#talismen

[woahbeans]

pov ur crush is showing u around his man cave

[nadekofannumber1]

i think ZokuNade is supposed to be literally Kuchinawa considering the other versions of characters Koyomi meets are directly their associated oddities (Suruga is only the Rainy Devil, Tsubasa is only the cat, and I've always maintained that the small Tsubasa is Kako, the youngest sister)

Mayoi and Tsukihi are already oddities, and so stay much the same, while Karen never experienced a true oddity, and Sodachi nothing at all

Tbh yeah zokunade is probably kuchinawa, but also there’s like 2 kuchinawas. The one Nadeko manifested, and the one Nadeko revived. Zokunade is probably both, but if it was just revived kuchinawa mixed with the looks of Nadeko and the regrets of Koyomi that would also make sense. Some characters are more reversed internal oddity and some others are more on regrets. (And he really really regrets the Nadeko incident)

The lesser example for a sole regrets one is Karen who’s like, supposed to be an extension of the idea that araragi feels like he’s been ignoring the femininity and personhood of his sister but also that arc works in an odd way bc idk how many people actually mentally internalized karen as masculine before nise 2. It’s an odd one to discuss bc Karen’s character arc is kinda messy (even in its closing statement of Karen ogre.)

Sodachi based regret is a more easy to pinpoint.

Kuchinawa of the shrine and Kuchinawa of the Nadeko have been kinda fused in a way so perhaps zokunade is only 1/4 Nadeko.

Regardless people don’t post kuchinawa enough.

Regardless of if one sees him as just the oddity or a sort of black hanekawa fused new identity situation.

[howhow326]

Alfred: I'm a good tank!

Diamant + Emblem Roy: No, I'm a good tank!

Timerra + Emblem Ike: ... Amateurs.

Diamant + Emblem Roy: What was that, punk?!

Timerra + Emblem Ike: A M A T E U R S

[bluebelleisabelle]

Picture from What’s Up, Watzie? :)

JDHDJDJHD OMG I'M GONNA CRY IT'S SO CUTE

[mystupidpokemon]

I'm not corrupted by the amulet or anything but people who might try to touch or steal it from me definitely have to die. just as a moral thing

[renerox]

THE TALISMEN - The Talismen’s Style [Vinyl Reissue]

. UK 60’s freakbeat group with one of those records issued only in Italy. So, it’s more rare and expensive than it’s great but anyways has some solid stuff. Mostly fine cover version of Marvin Gay, Bo Diddley, Major Lance, Otis Blackwell, The Who, The Kinks and other classic tunes. Comes with 4 bonus trax. Check it out! . . ***in comments! .

[yandere-daydreams]

When he doesn't know when he's going to be back, Gojo makes sure to leave his door unlocked.

It's less freeing than it sounds. The first time, you thought he'd actually made a mistake, that he'd slipped up and given you a chance to bypass the blood-red talismen posted on every door and window and finally get away from him. In a frenzy, you'd stolen one of the many silver-plated cards he left lying around the house and thrown yourself out of that awful, stifling penthouse as quickly as you could. You'd spent the two weeks he was gone burying yourself in Kawasaki; emptying any ATM you came across, skipping from hotel to motel to hostel, too anxious to settle but too scared to do anything but hide. You'd considered leaving the city, then attempting to flee Japan altogether, but he'd come back before you could pull yourself together - picked you up in some cheap bar and taken you back home. There hadn't been a punishment, but you'd never gotten an explanation, either. You only realized he'd let you escape the next time he left for one of his 'work trips', the next time the door was left unlocked.

It was just practicality. You knew that. He could disappear for weeks at a time, and considering the constantly-sparse state of his kitchen, you'd starve to death twice over by the time he got back. You knew that he wouldn't let you out if he didn't know he could get you back, but still, you wasted months trying to get away from him - buying plane tickets that'd go unused, agonizing over destinations you'd never reach, packing bags just to be forced to unpack a few days later as Gojo watched over your shoulder, his grin condescending and patronizing and awful.

Even from a distance, he had ways to keep you where you were. If you made it to the edge of the city, one of his grinning, grimy friends would be there to forcibly escort you back to its heart. If you tried to go to someone else, someone with more authority for help, you'd be turned away with no comment beyond a pressed frown and warning not to make up something so outlandish again. If you tried to contact someone you knew before Gojo stepped into your life...

Well, you never got that desperate. He might be willing to let you stray, but his possessiveness ensured you strayed alone.

It didn't take long before you devolved, before you started looking for ways to get back at Gojo, since you couldn't get away from him. You don't know how many tens of millions of yen you spent on luxury resorts, upscale restaurants, anything you could buy or do or waste money for in a way you hoped, delusionally, would leave a dent in Gojo's bottomless funds. It wasn't long before you got sick of that, too. It was one thing to try to spite Gojo. It was another to try to get back at him while you knew you were still in his cage.

Really, why would you even try? It gets harder to run every time he leaves, harder to justify leaving home when you know you're only going to dragged back in a few days. It's all you can do to stomach the dread that knots in your chest as you realize - lying in your captor's bed, half-conscious as you feel a familiar chest press against your back after for the first time after many, many days of precious freedom - just how long its been since the last time you tried to leave at all.

[blueshadesfandomstuff]

Yes to all of this but Dick also packbonds with ANYTHING and this wasn't just anything it was a 13 year old mini Bruce but with no ego, no self care ability but puppy-dog eyes already on lock and a photo of himself as a *baby* with Dick and his parents - frankly Bruce dying soon after Damian arrived was going to be the only option he would give Tim up for!

The batkids are so interesting because like Jason's a daddy's boy, Cass is a daddy's girl, Damian’s a daddy's boy, Dick likes Selina more, Duke would rather have his actual parents back but Bruce is nice and he's very very thankful, Babs loves her dad thank you very much, and Steph is reluctantly and unwillingly a daddy's girl.

But Tim? Tim's an older brother's boy. Don't get him wrong, he loves Bruce! He wishes him only the best, really. But Bruce could quite literally be having a mental breakdown and Tim would fix it, because that's what he does, he fixes Bruce’s problems, but it's not personal, it's business.

But with Dick? If Dick's hello-hug lasts for thirteen seconds instead of its usual fifteen, Tim's immediately all up in his business. What's wrong? Are you upset? Who upset you? What upset you? Can I help? No, tell me what's wrong, I'll fix it.

Tim's neurodivergent fanboy ass met his childhood hero and immediately glomped onto him. Dick's first mistake was not turning him away—the moment he let Tim into his apartment, whether he knew it or not, he just gained a little brother.

[eggonthemoon]

Losing my mind over Red Sheet Sinclair’s uptie 3 cutscene:

The atmosphere is immensely eerie, no bgm or anything. Only the sound of howling wind and a droning ambient noise.

The sheer amount of talismen strewn all over the room and plastered on the walls.

Him obsessively drawing more of them despite how complicated they are (even though it literally just says Talisman in Korean lmao)

It’s a stark contrast to how he is seen in Ishmael’s initial artwork:

Here we can see him chuckling together with Rodion.

And yet his dialogue implies that he has pretty much cut himself off from the rest of the world.

He doesn’t even know what time of day it is outside, only being able to guess from what little sunlight manages to get in through the cracks at noon.

He is losing himself to the E.G.O. more and more, to the point where it’s hard to extinguish where Sinclair starts and where the E.G.O. ends.

And the cherry on top is:

nobody cares.

It’s clear to see that he is not in the right mental space but no one is intervening because he brings in results like this and they would rather not put in the effort.

The difference between him and N Corp Sinclair is that Nclair was deliberately groomed into being the unstable individual he is.

Meanwhile Red Sheet understands fully the risks of donning this E.G.O. and does so willingly.

Him and his E.G.O. is a perfect match. Too perfect. And he is going off the deep end because of it.

I think there is something to be said about codependency and how all of this is symbolic of someone who is dealing with an untreated mental illness in self destructive ways.

TLDR:

If I had a penny for every time Sinclair got an ID with codependency issues I would have 2 pennies which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice!

[ltwilliammowett]

What were the traditions of the British sailory in regards to burying their dead? I heard there was something with burying tiny dolls on land?

Hi,

usually the deceased was sewn into his hammock, often with a cannonball at his feet, and then dumped into the sea. If the person died at sea. At home there were several ways to commemorate a deceased person and so the small dolls in coffins in Scotland were probably also part of this custom. However, it is not entirely clear whether this was really the case.

This custom seems to have had its roots in Germany in the 18th century (possibly much earlier), where Sailor keeping mandrake roots or dolls in tiny coffins as talismen, he postulated that the coffins were a hoard of lucky charms. And that death, when it came, first took the doll before it took the person himself. In Scotland in the 19th century, and even earlier, these dolls were buried as lucky charms for all sorts of things, but could also be buried by widows or mothers as a substitute for their now lost husband or son, in order to guarantee a Christian burial. So several things are possible and seem to be limited to these two countries.

[the0verboss]

Actually had to update to add Onyx Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls.

Which is an actual good movie. Campy in the best ways, wonderful practical effects that add to its atmosphere and really solidify the whole vibe. Enjoyable ensemble cast that have wonderful balanced screentime so you care about all of them. Did I mention their wonderful nonbinary character Mack played by Rivkah Reyes? They're a jem and a witch. Jeff's over the top Bartok is great especially when you realize it's a performance inside the performance. I'd love to see a sequel honestly. Jeff just does so well as an obvious villain.

And to see Barbara Crampton again, even tho she and Jeff don't share any screen time was a treat.

Who knew weird Satan guy had it in him.

Jeffrey Combs movies I’ve finished so far (updated 12/02/23)

Reanimator Trilogy (Solid Fucking Gold. Even Beyond which is bad is good. I will never grow weary of Herbert West)

Castle freak (I’m glad I got this one out of the way early it’s a hard watch)

From Beyond (Crawford Tillinghast deserves better)

Doctor Mordrid (<3 this is my go to Jeff movie when I need to put on something nice)

The Dunwhich Horror

Frightmare (he’s so gorgeous in this. And so young. And a good. The whole movie is goofy)

Frighteners (Milton steals the show, much like Combs usually does)

Cellar Dweller (this one barely counts, but I still love the movie. They kill the owner of Nickelodeon)

Cyclone (Rick Davenport is a bottom, The blonde is a bombshell)

Hammerhead- Shark Frenzy (I’m an authority on shark movies and the fact that Jeff has done one completes me)

Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (a waste of two great Horror Actors, Andrew Divoff and Jeff Combs. It honestly just needed there to be more to the story that was worth engaging with. They’re both doing what they can with it)

The Evil Clergyman (beat my priest kink to death. Also Barbara’s impression of Jeff is sooooo gooood)

Attic Expeditions (weird movie, cute combs)

Suburban Gothic (cute cameo, but short)

The Phantom Empire (🤤)

Motivational Growth (which everyone should see it was great)

Parasomnia (I feel like I need to watch this one again)

Lurking fear (dr haggis deserved better)

Death falls (this is the ugliest he’s ever been and I’m including post pineal gland Crawford in this assessment)

American Bandits Frank and Jesse James (I would def take more combs westerns)

Dark House (an absolute joy. Ham it up)

Masters of Horror-The Black Cat (watch the commentary its worth it)

Deadman Walking (he’s the second most important character why can’t our boy get better billing)

Howard Lovecraft and the undersea kingdom( cute but dark)

Felony (how is this not farther up the list of Great Jeff Movies)

Feardotcom (a waste of a perfectly good Jeff. Could have had him as the leading man and the whole movie would have been better for it.)

Time Tracers (I collect shit shark movies. This is still the worst movie I have ever seen. But Jeff does what he can with it. Worth watching if just because it’s horrendous. If it had been directed by Fred Olen Ray it might have actually been fun)

Voodoo Moon (I can’t even begin to review this one- zombie Jeff with a gun- I really just need to finally watch Fortress)

Age of Stone and Sky: The Sorcerer Beast (he was an adorable old man. Would have liked to see more of him, the hippie look killed.)

FORTRESS (finally, I’m glad I saved it for a rainy D-Day, this is a pun. I will now wait forever for the “everyone lives fix it fic” where D-Day runs a Mexican coffee shop)

Trancers II (more Jeff than I expected. Liked the goatee.)

Holiday Hell (I sorta love Thaddeus Rosemont, expect some art)

Beethoven's Treasure Tail (an older Combs as an inept villain. cute. worth it.)

House on Haunted Hill (a masterpiece, enjoyable even with so little jeff)

Return to House on Haunted hill (more Jeff, the only thing that makes this worth it)

Faust : Love of the Damned (guys he’s supposed to look like Elvis. Wtf. Not enough combs to make up for how weird this movie is)

The Guyver (not a lot of combs but what is there is cute. Just over all a decent movie)

Urgency (Jeff does what he can with bad writing and likely substandard directing. Sumner is pitiable, and you sorta wanna hug him right up til the end. Then you want to punch him before you hug him)

All Souls Day : Dia de los muertos ( just a quick scene at the beginning, but not a terrible movie once he’s gone. I’m here for some zombies)

The Digital Prophet ( one of 4 in my top 5 worst combs movies. This one is worse than time tracers)

Satanic ( hes cute but barely in this despite top billing. Coulda replaced the doctor with him)

Elf Man (I love a goofy Combs and this one is goofy)

Pit and the Pendulum (finally another Stuart Gordon. I was concerned about this one but honestly I should have known not to be with who was making it. I’m still haunted by the tights, but it’s now a fav)

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (omg the false teeth and the bad hair. He’s a minor character. Loved Brandy though.)

Dillinger and Capone (a surprising amount of Jeff and a different role than we usually see. It’s a good look)

Abdominable (only a bit of Jeff and he’s sorta goofy.)

Would You Rather (lots of Jeff, the kind of screen time I beg for, in a movie I could have done without. It’s a solid performance, even if I didn’t love the movie.)

Onyx Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (hilarious. Fabulous effects. Jeff plays a fun credible villian. I actually want a sequel. Oh and Barbara Crampton is also here which is a plus.)

Jeffrey Combs Tv I’ve finished

All of Star Trek

Twilight Zone- Placebo effect

She Spies

Gotham (so much potential just stifled, he’d have been great in several of the parts in this series)

CSI- Jackpot (super cute combs here. 10/10 presh)

Criminal Minds- the Black Queen (needed more but the syringe shot was a little hilarious)

Creepshow- Bad Wolf Down

Freddys Nightmares- S2Ep7 Love Stinks (A+ campy Jeff)

Perversions of Science Ep. 4 the Exile (guys the pay off is huge, 26 min. well spent)

The 4400 (could have used more Jeff as he was the most likable character in the whole bunch. Kinda like Enterprise I anticipate a 5th season would have had a better quantity.)

Babylon 5 S1Ep16 Eyes (Mr. Grey is very pretty, and soft)

Star Trek: Lower Decks S2 EP 7 Where Pleasant Fountains Lie (ALL HAIL AGIMUS. welcome home Jeff)(as Agimus is now a repeating character just assume I'm seeing him every time. What an arc lol)

Stan against Evil S2 EP4 Girls Night (I love a silly jeff in a silly role. Let the man play folks!)

Extras (audiobooks/ documentaries/ etc)

Hp Lovecrafts Herbert West: Reanimator audiobook (available on YouTube)

Star Trek Rat Pack closing performance for STLV 2019 (also available on youtube)

Doug Bradley’s Spinechillers- Vol. 11

In Search of Darkness 1 and 2

Nevermore Audio Book

What we left behind (which I actually saw in theatres, so good)

The Skin of Our Teeth (it’s a filmed play, could probably go in the tv section, quite enjoyable. Would be interesting to see him play George Antrobus now that he’s older)

Reanimator Novel (Jeff’s on the cover so I’m counting it)

GALAXYCON 2 min MEET AND GREET! (i died during this)

The United Monster Talent Agency (blink and youll miss him in this short

Star Trek Online Campaign- Victory is Life

STAR TREK LAS VEGAS RAT PACK PHOTO OP (I could barely make eye contact, but guys he touched me >///<)

Re-Animator: Reunion Edition (Charles Band yur gross. Barb yur a queen. Jeff yur adored and yur impressions are goofy.)

I should get a degree at this point. If anyone can suggest where to go after this to continue my fix, that would be greeeeeeeat.

[nyaskitten]

Why'd they fumble the Wojira Lore. GIRL what the fuck IS she, where are her talismen FROM, WHO infused them with elemental energy? I doubt she was BORN with two big talismen on her forehead chat!

[parainvestigate]

Since this has been going around thought I would have Hellboy participate.

[miirshroom]

Ya, because Radagon is a manifestation of the Fell God. Rumors of his demise were greatly exaggerated.

Further observe:

St. Trina's Torch:

"Candlestand torch that burns with a light-purple flame. The carvings depict St. Trina, but in adult form, somewhat unnervingly."

Aside from the 9 pointed flower symbol that is the most direct visual, the whorls in the hair resemble another item:

So, the unnerving thing about St. Trina's torch is that it is carved with the motif of the Fell God. An indicator of how one of the key characteristics of the mysterious St. Trina is that the Fell God has been manipulating her actions.

WAIT A SECOND PLEASE WAIT A SECOND PLEASE WAIT-

[transenbyconfessions]

One of my favorite ways in fiction to make someone's chosen name valid is tying magic to their name. Things like fae not having power over someone because they know their deadname, and that isn't their true name. There's a new superhero comic where the mom tries to keep them in place with talismen that work based on name, and it doesn't do shit because "this is written for *unreadable scribbles*. That's not me. It never was"

Magic, even if evil, still thinks you're valid. That's nice <3

Submitted June 26, 2023

[lavatory-sealed-hanako-kun]

I had an epiphany on the train to work and busted this out on my phone. Its based on the Teru-Teru-Bozu talismen for gud weather👌