#ralph or piggy next?

[just-a-silly-boy]

Inspired on @starbyop 's headcanon.

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Lord of the Flies modern au.

Simon wakes up with sleep paralysis.

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Muted - Simon

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It's dark and suffocating.

He feels wet creepers and foliage against his face and body as he goes on in the sultry darkness. Ahead of him is a flickering light from a bonfire he can never reach.

Simon hears voices. Laughter. Chants like from the Sunday masses. But the words don't make it to his understanding.

He tries to call, but his voice doesn't come out.

He shouts.

Screams.

But he makes no sound.

He becomes strangely aware of how loud his heart is beating.

The fire gleams with every beat, but he never gets close.

Darkness crumbles around him. Hugs him. He tries to call someone.

Nobody hears him.

The branches and foliage become denser. Thicker. It have fingers and hands and sharp claws.

And it hold his arms and push and pull on him.

He needs to get to the bonfire.

He needs to get to the voices.

He needs to tell them something.

But he has no voice.

And the hands and claws don't let him move.

His heart is drumming. It beats in his throat and he feels that pulsing ball preventing him from breathing.

His voice doesn't come out.

Hands and claws hurt his arms and legs. They scratch his body. They pull him from side to side. He want to tell them to let go, but they don't listen to him. The dark hands have no face. He has no voice.

Mass chants echoes and sounds like waves.

He seems to be falling now.

Or floating.

He tries to scream and water gets in his mouth.

He has no voice.

He tries to scream still but more water come in.

Salt.

Ice cold.

The bonfire is getting distant. Far away.

It's cold now and the hands are pulling him to the bottom of the darkness.

He can't scream.

He can't breathe.

He has no voice.

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Simon opens his eyes slowly - a false peaceful awakening.

Everything is dark.

For an instant he still sees the dark hands clutching him and the distant fire. Then he is staring at his bedroom ceiling.

His heart is pounding in his chest, but his breath isn't keeping up to it. He can't breathe enough.

He can't get enough air.

But he is peacefuly laying on his back.

He tries to move, but his body won't obey. He's scary. A unnameable fear posses his mind. He tries to call someone. But only his eyes move, searching for God knows what in the darkness of his bedroom.

He can't tell if he's awake or not. He can't feel his body. But he feels a painful tingle creeping up his immobile limbs. From his fingertips, through his arms and legs.

He can't breathe enough. He feels dizzy.

The tingling of his body now becomes painful. Like needles and then spears piercing him.

He struggles to move. No reaction, only more painful tinglings. He looks in all directions because his eyes are the only part of his body that seems alive now.

There's something heavy in your chest that prevents you from breathing deeply. But he feels like floeating.

He can't say for how long that last. Feels like an eternity. Maybe a few seconds.

When he finally manages to move his head to the side, he manages to take a deep breath too. And with the air come the control of his muscles.

His whole body is still tingling terribly and every movement is a torture.

But he moves.

He can move.

He turns on his side and curls up. And take a deep breath again. And again. And again. His heart slowly calms down.

And he tests his voice softly.

"... Hullo...?"

He let out a soft, shy smile at the sound of his voice.

And sings quietly to himself staring into the night.

Simon is afraid to close his eyes and not open them again. He is afraid that the little air he can breathe will be his last. He is afraid of something unspeakable.

And he is afraid to think about it.

He thinks of his friends from the Church choir instead.

And sings to himself.

[beeari]

Lord of the strawberries🐖🍓

I made two Rogers cause I'm sick and tired of people whitewashing him (credits of the Roger redesign to @charli3emily . Didn't also make a Simon one cause the one they made is not facing forward)

Feel free to use any of them as a pfp. Credits are pretty much appreciated <3

If you want me to make other characters (it can be from any sort media not only lotf) or one with your design just tell me, asks are always open and welcomed 🤗

[genderisannoying]

Not art but I think it's a good idea to reread Lord of the flies but then I just cry. Every single time. Without fail.

[sisigull]

Keepin the chain going

Made a bookmark 👍

(Used gouache yippee)

[too-much-flynnolium]

LOTFTOBER DAY 6 CHILDHOOD

I chose Roger cause of his attitude on the island, THERE IS NO WAY THAT BOY DOESNT HAVE ISSUES, he’s just a weird little boy there’s nothing wrong with that

I don’t actually know how to draw kids so this was rushed and I literally just made Roger have bug eyes which kinda work @lotftober2024

Older lotf headcanons below!!! (Jalph)

I know todays prompt was childhood but for some reason I was feeling like drawing future Jalph, they both have trauma from the island but no deaths!! (Besides the 2 little boys) but Simon and piggy live! Ralph is just some popular author who got rich over his island plot and Jack tries to stay away from the fame as it’s not fun when you were basically a tyrant, but Ralph still runs into Jack at church and mayybeee Ralph may or may not use him as an inspiration as a love interest in his next book

HONORABLE MENTIONS

I did draw post island Roger and Simon but it’s really nothing special, mostly based off of a fic I read, the 2 live together and no one can really tell if their dating or just roomates (oh my god they were roommates) also Maurice, Sam n Eric are also there they just live their lives but with island trauma (they are still in contact with the others their asses are not healing)

[thegrinningghost]

LOTF-tober, Day 2 : The Lil'luns

Headcanons involving/revolving around the Lil’luns =]

` ~  Jack doesn’t like the Lil’luns, but he isn’t about to go beat them up; his time  is too ‘precious’ to be wasted on them

` ~  Roger, on the other hand, could care less about his time, and finds bullying and taunting them funny; “Jack– Jack look! They’re like little ants. And then you can just go– *makes squashing motion with his fingers* isn’t that funny?”

` ~  Ralph finds them to be funny in the same way he finds Simon funny

` ~  That being said, Ralph is an only child, and doesn’t really get them in general

` ~  Maurice loves the Lil guys! He plays with them in the same way that adults play with babies

` ~  Bill doesn’t hate nor like them; if anything, he worries that they’re gonna get severely injured with all the shenanigans that the choir gets up to (and Ralph climbing on rocks)

` ~  Harold is practically their older brother

` ~  Best bro; he stays up with them after they wake up from a nightmare about the Beastie

` ~  Sam’nEric are basically that Uncle that shows up to Thanksgiving dinner after seven years with the wildest story

` ~  Sam: “Oh yeah, Eric fell down a well one time and I had to get him out”

` ~  Simon is actually pretty decent with kids

` ~  He’s just got that +aura, if you get what I’m saying

` ~  Modern AU: Simon crocheted Percival a stuffie of the Beastie based off all his descriptions, and it basically became a stress plushie for him

` ~  Piggy is okay-ish with them; he’s better with the quieter and less snotty Lil’luns

` ~  Even still, after so much time with them he’s just like– “eugghhhh, children”

` ~  That introverted older sibling, basically

` ~  Peter has selective mutism

` ~  Poor guy lost his friend in the forest ={

` ~  “Adam Jackson was next to me  .   .   .  but he isn’t–”

` ~  “Isn’t what?”

` ~  “Isn’t here?”

` ~  Percival had those overprotective parents who are like, ‘Memorize this, and this, and this, and don’t forget about that, that’s the most important part– actually, all of it is important; don’t forget it’

` ~  Johnny has a missing tooth, and it gives him the cutest freaking grin EVER

` ~  He’s the only Extroverted kid Piggy can handle, and everyone just really likes him

` ~  Adam Jackson was originally Peter’s bestest friend, but since he went missing and never turned up again, Peter became very anti-social, and just refused any talking to anyone

` ~  Even Simon!

` ~  Johnny didn’t mind though; they have that Sun + Moon friendship

` ~  Henry’s a bit of a bully to some of the other Lil’luns, but like, Elementary school level bully

` ~  Lowkey a bit of a hypocrite; he got so mad when Roger was throwing stones at him

` ~  Percival is still bitter about Maurice knocking over his sand castle and kicking sand in his eye; he only accepted his apology because Simon urged him to

` ~  Phil is just a really hyperactive kid; probably has ADHD like Ralph

` ~  He’s also a little more privileged

` ~  Definitely thought the Beast was basically the Devil (which, I mean, Beezlebub is ‘the Lord of the Flies,’ sooo, not far off?)

` ~  The Lil’luns were TERRIFIED when Simon came stumbling out of the forest

` ~  And then when he wasn’t there in the morning????

` ~  Piggy told them to cover their ears before he started screaming at Ralph about how that was Simon that they murdered in cold blood

` ~  Since then, the Lil’luns basically were forgotten

` ~  In their eyes, Ralph still cared

` ~  Truth be told, he had bigger problems to deal with (*cough* Jack *cough*)

` ~  Hey! At least all the Lil’luns got off the island safe and sound!–

` ~  .   .   .  oh

` ~  whoops

( Also, thanks to @just-an-artist-that-exists for talking about these headcanons with me and getting me started on this in general; you're the best! )

[bubblingcolaa]

I've been meaning to do this for a while but uhm.. now it's fitting so

LOTF boys gay headcanons

(yes I know it's not historically accurate but just shbsjshwmsbikwnso)

Uh

Jack - GAY- I feel like he pretends to like girls and has some internalized homophobia from just being a Christian boy for so long, but he's probably done some zesty shit. He's like those country boys at school that sit on each other's lap and stuff but swears their straight (but they're really not)

Roger - aromantic but I feel like if he had too he'd choose boys

Simon - asexual, either bi or pan

Maurice - pansexual all the way (with a preference for woman. He probably ends up being single anyway)

Ralph - questioning bisexual. I feel like often he doesn't really think about romance at all until his dad asks about it and then he panics and spends the next two weeks questioning everything. (I also like to think that Ralph's dad was gay but just hooked up with a woman because he likes children and wanted his own)

Piggy - Ally. He actually kinda gives off some aroace vibes.. honestly I feel like his opinion is just "love who you want, as long as you're not hurting anybody)

Samneric - I really haven't thought about it. I feel like they would just be allies, mainly because they like to be together and it would be hard to date unless they found like.. twin girls who are the exact same. BUT KNOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE CUTE TO MAKE ONE NEPTUNIC AND THE OTHER SATURNIC

Anyways uh yeah

[maybethereisabeast]

simon won yippeeee!! can’t say I’m surprised since I don’t think it’s possible to not like him. how do you feel about the results?

thank you everyone for voting! it’s been fun seeing the results and I might do some more polls in the future

[sunfiltersthroughwillowleaves]

simon sat quitetly next to ralph. they were both, naturally, quite exhausted after wroking hard on the shelters with no help. the distant hope of rescue remained prevalent in their minds, even after jack's mishap.

simon looked up at the older boy, whose golden hair was long, and after only a week in the sun, was lighter than his tanned, slightly burnt skin.

"ralph?"

"yeah, simon?"

"if- when you get out of here-"

"what do you mean, when i get out of here? what about you?

"i- yeah, yeah. when we get out of here," although he says this with less conviction than before, "will you remember me?"

ralph looked at him with a scrunched face. "of course i will. how could i forget?"

simon nodded quietly. "i think, when you ge- when we get out," he seemed to forget that the two could make it off the island together, "i'd miss you a lot if you forgot about me."

ralph let out a puff of air, not quite a sigh. "simon, of course i'd remember you. you're the only one who helps any, anyways." he looked to simon with a reassuring smile on his face.

simon smiled silently to himself. they already were sitting so close, and this was toeing the line, but simon put his head of shaggy hair on ralph's shoulder.

surprisingly, ralph did not protest. in fact, after a few moments of hesitation, he touched his head to simon's.

several minutes later, simon took his head off ralph's shoulder and examined him closely. his head tilted ever so slightly to the side.

ralph took in his fluffy black hair full of twigs, and scraped knees, and dark chapped lips.

looking at simon, he pinked ever so slightly.

"simon... c-can i..."

simon's big, dark eyes looked up at him, round and full of warmth. he nodded silently.

in the dark, underneath a crumbling hut, their lips met.

simon had never done this before, girl or boy. neither had ralph, but neither boy let on.

simon's eyes closed, savoring the moment.

ralph, too, closed his eyes, to let himself escape his body and live, for only a second, in a fantasy where this was okay.

when their lips parted, ralph looked at the sand in the floor of the hut, away from simon.

when he regained the confidence to glance back at him, he found him drawing patterns in the sand on the floor, the biggest smile he had ever seen splitting his face.

ralph couldn't help but let out a puff of amusement, then giggles, and eventually devolved into cackles, which he stuffed in his knees.

simon gazed at his short light hair that shook with laughter, pale teeth that shone when he grinned, and scraped knees.

was there anything more beautiful?

Ralph stared at the scene before him. The hunters continued to run about maniacally, cackling, and punching each other.

Jack raised his stick in the air. "WE'VE KILLED THE BEAST!"

The hunters cheered wildly.

Ralph didn't move.

Piggy stood next to him, but could not get him to leave.

Ralph just kept watching the ocean.

In it, floating away, dripping blood into the pure white wash, was Simon's dead body.

[mealfreak]

When I think about Ralph being haunted by the ghosts of the island (figuratively, but, even literally if you will...) I imagine that Simon goes on to grow with him. On the other hand Piggy remains the very same, just like he left him. / Ralph can't see Piggy next to him because his bitter end and inability to ever live out his life is so painful and raw Meanwhile Simon contorts and branches out in his mind

[rrcenic]

this is cody, my lord of the flies oc!! i literally have no idea if this idea is original at all as the only lotf oc i know is @peachtaglia’s oc tommy :’)

STORY (cw/tw for suicide):

when the whole jalph rivalry started, cody never cared about sides. he was too preoccupied with the panic and depression of being stranded. so he stayed with jack, and was a skilled hunter.

instead of hunting for pig like the rest of the boys, cody actually hunted birds! simon made little toys for some of the littluns, and cody was given a slingshot. turns out he had a pretty good aim, and would often hit seagulls or other smaller birds.

jack wasn’t interested in any meat other than pig, and cody wasn’t interested in the chaos and savagery of the group hunt, so soon cody became one of the main food providers for his fellow littluns.

cody was quite attached to simon, and was deeply disturbed after the older boy’s death, and refused to hunt afterwards. he was also right next to roger when he rolled the boulder that killed piggy, and had a close view of the gore.

experiencing piggy’s violent death was cody’s breaking point. he disappeared sometime while the hunters were searching for ralph. in the chaos, no one noticed.

cody’s body was found during the search of the island for any missing survivors. it is believed that he took his own life.

FUN LIL FACTS:

cody struggled with depression, anxiety, and other disorders before his time on the island. his bpd was part of the reason he had originally idolized and grew attached to simon

cody lived with his mother and her roommate (totally not her lesbian lover why would you ever think that)

his favorite animal is a nightingale (partially because i thought it would be funny for a bird hunter to love birds, partially because i hate myself and needed to cause further pain with a good omens reference)

his favorite character is winnie the pooh

his favorite movies are the winnie the pooh backson movie, disney’s tangled, and monsters inc. (i know the book took place way before these. just roll with it)

he likes mashed potatoes :)

he has sensory processing issues, and was often too overwhelmed by the grime and dirt on the island

for a while, cody refused to take off his choir uniform (even in the intense heat) as the familiar soft cloak brought him comfort

he is allergic to shellfish

he is rather quiet in nature

he is one of the only littluns that roger doesn’t hate, as he’s good at doing what he’s told and is good at hunting

[beefblizzard]

BURSTS THROUGH SEVRAL DOORS MEW ASKED FUR SHATTERD SHELL HCS???

THEY SLEEP NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN THE HUTS EVERY NIGHT NO MATTER WHAT

OUUGGGHHHG THEY SO DO. THEY SO DO. adding onto that i imagine ralph moves a lot in his sleep, so sometimes he may or may not subconsciously wrap an arm around piggy RHHTHHHHHHGGG (maybe in the later chapters it’s on purpose …. shhhhh)

[maurice-memes]

Lord of the Flies Ladies part 2! Jack and Ralph!❤️💙

I probably should have mentioned this in part one, so here it is now, but here’s the reason the girls have such different sounding names! From this post on, I’ll include the meanings of each name!

Bill: resolute protector/warrior

Lexi: defender of man

Robert: bright fame

Alina: bright, beautiful, fair

Jack: God is gracious

Marianne: beloved, grace

Ralph: wolf counsel

Rudy: famous wolf

HC Time! Ralph is totally, completely tone deaf!

Piggy and Maurice are next!

[nocopops]

lotftober - day one

‘conch’

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a conch.

ralph didn’t realise what a conch was until he washed up on that island. heck, he didn’t even know that ‘conch’ was a word until piggy pointed it out to him.

but piggy isn’t here now.

piggy is dead. he was killed, and maybe, maybe if ralph had blown the conch to call a meeting before they started arguing, maybe it wouldn’t even have happened at all.

as ralph stares at the navy officer’s shoes through his eyes which are blurred with tears, the wind whistles in the background, barely audible over all the other childrens’ sobs. whistling. spitting. spitting.

spitting. it reminds him of the first day, of day one, when everything was fine, when nobody wanted to kill anybody.

it reminds him of piggy. standing next to piggy, who couldn’t blow thanks to his ass-mar. standing next to piggy, trying to blow the conch, but instead he spat, he was spitting, mucking about with piggy and being a child. being a child who, now, he can never get back.

and ralph can’t help but wonder what would’ve happened if he’d never blown the conch on the first day.

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@lotftober

[lord-of-the-olympians]

Our class is going on a field trip to Britain and unfortunately the other plane was too full so 4 of us, along with our Math teacher, had to go on a separate plane. A bunch of kids are wearing the same orange shirt, so I guess another school, or camp?, is also going on a field trip to Britain. Some of them look scary, they got a lot of scars...

- Peterkin/Piggy

I have to sit next to a really little kid who looks like he just got done crying. I hope he doesn't start crying on the plane ride. Also the weird kid is in this isle too, he can be really annoying sometimes but I think he's reading so I don't think he'll be too talkative.

I'm glad I got a window seat though, I love being able to look at the ocean, it's really beautiful.

- Ralph

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Characters now on the ask list

- Ralph

- Peterkin/Piggy

- Sam

- Eric

[kidddoz]

did a lotf hunger games simulator and the next happened:

Roger got the most kills ofc (six)

Sam ends up killing Eric ???

Piggy always cries himself to sleep and questions his sanity.

Ralph is the only one being proactive here, has a lot of sponsors too.

Simon stop picking flowers and wild berries YOU FUCKING DIED BECAUSE YOU WERE TOO MUCH COTTAGECORE

Jack survived and was top 3. He died because he tripped and fall over a cliff. fucking loser.

Percival won ????????? doing what? crying??