#I’m a demon. I lied.

[a-love-like-yours]

I love everything about this scene. It is all so very dear to me, it’s almost unbearable.

But as much as I love the admittance of loneliness, the very beginning of the formation of the team, the side, the group of the two of them ™️, I love even more what was unsaid here.

For all that was said of loneliness, going with their respective offices only so far as they can, being separated by the line of “good and evil”,

This was the moment that each said, in their own loving and unspoken ways, that despite the loneliness, neither was alone in it. They were together.

Involved.

That the other was not alone in their wanderings of the shades of grey between who they were meant to be as a demon and an angel.

And I think that is very beautiful.

[goomens]

i’m sorry for the phone video but prime won’t let me record. but i’m falling apart at the seams over this i really am

[drawmanda]

WIP— I was so charmed by Chapter 13 of @rubyfoxfyre’s fic —The Riddle of Magic— that I HAD to draw a scene. The idea that Alastor’s shadow sometimes touches foreheads with him in moments of stress or loneliness is a concept I can’t get out of my head!

“The spectre's form trembled, and its blue smile was wide, but full of pain.

It drifted forward, pressing its forehead against his briefly. It did that sometimes, after a long battle or during quiet contemplative moments when he felt alone.

Solitude had been his course in his life, and that was yet another thing that had followed him into death. It was what he was used to, but even so there were the occasional moments when he felt a yearning he couldn't control, for something he knew he couldn't have.”

The writing in The Riddle of Magic is absolutely incredible! This (probably) won’t be the only piece of fanart I draw for it! ❤️🖤

[itsabouttimex2]

Not sure if you have covered this, but I’ll ask. How would you have gone about Macaque’s redemption arc…if it’s possible with how he was written before season four? No hate or debate, just curious. I like alternate takes on characters :3

Hmm okay I thought on this for a little bit, and the crux of my problem with Macaque’s arc is that he’s established late Season Three to be “not a bad person” when-

1. He enjoys hurting people

2. He goes out of his way to hurt people

3. He hurts many people

4. He expresses no regret or remorse for hurting people

5. He faces no consequences for hurting innocent people aside from his intended victims winning their fights against him

6. His victims are reduced to a hivemind of non-autonomous set dressings who have no feelings on his presence or past crimes

And he promptly just becomes a person that everyone is okay with despite everything. So, if we have to keep the “one good action is enough to redeem you for betrayal, deceit, slandering, multiple counts of assault and attempted murder”, then we need to shift some things.

So I think the best thing to do if we want the actual “redemption arc” to hit the way it’s supposed to in canon is-

1. Thin his list of victims

2. Thin his list of crimes to the point that one good deed is actually a reasonable atonement for all of them

3. Play up his victimhood at the hands of the Mayor

4. Establish his inability to escape from the Lady Bone Demon much sooner

If the crux of his arc is just being forgiven by ONE of his many victims and then becoming a good person, then we just need to sharply reduce the amount of victims he has to make the immediate and all-encompassing forgiveness feel more realistic.

When he’s “sieging” the city in Macaque, the Smoke Demon ignores everyone who isn’t MK and deals no structural damage, creating no victims aside from the Monkie Kid.

When he’s performing in Shadowplay, Macaque portals MK away to fight him alone, leaving everyone else unharmed, creating no victims aside from the kid.

Then, when he’s stolen away by the Mayor, either:

1. Lady Bone Demon implants him with her powers right away, preventing him from running away and immediately establishing him as desperate, or, what I’d argue for-

2. Send the Mayor with him.

When he receives the compass and is released, Macaque pulls a Bone Key-

and throws it away, trying to shadow portal away, only to be greeted by

The Mayor, who proceeds to outright accompany Macaque on this journey, thereby serving as a foil to Tang Sanzang.

Where Sun Wukong was taken under the wing of someone who genuinely cared for him and wanted to see him improve, Macaque is forcibly dragged along by an outright malicious figure who wants to see him rot.

(Fuck, have Lady Bone Demon give Macaque an ice circlet to seal the “foil” deal! Have him be forced into these actions in outright agony! It would help Sun Wukong sympathize with him, expediting the “forgiveness” that a redemption arc needs!)

In fact, every time Macaque tries to leave, or steps out of line or even just fails? You hear an offscreen thud and yelping and then when we get to see him next, there’s new bruises on his body, new tears in his clothes. His fur becomes messy. His eyes grow haunted.

Play up his victimhood to coax the audience into sympathizing with him.

Macaque tries to run. The Mayor hurts him. He tries to stall. The Mayor hurts him. He tries to argue. The Mayor hurts him. He tries to fight back. The Mayor beats him back into subservience.

Establish that Macaque has utterly exhausted all avenues of “escape” before he resorts to attacking the Monkie Kids, and even then, have him try to avoid the majority of them in favor of MK, only to be forced by the Mayor into actually fighting Mei, Tang, Sandy, and Pigsy.

So now every character understands why he’s doing this- and don’t have a reason to hold it against him or expect any further atonement because none of his worst actions (like sieging the Dragon Palace) actually need to be addressed- they aren’t his fault.

That basically solves all the problems I have with the “arc” as it stands, honestly.

[lunesart]

I’ve been on a lmk kick as of late, so here are some of my favorite screenshot redraws I did in my sketchbook

[narratorstrash]

Slight spoilers for LMK season 5 ig but I have to rant;

Do you think the whole chaos/order thing going on in that season (& likely continuing into the next season) means the Chinese god of primordial chaos (the same kind of chaos NHD was talking about on the last ep of the season) Hundun might make an appearance & possibly be the higher power pulling the strings we kept getting hints to in season 5? Does that mean he would be a sort of narrative foil to Nuwa (who obviously represents the side of order), like different ‘solutions’ to the same ‘problem’?

Do you think Wukong & Macaque are meant to represent the imbalance of the universe in a VERY literal sense? Like, Wukong came into existence just to cause chaos in a too organized world while Macaque came into existence to measure out Wukong’s chaos? I know MK is called ‘The Harbinger of Chaos’, but Wukong also used to be ‘The Havoc of Heaven’ which are definitely VERY close descriptors. I mean, the Heavenly kingdom is very clearly representing itself as the deciding body of order in LMK, but it’s also clear that have little to ZERO clue what they’re actually doing (Li Jing) and/or don’t have the real power to decide anything about the balance even if they want to (Nezha & Azure Lion).

Is MK really the harbinger of chaos, or is he just the warning everyone kept ignoring until the problem exploded right in front of them? Does MK even fully understand the power this forced title holds? How he is part of the weight that balances a scale before it falls over itself? Did Wukong ever understand his own similar title?

I fear Macaque is right; they really are a bit too alike for comfort. Maybe the loss of Macaque (as the orderly counterpart to Wukong) meant that chaos could completely fly off the handle and throw the world into the ‘early restart’ Nuwa mentioned? Does that mean there could be another celestial monkey we’ll get to meet that becomes the new representation of order to act as a narrative foil for MK (like LBD used to be)? Is there already another monkey of order out there?

Will the sun and the moon clash again? Will the consequences be the same (history repeats itself) or will they be far more dire (history learns from itself)?

Will the cycle never end as long as someone who thinks they know better than the universe remains in power?

[broadwayinabox]

I’m not here to start a riot…

I’m just here to let y’all know the source material for the Sweeney Todd musical says, Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett are both very pro The Fucking™️

Sweeney Todd by CG Bond

Pg. 47

ACT II SCENE 4

MRS LOVETT You living above, like, and us not married. People are beginning to talk.

TODD Let them.

MRS LOVETT Typical! Men! Oh, it's all very well for you, but it's not so nice for a woman, I can tell you. All sorts of names they're calling me behind my back, I shouldn't wonder. Well, it's not nice, is it? (Still holding the bowl, she sits on TODD's knee) I mean, you do love me just a teensy bit, don't yer?

(She nibbles at his ear coquettishly)

TODD Indeed I do. (He kisses her)

MRS LOVETT Ooooh- (Putting the bowl on the table) here me hands are all mucky. Just let me give 'em a wipe. (She wipes her hands on her apron) Now then. (She cuddles him with relish) How about a little guest house, then? I'd keep it nice as pie, I would. Warm yer slippers by the fire, fetch you a jug when you wanted one, polish yer razors up regular. You wouldn't want for nothing with me looking after you.

TODD (kissing her between every word) The Judge - the Beadle

- first...

MRS LOVETT (getting up and indignantly smoothing her skirt) I thought you'd packed that revenge caper in. Still moaning after your Lucy, are you? Still wishing she hadn't of poisoned herself?

TODD There, there. Now, Sweeney Todd has never had a wife

- has he?

MRS LOVETT No, but that other fellow did.

TODD But you don't love that other fellow, do you? You love

Sweeney Todd. Come, come.

MRS LOVETT sits on his knee again.

MRS LOVETT I suppose so, but...

SWEENEY TODD kisses her again.

[lazymonth]

Martin Li AKA. Mister Negative the youngest crime lord

In Chinatown Martin is the owner of the F.E.A.S.T he is a very famous person and a lot of people know him as a rich philanthropist but that’s the only thing most people know. In the world of crime he is also known as Mister Negative, one of the powerful crime lords with his minion The inner demon. His power just likes his name. Negative power has the ability to switch people personally from good to bad or bad to good and he also can control people who get corrupted by the negative power too. It’s not all bad because on the Martin Li side he has a light power that can heal people even with cancer. All of this power is from the mystery antiques he found long ago when he was a child it’s more than just giving him a power.. it’s giving him a second personality it’s later on call himself Mister Negative

[casualfr1days]

Me because I just finished the demon school anime

[melsmodernlife]

I’m still on my reread of Good Omens (I may have been distracted by AO3). It occurred to me, however, when I read this part that Crowley is supposed to have good memory for faces.

This leads me to wonder. Does he really not recognize Furfur and Saraqael or is he just messing with them?

Of course there’s also the rabbit hole of wondering if his memories were partially wiped when he fell.

But right now I’m amused by the thought that Crowley is messing with them.

[apotelesmaa]

This is the ideal & supported by canon ruikasa dynamic btw

[spicyfryingpan]

Trading art for fic updates is so cool omg!!

would u link the fic hehe 👉🏾👈🏾

THANK U IM DESPERATE LOL

I’ll link,, when it’s done….

[mikamikacookie]

HELLO THERE. AND YES I’M ALIVE!

I got a wip to show you... :3 and I promise that I will be finishing this before Christmas!

Sorry for not posting for so long! I will work on the asks soon... Please wait!

[nyxinastra]

one day i will shut up about good omens, but until then, no one is safe

[theclaravoyant]

no but seriously what if the biggest lie they ever told us was right in front of our faces;

that Crowley didn’t so much fall as saunter vaguely downwards

[faeryworlds]

TAG DROP PART 1