Shadows Beyond Divinity

Blog for the story of Eldritchmare!

[shadowsbeyonddivinity]

Hi! I'm Flame, creature artist, fanfic writer, worldbuilder the creator of this blog and fic! You can find my general art blog here!

SBD as a fic is still a WIP at the moment, but I'll be sharing all kinds of bits and bobs relating to it and my plans for the story as a whole here, as well as a bunch of silly side tangents and misadventures!

As it is, here's the story itself for those interested!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/71693981

[clownsequences]

Abble

[goodnightnighty]

This mf smile like doesn't spread negativity in the multiverse and just takes care of his skelekittys and skeledoggys 😭

My cousins call him nootnoot (never been so proud)

Hello! Oh, that’s such a cute nickname... It immediately makes me think of Pingu. I used to absolutely love Pingu when I was little 🥺

But no matter how cute Nootnoot may seem, there’s still a reason he’s considered one of the worst villains in the multiverse. Though honestly... he really is ridiculously cute. At this point, he kind of looks like a Pokémon to me...

Oh god, I’m not sane anymore. I’m going to become Baby Noot’s first victim. Please remember me 💀

Haha, thank you for the ask! Have a wonderful day 💕

[ggaltmv]

[gia-batmm-crickle22]

Dadmare resetting Killer's soul because every time Color tries to fix it, Killer is in deep pain, and Dadmare doesn't want to see Killer in pain. Instead, he went to Sci to try to find a way to fix it without causing him pain.

Color thinks Dadmare is being evil and keeping him from fixing it because he wants Killer to be forever numb, but Dadmare does want Killer to have feelings again, but it hurts to see Killer in pain, so he keeps Color from visiting until he finds a way to fix Killer painlessly.

[sketchtoons]

[goodnightnighty]

[tangerinemiu]

Au where Dream becomes corrupted but instead of gooey like Nightmare he grows branches out his eye sockets :p

Edit : The branches do spread across his body, but it has no harm. Expect the eye socket and arms. TuT

[zomthresher]

[usernamesroverrated]

what if Nightmare turned to stone after being defeated by the Stars??

like, there would've been a huge battle and stuff and Nightmare would be forced to surrender and go back to his castle but there was just so much positivity in the multiverse after winning that Nightmare physically couldn't handle it. so, to protect the black apple, his body defends itself by turning to stone, and he can't do anything about it.

and Dream would be the first to find out, wouldn't he? after all, they are metaphysically connected in ways a mortal couldn't even comprehend.

[cythereephoenix]

@fireladyofink

[quietwingsinthesky]

one more thing. if a character ascends to godhood/divinity/some form of power that makes them practically omnipotent and no longer human. and they had a partner before that who didn’t rise with them. you are legally required to make that situation as terrifying as it would rightly be. it’s bad enough to get the attention of a god. it is ruinous to be loved by one. that is not the person you knew anymore. that is something that never has to let you leave, or have secrets, or disobey it. it will fix every problem you so much as glance at, and it will shower you in grace and gifts until you drown, and it will make you a holy artifact in its own story. you have to understand, it doesn’t remember how horrible death is, so it strikes you to cinders like a snide comment and brings you back with an apology it needs you to accept. that is how it’s going to love you forever, because it might not be inclined to let you die.

[marble-birdie]

[stringalink]

happy little eldritch lovecraftian horror

[Ink] > [Dream] [Blue] [Outer]

[the-enchanted-little-star]

[shadowsbeyonddivinity]

Nightmare was afraid. His skull was bursting at the seams, nothing but a sharp ringing pulsing with every second, so loud and excruciating it whited out his vision. He couldn't see. It was just flashing white with echoes of whatever was behind it. Gravity weighed impossibly heavy on him, each battered and broken bone screaming in response.

Was he screaming? He couldn't tell. His world was nothing but agony and dizziness as he fought to at least push himself off the ground. Noise faded in and out between blasts of sharp sound, driving into his skull like nails. Dream, he wanted Dream. At least if Dream was here he could feel something that didn't hurt so much.

He couldn't tell with how much reality was fading in and out, but Nightmare thought he felt a dampness on his face. He wasn't supposed to cry. The villagers liked to hurt him more when he cried. The fear lanced through him, finally finding it in himself to wipe at his cheekbones, only to wince at the sharp pain in the back of his skull. It hurt, why did it hurt so much?? He couldn't even remember what happened, he had only been reading by Mother's roots when his skull exploded in agony, and now everything was hurting.

Crack.

The sound echoed, harsh and terrifying in it's familiarity. He'd heard it ringing out from the woods before, when the people collected lumber.

No. no. What were they doing. What were they doing?!

Nightmare froze in place, panicking. His thoughts scattered in terror before he spotted another black shape in the grass. The plan. The plan! His plan. What else was he supposed to do?? Those sounded like the big scary men, and Nightmare couldn't scare them off like this! They had axes! They were hurting her!

He couldn't stop the tears that sprang up from his sockets this time as he grabbed the apple, desperately casting about for another one as it already magically dissolved. The apples were everywhere, being tossed from the hut built around the Tree. The thwacks continued to ring out, only slightly muted by the cobblestone walls. Nightmare just kept gathering them, slowly filling with a new pain. Was it because of Mother? Was he hurting because she was, too? He blamed himself.

The negative guardian felt wrong now, afraid he was squeezing the apples too hard when he grabbed them. Why else were his hands covered in black? It was even smearing on his sleeves when he wiped at his face. He felt gross- and he should, Mama was right up there getting hacked to death- what was he doing this for?!

His skull was hurting so bad now. Nightmare wanted to stop, but he couldn't. He had to do something. He was supposed to guard her, for crying out loud! Dream wasn't even aware that this was happening, he was the only one who could stop them!

There was a distant screaming, small and high and ever so far away as he scrambled to collect each one he could find. He had a very bad feeling about how every single one was black.

But then there was a sound. A terrible sound, snapping, crackling and groaning as a mighty tree came crashing into the roof of the hut built around it. What few apples remained on its branches thudded onto the ground outside, rolling away.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/71693981

https://archiveofourown.org/works/71693981

[usernamesroverrated]

so Nightmare doesn't have a physical body, right? or at least, his body is more liquid than solid.

so he would be insanely flexible, right? since he doesn't need to worry about breaking any of his bones or popping something out of its socket, he'd be able to get into positions that literally shouldn't be possible.

imagine that Killer or someone is causing mischief behind Nightmare's back for whatever reason and he just. snaps his head around. like an owl.

[fireladyofink]

I'll do you one better: Nightmare shapeshifting. Straight up. All kinds of forms. Bro is a fluid, let him flow! Why must he be a tentacled skeleton? Can he not take horrific eldritch forms? Hell, he could turn into a freaking plant to hide in plain sight, he could be a dragon, he could even be a building if he wanted-

[shadowsbeyonddivinity]

Let me just slide this over..

https://archiveofourown.org/works/71693981

[homunculus-argument]

"If you accept any food from the fae, they shall never let you go" is a human belief. The fair folk stand by the principle that if you feed 'em, you gotta keep 'em. If wildlife learns to rely on you for food, you have already fucked up, and you can't just stop feeding them cold turkey. That human is your responsibility now. Because you left your peach cobbler unsupervised.