#Definition of nocturnal

[sinbolical]

*explodes them with mind*

[aquilaofarkham]

WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE BACK THAN RIGHT NOW

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 90

So apparently getting ghost-adopted has an effect on one's form. Danny isn’t complaining, he’s not! He just uh, has five ghost parents. Who all look rather unique and have wildly different abilities. Not to mention his own. 

He’s quite uh, not exactly annoyed, but uh… is this a secondary puberty? This is like a secondary puberty isn’t it. 

Like, he’s getting horns, and wings, and a whole other pair of arms and who knows what else! Mothers, Fathers, help how will he hide this, it’s bleeding over into his human form! He was going to go to college, how is he going to hide this?! 

[mossy-crow0]

doodles of my skykid! my child…

[smandraws]

Don’t you hate it when youre hungry but when you look in the kitchen but all you see are Ingredients, not food?

[camellia-thea]

okay. just rambling here, but, i think armand took more than just the end of the interview away from daniel.

we got that little moment about that night, saying 'you asked me to' to louis. 'you asked me to take this from you, you could not live with it,' leading into, 'i look after you when you cannot look after yourself, i make those choices for you.'

we know that during the chase and devil's minion era, daniel was an addict, who was, by his own admission, slowly killing himself. he was also addicted to blood.

it's really not too far to make the jump, if devil's minion occurred, that armand made the choice to step in, in his own mind, for daniel's best interests. i know this isn't a unique jump to make, but; again with armand's "i look after him when he cannot look after himself" continual reiteration, i think it's a fair assumption.

he can also replace and blur memories, which makes the discussion of alice and paris -- why the dessert from that night? -- and how immediate and sincere his answer of "she wanted to say yes, but she didn't trust you. you hadn't given her a reason to." this could be the night he took them away, replaced himself with alice, planted something similar for her to start the relationship, then step back and watch it fall. and i think the thing that stands out there is just how tender he is while saying it. there's an undercurrent of something else entirely underneath, it isn't a dig at daniel in the moment, despite the pushing earlier in the scene.

and then in s1, when louis say to daniel, "i'd give it to you now." and the cut to armand, still in disguise, and his micro-expression of horror, the way he stiffens and looks away... and the little moment of what i read as conflict when daniel says no. his jump to "may i be excused?" i can't tell in the moment, if he's horrified about the offer itself, the fact that it is louis offering to turn daniel rather than himself, or the fact that daniel denies it. because i don't think armand could actually let daniel die if this was the case.

the disguise itself-- why pretend to be rashid? i think part of it is to try and hide behind a human persona to keep those memories at bay; especially given the little moments of flashback that got triggered by little mannerisms. i can't decide whether they're intentional pushes or not, whether armand wanted/wants daniel to remember on his own, or wants to keep it under wraps. i think, even if he believes he doesn't want it to come forward, he truly does deep down.

and once he's revealed himself as armand, the way he gazes at daniel, his beautiful boy. the continued "our boy", from both he and louis, the "he's still in there, somewhere..."

and i think "our boy" is also really interesting, because why would daniel be armand's boy, based solely on the moments that louis initially remembered? armand didn't really have any emotional connection to daniel that night, sure, he saved him, but that doesn't really mean anything; he saved daniel for louis, not for daniel's sake.

and, jumping back "our boy,[...] he's still in there somewhere"... there's implication that louis might know about it? again, i don't think this is related to the original interview, or at least, limited to it? i don't have anything concrete here, just vibes, but again, why is armand's boy still in there somewhere?

and sure, some of these are reaches and i don't think i'm necessarily right, but god it would be deliciously awful if i was.

[quarks-pussy]

If he's not gay, why is he called Captain "Archer"? What's he arching, his back?

[nocturne-side-blog]

I mean, with a title like "well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu," I have questions.

I knew that one was gonna raise some eyebrows. That's the main file for my Zelda Cartoon rewrite, where the Link and Zelda seen are their own incarnations in their own Hyrule (rather than supposedly the classic Link and Zelda). It integrates elements from later games and TLOZ media, and is more than likely intended to be near the end of the Era of Decline.

I know the original cartoon and its comics were intended to be the same continuity as the first two games despite the contradictions, so I also have been experimenting with integrating elements from the cartoon, comics, novels, and mangas based on Zelda I & II for my longfic the Return of Ganon + the novelization of the two games that will go with it!

When Link is given a mysterious sword in the deep caverns of Hyrule, he's brought before the Triforce guardian, Zelda. Link is snarky, Zelda is stubborn. They start out with an aversion to each other - rooted in a misunderstanding much like BotW Zelda’s, except it's mutual. They have a rivalry of sorts going on... Hyrule is very small and detached from its history, so scholars like Zelda are very few among the people of Hyrule; especially people like Link, who outright have a distaste for it.

Here's some snippets of it. :)

(Snippet 1)

“It’s dangerous to go alone.” An old man stands between three crumbling stone pillars. Moss gathers not only on their surfaces, but on his feet. Spectral fire flickers on the ends of torches left abandoned at the clearing of trees surrounding him. “Reborn soul of Courage– child of Calatia– take this sword from its pedestal. Your destiny has led you here.” Across from the sage is a young man, no older than ten years old. His hands are balled into tense fists at his side. The boy can hardly muster a word; it is difficult to even breathe. Such a gaze feels as though it has him in a chokehold. “It’s dangerous to go alone.” The man repeats. “Take this.” What a fool it makes him to be drawn to follow this stranger’s voice, the boy thinks. But what other choice does he have? Link takes a long, deep breath and steps forward. One after another, his feet scale eroded stairs. The shade of a cliff over the ruins covers his face, leaving only the glistening of the blade to hit one’s eyes. He wraps his fingers around the hilt. With another inhale, he pulls it from the stone. A gleaming light blinds his eyes.

(Snippet 2)

“Ohhh, Link! Look now!” The fairy squeezes herself between the curtains he just closed, before darting to the side and pulling one half open along with her. “We’re passing the golden goddess statues now! That means we’re here!” Golden goddess? Link lets his curiosity get the better of his boredom and peeks out. However, he is only met with the sight of three withering statues. They’re hardly “golden” seeming at all. “Those’re supposed to be… golden?” “No, silly, it’s stone! That’s just their title– You don’t know who they are?” “Spryte, do not pry.” The old woman cuts in. “Link is not of Hyrule, and even amongst ourselves our traditions and beliefs have long since faded from how they once were… Besides. You aren’t missing much, boy. Hylia is the only one who deserves your respect these days… If any of them.” “Impa, don’t say that!” Spryte flutters in front of her face, whisper-shouting. “I only speak the truth. He owes her, at least. They say she forged the blade whose shards were smelt down to forge his.” “...Then why didn’t she keep it?” Link had seemed entirely spaced out until this moment; it’s difficult to tell if he was even listening for a good portion of the conversation. “No one knows. Not anymore… but perhaps she has willed that heroes like you continue to exist, Link. And the timing… it is no coincidence.” Impa simply shuts her eyes again. What was that last part?! She can’t just go back to sleep after implying– What was she implying!? Almost as though she read his mind without even seeing him, Impa continues. “The King will not leave you in the dark when we need you most. He will tell you everything.”

I have drawings of it too, but they're pretty old.

[zelda-of-hyrule-tloz]

Echoes of Wisdom Headcanon Countdown

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Princess Hilda, even without the Triforce of Wisdom, is fiercely powerful. Ravio was driven to interfere when he did because, if he hadn't, there was no guaranteeing that even Link would go unscathed. This is also why Yuga made manipulating her a priority; the only reason he could overcome her was because of the moment of betrayal. (Similar to why Ganondorf in OoT waited for Zelda's moment of vulnerability).

[charlotte-family-apologist]

Okay but now I really wanna know more about the Outworld Races (and other realms) in your au, bc the idea that Zaterrans are the lost human ancestor is GENIUS

Thank you for asking! Sorry it took so long 😭

Naknadan primarily live in trees and prefer to live in dark places due to adapting to the almost constant night of their home realm. The extra set of arms on their back are used to carry young children. And they have monkey like tails to help with balance.

^ They're not greedy by nature but are drawn to shiny things as bioluminescence is common in their native realm.

Tarkatans are known for their leather and bone crafts. There's a common superstition that they use their own people to make them because of their cannibalistic nature and rituals of honoring the dead by "repurposing" them.

The Osh-Tekk have a clicking language and communicate through chirps and squawks until they are old enough to learn it.

The Tarkatans and Osh-tekk have been in a land dispute since Osh-Tekk was absorbed into Outworld.

Nearly all of the Arnyek islands' races went extinct after the merging, with the only surviving one being the Kytinn as Kreeyans went extinct shortly after conquest.

Edenians only live to be around 3000 Earthrealm years but use magic to increase their lifespan.

There are many types of Vaeternians.

[shewaslikeasunflower]

just watched jay/kubz scouts play Nocturnals and ooo i love it,,,

the story, the unique art style !! AND DIEGOOO AND TED (the mc) BEING GAY FR…i love how theres multiple endings and how choices matter, games like that always have me wanting to dig into seeing what the other options are too!!!

My favorite is probably Mia out of all of them ngl, i think it’s definitely worthwhile to look into it if you’re into a post-apocalyptic story with love and bloodshed and survival

i thought it’d be released years ago but turned out this was released on sept 2024 which is surprising to me..love this game, i gotta say it’s pretty underrated!!

[doodlesdreaming]

Imagine Nahobino calling Demi-Fiend senpai

….well that’s a first. XD

[aquilaofarkham]

this essay probably won't get finished for another couple months (to coincide with nocturne s2's release) but i figured i might as well get a head start on it~

[amusedphan]

the benefits of being mexican and adhd means you're always late to a party (@phanniemasquerade ) 🤪

i'm mando, and i'm half a month from being exactly a decade younger than dan. first mask is a nod to my area of study, second is based off alebrijes. i'm gay as fuck and in an inchresting Situation that is extremely similar to phan except we're somehow not technically together. i started watching dnp (+listening to muse) a decade ago and even did a few phandom meetups back in the day, thought they were cringe for a while, and now i'm back to being cringe <3

i might want to do some music stuff if i ever get off my ass, but mostly i want to get back to writing rpf now that i have dnp's blessing... and to not let whatever i wrote in grade 8 be the only phan stuff i have out there :/

[venusvalhalla]

I've seen a lot of people speculate that Olrox will keep helping the protags and maybe even join the mc group in season 2 but I have not seen anyone wondering if he'll actually just keep working for Erzsebet. and maybe even become a new Drolta or something. like what if Mizrak's cruelty hardened his heart. what if he just goes full evil

[nhaneh]

Miqo'March 14, Dark

"Even Seekers of the Sun know how to find their way in the dark."