#Crimson Thorn

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The art of Part One

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eep pile :)

☆!!!reblogs and asks are appreciated!!☆

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ok hear me out....

Dusthides based off of an artichoke agave. Can you imagine my vision?

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For the first crack at South Park fan art, I decided to do the Foreign Kids as 80s King Crimson!

Since Adrian Belew is the one in red and is often noted for his bouncy, cheerful persona onstage, how could I not put Pip in that role?

For Robert Fripp, the man in a black suit who’s notorious for being intense, grumpy, moody, and not much of a people person with a stage presence consisting entirely of him sitting down to play in a way that just screams STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME. This one was naturally Damien.

For Bill Bruford, I decided it should be Gregory of Yardale. The refined intellectual with blonde hair wearing a button down, all while showing a face that screams “what have I gotten myself into?” I normally wouldn’t cast Gregory as the drummer, but seriously, look at Bill Bruford there and tell me that’s not Gregory?

For Tony Levin, I went with ze Mole. At least partly by default, but also because as the bass man, Tony digs into the roots just as a mole would. Also, to master a Chapman Stick, much less be able to sing while playing that thing, you clearly have to be a few screws loose, so yeah, Christophe was a given.

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Book poll round 2 #4

where it says 4 books its supposed to say 12 -_-

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okay i wanna try list all fandoms i’ve been a part of or had an interest in there are SO MANY!!! and i still love them all!! (っ＾▿＾)

okay okay let me go from the past to the present soooo we have:

Books 🏹:

raven cycle: i read these very very long ago and i couldn’t be able to specify what happens exactly but i’ve never forgotten how i loved the characterisation in these books!! truth be told though, my main interest was pynch - i love ronan and adam so bad and i need a fic of them that will change my life i never really found one sighh. i also really want to know what happened in ronan’s book, no matter where i look i can never find a comprehensive detailed spoiled review of the plot and i NEED TO KNOW. ARE PYNCH OKAY?!?

acotar: now probably every YA novel lover went through this phase - reading the chapter in acomaf where rhysand confesses to feyre and then they smash changed my little life. admittedly, my fixation on these books didn’t get very deep and i never went on to read nesta’s book because, from what i’ve seen other people say, i think i wouldn’t have liked it. the men in those books are…. um not so great! still, i have some interest in this fandom because - just from what i’ve read on tumblr!! - i want to see gwyn and azriel happen they seem like such an interesting couple to me

mortal instruments: now. Now. now. this series holds a special place in my heart. i have always loved these books, they have interested me in every part of my life i just love the entire mortal instruments universe and the plotlines are always so interesting i adore it. i haven’t read every series; only the main six books with clary and jace and malec (which, whilst i still love, was my least favourite), the last midnight series (julian and emma are seriously underrated their relationship being forbidden friends to lovers is like crack cocaine to me, and i’m excited to see what comes of ty and kit), and then the infernal devices… the INFERNAL DEVICES GODHDGSGJSJ

the infernal devices were the first books i ever cried to and even now when i think about it i start to tear up. and it’s not even all sad tears, i just hold these characters and their relationship so dearly to my heart that it achesss. jem and will and tessa are incredibly beautiful i’ve never read love like theirs and individually as people i want the very best for them so badly that the thought of them ever feeling sad Breaks. Me. like literally thinking about the fact will isn’t alive right now makes me want to throw up i can’t even process it. i love these books and i require deep therapy to deal with the emotions it left me with.

six of crows: this kinda includes the entire grishaverse, but with shadow&bone i didn’t completely read the books i was more into the tv show. oh and also i read one of the best fan fiction i have ever read in my existence it still sticks with me i think of it randomly from time to time it was darklina rewriting of the ending and it was literally amazing. anyways, okay six of crows yeah amazing amazing amazing. kaz and inej love of my lives - kaz is one of the most interesting characters i have ever read. i think the heist was really interesting too, which is rare for me because i’m always much more focused on the characters rather than the plot so that’s one of the reasons this series is on top for me. writing about it is making me want to re-readddd. with the tv show - i was really into the cast and first season, but i think the show wasn’t so great in terms of bringing the books to life. but i still liked it! and i’m sad it was cancelled i wish they had given it time to flesh out :(

harry potter: my first love 🧡 my childhood was harry potter obsessed, i have every piece of merchandise you can possibly imagine. a gryffindor scarf (even though im hufflepuff and proud🏳️‍🌈), pyjamas, harry potter cutlery, a golden snitch nightlight, a marauders map - everything. i love love loveee the universe of harry potter and that love has never and will never leave me. this should probably be talked about in the movie section, since i was more invested in them, but i generally just have a love for the world and the characters. ron weasley has my heart that beautiful, lovely golden retriever loser boyfriend, harry i would protect with my life, and hermoine the icon the legend we should all acknowledge that everything would have crumbled without her she’s amazing. actually over the past few days i’ve been reading drarry fics which…. these are so good y’all the dynamic why am i only just realising this. well, i know why, and it’s because of the next hyperfixation that RUINED ME-

marauders: now, my love for harry potter started when i was child but it’s been revived in the past months because of one fanfic that destroyed my life and any chance of me ever being a normal functioning part of society - and that fic is crimson rivers. i’m sure anyone who’s read it UNDERSTANDS MY AGONY. i came across it literally out of nowhere, i had never read a hp fic before even when i was into the universe when i was younger. but i randomly decided to search the hp fics with the most hits on ao3 one day and crimson rivers was top three. the description stood out me because hello hunger games is one of the most interesting plots ever created, and normally i would be deterred by the length of the fic or i would end up skipping chapters but for some reason - as if the universe was aligning my ruination - my brain committed to reading it thoroughly and now no other fanfiction will ever compare. i am so disgustingly irrevocably attached to jegulus and wolfstar i think of nothing else all day. jegulus just works SO WELL they are basically all my favourite tropes rolled into the two characters who are so easy to from undying love attachments to. and wolfstar like that’s holy grail we already know. this is my current obsession and i want to talk about it and talk about it and talk about itttttt i am CONSUMED IT HAS RUINED ME

TV Shows 🐚:

game of thrones: i was HEAVY into game of thrones i really loved that show and was so excited to see where the plot would go… imagine my disappointment lmao. i do still love to rewatch up until season five but the seasons following that are and empty mess and every character is ruined and IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO GOODDD that’s a let down i can’t move on from. but still, i love the show and the characters and i wish grrm would write his ending because the books are infinitely more interesting and i need that ending. even though i haven’t read the last book yet, i have been watching many video analysis on youtube lately and now love jon’s book character so much.

others: i was mostly into book fandoms, so for tv shows i wont go into much detail. the ones i remember being fixated on are; skam, glee, vampire diaries, money heist, gossip girl, pretty little liars, and umm… there are others i feel like this actually isn’t a very representative list of what i liked but oh well! on to the next!

Music 🎸:

BTS: my loves, my everything!! one major part of me is my love for my seven. i’ve been army since 2022 and these boys are literally the best people in the universe. i love their music, i adore their personalities, i love the relationships between them; i’ve really never felt love or care for anything the way i feel for them. i’m jimin biased in the most unhinged crazy way you can imagine - that boy is my world. so yeah part of the cassie lore is that she is insane over bts and don’t get me started on them because i’ll never stop. i also - alongside harry potter fics - read mainly bts fics. i read mostly jinkook/taejin/yoonmin/jikook/ot7 and have once again had my life ruined by many of these fics.

hamilton: i’m not kidding at all when i say i can sing this entire musical word for word from memory. i LOVEEEE the soundtrack of hamilton it’s hit after hitttt, i love the original cast i’ve never moved past how much i love it. these days my link to watch the full musical hasn’t been working so im suffering bad but it’s okay since i have the amazing abilities to recreate it myself. honestly non-stop is the funnest song to ever sing.

harry styles: i was big into harry back in 2020/21 when he released fine line. my interest kinda faded out but i still love his music so much - harry’s house was amazing.

others: my taste is music is literally so wide range that i listen to everyone but the artists i keep up with are; kiss of life, red velvet, aespa, le sserafim, sabrina carpenter, olivia rodrigo, billie eilish, frank ocean, hozier, kali uchis, chappell roan, sza, ariana, and many moreeee!!

okay!! that’s all i can remember for now, i wrote this mostly for fun to see for myself all the things i’ve found happiness in. being a fangirl is the best thing in the world i was made for it <33 i might add more if i can remember it but for now yeahhh this is my brain 🩷

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women 👍

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Sonic Ring Bond - Episode of Journey's Beginning 11

The following is a work of fan fiction by Joshua D. Tarwater and is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS.* *SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS retains full rights over the Sonic the Hedgehog™ intellectual property and can terminate or take control of this work at any time.

★~When I arrived the supposed verdant paradise was already gone. The Page General had already transitioned to a full-on assault of the resistance he had found on the island and all that remained was a sinking caldera of molten rock. There was a miracle present however, as despite the devastation, plant life was spreading over the doomed island remnants. In the Empire such a sight was unfathomable, unlike the Stone Ghosts that haunted the doomed island.

~Thorn the Crimson

Sky Ring peering through lightning riddled smoke Reflected on sea by burning ring of mountains Molten rock surrounding destruction born lake Sphere of Darkness rising up through cloud of steam A collection of airships reduced to giant gravestones Beach of burning black sand Sandaled foot pressing in Drops of Darkness dripping Dissipating as twinkling motes of the same

A side panel of a fallen airship was blasted out in a gout of flame and the black shadow on the beach casually leaned to the side as it flew by them into the lake behind them. The shadow was hardly so complete though, intense red light glowing from and disguising where the crystals grew from Tempest’s body. Even his normally blue eyes glowed red as he watched Bowlings stumble out of the wrecked airship.

“Absolute madness,” Bowlings scowled as he looked out across the beach at the black hedgehog. “A mere boy devastating an Imperial fleet. It shouldn’t be possible.”

“You talk to much,” Tempest declared coldly and stretched out his right arm to snag Bowlings.

“And I was right to consider you a threat to the Empire!” Bowlings snapped back as he conjured a wall of flame to protect himself from Tempest.

“Tch,” Tempest clicked his tongue as he was forced to retract his arm. His anger did not subside however, and he began to slowly approach Bowlings’ position. “I’ll bring your whole Empire down just like you did Rosy and our home. Just like you did our efforts to find ourselves in this world. I’ll bring it all down with this arm.”

“Don’t flatter yourself boy,” Bowlings scoffed as he sought some means to escape. “What are you distracted by Projector? I could use an extraction.”

“Did your friend abandon you?” Tempest asked as he closed in on Bowlings. “Like you forced me to abandon Rosy!”

“I don’t even know who you’re talking about, and frankly don’t care!”

Bowlings’ retort was accompanied by another gout of flame, but Tempest’s speed allowed him to easily avoid it. In fact, Bowlings’ attack became the opportunity he needed to fully close the distance between him and the general and his speed allowed him to take his back.

“Projector!!”

A response came as Bowlings’ eyes widened, but it was not from Brilliant as he had hoped. Yet unquestionably the response saved his life.

“Tempest! I found you! Thank goodness!”

“Rosy?”

The intense red light that had visibly replaced Tempest’s crystals faded and was replaced by the soft purple light that marked his confusion. Yet flakes of intense blue light intermingled as he raced away from the wreckage and out onto the beach. With eyes that were once again blue he nearly burst into tears at the sight of the white leotard clad hedgehog girl.

“Rosy!!” Tempest shouted as he raced across the beach and embraced her in a tight hug, not thinking about the consequences.

“Tempest, your arm is going to try and eat me,” Rosy laughed as she let Tempest express the relief that he was feeling. Smiling, she gave credit to where it was due however. “But you should thank Mote for finding me before things got too crazy. Hee-hee! Getting out of there while everything was falling down has to be the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

“Mote?” Tempest asked as he stepped back and looked up to see the fairy giving him a look.

“About time you noticed me,” Mote sighed before explaining herself. “Between you and my vassal it should have been obvious I would have sought her out. Though, you have proven yourself a worthy ally in my quest through this demonstration of destruction you’ve wrought.”

The destruction that Mote alluded to was not observed only by Tempest and Rosy, but again by Bowlings as he warily watched the two hedgehogs. “Just what is that monster?”

“That is what I’ve been trying to determine, General,” the calm male voice of Brilliant the Projector finally answered Bowlings despite his obvious physical absence.

“It took you long enough Projector,”  Bowlings sneered as he allowed himself to fall into a sitting position on the sand. “I swear, I was about to die if that girl hadn’t called out to him. Who is she anyway, I haven’t seen her before.”

“The companion I spoke of when I downed their aircraft,” Brilliant answered in a matter-of-fact way. “She also claims to have no knowledge of the Empire, but I’ve yet to test if she can damage my projections like the boy.”

“Then she’s harmless?”

“She saved your life General.”

Bowlings harrumphed loudly, but it was neither he nor Brilliant who spoke next. Rather, it was a deep woman’s voice that interrupted their conversation.

“And you nearly allowed her to be what ended your active service, Brilliant.”

“Hunter?” Bowlings asked surprised as he looked back to see a figure standing in the wreckage of the airship.

“Thorn, I was not expecting you to enter the mission field,” Brilliant replied with much less surprise at the horned figure.

Stepping away from the wreckage, with her hands clasped behind her back, Thorn the Crimson made her presence clear. Even without her heels she stood a quarter of a meter taller than Rosy, her faceless red helmet disguising any trace of what she was. Conversely, the spiked red armor she wore on her body over her red, tailed coat implied she could have been a quilled creature, but there was no way to be sure.

“I am here as a third party to assure the success of the mission,” Thorn reminded Brilliant of her role. “I’ve been scouring over your reports about the Ring Machines, and they did not match the data involving this Overgrowth.”

Stepping on a patch of grass that inexplicably grew on the black sand, Thorn ground it down with the steel toe at the end of her black legging and boot fused garment.

“What are you talking about Hunter?” Bowlings sought clarification from Thorn.

“The movements of the Stone Ghosts are focused on the Ring Machines based on their size, yet they move after that girl regardless. She is obviously the main target of whatever force is driving this vegetive phenomenon. If we are to save the Empire and understand it, then we must capture her.”

“You’ll likely have to get past that boy first,” Bowlings warned as he eyed the hedgehogs struggling to keep Rosy from being engulfed in the Darkness that made up Tempest’s right arm. “A task which may be even too much for you Hunter. Just look around you and see what he’s been able to do.”

“If he threatens the survival of the Empire, then he shall simply die here,” Thorn stated with little concern for Bowlings’ thoughts. She did not speak again until she was within speaking volume earshot of Tempest. “If you value your life, then surrender and turn over the girl to Imperial custody.”

“What?” Rosy and Tempest asked in unison as they turned to see the looming horned figure.

“What are you talking about?” Tempest managed a second question before finding himself lifted off the ground with a hand clasped around his throat. “Ghk?!”

“That was not the answer I sought,” Thorn informed Tempest, causally blocking his right hand with her left as he tried to strike her. Before he could withdraw it, she snatched it and bent his hand back, deepening his grimace of pain. “Your hostility shall only earn you a quicker death.”

“Get away from him!” Rosy demanded with a shout as she hurled herself at Thorn with a Spin Dash.

Things did not go as she expected though as Thorn would have broken Tempest’s neck if not for the explosion of Rings that threw him away from her instead. It mattered little as she shifted her attention to Rosy and kicked her up like a soccer ball before reaching into her spinning curled form and snatching her neck.

“Gah–!!”Rosy barely gasped as her attack was casually ended against her will.

“You need only be alive,” Thorn warned as she leveled a faceless stare onto Rosy. “That is all you need be.”

“I won’t let you hurt her,” Tempest butted in as he stretched his arm out and grabbed Rosy around the waist.

“Curious,” Thorn commented as she watched the crystals that erupted and crawled across Rosy’s body. “You truly are a problem. Then you have earned death without question.”

“T-empest… just run…!!!” Rosy barely managed to gasp out.

“Not without you,” Tempest gritted his teeth as he prepared to face Thorn, a number of Stone Ghosts closing in from all around.

Thorn did not answer as she turned her faceless gaze onto Tempest. At least not with words, as a toothy grin flickered into being on her helmet. ★

EPISODE OF JOURNEY’S BEGINNING 11 - END

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Family bonding or smth

(Crimson WILL preen everyone whether they like it or not)

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Consider: the Bobs Farm AK map and One (1) very funny hunter with Caliban’s Hand

[dine-dun]

It's been a while and it's time for another IS vs Playwright

This is my 3rd playthrough (1st one with vanguard/guard then medic/sniper)

Got Imagine on floor 6, stocked 31 HP in case I messed up on boss battle BUT got messed up on Sarkaz Desire because focus relic *screams*

Yes that dim light lol, luckily I picked eterna from Phantom battle, it's almost not enough to take down Playwright before he starts to move

As much I want to use Ling, the problems are the deployment limit and yeah those suicidal enemies

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TOP TEN TUESDAY – AUGUST 27TH

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl, every week features a different book related theme to take part in.. and this week’s is.. 10 random facts about me&10 books still on my physical TBR Technically this weeks theme is Top Ten Posts I’ve Written That Give You the Best Glimpse of Me but I’ll be honest, I don’t really write a lot else other than books and the…

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⬆️ Suffering from The Curse

[talesofourworlds]

🗣 ok another indulge of this meme: shionne and asch?? ( prickly prickly... JHAKSDA )

Send me 🗣+ the names of 2 muses on the blog, and there will be a random conversation written involving them.

"You know, you'd think you were the one with thorns the way you insist on keeping the person that means so much to you as far away as possible."

"Excuse me? The hell do you know?"

"I know you can't really be happy with the idea of pushing Natalia away like you have."

"I'm doing it to protect her! Why is that so hard to understand??"

"All you're doing is hurting yourself and her!"

"Like you're one to talk! All you do is hurt the people that get close to you!"

"You're right. My thorns are a literal barrier preventing anyone from getting close to me. But do you think that means I want to isolate myself? I spent my whole life alone. That doesn't mean I'm going to push away the first group of people that even want to consider being near me!"

"That's not the same thing. Natalia... I do care about her. I do. But I can't..."

"You can, Asch. You don't have to push her away."

"Yes, I do. If she knew what was happening to me, she'd never be okay with it. I can't put her through that."

"Fine... do what you want. But don't blame me when you regret it."

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