#you've now been cursed

[moe-broey]

6/09 • Day 1 • Past or Future

A Glimpse into the Past

Also quick edit!!! These kid designs are of Alfonse, Triandra, Peony (Sharena) and Sharena (Peony)! Unsure on ages, just. Ambiguously small LMFAO (sorry if I wasn't clear enough! I forgor.)

Well, I may not have been able to make time on my big piece, but I do have these concepts/roughs I made for it! Only focusing on the most important parts of each design, which is why the clothes are left blank lmfao

Something I've been headcanoning for a looong time is that the girls who'd become fairies had slightly different appearances, as humans/children. The biggest reason behind it is to make the changeling shenanigans more believable -- I can accept mistaking a blonde/orange for a blonde/pink, especially if there's no reason to think otherwise. Maybe it's a trick of the light. But I draw the line at your sister inexplicably having lavender eyes every now and again when they're supposed to be green LMFAOOO

If Lif can have red eyes, Totally Not Sharena Peony, as we know her, can have lavender eyes. After becoming something not quite human. Before then she gets blueish-green eyes. Which has the same effect as the orange being juuuust slightly off but like why would you ever think about that!!!!!

Some other thoughts:

> I like to think that Triandra and Peony/Sharena are half sisters, which is why she stands out a bit.

> I also like the idea that Triandra and Alfonse have some visual similarities, too. Mostly in the hair, both having somewhat androgynous styles, with a waviness to it. There's a sense of familiarity, in foggy memories.

@sharenaweek

[plusultraetc]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESENT MIC, I got you (super)villainy <3

[sugared-violets]

y'all i'm sobbinggg so today while the kids were sleeping my two work besties and i were basically gossiping about guys and stuff and one of em mentioned she was a virgin (she spelled it out 'cause one of the kids was on my lap and only half-asleep lol) and so the other asked me if i was and i said no so she asked how many and i said "well it depends on how you count it i guess" to which she was like 👀👀👀 so i said "two that i agreed to," (at which point they both gasped in horror cause they knew what was coming) "and one that i didn't" and my wonderful beloved team lead, who has NEVER sworn at work before, goes "oh, fuck him" without an INSTANT of hesitation 😭😭😭 and then we completely broke down laughing when she realized what she said 😭

her reaction was so immediate and passionate that her normally-effective pre-k filter didn't even have a chance, and i fucking love that about her

[daz4i]

i feel like. a lot of people talking about horror miss the true horror factor in many stories and esp in body horror. the horrifying part is what's happening to the characters, yes, but when you sit down and think about it... the implications, if that's the right word, are scarier

take smth like a werewolf transformation. it has to be painful, even if you get used to it eventually, the unnatural changes to your body have got to hurt, and you don't recognize yourself by the end of it

the horror isn't the mere transformation, but the physical pain, and the psychological aspect

now take stories like i have no mouth and i must scream, or long dream, or the jaunt. yes, they all have their own horrifying aspects, but also elements that others might not consider horrifying - in particular, a long life, or even immortality. some people truly strive for that. yet, here they are presented as horrifying. and i think that's for the same reason

i think. the true horror in most horror media. isn't the monster itself or the killer or the machine etc. it's consciousness

think about it. why does a slow death sound horrifying? it's your awareness of the pain you're going through, as well as the knowledge that you're about to cease to exist. the actual death is normally considered a mercy in these situations, because your suffering stops. your suffering stops once your consciousness stops.

and! this idea is true about both in-universe and on a meta level. a lot of horror relies on keeping things juuuust out of sight to get your mind going and scare itself better than any sfx or verbal descriptions ever could. your own brain working against you, the same way it works against the characters in the story.

the common thread between any horror that i, at least, find scary, is the human brain itself

and it's scarier, bc this is real. this is smth you experience every day. you wake up and think thoughts and are generally aware of what's going on for most of the day, for better or worse. this same level of awareness can be applied to the most horrific situations, and so, bam you've got yourself quality horror. and you're always just one accident or one mistake away from it, too. you just try not to think about it, because, well, your own brain is scarier than any monster it can conjure.

[sjweminem]

costas mandylor have a hairstyle that i don't absolutely fucking despise challenge

[godfrey-the-chaos-duck]

Guys my mom woke up with what might be the flu today (she's fine, just feels a bit shit) and I am PRAYING I don't get it cause I've been sick during Christmas basically every year nearly since 2019 and if it happens again I'm committing a crime

@justaboot Before you ask, no, I unfortunately didn't have the opportunity to make your Potion Of Don't Get Sick (OR do the thing with the garlic that you suggested)

Like seriously I swear to god if I lose my fucking voice for Christmas again I am RIOTING

As well as this I have a playwriting showcase on Saturday there is TOO MUCH AT STAKE

Thankfully I feel fine for now (if a little on-edge) and hopefully that doesn't change

[swagrum76]

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[divinesouldariax]

have i mentioned i finished The Path We Walk here yet?

[rivilu]

SHADOWFELL TIME!! FEY REVEAL TIME!! AT LAST!!

[tiktaaliker]

thinking about johnnyboy aster again

[ahogettena]

if i don't post about unmortal RIGHT NOW i think i'm going to explode

[were-all-just-stories]

guys help i just saw someone on tiktok claim katniss was toxic do people have zero reading comprehension or what

[missingn000]

I’m so feral for this chapter you’ve been teasing Getou meeting the Okkotsus for like 20 chapters (not really I just started foaming at the mouth at the first mention).

Like. The Okkotsus abandoned Yuuta for being too difficult, for being a sorcerer, as far as Getou is concerned. At the same time, he has done horrible things that have caused his son distress, and now it’s clear that Mikoto at least clearly loved her son and worries for him. Getou wants to kill them, but he knows it would cause Yuuta distress. This will end in flames.

GODDD i know youve been excited for this chapter for a while which makes ME even more excited!!

you hit everything right on the nose: getou definitely saved yuuta, but damn, at what cost. further, the okkotsus aren't just random to him -- they're actively responsible for causing the suffering of a sorcerer, and not just any sorcerer. his son. they're undeniably the number one people he would want to kill, but he also knows that yuuta wouldn't want him to. and now he has to deal with the extremely unwanted realization that yuutas mother actually loves him?? it's...a lot to balance. man, i'd have a breakdown too

i'm sure everyone under the sun has heard this song by now, but it's been so long by the living tombstone TOTALLY fits the vibe of their meeting. +bonus: bestie's reaction to me sending her the ending of the section

[vampiricsheep]

Ocd is one of those disorders that straight up sucks to have open conversations about bc it leaves you SO vulnerable and talking about it honestly often results in being HORRIBLY misinterpreted

[heichoucangetit]

No because this whole moment was that gayest shit ever a whole second in

They make me violently ill

[fourleafclovxr]

if you don't know you're trapped in the story, are you really trapped?