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Long time no art post! Iâve been reading the horror sci-fi/fantasy book Beyond Bringers, and got bit by the fanart bug real bad. (Textless versions below the cut)
This novel has everything: body horror, examinations of human fear, mortality, and morality in the face of a cosmic, unknowable being that is slowly eating away society, and toxic yuri between a lesbian who made the mistake of becoming too important at her job and a woman who wants to be strapped on a biopsy table.
Looking forward to the next chapter with baited breath!
#beyond bringers#bluerose art#my art#web novel#web novels#horror#horror fiction#bluerose fanart#fan art#fanart#queer lit#queer horror#cw eye strain
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Me catching up on Beyond Bringers and coming back to this after chapter 6
#beyond bringers#currently reading#text posts#pudditxt#queer scifi#indie publishing#books#queer horror
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[Ocs] I've been trying to polish up my warmups lately <3 Here's a Farron.
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i'm down w claude joining krisis as much as the next guy but every single post i've seen about the possibility reads like this

#ciaran rambling on#beyond the fact that the man himself was weirdly. dodgy about it.#krisis#claude clawmark#vantacrow bringer#vezalius bandage#yu q wilson
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at one point in TLI, Nine refers to the Lumiat's TARDIS as "a Mr. Whippy TARDIS" because it's bright pink and yellow and sparkly -- apparently, this is what one of their vans looked like in the late 1950's/early 1960's:
(picture from Australian Food Timeline)
#beyond the clouds ( ooc )#the p r e d a t o r ( the doctor )#the bringer of light ( the lumiat )#dw audios#doctor who: once and future#time lord immemorial#the master's tardis;;#ma'am. what was wrong with the purple motif.#(other than the link to her past identity)
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"Rurik!! We have to go back! "No! Surely you don't mean.....!? "YES. We have to do it...We have to......FINISH THE PROPHECIES CAMPAIGN!!" "(Shouting!)"
When: Saturday June 24th UTC 11pm
This is a 2 hour time slot where [Oops] members will be around and ingame in Guild Wars (one!). It is a lo-fi and chill / MMO gaming like it's 2005 adventure and experience.
We will prioritise getting first timers through the missions, however we are also down to farm dungeon books, titles, vanquish or run around capping elite skills.
If you never experienced GW1 in its heyday, or if you just want to bask in the nostalgia of a world without a Z axis, come along and bring your good builds, your weird builds, and of course, your Dagger wielding Dunkoros!
Check out this event, and more in our Discord server!
#Guild Wars#GW#GW prophecies#GW factions#GW nightfall#GW EOTN#GW Beyond#GW Return#Bringers of Aggro oops#Bringers of Aggro#GW1#gw2
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Tag dump.
#verse: wayward wolf#verse: lucid sinner#verse: sky's still blue#verse: triptych#verse: stampede#verse: bringer of death / lover of life#when i open my eyes to the future i can hear you say my name â angelictyphoon#keep me sharp and test my worth in blood â knaivcs#i will travel far beyond the path of reason â eventheodds; angelictyphoon#sing another song of how you think you're gonna live forever â misplacedreporter#we're witness to tragedy; difference in memory - we all fall the same â forgivenpunishment#until my blood boils i want to see you as you are now â typhoonvash#if anything she's an undiscovered element â eventheodds#writing words to be sown in the ground we own â goldendivinewrath#in turning divine we tangle endlessly â reusignus#how could i fear any hurricane? â humanitysong#apocrypha (spicy headcanons)#catechisms (headcanons)
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Dazai, do you know about PĂ©trus? That night you left the organization, I opened an '89 bottle of it to celebrate. That's how fed up with you I was.
I've been thinking about this scene, and about how Chuuya in Storm Bringer seemed to consider himself beyond saving while simultaneously yearning for someone to do save him, and about his eventual resolve and commitment to the Port Mafia, and about how his fate ultimately opposes Dazai's.
#in other words: ''congrats on doing the thing i never managed to commit to. go fuck yourself.''#i do think chuuya celebrated that night#just not with... confettis and streamers and partying#if chuuya and dazai hate each other it's in large part because of how similar yet opposed they are. and so.#bsd#bungo stray dogs#bungou stray dogs#bsd fanart#bsd chuuya#bsd nakahara chuuya#soukoku#skk#nawy's comics
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All Finished!
I have no idea what's going on with Virgil and Remus's styles... they're something... I know to little clothing genres and what they look like to say.
I adore all of them so much. Adorable babies~
Poses by Albanenechi on insta/patreon. Janus & Logan: [Link], Virgil: [Link], Roman: [Link], Patton: [Link], Remus: [Link]
Random info about them under the cut:
- Virgil's skin is "poisonous" in the way any skin contact will make the one not Virgil grow more and more anxious (kinda like how canon Virgil's room amplified their anxieties in AA) Due to this he's pretty touch averse. Giving the random elbow nudge or shoulder tap, never really touching anyone with his fingers unless he's wearing fingered gloves.
- Janus is smart, but he will give his "braincel" to Logan is he craves some chaos. (the beanie, he doesn't want it to get dirty). He doesn't disguise himself as much as Canon Janus, instead he sneaks into the conversation, making it seem as if he'd always been there. He's quicker to bring up the idea of using an "excuse" as he likes to call it, be it to not go to a thing, avoid doing something or just because. (Virgil tends to accept the first type, if it means avoiding a social situation.)
- Remus isn't as intrusive as canon Remus.... but he will still be intrusive by being loud and be the bringer of the brain worms/funny sentences/audio from videos that he will play/say on repeat to Thomas at random times throughout the day. He will start gnawing on things if he's bored/understimulated.
- Roman loves Disney, but not for the princes... instead the animal helpers are his siblings. It took him the longest to accept Virgil due to the Disney logic of green = evil. He loves to sing, and can be found humming under his breath almost constantly if he's not. He feels a bit self conscious about what his animal trait is. Since corvids tend to get a bad reputation at times. So he kinda clings a bit too hard on the nickname "Songbird" that Thomas gave him.
- Logan is the royal in this lineup. He's not as strict and "emotionless" than canon Logan, but he will get frustrated if he's ignored. He's also strong-headed about important things. But, he knows exactly what to use to get the others attention for varying degrees of time. He might even get passive aggressive if pushed beyond annoyed. He tries his best to be helpful be it to Thomas in person or to Thomas as a whole (the others)
- Patton is full of energy, encompassing much more of Thomas's heart than morality, even if that's still a part of who he is. If you need a hug, he's 100% ready to open his arms and give it. He loves to nap. he can either be found asleep on the banister of the stairs or curled up on the couch using his tail as a pillow. He loves so strongly. He's got some pretty bad rejection sensitivity, he's working on it... but he can be a bit clingy at times. (Not that any of them will complain, Virgil might get stressed out tho.) He will cry if they watch Turning Red during a movie night. He def fear he's becoming Thomas's panda, he is Thomas's Panda. (I need to actually watch the movie it looks so GOOOOOD! anyway-)
- On the subject of tails/wings/animal traits... they're only fully visible in the mind space, if they're with Thomas they look much more human.
- Virgil is the oldest of the dark sides and thus kinda became their keeper, he has a 6th sense in knowing where they are. He's pretty chill, but if he's stressed he will start doing his lil frog calling as a warning noise.
- Roman and Remus are much closer in this au, often found brainstorming together to help Thomas come up with creative ideas. If the idea calls for more fluffy happy themes Roman will handle most of that, but if it goes into more darker themes it's Remus's time to shine, after all in a writers terms: "you can't have the angst without the fluff" (you can but shhhhhh)
- Yellow the Lemon is all question marks.
#Sanders Sides#Core Colour swap au that needs a better name#Janus#Remus#Roman#Logan#Patton#Virgil#TsArt#My art#Digital art#Orange Janus#Green Virgil#Indigo Remus#Blue Roman#Purple Logan#Red Patton#Fox Janus#Frog Virgil#Indigo Macaw Remus#Blue jay Roman#Queen Purple tip butterfly Logan#Red Panda Patton
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Entry 15 â The One Where I Try to Convince You of Just About Anything
âDonât compromise yourself. Wait for the right person because youâre worth it.â
These were Nicolaâs words the night of the London premiere when she was asked what dating advice she had for viewers. This quote has always stuck with me. Not because itâs actually great advice or emits wisdom well beyond Nicolaâs years but because I can still remember the odd sense of foreboding that I felt as I listened to her words. They were just as poignant, if not more so, than the words that first invited me aboard this ship (Lukeâs comments in Australia about friends-to-lovers).
And, although Luke âagree[d] with all of the above,â Nicolaâs comment always struck me as making Luke uncomfortable. That interaction seemed off somehow. Awkward and strange in a way I wasnât used to after two months of watching a rom-com style World Tour. In hindsight, and in a rather ominous way, the discomfort I felt alluded to what would happen later that evening â Luke âhard launchingâ Antonia.
As I was scribbling out todayâs post and, honestly, struggling with how I wanted to structure it, I realized that it was not necessarily post-Papsmear (a/k/a Hot Boy Summer) people had an issue with. Instead, it seemed many people were having a hard time understanding â and accepting â Antoniaâs existence in the Lukola-verse. This confusion, of course, led many to their own internal battlefield of trying to rationalize Lukeâs behavior during that relatively short seven-week period. The reality is no one wants Luke to be the âBad Guy;â therefore, people struggle to look at Hot Boy Summer with neutrality.
Donât worry, Iâm guilty, too.
I mean, Papsmear went down like a guillotine on a French â uh, well, nevermind that part. Letâs just say it did not go over well with the fandom. After months of âRomancing Mr. Bridgerton,â Luke was photographed walking into a hotel with Antonia snapping at his heels, sending the Lukola fandom into convulsions. What made it worse was that this was the night of the London premiere, the last leg of the World Tour. So long, motherfucking London!
The dark side of the fandom painted Luke as a monster â a man who, in less than three minutes, pissed on the Season 3 World Tour and broke Lukola hearts all over the world by seemingly choosing Antonia over Nicola. And, not only choosing Antonia, but flaunting her. People felt betrayed, shadowed by the possibility that Luke and Nicola had hoodwinked them with a fake PR romance and dumbfounded that Mr. Iâm-Publicly-Single had a âgirlfriendâ (yes, that word is always up for speculation in this fandom). But, as with every dismal situation, you had the light bringers â the true-to-heart Lukolas â firing up on all cylinders and calling, âFoul!â in the direction of Antonia. A few of the less classy ones even picked up bits of old salad theyâd found in a dumpster and tossed it in her direction (heehee, did you get my Dad Joke?).
And so Hot Boy Summer beganâŠas did the confusion surrounding it.
In the beginning, I absolutely wanted Antonia to be the villain. But Iâve found that the more I write, the more indifferent I have become on the subject. Of course, that didnât stop me from theorizing with friends. In fact, at one point, I had so many thoughts on the matter, if I had mapped them out on paper, theyâd have resembled a spiderâs web, with the hub being Papsmear. However, what Iâve discovered is that each of those theories, regardless of how simple or convoluted they were, took root in one of three central ideas.
Thatâs what I want to discuss today â those three central ideas from which every one of your sub-theories likely takes root (unless, of course, youâre the conspiracy theorist that believes Antonia is AI generatedâŠ). I want to lay out why I believe these theories are plausible (yes, prepare yourself to read some shit you almost certainly wonât find entertaining) countered by why I believe they may be out in left field. Maybe, just maybe, they will shed some light on Hot Boy Summer. But, also, maybe they wonât.
Okay, our three central theories are:
A) Luke and Nicola were simply PR-ing the fuck out of Polin.
B) Luke and Nicola were legit in their feels and Antonia became the jilted girlfriend.
C) Antonia was a PR girlfriend because [feel free to insert any reason you please].
Weâre going to get the one nobody wants to consider out of the way first.
THEORY A: Nicola and Luke had a PR card up their sleeve the entire time.
I donât like this theory any more than you do â the idea that Luke and Nicola were merely playing the part of two infatuated costars during the World Tour. However, this theory does exist, so there is no point in pretending that it doesnât.
The backbone of this theory is that Luke and Nicola came to some kind of agreement to behave in a certain flirtatious manner during the World Tour to promote viewership of the show. As annoying as this theory is to the Lukolas, it is not unrealistic. For example, Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney recently admitted to using the dating rumors that began while they were filming to build buzz around their movie, âAnyone But You.â Regardless of how reckless I find this behavior to be, I donât doubt that we will start seeing it utilized more and more because it does help build interest in a project. That said, and although she admittedly leaned into the Powell romance rumors, Sweeney had an easy out once their press tour ended â she was (and still is) engaged to her long-time partner.
Now, letâs apply this PR romance to Luke and Nicola. It is entirely possible that these two simply played into their natural chemistry and allowed the romance rumors to fuel Polin. We could even go as far as to suggest that Netflix & Co. supported this PR romance because more viewers equaled more money. This, to some degree, also fits with the narrative that Luke seemingly kept Antonia out of the spotlight during the World Tour and, although it was terrible timing, launched her at the London premiere because he was tired of the fake PR. We could also make a convincing argument that this theory aligns with Luke and Nicola never addressing the status of their relationship (i.e., by never openly admitting they were âjust friends,â they leave room for speculation and shipping).
To be honest, this would be a nice and tidy answer for how the World Tour went down, with Luke stepping in an elephant-sized pile of dog shit on his way out of the London afterparty and Nicola swooping into to play PR Hero by promoting Season 3 throughout the summer. Meaning, Hot Boy Summer was simply what it appeared to be at surface level â Luke running off with his girlfriend while Nicola continued promoting Season 3 on her own. Sure, this theory would leave us all feeling like we had just been kicked in the teeth, but we could absolutely package it up quite nicely and tie it with a little pink bow. However â nothing is ever that simple, is it?
There are some things that make me question the plausibility of this Luke-and-Nicola-PR-Romance theory, namely, (a) Luke and Nicolaâs World Tour behavior, (b) comments made by interviewers, (c) the Claddagh ring, (d) the side trip to Galway, and (e) Chaos Week.
Regarding Luke and Nicolaâs behavior towards each other during the World Tour, I donât believe I need to go into too much detail here. Again, we all watched the same World Tour, and we all had the same reaction to their chemistry. Hell, the Jakolas started out on this side of the fandom because they also saw something between Luke and Nicola. However, to play Devilâs advocate, I will suggest that Luke and Nicola could absolutely be the next Daniel Day Lewis and Meryl Streep, method acting their way through the World Tour. But, in my honest opinion, theyâre not. Theyâre both lovely actors but they donât compare to the two I just named (sorry, but also not sorry).
I honestly debated with myself as to whether I wanted to include interviewer comments under this section. I finally relented and decided to do so because, for me, it was one of those things that made me question the plausibility of Luke and Nicola being strictly PR during the World Tour â because, yes, I did consider that back in May. For example, in response to Luke drinking from Nicolaâs tea cup in Australia, when asked about it, the interviewer, Rachael Evren, responded, âTheyâre in[ ]love itâs fine.â Also in Australia, we listened to the back and forth between podcasters, Laura Brodnik and Em Vernem, debate Luke and Nicolaâs real-life relationship:
Em: âI canât believe you got her to say such juicy things about their chemistry.â
Laura: âTheyâre best friends and stuff, yeah, people think theyâre together. Theyâre not, theyâre just best friends.â
Em: âNo, but they are.â
Laura: âOh, donât start that rumor. I want it on the record Iâm not saying that.â
Em: âWell, I feel like after you watch Bridgerton Season 3 you would be like, âOh yeah, theyâre definitely dating.ââ
By the time Luke and Nicola reached Canada, you had interviewers being quite obviously taken with their chemistry. For example, The Morning Show in Canada â have you ever watched Carolyn Mackenzieâs face when Luke and Nicola get into that Ryan Gosling discussion? Or, have you listened to the surprise in Karen Kosterâs voice (âitâs like the carriage sceneâ) after witnessing Nicola touch Lukeâs forehead on Ireland AM? Then you had Meredith Shaw from BT Canada and Ciara Kelly from Newstalk boldly asking Luke and Nicola about their real-life relationship, and Ben Shepherd from This Morning calling them out about the Carriage Scene (âyouâre blaming the soundproof carriage, not the fact you got lost in the momentâ).
And, then we had the written print:
On May 16, 2024, Shondalandâs Valentina Valentini wrote: âBut throughout the past three seasons, itâs been a slow-burn anticipation for Newton and Coughlan, who have genuinely become real-life best friends in that span of time. Parallel to that, their on-screen characters have given us such a perfect crescendo of what itâs like to fall in love over decades that Iâm not entirely convinced that the real-life people sitting in front of me are not actually in love. âYeah! Weâve kept that one really secret!â Coughlan jests when I hint at the possibility.â
And, in her June 14, 2024 publication, Fashionâs Annika Lautens wrote: âNicola Coughlan and Luke Newton canât stop looking at each other. I mean, they really canât. As I enter their suite in the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto to interview the Bridgerton stars, all I can hear is laughter. Coughlan is leaning over to show Newton something on her phone. He throws his head back, giggling. It feels extremely intimate but, as the world has seen through countless clips on TikTok and on the third season of BridgertonâŠthis is just your average Tuesday for the two co-stars.â
These third-party reactions alone â in my opinion â debunk the Luke-and-Nicola-PR-Romance theory, but we will keep moving along.
I am not going to reexamine the Claddagh ring or Chaos Week in this entry as I have already gone into extensive detail of both in my blog Entries 6 and 14, respectively. If youâre behind on the significance of the Claddagh ring or Chaos Week, please take a moment and read those for more context. However, I will briefly discuss that special trip to Galway.
Iâve never quite followed why Nicola and Luke took that side trip to Galway. There was no special visit to Brighton â or wherever Lukeâs family lives â so why Galway? I often find myself straddling the line between logic and delulu when I put my thoughts about Lukola on paper. I mean, from a logical standpoint, they were in Dublin so visiting Nicolaâs hometown while they were on the island isnât that farfetched. But to film it? Okay, yeah sure, Nicola is Shondaâs alleged favorite child, so I suppose itâs possible Shonda granted Nicolaâs wish to flaunt Bridgerton in her hometown. I can honestly see this fitting into the Luke-and-Nicola-PR-Romance narrative. But â
It also doesnât fit.
Sending Luke and Nicola to Galway was too close to home. It crossed the line between what could be excused as PR and what was clearly personal.
Not only did we have Nicola wearing her Claddagh ring in Galway in a manner that suggested she was in a relationship, but we also had her introducing Luke to her mother for the first time in what appeared to be an emotional moment. I have tried to convince myself this Mother-Meets-Luke thing was perfectly normal costar behavior. I have tried to convince myself that her sister-in-lawâs reaction to Mother-Meets-Luke didnât make me side-eye the entire situation. I have tried to convince myself that the Irish folks Iâve spoken with are exaggerating the significance of the Mother-Meets-Luke moment. I have also tried to convince myself there isnât additional footage out there of this Galway Gathering just waiting to surface.
But, ugh, I just cannot convince myself that Luke and Nicola were strictly PR. This theory is as confusing as Sanrio telling us that Hello Kitty is really a human girl.
Verdict: NOT GUILTY.
Yes, we are marking this one as debunked.
THEORY B: Antonia became Lukeâs jilted ex-girlfriend.
Hey, hey, USS Lutonia! Iâve got your flank.
No, actually I donât. If the USS Lutonia was ever afloat, it sank somewhere off the coast of Italy. Sorry, but not really because I didnât mourn you even a teensy bit.
I will preface this section by asserting my opinion that Luke and Antonia are not currently in a romantic relationship. Outside of âinsinuationâ posts made by Antonia, there is no evidence directly linking Luke to Antonia after July 30. Feel free to try to convince me otherwise but, when you do, make sure to include at least one photograph of Luke and Antonia in the same place at the same time with convincing evidence that it is current and that they are a couple (and, no, I will not accept blurry or Photoshopped images or metadata pulled from Instagram as evidence). That said, I will not argue with the idea that Luke and Antonia could have dated at one time. In fact, for this theory to play out, we have to agree that Luke and Antonia dated at some point.
Letâs pretend for a moment that Luke and Antonia dated before, during, and for a period after the World Tour. In this theory, the chemistry between Luke and Nicola was real (seriously, I think weâve debunked that PR theory). The Claddagh ring and the side trip to Galway both suggested a romantic relationship between Luke and Nicola. Regardless of how real things were between Luke and Nicola, Luke still had Antonia lurking in the background. Perhaps Luke didnât know how to break things off with her; maybe his friends and/or family made it difficult; maybe Antonia made things difficult. Everything came to a head at the London premiere, with Luke stepping on a landmine with Papsmear. But, because they canât help but gravitate towards each other, Luke and Nicola found themselves back together â either immediately after Papsmear or, at the latest, by early August â and have continued their affair since. Oh, and Luke finally got around to breaking things off with Antonia on or after July 30.
This would â in a scorned woman kind of way â explain the âtrollingâ behavior Antonia was accused of during and after the World Tour. Those random posts that insinuated she was âwith Luke,â even though the only evidence that directly linked her to Luke were (1) leaked and/or since-deleted pictures and videos from sources other than Luke, or (2) pictures of Lukeâs friend group, which included Antonia, that, from time-to-time, alluded to Lukeâs presence. Speaking of the friend group, the fact that Antonia appeared to be part of that group would support the idea that it was difficult for Luke to completely shake Antonia. This theory would also support the cat-and-mouse game played out on social media between Antonia and Nicola, which seemed heightened during and after Hot Boy Summer. Surely, you noticed that pattern by now. At the end of July, Lukeâs friend group suffered some kind of catastrophic blow and Luke abandoned ship, officially breaking things off with Antonia as he went. This would explain the continued trolling for which Antonia has been accused; she hates Luke and is jealous of Nicola. Yeah, I can see this theory working. In fact, this is my preferred theory because it is the simplest. However â
For this theory to work, you must accept that Luke and Nicola are not perfect. That the two of them started an affair behind Antoniaâs back. That âNice Guyâ Luke isnât quite as sweet and kind as you have been led to believe; perhaps heâs even a bit of a fool. That âGood Girlâ Nicola intervened in someone elseâs relationship, making her the âother womanâ and a tad disingenuous. Â Does this make Luke and Nicola horrible people? No, it makes them two people who found themselves in a situation they didnât know how to handle properly.
That said, this theory has its flaws.
For starters, it does not explain Lukeâs apathy towards Antonia during and after the World Tour. I am not going to deep dive into my thoughts on this as I have already outlined them in âEntry 1: The One About That Weird Ass Cressida Postâ and âEntry 13: The One Where the Ashes Blew Towards Us with the Salt Wind from the Sea.â But, I will reiterate that, to date, Luke has never acknowledged a relationship with Antonia, and he has never made an effort to rescue her from the fandomâs jaws of death. The only consistent link between the two of them was the friend group (that seems to have disbanded) and âinsinuationâ posts made by Antonia. I am sure there are people out there who will disagree with my next statement, but I donât consider a New Yearâs Eve kiss or a date to a tennis match a ârelationship.â That would be like saying âI love youâ on your first date (I know, Iâve offended at least one person with this remark â I apologize but Iâm still leaving it in). Itâs the lack of interaction between Luke and Antonia that makes me question whether they were ever in a real relationship; and therefore, I must question the validity of this theory.
And, because I know some of you will bring up those goddamn Instagram likes, the only comment I have is, âGet the fuck over it.â For real, it is far more fun to sit back and laugh at the âobligatory likesâ than it is to freak out about them. Those likes are the only visible interaction between Luke and Antonia, and itâs becoming less and less frequent. The sad reality is, when Luke stops throwing a like in Antoniaâs direction or unfollows her, she may lose the followers she gained after being linked to him. But, honestly, at this point â almost half a year later! â Antonia losing followers is her problem. And as much as I hate to admit it â this whole âlike businessâ suggests some sort of arrangement was put in place post-breakup.
Verdict: HUNG JURY.
Itâs a plausible theory â if I could be convinced Luke and Antonia were ever in a real relationship.
THEORY C: Antonia was the Real PR this whole time.
I hope youâve read âEntry 1: The One About That Weird Ass Cressida Postâ and, at a minimum, the âMrs. Danversâ section of âEntry 13: The One Where the Ashes Blew Towards Us with the Salt Wind from the Seaâ because they both detail my blubbering bullshit thoughts on Luke and Antoniaâs ârelationship.â Iâm not going to rehash them here because Iâm confident most of you also find this ârelationshipâ suspicious for the exact same reasons I do.
For the longest time, I believed the absurdly popular âAntonia was the Real PRâ [conspiracy] theory to be the fandomâs excuse for not wanting to believe Luke could ever be in a real relationship with Antonia, and that (gasp!) he could have chosen Antonia over Nicola (I mean, what a prick!). In truth, I refused to give this theory much weight until my dad â yes, that guy Ââ said to me, âSounds like PR,â during one of our fireside Lukola chats. My father has a whole sub-theory on this, actually, and yes, I will explain it momentarily.
Honestly, I hate this theory because itâs complicated. And, damn straight, Iâm going to throw some Benjamin Franklin at you and say, âThree can keep a secret if two of them are dead.â This theory takes things beyond two celebrities playing into romance rumors to boost interest in their project, and brings in a third wheel, Antonia, to â fuck, I have no idea â blur the lines a bit?!
Alright, time for Dadâs theoryâŠ
Per my father, this was not just any PR deal; it was an arrangement struck with a âfriend of a friend.â No need for an actual third wheel; just someone who was already part of the friend group that could provide the illusion that Luke might have a girlfriend. All they had to do was plant the seed and let the rumor grow, all while never outwardly confirming or denying it; that way the PR relationship could disappear as easily as it was planted.
I allowed my dad to carry on with his theory because, as he pointed out, Antonia being part of the friend group explained why (1) Luke didnât mind her being around over the summer (it wasnât personal, it was business), and (2) Luke had no romantic interest in Antonia (she was simply a âfriend of a friendâ). The fact that my father picked up on this âfandom dilemmaâ intrigued me.
After listening to my dadâs theory (thereâs more, I promise), I spent an afternoon researching âPR relationshipsâ and whether they existed or not. Turns out, they do. Well, they do, if we trust Mr. Googleâs search results. Itâs a bit of a quid pro quo thing. For example, one, usually more famous person, strikes up a ârelationshipâ with a lesser-known person. The lesser-known person receives exposure while the more famous person receives [fill in the blank]; both gain some kind of benefit from the arrangement.
Now, the question of why Luke would need a PR relationship is â seriously â âfill in the blankâ material. Some people have suggested it was to keep Luke and Nicolaâs real-life relationship private; some have suggested it was Netflix stepping in to protect Polin if Lukola went south; others have suggested it was to bolster Lukeâs image. I find the latter reason offensive because it assumes that having Nicola by his side wouldnât help his image. But the other two sub-theories are reasonable to me (but also donât really matter in the scheme of things).
The problem with the Luke-and-Antonia-PR-Romance is that it seems to have gone terribly wrong. What very possibly started out as an âillusionâ became ârealâ with Papsmear. What I find interesting is, like the New York City premiere, Antonia was only seen in the background of the London premiere. Even as Luke was leaving the London afterparty, she went to the car while he met with fans. It wasnât until they were papped at the hotel, that Antonia was suddenly ânext toâ Luke grabbing at his hand, thus âlaunching their relationship.â
Ruh-roh.
My dadâs theory goes on to assume that â after Papsmear â whatever âdealâ Antonia was given (for example, Lukeâs online support of her Instagram page or invitations to attend certain events over the summer) would be carried out as agreed. However, during that time, Antonia would return to her place in the shadows. I will confess that this is what seemed to happen â Luke never acknowledged a relationship with Antonia and evidence of their relationship seemed virtually non-existent. To the general audience, Antonia was simply a âwoman in the background,â unrecognizable by most.
Assuming this PR theory is true, Iâd like to believe Antonia was simply doing what she had agreed to do â feed into the illusion of a relationship with âinsinuationâ posts, for which she could later claim plausible deniability. However, I find this hard to believe when leaked photographs and videos started to surface in July and they were always preceded by DeuxMoi (see, Iâm starting to support this theory).
At this point in his theory, my dad quoted a line by Paul McCartney, âYou took your lucky break and broke it in two.â What he was saying was Antonia was given an opportunity and, due to her own actions, she mucked it up. She became fame hungry and the insinuations of her being in a relationship with Luke became harder to dispel when they were being leaked online by third party sources. However, as I reminded my father, we cannot prove Antonia was involved with any of the pap pictures. We can speculate, sure, but please keep in mind we cannot prove it.
Did I warn you my dad deep dived into this? Because, haha, he sure did.
By mid-July, per my fatherâs theory, Nicola was fully aware of the game Antonia was playing and recruited (not the right word, but weâll go with it) JVN to fire subtle insults into Antoniaâs camp with the intent of discrediting her.
The game ended after the Italy pap pictures were published, with Luke seemingly cutting ties with his entire friend group, which included Antonia. However, the game didnât actually end there, at least not for Antonia. Due to whatever agreement Luke and Antonia had in place before Italy, Luke was still obligated to fulfill his part of the deal. Weâre just going to speculate here that part of that included those âobligatory likesâ of Antoniaâs Instagram posts.
Thank you, Dear Dad, for that rather practical theory.
My issue with this is that Antoniaâs antics repeatedly bring hate to Lukeâs doorstep. Every time Antonia posts something on Instagram and Luke likes the post, the fandom â namely, the Sincerely Ignorant â get riled up and start slinging hate missiles at Luke (at this point, Luke canât have nice things). And Antonia slipping things in like that balcony from the Spanish resort doesnât help to dissuade the fandom from believing her to be a petty bitch.
My initial reaction to this theory was, no way, because at this point Antonia would have breached her contract and Luke wouldnât still be bound by it. But then I realized, in order to breach it, one had to prove Antonia violated it. Okay, fine. But why not negotiate terminating the agreement early? Oh, well, yes, I suppose it is possible that the cost to do that outweighed the benefit. And, since those âobligatory likesâ still seem to be in place â even when they bring Luke hate â Iâm going to make a wild guess the agreement remains. For now.
In closing, and since I mentioned that Spanish resort nonsense, the fact that Antonia only ever posts things that insinuate she may have been in the same location as Luke supports the idea that Antonia is simply doing what she agreed to do â create an illusion. So, before anyone starts bashing Antonia, recognize she may simply be complying with her end of the arrangement. She may be just as ready to get out of that agreement as we imagine Luke to be. You know what Iâd love to see? Antonia unfollow Luke and be like, âIâm out, bitches!â Honestly, Iâd probably give her an âatta girl,â if she did that.
Verdict: HUNG JURY BUT WILLING TO CONSIDER A RETRIAL.
I hate to admit it, but I think this is a plausible theory. Not full proof, but strangely (and annoyingly) credible.
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Alright, so there you have it. The three central theories that act as the spider webâs hub to all your sub-theories â because Iâm certain you have them. Youâre welcome to spin off in whatever direction you please, and no, you donât need to loop me in â because, in truth, I donât care that much anymore. And thatâs not in any way meant to be negative.
For the longest time, trying to rationalize how Hot Boy Summer played out was the missing piece of my Lukola puzzle. I mean, I needed the answer. I needed it so badly; I practically presented an entire Lukola documentary to the wisest person I know â my dad â so he could solve it for me.
Dad: âWhy does this matter?â
Me: âI donât know, it just does. I just want to know what happened.â
Dad: âWill it change your opinion about whether Luke and Nicola are together?â
Me: âNo.â
Dad: âThen why does it matter?â
Me: âI donât know. It just does.â
Dad: âBut youâre never going to know, are you?â
Goddammit, no, Iâm never going to fucking know.
And, that is the reality of this situation. No matter how many hypotheticals we present, no matter how many sub-theories we create, we will never know what happened over Hot Boy Summer. We will never be able to justify Lukeâs behavior during that time. We will never be able to explain with certainty Antoniaâs role in this whole shebang.
You may not like that answer. In fact, the theories I presented today may have fueled your ambition to continue trying to solve Hot Boy Summer on your own, or with your friends. I admire that determination. But I also admire those who can let go and accept that it is what it is.
And what it is â and what it will almost certainly always be â is unknown.
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Terrans
Humanity.
Listen well, for this is a tale of warning and of caution.
When humanity was first observed, many of the council thought they should be eradicated. A tumultuous and violent species who revelled in the destruction of their own kind. It was a close thing, but the council voted and humanity was allowed to develop - under the condition that none were to contact them until they were deemed ready.
Humanity never gave us the chance to do so.
They progressed their technology in timeframes yet unseen. They went from discovering electricity to landing on their own moon in a matter of decades - doing so with primitive technology, but it was a feat nonetheless.
From there they developed their own world - the space around their home planet Terra became a field of haphazard signals and messages, a bombardment of signals that interfered with our observational machinery. Due to this we werenât ready when humanity ventured into the stars truly for the first time. They blasted themselves out of their atmosphere with controlled explosions of all things, their technology was nowhere near discovering antimatter coupling yet. Despite this they reached the edge of the quarantine zone within a matter of years, and we were discovered.
Despite our initial thoughts, humanity reacted very differently to us than expected. They didnât wage wars on us, didnât lay claim to our planets. They met us with unrestrained joy at finding others in the universe. They told us of their numerous attempts to reach out to us, and showed us some of their works of fiction that depicted how they imagined us (though they seemed to hide some others for reasons we couldnât ascertain).
Humanity was welcomed into the stars, and they became commonplace. Their biology was baffling and their behaviour bizarre, but we accommodated them and they taught us how to work with them.
Centuries passed, and though the initial explorers were long gone, humanity had become a part of the council as low ranking members. Their species had become mostly peaceful, lowering their internal wars to less than skirmishes. Humanityâs violent and cruel nature seemed to have been tempered by the stars.
We were wrong.
From beyond the councils borders, beyond the observable space in the void, a threat appeared. They blasted through our sensors and demolished our border colonies in hours. Our intel on them was near zero due to the ferocity they annihilated our kin.
They reached the inner borders of the council, and the elder members prepared for a bitter battle. To our surprise, humanity asked to join the defence. They told us that their kin had settled on some of the border colonies, and that many had lost loved ones. We allowed humanity to join our last fight, even if we didnât expect them to affect the battle.
We were wrong.
Many of my comrades who survived the battle have sleep terrors to this day. Not of the void settlers, but of the humans. The cruelty and viciousness we thought had disappeared from their culture came back with a vengeance. Who we had seen as scientists and farmers for centuries, comrades we had known for decades - they showed us that monsters donât come from the void.
The void settlers never stood a chance. The council was barely able to get in formation before the battle was ended. If the void bringers tactics were ferocious, then the Terranâs were monstrous. For every ship they lost, every life they sacrificed, the void settlers lost a battalion, a planetâs worth of lives.
This loss brought the void settlers much shame and anger. They made a mistake that haunts me to this day. They used their speed to reach Terra before the council could relay to the humans the threat. Humanity watched as Terra split, as trillions of their families and non-fighting members were eradicated.
The fighting ceased. Humanity seemed to have frozen. Their fleets stopped dead in space and their communications went silent. Where humanity had been surrounded by wavelengths and frequencies that interfered with some technology still, the space around them became eerily silent, as though the death of the planet had killed even those off world.
The void settlers continued their attack on the council and disregarded Humanity. No need to worry about a broken opponent⊠Right?
They were wrong.
The Terranâs werenât dead, or even broken. It was later revealed that the freeze had been due to grief. Humanity had lost its home world, but worse than that it had lost its peaceable citizens. The ones who should have been safe from the conflict.
All of humanity had watched, and all of humanity had grieved. But they were not broken.
The void settlers learnt this very soon.
Humanity descended on them in ways that made the last defence seem like a diplomatic discussion. We though we had seen the worst of humanity in our early observations. WE. WERE. WRONG.
Humanity has a saying âHell hath no wrath like a woman scornedâ, but the council has adapted it: âThe void hath no wrath like a Terran without a homeâ.
The void settlers were routed from every planet they had taken. They retreated to the void leaving behind their technology and supplies, not even taking the time to recover some of their teams. But the humans didnât stop.
In a move that the council had forbidden for millennia, the humans flew into the void. The entirety of the Terran race disappeared into the blackness beyond space and wasnât heard from for longer than we had known of them.
The council mourned their losses, but viewed their final act as something done out of the madness of their loss. The Terranâs were remembered as warriors, as fighters, but also as family. They became known to those of us whoâd seen them fight as âThe angels of Deathâ.
I never expected to see a Terran again, assumed that the void had devoured them and their destructive grief with them. But one day a vessel I was onboard, tasked with assessing possible colonies to rebuild in the border planets - it detected something.
The frequencies and wavelengths of data that had only ever been human in nature. They were coming from the void.
The council watched as humanity emerged unexpected for the second time.
The flagship docked with our observation vessel, and the leaders came aboard to see us. I vaguely recognised the captain. Their features so slightly similar to the grief driven warrior weâd watched descend into the void. We asked what had happened, and the captain responded with the most chilling visage I had seen since the first footage of the void settlers. Their baring of their teeth was savage and joyous. So similar to the expression we saw at first meeting, yet so distorted. In that moment I saw what could have happened if the Terranâs had waged war on us.
âWe won.â
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gay ppl who like body horror get in line and invest early on this one.
trust me on this, OP is a Bloodbourne fan

Beyond Bringers
[ADULT / SCI-FI / QUEER / HORROR]Â
Biological experimentation, grey morality, and swords. Everyone walks their own path forward. Beyond Bringers is an eldritch horror novel about the terror of having a physical form with undertones of romance.
You can follow along monthly on Patreon! or purchase chapter 1 now on itch.io
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Beyond Bringers is intended for an adult audience. Content warnings are below the cut.
Graphic violence (Blood, guts, gore, etc),
Body horror,
Substance abuse (mention)
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Twins AU
Alright, it seems like people were actually curious about this AU, so I decided to write this post. The OG idea was mine, but then @axt-bs and I worked on it together (also a huge thanks to @bigidiotenergytm for drawing the kiddos). Make sure to show them both some love <3
This is going to be a long post so brace yourselves...
The AU starts after Thunder Bringer. In an attempt to save both himself and his crew, Odysseus used the other ways of persuasion. It worked and Zeus agreed to it. They both believed it would be a one time thing, however, after seeing how juicy Ody's thighs were, Zeus couldn't bring himself to let him leave.
So, he gave him a new ultimatum: he either stays with Zeus and becomes his servant while the rest of his crew returns home safely, or he leaves with his men and they all certainly die. Obviously, Odysseus didn't want to do it, but he had no other choice but to stay. As promised, the crew made it back to Ithaca quickly and safely.
Naturally, it didn't take long for Poseidon to find out what happened. Of course, he was FUMING. Odysseus was his mortal to fuck kill. He went to Zeus and demanded he give him Odysseus so "he can receive his divine punishment and pay for the crimes he committed against him".
Zeus obviously didn't want to, but Poseidon gave him an ultimatum: either he gives the mortal to Poseidon or Ithaca will become the next Atlantis. Now, Zeus himself doesn't care about what happens to Ithaca, but Odysseus does and begs for his island to be spared.
Since Zeus and Poseidon are a match in terms of power, the thunder bringer reluctantly agrees. They end up awkwardly sharing Ody (one year he's with Zeus, another with Poseidon). One day, the two brothers get in a fight and somehow get to the topic of whose sperm is more powerful. They decide to settle it by getting Odysseus pregnant and seeing whose baby he gives birth to.
Anyway, some time passes and it's time for the babies to be born. In order to spare both Odysseus and the potential future child from Hera's wrath, Zeus sends him back to Ithaca. In fact, Zeus had to physically hold Hera back from cursing Ody's entire bloodline.
He also sent Artemis, the goddess of midwives, to help with the delivery. No one knew she would be coming; she just kinda showed up, all disheveled from the woods, at their front door and went to work.
The firstborn was Kyrios, the son of Zeus. Naturally, Zeus was beyond proud about his win and rubbed it into his disgruntled brother's face. He was quickly humbled, however, when the second child (Atlanta) was born and it was Poseidon's. They both just sat there in shock, somewhat disappointed that it was a tie (things like this happened in Greek mythology so it's not like it would be unheard of).
As expected, the two gods are terrible fathers and aren't present at all in the twins' lives. They do care in their own way though. They watch over the entire family from afar and send small, but noticeable blessings to the island (it rarely stormed, the sea was unusually calm, the Ithacan fishermen suddenly start catching more fish etc.)
Since the twins were raised by Ody and his family and never met their fathers, they began to resent them. However, they still also respected them because, well, they were gods. While everyone was able to notice the sudden influx of blessings, to the twins it all appeared normal (since it was that way since they were born, so in their minds, the gods never cared about them).
Odysseus taught them so much and raised them well. He taught them to be loyal to their future partners, so that was yet another reason why they resented their divine fathers (this is also why Hera eventually stops hating them, particularly Kyrios. She sees he's nothing like Zeus and that makes her stop wishing he were dead).
I think that's about it. If you'd like to read about Penelope and Telemachus' thoughts, you can check out this post. If you'd like to see some cute drawings of these little guys, check out this and this post.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm more than happy to yap about these guys all day :3
#idk what to name this au#i'm not that creative lol#epic the musical#epic#the odyssey#epic the thunder saga#thunder bringer#epic poseidon#epic odysseus#epic zeus#odysseus#poseidon#zeus#odyseidon#odyzeus#epic penelope#epic telemachus#penelope#telemachus#epic hera#hera#artemis#twins au#manwhore au#kyrios#atlanta#mpreg tw#axt-bs#bigidiotenergytm
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Lumi loves pastels; she wants people to see her and her TARDIS and think that she's someone warm and trustworthy!
but there's the inverse of that, where predators wear bright colors as a deterrent, and her species is infamous for its love of destruction
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