#immortality of the soul

[biblenewsprophecy]

[valtsv]

i think it's good and right when there's a body horror element to the concept of the soul. when the metaphysical and the physical are intertwined by blood and sinew and sweat. when you have this invisible, intangible vital organ burning up inside you that can be torn out and leave you eviscerated; flayed open with no outward apparent physical injury. when a body without a soul is just a carcass that hasn't realised it's rotting yet, the useless discarded remains of a butchery. when the wrong body can reject a poorly matched soul like a transplant. when the soul is something that can become corrupt and putrefy.

[nelkcats]

Immortal Nanny

Bruce Wayne had never been a father. He knew what it was like to be a good father, and he knew what good fathers should be like, but adopting Richard was an impulse, a moment when he decided to give a child the comfort he needed, as he himself had needed in the past.

But just because he knew and understood didn't mean he could do it, or that he could become a good father instantly. Alfred would be a great help, of course, but it was he who had to raise the boy, Alfie was too old to start raising another child.

So, it was only natural that he forgot all about his busy life as "Brucie Wayne", adopting Dick hadn't stopped the million interviews or meetings, and while Alfred was extremely capable, Bruce still decided to hire a nanny.

Daniel Nightingale was a bit of an outsider (in a good way), he was studying at Gotham U, and was doing very well in his chosen career; though his records were strangely empty, Bruce knew he could trust him. His tired look and the shy smile he gave him upon arriving at the mansion was enough to calm his concerns.

Perhaps it was because he was just starting out as Batman at the time that he didn't investigate further.

Anyway, Dick loved Danny, from that first day, he used to tell Bruce about his "adventures" and how much fun he had. On one occasion he even told him they had a snowball fight (which confused him, because it was July but he was too tired to question the excited kid).

So, Danny became Dick's, and later Jason's, official nanny. He never complained and always smiled. The boy got along quite well with Alfred and would attend to any emergency, although he was never involved in the vigilante business.

It was only after Jason's death, when Tim arrived, that someone began to question Danny. Tim wasn't sure about Danny, there were a lot of things...that just didn't fit, and if the old photos of the mansion were any indication, the nanny wasn't getting any older.

Dick wasn't ten anymore and that was pretty obvious, but Danny looked exactly the same. Tim frowned, puzzled as to how no one had investigated such an oddity before. Alfred simply looked at him with an amused smile. He wondered how long it would take for the family to notice the (rather obvious) secrets of the elusive nanny.

Alfred couldn't blame the boy, the easiest way to hide something was in plain sight. And he knew the halfa would never hurt his family.

[pianokantzart]

I'm still kinda confused about the nature of Gooigi's sentience. However

I'm glad they seem to be friends.

[illustratinghan]

Acorn ~ Immortality 🌞

- a recreation of Magnus Bane’s flower card -

characters by @cassandraclare 🤍

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

typical morning encounter 👀

[ reference ]

[semisomnosres]

Chase, you should have written in Japanese, maybe it would have worked then

I'm still trying to find a way to color backgrounds. This process is very difficult for me and I just try different options, but so far nothing that suits me

[logicpng]

at the risk of veering entirely off-canon, i had to at least try to put on paper that concept of dealer being a retired grim reaper (out of potentially many)

since god is dead, i like to think that nothing works anymore, making him out of a job.

i think the game isn't too far off from the position as a death entity, if that makes sense. same shit, different tools, only the unfortunate souls come willingly

[thinwhitedoc]

SHERLOCK | Martin Freeman as John Watson

[lucksea]

havent decided how i want the introduction to go yet but i imagine it would roughly be one of these two

[merdum7]

Rowland S. Howard / The Birthday Party

[emilydickinsonsghost]

When you have zero interest in canon but the fanfiction is really good.

That’s how I feel about Christianity. Like, no hate, but it just isn’t for me. And yet I am a huge fan of the gay Bible fanfics known as Good Omens and Jesus Christ Superstar.

[its-a-me-mango]

Somehow I feel like your female versions of SMG3 and SMG4 would end up in a romantic relationship a lot faster than the boys.

Yuri vs Yaoi, who wins the enemies to romantic partners speedrun, you decideeee

But yeah, they'd get over every roadblock super quickly compaired to the boys just because, girlies wamma have fun.

[nelkcats]

A Little bird told me

Danny knew his dimension didn't need him. It had been a long time since it stopped needing him, a long time since he had to be content to spend most of his days in the Infinite Realms. His sister and friends were too busy these days to pay attention to him; Danny understood, it's not like he could work or have a job, considering he'd stopped growing at 21 and people would start asking questions eventually.

Honestly, it was a relief that he'd even been able to grow up to that age, Clockwork's knowing look told him he had help with it.

So, he distracted himself by learning things from the other ghosts in the Realms, who were definitely as bored as he was. He even managed to get Vlad to teach him duplication, but it wasn't that interesting after a while. Though he had become interested in the different dimensions that Clockwork watched over.

The problem was that there was one dimension that had caught his attention (one full of heroes and magic) but they always made the worst decisions. There came a point where he decided to interfere, Clockwork seemed amused so he figured he wasn't going to stop him.

As he thought about how to infiltrate (definitely not as a hero, he loved his retirement, thank you very much), he remembered a rather...odd power he had recently discovered.

Danny had discovered that he could shapeshift. The problem was that he could only shapeshift into dead animals and well, while it was fun to scare others, he didn't know how well people would take a ghost crow with ectoplasm coming out of it's wounds.

Figuring it was better than nothing, he transformed into a bird and flew through the portal; he flew towards John Constantine, who seemed fed up with his life. Constantine knew the bird was fucking weird the moment it sit on his shoulders but he had better things to take care of, like the demon in front of him.

Said bird apparently knew the way to defeat the demon, because he started naming the ingredients needed to banish it. Constantine saw it with narrowed eyes and asked if he wanted his soul, the bird pecked him, looking annoyed.

From there, seeing that the dead bird was doing no harm, Constantine let it stay. It was oddly useful and he had sold his soul for less.

Danny spent his days whispering things to Constantine to defeat enemies and the hellbazer gave him cookies in return (the halfa really wanted to be offended), when the League saw Constantine with a dead crow on his shoulder they wondered if he had finally lost his mind.

John commented that his name was Ghosty (he was pecked again) and that he was useful, unfortunately for the superhero community, Constantine had never been that useful and therefore they couldn't complain (but why did he suddenly know all the existing gossip?, he kept bribing them with it! His crow looked amused too).

Every time Constantine won a battle without explanation, someone would make the mistake of asking how he did it. With a shit-eating grin, Constantine would point to his shoulder and say "a little bird told me."

Danny was so tempted to shape-shift just to bite his head off, but the cookies were good.

[robinsceramics]

two little guys waiting to be glazed and fired!!

image description: two porcelain sculptures with green tulip plants painted on them. The sculpture on the left is a wizard with a single big eye looking up with a blush. The one on the right is a simple bunny with closed eyes and yellow, purple, and pink tulip bulbs.

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Would it be safe and effective to give that sad immortal guy pat-pats on the head to make him feel better?

Demon Zhao Yuan Zhou, Fangs of Fortune - Safe* and effective

He'd probably enjoy it and wouldn't hurt you, however, you are part of his Found Family/Polycule now so you decide how safe that is

Jang Uk, S2 Alchemy of Souls - Safe and effective

I'm convinced if you managed to give him enough pat pats he'd cry and that's what he needs. He wouldn't hurt you unless you were a soul shifter (Are you a soul shifter?)

Dongfang Qingcang, Love Between Fairy and Devil - Not safe or effective

Depending on where he is in the show's timeline, you'd either be dead or seriously hurt. It also wouldn't help. Avoid patting on the head. Leave that to Orchid

Possessed Jun-oh/Do-ha, Moon in the Day - Safe(ish) but not effective

He hates being touched so he'd either push you away or break your arm. Ineffective because he will only accept pat pats from his eternal wife. (I couldn't find a good GIF of him being dangerous, use your imagination)

Myul Mang, Doom at Your Service - Unsafe but possibly effective?

Maybe if you thought very loudly, "This sad immortal boy needs a pat-pat on the head" he wouldn't hurt you, but he's the embodiment of death/destruction so I don't know if you should risk it. He could cause your doom by mistake. It's dangerous, but I feel like it would fix him.