#invisible residents

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Ivan T. Sanderson - Invisible Residents - World Publishing - 1970 (front cover art by Peter McKenzie)

[losertwink]

all along there was some

invisible string

tying you to me?

[stellaltumi]

being a horror fan and having a medical condition that affects my heart is a HORRIBLE combo

[weepingfoxfury]

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday ...

Went and voted yesterday up in the community hall of a small village. Not a place I go to very often. The only people I've ever seen up there are other people who've driven up to vote or use the recycling bins.

Makes me think of Royston Vasey from the League of Gentlemen. A local place for local people ... except ... you never see the locals. The local shop is always closed ... the church car park is always empty ... and there's never a face at any of the windows of the houses.

It's like driving into a film set. Gives me the vibes of Vivarium. Definitely not somewhere I'd go once night has fallen.

There's one house for sale up there ... the usual bungalow set in a sea of tarmac, concrete and gravel ... not a blade of grass in sight, not a tree to sit beneath, not one iota of warmth coming from the place.

Any takers? ;-) ...

[megafighter343]

Can Denji Survive These Horror Movie Villains?

So, a few days ago I watched Anthony Gramuglia's You Cannot Survive These Horror Movie Villains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI7YOGb0e3Q I enjoyed it a lot. Very fun countdown of some of the most terrifying "you're so fucked" kinda villains in horror.

But a little worm of a thought crept into my mind these past few days "Could Denji take these villains?" What can I say? I love Chainsaw Man and given it's a horror-tinged work, I figured it'd be fun to match Denji up against these supposedly unstoppable forces. Spoiler Warning: This post is gonna do a lot of spoiling for Chainsaw Man and probably have spoilers for the works talked about in Ant's video. And Ant's video, really. If you're not wanting either of these, keep on scrolling. Also, watch Ant's video if you haven't. Is really good. Only rule I'm going with for this is that Denji is going at this alone. No Aki, no Power, no Asa, no Himeno, no Kishibe and certainly no Kobeni. This is Denji vs. 20 horror movie villains. With that said, let's roll.

20. Denji vs. Sadako Yamamura

Given the rules of the Ring curse, I don't think Denji is really capable of taking Sadako down. She has an extensive catalog of powers and can kill with a thought. At best, he could try befriending her if he meets her when she's nice, but I don't know for sure if Pochita's "give her lots of hugs" approach will be effective. Now, Samara Morgan, that's easy. Like, we don't even need to talk copy the tape and pass it on. The second he and Aki enter that video store, Denji's probably gonna spot that copy of Yor, the Hunter from the Future and demand they rent it. Completely ignore the the Ring tape, that's gonna be Aki's problem, not his. He's going into Yor's world!

19. Denji vs. Carrie White

Oh, this one's easy. Denji would beat Carrie with kindness. Both are outcasts with weird powers, so I can absolutely see Denji managing to befriend Carrie, giving her a support network that she needed when facing stuff like the school bullies or her awful mother. He'd probably ask Carrie to the prom before Tommy does. When the whole pig's blood prank goes down, Denji would probably rush the stage to drag Carrie off and get her out of there, even if he'd have to transform into Chainsaw Man to survive Carrie's early onslaught of telekinetic attacks. I dunno, I just picture the two of them outside the high school, Denji comforting a crying Carrie, licking the pig's blood off of her. It's a weirdly cute image.

18. Denji vs. It (aka Pennywise the Dancing Clown)

Despite Ant making the argument that soloing It wouldn't work, it absolutely could for Denji. See, Pennywise preys on fear. He likes to make sure his victims are nice and scared of him before he eats them. The problem here is that Denji is absolutely fearless. The dude went through absolute hell for so much of his life that a clown trying to eat him would probably be seen as a mild annoyance. Pennywise would be low diffed by Denji easy.

17. Denji vs. Lucy (Elfen Lied) Man, this is one where the "give her lots of hugs" strat really feels like a Hail Mary, doesn't it? Like, Chainsaw Man or not, I don't think Denji is gonna win a stand-up fight against the Diclonius Queen. Like, unless Denji can somehow kill her with kindness, he's pretty screwed here.

16. Denji vs. Pinhead

Well, first off, Denji is probably too stupid to work the Lament Configuration, so this is an easily skippable fight. Otherwise, while I think Denji would put up a hell (heh) of a fight, I just don't see him winning this under normal circumstances. Pinhead is immortal and has a high pain tolerance. The times he has been killed, he's revived himself in Hell. Now, I did note that this was a loss for Denji under normal circumstances. There is one trump card Denji has that I don't wanna pull out all willy-nilly, but in the case of Pinhead, I think we'll draw it here. Pochita. Resting within Denji is his closest friend, the Chainsaw Devil, Pochita. Literally, Pochita is inside of Denji, functioning as his heart. In very rare circumstances, Pochita has taken full control of Denji's body and reverted to his full, true form as the original Chainsaw Man. The Devil that other Devils fear. The Hero of Hell. True Form Chainsaw Man. (Note: 'True Form Chainsaw Man' is not an official title, just one I'm using for convenience.) Now, you might be wondering what the key difference here is and what turns this from loss to win. At least, if you haven't read CSM. If you have, you know what Pochita can do in his true form, but for those who need a refresher or just a crash course; basically Pochita can erase concepts from existence by eating their associated Devils. In Chainsaw Man canon, World War II and AIDs didn't happen because of Pochita.

I think the same ability can be applied to the villains Denji faces down in this list. Now, you may find yourself asking "Well, Mega, why not just have Denji turn into True Form Chainsaw Man and wipe out all the villains?" Well, my logic here is mainly because that's not something that's easily done in the manga. It's mostly an act that comes about when Denji is at his emotional lowest. After Makima had both Aki and Power killed. After Barem presented Nayuta's head to Denji on a platter (after already killing Meowy and the dogs on top of that.) True Form Chainsaw Man is not something Denji can just at-will transform into. It's basically Pochita taking the wheel because Denji is so emotionally devastated that he can't do anything.

So, I wanna save Pochita for fights where victory seems 100% hopeless. Fights where even kindness just isn't on the table as a way to victory. And I gotta say... don't think giving Pinhead a hug is gonna do anything.

So, Pochita takes over and after a grueling fight, devours Pinhead. It's a victory, but it's the hardest fight they've had so far.

15. Denji vs. Jason Voorhees Oh, easy. Jason may have a high body count and come back a lot, but he's still just a man compared to Chainsaw Man. Denji would tear Jason to ribbons. Wouldn't even need to get his new girlfriend Carrie involved in this, though she'd probably also low diff Jason. He's weak to Psychic, as shown in New Blood.

14. Denji vs. Nemesis

Eh, this is just Final Form Jason. It'd be high diff, but Denji can absolutely go the distance on this. It helps that Nemesis is usually hanging around a zombie-infested Raccoon City, so there's plenty of zombies for Denji to snack on to replenish his blood supply.

13. Denji vs. The Invisible Man

Weirdly, this is gonna be an unconventional victory for Denji. I mean, it'll probably just be him putting a chainsaw through Jack Griffin's solar plexus, that's the standard part. No, the thing that gets him the victory is just the simple act of transforming.

Ya see, when your transformation involved chainsaws sprouting from your forearms, it can get... messy. Blood going everywhere and if even a splotch of that blood hits Griffin, then that gives Denji a visible target to attack. Jack's going down easy.

12. Denji vs. The Djinn

Man... I think this one's a clean loss for ya, Denji. Like, this dude's a reality warper... don't touch the fire opal, I guess. That's all I got. There's no way he's winning here.

11. Denji vs. The Deadites Man, and you thought Ash Williams with his one chainsaw hand was bad for the Deadites...

10. Denji vs. Michael Myers

You remember all the stuff I said about Jason? Same applies here. Michael Myers may be pure evil, but he's still just a man. Thorn cult bullshit or no, you ram enough chainsaws into Michael and he's going down. Will he put up a fight? Sure. Will he win? No.

9. Denji vs. Art the Clown

Art's a new player on the scene and while Denji did good against Pennywise, I don't feel like I have enough of a grasp on Art's abilities to call this one. Call this one a no contest on the board, especially since I don't wanna play the Pochita card for this one.

8. Denji vs. Kayako and Toshio I'm not as familiar with Ju-On to know if there's anything that would make it so Denji could beat these kids and given that I've had him lose out against an Onryo already, best to keep things consistent. This one's a loss for him. 7. Denji vs. Xenomorph

I think Denji can take one Xenomorph, but it would be a brutal match-up. One of the advantages Denji has is that his opponents usually have blood, something that needs to maintain Chainsaw Man form. Problem is, Xenomorph blood is acidic, so not only does that mean he's getting hurt tearing into this thing, he can't even heal from those wounds. He could still down one of them, but put him up against a pack and he's screwed.

6. Denji vs. The Ghosts from Pulse Yep, that's another loss for Denji. Not much hope against the Japanese ghosts. 5. Denji vs. The Great Old Ones I... think he's got a fighting chance here. Like, this is a dude who in his own work is being squared up against the concepts of War and Death. We may be ants to the Great Old Ones, but Denji's more like a wasp. Sure, he could swatted down, but wasps have been known to kill humans. Put this under like, extremely high difficulty. Some real Dante Must Die shit.

4. Denji vs. Dracula

Most iterations of Dracula would fall to Denji. Like, OG Dracula was killed with Bowie knives, I think the dude with the chainsaw face has good odds. Hard to bite into a man's jugular when your own has a whirring cutting chain going through it. However, the big one Ant brings up is a total loss for Denji.

Alucard.

So, I brought up True Form Chainsaw Man and how it can erase things from existence by eating them... yeah, this is something that Alucard canonically can survive. The biggest trump card I had for Denji and Alucard can just say "Hah! No..." to that shit. This is a major loss for Denji, no way he can take on Alucard.

3. Denji vs. King Ghidorah

It's a hard battle, but Denji has some experience with fighting Kaiju. I put this at "has a fighting chance" along with the Great Old Ones.

2. Denji vs. Freddy Krueger

Oh, Freddy is the most screwed out of any of them. See, Freddy Krueger kills in your dreams. Guess who lives in Denji's dreams...

That's right. Good ol' Pochita. The second Freddy tries anything with Denji, he's gonna be facing down the Chainsaw Devil. The Devil other Devils fear.

So uh... good luck, Fred. Don't think those Dream Demons are gonna help you out there. They've probably bailed already. Denji doesn't even have to do anything, just sit back and let Pochita go full power Chainsaw Man. Freddy's gonna get eaten and wiped from existence easy. No more Bastard Son of a 1000 Maniacs. No more Springwood Slasher. No more Nightmare on Elm Street. He's just gone. 1. Denji vs. The Thing

And whereas #2 on the list was a no diff, I really have no idea how Denji could even begin to fight something like the Thing. It's a microscopic alien parasite that will get into his bloodstream and mutate him and Pochita from the inside. I don't even know if Power's hemokinetic abilities would even work on him and I can't even play that card since this has gotta be Denji soloing the opponent, but this one might be one where he just loses. Game over. Sorry, Denji. So, I'd say roughly half the list would be victories for Denji, two entries would be better odds than if he was a normal human, one entry is mostly wins except for one very OP iteration, about seven are straight up losses and one is a complete shrug on my part. Hope you enjoyed reading this long, LONG post of mine, be sure to check out Ant's original video up top if you haven't already and keep up the Halloween spirit, folks. God, I am gonna get some real angry reblogs and comments on this one...

[spicerackofblorbos]

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New Years Day - Taylor Swift

There's glitter on the floor after the party Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor You and me from the night before

[savage-rhi]

@nemo-of-house-hamartia Hope this answers your questions 😂

[orcinus-the-orca]

Whumptober Day 6: Not Realizing They're Injured | Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms | "It's not my blood"

Continuation of my BOW!Chris AU! This AU lives rent free in my head, I want it out. I'll be sitting there, minding my own business, and then suddenly I'm haunted by the men. At some point, I will write more, but for now please enjoy!

 He needed a drink. Leon decides that about sums up this whole adventure. Alcohol would do wonders for the headache that permeates from the side of his head, might even help him go to sleep later. But no, alcohol is apparently considered unhealthy in this establishment (even though Leon knows for a fact the overseers are watching with wine glasses dancing in their hands). No, Leon has to deal with all this with no hope of crashing afterwards. Chris wouldn’t be happy if he did, but honestly Leon deserved a little bit of a treat.

 He kicks the creature at his feet for good measure, just to make sure it’s actually dead before ducking down and grabbing its ankles. As much as his head hurts, the stench coming off this Chimera wannabe outdoes it by a million. Even if he found a nice crevice in the cave to hide in, something will eventually come around in search of the smell that screams death (or food; he can never tell what these things think of each other). Best to move it outside and deal with it when Chris comes back. Pulling a monster by the ankles out of a supersized lizard cover so he can avoid more rejected freaks. Yeah, Leon could really use that drink. 

 He’s only got one foot out the door when a sharp scream fills the air, and Leon has to pull back. He’s moving just in time to avoid the claws of some kind of crossbreed between a Hunter and Licker, its clawed tongue whipping around wildly while its eyeless face swivels back and forth. Definitely another reject, Leon decides, because how could this thing be anymore dangerous than a Hunter or Licker on their own. Plus, it’s kind of shrimpy. Naturally, he grabs for the makeshift spear left by the path. He tightens his grip, the jagged end positioned so that he rams it straight into the temple of the monster. The stone end imbeds into the flesh, the rest of the staff splintering in the process but accomplishing the task well enough. The Hunker (good enough) screeches, thrashing around in its attempts to both hit Leon and remove the protruding object. Not dead, unfortunately. And he wasted the last of his rocks on the third wave of BOWs.

 “There some kind of family reunion I wasn’t invited to?” Leon asks the Hunker, only to stumble back when that tongue comes lashing down with cruel efficiency. It scores the earth, undoing the careful layer of substrate. The Hunker pulls its tongue back, smart enough to know it didn’t meet its target but it was still blind.

 For a moment, Leon entertained the idea of simply waiting it out. At some point, another BOW would make its way over, attracted by the scent of a larger, more dominant creature that challenged its reign. He discarded the idea when the Hunker jerked forward, mouth agape and claws outstretched for his throat. He dove to the side, clearing the path of those claws. Unfortunately, he cleared the boundary in the process. The moment he hit the ground, his muscles seized as one electric current after the next coursed down his spine. 

 Move. Move. He yelled to himself, but it was taking every part of him to just breathe. Each attempt to shift back into bounds only brought with it jerking and noise. Noise that was telling the Hunker exactly where he was. He could see it from his peripheral, that tongue unfurling as it jerked its head, bringing that muscle down like the crack of a whip. If he could just roll–

 A shape, dark brown, leapt past Leon and into the Hunker. There was the sound of screeching, the noise only amplifying the currents rolling through his body. He grit his teeth, focusing his energy to rolling back. If he could get on his stomach he could pull himself back to bounds. He had just about built his resolve when he found his leg taken into the possession of something much larger.

 Leon twisted, kicking at the face of his offender and nailing them in the nose. The affronted noise was one akin to a kicked dog, his leg released in favor of groveling at Leon’s feet. The smooth furred body and the messy head, coupled with the sudden relief of being back in bounds, had Leon collapsing under the strained relief.

 “Chris,” he breathed, laughing softly as he rested his head on substrate. “Damn it, don’t scare me like that.”

 Chris makes a humming noise, crawling over to nudge against his side; asking if he was okay. At least, Leon hoped that was the case. The last thing he wanted was for the rumors to be true. Weakly, he patted the side of Chris’s head.

 “I’m fine. Had worse. Could go for a drink, though,” he smiled up at his friend, who only tilted his head in reply. Obviously, Chris didn’t seem to pressed about the alcohol comment; Leon didn’t know whether to feel relieved or anxious about that.

 Chris is whining still, now beginning to pace back and forth where Leon is very content to just lie down for awhile. The big probably has a point, they’re in the open and there could be any number of twisted critters orchestrated by the curators. Best to be somewhere they can rest without worry. Groaning, Leon pushes himself into sitting grateful when Chris scurries over to his side as support.

 “Easy, I’m okay,” Leon soothes. He notes the way Chris is nosing again, honing in on where Leon grunts in pain. It’s not much, just bruises, but the unhappy noises Chris makes brings laughter to Leon’s chest. His friend is still there, even if the memories aren’t.

 “Relax, it’s not my blood,” Leon pats Chris’s head when the latter starts scrutinizing the blood on his shirt. It’s probably from one of the first Hunkers, it’s too red to be from anything else. As Leon begins to stand, he grimaces at the sharpness that strikes his left leg. “That on the other hand…”

 He hopes it’s just twisted.

 Involuntarily, he whimpers when he tries to put some weight on it, a noise not unnoticed by Chris. His friend pushes in closer, mouth opening and closing as he debates where to “scruff” Leon or risk being told off again. Leon decides he is too tired for either, and wraps an arm around Chris’s. Despite not being able to fully loop the bicep, it’s enough stability for a few steps.

 “Come on. I’ll take first watch.” Leon takes the first step, and to Chris’s credit he picks up on his “crutch duties” pretty quick, shuffling alongside with careful steps. Although he gently nips at Leon’s hair, grumbling until Leon laughs weakly. “Whatever you say, Boss.”

[tony-andonuts]

Hey by the way. If you can't respect and acknowledge mentally AND Physically disabled people, people of color, immigrants who don't know your country's language, queer people (ESP TRANS PEOPLE), fat people, people who aren't of your religion, and overall anyone not like you,

YOU HAVE NO FUCKING BUSINESS WORKING IN HEALTHCARE!!!!!!!!!!!

[bigboobshaunt]

I died sooo fucking much to the Glasps in Barry's chapters the first time I played, which is admittedly a bit ironic because I was playing it on my laptop so the shooting precision was superior to the Switch version I'm now playing... but then again I remember the abattoir section in Claire's following chapter being actual hell on earth too and... I cleared that with nearly no damage this time, so maybe I just improved in general.

[tengoku-e-no-tobira]

doodled shimura plus kiriko from invisible (2022 drama) on a whim bc i couldn't finish anything satisfactory for the past 4 days

[thesabrinatheteenagewitchblog]

Sabrina and Harvey win prom queen and king (and Sabrina learns a valuable lesson) in Sabrina The Teenage Witch (1996) Season 4 Episode 13 (88 overall) "Now You See Her, Now You Don't" (January 7, 2000)!

[moppiiiee]

Me when I think of shipping anything non canon in a large fandom

[tariah23]

Another crappy thing about working around mostly wp (like 95%) is that you’d be doing your job and ask them questions and they’d look at you like “what is this blackie talking to me for?” Like, you can always telljajaj. But that’s just how things are, especially if you’re black or one of the “undesirable brown folks.” It’s like you have to bare with it in grin in order to make a dollar since they’re usually your bosses as well.

[alberetta]

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[mybeingthere]

Wally Dion, born 1976, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Fabric Star Quilts.

Wally (Walter) Dion is a Canadian artist of Saulteaux ancestry living and working in Upstate New York. Working in a number of media including painting, drawing and sculpture.

Wally explains:

"The first fabric star quilt was made as part of a 2022 residency at Wanuskewin Park. It was my way of reflecting upon prairie tall grass and the reintroduction of bison into the Great Plaines. I wanted to make several transparent quilts and superimpose them; one in front another... a quilt for the microbiome, another for the bison, their manure & hooves, another for the summer fires that scorch the ground and a final quilt for the sweetgrass braid.

I was considering how all of these things worked together for thousands of years to create what is known as the 'prairie tall grass ecosystem'. A vast and fertile expanse of land stretching from the foothills of Alberta to the banks of the Mississippi. I wanted to highlight the invisibility of systems when everything is working well, as it should be.

I started with the green quilt because it is the colour of the sweet grass braid that is exchanged in ceremony and relationship building. I considered the nature and tradition of quilting; impoverished craftspeople using tiny scraps of fabric. I considered the act of offering fabric and adherence to tradition. I thought of a thousand tiny prayers and how that might look; invisible acts of respect and adherence to protocols spanning decades. My thoughts travelled across the land, imagining the trees and rocks collecting these prayers like a bush of cloth, or an etched boulders."