#billy orren

[multiiocular-mushroom]

Posting these again separately because I just like them hehe

[laststandx3]

round 2 of

*not strictly a "how do you imagine you'd die" question. Can be also read as "how do you wish to die". Just know that in this 1845 expedition you WILL die, so choose wisely.

[luthanraels-bignaturals]

The Terror Scariest Moment Round 1. Match 1.

David Young’s Pre-death Hallucination

Propoganda: The first warning sign that the show is going to be more than a period piece, completely unexpected and super confusing on a first watch, but leaves you with a total sense of dread for whatever’s about to happen���

Billy Orren’s Death

Propoganda: Kicks off the wonderful collection of miserable deaths in the Terror. The sound design of his body hitting the rigging before he falls off the boat is nightmarish. Made worse by the fact he survives and gets to panic in the freezing water before slowly sinking.

[saints-who-never-existed]

Still thinking about Collins and his relationship with identity and responsibility.

Like, it's so SO important to him right from the start.

That's not just any faceless seamen down in the water.

BILLY ORREN. THAT'S WHO IT IS.

A real human being. That's who it is.

A real human being whose safety I was responsible for and who I have now, through no fault of my own, failed in my duty towards. THAT'S WHO IT IS.

I think it comes out later in his conversation with Goodsir a bit too.

My nose and my stomach, they don't know horrible from supper... BUT I DO. I DO!

I'm still a real human being. That's who I am.

A real human being who knows right from wrong and is trying so very hard to do the former. That's who I am.

A real human being who is not only clinging white-knuckled to his sanity but to his humanity too. THAT'S WHO I AM.

[slashonmydash]

[nomilkinmyteaplease]

10 little sailors

Ten little sailors were drinking wine, one coughed up some blood and then there were nine. 

Nine little sailors tried to rescue a mate, one drowned in the sea and then there were eight.

Eight little sailors talked about Heaven, one fell into a hole and then there were seven. 

Seven little sailors were cleaning candlesticks, one set himself on fire and then there were six. 

Six little sailors tried to stay alive, one ran into a knife and then there were five.

Five little sailors felt a little sore, one ingested poison and then there were four. 

Four little sailors said “What will be will be”, one walked out into nothingness and then there were three. 

Three little sailors were eating a shoe, one died of scurvy and then there were two.

Two little sailors ran to grab a gun, one charged a giant bear and then there was one.

One little sailor sat under the sun. He tried to challenge the bear…

And then there were none.

The World’s most Perilous of Corners, aka 10 little Sailors

For @theterrorbingo prompt The World’s most Perilous of Corners

[daincrediblegg]

I really gotta remember every single time I get bummed out worrying if nobody is gonna like the lady terror story because a lot of it is her observing the story of the terror as it unfolds I remember that perspective is a hell of a drug and as iwtv showed me it can really make a HELL of a difference

[pomodoriyum]

weird how frequently des voeux seems to be handing people ropes / throwing ropes (or procuring chains, perchance?) in order to deliver them from death (and then failing to successfully do so). idk what it means but it IS interesting i guess

[boilyerheid]

also for the game pls Billy OrrenxHenry Collins AU wher3 Billy lives somehow, amputations optional

Henry sneaks down after dinner, when the sickbay is quiet and the doctor on duty has long since turned a blind eye to his ingress like so much warm water. Billy's fourth finger lost the battle with frostbite today, leaving him with only the thumb on his bandage-swathed left hand, but Henry considers it a small price for his chest to still rise and fall beneath the blankets - the drugged stupor of the earlier amputation leaving him at peace, for now.

There's still a right hand to hold as he takes his customary seat by the sickbed, worn in over the long weeks since pulling his beloved from the frozen sea, and that must be enough.

[fitzjamesbulletwound]

collins was real sexy when he was trying to save billy orren or am i alone in this

[argonauttish]

After the unexpected dead of his partner, Billy Orren, Henry Collins accepts a job as the caretaker of an isolated Victorian manor in the countryside, currently undergoing renovations. At first, everything's alright: he settles into the house and his responsibilities, takes walks and makes new friends among the builders and the estate's attorney, John Bridgens. Things get better, he starts to heal.

That’s when the ghosts appear.

Lucky for him, his uni friend Johnny Hartnell’s little brother, Tom, and his best friend, Harry Peglar, have recently broken away from a famous ghost hunting YouTube channel and are looking for a good project to start anew.

It was an absolute delight and I feel very lucky to have illustrated for my first @theterrorbigbang with the wonderful orchis @bloomrebounds for her fic Baby, if you wake up in the middle of the night it’s a great fun read and you should definitely check it out 🩷

[multiiocular-mushroom]

"It wasn't you who cursed us."

In a world where magic is relatively commonplace if not particularly scientifically studied, amateur curse breaker in addition to anatomist Harry Goodsir joins the Franklin Expedition and finds a rare friend and kindness in Billy Orren. He doesn't notice he only sees Billy at night in the company of a large black dog, and awkwardly interacts with Henry Collins and his apparently trained osprey in the day.

For my first @theterrorbigbang I got the pleasure of illustrating Three Poor Mariners by the lovely @meduseld, a Goodsir/Collins\Orren Ladyhawke AU crafted with much love for the Erebites and great attention to detail (and the best throuple cuddles and fun symbolism and some amazingly atmospheric fantasy scenes). Go check it out >:3

[charlesdesvoeux]

Hi my name is Charles Frederick Des Voeux and I have beautiful ebony black hair and warm brown eyes like hot chocolate and a lot of people tell me I look like James Fitzjames (AN: if u don't know who she is get da hell out of here!). I'm not related to James Fitzjames but I wish I was because he's a major fucking hottie. I'm a vampire but my teeth are straight and white. I have pale white skin. I'm also an officer in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, and I live in a ship called Erebus in the Arctic where I'm a second mate (I'm twenty-one). I'm a young gentleman (in case you couldn't tell) and I wear mostly blue. I love Savile Row and I buy all my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a blue jacket with gold buttons and black cotton pants, grey stockings and black boots. I was walking on the deck. It was snowy and foggy so there was no sun, which I was very happy about. Billy Orren fell into the sea. I put up my middle finger at him.

[bunnygibson]

thinking about henry collins and how his character is so deeply changed by his traumatic experiences... in the first episode, the very first dialogue we hear on the ships is henry collins giving billy orren orders with a smile and pat on the back. and when he's about to go down in the diving suit and explaining what his signals will mean, his voice and tone is confident and eloquent and commanding and he enunciates each word like he's used to giving orders. but afterwards, when we see him talking to dr stanley, and later after carnivale when he talks to goodsir, he mumbles and stutters and drifts off mid-sentence, can't make eye contact, constantly fidgets... his speech becomes almost childlike. and then it all ends with him drinking the coca wine and entering a euphoric silly state where he's barely aware of his surroundings and has no sense of self-preservation. idk he's just changed so much by his experiences and it's shown so well

[johntorrington]

after a certain number of watches of the terror you start to notice des voeux and then you notice that he’s literally fucking everywhere and you just didn’t realize before.

billy orren’s death? des voeux was there. gore’s sledge party? there as well. goodsir and silna’s scene in the slop room? there. the mutiny? le vesconte getting his toes cut off? carnivale? you know charles frederick des voeux was there. and this isn’t even mentioning the countless scenes where he’s standing in the back of the shot looking bored and/or bitchy. this wretched weirdo is holding half the show on his back and only the most dedicated of terrorcels will ever notice.

[abrahamvanhelsings]

when orrens falls and collins tries to get to him so bad and des voeux is like 'naurr fam that sailor is dead' and collins goes 'that's billy orren'. like it's been over a year and still you have no idea who this is brother this man just did not care 💀