Sideblog of bornspellcaster - WIP

An rp blog for my many toh ocs and aus, and versions of Philip/Belos

[parasiticpotentate]

Luz found herself making visits to Philip’s cell more frequently since their conversation, and since her attempt began to learn more about their resident prisoner.

Sometimes she watched him write and just observed him in silence. Sometimes he made efforts to talk with her, and she’d listen to stories about his brother and him, and sometimes he was just too upset to and never bothered to utter a word. In those visits she’d just sit with him in silence, offering the company of another human.

He never smiled, even if she’d offer one. There was always just this distant, tortured gaze of a man that had lived far too many lifetimes. He was always so sad…and she couldn’t help the inclination to want to cheer him up. Maybe, to offer the touch of a friendly and playful hand. Who knew the last time any one had done this with him? If ever.

Really taking a bold shot here… But what was the harm in trying?

She inched up behind him. “Hey Philip….” And she very subtly slipped her hands into his jacket and scribbled at his sides in gentle but quick tickles. “Think fast!”

@skrunklycrowned

He didn’t realize what happened till he felt her hands on his side, oh no! His one weakness, tickles! Philip started to wriggle “L-Luz what are you hehe doing!?” He attempted to stiffle his giggles. But not much luck in doing so “h-hey not fair, my sides are tickleish!”

@skrunklycrowned

[scrunklycrowned]

Okay she did not expect that. To be fair, there was a lot the girl hadn’t been expecting to happen, that had happened, in these coming weeks— like finding herself constantly in this cell.

She felt Philip buckle against her, and she couldn’t believe it as she heard the muffled giggling. It dawned on her that Luz had never heard the man actually laugh before, nothing beyond his derisive scoffs and condescending or cold chuckles. His actual genuine laugh was so airy and free, and despite herself, the teenager found herself grinning wide as well. And vindictively. A way to force the smiles from his grumpy ass and torment him in one? Excellent.

“Oho-ho! So the old goop grandpa is ticklish huh? This is so something I’ll be doing to you all the time!” she assured, fingertips tasering along his belly and up under his arms to curiously seek out which spot got to him the most.

[parasiticpotentate]

Plotted starter for @bornspellcaster

—-

The odd growth twisted and coiled itself around everything, covering the trees, the buildings, the bones jutting out of the landscape. The source was the castle, green sludge engulfed the massive building, unpleasantly snapping and popping as it formed bones. A large serpetine creature emerged, spikes covering its body, multiple blue eyes darted about, the creatures maw opened wide, a terrible roar followed.

At long last, he could finish this…”Finally!” Philip cried out “I can cleanse this perdition, MYSELF” blue fire spilled from his maw, the strenght he felt coursing trough his body, all that power, hidden under the castle, if he had known he wouldn’t have bothered with that draining spell. Destroying was his only objective, he barely noticed Luz and her company, they were so tiny! He could squish them like ants, and he just might! Raising a claw he readed to crush them, he wasn’t going to be stopped, he wouldn’t allow it!

[parasiticpotentate]

He did remember as a matter of fact, it was on a night where he headed off to bed and the collector told him goodnight,calling him 'papa'. He simply replied good night in turn, not really thinking about it till a moment after but he didn't tell the star child off for it. It was...nice? Philip had long since given up on ever having his own family, accepting he just likely never would have that. But that had left him with a warm feeling "why does it matter?!" He raised his tail and slammed it down, sending rocks and bone splinters flying "Kid, he's not listening, we have to stop him before he rips the whole island appart" Eda urged Philip shrieked "Why don't you get it!? I must finish this! I can't have done all this for nothing!" wildly he shook his head "I CAN'T LET IT BE ALL FOR NOTHING" But it was for nothing, he knew, he knew damn well...

[scrunklycrowned]

Eclipse grunted as he quickly tossed up a forcefield against the flying debris. A giant glowing star deflected the attack with a shower of raining stars. He ignored Luz’s protest as he dared to fly closer to the large beast.

“But it was always for nothing,” he told him, shaking his head at the large towering form. He was inches away from his muzzle now, and from this angle his former companion was so big just one of his eyes made up the kid’s entire field of vision. “You just never thought it was ‘cuz you were hurting so bad.”

[parasiticpotentate]

Plotted starter for @bornspellcaster

—-

The odd growth twisted and coiled itself around everything, covering the trees, the buildings, the bones jutting out of the landscape. The source was the castle, green sludge engulfed the massive building, unpleasantly snapping and popping as it formed bones. A large serpetine creature emerged, spikes covering its body, multiple blue eyes darted about, the creatures maw opened wide, a terrible roar followed.

At long last, he could finish this…”Finally!” Philip cried out “I can cleanse this perdition, MYSELF” blue fire spilled from his maw, the strenght he felt coursing trough his body, all that power, hidden under the castle, if he had known he wouldn’t have bothered with that draining spell. Destroying was his only objective, he barely noticed Luz and her company, they were so tiny! He could squish them like ants, and he just might! Raising a claw he readed to crush them, he wasn’t going to be stopped, he wouldn’t allow it!

[scrunklycrowned]

Eclipse stayed hovered near his friends, and his multi colored face twisted up in revulsion at the creeping, mossy sludge that crept over the walls in an amass of flailing monstrous little hands. He couldn’t believe things had come to this. The star child was angry he’d been deceived, in more ways than one. Not only had he been betrayed, but he was made to believe these people could easily be put back together thanks to his power…but mortal lives weren’t so simple to restore and didn’t operate under a god’s rules.

The same thing could be applied to Philip, he realized. He’d ‘broken’ him, believing he could just resurrect him when the need arose or his anger wore off. To know he would have killed his friend was…a jarring reality. And it was one he didn’t want again. Eclipse didn’t want to see anyone die today. Not his new friends, not this world….and not his oldest friend.

“No, stop!” Eclipse cried as he stood between his friends and the monster. “Philip, please….don’t do it! I don’t want you to hurt them! …I don’t want them to hurt you!” His eyes overflowed.

[parasiticpotentate]

Philip lowered his claw a bit, snarling as his eyes focused on the star child

“Don’t want to hurt me? DON’T WANT TO HURT ME!? YOU TRIED TO KILL ME” his jaws split wide open bug like mandibles emerged from the back of his throat

“LIARS, LIARS ALL OF YOU! THEY LIED, EVELYN LIED, CALEB LIED” Philip cried out, now beyond himself with rage. The ground shook, green tendrils burrying into the ground working to tear the boiling isles appart “I WILL DESTROY THIS HELL EVEN IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO”

[scrunklycrowned]

“I didn’t know that’s what I was doing!” the child protested as he held up his hands in protest and stayed between them. “I thought I could just fix you when I wanted! I was mad!” His eyes filled up. “Papa. You remember when I called you that, right?l

[scrunklycrowned]

Certainly Luz was accustomed to the weirdness of her life, but if anyone had told her she’d be in here attempting to make Philip Wittebane fucking happy she’d have thought them to be more delusional than she once thought the wannabe witch hunter was.

However, she and Philip had come quite a ways since their first chat, where she had actually allowed the former tyrant to talk and heard him out on why he’d become the way he was. Attempting to see him as more of an equal than an obstacle to be destroyed had given her new perspective. And…she didn’t necessarily like that he was completely alone like this when he wasn’t doing community service.

“Come on…don’t you think you could smile for me?”

@parasiticpotentate

[parasiticpotentate]

Plotted starter for @bornspellcaster

—-

The odd growth twisted and coiled itself around everything, covering the trees, the buildings, the bones jutting out of the landscape. The source was the castle, green sludge engulfed the massive building, unpleasantly snapping and popping as it formed bones. A large serpetine creature emerged, spikes covering its body, multiple blue eyes darted about, the creatures maw opened wide, a terrible roar followed.

At long last, he could finish this…”Finally!” Philip cried out “I can cleanse this perdition, MYSELF” blue fire spilled from his maw, the strenght he felt coursing trough his body, all that power, hidden under the castle, if he had known he wouldn’t have bothered with that draining spell. Destroying was his only objective, he barely noticed Luz and her company, they were so tiny! He could squish them like ants, and he just might! Raising a claw he readed to crush them, he wasn’t going to be stopped, he wouldn’t allow it!

[scrunklycrowned]

Eclipse stayed hovered near his friends, and his multi colored face twisted up in revulsion at the creeping, mossy sludge that crept over the walls in an amass of flailing monstrous little hands. He couldn’t believe things had come to this. The star child was angry he’d been deceived, in more ways than one. Not only had he been betrayed, but he was made to believe these people could easily be put back together thanks to his power…but mortal lives weren’t so simple to restore and didn’t operate under a god’s rules.

The same thing could be applied to Philip, he realized. He’d ‘broken’ him, believing he could just resurrect him when the need arose or his anger wore off. To know he would have killed his friend was…a jarring reality. And it was one he didn’t want again. Eclipse didn’t want to see anyone die today. Not his new friends, not this world….and not his oldest friend.

“No, stop!” Eclipse cried as he stood between his friends and the monster. “Philip, please….don’t do it! I don’t want you to hurt them! …I don’t want them to hurt you!” His eyes overflowed.

[daydreaminb1ue]

Philip says hi

[purplequay]

wren's lullaby - dandelion hands // personal slash self indulgent piece

[local-space-case]

I’m gonna be honest and say I don’t think this was a “fuck you bitch” kind of face. I think it’s a face that says, “you’ve done these horrible things and I loved you”. Let’s be honest, Caleb loved Phillip, we can see it in Belos’ memories in A Hollow Mind that Caleb took care of him. There’s a layer of hurt here that Belos’ must know his brother felt when he betrayed him, and it’s the only thing he feels guilty about. Hurting Caleb.

[the-brothers-wittebane]

Philip starter for @bornspellcaster (eda):

*Philip was outside his house playing with bugs on the ground being bored cuz his brother left for work again he hated when he was alone waiting for Caleb to come home, he made annoyed noises as he poked some beetles with a stick, his stuffed deer next to him*

*then suddenly he saw someone appear in front of him , was it some hooded person? He immediately got scared and ran into the house slamming the door* "i-is that a witch?! How did they appear out of no where?!" *he grabbed his mask and put it on and a wooden sword and hid under a table for whatever it was to come for him then he realized he left his stuffed deer outside and got scared* "no.. Mr. Deer.. Will get hurted..by the witch.." *he started to tear up too scared to retrieve it*

[scrunklycrowned]

Man, these poor fucking kids. Who just kicked to children out of a town?

Well, think about things for a moment, owl lady. Reel it back. This little twerp grows up to be the old skeleton man that harvests children out of a garden, and drinks smoothies made of little woodland creatures. Are you really surprised that they’re getting kicked out of towns? And are you really considering this?

Adopting a… little version of her worst enemy was not on the do list ever, but she was here now. He was here. She wasn’t about to just leave when there were two kids being abused, and only enabled into killing their own species without even realizing. She wasn’t heartless. It wasn’t like these kids had any idea who they would grow up to be right now. At the very least she had to get them somewhere safer.

“Alright, gonna try to…answer this slew in order. A kid shouldn’t have to have a job to depend on his own survival. I’m not going to make you leave if you don’t want to. Yeah I…I kind of have a daughter, and yes I miss her, and yes she’s one of the most special people in my entire life.” Eda pinched the bridge of her nose. “Right, sorry. A ‘no no’ word.” Luz heckled her all the time when she accidentally swore in front of King.

Oh, well that just broke her damn heart. Eda’s brows furrowed in concern and she gently placed the boy down, getting onto a knee to be at level with him.

“Listen to me, kiddo… I don’t know who conditioned you into believing you’re worth so little that you should just be abandoned, but it’s not true, alright?” This felt so strange to say. In theory, it was a good pep talk to give to a little kid with crippling self esteem…but she knew who this kid became. In her eyes, Belos wasn’t worth it. Belos did deserve to be abandoned and left alone forever. …No child did, however. “I’m not just going to take your brother and leave you. I’m also not gonna put up with having two kids on their own like this in a…terrible place, so I’m helping you one way or another. But I’m not separating you.”

She smiled waywardly, looking at the little straw deer. “I got another kid, and his name is King. He loves plushes and he has a bunch.”

[flowery-king]

[Defanged Philip AU]

omg imagine getting thrown inside the Emperor's mind and discovering he's actually kinda like you wouldn't that be funny haha (Heavily inspired by this scene from Turning red ggghhg)

[the-brothers-wittebane]

Philip starter for @bornspellcaster (eda):

*Philip was outside his house playing with bugs on the ground being bored cuz his brother left for work again he hated when he was alone waiting for Caleb to come home, he made annoyed noises as he poked some beetles with a stick, his stuffed deer next to him*

*then suddenly he saw someone appear in front of him , was it some hooded person? He immediately got scared and ran into the house slamming the door* "i-is that a witch?! How did they appear out of no where?!" *he grabbed his mask and put it on and a wooden sword and hid under a table for whatever it was to come for him then he realized he left his stuffed deer outside and got scared* "no.. Mr. Deer.. Will get hurted..by the witch.." *he started to tear up too scared to retrieve it*

[scrunklycrowned]

Eda once again had to scramble out of range of this child and held up a hand against his face, quite easily able to keep the boy from leaping onto her neck, he was so…concerningly scrawny. Malnourished. Absolutely puny.

“Alright you listen to me and you listen good, kid.” She finally just picked him up and held him at arms length, her mouth pursed. “If your brother loves you as much as it sounds like, then no, he wouldn’t have had a better life…” She sighed, eyes downcast for a moment. “I know it probably seems like that. You feel like you weigh him down or hold him back and leaving would be best, but…trust me, in the long run it just hurts your family. They don’t have a better life, and, neither will you.” At least she had certainly had quite the lonely one until she happened upon her son.

“And taking my pendant isn’t going to get you that better life either.” She sighed. “It doesn’t sound like you have it too good here either way.”

Why are you adopting baby Belos why are you adopting baby Belos? Don’t do it owl lady don’t do this-

“Am I a bad guy? Eh, guess that depends on who you ask, but a bad guy wouldn’t offer for you to stay with them,” Eda shrugged with a smirk.

[the-brothers-wittebane]

Philip starter for @bornspellcaster (eda):

*Philip was outside his house playing with bugs on the ground being bored cuz his brother left for work again he hated when he was alone waiting for Caleb to come home, he made annoyed noises as he poked some beetles with a stick, his stuffed deer next to him*

*then suddenly he saw someone appear in front of him , was it some hooded person? He immediately got scared and ran into the house slamming the door* "i-is that a witch?! How did they appear out of no where?!" *he grabbed his mask and put it on and a wooden sword and hid under a table for whatever it was to come for him then he realized he left his stuffed deer outside and got scared* "no.. Mr. Deer.. Will get hurted..by the witch.." *he started to tear up too scared to retrieve it*

[bornspellcaster]

Ah yeah, looked like that beautiful old puritan brainwashing was already seeping into the kid. Titan, but why did her worst enemy have to look so adorable? “You’re supposed to kill me, huh?” Well, you give it your best shot in the future…”Damn, I don’t even have my will written out yet,” she mused, hands folding into knuckles, which she then rested her chin upon. “My family is going to have to fight over who gets the nest then.”

“Well, would someone bad have given you back Mr. Deer like I did? Seems to me like a bad witch would, uh…mash him up and put him in a—I don’t know, what is it your town says bad witches do?”

[the-brothers-wittebane]

"Hmm... I guess... Wait- what was that about the future? Are you able to see the future?! Tch.. Typical witch magic huh... But ..yah.. T-the town s-says... Witches... Are all bad...a-and they eat children...and cast bad spells on people... I-i- think they are called c-cur-curses..." *he stared at his deer doll and figited with its ears anxiously* "y-you would eat me and mr. Deer!! And cast a evil spell on my broder... Turn him i-into a fwog...or something..." "All witches are bad...t-that's what the adults say...t-they wouldn't lie...right?" "B-big broder says lying is bad..." "But...you did...give back...Mr. Deer... A-and he does not seem cursed..." "But...this could be a trick..." "I-I s-shouldn't trust a witch..." *he shakes his head no, staying under the table*

[bornspellcaster]

Eda rose a brow and tried to keep up with the flurry of this child’s questions. Titan, these puritan douchebags had really gotten their claws in him already, huh? Well…perhaps she shouldn’t be quick to ridicule their racism—their own race wasn’t much better in that regards to their view of humanity. Especially back then. Even she thought a bit lesser of their kind at first, one time.

“Well, some witches are bad. Just like some humans are bad, ya know?” She shrugged. “It applies for both of us, kid. I know the most amazing human alive…” Her mouth tightened. “And then arguably the worst human alive.” She tried not to look at Philip. “Contrary to what you’ve likely been taught, most witches don’t turn people into toads. And, I don’t even have the magic capable to do that.”

A pointy nail gestured to her pendant. “My magic is very limited.”

[the-brothers-wittebane]

*he tilted his head* "b-but- witches are not people... They are all bad...and people.. Have the choice to be bad or good... Me and Caleb are good people... We save the town from wicked witches... But some people in town used to make fun of me for being a troublemaker and Caleb for being my big broder ... "How could you raise such a rat he belongs on the streets" "you should've left him in that orphanage.." "Maybe there parents abandoned them." "T-that is what they would say..." "They are bad people and they will go to hell..." "They could've chosen to be good but chose to be bad people!!" "But witches like you... They are born evil!! And do evil things!!! They are not to be trusted!!" *he shook his head* "wait- you can't do magic?? Are you not a witch? All witches do magic I thought.. That is what everyone says... " "ohh pretty stone..I want it.." *he stared at the shining pendant and ran to Eda and tried to grab it, he liked shiny things a lot cuz he assumed they meant something expensive*

[scrunklycrowned]

It was very hard to follow this child’s rambling little mouth that didn’t seem sure which topic he wanted to settle on. She had to frown, eyebrows creasing sympathetically as the boy mumbled about how he’d been treated. Poor kid. “It sounds like they were bad people, kid, to talk that way about a little tyke.” Even she knew who he turned out to be, he was a harmless, if…heavily racist little rascal right now. He just needed a good example is all.

“Did it ever come to mind that maybe what everyone says is a load of rat worm crap?” Eda asked the child flatly, and she blinked as he charged towards her. First she wondered if she might need to defend herself, before the kid had the audacity to grab at her pendant. “Hey now!” Her hand papped his away with her hands on her hips like a disapproving mother. “If you’re going to try and steal from me, at least do it better! Someone has to teach you how to be a proper thief.”

[scrunklycrowned]

//Sorry I haven’t really been here, I’ll try to be maybe tonight or tomorrow.

[allright]

came back wrong trope but the character knows that they came back wrong. they’re so acutely aware of how different they are now from how they were before that it drives them fucking insane. they’re stuck trying to return to somebody that’s long dead. they can never be the person they once were. everybody around them knows it. deep down, they know it too, but they’re trapped in a cycle of their own making. of trying to revive someone that no longer exists.

[scrunklycrowned]

OOC: What other shows besides TOH are you into and are you up for recommendations?

//do you meeeean am I up for recommendations for other shows? because always. totes, send me some

see the funny thing is I actively don’t currently HAVE other shows atm because I get worried of shifting my hyperfixations and I don’t want to leave toh lol (and it’s hard to get me to sit down and watch something unless I am IN VESTED) Anything with stellar animation and often kid protagonists—toh, svfoe, su one time. Not a huge anime watcher unless it’s cutesie 😂 or Ghibli

that being said, man my range really varies, huh. Love cartoons, I’m an animator and animation junkie and it’s the indies or hidden gems I gravitate to—infinity train was one of them, the controversial hellivahazbin I would say is another show I’m obsessed with (used to be in the rpc til I was traumatized from my experience there lmao) Other indies I probably can’t think of rn

My all time favorite cartoon is the cult classic Invader Zim.

And then we’ll go all the way on the other scale to something totally wildly different like The Handmaid’s Tale, which I totally recommend for anyone that loves drama and resonating with the horrific problems of society today! (Trigger warning for….everything. Just. Everything)

This went on a tangent, but yeah. Got any recommendations for me? Send me my way

[scrunklycrowned]

It was hard to get anything done with the way that incessant chattering little technology box went about in the background, and Philip idly tapped his quill against his head, doing his best to keep from losing his temper.

He wasn’t sure why he’d been stuck with his youngest niece and nephew, wasn’t she old enough to be alone? Part of him thought his middle niece just loved to torture him so. Well…she did. Lilith was out for potential babysitters as well, apparently out helping her Mother with something.

Of course, the old man held a fondness and gratitude for the girl and all she had done for him….he just wasn’t good with children. Anymore. Children were so overzealous. They were so energetic, silly, and playful and clingy. All the things he wasn’t. He hadn’t been for some time. He wasn’t a good fit…but he was stuck with them anyway.

Philip glowered up at the orbs of light that hovered above his face. Titan’s sake. That noisy phone thing didn’t make anything better.

“If you have to be here, must you be so loud?” he gripped at the teenager.

@magicfeatherbean4

[scrunklycrowned]

“And to leave me to….them, after what they did, what he didn’t even know that town did…” The man’s fists shook and became white with anger, but Philip was quickly aware of the child clinging to him and he looked down at her, his hand sparing to graze through her hair once more. “Thank you Luz… I’m fine. Really.”

“It was centuries ago. I’m passed it all.”

[vrandring]

scrunklycrowned​:

“…Huh!” He nods, almost hilariously nonchalant. His tone is off the charts squeaky in an almost manic way. “That’s….huh! That’s interesting!” Another calm, nonchalant nod. He hasn’t blinked. “Well! If you don’t mind me, I’m just-I’m just gonna—“

Thud.

.

The man is so completely caught off guard, that all he does is watch as his boyfriend falls on the floor. He lets out a worried squeak, followed by a “BABE!” as he rushes to Philip’s side.

“I’m sorry! Are you okay?” He gently pulls the human into his lap. “Can I do anything to help you process all this?”

[scrunklycrowned]

He hits his head. Ow. Immediately he feels the throb and it makes him wonder if he’s hallucinated what he just heard. “You…you’re….haaa…I think I have a concussion.”