#the terror oc

[p0stm0rtem-l1v1d1ty]

Uhrheeghw more on my boy Finnigan

Because my handwriting is wack I'll put down the notes on the images here as well :p

Finnigan took to the seas at around 15 years old, leaving his job as a butcher after a scandal (that he will not disclose) arose within his family.

When the Terror and Erebus became stuck in the ice, he tried to remain optimistic about the situation, that the ice will thaw at some point or help will arrive, but it blows up in his face when it's clear something's hunting them and his best friend disappears and is found dead.

He is somewhat afraid of Cornelius Hickey (luckily they stay on two different ships) so he develops an attachment to Lt. Irving, who clearly doesn't like Hickey. The Lieutenant begrudgingly teaches Finnigan to paint with watercolours and lets him follow him around.

After Irving dies Finnigan sort of... breaks, emotionally speaking. He loses any hope he still had and becomes numb, dying not long after. Naïve until the end, he was trying to reason with Tuunbaq when his head was crushed between their jaws.

In some alternate universe where the crew does survive and make it home, I think Finnigan would end up with selective mutism from the time he almost got bite of 87ed (I don't think having your head in the mouth of a creature set on killing you is a fun experience) and would ration his food, afraid to run out again, no matter how much he has to eat.

[localcuttlefish]

Commission for @kelpywheat !

[boybelikethatsometimes]

The terror Ocs, I guess. The drawings aren't really, it's just an idea not fully final.

For Erebus, Sickness [AB]. Mid 20s.

For Terror, Drink [Stoker]. Mid 30s.

Both show up sometime in the middle of being stuck in the ice, around EP4. All of a sudden in the middle of the night, as if they had always been there. They have records of their existence, the log book has their names and everything. Everyone has memories of them, but they don't feel right, like it's the details of a dream.

In terms of the show thing, Sickness stays back during Carnivale, Drink survives it. Sickness goes on to Terror Camp, gets left behind in the entire leaving the sick thing, then returns back to the ship. Drink stays behind in the ship.

Thinking of at the end, as the ships sink into the water, below the ice. Drink and Sickness would be sat at the fore royal yard, watching over the plain of ice. Imagine Silna walking past it, and Sickness waves to her. And as the rest of the ship goes under water, Drink goes down with it, and Sickness hops off makes his way to the Inuit.

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Unfortunately there's more in terms of thought process.

If Tuurngaq is the ghost of the arctic, the spirit symbolising the environment. Then Drink and Sickness would be the ghosts of the ship, the spirit of the empire.

Absolutely awful with names, but it would probably be obvious why they're called Drink and Sickness. Drink is in Terror, because it's captain is a drunkard. Sickness is in Erebus, because [at least for most of the show] that's where the scurvy and lead poisoning seem to begin.

Also, Drink and Sickness are the two ways the empire destroys a culture. In terms of colonisation, those are the two ways people are kept down. Disarm them, weaken them through Drink, kill them through foreign Sickness.

Drink goes down with the ship in the end, because bottles of alcohol can drown and go away, but Sickness, it'll haunt you.

So

Yeah

[stranglingffruit]

remember when everyone was making terrorsonas

[cowburr]

Haaland something its coming home something (dodgy bloke belongs to @r4tso)

[attiredpan]

❤️my situationally homophobic son❤️

[wizardposting666]

I FINALLY GET TO POST THIS!!!!!!

Isaac-Louis on Instagram did this for me, just sent it in my DMs spontaneously! I'm posting it here (with explicit permission of course!)

I'm just so over the moon with this art, it's absolutely amazing!!! Love that he kept the detail of Lily wearing a white waistcoat under his uniform similar to the way Fitzjames does, and the lower lashes! He's utterly perfect 😭

[redhydraarts]

Rough sketch :) i think her name will be Liselotte

I know women weren't allowed on ships back in 1840 or something but LET ME FANTASISE 😫😫