#alex the bat

[minscribbles]

Decided to go the traditional rough sketch route when it came to getting some tulum “wake up” visuals out of my head mm wanting to get better at depictions of that exposed muscle and parts of mummified scalp with thin hair remnants regrowing >:Tc LOVED drawing out the bat girl Alex  for the first time tho, very fun design to play around with

Notes of interest: Did not expect seeing such odd variety in coatimundi skull research especially when it came to length and tooth protrusion! Characters: Hyden and Alex @chocodile, Theo @kwillow  Rambling prose context read below!:

Main gist:  (keep in mind this is all limited to whats revealed so far about the shadow in main amaranthine verse so AU fun otherwise)

Group research expedition into some far off location with the hope of some leads into combating/eradicating The Shadow goop problem plaguing the world, courtesy of Hyden (most likely due to credible reports of it behaving uncharacteristically in one particular area and amassing consistently there over the years despite complete lack of population density that it would normally be voraciously seeking out to feed on). This eventually leads to the group winding up somewhere far underground (we’re talking Atlantis: The Lost Empire movie level montages of occasional dynamite use to unblock passages and paths that were assumed nonexistent until closer inspection). Until the expedition finally reaches a very well-sealed chamber (magically and physically) they decide to forcefully open and it appears to be much like an ancient tomb complete with decorations and murals.Obligatory cautious and eerie exploratory sequence that obviously leads into a raised focal point of the room, a stone-carved container structure complete w/ heavy stone well cap. Cue The Shadow goop absolutely bum-rushing into that chamber in overwhelming mass to the horror and subsequent confusion of the group, as its’ singular point of interest is breaching the stone-carved container.

Surprise! As everyone there already assumed, It’s a coffin! Bigger surprise!! Hey, wow, that’s weird The Shadow kind of looks like it’s reanimating whatever remains were in there!! Hello Tulum! :•)  asjdlkasjda oof thanks to a thumb adjacent hotkey on my mouse I lost about 3 pages worth of writing here I did in explanation regarding Tulum, her situation, and why her circumstances probably aren’t technically a case of Necromancy among other detail oriented things I can’t be bothered to redo from scratch again right now. LMAO  If you’re curious uh  feel free to reach out or reply asking more about those details;;

tldr bad short read: Mega specific series of contractual magic spells by an ancient eldritch deity tied for use with a specific individual’s (Tulum) base DNA for stupidly rapid controlled cellular regeneration/tissue growth/grafting/healing etc without repercussions of rejection or body shock. Caveat is that it only works when there is immediate proximity to biologically appropriate building block material to be used to make flesh. (ie, people fodder or the shadow sure sucked up a surplus of donor folk parts that would work for that sort of thing, huh? )

But that doesn’t account for the concept of the soul necessary in the body (soul in this context = consciousness, collection of individual’s stacked memories/experiences, basically all the pivotal formation points that made that person themself)

So before all that fun biology specific magic, this ancient eldritch being involved with Tulum first and foremost has a not really repeatable by anyone but themself magic involved in the ownership and perpetuity of Tulum’s “”soul/spirit”” via power of what dominion they have.

While Tulum is a character inspired by a combination of various Mayan civilizations of differing locations, timelines, and beliefs; The paired OC with her I keep referring to as the eldritch being/deity is a reflection of that who is inspired by Maya Mythology, rituals, and deities (particularly The Descending or Diving God)

I just haven’t fleshed him out too well yet beyond some basics as I’m still mulling over how they get on with one another;; but there’s, definitely some good messed up romance build there i keep knee jerking back to.

[alexthealien007]

I made new make up and drew myself in this image

Art:

Photo:

[kwillow]

A Cure for Barbarity

The grand old manor of Northcrest provided more luxurious accommodations than most in the rag-tag group of soldiers in the company of the Rising Dawn were accustomed to - if they ignored the peeling wallpaper, smell of mold and the manor's creeping, foul-tempered owner. Unfortunately, Alex couldn't do the latter. She needed to wrangle their prisoner-turned-annoyance wizard Hyden into doing any work at all, and that meant negotiating with his self-appointed apprentice and biggest fan, their host with the least, Baron Theopolis North. Now she had two egotistical, unstable mages to deal with, which was two more than she ever wanted.

She was common, he was the worst kind of arrogant old-blood nobility, she no-nonsense, he excessively prone to nonsense, she hated Hyden, he adored the man beyond all reason. It was inevitable that tensions between the rat and bat would boil over into conflict. True, Alex was a disciplined soldier who knew how to keep a cool head in times of stress, but the mad mage of Northcrest knew how to get under her skin... in more ways than one.

[dannyphannypack]

i am once again asking for niche or under-appreciated danny phantom fanfics/crossovers

[the-skitty-pink]

Not yucking anyone’s yum y’all have fun doing whatever and the fics are definitely cute, but all those jmart “the mechanisms were Jon’s college band” fics where martins a massive mechanisms fan ring so hollow to me because to me martin has the most boring music taste known to man. That man is a swiftie to me. Martin Blackwood listens to top 50 pop radio songs. Lady Gaga if he’s feeling ~spicy~. Martin would listen to the bifrost incident and be like “yeah…yeah it’s good…” (lying through his teeth).

Someone would walk in on him later googling “how to tell my boyfriend I think his band sucks ass without hurting his feelings”

Edit: everyone saying Melanie is a mechanisms fan is 100% correct.

[acatnamedafteradog]

Art by Alex Faust

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[bun-fish]

WIP update !!!

Imaginary Book Cover huehuehue

Of @noir-renard 's If You Give A Bat A Burger

(tap for better quality :)

markers and color pencils, the basics works the best.

I thought about toning down the colors (or just straight up leave it the way it is) of our resident fully-dead ghosts, but I couldn't resist adding the pink hair & boxing gloves Angela deserves ;)

there are two Yoricks in this btw

Just the Gang (in progress):

[browsethestacks]

The Batman

Art by Alex Maleev

[spesemen]

DoL LIs as different bat species (minus Black Wolf and Great Hawk as they’re already animalistic) because they’re my favorite animals and i tweaked when i saw @propertyofwhitney67 ‘s blog and bat Whitney popped up

Sydney - Pallid bat

Kylar - Western Barbastelle bat

Whitney - Northern Yellow bat

Robin - Common little brown bat

Avery - Pied bat

Eden - Roundleaf bat

Alex- Eastern Red bat

[azucarera-art]

they have joint custody over 1 braincell 🧠

[galentir]

@mouse-fantoms your tags inspired me to draw Vampire Bat!Reggie 👀 Bonus Werewolf!Luke who LOVES his winged companion 🦇

[subtle-as-an-earthquake]

i'll never be over this, just fyi. miles saw that booty and he just had to grab it goooood, nevermind that they were on stage in front of hundreds of people 💀 (via turnered_on on ig)

[ddruxyart]

Hello DOL nation I bring new food

[alexturner2005]

Arctic Monkeys @ The Armory, Minneapolis 26th Aug. 2023, By elizabethhedyn

[heyitspizzaking]

Team Dark

Sonic Heroes

[asexual-squidward]

Just saw a post claiming Ben was abusive to Alex and treated her like a possession he owned and ooooooh the self-restraint-

He wasn’t the greatest father to her as a rebellious teenager (they clashed heads a lot), but you can tear my headcanon of devoted single-father Ben from my cold dead hands.

That deleted scene where he switches from scary Others boss to ‘please don’t call me that’ diplomatic parent is so funny but also says a lot about his parenting style.