#dmp cast

[incorrectdmp]

Aelethias: Could you imagine if your eyes closed hotdog style instead of hamburger style?

[maryn-jpeg55]

Halloween with the DMP cast of course

[briflatclarinet]

I may or may not have purchased the whole cast of DMP in pin form (including the Cuttlective and Black Stars) with no regard to the fact that I don't have anywhere to really put them...

Looks like I'm making myself a pin tapestry 😂

[takechargeamerica95]

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[aptecequipment]

Company Profile: Aptec Equipment Private Limited

Introduction

Aptec Equipment Private Limited, located in Gujarat, India, stands as a leading manufacturer of road construction equipment. Renowned for our world-class Sensor Pavers, Wet Mix Macadam Plants,Drum Mix Plant, Curb Pavers, and Mechanical Pavers, we combine innovative design with cutting-edge technology to deliver superior products to our global clientele.

Global Presence and Heritage

With a strong global presence, Aptec Equipment has pioneered advancements in road construction machinery. Despite our extensive international reach, we remain deeply connected to our roots, drawing on a rich history of delivering exceptional value on construction sites worldwide. Our commitment to quality and innovation drives our team to continuously improve processes and develop high-quality products.

Product Range

Sensor Paver - ASP 550

The ASP-550 Sensor Paver is a cutting-edge machine powered by an Ashok Leyland 130HP BS-IV Diesel Engine, designed for dual applications, including Wet Mix and Asphalt. This model features electronic controls and offers a hydraulically extendable paving width from 2.5 to 4.5 meters, which can be further extended to 5.75 meters with bolt-on extensions. Compliant with M.O.R.T.H. specifications, the ASP-550 is built for high performance, ensuring efficient and precise paving operations.

Curb Pavers - ACP 40

The ACP 40 is a versatile curb paver machine manufacturer driven by a 16-HP petrol engine with electronic ignition, ideal for laying curbs of 450 mm by 500 mm using the extrusion principle. This compact curb-casting machine features quick-change mould profiles for fast and easy replacements, typically taking less than 30 minutes. Mounted on pneumatic tires, the ACP 40 includes an automatic sensor for steering and height control, ensuring consistent and accurate curb placement.

Curb Pavers - ACP 120

The ACP 40 is a versatile curb paver machine manufacturer driven by a 16-HP petrol engine with electronic ignition, ideal for laying curbs of 450 mm by 500 mm using the extrusion principle. This compact curb-casting machine features quick-change mould profiles for fast and easy replacements, typically taking less than 30 minutes. Mounted on pneumatic tires, the ACP 40 includes an automatic sensor for steering and height control, ensuring consistent and accurate curb placement.

Drum Mix Plant - DMP 40/50/60

Aptec's Drum Mix Plants, available in models DMP 40/50/60, are engineered for superior fuel efficiency and reliable performance. Designed to meet the latest M.O.R.T.H. specifications, these stationary plants are known for their exceptional product refinement and operational efficiency. Each model is tailored to provide trouble-free asphalt mixing plant with optimal fuel usage, making them ideal for various road construction projects.

Mechanical Paver - AMP 450

The AMP 450 Mechanical Paver machine is designed to deliver excellent pavement quality, uniformity, and smoothness. This mechanical paving machine is versatile and effective, with a paving width ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 meters and a depth range of 10-200 mm. The AMP 450 is built to meet diverse project requirements, ensuring consistent and high-quality paving across different surfaces.

Wet Mix Plant - WMP 120/160/200/250

The WMP series Wet Mix Plants are designed with top-quality components and innovative features to ensure efficient operational costs and superior output quality. Available in models WMP 120/160/200/250, wet mixing plants include fixed or variable speed drives and adjustable gates on bins. The twin shaft pug mill ensures fast, continuous, and homogenous mixing of aggregates and additives, while the surge hopper arrangement allows for uninterrupted discharge into trucks, preventing shutdowns and spillage.

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[internetremix]

What’s the cast’s favorite part of playing DMP?

Queen: The Mafia games

Kristen: That's very unfortunate for you Queen, haha *watches DMP spiral ever more from actually playing the damn game*

Alex: The fact that at this point we can do some really dumb shit in the same episode as very serious stuff, and it still works super well in the context of the show. See also: Neil Breen, Tommy Wiseau, and Bees in the same episode as the haunted house and Vinny wanting to go back to sleep(edited)

Kristen: The patented DMP Mood Whiplash. As for me I just. Yeah my favorite part is just any big plot scene. There are few things that make me happier than seeing a big scene land- seeing everyone nail their acting, seeing the chat respond, feeling the general "ah yes the things we planned have succeeded" vibe, I just aaa I really love it.

Uprising: Acting lol And fan response

Adric: big shrug Idk, it's just, fun? And, enjoyable? And is good acting practice? Idk man. Plus it's also enjoyable for me and Daric to work together on something for so long.

Junoi: Honestly I live for the character dynamics Oh oh And also the music Both hearing and making

Carl: not part of the main cast but  I love the Angst™️ and character interactions and storytelling... and bruh, those moments when improv hits just right; gud shit  

And ofc the music... I probably like it more than I should but eyy(edited)

[anatthema-art]

happy april fools’ day, in which i am the fool in question for spending over a month on this for some reason. i literally did not intend to finish these today i was just DOING them and the stars fucking aligned and i jingle my little clown shoes in shame that i spent like 2 months on and off making these WEIRDLY good designs. so the DMP fanserver dragged me into a warrior cats fever dream hellscape and i am never allowed to escape my roots apparently and somehow this culminated in me making an entire-ass AU complete with the base idea of a plot and names/roles for all the characters, even ones outside of the main cast. i did these in chunks kinda, and took over a month break bc the hyperfixation kinda faded before getting the sudden urge to continue again like a week ago, and so now i have all these done in time for the most fitting day possible. i hate how proud i am of translating the character designs into goddamnn cats, everyone is WEIRDLY readable and i’m mad at my own skills as an artist. i drew 14 catified DMP characters. i’m the april fool.

individuals under the cut!

[incorrectdmp]

absolutely TINY blog update but i made the realization that with submissions i used to tag everything as DMP/Discord Murder Party myself as they were submitted because obviously Everything On The Blog was DMP related, but since i’ve been getting more and more submissions that can apply to Chaos Van, and once Chaos Van has its own separate identity with a whole separate cast of characters made public that i’ll offer tags for and shift my priorities to getting more content for the show as a whole on here, it will be extremely worth it to have submission tags for either DMP or Chaos Van once the content yall know about CV becomes markably DIFFERENT than DMP. this is a bit preemptive but the last quote i submitted made me realize it’s probably worth it!

also i added ozolthog as a tagging option because idk why i just had chaos god on there lol

anyways thank you all! quick update but i think it’s a good thing to keep in place because jesus CHRIST the tagging options will BALLOON once we have so many more characters from a completely different show to submit with

[drifthail]

my 2021 summary of art!!

(below is me talking about each drawing)

January: Call of Cthuhu / Kit x Sunil

i love sunil and kit so much. and this was drawn only a bit before it was revealed to be canon, so finding out was fun kjdfhkjf

February: Call of Cthulhu Heathers AU / Erin and Lester

coc heathers au where erin is veronica, and lester is jd. you get no more context.

March: Call of Cthulhu / Kit x Sunil

its the gays again!! i was also trying to figure out how to draw in the coc portrait style.

April: House Fire / Sybil Cordova

a redraw of "house fire." the og one was draw in nov of 2020.

May: Call of Cthulhu / Erin Sullivan

erin sullivan my beloved <3

June: Call of Cthulhu / James Supporting His Friends

james is the supportive straight friend!!

July: Shum / Veronika Matviyenko

my oc, veronika matviyenko, dressed as kateryna pavlenko.

around here was also when i stopped doing proper lineart, and started just doing extremely clean sketches. i do think that was a good decision for me!

August: DMP and CoC / Vivi and Erin

the ir fandom really likes redheads with green eyes, huh?

September: CoC Portraits / Esfir Navitski

my oc, esfir navitski, in the coc portrait style.

October: OC Tober - "Historical" / Valeriya Dragomirova

my oc, valeriya dragomirova, drawn for oc tober.

this was her in 1895. the prompt was "historical."

November: "The Ballad of Cecilia Zoldetiva"

my oc, cecilia zoldetiva, a human bard.

this is titled "the ballad of cecilia zoldetiva," in reference to the song, "the ballad of sara berry."

December: Necrotic Shroud / Feilenar Mitharov

my oc, feilenar mitharov, a fallen aasimar rogue. they're casting necrotic shroud, and while it didn't do anything, they at least got to look cool.

i decided to experiment with shading, and i think it came out pretty well.

[sneakerblogs]

Better Air Jordan 7: “Raptor” or “Citrus”

Designed by Tinker Hatfield inspired by West African Tribal culture and the Air Huarache, the Air Jordan 7 was worn by MJ while playing for the Dream Team, winning a second NBA Championship, and a third NBA MVP.

The Air Jordan 7 “Raptor” was originally released in 1992 that has also been retro-released in 2002, 2009 (DMP) and 2012 (shown here). The shoe features a Black nubuck upper with True Red and Club Purple accents. It gets its nickname from its similarity to the Toronto Raptors team colors.

Released in 2006, the Air Jordan 7 “Citrus” was one of the first non-original colorways of the Jordan 7 to release. It features a Black nubuck upper highlighted with Citrus and Variety Red contrasting accents. The signature detail is its Bright Orange contrasting stitching throughout, a feature not seen on most colorways of the model.

Check out both Air Jordan 7s, and let us know which was the better release by casting your vote below.

[brodingles]

Summary of Art 2020

It’s a little early, but here we go!

2020 was a…year, to say the least about it. Throughout that, however, I kept on trucking and making various art pieces! I’ll put the full pieces and a brief reflection below as we walk down memory lane of the last 365! Explanations and reflections under the cut

January

The year opened up with fanfiction readings from 2003 by my good friend Kristen Trawczynski! Who knew that Kingdom Hearts fanfiction’s greatest villain would be Lucifer himself? I just had to put her glorious early 2000s description of him to paper. Thank you, dearest Crimes, for this early year blessing.

February

I really got the itch to paint this month! I chose to use my character Junior from Discord Murder Party as the subject. This image is actually a companion piece to an image of the man while he was younger. I even made a speedpaint video talking about my process in creating the character! It was a Time to be Junior No-Last-Name.

The speedpaint in question

March

Technically this is cheating, I drew this earlier in the year, but I didn’t finish it for the show until March. This was for Vincent’s Breakdown in the Season 3 Midseason Finale of DMP. We had been planning it for at least a year, and it hit the audience hard. This is probably one of my favourite pieces I’ve done for Internet Remix. It’s just my job to bully Vincent Marshall Reid.

April

I didn’t do a lot of finished work this month. I’d say it was a bit of a lazy time for me. I did do a short series of couple-comics of my characters Emilio and Geon, but not much else!

May

This was….also for Vincent’s Breakdown? The timeline got really confused here. I drew this one closer to the actual live performance, and in order to get it done I had to create an actual map of the fictional Lounge we’d been using for three seasons. There was a decent amount of time blocking out characters and figuring out architecture, but in the end we got our first look at a place that only existed via description before this! Neat!

June

This is basically plagiarism, but the point is I actually spent this month doing a lot of jokes and memes in my excitement to start the miniseries Call of Cthulhu: Path of Perdition. We joked a lot about it really just being Sybil Cordova’s eldritch dating sim, even though it didn’t turn out that way in the end! Kiss Kiss Fall Insane!

July

Path of Perdition finally began airing, and each week I would make a piece of promo art for the next episode! The 1920s Disaster Gang went to jail! For crimes they don’t remember committing! Mystery! Intrigue! This isn’t exactly my favourite of the promos (Some characters are supremely off model and let’s just ignore the numbers on the side, shall we?), but it’s one that cause3d a lil bit of buzz!

August

This image is cursed and my buddy atwas now has it framed in their house. I’m not kidding. With Path of Perdition ending, I took a while to make more jokes and memes, and through a series of events I ended up spending hours with My Heart Will Go On on loop and drawing characters like one of my French girls.

September

You get no context. You can buy this on Redbubble (without the copywritten logo, of course.)

October

DMP was just full of tragedy this year! In October we bid a permanent goodbye to Yugo Hernandez. I haven’t previously mentioned this, but actually around this time my arms became inflamed and I couldn’t really draw anymore. However, I was the perfect candidate to do a Dramatic Bust, and begged to do this one. I like to think the emotion gets across.

November

My ability to draw was shot entirely this month. I did a series of sketches for the DMP Alternate Universe “Side B”. I was still happy with these sketches, and actually have a few! This one is just the most dynamic.

December

It’s the 9th as of writing this, and I only have so much I can share, due to both being unable to work and NDA’s. I took some Me Time and drew the CoC cast (Now Masks of Nyarlathotep instead of Path of Perdition——the show continues!!). My arms have officially become shot entirely, so this and one other thing may be all I do for the rest of this year.

Overall it was a generally fruitful year. The deterioration of my arms in the later month is very saddening. Even now I can’t really type what I want to, and this may be the last you hear of me until some sort of solution is reached. Looking back, at least I can say I did something this year.

[gbumr]

Nike - Further Than Ever from Ian Pons Jewell on Vimeo.

Composer: Guy Farley / Siren Music

Featuring some of the most incredible Chinese athletes...

Li Na, the first Grand Slam singles champion from Asia and the first to break into the world’s top 10… despite constant critique about her career choices and outward personality, she rose to become an icon in Chinese sport.

Lan Tian, paralysed from the waist down, took up skiing despite pressure from doctors and family and went on to live independently without support.

Shao Ting, WCBA basketball champion and PHD graduate, breaking the stereotype in China that a woman shouldn’t aspire so highly.

Nina Guo, blogger and climber, broke the rules by talking pubclicly about how climbing has helped her overcome many of the obstacles faced by mental illness.

Cecelia Yeung, born into a poor family, pressured not to pursue sport due to the difficulty in making a living from it. Ended up as the HK high jump record holder, the first full-time high jumper in HK and broke the HK high jump record three times in one day.

Wang Shuang, despite pressure from family and local coaches not to leave home, she became the first Chinese female football player to play outside of China and AFC Women’s Player of the Year.

Kung Fu Cha Cha, the first Asian team to row across the Atlantic, the youngest team to cross the Atlantic and the first female champions who broke Row Like A Girl’s record by 6 days.

Can Zongju, became the the greatest boxer in Chinese history and the second best female boxer in the world.

Prod Co: Academy Films Director : Ian Pons Jewell
 Executive Producer : Medb Riordan Producer : Jon Adams DOP: Mauro Chiarello Operator: Gimbalninja (Florian) Choreographer: Eddie Clements Editor :Gaia Boretti
 
Sound Designers: Anthony Moore, Jon Clarke & James Utting Composer: Guy Farley / Siren Music 
Art Director : Olly Williams Wardrobe Stylist : Victoria Mesenbrink


Service Co: Playfull Service EP: Wolfie Wong Local Producer: Carson Ng 
Line Producer : Areta Mak
 Production Manager: Bugs Hartley / Manley Hua Production Coordinator: Steven Chung 
Location Manager: Kevin Liu
 Production Designer : Olly Williams
 Art Director Assist: Billy Kong
 Props Master : Zhang Feng
 Props Assists : Zhou Hui
 Casting Director: Fang Hui


Wardrobe Stylist Assist : Zhou Yu
 Wardrobe Assists : Jolene Ang 
Hair and Make Up : Keke / Xiao Nan 
Gaffer : Dickson Lim 
Key Grip : Eric Xi

Agency

Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai Executive Creative Director: Ian Toombs, Vivian Yong / Creative Directors: Matt Skibiak, Dong Hao
 / Senior Copywriter: Matt Meszaros
 / Copywriter: Ruby Li / Art Director: Josh King
Junior Art Director: Moon Qi / 
Executive Producer: Bernice Wong
Film Producer: Bernice Wong
Art Buyer - Juni Zhu
Senior Planner: Leon Lin
Junior Planner: Carina Huang
Business Director: Dino Xu
Associate Account Director: Chuck Xu, Qinna Ye Account Executive: Laura Yu
Head of Design: Fish Ho
Designer: Meng Meng; Zhangzhe Peng Business Affairs: Jessica Deng, Kathy Zhan Senior Studio Production Manager - Vic Zhang Senior Studio Print Producer - Stone Xue Retoucher - Lee Chang Qing / Linda Zhang
FA Artist - Austin Hu

Post Production

Assembly Room UK Assistant Editor : Stanislav Semeniuk Producer : Daniel Breheny

MPC

VFX Supervisor/Creative Director: Barry Greaves
 3D Lead: Chris Kalata
 3D Supervisor: Jacob T Oommen
 3D Team: Alexey Petryaev, Yao Zhang, Isaac Liu, Chamishka Gamage, Aram Hakze 2D Supervisor: David Rouxel Executive Producer: Jamie Loudon VFX producer: Alvaro Montenegro Colour Producer: Leianna Campbell Colorists: Richard Fearon, Nikola Stefanovic 2D Team: James Corden, Qiu Cheng, Tingting Su, Robin Liu, Eason Wu Comp Leads: Ginesh Gandhi, Venkata S Comp Team: Marielle Santens, Madhuka Gunasekera, Allegra David, Minnie Chen, Iman Javaherypour, Karthik S, Amresh Kumar, Shalwin Shaiju, Vaishali Awaghade, Saravanan D, Manideep Sanisetty
 DMP team: Radhakrishna R (Lead), Gowri, Bakiyaraj P FX team: Abhinandan Madhu, Ivan Richard D costa, Mohan Pugaz
Matchmove team: Ganesh Kumar S (Lead), Konduru Achi Raju, Ankit Dheraj Toppo, Shridhar Bhat, Venkatesh Jeyaram, Vishal Darkunde
 Roto: Sudev
 Clean up team: Silambarasan R P (Lead), Jay Joshi, Sudheesh TV, Ajeet Pratap Singh, Arulanandhan, Abdul Labeeb, Naresh, Kajal Pandya, Vamsi Krishna Reddy, Yasasvini.V, Trishul, Phani Mishra, Manu PS, Akhil K.P., Padma Priya, Maneesh Kumar
 Senior Line Producer: Pooja Pandya
Senior Production Coordinator: Meghna Shetty

Sound Design


Factory Studios London Audio Producer: Lou Allen

Music

SIREN Music, London  Composer/Arranger: Guy Farley Music Producer/Supervisor: Sean Craigie-Atherton

Music performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra

Conductor – Zoltán Pad Orchestrator – Rich Jones

Music mix – Tim Harrison

Special Thanks Matilda Finn

[sunevial]

Reflection

Author’s Notes and Commentary

Well, here we are at the end.

When I started writing The Followers, I genuinely didn’t think it would come this far. I wasn’t setting out to write a literal novel’s worth of content (122,655 words between everything before I edit the original Followers fic, to be precise) about some self-insert OCs that some friends and I ended up creating on a whim. When I started with this project, it was supposed to be some fun little things between friends, a little like DMP in that regard: a fun fic writing with friends where plenty of bad things happen. Except like its source material, it turned into something much greater than even its creator could’ve imagined. 

Nearly everything that we came up with was pure speculation, because at the time, DMP didn’t have a lot of solid lore to build a more canon-compliant AU (not that I/we were ever trying to do that in the first place, but I digress). Part of me is a bit sad that I was never able to incorporate other Awakened or even write fics centered around the Awakened as opposed to the Followers; at the time most of this was being written, there simply weren’t enough characters in DMP for me to have a cast I could write with. By the time there were, there was no way I could take on another project of this size. The Followers fit that niche of having a relatively large cast with varying interpersonal dynamics that DMP now has, and at the very least, I am glad to see I was able to predict something in the major narrative.

This being said, as a person, I love making self insert characters for stories and media. In my eyes, if I can see myself or a character I have made interacting with a world someone else has created, that piece of media has made a world that others can see themselves in. Even in its early days, DMP created a world that I felt could be expanded upon beyond what we were explicitly told, which is how the Followers really came to be in the first place. Even if none of it is canon, the lore of the Followers still reasonably fits with the information we were given in Season 1, and that makes me happy.

(No, I’m never updating this to explore what we know as of season 3.)

A lot has changed since I started writing the Followers, and more broadly, writing anything for myself again. For those who didn’t know, I had a lot of hangups writing fanfiction for a long time due to some events in my past, and it wasn���t until DMP that I felt both inspired enough and comfortable enough with the community surrounding it to branch out into fic writing once again. Throughout this two and a half year journey, material and backstory elements were fleshed out behind the scenes, quite a bit of stuff got retconned within the Follower’s AU, and overall, I have quite simply changed as a writer and a person. I’ve made a lot of amazing friends (and a significant other) in this process, interacted with a lot of wonderful people, and in something that surprised even me, some of the DMP cast themselves have read my work. It’s really helped me break out of my shell and branch out into other avenues, and I genuinely don’t know where I’d be without writing the Followers.

So, to everyone who has been here on this journey, whether you helped develop the characters (shout outs to my fellow creators, Onyx, Missfoxx, ArcherOwl, Arahul, CollectorOfMyst, Caaarl, KyleTheWarrior, you guys are sincerely wonderful and amazing people to work with), been an avid fan of the series, or have simply enjoyed watching all of this from the side lines: thank you. I couldn’t have done this alone, and I’m glad to have gone on this journey with you all.

The Followers: Agents of Stories

I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t have a working theme going into this whole novel long journey, but I will be touching on some of the various themes I began to weave into the story as time went on.

The truth matters.

The truth is the single most driving factor throughout the series. Characters uncover each other’s backstories, Young Priest learns the real reason why the stories of the Followers have been so inconsistent, Vincent learns the truth about his wife, and even the readers of this fic learn the truth about the lore I’ve created for this AU. Wanting to know what is really going on is really the driver of any modern narrative, because it’s often the readers who are in the dark since we can only experience things from (typically) one perspective as we read. 

Truth, like history, is often written by the victors and people in power.

Murder God and the Followers are experts at lying. To them, truth is a tool, and whoever knows the truth has the most power. The truth is complicated, the truth is messy, and for beings that powerful, the truth is objectively dangerous. If word gets out Gale is the Witch’s daughter, if too many people know Young Priest’s sister is in the Void, if people learn that Priestess actually cares about Lieutenant, that gives other people power over them. This is where the idea of unreliable narrators also comes into play; there’s simply things that the reader doesn’t know because of who’s POV they’re experiencing the world through and what they’re going to care about letting other people know. They don’t want people to know the truth. I

A story’s message is more important than the truth.

Good narratives and good historical records rarely intersect well. There’s always going to be embellishment, stuff that is left out or skimmed over, or timelines that are changed to better suit the story someone is trying to tell. Because the truth is often written by people in power, it makes sense for the general scope of the narrative to be prioritized over getting every single detail correct. No one actually cares if Witch lost her pregnancy, if Huntress was killed by another god, if Advisor actually feared something happening to him. People care about the Witch, the human who has fallen from grace. People care about the Huntress, bringer of vengeance and the hunt. People care about the Advisor, collector of knowledge and secrets. As long as the mythos is served, who cares about the truth?

General Questions

What is the order the Followers joined?

Old Priestess, Lieutenant, Witch, Bookkeeper, Advisor, Huntress, Part Timer, Young Priest

What do all of the Followers represent in terms of game rolls?

Old Priestess and Lieutenant are the Murderers, Witch is the Witch (you can save someone and you can kill someone), Bookkeeper is the Minion (aids the murderers but does not partake in the killings), Advisor is the Seer, Huntress is the Gunslinger, Part Timer is the Doctor/Bodyguard (protect one person every night), and Young Priest is the Gardener.

How many of the Followers have been replaced?

Less than you think. Witch is the last in a long line of typically human or quasi-immortal witches who didn’t survive. The Young Priest position has changed hands multiple times due to that role actively needing some human morality to work properly, which usually results in minds being broken or rebellions taking place. 

Can Old Priestess and Lieutenant bleed?

Old Priestess, yes. Lieutenant, no, but I suppose he could make blood if he really felt like it.

The Masquerade chapter mentioned something about Priestess having "ichor" that helped stabilize Bookkeepers' blood. What is that quote un quote ichor?

It’s just her own blood. Priestess donated her own blood to help stabilize Bookkeeper.

How many years did it take for Bookkeeper’s legs to heal? Are there any scars?

Time doesn’t really exist in the Void, but if I had to put a number to it, about ten years. There are some very small scars, but they’re not easy to see. Bookkeeper also never wears anything that isn’t long sleeved, so take that as you will.

Could you stick your hand through Part Timer’s eye hole? How does he function with half of his skin gone? Does he get blood everywhere?

Yes, you can, but you’d soon hit red strings. His muscle tissue and bones are held together with magic and magic alone, so his ‘undead’ side needs blood only in the vaguest sense. That being said, his clothes are almost always bloodstained to some extent, so that blood has to come from somewhere.

What are the Followers’ opinions on sleeping? Do any of them need sleep?

None of them need sleep. Most of them are too busy to ever want sleep. Huntress occasionally lies down for a nap, and Witch slept a fair bit while she was raising Gale.

How do Advisor's…emotion switches work? Could they get unwillingly triggered by something?

The switches are more metaphorical. The idea is that since he understands how emotions are processed and created and how he responds to them, he can willingly enable or disable his ability to feel them. This also means he can, in theory, control his mood at all given times. However, as shown in Inter Spem et Metum, if he has had no reason to experience a certain emotion until that exact moment, it can temporarily render that control useless, as he doesn’t know enough about it to control it.

Can any of them get sick? If yes, what could cause it and how would they get better?

Biological illness, no. Curse based illnesses, yes. Typically if one of them were to get cursed by something strong enough to hold, Witch would be the one to break it. She’s their primary curse breaker. If Witch gets cursed, the others know enough about curse breaking to get her out of it.

Can they get sick from something their own bodies do (ie. hives from stress, allergies)?

Almost all of their bodies are so infused with magic that most problems that would plague mortals aren’t as much of a concern. It would be a little bit like, say, Aphrodite getting hives from stress. While she might look human, she’s definitely not, and a lot of the problems that come with being human don’t apply.

When did Retribution take place?

Before Part Timer joined. That’s the closest to an actual answer you’re going to get.

How many of the Followers actually know each other’s stories?

Everyone has an inkling of the truth of the others, but only Witch and Bookkeeper have let the others know their full story. Bookkeeper has never really cared, and Witch was all but forced to tell her full story. 

Are there any ships that the creators ship among the Followers?

Old Priestess and Lieutenant is shipped by Old Priestess’s creator (Missfoxx), Lieutenant’s creator (Onyx), and me. It’ll never be canon, because Lieutenant doesn’t know what love feels like and Old Priestess will never admit her own feelings, but it is a strong ship between the three of us. Bookkeeper’s creator (Caaarl) and I actually ship Bookkeeper and Witch due to their unspoken bond they developed being the only former humans amongst ancient deities and eldritch entities. Again, non canon, but it’s definitely an exploration for both of us how the two of them would cope with such traumatic transformations.    

What actually happened with Vincent’s wish in Chapter 20?

This was intentionally left vague due to it being from Vincent’s point of view, and Vincent calls himself not a smart man. Essentially, Murder God and the Followers caused a timeline divergence due to their canon ability to fuck up timelines as they so desire. Gale still married Vincent Marshall Reid, but he simply just died in the war overseas and never took Murder God’s deal. Vincent Marshall Reid of DMP canon instead grew up in West Virginia and married Abigail Crane. Essentially, the two of them exist in different timelines now, unable to ever interact again in any meaningful way.

Is Gale going to be okay?

Gale is Witch’s daughter. Witch refuses to let Gale get mixed up with the cults. Even with her current actions and making a deal with Murder God, Gale is considered a free agent and always will be a free agent. She and the kids will be fine. Star sickness isn’t a thing in the Followers AU either, so she won’t be coughing up goop.

What is actually going to happen to Young Priest in Chapter 21?

That’s meant for reader speculation; part of the horror of the Followers is not knowing specifically what they’re willing to do to someone and how far they’re willing to go to make someone into the image they need. I’ll probably expand on how I think he turns out once everything has been done to him, but I can tell you this. His eyes are turned a solid sparkling blue.

[dmpositivity]

Sooo maybe I should've made my first post before making it public to the discord server. I've clearly ran a blog before.

Anyway!!

Q: What's this?

As evident in the name, this blog is made to spread positivity and happiness about everything DMP. If you've watched the post-shows, there's a segment where the cast members of DMP talk about things about what they love about the episode, whether be it a cast member's voice-acting, a piece of art, or a certain scene. So I thought, why not do the same but everyone gets a little say about something?

Got a scene you really like? Is a certain OST really stuck in your head? Love the way a cast member portrays the good angst? Or maybe you really, really love a certain piece of fanart? Feel free to send it here, and I'll post it anonymously. All you need to do is read the rules (in the rules page), and then send your compliments in the submission box!

Q: That's nice, but I'm on mobile, so I can't access the page?

For the convenience of mobile users, I'm also making a post exactly the same as the faq, so don't worry about it :) It’ll be tagged as faq. 

Any other questions? Feel free to drop it into the ask box!

[internetremix]

I just thought of a question after the post show ended for DMP. The Awakened get drinks in the lounge, but do they ever EAT???

Alex: Doc eats. He's gone without eating for God knows how long, at least it's different

Queen: Grace came from war time Britain where rationing was very prominent. She's gonna be eating whatever she can.

Uprising: Val eats, but she doesn't have to eat to live anymore, so she mostly eats pastries and stuff

Adric: Tommy eats when he remembered to. He's used to just not eating for surgery and only having lite things to eat. + Depression = forgets to eat more.

Split: vinny rarely eats, but if someone mentions something he wants to make he will definitely cook

Bro: Junior McCooks-A-Lot doesn't always eat the food he makes. If he eats it's to try something out.