#dd polls

[coffee-in-veins]

A mighty sword arm anchored by holy purpose - a zealous warrior!

i finally found the poll creation and i am genuinely interested in the attitude of others toward the question which has been bugging me ever since i've seen DD2

[coffee-in-veins]

i voted "Other", i'm sorry for using repost instead of tags but the tags were getting ridiculously long ^^'

spoilers for DD1 and its DLCs ahead

so my theory is that there is a world where things went differently which would explain the weirder things (like odd weapon overlaps and classes from different times coexisting without any of the heroes commenting on how weird it is since we never see them reacting on it - and I understand this is game's limitation, but in-universe it means those things are normal). after all, we have tangible miracles and working magic, here, so things, realistically, couldn't have followed our timeline of historical development.

however, I believe that Hamlet and the Estate themselves are locked in a perpetual, triangular, time-looped confrontation between the Heart of Darkness, the Sleeper and the Heir(ess). where the world in itself is a sheet of paper, here it's a crumpled ball, where you can switch layers and loops if you get (un?)fortunate enough to be in the right place and right time - this would explain resurrections which do not result in your Hamlet being run by a skeletal crew (pun definitely intended) after ~80 weeks. in a way, Hamlet is a SuperHell of sorts, because even if you die, it doesn't mean anything - you're still stuck in a loop, if you resurrect, it still doesn't mean anything, because you're still in an Estate overrun by eldrich horrors.

[side tangent: it could've somewhat explained different types of armour and weapons you see by being a place you can enter but cannot leave, and 'types' of adventurers with different gear simply... accumulated over time as the outside world marched on in development while Hamlet remained in its bubble. this, however, is unfortunately immediately contradicted by the best boys Rey and Dis due to the former being from the 11th century and the latter from the 16th at the earliest, but coming together as an inciting incident.]

all of the forces in the Estate are eldrich horrors in their own right - yes, the Heir(ess) too, since we as a player canonically hear the Ancestor's voice (who is a) dead b) Heart's puppet) and see his memories in form of in-game movies and have basically omnipresence (we can follow our questing heroes somehow and order them around to a degree but the Heir(ess) is never addressed in those and is never attacked by enemies) and, well, can rival *literal canonical Gods* with a motley crew of drunkards, invalids and murderhobos.

the Sleeper is called upon the Estate by the Ancestor's meddling and can't leave - but because it cannot leave, it crumples everything in the timespace around it. It is telling, after all, that the Heart is *sleeping* and you as the Heir(ess) is goaded to wake it up, while Sleeper is constantly reborn and re-fallen and re-sealed if you do manage to kill its manifestation. We can extrapolate that the Sleeper cannot leave because of the barrier because we know that the Thing from the stars is the Sleeper's part and cannot get back to the Sleeper and reunite with it. The Heir(ess) cannot leave either as they are "bound to this place" and are playing flood keeper with literal gods, and we see a heavy implication that the Heir(ess) take their own life once the Heart is defeated by the crew, however, their knowledge remains in some form (ghost? memory?) and affects the next vessel that serves as the Heir(ess).

I believe that the Heart is the only one with active agency and understanding of the loop from the word 'go' and who wants to break the loop because of Its reasons, unlike the Heir(ess) who wants to maintain the status quo and the Sleeper who I doubt experiences time linearly and even notices the loops.

regardless of how much it pains me, I do not include the Countess in this god-like eldrich triangle, because she feels more on par with the Siren and the Swine God - an eldritch being, sure, but her blood hinted to the Heart, not on her own powers:

A single drop of that forbidden tannin gifted me with a dizzying glimpse of the hibernating horror beneath my feet and in that moment, I understood the terrible truth of the world (sic)

if she was powerful enough to be on the level of Heart and the Sleeper, she would've alluded to her own power instead of someone else's higher in the food chain of eldritch monstrosities.

I am a strong believer that DD2 in that case can be a reality following a failed Stygian/Blood moon run where the Heir(ess) and Hamlet move on with the loop, but the observer (the Protege) is left in the reality with some of the crew which was split/duplicated from the main cast/remained alive at this point?.. not sure, but basically, if it was DD1, you as an observer would've marched on with its loops and had another try in stopping the Heart, but in DD2 you are observer left in a failed loop and are tasked with dealing with the consequences of that failed loop and the Heart waking up.

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

Wayne Family Portrait :)

somethings missing somethings missing somethings missing somethings missing somethings missing somethings missing somethings missing somethings missing

how can you miss something that never belonged??

(Drakes Spoiled Brat- Update coming soon-ish!! But just made this little picture as something fun to create in the meantime- also you have no idea how long it toom me to find a jason pic that would work to cover Duke- IM ALSO THIS CLOSE TO CHANGING HALF THE PLOT JUST TO INCLUDE DUKE, I MISS MY DARLING "GOODY TOE SHOES" MENACE)

[cheebuss]

[click for details] The council (poll) has spoken with a clear winner! and here they are! Pyro warrior cat >:D!!

Probably the most difficult one yet, but I had a lot of fun trying to problem solve how to design them in a way that still maintained their anonymity

Image text below cut:

Always have flowers in their pelts!

Covered in thick mud constantly (they like it :] dries a bit near rear.)

"Mask" is a trash bag and plastic bottle with a wet rag inside (made by their respective Engineers.)

"Flamethrower" is an ignited stick covered in pine resin.

In battle, either Pyro will take a mouthful of a mixture made from prey's fatty oils and tree sap and spray it on their breath onto the ignited stick while aiming with their tail (think a fire breather.)

[mossy-paws]

Dreamgraft and Jestergraft (PHIGHTING!)

Hi to my tumblr followers sorry for neglecting you all again I SWEAR I JUST KEEP FORGETTING TO POST ALL OF MY ART LMAO THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE FOOD FOR YOU ALL SOON

anyways,,,, my sons,,, my boys,, my la creaturas,, I don’t think jester is a repost but he may be LMAO but!!! Enjoy these two :3!!!! I’m currently trying to speed run all of my overdue artfight refs so art may be a bit slow once I get all of my doodles and TMA au teasers done! Speaking of the TMA designs also- I’m getting close to being done with a really good chunk of them, so I’ll probably be posting more teasers soon, after I do get all of the lineart bits for them done that’s when I’m going to start coloring all of them (most likely after summer/artfight) so be sure to keep an eye out for those!

[hansama]

Day 5 - Lazy...

cozy hours.... u////u) ♥ ♥ ♥

(+ bonus undercut)

@sansxyouweek

without the front stuff bc i subtly worked for that sans booty//////

[luna-loveboop]

I've never done a poll before, so good luck

Who do y'all think Time'll handcuff to him be with for his group in the dungeon? I've seen a lot of people say he will try to control who goes with who since he's scared for their lives rn (valid)

The options are the individual boys, just go with who you think is most likely to be in his group I guess?

Anyways like I said I've never done a poll so it might be messed up or make no sense, should be fun :D

Let me know if this doesn't work. And yes I know it's not well organised.. it's ok. right?

I think that unlike when they split in the Divine Dark Reflections arc, they might try to stay in bigger groups, and I think Time would probably want to have as many close to him as possible (his group have three or four), but I uhh didn't know how to incorporate that.

It's silly, but right now I can't stop imagining a scene where they reach the central room and everyone sprints off into the groups they want before time can argue.

Anyone who goes with legend will survive physically and anyone who goes with four will survive mentally.

[xycuro-illuminati]

Comics dd fans vote for his downfall!!!

[mysteriousmissme]

OH THIS IS CRAZY

aidairo are you trying to confirm kou choosing mitsuba or “some girl” with this au iS THAT WHAT THIS IS????

SO YOU MEAN THEY NEVER STOPPED HOLDING HANDS??????

[randomfoggytiger]

So, today is David's birthday.

If I can (depending on the streaming website/$$/availability):

I will do a multi-part "blog" reaction for whichever one wins, btw.

[dumbass-duo-showdown]

Preliminary battle 1

Shane Madej & Ryan Bergara (buzzfeed unsolved) vs Arin Hanson & Dan Avidan (game grumps) vs Mark Fishbach (Markiplier) and Ethan Nestor (CrankGameplays) (unus annus) vs Rhett and Link (good mythical morning) vs Nathan Yaffe & Jacob Andrews (drawfee)

REMINDER! TWO DUOS WILL MOVE FORWARD THIS ROUND!

PROPAGANDA UNDER THE CUT!

Buzzfeed Unsolved

they are the duo who brought us the 'i've connected the two dots' 'you didn't connect shit' meme

Game Grumps

they are two grown men playing video games BADLY on the internet for a DECADE. they're best friends and they make each other better but also dumber. for ten years Arin has been sucking spectacularly at video games and Dan has only ever encouraged and expanded on his shenanigans.

Unus Annus

there's this one vid on mark's channel where he, ethan, and this guy named tyler have a gingerbread house contest. Tyler makes an actually decent gingerbread house while mark and ethan fail to have theirs stand up. So they work together and somehow end up with a gingerbread house that is COMPLETELY CRUSHED. they manage to just add a lump of frosting and some sprinkles and are like "it's like chips and dip!!!" and then when the judges come over, they take turns explaining it, word by word, and say something like "our gingerbread house is better than tyler's because it's made with love" and then they hug. they end up tying with tyler somehow. i can also talk about the one high-production youtube channel they made but i feel that this drives the point better.

Good Mythical Morning

they do dumb silly shit constantly on youtube it's what they're known for

Nathan & Jacob

Well any two given people from drawfee picked at random could work but I love the energy these two have specifically (once they even told the same stupid joke at the same time!)

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

Oh lord what have I done?? /pos

[smile-files]

out of curiosity...

reblog for a larger sample size please!! thanks

[scriv3lloirl]

Desperate times call for desperate measures..

Now. Should I drew Orin Scrivello in a maid dress, chat? Yes or no.