enjoy when the presence of the documentary crew is acknowledged in some way. And we had a brief glimpse of Greg the camera guy on the catwalk with them just before the moment when Guillermo took refuge behind him.

[ID: two gifs from season 4 episode 04 of what we do in the shadows. the first gif shows nandor with a sword in hand charging towards the camera that's shaking a lot. he yells "Stop hiding behing Greg!" as he swings the sword around the camera man (greg), which causes guillermo to come out from behind him, finally showing up on camera, also with a sword in hand. the second gif is of the same duel from a different angle, showing greg filming the fight as it happens right in front of him. greg's name has been added above his head to label him. /End ID] - credit for description to @whatsyourid

[beansprean]

[ID: Guillermo and Nandor facing off at the Night Market, Guillermo arms out with his back to the viewer. Nandor is facing him, fists up, and looking angry and embarrassed as he yells, “Don’t look at my fucking boner when we fight!”, holding up one knee to cover his crotch. /end ID]

Truly I love them

[origamihoshi]

been wanting to draw my MC from @night-market-if so I finally got around to drawing something of her, her name is B because b is part of the prisoner number she was given and it was the first thing that came to mind.

also I know the MC has black eyes right now but I wanted to give her her amber eyes anyway

[beetjuicyjuice]

They r singlehandedly getting me to draw for the first time in years

[prettyandsarcastic]

A couple things I want from Book Two of The Night Market (@night-market-if ) because I've had brainrot on and off since finishing book one.

Spoilers if you haven't finished Book One.

• a gut wrenching scene of our MC clawing their way out of their own grave, fueled by rage and pain and heartbreak. And the visceral description of them making their way back to Hazel's or Gabriel's or Bella's, staggering through crowded streets like some eldritch being

• a scene where we see a lone raven keeping watch over the unmarked grave

• a new scar in the center of our MC's chest from where their ribs were literally ripped open and all the RO's crushing reactions to it.

• Milo knowing exactly when our MC wakes up because the Night Market seems to pause, take a breath, the laterns become almost impossibly bright for a moment and the air fills with the smell of gravedirt

• our MC having always known where Milo was hiding (if he's been hiding in the market) because our MC is The Night Market and there's nowhere he could truly hide. And one day he comes back to his hideaway to find them sitting at his table.

[goonlalagoon]

Winter 15 - the Night Market

[night-market-if]

So I reread Book One recently and I played Belladonnas route for the first time and honestly, I was really surprised. She seemed like your typical cold, aloof, “ice queen” but after reading it actually seems like she’s the first one to really fall in love with the MC.

Like sure, Hazel takes them in and cares for them, but at first it was just a favor for Milo. Belladonna has zero ties to MC when they first meet, and she basically plays their therapist the whole time lol. I think it helps because she’s really the only character without an internal conflict.

Every other RO has a lot of shit they’re dealing with internally; Hazels guilt over her brothers death, Milo’s… Milo lol, but Bella doesn’t really have that. Her big conflict is an external one, and once it’s taken care of she basically looks at MC and says “yeah, you’re mine now” lol!

It’s just an interesting contrast for the most cold hearted, ambitious, borderline evil romance option to also be the most… secure and drama free. Admittedly a lot of this could just be my perception of things but I just wanted to share my thoughts.

It is not just your perception. That is exactly how I wanted to write her. Which I got some shit for when it first started unveiling itself but I think that's because a lot of people assumed it would be the femme fatale, ice queen route. I have read plenty of reviews where they were made they didn't get to sleep with her more.

But yes, you are absolutely correct. I think Belladonna falls in love first but doesn't want to say anything because she doesn't know what is going to go down with Kavatti. I mean, Bella didn't know if she would even be alive after that to continue a romance with the MC. But, once it was all taken care of, she very much had that moment of "we are now together". And the feeling has not lessened.

[mooreaux]

I can’t believe I haven’t drawn my oc Anemone in her mermaid form yet … here’s fixing that ✨👀

[mycurrentobsessionis]

I get why people are so mad at Milo, I really do...

(spoilers for The Night Market)

But, first of all, accidently summoning fucking Cthullu because you literally Do Not Know how to do your job is, uh, relateable somehow. Then proceeding to stab Cthullu because you panicked is objectively funny. Like. I got over the initial shock of that ending (because wtf, Milo?!?!?), and the confusion (like what did I do to get the bad ending???), and then it was ALL laughs. Like, daaaaamn, Malcolm is gonna be pissed, dude!

Legit, Milo isn't even malicious here, y'know? He's, like, a horse loose in a hospital -- he's just as confused as you are! He's never been in a hospital before!

Also, on a serious note, it's like, fair enough, okay. Because Hazel won't leave the Market, because she won't leave without Malcolm (living, dead, or undecided). Malcolm either can't or won't leave. Every probably can't leave. Milo probs doesn't care if he dies, but that's his family. And, I mean, the MC was dying irregardless. In his brain, this was the thing that would save them, too. All he had to do was give up their trust and love (platonic or otherwise), and they walked away. Limping and heartbroken, sure, but alive. Not saying it's fair, but you know. People do massively fucked up shit for love and for fear, and Milo has both. What he does is selfless from a certain point of view -- he gave up the affection and goodwill (that he probably thinks he doesn't deserve anyway), and everyone lives. He loved them all enough to lose them. And yeah, it was in fucked up way that is not the way to do shit, but.

As a future trauma-informed clinician, Milo's brain is legitimately built different. That man is on fight-or-flight 24/7, and I'm not convinced he isn't in a manic episode for at least part of the book. We know he's not sleeping and is drinking pretty heavily toward the end. That does not bode well.

Honestly, it was a shocker ending only because I didn't expect the author to go there, but it makes sense. This is a severely mentally ill man who spent ten years literally carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, on top of his own unprocessed grief and trauma, and trying to make sure his equally mentally ill friend is alright, and sort of single-parenting a dead child. Then you have the fact that he was meeting pretty regularly with Baron fucking Palpatine, who was probably manipulating him. And yeah, you can say that he's a grown man but... When you live your life focused on survival, you literally do not develop the kind of executive functioning skills you need to withstand that shit. You can develop them later in life, but it is significantly more difficult.

In a lot of cases, I do not argue for mental illness being a defense for the kind of fuckery that he got up to, but shit, man. Milo has such a deep-seated sense of self-loathing, and the amount of vitriol thrown against him so intense and utterly unsympathetic. The whole cast uses the MC for their own ends. They all put the MC at direct risk. At least Milo believes he's saving them.

Anyhoo... romanced him because Zinnia won't let me play as his therapist LOL.

[hadrassians]

belladonna from @night-market-if

my favorite scary lady!!!!

[kingdoms-and-empires]

Announcement!

Hello guys! We're close to finishing the 1st quarter of 2023! I hope everyone has been having a good year so far, even with all the crazy happenings in the world. First things first, the news about the update! I'm happy to inform everyone that the patreon release date for the update is March 24th, Friday at 6pm Mountain Standard Time The public release will be March 31st at the same time as the former.

-------------------------------------------------------------------- For other news relevant to the IF games we love! Blood Moon is scheduled to release!! If you're looking for some more steamy romance and action after playing Wayhaven, take a bite off this story! Wishlist it now!  The author is active on Tumblr, unlike me!  The Night Market has finished, and is currently in the Kickstarter phase, and it's so close to the first goal!!! 

Hope you guys choose to support them!! 

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[wildmelon]

finished @night-market-if and updated my mc myrtle with some night market fashion 💞

this almost never happens to me but i cannot for the life of me decide who to romance in this game!!!!!! the options are too good.