#Arianna Lady of the Night

[nishihii]

attempting to draw arianna

[fantomette22]

Bloodborne girls appreciation post!!!!

Bonus :

& Good hunter girl and there's so many other too!

[harena--tigris]

some bloodborne sketches ive made

[evangelifloss]

The happy endings are up to you! Here are some of my ideas if you're not sure. Or if you're curious.

Personally for Gascoigne, his wife doesn't leave and die, and his kids are waiting for him. He escapes beasthood and lives to see the end of the hunt.

Queen Annalise is freed from her metal-head contraption, and she is able to walk amongst the living, no longer confined by her prison.

Arianna survives the night and does not become impregnated by Odeon. Another option is that she does, but she doesn't go mad and chooses to love the baby despite it all.

Eileen survives to hunt the hunters another day, she is also free to retire peacefully if she so chooses.

Djura stays vigil over old Yharnam until (in my own canon) the beasts vanish once the night is over. He is freed from his self imposed exile and allowed to mourn the tragedy of Old Yharnam.

Henryk does not go mad, and survives the night to live another day. Perhaps this time, although much is lost, another endless hunt won't happen in his life time.

Simon survives after hiding in the hut, and when the Nightmare is over, his spirit is freed, no longer burdened by the horrors that took place.

Lady Maria does not stay vigil in the clocktower for as long as she did (implied to be a VERY long time) and her loneliness, guilt, and self imposed "punishment" is forgiven by you, the Good Hunter. Since she is part of the Nightmare, once it is over, her spirit is able to move on. Gameplay wise you HAVE to kill her to get to the fishing hamlet, and there is no way around this. The happiest ending is arriving earlier, and freeing her from the vigil.

Iosefka does not get killed by the imposter, and her genuine attempts to help the civilians are/provide a safe dwelling is successful. She survives the night.

Odeon Chapel Dweller survives the night, but with all the (right) npcs/civilians sent to him, he is not longer outcasted by Yharnam society due to his appearance. Instead he is venerated for his kindness and ability to provide a safe space whilst so many others focused on only helping themselves.

NOTE: These are my takes on a happy end, you have your own version as well. Would love to hear them in the tags or discussion chat.

[val-of-the-north]

Top 5 hottest Bloodborne characters and why! (P.S. you must exclude Patches though, or else the top will be rigged and pointless)

FUCK YOU WHY DO YOU MAKE ME CHOOSE!!! (AND OF-FUCKING-CURSE YOU'D EXCLUDE MY BLORBO FUCK OFF)

Alright altright... let me think...

I don't have a particular order for any of these in mind, so bear with me here... the idea of hot in my head isn't really well-defined for these guys. I'll stick to the humans for this (and ones we actually meet and know what they look/ed like ahah), otherwise how is anyone gonna compare to like, Wet Nurse, Kos and Ebrietas? Simply impossible lmao. Also, it's half characters I personally really like and characters that just... ARE hot lol.

Call me simple but Annalise has some ALLURE to her. She looks absolutely beautiful in the portraits we do have of her, but her mask-bound visage inspires mystery and intrigue, as well as her just having that dignified nature to her. Despite everything she ever had having been toppled and destroyed, she keeps her chin up and still commands respect. She is very strong and confident in her blasphemy and you can't help but love to see it.

Call me simple YET AGAIN but Gascoigne is just undeniably hot lol. Like, I am not even his biggest fan but even I think it's an objective fact. He has everything you could ever want. Gigantic dad body, sharp teeth, a sexy voice... and he is probably sweet enough when off work to maintain a pretty stable loving family and a life-long buddy. Technically!!! He is the ONLY human character (that isn't a prostitute I guess) that is confirmed as not being a virgin lmao. Even the setting wanted you to know this man fucks. Like, there's no denying he is THE hot character of the setting when the topic comes up. People don't call him daddy for nothing...

Valtr. I don't even have to elaborate honestly. His looks are appealing, his insanity and violence are appealing, his voice acting is appealing. He is just REALLY freaking appealing with how strong he is and how passionate he is about the things he believes. And, while this may be a thing that only makes him more appealing to me, he also has the potential to be silly, which is hilarious since he is the character who'se goal is "everyone must die". I mean, it's THAT goal itself that makes him silly in the first place ahah. But yeah, solid design, concept, backstory and execution. It does not surprise me multiple people simp for him. Honestly, I am surprised it's not MORE.

Now with the more conventional out of the way, I'll go with Djura. He is a frisky old man, and one who tries to atone for his mistakes and crimes. He is well-meaning and surprisingly honest for someone in Yharnam lol, which makes him stand out in a sea of asshole opportunists and deranged lunatics. You know how people usually gravitate towards batshit crazy weirdo characters in a sea of relatively sane and good characters? I think Djura has the same effect but reversed lol. HE is the novelty in this world. Also, his design is pretty freaking attractive. It's simple, but the charm is there. His voice actor did a very good job as well ahah. I love his line delivery...

... I'll come out and say that I can see the appeal of Logarius VERY well. He is a tall evil man of dubious origin just chilling (literally) on the roof of Cainhurst for all time. He was most likely somewhat Pthumerian which adds to his attractiveness, as it would make him not QUITE a human (but still human enough to make it on this list lol). I also listened to the sounds he makes and I liked what I heard... he has a pretty cool evil laugh. I just like how he was either fully deluded and really believed his quest, or he was just enticing a group of fanatics while knowing full well their quest had ulterior motives. Both work and both are appealing for different reasons. One has to wonder what he looked like before he turned into a Halloween decoration...... welp, I said it. I am cringe but I am free...

Honorable mention to thicc Willem, the sexiest man in Yharnam and the one who ruined it. I like to think he wasn't JUST smart back in the day lol

[xylomilo]

Karaoke Night with Mortal Kombat 1 characters

(Part One :3 Part Two here)

NSFW accounts, pls don’t interact, I’m a minor ^.^

Johnny Cage

Pitbull, Arianna, or Lady Gaga

International Love by Pitbull probably

He’s a very big pop fan and would sing anything that comes to mind.

He’s actually a really good singer, Hollywood does that to people (probably, the only actor I know is Barry Sloane and he’s British)

Would be live streaming the whole time and would look at chat from time to time, only to see people thirsting over everyone 😭😭 (tbf i would too)

Kenshi Takahashi

No.

Absolutely not.

…okay, maybe for $20.

Kenshi doesn’t listen to a lot of music, but he’s probably a fan of the classics.

Maneater, Sweet Dreams, My Way, Babooshka, etc…

Average singing. Isn’t good, but isn’t bad either.

If he was drunk, he’d be more willing to sing tbh.

Kung Lao

Like Johnny, he’s a big pop fan with a bit of metal sprinkled in there.

Kung Lao at Raiden

Laufey, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, etc…

He’s actually killing it. Whenever he got bored during work, he’d just start singing.

Would suggest a singing battle and starts screaming, crying, throwing up when he loses

Johnny fans second fav

Raiden

Kinda shy at first, he’s never sung in front of others but he quickly gets some confidence.

Listens to very calm and melancholy songs, like laufey and mitski.

Jk, half of his playlist is Cupcakke, Kim Petras, Sir Mix-a-lot, and Johnny’s movie soundtracks.

Would start off with Laufey and Mitski. Once he gets confident, he pulls out Kim Petras songs.

Would sing Rein Raus and not give anyone a translation. (Liu Kang knows and is horrified)

Above average singing, thanks to Kung Lao forcing him to sing with him during work.

Liu Kang

No, he can’t sing.

Raiden, don’t do those puppy eyes.

…okay fine.

Moonlight Thoughts by SING Girls.

He’s a sucker for songs inspired by traditional music/instruments.

Like Raiden, he has above average singing. He doesn’t have much time to sing, thanks to being God, but he likes to hum along to music.

I feel like he would like goth music. Thinks its calming.

[my-name-is-bunnyfoxy]

Rise Leonardo HEADCANNONS

While he is often joked to be the gay one on the team, he is actually abrosexual who currently switches between bisexual and or pansexual.

His favorite singers are Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Arianna Grande and at times will listen to Justin Bieber.

His favorite comics are DC and his favorite is the Flash and also enjoys Kid Flash. He also loves Beast Boy because he finds him funny.

Leo knows how to cook and bake. Though doesn't really do it often. He does it when he is hungry or bored. Or simply when Mikey can't make them any food.

He has actually babysitted Senor Hueso's son a few times. Mostly taking him out for ice cream, arcade and also buy him whatever he wanted.

Leo enjoys finding any poster or anything with some kind of picture on paper and hanging it on his walls in his room. He also enjoys at times just getting another copy of a comic he already has and cutting out pages and plastering them on his wall thinking it looks cool.

He enjoys collecting action figures and will actively snatch one he finds even if it came from the trash can.

Donnie judges Leo's outfit choices on many occasions and Leo learnt to deal with it. Though then he would just trash Donnie's clothes and make a mess whenever he gives him the most hurtful judgement.

When he is dealing with stress or feeling depressed he will shut his door, plop headphones on, get cuddled and put on his favorite movies and admire characters who he can relate to.

He jokes being a blonde girl after 'Bad Hair Day' episode.

He doesn't like cream the best. Despite that, he will devour cream cake anytime.

Whenever he wants to vent, he looks at a mirror and puts a photo of one of his family members or friends and start venting to them. He would eventually after the events of the movie start to communicate properly and start to genuinely vent to his close ones. He felt as if it was better then to bottle his emotions.

While he is seen as the type of guy to swear on a daily, he actually swears the least along with Donnie. Only when he is fully in-raged and in need of using curse words to express his rage or any other emotion of his. I'd say he is the 3rd to swear.

He actually sneaks out a lot with April to skateboard at a roller skating park at night.

If he had an Instagram, most of his pictures would be of his brothers sleeping or just fails or pranks.

He sliced a rabbit in half... (I feel like certain shippers are gonna come for me or start making jokes about that one rabbit character TMNT has crossovers with lmao-)

For absolutely, NO REASON, he begged Draxum to film him doing a very dangerous stunt with his tentacles. That day he broke 75 limbs and 2 of his ribs and lost 100 pounds of blood (not really but he broke a lot of bones)

He's a sci-fi nerd. Besides, Jupiter Jim, his favorite sci-fi movies are Star Wars, E.T., Monsters VS Aliens, Batman VS Superman.

He loves poor quality movies because he can then make fun of them. That's why him and Raph stopped watching live-action Disney movies-

He developed massive claustrophobia when Raph sacrificed himself for him and got in the pod.

Clings onto Raph after the movie and they both put a leash on each other 24/7 to make sure they are safe. Also since Leo is aware of the tracking devices, he always asks Donnie where Raph is. The same is with everyone else.

[nishihii]

Bloodborne Ladies: Blonde and Graying Edition I Guess

as requested by: @bimbomcgee , @akuma-tenshi , @secondaryserenade , and @paris-rokin

[twotangledsisters]

Can you tell us about your thought processes and the evolution of your Two Tangled Sisters series? How have the characters' roles changed initially, and has anything happened in the series that continually surprises you? Would you change anything about what you have already written plot-wise, and, if so, why?

Definitely! I’ll try my best to keep this answer interesting, but I can’t imagine I stand a chance at keeping it brief.

Can you tell us about your thought processes and the evolution of your Two Tangled Sisters series?

Two Tangled Sisters started the same way every AU does, ‘what if?’, specifically it was ‘what if Gothel didn’t leave Cassandra behind?’ And at the very start, I knew only two things I wanted from the fic: 1.- Cute children in a tower! 2.- For Cass to take the moonstone out of fear it would kill Rapunzel.

I think around the time of the Second fic I started to see this as the bigger story I wanted to tell… and if I’m being completely honest, I cannot remember coming up with the story. I have notes from almost two years ago that have been the roadmap since the start. I knew Cass was an experiment; I knew Arianna and Frederic were going to get a divorce due to politics, I knew there’d be a prophecy; I knew Zhan Tiri would use Gothel’s image to manipulate Cassandra; and much more. Where did this road map come from? Probably a sleepless night where inspiration ran wild.

So in terms of evolution, there’s not been that much… that isn’t to say there hasn’t been any! In lots of my snippets of later scenes from that original roadmap, Frederic feels as much like Cassandra’s father as he does Eugene’s for example. Sure, they share some connections, but they aren’t bonded. But then Frederic saw a glimpse of Cassandra’s childhood, saw himself in her fear and started to work really, really hard to protect and care for her, surprising me and changing the tone of the fic as a whole. Taking it from a fic about sisterly love to more of a fic about familiar love.

Another relationship to change the tone of the fic as a whole, I think everybody already knows, Lady Caine! I always planned to dive deeper into her character, but the way she soaked in Cassandra’s words, letting go of an anger she’d been holding for decades, the way she fell fast and hard for Cassandra. She had singled handedly put a stop to so many of my plans by just being really damn good at keeping Cass safe, and I have zero complaints. I cannot imagine the fic without her anymore. I think she does a great job at balancing the tension. Cassandra goes through some stuff in this fic, and having someone who is not just willing but capable to fight by her side, to go through the fire with her… I don’t understand how my original plan expected Cass to do this alone.

And perhaps the final big change is that Cass was going to be a more obvious villain. Though born out of a wish to protect her sister, my original road-map had Cassandra turning her back on her family, her friends and her kingdom. Remember the chapter where Arianna takes an army to drag Cassandra home? Originally, this was the ending of that chapter:

Cassandra hesitated. A voice by her side, Gothel’s voice, told her it was all a lie, but Cassandra knew Arianna loved her. “I want to come home.” Arianna smiled. “Then come,” she held out a hand. “I’ll hold your hand and I will protect you from everything, my darling. You know you’ll be safe with me.” Cassandra looked into Arianna’s green eyes. They had tears in them but she smiled, hopeful. Cassandra slowly began to reach out a hand, needing her family. “That’s it, we’ll be home soon, my daughter,” Arianna promised. But then Cassandra stopped. Arianna didn't know why. Gothel’s voice was screaming in Cassandra’s. “She took you to get back at me! I took her daughter and now she’s using you! She doesn’t care about you, Cassandra, all she cares about is spiting me. They tell you I don’t love you, but I did everything to keep you alive when Corona would have happily buried you in the ground.” Cassandra looked down, then up again, her expression of determination as she pulled her hand back. “No.” “Cassandra.” Arianna felt the hope slip away. “I’m not your daughter!” Cassandra shouted. “I was never your daughter and you know that!” Arianna felts tears flow down her face. “I love you Cassandra.” “I am not the princess of Corona. I am the daughter of Gothel! The daughter of a witch and everybody knows that!” she stepped away, the blue glow intensified, and Arianna stepped back, unsure if she was in danger or not. “And soon… everybody in the seven kingdoms will know.” And Cassandra threw her hand up, creating a wall of black rocks which would not allow anybody to follow her as she fled Corona. Arianna fell to her knees in tears, feeling like she’s once again lost a daughter.

On the one hand, Cass seems to have lost a lot of her control in the way the fic ended up. She didn’t really choose to go to Equis or commit regicide and take over the kingdom. She was literally defending herself. But it also kinda adds to the tragedy that is Cassandra’s life and it plays into some of the themes of the original show. Cassandra and Rapunzel escaped from the tower. They finally should be able to choose their destiny, but they can’t. Whether it’s a prophecy, demonic beings or corrupts kings, they are being thrown around and into situations they don’t want to be in, forced to acts in ways that don’t match up with their values.

Okay, enough of that, second part of the question:

How have the characters' roles changed initially?

Obviously Frederic, Cass and Caine have changed a lot, in the ways stated above.

Some other interesting changes:

Stalyan, while I knew she was a potential candidate for redemption, I did not expect her to work as well as she does. In her first introduction, she starts as this very dramatic villain before dropping the act to be excited at the sight of her old friend. I knew she’d probably have a redemption where she worked as part of Eugene’s spy-network, but I didn’t expect her to be as endearing! Stalyan wants a challenge, and she wants to be well payed for said challenge, which makes her current position perfect. She’s still pretty sassy, but drops her chaotic tendencies whenever something serious is afoot, making sure Corona is always informed of potential dangers while looking out for her friends (come on Caine, salary negotiations, now!)

Rapunzel, as a MC I feel I need to mention her but she’s done a pretty good job at keeping to the script. Some small surprises is she started getting angry a fair bit sooner than I had planned, especially with Caine… those two were not happy to be in the same fic. When Rapunzel, RAPUNZEL, threw the first punch at Caine after the Great Tree… I was shocked. But honestly, with everything the world put her through, good on her… sorta… it kinda got out of hand and she’s dealing with her anger now.

Eugene, I think I’m surprised with how well he fit into the role of ‘guardian’. He is, according to the prophecy, the guardian of the sundrop and moonstone, his supposed to protect Cassandra and Rapunzel, make sure they live and are ready to fight the ‘looming shadows’ when the time comes, and he take that responsibility very seriously. He will drag them to safety if he deems necessary, he will kill people he deems too dangerous to remain alive and he’ll even throw Cassandra over his shoulder and take her back to her room when she tries to spend an all-nighter on law! He founds these girls, he brought them out into the world and he is not about to let anything happen to them. He still bickers and has fun and is head-over-heel in love with Rapunzel, but he’s also a lot more serious than I expected him to be… Honestly, things are very serious right now in the fic and I really, really, look forward to the next time we get to see him and Cass just throw some light-hearted banter at each other. We definitely need it.

Arianna, I knew she was gonna be a great mum, role-model and eventually warrior. I didn’t realise how traumatised this poor woman was going to get over the course of this series. She does not stop to catch her breath but the fact when the red rocks hit she sees Gothel returning and taking her daughters from her; she tells Frederic later on in the fic about how she’s been having nightmares about that… and then Gothel does just that. Originally, Arianna was very composed during the ‘asking for a divorce’ sequence, she was thinking clearly and it was her who came up with that idea… But instead she’s an emotional wreck who’s terrified of her family falling apart, who’s probably lost years of her life in stress this past year, who is in constant doubt about the whereabouts and well-being of those she loves most… It’s difficult to explain what’s changed about her because she’s certainly still that badass mum, but I think whereas before she would stand still and seem composed because she absolute was composed, this Arianna is holding her composure together through an absolute whirlwind of determination, she refuses to break down in front of her daughters but I am at that point where I am no longer convinced she’s going to be able to do that till the end of the series.

Honorable mentions: Xavier and Quirin play bigger roles than I expected and are cooler. Catalina brings a child-like innocence and optimism that the group often needs, and I didn’t expect. She takes on Rapunzel’s role in some of my originally planned scenes. Amaris… she’s an oc and ancestor of Eugene, I thought she would only make the one appearance in a dream… she makes more appearances and though rare, she’s a lot of fun when she is around! Nigel, originally a character I never gave much thought, but he ended up having a backstory in the prequel which makes his motivations a fair bit more interesting, plus, he has a soft spot for the royal family specifically. Captain, I imagined he’d play the role of mentor for Cassandra throughout the series; I didn’t realise how close he’d be to Arianna and Frederic, or how close he’d get to other characters like Quaid or Calliope.

Has anything happened in the series that continually surprises you?

Remember, part one of this question, thought processes behind Two Tangled Sisters? Well, one of the most important parts about writing this series is I cannot afford to get bored with it. So I always aim to be surprised. I aim to stray from the plan in a way that’ll allow me to stay on the larger road-map.

Let’s explain via example! The just finished fic Family and Duty, Cassandra’s role was very much set-in-stone, she had to go to Koto, she had to get captured, the seven kingdom meeting had to happen and she was going to end up in Equis with all which that entailed. But you know what the plan was for Caine, that other subplot? ‘Caine has mini adventure to keep her from Cass’. Cool. So, I write this:

In a dark, damp cellar some place beyond Corona, a tall woman sat on the floor, her legs held to her chest, trying to keep her long skirt dry. The sound of locks clicking echoed through the room, followed by the creaking of a door opening. Large, heavy footsteps came towards her. The woman looked up, her green eyes meeting dark grey. The man towered over her, his long blonde hair was kept neat, unlike her brown locks that hadn’t seen a brush in weeks. He placed the tray on the floor, more cold oats with only a spoon to eat with. “I’m not an adventurer. There’s no need to keep knives and forks out of my reach. You could give me a proper meal for a change.” The man chuckled. “From my experience, the apple rarely falls far from the tree. Oh, it attempts to roll off sometimes…” His fists were clenched by his side. “Tries to change sides… But she always comes back.” The woman frowned. “Well, my daughters don’t come back. If you’re expecting them to come save me, you’ll be sourly disappointed.” “I don’t even need them to know you’re here.” “If not to demand ransom, why do you have me here?” The man smiled. “Don’t worry about that. That’s for me to know.” He turned and left. The oats were as tasteless as always.

After which I ask myself ‘why?’ This is Arianna’s mum, this is the Baron. What are we doing here? I go to my notes. Caine needs a mini adventure… could this be it? And I dig further into my notes and I have ‘Stalyan faces father, chooses to remain on the right side’ as a sometime in S3 subplot. Perfect! So I then work around that. But that initial paragraph was what I call the writing equivalent of doodling, where I just type whatever comes out and then choose whether it makes sense or not to keep it. And I have A LOT of scenes like this! They intertwine with the big plot points I’ve known were coming for over a year to keep things interesting, not just for readers, but for me too! Over-planning is a good way to get bored with a story before you start, so I am very cautious to keep the surprises around! And also… sometimes character just do what they want. The amount of times my plan said ‘they argue’ and instead one character just fricking stabs the other… is one time, but I’m still not over it. There are also smaller surprises! I didn’t plan for Captain to head over to Equis for example. And sometimes I actually make the conscious decisions to make a change, like, I enjoyed Captain in Equis and there for Cassandra so much I actually re-wrote a good few chapters so that Captain could just stay in Equis, originally he returned to Corona after finding out Cassandra was okay. But I wanted more Captain so there he is!

Would you change anything about what you have already written plot-wise, and, if so, why?

It’s complicated… I’m struggling to keep everything in order despite my notes! I keep forgetting Willow, like, Willow specifically, I have forgotten and left behind too many times. It’s embarrassing. I don’t know if it’s embarrassing for me or her or both at this point, though. And sometimes I do wish I’d just not done a subplot because now I’ve gotta keep track of another group of characters! (this is the real reason Quaid died, so I didn’t have to keep track of him… jk, he died to raise the stakes and remind people their fave background character might be at risk :) Maybe I’d change the pacing because sometimes a subplot starts and then is absent for long enough for people to forget and then it just pops back in… But the thing is, the subplots are often where I allow myself to plan less and mess around more, which makes them messier and makes the story messier as a whole, but it’s what keep me, the author, coming back, so they’re kinda vitally important in their own silly little way.

And ANSWERED! Wow… I apologise for the length but I do hope if you read all over 2k words it’s because you found this interesting in some way! I really enjoyed this question. I love thinking and talking about the process and mindset behind my stories, so thank you sooo so much for the ask!

[starandcloud]

Being Hunted By Natasha Romanoff

Tag, you’re it - Melanie Martez

Wheels on the buss - Melanie Martez

Hey Kids - Morning Late

I can’t decide - Scissor sisters

My Boy - Billie Eilish

Just a Fan - Roar

Dollhouse - Melanie Martinez

Psycho - Mia Rodriguez

CHOKE - I Don’t Know How But They Found Me

Pumped up Kicks- Foster The People

Sorry Sorry - Kiako

Oh Ana - Mother Mother

Yandere - Jazmin Bean

Paparizza - Lady Gaga

Nowhere To Run - Stegosaurus Rex

I love you, I love you - Jun Togaw

Meant to be yours

Hayloft - Mother Mother

Run Rabbit Run - Hanagan & Allen

Wires - The Neighborhood

Who Is She - I Monster

This Hurts - MSI

Runs in the family - Amanda Palmer

Hatef–k - The Bravery

Hushh - Aviva

Puppet loosely strung - The correspondents

We’ll meet again - She & Him

After Dark - Mr. Kitty

Daddy issues - The Neighbourhood

All The Good Girls Go To Hell - - Billie Eilish

Sick thoughts- Lewis Blissett

Grind me down- Lilianna Wilde

Mad hatter - Meline Martez

Stalker’s Tango - Autoheart

Super Psycho Love - Simon Cutris

Bloody Mary - Lady Gaga

Honey, I’m home - Ghost and Pals

This Is Love - Air traffic Control

Habits - Our Last Night

Animal - Chase Holfelder

Sarcasm - Get Scared

Flesh - Simon Curist

Cry Baby - American Avenue

Another Way out- Hollywood Undead

Little Game - Benny

Killer In The Mirror - Set It Off

Crazy = Genius - Panic! At The Dicso

Freak - Suburban

Exocism - Lollia CreepP

Whisper - Burn The Ballroom

Livin’ La Vida Loco - Patent Pending

Middle of Night - Elly Dune

Miss Wanna Die - Judy Phonic

Happy Face - Jagar Twin

Boyfriend - Dove Cameron

Teacher’s pet - Melanie Martez

Fan Behavior - Issac Dunbar

Villain - K/DA

Cannibal - Ke$ha

Sex, Drugs, Etc - Beach Weather

Killing Butterflies - Lewis Blisset

Black Sea - Natasha Blume

Angels Don’t Cry - Ellise

Sharks - Imagine Dragons

Crazy in love - Daniel De Bourg

Crazy in Love - Eden Project

I Want it all - Cameron Grey

Darkside - Neoni

Yes & No - XYLO

All the things she said - Poppy

Hate me - Nico Collins

Borderline - Nico Collins

Siren - Kailee Morgue

Little girl gone - El Chinchila

If I Kill Someone For You - Alec Benjamin

Blood//Water - Grandson

Rock Bottom - Grandson

BackStabber - Ke$ha

Look What You Made Me Do - Taylor Swift

Bad Blood - Taylor Swift

Lose Yourself - Eminem

Side to Side- Ariana Grande

Touch it - Arianna Grande

Part of Me- Katy Perry

I gotta feeling - Black Eyed Peas

Someone told me -The Killers

Maniac - Conan Grey

[heirsofdiscord]

Cookie Clickers

FFXIVwrite prompt #9: Fair | 3532 words A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. It's late but like this was supposed to be written a year ago anyway so it's already late. Feat @windup-dragoon's Kirishimi, @ancientechos' Arianna & Saanvi, @whitherliliesbloom's Illya

All Saints’ Wake was the time when the Twelve invited the saints of old for a feast in their honor leaving Eorzea unprotected from things that crawled in the night. In older ─ and, by Moth’ir’s estimations, perhaps more reasonable ─ times that meant staying inside and locking your door. That’s exactly how Moth’ir would like to spend this time but there had been some nonsense about adventurers staying vigil, emboldening common folk and blah blah blah, a holiday was born. Folks would dress up in their best creature feature and gather to them treats; sweet meats for the kiddies and libation for the adults. The problem was, Moth’ir’s part of Ul’dah wasn’t particularly safe for children to be running around and less so when there were adults going around being just as stupid.

Duty bound to hold some sort of event anyway, Moth’ir had organized a local fair. He encouraged a lot of other local businesses to open or hold stalls where adults could peruse their wares and children hunt for goodies. Then it had simply grown from there. It was a very grand affair that took months in the planning and Moth’ir was quite frankly glad to be rid of the responsibility. Bukidai, Moth’ir’s successor in his business and all things it entailed, lacked the ability to plan one-hundred steps ahead of everyone else like Moth’ir but had a special ability that Moth’ir didn’t: the ability to trust others enough to let them help. It had worked rather well but this particular day had left him short handed as his employees asked for the day off and he didn’t have enough volunteers to cover. He was lamenting about it to Moth’ir when the man offered to give him. Bukidai nearly cried over linkpearl.

It was Thancred that might have let it slip to the Warriors of Light where they were going. That was how the Dapper Than tavern became host to the crew of them early in the morning. The group of star adventurers couldn’t not help, after all. That would go against their very nature.

“Alright ladies and Ascians,” Moth’ir addressed the room after jumping the counter with ease bespeaking the fact he’d worked and lived here for the better part of a decade and then some. “And Alphinaud,” Moth’ir added as the young man was raising his hand to pipe in that he was also there, neither lady nor Ascian. He grinned at him and winked over the rim of his orange shades before continuing on. “We’re on treat duty. We got folks who wanna participate but don’t have the means so it’s our job to make a bunch of fine looking baskets and hand them out. Alisaie and Urianger have volunteered to be our initial runners and are taking numbers now but we’ll probably all need to run out to make sure everyone is supplied.”

“How many baskets do you usually make?” Illya asked, raising her hand like a good student. It was cute.

Moth’ir laughed like she said the funniest thing in the whole world and said “,we bake until we die! I usually have baskets themselves premade but it’s day two of a three day event. Baskets from yesterday get squashed or lost so we’ll need to arrange new ones. Any surplus of treats gets donated so don’t worry about waste either.”

Regarding Illya specifically “,counting on you to tag me out for a bit later because I have a date with a pretty young thing and her old man.”

Back in the old days of Moth’ir’s reign of this establishment and it’s many programs above and below board, lending control over to anyone was unheard of. He was just a wee bit of a control freak and trusted no one. Times had changed though. He pointed to Thancred and the half-miqo’te girl in his arms that was busy taking in the sights of the unfamiliar new place. Moth Karga the II had Thancred’s hair an eye from both her parents; Thancred’s hazel and Moth’ir’s pale yellow. Complete with pupils to match her mixed Hyurian and Keeper of the Moon lineage. Likely due to Moth’ir’s superstition, the girl wasn’t dressed up as some supernal creature but a frilly dress made with simple black and shiny orange. Likely handmade. Moth’ir could keep a step behind the Warriors of Light when it came to combat but when it came to crafting, he made sure to give them a run for their money. None so more than Illya Skawi who took particular pride in her crafts and cooking. Just don’t eat her spicy soup. There was no one Moth’ir could trust more to take over save Bukidai himself. Though, by the near frantic manner he’d greeted them when he let them into the building, he was going to be otherwise preoccupied.

“For now, focus on making sure the cookies are cooled enough to be basketed so they’re not misshapen. That’s half iced, half not. I trust you and Alphie got that covered.” Moth’ir continued his instructions and both the young things nodded affirmatively.

“You two,” He pointed to Illya's dearest friend and the skittish dark haired woman beside her who was looking quite a bit like she might regret having come “,I want you start arranging the baskets. The folks that want them are trying to help so I need you two to make them look like something they can feel proud of instead of feeling pitied.”

That was technically the other reason why they would make the cookies fresh today. They could have made a whole stock ages ago but when some folks were well off enough to make freshly baked goods that day or buy them that way, a stale cookie really stood out. Nobody wanted to be the house or the stall that had the sad treats while children rushed others. It also cut down high traffic caused by that sort of situation. There was no real reason not to put the effort in save maybe the time, effort and cost but Moth'ir had never been one to half ass things. He knew Bukidai understood that too.

“Be a bit sparing with the organic bits though. We got gourds for days but the bits of twig and leaf are sparse. We are in Thanalan after all and nobody wants scraggly desert brush or a cactus in their pot of goodies.” They could pull it off if they really tried but Moth'ir would rather it not come to that though. “Think you have enough botanical knowledge and prettifying sense between the two of you to pull it off.”

“And the last of you,” Moth'ir turned his hard gaze at the out of place duo that served as the other halves of the two girls he'd just dictated two. The preeminent Helmet Sick and Elidibliss or whatever the hell they'd called themselves. “Frankly don't care whatcha do so long as it's helping and you're not under foot. And you, Emet..”

Moth'ir tossed something at the taller man with his auburn hair with the grey streak in it. Emet-Selch pulled himself away but the package still managed to hit him and flop on the floor. The Ascian regarded it like a snake or something of that caliber might break from the twine and brown paper at any moment. Moth'ir would never do that to an animal though. Emet-Selch inquired, not one to hide the derision from his voice “And what, pray tell, is that?”

“If you're gonna be here it's gonna be in a silly little outfit like the rest of us,” Moth'ir stated. Pulling the loops of the orange bowtie that was adorned with a little pumpkin on it for emphasis. Though it was a sad showing considering he was dressed more or less as normally as any waiter save for that detail. His jacket was even the typical pink. He had different standards for Emet-Selch though and those standards were that if he was going to make Thancred look at him he wasn’t allowed to try and look dignified. He was still a fallen enemy of the Scions after all. “For Morale.”

Even Elidibus had a pair of wolf ears plopped on the top of his head to match Saanvi and her cloaked dress. Something about the story with the hooded girl and the wolf.

“And if I don’t dress in whatever it is you’ve pulled from who knows where…?” Emet-Selch ventured to ask.

Moth’ir leaned toward him looking at him over the rim of his glasses with the most dire look on his face he said: “Then I bring all the pain of the frozen hells of Menphina down on you for the rest of the month.”

Emet-Selch would have rebutted him but he caught the alarmed looks of those who were better acquainted with the weird little man than he was. There was a tug on his sleeve and he looked down to see his beloved Arianna shaking her head no. The woman wasn’t much for conflict but this was also just a warning. Whatever the hell Moth’ir had meant, he meant business. He sighed and picked up the rotten little package “,where in this wretched little hovel should I change because I’m not doing it in front of the lot of you.”

Moth’ir grinned with his own triumph “,through the backroom door to the left.”

What Moth’ir had brought for him turned out to just be the outfit that had become all the rage in the Twelveswood due to the actions of mischievous clown guised imp. What Emet-Selch would describe as the outfit of a medicus but with stitches littered across the coat for some reason. Though he supposed it matched Arianna and her patchwork dress and stitches painted on her face. That did please him. Regardless he wasn’t wearing the mask and instituted a little creative aetherwork to substituted a monocle. He wasn’t as strong as he’d once been but he could manage that much.

As a helper he was rather more useless but Moth’ir tolerated his presence because it helped keep Arianna centered. She wasn’t really one for groups or chaos which today was going to be in ample amounts. Her skills with plants would be helpful though since a bit of wilted green could mean the loss of a basket which, depending on the flow of tonight’s festivities, could be devastating. They’d make due but it was just better to not have to do that at all.

Saanvi, Elidibus’ partner and pink haired miqo’te friend of Illya, was busy making sure the basket could be considered a decoration as much as a bowl. Illya was an able crafter but she cared little for looks itself. This is where Saanvi’s impeccable taste for the aesthetic came in. Elidibus would pipe in every once in awhile but the man contented himself mostly at stacking cookies. It was tedious work but it was perfect for him who was a little… scattered since being fished out from the top of the crystal tower.

Alphinaud offered his opinion from time to time being the resident artist of the group but he was also helping Illya ice the cookies that needed it. They’d come dressed as a prince and princess but Illya had had to roll up her sleeves and Alphinaud shed his gloves for this. It wasn’t exactly like paints so he struggled to some extent but after some guidance from Illya they were off trying new patterns and ideas. Moth’ir had to remind them a few times not to get too fancy with them because that was time they could be working on other things.

With Moth’ir kicking out batch of cookies and Thancred on baby duty, they were a productive little bunch. With the exception of Emet-Selch of course.

The Dapper Than wasn’t necessarily not in business for the time. Just that most its usual customers saw the stalls outside and were derailed from entering. Not so the customer that had managed to march past all of them on his way in, bleary eyed and noticeably perturbed by the whole scene in front of him.

“What the hell are all of you doing here?” Yorick asked, book under his arm. Looking a little put off by the enthusiastic waves from the younger members of the group.

“We’re helping out the fair,” Saanvi said brandishing her newly finished basket and waving it like she was a merchant trying to sell something to him.

“The what?” Yorick remarked. Apparently he’d been present minded enough to done his dress regalia but not enough to conceive his surroundings. Which was suitably like the man.

“How did you walk past all the decorations and shops on the way here?” Thancred asked him. His eyes were hidden by Moth’ir’s usual red and mirrored glasses he’d borrowed for his bloodkin look but they couldn’t hide the incredulity in his voice.

Yorick seemed to think about that a moment before shrugging. “It’s always decorated like that this time of year.”

“Because there’s always a fair here this time of year.” Thancred added.

Moth’ir pat him and took over the conversation “,judging by the dubious quality of your mind right now I’m assuming you’ve come for a bite to eat.”

Yorick nodded heavily and sat at the bar, laying his book out. It could either be a text on ancient Mhachi, obscure rituals, encounters with voidsent or one of his various fiction novels. It was really a toss up when it came to him.

“Alright but nothing that has to be baked and you’re mixing cookie dough so I can keep my hands free,” Moth’ir stated holding the bowl out to him.

Yorick made his complaints known in one very long drawn out and overly dramatic groaning noise but he took the bowl nonetheless. Yorick would always help if he had to but he would complain the entire time. That was just his way of doing things.

He’d not stipulated what to cook and Moth’ir hadn’t exactly asked but he was an easy enough person to cook for. If it had eggs, rice or potatoes in it he was probably fine by it. So long as one avoided the three dozen things Yorick could not stand which were fairly common throughout recipes everywhere. Moth’ir sometimes snuck in tomatoes when he was in charge of cooking just to see his face scrunch up. He’d begun putting tomatoes in Yorick’s dishes when he was in charge of cooking just to see his face scrunch up. Not that he complained and would even do his best to finish, he just had a helluva time while doing so. Though he also discovered that while Yorick couldn’t stand chunks of them or tomato sauces, if it was pureed and made into a soup he was rather more amicable about it.

Today it was an omelet over rice with some tomato paste drizzled over the top. Yorick had sent Moth’ir a despairing look but dutifully took a bite out of it. A swing and a miss in Moth’ir’s estimations and Yorick’s face did not scrunch but munched in surprise and seemed content to eat the rest of it. Moth’ir truly did not understand that man but he was half convinced his taste buds were messed up. He was also the only person he’d seen Illya’s specialty soup which Moth’ir was convinced would burn even the mouth of Azeyma, goddess of the sun.

After that things went back to normal and they’d just about forgotten Yorick was even there. Though he was the first of a few customers that did actually make it to the shop and was looking for something similar. Though mostly they were hoping for maybe slightly cheaper alcohol than what was being pushed outside. Those usually pressed back outside with a mug Moth’ir noted Bukidai would probably never seen again. Reasons why they were handing out cheaper ones than the usual ware.

Then the last of their group finally showed up. Kirishimi was supposed to be coming in with the rest of them but she’d said something had come up last minute. What came up seemed to be the handsome and highly unexpected gentleman she had come in with.

“Is that Lord Hien?” Alphinaud stated with fond amusement in his voice.

“The Prince of Doma from our allied country to the east in the poorer part of Ul’dah. I shouldn’t think so,” Thancred added in a misleadingly pleasant voice that demanded explanation. Specifically from Kirishimi.

“Well, he said he was coming and then I told him about all of this and he wanted to see so I couldn’t just leave him and-,” Kiri explained looking and sounding a bit like a child who’d gotten her hand caught in the cookie jar.

Yorick, between Thancred and Kirishimi, rubbed his temples. He didn’t dislike Kiri but she was very loud and energetic. Watching him get dragged along by the group of them when Kiri was around was an awful lot like watching a large dog trample a cat who’d only wanted to nap.

“I am here on behalf of Doma for a visit but when Kirishimi told me what she had meant to be doing today I asked her to show me,” Hien, ever the politic one of the pair, offered his own explanations to relieve Kirishimi the pressure “,I am unfamiliar with this holiday and thought it would be good to learn of our allies of Eorzea.”

“Tried looking for a costume for him but they’re plum out of ‘em this time of year but I thought this would still be more inconspicuous,” Kirishimi finished gesturing at the strange way the Princeling was dressed.

Moth’ir clicked tongue against his teeth “,Rishi, you’re dressed like a rose and he’s dressed like a gardner. Don’t you think that’s the story you should go with?”

Kirishimi looked down at her outfit with this roses and back to Hien like it hadn’t even occurred to her and then the both of their cheeks flushed and they looked away. Moth’ir exchanged looks with Thancred. Both were fond of Kirshimi in their own way but this whole song and dance was getting old and tired. Nevermind that both Moth’ir and Thancred had known each other for the better part of their lives and had only admitted to it being anything more than platonic after the birth of their daughter had forced it out of them. That just meant they knew.

Or something like that.

“Yeah, yeah well if you’re here, you’re here to help or eat and get out,” Moth’ir said then pointed at the baskets. “You can relieve Lady Laurel there and Silkie.Vi explain to them the way I explained it to you.”

Moth’ir’s nicknaming could be a bit oblique but “Lady Laurel” seemed to refer to Arianna who was ─ between the patrons and newest interruption ─ was looking an awful lot like she wanted to crawl out of her skin. Moth’ir offered her one of the tavern rooms to cool down in but she and Emet-Selch took the bench in the corner instead. It was there for folks who’d come for take out but it was mostly used by the elderly and children who were waiting for the ones who paid. It was also nice and out of the way of the bustle of the rest of the establishment. Which was good because with Kirishimi present the other part of the place was rapt with rising conversation.

Thancred looked between Emet-Selch ─ finally making himself useful at Arianna’s side ─ and Elidibus stacking his cookies and murmured to Moth’ir “,You ever feel like we’re running a retirement home for old Ascians.”

SLAM! ─ went the cover of Yorick’s books as he shut it with awful more force than was necessary. This drew Thancred’s attention as well as Moth’s who burbled angrily before promptly falling back asleep. After the whole thing with Lahabrea had come to light, Yorick and he had had a bit of a falling out. They were never close but they had squabbled quite viciously for a minute. It had ended technically but ever since the two had had a habit of saying something that would set the other off.

Yorick placed his gil on the table while staring ruefully in Thancred’s direction. “I’ll be leaving now.”

“Y’know, you could lend a hand if you wanted,” Moth’ir said casually disregarding the tension between the two.

“If you had told me─” Yorick began but was cut off by Thancred piping in unhelpfully “Nobody knew where you were for weeks.”

“IF you had told me what was going on,” Yorick reiterated though he was once more interrupted this time by Elidibus who said flatly “,You would not have come.”

This time Yorick pointed at Elidibus like he’d just won a prize for a correct answer at a game show “,I would not have come!”

“Lie to yourself all you want but you’re as much of a busybody as the rest of them,” Moth’ir called out quickly after the rapidly retreating man even after all he was the sound of the click of his heels on the stone outside.

[merryfortune]

After the End of Another Long Day

Day 5: Before the Beginning | After the End

Title: After the End of Another Long Day

Ship: Ariane/Arianna

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Rating: T

Word Count: 1,210

Tags: Not Canon Compliant, Crushes

   It was yet again after the end of another long day of working at the Silver Castle but there was no winding down of all the work there was still so much to do - and even more had been made thanks to the day previous.

   Arianna sighed exhaustedly as she trailed through the halls, collecting the bits and bobs which had decidedly not survived the Lady Knight… Nor Lady Labyrnth, for that matter. More Lady Labyrnth, actually. She was a far more destructive force than the half-pint paladin. Which, to the maids, like Arianna and by extension, Ariane, made the latter was actually so much more annoying than the former because at least the Lady Knight didn’t break her - their? - toys. The traps kind of belonged to the whole castle after all.

   Or should if she (and Ariane) were going to have tidy up afterwards all the time.

   Speaking of Ariane, Arianna turned her head and yup, sure enough, there she was… Arianna tutted and shook her head. She so did not understand where Ariane got all her energy. Look at her go! Cleaning and and racing through the halls, doing her best to not make waste in her haste but if Arianna inspected Ariane’s work more closely… Sigh. Okay, it was pretty good.

   “I don’t know how you do it.” Arianna lamented.

   “Do what?” Ariane asked, she blinked owlishly, sideways, of course. She was a Fiend, after all. A humanish looking one, yes, but a Fiend, nonetheless. Hence the eyes… and the tail. And the pointed ears.

   “That.” Arianna huffed. “Let’s just move on. We’ve done our best. Lady Labyrnth can take care of the rest since this is her pet project. We have silver to polish and ugh… Floors to mop. It never ends!”

   “No, no it does not.” Ariane giggled.

   She joined up with Arianna and they stood side by side. Ariane smiled cheerfully and it honestly annoyed Arianna. Ariane was so bright and energetic, she was a perfect match to this labyrinth but once people entered, they never left. It was called a labyrinth for a reason!

   Arianna considered herself far too low energy, low blood pressured to live, survive, or thrive in this castle. It was a high paced environment! The work never ended! She never really thought through her position to willfully join up to work as a demoness’ minion through. Cleaning was her forte, and it did pay well despite the hellish and hectic hours, but everything else was a punishment.

   Ugh. Seriously. Why couldn’t humans leave them alone?

   Well, it was just that human who couldn’t leave them alone. The 

   At least she had met Ariane through it. The similarity of their names was a merely a coincidence but once which amused them both. It helped to break the ice, gave them something to bond over as they had both started on the same day in their infernal contract of maidly duties.

   That was what…? A hundred days ago? A hundred months ago? Maybe even a hundred years ago? Arianna had no idea. Time flowed differently. There was a reason the cuckoo clocks were a little bit crazy. They certainly weren’t keeping the time as they should be but there were distinct cycles of day and night, destruction and creation respectively. There was never a dull moment but at this point, Arianna was begging for one.

   She wouldn’t know what she would do if she, and any of the other eccentric inhabitants of the castle, were freed of the contracts, the traps, and labyrinths but she hoped Arianna would be there for her. She had grown quite fond of the girl. They were like chalk and cheese in temperament but that’s why they got along, Arianna thought - and why her heart had become a little too fond of her.

   At least there was plenty of time to spend with her.

   Whether it was at the end of the day or the end of time, there was still silver to clean and floors to mop. They shared quarters, too, for better or for worse. Arianna liked the girl a lot but she did snore. Very loudly. 

   However, until they could get back to their quarters, there were chores to finish and more excitingly, meals to eat. Until then, the pair of maids were plopped down on the floor, back to back, their flouncy skirts not touching nor their tails with drawers upon drawers of silver to polish. 

   (Honestly, Lady Labrynth had quite a fetish for silver…)

   Rag in hand, her focus was totally pinpointed to the back of the spoon. Arianna was determined she would not stop until she could see her reflection in the back of this spoon. As distorted as it was. Ariane, meanwhile, well, she was doing her job and as efficiently as she could but she didn’t quite have the singleminded focus that Arianna had.

   Hence why her voice sang out after quite some time at work, “The Lady Knight did well today, didn’t she?” Ariane mused.

   “Yeah, she did.” Arianna replied. Her brows furrowed, she polished harder.

   “Do you think she works hard because she wants to impress Lady Labyrnth?” Ariane asked. More rhetorical than anything else.

   Even so, despite sensing this in the way Ariane’s voice flowed, Arianna piped up with, “Everyone wants to impress Lady Labrynth. Is that not we’re here? Polishing her silver in anticipation of her nightly feast… Assuming she’s not too busy in her lab, tinkering with her new traps.”

   “True.” Ariane giggled. “But I meant more like… How we want to impress each other, how we admire each other…”

   Arianna blushed. Ariane’s voice turned both silky and sultry. It sent a shiver down her spine. Ariane’s tail bobbed up and down, slowly but surely, as nonchalantly as possible, curled around Arianna’s. A touch here and a touch there, nothing entwining - not yet at least.

   “Well, maybe. I don’t know. The Lady Knight never speaks, we don’t even know her name and she’s raided us countless times!” huffed Arianna, getting worked up just from having Arianna’s tail so close to her own.

   “True, true.” Ariane continued to giggle.

   “And I don’t like you like that!” Arianna denied. “You are a friend, colleague, and housemate. Nothing more.” 

   The tips of her ears burned. She was lying, bald-faced, and quite poorly at that. They both knew it but here’s the thing. Ariane would be even more unbearable than she currently was if she knew the full depth of how much Arianna liked her, how fond she was of her. The teasing would simply never end. 

   “Sure, sure, whatever you say, Anna.” Ariane said, sing-song.

   “Arianna! You know I don’t like being called Anna for short!” Ariane huffed.

   “Aww, but it's cute.” Ariane jeered. “And you could call me Ari for short, that’s cute too, isn’t it?”

   It was. But Arianna wasn’t going to admit it. This was just a spoonful of what would happen if she were to confess her feelings but what they had presently… It was pleasant. Palpable.

   Ari’s tail entwined with Anna’s as they continued to go through all the silver they had to polish ahead of the dinner they would have with each other, and Lady Labrynth, too. If she made it on time.

[katyspersonal]

Time to count Bloodborne characters!

(Some might be slightly debatable, as depending on the interpretation two could be the same character or one character could be two separate or not exist, so headcanons warning!)

Apparent:

1,2) Maria, Doll

3) Gehrman

4) Eileen

5) Djura

6) Laurence

7) Willem

8) Micolash

9) Ludwig

10) Simon

11) Brador

12) Valtr

13) Gascoigne

14) Viola

16) Henryk

17) Younger daughter

18) Older daughter

19) Younger Madaras twin

20) Older Madaras twin

21) Yamamura

22) Gratia

23) Amelia/Emilia

24) Doctor Iosefka

25) Imposter Iosefka

26) Yurie/Julie

27) Archibald

28) Izzy/Jiří

29) Caryll/Karel

30) Queen Annalise

31) Logarius

32) Alfred

33) Queen Yharnam

34) Edgar

35) Patches

36) Damian

37) King of Cainhurst

38) Rom

39) Ebrietas

40) Kos

41) Orphan of Kos

42) Mergo

43) Brain of Mensis (counting as one)

44) One Reborn (counting as one)

45) Flora (Moon Presence)

46) Oedon

47) Mergo’s Wet Nurse

48) Arianna

49) Adella

50) Chapel Dweller

51) Lonely old woman

52) Narrow-minded man

53) Suspicious beggar

54) Adeline

55) Arianna’s baby

56) The paleblood hunter

57) Cleric beast of the bridge

58) Paarl

59, 60) Yahar’gul hunters at the gate to the chapel

60, 61, 62) Yahar’gul hunters that ambush you after crashing lantern

63) Antal

64) Josef

65) Vitus

66) Olek

67) Gremia

68) Wallar

69) Queen Killer

70, 71) The girls at the Surgery Altar

72, 73) Hunters of Despair (I think Yharnam one is the same guy dead on the chair in Hemwick, so I will not count that one separately)

74) That black church guy in Research Hall

75-83) Nine non-hostile patients with the dialogue

84) Blood Minister at the starting cutscene

85) Forgotten Madman

86) Madman’s escort

87) Crow of Cainhurst

88) Djura’s ally

89) Djura’s apprentice

90) Bestial hunter (possibly former Oto Workshop owner???)

91) Gilbert

92, 93) Witches of Hemwick

94) Fishing Hamlet priest

95) Henriett

96) Yahar’gul hunter in underground cell

Obscure:

97) Evelyn (I think she is Annalise’s mother, aka redhead woman in the crown on one of the Cainhurst portraits)

98) First Hunter of Hunters

99) Door NPC that says ‘yayyy night of celebration!’ in low alley

100) Door NPC in Hemwick

101) Door NPC in the woods that complains about loud noise (lost in translation that she is more likely to listen to Mergo’s cry than us)

102) The ‘oh, you poor thing’ snobby NPC in central Yharnam

103) The ‘depths of depravity’ door NPC

104,105) Two door NPCs in the alley you find Arianna and boomer guy ay

106,107, 108) Two door NPCs in main street in Central Yharnam + whoever one of them says ‘not an inch closer’ to after nightfall

109,110,111) Remember the door close to the Grand Cathedral in which a woman screams ‘my precious baby’ and then at someone to stay away? Possibly her husband or whoever the third person was turned into beast and killed the baby

112, 113) Two remaining door NPCs that say ‘bless us with blood’

114) Lonely old woman’s husband; she starts mistaking us for her child, and if killed says ‘just like your father’. Also in cut content her son was Patches, so I did not count actual baby because I like the idea!

115, 116) Two Knights on Cainhurst portraits

117) Cainhurst portrait in red with a gold pendant and a necklace Church Servants wear (hc him as Laurence’s father)

118) Cainhurst portrait in heavy armour (this armour is often found in dungeons)

119) Old lady from Cainhurst portraits

* I did not count portraits of Bellringer and a noble woman in grey dress as I think they’re just Fauxsefka and Iosefka, but keep in mind they could be their own characters

120) Annalise’s aborted baby / cord from workshop

121, 122) Two bloodletting beasts

123, 124, 125) The family you find afflicted beggar eating

126) Dead Choir member in Yahar’gul

127) The petrified person you learn Make Contact from

128) Adella’s mentioned ‘friend’ (I hc they are the person you pick black church garb from)

129) Big Celestial emissary who is a boss and drops the Communion rune

130) Specific Amygdala that Patches was favouring

131) Chester (he is in Dark Souls but his dialogue, design and even style of fighting EASILY mean Miyazaki put reference for his incoming project that Bloodborne was and written him as someone who got there from Yharnam)

132) Fauxsefka’s baby

133) A celestial emissary corpse with a still-human arm

134, 135, 136) Choir members you pick the: choir set, blindfold cap, cosmic watcher eye badge from

137) Dead person in the woods you pick white church set from

138, 139) Two dead guys you pick Hunter sets from

140) A person you pick Blacksky Eye from

141) An actually one-eyed person that owned Iron Helmet before Valtr

142) Izzy’s admirer

143) Hostile Isz tomb prospector NPC in preset dungeons

144) The guy statue in Oedon Tomb is after (I believe he was a vessel for Oedon rather than that Oedon WAS this human before)

145) Cain (As in, ancient guy the name of Cainhurst roots from! As in how Yharnam is named after old Pthumerian queen.)

146) Ludwig’s horse (whereas I do not hc that he directly fused with it, I think he still had one, I will explain some time later)

147) A unique beast-possessed soul that doesn’t respawn, before the door in the lower alley

* I did not count a few corpses you pick full sets from, as I didn’t consider them ‘unique’ enough

Cut content:

148) Leo (his data is still in the files btw!)

149) Carla (a unique Keeper of the Old Lords)

150) Ashton (he was in Laurence’s place when Laurence was in Willem’s place during game’s development)

151) And old lady that would be in Iosefka’s clinic instead

152) Fauna the Great One Beast

153) Aragon (a name mentioned by huntsmen)

155) Brandon (Eileen’s set used to be called Brandon’s set, so I use this name for a Hunter of Hunters that came just before her)

156) Norbert

157) A Cainhurst knight with scythe and peg leg (stealing Gehrman’s style?)

* I did not count mentioned name Idola, as I think that’s Wet Nurse’s real name

* I did not count mentioned names Fort and Laura, as I think they’re names of the Bloodletting beasts we find

* I did not count mentioned name Louvan, as I think this is the guy from Oedon’s Tomb statue real name

* I did not count slug princess, as I think that was Kos when she was a mortal

Sooooo I counted 157 characters! Could be less or MORE depending on the headcanons and interpretations!

(UPDATE 11/13/22)

158) Specific Amygdala in Yahar'gul chapel

159) Madaras snake

160, 161, 162) Other constables, three corpses that you find pieces of set on

163) The beast Valtr and his friends chased

* I did not count the beast Yamamura chased, as I believe it was Izzy after he turned into a dragon-like beast and ended up devastating his homeland on his way

[101flavoursofweird]

List the first lines of your last twenty stories. See if you find any patterns.

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Arianna and Tony were, understandably, quiet as they left the Golden Garden. 

-From Now On (Upcoming prequel oneshot to Ready Now), Professor Layton

“You needn’t trouble yourself, Miss Flora—“ 

-Waiting On A Miracle, Professor Layton 

“You’d make a good teacher,” Melina remarked as her little cousin, Stella, trotted off towards the buffet table.

-Those Who Can’t, Teach, Professor Layton 

When Commander Bronev called him at two o’clock in the morning, Swift was off like a shot, barreling down the stairs of Obsidian Tower. 

-I-Spy, Professor Layton 

Angela stands by, smiling, as Henry places his hand on Randall’s shoulder. 

-Missing Conversation, Professor Layton

“Mermista!” Perfuma barks, somewhere on the battlefield. “Get— Sea Hawk!”

-Pour My Heart Out, She Ra

On their third night in the Human Realm, Luz had introduced them to the ‘television’ (or ‘T.V.’ for short). 

-How to Find the Good Ones, The Owl House

Blinding lights. Beeping. Wires. White-clad figures bent over him, prodding at his wounds…

-Five Times Mirio Togata Forgot He No Longer Had A Quirk, My Hero Academia 

Janice runs through a mist of memories— literally and mentally runs through them— as Melina calls after her from the cliff. 

-Cosmic Love, Professor Layton 

“Hey, Kat…” Flora, having just gotten home from work, poked her head into Kat’s bedroom.

-Your Thousands of Pages of Writings, Professor Layton 

Gus groaned and glared at himself in the school bathroom mirror.

-What’s in a Name?, The Owl House

“Are you sure it’s safe?”

-Safe, Professor Layton 

“Descole… is the professor’s brother.”

-Family Matters, Professor Layton 

“…But turns out it’s lots of fun! I wanna crush it! That’s why this year, I’ll definitely come in first! It’s my last chance—“

-In Your Orbit, My Hero Academia 

“Enjoy your meal!”

-“Nothing to see here, folks!”, My Hero Academia 

“Everything will be fine, Ange! I’ll be home again before you know it—“

-What You Don’t See, Professor Layton 

Arianna hadn’t expected to see Crow waiting for them at Paddington Station, but there he was, accompanied by Badger and another person dressed as the Black Raven. 

-Ready Now, Chapter 6, Professor Layton 

“Please, Janice?”

-The Poodle Project, Professor Layton

“You were brought to Labyrinthia, just like Miss Fey and Sir Blue Knight,” Barnham explained, gripping the bars of his cell. “You are no more the ‘Editor’ than those two are bakers—“

-Twisted, Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 

“Come now… You are just feeling a little overwhelmed. Perhaps the power held in this key is too much for you.”

-Clarity, Chapter 2, Professor Layton 

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Patterns… 

A lot of my fics seem to start with a line of dialogue but I think I’m getting better at starting with a description! 

There are several Angela Ledore fics here and Janice/Melina fics, as there should be.  I really need to write a fic where Janice is happily dating another lady after she’s recovered from Melina’s death. 

It’s not all just Professor Layton— there are some She Ra and three My Hero Academia fics… all starring Mirio, sunshine blorbo :’)

And two Owl House fics, both starring Gus! 

Two of these fics contain lines of dialogue taken from the original source material, due to AU/dream scenario. 

Two others contain scenarios when the narrator receives an urgent call. Bronev  asks Swift to check on little Emmy. Melina asks Janice to take her pet poodle to the dog groomers’. (Melina’s priorities are on point!) 

Also a lot of these fics seem to contain a usually cheerful, optimistic character suffering from angst because I like angst, I guess

[marquisdeglad]

Smash or Pass:

Arianna, Woman of the Night from Bloodborne

Smash or Pass:

Well, nothing particularly fancy here, but she is a very attractive blonde lady in a nice dress, so I'd say smash

[nishihii]

arianna has some cut lines in which she is a lot more flirty to the player. i thought it was cool that she's using what she knows to get what she wants.

but, in hindsight, i'm really glad those were cut.

it gives her a sort of "femme fatale" feel, which has been done a thousand times before and is a bit boring at this point.

another reason i'm really glad it was cut is because, good lord, so many people (dude bros) would take it as her actually flirting and wanting to get with the player. the over-sexualisation (yes, i know shes a sex worker. doesn't mean she doesn't deserve respect) and disregard for her character that would come of it.... i hate to imagine it.

still, nothing stops one from headcanoning that she does use her skills for her own benefit. she knows very well how to be welcoming and kind in both her voice and words- she could mask what she really wants or how she feels well and still be a generally honest and kind individual. let's say those instances where she uses these skills for herself are needed for her own safety and comfort, and not the other person's. guys i really love arianna and i hate what the game does to her