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[inthedarktrees]

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) dir. David Lynch

[cacartoon]

What inspired you to do the Castaway Au? Btw love your art. It's so yummy 😊

Well I can’t say what EXACTLY inspired it.

It’s sort of an amalgamation of things

For one the song “The Tornado” by Owl City definitely was an influence. It’s a powerful song

Some of the scenes from the Octonaut movies (aka The Caves of Sac Actun and The Ring of Fire)

Above and Beyond

A mutual from TikTok Hammy_Sam_Hah (aka @hammysamhah here on tumblr, check out their OctonautsxEPIC crossover it’s absolutely fire)

Another mutual @mooshie-blue

And even Epic the Musical has inspired some bits.

So yeah, a lot of places 😂

It also helped that I was creatively in a hole and decided to just run with an idea and …well here we are

[lil-dragon-rawr]

TOH x DC: One-Sided Identity Shenanigans

Cause like...the Owl House gang didn't bother to make secret identities

Part One, Part Two, Part Four

Masterlist

Jason, finally finding an opportunity to talk to Vee alone during their volunteer shift: hi.

Vee, thinking he's going to blackmail and/or permanently silence her for figuring out his secret identity: *about to have a panic attack*

Jason: so I heard about vigilante bingo

Vee, who was expecting him to say something WAY different: ...huh?

Jason, continuing: I have it on good authority that Spoiler made a deal with Eda to help her win

Vee: ??? (when did Eda have time to talk to Spoiler???)

Jason: but personally I'm rooting for Luz

Vee, still processing the fact that she and Eda are now officially cheating:

Jason: also, expect the other vigilantes to start throwing their hat in the ring soon. They can be really competitive

Jason, patting her on the shoulder as he leaves: okay good talk

(Amity and Luz arriving at Barbara's apartment for girls' night)

Steph, answering the door with an evil glint in her eyes: oh, you must be Babs' new friends! I've heard so much about you >:D

(eventually, the topic switches to vigilantes, thanks to one meddling Steph)

Steph, trying to feed Lumity false information to stop them from getting more points in bingo: you know, I hear the only vigilante who's ever given out autographs is Spoiler

Barbara, also invested in bingo and trying to help her new sister win: *narrowing her eyes* don't listen to Steph, she doesn't know what she's talking about. Spoiler's never given an autograph before. Ask Red Hood

Steph, who knows Jason will absolutely give an autograph to Luz: *glares at Babs*

Luz, who doesn't know they know about the bingo cards: haha why would we want an autograph??

(Batfamily meeting in the cave)

Steph: well we can't all speedrun bingo!

Jason: oh yeah? Who's gonna stop me?

Steph: it was my idea to meddle! I can easily do all the tasks before you can!

Babs, trying to defuse the situation before someone catches a Batarang in the knee: okay, okay. What if we made rules about how much we can interfere?

Steph, still glaring at Jason: ...I'm listening

[THE RULES:

1. The party you aid cannot be aware that you're aiding them - it must appear to be coincidence.

2. You cannot outright say things such as "Got any ice cream around here?" to prompt challenge completion - the subject of the challenge must be brought up by the party you aid.

3. Failure to comply with the above rules results in penalties including, but not limited to, extra patrols, public humiliation, and death by disappointing Alfred. Penalties are decided by Batwoman based on the severity of the rule infraction.]

Gus, on his first day as a news anchor: well folks it looks like we've got some quality rogues active in central Gotham today!

Camera crew, concerned about this kid's apparent apathy towards dangerous criminals:

Gus "I Was The MC For My Friends' Gladiator Match Against The Actual Embodiment Of Fear" Porter: Two-Face just made a move on Gotham National Bank - but oh? What's this? *listening to his earpiece* the temperature is dropping, grab your coats everyone because Mr. Freeze is here for six more weeks of winter!

Kevin the Cameraman, whispering to his coworker Beth: actually I think he's perfect for this

Signal, out alone and having to deal with both Two-Face and Freeze: I cannot live laugh love in these conditions

Gus, ten yards away in front of a camera, glancing back at Signal and winking: *mouthing* I gotchu fam

Real Gus, lying in wait behind a building while Illusion Gus MCs: *traps Mr. Freeze in a mental purgatory of his worst nightmares as soon as Freeze walks by*

Mr. Freeze, suddenly screaming and collapsing: Nora, don't leave me!

Real Gus: oops might have reawakened some trauma there

Signal, not one to look a gift horse in the mouth: *punches a distracted Two-Face and hauls both him and Freeze back to Arkham* don't know what that guy did to Freeze but whatever works ig

Hunter: *enjoying a peaceful night on the balcony with Willow*

Robin, manifesting: woodcarver.

Hunter: ??? Hello???

Robin: I would like to carve a palisman.

Hunter, confused: *looking to Willow for support with the stabby child*

Willow: *thumbs-up*

Hunter, finally getting Robin to talk about his emotions: what do you care about?

Robin, lore dropping like there's no tomorrow: I was genetically engineered to be the perfect combination of my mother and father. Growing up, I was expected to be the heir to both their legacies as the Demon's Head and the Bat. I always thought I wanted to take up the mantle, but it feels like a burden instead of some great destiny.

Hunter, making a few connections: ...you were supposed to fill the role of someone else?

Robin: yes, that's what I just said

Hunter, smiling: me too!

Hunter: though for me I was genetically engineered to be a copy of my former uncle's brother. And I was supposed to serve that uncle as the Golden Guard

Hunter, having a moment: ...and then I found out he was lying about our family and that he was trying to commit genocide

Hunter, spiraling: ...and then I found all the masks of the former Golden Guards...

Hunter: ...and realized he killed them all every time they - we - betrayed him...

Robin:

Hunter: ...and then he killed Flapjack...

Robin, prepared to go to war: let us kill that imbecile for his crimes.

Hunter, appreciating the support: thanks, but it's already taken care of :)

Batman, approaching the Clawthornes: Eda.

Eda: Batman.

Batman, actually kinda trying to help: King is fourteen, correct?

Eda: what's it to you?

Batman: that would place him at the start of high school. It might be good for him to interact with kids his own age.

Eda, squaring up: don't tell me how to parent my kid!

Eda, immediately turning to King: do you wanna go to school?

King: hmm maybe, I don't really know how human schools work and don't want to deal with what Luz went through...

Batman, who has a fourteen year old who also doesn't want to deal with school (but has to anyway to keep up appearances): we could get you a student liaison to shadow. If you want, they could be informed of your situation so you have someone to talk to

King: ...yeah sure sounds interesting

King, approaching The Bingo Council that night: is Batman getting me into school considered an almost-adoption? Cause I feel like if Eda wasn't there he would've adopted me

Eda, crossing her arms: I vote no. Adoption has to go through me and we have to fight for custody

Gus, who wants a point: I argue yes. We all know Batman has an adoption problem and Eda openly challenged his parenting attempts

Vee, off to the side, twiddling her thumbs and wondering if Batman is one of the vigilantes involved in Bingo Interference:

King, walking into class on his first day and seeing the glowering student liaison that everyone seems afraid of: *squints*

Damian: *narrows his eyes, waiting to see what King does*

King: *sips his Starbucks suspiciously*

Current Standings for Vigilante Bingo:

Lumity:

Huntlow:

An argument was made for "have a vigilante crash through your window", but since Robin never technically went inside the apartment, it was vetoed.

Gus and King:

Gus was awarded the "be a hero" square for taking out Mr. Freeze. The council agreed that more effort needs to be made on the "almost adopted by Batman" front. Should Batman try again, King will receive the point.

Eda and Vee:

Vee stewed in silence for the entire council meeting for unknown reasons.

[proton-wobbler]

Great Backyard Bird Off - Cosmopolitan Birds (poll 4)

Bird Info & Submission Reasons

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Continents: Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania

"They're a fun pop of colour against all the corvids and seagulls, and I've also near run over them on my bicycle because they are so very stupid."

This long-tailed game bird is native to Asia and has been introduced in many other parts of the world. Male has fleshy, red facial wattles, iridescent blue neck, and richly colored red and golden underparts with dark spots; his namesake white neck ring is indistinct on some birds. Female is buffy-brown, heavily marked with black, and usually shows some white markings around the eye. Found in farmland, scrub, and along the edge of forest, and often gives a loud, abrupt rasping call that draws attention to its presence. (eBird)

Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Continents: Europe, Africa, Asia

"Their name in Italian writes like "beard-Johnny""

"Aside from just generally being a cool bird, barn owls are one of the animals that consume most rodents (in regard to body weight) and are really important pest control because of this. We once had a juvenile barn owl peer in through our window and watch us for a few minutes."

Medium-sized owl with a heart-shaped facial disc and deep dark eyes; Varies across a wide range, but always note white-and-black speckling on the upperparts, beautiful gray-and-tawny wings, and large round head. Color of the facial disc and underparts varies from pure white to rusty orange. Hunts in open areas by night, foraging with a slow and buoyant flight. Roosts in old buildings, tree hollows, caves, and nest boxes by day. Gives a bone-chilling, rising shriek, as well as shorter rasping calls. (eBird)

Image Sources: Pheasant (Oscar Thomas); Owl (Jon Lowes)

Continents which are italicized represent the non-native range of the species. Whether introduced on purpose on or accident, these species may have become invasive in this range. Despite their potential impact on native wildlife, please do not leave disparaging comments on these polls. Their purpose is to celebrate people's love of these species.

[avkizi]

MARAUDERS ERA DR INTRO !!

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||*.name: venus mayumi

||*.nicknames: rings, vee

||*.birthday: 06/04 (11)

||*.pronouns: she/her

||*.occupation: student @ hogwarts

||*.ethnicity: filipino/japanese/german

||*.blood status: half-blood

APPEARENCE + MOODBOARD

⋆.˚ lil blurb: i have vitiligo, which affects my eye, skin in some smaller patches, and the front bits of my hair, making them lighter ⋆.˚

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||*.house: gryffindor

||*.friends: marauders & valkyries, + regulus black (♡), dorcas meadows, pandora rosier, kingsley shacklebolt, & emmeline vance (civil w/ the skittles/emeralds bc of reg)

||*.animagus form: raccoon

||*.personality/social life: lowkey a little loud, def more similar to james & sirius than remus & peter, but i actually know when to shut tf up, and i'm generally well-liked. there isn't as much hatred of other houses, and a lot of the death eater/pureblood stuff is way less prevelant, so friendly rivalries are common, but no all-out hatred. me n sirius are beaters for the gryffindor quidditch team (i'm also lowkey ripped asf hehehe), but i end up having to drop out mid fifth year from an injury, so me n lily end up commentating (lmao).

||*.hobbies:

muggle volleyball thrifting, crocheting, embroidery, & sewing singing + playing electric guitar jewlery making rock, fossil, and bone collecting/foraging parkour roller skating quidditch

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||* uniforms arent as strictly enforced, fridays, weekends, and non-school days like holidays you can wear regular clothes undr your robes, accessories are always allowed (jewelry, belts, hair shit, etc.)

||* there are a bunch of extra curriculars available like different clubs, etc. and theyre lowkey super fun theres like baking club, art club, care of magical creatures, its so sick.

||* they do so many fancy events theres a halloween masquerade ball, easter ball, valentines day dance, autumn/spring equinox events, etc. also the triwizard tournament didn't get banned and there was one in my fourth year bc i said so

||* it's genrally recognized that students within the same house arent all the same sow hile friendly competition is encouraged, it's also common for students to have friends from other houses, and ppl are allowed in other house's dorms & common rooms if they're invited

||* there is a bioluminescent cave pool under the castle and its so fun to hang out in oh my god its not cold or anything its just soso cool

||*voldemorts downfall happens the year after we graduate (aka the order destroys all the horcruxes), and nobody i know well dies so none of the betrayal happens, but regulus does end up taking the mark but dosen't believe in all that shit & works as a spy (snape could NEVER) for the order, and still destroys the horcrux but survives and fully leaves his family (suck it walburga and orion)

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has three pets, two cats and an owl, whos names are mocha, shinya, & ghost, (the cats r technially communal between me n the valkyries bc they live in the dorms w us, but idc)

bands/music artists and slang r all the same as they are now, but technology etc is all 70s (w/o the homophobia racism etc)

i shift in the day before i get my hogwarts letter

sirius and reg are irish twins so while reg is still younger hes in our year (along w the rest of the skittles/emeralds its for simplicity)

there is a creek/river system in the forest and its so cool to hangout near theres like fossils and bones and cool rocks and shit EVERYWHERE i love it

the lake is swimmable (unless you can't swim cough cough regulus black) and its super fun theres a dock and floating platforms and stuff its amazing when its hot out

the dr follows kind of an atyd type timeline of events w exceptions

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that's all pretty much!!! thats a long one lmao sorry abt that but also if y'all knw any younger raspier british fem voiceclaims pls tell me im in the trenches rn trying to find a british vc that dosent sound like shes in bridgerton lmao ok byeeee love u

[hi-its-kat]

A blast from the past

(Open RP starter)

Kat was walking through the Cave system under Gotham, tracking an ancient aldebaran signal she had received on her ring.

Was this technically Batman's territory? Well, no, this signal was definitely of extraterrestrial origin. Batman let the Lanterns do their job, and in turn they didn't interfere with hls.

She was deliberately ignoring that Earth was definitely way out of her jurisdiction.

The tunnel opened into a wider cave, revealing a side pool of the giant Lazarus pit below the city.

Confused, Kat furrowed her brow. There was something in the pit, but it didn't look like aldebaran tech. It appeared human in origin. The signal wasn't emanating from it, either but it was close. It seemed to come from under her.

She had hoped she could avoid phasing through rock today For now, she floated up and scanned the apparatus. B would want to see this. At the top, she noticed an owl, stenciled into the metal.

The apparatus came alive with a slight whirr.

Instinctively, Kat threw up a shield.

The pit water turned into a green-tinged mist, penetrating even the protective bubble she had formed. There was no time to do anything else as she fell unconscious.

. . .

Katma Tui woke up at the side of a pool filled with green, glowing liquid. She scrambled back, putting as much distance as she could between the pool and her. Green, glowing things were never good. If the great harmoniser had found even a hint of the resistance's existence... But there was no one here, was there?

Katma turned her mind to more practical things. Carefully, she threw a rock into the liquid. It sank down.

Still, she eyed the pool warily as she crept through the cave, keeping as close to the walls as she could. Whoever had put her in here had not thought to restrain her. A mistake.

Katma managed to find her way out of the cave system, following foot prints indicating a path out.

The sight that greeted her when she walked out of the cave was unlike anything she'd ever seen.

Tall, looming buildings pierced the sky. The sky was a luminous dark blue hue, not orange. Noisy machines on four wheels rushed past. The young Korugarian stood there, unmoving, trying to take it all in.

"Now where in the Four Fates' name am I?"

[fatecolossal]

TWIN PEAKS - the Red Room x the Glass Box Room: eerie, interdimensional portals of coffee, kissing, & comfy armchairs... The Sam-and-Tracey scenes of Parts 1 & 2 are evocative of a number of other elements of the show, none more so than TP's various Red Room scenes.

Tracey's black dress is redolent of RR-Laura's black dress, and the chalky, naked, humanlike figure that materializes in the Glass Box is shot in stances and at angles distinctly similar to those used by/for the white, naked sculptures in the Red Room...

Notably, in Part 2 one of the RR sculptures transforms into a doppelgänger of the Evolution of the Arm, a sinister figure whose gaping maw and wrathful lashing-out are similar to those of the Glass Box's "Experiment"... (Apologies for the gore in the image.)

Tracey carries coffee cups with a black-on-white "Z" figure drawn on them; likewise, her dress is later shown to feature a white-on-black "Z." Whatever else they may evoke, these zigzagging figures are visually like the iconic chevron zigzags of the Red Room's floor...

The side table in the Glass Box Room ["GBR"] has a small bonsai tree which, while (as fans have noted) evocative of the bonsai Windham Earle uses in Season 2, also is evocative of the Red Room's own tree, the Evolution of the Arm...

Like the Red Room, the Glass Box Room is a type of "waiting room," one likewise filled with "secrets." A picture of its primary secret, the Experiment, is viewed by Gordon et al in Part 3, its wraithlike figure floating over an oval much like the RR's oval owl cave ring...

When the Glass Box Room is visited by Cooper in P2, we get a shot of the reflection of his floating figure looming over the empty seating in the room, a tableau curiously similar in framing to the superimposition of the Angel floating over the empty RR chairs in FWWM...

One of the most intriguing aspects of Cooper's P2 visit to the GBR is that it means we get to watch a replay of Sam/Tracey scenes first seen in P1. A similar replay occurs in P18, this time of RR scenes first seen in P2. It all seems linked to the slipperiness of time in TP:TR...

"Someone is here," Gerard says; "No one is here," Tracey says. These opposing lines get at the ways the RR & GBR scenes are also set up in certain ways to be subtly opposite of one each other...

As always, more could be said about the subjects raised by the above posts—why the show is setting up these weird parallels, what we might make of the slippery, repetitive time elements of these scenes, etc. I'll likely post more on this parallel soon...

TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN - Part 1.

[outofangband]

Birds of Nargothrond

Note: Nargothrond refers to the caves that became a kingdom under Finrod but also to the region surrounding it. In this world building post I use Nargothrond to refer to the region unless otherwise specified

Other bird world building lists can be found on this list here! As always I included world building notes so it’s not just a list of species

Forested hills: common nighthawk, rock dove, black kite, tree sparrow, common jay, golden oriole, common treecreeper, nuthatch, long tailed tit, wood warbler, common wren, barn owl (rare), sparrowhawk, song thrush, spotted nutcracker

Talath Dirnen: red grouse, black grouse, grey partridge, wood pigeon, swamphen, short toed eagle, black headed bunting, common linnet, twite, great grey shrike, blue tit, ring ouzel, wood lark, meadow pipit, wryneck, grasshopper warbler, whitethroat, grasshopper sparrow, prairie chicken

Around the river Narog: ruddy shell duck (rare), common pheasant, cettid warbler, garden warbler, sedge warbler, common goosander, water pipit (rare), kingfisher, hobby

World building notes

Images of birds are found throughout the actual stronghold of Nargothrond including engraved into the arches of the main doors, into the wood and stone of bed structures and along the bridge. Nightingales with sprigs of elm leaves line the pillars near the throne, a homage to Thingol and Melian

Birds are not kept in large numbers for agricultural reasons however a small number of quails are kept for eggs and feathers. This practice is adapted from the elves of Doriath as I talked about here.

The majority of feather quills in Nargothrond are quail feather quills however some fancier ones are from the tail feathers of golden eagles or from various sea birds. The latter were gifts from the Falathrim to Finrod and evoke nostalgia from his childhood in Alqualondë

The autumn festival, held within the orchards of Nargothrond includes hours of watching departing birds.

Some of the Noldor of Nargothrond including Finrod maintained communication with the Falathrim through scrolls carried by birds though these originated at the Falas and Barad Nimras

Woodland birds such as pheasants and grouse are sometimes eaten during feasts at Nargothrond but most birds eaten are killed by hunters and scouts

[guiltgal]

Part 3 of my dc x pokemon collection. Dick Grayson!

Starting with Richie Grayson-Wayne's publically known and civilian pokemon, we have:

Zitka: a Copperajah that came with Dick from Haley's Circus. She's spoiled rotten and lives full time at Wayne Manor these days for the space. Though, she's on the smaller side for her species.

Lucy: a Sylveon that was evolved from an eevee given to him by Bruce and hatched from an egg bred from Ace. When Lucy first evolved, Dick cried. She joins Dick in the field as a comfort to victims.

Chandy: Dick's Chandelure that came to him as a child as a litwick and lit up the dreary Wayne Manor for the frightened and grieving child. Constantly hanging off it in public. Doesn't join Dick in the field because of recognizable features.

Vivillon (garden pattern): caught in the Wayne Manor gardens.

Puffcake: a Slurpuff that adored Dick and helps provide cover and support. Heals and supports him both in the cave and in Bludhaven.

Rocky: an Arcanine assigned to Officer Dick Grayson while he worked at BPD.

Haley: a three-legged shiny rockruff Dick rescued. When she evolves into lycanrock dusk-form she'll don a mask and costume and join him in the field as Bitewing.

Little Top: a mime jr. that refuses to evolve bc he likes to remain cute and comforting. Belonged to Mary Grayson and brought with Dick from the circus. HATES the twisted Mr. Mime that accompanies Joker.

Trapp: a shiny talonflame that belonged to John Grayson. An old man of a bird that is protective of Dick and provided breeding eggs for the Robins after Dick's tenure and presides over the younger birds besides the Corviknights but roosts with them. Unknowingly given as a gift to John by the Court of Owls.

Cyclizar/Wingcycle: Publically known as Dick's preferred civilian mount and given disguising body paint and armor when used as ground mount in the field.

Now for Dick's more Combat/Support oriented pokemon. Not always used in battle situations or on a permanent team lineup

Ring: A Gotham Marowak evolved from a Cubone that Bruce's Kangaskhan raised. The oldest of Maman's brood.

Fitewing: a Hitmontop that joined Dick at the start of his Teen Titans tenure. Loyal to Dick and likes to trip and harass Bruce. Vibes with Dick's fighting style.

Wingding: a Swellow that has been with Dick since he was Robin. Great at lookout and recon as she doesn't stand out much.

Beebee: a swoobat caught in the batcave when Dick was Robin. Prefers more birdlike pokemon, so this will be Dick's only bat pokemon.

Nighthawk: the shiny Staraptor that has been Dick's primary partner since he was Robin. Gets along really well with Trapp.

Juggle: Ambipom that followed Dick as Robin and then as Nightwing because he loved his sense of fun and acrobatics.

Wilbur: the Lucario that joined Dick when he first became nightwing.

Blud: When Dick first took over Bludhaven, Braviary joined his first flight over the city. Has become Dick Primary flying mount.

Punchglove: An annoying and enraged Flamigo that Dick feels a kinship in rage with. Everyone is surprised how much he loves this mean bastard.

Showman: One of Dick's heavy hitters, a Quaquaval caught as a quaxly in the waters around Titan's tower.

Ho-Oh: Joined Dick due to affinity. Only joins him during major threats and battles.

I'm not super happy with Dick's lineups, but I'm open to suggestions!

[high-fructose-porn-syrup]

PJO characters as gods:

So there was a post going around about the idea of PJO characters being treated as gods in a thousand years or so, and I like the idea, but some of the godly placements felt a little off to me LOL, so I decided to make my own pantheon. (not sure how to order these, lol)

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Percy: God of the ocean and all its creatures, of water in general, hurricanes, earthquakes, cities, family, and horses. Titles: The savior of Olympus, the good son, the loyal husband, retriever of the bolt, king of the gods. Sacred items: Stuffed animals, particularly bears (panda pillow pet), any item colored blue, but especially food, like candy or cookies, bull horns, and pens. Sacred animals: All marine life, the black pegasus, the black dog, and the ophiotaurus.

Annabeth: Goddess of war, strategy, intelligence, wisdom, practical knowledge, civilization and the building of houses, the study of history, and the mind. Titles: The general, the architect, favored child of Athena, queen of the gods. Sacred items: Knives, rings, clay beads, coral, silver, and popcorn. Sacred animal: The owl.

Clarisse: Goddess of war, revenge, anger fueled by love, triage and midwifery. Titles: The eager soldier, slayer of the drakon, retriever of the golden fleece. Sacred items: Spears and weapons in general, wool/fleece, and chariots. Sacred animal: The boar. Often depicted bloodstained, charging into battle without armor.

Frank: God of war, animals, change, the transition from boyhood to manhood, of the duality between strength and gentleness. Titles: The reluctant soldier, the changeling lord, the young praetor. Sacred items: Bows and arrows, playing cards (mythomagic), charred wood, and a silver medallion on a red string (the canadian sacrifice medal) Sacred animals: The bear and the bee, both the most common depictions of him as an animal.

Reyna: Goddess of war, patriotism, fidelity, independence, leadership, strength, sorority, and resilience. Titles: The shield, the politician, guardian of Athena (bc the athena parthenos). Sacred items: Cloaks, gold, silver, and oat cakes (oatmeal cream pies). Sacred animal: The hound. Often depicted either shielding a little boy with her cloak or braiding hair with her older sister.

Hazel: Goddess of jewels, caves, broken curses, witchcraft and the mist, art, death and escape thereof. Titles: The princess of the underworld, the queen of magick, the illusionist, the dead girl who rose again. Sacred items: Schist (because... obviously), pencils and oil pastels, gold, shrimp stew (because gumbo), Tarot cards, and caramel candy. Sacred animals: The horse, the stoat, and the black cat. Often depicted either drawing or riding horseback, usually with her older brother, but sometimes alone or accompanied by her husband or one of her friends.

Nico: God of darkness and shadows, death, decay, loss, longing, love of all kinds, language, diplomacy and forgiveness, insomniacs, immigrants and orphans, mourners and outcasts, and sewing. Titles: The bereaved, king of the underworld, the ghost king, the romantic, deliverer of Athena (again, the statue, not the actual goddess). Sacred items: Playing cards (mythomagic), soft suede leather, fried bits of chicken (mcnuggets), sewing supplies, oat cakes (again, oatmeal cream pies), Posca (not the pen; the drink. it's like an ancient roman gatorade), pomegranates, anything colored green or black, and memento mori rings. Sacred animals: The bat, cerberus, unicorns (because unicorn draught), all stray animals, and any animals or insects that feed on carrion. Commonly depicted either weeping or accompanying his little sister or husband. (@yonemurishiroku you're gonna love this one)

Bianca: Minor goddess of death, darkness, rebirth and reincarnation, sisterhood, and the hunt. Titles: The broken promise, thief of the forge, slayer of Talos. Sacred items: a carved statuette of her father, and a bow and arrow. Sacred animals: None. Most often depicted climbing onto the back of Talos, or comforting/bickering with her little brother.

Will: God of medicine, light, summer, and the sun. Title: The healer, the sun. Sacred items: Candy bars, medical equipment, lamps, summer fruits, and anything colored yellow. Sacred animal: The cat.

Thalia: Goddess of lightning and storms, maidenhood, the moon, the night sky, wilderness and the hunt. Titles: Queen of the skies, the hunter, guardian of sanctuary. Sacred items: Leather, golden fleece, the severed heads of dolls (bc of the 'barbie is dead tshirt), and pine trees. Sacred animal: The black eagle. Commonly depicted dressed in black and silver, behind a shield emblazoned with a terrifying face.

Jason: God of clear skies and wind, daylight, law, leadership and fatherhood, heroic sacrifice, child soldiers and the military. Titles: Prince of the skies, the retired praetor, the golden boy. Sacred items: Eyeglasses, dense chocolate cakes (brownies), peaches, swords, silver wire (staples), bricks, and feathers. Sacred animal: The wolf. Often depicted with a spear lodged in his back.

Piper: Goddess of love, the heart, beauty in all its forms, charisma, music, wealth, and fame. Titles: Beauty queen, the snake charmer, the dove, the silver tongue. Sacred items: Knives, jewelry, anything colored in pink or light purple. Sacred animals: The dove.

Silena: Minor goddess of love, specifically first love, regret, noble sacrifice, grieving widows, and disguise. Titles: The young lover, the spy, the bleeding heart. Sacred item: Armor. Sacred animal: None. Often depicted wearing armor while lying on her back, bleeding.

Drew: Minor goddess of beauty and adolescence. Title: The betrayed. Sacred items: Seashells, seafoam, cosmetics, perfume, and really anything with a strong, pleasant scent, like herbs, flowers, or incense. Sacred animals: None. (side note, I made up most of this just because canon gave us Literally Nothing)

Leo: God of fire and the forge, machines, invention, humor, cookery, and runaway children. Titles: The engineer, the orphan, builder of the Argo, the forge, the devil, and the trickster. Sacred items: Tools, oil, cinnamon, cooking utensils, and bronze. Sacred animal: The dragon.

Charles: Minor god of the forge, blacksmithery, and fallen soldiers. Title: Courage of the gods, the young lover. Sacred items: Canned fruit, promise rings, and green fire. Sacred animals: None.

Tyson: Minor god of blacksmiths and the ocean, specifically underwater volcanoes. Titles: General of the Cyclopes, the rising mountain, brother of Percy. Sacred items: Peanuts (because peanut butter), shields, watches and clocks (because of that watch that becomes a shield that he made for Percy), ships, and canons. Sacred animals: None.

Grover: God of animals, nature, wilderness, music, empathy and emotional sensitivity, and the young. Titles; The protector, the searcher. Sacred items: Pan flutes, walking sticks (those crutches he used to blend in), flowers, cheese (bc of the enchiladas), apples, and any kind of plant life. Sacred animal: The goat. Often depicted as half-goat-half-human, sometimes wearing a wedding dress.

Rachel: Goddess of wealth, youth, rebellion, nature, art, hedonism and impulse, and prophecy. Sacred items: Hairbrushes, art, and art supplies. Sacred animal: The yellow bellied armadillo.

Sally: Goddess of the hearth, motherhood, writing and literature, women, and survivors of abuse. Titles: The sculptor, the author, the victor, the good mother, queen among women. Sacred items: food, especially the blue kind, and books. Sacred animal: The snake. Often depicted either holding a little boy behind her or holding up the head of medusa.

If there's any character you want me to do next, please tell me!

[inthedarktrees]

Sheryl Lee | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

[loafthecat]

@crazy-pe3p congrats! Your au brain-rotted me so much I wrote something for once lol-

This is probably the first bit of my writing I’ve l ever shown to anywhere but discord so feel free to enjoy it- I guess!

TW. References to blood, minor body-horror near the end/references to body-horror, references to medical malpractice and swearing.

———

Dan’s footsteps echoed across the hard white tiled hallways of the CCC (TM) as he made his way towards the labs.

“You could try check on him right-?” Words echoed in his mind, “you know- being his brother and all-“, “come on your family- right??? If he’s gonna be decent to anyone it’d be you-? Right-?” The words continued to echo.

It was true, he and mr. Trevor Acidller “head of development at the CCC” or whatever the f^ck else he liked to call himself in order to flaunt his ego WERE brothers, twin brothers actually but that didn’t mean HE wanted to be the one to check on the guy.

There were many reasons in fact, as to why he’d avoid such a thing:

1. He was never good at confrontation, not with most people anyway- well- Trev was a Bit of an exception to that rule but it only made things a lil easier, a teeny tiny bit easier, the smallest bit easier but still difficult.

2. It wasn’t all that strange for Trevor to spend days in the darken, blood splattered halls of his “cave.” One time Trevor even spent an entire week there, so the idea that he hadn’t shown his face in a day or two wasn’t that worrying.

And finally

3. Trevor Acidller was- in his (or basically everyone’s opinion) A F^CKING LUNATIC WHO LIKES TO THINK HES THE SECOND COMING OF GOD-!!!!

And yet- he completely understood why he of all people were sent. The last two numbers on his “list of reasons not to talk to trev” weren’t all that exclusive to him, there was no denying as well that his brother had a reputation that made others avoid him like the plague, and if they WERE gonna send anyone then…better make it the guy that’s spent a whole 29 years of his life dealing with him, right-?

He pondered a lil longer on that, taking a deep breath in for whatever faced him next before being interrupted by a taller figure that walked in pace behind him.

“Just our f^cking luck-“, the taller figure spoke. Dan turned to the figure behind him, a taller stick with messy hair-fluff that almost stuck up at the ends like a owl’s ears and pale blue eyes, noticeable gray from a lack of proper sleep who looked just as thrilled as him.

The figure continued on, “I mean- why not send the two people he hates most in the whole f^cking world to knock on his door- like that ain’t gonna p^ss him off-“

“Don’t mind “em Lee, besides, pretty sure he hates cerington more then us, at least…”, Dan replied back.

“Ok yeah right- he does f^ckin” hate cerington to h^ll and back but that ain’t gonna change the fact that us knocking on his door is almost a death sentence.”

Dan couldn’t help but agree a bit to that, “”ight, but we don’t NEED to do a long check, we can jus” be in and out easily- maybe just open the door and leave before he sees us?”

“And- if he does see us-?”

Dan paused for a minute before shrugging, “run I suppose.”

The stick accompanying him, went quiet for a sec, then smiled slightly, almost humoured by his casual response, “and- if he follows us, can I kick him right in the shins?”

Dan suddenly snickered a lil, “Liam! No!”

“Look it’d be self-defence Thas all I’m saying-“

“I thought we were trying to NOT p^ss him off-?” Dan reminded him, giggling a lil under his breath.

“Al”ight Al”ight- but if he tries anythin” then consider it an option.”, Liam finished off as his smaller partner continued to try hide his giggling.

“…how do I even manage with you-?”

“Beats me, look YOU were the one that decided to put a ring on this.” Liam chimed back.

Dan nodded, “al”ight Lee- you got me there- heh-“

The two continued their walk down to trevor’s lab/“cave.” Passing through hallways that at first appeared cleanly, and sanitised almost to a point where the smell made you sick. To more unkept floors, littered with dust and bits of dirt and fur that slowly changed into stains of red, which served as a warning to any poor creature or person that dared to enter Trevor’s territory.

On the walk, Dan couldn’t help but notice something…odd…….the red stains..they were typical for these halls…but with them there were these..odd pinkish shards that looked like some kind of gem or crystal-? Trevor wasn’t much of a geology person- but there was all the chance that this was just some new anomaly the CCC had recently caught, he had seen weirder from the place.

Then again- the shards couldn’t help but make him shiver- as if his body itself knew something about them that he didn’t, that they were dangerous in some way- but- he just shaked his nerves off, it was probably the dread from having to deal with Trevor, that’s all.

They kept walking for a bit more, the crystal shards littering the ground continuing to get more frequent, bigger, like a swarm of small flies that slowly built up the longer the window stayed open, before finally coming to a off-white steel door, labeled “lab”, “warning: authorised personal only.”

The two looked at each-other, Liam letting out a small yawn before Dan reached out for his key-card.

“Here we f^cking go-“

“It’s just in and out, Lee. It’ll be fine….”, Dan spoke as he slid the keycard into place, finally causing the door to slowly peel back, like show-curtains, inviting the two to enter into-

“Good- f^cking GOD this place is a sh^thole!” Liam exclaimed upon sight of the room.

The lab, or more specifically Trevor’s lab, wasn’t known as the most sanitary place in the CCC that was for sure, but at the least it always managed to stay clean enough for it to look like Trevor, (or more likely one of his poor assistants) actually made a effort but this WAS just a pure sh^thole.

The lab was dark, the lights purposefully covered to hide it away from any sort of brightness, red marks of all shapes and sizes littering the floor, dried up to deeper and darker shades to the point that it was easy to tell which stains were new, equipment, normally the thing Trevor made the most effort in keeping spotless now littered in the red stains, thrown around as if they were nothing but useless garbage chucked out without a care and finally

Those same crystals.

Except- the crystals were bigger now, clustered up in one or three groups around spots in the lab, extending their tendrils out like sharp pointed fingers, looking to grab anything or anyone that crossed. The two stood for a moment stunned, Dan refocusing on the matter at hand and glancing his head around the room. No sign of Trevor could be found.

He had HOPED this would be easy, that Trev would be close enough to the entry door of the lab that he could just peek in and peek out and be done with things but of course Trevor just HAD to make things more difficult-

Dan groaned, before cautiously stepping in, muttering under his breath, “wot the f^ck have you done now trev-…….”

Liam went to join him but had to quickly grip on the door for a second, Dan turning over to him, “you al”ight, love-?”

“yeah…..jus”…my head..didn” get….”

“Much sleep-?”

Liam nodded, “jus” give me a minute….”

“want me to wait-?”

“no- jus” don’t mind me- the quicker you see trev the quicker we can f^ck off outta here-“

“Are you SURE, lee-?”

“Yeah..I’m alright…” he says, looking just about to pass out- definitely convincing-

That being said, he did have a point. The quicker they find Trevor, the quicker they could leave, (and the quicker Dan could hopefully find a place for Liam to lay down) so with a hesitate step he continued in on his own, deeper into the lab where hopefully Trevor would be.

If the lab wasn’t already a mess from what they had seen in the doorway, the rest of it sure didn’t look any better, as the heaps of scattered lab equipment got more common the further he went, and now there was also the addition of half-soaked pages, paper and whiteboards covered with black pen marks that looked as if they had been drawn on by a 5-year old…actually…scratch that…that was a disservice to 5-year olds. He didn’t use much time to take in the details but from what little he did glance over it seemed that each page and scribble from what he could make out had something to do with the odd crystals that littered the room.

Apparently, from what he worked out, Trev had brought the crystals in, started to experiment with them in hopes they aided some- “side project” Of his-??? First time he’d heard about that- and in the one or two days Trev had the things, he was already attempting to make some fix or cure to them. That last part, sure was enough to make Dan’s spine shake, if even Trevor was having difficulty containing these things, it’s likely whatever they were, they were dangerous and more-so then normal.

Dan stopped for a moment to try think through the shivering and change course, approaching whatever desks or cabinets were around the lab until opening one wooden draw he found that contained a small steel scalpel in it. He grabbed it quickly, Being armed was probably a good idea right now.

It only took him a few small steps after that anyway before he finally heard the sound of lead being drilled into paper. He turned the corner quickly, peeking into the next section of the lab, where the man, Trevor Acidller himself stood, completely fixated on the page, with those familiar pink crystals clinging between the parts where his legs became metal, just like a band of pulsating pink, shining flesh.

It was- disturbing- to say the least- but that was it, job done, he’d seen Trevor and whatever was going on could be reported to and fixed by the higher ups, surely. He just had to move away before Trevor saw-

Crack.

Dan looked down to see that he had stamped his grey boots into a shard of red stained, glass, breaking it.

He was able to get a small mutter of, “sh^t” out before a familiar voice called out to him.

“Well, well, WELL- LOOK- w-wHO it- IS!!!”

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I was unsure if tumblr had a word limit so I decided to cut this a bit short but consider this a possible part one!

If people like it enough/if my motivation actually works for once, I might write the actual confrontation between the two, but for now have this to chew on- ok baiiiiiii-

[ Alexander Cerington (< mentioned) belongs to @randomgasleak ]

[part 2]

[madeleinelovescolours]

bold your favs

I got a bunch of new mutuals recently, so I'm tagging you XD

[COLORS ] red. brown. orange. yellow. green. blue. purple. pink. black. white. teal. silver. gold. grey. lilac. metallic. matte. royal blue. strawberry red. charcoal grey. forest green. apple red. navy blue. crimson. cream. mint green.

[ ELEMENTS ] fire. ice. water. air. earth. rain. snow. wind. moon. stars. sun. heat. cold. steam. frost. lightning. sunlight. moonlight. dawn. dusk. twilight. midnight. sunrise. sunset. dewdrops. magic.

[ BODY ] claws. long fingers. fangs. teeth. wings. tails. lips. bare feet. freckles. bruises. Canine. scars. scratches. wounds. burns. spikes. feathers. webs. eyes. hands. sweat. tears. feline. chubby. curvy. short. tall. normal height. muscular. piercing. tattoos. lithe.

[ WEAPONS ] fists. sword. dagger. spear. arrow. hammer. shield.poison. guns. axes. throwing axes. whips. knives. throwing knives. pepper sprays. tasers. machine guns. slingshots. katanas. maces. staffs. wands. powers. magical items. magic. rocks. mud balls. pyre. teeth.  rifles.  

[ MATERIALS ] gold. silver. platinum. titanium. diamonds. pearls. rubies. sapphires. emeralds. amethyst. metal. iron. rust. steel. glass.wood. porcelain. paper. wool. fur. lace. leather. silk. velvet. denim.linen. cotton. charcoal. clay. stone. asphalt. brick. marble. dust. glitter. blood. dirt. mud. smoke. ash. shadow. carbonate. rubber. synthetics.

[ NATURE ] grass. leaves. trees. bark. roses. daisies. tulips. lavender. petals. thorns. seeds. hay. sand. rocks. roots. flowers.ocean. river. meadow. forest.desert. tundra. savanna. rainforest. caves. underwater. coral reef. beach. waves. space. clouds.mountains. poppies.

[ ANIMALS ] lions. wolves. eagles. owls. bears. falcons. hawks. swans. snakes. turtles. ducks. bugs. spiders. crickets. birds. whales. dolphins. fish. sharks. horses. cats. dogs. bunnies. praying mantises. crows. ravens. mice. lizards. werewolves. unicorns. pegasus. dragons. rats. livestock. foxes.

[ FOODS/DRINKS ] sugar. salt. candy. bubblegum. wine.champagne. hard liquor. beer. coffee. tea. spices. herbs. apple.orange. lemon. cherry. strawberry. watermelon. vegetables. fruits. meat. fish. pies. desserts. chocolate. cream. caramel. berries.nuts. cinnamon. burgers. burritos. pizza. french fries. ambrosia.

[ HOBBIES ] music. art. watercolors. gardening. smithing. sculpting. painting. sketching. fighting. writing. composing. cooking. sewing. training. dancing. acting. singing. martial arts. self-defense. electronics. technology. cameras. video cameras. video games. computer. phone. movies. theater. libraries. books.comic books. magazines. cds. records. vinyls. cassettes. piano. violin. guitar. electronic guitar. bass guitar. harmonica. harp. woodwinds. brass. bells. playing cards. poker chips. chess. dice.motorcycle riding. eating. climbing. running. exploring.

[ STYLE ] lingerie. armor. cape. dress. tunic. vest. shirt. sweater. boots. heels. leggings. trousers. jeans. skirt. jewelry. earrings. necklace. bracelet. ring. pendant. hat. crown. circlet. helmet. scarf. brocade. cloaks. corsets. doublet. chest plate. gorget. bracers. belt. sash. coat. jacket. duster. trenchcoat. hood.gloves. socks. masks. cowls. braces. watches. glasses. sunglasses. visor. eye contacts. makeup. ties. uniform.

[ MISC ] balloons. bubbles. cityscape. light. dark. candles. war. peace. money. power. percussion. clocks. photos. mirrors. pets. kisses. diary. fairy lights. madness. sanity. sadness. happiness. optimism. pessimism. loneliness. family. friends. assistants. co-workers. enemies. loyalty. smoking. drugs. kindness. love. hugs.revenge.

@mjlegends @thefiasco-onyourblock @manicpixietboy @fionas-frenzy @oracle-sasha @taashyvashedan @felanndaris

[soleminisanction]

“I made him bring me, y’know.”

Steph jolted awake, the uncanniness of hearing her own voice make words she’d never spoken jarring down her spine. She was in the Batcave, or rather, in one of the small containment cells that, in her world, would’ve been reserved for when someone was dosed with fear gas or some other unknown substance in the field. She doubted that was their purpose here. 

Her bruised throat throbbed. It ached with pain from the day before, when the man who was and wasn’t Dick—the one who called himself ‘Renegade’—had choked her out during the surprise attack his awful mirrorverse crime family had sprung on their world. She didn’t think anything was broken, or at least not too badly, but it was all so swollen she could barely speak, and what little she could manage was agonizing. 

Her opposite number probably knew that, of course. She sat now on the opposite side of the glass door, mirroring the position Steph had taken against the wall to catch what sleep she could. Their faces were identical, their bodies a perfect match. Their costumes shared a color scheme, though Owl-Spoiler’s had more of a medieval bandit aesthetic overall and considerably more silver, especially the razor sharp silver claw rings she wore over her gloves on all ten fingers. 

These, she drummed against a cocked knee as she continued speaking, keeping up a mocking air of casual conversation. “I’m not exactly standard deployment on these ‘away’ missions. There’s a reason I’m in here, guarding you, instead of out picking fights right now. My talents lie much more in the realm of… subterfuge. Subversion. Spoiling other people’s plans.”

She chuckled at her own joke. Steph pulled her knees in more tightly and hid a scowl behind her crossed arms.

“But I had to be a part of this one. I even spent some of the blackmail I keep in my back pocket to make sure Owlman kept me involved. You want to know why?” The Owl tilted her head onto her shoulder, regarding Steph coldly, her blue eyes icy and unblinking. “It’s because I hate you.” 

The raw truth of the word plunged into Steph’s stomach like a block of ice. Owl-Spoiler rolled up onto one knee and loomed over her counterpart, the gloom of the cave casting her face in shadow. Yet her eyes remained clear, unblinking, as though they were shining. 

“I hated you the moment I saw you. You remind me of him.” 

Didn’t take a genius to guess who she meant. She began to slowly drag her claws down the glass.

“You know the thing I hate most about my father? He cared more about ‘serving and protecting’ total strangers than ever did about his own family. He even made sure they arrested the guys who shot Mom.” The claws dug in, leaving marks in the glass and making their shrieks even louder. “He spent my entire life putting everything and everyone in this miserable, broken, worthless shithole of a city before me, and he wasn’t even doing it for a good reason. He didn’t actually care about people, only that he got to be their hero. That everyone could finally see how good and smart he was.”

Her lips curled and she looked at Steph like she was something disgusting she’d just scraped off the bottom of her boot. “You might have my face. But I can tell: you’re exactly like him.” 

Aching throat or no, Steph lifted her head to snap back, to shut the bitch and her bullshit down, but before she could form the words Spoiler slammed her fist into the glass barrier so hard it startled Steph into lurching back. 

“Don’t try to deny it!” the Owl snarled. “I know you. I am you.” 

Stephanie stared at herself, at this twisted reflection with only a pane of bulletproof glass between them, and tried to tell herself that it—she—didn’t know what she was talking about. That it was all a trick, a lie, a mistake.

The Owl regarded her coldly for a moment more, then sniffed and rose to her feet. 

“I’m probably too narcissistic to actually kill you. But trust me, when I get the okay, I’m going to make you wish you were dead.” She adjusted her cape and turned on her heel, leaving Steph with a dismissive little finger-wriggle of farewell. “Don’t get too comfortable. The boys’ll be home any time now.”

---

(Why yes I am still thinking about the better version of Earth-3 Steph that could've been, as if it wasn't obvious.)

[lurkerwithcomputer]

WIP... Friday, Apparently

Here's a teaser for something originally meant for Halloween, the kinda gruesome one where Takizawa Michie survives, albeit not unharmed.

Her harsh breathing echoes strangely off the walls. Her heart pounds in her chest, in her temples. Her head rings, her vision is... clearer now than it was a short while ago. Her head still hurts despite the field dressing Mutsuki applied. She doesn't have it in herself to wipe away the blood that splattered all over her when Mutsuki tore Torso apart, a gruesome frenzy of knives and kagune. The memories of that are strange in her mind's eye, glazed over yet unnaturally clear.

The caves they're wandering through are dark, with unsteady sand under her boots, although Mutsuki seems to have no trouble with the dark. Mutsuki leads her by the hand - both of theirs still sticky with blood. A bundle of wet, dark red flesh is clutched in Mutsuki's other hand.

A very different Mutsuki to the kind man from Mado and Sasaki's squad that she's used to. Matter-of-fact, taking the lead, and brutally effective. His intense stare feels like it digs inside of her through her eyes, a single kakugan burning into her. Sharp eyes that remind her of Hachika-- no, don't think about Hachikawa right now. Mutsuki's eyepatch is long-gone, into his pocket or lost, she doesn't know - only that Mutsuki, this ruthless, intense Mutsuki, yanked it off himself with a look of disdain.

Her boots, soggy and cold, scuff through the sand. Through her curtain of hair, she can see dim light ahead. She stumbles as her boot comes down on something hard and flat instead of uneven sand or rock - old, battered brick or stone block. Mutsuki's hand tightens on hers, with a strength that's almost painful.

"Hogi-san? Stay with me. Keep talking, I can hear even a whisper," comes Mutsuki's voice, sounding almost like quiet anger.

"Your grip kind of hurts," she mumbles, surprise and misery making her honest.

"Ah," Mutsuki says, voice just a little bit less intense.

The grip on her hand relaxes, just enough to not hurt. Mutsuki tugs her onwards. At least the man-made tunnels they're in now are lit, even though with dim, cracked ceiling lights.

She looks around, taking in the crumbling brick, the rows of rusty steel doors with bars in the windows, the glimpses of tiny, bare rooms beyond those.

A prison.

She wets her lips with her tongue, mouth dry despite the damp underground air.

"Do I wanna know what Aogiri does with their prisoners?" she mutters.

"We do know, technically."

She startles at the reply.

What he said is true, unfortunately. She's seen the Auction footage, the crime scene pictures, the trail of carnage T-OWL left in its wake. It's almost a relief that the cells have been empty so far.

Mutsuki turns his head towards her, uncomfortably far considering he's a step ahead of her, and gives her one of those intense looks that feels like it's reaching hooks and pins into her through her eyes.

"Would you want to know the gristly details of my surgery?" Mutsuki's hand, still clutching a bloody mass of kakuhou, comes to rest behind his hips.

There's no sound but the tap of their footsteps.

"Fair point."

She can't say much else to that, frankly, and they press on.

Mutsuki stops suddenly, raising his head a little bit. He gestures to a closed cell door.

"Someone's in that one."

Mutsuki pushes the door open, with a grating, scraping creak, before she can protest.

It's not locked?

Then she takes in the thin, grimy woman in the cell, laying on the rickety metal cot.

Who doesn't have the critical limbs for running away, her thin pants - color indeterminate - tied off, with greyish bandages peeking out underneath.

The woman's face is vaguely familiar, even though her cheeks are a bit sunken and it's hard to tell what color her stringy hair is, between the dirt and the dim lighting. Someone from an old case file, dug back out after the Auction raid.

Mutsuki approaches the woman, who flinches back when he looks right at her.

"Do you want to live?"

[shadowheartwhisperer]

I don't know if anyone else does this, but I wanted to share my particular cope with my bg3 hyoerfixation.

Below the "read more" is the roadmap for my playthrough with my resisted durge Dinah, romancing Shadowheart (for the 40th time, I am not being hyperbolic).

Dinah Restart Roadmap

Notes -

Don't learn about Halsin, at all

Get Zorru then save Sazza and follow gut lead then kill leaders after gut confrontation

Agree to kill leaders because you need time to find Iron for Karlach upgrade

After leaders don't attend party, go to creche instead

Nautiloid

- fail to open Shadowheart's pod (time to save scum)

Beach

- talk to Shadowheart, don't join up

- fight brains

- kill mindflayer

- see Gale but leave without interacting

- rest (urge)

Day 2

- enter ruins - beach side

- get Withers

- find bandits - run for it

- grove fight

- don't talk to Zevlor

- recruit Shadowheart

- rest - how do you feel?

Day 3

- back to ruins

- get Lae'zel

- clear ruins

- rest - hand hurt

Day 4

- get Wyll

- save Mirkon

- play with Alfira

- talk to Arabella's parents

- save Arabella

- find lead on Kagha

- meet Mol - agree to steal idol

- zorru

- save Sazza

- rest - playing with artifact + last night in camp

Day 5

- Investigate Kagha - mud mephits

- go backwards through blighted village (we got lost)

- cross bridge, fight hyenas

- meet paladins

- Recruit Karlach

- expose Kagha

- knock out Alfira

- rest - Quill

Day 6

- inquisition

- Gith Convoy (fail, Shadowheart escapes and resurrects everyone)

- kill Paladins

- steal idol

- talk to Dammon

- rest - Mizora

Day 7 (don't find metal)

- get Gale

- get Astarion

- Owlbear cave

- Scratch

- Smuggler's ring

- Wakeens rest

- kill all gnolls

- meet the zhent

- open barn

- save Barcus

- Necromancers Basement

- Spiders (if we have the stamina) through well

- rest - Astarion bite

Day 8

- Andrik and Brynna

- talk to Zevlor

- goblin camp - courtyard stuff

- goblin indoor stuff

- get brand

- get kidnapped by Gut

- kill Gut

- save Volo

- Ask Shadowheart thoughts on parasite

- rest - Dream Visitor

Day 9

- talk about dream (Shadowheart gets ersatz eye while talking)

- chicken chasing

- poison Goblins

- knock out Minthara

- Kill Ragzlin

- pick off straggler goblins

- rest - ?

Day 10

- return to Zevlor - lie and agree to party

- fix Karlach's heart

- fight Gith convoy

- to Crèche, no party

- rest -

Day 11

- buy what we want from Esther then kill her

- Kobolds

- Gremishka

- Open door to monastery

- place 3 weapons

- rest - owl bear cub

Day 12

- place last weapon

- Enter Crèche

- Do Crèche stuff

- get Lae'zel's son

- Zaith'isk

- Captain

- inquisitor

- prism

- rest - owl bear cub 2

Day 13

- blood of Lathander

- fight our way out of Crèche

- Give Gale last treat

- back to first area

- rest - Voss

Day 14

- bah at redcaps

- auntie Ethel

- Gale gets eye

- into Ethel's lair

- take deal and Mayrina CON +1

- resurrect Connor

- meet Gandrel

- get crossbow

- to grove

- meet Halsin

- get Sorrow

- rest - Lae'zel and Shadowheart confrontation

Day 15

- open Selûnite way to Underdark

- spectator

- bulette

- boooal

- arcane tower - except last floor

- rest - ?

Day 16

- top floor arcane tower

- Duergar on beach

- myconid colony

- Omeluum

- find Baelin

- Filro

- back to colony

- rest - ?

Day 17

- to Grymforge - use brand

- architect dude

- rothe

- get Shar idol

- conspire with duergar

- return Sargent's boots

- talk to gnomes

- fight merregon

- fight ooze

- find Philomen

- kill dudes by water

- Poison slavers

- talk to spiders

- kill myrmath

- rest - ?

Day 18

- Nere

- get monk necklace

- turn in head

- last minute shopping

- rest - ?

Day 19

- take elevator to Shadowlands

- send Elmister to camp

- talk to crew

- learn about Shar worship

- save Harpers

- meet He who was

- talk to Elminster

- talk to everyone

- start long rest - Mizora

- ask about Shar Worship

- rest - dream visitor

Day 20

- test dark Justiciar Convo

- to last light

- get Karlach upgrade

- talk to Mattis

- talk to Florrick

- talk to Cerys

- talk to Alfira

- talk to Barcus

- talk to His Majesty

- talk to Raphael, no Astarion

- talk to Mol

- shop

- talk to Rolan

- talk to Jaheira

- talk to Isobel

- fight Marcus

- start long rest

- ask to get to know Shadowheart

- rest - Sceleritas

Day 21

- Mother Superior?

- memory?

- shitload of shopping

- Harper ambush

- save Rolan

- back to last light, check on Rolan

- talk to Bex

- talk to Shadowheart about hand hurt?

- rest - dance with Wyll?

Day 22

- Gerringothe Thorm

- finish off patrol

- moonrise

- trial

- Dungeons

- save gnomes, teiflings & Minthara

- tell Isobel you won't hurt her

- recruit Minthara

- talk to everyone

- start long rest

- missed our chance?

- rest - Gale?

Day 23

- blood merchant

- gnoll Control

- talk to Z'rell

- explore Balthazar's room

- explore moonrise

- meet absolute

- rest - blood merchant talk

Day 24

- Back to first area

- get noblestalk

- go past poison geysers area

- get mithril

- fight grym

- forge stuff... Dunno what

- rest - drinks with m'lady

Day 25

- maybe don't talk to her right away

- any other cleanup stuff that could be in first area

- back to Shadowlands

- Thisobald

- get ledger

- town square fight

- find Arabella

- start long rest

- dtr with Shadowheart

- rest - ?

Day 26

- back to he who was

- fight trees

- play hide and seek

- shopping

- rest - ?

Day 27

- find Arabella's parents

- Malus Thorm

- morgue

- Kua toa

- up the hill to Raphael

- tell Arabella bad news

- rest - ?

Day 28

- wake art cullagh

- defend portal for Halsin

- shop!

- clear moonrise docks

- enter mausoleum

- talk to Arabella - cooled off?

- rest - ?

Day 29

- Enter temple of Shar

- first trial

- wall of bone and blade

- learn about trials

- to camp - talk about being in temple

- Meet Balthazar - agree to work with him for now

- kill Yurgir

- lick spider/start rat fight

- finish rat fight

- rest - stupid Raphael

Day 30

- last minute shopping

- town square trials

- Shar Olympics

- pray before Shadowfell

- last, last minute shopping

- questioning faith Convo, pretty please?

- enter Shadowfell

- kill Balthazar

- save Nightsong

- talk to camp

- to last light by way of shadowed battlefield

- talk to Isobel

- assault on moonrise

- Ketheric first defeat

- dtr with Shadowheart part 2

- rest - urge

Day 31

- illithid colony - Shadowheart, Wyll & Jaheira?

- get Us

- save Zevlor

- mizora

- get Wyll's sword

- remember to fucking talk to companions!

- check Durge pod

- Kressa

- big room full of dudes

- Brain machine

- kill Ketheric

- talk to everyone in moonrise

- leave moonrise

- rest - Shadowheart truth (no talk before sleep)

Day 32

- take Halsin to Oliver

- break curse

- Selûnite Resistance quest

- ritual circle

- last minute shopping

- gith patrol

- double, triple, check done with everything

- leave act 2

- chat around camp

- smooch lady many times

- rest - fucking stupid emperor

Day 33

- talk to everyone

- enter Rivington - Shadowheart, Jaheira, and Minthara

- swap Shadowheart for Wyll

- meet Ferg - bound weapon buy all shit

- swap in Astarion

- Talk to strange ox (w/Astarion and Minthara)

- meet gur

- back to main team (Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Karlach)

- help refugees in house

- enter circus, don't talk to dryad, maybe dribbles (save scum to learn if it effects love test)

- genie

- get trident

- meet necromancer lady

- steal hat

- go to open hand temple

- agree to solve murder

- help monk

- fight doppelgangers in cave

- exit to beach

- find dying guy/Orin

- fight guild and stone Lord dudes

- rest - Vlaakith

Day 34

- meet Ferg w/Shadowheart

- break into toymaker's basement

- Wyrm's Crossing

- meet gnomes

- take Astarion to meet siblings

- shakedown toymaker

- talk to stupid fucking elephant

- Voss

- tell Raphael to fuck off

- circle back to learn about bear bombs

- Harper ambush

- Wyrm's Rock

- learn Bhaalspawn heritage

- steal flaming fist uniform

- coronation

- rest - mizora (sandcastles?)

Day 35

- lower city

- talk to Jaheira

- find guild

- talk to nine fingers

- counting house

- get Minsc through back entrance

- back to guild, deal with Zhent

- rest - Minsc and Jaheira watch me sleep?

Day 36

- follow up on murders

- elf song

- rats in basement

- stupid emperor dumb shit

- save lady at wine tasting

- find bodies

- talk to lady at salty mermaid

- save Figaro

- meet Araj

- stop the presses

- rest - ?

Day 37

- hag survivors

- follow up with Vanra's mom

- salty mermaid, Ethel

- fight redcaps

- fight masked people

- fight Ethel, save Vanra

- follow up with Vanra

- follow up with Mayrina

- rest

(Should have had either kidnapping or Astarion family reunion at this point maybe both)

Day 38 (swap to immediately after kidnapping, if needed)

- Get elf song room

- go to coffin makers place, whatever

- unholy assassin

- buy all good stuff

- kill Saravok anyway

- snoop to learn about Orin

- go to sewers

- fight dumbshit sorcerer

- buy sweet druid robes

- open way to Bhaal's temple

- rest - ?

Day 39

- Bhaal trial

- find brain rats

- chat with Sceleritas

- go to Orin's room

- chat with her mother

- confront Orin

- kill Orin

- huzzah!

- rest - ?

Day 40

- find grave, leave night orchid

- find grafitti

- house of grief maybe?

- prepare to cry maybe?

- if we have stamina - fight poltergeists

- rest - cry my eyes out

Day 41

- go to hell

- house of hope

- kill Raphael, the bastard

- steal Voss' Silver Sword for me

- get Lae'zel's silver sword

- find mummy lord

- find zombie

- track down organs

- kill mummy lord

- return to Oskar

- tell Jannath she can do better

- rest - ?

Day 42 -

- Save Volo

- break into foundry

- talk to blind dude

- wavemother, agree to kill monster

- to society of brilliance

- talk to Blurg

- Jaheira's house

- sorcerers sundries

- fucking Aradin

- Laroakan

- Vault

- stupid Gale

- meet Mystra

- shopping, stalk up for iron throne

- Worg warehouse

- rest - ?

Day 43

- Iron Throne

- get Wavemother dress

- how are we feeling? If all good start ansur

- love test first

- do all trials

- rest - ?

Day 44

- fight ansur

- feeling ok? Start Cazador's Manor

- clear upper level

- rest - ?

Day 45

- talk to skull

- kill Cazador

- prepare to cry

- not too beat? Fireworks!

- rest - ?

Day 46

- *sigh Gortash

- lead out to roof? Stand in one place, ranged only? Either way, try not to set off traps

- talk to other 2 first, then karlach

- cry

- talk to companions again

- cry

- talk to Karlach again

- cry

- anything to clean up?

- rest - ?

Day 47

- anything you've forgotten?

- did you steal the tithes?

- did you find dribbles?

- mindflayer in windmill?

- dryad sex worker?

- adventurer's dad?

- double, triple, quadruple check

- rest - ?

Day 48

- brain rats

- fight brain

- win!