#lilwritingraven

[strafethesesinners]

Cooper McCoy + fears

(Sent in by @lilwritingraven thank you!)

Being imprisoned or trapped, becoming weak, and never seeing his siblings again.

[vasiktomis]

Cora x John or Cora x Audry? 😌

You know I have to do Audry and Cora for this one omfg RIP to the local fire authorities

Who’s the first to wake up in the morning:

Cora, 100%

Who’s the one to make breakfast:

They probably both tried and set fire to the kitchen, so most likely, a local fireman.

Who’s the one to serve the other breakfast in bed:

So long as neither cooks, this could go both ways. Cora would always make sure Audry wakes up to a coffee in the morning.

Who would suggest a quickie in the morning before work:

...look. LOOK. Audry.

Who suggests they both ditch work to lay around all day:

For Cora to suggest laying around all day would be a sign that she's deathly ill. This one's gotta be Audry.

Who chooses the movies:

Cora, definitely. At least she'd try.

Who initiates kissing during the moving, thus distracting the other from the movie all together:

God damnit, Audry.

Who orders lunch:

Because their kitchen is a smouldering heap of ash and building frames, Cora is under the impression that it's her solemn responsibility to order, even if she's rude and forgets the list half the time. Everybody prefers hearing Audry on the phone.

Who steals food from the other’s plate without asking:

Cora.

Who curls up next to the other and falls asleep due to a full tummy:

Cora. Big sleepy eater.

Who distracts the other from trying to work at home:

The image of Audry on a zoom call trying to lean in the way of Cora dragging a wounded wolverine into the house does spring to mind.

Who asks to go get ice cream like a five year old:

Audry. Only because Cora would demand ice cream.

Who takes pictures of their partner eating ice cream:

Audry. Maybe because of the cute/fun element, because she's a sweet heart. Maybe for crime scene evidence.

Who makes a sexual joke about the dripping ice cream on their partner’s face:

Audry. Cora would take the joke literally and it'd click at like 2am and she'd lie awake, staring at the ceiling.

Who cooks dinner:

These two are truly going to die okay NO COOKING ALLOWED.

Who cleans up the kitchen afterwards:

PARAMEDICS??? INSURANCE DETECTIVES? IDK

Who stays up until 2 reading:

Cora.

Who stares at their partner while their sleeping:

Cora. It's the safest time to stare bc there's limited chances of being caught out for being a softie.

Who kisses their partner while they sleep:

Audry perhaps, because Cora is much more cuddly when she's not conscious.

[shellibisshe]

Elle search history??

part one is here !

- how to get my husband to stop eating all the banana bread

- [insert random movie/tv show] cast

- plant pots

- how bad is box dye for your hair

- how do I know if my makeup is expired

[bl-beater]

🥀❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Well- raven. You forgot the "👀"

Its fine- I'll just add it myself :3 right back to everything. We really need to talk more again.

[honeysidesarchived]

🧡💛💙💜 (did i go all the way back to find the post so I could send these to you? Absolutely and I'd do it again soulmate)

angel mine!!!! i love and adore you all of these back at you 🥺🥺🥺

[florbelles]

L Y R A + vowels? ❤

ty lovely!! xx content warning for lyra-typical content ( torture, violence, sex, death, her standard bullshit ). unavoidable angst on the y despite the titular fluff asks because this is the hell that i’m always living in.

A CTIVITIES. what do they like to do with their s/o? how do they spend their free time with them?

— torturing nonbelievers, killing the unworthy, fucking in the blood of sinners ( sin can only be cleansed with blood, they say; blood cleanses all, they say; not all, sayeth shaggy, stage left with the mop ), watching each other work, seedsplaining their life stories to heretics, monologuing like they’re on a helium inhale, tormenting shaggy, never shutting the fuck up, making the flock at large crave the release of seven years in a bunker apart from them, laughing at their mediocre-to-terrible jokes they believe are terribly witty, causing joseph immeasurable pain in behaving reprehensibly during sermons when he’s too occupied to give them the Look of Discontent.

in all seriousness, the main thing she does with her husband that she can with absolutely no one else is nothing at all. the closest thing they have to an off switch is with each other. look at them, nuzzling in the rocking chair on the porch. look how in love they are. they might be anyone. they might be entirely unburdened of who and what they are. they might simply exist, for a moment. they might simply be happy. how sweet. do not look too closely at the blood drying under her claws. do not listen too closely to the sounds from the shed. do not try to identify that lingering scent emanating from the fire pit; surely it’s only the hickory.

E QUAL. are they the dominant one in the relationship, or rather passive?

— neither; lyra could never be in a partnership with someone she does not consider her equal in every respect. all her life she assumed she would be alone precisely because she knows what she is; she would never ask anyone to be in that position. she would never ask someone to live at a disadvantage. she would never want to be with someone who could not know the worst of it and choose her anyway. she needs someone who can keep up with her and can keep her on her toes. she needs someone who’s like her, who sees her, who understands her, who can meet her at her level. she truly needs her match; she would never accept anything less, for the sake of both her interest and her comfort level.

I NSPIRATION. did their s/o change them somehow, or the other way around? Like trying out new things or helped them overcome personal problems?

— on the contrary, they both hold the belief that everything they've been through and done and become has led them to this point ; they were meant for this, they were meant for each other, but they have already become who they need to be by the time their paths cross. everything led them to here, to each other, and for that, they can forgive the world nearly anything. 

they don't alter each other, they don’t seek to, but they do bring out the extremes in the other; they fuel each other's fanaticism, messianic complexes, sadism, all of it. they indulge each other. they love each other completely, as they are, even the worst parts. perhaps especially those. 

it might be said they temper the others’ self-destructive propensities, to an extent. she is perhaps more cautious because of him; she will never be truly cautious — not even he can give her impulse control or self-preservation instincts — but she is no longer quite so as expendable; there will be ramifications for someone who is not herself if she dies. she is no longer simply another damned soul, preying on the predators until she herself is slain. ( she has met her match, he did not slay her, he loved her instead; that was far more terrifying ). she is monstrous, but she is the monster he loves. she is nothing instead, but she is something also. ( lyra is obviously no longer at war with herself after finding her purpose in her the project, which is a fairly fundamental shift, but that can’t be attributed to john; she would have joined the project with or without him ).

of course loving him changes things, not in who she is, but in how it’s externalized ( this is how he saves her; all of her rage, all of her wrath, all of the passion and intensity and emotion and impulse that brews inside her, all of it is poured into loving him ). theirs is an obsessive, all-consuming, codependent love, and while being with him means she is wanted and loved and accepted and happy and at home for the first time in her life — and of course that changes things, of course it does, she is no longer afraid of herself, she is no longer consumed with loathing for what she is, because perhaps she is a monster, but god must love her, must, must, she must have done right, because go brought her here, god gave her him — but this also means that losing him leaves a truly irreparable void.

O N CLOUD NINE. what are they like when they are in love? is it obvious for others? how do they express their feelings?

— terrified. agonized. as giddy as a schoolgirl. she is deliriously, excruciatingly, passionately in love, or not at all; it’s everything or it’s nothing. ( she’s poor at expressing it with words. words she grew up with. words are so easily misunderstood. words are so easily fabricated. she cannot say she loves him. the words feel too weak. she is afraid they will rot in her mouth. she is afraid they will be as empty as every other time she heard it in her life. such a stupid word. such a small, stupid word ). nonetheless, it’s obvious, blindingly so, even from external observation; she lights up; she flushes; her heart still lurches when she sees him. she still feels drunk with it. she always will.

lyra’s love is ultimately something she demonstrates through acts, with sweat and tears and blood. she proves it with her body; physical intimacy is the only kind of intimacy she knows how to express. ( forgive me; i know only how to love violently ). she proves it with a simple, i see you: i know you; i am going to let you see me. i am going to let you know me.

she does not say i love you. she says i chose you, and he knows what it means.

she drops into warm familiarity; her enemies are greeted with “hello, darling,” her husband gets a simple “hi, john.” she does not mask her soft, light voice. she curls around him when he sleeps to feel the blood beating through his veins and his breath on her neck. she murmurs insensibly to him. she willingly surrenders all of her defenses.

( they could kill each other. they could destroy each other. they have always known this. they have always known what they are ).

she decides she’s going to let him.

U NDERSTANDING. how well do they know their partner? are they empathetic?

— she knows him better than anyone. she knows him immediately. she sees him. she recognizes him. she understands him. that’s all she’s ever wanted, to have that with someone. for them to know her. she wouldn’t even asked to be loved; she knows how much that asks. but yes. she does. he’s her own heart; whatever he feels, she does.

Y EARNING. how will they cope when they’re missing their partner?

— she simply does not.

her separation anxieties with john go deeper than simply missing him because of the fact that joseph insists that, if he should die young, he dies alone, so whenever she is parted from him for any substantial amount of time and he is left alone she is actually, physically crippled. she was separated from him once for five days at the beginning of the reaping; she couldn’t keep anything down. she couldn’t sleep. mary may found her crawling on the floor of the spread eagle dry heaving on the second day, and it was downhill from there.

she’s entirely comatose immediately following his death; she shows little improvement for months. she wears nothing but his trench; she won’t wash because his blood dried on her skin before the end of everything, because she’ll never have him inside her again and she can’t scrub him away, because she can’t move, because she can’t swallow or scream and her insides have run too dry to swallow or cry or blink. ( it’s entirely possible she never would have functioned again, had joseph not told her the voice returned to him; he had almost given up on her survival by then; surely there was little human left in her ).

she might externally be more or less restored to her former self after that, but the truth is that she never recovers, not really; she slips out to his grave every night and sleeps with her fingers buried in the dirt. she talks to him, sometimes, or hums, or sings, even though he’s not there, even though she can’t feel him. all her life she’s played roles, and she plays herself exceptionally well, but a fundamental part of herself died with him. she is playing someone who no longer exists. she is a phantom. the new world is her purgatory.

( he is her whole heart, don’t forget. )

she watches it ripped from her chest.

she keeps breathing.

she bleeds out for seventeen years.

she still counts herself the happiest woman who lived.

[rejected-beater]

Rai and steve?

Here we go with some more Rai :D

- where is it cold but not to cold?

- how many different ice cream flavors do exist?

- can you die on eating to much ice cream?

- what bread am I self-test?

- how to show respect wiki how

- can you die on broken ribs?

- is it possible to die in your sleep?

Hehe Steve:

- how to explain that you aren't a deputy

- is it possible to break your dick?

- does people exist who don't know how to shave?

- good placed to play baseball

- hope country

- how to stop a cult

- sketching ideas

[stacispratt]

Ooooohhhh 🌹🌹

ilysm thank u dearest!!

Jacob’s not fucking stupid. No man in his right mind would think Pratt is loyal to him or Eden's Gate.

[whumpingwithclara-alt]

fanart ~ Audry Rook

@lilwritingraven here you gooooo... had no idea what to do for the flower tattoo sooo! Also I took a lot of liberties in drawing her so I *really* hope she turned out ok :D <3

[jollybone]

What was the reason you got into art?

Uhm.. I have been drawing since I was little so I guess I've always been into art? In school I always drew when I was bored too- my older brother has always been drawing cars and machines and I think that got me to wanting to draw too.

Just to be able to create your own stuff is amazing.

[statichvm]

BEAUTIFUL SOUL HAPPY BIRTHDAY

THANK YOU ANGEL 💜💜

[vasiktomis]

Number 18 for the otp ask? 😌

!! Thank you Raven!! I don't think I QUITE answered this one properly but I hope there's enough angst in there to be satisfactory.

18. Describe or write a really angsty scene!

Sadly I don't have a scene for you, but a concept lol. Angst dynamic for this pairing that isn't directly attributed to the main plot is something that really interests me, because they both communicate in such different ways and they have the potential to clash in a really nasty way.

Warnings ahead for mentions of dissociation and toxic behaviours!

John and Cora are both creatures of habit. They work hard to communicate, but when you're Montana's two most misunderstood people AND you have issues interpreting the world around you, it can be a struggle. It's difficult for John to find proper balance between outright vitriol and overbearing, all-encompassing, obsessive love. It gets more difficult the closer someone is to his heart. The easier it is for him to get caught up trying to read between the lines. His sensitivities skyrocket. Cora, meanwhile, shuts down completely when she's feeling overwhelmed. While John overflows with emotion, Cora dissociates. When they're both caught at a bad time, communication becomes nearly impossible.

John's used to having Joseph to continually offer him support to set his mind at ease. It's not fair, but his instinct is to expect the same of Cora. Joseph was manipulative about how dependent John was on him for stability, but it was still instant validation. Sometimes he can't understand that Cora isn't emotionally available 100% of the time. She can't sense his emotions like Joseph can, so when he's down and she barely reacts, he loses it. Obviously she doesn't give a shit about him. Obviously this entire thing was a mistake. He needs to pack her things and tell her to leave. He needs to scream. He needs to curl up at her feet and beg her to tell him she loves him and mean it. Tell him he hasn't done anything wrong. Why doesn't she coddle him like Joseph does? Does she hate him? What the fuck is wrong with her?

John melting down can set Cora off just as easily. When she's had a bad experience that day and he insists on clinging to her. When he's clearly upset and expecting her to read his mind. Sort through his feelings with him when she doesn't even have the capacity to function herself. He's so emotional and high-energy and overwhelming and its easier to just retreat into the back of her mind. He needs something from her right now, but she can't help him. She needs to be left alone, and he refuses to let that happen. He's speaking every language she doesn't, and he looks heartbroken when she musters a "go away", because a simple instruction for her is pages of subtext for him to agonise over.

It's not until they're both utterly exhausted from the ordeal that they can be exposed to each other again.

John will apologise. So will Cora. They'll tiredly run through what happened. How they interpreted it. How they can do better next time. Sometimes, the exhaustion is where Cora loses her energy. She'll drop the walls she always keeping up. She wishes she wasn't faulty. She'll cry, and that's enough to make John cry, because his own faults have made her feel this way about herself.

They babble messy assurances of love and appreciation. They find each other again and celebrate that they get better at this every time. It's all learning. They talk and listen on and off about the issue until their thoughts run dry. Until they're on exactly the same word of the same sentence of the same page.

[necro-hamster]

1-10 for Danny? x

FIRST OF ALL THANK U FOR THE ASK !! :3c

1. age?

danny is 19 during the game events !!

2. gender?

they're nonbinary, and use he/they pronouns !! they aren't really out to anyone tho :<

3. romantic/sexual orientation?

bisexual, most of my ocs are lmao. that's on projection ! again tho, he isn't out to anyone.

4. height?

5'4" ! fun fact, tho, when i first made him, he was 5'10" lmao. every time i redid their bio i made em a little bit shorter, and here we are now.

5. race?

he's white, dude's background is like 90% redneck

6. what do they look like? (i.e, hair color, eye color, etc)

i have a ref sheet for him you can find here!

7. any disabilities?

danny doesn't have any physical disabilities, but he does have undiagnosed adhd

8. is there a meaning to their name?

ngl when making danny i did not look into the meaning of their name, but i just looked it up and apparently it originally meant 'god is my judge' according to the old testament, so. THAT'S coincidentally fitting lmaooo

9. what makes them, them?

unfortunately a lot of danny's identity is tied to eden's gate because he spent so many years with them :^/ but! outside of that. they're generally a very gentle, verging on timid, person, and a music lover :^) they aren't very book smart, but they're good at talking with people. and to be honest they're kind of annoying when it really comes down to it

10. what do they want to be when they grow up/what do they want to do with their lives?

as a kid, danny DESPERATELY wanted to be a musician, and tbh he still kind of does. he's ...... kind of busy with other things tho, to say the very least.

[shellibisshe]

I want to do right by Marian I swear

YOU CAN HAVE HER you just have to put up with her yelling about ghosts

[honeysidesarchived]

🔥 + power for Isolde

🔥 + dark for Elliot

🔥 + glass for Arden

:3

raven ilu but why are u out here exposing my girls

🎕 it's not a far reach to assume that there is nothing sexier to isolde than power. like, can u think of something more attractive than a man begging you? she can't. she 1.) likes to be on top and 2.) likes to be in control, and if she can get a please soli i'll be good soli out of it, then all the better. fair enough that she likes to be submissive to the right person but MOST of the time she just wants to get THIS close to making a man cry.

🎕 for the longest time, elliot only wanted to have sex in the dark. easier to check out, easier to to pretend like she's away from her body; however, now, she finds that there's something very sexy about being intimate in absolute and complete pitch darkness. not being able to see even the shape of the person you're with (thank you, black-out curtains) is placing inherent trust in them as it is, but then all of your senses are heightened; especially for a girl who puts so much value into touch, can you imagine how it would feel to have that sensation multiplied?? good lordy

🎕 i mean. come on. we know arden is a little exhibitionist. could she really resist a bit of the horizontal tango pressed up against the glass of a window in a hotel room, her office, her house? maybe the car? it's about wanting to fuck someone SO BAD you can't even WAIT to find a flat surface, you gotta do it against a WINDOW. i said what i said

[florbelles]

Lyras history PLEASE

ty lovely 💕 pt i here!

+ hope county chronicle

+ bigfoot etiquette

+ bigfoot hope county ginger

+ tennessee nuclear plant

+ wildflower identification

+ moscow