#werewolf execution game

[honeylemonsunflower]

doodle of my very alive boys having lunch together in high school before graduation (denial is still strong after all these years ;-;)

[demilypyro]

Sonic's lore is so good not even the writers understand it

/silly

I think the more likely reality is that story has never been a Huge priority when it comes to the development pipeline of a Sonic game. They'll have like one or two concepts they wanna do, like "let's do a game about Shadow" or "let's do a game where Sonic is a werewolf" or "let's do a game where you can customize your character" and they'll just start with that, and whatever story can serve as connecting tissue is like, fine.

There's also the matter of editorial oversight. Since he's their top brand, Sonic writers have to operate under the direct supervision of Sega's executives, and that can restrict a lot of their options. Sega wants the brand to be accessible, so a lot of backstory and lore would get in the way for new people. For instance, using Shadow for anything more than his surface level personality was basically off-limits for a long time, leading to his rather shallow depictions in a lot of games and TV shows, and the early issues of Sonic IDW. They seem to have made an exception for Shadow Generations, which was the first time his backstory really got addressed since Shadow the Hedgehog in 2005.

[bogleech]

For me the most disappointing thing about Palworld is the designs being so boring and bland that you'll never have cause to review them. We deserve better from a creature collecting game, especially one making this much money!

Yeah here's the most opinion I can possibly muster on any of them:

DUMUD: it's a big fat shark-like mudskipper and that's a good concept, it just doesn't really have the charm of any Pokemon it shares anything in common with.

WUMPO: resembles the fur-wearing "werewolf" pokemon that got cut from the first or second generation, crossed with Tangrowth. One of the more okay designs because those are two good pokemon.

SIBELYX: this is supposed to be their Gardevoir I guess and I think it's an owl? Or is it a moth? Well it ends up one of the slightly cooler looking ones a little less obviously derivative of specific pokemon. Maybe they were also going for a Dimitrescue knockoff with the hat

CAWGNITO: an alright one because plague doctors just generally look cool. However the simple formula of plague doctor + actual bird would have been far too obvious and underwhelming as a Pokemon. There's no novelty or twist to this.

HANGYU: this is the one that's a ghostly noose canonically used to execute people. It's a funny little send-up of the darker pokemon pokedex entries, though the design is uninspired compared to object-based creatures in Pokemon, Digimon or any other monster franchise I can think of.

LOVANDER: this is one that fucks people, and they possibly borrowed the topography of Salazzle's official model. I want to think they did intend it to be freaky and unwholesome looking with the rubbery goblin hands, but I suspect they intended something actually sexy by furry monsterfucker standards and just weren't good at it. Yes I know that likely does not stop people from being into it anyway.

TEAFANT: I was going to say this is the only pal that looks better than its closest equivalent Pokemon, because they would be Cufant, and I gave Cufant a pretty negative review back in the day.

......But actually, now I kind of like Cufant. A lot, come to think of it! Teafant is cute and competent in the most paint-by-numbers possible way. It's what almost anyone would draw in ten seconds if asked to make a cute marketable teacup elephant pokemon. Cufant is an awkward, messy design but it is comparatively cute in a goofy, dorky way that's rare among the Pals, and more importantly, it is unique. I don't think they used AI to generate any Palworld models (the tech isn't there yet) but I can see why people assume they used AI just to get the initial ideas, because it's very easy to find people who have more a more creative eye for character design. I'd say even if not ESPECIALLY people with zero experience in art would have made the Pals look more interesting.

[apas-95]

I think there should be a social-deduction game like Among Us, Mafia, or Trouble in Terrorist Town, but where killing people is really hard.

In Mafia (or Werewolf etc) killing is extremely abstracted - the killer chooses someone to kill each round and that's that. Some variants will have doctors or other player roles that can intercede, but the actual act of killing is basically telepathic. Similarly, in Among Us, the impostors kill instantly with the press of a button, though they at least need to be in physical proximity with their quarry. In Trouble in Terrorist Town, innocent terrorists are also armed, and can fight back against traitors (replacing the usual vote-to-execute mechanic with a tense standoff), but killing any individual target is generally as simple as pointing a ahotgun at their chest and clicking the trigger.

Games simplify or complexify mechanics to change the gameplay environment. When you have regenerating HP, or instand healthpacks, damage is a lot cheaper than when you have simulated bleeding, tourniquets, and cardiac arrest. Social deduction's party game lineage strongly influenced its conventions, but in a genre centred around the act of killing, its simplification may be a hindrance. Generally, the only question on the killer player's mind is when to kill, not how - they are, generally, only stopped from immediately and indiscriminately killing by their own discretion. Making the act of killing a task in itself, making building up the capacity to kill arduous, could provide a more engaging experience, as well as inducing greater paranoia over a potential killer without any concrete evidence.

Even minor changes, like a version of TTT where ammunition or weapons were scarce, would significantly change the gameplay - and in a genre where a shifting balance of power is the point, could add some interesting dynamics.

[izunias-meme-hole]

You've been rebloging a decent amount of Soulsborne stuff, so if you have time, can you say who your favorite character's are in all these games?

Oh... well a fair amount of my thoughts CERTAINLY changed, but I'll give you a top 10.

Number 1. Messmer The Impaler (Elden Ring) - Messmer was certainly a welcome surprise. He was the firstborn son of Queen Marika, ultimately the one who personally oversaw the genocide of the hornsent in the Land of Shadow, and event so horrific and cruel that its impact could still be felt within the present day. He was afflicted with a curse at his birth, in which a dark and malevolent snake threatened to eat him from the inside, which resulted in Marika plucking out his eye and replacing it with a seal of grace. Sounds like quite the monster, right? Well here's the thing. Messmer's a surprisingly good boss, like he literally preserved his enemies culture inside a storeroom just because one of his knights requested it, and has at least some level of compassion. Sure some of his men defected after finding out about the true nature of his existence, but there were some that even stuck around because they know who he is as a person. So why did this great guy commit literal one of the most horrific events in history? Well you see, Marika basically told him to eliminate the hornsent, and it wasn't just a standard order... it was a secret banishment for him, and Marika's vengeance on the hornsent. That's right, Messmer was exiled so he could be a scapegoat for his mother in the Land of Shadow. While this doesn't absolve him of his crimes, it ultimately makes him extremely pitiable.

Number 2. Queen Marika & Radagon (Elden Ring) - A god, a vessel, a warmonger, a mother, a schemer, a monster, and a pitiful woman. These are all the things that Queen Marika The Eternal was, and by god she deserves to be remembered by all of them. Radagon is her other half. The Demigods were her children. Messmer is her son. The Lands Between were her lands. She destroyed several races. She destroyed the Elden ring. Everything in the game is connected to her in some capacity. This is some Sauron tier shit that's been done with someone who's now just a prisoner in her own fortress thanks to her fear of her reigns inevitable end. Elden Ring has a TON of antagonists, each one active in their own right across the Lands Between. Marika on the other hand is both a prisoner in her own home, and a god on her last knees who faces The Tarnished through Radagon, yet almost every last evil committed in the game is connected to her past history of cruelty and malevolence in service to her Golden Order.

Number 3. Malenia (Elden Ring) - Malenia was my fave for a good while, and is still one of my top 5 bosses in the series. Her background, how that background ties into the world, her difficulty not being too bullshit yet still giving veterans a good taste of the dirt, her simplistic yet effective character, and the concept of someone being that goddamn sickly yet still being so undeniably persistent, powerful, and near-invincible is intriguing and cool, and it's executed very well in her case. Her boss being optional is just icing on the cake. Overall she's a spectacle.

Number 4. Miquella (Elden Ring) - He's a charming lil guy. Yes he cut out everything that made himself a good person in order to become the god of a new era, and is an expert manipulator due to his powers, but he's still just a lil guy.

Number 5. Father Gascoigne (Bloodborne) - Originally, Laurence was my favorite Bloodborne character, but after some careful reconsideration... this guy is at the top. Why? I like how simplistic his lore is, but aside from that, he's basically a reflection of the Good Hunter and a really great first legit boss. He serves as a gatekeeper for new players, and his transformation from skilled hunter to a monstrous werewolf mid-fight is a perfect introduction to what fate usually awaits any hunter who inevitably gets blood drunk in Yharnam. And the cherry on top? He's just a guy. He was just a normal ass hunter with a wife and child before all of this, hell you could even use his daughter's music box to snap him out of his blood drunk state for a second. IMO Gascoigne is underrated as hell.

Number 6. Lady Maria (Bloodborne) - Between the Plain Doll being based off her, her connection to Gehrman, and being one of the hunters at the Fishing Hamlet, Maria is undeniably a great character with a vast presence.

Number 7. Ludwig (Bloodborne) - Tragic Hornse. In all seriousness though, Ludwig is a perfect summary of Bloodborne, and honestly one of the top 3 bosses in the entire series.

Number 8. Isshin Ashina (Sekiro) - Isshin's presence overshadows that of the main antagonist, Genechiro Ashina, and its entirely intentional. He basically is the symbol of his entire clan, leading a rebellion against the invading forces alongside many warriors and triumphing. Isshin was a living legend in the past, but in the present? He's old, sick, and on his last legs. He's still defending his clan, but for his strength, he's still mortal. He's still human. He's the perfect reflection of his clan. That and he’s an amazing final boss. Go Grandpa Ashina!

Number 9. Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (Dark Souls) - Horrible, HORRIBLE god. He ruined humanity, is a bad father, and is SO worthy of being hated... yet he's so pitiable and pathetic. Gwyn is responsible for almost every tragedy in the trilogy, yet even his own story is a tragedy. A paranoid god king making the literal worst decisions ever to the point where he literally destroys himself. There's a level of understandability with his character that makes him tragic, but ultimately, he's still a monster. And this isn't even bringing up the Soul of Cinder.

Number 10. Slave Knight Gael (Dark Souls) - An old slave knight from the age of fire, literal cannon fodder, not only outlives the gods, but goes on a quest to get the Dark Soul so that The Painter, his niece, would paint a new world. You get familiar with him in the Ashes of Ariandel DLC, and by the time of the Ringed City DLC you see that Gael has slipped into madness and stands atop literal desolation. At first he fights on all 3's, only using his sword as a weapon as he jumps and crawls around, but after his guts are cut open and he gets the power of the dark soul, he truly begins fighting like a man and will occasionally rely on the newfound power he has to strike the Ashen One down with magic. Still at the end of the day... this fight is just between two nobodies who outlived the gods.

[spiribia]

i had a dream i was in high school english class and we were doing an exercise where each volunteer improvises a segment from the POV of a character framing the objective existence of a werewolf and at the end the 'town council' (the class) would vote on whether or not the townsperson from the established lore is guilty of being a werewolf or not and subsequently executed if so. this was an incredibly busted game, as you basically had to establish from the first improviser that the person you were speaking about was a werewolf, so the werewolf vote was unanimous. this was a dream so the logic of the game did not have to make sense. but we did a round 2 and even though i didn't raise my hand to go first the english teacher could tell from my expression i really, really wanted to go so she let me start again (i started the first time; i was like I'm a middle aged man and a werewolf) and this time i opened with She may be a werewolf but she is my daughter, the last thing I want is for her to be killed. everyone cottoned onto my game and by the end we had a plot summary that was like the daughter Annie (short for Anise) did do acts of random violence around town and more and even participated in dog fights as a wolf against dogs while wearing a spiked collar (crazy) and the town Reverend who is supposed to prosecute werewolves is aware but in an affair with Annie's mother, which is why Annie's mother assumes he has not revealed Annie's secret, but it's actually because, unbeknownst to Annie's mother, he is profiting off of these dangerous dogfights, which Annie's mother doesn't even know about. i woke up before we voted.

[awarane]

Teen Titans play vampire & villagers

(dcamu // no ships)

i genuinely love vampire & villagers game so much but no one plays with me so I'll write titans playing it instead.. Duh..

{ Cast°}

{Dick Grayson - Nightwing}

{Koriandr - Starfire}

{Garfield Logan - Beast Boy}

{Damian Wayne - Robin}

{Rachel Roth - Raven}

{Jaime Reyes - Blue Beetle}

{Connor Kent - Superboy }

Featuring: “How did we all fall for that again?”

---

CAST:

1 Werewolf (secret)

1 Seer (can check one player per night)

1 Doctor (can protect one player)

Rest: clueless villagers

Players:

Damian (not even lying he’s just acting like he always does)

Raven (too mentally strong to be tricked… allegedly)

Conner (he’s trying so hard, bless him)

Kory (she’s so sweet and suspicious of nobody)

Gar (chaotic neutral energy)

Jaime (the only normal one)

Dick (emotional, dramatic, theatrical)

---

ROUND ONE:

Night falls. Everyone closes their eyes.

Werewolf chooses a victim

Seer checks a player

Doctor protects a player

Morning comes.

Jaime is dead. (RIP voice of reason.)

ACCUSATION TIME

Conner: “Okay that’s gotta be Gar. First kill is always random.”

Gar: “WHAT?! I was gonna turn into a sheep this round!”

Dick (already spiraling): “It’s Damian. Look at him. He hasn’t blinked once.”

Damian: Stares coldly.

“I’m always watching. That doesn’t make me a monster.”

Kory: “That’s what a werewolf would say…”

Raven: “No. That’s just Damian being Damian.”

Gar: “He said that exact sentence when I forgot to refill the cereal last week!”

VOTING TIME

Votes pile in:

Gar votes Conner.

Conner votes Gar.

Dick votes Damian (on principle).

Damian votes Dick (out of spite).

Kory skips.

Raven votes no one because she’s over it.

Dick is executed.

Dick (dramatic): “You’re all fools. I hope the werewolf eats you next.”

ROUND TWO

Night again.

Werewolf is SATISFIED

Seer checks Damian.

Doctor protects Raven.

Morning comes.

Gar is dead. (He died doing sheep noises.)

Raven squints at Damian.

"I checked you last night.”

Damian (cool as ice):

“And what did you see?”

Raven (narrowing eyes):

"...Nothing.”

Damian (smug as hell):

“Exactly. Perhaps it’s you that needs watching.”

Conner (deep in crisis):

"WAIT IS IT RAVEN OR DAMIAN???”

...

Kory: “I vote Raven. She is making scary faces.”

Raven: “That’s just my face.”

Conner: “I vote for myself. I can’t take this pressure.”

Damian: "Weak."

Raven (mutters): “That’s what makes you suspicious.”

Damian: "That's what keeps me alive."

FINAL VOTE

Votes go wild.

They eliminate… RAVEN.

Raven (deadpan): “Good luck. You’re all doomed.”

FINAL NIGHT

Only Kory, Conner, and Damian remain.

Conner insists on guarding Kory. Kory’s trying to give a heartfelt goodbye just in case.

The next morning?

Kory’s dead.

It’s just Conner and Damian.

THE REVEAL

Conner: “NO. NO. DAMIAN. DUDE.”

Damian (with a slow villain lean-in):

“You were a sheep, Conner. I was the wolf among you all along.”

Conner:

“I trusted you!”

Damian:

“That was your first mistake.”

POST-GAME:

Dick: "How do we keep falling for it!?"

Gar (ghost voice): "He literally murdered me while quoting Sun Tzu."

Raven: “I hate how good he is at this.”

Kory: “...Can I be the werewolf next time?”

Damian: “No. You’d smile too much.”

And Conner?

He’s in the corner rethinking every single conversation he’s had with Damian since they met.

-

Another round...

summary;

Damian: “I am LITERALLY the good guy this time.”

Everyone: “Yeah, okay sus.”

..

NIGHT ONE

Roles are assigned. Damian is finally the seer.

He opens his eyes.

Looks at Dick.

Sees “Werewolf”.

Damian (internally): ...God damn it, I knew it.

MORNING

Gar: “Okay who died?”

Nobody. The Doctor protected someone.

Damian (immediately):

“Grayson is the werewolf. Eliminate him now.”

Dick: “EXCUSE ME?!”

Conner: “Whoa whoa whoa, that was fast bro. You didn’t even blink.”

Raven: “That’s just how he is.”

Kory: “But what if he is the werewolf and is trying to turn us against Nightwing? That would be clever.”

Damian (getting twitchy):

“I’m the SEER. That’s my role. I checked him. He’s the werewolf.”

Dick (with his best fake hurt expression):

“You think I’D be evil? ME? After everything I’ve done for this family???”

Damian: “…Yes. Every time.”

VOTING TIME

Jaime: “Okay listen,he might be telling the truth-”

Everyone else: “VOTE DAMIAN.”

Damian: “I SWEAR TO EVERY GOD ABOVE-"

Raven: “It’s a vibe check, Damian. And you’re failing it.”

Conner: “Wait wait, what if he's actually telling the truth this time??”

Gar: “Nah. He looks too smug.”

Kory: “Sorry, little one. Your face is not helping.”

DAMIAN IS ELIMINATED

Damian (being dragged out):

“I am trying to HELP YOU. I am the literal psychic of the team.”

Dick (winking as he stays alive): “Yeah, and I’m totally not the werewolf.”

Everyone laughs.

NIGHT TWO

The werewolf kills Conner.

Rip, sweet confused Kryptonian. You would have LOVED punk rock.

MORNING AFTER

Raven (now suspicious): “…Wait.”

Gar: “Okay. Uh. Guys. Maybe we messed up.”

Kory: “Oh no. Not again.”

Dick (shrugging): “Wild how that happens.”

---

MEANWHILE IN THE DEAD ZONE

Damian (sitting beside ghost-Conner, sipping tea):

“So. How does the betrayal feel?”

Conner (staring at the living):

“I hate them all.”

Damian:

“Welcome to my inner thoughts I guess.”

Conner is gone. Slain in the night. The Titans gather once more.

Kory: “Conner? No…”

Gar (panicking): “I—I voted Damian out. Oh god. We killed the only dude with a clue—”

Dick (still being fake as hell):

“Let’s not point fingers. We need to stay calm.”

Raven (eyes narrowing):

“We did vote out our seer… on the first round.”

Jaime: “That means someone wanted him silenced.”

Gar: “And Dick was the one he called out.”

Dick:

“Wow. Is this how you repay me? After everything? I was your leader. Your brother!”

---

FLASH TO DEAD ZONE

Damian, sipping tea in the shadows with Conner’s ghost:

“He’s deflecting. Classic Nightwing maneuver. I taught myself to read the microexpressions.”

---

Raven:

“No. Damian said it was Dick. And he was right.”

Gar:

“Okay but what if Dick isn’t the werewolf and we lose both of them-”

Raven: “Do you want to explain that to Damian's ghost?”

They all glance at the corner where Damian is STARING so sharp.

---

VOTING TIME!!

Kory (sad): “Forgive me, Nightwing.”

Gar: “I believe in Damian now. Which is so weird to say.”

Jaime: “Justice for the seer.”

Votes pour in.

DICK IS ELIMINATED.

REVEAL

Dick (sighs, flipping his token):

“Yup. I was the werewolf.”

> 😭😭😭😭😭

Raven (flatly):

“We killed Damian for no reason.”

Kory: “I betrayed a child.”

Gar: “Oh my god. We’re the villains.”

---

a little cheating wouldn't hurt..

Damian: Vampire (kills at night, silent and deadly)

Raven: 🩺 Doctor (saves people, very mysterious)

Everyone else: clueless and doomed

NIGHT ONE

Raven (calm AF):

“Wanna team up?”

Damian (grinning like he just found his partner in crime):

"Do you even have to ask?”

MORNING

Garfield (rubbing his eyes): “Where’s Jaime?”

Kory: “Gone.”

Conner: “Anyone else suspicious?”

Dick: “Too soon to tell.”

Damian (smirking):

"Or maybe too late.” he mumbles

Raven: “You’re all walking corpses.”

NIGHT TWO

Damian (picking a victim):

“Time to thin the herd.”

Raven (choosing who to save):

"Let’s keep the chaos controlled.”

MORNING

Conner is safe.

Garfield is gone.

Garfield: “I can’t believe I got played.”

---

VOTING!

Dick: “Okay, no powers, no tricks. Who’s the vampire?”

Kory: “Could be anyone.”

Jaime: “Or no one.”

NIGHT THREE

Damian: “The fun is just beginning.”

Raven: “Agreed. Let’s see how long they last.”

MORNING

Kory is gone.

Raven (acting innocent):

“So tragic.”

Damian: “Only the worthy remain.”

FINAL VOTES

Everyone is panicking, eyes darting.

Dick: “I don’t trust anyone.”

Jaime: “Same.”

Conner: “Guys, it’s probably one of us.”

Damian (mocking):

“Look no further.”

Raven (dead serious):

“Indeed.”

SHOWDOWN

Raven reveals she’s the doctor.

Damian reveals he’s the vampire.

Everyone: shocked and confused

Damian (smirking):

“Game’s over. You were just pawns.”

Raven:

"Next time, bring better tactics.”

Conner: “Why do I even try?”

Dick: “I’m calling Batman.”

--

[txttletale]

Once again Healed is right. Venture is so purely unintuitive and just all around not fun to play with especially since none of the dungeons have any cool or meaningful choices outside of the tomb of annihilation (the only one that gets played on any sort of competitive level who knew?) Like I honestly thought after Ikoria's companion it could not get any worse for creating awful play patterns but I got proven wrong.

so true. someone in my notes brought up day/night which i think is really obnoxious to be sure but, like, the obnoxiousness comes from doing a lot of pointless bookkeeping that doesn't impact the game, it's in the execution rather than the concept -- it's very easy to conceptualize 'if a turn goes by where nobody plays a spell, the werewolf gets bigger' vs. venture the dungeon which is such a variable colleciton of slapdash unrelated bonuses that when you see a venture card on the battlefield all you really know is 'well. thats going to do Some Random Bullshit'

[rachelsfav-queer]

More Pippa and Wednesday BroTP please?

Hell fucking yeah! Ask and you shall receive!

Serial Killer: *spits* You stupid bitches! I’ll gut both of you and once I’m done with you, I’ll cut apart your pretty little girlfriends.

Wednesday: It’s almost impressive how foolish you have to be to think that would actually be threatening.

Pippa: Seriously. I’m much more scared by the potential diseases I’ll contract from your spit. Gross. Besides, threatening us was quite a stupid move. Threatening our girlfriends, that’s even more stupid.

Wednesday: Quite so, though I must admit, my heart does sing at the potential. It’s been quite sometime since I’ve last seen mi loba temible tear apart an unwitting prey. (My fearsome wolf)

Wednesday: I’m sure she’d love the hunt, though I predict it won’t be all that challenging, considering this pathetic whelp.

Pippa: *chuckles* So unfortunate, you just can’t find good game these days. Oh well, perhaps the next serial killer will actually put up a fight. I’ll call Cara to buy some popcorn, I’ve always wanted to see how a werewolf hunts.

Wednesday: *smirks* I’ll tell Enid the good news. She’ll be very excited to show off her terrifying skills.

End <3

(Sorry this took a while lol. Writers block is a bitch, that plus executive dysfunction had me frozen for a bit lol. Hope y’all enjoyed this! Wednesday and Pippa make a hell of a duo, I can only hope I’m doing them justice lol)

[1moreoffkeyanthem]

do you have any recent recs or favorites, font of fic wisdom? ive read so many works of art thanks to you 💖

Why of course I do my dear! Recent highlights include:

Project Deucalion by OrcaTimes. You know I love their writing style, and this one is really cool in concept and execution!

Already Yours by Sugarhoneysweet. Read this one yesterday, tbh it’s a lot of smut, but it’s SOOO cute and we have the classic not really unrequited style pining, plus bunny!

Twenty Dollars and a Stain On The Couch by Cheylouwho and valzilla. Been a sec since I’ve read this one but mafia au, kyvid, Stan’s characterization is SO cool, this one eats heed the tags

Abraham’s Son by All_Fic_One. Kyman hunger games au, the worldbuilding is incredible, it’s SUPER emotional and violent bc it’s the hunger games, and I’m obsessed with the characters

Penguin Approved by gloriousovulationjk. It’s not a South Park rec, but if you like jayvik, it’s SO good so far. Zookeeper/avian scientist au, very very cute.

The Rebound by asteria7. NATURALLY I have to mention this, because it was PHENOMENAL!!! Style, basketball player Kyle, Stan being a sweetheart, injury recovery my beloved, tension, just sooo great. Teri always kills it man

River Teeth by nonbinarybead. Read this one a while back and adored it, super dark with supernatural elements, evil Cartman, immortal Kenny, style, Kyle and Kenny centric, incredible imagery. Been rereading it when I’m in the mood

Anchored to You by lmahfts8. Pirates, style, creek, and the banter is hysterical so far. Super fun

The Sandwich Thief by amperstellar. If you like Heroes of Olympus, this coworker jercy au is ICONIC. The gangs all there and it is a slay secret admirer office romance.

Is It Wrong To Pick Up Guys In A Car Accident? by ticsntricks. Creek meet cute! We love motorcycle Craig in this household

As Long As I Have You by iksvolforb. WEREWOLF STAN! Style oneshot, super well written. I love me some codependency

That’s what I got for now, enjoy!

[metalomagnetic]

Voldemort meets Sirius.

He knows this one will be different as soon as he steps foot in the messy house.

The wards that guard it are borderline dark magic, barely legal. They are well executed, as well. An auspicious beginning, Voldemort thinks, as he patiently dismantles them.

The Black scion isn’t home; Evan dutifully let Voldemort know he’s drunk in some Knockturn pub.

“He often comes to drink in Knockturn, but always alone. Never with his Gryffindor friends. He’s a mean drunk, too, my lord. Perhaps if you wish to have a semblance of a rational conversation- as much as it is possible with any Black- you shouldn’t approach him when he’s wasted.”

The walls are …colourful. The paint was once white, but the young Black heir hung posters of muggle singers everywhere. Perhaps actors, too, Voldemort isn’t familiar with what passes for famous these days in the muggle world.

He only recognises Elvis, mounted over the fireplace.

They all look the same- tall, dark haired, dressed in leather.

Pictures of his friends are up there as well. He recognises Potter in many of them- hard not to, with that trademark Potter hair. The girl draped on his arm, red head, must be his mudblood. Voldemort forgot her name. Something flowery, but it escapes him.

Bella and Evan, occasionally Rabastan often complain about Black’s entourage, but they only name Potter.

“Stupid Potter, his mudblood and the werewolf! He left us for those little worms!”

He thinks the werewolf must be the thin one, an air of misery draped over him in every picture. Greyback complained about him, too. Remus, that’s the one, it comes to Voldemort. Remus Lupin, werewolf.

“With a name like that, I had to bite him,” Greyback smirked, in one of his rare funny moods. “He was destined to be mine, but Black stole him.”

The other boy that appears in almost all the pictures, Voldemort doesn’t even try to place.

He got a report on all of them, marked as Dumbledore’s puppets, but he only remembered the important names on that list.

The girl, he knows. Only one picture with her. Marlene McKinnon. A fighter- a good fighter. She killed three Death Eaters. A Healer, too. Voldemort always looks after powerful witches. They are sorely misrepresented in this war. It upsets Bella, who is trying to recruit more girls, with little success.

She’s in Black’s lap, head thrown back, while Black sucks a bruise on her throat. Voldemort tilts his head, wastes a second more than it is needed on the picture. He’d never seen a picture this vulgar, especially put on display on a wall. The girl is engaged, isn’t she? With one of the Prewett brothers.

He scans the walls for them, but he can’t find them anywhere.

He finds muggle telephone numbers scribbled in lipstick on the walls, instead.

The most amusing- a picture ripped from a newspaper, showing the Dark Mark floating over a house. It has many sharp objects stuck in it-

Darts. Yes, that’s the name of the game.

He smiles. Black has good aim- one of the darts is stuck in the eye of the snake.

Under the bed, beneath a loose floorboard, he finds a box kept safe by no less than five curses. He opens it to find a picture of Orion Black. It is clipped from a newspaper article, cut carefully and precisely around the edges. And a letter. It’s clearly the second page of one- the first is missing.

‘-no need to play dumb, it doesn’t suit you. You know fully well it is not cursing the half-blood that bothers me, but your lack of decorum. You are a civilised young man, you represent our family, and you should act accordingly. I warned you I do not enjoy having to correspond with either McGonagall or Dumbledore, yet you’re forcing me to do so when you blatantly misbehave. Am I to presume you do not care about my displeasure, and this is why you disobey me? Or should I conclude you would like to please your father, yet you lack the self-control to do it? I struggle to pick which option is worse. This is the seventh time in a month I receive letters about your detentions. Do stop assaulting your schoolmates, or if you must, show some cunning and do not get caught. Or else we will have to have a serious conversation when you come home for Yule. I assure you, it is not a conversation you will enjoy.

Furthermore, I hear you intend to take a mudblood to one of those holiday celebrations Slughorn likes to host. Surely, I heard wrong. You would be wise to invite Helena Edgecombe to this function. Her father mentioned just the other day that she finds your company delightful.

Flitwick was accommodating enough to send me your Charms paper, along with your grade. He mentioned it was the best paper he graded in all his years of teaching, and, after reading it, I must agree it was quite extraordinary. I am half tempted to send it to my old mentor back at the Institute. Very well done, Sirius. You certainly can make me proud when it doesn’t inconvenience you.

If only you would show proof of your upbringing in your social life, as well, I would be most content.

With love,

Your father.’

The letter has blotch marks on it, as if someone cried over it. The word ‘father’, especially, is almost erased, and Voldemort imagines Black often moved his finger over it.

Bella mentioned Sirius Black was ‘unnaturally close’ to Orion, and that his father’s death broke him. She credits this event with the boy running away from Grimmauld.

Voldemort carefully arranges these apparently precious possessions back into the box, seals it under the floorboard with the same curses he found on it.

The house is messy, unorganised, clothes thrown around, bottles of alcohol everywhere, full to the brim ashtrays lying around in odd places, and burn marks on the rug.

Yet his collection of muggle records is organised in alphabetical order, neatly. And there, hidden behind the impressive collection, Voldemort finds eight tomes filled with dark magic. All illegal.

His bathroom cabinets are just as messy, and clearly his female guests left behind bottles of lipstick, or similar products. They also left behind some lingerie. A pair of pink knickers is half hidden into a tiny gap underneath the bathtub. He wonders if they belong to the same women who left her bra between the couch cushions in the living room.

Voldemort finds a secret compartment, coming out from the side of the bathroom cabinet. Hang-over potions, peppers up. Polyjuice.

Veritaserum.

Hidden further still, he finds three lethal poisons.

If he didn’t know better, Voldemort might think two different men share the house; a careless, Bohemian womaniser, a blood traitor surrounded by mudbloods and half-bloods and other blood traitors, with muggle musicians on the wall.

And the Black heir, interested in dark magic, poisons, sleeping with his father’s picture under his bed.

This will be easy, he thinks, as he sits in an appalling armchair that doesn’t fit with the rest of the furniture.

Charmed into the armrest, there’s a letter, covered in plastic for preservation. “You fucking dog, how dare you steal my armchair! Give it back, or I swear I’ll spend the rest of my life writing horrible articles about you!”

It amuses Voldemort, as it probably amuses Black, hence why he decided to place it on the armrest, permanently.

When the young man stumbles his way into the house, he contains his surprise to find Voldemort there remarkably fast.

People have been telling Voldemort Black takes after Walburga; he might, it’s too soon to tell, but his first impression is that Sirius favours his father.

Voldemort is yet to meet an unattractive Black- and he’s met them all- but the boy is something else, even for the Blacks.

His tall, broad body is on display in the muggle attire he wears, hair falling around his shoulders with a casual elegance; he is both handsome, with strong, sharp bones and beautiful, with soft lips and long, thick eyelashes, made even darker by the paleness of his eyes.

It has been so long since he felt attraction; it travels up his spine as he takes in the boy.

Who very quickly decides he will die a hero; Voldemort can see that decision forming in his eyes. Not with Legilimency. It’s just made obvious by the way his impressive shoulders straighten with pride, his jaw sets in determination, anger replacing the fear in his eyes.

And there was fear- Voldemort is intimately familiar with fear of death, can easily recognise it when it shines in front of him.

Yet he spent his life fleeing from it.

Sirius Black walks towards it, bold.

It takes only a minute of conversation to charm him; easy, indeed. Sirius’ interest is picked instantly; pride flickers in his eyes that someone like Voldemort would bother coming to kill him; even more pride when Voldemort explains he’s there to recruit him.

He is a Black, down to his last bone. He calls Voldemort a mudblood; he declares himself the purest being in existence. He speaks of his mother; the boy in the pictures is not there, the owner of muggle records, the blood traitor- no; only the Black heir speaks to Voldemort that night.

Powerful, too, like any Black. A diamond in the rough, his magic true and strong and raw as he unleashes it. Dark curses fall with a practiced ease from his wand. Fiendfyre engulfs the room in seconds.

What a treasure. As unhinged and powerful as Bella, this one.

And there it is, his pure blood spilling over the floor, staining the carpet. Voldemort has the impulse to taste it; a momentary madness, but the boy enchants him so.

His clothes are ripped and burned in places, and Voldemort can glimpse tattoos on pale skin. Voldemort wants his mark on that skin; he wants to hold the boy’s strong forearm and brand him as his own. Claim him for himself.

Sirius Black fights readily, bravely. With his wand and with his words.

But Voldemort can smell the mountain of insecurity hidden under the fury, like the boy hides his poisons under harmless perfumes.

Some men- most men- cower when confronted with violence, bend and break under pain, especially pain caused by Voldemort’s wand.

Not this one, Voldemort understands. No, violence will only be met with violence, here.

Voldemort will need a different approach.

[charaznablescanontoyota]

as is custom, 6 of my spooooookiest and creeeeeepiest tabletop games are 50% off on itchio until midnight on nov 1st! grab yourself one or all of the following!

alone with the killer - solo journaling game about being the final survivor in a slasher film, with three different possible ending tracks (hunted, hunter, and trapped)

alone with the fucked up guy - solo journaling game about being the protagonist of a found media horror series a la marble hornets. comes with a bonus game where you play as the fucked up guy instead

banquo at the feast - mafia/werewolf-like where one person plays a ghost, and everyone else is complicit in their murder and trying not to get executed for it

house - house of leaves/dionaea house inspired haunted house mapmaking game that is also a short horror story

you can check out any time you like - firebrands hack where you play out the lives of the guests, staff, and supernatural anomalies living in a sentient hotel outside of space and time

such a lovely place - dlc pack for you can check out any time you like with more hotel locations to visit and minigames to play

[td1sims]

Mod Updates - 8 May 25

Hi all, it's been quite a while, but I've been busy jumping from one game to another, ahem, Metaphor Refantazio to now Balatro, Oblivion Remastered and Blue Prince.

Anyways, with more free time means I can try to return back to modding (give or take hopefully 4 months or more).

Ok, onto the mod updates.

Occult Hybrid Unlocker & Stabilizer [Version 1.12]

This update adds the following features:

Auto-Add Occults upon Post CAS

Secondary Form Picker

Revamped Spellcaster and Fury Orb Motive Viewing - Motive Orb Update

And additionally, fix these issues:

Ghost Stamina Need in Motive Panel

Auto-Add Occults upon Post CAS

With this implementation, upon exiting CAS and on loading screen finished, removed occults will be readded back to the sim and cached occult maps will be added back. This will eliminate the need to use the Post CAS Interaction. (I will not remove it in case there is a need to use it.)

Secondary Form Picker

This picker can be used to easily switch between secondary forms of the sim without needing to go through the animations and pie menu, useful for testing. This feature is the same to the module found in DevAccessPanel albeit a different execution method. 

Spellcaster & Fury Orb Motive Viewing

With the new update, you will no longer need to use the "Show Spellcaster Charge/Show Werewolf Fury" option for Spellcaster Werewolf Hybrids, as the orb motive will update to show the relevant motives as per this test scenario: Werewolf Form or viewing Werewolf Motive Panel - Show Fury, blacklist Spellcaster Charge All other forms - Show Spellcaster Charge, blacklist Werewolf Fury 

Have finally gotten around to re-inspect on IcedCream's code. 

Fixes

Ghost Stamina Need should not appear in the Motive Panel, cause of its appearance is that the Hybrid mod processes the motives to appear in the motive panel with no blacklist.

Also on MTS, I've updated the mod description. CurseForge is currently pending approval, sit tight.

Download: [MTS] [CurseForge - Pending]

Teleport Memory System [Version 2.20]

This update adds:

[EP17: L&D] TMS Support for Spectral Ghost Teleport + Always Enable Option

[EP18: B&H] TMS Support for Spacebend Teleport + Always Enable Option

Download: [MTS] [Patreon: Public] [CurseForge - Pending]

[kitkatkey]

HarryKim AU fic recs? I gotcha. Heed each fic tags and double check for smut if you'd rather avoid that.

1) "in the car outside" by paisleycowboys, gym teacher Harry/rcm Kim au fic. They're neighbors, Kim's new in town, and Harry can't help but observe Kim observe him who's observing Kim. They don't get along at first but when feelings catch!!! Oh boy. Oh brother. They're so good for each other.

2) "at this point it was years before..." by RaccoonScientist, originally written in Mandarin translated into English, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND SO MUCH FUN!! Harry and Kim met as children, grow up together as best friends, alternate universe where they do not become cops. I read and reread this fic bc I couldn't get it outta my head.

3) "Static over voice" by sosioban, SO SO SO SO FUCKING GOOD I REREAD THIS RECENTLY (March '24) OOOOOO FUCK!! Harry and Kim meet by chance online playing video game. It is silly. There is pining. They do figure it out.

4) "Du bois coffee" by harvestar, modern au where they work at Harry's coffee shop. Of course they fall in love. Of course they inevitably kiss. Cute fluff. Cuno is mentioned, wish there was more of him in this one.

5) "My Dear Elf with the Clipboard" by Sosioban, more fluff!! Set modern day during Christmas. Kim is a pining mess. He wants Hot Santa so badly it's stupid. Hot Santa is ofc Harry.

6) "Your Turn with the Frog" by sosioban, OH GOD ANOYHER ONE BY SOSIOBAN??? YES!!! love this, read it in one day instead of doing schoolwork. Rushed all that work. Don't regret it. So silly and filled to the brim with smut. Alice, Soona, and Ruby are Kim's friends, Kim is gay, Harry is trans, they're fuck buddies who are both teachers, what can wrong? Kim definitely won't catch feelings. Definitely... WILL BE REREADING THIS ONE

7) "All In Due Time" fic series by Oxycontin. Love love love- so sad sad sad. Kim ages in reverse. His days are numbered. He slowly relearns how to live and how to love and what comes next for everyone else has already happened for him. As time goes on he forgets things. He grows younger. Aging in reverse like Merlin. Some good ol Pale fuckery ya know? I love this series. Extremely well written. Tears my heart up. Read it. I promise it does not disappoint with the angst.

8) "Pale Moon" by greatdistractions, is a werewolf Harry fic set post game. Harry doesn't remember being a werewolf, Kim goes to find him when he doesn't go to work and doesn't answer any calls, and finds a wolf in his apartment instead. They go back to Martinaise. Some cute shit happens. Quick, simple, cute read.

And these last two are set post-game and serve more as continuations than AUs but they're still So Fuckin Good:

9) "birds of a feather flock together" fic series by Thegrimreaperisanerd. OH OH OHOHOHIHHHHHH!!!! I love this series, the second fic is currently in progress and is getting so so so so good!! Taking place post canon, the first fic (Imprinting) is a casefic with Harry and Jean and Harry is so desperate for his new bestie (Kim) he buys a pink phone second hand and does some very illegal very questionable things. DUCKLINGS THAT DROWN is the sequel exploring more of their (Harry and Kim) relationship and their relationships with the 41st. The author is incredibly sweet, highly recommend yall to read and leave em a kudos/comment trust me they'll notice.

10) "Birdcage-verse" fic series by Sarielle, phenomenal writing, excellent execution of a case fic- ADOPTED CUNO ALERT!!! SEAMLESS ORIGINAL CHARACTERS!!! There is so much world building that has gone into this series. I cannot recommend this series in particular enough. Really it has it all.

Wow, genuinely thank you anon, I wasn't expecting such a detailed response! I've read some of these already (incredible tho so i should reread) but I will absolutely check out the others!

[milk-is-stable]

hello there I have been inspired to join the anon hoard :]

I want to read your fics so bad but my adhd ass does NOT let me start I'm so sorry... from what I've seen your writing is incredible though, I was captivated arghhhh

anyways. hunger games (what I saw at least 😅) was amazinngggg, and it has inspired another fic idea i have NO idea how to execute

sfth blood on the clocktower. if you don't know botc is a social deduction game based on werewolf - except, everybody has special abilities, and you can play after death. it is SO much fun, would recommend.

except yeah exactly I have no idea how to. draft a concept I guess???? there's no, like, botc simulator like there is hunger games ones, because it's A) social, and B) far more niche. I just. arghhhhhhhh how do you do it 😞

uhhh I have a feeling ill be here more so uh. I shall claim the title of 🕰📻 anon!!! :Z

Welcome to the hoard!

I'm not sure if it makes it better or worse that the other two fics I've posted aren't complete yet, haha. Questionable Choices has 3 chapters out and Eyes of a Child has 2, idk how long QC will end up being but Eyes of a Child I'd be surprised if it ends up being more than five chapters all told (chapter 3 is the flashback + planning chapter, then 4 will be executing on the plan, and I don't know if the conclusion will fit in that chapter or not).

I wonder if, for a botc style fic, it would make sense to do it almost in an rp setting? to assign players characters and play not acting as yourself, but as those characters. It would require all the players to be really familiar with the game and really comfortable rping though, and thus you may have a hard time gathering players. I'd be really interested to see what came of something like that though!

[vikcacao]

HIII VIK >:3

Back in ur ask box !!!! Yippee!! I have questions about your werewolf au this time !!

Can you explain their wolfish biology a bit? What makes them turn into werewolves? Do they turn when it’s a full moon? Do they follw lunar cycles? WHY DOES YUUJI TURN PINK?????

What does the general population think about werewolves? Like are they a secret, or are they known. Do people like them? ARE THERE OTHER MAGICAL CREATURES?????

Is there a dominant religion in your au? Or a religion that werewolves/the general population follow? If there is a religion(s), how do they express it? (Really curious about that cause do they have dances? Sing songs? Make art?)

AND YOU SAID WITCH MEGUMI!!!??!! YAYYYY How does the Megumi practice magic? Like what does he pull his magic from? Does he even use magic, or is he more of a making/brewing concoctions person? Your witch Megumi design is cool as fuck btw— like it’s so intricate omg

Also! When is your au set in? It looks like sorta maybe medieval���1800s period ish? (I do not know time period very well tbh)

THANK YOU!!! :3

HII MARI !!!!! hdsalbsdlkfsl werewolf time >:3

sorry if im out of it, I'm adjusting to summer still lmao

WEREWOLF BIOLOGY

Lycanthropy is the virus that infects a host and turns them into werewolves. The virus can infect any mammal, most commonly stray cats/dogs and game animals, so human hosts are actually rather rare. ((yes, wolves can get lycanthropy and when they're werewolves they just look wrong)) ((((yes, I know the "were" in werewolf means "man", I do not care lmao))))

the link between werewolf shifting and lunar cycles is a coincidence; wolves shift when the virus is in its reproductive stage and that cycle just so happens to be more or less monthly.

Wolfish biology is really odd lol, so sorry if my explanation doesn't make much sense yet. The lycanthropy virus is basically like a controlled cancer, super fast cell replication meaning those who are infected heal super quickly. The virus can replicate host cells with 99.99% accuracy, so even though the host can suffer from a lethal injury they won't die due to the virus repairing them.

Shifting happens when the virus is ready to infect others, so the viral tissue becomes dominant and no longer mimics the host DNA. This shift only happens for around 9 to 13 hours before the virus becomes infertile again and returns to mimicking the host.

PUBLIC OPINION

Werewolves are hated due to them being stupid dangerous. Werewolves are super hard to kill due to how fast the virus can repair itself and the host, the only thing that can kill the virus is silver ((and you need a lot of silver to fully kill a werewolf))

human host werewolves are rare and are a kinda taboo topic since if you kill the virus you kill the host. Human hosts werewolves are only really killed when they're shifted since most cannot stomach killing a human that actually looks human.

Though most human hosts agree to being executed since, ya'know, being a werewolf sucks ass.

The public does know about werewolves since they're super dangerous and highly infectious, but the danger of werewolves are taken more seriously in rural areas due to werewolves being more common out in the wild.

OH AND YUUJI TURNS PINK BECAUSE WEREWOLVES BLEACH !!!!! the one thing the virus can't really replicate is pigment, so with age/injury werewolves become paler and paler. Yuuji just so happens to turn pink since he has very dark red hair lol ((Yuuji is a redhead in this au, too))

OTHER CREATURES

uhhhhhhh I'm not sure yet honestly, maybe??? Familiars probably exist, and other animalistic creatures. If I can think of a good reason why a creature will exist, then it will.

the vibe of this au is like scientific fantasy. It is fantastical and mythological but there will be more or less scientific backings for everything. Werewolves are caused by a virus, magic is just freaky chemistry, etc etc.

RELIGION

I want there to be a religion, but I haven't put much thought into it yet. It's probably gonna be a version of Catholicism ((since im ex catholic and I really like the gothic religious aesthetic lol)). Werewolves are hated and witches are seen as saints blessed by god, at least in rural areas. More urban areas the religion has less influence, but this au takes place in a rural area to the religion is very prominent.

WITCH MEGUMI

Witches are glorified scientists lol, though they do have a biological advantage over non-witch magical practitioners. Both witches and non-witches can practice magic since, like I said before, magic is glorified chemistry. Spells need reactants and energy in order to make a product. Witches themselves are catalysts, meaning they lower the activation energy needed to make a reaction finish.

Witches do have an extra organ that is used to store reactants needed for reactions/spells, so they can seemingly cast spells out of thin air ((they don't, the reactants are stored inside of them)). The organ is like a magical gallbladder that's located beside the heart, meaning that witch lungs are smaller/symmetrical ((they have breathing problems due to their smaller lungs lol)).

Megumi himself research/practices light and dark magic. Light and dark magic DOES NOT mean good/evil magic, I mean literally Megumi studies light and shadow. He studies the sun and color and shit like that.

(im also glad you like his design lol)

TIME PERIOD

I want the time period to be early modern I think, like early 1900s maybe. I still gotta think about it, since I don't want them to have phones but I also want them to be fairly science focused.

So like industrial revolution maybe lol

please ask more questions lol !!!! there's so much stuff I have already and I love answering questions.