#demon daud

[saskiasabri]

P1 Daud / Redux Bosskur again

[void-damned]

It's 2am and I should be sleeping but I had a vision,

@no-light-left-on is to blame; and the rest of you get no context.

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Karl Wagenfeld, August Heumann - Daud un Düwel, 1919.

[inferno92000]

Can you tell more about exorcist au, if you care of course?

omg that was AGES ago

My headcanon: Daud being a rebellious priest at younger age and famous for his shady methods for preforming exorcism. He accidently killed Jessamine during the ritual (but saved Emily and told no one about it just like the canon story). He then stopped being an exorcist and became a ‘good’ priest (but still swore awfully a lot).

Fifteen years later, widower Corvo finally found his late wife’s murderer. He got possessed (by maybe a demon named outsider? idk). Possessed Corvo started to seek revenge. And instead of killing Corvo along with the demon, Daud saved him (but the corruption sort of moved to his hand). After his last sermon (attended by Corvo and Emily), Daud left the church. With Corvo by his side, he started travelling around the country to hunt demons (SPN vibe).

(more drawings in the thread)

Daud’s corrupted hand granted him superpowers but would eventually kill him. And of course these two fell in love and pretended very hard not to care about each other. We all love angsty mutual pining (✿◡‿◡)

[lncarnon]

@sorrowsick liked for a knife in the back,

Daud rarely found himself faced with competition. He was well aware others saw a big number on a board of faces and thought to themselves, what I would do with that coin, but few ever tried. Those who did, found out the hard way that tracking down a wanted person who knew they had a price on their head, would become convoluted quite quickly.

With nothing more than a brow arched upwards with a faint benign curiosity, the assassin waits until he is noticed. He feels like a right omen standing there within the line of shadow and moonlight through an uncovered window. Or, perhaps he is something of a demon, crafted with the arcane intentions of a bored black-eyed god. In his hand the signature blade he'd struck through officers, lopped off the head of religious zealots, and used to torture Overseers trying to cleanse his heresy. Fools, the lot of them.

"What a twist of fate," he comments on a dry tone. "I go to kill a killer, and find him already dead in a pool of his own entrails."

He notions with the tip of his short sword towards the likely still warm corpse, making a mental note of the figure hovering around the body, for his Whalers to investigate further upon.

[gotshadowbanned-feralfungii]

One of these days im gonna go feral and rabid and write a full tredis on The Outsider and his role as a representation of The Other, of the one blamed, of the odd one out who is easily condemned by the majority. A young, abused boy is twisted and turned into something else by adults with foul intent, and ever since he's been ostracized, made into a scapegoat, and blamed for the worlds ills when those ills are caused by the very society that blames it all on him.

Their rules, their arrogance, their cruelty is the root of all the evil in Dishonored, and yet to keep the masses from realizing their pain is caused by the callousness of those in power, they point fingers at the strange and mysterious and unknowable creature who is literally just floating around and watching. He's just watching.

Even when he "interferes," it isn't direct. He just bestows power onto a few humans, and they do with it what they will. The Abbey of the Everyman, their tenants and the things they claim as sin... it all comes down to human nature. None of it is truly caused by The Outsider, but he is constantly blamed, and in the end (depending on the choices you make in Death of The Outsider) he receives the ultimate retribution, his own utter destruction, for an act that he did not commit, order, or even encourage.

He bestowed power onto Daud. Daud made his own bad choices, but it's easier to blame it on The Outsider and target an external vector for his guilt rather than face the reality that he is fully responsible for what he did.

There's also some parallels between The Outsider and the whales in that the whales are deemed monsters of the sea. Their viciousness and fearsomeness is emphasized and whispered about, and yet... the human's are the monsters. The human's are the one's that literally torture and butcher the whales. The whales look fearsome, and they're largely a mystery, so it's easy to paint them as monsters instead of animals that feel pain. It's easy to paint The Outsider as a heartless devil instead of facing the truth that he is a product of the cruelty of humanity, and that the things he is blamed for are typically results of that very same cruelty. They made him, they blame him, and in the end they kill him, and none of it is really to do with The Outsider himself. It's all about the idea of him, the caricature they've made of him, the myth of the black-eyed demon preying on the righteous.

Anyway, one day I'm gonna go off the fucking handle about this shit and it'll be a million words long and then it'll be all over for you bitches.

[zmtn]

Video with a collection of my fanart, putting characters / fandoms under the cut for the curious or introverts who want to see if they guessed right

(song is Army Dreamers by Kate Bush)

Dungeon Meshi - Thistle

Sleepy Princess in the demon castle - Syalis

The Magnus Archives - Michael

My Hero Academia - Twice and Hawks

Star Trek DS9 - Kira

RWBY - Cinder

DC Comics / Batman - Calendar Man and Two Face

Fire Emblem Three Houses - Caspar

Dishonored - Playable characters (Billie, Daud, Emily, 1st game Corvo)

Suikoden III - Chris

Final Fantasy X - Auron

DC Comics - Wonder Woman/Etta Candy (40s versions)

Pokemon Sun/Moon - Guzma

Gravity Falls - the Grunkles Pines

Black Clover - Mereoleona

It's Your Funeral ! - Xel

Animal Crossing + The Dø band cover feat. Roscoe the Horse and KK Slider

Paranatural - Mina

Witchy - Nyneve

Horde Propaganda Poster feat. She-Ra

[every-character-ever-poll]

WEEK FIVE LINEUP

I don't really have much to say here. When this posts(insert time here) I will be reopening submissions! So get ready for that (but please don't flood my form too much). Remember to take a quick look at the weekly lineups before you send in a character if you want to make sure they haven't been submitted yet!

Yuu Suzuno - King of Prism

Zhou Zishu - Word of Honor

Ai Hayasaka - Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Layla Hamilton - Kaleido Star

Hank - To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts

Musa Kamara - Run with the Wind

Yin Fu - Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary

Rain Mikamura - Mobile Fighter G Gundam

Cure Passion - Fresh Precure

John Marston - Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2

Hop - Pokémon

Ai Haibara - Detective Conan

Sailor Saturn - Sailor Moon

Squilliam Fancyson - Spongebob Squarepants

Natarle Badgiruel - Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

Budwin - Papa Louie

Kaito - Ajin

Satou - Ajin

Minato Arisato - Persona 3

Shou - Akumetsu

Hijikata Mamoru - Until Death Do Us Part

Sarah Connor - Terminator

Sisirinah - Warbreaker

Beatriz Pinzón Solano - Yo Soy Betty, la Fea

Noah - Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Alvis - Xenoblade Chronicles

Full Frontal - Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096

Cypher (Amir el Amari) - Valorant

Daud - Dishonored

Emily Kaldwin - Dishonored

Jinx - Arcane

Nickel - Inanimate Insanity

Florida - Welcome to the Table

Fey Truscott-Sade - Doctor Who

Kroton the Cyberman - Doctor Who

Morbius - Doctor Who

Ralph Wiggum - The Simpsons

Ned Leeds - Spiderman (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Penny - Stardew Valley

Pam - Stardew Valley

Kanao Tsuyuri - Demon Slayer

Kazuki Nishina - King of Prism / Pretty Rhythm

eShop Bag - Nintendo 3DS eShop

Arcade Bunny - Nintendo Badge Arcade

Ace Ikebukuro - King of Prism

Mario - PriPara

Mr. AR - AR Games

Kururun - Tropical Rouge PreCure

StreetPass Bunny - StreetPass Mii Plaza

Ushimitsu - Idol Land PriPara

Final Boss (aka Disco) - Face Raiders

Shinji Aragaki - Persona 3

Kicks - Animal Crossing

Sabine - Star Stable Online

Langa Hasegawa - Sk8 the Infinity

Kouji Mihama - King of Prism / Pretty Rhythm

Hayami Hiro - King of Prism / Pretty Rhythm

Bluestar - Warrior Cats

Toma Ibuki - Waccha PriMagi

Nobuyuki Kai - Haikyuu

Sir Gilbert - Animal Jam

Minamoto Kou - Toilet Bound Hanako Kun (TBHK)

Yukina - Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress

Elle Woods - Legally Blonde

Chase McCain - LEGO City Undercover

Grimace - McDonald’s

Irresponsible Dad - Happy Wheels

V1 - ULTRAKILL

Topher Bus - Clone High

Moon Lord - Terraria

Therion - Octopath Traveler

Popcorn - Showvember

Eddy - Wii Sports Resort

Shaggy Rogers - Scooby-Doo

William Afton - Five Nights At Freddy’s

Mario - Super Mario

Oatchi - Pikmin 4

Moss - Pikmin 4

Miguel O’Hara - Across the Spiderverse

Tallahasse - Zombieland

Envelope - Animated Inanimate Battle

Nick Jr. Face - Nick Jr. bumpers

Muschio Malto - Divequest

Penny - Brawl Stars

PearlescentMoon - Double Life

The Narrator - Fight Club

Bora - Tally Hall Internet Show

Nanami Kiryuu - Revolutionary Girl Utena

Engine Room - Wii Sports Baseball Championship series

Lemmy Koopa - Super Mario

Anybodys - West Side Story

Garfield - Garfield

Maerad of Pellinor - The Books of Pellinor

Frankie Stein - Monster High Gen 3

Rapunzel - Neverafter, Dimension 20

Tabaqui the Jackal - The Gray House

Asa Mitaka - Chainsaw Man

Grell Sutcliff - Black Butler

Spamton G. Spamton - Deltarune

Neptune - Neptunia

[exalok]

WIP ask game

RULES: post the names of the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs.

tagged by @chesthighwater!!!! did this a while ago but some of the files have changed now: five short lives of jessamine kaldwin got posted, and i have a couple new ones in there. also this time i'll add all the ones i didn't last time:

demon&priest au

fae!corvo

outsider!daud timelines

small unprompted stuff

stardew valley au

what resembles the grave

some good slow bonin

trio prompts

tagging the usual suspects @amazinmango, @screwtheprinceimtakingthehorse, @retired-crow, @merulanoir, @hiaennyddei, shit who else writes does art count, @queenstardust but you can make it about art if you want let's go with that, obvs feel free to disregard if you don't feel like doing this, hmmmm, oh @presiding and @maetheil if you're interested!! goodniiiight

[ewelinakl]

the ask meme!

23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?

30. Have you ever written something that was out of your comfort zone? If so, what was it, and how did it affect your approach to writing fic thereafter?

37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?

49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!

not me answering this 84 years later, whoops.

23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?

there's a bunch, honestly. i love writing AUs, they're so much fun. my top 3 concepts from the pile of ideas for next year so far are a reincarnation AU, political AU (presidential campaign favour), and a gritty & grimy AU about angels and demons

30. Have you ever written something that was out of your comfort zone? If so, what was it, and how did it affect your approach to writing fic thereafter?

I push myself out of my comfort zone quite often, to be honest, especially regarding themes of mental health and dealing with trauma. it's easier to analyse and dissect the thought processes or coping mechanisms of fictional characters than it is to do that with yourself, but still, if the issue you're describing hits too close to home, it can be a deeply uncomfortable experience. the understanding you gain this way is extremely rewarding and valuable, though, and every now and then, I get comments telling me that those parts of my stories are especially hard-hitting and cathartic for the readers, which makes me want to keep doing this. so, long story short, it taught me the art of discovering yourself via blorbo's suffering.

37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?

my Children of the Many-Eyed God series I wrote for Dishonored, I guess. I had so much fun writing the first two parts of it, and I can't wait to share the final instalment that I'm currently working on. I pretty much wrote the history and lore of Tyvia from scratch, created a brand new god that I adore, and fixed all the things that made me sad in the games.

49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!

too many big projects at once, some of them fairly secret. from those that I can share, we have: ● no one is born a hero (ofmd, bellhands, modern au) - As it turns out, doing his job from Sam’s apartment is far easier than Israel thought. ● we make our choices and take what comes (ofmd, eventual steddyhands, historical fantasy) - “Maybe I think you’re worth the risk?” Sam winks at him cheekily. No amount of cheap embellishments like this could cover up the raw honesty in his voice, though. ● Sea of Regret, Knife of Redemption (dishonored, Daud/Thomas, canon divergence, spymaster Daud) - They walk into the throne room, and suddenly Daud is faced with Jessamine Kaldwin once again, only this time, her eyes aren’t wide open in shock and pain, she’s not screaming and trying to protect her child. This time she’s nothing more than a face on a banner. This time it’s her who stabs Daud in the gut.

thank you for the ask! 💙 (and sorry it took me so long 🙈)

[saskiasabri]

new ref for the devil ( + without sunglasses)

[nsk96]

Outsider's Gift

A Dishonored fan fiction by N.S.K. (Available on AO3)

I don't know what trigger warnings to add right now so I apologize in advance. All I could think of is the spookiness and mild abrasive language. Please let me know if there are any warnings I should add. Feedback is welcome <3

Chapter 1: Call of the Void

[Month of Harvest, 1834]

It was a warm night in the Batista mining district of Karnaca. The turbulent winds of the Sirhrocco Currents made their way down the mountain’s mouth and slapped violently against the windbreaks surrounding the city. The thrashing could be heard from an apartment nearby. On the second floor, stood a young girl, no older than three years-old who was silently peering out the doorway of her bedroom. She was listening to her mother’s conversation with friends in the dining room.

Then, she made her move. Creeping into the hallway on her toes, the back end of her blue blouse became jammed in the door. Wump! She fell as her face and hands smacked against the floorboards. Her eyes watered and throat tightened but she fought back the tears. No, she mustn’t cry…not now. Through blurry eyes, she surveyed her surroundings and the conversation of the women in the dining room continued, undisturbed by the commotion. The young girl smirked, happy to continue her mischief.

“The Outsider is a demon, I tell you!” one woman in a brown dress, exclaimed. She had silver hair and a pale face adorned with smile lines, but she was full of life and adamant on not sinking into her age. Her sapphire eyes widened as she narrated her rendition of the rumors she heard. “With black eyes darker than the night, he likes to haunt people in their dreams. He drags them into the Void while they sleep, to the place where he rules. He’s the king of the Void!” She slammed her hand against the table. The plates shook and the remainder of spiced fish stew splattered around in a bowl with plantains. This startled the young girl, making her clench her fists.

Her mother, calm and cool as always, downed Orbon rum from her shot glass. “Janot, have you even seen the Void?” she asked sarcastically with a smirk. Her brown eyes narrowed at the older woman, as she ran a sunkissed hand through the strands of her smooth black hair. Janot’s eyes darted around the room and she muttered.

“I-I-I haven’t but I’ve heard enough rumors to know,” Janot said with a proud nod. “Everyone has heard of him, Marisa, and I know about your dealings with him.”

“The Outsider was a good friend of mine,” Marisa replied with confidence. Although deep down, she felt irritated. Over time, it became easier to ignore the rumors that were spread by the people in Serkonos, for they didn’t know him like she did. He was her secret friend that only those closest to her knew about. Janot however, didn’t care much for Marisa’s stories of him. She thought Marisa to be under his spell. “He is a curious man, nothing evil about him. Isn’t that right, Adriana?”

“I’m sure a wild girl like you would know!” said the young woman who donned a grey frilly dress. Adriana was Marisa’s dearest friend and confidant since childhood. A best friend to her during their school days in Karnaca; a sister to her when Marisa was sold by her step father to evil men, until they later ran away to Daud and the whalers. Even now, she stayed by her side, occupying the apartment right next door. Unlike Marisa, Adriana loved to keep her curly auburn hair short. She’d say it makes it easier to wear her whaler gear, just in case she decided to go back to that life.

Despite appearances, these women were not your typical aristocrats. They came from the depths of society and rose to high status with their labor…though their labor involved finding a large sum of money. A well-kept secret between the three of them that has bound them together. The women laughed in unison, reminiscing on old times, until Adriana spotted the golden green eyes of the young girl staring at her from the hallway.

“It looks like someone is still awake,” Adriana crooned. The women turned their heads towards the little girl, and she grinned in response as she clutched her braid.

Marisa sighed and approached the girl with a smile. “Vivia, I told you to go to sleep,” she said warmly. “Adult conversation is no place for a child.” Marisa gently lifted Vivia in her arms, cradling her against her hip. “Say goodnight to Janot and aunt Adriana.” Over her mother’s shoulder, Vivia waved at the women smiling warmly at her.

“Night night aunt Addy, night night Janny,” Vivia chirped.

“Goodnight, dear,” Janot replied as she blew a kiss. Vivia poorly mimicked her, blowing her a kiss with an over-extended palm and a sweet smile that illuminated her face.

Vivia then rested her head on Marisa’s shoulder as she was delivered to her room. As Marisa gently pulled the sheets back, Vivia crawled onto her bed. Her mind swirled with questions about the Void and the Outsider. Too much for a young mind to handle.

“Mama, who Ou-sider?” Vivia finally asked as Marisa tucked the sheets around her tiny daughter.

Before she could answer Adriana blurted out, “the black-eyed bastard, that’s who!” She was peeking in and thought it was a perfect opportunity to joke around with her niece as usual.

Marisa giggled. “Watch your language,” she joked. She turned back to Vivia. “He’s someone I knew a long time ago. When you’re older, I’ll tell you the whole story.”

“Risa,” Adriana said, resting her hands on her hips. “I’m sure she would love to hear about your wild adventures with the king of the Void.”

“Ana…” Marisa waved a finger at her.

“The handsome demon with the black eyes. Oh, how those eyes can stare deep into your soul as his black fog engulfs your body…I’m jealous that you were his favorite.”

“Adriana!” Marisa exclaimed with wide eyes and mouth agape.

“I’m sorry, Risa,” Adriana nonchalantly replied as she slipped her black gloves on. “You know I like to tease you.” Vivia observed Adriana closely. She watched as the black glove concealed the mark on the back of her hand; the same mark her mother bore on hers.

“I know,” Marisa sighed. “She’s just too young to hear that part.” Vivia wondered if the Void was the same place she saw a couple of nights ago. However, she had a question of higher urgency.

“Mama,” Vivia whispered. “Daemeen is king of void, can I be prinzezz?” She couldn’t properly pronounce the word “demon” yet, nor was she sure what it meant. All that concerned her was becoming royalty.

“You can be anything you want but, please stay away from the Void. A lot of danger lurks there.” Marisa gently caressed her daughter’s cheek.

“I’m sure she would be fine,” Adriana replied. “He won’t let anything hurt her in there.”

“He better not! He may be immortal but I will kill the bastard if any of the monsters in the void dare lay a hand, spike, finger, flipper or fin on her.”

Adriana snorted. “Well, let’s hope he never shows up in her dreams then,” she teased. “Sometimes…I wonder if his gift is actually a curse.”

“We may never know the price for accepting his mark, until the day we die.” Marisa chuckled nervously as she whipped around to Vivia, who was now staring out the window. A mountain that was reminiscent of a whale tooth, sat eerily in the distance. It begged for her attention every moment of every day. The Sirhrocco Currents were its siren call.

“Can I go there?” Vivia asked, eyes still glued to the view. Marisa shook her head.

“Shindaraey peak is no place for a child,” Marisa replied with a shaky voice and frown.

Adriana butted in again. “It’s no place for humans. Period.” She leaned up against the door frame and sighed. “They say the portal to the Void is there. People who go there, never come back.”

“Now, now, there is no need for ghost stories,” Marisa said. “Shindaraey is just a dangerous place.” Marisa feared what lied in wait at the mountain…and it wasn’t the Void. She pulled the sheets and snugly tucked them under Vivia’s chin. “Now then…it’s time for you to sleep, my love.” She planted a kiss on Vivia’s forehead and she hesitated for a moment, waiting for Vivia to ask for a bedtime story. The request never came. Why would it anyways? Marisa’s storytelling skill was nothing compared to that of the man she loved: Vivia’s father.

“Night night, Mama.” Vivia beamed at her only to be reciprocated with a quivering smile. Marisa was overcome with sorrow as all she could think about was him. Her husband was gone for the night again.

“Good night my dear,” Marisa said as she left the room with Adriana who gently waved her hand at Vivia. As the door closed, Vivia saw the darkness swirl under her eyelids and her body sunk into the ocean of the dreamworld.

A cold breeze whipped Vivia’s face causing her to crank her eyelids open. She noticed her room was different. Around her, were black shard-like platforms floating into a dark grey world, like debris drifting in a sea. Jumping up from her bed, Vivia grabbed her favorite hat from on top of the dresser. She flung the blue skimmer hat onto her head and eagerly ran towards the rocky pathway that lied before her.

Wandering into the familiar realm, her bedroom soon became lost behind her and an eerie light in the grey sky lit her way. She kept going, as whale song could be heard in the distance. She kept going, not knowing the dangers that waited in the shadows. She kept going…not knowing she was being watched. Just like the last time she visited, a strange presence has been watching her, following her every move.

Her eyes darted around in awe. Could this be the Void the grownups spoke of?

A strange voice echoed around Vivia, stopping her in her tracks. “Not many of the living have been here,” a young man’s voice resonated. She looked up and saw him levitating in the air against the starless grey sky. His eyes were black ink, like those of the leviathans that roamed the seas, reflecting nothing but the unnatural light of the Void. A black smoke swirled around him. Without a doubt, this was the Outsider. He donned a grey jacket with a tall collar, as leather boots embraced his feet up to his calves. His black hair was strangely well kept with uneven bangs framing the side of his pale face. Vivia knew this had to be the man her mother spoke of earlier. The black-eyed bastard. Deep down, she knew it in her heart.

He spoke again and a hint of sarcasm lingered in his voice. “Oh, little Vivia…do I even need to say it? You’ve wandered into the Void yet again.” He gracefully lowered to the ground, keeping a large distance between them.

“De…daemeen!” Vivia exclaimed with glee. Under the Outsider’s cold demeanor, danger lurked. Despite what the grownups said, his obsidian eyes and deathly presence did not scare Vivia. Instead, she felt safe. She felt a warmth emanating from within him. A warmth that was unexpected in the cold lifeless domain that is the Void.

“Damien?” The Outsider questioned, “no one has ever called me that…” He teleported closer, the black smoke circulating around him with his every movement. The light illuminated his face. His milky skin, kissed by death, possessed a blueish hue. “The fate of the whole world rests on your shoulders and you walk, unaware of it all…” The Outsider smirked as he paced towards the small child. “Such an overwhelming responsibility for such a small person.” Vivia stretched her arms up towards him and jumped up repeatedly. His eyes leered down at her as he stroked his chin. “I’ve waited to meet you for more than a century…I thought you’d be taller.”

“Up!” She exclaimed. Unable to resist, the Outsider awkwardly lifted the child with both hands and held her toward the grey sky.

“I think this is how people in the world hold children…” The Outsider speculated. His head tilted while his eyes examined her face. “Now…how did Marisa hold you, again?” The Outsider cradled Vivia in his arms over his hip and she giggled in response.

“Be my friend?” Vivia crooned as a broad smile graced her face. Her big green eyes gazed at him and as the light entered, the golden flecks glittered. It reminded him of the golden olive oil he saw crafted in the east of Serkonos. After all this time, the Outsider could see everything and everyone, yet he couldn’t remember where he’d seen these eyes before. He knew they didn’t belong to her mother. As for her father? He wasn’t sure.

“Such innocent creatures, humans are when they are children. I wonder what will become of you over the years. Will you choose to abandon your destiny? Or will you rewrite it with blood?” He carefully tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear. “I don’t know if I will have the chance to witness it. My story in the Void shall soon come to its conclusion. I will be torn away from this place, gone with the leviathans who once ruled the seas. Then someday soon, the people of the known world will no longer bear my mark…they will bear yours.”

“And I will be a prinzezz?” An ordinary dream for an unordinary girl. Little did she know, that all of her dreams would one day be ripped from her by the Void and its unforgiving grasp.

“That’s up to you,” the Outsider chuckled. He stared at her in awe thinking of how much she resembled her mother; a heart-shaped face, round nose, and a grin that could melt any heart...even a dead one.

“I want a story,” Vivia grinned. The Outsider’s black eyes widened in disbelief. Most of his chosen never seemed to care much for his monologues and yet, here was a child who has nothing better to do than to listen to his monologues all day.

“Is that so?” The Outsider’s lips curved in amusement. He loved surprises. He wasn’t expecting this small child to feel so at ease in his arms much less to have the bravery to make demands of him. Most adults would cower in fear with just one glimpse of him in the shadows, and children would shake in their bones at the mere mention of his name. He was the boogeyman, a trickster, or devil to some. To others he was a myth or beloved god. To a select few, he was the black-eyed bastard who granted dark gifts. To Vivia…he was just another person.

She is Marisa and more, he thought to himself.

Vivia pressed the tips of her fingers together and pleaded her case. “Papa tells stories,” she mumbled. “And I sleep, but he not here…” A sorrow washed over her and she looked down, breaking her gaze from the Outsider’s eyes. His smile faded too, and face scrunched in disgust as his body tensed. He knew of Marisa’s husband. A man whose goal was to marry into money. Although he was a decent father to Vivia, he had a tendency to leave his family behind every other night for the warmth of the nearby brothel. He’d disappear, not returning until the next morning. It was on nights like these where Marisa’s unhappiness reflected in her eyes no matter how much she tried to conceal it. Deep within, the Outsider wished things could be different for her and Vivia, but Marisa wouldn’t want him meddling with their lives anymore.

“Please tell me a story,” Vivia pleaded. A warm smile returned to the Outsider’s face and his body relaxed.

“I…I think I have a couple of stories to tell you,” he said with a wide grin. If he was still human, his face would become rosy with happiness. His heart jumped with excitement, for he had more than just a couple of stories; he had 4000 years-worth to tell. The Outsider hesitated for a moment, contemplating where to start. “One of my favorites is about a beautiful woman who traveled to Pandyssia. But my favorite story of all time is about a handsome brave man who lost two empresses…although I don’t know if that version of the story exists in this timeline yet. It could be his daughter’s story. Or maybe…I can tell you about the woman who fell in love with the Void four years ago.”

“Story time, story time!” Vivia wriggled excitedly in his arms. The Outsider chuckled.

“Patience, little one. Let’s get you home first before your mother kills me.” The duo strolled back to her room where he tucked her in and recounted tales from times past, and tales from times yet to come. Once Vivia fell asleep, the Outsider slipped back into the Void. Not a single trace left behind.That place wasn’t so bad, Vivia thought to herself. When she wakes up, this will all be just a dream. Rebelling against her mother’s warning, she would begin the next day with a secret of her own. Then when the night returns to Serkonos, she would once again wander into the Void.

Commission art by @trashy-corvian

@uncontrol-freak @kg-clark-inthedark @theflyingsealion @brassyasssassafrasaphone Thank you all so much for helping me decide on a mark/symbol for this fan fic.

@shower-man @starsharks thank you for helping me figuring out the eye color :3

Notes: I finally finished the first chapter. I'm sorry it took so long but after numerous revisions I think I'm finally satisfied with it (may revise again at a later date if I have the time because my brain can never be happy with my writing :D)

[angelsaxis]

2022 Movies, Shows, Books, and More

Requirements: must have seen the movie all the way through or have seen at least one full season of the series. Anything with an asterisk is one I enjoyed immensely.

Movies

Nobody Knows (2004)

The Batman (2022)

Turning Red (2022)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)*

The Sea Beast (2022)

The Bad Guys (2022)

Green Snake (2021)

Nope (2022)

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)

The Irishman (2019)

The Godfather Part I (1972)

The Godfather Part II (1974)

Big Night (1996)

Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

Wendell & Wild (2022)

You Will Die At Twenty (2020)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Farha (2021)

Breaking (2022)

Documentaries

Paris is Burning

Books

Borne by Jeff Vandermeer

The Quicksilver Court by Melissa Caruso*

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Tomatoland by Barry Estabrook

The Girl in Red by Christina Henry*

Sudden Flash Youth edited by Chrsitine Perkins-Hazuka, Tom Hazuka, and Mark Budman

Prosper's Demon by K.J. Parker

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Mirage by Somaiya Daud

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

Shows

All of us are dead*

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*

The Cuphead Show

Another Life

Juvenile Justice

Great British Baking Show

Abbott Elementary

Bel-Air

Al Rawabi School for Girls

Yellowjackets

Kenobi

Sky Castle

We Are Lady Parts

Severance*

P Valley*

The Bear*

The Sandman

The Watcher

Andor*

Interview With The Vampire*

Tales of the Jedi

Manifest

Mob Psycho 100*

Alice in Borderland

Podcasts

Archive 81

[je-suis-problematique]

Chris' Void powers explained

We used to have an Outsider NPC based on the actual canon Outsider from Dishonored. We have a Void but we don't have a Heaven or a Hell (or we do and we just aren't aware of them or something) so the souls of the dead end up in the Void and such. Anyway, after Jerome's hostile takeover where he killed the NPC Outsider, Jerome himself became the new Outsider and now he's the one fueling all of our Marked people's powers, including Chris'. The mark itself changed too, like, visually. There's no real point in me talking about Chris' powers since it's a system thing and not a writing thing but I felt like it so now you have this post.

Shadow/Darkness Manipulation — In the past, with the previous Outsider, Chris had smoke mimicry as his mobility spell similarly to how Corvo has blink and Daud has his transversal. After Jerome dethroned the previous Outsider, this power changed to be an affinity with darkness and shadows instead. Think.... Zed from League of Legends? Clone/portal creation, teleportation, darkness attacks, shadow erasure/generation, shadow camouflage/cloaking, shadow marionette (like Shikamaru from Naruto), and other such powers. Chris became one with the dark and honestly he's having more fun with it than with the smoke mimicry.

Mediumship — The ability to perceive and communicate with spirits. Chris already had this power before and it stayed despite changing patrons. It's funny that he has this power at all because after growing up on horror movies and games as well as personally going through the entirety of the Resident Evil canon as a semi-fictive Chris developed a rather avoidant attitude when it comes to ghosts in a "don't interact with me and I won't interact with you" kind of way because they give him the heebie-jeebies and yet! He can still passively perceive paranormal activity that's happening around him AND have said paranormal activity perceive him back. He does NOT vibe with this power AT ALL.

Spectral Sight — Not only can Chris see ghosts of dead humans but he can also see angels, demons, the true form of shapeshifters, the invisible, auras/souls, and other such entities/spiritual qualities of living (and non-living) beings. He retained this power as well which is like an extension of his mediumship.

Vehicular Mastery — Chris is a master of operating a variety of different vehicles innately, from cars and motorcycles to aircrafts and even locomotives. It's a power he gained after Jerome's takeover and he likes it very much because it meant he could get the car (and bike) he always wanted and just skip all the studying and tests completely. This does not mean that he drives safely however, or that he abides traffic laws. Unless he's got passengers with him he drives like a psychopath.

Enhanced Archery — Chris possesses superhuman proficiency and skill with the bow and arrow, being able to launch multiple arrows with one shot, use the bow as a melee weapon, reload the bow rapidly and efficiently, and other such skills, even with heavy mechanisms like the crossbow. Chris' personal favorite is the compound bow and it's another power he retained.

Enhanced Agility — Chris possesses agility beyond that of peak human potential. He can go from one motion to another effortlessly, effectively dodge attacks, swing from things easily, sprint, do backflips, leap across rooftops, and numerous other gymnastic, athletic, and martial implements with little to no effort. His close quarters fighting style has been compared to Jill's (from RE) while she is under the effects of the P30 drug. Another power he retained.

Melting Touch — Chris is able to melt matter through touch but the thing about this power is that he cannot always control it. There have been times when he completely liquified objects which were in his grasp without meaning to (like his phone for example) simply because he got pissed, and even times when he burned people accidentally because he got too emotional while having his hands on them. Think Karlach from Baldur's Gate 3 but not as a default state. It's another power he retained but there have been speculations voiced by the rest of the system about whether or not this power could be developed into proper firebending. No attempts have been made as of yet.

Omnilingualism — Chris can speak any and all languages, even dead/nonhuman ones. He can basically understand and communicate with anything and everything that exists or once existed. This is technically another power he retained but in the past it was granted to him through a ring he had to wear in order to possess it. With the previous Outsider's death the ring lost its power and Jerome made it so Chris will be able to stay omnilingual without it.

Contaminant Immunity — You know how Daud is immune to poisons? So Chris is immune to poisons/toxins/venoms AND viruses/bacteria/parasites/pathogens/allergens/etc. which is extremely appropriate for him as a RE semi-fictive. This is a power we think he didn't have before but we aren't entirely sure.

Arcane Bond — Finally a power that actually comes from the Dishonored universe, huh? Basically Chris can choose to share some level of his own supernatural powers with other people who become bonded with him through arcane means. It's a power he certainly did not have before and is now coming in handy for him as the leader of the Nightshade unit. As far as we know people who are bonded with Chris possess some degree of his shadow/darkness affinity, some degree of his spectral sight, better agility, and the immunity to some contaminants but not all.

Chris completely lost his ability to cast a time bubble and the rest of his physical prowess (like his enhanced strength and senses) comes from the fact that he is a wolf.

[libreramune]

Booklist

My current booklist, with a little over 200 books total, some of which I am currently reading and two that I've finished. Everything will be in alphabetical order and below the cut because this is gonna be a long one.

Please also keep in mind that there may be issues with the listed writers or books that I don't know (I don't really inhabit spaces where I'd find this information out and googling every book or writer I find to see if they're controversial is depressing and I'm not doing that). I'd still like to know though so if you see someone on my list give me a heads up.

A

🤎 A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ni Ghriofa

🤍 A Magic Steeped In Poison by Judy I. Lin

🤎 A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

🤍 After the Sun by Jonas Eika

🤎 Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

🤍 All Flesh Is Grass by Clifford D. Simak

🤎 All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

🤍 All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

🤎 All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thompson Mathews

🤍 Annhilation by Jeff Vandermeer

🤎 Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum

🤍 August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White

B

🤎 Before the Coffe Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

🤍 Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

🤎 Borne by Jeff Vandermeer

🤍 Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens

🤎 Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

🤍 Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

🤎 Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

C

🤎 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

🤍 Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka

🤎 City by Clifford D. Simak

🤍 City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer

🤎 Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au

🤍 Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (COMPLETED)

🤎 Coraline by Neil Gaiman

🤍 Crying in H Mart by Michell Zauner

D

🤎 Dead Astronauts by Jeff Vandermeer

🤍 Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano

🤎 Devil House by John Darnielle

🤍 Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi

🤎 Dishonored: The Corroded Man by Adam Christopher

🤍 Dishonored: The Return of Daud by Adam Christopher

🤎 Dishonored: The Veiled Terror by Adam Christopher

🤍 Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

🤎 Don't Say We Didn't Warn You by Ariel Delgado Dixon

E

🤍 Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

🤎 Edenville by Sam Rebelein

🤍 Edge Case by Yz Chin

🤎 Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

🤍 Enchanted Pilgrimage by Clifford D. Simak

F

🤎 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (COMPLETED)

🤍 Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson

🤎 Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin

🤍 Fire Season by Leyna Know

🤎 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

🤍 Flux by Orion Carloto

🤎 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

🤍 Funny You Should Ask by Elisa Sussman

G

🤎 Ghost Forest by Pik Shuen Fung

🤍 Ghosted by Jenn Ashworth

🤎 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

🤍 Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

🤎 Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang

🤍 Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation #1 by Mō Xiāng Tóng Xiū

🤎 Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

H

🤍 Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

🤎 Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami

🤍 Heaven's Official Blessing #1 by Mō Xiāng Tóng Xiū

🤎 Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

🤍 House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

🤎 Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky

I

🤍 I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

🤎 I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-Hee

🤍 Idol, Burning by Rin Usami

🤎 If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

🤍 Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

🤎 Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan

🤍 Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flynn

J

🤎 Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang

K

🤍 Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto

🤎 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

🤍 Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

🤎 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

L

🤍 Laserwriter II by Tamara Shopsin

🤎 Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

🤍 Letter to a Future Lover by Ander Monson

🤎 Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

🤍 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

🤎 Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

🤍 Loteria by Cynthia Pelayo

🤎 Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

M

🤍 Made to Kill by Adam Christopher

🤎 Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

🤍 Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer

🤎 Memorial by Bryan Washington

🤍 Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow

🤎 Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathaniel West

🤍 Mister N by Najwa Barakat

🤎 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

🤍 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N.I.M.H. by Robert C. O'Brien

🤎 Ms. Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami

🤍 My Year Abroad byChang Rae-Lee

N

🤎 Never Whistle At Night by Shane Hawk

🤍 Night Film by Marisha Pessl

🤎 Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey

🤍 Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

🤎 Normal People by Sally Rooney

O

🤍 O Beautiful by Jung Yun

🤎 Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

🤍 Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint by Sing Shong

🤎 Our Wives Under the Sun by Julia Armfield

P

🤍 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

🤎 Paradise Rot by Jenny Hual

🤍 People From My Neighborhood by Hiromi Kawakami

🤎 Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

🤍 Popisho by Leone Ross

🤎 Postmarked the Stars by Andre Norton

🤍 Pretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin

Q

R

🤎 Revival Season by Monica West

🤍 Ringworld #1 by Larry Niven

S

🤎 Saltwater by Jessica Andrews

🤍 Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada

🤎 Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

🤍 Seeing Ghosts by Kat Chow

🤎 Send Nudes by Saba Sams

🤍 So Bright the Vision by Clifford D. Simak

🤎 Solo Leveling #1 by Chugong

🤍 Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

🤎 Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin

🤍 Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki Brina

🤎 Stories from Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Rofena

🤍 Strange Weather In Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

🤎 Supper Club by Lara Williams

🤍 Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

🤎 Swimming In the Dark by Tamasz Jedrowski

T

🤍 Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel

🤎 Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki

🤍 Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima

🤎 The Vietri Project by Nicola DeRobertis-Theye

🤍 The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul Tremblay

🤎 The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

🤍 The City Inside by Samit Basu

🤎 The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

🤍 The Deep by Rivers Solomon

🤎 The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

🤍 The End of the Moment We Had by Toshiki Okada

🤎 The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada

🤍 The Fallen by Thomas E. Sniegoski

🤎 The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang

🤍 The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien

🤎 The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oli

🤍 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

🤎 The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

🤍 The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada

🤎 The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

🤍 The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Davila

🤎 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

🤍 The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

🤎 The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

🤍 The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

🤎 The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

🤍 The Local by Joey Hartstone

🤎 The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

🤍 The Midcoast by Adam White

🤎 The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope

🤍 The Nakano Thrift Store by Hiromi Kawakami

🤎 The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected In the Water by Zen Cho

🤍 The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

🤎 The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin

🤍 The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart

🤎 The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien

🤍 The Rig by Roger Levy

🤎 The Rock Eaters by Brenda Peynado

🤍 The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by Mō Xiāng Tóng Xiū

🤎 The Secret History by Donna Tart

🤍 The Stange Bird by Jeff Vandermeer

🤎 The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

🤍 The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

🤎 The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien

🤍 The Visitors by Clifford D. Simak

🤎 The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber

🤍 The Werewolf Principle by Clifford D. Simak

🤎 The White Book by Han Kang

🤍 The World After the Fall by Sing Shong

🤎 They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

🤍 They Walked Like Men by Clifford D. Simak

🤎 This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

🤍 This One Sky Day by Leone Ross

🤎 This Weightless World by Adam Soto

🤍 This World Is Full of Monsters by Jeff Vandermeer

🤎 Those Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

🤍 Time and Again by Clifford D. Simak

🤎 Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

🤍 Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist

U

V

W

🤎 Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

🤍 We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman

🤎 Weather by Jenny Offrill

🤍 Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo

🤎 Welcome to Nightvale by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor

🤍 What Is Not Your Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

🤎 What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

🤍 When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

🤎 When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill

🤍 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

🤎 Where the Dead Wait by Ally Wilkes

🤍 Where the Evil Dwells by Clifford D. Simak

🤎 Why Call Them Back From Heaven? by Clifford D. Simak

🤍 Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

🤎 Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle

X

Y

🤍 You Have A Friend In 10A by Maggie Shipstead

🤎 You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

🤍 Yvinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Z

[lesbianshadowheart]

Also I think the Brigmore witches were one of the most interesting parts for me

Brigmore witches is SOOOO good oh my god.. Their aesthetic, their gay commune vibe, their annoying fucking demon dogs that pissed me off, DELILAH.. Delilah is maybe my favourite character along with Billie Lurk, she really made the second game. And story wise the Brigmore Witches DLC hits so good with Daud saving Emily's life while neither Corvo nor Emily will ever know about it. it makes me go feral to think about