Kneel Before Me

Happy anniversary everyone!! In honor of 2 years of Dead Boy Detectives (??!!?!) I've made a little ask game! Send me an emoji and I'll answer about DBDA

🔍 Favorite episode?

👻 Favorite character?

💀 Headcanon that's been floating in your brain recently?

💋💍🔪 Kiss marry kill (*insert characters here*)

🤔 Would you rather (ex. would you rather: be chased by giant babydoll spider or giant snake?)

✍️ What are you currently working on?

📺 When did you first watch? What was your first impression?

✨️ How did you hear about the show?

💕 Favorite thing about the show?

🍝 Event you're most looking forward to?

🔮 Share a memory about the show/fandom

💣 What would you change about the show?

👁 Fic recs?

🏏 Use this as an excuse to gush/rant about anything you want

Tagging some people under the cut, but anyone who wants to participate feel free to reblog (or create your own version!)

A take on Rocky and Adrian's designs!

Went iceberg watching, stepped on a cool claystone and realized a love-letter to sedimentary rocks was long overdue. A continuation of geological eridian phenotypes!:) (I am not immune to behemoth Adrian propaganda. Rocky mate bad as hell, statement 😌)

Nerding out under the cut!

Needed a clean graphic for a project, and figured while I was vectoring I would put sex and magic back in.

I would also love to see him all alone, feeling abandoned, and going on something of a rampage about it. Fully leaning into the violence that he has despised in himself and I truly think he should be doing more of that

"So the story goes

#that brief moment in the 4th gif when Charles realises he gave smth away about his dad's character that he didn't intend to#and he looks away from Crystal for just a second before he starts backpedalling and insisting it's not a big deal

The Eridians figure out how to safely dock the Hail Mary to the top of the space elevator structure. A greeting party of Eridians gathers to welcome Rocky back. Introductions to Grace are made (if this is a version of the story where Grace is in a state to introduce himself, health-wise). The Eridians escort Rocky further in and down, leaving Grace safe in the Hail Mary for the time being.

At the exact point where Grace's heartbeat starts to peter out of Rocky's constant spatial awareness, Rocky just. Stops walking. Completely stops dead in the middle of a hallway with no warning. The other Eridians keep going for a step or two before realizing he's stopped and also stopping, confused. They ask him what's wrong. He doesn't answer.

From the instant that the outer hull of the Hail Mary came between Rocky and Grace, Rocky has been fighting the impulse to sprint back into the ship and double-triple-quadruple-quintuple-check that Grace is still okay. That impulse has been growing stronger and stronger with every step he takes, until this moment, when one more step will carry Rocky out of the range where he can keep tabs on Grace without even consciously thinking about it. It feels like Rocky physically can't move his legs. What's happening to him? Is he going to sleep, and that's why he can't move? He can't be -- he just woke from sleep barely 1.5 Earth days ago.

Adrian steps toward Rocky with a croon of concern. Their carapace tilts away, in the direction the group had been headed. Aren't you coming?

Old instincts kick in and Rocky automatically moves toward his mate, one step, two steps, three--

Grace's heartbeat is gone.

If I saw the clues and caught the hints then yes! I am clever and me and the author/creator/artist etc were in on it together the whole time!

If I didn't notice the clues or got fooled but can clearly see them in hindsight then "Ha! You won this time storyteller! I am delighted by this game we play!' and then I enjoy putting the pieces together afterwards and enjoying how clever it was. I feel like the creator respects me as an audience

If there is a "twist" that comes with 0 clues or foreshadowing at all I'm annoyed. I'm pissed off. I feel like I'm being condescended to and patronised. It's not clever or interesting and makes me annoyed I ended up caring about characters and plot points that ended up meaningless.

Because it's not that these stories don't have foreshadowing or plot clues. They just abandon it for a "surprising twist"

A story that pays off the clues is letting me into the fun and makes a participant in the story

Random plot twists that don't connect to anything in the story are not clever. If we don't see it coming because the writer didn't provide any clues, they aren't clever and it's totally unsatisfying (and I will NEVER read this writer again). These clues need not be lit up in neon with a parade of elephants and showgirls. But they need to be present