#Devil's Bluff

[elizabethoarts]

I was supposed to just do a sketchy full body reference and then this fell out 🦊

[dravenxivuk]

Western Lily portrait, ArtFight 2023 attack from henspurs

[ryanphlip]

THE 5 BEST BLUFFS IN HISTORY

THE TROJAN HORSE

We've all heard the story. It is most likely the most well-known bluff in human history. Stories and films have been made about the Greeks who came up with the brilliant idea of hiding inside a wooden horse to win a war. So, how did they come to that decision?

After ten years of a siege that was not paying off, the leader of the Greek army realized that this strategy was not working, so they decided to start fighting with their heads instead of their bodies (at least until they get inside the fortress).

2. HOW MARK TWAIN COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED

It was the nineteenth century, and dueling was a popular pastime for manly men. In Nevada, a rival editor, Mr. Laird, challenged a newspaper editor named Samuel Clemens to a duel. He accepted the invitation, but there was one small problem: he had no prior experience aiming and shooting.

Fortunately, his good friend Steve Gillis offered him a hand, which Clemens gladly accepted.

Unfortunately, it appeared that Clemens was simply not gifted for these types of operations - he couldn't hit a single target. He began to despair because it was widely known that his opponent, Laird, did not have such problems.

That's when fate intervened and saved the editor's life: his teacher shot a bird in a single shot, and at the same time, Laird's right-hand man walked by and watched in awe as the bird fell.

3. WHEN THE ENTIRE CITY DID A GREAT BLUFF

A bluff saved the lives of many more people many years later, around a century later. In 1983, a passenger plane flying from Sofia to Varna was hijacked en route.

The hijackers demanded that the plane take them to Vienna, even after the pilots explained that they didn't have enough fuel for such a long flight. They threatened the pilots until they agreed to fly to Vienna.

The thing is, they weren't lying when they said they didn't have enough fuel for the trip. Because the hijackers threatened to blow up the entire plane, they promised to fly to Vienna but instead flew to Varna.

They circled above the city until they ran out of fuel, then landed at the airport. But that wasn't the day's biggest bluff.

4. MINCEMEAT OPERATING SYSTEM

This World War II operation was so well planned that it fooled the German army into going in the opposite direction, allowing the Allies to attack Sicily.

It all came down to sending a secret agent to the Spanish, who were suspected of assisting the Germans at the time, and convincing them that an attack on Greece was imminent. The problem was that this was all a ruse, and the agent, well, he was no longer alive.

5. NELSON MANDELA'S FUNERAL INTERPRETER

There are no words to describe this guy. We'll probably never know what he was thinking or why he did what he did.

We do know that his entire performance at Nelson Mandela's memorial service was made up. The Deaf Federation of South Africa confirmed that he was only "waving his hands around but there was no meaning".

[mantra4ia]

"Reichenbach Fall" x "A Study in Pink" — a delightful, dystopian, Alice in Wonderland tale

Sherlock Holmes: [2x3] I don't like riddles.

Jim (James) Moriarty: Learn to.

DI Lestrade: Sherlock is a great man and someday...

Moriarty: May I?

Sherlock: Please.

Moriarty: Johann Sebastian would be appalled. Bach couldn't cope with an unfinished melody.

Sherlock: Neither could you, that's why you've come.

Moriarty: We're just alike, you and I. Except you're boring.

Sherlock: Why are you doing all this, what is it for?

Moriarty: Have you worked it out yet? What's the final problem? I did tell you, but did you listen?

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Cab Driver #71126: [1x1] No one ever thinks about the cabbie. It's like you're invisible. Proper advantage for a serial killer.

Moriarty: No charge.

Sherlock: Is this a confession?

Cabbie: I didn't kill those four people...I spoke to them. If you call the cops now I promise you one thing, I will never tell you what I said.

Sherlock: No one else will die. I believe they call that a result.

Cabbie: You won't ever understand how those people died. What kind of results do you care about?

Sherlock: If I wanted to understand...

Cabbie: Let me take you for a ride.

Moriarty: Are you ready for the story?

Sherlock: So you can kill me—

Cabbie: I don't want to kill you Mr. Holmes, I want to talk to you and then you're going to kill yourself.

Moriarty: This is the story of Sir Boast-a-lot.

Cabbie: Someone out there noticed you...got yourself a fan —

Moriarty: Sir Boast-a-lot was the bravest and cleverest knight at the round table. But soon the other knights began to grow tired of his stories of how brave he was or how many dragons he'd slain.

Sherlock: There are two types of fans. "Catch me before I kill again" Type A—

Moriarty: Hi.

Sherlock: Type B my bedroom's just a taxi ride away—

Moriarty: Suddenly I'm Mr. Sex.

Cabbie: —And that's all you're going to know in this lifetime.

Moriarty: Oh no...that wasn't the final problem.

Cabbie: One thing about being a cabbie. You always know a nice quiet spot for a murder. I'm surprised more of us don't branch out.

Moriarty: I'm a specialist, like you... consulting criminal.

Sherlock: You can't make people take their lives at gunpoint.

Cabbie: I don't need [a gun] because you'll follow me. You're the one who's going to die here.

Sherlock: No, I'm not.

Cabbie: That's what they all say.

Moriarty: It's going to start very soon, the fall.

Cabbie: You're going to love this. You're brilliant, a proper genius. The science of deduction, why can't people think...

Moriarty: Aren't ordinary people adorable —

Cabbie: ...Did I give you the good bottle or the bad bottle?

Moriarty: How hard is it to say you don't know?

Cabbie: Together we take our medicine. Take your time, get yourself together. I want your best game. It's a game of chess, one move...you're not playing the odds you're playing me. I know how people think, I know how people think [that] I think.

Sherlock: Either way, you're wasted as a cabbie.

Moriarty: Every fairy tale needs a good old-fashioned villain.

Sherlock: You're a dead man walking.

Cabbie: So are you.

Sherlock: I think I'm going to die.

Cabbie: Any breath could be my last.

Moriarty: Falling's just like flying except there's a more permanent destination.

Cabbie: I've outlived four people. That's about as much fun as you can have.

Sherlock: Bitterness is a paralytic. Love is a much more vicious motivator.

Moriarty: I will burn the heart out of you.

Cabbie: You could take a chance, 50/50, or I could shoot you in the head. Funny enough no one's ever gone for that option.

Sherlock: I'll have the gun, please.

Cabbie: Are you sure?

Sherlock: Definitely.

Cabbie: You don't want to phone a friend?

Sherlock: The gun. I know a real one when I see one.

Moriarty: You're on the side of the angels, Sherlock—

Sherlock: You want me to shake hands with you in hell and I will not disappoint you. I may be on the side of the angels but don't for one second think that I am one of them.

Moriarty: — and I owe you a fall.

Cabbie: Before you go, did you figure it out—

Sherlock: Of course, child's play.

Moriarty: You understand?

Sherlock: Obviously.

Moriarty: Off you go then.

Sherlock: You want me to tell you what you already know?

Moriarty: No, I want you to prove that you know it.

Cabbie: Which one, then, would you have picked? Just so I know if I could have beaten you.

Moriarty: Did you start to wonder if I was real?

Cabbie: Play the game. Are you clever enough to bet your life?

Moriarty: That's your weakness. You always want everything to be clever. Now shall we finish the game —

Cabbie: What's the point of being clever if you can't prove it? Still the addict. You'll do anything, anything at all, to stop being bored.

Moriarty: Staying alive, so boring...

Sherlock: You don't have long though, am I right?

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Moriarty: I'll burn you. [2x3] You're me.

Cabbie: — which one is the good bottle?

Sherlock: Am I right?

Lestrade: ...he might even be a good one.

[warlordfelwinter]

i signed the neopet devil contract and now all the happy posters are evil and threatening why did neopets decide to go full horror for april fools jfksld;ngh

[pitfallfox]

an older sketch of my dear ol Sarah in her Devil’s Bluff era

[its-not-a-pen]

[lbctal]

match my freak (read every fic under the neal gamby/lee russell tag on ao3 multiple times)

[hockeylovee12]

Hughes Interview!!

[devilsbluffrpg]

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[blueeco-aurath]

Okay okay hold on I have another DMC thought.

I think the writers really missed an opportunity by not making V's cane a cane sword. Y'know, a cane with a sword hidden inside.

The parallels would have been glorious??? V using suspiciously Vergil-like moves in battle. He already says some of Vergil's battle quotes, I think? The writers hid little clues everywhere.

So why not give him a cane sword? He did steal the cane from an antique shop, wouldn't be odd if it wound up being a cane sword.

Imagine V getting attacked again and by chance discovering that the cane has a sword in it. Using it on instinct. Griffon cawing and laughing at him being like "Well it's not as good as the Yamato, now is it? But ah, brings back memories, don't it? Just like old times!"

And V just stares at it solemnly, then simply says, "Yes..." and puts the sword back into the cane.

Moreover, it would precisely parallel the way Vergil carries/uses the Yamato. In his hand, not strapped to his hip. Often attacking while the blade is still sheathed, using it as a blunt weapon, only unsheathing it when it's time to really kick ass.

The parallel/clues would have been amazing!!!

[elizabethoarts]

Aiden's RDR/Devil's Bluff portrait! 🦊💙

[dravenxivuk]

Western Lily portrait, ArtFight 2023 attack from Ax010t1

[morningbloodystar]

Oh no. Oh I'm a fool because now I'm torn between calling you every nickname under the sun for the sake of being a nuisance and "Hey, maybe we shouldn't piss off the fucking Devil?"

I'd suggest the latter. The name isn't just a moniker.

Or, of course, you could display the blatant lack of self preservation I love your infamous little species for.

[thedetectiveofinaba]

In my opinion Naoto got herself involved to the Telephone Pole Murder case willingly and directly and was a part “in the murder mystery game” the IT tried to do something about by directly telling them her plans to catch the perp in action and then lowkey implied and/or set the scene the way she intended it to happen by the main frame.

I’m yeeting the rest on my rambling under Read More bc I ended up detailing it more than I anticipated at first :’DDD

Her plan was to get first hand evidence from the victim’s POV, ensure the information would reach the PD one way or another and not die from the possible outcomes/assassination attempt. The “pawns” or allies in this plan would be the members of IT who would by assumption save her. Her hypothesis is based on the fact that so far they have saved every victim shown in TV and they appear to not want people to be killed like this: their last reaction to how they got enraged on her calling it a game to them proved her theory on this.

Her relying on a fickle group like this would be too risky to her liking and a last ditch effort she’d wanted to NOT use, but it’d ensure that the case wouldn’t end & she’d have first hand evidence/witness statements. She’d rather have found about the whole thing on her own, but since it was impossible she needed a plan what worked.

She outplayed the entire Investigation Team and is well aware of it the whole time during the comment and first months of hanging out with them.

At that time she didn’t think that much of it. Being not transparent 24/7 and knowing when to hide your intentions had always been a part of her job. For example fooling people, using white lies and leading people on to reveal important information or do something necessary were important assets she used and was talented at.

When she eventually befriends IT she’s concerned that if they ever find out about her original intent, it might sever the trust what formed. It’d make her feel kinda bad and question her morality, especially during the Hospital Scene when she realizes how she had a talent what could be used to unlawful intentions.

Her fear does turn out to be useless since she isn’t malicious towards the group and does amend her past BS actions by hiding their effect to the case from the PD and helping them in the case directly while risking her reputation, and there is a seed of truth on how she was and is grateful to the friend group on saving her life and showing that living in a lie isn’t worth it.

Also it sure is convenient to her that she’s able to be open on how it was the only way she thought on handling the issue and that even though the plan seemed solid on theory, she was fucking afraid on the night assuming the kidnapping would happen.

[we-are-a-dragon]

Hamish (playing Thaddeus): I attack the devil we have flanked. I'm dealing extra damage because of my blessed weapon.

Tati (playing Seraph): Add another 2d6 radiant damage because you started your turn in my zone of light.

Hamish: 38 radiant damage.

DM: You bring down your flail in a blaze of holy fire. The skeleton explodes apart, sending shards of charred bone everywhere.

Hamish: That was only my standard action, so I move over here to the other skeleton and use an action point for an extra attack. Aw, natural 1.

Marijn (playing Godric): Wow, we've had a lot of those tonight.

DM: Your flail slams into the cobblestones beside it.

Tati: Make a Bluff check to turn that into an Intimidate!

Hamish: *sadly* No, we both know I missed.