#thomas downes

[hiveschives]

You won the fight already, surely that's enough?

[dyingbuck]

the tragedy of the downes

[itiswritteninthestarsabove]

There's a thing I've been wondering about for a long time...

When you collect Thomas Downes' debt, Arthur will write about it in his journal. Not only that, he will accompany the entry with a drawing of a cauldron amid a forest.

When I first saw it I thought nothing of it, as I assumed maybe the drawing was referencing a random encounter I had earlier like the Witches Cauldron in Ambarino, given that it didn't tie in with anything about the mentioned mission.

But as time passed and I revisited the journal, I noticed that that assumption didn't make sense chronologically, at least for my gameplay experience. And then I searched on Youtube multiple videos that also aligned this drawing with Arthur's thoughts about Thomas Downes' debt collection, so now I'm certain that the cauldron drawing is directly correlated with that entry.

The thing is, Arthur is what I consider a pretty straightforward artist when it comes to drawing. He tries to replicate as faithfully as possible the animals, people, and landscapes he encounters on his journey. He doesn't characterize himself as being particularly abstract or metaphorical in his art.

That being said, and considering there was no presence of a cauldron or a forest like the ones depicted in his journal in Thomas Downes' debt collection, the thing I've been wondering for months and that I haven't been able to answer to this day is: Why a cauldron in the woods? What does it mean? What's the symbolism behind it? Why did Rockstar choose for Arthur to accompany the entry of one of the most important missions story-wise with that ambiguous imagery?

Please feel free to share your thoughts and theories

[revswanson]

[docdalas]

— 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪’𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺

[trbotunnel]

ive been avoiding doing the mission where you have to beat up mr downes because of tb reasons,,,, ive been perfectly content galloping around,, coming back to my roots (hunting & gathering) WITHOUT some sickness incubating inside of me. its been real nice....

anyway mary sent her first letter & now the game is FORCING me to go talk to downes........ i cant do any mission OTHER THAN THIS ONE. i cant even interact with objects or change my outfit. i have to beat someone up in this fruity ass baby pink button up. i look like a pansy......... im not just a fruit IM THE WHOLE BASKET

for fucks sake let me live TB LESS please!!!!!!! i want to go SHOPPING for SLUTTY CLOTHES!! I WANT TO HUNT FOR PELTS TO UPGRADE MY CAMP FOR MY BROTHERS & SISTERS!!!!!!!! LET ME LIVE IN PEACE!!!!!

[ethel-cyanide]

going to collect the debt from thomas downes

[luvliewriting]

If you ever feel safe remember

I'm out there

[aviolettrose]

A fanfic idea:

Bruce was able to rescue Jason before he died, and after this experience, Jason stopped being Robin.

He became afterwards the golden child, he goes to college (with a scholarship), helps out in the city library, teaches children (helps with their homeworks and helps them to study), works part time in a car garage in crime alley, and is a supportive brother.

And it pisses his siblings off.

Because there has to be something fishy because no one, really no one, is that perfect.

And there is something fishy.

He is also Red Hood.

No one knows, and the vigilantes never talk to Jason about "the family business" because he needs to concentrate on his studies and other stuff.

So imagine, Batmans suprise when the JL was able to catch Red Hood.

Someone takes Jasons helmet off in front of Batman, Nightwing, and other members

And Jason, who wears also a domino mask, doesn't look Batman in the face even as he says :

"Hey Dad. I can explain."

And Dick loses his shit, he laughs so hard because, Jason, The golden child, the one who gave up on being a vigilante, who reads to children in the library, is a goddamn crimelord.

Bruce just stands there frozen because wtf Jason?!

And Dick takes selfies with Jason being tied up and calles the other Batkids in because they should definitely not be left out of it.

(Edit: As someone who doesn't really write (or can write good stories), I want to say, feel free to use this prompt for a fanfiction. Just please give credits to me (because I don't know if someone else had also this idea and posted it) and please inform me if you publish something (because I want to read a fanfiction like this too))

[bruciemilf]

As a reward for helping with a problem, John Constantine wants to give Bruce a chance to talk to his parents. “I can only do one at a time, thought, so, who’s first?”

Bruce sweats, “That won’t be necessary.”

The batkids watch like ??? they’ve seen Bruce in every state a man could succumb and raise, but they’ve never seen him scared. Alfred calmly steps forward, “Please do.”

“No. Don’t.”

John “I don’t want peace, I want trouble, always” Constantine smells some opportunity for chaos and grabs it.

The result of that is the very angry spirit of Thomas Wayne fixing Bruce with the glare of the year, “You dropped oUT OF MED SCHOOL?!” The entire mansion seems to tremble.

Bruce yelps like a scolded cat and runs around the dining table, “I was busy with BATMAN—“

“ Che cazzo è un Batman, — Get back here! You were there a year, — Che cazzo fai, CHE CAZZO FAI?! Pack your bags, you’re going back.”

To the batkids’ absolute horror Bruce starts to cry, face watery and bright, and they finally understand what Alfred meant by tantrums. “Non voglio tornare indietro, papà!”

“Non mi interessa, cazzo, — wait till your mother hears about this, Harley graduated with HONORS. What exemple are you giving to my grandkids? Don’t — Don’t run, GET BACK HERE!”

Tim sweats in high school dropout, Dick sweats in cop, Jason sweats in drug lord, Damian sweats in art kid, and Stephanie just sweats in general.

“Should, uh… Should we help?”

“Are you kidding? I haven’t seen Jason this happy since the Queen died.”

[delusiontowns]

watching Arthur's handwriting get messier as time goes on hurts me more than anything.

usual handwriting

and then towards the end of chapter 6...

never fails to make my heart shatter

[horror-aesthete]

Crimson Peak, 2015, dir. Guillermo del Toro

[dyingbuck]

mr thomas downes 😔

[bluerosefox]

Possessed Pearl's

You know how in some ghost stories sometimes its not a person or a land that's haunted but the items?

Well what if, when looking for a mother's day gift for his mom, Danny is looking around a pawn shop and finds a necklace, it's missing some pearls but it's just enough to pass off as a decent gift. Danny humms but decides against it and goes to leave it....

That was until he gasped out blue frost and spots a ghostly woman appear out of the necklace with a somber smile. She isn't as seeable as the other ghosts in Amity though, meaning she doesn't have enough ectoplasm on her own (that might change the longer she's in Amity and around Danny though) and that right now only Danny can see her.

And Danny well... hes been doing his hero gig for a bit now, might go and ask if there was anything he can do to help.

And later Danny's good deed... bites him back. Oh boy. Because now he has the Bats looking into Amity Park... Wait what do you mean Martha is now strong enough to be seen?!

[endermagpieart]

What do you mean I’m a bit late for Janus’ big day? Of course not, how could you say such a thing! I definitely didn’t forget all about it in my absence and only get reminded in the incorrect quotes video live chat; that’s not like me at all ;]

Anyways I decided to dress our sassy snake in some different outfits I think he’d like. He seems like the type to get all dolled up on his birthday and it goes with Thomas posting pics in outfits inspired by the sides on their appreciation days!

@thatsthat24

[breadandblankets]

duke and cass' spars from the outside must look soooo weird, no one has landed a single hit for hours it looks staged, they might as well be in the matrix

cass is reading every minute twitch and duke is literally seeing the future, no one is winning, it is the worlds hardest workout, it is weird as fuck