#lowkey higher

[anonymocha]

hear me out. their dynamic is basically “i am not sick, there is no need to cure me” vs “i can cure anything i want!!! watch!”

• “there’s no way wonderland is real. there’s always a cure for anything, we’re just not trying hard enough” (is actually curious) —> one (1) makeout session later, got sent to wonderland —> “omg wtf lmao mb ☠️ ☕️ 🎀” —> “this is beyond illness (my comprehension)”

[zealouswitchwerewolf]

DP AU where the box ghost is actually someone from the future that came back as a ghost to try and warn Danny before all the major battles. The problem is that ghosts are mostly ruled by emotions and since he isn't directly connected to all the battles as they happened, his memories get fuzzy at best so whenever he warns Danny, it's either because there's about to be a world ending event or because someone's cat got stuck on a tree (and anything in between)

So when Danny joins the JL as Phantom they ask him about his rogue gallery. He tells them all about the ancients he fought and skulker and the GIW, even his parents, though he only says they were mad scientists with a huge bias.

And then, after he tells them about the "plasmius incident" they ask whether he thinks Vlad is the one that's caused him most trouble and Danny goes quiet for a bit and looks thoughtful for way too long before saying in a quiet voice "no, that's actually the box ghost. He's always warning me about something. It's terrifying"

The JL are concerned. What could be worse than all the Eldritch terrors Danny has described? They try to ask for details but whenever they bring the topic, Danny gets this lost stare and goes silent until they change the topic or snap him out of it. It's kind of unsettling. So they leave it be. Even Batman doesn't push it (he would rather not traumatize the kid more, thank you very much, he's also wondering if he can adopt someone that's technically dead, asking for a friend).

And then the box ghost shows up at the watchtower. They all come running when they hear the ominous "Beware". Batman activates all the alerts. Boxy just throws a box at him, then leaves. Batman calls for a meeting, most of the heroes were already in the watchtower anyway, he describes the incident to phantom.

Danny: ah, that was just his way of saying hi. I guess he wants to start haunting you too. Should be fun :)

Batman: hn

The JL: ?!?

Danny: Don't worry, I'll ask him to be nicer next time :)

Flash: was that... Supposed to be terrifying? He just threw a box, right?

Danny: 🤷🏻‍♀️

[jadecantcreate]

the krew and body counts

[5spot4fterdark]

hhh

[nerdy-arty]

Sunflower week day 6: Basil's birthday

Happy birthday to my favorite anxiety plant gay

[bonnieisaway]

anyways while I was editing earlier we have almost a precise ranking of power for the shadow killers despite most of them not actually ever saying/their official ranking never been mentioned. and most of this is either just mentioned in passing or can be guessed from the way the show presents them. up to season 4 spoilers ahead btw

so like, obviously Seven (in his prime, at least - do you think the second spot ever took his when he disappeared btw? like do you think there was a time where he was just labelled missing for ages before somebody else became number one?) was rank number one, it's said and talked about like a million times, Seven was conclusively the highest ranked and most powerful shadow killer by 18 years old.

along with this we hear one other thing: Green Phoenix is mentioned to be the (physically) weakest Shadow Killer. given how much people are sticklers for the rankings we can presume this puts him at the lowest of the seven, even if he chose to appear weaker than he is and his focus is majorly on cunning and wit rather than martial prowess, I assume this is where he's offically ranked honestly

everyone else has never had their number mentioned - or if it was said in some obscure place i don't know it's not on the wiki, but let's be fucking for real nothing is on the wiki seriously one of us might wanna update that thing one day anyways - but I believe we can roughly guess where the rest of the killers rank given by their actions in the show and the order which the show presents them.

which - this might be a controversial one tbh - puts Redtooth fairly low on the list. he is physically more powerful than Green Phoenix, but Green Phoenix is able to outwit Redtooth twice, and Green Phoenix is technically the one who kills Redtooth. But also, Seven at fairly low strength was able to fight Redtooth and almost won on his own. Redtooth is also mentioned in season 4 that naturally, he was physically weak and actually struggled with picking up qi and such - he does not have a natural nor honed talent and his power ENTIRELY relies on the Blood Demon inside him. So he's easily outwitted, he's physically weak without the Blood Demon which, up until season 4 was still restrained heavily, Seven is able to handle him all the way back in season two. Notably, Dai Bo and the rest of the cast are unable to handle him however, even though most of them are built to handle aggressive opponents liked Redtooth.

But it's mainly the fact he appears and is 'defeated' so early in the show that makes me truly believe he ranks so low. Obviously we probably haven't seen the full capabilities of Redtooth and most of the cast however, and this is a ranking with the seal. Obviously he seems to be set up to absolutely rock White Fox's shit in season 5, but it's still really important to keep in mind that this is purely the Blood Demon.

after him the other shadow killer we have the most information on is Blackbird, who Seven ultimately beat into the fuckin ground but boy did we sure almost die getting there!!

So from what we know about Blackbird, from season three, is that unlike Redtooth, he is physically strong, and similar to Green Phoenix he's largely driven by his trauma and his need to validate something that's missing within him, but his weakness seems to really only be his own ego - his weakness (aside from the sun like a fucking vampire. cringelord) is when he can't win, when he is struggling, his frustration is ultimately his downfall. This is one of - if not the only - few fights where 'prime' Seven - or even just Seven as he is now - does not appear to be physically stronger than somebody, and he's actually just barely faster than Blackbird (being able to fucking FLY he's still got a bit of an advantage but Seven's reaction time is evidently quicker, and Blackbird comments that Seven's ambushes and speed used to be infamous - a prowess that Blackbird is almost capable to keep up with) but he wins the fight with wit and outsmarting them. And ultimately, Blackbird's weakness was himself.

Which is a lot to say he's really strong. But it's hard to place him anywhere on the leaderboard without a key thing that Manjusaka says:

"It seems you're the best after all," as she turns to Blackbird. This is (presumably) the direct translation, because in English Manjusaka actually says something different that I wanna touch on again later, but she turns to Blackbird and says he's the best after all. Which would imply: Blackbird took the spot for number one when Seven was missing. Blackbird had been second to Seven in the league - and some of his contempt for Seven may be because of that. This conclusively puts Blackbird in the number two spot for me.

The next three we have even less information on, so it's really hard to put them in precise spots. As for Manjusaka though we have this: she is very cunning and manipulative, and the other Shadow Killer we know to be infamous for their cunning and wit was the lowest ranked - because the ranks seem to have FAR more value in raw martial prowess and strength than wit. Along with this, Manjusaka never actually works alone. In English in season 3, when she turns to Blackbird, she says "I guess we're just better together," which puts a lot of emphasis on her working with somebody, and emphasis on the fact that she's USING the fact that Blackbird is so high rank so that she can be powerful by proxy. She's also the only one who seems to defend her other Shadow Killers - though they aren't immune to her own scrutiny, Manjusaka outright kills three people for shit-talking Redtooth.

Along with this - Manjusaka dies to Green Phoenix (coughprobablycough) and leaves her as an opponent Seven will never (probably) fight. The Shadow Killers have kept appearing in an order of higher and higher ranking, and Manjusaka is the third to ever appear, and of the three, ALL THREE have died and one came back. Just like, the order these characters have appeared in, they usually appear in increasing power and every season has ended with Seven fighting or about to fight a new, powerful Shadow Killer. Manjusaka dying already leaves her feeling fairly low ranked, given the pattern the show has exhibited.

Manjusaka is also tied to Shimen and are inseparable - what Shimen and Manjusaka lack the other make up for. Shimen appears slow yet viciously strong and stone faced, he's nothing but muscle and qi, and Manjusaka is fast and stealthy - she teleports around, she uses deception and poisons to best her enemies. They're also hardly ever depicted apart. They're only separated twice - when Shimen leaves the fight with Blackbird due to general disinterest, and when Shimen and Manjusaka split up in season 4.

(these two symbols fading into each other feel like they represent Manjusaka and Shimen)

They're constantly depicted together and fluently work together. They coordinate easily when that's not the normal for the Shadow Killers - infighting is banned and that's it, they aren't required to get along. But these two are two inseparable halves of one whole, they are both arguably strong on their own but they have glaring weaknesses that the other fills. Their weaknesses, to a point, are when they're separated. This also would seemingly put them next to each other on the ranking - together it feels like they make up one, unstoppable person, and it makes sense that separately they are at similar ranking/strength, just simply excel together, and weaker rankings would be the most likely to bond together to form stronger ones.

Not to mention, Manjusaka dies on screen at the end of the season four and that's it, and Shimen's fate is left entirely unknown because he doesn't appear again and only the leader approaches Green Phoenix. But during the opening for the entire season we see one shot of Shimen we never actually see during the season:

Shimen left alone and unconscious without Manjusaka. And he leaves the Blackbird fight unharmed, he obviously leaves the encounter with Ouyang Zang (is that his name ? straight up might've misspelled it sorry ) alive because he appears again afterwards, and it seems to imply that without Manjusaka, Shimen is left weak and vulnerable. So these two, to me, feel like they're exactly next to each other on the rankings - and possibly ranked somewhere in the middle

Which now only leaves White Fox, who we know the least about personality wise but we've seen some of his martial abilities (AKA: hey guys I can make a nitrogen bomb from my finger. wanna see) and watched him fight the prince of Stan, which does lead to the conclusion that he is fairly powerful, though it seems it's not really physical strength but his qi, speed, and reflexes that let him overpower his opponents. Given the rankings I've given the other Shadow Killers it naturally leaves him at a semi-high spot.

Which leaves me with my final (guesstimated) ranking of the Shadow Killers, with Seven during his prime, Redtooth's seal still not broken:

Seven

Blackbird

White Fox

Shimen

Manjusaka

Redtooth

Green Phoenix

Shimen and Manjusaka feel interchangeable in their spots, honestly? And I would almost put Redtooth above Manjusaka ...? But it kind of feels natural that he's below her. Also, I went back and skimmed the show to see if anybody else was introduced by ranking, given that a lot of people in the show had been previously, and I only found these scenes:

Which are all only labelled 'the seven greats' according to the translation, unless somebody here speaks Chinese and their rankings are actually said/implied in the Chinese characters and Netflix just didn't translate it which wouldn't even surprise me honestly Netflix just fucking does that sometimes

so yea 👍 that's my estimation on the rankings of the Shadow Killers maybe the show will prove me right eventually. this post took me like 2 hours to make. help

[eiwly]

treasure hunting in the ruins

finally finished this pic~ 90% of my effort went into the bg, 10% went to meds, sorry buddy. I was worried I was gonna overwork it, but I'm happy with the results. I like the eerie green colour and the hazy lighting, and lowkey the composition of it.

I didn't super plan anything other than the ruin's structure, but I'm happy with how it all came out

[ghostlylicious]

im going to post a lil sketch i did of jaskier and priscilla on valentines instead of finishing the serious valentines piece 🤭💥

im obsessed with their hats

[banefort]

cost me an arm and a leg to get it running, but here's my Google Drive upload of The Generators (2024) dir. Georgie Cowan-Turner. If the upload doesn't work, try accessing it through this - a private Vimeo link I found in the festival's code.

[aeolianblues]

it is literally not about legality, if you’re in your late 30s literally what are you hitting up 21 y/os for. Don’t you have investments to make.

[flowerakatsuka]

i don't focus on totoko nearly as much as i should, especially when it comes to her friendship with kuroba. like kuro's not afraid to be blunt with her and give it to her straight, ( which scares the shit out of the sextuplets whenever they do it around them. ) but they're also not immune to cute, evil woman and will let her get away with stuff bc they think it's funny when she wrecks havoc.

[therottenkingsreckoning]

Your voice to me is actually a mixture of Garfield and Jack black idk why

Y'know what, ya that's pretty accurate to my vibes

[thyandrawrites]

Only the middle east knows what's up. Respect

[cassandragemini]

oh btw misha is from slightly east of lake khövsgöl and that drawing is very explicitly referencing what the lake looks like when its frozen over. its genuinely that vibrantly blue irl

[starsreminisce]

*knock knock knock* The girlies are asking me about an announcement lmao and I pulled Death on two different occasions when asking about the season we could possibly expect it. And that was the only card that came out. So Scorpio season/fall looks suspicious but I’m also questioning it because I think the book will be a fall release and idk if SJM would announce it a year in advance. I was thinking if not an announcement maybe an update. Have you ever asked about it? It’d be nice to compare answers 😭 💕

I don’t think SJM will announce the book a year in advance either. We’ll probably get about half a year between the title reveal and the release date. So, Scorpio season could be when we get the title, cover, or even the book itself.

I’m a big believer in November for the announcement, mainly because ACOSAF and ACOMAF were both announced in November. It makes sense to me that SJM would return to that pattern. Plus, with holiday sales, it would be a great opportunity for preorders from long-time readers and collectors, as well as new readers interested in the sets. That adds up to a lot of potential sales.

I haven’t asked tarot about the timing, but I have looked into the surrounding energies. Essentially, I’m getting the sense that SJM is feeling burnt out and is using the next manuscript as a negotiation tactic for something. Meanwhile, Bloomsbury seems to be taking a “whatever you want” approach.

As for astrology, while it’s frustrating that we don’t have her birth time, and I haven’t figured out her rising sign, I still find transits interesting. I would love to see if her book announcements or releases align with her tropical zodiac releasing or Vedic mahadashas, but I’ll take what I can get.

I asked a friend about potential transits, and transiting Mercury conjuncting her natal Saturn in the first week of November could bring a major announcement. Also, transiting Mercury conjuncting her Uranus in the third week of November might bring a surprise or off-the-cuff announcement.

A lot of planets seem to be conjucting on her solar return. I pretty much accepted if not in November then next year, around her birthday.

So far, there have been two book announcements in March, two in April, one in May, one in June, one in October, and two in November.

Saturn has also been retrograde for most of the year, and since it’s in Pisces, where she has her Sun, Jupiter, and Venus, I’d blame that for the delay. The retrograde ends in November, so hopefully, once that moves forward, so will whatever has been stagnant so far for her.

So yea, that's what I have so far! With that, so many things have been popping up with ACOTAR related stuff so, maybe it's a sign we would get something soon.

Thanks for asking!

[harlequinoccult]

what are the slsq ro's opinions of soulmates? do they believe in them?

No, not at all: Black Dahlia, Cold

Wants to believe: Elysium, Overdose

Yes. Absolutely: The Host, Sweetheart