#this concept bewitches me body and soul

[cicerfics]

*lies down and gently touches the surface of the pool*

I am once again thinking about Q having to kill somebody in order to protect Bond...

[haomnyangz]

GERRAN HOWELL as JACK THE TIN MAN EMERALD CITY (NBC, 2017)

[strawberryclementine]

me when I include pink-haired Takemichi and contact lens-wearing Kisaki in the same fic

[seaorgradio]

cill bipher

...so i've always been a huge human bill guy but i've literally never been able to settle on a single design. but i love playing with them, so here are a few concepts, plus @ckret2's human bill up in the top right because their fic Wasting Away In The Goldilocks Zone has bewitched me mind body and soul

otherwise the general themes for the designs are fashion disaster, frat boy, and a more literal interpretation of bills "human puppet", but taking more than a little inspo from a ball jointed dolls

these were super fun to draw. there will probably be more bill in the near future

[the-fiction-witch]

The Sea Witch P2

Media The Maze Runner Au X Mermaids

Character Newt (Merman)

Couple Newt X Reader

Rating SMUT AF

Concept Merman

Smut non-consentual / tenticles/ forced orgasm/ anal/ mouth fucking/ fingering/ full sex/ raw sex/ sensory deprivation/ kidnapped/ nipple play/ jizz/ slave/

Notes: As a point of anatomy as we are dealing with mermaids/ mermen, I did a lot of reasurch RIP my search history, but for the anatomy sake the mermen are designed in this world to be more like fish in the lower half with pelvis fins and both the penis and anus being on the front of their body.

I hope that helps <3

I don’t know exactly how long it had been since she left but time wasn’t exactly what I was keeping track of, these damn things had been slowly tightening on me causing my skin to go sore where I’d been fighting, all of them throbbed and pulsed around me which only made it feel worse, and the one in my mouth kept trying to go lower which at this point physically hurt enough to force tears, at this point I was tried, exhausted from futile attempts to escape. When I heard her voice “Hello Little prince” she chuckled “Cosy?” she asked as she came close and luckily the one in my mouth retracted and I gasped for breath 

“Let me go!”

“Why would I do that? Got half you’re kingdom out looking for you. And it’s ever so much fun to have you down here to play with” she smirked stroking her sharp nails down my chest 

“P-Play with?”

“I’m one with the marshes Newt, this controlled by me, felt by me, part of me” she cooed stroking the tendril that had been in my mouth “Now I have finished up my business for the day I thought we could have a little fun” she smirked gently running her finger across my pelvis fins enough to cause them to flutter 

“Fun! I think the two of us have a different definition of fun”

“Well we’ll find out” she smirked “But you’re my prisoner, little prince, I know you and your guards would have whatever fun you saw fit with me if I was your prisoner” she smirked snapping her fingers causing the tendrils to tighten around me most notably around my neck 

“What are you going to do to me?”

“We’re going to have fun” she smirked blowing a little kiss towards me the bubbles from her lips formed a heart but it even hit my stomach, for a moment I was confused before I noticed what her bewitching magic had done as it had forced me to get as hard as possible I tried to stop it but it was impossible my erection now stood as tall as it had ever been I tried to resist, I tried to make it go down but that only made it worse it honestly felt like it had swollen but felt so insanely desperate 

“You evil witch!” I yelled trying to resist and escape 

“My my, not too little, little prince” she cooed stroking her fingers up and down my shaft I did my best not to react to her but every touch, every rub, every mild sensation felt like waves of pleasure from her spell her meer touch leaving me a gasping mess my eyes fluttered shut biting my lip desperate to not revealed the pleasure it gave me "awww it's alright the dark sea dungeon is a place no one can hear you scream little prince" she Cooed her stroking turned to more intense rubbing leaving me to squirm desperately for escape "Not a soul across the ocean has to know how much you enjoy it" she whispered

"Give me the crystal and let me go"

"Ohh darling, we've established that's not going to happen" she smirked "perhaps I should leave you alone until you get a little more co operative" she smirked moving away from me perching herself on another bit of equipment in the dungeon I caught my breath a moment even if I was still hard and still ridiculously over sensitive but these tendrils only tightened as she plaid with her long nails 

"Y/n?" I asked a little worried what she was planning as her sly smirk had not disappeared and then I felt it. I glanced down and saw another tendril had formed from the writhing black mass and it was hovering closely to my erection "AHH! No! No! You stay the hell away from there!" I argued 

"You didn't argue so much about my hand" she cooed 

"Your hand is one thing-" I began constantly moving my hips trying desperately to keep it away but each grip  tightened 

"It's still me Newt" she Cooes "this way I just have a few more hands" 

"AHH! Y/n please!" I begged her 

"Humm this is going to be fun" she smirked as the tendril slowly coiled it's way around my erection just the feeling of it slithering around me was torture but overwhelemingly pleasurable from her evil smutty spell just the feeling of it throbbing around me was enough to force my screams

"Ahhhhhh! Uuuuuuuhhh uuhhhhhh ahhhhhhh! Please!" I begged her "Y/n please I'll do whatever you want just make it stop!"

"Awww but your ever so cute to watch" she giggled as the tendril began to move up and down coiling tight around my base and then uncoiling to the tip rubbed against my head which caused even more overwhelming lustful screams which only seemed to amuse her more Chuckling in that evil way "aren't you adorable, little prince. These are some very lovely sounds indeed but I think we need a little something more" she Cooed and the tendril sped up leaving me to scream and plead 

"Ahhhhhhhh uuhh uhhhh ahhhhhhh please! Please! please Y/n please! Let me go! Please before i- ahhhhhhh"

"Before you what little prince?" She smirked already knowing the answer but clearly waiting it out of me I didn't answer so it sped up more "awwww will our sweet guest make a mess of my dungeon?" She giggled coming over toying with my pelvis fins before the tendril pulled back and her hand took me instead "get used to pleading little prince you're going to be here a long time. Until your kingdom grants me what I want you are my little hostage, which we both know will take an awfully long time, so get yourself comfortable and enjoy yourself" she smirked squeezing my erection and moving her hand fast which was enough to send me over the edge screaming so loud my voice shredded my throat my whole body flooded with pleasure my seed sputtering into the water. I relaxed a little and tried to catch my breath but I found my erection was still hard and still as desperate as before. The tendril returned and took in all of my seed which only made her smirk grow "the dark marsh is hungry" 

"There, you got your fun. You got what you wanted now let me go!" 

"Awww were not even half way finished little prince" she smirked and as she said those words each of the tendrils around me coiled tighter now all the way up my arms half way up my tail wrapping twice Around my waist and my neck giving me no ability to move at all only being able to flap the end of my tail and it's fins, the tendril returned to replace her hand coiling around my stiff erection already rubbing again 

"Ahhh no please! Let me go!"

"Don't lie, we both know your enjoying it" she smirked kissing my cheek "aren't you Newt?"

"Y/n please… just let me go. We can have any fun you want just let me go!"

"Aww that's a very sweet offer but this is the fun I want" she smirked 

"Please! Let me go!" I whined 

"What's that?"

"Please let me go Y/n!"

"Hummm I heard let's continue"

"Nooo! Y/n please!" 

"Now should we make him quiet or should we listen for the next part" She cooed 

"What are you gonna do?" 

She smiled wickedly fully stroking one of my pelvis fins all the way down she ran her hand across the base of my stiff erection but that's not what she was going for she instead moved lower and stroked around my -

"AHHHH! No! You get away from there!" 

"Why? Is it too sensitive?"

"Well yes but I -" I began unable to speak from the pleasure I was getting

"Awwww our little prince hadn't had anyone touch him there before?" She cooed and I nodded "don't worry I'll be nice and gentle" she reassured as she slipped two fingers inside me which caused my screams to intensify as even just the feeling of he fingers was so insanely pleasurable I was so fearful as I'd never had any type of anal play but fuck it felt so good and my reaction only assumed her more 

"Y/n please - I'll be good, I'll do whatever you want, I'll give you your independence please just -"

"If you want me to stop simply say the word"

"Please - please -" I began but that word was caught behind my teeth no matter what I couldn't say it "what have you done to me!"

"Simply removed that word from your vocabulary little prince, we both know you don't really want to use it" she smirked moving her fingers fast and hard 

"Uuughhhh! Please please -" 

"Your so cute" she smiled pulling her fingers away and giving my lips a gentle kiss admittedly I melted into her kiss and we made out for a good few seconds until I felt it. Another tendril came and began to stroke around the entrance just as her fingers had 

"No please! I can't - I've never -"

"It's alright I'll be gentle"

"Y/n please! Noo noo stay out of there!" I demanded but she ignored me and the tendril slipped inside my ass it hurt of course as it forced its way inside I screamed and tried to resist but it was utterly impossible and as much as I didn't want to give her the satisfaction it was overwhelmingly pleasurable even if it forced tears from my eyes which she meerly kissed away as the tendril moved as deep as it could throbbing for a few seconds before moving almost completely out over and over driving me more into pleasure each time getting slightly deeper as my body gradually allowed it to go deeper inside me once it found the deepest possible speed then began to increase but in time with the one wrapped around my cock "uuuuuuuhhh uuughhhh uuuuuuuhhh! Y/n please! I can't take anymore!" I whined my eyes welling with overstimulated tears 

"Aww but we've only just started" she Cooes "I think you need a little time. Let's see how long it takes for this princely inhibition to disappear and my cute little prince becomes meerly a slave to his pleasure?" She chuckled, 

Two more tendrils they came and one wrapped tightly around my head blocking my eyes from any light leaving me blind to what was happening around me 

"Y/n please - I'll -" I began but the second jumped down my throat as it had before leaving me unable to move, see or speak completely and utterly at her mercy. And it was then everything sped up, and tightened around me which caused me to scream around the tendril as I hit my second wave of pleasure this far more intense then the first given everything else what was happening but they didn't stop for a second everything continued as of nothing happened leaving me to scream and beg for her mercy but it never came …

I lost all track of time utterly blank at how long I had been down here as her tormented prisoner my mind had lost most thoughts other than the overloading pleasure I felt, I was hers utterly and completely. Her plaything. I don't know how long is been here but the pleasure had never ever stopped for even a moment of respite, by now I was utterly addicted to it having gone through a whole arch of pain and resistance, to annoyance and acceptance, to excitement and joy to now being utterly at mer mercy, her slave addicted to her touch. She had utterly made me her slave. The only time there was a break in all this was when she would come down to the dungeon to visit me she'd give me little kisses all over my body, she'd play with my nipples and my pelvis fins to wind me up even more even times she had let a tendril moved away and used her hand to wrap around my cock which admittedly I lived for! Often moaning her name even with the tendril still deep in my mouth. I had already cum twice since I woke up this morning when I heard her sweet voice

"Good morning little prince" she cooed and the tendril moved back as it often did so I could speak to her even if I still couldn't see her 

"Morning Y/n" I gasped

"Have you had a nice day so far?"

"I've already cum twice"

"Aww good boy" she cooed stroking my shaft pulling the tendril away to meerly stroke me with her soft hand 

"Ummmmm! Uuhhhhhh Y/n!" 

"It's lovely to see how you've warmed up to this Newt" she smirked rubbing on my head with her thumb 

"Uhhh uhhh please Y/n! Please Y/n I'm gonna cum!"

" already? I must have left you too long" she smirked giving my cheek a kiss immediately I pucker my lips desperate for a kiss fighting with the tendrils to let me move closer to her "aww would my little prince like a kissy?" She asks and I nodded "words" she demanded squeezing me erection

"Uuhhhhhh! Yes! Yes please Y/n! Please kiss me"

"That's better" she smirked happily letting me kiss her, we kissed so passionately and lustfully as it was one of the few outs I had for my pleasure till she pulled back "tell me what you want little prince"

"Uuhhhh… I want you to make me cum Y/n, please I need you" 

"Well you have been a very good boy"

I bit my lip expecting her hand to pleasure me or even her mouth if I was very very lucky as she had only done that once or twice but I felt an even better sensation of my cock slipping inside her dripping pussy 

"Uuuughhhhh! Uuuuuuuhhh uuuughhhhh yes! Y/n! Y/n! Yeeesss! Uuuughhhhh!" Immediately I hit the orgasm I had been so desperate for filling her up as deep as I could

"Aww you really were desperate" she cooed "but we can have our fun still" she smirked as she began to move back and forth allowing me to fuck her I was already on another plane of pleasure and this just drove me insane I was an utter mess my mouth hung open moaning her name often spilling my seed inside her and she never even slowed all while her tendril still fucked my ass I hit another now my fourth orgasm inside her tears flooded down my face my voice almost broken 

"Uuuuuuuhhh uuughhhh uuhhhhhh! Y/n!" I moaned gasping in my exhaustion but I heard her scream and felt her tighten around me 

"Ahhhhhhhh Newt!" She squealed hitting her own and the moment she did the tendrils let me go leaving me completely to drop to the floor beyond exhausted and for the first time since I had been her my erection actually went down and softened back to normal for a good while I just laid on the floor with my mouth open trying to think straight and she came and laid with me nuzzling up with me "hi"

"Hi."

"Happy?"

"Ummm yes my lady" I smiled kissing her sweet lips 

"Good, now you can come upstairs and get some rest and we can discuss our deal"

"Our deal?"

"Well you want the crystal or not?"

"Crystal - oh yeah!" I nodded honestly I'd kind forgotten about all that 

"Then we have much to discuss, come on you can sleep in my bed" 

"I can?"

'of course, that way we can have little breaks in the political discussion" she smirked stroking her fingers down my chest 

"Break time before we start Y/n?" I hired shifting my hips and pushing her hand down towards my pelvis fins

"Aww you still excited?" She Cooes stroking the fins and biting her lip as she watched me start to get hard for her 

"Very much my lady" I whined kissing her neck 

"Alright, first one up to the tower has to go down on the other for an hour" she Cooes before she quickly swam off for a moment I sat shocked at those words but immediately got harder and swam off after her as quickly as I could.

[2802t]

debuted idol concept and no intricate points system? infinite.... you have bewitched me....body and soul... howdy, i'm not much of an intro person just a certified yapper who goes entirely overboard rambling about my muses if i'm not given a character limit, so in the name of seeming regular and saving my energy for being creative and having funnnn, i will spare you for now but! his bio is on his profile page and pretty to-the-point, i'd say, and i think it paints a pretty good picture of lee taeyeon in essence. if i had to throw out some random words to give you a surface level idea as he rattles in my brain: tutting-waacking<3, modern heartthrob, well-platformed, glass closet, blind faith and confidence, chronic virality, deeply troubled by how much of his life has been This, highly branded, (everyone is addicted to my Fun and Flirty personality. lives have been destroyed), ((guy who caused it) i'm staying out of this!), (bitches be like "you mine". first of all i'm under contract "i" belong to [infinite entertainment].), activism, hard talks at 3am, mindless self-indulgence (the concept not the band), it just keeps going. anyway we should plot and write and flourish together so pls like this so i know that's something you'd also like and enjoy and that it's cool to hit u up lol

[alienturnip]

Finished FF16 a few days ago and I do have some (long) thoughts about it, so I'm noting them down below. Reactions include the Waloed & Origin arcs.

Tagging @zadien as you requested <3 My thoughts won't be organized but I'll try my best to articulate as I go. Wall of text alert!

I think this is yet another case of "the story didn't satisfy me a lot but the characters bewitched me body and soul" so here I am at the end of the roads... with a lot of grievances toward how the story was structured & written but also impossibly attached to the cast haha, needless to say I have fanart ideas planned and incoming.

Things that I enjoyed a lot:

CliveJill's scene with the snow daisies, where she tells Clive that she wants to spread her wings after all this is over. MY GIRLFRIEND... YOU SHALL HAVE THE WORLD.

Jill being so good with acting dkfjsl <3 <3 she's so cute....

Jill being as much of a ruthless mtfk as Clive, they're soooo in tune when it comes to wrecking havoc

Everything about Joshua he brings SO SO MUCH to the table both with his personalities and the themes he represents. I would ramble if not for fear of this post's length...

Dion's contradictory demeanor hahahahaha - he insisted everyone call him "Dion" but wouldn't shut up about "Ifrit" and "Phoenix", he also refused Harpocrates' gift but then gave another to Clive 2 seconds later, then sauntered off without even checking if Clive likes it or not...

I generally bemoan the lack of discussion on Dion's relationship with his country's imperialism and his hands in that (like, everything about him was perfect to address that topic even in very brief ways?), BUT I highly enjoyed Dion's theme about the loss of personhood and to be reduced to a vessel of power and worship, his multifaceted relationship with the concepts of power & duty & hierarchy. So subtly yet powerfully done with so little screen time... I think Clive's own engagement with the theme (which is supposed to be his central theme) comes short in comparison.

Dion's side quest with Harpocrates also scratched my brain in INCREDIBLY ways, but again I won't ramble too much in this post...

(Hahaha by this point I think everyone knows who my fav is)

Dion & Joshua's dialogues are all so well-written (maybe save for Joshua's last speech...)

Everything about Mid & Gav, they're beautifully done, I love them they have such solid places within the narrative and lovely personalities too. When I watched Mid navigating the Entreprise I was just squealing and cheering for her! Her talking about the dream of flight and the danger it might entail, and her plan of turning such a weighted topic into a lighthearted treasure hunt! My gosh 💗 Gav's drinking scene with Clive is also especially touching, I felt a lot for his burdens.

Lady Isabelle may I have your hand in marriage--

Clive holding Joshua or clutching his body...... breaks me every time I love love LOVE tragic siblings

I can honestly write an essay for each of the characters (especially Jill & Dion my thoughts about them are overflowing) but they will have to be separate posts at this point, let me know @zadien (or anyone else reading this 🫣) if you'd like me to talk some more.

NOW onto the criticisms proper...

Waloed & Origin arcs were pretty underwhelming, mostly because I feel like they haven't offered anything new that wasn't already resolved in the previous arcs...? I enjoyed Barnabas' vibe but his impact on me was a big fat 0, and here comes the conundrum because, well, I'm guessing him being emotionless & devoid of a personality is supposed to be the point with his worship of Ultima, but even that was not done well... All his bedroom scenes kinda ruined all of that, not to mention the out-of-nowhere 'mother' appearances that the story doesn't even bother to explore aside from showing her naked body (Benedikta got the same treatment after her death my god I'm so sorry my beloved)...

Idk what I'm supposed to take away from the character and, in consequence, the Waloed arc? I know nothing of who he was, his dialogues didn't even match Clive's growth at that point - again, why is Clive questioning his humanity NOW of all time, when the story has been going so well? Could they have, idk, shown Clive's fear coming back to him after reuniting with Joshua & discovering Dion's descend to madness, so that they can segue into the Waloed arc more smoothly - that despite Clive's best intention he may lose all his control at the most crucial point and ruin all that he holds dear (like Dion), and that he never let go of his guilt at Phoenix Gate, and having Joshua back unwittingly brought back the nightmares he'd lived with for 13 years? Maybe that would give his identity crisis at the beach some more substance instead of "Barnabas bested me twice and now I'm wet and sat" situation he got going on... I am thankful for Mid & Dion's arc & CliveJill romance & everything about Joshua but the main villain & plot points felt so distant... MY BRAIN WAS NOT SCRATCHED

(I adore Mid & Dion & Joshua hahaha they're so colorful in 3 entirely different directions, my silly children)

I am also not really convinced by Ultima's writing. The plot reveal of him being a God who created humanity but then abandoned us all *could* have been pretty powerful and on point if it wasn't executed in such fragmented ways. If only they dig deeper into one or two specific aspects of that concept to explore...

I am especially fond of the idea of Ultima as symbolic for "the absent parent" and "the narcissistic parent" (both in the intimate familial context and the wider context of head-of-state/leader figures), which could have paralleled SO WELL with Anabella & Sylvestre & EVEN ELWIN had they not cut off Anabella's presence immediately after her death, or had they make Dion reflect deeper upon his relationship with his father beyond "I killed him I am so sad", or had they make Joshua's and Clive's memories of Elwin more complicated - maybe in how they (especially Joshua) worshipped his as their father & leader, but less so as a man, someone human & flawed? And then they can explore how the children gaining autonomy & freedom despite their parents & the circumstances that shaped their childhood as a direct mirror to them breaking away from Ultima? The frustrating thing is, I THINK they did try to do that, what with all the Inner Voice snippets and the initial buildups and all, but the execution keeps coming up short...

Ultima & the Eikons as symbols of "power that binds & enthralls" in contradiction with Clive's fight for a "free world" could've been much more relevant and poignant if maybe they allowed us to get more invested in Ultima's backstory (flashback cutscenes perhaps? more involved murals? a more multifaceted discussion around the concept of will? some attempts at humanizing Ultima's race so that when Clive says "you're just like us" we feel it a bit deeper?) instead of just having the guy monotonously narrating all the plot twists... my god. Not to mention all the on-the-nose dialogues of power of friendship & crude slavery allegories... I don't know! I think Square did NOT do it well in this one.

That's all I can pull from the top of my head at the moment! Ready to hop into replies or asks to talk some more, but yea!

[prettyboykatsuki]

im playing bg3 fully expecting to go for gale astarion karlach or halalsin but i literally just got bewitched body and soul by wyll. he owns me. i think about him 24/7 he is so gentlemanly and courteous and courageous and so so GOOD it makes me ill. he started talking about how he was a bad dancer and i legitimately squealed i am so so infatuated with him he is the PERFECT DREAM MAN!!!! also as someone who is personally very chaste (adult without their first kiss/still a virgin) despite them being relatively social constructs the thought of exploring intimacy with him has me going hruuuuuruhghhrhurugvhnnngghhhhggnnnnghhhhhhgghhghhgghhhgggghhhhhhhhhgghhhgghgggggggggghhhhhhgghhgghhgghhbhhbjhhgbnjhggyikkkkdkdjjjjjmkkkkkkkjvfjkiisksbzmmmxjxnnn

fdjshkjdlksfdlkj ur so much like me except i knew it was wyll for me . he was just. always incredibly attractive to me and i distinctly rmb asking lam about it. like WHO is that BEAUTIFUL ASS MAN. and the whole time it was wyll. he is just... so classically storybook romance for me its impossible not to utterly fucking adore him...

also. LOVE the concept of him and u exploring intimacy.... the awkward but desperate touches..... the DRY HUMPING...... wyll trying not to cum quickly every time u do something but failing....general needy making out.... unwell about that even

his. happy trail is enough to give me brainrot like ive never felt in my entire life. its okay. i understand you to a T.

[sweetshire]

character bingo oh you know who im gonna say. denethor our beloved beloathed. our prince of tragedy our terrible darling. okay i’ll stop. i feel like that post-shoujo anime filter post. goodbye love u

‘our princess of tragedy our terrible darling’ -oh YES. yeah exactly. as someone wise once said, ‘he’s our princess of nuance our darling victim of the narrative’ <- this line lives rent free in my brain.

*looking at denethor* doomed by the narrative all by yourself, handsome? his psychic powers and his unwavering willpower have bewitched body and soul. i need him (asexual). i also want someone (thorongil) to fuck him.

anyway, he’s the worst (affectionate). but jesus…. do i wish the fandom was more understanding of him. those ridiculous ‘jokes’ get very tiring real fast. everytime i’m subjected to see them i’m like: 1. somebody’s out to get me, and 2. an angel lost their wings :(( they aren’t even funny anymore it just feels painful to hear such slander. i mean, come on, if you’re determined to hate him, at least hate him for the right reasons. (<- free my man. he did none of that. he did a bunch of other shit though). not me though, i love him bc he’s terrible. as if tragedy and helplessness and impending doom wasn’t enough, the concept of denethor as a weapon first person second & fighting the fate you know you can’t stop. aahh gosh it’s delicious.

he was angry and bitter and righteous and wrong. Even believed that he was supposed to rule gondor. so what. he was a GREAT leader. he was SO courageous he guarded his city & protected his people. he fought evil for years. that’s admirable. even sauron thought him formidable. he loses his resolve, finally, when he believes that he’s lost both of his sons to DEATH (or so he believes). he thinks it a kindness to burn faramir & himself. a kindness, isn’t it, to be burned by a hand better than sauron’s. well, he’s wrong again but he doesn’t know that. after all, it’s better than the fate that awaits him & his son. ….oof what a dangerous thing grief is! can u fault him his grief? (do u think you will be able to stay sane, not succumb to the madness? will u be reasonable in your mourning? can you?) so that’s no reason for mocking him. i think one of the reason people hate him is bc of his ‘abuse’ and ‘cruelty’ towards faramir?!?! which like. girl. first of all, sorry but their relationship is NOT abusive it’s dysfunctional. second of all, he’s not kind but he’s not cruel either. ofc he isn’t kind. he can’t afford to be, not when it’s so difficult to distinguish friend from foe; and life doesn’t allow him to be either. he’s been through it all, he’s turned cynical. his bizarre relationship w faramir IS Very Intriguing. he cares for him ofc, in his own twisted way. he sees himself in faramir (which is what, i think?, causes resentment btw them). (pov change) - what if u & your son are so fucking alike but hate each other’s guts? what then? but no matter u can’t stay wondering abt such matters, not when u have a duty to do. as u said in one of your post, btw getting to be a steward or a father, which will win? in his case, duty wins. always.

tolkien wrote him SUCH a tragic & compelling character arc/storyline. so as far as i’m concerned denethor is one of the most interesting & complex character :)

[pyro-madder]

Coucou! So for the ask game :

1.Favorite boss fight? 28.Least favorite boss fight?

4.Favorite weapon? 19.Favorite Old Hunter?

24.What do you think of Cainhurst?

25.Upper Cathedral Ward Y/N (je déteste cet endroit du démon 💀 j'ai legit perdu toute ma lucidité la première fois. 20-30 points!!!)

39.Hot takes on any Bloodborne lore?

Coucouuu :} let's get to it... it got long because I can't help but ramble, so I put it under a readmore :')

1. Favorite boss fight ? Micolaaash i am a bad no good fromsofter and prefer gimmick bosses over hit-and-roll-and-pray LOL

But really, between the chase, the insane OST (it's my favorite in the game, really), and his voicelines over it all... it's such An Atmosphere !! The downside is that once you've figured a) which path to follow and b) that he won't Call Beyond you if you stay close to him, it becomes terribly short and easy 😔 this said I'm obligated to say that I did not go in fully blind, so I understand those who struggled, and remember witnessing my brother raging as the man jumped into yet another mirror 😅

Special mention to when he starts monologuing just as you're about to pick up an item in his arena. *mashes X*

28. Least favorite boss ? Celestial Emmissaries. ON S'EMMERDE

They're not *difficult*, but they still hit hard and will get you if you're not careful. Music is nice, of course, but not particularly memorable to me. Glorified mobs... though I understand it's probably on purpose, given what lies after them. X)

4. Favorite weapon ? Tough one ! I love the concept of trick weapons as a whole, seeing the mechanisms and hearing the satisfying click when they change shape. There are several that stand out for different reasons, but no overall favorite :

Saw Spear : simple yet deadly efficient, I picked it up on my first playthrough and never put it down. But aesthetically, that's not quite it...

Threaded Cane : i'm a simple person. whip sexy. looks twice as badass when said whip is made of tiny blades chained together. extremely satisfying to hit several enemies mobbing you in one hit, and beautiful when you infuse it with an element.

Stake Driver, Whirligig Saw : i don't use them a lot (the former especially is tricky) but i adore their design and brutality. i tell you, i'm a Powder Keg at heart...

19. Favorite Old Hunter ? depends on how you define those ;

overall, if Djura counts, he wins by default of being my favorite character for many reasons : cool design, cool dialogue, cool weapons, very reasonable motives. i love how collected he is in all his interactions, he's seen it all and knows his stuff. also "uncommonly kind but dreadfully foolish" my kind of man fr /joke

if we're referring to hunters of Gehrman's era, then Simon. his hobo swag and needless dramatics have bewitched me body and soul. cool weapon also :)

if we're talking about summons : again Gascoigne wins by default of being my second favorite character (for less noble and nuanced reasons than Djura - he's just hot and badass). Closely followed by Damian for saving my ass against Ebrietas and the myriad of headcanons his title and gear alone enable.

24. What do you think of Cainhurst ? Welcome to the house of fun /sarcasm

The scenery's cool, the level and boss are... bearable once you've grown acquainted with them, but I don't like the Vilebloods (I say this light-heartedly), so meh tier overall. Stylish clothes and weapons though. 👀

25. Upper Cathedral Ward Y/N ? Yeah no. Pain 🤝

I also lost quite the insight here on my first run, and those damned buffed werewolves... for a boring boss and then a horribly hard one, for a chalice and a revival spot for a character i don't particularly want to do anything with...

The atmosphere is great tho. Loved the werewolves crashing in and swinging on the chandelier. Also, Damian is here. 🙏

39. Any hot takes on Bloodborne lore ? I'm just gonna repaste my "older sister rant" (which i had to dig up my archive thanks to tungle's super functional search function, and has since been pacified by Katy's theory that the girl in question was dead before the game started, thank you again for putting my soul to rest)

vraiment les premiers jours dans leur tag c'était je deviene fol.exe

[hitlikehammers]

hitlikehammers' Hobbit-Birthday Prompts: DIALOGUE PROMPTS

( SONG PROMPTS )

( CONCEPT PROMPTS )

( DIALOGUE PROMPTS )

“That’s… not what that means.” 

”They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true.”

“…Why?” 

“Now, I’m not going to deny that I was aware of your beauty. But the point is, this has nothing to do with your beauty. As I got to know you, I began to realise that beauty was the least of your qualities. I became fascinated by your goodness. I was drawn in by it.”

“I’ve never felt this way before.” 

”So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard, and we're gonna have to work at this every day."

“What are you doing?”

“I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.”

“I assume I deserve this, but can you tell me why you want to kill me this time?”

”We aren't here to make things perfect."

“You meant the world to me. I should have protected you.” 

"You're the first boy I ever kissed... and I want you to be the last."

“What? Like it’s hard?”

“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.”

“Who did this to you?” 

“I want to tell you with my remaining strength that I love you. I always have. I'll drift next to you every day as a ghost just to be with you. Even if I was banished to the darkest place, my love will keep me from being a lonely spirit."

“You here to finish me off, sweetheart?”

”When I first saw you, I felt like I knew you, and I couldn't stop seeing my life with you, and building a family together. One that isn't stuck in the pain of the past. It's very pretty."

“You’re worth so much more than me.” 

“I’ve never had a moment’s doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one.”

“This isn’t going to end well.” 

"Truth is, sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."

“Please! You have to let me make this right.” 

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”

“You’re a monster.”

“You and I, it’s as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.”

“You don’t want this.” 

“You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love--I love--I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.”

“Why did you lie?”

”I don't want to sound foolish, but remember love is what brought you here. And if you've trusted love this far, don't panic now. Trust it all the way." 

[chaotic-aro-incarnate]

10 BL BOYS I WILL THROW HANDS FOR

Was tagged by @scarefox for this (technically my main blog but I post my bl stuff on here lol) and am very excited

I imprint on characters like nobody's business so this is a list made for me

EDIT changed the gifs because apparently the way I did it didn't properly link to the creators (only on desktop at least). should be properly credited now

In no particular order

1) Sound (My School President)

Starting the trend of lonely queer teenagers that I get a little too attached to, it's of course Sound. Like I was already a fan of Sound and intrigued by the concept of SoundWin (at the time people didn't know it was going to be the main secondary ship) but when the medal scene happened and Sound gave this so sad ans soft "oh no" look I was gone. That is my son and I WILL fight anyone and everyone for him

2) Nuengdiao (Never Let Me Go)

Another lonely queer teenager I decided to protect. I loved Never Let Me Go so much and Nueng was my special little babygirl and then Our Skyy 2 came out and it was like oh...... I will kill for him. Look I love Nueng and he did nothing wrong and also that scene where he's forcing Palm to put the gun to his head while screaming at him to shoot him leaves rent free in my mind. He's so traumatized and lonely and he's like 18 I would do anything for him especially throw hands

3) Typhoon (Star in My Mind)

Fun fact! I had to stop watching Star in My Mind because I got so unreasonably attached to Typhoon that I couldn't bear the thought of him not getting a happy ending. I wanted him to end up with Dao so bad because it would make him happy and I knew that if I kept watching they would either break his heart OR show that he's actually not that great of a guy, both which were unbearable to me. So I simply cut my losses and live in the fantasy that he got everything he ever wanted.

4) Bai Lang (My Tooth Your Love)

One of those "he just like me fr fr" characters who I would do anything for. He's my specialist little boy and I love him so dearly. Here's to having your trauma swag bewitch the local hot autistic dentist body and soul.

5) Han Ying (Word of Honor)

Talk about my specialest boy. Ying'er is my guy through and through. He deserved so much better and in every WoH fic I have written (they are all still in drafts) he lives and is happy no matter what. He IS my sweet cheese, my rotten solider, my good time boy. I will continue writing him getting railed to the high heavens by Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing like he deserves. He is incapable of being anything other but the goodest boy possible and I will die on this hill

6) Boston (Only Friends)

He is the worst. I would move mountains for him. Enough said.

7) Pluem (Ghost Host Ghost House)

Look this man has been going through it AND he manages to be the like the most flirtatious and romantic guy around? Give me your secrets sir. Also say the word king and I'll do it. This show broke me on so many levels but a lot of those levels were tied to anytime I saw him break down

8) Ye Huo/Fire (Guardian)

A recent (and somewhat obscure) pull as I am currently watching Guardian and was just exposed to his character today but he is my guy and I will defend him to the death. The only weaker point for me than a lonely gay teenager is a self appointed older sibling who sacrifices everything for their younger siblings. I was really like man this guy is an asshole for so long but then the truth of how he was saving the boys at the fighting ring came out and I was like oh no that's my son now and I need him to live and be happy. I have not finished his arc yet so I am scared that it'll be a tragedy BUT he is my wonderful son all the same and I will throw hands for him in an instant

9) That (Manner of Death)

The return of troubled teenagers I need to adopt and protect against all costs. I WILL fight anyone for him even though he's like a rebellious teenager who does crime and I am a strange looking college student who he would not respect but it's the thought that counts

10) Mark/Village Head Ma (Love Tractor)

Why is there a random white man living in rural South Korea? I don't know!!! They never address what he's doing there. But I literally love this man. There's a reason I made him to be my pfp for bl-bracket. Seriously he's the best and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. Best character ever written. In my heart he's got the spirit of Quincey Morris form Dracula in the long tradition of just having a random American man in your story with no explanation

Tagging others!!!!! @saturnskyline @non-binarypal7 @supernovasimplicity @vegussy and anyoen else who wants to!!

There's been so many of these types of challenges/tag things lately that I have not kept track of who has or hasn't done which ones so sorry if you've already done something similar

[glyphreader]

Unmake (Eventide No. 96, Illus. Steven Belledin)

Mirrors feature quite often in fantasy or horror stories. They're fun to play with in those settings because they're simple, intuitive "tech" that everyone understands - so when you put a twist on how they work, every reader/watcher can easily "grok" that something is off, or wrong.

There are so many classics - for example "You look in the mirror ... but it's not your reflection that's staring back at you, but some monster." Or "Your reflection is moving independently and starts talking to you." Or "The reflection shows a ghost behind you." So many options!

Another common trope is the "mirror as a portal into another dimension," maybe most famously featured in Lewis Carrol's Through the Looking Glass. Unmake shows a twisted version of that concept - here, the mirror dimension is used as a "soul prison."

A gwyllion’s favorite trap is the vanity mirror. A bewitched piece of glass traps the looker’s soul and does away with the body.

Aside from the horrifying thought of your soul being forever trapped in a mirror, the coolest thing about this illustration is how it shows the body being taken care of - its literally shattered, as if the process of the soul being sucked into the glass makes the body take on the properties of that material. This "interacting with a magical object changes your body to be similar to it" gives off strong folklore-y, ancient magic vibes and is thus a perfect fit for the British folklore-inspired world of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor.

Oh, and by the way, like the flavor text states, this spell is gwyllion magic. I'm still thinking about the role of gwyllions in Shadowmoor, or rather, their motivations. Noggle steal stuff because they want to use it/wear it. Hags kill people because they eat them. Duergar and Hobgoblins seem to have their own little societies and only get hostile when their territory is trespassed upon. But why do gwyllions trap Kithkin's souls in mirrors, or animate the dead?

Given their colors and the fact that their associated "demigod" is the Divinity of Pride, maybe they see themselves as above every other lifeform on the plane - but because they're a female-only species that can't reproduce on their own (don't ask me how new gwyllions get made - maybe Kithkin turn into them somehow), they can never quite step out of the periphery. They lack the numbers that are necessary to actually take over - so they use acts of cruelty to show the other Shadowmoor denizens their power and "superiority."

[fetabathwater]

so is amma a changeling/dopplerganger? or is she actually a tiefling? and like how old is she did she study away was she always in the cult like sorry im really interested in her... bewitched me body and soul etc

okay i rambled and took like 4 days to answer this so UNDER THE CUT

she is a tieflingggggg and that's what she's sticking with! if/when she does 'change shape' or w/e its a uhhh . spell. i forgot the name of it. disguise shape spell LMAO. but its only got a handful of variations compared to like. the mask of the shapeshifter yknow. okay so my like concept of amma and the winding water is that when "amity the first" is sent to investigate some like bhaalist pop up, bc its been a while since theyve been active but hey you cant trust a bhaalist. the first however convinces these like weeping devoted weirdo bhaalists that shes one of them, dives into the water and retrieves a babe from the like long dead watery remains of bhaal, but it's not really a child. like just some sort of . ok im losing words i was gonna say jellybean LOL but like equivalent of holding a very warm piece of light in hand. like divinity. and it's the weirdest thing for the first because bhaal literally wrecked personal havoc for a good few hundred years, pre and post death, and he's technically still dead by this point too when like they shouldn't be finding anymore spawn really popping up (or at least ones with enough divinity to warrant watching over in case of death and then resurrection of father dearest). but the divinity is warm and small and sweet, nothing like what the first had experienced with the crisis. and when the first like breaks through the surface of the river with a child pulled from bhaal's remains, it more than anything puts a good amount of fear back into them.

because the gods are Very Real, still, apparently, despite the spellplague and troubles causing all kinds of havoc around them. the first gets to the shore with this child who is not a child but is all at once, just a formation of river remains, bone, blood, weeds.

but this not-child opens its eyes and looks at her and as it grows, the first starts to notice it resembles her. not completely, there are some things that even the weirdness but also lack of magic can't replace when someone is created from their father's bones. yet horns grow, and a tail, and the child is a tiefling, by all accounts. the child is kind of hers.

as for like. how amma gets Educated™ and shizz, raised by the first and primistresses. introduced to maiming biting killing etc. definitely comes into her magic girl moment early as well, divine soul and all that (but evul!). amma is a weird quiet kid, takes well to like. everything outside the bhaalist attempts to foster their perfect little bhaalspawn considering it failed the last few times. attends like idk random ass colleges or like academies for one yr or smth. just randomly appears in the back of a class, learns, leaves. i would think it would be hilarious if she was at blackstaff academy in neverwinter and gale was there too at some point LMAO like lets start that rivalry off early. as far as like 'adopted' by another family goes, that did happen kind of, but she was also introduced to other bhaalist peers like torlin silvershield (who assisted with bringing back bhaal rip to gorions ward ig), thalamra vanthampur (funded the dead three when elturel was pulled into the hells), nysene eomane, rillyn family and other mostly devil worshipping families because its baldurs gate. you can throw a stone and like not 3ft from you hit someone who rly shouldnt worship a dang devil or god like.

granted she's not living this upper city lifestyle - these people are coming to the lower city, her domain. not an assassin for hire, but like, easy to bait and intrigue. is Known™ to some people but like do they want to know about her? probably not. especially when they see her collection of preserved. idk. eyeballs? spleens? choose a body part?

but amma is mostly just idling her and studying and picking up skills around the place, doing some sightseeing, maybe some unfortunate stabbing. the first kind of does try to get her into like. a family or two while amma is a wee child but there are uncontrollable urges and then combined with the blend of a child's emotional reaction and sharp objects and loud noises, it just becomes best for this kid to not be fostered. THERE WERE GOOD TIMES but there were also more bad than good. which is unfortunate and the first adds it to a long list of regrets. but amma pretty much starts going to these places and doing these things in her teens, well until what she remembers as like her late 20s early 30s, before returning to the temple of bhaal in baldurs gate. taking over. you come to me on the day of my daughter's wedding (has no daughter). freshly slaughtered class blood all over her and then like takes control of the bhaalist temple.

fucks around. finds out. in her downtime honestly still finds herself picking up books and whatever - debates attending lectures and the like at public forums. goes to a museum. looks at the sculptures. uses one for a weapon. moves on. culture !

[cosmicrhetoric]

relistening to wovercoats. in general i am neutral on chapgone cause literally whatever but i am never going to not feel bad for chapman like my sympathies for him are endless simply because i have no idea what the concept of antigone funn did to me during my first listen but i was fully bewitched. body and soul. by a woman who has been attacked by owls no less than three times

[holdoncallfailed]

i am generally not a villain girl cos i am fundamentally disinterested in the concept of evil.....but cornelius hickey is so devastatingly compelling to me. his horrible gay antichrist rat characterization has bewitched me body and soul