#verse: western.

[billysgirllol]

“yeah, i understand it,” already getting it right away— children are a lot more scattered with their attention span than older children or adults are, “you was just a little darlin’ at the time, that had a lot of things on your mind.” lucy gray figures, smiling sweetly. there’s lots of things that keep a child so bubbly and anxious. “that’s real sweet of you to say… i was singin’ a tune.” she confirms, nodding her head. “right, you just wanted the best for them,” the brunette is nodding again, letting him know she’s listening while she’s slicing her veggies. “i have to side with you though and say that was a very thoughtful idea, how beatin’ him up was the right thing to do. that man deserved it.” usually, she wasn’t the one to condone violence but she’s smart enough to see when it’s actually needed; that certainly sounds like a time where it was needed. his poor mama. “that’s kind of you.” lucy gray compliments, glancing up from her carrots to gift him a sweet smile — genuinely trusting him on that, the admiration displaying in her eyes. can tell how that man his mother was with really bothered him, can also tell he doesn’t want to be anything like that which makes him officially the safest male she’s ever been around. “you’re right, it is because of that lake.” she softly laughs, “oh, well i’m glad you like it,” brows raise as he compliments the table then her words are followed by another laugh. “you got more talent than me at peelin’ and we’ve both been doing so since the same age . . . think it’s because your hand is bigger and stronger so you can keep a better grip on the knife. it’s really not fair.” amusement in her voice but a pout on her face, slicing hers completely opposite of him, taking the slowly chopping the carrot and potatoes into quarters by pressing the knife against the table rather than holding the vegetable in her hand route.

"that's exactly why i was thinkin' it'd be good to teach you." he already read her mind, she was thinking it could be useful when he sets out on his own. a shy smile spills over kind visage at being called sweet, of course she remembered. and of course each time he says another sweet thing, it flushes her in a warm sensation of love. fills that void and all the hurt that being talked down to by the preacher that has carved a hole in her chest with, a little at each time. "course i think so. poem's are beautiful. poem's are a lot like songs... and i do love writin' songs." speaking fondly, smiling affectionately. "well, for some reason i think that's cute," lucy gray laughs, the part about bossing his brother around because he wanted to take good care of him. "and at least you listened to your mother." so safe to say, she finds that cute too. putting a cute grin on her face because it's adorable he was stubborn but still so respectful to his mama. "i'm just playin' with you, billy. i don't think you would." a gentle expression softens her features as she peers up at him, after handing him his armful of vegetables. "you're a sweet potato." since they're holding potatoes, small laugh emitting.

hand reaches up to gently pat his cheek, he's so cute, he's gotta stop being that cute in personality and his eyes are too big and pure for her heart to handle. "it's best i do that, anyway. she really is picky with that. she might really try to bite you if you grab on her udders." the brunette laughs, but genuinely feels bad for shamus for being scarred by men. "i'm hungry." amusingly replying, scooping out an armful of carrots next before shutting the lid back. "alright, let's go." grabbing a pan, she leads them back out of the house and off the porch and climbs onto the picnic table's seat before dumping her vegetables on the table top and sitting the pan down. she's got a knife sitting in the middle, she goes ahead and grabs that and starts cutting.

[treef-greef]

filling the space between us with some sense of normal

[karlydraws]

(Bringing more western media into my life)

Iconic

Starring Role

[chocodile]

Absolutely delightful drawing of my horrible old man by @lambstooth!

This time it's his human form from an AU where he's a fallen priest who got into dark magic. (I'm sure you can't tell. He's very subtle about it.)

[heavenlymorals]

Biblical References in Both RDR games.

I love biblical references so much. When it comes to literature, it's probably my favorite type of symbolism. Like I genuinely get so happy when I connect things to the Bible which is what I'm going to do right now 😊😊 I also like the way that religion is incorporated into RDR as a whole, including the main characters' reaction to it.

So yup, here are just a few references or connections that I was able to make in no particular order.

Also, some of these are complete reaches and I'm aware of that, but fuck it, it's my blog and I do what I want 💪🏼

- The character and tragedy of Issac. In the Bible, Issac is the child of Abraham who is asked to be sacrificed by God by his father as a test of faith. God eventually intervenes to save Issac because he only wanted to test Abraham's faith. Dutch is shown as a God-like figure to the gang, as their devotion is to him. Arthur, indirectly, sacrifices Issac by not being there and by following what Dutch wanted. Arthur, Issac, and Dutch are parallels to Abraham, Issac, and God.

- Leviticus is the book that comes after the book of Exodus. After the gang's escape or exodus from Blackwater after the Blackwater massacre, they are met by Leviticus Cornwall, who becomes the next obstacle for the gang. After the gang's exodus, they get in trouble with Leviticus.

- The image of the deer and a mountain. Psalm 18:32-34 in the Bible says, "It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way blameless? He makes my feet like deers' feet, and sets me upon my high places." In Arthur's condemnation of Dutch, Micah, and their evil, he becomes steady in his identity and beliefs, like a deer's feet on a mountain, which is where he dies in the end. W symbolism.

- The mission "Sodom? Back to Gomorrah." In the Bible, Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities that were so morally depraved and evil that God decided to destroy the both of them, saying that if there was even one good person in those cities, he'd spare them, but there weren't. In those missions, you also do two evil acts, going from one and then BACK to the other. You rob the bank and then go BACK to collect the debt from Edith Downes. So you finish one evil deed and to straight to the next. This can also show how morally bankrupt Arthur's apathy made him at this point in the game.

- Micah's guns say "Vengeance is hereby mine." This could be a reference to Roman's 12:19 "vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord." Micah's violent nature makes him take his anger out on the world.

- "Your father is seduced by him with the forked tongue. It's no use hoping." The blind prophet to Arthur. Pretty straight forward symbolism, it's a nod to the snake that seduced Eve, just like how Micah manipulates Dutch.

- Dutch walking away from Arthur when he dies and though he realizes his wrong doing and feels shame, his pride forbids him from apologizing or saying he was wrong. This can be a parallel to how Adam and Eve run away from God when they feel shame over believing in the snake, but their pride won't allow them to apologize to God, hence damning them like how Micah damned Dutch.

- There were twelve ACTIVE gang members before the Blackwater massacre. When I mean active, I mean gang members who are canonically consistent (so not uncle, Swanson, Strauss, or the girls) on going on jobs for the gang. Micah, Bill, Javier, John, Hosea, Arthur, Charles, Sean, Lenny, Josiah, Mac and Davey Callender. Christ had 12 disciples and Dutch is portrayed as a savior to the gang, or a Christ like figure. And would you look at that, there is a traitor in both groups of twelve (Micah and Judas).

- Both John and Arthur's graves have scripture from Jesus's sermon on the mountain (Matthew 5:1-12). John's is blessed are the peacemakers and Arthur's is blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.

- The go back for the money ending. If you go back for the money and have low honor, you'll see that the camp is engulfed in flames as you try to get the money. The fight with Micah is brutal and you die faced down in the dark. This death is an allegory for going to either hell and purgatory as you choose a final evil act of leaving your brother to possibly die just so you can get money as an act of revenge. If you have high honor, you are still surrounded by flames, but you still have a chance at heaven given that you die facing up seeing the light one final time.

- The help John ending has similar connotations. If you have low honor, you die by gunshot and are shrouded in darkness, which can symbolize the absence of God's light and how Arthur's final act couldn't absolve the lack of guilt he feels for the rest of the actions that he KNOWS are evil (click here for a my interpretation of Arthur's morality). In high honor, though, you get to crawl to the mountain side and see the rising sun, symbolizing heaven, warmth, and a new purity.

- In low honor, the coyote goes down to a dark cave, representing damnation and the rejection of holy light. In high honor, the deer steps into a heavenly field of light. Love that so much to be honest.

- Just the very Catholic vibe of Arthur's redemption. Doing good deeds, feeling guilt, all that.

- John's new life is basically this: "Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need." -Ephesians 4:28. John gives up his old life to be an honest laborer, a rancher, and a proper man.

- The Strange Man in RDR rides on a donkey, which is pretty interesting because Jesus Christ also made his grand entry on a donkey.

- Just the Strange Man in general to be honest. Some say he's God, others say he's the Devil, and others say he's Cain from the Bible, which is my personal favorite theory but whatever.

- Dutch's horse could be a reference to Revelations 6:8- "And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him." Dutch's rash actions caused the death of the gang and RDR's incarnate of Hades or Hell was Micah, following him. Dutch is the only one, canonically, to have a pale horse.

- "Am I prepared for eternal damnation? Am I passed any kind of saving? Or is that just fairy tales?" Arthur in his journal. I love this line so much because of its very agnostic nature whilst still showing the Christian mindset of 1899 America. This line also shows that Arthur is canonically agnostic which is a yippee from me because it's like the only thing me and this man have in common lmao 😭

- "Bad news awaits you, sir. Sadly, sooner than you think. But beyond the news, paradise awaits. Paradise.." Blind Man Cassidy to Arthur. Sorry but I just love that. High honor Arthur lived such an awful life but he still has a chance at paradise and heaven? Love that so much.

- God (pun intended), I love biblical symbolism. Couldn't you tell?

[toomking]

deadpool would go insane over their movie counterparts being ryan reynolds and pedro pascal under the masks

[profoundbondfanfic]

Buffer Time

Buffer Time by SundayZenith || @sunshine-zenith Rating: Teen and Up Word Count: 42k

When Dean wakes up in his town's jailcell with a disoriented Cas, he happily roles with it. Sure, he knows he'll be the laughing stock of the town for a few days -- what deputy locks himself in his own jailhouse? -- but as long as Cas is there, things are fine. Until he realizes his memory is unusually fuzzy. Until Cas starts acting strange and morose. Until he starts having brief flashes of Cas being taken from him by an inky black entity. Until Cas starts talking about plot holes and tropes. Until he wakes up by a fire in the woods, on a quests to fight a dragon --no wait, in an ambulance, late for his shift as a surgeon-- no wait- Dean's just trying to figure out why he and Cas keep waking up in different genres and why Cas seems so distant, while Sam works with Eileen, Gabriel, and a few others to do the same on the other side of a laptop. (WandaVision inspired finale fix-it)

A clever take on the finale fix-it genre, this fic is delightfully twisty. Dean and Cas keep waking up in different worlds. Is this a western? Is it a fantasy fic? It's a little bit of everything and you will spend the entire time wondering what is going on.

I don't want to give too much away because part of the fun of this fic is the journey. That being said, it's really fun to follow Dean and Cas through these different worlds, and the background cast of characters is also a lot of fun.

And, well, it's a fix it, so you know you'll get a soft landing and a good resolution.

[mandalorianbrainweasel]

Follower vote winner number one is done! Southwest-ish Kenfetti/Jangobi!

I’m saving up for surgery, so you can buy prints of this (and other art) on my redbubble or commission a custom piece from me!

[get2dachopra]

Web-Slinger

Art by me

[moorishflower]

Make perfect the present (Dream/Hob Western A/B/O AU) Chapter 1 is up!

Make perfect the present || Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling || Explicit || 1/17

Alternate Universe - Western, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Western, Cowboys & Cowgirls, Historical References, Probably inaccurate horseback riding, Poetry, References to Oscar Wilde, Period-Typical Sexism, Victorian Attitudes, Gender Identity, Gender Issues, Attempted Sexual Assault, Gun Violence, Blood and Violence, Rap Battles, Bandits & Outlaws, Masturbation, Vaginal Sex, Vaginal Fingering, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Pining, BAMF Hob Gadling, Hob Gadling Saves Dream of the Endless | Morpheus from Roderick Burgess, POV Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Kidnapping, Period-Typical Racism

In the summer of 1895, Morpheus Sanfin – poet, omega, and disappointment to his wealthy father – flees England on the heels of Oscar Wilde's imprisonment for gross indecency out of fear that he will be condemned for the same unnatural urges. Seeking a new life in America away from the stifling hand of his father and the expectations of his sex, Morpheus sets out for California with Hob Gadling, a mustang driver who agrees to guide him, not knowing that along the way they will encounter natural wonders, the ghosts of their pasts, and perils that will force Morpheus to reconcile with both his sex and his feelings for his new companion.

Chapter 1 is up on AO3!

The fantastic header is from art done by @fishfingersandscarves. Thank you so much darlin for letting me use it <3

[vxmpirehunterd]

D: Pulls up on the Castlevania crew because time travel is a thing. Castlevania Crew: "Who are you?" D: "I'm Dracula's son from the future of 12,090 AD" Castlevania crew: "Carry on."

[raz-b-rose]

Conventions for the next two years be like-

[inkedscript]

OC Introductions!

Hello! This post will be featuring one sentence and a photo for each of my current ocs so you can know who's who!

Literally everyone besides like.. 2 have so.. so much lore.

These characters include: Splatoon, Dungeons & Dragons, Spiderverse, and my original fellas

See them under the cut!

Splatoon OCs:

Sawyer [Agent/Captain 3] (They/them)

They care about their found family that is the NSS very deeply.

Hayley [Agent 4] (She/her)

She tries to show kindness to everyone, and is very perky, she’s pretty like Callie actually.

Reese [Agent 8] (She/her)

Has a lot of internal conflict and identity crises due to the difference between her current wants and her forgotten past's needs.

Neo [Neo Agent 3] (They/them)

An inkling adopted and raised by the salmonid clan that occupies Marooner’s Bay.

N3ØN (They/them)

Honestly they're just a chill homie that looks like a neon-colored nightmare. 🤙🛹

Avi (She/her)

A friend Callie met when she was in Octo Canyon.

Taylor (She/they?)

A scientist in Kamabo co. that seems to have maintained the smallest sliver of consciousness compared to the others.

“The Creature Friends”

A trio of silly creatures that are all in a relationship together and basically adopt Taylor.

Mr. Seaholtz (He/him)

Hayley’s older brother and Sawyer’s history teacher during the hard times of their life.

Lil Reese (He/him)

Reese’s [Agent 8’s] little brother. He’s trying to adapt after traumatically losing his big sister.

(Also, Paul has been rewritten to death, he's basically an oc)

Markuss (He/him)

My guy is insecure as hell and covers it up by being the coolest boy-failure known to man.

Dungeons & Dragons OCs:

Benoni (He/him)

Heavy on the religious and Stockholm Syndrome themes with this lil guy.

Hayley dnd edition (She/her)

Fresh to the outside world, she knows her goals and sticks to em.

I’ll note that my other Splatoon OCs are also featured in this universe.

Spiderverse OCs:

Lynn / Spider-Lin (She/they)

She’s in a silly-goofy quippy mood, as many spider-people are. We don’t talk about the canon events.

Billy Konnors (They/them)

What if Dr. Connor’s kid in the comics became a lizard-version of Spider-Man?

Original Universe(s) OCs:

Quinn (He/they)

A wannabe hero in a world where heroes honestly suck (but he doesn’t know that because propaganda baybeeee).

Gigi (She/her)

Got taken in by the “villains” of the city and now fights alongside them.

”Zowboy” he still doesn’t have a name (He/him)

Comes from a zombie-apocalypse-western world, pretty serious.

Aaaand that’s all! 😅

I’ll be sure to update this post as I draw my other characters that only exist in my mind, or whenever I make new ones!

If you made it this far, I congratulate you, here’s a cookie^^ 🍪

Thank you!

[waywardwizzard]

Just finished this ->

Screaming, crying, throwing up over how good it is. It tore out my heart while giving me so many bittersweet feelings. And the art is just *chef's kiss*

[itzcosmox]

“Tch. They never can get me to look right in these posters can they? Eh, closest picture the got I guess.”

Idk, felt like giving him a wanted poster.

Silverback belongs to me :)

[redliongeneral]

how I imagine Radahn's Western AU would be

he's an outlaw, leader of the infamous Redmane Gang

wanted dead or alive for like 250k runes

his swords are now paired custom revolvers (black with gold inlay)

Leonard is seemingly just a scrawny little horse but absolutely bites his enemies

Malenia is probably a bounty hunter

Rykard is the corrupt local railroad baron who fucks over farmers / sends Recusants to kill anyone who refuses to sell their land

they're all the kids of a wealthy family that's a complete mess

Godfrey is also an outlaw who was kicked out of the county long ago but recently returned

Radagon is the local marshall but everyone knows Marika is really in charge

Jerren is Radahn's right-hand man and the one who usually finds the "jobs"

the Tarnished are mostly bounty hunters or outlaws