#shadowpact

Ragman anyone?

Dan Cassidy, AKA the Blue Devil is a unfortunately the owner of a story about the weight of responsibility and that for those who mingle in the world of the superhuman, it is always going to be a balancing act between living a life in harmony with their abilities and living a life that they can stomach when they look themselves in the eye. That there is never a time in which the hero life has taken "enough" from you and you can continue to coast on the dividends of your deeds. That it is often when we are most satisfied with ourselves that the world reminds us just how easily our moral compromises can escape our control.

(A picture of Cassidy in action)

For those of you who are of an older generation or just a the more dedicated kind of cinephile, the name Daniel Cassidy was already known to you. One of the most sought after an ambitious special effects gurus in Hollywood with the calling card that all of his best effects were performed "in camera" rather than being applied to the film after the fact. When tapped for a monster movie called Blue Devil by his friend and the film's director Marla Bloom, he created a powerful bionic suit with in built pyrotechnics and a trident capable of firing rocket powered blasts.

The film's stars, as Hollywood stars are want to do on a SHOCKINGLY regular basis somehow summoned a demon named Nebiros (Gwen: Nasty customer that). The demon nearly succeeding in claiming the souls of the entire crew if not for Cassidy's intervention, using the suit to banish the beast back to its other-dimensional prison. Caught in the crossfire of the demon's fading magic, Cassidy was bonded at the skin to the suit. Going from a devout Irish Catholic to a hulking devil's visage in a single afternoon. Rather than the tragic spiral you would expect, though, Cassidy took to his new form in style. While often insisting to those in a VERY curious Hollywood media that he was no superhero he became wrapped up in a LONG series of bizarre occurrences in his native Los Angeles and beyond, becoming a common sight on national television and a few high profile films. Even picking up a sidekick that would become the hero known as Red Devil in later years. Though Cassidy remained committed to his disenchantment with the idea of the superhero life. He would help people where he could, even alongside actual superheroes before returning to his work at the first opportunity...until. Faced with a career lull after the zeitgeist around his form faded and the odd events around him petered out he accepted a membership to the Justice League who had instituted a temporary "open door" policy in an attempt to account for a manpower shortfall. He made few friends during his first stint in the League, his attempts to leverage his position for glory and fame clashed with the League's core membership although he DID show up to the disasters in question and began to earn some grudging respect. One night, for seemingly no reason, a power substation in the California desert went dark. At the time no one knew why. And through a long and winding series of unfortunate coincidence, Cassidy's friend Marla Bloom and a helicopter pilot lost their lives in a crash whose causes were traced back to the substation's destruction. A destruction that was in turn tracked back to Cassidy. Because Dan Cassidy had sold his soul. Literally.

🌹☠️ THEME: love & the journey of rebirth. after death, how do you reclaim your place among the living? what price comes with a second chance?

A seven-day event celebrating Darla Acquista/Laura Fell, the Warlock's Daughter from DC Comics! Each day is inspired by a "stage" of rebirth. The goal is to explore different aspects of her story, character, and relationships. All types of fanwork are welcome, including fanart, fanfiction, meta, graphics, and anything else that involves original creation.

DURATION: April 14th - April 20th @aliteralchicken

Trust them captain, if ANYBODY has experience on the fucked up angles of the magical kind...

Some of Darla’s old friends see them and ask them if they’re going to Darla’s funeral/memorial.

Tim obviously has no idea about it because he ghosted everyone & He’s confused at first because he forgot Laura didn’t reveal herself to anyone else. Bernard notices and remembers that Laura said she was going to find him.

After the others leave, Bernard asks Tim about it. Tim tells him she’s at the Shadowpact prison now.

warlocks daughter week day 6: RETURN