#Also mmmm ANGST

[lonely-moon-artist-blog]

Huh.. Oh I wonder.

@cenri-monpi

I hope I'm allowed to tag you in this.

Rambling ahead. <Lots of it.>

Ahem-

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So I just saw like a scene from Adventure time two days ago. And my mind was like:

Oh yeah I can DEFINITELY see Abel in a situation like that.

And thus I decided that I'll make this comic JUST FOR THE FUNZIES.

And then my brain went: ADD SO MUCH FUCKING DEPTH TO IT AS YOU CAN. I CHALLENGE THEE.

And so I did.

I could like.. Ramble about the my own meaning that I put in this but honestly I don't wanna stop anyone's minds.

Go wild and think of something that will make sence to you.

I.. I always while draw sometimes add a lot of details that people probably don't even notice. But ehh. The main thing is that you guys at least like my art I think.

.. Okay now I guess I said everything I wanted to say.

Have a good day/night.

[meeeebbottalofscruhmpyuyy]

Wow. Can't even go after that damned drink you're always running to, huh? What are you hoping to find at the bottom of the bottle? Someone who loves you? All you're gonna see is yourself, and obviously, even you don't love you.

(evil anon)

...Haha, very funny lad...

[khickuwa]

i feel my sins cling unto my skin.

[clockworkreapers]

Yo!! I've got a lil' question that you've probably answered before. I was wondering why Cy has 2 god tiers? Like is it just because he can, for shits n' giggles, or for a narrative reason? (I've been going over this in my head for weeks now dear god)

OH no there is an actual reason- make of the explanation what you will. To me it at least makes some sense, this will be long but I love to break it all down (its also a bit sad!) So... Cyrusk is odd. His personality, the way he interacts with people, the way he solves problems, the things that are key to who he is all point towards him being a Lord. The Lord of Mind is his godtier, thats the one at his core. However he is the Knight of Mind in like 99.99999999% something of the sessions that are played. The Knight is also still him but it prioritizes the protector parts over the controller parts both of which are part of what makes him him. He is both sides but one is not allowed to exist... unless under certain circumstances.

(handful of his dif iterations for sburb) The problem with being a Lord in a group sburb game though is that they are way overpowered, and he doesnt have a Muse to balance him out either. Sburb is-if nothing else-a world bending game that adapts and changes to its players but its also an enigma, its kinda alive in its own right. In a group sburb game the conditions are not set to have a Lordling in its session cuz they are supposed to play solo in dead sessions like the Cal's session. Now Cyrusk can play solo BUT theres a very specific way for him to even get to the point where he can. The sad part is it needs to be when everyone else in his session is dead and conditions are now set to enter into a dead session, one built for a Lordling. To do this he needs to find his denizen Janus. Thing about Janus is it has two faces and one is always asleep at least its always asleep when he can only be the Knight.

(art by cheshireArtist) The asleep face wakes when a Lordling has the availability to be in play and its the one that gives him the Lord's "Ultimate Choice". Either he can die here, be with everyone else and be at peace... OR he can live and take a shot at a new session and maybe see everyone again. Its not a scratch its not turning back time its entering into the session thats built for the Lord. Once Cyrusk enters a new session as a solo player its that dead session where he plays as a Lordling. If he goes through with it and wins he will become a fully realized Lord of Mind. And theres the thing... yeah he doesnt get a new universe but he gets something that can be even better~

But thats for another time. Just know a Lord of Mind Cyrusk is game breaking.

[beigetiger]

I wanna talk about AU Valkyrie’s soul absorption more, because it’s a pretty big part of Battlescape and I haven’t reeeeally been talking about it.

Basically, Valkyrie’s powerset is even weirder now than previously, because her natural magic is much weaker due to being poisoned by the katehedral energy, she can turn things into dust, and she can, as I mentioned earlier, absorb people’s souls.

First off, she has to make physical contact, usually with the head of a person, in order to absorb the soul of a person she wants. Since she’s actually absorbing them and they’re literally becoming part of her, she’s somewhat particular about who she absorbs. She won’t do it to any random person she’s fighting, but one of her current projects (bordering on an obsession) is collecting and absorbing the souls of everyone who ever mattered to her, based on the idea that she can then keep them safe and she’ll never lose them.

Now, her not losing them isn’t necessarily true. Essentially how it works is that once their soul is fused with Valkyrie’s and their body dies, they start our existing as an entirely separate personality with separate memories and experiences, and Valkyrie can essentially summon them into real life to talk to them (or she can just communicate with them mentally, Darquesse style). However, as years pass, the secondary personality (whoever Valkyrie absorbed) slowly begins to fully mesh with her soul, going from having to ask about certain experiences to being able to flip through those experiences to Valkyrie remembering those experiences as if she lived them. The aspects of them that Valkyrie can summon also then slowly become more distant or faint over time, although they never fade completely. At the end, they are completely meshed with Valkyrie and all of their personality, memories, experiences, and so on are now entirely hers to own and implement. She doesn’t love this inevitable stage, but she’s basically accepted it as the price to pay for never losing someone she loves.

One big thing I should note for this, because it’s important, is that she refuses to do it without the person’s consent, only exception being if they’re actively dying. She has the offer open to a lot of people for her to absorb their souls (most of them in Roarhaven) and it’s very much a point of moral and personal debate for them. Dexter Vex is an absolute disaster, and he’s definitely considered this offer the most. Saracen is pretty much what’s keeping him sane.

Another thing I should probably mention is that Valkyrie could theoretically do this to anyone, dead or alive, but it’s much less complicated to absorb people who are alive (their souls are easier to get ahold of, easier to transport, etc). A huge part of her project is finding a way to get ahold of the souls of those she’s lost or those she feels deserved better so that they can become a part of her forever. These are people like Gordon, Stephanie, Carol, Sanguine, Finbar, Cassandra, Kenspeckle, possibly mr. Bliss, and so on. She’s definitely gotten to a few of them already, but finding out exactly where they are and then getting their souls to join with hers takes a lot of effort, and so the work goes slowly. Her current focus is on Stephanie, which would give Steph the chance to become at least somewhat active and autonomous again.

Skulduggery doesn’t actually mind her bizarre fixation with finding and absorbing souls, and he’s willing to assist her with the process and stops her from going even more insane over the experience overflow that she gets. He’s arrogant and doesn’t really see himself as somebody who will ever be absorbed, but rather someone who will stay by her side but separate from her forever, acting as something real when everything else around Valkyrie is simply an aspect of her many personalities given form.

So…yeah. That’s one of Valkyrie’s many powers. Another power that works similarly but isn’t the same is that she can absorb power from extremely powerful beings and then spread that power around to her followers (which is a very overpowered ability when you regularly get into fights with the Faceless Ones).

Maybe I’ll update this in the future a bit, maybe I won’t. I’m looking forward to writing more details about this ability though 😁

[meli-meliai]

“I’ve never understood you, mother... Why did you continue to love Cain even though he fell? Is it... just because he was your son, even though he had committed something unforgiveable? Or... is it because of something else?“

“My dear son, not every question has to be answered. Sometimes, we just need...a bit of faith. Even though he has fallen...

He is still my son. It is just that I was not good enough of a mother.“

[parvuls]

The room is so silent it hurts. Jack’s eyes are wide and sad, his hand clenching into a fist and falling to press tightly against his thigh. The glass Eric dropped is shattered to pieces all over the kitchen floor, a puddle of water slowly spreading over the gleaming tiles.

“Sorry!” Eric blurts out finally, voice trembling, body trembling even harder. “I – I just –”

“It’s okay,” Jack says, but he still moves cautiously with his eyes unmoving from Eric, like Eric’s some wide animal that he might spook. “I shouldn’t have…”

He trails off, sentence unfinished. Eric gets it. There’s nothing he shouldn't have done; Jack never does anything wrong. It’s Eric who startles and flinches and gets lightheaded whenever the stranger he’s supposed to be engaged to tries to touch him.

“It’s fine, Bi–Eric.” Jack clears his throat, then crouches down to pick up the shards, smiling faintly up at Eric. “This floor's been through worse. It’s not even the first time I made you drop something, eh? Least this time it’s just water and not peanut butter.”

Eric has no idea what that means. Eric doesn't remember. After a moment, the tiny smile on Jack’s face fades away. He looks down at the floor, sighs quietly, and goes back to picking up broken glass with his bare hands.

[waltzing-rats]

so my friend and i have this demon slayer au (called wisteria street) where theyre all alive and happy, and its structured like a children’s show (think mr rogers esque but a bit darker) abt the lives of all these neighbors and friends. And istg yall i got an idea for a comic strip with this ship and im begging yall to HEAR ME OUT. ISTG THEY HAVE POTENTIAL

[tankshaw]

so we can all collectively agree that darlin’s the youngest outta the wolves in their general age group right

[ovaryacted]

Damn, this Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga song is fucking bomb…why am I feeling…inspired by it? Fawk.

[taranzabutverysmall]

mMMMM yes sig drawings please ask things about my au please i need questions ple-

[hannie-dul-set]

good day. it’s time for another blurb game.

send me an idol (zb1/riize/txt/enha) and a ship dynamic (e.g. black cat x golden retriever, asshole x asshole-enabler, literal fucking monster/supernatural being x monsterfucker, etc. get crazy. i dare you.) and i’ll write you a quick blurb! destroy my ask box! go go go!

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

forgot to make myself anonymous in the last request omfg AHHHHHHHHH but, if you don't mind, please expand on this one certain tag i very much live for angst <3

AKJDNAS i thought you meant to come off anon i'm so sorry i already answered the other ask ;-;;;;; but it's ok!!! now i will know you when i see you!!! :D (referenced post here!!!)

angst you say? well well *cracks knuckles* in your first ever meeting with Ajax, you knew him as the Harbinger Tartaglia, and as such had to tread your relationship with caution. he loved you, and despised the thought of you being in danger; you loved him, and hated when he came to your door wounded and tired. but somehow you made it work, even falling in love with his Foul Legacy form, and Tartaglia was more grateful for you than the sun in the sky- you were his sun, his light in the dark, and every day seemed brighter when you were around. so overcome with joy, the joy of being loved and cherished, was he that the famed Eleventh Harbinger loosened his own rules, allowing himself to stroll the streets of Liyue with you while admiring the warm glow of the lanterns at dusk

you had always loved Lantern Rite, back then

he hadn't even been quick enough to take revenge on the attackers, instead only finding you sprawled just outside the Harbor with a knife buried in your stomach. it was of Liyue make, that blade, and Tartaglia had known without a doubt that this was his fault for foolishly clinging to you in public, making it well known to the citizens who despised him that you were his beloved. he remembers so vividly the sensation of clasping your cold hand with his, pleading for you to get up, walk with him to the pharmacy to get patched up, and you had simply coughed, eyes clouded with pain. it was so obvious you weren't going to survive, so Tartaglia knelt over you and begged for you to say his true name, the name he had been wary of entrusting even to you, for he knew it was selfish to ask you not to go

how he wished to be selfish, so badly, when you mumbled his name and went still with a smile on your face, and Ajax felt a part of himself crumble and break. even after countless years went by, his memory eroded by time and Abyssal influence, he still vividly remembers the sight of you collapsed in his arms, the last thing you said being "Ajax"

so please, don't call him Tartaglia or Childe. he's Ajax, your Ajax, okay?

[crescentfool]

it august

and that means theres four months until december 31st... or is it like basically five months.. well whatever... you know what i mean...

[lord-squiggletits]

Because I love IDW OP angst I've thought of writing a one-shot where he attempts suicide and is foiled, with bonus MegOP as Megatron (somehow) is there when he wakes up in the hospital. Honestly I could probably write it and crank it out in a single session as long as I don't over think it and let myself write something without an elaborate planning process beforehand.

[valleynix]

Are we getting lots of angst in the next chapter then? I don think my poor heart could handle it :'(

i'm not planning on it! (can't say the same for chap 13 tho teehee)

i have a very rough draft of how chapter twelve is going to go, and most of it involves softer, calmer moments (with bits of spicy) and some strong emotions, but nothing that'll make it feel like i'm ripping your heart out of your chest

rest easy, dear anon. you're safe for the calm before the storm :) <3