#family crypt

[rabbit-hearted-darling]

reading family crypt and the first thing i notice is that one of their kids name is aleister. ALEISTER.

why did they name him like the hazbin hotel man and why does the name...kinda fit 😭😭😭

[the-tharns-speak]

You mentioned in a previous post that the deceased tharns cause trouble in the family crypt; what ancestors have caused the most trouble, and have they been recurring, or isolated? (And are there any the public needs to be made aware of?)

The greatest trouble actually predate me personally by... a number of centuries. As in "Ancestral Tharns crawled out of the graveyard, some of them courteously left behind their decayed bodies, but a lot of them did not". The official family chronicle claims that they were upset with one of the Remans, but I sincerely doubt that. However, this incident is the reason why the crypt was excavated in the first place and why it was heavily warded from the beginning.

The most recurring "troublemaker" is Granny Inolda. She is not my grandmother, she just insists on everyone calling her that. She's lonely and wants to desperately talk to anyone who happens to be by. She loves to collect and share gossip and she knows a lot of useful things by the virtue of knowing a lot in general. But she's not that good with dates, so good luck giving her the freshest "tea" on the youngest of the Potentate boys. Bring some flowers and fresh candles and brace yourself for an hour of talk; a warm blanket and a pillow to sit on is recommended.

Then there is Quinta, who is... sort of a special case. Some 60-odd years ago (actually close to 70 now?) she died; we've found the body (almost all of it), but there was no communication with her spirit until a couple of years ago when she practically waltzed into my office in flesh: "Hey, I have returned, give me back my Embassy, b'Vhek you did not age with grace." And so she still physically has her skeleton in the crypt and a whole different body in Morrowind, and I really hope she doesn't think she is getting a second sarcophagus, she'll have to squeeze once she lays down again. Quinta's status is not a public information, but mostly because nobody asked.

My Father is not exactly a restless spirit, but he loves to pop up here and then to glare at me. Technically an issue only because it ruins my day and I am then snappy at people even when they don't deserve it.

You get to encounter a sort of an ash-spirit. Some distant uncle of mine attempted lichdom; his closest of kin did not approve, so he was ante-mortem cremated. The will to animate his body is still there, hence the human-shaped cloud of ash roaming the hallways, but that is pretty much all that is left. He's almost impossible to hold in one place, and he's never been a problem. Just try not to breathe him in when you walk by, it's impolite.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔓𝔦𝔫𝔟𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔐𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰

[canisalbus]

Man now I'm thinking of like. You know that one lady who made a marble gravestone of her and her wife embracing because they couldn't get married legally at the time or something? Just that but your boys because I was thinking sbout how you draw fabric and characters interacting, how you mentioned there was supposed to be a bad ending or something for your plot, and then The Laws Of That Time

(I keep missing all the plot posts somehow lmao really gotta check it all out)

I find myself thinking of this a lot:

[martyrbat]

mike mckone

[ID: ten bust drawings of 2003's Teen Titans team—consisting of Raven, Starfire, Wonder Girl, Speedy, Robin, Superboy, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Kid Flash, and Impulse. END ID]

[ghost-bxrd]

Prompt:

Bruce is Jason’s biological father.

He finds out about it during the autopsy after Ethiopia.

[saintvainglorious]

Fics I Enjoyed in January - DC Comics Fic Rec List Part 2

I am still neck-deep in DC fandom this month and the fics have been so so good. Unlike last time, I am too tired to write mini summaries/reviews, so I'm going to feature my favorite quote from each fic instead.

My first DC Comics fic rec list is here!

Floor Plans by @oh-mother-of-darkness (Teen & Up, 1k, 2016) “I really didn’t want to die,” he finished. “I was kind of hoping if I laid here long enough, I would remember what that felt like.”

Losing two brothers in six months takes an emotional toll.

almost right by @bitimdrake (Teen & Up, 3k, 2020) He desperately wishes that he didn’t know what Dick’s cheekbone feels like under a gauntleted fist.

Bruce sucks in a breath, hand raising to fix the cowl. Dick flinches back.

but more with love by @danishsweethearts (Teen & Up, 3k, 2022) Dick wakes up one morning, groggy from a dream that he thinks might’ve been about the circus and also about his favourite car and also about how lonely he is, and realizes that he can’t remember what his mother’s voice sounds like anymore.

O Robin, Robin, wherefore art thou Robin?

The Mechanics of a Hug by @sohotthateveryonedied (General Audiences, 4k, 2017) “You know… that crushing sense of depression? Like,” Dick chews his lip. “It’s. A physical weight. Makes it hard to breathe?” “Yeah,” Tim says, soft. He smiles, wryly. “I sort of hoped you didn’t, though.”

“So,” Tim ventures. “It's… what, a cuddle pollen?” Bruce just shrugs. “Something like that.”

No Pain, All Gain by @sohotthateveryonedied (General Audiences, 1k, 2020) Tim’s eyes go even wider. “You stole my organs?” “Technically,” Jason chimes in, “the doctors stole your organs. We just gave them permission.”

Bruce checks Tim’s IV. “Are you in any pain? Do you need more morphine?” Tim’s pupils are so wide that only the faintest ring of blue can be seen. He watches Bruce the way a five-year-old watches cartoons. “I’m all good, B-dog. All Gucci, like we cool teens say." His words are slurred almost beyond recognition, but Tim doesn’t seem to notice or care. "I could fight Superman right now.”

The Wind Sits in the Shoulder of Your Sail by @birdchildsnest (Teen & Up, 7k, 2020) “Oh my god. Bruce. I can’t even tell if you’re serious. When everybody finally eats the rich—they’re going to eat you first.”

At least, back then, Tim had barely been a teenager. He could almost forgive his own volatility. And he’d been smart enough (scared enough?) not to tell Jack that he didn’t need him. What was his excuse now? Bruce was his dad (at least, in the legal sense), but (surprise, surprise) it turned out that Tim wasn’t any better at being a son. Or Tim and Bruce still have some things to sort through after the adoption.

I Left My Conscience On Your Front Doorstep by @dustorange (Teen & Up, 21k, 2022) He doesn’t want to be loved if being loved is like this.

"I think I'm leaving," Dick whispers. "I think I'm not coming back."

bad boys bad boys (whatcha gonna do) ♫ by @drakefeathers (Teen & Up, 20k, 2014) "They live their lives thinking they can charge through the city with the right to hurt and kill and destroy as many lives as they want. And they do it all without a shred of remorse." “But—” Damian begins, brow furrowed in confusion. “Isn’t that like you?”

a Jason and Damian as Batman and Robin AU!! featuring a bunch of graffiti, a rival dynamic duo, and Cat Jason (a cat named Jason).

The Biggest Mistake by @oh-mother-of-darkness (General Audiences, 1k, 2016) “I could ground him anyway, if it would make you feel better.” “He only said it because I called him ‘a garbage can so ineffective it actually became garbage.’”

"You know what really needs to be addressed? Bruce's truly terrible treatment of Damian." -Me, on a daily basis

been a number and a name by @wynterstars (Teen & Up, 35k, 2023) “Turns out if you just say ‘spacetime’ until people’s eyes glaze over they don’t really question anything you say. Also, somehow nobody expects me to be able to actually do enough math to explain it.”

On a field trip, Robin has a close encounter with the newest super in Metropolis, only to discover the hard way that Superboy secretly works for Lex Luthor. They agree to work together on a plan to free Superboy from Luthor’s hold, but Robin isn’t sure how far he can trust him—and his developing feelings only make things more complicated.

clean it like you mean it by @wynterstars (Teen & Up, 70k, 2024) "Wait, ugh, you're not my dead dad, right? If I'm getting a dying vision of my dead dad I want a do-over because he suuuuucked."

When Gotham's crooks have to scrub down their lairs, who do they call? Jason Todd, Gotham's first and only underworld crime scene cleaning specialist. He's spent his life dodging the Bat, but after a chance encounter he saves Robin's life. Tim Drake finds himself drawn to the conflicted rogue, and soon Jason becomes Robin's street informant. But they can only stay on opposite sides of the law for so long before something breaks.

3:16 by @wufflesvetinari (Teen & Up, 70k (WIP), 2023) “Try to decouple one thing from the other. I’m proud of you, but ice cream isn’t my grand statement about whether you’ve been good or bad today. Good things are good. Happiness is precious. Sometimes you just want caramel chocolate chip.”

The knife pushes thin along Dick’s carotid artery, cupping the indent between neck and jawline—forcing him to angle his chin. The metal is warm, pulled with execution speed from under Damian’s pillow. “Okay,” Dick says quietly, tracking the intricacies of his own heartbeat—counting the space between breaths. “Guess I did need a shave.” (With faltering steps, Dick and Damian become Batman and Robin.)

wolf-king of rome by @mysterycitrus (Not Rated, 25k, 2024) “You go after Joker, but you don’t kill him, because it’s not about the Joker dying, it’s about Bruce breaking his code for you. It’s about Bruce loving you enough to change himself for the worse. It’s about your idea of grieving.”

Jason doesn’t fear Dick Grayson. Fear itself has changed shape for him, since his return from the Pit - it tastes of dirt in his mouth, of drowning, of fire and blood and laughter, more than a tangible face. Still, he’d be stupid not to be cautious. Dick liked playing on an uneven field, and would do anything to keep him off balance, so he just had to stay focused. That’s the nature of the armistice, both waiting for the other to make a move. It’s like balancing on the head of a pin.

Declensions by @dustorange (Teen & Up, 13k, 2018) “Do not tell them your name. Do as I did to survive. I lied. I have always lied. Make one up. Do not let them have you. Say your name is…is…is…Richard Grayson. Or something. They are going to steal you; do not give them anything to steal.”

“My father,” Dick says, “worked the rope. It cut him. His hands were never clean.”

Passiontide by @bigdvmnhero (Teen & Up, 5k, 2025) Despite its faults, the day had tried to be good. He felt young, like someone's son.

On the 96th day Bruce didn't call, Dick remembered their old game. Three things he knew: 1) In three months, it would be Dick's death anniversary; 2) Bruce was still missing his check-ins; 3) Here Dick was, persisting. Imagine the things I'd survive, Dick thought distantly, if I loved Bruce less. Or: Agent 37 and his various crises of faith, on Day 277 at Spyral, Day 150, and Day -0.

the time you won your town the race by @silverwhittlingknife (Teen & Up, 4k (WIP), 2022) Tim. Tim is Dick’s. Death sharpens, clarifies these things. Who will receive the body, decide on the funeral, receive condolences, make all the decisions that matter. No one has questioned it, not even Tim’s friends. There’s a terrible clarity about death. If Dick said, let’s burn everything he owned, Alfred would do it.

He doesn’t know exactly what Tim would say. But he knows what Tim would do. Tim dies. Dick doesn’t take death for an answer. A Red Robin 12 AU.

door, opening by @cowboysorceror (Mature, 70k (WIP), 2024) Dick, with the keys to every locked door Jason has ever tried to open, tucked inside the cradle of his skull; all of that, snuffed out like a candle.

It’s barely audible, but he knows what he heard. A short, four-note whistle, chirping down – E, C#, then jumping up to A, F#, a little trill on the finish. He waits a moment, head turned slightly towards the dim shapes of storage containers between him and the ramp, eyes straining against the blackness. Long, stretching seconds. There it is again. His gloved hand, prickling with cold, closes into a fist. It’s a wood thrush. A small North American songbird that doesn’t sing at night, doesn’t live in the city. He knows what it means. It means hold, steady, not yet. It means wait for me, I’m behind you.

[auxxrat]

woke up angry because they put ANYONE BUT Boba on the Mando throne.

I love Bo-Katan, MORE than the next person probably. BUT PLEASE DAVE FILONI. I LOVE SATINE TOO BUT PLEASE. Both of them have reasons as to why they aren’t fit to rule Mandalore, but Boba shows us time and time again that he could singlehandedly take back the entire planet.

And the disrespect Bo-Katan gives him?? Crazy, crazy propaganda and its crazy that SHE out of all people would listen to it. And giving Bo-Katan the right of being their leader after giving it up SO EASILY?(listen, I know she was in a tough situation but you think even the mando’s would take that personally and say hey not u but maybe IM wrong on that), you would think the mando’s would SEE that as unfit and disrespectful, seeming all that happened afterwords.

It would NOT be crazy, at least in legends, to say that the people would PRAY for Jango’s return. You think they aren’t gonna see Boba and drop to the ground with the Mandalorian throne in their hands? It’s his birth right DIRECTLY, Jango is a DIRECT descendant of Cassus Fett and a bloodline that has been Mandalorian for centuries— this makes Boba and the clones direct descendants too— THAT IS THEIR CLAIM. It’s literally their BIRTH RIGHT, and keeping the clones away from their culture is even more disrespectful than Boba not claiming whats his.

AND the watering down of Death Watch is crazy, I KNOW I aways bring this up but it makes me mad. I do not CARE if they are just the children of the watch, they are clearly still a rouge fraction that believes in the old Death Watch ways. Boba knows the stories, what they have done to his father has been with him since he was BORN, he deserved at LEAST a 1v1 vs Paz instead of that weak death (it was kinda cool but when you consider a VIZSLA?? Going down?? Yeah cooler death even if you hate them). Its even more important that Din knows what they’ve done, or at least the armorer admitting and telling the story of what happened on THAT day.

This was literally just a yapping sesh because I’m salty about Boba not reclaiming what’s RIGHTFULLY his, or any of the clones for that matter. All in all, Boba should be sitting on that throne not in some trash bin on Tatooine.

THE MANDALORIAN PEOPLE YEARN FOR THE FETTS!!! THEY YEARN FOR THE DAY JANGO COMES BACK AND SAVES THEM !!!

[jeweled-blue-eyes]

imagine if the Eckarts lived in a decaying mansion like in a gothic horror novel. The house looks picturesque from afar, but from the inside it's rotten and the rot spreads where Ivonne's room begins. Her memory poisons their family from inside out, just like the wallpaper dyed with Scheele's Green could poison the house's occupants slowly by releasing poison dust into the air. Duke Eckart had expressly forbidden his servants from moving any of Ivonne's belongings, as if at any given moment Ivonne could walk into her room from the town's festival where she went missing six years ago and break out in tears upon noticing that her beloved teddy bear were not sitting at the windowsill where she had left him. In summer she had left the window open when she had sneaked out with her brothers. They left it open in autumn too and also in winter. It rains inside, it snows inside but Ivonne is never found inside her room again.

What if Ivonne's room had been given to the "fake" before Penelope's room was made ready for her, until it was taken away from her early when Penelope had thrown one of Ivonne's treasured porcelain dolls against the shelf and broken it as she screamed like a madwoman claiming the room was haunted, when really she had seen hallucinations caused by the poison in the walls, the mold in the furniture and the carbon monoxide in the air? The Eckarts' refusal to move on from her death traps the occupants of the house in the past and is turning their home into a living corpse. They treated Ivonne's room like a shrine when it actually became the place of the imprisonment of the ghost of her twelve year old self that has begun haunting its foolish replacement.

[edmunderson]

Anouk (she/her) | Laurent (they/them) | Rene (he/him)

my ravenwood family. they're the scariest of all.... they're french

[annalrk-art]

a family that's cursed by music together, jams together

[rabbit-hearted-darling]

THE BABY

protect the babby

(Lilith from family crypt)

[horrorfilms1313]

Tales from the Crypt

The Assassin (S6 E8): A happy housewife (Shelley Hack) is pitted against three CIA agents (Corey Feldman, Jonathan Banks and Chelsea Field), who have come to kill her husband, a supposed rogue agent.

[genshin-projection]

i took a few liberties but... Sunday-inspired playlist!

some highlights:

master of the heavenly yard (off-vocal) (mothy/akuno-P)

portrait of the pirate F (hitoshizuku-p)

rock in god's shoe (sushi soucy)

worst case scenario (the hoosiers)

but never a key (dirt poor robins)

hello my old heart (the oh hellos)

rule #35 - microphone (fish in a birdcage)

into the unknown (over the garden wall)

collared (vane lily)

taixu (sasakure.uk , lasah)

ship in a bottle (fin)

a couple ender lilies OSTs

a few omori OSTs

a few hsr (penacony) OSTs

[comingyourlugubriousness]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

An Adam's family dress-up inspired by my friend @bunnwich and I's conversations lol. The pencil mustache is a must on Yume. I had this idea mulling around in my mind for a while and wanted to do something silly for October.

Edit: SO originally this was just one picture but then I saw the scene here and I had to draw it. Extra and stuff and version w/glasses under cut.

I found a reference image on Google, but after I drew I found out that it had a watermark! It took a bit of reverse searching but the original was drawn by @/beecher-arts. Who, I respectfully am not tagging so they don't see my cringe ship art lol.

Reference: X

Version with glasses:

[martyrbat]

“no one will hurt you while i'm here. i promise!” | batman: shadow of the bat #2