#nightmare’s gang

[howlsofbloodhounds]

I wonder if killer resists being comforted or held during his breakdowns after turning on the human because he can’t tell if it’s just a hug or if there’s more expected from him. If this is going to be used against him later down the line and held over his head and used to fuck with his mind

[therubberducklad]

It’s NM’s first henchmen he can’t be expected to remember all that

[forgettingcrowbin]

Normal day in Nightmare‘s castle

[gh0styai]

The group tries their best :)

(Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I’m busy with school and stuff!)

[justalittleguest]

Chronic Headache Trio

I stole the Killer headache thing from @voidzphere btw. Hi.

[neon-draws-sometimes]

I don’t think killer knows what an eclipse is

[orbital-inclination]

🦈 the boys are scheming

Ramble under cut!

Killer: based on the Black-tipped Reef Shark and a Thrasher Shark. His tail is long and whip like but you can’t appreciate it’s length bc it’s out of frame. He uses it to give his prey a concussion.

Horror: is a whale shark because he is a big softie, a gentle giant. I can only have so many octopi, and next to a shark of some kind that’s my second choice for him.

Dust: manta ray. My logic behind this choice works like this; hoodie = soft + covers you = blanket. Blanket + fish = stingray. Manta Rays don’t have stingers. But I gave Dust one anyway.

Dream/Molt: I was torn between a classic fish tail for him or something with tentacles. So I drew three forms for him. his designs are loosely inspired by cuttlefish and a specific killifish I’ve lost the name of.

Because Molt’s goop is tied to his role as a Guardian of Positivity of the multiverse, I was torn about whether not his mer-form should be goopy. I’m still indecisive about this.

If we went with his cuttlefish form, just like real cuttlefish he would be able change the color and texture of his body and tentacles. He can’t change the color of his bones or magic, of course.

This also one of the few AUs that you get to see the damage done to his ribcage. If only bc he doesn’t have three layers of fabric to hide it.

Regardless of the kind of mer-skele, Molt steers clear of deep open water. The scars across his ribs are a literal beacon in the dark, as his magic glows, and are just as likely to attract a predator as they are to attract curious small fish. As dusk falls, Molt hides himself away in caves and crevices in the reef or cliffs. He is a day time hunter by choice, but his brother still prefers to hunt at night.

Nightmare/Rem: i had two ideas for Rem, Octopus or Orca. Orca, because of the general importance that family plays in their social dynamic. And Octopus for classic fandom interpretation reasons.

If we are using the octopus type mer for Rem; like his brother, he can change the pattern and color of his body but not his bones or magic. Though he can change his color to almost any hue he wants, he prefers dark colors.

The dark markings on his bones may or may not be natural, and may or may not be caused by the same incident that nearly shattered his brother’s bones. :)

[abstractdogwolfthing]

Wooagh that’s carzyyyy

[scribble-brain-aced]

idea:

the star sanses finally capture nightmare’s gang. they bring them to an empty AU until they figure what to do with them. put them in jail? redeem them?

until then, the gang is separated, so that they can’t form an escape plan, so that they can’t influence each other. putting them in the same room together is too dangerous.

except the stars don’t realize they NEED each other. they don’t realize that they literally can’t function properly without the help of the others.

dust can’t be sure what’s real or fake without asking someone for help.

killer can’t work up the motivation to take care of himself without someone nagging him.

horror can’t handle the pain, or the brain fog without someone there to help, or at least to be quiet company.

cross can’t handle being left without a purpose, without someone for him to protect and love and be with.

nightmare tries to act normal, but he can’t handle being alone without someone to be with and cling to.

the stars could help them, but the gang is so tightly knit together that they’re practically completely co-dependant.

is it a ploy, or a trick? is this just a plan to get them back together? the stars, being unsure, don’t fall for it. they leave them separate.

and the gang starts to break.

[emeraldhazeidentity]

Hear me out.

A Nightmare who doesn't abuse and torture his men like canon Nightmare, but neither does he father them like Dadmare.

Instead, a Nightmare who lavishes rewards and power on his henchmen to virtually 'buy' their loyalty.

Because it's Basic Villiany 101:

The tyrant king who abuses his men inevitably gets overthrown in an uprising.

But the tyrant king who heaps rewards and prestige upon his men shows them that they're better off with him. Sure, to the rest of his subjects he's sadistic and terrifying, but to his loyal men, they get all the benefits of serving him without the punishments.

That's why I like a Nightmare that eases his Gang's psyches when they're having a flashback/LV spike. That's why I like a Nightmare that furnishes his Castle with opulence and riches. That's why I like a Nightmare that is gentle when he touches his henchmen, even though he's violent with the rest of the Multiverse.

Because they're his. And he treats his things with care and reverence. Serve him well, and you'll be richly rewarded.

[asterclaw]

so many different ways to say “yes”

[howlsofbloodhounds]

Is there any version of Nightmare across the fandom that you like? Or ones that you think are interesting? [Im a nightmare fan :D. But mostly, particular fanon Nightmare versions. i have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the original Nightmare.]

I don’t care enough about nightmare or most fanon depictions to seek out content of him, but I do like signanothername’s version, as well as the Creature (i forgot what the users name was, the one where nm is very small and treats the gang like pets or toys, is kinda childish).

There’s also byrd’s version, can’t remember the username rn but from the little I have read about, that version is very interesting.

But tbh gang I prefer more canonish depictions of nightmare because fanon just isn’t interesting to me and feels very sanitized most of the time. Most people want him to just be misunderstood and that’s it, but this often comes at the cost of making him “good actually and everyone else is wrong” or “Dream was secretly bad or just mislead and naive” or just plain boring to me.

Not to mention I feel it again overlooks and ignores an opportunity to address or portray things like labor trafficking/modern day slavery, abuse, trauma, etc, because it feels like the fandom just wants everyone to like everyone and get along always and forever and everyone can be redeemed. Which is fine of course, just not for me.

Same way people think people going through the same types of abuse will all become codependent and empathic and love eachother and understand eachother so much even though the environment they’re in actively doesn’t foster that environment and it feels like another trope of the “perfect victim” where everyone is all so empathic and kind and understanding and they all hate their abuser together and trust eachother and will never harm or hurt eachother ever.

Even when their environment does not allow or foster that. Everyone just reacting and responding the exact same way to the same trauma and abuse and horror just feels very unrealistic and boring ig im tryna say as I go completely off topic.

[therubberducklad]

D. Depending on his Soul-Stage, I think killer would have very diff answers when asked about CHARA and the PLAYER

Bonus Stage 4:

Killer!Sans is by Rahafwabas

[forgettingcrowbin]

Uhhhh quick thing to get me out of artblock,,, au where Brothers turn into a tree 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↔️

Next order of business is the final dtiys doodles, and a few silly things I have planned 😳🤭❤️❤️

[gh0styai]

That one family who decorates for Christmas before Thanksgiving :

… I am part of one of those families…

[someverygaymoth]

I just had the worst thought

The castle learning one full sentence and it’s just “Don’t be racist I am a building” and quoting it every so often like a vocal stim

The floorboards gently creak to the tune of the song to punctuate it

And the castle fucking laughs every time Nightmare just stares because what in the fuck and why does it know how to do that perfectly

He blames Killer

I cracked up at this.

Killer would absolutely teach it horrible and odd things to say. He tells it scary stories sometimes and it'll just repeat lines from the stories, scaring the shit out whatever poor soul happens to be walking through a dark hallway all alone. The only person who isn't ever even remotely startled by these antics is Dust. He's used to hearing horrifying things out of nowhere and assumes it's an auditory hallucination.