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Little baby man idea
So damian finds little baby man and decides he's damians new baby
A few months pass and damian is kidnapped by the LoA, and separated from little baby man, after he sees the batfam loosing their minds about damian being kidnapped danny goes full overprotective mode
When the rescue plan happens there was a mistake and the mission fails and all the batfam are about to be killed
When little babyman comes out of one of the batfams clothes
Damian, seeing him, tries to get little baby man danny to run away
Ra seeing damian care about this creature decides to use it to torment him, goes on a rant about how he's become weak and all that
Little baby man is now full obssession and his ghost king powers kick in
Little baby man is now big demon man
Danny growes to the size of a building, sharp needle teeth with ectoplasm leaking out of his mouth like drool, pitch black eyes that look like black holes, an ice crown floating above his head with a ring of fire on his finger,hissing that sounds like the screaming souls of the dead, blue skin, black claws and tail wrapping protectively around the tied up batfam
Everyone watches in horror as damians most recent pet becomes a terrifying pit demon
Danny destroys the lair and kills all the assasins he can, he ends up hurtin Ra al Ghul so much he looses both his arms
Then he goes over to damian and wrapes him up with his tail with the other batfam
Then it looks like space and time itself bend to his will and suddenly their in the batcave still tied up
They look around to see little baby man, back to being little taring at damians restaurants and looking him over, and just being a protective and caring creature
Everyone except damian is terrified
Damian is proud of danny and is already making a list of treats to give him
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himboskywalker · 1 year
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wait omg i didn’t think it could get better and then you said that anakin’s the foaming at the mouth powerful eldrich terror omega but obi-wan just straight up NOT REALIZING is HILARUOUS. like your lil puppy-eyed baby boy is an army-destroying, murderuous, terrifying man but you’re oblivious because he’s your lil puppy-eyed baby boy
Objectively Obi-Wan understands Anakin could maybe be perceived as scary. Like he knows Anakin is competent and powerful and a badass,but also even in canon he didn’t see the crazy in Anakin’s eyes until it was far too late,there’s just this little oblivious blacked out spot in his perceptiveness when it comes to Anakin being off the wall. So he understands he’s a kickass omega war general who’s maybe a little too trigger happy but also that’s his friend! That’s just Anakin! He smells like ginger and frankincense and pouts when he’s told no and he whines a lot. He doesn’t see Anakin giving other alphas his Sith murder eyes behind his back,he doesn’t notice the Aura of ill intent and bad vibes Anakin is emanating and making all the other alphas in the room extremely uneasy over.
Obi-Wan has a tiger curled up in his lap purring while he pets his head and goes “you’re scared of this little guy???But look how good he is for me!Cuddles with me every night!” While everyone else side eyes him and thinks,this bastard is utterly insane AND has the biggest dick energy I’ve ever seen holy shit.
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dp idea: Tiny Fairy Danny
i honestly love all the versions of danny there are like: buff danny, twink danny, big eldrich danny, little baby man danny ( who’s basically a feral cat).
i had an idea for another danny, a tiny fairy danny, kind of like tinkerbell. tiny glowing fairy prince, that sleeps inside of flowers, rides birds like some sort of dragon rider, but birds??.
also like tinkerbell his voice to humans would sound like tiny bells. or maybe the hum of electricity, im not sure yet.
maybe he’s a tinker fairy, who makes tiny inventions like his parents, or a winter fairy that makes ice and snowflakes, or maybe a space fairy based on his obsession, he glows like a star in the night sky that you can’t tell the difference between him and actual stars, he feeds on moonshine and stardust. he’d be really cute and sweet too.
if anyone wants to use this idea please tag me.
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weshney · 8 days
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Danny Phantom Stuff
Writing Prompts
Someone takes a trip through the ghost catcher and it's not Danny. Thus, Skater Boi Fun Vlad is born. Ecto-stone's random coincidence post that shows a visual.
Nobody knows AU. Except NOBODY KNOWS. Including Fenton and Phantom
Sentient Crown AU
Ghost Hunger AU. Free Range Mochi Balls
Older Doctor/Physical Therapist/Veteran Hero Danny
Wildlife Photographer Danny
Handyman/Doctor Danny
Eldrich Horror Danny makes a friend from another town as Phantom. But this kid is absolutely oblivious to Phantom's ghost status
Death (poisonous food) Eater Danny
Allergy Danny
Where Jack's driving finally pisses someone off enough that they set fire to the Fenton household in the dead (ha) of night
Danny's ice core makes his human half cold
Random time resets like Danny's made the wrong choice in a dating sim and has to load an earlier save
Someone in the DP universe suddenly gains additional personalities. Write this person using any personas available on the voice actor's roster
Snitches Get Stitches. Crime Witness
Danny gets hit by an invention that destabilizes his ghost form. Crossover potential.
DP x DC crossover
DPxMHA crossover. Danny follows AU version of himself
DP x MCU crossover. The collector gets a hold of Danny
Fluff. Helpful Dad Ghost
Fluff. Blob ghosts like Danny's aura
ANGST/SWEET. Victims of grave robbing
ANGST. Wes Dissection
ANGST. Live forever regardless of state of body
ANGST. One of Danny's parents get killed in battle. Ghost Parent AU
ANGST. TW suicide. What if one of the people Danny had to save on the regular was someone trying really hard to become a full ghost?
ANGST. Danny possesses someone, but the person gets heavily injured while he's inside them
ANGST. Radioactive Danny
ANGST. Danny's two halves get forcibly separated and for some reason, he can't put them back together again
Comic Prompts
Intoxicated Danny of some sort near someone he's crushing on
Headcanons
Danny's so strong and gets such a versatile power set coming from the fact that he's clueless
Danny impersonating random objects
Danny can remove his bones and pilot them separately from his body like a ghostly RC car
What if everyone in the Phandom became ghosts when they died? And we all just started populating the same city in the Zone?
Canon Danny would use a clone as his "twin" for carpool lanes and you can't convince me otherwise
Wes Weston has eczema
Snipet Writings
Skyrim x DP Part 1
Skyrim x DP Part 2
Malcom in the Middle x DP Crossover Summoning Oneshot
Shitpost/Memes
Legend Has It Comic
Jeff Jefferson Honey Badger Comic
Danny getting that puppy he always wanted meme
DannyMay Day 14: Seance (Yes Yes Board)
Gilf Vlad
Little Baby Man Raccoon Meme
Danny vs Princess Hamlet Meme
Gangster Glowstick Danny Meme
Jefferson Family GWE Cult Meme
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goldenguillotines · 7 months
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Orange blood | Eldrich Host | Sacrifice | Barista | "Bartender" for Nine Lives :) | Serial killer
A friendly face? Nope! It's Ehkkoh. A literal wolf in sheeps clothes. A freak to his very core.
Once a normal bronze, taken by Prophets cult as a child.. turned into a terror host.. Unlike other sacrifices. The terrors seemed to enjoy him a bit too much. Finding a home in him.. He is a walking baby terror and only time will tell what he can warp into. He is not like many other trolls, he is deceptive.. A cheerful man whos obsession with trolls and their autonomy. Fascinated rather than thrilled by it. He just wants to see how they work. He doesn't get this whole "troll" thing after all.
He frequently tricks higher bloods who fall for his "charming" clueless nature. He takes his time to see how they work! He frequently takes teeth from others and collects them. Just as little trophies. His behavior landed him a job at Nine Lives as.. a "Bartender". Ehkkoh has an insane amount of respect for the lead Bartender and owner. He is often given.. Ahem. Special work! Ehkkoh loves his work. His job.
Hes unapologetic and only getting worse.. Hes seemed to catch wind of some rust blood who dons the same markings on her as him.. and it seems to.make his blood boil. Let's hope whoever this witchy gal is.. She's ok!
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atiny-piratequeen · 11 months
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I’m glad I could be any help 🤗🤗🤗 I won’t hesitate to alert you of more potential ataraxia deep dives and world building ideas once they come my way…
With that in mind, whos the rarest monsters? Cause I feel like the interactions between
member-monster -> you -> others of their kind
is very different, and the way they would have you interact with their world is very much dependent on their species’ rarity.
Cause for woo, if he’s the only being left, I can understand his party attitude acting as a tiny bandaid to the large wound of being the last of his kind—but if he isn’t!!! That’s the big problem cause I’m sure he wouldn’t appreciate someone of matching or stronger magics to interfere with what he grows with you. Idk if he would feel secure in a future with you if he knew that he wasn’t the only one there with his being that could potentially tamper with your fate the way he could. I also think he would go absolutely ballistic of another of his kind threatened his livelihood on a scale where only he can defend it.
Hellhounds for me seem like solitary creatures despite being dogs, or it could be the hard topic of discussion for you and yuyu. Cause if he was part of pack, idk how he could handle another his kind finding humor or other unsavory thoughts in concerns of your relationship with yuyu.
We already got a glimpse of Hwa so the siren folk seem so beautiful and open minded (from what we witnessed so far) but at the same time, I feel like joong is holding out on some thoughts because of his former humanity.
Mingi, sang, Jongho give me similar territorial vibes but in their own ways. Dragons give me solitary vibes but at the same time, very much “would ally with an enemy dragon against dragon hunters/dragon enemies without a second thought”.
Fae and incu-sucu-buses I feel like are very protective and competitive beings and the mere thought of others of their kind coming to steal their treasures for themselves sets them off in their worst ways.
Also, did you already give a hint for what San is cause I’m drawing a massive blank trying to comprehend what he was 🤔🤔🤔
i think im gonna just put you and gaia down as my ATX verse cowriters bc honestly I wouldn't have made it to this without yall picking my brain and making that hamster on that wheel start running huehue
as far as rarety goes, Woo would be at the top here. He's not the ONLY eldrich being in existence (might fuck around and add nods to my rp verses in here and throw in eldrich Lee Minho and eldrich Yeonjun for giggles who knows depends on how Im feeling that day-) so yes def a big uh oh potential there. He's not the only one, but he's one of the most active. The Elder Gods usually lay dormant and observe in a hibernative state but Woo has like....cosmic adhd man he cant still if you paid him so it started with him walking amongst the stars and observing and ended up with him amongst the people of our humble little space rock because author fie said so *wheeze*
after him would be Mingi, since dragons don't just make babies left and right and they also have a very intricate incubation period once their eggs are laid. and even then, its like rolling a gatcha to see if the egg will even hatch or if it's a dud with nobody home. (Dragon eggs are really expensive though so you can imagine Mingi is a bit...fucking batshit feral around his eggs and when it comes to protecting them)
everyone else is on the more common side. Seaborns are..well, born, or transformed, fae are born rather frequently, same with Incubi/Succubi, and after them the more uncommon would be Manticores (San) and Hellhounds (Yunho). Not super extremely rare, but the manticores are endangered and most of the Hellhounds are...still in Hell. or they prefer to hang around cemeteries scaring the shit out of teenagers idk.
Hellhounds are usually more solitary in this verse but Yuyu still retains his Golden Retriever status so he tends to hang around his besties. Plus I have some lore for how he met some of the others and became intertwined in this 8 way band of idiots from very very different walks of life. So he's an anomaly in his own right behaviour-wise.
Hongjoong is def jaded from trauma, and usually keeps to himself guiding and leading their Oceanic village until he has to come above for Business Time(tm), but he does very much enjoy all of his non equatic boyos (folks say you don't pick favorites, Hongjoong will laugh at you and say the 9 foot tall dog and the 10 foot tall winged lizard are his favorites anyway)
San is probably one of the more solitary out of them because of the endangerment status of manticores. He's more social around them all and Wooyoung and him get on thick as thieves (because of course they do, you expect me to not glue WooSan to the hip? cmon now-) but he's a bit more distrusting of the world around him compared to the others (*cough* Yeosang, Yunho *cough*) Mingi has his own den as well but since the boys became besties, there are enchantments he can put on them (thanks, Woo, thanks Yeo-) that protect his area when he's away to help out with anything the others need.
Jongho would be competitive but he uh. Has a bit of a dilemma. He's an incubi whos never had a "proper" meal. So he kind of just. feeds off of the folks around him when he can be around that but he's a bit of a struggle bus at the moment until I decide who he's getting matched with. Also, he still is the youngest of all of them so he's full of untapped potential. Please save him.
and yes I said it a few times here but for clarity, San is a Manticore. Big heckin kitty
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queenofthedisneyverse · 10 months
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Eldrich Horror spider verse AU
On the topic of this adorable post
I created an au where the spider people are somewhat like Eldrich horrors. Or like a species of people so to speak.
They are 3 classes of spider people;
Class 1: The most humanish looking; two arms, two legs, and two eyes. They are basically what's commonly known as spider man, human looking but with super strength, spider sense, and organic colorful webs. Peter B. Parker is a good example of this.
Class 2: This class of spider people have more physical spider traits such as multiple eyes, 4-6 arms, and pedipalps (spider fang things). They still have super strength, spider sense, and organic colorful webs.
Gwen, Hobie, Pavitr, and Miles have these traits. And so do they're families.
Both classes have spider behavior, in @oscorp-lawsuit specific words:
Scuttling across the ceiling
Hissing into the void
Bench pressing a building.
Jumping fifty feet into the air without warning
Building some intricate contraption in complete darkness (Hobie, emphasis on trap)
Running extremely fast without making a sound so you don’t know they’re there until it’s too late.
Or crouching into a corner, completely still like a predator watching its prey, and the moment he gets close to them, they whisper “Hey”
My added traits
They purr.
They growl. (Yes, some spiders can growl)
carry young on their back, but only 2 at a time. (most spiders can carry their babies on their back)
When it comes to deep injuries, a spider person can just web the area closed. The wound will heal in a matter of days.
Class 3: This class of spider is more prone to be highly violent because they are basically spiders with very little human physicality's. Class 3 are mostly seen with much longer arms and legs. Or most of them are like driders.
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Class 1 and 2 adults are about 7-8 feet on average, class 3 are about 19 feet to put it into perspective. Class 1 and 2 Spider teens are always close to 6'8 or 6'10. Class 3 teens are about 11-13 feet.
Please remember that most of their leg's make up class 3's height.
All classes of spider people don't like normal humans all that much, to spider people they are-
"messy"
"loud"
"Disgusting creatures"
Which is funny because spider people love to mimic human's way of living so much. They usually live in places that look like these.
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Although the webs are always colorful, rainbow gradient type of colorful.
The spider people diet consists of. you guessed it, bugs. and mostly meats & fruits. They're food is usually stored in dark web rooms, so the food doesn't go bad too quickly. And like spiders, the food is always wrapped in webs.
All classes are very protective of their young, regardless of age. You somehow manage to piss their child off or hurt them for no reason, you better hide.
All classes are protective of their spouses as well. When a spider person falls in love with another spider person, their first instinct is the wrap that person up in a web, take them back to their place, and keep them to themselves.
If you don't feel that, you simply have a crush.
The au was also inspired by @dotjpeg, their cryptid au is very cool and cute.
I don't have much ideas for this so if you have any, my asks are open.
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objectshowshipper · 1 month
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TMA au ⛹️‍♀️⛹️‍♀️⛹️‍♀️
baby jon and his parents who are also 14 eldrich abominations who gained sentience like a month ago . The Web and baby Jon are just dad and the cat he said he didn't want btw ..
baby jon and The Extinction pulling up into school ( landing facefirst on the concrete bc its big sister Vast's turn to drop them off today)
baby jon growing into a little shit of an adult . absolute creature of a man. he is So Confident its kind of annoying .. he flirts and makes small talk and shit like that but he will also keel over snd die if somebody he likes doesnt like him back .....
jon with low empathy and fucked up morals because of his upbringing but also overly caring to anybody close to him (family, friends, partner[s]) .......
jon who's been so intertwined with the supernatural for so long that he feels more like an Aspect than an Avatar . jon who doesn't know how to be human . jon who really, truly cares but can barely convey it in a recognisable way.
(CHILD OF TERROR AU BRAINROT WHOOOO)
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i-pogchamp · 3 years
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Collection of all the current “final” designs of the dsmp dnd au... with 5up and crumb, because I love them both very very much.
Incidentally, they’re also the designs I describe in use for my fantasy/magic au fanfic. Y’know, in case you wanna check that out.
Everything is subject to change but here’s what’s in this post! (Under read more for length!)
Tubbo: College of Spirits bard. Not as much lore reasoning, but I think it’s fun.
Wilbur: College of Eloquence bard. Wilbur is incredibly good at talking, both in encouraging and lifting people up, but also the reverse; his words can be cutting, off-putting, setting people back six steps.
Dream: Mastermind Rogue, potentially with level drops in Fighter for action surge. Mastermind is like, self-explanatory, because what is he if not a mastermind? Able to puppet others? I have a lot of design notes for dream which I’ll separate out to the bottom.
Karl: Chronomancy Wizard! Manipulator of time, baby. Wizards have spellbooks, which also fits in line with Karl’s use of numerous books to keep his history in memory. Also intelligence as a primary score!
Skeppy: Eldritch Knight Fighter. Sacrificing himself to the egg wasn’t a good choice, but it was an incredibly smart choice; Skeppy’s strong scores are dex and int, though str isn’t low. He’s good at combat, and has magic in the branches of protection, which is exactly what he tries to do with Bad. During Red Skeppy arcs, I think he’d have a level drop or initiate feat in Warlock.
Fundy: Forge Domain Cleric. Church of prime man that is skilled at making things. Fundy was... difficult to pin down, and maybe forge domain cleric isn’t the best thing, but I like it for him! So I’m keeping it.
Ranboo: One of the only people to undergo a class change singe original headcanon, Ranboo is a Great Old One Tome Pact Warlock! Books, an all-seeing eldrich creature utilising him to help it, and psychic-based powers that also centre communication? PLUS the Gift of the Protectors invocation fits SO WELL with the list of friends that he keeps in the book!
5up: I don’t actually have a class for 5up! I’d put him probably at early glance at Arcane Trickster Rogue. Intelligence is a strong suit, a little bit of magic (incl illusion and enchantment), and he’s good at killing too. Seems fitting, considering how good pink man is at among us.
Crumb: Circle of Stars Druid. It’s because she’s a star. Next question.
Dream’s design notes
Bright colors aren't great for sneaking, which is why theyre minimal accents. It's important to be stylish, but not at the sacrifice of stealth. Still, are you really a rogue if you dont have that poppin aesthetic? Cape/cloak is tied around the waist so it's kept our of the way. poofs out at back. Dream team wristbands!!! ik canonically the relationship is Tense rn but *i* cant not draw one of the dteam without a sign of the others, even if its all gone to shit! leather??? cufflets on arm/wrist are symbolic of manacles, or at least thats the intention. Dream is just as shackled to this ultimate plan as everyone else is, regardless of his god complex. I hc that ender chests can like... grow/shrink like pokéball, and pockets r just Bags of Holding Axe (hatchet) and explosives are kept close at hand, everything else stays in the Magic Pockets/Ender Chest. (Also consider dream eyes under mask... look like eyes of ender. thanks.)
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Final Fantasy 7 prompts no 72
1. Cloud definitely underestimated Angeal and Genesis. He was barely holding his own against the two, and that was before Sephiroth came. Now his only option was to retreat...
2. "Cloud," the silverette ground out, having lost his original baritone, "whatever you did- undo it."
Huffing softly to himself, he reached down and picked up the now eight year old warrior, carrying him on his hip. "Oh, I plan to. Somehow." After all, Cloud couldn't bring himself to kill a kid...even one as evil as his nemesis.
3. Cloud tensed when he felt arms wrap around him, lifting his torso from the damp soil.
Opening his eyes was far more difficult than it should have been.
"SOLDIER! Can you hear me? Respond!"
"...soldier?" Cloud couldn't remember why he was here...or even his name really. Why was this man carrying him and what was Shinra?
4. Cid and Shera are expecting a baby, and both are super excited. Also everything is space themed regardless of gender.
Clouds stalkers, erm, "fan club" somehow got ahold of a video of him oh so carefully folding baby clothes before putting them back on the rack. They think the dainty and careful way he handles the baby stuff is adorable.
Cloud is mortified.
Cid just slapped him on the back and told him he better get thier kid something cute.
5. Insane Sephiroth meeting Eldrich Cloud in another dimention.
"What's in it for me?"
An innocent question, if not for the fact Sephiroth had just asked him to commit mass genocide. Still, this was a situation he had been dreaming of for years now. His crush puppet was finally willing to follow his strings.
The silverette never noticed the predatory look the blond gave him. By the time he realized he was in over his head, it was far too late.
6. With AVALANCHE gone and the W.R.O. in shambles, Cloud and Sephiroth agree to set aside thier differences to fight a common enemy.
Sephiroth is overjoyed and Cloud is just grateful hes only been called "puppet" a measly three times this week
7. Cloud repeatedly tazing Sephiroth while the former General just smiles down at him, unaffected.
Clouds a little scared, ngl
8. Reeve Tueski being a disaster Bi.
Hes getting crushes on ALL of his targets, which is the worst possible outcome for a spy. He didn't even know he was Bi before this gods dammit!
What's worse is that his type is apparently Super Hot Eco-Terrorists
He's doomed.
9. Cloud is injured and dying, causing Sephiroth to panic.
Mother will fix this, he thought to himself, I just have to get him to her and everything will be fine.
He refused to lose the only thing that was ever truly his
10. After a "Mini" spell gone awry, Genesis is left the size of an action figure.
He makes a bad situation worse by putting on a pair of devil horns (where did those even come from?) And carrying around a tiny pitchfork. He proceeded to drop down onto peoples shoulders and torment them.
Angeal wants to help, he really does, but he can't. Stop. Laughing.
Zack: Whoa! Who are you?
Genesis: You're inner demon :}
Zack: Aww, you're adorable!!!
Genesis:
Genesis: OK. I'll admit I wasn't expecting that, but thank you.
Genesis: Now go blow up that thing over there.
11. Sephiroth is knocked into an alternate reality and swaps places with the Sephiroth of that world.
He wakes up in a bed with a familiar blond shaking his shoulder, "Cmon, Mother is waiting for us downstairs."
Needless to say, Seph is a little confused, but goes with it anyway. Turns out, the Sephiroth of this world lives with his five younger brothers: Weiss, Cloud, Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo. All of whom serve thier mother, the dark goddess Jenova, who dotes on them incessantly.
Cloud was born prematurely, meaning he came out "underbaked". The Sephiroth of this world had apparently promised mother to coddle protect him. He can do that too...maybe...
Meanwhile, in the other universe:
Our Cloud: I can feed myself dammit!
Other Sephiroth: That's good to hear. Now open your mouth.
AVALANCHE is too busy laughing and taking pictures to help
12. Tifa introduced her new "SOLDIER-killer" drinks to Cloud right before she left with the kids to meet up with Barret for the weekend
Cloud didn't think anything of it at first, but apparently the more mako you have in your body, the more the drink affects you. After three drinks Cloud was giggling like a schoolgirl. Thats when the worst possible thing happens.
Sephiroth shows up...but Cloud was too drunk to care. The blond managed to convince Sephiroth to have one drink. One!
Then they woke up three days later in a Vagas hotel room with massive hangovers, matching tattoos and wedding bands.
The former General is staring at the wall in shock while Cloud is still trying to figure out where "Navada" is on Gaias maps and how he's never heard of it before
Aka You ever get so drunk you marry your arch nemesis and transcend dimensions with them?
13. Dadesis with tiny time traveling terror versions of Shelua and Shelke.
Team mom Angeal is parent of the year while Sephiroth looms awkwardly in the background cause Shelke is terrified of him. Poor Seph.
14. Time traveler Cloud thrown into DeepGround
15. Children keep giving Cloud chocobo merchandise and all his friends keep teasing him about it.
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sunmaylight · 3 years
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TGCF Book 3 Reaction pt. 6 - We are going to Mt. Tonglu!
hahaha. So, funny thing. I got impatient and just breezed though the last two books and consumed all of the post-canon content I could find. But, even though I have finished TGCF, that doesn’t mean I didn’t leave notes that I want in big chunks like this. So I will continue working on this
Even though I read the novel, I will stay true to my notes to the best of my abilities.
Ch 138: Xie Lian remembering that he threw his meatballs like bullets without any spiritual strength, like how he went about the past 800 years
- Me: Why do people not realize that Xie Lian is buff. Buff Xie Lian art, where?
Qi Rong turns out to be a better chef than Xie Lian. Like possible House Husband material
- Me: Yo. WTF. I call hack! How did- *remembering Qi Rong’s backstory*... Okay, but how did he learn and hone his skills?
Heaven’s Eye cultivator group about to chow down on some hair when Xie Lian steps in with the pebble toss
- Me: Xie Lian saving cultivators from committing c*nn*bal*sm
Ch 139: Hua Cheng builds a little golden palace outside and then kicks it. The shady inn illusion crashes as well.
- Me: Can this get animated? 
Feng Xin mentioning of an ascension acceleration method with dead babies
- Me: Wait! What if Feng Xin’s ascension is the suspicious one instead of Mu Qing
Ch 140: Xie Lian finds Guzi to be sick and dehydrated. 
Mama Bear Xie Lian - Awaken
- Me: Oh shit. Xie Lian is pissed at his cousin.
Ch 141: Learning about who the father to the fetus spirit is. Learning that the fetus spirit is named Cuo Cuo. Secrets around Cuo Cuo’s birth abundant
- Me: WAIT! HE HAD S*X WITH LAN CHANG. HE F*KED?!
Xie Lian reassuring Hua Cheng, but Hua Cheng turning it around to saying that his actions are up to him. Xie Lian feels something.
Xie Lian and Hua Cheng had a moment when suddenly they see someone sitting at the table making tea
- Me: No! Is it Jun Wu?
Jun Wu is pouring three cups of tea
- Me: He saw the intimate scene between the two
Red flower that slips on the edge of the flower pot is about to fall when Xie Lian caught it like it’s the most precious thing in the world
- Me: Foreshadowing???
Xie Lian basically saying that Heaven will fall if the Heavenly Emperor is dead. Xie Lian basically saying that Heaven is floating in the sky because of the Heavenly Emperor
- Me: Man, I really hope that the Heavenly Emperor doesn’t die and make Heaven crash onto the ground, only to be upheld by the power of Xie Lian and then create a parallel of that scene in book 2, or Atlus holding up the world.
Ch 143: Heaven and the Ghost Kings have a mutual beneficial relationship
Hua Cheng using this fact to exploit Heaven singing him praises for a year.
- Me: Cunning bastard. I would have asked for praises sung to me and Xie Lian if I was in his shoes
Mt. Tonglu has the Klin and both places is that one poisonous jar where the last poisonous creature that is alive after x amount of time is emerged as the victor. 
- Me: Battle Royale to the death.
Xie Lian sneaks with Ghost as a Puppet Master
- Me: Oh, nice disguise
Swift Life-Extinguishing Blade says he can find if a ghost is suspicious
- Me: Okay, but what if you are the suspicious one?
Xie Lian crouches down to hid behind the 8-12 year old looking Hua Cheng
Hua Cheng as the “Puppet Master” disguise: “No one shall touch what I love except for me”
- Me: Impressive acting there
There is a cloaked figure that Hua Cheng says they are wearing a fake face
- Me: Is it Pei Ming?
Swift Life-Extinguishing Blade dies from one slash. Xie Lian making an observation that sounds like a joke 
- Me: lol
Ch 14-Mt. Tonglu gate
Some ghost ladies get hurt and the cloaked stranger immediately asks: “Are my ladies alright?”
- Me: I was right. It was Pei Ming
Pei Ming about to tease Hua Cheng when Ruoye whips out to hit Pei Ming
- Me: I don’t know if that was all Ruoye or influence from Mt. Tonglue, but go Ruoye. 
Pei Ming’s mysterious candy he got to disguise his spiritual powers is revealed to be shady candy made form Ghost City. Consuming the candy is the equivalent to rubbing skunk spray all over yourself.
- lol
E-Ming has been affected like Hua Cheng. It is now a small sword
- me: Cute
Pei Ming can sense the atmosphere around Hua Cheng and Xie Lian
The Swift Life-Extinguishing Blade turns out to be alive still. Both halves are moving freely
- Me: It’s still alive. how?!
Pei Ming is revealed to be the “General Who Snapped His Sword”
- Me: *Four Tales of Heaven Background Understanding Update*
Wine: 100% Understanding & Truth of Creation
Flower Crown: 100 50% Understanding of Creation & History -Second Ascension & Third Ascension are Unknown-
Princess: 15% Understanding of Identity & History
Sword: 25% & Growing...Processing backstory now
A giant savage, dark skinned burly man in broken armour appears
- Me: Wait. Do I know this character?
It is revealed to be Ke-Mo
Xie Lian pulls a trick on Swift Life-Extinguishing Blade/Ming’Guang and Pei Ming saw it work. The trick was actually the most vile swear word of the Banyue kingdom that is the most disrespectful insult ever.
- Me: What did the army teach you Xie Lian?
Xie Lian calls out for Banyue & Pei Su knowing that they are not at Mt. Tonglu as a tactic to distract Ke Mo
- Me: lol. What if they actually come after Xie Lian called them.
When things start to look good, Xie Lian calls out on it. It is immediately changes into a bad thing
Tiny E-Ming grows with praises from Xie Lian.
Pei Ming does a big brain and smashes E-Ming’s hit to Xie Lian’s lips. E-Ming grows to a very long scimar 
- Me: Pei Ming caught on what Xie Lian didn’t. Also E-Ming reflect’s Hua Cheng, so, affection makes E-Ming grow. Hua Cheng
As Ke Mo and Ming’Guang are abotu to beat Xie Lian and Pei Ming, Banyu and Pei Su do that badass entry of jumping down a cliff and kicking the opponents.
- Me: lol, Banyue and Pei Su actually appeared. 
Banyue throws a scorpion-snake at Ke Mo fully knowing what she is doing and the 200 years of mutual dislike is behind it.
- Me: Ultimate betrayal.
Banyue: We came here with Rain Master
- Me: Wait. Rain Master is here?
Ch 148: Xie Lian thinks that if he does the same things he did to E-Ming to help him grow, it will help Hua Cheng grow
- Me: Awe. So cute.
Ke Mo vs. Banyue & Pei Su - Round 2: Banyue is too embarrassed to throw her snakes again at Ke Mo. Pei Su swoops in and yeets a basket full at Ke Mo who screams at them
- Me: For some reason I find this scene really funny.\
Xie Lian: Moves into kiss Hua Cheng. He kisses the forehead and is sad about it. 
Pei Ming learns that Banyue is that Banyue while she backs away from Banyue as Pei Ming comes close to her
- Me: Oh wait. Does Pei Ming still smell of those Ghost Candies?
It is revealed that Banyue is weary of Pei Ming because of the candy scent
- Me: Lol, it was the candy
Rain Master is brought up
- Me: *random thought* Does Rain Master & Pei Ming have some history together?
Rain Master is at Mt. Tonglu because Qi Rong stole some of her farmers.
Pei Ming is revealed to be the opposing General of the Rain Master
- Me: Oh, they do have some history together.
Xie Lian & Readers learn about the ‘Tale of the General Who Snapped His Sword’
- Me: LORE! 
Sword: 75% Understanding
Ch 149: Pei Ming insults Banyue for not knowing how to cook like other females
- Me: General Pei, I understand that in your time that might have been a norm. But modern times that is different.
Xie Lian says he will teach Banyue how to cook
- Me: Oh no. Someone please stop them.
Banyue is holding a pot of food
- Me: Oh shoit. Did Banyue?
Ch 150: Banyue’s chicken meal is a black mass of questionable origins
- Me: *sob* it’s over. Banyue is now added to the list. But at least she took up her cooking skills after her adopted dad.
Pei Su takes the dubious food and eats it after watching Hua Cheng try some.
- Me: RIP Pei Su
Hua Cheng telling Xie Lian about the history of Mt. Tonglu while Pei Su is dying in the background. Banyue’s cooking somehow turned into a spirit or eldrich horror
- Me: *sob* please. You two are so adorable together, but someone (Pei Su) is literally dying from food poisoning. You are like that one pool meme
Pei Ming has given up on Pei Su to hang with the oblivious couple
Xie Lian has heard of Wuyoung before from his past while training to Ascension.
- Me: Oh. Interesting. 
Little Xie Lian learned how to recite the Ethic Sutras like nothing because he was a curious child about a forgotten kingdom and the Guoshi made him shut up through sutras.
- Guoshi, how are you real?
Xie Lian: Pei Su is talking weird. Is it because of the Scorpion-Snake?
Banyue: Pei Su has immunity from them
-Me: God you two are so oblivious.
Ch 151: What if Jun Wu is from Wuyoung? Nah. He has a 500 year difference from then.
- Me: *Remembers Qi Rong calling Jun Wu a faker and thinks there is some truth in those words* What if he became an immortal 500 years before his ascension and just loitered around for 500 years until he achieved ascension status.?
The group is Scooby-Doo investigation with Ace Attorney observation skills on the temples. of the Kingdom of Wuyoung to learn why it fell
- Me: intersting. I hope they find something interesting.
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Alright. Going to stop there cause the actual journey to the Klin starts and it is a long journey where there is actually more than what I commented on. Man, I just really picked and choose what to highlight while reading
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I send you a Thing over on Ao3 comment section on Heart of Thunder. Feel free to answer it here and delete it there afterwards! I hope you like my little idea on reversal of the selkie!au 😁💗
Delete it? Maybe. But here it is, so that people know what I’m answering to:
How about a reversal of the selkie!au? Galahd has legends of selkie. But those on the islands are like Fae. You have to be very careful to cook me out of meeting them more or less intact. So Galahkari treat them with due caution and keep the hell away.
On the other hand, in Lucis skin changers have a moderately benevolent history. Helpful, if you treat them well but break a contract or harm an innocent around them and YOU. ARE. DONE. There are many stories of a queen or two shedding feathers of a Swan (one black and one white, guess who was more beloved) to settle down with her beloved. Countless more romanticised versions among the literature - all of which the refugees from Galahd scoff at with derision. But most of Insomnia treats those like fairy tales or sth, believing it even less than the takes of the Astrals and their Messengers.
Wider Lucis is a different story. Ppl there still have the Shifters appear from time to time. Tales of ppl with slightly wilder look around them are common. They all try to exercise their hospitality and manners especially well around those individuals.
And if that annoying herd that keeps destroying crops suddenly moves away or the Thunderocs that try to nest on the antidemon lights disappear they keep it to themselves and just smile extra warmly at the stranger should he appear again. Cor is a skin changer. Not many (beyond the Retinue) are aware of that. Mors certainly was not despite using the feral child as a soldier/guard. He feels like a wolf or a bird of prey of some type.
Regis knows the lore, some of the skin changer blood flows through his veins, he understands the urges. (Hmm, maybe Ardyn's mother's ancestor had phoenix blood in their veins? Maybe Somnus was just his half brother?) and knows that Cor's instincts are much sharper. Trusts that whenever Cor deals away with a member of his court, there is something wrong. Hell, even his suspicions are usually enough to start an investigation.
(That's why Titus irks him so much. He has trouble finding evidence between being run ragged by the war, something just /itches/at him in that man's presence. Drautos on the other hand just does not believe in folk tales) And then come the Galahdians.
And Nyx Ulric.
And Cor's every instinct just screams at him to get close to the man. That he is Important. (Doesn't help that he smells nice beneath all the spices, Cor can smell the fragrance even hours after the Glaive finished Guard duty in Citadel. Regis just laughs at him and starts mercilessly teasing his friend. It's only because Cor considers him family that the King does not end up with his throat torn out.)
Unfortunately, the moment Cor gathers enough courage to actually try talking to the man, he stumbles upon a convo disparaging the Lucian naivete re. selkie and decides to stay away and pine from the distance.
Hi, I just wanted to clarify in case tumblr ate my reply to your question: you can absolutely feel free to post this on tumblr with your reply.
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Galahdians being a bit like the Irish, wary as hell about the fair folk but not selkie, still human.
On the other hand, Cor being able to put on feathers or fur and being *very specific* about how he goes about helping ppl (and only certain ppl) or solving problems Imagine them ranting about naive Lucians having romantic tales about selkie and having the image of bloodthirsty Eldrich sea creatures in mind.  While Lucians think about their Swan queens and maybe some furry Messenger like helpful creatures (as long as you don't offend them) Complete culture shock😜
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Okay, first off: This is wonderful. And I love it very much. Also for everybody’s sanity I’ll put my answer under the cut.
Let’s say the term fae is used in Lucis to describe all magical beings that aren’t humans, animals, daemons, the Astrals or their messengers. When they say “A fae must have done it”, it means something very strange is afoot that shouldn’t bee too closely looked into.
Because benevolent or not, the fae like their privacy. Old children’s tales say that you should never tell anybody you saw a fae or that one helped you. Otherwise they will play cruel tricks and after they’ve had their fun you’ll never see them again.
Lucian tales go along the lines of helpful sprites that protect homes when milk and food are set out, of the Titan’s folk (read dwarves) that first taught humans how to mine, of the lindwurm that was blessed by Bahamut and gave the person who solved his tasks secret knowledge.
But the most popular tales are the ones about shape-shifters. Animal-walkers. It is said you can recognize them at the glint in their eyes, the sharpness of their teeth, the something that is different from what a human face should be. Their stories are most popular with hunters and people outside of Insomnia.
I really love how you describe them :D
On the swan queens: Maybe the white swan could actually be a human that got cursed, and the Lucian King (then prince) broke the curse. The black swan was a shape-shifter, and only shed her feathers permanently after her man who wanted her, solved three unsolveable tasks.
Let’s say the white swan queen was considered very imperious and hysteric and inconsiderate, while the black swan queen was very beloved for her generosity and benevolence.
Which is around the time romanticised tales about shape-shifters and humans crop up like weeds. And they keep being popular into the modern times.
Now for the Galahkari.
Their word for magical beings like that is fihrie. But they are far less benevolent. For them fae/fihrie are beings that dance in the twilight when sun and moon share the sky and their music and laughter drives people mad. They are the beings that twist trees into wrong forms and trap freshly departed souls in their dead bodies. They are the ones that ride on the winds of winter and steal the unwary. It’s also said that they steal the first breath of a newborn baby because that is the most precious thing to them, and if the child survives despite that, it stands with one leg in the fihrie world.
Their stories aren’t about beings that are nice.
But then there are the selkie. Stories tell that they once belonged to the fihrie until one of them once stole not the first breath of a newborn, but the second. And that changed them into something that was just tiny bit more human and less fihrie.
So when the Galahkari come to Insomnia and see all those romanticized tales of swan queens and the lindwurm and sprites and tiny people with butterfly wings?
They think they have lost their minds. And wonder why these people are still alive. Because those Insomnian stories would insult any fihrie down to their bone. Which literally means the offending party will die a slow and gruesome death.
A theory says that the Lucians are loosing the war because the fihrie are so unbelievably furious.
Which leads to a lot of strange behaviour from the Insomnian point of view, when sigils appear everwhere along with salt lines and talismans and flower/grain/grass wreaths.
There is more than one loud discussion of how none of the Lucians seem to realize just how dangerous the Other Folk is. How you give offerings when having to walk through their territory, and while there you don’t eat or drink anything that comes from there. How you make sure a newborn’s first breath is takes as close to a fire as possible, because in their mind it is better to belong to the fires (to Ifrit) than to the Others.
And Cor stumbles into one of those discussions without anyone noticing. Let’s say Nyx isn’t there for one reason or other.
What would Cor think about this?
He would obviously know from Nyx’ aura alone that Nyx is a fae. (Just like Nyx knows Cor is not human. But Nyx keeps his distance because this is not his territory and he has not been invited to Cor��s hearth. Normally Nyx would have to make the fist move and he tried to, but this is not Galahd and things are done differently.)
Now he also knows what the Galahkari think of fae. This would make Cor’s protective instinct go into overdrive. Because Nyx is fae - obviously the only one that came from Galahd - and he’s younger then Cor. Which makes him one of Cor’s now.
And this is how not only human cultures clash, but also fae/fihrie culture.
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Octodad: Not-so-dark theory
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From top to bottom, Octodad looks like a fairly innocent game, A simple story about an Octopus trying to survive in suburbia. But, through subtle hints and references, and inconsistencies with that premise, it is revealed that Octodad is no mere cephalopod. He is, in fact, something far more horrifying, on paper at least... What do I mean?
Octodad is not, in truth, an Octopus, He's a Cthulhi. For those not familiar with the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhi are also called "The Starspawn of Cthulhu" and "Xothians," and are a race that looks like Cthulhu who's true origins, as with everything in the Cthulhu mythos, are debatable and vague as sin, the only things known for a fact are that they look like Cthulhu (Or, in their first appearance, like Octopi), worship him, followed him from their home dimension/universe into ours, and then perished en masse while what remained of them went into a death-like sleep, same as Cthulhu.
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Now, Star Spawn aren't often seen in the works of Lovecraft, but they do have a sliver of popularity in the fandom. Not as big (in the popularity sense) as Deep Ones, but not as unknown as the humble Penguins of Leng. Now, again, it's worth noting that common interpretations of Star Spawn are basically baby Cthulhus, just tiny versions of their dark and malevolent master, but to start with, they were described as "a land race of beings shaped like octopi and probably corresponding to the fabulous pre-human spawn of Cthulhu," in the story "At the Mountains of Madness." 
Octodad highly RESEMBLES an octopus, but with some interesting tweaks. Namely: His eyes, two of his Tentacles, and something we'll talk about in just a minute. But let's talk about Octodad's anatomy when compared to another octopus, namely, the one in the "Wold of kelp" at the Aquarium.
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Now, this is Octopus is a giant, climbable sculpture one might see at a water park, so in a technical sense, some liberties could have been taken with its anatomy, but it looks semi-accurate to real octopi, down to the slit-like pupils and the tentacles all being at roughly the same spot despite them spreading out for kids to climb on. Now, if you pay attention, a patron of the Aquarium will note that the "World of kelp" was something else before it was the world of kelp, though they THINK it was "Squids or something" before. Based on how the section played out, I have to believe the whole affair was either cephalopods in general given how many bases of just kelp they went over, or just Octopi because HOLY CRAP there are lots of octopi out there. Failing that, I don't think the statue was a squid to begin with, the eyes are far too forward on the head, what can be seen of the tentacles makes them all look the same, and most species of squid have circular pupils and irises, not slits/rectangles. 
Octodad, in contrast to the sculpture, has vertically ovular pupils, far rounder than the slits on the larger statue, on top of that, his eyes take up a slightly larger portion of his head. Then we take a look at Octodad's tentacles, namely the two that form his mustache. These two tentacles are set away from the other six in a way that makes no real anatomical sense for an octopus. Not to mention that the two are preposterously shorter than the others, it's less like another pair of tendrils and more like a strange growth coming out of the middle of his head. Moving on from that, there's also a certain disparity with his other limbs, his "arms" are shorter than his "legs" when he stands, however, when he enters water, his limbs, save for his mustache, are all of equal length, this strange effect carries over to when he's buck-ass naked, so no, he isn't just scrunching two up while he's in the suit... Speaking of naked octodad:
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What the hell is that THING in the midst of his tentacles? It's a lighter color than the others, he's still using two tentacles per leg, one per arm, and his mustache is basically vestigial. Octodad's anatomy makes no fucking sense unless you consider the idea that he has some level of shapeshifting power... and wouldn't you know it, Cthulhi have just that. To what end is a little shakey, as with most things in the Lovecraft universe, but still.
Also worth noting is the church Octodad got married at, a Church dedicated, at least partly, to Cthulhu himself. Now, we only see one window with any kind of figure on it, Cthulhu, wereas the others are all decked out with a strange symbol, as are a few paintings lining the walls of it. These paintings may be of religious significance to the practitioners of this particular faith, but a lot of it looks like some minimalist "If you get it you get it" kind of stuff, and then one is literally a crayon drawing of a child with a smiling balloon. The last vaguely Lovecraftian thing in the church is the treasure chest Octodad gets his wife's ring from, all the coins within have a squid/cuttlefish-like creature printed on them, In the story "Shadow over Innsmouth," the people of a town called "Innsmouth" start breeding with fish people. They did it specifically for the undersea gold the fish people (called Deep Ones) give out for the service. Deep Ones worship multiple gods, cheif among them are their great parents, Mother Hydra and Father Dagon, though worship of Cthulhu isn't against their laws or anything. 
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The game takes a break from the hints of Eldrich horror while the family is at home, though it is worth noting that we don't REALLY know where Octodad's children came from. Hell, the game makes a joke about it at the end, Tommy asks, plain as day, "If dad's an octopus... Then where did me and Stacy come from?" While his parents laugh the question off, it has a few possible answers: The two of them (Or just Tommy) are leftover from a failed relationship/marriage Scarlet was a part of before Octodad came in, the two (Or just Tommy) are adopted, or, in a manner not dissimilar to deep ones, Cthulhi may just be able to breed with humans in this universe. 
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Now, I say Tommy may be adopted/Not Octodad's specifically because Stacy says something concerning in the "Deep sea" exhibit at the Aquarium. She apparently has dreams wherein a deep, dark spot in the ocean seems to call to her. This turns out to be a sea horse ranch. Cute as that is, dreams are a recurrent theme in Lovecraft's work, sometimes compelling people into the service of Great old ones like Gla'aki, for example. Or there was that one story when a guy met Yog-Sothoth, the omniscient and omnipresent god of the universe just because he dreamed that deeply. Also "The Dreamlands" are a place in Lovecraft's fiction. I could keep going down that rabbit hole, but I'm lazy and I think that point is made.
There is also another reference (Possibly) to "Shadow over Innsmouth" and "Dagon" with the character of Chef Fujimoto. Now, Fujimoto himself is not a reference to anything in particular, but his backstory has some Lovecrafty bits. Namely, Fujimoto was once a soldier (Dagon) who cut open a combatant. Instead of human guts, "Piles of fish" were inside. (Shadow over Innsmouth.) This one might be a little more of a stretch but remember that Fujimoto is OBSESSED with Octodad and believes very firmly that there are fish people everywhere. ("Why is everyone fish!?") There are several Lovecraftian stories where the character feels he is being pursued or is surrounded in some way. Call of Cthulhu ends with one of the characters feeling that the cult is gunning for him, partly because some dude looked at him funny, and Dagon ended with the main character fearing that a servent of Dagon was coming up his stairs after him, so he threw himself out a window. The crippling paranoia experienced by Fujimoto is another hint that SOMETHING Eldrich is happening in the universe of Octodad. 
Also worth noting is that a magazine entitled "Inquisitor" can be found at Gervason's, Octodad is on the cover, and they think he's an alien. Which begs the question: Why is it that most humans will let an obviously strange man do things without much concern at all? Hell, there are three lines present in both the main game and one of the extra shorts that imply EVERYONE sees something is wrong with Octodad. And I quote/paraphrase:
"I thought he was a lawyer?" "He's slimy enough to be one."
"Is it just me or did the captain look jigglier than usual?"
"Hmmm, I don't see a blurblerulb on the list." 
These lines imply on some level that people recognize SOMETHING is wrong or different with Octodad but they don't carry the thought far enough to do anything with it... Unless perhaps at a distance, hence that cover of “Inquisitor.” 
Another thing that tends to happen in Lovecraftian horror is the mind not making proper sense of things. For example: Canonically in the mythos, the image of Cthulhu mankind sees, humanoid body, octopus head, draconic wings, etc, is not what he really looks like, it's just our perception of Cthulhu because our minds aren't equipped to comprehend the real deal. Looking too long at just what we can see of Cthulhu will unravel your mind, causing both insanity and death if exposed even longer. I think that's part of Octodad's effect. When he's dressed, the humans around him perceive what their mind makes sense of. He's in a shirt and pants, therefore he is appropriately dressed as a human, therefore their minds SEE a human even if he's not QUITE right. We see, rather obviously, that he doesn't have human hands, he has tentacles with suckers, but Scarlet refers to it as a "Hand" still, this implies she and others see his appendages as hands or feet when he's disguised or doing something "Human enough." Only really undone if he's naked or does too many strange or seemingly malicious things like accidentally smack someone with a bag of doughnuts.
This is why you can get away with randomly dragging things across the floor, their minds are telling them something is a little off, but their ability to perceive might be telling them he's just got a medical condition or something. It's nothing to judge him for, he's just got a disability. 
So at the end of that trail, what are we left with? Octodad as a Xothian/Deep one hybrid? Does that fundamentally change the game's story? Does this mean Octodad is a dark horror from beyond? Does he secretly seek to kill and maim and destroy all the things we hold dear? Will he one day help awaken Cthulhu and usher in the new age of the great old ones? No. See, Octodad, despite his horrifying inspirations, is a benevolent creature. He "blubs with a love for all mankind" in the ending for Dadliest Catch. He still obviously loves and cares for his family, whether they know his secret or not. He's just an alien from another dimension... or at least he has ancestry from another dimension. 
Now, why is that? I've got two little ideas for that: It's an often found interpretation that most of the original writings of Lovecraft focus on the idea that "It is different, therefore it is bad." Xenophobia of an extremely high sort. Mind you, I often find this interpretation lacking, but we can probably discuss that later. I feel Octodad may be a natural extrapolation of the idea that it isn't bad because it's different, in fact, Octodad, despite keeping a secret, is an all-around "good" guy. Upstanding, moral, all that garbage, he just happens to be non-human.  Something supporting this being a running theme is the scene with the Snugglefish. For those who have yet to play Dadliest catch, a section of the game takes place when the power in part of the Aquarium goes partially out. During this event, Octodad and Stacy come upon a large sculpture of a creature called a “Snugglefish.” which is covered by the dark. We shine lights at the supposedly malevolent creature, complete with monstrous teeth and evil red eyes, partially with the intent to “Blind it” despite the fact that its obviously a statue. That whole section up to then is nothing but fumbling in the dark, looking at the strange and some might say “alien” life living in the deep ocean, you can also learn some stuff about them if you pay attention.  The whole thing ends when you fully light up the spots on the statue, revealing it to BE a Snuggle fish as opposed to some giant monster. As a result of revealing this, Stacy’s fears of it go right out and she feels she understands the creature better, as with most things, learning and understanding quiet one’s fears. when we learn what something is, we stop seeing it as an immediate threat is the take away from that section, I think, which is, again, I’d say, a call to Lovecraft's writings and his fear of that which was different and unknown and how it’s so easily thrown out with just a LITTLE understanding.
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Another plausible explanation for Octodad’s kindness may be that Octodad is not a Star Spawn of Cthulhu, but of Kthanid. Kthanid is not an original creation of H.P. Lovecraft, but a bloke by the name of "Brian Lumley." Lumley's creation is the brother of Cthulhu, and is considered the main reason Cthulhu is sealed away these days. Kthanid is said to look almost exactly like Cthulhu but to have "Golden eyes that radiate peace." He's a loving, benevolent "Elder God" that wants the best for not just Humanity, but for all things. It would logically follow that if a creature dedicated itself to Kthanid, or was one of his spawn, it would be at least mostly as loving and kind. So, if Octodad, or "blurblerulb" if you prefer, was a purely hypothetical Kthani instead of Cthulhi, his disposition may well fit within the actual mythos.
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So, what do y'all think? Does this theory hold water? Or does it sink harder than Cthulhu going back down for a nap?
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karmamiakat · 5 years
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Vivzie’s Streem Info # 9!
Before I get into it! Please be patient! I have a life so I can’t always post when it happens, at least right away!  I notice a few people asking around for stream info stuff! Patience is the key! It’s a virtue for a reason! So without further a due! Here is the info from the latest Vivzie Streem!
If you mix Hannibal Lector with Freddy Krueger with a 1930s Radio Talk show host, you get Alastor in terms of personality.
Some of the theologies and biblical terms of Hell will be mixed in but most of the terms is gonna have mainly it’s own rules regarding Hell. Most of the real attention and story plot however, will be around the characters that were human in life as there is a lot of potential for growth there, with occasionally focusing on Charlie and her family when it comes to the Hell born demon stuff. Other theological characters will eventually make an appearance but will not be focused too much on. (Example; Beelze, ect.)
How would the Hazbin Crew react to weak, delicate characters/OCs? Charlie would be welcoming to them, of course! Vaggie would be understanding and everyone else would be awful! The moment the rest of the cast smell weakness, it’s like blood in the water for sharks! You’re welcome! :D
Angel and Alastor would wear the David S Pumpkins outfit, though not at the same time because Angel doesn’t like to match with another.
Alastor is always smiling so how to tell what he is really feeling? Look at his eyes which are crucial part of reading him and watch his mouth shape. If you see his lips begin to ripple (making the “cat lips”) and his smile a little bit sly, it could mean he’s upset or angry or he’s trying to be threatening. Either way, when his eyes lower and his mouth begins to change shape, that’s a sign to get out of the way!
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Why is Vaggie so human looking? It’s because Vaggie’s emotional state and problems are real world problems most can relate to, thus giving her a human like design. Her problems have to do with mental health and inner darkness. The more human the problems are and their mental state, the more human they look in design. Viv said Vaggie’s problems would be made clear better and convey better in a more human design. Her story would also be conveyed better that way. Angel has many problems too but his can be conveyed better in his demon form as he is so inhuman now. Viv wanted Angel to be something that is both sexy and not sexy, conveying both sides to him equally. (I guess sexy in his own way but not a typical, in general way.)
Part of the charm of Vaggie being more human is that she’s also the straight man or woman of the group, so her having a goofy design would be hard to take her seriously. Viv said “her name is so stupid” that it contrasts with her normal appearance and personality. Also, Viv said that Vaggie is more of her nickname. “ I don’t think it’s her real name anymore”.
The whole joke is that even though Charlie is a princess, no one cares about the title. Everyone is such a jerk to each other, no one cares about stats like royalty or hierarchy of any sort. “This is suppose to be the person in charge of us? Where else are we gonna go? Who cares if we don’t listen to her?” Especially since Charlie isn’t very intimidating. If she was more intimidating, sure, people would respect her but as she is not so much. Charlie is basically a Disney princess in a world full of assholes! Giant assholes.
#VivzieStreem is the hastag for Viv’s streams! (May change but so far, it’s the stream tag!)
There will be Love Craftian characters that will contrast to the Ancient powerful characters such as Charlie’s family! While Charlie’s family and the ancient evil’s power is more archaic origins. It’s like old money vs. new money or like how people will visit Queen Elizabeth and her family despite those people aren’t royals but rich folk that live like they’re royal. That is basically the Eldriches are in Hell. They won’t play a part of the main story in Hazbin but they will play a fun part of Charlie and her family’s story as Viv said she really likes those characters and wishes to get more into them and fit the Love Craftian characters into the Hazbin Universe.
Point with Angel being sexual is that it’s part of his arch that he needs to control and become better as a person.
Viv eventually wants to do a short about a Halloween character and a Christmas character either falling in love or being friends. She doesn’t have time to do it this year but next year maybe! She really likes both Holidays!
Vaggie would have a buster sword! Magical fighter girl is part of her theme though not the main one.
Vox is one of the bigger villains! Dave was the one who named Vox and won’t tell where the name came from or derived from!
Viv’s not sure if Alastor sleeps normal. Though a popular idea is Alastor sleeps with his eyes open and his eyes point in different directions like Pennywise! Viv said Alastor has a lot in common with Pennywise. 
Hazbin At Hogwarts! Which house would the Hazbin Crew be in? Alastor, Angel and most crew be in Slytherin. Though Viv said that Angel could be in Ravenclaw since they tend to be a little snooty too. Charlie would be in Gryffindor! Vaggie would be in Ravenclaw and Baxter and Nifty would be in Hufflepuff.
Viv doesn’t think of herself as the character’s mother because of the literal hell her characters go through but she does care about them! She calls them her trash babies!
Angel does have a mom. What her name is and if she is heaven or hell is still unknown as this is a spoiler.
Angel has all 6 arms. Four arms are just easier to animate. His other two arms are hidden. The pilot episode will explain the basic rules of the main cast and who they are and how they are. So don’t worry! All those juicy character questions will eventually be answered!
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actionyak · 4 years
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you know how they made those Hellsing OVAs years later that actually followed the plot of the manga because the original anime had a totally different thing going on since it came out before the main plot really got going
when the fuck are we going to get a Trigun anime where Knives is actually cool and not a weak-ass little bitch baby "ohhh no I got shot owwie ohh I don't have any cool powers other than the arm thing abloobloobloo" give me the spooky eldrich monster man you cowards
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daturanerium · 5 years
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i just finished season one of the magnus archives (here’s my livetweet thread) so here’s my discordant thoughts on the characters
jon
annoyingly stubborn
dramatic!!!!
was definitely That One Emo Theatre Kid in whatever britain's version of high school is
wants to know. everything.
fatal flaw: pursuit of knowledge. he can’t let a mystery go unsolved
please get some sleep baby you can solve the mystery in the morning
he’s so serious and awkward i adore him and i hope he remembers to take care of himself
martin
baby boy.....baby
consistently underestimated and underappreciated. give him a raise please elias he’s gone through hell
so full of love, even for people who don’t seem to love him back
i want to hug him
so intelligent, so thoughtful! always coming up with answers that no one else can think of
fatal flaw: self/preservation or fear. altho in his line of work i’m giving him a break
he’s got some big things ahead of him, i can tell. i hope that he gets some bomb ass magical powers or something because he really deserves it
sasha
ive known sasha for a week and a half but if anything happened to her i would kill everyone in this room and then myself
speaking of........what the hell happened during the finale i’m Worried
she’s so caring and protective. i feel like she’s the “hold my flower” member of the archive (jon or tim is the “kick his ass baby i got your flower”)
fatal flaw: curiosity. at least she’s aware of it?
i literally love her
looks like a cinnamon roll, is a cinnamon roll (but will also kill you)
so strong. so smart. 
im love her and i hope she’s okay
elias
okay shifty capitalist motherfucker i see you
i don’t actually think he’s gulity of anything tbh, just a victim of circumstance trying to do his job and keep it
fatal flaw: submissive towards authority. spill the secrets buddy we gotta know
“but the funding”
i think his heart’s in the right place. i just hope he realizes there are bigger things than rich people and even the archive.
tim
pure of heart, dumb of ass
frat bro!!!!!
super friendly
EDIT: i made a joke about tim having cishet energy but i’ve since been informed that he’s canon bi which is awesome! 
just doing his job, man
hey jon the boys and i are gonna go crack open a cold one later, wanna join? you’ve been stuck recording in that office for hours mate you need to get out and do something
he really genuinely cares about his friends and he’s so sweet
fatal flaw: inability to read the room. bro i love u no romo but u gotta learn to Read The Signs
such a dork
definitely going to get possessed at some point
jane prentiss
it is every sapphic’s duty to fall in love with an eldrich horror and jane is mine
her monologue/statement was so good that i’m doing it for speech this year. thank you irl jonathan sims for being a fantastic writer
so spooky......so curious........so dark.........so endearing
please tell me about the song and the nest and the itch. i’m so genuinely interested in her story and i hope we hear more from/about her because i still have Questions
every time i picture her it’s in the style of the scary stories to tell in the dark illustrations
ugh god such a good antagonist.....this is so good
mary and gerard key
during the first description of mary i was so impressed with her lifestyle and general presentation.....she was really living her best life. until it was revealed that she was not actually alive. but still
gerard you little shit, planting all these things for the archivists to find. who are you
side note but i thought his name was “jared”. i’m trying to not picture another famous gerard but i’m seventeen. what can you do.
they’re definitely working for some outside force, or maybe they Are the outside force? either way i’m intrigued
(predictions for season two and beyond under the cut)
general predictions for season two and beyond:
i’ve managed to avoid spoilers a lot better than i usually do, but i think there may be something to do with avatars for gods or something? anyway jon’s god is knowledge-based and sasha’s is strength-based. elias may be conman/trickery-based? martin is his own seperate being entity thing, i can’t see him fitting into any typical categories yet. 
oh actually it would be really cool if martin was tied in with the god of death? it kind of fits him, idk how tho. he’s just so sweet and kind and that matches the casual comforting neutrality of death.
actually maybe not because we’ve already met death and it’s just a bunch of reapers that were dumbasses in life, oh well (i’m still gonna keep it in on the off chance something happens with it)
jon takes a nap (unlikely, but i can dream) 
that shipping company that keeps popping up definitely delivered that lighter to jon. don’t know what the lighter means but i’m excited to figure it out
jonmartin endgame
sasha is either possessed or has been completely erased by a copy. my guess is that she’s stuck in a time loop that was created when she touched the hypnotizing table, although how that happened is just about anyone’s guess.
gertrude was killed by gerard key, who, in his Infinite Knowledge of Plot and How The World Works, knew that jon needed to be the head archivist for things to work out the way he and his mother want it to. the keys are beyond time.
martin lives in the archive because he actually kind of likes it there??? even tho he had a traumatic event with worms and jane and finding the dead body of his old boss in the basement
i’m really interested to know what jon was up to before he worked as the head archivist. i feel like that’s kind of important and relevant? if it’s not now it will be in the future
elias has to pick a side: jon and the truth or the “funds” and the government. i hope he makes the right one, but plot and conflict is also important and i can totally see him becoming the Imposing But Apologetic Lawful Antagonist
idk what the gods thing is (if it even is something?) but i’m pretty sure one of them has to do with eyes/watching, and my guess is that it’s the one having to do with knowledge. and while i’m here i’m also going to go out on a crazy limb and say that gerard and mary work for it, whatever the watching thing is. that’s how they know where to be at the right time.
there’s another group of people that work on things like the archive does--they’re just a little more....casual. idk if you all are/were supernatural fans but i’m thinking that the magus archive is the men of letters to this other faction being hunters. they split off after elias’s rules became too stifling, and they sometimes get there before the archive knows about the situation (like in ep 36, taken ill, or episode 8, burned out. altho ep 8 was with gerard, so maybe he works with them sometimes? idk)
sasha gets better but a sacrifice has to be made to save her. martin, to everyone’s surprise, offers. 
i’m so excited to listen to season two oh my god this show is fantastic
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