#Fun fact! All ghosts are Lesbians

[moth---man]

Me and my friend just now:

"What happens when you die?"

"You become a lesbian."

[two-bees-poetry]

titles for my wip (a fun poll)

So, I haven't talked about my fiction at all on here! Fiction is what I started writing when I was maybe 10, and I fell in love with the early-20th-century mystery novel when I was 11 or 12. Fun fact about yours truly: I have more Agatha Christie novels than will fit on a single bookshelf.

I'm currently working on a mystery novel- with lesbians! Crucially. Because it's me. Here's the premise:

The year is 1948. Judith Mitchell (Jude) has made a modest life for herself in Boston. She's an artist, specializing in portraiture, and things are pretty good. She counts herself lucky when she's hired by the wealthy Armistead and Catharine Lord, who want portraits painted of themselves and their children, so she drives down to their estate in South Carolina, where she has been invited to stay. She's surprised, however, at the amount of hatred that many of the family members seem to feel for one another, and she's surprised when Armistead, one morning, turns up dead.

The prime suspect is 20-year-old Maggie Lord, Catharine's illegitimate daughter, whom Armistead despised. Jude is certain that Maggie could not have done it- Maggie seems to want to melt into the floor of every room she stands in, and Jude can't believe she'd have the guts. However, she's the town pariah, and with some of her own siblings leading the crusade against her, it seems like there's only one thing she and Jude can do to prove her innocence; find the real killer.

There we are! We've got post-war, Southern gothic lesbians (spoilers: they fall in love) recovering from family trauma while solving a mystery that was loosely inspired by Antigone (again, because it's me).

These are my ideas for a working title. They're all lifted from Antigone, but I can't remember for the life of me which translation I took them from.

Tell me what you think! Do you want to hear more about Jude and Maggie? I love them very much and I would love to introduce them to you (I also have drawings of them).

[justkeepshippingg]

Cherry bomb Part 4: a Caitvi Hate fuck fanfic

“Processing.” The word is way too loud when it bursts from Vi’s lips. “Excuse me?” Cait tilts her head, and her blue hair swishes over her shoulders. How the fuck does she look like she just escaped a shampoo commercial when Vi’s pretty sure she looks like she just got dunked in a gas tank and dragged through the bowels of hell?  “Lesbians love processing,” Vi says, nodding like she has any idea what she’s saying. She grins. A joke, maybe? Cait doesn’t laugh at all. Okay. Not so funny. “If I’m honest,” Cait says. “We can ‘process’ if you’d like. But I have other ideas.” Part one // Part two // Part three

The sun startles Vi awake.

Her back hurts. She shifts and removes a neon green bottle – empty, thank god – from under her low back. Okay. That’s a slight improvement.

Now, if she could only figure out WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON.

She’s naked. She knows that. She can see her binder flung over there. Her bare ass against the ground. Her mouth tastes like pussy (a blessing). And, christ, her wrists hurt. So she’s been fucking. Okay. Cool. Cool.

She turns her head. A pile of hair pools in her mouth. Wait. What?

Blue. Blue hair. Dark, inky hair. Silky. 

A sigh. A shift. A body next to hers. A long leg thrown across her knee. Baby-soft hairs tickle her calf.

Holy shit. Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit.

Vi’s entire mind is rolling. A memory: she looks down at Cait, who’s still seated in her lap, her entire, perfect body curved down toward the ground beneath them. Her head rests on her forearms, her ass up in Vi’s face. She’s truly and utterly wrecked, her beautiful princess body a disaster.

Vi laughs, out loud, to herself. That can’t be real. She wouldn’t let me do that.

Would she? 

Vi pauses, blue hair still tickling her bottom lip. She reels as she recalls the sting of Cait’s wet, waiting cunt against her palm. No way would Cait let her smack her right in the cunt. 

Or… Wait. Vi’s in shock, and she’s hornier than she’s probably ever been in her life. She begins piecing the evening together. Ghost Cait. Fucking herself sober. Kissing. Shit. She meant not to do that. The kissing.

The fucking, however, she meant.

And, real or not, Ghost Cait is very naked, and very much acting as Vi’s baby spoon.

Aw. Fuck her waist is tiny. The curve of her hip… man. The soft sound of her breath, a happy hum.

Hmmm. So. Okay. Perhaps this is real.

Memories fall into place. Vi’s never taken control at this level. She isn’t sure how many times Cait came last night, but she knows she’s still soaked all over and that the entire place smells like a brothel (in the best possible way, of course). She also didn’t know she could come from humping a girl’s ass — who knew, she thinks, pocketing that fun fact for later — but it’s no surprise that it was Cait’s.

She glances down. If any ass was gonna make her come, it was going to be this one, round and lush and full and newly marked from Vi’s teeth and nails.

She can’t help it: she laughs again. This is nuts.

A shift. Hips press into her front. Vi flinches. A roll, and bright teal eyes lock on hers. A soft tummy settles against her abs. Vi has to hold back a moan. Shit she’s missed Cait’s softness. 

“Hello,” Caitlin says, and fuck if she doesn’t sound every bit like a magical princess.

It makes Vi’s heart pitter-patter and she’s embarrassed but she can’t deny the blush that blooms across her tough-guy cheeks. “Uh,” Vi says. “Hi.” For a moment she wishes she hadn’t smashed her mirror in one of her rage-y fits. She knows there is no way she looks good right now. She can feel the grease in her hair, made greasier by the, well, grease she added last night before she went out. A flicker of blond hair makes its way into her mind and she realizes she maybe fucked.. Two girls last night?

Her stomach turns. But it feels empty. Did she puke last night? Fuck, did she PUKE IN FRONT OF CAIT?

“Are you okay?” Cait’s eyes are searching.

A bush. A stumble. Fuck. “Did I barf in front of you last night?”

“Yes.” A smile.

“And maybe make out with a blond right… in front… of you?”

Goodbye, smile. “That would be affirmative. Lovely experience for me, if you’re wondering.” Cait looks like she kind of wants to fuck her up, and Vi can’t entirely blame her. 

“Fuck, Cait.”

“Yes,” Cait says. The smirk returns. “We did quite a lot of that, too.”

Vi pauses. She closes her eyes as the evening continues to fall into place. It wasn’t like she was just so beyond fucked up; she was definitely sober enough to have consented to every. Single. Thing. That happened between her and Cupcake last night. But she’s been, uh, dealing with some hallucinations lately? So a part of her is kind of still not convinced this lanky, naked woman is actually right here in front of her, staring at her eyes and starting to lower her hand, one finger at a time, to her cheek.

But if she was fake, how would she feel this real?

“Processing.” The word is way too loud when it bursts from Vi’s lips.

“Excuse me?” Cait tilts her head, and her blue hair swishes over her shoulders. How the fuck does she look like she just escaped a shampoo commercial when Vi’s pretty sure she looks like she just got dunked in a gas tank and dragged through the bowels of hell? 

“Lesbians love processing,” Vi says, nodding like she has any idea what she’s saying. She grins. A joke, maybe?

Cait doesn’t laugh at all. Okay. Not so funny.

“If I’m honest,” Cait says. “We can ‘process’ if you’d like. But I have other ideas.”

Vi’s eyebrows raise. What? She wants to yell at her some more? Her thoughts are still rolling, and she feels that sad little pit in her stomach get bigger. They aren’t together, after all. No way does Cait want to be here. Or to stay. She probably only came because she felt bad for Vi. She was worried. Worried about crazy, angry Vi, busy fighting strangers in the under city. And, okay, she’s not wrong. But Vi doesn’t want to be worried about. She doesn’t want to even be thought about.

She’s spiraling.

Cait can tell, and Vi knows it because suddenly two lanky, creamy limbs are on either side of her and she’s being pushed onto her back.

Vi’s eyebrows shoot up to her hairline.

“Stop it,” Cait says, her voice soft. “What do you need? Right now?”

It’s like Cait reached inside of Vi’s head and gave her brain a little shove. The spiral grows quieter.

Now, all she can think about is how hot Cait’s cunt is against her low belly.

“I mean…” Vi pauses. Is she reading the situation correctly? Cait wants to fuck, right?

Cait squeezes her thighs together, and her pouty mouth curves upward.

“You’re fucking with me,” Vi says.

“I’d like to be,” Cait says. She shrugs her shoulders as if this isn’t affecting her at all, but Vi can feel the truth damp against her belly.

She can match her energy. “You’re not satisfied yet?” Vi says.

The fire dies, suddenly, behind them. Their eyes settle on the ashes at the pit. Without the fire, Cait is perfectly basked in sunlight, her delicate features glowing, eyes flashing. “Who said this was about my satisfaction?” Cait says. “I haven’t gotten to fuck you yet, Violet.”

Oh.

OH.

It’s fucking on.

Vi follows Cait’s lead and acts cocky as fuck. Two can play this game. She reaches over – and yeah, her shoulder is tugging a bit and it kind of fucking hurts but she is NOT leaving her spot crushed under Cait’s dripping cunt – and she tugs. A magical box appears from under the table.

In it, a harness. Thick and leather. Vi tosses it, and Cait catches it.

A smirk. “Grab the blue one.” 

[ahollowgrave]

-- Odette Hollows [B A S I C S]

B A S I C S

Name: Odette Hollows Nicknames: None commonly used. Yein calls her their ‘Moonlit Friend’ and Marlow refers to her by title; Sister. I don’t know if any of these are ‘nicknames.’ Age: Early Twenties Nameday: 9th Sun of the Fifth Umbral Moon Race: Mostly Hyur; technically Ashkin. Gender: CIS Female Orientation: Demi Lesbian Profession: Nun Errant, Psychopomp, Shepherd

P H Y S I C A L     A S P E C T S

Hair: Strands of spun moonlight are cropped just past her jawline; styled with a few braids with occasional charms or ribbons woven throughout. Likely her most recognizable feature. In dark enough settings, it can shed low light.   Eyes: Like frozen pools; her right eye is a sharp blue, and her left is a clear lavender.  Skin: Ghostly pale, dotted with occasional beauty marks.  Tattoos/scars: Graced with stretch marks but beyond that no notable scars. 

F A M I L Y

Parents: Unknown to her, deceased. Perfectly nice people who, through no fault of their own, died. Siblings: N/A Grandparents: Unknown to her, deceased. Also perfectly nice people.  In-laws and Other: A great-many-times-over Aunt named Odile. A not-so-nice person.  Pets: Rou, a large Karakul who often travels with Odette. Three ewes: Pomme, Poire, and Peche.

S K I L L S

Abilities: - Odette is a beacon to lost souls, ghosts, and spirits. They flock to her and under the umbrella of her influence their forms are altered into that of moths. They cling to her, calling for aid which she lends as best she can. Odette is a psychopomp, she guides the dead without judgment. She can see, hear, and otherwise interact with these lost and stuck souls. She has a custom job fusion of WHM (Conjury)/PLD.

- A strong defensive fighter, Odette prefers her shield and conjurer’s cane to the sword that hangs at her side. She wields her shield well, trusting in it fully to keep herself and her loved ones safe. When she plants her cane, the river rises. 

- Kulning is an ancient form of herding calls used over long distances. Odette learned the skill in her youth and uses it still, calling in her small flock of Karakul at her home. Is this important enough to put here? Probably not, it’s just an additional fun fact! For you!

Hobbies: Reading, gardening, knitting (badly), and exploration. She also plays piano and harp.

T R A I T S

Most Positive Trait: The warmth of her personality, her willingness to meet and love people as they are and as they change. Her curiosity about the people around her.  Most Negative Trait: Her inability to trust herself, her eagerness to trust others above herself. People don’t care for the stealing, either.

L I K E S

Colors: Blues, Purples, Silver, and a pop of red.  Smells: Rich, damp soil; Cedar; sun-ripened peaches; sweet, warm vanilla. Textures: The warmth of hand-spun wool, wood worn smooth with use, the delicate touch of petals against skin. Drinks: Hot chocolate with marshmallows and butterscotch, lemonade infused with different fruits and flowers. 

O T H E R    D E T A I L S

Smokes: Not cigarettes. Drinks: No.  Drugs: Yes, pretty heavily. She cannot sleep so she takes drugs to sort of  ‘float’ in a resting state. It doesn’t work but it is better than nothing.  Mount Issuance: Odette is not insured to ride anything. She walks most places, or takes ferries and airships where she can. She owns a Chocobo, named Beauty, who was gifted to her by her friend None. Most of the time if she is riding, she rides Rou, her most loyal Karakul.  Been Arrested: No, but she should have been.

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[angel-anachronism]

My ghost and pals headcanons (hell yeah insert explosion and fireworks in the background as you can hear a tiger roar)

(ps: none of these are canon to Ghost and Pals lore, these are just made from my itty bitty brain cuz I wanna write fanfics) (WARNING: This is mostly Communications and The Distortionist headcanons sue me)

-Christopher and Frances have known each other since childhood. This headcanon was inspired by the canon lore, where Frances was from a very wealthy family, and you can assume Christopher was too since he has a whole mansion. I like headcanoning them as neighbours that couldn't STAND each other. I can imagine Christopher going like "Ewww she has cooties" and Frances pulling on his hair when they were kids

-Continuing that headcanon, I believe Christopher also inspired Frances to be a rebellious teenager, but unlike Frances, Christopher silently rebelled against his family in very subtle ways. (Like for example swearing and the saying "pardon me"), Meanwhile, Frances rebelled with a lot of confidence and pride.

-The Elsners and Pierres were family friends and because of that Frances was supposed to see Christopher a lot.

-Lilia was one of Frances' pals when they were very young, and thus they met Christopher. IK IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE, BUT HEAR ME OUT ON THE NEXT HEADCANON.

-Lilia is an AFAB nonbinary lesbian (when they reincarnated). However, back when they were alive they were still in the closet (cuz y'know homophobic society), and since back in the day it was seen as scandalous to have male friends as a female, they hung around Frances a lot and one day Frances teased Lilia for some very dumb reason. Christopher was like "Hey, leave them alone!", not because he wanted to protect Lilia necessarily, but because he wanted to make Frances mad.

-And Lilia befriended Christopher but kept their friendship a secret (because society would go wild, SOCIETYYYY)

-Christopher is Aroace (because I am too), and Frances is bisexual aromantic because I said so

-later in life, Christopher was betrothed with some random girl (who soon became ASLTW from The Distortionist canon lore) because his family wanted to marry him off.

-Let's call the girl Marigold (because I like that name). Marigold liked Christopher A LOT and trusted him, thinking he's like a prince charming due to his "gentle tone of voice" and acting like a gentleman in general (When in fact, Christopher was just pretending to be a gentleman, since he was used to always pretending)

-but Christopher realized something because of her "goo-goo eyes" whenever she interacted with him. He realized he could easily manipulate her.

-And so Christopher started manipulating everyone around him. His siren-like voice worked on many, except for Frances cuz she was smart enough to realize that he was manipulative, and since she didn't like him in the first place, she began ghosting him, leaving Lilia all alone with him.

-Christopher immediately started realizing how bad it'd be for him to be left all alone, and since Frances was the first to leave, he decided to make a suicide pact with Lilia and Marigold, right after he managed to poison everyone in the Pierre mansion as Christopher was scared of his plan failing.

-After they gone oof-ed (literally), Lilia was the only one to survive. Due to how traumatic that event would be, they moved to another state and most likely changed their name. What they didn't know was that they'd return back after they reincarnated.

-Ok enough with Christopher, now let's move on to Frances. Frances never knew what happened to Christopher as she immediately left her family home after becoming an adult, became a party animal, had fun, then nine months later Henry was born.

I might make a part 2 soon so watch out for that hehehhe

[poppitron360]

Sorry I’ve gotta immediately come bother you about the kids because I love Finley and I have questions and you said you’d like to be asked questions about your OCs so (also hi this is @demigod-shenanigans btw but since that’s a side blog I can only send asks from my dead main blog that I never use)

So:

-What is his relationship with his parents like? Obviously they love him to bits but beyond that, I mean. Favorite activities they do together? Does Nico regularly get forced into family Star Wars marathons? Does Will have strong feelings about him being the quest healer when he himself was forced to take up the camp healer role when he was very young?

-What’s his relationship with his extended family like? Especially wondering about Hazel but also Hades and Apollo -Has he ever been to Camp Jupiter/New Rome?

-How old was he when he attended camp for the first time? What was his first summer at camp like?

-Favorite and least favorite camp activities?

-What does he do for fun?

Sorry this is kind of a lot haha you don’t have to answer all of it if you don’t want to

AAAAHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASK NEVER APOLOGISE I LOVE IT

- Nico IS forced into family star wars marathons, but doesn’t mind it bc he thinks Annakin is cute. I also think Han and Leia were Fin’s bisexual awakenings, although he didn’t know it at the time. When he first saw Star Wars he didn’t know he was a boy, and so when he saw Princess Leia In The Gold Bikini he thought “oh shit am I a Lesbian” and honestly we’ve all been there.

- There are a lot more Apollo kids now, and so Finley was never under a lot of pressure at Camp. When he goes on the quest, he’s suddenly the chief healer, they’re in constant danger, his friends are getting lightly stabbed, his parents aren’t around, and he’s suddenly put in control of their health. It’s a big shift for him and he struggles to cope with the drastic change. Will will definitely have strong feelings about this, and the fact that children are still being sent on dangerous quests and the cycle isn’t broken is a big theme in the fic. There’s a whole argument of “who is better to send on the quest: retired demigods who have been through enough shit for ten lifetimes or literal children”

- Apollo absolutely ADORES him. He is that grandpa that loves his grandkids so much and always gives them sweets and listens to them talk about their interests and shows up to their piano recitals. Not many demigods live to adulthood, and even then not many choose to have kids, so Apollo absolutely spoils him rotten and is also super protective of him.

- As for Hades- Finley doesn’t visit the underworld very often but when he does he is treated like a Prince. Hades and Persephone love to have him over for dinner and he has his own room in their palace. Hades doesn’t really know how to interact with him most of the time but he tries his best (zombie chauffeurs are still his best tactic). “The Ghost Prince” is very much revered by most of the souls in Hades’ kingdom.

- Apollo also adores Olympia and Isabella (but I’ll make a separate post about their lore)

- He is also loved my his Auntie Hazel. He was kinda worried about explaining the whole trans thing to her but she understood it instantly, and then went on a whole rant about how escalators make no sense. Frazel’s kids only show up a bit in the fic bc they’re a bit younger and are currently training in the Legion. He has a good relationship with them. Isabella is also very close with them bc she lives in New Rome, and they laugh about the whole “my mom kissed your great-great grandad one time” thing. Finley also has a good relationship with his Uncle Frank, who bought him his bow and teaches him archery stuff.

- He’s been to Camp eight years in a row, including the time the fic is set. He’s been going since he was six. He was kinda nervous at first and timid and shy, but he slowly started to feel more confident and at home there, especially after he came out as trans. As a legacy of two gods, he’s allowed in both the Apollo and Hades cabins. He mostly hangs out with the Apollo group when doing activities but if he ever feels like sitting at a quieter table at lunch he goes to the Hades table. He also does some of his group activities with Oly and Isabella and the other Big Three kids (although there aren’t that many), and is technically speaking senior counsellor of Hades cabin so can sit in on meetings.

- He loves training, especially with his friends. He also loves music lessons and capture the flag. He hates anything to do with physical touch. I am also touch averse and I HATED PE as a kid, especially when playing things like rugby or football. Because of this, he’s not very physically violent and prefers to attack from afar with his bow.

- He loves Mythomagic and Star Wars. He’s also kind of into fashion and likes to experiment with clothes that give him gender euphoria. I know he plays music but I’ve yet to decide what instrument (I’d say either Piano or Bass but I’m incredibly biased as those are my instruments). He can also sing really well, but doesn’t really like the sound of his voice. I imagine once he’s grown up and able to take testosterone, he’d get into singing more and more as his voice got deeper. I also think he’s a fan of mcyt and the Hermitcraft/Life series (although how that would work without internet idk). He also likes to cook, and him and Isabella take turns cooking on their quest.

In your reblogs of my other post you asked about my Isabella x Finley hcs and so I’d like to share them here (they are technically canon but I don’t think I can fit them in my fic so they just exist in my head right now):

- First of all, they do end up dating by the end of the fic. Both of them have had massive crushes on each other for a while, but are too awkward to say anything, and the only one who knows about it is Olympia, who is begging them to get together and put an end to the constant pining.

- They’re a straight passing couple, but they’re both bisexual

- Aside from his dads, Isabella and Olympia were first people he came out to as trans.

- Isabella speaks Spanish and Finley speaks Italian, but since the languages are like 82% similar they have this game where they tell each other things in their respective languages and try to understand what they’re saying. Sometime Isabella slips into Latin to mix things up.

- This also gives a change for some solangelo/valgrace bonding as parents. They are all thrilled for their kids and insist on inviting them over for family board game night. I think Jason and Nico are trying to one-up each other as to who can be the prouder parent.

- Soon after they start dating, their periods sync up, which is hell for both of them, especially Fin. But they make each other herbal tea and hot water bottles and take care of each other.

- They first say “I love you” when Fin comes to Isabella feeling very dysphoric and just asks her to distract him and she’s like, “sure. I’m in love with you”

- One time there’s a big ballroom dance at Hades’ palace and the Di Angelo-Solaces are cordially invited as members of the royal family. Finley asks Isabella if she can come and she’s like “YES!” And goes all-out, dressing like a gorgeous goth princess fit for the Ghost Prince. They dance. It’s beautiful.

- Isabella lives in New Rome, but Finley stays in New York. After a while Will has to step in and stop him from sun-travelling to the bay area every day because it is burning him out, and so Isabella arranges to fly over on Festus to see him.

- When he’s finally old enough to get top surgery, Isabella and Olympia are by his side supporting him and take care of him while he’s in recovery. Your honour I love them sm.

[stari-hun]

You're no storm au Isolde is so funny to me 🤣

She gives off strong: "You are a lesbian because you like women. I am a lesbian because I hate men AND love women" vibes, it's great 🤣

I also appreciate the implication that while Isolde "hides" a lot about herself, it's not because she thinks she needs to out of shame or fear but more so she works off a "well you didn't ask" mindset mixed with a bit of "it isn't as bad as it sounds" when discussing anything about herself. Which works great (it worries them deeply) when dealing with inquisitive/sensitive people.

Does she still suffer from seizures or (non paranormal) hallucinations in this AU, by the way? Or take any medication to help balance out her potential mental health issues if she has them in this AU?

✰. Yeah I wanted to address as much of canon as I could while still staying on true to what Isolde would be like with modern day. Also, hating men and liking women are separate to her from her experiences and PTSD. If she stopped liking women she'd just be aroace, there is zero reality where someone like her would even consider liking men.

She pretty actively resents all men, even Theopil, in the original story, but for women she can recognize that Evangeline IS sick and out of her mind, so it’s not the same with her. Mr Dittarsdorf is “perfectly sane” keeping his child around someone who wants to climb up to being a higher class noble, and even if he does his best later to find her help Theopil basically stayed away from the house as long as possible as a child… She rightfully resents them for a long time, but I think if she had time away from her family and home with a good support system, she'd realize how Theopil was a child just like she was.

✰. Isolde hiding herself is also modeled off canon because a part of her possession with The Small Room is the fact that she was hiding herself away from the world. She was tired, traumatized, and sick of the real world. Mr Karl groomed Isolde into a lot, and one of those things was conditioning her to not consider leaving Vienna. Her sense of duty is close to Mesmers where she doesn’t actually hold any sentiments towards her work, it’s something she MUST do. Fate made her a Dittarsdorf and she’ll be cursed like one in her opinion: it’s the template of her fate.

If Kakania was in the modern era then she’d absolutely want to explore and get away, and while her father disapproved of her practice, he would still be somewhat interested in the fact that his kid got a full ride scholarship to one of the most famous institutions in the world. Isolde doesn’t think of leaving cause it’s all she’s ever known, and like Mesmer, someone with severe PTSD she’ll seek something she knows for comfort. Isolde has such a massive dependency on Kakania as a source of comfort that if she left, Isolde would do everything to leave as well.

Actually, if she wasn’t possessed I’d probably write her in with Disassociate Identity Disorder cause her detachment, memory loss at times, and disconnects in personality would’ve made for a fun read, but there’d be an issue with possession being DID is ehhhh and also it be a lot to juggle. But I’ll probably write a lot more things of her in the future alongside Trista because she’s heavily implied to be the main ghost in control of Isolde.

✰. Isolde’s tendency to brush things off also comes from the fact that one of the first things she was taught for opera singing was that she WOULD get stalkers. Not that she needed to stay safe even, but that she would be harassed and obsessed over in life, and there was nothing anyone would do to protect her or even SHE could do for herself. Any issue she had and tried to bring up was immediately diminished, and only Theopil cared about the warning signs and similarities to the way Evangeline suffered. Tooth Fairy is upper middle class in the way Kakania is, her family has a long line of distinguished medical professionals. She’s also spent a lot of time in the SPDM by now, so she’s seen a lot of signs that children or even staff in the Foundation suffer from. Tooth Fairy is an extremely empathetic person, and she’s content to listen to others and takes enjoyment from it too.

✰. As for seizures, she definitely still suffers from them. I still wanna stay close to how they are in canon, just them getting older and living their lives without the Storm and inching towards the modern era. The timeline still goes like, Isolde childhood, letting the ghosts (mainly Trista) take over her life, and meeting Kakania at 15 when she got attached to her, and the ending of that possession at 18 when Kakania promised to treat her (it’s just a promise to do so in the future this time). I don’t have much of their backstory IN Vienna built yet, but Isolde had an incident where she was forced to stop letting the ghosts possess her (likely an incident surrounding the death of Mr Karl still).

I'll probably retcon it later by accident, but for medication, if the story's time would've been in 2007 and they were 18 then, they'd JUST be getting to 2024. I think medication would be hard for both of them, I'm gonna say Isolde would be sensitive to medication cause yes and also her issues are mostly a side effect of years of possession.

I do think Kakania takes some mild anxiety medication though. In her later years, once she can't spin herself up the wall to cope with not knowing what to do in any give situation, she turns to silent panicking until she has an answer (something she's working with in therapy).

As for Isolde, she can cope with the after effects of spending her childhood possessed. She also does a few small things to stop it from getting worse like sewing wards into the inner sides of all her clothing.

Another kind of fun tidbit is animals can sense she's been possessed and they're VERY wary of her. Even a very friendly dog wouldn't even be seen in the same room as her (I have a separate WIP of Isolde's normal girl adventures).

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Round 2, Wave 1, Poll 2

A character being totally canon LGBTQ+ and disabled was not required to be in this competition. Please check qualifications and propaganda before asking why a character is included.

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Hua Cheng-Heaven Official’s Blessing / Tian Guan Ci Fu

Qualifications:

Hua Cheng is the main love interest in Heaven Official's Blessing, a ghost who has been in love with the hero Xie Lian for over 800 years. As if being dead isn't enough, he once clawed out his own eye in order to save a group of humans from marauding ghosts shortly before his ascension to Ghost King.

Propaganda:

Sexy pirate ghost king swag. Gay for His Highness.

Fun fact: between when he was submitted and when this poll was written the mods both read all of TGCF. Also low key I feel like gay for his highness is a little bit of an understatement.

Keyla Detmer-Star Trek Discovery

Qualifications:

She was in a space battle which resulted in a severe unspecified injury to her head and left eye. Because of this, she relies on a prosthetic eye and a prosthetic of unknown use on her head. She also suffers from PTSD due to this and other incidents. It is popularly theorized that she is a lesbian, and should be in a relationship with Joann Owosekun, another character.

Propaganda:

She may have very few actual character beats or lines, but she is very cool and very gay! Let's give it up for lesbian spaceship pilots!

Submitted by @convenient-plot-device

[deconstructthesoup]

First thoughts on a Fantasy High Dead Boy Detectives AU:

Ayda is in Edwin's role as the brains of the agency and the ghost from 1916 who escaped Hell. Her father was wealthy enough that she was able to go to a private all-girl's boarding school, but as the only Black girl at the school---who was also visibly queer and neurodivergent to boot---she was treated as an outcast, right up until she got sacrificed in a prank gone wrong. Now that she's escaped, Ayda uses the skills she's picked up and her love of mysteries to help out her fellow ghosts, though she's... not exactly the best at processing her feelings. Especially when those feelings involve her partner in solving crime.

Fig is in Charles's role, because there's no better fit for our lovely, heart-on-her-sleeve punk than the lovely, heart-on-his-sleeve punk---and let's be real, Fig is the most 80's Bad Kid. She attended the same boarding school as Ayda (just, y'know, seventy decades in the future), and while she fell in with the popular girls easily, it didn't take long for them to turn on her once she stood up for someone they were bullying... and, well, that led to her death. While Fig acts carefree and wisecracking, she carries a lot of guilt with her over the fact that she'd written off her family once she found out that Gilear wasn't her real dad, and not only did she never get to reconnect with them, but the experience was jarring enough that she made a lot of bad decisions, which led to equally bad relationships.

Adaine is in Crystal's role as our favorite psychic that is full of rage and anxiety. Her "David" is Penelope, who posed as a cool, older girl who gave Adaine the attention that she was lacking at home---and eventually became her first girlfriend, though that relationship was... not great. Now without a lot of her memories, Adaine's stuck with the Dead Girl Detectives, much to Fig's delight---and Ayda's, eventually. She gets over her jealousy way quicker than Edwin did. While Adaine wasn't a "make someone walk into traffic" kind of person pre-amnesia, she did carry over a lot of bitterness that curdled into something worse when she got swept up into the popular crowd, so... yeah, Fig and Ayda are kind of a blessing for her.

Figuring out the Niko equivalent was a bit harder, but I eventually settled on making her Lucy. She kind of fits the bill of someone who has a lot of sadness but is still unflinchingly kind, and between the pale hair and being dead-but-not-really-dead... yeah, Lucy's wonderful, and it means if I ever write this, I get to figure out who she is as I write her. Also, her dandelion sprites are Kipperlilly and Ruben, because I thought that'd be hilarious.

Thinking more into that, I decided that Sam would be a pretty good Jenny, seeing as she's got the bitchy-yet-loving energy that we all need. She's tired yet protective, closed off yet oddly kind... it works. Even though her style's more of a, uh "mermaid academia" type than goth, I think she'd make a really good Jenny.

And here's where you're gonna have to hear me out... Kristen is the Cat King, or rather, the Cat Queen. As tempting as it is to make her the church girl lesbian who's just come out and is struggling in a small town, I really wanted to hone in on her energy in Junior Year---a confident, easygoing, and hella flirtatious butch who's still a total mess underneath her swagger. I like to think that she was a human girl living in a religious family once (say, when settlers first arrived in Port Townsend), but she got really into witchcraft and wound up devoting herself to the cats, becoming an otherworldly being with nine lives as a result. As it stands, Kristen is hella fun, even if most of what she does is cause trouble.

With that in mind, Kalina was really the only character who I felt matched up with Ester's energy---except for Aelwyn, of course, but seeing as she's Adaine's sister and all, it didn't feel quite right. It could also tie in with Kristen's backstory---say, maybe Kalina was the person who taught Kristen about witchcraft, Kristen wound up getting the better end of the deal, and Kalina's still burnt out about two hundred years later. And in an irony of ironies, that resentment led Kalina to have a wolf familiar instead of a cat... who is, of course, our lovely girl Tracker. (Yes, Tracker has been turned into a girl before, and yes, she and Kristen are exes.)

I'm not quite sure who I want the Night Nurse to be, and you can tell that I'm saving roles for Gorgug, Fabian, Riz, and Ragh in case we meet characters like them in season 2---though, I have been fiddling around with the idea of Riz being an angel and a former agent of Heaven who Ayda and Fig have basically adopted into the agency. This is a first draft, so... yep!

[desmon1995]

A Ghost Train and The Apparition of Classism

The most iconic scene of the Warriors 1979 is their train ride home Coney Island.

The most striking scene during this series of events is when a group of yuppie prom kids enter the train and sit across the Warriors.

We as an audience are made to compare and contrast between these two groups with one being the golden standard and the other being less than ideal.

Ultimately, the Teens are supposed to be a reflection of what the Warriors could have been if they got their lives together.

" Maybe they could have been coming back from a night of fun instead of barely surviving the night if they were on the right track"

The concept album not only flips this on its head, but flat-out rebukes the conclusion the film came to .

The Same Train Home is not only one of the most beautiful songs in the entire album, but ties together all of the themes regarding social hierarchy, unification, classism, and bigotry that Cyrus talked about to come to a more radical notion

The song (as many before me have pointed out) basically frames the subway as a metaphor for the afterlife and makes the assertion that "death comes for us all and it is the great equalizer"

There are several different characters all from different social classes present .

The Warriors- an all-female gang of color who are still rationalizing the intense misogyny and trauma they've been forced to endure.

A Single Mother- who's performing a song in her native language for change with her baby strapped to her back.

Then there's the after mention Rich Kids who just got back from their luxurious night and spend most of the song judging the Warriors but particularly Mercy based off of the fact that she .... Exist I guess?

You may notice that the song spends an awful lot of time on these snotty brats, but this is no mere coincidence.

This is what we call in writing The Man behind The Man.

These arrogant teenagers are a representation of the social elites that uphold the system that causes police like Barnes and Victor to run loose and use whatever means necessary to crush those beneath them to uphold a pseudo vision of paradise for them.

In some ways this is the Warriors staring the true villains of the entire album right in the face.

They're completely unaware of the trouble people like them cause for society and are more fascinated by the fact that they're in the presence of marginalized people and are probably annoyed because of it

That's where everything sort of comes together.

The reason this ethereal vibe we get isn't just because this is the same track where Captain Victor brutally murdered Fox, but it shows that life nor death discriminate.

It doesn't matter whether you were born into a marginalized community or a more privileged one we are all going to need the same fate eventually.

Moreover, this completely vindicates Cyrus's message from the beginning of the album and shows just how fruitless the actions of the police and even Luther were.

It doesn't matter how many artificial doors the system and the elites that perpetuated try to manufacture to keep marginalized communities down, they're still are going to have to leave their comfort zones and acknowledge that different walks of life exist whether they want you or not.

All things must live in Union and trying to fight that is pretty much like fighting death because regardless of if you accept it it will happen regardless of your opinion.

On that note, Mercy starts to become insecure because of all of the rude gawking the teenagers are giving her and it starts to make her feel very uncomfortable.

That's when Swan delivers a passionate lesbian kiss that's been foreshadowed since they met in orphan town.

This moment is pretty significant because I need to remind you'll that this is the 1970s!

A period that modern-day conservatives uphold as being the pinnacle of the golden era.

Where things like queerness and "Wokeism" didn't exist yet all of us know that this was never true and classist hoods are forced to engage with the fact that there are identities that exist outside of their privilege bubbles and it's pretty good writing all around.

Classism is essentially a Scooby-Doo like phantom that we as a society are forced to believe in because people with billions of dollars tell us to and they try to spend a narrative that fits lower class people against each other when really nothing truly separates us.

All of these characters regardless of where they came from are all on a train going to their set destinations and at least for the teenagers this is probably the only time they've seen more than one black or brown person in their entire lives.

It's probably up there as one of my favorite moments in the entire album this for how it kind of makes me rethink everything that's happened so far.

[sol-consort]

wait idk if you've already said this, so my bad if you have, but who are you romancing in cyberpunk?

Oh no dw I haven't said it, and honestly idk it's my first time playing. So far it's like 70% Judy and 30% River unless River somehow pulls through by a miracle. Plan to put him on the back burner as a plan B while I go through Judy's romance. If she fucks up tremendously in some way like idk calling Evelyn's name while eating V out, then I'll crawl back to River.

It would've been 100% Panam... but alas :( The straight curse strikes the most lesbian coded characters yet again.

Also, if you had asked me this before, I would've said Takemura BUT NOT ANYMORE! I don't want someone who doesn't want me back! I don't chase people who ghost me! I lose all attraction to those unattracted to me!

But if we're talking free game, you know who I would've killed to Romance? Viktor.

At first, it was just super romantic to imagine a love story between a ripperdoc and their most reckless yet favourite patient. The sheer intimacy of entrusting him to dig through your guts on the operation table time after time, seeing you at your most vulnerable, replacing your body parts one by one, peering inside your very flesh with delicate fingers and a gentle touch!

How he lets you have the first cyberwares for free at the start of the game, he knows you don't have money, yet gives you the best of the best all the same. V insists on paying back. Even then, it's an optional side quest you can never do, and he never loses patience or reminds you! He's clearly and so obviously playing favourites, and it's so endearing.

How his name is the one V mentions when on the verge of death after Takemura fishes their corpse out of the garbage. How Viktor wastes no time in saving your life, how much it weights on him that he can't remove the chip, wringling his heart and making him tear up as he apologises while delivering the news.

How he's there at Jackie's funeral, sitting by your side. Both mourning the loss of a dear friend and unintentionally lending you support by simply being a familiar face to the player in a very unfamiliar place.

How other characters acknowledge him as your main ripper throughout the game. You know at first I was reluctant about visiting other ripperdocs because it felt like cheating on Viktor, I kid you not, but after a while in Act 2 I got fed up with traveling halfway through the city for a simply upgrade so I started visiting other rippers and yet the game events still acknowledges Viktor as V's main one oh my god.

Fuck me do I have an itch for the mentor who retired because of an injury X disciple who promises to win first place for their sake.

Literally kept thinking of him during all of the fight missions, the fact he actually shows up during the last one? Absolutely phenomenal. Made me fall even deeper in love with him. Fully dedicating this win to the best man in existence, Viktor!

He's overjoyed at the sight of your victory, smiling from ear to ear, even clapping and cheering for you so adorably. God, I wanted to cover him in lipstick marks from head to toe. That's my malewife coach right there! What does Razor have, huh? NOTHING!

As much as I love the other romance options, there are still the following facts

They're basically strangers V's known for less than a month

You do unpaid work for them before their romance triggers (except Judy who offers to pay)

Before locking into their romance they're mostly unaware of V's brainchip situation (except Judy again who can be told the truth)

Would you ask out someone you've known for less than a month? Seriously?

Those requirements are nowhere to be found with Viktor and Misty. You're just chilling and having fun with these two people, plus V has an established friendly history with them. AND both of them were there when you found out about the brainchip! You don't have to catch them up to speed like the romance options.

The one I'd never romance is Jackie. Adore him to death but can't help but only see him as a brother ngl. However, I will be shooting people for the right to date Misty. Call me Cain the way I'm about to betray my brother.

Also would really love to have one night stand with Rogue, this just turned into me talking about characters I wanna fuck Ik. And I don't mean as Johnny nah, I want V under Rogue.

Kerry is pretty fuckable too, ngl. But why do I have a feeling I'm going to hate him? I just found his website on the net and apparently he's still alive and famous, but keeps shitting on his samurai days, so like... sell out >:/

I'd do unspeakable things to Johnny's cervix just saying.

[aita-polls]

WIBTA for telling my girlfriend I cheated?

Okay so this is probably going to be a lot. People involved are me (24F), my girlfriend M (25F), our best friend A (22M), and our other best friend, A’s boyfriend, S (20M).

So. For background, we’ve all been friends for years and it was very much the four of us against the world. I met M first because we were roommates at college, and she knew A and S from our classes, who were already dating at the time, and introduced us. I’m a lesbian, S is gay, and M and A are bi. We’ve always been a very openly affectionate and sometimes sexual friend group, ignoring the fact that me and S never did anything because of our incompatible genders/sexualities. No one had sex outside of our partners, but we were definitely much more close than most friends, and casual making out etc. was a thing that happened between me, A and M quite often. It was always while we were in a group, never alone or without anyone’s knowledge. I was never attracted to A, again I’m a lesbian, but due to a mixture of just naturally lax boundaries and sexual trauma I don’t really see sex or sexual activity as anything sacred or meaningful so I didn’t mind messing around with A in that way for fun. We never explicitly said not to do anything alone, but we never said it was okay either, it was just never really a situation that came up.

So. This is where it becomes a lot. At the beginning of 2024 S was murdered. A and I found his body. The legal stuff is still ongoing obviously but the person responsible was caught. It was violent, random, and completely unprovoked. S was the kindest person any of us had ever known. None of us coped with this well. We’ve all always been very impulsive, emotional people, S was kind of the token responsible guy keeping us (occasionally) grounded even though honestly more often we were convincing him to join us instead 🥲

We all responded in different ways but none of them were good. A was a complete mess exacerbated by the fact that the last time he and S had spoken it had been an argument. I was just angry at the world and the only time I wasn’t sobbing or yelling I was drunk or high. M essentially vanished off the face of the earth for a month and ghosted us and didn’t talk to us at all.

I’m not going to offer excuses for what happened. I could say we were messed up, I could say I felt abandoned by M or assumed she’d left me, I could say we were coping, but none of that matters because what matters is A and I slept together. This was about 5 weeks after S’s death and M’s disappearance. It was very abrupt, kind of impersonal, and sort of just. “I need to do something and you’re the person here” vibes. I obviously was not actually attracted to him as a man, but I just didn’t care who it was in that moment and I gather neither did he. I had followed him into a sort of out of the way campus building people don’t use much because he was very fired up and upset, we talked about S and M and how fucking devastating and enraging it all was, he just grabbed me, and it went from there. We were both very dissociated throughout it and agreed it wouldn’t happen again.

A few days after this, M got back in contact. She apologized for disappearing and said she was coping in her own way and needed isolation but that it wasn’t fair to us. She said she wanted us all to put everything that had happened since S’s death behind us and not talk about it because she assumed we had all done things we weren’t proud of in grief and that she didn’t want us to dwell on them. She just wanted us to heal together and stick together from now on.

We agreed but I felt fucking awful. I spoke to A about it after this and it was complicated further by him admitting that he had been attracted to me since the day we met and that this was part of how fucked up his emotions felt because he was full of guilt both for feeling that way and for arguing with S before he died. He said S had been aware of him wanting me and had been relatively fine with it but that it wasn’t an outright crush, he didn’t have romantic feelings for me, it was just physical attraction paired with us being close friends and him trusting me. I reaffirmed that I’m a lesbian and am not genuinely attracted to him like that and that I love M and want to be with her, and he said he completely understood and that he was still in love with S. We both agreed it had been a grief thing for us and only happened as a result of our mindsets and emotional states in that moment.

However I still feel horrifically guilty for not telling M. Part of me thinks she’s guessed something happened and that’s part of why she said to forget anything we’ve done, but I don’t know if that’s just wishful thinking to weasel my way out of confronting it. A very firmly believes I shouldn’t tell her both because of her wishes and because he thinks since it didn’t mean anything it would ruin our relationship for nothing. But I still feel that it was a huge betrayal and that my confusion at her disappearing and my grief doesn’t just mean I get to pretend it didn’t happen.

Everything is still so fresh and we’re still trying to cope, and we haven’t even gotten to the trial and facing him yet. Sometimes I almost go to tell her and it feels like she knows and changes the subject so we never get the chance. But I don’t know if I’m just making things up. Would it be a bad idea to keep pushing and just sit her down and tell her straight up, should I wait until we’ve all moved on a little more, or should I just shut up about it forever?

[the-ghost-bracket]

The Captain propaganda:

"he's gay. he's sad. he's pathetic. he's silly goofy. he has autism swag. he's a theatre kid. he has a tragic backstory. he's my poor little meow meow. need i say more"

"autism, bad knees, gay. an old man appreciator's dream. his character development is unparalleled. he's adopted another ghost as his daughter. he likes musicals and birds and bugs and I love him."

"he’s been repressing his love for men to hell and back for the past 100 years but he’s so silly and he’s learning to get better at showing it. also he has a father-daughter-but-they’re-also-best-friends relationship with one of the other ghosts. also he talks to ants and i love him dearly"

"He was a soldier in world war two and still behaves like a drill sergeant in the afterlife, but he mellows out a lot during the show. He's also very gay but repressed considering the time period in which he lived. "

"a homosexual and an excellent friend. has a tragic backstory too"

"He's a WW2 soldier. He's gay and very silly. We have no idea what his name is. He thinks ""pillow talk"" is talking to a pillow. He runs and does stretches to get faster but it's established since he's a ghost he can not in fact get any faster."

"He's dead, he's a repressed homosexual from the '40s, he is oh so unbelievably silly but tries not to be, he says stuff like ""balderdash"" and ""good lord"", he met Kylie Minogue. He has really great character development throughout the show as a result of those around him (his found family!!). No but genuinely, in the beginning of the show he's actually really annoying (affectionate) and insistent that he remains in control of the house and its occupants, as he's 'commanding officer', much to the annoyance of literally everyone else, but even by the end of series 1 he's using his annoying schemes for good (for the good of the other ghosts that is - takes a little longer for it to be good for the actually alive people). He also really mellows out through in series 2 through 4, with him still being kind of annoying in s2, but this really changes in this season, due to a multitude of factors I will not be expanding on (the short of it is he had an argument with another ghost (they made up) and then saw some lesbians get married (woohoo!) and helped organise it to some extent. Skipping talking about him in series 3 even though it's my favourite (have to mention the fact that one of the ghosts who is his pseudo-daughter canonically sees him as her father in her flashbacks to life though). In series 4 his pseudo-daughter helps him to have fun without rigid routine, further demonstrating his development in that he actually lets himself have fun (symbolised here, I think, by him taking off his jacket and looking at bugs all day). He is my favourite character and therefore must win (/j).

(sorry for the slightly incoherent ramble, thanks for reading, excited for the poll!) "

"He thinks he's above the other ghosts' antics (he isn't) and he's autistic about the military but not in a red flag way. He's also gay and lives in a closet made of glass."

"The Captain is an amazing (maybe autistic) WWII Captain who is VERY gay"

[glitzy-blitzy]

[This artist would like your attention.]

Salutations!! This artist's name is Phyz/Cyn, and they're an artist and aspiring voice actor, and they don't know why they're here.

:a few essential bits of information about this artist:

Pronouns- They/She/He/Imp/It

Sexuality- Bi (considering lesbian) demiromantic negative/repulsed-asexual

Theriotype- Cat :3

Age- Minor (not comfortable disclosing publically)

Birthday- 03/17/20XX (above 13, below 18)

And this artist would like you to know about their current fixations and by the way they're definitely not locked in an undisclosed basement.

TV shows//

The Amazing Digital Circus

Hazbin Hotel

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Helluva Boss

Murder Drones

Dead End: Paranormal Park

Heartstopper

Arcane: League of Legends

Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld

Gravity Falls

Characters//

Pomni (TADC)

Angel Dust (HH)

Husk (HH)

Zooble (TADC)

Blitzø (HB)

Rosa (B99)

Stolas (HB)

Gina (B99)

Courtney (DEPP)

Jake (B99)

Ships//

Abstragedy (Zooble x Gangle)

Huskerdust (Husk x Angel Dust)

Ragapom (Ragatha x Pomni)

Chaggie (Charlie x Vaggie)

Stolitz (Blitzø x Stolas)

Ribbun (Jax x Gangle) (VERY guilty pleasure)

Peraltiago (Jake x Amy)

Narlie (Nick x Charlie)

Nuzi (N x Uzi)

Ozzarolli (Asmodeus x Fizzarolli)

Checkmates (Kinger x Queenie)

M&M (Millie x Moxxie)

Songs (they're a huge theater kid and doesn't listen to mainstream music often)//

Poison (Blake Roman)

Loser, Baby (Keith David + Blake Roman)

Digital Hallucination (OR3O and TADC cast)

Mastermind (Bryce Pinkham, Brandon Rogers, Patrick Page)

New Side of Me (Blake Roman)

Somewhere Down There (Emily Osment)

Just Look My Way (Bryce Pinkham)

Klown Bitch (Allison Kaplan + Faye Mata)

Pretty Girls (Renee Rapp)

Enemy (Imagine Dragons + JID)

Cool bug facts Fun things to know:

This artist has not been officially diagnosed with any mental issues, but is 99% sure they have anxiety, depression, PPD (Paranoid Personality Disorder), OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), anorexia, and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). This artist also often gets stuck in their own head very easily so it's appreciated if you're not too hard on them.

This artist doesn't have mental health issues anymore, and they'd like it to stay that way. So please be nice ^w^

Fixations last a very long time. Any attempt to get this artist out of a fixation will have a high failure rate.

This artist is occasionally possesed by Cyn (who certainly isn't ghost writing this) and will absolute solver this whole account in a heartbeat.

That seems to be all this artist has in store for you until further notice. Please read their DNIs and attempt to connect with their other socials.

Until we meet again...

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[ofstormsandfire]

yharnam archaeology??? 👀👀👀

hi I forgot that the blog I was rbing that from was a blog I followed for bloodborne stuff LMAO

okay so. this is heavily inspired by

Me being an anthropology student (who got into it because Cynthia pokemon is an archaeologist and I adore her, I took one (1) class and then got really invested, the important thing is. Archaeology go brr)

Me taking a very interesting class this semester that focuses on paleopathology, which is as my professor put it "the study of ancient suffering" but realistically is figuring out whatever you can from human remains. Whereas archaeology as a whole is about human culture from material remains, which can be actual bodies but can also be other things like pottery and building foundations.

Me teetering on the brink of being way too into Bloodborne for my own good despite not normally being much of a horror fan or a fan of particularly grimdark things. I Don't Know What's Different About Bloodborne. (it's probably that I'm a lesbian and I like lady maria, sue me)

Anyway. I got to thinking one time after class. That archaeologists would be SO FUCKING CONFUSED BY YHARNAM.

I'm tentatively placing Bloodborne as somewhere in the nineteenth century based on general vibes (according to my dad and his deep passion for weaponry of all kinds, a lot of the things in the game would have been derived later, but tbh if I lived in a place that constantly had to deal with people turning into horrifying beasts I think I'd innovate the hell out of things to get better weaponry so I didn't die too) and this theoretical au would be set in the modern day. so it's been a Hot Minute since the game ended and I think I was considering Yharnam Sunrise as the ending for. Reasons.

There's this group of researchers who end up heading to Yharnam, bankrolled by some rich heir or something who's got more money than sense (he dies or possibly turns into a beast from stupidity very early on) and possibly they're the last in a bunch of groups who went there and died because even hundreds of years after the horrors there are still So Many Ways For It To Go Badly? Undecided on that front, I'm still trying to figure out what (if anything) would actually be preserved.

Highlights of my vague plans:

The team finds Gilbert's journal. They all get really attached to Gilbert because that just kind of tends to happen. Which is unfortunate because they know damn well he probably didn't survive very long after the last page in his diary, but they didn't find a body, so...?

It takes a while for them to realize that the very canine skeletons have human DNA. At which point everyone is just. Very fucking confused. And also are realizing that maybe all those writings about the beast plague weren't actually about rabies (which does not leave a trace on the skeleton, fun fact! I wanted to do my project on rabies but I had to pick a pathology that had an effect on the skeleton. Alas)

There are so many arguments over who that grave behind the Hunter's Workshop belongs to. SO MANY. (I personally think it's very likely that is Maria's, but the team won't have any way of knowing that! If the headstone is unreadable by game times it's not gonna be any more readable centuries later!)

You determine whether something is bone by licking it. Someone finds an Amygdala skull and somehow, through the sort of stupidity that only happens in horror movies before people realize they're in horror movies, someone gets dared to lick it. This results in a very horrified Insight increase and the revelation that the weird fucking thing is made of bone. Also, that Amygdala's ghost is interested in the team now. Oops. This probably will go fine, right...?

What the FUCK are they going to think of all the statues of Great Ones. Probably (reasonably) that they are statues portraying something with great cultural significance to Yharnam, and possibly religious significance. Less reasonable is the fact that Great Ones... actually exist... and that SOMEONE is going to get enough Insight by the end to see those Amygdalas. Possibly the whole team tbh.

There is going to be so much arguing over how the fuck to cite shit. How do you cite some guy who supposedly disappeared centuries ago and is still hanging around in another dimension that you honestly aren't sure how to leave But You'll Worry About That Later, The First Hunter Is A Primary Source!!! How do you cite a ghost. How do you cite hallucinations and visions.

Possibly the Doll sneaks onto the team by pretending to be a survivor of a previous expedition, because tbh I think the Moon Presence can do what it wants and I think it would be VERY interested in these new bitches rocking up to Yharnam after a while. And, y'know, that goes fine until someone finds a picture of her. Or of Lady Maria. (Or until they reach the Abandoned Old Workshop, depending on the situation and if there's another version of said doll there to be found.)

Every. Single. Member. Of the team. Has some connection to Yharnam. Almost none of them know this originally. They will find out. Rip to Rom the Vacuous Spider's great-great-grandniece who discovers the hard way (finding Byrgenwerth's paperwork) why she was the first in her family to graduate uni, just not the first to attend it.

(Notable exception to this rule is the person who is convinced that his great-great-great-probably a few more in there-grandmother is Lady Maria. This gets very funny when the descendant of the player Hunter trips into the Hunter's Nightmare, which still exists due to said player Hunter poking their head in and wisely dipping immediately, and who manages to prevent a bossfight by blurting out "oh shit you're Jerry's great-grandma!")

(There may be lesbianisms involved. And some light necromancy. Idk I like Lady Maria a lot and I got enabled too damn much and I think it would be very funny for the group to return to civilization with an extra person. Or two.)

In summary, I have no plot (yet) apart from archaeology and being way too invested in the game, but I really want to write this someday once I actually finish said game. And also I'm having a grand old time coming up with characters to put through the Horrors. The archaeologist is named Cynthia Parker and. Well. If you remember the superhero identity of a certain character called Peter Parker, you might be able to figure out who she's distantly related to.

Other ideas include: player Hunter descendant, someone very distantly descended from a Cainhurst exile, and Jerry who is 100% certain his great-several-times-great-grandmother is Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower and is 100% wrong about that. Jerry is the single party member with no actual connection to Yharnam and we love him for it.

Thanks for the ask I'm incredibly flattered that you were intrigued enough to ask about this from my tags given that I followed you for your BB fics :>

[thenightling]

To celebrate Mabon (the Autumn equinox, also Wiccan Thanksgiving) here is The Hex Girls (Wiccan Eco-Goth band) singing Earth, Wind, Fire, and air. The song and holiday are all about appreciating what Mother Earth provides for us. The song was supposed to be "Earth, Water, Fire, and Air" but someone at Warner Brothers made them change the words for copyright concerns even though the elements are Earth, Air, Fire, and Water and Spirit in Wiccan elemental beliefs. The Hex Girls performed this and three other songs for the Scooby Doo animated movie Scooby Doo and The Witches Ghost from 1999 (featuring Tim Curry). They were pretty much Goth Spice Girls. This movie was the first time I'd seen a cartoon address the spiritual beliefs of Wicca and it was very positive. This is one of my favorite Scooby Doo animated movies because 1. The ghost was real, it wasn't someone in a costume. 2. Tim Curry was in it. (He's in two animated Scooby Doo movies. He's also the Goblin King in Scooby Doo and The Goblin King) 3. It teaches about Wicca in a positive light, in fact only a pure hearted Wiccan could banish the ghost. 4. I really loved the music in it. 5. It was fun seeing Velma crush on Ben Ravencroft (long before they canonically made her a lesbian. I sometimes imagine her as bi to accommodate her crush and her song about the crush "It's a Mystery.") Anyway, here is "Earth, Wind, Fire, and air." I wish someone would cover it with the corrected lyrics of "Earth, Water, Fire, and air." Happy Mabon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJDaaCtJ85c