#you can claw this headcanon from my cold dead hands

[mybrainsrottingwithmcd]

My friend: So if you’re rewriting MCD and hated that Aarmau was endgame, who is Aphmau’s love interest going to be?

Me:….Love interest?

[just-floetcoeur]

My designs of the Divine Warriors.

Past version + a ver. with evil Shad. Man Shad has changed lol.

I got lazy with Kul’zak’s design. Was sick of drawing armour.

I tried to think up of headcanon lore for them but I don’t have much.

Irene the Matron

Goddess of light, health/healing, life, fertility, abundance, peace and motherhood

Region: Ru’aun, Phoenix Drop

Symbols: The purple spring leaf and unicorns

Song inspiration: “Thought I would be satisfied seeing you content at the other side. But somehow I thought these crazy thoughts that I deserve to be loved, I deserve to know love, we deserve to live in love. I wish there's no end to our time together.”

- Bulbel, Mili

“I’ll take your hand and guide you through all the steps one takes to move on to a place, a world unseen to us all. But it’s okay, we’ll be together, my friend.”

- What Will You Leave Behind (End Titles), Maude Plante-Husaruk & Max LL

“Though I’m about to wreck, you still have your life ahead. All things that lose their way can find it again. There is no inertia in the ocean.”

- Adrift, Stray Gods

Shad the destroyer

God of the Nether, shadows, destruction, death and vengeance

Region: Nether, Falcon Claw

Symbols: Red spears and the wolf

Song inspiration: “There was a boy who shared your bones, your eager blood, your affinity for love. He had it all in his hands and he watched it all turn to sand.”

-Holy the Sea, Forgive Durden

”Could this be the day I have waited for when all my hard work doesn't go ignored? Maybe she was right, they will realize I can change the world, open up their eyes. They know I am more than some eager blood. Not some average bones, I believe in love. I just want to prove I deserve this gift. I will change this world, maybe this is it.”

-Life Is Looking Up, Forgive Durden

“The mind plays tricks, you are confused. The man you seek is long gone, dead and cold, a story told by those he trusted, those he loved, and those who then moved on.”

- I Know Those Eyes / This Man Is Dead, Brandi Burkhardt & Thomas Borchert

“Watch out for the wicked ones who call themselves beloved ones.”

-Holy the Sea, Forgive Durden

”You're a fool to think this princess could ever really love a couple of poor boys like us.”

-The End and the Beginning, Forgive Durden

He and Irene were created as opposites, representing the two sides of the moon. Where there is light, there is darkness. They both need each other to exist but they can never truly love each other.

They basically have Celestia and Luna’s story. Shad hated how Irene was so much more loved. He hated how she bloomed with her divine powers while he thought they were a curse. Because of them, the villagers saw him as a monster. He was tied to the darkness against his will. But just like a moth to the light, he could not look away from her.

“The moon will sing a song for me. I loved you like the sun.”

He thought that by joining the Divine Warriors he’d finally be seen as a hero, that he’d be recognized for his actions. But Irene was always number one. With that resentment already growing, the Divine Warriors betraying him was the thing that unleashed all his rage. He became the Shadow Lord and created the Shadow Knights to kill Irene.

Falconclaw was probably the only village that didn’t see him as an evil divinity (aka worshiping Shad the destroyer and not the Shadow Lord).

On that note, Shad probably hated to be called “the Destroyer”, reinforcing his image as “the bad one”. But he accepted the relic for Irene. “I will make this curse my blessing.”

Esmund the Protector

The only one who doesn’t have an FFXIV equivalent.

God of mountains, ice, guards, law, order and miners

Region: O’khasis

Symbols: The Violet sword and the bear

Song inspiration: “I’m sure that she would care to hear your argument as to how your presence is the reason she is sick. But I suppose it’s in vain, since her life is ending when I thrust this blade into her heart a-thumping.”

-The End and the Beginning, Forgive Durden

(Except Esmund would stab Shad, not Irene)

“Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix you.”

-Fix You, Cody Fry

He fucking hates Shad. He copes by saying it’s because he’s evil but he just wants Irene to love him.

Enki the Keeper

God of time, nature, wisdom, knowledge, moon and arcana (magic)

Region: Gal’ruk

Symbols: The blue hourglass and the owl

Song inspiration: “The mountains seceded, the light and dark depleted. We lost Adakias, but regained our science. Our world was finally reunited. So this is my cue, of where to leave you. Now it's your story to retell and pass on because an idea is only relevant if it's being thought upon. So remember, never surrender ‘cause the unrelenting constancy of love and hope will rescue and restore you from any scope.”

-The End and the Beginning, Forgive Durden

“The rest is up to you to do with what you’ll do, to learn and love and laugh ‘til the cycle circles back. I’ll just separate, weigh anchor, disengage, divide and disappear, and see you in the mirror.”

- Genesis, Forgive Durden & Casey Crescenzo

“You really are the chosen one, the calculated sacrifice. Please listen to my last words before I fade away. This is my gift to you: Live for your love every day. Please don't let your tired heart stop beating.”

- The End and the Beginning, Forgive Durden

Enki was also jealous of Irene’s love for Shad but he didn’t feel good betraying Shad. His death was his repayment for what he did.

Kul’zak the Wanderer

God of the stars, wind, wanderers -wandering merchants, bards, rogues, travellers, drifters, …-, freedom and prosperity/money

Symbols: the green walking stick and the elk

Region: Tech’ens

I’m basing off his whole personality of the one and only thing he’s ever said in the whole series: “Imortality? Hm, that doesn’t seem so bad.” So I made him a greedy bastard. Where Irene is the healer and leader, Shad the lancer and dps, Esmund the tank and Enki the support mage, Kul’zak is the rogue. He’s not completely selfish but he’s definitely the most selfish of the Divine Warriors. He helped Enki and Esmund cuz he thought it’d be fun.

[urautismdiagnosis-wistie]

Hello!! I absolutely love your barnacles/kwazii qpr propaganda, you are 10000000% right!! They make me so happy and you draw them so cutely! If you have any more doodles or headcanons for them I would be so happy! I am making meals out of the crumbs in canon lol An offering for you:

surrounded by the ocean yet still warm <3

Barnacles needs the feeling of kwazii breathing and alive at night and kwazii needs the warmth and slower heartbeat to feel safe

ANYWAYS ENJOY SOME CUTE LIL RAMBLES ABOUT THEM BEING SOFT AND PRECIOUSSS

kwazii really sucks at waking up in the morning, the captain totally picked him up into air jail only to be met with a very sleepy and tiny and pouty kwazii in his hands 😭😭😭

I just know barnacles boops his nose at like EVERY opportunity. Goshhh they nose boop. They could rub heads n stuff its in both their body languages. Purring and chuffing <3

3. Yk how giant dogs will get right into peoples space and not realize how HUGE they are and just snuggle into someoen???

Barnacles

4. Old kwazii and barnacles would slowdance and u couldn't pry that out of my cold dead hands

5. Pov ur like 45 year old kwazii not getting chosen for a really strenuous mission

hes so scraggly and wet anyways-

6. COULD U IMAGINE BARNACLES JUST LAYING ON T O P OF KWAZII AND KWAZII IS JUST TINY AND TRAPPED UNDER LIKE YEOW LET ME OUT and then caps like noooo u do this to me all the time its fine and he's like NO BUT YER HUGE IT BE DIFFERENT and the capns like ok fine u caught me im actually imprisoning u <3 and kwaziis like WHAT PIRATE CRIME DID I COMMIT and the caps like 🥰the treasonous act of not giving me enough cuddles🥰 and kwazii just has to accept that 😭

7. Also the capn is like high on pain killers or somwthing and he's SO SAD and then hes so happy cuz he can HOLD KITTI and push kwaziis lil paw beans in and out while crying about how smol he is (peso endured similar treatment 💀🙏) and kwazii just gets trapped for some hours, this grown *ss man is just getting his kitty face squished over and over 😭😭😭

8. idk if I ever mentioned this but kwazii genuinely does find the capn very beautiful <3 like he really does think the caps got such pretty eyes and a charming face and really lovely hair and do u see how large the capns paws are???? And how pretty his black claws are???? He's so cool and amazing and pretty and also pretty and- and how could u blame him????its not even a physical attraction thing he just did the thing where u love a person so much u see their entire existance in a new way

9. They take turns sleeping in eachothers rooms

Kwazii having a preparation montage where he's putting on layers of thermals and big fuzzy socks to go sleep in his joyfriends frozen *ss room 😭😭😭

Meanwhile barnacles has got to deal with kwaziis tiny ahh bed and the fact kwazii literally LAYS ON TOP OF HIM and moves and everything in his sleep 😭😭😭😭 but he also purrs soo….

10. One of the deepest kinds of loved a person can ever experience is safety during vulnerability and change.

I JUST KNOW they'd cry a few tears a few tears just from the softness. Something so fcking small that breaks every fcking battered defense they have relied on for years down. And then the other is there to wipe the tear away with their thumb.

And then they cry harder.

Bonus: kwazii calls the capn the "Lord and Savior of thr Manatees" whenever he's being a hypocrite about kwazii being reckless 😭. And barnacles has INTENSE cuteness aggression feelings to kwazii and he MUST squish him :> thats all for now

I totally don't have even more thoughts i cant share rn because it'd spoil my comic whaaatttt thats so crazy im such a normal person about them they don't consume my very soul idk what ur TALKING about

BARNZII QPR PROPOGANDA BARNZII QPR PROPOGANDA YYEYAYAYYAYAAHHHHH

my MOON AND LITTLR STAR

MY BIG AND SMOL

MY CAPN AND FIRST MATE

Auuauahagahhrjrrkkrkr thank u for the ask it means the world to me 🥺👍 my (qpr)partner irl is very happy the qpr propaganda is spreading >:3

[melikedraw]

Headcanons for being the mate of harpy gaolang where s/o is human? hehe :> luv your art and I keep seeing you grow every post you make I know you'll reach far heights 💛

Harpy!Gaolang x human!Reader

Based on my au, reader has no specified gender

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- he will give you pretty rocks,like how penguins do with their mates, and leave dead animal carcasses at your doorstep but don't throw them away in front of him, it'll hurt him deeply so pretend to be happy despite their blood staining your "welcome home" mat

- attempts to build a nest in your home, much to your dismay as you find twigs, branches and other stuff strewn over your bed one day

- he gets annoyed when you remove them as he doesn't understand that's not how people do it

- like "where will you lay your eggs without a nest???" sweetie... Humans don't lay eggs

- I think he would have an okayish knowledge on humans, but specifically human males because the only human he is close to is rama

- extremely curious about human anatomy, will lay in bed with you for ages just studying you, eyes roaming your body as he searches for all the differences between a harpy and a human

- doesn't like it when you wear clothes and finds the idea of wearing clothes strange

- he has quite the fixation towards seeing you naked and exploring your body, especially as he gets to know you more

- nothing sexual, honestly, it's just what he's used to, what he finds natural

- plus, he's very curious about you, you being a different species and all, it's easier for him to study if there's no pesky clothing blocking his view

- he'll have lots of questions for you too

- "aren't clothes uncomfortable?" "Are you cold without feathers?" "Your claws are small, how do you hunt?" That sort of stuff

- probably a little disgusted when he learns that humans give birth to babies instead of laying eggs like, ew a wet, bloody, crying mass of flesh? No thanks, I'll take the egg

- he's especially afraid of you freezing to death in the winter, since you can't migrate to warmer areas

- he'll even stay with you rather than migrate in order to make sure you don't die on your own, wrapping you up with his wings and everything

- puts in a lot of effort to understand how humans get into relationships, since it's quite different from harpies

- he will appreciate if you do so for him too, and the two of you meet in the middle where both you and him can date comfortably

- might I add, harpies have a sort of mating call + dance so don't be too surprised when he inevitably tries to woo you with that

- please don't get uncomfortable if he stares at you blankly with his soul piercing eyes, it's a habit of his, as a predator, to sort of lock their sights on their prey, in this case you

- he would never harm, hunt, or eat you, but he does want to focus all his attention on you, because you somehow captured his heart

- he'll try preening your hair, and wishes for you to do the same, straightening stray feathers and whatnot

- has no hands, so uses his mouth a lot, like if you ask him to pass you something, more often than not he'll use his teeth to hold it towards you

- has no concept of "dating" or "marriage". you accepted his pretty rock (probably by accident), you're him mate now

- there is also no concept of divorce, it's a "till death do us part" sort of thing for harpies, so good luck

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Thank you for asking about him.... I love him sm .... Ily...

[starsandgutters]

21, 22, and 23 for Kevin and Aaron?

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

I AM a fic writer! Hello 🤗

Aaron:

BLUSHY!!! Love making him blush easy. Pink tips to his ears, spilling down his cheeks, exposing him when he’s so emotionally reserved.

I like making him cold because I also have bad circulation & we all love to project. Plus I think it’s the kind of consistent discomfort that will push him into scenarios where he accepts help he wouldn’t usually/allows people closer/is forced to show a vulnerability (which he hates).

Chubby Aaron Minyard!!! I don’t care if they’re athletes, I don’t care who claims it’s unrealistic (if they’re fueling right it’s actually not, a lot of young & even pro athletes are low BF due to poor fueling & often suffer REDS because of it and it’s less noticeable with male athletes as they don’t have period loss as an obvious sign!, like some of them still will be very thin/lean but some people’s bodies just hold more weight even with intense levels of activity!!), drag my body diverse characters from my cold dead hands with claw marks.

Pretty eyes looking honey coloured in direct sunlight 🫶🏻

Wry sense of humour & sharp intelligence with a diverse range of knowledge.

Little individual details that separate him from Andrew - dimple on the opposite side, more yellow than orange flecks in his eyes, freckles on his legs and more on his arms, slightly different placement of their moles, scar on his back, actually wears his reading glasses while Andrew denies needing them, and as they age Aaron will have deeper smile lines, and he’ll be leaner as Andrew keeps/builds his muscle mass for pro exy.

Little interests that he doesn’t really talk about but there’s signs sprinkled through his life. The ocean/sea creatures/space/the stars/books/RPGs (if you can’t have real friends at least you can play video games with a party of fictional companions!)/dinosaurs/dogs/animals in general/cooking (he loves that he has access to food now and he’s learned a useful life skill and he finds it soothing and also he can do it for other people as a sign of care)

Tying in with that, funky patterned socks. Like he’s always doing his best to appear normal/blend in/not draw attention to himself, but that’s his secret little fun bit of self expression for himself.

This is a lot of things. I could keep adding to this list. I love Aaron Minyard 💖

I mean if I didn’t like something I’d probably just not write it hahaha. He can be frustrating to get where I want sometimes because he’s so extremely hyperindependent and he doesn’t like to voice his desires or talk about his emotions.

Also I think writing verbal abuse doesn’t always come across with the gravity of hearing it. Sometimes abusive dialogue is not something that reads with a lot of impact, but it will be how it’s been said, or the repetition over years. Idk I find it hard to translate into writing because it never feels enough or often reads as overdramatised. So trying to write flashbacks to Tilda can suffer from that.

Kevin:

Kevin Day reads exy smut. Is it a silly little headcanon? Yes. But I’m emotionally attached to it now and it’s canon to ME.

Ready to infodump at a second’s notice, he’s just WAITING for the opening.

Back! Dimples!

IRIIIISH! Any excuse I get to write Irish Kevin Day, I will.

Grumpy sleepy Kevin. He will pass out anywhere. He is near impossible to wake up. He snores horrendously loud and denies it (as if he can hear himself when he’s asleep???). Has been known to drool on himself. Can’t get both his eyes to open at the same time but will still fight you first thing. Just a real nightmare.

It’s not so much I like it as in its a fun topic, but I think his relationship with food is an important part of how I write Kevin. He very much exhibits a lot of disordered eating, and from and outside view actually probably looks like he’s eating a pretty healthy diet for a standard person. But I think he has issues with orthorexia as a result of the Nest, that he undereats for the amount of training he does (and doesn’t consider the amount of EXTRA training he does on top of that!), and has a real preoccupation with healthy foods (and issues with applying moral value to what he eats. “Good” vs “bad”)

I like differentiating his public facade from who he is in private. Things like his perfected media smile where he knows his angles to show off his jaw and how wide to smile for a good ratio of teeth, versus his big dorky too many teeth slightly crooked grin he has when he’s genuinely excited. Charming media laugh versus ugly snort laugh when something catches him off guard and surprises a laugh from him. Incredibly polite public mask. Constant resting bitch face with matching cutting personality behind closed doors.

Praise kink.

My Kevin is autistic so I like to include small things to reflect that. There’s certain textures he doesn’t like (material wise, he’s a velvet hater. With food, he can be really fussy about things like aubergine), and he’s not always great at interpreting people’s facial expressions. He’s learned to be very good at masking due to media training, but he doesn’t always pick up on social cues in his personal life/often just decides to ignore them. Will get hyper focused in on his interests and sometimes forgets about other things in his life. He’ll also mirror back the way other people show care/affection for him since he didn’t really get socialised on that in the Nest.

Interests outside of exy! I love when he starts to relax and recover enough to explore other elements of himself 🫶🏻 reading his silly little smutty books for pleasure, watching documentaries or listening to podcasts on topics he’s interested in, I think he enjoys photography, finding different kinds of activity to move his body that aren’t just targeted towards improving his performance in exy, but things he can just enjoy (like hiking or swimming - yeah, they help his anaerobic capacity, but he’s not going hard at them like an extra element of training), and hearing live music (he already likes classical music but I think it hits different the first time he hears an orchestra performing live).

I also love Kevin. Are we surprised.

As with Tilda, I find it tricky to really capture the impact of his abuse in the Nest, because Riko often reads like a caricature of a cartoon villain when you start writing out his dialogue 😭

Also as primarily a KevAaron reader, Kevin often hurts Aaron a lot (usually unintentionally not picking up on a cue/not realising he’s doing something/skewing his priorities/making a blunt callous comment without considering the emotional impact), which, y’know, is good for plot, but bad for me, because I love my sweet perfect angel baby boy never did anything wrong in his life ever Aaron!!!

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to the character? Something you don't like?

I actually don’t read that much fic since I only read KevAaron & also spend most of my time on my own absurd word output 😭

I like a lot of the things I enjoy writing in them. I just really like them having interests & development beyond the books. I love thorough characterisation. And I like seeing in AUs how the core of the character is kept while exploring how they’d differ in the circumstance!

Things I dislike…

Aaron just being seen as an alternative to Andrew. It makes me rage lmao they’re so different !! (Now contrarily I think the angst of Aaron BELIEVING he’s a second choice after Andrew can be interesting, but I don’t like it being the reality, because I don’t think Aaron should settle for that. He deserves better 😌)

Aaron cheating on Katelyn. I just simply do not believe he would do this. (Whereas Kevin and Thea have their weird loose kind of open relationship thing going on so it’s slightly more palatable but I honestly don’t love that either.)

Also don’t love the way addiction is touched on sometimes but I think people just don’t have experience/knowledge of it and are trying to reflect what they’ve seen in other media.

And nothing wrong with this but having grown up with the only queer representation being stories of internalised homophobia & coming out angst, I am not interested in narratives that centre around that kind of plot line. This doesn’t just go for Kevin & Aaron, I don’t enjoy this in anything I read. If it’s touched upon that’s fine, but if it’s all that’s centred in their character, I am not interested 😅

(These are my preferences btw and don’t dictate the quality of anyone’s writing if they include these elements. They’re just. Not for me.)

23. Favorite picture of this character?

The famous press shot of Kevin changing his racquet to his left hand during the final match 🫶🏻

Hahaha I guess in this context this means fanart.

This has been my phone lock screen for several years. I just like the energy of it. Their little bitchy expressions. The casual closeness. THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE 🗣️🗣️🗣️ the fact there’s seats but they choose to stand. Aaron’s outfit (green lover Aaron is canon to me). Aaron’s freckles. Them being fucking nerds together. (Also this one. The possessive undertones. Kevin’s hand placement and Aaron’s side eye back)

Masslowart did fanart of Kinda Love which I am VERY emotional about 🥲 and all their KevAaron stuff is gorgeous.

All @hamrikaa KevAaron stuff is also stunning but this is like the prettiest Kevin I’ve ever seen. Love him in pink. (Also pride KevAaron ily)

I adore all of @naturecalls111 KevAaron comics & art 💖

Very real and human Aaron

It’s what Aaron deserves!!!

It’s what Aaron deserves pt 2 !! (Generally enjoy how @rainbowd00dles draws the Twinyards)

Soft Aaron (love to see it & also enjoy the body type)

[joeyisaprincess]

Hi! Your blog has to be one of my top five headcanon blogs, if not number one. (You have a perfect delivery and your interpretations are unique yet suspend disbelief. Also, you're hilarious.)

If you have time, can we get some Miqo'te!Chocobros (or whomever!) headcanons with their S/O? Ever since your Miqo'te!Noctis post, I just need more of your Miqo'te/catboy-girl content, I breathe the stuff, you understand.🐈‍⬛

Okay lets talk about catboys

Noctis

He's purred himself to sleep in this state. He'll be happily purring, then he'll just fall over. It's objectively horrifying, if you don't know that he's just like that.

Noctis already sleeps a lot. With the agility and flexibility of a catboy, you're liable to find him sleeping in the most horrifying positions, and in the most surreal places.

He bleps a lot. Just... sits there, with giant pupils, his tongue hanging out slightly. Head empty.

Noctis isn't big on touch, but he slow blinks a lot. If he's feeling fancy, he likes to headbutt people, but he gets pissed off if they try to touch his ears.

Ignis

Ignis will look you dead in the eye and swat shit off the table during a disagreement. That's the first thing that needs to be said.

It's... really fun, to have him in this way. He's basically the same, but his ears and tail give away the emotions he usually hides behind a mature, refined front. His ears go flat against his head when he's upset, and his tail flicks behind him. The fur on his new appendages fluffs up when he's frightened.

Ignis' behavior hardly changing makes you realize that he's an objectively silly man. He slaps things out of the air, gets offended at others when he does anything embarrassing, and loses interest in his expensive "toys" (air fryer, panini press) in favor of the cheaper ones (you can pry his second-hand cast iron skillet from his cold, dead hands).

Gladio

Most likely to swat at his tail, not realizing it's his own appendage. He also occasionally gets startled by his own reflection. The "cucumber behind a cat" trick works on him.

His tail is big and fluffy. He likes to tease Prompto with it. He'll flick it behind himself, then quickly move it when Prompto lunges at it. This starts fights, and usually ends with the poor blond in a headlock.

Gladio is too big to be this quiet. Do you know how scary it is to assume you're alone in a room, but then you hear him start talking from right behind you?

Prompto

... Orange Cat. Prompto bites to show affection. He doesn't bite hard, but it's definitely enough to make you mildly annoyed. He can spend hours chewing on silvervine sticks. Has absently chewed on his own charger and then accused the others of ruining his cord.

He's also not good at controlling his claws, so everyone is covered in light scratches. Especially when he gets scared and starts to flail. Gladio is his most frequent victim, and the scratches tend to occur after he was teasing him, so it might not be as much of an accident as he claims it is.

Prompto likes to groom himself in this state, and he's over the moon if one of the others accept his attempts to groom them. He gets distracted easy, though, so he just walks away, leaving chunks of their hair out of place.

[laurancezvahlslefteyebrow]

SHADOW KNIGHT HEADCANONS

aka things from my rewrite

idea from @xerith-42 <- <- <-

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Appearance:

They have pointed ears. They’re not as large as an elf’s or half elf’s ears, really just the size of a human’s ear… But pointed.

They’re skin sparkles. (Edward who?) Idk why I added this I just like the idea of Laury lookin like he’s rocking body glitter 24/7 ig. It’s most noticeable in direct sunlight.

They’re eyes are reflective, like a cats, and often glow in the dark. They’re eyes also appear more… empty… than a regular person’s. Almost uncanny.

When in their full Shadow Knight form, their irises become red, and the whites of their eyes turn black. The skin around their eyes also becomes red and cracked, almost irritated looking.

They have fangs. Much like this v

They each have a scar pertaining to the way in which they died. (Assuming it wasn’t something like poison). It is usually a dark grey or black color, but not always.

When they are premature, their fingers and toes are blacken. This is called the corruption. Each SK has at least some, but the amount tells you how long they resisted gaining their immortality. The longer they go without gaining their immortality, the further up the corruption creeps, only stopping at the shoulders and hips.

They have Rune Scars and Tattoos. The tattoo is located on their palms and is the source of their SK abilities. It’s embedded with the curse of binding so it cannot be removed or carved out. The scars are on their face, three claw marks on each cheek. These are referred to as The Tears. These scars enhance their SK abilities.

While in their full SK form, their scar runes turn black and emanate pure darkness. Their fingernails also grow into claws that are extremely sharp and nearly unbreakable.

All SKs appear pale, no matter their skin tone. They have no red/pink/orange undertones bc their blood technically no longer flows.

They often appear very ridged or mannequin like. Standing either too perfectly or too hunched over. Again, uncanny.

Because of all these physical traits, Shadow Knights are very easy to spot, assuming you know what to look for. Many trying to hide or blend in, will hide their heads, faces, and hands.

THE… OTHER STUFF:

Their body temperature fluctuates quite a bit. Generally, theyre cold to the touch, because yk their dead. But when they feel strong emotions like anger or happiness their temp rises, possibly to the point where they feel feverish. The only emotions that actively make them colder are sadness and fear.

Their temp also rises when the Calling comes a knocking. Rising hotter and hotter the longer they try to ignore or fight it.

^ Inspired by a convo with @xerith-42

It’s impossible to sleep in the Nether, though the reason is unknown. Because of this, Shadow Knights don’t require sleep. They still can sleep, but it’s not a necessity. Premature Shadow Knights however, still become tired and can still feel the physical repercussions of having no sleep.

Similarly, SKs also no longer need to eat or drink. However again, prematures do. Since not much grows in the nether, they’re forced to eat Nether Wart. It’s essentially a very tough, charcoal tasting mushroom. It’s their only source of food OR water as water cannot be found anywhere else in the Nether.

While they’re in the Nether, their blood becomes cold to accommodate for the extreme heat. Because of this they need to be careful about regulating their emotions while in the nether so their blood doesn’t overheat.

Nether time is faster than Overworld time. A year in the Nether is only a few months in the Overworld, if that.

Premature SKs can be killed the same ways a human can be, due to their lack of immortality. A full SK however, is a bit more tricky. Their physical form can be killed, though it is more difficult due to a combination of things, but they respawn. If their body dies, is will *poof* disappear and reappear back in the Nether on an alter. The amount of time it takes to respawn depends on the severity of their injury. A full SK can only be permanently killed with an enchanted Netherite weapon (hehe minecraft reference). These are extremely rare and hard to come by. …Zenix has one…

When a PMSK (Premature Shadow Knight) is trained, they fight against real, full SKs. They could very well be killed during their training, call it natural selection. The PM is expected to kill the Full SKs they’re fighting against.

Soul sand houses the souls of innocent lives taken by Shadow Knights. Their souls not only add fuel to their power, but also gives strength to the Shadow Lord/Shad.

In Shad’s eyes, someone with magicks or brains is often more valuable than someone who is physically strong. Though physical strength is needed in order to be a SK, if they are not particularly clever and they have no magicks, they aren’t very useful. Often used as simple pawns or sacrifices.

The first ever Shadow Knight was some random guy named Randal. He didn’t fit any of the criteria, in fact he was just some farmer who ate a bad potato and suffered the consequences. Shad only resurrected him to experiment a bit.

A Shadow Knight’s armor isn’t actually armor. It’s more like a shell that pops out when their body recognizes it’s needed. Or at least when it thinks it does. These shells are generally identical, but they do each have some variations depending on the person and their alignment. Their weapons are an extension of this shell as well, and can be any hand held weapon. Weather is a sword, hammer, mace, or even daggers. Swords are just most people’s go-to. Along with this, they cannot drop their weapons as they are basically a part of them. The only way to rid of it is by… sucking?? it back into the shell. Think of venom. But less… slimy.

They’re impervious to fire/lava. At any stage, full or pm.

Oooookay that’s all I got

Thanks for reading this far love ya mwah mwah

[gemharvest]

boyfriend from fnf for the ask thing!! :)

favorite thing about them: I reaaaaalllly love his whole beeping thing idk. IDK !!! Maybe it's a neurodivergence thing but I really connect with characters who are depicted in communicating in ways outside the norm. Also there's something very funny to me abt how he beeps absolute gibberish but people understand him anyways. Like just as a comedic bit, not reading it any deeper, that shit's gold to me.

least favorite thing about them: Ok this is a take from my artist brain but fuuuuuuuck his hat fr that shit is way harder to make look right than you'd think. That or I just have a weird perfectionism issue. Which is also a likely contender.

favorite line: the best part of Friday Night Funkin' was when Boyfriend said "Beep bo bop" and funked all over those guys /j /ref

brOTP: I think you could get a really funny dynamic out of Boyf and Darnell. I need to get more confident in my read of Darnell b4 I do anything with that thought but it's There.

OTP: RGB polycule ftw you couldn't even claw these fuckers from my cold, dead hands. You know the ship is good when it's got me making friends through it. /silly

nOTP: I don't knowwww. Like there are ships I can think of for this where I'd never engage with them but I don't feel strongly enough about it to call any of them a nOTP. SORRY LMAO.

random headcanon: This guy would fw chewable stim toys but he'd have to get really tough ones. Guy who would shred a kong if you gave it to him without monitoring him.

unpopular opinion: What evennnnnnnn are the popular opinions in this fandom I barely go to wider fandom here. Unpopular opinion I wish more people depicted his beeping ??? Maybe ?? But that's a tentative one since I know for more serious works it's kinda. Hard to run with that. In my writing I have my workaround of "all his dialogue is in quotes cuz he's beeping so what's written is actually a translation" but liiike I still haven't figured out a pleasing way to do it in art. Like the best I got is speech bubble with beeps and translation underneath but it feels like. A Lot. So like, all of that to say I wish the beeps were worked with more but I can see where people come from just writing plain English for him. And maybe it is worked with more in wider fandom idk.

song i associate with them: OUHHHHHH HUMOR ME. I'm posting two. CW for suggestive themes in both (lyrics/ samples).

eyestrain/ flash warning on this next vid

favorite picture of them: IT'S SO HARD FOR ME TO PICK JUST ONE THERE'S SO MANY OFFICIAL THINGS WITH HIM THAT I FW. Here's the ones I rotate a lot in my head:

^ I think I've made it obvious my proper fave would be the beach poster art that shit's just Peak to me rn but I am always incapable of picking just one favorite.

[character ask prompt]

[mastcrmarksman]

you can try and claw Clint bouncing between circuses and carnivals from the ages of 12 to 24 from my cold dead hands, and you'd still fail to pry this headcanon away.

[fancyfade]

do all three of my favorite blorbos (kendra saunders, carter hall, and hector hall)

blorbo greedy :P

OK

Kendra

my favorite thing about them: ... her unhingedness honestly. :P It makes her fun. she gets injured in JLA 2006 and Hawkman 2002 and both times is like "let me just bandage my injured arm and hop back into the field".

any headcanons I have or like (If I have headcanons about them): Kendra likes sad movies, the sadder the better. She's watching a movie with Carter and he's like 😭 and she's like 😁

my favorite appearance with them: hmmm hard to tell b/c she's often a side character RIP kendra. That said I like (most of) her arc in the first 16 issues of Hawkman 2002 and if I want to limit it to one scene, it'd be this scene (link) where she straps her mace to her broken arm and puts the claw of horus on the other

Carter:

My favorite thing: I honestly find it kind of refreshing how he's one of the superheroes who isn't just Carter but in a helmet when he's hawkman (at least in Geoff Johns Hawkman 2002). Like he's a lot less patient as hawkman generally and more direct.

any headcanons: I headcanon that carter just died and reincarnated sorry I find the merging with Katar in the HawkRealm or whatever to explain why he's not old dumb :P And i headcanon that this influences why he acts different as Hawkman and carter - he's more aggro as hawkman because he feels he has to prove himself, because he's young (and whether he likes it or not, perceived as less experienced) but all the friends he remembers being his peers on the JSA are old

Favorite appearance with him: ... hmm IG Hawkman 2002? He's the protagonist there.

Hector:

favorite thing: I'm sorry I love that teenage hector in infinity inc is kind of an asshole. you can pry asshole hec from my cold dead hands. he puts his foot in his mouth all the time. I also like that he's insecure but there's nothing to like. soften it? He realizes he's acting like an asshole when he's insecure that lyta's stronger than him, but the writers don't do some pussy-ass 'oh training arc for hector how dare he be less strong than his GF'

any headcanons: hector likes the blandest most kid food possible. he loves craft macncheese and cheese pizza

favorite appearance: infinity inc 1984!

[icharchivist]

My favourite headcanon that you can pry from my cold dead hands is that Belial helps Beelzebub braid his hair

Bub's claws are way too long to do it himself

He hates every second of it, but Belial does a good job, even if he bothers him the entire time, but Bubs has a brand to maintain and an image to lose

oh god i love it.

of course Belial "fashionista" Fallen Angel (yes it's his full name i decided) would find some way to influence Beelzebub into thinking that him having the most perfect hairstyle was ESSENTIAL actually.

I'm sure Bubs at first didnt want to spend so long on this, but he DOES want to be the most dazzling person in the skies so he's going to show the world his most beautiful form or so help him. Even if.... it means he has to bear with Belial, out of all people, for it.

It's honestly on brand for the two of them. And besides when Belial is braiding Bubs's hair, he can start to talk about any topics that could annoy Bubs otherwise and use the fact Bubs need him to finish the job as a way to shield himself.

This works so well. I love it. thank you for sharing.

[missilekidding]

Fun Ghoul is dyspraxic Kobra Kid is autistic tell ur friends

[imagineslashers]

HELLO HELLO

i love you?? and your writing???? so much??? youre so talented 💞

but uhhh i was just wondering if i could have platonic headcanons for Michael Myers, Chucky + Tiffany, and Beetlejuice?? like uh,,, maybe they just claim this frickinnn KID NSNSJ, or reluctantly becoming a parental/maternal figure towards a teenager (like 14-16 years old)

why they dont kill them or kick them to the curb is beyond me

sorry if this is a weird request??NSNS everything has gone to shit and it happened right when i got back into slashers so my emotional attachment issues made me latch onto the man, the myth, michael myers GABDNAJA its cringe, i know BUT UHHH YEAH THANK YOU FEEL FREE TO IGNORW THIS MWAH

HI HI

thank you, that makes me so happy as an anxious, self-critical writer; you’re so sweet and it made my day to read that!!!

haha i love your request, i adore cool platonic ideas! i hope you’re doing okay, i absolutely feel the same at times, but know you’ve got me as your friend if you need anything! judgement free zone! anyhow, onto the fic below!

Platonic Slashers Begrudgingly (or not) Take in a Teen

(warnings for mentions of violence, blood, abuse, swearing, etc.!)

Michael Myers

He’s not very happy.

You’re an anomaly, a stranger, a potential victim.

But then why do you make his cold heart clench when you cry?

He is literally straddling a victim in a dark alleyway with his knife in hand and suddenly he sees you in the corner of his eye, frozen to the spot, rocking on the heels of your feet.

Michael whips his head around now that his victim is long-dead and turns his attention to you, the witness. You don’t run, staring at him with narrowed eyes.

“That guy was an asshole.” The words stun him, and that’s not easy to do. Your calm, disinterested demeanour causes him to hesitate, gripping the handle of his knife. Blood drips from his mask where the victim clawed at his face, smearing the white with bright crimson.

Michael starts towards you again, assessing you, head tilted. You’re young, but not a child. Somewhere in between, and you still aren’t running. It almost irritates him.

“I’m not endorsing killing or anything, and maybe you’re going to do me in next, but that guy had it coming.” You continue quietly. Michael keeps approaching, his movements barely making noise despite his huge frame towering over yours. “Foster dad. Drank a lot.”

Michael curses under his breath because you make him hesitate again, as he feels a pang of - what? Curiosity? Sympathy? Nonsense.

A siren wails nearby and Michael stops, inches from you, close enough that you can feel the heat of his sigh as he turns away and heads off.

- from then on, you have several more encounters and ask many annoying questions, but Michael treats you more like a street cat than anything else, ignoring you other than the occasional grunt or nod

- he finds he actually might kinda like having someone want to spend time with him, even if he’s literally crushing someone in his hands, you’re hanging out at a respectable distance waiting for him

- Michael does some healthy stalking and learns that you’re now living from house to house with friends or on the street, unwilling to return to the foster system, and he doesn’t like that

- eventually, he softens just enough that when you’re going to head off one night, he grabs your wrist and all but drags you to his home

- from then on, you’re his

- he teaches you everything he knows, you’re like his little apprentice, or his shadow

- Michael is super protective, he won’t show how much he has begun to care about you but the second you’re upset by someone, they disappear mysteriously

- matching costumes for Halloween??? i stan

- he sometimes treats you a bit more like a puppy, other times he is eager to show you the tricks of the trade to using a knife and being stealthy, or he will want to be left alone, it depends on his mood

- either way, you’re his kid now, and everyone knows not to mess with you

Chucky & Tiffany (pre-doll & post)

Chucky and Tiffany are in completely different mindsets when they find you.

You’re sat hunched in a booth alone in a diner they’re both eating at, Tiffany continually glancing your way. Chucky doesn’t notice until she kicks him under the table.

He curses and hits his hand on the table, shaking the glasses. Before he can lose his temper even further, Tiffany is jerking her head not-so-subtly to one side to tell him to turn around.

He does, and he sees you in a hoodie nursing a glass of flat soda. Chucky scoffs, resuming his meal by shovelling fries into his mouth. “And?” He drawls around the mouthful, making Tiffany scowl.

“They’re all alone! No food, poor babe, they’ve been sat there since we arrived! Lost little lamb.” She croons, her elbows on the table and head rested in her hands as she watches you over her lover’s shoulder. Chucky sours, jealous at the loss of attention.

A scuffle distracts them both and they shift their attention to the masked man who just walked in. He’s brandishing a knife in one shaky hand, jerking, whipping his knife around and demanding money.

Chucky rolls his eyes, unflinching. “Amateur.” He laughs. Tiffany shoots him a look, reaching for the cutlery knife on the table, just in case.

When the stranger, however, confronts you, it’s a different matter. Tiffany goes rigid when the man grabs your collar, shaking you and demanding cash. She stands up at once, heels squeaking on the linoleum floor.

Chucky, for all his bravado and pretending to ignore you, can’t help the sudden spike in protectiveness. Tiffany’s influence, no doubt.

Just as Tiffany has crossed half the distance to you, you surprise her. Your knee shoots out between the man’s legs and hits him square in the groin, followed by a right hook that sends him collapsing to the floor in a wheezing pile.

Nobody moves, except you. You pick up your bag and sigh, stepping over the man. Before you can leave, Tiffany places a gentle hand on your shoulder. “Hey kiddo, wait a minute okay? You ain’t got no place to stay, huh?” Her voice is honeyed and like that of a mother hen soothing her young.

You nod in agreement, head low. Tiffany makes a noise of distress, pulling this sweet, spunky, surprising teen to her chest and holds you there.

Chucky appears and kicks the man in the chest for good measure, then looks at the two of you together. After a moment of Tiffany’s puppy eyes and your steely gaze, he cracks. “Fine! Get in the truck.”

- you’re their absolute prize

- after a few shorts weeks and demonstrating how much you know about life on the street, you impress Chucky enough that he allows you to stay

- Tiffany was won over from the beginning but she’s thrilled that he allows it

- you’re not going anywhere without one of them, they are so protective it’s crazy, and they will always make sure if you have to go somewhere alone that you’re prepared

- “Got your knife?” “What about the mace?” “Tell me again what you’re meant to do if a stranger approaches!”

- of course, they teach you their way of life too, and soon you’re a highly chaotic, perfectly functional family!

- post-doll, they rely on you a fair bit more for doing things they can’t do, and you’re good at pretending they’re just dolls so you can sneak them into places

- either way, doll or not, you guys are a surprisingly powerful trio!

Beetlejuice

Okay, this was never going to be an issue for him.

Beetlejuice finds you in one of the decrepit houses he enjoys frequenting to scare the goth kids who hang out there.

You’re all alone, reading a book with a school bag by your feet, sat on the dilapidated porch. He wants to scare you so bad, creeping up behind you, his combat boots falling soundlessly with careful steps. He’s so close to you when he notices you’re sniffling.

Not only that, but there are wet droplets on the book pages he can see from over your shoulder, drops from where you’ve been crying.

Beetlejuice isn’t particularly mushy, especially not for strangers, but something about you makes him pause. Maybe it’s because you remind him of himself when he was alive, and young, and lonely.

Instead of spooking you, he sits down heavily next to you and causes several of the wooden boards to groan in protest. You jump, moving away from him until you see the very-much-dead face smiling back at you.

“So, uh, what’s up kid? You drop your candy or something? Boy troubles? Girl troubles? Both?” He’s leaning forward like a schoolgirl awaiting gossip, eyes eager and curious. You can’t help but feel pulled into his attentiveness.

Wiping your eyes, you drop your gaze to your book, shaking your head. “Nothing, just some issues at home. This is the only place I can get some peace and quiet.”

BJ huffs, knocking the book from your hands so you’re forced to look at him. “Listen to me, sport, you’re just radiating mischief potential, and you’re wasting your creative little mind sat here crying over some losers who don’t deserve you anyhow!”

His pep talk takes you by surprise, and he uses the moment to haul you to your feet, a snake falling from his sleeve as he does so. He seems unperturbed by this, his eyes still locked excitedly to yours.

“I need a partner in crime, things been real stale lately, ya know? Need a fresh perspective!” He holds both of your hands in his, the cool skin soothing yours, a firm grip keeping you grounded and out of your own head.

“So, whaddya say? You come scare the shit out of some folks who deserve it, and I keep the assholes off your back - it’s a win-win!”

- you’re the most terrifying and perfectly suited pairing ever

- he has so many ideas and gets so excited, but you’re the one who keeps him calm, picking the best idea, astounding him with your own suggestions

- he takes you all over the place, but of course returns you back so you can continue with your schooling

- dessert nights and late night snacking are his favourite, especially when talking shit at the same time or watching some terrible television dramas

- BJ gets a tiny whiff of someone upsetting you and he’s there, haunting them for a solid week until they tremble at the sight of you

- unlike the others, he won’t reveal his terrifying, nightmare-inducing looks in front of you because he doesn’t want you to see him that way

- he loves you so much, he gets a whole bunch of stuff for your birthdays and Halloween with him is so wild because he can walk among the living without anyone looking twice at him

- well, at least your life will never be boring again!

[boidmc]

Random headcanons about the Rise!Turtle Bros that just make sense (at least to me)

Raph and Donnie are dog people (with different tastes in dogs), Mikey is a cat person, and Leo is 50/50 and doesn't care as long as they're cute and don't try to bite/claw at him.

April taught the boys how to play hand-clapping games she learned from her parents. The most common one they played was Slide and they still play when they get bored. Usually, it's Leo and Mikey but sometimes they get too intense and have way too long of a game.

When Raph hit his growth spurt and they started going above in disguises without Splinter, he got called the other boys' dad so many times in the beginning. His brothers had a field day and couldn't stop laughing when they found out. It stopped happening as much as everyone grew taller but still happens a bit when he's just with Mikey.

Raph has a habit of always fidgeting with his hands and doing repetitive hand movements. Most common ones are him softly tapping the tips of his knuckles together to a beat and rubbing one of his fingers between the ones on the other hand, usually in thought.

Raph crunches on ice a lot, which isn't as bad for his teeth since he's not a human. He initially started eating ice because he was testing out his jaw strength when he was younger with Donnie but now it's his go-to if his anxiety gets too much since the cold grounds him.

Leo and Donnie are actually a couple days apart but, after learning they were still technically the same age, Leo dubbed them as twins. They started celebrating their "joint" birthdays on the day in between.

Speaking of which, you can pry Leo being the older twin out of my cold dead hands. /lh But yeah speaking from 2nd oldest/middle child experience he radiates older middle child energy way more than younger middle child energy. In this essay-

Leo tends to pace a lot. He does it when he's thinking hard, when he has too much energy, when he's part of a conversation, etc. His body just likes to move and you can see him constantly shuffle on his feet when he tries to keep still.

Donnie used to use the most random things to help shape his eyebrows. Common one was a ruler cuz it also helped make sure they were exactly even. He can freehand it now and it looks more natural but he has given Splinter a heart attack when one time he caught him using a knife for help. It was dull and plastic but still.

Donnie has a customized rubber duck in his lab that looks like a mini him that he talks to and uses as a stress ball when he hits a roadblock to inventing or coding something. Mikey helped paint it and proceeded to make ones for everyone else.

Mikey is said to be a ballet dancer in Lair Games so I wanna say that he learned a lot of ballet via watching Youtube videos. It leads him to watch more dance videos of different types of dance and the most physically flexible in the family. It's also noticeable in the way he fights as well.

Mikey has some form of color-related associative synesthesia. He actually "sees"/associates his brothers as different colors than what we're used to. He usually thinks of Raph as dark sea green, Leo as canary yellow, and Donnie as mahogany red. Orange is pretty close to what he sees himself as but leaning more on the peach side. Has drawn a what-if photo of all of them if they were color-coordinated via Mikey standards.

[atanearerdistance]

Is this show gonna look me in the eye and tell me Nancy and Ace never noticed each other in high school. Are they gonna try to tell me John Hughes was wrong about popular girls and stoner boys. She was a pretty and smart redhead who solved crimes and he was a teenage boy who clearly conditioned and had an air of mystery about him, you can pry my “they daydreamed about each other but needed The Claw to form an actual connection” headcanon from my cold dead hands.

[spacedustmantis]

for the ask game, 🧸🎃 gillion! :3

🧸 - hurt/comfort headcanon:

(hurt/comfort for gillion is so hard to do bc he refuses to fucking open up and be vulnerable!!)

i think that gillion never got any physical intimacy from anyone but edyn. she used to hug him and hold his hand real tight and roughhouse with him, but when he hardened under the elders training and she got more concerned, her touches became more gentle, and less overwhelmingly comforting. and then she stopped showing up. the only touch he experienced for a good year or two were the hits and stabs and grabs of his teachers and the elders and the best hug pretzel could provide (which was not enough of course). when he comes to the surface, at first he's distant because he forces himself to stay away from chip and jay. he's learned to not ask for anything, especially affection. but then when he does get hugs from chip so so often (bc you cannot tell me chip doesn't hug everyone all the time), he starts realizing that maybe he can have this again. and so over time he lets himself indulge in physical intimacy and he's a big fan of hugs and chip, ollie and him are often found just casually cuddling or touching one another (jay is so very touch averse and you can claw that headcanon out of my cold dead hands).

🎃 - something i think they're afraid of:

there are a few things gillion tidestrider is afraid of over everything else.

the first one, the elders. his abusers, the people he got told are absolute authority and yet they have hurt him so much. and i think for a long time he was afraid to admit to himself that he is afraid of the elders. because he's not supposed to afraid at all, especially not of the people who raised him, gave him a purpose, guided him his whole life. but the more time he spends with chip and jay and his crew, the more he comes to realize maybe he was right to fear the elders.

second, he's afraid of failure. when failure constantly gets you nothing but more punishment and scolding, you learn to avoid failure like death. adding the weight of knowing that one day the fate of the world is going to depend on your success or failure makes that only worse. i'd guess that failing was his biggest fear for a long time. and then he got banished and met chip and jay.

his third and worst fear, is losing his family. new and old. he's so terribly afraid of losing chip and jay and his crew, and then when he finds out edyn is putting herself in danger for him, that fear extends to her as well. and he's particularly afraid of their deaths being his fault. he's afraid that he will lead them to ruin, that he won't be strong enough, won't be good enough, won't be smart enough to protect them.