#iris ghoul

[skele-bunny]

Please more silly Special and Cowbell of when they were growing up!

Omg say less snjejdjx also I <3 giving Bell my speech patterns 💪💪 no c.... No o...... Frfr

Teen Years. (No CW) Special & Cowbell/Doves

CW - NONE

Tags: Teen shenanigans, fluff, bigender Cowbell, sibling teasings

Characters: Cowbell, Special/Phil, Doves

(Divider by @ wrathofrats !)

One thing that always got the Doves curious was their human-like mates and how they shared traits without realizing that deep rooted to their once element. More specifically how they had human traditions called birthdays the replicated moon cycles, school dances that mimicked bonding rituals, but one that got them the most was piercings. In their culture, piercings were a sign of status and proposals. Little did they know the rabbit hole they'd be led down from a simple question.

Aqua tilted his head as he asked one fateful day as he eyed Cowbell's bellybutton piercing, a rarity only shown when she'd wear her crop tops in the den. "Is it also a human tradition to be pierced?"

The Null's tail went up to signify he heard the question. "N't really." Bell rolled over so he can sign, bringing his hands up. "I was just a dumb teenager and Special had access to sewing needles sooner than he should've."

"Phil!" Aqua turned in his chair. "What is Bell meaning by you had access to a sewing needle in relation to a piercing?"

Loud, genuine laughter suddenly came from the kitchen, Special turning the corner while holding his glass of water. "Oh fuck! When we were younger, I watched this Sister of Sin pierce her friends ear in the school's bathroom and I wanted to do it. So I started piercing myself, and then Bluebell wanted one."

Bell's face went red in embarrassment, grumbling. "It su'ked!"

"Because you wouldn't stop squirming!"

The youngest ghoul sibling grabbed the pillow under her head, throwing it at the eldest who laughed and let it hit his shoulder. "It ti'kled!"

Aqua blinked somewhat, tilting his head. "I still don't understand how a needle plays into this."

Phil held up his index as he pulled his phone out, pulling up an image to show an 18-gauge sewing needle. "That's what I used."

"How unsanitary." Gaia added, looking over the kitchen counter. "And it didn't get infected?"

"Oh, not Bell's, but mine definitely did." Phil put his phone away to lift his sweater, showing the small scar from his piercing. "Did that stop me? No, but it should've. Now look at me, ear gauges!"

The two Doves chuckled at their smaller mate's tease, watching him go over to Bell and shove her hooves off the couch so he could sit — only for them to return on his lap.

"Now if you want to talk about mistakes, you should ask Bell about Clara."

The hoof near his stomach kicked sideways, Phil grunting and slapping his siblings knee which now started a small war.

"Fu'k y'u f'r that!" She squealed, watching Special hiss and move to bite his knee.

Cowbell kicked again before both his and Phil's ears were grabbed, grimacing and looking up at Iris who raised an eyebrow. "No rough housing on the couch."

"Phil started it!" Bell whined, swatting his husband's hand away.

Iris gave one last tug to his mates. "And what would that be?"

"Clara," Special stuck his pierced tongue out which Bell returned. "Her first girlfriend."

The water ghoul simply clapped with interest, his gills fluttering just as much as his wings. "Oh, do tell. I love hearing mating stories."

The two nulls were in a glare off before Bell moved his hooves behind Phil's bone wings just to inconvenience him. "Clara was a sister of sin I really liked when I was... What? 15? Prettiest thing ever. We dated for exactly six hours and when I unmasked she fainted, and I got grounded for revealing myself and dating."

"Oh that's a terrible mating story." Aqua corrected himself.

"You win some you lose some." Special shrugged, standing up and pulling Bell's leg fur just to be annoying.

He earned another hiss before Bell stood up as well. She stomped over to their bookshelf, causing Special to stare and gasp as he pulled out a purple photo album.

"You wouldn't dare..."

"I w'uld."

The eldest instantly chased after his sibling, yelling loudly. "Bluebell Emeritus I will end your fucking life!!"

"'At'h me first, bit'h!"

The doves watched the altercation as Bell ran around the common area while flipping through the book, laughing maniacally. Sarra stood in the doorway, eyeing his fellow packmates who simply shrugged. She jumped over the coffee table and into Iris's lap who sat on his rocking chair, shoving the photo album in his hands.

"L'k at his fa'e!— AH!" Bell started before squealing as her hair was yanked back, Phil dragging him before Bell grabbed his shoulder and pulled him down.

Sarra lifted the coffee table as they rolled around, hitting and poking at each other's sides. Iris hummed, both Gaia and Aqua looking over his shoulder at the photos. It had photos of Phil during an event called 'homecoming', his face covered in acne and braces tight. He looked... Awkward. They couldn't help but smile at the obviously embarrassing photos fondly, admiring their husband and now flipping through the pages.

"Turn to the sixth page!" Phil shouted, straddling Bell's stomach while she thrashed before slamming them upwards in a vice versa position, twisting Special's arm behind his back.

"D'n't!!" Bell whined in response, distracted but yelping as legs wrapped around her neck and twisted him back down.

Doing as told, Iris moved to the sixth page, stifling his laughter as Bluebell stood with an angry face as she was dressed as a variant of an Easter bunny. The icing on the cake was the carrot she angrily held, a death grip like he was ready to throw it at whoever was behind the camera. Iris turned the book so Sarra could look while he still held the coffee table up but also monitored the two siblings still going at it.

The quint cooed. "Oh, that's just precious. You should dress up as a bunny for us, Bell."

"What?!-"

"Why not me?!-"

The two looked up at the same time, knocking their heads together and groaning, holding their respective impact marks. They hissed at each other, glaring and a new found fire as they went back to fighting, Phil grabbing a previously thrown pillow, hitting Bluebell with it who quickly got her own to retaliate.

Slowly flicking through the pages, Gaia pointing at a baby photo of the two, their hearts melting with a shared 'Aww.' It was one of them matching for their first Halloween, Phil as a ladybug, Bluebell as a bumblebee.

Sarra reached up with his other hand as a pillow went towards his face, quickly throwing it back to Phil who resumed beating his younger sibling while laughing.

"Look at this one! Aw, Phil, you were smaller than a Firebird!" Aqua smiled wide, seeing the picture of the kit being held by Papa Nihil who compared him to the body of the guitar.

Their response was Phil yelling as Bell had adjusted her hooves on his stomach and kicking overhead, sending the doctor onto the floor and groaning at impact. They both panted, catching their breath. She tilted her head back just in time to see Phil slowly raise his middle finger, responding in the same way.

Agni, who had been watching from his doorway hummed. "I don't even want to think of you two doing this when you were younger."

Iris laughed. "My guess is broken bones. Plenty of them."

Very delicately, Sarra placed the coffee table back down and picked up his two husbands, them resting in his arms but now glaring as they were in eye contact again. "I don't think they're actually grown." Sarra teased.

Immediately, the two snapped their head at the quintessence, then back to one another.

"Truce?" Phil huffed.

Bell nodded. "Tru'e."

Sarra quickly lost his balance as Phil wrapped around his neck and pulled back, Bell dropping and quickly tackling his waist. They grabbed their pillows and went to beating their mate with more laughter, Sarra holding his hands up to protect himself from the throw pillows.

"We're older than you, you overgrown grape!"

[moonlit-manner]

I think Mountain would be an amazing girl dad!! He would be wonderful with a little one, he'd do her hair and teach her how to cook and bake and scavenge things. He'd be so proud of her, he'd let her dress him up in the pinkest of outfits!!

I think, Mountain would be a wonderful girl dad and he'd show off his little girl to everyone who would ask.

[prfctlmprfct]

Kin list reveal 😵

[mh-midnight-wanderer]

Rewatching the episode "Crushed" I noticed that G3 Clawdeen and Clawd have new fearleader outfits while Iris just has logo MH on her shirt and Kuma has hat. That's it

I can't stand this injustice so with my free time and free art program I "made" fearleader outfits for them

Start with Iris.

I added her signature "eyes" and simple greek design.

Kuma

Originally I wanted to be red outfit but its looks like Toralei's uniform so I give orange color instead

Honesty... I have difficult finding a signature fashion for someone who doesn't wear clothes...

So I added claws marks. I know its were creature thing but I think its looks great on him

Bonus: Heath

I was inspired to G1 Heath prototype dress. It would be awesome if Abbey joins casketball ball team and Heath can cheer her up.

Last but not least: Spectra

Thats pretty much it. I'm not best editor or artist but I have fun making this.

And I hope you like it too

[islandofthesnakes]

saw ppl being mean abt her so i had to draw her >:)

[nocturnalghoul]

Mushy May Day 11: First "I love you"/ Unspoken "I love you"s

Aether may be the first to say I love you outloud, but Dew says it back to him tenfold in his actions.

Come get y'alls fluffy Dewther content!

Words: 579

Rating: Gen/Everyone

Read below the cut or on AO3 here

Aether technically says those three little words first on a stargazing date. Dew is laid out on the picnic blanket next to him, brow adorably furrowing in concentration. His eyes scan the sky above, intently tracing imaginary lines between the stars Aether pointed out as belonging to his favorite constellations. 

He watches as the faint glow of the moon illuminates Dew’s lips, showing the way they twitch ever slightly in the suggestion of a name each time he moves to the next constellation. 

It slips out before Aether even knows he opened his mouth. “I love you”. Three dulcet words cutting through the nighttime chorus of frogs and crickets surrounding them. 

He watches the way the other ghouls eyes widen as he turns, corners of his mouth pulling up in surprised delight. All of his gills and fins gently puff up in unison, catching the moonlight in a resplendent display. 

Before Dew has a chance to say anything Aether says it again. “I love you” he declares, firmer this time as he allows one hand to settle along the back of Dew’s neck. “And you don’t need to say it back, honeydew, I already know.”

Dew launches forward closing the small remaining amount of distance between them and capturing Aether is a passionate kiss, snaking his arms lazily around the quintessence ghoul’s neck.

Aether may have said it out loud first, but they both know that Dew has been saying it through his actions for far longer. It only seems fitting that he returns the sentiment in a similar vein to how he’s been voicing his affection all along. 

They go back and forth like this for a while. Aether says “I love you” and other saccharine words in moments of tenderness, and Dew shows Aether that he feels the same through what he does. 

Aether overworks himself yet again and Dew is right there to draw him a hot bath and force him to relax, favorite snacks and a thermos of tea at the ready for afterwards. I love you.

He comes back from an outing with another ghoul and finds the neglected acoustic guitar that lives in the corner of his room has brand new strings and is polished. I love you. 

Late night tender touches and vulnerable expressions, reserved only for Aether to see. I love you 

It is so abundantly clear in everything little thing that Dew does that Aether never feels like he needs the other ghoul to say it. When he finally does though, it feels like a final piece of Aether’s heart has slid into place. 

Dew whispers it almost inaudibly, barely more than an exhale into the crook of Aether’s neck. He had come into the other ghoul’s room immediately upon hearing the telltale scream of him having a night terror, sweeping him up into his arms and whispering sweet tranquil assurances. 

Dew says I love you, and Aether feels all his usual words of adoration slip away into the night as he decides to act out his own devotion for once. 

Aether gently picks Dew up, carrying him to his room and placing him gently on the bed. He watches the way Dew instantly snuggles deeper into his sheets, inhaling deeply to get as much of that comforting scent as possible and smiling fondly. Aether lies down next to him, and holds him tight all throughout the remainder of the night. An unspoken declaration of security- I love you too.

[artthemasquerade]

New Orleans Coterie in Amon Style

So this requires some explanation, so since there are kind of some similarities between Devilmen and how Kindred work, they both have a beast/demon to overcome and to stay human they have to keep their human heart of sorts or they'll lose themselves to the beast/demon, also they have to merge and gain power they have to devour another demon/Kindred and overcome their will. Honestly Akira's journey in the original Devilman manga is a perfect example of someone slowly losing themselves to their inner beast despite their good intentions, and him giving up on saving humanity is also him giving up on his humanity, in vampire the masquerade terms he's no longer on the path of humanity. So in my headcanon au for Devilman/Vampire the Masquerade crossover, Kindred are Devilmen who can make more through the embrace, have to feed on blood and hide from the sun, Devilmen and Demons in Devilman have this eyeliner like markings under their eyes to intricate their demonic nature and that's why I've given it to mine and my friend's vampire the masquerade new orleans by night characters here, and changed around the shape and colour of it to intricate what clan they belong to.

Also I thought it would be fun to draw them in the Amon OVA style and it really was :D

First up is Andy the Ravnos and his famulus Elliot, he's the baby of the group, having only been embraced under a year ago, he belongs to @qwibwib, the storyteller of the New Orleans by Night chronicle :D.

second is Moreen the Volgirre and the eldest and fleshcrafter of the group she belongs to @morbidoptimisim.

third is Iris the Salubri, she's the healer and sniper of the group and also a mother to a five year old child who we are currently working on rescuing this season, she belongs to @cthylla-rlyeh.

forth is Rose the Tremere, she's the blood and water magic user of the group and she belongs to me. :3

fifth is Dolly the Daughter of Cacophony, Moreen's wife and former longtime ghoul now a Kindred herself in order to save what was left of her family after Moreen got kidnapped by the main villains of the chronicle last season (Moreen is back safe and sound now) and she belongs to Morbid.

and finally sixth is Kevin, Rose's longtime ghoul (21 years of service!) and a big brother figure to her, he also belongs to me.

Btw if you like what you see and want a commission drop me a direct message on tumblr, instagram, a note on deviantart or artistree https://artistree.io/missn11

[monsterhighfemboy]

These ghouls wear pants

[iris-nonsense]

She's so hot

[gh-woah-st-v1]

@forlorn-crows mentioned ghoul ocs that are still hidden from the internet and now the ghoul i had vaguely thought up has a whole backstory

maybe possibly expect something

if i can figure out how to present her to the world properly

[faiyx]

fire ghouls!

More details/notes/headcanons under the cut!

Fire ghoul headcanons 😩😩

-short tempered and impulsive

-fire ghouls like being the center of attention, even if they have to be a little pushy about it

-eyes look similar to amber, with little specks and flakes being visible around the iris

-fire ghouls boil hot inside. The closer to the heart, the hotter their skin and fur is! Theres a faint glow of fire below their skin.

-fire ghoul magick is straightforward: controlling heat!

[skele-bunny]

Special & Cowbell's Dynamic With the Doves (Era 1) - No CW

Just a whole bunch of fluff w/sexual and romantic talk!

Real quick context for those unaware how I write these ghouls:

I personally hc Special and Cowbell brothers, both null (no elements), and the first two ever summoned by Papa Nihil as accidental kits and raised by him and Sister. I nickname them as the AroAce Bros wjjsjd

Name guide for Era 1:

Agni - Fire

Aqua - Water

Sarra - Quint/Omega

Iris - Air

Gaia - Earth

Special is aromatic but still a mate to the Doves and has a more specific bond with them as he was trusted with helping to teach them, also a personal translator. Phil is not bonded to them. They also share a mentor/student dynamic. While there's no romantic relationships, they do have a form of romance.

Cowbell is asexual (Libidoist) but in a romantic relationship with them all, and is physically bonded. He wasn't really around the Doves much during their first summoning as they had no way to communicate yet - the Doves didn't know sign language or Italian/English/Latin, so their relationship took a bit longer to develop.

Now onto dynamics!

Bell is their dedicated princess (and not in the bad way)! They absolutely adore pampering Bell to no end wether it's in affections, gifts, or just simply doing anything he asks. The Doves love to please, especially when it comes to one of their mates. Cowbell honestly is low maintenance when it comes to affections and relationships, he just likes being around them - it's the Doves specifically that treat him so highly.

They take time to make sure their den is sensory friendly for him, making sure to keep muted colors that aren't too bright, keeping two sets of hearing aids and batteries for him PLUS a charging port for his main set, keeping stim toys, and once they learned Bell sleeps better on beanbags - they made sure to get multiple for their den so Bell can go where he pleases with comfort.

Iris is usually Bell's target for texture needs, always carefully running his fingers through Iris's feathers, or even just laying on his back to be in a feather nest. Sometimes Iris will allow Bell to help with his preening, he loves watching how focused his mate gets, hands so slow over each individual feather before making excited trills when he finds a barb to remove.

Gaia is big on hoof health, and since Bell shows traits of meant to be an earth (major being his own heavy hoofs), he was the one to show Bell how to properly cut his hooves down. However, the sharpness makes Bell too nervous to do it himself, so Gaia does it while Aqua distracts him with a little water show.

Cowbell's safe foods are cinnamon buns ("Cinna-buns" Bell calls them) and oddly, warm celery. Agni is adamant on not using a stove/oven, so he uses their fireplace slate to make everything. When he learned Cowbell's favorite foods along with the safes, he may or may not have stolen some of the clergy's cookbooks from the kitchen workers. Cooking is one of Agni's love languages and it's very loud with Bell.

The Doves very much do respect Bell's orientation, although it took them a while to understand their species could simply have no desire. They accepted his boundaries and they both came to a small "negotiation." Bell still masturbates and sometimes the Doves will gift him toys for assistance, and in return to satisfy their own desires he'll take videos for them. They're all comfortable with this agreement, and who doesn't love getting videos of their partner just absolutely railing himself on a toy you gave them?

Aqua was the first one that Bell tried to court, and in his own silly way - literally stalking him through the Abbey and leaving gifts on his normal route. Bell was completely oblivious the entire pack was trying to court him during this time, too! He just thought people were randomly leaving flowers around. Bell is the definition of romantic oblivion. Since Bell was too nervous to actually make a full move, Sarra had asked him for the entire pack. He ended up getting bonded to them a few months in their relationship.

While usually ghouls in the clergy don't bother Bell, there's always a few whispers he's oblivious to. Even if it was said to his face, Bluebell still has processing issues and even if he doesn't have his hearing aids in he'll just give the biggest smile. The Doves hate seeing his personality teased, and are very, very quick to shut down another ghoul causing issues. While Bell tries to see the best in everyone, sometimes he does process what's said to him and it keeps him in a depression rut. They do their best to reassure their partner, show him how loved he is, how wonderful he his, and how lucky they are to have Bell in their lives.

Bell has scary dog privilege. After his own traumatic incident in the clergy, he's never alone (even if he doesn't realize it.) Someone is always lurking to keep an eye on him.

Special is teased by them a lot by calling him the side mistress, but he's really just as much of a princess to them. When they were first summoned, Phil was the first face they seen and who they met, in fact - Phil was the one who named them. He was a nervous wreck in front of them before he realized that they're just as nervous as him. Agni was the first summoned and the first to imprint on Special, trying to understand this... Very short, no wings or horn, scentless ghoul.

Their relationships absolutely started out as mentor/student, listening to Special and trying to get accustomed to everything. For a while, the Doves wouldn't listen to Primo or Nihil, only Spec. Multiple times they had to be reminded by Special they had to listen - and it'd get the point across eventually. Special learned so much from them from anatomy, what he was called, and just their general culture.

Agreeing together, they had wanted to progress their relationship with Phil, and he agreed. Special was with them for a long time before he realized he just... Didn't feel romantic towards them. He felt devastated and had a really long cry in their arms, being reassured it was alright. They agreed to end their romantic relationships, but still continue to be mates in their own unique way.

Special has no issues mating with them, he's their "darling bottom", and doesn't have issues receiving kisses or anything else along the lines. He just doesn't officially date them or have a bond with them. He's part of the pack and still considered a mate, and they have no problem claiming Special as theirs. They don't mind his other sexual partners, either, they're not very "stingy" about it.

They love listening to Special info dump about his findings and research, just watching his face light up when they ask questions or inquire about something he's so passionate about. The Doves have advanced his medical knowledge so much! Aqua explaining how their hearts work since it's much diff from humans - some Ghouls may even have two, Gaia showing how to incorporate herbal ghoul remedies to human medicines - absolutely giving a giant jump in medicine, Sarra even assisting on training other Quint's to follow human medicines and healing. The Doves have happily let Phil experiment on them. Taking blood, testing their abilities, seeing their durability, and even taking samples of their wings.

Sarra is considered the closest with Phil; always accompanying him to places, being his breathing shadow, or just simply being around him.

When Phil's wings literally ripped out of his skin, the Doves lost their fucking shit. Trying to figure out what to do as they seen nothing but bone, even Sarra startled and unsure how to heal it - could he even? They brought him to Cowbell by his request, and literally watched as Special spoke Bell through cutting his other wing out of his back. Iris thought he was going to faint the entire time as he watched.

Iris at first believed he was meant to have feathers and tried thinking of ways to make his wings artificial - but with the structure it was more close to Sarra's then his. More bat then bird. It helped realize Spec was meant to be a Quintessence. Iris was still the one to help his physical therapy afterwards, assisting in expanding and folding. How they worked and being the one to make personalized casts when they would get hairlines or simply break.

Gaia got Phil high ONCE..... ONCE!!!!!! And now it's one of their weekly activities together to just get stoned until they can't think, just flopped in the nest together just rambling about whatever comes out of their mouths. He's the main one to take care of Phil during his exhaustion periods, always knowing how to soothe a certain ache, or heal a certain strain.

Together, they enjoy playing their instruments in just a mellow setting. Phil is talented with his singing, and loves being their "stand-in Primo" when they needed practice before they retired. Still, there's times where they'll break out their equipment for old times sake.

Between the both of them, the Doves are extremely protective yet still so loving. They will (and have) get violent over them. They've done their own quiet research on how to care for their specific health issues, doing anything to make them comfortable and improve their health. Spec and Bell adore all of them and keep track of their interests to spoil back in gifts and affection. They both got together to get them big present (which they used the clergy's credit card for but no one knows that since Special controls it.) which was their den remodeled to include a giant room for their nest, and a size appropriate step down tub. The Doves are huge and there's no denying it, they lived in discomfort for a really long time as the den was meant for the nulls size. Especially since their pack hates sleeping separated - it was the best gift they received from them.

Now they can comfortably sprawl out together and accompany for baths and showers. It also leaves certain.... activities...... Accessible too!

Bell loves woodwork as it's one of his hyperfixation and the only sharp materials he's not nervous with - he's crafted each Dove their own items from book shelves to even Iris's rocking chair! His current project his miniature figures of them.

Special isn't a big gift giver, but still manages gifts now and then. Flowers, cards, their favorite snacks and foods - but he's more of a servicing person. He likes to make sure they're comfortable, offering to do anything for them. They love letting Phil massage their wings specifically.

Between them all, they're the happiest pack in the entire clergy. Rarely they disagree on things, and when they do its simply talked out and compromised to make both of them better. The Doves are big communicators and it shows.

Also I'm just jealous that they managed to cop both Bell and Phil and I didn't :,( /silly

[moonlit-manner]

The first son will be his father's child, stoic and stern so he may gain his father's approval. He will work himself to the bone, never stopping for anyone until he is satisfied.

The second son will be a wild child, never staying in one place for long. He too is stern but he will run away from any inner turmoil inside of him.

The third son is estranged, he will be his mother's hatred as he carries the morals of someone unknown. He will be loved by the family nonetheless, for he is an heir.

The fourth son will be an outcast, he will be hated by his father as he carries his own worth. He has morals and values that outshine all of his brothers, he is the black sheep.

[flannelshirtandjeans]

I designed my own Monster High ghoul doll! She is the daughter of Näkki, a water spirit that can camouflage itself as rock or driftwood and drowns people who are careless in water. She is Finnish, loves metal music and coffee, and cares deeply about sustainable fishing practices and protecting lakes and ponds and rivers. Her pet is a skeletal seal pup, who once died in fishermen's nets, but was brought to a new life by Lumme's sadness and anger. She's a part of the metal club at MH, but doesn't play or sing, more just enjoys listening to it and bonding with her fellow students. She my seem quiet and reserved, but won't stop talking if you get to know her properly!

Some design notes under cut:

Also I'd like to add design notes to this:

- fishing nets and hooks & related things are a big design note in her doll because she did almost die by drowning stuck in a fishing net, and she has Feelings about questionable fishing practices.

- there's a permanent tangle of netting around her neck to represent the way she technically died

- her purse is a glass float

- her hair is a light ashy blonde-brown - dirt road brown as we call it in Finland, which is a common hair color in Finland, with accents of darker brown, green, and blue.

- blue eyes, cloudy iris, dark eye whites. Netting eye-shine

- her base skin tone is a light grey, but she has rocky camouflage and birch-tree camouflage on her limbs, ears, and forehead to represent her camouflage/shapechanging abilities

- Luunappi is a skeletal "kuutti", baby northern ringed seal, who died of getting stuck in nets, and Lumme's anger and sadness at the injustice magically revived it

- frappe bc Finns drink ridiculous amounts if coffee per capita but I didn't want to give her straight up black coffee

- Karelian boo-strie is a Karelian pastry but made to look like a fish with big teeth

- her object heel is a fishing loom stone, a type of a fishing weight

- her phone is not an iCasket bc she's _Finnish_ and obvs reps Nokia instead. Hence Noakiasket

- sea glass bottle bottom sunglasses. Seaglass is frosty so that's a little funny for sunglasses but listen.

- the CD is "Nemo" by _Nightfish_ which is obviously a silly riff on Nightwish, which is a Finnish metal band, and she loves metal (Finland has so many metal bands. We just really love metal.). I decided on a CD-player purely for nostalgic reasons.

- "Land of a thousand lake monsters" refers to Finlnd, and you can see the shape of Finland on the cover. Finland is called the land of a thousand lakes, so we probably have a lot of lake monsters too.

- yellow comes a little out of nowhere for this, but I like raincoat yellow and it reminds me of fishers, so I can have it.

[pupsmailbox]

GOTH ID PACK

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[setevulpo]

silco's eye and health headcanons

because the entirety of *gestures around* that is really interesting and apparently the writers forgot about this man so i gotta hurt him about that.

warning for talk of addiction and withdrawal, general drug use, ocular trauma, nonconsensual medical experimentation and loss of bodily autonomy in that context, infections, chronic illness, and the results of the drowning incident and the general pollution of zaun.

this is going to get gory and a little descriptive on the injuries, please be careful if that bothers you.

disclaimer: these are just headcanons, all in good fun. i'm not a specialist on any of the topics i talk about, i just like the fancy terms, and if you have anything to add to these please do!

divider by @/cafekitsune

face – general injuries

his eyelid is pretty much entirely gone, and so is most of his tear system. while the eye itself is still in place, his sclera and cornea were both damaged during the drowning, and the situation of his iris has been steadily getting worse since then.

the reason for this is the open globe injury he got and the damage in the area surrounding it.

the skin was slashed and shows deeper injuries there, but the vast majority of the wound is from having his epidermis and dermis scratched off.

his eye, on the other hand, wasn't deeply damaged by the knife, but suffered because of the scratches while vander was trying to drown him.

his eyelids are missing because they had to be removed, singed was the one who did that process after finding him in the riverbank. he also took the time to remove part of his lacrimal apparatus on that side of silco's face.

he suffered a necrotizing soft tissue infection in the area and was in an early stage of sepsis when singed found him. singed removed the infected tissue and used shimmer to combat the worst of it, which lead to some changes happening in what was left of his lacrimal apparatus.

the eye

again, the eye itself escaped getting slashed or stabbed, silco managed to close it in time for the knife damage to be superficial. however, it was damaged by vander's nails during the drowning attempt.

his sclera and cornea were both extensively damaged, meaning he cannot see well from that eye, and was at risk of needing a full enucleation because of it.

it was painful beyond relief, and it still doesn't feel good even after medical help. other than the difficulty seeing, his eye constantly feels like there's something stuck in it, and it's just generally uncomfortable. it's always a little watery too.

adding to the sight part, all the can distinguish from it is light. even then, he sometimes doesn't notice duller lights, and bright lights are painful to look at.

it's important to mention that his eye was affected by the nsti. it was superficial, but it added to the damage, and part of the tissue was removed to prevent its spread.

the iris was also injured, though it wasn't immediately noticeable after the incident. with time, the iridodialysis he acquired became more severe, hence why his pupil seems to have changed place.

in addition to that, he suffered a severe hyphema at the time and the mix of shimmer with it is what caused his eye to look red and kinda murky(?). don't ask me to make it make sense it's a fictional flower drug and a tokyo ghoul looking eye pls.

in short, he can't see anything other than bright lights from that eye, but bright lights make his eye hurt because the wounds made it photophobic.

eyelids and surrounding skin

his eyelids are gone. part of them got slashed, and considering the immediate reaction of the body to water as polluted as the pilt's is closing his eyes he got toxins into the wounds pretty quickly.

and with that came the nsti, that expanded from his eyelids to some of the skin surrounding his eye. singed ended up removing his eyelids almost completely, and had to take some of the skin around as well. silco did not know about that part of the procedure until after the fact.

the type of necrosis that happened on his face is gangrenous necrosis, which is why it looks so starkly different from the healthy skin in terms of colour.

his epidermis is severely damaged. because of that, his skin is dehydrated and sensitive in the area, even in the present day. he's also more prone to injuries due to pathogens, uv radiation and chemicals.

the dermis was also wounded, and that means his nerve endings in the area don't function well. he cannot feel pressure, temperature, or pain in the surface of his skin, but the deeper layers have some sensation. that type of damage also causes his skin to not move correctly in the area, and if he had his eyelids they would not stay open correctly because of it.

he should not be wearing makeup. the protective layer of his skin is gone. he's going to give himself another infection oh no /hj

on a more serious note, the skin did heal on the more superficial injuries. it's a little thinner than the surrounding skin, but on the deeper wounds it's unsafe for him to be putting chemicals on it.

short version, his eyelids and part of his skin were removed to avoid the spread of necrosis, the deeper injuries are mostly numb but the superficial ones are pretty sensitive. what he can feels hurts, and his scar tissue is colder than the rest of his skin.

lacrimal apparatus

considering his eyelids are gone, part of his lacrimal apparatus had to be rerouted. also, the use of shimmer to battle his infection lead to his lacrimal gland not working properly for a while.

not only did his lacrimal glands shrink slightly, but the way shimmer affected them means they produce a shimmer-like substance mixed with the actual tears. it's not shimmer proper and it's oilier than tears, which gives his eye a very watery look.

the ducts connecting those glands (and the puncta) to the surface of the eye are shorter than they're supposed to, because part of the tissue they're supposed to route through is gone.

his meibomian glands (which produce the oily part of tears) are gone. the shimmery substance his lacrimal glands produce makes up for it, but the lack of the glands themselves had him struggling for a while with itchiness in the eyes.

the infection took a part of his lacrimal sac in the left side of his face, and did superficial damage on the top of his nasolacrimal duct. because of that, the excess tears that are supposed to be stored in the sac drain into the duct instead of staying where they should. from there they flow into the back of his nose, so he has a pretty constant runny nose.

in addition to that, shimmer has made his lacrimal gland work overtime, so his lacrimal sac can't fully keep up with the storing of excess tears. his tears are slightly purple too.

infection by river toxin

here it's easier to focus on the immediate effects of the infection, although he still suffers some symptoms of it to this day.

at the time, the toxins affected his eye, the soft tissue around it, and his bloodstream. it evolved beyond a simple infection due to the nature of the toxins, which made his soft tissue necrotize (nsti), and the fact that it entered his bloodstream, which caused his body to react to an extreme point (sepsis).

the use of shimmer potentialized healing, yes, but at the same time it kept the infection in a sort of stasis, contained to the point of its origin. meaning that most of his infection, as of the present day, is located in his already decaying eyeball.

his eye used to be nearly swollen shut. it's better now, but there are still days where it's noticeably puffy, and the damage is more visible at night/in hight humidity.

it's also painful! he doesn't have much sensation in the deeper wounds, as mentioned before, but the little he can feel pretty much hurts all the time. not just the skin and eye either, he has frequent headaches because of the infections.

the first months were rough. while infections tends to heal in a few weeks with a strict antibiotic course, the conditions silco was exposed to meant he didn't have it that easy.

constant fevers and fatigue meant he didn't get to move around much, and singed had him sedated whenever his pain started getting too loud for him to work with. he got sick a lot on top of the infections because his immune system took a dive, which also didn't help.

fever dreams and hallucinations were common. singed knows more than he should from hearing silco mutter during those, and again, sedated him during those so he could study the effects of the infection mixed with shimmer on a "willing" subject's mind.

his skin started necrotizing before singed found him, and it would have killed him if singed hadn't removed the infected tissue. part of his face was dead already, because the gangrenous necrosis he got was rotting his skin. part of his sclera was rotten too.

it stunk. bacteria was eating away at the damaged skin. he was recovering in a humid cave. need i say more.

sepsis has several long-term complications, and silco has experienced a bunch of them. his immune system is weaker than it used to be, and he's at risk of developing sepsis again if an injury gets infected. muscle pain and insomnia are constant, and have been getting worse. he also has a hard time concentrating because of it.

the treatment's harm

so. shimmer. singed used a localized variant of it to fight off the worst of the infection and a more spread out variant to combat the sepsis side of things.

for his eye he had a 10 day course, but he had a few setbacks after seemingly improving and he had to be put back on antibiotics (shimmerbiotics?) when that happened. he no longer needs this specific variant of shimmer.

note on silco's daily needle treatment: i think it's not a needle, it's a type of (medical) lance, used for incision and drainage! more on that later <3

the shimmer used for his sepsis treatment was a mess at the start. singed gave him a high dosis in the moment to keep him alive, and then it was almost gambling with the dosage and variant to understand what would help with the infection.

the side effects of shimmer had silco by the throat when singed first started messing with the antibiotics. he attacked singed a few times because of the effects of shimmer, and just generally felt sick to his stomach the entire time.

supposedly the course for his sepsis was going to take two weeks, but silco ended up just lowering the dose after that. he uses shimmer for pain management, mostly through smoking the plants it's made from.

(shimmer flower cigars? yes. he'd probably smoke weed cigars in a modern au. suspend your disbelief please, especially about the shimmer variants)

the initial variant singed used was a stimulant, but the later one (which silco currently uses) is closer to weed. this was yet another thing singed did without informing silco, who was only told he was still on shimmer when it was time for him to leave the cave and go back to his life.

(silco was not aware of the weaker variat because it was given in oil form, blended into the drinks and food singed gave him)

during his time coming down from the first variant he slept a lot. he tried drinking coffee to stay awake more often than not, which made the rest of his symptoms worse even with the weaker version already being given to him.

that was the time he had the most nightmares about the time before the bridge explosion. not the explosion itself, or what came after, but nightmares of felicia, connol, and vander in a multitude of situations prior to it. he distinctly remembers one that included them dying in a fire in the last drop.

silco's anxiety was at an all time high during that time, though part of that came from having to finally deal with all the damage from the drowning incident while off major sedatives/painkillers/antibiotics.

as mentioned before, he currently smokes a variant of shimmer for pain management. not just from the infection's visible damage, but also the headaches he gets from bright lights and joint pain during colder weather.

it also makes him less nauseous, which he needs because of the changes to his lacrimal apparatus. since a big part of his shimmer-like tears drip into the back of his nose, it drains into his throat and to his stomach, which makes him sick.

back to the shimmer of his eye, and the needle/lance. due to the overflow of shimmer that occurs in his eye because of the tear production and localised deposit that stuck in the area, he needs to drain it to avoid a resurfacing of the effects that specific variant had.

essentially, the lance functions as an incision and "suction" instrument, making a small hole in the affected area and drawing out the excess shimmer. the only reason that doesn't completely ruin his eyesight is because it's already extremely damaged. he doesn't have much to lose in that eye.

supposedly he should drain it twice a day, but he found that he can go for a whole day without the symptoms getting too bad. he got jinx's help with it because his hands are usually too shaky after that long, since tremors are one of the first signs he gets.

nonfatal drowning complications

silco didn't actually suffer that much damaged directly connected with the near drowning itself. he had a very mild form of cerebral hypoxia during the event, and doesn't remember the details clearly because of it, but there wasn't much damage beyond that.

he did spend a lot of time going between upper respiratory tracts infections because his lungs were weakened, though, and he still gets them pretty often.

not a complication per se but i feel bad making this section so short: he's scared of water. it's worse around actual bodies of water, and triple that if there's someone else near him. as with most other issues of his, it has gotten better with time, but he still doesn't appreciate being near water with people he doesn't trust.

he took jinx to the river not just to help her, but to practice a little exposure therapy on himself. he goes there from time to time just with that purpose, but usually just sticks to the riverbank instead of going in.

there was a long time when he couldn't wash himself properly because of that. the texture of water on his skin was pretty stressful, so he mostly used wet rags and solid soaps. his hair was a whole different beast, he cut it almost completely off so he wouldn't have to put as much water on it.

zaun's water pollution...

is it even necessary to get into this. silco is the poster boy for the water toxicity of zaun. surprisingly, he's more resistant to the effects of it now because of the shimmer, but he used to get problems from time to time before.

he had kidney stones when he was younger. that was in part due to rationings of potable water, but some of it was because of the high sodium content in the food he ate (used to preserve it for as long as possible).

had the runeterra version of cyclosporiasis before. i don't know how to expand on that he just did. same goes to him having salmonellosis. multiple times.

when he was younger he got a few inflammations of the digestive system because of the water quality. he had oesophagitis and gastristis multiple times as a kid. then again, he wasn't the only one.

this one is also small but pretend it has an extra point here lolol.

... and its breezy twin

the air pollution is what affects him the most and what gives him the most trouble since he was a kid. he grew up in the mines, and the air/sediments there were troublesome for his lungs.

the tissue in his lungs gets irritated easily because of multiple inflammations and infections he caught when he was younger, so his health is a little bit of a gamble.

(in case it wasn't obvious, i write him with a weak immune system, first because of environmental conditions and later because of the sepsis' long term effects)

anyway, he tends to stick to his rooms and office during the colder and humid seasons. he invested in a dehumidifier because humidity makes it hard for him to breathe.

honestly believe he'd hide away from the public eye to nurse his diseases away from people. he catches chest colds at least once every winter and locks himself in his room to avoid spreading.

this menace. has a bunch of lung problems and smokes on top of it. he's gonna cough his own lungs out.

he has chronic chemical pneumonitis from inhaling a bunch of chemicals and irritants while working in the mines and generally breathing in areas where the grey is thicker.

refuses to see singed about these specific issues, mostly because he has a lot of respiratory problems going on too. it's mostly a base of "if he can't fix his own issues why would i let him try to fix mine", but he's uncomfortable letting someone see him in that state in general.

he seems very calm but most of the time it's just him putting effort into not straining his lungs beyond necessary.

thanks for reading! hope you had fun, and thanks for reaching this point!