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grjarchive · 2 years

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Until the Night Turns (1988)

The second Strange Trails story brought the nascent series into even more esoteric territory. Until the Night Turns begins the Johnnie Redmayne trilogy - the core part of it, as it would be followed by a sequel and a prequel. All of this, of course, exists in a subjective reality tied through storytelling to the series' continual framing device.

At George's Place, a rough-and-tumble leather-jacketed biker gang called the World Enders hangs out in the corner most nights. One of those nights, talk turns to lost family, and burly greaser Dale Redmayne tells a story about his brother, Johnnie. "Dead?" asks the barkeep; "Ain't so simple as dead or alive," Dale says, and begins his tale.

In Dale's story, Johnnie trips into the desert with his girl. The text turns a little bit Kerouac, a little bit Hunter S. Thompson, a clear sign of some of George Ranger Johnson's influences during the Strange Trails period. The drinking and drugs start spinning Johnnie's head, and here things get weird. Apocalyptic visions intertwine with the carefree thrills of the night. And briefly, at the climax of the story, we meet him. Who? As of yet it's unclear, but a figure that would become one of the pivotal characters of the series makes his first appearance.

And the canyon tearing the earth apart was grooved and rutted, treaded, patterned with jagged crevasses from which was pouring forth the fire, and Johnnie knew, it would keep on until it was all only fire across all that the night blanketed, but who had laid that track? Because the track that touched the infernal abyss was the track of a rattler, an old motorbike with its gears hanging on by thread and will and a hundred years of oil-stick, and there HE was, astride the rattler, like a cowboy, like ol’ Huron himself, taming a wild bronco, riding through the night, riding like the night, the fire pouring from his skull and scorching off all that might have been flesh and skin to leave just the shining ash bone. He'd never stop riding, and he'd never stop leaving his track, the size of the Great Canyon but pouring out the fires, more and more fire until it burned all the stars out of the sky. That was what he was riding for, the World Ender, and he was riding before them now. "Don't look away, baby," Johnnie told her. "Don't close your eyes. See him, baby. Don't close your eyes."

Johnnie's fate is left ambiguous in Dale's story. As he said, it's not as simple as dead or alive. But then, in one of GRJ's trademark cliffhangers, stalwart Buck Vernon stands up from his poker game, throwing in his hand, the eights and aces of spades and clubs. Buck had just come through that self-same desert, he says, and he's got another story to tell that just might be of interest.

Keep following this blog for more insight into Johnson’s work through the years.

May you live until you die!

#george ranger johnson #grj #strange trails #until the night turns #johnnie redmayne #dale redmayne #buck vernon #pulp art #vintage pulp #pulp #pulp cover #jack kerouac #hunter s thompson #the world ender #lord huron #vintage paperbacks #paperback

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terrainofheartfelt · 2 years

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What if we're unmade when the stars fade? Keep me going till the night turns into the day

Dan Humphrey + Strange Trails (4/?)

#gossip girl #dan humphrey #vanessa abrams #olivia burke #dan x olivia #vanessa x olivia x dan #lord huron #strange trails #until the night turns #*#*dhst #gg lyrics #source: senamarais #source: homeofthenutty #source: ben schneider #track 2 babeyyy #s3 really kinda was dan’s manwhore himbo era wasn’t it? at least first semester

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m340700 · 1 month

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wip

#sundrop #fnaf #not entirely sure if ill finish this lmao #<- so might as well post it hoping ill see this again and continue it someday #....i want to draw him with dandelions #he's like a little dandelion to me #oh yeah short story. the colors looked warm to me (night mode on my phone)#so i didnt know that the colors actually looked like this until the night mode turned off lol

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yeniihuenii · 1 year

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it’s xiao’s birthday today!!! happy birthday my beloved!

(no text + flipped ver under the cut)

#genshin impact #genshin xiao #xiao #adeptus xiao #genshin fanart #yeniihuenii #i dont kno how many hours this took i literally hyperfocused the entire night on this piece until its done #AHALKETHAELRH I HOPE THIS DOES WELL DOE I ACTUALLY LOVE HOW THIS TURNED OUT

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julykings · 9 months

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by candlelight

#autumn I love u ….. had such a nice night last night !!!#worked rlly hard at the gym + came home + smoked and walked Winston right around sunset it was sooo beautifulll walking around the #neighborhood looking at the little sliver of the moon hearing ppl’s band practice in their garage seeing the birds 😌#did laundry and packed for my bday trip this weekend!#then watched buffy and did a longggg stretch routine with all my pretty bedroom lights #it was the last ep of season 4 actually I really loved it..!!!!!!#today is going to be long as hell dude going to run and get a haircut before work then I’m in the lab alll dayyyy until 8 pm 😴#lecturing and demo-ing monotype in class today tho so I can be more hands on :-) yay #ok . this turned into a little diary entry hahaha #hope u have a wonderful day <3 #personal

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somegrumpynerd · 2 months

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I felt like drawing the boys just hanging out, because what is the point of living in your boss's huge castle with your new teammates if it's not a slumber party every day

Also I might colour in that last one cause I like how it turned out c:

#UTDR #UTMV #My Art #Bad sanses #Too lazy to tag everybody cause I'm about to go to bed #If I colour that one in I'll tag everybody then #They're playing one of those notice the changes games like observation duty #It started as just Killer showing Cross but the other two drifted over to point out stuff they noticed and now they're all playing #Until an intruder jumps them and they decide to put it away (after maybe *one* more go) (it turns into many more)#And then a movie night #For some cosy vibes <3

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tanglepelt · 1 year

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Dp x dc idea 24

Jason can feel himself being drawn somewhere in the Midwest. He’s busy with his own bs to deal with it. It’s only when he hops on a motorcycle and starts riding that way he admits it may be a concern.

One things for sure he’s not telling Bruce.

Cass, Tim and Damian show up asking him if he feels it to. They all agree it’s turned more into a pull now.

The four say f it and go off to investigate. Jason has his guns, Damian his sword, Tim his paranoia and Cass is just Cass.

Meanwhile Danny in amity park is freaking out that apparently he was the new ghost king. So many ghost had popped through to meet him. They just wouldn’t stop coming. Claiming he was calling them to greet their new king.

#danny fenton #danny phantom #dc x dp #dp x dc #dp dc crossover #dp x dc prompt #dp x dc crossover #ghost king danny #Danny does not realize his presence is just calling out the ghost #like if he wants them to stop showing up he can just proclaim he is done with visitation #until he does he is a beacon #drawing in ghost or ecto entities #Jason would just like to continue his life #none of them tell Bruce #they just disappear into the night #why would he need to know #Bruce is panicking as four of his kids just vanished #all turned off their comms #the four bats were not expected the mess that was amity #i don’t like the fenton parents so like maybe they do something extra bad #and cass is just like new brother #she takes one look at him and goes yup he is one of us #plus i feel they’d be over protective of the baby ghost king #cause Danny is baby

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bbreaddog · 6 months

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(Keeps getting put into situations while overstimulated)

Inspired by this meme

#mine #i draw things #art #actually audhd #audhd #sensory overload #reaction images #overstimulated #i hereby grant thee permission to save these into your personal meme folders #who the fuck brings a GUEST into the house at 9:30pm on a Tuesday night to perform the Most ritual of all time for the next 2 hours #ALL the lights and fans and cupboards and doors and drawers and windows were open and on the WHOLE TIME #I COULDN’T GET TO MY ROOM WHERE THEY HEADPHONES AND SUNNIES WERE #AND EVEN IF I COULD #I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO CLOSE AND TURN OFF ANYTHING FOR PRIVACY AND REPRIEVE #BC OF THE RITUAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#THE RITUAL THAT NO ONE TOLD ME WAS GONNA HAPPEN!!!!!!!! AT 9:30PM ON A TUESDAY NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!#AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!#i Did Not Sleep until 3am last night #it was Complete And Utter Hell #(it was a religious ritual btw)#(unrelated to xmas)

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phoenixcatch7 · 1 year

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The Wayne doll house

Have some haunted doll au, since it's been bubbling away in my mind.

The bat cave is large and sprawling, many layers and tunnels and hollowed out cracks in the walls. It takes many years to fully reinforce to prevent stray kids from tripping into stagnant waters or fall down crags as he once did. The doll cave, as it becomes known, is in one of the deepest, darkest corners, one where the lights of the furnished caverns above don't reach.

It's one late night sitting at the computer when it suddenly occurs to Bruce that his first encounter with a doll was at the well entrance, many levels above.

There was nothing there when he went back.

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The justice league stared at the subaru. The subaru, having no eyes, did not stare back.

The seven of them had just finished a very long, arduous mission, and narrowly escaped government censure after the base they'd been raiding had turned out to belong to some corrupt official. With the alert up, they couldn't escape through city airspace, or even in their hero suits.

So civilian it was.

Batman had hotwired some bloke's car while the rest of them ducked into alleys and shop bathrooms, but the problem remained. There was seven of them. And five seats.

"I can shift into something more suitable for being carried," suggested j'onn, "but I believe one of us might have to hide."

"Foot well?" Hal tried, and everyone looked around at the tall, bulky, broad heroes.

"Think they'd have to go in the boot," Barry finally said. Everyone immediately turned to him. "No."

Batman spoke up before the discussion could devolve.

"I think.... I would be best for that."

The team stared.

"Batsy?"

Having no lungs meant he could not drag in the tired sigh he wished, but whatever force allowed this body to talk was capable of approximating something suitably resigned.

"As I am, I am... incapable of fully passing as human. It would be best if I remained out of sight."

"So just? Go change? I swear we won't be weird about whoever you are under the mask. Even if you're like, bald."

"Thank you, Wally, but I'm afraid I'm being serious." Reaching for the mask in broad daylight was unpleasant, but the glue and wires held as he gave it a few thorough tugs. "It doesn't detach."

Everyone stared. Clark reached out as if he wanted to check, but withdrew.

"Do you even have a civilian identity??" Oliver eventually asked. "Because at this point I'm genuinely not sure."

Wayne Enterprises and Queen Industries had a meeting that same evening. "Hn."

"Can we go back to the 'incapable of passing as human' part?!"

"We can discuss it in the car," he snapped, stalking past Barry and popping the boot. "In case you haven't forgotten, we're on a time limit."

For once, that seemed to encourage them, and batman, with great dignity, folded his joints and cape into the small space, ignoring Hal's mutter of 'what kind of contortionist -' as he slammed the lid. With a little shuffling he managed to activate his comms.

"I will inform the watchtower of our delay."

"Batman, they're tapping all outgoing signals, you can't -"

"It won't trigger," he interrupted, before he twisted his consciousness and sent it spiralling across the country.

Bruce awoke with a groan, stretching his limbs and taking a moment to marinate in his annoyance before he reached for the comm and voice modulator on the beside table.

"Batman to watchtower, we've encountered delays. If the Texan state government calls we haven't entered the state in six weeks. Batman out."

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"Alien?"

"No."

"Reanimated corpse?"

"No."

"Uh... Demon?"

"Hm. No."

"You're not just a meta human, are you?"

"No."

"Vampire?"

"No."

"Robot??"

"No."

"Batsy, please, someone's got to win the bet eventually. How do we even know you're not lying?!"

"You don't," Batman said, not looking up from his paperwork and Flash groaned, letting his sticky notes fall to the floor as he buried his head in his arms.

"One day," he bemoaned to the keyboard, "one day we'll figure it out."

"Until then please keep your eyes on the monitors."

Flash groaned again.

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Robin ducked under superman's arm as he scuttled down the corridor, laden with the night's haul of snacks. The real problem wasn't getting them - stopping league members from raiding the kitchen would be extremely counterproductive - but keeping them until he could return home to his human body to eat them. Batman had started searching him each time they left and it was really cutting into his daily sugar intake. Unfair! Just because he didn't actually use energy to stay up my night to fight crime, it felt like he did!!

'Oh, you're broken, Robin, oh, don't go out until the glue has fully set, Robin' his arm was fine! It wasn't like there was much crime to be fought on the watchtower anyway! At least not physically.

So he was pretty pleased with himself until he went to set the snacks down and found that the tar like glue they used had soaked through the sleeve and gotten all over his chocolates.

With his other hand, he tried to pry them off, wincing as the wrappers tore and stuck. He tried to shake it, ignoring the way his elbow rattled in the joint.

"Come on, come on - aw, cheezits."

The arm fell off. Robin stared despondently at the limb, surrounded by torn wrappers and dripping black glue where it connected to the elbow. The sour stink of formaldehyde filled the air.

He was going to be in such trouble with Bruce.

The click of the door jerked his head up.

Flash stood in the doorway, wide eyed. Robin stared back.

Flash screamed.

Oh yeah @dehydratedmockingbird have a thing

#batman #Possessed doll au #bruce wayne #justice league #cryptid batman #Cryptid batfam #Didn't fit in there but I wanted to include that every bat member has a mask that covers their mouth #They've all got nutcracker jaws #I don't know the technical name but you know the ones where only a block moves for the mouth and the cheeks don't?#Super creepy on a life size thing I'd imagine #So if their mouth guard or mask gets ruined guess who's having nightmares that night!#Normally cryptid batfam go to great lengths to Look Inhuman and these guys still do it's just easier to not get joints jammed if you cover #Them up. Doesn't mean they haven't pavloved the whole criminal underground into terror at the sound of wooden clacking #They can turn ALL their joints 360 and it terrifies the average goon when you try to sneak behind a bat and it just swivels around to lock #With you. They grapple by shooting their hands out (so they can't lose their grapples) and it doesn't look nice. Yes they use it to #High five from across rooftops or grab things. Punch people in the face from the rafters. (pie the joker)#Their outfits look painted on (they mostly are). Ears swivel. They each have gliding wings installed in their backs after a scare with ivy #Clark was too polite to ask about the rattling and hissing noises he made until one day he was scouting with xray vision glanced over #And nearly screamed XD #long post #long tags

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frownyalfred · 2 months

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I think DC fic writers should steal the fanon "clones get their names by challenging someone with a cool name to a duel" trope and have that be how the Robin mantle is passed on. And then not just the Robin mantle, but Nightwing, Red Hood, all of them -- if you can challenge them and beat them, you have a right to the name.

Maybe you let them keep operating in that role, but that name is yours if you want it.

#this would be a very very dark robins au #but #the trope is so fascinating to me #I read one where Fox (clone wars) stole his name from an alpha #and then that alpha had to go nameless for a while until he won another name #it was so cool #clone wars #dc #dc comics #bruce wayne #batman #late night thoughts #does this make sense #or should i turn off my laptop for the night

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b4kuch1n · 1 year

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and the storm he was driving/washed it away/in the eye there was a silence

#pokemon #swsh #champion leon #rival hop #and!#professor hop #finally. finally the titus was born set can be done and out of my brain #one more item off the list! the very. very long list of things I wanna draw for these lads #its so. the moment I got into swsh I was like okay so titus was born is a leon song right #before you ask no I don't watch netflix shows. I just listen to young the giant like. casually #this set pushed my drawing water brain to the brink... my effect brain too #not as much as last year's october piece also for these two but still! pretty rough!#also Stuff Happened right before I could finish this lmao. we live in a society #but I got it done and it turned out so much nicer than I anticipated lmao I was NOT feeling hop's side until I darkened the bg #gods. I have never stopped being insane abt leon and hop. holds leon tenderly you have been set up to be such a dick #man who lies to himself everyday vs man who trusts until it ruins his whole world #I!! care them!!!! gods!!!! when will I be normal. when will I not spend two weeks drawing One (1) thing for them #a sad awooga for my kids everyone.#okay. I will lay down now. I have much to do tomorrow #have a good night lads! no reason to not shield urself from the rain remember!

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xofeno · 9 months

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CHICAGO P.D. 6.15, "Good Men" (2019)

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laurapetrie · 1 year

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UNE FEMME COQUETTE (1955) dir. by Jean-Luc Godard

#une femme coquette #jean-luc godard #the french are glad to die for love #*#ugh godard was on a STREAK for so long #but i find anything after masculin feminin to be unwatchable #this is why truffaut will always be better - he was a god until the end #day for night and adele h. are just as good as anything he made in the new wave era #while godard just turned into a bigger conard with every single film he made #i will never ever forgive him for what he did to varda at the end #that was his ultimate dick move after a lifetime of dickhood #au revoir you piece of shit i hope anna is on her cloud fucking jacques perrin 🤍

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blakbonnet · 3 months

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he's ready for their date night actually

#I don't usually use the pencils in procreate but this turned out cute/ish #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd fanart #a sketch I maybe would complete and fix in the future? Until then have date night boyfriend ❤️#my art

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 1 year

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i have never felt this uniquely insane about a character <3 i cant get a read on him

#what is his DEAL #im usually really good at pegging a character's intentions / general vibe #BUT IM GETTING SO MANY MIXED SIGNALS THAT I JUST DONT KNOW #his off the charts rizz is fucking up my geiger counter #is he evil? is he a victim? a pawn/minion? does he have good intentions? neutral ones? bad ones?#I CANT TELL #welcome home #wally darling #i mean im team 'wally is a victim just trying to help / protect his friends (maybe the 'viewer')'#and home is maybe the main villian but also not bc the villain is the abstract force of cosmic horror manifesting as the chasm under home #and it has simply infected home or possessed it #and welcome home's whole deal is cosmic horror from a puppet's perspective #and they all need to stick together like glue to get through the Ordeals and Situations #and wally's just trying to keep his friends safe and the neighborhood together and fix home #BUT if it turns out wally is straight up evil then. yknow. i support his wrongs <3 #he could do literally anything and id be twirling my hair cheering and clapping #i love his big hair and gay little outfit #ever since i watched night minds video he hasnt left my brain. i think he's eating it #like i want him dead. i want him to be happy. i want to beat his little body against a wall until his stuffing comes out. i want to hug him #he is everything to me. he activates my maiming instincts but also my cherish instincts #i want him to get all the hugs from his friends #god i cant wait for this whole enchilada to kick off its gonna be a DOOZY #i trust clown's brilliant mind no matter which way they take this #absolutely fascinating stuff. i already know im in this for the long haul

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willowser · 7 months

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ROOMMATE BAKUGOU. maybe he’s saving u and u guys get hit with a quirk that means you have to stay within like 20(?) feet of each other something something u stay with him at his big lonely empty house and u make it feel like home something something the quirk wears off or the villain who quirked u two is found and undoes their quirk on you two but bkg doesn’t want you to go :(

OMG I DO LIKE THIS ?????? the idea that a quirk forces you two together......not to make this funny, but the hilarity of ACTUALLY being stuck with him akfjridjkala you're sitting right outside the door as he's taking a shower LOL

but no that's the most special part to me 🥺🥺 you go through these motions and develop these short-term habits—remembering to turn the tv down after a certain hour bc he goes to bed early, making dinner without all the peppers bc you don't like them as much, pulling two mugs down from the cabinet instead of one—only for that person to go and it's just like.....now what ?? 🥺 what do i do with this sudden loneliness that wasn't there before ?? 🥺 WAAAHHH

#it's my bread and butter rn #accommodating each other into your lives temporarily and then not knowing how to untangle yourself #you dont realize how tightly you're wound around each other until it's time to let go #what do you MEAN you're not going to have anyone to eat dinner with every night ??? WHAT ??? 🥺🥺🥺#and then ofc that turns into finding little excuses to see one another 🥺#✿ ask willow

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