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DOCTOR WHO The End of Time: Part II
#doctor who#tenrose#dwedit#doctorwhoedit#david tennant#dtennantedit#billie piper#ten x rose#usereena#userisaiah#timelordgifs#*gifs#no one say anything i made this months ago and just saw it scheduled in my queue lmfaooooo#anyway you know when he starts crying watching rose walking away because he knows it's the last time he ever will with this face??#(and he's dying i guess but whatever that's not important.)#yeah. deeply upsetting! happy new year!!!
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Something about that moment as teenagers, the confirmation that Van really is stacking the deck, that every single death is going to be on her hands most of all. No wonder she ran. No wonder she fled it all. No wonder she died without bloodying her hands further. How could she do more, after all that? After actively trying to distance Taissa from murdering Ben? Not being able to do the same for herself? After everything, so much is on her shoulders. Hers. Nat’s. Lottie’s. Maybe the three of them most of all. God, my kid. And she still got to go out a hero. Kind to the last. The same kid who pulled a sheet over Melissa’s humiliation and led her away. The same kid who only ever wanted to go home. Running into a not-quite burning house she couldn’t escape from.
#yellowjackets#yj spoilers#van palmer#hey in case you’re wondering I am Sad#but also: what a story they are telling#Natalie dying from a so-called OD when she was clean as a whistle#Van dying in a house that isn’t on fire but almost killed Tai and Shauna via smoke#Lottie dying in that passage she’d been seeing since she was 18#all their deaths having this weird and wild foreshadowing#that still can’t predict how they actually go#(unrelated: Walter super killed Lottie. like. that was my guess before but we’re all on that page now yeah?)
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It’s finally done, guys – five whole pages of Narilamb AU comic AND MORE be upon you! (If you have trouble reading any of the text, view the full-size! These pages are huge!)
Yeesh, this took forever. <:)
There’s probably a ton of inconsistencies and anatomy/perspective wonkeries, but this was mostly just comic practice, so Oh Hekkin Well, Lol <:D
(Yes, I am aware the Gateway’s door isn’t present in the Afterlife, and the actual way in is just a pentagram portal. Yes, I put the door in there anyway because Artistic License, i.e. it felt more impactful for there to be a prison door of sorts to walk through to freedom, rather than just a bland boring portal on the ground. 😠)
anyway, i hate backgrounds so much lmao
Alternate ending and a buttload of bonus art under the cut, followed by goofy AU rambles and headcanon stuff:
I’m calling it the Revival AU. It’s not all that creative a title, and someone else has probably used it already, but I am too lazy to really care, LOL
Alternate ending page, which you will Definitely need to view the full-size for, Whoopsie Daisy:
The alternate ending was actually the first ending I finished things off with, because I had a brief badbrain moment where I forgot the emotional beat I initially wanted the comic to end on, and I tend to write comedy, anyway. I later remembered and drew out the proper ending, but I preserved and finished this one, too, because it still makes me giggle.
They had to go back for the followers off-screen in the AU’s real ending. And by ‘they’ I mean just the Lamb, because they weren’t about to ask three newly freed cats to go back into what used to be their prison. The Lamb DID spend some time watching Narinder and the bois enjoying the outdoors first, though:
In other news, here’s the Lamb and me making fun of my anatomy-drawing ‘skills’:
Meanwhile, if you’re wondering why the Lamb is just a-okay with how things went down vis a vis Their Murder, this bonus comic should answer at least some of your questions:
Ah, yes, also this is how they get engaged outside of the alternate ending. Forgot to mention that bit. XD (I already refuse to believe that Narinder is capable of flirting normally, so why would his initial marriage proposal be any better???)
Oh, and before any of them get a chance to actually head back to the cult grounds, there is one potential problem:
And by ‘problem’ I mean something Narinder intends to ignore for At Minimum a thousand years. Cuz he’s a petty bitch like that. :D
what do you mean i drew the lamb too tall compared to the background? clearly they’re standing on top of baal and aym lmao, why else would you think those two aren’t in this one??? (aym and baal got way too excited about finally being outside, you see, and their silly modes are nothing to sneeze at)
And, speaking of heading back to the cult grounds, I’m sure y’all would love to know how the Lamb’s followers felt about the brand new change in management:
It all went better than expected. <:D Tiny ramble now, feel free to skip down to the next comic.
Before you ask, no, the Lamb does not have any actual powers anymore, other than the immortality Narinder definitely grants them. The Red Crown just thinks it’s funny to suggest otherwise, and Narinder does nothing to discourage this. Also, the Lamb and Narinder aren’t actually married here yet, but, uh. Pretty safe to say that particular ritual directly follows the events of this comic. XD
Given how quickly he mellows out in canon, Narinder probably chills out a lot in this AU once he’s in charge of the cult, too, if only because 1.) He’s finally free, and 2.) He’s equally smitten with and distracted by the Lamb. He’s definitely in charge at least 95% of the time, though, because the Lamb never actually wanted to be a cult leader and, now that their time as a vessel is done, they just want to be a normal(ish) sheep who’s wholly devoted to their hot new divine husband.
Some followers do still have some valid concerns about these two being together, though, which I’m sure at least a few of you might share…
Unfortunately for any such concerns, the Lamb is a bonafide masochist in this AU. :D
They’re also 100% a sub, obviously
Anyone at all: Your relationship is problematic and potentially toxic
The Lamb: fuck yeah it is, it’s so hot~ OuO
Here’s just the last panel, made transparent for whatever nefarious purposes y’all might have for it:
Additional exchange Narinder and the Lamb have at some point, probably after the Lamb does a fatal whoopsie while out on a mission trip or in response to things getting a little too sadistic in the bedroom, ahaha:
Look, there is a very important distinction between life and death, and if you don’t understand that, then you’re probably not worthy of being the God of Death, anyway. (At least, according to Narinder, and ONLY Narinder.)
Last but not least, have these shittens:
~Such creative naming conventions I have utilized, lololol~ :D Anyway, there's a few deets on them in the rambles down below.
The rest is all ramble, so before I get to that, I’ll just say – likes and especially reblogs are very much appreciated!!! :D If you happen to really really REALLY like my stuff, meanwhile, I do have a link in my bio to my ko-fi page, where I’m accepting commissions and donations if you’re especially generous… ÓuÒ
Now, BE FREE IF YOU AIN’T DOWN FOR READING MY GOOFY RAMBLES
First ramble is re: Baal’s question of ‘Did it really work?’, since I didn’t feel like expanding on it in the comic proper, and it’s arguably pretty vague? He doesn’t ask because he doubts Narinder or his capabilities, exactly, but because neither Baal nor Aym have ever actually seen their god at full power before (he’s still technically not at full power here, either). It’s not expressly stated how soon the brothers were brought to Narinder after his imprisonment, but whether it was early on or after a length of time for Shamura to (somewhat) recover from his attack, he must have already been weakened, since I have no doubts that there was a huge battle that accompanied the Bishops working together to trap him. So, between that fight with all four of his siblings, sharing his power with a variety of vessels over time, and being chained immobile for a thousand years, he must have been severely weakened by the time he lent the Red Crown out to the Lamb, which would have only weakened him further.
I like to think this is how the Lamb is able to defeat him if they refuse to be sacrificed, despite how it took all four Bishops working together to subdue and chain Narinder in the first place.
All that aside, the three cats have been trapped in the Afterlife for so long that Baal also wanted verbal reassurance that they are all, indeed, actually able to leave it now – something that I headcanon isn’t possible without a significant amount of power (i.e. the Red Crown’s cooperation with its bearer/vessel).
(On a semi-related note, I don’t headcanon Aym and Baal as twins. I like sweetheart big bro Baal and snarky little goth bro Aym too much to have them be that close in age.)
Ah, teeny thing: If you noticed I switched up the art style for Narinder on the second page, that was intentional. It's sort of a visual indicator that there has been a Big Change for him - that being, how much power he has after sacrificing the Lamb. As for why I changed up his arms in the grass rollin' pic, I don't really subscribe to the notion that his arms are spooky bones because they're horrifically injured (beyond chain-chafing scars, that is), but rather just because he's the Bishop of Death, so he can change how normal-to-spooky they look at will. At some point I might doodle out how I imagine his appearance to range between least to most eldritch... 🤔
Next ramble, regarding Narinder’s feelings towards the Lamb...he was initially too focused on being freed from his imprisonment to form any real attachment to them. They were a tool for his use, first and foremost, but he did notice their intense devotion towards him. It was impossible not to notice, because the Lamb was always very happy to see him, even if it was because they died during a crusade (yet again). He wasn’t originally planning to revive them once he was freed, either, because he saw no real point to it – after all, they were already dead when they first met him, just as any other mortal would be when meeting him in the Afterlife, so death has very little real consequence in his eyes. But, once the chains were off, and it really sank in that he stood to lose the most devoted follower he’s ever had, he decided…why put their soul to rest for good or leave them stuck in the Afterlife when he could just as easily revive them again? And why not reward them for their hard work, anyway? Not only would it cost him nothing by comparison, but the future devotion that could come of it would surely make up for his (bare minimum) effort in reviving them.
He wasn’t expecting to get a full dose of that devotion and a smiling face so soon after killing them, though~ :3c (because the Lamb is a bonafide freak, and not-so-secretly into the fucked up power dynamics going on here, lol)
I should mention here that I am firmly of the belief that any non-god/vessel who crosses through the Gateway and into the Afterlife just straight up dies. So, Aym and Baal? Also straight up dead, from the second Shamura brought them through. Their souls were just never put to rest so that Narinder could have some company – if only according to Shamura. Narinder kept the two around mostly out of bewilderment, because honestly, who are these kittens, and what is Shamura’s game here, anyway??? They never even explained anything, they just tossed these kittens into the Afterlife and LEFT!!! At any rate, Aym and Baal being dead is how I explain why their souls apparently become lost in the void if they’re killed, along with the added complications required to revive the two because of it.
So, with those deets in mind, and given a bit of time, if Narinder hadn’t chosen to revive the Lamb, and also hadn’t chosen to put their soul to rest, they still would have woken up at some point, despite being as straight up dead as Aym and Baal. Who, don’t worry, were also properly revived while Narinder was waiting for the Lamb to wake up. Because I am also firmly of the belief that, first, the dead cannot leave the Afterlife without the use of a ritual/relic (and can't stay in the living world for long regardless), and second, dead followers’ devotion isn’t anywhere near as potent as that of the living, given how much more the living stand to lose.
Final ramble, regarding the Lamb’s feelings towards Narinder, and why they’re so devoted to him…
Well, you don’t spend most of your life on the run with your steadily-dwindling herd, trying to evade the ongoing genocide of your species, without becoming a little fucked up in the head. Maybe a lot fucked up in the head. Life is suffering, so might as well have fun with it, right? Maybe start finding death and pain to be kind of hilarious, even a little bit hot, once everyone you know and love is dead and gone, leaving you all alone? And maybe after that, there’s something comforting in how, despite the cold, cruel uncertainties of life, at least you can always count on the inevitability of death, patiently waiting for you until your very last breath? Who knows. Either way, as soon as the Lamb was killed, and they learned that the literal God of Death was offering them a second chance at life and vengeance via effective immortality, they were 100% ride-or-die-devoted all at once. Turns out death is kinder than life – go figure. (Of course, it helps that Narinder is 100% their type.)
They weren’t put off by Narinder’s thinly-veiled sadism or manipulations, either – they’re not too different in those regards, albeit opting for vastly different methods. It’s a very ‘two sides of the same coin’ sort of deal. In order to stay alive once they were made the last of their kind, the Lamb had no qualms with using others to their advantage, and that did not change once they were revived and expected to run a cult. They didn’t care for the position of authority, though – being a sheep and all, they’re much more of a follower than a leader, and thus greatly appreciated Narinder’s need for control. With how they had to keep on their toes for so long, the Lamb was also pretty good at reading people by the time they died, so they could recognize that a lot of Narinder’s posturing was just that – posturing. Dude’s 95% bluster and only 5% bite. He could obviously be vicious when he wanted or needed to (the Bishops' injuries were clear proof of that), but underneath his outer layer of cruelty was a generous layer of tsundere, and underneath all THAT was a soft squishy middle sibling velcro cat in desperate need of attention and affection.
(Which, for the record, he Did Not feel comfortable getting from Aym and Baal – Narinder still has no idea why the fuck Shamura sent them to him, beyond acting as keepers at best or trying to sabotage his attempts to escape at worst. Which, he thought HE sabotaged in turn, by guiding the kittens into being his devoted disciples instead. He thought he was very clever for it. ‘I outsmarted Shamura!’ he thought, despite that there was never anything there to outsmart. ‘What do you mean, Shamura sent your kittens to me for company?’ he demands of Forneus later. It may or may not lead him to pull Shamura out of Purgatory just so he can shake them and scream about how they should have Fucking Explained that!!!)
But, getting back on track as to why the Lamb was so willing to be sacrificed, I cannot stress this enough – if you pay even a minimal amount of attention to what he’s saying, Narinder is REALLY NOT SUBTLE about his intentions. ‘Death is of little consequence.’ ‘Followers are for you to use to your advantage.’ ‘Sacrifice a follower to absorb more power.’ So, yeah, the Lamb knew exactly what would be expected of them once the other Bishops were dead. They knew Narinder would expect them to die for him one last time. But, after all, death is of little consequence (not to mention hot), so when the time came, they wanted to see him freed, even if it meant oblivion for them in the end.
He’d given them a second life, and the ability to avenge their kin, and they felt indebted to him for that – so, while they were still pretty glum about the possibility that they might not get to see him free of his chains, nothing beyond their devotion and debt to him mattered. They never wanted all the drama and expectations that came with the Red Crown’s power, anyway, so, better for Narinder to have it back so that he could deal with it. What he did with the Lamb afterward would be up to him, and seeing as he was their god, they’d accept his decision gladly.
Were they in love with him by that point? Oh, obsessively so, but only in the devotional sense – romance was nowhere on their mind nor radar. That is, until he unexpectedly revived them again, told them he still needed them, and then offered down his hand to help them up.
The Lamb fell HARD for him in that moment. :3c
And now, a tiny shitten ramble. Lu and Li are twins, because sheep tend to have those a lot, and are conceived not long after the Lamb and Narinder’s marriage ceremony. Lu is the minutes older one, but Li is much more mature. I have put no further thought into these two, other than that they are utter menaces, birthed by the Lamb, cling hard to both their parents but especially Narinder (who spoils them rotten), and they are both genderfluid, using whichever pronouns/names they feel like at any given time. They are also both intersex, same as the Lamb, who was initially infertile up until Something Something Vague Magic, which I have also put no further thought into ¯\_(シ)_/¯
oh, and before anyone tries to suggest i headcanon this AU’s lamb as trending more female due to them giving birth or whatever, no, no, a thousand times no, they might have a vag, but they've also got a dick, and even if it's not as big as they'd like, they still know how to use it
Finally, the very tentative name for the Lamb in this AU is Yazdi, which is really just another name for the Baluchi breed of sheep XD (Not that the Lamb is this specific breed, I just didn’t like any of the other sheep-related names I found, ahaha...)
THAT’S ALL FOR NOW (collapses into an exhausted pile of goopy limbs)
#fanart#comics#cult of the lamb#cotl#narilamb#cotl lamb#cotl narinder#cotl shitten#cotl mystic seller#cotl aym#cotl baal#aym and baal#this is why i have been especially quiet lately XD#even just the bonus stuff took several days to finish because i don't know the meaning of DOODLE anymore apparently#everything must be fully inked and colored with backgrounds I Fukken Guess#at least using medibang's sumi brush keeps me from focusing on making my lines perfect :\#and yeah i copy-pasta'd a lot of my own backgrounds don't at me bro#if you're on desktop and want to full view but don't know how: right click the image - open in new tab - zoom in as needed :)#feel free to ask questions about the AU if you want - but uh - this is basically the extent to which i've thought it through LOL#edit: oh right - aym and baal really out there assuming narinder already put the lamb's soul to rest so the body's just fodder now lmao#last edit i hope: fixed the transparent cult certified freak image 8|#nope - one more edit: there is one (1) loophole for how living mortals can be in the afterlife without dying#that loophole is currently narinder XD#'sorry universe but the god of death says i can be in here so back off with your rules and regulations'
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let's dance
close up of them........... theyre soooo super cute to meeeee v_v)) i love you bisexuals of color............. i love them too much i think fabian deserves to be with a sweet passionate girl who loves him for who he is and not go through messy toxic situationships anymor e wuhhhhh
#i forgot the maximum legend tattoo but im drawing them again so no worries .#theyre not even my ultimate fav ship un fantasy high but theyve been on my mind lately ......#theyre too muchhh i love the little encouragement monologue mazey gave himmmm she loves him for himmm oughh its too muchhhh#oh yeah i guess this is my first post on this account hiii fantasy high fans pls find me i will draw anything u want just request it i feel#crazy about this showwww... dying to talk about it but twitter is too scary so i keep it in the tags for noww#fantasy high#fhjy#fabzey#fabian seacaster#mazey phaedra#dimension 20#d20#fantasy high junior year#fantasy high fanart#d20 fanart#i always forget how to tag these things.. im not v good at tumblr#mine
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LATE VALENTINE DELIVERY!!! *huff huff*
[No filter version]
#my laptop is literally dying while drawing this so I can't render it any longer also I have to pack things and do chores too aaaaodjakjhf#also better late than never my other ideas now died but at least this was born crying#my stuff#rwby chibi#rwby#digital art#rwby rosegarden#rose garden#rwby ruby rose#oscar pine#valentine art#originally I was planning to make the Valentine art darker but yeah I got sick and it messed up my schedule soooooo...#I guess let's save it for next year??
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6 months later...
#guess who finally started a new playthrough#with the boy again ofc xDD other OCs? never heard of them#going at my own pace this time - slowly and consciously#and the corpo origin once more hitting like in the feels like a truck#been dying to do this exact gifset with him for ages to show his transformation and finally go around to too uwu#cyberpunk 2077#cyberpunk v#masc v cyberpunk#vincent ezaki#my gifs#just noticed but I love how the red of the smiley's cracked skull mirrors the red of his shirt at Arasaka against the black suit#and still wish the inbetween outfits would also be in V's wardrobe in the beginning XD#I need that shirt for him badly (though I know there is a very similar one - but it's not 100% the same)#and his lil 'hell yeah' nod in the third gif öaskjhdfas still doing things to me xDD#*sweating intensifies*
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A Batman who kills people is a bad Batman. Except for Terry because he is my special boy. Terry can drown a man it's ok. He can literally shatter a woman it's fine.
#batman beyond#batman#terry mcginnis#I am doing my yearly rewatch to stave off a total collapse of the flesh vessel and wow#Terry kills so many fucking people in Season 1#even the people who he turns out to not have actually killed like...a reasonable person would think they were dead#there's no fucking way that Terry didn't shatter Inque thinking she would die. he killed the Terrific Trio in Heroes like yeah they#were dying anyways but that's like saying 'oh yeah I stabbed a terminally ill person but that's not murder bc they were dying'#he 100% killed/intended to kill at least like 5 people in the pilot ALONE#and Bruce just...doesn't say shit. he's like 'welp that's Terry I guess. he doesn't follow the same code as me'#On one hand that is a fascinating way to show how Bruce has become even more jaded and borderline apathetic to the evils of#the world (as also shown with his inaction towards Powers and general retreat from everything). On the other...what the hell#I want a Batman Beyond remake for so many reasons and one of them is because I feel like a more traditional plot structure#would further make this part of Terry's version of Batman really interesting as a drama driver
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i see a lot of hate for grace and for her letting the vampires in and I have to say I disagree. I mean this is a horror movie we all know that you have to fight the monsters at some point. It was always gonna happen and if we look at it in the metaphorical way of the vampires being the oppressive white people who want to stamp out the black peoples culture then obviously you have to fight it. You can wait and wait until the time comes and they’ll all jsut go away (burn up in the sun) but before then how many more people will they kill? How much more destruction will have to take place before you stand up and fight. Grace did the necessary thing and let the monsters in so they could finally fight. She served her narrative purpose and I don’t know why people are mad at her for that
#Now her dying and leaving Lisa an orphan#😬#yeah idk man that one was a little sketchy#I guess she was ready to die with her husband and whatnot?#sinners#sinners 2025#sinners movie
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"....What have you done?" Fic (Bad Ending) Author: @pluck-heartstrings Read the full fic here I'm BEGGING YOU it's really good I promise TW:Blood under the cut

#fnaf au#pluck my heartstrings#medieval times au#my art#dca fandom#tw:blood#spoilers#?#sun and moon fnaf#listen when this part happened I was like#dying because angst but also it's just so good#oh yeah I guess I should tag character death#tw: character death#It's fine#pluck if u read this ilu and u inspire me
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new crktwt post and its pissing me off so bad /positive
i truly do wonder if this glimpse of empathy for shadow milk cookie does slightly confirm that there may or may not be redemption arcs for the beasts (no way theyre letting smilk be the only one redeemed LMAO (pls dont)), or is this glimpse only exclusive to pure vanilla cookie just so he earns the compassionate title? much to think about.
I hope they do more w the beasts before the dark enchantress plot begins again.
#they make me ill i think#redemption arcs are great but itd also be equally tragic if the endgame for the beasts is to just get killed tbh#especially if we get the chance to have a moment of empathy for all of them#(i HOPE they do *glares at devsis and the pv favoritism*)#yeah theyre evil asf but they are cookies too#cookies who were trusted with way too much responsibility from the beginning of cookiekind and fell into despair bc of it#them dying is gonna be so damn sad#crk#cookie run kingdom#pure vanilla cookie#shadow milk cookie#shadownilla#i guess
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alternative explanation to why Wade want to sacrifice himself in the Time Ripper scene:
Wade: That’s why it’s gotta be me. Logan: What, no- Wade: Yes. Yes it is. I need to do this by myself. Logan: Why? Wade: Because if i die now... i'll not have to watch them die later. Because in the end, i'll outlive them. All of them, Logan.
#deadpool and wolverine#poolverine#deadclaws#wolverine#deadpool#deadpool 3#logan howlett#wade wilson#spoilers#deadpool and wolverine spoilers#idk why i think about that bc it makes me sad but well#guess i like angst????? and hurt??????#no comfort here apparently#but yeah im sure Wade is afraid to see all his love ones dying before him so maybe he sacrifices himself to not face this#maybe im crying#it was a rough day ok????????
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《benediction/malediction》
thinking on ways to cause the blorbos more trauma, as usual, when it occurred to me... dying at the end of shadowbringers? really, truly saved their life.
i got to thinking. what if they hadn't died? what if elidibus had never taken their wings and dealt that fatal blow? all that pain and suffering they were carrying never would have found a release - would just keep mounting through post-shb, endwalker...
and the thing is, i don't think they'd snap, per se. it'd probably be more like a gradual realization: the world is broken, and people are going to keep breaking it - no amount of mercy or kindness will change this. but they have more than just mercy, and kindness. they have power - a lot of power, and it only grows greater with time.
they can change the world by force.
they have to.
right?
PS: bonus shots because i edited them so. why not
#who was i kidding lmao#of course i was gonna post vague semi contextless gposes--#ffxiv#ffxiv oc#nira'sae#AU: malediction#gpose#dawntrail#dawntrail spoilers#but. yeah. i think dying and becoming bnuuysae genuinely did save 'em from cracking and going just...#well. evil i guess#they mean well. but they're so tired.#and lets be honest if you're that fucking done with this shit?#aint no way you're giving a punk like zoraal ja the time of day#hell. they'd probably come for bakool ja ja and koana too
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insane thing to say on a post about a woman who had to give up her cats because she thought she was going to die
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I am once again knitting which means I'm back to the Nein rewatch and happened to be on Midnight Espionage, and truly INSANE episode. The egg dick, both break-ins, the Zauber Spire attack, and the first time a beacon is on screen in like four hours flat. Trent Ikithon is there. The episode ends with Liam and Marisha yelling, "TRUST THE PORN."
#they dont make 'em like this anymore folks#honestly if you think the start of c2 is slow I trust that you hold that opinion but i do NOT understand#like yeah okay alfield is just basic dnd shit but you need a little of that#for PACING#literally the sheer quantity of plot that happens in this episode alone is wild#also very fun watching liam physically back away from the table in his chair realizing Trent is there#re: the comment this week iirc that he did NOT expect caleb's backstory to be so central#do you think that precisely was the moment he knew he done fucked up#cuz my guess is yes lmao#ANYWAY i did have to figure out what spell they used to attack the tower and I'm pretty sure it was gravity sinkhole#honestly pretty good for a fourth level spell! rip that dunamancer whos for sure gonna come to in like. hupperdook in fifteen years#i will not stop asking about the absolute trauma involved#with dying in this kind of assault and coming to in the next life in your enemy's military contractor town#insane concepts.#ANYWAY#megs rewatches c2
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Darling Charming and Hair

So @eahcomforttrash brought up in discord that Darling deserves a moment to chop all her hair off as a rejection of her Charming powers, and that thought seized me so hard that I decided to draw her hair journey instead of working on my other projects!
For those who haven't read the books---first off, go do that, @/athena-xox has them all digitally for free on her pinned post---second off, there are a lot of characters that have freaky magic abilities that never come up in the show, including the Charmings. Daring has his physically blinding smile (which is in the show), but Dexter can make girls swoon and faint with his gorgeous eyes (this isn't brought up often because his glasses null the effect), and Darling can slow down time for a few seconds by flicking her hair.

(This also sorta turned into a clothes journey lol).
So! Let's get into it shall we? In depth analysis under the cut, cuz it's gonna get long!
Top Left, Pre Way Too Wonderland Reveal:
I actually really love Darling's hair pouf. It's so impractical and extra and reminiscent of actual European royal's hairstyles, which is PERFECT for someone who is desperately attempting to cover her rebellious activities and dressing extra royal. Darling (in the books) explicitly puts a LOT of time into making her hair be the perfect princess-y style her mother taught her to do, so I think the pouf is very in line.
I am less a fan of the canon colors. In the books, her hair is described as platinum blonde, which is great! But I really really dislike the blue and white combo from the show because I just don't think her parents would LET her use hair dye. How scandalous! How newfangled! How non-traditional! How. . .rebellious. Darling is trying to convince them she's NOT being a rebel, and I don't think she'd be gutsy enough to ask for forgiveness OR permission on this one.
Unnaturally colored hair is actually very important to me in EAH. The only other royals who have dyed hair are Briar (dissatisfied with her destiny, behaves contrary to social norms, will later sympathize with the rebels), Duchess (has her whole thing about not really fitting with the royals and ALSO being dissatisfied with her destiny), Lizzie (from Wonderland and thus has a very different perspective on the whole thing, and also possibly has the red naturally), and Rosabella (who had bad writing all around and didn't exist until quite late in the series, but who I like to think of as more of a Royal in name only).
So giving Darling an unnatural hair color is a good thematic indicator to people who haven't read the books that Darling is actually a rebel (along with her metallic accent being silver like the rebels instead of gold like the royals), but it doesn't make sense diagetically (unless she's washing it out and re-dyeing it every day, and who's got that kind of time). So I tend to draw it without the dye before Way Too Wonderland.
Similarly, the books also describe Darling putting a lot of care into her outfits and makeup to look not just princessy but also TRADITIONAL. She's not willing to do anything risky, even something as small as lipstick instead of a perfect tiny touch of gloss. I think she'd definitely wear the MOST makeup during this period.
I LOVE that the show has her outfit resemble armor, but I do think it's a little too obvious (she's wearing entire PAULDRONS, I think someone's gonna notice). It doesn't show super well from just the bust, but I compromise by SHAPING her outfit identitically to a suit of armor (hence the lace collar area). I also never draw her in anything form-fitting during this time, because she's super buff and doesn't wanna be showing that off.
I also think that Darling and the color pink are important, but I'll save that for another section.
Top Right, Sometime around Dragon Games
I think after her big reveal in Way Too Wonderland, Darling would do a hard turn into being ALL rebel, ALL knightly, no princess ANYTHING allowed AT ALL.
Importantly, I don't think this is who she really is authentically. She is a mix of a princess and a knight and also just herself. But after being forced into SUCH a traditional look for SUCH a long time, I think she'd feel very sick of it all and just jump off in the opposite direction.
This would very importantly include cutting off her hair, and with it, her powers to slow time in a pinch. Darling is really annoyed that she has these powers, but she makes VERY good use of them in the books, including one instance where she literally saves Maddie from banishment. So I think, in her fit of passionately rejecting her destiny, her family, and her role as a princess, she'd cut her hair and dye it all the way. And then she'd slowly start to realize she misses having both her time powers and also just long hair.
During this period, I also don't think she'd wear ANY makeup ever, would wear her armor casually a lot more (partially because she can now, partially to flex what she can manage in full plate, and partially because donning and doffing armor takes a while and she's not that fast at it yet). Her casual outfits would likely be very plain, and extremely masculine.
I think it would take a little bit of being like this before she starts to have some realizations along the lines of "oh wait, I actually DO like these feminine things, just not these ones. Or wait, maybe I did like that, just not the traditional version of it I was forced to do." In my perfect world, this is how she would spend ALL of Dragon Games, and I think the events of that special would give her some time to think about what she actually wants in her personal style now that she has freedom to choose.
Bottom Left, Post Dragon Games, possibly next school year:
This is kind of Darling's fully evolved form to me. I think, at this point, she's spent her time looking like a perfect traditional princess and she's spent her time doing the complete 180 from that, and she's now realized that the place for her is actually somewhere in the middle.
I think she'd grow her hair out longer, but not as long as it used to be. Enough that it can be pulled into a sensible ponytail, occasionallg styled, and flipped for usage of her time powers once again, but not much longer than that. I also think she'd finally reach her colors in the show, putting in blue streaks, but keeping some of her Charming blonde present.
Weirdly enough, I also think this is when her clothing would be closest to the show, with some armor like elements (the casual-wear pauldrons and the. . .battle corset? Thing?), but also lots of casual ones. I think she'd swap fairly frequently between skirts and pants, and would wear some makeup, but it would be less than she used to, and probably more adventurous in color and style when she does.
I also gave her a scarf like her brother Dexter, because I think it's cute <3
Bottom Right, Nightgown/Unstyled pre Way Too Wonderland
This is kinda how I headcanon Darling looking before the reveal, but without styling herself to look extra traditional. This was mostly so I could get a feel for the shape, color, and texture of her hair when it isn't pulled into that pouf, but now is also a good time to talk about the pink.
So, in the books, Darling strongly associates the color pink with a series of really boring classic "princess gets rescued" fairy tales that she was forced to read instead of the adventure type novels she was after. She thinks of the color as a signal for the traditional values she hates. So in her earlier outfits, while blue is still her main color (she is a charming after all), I think she incorporates EVEN more pink than in canon. All accessories, all makeup, all extra layers are gonna be pink (hence the pink sash in her nightgown here).
During her time completely shunning her heritage, she wouldn't wear any pink at all ever. All blues all the time. But Darling is still a Charming princess. She was still born into a royal family with a lot of influence and privilege. She still has Charming magic powers. Her heritage doesn't HAVE to be a marker of oppression. She can take it and use it as a tool for good.
This ties in to my greater agenda about wanting Dexter to have to teach his siblings how to interact with commoners and how to use their privilege to help other people rebel, but I think that during that arc, Darling would slowly reclaim pink as a part of her color pallette. Yeah, it's the princess color, and she's a princess. But that doesn't mean she HAS to be helpless. She's still wearing armor and rescuing folks herself. It IS another tool in her arsenal.
Being a princess means being very persuasive and good at convincing people to listen to you. It means having a lot of money, which never hurts when you're using it to fund a cause. It means having easy access to authority figures and being able to get your ideas to the right people. When you're trying to make BIG change, you need every resource you can get, and there's something very poetic about using the same ones that once imprisoned you to help free so many others.
Anyways, those are my intricate headcanons on Darling's appearance, and there will hopefully be a follow up with the full versions of her outfits!
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Feel free to take this time on this request. /gen
Since your Phoenix can come back from the dead, I wonder if you can draw Reginald's reaction to finding out about Phoenix's multiple deaths.
(How he finds out is up to you. But if you want an idea: Zoraxis memory reading machine upon Phoenix getting captured.)
rule number one of being a handler: never, ever panic in front of the agent. if you stay frosty, then they won’t panic either. Reginald is going to hang on to these feelings and quietly have a crisis once they’re safely back at base, where Phoenix will never know.
#we all know that Reginald’s mask only cracks when he can’t actually find the agent and he otherwise takes everything in stride#he’s actually very careful with his emotions it’s just hard to realize bc he covers it up with quips and jokes#like in First Class when he’s like “enemies have found you. good for them!”#he definitely had a mini heart attack when he found that out and was desperately trying not to show it#plus he’s a smart guy and was already suspicious bc Phoenix would do stuff before he told them to#like two days after this the implications of dying dozens of times over will suddenly hit him and he’ll start asking more questions#but yeah the initial reaction i’d guess would be shockingly tame#thanks for the ask!#i expect you to die#ieytd#agent phoenix#reginald crane#the handler#my art#trying out type for the speech bubbles bc writing it takes foreverrrrr#feel free to keep the asks coming i am so bored all the time
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