Latest Posts by the-blue-countess - Page 2
Happy day of Trans Visibility!!!
ITS HER DAY!!!
I usually don’t do anything about V for Vendetta until November the fifth (because I’m dramatic), but this is such a meaningful post, especially with how the world is at the moment. I love this film to pieces, and every year it becomes more relevant in my mind.
I hate that V’s mask is considered ‘edgy’ and is associated with horrible macho dicks on the internet instead of the revolutionary ideology the film suggests.
seeing all the 14-17 y/o queer kids who don’t know what v for vendetta is…. u mean the blockbuster film written by two trans women about a masked vigilante who decides to singlehandedly take down a fascist alternate version of england set in the distant year of 2020… and his driving force was getting justice for a lesbian who he never met but whose diary he found, who was separated from her wife before being killed by said fascist gov…. and it stars natalie portman…. okay
I don’t have time to rewatch. I don’t have time to rewatch. I don’t have time to…
Hmmm… maybe I can fit it in somewhere. I’m already up to season three, so it wouldn’t take that long, really…
I love these two so much, especially when Rumple is actually being loving and not gaslighting and lying to her. I stand by Enchanted forest Rumbelle - the best version. Also, this dance scene warms my heart. Probably my favourite scene of them outside of their first episode together.
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Exactly. Regina just didn’t give him a first name. Gold has no friends, and is only a landlord, so she didn’t think he’d need one.
Sorry I didn't get this posted on the 12th, I was having a lot of computer issues and wasn't able to be around as much as I wanted to be. Have it now (as well as a bonus Neal one) as a Valentine's Day treat!
Had to reblog this entire interaction because it’s so funny. As someone who didn’t mind the whole Frozen thing - although was admittedly a bit tired of it by the time Merida rolled around, and very sick of it when the whole Aladdin thing happened - I find it very funny how ridiculous the show was in hindsight.
Despite this, I’ll never complain about more Enchanted Forest Rumple - he’s so much more fun than regular Rumple, and the writers hadn’t given up on him in the same way that they had Mr Gold. I love his silly impish mannerisms, the way he cackles, his weird crimped hair and ‘disco lizard’ appearance. I also prefer Enchanted forest Rumbelle, because it wasn’t so toxic, and Belle (despite being his servant) seemed to be closer to an equal. If I were Belle, I would be so mad that the fun, mischievous man I fell in love with had been replaced with a boring guy who is sneaky but in a not fun way. Maybe I’m just looking at the enchanted forest with rose tinted glasses, but eh.
"the disneyfication of ouat ruined the show". i hear you. i wholeheartedly agree with you. but consider that if it had been ANY less disneyfied by even a fraction, we would have been met with the very awful plotline that is rumpelstiltskin being the troll that anna's parents went to when elsa hit her with the ice magic and kristoff consequently would have been raised by rumpelstiltskin as a weird pseudo-son replacement of baelfire
There’s no way he’s not her father. I love the little, quiet moments. I read a fic once where she forced him to tie up his hair because it was messy, which was adorable. A very strict, no nonsense six year old Frannie is a very cute image. And, of course, Cedric would have to humour her.
If they could have father daughter moment
Because I need some Kami appreciation amongst all the later era posters. I feel I am selling Gackt a bit short here - I love him too.
Illuminati is such a banger. I’m going to ignore whatever the lyrics translate to - and any implications associated - and simply enjoy myself here…
MALICE MIZER
Illuminati visuals;
Merveilles
I love this shoot so much. They’re all so majestic
UV Special 'MALICE MIZER FILE', pages 205-207
Same as last time. Gorgeous pictures.
(That seems to be my word of the week lately, I wonder how that happened? Maybe I’m just appreciating art more?)
Malice Mizer Vicious Feb. 2001
Am I reblogging all of these so that I have them saved somewhere in order to print them out and put them on my wall? Maybe
Malice Mizer Vicious Aug. 2001
Maybe it’s just because I don’t know a lot about the band - especially considering most people seem to hate the bara no seido era - but I adore everything about this. Beast of Blood is probably my favourite song by them. I also adore the more gothic look (as a goth, rather than a person interested in Vkei). This whole video is everything I want in life.
From what I’ve heard of the different eras, I also prefer Klaha’s sound to Gackt’s…
I just ordered some Malice Mizer cds, and I’m so excited! Did I pay an obscene amount of money for them? Yes, I did. Will I have to stay home until this time next month to avoid spending more money than feasible? Yes, I will. Was it worth it? I think so 😂. I ordered Merveiles, the Beast of Blood single, and the ‘Best Selection’.
That photo of Klaha with the cat never fails to crack me up
♱𝕭𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝕭𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 ♱
Exactly.
You draw a lot of soft big brother Primo and for that I'm super grateful but like, do you have any art/ideas for unhinged Primo who wants to punch pandas and invade countries and all that? Just curious 👀
Sorry for the long delay :'] I’m sorry I don’t currently have any doodles or art of unhinged Primo, but that doesn’t mean I’m not plagued by Primo thoughts.
The big disclaimer here is that this is all personal headcannons; I’m the type of Ghost fan that generally wants to follow the cannon, but also, you know, is more than fine with adapting and extrapolating a few things… So, all this is about my Personal Primo conjecture lol
Everything we’ve ever gotten about Primo in cannon paints him as batshit crazy, but somehow fandom morphed him into a much gentle figure. And I honestly enjoy both sides and think he can be both :’]
Like… Primo loves his little brothers, but hates humans. He grows a beautiful garden but anticipates the day it will be destroyed in Armageddon. He makes tea blends with the same precision he would conduct a sacrificial ritual. He curls up in an armchair next to a cozy fireplace with an ancient tomb on demonology in his lap. There is a non-zero amount of dead bodies in his garden, feeding the flowers with their decaying flesh.
And he believes there’s something beautiful about that; the cycle of life and death, the miracle of life and the necessity of death.
Primo hates the government and he hates society; he hates humanity. He believes it to be corrupt and evil – and looks forward to the day that it reaps what it deserves. It also means that he doesn’t have a lot of personal objections to doing ‘evil’ things, himself.
I do not think that makes him a complete monster (because completely chaotic evil characters aren’t that interesting to me). Primo doesn’t go out of his way to be cruel.
Like, Primo has no qualms with sacrificing a goat or lamb on the alter, but wouldn’t kick a puppy. Primo wouldn’t hesitate to kill a man if he deemed it necessary, but he’s always kind to children. He would burn down a government building for fun, but he wouldn’t burn down a family home. He would absolutely have a reporter abducted because the Clergy kept badgering him to do interviews, but would see to it that the reporter had lunch.
Now – the Ghost Project.
Primo had no interest in it. He looked at his father, who he hates, and the flashy, rock n’ roll lifestyle, and quickly decided he wanted nothing to do with it. But he wasn’t given a choice in the matter. He does come around to aspects of it, though. He realizes that music can be a powerful tool to lure people into the Ministry. He realizes that he can influence people with music.
He commits to Ghost; writing songs and performing, singing Satan’s praises. His time as frontman is dedicated to his dark lord. Primo does not want the Ghost Project to be about him – he wants it to be about the message, alone. So, he tries to stay anonymous. He tries to stay separate.
But the people want a rockstar, they want interviews, they want personalization. And the Clergy pressures him to give them that. So, he breaks down and gives them interviews. Primo is old at this point – old and a little bitter. He doesn’t give a shit about the interviews.
So, he gets exceptionally high, sits down, and decides to have some fun with them.
So yeah, sure, he’d hit a panda in the face with a brick, but he wouldn’t do it for free – like, $500 bucks would do it. And sure, hell, he’d be down for some world domination, why not? Sounds like fun. Also, yeah, you know what, his d!ck is 13 inches long, write that down, it’s important. His Ghouls sit there in silent agony while their leader rattles off whatever wild bull he happens to think of off the top of his head, and he’s having a blast watching the interviewer get more and more uncomfortable.
And then his time as frontman is over, and he gladly turns over the Mitre to his little brother and returns to a quiet life of blood sacrifices and quiet gardening.
I'm laicized
Just finished rereading Tokyo Ghoul RE:, and I am a bit devastated.
While I prefer the original TG (mainly because the plot is simpler and there are less characters that I have to remember), the gap between the two series is much smaller after reading it for a second time. I find that Re: hits much harder, and is much more emotional. In spite of this, re: - by nature of being longer and having a larger cast - annoys me much more.
Regardless of all this, I knew going into the reread that Uta and Renji were going to be highlights. I love getting to see usually calm characters go batshit, and Uta is so much fun. I also really love his tattoos, and am very jealous of his overall presentation. I also adore how loving Renji can be - unexpectedly so. In a world where everyone you love dies, you learn to really treasure those close to you.
I really love Utaren because of how quiet it is - they’re best friends, minor characters, but love each other so much. The ending of the series is - against all odds - so very optimistic. I think I needed a happy ending right now.
All this aside, love the art! It’s so gorgeous. I can’t get over the way Uta is staring at Renji. Just beautiful! 🖤🖤🖤
sometimes you love a guy so much it comes out as cannibalism :)
This is totally my experience. Every piercing that I’ve had (I’ve been going since I was nine) has gotten infected - never terribly, and it’s always calmed down after a while and eventually heals, but it’s still an annoying process. I follow the instructions, and clean it, I don’t sleep on it, and still my ears hate me…
I bet my body fucking hates it whenever I get a piercing. Poor thing is like HEY THERE'S A PUNCTURE WOUND. IN THE FACE. A FOREIGN OBJECT IN THE PUNCTURE WOUND. And I'm like oh yeah lmao I know, it's there on purpose. THE FUCK YOU MEAN IT'S THERE ON PURPOSE?? Yeah I got it put there on purpose, just heal around it. THE FUCK YOU MEAN IT'S THERE ON PURPOSE. WHY IS THERE A PUNCTURE WOUND WITH AN OBJECT IN IT. ON PURPOSE.
And I'm like chill, it's sterile, we're gonna clean it twice a day so it won't get infected. I DON'T FUCKING CARE THAT IT'S STERILE. And I'm like wow the fuck you mean you don't care? Do you want it to get infected?
YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD ALSO MAKE IT NOT GET INFECTED? NOT. HAVING. WOUNDS. WITH. FOREIGN. OBJECTS. IN THEM.
Just take a moment to appreciate this epic fanart. The level of detail is incredible! The gorgeous way that the cloak the laid out, the poses, the effort put into every little photograph! This person’s grasp on how fabric falls is certainly something to be admired. Just perfect.
Also, Saw XI is coming out in September! I’m so excited! This, along with all the ghost-ly things going on, is going to be such a great year content wise!
Finally finished this I love Adam 🤧❤️
Secondo has always been the Papa I know the least about, but things like this just make me laugh 😂 . I appreciate that he is a more subtle, content papa - I adore the dramatic antics of Popia, and the cryptid misadventures of Primo, but Secondo of all people being the normal one in the family - especially compared to Nihil and Seestor - is such a funny concept.
Often times I find that nothing the fandom can come up with is able to top the lunacy of what is canon, and this is a good example of such a thought.
So I was going through papaganda 3 photos, and found this from a photoshoot in Swedish rock magazine, supposedly of Papa in his house.
There is so much to unpack here. PLEASE tell me this is his room. I would absolutely love that.
Does he dress the doll in different outfits every day? Did he buy it little sunglasses to match him?
This is such Italian grandmother attire and I just know he has grandma hobbies. He is so ridiculously silly I love him
Primo headcanons that aren’t ‘old man doing old man things’
(I love those, but we as a fandom - bandom, I might say - need to remember how batshit he was)
- starting off simple, Primo unironically loves the Beatles (it started out as a way to piss off Nihil in the sixties, but now it’s a genuine appreciation)
- refuses to use electricity most of the time, would rather smack into walls by candlelight than embrace the clinical and frankly ugly modern lighting.
- hates humanity, especially after basically raising Secondo and Terzo while Nihil did whatever he wanted. He loves his brothers, who are a bit of a soft spot for him
- adding to this, I believe that canon cryptid Primo and loving older brother Primo can both exist - He was the best older brother, careful and loving, often acting in a manner perhaps a bit more subdued than normal. Primo embraced his more caring traits when with his brothers, ensuring their happiness as best he could regardless of his reputation. He tried to be, what he considered to be, a better version of himself for them.
- as such, when he went on tour and said all those crazy things in interviews, his brothers had to do a double take.
- this isn’t to say that, when not with his brothers, he wasn’t doing weird and creepy things. Primo often enjoyed being off putting, and occasionally does strange things to keep people on their toes.
- once they were all grown up, Primo allowed some of his more bizarre thoughts to be said out loud. Every so often, Secondo will burst into laughter at something he has said, especially at the conversational tone
- often says things and people can’t tell whether he’s joking or not. Occasionally he’ll say something outlandish, which mustn’t be true, surely, only to be proven right at a later date, so Terzo takes him at his word on principle, no matter how stupid the claim may be.
- He once claimed to be Jack the Ripper, and some children of the clergy managed to get word of it and believed him.
- makes terrible jokes, and enjoys wordplay that makes his brother sigh
- was definitely a goth during the 80s
- in addition to his marigolds and daisies, he probably grows poisonous plants too, such as belladonna and foxglove, along with Venus flytraps. As such, he has to make sure that Copia’s rats stay out of the garden
- refuses to watch Nosferatu (1922), because he feels insulted by the portrayal of the vampire, which he claims was based on him.
- no one really knows how old he is, not even Nihil, who was a teensy bit stoned the year Primo was born
- fairly eldritch, and likes to do the Michael Myers disappearing act, but only when people look away from a distance - never during conversation (unless it’s Seestor, who he allows himself to be rude to)
- has a tendency to lurk; around corners, in the shadows, in the backs of rooms
- pierced his tongue during the 70s
- like to have bitchy conversations with Chain ghoul, who he gossips with, often about macabre things. Likes to spend gloomy evenings strolling through cemeteries and judging the headstones, often mocking the inscriptions.
- on the subject of ghouls, has grown fonder of them over time, ceasing his previous disturbing behaviour, although despises Phil, who keeps popping up where he’s not wanted. They definitely help out in the garden
- there are rumours that bodies are buried in his garden beds, and that’s why his flowers are so huge. He never confirms nor denies these accusations, only commenting that he has a good fertiliser.
- after his run of Papa, he relaxed a little. He spends most of his time doing whatever he wants, mostly on a whim.
- every so often he’ll disappear, sometimes for days at a time, only to reappear later, hair full of twigs and knotted something awful, with new light in his eyes.
- nobody knows where he goes, and it’s anybody’s guess. Secondo has bet money that he’s visiting a lover, whereas Terzo thinks he likes to hang out away from people and live in the trees for a bit. Copia thinks that he has his ghouls bury him alive for some much needed rest from the world. They have no idea if they’re right or not, because Primo refuses to tell them.
- Copia once walked into the kitchen of the Ministry in the middle of the night to find Primo, after being gone for a week, sitting calmly by an open window with a chalice in his hand, jumping at the sight and almost dropping his rats,
“Holy fuck, where the shit have you been?”
“I have no idea what you speak of. I never left.”
- refuses to go out on sunny days without an umbrella. Would rather takes his walks at night and bathe in the moonlight.
- despite his paternal instincts, he cannot bake for shit, his biscuits always ending up burnt to a crisp, no matter what he tries. Eventually he gives up, and Secondo does the baking from now on
- probably sleeps in a coffin, just for laughs
- always wins at Uno, but cannot play cards to save his life. Purposely avoided playing any type of card game with his brothers because they can beat him without fail, even without knowing the rules
- claims to only watch silent films, but has a secret love of torture slasher films, as they allow him to revel in the cruelty of the human race, stoking his hatred of humanity.
- fucking adores Elizabeth Bathory, and will defend her to his dying day. Gets into arguments online about whether she was innocent or not.
- spent a week in an opium den, for no reason other than he could.
- always knew that Nihil would choose Seestor over them, and likes to haunt them both before they die.
- likes to give pep talks to the other papas before touring, especially Copia and Perpetua although his advice can vary in its usefulness, and is often oddly specific and irrelevant.
- he, Secondo and Terzo hang around the Ministry more often now that Copia is Frater, doing their best to make sure he isn’t lonely or sad.
- refuses to buy into the capitalistic machine, and makes all his own clothes, with the exception of the crimson sweaters that Secondo knitted for him.
- likes to take a lawn chair to busy intersections to watch the carnage
@ink-and-dagger and I speculating before the Satanized drop…
Emotional at work and probably (most definitely) way too deep into this whole thing, but... Papa V seems a lot like Tobias making peace with the past and the unpleasant things (lawsuit, near failure of the project therefore) in the past.
Where Copia was initially the anger, spite and disappointment he felt, until he grew on him and turned into something/someone so positive and warm - a really wonderful turn and message in itself -, putting a very harsh end to the previous era(s), implementing a lot of new visuals... Papa V does the opposite.
We get Primos glittery robe front, Secondos staff in the artwork, Terzos purple and claws (and parts of the face paint) and Copias chest jewelry and cape style.
It feels like Tobias made peace with it and is, kind of, reclaiming these parts? And honoring the past Papas in a wonderful (and super cunty) way.
And I absolutely love it.
(again, I'm probably reading way too much into it, sue me, I'm emotional about my Swedish satanic comfort band)
I choose to believe this was intentional - it’s too funny not to be 😂. We’re definitely in good hands, Perry is as much a dork as the other four papas.
Funny story. If you misremember the number for the Corinthian in the Satanized video as Corinthian 16:9 instead of 6:19 you get this:
"For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries."
Which is really funny because it's about a door the thing Papa V Perpetua was unable to get open at first.
Please Toblerone, let them be brothers, let them love each other. Don’t make them hate each other
Maybe we’re the same
I love this decrepit old man. Bro's dustier than an abandoned library run by fairies.
Ah fuck. It’s satani-z-ed, not satani-s-ed. Damn Australian English autocorrect. I knew it was with a z too, and I still posted it. Ah well.
GHOST FANDOM HOW THE FUCK ARE WE FEELING TONIGHT????!
He’s beautiful. Already love satanised, and can’t wait for the new album.
The fact that the first thing he did was fail to open a door tells me that we’re in good hands. Can’t wait to see what this little idiot will be like…
If Perpetua’s colour is purple, what does Terzo get?
I’m so excited man
GHOST FANDOM HOW THE FUCK ARE WE FEELING TONIGHT????!
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I’ve reblogged the Black butler characters, and now I reblog the Gotham characters - do you see that I am easily amused?
No joke, these are so accurate.
It’s nice to see some of the smaller, season 1 era characters, like Gertrude - I often get caught up in the season 4-5 section, especially with the whole Jerome and Jeremiah thing. Am currently rewatching season 2 on TV (because it’s airing on TV for some reason), and I forget how much I love this show!
silly thingy for pride month hehe :3
Highly emotional about Skug's reaction to the empty world in Theatre Of Shadows.
Like. This is a man who has spent hundreds of years stripped bare like an exposed nerve to sensory input. He can't close his eyes. He can't put his fingers in his ears. He can't sleep. He's "learned to" sort-of sleep by meditating, but he has no way to fully turn off to the world around him.
He's also massively ADHD-coded, a condition associated with sensory processing issues - specifically, hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli, leading to sensory overload.
Add to that, that Necromancers all seem to have a heightened sort of sensory perception - they can all sense the echoes of negative emotions like fear, despair and misery. At a certain power level - which Melancholia reaches in DB - their entire way of processing sensory stimuli, the way they see the world, changes.
Skug is a natural Necromancer. He developed his abilities long before he joined the Temple as Lord Vile, and Vile very quickly outpaced the most advanced teacher they had for him. So he's probably had very little - if any - training in how to deal with those added sensitivities or tune them out. As a dead person commanding death magic - and someone so powerful he can use highly unstable Necromancy without his channelling object - he's probably more sensitive to these things than your average Necromancer.
So in Vile, you have an immensely traumatised torture survivor who's lost all human ways to cope with his pain (he can't comfort eat, he can't get drunk, he can't lose himself in sex, he can't sleep, he's lost his loved ones, he has no way of recovering at all), who's also already hypersensitive to how bright and noisy and Too Much the world is, and now has no way of disconnecting from all that stress, while his senses have been dialled up to 11.
So? Those random, pointless little solo expeditions into dead universes? Were actually probably a desperate man's last resort in trying to decompress, to find somewhere he could get some fucking peace and quiet. Somewhere to just make all the lights and the noise and the emotions that aren't his go away, to make it stop. The only outlet he had, to escape a world that was still hurting him. The only place he could relax.
Anyway vile needs rainymood.com and a lie down in a nice dark room thanks for coming to my ted talk
Always fascinated by this.
Love the effect of friendship and love on behaviour, especially that of villains or otherwise morally grey characters. This also suggests that the fundamental difference between Lord Vile and Skulduggery is love - love is what created Vile (Skulduggery losing his family and being consumed by rage) and love is what killed him too (Val’s companionship and love of Skul allowing him to move on and improve himself.)
I adore this duo so much - platonic soulmates for the win!
I’m a little obsessed with Skulduggery telling alt Vile that he’s the superior one in DotL because it’s such a fascinating trope subversion.
The typical trope is that a character who is a morally good person is faced with an alternate version of themselves who is stronger, but also evil. Then said character must battle with whether or not they value being strong or being good more.
And this is why I love Skulduggery here so much. He has spent nearly his whole life being the despicable one. He’s cruel. He’s strong and he bullies those weaker than him. Even if he is clever, he is ultimately a brute who’s spent so long being used as a weapon that he’s come to love it. He’s been strong his whole life, he doesn’t want to be strong anymore. He wants to be good in order to please Valkyrie.
And finally, he is faced with a version of himself who is even stronger than him, but also a worse person. He is finally the better person, even if that makes him weaker. He’s happy to be the good one. Even if it means getting literally dragged off and tortured, he gets to know that he’s not as awful as he could be. It is no moral battle for him, it is finally being able to claim moral victory.
And he’s never really worried, even when they take him away to be tortured. Because Vile is alone, there’s nobody in the world who loves him. Skulduggery, on the other hand, has someone who’d burn the world down for him. He doesn’t need to be stronger because he has someone he can rely on. And that’s how he gets away with claiming superiority to Vile. His growth as a character over the series has resulted in there being someone who will break him out.
Anyways, subversion of annoying tropes for the win. Skulduggery’s relationship with Vile fascinates me.
Hear me out. What if Perpetua is his last name??? Something like instead of Emeritus, like dead or gone, he's calling himself that because hes perpetual and believes he will never die??
But if it is his first name we should call him Perry. Just saying