#and ghost smirks

[bluegiragi]

ghost gives konig a private lesson feat. soap as a very happy spectator.

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[vacantfields]

Sol from the wonderful fic Ghost In The Machine!!

Love this guy so i had to attempt to draw him LMAO

@venomous-qwille <3

[gomzdrawfr]

menace

[skywarpie]

I'm gonna throw up

[rightintheghoulies]

[gravehags]

wearing cardinal copia’s biretta while you ride him. send tweet.

[cardis-tricycle]

Please tell me that you also see this tiny little and subtle smirk

[Source: From the video by @osirisiii-bc]

[relativeconsciousness]

also lowkey thought agatha turned into a ghost bc rio agreed that she wouldn't see her face so she couldn't really take agatha wherever the souls go

[lunarhobbits]

i do think the fact that shane is dressed like a supervillain in the announcement is really funny. when he betrays his audience he goes all out at least.

(credit to reddit user Icy_Arrival4510 on r/WatcherSnark for pointing this out)

[s0fter-sin]

soapghost

[so-long-soldier28]

it's not talked about enough how garrett and the ghost riders both recognize theo and immediately frighten upon seeing him, like, "oh no, that's the dread doctors' pet, can't touch him."

[crunkmouse]

🎄✨Merry Christmas!🎄✨

[oh-gh0st]

flustered and or crying

well don't just let him sit there...

[akai-akai]

Eyeblack

Very short drabble based on that headcanon I saw somewhere about Simon rubbing his hand with eyeblack and just dragging his entire hand across Johnny's face. (yes I know it's the old Captain MacTavish skin, let me be delusional)

as always, this is unedited and not fully thought-out, I just needed it in word form and out of my brain.

Like imagine they're in a rush, Johnny's busy connecting his pack to his vest and fixing his leg holster straps while Simon smears eyeblack over his eyes and the other bit of his face exposed by his balaclava, and Johnny just points and goes "Oi, L.T., gimme some o' tha'"

He hadn't even meant for Simon to do it for him, he meant for Simon to just hand it to him when he was done, but Simon doesn't even think about it. He just smears the eyeblack over the pads of his fingers and just palms Johnny's face like a basketball and drags his fingers over his face while Johnny makes a muffled, disgruntled sound. Probably something akin to "what the fuck Simon" and Simon just stands back and stares, and Johnny can tell by the way the other man's eyes narrow slightly and his mask stretches weirdly that the fucker's smiling. So fucking proud of himself. Smug.

So Johnny struts to the nearest mirror and stares at himself, incredulous, and then turns back around to stare at Simon with a clenched jaw, contemplating insubordination. (Is it insubordination to tackle your Lieutenant to the ground and draw a dick on his forehead with eyeblack? Yes. ...Probably.)

But of course, there's not enough time for him to fix it, and Simon knows that, and Johnny knows that, so they're both just standing there staring at each other. Johnny looks 2 seconds away from internal combustion, and Simon has to turn away to pull his skull mask over his head before he actually does start laughing.

And then they're meeting up with Kyle and John at the helo, they attach their comms to their vests, and Johnny ignores John's raised eyebrow and Kyle's barely-contained snort of laughter.

But it's okay, he'll get back at Simon later. And he certainly won't admit that he also thinks it's hilarious.

[thatpodcastkid]

Magnus Archives Relisten, MAG 13 Alone

If a ghost tells you to turn left in a forest, and no one's around to hear it, do you still get hit by a car? My apologies to Ms.Herne for the tasteless and offensive humor. MAG 13 analysis, spoilers ahead!

Facts: Statement of Naomi Herne regarding the funeral of her fiancé Evan Lukas. Statement given January 13, 2016.

Statement Notes: RIP Evan Lukas. RIP king. You would have loved Bo Burnham's Inside.

It's so exciting to have our first live statement. The beginning of the episode stands out because it establishes that the digital recorders not only fail frequently, but at specific times. It is likely that by this point Jon understands the tape recorders must be used for the "real" statements.

Naomi's behavior at the beginning of the episode is also a bit strange. For one, she states that a paranormal investigator laughed at her for suggesting the Magnus Institute. I've always found it odd that investigators like Melanie mock the institute or find it illegitimate because they are an academic institution. They do extensive research, have significant funding, and even though they don't actively interfere in paranormal occurrences, they appear to be conducting and publishing legitimate studies. Why are they disregarded so often?

Naomi also appears actively antagonistic towards Jon. She needs his help, yet still ices him out. This is exemplative of her unconcious commitment to remain alone. Even when she asks him to stay while she gives the statement, she doesn't form any connection with him.

The religious aspects of this episode are so profound. Herne had found solace in religion her whole life. The only person she aside from Lukas and her mother that she could form a connection with was her priest. Yet, in her moment of desperation and fear, when she seeks shelter in the church, the door is locked. Her priest had advised Naomi to bond with others, and while she does get close with Evan, she doesn't actually make more friends and instead depends on religion to give her a sense of connection. But religion alone couldn't help her when everything fell apart.

The idea of being locked out from your religion is also particularly powerful. Being metaphorically and literally locked out of her religion amplified Naomi's loneliness and drove her further into misery.

Lukas' death, while not necessarily supernatural, has this particularly stinging bit of symbolism. A man from a strongly connected yet chronically isolated dies of a genetic broken heart.

The "turn left" line is frightening because I can't pinpoint where it came from. There seems to be a few possibilities:

A) It actually was the dead Evan Lukas. His ghost was using the car crash to jar her out of the Lonely and save her. This insinuates that he wasn't killed by an illness, but by his family or at least some aspect of the Lonely which absorbed him.

B) Evan Lukas had been killed/absorbed by the Lonely, but he wasn't the one warning Naomi. The Lonely had taken and brainwashed him, compelling him to force Naomi towards the car in an attempt to kill her.

C) Evan Lukas' ghost was stuck in the Lonely, and in an uncontrolled spiritual state, thought killing Naomi could reunite them and free him from loneliness.

C) It wasn't Evan Lukas or his spirit, but a manipulation of his voice by the Lonely/the Lukas family to kill Naomi for invading their space and taking one of them away.

Entity Alignment: Pretty much in the title. Great introduction to the Lonely, really gets to both the heart of the fear and the methods it uses.

Some people have mentioned the elements of the Buried in this episode because of the open coffins, and while I do think it's present, these coffins are more so an extension of the Lonely. In the cemetery, Naomi is not afraid of being buried alive or of dying, but of dying alone. Hence the gravestone she carries out with her reading "Forgotten."

I also noticed Jon's Eye abilities beginning to develop in this episode. While he certainly isn't compelling Naomi to speak, he is certainly leading her. Naomi is mad at him, she doesn't want to speak, but his mention of the stone and attempt to diffuse the situation with a joke urge her to give the statement.

Character Notes: This introduction to the Lukases is very frightening. Very classic "isolated rich family" horror, but taken to another level because the isolation is the fear, not just a storytelling device.

[hopelesslysleepy]

Lovely artwork by the wonderfully talented @alwaystuesday for my fic nothing gold can stay (but you) written for @spooky-bang-good-omens!

Summary: At the abandoned Dowling Estate, Crowley and Aziraphale investigate reports of strange occurrences centered around the apple orchard’s mysterious Watcher.

Chapter 1: through a mirror, darkly on AO3! (5,164 words | Teen and up audiences)