#Incubus Succubus Venus Faustus

[see-arcane]

You ever accidentally Goncharov yourself?

I had the most vivid dream that I thought was a memory of a movie that I was certain came out at the same time as The Hunger (1983) and got buried in the box office because of it. It was about an incubus (succubus) ((gender: All.)) suffering an identity crisis as they tried to uncover how they came to be what they are. I remember thinking--"lucidly"--that Ha ha, no, the movie didn't do X, Y, Z! Man, I should re-watch it when I wake up.

I woke up. Certain for five whole minutes that Incubus Succubus Venus Faustus was an entire real Film. And then it wasn't. Fuck.

But now I have to make fanart until it's out of my head, so here

Also,

Also also this is a good time to remind everyone

I have a Ko-Fi if you want to throw me a dollar or commission some art of your own.

Let me know if you have any brain-movies you want some promo art for, I guess

[see-arcane]

So, this thing has been festering a little. Not for a ton of worldbuilding, just to dig out one of the side characters I hazily remember. He was some kind of crude soup made from chunks of Mephistopheles rolled in barbed wire, casual blasphemy and cigarette butts. Acts like "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" sounds, give or take a screaming choir of the damned in the chorus. Probably smells like gasoline and poor life choices.

No clear idea of the plot relevance for this guy beyond having some kind of deal with Vice, possibly to do with hunting down the source of their identity issue, whatever that was. Also to show a contrast in the kind of devils out wandering the world. Those who operate in contracts to wring something out of you (Mercor) and those who operate like straightforward predators, devoid of occult rules and gotcha games, preferring to just Do What They Want (Vice).

That's about all I could recall. And now, because I can and I seem to have a weakness for pretty peppermint palette fashion:

Here's a Vice looking nice c:

[see-arcane]

Mercor: Did someone say selling soul and murder? Wait a minute you should clarify that you're not talking about killing mortals while making soul damning decelerations. The undead are above my pay grade. Also is that the boss' pet student?

Mercor struck me as having the vibes of someone who could and would happily fuck up the Devil's teacher's pet's whole day for the right price. If Jonathan hadn't already signed and sold himself over to Death itself, he probably would've been open to haggling

Though having some random scraggly brick of a guy reeking of boiled blood and stale beer popping out of the earth to suplex Dracula into Hell would've made for a very awkward climax in the gothic horror of things. Quick, but awkward

[see-arcane]

Faust in your demon dream: why am in it

First, because my brain decided the title needed all those -us endings. Incubus Succubus Venus Faustus.

Second, because I vaguely recall there being some more literal connection to the Doctor Faustus theme. Deals with the Devil/Faustus only being damned for calling on demons to indulge his wants with, et cetera