billy russo and frank castle are alternate universe versions of dorian gray and basil hallward. im right

Phantom of the Opera/Malevolent AU

some clem thru the years practice

Instagram commission for Horror :D

Also finally sharing the link to my bloodweave playlist, for everyone who was interested <33 lovingly putting my brainworms under the microscope for you, so you can see all their layers

It’s Talia! She’s new, and also a big nerd. Featuring Alum trying to get better at drawing other things.

PORTRAIT WEEK

As I promised, details of the painting for my friend's birthday present (her favourite Formula-1 pilot, Charles Leclerc). His uniform turned out surprisingly good. Whole picture here.

@mattmurdockismyspiritanimal

mahiru sees kotoko as a cat because that is all kotoko exhibits. she is hostile and distant, she's cold to whoever comes close. shes hurt with tooth and claw. she studies with such curiosity whatever catches her interest. kotoko sees mahiru as a dog. mahiru is bright and annoying, social and welcoming. she does not know the harm she could cause, only that she loves and is loved in return. mahiru is an airhead- she is dumb as a dog. (kotoko's imagery is canines. she wants to be seen as big and intimidating, capable of protecting and hurting those she is loyal to. she would hate the knowledge that she is seen as a feline, so small and pathetic, that when she loves she hurts the people who gave her love. cats cannot help doing this.) (mahiru's imagery are all cats. she does not put as much thought into her animal motifs like kotoko and kazui do. she does not think about how her love will hurt people, or how the "prey" she gives her lover is inedible to him. she saw him starving and just wanted him to feed.) kotoko hates mahiru for her dog-like nature. she hates mahiru for something in her own self that she works carefully to maintain. if mahiru called her a cat, kotoko would start an argument. she is not lazy, or skittish and afraid. she isn't. (cats are loving animals, but a frightening amount of people only see the violence they want to.) mahiru does not hate kotoko. she does not see what kotoko sees, she does not mind that kotoko will lash out and hurt. if kotoko called her a dog, mahiru would laugh. kotoko would not understand why its funny. she meant it as an insult.

hello Liberi's Birdcage Tm as a fiaexu enjoyer, i would like to know, what're your thoughts on the chicken herself fiammetta? i adore her and her themes personally

u can call me kiwi or whatever (i didn't know people would call me by my blog's name LMAO)

my my, Fiammetta. she's a lot to talk about. i have, SEVERAL thoughts about her. well, I firstly got interested in her character as well as Mostima's thanks to a friend, so I'm not as much as involved as this person is, and most of what I've learned comes from our conversations. But you know, having people share about a character they like makes you Realize Things

also I hope I won't disappoint you by saying that I'm not into Fiaexu, so I won't be able to give opinions or analysis on it. like i said to someone, Fiaexu is the good ending. and man I want her to get the bad ending.

my memories of Guide Ahead are quite blury and Laterano isn't the lore I'm the most involved into, mostly because it's Complicated. I'm more of a person involved in a character's development and their mentality, and good for me, Fiammetta is full of angst and anger

what I particularly love in her? it's her "obsession" for Mostima (and Lemuen, but it's way more marked towards Mostima). i dont mean obsession as in "she likes her", i mean obsession as in This Girl Has A Problem. Her Operator Record in particular was putting an accent on it and it was delightful. Fiammetta decided to be Mostima's overseer, not because Mostima needs an overseer, but because Fiammetta was worried for Mostima. and who could blame her! Lemuen got shot down, Mostima has fallen, lost her Empathy, and is now banned from Laterano. it's only natural that Fiammetta was worried, and scared to lose someone she deeply cares about.

Turns out. Mostima is doing very fine on her own. Fiammetta thought that Mostima wouldn't be doing fine, and that's the opposite rather. so Fia puts herself through lies, convincing herself that she's here to keep an eye on Mostima, to help her, or whatever... then there's this line Patrizion says in her Operator Record. "Fia, it's not Mostima who needs you. You are the one who needs her."

that was a fucking ROCK thrown at my face i can tell you

Fiammetta always has been this one person to look cold, to look like she doesn't care about anyone, then you discover she has attachment issues. the incident with Andoiain in particular was the cataclysm. she almost lost two of her most precious friends. you BET she wants to put this man in hell. she doesn't care about anything else, this whatever ideal of Laterano he has, the Key and the Lock, whatever; she wants this man to DIE because he tried to take HER friends LIVES.

and because of this, because of her choices, she's throwing her life around. she's destroying herself. ironically, considering her thematic as a phoenix and her talent. but it's literally what is happening. she's just combusting slowly.

she could have a good life! become an Apostolic Knight! be with her adoptive dad! fight for Laterano! but no, instead, she actively decided to follow Mostima-I-Don't-Care around while telling herself a million excuses as of why she does it, "I don't want her to reveal secrets", "I need her to find Andoiain", "she needs my help"

AND of course Mostima being Mostima, her whole "I don't give a fuck about people" behavior is only worsening it, she tries to get away from Fiammetta but also can't escape her, it drags Fia to get ever more clingy... I'm pretty sure Mostima cares about Fia, deep inside, but she handles it just SO SO badly instead of just Having A Conversation

anyway, so Fiammetta? 10/10. i love this bird. i want her to get an alter where she gets better. or worse. Fiammetta the Renatus or whatever. im drooling about it

two of you. always in sync

the poetry of Bruce losing Jason, his son, and through that having Tim (a mirror, always a mirror) come into his life. of a kid who's never done a thing wrong except for reaching out a hand into the darkness to offer kindness to those the world would call monsters carrying on the legacy of a kid who was killed by the worst monster of all. of that kid who was killed coming back monstrous himself and taking out all his hatred on the one kid who could never hate him back. of a brother who wasn't a brother in time getting a second chance. of a family who hides so much of themselves gaining a child and a sibling who sees them so easily and clearly for who they are. of a kid whose family wasn't there finding himself in a family that chooses, over and over again, to be there. of pain and healing coming from the same place. I'm just emotional about Tim Drake tonight, ladies

So was anyone going to tell me that Aaravos’ old concept art / old outfit used to have even more Flowers of Elarion / flower design woven in, or was I just supposed to discover that myself?

They turned me down now I live my nightmare Gotta be seen by someone out there Now I sit here in reflection chamber Crafting the world it’s next new savior

satorika disembowelment scene is a literal take on the metaphor described in the beginning of minagoroshi, because it's the allegory of satoko taking the pain she's been feeling all this time and reaching into rika and pulling her insides out to make her feel it too. that's basically the type of metaphor satoko would use to express the torture her love for rika has made her feel, so she's cutting open her torso and pulling out her intestines before intimately embracing her and sobbing the feelings she's been circling around all this time by conveying them through hidden messages in the form of murders, with the hope that inflicting this pain on rika would finally make her capable of understanding her, as her feelings of love, hatred, anger and atonement all mix together in a very visceral way in every sense of the word.

"There is nothing I yearn for the most than your love."

—the sleeping maiden of horrors

these are Allie Dresses....