#OVERKILLED IT EVEN

[inkskinned]

it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

[chronologically-challenged]

@askoverkill The bastard plus (1) vanilla Sif.

[catpriciousmarjara]

Okay so there's this dp x dc tumblr post about the JL finding the Ghost King's family tree or something and lots of misunderstandings happening but I can't find it anymore and would be grateful if someone would send it to me... Anyhow I was inspired by it and this is the result!

Also on ao3 if you wanna check it out there!

The Family Tree

"So you're telling me this is just a family tree?", Green Lantern asked with a frown on his face.

Bruce could see Constantine's eyes twitching at that question. As always, leave it to Hal Jordan to annoy people.

"This isn't just anything", the sorcerer said with narrowed eyes. "It's a Class-X magical artifact. If this thing is used as a focus for a ritual, the magnitude of magical energy would rise by at least 80 factors. For those of you non-magical or unfamiliar with magic, that's fucking huge."

Beside him Zatanna nodded, her gaze still fixed on the ancient manuscript. She hadn't taken her eyes off the scroll for more than a minute since she got to the Watch Tower and first saw it spread out on the containment room table. Constantine was the same. Captain Marvel was not present, working along with Superman, Hawkgirl, and Aquaman on a case, but his reactions have always been dissimilar from his magical colleagues, so his case might be anywhere between staying the hell away from it to trying to inhale it.

It was clear to Bruce that Zatanna coveted it, but was sensible and cautious enough to stay away from it. Constantine had no sense so he was a tossup. From where he was standing between Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter, the Gotham vigilante resolved to keep an eye on the two magicians. They most likely won't try to steal the artifact, considering the heavy dose of 'not messing with that thing' overshadowing the desire to possess it, but the scroll itself might be enchanted to encourage covetous feelings on those nearby. It wouldn't be the first time. Better safe than sorry.

It was Diana that stepped up towards the two JL Dark members to seek more clarification. As both a Demigod and as someone familiar with magic, she was usually the one taking point on such issues.

She gestured to the scroll innocently sitting inside the runic circle the two mages had constructed around it. "You have told us that the artifact is not destructive, that it is merely a record, and that the information it contains is not a spell, or a runic arrangement, or a magic circle. You have also told us that the strange energy readings coming from it are mostly due to the material it's made out of than any catastrophic sorcery enchanted into it. You have at last decoded it as a record of a family tree. Yet it is dangerous, a Class-X relic as you've said. Given all this information, I suppose the correct question to ask here is this: why is a family tree capable of raising magical energy output by 80 factors?"

The two magicians looked at each other. Zatanna finally pried her eyes away from the scroll and faced the room.

"Magic is a force that simultaneously has laws but at the same time adheres to none. It's confusing to explain but for the time being just keep that in mind."

She walked to the center of the room, followed by Constantine, visibly trying to collect her words. Bruce prepared himself for a complicated explanation and activated another one of the batsuit's recorders. He felt the urge to sigh, for a supposed unchained force, Magic was needlessly complex at times, and practically incomprehensible to non-magicals.

At the front, Zatanna took a deep breath and began.

"As you know there are multiple dimensions. But magical dimensions come under a different category. Depending on the overall magical potential of a particular magical dimension, we call it the World State Stable Thaumaturgical Output Capacity, we can classify these dimensions in grades and levels, as either higher or lower, with relation to each other. These levels are dependent on a multitude of variables like space, time, gravity, Events, Proximity, etc and as such are non-linear, and unfixed. That's the first thing."

Bruce could practically see the capitals on the last two. Looks like they would need to hold another meeting to clarify a lot of these concepts. Seeing the dawning of lost expressions on some of the members however, Bruce mentally amended that to many future meetings.

Zatanna continued. "Magical objects from higher dimensions become stronger in lower ones. The inverse is also true. This is all in relation to the Overture and the same polarity orientation of course but we don't need to get into that now-"

On the contrary Bruce thought they really needed more explanation on all of that.

"-In simple terms, a child's toy from a higher dimension could become the focus for an apocalyptic ritual in a much lower dimension, while an apocalyptic artifact from a lower dimension might as well be paperweight in a sufficiently higher one. There are ways around it, but if those methods are not implemented, then this is how it generally goes. The larger the level difference, the higher the power."

Now that wasn't concerning at all. Bruce really needed to update his contingency plans regarding magic.

Constantine continued from where Zatanna left off, looking like he'd rather be anywhere but here.

"The second thing is that when it comes to magic, things that are indefinable or unquantifiable become definable and quantifiable. Stuff like love, hate, happiness, despair, fate, necessity, authority? All measurable. Not always needed of course, But definitely possible and frequently used in a variety of magical fields."

The sorcerer leaned against a nearby chair. "One such thing is Significance. The magic contained in true names for instance is mostly based on significance. A true name is significant to you, its a doorway to your soul, and therefore it holds power. Significance is also what we call a positive, additive factor in magic. In the absence of interfering variables, significance as a quantity is directly proportional to magical output. In other words-"

"-the more significant an object or an event, the higher the magical energy output, and consequently higher the magical power", J'onn finished. He looked towards the scroll. "The information recorded on it, the family tree as you've said, valuable in significance, most likely in terms of whose family it's a record of. In addition, the artifact is from a higher dimension with relation to ours, and that has a cumulative effect."

"Yeah exactly", said Constantine with a raised eyebrow. "Which means that if that hypothetical toy Zatanna mentioned? If that happened to be important enough, like a first toy, or a cherished gift or something like that, its significance increases, its potential increases, and in the right hands, or in the wrong hands really, that potential could be harnessed at a lower level."

There was a bout of thoughtful silence as they absorbed all of the information.

But Bruce felt as if he had been quiet enough and took the chance to ask a question of his own. "You mentioned something called the Overture, and polarity orientation. What do they mean?"

Constantine just sighed. "For fuck's sake Batsy those things aren't really important to the discussion..."

Bruce just stared.

..."Fine", the mage said in defeat. "There are many names for it, the Overture, Exordium, Legerdomain, Nascence...but the most accepted two are the Beforebirth, and the Womb. It's not a something as much as it's a someplace, but then again it's not really a place either. Simply put it's the birthplace of Magic, where it all began and all that. It can't be accessed without the Key and that's been lost for a long time. It's actually a mission for many magicals to find it you know? A holy quest for a lot of them. Some of them are straight up crazy though."

Bruce field that information safely away. Figure out a plan to combat fanatic magicians trying to find the birthplace of magic for sinister reasons. "And polarity?"

"Well", Zatanna began, "its how magic is classified according to the nature of...magic? Or rather the essence? It's hard to put in mundane terms...Anyhow broadly speaking there are two main polarities, the Obverse, and the Reverse."

For a moment, she struggled with the explanation before brightening, seemingly having found an idea.

"Picture a number line, but like on the y-axis! Zero is the Overture, Obverse dimensions are the positive number side, and Reverse dimensions are the negative numbers! The higher up the obverse dimension, the larger its magical output! Similarly, the lower down the reverse dimension, the higher its magical output."

Bruce had hardly parsed through that when their resident speedster spoke up.

"Guys", the red clad hero said, "I feel like we missed the obvious follow up question after Ollie over here...like I feel like this is important, but where exactly is the scroll from?"

As one everyone turned towards the artifact.

Constantine grimaced and Zatanna winced. They looked at each other as if asking who wanted to bite the bullet. Finally it looked as if Constantine lost. The sorcerer cursed under his breath.

"Well which dimension is the scroll from?", asked Wonder Woman.

Constantine took what looked like a fortifying breath.

"It's from the Infinite Realms."

Silence.

"What?", the Green Lantern asked intelligently.

"It's from the Infinite Realms. As in Infinite. As in end of the figurative fucking line, number line whatever!"

Everyone stared at the magicians as understanding slowly dawned.

There was what was essentially a magical nuke in the Watch Tower.

"Now", began Martian Manhunter, "this is unfortunate".

[finnoahsource]

Some glimpses of Noah from a new project coming soon!

[hot-faerie-threesome]

Book Design: All My Words by Itallends

I haven't been able to stop thinking about @goldencuffs's works, and while I try to cope with waiting for yngt's next chapter, I finally finished my mock-ups for All My Words (which I'm still very much not over).

I struggled a lot with this one, but I thought I'd share all my options and maybe get some feedback?

Concept 1: Paintings & Lemons

Art is very present in this fic; Damen's a writer, Laurent an aspiring one, one of their first dates it's at a museum. Art is also messy, full of emotion, often something that consumes artists – similarly to how their love consumes them.

Damen is pretty obsessed with Laurent's lemony scent, so that's a theme I kept coming back to. Beyond lemons (both the fruit and the colours), amw also makes me think of tones of blue – the sea, the depression, depth of feelings.

Concept 2: Lemons & Words

Now, this concept technically also uses a painting (Donald Sultan, Black Lemons), but it has a more gritty feeling to me and combined with other graphic elements like the handwriting or textured background it feels very different from the previous concept.

On the first version of this concept, I also used smoke on the front cover as a nod to Damen's weekly cigarettes.

Concept 3: Flat Design

A more modern take on book design, this breaks away from the lemon imagery and instead focuses in Damen's vice and guilty pleasure – which could very well be also used to describe Laurent for him.

This is the only version in which I added a long excerpt, as well as the original fic's description. I ended up liking it a lot more than I thought I would...

Concept 4: Liquified Lemons

There's no much thought behind this one other than I really wanted to try the liquifying tool and the lemon obsession served me well for this one. It looked a bit empty so I also added some of the handwriting to the background. Not my fave, but it was fun to work on it.

Also, if anyone wants to see these in higher quality or get one of the designs for your own use, let me know and I can share :)

[horrorknife]

and you know we're homosapien too

[itsyamanjack]

Should probably put this on tumblr too but also I have other doodles below the cut cuz I'm trying to solve art block only to get. tired. whoops

Yeah. It's dragons again. Most of my artblock fixes will be dragons. 100% Nightwings Edition (cuz they're all Siffrins)

[wemlygust]

DP x DC fics are pools of cool and precious water amid the boiling volcano of the present moment.

[shallowseeker]

Jack is at his most sassy/angry when he's *human-ish* because it feels safe to be angry. (Mostly, he's not in danger of losing control and hurting someone.)

He's at his most childish/regressive in late season 15 because, after Mary, it feels especially *unsafe* to be angry. He's acquiescent and agreeable because of guilt, yes, but also partly because he's afraid of his own negative emotions. (After all, a moment's negative thought... killed Mary. "Just for a second.")

[askoverkill]

Maybe telling him what you have planned for dinner will entice them to eat. We both know how hungry he gets

transcription below:

What the-

Beautiful. Masterfully cooked, well done stakes.

...It's raw?????

You're right. This is unacceptable. It's been treated worse than yourself.

But that's when they're BEST!!!

(I need to get out of here!!!!!!!!!!!)

[ryuki-draws]

Get in the robot, Marleen! Screenshot edit because I was curious if I could manage to match her with the anime style, haha

[thelucidduchess]

[headfullof-ideas]

some more doodles. Placed in order from low effort to more effort than initially thought

Okay, so brief rundown. The first one was just a random doodle for fun. The second one was my way of incorporating the way Ant and Kari met in my canon timeline of The Deep. In this crossover, they grew up in the same village, but I just needed to bring in some way of Kari punching Ant, and I did it at poor Abel’s expense during his babysitting days. The third one is dear Minervyn Ingerman, my iteration of Fishleg’s mother.

Okay, this last one was NOT meant to get this crazily rendered for a random doodle of Abel and Ingrid when they were younger, and I don’t even know how to feel about it, I just wound up going nuts with color. I lost myself to the colors for maybe an hour? Under an hour but over twenty minutes? Anyways, so there’s two versions of it, the rendered one and then the soft one

I just noticed Ingrid’s shirt hem is off, that’s gonna bug me

[thegreatyin]

this may just be my caves pf qud interest rn but i may make the scoundrel in it

what kind of magic powers do they have again

obviously I plan on giving them wings and fur but idk what else they would have

it's not technically magic powers, but he does have his quirks;

he has bright violant (functionally, bright red) eyes that make his afterimage stick to the forefront of someone's mind like glue (as well as making it so he can't forget anything without extensive outside interference. effectively, an artificial eidetic memory)

this means anyone trying to win staring contests with the scoundrel gets hit with an awful migraine. just. seriously The Worst. do not try and stare down that thang. you will not win. resistance is futile etc etc. when her transformation is complete she gets four eyes and thus this becomes Even Fucking Worse

they have an extremely practiced and extremely precise control over dreams, and the dream realm as a whole- on a minor scale, this translates to small optical illusions and using mirrors as portals. on a wider scale, this translates to giving people horrific nightmares in the exact same breath as crafting the most euphoric fantasy of their life. technically they can only do this in parabola, but, y'know. you asked for their magic powers!!

she particularly loves using this control over the dream realm to grow flowers and vines and various other fucked up plants wherever she damn well pleases. again, exclusively in the dream realm, and exclusively because of her preexisting power over it. she cannot do this in reality to any extent whatsoever. but you could probably base a magical skillset off of this idk

also because of this dream realm mastery her own mind is actually fairly well fortified and fairly difficult to break into by anyone who isn't, at minimum, Matching Her Level Of Dream Control Freak. you can do it but like. she will notice and fight you over it. possibly physically, possibly mentally, who knows? but she do be fighting.

the biggest and most obvious one; she's part giant alien space bat. this means she has noticeably increased strength, speed, and durability when compared to the average human. she also has a refined sense of smell, and an even stronger sense of hearing. all of these capabilities only get more and more potent as time goes on and she has more and more ""adjustments"" made to her biology.

related to the giant alien space bat thing: she can breathe fire. no, i'm not joking. she has an extensive knowledge of the language of the gods (it's easier for all of us if i don't elaborate) and said language is manifested through fucked up arcane sigils forged from pure fire. as both a fledgeling curator and scholar of this language, she is able to speak it. thus, she is able to breathe fire. this is my second favorite scoundrel superpower™ it's just so goofy. she shouldn't have this. she doesn't deserve this. someone douse her throat with water and spare us from the scoundrel firebreather reality we're all forced to live in

also related to the giant alien space bat thing: she has mildly supernatural control over luck. i'm also serious about this. the scoundrel just. Has Luck Powers. this is a Real Actual Alien Space Bat Trait. more specifically, a trait she gains from being a curator with a biological hyperfixation on gambling. curators, on a species-wide scale, are Extreme Hoarders that are born with One Subject that they obsessively prize and collect for the entirety of their lives. the scoundrel, as a human turning into a curator, got quite literally assigned an obsession with gambling. and she is good at it. too good at it. she's too lucky for her own good.

still related to the giant alien space bat thing: she doesn't currently have it but in the future when her transformation is complete her teeth will be fully prehensile and fully autonomous and capable of flying out of her mouth and tearing down buildings all by themselves. again, she doesn't CURRENTLY have this. but she WILL. and yes i am only including this because it's funny to say without elaboration, you're very welcome

honestly all of the above capabilities make a lot more sense when you view curators through the lens of glorified space dragons. they aren't actual space dragons- fallen london has those, they're a VERY different species with VERY different quirks- but for all intents and purposes curator traits line up with classical dragon traits almost to a T. and thus, when thinking about the scoundrel through a non-FL lens, you must think of her through the lens of a human slowly turning into a giant fuckoff dragon. that also happens to be a bat. a batdragon, if you will.

this isn't really a purposeful power, nor is it something that'd go on any kind of superpower wiki, but he keeps inexplicably and usually accidentally making clones of himself. something something prince of heart, something something melodramatic statement about the yearner, something something selfcest joke.

her eyes (and wings) glow in the dark. her eyesight isn't the best, but It Sure Do Be Glowing

she can go :3. some may tell you this isn't a magic power. those people are wrong. look at all the fools she's enthralled on tumblr dot com. do you really think she can do that without some kind of nefarious spell? it's alllll in the :3

she purrs when she's scritched behind the ears. and also when she's pet on the head. and also when she's snuggled, period. this is a magic power for the same reason as the above entry.

also if you end up making them you are legally required to show me the bat. pretty pretty please. as a treat. (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠) for me.

[pawfulofwaffles]

[bazooka-overkill]

super macho man drives— or, more accurately, *drove*— a cyber truck, which aran ryan quickly stole and totaled

it was called the "bogusbile," or "the bogus mobile"