#crystalmannequin

[cornelianlute]

@crystalmannequin liked for a starter.

"the warrior of light!" the corners of her lips turn upwards into a smile. she hadn't expected to see him here of all places - or maybe she did. she had been rather consumed in learning royal affairs with governess and she hadn't really had a moment to herself. her hair, the colour of carnations, blows gently in the breeze as she continues. "i feel as if it has been so long since the last i have seen of you. tell me, if you please... how are things outside these stone walls? i feel as if it has been centuries since i have walked outside."

she frowns. "oh! i shall have to mention to my lady-in-waiting the next i see of her that i need a break from all of this studying!" but then a thought comes to the young princess's mind. "hmm..." placing a finger to her chin, she asks, "unless you would like to oblige me, kind sir? if you already have plans, please let me come with you! i can't suffer another moment in this stuffy castle!"

[prideofcornelia]

@crystalmannequin: he doesnt stop her. he doesnt know what a drinking age is and he doesnt really care + its just a glass anyway (i feel as if the warrior has an incredibly high alcohol tolerance)

she takes a tiny sip & promptly spits it out. ❝oh, ugh! gross!❞ regret. a heavy, pronounced regret. that wasn't grape juice at all. thanks warrior.

[sanguinesocierie]

@legendarybelmont   :   [from   @crystalmannequin]   🦄   /   sooooo   if   you're   willing   to   ignore   that   i   have   been   an   absolute   corpse   in   terms   of   activity...   big   eyes   (i   could   have   gone   with   any   number   of   the   enemy   ones   but   too   many   choices   hshshsh)    —   IM   A   GENIUS   WHO   FORGOT   TO   ADD   THE   REST   OF   THE.   WAH.   ANYWAY.   just   tack   this   on:   i   think   they   are   interesting.   i   dont   know   whats   wrong   with   them   but   something   definitely   is.   very   close   to   "guilty   by   association"   but   also   not   quite...   they   are   actually   rather   similar   which   i   dont   think   either   of   them   like   for   sure.   ||     RELATIONSHIP    MEME. 

THIEF.   THIEF.   I   MISSED   YOU   !!    YOU   ALWAYS   …   ALWAYS   INVITED   TO   WRITE   WITH   ME,   TALK   &   MORE   !!   YOU   MAH   BEB   !!   And   of   course,   this   is   a   dynamic   that   I   absolutely   loved   when   we   were   writing   !   their   similarities   are   so   fascinating   &   the   way   fina   feels   this   strange   jealous,   emotional   attraction   to   him   is   compelling.   she   hates   him,   wants   to   destroy   him   but   also   thinks   he'd   make   a   wonderful   chew   toy   to   mend   &   break   …   rinse   &   repeat.   an   infatuation   that   is   not   romantic   in   nature   but   still   inherently   personal.   HNNNNG. 

[candyredterezii]

terpy pipis

[takethistoyourstardust]

crystalmannequins replied to your post: If any of y’all are gonna be at Raleigh SuperCon...

WAIT WHAT REALLY I AM TOO

OH REAL SHIT??? What days are you gonna be there? I’m gonna be there all three days, but going up on the 26th lmao.

[buttonsgoblin]

I seem to have created a sort of antifa birdgirl, which is basically accurate to real life.

@crystalmannequins @thefineprinttoguess @ratpick @bogprophet @kairelite @woolywumpus @deleitable @babypink-himejoshi and whoever else

HI GUYS I MADE A PICREW!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you make something, please share! I'd love to see it!!!! Preferably via a reblog, but you can also send it in an ask or make your own post and tag me (Just know that i won't be reblogging or replying to those, sorry)

This was a huge project that took a lot of time and energy, and there's still so much stuff i want to add and change and perfect. I'm posting it now though, because otherwise i will never call it done. But! Expect future updates at some point!! (Not soon tho) And if i add something, i will absolutely post it here 👍

The picrew is also not beta tested! I tried my best to check for everything, but im sure there's still plenty of mistakes i missed. If you see any, please do let me know!

Enjoy :D

[zeldaspeaks]

Rules: Describe yourself with only pictures you have. You can’t download any new photos. Tag 10 people.

Tagged by: @baebeyza 💕

Tagging: @momma-grizzly-bear @strangerper @nightinxxgayle @crystalmannequins @ynohtna-3

[clockworkrequiem]

calling all EC fandom illustrators!

I’m making an EC poetry zine about Evil’s Theater, but I need illustrations! Would anyone be up to the task? i have poems about:

Master of the Graveyard - @xosephine

The Servants (Hansel and Gretel) - @lawevadingrock

Gammon Octo - @crystalmannequins

Ma - special guest artist!!

Gear (Adam Moonlit) - @kanjinlaqwa

Master of the Court - @mikaote

Behemo - @larvaloverlord

Master of the Hellish Yard (Gumillia) - @scarlettaagni

Waiter - @mioyatthepineapple

If anyone could draw the theater itself for the cover, that would be great! If you want to sign up for any of these illustration tasks, feel free to sign up! I’ll make sure to credit you all appropriately! Thanks guys!!

[prideofcornelia]

@crystalmannequin ♡'d for a starter!

❝ sooo ... Sir Sparkles.❞ the princess spoke quietly, rocking back & forth on her heels. there was a tension thick enough to cut with a knife. but if anyone who could disturb silence & make it melt as though it were butter ... it was diana. she smiled a little, tilting her head to side, roseate tresses brushing across her forehead. ❝ you excited for this? i am! i got permission from mama & papa, so long as you protect me. & you WILL protect me, right?❞ 

[buttonsgoblin]

I don’t actually wear hair clips irl but I think they look cute. Anyways, @crystalmannequins @thefineprinttoguess @warblegarblegarble @moflettastein

NEW PICREW CHAIN!!!! link

tagging: @burnmyself @in-a-slanted-outhouse @bizarrelittlemew @not-nervous-jester @brightstrangeworld @artgirlfunkel @chocolatepot @blakbonnet @pastelmochas and anyone else who wants!

[sanguinesocierie]

tag dump ii. ( bonds )

🦇 — * i have been in love with one one & never shall unless it is you : falsestalwart. 🦇 — * the shadow's desire to be the sun : cornelianlute. 🦇 — * the shadow's desire to be the moon : royalight. 🦇 — * dreaming of being your puppeteer & break your armor blessed by light : crystalmannequin.

[ynohtna-3]

@aloogamoosha @nesukafe @amagirae @umaru-does-stuff @crystalmannequins @queenfoxyart YO

“Internet friendship is not real”

Reblog if you have made amazing friends on the internet

[zeldaspeaks]

tagged by @bird-of-hermes

Rules: Choose any three fandoms (in random order) and answer the questions, then tag some people you want to know better.

My Three Fandoms: (In no specific order, and not limited to just these three)

1. Hellsing

2. Masa’s works

3. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid

The first character you loved:

1. The Valentine brothers always jumped out at me, and then a certain somebody I know just fanned that flame :P

2. My girl Mai ❤️

3. From the very beginning it was Tohru! 

The character you never expected to love so much:

1.  Like... anyone from Millennium tbh. Damn you Hirano for making me love these evil fuckers

2. I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHERE MY ADORATION OF FEN CAME FROM

3. Fafnir didn’t get much of my attention at first but now he’s one of my favorites ❤️

The character you relate to the most:

1. A lot of the characterizations in Hellsing are extremely specific and dependent on past experiences, so none of the characters were very relatable for me. That doesn’t make me love em any less, though!

2. I gotta say Mai again. I totally relate to some of the problems she faces, minus the whole kidnapped and turned into a cannibal thing.

3. Tohru is really relatable because once she has a crush on somebody she can never shut up about it

The character you’d slap:

1. MOTHERFUCKING AVONDALE SPIDERFUCK NAPYEER

2. Denjuro because he deserves it

3. kjashfjdsh those guys that were bullying Kanna and Saikawa i guess

Three favorite characters (in order of preference):

1. Zorin, both valentine brothers because I said so, the Major

2. Mai, Fen, Echidna

3. Tohru, Fafnir, Kobayashi

A character you liked at first but don’t anymore:

1. There aren’t any characters that I strongly dislike, save for loving to hate Napyeer. I guess at first I was super impressed with Alucard, but the hype just kinda died down as he kept slaughtering every character he fought. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Alucard and always will, but I guess he just became a bit predictable as the series neared its end.

2. You can’t seriously expect me to dislike one of those guys, can you?

3.  Saikawa is probably my second favorite non-dragon character but her bit of exploding into hearts every time Kanna touched her got a little bit old

Three otps:

1. Zorin x Rip, Pip x Seras, and Alucard x Integra (lbr that’s almost canon)

2. Mai x Akari ofc, Fen x Echidna, and Chlordane x Luna~

3. Tohru x Kobayashi, Fafnir x Takiya, and Kanna x Saikawa :D

Tag, you’re it!:

@momma-grizzly-bear, @strangerper, @crystalmannequins, @ynohtna-3

[themxtleycrew]

@crystalmannequin

The armor stood out, it was easy to recognize, a unique set, colored with deep blues with yellow accents. Even if Neon hadn't seen that same armor set several times over. After so many loops of the Cycle, she'd lost count of how many times she'd met the Legendary Light Warriors. Each time their mission failed had meant another repetition, whether they had fallen to her or one of the others, or eventually lost to Jack.

But that was all over now, the cycle had finally been broken, the fiends were no more, Chaos was defeated. Everything had returned to how it was when this adventure had started. But Neon remembered all of it still. More than likely due to the pitch black orb she still carried. She would have thought when they cycle restarted, that when she Jack and the others returned to Cornelia, free from the meddling of Lufenia, and free from their time as the Fiends, that their crystals would be gone too. A chance for a truly new beginning, though it seemed it wasn't meant to be, at least not for Neon. She couldn't tell if the others remembered the cycles, but she didn't want to bring it up for them in fear of causing the whole thing all over again. They had a chance to move on, who was Neon to deprive them of that?

So when she came across the Light Warrior in Cornelia, she had to wonder, did he also remember her, or was this a truly fresh start? Not that he would have recognized her in her human form anyway, more than likely only knowing her by the fiendish form she'd taken when they encountered her in Mount Gulg. Not to mention that breaking the cycle effectively erased the legend of the Warriors of Light...

"Um... nice weather, huh?" Awkward...

"Is this your first time in Cornelia?"

[cornelianlute]

"I quite agree. Have you ever been there during the spring time? It is particularly lovely and enchanting. I am a bit jealous of my friend who gets to experience it year round." A thought occurs to her and she wonders if her parents would let her vacation for a bit in the elven kingdom. It would be an excuse to leave Cornelia for a bit and Cornelia and Elfheim were long time, diplomatic friends. She'd be surrounded by people she loved and cared for and if she was being honest, Sarah wanted to spend more time with Luci and his wife, Jornee, and get to know her better. She was happy for her friend - that he found love outside of her and she wondered if she would be afforded such a luxury in times to come or if she would be doomed to be an old maid by her own doing.

She is anxious for some kind of adventure - though probably not in the way of adventure her knightly companion was used to. That's why she was always sneaking out into town and blending in with the common folk - her people. Aside from a desire to want to know what ailed them in a way that she could not ask them as princess, she wanted to know that sense of adventure she had only tasted in her dreams of what could be other lifetimes. Even just their journey back to kingdom after her rescue stirred something in her, but she was forever fated to remain here in her kingdom now - under strict guard at that. Just once she longed for the freedom in her dreams, but perhaps it was never to be which is why she cherished her excursions into town the way she did. And though she'd never admit it, she was a tad jealous of the warriors for the freedom that they were afforded. Hopefully in another lifetime she would be granted her wish, but for now it was not meant to be.

"The... position is still open if that is what you are asking." Although she wondered if it would ever be filled. She didn't expect her companion to take up the mantle of her knightly protector, a position that laid dormant since her kidnapping at the hands of one she had once thought she loved. Nowadays she spent most of her time trying to put the past behind her but it took all her strength to truly ignore the looks of pity that were often given to her - by her people and her family both. She had read of those who had wished to forget such things, even gone out of their way to drink mystical potions to do so, but Sarah knew that strength came from learning from mistakes made and this case would be no different. She supposed she was too trusting for her own good. "I am not too worried, but thank you all the same." She smiles, tucking a lock of her hair behind her ear. "Cornelia is at peace and the most we have to worry about is the occassional attack from a lone goblin or two. Hopefully we never have to experience such terror as we once had before."

She waves to the people, giving them soft smiles as they pass and make their way to the antiques shop. She couldn't wait to see what wares awaited them inside as the selection changed on a day-to-day basis. There was always something amazing to find, she thought, waiting in that darkly lit and cramped space. She thanked the gods that such a place had been allowed to take up residence here and that her parents had been very open to the idea of such a place existing in their quaint little kingdom. 

"Oh, that's such a shame! I feel that coming into town always has such exciting experiences lying in wait." Her eyes grow wide and she is speechless for a moment as they stand outside the door to the antiques shop. No one has ever asked her  that before and she is too shocked to answer - at least for a moment. She regains her composure, a finger to her chin, as she looks skyward for an answer.

"Hmm... Well, in my dreams I am always traveling to far away places with strange people that I have never met before - fighting enemies and battles that I've never conceived of. It all feels so familiar, but," She turns her gaze towards him then, looking him in the eyes. "I suppose my travels into town are what I would consider an 'adventure'. The thrill of sneaking out of the castle in disguise, blending in with the people, and just pretending that I am not royalty, but a normal girl is all an 'adventure' to me. After my kidnapping, my father doesn't afford me such luxuries as traveling outside of the castle on my own anymore, much less the thought of traveling abroad." She says 'alone' even if she was accompanied by her maid and a knight or two. She was always surrounded by those that would protect her, but after her kidnapping she longs for a quiet, peaceful life away from all the theatrics of noblity.

"They are both interesting places," he responds, eyes trained ahead of them. His voice is flat and his face hardly moves, though his lips properly pantomime the motions made for speech. That, however, is his usual, and the words he speaks are genuine. "Elfheim ... was nice." Nice. Perhaps it was a lame descriptor, but he has nothing better to use. Rather, something about the elves that inhabit the place makes his memory stir, tricky thing that it is, and he supposes he might have known one, once upon a time. It's useless to try and grasp any further, for the harder he tries the more it will slip from him, until he can hardly recall what he was thinking about in the first place. He had not known the Princess had ever visited there, but he thinks that it makes sense. For diplomatics, if nothing else; they're neighbouring kingdoms, so of course there would be communication between them.

He wonders often if he should remain in Cornelia. Travelling the lands was a hobby some of his allies had taken up after their victory over Chaos - one of them had laughed when he told them the thought hadn't occurred to him, and told him that they hardly had anything else they could do, when the world itself had changed beneath their feet. He realised, then, that for his comrades their experiences must have been life-altering. With that in mind, he knew they wouldn't be able to reconcile his own state with their understanding of themselves. To them, they had laid waste to a deity, a force of nature, done something they could hardly comprehend. To him, it had been thoughtless repetition, an awareness that only dawned upon him when the wretched fiend finally fell to his blade and suddenly he didn't know what to do.

He had left them to their business, the parting being just another familiar beat. That was what he had been looking for, he knows, when he had enrolled in Cornelia's guard. More of something familiar. He had failed to recognise until much later that his ally wasn't actually wrong at all; the world had changed beneath his feet. There was no conflict that caused it to quake beneath his boots anymore, no script that he could tie himself to and follow. There was a stillness born of peace. That alone dashed any possible normality he could have found. His comrades drift along the winds, because now what they were used to has become unfamiliar. To the Warrior, none of this has ever been usual to him at all.

The Kingdom of Cornelia cannot offer him what he was is? looking for, but neither will anything else he could find here. It is all so eternally strange. Will he finally become accustomed to it, if he lingers for just a while longer?

"Your safety is imperative, is it not?" He questions her, eyes scanning the streets for the sign that will dictate the shop they're searching for. "I am surprised that you do not have a permanent guardsman." And that was right, it had slipped his mind; she did, once. He promptly drops that line of thought before it drives him to distraction, as it often does. "However - as long as I am by your side, Your Highness, your safety is assured." His voice is monotone and his statement is earnest. He will defend her to his last ... although it will not be necessary, in this harmless and gentle world.

In the distance, his sights lock onto the storefront of the antique shop, very nearly obscured by the unrelenting rush of the passersby. He spares them some notice, if only to make sure that their cheerful faces and delighted gasps and murmuring as they look upon the Princess don't turn into anything disruptive. Which they will not. Paradoxically, he finds himself displeased. He does not wish Her Highness come to harm, nor does he wish her to be bothered at all, and yet he betrays himself in increasingly odd ways that tease beyond his understanding. He does not know himself as well as he ought, something he is made to be reminded of constantly.

Now making a carefully paced beeline for the antique shop, the Warrior doesn't expect the Princess to inquire as to his thoughts so openly. They are slippery and uncertain things that evade even his own comprehension, uncontrollable in how little he can dissect them; surely they are not of interest? "I do not know what you mean." Sensing his answer is too clipped, he adds, "I have spoken with the townspeople before, but only to gather needed intel ..." If he didn't do so, there would be no way to supplement his understanding of the world, which is sorely lacking even still. "And I know the layout well, so that I might find swiftly what I need. But ... I have never grown used to being in town." The admission holds more openness than the bland tone of it implies. 'A whole other life' ... The description is apt apart from her own experiences, but doubtlessly the reasons why would only prove disturbing. His nature is fearsome to most, he thinks. He's unwilling to perturb his charge by revealing it to her.

An adventure ... "Forgive my impertinence, but ... what is an adventure in your eyes, Your Highness?" He doesn't know how he can answer her question, except with one of his own.

[takethistoyourstardust]

crystalmannequins replied to your post “crystalmannequins replied to your post: ...”

all 3 days too! i live in raleigh so im not staying at a hotel *finger guns*

Oh wild!! I’m probably gonna be at the Thursday pre-party, but just tell me your cosplays and we can try to see each other!