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neptunefairytales · 8 months ago
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Phantom Manor (Disneyland Paris, 11/01/2024)
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ladyblacklavender · 1 year ago
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Rest in Peace Melanie Ravenswood you would’ve loved Ethel Cain.
Finally back on my BS after having loved Phantom Manor since I was 8. Definitely think this story has the potential to be something incredibly captivating if done well (dark and gritty and taking no prisoners when it comes to its themes of murder, Victorian class hierarchy etc.… if Disney+ weren’t such wusses).
Also welcome my theory of “are the ghosts and the phantom really there or are they all figments of Melanie’s imagination?”
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jeanlouiecastillo · 6 months ago
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some-guy-called-alex · 2 years ago
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Phantom Manor at Disneyland Paris
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sokovianfortune · 1 year ago
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WHAT IS A GHOST? a tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? a moment of pain, perhaps — something dead which still seems to be alive. an emotion suspended in time. like a blurred photograph, like an insect trapped in amber.
( phantom manor fancast - sarah bolger & luke pasqualino as melanie ravenswood & her groom )
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c-rose2081 · 2 years ago
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Just some Melanie in pastels cause I’m always down for a good Modern AU of beautiful Disney women 😌
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galaad-spectre · 2 years ago
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Here we go again for another year ! Let’s open a door to an infinity of possibilities.
Photo courtesy of Jim Zaal
Follow me on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/galaad_spectre/?hl=fr
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deadsetobsessions · 6 months ago
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Woo! I’ve finally got time to write! Had to go to a wedding, suffered through eight whole hours of pure disorganized mess, and got mad about it. Emphasis on the disorganized part. So, I bring you: party planner!Danny Phantom.
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If anyone was to see him now, they’d definitely think that it was odd that Danny was the one in the party planning field. They wouldn’t be surprised if it was Jazz, but Danny ‘wing it’ Fenton planning things? Never.
But here he was, clipboard in hand and checking off hors d’œuvres from the list.
“Anton, could you do a check of the sound system? Make sure everything’s working?”
“Got it.”
Danny lifted the buffet table, laden with heavy food, and used a bit of his ghostly strength to move it over.
“Perfect.”
He double checked the seating chart, and readjusted the miniature ice sculpture centerpieces he made for the party.
Wayne Manor was all lit up and perfectly dusted. Danny ran through his mental checklist. Tabled? Check. Dance floor clean and scuff free? Check. DJ booth and open bar running without issues? Check. Live band setting up with back up instruments and strings? Check. Decorations on point? Oh, he’ll have to get the team to readjust those.
Time to check-
“Danny! How’s it going?” Bruce Wayne beamed and slung an arm around his shoulder.
Danny smiled politely. “Mr. Wayne. Everything is going smoothly. Would you like to check the food the chefs have made?”
“Sure, sure! I definitely need to eat before I drink, haha!”
“That’s a good idea! Good thing you’re about to try a bunch of food.” Danny matched the billionaire’s energy. He’s going to get paid so good.
“So, Danny, are you going to college?”
Danny passed him a small sampler. “Ah, I can’t. Some stuff happened in high school and I don’t really have the grades or the money to.”
Plus, his credentials were in another plane of existence and he hadn’t figured out how to transfer those records yet.
“You could still attend college, I’m sure! Your parents might be able to help pay?” Bruce nommed on the food. He gave a thumbs up.
Danny sighed. “It’s not always an option. Plus, my parents are dead.”
In this universe. His own? Alive and kicking GIW ass.
“Oh, I see-”
“Father.”
“Woah!” Danny blinked, looking down at the baby Wayne the popped up next to his father’s elbow.
“Damian! What’s wrong, kiddo?”
Damian shot his father a flat glare and dragged the laughing billionaire away.
Danny snorted and returned to his tasks. He has to check the speeches and the lighting. Hm… he doesn’t have time to adjust everything how he wants it.
Good thing he knew a guy that could stop time.
“Hey, Clockwork?”
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“Father, I understand your inclination towards adopting poor black haired and blue eyed orphans, but I would like to remind you that I have far too many siblings to be adding yet another bumbling buffoon.”
“I was not considering that, Damian.”
Damian let go of his wrist with a grimace. “Denial is not becoming of a Wayne, Father.”
“Yeah, B. I could see you grab the adoption papers from all the way over here.” Tim adjusted his tie. “Anyways, Dick is on his way. He’s running a little late because of some stuff in Blüdhaven.”
“Thank you, Tim.”
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“Batman.”
“Oracle.”
“Look at the footage of Wayne manor.” Oracle pulled up the video surveillance scattered through out the manor. Specifically, the ones of the west ballroom. Daniel Fenton stood in his spot, looking down at his clipboard but a second later, he's moved three inches to the left and the decorations had subtly been moved more aesthetic spots. "I think Danny might be a meta. We'll have to look into him."
Batman stood up, allowing the fondness he had for Danny as Bruce Wayne drain away. This is a potential threat, and Batman will treat him like one. (Danny will remember this.)
"Contact Flash. I need him to scan for any temporal disturbance."
"Understood."
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"Brucie!" A socialite squealed as she came to bestow hugs upon a long suffering Bruce. "My god, this place is gorgeous! You must give me your planner's number. I could absolutely use some fresh eyes for the Annual Spring Party."
"Awe, Janine! I gotta keep some of the good things to myself!" Bruce whined, inwardly smirking as he saw his kids mock-gagging behind the lady's back. "What if your party's cooler than mine? What should I do then? You're already so gorgeous! Why, is that a Birkin?"
Janine lit up and all but forgot about getting Danny's contact information. Bruce patted his own back for a job well done, even if he had to listen to Janine's itemized list of random luxury goods she had to buy before being offered a bag.
He's a Wayne. The Gotham Hermes wished they could partner with the Waynes. Plus, he's pretty sure he's got at least three of those bags somewhere in the manor to bait out Selina.
Catching Danny sliding in between the servers and going towards the kitchen, Bruce quickly excused himself with a disarming himbo grin.
Time to subtly grill the kid.
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"Hey, Timmy?"
"Hello, Dick," Tim smiled elegantly at the couple who's companies he was about to bring six feet underground and excused himself. "What's up?"
"Have you noticed that the ice sculptures haven't melted at all?"
Tim blinked, eyes sliding over to a harried Danny being followed by Bruce on a mission. Oof.
"Freeze?" He asked mildly, face innocent of any nefarious thoughts.
"That's what I'm thinking." Dick smiled sunnily, throwing an arm around Tim's shoulders.
"Heard the guy's living out near Crime Alley. We should get Jay to check it out." Tim pretended to laugh, grinning as his brains made plans for a stakeout.
"Heard, my ass. You totally stalked him, didn't you?"
"Got proof?"
Dick snorted, removing his arm. "Nope. I'll let Jay know. You should probably help Danny out, though, he looks like he's about to lose his temper."
"Bruce is at it again." Tim sighed. "Yeah, okay."
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vodkassassin · 1 year ago
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Amity Park didn’t return to Illinois after they were transported to the ghost zone.
After all, the Zone is fickle even in transporting singular entities like the smallest blob ghost. How about an entire town, with all those people in it?
Instead of Illinois, they end up slightly off the coast of New Jersey, a long time before Amity Park, Illinois ever existed.
Fixing damages that happened to the town during the transfer is considered a total loss, so they scrap everything and rebuild. Since the ghost issue seems to not be going anywhere ever, the decision to lean into the aesthetic and embrace it instead of denying and fighting it is nearly unanimous (save for a few ghost hunters here and there, but they are the minority).
It’s easy to slide into their new existence. Things are very different from the modern life they’re all used to, but much is still the same.
Phantom is always there to protect.
Hauntings are a part of their very foundations.
Amity Park was always pretty isolated, all things considered. So they continue on.
Tucker later on becomes mayor of the new town Gotham (Sam has a heavy hand in convincing everyone to go along with the name). He holds his position much longer and with far higher approval ratings than his predecessor.
Sam eventually marries someone who moved to the newly established Gotham from the mainland, on a business venture, whose last name is Wayne.
Together, they inherit what’s left of the immense Manson wealth.
People from the mainland come and go, providing economy. Not a lot of them stick around, too uneasy of the supernaturally dreary atmosphere of Gotham Island and it’s frankly hostile architecture. The Amitians — Gothamites now — don’t really get it. What’s wrong with ghosts??
The original townspeople are so saturated with ectoplasm at this point that they’ve ceased aging. They die eventually, but immediately become ghosts and just make the trip through the portal to become citizens of Phantom’s kingdom in the Infinite Realms. All things considered, nothing much changes after death, either.
However, it’s soon decided that before any more new people can move to Gotham, the portal must be closed and locked for the safety of the regular humans who are not as immune to the influence of the Zone.
So the portal is buried and hidden, locked and guarded by the eternal soldiers of the Ghost King, the key safely kept on the King’s person at all times.
Life goes on. Years pass. The true origins of Gotham fall into the realm of the forgotten. Eventually, it becomes what it is today.
Batman and all.
The Batcave is more home to Bruce Wayne than even the manor that caps it. That’s because in the cave, he is a step closer to a portal to the Infinite Realms that has been locked and hidden deep underneath the land that once belonged to his ancestors, the Manson-Waynes.
As a direct descendant of one of the original Amity Park townspeople, and one who was (is) so closely tied to the haunt of the Ghost King himself, Bruce has always had a special and innate connection to the town and the land that his city is built on, but never really knew why.
He just thinks of it as his father Thomas explained it to him; the Manson-Waynes, later the Waynes, had been one of the founding families families of Gotham — alongside the Fenton, Baxter, and Sanchez families. Since the other families have long since died out, it’s up to the Waynes to uphold their legacy, and that duty falls to Bruce.
Or so that’s how Thomas, who knew nothing of Gotham’s ghostly, Amitian origins, understood it.
It’s not until Jason, back from the dead, becomes a regular part of the family again, that Bruce starts feeling as if something is different about the cave, and then later the city at large.
Almost as if it’s been awakened, somehow.
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kawaiikenna · 2 years ago
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Wrote this in an hour maybe? It’s time for bed. -_-;;; So enjoy this ficlet/long prompt/fic idea. Also this will probably be super triggering to some individuals. Please read with caution. I’m not going to tag all the tw’s though cause I’m faaaaar too tired. I’ll edit this tomorrow. Maybe. Eh, we’ll see.
Danny thought that life had been going just great. He had ended up being fostered by Wayne’s after a falling out with his parents over something that wasn’t even ghost related. The only reason why he was where he was, was because Bruce owed Vlad a favor. Danny didn’t know what kind of favor was owed, and he didn’t want to know. In the end he actually did get along with the gaggle of Wayne kids. It ended up being one of the most peaceful times in his life up until then.
Until it wasn’t.
The day had started off as normally as any other day he had been in the Wayne Manor. Danny woke up, got dressed, had breakfast with Bruce and the remaining siblings, then headed off to school. Nothing out of the ordinary. Except, Danny never made it to school.
There was no note, no call, nothing. It was as if Danny had suddenly stopped existing. No one saw anything. The cameras were spotty at best. They had no leads. Nothing to go off of. Nothing, nothing, nothing. Day after day, week after week. There was nothing until suddenly there was something.
An unaddressed envelope with several embossed tickets inside. Each ticket had a vigilante’s name scrawled in Danny’s very distinctive half cursive writing. That week on Friday night, there was to be a kind of traveling entertainer’s troupe in town. The main attraction was apparently a white haired boy that would end up doing all sorts of extremely dangerous tricks and dares. The batfam geared up and hoped that somewhere, somehow, they would be able to find Danny here at this almost circus themed attraction.
What they found instead was a completely empty building. The inside was set up in a way that made it seem like it was the inside of a Hollywood circus tent. Sheets of fabric hung from the ceiling, there was a ring set up in the center with a platform in the middle of that. A tightrope set up far above their heads, a metal hoop dangled down from the ceiling, thick ropes of fabric strung up on either side.
Suddenly, a bright spotlight lit up the center platform. There, two figures were illuminated. Both clowns but extremely different from each other. One the batfam knew almost intimately, Joker. The other, a stranger but he seemed to fit in with the aesthetic of their city.
All batfam members are incapacitated and forced to watch against their will. For some reason they’ve been wrapped up in 2D, neon green animals.
The two present the fantabulous Phantom. The white haired boy from the poster appeared from nowhere. As Joker and the newly introduced Freak Show narrated, Phantom did everything they said. He interacted with various props, did a few tricks, he juggled at one point. Sharp daggers whirling through the air in a professional practiced manner until Freak Show said that somehow Phantom had fumbled. True to his word, the boy did fumble. Sharp daggers falling haphazardly around him. The teen did not move a single inch, even as a dagger nearly pierced through the flesh of his cheek leaving a long bleeding cut down his face. Instead it buried itself into the unmoving teen’s shoulder. He pulls the dagger out of his shoulder nonchalantly and lets it clatter to the floor.
Without getting any kind of treatment the teen starts up one of the pillars to get to the tightrope platform. There’s no safety gear in sight as the teen starts to walk the tightrope. Joker and Freak Show commiserate him on almost getting to the other side. At the last moment, Phantom ‘slips’ and is now hanging comically by one hand on the rope.
Two Joker lackeys come out with an old fireman’s trampoline. They run back and forth as they try to predict where Phantom would fall. In the end though, they miss completely and Phantom ends up landing in a broken heap on the ground.
At this point the batfam are in a nearly crazed state. Even if they don’t know exactly who Phantom is, this was wrong. It was all WRONG.
Under Joker and Freak Show’s prodding and goading, Phantom gets back up. Multiple traumatic wounds can be seen. But in the next instant flesh stitches itself back together and bones mend themselves back under his skin and back into place.
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So basically our two clown dimwits are physically bullying and hurting Danny. Freak Show has the teen under mind control again and makes him extremely docile. There’s no outward expression of any kind, his eyes are dead and unseeing. This goes on for a while until Freak Show tries to get Danny to hurt one of the batfam.
This does not go as planned at all and now they have an extremely angry and eldritch Danny on their hands. He goes on a rampage and ends up destroying nearly everything. But he still protects his newfound family, getting them out of harm’s way.
The batfam on the other hand have no clue how to process that their shy, sweet, quiet Danny is also the massive monster rampaging around.
After Danny had finally calmed down; he went straight to Bruce and promptly passed out. There was no waking the kid up until he decided to get up.
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Will I expand on this idea? Meh. I’m not sure, maybe. I’d love to hear your guys’ thoughts on this though. -w-
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neptunefairytales · 2 months ago
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Throwback to last tuesday when I got 13 minutes of wait for Phantom Manor! (just two days before a friday the 13th!)
(Personnal pic. Please reblog if you liked, do not use or repost. Thanks! NSFW AND KINK ACCOUNTS DO NOT INTERACT !!!)
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stars-and-clouds · 1 year ago
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A List of my Favourite 'Gothic' Media
Last Updated: July 30th 2024
My preference to gothic aesthetic is mostly victorian goth. Hence, this is what the list will consist of with some outliers. This is not a list of every good gothic media out there, it’s just the ones I have consumed and truly make me feel like I’ve transported into that world.
This list is very selective and subjective. It doesn't always follow the textbook or culturally accepted meaning of 'goth'. It is mostly about the vibe, aesthetic, feelings and motifs that are associated with a beautiful, melancholic and mystical story.
Feel free to submit me ideas for the list, or add your own in reblogs/comments and I will keep updating this post as I consume more of said media =D
*The titles in italics are not exactly gothic but give the same melancholic, beautiful vibe that draws me to gothic media.
Movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Crimson Peak (2015)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Dracula Untold (2014)
Haunted Mansion (2003)
Van Helsing (2004)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Vampire Hunter D (anime movie) (1985)
The Others (2001)
Constantine (2005)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Phantom of The Opera (both movie and play)
Series (Anime, TV shows, Cartoons):
Penny Dreadful (tv series)
Castlevania (netflix, cartoon/western anime)
Courage the Cowardly Dog (cartoon)
The Haunting of Hill House (netflix)
The Haunting of Bly Manor (netflix)
Supernatural (Not gothic per se, but it has the melancholy and secretive, monster world and lots of themes of loss and happiness.)
Carnival Row (more dark fantasy, than gothic but it's basically set in victorian London and I love it)
Books:
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Frakenstien - Mary Shelley
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte
Penny Dreadful (serial fiction) - (Various)
Doesn’t really count but all the northern bits of ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ make me feel that way too.
The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole
Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin
Games:
Vampyr
Castlevania Series + Lords of Shadow
FFXIV- Heavensward (Expansion)
Albino Lullaby- Episode 1
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine (Expansion)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (any of their ttrpg campaigns or interactive/visual novels are also good)
Curse of Strahd (D&D)
Bloodborne (PS4)
Silent Hill 2
Following are Visual/Interactive Novels:
Any of the ‘Vampire the Masquerade’ Books (they’re sub par but I love the vibe) (IN)
Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly (VN)
The House in Fata Morgana (VN)
Music:
this section will be really long so i will properly update it later.
Oh Willow Waly from The Innocents
The Unqueit Grave Penny Dreadful Version
youtube playlist with my favourite gothic sounding music
Gothic Pinterest Board
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tantive404 · 1 year ago
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Leia Organa as the Gothic Heroine
“Through a dream landscape, . . . a girl flees in terror and alone amid crumbling castles, antique dungeons, and ghosts who are never really ghosts.
She nearly escapes her terrible persecutors, who seek her out of lust and greed, but is caught; escapes again and is caught; escapes once more and is caught . . . [and] finally breaks free altogether, and is married to the virtuous lover who has all along worked (and suffered equally with her) to save her."
-Leslie A. Fledler, Love and Death in the American Novel
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The gothic novel is a genre of literature that has grown increasingly compelling to me. Defined by its mixture of romanticism and horror— or “wonder and terror”, with a “loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting”— these stories are known for their forbidden castles, ghostly mysteries, and, most centrally, their heroines, fleeing terrified into the night in a flowing white gown…
Over the years the gothic has become a genre dominated by the feminine and by women writers. And even though the first example of gothic literature, Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto, was written by a man, the story is largely focused on its heroines. The central plot thread sees a corrupt tyrant prince pursuing a much younger princess for the sake of marriage and her desperate attempts to escape him, as she flees through his castle, through twisted corridors, trap doors, and all manner of danger.
I began to think of the relation between the archetype of gothic heroine and Star Wars’s female lead, Princess Leia Organa. After all, she is typically clad all in white and on the run from a dastardly Imperial villain of some sort. And it would not be so difficult for the Death Star to serve as an old manor, filled with secrets and danger… trap doors (garbage chutes), gaping chasms, masked phantoms (Sith Lords) and terrible, power-hungry old men.
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The gothic heroine is a young woman often characterized by her virtue, innocence and beauty. She may be born into a position of high social status, with a wealthy or aristocratic family, or even be full-fledged royalty. Some time early in the story, however, she loses her privilege and power… orphaned, imprisoned, or otherwise inconvenienced. In Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho, for instance, our protagonist Emily St. Aubert lives an idyllic life with her well-to-do parents, only for both to die and her fortune to be lost in the first act, where she is then given into the power of her aunt and eventually her villainous uncle-by-marriage, Montoni. Leia, too, was a happy and beloved child as the Crown Princess of Alderaan, even with the shadow of the Empire looming overhead… but is captured on a fateful mission for the Rebellion and sees her planet destroyed for her troubles.
And while a gothic heroine may be physically frail she has the mental fortitude and agency to be the one who drives the plot forward. Leia, too, subverts being placed the box of “damsel in distress” with her strong will and her active fierce participation in the rebel cause.
The consistent pattern of “escaping and being caught” is another that Leia follows quite clearly throughout the original trilogy… when we first meet her, she is fleeing from her Imperial pursuers, only to be overpowered and captured. She’s taken aboard the Death Star, endures torture, and gets rescued… only for the next movie to involve yet another game of pursuit between her and Vader where she’s eventually caught yet again at Bespin. After another escape, she opens the subsequent film with an attempt to rescue her (not-so) “virtuous lover” from his prison… and she is made a slave. She escapes with her own ingenuity to rejoin the Rebellion, is nearly defeated in the perilous final battle at Endor, but with the help of her allies, wins the day and all is made right. A typical fairy tale ending.
And then there are her villainous persecutors, of which there are primarily three— Vader, Tarkin, and Jabba.
The gothic heroine is often menaced by a powerful man,?usually bearing misogynistic or patronizing sentiments. He is dark and threatening, yet can also be alluring… and the heroine strives to escape his oppressive power. So too with Leia, as representative of the Rebellion, seeking to destroy the oppression of the Empire.
In short, Star Wars is a very melodramatic, archetypal tale, and Leia’s journey both illuminates and subverts that.
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carewyncromwell · 2 months ago
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Masterpost: HPHM/Haunted Mansion AU (starring Duncan Ashe and Jacob Cromwell)
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Summary: In an alternative universe set in upstate New York in the year 2005, New-Orleans-born paranormal investigator Duncan Ashe travels to the sleepy town of Liberty Square to investigate the mysterious "Headless Man" haunting the local graveyards and his murky connection to the abandoned Cromwell Manor. In the process, he's roped into an almost-200-year-old mystery involving murder, possession, and 999 happy haunts, and Duncan must team up with the aforementioned "Headless Man" and a mysterious figure known by Liberty Square as "the Wanderer" to restrain the malevolent presence threatening the Cromwell Manor and its supernatural occupants.
Introducing Our Players
The Family Who Lived (and Died) in the Manor
Barbara Allen
Crossroads
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
The Phantom of the Opera
Bring Me to Life
The Manor's New Master
Epilogue: A Scene Covered in Ghostly White Snow
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~Additional Materials ~
Art: My Initial Concept for Ghost-Bride!Carewyn
Art: Ghost-Bride!Carewyn, Take Two
Moodboard: Original Story Concept
Moodboard: Duncan, Jacob, Carewyn, and Orion
Moodboard: Bill, Olivia, Rowan, and the Phantom
Art: Our Main Six Players
Aesthetic: The Bride and the Wanderer
Art/Fanfiction: The Ghost Host's Promise
Art: The Phantom and the Beating-Heart Bride
Art: The Bride Pushes Orion Away
Art/Fanfiction: The Wanderer Comes to Grip with His "After-Life"
Art/Fanfiction: The Bride Sings
Art: The Bride and the Headless Man are Reunited
Art (unfinished): I So Need to Try to Redraw This but MAN
Art: Kiss of Death Redux
Art: The Performer and the Bride (featuring additional art by @ag907!)
Fanfiction: A Hotel Scene with Duncan and Jacob
Fanfiction: Duncan, Jacob, and Olivia Visit Sleepy Hollow
~Other People's Content~
Art: The Performer (Gwen Dunmoore) by @ag907
Moodboard: The Arcane Maiden (Alvina Arcane-Zheng) by @oneirataxia-girl
Moodboard: Kumiho (Ywa Hana) by @oneirataxia-girl
Art: The Child Spirit (Sarahi Silvers) by @dat-silvers-girl
Moodboard: The Will O' the Wisp (Kai Williams) by @nightmaresart
Moodboard: The Witte Wieven (Brooke Atkinson) by @nightmaresart
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scooby-review · 1 month ago
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The New Scooby Doo Movies Season 1 Episodes 5 - 8
5. Guess Who’s Knott Coming to Dinner
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This episode follows the gang arriving at Moody Manor, hoping to ask for directions, but are instead mistaken for Moody’s Nieces and Nephews, throwing them into the mystery of where their supposed uncle has gone. 
The guest star for this episode is Homer Pipsqueak! Who is undoubtedly the best element of this episode. Don Knotts (the actual guest star) plays a series of characters in this, dressed in different disguises, however, he isn’t Don Knotts, he’s the aforementioned Homer Pipsqueak, a Sherlock parody, dressing in disguises in an attempt to solve the mystery. 
Don Knotts two appearances in The New Scooby Doo Movies landed him as an almost mascot for the series, and guest stars in the show in general, going on to appear in the game Scooby Doo! Night of 100 Frights, all the way in 2002. The actor/comedian is likely best known for his work in shows like Three’s Company and his appearance in It’s a Mad, Mad World, a three and a half hour movie that also starred Jonathan Winters. 
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Throughout the episode, Homer appears in different costumes, and it’s one of the best aspects of the entire episode, and I do enjoy the fake out of him being Homer rather than Don Knotts! Alongside this, I also love the more gothic aesthetic this episode returns to, even if this series feels like a large leap away from the horror aesthetics of the original series, I do appreciate the episodes that return to these moments. 
This episode’s villain, Captain Moody’s Ghost, is probably the most interesting design we’ve seen so far. The ghost has a snowy white face, floating in his muddy tan cloak, it reminds me a lot of Ghostface actually, although the origins of the two aren’t related. The villain also appeared in the video game alongside Don which is super fun! I’ll have to check it out soon. 
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Although this one is more enjoyable, it still ends up being kind of a drag, almost all of these episodes are tedious in some way, and while this one manages to be okay, holding some fun moments, but ultimately not enough to salvage the episode for me! I left most episodes without any or many notes, so these reviews will likely be on the shorter side - as is, this one is okay. 
6. A Good Medium is Rare
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A Good Medium follows the gang meeting a lost dog, who they subsequently return to his owner, guest star Phyllis Diller. While at her mansion, they learn that someone is attempting to steal her jewels, staying to aid in solving the mystery. 
I actually enjoyed this one a lot! This goes the complete opposite direction to many other episodes, where this one throws so much at you, it’s almost suffocating how swiftly ideas and concepts will rise and fall, it’s truly great! 
Phyllis Diller is such a great character in this, she pairs so well with all her characters, and despite being a character who is mostly reliant on the same joke - having had a lot of husbands - it works in the context of the episode. She’s zany enough to keep my attention in a way the heavily watered down comedy acts don’t tend to be! Phyllis was a stand up comedian and actor, along a myriad of other things, defined by a striking style and appearance, she had many voice acting roles including the queen from A Bug's Life, and went on to win six awards for her work. 
I haven’t seen any of her work outside of this episode, but I found her comedy and style to work perfectly in this world. Her appearance certainly makes her such an interesting character alone, but she felt entirely herself here, or at least, entirely her character. 
The same love cannot be shared for the villains, the phantoms and gargoyle. The phantoms have fine designs, which I mean in the most basic way possible. They wear brown jackets and hats and have striking blue faces, they don’t quite clash as much as the Scarecrow’s design, but I still can’t say this looks great! Meanwhile the gargoyle is a completely fine rendition of the creature, which were placed on houses to act as gutters. They always have such interesting designs regardless, this design does nothing special with it, instead giving a kind of awkward style to the creature. 
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I do enjoy the gothic mansion and discussions of ghosts and seances, it pushes the story back into the show's horror roots which I will always appreciate. It’s something I’ve found them moving away from within this series, which I think also acts as an ode to my boredom throughout! 
I really enjoyed the ending magic show. It's a great escalation of the episode and pushes it in a new and unique direction that still works and feels on form for the episode, at no point did I sit and wonder why we were here, and it genuinely got laughs out of me! I love this part, and I think the humour mixed with the characters fear of the situation make it all the better; Shaggy finds himself terrified of the tricks, and as such, he messes them up, infuriating the villain, like it’s perfect! 
I really enjoy this episode, even if a lot of my reasoning comes down to finding the guest and general storyline funny and entertaining. Not perfect by any means, but certainly a great episode! 
7. Sandy Duncan’s Jekyll and Hyde
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I actually like this episode too!
We follow the gang on the set of guest star Sandy Duncan's new movie, the set of which is being torn down soon, however, someone keeps disrupting the set, causing delays. 
Sandy Duncan is an actor and comedian, best known for her roles in the Fox and the Hound, The Cat From Outer Space and the 80s MLP movie. Despite this episode's setting, she’s never acted in a horror movie before! I like Sandy Duncan as a character here, she feels like a more fleshed out Candy Mint (Never Ape an Apeman), being a real person and all, although I think it’s important to note that unless stated otherwise, all these actors play caricatures of themselves, therefore when I talk about them, I’m talking about this fictionalised version of them. 
This setting takes the Where are you episode (Never Ape an Apeman) and pushes it further, allowing us to live on this set. It’s one of the only times I enjoy the large cast of villains! Usually, the large amount feels like it’s compensating, all of them are bland and it’s difficult to keep track of, giving the episode an unfinished and confusing feeling. In contrast, I found it to aid this episode’s feeling of being a set, we see costumes used all over the place, from the titular Hyde (from the movie Sandy is starring in) to Ghosts, Lions, Dragons and Pirates. 
The main villain is Hyde, his design far closer to the 1920s silent movie than the 1931 movie, while the previous Hyde (Where are You, Nowhere to Hyde) feels closer to the more animalistic design of that movie, the green in the poster likely a direct inspiration. Thus design instead is far more human, but the differently shaped eyes is likely an ode to the design of the character in the silent movie. 
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Skimming through the other characters I don't care much for, or who lack many interesting ideas, we have a Native American (similar in design to episode one of this season), the pirates, the mummy (similar to in Where are You, Scooby Doo and a Mummy Too), the ghost and Sheik. 
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This leaves the lion, bear and dragon. The lion and bear are simple, they are the animals, there’s nothing too exciting beyond them being these animals. At the very least, they are character types we haven’t seen yet in the series, but even in comparison to the following episode, they are wholly uninspired. However, I do enjoy the dragon, painted in violet and mauve, the creature is operated by the villain and breathes real fire, the decision to just have a dragon here is so out there that I can’t help but love it! 
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Within the episode itself, there’s some fun ideas! We see the stunt double looking the same as Daphne, therefore forcing her into the role later on, which I like as a way of assimilating the gang directly into danger and the throws of the mystery. And the setting is perfect for the gags and constant chases the episode bestows on us. 
I can see myself adoring this episode if only it were shorter, but theres at least ten minutes here that drags! However, usually, I find myself bored for at least twenty minutes so truly I was happy with this one! 
And the villain is an old silent actor, it’s such a fun motive and I love how this is integrated, we’ve come a long way from every villain being greedy! Kind of. 
Also! There’s a sequel episode in Guess Who!, which is a long way away, but something super exciting to me. 
8. The Secret of Shark Island
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For context, there are five episodes in the entirety of the New Scooby Doo Movies that I placed as “good” or above on my rating scale. Three of those were in this set of four! 
The episode sees the gang meeting Cher and Sonny during their honeymoon at an island resort. However soon they learn of a shark man lurking nearby. 
As guest stars, I like Cher and Sonny! They’re characters on their honeymoon, constantly telling people who they are but asking for no attention, which they never receive anyway; it presents them as egotistical and self-centred, a great concept for one of these guest stars. They also feel pretty separate from the gang for a good chunk of this, so while I enjoyed the time we did spend with them, they never overstayed their welcome. While at times they could be kind of tedious, the episode is constantly moving, it ends up being one of the best paced in the season! Funnily enough, all my favourite episodes in this iteration of Scooby-Doo are the ones that have this faster pacing, always moving somewhere! 
Cher is best known for her music, sometimes referred to as the Goddess of Pop! With that being said, she has a lot of acting credits, starring in Moonstruck and The Witches of Eastwick. She was married to Sonny at the time, but the two got a divorce in 1975. The two formed a band for a while, but outside of music, Sonny is maybe best known for his work in politics as a member of the republican party. 
I really enjoy the monster here too, a little group of shark men. Somewhat anthropomorphised by their legs and arms, these characters feel so involved in the episode, it gives it so much more intrigue and makes me enjoy it so much more! They’re sharks, that’s mostly it, probably inspired by great whites, although their shade of grey is certainly darker. 
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I was pretty shocked by the fact this came out before Jaws. During the cold war, the US military were paranoid about sharks interfering with their water based operations, with this fear seeping into the general population in the 1960s, although it still was nothing major. In fact, before this, there wasn’t too much of a widespread fear of sharks. However, after the release of Jaws, the fear and hatred of sharks blew up, they became a common target with, on average, 100 million sharks killed a year. In contrast, there’s, on average, roughly 60 shark based fatalities a year. I think the fear mongering is important to put into perspective, because sharks aren’t really a threat to people, but their presentation in the media often influences many to be afraid of them, which only leads to their rising deaths. 
Taking place before the release of Jaws gives these shark men a different perspective, which I appreciate. The anthropomorphisation for a start makes them unique and stand apart from the real animal, and generally makes for a more interesting design. I love these guys! They’re so cute and angry looking, they look so fun swimming and running around the island, they truly aid in making this episode great. Again, their more frequent appearances allows for the audience to feel their presence, this episode as a whole ends up feeling closer to a Where are You episode which is only a positive thing in my eyes! 
The island resort setting is also a nice change of pace. As much as I miss the gothic and brooding backgrounds we used to receive, I’d take the varied locations any day over drear and repeated places. I think that’s something important to give this series credit for! It nails its variety of locations. 
Glad to end on a positive note! 
Episodes Ranked:
A Good Medium is Rare
The Secret of Shark Island
Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde
Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner
Villains Ranked:
Shark Men
Ghost of Captain Moody
Gargoyle
Phantom
Dragon
Bear
Mr Hyde
Mummy
Pirate
Ghost
Sheik
Wolfman
Native American
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c-rose2081 · 2 years ago
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“Please be gentle with me, mon amour…”
I still love them. Feeling a bit spicy 🔥
Kimiko is a vampire, while Melanie is still human (a cursed human, but heart beating nonetheless). This can make intimacy a little dicey at times, especially if Kimiko is feeling peckish.
Mel doesn’t actually mind being bitten— it’s quite pleasurable— but she does have to remind her girlfriend to be gentle. Kimiko treats most living creatures like food after all; so it’s easy to get lost in the joys of a complacent feast.
Naturally Kimiko showers her lover in every available luxury and her undivided attention afterwards, and makes sure to apologize for any wounds she may have caused.
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