illuminate the darkness

Multi-fandom, multi-muse.

[illuminatethedarkness]

I know it's been a hot hot minute, but Bentley has been loud lately. Anyone want to play with my apocalypse boyscout?

[meemalee-deactivated20180104]

New Jareth/Toby shot from the Labyrinth Visual History! 😍😍😍

@thebeetlequeen @emmakescomics @ourpurplesummer @gloriajareth @labyrinthdweller @ladyxlabyrinth @bowiebowiebowiebowiebowie @alegriavida @raining-static

[thebeetlequeen]

Jareth stop being so damn cute already, how dare you.

[illuminatethedarkness]

lxvingdeadgxrl:

   She hadn’t really expected it to respond…Though the way she caught Eric looking at it from time to time, almost expecting an answer from it…well, it made her think that maybe, just maybe, it was possible. But she wasn’t really in on that wave length, was she?

   Wynter kept quiet and still in the room, doing her best not to panic. Eric was capable, to be sure, but anyone would be freaking out if they were in her position. If he was littered with bullets, he’d survive. Hard to kill what was already dead, after all, but if she caught the business end of a gun, it was all over and she didn’t think that she’d be on the receiving end of her own mystical Crow.

   The gunfire sounded from below, the young woman jumping a bit. Like firecrackers, it was, not at all how the movies made it sound, but terrifying all the same. Shit…shit, this was so out of her depth…

   “He’ll be okay, right?” she managed to whisper, her attention on the crow once more. She knew there’d be no answer, but any indication would be welcome at that point.

   He was bulletproof now, but she of all people knew that magic was a fickle thing…nothing was a guarantee. 

Oh, it was true. The crow did talk to him... frequently. Pleaded with him sometimes not to relive the memories that caused him so much pain. Knew precisely how much Eric missed his beloved, knew how many times that he wanted to scream, to beat his head against the wall, to hurt to feel anything but fear and pain of those memories.

BAM! BAM!

Silence.

The crow still eyed the young woman, as if he were warning her not to move - even in the rolling aftermath of it all. Eric's boots would sound against the floor soon, and then, only then, would it be guaranteed that she was safe. Because Eric wasn't about to let another needless death to occur on his watch. There was enough pain and suffering in this world, and he only wanted to keep the innocent safe from having to bear any more of it.

Sure enough, there was the sound of his boots, coming closer...

[illuminatethedarkness]

yarniingtales​:

“I missed the final overnight bus, so now I have two days to kill.” Obviously, Esther had no idea how dangerous this city was. True, she was raised in a city, but a quiet area on the edges in a gated community. So, not many dangers there. But, Esther liked to have the care-free yet brave mindset and so far it wasn’t causing trouble. 

“Thought about exploring before going back to the motel, but I got lost. Can I ask you the same thing?”

It was very obvious that she had no idea how the city could be. At least, not this kind of city. It was ripe with mayhem and mischief -- that he was working on irradiating. Though, true, even often lurked and blossomed further in the dark corners - that didn't mean that he wasn't vigilant. Evermore for those that were innocent to the crimes. Or perhaps naive, as it seemed in the case of this young woman.

"This isn't the best area to explore." Eric told her dryly, knowing full well that a frequent meeting spot for thugs was down the street a bit further. "Especially not at night."

"I was looking for someone." That was true. Though he did leave out the part where that someone would be dead once he found them... "It can wait. Let me walk you back?"

[illuminatethedarkness]

strxngernow·:

It was funny that Kyleigh gave Bentley an odd look with what he said about bugs considering what made up her primary diet. She almost laughed every time she thought about the look on his face when she told him what she usually ate, though now she had been able to train herself to rely mostly on whatever critters they could hunt and the things they grew in their little garden. Almost like a vegetarian lycan, if such a thing did exist. Hey if they could make the vampires in those stupid movies do it, then so could she.

“Yeah, I remember all the stories you tell me!” That was one of her favorite ways to pass the time when there was nothing else to do. He always had such interesting things to tell her about, all the places he had been on his travels and the things he had learned. Kyleigh would have loved to been able to do the same, but with sharing your body with an animal it didn’t really allow you such pleasures as traveling by plane to other countries. The fact that other people actually included bugs in their diets was their thing to be honest, she would never hate on someone for what they wanted to eat. But even if it was the only thing left on Earth to survive on, well she would rather eat grass to be honest.

Spare towels rolled up by the windows made her think of back home in Boston, when those really bad winters would hit and the drafts would start. Not that they really needed to, but Aunt Joan would do the same with their windows, just laughing when Kyleigh would complain that it was getting warm in the house. “I’m still surprised we found those. I would have thought towels would be gone by now, but I was very glad we found them. The jackets too. Though I have to say the way that you were able to take those old sheets and make them into curtains was pretty genius.”

Yeah, well, that was the thing - wasn't it? Everyone's diet, even a lycan's had to have changed over the years. They all could still be picky - to a degree - but what was out there and available was what they had to survive on. Luckily, the pair of them had been fortunate to have found fertile ground to grow some things, and Kyleigh was good at finding untainted creatures. Bentley helped by fishing when he could, and they simply made the best of a otherwise shitty situation. One, that he hoped, would soon turn around for them. There had to be an end to all of this, didn't there?

"Really?" Now that was kind of touching. Bentley loved that Kyleigh was always so interested in hearing tales of his travels before all of this. It was bittersweet, really, to remember the times he spent on the other side of the world. That guilt that ate at him, in not knowing how any of them where faring, or that there was absolutely nothing that he could have done to help them. Still, even after all these years had passed, he wore the little carved elephant charm that had been given to him by the children in the village that he'd stayed in India. Kept it safe, as it was the only thing left he had from that former time in his life. A sort of memento to keep going, really.

"Honestly I am too. It's always a little surprising to see the things that were left behind in otherwise cleared out houses." Bentley had to agree, nodding a little at the thought. "Don't think I'm too cleaver on that idea. I stole that from my aunt. She couldn't sew to save her life, and needed some new curtains. Up went the bed sheets." He laughed, "My mom was so appalled when she'd come to visit and saw that."

[illuminatethedarkness]

What Once was Lost

i-always-forget-that-line:

A frown graced her lips as she stood there watching who she thought to be her little brother, and she gave a soft sigh. It was not until the frail looking boy sat up almost excitedly at her presence that she entered the room, her frown changing to more of a gentle smile.

“Easy… Take it easy, okay.” Sarah approached the hospital bed and sat at its edge moving to take her brother’s hands. “You need to rest and work on getting better. Dad says once you do he will let you come stay with me a bit.” The brunette sighed and moved a hand to brush the hair from the brother’s face to try and sooth him. She was worried that Irene was the one making Toby sick, that she’d turned into one of those mother’s that make their children sick for the attention. She would not put it past her, besides Sarah could not think of another reason for a perfectly healthy boy to suddenly be this ill. Though they would know in a few hours apparently. Her dad had given the go ahead to run several tests that would send the boy through a barrage of machines and have all sorts of blood drawn. She felt bad for Toby… none of that sounded good.

“So, aside from terrible… how are you?” She gave a stifled chuckle partly hoping Toby would give her some small tidbit of information that might help her understand why he had gotten sick.

There was nothing easy about what he had been doing. There was nothing that could be taken easily now. Sarah was his only hope and the goblin knew it. If anyone at all could save him -- it was her. If anyone could bargain with the King to spare him -- it was her. Blinking as her hand came to sooth over his face, taking in her words... he could stay with her? That got the goblin's eyes wide, probably looking like an eager and hopeful little boy to Sarah.

"Can I stay with you now? I don't want to be here. I don't like it here." Toby sat up anyway, hope racing through him like wildfire, now that she was there. She could get him out of there and get him somewhere that he wouldn't be prodded with needles or on tubes and wires. Soon they would learn that he wasn't human and all hell would break loose.

"You've got to get me out of here, Sarah. Please." The voice that pleaded with her now was not of her brother, but something much more mature. Something older, and desperate. "I can help you, but you promise to help me too?"

@wheredreamsareborn​

[rpmemes-galore]

rise of the guardians … sentence starters

“Would I trick you?”

“I am not afraid of you.“

“Still waiting for cookies!“

“I don’t like it. Paint it red.“

“Am I on the naughty list?”

“My nightmares are ready.”

“You really don’t remember?“

“Afraid? I’m not afraid of you.“

“Oh, good. That was my idea!“

“I make a mess of everything.“

“What a pretty little nightmare!“

“Since when do we need help?“

“What’s happened to you guys?“

“We should never have trusted you!”

“Oh, rack off, ya bloody show pony!“

“Ha! On naughty list? You hold record.“

“You guys have been leaving gifts, right?“

“But none of ‘em believe in you, do they?”

“They… they don’t believe in me anymore.“

“It’s not a competition. But, if it was… I win!”

“Oh, I really wish I had a camera right now!“

“How many times have I told you to knock?“

“Now we are getting down to tacks of brass.“

“Maybe not, but you are afraid of something.“

“They can’t be my nightmares. I’m not afraid.“

“I do believe in you. I’m just not afraid of you!“

“Oh, don’t look at me. I’m invisible, remember?“

“We were all someone before we were chosen.“

“I’d say ‘sweet dreams’, but there aren’t any left.“

“Sorry. Not all of us get to work one night a year.“

“Maybe I want what you have. To be believed in.“

“Aw, you’ll protect them? But who will protect you?“

“Uh, that’s not really helping, but thanks, little man.“

“No. You said you wanted to be alone. So, be alone!“

“Y'know what I think? I think we just dodged a bullet.“

“This is all very flattering, but, uh, you don’t want me.“

“Finally! Someone who knows how to have a little fun!”

“You should have seen them. They put up such a fight.“

“How can I know who I am… until I find out who I was?“

“It’s the one thing I always know: People’s greatest fears.“

“Wow, it is you! I mean it is you! I knew it wasn’t a dream!“

“No! Listen, listen… I’m sorry. I didn’t mean for this to happen.”

“Well, as long as he helps to, uh, to protect the children, right?“

“You can’t get rid of me. Not forever. There will always be fear.“

“You put me here! The least you can do is tell me… tell me why.“

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! WHERE ARE THE BLOODY SEATBELTS?!“

“You make a mess wherever you go. Why, you’re doing it right now.“

“Okay, look. You and I are obviously at what they call ‘a crossroads’.”

“No? I don’t know what it’s like to be cast out? To not be believed in?”

“But that was all he ever told me. And that was a long, long time ago.”

“I’ve believed in you for a long time, okay? Like, my whole life, in fact.“

“You’re all hard work and deadlines, and I’m snowballs and fun times.“

“Then, I’m going to ignore you. But, you must be used to that, by now.”

“What fear? Of you? No one’s been afraid of you since the Dark Ages!“

“Don’t be nervous, it only riles them up more. They smell fear, you know.“ 

“Unseen. Unable to reach out to anyone. You want the answers so badly.“

“Oh, yeah. I love being shoved in a sack and tossed through a magic portal.“

“We are very busy bringing joy to children. We don’t have time… for children.”

“It is what I was born with, eyes that have only seen the wonder in everything!“

“If there’s something I’m doing wrong, can you… can you just tell me what it is?“

“Don’t look at me like that, old friend. You must have known this day would come.“

“If it wasn’t a dream, and if you are real, then you have to prove it. Like, right now.“

“Well, let me ease your mind about one thing: They’ll never accept you. Not really.“

“Slow down would you, I’ve been trying to bust in here for years. I want a good look!“

“Everyone frightened. Miserable! Such happy times for me. Oh, the power I wielded!“

“I did this jump, and it was amazing, and I slide under a car, and it was awesome — !“

“Darkness. That’s the first thing I remember. It was dark, it was cold, and I was scared.“

“Have you ever seen a more adorable lateral incisor in all of your life?! Look how she flossed!“

“Why I was there and what I was meant to do, that I’ve never known, and a part of me wonders if I ever will.“

“It was so big, and it was so bright. It seemed to chase the darkness away. And when it did… I wasn’t scared anymore.“

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[memoriesinatrunk]

Happy Birthday to the lovely @geektaire!  To celebrate, I’ve made her a gifset of some of her favorite boys, the MacManus twins!  I hope you have a wonderful day!  <3

[leofromthedark]

The Crow (1994) dir. Alex Proyas

[gothic-nightmares]

💀 GOTHIC NIGHTMARES 💀

[illuminatethedarkness]

                                                                       Dead Boy Lurking

[illuminatethedarkness]

strxngernow·:

Not actually thinking anymore how long it had been since anything happened, it always seemed like it was forever when the half lycan tried to remember. Years, that’s what she was guessing, had passed since all the good things had been taken or destroyed, so something as simple as tea with a friend was hard to bring back in her memory. All she knew now was water and maybe a really old soda she would randomly find. So whatever it was that Bentley was going to make for them she was sure it was going to be good to her.

“Honestly as long as it doesn’t have bugs in it, it’ll taste good.” Thanking him for the millionth time for helping her with such a simple thing as taking that water, because she was still that stubborn in wanting to do everything for herself, Kyleigh saw how happy he was with the things she was able to find and that made her happy in return. It wasn’t like she could bring him a box of his favorite candy (there was literally no more to be found no matter where she looked) or a new outfit (those were running out too, but she expected that), so animals were her way of gifting him things to let him know what he meant to her.

“Yeah that sounds like a plan.” As soon as he was ready they started to head back to their small house, like one of those one floor ranchers, that they had fixed up over the years. Not the kind of place Kyleigh imagined spending the rest of her days in but that dream had died along with most of the world. “I was thinking that it’s probably going to get colder soon, so we should see if we can find some more trees to chop up.”

It had been years... for anything nearly normal. It was completely strange to think now, that this was their normal. As sucky as things were in the world, Bentley didn't want to lose hope that it would get better. He couldn't lose that hope -- because that would mean there was nothing left to look for in the future. They had one another, they'd survived this long... there had to be something more. There had to be.

"Hey now, bugs are just extra protein." Bentley laughed, shifting to put the pine needles in his pack as he began the walk back with Kyleigh to their house.  "Remember I told you that I tried eating crickets before? In India there used to be these huge barrels in markets and stuff that you could get red ants for curry, and termites and all." Of course, that didn't meant that he wanted to start living off bugs... but it was definitely an option if all else failed. So far, hunting had still been fruitful, and Bentley was beyond grateful for that. It was a very mutual thing, trying to find little things to brighten the day, or make one another happy. Just to show that they cared. That they were still there. Still alive. Still together as a team.

Bentley actually really liked the house that they had found. It was small, but it made it easy to put up defenses and area warnings for them. Looking over to Kyleigh as she spoke, Bentley nodded, agreeing.  "We can absolutely do that. We can insulate the windows and cracks under the doors, too. We still have some of those spare towels that we found - just roll them up, y'know?"

[hirxeth]

The End Of The F***ing World (2017) Created by Jonathan Entwistle 

[rp-grannies]

[Sentence Starters] Galavant S02

Feel free to add context, change pronouns, names, jobs, and anything else you need to change to make these work for you! Have fun! ^-^

❝ Is there a name for when you throw up through your nose? ❞

❝ He was a tall drink of water and I will keep him forever in my spank bank. ❞

❝ Are you still upset about the shipwreck? ❞

❝ You’re our beefcake happy meal. ❞

❝ You’ll be staying here forever, or at least until those abs go soft. ❞

❝ Reading’s for morons who can’t understand pictures. ❞

❝ ONE daughter. Then we leave the rest for the Whitewalkers. ❞

❝ What is it with men and their emotions? ❞

❝ I know you don’t think much of me, and… I know that I screw everything up all the time… But you have to understand, I was coddled my entire life. ❞

❝ I saw plenty of you while we were in that dungeon. ❞

❝ That’s irreplaceable! I killed the family of weavers who made it! ❞

❝ I like meat with extra meat. ❞

❝ I’m sorry, I’m not being very clear. What I’m trying to say is, if you don’t fix it, I’ll cut your throat. ❞

❝ He dropped you like a plague rat. ❞

❝ I am here solely to serve your every wish and desire. ❞

❝ I’m not gonna kill ya! ❞

❝ Well, we should probably go. I stole these horses and just set fire to the rec center. ❞

❝ We’re officially big pimpin’! ❞

❝ She’s like a sister! And, not the kind of sister you’d marry. ❞

❝ I haven’t had a disease for weeks! ❞

❝ I could be the King of a castle, but without you… I’d be the lowliest man in the world. ❞

❝ If you don’t screw up this moment somehow, maybe you won’t die alone. ❞

❝ I am done cleaning up your mess. I am done telling you it’s not your fault, because newsflash: it is your fault. I am done with your weakness, with your whining, but most of all… I am done with YOU. ❞

❝ Imagine the wonder we’ll inspire when we’ll be setting their heads on fire. ❞

❝ This is one damsel who ain’t in distress. ❞

❝ Why do musicals always get me so worked up? ❞

❝ I smell backstory, and I loooove backstory. ❞

❝ I’ve had worse …………………… maybe not. ❞

❝ The sky ball’s doing it’s shine thing. ❞

❝ Oh, you’re smiling… Sorry, could you stop it? I just find it… d-deeply unsettling. ❞

❝ Hold me, ‘cause I’m gonna cry. ❞

❝ I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, over a dead body, asking him to like her. ❞

❝ You’ve got a freaky side… but I like it. ❞

❝ Look, we’ve got a good thing going, do you want to bring dark magic into this? ❞

❝ My aunt has a farm across the lonely sea, in the shadow of mount spinster. It’s so beautiful, lots of cats. ❞

❝ Oh my God, I can do magic! Big day. ❞

❝ Remember me? ❞

❝ I’ve tasted ultimate power and I want more. ❞

❝ I love you, more than you’ll ever know. ❞

❝ As epic endings go, it’s rather small. But it’s a real-life happily ever after, after all. ❞

❝ I may have accomplished everything I ever dreamed of, but without you, it means absolutely nothing. ❞

❝ Yeah, this could get ugly, we should go. ❞

❝ Nothing will stop me now. ❞

❝ I have a dragon. ❞

[illuminatethedarkness]

yarniingtales​:

After the initial shock of nearly being killed by a plant pot from someone’s window over 10 stories up, Esther had to look back at her reflexes and smirk. At least she got a voice saying ‘sorry’ high above her. 

“Goths like us need to be stealthy. We need to become ninjas!” His appearance really didn’t frighten someone like Esther, even on a dark and somewhat rainy night such as this one. 

Eric's eyes traveled upwards, towards where the voice had sounded from high above. That was quite the incident and could have been a lot more serious that what the young woman was playing it off for. The city rarely was the safest place, even without the band of thugs and criminals that seemed to think it was theirs to take.

Slowly, his eyes trailed back to the young woman, amused by her words. Choosing not to comment on them, the crow watching with a careful eye -- he simply changed the subject.

"What are you doing out here so late alone, anyway?"

[illuminatethedarkness]

strxngernow​:

It didn’t take Kyleigh that long to get used to the little things Bentley did to pass the time and help them out in their new daily lives. Once she had revealed to him what she truly was it was like everything after was just normal to them. And if it wasn’t for all the things her friend knew Kyleigh might not be doing as well as she was. Every time they went out on their own though she would worry about him, never going far enough that she couldn’t pick up his scent or hear his soft footsteps on the ground. It was kind of like cheating at the whole life thing, but if anything ever happened to him she would probably go crazy and tear apart every living human she could find.

Seeing him look up and smile was like visual confirmation to what she already knew, that he was just fine and it allowed her to relax herself just a bit. The rabbits that she found will be enough for that night and perhaps some for the morning, Bentley is great at making food last for awhile, and she has a giant gallon of fresh water for them to drink tied to one of the belt loops on her pants.

The half lycan never learned what kinds of things that came from the Earth were good for you, just what not to eat so she didn’t get sick or die. So the pine needles are a bit of a surprise for her. A good one though, she probably could use some vitamins in her life.

“Honestly? Probably not since I was younger, back when I lived in Boston with my Aunt. She liked to drink it all the time when it got colder. I had no idea those things could make tea. Good thing I got us some more fresh water. Oh and I found some pine cones and mushrooms, the ones you showed me were okay to eat. Saw a few deer too, might go out later and try to get us one.”

While Bent didn't have any kind of supernatural ability to aid him, the same sentiment could probably still hold up -- if anything happened to Kyleigh, he would tear down the Heavens from the sky. Both of them had lost too much in the years before they had known one another, and both of them had survived with one another as the sole companion and strength in the years after. Kyleigh was family now, plain and simple.

"That long, huh?" Bentley had tea a lot, before the turn of everything. It'd been what he usually had in place of coffee, most of the time. "Well, good. Because this will probably taste nothing like what you might've remembered." A light laugh came from his words as he shifted to stand, and help take the gallon of water that Kyleigh had indicated. Grinning at her words and collection of finds.

"That's amazing. We'll be set for a bit with all that." They could cook the meats to eat, smoke the rest to save... have the pelts for clothing or blankets.  "For now, lets have some of this, and get everything all sorted, hm?"