#cw decomposition

[goldenduckie]

My HMS AU where Heart and Mind get condemmed to Apathy together

This au would take place in some loop where Mind makes very very bad descisions and gets consequences to his actions. A brief explanation of the events:

Proceding the Juno incident, and Hearts punishment to Apathy, Mind and Soul are left at their home. After Heart tried to kill him, Mind gets very paranoid and power hungry, which leads him to attempting to kill Soul. Mind is very fragile and frightened, he’s scared that Soul might hurt him too. Plus, He thinks if he gets rid of the soul and Heart is stuck in a pit, Mind can take control of the Whole.

One night Mind tries strangling Soul in his sleep, but the plan backfires. Soul overpowers him and also punishes him by throwing him in Apathy with Heart. Mind is still reasonably afraid of Heart, but Heart is much less emotional and impulsive. His time here has changed him from a wild beast to more of a sad wounded animal.

So Minds having a terrible fucking time, being imprisioned with his sworn enemy. But Mind is a stubborn bitch and is not gonna take this punishment lying down and tries thinking of ways to escape. He even asks if Heart would help him escape but he refuses. Heart hates Apathy but he hates Mind a hell of a lot more. He’d rather see Mind suffer and decay then free them both. I think at some point Mind contemplates killing Heart with his own bare hands in that pit, because he fucking hates him. But decides not too because Heart stronger than him, and if he got in a fistfight with Heart he could literally beat Mind to death.

With little he can do, Mind decides to wait out his sentance until Soul comes to retreive them. So while they both decay in Apathy, Heart and Mind just talk. A lot. At first theres bickering, like usual. But after awhile, their conversations become less hostile and more friendly. They share about themselves, talk about Soul, about Whole, whatever they can.

I really wanted to think of ways that Apathy woul affect Heart and Mind differently. The images below show that and the intensity of Apathy’s affects over time. As time rolls on, Heart feels less and less, while Mind gets more upset and desperate. And as Heart’s body starts to rot, Minds robot parts start to rust. It becomes harder for Mind to move, and his voice modulator malfuctions a lot. It scares Mind a lot, he’s not used to being so powerless, he dosen’t want to corrode away into nothing. He looks at Heart, decomposing and roting like he is, and they sympathize with each other. In this horrible situation, they have each other, they’re always have each other.

After long enough, Mind can barely move his rusty body, and his voice modulator finally gives out and he can’t talk to Heart anymore. Mind is so afraid he’s going to die. In utter despair, Mind falls apart and cries, with barely a voice to even sob. And Heart, despite a weight of Apathy smothering all his emotions, starts feeling pity for Mind. Seeing him break down and cry inspires Heart to feel something. And he decides to fucking try to get out of this pit together. With all the hope the two of them can muster, they try to get out of their situation.

Then they do that thing where you stand back-to-back with someone and walk up the walls of the hole, and they litterally have to rely on each other to escape. And it hurts like hell, they have just been decomposing for days, but they try and try as hard as they can. Eventually they make it out and celebrate and shortly after they make it to concord yay!

By the way i honestly have no idea what Souls doing most of the time in this au, maybe he visits Apathy often or maybe he hides in his room IDK. ok the end

[autumn-coins]

🦴 Coining: Necrotherian, cw; mention of death & decay.

[PT: Coining: Necrotherian, cw; mention of death and decay. End PT.]

Main flag ⚠ Symbol ⚠ Alternate flag Definition and further information found below cut.

🌕 Definition: A term for a therian whose theriotype is somehow a dead animal. No matter its state.

💫 "States" of death is for example decaying, muscular and skeletal. A necrotheriotype may also be somehow undead or reanimated.

🌑 This can be interpreted in many different ways, and can be used as an umbrella term. Necrotherianthropy can for example cover taxdiermy therians.(Link)

🌙 Example usages: ⚘ Identifying an animal's skeletal or muscular structure, but not the "fully alive" animal. ⚘ Having a charatheriotype(Link) that is a zombified or ghostly animal. ⚘ A paleotherian who feels as if they can't truly know how their theriotype looked wen alive, hence identifying as the fossils left behind.

🪲 Etymology: Prefix Necro- meaning “the dead,” “corpse,” or “dead tissue.” The word originates from the greek word nekrós. Source(Link) -therian as suffix denoting a therianthropic identity.

🦗 Conjugation: Necrotherian (n. identity and individual with identity) Necrotherianthropy (n. experience)

🍂 Flag colour meaning: Greens (first and second, both flags) - Decay "Dirty" whites (third and middle in main flag, middle and fifth in alternate flag) - Bones and skeletons Pink (5th, first flag) - Skin, outer layer of flesh Reds (sixth and seventh stripes, both flags) - Muscle Pale cyan (thirds stripe, second flag) - Reanimated and undead animals

🍁 Symbol meaning: The theta delta altered to have a simple illustration of two crossed bones in the middle. Text: ΘΔ𐂯 (The theta (Θ)- delta (Δ) along with the ideogram 𐂯 from Mycenaean greek, which means ingot. Mycenaean greek was spoken around 16th–12th century BC(Link)

🪵 Tags: @radiomogai , @alterhumanarchive , @kin-flags , @alterhumanflags , @everythingarchive

🪶 You may add my creations to wikis and archives, however I'd like informed and credited. Do not upload to cringe sites/groups and do not upload to pinterest thank you ^w^

🐾🍄 Flag, banner and symbol ID in alt text ^ ^

🍄‍🟫 Plain IDs below divider

Divider ID: A divider of autumn leaves and dots, varying from maple to oak leaves in a light yellowish orange and a brownish red. End ID.

Symbol ID: A theta delta, as in a circle overlapping a triangle. In the middle of the circle there is a simple outlined illustration of two bones overlaying each other into the shape of a x. End ID.

Main flag: A flag consisting of seven equally sized horizontal stripes. The stripes are coloured, from top to bottom: A dark cold green, a muted greenish yellow, a light warm grey, an off white, a muted peach, a brownish red and a crimson. In the middle of the flag the off white stripes ebbs out into a triangle. Within the triangle there is the theta delta, with the stripe in the middle exchanged for a simple lineart illustration of two bones overlaying each other into the shape of a x. The symbol is coloured black. End ID.

Alternate flag: A flag consisting of seven equally sized horizontal stripes. The stripes are coloured, from top to bottom: A dark cold green, a muted greenish yellow, a muted cyan, an off white, a light warm grey, a brownish red and a crimson. In the middle of the flag the off white stripes ebbs out into a triangle. Within the triangle there is the theta delta, with the stripe in the middle exchanged for a simple lineart illustration of two bones overlaying each other into the shape of a x. End ID.

[loudclan-clangen]

Ooh!!!! Has Songpaw always had his ghost sight, or did he just get it after his first exposure to the oil?

Songpaw has always had what I would describe as "ghost sense", where he could feel presences, and maybe hear whispered words, but he couldn't see any spirits until he touched the black water. Dancepaw also has a ghost sense, they both inherited it from Eklutna, who used this sense to lead her to the black water, and later to Loudclan.

Eklutna is the best girl in my heart. I enjoy changing her ghost based on whose perspective we're seeing her from. Silt hallucinates her as this menacing, leering figure because Eklutna is THE villian of their story. The version of her watching her kits play is a more true version, that's what someone would see if they visited her in the blackwater pool. Meanwhile when we see her through Songkit's eyes she's faded and hard to understand because he's actively trying to block her out. He's refusing to let her appear fully to him, which is causing her to be more and more upset and incoherent.

You are not insane, they have little crushes on each other (moreso on Juneaucliff's part) and I think they are very cute together!

It is 100% okay to be an Owlstar lover! It is okay to be an anyone lover! I love all of them, no matter how bad of people they are so you are never alone no matter what character you love. My asks are a (nearly) judgement free zone.

He is! Sorry I didn't get to your ask earlier, I get a lot of asks, and I can't answer all of them, so while I LOVE and appreciate comments like this I tend to prioritize questions that I think would provide new information to the majority of people or line up with an upcoming plot point. I promise I am not ignoring anyone's ask for a "bad" reason, if someone or something was bugging me I would reach out to the person and let them know. Truly I am not telling anyone to stop submitting asks, they make me so happy, even if I don't answer them I see all of them and they are so kind. And if you have a burning question or comment that you feel has been missed please feel free to resubmit it, I do not mind repeats! /not mad

WARNING: Depiction of Decomposition/Decaying Body Below:

Yes! Because only the Leader and Lead Healer can truly commune with spirits, skulls are exposed after decomposition so that loved ones can speak and connect to the deceased. This doesn't happen until several moons to a year after the burial (depending on what season the cat died in), however, as the flesh must be allowed to decay. It goes something like this:

[neosporinwound]

I thought it would be a cool idea to draw Winslow Leach as "The Body of The Dead Christ in The Tomb" by Hans Holbein the Younger.

do NOT look if you are uncomfortable with looking at the dead. This drawing contains A VERY DEAD WINSLOW.

(CW: early stage of decay)

Dead Leach.

[fartsstinka]

unrelated to salem, have you seen that guy on twitter that's lie actively molding? the cheese guy who plays a ridiculous amount of fortnite?

i saw a photo of his hand, which is supposedly tame compared to the photos of his back and legs that are floating around. why is he molding and decaying?

if you dont know what im talking about. I dont recommend looking the photos up. still saverino on youtube has a video without the photos if youre curious about context.

Oh. My. God. Dude. Didn't KiwiTapes or SmokeyMcC make a video of this guy?

Uh, going into detail about this guy and his Purple Guy-like rot under the cut. Just saying, this guy above is not overreacting about how fucking crazy this dude is

Yeah this dude is rotting or his skin is dying or something I don't even know how to describe that. I'm ngl these photos are rough so don't look if you're not comfortable with like... actual necrosis? I think that the shit on his hand is... well, I think it's poop. This guy isn't even joking when he says this dude has trench foot NO BRO HE HAS TRENCHFOOT, THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING STAGES OF TRENCHFOOT.

I think that he's just... sweating so much and he's literally steeping in his own sweat, and that causes it to chafe/infect and that's why there's SO MANY HOLES. WHY IS HE SO FULL OF HOLES???

[itsyapeepkiri]

Hey @deerspherestudios!!! I finally finished the drawing!!!!! It only took 20 hours... but I hope you like it!!

This is based on Day 1, ending 1 of Mushroom Oasis, so spoilers if you don't know about it.

I'll add tags, but TW for death, bone, decomposition, decay (both human and animal), blood if you squint, body horror (???). Also, this will break your heart, so sorry, but the art gods demand tears today.

TWs UNDER CUT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Some tid bits about this project in no particularly order:

- I started this cause I thought about what it would look like if Mychael had found MC a little bit sooner (than the few weeks that it took for the body to decompose). Plus, I wanted to brush up on my anatomy skills.

- The trees were based on the image of in deerspherestudios's answer to an ask about Mychael's vision, specifically the 'bottom eyes closed' one.

- The cat is an orange tabby cause I thought it goes nice with canon green collar. The MC is based on deerspherestudios actual MC ref sheet. Mychael is deerspherestudios whole-heartedly, but I did use the outdoor outfit we see him in in the 2nd day.

- I would image that MC's and Mychael's bags are just off the page, but I just forgot to add them.

- The tree 2nd from the right was not supposed to be there. Or at least I don't think it was. I don't know how that tree got there, I swear. 😅

- My 1st hour, which ended up being a failed attempt, was based on my sleeping sibling. Then, when they woke up and took a look at my work, they mentioned that the hand was as big as the entire chest somehow. That's when I said screw it, tried to find some reference images, and ended up spending the next 1 and a half hours on a 3-D model website trying to force the pre-made models to bend to my will. After that, it went pretty smoothly. *cries in hating perspective*

- I used BiC Mark it permanent markers, an ultra fine point red Sharpie, a Sakura Pigma Micron 005 pen, some Prismacolor Premier colored pencils for details, and a random school issued yellow pencil and pink eraser to make this.

- You can't really see it, but the flowers that Mychael is holding are forget-me-nots, as a reference to the field he would have taken MC to on the 2nd day. They are also in the rough shape of a broken heart. 💔

- On that note, the mushrooms coming out of MC's eye are also shaped like a heart.

- And yes, our soft boi is crying... 😢

[undeadramblings]

I'm alive in the way fungi grows out of rotting wood and maggots burrow in putrid flesh

[thatstormygeek]

I've been thinking a lot about dead seals.

Specifically about a post I saw a while back that described the way various marine mammals decompose, and how seals will sometimes remain mostly externally intact with skulls for faces because that's how the small fish find their way in to scavenge the internal organs and tissues.

When a small nation dies, the carnivores are right there to pick it over, fighting each other to claim their share. But when a big nation dies - especially one that is insulated by geography and military might - the response is quite different.

For a time, the nation continues floating along, apparently perfectly fine to the distant observer. Not visible is how everything under the surface is rotting. The way putrefaction spreads throughout, collapsing systems that provided critical functions before the organism collapsed.

Those who know it's dead and are feeding off the corpse? It's to their benefit that the ruse of life be continued as long as possible. The more time they can spend gorging on the remains, the more resources they build up to support their move to the next vulnerable system.

The shock and horror felt when those fooled by the appearance of life realize the truth is understandable, though for most there has been some period of denial. It's been obvious for a time that things weren't right. But the truth was inconvenient, so blinders were applied.

Genocide. Manifest Destiny. Slavery. Harper's Ferry. Jim Crow. Company towns. The KKK. The transcontinental railroad. Internment Camps. The Red Scare. The Second Red Scare. The lynching of Emmett Till. The Cuban Missile Crisis. The Bay of Pigs. Kent State. Iran-Contra. Watergate. The AIDS crisis. The beating of Rodney King. The 2000 election. The bursting of the tech bubble. 9/11. The Patriot Act. The 2008 recession. The Birther Conspiracy. Ferguson. Pizzagate. The shooting of Breonna Taylor. The murder of George Floyd. ICE. January 6. Cop City. Alligator Alcatraz.

This nation has been rotten since its inception. While one can build on a deeply flawed foundation if necessary, care must be taken to quarantine the issues so they do not spread. Constant attention must be paid to mitigate the ongoing effects. The completely predictable consequences of not doing so are the spreading of illness and disease and, eventually, death.

I don't know where we go from here. What I do know is that dead is dead and continuing to incorporate dead tissue into your future plans means your core is poisoned from the start. The United States needs to be deeply, deeply debrided before any determination is made about what, if anything, is salvageable. And this is not a process anyone currently near the levers of power shows any interest in doing.

And so we continue to float. And rot. While parts of the world watch our inevitable downfall with growing despair, perhaps aware on some level that their own putrefaction is proceeding apace.