#poor rain

[cardi-c]

30/∞ ghovie gifs

[rain-loves-scallops]

Here’s a little teaser for the fanfic I’ve been wanting to write about beloved water ghoul Rain…

The day Rain was summoned, it was like taking a fish out of the water to let it die. Everyone who was gathered around the Summoning Portal witnessed as an enormous wave came crashing, followed by an array of magnificent dark blue fins speckled with blood red, a long tail that was lashing everywhere and webbed hands adorned with deadly sharp claws that were trying to cling to anything they could.

Then the sounds came. Choking, wheezing as the water ghoul was suddenly finding himself on dry stone. His gills were fluttering wildly as he was trying to learn to breathe out of the water he had been carelessly swimming in mere minutes ago, his body painfully contorting as it slowly dried out.

As he saw the poor creature flopping, choking and wheezing like a freshly caught fish, Cardinal Copia wondered if he had made a mistake in the incantations. His first impulse was to take a step forward, laying what he wanted to be a reassuring, comforting hand on the ghoul’s shoulder, he let out a yelp as serrated teeth suddenly planted themselves into his flesh, the ghoul’s jaw locking, menacing growls now coming from his throat and chest. Mismatched eyes met blown out pupils, the dark blue color of the irises almost invisible.

[ewingstan]

"Rain looked like he had gotten his ass beat up down and side to side, but when was that ever not the case lmao"

[artkaninchenbau]

Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin (AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)

It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.

Bonus:

[weensysunshine]

free my ghoulie 😭😭

[rotshi]

"Caught in the Rain"

[wormheamer]

self-post because this took me like ... many hours

[wafflesrisa]

Pour one out for the poor mechanics up and down the pitlane

At the end of a brutal triple header. Next to no sleep with a 4:30am track call time this morning for qualifying. Now no time for lunch as they frantically put the cars back together for another wet race

[rain-loves-scallops]

This is a repost of my first teaser fanfic about newly summoned Rain. I think I know where I want this to go.

The new summon

Chapter 1

The day Rain was summoned, it was like taking a fish out of the water to let it die. Everyone who was gathered around the Summoning Portal witnessed as an enormous wave came crashing, followed by an array of magnificent dark blue fins speckled with blood red, a long tail that was lashing everywhere and webbed hands adorned with deadly sharp claws that were trying to cling to anything they could.

Then the sounds came. Choking, wheezing as the water ghoul was suddenly finding himself on dry stone. His gills were fluttering wildly as he was trying to learn to breathe out of the water he had been carelessly swimming in mere minutes ago, his body painfully contorting as it slowly dried out.

As he saw the poor creature flopping, choking and wheezing like a freshly caught fish, Cardinal Copia wondered if he had made a mistake in the incantations. His first impulse was to take a step forward, laying what he wanted to be a reassuring, comforting hand on the ghoul’s shoulder. He let out a yelp as serrated teeth suddenly planted themselves into his flesh, the ghoul’s jaw locking, menacing growls now coming from his throat and chest. Mismatched eyes met blown out pupils, the dark blue color of the irises almost invisible.

This moment was, for Copia, totally silent. There was only him, the feral water ghoul, and that unbearable pain into his hand that only got worse and worse. The ghoul had a death grip onto his flesh. And yet, he couldn’t stop looking into the creature’s eyes. From the primal reaction of biting, one could have expected anger and rage to be the cause. But Cardinal Copia only saw fear into the new summon’s eyes. Fear and incomprehension. Then, in a blink, the sounds came back, rushing into his ears. The ghoul’s constant deep growling, the screams of the members of the Clergy who were there as witnesses and the ghouls who were also there to protect the Cardinal in case something went bad.  

Suddenly, someone grabbed the new ghoul by the maw, forcing them to open their mouth to release the Cardinal’s hand, who retracted it with a yelp. He looked up to see who the saviour was and saw it was Aether, who was now speaking to the new summon in ghoulish, which seemed to calm them down enough for their eyes to turn back to normal while Aether’s eyes were deep purple as he was using his Quintessence to calm the new ghoul who had now stopped growling menacingly.

The two ghouls were looking at each other, Aether still softly speaking, the new ghoul listening and gradually, their body relaxed, and, slowly, their fins, scales and predatory claws retracted, leaving place to a beautiful androgynous body. Two legs seemed to emerge from where there was a long tail adorned with those huge blue fins and the new ghoul brought them up to their chest, wrapping their arms around it in a protective gesture. Their tail also wrapped around their body and they started to shiver from the coldness of the Abbey. 

One of the Clergy members slowly came over, handing a blue blanket to Cardinal Copia and a handkerchief. He carefully wrapped the blanket around the water ghoul’s shoulders and the handkerchief around his bleeding hand.

“Is he….she… uh.. okay ?” He asked Aether, who looked back at him before addressing the new ghoul again in ghoulish.

“He. He is okay, and he is sorry for the bite. All of this took him by surprise and it was a reflex.” The quint answered the Cardinal while rubbing the new ghoul’s shoulders on top of the blanket. He got up from where he had been kneeling and helped the newcomer up. 

“You should go to the infirmary to get this cleaned, stitched, and get your vaccination updated.” Aether told the Cardinal, who nodded. The water ghoul turned to look at him, androgynous face looking worried and sorry.

“I… I did not mean to cause this..” he spoke carefully, the gift of tongues seeming to catch on him with a bit of tardiness. His voice was deep and soft.

“Do not worry, my ghoul. This isn’t the first time it happened. Now go with Aether. He will show you the ghouls’ living area and explain what is expected of you.” Copia answered and watched as the two ghouls left the chapel, along with everyone who had assisted to the summoning. The cardinal looked down at his pulsating, still bleeding hand and saw that the edges of the bite were turning green. The new ghoul was venomous.

“Merda…” he swore under his breath.

[zenith-ii]

a lil nervous to post art on here but that’s literally what i made this blog for so. doing it scared etc etc. have this Rain i doodled some time last year lol

everyone has that one comfort plush that has been through hell, right?

[cozylittleartblog]

8th annual nick valentine post! fallout 4 npcs Love sitting. they'll see a chair and ask "is anyone gonna sit here" and not wait for an answer. its like nick is on a personal quest to sit in every chair in the commonwealth. if he sees a chair its on sight

its because his joints are bad, obviously. he's like 140

[goldklee]

POV: You didn't find shelter in time

[seven-skies-above]

so in sizing arti i didn't realize just. HOW large she was. or in fact how large scugs are in comparison to iterators so i had to draw this lovely image

cat too big. good luck pebbles.

[anthurak]

Something I was always a little concerned about in the lead-up to Hazbin Hotel was that Charlie was going to be a bit too passive of a character, ie; leaning only into the ‘kind, optimistic Disney-Princess-in-Hell who just wants to help everyone’ vibe and not really have much else going on as a character. Which in turn would make her feel kind of bland next to the big, over-the-top or dramatic personalities like Angel Dust and Alastor.

But thankfully, that is not what happened and there’s actually a lot that I like about what the writers are doing with Charlie, particularly in the potential future development and reveals they seem to be setting up.

First off, I like how Charlie generally comes off more like an over-the-top caricature of that ‘Disney-Princess-in-Hell’ vibe, ie; SUPER energized, enthusiastic, affectionate and emotional, often to overbearing degrees that get on everyone’s nerves. It’s generally funny, or at least amusing, and lets Charlie stand out alongside the other big personalities in the cast. Funny enough, she’s actually a lot like Blitzo in this regard, minus the seesawing into extreme abrasiveness.

And more importantly, we’ve already gotten major hints all but confirming that this over-the-top personality is largely a façade, and that Charlie actually has some very clear issues and baggage that she’s working VERY hard to keep buried beneath the surface. Again, much like Blitzo.

Like how in the trust-fall exercise in episode three, despite asking everyone to reveal something personal, Charlie actually bullshits just as hard as Angel Dust and Sir Pentious with her whole ‘I love you all!’ bit. Sure, it’s not like she was lying or being insincere, but it’s clear that was NOT something truly personal for Charlie. And in episode 4 we have Husk straight-up calls out Charlie as ‘wanting to solve everyone’s problems but her own’.

Then of course we have the brief glimpses we’ve seen of Charlie getting angry. Both the times we’ve seen Charlie dealing with some truly despicable and horrendous characters, we’ve seen that rather than lacking the ability to get angry, Charlie is often working to hold herself back. In both her encounters with Adam and Valentino we see points where Charlie is clearly NOT intimidated or afraid of them at all and seems fully prepared to throw down, only being stopped by reigning herself in or by someone else (in this case Angel) stopping her.

Again, it all paints Charlie’s big, bubbly, hyperactive exuberance as something of a front, a way for her to bury a lot of thoughts, feelings and general baggage she doesn’t want to face. Just like what the show has already explored with Angel and Husk.

It actually raises some interesting questions as to what’s REALLY driving Charlie in running the hotel and trying to help Sinners. For one, Husk has already pegged Charlie as ‘wanting to solve everyone’s problems but her own’. And going back to thematic crossover with Helluva Boss, I can’t help but see some potential parallels between Charlie creating the Hazbin Hotel, and Blitzo creating Immediate Murder Professionals.

I think it’s pretty clear at this point that half the reason for creating I.M.P. was as a coping mechanism for Blitzo, or rather the assassination business in general. Something that we’ve gotten hints to as early as the second episode in Blitzo’s back and forth with the Robo-Fizz (“Does anyone love you, Blitzo?”/“No. But I’m really good with guns now!”). With the other half of the reason Blitzo created I.M.P. clearly seems to be to create a surrogate family, as seen with how much he tries to insert himself in the M&M’s lives. Possibly even a specific attempt to replace the family he unwittingly destroyed fifteen years ago.

So I really have to wonder if we’re going to find out that Charlie creating the hotel and her goal of redeeming sinners is in part likewise a coping mechanism and escape for her own baggage.

It’s actually really interesting how episode two first introduced the idea of people opening up with Sir Pentious, then episode four dived further into the concept of the walls and fake personas people put up to hide from their pain and trauma with Angel Dust and Husk. With those two opening up and starting to let their walls down to each other, and by extension we the audience, I think it makes Charlie’s own façade all the more noticeable. It’ll be pretty interesting if Charlie actually winds up being the toughest nut to crack when it comes to opening up about their real issues and baggage. Yet another interesting trait she shares with Blitzo.

All in all, I’m really liking what the show has been doing with Charlie as a protagonist. And I’m REALLY interested to see where the story is going to take her.

Particularly what’s going to happen when she reaches a breaking point…

[paintbrushnebula]

"Gwen crashed in Hobie's dimension sometimes"

What Miles thought Gwen and Hobie were doing:

What Gwen and Hobie were actually doing: