#secret-enigma

[moonbells-draws]

birthday gift i drew of @secret-engima's Fairy Tail OC Wren (from her fic Amongst Untrodden Ways) last year

5.9.2022

[crumschipp]

My secret santa gifts for @tfh-arts! Made me enjoy each character even more actually

also this is from a @r1999secretsanta event, glad to have joined!! <3

[momgana]

[ Jekyll and Hyde au ]

I feel like ur supposed to do ref images first but IDGAF!!!

[unithepersonandthing]

🎈: “i always feel like.. somebody’s watching me!”

No it’s not actually there… looey has an.. overactive.. imagination

yeah I got bored again…

edit: HELP THIS IS POPULAR????

[pinkrosealice]

Before I forget, Happy Winter solstice / Yule!!!!!!

Be sure to make prayers and supplications to The Mare, Snow, The Madrugad & Sun in Rags!!!

The White waits West of the World..............

[courtofcrescent]

💗 GROWING HEART - if they have a crush, is it noticable? what changes when they’re in love?

Hi again, Emoji Ask Anon!

If they have crush, is it noticeable? Oh ho!

MALLORY : If someone manages to be his crush, there won't be any noticeable changes, I'm afraid. Unless... if you're somehow manage to spy on him—a very dedicated spying. Then you might notice how he likely spends some of his free time in a place where a certain someone is always present.

VIVIAN : Even if you spy on her much more intensely than on Mallory, you'll see nothing amiss. Her routine remains as usual as ever. Her manners are as impeccable as ever. Her behavior is as proper as ever. You'll see nothing strange. Nothing at all. She's very good at concealing her emotions regarding this matter of heart, it seems.

ELLIS : You'll see him flirting a lot—but this is not unusual. You'll see him show off—this is not unusual either. You'll see him showering gifts—wait, this is also not unusual... Hmm, are there any noticeable changes then? Ah, perhaps you'll catch him serenading? Which is not exactly unusual, but it's also not exactly usual because he's very much aware that his voice is not his strong suit lol. But hey, it's the intention that counts, right?

SORIN : Well... many people have their eyes on her, and it's not just mere people—her suitors. People notice who receives her dazzling smiles, who she laughs at jokes with, and who she always chooses as a conversation partner. People will gossip. A lot.

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What changes when they're in love? Now, why don't you find out for yourself? 👀

Thank you for the ask! 🩶

[ilovedthestars]

12. Name an OC that isn’t yours but who you like a lot

17. Any OC OTPs?

18. Any OC crackships?

28. Your most dangerous OC?

(OC ask game)

12. Name an OC that isn’t yours but who you like a lot

Well, there is this one called Blank that i think is cool :)

I have also REALLY enjoyed hearing about @specialagentartemis's SecUnit (and other assorted tmbd-universe) OCs recently! The stories they're in are sooooo compelling, I love Sky and SecUnit A and i want to hear so much more about them.

(Honestly this could also include anyone i drew for artfight or an OC-tober swap! All your OCs are so cool and once i've put in the effort to draw a character i'm Invested)

17. Any OC OTPs?

I don't really do shipping, like, in general, so romantically speaking i got nothing. My OCs are all functionally aro because i simply cannot be bothered to write romance.

If we're counting besties and dynamic duos, though, either Yuma & Crowbar or Niri & Aybee :) Y&C are just delightfully inseparable, they're functionally life partners but in a "of course i'm going where you're going, what is there to even discus at this point?" kind of way. And Niri & Aybee are just so fun to write as Best FriendUnits! They're art buddies! They spend a bunch of time together but miss each other so so much!

18. Any OC crackships?

See above, re: shipping. I honestly can't even think of a platonic example either. I imagine my version of this is just "which two characters would have the craziest vibe if you put them in a room together" and I'm genuinely not sure. I feel like OldUnit has the most potential because of the sheer friction of any attempt at social interaction with it.

28. Your most dangerous OC?

Ooh, good question. You know, out of Polaris, it's quite possibly Enigma. I think it has the roughest background out of all the SecUnits—I've been thinking "guard on a prison colony," which means its probably seen its share of riots. Plus all the hacking skills it built up from being rogue but still on contract for like 7 years.

Which is fun because I also write Enigma as the shyest, least aggressive of the group. It would try to hide or flee before it'd try to fight. So as far as the actual most dangerous person to cross...maybe Hope? Violence isn't xyr first resort, but xe also doesn't have any of the hangups about it that the SecUnits do. So you probably don't want to find yourself in a position where xyr diplomacy fails.

[mintyaquagreen1675]

I've got great plans for these two. Great great plans. Don't worry, This isn't some crossover thing, I'm still;l keeping the story focused on Hello Neighbor. But this is just an idea on what one of the characters is going to look like.

[landoffreaksandfrogs]

I wonder if disaster and things going "wrong" is just part of sburb works. taking advantage of the games mechanics, a civilization being allowed to leave their planet and hijack another session., like maybe all normal sessions are supposed to go completely bonkers, because the only way to actually test if a species is worthy of continuing their existence is to see how they manage against seemingly unnatural and chaotic trials.

oh ABSOLUTELY i agree with this.

i feel that sburb is a game DESIGNED to be fucking BUSTED to all hell and being basically unwinnable without using exploits, bugs, and cheats.

its why a scratch construct is necessary for any viable session, because theres a very high likelihood that your session will be one of the many null sessions floating around the incisiphere, and if you fuck it up irrecoverably you have to try again.

a lot of it correlates back to The Ultimate Riddle and the nature of SBURB being sustained by self-fulfilling paradox time loops and predestination, and any game with a busted physics engine, including the laws of physics, is bound to be full of bugs.

honestly, the bullshit trials the players face kind of parallel the battle on skaia. the forces of prospit are unable to win the war without intervention from the players, and likewise, the players in homestuck are unable to beat the game without the intervention of another session.

[black-arcana]

A beginner’s guide to symphonic metal in 5 albums

Few genres do grandiose like��symphonic metal. As the name suggests, it marries the scope and ambition of classical music to the power of metal. The result is orchestral, opulent and sometimes OTT, but it’s a hard heart that is completely resistant to it.

The seeds of the sound were sown in the 80s, when diverse trailblazers such as Celtic Frost and Savatage began incorporating orchestral instruments into their music. But it began to accelerate in the late 1990s, with bands such as Therion, Nightwish, Within Temptation and cult favourites Haggard began to properly fuse the two genres.

Today, symphonic metal has become an unlikely commercial force. Nightwish and Within Temptation are festival headliners, while a constant stream of newer bands have emerged in their wake. For anyone who is new to this grandest of genres, these are the five albums to start with.   

Therion – Secret Of The Runes (2001)

Therion remain the original and – the purists would have you believe – the best of all the symphonic metal acts. Named in honour of Celtic Frost’s second album To Mega Therion, the Swedes have been led by multi-instrumentalist Christofer Johnsson since 1987. While others have prospered by ‘sexing-up’ the genre’s principles, the Therion experience remains a pure one – sackcloth and ashes, almost. Take our word, it’s a beautiful thing.

After Forever – Decipher (2001)

The second album from this pioneering and much-missed Dutch outfit, who ran from 1995 to 2009, Decipher employed live classical instruments and a full choir to complement the stirring soprano delivery of Floor Jansen (now, of course, with Nightwish). Soon afterwards Mark Jansen quit, taking his growled co-vocals along to the guitarist’s next band of note, Epica. The album’s grandiose arrangements still sound masterful today.

Within Temptation – The Silent Force (2004)

Although you’re likely to be distracted by the captivating strength of Sharon den Adel’s upfront vocal dynamism, Within Temptation’s symphonic aspirations reached their most querulously romantic apex on this goosebump-inducing masterwork of the form. Although the guitars were louder and crunchier than on 2000’s Mother Earth, and the open- hearted pop savvy was at full widescreen pelt, this 2004 follow-up confirmed the band’s special affinity for wizardly orchestral bombast, here performed by the Ego Works Session Orchestra, under the noted Russian conductor Felix Korobov.

Epica – The Quantum Enigma (2014)

Formed by former After Forever guitarist Mark Jansen, Epica played a crucial part in the development of symphonic metal via a string of consistently impressive releases, but with The Quantum Enigma – their sixth studio record – the Dutch band raised the bar to a whole different level, hiring a live chamber choir and a string orchestra to enhance a collection of tunes that is uniformly strong. Throw in the soaring vocals of flame-haired mezzo-soprano  Simone Simons and the results are seismic.

Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)

You could pick anything from 2000’s Wishmaster onwards, but the Finns’ first album with Floor Jansen represents Peak Nightwish in terms of a grandiosity. A high-concept exploration of evolutionary science, featuring narration from scientist Richard Dawkins, it’s an absolute triumph. From the full-pelt throttle of Shudder Before The Beautiful and cinematic bombast of Weak Fantasy to the  life affirming anthemia of Alpenglow, it’s a constant stream of brilliance. Then there’s The Greatest Show On Earth, a 25-minute show-stopper most bands could only dream of writing. It’s no surprise this was the record that turned Nightwish into festival and arena headliners.

[feralportalmaster]

Thinking about how Lizzie’s Enigma persona from AfterLife would actually fit pretty well with SecretLife, what with the secrets and mysterious stuff she had going on.

[briefle]

etho calling cleo, bdubs, grian and himself a foursome was NOT on my bingo card

[re1999confessions]

why is everyone saying that pavia's sports outfit twinkified him when he was always a twink? he's been a smooth hairless italian twink this whole time. just look at his base portrait and his i2 art. in his i2 art he's literally wearing a bdsm choker with silver chains attached, presumably, to nipple clamps or something. NOT saying hunks and bears etc cannot enjoy nipple clamps and chokers or be bottoms (i, personally, am a huge fan of seeing large and hairy bottoms) but pavia is not one of them. he never has been anyway don't be shocked by him not having armpit hair in his sports skin when he probably waxes his asshole on the regular is what i'm saying. i need fandom to open their hearts to this reality. now enigma on the other hand when he comes out, well, haha...that's a man who cannot be assed to shave anywhere aside from his face, and even then it's only when he has special work meetings, i'm sure. and shamane is right there. full beard beautiful broad tall as fuck 45 years old etc etc. he and enigma are right there if you don't want a guy who rolls up wearing skinny leather pants from the get-go

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[livinthebookshelf]

“I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind. People need a key to get to. The only one is mine.” - Taylor Swift

I’ve been masking myself for 7 days straight, I just need to recharge my energy for a few days before getting back on my work and research 😔

[thecuratxr]

Updated Vis' bio last night to note that he is not human, but instead a half-demon so thats a thing

[pinkrosealice]

I work at a dry cleaner, so I don't think my work resembles that of carpentry or locksmithing whatsoever. Nonetheless, I had THE DREAM.

This is what you get for taking blurry photos of the Wolf Moon, stuff yourself with extra spicy Szechuan fried chicken, and go to bed early.

So I present to you a terrible surrealist poem that I've written about / was dictated to me in the Secret Histories inspired dream I had last night:

Knock is the question. The Three Ladies are each an answer.

One is the Moon, One is a Serpent. And the Oldest of the Three is of both natures.

I am out of joint and have been stirred up, made to be a Name of The Moon. I must divide The Two Who Are One and unite that which is Divided.

And rain. Everywhere there is rain as I sit in the doorway.

The Beachcomber guides the way, and as the crow rests in my hands it becomes both the cross and the key. Now it is I that becomes the secret keeper, the voyeur.

With it I travel through places that are made from my memories. But my memories they are no longer.

Places in my hometown that I know are not real. Places that I have never been.

I break through brick walls and move backwards in alleyways. I fly not through the air but through the solids of wood and concrete.

There is a sauna where The Forge and The Grail meet. Bodies are made glowing gold and gleaming bronze by wet fire and the molten impacts of people's copulations.

There is a warehouse whose windows are shattered and whose doors are long missing. Now it is a church for a God of commerce and production who never came.

It is night time as I run through something that was made from bits of my city's college campus. There is snow in the air but no clouds in the sky, only stars and the jeweled eyes of insects.

I fight monsters that resemble the ones from children's games but I know that they are not. For when she is inside The Moon, the Mother births more than just snakes and ants.

I meet a pair of women, I do not know if they are sisters or lovers. The bolder of the Two steals something precious from me, I try to bribe her but she does not return what she stole.

Then I remember that I am the dreamer and she is the dream. Thus I rip out each one of her veins, with my beak, or perhaps with my fangs and jaws.

Now I am that Sister and I stand in an opera box that resembles a cell padded with black leather and latex. The show I watch does not reveal the performer's gender, even though they dance completely naked.

I converse with a babe in a restaurant that does not exist but I remember it. We talk of salads and I know this is a test from the Goddess of Childbirth.

I sit naked in a chair on my front lawn as I watch my family try and save cats and dogs from drowning. There is so much rain and I cannot move.

I understand that there is a third time that is neither day nor night with neither sun nor stars to rule it. Only clouds, and rain, and the Moon that is both with me and within me.

And then I wake up.........