#secret societies series

[s-che]

Parasitic Games

So I've been rewatching Gravity Falls, right? And reading the Book of Bill, of course. And also playing a lot of Cultist Simulator? Which is a weird one but also a very specific combination of vibes.

Anyway I blacked out and finally wrote a twin pair of journaling games, A CALAMITOUS COINCIDENCE and THE ALCHEMIST. I wrote them in my dark basement research center (apartment) while remembering only occasionally to fulfill my obligations to the outside world (still going to work, I guess) while attempting to string together the clues and assemble, at last, my magnum opus (get them on the actual page, or screen I guess).

Anyway, let's do some normal ad copy.

Calamitous Coincidence is based on stories of lonely investigators, clever children, and inescapable tragedy (like A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Mysterious Benedict Society, and Gravity Falls) while The Alchemist lets you jump right in to bullshit esoteric thinking inspired by absolute freaks like John Dee and Aleister Crowley (or Cultist Simulator and Susanna Clarke's Piranesi, which are the reasons I actually wrote it).

I'm really putting that religion degree to good work, huh?

Both games give you the tools you need to figure out who you are in the world, what you're looking for, and where you think you'll find it -- neither give you the answers you're looking for. You'll have to find those yourself.

Both games are prototypes, currently available on Patreon for anyone paying $3 or more. As always with my patreon stuff, I extremely, extremely encourage you to sign up for a month, download the stuff you're interested interested in, and then cancel. It still means a lot.

Both games have been setting my brain on fire for the last month and a half, and I'm glad to get them out into the world (even if they are still a little broken).

I hope you like them:)

[wwillywonka]

whenever i accidentally type tod instead of tos, all i can think of is this

[kplmbl]

Reading The Secret History, Dead Poets Society, If We Were Villians and The Atlas Six all feel like eating pasta with very subtly different flavors.

[toomanythoughts4myhead]

toomanythoughts4myhead's masterlist

A\N: Im planning on writting for more fanbases but for now im aimed at tbosas. I accept any asks or requests if anyone is interested, or just interacting in general. Ill try to publish more stuff soon.

The Ballad of Sonngbirds and Snakes

Coriolanus Snow x reader

prompts:

Coriolanus x district!reader (after he almost kills you in district 12, Dr gaul returns you "fixed" as a test)

modern!Coriolanus x reader (he has inherited the postion of a leader of a secret society and you are a journalist seeking a new title, poked your nose in the wrong business.)

shorts, stories, series:

Ballads never end happily and neither do we (series, based on this prompt: after he almost kills you in district 12, Dr gaul returns you "fixed" as a test)

Woven from the same thread (Coriolanus Snow hungers for control but finaly meets his match and is unable to come on top, becomes your lap dog.)

☆Backward reflection (Part 2 to Woven from the same thread, Coriolanus faces his issues and so do you, in the only ways you know. Despite everything you understand how much you need eachother,)

Sejanus Plinth x reader

prompts:

still cooking

shorts, stories, series:

One of a kind (cute wholesome pining idiots in love, running in the rain.)

PS: this is still relatively new for me but imma try my best, hope you enjoy and dont be scread to ask or request, comment like, im happy to be your humble servant. Thank you!

dont be scared to get filthy norhing can scare me at this point

[yubnubforhire]

I’m so used to BL actors leaning super hard into fanservice but either leaning too far into queerbaiting or denying it outright that Nut speaking openly about being queer and his ex partners is just like. Oh. That’s so lovely.

[apollosopera]

NEW UQUIZ JUST DROPPED STAY CALM

based somewhat on the current TikTok trend of people discussing obscure books from their childhood. enjoy! let me know ur favorite books from when u were a kid!

[docgold13]

Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Sinestro 

Once heralded as among the greatest of the Green Lantern Corps, Thaal Sinestro fell from grace when his methods of enforcing justice were deemed harsh and totalitarian.  Refusing to give up his Power Ring, Sinestro took on a group of his fellow Lanterns, including his one-time friend, John Stewart.  Ultimately defeated, Sinestro was banned from the corps and had his power ring stripped away.

Embittered and desirous from revenge, Sinestro sought out the Yellow Power Battery and gained from it a Yellow Power Ring, a ring that possessed the same capabilities as those used by the Green Lanterns.  He then scoured the galaxies, hunting down Green Lanterns and collecting their rings.  This crusade brought Sinestro to earth.  He dispatched the Green Lantern known as Ebon Sur, yet before he collect the power ring, it flew off and bonded with the human Kyle Rayner.  Aided by Superman, Rayner was able to defeat Sinestro.  

The villain returned some time thereafter, having joined Gorilla Grodd’s Secret Society in exchange for aid in taking down John Stewart.  Sinestro and the Society were defeated by the Justice League.  The villain returned yet again to attack Stewart and was once more defeated by the combined efforts of Stewart and the young hero, Static.  

Sinestro would go on to join the Legion of Doom and sided with Lex Luthor when he took over the organization.  Working in concert with Star Sapphire, Sinestro was able to save a number of his Legion colleagues after their headquarters was destroyed by Darksied.  Returning to Earth, Sinestro and the other survivors joined forces with the Justice League so to fend off the invading forces of Apocalips.  In the aftermath of their victory, Sinestro and the other villains were given a five-minute head-start to escape in consideration of their help in defending the Earth.

The always terrific Ted Levine provided the voice for Sinestro, with the villain first appearing in the seventh episode of the third season of Superman: The Animated Series, ‘In Brightest Day.’

[whispersofthepurplevalley]

She's the purple sky over the setting sun beyond the horizon when I close my eyes,

She's the soft caress of ocean water when I sit at the beach,

She's the feeling of freshness after the first sip of coffee at the end of an exhausting day,

She's a promise on the days when hope is bitter and patience is hard,

She's rain to the dying forest within me,

She's mellow Indie songs on August afternoons,

She's the thriving youth in my aging soul,

She's the one I kept breaking my heart for years, making a path, waiting patiently longing for the tropical side of love.

-Sabina Yesmin

[deusvervewrites]

Ask Game: Secret Rat Society

Due to the cross-course nature of the SRS, members of the Club actually receive tutelage on all of UA's specialties, meaning that members area taught in Heroics, Management, and Support in addition to whatever they learn from their normal classes.

Midoriya stays the class president of 1-A. He feel like stepping down would be an insult to the SRS.

Nedzu teaches Midoriya to use Full Cowling on the first meeting of the SRS--as part of him doing a Quirk-based icebreaker, everyone got a turn--which is very funny from the perspectives of Aizawa and Class 1-A who watched him go from basically no control to great control effectively overnight.

Thanks to the SRS serving as interclass outreach, Monoma doesn't have his obsession with 1-A and the Gen-Ed classes don't blame 1-A for the Villain Attacks at the School Festival.

All Might is sad that he predates the SRS because he thinks it would've been fun to attend when he was at UA.

[one-hell-of-otaku-is-here]

Sometimes I think about all of my dark academia (both books and movies) characters interacting with each other... they are almost all murderers and need therapy... I love chaos which would ensue

[3golb-terces]

Realized I haven’t yet shared these! (There’s more to come eventually)

Here’s Cass’ Amber disguise from Book 1

[lifewithaview]

Ruth Gemmell and Phoebe Dynevor in Bridgerton (2020) Diamond of the First Water

S1E1

Daphne Bridgerton debuts on London's marriage market as a new gossip sheet sets high society atwitter and Simon, the eligible Duke of Hastings, returns to town.

*Portia Featherington: And, Penelope, put down that book at once. You will confuse your thoughts.

[macabrefemme]

Zine flip through

Made my very first zine for my gss course this semester and it was so fun! I chose to use dark academia as my theme. I would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the aesthetic and most of my art supplies matched the theme anyway. Hope y’all enjoy it :)

[thecharliechip]

this part of the book is fucking hilarious

also when Yo-Yoji decided to become the snake or whatever

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

I need you to know that your Ghost Trick posting has been my sole motivator to finally get this game lol. It's been sitting on my 'to buy/play' list forever and seeing you reblog about it has convinced me more than any traditional advert could ever do. As soon as my next paycheck comes in I'm getting it

>:D I'm so glad to hear this, Anon!! I only very recently got into it myself and was like “I GET IT NOW.” You can fit so many great characters and designs and story moments in this bad boy.

Play Ghost Trick, friends—you will not regret it!