#angie the angler fish

[sunset-yvaine]

One of my favorite DBDA scenes is when Charles toss the Night Nurse of the cliff right into the angler fish mouth. There's that terribly epic music and Charles rage is finally released. And the complementary colours: the orangy/red Night Nurse and the blue/teal water and angler fish.

Probably my FAVOURITE scene.

I love this show, is a real pity that's been cancelled! I'm so sad and angry about it!

I'm at my fourth rewatch. What about you?

Let's be calm and love this show.

⬆️ Image from The Sandman wiki.

[ushanka-kid]

I drew two of my favorite sillies Angie and Basket Creature :3

[thewritehag]

Don't name my stuffed animals before I get a chance to

[sapphirechaosshark]

Framed picture of the main Seaside Attendants

Hehehe goobers

[werezolft]

The Dead Boy Detectives (and crew), have been occupying my thoughts the past few weeks. I’ve watched the show on repeat, rewatched Sandman, actually started reading the Sandman graphic novels (currently on Seasons of Mist, the introduction of the Dead Boys), and I’ve started drawing the episodes in the style of old teen detective novels.

I started these before getting super into behind the scenes details. I went down a bit of a rabbit-hole last night, and was delighted to learn that show-runner Steve Yockey wanted the show to be reminiscent of The Hardy Boys, one of the main influences of these covers.

The accuracy of their depictions varies, I don’t think they always really look like themselves. But I had a lot of fun.

I hope to continue designing these for a bit while the obsession holds, and maybe I can properly bring in purples, Crystal’s hero color.

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Image 1: A series of covers on a white background. From left to right, "The Case Of The Dandelion Shrine", "The Case Of Devlin House", "The Case Of The Dandelion Shrine" (alt cover), "The Case Of The Hungry Snake", and "The Case Of The Lighthouse Leapers".

Image 2: Three teenagers, Charles, Crystal and Edwin explore a blue green cave with a skull covered in dandelions on a center shrine. Charles holds a flashlight, Crystal is climbing in while her eyes have gone white during a psychic episode, and Edwin is playing lookout. At the top of the page in yellow italics is the text “Dead Boy Detectives” and below in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF THE DANDELION SHRINE”.

Image 3: Edwin, Charles and Crystal peering around the corner of a yellow-green wooden hallway, looking at the silhouette of a man swinging an axe. They have varying worried expressions. At the top, in yellow italics is “Dead Boy Detectives” and in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF DEVLIN HOUSE”.

Image 4: Crystal and Niko stare at each other across a green hallway. Niko has her left hand raised and is surrounded by glowing images, stars, hearts, moons, butterflies, rainbows, and sparkles. The cast a faint pink light. At the top in yellow italics is “Dead Boy Detectives”, and in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF THE DANDELION SHRINE”.

Image 5: Charles and Edwin tied to chairs in a golden yellow room. Charles has an iron collar chained to his neck, and his wrists are bound. Edwin is in a white tank top, and his mouth is gagged with a clothe. On the wall is the shadow of the witch Esther, with her cane. In the corner is a large cabinet, Niko peers out of. On top of the cabinet is perched a crow, Monty. At the top, in yellow italics “Dead Boy Detectives” and in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF THE HUNGRY SNAKE”.

Image 6: Edwin, Charles and Crystal stand on stairs overlooking the gray sea and red sky. A giant angler fish, Angie, is staring at them. In the corner, on top of the hill is a classic red and white striped lighthouse. At the top, in yellow italics “Dead Boy Detectives” and in off-white bold caps “THE CASE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LEAPERS”.

Image 7: A series of book covers on a white background: “Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island”, “Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, The Ghost of Blackwood Hall”, “Nancy Drew, The Mystery at Lilac Inn”, “The Hardy Boys, While the Clock Ticked”, and “The Three Investigators in The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon”.

[perseidlion]

So I am a certified Catwin shipper. I have written a series that currently sits at 90k words that is casefic but also them getting together. But I am also a multishipper and have written some Payneland stories as well.

So I was understandably quite happy to hear we would've gotten Catwin in S2 because I love the dynamic and I love Lukas Gage and his performance.

But it has made me very sad to see how some people are genuinely upset by this news. I don't think it's justified, frankly. People are doing a lot of filling in the blanks, guessing, and supposition. Just because Catwin would have happened doesn't mean Payneland wouldn't have. Also, we have no idea the context in which all of this would have gone down.

It's important to remember that The Cat King also went on a journey and changed as a person throughout season 1 (as did all the characters.) He is not the same person who slapped the bracelet on Edwin when they first met and not just because he died and was resurrected.

He's matured, settled and grown. It's very possible this arc would have continued. Even if you hated TCK in S1, you may have come to love him in S2, or at least hate him less. Redemption arcs are great fodder for stories and I have no doubt the writers and Lukas would have done that kind of arc justice.

Or maybe Edwin would have had his hot girl summer and TCK was the same old lothario. In which case, he'd definitely be no threat to Payneland endgame. This scenario would make me sad for TCK because he does seem to have genuine feelings for Edwin beyond the sexual, but that was certainly a way they could have gone with it.

My point is, we're missing a lot of context. If you were to take plot points of S1 out of context as well, it would be very hard to envision the final product.

I mean:

Niko gets infested with dandelion sprites that nearly kill her. These sprites manifest with cartoon sparkles around her head and they feed on attention. When they get out of her brain, they're tiny snarky humans she keeps in a terrarium.

Jenny gets set up by Niko with a quiet librarian who turns out to be psycho killer stalker.

People jump off a lighthouse and get swallowed up by a giant angler fish who is siren-ing them to their death. Their ghosts linger, and this annoys the ghost who mans the lighthouse so he hires the boys. Charles yeets the Night Nurse into the fish, and inside she has a talk with an oddly calm and optimistic man. Oh, also the fish is called Angie and she didn't do any of this maliciously.

My point is, this show is camp. That's part of the charm of it. Camp plotlines sound absolutely wild when you distill them to one-liners. When you add in inciting incidents, context and character interactions, these turn from wacky scenarios into full, entertaining stories.

Please don't catastrophize based on crumbs! Whether we get a S2 or not, it's really not worth getting that worked up over. We can't draw conclusions based on what we've been given. It's all guesses, and it could have changed a million times before the episodes were finished.

Also please don't get upset at Catwin shippers for being happy about this. We just wanted to see more of Lukas and George interacting. Most of us are Payneland fans, too and understand that would be the most likely endgame.

[that-ineffable-devil]

Anyone else think there's more to the gift shop lady than meets the eye?

She gives them information about Lilith and the Washer Woman, both of whom are key to solving future issues.

She painted the Washer Woman and included the inscription that taught them how to find her. ((I think she painted Lilith too?? Whoever did got the visual exactly right, too, so it must have been someone who actually saw her.))

She told Niko how to contact Lilith, which helped Crystal save Edwin. She also told her that Lilith is more likely to respond to witches.

She points them towards mermaids/sirens with the lighthouse leapers. Angie is a giant angler fish, but she uses the sound of someone you love to lure you in more than the light.

I'm not discounting Niko's expert sleuthing, it's just interesting to me that this one lady is responsible for so many important revelations and leads.

[many-gay-magpies]

a mild crackfic and/or actual-serious-fic idea/headcanon i just had that i feel the need to share with the masses:

so, i know this a small community of people intrigued by the idea of the cat king and tragic mick, which is lovely and i am behind you all wholeheartedly. but also. i raise you: tragic mick and kashi.

just consider it. for a few seconds, or a few minutes, or a few hours. sit down and think about it with me. it can be platonic or romantic or whatever the fuck, but just think about them meeting. interacting with each other.

because—in a way, it makes sense, doesn't it? mick is a (possibly immortal? though that's more of a personal headcanon for me) walrus-turned-man that longs to become a walrus again and return to his brothers and sisters in the ocean, and kashi is an immortal incessantly optimistic man who lives inside a giant man-eating angler fish monster at the bottom of the ocean. and mick seems awfully familiar with angie, doesn't he?

walruses don't live off the coast of new york; they live up in the arctic and sub-arctic areas way up north. mick as a man lives in port townsend NOW, but he had to get there somehow. maybe he spent a lot of time traveling the world as a sailor, as close to the sea as he could get now, procuring magical objects in an attempt to find something that could turn him into a walrus again, and eventually wound up in port townsend. maybe he came during a storm, and angie woke up. maybe mick, if he IS immortal, became one of her victims; maybe he heard the voices of his brothers and sisters calling him back to the sea, or the voice of sedna saying she'd forgiven him and wanted him to come back, or maybe just the voice of the sea itself. maybe he woke up inside angie and met kashi there, and kashi had angie take him back to the surface later like he did for the night nurse.

maybe mick got some counsel from kashi, while he was in angie's stomach. maybe kashi helped him to see a light side to his human existence, or at least convinced him to settle down in port townsend. maybe mick wasn't mad at angie for eating him; she was just hungry, like the sea, and like sedna. she was just doing what her instincts told her to do. maybe that was when mick started to call her angie. maybe kashi gave him one of his rings, or something else from the collection of trinkets in angie's stomach.

"will this turn me back into a walrus?"

"sadly, no. but it's still nice, isn't it?"

"...ayup."

just. thoughts

[apples-and-tvs]

Oc

Andrew “Mani Ater” Ahouge

Age at death: 33

Death cause: Drowned on a movie set

Species: Sinner, former human (style is a mix of poisonous frog and angler fish)

Occupation: one of Vox’ favourite actors, Vox owns his soul

Powers: Hypnosis, Poison touch (wears gloves)

When he gets emotional (mainly angy) he slowly turns into static, his looks and voice being as if you see him through an old tv.

Has a crush on Vox, also has a wife from life.

Signing: Mani anon.

An oc has been added!!

Welcome to the universe!

[crowscastle]

Angie Anglerfish

Sunny Shark: My next guest really knows how to light up a room, especially if it is a really dark room at the bottom of the sea. She’s a reel angler, a talented fisherwoman. Please welcome Angie Anglerfish! Angie Anglerfish: Thank you. It is nice herring all those complements.

Sunny Shark: Angie, I’m really obtuse when it comes to math but you are really good at geometry. Angie Anglerfish: I like to tackle a good math problem.  I especially like angles less than 90 degrees. I find them a-cute. Sunny: I understand that you are in on the debate on how to measure angles. Angie: Yes, it has been a protracted battle.

Sunny Shark: Can you show us your amazing light that helps to you to lure other fish? Angie Anglefish: Special glowing bacteria help to make the light.   Some think it glows from uranium but that would be dangerous. It might cause nuclear fish-ion.

Sunny Shark: Angie, Is-land so much from you. Angie Anglerfish: I has been shrimply wonderful. If you ever want to go fishing together, just let minnow.

[sock-reece]

New characters! I just finished drawing and I already love these two

Their names are Angie (the big fish lady) and Finn! (Little fish boy)

They' re both angler fish and totally in love with each other but too embarrassed to admit it

I don't really have a story for them but I imagine in angler fish... Society, I guess?? They're both outcasts cause she's smaller than the average female angler fish and he's bigger than the average male. (Also, if you didn't know, female angler fish are the ones with the lights and males are just these tiny little guys! Which is why I like to think he's itty bitty compared to her (like he's 5 foot something and she's over 6 feet))

They're stupid and in love with each other and I love them💚💚💚

[corinadrawsarchive]

Flicker updates! Model sheets and experimenting with poses and expressions! I’m really happy of how our main heroes are coming out! We received 2 pieces of fanart and it makes us cry every time!

[lovelivengirlparadise]

CHIDUKO + HITOMI <3<3<3

so true bestie💜

1) who’s the werewolf and who’s the hunter see you’d think that chiduko is the teasing werewolf and hitomi is the stone-cold hunter (and you’d be correct!), BUT! consider feral hitomi and chiduko on the chase. consider it. you know you want to. 2) who’s the mermaid and who’s the angler mermaid chiduko my love... also angy fisherwoman hitomi. women want her, fish fear her. merm chiduko doesn’t know a lot about humans (or personal space) and hitomi is not a great example of the species as a whole, but who is, really? 3) who’s the witch and who’s the familiar I feel like it’s the obvious answer here but I just. I want witchy chiduko forming a pact with the devil. that’s where her birthmark comes from! I’m a genius. also demon!hitomi as her familiar... oh my. yes please. 4) who’s the barista and who’s the coffee addict hitomi strikes me as the sort of person who either doesn’t drink coffee at all or drinks a LOT. I think she’s the coffee addict for this one, and I think chiduko is the barista who learns her usual order pretty much instantly. I don’t imagine it takes much though, since it feels likely to me that hitomi likes her coffee black or near enough to it. I do not drink coffee. 5) who’s the professor and who’s the TA I don’t think either of them have the skillset for this tbh. that said, if I absolutely had to pick, I’d say hitomi professor and chiduko teacher’s assistant. chiduko would try and make everything cute and personal and be far too nosy with both the students and the professor. it’s a good thing she’s endearing, huh? 6) who’s the knight and who’s the princess there’s an obvious answer, and then there’s the less obvious answer. the obvious answer is hitomi knight chiduko princess, with chiduko making her knight do all sorts of things for her bc hitomi can’t refuse. the less obvious answer is chiduko playful knight and hitomi tomboyish princess who taught herself weapon skills and insists that her personal knight let her deal with things. basically, chiduko is bad at her job (but it’s on purpose bc gay) and hitomi tries to fight everyone even though she’s not supposed to. basically canon, right? 7) who’s the teacher and who’s the single parent hitomi doesn’t actually want kids herself, but she couldn’t resist becoming a martial arts instructor to teach them how to defend themselves like she did when she was in school. I was trying to think about single parent chiduko and had the thought “mikoto was her ex-wife” which is HILARIOUS to me. I think chiduko was heartbroken bc mikoto grew disillusioned with her and her little ‘personal habits’ and demanded a divorce, so hitomi is kind of a rebound but also like. the good kind. the kind who opens up eventually and loves her completely. 8) who’s the writer and who’s the editor again idk that they have the skillset for this but I’ll bite. hitomi wants to write cool fight scenes, and she’s got the technical knowledge of those parts down, but the leadup and fallout need a LOT of work on pacing, dialogue, setting... the list goes on. chiduko takes quite a few artistic liberties with fixing these parts. ALTERNATIVELY chiduko is very much “the ideas guy” with veeeery sloppy actual writing which hitomi takes great pains to clean up. send me a ship ! also, feel free to ask me to elaborate more on headcanons for these!

[cherryholleydraws]

A reference of Angie, for my ArtFight.

[delightfullyshamelessdinosaur]

The Magnus archives live reaction

This dude seems sassy

Tje first computer is something to be proud of

Long long long time

Poor martin

Aahhhh the files are the episodes

Tim that snooty as

Poor martin

Oh fuck they are out of order.

OH EDINBURGH IVE BEEN THERE

so magnus isnt a person then its an inststution

Cool

Weird is cool chemistry bro

Parties

Celebration for earth science

Is the albanak real??

Imma google it

Its real and totaly theamed

Cow gate

Lots of scotch is a bad idea if you plan to fall

Wow dude smoking right after you fall

Cigarettes

Spooky cigarettes man

Swey from side to siiiide

Fruit roll up

Spooky man

Blank face wet man who sways

Damn this dude still offering the cigarette

Anglerfish thats the title

Oooh

The man is the light of the fish oop

Angler man

Angie for short

Big snoozles

Daylight

His name is angie not swaying figure

Ooh musburogh

Spooky

Missing person

Who died

He died probably

Hes dead and thats cool

Not the fact that hes dead angie is cool

Check out this drunk creeper lol

Mr wotts

No body in the photo

Angies hand

Im not doing any more of thease cause i dont wanna annoy all of you

[ericacrochets]

Angie the Angler Fish by Sir Purl Grey via Club Crochet

Free Crochet Pattern Here (Need to make an account for written pattern)