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Costume Concept Art for Nosferatu (2024) by Linda Muir
#nosferatu#costume design#fashion#movies#lily rose depp#robert eggers#bill skarsgård#nicolas hoult#horror#19th century#historical fashion#mine
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Dante's Inferno (1861)
— by Gustave Doré
#art#artist#artblr#red#goth#gothic#whump#angst#dark art#horror#painting#gay#mlm#artists#historical painting#gustave doré#art community#fine art#art gallery#classical art#classic academia#dark academia#aesthetic#queer#whumpblr#historical art#art blog#illustration
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#aesthetic#liminal#conwy#conwy castle#castles#castle#eerie photography#eerie#creepy#dark#religious aesthetic#religious horror#religious#wales#welsh castles#stained glass#stained glass windows#eeriecore#liminalcore#welsh#history#historical#historical castles
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God stood in the doorway
#cw vomit#cw blood#original character#horror art#oc lore#digital art#queer artist#digital painting#surrealism#historical oc#historical fiction#religious horror#Quentin#Rosie
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illustration of an ice pick lobotomy
#ice pick lobotomy#medical procedure#hospital#whump#angst#whumpblr#history#historical art#illustration#anatomy#illustrations#vintage#horror#goth#gothic#anatomically correct#midwest#rural#rural decay
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The Birds of Ballygáire.
thank you so much for reading. i appreciate it.
Special thanks to @terastrialbean for script editing & @junkohanhero for their wonderful typewriter fonts.
#oc#ocs#artists on tumblr#art#lovecraftian horror#lovecraft#horror#tyto alba#barn owl#bird#bird art#pendeedles#comic#comics#indie comic#indie comics#horror comic#teeth#irish horror#horror art#vintage#vintage horror#horror comics#indiecomics#dark fantasy#historical horror#historical fiction#illustrationartists#folk horror
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Over the Garden Wall, 2014, dir. Patrick McHale
SE01E001 The Old Grist Mill
#horror aesthetic#horror tv#over the garden wall#2010s horror#historical horror#fantasy horror#fairy tale horror#coming of age horror#new england gothic#childhood trauma#halloween horror#autumnal horror#musical horror
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DPxDC Au: Normally when Danny vandalizes ancient cave walls and historic places on his 'favor' missions for Clockwork, he gets sent back to erase them. But no, apparently this time, when Danny added his actual phone number into some painting, he's not allowed to go back and fix it. Ugh.
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Tim has had the painting of Bruce professionally reviewed a few times since the old Bat was retrieved from the time stream. He's not entirely sure how the painting still exists, he's not even sure that it matters any more... But one day Tim catches something new in the painting.
It was small, and it could've just been the light at first but... Is that a phone number in the background?? It looks like black marker on the black curtains and it makes him feel feral. The family is kinder this time about how they think he's gone crazy- but each one of them admit that they can't remember a phone number ever being present.
The lab reports that the number was added over the paint- and that it's an ink based marking akin to a sharpie but like, hundreds of years old. So... It's been added recently but not at all recently enough for Tim to have an explanation.
Tim doesn't want to hear any more of his family members opinions on the matter and he certainly isn't going to just, stop investigating or something stupid like that. So, he takes the painting to the tower, gathers his team (Cassie, Kon and Bart), and they call the number in the middle of the night after a lot of planning/back-and-forth/catastrophizing.
It doesn't answer until the final ring, and the static that comes through the phone is bone chilling. A deep, monstrous groan which echoed with agony fills the room.
"I have a math test in like, three hours, who the fuck are you and why the fuck are you calling in the middle of the night?" The voice now complains, still sounding vaguely inhuman despite it's very human word choices.
"Your number is in a historical painting, we had a few questions but uh, you can call us back later?" Tim cringes as he says it but he hadn't planned on having to reply to someone trying to go back to bed. Or someone who was apparently also a teenager. (He had so, so many contingency plans for like, every kind of villain, alien or demon. lame.)
"...Ugh. might as well." The voice calls out, agreeing with a sigh that echos so deeply the team can feel it in their bones.
"Cool. Good luck on your test?" Tim offers.
"Mph." And the line hangs up.
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Danny is at lunch with Sam and Tucker when he remembers the late night call. He'd spent the morning bitching about never getting a full night of sleep and it finally occurred to him what had happened. Of course his friends think it's hilarious that CW wouldn't let him erase his number. Of course they do.
They stop laughing when Danny calls the number back.
"Hello, this is Red Robin of Gotham. I have Superboy, Wonder girl and Impulse present with me. How did your math test go?"
#dcxdp#dpxdc#dc x dp#dp x dc#danny phantom#dc crossover#dp crossover#long post#let danny be a shit head kid who puts the weird s on historical documents#clockwork always has him clean up his messes but not this time#this time he holds it over his head and danny is so annoyed#yj just want answers and dammit the horrors persist but so do they#someone please continue this#i beg
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I will admit as a lesbian on the internet that sometimes lesbians on the internet will see two women barely interact and then ship them (which totally cool and correct of them to do). That is NOT what is happening with Trudy and Kelsey those women have layers of homosexuality going on to the point that I am convinced the ghost of a dead lesbian teacher from the 50s has possessed Matthew Arnold and is speaking through him without his knowledge. I hope that Trudy and Kelsey figure it all out and kill Tucker and end up having a wonderful life with their newly acquired murderson Francis Farnsworth. And Freddie’s there too I guess
#I know I don’t talk about it enough but guys peachyville is suuuucchhh my shit#Guy who had a choice of any historical topic to write a paper on and I chose women in the 1950s in america#Existential eldritch horror meshes with the suburbia theme so well#And I feel like Matt gets funnier every season#dungeons and daddies#dndads#the peachyville horror
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Random PNGs, part 159.
(1. "Skinned Rabbit" by Richard T. Scott, 2. 19th c. wax model of a human head, 3. 17th c. syringe, 4. Framed piece of a saint, 5. "Homme de chagrin" by Carolein Smit, 6. 7th c. gold & garnet ring, 7. "A Florentine Lady" by Augustin Jean Moreau-Vauthier, 8. Mourning brooch, 9. Cup with bat c. 1909.)
#png#pngs#transparent#sticker#stickers#moodboard#artboard#imageboard#collage#historical#body horror#159
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a man in front of a red wall // 15th century
#i love how in his character profile i went for a very upbeat and laidback tone and then he got instantly hit with the horrors so its been--#a lot of sighs and stares into middle distance pondering his life choices as of late#in other news i need something in that dark vermilion NOW -- would go great with the browns and the greens and the yellow i have in here#vaguely medieval#historical fantasy
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Satan (1835) by Jean-Jacques Feuchère
#art#artist#artblr#artists#sculpture#sculptures#statue#statues#architecture#dark academia#classic academia#aesthetic#dark art#horror#macabre#goth#gothic#gothcore#museum#fine art#historical art#art history#eeriecore#eerie#art community#art blog#art gallery
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Alright, official call-out post for writers, authors, and fans of fiction.
I am looking for more writing mutuals and writing-centered blogs. Extra points if you write horror, historic fiction, thrillers, mysteries, or just generally off-putting and uncomfortable topics.
Please interact with this post somehow so I can check out your blogs!
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putrid air
#reference photo/inspo is by brendan burton (@burtoo on twt)#original character#digital painting#surrealism#oc artist#queer artist#digital art#trans artist#lgbt art#oc#oc artwork#cowboy oc#historical oc#western oc#historical fiction#character design#cowboys#rosie#horror art#creepy art#unsettling art
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I've seen that "the immortal loses their loved one but not their loved one's family; what if the immortal stayed close, followed them down the generations?" post a dozen times, and I understand it's intended to be sweet---but every single time I see it, all I can think is that it's straight-up the beginning of a horror story.
#''what if your grandfather never aged or died just stayed there forever demanding an appreciative audience'' and other stories#that turn my blood to ice just to contemplate.#king lear but he's immortal. he will not just hover over regan and goneril he will loom over their children.#and their children's children. and cordelia's children when they slink back because three generations in and he owns a country now.#wait a few more generations and everyone is related to him somehow. he is all but a god.#......I think this is going to be my contribution to the internet going forward.#make an adorable post and I will pull a horror story out of it.#that adorable post about how plausibly you could introduce same-sex arranged marriages to a historical au?#actually it's a horror story about family control and property rights.#oh that's so sweet look an immortal love story - nope. also about family control and property rights.#what about - yeah still control. and property rights.#............................I'm having a great day why do you ask.#for my own purposes
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The Origin of Vampire Rules
Something I always find very funny in vampire media is, that vampires usually have those certain rules, right? Vampires usually cannot go out into the sun. Often they will not be able to touch crosses or even be paralyzed by just looking at a cross. They might be shapeshifters. Vampires often cannot cross flowing water, and they also cannot cross a home without an invitation. Sometimes they are weirdly allergic against garlic. Also sometimes they have no mirror reflection. Or even not a shadow. They might not be able to cross onto sacred land (so for example they cannot set food on church ground). And of course they need to drink an undefined amount of blood.
And yes, this is just another excuse to talk about some more mythology - and how stuff happened to end up culture the way it did.
Origins of the Vampire Myths
Chances are, that someone told you that vampires are literally everywhere in the world and one of those myths that somehow is everywhere around.
This is not true - and mostly goes back to people applying "vampire" to pretty much everything that is arguably undead. Even though most of those figures technically are arguably a lot closer to zombies. If it does not leech energy or blood from living people, it is not a vampire.
So, actually vampires were a very specific thing that originated specifically in Eastern Europe. We are fairly certain that the origin of the myth came actually from some Ancient Greek myth that spread out into those places and then shifted. But the vampire itself comes from Slavic Myths. In those we have a variety of beings, that would qualify as vampires. Strigoi, Upir, Lugat, Moroi and quite a lot of others. There was a lot of overlap between those creatures and "evil witches" in a lot of times, and not all of them actually drank blood, but they drained at least your energy in some way.
Among people studying folklore folks are fairly certain that the myths came originally from people not fully understanding certain sicknesses. So basically, when a village was struck by a sickness like that, people would go: "Oh, this has to have been Alfred coming back from the dead," because Alfred recently died and it was the best explanation they came up with. And because people did not understand how dead bodies worked, they also would then see stuff like the hair and nails appearing longer when they opened the grave, which they saw as a proof that the dead was not really dead.
Generally speaking, there were then a couple of things that would be done to prevent them from coming back. Some people would just behead the dead body, others drove a stake through the heart of the people, while others might just tie up the legs of the dead.
But yeah, the one thing is that vampires come mainly from Slavic cultures. This is the important bit about vampires you need to remember. Because a lot of this comes back to this.
The Vampire Rules
The Vampire Rules are really fun, because they come together from three very different sources: From the fact that they were Slavic, from English folklore, and then from limitations in media.
So, let me go through typical vampire rules.
Vampires shapeshift: Vampires being shapeshifters goes back to Slavic mythology. In those vampires, witches and shapeshifters often were just the same kind of thing and had a lot of overlap.
Vampires cannot cross water: This originated probably in the Rennaissance. And it mainly originated from the fact that the people noticed that vampires only seemed to exist in Eastern Europe. Which people started to find weird. So, they had to come up with an explanation. And that explanation was: For some reason the vampires could not cross the Danube. This over time merged into "vampires cannot cross water".
Vampires are allergic against garlic: This is definitely something that goes back to the original myths. It is believed that this might be connected to the fact that garlic has an antibiotic effect. And as I said, vampire myths probably originated with unexplained sicknesses. So it is not hard to believe that people who ate garlic might not have gotten (as) sick, so folks were like: "Oh, the garlic kept the vampire away."
The stake through the heart kills vampires: This myth also comes from the vampire practices back then. On e way of burying a vampire in a way that it would not come back was to put a stake through the dead body.
The cross, not entering homes, and holy ground: Ironically, all those things that are probably connected to the same thing. Because these weaknesses are usually connected to more English folklore. While people definitely have hidden in churches (partly because of the law of sanctuary) forever, there is some good evidence that this actually comes more from British fairy culture - that then got applied to all other forms of paranormal creatures. And we know that around the 18th century, there was a whole big vampire scare in England, that definitely mixed a lot of Eastern European vampire lore with the lore of the Otherworld and Fae from Celtic mythology. Vampires having glamour of sorts probably is also connected to this.
Vampires do not have a reflection: This specifically is dated back to Bram Stoker, meaning everyone else after this just used this from Bram Stoker. The theory is that Stoker's idea was that mirrors somehow reflect the soul - something like that.
The Baptism of Blood: Another vampire thing that goes back to Stoker specifically is vampires having to exchange blood with someone to make them a vampire. Aka, drinking thier victims blood and then giving blood to them. In fact, in Stoker's work it was implied to have to happen three times until someone is turned a vampire. Which at least makes sure there are no accidental vampires.
Vampires drinking blood: Ironically the specific thing of vampires drinking blood also comes from Victorian Gothic literature. While this was not fully unheard off in mythology, it was not such a common trait there. But in Victorian literature it became THE vampire calling card. And this for two reasons. Reason 1: Welp, blood drinking is a neat symbolism for sex at time where you were not allowed to write about sex. Reason 2: ... Anti-Semitism and blood libel. I am sorry I could talk around this, but yeah, we definitely are certain that some of the Victorian vampires drink blood because the folks writing were implying blood libel. Welp.
Why Vampires Burn in the Sunlight: The dumbest bit of vampire lore I know is why vampires burn in sunlight. No, this does not originate with mythology - neither Slavic, nor Celtic. No, this does not go back to Dracula or another book of the time. Vampires in Victorian literature were fine and dandy in the sun. They might not be able to use certain magics, but other than that they were fine. No, the reason vampires burn in sunlight is... that the original Nosfertu ran out of budget, and needed a convenient way to dispatch the vampire. So they decided: "Oh, actually he burns in sunlight." And then, that stuck.
#castlevania#castlevania netflix#castlevania nocturne#dracula#dracula daily#vampires#vampire mythology#interview with the vampire#carmilla#gothic fiction#horror fiction#vampire novels#history#historical context#slavic mythology
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