#character: moon

[underagoldenmoon]

COULD THE UNDER A GOLDEN MOON PROTAGONISTS SURVIVE CASTLE DRACULA? 

(inspired by Tumblr user @canyourfavesurvivecastledracula)

HAZEL: 

So first things first, we need to de-ghostify Hazel, because ghosts Do Not Have Blood. And blood is. Kind of Dracula's thing. Plus she can't die as a ghost except under certain circumstances :)

So yeah that's Happening. 

So Hazel would probably accept the crucifix, but that doesn't matter so much; she doesn't carry a mirror so she wouldn't die shaving. 

She knows that ghosts exist (she is one. Well, was for the purposes of this. No I'm not explaining how she comes back to life, this isn't canon.) I'm not sure that she'd know what vampires are, but from the start she's seeing clues that Dracula is Not A Normal Human Being. 

She had to become a people-pleaser while she was alive to keep herself safe. So she's mainly fine on the Not Annoying A Rich Jerk front. 

I'm assuming that the characters aren't aware of who Dracula is beforehand, and similar to Jonathan Harker they initially assume he's just a normal guy. So she has no reason to bring a weapon. She doesn't own one anyway (Starry is the only one who does. Unless you include Golden's whittling knife). 

The second she's told not to explore, she gets suspicious. She assumes that Dracula has a Dark Secret. At this point she starts trying to imply about how she used to be a ghost because she doesn't realise it's an Evil Dark Secret she thinks it's a Cool Dark Secret (not a Sexy Dark Secret because she is a lesbian). But as time goes on, she realises that Dracula is not to be trusted. 

She's had to learn to be stealthy; there are cats who hunt ghosts. So she won't necessarily get caught. 

She's choosing the castle over the wolves if it comes to that. All of them are, really. They're teenagers they're too young to die /hj

If she happens to be Romantically Staring Out of the Window™ while Dracula is climbing, she does get curious. "Curiosity killed the cat" type situation - but actually, this convinces her that Dracula really is dangerous. 

She might try to mislead him with a few lies about England once she realises this; she's been trustworthy up to this point, since she knows her way around well, but Dracula might be able to tell. In which case she's dead. 

But if she doesn't try to be too clever and doesn't get too obvious in her attempts to drop hints that she's a ghost, Hazel would survive Castle Dracula. 

GOLDEN: 

Golden, too, would take the crucifix. Ze reads a lot of fantasy stories. Never ignore the strange old woman's warnings. 

Let's be honest – ze is not going to put up with being forced to stay up all night. Ze needs a regular sleep schedule, and ze would rather die than have hir circadian rhythm messed around with. 

Also, hir instincts are pretty good – ze's going to work out that there is something going on. 

Unfortunately, this does not help hir. 

Ze is not going to put up with any jerk for long, let alone a rich one. 

And ze's wanted to try lock-picking for a while… and all these locked doors are so tempting…

You'd think that the fact that ze reads a lot would save hir. But no. Ze's clever, but ze has no common sense. Negative amounts, really. If ze's lucky and works out Dracula's a vampire, even that won't save hir. 

Because ze died picking that lock to try to get into the room. 

Sorry. 

Golden would not survive Castle Dracula. 

MOON: 

Honestly, I think Moon is the protagonist who would last the longest if they were all to die at any point. Golden dies after being caught lock-picking, Hazel (if she dies) is too clever for her own good, and Starry… well, you'll see. 

Moon would accept the crucifix out of awkwardness if nothing else. Because how do you turn it down without making it a thing? That doesn't really matter – he's not going to shave anyway, he's a cat. But still. 

He trusts Dracula at first – why wouldn't he? 

He works out, as time goes on, that there's something dodgy about Dracula, and since he's been raised to distrust ghosts and gods, he's going to Panic. Like when Jonathan was just. Running around the castle. He would do exactly that. 

He would avoid doing anything to anger Dracula once he realised there was something weird – he's used to the idea of supernatural creatures that can destroy you if you look at them the wrong way, though he hasn't met one. Yet :)

He would probably try to help Dracula – the idea of tricking him would occur, but he'd decide against it. He knows some supernatural creatures can tell if you're lying. He's not going to risk it. 

He spends a lot of time staring out of the windows, so he sees Dracula climbing the walls. At this point he is certain that there's something going on. 

But don't worry – he has a plan. 

A terrible one. 

He tries to climb out of the Castle. And he nearly makes it. 

He's bested Dracula, he's escaping, he's –

Fallen off a cliff to his death. Sorry. 

Moon could not survive.

STARRY: 

I think that Starry was the hardest to get an idea on. She's the newest protagonist, so she's not been floating around in my brain for… two to three years, I think? I think I started version one in 2021. Certainly during Covid lockdown.

Good grief. 

Anyway, Starry takes the crucifix because she knows by now that if there are rumours about strange things, it's better to be safe than sorry. She decides pretty early on that he's a ghost, which makes her distrust him. She doesn't like ghosts. 

She does everything perfectly most of the time she's there. She's learned to act; she's had to. 

She does nearly break when Dracula takes her stuff. After all, how will she live without her knife? 

But she manages to control herself. 

She's doing well; Dracula doesn't suspect. She makes sure to follow his rules whenever there's the slightest shadow of a chance that she could be discovered. But she quietly rebels, too. 

Then she decides she's had enough and tries to fistfight him. 

Life hack: do not fistfight a vampire. It will not end well. 

Starry would not survive.

And I can't work out how to draw this so. Uh. Sorry about that.

[the-laws-of-physics-were-harmed]

(Some of) my OCs explained badly

Okay I was inspired to do this by @bassguitarinablackt-shirt so check out their post here!

Under a Golden Moon

Golden (ze/hir): Demiboy who hates hirself and could stab you if ze wanted (but doesn't)

Hazel (she/her): Disaster lesbian ghost girl who thinks all her problems will be solved if she finds her ex-girlfriend

Starry (she/her): Thinks her ex-girlfriend betrayed her and is dealing with this Very Sensibly (lying)

Moon (he/him): Very confused as to what the fuck is going on between Starry and Hazel. Literally just wants to stay at home and read. But THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN

Hanne's story (unnamed)

Hanne (all pronouns): Me but if I was an adult, an engineer and 500 times as sarcastic

Thomas (he/him): Egotistical little shithead but he has a lot of money so Hanne has to pretend to not despise him

Amethyst (she/her): the most loyal dragon you have ever met but that ends up being a problem.

Unnamed story 2:

Echo (he/it):

Cosmos (she/them): NO COSMOS STOP THAT sorry she was just attempting to kill Echo again it'll be fine

Em (all pronouns): Somehow the physical manifestation of death is the least fucked-up character here

Pipistrelle (they/them): I'm going to be honest I created them because they were funny and now I don't want to get rid of them

[mimimar]

the woman who holds the moon

prints available here. my cover for this month's issue of baffling magazine.

[janegumball]

Nightmare Applejack

[thelostmoongazer]

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[bixels]

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[c0ntr0lledchaos]

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[baron-storri]

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Shout out to @nataliehall, I did draw inspiration from your work. Just to say this is a sketch dump, I'm trying to push my limits in terms of design.

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Im screaming I have so many small Zelda hcs but I can’t think of ways to put them all into interesting comics and drawing without getting overstimulated,,, I might do one very long post for them in the future? Idk

Speedpaint for the last piece :D

[underagoldenmoon]

There are "debates" (which shouldn't even be debates) on whether or not a cishet aro man counts as queer.

The answer is, indisputably, yes.

Like. Just look at this picture of Moon! He's queer! Because he's arospec! Which is queer!

[the-laws-of-physics-were-harmed]

Pride thing, day 6!

Moon, another protagonist of Under a Golden Moon, is frayromantic! The picture with lots of pride flags that I use for these didn't have the aroallo flag, but he is arospec and heterosexual so if it had been there I would have added it.

[junkmixart]

Who would you pick to fight? 🔪💥🪓

[janegumball]

Nightmare Pinkie Pie 🌙✨

The Great Pinkiacci

[muffinmoonn]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY USAGI!!!!!!!!