#cw: entomophobia

[bluecapsicum]

A tree fell

[moths-daily]

have you ever posted the hag moth? their larvae are the most curious looking caterpillars ive ever seen

Moth of The Day #155

Hag Moth

Phobetron pithecium

From the limacodidae family. They have a wingspan of 20-28 mm. They can be found in North America. Their larvae are known as Monkey Slug.

And some pictures of their larvae, because I can't not show them to you:

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Dream and Delirium by Gary Frank

[the-algid]

John Doe Collage!!

Regal boy

Reasonings and playlist under the cut

The main centerpiece is a gold birdcage holding a sun, on a pedestal. John is trapped within Arthur.

He is also the sun, a brilliant powerful object. still confined

he puts himself on a pedestal, as does the KiY put him on a different pedestal.

The background is kintsugi, the japanese practice of mending pottery with gold. John is both broken, fixed, and gold

On either side of the cage is a mask, and a crown. Both symbols of the KiY.

The eyes, and hand are from a gorgeous painting, that is very John coded, Eyes by Karl Sisson

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is included, because it has become a staple of the Malevolent fandom, and I find it's a good representation of him.

Two wolves on the left, because in my brain he is very very wolf coded.

He is framed by a gold frame, as a call back to the golden framed mirror that led them to the KiY, and The Dreamlands.

Theirs's bugs on the frame, since I find him very insect coded. I wish I could choose better symbolic bugs, but it's hard to get good images. I do have a poison dart frog, which symbolises his obvious toxicity.

[twistedtoms]

I would love to see a mothwing! Being named after a moth gives so many interesting design options and I'd love to see yours

What a wonderous world we live in to have so many different types of moths

[veo-queenofcards]

CW⚠️-Insect/spider, eye contact, blood, disturbing images, demonic creatures, gore, body horror.

A bit of a Spooky doodle page 👻 (I love this game sm-)

Closeups under the cut:

[analexthatexists]

THIS. TOOK. FOREVER.

BUT IT'S FINALLY FRICKING DONE.

Introducing my take on the Nightmare of this Superhero AU. This story and Nightmare’s design(s) are highly inspired by Spiderman villains, Resident Evil, and The Last of Us! Thanks to @thenocturnenarrator for helping me with this! Superhero AU belongs to @thelunarsystemwrites!

This turned out so much more gruesome and complex than I expected, so VISUAL AND DESCRIPTIVE CW for the following;

Lab Experimentation (Might be considered child experimentation), Body Horror involving mushrooms growing out of the body, Gore, Blood, Insects, Vomiting, and potentially heavy subjects that not all viewers may like.

Backstory

Meet Nightmare “Nyx” Yggdrasil, a 12-13 year old who was kidnapped and experimented on alongside his brother Dream. At the time, he was only able to talk to plants and comprehend how they felt, but that was going to change very soon. The scientists wanted to enhance the powers of the soul’s magic, creating a serum that could do so but was incapable of working on Nightmare’s current state. His “soul” couldn’t be classified as one, seeing as it was more of a purple fireball of pure negative energy, so they needed a way to make it something tangible and experimental. They eventually gain the idea to have the brothers eat a Gold Apple from their home world so their “souls” can merge with the apples and therefore be alterable. While Dream’s process goes fine, Nightmare’s Apple obviously rots, but he’s still forced to eat it, and soon after so he’s injected with the enhancing serum. This not only enhances his ability to talk to plants to being able to control them and connect with them on a higher level, but it enhances the magic and power of the Black Apple, causing black goop to begin tearing out of Nightmare’s body. To prevent his body from literally ripping itself apart from the inside, Nightmare controls the plants around him to seal himself away into a large, cocoon-like growth. A few months pass after Dream escapes the lab with CORE FRISK, and the cocoon breaks open.

The fungi and other plant life had merged with his body. Nightmare was still mostly mentally there, but the cordyceps merging with most of his body was taking tolls on his brain and making him go a little crazy, not to mention the pent up vengeance and wrath he was feeling. Naturally, he slaughtered everyone in the laboratory and fled to the same place Dream and various other superheroes found themselves in. Craving any sort of comfort and affection, he forced together a team of supervillains including Dust, Horror, Killer, and maybe other willing characters. He’s convinced everyone including himself that he assembled the group for personal revenges on the world and to show everyone that they’ll be more than just tools, as well as general instinct telling him to feed off people’s suffering and all that.

But deep down, it’s just because he doesn’t want to be alone with nothing. Never again after all of the suffering he felt growing up in the laboratory…

Powers

Pre-Experimentation

Plant Communication

Hand-To-Hand Combat

Post-Experimentation

Phytokinesis / Plant Manipulation (Includes roots, mushrooms and fungi, flowers, ETC)

Poison Expulsion and Immunity (He pretty much vomits it up, or can poison people with poisonous plants/spores)

Regeneration

Spore Infiltration (He uncontrollably gives off spores every time he exhales as well as from his body’s fungi. Inhaling these spores can cause headaches and nausea, but severe cases can result in brainwashing, in which a host will become a mindless drone forced to take commands from Nightmare)

If a skeleton is spore-infested, they must wash out their skeletal system and clear all spores before the spores begin growing inside of the body and through the eye sockets and bones. The fungi that grow from these spores feed off a person’s negative energy and soul magic, slowly draining them and turning them into an emotionless husk, eventually killing them and leaving behind a visceral mess of flesh and flora. Humans and non-skeletal Monsters require more advanced surgical procedures to remove spores and fungi, and have far lower chances of surviving the infection.

Abilities

Insect Attraction (The foul stench that Nightmare gives off usually attracts flies, maggots, worms, caterpillars, ETC to feed on and live in parts of his body. This also means it’s not just chunks of moss and goop he’s throwing up…)

Nauseation and Headaches (Nightmare smells like rotting flesh and mushrooms, and the scent is very potent)

Intimidation (He’s scary!)

Weaknesses

Extreme Flammability/Fire

Explosives (He’s weak to those and generally dislikes the loud noises)

Light/Blaster Magic

Herbicides/Plant-Toxic Chemicals

Low Temperatures/Cold Climates

Abandonment (General Fear/Phobia)

Other Information

Alignment is Chaotic Neutral that eventually becomes Chaotic Evil

He's asexual and biromantic

One drastic difference involving this Nightmare from the original personality-wise is that Passive Nightmare is still in-tact. He's not dead in this AU, he's just been driven a little mad by vengeance and his own fungus. The apple he had consumed WASN'T the one that was possessed by the human that killed Nim; It was a Gold Apple he turned rotten, meaning he'd have more of his conscious than the main universe's Nightmare

Furthermore, he's also more of a liar and willing to bend the truth, such as when he lies to himself and others about the true reasons as to why he formed a team

Nightmare doesn’t leave his team to fight alone; he comes along with them every chance he gets to, even if it seems like a bad idea towards the others

When Nightmare realizes who Dream is, he’s hellbent on killing him and everyone that he has bonds and friendships with. He believes Dream had abandoned him and wishes to exact the same suffering he had to go through. It’s that Spiderverse-Miles-And-Spot “They turned you into a lovable hero, but I was turned into THIS.” dynamic we all know and love. Nightmare’s also very envious of his brother due to the fact he got to live a better, more fulfilling life than he did

Nightmare could definitely do that sick “Akira hand explosion attack” thing

[cicada-candy]

BUGZ!!

[harbingersecho]

This One relishes your death

[grlmsgrotto]

oooooh im buogs

[pympartic]

Happy Bug Day ;; Here's what bug Hank thinks of when he sees his fellow Avengers.

[ Diabolical Ironclad Beetle;; An extremely rare beetle whos shell is So Tough and So Hard it literally cannot be crushed with a boot. In fact their armor is so strong that it needs to be Drilled Through in order to study the bug below. (no beetles are harmed in this prosses) ]

[ Mason Wasp ;; A wasp with a potent sting, they will only sting if provoked! These wasps serve as important natural pest controllers, often keeping the population of plant destroying bugs in check. ]

[ Tigar Swallowtail Butterfly ;; The national bug and while solitary at times, they are known to seek out water spots for others of its kind and partake with them! ]

[ Buck Moth ;; Found all over oak forests, these moths get their name from their fly season lining up with the hunting season for deer. While the moths themselves are peaceful their caterpillars have many sharp points each able to causing a variety of discomforts. ]

[ For @overclocks @mastcrmarksman @shieldslinger and @pompedia ]

[a-lilacsong]

More Queen Lorelei sketches!

Adding more to my headcanons about her: She and Roland met when they were both going to Royal Prep. She was a Princess of a Kingdom but not the first born so ultimately her older sister became Queen, but Lorelei still wanted to learn about ruling and had an interest in economics. She and Roland became friends and would often do assignments together and both went to EverRealm Academy, eventually falling in love and getting married. When ruling together they could cover for each others’ weaknesses, she had a good sense of numbers and was able to cover financial problems and policies best, while Roland was better at diplomacy.

To the public she came across as more regal and serious in comparison to Roland's joviality, but she still had plenty of quirks. Ever since she was young, Lorelei always kept pet giant silk moths around, she raises them from worms to adults making sure to feed them enough mulberry leaves every day or schedule the servants to feed them if she is unavailable. She finds it quite humorous whenever someone mistakes a moth for a more usual pet only to be shocked when it's a giant bug, but if you actually insult them she will not be happy. Fun Fact: the scientific name for the domestic silk moth is Bombyx mori.

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Superman by Tom Reilly

[corvidaearts]

“The darkness consumes him. He does not dream.”

Grian’s True Form in @definitelynotshouting‘s Hunger AU

[sarcasticmothdraws]

l4dstuck sketches plus a colored version of that tattoo doodle uptop

[snarp]

How to explain to animal that it will feel better if it lets me give it medicine so it should stop running and trying to hurt me and breaking things and such

-- question asked 1,000,000 times/day every day for millennia