#t: helios 1

[m-tribs]

@helios-serpentine

Perhaps it was by design, but Mercuria was struck by just how small she felt in the Tower. The Mentors all strode with such presence, even the ones who seemed down on themselves. The Sponsors walked so grandly that they filled entire rooms. And then there was her, who could barely hold her head up high.

One such person was snaking their way through the hallway now. An instinct deep in her gut said to avoid, dodge, hide. But there was no way to do that without it seeming odd. So instead she tried to steel herself as the intimidating figure approached.

"Sorry," she muttered, instantly apologetic. "Just tryna figure out this maze of a buildin'."

[just-a-ghost00]

Mini PAC - Details about your soulmate/TF using game cards and letters

Group 1 - Cassette

Banana card : they are fruity! If they’re a man, they have big D energy. They are joyful. They come from a warm climate country. Possibly an island.

Bunny card : this person is super cute and lovely. They look like a baby. They are very kind and soft with others. They have a high sex drive. Their teeth and ears could be parts of their body that you like about them. They feel very innocent and vulnerable.

Airplane card : this person likes to travel for fun and/or travels a lot for work. They live at a distance from you. They enjoy fast communication. They are active. They are curious and love to be challenged.

Letters : T H U N L I I O E Z E I C U Y I M A

Words or names I picked up on ( feel free to add more to the list in the comments) :

Liam, Theo, Noah, Noe, Zain, Zina, Zelie, Mona, Mina, Naim, Chloé, Chile, Lucy, Milan, Athene, Luna, China, mole, eye, cutie, cinema, zinc, camel, thyme, chain, lion, Leo, Helio, Nile, mint, maze, hazel, mountain, cunt, aconite, Lyna, Lina, Alice, menace, county, yen, Celine, TMI, TUE(sday), OCT(ober), autumn, Ciel, honey, Luca, Han, menu, hate, anime

Group 2 - Subway

Bicycle and train card : they live at a distance from you but it could be easily accessible. They enjoy traveling and/or they travel for work. They like biking.

Dress card : they are pretty feminine. They like to dress unconventionally. So if they’re a man, they like to wear skirts or high heels, to put on makeup. If they’re a woman, they’re a bit of a tomboy. They enjoy fashion in general. They could be a model.

Dolphin card : they are sociable. Their family matters a lot to them. They are very sensitive and in tune with their intuition. They have a kind and generous heart. They are playful, even flirty. They like water and/or leave near a body of water.

letters : W E E M S A U T T B A E E O R E N R

Words and names I picked up on (feel free to add more to the list in the comments) : tenor, Muse, water, Mona, Mason, Saturn, Beau, war, ram, Taurean, brat, bae, West, euro, won, MON(day), mount, sun, tarot, bus, runes, tan, beast, Roman, Roma, Meteora, Mars, ASMR, Ares, Arena, amore, nature, muerte, mentor, senor, Matteo, master, webmaster, woman, man, Erasme, Bruno, brunette, same, torn, tears, BTS, Naruto, Moana

Group 3 - Snacks

Letters X L N E J E E A O N A H N N L I R W L

Words and names I picked up on (feel free to add to the list in the comments) :

Hélène, Helena, Nia Jax, jail, Leo, Xena, hell, Joan, Joana, Jane, Jean, Jona, jean, Noel, Noe, Noa, lion, JAN(uary), Wall E, halo, hola, hello, Axel, Hoax, Jihane, Will, Jorah, horn, Jael, Jeanne, norn, helix, Halle, alien, Rollex, Rollin, Alienor, Jolie, Rio, Janeiro, Nelliel, Ronnie, Leon, Johann, Neil

Watermelon card : They support Palestine. They come from a warm climate country. They love summer. They love watermelon. They like your juice ;)

Tennis ball card : They are athletic. They enjoy tennis or any type of ball game. They got balls ;) They are swift and fast. They communicate quickly, they are witty and sarcastic.

Socks card : You'd feel very cozy with them. They have an odd but warm personality. They enjoy date nights snuggling by the fireplace or Netflix and chilling. They have cold feet.

[offtorivendell]

The Weaver's Song

Disclaimer: well I thought I had time to edit this properly and tidy it up, but joke's on me, apparently the entirety of HOFAS has leaked in Portuguese over night. That'll teach me (haha, never) to leave something in my drafts for months. So this may or may not be correct, and YOU might know that, but I'm not going to read the whole thing until I have the original version.

If someone has already posted this theory, I'm sorry!

Spoilers: this contains information from ACOTAR, TOG and CC series books 1 and 2. Please do not discuss spoilers in the comments until after HOFAS has officially been published, or in the reblogs without warning (and ideally a read more option)!

This may be fanciful, but I think I may know what The Weaver was singing about in ACOMAF... it was a metaphor for Prythian history and Void travel.

“There were two sisters, they went playing, To see their father’s ships come sailing … And when they came unto the sea-brim The elder did push the younger in.”

Theia's two daughters, as @silverlinedeyes has posted before, she thinks the second daughter brought Truth-Teller back to Prythian through a rift - though was there a third, unknown sibling, as @wingedblooms and I have theorised?

Playing - playing music? Music as the universal magic/language? Urd’s music?

Whether or not they're also Fionn's daughters, if literal, the ships could be people travelling through the Void/Rift to Midgard… the Feyre, the Nesta, the Elain come to mind, except maybe the Selene, the Eos and the Helios?

The Haldren Sea sounds like it could have a rift/portal in it (similar imagery to the Court of Nightmares/Hewn City). Port/portal?

Did Helena push her younger sister into the rift, to make her return through the Void and save Prythian from the Asteri, per @silverlinedeyes?

If this was then case then Helena knowingly sacrificed herself.

“Sometimes she sank, and sometimes she swam, ’Til her corpse came to the miller’s dam.”

Did she travel through multiple worlds until she reached Prythian, similar to Aelin as the red star? Or was this after returning to Prythian and living her life she then travelled again across the murky realm?

Miller's dam - dam could be their mother? The Mother? Silba?

A dam is also a body of water. The Cauldron?

Miller is one of the oldest human professions - milling grains for bread.

Miller is also a type of moth - moth wings at the HOW library, with their Cauldron/bowl-type statues at the entrance?

What if the Void/Cauldron is the Miller, and Chaos/Cauldron's water is the Dam?

What if the Void/Cauldron is the earth, Chaos/Cauldron's water is the dam, and the Miller is the hypothetical third sibling?

How do the underground waterways and/or the pool of Starlight in the Spring Court fit in?

“But what did he do with her breastbone? He made him a viol to play on. What’d he do with her fingers so small? He made pegs to his viol withall.”

The viol is an instrument; is the language of the universe a song? This would support my idea that Singing is a language of the gods, and Sight/messages from the gods could be a form of Singing.

Breastbone, spells and bonds are threads, viol strings? Pegs tighten/tune the strings. Witchy and sorcery spell vibes, but also hello PUPPET VIBES. Who is/will the Cauldron using as a puppet?

“And what did he do with her nose-ridge? Unto his viol he made a bridge. What did he do with her veins so blue? He made strings to his viol thereto.”

Nose - smells, Azriel can smell the Elucien bond… because it's discordant (theory on the way)? Amren could smell Feysand’s bond, how?

Bridge - I saw the painting in my mind: the lovely fawn, blooming spring vibrant behind her. Standing before Death, shadows and terrors lurking over his shoulder. Light and dark, the space between their bodies a blend of the two. The only bridge of connection … that knife. Paint that when we get home. - ACOWAR, chapter 69. Truth-Teller connecting with the Starsword.

"A violin bridge is a maple piece that sits atop the violin and lifts the strings above the fingerboard in a way that allows you to play both single notes and double stops. It transmits the string vibrations to the soundbox (body of the violin)." It's a conduit. Could Carranam be relevant here?

Blue - Azriel's siphons, the veins in Elain's eyes in the tent scene when she Looked for the Suriel. Can she see the threads?

Viols have six strings - three brothers and three sisters?

“What did he do with her eyes so bright? On his viol he set at first light. What did he do with her tongue so rough? ’Twas the new till and it spoke enough.”

Eyes bright - like Elain's when she's in pain? Pain is a link to the divine, do her eyes go bright when she's using her magic?

Eyes at first light - Sight/Singing at dawn? Eos?

First light - firstlight?

To set at something, to go after it… with an instrument playing him through the Void? Someone is after the firstlight and will go after it. The Asteri and Bryce. Mystics? Elain?

Till - as in the soil/gardening? More likely a boat's till/tiller; did Theia's second daughter’s tongue become the rudder that allowed “the Miller” to steer his way through the water/Void/space between… Lightsingers? Mystics? And there were three ships named after Feyre, Nesta and Elain Archeron.

Mor speaks the truth, Elain speaks what she Sees.

“Then bespake the treble string, ‘O yonder is my father the king.’”

“Then bespake the second string, ‘O yonder sits my mother the queen.’”

“Then bespake the strings all three, ‘Yonder is my sister that drowned me.’”

The father/king and mother/queen have been separated, and are in different locations.

Different worlds?

Fionn/the father/king is in Prythian.

Theia/the mother/queen "sits" somewhere else… a hell/Hel realm? Sits on a throne?

The sister/Helena is in Midgard.

I really think that the Weaver was singing to nobody/Feyre about Prythian's ancient history, along with the crossover - and potential instructions on how to navigate the Void to "go to Hel" - all the way back in ACOMAF! When she just happened to be collecting a six pointed star sapphire ring (six strings?) for Rhys?

Will each sister become a magical, Singing tiller for the bat boys' wings (as rudders), guiding and guarding them through the Void? It gives a whole new depth of meaning to Papa Archeron's fleet going down in a storm!

This also fits for Vassien, with Lucien being the magical tiller and Vassa as the firebird. And even possibly More and Emerie, if her wings get healed, or she gets her own Pegasus! Could it parallel the way they had to fly through holes in the Wall back in the OT, before Hybern destroyed it with the Cauldron (which just happens to contain Void)?

Will they be the light in the dark?

SJM you wicked bloody genius, this cannot be a coincidence. 🙏🏻

PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO SPOIL HOFAS FOR OTHERS WITH DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE LEAKS!

[thisisnotthenerd]

Dimension 20 Episode of the Day: 4/1

Today's Episode is: Fantasy High: Sophomore Year, Episode 19, Spring Break! I Believe In You! (Part 1)

Original Release Date: 4/1/2020

The Quick Synopsis: Kristen has a godly meeting, Fabian and Gorgug go mountain climbing, Adaine has a family reunion, and Fig and Riz face down an infernal threat.

Quotes:

"I mean, honestly, it kind of just sounds like, the Hot Topi— in the mall sometimes, the Hot Topic would be next to the Not of This World, and they're kind of the same store. So it kind of feels like you're just giving me like some more T-shirts, lady." ~ Kristen Applebees, while talking to the goddess of the moon, Galicaea

"I wholeheartedly reject all offers that you've given me." And then I run up to Helio and I punch him in the fucking face. ~ Kristen Applebees to the council of gods

Gorgug Thistlespring and Fabian Seacaster, while climbing a sheer cliff:

"I believe in you, spring break."

"I believe in you, spring break."

"Guess what, bitch, I'm strong now." ~ Adaine Abernant, before punching her father to death in one hit.

"In my haste to put the armor on, I buckled the leg plate and I think I've clipped the tip of my penis against one of the leg plates, and every time I move, it feels like it might come off, the tip of, so let me assure you, demon, I have no pride!" ~ Gilear Faeth

"Anyone who got a 14 or lower, you know for a fact that Gilear is packing like nobody, you've been in locker rooms, it doesn't matter, nobody you've ever seen." ~ Brennan Lee Mulligan, after the party rolled dexterity saves not to see Gilear's junk

[flnpushy]

Helios 9 new Experimental birth

Continuing the story on helios…..

Another few months had passed by and Kara was now heavily pregnant. The experimental “Challenge” Baby what she was carrying swelled her much farther then she thought possible. Today was to be another checkup for Kara and Angel. They had now been carrying for months and this was to be the final check before soon birthing. Kara made her way down to the experimental room as she had done so frequently now for monitoring. She rode an electric scooter as her huge belly made it tough to waddle any decent distance. She arrived just before Angel pulled up on a scooter as well. Angels small little frame wasn’t handling this challenge baby at all. She struggled to walk as her belly had gotten so large. Nevertheless the girls waddled into the experimental area to get checked. Other Group 1 girls were waiting for the check as well. All the girls in the group had large bellies and had some difficultly getting around. A few moments passed until Dr. Karens arrived in the room. She addressed the 25 very pregnant girls around her. 

“Ok Group 1, we have arrived at 12 months. You will begin the birthing process within 4 weeks. Mothers lagging will be induced to help keep the experiment fair and controlled.” the Doctor said. 

“We will closely monitor you 25 girls during the birthing process. You will be split into groups of 5, and induced together for the birthing to begin. We have set up special birthing gardens for this experiment so that we can monitor progress safely. We must now cover the risks of this birthing experiment.” Karens explained. 

“The risks of this experiment will be covered after the checkup to avoid anxiety, we need you calm for checkups.” Dr. Karens corrected. 

“First up, Kara.” She said.

Kara waddled slowly to the from of the room where a bed laid. She was instructed to lay flat on her back and open her legs. Kara did so. Dr. Karens inserted a probe into Kara’s vagina and the readings came across a large screen above them for the group to see. 

“Status: Pregnant.”

“Gender of baby: Male.”

“Baby weight: 25 pounds.” 

“Estimated birth weight: 27 Pounds” 

“Baby Orientation: Head first delivery.” 

“Ok Kara good girl!” Dr. Karens said. “Thats a perfect big baby boy for this experiment.” 

Karens clicked a button on the controller for the probe. A camera came on and displayed on screen. 

“Ok lets see this baby.” Karens said. 

A Small microscopic sized camera probe moved toward her cervix. In order to see the mucus plug intact the camera had to be extremely small. The camera showed all the girls in the group including Dr. Karens and the scientists the inside of Kara’s womb at this exact live moment. Karens led the probe slowly through the mucus plug and into the sac of waters containing the baby within it. She stopped and the probe activated a small light. On camera and live for the entire group was now a beautiful image. The babies head! The girls in the crowd were in shock, as well as Kara. To see a live baby inside was a sight to behold! The baby had some hair starting to grow, and the head was large. 

“Well there you go Kara, thats the baby you will be birthing soon!” Dr. Karens said. 

“Ok say good bye for now, little man will be stuck in there a couple more weeks!” She said removing the probe.

“Next, Angel please!” She called out.

Angel waddled her way to the bed and Followed as Kara had done. Karens inserted the probe.

“Status: Pregnant.”

“Gender Of baby: Male”

“Baby Weight: 25 Pounds”

“Estimated birth weight: 28 pounds”

“Baby Orientation: Breech” 

Angel wasn’t the only breech carrier in the test group. There were two others as well. These girls would need special attention during the birthing.

“Ok spy time!” Karens said.

She pressed the button and the camera probe entered the cervix and though the mucus plug. Next into the waters. The light lit up revealing the baby. Being breech, two little feet appeared on camera. 

“So cute!” Karens said. “Look at those little toes!” Just then the baby kicked. 

“Excited little guy!” Dr. Karens said. “Couple more weeks, then you can come out!” 

The groups continued the checks, some girls having bigger birth weight then expected, one girl even likely to birth at 30 pounds.

“Ok group 1 we must cover the risks of the birthing activity.” Dr. Karens said to the group.

Dr. Karens took center stage as she pulled out a list of things that needed to be disclosed to the girls. 

“We have withheld this information from you until this stage for experimental reasons.” She stated.

“We did not want mothers attempting to defect from the experiment or attempt to alter their pregnancy. We know that you now are all very pregnant, and you must go through the birthing process.” Karens explained. 

“The council has decided to share these risks with you.” 

Statement 1: All mothers will be closely monitored during the birth and will be split into groups of 5 birthing women. These groups will have a garden and pool facility that is new and state of the art equip for the birthing process. Pools will be provided for mothers comfort. 

“Statement 2: Due to the inherent danger of such large babies the birthing mothers will be under camera surveillance during their birthing. This will prevent unwanted interaction and  in the case of issue, emergency procedure can be undertaken. 

Statement 3: We estimate due to baby size and stature, the birthing process will likely take 2-3 weeks from labor to final delivery.” 

Kara and angel looked at each other with dumbfounded looks……. 2 to 3 weeks? To get the babies out?!? What had they gotten into! 

However for the girls there was no turning back, they were carrying babies in their belly, and the only way to get them out was to push! 

Dr. Karens wrapped up the meeting. 

“We Will select birthing groups and place you in 4 weeks time. If you are to begin labor before that time we must be notified immediately!” 

Kara and angel exited the room with the other group one girls. The girls all exchanged scared glances at each other as they left the meeting hall. 

Kara and Angel met outside near the food court area.

“This is going to be like nothing else.” Kara said.

“I just hope we are in the same birthing group.” Angel said.  

“Yes me to, we need each others support for this.” Kara repeated. 

To be continued……

[the-gnomec-college]

This Sceptred Isle, Chapter 1: The Image Shop

As the distant sun slowly rose in the east, Bv’nei set to work opening his shop in the White Square of Atalantes. He rolled out of bed from the loft apartment above the shop, taking care not to wake his daughter Myrham till he had prepared breakfast. He set a pot of khaveh to boil on a hot plate in the shop below, allowing the aromatic steam that escaped to fill the rafters as it percolated.

The pot was one of his own making, cast in bronze and adorned with etchings that depicted an old Idrisidian tale he’d heard as a child, and been enamored with ever since. It told a story of a jinni teaching humanity how to brew khaveh from the crushed seeds of the khavea plant. Bv’nei had even tuned the spout to gently whistle the tune of a song about the same story. Now, here, so far from the dunes he played in as child, that bronze khaveh pot and its melody were no longer mere keepsakes; they were the remains of a life he could never return to.

“A new day to make the man his drachma and walk away with spit.”

Bv’nei took a bitter sip of khaveh, squinting bleary eyes at the dull brass light of the distant sun, still making its ascent into the rosy sky. The inspiration for a new image popped in Bv’nei’s head and he rushed from the shop window to his drafting table to scratch out a rough depiction of a sun god riding a golden chariot around the edges of a disc, meant to simulate the arc of the sky.

A creak from above reminded Bv’nei he hadn’t even started making breakfast. He dropped his charcoals and hurriedly threw some flour, honey, curds, and olive oil in a pan. He brushed the curls out of his eyes so he could think better as he mixed the ingredients together into flatcakes and fried them over another hot plate.

The figure on the image could be any number of sun gods, Bv’nei mused, but a safe bet might be Helios; his highest paying clientele seemed to favor the old Helenec gods.

Few still worshipped them since the Atlasfall—just a minority of Atalecs and Helenes who still kept the faith of the old world—but their images and stories were nevertheless woven into the cultural identity of Atalantes, despite the fact that many other, far more persuasive, religions had arrived on the far western shores of Atalantes.

Now, a rich tapestry of religious & spiritual traditions called the island citystate of Atalantes home, each with their own pantheon of gods, goddesses, ancestors, and otherworldly spirits to pay respects to. Nearly everyone worshipped something, and every thing had a god devoted to it in some pantheon or another.

Although he personally worshipped none of the pantheons, Bv’nei saw their gods in everything. After all, it was his trade: it was a common need amongst many of these traditions to have some physical vessel on which the faithful’s devotion could be concentrated, some token or totemic figure—what more zealous sects might refer to as an “idol”. For the purposes of Bv’nei’s trade, such figures were known simply as images and icons. In the great melting pot of Atalantes, there was no end to demand for images, and Bv’nei, as an especially gifted craftsman, was particularly equipped to supply them with exactly what they desired.

His shop, as small as it was, was filled to the brim with these images from innumerable pantheons. Here was Mars, there was Athena. He had wards to stave off Okean of the Deep, medallions to honor Adeqa’s Child Divine, and more than one image of the late Last Atlas (although, he did not advertise that last one).

Bv’nei’s own religion regarded the use of these images as idolatry, and this fact had been the source of some tension since he first began this business—both with his own conscience and with his community. His conscience had been the easier of the two to mollify—not because he didn’t have one, but because he had always thought of himself as the practical sort: he had been transported to Atalantes with a debt to pay off for his commuted sentence, and this had been as good a way as any to pay that debt and buy his freedom.

The Bvanu academy, on the other hand, had not been so easy to persuade. Bvanu teachings clearly forbade Bvaneim from worshipping any gods but the god of their ancestors. As far as Bv’nei was concerned, his craft wasn’t worshipping these gods, only finding beauty in the world and cultures around him to make art, and the fact that his clients could use these images to enrich their own practices was just what made it marketable. The scholars at his academy thought differently.

Their position had been that by knowingly providing other people with idols, Bv’nei—it could be argued—was participating in idolatry. Bvanu law did not apply to non-Bvaneim, of course, and thus it maintained no opinion on whether it was permissible for his non-Bvanu clients to worship their gods, but a Bvanu such as Bv’nei participating in that worship would still be considered engaging in idolatry.

In the end, Bv’nei settled the dispute with this argument: “Who gets drunk: the one who drinks the wine, or one who sells it?”

There was some disagreement between the scholars. Obviously only the person drinking the wine would get drunk from it, but didn’t the wine seller share some responsibility in getting the man drunk?

Most agreed the man held the greatest share of responsibility (though, one of the scholars countered, in the case of alcoholism, he was less liable due to his illness). However, one of the scholars elaborated, if he already appeared intoxicated, anyone who sold him wine might also share responsibility if he became inappropriately drunk.

Another scholar disagreed: a wine seller would reasonably expect anyone purchasing wine from them to be saving the wine for later, in which case it would still be unreasonable to hold the seller accountable.

At last, one of the scholars pointed out that, in this metaphor, Bv’nei’s trade was actually more like selling empty wineglasses than selling wine, and since empty vessel can be filled with any liquid, not just wine, the seller could not be liable for anyone’s drunkenness, much less be considered a participant in drunkenness. A dissenting opinion maintained that a wineglass was still intended for wine, even if it could be filled with other things.

Nevertheless, it wasn’t long before a consensus was reached: Bv’nei crafted and sold empty spiritual vessels that could be used for multiple purposes. There were uses that were perfectly acceptable for Bvaneim, and simply providing non-Bvaneim with the materials they need for their religious practice shouldn’t be considered participation in it. Furthermore, it would be against Bvanu teachings to impose the Bvanu religion on non-Bvaneim or withhold patronage in a way that would impede them from practicing their own ways.

The scholars issued an informal recommendation. While they could not condone Bv’nei’s business as best practice, and thus refused to encourage it, they could find no reason in religious law to condemn it, and resolved that it should not negatively effect his standing in the community.

The melodic whistle of the khaveh pot brought Bv’nei’s mind back to the present just as Myrham trudged down the steps from the loft, her long frizzy curls hanging over her eyes.

“Morning, Myrham!”

Myrham mumbled out a response.

“I’m making tagenites, if you want some. And there’s hot khaveh in the pot.”

Looking down at his pan, Bv’nei realized he had burned the flatcakes.

“May be a minute on the tagenites, though.”

“That’s okay,” Myrham said, taking a sip of khaveh after diluting it with the acceptable helping of cream. “I think we still have some bread in the box.”

Myrham lifted the bread box—a colorfully painted wooden container in the shape of a sphinx-like harvest goddess—and lifted the top (the goddess’s head) to show a barley loaf beneath.

“Bread.”

Bv’nei chuckled.

“Okay, just make sure you have some dates or curds too to round it out. I don’t want you passing out on the job.”

He tried not to show his disappointment. Making breakfast for the family was always something that brought the family together—something that had become even more crucial in his mind now that they were down to two.

He shrugged it off, downing the burnt tagenites with another sip of khaveh, as he donned his jacket and opened the store front.

[alexandraisyes]

Rate all of your TSAMS AUs Suns based on how morally good they are

That's not a fair ask I don't have morals 😭 /gen

Okay okay I'll give it my best

Highly Unconventional: 3 Stars - Morally grey on some things that he maybe shouldn't be morally grey about but everything else in intact. Great guy as long as you can get past the "dating the person who almost fucking killed him" part

Sinker AU: 5 Stars - For a mer at least

Twisted Celestials: 3 Stars - Pretty morally grey, this AU was set during his "I'm going to fucking kill everyone" arc tho tbf

Cage AU: 4 Stars - Just wants to help however he can

R E S E T: 3(?) Stars - Really fucked up in the head so he gets an excuse

TSBS Hunger Games: 5 Stars - a fucking saint and a baby, the "sweetheart of the capital"

Human/Family AU: 5 Stars - Just a fucking sweetheart who's super supportive of his family and lovers

Drowning: He's dead RIP

Friends AU: Undecided, not much going on there except I dismantled the family spaghetti

Freyja (Supernova): 3 Stars - Maybe a little too open-minded at times

Charon (Supernova): 4 Stars - Tries so fucking hard to do the right thing

Haze's Sun (Supernova, will update soon with name): 1 Star - This dude is a manipulative fucking asshole no one likes him

See also my go-to versions of

Canon Sun: 3 Stars - Morally Grey on things he shouldn't be

Helios (Dark Sun): 0 Stars - Morals? Never met her

Angel (Solar's Sun): 5 Stars - What a fucking sweetheart

Crius (Servant Sun): 1 Star - He'll do anything for his Lord

Dawn (Swap AU Sun): 3 Stars - Morally grey (like Lunar)

Eos (Lonely Sun): 4 Stars - Doesn't really know a ton about morals outside of fazbear no-no's

Apollo (Ruin's Sun): 3 Stars - He's a good person, he swears

[chloroplasted-cyclopamine]

my epic songs rating (act one) (kinda hard bc i adore them all)

1. keep your friends close (i am a loyal aeolus stan.)

2. remember them (especially the self doxx and the cyclops’ “dont go🥺”)

3. ruthlessness (i rlly like poseidon)

4. open arms (first released song i heard from the musical, 10/10 no notes) (also i am NOT observant chat i can point out two differences from the old ones and the rerecords and its just the stressed t in athena’s enlighten me and the blurry speech before remember them((?)))

5. lucky runs out (bc of the thunder saga’s reprises and also the “i took 600 men to war and not one of em died there 😁” is rlly good to me for some reason and i listen to the whole song just to hear it also “this is the home of the wind god”)

6. full speed ahead (its the “we’re up, we’re off and away we go” thats rlly sells it for me)

7. storm (“and island in the sky 🤩”)

8. wouldn’t you like (i like hermes getting odyssey high enough to beat helios’s witch daughter)

9. polyphemus (i am very fond of sheep and cyclopi, the cyclops lamb chemical is quite literally in my user name)

10. survive (i think my kitten otittyus of titaca was super cool and rad up until the cyclops started slaying literally) (i like him when hes covered in blood and pathetic more tho :3)

11. puppeteer (smth smth je ne sais quoi mais je fait so….its the evolution of circe’s lyrics from motherly and kind to her true intentions while using eury’s to bounce off of for that change. also other stuff i would need an entire novel of oc lore to explain and it would not be worth it)

12. there are other ways (just like say no to this and all of katherine howard and ricky potts and mischa bachinski its always the freaky ones for me idn)

13. no longer you (sing that prophecy twink boy yea fucking spit it🤩 fym red and blood what)

14. done for (its the beginning and the video jay made to simulate their fight with his touys)

15. monster (rawr rawr rawr also the “is the cyclops struck with guilt…and saves more lives with guile” verse that rlly gets me)  

16. my goodbye (i like that it sounds kinda like a break up song)

17. the horse and the infant (the beginning is rlly sick, and the end but thats a different definition of sick)

18. warrior of the mind (well done u lied to me :3 whats ur name?)

19. the underworld (ÞŒŁÏŤĮĖẞ NOOØǑŒÓǑØO😭😭😭😭)

20. just a man (I LIKE IT I LIKE IT I SWEAR I JUST ALWAYS FORGET HOW IT GOES AND ITS NEVER BEEN A BRAINWORM FOR ME BUT I LIKE IT AND I LIKE ALL THE CALLBACKS TO IT K PROMISE I PROMISE)

[attollogame]

OC Kiss Week 1—Forehead

Pariah—Forehead Kiss (No NSFW for this one; 1.2k)

Because who doesn't like metal detecting with a vigilante?

When you woke up this morning, standing in rubber boots in what has to be the most disgusting field you’ve ever seen was definitely not anywhere on your ‘to-do’ list, until Pariah personally penned it so. Even now as mud squelches beneath your soles and you try to smother out the smell of manure from totally ruining your senses, you’re not entirely sure why you were brought here to begin with. 

“You look impressed.” Pariah’s dry remark causes you to glance over your shoulder with the best unimpressed look you can muster, earning you a chuckle in response. “I promise I didn’t just drag you out here to get you close to nature.”

“I didn’t even know Attollo was so… agriculturally inclined.” You pry your boot free from the mud again as the faint call of a cow sounds from somewhere in a neighbouring field. There’s a sloshing as Pariah comes to stand next to you, their hands on their hips and their sunglasses-adorned face (an item you think is really unnecessary for this town) tilted towards the unseen sun. 

“Only in this district. The soils too fucked to grow properly anywhere else—but that isn’t why I dragged you out here.” They twist to point back, and when you turn to look again, you see what appears to be two sets of metal detectors lying on the ground. At some point, Pariah dragged them from the pickup truck they hauled your ass into to where you are now. “There’s a piece of Hypnos technology out here somewhere, and we’ve been recruited to get it. If we do, we get a nice reward.” 

“Are we splitting it fifty-fifty?”

“Ha! More like twenty-five across you, me, Helios, and Deadlock. Hypnos will cover reimbursement to the owner of the land.” 

Your eyebrow raises dubiously at their comment, which they respond too with a grimace, before you huff a sigh and trudge to where the detectors are. It takes a few minutes of fidgeting to get the detector to work, but once you do, you begin the gradual sweep back and forth as you (slowly) move down the length of the field. The only other sounds accompanying you are the cows from yonder, the beeping of Pariah’s machine, and the slosh as you un-stick yourself from the mud. 

It’s… peaceful. Which is saying a lot for a place like Attollo. 

“Do you usually go out doing things like this?” You glance over to where Pariah is a few feet away. They pause in their own sweeping motion to push up their sunglasses as they look towards you. 

“No, not really, unless we need the extra money on the side. The Triumvirate has a relatively decent relationship with Hypnos, though, and they do pay a pretty penny to make up for their fuck-ups, so.” They shrug and pull their sunglasses down again. “Just think of this as a cute date or something.” 

“A cute date? Stomping through manure-ridden fields looking for something a company lost?” You chuckle and begin sweeping again. “Sure, I’ll put this down in my top ten.” 

Truthfully, it was nice to spend some time with Pariah without the pending risk of death hanging over your heads. They’re often busy running after some criminal in the city somewhere, and you’re often busy with matters of your own concern, leaving you both with very little time to actually be in each other's company. 

“I also figured you might appreciate a change of scenery.” You look back towards Pariah again at the sound of their words, and although they aren’t facing towards you, you can tell by the way their shoulders are hunching up that this is an embarrassing admission on their behalf. “At least out here you actually have a chance to breathe, without having to pull out the radiation counters every day.” 

Ah, the radiation counters. You personally haven’t used any of them yet, but you’ve seen Pariah and the others pull them out from time to time. They look like Geiger counters but more compact—every citizen in Attollo is required to carry one, according to Pariah.

You take in the scenery around you once more. The smog is significantly less dense in this area, and the grass that outlines the field you’re in is a rich green colour. You even see wildflowers blooming between the strands—a feat that’s impressive, considering how barely any sun reaches Attollo. Pariah brought you here not just to help get the device for Hypnos, but to spend time with you in a place that you can actually relax in. 

A shrill beeping noise causes you to look away and towards Pariah’s metal detector, which they keep hovering over a certain patch of mud. You set your own detector down to (slowly) approach the spot it’s indicating. When you kneel down to clear out some of the mud, it reveals a metal tube with the familiar eye symbol carved on its side. Pariah moves the detector aside to kneel down beside you, a smile playing on their lips. 

“I didn’t expect to find it so quickly,” they hum, reaching out to pick up the tube. They hold it up at eye level and turn it slowly, allowing the sparse light to reflect on its surface, creating a prism-like effect on the mud below. “I told Helios and Deadlock that we’d be gone for at least a couple of hours, considering how large the field is.”

“I consider this a sign that we’re just a super effective team, and that you should take me out more often.” You offer them a grin as they pocket the Hypnos device. They then give you an expression akin to bemusement before leaning in and pressing a light kiss to your forehead. You close your eyes in surprise at the sensation; the kiss itself only lasts for a few moments, but the feeling of the gesture, along with the emotions of care that it seems to carry, makes you feel warm inside. When you open your eyes again, Pariah is already getting back to their feet. 

“Careful, or I’ll be making you come along every time I go out.” They hoist the detector up over their shoulder before grabbing yours and pausing to look out at the horizon. With their white t-shirt and sweater tied at the waist, they give the impression of a farmer who just laboured for hours in their crops—a thought that causes you to snicker as you rise alongside them. “Well. If we have time to kill, do you wanna tour around these fields a bit longer?” 

Your eyebrow rises with your own amusement as you walk over to stand by their side. You can see a fleck of dirt on their cheek, and without a second thought, you reach out to wipe it away. “And do what? Give a running commentary on which cow I think is the best out of the herd?” 

They roll their eyes at your comment before holding a hand out for you to take. “Come on, then—you can tell me about how every livestock we have in The Green District looks exactly like the ones you have where you’re from.” 

A more genuine smile touches your lips as you take their hand in yours, enjoying the feeling of warmth that it brings, before you both begin trekking back to the truck you arrived in.

[jack-doohan]

As a fellow motorsports fan, I’d like to know, how did you get into motorsports?

ah anon, the age old question! well, i’m gonna detail my lore regarding motorsports!

i guess it started when i was born, because i was gifted a giant teddy bear wearing a jeff gordon t-shirt. but seriously, skipping to my childhood. as a kid i really didn’t know much about the actual aspects of racing aside from the cars going fast and looking cool. i grew up not far from sonoma raceway, and before i was born my family went there a lot to watch drag racing (which isn’t my personal cup of tea). of course my dad was a huge enabler of my love of motorsports, since he loved nascar and indycar. i primarily watched indycar and nascar and of course was a annual watcher of the daytona and indy 500’s as a kid, and i thought it was awesome. I usually rooted for whoever my dad liked (so mostly jimmie johnson, jeff gordon, dale jr, and helio castroneves).

over time, my love for motorsports waned as new interests took hold. i still watched the indy and daytona 500’s, i just wasn’t as invested. i’m not sure where the switch got flipped, but during the ‘21 500 i became super interested in looking back at the old indy 500’s and i got back into watching indycar! i got into formula 1 rather recently and rediscovered my love for nascar recently as well! i was a lurker on tumblr until a few months ago when i made this blog!

and that, my friends, is how ciara got into motorsports!

tldr: thank my dad for this lmao

[jylesthejester]

Okay, multiversal casino staff and a bit of lore before I get too sucked into my hyperfixations and forget about it

[NOTE 1 !! If you want to make a similar concept feel free but do not take my concept entirely! You can make something SIMILAR but not EXACT replica please! I don't mind inspiration but do tag me in any art or rambles because I LOVE to see people be inspired by things or something I make!]

[NOTE 2 !! Some of these characters may act out of canon when I draw them (If I do), some of their Lore might be different, there is an explanation for it here, don't pummel me for it please.]

Origin/Main concept : The multiverse casino was originally made to be a hangout spot for people from other universes, somewhere where they could relax and discover other universes. This worked, but eventually they needed more Staff to help out on all the floors.

Why these specific characters for staff members? (Staff members are shown later) : I picked from my favorite characters from various fandoms (excluding any of my favorite children characters (theres only one here cause theyre celestes friend.)) and threw them here, they're all categorized by the card categorization I have.

Categorizations : There's both the card symbol organization, there will be a section for it at the end of the staff lists.

How does the multiverse casino get its staff? : they find almost exact copies of the universe they're trying to get a staff member from, and they talk to the person they're trying to bring in and see if they'd like to join. Old staff members get their memories of the casino entirely wiped before being returned back to their universes like nothing happened (this essentially happens whenever I leave a fandom)

Owners : Maxie Kanth (Minty) and Stella Novaflare (Sleepy)

Co-owners : Reagan Caballero and Kaede Archemoros

Staff members (fandom characters) : Popee The performer(PTP), Kedamono(PTP), Sammy Lawrence(BATIM), Boris(BATIM), Sun(TSAMS), Moon(TSAMS), Eclipse(TEAPS), Puppet(TEAPS), Frank(TSAMS/TEAPS), Francis(TEAPS), Jack-o-moon(TSAMS), Molten(TSAMS), Lunar(TSAMS/TEALS), Vegeta(MAFS/TEAPS), Dr Panik(Block City/HMF), Henry(Block City/HMF), Henric(Merge City/HMF), Dr Kalm(Merge City/HMF), Casey Jones(TMNT 2012), Panikbot(Block City/HMF), Jim davis(HMF), Therapist(HMF), Action(HMF), Rickutto(HMF), Darko(HMF), Hooper(HMF), Brandon(HMF), Aris(HMF), Rage(HMF), Mist(HMF), Birdie(HMF), Frosty(HMF), Little Ropo(TLC), Little Jack(TLC), Scuba Steve(TLC), Sharky(TLC), Luke(MCH), Peter(MCH), Goldy(MCH), Donald Duck(Ducktales), Pigsy(LMK), Redson(LMK), Googz/Parker(RTGC), Playtime(Baldis Basics), Tiger/Kotetsu(T&B), Jyles(OoO), Jon(LJ), Davis(LJ), Casey Jones(TMNT 1990)

Staff members (ocs) : Celeste Kanth Novaflare, Reagan Caballero, Alix Caballero, Gacey Xanthe, Kaede Archemoros, Palin Rockefeller, Lila Gear, Kaypen, Orbides, Inky Inkwell, Party Favor, Gelatin, Nova Starstruck, Tobey<3, Al Sokolov, Zin Sokolov, Ekko Hamato Jones, Jyles!!, Donavan Adamski, Ooze, Mutagen, C.A.G.E., Cain, Adaliah, Kuiper, Vortex, Raka, Juno, Epona, Zola, Lennox, Kay, Mirage, Asy/Asylum, Runaway, Jester, Gore, Clowny, Unalive, Intrusive, Joker, Ricin, Jimson, Chrome, Lily, Caleb, Kat, Boo, Loi, Noir, Moichii, Florence, Boyd, Cherub, Disco Cat, Karmen/Candy, Draven Adamski, Annabelle Sokolov, Beatrice Sokolov, Ohnn Sokolov, Tails Sokolov, Marij Achlys, Viper Jones, Lee Achlys, Lyra Cezhial, Atlas Cezhial, Celestino Cezhial, Helios Cezhial, Sammy Corvus, Crow Corvus, Hanahaki Corvus, Zeru Feller, Toxinz, Moichi, Zim/Theo, Chester, Jyles, Lyco, Gyre-Vortex/Malachi, Klown, Tom, Red, Carolyn Achlys, Wade Achlys, Kurtis Jones, Circuit O’Neil, Cyber Achlys, Lyn Achlys, Amaris Jones, Callisto Jones, Saturn Jones, Martin Jones, Alix the Arachnid, Gala, Dae, Bubble, Melanie, Finn, Gabriel, Mono, Xavier, Jassie, Axel, Flare Starstruck, Lala Tunes, Marie Melancholy, Chat Swoop, Lunar Lovelock, Bisty Isty, Dipsy Dip, Seraphim Sphere, Stephan Squared, Staine Sharp-Sphere, Glacier Glitters, Pluto Prince, Gale Games, Chassy Charcoal, Bea Buzzy, Diamond Dazzle, Tipsy Ticks, Benny Bronze

Old staff members : Tenya Iida (MHA & Might come back), Bakugou Katsuki (MHA & Might come back), Shinsou [forgot last name] (MHA), Shota Aizawa (MHA), Sundrop (FNAFSB), Moondrop (FNAFSB), Cuphead (Casino Cups), Mugman (Casino Cups), Sans(Undertale), Papyrus(Undertale) [Theres more but I can’t remember)

Original staff members that are still here : Popee The Performer (PTP), Sammy Lawrence (BATIM)

(The category things only apply to fandom characters)

Card organization :

Popee The performer(PTP) ♦️

Kedamono(PTP) ♠️

Sammy Lawrence(BATIM) ♠️

Boris(BATIM) ♠️

Sun(TSAMS) ♦️

Moon(TSAMS) ♦️

Eclipse(TEAPS) ♣️

Puppet(TEAPS) ♠️

Frank(TSAMS/TEAPS) ♠️

Francis(TEAPS) ♦️

Jack-o-moon(TSAMS) ♦️

Molten(TSAMS) ♠️

Lunar(TSAMS/TEALS) ♦️

Vegeta(MAFS/TEAPS)❤️

Dr Panik(Block City/HMF)♣️

Henry(Block City/HMF) ♠️

Henric(Merge City/HMF) ♠️

Dr Kalm(Merge City/HMF) ♣️

Casey Jones(TMNT 2012) ♦️

Panikbot(Block City/HMF) ♦️

Jim davis(HMF) ♦️

Therapist(HMF)♣️

Action(HMF) ♣️

Rickutto(HMF) ♦️

Darko(HMF) ♠️

Hooper(HMF) ♠️

Brandon(HMF)❤️

Aris(HMF) ♠️

Rage(HMF) ♦️

Mist(HMF) ❤️

Birdie(HMF) ❤️

Frosty(HMF) ♠️

Little Ropo(TLC) ♣️

Little Jack(TLC) ♦️

Scuba Steve(TLC) ♠️

Sharky(TLC) ♣️

Luke(MCH) ♠️

Peter(MCH) ♦️

Goldy(MCH) ♠️

Donald Duck(Ducktales) ♣️

Pigsy(LMK) ♦️

Redson(LMK) ♦️

Googz/Parker(RTGC) ♠️

Playtime(Baldis Basics) [celestes friend] ❤️

Tiger/Kotetsu(T&B) ♠️

Jyles(OoO) ❤️

Jon(LJ) ♣️

Davis(LJ) ♠️

Casey Jones(TMNT 1990) ♦️

The card symbols don't exactly determine where in the building they all work, it just really depends on their shifts.

Each of the main ocs in this story(Maxie, Stella, raegan, etc) has a favorite character they like to hang around, so heres that :

Maxie - Popee The Performer (PTP)

Stella - Sammy Lawrence (BATIM)

Raegan - Dr Panik & Henry (Horrormashfriends)

Lix - Jack-o-moon (TSBS)

Kaede - Mist (Horrormashfriends)

Gacey - Action (Horrormashfriends)

Palin - Frank (TSBS)

Lila - Redson (LMK)

Uhhh yeah that's the staff- :3

(Skitters off [I'll likely come back w more art n stuff])

[coldharbor-claymore]

Time: 0900 (2 Days before drop into LZ Gold)

"Monarch 1 on deck!" Holly said as Adrian entered the barracks. The Barracks didn't have much to it. It was just a pair of bunk beds in an empty room tall enough that the upper bunk, which belonged to Kara, could fully display a pinup poster of an elemental that was 60cm long. It was more propaganda than pinup but it was hot enough that Adrian called it pornography instead of propaganda. Pornography was allowed in the barracks. Jade Falcon propoganda wasn't.

Everyone was there now except for Lucy, presumably because she was working on their 'Mechs. Sean was lying on his bed to the right, reading a Rasalhague news feed on a dataslate in nothing but his boxers. His hair was red and what he would call "rugged" which meant it hadn't been combed in days. He had a slightly tanned face and arms from spending the last week helping SLDF forces on a jungle planet. That's when Adrian came to him saying he had finally organized enough of the paperwork to sign their new mercenary company into business. He looked up from his dataslate when Adrian entered the room.

Holly was putting up a Rasalhague Dominion poster sporting a Rime Otter, a 'Mech which she swore she'd buy one day. The question of survival under Adrian's command never crossed her mind. She jumped to attention and let the poster fall under her bunk when Adrian entered. Holly had a skin tone like a silky coffee mixed with just the right amount of milk and black hair with some blue highlights at the ends she dyed herself. She had glowing blue markings on her face and she was wearing a tank top and underwear.

Kara was lazily fiddling with a broken radio while sitting crosslegged on her bunk. She wore a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. It was her "relaxing outfit" and it hadn't been washed in a week. Thankfully the smell of the ship tended to overpower her own. She had jet black hair done up in a ponytail and the pale skin of a former Blakist.

"Holly, you don't have to do that," Adrian said as Holly's mind caught up with her body. She sheepishly sat back down on her bunk and rubbed the back of her neck. Adrian, for his part, was wearing his dress attire from his days in the Rasalhague Dominion. This included a pair of black dress pants, a dark blue dress shirt, a black tie, and a vibrantly blue overcoat with tufts of black fur around the neck. The ensemble was finished with a blue dress hat in identical coloration to the overcoat.

Adrian was a thin man with pale skin and hair like the golden brown color of perfectly cooked fish skin that he kept under a hat most of the time. He had a scar on his lip that Sean would say he got in a bar fight on his behalf but Adrian would tell you he got when he was 7 and tried to pick up his family's elderly dog.

"Apologies Kanto'," she whispered.

"So what's the news bossman?" Kara asked.

Adrian grinned and held up a dataslate sporting a contract signed by both him and the SLDF. "I got us our first tag along operation. We're going to be reinforcing Harwood PMC in Operation Touchdown. Taking out some Word of Blake remnant forces."

Kara's smile turned into a darkly saccharine frown.

"If that's alright with you of course Kara," Adrian quickly added.

"Yeah, just," Kara began in a voice slightly too smooth for a Mechwarrior. "Didn't expect it so soon."

"I did want to find something which didn't involve the Blakists, for the record. They're just kind of a common problem across the Inner Sphere. A few of them have found spots in the periphery."

"No," Kara said before repeating, "no. Its fine. I think it'll do me good. Anything for the C-Bills right?"

Sean looked up from his dataslate, "Well. Not quite anything. We're not about to do dirty work."

"Yes, that is a point to keep in mind," Adrian said.

"So what planet is this operation happening on?" Holly asked.

"The planet is called Helios. Its by Canopus. Its in the periphery. We're already halfway there."

"Sounds dangerous," Sean said.

"Shouldn't be too bad. Its a winter world. Cold but reasonable. We'll be dropping at LZ Gold and moving to capture the city Coen which is still occupied," Adrian corrected.

"How long do I have to finish my read?" Sean asked.

"About an hour then we begin checks."

Everyone stared at Adrian for a few moments before he smiled again.

"Uh, dismissed," he said, turning on his heels, his overcoat spinning as he left.

[bookclub4m]

Episode 184 - Horror

This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Horror! We talk about fear, control, Goosebumps, bad dogs, horror-comedy, creepypasta, the apocalypse, lizard romance, and more! 

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Straight by Chuck Tingle

Mister Magic by Kiersten White, narrated by Rebecca Lowman

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

The Wicked Unseen by Gigi Griffis

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

Leech by Hiron Ennes

The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen edited by Ellen Datlow

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Into the Pit: Fazbear Frights #1 by Scott Cawthon and Elley Cooper

Sadako at the End of the World by Koma Natsumi

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus, Book 3 by Eiji Otsuka and Yamazaki Housui

Things We Read (but didn’t talk about in this episode)

Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki

Résumé With Monsters by William Browning Spencer

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu and Soo Lee

Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw

A Song for the Quiet by Cassandra Khaw

The Helios Syndrome by Vivian Shaw

Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum

Other Media (& Authors) We Mentioned

Captain Britain And MI13, Volume 3: Vampire State by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk, and Mike Collins

Stephen King

Misery

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Cujo

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Alien: Isolation (Wikipedia)

Dead Space (2008 video game) (Wikipedia)

R.L. Stine

Goosebumps

Fear Street

Junji Ito

The Enigma of Amigara Fault - “T-this is my hole! It was made for me!”

Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu

Emily Carroll

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Smart Podcast Trashy Books: 579. Punk Rock Writing with Chuck Tingle

Candle Cove by Kris Straub

Candle Cove (Wikipedia)

SCP Foundation 

SCP-087

The SCP Foundation: Declassified (YouTube)

The Ring (2002 film) (Wikipedia)

We talked more about the novel The Ring in Episode 078 - Supernatural Thrillers

Crapshots Ep608 - The Old Ones (YouTube) 

Links, Articles, Etc.

Episode 176: Fantasy

Episode 123: Psychological Horror

Does the Dog Die?

Matthew’s spooky phone case is a variant of this one

Matthew did a “31 Spooky Manga” challenge a few years ago and read a different spooky manga every day in October.

The Midnight Library: Episode 001 - Halloween Poetry

Sound Effects

Big Thunder And Distant Thunder Rain Birds by morvei01

Dramatic Organ, A by InspectorJ

bats1 by sofie

Pigeons (St Stephens Green, Dublin) by iainmccurdy

31 Recent Horror Books by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

This list features horror fiction by BIPOC authors published within the last 3 years.

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

The Spite House by Johnny Compton

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell

Piñata by Leopoldo Gout

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Morena-Garcia 

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn

Manmade Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

Chlorine by Jade Song

Midnight Storm Moonless Sky: Indigenous Horror Stories by Alex Soop

There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality: Stories by Lindsay Wong

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth 

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Join us again on Tuesday, November 7th when we’ll be discussing the non-fiction genre of Crafts and Crafting!

Then on Tuesday, December 5th we’ll be talking about the genre of Suspense Fiction!

[dajaregambler]

HeliosR - Sing in the darkness - Chapter 2 - Part 14

Translation of Sing in the darkness from ‘Helios Rising Heroes’, a new side arc alongside the current main story arc Like the dawning light.

Sage: You’re an outstanding kid too, Will-kun. Being with Akira-kun must serve as nice encouragement for the both of you, no?

Will: Encouragement…. 

Sage: I’ll be looking forward to the next round of tryouts. I’ll be waiting with high hopes for you two to join.

Akira: Yeah! Ya better wait!

Will: I will also look forward to working together with Sage-san. Is it okay for me to reach out whenever I see you in town again? 

Sage: Of course♪

Will: Thank you very much…! 

Will: Our apologies for bothering you while on the job. Let’s go, Akira♪

Akira: Aw yeah! Voltage max!!!!!!!

Sage: Fufu, how energetic. 

Sage: (Yeah… Since we got admitted, it’s time for the next generation to do their best and aim for the tryouts.)

Sage: (And then it continues on and on. Reaching your dream doesn’t mark the end of it.)

Sage: (Okay, gotta do my best so I won’t lose against those kids…!)

Civilian girl A: Hey, did you see that?

Sage: (....Hm?)

Civilian girl B: I did I did, like in that alleyway right? Things were looking kinda dangerous there 

Civilian girl A: All you could see were a bunch of bad looking dudes… wonder if that kid caught up in it will be okay? 

-

Sage: (---They mentioned an alleyway, would it be here?)

Sage: (And caught up… in a way of getting shaken down for money by delinquents, maybe…?)

Bad looking guy A: Told ya that hiding’s pointless! 

Sage: !?

Bad looking guy A: We already got evidence that ya were the one ransacking our turf before. 

Sage: (D-doesn’t look like they’re on the same level as delinquents. There’s 1, 2, 3…. 6 people and only one of them is surrounded?)

Siams: Tch… the hell you yapping ‘bout. Don’t remember a damn thing before taking shelter.

Bad looking guy B: B-bastard…. you and your goddamn smug mug!

Siams: Gonna throw punches? Quit babbling and do it already then

Bad looking guy C: Oi, let’s clip ‘em already. Ain’t nobody gonna notice when some mutt like him disappears. 

Bad looking guy D: This brat’s already been pushing his luck for too long now, heard that other gangs have been turnin’ him away 

Siams: ……..

Bad looking guy A: Wasn’t thinking on goin’ back empty-handed either way today. Listen you mutt, don’tcha ya think yer getting out of this scot-free!

Sage: (T-this is bad! I have to help---)

Bad looking guy A: Guah!?

Sage: ….!

Siams: What…?

Bad looking guy B: Hey, get it together man! What’s gotten into ya suddenly!?

Bad looking guy C: Who did that! Who’s over there!? 

Nico: ………….

Sage: (Nico-kun!?)

Bad looking guy D: The hell, asshole…. 

Bad looking guy A: !? Wait a sec, all of ya! This guy is… 

Bad looking guy D: Haahn?

Nico: Vanish already. 

Bad looking guy A: Hieh! R-run… forget ‘bout it and get outta here!

Bad looking guy B: W-ait man…! What’s gotten into ya!? 

Sage: …….

Nico: ……?

Sage: Ah! Um……

Nico: You were here

Sage: ……

Siams: You guys buncha heroes?

[cuiizhu]

Helios Rising Heroes - Rise on GoldenXXSection

Note:

This entire event story is an April Fools AU. None of its contents are within Helios's canon, but it does reflect the plotline of Main Story CH14 - First Storm and is best appreciated after reading said chapter. Go read it if you haven't yet, it's very good.

Chapter 1:

Akira: HELL YEAH! The Genius Idol, Ootori Akira’s back at it! Gonna work at Voltage Max again today! 

Dino: Good morning, Akira-kun. You’re as lively as ever~ perfect marks♪

Akira: Hehe♪ Ain’t that right~

Asch: Oi, greet people properly. 

Akira: Haah? I just did, and happily too! 

Asch: That wasn’t a greeting. It was just a big monologue. 

Akira: …Shit, don’t say things that ruin the mood. Even you don’t greet us all the time either.  

Asch: Aah??? Don’t fuck with me, shithead. 

Gast: Now now. Why don’t we turn the voltage down a notch instead of maxing it within the first minute of arriving at work, both of you? 

Akira: Gast! Don’t steal MY Voltage Max! 

Gast: It’s not stealing…. And anyways, where’d you get the idea that Asch isn’t greeting us? 

Gast: He’s more thorough than any of us, you usually just don’t see it. 

Akira: Eeh….? 

Asch: In the first place, you’re always arriving later than me. Know your place. 

Akira: Guh…..

Asch: For a rookie to do it this often…Do you want to learn this lesson the painful way? 

Akira: The hell, you wanna go? 

Gast: Oi, quit it…. Asch too, don’t let it get to ya. 

Asch: Hmph. 

Dino: Let’s just calm down you guys. Look, here’s the piping hot pizza that just arrived~

Akira: You ordered pizza again!? Everytime I come here, this agency’s always got pizza. 

Asch: It’s not the agency’s fault, it’s this guy’s. This pizzahead bitch never gets tired of ordering it day in and day out. 

Dino: I’ll never get tired of it! One pizza per day! Then I’ll be happy, and everyone will be happy! 

Dino: Definitely, love and peace…..☆

Gast: Ahaha, there it is. Dino’s inscrutable motto. 

Asch: Tsk, who’s ever heard of an idol that eats nothing but pizza everyday. …..How have you not gained weight? 

Dino: I won’t gain weight. In fact, it’s full of benefits for health and beauty! See? If you eat pizza, it’ll be love and peace …..☆

Asch: Stop shitting around…. speak like a normal person.

 

Akira: Dino’s supposed to be our leader, right? At first glance, he seems normal, but I don’t really understand…. 

Akira: Hm? Gast, whatchu lookin’ at? 

Gast: Our fanclub site. Subscribers seem to be on the rise.

Akira: Oh!? What’s that feel like !?

Gast: Take a look…our followers on social media are steadily increasing, and results from searchin’ your own name feels pretty great. 

Gast: For a while there were some rumors of member disagreements that’d pop up, but that’s calmed down since. 

Dino: Ahaha, there it is~. I think everyone’s realized Asch’s lone wolf persona.

Asch: Aah? This ain’t a persona.  

Dino: Is that so? Well, even so, it just means they’ve accepted who you are as a person, I’m glad ♪

Asch: ……Tch….

Akira: Ah! By the way, there was talk of using our song in a commercial right? Any updates on that?

Gast: Aah that, huh. That kinda talk…

Dino: That huh~ It’s a shame but it seems that’s a dead end. Apparently they picked another song last minute. 

Akira: Seriously!? Man, and I was so looking forward to it…..

Dino: There there…these sorts of things happen all the time, so don’t get too down in the dumps. There’ll be plenty of other chances soon enough. 

Asch: ….Plenty my ass? 

Asch: We’ve been like this since before the rookie’s arrival. We’re not at a level where these offers come handed to us on a silver platter. 

Dino: You think so? Between the conditions and power balance within the agency, so on and so forth—I think it depends a lot on those kinds of circumstances…..

Dino: But I think first priority should go to whether we fit what they’re looking for. 

Dino: “This is what I wanted! This is exactly what I was looking for!” —till we get those kinds of feedback, let’s keep giving our all♪

Asch: Tsk, if only the industry were so simple—

Akira: You mean, till you’re the strongest idol! Leave it to me, I’ll shut everyone up! 

Dino: Akira-kun…..!

Akira: Let’s aim to have the most fans in Japan, no, in the WORLD! Voltage Max!!!

Asch: Turn it down….

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Raphael x Evie (f!OC) | Fic Rating: E/Varied | Chapter 1 on AO3

Photic sneeze reflex (or autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst, "ACHOO" syndrome): A condition characterized by successive sneezing induced by bright light.

Raphael's devil transformation makes poor Evie sneezy, plus a reminder of how they met.

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Chapter 10: Just a Light Reaction “Oh, humans and their silly-” *gestures vaguely*

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Ch. Rating: T / SFW Ch. Word Count: 307 Ch. Tags: POV Evie; Humor; Drabble Ch. Warnings: Slight (General) Humiliation

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Read under the cut or on AO3-

With the bright flash of light of his transformation, Evie found herself doubled over in a violent fit of sneezing.

She heard Raphael walk to his desk and pull out his chair to sit.  “In all my years of dealing with mortals, I can safely say you have the honor of being the first to have such a-…reaction.”  She didn’t need to be able to see Raphael to know the judgmentally amused expression he assuredly wore.  “Fear, cowering…apathy, varying degrees of anger.  A dwarf pissed himself last ten-day - not uncommon.  Sneezing, though, that is new.”

“Oh, dear fox, we are beginning to match with the shade you’ve turned!” he teased.  “This reminds me of when we first met.  And here I thought it had merely been the occasion!”

She’d rather not be reminded.

Though she frequently saw him in both his devil and human forms, Raphael hadn’t transformed in front of her again since that first time.

Evie further hid her face in mortification.

He’d come waltzing into the camp, started reciting poetry, and she panicked as he introduced himself, promptly informing him, “Sorry, sir, but we’re full on bards.”  Things were a bit tense at the time and she had literally just come from separating Volo and Wyll, who had threatened to skewer the bard for his gods-awful playing.  Not one of her best moments.

And then the devil whisked her away, and she nearly brained herself on a dining table chair from sneezing after the first time he transformed in front of her.

“It’s the liiight,” she whined out from behind her knees in explanation, now half buried sideways in the armchair as her face throbbed and lungs burned but the sneezing had finally stopped.  And then she hiccoughed.

The devil was laughing.

He could never say he hadn’t been warned of her oddities.

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