#icarus crow

[mechanical-artery]

last artfight of the year for @burgeaux

[through-the-white-noise]

I absolutely adore writing esther + monty's relationship. it's such a fucked up bond that you literally never run out of things to explore.

where did she find him? how are familiars created? had she had any before him? id assume there's magic involved that bonds a witch and their familiar that prevents them from losing one another and allows them to communicate. does monty have traces of esther's magic? is he able to harness it? how long to familiars live? if they're connected to their witches, how long can they live after the witch dies?

had esther taken "donations" from monty before? was he used to sitting on the counter as she took blood or feathers for her potions? when did she start? did she want to get him used to the role of a familiar quite young or did she wait until he was older? was it ever used as punishment? there is so much there.

did he know? did he sit down on the counter prepared to have a feather or two plucked, perhaps a slight pain but nothing he hadn't felt before, of course, and then she tore him apart and there was so much pain that it felt like it was coming from everywhere at once? did he ever see the remnants of his old body?

was he scared, when he looked up at her? when he smiled, because she was smiling at him? he was in this new body that felt so many different things, but he couldn't feel the pain where the needle had dragged twine through his flesh. she didn't see him as anything more than an experiment. when would he realize this?

did she take him clothes shopping? did they break in somewhere? was anything paid for? did she help him, give him suggestions on what to pick out? or did everything come from the back of her closet, from the styles she had long outgrown? did she choose the crow jewelry as a way to remind him of what he really was, or did he find it and want to remind himself? was there any comfort in it?

was she ever proud of him? did she ever think he was doing a good job in fooling the agency? or did she always want him to work quicker, work harder, always putting her plan above everything else?

did she make him queer? is that even something she could have controlled? or did she just tell him to flirt with the boys and it worked out that he was queer? would it have been better if he wasn't? if he hadn't fallen for edwin and hadn't gotten attached?

does he even know what homophobia is? (with the way esther looked two seconds from a hate crime whenever he brought edwin up, id think he has an idea.) but does he know what it means? does he know any terms regarding the queer community? does he even know how he identifies?

did he feel like he could fly again while on the swingset?

why didn't he die when esther did? id think familiars are connected to their witches, to their magic or their lives. were the things esther had done to him so vile that their bond had begun to fray? was he able to find a life for himself that prevented him from dying alongside her?

how does he feel about magic, after everything? would he want to learn? esther had plenty of books, and he taught himself to read. surely he could learn something from them, but would he really want to be involved in that? and what kind of magic would that teach him? does he have esther's magic? would he even want to harness that? would he want to figure out a way to switch between human and crow on his own terms? who would he go to to learn? edwin knows magic, of course, but how awkward would that be? the cat king is a shapeshifter, but a cat and a crow collaborating is a preposterous idea.

would monty want to learn about crows? can he communicate with them, or was he only ever able to speak with esther? crow parents teach their children, but monty's family weren't crows.

I just have so many thoughts about monty and im trying to translate most of them into fic but it's been slow so far. things to think about, I guess. monty deserves so much love and happiness but I will have to angst him first!

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Art References for Chapter One of underneath the sunrise (show me where your love lies)

(aka this is the nerdiest thing I've done for this fandom)

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1560

"Monty didn’t know what it felt like to fly through the air, the wind between your wings, the sun kissing your skin, until now. He didn’t know what it felt like for the wax to burn away and melt itself into your skin, searing your flesh, until now.

And he didn’t know why anyone would risk such a thing until now.

Until them."

The Two Fridas, Frida Kahlo, 1939

"How the fuck is Monty supposed to reply when he finally has the thing that he’s ached for so long and he can’t even enjoy it? When his heart is ratcheting up his throat, a ticking time bomb that Frida Kahlo would adore?"

Garden of Earthly Delights, Hieronymous Bosch, 1490-1510

"Monty is being torn apart in the hell panel of the Garden of Earthly Delights. He is some abomination that Bosch dreamed up to fill the inferno, to be tortured for all eternity, because both of the only two things that Monty has ever loved are being ripped from his trembling fingers by his mother and used against him, just because she can’t handle the fact that he wanted something, anything, to call his own."

Textiles of South Asia (Fictional Exhibit, but here are photos of the clothing in question)

"But mostly, Monty spent his time drinking in Edwin’s knowledge, the way that that he went into professor-mode when explaining the symbolism behind certain artworks. Monty devoured the bits about artwork that Charles knew about, like a discussion in the Textiles of Southern Asia special exhibit where Monty had the privilege of seeing Charles get excited explaining the differences and purposes of lehengas and saris and sherwanis. The way that though they were surrounded by masterpieces, all Monty could stare at is the two muses in the middle of the room, holding hands, more breathtakingly beautiful than any of the painting surrounding them."

Lehenga

Sari (Maharashtraian sari)

Sherwani (Painting of the last Nizam of Hyderabad)

Snow Storm, J. M. W. Turner, 1842

"His fingers catch under Monty’s jaw, guiding Monty’s mouth to his like a brushstroke of lightning hitting the mast of a J. M. W. Turner ship, all storm, all sensation"

I will post another archival set for chapter 2- we've got plenty more coming!

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[raptorrobot]

Since he loves birds so much, here is a flock of Totally Normal Crows! Very normal animals. Their voices are definitely their own! Totally not stolen. Very very normal creatures. Definitely. Without a doubt. Hope he enjoys the company

OH !!!!! a swarm of friends !!!!!! how delightful !!! i'm sure he's having a great time :D

[bassguitarinablackt-shirt]

slams coin on table could you guys mayhaps send me an ask referring to me in third person with any of my names and the pronouns that go with them for gender euphoria purposes /nf

[biancababy]

My birthday is tomorrow and so is the Nintendo Direct! I won't be able to watch it when it airs, but Jill agreed to join me at our 9pm EST stream so we can check it out together! Join me as I see how well I did on my Bingo card (below). 😊

[funkymushr0oms]

Us as a child: wow i wish i had wings *proceeds to pretend we had wings* us now having realized we're a system: :/ *has two avian alters*

[crowwolf8]

Icarus (Paper drawing)

[icarusignite]

WHY DO I ALWAYS GET ATTACHED TO THE TRAUMATIZED BBYGIRLS IN MEDIA HUH?!?! 

anyone got any answers because wtf 😭😭 i get unhealthily attached and hyperfixate on them and then i must suffer as they suffer. and then i must consume unhealthy amounts of fanfics to cope lmfao. its a vicious neverending cycle. the more traumatized they are, the more I am obsessed. 

is it my “i can fix them” complex? mayhaps? or maybe i’d just make them worse 🤔

[andromedaexists]

🌹🌹

hihi!! Thank you for sending this ask in! I have another two sentences from Call Me Icarus that I'd love to share!

Icarus watches their eyes widen and jaw drop, they were just as shocked as he was that there was a bird in the city. He continues to watch as their expression drops to a grim sadness as they speak, "A Crow."

for every “🌹” received in my inbox i’ll post one random sentence of a random WIP i’m currently writing

[aurqraa]

me: haha maybe I should play this old game I dropped over 5 years ago with my friends because they didn't prefer it and I didn't wanna play without them.

me: man I hope I don't get attached to something that will tear my heart out again because It turned into trash, like becoming a NFT collaborator.

riders of icarus: hey guess what

me:

[mechanical-artery]

[crow-ooc]

icarus perhaps?

sorry i ran out of motivation <:[ maybe some other day

[apollos-boyfriend]

foolish and forever’s actual skin (bitch changed it literally seconds after i made the post)!

wedding skins (so far)! as always, i’ll update as they come in :D

[cryptid-kay]

Hi there, its Athena. Welcome to my new Thursday Ask-A-Thon where its basically a Thursday version of my Sunday Ask-A-Thon where I ask ya'll about your wips: Has there been any major changes in a character in terms of how you created them, to how they turned out as the wip went on?

ALRIGHT!

I am here to answer and whooo boy, I can talk about Elijah Venwood.

So fun fact, my original introduction of Elijah actually set him up to be a Seer, prophetic type character who took a complete 180. I had this idea of a white haired young man with a Crow who sounded a little off, but he was pretty wise. We've all seen that before, right.

Well, Half Crown took a different turn, as did Elijah when I actually started writing him. He was sparky, sarcastic, and lo' and behold, related to another character?

So within a few lines he changed. Over the course of the WIP he got a lot of depth. Turns out he was a blind assassin with psychic abilities and a bond to his childhood pet crow, Calix.

Well I enjoyed him as a sort of vengeful but snarky brother character.

Then we entered Fifth Icarus, the prequel to Half Crown, where I took a moment to focus on the Venwood's, pre-Half Crown's MC Emris.

Here Elijah really surprised me by taking over the story as a new MC. He was again a complete 180 of himself, and I wasn't ready for it. Innocent kid turned murderer...and I never expected how it would happen, but that's Spoilers. All I can say is, cults mess you up, and if you're thinking it's bc he joined a cult, you are wrong.

So yeah. Elijah is my favorite boy because of all the characters he surprised me the most. He went from loveable wiseman to loveable idiot to merciless killer to sympathetic friend and finally, a vengeful sorrow filled soul. I put him through so much, and well, he took ahold of his own story.

[kingkat12]

♡MASTERLIST♡

Roman Godfrey x Reader (Hemlock Grove)

oneshots/requests: long legs i dare you icarus burning safe (witch!au) safe pt.2 september in paris the mark of death (tw!) i don't smoke procrastination nymphomaniac mistletoe

NSFW: dressing room distracted fuck you neurotic affair safe word silk tie can i watch? meeting vibrations quickie cunt enigma sweet and innocent feeling

NSFW FANFIC: seven minutes in heaven seven minutes in heaven seven minutes in hell the same rain hickeys say it roman's girl all yours the intimacy of shared silence unbearable fuck-me eyes and first times chasing sleep

Eric Draven x Reader (The Crow 2024)

NSFW FANFIC: draw you pornography you're my drug art on art oneshots/requests: nightmare

Marquis de Gramont x Reader (John Wick 4)

FANFIC: red quelle jolie chose

general info: ao3: kingkat12 recs are always open!<3 and so is my inbox;) minors dni!!!!!