#GOD this was an undertaking

[raviollies]

Introducing Lorelai & Raha! Some lore tidbits for them below cut (& an update to Blythe's sheet to adjust to this change :)

Lorelai Von Berdusk - A half elf born to one of the many noble families in the city of Berdusk, Lorelai spent much of her life sheltered by a controlling patriarch of the family. Through unknown methods, her father had contracted Vampirism, and using his newfound power had turned his wife and daughter into spawn. Unwanting to remain subservient now in a more literal sense of the word than ever before, Lorelai devised a plan to ambush her father and drink of him, in order to become a fully fledged vampire herself. Unfortunately in the scuffle, she had accidently fatally wounded him. Unable to face what she has done, and her mother's possible reaction, Lorelai fled the estate. She now explores the world with her companions, experiencing life for the first time.

Raha Faeli - An elf displaced by humans during a campaign to lay claim to their land, Raha lost his parents and was forced to relocate to a different Elven settlement as a young child. Unfortunately due to the proximity of his home to the human city, he along with many others struggled with Elven, some not speaking it all. Feeling ostracized, and not-quite-elf-not-quite-human, Raha left the settlement upon becoming an adult, preferring to earn his keep through monster hunter and mercenary work. Quiet, stoic, and brooding at first glance, he is a stark contrast to his more lively of companions, so it's curious how he fits into this dynamic (Don't mind the little lizard that lives in his pocket - he is a sweetheart) Blythe is not much different - though the recurring raven of Poe is now a familiar of hers. A rather silly and air headed raven that often soars above the party.

[sheerakk]

Cementary visit gets disrupted by a wild witch

[shallowseeker]

Cas is right. Dean, with all of his free will intact, would NOT have murdered the Stynes kid.

Like Cas, with his free will intact, would never have murdered Samandriel.

Their assessments of one another are actually correct.

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Both are on their way to becoming mindless super-soldiers who feel nothing.

And essentially, they tell each other, "you're gonna have to go through me" (to become that).

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Some similarities in the fight scenes:

They both reach out a hand to the other's shoulder, saying the other's name:

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Both twist the other's hand away:

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They ask each other to: "Stop," both telling the other in so many words that "this isn't you."

Their styles differ, of course. Dean goads Cas defiantly: "Come on you coward, do it!" Cas tries to remain level-headed and controlled, only moving to block and restrain.

Essentially, their desires are the same, for the other to stop.

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With everyone telling them who they should be, and trying to make them into things other than what their big hearts would actually want, they beg each other to stay as they are.

I don't want you to be what they want you to be.

Just be you. Just be.

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And then, much like Cas in the crypt... flight. Cas leaves.

Dean leaves.

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And here's what's on my mind... They were both GOOD at being soldiers. Unbelievably good.

Their talents were recognized early and exploited. They became chained to their respective battle aptitudes.

Both had to reckon with becoming addicted to war, to the feeling of adrenaline and black-and-white causes (see: Purgatory, hunting, etc.). Both often feel too much responsibility, punishing themselves and undertaking penance.

They struggled with thinking it's all they were good for, battle or WORK.

Or worse. For Dean, it was often being one of the "crazy ones," only "good for a fling." For Cas, it was often "being expendable."

They're looked down upon by the likes of Metatron: Cas is like a "dumb puppy," a "stupid, lumbering jock." Even Crowley talks to Dean this way on occasion: "It's math (idiot)."

It's also like when Death calls Cas a "stupid soldier." Or when the British Men of Letters call the ones on the ground doing the fighting and getting their hands dirty "dogs." Or when Henry calls hunters "apes."

Despite their supposed "legacy lineage," Sam and Dean inherited the Campbell class. The soldier class.

Interesting to me that Jack inherits this, too. Despite his aptitude for nearly everything he touches (computers, research, even blossoming machete skills when he kills Noah the Gorgon), Jack too will inherit this Campbell-coded "stupidity."

That's what Chuck charges him with in Unity: "TOO STUPID."

Jack has Cas and Dean's class: the soldier class.

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price and Peter Lorre

The Comedy of Terrors (1963) dir. Jacques Tourneur

[sebfreak]

Grim Reaper

[6urn1td0wn]

Some of my fanart as a sacrifice…please find me I want mutuals xx

[lanabenikosdoormat]

Jed Solaris.

[impcr3atur3]

IT'S FINALLY DONE!! i made a big ol animation for my favorite game that isn't out yet - check it out!!

(also wishlist great god grove on steam)

[elfkissing]

My piece for the FREE TO DOWNLOAD @bg3zine!! What an absolutely incredible project, can’t overstate how talented this group of contributors is! If you’d like to grab it for yourself the link is here!

[greytern]

some very self indulgent lady undertaker drawings

[kanemfdm]

messing around with some taker fan design things i’ve had floating around in my head … i cant choose which one i like the most

[drowndrawn]

FINALLY ended my adaptation of Edward Burne's "Night" into Undertaker. It had been in my drafts folder for sooo long.

If you ask my why he would be in such a scene you can think of him being recently born as a reaper (the stitches are still recent and all). He's probably still in the island of the dead.

Now I'm wondering why and how he died and to have such gruesome wounds (he's now my little kitty, as you can see). Do you have any guesses?

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price and Peter Lorre

The Comedy of Terrors (1963) dir. Jacques Tourneur

[sebfreak]

Undertaker

[imintobones]

Normalize ships that make zero sense

[amethystroselily]

I hope Undertaker revives Claudia Phantomhive by the end of the series resulting in the most awkward moment of Francis’s life.