"The Mighty Nein, that's what they call themselves." "Are there nine of them?" "N-No..." Lucien nodded stiffly. "Ridiculous name." "I said they were dangerous, I never said they were smart."

There were so many great parts in The Nine Eyes of Lucien, but this one might be my favorite.

Christmas Angel 🪽

Impulse: Obeyed

Package: Delivered

Inner Child: Overjoyed

i just had the most crystal-clear, narratively coherent dream i've had in a while and i NEED to write it down before i forget it. i dreamed that while on a camping trip i discovered a doorway to a world of intelligent, talking, semi-anthropomorphic animals. they walked upright but otherwise looked the same as their mundane counterparts, besides the fact that they wore clothes, and the fact that some of them were considerably larger than a regular member of their species (they all towered over me, however i am quite short irl so i'm used to that).

i made friends there and returned repeatedly over the next few weeks so i could visit with my good friends Elk and Tiger and Wolf and Rabbit (there were a couple others as well but i can't recall them all clearly enough to describe them). we would often sit in Elk's sunny dining room with the windows open while we chatted and had tea, or sometimes we'd take my van (in the dream i had a large van i sometimes camped out of) out of Elk's neighborhood and to a scenic spot in the woods for a picnic. it was lovely - all my new animal friends were good company with distinct and unique personalities.

there were also regular animals inhabiting this world. they were referred to as "cousins" of my intelligent friends, and while i was in the company of my friends, i knew i had nothing to fear even from the wild wolves and bears that roamed the woods. they would simply observe us curiously as they passed by.

after i had been visiting a while, i learned that there was another human who knew about this place. his name was something like Galarian or Galadon or something similar, it's a bit fuzzy. he lived full-time in the animal world, and he was something of a boogeyman to all my friends. he was a scientist who performed horrible experiments on "cousin" animals in the secluded laboratory he'd set up in this world, trying to figure out how to turn them into their "intelligent" versions like Dr. Moreau - so far without success, according to my friends. still, the mention of him sent a visible shiver down Elk's back.

one day, while we were picnicking in the woods, we noticed a "cousin" wolf in the distance running straight at us. my friends observed its movements with concern for a moment, then urged me to pile into the van with them as quickly as possible, leaving behind all our adorable picnic supplies. just as we closed the door behind us, the wolf reached us and slammed into the van so hard it rocked. the wolf was making horrible snarling sounds, muzzle dripping with lathered drool that it smeared across the windows as it circled us, testing every possible entrance and snapping its jaws horribly. my friends and i bunched together inside the crowded van and quivered in fear until the wolf finally gave up. we watched it ragefully destroy our picnic, and then at last it ran off into the wilderness. Tiger advised me to leave the picnic stuff behind - it was contaminated now - and head back into town.

the next part i remember is all of us gathering at Elk's house, talking quietly about the situation. all the lights were kept off, and gray clouds obscured the sunlight that normally streamed in through the front windows, so it was quite dark inside for our somber conversation. my friends told me there was a virus that would make animals go mad, and they were starting to see it appear more and more frequently. they weren't sure if it was the evil scientist's doing, or some kind of natural phenomenon, but either way they told me to be cautious and avoid traveling alone. they weren't sure what the virus would do to a human, but they didn't want to take any chances.

as we were gathered in the dining room, i noticed a Deer wearing a ripped, mussed-looking suit wandering dazedly in front of Elk's house. i pointed him out just as he noticed us through the windows, and then the same mad fire lit in his eyes as he launched himself toward the house. my friends and i immediately jumped to lock the front door and close all the windows we had half-opened to admit the breeze. just like the cousin wolf had, this Deer battered at the windows roaring and snarling, leaving streaks of foamy drool behind, before finally running off in frustration.

there's a big chunk here at the end that's fuzzy, but i do recall going on a mission to find out if the evil scientist knows about the virus or if he even may be the cause. as we observed his laboratory we learned that he actually had a couple of intelligent animals working for him, a Bear and another Tiger (not my friend Tiger, a different one). as we watched, they brought him a vial of what looked like spit and told him it was a "sample", which my friends and i took as evidence that the scientist was only just now learning about the virus and planning to study it. we all deemed this a bad thing and started making plans to raid his laboratory when i woke up.

upon awake reflection, this is clearly just rabies. i should've introduced them to the miracle of vaccination and been the hero who stopped a rabies outbreak in furryland.

70s does edwardian is like the ideal fashion era for me tbh

clearing out some clothes from years ago and i am haunted by things people gave to me that i've felt too guilty to not keep, clothes i bought for a job where i couldn't sit down so i didn't bother to check if i could sit down in them, velours that feel soft on the outside and itchy as hell on the inside, and so so so so so very many sheer blouses that i bought for some fucking reason even though i've never really loved wearing sheer blouses very much. i'm sorry environment. i'm sorry sustainability.

Also this week i gotta figure out what the hell you wear to a christening (and figure out how masc i can go without causing chaos)

(I'm not against causing chaos i just think maybe my cousin might appreciate me causing chaos some other time than at her baby's christening)

I'm deviating more and more from my own prompt this isn't even close to a suit

Oh well

👑 First Princess Sybilla Eirik 👑

(the paper ripped around her neck ;_; - this sketchbook's paper quality is kinda bad)

I need to finish that fucking animatic I started without actually playing it back so I don't psych myself out of posting it for fear it is not as funny as I initially thought it was... anyways time to go do that

@sophiedevreaux tagged me to do this picrew 💖

feel free to ignore!! tagging @juliewlters, @moxyphinx, @alisonscotlock, @notprincehamlet, @lesleymanville, @pea-green, @grandselfmythology, @beesarthur

Throughout the movies, Della has been steadily been promoted. In addition to her secretarial work for Perry, she's also started doing more of her own investigating. In a few movies, Perry introduced her as his associate, not just his secretary. And then in the one I watched tonight, The Case of the Ruthless Reporter, he straight up called her "the head of our office" and she gave him this look and I swear I died.

Why they make Orihime's chest window so big man?

I need more of Copia in his inner shirt- no vests and whatnot, just him in his vampire-ish looking victorian inner blouse with the scarf cause god that fucking blouse alone is sexy

I'm so glad episode 14 gave me the opportunity to make yet another appreciation post for Tay.

And that blouse? How can it make him look so extra and yet so unbelievably soft?

But most importantly: he asked after Vegas and that made me love him even more (if that's even possible). 😭❤

Remember when I said I will have zero spare time next month and probably shouldn't be participating in #Capetember 2022 but I was probably going to do it anyway?

Well this is the current state of my living room...

Yep, I'm going to try to self-draft and hand sew an entire cape, with zero prior cape making experience. While I will be working 80 hours a week running the inpatient hospital service, starting next week and for the next 5 weeks 🤦‍♀️