#Misc: keeping to the shadows (ooc)

[peccatulum-b-gone]

Introduction

After a few run-ins with the Seven Association, I have decided to follow suit with the social media presence as an additional form of advertisement of my services as a fixer. Word of mouth can only carry so far.

Though unaffiliated at the moment, I am capable of carrying out a variety of requests at a reduced cost (-25%) compared to fixers of the same rank. However, should the total cost be lower than the travel fees required to carry out the job, the cost reduction does not apply.

Though I specialize in extermination of non-human threats, other kinds of requests will be accepted as long as they are in compliance with the laws of the City. To submit a request refer to the "Make a request" form located on this blog.

~SnakeHead~

THE AO3 ACCOUNT peccatulum_b_gone IS NOW ACTIVE

//I would have used Snakehead, but variations on that were taken so I went with the second best thing for the name of the account

//The stories will be Snakehead/Fantabulous Five POVs, but will still feature the characters of other blogs´ characters in this roleplay, due to the collaborative real-time story-crafting and interactive nature of the roleplay. I don´t intend to encroach on other blogs´ narratives, I just want to make it easier for new people to get at least a general grip on the story without reading through all of the rp blogs (of which there are quite a few now). If any of the bloggers take issue with this plan, please let me know through DMs so we can resolve this without any unnecessary drama.

//UPDATE(22th August 2024) - tagging system (bellow cut)

//OOC: This is a roleplay blog for an original character within PMverse. If "//" is present in the tags, it is the blog mod speaking out of character. Strictly in-universe roleplay, no crossovers. Anyway, I hope everyone has a fun time :)

tagging system:

I finally got around to properly set tags in place after making decision on how to tag what.

Snakehead's lore - lorebuilding for Snakehead. Some details may be bit more hidden/obscure. Involves things that pertain to backstory of the OC.

Snakehead's notes - slice of life stories and shenanigans that don't have a uhge impact on the overall plot

Snakehead's reports - cases that Snakehead is involved in but aren't "paid cases" in the story lore

Snakehead's requests - explicit request cases

Snakehead's canon - any story bits that aren´t canon posts to Snakehead´s blog, but are canon to the story arc. Main difference being that only characters involved in the scene are aware of what was being communicated unless they shared the information otherwise.

Fantabulous Five - new tag, in regards to the five kids. Older posts concerning the kids lack this tag, instead being tagged with Snakehead's notes.

Note that Snakehead's cases and Snakehead's reports are somewhat blurry area so the description isn't 100% accurate. In some cases it was hard to decide which tag to use.

case-specific tags(chronological order from oldest to newest):

The K Corp Adventure

Chicken Wing Detour

En Pointe Request

Tenth Scholar

Eisen und Blut (not a "case", but chronologically it makes most sense here)

Peccatulum Sweep (as addendum in Eisen und Blut report)

Doublicates ("self-request")

The Growling Shadow

Rampaging Horseman (NEW)

misc tags (related tags separated by a comma):

- these tags may repeat in the future

Snakehead's warnings

Snakehead's artistic endeavours

Snakehead's wallet

crow acquisition, Geryon the crow

shi colleague, delivery for Seiko

bug fixer friend

Differing characters' colors :

bold + black - Onyx

green - Beryl

blue - Agate

orange - Feldspar

red - Jasper

no color distinction* - Snakehead

*a few older posts don't have the color specifics

Anyway, that's all for now, keep your blades and minds sharp, friends.

[shellheadtmark2]

@auntlarb if I was to start reading comics for 616 Tony, which comic would you recommend to start with? like I have zero idea how comics work or where to even begin

honestly, and this isn’t really a good answer, but it’s the honest one, it depends on what you want to know.  because otherwise the answer is everything.  every single scrap you can because...well, to be absolutely real with you, shit from one panel from one comic fifty years ago will be referenced in a comic now and the only footnote you get in explanation is something like “AS SEEN IN INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #5! - EDITOR” when invincible iron man #5 was published in 1963.

i’m also going to really preface this in general for anyone reading this and also be incredibly real and say if anyone that wants to start reading iron man comics and goes in expecting anything at all like mcu tony - you’re gonna be disappointed.  mcu tony is as different to 616 tony as ultimates tony is to both of them, which is to say...they’re different characters.  or, rather, very different takes on the same character.  the mcu is something like what if 616 and ultimates had a baby and that baby grew up to marry thanos.  616 tony is less cinnamon roll too good for this world and is literally charred cinnamon roll, crunchy, been through hell and back, throw him in the trash.  i love him a lot tho.

alright, that’s my expect something completely different disclaimer.

the problem with reading guides in general is that they don’t...you don’t get the full picture.  with comics you have to jump around, read an issue here and there of a title you wouldn’t normally do so with (as i wait patiently for wednesday so i can read loki #2 and find out why tony’s wearing armor on the cover he logically shouldn’t - assuming that’s even addressed).  there’...honestly i’d argue there’s no perfect place to jump in, you just pick a spot and start reading, and if you get to the end of an issue and it says “contined in [some other comic title and number]” you hunt that down and read it, and then bounce back to what you were reading.  so you get the full picture.  you read  a lot of comics - and i mean a lot - digging out every scrap of one storyline.  

which is a lot of words to say pick a spot and just dive in.  but it’s true.  i can, however, offer suggestions for runs that i personally enjoy and think give good groundwork for how 616 tony feels different from mcu tony, and eases you into it being less jarring because of that difference.  

iron man: extremis director’s cut (2005) will never not be on my recommended list.  it shows you how extremis works in 616 and why tony would do that to himself.  it’s also one of those comics that gives you a little bit of a sense of how 616 tony’s brain works.  be warned tho, it’s...it’s dark.  and gory.  i can tell you right now most of the iron man comics on this list are going to be both of those things, because that’s just how iron man rolls.  there’s no happy endings for tony, y’all.  this is one comic i reference a lot.

invincible iron man (2008) is another favorite.  it’s a little bit director of shield, a little bit of a mandarin face off story, a little bit of yanking tony out of the armor, a little bit of getting involved in asgard’s bullshit, a little bit of a detective story.  this is the run with the brain thing.  also gory.  also, at times, dark.  it does not shy from the body horror of what tony does to himself.  but it’s a solid look at tony’s world, i think, from tony’s point of view.  also i can verify you can read this one without having read others because @gwinnetts did it for reasons and furthermore and didn’t have any trouble.

invincible iron man (1998) is another good run, though it’s one that...goes for a long while.  the mandarin shows up, you see bits and pieces of tony’s ridiculously bad love life, he’s secdef for a while, there’s all kinds of weird horror shows going on, it’s dark, it’s gritty, it’s the golden age of iron man comics, in my opinion.  also a good place to start because it’s post heroes-reborn so everything’s new and shiny and you can follow along right through it.

avengers (2013) requires some prerequisite reading and some intermittent reading of other stuff (AXIS, superior iron man, new avengers, infinity) to get the full picture by the end, but good lord it’s a beautiful avengers run.

because that’s the thing.  you can’t just read iron man comics, you gotta start dipping in all over the place to understand what’s going on.  

new avengers & young avengers (2005) is okay in the set up to civil war.  you’ll get to see characters like luke cage and spider-man, stature and patriot, as well as jessica drew and wolverine, and it starts laying that foundation.

civil war is super! super! important to tony, even if he doesn’t remember it anymore firsthand.  and there are so many tie ins to civil war like...you could spend forever just here.  on top of the seven issue run, i also highly recommend fallen son, the confession, and what if? civil war for maximum tony stark manpain.  because civil war fucking wrecks me.  it’s been fifteen goddamn years almost and it still fucking wrecks me.

demon in a bottle, because tony being a recovering alcoholic is such a huge part of his character development, and demon in a bottle is crucial to that.  to add on to that, in invincible iron man runs in the early 80s help fill in the blanks from this nicely.

iron man legacy is incomplete, but it’s so so good.  so good.  it gives you a taste of homeless tony in a modern sense, as well as how inventive his brain is when he’s armorless.  well worth the read and it won’t even take that long.

the armor wars (both of them) are another set that definitely deserve a skim through, because it shows just how out of hand shit gets sometimes, and how far tony will go to get his shit back.

iron man: viva las vegas is also incomplete, which is a goddamn shame, but it’s another quick read that gives you and idea of tony doing tony things.  it was also a great little plot, killed before its time, and the art was, imo, solid, in the same style as iron man: extremis.

iron man: fatal frontier is hooo boy.  it’s sure a thing that happened.  think mining boomtown.  on the moon.  with tony as the sheriff.  who’s also suffering from a metal poisoning that’s making him megalomaniacal because “tony knows best”.  it’s good.  if anyone doesn’t agree, we can meet in the pit, i love fatal frontier.  i have lots of feelings about fatal frontier.

fantastic four/iron man: big in japan is great to lighten things up again.  kinda gory but in a cutesy...way?  it’s hard to explain, this comic is just wild as fuck.  also hilarious.

captain america: man out of time is probably a weird choice outwardly to put here, but it’s about the avengers finding cap from cap’s perspective, and how badly tony was mancrushing on him.  the start of the unnecessary touching.  tony wiggling in excitement to take steve rogers out.  tony’s dual identity.  it’s all here, and from steve rogers’s perspective.

anyway this thing is...really long, and this is a good start.  it gives (i personally think, anyone else is welcome to disagree / make suggestions) a good comparison for just how different 616 tony is.  you’ll both hurt for him even more?  and feel pretty unsympathetic to some of his bullshit by the end of it.  but what you will see is a lot of nuance that’s missed just because the mcu couldn’t develop these kinds of layers in the time it had.  tony’s complicated, and that’s putting it...extremely mildly.  he’s so so good, but he’s willing to throw himself on the pyre and nail himself on the cross and it fucks him each and every time he does it.

[burnedlegend-archive]

everyone knows my type of guy is generally scruffy but if you needed more proof: up until now i’ve thought, okay, grant gustin is alright, kinda cute in a boyish sorta way

not until he got all scruffy in what i assume is the new season did i actually find him attractive tho

[condemnedfaith-blog]

-intense cackling-

[rwt-mystic-corner]

Meet the Witch

Swiped from Storm!

As of: April 5th, 2022

~*Personal*~

Name: Zira, RWT Pronouns: they/them, xe/xir, xe/xem, etc.-- keep it nonbinary please! Age: 29 Signs: - Aries sun, Scorpio rising, Cancer moon - Water Rooster Where: Northeastern Ohio!

~*Magical Interests*~

Crystals, stones, minerals, etc. Astral projection+travel Shadow magic Herbalism Pop culture practices Hearth witchcraft Protection Energy work Eclectic stuff, et cetera, et al!

~*Favorite witchy blogs*~

@aroacepagans @asksecularwitch @breelandwalker​ @darkfyretheumbrawitchisback @stormwaterwitch @traegorn​

~*Fun facts*~

~ I have two chinchillas and three diamond doves! Dusty, my white mosaic chinchilla, is my familiar. I’m hoping to get a pigeon sometime in the future, too.

- I used to have a veritable indoor jungle of houseplants, but they never recovered after I moved. Right now I am the proud parent of a single pothos!

- The most pets I ever had at one time was 11: five betta, three chinchillas, two diamond doves, and a ringneck dove. On top of all the houseplants!

~ I am a HUGE comic nerd. My main goddess comes from comic books!

~ I also write! Most of it is fanfiction centered around my OCs from mystical lands, but I also have an original verse brewing and some poetry lying around the internet. I have so many RP blogs on Tumblr, too. So many.

~ I’ve been practicing meditation since I was 12 years old! Yes I have ADHD. Yes I sit still for 10+ minutes at a time and yeet my thoughts. We Exist.

~ I’m currently hyperfixated on a book series called The Locked Tomb. I’ve never been this thoroughly confused and tantalized. It’s fantastic. /g

~*Misc*~

- You might also know me as @beyondthetemples-ooc! Or just @beyondthetemples, since that’s my account’s main blog.

- If you ever have any reading recommendations, I am SO super down. The only thing I won’t accept is something you want me to hate-read. No thanks.

- I also collect a plethora of things! Stones, feathers, books, comics, bird decor, languages, pins and patches (bonus fun fact: I have an ita bag for them), and of course knowledge.

Thanks for reading! If you feel so inclined, absolutely feel free to fill this out yourself! Anyone’s welcome to steal it from me, just please make your own post rather than reblogging.

[inkedskinpaperwings-blog]

hurt michael

[undefinable-like-fire-archive]

someone give me horror movie suggestions, i’m in the mood to make bad life choices

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i suddenly, after watching Legends with a friend and commenting on how much Len acts like a model, need an AU where he’s a model and Mick is appointed as his bodyguard 

or, conversely, a plot where Mick is some action movie actor and Len is either a costar in one that Mick is annoyed with at first for being so Extra or another bodyguard AU where Len signs on as his bodyguard despite there not really being a need for it cause Mick is a tank

basically i love actor/model/bodyguard type AUs and i need them

(also i just remembered that time i was considering a verse where len is a stripper aslkdsjlskskslk)

[crimesketched]

          ( crystal reed, she / her, female ) is that MADISON LOVEMORE walking into shipwreck lee’s? the THIRTY year old FORENSIC ARTIST / PHOTOGRAPHER is known to come through here for lunch. they remind me of CHARCOAL STAINED FINGERS, CLEVER EYES FROM THE SUNLIT CORNER OF A CAFE, AND FIREFLIES & CONSTELLATIONS IN SUMMER. if you ask around, you’ll hear that they have been around for ONE MONTH and can be OVER-FORGIVING and OBSERVANT. they live by SHADY GLEN, but with the summer rolling in, you’ll find them hanging around the carnival. / oliver, 21, est, they/them

THE STORY

– born in a small town outside vancouver, bc to a pretty normal middle class family. one brother two years younger than her and her parents. she had your typical childhood, just your typical bumps that come with puberty and growing up.

– she grew up sketching a lot in her pre-teens and frankly… was not that good at it. but she kept at it and it developed into a pretty Big Talent !! she started gravitating toward people eventually, finding it challenging and full-filling. soon it was more strange to find madison without a sketchbook than with one.

– went to nyu for fine arts ; luckily had supper supportive parents that let her LOL. learned a lot about painting, acrylic and oil, though sketching and drawing remained her first love. she took to the bustling cities, sitting in cafes and sketching anyone and everyone ( in a non-creepy way, she promises ).

– middle of her sophomore year, her friend met this super hot guy at a bar but never got his name or anything. and well… that’s where the story really starts. madison figured hey, why not give it a try and that was her first time sketching from a description. and it turned out pretty spot on.

– from there, things spiraled out of control. parent of a friend of a friend heard some things and next thing she knew, she was shadowing a forensic artist at the nypd and adding a second major in anatomy.

– her nyc connections served her well, and after graduation she was one of the nypd’s freelance forensic artists. she’s been working her way up ever since then, establishing herself as one of the best. she recently got her professional license a few years ago and is superrrrrr pumped about it.

– her grandmother recently passed away, leaving her the historic house in port harbour. she returned around mid-april to clean it out and take care of it. in the meantime she has been living there and picked up some work where she could with the local police station. she’s.... liked the small town more then she thought she would and her return to new york has since been delayed.

MISC

– she still has a sketchbook with her like… always. carries this worn leather messenger bag to hold it and all the pencils and charcoal she’ll ever need. definitely still in the habit of sitting in cafe and drawing random people. it keeps her skills sharp. sometimes has friends drill exercises with her where they describe a random person in like a stock photo to her. she thinks it’s fun…

– she paints too!! but those are just in her apartment. i imagine her apartment to be really sunny, lots of plants, and just half-finished canvases of every size just… everywhere. uhhhh. with the house in port harbour i imagine she’s working on a studio. u know things are getting Real when she starts making her studio.

– has a little freelance business!! mostly just commissions but occasionally someone will actually sit for her like they did in olden days lmao

– though being a sketch artist is her favorite part of her work, she also occasionally works with digital software to recreate crime scenes and does some work with facial recognition.

– near photographic memory tbh…

– her other side gig was shooting games for the rangers when she was in nyc. her college best friend’s dad is the lead photographer for the team and was able to get her an in. it’s a nice change of pace and she enjoys the challenge of trying to capture things so quickly. keeps her mind sharp. her younger brother also plays in the nhl. probs the rangers bc we love a good brother and sister duo. that’s not really relevant but i’m including it anyway.

PERSONALITY

madison is like,,, the epitome of her last name lovemore lmao. she will give anyone and everyone the benefit of the doubt and hands out second ( and third… and fourth… ) chances like they’re free. it’s gotten her heart broken a lot as you can imagine. she doesn’t forget but she does forgive. but she’s also super resilient at the same time ?? she tries not to take things to heart and is very much the type to like spend the 24 hours after a break up crying and eating ice cream while wine drunk and then is fine…

she tries her best to be kind though and to let people make their own impressions on her. but like ? double-edged sword too ? she also doesn’t really care if you’re famous. she’s also a good listener and has been told she’s a reassuring presence ??? which definitely helps with the one aspect of her job where she does occasionally have to work with people who are pretty traumatized.

OOC

hey guys !! i’m oliver ( 21, est, they/them ). madison is not a new muse, but i haven’t been able to play her as much i would like so i look forward to developing her further. 

[of-origami-cranes-archive-blog]

@fleshitout posts one gifset and i’m just fucking down for the count for the rest of the night i guess like damn why you gotta do me this way

[corvid-lullaby]

Rules

Interaction Criterias: I have none. All are welcome. This includes cross universe characters, OCs, those new to RPing, those who don’t have an RP blog etc. However, I have the right to refuse to interact with someone for any reason at all. In fact, you don’t have to be an RPer at all to interact with my muse.

Which Nishiki?: For threads, I very much prefer it if you tell me your preference on what version of Nishiki you’d like. Be it 0’s, K1’s, my split personality SecT version (More under Character Bio if you’re interested), or something else. I’m very flexible and am willing to cater towards your preferences.

Shipping: I am highly, highly if-y about this. I have had a past of RP partners and/or friends going south around shipping. Everything from jealousy to slipping things into an OOC context. Up front I will refuse, but we’ll see otherwise if I end up trusting you enough.

RP Posts: Any post types are welcome. Long, short, simple, fancy–it’s up to you. How long you take to post doesn’t matter either, even if the thread has been idle for months. You are also free to drop threads without reason. Threads will be started as new posts, while linking to previous posts, every now and then to keep them from flooding the dash.

RP Platforms: Tumblr, Discord, Google Docs, and in game FFXIV (My internet is shit right now though.) Toss me a DM if you’d like my Discord. I may try other platforms. If you have another preference that wasn’t stated then feel free to refer it to me. I may have a Pillowfort account soon, too.

NSFW/Mature Content: I’m sorry but I don’t openly RP smut. If our RP potentially leads to this, it will only be implied and not in detail. However I do and am willing to RP other mature and/or taboo content such as gore, torture, ect. However depending on the subject I may prefer to have our RP private.

Consent: You do not need my consent to do anything to my muse in our threads so long as it’s fitting to the context. Permanent disablement, torture, and even death are welcome in my threads since each thread is treated as a self contained story. On the other hand, I will ask for consent to majorly altering your muse.

Asks/Submissions: Any ask or submission I do can be turned into a thread if you so choose to. Asks and Submissions are always open and don’t require prompts/memes to be used. Asks and Submissions are not restricted to RP related content. I love to draw and have random OOC contact too. I accept misc writing prompts. I also cross universe into FFXIV so anything related to that is a go too.

Memes/Prompts: Absolutely anyone is welcome to submit one or even suggest some. You do not have to be an RPer to send one in. You may also change how a prompt is meant to be used. If a prompt is meant to be a starter but would rather have it be used as a drabble, or vice versa, then let me know!

Reblogging: All posts are open to be reblogged freely unless otherwise stated in the tags. This includes solo writings (such as drabbles or asks), OOC posts, etc. However, please do not reblog RP threads unless it says otherwise.

OOC Contact: You can contact me for any reason, so please don’t be shy! If you have questions, want to chat, or hang out in FFXIV please please feel free to prod me. I love doing all sorts of content in XIV and a very willing and patient mentor for all roles if you need one. Sadly my net has been complete crap lately so I can’t guarantee much on XIV at the moment. You can either DM me on Tumblr, DM me if you want my Discord name to chat there, my PSN is Artoirel, or you can find me on FFXIV as the following characters, all of which are in the Crystal Datacenter: Nero-tol Scaeva (Balmung-main), Count Artoirel (Balmung), Shadow Keeper (Balmung), Nishikiyama Akira (Brynhildr-current most active)

Errors: If you see any mistakes in my posts, tags, etc let me know. My theme is hand written so any bug reporting is highly appreciated.

If you have any other questions please don’t be shy to contact me. These rules will be altered and updated when needed. If you’ve read all the rules give me a nose boop in my ask box.

[burnedlegend-archive]

yes

yes it is

it me

this is hilarious without context

[shellheadtmark2]

actually, that raises a good point (i say, like everyone sees what i’m talking about - it concerns mcu canon divergence, there you’re all caught up).  at what point is it too much divergence?  like it’s no big secret that after the move my plan was to make 616 my main verse (you can check that one off the list, it’s the first verse tag and i intend to do hella more writing in it and have been, much to unpopular demand), and it’s no secret i’ve been less than satisfied with the mcu for a good long while now.  from phase two, actually, bc to me that’s when everything started that death spiral.

but what if...i decided to go completely divergent.  from im3 forward.  keep maybe everything after as an alternate verse - but not my first choice considering - and then just...rewrote everything else.  this isn’t even about endgame this is about everything from phase 2 onward, and i could write an essay on why, sure, tony’s characterization has been solid (except for endgame and infinity war at points, and...other things, too but we’ll wait to get into that) and that’s only bc rdj is the second biggest tony stark stan after me (and he can fight me for that title honestly), but the story as it’s progressed has made no fucking sense.  i disagree with tony being such a focal point, he’s never been that in the larger avengers as a whole, other people get their turn, as it should be.  i disagree that civil war was a war in that it was like fifteen people fighting in a parking lot.  ultron was kind of a joke.  bucky deserves better.  steve deserves better - and maybe acknowledgement that while he’s a Good Man, he’s also kind of an asshole (and i say this with a deep, unyielding love for steve, but yeah, he’s kind of an asshole and yet still deserved way better).  pietro deserved better (i mean it’s not like he was one of the early avengers in classic marvel or anything).

idk if this is a poll or a psa or me thinking out loud or what, but i’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.  about keeping a secondary mcu verse that follows anon and going off and bringing the development more in line with phase one and where it originally felt like it could have headed.  or maybe not, maybe i’m still hankering for a group verse that’ll just fix everything.  where the tower can actually be made use of and all the groups cohabitate the same world bc my suspension of belief on that - when i know certain friendships should exist - only stretches so far.  which...i’m a person who willingly reads comics about a guy with a bazillion dollars who punches giant lizards in the face while flying around in a metal suit.  that says something.

it’s not even about bringing it more in line with 616 - ults isn’t in line and i’m still considering adding ults tony.  it’s more make it stand alone from 616, but make it actually make sense and contain an integrity of character i, personally, feel like has been deteriorating.  idk.  it’s a thought.  it sounds like a fun challenge, honestly, but it’s a thought i keep circling back to which usually means it’s something i need to take care of.  

more on this story as it develops.

[burnedlegend-archive]

hey does anybody remember when i wanted to crack open glowsticks and drink them so when i broke my bones i’d light up

[condemnedfaith-blog]

rest in pieces @ us

[vfdlibrarian]

When you realize Frank is actually the only thing keeping the Last Safe Place safe