#nightmare night

[howleen1031]

[ganglymask]

Continued from here.

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Gangle had been off and on with slumber, she was shuddering so profusely it was like she could barely hold herself together. Everytime she tried it was heading towards her, bright, red, coming so fast she barely had time to react before it claimed her once more. And when it did she felt the pain, the agony, as it crushed her with its weight. She felt the moment of her death play out over and over again without mercy. A constant reminder of her choice to abandon all hope before choosing the abyss. The abyss promised comfort, it promised release, no longer would she have to suffer. She could finally be free of it all.

Yet, this place she was thrown into wasn't the abyss. Oh no, it was nothing but a new hell for her to continue her worthless existence. She should have known that even in death she wouldn't be given peace. Someone like her didn't deserve peace! Didn't deserve anything! All of this pain was deserved! She shouldn't be happy! She wasn't allowed to be happy! She knew this! She felt this within her very soul!

Many times she had woke up screaming while crying so horribly out in pain. The type of pain one only felt from when bones were broken. She couldn't say anything to the ragdoll. She couldn't say anything, but the expression on her face showed how much agony she was in. Her eyes begged for help, for the pain to stop, for her dreams to give her some form of relief like dreams were meant to do. But it didn't happen.

"H...e...l...p...m...e...p...l...e...a...s...e...i...t...h...u...r...t...s..."

Her voice was barely a whisper but the desperation was clear to see. She wanted help! She was so scared, so afraid, she wanted to go home. She wanted to see or feel anything that felt familiar. Just to help the pain stop...to make the nightmares go away...anything...please...

@r4ggedy

[askponyinuyasha]

Nightmare Horf

I said I would post this one separately and I meant it ^^

This was the original orientation of the drawing and the sketch, and I flipped it for the ask. You may also see this one floating about on bluesky or deviantart because I posted it on some of my other socials first with a different signature in the corner.

She took me about 6 hours total to draw from sketch to finish. I'd like to get to draw more things like this in Inkscape so feel free to give me as many excuses as possible to do so! I'm also really enjoying using Inkscape to draw cutie marks, so if you need a custom high-res transparent PNG of your character's cutie mark, hmu!

SUPER BONUS PARTY HORF

[ask-burning-stream]

[askponyinuyasha]

Inuyasha: Okay. I'll admit... as far as pony holidays go... this is a pretty cool party.

@a-spoonful-o-generosity: Told ya it would be!

I wish I could have done more for Nightmare Night but this has got to be it for me for real!

It's not yet midnight where I'm at (though it's close) so hopefully I can tag @ask-shutter-ghost and still slide in a last-minute entry for the pony costume contest? Not sure if Inuyasha's costume counts as scary or not XD

He's dressed as a Komainu, the Japanese version of the lion-dog. The Japanese take on these originally Chinese sculptures is cute. In China they're strictly intended to be lions (though westerners still refer to them as lion-dogs or foo-dogs or several other variations there of). When the lion statues and carvings made their way to Japan, they were dubbed by the locals to be dogs, and referred to as komainu. They come in pairs, and guard Buddhist temples and shrines against evil. Whether the mouth is open or shut can have specific symbology, but accounts contradict each other on what which shape means besides that the open mouth shape is the "Ah" shape and the closed mouth shape is the "Un" shape.

I figured Inuyasha would struggle a bit with coming up with something scary to dress up as, because he's obviously so tough and fearless that nothing ever scares him ever. So he'd go with something that's more a) venerated and b) dog-themed lol.

Background is by MLP-Silver-Quill on DA!

[urlocalmultifandomerxd]

GUYS WHAT KIND OF CLOTH DO I GIVE FOR NIGHTMARE NIGHT AAAAA

@a-spoonful-o-generosity @forgivemeomycyns

HELPPPAAAAAA IS THERE A SPECIFIC KIND OR ANY?? DO I NEED ANYTHING ELSE?

[alldokistickers]

NEW Robodoki Stickers, Hope Filled Ponies: Nightmare Night Twinkling Dusk + Ember

[ask-princess-lulu-34]

"Another bountiful, and fun, Nightmare Night Festival is, like our candy: in the bag. Zecora just groaned at our pun, although she is sorting our haul right now. She's going to snag the suckers and caramels, then watch us game while enjoying said sweets. She already sent the wafers to Tia, thanks to Discord opening a portal for her. We gave him some candy corn as payment for the service. Later on we shall probably be suffering a tummy ache, but it will be worth it. For now, we with thee all a Happy Nightmare Night, and remind thee to not eat too much candy tonight." ~The Moon watches us