#Darkness Settles In

[batsyheere]

I sometimes just imagine the first time Phantom is introduced to the league as like, a fellow big league hero. As someone who works with Justice League Dark and took down the Ecto Acts with his own team and allies to be included under the meta acts like aliens. He knows Constantine and Zatanna and is a pretty common name in the magical community now even if usually as his human form "just Danny".

And suddenly he is surrounded by these "big time heroes" and aliens and champions and most would assume he'd be overwhelmed or in awe. Maybe nervous, or weirdly fixated on being in space.

But here's the kicker- Danny is dead. Technically part of the category ecto-entity, ghost, and thus belonging to the Infinite Realms. He has met a vast variety of characters who are far more chaotic and legendary than these people who have so much interpersonal drama it looks like one of the soap operas Tucker refuses to admit he watches. Wonder Woman? Danny has lunch with Pandora and visits the Greek sections of the realms when he needs to research old prophecies. Superman? Kryptonite is like rock candy and the dead of Krypton are either very sweet or very condescending and Danny has seen both in the Boy Scout. The less said about the Green Lanterns the better. The Flash family are entertaining but also headache inducing because Danny has heard the complaints about the timeline. Half a dozen other heroes and vigilantes have their own dramas that Danny could pick apart at the source for the many issues that started said drama, and that's not even beginning on the issues with Batman and the weird galley of children he has who are sometimes even worse than the dark knight himself.

Meanwhile the League find themselves growing more concerned and horrified the more Phantom manages to reference his adventures and rather stressful start as a vigilante. Constantine hasn't been more entertained in years.

[itseghost]

some essek portrait doodles :] still figuring him out but i do love 2 draw him

[mooreaux]

More than what my father made me…

Winter Rose thoughts. The bhaalspawn who wished to be good.

[jordanshenessy]

some sketches of jean <3

[mimsilverarts]

After episode 9, I just had to sketch her, plus a bonus Quinlan who was probably just chilling, waiting for his wife to return from work. Probably wanted to cuddle in bed a little longer

[eldrtchmn]

🖤

[nomsfaultau]

Dark SBI where Philza is a nice normal human man whose family slowly gets replaced by super natural creatures. The youngest is the first to go, replaced by 'Tommy', a shape shifting imp who decided he liked the skin of the kid and decided to keep it. He lives for chaos, but his motives falter when he experiences genuine love for the first time. Then 'Wilbur' replaces another son in classic changeling fashion, the boy taken to fulfill the whims of the fae and leaving in his place a bitter boy who knows he's an inferior version. Finally, the last son becomes plagued by dark voices that grow worse and worse, leading him succumbing to possession by 'Technoblade', who thinks he'll make the perfect new vessel after the last one was destroyed. 'Technoblade' doesn't want to lose his new vessel so soon after the last one, 'Wilbur' was trained from birth to mimic the human he would replace, and 'Tommy' wants an identity he can fall back on to play innocent if he gets in trouble. It takes awhile before the others realize all three kids are imposters. There's friction, of course, but they eventually make a pact to continue pretending to be a sweet and unsuspecting family.

The thing is...Philza isn't dumb. There's this awful feeling in his gut, and he has a sharp eye for details that don't add up. He's increasingly certain these things aren't his children. He quietly gathers evidence, and the moment he's sure...he does nothing. Philza carries on in a careful pantomime of a perfectly loving family, terrified of what they'll do to him if they realize he knows their true natures. He smothers his fear and offers them warm smiles and boundless mercy and tender affection the likes of which the imposter children have never known before. Slowly, it becomes a easier for everyone to pretend.

Maybe, if Philza's kind enough, they won't kill him, or worse. Maybe if he's good enough, their evil natures will soften. Maybe, if he's patient enough, they'll give him his real kids back.

And the moment they do, he'll slaughter every last one of the monsters who destroyed his family.

[idkaguyorsomething]

a support group for people with “unconventional” daemons. jeff with his flounder he has to carry everywhere in a huge tank. lois with her poison dart frog everyone is afraid to touch. sam with their elephant that’s the reason they can never go higher than two stories in most buildings.

[culiehua]

can you tell i love mother child angst

anyways. some baby!kit for the soul

[thealogie]

First “I left work at a reasonable time but it was pitch black outside” day of the season. I do not care for this one bit.

[giantchasm]

Taranza's adventures on Haltwitter

[rhiangalaxy]

The besties~

[ID: A TGCF drawing. Xie Lian walks alongside Shi Qingxuan who is in their female form. XL looks down at them with a gentle and slightly amused smile, one eye opened and the other closed in a wink. SQX has her hand wrapped around XL's arm, the other hand holding a closed fan up under their face. She is laughing/talking exuberantly with both her eyes closed in a large smile. End ID]

[desultory-novice]

"Comfort Food"

Late to the party Second-chance Round 2 propaganda time! I was cheering for both @moonmacabre01's Fondue and @m0x1ez's Moonstone, so going against both in one round was sad...!

But it wasn't hard to come up with a funny scenario for the two Dark Matter-possessed fairies (half-fairy in Noir's case) and Dedede's best chef. Especially after finding out about the existence of THIS dessert from the Hoshi no Kirby ~ Okashi na Sweet Island picture book!

Yes, that's a Dark Matter-themed fruit tart XD

Obligatory appeal to [Vote for Noir] in his current match to keep the comically traumatized failboy hijinks going for another round...!! - Full Thought Bubble Text (for ease of reading)

Moonstone:

There has to be a way to kill my other self. But which self is the "other" self? is there any way to escape this fate? If I could control it… But what if my research is just teaching it how to control me first…?

Noir:

I'm a monster. I don't deserve to live. But then why do I still linger on after death? is this punishment for what I did? I just want it to end. But do i even deserve to be free…?

@kirbyoctournament

[glyphes]

Happy, healed and healthy adventurers Gale and Astarion! I chose all the Astarion origin/ rogue dialogue specific options for this

[sun-e-chips]

Finally finished moons design for the waterpark au yay!

[saturn-rabbits]

I had these doodles lying around in my folder, thought you guys might like them