#the nightwalker collective

[mentallyunw3ll]

System post:

So I've noticed that the system spaces here (at least at face value) are really nice

And I really like that! All systems really need are spaces to encourage each other! Not any of the toxic stuff I usually see in online spaces carved out for systems

I dunno, maybe there is a toxic side to tumblrs system space, but from what ive seen it's really neat :]

-Ricky Pots

[mentallyunw3ll]

^^^^^^^^^

Also hi love

A Letter To All Systems

After having the biggest meltdown over our body and the deep, deep sorrow that fell over me when I realized that we will never truly feel like ourselves— that we will always be a truth scratching and pleading at the wall of the mask glued to our faces— I had the urge to come tell all of you out there, every single collective swimming within this indefinite sea of anguish and burden, that you will always be loved by someone on this planet. Even if the grand majority of the universe forever perceives you as the porcelain exterior that you're forced to put on, the true you buried beneath all the broken clay will be truly and deeply adored by someone.

Even if people cannot see you and the body you hold within, I see you. I care for you. I love you and I hold your tears within my hand like an offering to the Gods. You are adored. Nothing could convince me of your rottenness, your decay, your worthlessness. No matter how many layers of porcelain you hide behind, I sit with you upon this lifeboat, and we float together.

I love you. And I am so proud of you. I am proud of us. We have been an optical illusion to every mirror, and every naked eye for all this time, yet we still push forward. There is nothing more beautiful and more inspiring than your perseverance.

We are beside you. 💙

[freshhotflavors]

I had so much fun designing these cryptid popsicle enamel pins, I was absolutely delighted when the manu showed me the cabuchons I could use for the gumball eyes lol

Fresno Nightcrawler popsicle pins are available to keep u company on a nighttime stroll ~✨👻 Check out the shop link in our bio to see the rest of the spooky lil' ice creams too!

[glunavip]

I bought Ten's album 😁

[cannibalistickiwi]

Cryptkins Blind Box Figure - Fresno Nightcrawler Ver.

Happy Food Coma Friday Everyone

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[elicunegatti]

Analog is (not) dead.

Paris, January 2023

[eddy25960]

“Rouge de la Nuit”

by Alexandre Pelletier, born in 1972 in Tours, better known by his artistic moniker, Le Yack, is a contemporary French artist.

English“Rouge de la Nuit” is a striking composition from the “Nightwalk” collection

[elementroar]

Analysis behind the backstory and personal story arcs of A.B.A. and Paracelsus (part 1)

Sorry for the people who waited. Technical and real life delays and all that. On the positive, I happened to run into new resources in the past two days that have helped lining up the facts easier.

Anyway, I originally wanted to compress all the lore into a single post, but I find it’s so much more massive once you really dig into the analysis between the story across multiple mediums, the in-game animations and interactions etc. To make this more readable for you all and to make creating these posts faster, I’m going to separate them up into parts that focus on different facets of their relationship and lore as I progress through them.

This first part goes into their origins, and I hope this big post helps to thoroughly explain who/what A.B.A. and Paracelsus are, their backstories prior to STRIVE, and my own analysis sprinkled on top. I want to try to keep the info/lore dump minimal and focused, so if I mention a character without elaborating, I’ll leave a link but if I’m not elaborating more, it’s because they’re not relevant to A.B.A/Paracelsus' stories that much.

Related links:

Analysis of Paracelsus' initial bloodlust and its longlasting effects on A.B.A (Part 2)

This is the "Why ABA and Paracelsus can feel horny" lore/theory post

Flament Nagel - Paracelsus’ true form theory

The Red King and White Queen alchemical concept in A.B.A and Paracelsus’ relationship

The beginning with A.B.A.

First off, to introduce their individual origins, it’s easiest to start with A.B.A. She’s a homunculus, an artificial lifeform created by a scientist in his mansion, which was located in the mountains of a region called Frasco or Flask. But before she was ‘born’, her creator had been taken away by the military for his skills in creating artificial life, and so A.B.A. woke up alone.

Despite this, within the 10 years she spent alone in the mansion she was able to learn to read, write, and even create some alchemical magic (seen in some of her attacks in games before -STRIVE-). It’s assumed either she was created with a set of memories and skills, or she naturally learns very quickly. It’s probably due to reading leftover journals and research materials that she even learnt her creator’s name was Paracelsus.

Technically, A.B.A. could’ve left the manor quite easily, there was even a village not far from them. However, she understood that she knew nothing about the world outside and was scared to leave the safety of the manor by venturing outside to explore the unknown world. But she did yearn for freedom and to leave Frasco, so she took to fixating on keys, which she found fascinating in being able to unlock doors to different places.

In the last bit of her 10 years in Frasco, A.B.A would accidentally cross paths with the hidden the demon axe Flament Nagel (which she would later rename to ‘Paracelsus’ in honour of her creator, or just cos that’s the only other name she actually knew).

What’s a demon axe doing here anyway?

So what is Paracelsus? He is what’s known as a magical foci, which are objects or even people that get a soul or a collection of memories/emotions/desires attached to them, which eventually leads to them gaining sentience and often supernatural abilities. They draw from the Backyard, which is basically where the information that makes up all reality is stored in the Guilty Gear world, and also the source of magic. This is the origin of ‘demons’ within the GG world, like Paracelsus.

The story of how Paracelsus/Flament Nagel ended up in Frasco actually involves the ancient Nightwalker (technically not a vampire but he's basically a vampire without the bad stuff) known as Slayer.

Now Slayer is this incredibly old, incredibly strong vampire Nightwalker, who nonetheless is a very nice guy who doesn’t need to feed on regular people because his wife, Sharon, is a deathless woman that he can feed on indefinitely without worrying about her dying.

Because of his immense age (AFAIK he’s the oldest of the main GG cast) and overwhelming power (he always holds back in-game), he has very insightful observations of Paracelsus and A.B.A.

The following screenshots are excerpts taken from the English transcript (available here) translated from the Night of Knives Vol.2 audio drama CD (you can listen to it here), and are from the perspective of Slayer recounting his encounters with Paracelsus and A.B.A.

Sometime near the end of the 100 year long war between Gears and humans known as the Crusades, Slayer was roaming a battlefield and came across a mountain of corpses of both Gears and humans. In the middle of it was a wandering blood covered warrior that was swinging an axe wildly. After confronting the man, Slayer realized that it was the axe that was the true master, the man had already lost his mind and was under its full control.

That axe called itself Flament Nagel aka the Flaming Nail, or the Sanguine Gale. I'll still be referring to him as Paracelsus at this point in time though.

Now magical foci start off simple-minded, only repeating small word fragments, and evolve over time to become more intelligent and sapient. At this point, young Paracelsus was a demon axe who had just gained sentience on that battlefield. Hot-headed and hungry for blood, and wanting to prove his combat superiority, he challenged Slayer and got curb stomped. Slayer was disappointed in how primitive Paracelsus still was in mind and soul, so he left him there to rust.

However eventually, Paracelsus was picked up from that battlefield and was sent to the alchemist Paracelsus, creator of A.B.A. We don’t know if the alchemist knew what the demon axe was, or whether he even requested him specifically for research. But the alchemist ultimately didn’t let Paracelsus out, not letting him take control over him and hiding him somewhere in the depths of his mansion.

(Inaccurate information removed, updating with A.B.A.'s JP GG World entry from XRD)

It would be after A.B.A.’s 10 year long isolation that she decided for reasons unknown, to leave the mansion and explore the outside world. By pure chance, she comes across Paracelsus, who because kinda resembled a key, she immediately picked up and she fell in love with him and decided they were married from then on.

Becoming her key

It's always been known that Paracelsus has some form of empathic abilities, and that he could tell that A.B.A. was fixated on keys and assumed the shape of a giant key to entice her to wield him. This was also the first ‘manipulation’ that Paracelsus admitted he had done to A.B.A. during their heart-to-heart talk.

It’s been further clarified in this recent interview, that it wasn’t so much Paracelsus deliberately taking the form of a key to attract ABA, but because ABA had been so heavily fixated on keys that she saw Paracelsus as a key straight away. That image she had of him as a key seemed to immediately imprint itself on him the moment she touched him, because of his true nature as “an axe (that) transforms into the owner’s image” of what his wielder wants him to be.

Slayer actually did mention this was likely the case over 20 IRL years ago in the audio drama CD, when he observed Paracelsus behaviour with A.B.A. in their second encounter.

Because A.B.A. never sees Paracelsus as a weapon, Paracelsus began to change to fit her ideal of what she saw him as, to become something more than just a weapon, and allowing Paracelsus to truly change and evolve physically and emotionally.

It’s important to note, Paracelsus isn’t bound to his wielder, and he doesn’t HAVE to allow this to happen either. Despite being dragged around by A.B.A. and acting like he has no autonomy; he actually has all the power to stop her from the start.

As Slayer notes, Para still has the power to completely take over A.B.A. 's mind and force her to do what he wants if he is truly unhappy. However he has never even threatened A.B.A. with this ability, and if not for Slayer knowing his past, no one would know Paracelsus actually can do this.

Whether consciously or subconsciously, Para was becoming more than just a demon axe from the moment he met A.B.A., and in his heart of hearts, he was begrudgingly accepting of his then situation-ship with her.

Fast forward to STRIVE and it's shown that he still continues to evolve to fulfill her 'vision' of what he is. When described as becoming more key-like, it's more obvious when you place both his old and new design side-by-side.

Notably, the blade part of his axe form has gotten smaller by STRIVE, just as he has sworn off violence and bloodshed by STRIVE.

It's even shown in how A.B.A. wields him., especially when Para partially possess or influences A.B.A. in his Muroha mode in the old games (mechanically this is the Jealous Mode in STRIVE). A.B.A. would wield him like a proper 'axe' blade-first in XX/ACCENT CORE. In STRIVE, since A.B.A. is now the dominant one in Jealous Rage mode, she doesn't wield him like an axe and now wields him by...bashing his head into people.

(Also I'll be going over the in-game animations and what they convey in a future post, don't you worry! You can view the comparison compilation here first.)

This even is shown in how A.B.A. uses Paracelsus as an actual key in her Overdrive "Keeper of the Key", which is a new move for her.

If we go further, I have speculated in this semi-crack theory that due to A.B.A. also interjecting her ideal of Paracelsus being her spouse over the years, that him actually 'reacting' to her advances now could also be an example of his evolution.

Even if he's trying REAL hard not to.

Hope this was an enjoyable read, let me know if you have any suggestions for improving readability or other stuff. Feel free to ask me questions through the inbox in the mean time that I'm working on the next part.

The next part is going to be analyzing and comparing Paracelsus' XX/ACCENT CORE Muroha mode to STRIVE's Jealous Rage mode, which has quite a bit of detail from comparing their effects on A.B.A. in in-game sprites/animations, plus how it reflects on the change in their power dynamics between games.

Edit: Part 2 available here

[kisavatore]

Goth/alt cc finds part 2-Tops & Bottoms

*some of the tops in cas

Tops [Part 2]

Haphe Corset | Distressed Days Collection Top | Base T-shirt | Ariel Corset Elizabeth Set Corset | Raven Corset | Gothic Cut Out Top | Demon Top Lush Corset | Claudia Top | Luly Top | Shaina Top | Velvet Ropes Top JaYoung Top | Alter Ego Top | Remember Forever Blouse | Lace Top Bodysuit | Lace-up Bodysuit | Sun & Moon Top | Psycho Lace Blouse Nightwalker Top | Mesh Crop Top | Y2k Corset | her.top | Drawstring Top Strike sweater | Metalika Top | Buckle Shirt | Bats Top | Roxi Crop Top

Bottoms

Leather Pants | Morgan Skirt | Scarlett Pants | Taylor Skirt | Marian Pants Lacuna Jeans | Tartan skirt | Latex Pants | Padlock Skirt | Pleated Skirt Samara Set Skirt | Jeans Michael Pants | Jeans shorts | Esther Skirt Crust Pank Pants | Dusk Diva Pants | andrea skirt | Butterfly chain with skirt Eloise Skirt | Pandora Skirt | Cross Velvet Skirt | Drive Pants | Death Pants Riot Pants | Silence Speaks Pants | Demolition Skirt | Desire Skirt Yanzo Belted Skirt | Leggings | Emo Jeans | Mini Shorts | Nina Skirt w/Jeans jaz pants | Violet Skirt | Ruffle Skirt | Pleated Skirt | Demon Pants | Skirt w/chain

PT.1 | PT.2 | PT.3 | PT.4

[lilypixels]

Beggin: A Mini Shorts Collection

Hello hello! I come bearing gifts: three high waisted shorts :D I hope to make more one day, so this is tentatively considered part 1, but we'll see. Consider this a gift for all things happening in June too~ **All shorts have clipping issues when sim bends at stomach (not sure if i can fix that tbh...) also, due to height, they clip with some shirts but they also work with a good amount ! Even ones that aren't crops!!**

Accendio Shorts:

BGC

16 denim swatches

M frame only

Disabled for Random

Biscuit Shorts:

BGC

16 swatches

M frame only

Disabled for Random

Nightwalker Shorts:

BGC

13 swatches (most of original goth kit swatches plus more; i matched the colors of 2 with the netting cause it annoyed me)

M frame only

Disabled for Random

Huge shoutout to my dear friend @zynoox for being a BIG help as I made these mwah <3

Download: SFS | Patreon

[butcherlarry]

Weekly Fic Recs 28

Tumblr updated the post thingy so now I have to relearn it again. Wish me luck! Enjoy the fic recs!

Would you like to be my stepfather? by Speechless_since_1998 - Superbat, wip. The batkids ask Clark why he isn't they're step dad yet. It's adorable.

NA NA NA NA NA Batdad! by nightwalker - Batfam, complete. Ollie notices that Batman and Bruce Wayne have the same mug. What a coincidence! (Right??? RIGHT???)

Only Love Can Last by River9Noble - Twobats/Bruharvey, complete. A look at Bruce and Harvey's relationship. Short, but very sweet 💕

Fear Is Fading Fast by River9Noble - Twobats/Bruharvey, complete. A companion to the above fic. Harvey and Two Face go to therapy and deal with their feeling for Bruce (especially after Bruce gets injured).

Just A Little Bit... by HaleHathNoFury (My_Trex_has_fleas) - Superbat, wip. Creepy, haunted Wayne family and Alien Clark, what's not to love? I was very excited when this fic updated multiple times!! I did some happy dances! And then started screaming "NO" at my computer when I saw the most recent update :) Very good fic, give it a read!

big pockets & juice boxes by majorlachdown - Batfam, complete. Bruce turns into a purse mom when he starts collecting kids.

Patchwork Pod by Ktkat9 - Superbat, wip. More of the mer bruce fic! A Timothy has been acquired!

Foreign Object by audreycritter - Batfam, complete. Bruce gets seriously ill, and the whole family comes together to deal with it. Part of a series! I'm in the middle of the next fic of the series, called Developmental Milestones, and I'm enjoying the heck out of that one too!

borderline by TheResurrectionist - Batfam, wip. More of the batfam hivemind fic! The family is starting to get a hang of the shared mind thing, and go up to the Watchtower together, which is one of my favorite scenes so far :)

Brush-a-bye baby by iselsis - Batfam, complete. Bruce comforts a recently found Cass. Very sweet fic.

Bruce is - involuntarily, if he may add - the president of Gotham series by soyasauce - Batfam, with a little Superbat if you squint. Fics are complete. Gotham declares independence and Bruce is made president. Shenanigans ensue.

Dog the Dog - Jason Todd's Best Friend series by Acin_Grayson, Ao3time - Batfam, first two fics complete. Batman finds both Jason and Dog stealing his tires, and adopts both.

Through the haze by Mawiiish - Superbat, complete. Bruce is exposed to a new form of Black Mercy, and has trouble getting out of it. Clark helps him, and Bruce has trouble dealing with his feeling over what he saw in the Black Mercy dreams. Clark also dealing with Feelings ™ too. Lot's of good, good hurt/comfort and flangst (fluff and angst, heehee).

[bite-ology]

I was just recently made aware by a friend that a lot of popular authors in recent years have published a DC book collection...? (Sarah J. Maas, Marie Lu, Leigh Bardugo) All I'm going to say is that I'm really interested in reading the Batman one, soley because of how much of a dumpster fire the synopsis is.

"...The Nightwalkers are terrorizing Gotham City, and Bruce Wayne is next on their list.

One by one, the city's elites are being executed as their mansions' security systems turn against them, trapping them like prey. Meanwhile, Bruce is turning eighteen and about to inherit his family's fortune, not to mention the keys to Wayne Enterprises and all the tech gadgetry his heart could ever desire. But after a run-in with the police, he's forced to do community service at Arkham Asylum, the infamous prison that holds the city's most brutal criminals..." -Batman: Nightwalker, Marie Lu

...so I guess Blackgate doesn't exist? Arkham is a mental institution. (Or 'supposed' to act like one)

[fantastic-nonsense]

Hiii do u have any comic recs with a young Bruce?

I’ve heard abt the dark Halloween but I’m not as interested in the joker… I read year one (rlly good). The nightwalkers comic adaptation felt like fanfiction…

Year one focused more on how Batman came to be but I wished I could read smth more Bruce focused, if u know what I mean! (Nightwalkers had terrible themes and even poorer execution lol)

I’m mostly wanting to delve on his relationships with other people, I watched the first Nolan movie and thought it was rlly entertaining! I especially liked Rachel, bc I’m a romantic… sorry. But yeah ! Thank u sm ^__^

Batman: The Knight is a frankly delightful miniseries specifically about Bruce's training days abroad before he returns to Gotham! It doesn't have much to do with Bruce's romantic relationships (he has a girlfriend named Dana in it, but she's really only seen in flashbacks and not a very prominent character), but it's a very interesting exploration of how Bruce becomes Batman.

Otherwise...this is basically the premise of Zero Year. If you read the synopsis of that story, you might notice a lot of similarities between the premize of Zero Year and the plot of The Batman (2022). That's because Matt Reeves drew a lot of inspiration from Zero Year's plot when making that movie. So if you liked that depiction of Bruce, you'll probably like Zero Year.

Another early years!Batman comic you might enjoy is Batman: Dark Moon Rising, which collects two miniseries: Batman and the Monster Men and Batman and the Mad Monk. They both take place in between Batman: Year One and The Man Who Laughs (Bruce's first time fighting the Joker).

If you want to delve into young!Bruce's relationships with other people, you should read Detective Comics #457 and Detective Comics #574 for stories focused on Bruce's relationship with Leslie Thompkins, who in modern continuity helped raise Bruce alongside Alfred. You might also find Batman: Year Three to be of interest to you. It was the first "big" modern retelling of Dick Grayson's origin and how he became Robin.

Romance-wise, early days Comics!Bruce dated actress Julie Madison (they were actually engaged at one point!). I'm not the best person to give recs for her, unfortunately, since her appearances are mostly confined to Golden Age comics and the New 52.

However, if you're interested in young!Bruce's romances regardless of whether they're comic canon or not...go watch Mask of the Phantasm. Frankly, you should do it even if you aren't. It's an absolutely incredible movie and honestly everyone should watch it. 10/10, top-tier drama and a top-tier Batman movie.

[o-link]

Le Yack - Dernière Séance

"Dernière Séance", une œuvre expressive de la collection "Nightwalk", met en scène deux silhouettes devant un guichet de cinéma, baignées dans la lueur chaude des néons.

[marshmyers]

This action-packed graphic novel based on the New York Times bestselling book by Marie Lu transports readers to the shadowy gates of Arkham Asylum, where Gotham City's darkest mysteries reside...and which now threatens to imprison Bruce Wayne. 

A ruthless new gang of criminals known only as Nightwalkers is terrorizing Gotham, and the city's elite are being taken out one by one. On the way home from his 18th birthday party, newly minted billionaire Bruce Wayne makes an impulsive choice that puts him in their crosshairs and lands him in Arkham Asylum, the once-infamous mental hospital. There, he meets Madeleine Wallace, a brilliant killer...and Bruce's only hope. Madeleine is the mystery Bruce must unravel, but is he convincing her to divulge her secrets, or is he feeding her the information she needs to bring Gotham City to its knees?

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[voda2010]

NIGHTWALKER deluxe ep out

We collected sum old pieces and put em together

S/o my twin @inxctive shit would be nothin without him

He made that vibe special 🙏🏼