#the dark pursuit

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Rage Form

[group-dynamic]

Very Minor Spoiler for Episode 7 (S2) of Rings of Power

Thinking casually about Galadriel's declaration earlier this season that caring for that which is most fragile and most dear is the duty entrusted to all elves and how Celebrimbor's gentle care in noticing and greeting that little mouse is what allowed him to see past Sauron's deception. :)

[artbyblastweave]

So, Frank Miller has stated in the past that he thought Jason Todd's death in Death in the Family was really poorly done, cynical, and tasteless- despite the fact that he himself wrote Jason Todd as having been killed in the line of duty in the backstory of The Dark Knight Returns, a couple of years before DC did it for real in normal continuity. People occasionally accuse him of hypocrisy because of this.

To put it lightly, I think that those accusations are eliding a pretty important difference between

A.) an at-the-time-novel, out-of-continuity, alluded-to-but-not-directly-depicted deconstructive beat about how taking a costumed tween into nightly gun battles where they constantly get taken hostage could potentially end very very poorly if you kept doing it long enough, and

B.) a death that was voted on via phone poll as a publicity stunt, the immediate follow-up to which involved the Joker getting diplomatic immunity by becoming Iran's ambassador to the UN so that Batman couldn't kill him about it.

You very rarely have to hand it to Miller but there's a pretty clear difference between these things. TDKR had a straightforwardly stronger implementation of the concept

[ducktracy]

i don’t have a greater commentary or more streamlined means of posting this other than i. NEED. “you poor unsanitary old underprivileged mongrel you” and “you pathetic, sallow creature you” on my blog for easy access. i laugh out loud every time i so much as think about it. Mike Maltese’s writing is a force to be reckoned with (as is the entire Charlie Dog filmography)

[anarchy-and-piglins]

Me not posting about new dark sbi AUs as often might give you the wrong impression that I'm out of AU ideas when the actual truth is I actually am having so many right now that I'm violently ping ponging between them at a rate that does not allow me to concentrate long enough to make a post

[gideonysis]

The natural heir!! You know what I mean???

[pursuitseternal]

astarion x f!durge, “If we weren’t in public right now…”

grats on 1500 followers!! c:

“If we weren’t in public right now…”

Act 3 Astarion x f!Durge | Smut Ask List

Part 1 to the scene from previous ask

Cw: “Soft Necrophilia” because it’s Durge, biting and blood, semi public

Fingers rake down your back as you lay across his lap before they sink into your cunt. His breath is still whistling in your ear, cold as death. You lick your lips; that’s why you love his scent so very much. He reeks of death. Beneath that fragrance he uses to mask it, your little murdery nose always scents it, his corpse-like body giving off that perfume of the grave. You adore it. No kill ever smelled sweeter than he does, especially now. That scent of him envelopes you, sweat beading on his brow and gathering at the base of his neck and chest from all his exertions.

You crave it, you long to lick him clean. He works his fingers inside your channel, three of them catching that bundle of inner nerves that makes your blood boil with bliss.

His own breath is deep as he inhales the scent of your arousal and excitement, his face still mashed against your temple as he bends low. He keeps his voice quiet. You are, after all, only slightly off the beaten paths of Rivington, down some shadowed alleyway and barely caged in on two sides by rotting crates. He sits still on one, your pert ass raised on his knees, fingers making slick sounds in your cunt.

You revel in feeling on exhibition. Your killer instincts rage at you; you should be quiet and stealthy. But being slightly exposed has not stopped your screams. “If we weren’t in public right now…” he threatens, voice low and wicked and dangerous in your ear.

“Oh, that shouldn’t stop you,” you preen, prying his hand off the back of your neck. You summon all your strength and sit yourself to straddle his lap. Your ass sings with pain from his hand prints and bite marks. It’s pleasurable pain you’ll inflict in return, and that thought makes you smile. Your hands make quick work of his laces, freeing that hard cock that’s been pressed into your belly for far too long.

“And just what do you think…” he starts to ask, but it’s too late to question your motives. You’ve freed him and already sunk onto his shaft until he’s bottomed out. “Fuck,” he curses, biting at the consonants.

You bite into his earlobe, enough to draw blood and make him scream so prettily. “But we are in public,” you giggle as you lick his blood for once. “And I’m going to ride you until your heart starts beating like you’re alive again…” you cup his cheek as you start to bounce.

“My perfect… pretty… corpse…”

Masterlist

[cconfusedkat]

flash warning !!!

Hii im creating a series of bishop lore animatics and Shamura happens to be the first bishop ive developed a little longer :-) flips pages like a fairtytale book ,,,,,, it allllll started during their Cardinal Shamura Era™

Basically in the beginning it shows themself at age 11, age 14, and then age 16 (almost age 17)They became their clergy's cardinal at 16, as well as finding the purple crown (war & wisdom) at the same given time, thus dangerously resorting to pyromania as a coping mechanism for their stresses ,,, which lead to burning down the whole clergy with the power of the purple crown ,,,

Nobody to this day (after 9,613 years) knows someone as young and prodigal as them would ever consider burning the longest running clergy throughout the history of silk cradle

Teenage angst gone WRONG ,,,,,, spider asked to leave their home 😣😣

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[val-of-the-north]

The insidiousness of Kin in Bloodborne

The game makes a clear distinction between the earthly, beastly nature of mankind and the higher, more sophisticated and advanced inhuman evolution offered by the stars, with one being feared and hated by almost everyone but a small group of irreverents and the other being the goal of most organizations in the setting. They crave the superior knowledge that the stars, sea and Great Ones can offer them and in their selfishness they drag the entire population through the mud, subjecting them to the Scourge that turns them into the reviled, de-evoluted monsters that infest Yharnam.

But there’s something to be noted when analyzing the result of their attempts at ascension... most Kin we see are horrifying and animalistic monsters, no better than the beasts that devour the population. Take for example the Brainsuckers. Their lust for insight isn’t too dissimilar from that of blood-drunk men for their precious healing blood. They do everything in their power to feed themselves on more insight, more knowledge... and for what? In their current state, it’s more of a craving than a meaningful pursuit. And their locations are rather telling too, as most of them are found in the base of operation of the Choir. How were these men of science any different than the commoners they deem blinded by beastly idiocy? All those sacrifices to turn into addicts themselves.

We also see the Fluorescent Flowers, beings who are undeniably kin but... there seems to be nothing intelligent about them. They are ultimately just predators, luring in prey with their flower-like bait. Whatever ritual or experiment made those certainly didn’t lead to a greater understanding of the cosmos. The Scholars of Byrgenwerth themselves have long since turned into mindless sludge who attacks anything they don’t recognize, drifting away in a Nightmare far from their old world. Gardens of Eyes are also just monsters who instinctively attack us despite their supposed higher intellect.

Perhaps the Celestial Emissaries are the only ones not relegated to the role of mindless fiend yet even that is debatable. While we see their individuality still persist somewhat after the transformation (Arianna even remains passive and never retaliates unlike the others) as shown when we breach into Iosefka’s Clinic from the backside, for how long will that last? The other Emissaries we see are exactly like all other Kin, attacking us on sight and sparing no grace for anyone who approaches, showing no sign of their past humanity. And even if they do retain their intelligence somewhat, the same happens to certain beasts, like the Afflicted Beggar. Despite his condition he is capable of complex thinking, more complex than even most Kin we see, and he is able to feel things too.

Other attempts at evolution fail spectacularly and turn people into hungry monsters. Adeline, the only patient of the Research Hall conscious enough to address us is starving for Brain Fluid, and her hunger gets ravenous fast. The fact she is restrained as hard as she is seems to hint that she’d get violent, and we see many patients getting violent and even animalistic at times.

Or think of the Nightmare Apostles, once cultists of some kind, now turned to mindless spiders. The only one with a head on his shoulders and a brain to match is Patches, though he seems to be an explicit exception to the rule. [x]

No matter what, the thirst for knowledge remains the same... a thirst, a primal urge. Beastly idiocy goes both ways, but the stuck-up researchers of Yharnam don’t see it, and that’s their fatal mistake.

In the end, they were no better than the poor population. Just as clueless and obsessed with the very thing that was eating away at their humanity... but while the commoners despaired at this fate in the case of beasthood, these madmen wanted it and ruined countless lives to achieve it. Ultimately, it’s hard to feel sorry for them. They got what they wanted in their short-sightedness: absolute oblivion of the self.

[iwtvfanevents]

Rewind the tape —Episode 4 highlights

One of our favorite quotes is...

"Why do you talk to the book?"  "The book is my friend."  "The book is her friend."  "The book is a book." 

A wonderful exchange that gives the diaries an entity of their own. Just like "a door can be your best friend," these diaries were Claudia's ally in her vampire existence, carrying her life in them. A century later, they're the only thing left to speak for her. We are introduced to Claudia’s perspective through words on a page, and it is easy to be reminded of Claudia’s tangible absence in the Dubai sequences. The book is her friend, and her only advocate in the power play of ideas.

What's a favorite quote of yours? Something from Claudia's diary? One of her exchanges with Louis? Maybe a line from the modern day?

Reblog with your highlights, or make a new post with the tag #vampterview to join the conversation! And, if you're just getting caught up, learn all about our group rewatch here ►

[biocrafthero]

Something about love.

What kind of love, though? I (OP) like the platonic angle the best :)

King 810 - eyes / William Giraldi - Hold The Dark / anonymous - I'll Find Him (Pursuit AU) / Wikipedia - Obsessive love disorder / Discovery of an Afterlife - I Know I'm A Wolf / Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray / Air Traffic Controller - This Is Love

[hyperbolicgrinch]

✨ weekend wip exposure club ✨

rules: post 7 sentences/a snippet of an unfinished work

@theotherwhybietoldmeso & @killerandhealerqueen

I'm late, I'm late, I'm late. Forgive me. I was fighting demons (imposter syndrome, crippling self doubt, fatigue, and a wild pack of mental illnesses). (⁠◕⁠દ⁠◕⁠) But! I'm finally back after like three ass weeks. <⁠(⁠￣⁠︶⁠￣⁠)⁠> So, here! A v unserious snippy from my we have to stay silly modern kidlaw au (yeah, shocker, it's them bastards again) that I've been doing sometimes on the side just for shits n giggles. 〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜

The call connected and Killer's accent crackled out of the speaker. “Law? What's up?”

“Nothing urgent. I just need to know if Eustass h—”

“Yeah, his phone’s dead again. He's in the shed. You want him?”

“What?”

“Hang on. I'll get him.”

Law pinched the bridge of his nose. Squeezed his eyes shut till he saw pinpricks. “No, I just need to know if—”

"Oi, Kid! Your boyfriend wants to speak ta ya!"

Law snapped his eyes back open and nearly crushed his phone as his hand clenched in a useless attempt to smother the speaker.

Ahead of him in the aisle, hands in his pockets, Cora stopped. His leg held out in front of him as he froze mid-stride.

Dammit.

After a beat, as if he'd been waiting for what he'd heard to start making a little more sense, Cora slowly turned on his heel. His other leg still stuck out in front of him and the hem of his heart-covered button-up twirling with him.

He stared wide-eyed at Law. The embodiment of flabbergasted. His raised boot absently clicking down on the supermarkets’ bland tiling like an accompanying exclamation point.

Dammit!

"He's not my damn boyfriend!" Eustass yelled, taking the words out of Law's mouth.

The heavy rock blasting from the shed’s stereo lowered enough in volume to not blow out Law's phone speaker and Eustass' voice dropped several octaves as he brought Killer's phone up to his ear.

“Miss me, did ya, sweetheart?”

His eyes bulging, Cora took several steps back in bewilderment and tripped over one of the restocking boxes stacked in the aisle.

"Shut up, Eustass!" Law snapped. His face igniting alongside his fury. "You're on speaker!"

There was a pause so pregnant it had reached its third trimester. Then Eustass chuckled. It had a grotesque amount of facetious glee in it.

"Am I now?"

So. That had been a mistake. But Law could only double down now.

"Behave," he said through clenched teeth. "Or I'll—"

"You'll what? Don't go making promises you can't keep, princess."

Cora toppled back over the box trying to get up and landed on his back with his legs sticking straight up.

"I'm going to—!" Catching Cora's eye from down on the floor, Law sighed. "Doesn't matter. I'll deal with you later. Cora-san wants to know if you have any dietary restrictions.”

He scrunched down into his jacket. Tense. Gritting his teeth. Law still wasn't sure how Cora had talked him into letting him come over and cook dinner. But if it had been a bad idea before, it was a horrendous one now.

Eustass Kid was an arsehole. Always had been. Always would be. Always was. There wasn't a chance in hell he could be trusted not to—

"Hold up. Cora's there?"

"Yesss," Law hissed, ready to brain him.

“Put him on then.”

“Don't tell me what to do!”

Cora looked from Law to the phone and then accepted it when Law clicked his tongue on his teeth in irration and offered it down to him.

Tagging @schwazombie (no pressure. You keep working on those kidlawgust prompts if you're still on a roll 😊) and anyone else that wants to give it a whirl ✨✨

[claudianolastname]

The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood With All a Child's Demanding | 😊 Claudia

[heliodonot]

Fav character from the film!

[blindfolded-nakedtruth]

Their pursuit of peace comes at the cost of losing it.