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[mercyillustrator]

Is sir/lady nebula open to giving lessons?

🌌 Nebula Samurai Lesson 🌌

She’s back and available after taking long vacation so she is available for samurai lessons and while Dotty is here as a visit. Lady Nebula been pretty busy on her schedule with her members to train them by helping to be strong and they’re allies with GSA, Kirby and others at some point ^^

Forgive me for my absence. I haven’t been active as much then I used to. I’ve been taking a huge break from social media cause barely post X(

anyways I’ll be working on projects that I’m still cooking so on. stay tuned for her next samurai lessons and rest of my art projects that is coming from my Kirby fan-comic TKCTT everyone ^^’ - 💠🎨Mercy🎨💠

[sweatinghoneybee]

I’m so happy this is finally finished! It took awhile to finish but i’m so happy!!

This is just a fanart of a headcanon i have of MC in a transformers fanfic i read in quotev where in the future she becomes a rebel against the senator council and goes threw out Cybertron graffitiing peace protests against the government and puts up hologram posters of facts and the lies that the council puts up to propagandize Cybertron’s population.

Honestly the hardest part on MC’s design is the shoulder and legs wheels cause i’ve never drawn transformers so i was racking my head on how to draw them. And also is it just me but why are transformers helms so hard to draw?!! Like i know it’s a helmet but just kept feeling like i just made them bald. But it’s so much fun trying to draw something that i’ve never tried before and so glad that there’s a concept art for the MC of the story in chapter 18 cause if there aren’t any i’m an absolute goner to draw this!!! And I mostly drew this in the Transformers animated style cause primus save me it would have took me ages of life to draw this in like prime or IDW style (to those who can transformers in that style, i bow to your superior skills cause most people would think that drawing detailed blocks are easy but PITS NOPE!!!)

And i gave little reference on the paint that’s inside the paint spray gun where the colors i referenced to the cover of the fanfic (and i also made MC holding a car spray gun to do her graffiti cause i kind of thought that no one in Cybertron have graffitied yet so for MC to do it in Cybertron like back in her life as a human she uses spray guns that are used to paint cars/alt modes in transformers. And if someone ask on why the spray gun is attached to a hose on MC’s bag thing, the black part of that bag is to storage paints so like the bags used by graffiti artists that i found and the red bottom part of the bag is an air compressor thing like it’s used in car spray gun but in a more portable size. And honestly not sure if i should call it bag cause, atleast in my headcanon on how MC made her handicraft bag, technically it’s just a metal box that MC found that she attaches a cut hose for the sling and maybe and old used air compressor she fixed cause if I remember correctly bags aren’t a thing in Transformers so i tried to incorporate that). And in the background is actually those colored beats like in videos where each music beats the video shows it as a reference to MC’s love of music (and the blue pink colors are not only referring to MC’s optics but also cause in the fanfic she has the power to open a portal to the void/shadow realm so i was referencing that). And the white lines on the edges of the drawing is a referencing to MC hacking and putting up hologram posters cause i thought that if MC is going to get the truth from the government she will need to be able to hack computer systems and such to get them. And it’s just a tiny detail but the curves inside of Nebula as she swirls behind MC where it’s sharp is a reference that she looks like flowing flames but I didn’t want it to be too obvious so i just decided to make her a flowing blob (cause i thought that that’s what she looks like in the solid world if MC isn’t in the void) shadow with slight sharp angles like how stylized fires look like. Also can someone tell me if there’s a device in Transformers to make hologram posters? Cause I wasn’t sure what it would look like so just made it look like a flat disc in MC’s right servo. And just a headcanon as well, MC’s will absolutely splatter herself with colorful paints as not only as protest against the government that tries to make her to convert to their ideals but also just as a fun self expression where while MC is covered it messy paints it’s also made her beautiful with her confidence on not being afraid to stand out and be different (tho i have a feeling that if Knockout saw her like that he’ll have a spark attack) kind of like a transformer’s version of tattoos and such. The feathers on MC’s helm i intentionally put rainbow colors on them cause i kind of thought that the feathers are holographic so every time MC moves her feathers reflects and changes color. And the reason why i made MC and Nebula surrounded with so many colors is sorta kind like a representation how went from just living by under the rules of Cybertron to taking charge in trying to help Cybertron by doing things that’s different by the standards there and giving color to the lives around her. And i made Nebula with wings as a little nod on her connection with Unicron and i just made her sparkly cause i thought it’ll be pretty hehe~ along with the mismatched mascaras that MC uses cause i just thought it adds abit of that rebellious allure especially since the colors that are used are the shade of the other optic’s color!

Honestly this is one of my favorite drawings i made! I’ve always loved those drawings where monochromatic colors being surrounded by like a rainbow bomb around them, so this drawing is definitely my absolute favorites!

X - X - X - X - X

And also if anyone is curious and wants to read the fanfic that i’ve been rambling above on the fanart i made here’s the link to the fic!

Please give some love to the author of this fic cause they’ve worked really hard to make this incredible well written fanfic that goes in depth on Transformers. And don’t forget to leave a heart on their fic! Like seriously go and give this a read! The plot hasn’t even gotten to the war part of the Transformers and it’s already so good! And to those who want a various x reader fic where the relationship goes deeper then just characters falling in love without context, this is a fic for you simping boos out there!

[elodee]

HERMIT A DAY MAY - DAY 28

Scar x Treasure Planet

(Background nebula courtesy of ESA/Hubble)

For Scar I chose the incredible and underrated Disney move, Treasure Planet!

I loved Treasure Planet as a kid and still consider it one of the best animated Disney movies ever. However, it didn't do well critically (for various reasons I won't get into) and so there's never anything Treasure Planet related at the parks and lots of people have never seen it, which is such a shame.

I picked this movie for Scar because I am trying to manifest Scar watching Treasure Planet someday. This movie is like if a team of Disney animators sat down and brainstormed a list of stuff Scar has said he likes and then made a movie out of it.

To learn more about Treasure Planet and see why I really hope Scar watches it, please continue below the cut.

@hermitadaymay

(If you are gonna donate to Gamers Outreach on any day, its gotta be on Scar Day)

Treasure Planet is a sci-fi adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. The story follows a young man named Jim Hawkins who grows up on stories about the legendary space pirate, Captain Flint. Upon finding a map to the fabled Treasure Planet, Jim embarks on a journey to find the treasure.

In his adventures across the vastness of space, he makes friends, sails through nebulas, and faces down dangerous space pirates who want the treasure for themselves. The story is action-packed and heartfelt, with a strong cast of memorable characters and a beautiful, astronautical setting.

If you haven't seen Treasure Planet I highly recommend watching it. It's only about an hour and a half long and it's well worth the time.

Style references:

This is Jim Hawkins

Did I mention that the movie is beautiful? It's a mix of traditional and computer animation that works very well for the genre.

The Treasure Planet title design.

Bonus: I want to show you my favourite character even though I didn't use her as a reference at all.

Captain Amelia my beloved

[deletarius-draws]

Baldur’s Gate 3 ~ “Harmonious Ardor”

Solus Aximand (Tav) & Lae’zel

So this piece took me the most time to touch up, originally it was supposed stay in a sketch to inked phase of the two, but then of course I decided to explore other possible additions to the piece. Such as background ideas, I knew for certain they’d be in the Astral Sea somewhere, so I looked into a few references, firstly being from an entirely different game. “The Siofra River” in Elden Ring, that underground area where the ceiling looks exactly like that of a cosmos, with stars and misty Nebula. It’s one of my favorite places in the game, the ruined architecture, white bark trees and ghostly figures that roam that there. This inspired the initial execution of the piece, then after setting the scenery of the background and adding a few things, I looked for more references of a cosmos, in other franchises as well as actual photos of space to further ground the foundation. I looked into Warhammer 40k’s Warp photos too, but of course, if one is familiar with 40k’s lore on the warp, I personally thought, “Nah… Far too chaotic of a depiction, lovely illustrations, but it wouldn’t mesh harmoniously with Sol & Lae’s tranquil & loving embrace, the center piece of the whole thing. I did want to convey the passion through certain use of colors however with just as much peace, respect and unconditional love the two have for one another. So finally I delved into some actual dnd Astral Sea references, browsing through the otherworldly and spiritually inspired illustrations, especially the older edition artworks. Eventually I came across Astral Plane lore and did a bit of reading as I absorbed what I could from the reference images, which helped with painting in proper colors for where the two are currently. Taking Color Pools and other atmospheric lore of the Astral Sea into consideration. I’ve currently been in a sci-fi fantasy mood for quite some time, again. Which helped bring the overall piece together here, I’ve been writing up my own lore of my world’s Astral Plane, keeping the drive to finish the piece alive. Of course I’ve also taken inspiration from the game itself from the screenshots I took while the party visited the Astral Plane for a few moments during my playthroughs.

They are on a floating landmass amidst other floating islands and debris, I honestly can’t say if this is before or after the wars against Vlaakith. Personally I’d like the think it’s after but it is also possible it’s some time in the middle, as they would also find and cherish the moments of repose and peace. The constant fighting, deepening bonding and venturing, the two stay as close together, only splitting if they tactically must, usually if not always in the same general area they reunite. Solus and Lae’zel prefer to be inseparable, they move and fight as one, they know this, that they are indomitable together, but if need-be, will separate, only to always rejoin shortly after during strategic planning. Being just as monumental in combat separately, ensuring the two do not ever fail to return to the other’s embrace, in their own love language they call this, “Our Eternal Return”.

I greatly appreciate you if you read all that, I usually don’t write out my thought and creative process, but it does help to keep the drive alive. I had more but thought this is long enough, I’m still writing head canon of the two as well as fleshing out Solus Aximand (one of my Tavs) as his own character more. I really appreciate the likes, reblogs and eyes that see my work. I’ll be in the shadows working on more in the meantime.

[livingforstars]

Happy Birthday Charles Messier: M1 - June 26th, 1996.

"French astronomer Charles Messier was born on June 26th, 1730. Inspired by childhood sightings of comets and a solar eclipse visible from his hometown of Badonvillier, he became an astronomer and comet hunter who kept careful records of his observations. While hunting for comets in the skies above France, he made a now famous list of the positions of about 100 fuzzy, diffuse looking objects which appeared at fixed positions in the sky. Although these objects looked like comets, Messier knew that since they did not move with respect to the background stars, they could not be the comets he was searching for. These objects are now well known to modern astronomers to be among the brightest and most striking nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Objects on Messier's list are still referred to by their "Messier number." The first object in his catalog, M1, pictured above, also known as the Crab Nebula, was recorded during his search for the return of comet Halley in 1758. Messier died in his home in Paris in 1817."

[i-only-ever-asked-questions]

i just found your post about the baby delivery contract between Anthony J. Crowley. Well done, deciphering so much of what it said!

One question has been burning (hah) in my mind ever since reading the book is *what* exactly the complicated sigil is that Crowley draws there.

The book says, "'Sign. Here.' [Hastur] said... 'No. Not A. J. Crowley. Your real name.'

"Crowley nodded mournfully, and Drew a complicated, wiggly sigil on the paper. It glued redly in the gloom, just for a moment, and then faded."

To put the question another way, on the assumption that he writes some version of his " real name," *what* exactly is his real name meant to be here? Do you think Hastur and Ligur are referring to "Crawley," or something still more ancient? and how does the sigil represent it? What language, alphabet, or literary tradition does the sigil come from? Does it have any grounding in an ancient language that human historians, theologians, or linguists would recognize?

Not being raised in the Christian tradition, there's a fair amount of lore that went over my head, so if it's some arcane or even fairly well-known theological thing, there's a good chance I didn't catch it.

No reason you'd have the answer to any of this, but short of Neil himself, you're probably the best person I could ask. Just a shot.

And thanks!

Thank you. It was fun deciphering the thing :)

I wasn't really brought up in the Christian tradition. We were one of those families that showed up for weddings and funerals and that's it. So I am not really qualified but I'll do my best.

"Anthony J Crowley" looks like something he chose to go by in the human world. At the graveyard Ligur says "What’s he calling himself these days?" implying they think of it as an alias or something. Crowley may see it as his real name but as far as celestial bureaucracy is concerned, it is not his "legal" name.

Angels have a language that pre-dates humans. It is whatever Aziraphale and angel Crowley were speaking in the nebula scene. We can see it in Gabriel’s trial, the symbols/hieroglyphics are it, but we humans can't understand it. Crowley's name, whatever it sounds like, uses that alphabet, not the Latin one English uses, that is his squiggly.

This is how I understand it, but again I don't have a strong religious background. Hope it helps :)

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

New ESO image captures a dark wolf in the sky

For Halloween, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) reveals this spooktacular image of a dark nebula that creates the illusion of a wolf-like silhouette against a colourful cosmic backdrop. Fittingly nicknamed the Dark Wolf Nebula, it was captured in a 283-million-pixel image by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Found in the constellation Scorpius, near the centre of the Milky Way on the sky, the Dark Wolf Nebula is located around 5300 light-years from Earth. This image takes up an area in the sky equivalent to four full Moons, but is actually part of an even larger nebula called Gum 55. If you look closely, the wolf could even be a werewolf, its hands ready to grab unsuspecting bystanders…

If you thought that darkness equals emptiness, think again. Dark nebulae are cold clouds of cosmic dust, so dense that they obscure the light of stars and other objects behind them. As their name suggests, they do not emit visible light, unlike other nebulae. Dust grains within them absorb visible light and only let through radiation at longer wavelengths, like infrared light. Astronomers study these clouds of frozen dust because they often contain new stars in the making.

Of course, tracing the wolf’s ghost-like presence in the sky is only possible because it contrasts with a bright background. This image shows in spectacular detail how the dark wolf stands out against the glowing star-forming clouds behind it. The colourful clouds are built up mostly of hydrogen gas and glow in reddish tones excited by the intense UV radiation from the newborn stars within them.

Some dark nebulae, like the Coalsack Nebula, can be seen with the naked eye –– and play a key role in how First Nations interpret the sky [1] –– but not the Dark Wolf. This image was created using data from the VLT Survey Telescope, which is owned by the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy (INAF) and is hosted at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The telescope is equipped with a specially designed camera to map the southern sky in visible light.

The picture was compiled from images taken at different times, each one with a filter letting in a different colour of light. They were all captured during the VST Photometric Hα Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge (VPHAS+), which has studied some 500 million objects in our Milky Way. Surveys like this help scientists to better understand the life cycle of stars within our home galaxy, and the obtained data are made publicly available through the ESO science portal. Explore this treasure trove of data yourself: who knows what other eerie shapes you will uncover in the dark?

Notes

[1] The Mapuche people of south-central Chile refer to the Coalsack Nebula as ‘pozoko’ (water well), and the Incas called it ‘yutu’ (a partridge-like bird).

IMAGE: Fittingly nicknamed the Dark Wolf Nebula, this cosmic cloud was captured in a 283-million-pixel image by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. Located around 5300 light-years from Earth, the cold clouds of cosmic dust create the illusion of a wolf-like silhouette against a colourful backdrop of glowing gas clouds. Credit ESO/VPHAS+ team

[fortheloveoflatinum]

the banner is so nice, it's perfect! never noticed it before now tbh. i hope the day is treating you well good soul 💙

For reference, the image in question is this, I believe:

It's what appears to be an AI-generated image of the U.S.S. Discovery in the foreground, piloting through a kind of debris field, with some sort of red and orange nebula in the background.

I couldn't find whether or not it was an actual screenshot from the show or fanart or a computer-generated image or maybe some combination of the three. Google Lens was uncooperative this morning.

I don't know if you celebrate Midsummer, but my house (and my life) has been in an uproar preparing for the party. Midsummer is traditionally celebrated mostly in Nordic nations, although I just learned yesterday that the Baltics have a similar holiday they call "Jani in Latvian, Jaanipaev in Estonian and Jonines in Lithuanian," respectively. And, of course, some Germans celebrate as well and there are a few other countries scattered across Europe that have similar festivals.

In the city I live outside of, the Swedish embassy (or one of them) to my country takes care of the festivities for the public, so I've always associated it as a Nordic holiday, and particularly a Scandinavian one.

I started celebrating many years ago because I am pagan. I was raised as a Wiccan, though now I also recognize other pantheons and Gods in my belief system, because I feel that humanity's connection to the divine can never be limited to a single God or even a Goddess.

However, the party is completely secular, and everyone is welcome! We have a sign on the door saying that no discrimination or hateful remarks or behavior towards other guests is allowed, otherwise you are free to leave.

We did that because we used to have one or two slightly toxic people at the party, but what the sign ended up doing even after we ditched those toxic people is that it helps foster a safe space for everyone, regardless of their race, religion, belief system, ethnicity, immigration status, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexuality, or any other aspects of their identity. We have a small but diverse crowd, so it's important.

And I might have spent a little too much time making sure that everything was rainbow-themed. We always decorate, but this time, we decorated for Pride! My dog is celebrating a very special birthday and she is also wearing a rainbow dress.

Anyway. Long!post is long.... All I meant to say was "Happy Midsummer to you and your house," but you got an essay instead.

I e-mailed my friends and family who couldn't be there that I would raise a toast in their honor and say Qapla' for them to bring them success this summer. Most of them probably would have thought it pagan - but I explained in the e-mail it was just Klingon.

Qapla' my friend. May your days be full of light, now and always.

[flynn-digital-character-course]

Character Design Final Poster part 8

Today I finally get to start colouring the interior, I wanted the building walls to be darker than the outside to contrast well with the view and Fleratimus' Avatar

these are the base colour fills for the walls

base colour for the pillars is in, I filled them by using the rectangle shape tool then warping the corners individually to match up with the lines

now to pick a colour for the bookshelves

in my search for references I discovered this, the Sinan Books Poetry Store in Shanghai, this the sorta thing I'm going for

full base colour coats

Took a break from trying to texture the background to finish colouring Fleratimus' Avatar and also added the name at the bottom, originally it was going to go at the top but I made the top very busy and it would look wrong there and cover up some of my better nebula work

step 1 of adding texture to the bookshelves involves the following add noise (set to 4 or 5 or 6 depending on distance, monochrome) then pixelate with the Fragment setting, then sharpen and finally add more noise, this time only set to 2 and not monochrome

I've added a few people standing in front of Fleratimus, mostly for scale

[mischief-lies-and-stories]

Reacting to Contemporary Comics (without context) 1/?

Because out of context reactions went so well yesterday I’m doing it again, this time with a comic from my last haul.

I think this is supposed to take place around Journey into Mystery/Young Avengers? because Kid Loki is in this, but so’s Angela, and Loki was already aged up by the time he and Thor discovered their sister. Unless he doesn’t know she’s his sister in this. Guess we’ll see.

Spoilers for Asgardians of the Galaxy and any comics I reference on this blog because it’s the background I’m coming to this comic with.

Okay so in this (or the comics in general?) Nebula is Thanos’s granddaughter

Yes they know Angela is their sister

KID LOKI is possessing the Destroyer?! That’s about to be awkward AF. I think that means this Loki is JiM Loki, but not YA, OS, AoA Loki (aka Ikol).

Am I gonna end up shipping Valkyrie and Angela? Only time will tell.

Nova (I think that’s his hero name), does your boyfriend know what you’re doing? What about your girlfriend?

I’m confused now. I don’t think this is JiM baby, but it’s also not YA/AoA Loki/Ikol

Ay, what did I say?! I know you, Loki!

That checks out.

Loki that is a terrible idea

Loki how the fuck are you gonna justify this to Thor if you find him though???

Holy SHIT oh my GOD

THAT’S THE END???!!!

Well I know what I’m looking for next time I go to the comic book store

[igb220-rhiann-steenstrup]

Asteroids Development

This week, I continued development on our asteroid mimics.

I also read chapter 6 of Game Design Workshop. This chapter talked about conceptualisation, and finding inspiration in other activities and objects (Fullerton, 2018). This prompted me to explore various avenues for inspiration after completing the tutorial for the asteroid game.

Inspiration

Initially, I looked to other games for inspiration, even though the chapter advises against finding inspiration that way. I thought it might give me a starting point for inspiration, beyond my elevator pitch. I looked at other space-related games (specifically astrosmash and star wars: galaxy of heroes, the second of which I have personally played). I found inspiration for aesthetics in astrosmash; I liked the starry background. I liked the mechanic of shields in galaxy of heroes. Characters would have a purple shield bar above their health bar, which absorbs damage the character would have otherwise taken.

I didn't think I'd be able to implement the shield mechanic as it is seen in galaxy of heroes, so I'd have to adjust it to better suit my prototype.

Aesthetics

The first aesthetic changes I made were the background and changing the text of 'lives' to 'shield'. This was to better suit my vision.

Later, I changed the background again. This time, I made use of a space background generator which allowed me to choose my colours, as well as the objects I wanted in my background, such as planets, nebula and stars. It also gave me the option to create a tileable image, and how big it would be.

Gameplay

I also changed the 'shield' from 10 to 100. This was because of my asteroid damage values. Large asteroids would subtract 3, medium would subtract 2, and small would subtract 1. These values would reflect how much damage that asteroid would do to the ship - larger asteroids would do more damage than smaller ones.

When the shield ran out, the player would be sent to a game over screen, where they can start the game over

I made the text red to grab the player's attention and imply that the game ending has a negative meaning. Red has multiple meanings, including passion and strength, but it can also be aggressive, and symbolise danger (Ackerman, n.d.). That is the meaning I wanted to imply. The try again button is purple to match the colour pallette of the game.

References

Ackerman, A. (n.d.). Guide to Colour Meaning and Psychology | Adobe Australia. Www.adobe.com. https://www.adobe.com/au/creativecloud/design/discover/color-meaning.html#:~:text=Red%20is%20a%20very%20strong

Astrosmash (1981). (n.d.). MobyGames. Retrieved from https://www.mobygames.com/game/10011/astrosmash/

Deep-Fold. (2021). Pixel Space Background Generator by Deep-Fold. Itch.io. https://deep-fold.itch.io/space-background-generator

Electronic Arts. (2016, November 15). Star WarsTM Galaxy of Heroes - Free Mobile Game - EA Official Site. Electronic Arts Inc. https://www.ea.com/en-au/games/starwars/galaxy-of-heroes

Fullerton, T. (2018). Game design workshop : A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games (4th ed., pp. 169, 170). Crc Press.

[susandsnell]

hey love, have u seen the new gotg/do u plan to? totally understandable if u can't look at crisp rat on the big screen again/if ur disneymarvelled out. also! what's ur favorite art house horror annnnnnnd ur favorite werewolf movie? hope ur day/night is going well!

!!! this was so sweet to wake up to this morning!

I have seen GOTG 3 and I was really pleased with how it turned out (for the most part, lol, but that I enjoyed an MCU movie as much as I did in 2023 is in and of itself a testament to Gunn's skill with wringing emotion from the popcorn pics and creative graveyard that is Disney right now). Peter Quill means enough to me as a character that I'm able to separate him somewhat from Pratt in my head, thankfully (as he made like...borderline homophobic comments in press for the film, to nobody's surprise). Really liked how well my girls Nebula and Mantis were done, and I was actually pleasantly surprised by a lot of Gamora's storyline given how much needed to be salvaged from IW-Endgame. Loved the gradual reveal that Rocket has been the emotional core of these movies all along, especially in those backstory scenes that let Gunn really show off his horror background. (Come on, that wailing mimicry/face stuff had to be a Silence of the Lambs reference! In an MCU movie? Fab.) It was a wonderfully emotional sendoff to a trilogy that has saved and helped me in so many ways, and I think the most meaningful choice of all is the shift to contemporary music symbolizing letting go of one's past and nostalgia and moving forward - an important character moment for the Guardians, sure, but also almost a jab at how modern Disney is riding on nostalgia and refusing to evolve. (May be a bit of a stretch, but considering the delightfully hammy High Evolutionary feeling like a continual jab at Disney management and Gunn's probably rightful anger at how the company's treated him, who knows?) I'm 90% disneymarvelled out, but once in a while, there'll be a fantastic work of animation from them or a pleasant surprise that'll play exception to the rule.

My favourite arthouse horror is very difficult to pick! (To say nothing of how it's kind of a hard distinction to pin down - people argue Ari Aster's works and Black Swan and The VVitch qualify, and I adore all of these, but don't quite see them as arthouse?) I'm going to go with Suspiria for now, with honourable mentions to Ganja & Hess, Possession, and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (I know this one's kind of a cheat because it's more revengey/crime drama than horror, but honestly how graphic it gets and the denouement arguably push it into horror for me). I have a big soft spot for Let The Right One In as well.

Werewolf movies are even harder because I don't often go in for them! An American Werewolf in London is a classic though, and the makeup effects are unforgettable. Other than that, flaws and all, Ginger Snaps and The Company of Wolves are both delights in their own ways.

My week has unforch been pretty wretched so far, but this ask more than brightened it up! <3 Hope you have a great time of day as well, and thank you so much for sending this!

[dailyadventureprompts]

Your adventures are awesome, just getting that out of the way. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about spelljammer, due to rewatching treasure planet most likely, and I’m curious how you would handle it

Drafting an Adventure: Setting Sail in the Astral Sea 

Forgive the break from my usual format for this prompt, but as it deals with past versions of d&d and how I implement some of these ideas in my game, I figured I needed to change up my authorial voice for this one.

For those who might not know, Spelljammer is d&d’s answer to starwars style planetary adventuring, and is both its own setting as well as an “addon” to other campaigns involving a magical means by which adventurers could fly out from their homeworld into an version of space modelled on archaic views of the universe as a way of explaining why their wooden spaceship didn’t have to worry about things like gravity or vacuum pressure. 

I was never into Spelljammer myself, as it was primarily a 2nd edition thing and i started playing the game with 3/3.5. While the idea of fantasy spaceships was always intriguing, I felt that Spelljammer itself was a bit silly, with its space hamsters, British hippo gun fetishists, and reliance on “ D&D trope, BUT IN SPACE” to prop up much of its material. 

That said, we can all agree Treasure Planet, and the idea of fantasy space pirates is SICK AS SHIT, so I’d be doing a disservice to myself and the campaigns I run if I didn’t have that sort of thing running in the background. 

So lets talk first about how I run the astral sea, as I use that as my backdrop for such adventures:

The Astral Sea is an expanse of starry void, filled with glittering mists and nebulae and aurora, as well as the occasional field of crystalline coral.  It is the raw canvas of creation upon which the gods ( and other great powers) paint their myriad creations. This morphic quality is also utilized by powerful arcanists to create their own worldlets and mind-palaces, making their dreams into physical domains of impossible wonder. When these arcanists die or otherwise move on, these realms endure, slowly drifting together into ruinous archipelagos that provide habitat for astral denizens.

There is no such thing as distance in the astral plane, more of a notional geography of one landmark in relation to another. Part of the reason this great expanse is referred to as a "sea" is that navigation in such a realm requires either the following of particular " currents" that follow predictable routes through the expanse, or by the charting the relative position of various landmarks in relation to one's desired destination. One could also make use of the vast network of portals to get about, trace the boughs of the cosmic trees, or take a walk on the infinite staircase.

Its bad to be out in the astral sea for too long, as that primordial chaos can either unweave one's being or make some unwanted "Creative additions". This necessitates an astral ship for a long journey, or sheltering in a crystalline reef or other structure.

The Shallows of the astral sea reside in the realms of mortal dreams, and the phantasms of imagination and flotsam of fantasy spill over into the starry expanse.

Running Astral Adventures:

Since the Astral plane is by definition so far removed from the "grounded" state of traditional fantasy adventuring, I like to think of it as a sort of secret/background/bonus lore that's never touched on in most games, until the party starts having dealings with high level wizards and the like. A wonderous thing they get to discover when they cross over the threshold from practical heroics into the realm of the fantastical. That threshold is likely an unintentional one, as an unknown portal or teleportation mishap sends the party hurtling into the unknown, only for them to have to struggle through a strange world and find their way back to reality.

The construction, reclamation, or chartering of an astral ship is then a later benchmark where the party has taken control over their destiny, allowing them to travel between the realms by their own agency.

Adventure Hooks:

The diaspora of innumerable dead worlds spread out through the astral cosmos, survivors of realities that collapsed under their own weight or the mismanagement of their gods. These Starry pilgrims can find new homes among the reefs, or travel from world to world as astral nomads. Such an existence is a hard one, and it's not unusual for some of these peoples to turn to interdimensional raiding and piracy as a means of survival. Often the loot of these raids ends up in the markets of Leng, where the treasure of a thousand worlds flows through wicked hands of that world's miasmic masters.

In the most twisted and surreal expanses of the dreamscape, the Quori hold sway, formless tyrants incapable of creation themselves and so desperate to claim the minds of mortals to give shape and order to their nightmare realm.

The ruins of civilizations beyond count float in the astral sea, just waiting to be explored. Expeditions to these dream palaces can be great undertakings, but can provide campaigns without frequent dungeon crawls a chance to get their delve on without having to leave an important central location of a campaign.

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[nubie-imber]

Introduction Things!

Hey there! Welcome aboard this ship, we’re heading straight down :) 

So, lemme explain- About a year or two ago I had noticed I became less... Alone, up in my head. It wasn’t just me anymore! Now I had a few companions, and man, it was confusing. I felt weird, out of place, I’d never heard anyone talk about having a similar experience before. Having entirely seperate people up in my brain wasn’t something I’d ever really experienced before, and before I knew it more and more started to show up, and now we’re one big dysfunctional family! But still, up in my head. 

The entire reason we created this account was to try to figure out things, try to figure out what we are, because we’re having trouble fitting under any labels- And we’re not in the current position to talk to a doctor or a therapist. So, next best thing, strangers online!.. If you consider that the next best thing. We’re just figuring things out, so I hope you have fun coming along for the ride with us.

But enough about that, lemme introduce everyone! Only the ones who want to be introduced, of course, not everyone really wants to be contributing to this little account of ours. Anyways, here we go!

Nubie/Nebula- Main person! The begininning of all this! Any pronouns, neos are  Chaos/Slaughter/Vanilla/Void/Cloud

Apricot- (Lovingly nicknamed Appy) The scrunkly. The scrimbo. A babey. Life of the party, when she wants to be! Very loved and protected by everyone. She has a typing quirk, by the way, every s is replaced with a z when she’s typing things. She/He (High preference for she/her)

Toxi- A (somewhat loveable) dumbass. His entire humour comprises of “your mom” /hj. He’s almost never serious, everything is a joke to him unless it’s a dire situation. In a relationship with Einan! He/Him

Einan-  Pissed off and angry constantly, extremely grumpy. He never really looks at anything in a positive or optimistic light, and is pratically disappointed in everyone’s actions. We don’t really know how hiss ended up in a relationship with Toxi, but here we are! He/They/Hiss

Jasper-  A father figure to everyone. He’s fairly quiet, only really active when someone needs him. Strives for proper grammar and sentence structure, and they’re pretty good at giving lectures. He/They

Paint Bucket- Pretty quiet as well, doesn’t really talk all that much, prefers to stay in the background but shows up occasionally to make a point or two, gets jealous fairly easily. They/Them

Rosemary-  Mother figure! Not in any sort of relationship with Jasper or anything, but they do co-parent sometimes. She’s very sweet, very quick to try to cheer up anyone who’s sad. She/Her 

XD-  Very... Similar to her name. Similar to Toxi she doesn’t really take anything seriously, and they love making quotes and references to vines and memes. She/They

There’s more of us but nobody else really wants to contribute to this little account at all. That’s alright, their loss :) Thanks for reading! We hope you stick around. Oh, and, we’ll try to indicate who’s making what post in the tags! So keep an eye out for those, so things are clearer! Have a lovely day now, byebye <3

[mthofferings2020]

Hundredthousands

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Preferred contact methods: Tumblr: hundredthousands Discord: HT#2586

Preferred organizations: - Anything from the list of approved organizations

Will create works that contain: Fluff, angst, AUs, character portraits, scenes from fanfiction

Will not create works that contain: N/A

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Auction ID: 1178

Will create works for the following relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - MCU Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers - MCU Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark - MCU Captain America fandom any gen and ship - MCU Iron Man fandom any gen and ship - MCU Thor fandom any gen and ship - MCU Black Panther fandom any gen and ship - MCU Avengers fandom any gen and ship - MCU

Work Description: ***Note: my two MTH auctions are different in terms of the characters being offered.*** Offering: one digital painting with 1-2 characters and a simple background. For examples of what to expect, please see my MTH 2018 works on AO3 (click on the first link to my existing works). Prompts: I can work from general or specific prompts. (My 2018 prompts were 'semi-abstract Steve/Tony', 'Captain America reading to kids', and a Jane Foster scene from a fanfic.) I can also take reference pictures as prompts, or even something as simple as just a character if you want to give me that kind of artistic freedom. :P If you'd like to run your idea by me before bidding, I'd be happy to discuss it with you!   Work style/timeline: I like to make 2-3 thumbnails/sketches for the winner to choose from before I work on the final image. I can start as soon as I get the prompt, and if all goes well, I'd like to finish the artwork by February 2021. 

Ratings: Gen, Teen

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Auction ID: 2072

Will create works for the following relationships: Peggy Carter any gen - MCU Sam Wilson any gen - MCU James "Rhodey" Rhodes any gen - MCU Natasha Romanov any gen - MCU Carol Danvers any gen - MCU Valkyrie any gen - MCU Jane Foster any gen - MCU Michelle Jones any gen - MCU Nebula any gen - MCU Black Panther fandom any gen and ship - MCU

Work Description: ***Note: my two MTH auctions are different in terms of the characters being offered.*** Offering: one digital painting with 1-2 characters and a simple background. For examples of what to expect, please see my MTH 2018 works on AO3 (click on the first link to my existing works). Characters: I’ll make artwork focused on any Marvel characters who are female or POC, gen or shippy. If you are interested in a character I haven’t listed, please send me a message first, and if you are interested in characters outside these categories, see my other auction. Prompts: I can work from general or specific prompts. (My 2018 prompts were 'semi-abstract Steve/Tony', 'Captain America reading to kids', and a Jane Foster scene from a fanfic.) I can also take reference pictures as prompts, or even something as simple as just a character if you want to give me that kind of artistic freedom. :P If you'd like to run your idea by me before bidding, I'd be happy to discuss it with you!   Work style/timeline: I like to make 2-3 thumbnails/sketches for the winner to choose from before I work on the final image. I can start as soon as I get the prompt, and if all goes well, I'd like to finish the artwork by February 2021. 

Ratings: Gen, Teen

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[noforkingclue]

Master likes stealing Y/N's phone to change Y/N's phone wallpaper into something stupid (like unattractive pictures of Y/N's face or doing something like picking their nose). Master is doing another routine swipe of Y/N's phone, but doesn't have the heart to change it because this time because Y/N's phone wallpaper is a cute picture of the two of them.

Title: A little longer

Tag list: @v4n1r, @queerconfusionthings

The Master smirked as he took your phone. Earth technology was painfully easy to break into and the amusement he got from breaking into yours was great. He didn’t know that changing you phone background could bring so much joy into his otherwise relatively dull life.

He didn’t mean for this to escalate to the scale that it had done. It started off simply enough. He was browsing through your phone one day when he came across a particularly unflattering photo. Of course the logical thing to do was to replace it as your phone’s wallpaper. The cry of shock you gave when you saw it was worth the price of you kicking him out of your flat. Since then he always tried to change it whenever he could, even if you changed it back almost immediately.

However, today was going to be different. The Master shut the doors of his TARDIS behind his and unlocked your phone, pausing when he saw the photo. He gently traced over the screen as he stared at the photo you had chosen for your wallpaper. You were standing in front of the open TARDIS doors a nebula shining in the background. You were grinning madly at the camera and you had your arm wrapped around the Master. You were pulling him towards you and he was glaring at you and you head was resting against his.

He remembered you taking that photo. It was on your first trip with him and you said that you wanted something to remember it by. He was fine with you taking that photo but when you insisted that he was in it as well he was very tempted to push you out of the TARDIS. In hindsight he was glad that he took it, although he would never admit that out loud. It was one of the few photos that you had together.

“Why,” he said to himself, “Why would you have this to look at.”

He knew that humans tended to put pictures that meant something to them as a wallpaper. Maybe that meant that you viewed this friendship as something more. The Master felt strange referring to you and him as friends. He was secretly glad that he had met you and that you were in his life. He enjoyed making you smile and the amazement in your eyes when he took you to new places. When you grabbed his hand and dragged him into towns or along market places he wished that you would never let go. On the rare occasion that you hugged him he wished he was brave enough to wrap his arms around you, to return the affection that he had been starved of for so many years. His TARDIS gave an amused hum around him and he glared up.

“Shut up,” he said, “I do not love a human. Just because you’re found of them doesn’t mean I am. I am their friend that’s all.”

His TARDIS made another hum although this time it didn’t sound as convince. The Master continued to glare but one look back at your phone made it soften. He slipped it into his pocket and walked further into his TARDIS. Maybe you could keep that wallpaper for a little longer.