#testing. a new posting time

[serenescribe]

Hmmm ok ok ok for the ficlet frenzy how about a scene that takes place in Malleus’s dreamworld that’s kind of like the story prompt you had earlier where Malleus took the part of Maleficent and Silver took the part of Aurora - but this time Silver is still Aurora. However, it’s Lilia who has the part of Maleficent and he gets mind-controlled by Malleus in the dreamworld to put Silver to sleep. Lilia’s not aware of his own actions (or maybe he is for that extra angst flavor) and Malleus lets him have control back only after he’s forced to put Silver to sleep so Lilia is left with the horrible reality of his actions. (Btw I really love how you write Silver and Lilia’s dynamic as father and son, it feels so realistic and kind)

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“Ugh…��

His head hurts. With a groan, Lilia presses the palm of his hand against his forehead, fingers digging deep in a desperate, perhaps instinctive, attempt to massage away the throbbing pain. But it continues to linger, likened to a pulsating vein; it weighs him down and makes him feel dizzy, the pain overwhelming his senses.

Slowly, ever so slowly, he comes back to himself. Lilia pushes himself upright, palms pressing against a cold stone floor to get himself off from the ground. His mind is a muddled mess, and the pain certainly doesn’t help. What happened? It’s a question that runs through his mind; Lilia racks his brain, but the last thing he can recall is a blurry haze of memories: his time spent as the general, followed by the sudden recollection of his suppressed memories and subsequently, wandering through dreams, searching for a way to save…

Malleus.

The name strikes his very soul. Lilia’s eyes fly open, head jerking upwards. Yes, that’s right— he remembers Malleus, standing tall in all his overblotted glory, tattered regalia draping off of him. He’d appeared out of nowhere while they had been split up, a cruel smile across his ink-stained lips as he raised one dripping hand, thrumming with magic, and—

A shiver runs down Lilia’s spine. He doesn’t want to raise his head. Some deep part of him knows that there is a terrible sight that awaits him. If he lies back down and closes his eyes, could he linger in his ignorance forever? All of this is too much for his old soul to handle.

And yet, for all his cowardice, Lilia still braces himself, and looks up.

The scene before him chills him to the core.

Silver, his dear, sweet Silver, is splayed out across the floor, face buried in his arms, hair masking bits of his face. Lilia sucks in a breath, heart stuttering to a stop at the sight of his son, so motionless, as though he were dead — the knowledge that they are within a dream brings him no comfort, not when Lilia knows not of what will happen to him next. His eyes drift upwards, taking in the spinning wheel that looms over his son, a sharp needle glistening in the dim candlelight of the room.

And next to Silver, next to the wheel, is Malleus.

“What did you do,” Lilia breathes. It’s not even a question, for that would imply some level of politeness. No, it’s a demand forced out in a trembling voice, a desperate order to understand what is going on.

Malleus simply tilts his head, a smile curling across his face. “I believe a better question would be: what did you do, Lilia?”

And all at once, it all comes back to him.

He’d slipped through labyrinthian corridors as though he were a puppet on a string, movements dictated by a mind other than his own. He hadn’t stepped out of the shadows; no, he’d descended a twisting set of staircases, used magic gifted to him to open hidden passageways, sending little balls of light towards wherever his son had been. He’d whispered through the air, magic carrying his voice through the cracks in the walls: Silver, Silver, Silver.

And then Silver appeared — eyes glossed over with a sickly green hue, every silent step leading him towards his doom. He’d stepped back, always out of sight, all the way until the topmost room: he’d called Silver over to the wheel, coaxed him to press his finger against the glinting needle, sharpened to a perfect tip, so narrow, so pointed—

Lilia keels over, gasps escaping his lips. He thinks he’s going to be sick.

“I must thank you, truly.” He forces himself to raise his head at the sound of Malleus’ voice, narrowing his eyes at the man. “I could not have gotten Silver here without your assistance. After all, who else would he follow, if not you?”

“You— You—”

His eyes widen as Malleus stoops down, gathering his son up in his arms. “No,” Lilia breathes, scrambling to shove himself to his feet as Malleus straightens up, magic beginning to pool from his very being, a green aura mixed with dripping blot. “No, no, you can’t take him from me—”

“Give my regards to Sebek, if you will,” Malleus tells him, as though he were simply departing, and not escaping with Lilia’s child in his arms. “And should the two of you ever tire of playing saviour… you need only call for me to bring you back to your dreams.”

And right as Lilia lunges forward, a strangled screech escaping his lips, Malleus and Silver disappear, leaving Lilia alone.

He crashes onto his knees in a painful thud, another ear-splitting shriek erupting from his throat. He gasps, those foul, awful memories of what he did infesting his mind, haunting him miserably, an infestation he cannot rid himself of.

He is responsible for Silver’s endless sleep. He is responsible for Malleus whisking him away.

Bitter bile rises in his throat. Lilia slams his fist into the ground, a choked sob spilling from his tongue as his knuckles throb with pain.

[kayatoastkkat]

hello tumblr isat fandom. pushes this in front of you and runs away

[nouverx]

Radiostatic week 2024 illustrations compiled in a single post because I like how they look all together

[anemonet]

this bad boy can fit so much sick symbolisms

[voidlesscreator]

AU where Danny is a stressed college student student aerospace engineering and is caught up in a fear gas attack, but since he's half ghost his biology is slightly fucked up when it comes to drugs and chemicals so it does the exact opposite and he's now as high as a kite while everyone is screaming in fear.

Meanwhile Scarecrow is curious about the young man who started giggling when he inhaled the fear gas and slips a little note into the man's pocket before dipping and the bats show up.

Cue Danny ending as the- actually paid- tester for Dr. Crane's new and other improved gasses which are actually good for him and awful for others. Like one guy is sent into hysterics as everything just hits him all at once, the air being audible, that one flickering light being ear shattering. Meanwhile Danny has just pulled out his notebook for his aerospace engineering class and started writing down new ideas with this sudden hyperfocus that seems chill to him.

This eventually leads to the bats finding out while Danny's just being given vapes filled with that overwhelming gas so that he can actually focus on his exam studying without getting distracted.

(Scarecrow is probably in the giddy stage of a new test subject that has positive feedback for his work. Mans had a contract written up and prescriptions made for Danny to use the gasses legally for himself.)

[tragicvampireromanceisland]

fellas is it gay to kiss your narrative foil..... 🤔😳

[kriskukko]

i miss the 1816 boys!!!

and they miss each other

[crossbackpoke-check]

blessed be (lorscher bienensegen) | telling the bees (wiþ ymbe)

"Bees" [remixed, abridged], Claudia Emerson // "Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now" [remixed. abridged], Matthew Olzmann // "Letter to my Great, Great Grandchild" [remixed, abridged], J.P. Grasser | Len Redkole, Nina Weiss, Brian Babineau, Christian Peterson, Mitchell Leff, Dave Isaac, Megan DeRuchie

[broh3m3]

He's not working

[frightsrising]

People being sour about the effects update have no joy or whimsy in their heart. "Nobody asked for dragon blingees" who CARES they're fun! You have the option to turn off the animations, I swear to God some of y'all complain just to complain.

[cringefailcabitha]

Smart alliance handshake if Solomon wrote III,

[romanticize-until-you-drop]

2023-12-18

Lattes, essays, and libraries on a rainy day.

Finals may be creeping up on me, but for just a moment, everything is ok.

[ssssssstarnnnights]

Spive (my wives)

[einsatzzz]

OCtober Day 1: Fav OC - YuiKanaRumi 🤖🍎🎀

Who else if not them? 🥰 It's been three years since @amiahoshi and I made them, and they were one of my supports, distractions and motivations whenever I fall through physical/mental hellholes. We dedicated a lot of time and pieces of ourselves in creating these three, and I'm very proud with how they turned out. TBH...I'm one of their creators but I'm also looking forward to how much more they'll change and develop in their story (and AUs), because they often really do just be moving on their own and not telling us shit (😭🤣😭🤣).

base here

[starswirly]

Ink -> Comyet

Ink aka my favorite drawing test subject :]

[akkivee]

I love hypmic so much but I hope it ends someday. They can keep making products, I hope they do, I would love to see new illustrations as long as they can afford to release them. But I hope that the story ends at some point, and they don't let it unceremoniously fizzle out like so many music projects because they kept trying to do more and more as the fanbase dwindled

i think the people running hypmic are very aware and know what they want with the franchise lmao. like hypmic’s still ridiculously popular in jp and bc they know that, they’re doing as much as they can with that notoriety while maintaining the vision of the story they want to tell

they clearly have an end in mind!!!! and they’ve been slowly building towards it with a clear focus imo, so i don’t think this is one of those franchises that’ll do so much to attract new people in hopes they can return to its heyday lol