#traces of human life

[waidwund]

rotterdam, the netherlands // 02-2017  

© 2017 waidwund-photo  

[viatorjayspero]

Vintage Gem and the Scotts Album cover

[asjjohnson]

What if the Fentons invent an Ecto-Trace Finder gadget? Like a down-pointing colored flashlight that makes ecto-trace glow bright green. Basically... it shows ghost fingerprints.

So, Danny's in the basement at the time, and they're telling him about it and they test it on the counter they're standing next to. And... it picks up on a fingerprint. "Huh," Maddie says, and she and Jack stare at the glowing fingerprint in incomprehension.

Meanwhile, Danny panics and quickly leaves the basement. That evening, he wipes down his whole room (door, walls, and all). And throughout the next two or three months he wipes off anything he touches, even so much as brushes against, and he carries a bottle of hand sanitizer everywhere, using it often enough to get his hands badly chapped. He's in a constant state of worry about his parents finding his fingerprints.

...He's so focused on this, that he doesn't realize his parents had figured out—about half an hour after he'd left the basement—that the Ecto-Trace Finder also picks up on human fingerprints. Or that the fingerprint on the counter had belonged to one of the two of them. Or that they'd collected Danny's and Jazz's fingerprints the very next morning (while Danny was barely even awake from staying up worrying) by handing them both a glass of orange juice and then taking back the empty glasses, and programming into the Ecto-Trace Finder to disregard either of their prints.

[postingjustwhatever]

I made three versions of this because I have no self control

This was supposed to be funny but I think I made them look too sad.

[self-ships-ahoy]

Seeing people write Rama being aggressive with his s/o and even doing stuff worthy of content warnings, so to speak, makes me pretty upset. I just keep thinking "He wouldn't do that, he would never do that," because I just think there's so much more to him than his original function. I'm not telling other people what to like or write, but I know what makes me uncomfortable.

Personally I get more happiness headcanoning Rama as a gentle boyfriend. He knows his strength and he values his s/o as a person. Using April as an example, he respects her way too much to use harsh words with her or harm her in any way; if he slips up, he apologizes and corrects the behavior - never would he use it against her. Once they're together, he begins initiating affection and does it often because he's confident, but quickly learns what makes her uncomfortable and respects it. And he never ever forces her to do anything she doesn't want to do, in any sort of situation. Being a strong and aggressive fighter is his design, but being gentle is his choice.

[coridallasmultipass]

Going through my old blog posts again, and fUCK!!!!

Another fucking BroCal post that Tumblr bans have taken from me, it's just a broken link now. If anyone knows where to find the original post somewhere else, or has the images saved, please, PLEASE, LMK. God, I regret not saving everything before 2019. Tumblr has taken so much. Ugh. I just wanna live in the nostalgia!! Why did they have to remove all these old posts...

[wygolvillage]

i will not get in pointless arguments over my favorite video game guy online. i will not get in pointless arguments over my favorite video game guy online. i will not get in pointless arguments over my favorite video game guy online. i will n

[hypnosiacon-archived]

I'm gonna make queue post 6 times a day, but i'm not gonna make any requests today. My fatigue is winning, I almost fell several times just now gl;fd

[padfootastic]

I don’t know if anyone else has had this thought (wouldn’t surprise me) but I’ve never seen anyone talk about it.

You can not convince me that James Potter didn’t enchanted his glass to do cool shit. Perhaps he got them to function kinda like the map but for anywhere and everywhere he is. Maybe they can show the entire lay out of the building or area he’s in, let him see through stuff, show him what people are thinking, replay memories not just his own but those of others (sorta like a pensive) maybe they can identify dark wizards or something I don’t know! But there is NO way James and Sirius didn’t come with this ✨brilliant✨ idea. The possibility are astounding.

I don’t think he’d enchant them to cheat in school he didn’t need the help nor do I think he’d use them in that stereotypical way of seeing through peoples clothes or anything of that sort. That’s stuff kinda lame in my opinion.

anon be honest, did u see my answer to another ask comparing james to tony stark a while ago? *squints suspiciously*

lol i’m kidding but u cannot tell me that isn’t ridiculously futuristic innovator of him. and i love it. j&s’ troublemaking was always breaking rules & pushing the boundaries of magic (for me) and this fits perfectly for them. i bet they had so many half-discarded genius ideas for how to make things around them different or better.

lol @ james potter fucking around and accidentally inventing not just muggle television but *portable* muggle televisions. very on brand.

[waidwund]

around roermond, the netherlands // 09-2017  

© 2017 waidwund-photo  

[viatorjayspero]

Quick sketches of hobbit style outfits for the Mounders

[space-chili]

I want to draw him dissected but the fandom would kill me

[fromevertonow]

Suzanne Collins is one of the few contemporary writers who realizes the importance of names in her stories and the significance they bear. They add so many layers to the story, additional meanings that otherwise would not have existed.

The original trilogy:

Katniss: named after a plant of which you can eat the roots. Her father taught her where to find it and told her that “as long as you can find yourself, you’ll survive” (quote may be a little bit off, but it’s from one of the early chapters in THG). Additionally, the leaves are in the shape of an arrowhead, referencing her skills with the bow which her father also taught her how to use.

Peeta: literally bread lmao. But bread is one of the basic nutritions humans need, a little bit goes a long way to keep you alive. Peeta’s presence in Katniss’s life also kept her alive, literally and figuratively—the burned bread he threw her in the flashback and their complicated relationship.

Primrose: a plant with medicinal purposes, even more significant in light of her work as a medic in Mockingjay.

Gale: literally means “strong wind” and considering that in every encounter with Katniss he’s caused some reaction, he pulls her into directions she maybe initially doesn’t want to go in. Additionally, his name also represents his determination and steadfastness in his beliefs.

TBOSAS

Lucy Gray: named after William Wordsworth’s poem “Lucy Gray” which is about the titular character of the poem who got lost during a blizzard. She literally got lost in snow. Rachel Zegler sang this poem in two parts on the original soundtrack of the movie. When Snow asked who the girl in the song is, Lucy answers that she’s a mystery, just like her.

Snow: aside from the obvious snow references, I think his name is most significant in relation to Lucy and the poem. The only one who knows what caused her disappearance is Snow. He is the reason that Lucy is gone. But her traces in the snow are still visible. He will always remember her because the memory of Lucy has manifested itself in every part of his life.

Coriolanus: named after the Roman general (and also the titular character of Shakespeare’s play), Coriolanus wanted to attack Rome and become its ruler. He was scorned and celebrated by the people, only to be later exiled from the city by them. In TBOSAS, Coriolanus is the star pupil at the Capitol’s academy but sent into exile to the districts after he won the Games with Lucy through cheating.

Volumnia: Coriolanus mother who played a part in his ascent to power. In TBOSAS, she almost serves like a mentor to Coriolanus, teaching him how to think in terms of power.

(Edit) Sejanus: a roman soldier who was betrayed by the roman emperor Tiberius, just like the future president betrayed him.

(Edit) Plinth: got this info from here, but it was too good not to include here. A plinth is a base for a statue or vase to stand on. After Sejanus’s death, all of the Plinth fortune was given to Snow for being such a good to friend him. It was this money that skyrocketed the Snow family from poverty to filthy rich. The Plinth money was the foundation upon which Snow built his power.

There are so many other names that have historical (mostly Roman and Greek) connotations—Plutarch, Seneca, Cinna—but also regular names like Trinket and Beetee bear meanings that represent the character beautifully.

Names are important. For any lover of literature or (aspiring) writers, please look closely at them. They can shape your story into something unique.

Feel free to correct me if I’ve said something wrong. I know there are many names missing, but I can only add so many examples ✊🏻😔

[frudoo]

Simon Riley kisses with everything he has—everything he is. He leaves you breathless long before his lips ever touch yours. Gently running his fingers through your hair, or cupping your face with one hand, thumb rubbing along your bottom lip. His honeyed brown eyes are so full of life as they stare into yours and it feels like he’s picking apart your soul just with his gaze. Just before you get the chance to break the tension, find some relief, he does it for you, closing the expectant space between the two of you. His lips part deliberately, gently slotting between yours with careful, practiced ease because he wants it to be perfect for you every single time.

Simon Riley kisses with nothing short of perfection; maybe it’s the military in him that makes him need to perform flawlessly, or maybe it’s the way you look at him like he’s human that makes him want to cherish you, convince you—or himself, though he’d never admit it—that he can make you happy. He’s obsessed with you, the softness of your lips, the taste he craves on a long, grueling mission. Perhaps that’s why he devours you when he comes back home, kissing you like his life depends on it, because it does. He suckles on your bottom lip like a newborn to its mother’s breast—you’re his life source and he’s drinking you up. You nourish him and don’t even realize it until he’s cradling the back of your head, pulling you in impossibly close.

Simon Riley refuses to pull away first, a low whine escaping his throat when you do part. You pant, desperate to catch your breath but all too willing to let him steal it again as his tongue slides into the gap of your mouth, running along your teeth. He’s uncaring of the sloppiness, immune to the feeling of slobber running down his chin. All that matters is you and every inch of that perfect mouth that tells him you’re his. No matter where his hands are initially, they’ll wind up beneath your shirt, trailing up your back and tracing mindless patterns on your soft skin. The skin that reminds him that there is a life worth living, even if you’re the only one that cares—and care, you do, in the way you suck his hungry tongue into your mouth, just as eager as he is.

Simon Riley, who was so afraid to love, finds it hard to adore you with anything less than his entire heart.

[glow-in-the-dark-death]

A Week (He Will Take You)

~

Danny moved to Gotham for school, while there he noticed that Gotham's ambient ecto was really murky for lack of a better word.

This didn't really affect him too much besides a mild headache every once in a while but that also just might be stress from all his school work so maybe not.

Anyway

This murky ecto seemed to effect the people who lived there or more importantly the ghosts,

They were visible to the human eye like most ghosts back in Amity but instead of looking very much like a ghost they still looked like humans if a bit off putting.

They all seemed to be continuing their normal lives as if still fully alive, with the people around them none the wiser.

Danny noticed this and began approaching them to figure out what was going on.

Apparently the murky ecto in the city had made it so that they were strong enough to still continue a somewhat normal life but not be able to cross over to the GZ.

In other words they were stuck in Gotham

Danny was the Ghost King so he could easily fix this problem, all he needed to do was give them a bit of pure ecto for around a week to fully stabilize them them then he would just open a portal into the GZ and they could cross over with all their things also transferring into the GZ for their new haunt.

Unfortunately this looked rather worrying to an outsider,

Imagine you're used to your neighbor being very outgoing so you and others see them a lot suddenly this man seems to appear in their life out of nowhere an at exactly one week, your neighbor and all their belongings in their home disappear no trace to be found.

You tell people and they begin saying the same story they knew someone and them a man with black hair and blue eyes appeared in their life, then they and all their things disappear in exactly one week.

Of course the police in Gotham do the bare minimum so they're no help.

But it starts to begin a trend, especially online.

"Oh careful or the blue eyed man will make you disappear in a week"

This of course after time catches the bats attention, Gordon had already given them all the information he had.

"Young adult early twenties, dark hair, blue eyes"

That was it.

The bats look into it and from their point of view Danny is a serial killer.

But they can't find the connection between all of his victims, they range from young children and the elderly from different backgrounds absolutely no connection,

Worrying enough he doesn't just make one person disappear he has taken entire families up to over a dozen, without anyone figuring out how he's doing it or why at all.

The disturbing thing also being that he seems to take everything in their home, leaving it like it has always been empty

Like no one had been living in it.

People have tried to take photos of Danny get some kind of evidence of his existence, but when they try to do it, it either comes out completely corrupted or their devise simply shuts down fully.

Danny of course has no clue what is happening he's just happy that he's able to help so many ghosts, and is trying not to fail his exams.

~

Danny leaving the house he just helped: "That went easier than I expected!"

Neighbor peeking from the window: "Shit it's that guy! "

~

Red Hood marching down into the cave: " The fucker took many from my territory without me even realizing it!"

~

Tim: "I'm pretty sure his kill count is nearing the hundreds and he just started like maybe 4 months ago, this is bad."

Barbara: " I think I got a theory, this matches up with the new school year beginning so maybe their not a Gotham native which narrows down my suspect list."

Bruce: "Hn."

Tim: "Yes thank you B for the insightful commentary"

~

Danny trying not to fall asleep while on his way to class: "Strange I keep seeing shadows following me, oh well must be the stress!"

Bats who are pretty sure Danny is the killer: "Has he done anything suspicious yet?"

~

Just an Idea

[moths-in-a-coat]

isn't it wack how whole cities filled with hundreds of people can become forgotten for centuries