#the tall but it’s giving uncanny valley vibes

[daisychainsandbowties]

playlist: the shortest 5'6" guy in the world

there you go you fiend

[sunsetcougar]

It’s very obvious that she knows those books, those words, better than any of them could ever hope too. No human scholar, even the most studious, can beat a seraph when it comes to knowledge of their lord’s words.

Emily swearing means whoever it’s directed at seriously fucked up and they’re in danger now.

As human as they often act seraphim are not human. They’re not born like humans, they’re created, molded, to fulfill a role. Sometimes those around them get a stark reminder of just how inhuman they are even if they think they’re human.

Sera was there when the first humans were created. Their lifespans are nothing compared to everything she’s seen. She can make a mortal feel those facts in their bones.

Hawk Feather AU (but can also just be a general Emilute headcanon). Emily and Lute will go on dates to Earth, in human disguises of course, and more than once Emily has gotten into an argument with a street preacher and out preached them.

Lute is just standing nearby watching proudly as Emily summons another version of the Bible from her bag to prove her point while she balances three others on her other arm. She’s gathered a small audience and the preacher is running out of steam under the sheer might of a seraph determined to debunk their hate.

[bird-cag3]

Slugcat Designs Pt. 4

uhh woops I forgot to post this part! i have not done inv or watcher designs yet sorry chat :[ explanations under the cut !!

Hunter :

Underrated very much I think! Obviously I had to include some visual Rot ™️ representation on their back. I imagine it’s mainly like the feelers that grab and hold the spear in place when needed.

On the topic of the turbocancer, I determined that it works with Hunter in the beginning— or at least, they know how to control it to their advantage before it inevitably takes over, allowing it to function as another limb and increasing their lethality.

As for the patterns, I still feel like there’s too much yellow-ish color than I would have liked but I’m satisfied for now. They’ve got the Hunter achievement on their fur, naturally. Genuinely this might be my favorite design in the lineup.

Spearmaster :

Absolutely one of my favorite scugs!! This design is Tall and Lanky and honestly more doglike than I intended, but I guess that helps to emphasize the freak of science aspect. I imagine it gives the Uncanny Valley effect to other slugcats if they were to ever meet.

In terms of the thought process, I have no idea! I went based on vibes more than anything and wanted to distinguish him farther apart than the rest, though I feel like Inv might also end up taking on an uncanny appearance when I actually remember to draw them.

Obligatory SRS symbol on its chest of course because what’s a genetically engineered animal without a logo??

[discordiansamba]

Can you tell me your favourite things about all of your different AU Keiths?

That's a tall order but I'll give it my best shot! I'll limit it to AUs I'm already in the process of writing, though.

burgundy: love the world-building in general that's involved with this version of Keith. expanding on things that didn't receive any expansion in canon like the Blade of Marmora and the druids.

cosmic dust: he's a space pirate. what more do I need to say.

who you are in the dark: Honestly what I really enjoy most is his design. extremely tall Galra Keith with a tail is a lot of fun.

abyss of memory: the developing pseudo-sibling relationship between Keith and Akira!! they're figuring it out bit by bit.

the stars shine a different shine: do you know roleswap Keith has never paid his taxes even once in his life. local half alien commits tax evasion. what's the IRS gonna do about it. they don't know where he lives.

desert born: (clenches fist) the relationship between Keith and Shiro. the ultimate family fic.

long live the queen: (REDACTED SPOILERS)

under the pale moonlight: (me rubbing my little hands together whenever I get to write about Keith's magic)

anomalous point: my guy has maximum uncanny valley vibes in this fic. It's always a delight.

when a black cat: look. he's a were-cat. what's better than that.

flicker: the entire general 'missed the call of destiny' vibe of the fic as well as his connection with Allura despite the fact that they've never met. he's not a paladin, but there's still a connection there...

ignis: yeah this is another one I'm hitting the design button on. The unnatural appearance that his transformation left him with.

run all through the night: local half galra leaves Voltron, still somehow manages to be a menace to the Galra Empire. but also the ears. the ears are good.

[bluepoodle7]

#Househuntedgame #WhoEditedTheseImages#HouseDatingSimWhen #WeirdArtAndImagesIFound #MyThoughts

Hear me out.

I mean if you feed him evil people he is both a house husband and real estate.

These are my favorite Maison Talo Meme images.

I wonder who made these edits?

I know the woman talking about the inside of the house is from a junji ito story.

The image I saw on Discord made by the same person who made the Maison Talo Squatter Otter sketch.

It's like a weird alternate reality where Maison Talo was a thicc pollinator house and Heim Balie as a lanky skinny seed barer house.

I randomly found this randomly on Discord by rat666.

I wish we got a ENA and John Doe crossover image.

I remember seeing a art work with both character interacting but the artist deleted it here but on pinterest it is on there but it is hard to find.

I didn't know Maison Talo sprouted with a finished room over garage.

Image not mine but I know who made it.

A blog about obscurity stuff, plushies and food. on Tumblr - #We Baby Bears Squatter Otter

Images not mine but links are there.

SYNANON/ÉLAN SYSTEM on X: "No, he doesn’t want your order. He wants YOU. #Househuntedgame #househunted https://t.co/Zrh70GRXK3" / X (twitter.com)

🔞Karnessa and a 1000 worms on X: "me and Maison Talo #househuntedgame https://t.co/mGsCMYeNej" / X (twitter.com)

憨格子🔞 on X: "@Junjomonstah 😍😍😍wow！That's cool！ https://t.co/Db6eSR3QLL" / X (twitter.com)

Vermillic Sauce (100% Pure Paracetamol)🍉 on X: "I might draw Maison and Katherine having a beef to each other but I'm inside the house and I can't go out because there may be intruders nearby (ignore the image) #househuntedgame #somethingmaliciousisbrewing https://t.co/auFlacPg0C" / X (twitter.com)

Verona🍉🪱 on X: "crazy?I was crazy once,he locked me in a room,a storage room,a storage room made of meat,and it made me crazy.crazy?I was crazy once,he locked me in a room,a storage room,a storage room made of meat,and it made me crazy crazy?I was crazy once- https://t.co/e93f8xWfZc" / X (twitter.com)

A Different Reality in Uncanny Valley (Mostly Maison Talo) - ?R@di0 K!ll3d the V!d30 St@r? - Wattpad

Eddie/Roach on X: "Saw this ad on Instagram and all I could think about was maison from #Househuntedgame by @mortisfox https://t.co/e2EYs8TVvB" / X

real nutty🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ on X: "would you? i would original art is from MortisFox #Househuntedgame #maisontalo https://t.co/XwTbT0tyT4" / X

🔞juegos de locos🔞❤️‍🔥memes❤️‍🔥( crazy game's ) on X: "One dies, but dies happy hahahahaha #HouseHuntedGame #HouseHuntedMaison #HouseHuntedGameMaison https://t.co/tsj268oFkG" / X

Ai Text Generated Stories (John Doe and Maison Talo yay-) - MaSoN TrAlO x John Doe (real) - Wattpad

Eli 🔞 on X: "Saw this and thought of Maison #Househuntedgame #maisontalo #johndoegame #JohnDoe https://t.co/5ob9DuOTiC" / X

Glam_Rock_Chica on X: "I got bored and started putting filters from Snapchat on them lol 😂😂#househunted #househunted2 #heimbalie #masiontalo https://t.co/w0d57cDFhE" / X

I still think about this silly warehouse joke like someone's werewolf oc bit a REALTOR.

🔞 🌼Valerie on X: "https://t.co/pq4t0mcNiy" / X

Forgot how tall Maison Talo is since in game we don't see all of him.

Maison talo png (pinterest.com)

Hello Kitty John Doe and I wonder who the artist is?

Hello kitty Doe<333 (pinterest.com)

I'm trying to find this artist.

Image not mine but link is there.

images (225×225) (gstatic.com)

This Maison Talo edit gives me the Matrix vibes.

Like this Maison Talo holds out both of his hands holding two different colored business cards that are blue and red like the movie.

Мейсон тало (pinterest.com)

This Maison Talo artwork gives me encountering a enemy in Illbleed vibes.

он НИКОГДА не обует вас на квартиру (pinterest.com)

Randomly found this Maison Talo car fire meme.

Мейсон в Очках на фоне машины (pinterest.com)

Gives me Rick and Morty vibes like the multiple ricks but with these Maison Talo edit memes I randomly find.

Like each have their own personalities.

ShadowyOne on X: "What do you mean it didn't happen like this? #digitalart #Maison #maisontalo #househunted #johndoegame #mortisfox #meme https://t.co/I7ZDjYuNxS" / X

Olezhura on X: "Will the author of John Doe forgive me x) It was supposed to happen, and you got it, lol #JohnDoe #johndoegame #JohnDoememe #GenshinImapct #GenshinImpactItto #GenshinImpactmeme https://t.co/qfRN1c98uO" / X

Randomly found this Maison Talo my beloved heart gif.

Maison Talo Maison GIF - Maison Talo Maison - Discover & Share GIFs (tenor.com)

The Maison Talo chibi project.

Мейсон Тало шаблон

[famewolf]

really loving the vibes of my new D&D character. they're a tall, strange, eerie drow in full southwestern-gothic attire. think cowboy meets witch meets priest.

they're part aasimar so I wanted to give them a really uncanny valley vibe. they move and talk in a really disjointed fashion, like something purposely being careful with their words as though trying to not spook a bird. and a lot of their parts, while looking drowish, are just a bit strange if you look too long. their mouth a little too wide, their limbs a little too long. one of their eyes has a second iris/pupil, which disappears in their radiant form, creating a third eye on their brow. they get a little fucked up and eldritch looking too when they shift. slightly shimmering semi-translucent skin, golden eyes, wings with eyespots, fingers long and grasping and sharp with claws. they're a grave domain cleric and are apart of a small order that takes care of the souls of the departed. they ultimately just wish to make sure all of the dead get their proper burial rites and are helped along the path to the afterlife.

[i-mybrunettelady]

💦 💪🧠 👀 💘 for Renira? :D

Shady lady hours <3

💦Is your OC’s attractiveness based on looks or a more intangible aura?

Looks, definitely. She's too cautious to offer any genuine vibes of her own while she's on a job, for example, but when she's amongst friends, she's still reserved, but less so. To a total stranger, it's looks; to an acquaintance, it's her secrecy.

💪What is your OC’s most physically attractive attribute?

Eyes, hands down. Height's a good contender, she is very tall (6'3/190cm) but her eyes are where it's at; they're golden/amber and thusly, very striking.

🧠What is your OC’s most mentally attractive attribute?

Intelligence. Ren knows something about everything, basically, and can talk about everything under the sun. But more than just that, she's also scarily smart and versatile, two traits she shares with Cass alongside red hair, homosexuality and murderous aura lmao (I kinda think she's his spiritual mother in a char creation kinda way and they'd get along well)

👀Does your OC believe they are attractive? Do they use that to their advantage?

Answered here!

💘Is your OC a very good flirt? Are they charming?

When she wants to be, Ren is very charming. In fact, I'd argue a calculated charm is one of the things that gives her uncanny valley vibes sometimes. It's like she can turn it on and off at will. Everything about her feels calculated and distant if you look close enough, at least in the beginning. But this kind of charm translates to her being a good flirt as a local expert in interpersonal interactions.

[punchi]

hey, really good half life ai doodles but why did you draw benrey as a twink?

He gives me old sickly man vibes. He's tall, lanky and like. Uncanny valley. Not that I tried to make that clear in my silly drawings lol

[kittymeow180]

TIF/TIm couples always give me uncanny valley vibes, since you can clearly see which one is born female which is born male, lol.

its always the tiny, dyed hair, heckin valid :3 transboy and then the tall bulky transwoman 'catgirl' with thin, greasy, receding hair that he attempted to do a sidebang with LOLL

[powdermelonkeg]

Gryphs aren't quite birdlike so much as catlike. They're very much in the "scatter" category, but "scatter and hide" rather than "scatter and run." They DO want the leftovers after the dragon's had its fill.

Werewolves are a source of panic, because they turn into 15 to 20-ft-tall monsters that'll eat anything on sight. Doesn't matter who you are or who you used to be, you're a monster now. There is no cure.

Knightwardens are an order of monster hunters that are outside the jurisdiction of the countries. Each country pays the Knightwarden Academy to borrow their services, as well as a stipend for the knightwarden on patrol. It's not that they can't be drained, it's that they're the trained professionals.

Two-foots are called such because they're anyone that stands on two feet. There are three kinds, mostly identical: humans, avera, and ennai, with very subtle differences between them. Avera have narrow, pointed ears with a bone in the helix of each ear, two joints in their toes, a heart on the right side, and blood that bleeds copper. Ennai have ears with a slight point, no canine teeth, a heart in the center of their chest, and black-purple blood. They can't intermix because they're completely different species, and they all have things that are poisonous to each of them, but not the others.

Doppels are treated with suspicion, especially in the early days of having a conscious mind, because those that haven't developed one are dangerous to an unnatural degree (those that DO have one are still dangerous, but can be reasoned with), and because they give off serious uncanny valley vibes. A doppel starts off as a blank slate that copies, somewhat imperfectly, the first form it sees. Anything that's done in its presence, it can mimic perfectly.

So imagine someone runs into a doppel in the woods. You have something that looks like a person but not quite that keeps staring at you, and does everything you do.

Say that freaks a person out, and they try to hit it.

The doppel copies. It hits the person. It doesn't know its own strength, so it hits too hard. The person dies.

The doppel doesn't know what it did is wrong. It knows two things: what a person looks like, and that hitting is part of a person's behavior. The next person it sees, it thinks it should do the same.

Doppels that are people are those that have been around long enough to copy two-foot mannerisms on a complex, social level. But they can still return anything that's given to them, no matter how complex, no matter how skilled. They're terrifying.

On dragon riders, it's...complicated. And inhumane. A hatchling dragon is bound to a two-foot through very cruel experiments that mutate the two-foot to have draconic features. After that point, they share a draconic lifespan, but if the two-foot is killed, the dragon dies.

THAT is the whole point of binding them in the first place. Ocheon is terrified of dragons, because they're huge and uncontrollable. A dragonblood (mutant) is capable of communicating with and exerting some degree of control over the dragon they're tied to, if from nothing else than fear of death. Which means you have a war weapon, a gryph extermination force, and a kill switch all in one.

Wild dragons have no way to communicate with people, so they're regarded like wild animals. They "talk" to other dragons more like how cats communicate, with body language backed up by a rudimentary understanding of patterns and strong memory. They don't have language centers in their brains. Wild dragons don't really understand that dragonbloods are linked to their dragons, and don't really care about humans at all--unless their nests are being raided for the dragonblood project.

Serious itch to create right now. Tempted to make a worldbuilding guide to my favorite original world but no idea where to start posts about that.

[spacexseven]

TUNA. TUNA. [imagine i am shaking you] TUNA. ALL OF UR SEA MONSTER DAZAI POSTS HAVE BEEN SOOOOO GOOD IM GONNA HAVE BRAINROT FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS ABOUT THIS. i love how we seem to have just made an evil little mermaid au at this point lol. (to clarify since u just made a post about this im just thought dumping below hehe) i feel like sea monster dazai even in human form will look. Off. like he doesnt Walk Correctly obviously, but he also doesnt seem to understand blinking very well (too used to being able to deploy an invisible third eyelid to keep the water out of his eyes), and hes not much better at breathing without gills either. extreme uncanny valley. itd be fucked up if this really Did go the little mermaid poor reader doesnt quite recognize humanzai as the monster that almost killed them and has been actively stalking them ever since. like, now that he isnt covered in scales and theres no long, razor sharp teeth in his mouth and no ten foot long tail behind him at all times he seems like a different guy. god knows hed take advantage of THAT misunderstanding. also, chuuya and fyodor is a yandere match-up ive never considered before but holy FUCK is it terrifying. like, between chuuya's brute strength and fyodor's... fyodor-ness, theres really no exit in sight, huh? yeesh. - dazai anon (im on computer now so now bandage emoji 4 me :( )

hello !!! i am being violently shaken!!! ive been on computer very often you can always google the 🩹 emoji and copy paste it if you want :> also. No worries when it comes to you i'm telepathic and i know whether you'd want it to be a request or just us conversing about Very Normal Things :>>> this little au is like my child i love it so much thank you

i guess this brings up the question if this is a little mermaid au whos the sea witch hmm i guess sigma works. very witchy vibes idk

cw: yandere character, obsessive behavior, possessive behavior, deception, generally creepy vibe

chuuya and fyodor would be a very interesting matchup heh all the trouble they'd have to go through to start working together....saving that for another time

well apart from the fact that he's still getting used to the legs and the eyes and the significantly weaker fingers and toes and all that, dazai is just not used to the whole human experience. he's tall, towering over most people he meets and coupled with the staring and blank expression, he's a little frightening. the good thing about all this, however, is that you don't recognise him without his claws and fangs and scales and what not. the legs, for one, convince you that he's definitely not the creature that's been haunting you, even though the hair and those eyes look all too familiar.

and maybe the way he grabs you and smiles, the way his grip tightens on you when someone else walks past, the way he whines into your shoulder about not knowing anyone here reminds you way too much of dazai. but this is just a newcomer to the town, someone unfamiliar with his surroundings and dependent on your help, not yet integrated into society and too shy to talk to anyone else.

huh, doesn't that feel familiar...?

get ready, because dazai is going to take advantage of this disguise to become your new best (and only) friend! now that he can do what these other humans can, you won't ask anyone else to walk with you by the beach or hang out together, right? once he finds a more permanent solution that lets him switch between human and monster, he'll never have to leave you alone !

(and of course, if you're interested, he'll gladly pull some strings to give you the underwater experience)

[doctordiscord123]

Tell us about your Circus Master?

*vibrates so intensely*

Cut because of gory descriptions and such XD

She <3

The picrew isn't quite right, she is much more vibrant, with more complete clown makeup XD whole face painted white, with the black stripes around her eyes, and also red stripes that extend her smile, sort of Joker-esque. She also has a ringmaster's top hat and cane <3 She is.....long, near 7ft tall, with unnaturally long limbs. Her proportions just aren't right, you're meant to look at her and get that Uncanny Valley vibe. Nothing about her is right, her grin can also stretch into the Uncanny, she's just meant to make your skin crawl. She is also very not human, and likely never was.

She runs a circus she just calls the Circus. A massive one. From the outside, it looks utterly abandoned, empty of people, and far too silent. You'll find her leaning against a pristine, red ticket booth, and she will try so hard to give you an entry ticket to her circus. Don't take it. Whatever you do, do not take it, because once you step inside the borders of the circus, you're not leaving, not unless she lets you (and she won't).

Once inside, the circus will appear packed. Filled with life and noise, people shoulder to shoulder, filing in and out of tents, glowing signs everywhere, labeling the entertainment in the tents. The big top the centerpiece of the whole circus. But....if you look closely at the crowd, you'll see they're all....empty. Faceless, blurry bodies, just echoes of the people they used to be.

Every single tent is filled with horror. The people she's trapped in her circus becoming the entertainment. A lion tamer who gets mauled every time he performs, just to put himself back together, perfectly healed, and do it all over again. A magician who saws a screaming 'assistant' in half, just to magically knit her back together, and other bloody acts. A pair of slapstick clowns in the big top, who use brutal weapons to beat each other to bloody pulps, to the laughter of the crowd. You get the idea. And once you've seen enough horror, that your mind can't take it, you become part of the acts. She 'puts you to work', so to speak, forced to be another smiling puppet, crying uncontrollably as you're puppeteered to endure unspeakable things. And once you no longer react, you've become desensitized to the monstrosities....you become part of the faceless echoes, left to wander the circus for the rest of eternity.

She once described herself as a venus flytrap. The people who wander into the circus are her prey, and the circus is her jaws. A very, very twisted being.

[aslitheryprinx]

in your shooting star au, can you expand on the humans reactions and thoughts on the aliens appearances. I love stuff like this ^u^

Sure thing! Sorry this has taken so long haha I've had a lot of trouble coming up with ideas for this au recently.

I'll give a brief description of each. I won't do much for the initial reactions to Wilbur or Tubbo, since when I eventually write the first meeting, there will be a lot of that.

Wilbur

Tommy and Ranboo don't see Wilbur much outside of when he's doing tests on them. They find him a lot scarier than Tubbo. Phil gets a little more used to him since Wilbur is the one keeping him, but all of the humans find him pretty creepy at first. He looks very alien-like and is quite a bit taller than Tubbo. Techno has a bit of a grudge against him at first since he's the one who took Phil.

Tubbo

Tubbo is less intimidating, but not by a huge margin. He looks more human than Wilbur, but still alien enough to be off-putting. Phil sees him whenever he goes and talks to Wilbur in his room, but doesn't have much interaction with him early on. Phil may find Wilbur more intimidating, but he's slightly more comfortable around the phantom in the early days. It's mainly because he doesn't feel like he can predict Tubbo, he's a wild card. Tommy and Ranboo have the exact opposite view. Techno has an odd paranoia towards Tubbo. He doesn't dislike him like he does Wilbur, but he's convinced Tubbo will snap someday. His opinion changes once they can communicate, but he's actually more intimidated by Tubbo unlike the others.

Dream & Puffy

Both Dream and Puffy are also faunians, which are probably the objectively the least intimidating looking members of the crew. Dream is taller than Tubbo, but still not as tall as Wilbur. The humans are still wary around him when they meet him, but both of the faunians aren't as much as a shock. Puffy is actually smaller than Tubbo, and she has very chill vibes. When they meet her, they're still not trusting of any of the aliens, but she doesn't freak them out any more.

Quackity & Slime

The humans don't really encounter Slime much, he mostly sticks in his lab, but both of the shifters are very disturbing to the humans. Quackity usually tries to shift to a similar look to the people he talks to to make them more comfortable. Unfortunately, humans have a thing called the uncanny valley, and Big Q manages to hit it perfectly. He looks more human than any of the other aliens once he shifts, but it's not close enough. Slime on the other hand, is usually in a lot more liquid form. Basically he always looks like he's half melting, and someone who looks like their skin is melting off is very disturbing.

Sam & Foolish

Sam is the engineer, so he has to interact with them a little to build them translators their size. He's not only taller than Wilbur, but a lot bigger overall too. They're all a big freaked out by him at first. When they realize he's actually a plant based alien, some of their fear is replaced by curiosity. They're definitely the most fascinated by him, although his size tends to keep them from getting too close. Foolish, while not as burly as Sam is the tallest on the ship. Not by much, though. Like Slime, they don't really interact with Foolish much at first. He comes by to meet them a few times, but they don't see him much until they start having access to the whole ship. He intimidates them a little, but by the time they're regularly interacting with him, they've adjusted to their situation and aren't as freaked out in general.

[crysdrawsthings]

Not really AU related more like some general Silm ramblings.

Some meta on how I imagine Melkor's incarnated body work is that it has a lot of details that are wrong enough to be considered eldritch uncanny valley and most of those details are like this due to either:

Obvious need to be very scary, creepy, tall and terrible for accurate Dark Lord vibes and public image.

The exact emotion every artist has after trying to make a good hand for an hour and it still looks like crap, so you give up and put the hand in the pockets. Or give your incarnated body digitigrade clawed feet.

[writing-frenzy]

Hollow Knight AU Idea- Other side of the Mirror

okay, so, I like the drabbler I am, saw this post by @catanutella and suddenly I got an amazing, if awful AU idea :D

Let’s set up first.

For the Radiant Children to be born, I imagine a world where, for a certain reason, the Pale King and Radiance actually have to work together. Like, maybe there is a big bad cult, and because I like the subversion of everything in Hollow Knight, maybe it is against a god/goddess of Healing or ‘Purity’. The Radiance has been fighting against them for a long time, but she never seems to be anything but on the defense with them, their planing and power able to outmatch her own. At least, until the Pale King comes into being.

Now, the Pale King has seen the future, he can see the path that can branch if he picks one road or the other, and in the end, the cult has ideas and thoughts he can never agree with. He can see that he would never be able to take them on alone, so with the aid of Unn and the White Lady, he meets with the Radiance and with terms laid down, they all work together to defeat the enemy god. After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Once the other is cast out, things get a bit complicated... but they are eventually ironed out, if a bit tense at time with some relations. In the end, the Pale King is able to give minds to the bugs all around them, the Radiance is able to give them all dreams, but in the end, it is up to the bugs themselves to decide who they wish to follow in the end. Hollownest is built and most of the Moths still choose the Radiance, with some going over to the Pale King. This of course causes tension, but it was agreed to let the bugs choose, so there is that. 

So yeah, this is the world that the Radiant Children are born into. 

Now, i’m going to say this; I think Wyrms have very low birth rates, one of the reasons their species went extinct. The White Lady, being of earth and fertility in my headcannon, is able to still give him a lot of kids. (With no desperate plans and void to enter into the egg) they have a few children, I’m thinking between like 30-50.

So yeah, here is the set up for this idea; of course there will be drama, with fae like gods and court politics and all these still very morally grey characters still being themselves. (I want feral Child Hornet to be born, so maybe it was a term set down in the beginning to get Deepnest’s cooperation, the desire for a strong brood in the future or maybe one or two of the Radiant children gets saved by Herrah, who thinks ‘what about a life for a life? and boom, Hornet gets to exist and her mom won’t be a damn dreamer here.)

Now, here we get to where I want to be.

So, if we were in a comic or story, this would probably follow after a few arcs with subtle and not so subtle foreshadowing. The Cult is making a comeback, they are preparing, and now they are ready.

They have a special weapon with them this time, a mirror called the All-Seer’s Glass, said to show possibilities for what can be, as well as able to power up those who know how to use it. They also are able to somehow trick Grimm, making it to where the Nightmare King can only watch what is to happen, much to his distaste. (He does not care to be commanded or ordered around; the Cult was at least smart enough to not ask him to fight on their side, just that he watch and judge, and not interfere.)

So, i’m going to say a lot of the Radiant Children were kidnapped, from Arlo the oldest to young little Chi. With the Glass, they are all trapped in this mirror like world, where the gods are weakened and the Healing/Pure Cult is mostly in control. Grimm is forced to watch from the side, though through some sneaky antics, he is able to at least help out the kids break their bindings and get out of enemy hands, but is unable to help outside of that.

All the kids are scared; from the strange shadows they see outside their vision in the mirrored walls, to all the fighting, hiding behind their guards or Mother as the Radiance and their Father, along with other strong warriors, fight the monsters before them.

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But they are getting worn down; within the mirror realm, they are weakened, and with the Cult able to constantly heal themselves, it seems like no progress is actually being made.

Chi watched on, as their father, who always stood so strong, so tall is beaten back by the enemies, who laugh and sneer in the face of his power. Can’t help but cry out as he see a nasty blow hit Father in one of his wings, the guard protecting the little one stopping them from reaching out.

‘Anyone...’ Chi thinks, tears falling onto their chitin as they watch this terrible battle so different from the stories they read, ‘Anyone, just anyone... please! Please help us...’ those tears ever so slightly blurring their vision, but doing nothing to quiet the cries of their family and friends, from the battle screeching of those fighting.

‘Help my Father..’ 

Chi can’t help but cry out, jostled as they are by their guard suddenly jumping, trying to get away from one of the Cultist trying to take their precious ward. Hears the louder cries of his siblings, sobs reaching out, distractions on the battlefield that work rather well.

‘Help my brother and sisters!’

(All the while the guard is fighting, forced to put the little one behind them, shadows start to form in the mirrored wall behind little Chi, a form that starts to become clear and clearer as the fight goes on.)

‘Please...’

Chi looks up into those cold, dark eyes of the bug who killed his guard, their nail still stained from their kill as they walk ever so arrogantly forward, the youth easily able to smell how pleased they are. They raise their nail once more, their actions obvious in what they are about to do to stain their nail even further.

‘Help.’  

Chi closes their eyes, not able to watch how that deadly nail reaches for them, to end them. 

This means their wide eyes flash open when they hear the counter.

Hearing the clashing of nails loud in the sudden silence they seem to be surrounded by, Chi looks up from the ground, watching as a small, grey cloaked bug easily goes toe to toe with the enemy. They are amazingly talented with a nail, performing nail arts Chi has only read about in books. They are even able to perform spells, judging by the soul energy that finally finishes off the foe. It is in this still moment that Chi is able to actually get a good look at the other bug, as they turn to him...

And kinda wishes he didn’t.

From those very familiar horns, the indents inside the tip of them, to the white of their chitin, a pale glow just barely able to be seen, it reminded Chi of one of their sister’s drawings, without any color and unfinished, no life given to it yet.

And yet... it seemed to be living right in front of them, a mirror image of their self in body, if the glass was black and grey that is.

Chi can only watch as this... other tilts their head at the for a bit, the darkness that can only seem to stare at them from their eye holes seeming to deepen the longer they look. Chi can’t help but feel a little relived when the other nods, turning away before they are off into the fight, easily moving within the chaos and madness of it all.

Like they are used to it, at home with it as it were.

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So yeah, Little Ghost joins the fight, and the tide is turned greatly. Ghost is a tireless, restless fighting machine who only gets more power with every hit they get. To say that the home team are surprised is a very big understament, as one; this looks like one of the children, and two; why do they feel like death and void??!! Pale King does not like this, White Lady is disturbed, and the Radiance is very uneasy.

Grimm is admittedly stunned as well when a little Grimmchild helps Ghost get a few stubborn enemies, the nightmare fire unaffected in this mirrored realm (almost a bit stronger in fact, hence why they tricked Grimm in the first place).

Ghost is very much giving off the Uncanny Valley vibe, and with me imagining this is a fully looped Ghost (every ending has happened, but because of Ghost’s special ability, he just ends up starting over every time) he gives off an even more creepy pasta child feeling.

Not to mention just how OP he is.

When the fight is won and all is said and done, Ghost can go back home anytime as long as he can get to the abyss... but come on, this is Ghost.

Of course he is going to explore first chance he gets.

(And thus, we now have Ghost running wild in this nice little au. :D oh what havoc he will rein.)

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6, 7 and 13 for Vitae?

(Just for some mini clarification because pronouns are my passion: I use he/him pronouns for Vitae but he doesn’t mind fem. terms as long as you don’t use she/her! (eg. ‘He is Grima’s wife’ not ‘she is Grima’s wife’))

6. Has your s/i undergone any design/story changes since they were first made? - As I’ve literally JUST made him, he has none of that to him just yet. But! I am happy with his design so i doubt I’ll end up changing it.

I might make the teeth optional since my intent with him is to look human at first glance, but upon further inspection would sit quite comfortably in Uncanny Valley (eyes too wide, expression too serene, movements too fluid etc.).

7. Give us 3 random facts abt your s/i! -

- As mentioned above: Vitae uses he/him pronouns but doesn’t mind traditionally feminine/female terms when people refer to him in 3rd person.

- As Fell Dragons, Grima and Vitae are identical save for slightly different horns and Vitae being noticeably bigger than Grima

- Also as a Fell Dragon, Vitae’s voice is too powerful for them to speak like Grima can, and so he either uses his human forme or a willing human vessel to speak through.

13. Would you ever want to cosplay as your s/i? - Honestly? I really vibe with Vitae’s design so yeah! My only issue is I am very short and Vitae is very tall (roughly 9 feet) so I’d look like a joke ghdkjgfd