#oc: Salem

[cavitypets]

lps ocs 4/5!

[ruerock]

blood witch & hellboy

[soursherbat]

@lagomorphics chewtoy is so fun to draw!!! wait. who's fuckin dog is that- oh god. oh no. oh-

okay but seriously this was such a fun and silly little doodle i hope you like it!! i had to ask its size because salem is a Massive Dog-

[iaus]

okay floodgates are open. incoherent rambling time

okay first things first salem is SO funny because initially when i made him i was literally sitting here like what would it look like if i mashed together traits of tardif and damian from darkest dungeon. well. you end up with a rage-y hulk of a man who flattens his affect so much that he can't come to grips with ANYTHING that happens to him so he just distances himself from his past repeatedly until he's like.

i'm adjusted. i got over this. i'm a completely normal functioning human being. > bolts at the first sign of someone wanting a relationship from him. (but. as i've said before the whole Thing with alfie in my head is more complicated than JUST that. i think salem and alfie were in a mutually toxic situationship that never resolved or will ever resolve.) BUT. he is a dnd character so i couldn't help but add More Trauma to his background

so like. i've always in my head been Vague about whether his family is actually dead but HE very much believes that. so he has that guilt of if he leaves someone that they'll die while he's not there. (which is kind of resurfacing now in the game with salem getting yera to steal a hairbrush and hair from alfie's house LOL.) but.

now we get to the point of this post because i haven't like actually Written Down salem's family dynamics even though they're really clear in my head.

so when i thought more about salem's family i was thinking more like nomadic nordic and germanic tribes (his original weapon was named freawaru after the character in beowulf) and i was also thinking of hyena hierarchies and family structures so, naturally, i was like okay his family is basically like this gigantic matriarchal amalgamation of his immediate family and cousins. i always pictured them as a mix of aasimar, gnoll, shifters/lycans, and half-orcs that lived in the anarouch desert. they'd move about trading and offering protection along the black road.

also fun fact salem's birth name (orrak dalthu) is a mix of gnoll and orc names.

his dad isn't in the picture but he's never felt inclined to meet his father. i still need to think more about the inner "politics" of his family but i never pictured his mother as the matriarch of the family BUT i did always see his older half-sister being "next in line" which made her a lot more responsible and less "fun" to salem.

but luckily for little salem he did have a twin, mihr, and cousins close in age so it's not like he was alone and bored. but i think the general gist of his relationship with his siblings is

kedil (older half-sister by 7 years): the go-to when he needed help with things. close but kind of strained due to her being busy and kind of aloof in general. i think salem couldn't really comprehend the responsibilities kedil had and just in that little kid way was like. you just hate me because you never have time for me. he misses her A Lot.

mihr (twin): whenever i describe mihr in my mind or in the few things i've written about salem's past i tend to have salem refer to mihr as his little shadow. i also see mihr as really frail and sickly compared to salem. he would get bullied by their cousins and salem WOULD stick up for him in public but in private salem would always be like. you need to be Better. you can't let them do that to you. the first time salem died i told eli that salem had a moment in the afterlife where he forgot mihr's name and i think it shook him to his core.

adri (younger sister by 2 years): tbh i see adri as not wanting much to do with salem. she was doing her Own Thing because she didn't want to play with the stinky boys. i think salem DID have a huge soft spot for her because she was so independent and if she ever asked for anything he and mihr would be ON it. the feeling was not mutual.

ihyn (younger half-brother by 6 years): ihyn was not on salem's radar. he was probably mostly jealous of him because since ihyn was the BABY baby of his siblings he would get a lot of attention from their mom. ngl salem probably was pulling pranks on ihyn as a teen.

anyway. all this to say. salem leaving and then coming back to his whole family missing/dead has fucked with him A LOT. he's used to having this huge family around him and to have that completely wrenched away from him has really made him leery to make connections with people because he doesn't want that experience of losing people again.

i have no other point.

he needs therapy <3

[rosenongrata]

yay done :D

salem the witch~

[r0-boat]

Salem finding a human (lingerie, glittered-up, perfumed, etc) writhing in his web at 12am like "oohh nooo you caught mee~" except when he gets closer the human realizes that this is in fact the wrong spider and the wrong spidernest. Cue the flustered apologies while half naked in web bondage in the middle of a chilly autumn night. Midway through the apology the tinder hookup calls-salem had to pick up the call because the human got themselves very stuck to his web and cant access their bag- to cancel bc their dog got sick. To make matters even worse, prior to the cancel call salem accidentally dropped their neatly folded coat into a puddle when he was distracted by them trying to wiggle out of the webbing (this made them more stuck)

OMG can you imagine!?

*What is this?!* his inner thoughts screamed at the sight before him.

A human naked in his silks wrapped deliciously like a gift for him. Only that it wasn't really for him.

The misleading look on his face betrayed different emotion than his true feelings, which was numbness since his soul left his body as soon as he saw you.

The silence was loud when the human realizing that they had the wrong drider.

The Voice cracked cuz they pathetically explained their situation the poor human looked like they were about to cry from Shear embarrassment.

Salem could have yelled could have chewed this human out but instead, he stayed silent. His brain not yet reacting to the situation before him. Instead he quietly said " do you need help?" Has he watched you helplessly struggle within his webbing.

Salem has been called many things and Salem is not a good guy, but never would he ever take advantage of somebody in such a vulnerable situation. A human trembling on the verge of tears and a beautiful one at that made his blood run cold.

You're nod gave him the signal though he hesitated to put his hands on you, Salem effortlessly freed you from the silk bindings.

The autumn night was cloudy that's the two of you waited for your date to come get you outside the cave halfway through your apology your phone in your hand chimes signaling you of a message. Your heart sinks further your date has not only bailed on you but wanted it to be over before it even started...

Salem who was no about looking over your shoulder reading your messages his face scrunched and disgust. Your eyes are red as your whole body shakes.

" what a douchebag." Salem grumbles.

Before you could say anything a drop of water hits the screen of your phone. It didn't take long for the rain to follow...

" great I'm heartbroken cold naked, and wet..." your voice shook. You wanted to cry, but at this point, the thing was coming out."

he plays the hand over his mouth, stifling a laugh.

You gave him a look.

And immediately he responded with with a small smile and a tremble in his voice. "sorry sorry... it's just... it's not you , its the fact that you pretty to yourself up made sure to wrap yourself up in silk just to be in a stranger's territory instead of your date's... sounds like something in a shitty rom-com."

Despite your embarrassment and stress you crack a smile.

" yeah, I'm so stupid..."

Salem Smile faded putting his arm around you. Before giving you smaller one.

"No, he was stupid. You were only a little bit of a dumbass."

He stands up stretching." Come with me I'll take you back to my place I'll get you something warm..." his eyes refuse to meet yours does. His face feels warm, his tone lowering loud enough for you to hear. "I'll even make you some food or something if you want." He holds out his hand for you to take it and you do.

" oh yeah I almost forgot." He mumbled taking off his leather jacket and putting it around you it was a little beat up with scratches and old stains.

" you can keep it if you want I don't want to keep something after a human wore it."

He turns away, but you can still see his ears turning red.

[pestercide]

Bunch of miscellaneous OC redesign concepts!! A majority of these aren't finalised I mainly drew these to mess around with my style

[vinnigami]

doodles from yesterday

[ikiprian]

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batman OC time! it’s Salem delos Santos, meta extraordinaire! his powers include:

talking to ghosts! (kind of)

finishing ghosts’ business! (like an unpaid intern)

finding dead bodies, usually those which once belonged, you guessed it, to ghosts! (jesus christ)

getting caught up in murder investigations! (JESUS CHRIST)

and being a short king <3

snips of his fic and more doodles live under the tag “scrybaby” thank u for reading!

[peachyyjellie]

been thinking abt alola agaaiiiiiiiiiiiin

[cizzle-freezy]

I've never really done anything anthro/furry before, but my friends are doing a Wanderhome mini campaign for autumn, so I wanted to make a kitty vagabond based on one of my previous cats, Raven (+ some of Beatrix's kittens that we raised)

She fell in love with a witch, stole her spellbook to kill a god, had a terrible breakup, got her shadow stolen by said witch, got declawed by her home kingdom, and now just tries to keep moving forward with her life despite the losses

(backstory not 100% but that's the plan so far given what I've read of the prompts shown on the vagabond rulebook)

[oc-tournaments]

ROUND TWO - MATCH 13

AMARIS TASSE vs SALEM

AMARIS TASSE: The owner asked not to be tagged.

SALEM: @irusanw4

VOTE BASED ON THE INFORMATION BELOW CUT!!

Propaganda Content Warnings: Child death for AMARIS.

AMARIS TASSE:

PROPAGANDA: accidentally ran over a child when he was 16, couldn't bear to own up to it, ended up fleeing the entire country [the us] via boat. now he's stuck in an anomalous house he can't leave [well, he can, but only if he comes back. any attempts to permanently escape have been futile] in the middle of a forest in denmark. meanwhile, the other residents of this house are in terrible situations of their own - namely, one man who was almost beginning to seem like their father, an ex-hitman on the run from his previous 'employer'. the house is in active danger of being attacked at any time, hell, the ex-hitman mentioned was kidnapped, and this relatively unskilled, unfit child can do nothing but sit and watch the whole time ^__^ he's having a lovely time

THEME SONG:

SALEM:

PROPAGANDA: They get put in all of my situations. They are forcibly turned into a domestic griffin for several years. They get hunted down by bounty hunters. They run a farm and lizard chicken monsters that emit human screams for fun are the only reason their livestock is not eaten. They don't have coping mechanisms for shit. They're afraid of getting attached to people. They throw bricks at people at night. They don't know multiplication. The god-killing mushroom being doesn't like them very much. They're bilingual and bad at it. Sometimes dragons try to burn down the nearby village and they have to leave their lizard chickens in charge of the farm so they can go piss off feral griffins into fighting the dragon. They're wanted for tax evasion but they don't know what taxes are. Their lizard chickens bite them for no good reason. The feral griffins bite them for good reason. They believe big pharma's lies. They're sarcastic but don't have tone for shit so everyone just thinks they're an asshole. They're also just an asshole.

THEME SONG:

[ruerock]

salem ref 🫶 he’s my xmen oc with blood manipulation ability !!

[benthicbyte]

very late art fight prep. i'm benthicbyte there btw

[iaus]

talk about salem on the oil rig. are any of his party members there too or is it just him and a bunch of other grizzly bear type guys in the middle of the ocean

I think the funniest thing is I DID ask my dnd party what they thought their character's modern day jobs would be:

Frederick: "the twink at a retail job who doesn't do anything and doesn't get fired for some reason"

Yerafyn: "in between online astrologist, working at a cafe that's a tarot shop, or nepo baby who interns at a magazine she doesn't take seriously, or an actress in plays held in like random parks" I think it was just decided that Yera might be a nepo baby who does all of the above which. Love that for her.

Maeve: I think it was determined she's doing what she does in canon timeline (traveling and helping people)

So like. In short. I think there's a possibility they're all localized to the same town/city Salem's in? But it's probably mostly Salem with a bunch of random grizzly bear type guys.

Like. Not to say my first thought was Salem having sweaty dirty sex with the other guys at his job but. It kind of was.

But truly in my heart of hearts I think he'd be too depressed to get it up in a reality where he's working on an oil rig. LIKE. Putting Salem in a modern AU is like making Porter a teacher... He lacks enrichment. And a proper way to run away from his grief over his family.

I love Salem this is my opportunity to put him in the worst timeline possible. He'd definitely be an alcoholic. He'd be making as few connections as possible, probably dodging Alfie attempting to convince him to get back together with them, definitely does not have hobbies for his off time, and is probably living in an apartment that is peak "we need so little to make us happy" / "a bedframe would be nice" / "don't deserve one" male living spaces.

Like there is no in between for him in a modern AU... It's either gonna be that genre where the dude loses everything and ultimately ends up dying alone and nothing's changed OR he's the loser red flag romcom love interest who kind of but not really changes through the power of love.

I am so sorry I've no idea where this was going

Anyway. In short. I am microwaving him in this timeline. He's not happy. But. I think he could get fixed if the party was in the same town as him.

[charlies-trainhopping]

gay birds who dont know theyre gay

another monthly art assignment ( @fxliciq-a this is ur fault)