#tw decay

[perse-art]

how we feel about habit true form fanart?

saw evan jennings’ art of habit’s true form and had to draw him dude, he described his idea of the form as “parasitic wolf” which i kinda ran with

i think i associate parasitic with decay as well, which is where the mushrooms and slime came in, the occasional holes along his body are also meant to be like holes dug by grubs or smth (very jane prentiss inspired)

the slime came from that like state of rot, or how mushrooms can often get, where they’re just very slimy and gross

i wanted him to be icky basically

[ask-fun-facility]

how powerful and scary can director get if he truly doesn't hold anything back? what kind of damage could he do? how would it look?

F.E.N. Database Access Granted. Danger Level: Imminent.

[thetachonisboy]

// Never getting over the headcanon that Pincushion was a baby/young kit when Occtis found him because he’s so small and not long™️ like adult foxes. I love the idea of newbie to the Pentevral Occtis finding this little, young, badly injured fox maybe on his travels to school and just not being able to leave him there. And then working so hard and finding different fox pieces— which, is not easy to do— and putting so much into this repairing little creature that not only is Pin brought back with some semblance of an attitude, conscious, and will, but as a familiar.

[itsguysnightitsironic]

A casket for two (if something happens to her, I'm suing)

(This piece is indeed inspired by The Reluctant Bride (1866) by Auguste Toulmouche)

[mxmorbidmidnight]

It had always been my dream to die somewhere in the wilderness alone. When I am ready I will go and be amongst my people and my home one last time. There I will slowly rot and be consumed by the land until I am part of it. The idea of having a funeral, being put into a coffin or cremated makes me uncomfortable. The only thing I see as rest is to be consumed by the earth, never seen or touched again by anybody. For the last touch I know to be human haunts me.

[beardless-bearded-vulture]

Heron skull, legally collected

[harusuki]

the legend of vox machina gifset per episode season 3 episode 12: souls in darkness

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[pokemon-ash-aus]

Dead AU ask caus ima suck for ash being a pokemon:

his body was found after a year, right? that means if decay works similar to our world, only bones would remain. How did they identify the body? dental records?

I think it works differently, Only because there isn't small decay eating bugs.

We can say that Weedle and Caterpie are the main culprits, but considering the area was filled with Spearow, we can assume that the bug population was greatly reduced.

Ash did not bury his and Pikachu's body, so, that does leave a few options. Mummification is out due to area being filled with moisture.

A normal decay without any outside help (ie caskets and all) takes about 10 days tops. Considering Ash and Pikachu's body was left in the open, the bug populace was reduced to nill, he would have been subjected to more underground pokemon.

Rattata are more than likely to feast on his corpse whereas the Sandshrews would aim for Pikachu. The infestation of Spearow and the mass exodus of many of em due to Pikachu's lightning powered thunder shock would likely lead all the pokemon to the bird pokemon. Smaller game equals easier meat.

This is on a long winded rant to say that Ash and Pikachu's body would have likely decayed within 2 weeks. A little longer than the average 10 days!

As for identification - it was a Molar test where they had /presumed/ it was Ash! Why do i say presume?

Ash was 10 years old at the start of his journey and subsequent end of life, He has NO dental records as of this age due to not needing crowns, fillings etc. Especially since he still at his baby teeth stage.

Typically speaking, Baby teeth start to shed between the ages of 8-12 years old, prominent ones, such as the canine teeth, take a while longer compared to the others.

Ash still had all his teeth, so we can presume either a) his baby teeth never fell out, or b) Most of his teeth had already prematurely fell out and he had his adult teeth at this point.

I'm more inclined to the thought of baby teeth never having fallen out, leading to the inability to have any records!

Technically speaking, the only thing police would be able to find out, is that the body had been there for close to a year already.

You know what's odd though? That the victim had a Pokemon right next to him.

A Pikachu

Looking into records of any trainers with Pikachu narrows it down greatly. And suddenly, they come across the record of Ash Ketchum, the only Pallet town trainer (a direct correlation of why he was in the viridian forest) with a Pikachu as a /starter/

So clearly, the body MUST be him. He even started as a trainer this year!

And thus, they believe that someone else stole Ash's identity since their are records of monsy being used, Pokemon being caught etc.

Except that's very clearly not the case, when Ash Ketchum -living breathing and looks EXACTLY like his trainer photo- conducts an interview with confusion.

"I've been traveling with freinds this entire time, why do people think I'm dead?"

And his Pikachu is right there on his shoulder- far too smart for a pikachu- looking on in the same amount of confusion.

The call is off, the grave stays with the body of the unknown trainer, and they never buff out the name Ketchum.

His name was Ash Ketchum