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Illustration from Lewis Carroll's 'Phantasmagoria' by Arthur B. Frost, 1884
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"In caverns by the water-side"
Arthur B. Frost - The Trystyng.
Illustration from Lewis Carroll's 'Rhyme? and Reason?', 1884
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#arthur b. frost#lewis carroll#the trystyng#rhyme? and reason?#ghost#victorian gothic#art#illustration
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Illustration from Lewis Carroll's 'Phantasmagoria' by Arthur B. Frost, 1884
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Showing my fears
Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, George Russell and Carlos Sainz x fem reader
Summary: The drivers face your fears
Warning: nothing only fluff.
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Charles Leclerc
I loved winter; it was probably my favorite season. I adored the frost forming on the windows, staying at home under a wool blanket, watching a TV series with a hot chocolate in my hands, snuggled in Charles' sweet embrace.
But I also love race days, where you’re surrounded by fans who care about you and all your friends. It's a different kind of warmth from what Charles gives me, but I couldn’t give up either.
It seemed like a pretty calm day. As always on race days, my boyfriend accompanied Leo and me to the paddock. There was a light breeze, but no sign of rain or, worse, storms. Or at least, so I thought.
I was nervously biting my nails: Charles was fighting with Piastri for second place. I noticed Leo, curled up in my arms, starting to fidget.
“What’s wrong, darling?” I whispered, petting the little dog to calm him. A loud thunderclap tore through the sky, and the hand stroking his soft fur froze immediately.
My hands began to tremble, and my eyes widened. Adrenaline rushed through me, and soon the shaking spread through my entire body, making Leo even more alert as he began barking insistently.
Arthur quickly turned toward us, and in a swift movement, I felt his warm hand on my shoulder and his body heat surrounding me.
“Y/N, it's okay, I'll take you to the drivers' room,” he whispered softly, trying to calm me down.
I weakly nodded. Walking was difficult; my legs felt heavy, and my heart was pounding. I saw all the journalists' cameras pointed at me, and my vision blurred from panic.
Arthur sat me down on the couch. “I’ll bring you some water; in the meantime, put on the headphones, okay?” he asked, looking me directly in the eyes. With a slight movement, I reached for the headphones and turned on the classical music. By chance, the soft sound of a piano played, one I instantly recognized: I knew those notes by heart. I had heard them so many times at home, they were Charles’ songs.
Leo stretched out beside me on the couch, and I ran my hand through his fur, feeling his warmth reassure me. I closed my eyes and completely lost myself in the music, which drowned out the thunder.
I was immensely grateful for Arthur’s quick thinking; without him, I don’t know what I would have done.
After what felt like an eternity, I felt someone pulling me close, and my cheek pressed against something. When I looked up, I saw Charles gazing at me with his green eyes full of love.
“How are you, mon amour?” he asked, placing a sweet kiss on my forehead.
“B-better,” I whispered faintly, as I buried my face in the crook of his neck.
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Lando Norris
“Hi guys,” Lando greeted with a smile, as the chat filled with comments and hellos. “Today we’ve got this little monster with us,” he joked, poking my poor cheek with his index finger.
Suppressing a sincere laugh, I turned to him and lightly smacked his head with my lemon tea bottle.
“Hey, watch it, don’t flatten my hair!” he whined, running his hands through his curls several times to give them back their volume.
“You’re lucky you still have them, the way you treat them every day!” I said, pretending to be annoyed, turning my full attention to the chat. “Yes, Carlos Sainz is a bad influence on him,” I whispered, answering a comment.
“You’re just jealous of my perfect curls,” the boy laughed, raising an eyebrow. His expression was so funny that I burst into laughter.
Suddenly, Lando went pale, and his face turned incredibly serious. My laughter slowly faded as I asked, “You’re not offended, right? Because if I hurt your feelings, I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to—” I couldn’t finish the sentence because Lando pointed behind me. Slowly, I turned, and on the white wall of the room, among his precious helmets, was a giant spider.
A strangled squeak escaped me as I jumped into the boy’s arms.
“You’re going to take it out, right?” I asked anxiously, wrapping my arms around his neck in what was probably a death grip.
“Not a chance,” he whispered, clutching my sides, also visibly terrified of that abnormally large, many-legged spider, black as coal, with those tiny eyes that looked ready to jump on you at any moment.
“Please, do something!” I said, continuing to stare at the creature, which was calmly walking among the helmet collection.
Reluctantly, we stood up from the chair and grabbed pieces of paper and a transparent glass.
“Lando, on my count of three, you trap it, and then we take it to the balcony,” I whispered from behind him, so that if the spider bit or moved, it would be Lando who was at risk. I know, I’m a fantastic girlfriend.
“One.” The boy took a deep breath to calm his nerves.
“Two.” Lando got into position, holding the glass and the piece of paper just right.
“Three.” In one quick motion, Lando trapped the spider and ran towards the balcony, shuddering as if he had a thousand little legs crawling all over him. He quickly opened the sliding door and released the spider outside, slamming the door shut behind him.
“Gross,” he spat with a disgusted face, squirming like he was doing an especially wild dance, still feeling the sensation of tiny legs crawling over him.
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Oscar Piastri
It was a day like any other. Oscar had asked me to meet him in the drivers’ room because he needed some advice. It was probably something related to the race, or maybe he just needed some reassurance.
When I arrived at the door, I knocked, feeling the cold under my knuckles, but there was no answer.
“Oscar, it’s me, can I come in?” I asked, pressing my ear against the surface to catch any sound coming from the other side, but nothing—everything was silent.
Worry started creeping in with a thousand doubts: maybe he wasn’t feeling well, or worse, something had happened.
“Oscar, I’m coming in,” I said, trying to sound firm and decisive, but the only thing that came out was a hesitant whisper.
When I turned the metal handle, the room was partially dark, but I didn’t notice at first. Maybe Oscar hadn’t arrived yet, or perhaps he wanted to surprise me. As soon as I took a few steps into the room, the door clicked shut behind me, eliminating the last source of light.
My breath caught in my throat: I had been afraid of the dark since I was little, and Oscar knew that. Quickly, I walked toward the door and grabbed the handle, pushing and pulling violently, but nothing happened.
I started knocking incessantly on the cold, anonymous surface. “Please, let me out,” I said with a desperate voice, fearing that something or someone might emerge from the darkness surrounding me.
Luckily, after a short while, I heard two male voices talking outside the door, followed by a loud click: the door finally opened again. In front of me were the two McLaren drivers. Without thinking, I threw myself into Oscar’s arms, and he held me tightly.
“I told you it was a terrible idea,” Oscar whispered to his friend while tracing comforting circles on my back.
“You’re both jerks,” I said with a pout, mostly directed at Lando, but without pulling away from the calming, safe warmth of my boyfriend. I could stay in that position forever.
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Carlos Sainz
Today, of all days, was the one that every child dreads: going to the dentist. Only I wasn’t a child anymore; I’m now considered a grown, healthy adult.
I’d love to say this fear is innate, but that would be a lie. It all started when I was seven years old and had to have a baby tooth removed. I had never been to the dentist before, and you could say I was quite curious, like any child. While my parents talked with the doctor, I wandered around the room and found some instruments attached to a strange machine. Naturally, I reached out to touch them, and of course, I cut myself on the metal. The dentist was mortified, and my parents told me to be more careful.
I know what happened was just a pure accident, but that event, combined with the scary stories the other kids told—probably exaggerated—developed into a fear that refuses to go away.
Carlos held my hand tightly as I nervously bit my nails, my leg trembling slightly, unable to stay still from the tension.
“Miss Y/N Y/L/N, please follow me,” said the dentist.
Through clenched teeth, in a whisper, I said, “I don’t want to go.”
Carlos looked at me with a reassuring smile and eyes full of understanding. “I know, mi amor, but it’s just a checkup, nothing’s going to happen to you.”
“Will you come with me?” I asked, pulling him up from the couch with me, and hand in hand, we headed to the “torture chamber.”
Throughout the visit, I couldn’t stop thinking about how the dentist could make a mistake and leave me without teeth, but every time I looked at my boyfriend, my fears eased. Just losing myself in his brown eyes was enough to understand that everything would be fine.
“All done,” the dentist said seriously. I’m always amazed at how this man never smiles.
As soon as I got off the chair, I immediately reached for Carlos’ hand, feeling his warmth.
“So, how did it go?” he asked with a sincere smile as we walked out of the clinic.
“He didn’t smile once,” I said, still a little stunned by the experience.
Carlos laughed at my statement and squeezed my hand even tighter.
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COD MW OC: Damien Whitlock Profile & Reference Sheet
》 Open File
GENERAL INFO
Full Name: Damien Whitlock
Nickname: Damo
Birthday: 7th March 1996 – Sydney, Australia
Face Claim: Zane Phillips
Affiliation: 2nd Commando Regiment (2CDO REGT), Tactical Assault Group East (TAG-E), Task Force Dagger 🗡️
Rank: Sergeant
Call sign: Bravo 2-6 (2CDO)
Height: 186cm (6’1)
Weight: 90kg
Blood Type: B- (B NEG)
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Pronouns: He/Him
Languages: English, Arabic (conversational), Indonesian (conversational)
Family:
Father: Arthur Whitlock
Mother: Audrey Mae Whitlock
Older Brother: Thomas Whitlock
Older Sister: Sienna Whitlock
Younger Sister: Zoe Whitlock
Affiliates:
Task Force Dagger
→ Captain Lachlan Jones (2CDO)
→ Sergeant Daniel Greenhill (2CDO Combat Medic)
→ Flight Lieutenant Archie “Frost” Campbell (RAAF F-35A Pilot)
→ Sergeant Joseph “Joey” Hernández (RAAF Combat Controller)
Task Force 141
→ Sergeant Major Hannah “Sparrow” Cayton (@revnah1406)
→ Sergeant Annabelle “Kit” Pham (@applbottmjeens)
→ Charlotte “Jade” Le Jardin @sleepyconfusedpotato
→ Captain Price, Gaz, Laswell, Soap, Ghost
Los Vaqueros
→ Alyssa “Aly” Martinez (@alypink)
Para SF
→ Captain Arjun Dhingra, LT. Aditya Tripathi (@welldonekhushi)
Warrior Task Force (@islandtarochips)
→ Tiala "Shark" Toa
→ Agnes "Blast" Falagi
→ Nigel “Squirrel” Harrison
Urzikstan Liberation Force (ULF)
→ Farah Karim
→ Alex Keller
Other
→ Jackson Wyatt (1CDO, Warcom)
→ Benjamin “Otter” Lee (SAS)
Appearance
Hair: blond, short mullet.
Eye Colour: blue/grey
Build: tall, muscular
Scars: Bullet wound (left shoulder)
Beauty Marks: Right jaw, above and below the left eye.
Tattoos:
Personality and Traits
Damien comes across as a very laidback and open guy, very easy to approach and talk to. He is a pretty big jokester, likes to crack a few jokes here and there to make people laugh or lighten the mood.
Though in the heat of battle, he has known to be brutal towards his enemies, sparing no mercy and absolutely no time - getting a job done quickly and efficiently. He isn’t afraid to speak his mind when needed, even if it may be more emotionally driven.
Nevertheless, towards those he likes, he is a very caring and loyal person. Ride or die buddy. It’s pretty damn obvious too, he’ll never stop bugging someone he cares for no matter where they are in the world. He can read their emotions like a book too; he can tell when someone’s feeling down and will try his best to cheer them up.
ESFP-T (MBTI)
Damien is also really good with any sort of trade work which he learned whilst growing up on his family farm. You need an electrician, mechanic, or welder? He’s your guy.
Damien’s also the sort of guy to take care of others but not himself. Truthfully, after he lost Daniel, he found it very hard to cope. Thus, he took on Daniel’s role of looking after others.
Skills/Specialisations
Like any other commando, Damien has undergone a multitude of training, preparing him for anything and everything. Alone or with his squad. A few of these include:
Demolitions and Breaching
CQC/Melee Attacks
Wilderness Survival
Long Range Recon
HALO / HAHO (including water insertion)
Roping (aid climbing)
Hostage Rescue
First Aid
And so on. In his own time, Damien frequently trains in Jiu-Jitsu, earning his purple belt, further enhancing his CQC.
Biography
Coming from a family of farmers, Damien spent most of his childhood living and working out on his family farm in rural New South Wales. Throughout his younger years, he was constantly harassed/bullied by his drug addicted older brother, Thomas. Young Damien was no match for him but luckily enough, his older sister had his back at all times. Thomas would eventually runaway and was never seen again – presumed dead.
As he grew up, Damien attended an all-boys boarding school in Sydney where he met Daniel Greenhill – his best friend for many years to come. He never really excelled at any subjects other than wood/metalwork and P.E., so when it came down to his final ATAR exams he absolutely flunked them. Not wanting to continue studying or returning to farm life, Damien worked the odd job here and there to make ends meet.
Whilst working one of his jobs alongside his buddy, Daniel had dropped that he had met an operator by the name of Jackson Wyatt and suggested that he should meet with him.
After hearing all about Wyatt’s career as a Commando, Damien was sold on the idea; so much so that at the age of 19, he enlisted into the Australian Army after being trained by Wyatt himself much to his parent's disapproval. He served two years as an infantryman within 3RAR before completing the Commando selection course and earning his green beret, where he was placed in Lachlan’s B Company. Turns out he had a real knack for this sort of thing as he continued to undergo a range of further Commando specialist courses after initial Commando training.
Since then, he’s done multiple tours to Urzikstan, Afghanistan and Iraq where he was introduced to Captain Price (via Lachlan) and Benjamin “Otter” Lee (via Wyatt).
Damien has since then worked alongside Captain Price closely thanks to Lachlan’s close connection to him, particularly in Urzikstan, but isn’t opposed to flying out to lend a hand wherever.
Modern Warfare I
During 2019, Damien is first seen in the UK on a training exercise with the SAS before he is swiftly sent to London’s Piccadilly Circus to assist against AQ’s terrorist attack, alongside Gaz. Afterwards, he joins the SAS Anti-terror wing along with Price and Gaz to clear a house in Camden, full of AQ affiliates in search of any information related to the Piccadilly attack and The Wolf.
Damien returns to Urzikstan alongside 2CDO REGT, where not long after he is called to assist Captain Price, Gaz and the others at the US Embassy, also aiding to save the Ambassador’s Assistant, Stacy. Following this, he follows the rest of the team back to the ambassador’s residence only to find the Wolf had been extracted by AQ forces already. Furthermore, he is seen briefly helping SAS and CIA on the night raid to locate The Wolf at his compound.
2020/2021
After the events of MW19, Damien spent this time on rotation in TAG-E, though was later sent back to Urzikstan on an emergency deployment to help aid in the assassination of an AQ leader. This proved to be a struggle. They were given little to no information and thus were subsequently ambushed, leading to the death of best friend, Daniel Greenhill, who tried to pull an injured Damien out of enemy fire.
After the funeral, Damien spent his time spiralling down. He became depressed, not leaving his Sydney apartment for days at a time and ultimately almost being discharged from his duties. Though thanks to his Captain and two close friends - Lachlan, Sparrow and Aly - they helped him find the means to work towards getting better and soon enough, he was ready enough to go back to his duties.
Modern Warfare II
In 2022, Damien is first seen undercover at Café Gracht alongside Captain Price where they wait for representatives from both AQ and Las Almas Cartel to show up. After seeing Gaz tranquillise the cartel member, they all move to enter Laswell’s vehicle and leave the area swiftly.
Later on he returns to Urzikstan, where he is again enlisted for help by Price to rescue Laswell from AQ along with ULF fighters.
Modern Warfare III
Damien spends this time going home to Australia for a little while before being sent on another tour around the Middle East. It is in Urzikstan that he (and 2CDO REGT) work alongside Phillip Graves and his Shadow Company, unaware of the events in Las Almas concerning Los Vaqueros and TF141. He is only made aware when seeing his friend Sparrow again, where she rips the SC patch off of him and promptly has a go at Damien for wearing that thing around them, explaining the full story.
2024 Onwards
Sometime during 2024, Damien was recruited into Task Force Dagger, a task force created in order to combat and end ‘Project Nightfall’ created by ‘STALKERS’ personnel. To be continued…
Trivia
EDM and rock/metal music is what he listens to most.
He is a Mclaren F1 fan, as well as being a big fan of the AFL team: Collingwood Football Club (Magpies).
Absolute gym junkie. Has an extensive collection of pre-workout, protein powder and creatine stored in his apartment (and snuck onto base). If he wasn’t a Commando, he’d probably be a bodybuilder or athlete of some sort.
Drives a 79 series Landcruiser. His number plate is “WHITLOCK”.
Damien keeps a scrapbook that he fills with stickers, trinkets, thoughts or drawings from various places he has visited.
During his downtime in Sydney, he likes to go café-hopping! He’s a big foodie. Also likes to take long walks during the night, overlooking the Harbour Bridge and generally just taking in the city lights. It's one of his favourite things to do to ease his mind.
In the past, Damien has never had a good relationship - they’ve all either cheated on him or ghosted him. He gave up looking for a partner even though he longed to have a family of his own.
Does jiu-jitsu and is currently at a purple belt.
Thanks to Daniel, Damien is pretty good at speaking Indonesian and really enjoys Indonesian food! His favourites are nasi campur and soda gembira. He’d mix Indonesian and English together to gossip about something to Daniel. After they both graduated high school, Daniel took Damien to visit Jakarta for the first time and he loved it! Also owns a couple batik shirts.
Frequently visits Daniel’s grave when he has the time. He sits there for hours just catching him up on every little event or thought that has happened, as if he were there to listen like the old times. Frequently catches up with Daniel's family too, they've taken him in like he's their son.
Moodboard + Playlist
#long awaited redo of his old profile lol#damien whitlock#cod oc#my oc#my art#call of duty#call of duty oc#mwii#call of duty modern warfare#modern warfare#oc#call of duty fanart#military oc#Australian oc#call of duty mwii#mw2#Jackson Wyatt#benjamin otter lee#oc profile#cod oc profile#oc reference sheet#Spotify
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#best childhood book#poll#preliminary round#odd and the frost giants#serafina#the babysitters club#wildwood chronicles#the clique#swallows and amazons#kingdom keepers#alcatraz vs the evil librarians#the faraway tree#junie b jones
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the cryptic asks are fun :)
you'll never know who i am
mainly because we're not mutuals and i dont follow anyone, so i'm invisible to you
so uh
you can call me whatever you want
ohhh okay!!!! i thought you would be one of my mutuals. you kind of remind me of faggot mouse. i am okay with more cryptic asks this is so fun yay! deciding what to call you is going to be really hard bc i barely know anything about you. i have this stupid thing in my phone where it gives me cats and i name them. maybe you could look through them and see if any names feel like you. i would put screenshots of all the names here but there would be too many. i will copy and paste some for you. under the cut bc there are 5 million even with some taken out
a kiss without the moustache is like an egg without salt
agate
al crane
alabaster
alberta
aldebaran
alexandra vondude
alfie
alma
andromeda
aphid
arnold babatunji
arthur
aziraphale
baas kwaadwillig
bat masterson
bcos
beach ball
bebop
betty
beverly
big audrey
big louise
billy brown
billy the phantom bellboy
birdie
blubbert
blynken
bobby
bobo botn
bora karaca
bruce bunyip
cab calloway
captain buffalo birnbaum
carl azuz
cassiopeia
catskills
catsup
chase
chick the cherub
chicken nancy
chris harrington
clarinda quackenboss
clive montague
colonel ken krenwinkle
copper
cordelia
crowley
d'artagnan
dandelion
darlin companion
davy
davy jones
dawn
deady bye bye
dinner
dionne
dirty bobby
doris
dot
dr. charlotte
electric larry
elizabeth van vreemdeling
elizatryst
erlking
eunice
fancy
fats waller
flapsur
flop
flossie
floyd
flying saucer
ford
found
francine
francis
frankanon
frosted mini spooners
fuffy
ganymede
gee wilikers
gizmodgery
gladys
gloopy
gnash
go to bed
good
goopy bloppy drippy sparkly
gradene
gwendolyn marshrat
hammersmith odeon
harold boonstangle
her majesty
hergeschleimer
hootenanny
horatius birnbaum
hot dog supper
ichabod
iggy birnbaum
irving
japonica
jason
jaws
juno
jurgen leitner
k spar
kitty nebelstreif
leitmotif
little bunny foo foo
live at the beeb
lola
louis
lullabye
mab
magic
maple leaf rag
marlon
mary
matches
maurice
melvin
meowy
milk
millicent
minnie the moocher
molly o'malley
moly b. denum
molybdenum
monkberry moon delight
mr bloodvessel
mr moon
mr moonlight
mr. plumbean
mrs. wimpydimple
ms. magistra
muffin man
nash
neddie wentworthstein
nick bluegum
nod
odds bodkins
nick bluegum
nod
odds bodkins
opal
orion
orthoclase feldspar
pajama
paloma
pearl
peppernut
percy "thrills" thrillington
peterkins
pickled pepper
pierre
pizza pie
plagioclase feldspar
pleistocene
polly pocket
potassium feldspar
povitica
prairiedog birnbaum
presyncope
prime meridian
professor tag
rex the wonder horse
ricky
rip van winkle
roberta
roger van tussenvuxel
ronnie wolfspit
rural
sadie
sally
samuel klugarsh
sandor eucalyptus
sargent caleb
satin spar
scarecrow
seamus finn
serutan yob
shangri-la
sheridan
sholmos bunyip
sinister
smokey joe
sorghum
space station level 7
sparkle
spookhuizen
sporty
stella octangula
steve craft
strega nona
suzie bunny boo boo
sweetie
syncope
the baritone buckaroo
thine
time machine
topsy
tough bananas
uncle borgel
valentine
wah watusi
wallace
wanda
weer
wendell
whorlygig
wicked anabella
wing ding
winnifred
wolluf
woofy davis
woopty doo
wynken
yggdrasil birnbaum
zaphod beeblebrox
zooxanthellae
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1945 01 Clearing Skies - Robert Taylor
During a brief respite in the freezing weather and with the recent snow beginning to thaw, the B-17 Fortresses of the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk prepare for the Eighth Air Force’s latest mission to Germany, during the harsh winter of early 1945. As for the American bomber crews, they were the bravest of the brave, and I know that I am speaking for my own bomber crews when I pay this tribute.” Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur “Bomber” HarrisThe winter of 1944 / 45 wasn’t the coldest ever recorded in England but it came close. The weather was bitter and, in what would turn out to be the last Christmas of the war, temperatures plunged across the country, bringing ice, freezing fog and deep banks of drifting snow.Airfields across East Anglia stood bleak and frost-bound, runways kept clear of snow when conditions allowed, whilst the heavy bombers of the US Eighth Air Force remained under wraps, engines oiled, warmed and ready for any break in the banks of murky fog that would allow them to fly. And when those breaks came, the bombers were back in action ready to play their part in the final destruction of Hitler’s Third Reich. The end game was rapidly approaching and both sides knew it.The Eighth Air Force flew its final bomber operations of the war on 25 April 1945, the last of 968 combat missions involving over 523,000 sorties; they had dropped some 700,000 tons of bombs, inflicting destruction on a scale from which the enemy could never recover. Yet the cost of the victory in which they had played such a major part made for sober reading; they had lost some 6,130 bombers and fighters along with some 47,000 casualties, including more than 26,000 dead – half of the entire US Army Air Force losses during the conflict.
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Until we get more Sonic Prime content here's some shatterspaces I thought up for fun
- Green Gulch (Wild West shatterspace, I wouldn’t be surprised if we get something similar in the show; Green Gulch, despite its name, has been dealing with a serious drought and water shortage, and certain outlaws aren’t exactly helping; Sonic’s gloves/shoes are designed for the rugged terrain, shoes have spurs and gloves come with their own grappling hook-esque lasso):
Sherriff Calamity Rose
Deputy Sherriff Miles Earp (steampunk-esque inventor)
Buffalo Big (the town’s cattle rustler)
Bat Cassidy (outlaw Rouge)
Knuckles the Kid (Rouge's assistant)
- Avalon Gone Island (fantasy shatterspace b/c unfortunately I kinda doubt they’d use SatBK; name is a play on “long gone”; Sonic’s gloves/shoes probably grant him minor magic; still figuring out this shatterspace, I might go for something more Dungeons & Dragons-esque instead):
Arthur Penfox (boy king)
Amy le Fay (the royal sorceress)
Red Knight/Sir Knuckles (one of the king's top knights)
Purple Knight/Sir Big (top knight)
White Knight/Dame Rouge (top knight)
- All Hollow's Hill (monster shatterspace; AKA “what if everyone from Halloween Town in Nightmare Before Christmas was at war with each other over who’s the scariest”; Sonic’s gloves/shoes resemble his werehog design, maybe he’d be able to tap into similar abilities??):
Dr. Prowerstein
Prowerstein's Big Monster/Franken-Big
Countess Rougula (vampire bat)
Polterknux (Rouge’s ghostly servant)
Rabid Rose (werehog Amy; she becomes smitten with Sonic when he acts remotely like a werehog)
- Toyzone (Nutcracker shatterspace; Sonic’s gloves/shoes grant him the powers of the elements of the land: sweets, snow, toys, and animals; this one’s a work-in-progress too):
The Knuckcracker (cursed hero, protects living toys)
Drosselcatter (magician/clockmaker Big; he welcomes and guides Sonic through the land)
Sugarplum Amy (queen of the Sugarplum Fairies)
Bat Frost (winter spirit, friendly prankster)
Fox King Tails (Rat King role, cursed Knux out of jealousy; his people have been in such a long-standing feud with the toys that they can’t remember why they hate each other)
- Gray Hill (rubberhose/1930s cartoon-style shatterspace; Sonic himself is in color but everything else including Sonic's gloves/shoes is black and white; gloves enable him to generate anvils/bombs/mallets/etc. out of thin air and can do practically anything so long as it’s funny, like Roger Rabbit rules):
Tails the Friendly Fox (Tails but Felix the Cat, has a handy-dandy toolbox he can pull practically anything from)
Knuckles the Sailor (Knux but Popeye)
Rose Oil (Amy but Minnie Mouse/Olive Oyl)
Rouge the Blot (Rouge but Betty Boop; talks with a Transatlantic accent)
Big Brute (Pete/Bluto-esque antagonist, arch-enemy of Knuckles)
#sonic the hedgehog#sonic prime#miles tails prower#knuckles the echidna#amy rose#rouge the bat#big the cat
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—Time slips away!
Burn out, don’t fade!
Dance on my grave!
I will never be them!—
Indie multimuse, multifandom blog.
Canon and OC muses present
Currently mobile-only
Semi-selective, semi-active
Open to asks and messages
More info (link to OCs, list of canon muses, writer info, and rules) under the cut.
OC Links
*Note: A few characters’ appearances/voices have changed, so make sure to check out the tags on the blog. OCs are tagged with “; (name)”— for example, my character Myarel is tagged with “; myarel” (no quotations).*
Canon Muses
*Note: Many of these muses aren’t listed on my muse page due to being unable to update said page from my phone. Muse tags vary. Some are tagged with fancy tags but I may switch between those and regular tags. They’re listed here in alphabetical order by fandom.*
**Edit: I’ve also marked which fandoms/muses are most active. Very active fandoms will be bolded, semi-active italic, and dormant/needing some time before interaction are regular text. I’ll also put an asterisk after new muses/muses I haven’t played yet. I beg that if a fandom isn’t bolded or italicized that you discuss it with me before sending something in or making a starter— I have a lot of muses and it takes time to get into the swing of new ones when I’m not in the right mindset!**
The Arcana: Asra Alnazar*, Julian Devorak, Portia Devorak*, Faust
American Gods: Mad Sweeney
Assassin’s Creed: Ezio Auditore da Firenze*, Aveline de Grandpré
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Zuko*
Back 4 Blood: Karlee*, Evangelo*
Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion*
Boondock Saints: Murphy MacManus*
Call of Duty: Simon “Ghost” Riley*, Johnny “Soap” MacTavish*
Chappie: Chappie*
Columbo: Lt. Frank Columbo*
Dead Island/Riptide: Sam B, John Morgan*
Detroit: Become Human: Connor, Markus*
Dirty Bomb: Vassili*
Disturbed (band): The Guy*
Dream Daddy: Damien Bloodmarch*, Robert Small*
Dying Light: Kyle Crane*, Rahim*, Karim*
FNAF: Cupcake
Hazbin Hotel: Alastor, Angel Dust, Charlie, Husk, Lucifer
Homestuck: Gamzee, Calsprite
I, Frankenstein: Adam
Into the Badlands: Baron Quinn*
Jet Set Radio Future: Yoyo*
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Jonathan Joestar*, Joseph Joestar, Jotaro Kujo*, Josuke Higashikata*, Giorno Giovanna*, Jolyne Cujoh*, Caesar Zeppeli
Kingdom Hearts: Axel
Left 4 Dead 2: Ellis, Nick
Marvel: Nightcrawler*, Moon Knight*, Eddie Brock/Venom*
Monster High: River Styxx*, Operetta*, Frankie Stein*
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Jack Skellington*
Obey Me!: Lucifer, Mammon, Leviathan, Satan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Belphegor, Diavolo
Onmyoji: Yasha*, Hiromasa*, Susabi*
Pirates of the Caribbean: Captain Jack Sparrow*
Portal: GLaDOS
Red Dead Redemption: John Marston*, Arthur Morgan*
Rise of the Guardians: Jack Frost*
Skullgirls: Valentine
Stardew Valley: Shane*
Steven Universe: Garnet*, Ruby*, Sapphire*, Sunstone*, Sardonyx*, Rainbow Quartz 2.0*
Spiritfarer: Gwen*
Suicide Squad: Diablo
Undertale/Deltarune: Papyrus, Sans, Susie*
Until Dawn: Chris*
The Village: Ivy Walker
Walking Dead/Fear: Negan Smith, Daryl Dixon, Morgan Jones, Shiva, Victor Strand*, Qaletaqa Walker*, Crazy Dog*
Warframe: Excalibur Umbra*
Warm Bodies: R, M
What We Do In The Shadows: Nandor the Relentless*, Viago*, Vladislav*
Info About The Writer
Hi! I’m Alistair— you can call me that, or you can use my username for pretty much everywhere else, TheetyPie/Theety. I don’t mind either way.
I’m a trans guy, I use he/they pronouns. I’m panromantic/asexual, and I’m 27 years old.
I have 3 cats, they’re my babies. I also (as you can tell from above) have a lot of OCs, and the number is still growing. I want to turn my ideas into a bigger creation someday, still not sure exactly where I want to go with it.
I do more than write. I do art, I like video games, music, and just collecting stuff. Current obsessions are Monster High, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, makeup, crystals, and jewelry.
Rules
The most important: I do not RP smut. In the past I’ve used the fade-to-black method, but I’m not entirely comfortable with that with most of my muses.
In the same vein, DO NOT FORCE SHIPS. I love ships as much as the next guy, but I would prefer to discuss it first, or for us to agree on it. It’s cool if your muse has a crush, totally fine— mine get crushes all the time! But make sure if you want to ship, we discuss it first.
In a similar vein to that one as well, no god-modding/powerplaying. If your character is strong, an immortal being, or whatever, cool! I have some of those too. But there should always be a limit. Don’t say your character is moving mine unless we’ve talked about that. Attempt to move them. Usually I follow along as long as boundaries aren’t pushed.
Don’t kill or seriously injure my muse without permission. Fights happen, of course, but again: discussion. I’m up for threads where my canon muses are injured or killed, but not where it happens to my OCs, unless we’re getting into a backstory and another OC that’s already deceased dies. Non-serious injuries are alright to come out of nowhere with, but if it’s a first meeting, I’d prefer to plot it out.
I’m semi-selective. I’m kind of particular about who I follow and who I thread with. I prefer us to be mutuals to thread, but you don’t have to be mutuals to send me things.
I’m very bad at keeping up with people. If you message me and I don’t respond, it’s usually bc I’m shy, I forgot, or I’m busy with work. It’s not you, I promise. Usually I don’t message first bc I’m nervous.
Back to shipping: I’m also multiship. Usually my ships are in different universes, unless discussed with all parties beforehand. The exception is a few of my OCs that are partnered together— ask about their availability. I love random ships, just talk to me about them!
I love duplicates of my muses. Whether it’s “x meets self” or I find someone I share a muse with, I love RPing with just about everyone. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if we have a muse in common!
One of my other most important statements, not really considered a rule, but it’s still important: if you want to know something about any muse, canon or OC, please tell me— ask or message me! I haven’t been able to write down a lot of info about any of them because I’m on mobile, but I will infodump for you if you need/want to know something. I love talking about my children, they’re precious to me.
If you send something in or make something for me when we haven’t even spoken, I might not feel comfortable responding. I’m very shy and nervous about not having any discussion beforehand. 😭
If there’s anything I left out or you need to know, just ask!
#cxdemistake#fjsjfjf this took a while#also look at all the muses#this is what happens when I consume tons of media on a break#I cling to 20000 fictional characters and need to write them#fhdjfj#also consider this my promo#pls reblog to help me find more active peeps#thx!#; promo
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ooc | Cassandra & Rose
I feel like Cassandra honestly just saw Rose in a crowd during some kind of formal thing and was just like "kindred spirit!!!!" because she was dressed so well and of a similar age and probably complicated her on her dress or something and just decided that they would be friends and then they just spent the rest of the day heavily gossiping and laughing and Cass spilling the tea on the Varmont & co peeps and Rose telling her about Astaira (and Cassandra immediately started hating on Valentina and Cassimir tbh)
Also, I know that Edmund doesn't know that Rose is a servant -- do you think that's something she also keeps from Cassandra?
So, I'm realizing that Cassandra is obsessed with fairytales and romances and just wants to live one out in real life but also wants to see them play out and yeah I think she ships Eithne/Arthur hardcore and is waiting for the day he fights off Cassimir and rescues her and #facepalm (ngl I think she also ships Edmund/Rose but she definitely has NOT said this to Rose, but she def brings up Edmund a lot). I'm also not sure that she's explicitly told Rose about her fantasy involving Eithne/Arthur, but I do think she probably talks about how she's sure Arthur loves Eithne and does Rose think Eithne might love Arthur?
ALSO, I'm crying b/c she's definitely told Rose about Cillian Frost (the lord) and she knows he must be Astarian and does Rose know him/his family, etc. etc. and Rose probably can't tell Cassandra that she does know him, but he's a literal servant who impersonated a lord to rescue someone b/c he might get in trouble and also cue Rose trying to hide Cillian in a closest whenever Cassandra comes to visit. ;D
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"And swing yourself from side to side"
Arthur B. Frost - Hys Fyve Rules.
Illustration from Lewis Carroll's 'Rhyme? and Reason?', 1884.
source
#arthur b. frost#lewis carroll#rhyme? and reason?#hys fyve rules#ghost#victorian gothic#art#illustration
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Illustration from Lewis Carroll's 'Phantasmagoria' by Arthur B. Frost, 1884
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I'm writing Flash (TV) fic and reading Dracula Daily and so here's a Flash Dracula AU that I'm not going to write:
(Warnings: Major Character Death, Child Death, Bad Doctoring. It's a Dracula AU)
Casting:
1. Kamilla Hwang as Mina Murray
Our opening character, currently holidaying in [Whitby] with a dear, dear friend of her fiancé who should be joining them any day now, but he doesn't seem to be sending any letters...
2. Caitlin Snow as Lucy Westenra
Wanted a nice relaxing time at the seaside really getting to know her bestie's new fiancée and thinking about her own upcoming wedding, but her mother is clearly trying to hide something and her own fiancé's father is ill and her best friend appears to be missing and now she appears to have fallen back into her old sleepwalking ways...
3. Cisco Ramon as Jonathan Harker
Kamilla's fiancé and recently made a full solicitor. This will be an easy first job they told him. Travel overseas, get some signatures on this paperwork, he'll be home in no time.
He has been having The Worst Month
4. Ronnie Raymond as Arthur Holmward
Caitlin's fiancé. Loves her so much. Would be with her but his dad's not been doing so well
5. Julian Albert as Quincey Morris
Adventurer. Ronnie's old bud. Also in love with Caitlin but just really, really happy for his friends. Down to shoot a bat.
6. Hunter Zoloman as Jack Seward
There's got to be a twist somewhere, right? He's the head of an asylum. He should not be in charge, really, especially not with that one patient he's dubbed his 'favourite'. Also in love with Caitlin. Bitter she did not choose him. But there's an idea for how to change their fates...
7. Iris West as Abraham Van Helsing
Not a doctor but a journalist, Iris has ended up studying local legends and mythic creatures ever since the loss of her daughter and the rapid decline in her husband's health. She's something of a vampire expert- not that she believes in them, but understanding might give her a way to help her husband. She did not expect it to actually be practical knowledge, but then she hears from Zoloman about the state of his friend Caitlin and maybe there's some truth to the tales after all
8. Barry Allen as Renfield
The latest patient admitted to Zoloman's asylum and his latest source of fascination, Barry is convinced his mother was not murdered by his father but by some monstrous creature she managed to save eleven-year-old Barry from, but one he could not save his own daughter from, and Barry has sworn revenge. Probably has some pet spiders. He gets lonely. Doing some dubious science in his cell. Also gets bored and really, really wants to kill this one guy.
9. Eddie Thawne as Patrick Hennessey
Actually takes good care of everyone in the asylum. Feels bad for Barry. Hopefully someone will promote him when Zoloman winds up dead. Knows a little more than he's letting on
10. And, of course, Eobard Thawne as Dracula
A massive dick
Notes:
We get the reveals as Kamilla does- so what happened to Cisco at Castle Thawne when she reads Cisco's journal, what happened to Caitlin when she gets to read the notes, ect.
This includes the reveal Hunter Zoloman is the one working for Thawne
He's the one who lets Thawne into the asylum to go after Cisco- who was left behind out of concern for his mental health
Luckily Eddie had the bright idea to enlist Barry's help when he figured out what was going on
Zoloman had to bright idea to think Thawne would a) make him immortal and b) make Caitlin immortal and c) this would mean she'd pick him instead of Ronnie
Only Iris knows what this mysterious new "Killer Frost" wandering the nights is and stops her before she can kill anyone, with help from Ronnie and Julian
Barry does fight Thawne and gets very injured for his troubles. This means he's left behind with Eddie when the gang go on a "let's track down Eobard Thawne and murder him" quest, but he does live (it seems unfair for Iris to lose Nora and Barry)
Zoloman's like super dead though. Eobard kills him so he doesn't let any secrets slip not realising Zoloman went and recorded everything in his diary.
Caitlin's dead too. Sorry. Maybe she can be a ghost
Everyone gets a go at stabbing Eobard Thawne
#it's not got a lot of thought put into it#i'm not going to write anything i just had an idea that got stuck in my head#so now it is here written down and not in my head#and now back to gone in a flash#dc tv universe#dc#look i wrote a thing#ish#*
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LADY SONYA MALCONAIRE / NATALIE DORMER
♛ Age: (28) ♛ Relationships: Valentina Malconaire (mother), Cassimir Malconaire (brother), Eithne Malconaire, Brigit Malconaire, Aoife Malconaire, Roisin Malconaire (step-sisters), Cillian Frost (servant/annoyance), Roderick Varmont, Arthur Varmont, Alaric Varmont (flirtations/targets), Guinevere Varmont (new friend)
ever since she was a young child, sonya has always felt as though she was a disappointment to her mother
while her brother could do no wrong, it took a great deal before sonya ever received any word of praise from valentina
it was so rare, that sonya began to crave it at every turn
valentina has great plans for both of her children -- they will both marry extremely well, and she will not settle for less -- and sonya has always been determined to, in this at least, exceed her mother's expectations!
when her mother set her sights on the emperor himself for her daughter, sonya ought not to have been surprised
sonya, however, isn't exactly interested in being any man's fourth (or even fifth if his marriage with the queen goes through) wife and, instead, is determined to marry whoever will inherit the throne after him
and as it appears it will likely be his eldest son, sonya has decided that she will not settle for anything less than marrying arthur varmont and she will do anything to have him (his father is her plan b and his uncle is her plan c)
honestly enrages her that he pays eithne any attention at all!!
it's very sad because sonya might have otherwise been friends with her step-sisters, however she enjoys bossing them around/putting them down/generally poking fun at them because it's one thing she and her mom can bond over #family goals
it's also good to just feel superior, not only in her mother's eyes, but in general
at the end of the day, sonya is desperately lonely and has low self-esteem
she's never really had a true friend in her entire life :(
she views men only in terms of how valuable they would be to her as a potential husband and she views women as her competition
only recently has she started to develop a friendship with guinevere varmont
it is in the earliest of stages and she has yet to become someone she confides in, however she does genuinely enjoy her company
TAKEN BY LAUREN.
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Suicide Squad fancast
My other DC fancasts
DCEU recast
Burtonverse Recast
Batman
Superman
Wonder Woman
The Flash
Green Lantern
Aquaman
Justice League
Green Arrow
Teen Titans
Justice League Dark
Batman Beyond
The Dark Knight Returns
Telltale’s Batman
Injustice
Legion Of Doom
Birds Of Prey
Octavia Spencer as Amanda Waller
Daniel Craig as Colonel Rick Flag
Pedro Pascal as Deadshot/Floyd Lawton
Josh Lawson as Captain Boomerang/Digger Harkness
Anya Taylor-Joy as Harley Quinn/Harleen Quinzel
Idris Elba as Bloodsport/Robert Dubois
Mustafa Shakir as Bronze Tiger/Benjamin Turner
Natalie Dormer as Killer Frost/Louise Lincoln
Kevin Nash as King Shark/Nanaue
Michael B Jordan as Black Spider/Eric Needham
Vladimir Mashkov as KGBeast/Anatoli Knyazev
Channing Tatum as Peacemaker/Christopher Smith
Jessie Mei Li as Nightshade/Eve Eden
Alexandra Daddario as Enchantress/Dr June Moon
Oleg Prudius as The Electrocutioner/Lester Buchinsky
Zelina Vega as Copperhead/Larissa Diaz
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Cluemaster/Arthur Brown
Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher II/Cleo Cazo
Sadie Sink as Plastique/ Bette San Souci
Stephen Lang as Deathstroke/Slade Wilson
#DC#Fancasts#Suicide Squad#Amanda Waller#Rick Flag#Deadshot#Bloodsport#Harley Quinn#Captain Boomerang#Bronze Tiger#Killer Frost#King Shark#Black Spider#KGBeast#Peacemaker#Nightshade#Enchantress#The Electrocutioner#Copperhead#Ratcatcher II#Cluemaster#Plastique#Deathstroke
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