#Jack Ignis

[thefuchsianeko]

Inktober 11-20 (feat. @foxitoast 's Furball)

[agender-wolfie]

When you’re reading a fic that says it’s gender neutral but then “You wore a short skirt and tied up your hair”

[arc-of-smiles]

"what do we do when something goes wrong?"

everyone in ygo: *proceeds to trauma dump*

[risto-licious]

hallow's curse 🎃 geralt meets a pumpkin demon!

[momoliciousderp]

Plushnis Diary: Entry Number 30

Happy Halloween!

[krakenator]

tfw you realize you've given TWO whole characters swishy-swooshy red

[cainballad]

Did more spring cleaning and we found more little clothes for the ffxv bros: winter coats! Only have two of them though.

They also have a new friend, Nahida~

Nahida gets the devil coat and pacifier 😂 but like come on, it looks super cute on her~

[clownsuu]

Oh my god I love Douglas's item head. It looks like a weirdly interesting eldritch horror artifact and as someone who loves that shit to a ungodly extent, I hope to get to see more of his item head in the future.

His head used to be a lot more complex, but due to his original ref being very old and too much, he’s been simplified to a extent

[thelegendofeowyn]

There's this comic I LOVE called Crow Time.

The author, secondlina, often posts comics on Tumblr, but I couldn't find the specific comic I want to talk about, so here is the link:

In this comic, secondlina refers to will-o'-the-wisps as omens of death. I hadn't come across this characterization of wisps, so I did some digging, and found a couple things:

1. "Corpse-candles"

We hear the following from William Wells Newell:

"First may be mentioned the so-called " corpse-candles," supposed to precede and prognosticate a death. If luminous appearances of the sort issue from the room of a sick person, and are seen to enter the churchyard, it is taken for granted that the illness will be fatal, and that the sufferer will shortly be borne to his rest along the path followed by the apparition. The movement of the flame answers to that which may be expected from the living man; if the pace be brisk, as that of a youth skipping or running, the death of a child is indicated; if slow and even, of an elderly person. In this case the vision is, so to speak, a present reflection of the future event; inasmuch as it formerly was usual to inter by night, and in consequence torches or candles were borne by the mourners, such lamps belong to the funeral procession, which appears in an anticipatory reflex."

(Basically, that wisps appear as actual harbingers of death and light the way to the churchyard where a sick person will soon be buried after they die.)

2. Spirits of the Dead

I have found that wisps have also been called the spirits of the dead, with variations being

someone who tricked the devil and therefore could enter neither heaven nor hell when they died*

someone who moved a landmark

unbaptized infants

dishonest land surveyors

*There's a huge number of stories mentioning this phenomenon, so many that it is a folkloric motif (ATU 330).

So, the connections between wisps and death is strong enough that some people would say wisps have a stronger correlation to ghosts than to fairies. That's something I have encountered in a few of the abovementioned sources, but I feel like there's a lot more research to be done in that regard. I'm more than willing to take on that monstrous task!

[yuuminni]

all flowers eventually wilt. #girl

[thelegendofeowyn]

First of all, COOL ASS ART! (I know nothing about art, but this is pretty and neat and is therefore pretty neat.)

Second of all, this is another in a string of instances that I've found that will-o'-the-wisps are consistently understood to be floating blue fires. It really makes me wonder if blue fires occur naturally. If so, that's something I have yet to come across in my research, aside from mentions of the phenomenon of "ignis fatuus."

I have a theory that the "ignis fatuus" is occasionally differentiated from will-o'-the-wisps by the assertion that there have been legitimate, scientifically observed sightings of floating blue fires ("ignes fatui" in the plural), but will-o'-the-wisps are supernatural. A source I have recently delved into that makes allusions to that distinction is Jabez Allies' "On the Ignis Fatuus, or Will-o'-the-Wisp, and the Fairies." I am not sure if there is a direct distinction made in any of the sources I have found, and Allies seems not to be an expert on the subject he's writing on, so it's highly possible that I am wrong.

Will o the Wisp, 1888 by Lev Lerch

[thefuchsianeko]

Inktober 1-10... doin' alright

I started really behind bc I hadn't gotten a new sketchbook till after the 1st of the month, plus I've been cleaning the house... but I got caught up and house cleaning is almost done. More Inktober later

[dante-heller]

Shut up about the challenge and do your goddamn job, you halfwit! The regions leader's life is on the line here.

[thelegendofeowyn]

Neat art + wisps are in Skyrim? Hell yeah.

"Wisp Encounter"

Concept art for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Art by Adam Adamowicz

[krakenator]

it’s prime igni time these days babyyy. between turning of the seasons approaching wrap-up and discovering atrocities in the desert my gal’s been having a normal one

[cainballad]

Did some spring cleaning and found a hidden box with new clothes for the ffxv bros. It’s been hidden for years!

Gladio and Ignis are cats. Prompto and Noctis are bunnies.

Of course I also had Nyx (left) and Libertus (right) wear one~

didn’t have enough for Jack garland so he’s just there 😭