Sketches of a Violet Fox

I was fortunate enough to see a production on stage first and Hades is usually played with a sort of strong, straight-backed, sturdy posturing. Then this is played for the reversal in his dance with Persephone as he becomes loose in his movements, soft in his gestures. It's a great performance, but both would be so hard to perform with any confidence or grace in a boot.

So Page didn't try to copy his old style of playing the role! He adapted the whole performance to utilize the boot and the cane. His movements became more serpentine to avoid pressure on his leg, and he skulked about the stage, using the cane (with a dog head handle, fantastic detail) both for stability and as a way to gesture and bring emphasis to his movements. He does not appear infirm, instead he appears partially robotic, a cold man becoming something less "human" over the years. It made him seem far MORE threatening in some scenes I would argue, as it changed his whole body language into something strange and unfamiliar, the position of the boot holding his leg in a way that made me think of werewolves.

And then, in the emotional turn, instead of making him a graceful dancer, he does suddenly look more infirm. This isn't the King of Iron, this is an old man that has worked himself so hard for so long, to the point of self-destruction, trying to protect things he was losing in the process. He is hurt, he isn't as fast as he once was, but he tries to match his wife's dance, hobbling through the steps. She tearfully holds his hand and dances around him, goes slow, so happy to be able to connect with him again, to love each other again. She accommodates his limitations, it doesn't matter that he's not what he once was, they can be something new together.

“How many road fatalities were recorded in South Australia in 2017?”

Your head snaps up. You’re flung back through your teenage years till you hit sixteen, and you’re hunched over your laptop at 3 AM, and you’re combing through SAPOL statistics and asking yourself why you escaped with only a few bruised ribs when she—

“Oh, that’s an easy one!” Sexist Pig says.

“Everyone knows that,” says Red Suit Jacket.

Bella nods enthusiastically and your scribe scrawls down 100 as your head continues ringing. Who the hell has that kind of knowledge on hand? You know exactly who, and it’s not fucking Bella.

Are these questions about you?

happy Quiz Fright release! please enjoy for two crisp australian dollars on my ko-fi, or PWYW! <3

I describe this one as a twilight zone episode with more graphic violence haha. I suggest going in blind, but trigger warnings are provided on the ko-fi page :3

reblogs are appreciated, too! they help my spores spread and I love to spread my spores

time for the rentalcar cover reveal!

artwork is by the extremely talented @antiquedeuce who did a phenomenal job, I couldn't be happier with the results :3

I'm very excited to share this silly little ginormous book with you all soon! in the meantime there's my website and mailing list so you can stay up to date with what's happening re: renting cars <3

tag list under cut!

Propaganda

Hazel McCallah (The Unexplored Places: Ruin's Gate):

Hazel is literally a hot middle aged butch cowboy who died and came back wrong it does NOT get sexier than that

what's sexier than a middle aged butch cowboy with a shady past born out of desperation to survive on a harsh and unforgiving planet who makes the conscious decision to not only become a better person and use her strength to help her struggling community, but also who willingly sacrifices herself to atone for her past and then COMES BACK FROM THE DEAD, resurrected by the spirit of said planet, to continue to protect that community and the people in it?

is it a middle aged butch cowboy who rescues a young girl—who, grieving the loss of her own mother in a mining accident, ran away from home and got trapped in the same haunted mine where her mother died—and decides to become a mentor to that young girl, and is motivated by the desire to make the world into a kinder place for that girl than it was to her when she was a child?

or maybe it's a middle aged butch cowboy who, when she fights supernatural monsters with her cool hellstone axe, has smoke come out of her eyes and succumbs to prophetic visions of doom???

also she's HOT

Listen, I'm going to be honest here. I don't think I'd ever found a podcast character hot before Hazel. Now Hazel is the metric against which all other podcast characters are judged. I've never listened to that other show, but how Hazel isn't just absolutely running away with this thing is beyond me.

Emmy Acero (Tidal Wave Games Podcast: SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...):

Latino trans man, college student turned movie stunt double turned space bounty hunter. Father blew his entire college fund on a cryptocurrency scheme, now trying to raise enough money as a gig worker to pay off his debt before his school's tuition office's hitmen come after him. And that's before he finds out about the whole "secret destiny" thing…

Might be inexperienced (don't worry, he's a consenting adult) but he's a very quick learner. Just look how quickly he learned the saxophone!

Accidental rizz levels off the charts. Canonically has the most romantic/sexual success of any character in the podcast, almost entirely unintentionally on his part

You float the idea of knife play and he says "omg I thought you would never ask". Next thing you know you're sitting in a chair watching him perform actual knife tricks for two hours

Special skills: "True Strength is in the Core", "Can Fit in Spaces Most Can't", "Resting Innocent Face" (aka puppy dog eyes). I think you can fill in the blanks

There's just something about this guy, I can't quite put my finger on it...

Art of Emmy Acero by @violetfoxsketches.

Additional propaganda below the cut:

Propaganda

Hazel McCallah (The Unexplored Places: Ruin's Gate):

Hazel is literally a hot middle aged butch cowboy who died and came back wrong it does NOT get sexier than that

what's sexier than a middle aged butch cowboy with a shady past born out of desperation to survive on a harsh and unforgiving planet who makes the conscious decision to not only become a better person and use her strength to help her struggling community, but also who willingly sacrifices herself to atone for her past and then COMES BACK FROM THE DEAD, resurrected by the spirit of said planet, to continue to protect that community and the people in it?

is it a middle aged butch cowboy who rescues a young girl—who, grieving the loss of her own mother in a mining accident, ran away from home and got trapped in the same haunted mine where her mother died—and decides to become a mentor to that young girl, and is motivated by the desire to make the world into a kinder place for that girl than it was to her when she was a child?

or maybe it's a middle aged butch cowboy who, when she fights supernatural monsters with her cool hellstone axe, has smoke come out of her eyes and succumbs to prophetic visions of doom???

also she's HOT

Listen, I'm going to be honest here. I don't think I'd ever found a podcast character hot before Hazel. Now Hazel is the metric against which all other podcast characters are judged. I've never listened to that other show, but how Hazel isn't just absolutely running away with this thing is beyond me.

Emmy Acero (Tidal Wave Games Podcast: SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...):

Latino trans man, college student turned movie stunt double turned space bounty hunter. Father blew his entire college fund on a cryptocurrency scheme, now trying to raise enough money as a gig worker to pay off his debt before his school's tuition office's hitmen come after him. And that's before he finds out about the whole "secret destiny" thing…

Might be inexperienced (don't worry, he's a consenting adult) but he's a very quick learner. Just look how quickly he learned the saxophone!

Accidental rizz levels off the charts. Canonically has the most romantic/sexual success of any character in the podcast, almost entirely unintentionally on his part

You float the idea of knife play and he says "omg I thought you would never ask". Next thing you know you're sitting in a chair watching him perform actual knife tricks for two hours

Special skills: "True Strength is in the Core", "Can Fit in Spaces Most Can't", "Resting Innocent Face" (aka puppy dog eyes). I think you can fill in the blanks

There's just something about this guy, I can't quite put my finger on it...

Art of Emmy Acero by @violetfoxsketches.

Additional propaganda below the cut:

Propaganda

Hazel McCallah (The Unexplored Places: Ruin's Gate):

Hazel is literally a hot middle aged butch cowboy who died and came back wrong it does NOT get sexier than that

what's sexier than a middle aged butch cowboy with a shady past born out of desperation to survive on a harsh and unforgiving planet who makes the conscious decision to not only become a better person and use her strength to help her struggling community, but also who willingly sacrifices herself to atone for her past and then COMES BACK FROM THE DEAD, resurrected by the spirit of said planet, to continue to protect that community and the people in it?

is it a middle aged butch cowboy who rescues a young girl—who, grieving the loss of her own mother in a mining accident, ran away from home and got trapped in the same haunted mine where her mother died—and decides to become a mentor to that young girl, and is motivated by the desire to make the world into a kinder place for that girl than it was to her when she was a child?

or maybe it's a middle aged butch cowboy who, when she fights supernatural monsters with her cool hellstone axe, has smoke come out of her eyes and succumbs to prophetic visions of doom???

also she's HOT

Listen, I'm going to be honest here. I don't think I'd ever found a podcast character hot before Hazel. Now Hazel is the metric against which all other podcast characters are judged. I've never listened to that other show, but how Hazel isn't just absolutely running away with this thing is beyond me.

Emmy Acero (Tidal Wave Games Podcast: SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...):

Latino trans man, college student turned movie stunt double turned space bounty hunter. Father blew his entire college fund on a cryptocurrency scheme, now trying to raise enough money as a gig worker to pay off his debt before his school's tuition office's hitmen come after him. And that's before he finds out about the whole "secret destiny" thing…

Might be inexperienced (don't worry, he's a consenting adult) but he's a very quick learner. Just look how quickly he learned the saxophone!

Accidental rizz levels off the charts. Canonically has the most romantic/sexual success of any character in the podcast, almost entirely unintentionally on his part

You float the idea of knife play and he says "omg I thought you would never ask". Next thing you know you're sitting in a chair watching him perform actual knife tricks for two hours

Special skills: "True Strength is in the Core", "Can Fit in Spaces Most Can't", "Resting Innocent Face" (aka puppy dog eyes). I think you can fill in the blanks

There's just something about this guy, I can't quite put my finger on it...

Art of Emmy Acero by @violetfoxsketches.

Additional propaganda below the cut:

i had been busier than anticipated in june…

however, it's never too late for pride!

have some sappy art of my wife and i! i love my beautiful mothwife so much! <3

Happy Sexiest Podcast Character Bracket time folks! Pete Moss from Tidal Wave Games Podcast "See You Space Cowboy" and The Bone God from "Hope's Hearth" have TIED! What's better than a sexy mad scientist botanist and a god with enough anxiety it puts a skittish stallion to shame teaming up? NOTHING THAT'S WHAT!

Propaganda

Bruce Wayne AKA Batman (Batman: Bump In The Night):

What if Batman was the last line of defense between Gotham and the supernatural unknown? What if he did less punching and more paranormal detecting (but still a generous amount of punching)? What if he could exorcize, comfort, or rehome antagonists instead of just throwing them in Arkham?

You should vote for Batman (Bruce Waye, est. May 1939 to win this bracket) to win this bracket and upset a D&D Actual Play

My argument: It would be really funny

the thing you have to understand about bump in the night batman is he is that guy. robert pattinson batman but he has to know dracula is real

Bump In The Night has one of the subtlest and strangest batmans I've seen depicted in maybe any media.

This is a batman who is constantly running off of five coffees and twelve packs of cigarettes who does in fact look like he is constantly running off of five coffees and twelve packs of cigarettes and is fully out of his depth but is still trying despite that.

This is a batman that was left out in the rain but needs to come in to do some detecting but is going to be at least a little bit awkward about being covered in rainwater the entire time.

I don't want to just, like, *assume* things about tumblr but I also think this is maybe the global capital of bedraggled guy appreciators and this is a bedraggled guy who is routinely beset by occult crime.

a guy who gets the shit kicked out of him by a ventiloquost dummy

This man is so socially inept that when he GRAPPLING HOOKS A CHILD and then learns the child Knows Things about a case he's working, he gives her GRANDMA CANDY

HE SHOWS UP AT PEOPLES HOUSES AT 3 AM WITH BONES

Did you want a batman who handles his rogue's gallery the way the flash does? With de-escalation tactics and words? Who doesnt just throw them all into Arkham without any thought to helping them?

he is such a wet cat

You wanna vote for batman so bad ooooooh when he's bruce wayne he turns into billionaire philanthropist gay playboy brucie wayne and its a really fun juxtaposition against his awkward and serious batman persona which is closer to his real personality

he talks his villains down and then HIRES THEM AS PART OF THE BAT TEAM

HE'S FRIENDS WITH VIKTOR FREEZE

HE'S EXES WITH SO MANY PEOPLE

Genuinely this podcast rips and this depiction of batman is fucking great

Mod Note: Please only vote for Bruce Wayne/Batman that appears in the podcast Batman: Bump In The Night.

Emmy Acero (Tidal Wave Games Podcast: SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...):

Latino trans man, college student turned movie stunt double turned space bounty hunter. Father blew his entire college fund on a cryptocurrency scheme, now trying to raise enough money as a gig worker to pay off his debt before his school's tuition office's hitmen come after him. And that's before he finds out about the whole "secret destiny" thing…

Might be inexperienced (don't worry, he's a consenting adult) but he's a very quick learner. Just look how quickly he learned the saxophone!

Accidental rizz levels off the charts. Canonically has the most romantic/sexual success of any character in the podcast, almost entirely unintentionally on his part

You float the idea of knife play and he says "omg I thought you would never ask". Next thing you know you're sitting in a chair watching him perform actual knife tricks for two hours

Special skills: "True Strength is in the Core", "Can Fit in Spaces Most Can't", "Resting Innocent Face" (aka puppy dog eyes). I think you can fill in the blanks

Art of Bruce Wayne and Batman courtesy of @charaznablescanontoyota.

Propaganda

Bruce Wayne AKA Batman (Batman: Bump In The Night):

What if Batman was the last line of defense between Gotham and the supernatural unknown? What if he did less punching and more paranormal detecting (but still a generous amount of punching)? What if he could exorcize, comfort, or rehome antagonists instead of just throwing them in Arkham?

You should vote for Batman (Bruce Waye, est. May 1939 to win this bracket) to win this bracket and upset a D&D Actual Play

My argument: It would be really funny

the thing you have to understand about bump in the night batman is he is that guy. robert pattinson batman but he has to know dracula is real

Bump In The Night has one of the subtlest and strangest batmans I've seen depicted in maybe any media.

This is a batman who is constantly running off of five coffees and twelve packs of cigarettes who does in fact look like he is constantly running off of five coffees and twelve packs of cigarettes and is fully out of his depth but is still trying despite that.

This is a batman that was left out in the rain but needs to come in to do some detecting but is going to be at least a little bit awkward about being covered in rainwater the entire time.

I don't want to just, like, *assume* things about tumblr but I also think this is maybe the global capital of bedraggled guy appreciators and this is a bedraggled guy who is routinely beset by occult crime.

a guy who gets the shit kicked out of him by a ventiloquost dummy

This man is so socially inept that when he GRAPPLING HOOKS A CHILD and then learns the child Knows Things about a case he's working, he gives her GRANDMA CANDY

HE SHOWS UP AT PEOPLES HOUSES AT 3 AM WITH BONES

Did you want a batman who handles his rogue's gallery the way the flash does? With de-escalation tactics and words? Who doesnt just throw them all into Arkham without any thought to helping them?

he is such a wet cat

You wanna vote for batman so bad ooooooh when he's bruce wayne he turns into billionaire philanthropist gay playboy brucie wayne and its a really fun juxtaposition against his awkward and serious batman persona which is closer to his real personality

he talks his villains down and then HIRES THEM AS PART OF THE BAT TEAM

HE'S FRIENDS WITH VIKTOR FREEZE

HE'S EXES WITH SO MANY PEOPLE

Genuinely this podcast rips and this depiction of batman is fucking great

Mod Note: Please only vote for Bruce Wayne/Batman that appears in the podcast Batman: Bump In The Night.

Emmy Acero (Tidal Wave Games Podcast: SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...):

Latino trans man, college student turned movie stunt double turned space bounty hunter. Father blew his entire college fund on a cryptocurrency scheme, now trying to raise enough money as a gig worker to pay off his debt before his school's tuition office's hitmen come after him. And that's before he finds out about the whole "secret destiny" thing…

Might be inexperienced (don't worry, he's a consenting adult) but he's a very quick learner. Just look how quickly he learned the saxophone!

Accidental rizz levels off the charts. Canonically has the most romantic/sexual success of any character in the podcast, almost entirely unintentionally on his part

You float the idea of knife play and he says "omg I thought you would never ask". Next thing you know you're sitting in a chair watching him perform actual knife tricks for two hours

Special skills: "True Strength is in the Core", "Can Fit in Spaces Most Can't", "Resting Innocent Face" (aka puppy dog eyes). I think you can fill in the blanks

Art of Bruce Wayne and Batman courtesy of @charaznablescanontoyota.

Kings of Sorts: Episodes 1-4 Omnibus kickstarter launches TOMORROW!! here is a little summary of the items you can receive <3

Do you like slow burn romance, opposites attract, and older lesbians? This book might be for you!

Unaccounted For is a slow-burn sapphic romance about public image, private damage, and two women who have spent decades learning how not to need anyone.

Disaster response veteran Allegra Sinclair saves people. She doesn’t court attention.

But when a chance rescue saves the life of a billionaire heir, Allegra’s face is suddenly everywhere. News crews want interviews. Strangers want selfies. And Sal Lategan, a ruthless PR strategist with a talent for getting under Allegra’s skin, knows exactly what Allegra’s unwanted fame is worth.

The deal is simple: Allegra lets Sal prove her sudden fame can become more than headlines—that it can become shelter, funding, and support for people who need it.

Then the deal changes.

Sal’s world is built on image, leverage, and secrets, and Allegra is very good at finding people others thought were lost. The closer she gets to Sal, the more obvious it becomes that the woman managing everyone else’s narrative has been trapped inside one of her own.

Allegra never wanted to be famous. She never wanted to be anyone’s asset. But leaving Sal behind may be harder than turning back towards the flames.

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