#the horror of salazar house

[kat-ryn]

Let's play a spooky game The Horror of Salazar House!

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[emmaspersonaldiary]

AHHH I FORGOT ROSA SALAZAR WAS IN AHS MURDER HOUSE!!!!!!

[basickabyl]

In our final episode of Salazar House we tie up some loose ends and achieve all of the remaining endings.

The Horror of Salazar House - Formerly the *Enigma* of Salazar House - is a retro point-and-click horror adventure game where you take on the role of a journalist sent to investigate the abandoned mansion of renowned author Jaime Salazar. The Salazar family went missing years ago and its up to us to find out what happened to them, explore the spooky not-so-empty mansion, and maybe even survive.

[forestdeath1]

I think it's important to see that James and Sirius bullied Snape, but Snape wasn’t "hiding in bushes in SWM to avoid them". Fans of the Marauders also like to whitewash James and Sirius, making them out to be good boys. They were not kind, certainly not to Snape.

Snape also wasn’t a kind and innocent boy. Before school, Snape already held views similar to Nazis, and he wanted to be in Slytherin, a house that "produced" many Death Eaters during a time when Voldemort was tearing the country apart.

I don’t know why Snape stans don’t see how bad this is. Let me repeat. THIS IS VERY BAD. "But we can’t judge them all, they are just children..." No one judges anyone just for being in Slytherin, though it’s a weird desire during an open genocide of Muggle-borns. Again, Snape didn’t just want to be in Slytherin. He held these views before school. (Yes, he had a bad father. No, that’s no excuse to harbour misanthropic views. Sirius had a bad family. Harry had a bad family. Millions have bad families. Snape read books; he knew the history of Slytherin and Gryffindor. Hatred for his father isn’t an excuse to think you're above Muggles. Snape could defend his views even as a child, and he methodically stuck to his views, despite everything Lily told him, despite already knowing what was happening in the Wizarding World).

Plus, the narrative that JKR tried to feed readers in the books, that James was similar to Draco in his bullying, is also bad.

Imagine being in Hufflepuff. I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?

Who wants to be in Slytherin? I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?

It's clear she tried to portray James as similar to Draco.

But they are in completely different positions. Draco is in a house that officially adheres to a policy of exclusivity and pure-blood supremacy, which led to a terrible war and many deaths, literally genocide. Slytherin isn’t just about cunning and ambition. It’s primarily about blood; the main reason for the fallout between Salazar and Gryffindor was that Salazar didn’t think Muggle-borns should be at Hogwarts. Draco is in a house that produced almost all the Death Eaters. Not to mention, Draco is a Death Eater’s son and holds similar views.

At the same time, James, who hates everything about Slytherin, dark magic, roughly speaking, hates their exclusivity and where it leads. And he, as a pure-blood, knows well what is happening in the country at that time. He doesn't fully understand all the propaganda as a child, but he knows it's bad.

There is nothing in common between Draco and James.

In James’s case, it’s actually Snape who holds supremacist views and even persistently advises his friend to be in Slytherin. Of course, James reacts. No "good" person would want to be in the house that supports genocide. At least it's shameful.

Draco actually insulted Hufflepuff from his privileged position. For him, Hufflepuff isn't "prestigious" enough.

James was rude because of the moral component of Slytherin’s ideology (and he was right, though he shouldn't have interfered in Snape and Lily's conversation), while Draco criticised personal qualities of Hufflepuffs, which he finds not "cool" enough. And this is exactly how Snape later insults Gryffindor, calling them stupid.

This is a completely different starting point. However, this doesn't negate the fact that James and Sirius were bullies. James tripped Snape the first time they met. James physically bullied Snape. Sirius bullied him psychologically. Meanwhile, Snape was inventing dark spells, which he planned to use on enemies. Considering he was planning to become a Death Eater, enemies would be Aurors, the Order of the Phoenix, Muggles, and Muggle-borns.

Lily tried more than once to convince him that he was on the wrong path, but Snape was blinded by his ideals. Even his love for Lily didn’t change his beliefs. He thought the genocide wouldn't affect Lily. Snape only realised the full horror when tragedy struck him personally – the only one he always loved. Then he understood how painful it is to lose a loved one. Then he realised that other people also lose loved ones. That all of them are people. And that genocide is bad, and Voldemort is evil.

Snape’s fans blame only James and Sirius, portraying Snape as an innocent victim of rich, pure-blood, popular boys. Ignoring the fact that Snape genuinely believed he was better than the two, and that in Slytherin they couldn’t stand James and Remus, but probably treated Snape quite well, although not enough to defend him (which is not surprising for Slytherins, when did they ever defend each other in canon?). No one was accepted into Voldemort's ranks just like that, Snape was very smart and talented. Voldemort didn't recruit only through fear, intimidation, and humiliation, he gave a sense of community, participation, exclusivity, unity.

James and Sirius are cruel, with Sirius being more cruel than James. James has a "justification" in his mind; Sirius needs no justification, he simply despises Snape. James doesn't understand that even if you think someone is bad, you can't beat and humiliate them. Sirius doesn’t care about this. They don't understand that their violence is bad. None of them fully understand it. All of them think Snape deserved such treatment.

I find it very hard to write this and I'm sincerely trying to be fair to schoolboy Snape and see him first as a child, not a future member of a terrorist organisation, who actively supported these views even at school, though even teenagers are responsible for their actions. But if you find an excuse for Snape, find one for James too. And don't make Snape out to be a little defenceless boy who was a victim and who hid behind bushes. Snape was never a defenceless boy.

I love Snape as a character. But both he and James, and Sirius, were cruel children, but with different presuppositions.

Regarding the notion that poor Snape was bullied by the rich... JKR tried to push a narrative of classism based on money into the story but failed completely, because there is no evidence that pure-blood wizards were directly associated with wealth in the WW. JKR is known for her haphazard world-building, her Ministry even lacks a Department of Economy and Finance, and here she tried to introduce a narrative of Snape's poverty versus the wealth of pure-blood James and Sirius, while the entire book contradicts this narrative. Let me explain! In the books, blood is more important than money. Blood provides connections. And before all social changes connections and blood brought everything else. Although there probably aren’t many rich Slytherins, most are of average wealth. By that point, James was a son of blood traitors and likely not very popular in Slytherin. No amount of money could fix the disdain they had for him because he actively opposed their ideals. A poor but pure-blood Slytherin would consider themselves much higher in status than James (As often happens, the most extreme and exclusive views appear when people start losing their position, and the pure-bloods began to lose their position in the WW). The heir of Slytherin – a status that outweighed poverty and Tom Riddle's half-blood status. For the Lestranges, Rosiers, and Averys, this was enough to follow Tom. They smirked in the book when Tom said he had a "bad background." They knew his real background, his true status. Snape was a Prince, his mother was pure-blood, we don’t know much more about them, but considering Snape called himself the Half-Blood Prince, he was proud of being a Prince, not a Snape. The Gaunts were poor, but they considered themselves the most noble. Classism in the WW isn’t that simple, it’s not just pure-bloods = money or that money solves everything, or money = Upper class. Even in Muggle history, aristocrats weren't homogeneous, there were "real nobles," like in Germany, there was Uradel and those who gained their nobility, Briefadel. The antiquity of a noble line was considered superior to a newly granted honorary title. After all, any commoner can be granted a title, but no power can give noble ancestors to someone not born to them. And this is very relevant to the WW with its shifting social structure, where previously pure-bloods ruled and didn't allow anyone decent jobs etc etc, and now suddenly everything is changing and "Mudbloods" can even become Ministers of Magic.

Slughorn is known for trying to be a "good Slytherin," but he is also the craftiest Slytherin and knows which way the wind blows. The first time around, in his Slug Club, there were only pure-bloods and Tom Riddle himself, but Tom was an exceptional student. But then pure-bloods increasingly lose their status as society becomes more diverse, and he realises that half-bloods can also achieve success. Cunning Slughorn understands that the social structure is starting to change (and this becomes fertile ground for war because pure-bloods don't want to lose their status). And we see that in the Slug Club, there are now half-bloods and pure-bloods, and he selects not just based on pure-blood status but also on talents and who owns a potion shop etc.

So, James has a conditional "status" among "good" houses and within a changing society, but for Slytherin, where Snape studied, James’s status wasn't so clear and his money wasn’t really important for old-fashioned Slytherins. Slytherin lived by its own laws, the laws of true class – Nature's Nobility (Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy). Obviously, not everyone was wealthy. In such a small economy, there can't be a large number of wealthy families. While James was popular in school among a more liberal society, Snape fuelled his pride within Slytherin, which accepted him even as a half-blood. And only Sirius had real status for Slytherins, but he lost it. Classism in the WW is complex, because during the Marauders' era, they were in a situation of changing social structure. It's somewhat like the Middle Ages when the middle class emerged, followed by the English Revolution etc. But people reduce it all to the simple cliché of "they had money," although the dynamics between them were more complex, and their story unfolded during serious social upheavals and class struggle.

I know it’s boring 😂 If you have any thoughts, let’s discuss!

[sapphire-weapon]

I think Eagleone is canon because in the game something really happens between them and it’s very noticeable, but I’m wondering why you consider them canon?

Because the romantic nature of their relationship is baked into the thematic framework of the narrative. In order for RE4make to achieve what it's trying to do with its storytelling, Leon and Ashley's relationship has to be read as romantic.

Resident Evil 4 Remake is Resident Evil 4 re-imagined as a fairy tale. Survival Horror is the genre of the gameplay of RE4make, but Horror Fantasy is the genre of its story.

RE4make contains fantastical elements that were not present in OG, including but not limited to:

Leon and Ada's plaga hallucinations (Ada's especially looks like it has a magical effect)

The magical blue fire that keeps the Armadura at bay

The cursed black water in the castle (irrespective of whether it's tied to the mold in RE7; it's still attributed to turning men mad and is treated like a magical reagent during the ritual)

Ashley getting possessed -- not Saddler using her plaga to manipulate her body (which he also does in OG) but actually physically possessing her and speaking through her mouth and seeing through her eyes

New enemies that invoke the imagery of Minotaurs

On top of that, one of the major themes of this story is: folklore, story books, and fairy tales. We see it show up not just in the characters but also in the lore of the world itself. Just to name a few examples off the top of my head, we have:

Luis's parallels with and direct verbal references to Don Quixote

The folklore of "madness" spread around the villagers that Mendez tried to quell panic of

Historic folklore from when the people of Valdelobos thought of Las Plagas as demons

Salazar's invocation of Pulgarcito (which is a Spanish fairy tale)

Literal storybooks that you find throughout the game, like the one in Mendez's house and the holy scripture (complete with a colored illustration like a child's picture book) in the castle

And, most of all -- and, most importantly for our purposes -- "The Knight and the Princess Fair" allegory that gets repeated over and over throughout the game centering entirely on Leon and Ashley.

And it's not just Salazar being a crazy asshole, either. Luis also refers to Leon as "Prince Charming," beckons him to the ballroom, and tells him not to be late for the dance.

The story itself also has an element of "true love conquers all" in it, as both Leon and Ashley literally pull off the impossible. Leon manages to fight off Saddler's influence (something that we've seen no other character manage to do -- and Leon's plaga is very advanced at this point) while he's holding Ashley in his arms. And tiny little 120lb Ashley manages to heft all 200+lbs of Leon and his gear up onto Luis's surgical chair all by herself in order to remove his plaga. They saved each other for each other and only got through this ordeal because the other person was there with and for them.

This narrative is then reinforced by overtly romantic imagery, like Leon appearing to Ashley bathed in moonlight, and Ashley wistfully looking to him off towards the horizon, hands clasped to her chest, as embers float around her like fireflies.

It also invokes the imagery of classic romance stories and fairy tales, including:

Several literal princess carries

Prince Phillip about to break the spell on Sleeping Beauty with true love's first kiss

The Prince approaching Snow White's altar

Leon kneeling before Ashley like a knight does his queen

Romeo and Juliet's very famous balcony scene

Leon extending a hand to Ashley as though he's asking her to dance, not once but twice

And in case all of that wasn't enough -- if you somehow still didn't catch it, Capcom included a set of matching alternate costumes for Leon and Ashley literally called "Romantic."

I don't know how much more explicit they could've been about this, short of having a big, sweeping kiss scene -- especially when you consider that absolutely none of the above was present in OG. None of those scenes happen in OG at all.

And this isn't even taking into account that the devs restructured the plot of OG to follow the story outline of a romance novel beat-for-beat -- nor the overt sexual imagery associated with specific lines of dialogue between Leon and Ashley. And even if you ignore the fairy tale aspect all together, Leon and Ashley's relationship is intrinsically tied to the theme of teamwork, and there's a romantic element about how that is portrayed, too.

So, sure. You could look at RE4make as a story about a man who's just doing his job and saves the president's daughter because idk he's a badass and that's just what he does. And he overcomes his trauma about Raccoon City because he actually saved a person's life finally, and it wouldn't have mattered who it was; it just happened to be Ashley.

Sure.

You could.

But you miss the fucking point of what the storyteller(s) were trying to do.

You miss the intention of the developers paying homage to RE4OG being such a huge part of so many people's childhoods by turning the story into a fairy tale.

You miss the parallels of Leon becoming a broken husk of a person because of failing re: Ada, and Leon finding his smile and his kindness again through Ashley.

It leaves you with a shallow story where shit just kind of happens and Leon's a cool dude who overcomes the odds all on his own because he's so cool and strong.

And you'll never be able to convince me that that's how the devs wanted their story to be read. Not with the deliberate layering of themes and imagery and allegory that they've folded into the narrative.

And you'll never convince me that all of this was just a coincidence, either.

Eagleone is canon -- just not canon in the way that most people tend to think of it.

Because the one thing missing from RE4make's fairy tale is that Leon and Ashley don't live happily ever after. They don't end this game a couple, and they'll never be together in the future.

Because while RE4make was a fairy tale, it was the nightmare horror version of one.

And horror stories don't get to have happy endings. That was true for Ethan and Mia in the literal storybook that was RE:Village, and it's true here for Leon and Ashley.

But that doesn't make the romance between these two characters any less real.

[lulublack90]

Prompt 15 - Use

@jegulus-microfic March 15 Word count 968

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Regulus woke the next morning curled up in James’s arms. He hadn’t slept so well in months. He sighed contentedly and nuzzled his face further into James’s side. James’s arms tightened around him as he blinked blearily down at Regulus as he woke up.

“Morning,” James murmured into Regulus’s hair as he gently kissed him. Regulus grinned dopily back at him. 

“Morning,” 

The bedroom door banged open, and a huge black dog bounded in and launched itself onto the bed, landing heavily on James and Regulus. 

“Sirius! Leave them be!” Remus came into view. “Sorry,” He panted. “He got a bit over-excited.”

“Sirius, I swear to Salazar that if you don’t get off me, I’ll let Pandora loose on your hair. She’ll use you like her new doll. I’m sure I heard her talking about pink and purple colouring.” The dog rolled off the bed and onto the floor. Sirius stood up, looking at his brother in horror, grasping his prized locks in his hands. 

“You wouldn’t dare!” He growled. Regulus sneered at his brother. 

“Watch me. PAN—” He didn’t get to finish yelling for Pandora as Sirius stuck one of his hands over his mouth. Regulus immediately licked his hand. 

“EWW Reg!” Sirius wiped the drool off on his robes. They were just about to start bickering when Regulus inhaled sharply. Sirius’s face dropped in worry as he grabbed his brother’s arm and twisted it so the dark mark was face up. The snake and skull were writhing on his forearm. He’d been summoned.

He jumped out of bed and barged his way into Evan’s room. He should have knocked. His arm flew up in front of his eyes, and he turned away as Barty dragged the duvet over himself and Evan. 

“Shit—sorry,” He shook his head. “Erm, I just got summoned. Did either of you?” 

“Nope.” They both said. 

“Okay, er. I need to go. I’ll be back as soon as I can.” He hurried out of the room, slamming the door after himself. His face must have been a picture as the other three burst into fits of laughter. He rolled his eyes at them. 

“I have to go. I’m expected at Lestrange Castle.” They stopped laughing. 

“Be careful, Reg.” Sirius stepped forward and hugged him. Regulus’s eyes widened, but he still hugged him back. 

“We’ll wait for you here,” James said as Regulus kissed his lips.

“Don’t die,” Remus smirked. 

“I don’t know what you’re on about Lupin. You’re coming with me.” 

“Fuck sake!” Remus grunted. He was not happy, and neither was Sirius. Regulus explained himself before his brother could get himself worked up. 

“If I don’t take him, they’ll wonder where he is, and they might send someone to look for him. They won’t find him at Grimmauld, and the first place they’ll come after that is here, and we can’t afford for anyone to come here poking around. I don’t know how long they want me for. It’s safer for everyone if he comes.” 

Remus kissed Sirius sweetly.

“We hopefully won’t be long. I’ll see you soon.” 

Remus followed Regulus out of Rosier House and side-alonged to Lestrange House. 

Regulus’s cousin greeted him. 

“Regulus, you arrived swiftly. We’re just finishing up a private meeting, and then the Dark Lord wishes to see you.” Bellatrix gushed at him. “Come in, come in and make yourself at home.” Her eyes flicked to Remus. “Oh, you’ve brought your pet with you.” Her nose wrinkled as though she’d smelt something foul.

“Sorry, Bella, but without Kreacher to watch over him, I didn’t want to leave him alone at Grimmauld Place.” Her eyes widened in understanding. 

“Of course, dear cousin, of course. Quite understandable.” She pulled him in close and whispered in his ear. “Don’t let him out of your sight.” Regulus nodded and allowed her to link his arm as they walked up to the castle door.

Bellatrix left them in the entrance as she disappeared into the gloomy halls back to her meeting. 

Regulus ended up showing Remus the castle. He guessed they’d be waiting a while. He always was in this castle. They were in the collections room. Regulus was showing off some of the unique objects that the Lestrange family had collected over the generations when his eyes landed on something he hadn’t noticed before. 

A small two-handled golden cup with a badger engraving on the front.  It was the cup. Regulus could have kicked himself. Of course, Voldemort had given a Horcrux to his most loyal followers. Lestrange Castle had so many wards and protections on it no one who hadn’t been invited in would be able to get to it. 

“Remus, look!” He pointed excitedly at the cup. 

“Merlin! Is it warded?” Remus always asked the important questions. Regulus was immensely glad he was there and not Sirius, who would have just grabbed the cup. 

There was a tamper jinx on it and the other objects in the glass case. 

They quickly came up with a plan. Regulus transfigured a Galleon into a convincing copy of the cup and stood in front of it ready. 

He and Remus both opened different cabinets at exactly the same time. The room stayed silent. Regulus closed his eyes and took a deep breath. They’d have seconds before someone came to see what they were doing. 

“Okay, three, two, one,” Regulus said calmly. They reached out and picked up what was in front of them. A loud, ear-ringing siren went off, filling the room with noise. Regulus quickly replaced the cup with the fake and stowed the real one in his pocket. He shut the cabinet door just as the rooms door swung open so violently it hit the wall with a crack. A swarm of witches and wizards moved in, wands raised.  

Next part

[puppetcombo]

Torture Start Video Steam Sale this week! 

Bloodwash!  Night At the Gates of Hell! Deadly Night! Search Party! The Horror Of Salazar House!

All for one great price: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/22783/Torture_Star_Bundle/

[sleepdepravity]

in celebration of one of my sister's friends admiring my "gamer swag" (all the games i've played that are apparently obscure) i've decided arbitrarily to try to dredge up some obscure games to share with you all in case people are interested in that sort of thing. in terms of determining the obscurity of the game, i think i'm gonna go with less than 1000 reviews, and/or looking at all-time peak concurrent player stats in steam charts. whatever i feel like maybe. Also, if there are absolutely no guides on steam or the internet, then i guess that's for sure obscure.

also these are all games that i've finished. some of them i finished a long time ago so i may not remember much about like. quality. or how good they are. shrug. they're interesting though.

Mysteries

Aviary Attorney

Chicken Police

Blacksad: Under the Skin

A Case of Distrust

The Flower Collectors

The Forgotten City

Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game

I hope she's ok

Legal Dungeon

Lucifer Within Us

Paradise Killer

The Occupation

Observation

Root Letter

Sagebrush

The Shapeshifting Detective

Silicon Dreams

The Sinking City

Song of Farca

Visual/Sound Novel types (minimal gameplay)

Alone With You

428: Shibuya Scramble

Booth: A Dystopian Adventure

Divination

Elsinore

Necrobarista

Neo Cab

Overboard!

Signs of the Sojourner

Sorcery!

Unmemory

Adventure/Puzzle or whatever

A House of Many Doors

Battle Chef Brigade

Falcon Age

Genesis Noir

A Golden Wake

I Am Dead

Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective

Lemon Cake

looK INside

The Low Road

Maquette

Mind Scanners

Minute of Islands

Mu Complex

Nobodies

Omensight

Pilgrims

Roadwarden

Robot Island

Rumu

Senna and the Forest

Sizeable

Small Radios Big Televisions

The Solitaire Conspiracy

Song of the Deep

The Spirit and the Mouse

Still There

Summer Paws

Teacup

Tick Tock Isle

Vane

The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother

Windbound

Windowsill

Yono and the Celestial Elephants

Four Last Things

FixFox

Walk around a cool place and pick stuff up

Heaven's Vault

Deliver Us the Moon

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs

Beasts of Maravilla Island

Draugen

Eastshade

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Ghost on the Shore

Haven Park

In Other Waters

The Magic Circle

Mail Time

Mu Cartographer

Paper Beast

Paradise Marsh

Penko Park

Here Comes Niko!

Sea of Solitude

Summer in Mara

Time on Frog Island

TIMEframe

Train Station Renovation

Horror

The Horror of Salazar House

Moons of Madness

Subway Midnight

[horrorvisuals]

Nightmare Zapping is a visual novel where you browse through horror channels on a TV.

There are different horror stories on each channel and you go through them while piecing them together and solving the mystery.

It has rotoscope animations and retro minigames.

The game has 2 parts that you can go through.

In the first part, you watch through the events that take place in the small town of Canela, where mysterious disappearances have been happening while a sinister force haunts its residents.

The second part takes place in Laurel Town after the events of Canela. The evil spreads to this nearby town and takes root in its residents.

Aside from these stories, the game also has a good variety of fun minigames. Full retro. That race part gave me some good nostalgia.

It's from the same developer behind The Horror of Salazar House, @maldo19, so you know you're going into something good. I also put it on my Steam Curator.

Check it out here

[saucy-mesothelioma]

October 24th: George A. Romero | Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead was released in 1985 and was directed by George A. Romero. Zombies have taken over the world, leaving humanity scarce and seemingly a thing of the past. But hidden away in an underground bunker, scientists such as Dr. Sarah Bowman (Lori Cardille) and Dr. Matthew Logan (Richard Liberty) are conducting experiments on the walking dead in attempts to find a way to pacify and cure them. They are guarded by a group of military personnel such as Pvt. Miguel Salazar (Anthony Dileo Jr.) and Capt. Henry Rhodes (Joseph Pilato) who have a different view on the matter of the zombies: kill them all. Even with those who believe in more peaceful resolutions like chopper pilot John (Terry Alexander) tensions between the two groups are quickly reaching a boiling point. But when the zombies break into the bunker, they become each-others only chance of survival.

George A. Romero is the man we have to thank for the depiction of zombies in horror films. Although he wasn't the first to create a zombie flick, his Night of the Living Dead series contributed strongly to the sub-genre and archetype of the modern zombie. He helped to make horror movies culturally relevant for the modern age, having social commentaries on subjects such as class and consumerism. Romero not only found success with his indie films in regards to zombies, but he also made several other successful horror movies such as Creepshow, Monkey Shines, Bruiser, Season of the Witch, and The Dark Half. Without him, horror films, especially with the zombie archetype, would be far different that it is today. Rest in peace, sir; you were gone too soon.

It can be watched for free on Tubi, Pluto TV, PLEX, Crackle, Xumo Play, and Sling TV

Content Warnings for the Film (may contain spoilers): violence, a lotta gore, racial slurs, sexual womanizing comments

This movie has some beautiful practical effects given to us by one of the masters of make-up Tom Savini and I highly suggest watching this great Behind the Scenes video. This movie has some kickass kills and I will forever be thankful that Romero didn't let the executives pressure him into dropping the R rating the movie got. Even though that led to their budget being cut in half it doesn't look it one bit, it's that stunning: the zombie in the opening credits that's missing his jaw is a fucking PUPPET THAT'S HOW GOOD THEY ARE. Also another fun fact, this movie is where special effects artists Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger met. The two would later go on to found their own company KNB EFX; you might have seen their work in The Walking Dead, Scream, The X-Files, Jennifer's Body, The Green Mile, Transformers, Misery, Django Unchained, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Bride of Re-Animator, Evil Dead 2, The Hateful Eight, House of Wax, The Chronicles of Narnia, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Reservoir Dogs, Army of Darkness, Men in Black, Texas Chainsaw, Hostel just to name a few.

[teddyniffler]

In the Shadows of Friendship Forever

Ominis and Anne sent Sebastian to Azkaban for his own good. Their friend and brother had changed from the kind boy he once was, and they regretted their decision ever since. They are desperate to have Sebastian back and are willing to do anything, anything. Ominis will even become the monster he vowed he was not.

The Fall of the House of Gaunt. How did the ancient House of Gaunt, once among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most dangerous families in the wizarding world, become the desperate souls depicted in The Half-Blood Prince? How did Sebastian's life sentence to Azkaban trigger the downfall of the heirs of Slytherin...

Chapter 34: Sebastian and Ominis: The reunion (AO3) There's some slight violence in this chapter. Sebastian really is not ok.

Back in the hall, Ominis leaped to his feet the second Professor Weasley had dismissed the school. Rather than walking out of the hall, he approached the teacher’s table and waited. His wand was pointing him in the direction of Professor Weasley.

He wanted to talk to Sebastian so badly, but this was more important. This was the lives of Muggleborns, all of them. He would patch things up with his best friend in a moment. It has been startling for Ominis to learn Sebastian was back. How could he have forgotten, his father had even informed him that Sebastian was coming back for this term, even Professor Weasley had mentioned Sebastian was coming back here, but everything he had learned since his birthday had driven Sebastian out of his mind. The horror of knowing there was a monster buried deep in the school that was getting ready to kill hundreds of Muggleborns was at the forefront of his mind. Sebastian was safe, right now he was under the same roof as Ominis, he had a full stomach, he was warm and would be going to bed. Sebastian right now was not the one in immediate danger, so for now, warning Professor Weasley was more important to him than Sebastian. Still, it has upset Ominis greatly to know his best friend, his brother, was here somewhere and he hadn’t come to see him. Ominis could imagine why. The letters. He had never managed to send one. Oh dear, did Sebastian believe Ominis did not care?

The sounds of the students leaving faded now, and Ominis approached the table. “Professor Weasley?” He called, his wand stopping him half way onto the raised teacher’s table. “Good evening Mr Gaunt.” Came Professor Weasley’s voice. “Professor, I must speak with you. It’s a most urgent thing, are we alone?” He asked. “Come over here Ominis, excuse us Professor Sharp, yes here will do.” Professor Weasley said, but Ominis yelled out, “Sharp? No. I mean- It will also be good for Sharp to be here too. He's an ex-Auror.” There was a pause. “Very well.” Came his potions master’s voice. “How can we help you?” He took a breath.

“You know my family, the Gaunts, and you know all about my family’s history with Salazar Slytherin. Over the summer, my father confided in me. He confessed a secret. My family, the Gaunts, have a secret chamber within Hogwarts. It’s under the school. Inside this secret chamber is a monster, a giant snake that is going to kill all the Muggleborns inside this school. It’s been here since Salazar Slytherin himself created the chamber and hidden the snake within. I need you to find the chamber and kill the snake within it before it kills the Muggleborns. What I tell you is the truth, no matter how crazy it sounds.” There was a pause.

Unseen by Ominis, Professor Sharp and Weasley exchanged looks. “Ominis.” Professor Weasley said kindly. “We believe you, but I need you to understand something, what you have just told us, it's not news to us, in fact your family have been spreading rumours of a monster in the castle for a very long time, long since before I was born.” Professor Sharp offered Ominis an understanding look he couldn’t see. “I second the headmistress” Professor Sharp said. “This school has been searched in the past for this chamber and the horror within. This chamber is well documented, there’s much in the archives at the ministry. It is called the ‘Chamber of Secrets’ isn’t it?”

Ominis gasped. “Yes! My father-“

“Ominis.” Professor Weasley tried again to make Ominis understand. “Your family has been claiming this story for as long as they’ve been Gaunts at Hogwarts, we are talking generations passed. My boy, you are just one of many Gaunts to have mentioned this chamber. It is cruel, like a story they keep passing down and sending their young to school to brag about, although, not you. Your own father in his time used to tell Professor Black all about the giant snake in the chamber who would kill all those unworthy to study here. Professor Hecate can also vouch for this, as she has also witnessed in the past your father making these claims, once putting him and the headmaster in detention for using foul language when she was Head Girl here. I have also heard the same from your grandfather who used to claim the same story too, back in my day. No such chamber has ever been found and as much as we know, there is no monster, Ominis. Some of the greatest witches and wizards over the ages have looked and searched, and no such chamber has ever been found.”

Ominis tried to stay calm. This wasn’t going to plan, he needed them to know what was coming. “They said only I can open it. I am the heir of Slytherin, it's what my father called me.” Professor Weasley reached over to Ominis and touched his shoulder. He felt her hand on him.

“The last search was thirty years ago and nothing was found and they left no space unturned. I believe what your father was telling you is a long running, and very cruel joke that all Gaunts eventually play on their children. Maybe your father truly believes in this story, but I want to rest your mind. There is nothing here to fear, but thank you for coming to see me. It shows your qualities as a wizard and as a man.” Ominis shook his head. “Professor, I hear a snake inside the walls of this castle. I have heard it before and-.” “That can be explained too.” Professor Sharp said knowledgeable “There are a few native snakes in Britain. It’s very likely you are picking up a native species and it's talking to you. The Auror office itself has looked into this rumour, even the Department of Mysteries took an interest. We have used Parselmouths in the past, unrelated to your family, they couldn’t find anything. Nothing has ever been found as Professor Weasley said, it is best not to give too much thought to these rumours. You shall just be scaring yourself and other students. Nobody is at risk at Hogwarts from anything Slytherin may or may not have left behind.”

Ominis stood there defeated, but also maybe a little humiliated, his father had not lied about the ring and the Peverell line, he hadn't lied about the chamber. He needed to make them take him serious. “It’s under the lake!” He almost yelled. “Sorry- the chamber is under the lake. So unless they’ve looked under the lake-”

Professor Sharp rubbed his leg as pain ran down it. “That would be quite impossible. It was a great feat of Magic that allowed the Slytherin common room to be built looking out into the lake, due to the sheer pressure from the water, but to build a chamber under that lake? It would risk caving in and flooding. There is also solid earth under the lake, even the plumbing only goes as far as the water. I could explain to you the Hogwarts foundations if that will reassure you? The likeliness of a chamber being under that lake, with all that water on top, well, it’s impossible. They would be no oxygen, no heat. Nothing could survive under the lake.” Professor Weasley let go of Ominis’ shoulder.

“Go get some rest Ominis, it's getting late. Thank you again for coming to speak with us, but there is no chamber. Don’t always believe what they tell you, your family have claimed things in the past that are impossible. I know they are your family, but sometimes the Gaunts like to think of themselves as gods, not all, but enough of them. Some things are just not possible, but your family is convinced they are.” Like magical rings that summoned the dead. Like people being able to talk with snakes. Wandless magic. He had reason to believe his father and now Marvolo knew how to fly without a broom. He had seen it all and it was very real. He knew the Chamber of Secrets was real, he would find proof. “Of course Professors. I am sorry to have waisted your time.” “Not at all Mr Gaunt, goodnight.” “Goodnight Ominis.”

As Ominis walked away. Professor Weasley and Professor Sharp looked at each other. “I shall send an owl to the Ministry at first light.” Professor Weasley said. “This has me concerned.” “This is indeed troublesome. I haven’t heard about that chamber for a while. It’s resurface is not welcome.” Sharp said. “We shall get them out to search again, but the students must not know why. We shall tell them its for preserving historical records of the school.” Professor Weasley told him. She looked tired. “I told Phineas to keep an ear on what the Gaunts were saying! I told him. He was the perfect person to hear anything and he told me nothing. If he knew anything, he should have informed me, but it’s no secret he wants Muggleborns out and shares his best friend’s views.” “I shall get another Parselmouth in” Sharp said, watching as the young Gaunt boy left the hall. “Finding one unrelated to that family was hard enough the last time.” “I am worried about Ominis.” Weasley said. “Why does his family believe he is the one? What have they got planned? The two teachers continued to talk, long after everybody else was in bed.

Sebastian looked around the Slytherin common room. Everything was as he remembered it. The lake windows with the bubbles going up, fish swimming lazily past, even the squid was nearby, waving its tentacles by the glass. The soft music playing and the constant sound of running water all around them, even the wet smell of the stones made him feel back at home.

“Come see first years, all first years over here. So if you stay quiet, you can see the Merpeople swimming by our common room.” Violet McDowell said as she walked past him, leading the smallest witches and wizards by that Sebastian had ever seen. “The Slytherin common room is the only house at the school who has a good rapport with the Merpeople of the lake. Line up here, there’s three windows, let’s watch for a little while, see if we can see them.” The yearly Merperson prank of new Slytherins. They would be there all night just waiting for Merpeople who would never come by. It was something so normal, so familiar. He, Anne and Ominis used to prank the first years together each year, it was their fun.

He decided to go straight to his bed, there were a few Slytherins scattered around the long room, he didn’t want to talk to them or have them ask him questions. He turned and headed towards the metal flooring, beyond which lay the dorm rooms. “Sebastian, wait.” Grace shouted, running after him. He turned. “We aren’t in this area no more, remember? We have the 7th year rooms; they are up the stairs at the top of our common room.” “Oh yeah.” He remembered, walking back out, but glancing back. He would miss the dorm rooms in this area, there was something about walking on the metal flooring and watching the water running down under his feet. “I hope the rooms are as good as they claim.” Imelda said, as they walked to the back of the Slytherin common room, where stone serpents ran down the railings. Sebastian slowly climbed the stairs and turned right, while the girls turned left. Upon the door was a sign that read ‘7th years’. He pushed open the door.

His new dorm room was so much bigger than the one he was in before. He walked up a few steps before emerging into a warm open space. A bright fire was roaring around a small and comfortable couch and armchairs. Deep rugs ran across the floor and the four posters were much bigger than the old ones. He looked up when he noticed shadows above him, there was a window in the ceiling and fish were swimming past. That would be nice to fall asleep too. The room was total silence, just the gentle noise of the lake, gentle water lapping, followed by the crackle and heat from the flames. He closed his eyes for a moment, feeling overwhelmed by being back here, the happiness mixed in with the fear, mixed in with a strange sadness that even though he was back, he only had a year left year and most of it would be taken up with studying. Behind him the door opened.

They had changed the rooms. Ominis knew the 7th years got their own private area, but his wand didn’t and after some time trying to find anybody to help him locate his new sleeping space, he climbed the stairs, and felt for a door handle, letting himself into the room. His wand vibrated in his hand to warn him of a step, he carefully felt that he needed to step up, so he went up slowly, when his wand stopped vibrating, he knew he had reached the top. The room was warm and quiet, no doubt the other boys in his dorm had not arrived yet. Which bed should he get? Somehow they was an unwritten rule about taking the bed a second to the left, which was were he had been before. He would need to work out the lay of this room, how big it was, where certain furnishings were standing. It was a blank canvas and the only way he would learn was to feel around. He carefully stepped forward, his wand telling him it was ok to proceed.

Ominis. Sebastian’s inside burned up just looking at him. He went from calm to boiling the moment his eyes landed on Ominis. His old friend’s hair was even more groomed than before, slicked back. The Gaunts had clearly been feeding him well, attending to his every need. He looked every bit as affluent as the house he swore to hate. A new watch shone on Ominis’ wrist as he walked, it likely cost more than Anne’s goblin-made necklace and the unopened watch still in the box for Sebastian’s birthday. Sebastian could see the workmanship from where he stood, watching. A little sick thought ran through Sebastian that it was waited on Ominis, he couldn’t see it anyway, why get him something more expensive than all the gold Sebastian had in the bank. Sebastian silently stepped out of Ominis’ way, watching him as he passed. His eyes swept over Ominis more closely. The two small years between Ominis being fifteen to being seventeen had turned his friend from boy to a young man, he was more handsome than ever in that hauntingly Gaunt way that reeked of incest, thought Sebastian. He refused to say anything to Ominis, he wouldn’t give him the satisfaction. If Ominis couldn’t write to him, not even once, then Sebastian had nothing to say to Ominis. ‘Just a shame he wasn’t deaf too’, raged Sebastian in his head.

Ominis made his way to his bed, feeling the wooden posts and the hangings. “New room.” He hissed to Snakey “Do you like it? The bed feels higher, more like the bed back at home.” Snakey moved up through Ominis’ robes and peered out. ‘Big’ he hissed. Snakey looked around the room, yes, it was much bigger than the last room, he still didn’t like it. He would stay in the Undercroft were there were less vibrations to disturb him. ‘There’s a boy here’ Snakey hissed. “It’s just one of the others who sleep here, remember?” Ominis told his snake “They don’t normally speak to me much. They likely had a haircut.” ‘No. He looks like Mori. Angry looking.’ Snakey hissed back. There was no reason for his dormmates to be angry at him, it was more likely Snakey was misreading normal human expressions. He instructed his wand to show him to his trunk, and bending down he felt for the O.G on his trunk, yes this was his. Even the House Elfs seemed to know where he was going to sleep. “Do you want your water bowl and hide bringing out for tonight? I can move you to the undercroft tomorrow if you want?” Ominis asked with a hiss. “Most of your items are still in there anyway.” ‘Water’ answered the snake. The room was still quiet, normally they would be some noise. He wondered why the other boy was being so quiet for, not even the sounds of him getting ready for bed, no book turning, no trunk sound, nothing. “Did you have a good holiday?” Ominis called out to the boy, to break the silence as he was slowly getting unnerved by the stillness.

Was he joking? Was he – In Merlin’s name – Joking! Sebastian was learning against the foot bar of his own bed now. It was taking all of his strength not to scream at Ominis. He had just watched Ominis Gaunt, the boy who swore he was nothing like his family, Crucio-happy Ominis Gaunt in deep conversation with a disgusting snake, flaunting the fact he was a Parselmouths when before, the Ominis he knew, would never have done that. Now his old friend was taking out pyjamas that were definitely new, silk by the looks of them and as Sebastian watched more, he could see all kinds of trinkets in there, no doubt from home judging by the finery. Sebastian could clearly see a new winter cloak, books, a holder for his watch and as Sebastian watched still, he drew out a small China bowl, very much like the ones Solomon used to proudly have on display. It must have cost a fair few Galleons and here was Ominis letting his little fiend drink from it. Sebastian watched them both in absolute disgust and hatred, the snake’s body shinny from the firelight, it looked slimy and wormlike. Seems that in Sebastian’s absence, Ominis had turned into a true Gaunt that his father would finally be proud of.

“Yeah. Yeah you could say I had a good holiday. I really enjoyed the part where you shipped me off to stay with the Dementors.” Sebastian sneered, cold hatred dripping from his words.

That was not the voice Ominis had expected to hear at all. His eyes went wide, his mouth fell open. His breath caught with shock. “Se-Sebastian?” He gasped, turning blinding to the sound of his friend’s voice. “Hello Ominis.” Sebastian’s voice did not sound happy, in fact there was something very, very wrong with it. It was cold, colder than Ominis had ever heard it. He didn’t even speak to Leander with that voice, never spoke about Rookwood or goblins with that tone either. “Sebastian,” Ominis started. “I- How are you? Where have you been? Professor Weasley kept me informed on you, she said you were safe, but I was with my family, so I-“ “I know very well that you were with your family. Anne told me. Garreth told me.” Sebastian’s voice said low and angrily. “You look every inch of a Gaunt now, I bet daddy is proud his runaway runt came back. What did you do? Go running back to them the second I was in Azkaban? Realized you didn’t have a home anymore, because that’s all I ever meant to you, wasn’t it? A new home.”

Oh no, this was not right. This was terribly not right. This was not at all going how Ominis had ever imagined. He guessed Sebastian might have been a little angry and he had every right to be, but he had always imagined him and Sebastian talking civilly about things. Being alone with a clearly furious Sebastian he couldn’t even see was not what he had been expecting. “Sebastian, please, can we talk. Please. I have so much I need to say to you. I need to start with sorry. I am sorry for how things-“ He never finished, because at that moment he was knocked aside as his best friend threw himself at him.

“You’re sorry! YOU’RE SORRY? Do you have any idea what you did to me?” Sebastian yelled, pushing Ominis over. Ominis was unable to even stop his own fall, feeling around in mid air for anything to grab hold of. He fell hard on the floor “Sebastian, please-“ He said, trying to feel for Sebastian. He found him a second later as his once dear friend jumped on top of him and started slapping him repeatedly on the face and body. It was all he could do to hold his arms protectively in front of his face. He had been hit so many times by Marvolo growing up that this was normal, but his heart still raced in horror. “Sebastian- Please!” “So it’s okay for YOU to use the unforgivables, but when its ME, it’s ‘No, get to Azkaban’ but you can do it? You’re no better than the other Gaunts, you self-righteous bastard, you act like you’re above the law but turn your best friend in. I was your friend and you chose somebody else over me!”

Ominis was now trying to defuse this by laying still, protecting his face and body by keeping his arms up, leaving Sebastian to slap them. He was blinded by rage, it was consuming him. He wanted to pull Ominis’ perfect hair, make him feel some of the torment and horror from Azkaban that still lived inside of Sebastian. Sebastian stopped hitting Ominis, but was now clutching him tightly by the tops of his arms, his nails digging into Ominis through his robes. “Do you know what Azkaban is like Ominis? You sent me there! YOU! I should tell everybody what you did! I never tortured Muggles for fun, for giggles, that was you! YOU HYPOCRITE, you foul, little capeflapper, you-“

But at that moment something flew into Sebastian’s face and pain ran across his face as something small and sharp hit him. He yelled and jumped off Ominis, just as something struck him again. He reached up and found something small gripping his robes as it sunk little teeth now into his fingers. Sebastian yelped as he saw a tiny snake and tried to throw it off him. ‘Die. Die. Die.’ Snakey hissed, striking at Sebastian’s face, coiling around his fingers to bite again and again. “Snakey, no. That’s my friend.” Ominis yelled, reaching over to find Sebastian's arm to pull the snake away. The little snake was vibrating, hissing and still trying to lung at Sebastian. “Got a little snake to do your work? Wow. Your dad’ll be so pleased.” Sebastian yelled at Ominis, feeling the small teeth marks all over his face and hands, he winched. “No!” Ominis yelled back to Sebastian in despaired, then lowered his voice. “He thinks you’re a threat. Snakey stop.”

Ominis sat on the rug, breathing heavily. His arm was still up, using it to ensure some space between him and where Sebastian had stormed off too. He was trembling, both were. He could hear running water as Sebastian washed the bite marks. “I’m guessing that thing is poisonous?” Sebastian raged. “You Gaunts like that sort of thing.” “It’s venomous with snakes, not poisonous,” Ominis said sadly “And no, he’s a milk snake. He’s harmless.” Sebastian snorted. This was not at all civil. He could hear Sebastian breathing heavy too by the water tap, but it wasn’t easing off, in fact his breathing seemed to get harder. Louder. He was panicking as more water ran. “Your bloody thing has- Look at my face!“ “He’s not venomous, he’s a milk snake, he’s harmless.” Ominis repeated, awkwardly. “You’re not dying or anything, just try to calm down. Any swelling will go down in half an hour or so. He attacked because he’s protective of me, that’s all. He doesn’t normally do that.” “Calm down” Sebastian laughed almost hysterically. “Calm down? I hate you Ominis. You have no idea what you’ve done, so don’t tell me to calm down!” They were back to shouting again, Ominis kept quiet, trying to get Snakey to go up his sleeve.

Eventually, he spoke slowly and calmy, hopefully to sooth the rage in Sebastian. “I do know. Anne has told me everything. Professor Weasley too. I know everything you’ve been through, the only thing I don’t know is where have you been these last few months? I- Sebastian I am so sorry.” Ominis listened carefully, he had to make sure they were alone, he couldn’t hear any footsteps approaching. “We are alone, yes?” He was sure they were, but he wanted to make sure. “I regretted everything from the moment it happened. You’ve been like a brother to me and I threw it all away. You are, of course right, I have done bad things myself, I didn’t have a choice… but at the time, I felt like we had no other choice, Solomon had just died, you killed him. You used dark magic on multiple occasions without any regrets, despite my constant warnings. I felt we had no other choice. Can we talk about this tomorrow when there’s less chance of being overheard, please?”

Sebastian dried his face, seeing angry red marks all over his skin. They would bruise overnight for sure, no doubt he would turn up to class looking like the convicted criminal he was. He looked up to glare at Ominis, he could blame this all on him. Even after Sebastian had let out some rage on him, somehow Ominis still looked better groomed than him. His eyes burned as they watered rapidly. Was he going to cry or was it from shock by being bitten by a snake? Either way he was shaking and burning hot rage still ran through him. His fingers were also full of pinpricks, with tiny pools of blood popping up over his skin.

“So, what’s with the snake?” He asked unsteadily, looking for something to talk about. “Is it your servant then?” “He’s my childhood pet. My family were sort of keeping him hostage.” Ominis answered quietly, “He’s called Snakey. He’s really nice, normally.” Ominis decided not to tell Sebastian his snake had been shouting ‘die’. Sebastian sat on his bed just as the two other boys entered the dorm. They glanced at Sebastian and at Ominis still sprawled on the floor. It was very obvious to anybody looking that these two boys had been fighting. They give an uneasy smile and went to their side of the room, making it clear they wanted no part in this.

Sebastian pretended to be looking in his trunk to avoid looking at them anymore. “I’m going to sleep now.” Sebastian said, closing his trunk with a loud CLICK. Ominis nodded. Both boys couldn’t even look at the other. “Can we talk at breakfast?” Ominis asked quietly, almost pleading. “Yeah.” Sebastian said, now feeling guilty for lashing out at Ominis, hurting Ominis hadn’t made him feel better, but worse. He was going to say sorry to Ominis, but found he couldn’t speak, so he just climbed into bed and closed the hangings around him. He rolled over, away from Ominis.

“Goodnight.” Ominis said as he changed and laid down too. His arms were hurting from where Sebastian had hit him. Fresh guilt ran across him, Sebastian was here, right here in this room, yet he didn’t feel like the Sebastian Ominis knew. In his place was this desperate and angry person who hated Ominis, but not as much as Ominis hated himself. He rolled over. His attempted at warning Professor Weasley about the snake and the chamber had been a total disaster. He felt stupid, they hadn’t taken him seriously after everything they knew about him, Ominis knew his father, Marvolo and the rest of his family were not lying about the Chamber, but he had no idea how to convince the adults here that it was real. He cuddled into the blankets.

The Gaunts had really made all their plans failproof, he released with growing dread, nobody had believed him, even when he had betrayed his family and told Hogwarts the truth. The teachers, the Ministry, they all knew about the Chamber of Secrets, but all evidence had told them it was just the Gaunt family messing around. Part of Ominis knew somehow that his father had fully expected him to talk, knowing the Gaunt's secret was well protected either way. He was likely laughing right now as he got into bed with Shiva. Only it wasn’t. There were students here in great peril, but nobody would believe him until it was too late. The Chamber of Secrets. A giant monster within. A not okay Sebastian, laying in the bed next to him, hating him. He was only seventeen, why was all his responsibility crushing him?

Quietly, he called out. ‘Hello?’ he hissed in a whisper. "Are you there?" ‘Yes?’ a voice answered. His whole body froze in terror until he realized it was Snakey who answered. ‘You talk to me?’ “Sorry, mistake.” Ominis tried not to laugh, he was being silly. He should try to sleep. He would make things right with Sebastian starting from tomorrow. At least that was somehow under his control.

Neither Sebastian or Ominis spoke or did anything to alert the other that they were still awake, but it was a long time before both of them finally drifted off. Sebastian laid staring up at the ceiling, the squid was waving one of its arms over the window in the lake above them, there was something about its shadow that reminded him of the Dementors... He closed his eyes tightly. There was chocolate in his trunk, it was full to bursting with chocolate should he need it. ‘Just go to sleep, it’s just the squid. Tomorrow is first day of the seventh year, I need to sleep if I’m to keep up.’ He rolled over, now sleeping on his stomach, away from the dark swaying arm above him.

Slowly, the room grew silent, save for deep breathing. Deep under the dorm, through the earth and into a dark and equally silent chamber, the giant snake within raised it’s head on a giant body of vivid green scales, she stretched up as far as she could reach, and even then, the giant chamber stretched far up, taller than what she could reach, her bright yellow eyes zeroing in on the exact spot she heard a voice calling out to her.

It was him at last. He had been told about her and now it was only a matter of time until he freed her. The heir of her master was finally here. The promised one who would set her free and unleash her onto those of dirty blood.

‘Ominis’ she whispered out.

‘Ominis’

In the dorms, Ominis’ eyes snapped open as his legs kicked into the air as he sat up like a bolt.

Ominis

He threw the blankets over his head as if that would protect him from the voice from below, calling out to him, louder with every call.

OMINIS

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Obscure Characters List - Male Edition

Obscure Characters I love for some reason. (By obscure I mean characters that have little to no fanfic written about them. Not necessarily characters nobody’s ever heard of.) Don’t ask me to explain why.

A

Abraham Alastor/Anthony Clarke (Dark Pictures Little Hope)

Adam (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)

Adam (Hallmark Frankenstein 2004)

Al Capone (Night at the Museum)

Alan McMichael (Crimson Peak)

Alec Fell (Nancy Drew, The Silent Spy)

AM (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream)

Amphibian Man/The Asset (Shape of Water)

Anthony Walsh (Blood Fest)

Anton Herzen (Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box)

Ardeth Bay (Mummy series)

Armand (Queen of the Damned 2002)

Armando Salazar (Pirates of the Caribbean 5)

B

Barnaby (Sabrina Down Under)

Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (The Cat Returns)

Baron Meinster (Brides of Dracula)

Beast/Hank McCoy (X-Men, Kelsey Grammer version)

Beast/Prince (Beauty and the Beast 2014)

Ben Willis (I Know What You Did Last Summer)

Bernard the elf (Santa Clause series)

Black Phillip (The VVitch)

Blade (Puppetmaster series)

Bughuul (Sinister 1 and 2)

C

Caliban/John Clare (Penny Dreadful)

Captain Frederick Wentworth (Persuasion)

Captain James Hook (Peter Pan 2003)

Cedric Brown (Nanny McPhee)

Christian Thompson (Devil Wears Prada)

Colonel William Tavington (The Patriot)

Cornelis Sandvoort (Tulip Fever)

Crown Prince Ryand'r/Darkfire (DC comics/Teen Titans)

D

Daniel Le Domas (Ready Or Not)

Death (Final Destination series)

Dimitri Allen (Professor Layton and the Unwound Future)

Dimitri Denatos (Mom’s Got a Date With a Vampire)

Dustfinger (Inkheart)

Dr. Alexander Sweet/Dracula (Penny Dreadful)

Dr. Gregory Butler (Happy Death Day 1 & 2)

Dr. Manhattan (Watchmen)

Driller Killer (Slumber Party Massacre 2)

E

Edward Gracey (Haunted Mansion 2003) 

Edward Mordrake (Urban Legend/American Horror Story Asylum)

Edward/Eddie “Tex” Sawyer (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3)

Elemer of the Briar (Elden Ring)

Erik Carriere (Phantom of the Opera 1990)

Ethan (Pilgrim 2019)

F

Father Gascoigne (Bloodborne)

Faustus Blackwood (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

Fegan Floop (Spy Kids trilogy)

Fox Mask/Tom (You’re next)

G

George Knightley (Emma)

Ghost/Mitch (Haunt 2019)

Godskin Apostle (Elden Ring)

Godwyn the Golden (Elden Ring)

Gold Watchers (Dark Deception)

Greg (Bodies, Bodies, Bodies)

Grim Matchstick (Cuphead)

Gurranq Beast Clergyman (Elden Ring)

H

Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde (Broadway, Rob Evan version)

Henry Sturges (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)

Hugh Crain (Haunting of Hill House, the book and 1963 film. Not the Flanagan show or 1999 movie remake)

Hugo Butterly (Nancy Drew, Danger by Design)

I

Ingemar (Midsommar)

J

Jack Ferriman (Ghost Ship)

Jack Worthing/Uncle Jack (We Happy Few)

Jafar (Once Upon a Time, not the Wonderland spin-off)

Jan Valek (John Carpenter’s Vampires)

Jefferson "Seaplane" McDonough/Alex (Jumanji 2 and 3)

Jervis Tetch/Mad Hatter (Arkhamverse! Video Games)

Jester (Puppetmaster series)

John (He’s Out There)

Joseph “Joey” Mallone (Blackwell series)

Juan (The Forever Purge)

Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood (Elden Ring)

K

Kalabar (Halloweentown)

Kenneth Haight (Elden Ring)

Killer Moth/Drury Walker (Teen Titans)

King Paimon (Hereditary)

L

Lamb Mask/Craig (You’re next)

Lamplighter (The Boys)

Launder Man (Crypt TV)

Lawrence “Larry” Gordon (Saw series)

Loki (Apsulov: End of Gods)

Lucifer (Devil’s Carnival 1 & 2)

M

Magic Mirror (Snow White 1937/Shrek)

Man in the Mask (The Strangers)

Manon (The Craft)

Man-Thing (Marvel’s Werewolf By Night)

Marco Polo/Merman (Crypt TV)

Marcus Corvinus (Underworld series)

Markus Boehm (Nancy Drew, the Captive Curse)

Mephistopheles (Faust’s Albtraum)

Micolash, Host of the Nightmare (Bloodborne)

Miquella (Elden Ring)

Mirror Man (Snow White and the Huntsman)

Mr. Crow/Aldous Vanderboom (Rusty Lake series)

Mr. Le Bail (Ready Or Not)

Mr. Slausen (Tourist Trap)

N

Nigel Billingsley (Jumanji 2 and 3)

Night’s Cavalry (Elden Ring)

Nothing (The Night House)

P

Pazuzu (The Exorcist)

Pierre Despereaux (Psych)

Prince Anton Voytek (Vampire 1974)

Prince Escalus (Romeo and Juliet, no particular adaptation)

Prince Quartus (Stardust)

Prince Septimus (Stardust)

Professor Petrie/Phantom of the Opera (Phantom of the Opera 1962)

Peter Quint (Turn of the Screw, the book and maybe some other adaptations. Not the Bly Manor Flanagan show.)

R

Reese Kelly (Scarlet Hollow)

Rene Belloq (Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Roland Voight (Hellraiser 2022)

Ronin (Star Trek)

Rorschach (Watchmen)

Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Rusty Nail (Joyride trilogy)

S

Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

Sam Wayne (Scarlet Hollow)

Silver Surfer/Norrin Radd (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer)

Simon Jarrett (SOMA)

Sir Lancelot (Night at the Museum 3)

Sportacus (LazyTown)

Starscourge Radahn (Elden Ring)

STEM (Upgrade)

Sutter Cane (In the Mouth of Madness)

T

Thantos DuBaer (Twitches 1 and 2)

The Auditor (Hellraiser: Judgment)

The Babadook (The Babadook)

The Black Knight Ghost (Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed)

The Curator (Dark Pictures Anthology)

The Designer (Devil’s Carnival 2)

The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest/Professor Joel Barash/Steven Verdel (Wishmaster series)

The Faun (Pan’s Labyrinth)

The Fox (The Little Prince 1974)

The Jester (The Jester, A Short Horror Film series)

The Kinderfänger (Crypt TV)

The Knight/Tarhos Kovács (Dead by Daylight)

The Look-See (Crypt TV)

The Man (Carnival of Souls)

The Merman (Cabin In The Woods)

The Metal Killer (Stage Fright 2014)

The Mirror (Oculus)

The Narrator (Stanley Parable)

The Other (Hellfest)

The Phantom (Phantom Manor)

The Projectionist (Pearl)

The T-1000/Cop (Terminator 2, Terminator Genisys)

The Tall Man/The Entity (It Follows)

The Thing (The Thing 1982)

The Torn Prince/Royce Clayton (Thirteen Ghosts remake)

The Torso/James “Jimmy” Gambino (Thirteen Ghosts remake)

Thomas Alexander “Alex” Upton (TAU)

Tiger Mask/Dave (You’re Next)

Tommy Ross (Carrie, 1976)

V

Valak (The Conjuring)

Valdack and his real world counterpart (Black Mirror)

Van Pelt (Jumanji 2)

Venable (Wrong Turn 2021)

Viktor (Underworld series)

Viktor Frankenstein/Dr. Whale (Once Upon a Time)

Vladislaus Dracula (Van Helsing 2004)

W

Wade Thornton (Nancy Drew, Ghost of Thornton Hall)

Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts (The Princess Bride)

Wildwind/Dark Skull, Stormy Weathers, and Lightning Strikes (Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Vampire)

“William”/The Headless Figure (Crypt TV)

William "Billy" Butcherson (Hocus Pocus 1 and 2)

X

Xenan the Centaur (Xena Warrior Princess)

[huntsvillehq]

on october 31st, it started as a rumble: a low sound deep within the earth. the telephone poles and street signs began to sway. the ground shifted and opened up: a jagged split down the middle of main street, three feet wide and fifty feet long, revealing a black void beneath.

buildings cracked and crumbled. the huntsville bank lost a third of it's structure; the shelves in the library toppled and crashed into each other; pete's garage collapsed completely; the playground in the park slid to an angle.

the earthquake destroyed all the booths and stalls for the festival. a fire broke out in one of the haunted houses. a pipe burst, spraying the street with water. destruction and devastation reigned down upon main street.

it lasted a total of five minutes before the ground and dust settled and people were able to take stock of what just happened. Mayor Natasha rounded up the police and fire departments, sending them on a search and rescue to ensure everyone was recovered in some form or another and to put out the fires and check that every door with a protection rune remained intact.

shock and horror gained traction over the course of the next several hours, as reports came in. three individuals were killed and dozens were injured. Sunflower Parsons was declared missing, as her body was not recovered and no one could remember where they saw her last.

the list of deaths were posted the next morning: Minnie Garcia, Sammie Thompson, and Zoë Clark.

(below the cut are the people who were injured in alphabetical order. the muns can determine how severe the injuries are, up to and including loss of limb/disability. due to the nature of the disaster, those not listed can still have minor cuts and bruises. the event concludes on nov 11th, at which time no new event threads may be posted and we catch up to the ooc present. you will still be allowed to continue event threads until completion.)

Alessandra Nuwa Chen

Alexa Cruz-Dutton (10)

Andrew Richardson

Andy Flowers

Avery Cowling

Bowie Bardot

Briana Ryan

Calloway de la Luna

Claire Forbes

Cain Barlowe

Daishiro Takahashi

Daisy Theirry

DJ Cruz-Dutton

Domino Otto

Eagan Connolly

Edgar Wayne

Eldon Harcourt

Emma “Em” Dunford

Falco Romero

Halley MacGillivray

James Goldstein

Jane Doe

Jay Romero-Sawyer (15)

Jerico Leeds

Katarina “Rini” Roberts

Liam Jefferson

Lin Xiu

Mallard “Duck” Romero

Mylene “Myles” Karimi

Natalie Gray

Penelope “Penny” Lane

Peter “Rusty” Craven

Saffron Aubert

Salem Salazar

Sandra Quispe

Scout Garcia

Sicilia “Lia” Flowers

Spencer Holmes

Reggie Alson

Ricardo “Ric” Reider

Rosemary Felton

Valeria “Val” Moreno

Victoire “Vic” Dubois

Ward Langston

Wolf Lykaios

[basickabyl]

In this episode we solve the hanging man and bag ourselves some endings.

The Horror of Salazar House - Formerly the *Enigma* of Salazar House - is a retro point-and-click horror adventure game where you take on the role of a journalist sent to investigate the abandoned mansion of renowned author Jaime Salazar. The Salazar family went missing years ago and its up to us to find out what happened to them, explore the spooky not-so-empty mansion, and maybe even survive.

[fandomwm]

Hello everyone, my name is M.

Last edited: May 31, 2024

I’m a 21 year old Trans man (He/They) with an interest in a lot of nerdy stuff. I haven’t been on tumblr in a hot minute so be patient with me. I have an artist partner @bloodstar666 ❤️ (we are poly lol)

I’m a film student currently. I do bad drawings and semi ok writing (please don’t repost or sell anything of mine or steal you boozy). I might post some of my stuff but I’m here to eat your fan art and OC’s. I would also appreciate friendships.

I also have a Twitter.

My main interests are (in no particular order):

Five Nights at Freddy’s (especially the characters sun and moon)

Homestuck

Spooky Month (Bob fanclub)

Welcome Home

Creepypastas

Pressure

Poppy playtime

Ghost the band

Clowns (not a fandom but you know)

Horror (especially movies)

(If you want a more detailed list of interesting, I’ll leave it at the end. But these are the ones that live in my head rent free currently)

Go ahead, I’m cringe, I don’t care for rude comments. I will delete/block.

Oh yeah, I have DID (before claiming I’m fake, I’m diagnosed so shut up, not that it’s really your business anyway), as well as having a slew of other mental disorders/disabilities which is not the point of this page so please don’t ask me about it. Mixed with the ADHD, I can’t remember shit. I don’t mean to offend by forgetting to respond to anything or suddenly disappearing for months, that’s just how it be.

Other interests:

Anime, animation (kids and adults), video games (especially horror), tv and movies, musicals, cryptids, Pokemon, YouTube, amazing digital circus, Bluey, cuphead, gravity falls, owl house, studio ghibli, hell of a boss & hazbin kinda, over the garden wall, don’t starve, arcane, goosebumps, invader zim, my little pony, mystery skulls animated, fictional characters, baking, writing, drawing (physical and digital), juggalo, crochet, metal music, alternative fashion (especially gothic), plushies and collectibles, and human rights.

[mrjackthedemon]

Hey everyone today is the final episode of the horror of Salazar house I have to admit this game was amazing I do hope you all enjoy the final episode @PuppetCombo @torturestar @youtube @youtubegaming