#swamp of secrets

[byz-was-here]

So in the Sea Nomads of Aqua Manga au (here),

the big reason the Sea Agori and their Pleisosaur Boats didn't find Mata Nui immediately after the storms subsided from the GSR's crash landing is because of The Great Maelstrom.

Essentially, when the Great Cataclysm happened Voya Nui got launched upwards, ripping the roof off of Karda Nui and punching a hole through the Great Spirit Robot's chest cavity. Immediately the sea started pouring in through the hole like the worlds biggest bathtub drain. This played havoc with ocean currents, and made it more likely any Sea Agori fleet was going to wind up pulled into the currents feeding into The Great Maelstrom than reach Mata Nui. Voya Nui would technically be easier to get to, but compared to Mata Nui it's miniscule in comparison, making finding it simply a needle in a haystack scenario.

However, while writing this out for the au, I had an Idea. What if not everyone pulled into the maelstrom perished?

Deep in the heart of the universe lies Karda Nui, the world that feeds the world. Giant stone columns rise from the bottom of the Karda Nui dome, the remnants of giant stalactites that fell and imbeded themselves in the earth during the great cataclysm. The Av Matoran have made their homes and villages atop the towering spires, far above the swamp of secrets below. Since the cataclysm, and water poured from above in a great waterfall, creating the swamp below, The matoran whisper that some nights, some among them can hear strange cries and sounds from below. Some nights they hear the bellows of strange rahi. Some nights they hear chanting in an unknown tongue. Still, every Matoran knows to never leave the safety of the spires.

The Swamp of Secrets is aptly named, and some secrets are better left a mystery...

[tangle-twer]

"Don't worry... you look better without it."

[technovillain]

[tofreezetime]

"is it clear to you?

where you're supposed to go, i mean? "

she couldn't look me in the eye when she said it

[omahdon]

Oh hey look! It's baby's first business card, so now when I try to do some kind of grown up "hello i am business man come from business my business is business" talk, I'll have one of THESE bad boys to whip out, oho~! Cheers to @paigumondus and @artbytesslyn for the art once again!

Also I have merch now? Kinda? Presenting: DETECTIVE GRIMOIRE STICKERS! Thanks to @whisperingrockers who realised what I was going for and put together this sweet design! Love Grimoire's shit-eating grin. Magnificent.

Honestly, I hadn't planned the logistics of HOW I'd distribute these (regular mail? in a letter? to you? for money?), but for now: if we ever meet in person, you can never be sure if/when I'd paste these on your face and run away giggling like a madman.

[bestepisode]

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[toonirl]

my silly-brained efforts to identify all of the taxidermy n' such in the Remingtons' possession. if you even care.

[weirdlookindog]

The Unexpected #152 - DC, November 1973.

Cover art by Nick Cardy.

[imp-thing]

Is this anything (template by jkijqz on Twitter)

[ultraterrestriali]

All of the wives on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives share the same hair curler

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Swamp Thing - art by Bernie Wrightson (1971)

[wildflowercryptid]

thinking about detective grimoire again, i still wanna know what the little girl's deal actually is...

[tangle-twer]

This is probably my favorite and Goofiest headcanon, which fits for a whole lineage of Goofy Goobers Meet Godfrey, fabled Explorer of Amphobi swamp, discoverer of over 20 species of what we now know as Mystids, and Great-Grandfather of Detective Grimoire. Godfrey spent his entire adult life traveling the world, documenting new and wonderful animals in his pursuit of Cryptozoological knowledge. He kept several journals detailing each creature he found and their habitats, but all of them have been lost to time or hidden away. All except, of course, the one he didn't write his name in.

...Godfrey passed away just a few days before his great-grandson was born. All who knew him spoke exasperatedly and fondly of him, most of all... her. Godfrey's best friend and confidant, still living in the Amphobi Swamp all these years later.

[evilhorse]

House of Secrets (2024 Facsimile Edition) #92 (Beetlejuice variant cover)

[osarina]

not sure if this is a safe space for scummy creepy and pervy boys but um i have a confession…. i can’t stop thinking of pervy creepy zai…. he has my heart sadly…. can elaborate if this is a safe space….

(can i be 🌻 if this is a safe space for creepy pervy zai)

this is absolutely a safe space for scummy creepy and pervy boys - ESPECIALLY if that boy is the one and only dazai osamu - HIT ME WITH IT PLSSSSSSS I BEG OF U MY SWEET SUNFLOWER

[omahdon]

detective grimoire whimpering audio when?

tumblr was a mistake