#excited+ for the future chapters

[see-arcane]

One of my companions whispered to another the line from Burger's "Lenore":—

"Denn die Todten reiten schnell"— ("For the dead travel fast.")

There’s only so much that can be said about the upcoming parallels between the poem of “Lenore” by Gottfriend August Bürger without spoiling the punch of specific plot points in Dracula for new readers, but for context’s sake--and so I can free myself from some of the need to Ramble (tm)--the synopsis for the poem is this:

The eponymous Lenore is heartbroken, wretched, and lamenting God’s cruelty for apparently failing to favor or protect her beloved William in war. He’s the only soldier of their village who does not return alive, smiling and triumphant. Lenore’s mother tries to shush and deter her from such grieving blasphemy unto God, claiming William must merely have gone off with another girl and that God does love her. To curse Him is dangerous!

A few verses carry on in this way, highlighting Lenore’s well-earned anger, sorrow and grief, all contrasted with her mother’s fretting and somewhat lacking comfort. Night falls. Outside Lenore’s window, William rides up on his horse, alive and well. Lenore is overjoyed and joins him when he invites her onto his steed so they can ride away...

“Ere we may lie in the bridal-bed.”

Off they ride swiftly into the night, gradually joined by a following of eerie restless dead as their impromptu wedding reception. Though Lenore is frightened, William is content to ride on and banter about the spirits. Eventually, the horse comes to a stop at their destination: a cemetery. As they dismount, Lenore sees ‘William’ melt away to reveal the iconic Grim Reaper face of Death, replete with skeleton shape, sickle, and hourglass. William has been dead all along and the only bed he has to share with her is a grave. The final lines?

The churchyard troop,--a ghostly group--

Close round the dying girl;

Out and in they hurry and spin

Through the dance’s weary whirl:

“Patience, patience, when the heart is breaking

With thy God there is no question-making:

Of they body thou art quit and free:

Heaven keep thy soul eternally!”

Which is a Hell of a grim sentiment to end on. 

In future chapters, once Certain Vampiric Events come into view, the motifs of the ballad come back in full force. Albeit in ways that both lean into and fully defy the seeming moral for poor Lenore and William. You know when you see them.

If you haven’t read the poem before, I highly recommend it! You can give it a gander here.

[forgettable-au]

Since the font wingdings gets translated horribly by any recording and ESPECIALLY digital stuff, can he like- not make phone calls either? THIS POOR MAN 😭

Yeah, basically 😞

I kinda made that whole headcanon for Wingdings based on this thing that happens in deltarune with your phone:

Soooooo, yeah!!!! Phone calls don't work great!!!

And like, yeaaaahh that's definitely related to Gaster but it's probably not his voiceeeee in canon, it's probably something elseeeeee BUT!!! IN THIS AU I MADE A WHOLE HEADCANON FOR GASTER BASED ON THAT, ISN'T THAT FUN???? YEAH🎉

[triglycercule]

horrortale waterfall game broke me sorry (hey just like horror!)

[myokk]

[thatonecrazysidekick]

@sunfloweraro I'm sorry it took so long to respond to you on this post, but I needed to draw this before any further action could be taken.

Yippee, Ravio will get comfort!! My sanity is safe (for now). Hilda and Zelda appearances would be cool, and a Sheerow POV would be quite interesting indeed!! I wonder what that bird is thinking behind those blank little eyes...

[vicartless-bowuigi-space-au]

“What are you scared of?”

Luigi felt the Star's unease fill his every being—a child shaking in a dark alley, crowding against a corner with no escape. And with a voice that stole Luigi's breath, the Star responded.

“Her.”

[zentriii]

hatake kakashi: full time shinobi part time comedian

[sun-e-chips]

Hi! Me again! So, just out of curiosity, would you happen to have a general floor plan or site plan of the overall waterpark and maybe the hotel? (I saw the floor plan for the hotel room and started wondering how the hotel connects to the waterpark). Also, are Sun and Moon only in charge of the waterpark portion?

@agent-darkfest you asked this question in May! I can’t believe it took me this long to actually illustrate a general layout but here it is!!!

Every room gets a waterpark view :D

“On either side of the atrium, connected to the lobby, there are corridors leading into the park’s resort rooms. From what you remember the resort circles half the park, sort of like a C-shape enclosing the front section.”

And to answer your other question, Sun and Moon are in charge of the entire resort and park! (but they did not when Waterspark Bay first opened)

[burnthatbridge]

far from my care and keeping

buddie (side buck/tommy, mentioned eddie/marisol) | T | 3k | angst, pining, one-sided feelings realization Buck's in hospital, but that's nothing new. What is new is the extra person in the waiting room. That, and Eddie's understanding of his own heart.

Another day, another visit to the hospital.

They should be used to this by now: sitting in the sterile space off the main hallway, waiting, waiting, waiting. It should feel routine, ordinary, typical with how often they find themselves in the situation. But Eddie doesn’t think it’s ever going to feel that way when it’s one of them behind the doors fighting for their life, the rest sitting anxious on the other side. He wishes the universe would stop adding instances, would cease trying to make it, force it to be, normal.

It’s the usual crew; they’re practically all there: Eddie, Bobby, Hen, Ravi, Maddie, Athena. Chim had taken Jee-Yun from Maddie and left with her about an hour after Maddie arrived — it’s getting late, past Jee’s bedtime. And Karen is at home with the baby and Denny. Eddie is lucky Marisol was supposed to be coming over for dinner anyway, that she offered to get Chris and stay with him till Eddie could leave. Athena showed up at the end of her shift with coffee and donuts for everyone, caffeine and sugar to keep them going.

Eddie’s cup is sitting cold on the table, his donut already split between Chim and Ravi when he shook his head in a refusal of it. He’d struggle to eat or drink anything in his condition, plus the knot in his stomach is too large for anything else to fit. It’d come back up, and he’s afraid of what else might spill from him with it.

It’s the usual crew. Plus–

“Hey,” Tommy’s voice sounds. Eddie looks up to him crossing the floor towards them, not at a run, but not far off. “What happened? How’s he doing?” he asks, directed at Eddie, as his eyes sweep over him, take in the state of him.

“He’s– It was–” Eddie tries, but his mouth is dry and the lump in his stomach extends to his throat too, blocking it, making him choke on the words.

Hen, sitting in the chair next to him, takes over. “He’s in surgery.”

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[beachyserasims]

Geneva Island Legacy┃Chapter eight┃Them All  

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[o-sunny-day]

Me n my sister when the chapters release…

IM SO EXCITED we play rpg games like this all the time like Omori n Night In The Woods, where we voice the characters and WE DID THAT FOR UNDERTALE BACK IN 2016, SM FUN, THEN DELTARUNE CHAPTER 1-2, AND IM JUST SO EXCITED TO DO THAT AGAIN!!! Cause tbh we’re running out of fun voice acting games….

We trade off who voices who so much cause we love em all BUT i usually do Ralsei, and she does Susie. Then I Noelle, her Berdly, I Toriel, her Asgore and Sans, fun stuff all ‘round

We go to war over who voices Jevil and Spamton HBCDBHDEHNS Oh yeah and she does Lancer, I do everyone else + Lancer when hes talking to his dad, she does Kings stuff. And she also does Queen.

I gotta make a list of things to do when the chapters come out like omfg there are going to be GOOGLE DOCS GALLOR. Notes of my thoughts on specific parts, theories, objectives, MORE NOTES ON MY THOUGHTS like those are fun to look back on after. These were my notes after the finale to Act 1 of Arcane

ahh…good times.

[partyhorn]

She's a little strange

[iwanttoshareamorange]

I should be going to bed but all I can think about is lwj and jc’s relationship, specifically in my sk8 au.

They cannot stand each other, and in a perfect world they would have never met .

They each find the other annoying and too much and so high and mighty.

But they are all that’s left of the best years of their lives before everything went to shit and they lost most of their friends died group in the span of 12 months. They’re pretty much the only reminders they have of carefree childhood and skating around with friends and doing silly tricks.

But the pain of what they lost hurts so they spend the next over a decade ignoring each other

And then their fucking kids become best friends and all the sudden they have to see each other all the time again

And all they can see is all their own broken pieces because nobody reminds them more of what they lost than the other person who was there for it

And all the juniors are looking between these two reasonable professional adults who they thought were complete strangers have the most petty burning tragic hatred between them and just ?????????????

[demaparbat-hp]

For the Spirits— Chapter VII: Take Me South

Take me south when it's the time

Pour me away like golden wine

I'll form a splash and it will dry

But in the shape of you

—Pure You by Nothing But Thieves

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Yume placed her hands on her hips and took a step forward. “That I do, yet I can't help but wonder about the timing. Heading South, seeking information on the Tribes…it's all very sudden, don't you think?”

The folded parchment hidden under his vest suddenly seemed to hold the weight of the world. Zuko placed a hand on his chest, where the sketch rested just above his heart. He stared thoughtfully at the floor.

Why now, indeed?

[stegulus]

all our time has come

“It’s Black land,” Regulus repeats, his voice rising now, losing the controlled edge that never seemed to leave him at school. “I don’t want you here. This is my clearing, I was here first, and you always do this, and he’s my brother, not yours, and– and– and I hate you, and Sirius showed it to me first, and it’s not fair! It– it isn’t fair.” He’s run out of steam by the end of his tirade, voice trailing off, breathing hard, eyes wet and ears red.

hogwarts, a summer, a war, and a time loop to bring them together

regulus black / james potter

words: 19,717 ; chapters: 2/18

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[scarredlove]

WHAM! We have a winner!

My attack for @bamsara

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