#reanimator holiday exchanger

[evilwizardtits999]

Hiya @thyfrankie this one goes for you! I'll explain about it a bit because I understand it's a bit out there. Basically it's your mad scientist danbert prompt. They are so mad scientisty that they started to create a gingerdead army to rule the world. Also they are middle aged, are very happy and have a bakery as a cover. Hope you like it!!!

It was also very fun to work on this one.

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[kieran-hayward-art]

Uhhhmmm danbert beach day feat. Dan being sexy and Herbert being distracted😳 Herbert is wearing Dan's clothes bc there's no way he would own anything suitable to wear to a beach lol. Requested by @electricgaslight for the reanimator gift exchange :D

[michygranger23]

"A quiet evening in the Cain-West household which involves some cooking for dinner with the help of some peculiar friends and ingredients"

Hello there!! I participated in the @reanimator-holiday-gift-exchange hosted by the amazing @pantaloonwedgie . I made this gift for the wonderful @friendcrumbs who has an amazing art style and some really nice Danbert fics!!

The prompt that they gave and I chose was "Weird domesticity (regular life but with horror elements. creatures/reanimations as pets? casual discussion of murder? unsettling background details?)". The moment I read it I instantly knew I had to make it into a paper cut artwork, it just felt right!

The piece is completely made out of paper that I cut by hand, with a few exceptions that are made with foami for some of the elements and volume and some prismacolor to detail better some things. I had lots of fun making this and I hope you enjoy it :D!!

Some close-ups of the piece under the cut!!

[pummelingbat]

my @reanimator-holiday-gift-exchange present for @blacksm1le ! the prompt i went with was "Mental Asylum AU with a contained Herbert and doctor Cain. Kind of like a hannibal/silence of the lambs vibe maybe?", and i... i....... i loved the idea so much that i made seven pages. :'^)

this was sooooo fun. if i were better at prose writing i would have loved to spin off an entire fic, but i love love love this setup.

i imagine that, in this universe, Dan left the surgical field because he had an emotional breakdown a few years in. he went into psychology afterwards in hopes of better understanding (& therefore overcoming) his own fear of death. eventually, this fixation led him to Herbert. Herbert i'd been thinking was deemed psychologically unsound by the authorities in Zurich post-Gruber, and deported into long-term criminal psychiatric care afterwards. Dan is easily seduced by his ideology, of course. i'm also picturing Hill as our Dr. Chilton stand-in, very invested in having a high-profile patient... so many possibilities!!! gahh!!! i hope u like it, i looooved working on it.

[heliojart]

"IT'S ALIVE!"

my gift for @meimalt for the @reanimator-holiday-gift-exchange! he wanted "Herbert and/or Dan Victor Frankenstein and Frankenstein's monster au, 1800s vibes"

hope u enjoy milo! :-D

(special thanks to @thyfrankie for helping me with anatomy and posing and @andalusiapunk for helping me with lighting and shading! 🫶!!)

Pose reference and details under the cut!

I used the painting Adam Resolved to Share the Fate of Eve by Moses Haughton the Younger, 1806 :-)

and here's some closeups bc I'm very proud of this!

that's all! happy holidays everyone :-]

[romanromulus]

My gift for @pummelingbat for the Reanimator Holiday Gift Exchange! I was SO EXCITED to receive your prompts, friend! I hope I did them justice ❤️

[thyfrankie]

Here’s my gift for @michygranger23 for @reanimator-holiday-gift-exchange !!! Some cute little slice of life Danbert, where Herbert is good at everything but fulfilling his basic needs (like a Sim) and Dan has to be the one to try to get him to, you know, eat. This was lots of fun, I hope you love it!

[its-kinda-snowy]

My entry in the @reanimator-holiday-gift-exchange for the amazing @heliojip !!! This was such a blast to work on; I think they deserve to be a bit fluffy imho

[spargus2]

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for its-kinda-snowy !!!

had to refresh myself on the x files.. its been a long time since I've watched it ...

[camelosuspeito]

Gift to @funkyybonez for the @reanimator-holiday-gift-exchange, more specifically the prompt of something with Herbert and the Bride, or Dan and the Bride!!

Dan strikes me as someone who loves those awkward Christmas family photos and Gloria deserves more happiness in her life, Herbert isn’t really in a festive mood tho

[friendcrumbs]

gift for @camelosuspeito for @reanimator-holiday-gift-exchange !! Herbert wasn't a son for twenty-one years, not really. Then, he got to be a son, for three years. Now that he's not a son again, he's not really sure what to do.

this might not be happy, but i hope it'll still bring some joy to you this holiday season :)

[evilwizardtits999]

Eyyyyy this one is for @romanromulus. I took your second prompt about the angsty danbert goodbye and ran with it! There is a lot going on here! Hope you like it!!!!!

Very fun to work on, made me finally organise cut out letters I had saved.

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[kieran-hayward-art]

Scavengers....

@spargus2 asked for danbert as fantasy creatures of artists choice for the reanimator gift exchange so i went with, uhhh bird creature (evil) and wolf creature (bloodthirsty) tee hee! I'm sorry meg😔

[artistformerlyknown]

help me dissociate, i just wanna be a good passenger - re-animator exchange 2024

this is my @reanimator-holiday-gift-exchange present for the lovely @grouchystyles!! i was very excited by your prompt of awake, conscious surgery with these two creeps and decided to take a pass at it! i really really hope you enjoy this :) thank you to everybody who partook in the exchange and to @pantaloonwedgie for running the exchange! :) here's a link to the work on ao3!!! have a lovely holiday season and take it easy <3

[amrv-5]

-make coffee

-walk to store (grocery list… remember headphones…)

-methods reading

-chip at dossier (explain initial score question; make wikipedia acct to fix article’s wrong date / attribution…?)

-holiday exchange fic finish

-chop out some of the Reanimator Thoughts if time

[brightoakgame]

The lovely @crescencestudio hosted a VN Secret Santa exchange this year, and I had the joy of being assigned the wonderful and talented Wind Chimes Games! I've played Emberfate before and enjoyed it immensely, so I decided to take this opportunity to try out the demo for The ReAnimation Scheme, and holy cats am I glad I did: beautiful art, stunning UI, an intriguing premise, and delightfully compelling characters--I can't wait for more, and it was a fantastic world to play in! Highly recommend it as some of the most entertaining and original fantasy I've had the pleasure of reading recently. 💕 Happy Holidays to all who celebrate! ✨

Happy Holidays! I had the good fortune of being assigned your Secret Santa, and I couldn’t be happier! I took the opportunity to familiarize myself with the demo for the fantastic ReAnimation Scheme, and immediately found myself hooked by the absolutely inspired concept of necromancy doubling as a soul-sucking customer service job. I hope that I was able to do Raenelle and Sebastien justice in this min-fanfiction I wrote! 

B.

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“By the Ancestors, girl, what do you mean I’m only a Silver Patron? I left those accursed brats enough for Platinum-tier thrice over, and yet you claim--”

The spirit before me swells with inflamed pride, continuing his ranting unabated as I tune him out. I ought to have known he’d be one of those. As soon as I opened the trunk and saw the coin with his name on it, it ought to have been obvious. 

Zianna, I get up early for once, and for what? My transfer request denied yet again, and now--

“...are you even listening? Deities, I’d heard you Reanimators are the worst of the bunch, but to think that you’d be so blatant in disregarding your betters--! Call your supervisor at once! For someone of my stature to be allotted a mere half-day of reanimation is highway robbery! Do you even know who I am, Death Mage?”

Pinching the bridge of my nose in an effort to head off an incipient headache, I nod, eyes flicking back to the scroll. Incarnations, why couldn’t the first summoning of the day be a simple one?

“Yes, of course I know who you are. I summoned you after all, Sir Rudiford.”

“Lord! Lord Rudiford!!”

I force a smile that is more a baring of teeth than anything.

“My apologies. Since you have passed, the title is now recorded as belonging to--”

“To no one yet! I know full well my Reanimation Rites never would have been seen to at all, if I’d named an heir while living. If I could take my title and wealth with me, I’d do it! Ancestors take the wretches, not one is worthy of either the name or the coin.”

The spirit before me falls to furious silence, flickering a sulfurous yellow. The portrait depicted on the scroll is not especially pleasant, and I reflect that death has done little to improve upon the (former) Lord Rudiford’s appearance.

“Are you denying your Reanimation Services, then?” I inquire through gritted teeth.

The former lord gives me an excoriating glare in reply. “Of course I am not! I am demanding an extension--half a day is not nearly enough time to wrap up business for a personage such as I! The Silver ranking is clearly in error--I ought to have a full day and a half, at the least!”

My head tips back heavily. Zianna, what did I ever do to deserve this?

Clearing my throat, I meet his eyes again before the spirit becomes apoplectic. “And as I have explained, extensions are not within my power to provide. See?”

I hold the scroll aloft, jabbing a finger at it.

“Silver Patron of the Reanimation Scheme. That comes with a half-day’s reanimation. Your body has been preserved in good condition with that in mind--but any extension without proper authorization, and you’ll be stinking of rot and dropping limbs in the street by day’s end. Hardly in keeping with the dignity of a lord.” I stress the title heavily, trying to suppress a smirk as I do so. The idea of this garbage spirit stinking of literal garbage appeals to me. 

“Your manager, mage! If you are too far down the food chain to be of use to me, surely you have some minder or other that will have authority to act!”

I sigh, eyes flicking to the form shamelessly slumbering on my desk, silver and white fur splayed against the red and brown leather binding of thick volumes I have no intention of reading on my own. 

“Right. You’re right, of course, Mister Rudiford. Let me transfer you--”

“Lord! Lord Rudif--”

With a flare of my magic, the sulfur-yellow shade blinks out of being, and I sigh heavily with relief.

“That isn’t likely to improve your rating, Raenelle.”

I glower at the cat sprawled on my desk. Sebastien has done no more than crack open a single golden eye, but already he is judging me.

“As if you were any help at all. If the Twelve Deities and Ancestors can see just what I have to deal with, I’m sure--”

Sebastien stretches in a boneless ripple of silver fur. “Then they’ll know what I am subjected to with you, and commend me to the heavens while relieving me of my promised duties.” 

Scowling, I give the long, fluffy tail a slight tug, just enough to be annoying without being painful.

“Some familiar you are.”

“And some Reanimator you are. Have you given any thought of what will happen at the morgue, when that cad wakes up?”

I chuckle.

“Sure. They’ll kick Lord Rudiford out to see his family as swiftly as they can, same as me.”

Sebastien shakes his head, obviously unwilling to appreciate the vision that is bringing me so much mirth. 

“And his family?”

I shift my weight with a sigh, annoyed.

“What of them? Will they even care what he thinks, the old skinflint? They carved his name into a single coin, as his reanimation token! I wouldn’t be surprised if one of them killed him,” I observe darkly, scanning his scroll. 

Sebastien appears momentarily taken aback, but soldiers on bravely. 

“You can’t make assumptions--”

I turn a malevolent smile back on him. The headache is building pressure. “Sure, okay. Great. Shall I summon him back and refer him to you, then? As my mentor, I mean. That’s the closest to--”

The golden eyes vanish, thick, brushy tail curling over them almost as a shield. 

“My role is to counsel you, not appease the spirits you upset.”

I sigh, shaking my head.

“Coward.”

I look at the mirror that dominates the room, reflecting both light and darkness in equal measure. I never wanted this to be my job. I never wanted to be a guide for anyone, let alone spirits. 

The glass is cold where I rest my brow against it.

“Raenelle? Are you asleep?”

I let out a mighty sigh, cheeks puffing outwards and breath fogging the glass.

On to the next. Let’s see…

I scan my mental list of the day.

Jori. Jori Halwin.

Here’s hoping he’s easier than the last.

OH MY GOSH!!!!! I'm so happy you're my secret santa, and 🥰is this two gifts in one?!?!! Adorable Sebastien fanart AND a hilarious and beautifully written fanfic!!!! I love these, thank you so so so much! Happy Holidays to you too @brightoakgame!!

(And thank you to @crescencestudio for hosting the lovely event!!)