H-he likes to hang out under piers and eat Boardwalk food :3
he’s got the brawn of a lobster and the punch of a mantis shrimp.
he has lil’ animal friends
It’s Destruction
from The Wine-Dark Sea @moorishflower @teejaystumbles
songs that compel me 1 2 3
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Monster (Touchstarved MC Rewrite)
I've been really loving the songs from Epic: The Musical and decided to do a lyrics rewrite of my favourite song from the Underworld Saga, "Monster," for the Touchstarved MC, because I thought it was fitting, possibly for an MC turning to the dark side.
I did a lyrics rewrite for another song from Epic for my Alchemist!MC and his mentor a while ago, but I didn't change too many of the lyrics, so I might revisit that one in the future.
MC: How has everything been turned against us?
How did suffering become so endless?
How am I to finally wash this blood away?
Or do I need to change?
MC: I'm surrounded by the ghosts of minds they’ve lost,
Haunted by the blood and death that I have caused.
What if the greatest threat we'll find is not the mist,
But this?
MC: What if I'm the monster?
What if I'm in the wrong?
What if I'm the Soulless that's been lurking in the Fog?
These hands of mine had killed them.
What if I must bear the guilt?
What if after this curse goes away,
I’ll remain a monster, still?
What if I'm the monster…
MC: Does the temple bear the guilt when they kill?
Do their deaths keep the priests up in the night?
Or do they take and tame in the name of faith,
And believe they have served their gods right?
MC: When a childhood friend makes a promise and then
Stabs the back of the one they swore to save,
Did they learn to be colder when they got older,
And now they can save themselves the pain?
MC: When an exiled mage builds a child a cage,
Does she fear all the lines that she must cross?
Or she commands respect, keeps her feelings in check
To find answers regardless of the cost.
MC: When a traveller goes unravelling the mind
Of a stranger who helped them, are they vile?
Or do they have no say, made to drive insane
And cursed to survive?
MC: If I became the monster, and threw
that guilt away…
Would that make me stronger?
Would it keep the curse at bay?
If I became the monster to everyone but me…
What if there’s no price too high,
As long as I am free?
If I became the—
Caravanners: Monster…
MC: Oh, ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves.
Traveller: Monster…
MC: And deep down I know this well.
MC: I lost my best friend, I lost my mentor, my faith,
Too many lives slain, I cannot wait!
I must find the key to what I seek, or else more will bleed.
So if I must face down dangerous trials and battles,
I'll go where the Senobium won't travel,
And if I must send another innocent to madness
in an instant so that I can end this…
MC: Then I'll become the monster!
I will deal the blow!
And I'll become a monster like none they've ever known!
So what if I'm the monster tearing through the Shroud?
I must become the monster if I’m to make it out!
Priests: Monster!
MC: I’ll find the key!
Syndicate: Monster!
MC: And if I must—
Mentor: Monster!
MC: Oh, ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves.
Kuras, Leander, Vere, Ais, Mhin: Monster!
MC: I’ll become the monster…
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oopsie new gemini heist au just dropped! they're in a metal band now!!!
featuring Zeya on drums, Leo on lead guitar + vocals, Illiana on vocals, Euna on bass, and Gabi on keys!
gemini heist wip intro | art tag | instagram
a little explanation, some ramblings, and an effects-free version below
so this is my cousin's fault lmao. i was telling her about this wip and said something along the lines of "Leo and Zeya have different flavours of abandonment issues" and she replied "that would make such a good band name" and so. uh. the concept of the girls in a band immediately possessed me and i have been doing nothing for the last three days but drawing feverishly 🥲
(krita says i spent nearly 15 hours on this but that feels like a lie.)
legally i have to name the band the Sirens since it's their crew name but Flavours of Abandonment can definitely be their album lmao.
their sound would most resemble Conquer Divide (aka my 2023 most played artist):
i didn't spend more than 5 seconds assigning the girls their instruments but the more i think about it the more it makes sense. Zeya, for example, who is very small and very angry, gets to hit things very hard with sticks that can be analogous to her daggers.
as the keyboardist Gabi has tons of equipment and like, 4 different keyboards for different sounds that she spends countless hours programming, which just felt fitting since she's the tech person in the main canon. (source: my brother is a professional keyboardist.) also, in this au, she's a med school dropout who couldn't handle the pressure.
Leo writes most of the band's lyrics.
i was debating having Kalen in the band too but 6 people was gonna be too much to draw and sort of upset the symmetry i had pictured in my head. maybe in this au she sometimes secretly replaces her sister, say, when Illiana is sick, or just for funsies, idk.
i don't really have anything to say about Euna. uh, bassists are hot. (also, she and Zeya get to riff off each other, and we all know how i feel about their relationship.)
that's all, goodnight.
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