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Merlin IS Magic. Surely this makes him more than a little different?

I have this Headcannon that because of all his various powers, Merlin is physically quite different to what is usually expected in medical science and Gaius is completely fascinated by absolutely hates it.

I’m talking things like one day he comes stumbling into their chambers with an arrow clean through the left side of his chest, wheezing but somehow Not Dead. It’s because like his dragon kin, Merlin’s heart is on the right side of his body. Gaius swears off everything Merlin related there and then. (He lasts about 30 minutes).

Or how under the concealment charm tied to his neckerchief, Merlin’s eyes are naturaly a blazing gold all the time, fuelled by the magic in his veins. Surprisingly, they also allow him to see quite well in the dark. ‘Like a cat’ Gaius remarks when he finds out about it.

His teeth are a little too pointy? Or at least his canines are. It’s Merlin’s most obvious ‘Medical Mystery’ trait but fortunately nothing that can’t be explained away easily enough. It does however add another point to the creature side of ‘Human vs Magical Being’ tally Gaius has been keeping in his head. For scientific purposes. Of course.

Merlin’s speed and agility are much greater than it has any right to be, even if you take into account the amount of physical labour he does for Arthur; The boy practically flys over the ground. Unfortunately the knights don’t realise this until they bet all their money he couldn’t beat Gwaine in a race.

He can talk to animals too! Mind-speak is easiest but his other method has Gaius tearing out the little hair he has left because his ward Should Not Be Able To Do That. To talk to animals, Merlin simply replicates THEIR language: be that neighing, breying or barking. Laws of Vocal Chords be damned, Merlin can do it.

To top it all off, the Knights aren’t wrong when they banter with Merlin about how little he weighs. Gaius is just glad it shields the boy from anyone thinking too hard about the definitely unnatural fact HE could even lift Merlin with one hand if he so pleased. They’re not sure if it’s an Emrys thing, a hollow-boned dragon thing or if there’s some pixie blood mixed in there but Merlin is secretly quite pleased when his creeping footsteps make much less sound than anyone else’s.

Gaius dreads the day he has to treat Merlin for an illness which isn’t immediately obvious because Dear Albion it could be ANYTHING.

BONUS: for anyone with magic, Merlin can be spotted from a mile away because he literally LEAKS it. Again, Gaius says this is Not Normal and no magic should be coming out of him if he’s not actively wanting it too but the druids spot his unique trait a mile away and it puts other magic users at ease when they’re around him. It’s like a giant warm blanket.

Some quiccck doodles//I still don't know how to draw feet properly//also arms...

Welcome To Your Dreams

I could hear the music long before I saw the club. It was a haunting, unearthly melody that guided me to its source. The hidden places were summoning me again. It was a siren’s call and I was perhaps to happy, to eager to answer.

I approched an unimpressive two-story dive bar. The building appeared plain and nondescript to the uninitiated. However, all the symbology was there for anyone who knew how to look; fortunately for me I new what to look for. This place was a true haven perhaps one of the few remaining ones. A gathering place for those entities that preferred anonymity. Despite popular opinion all the things that go bump in the night were still in existence; many of them had gathered here. One of the few places they could exist overtly. The world had changed greatly since the advent of the advanced sciences propelled mankind to prominence.

C. W. Armstead, scruffysatyr

What is life, but a shattered collection of lights and sound

A ramshackle bin of memories cluttered in with other bits, and ends.

And yet this randomness, can be interspersed with deep feelings and thoughts powerful enough to shatter the world or piece it together again.

What is life, it is only what you make it...

C. W. Armstead, scruffysatyr

Types of Wizards! ✨

❥ This was just a fun idea since I’ve been reading lots of fantasy headcanons, I wanted to try! Plus I don’t see too many for magic-y stuff out there so this gave me a good idea!

❥ Also! Most of these are female centered but some of this can be for boys too! I just prefer the term wizard because it sounds cooler lol. But thank you! Enjoy!

Storybook Wizards 🤎

Usually has an owl or sparrows as a companion.

Quills are made from barn owl feathers.

Wands are made from cinnamomum trees, elm trees, or hazel trees.

Likes to feed the crickets that sing on the bookshelves. Some think it’s gross but they’re very nice!

Uses golden wax seals for nearly everything.

Collects old trinkets they find or receive from friends. They don’t work anymore or are just old, but has tried fixing them up.

Loves both books & scrolls, but thinks books are easier to hold onto. That one friend who decides to read one more chapter, but ends up reading all night.

Loves to wish on stars or dandelions but is too embarrassed to tell anyone.

Seems like a bit of a hermit, but is actually really friendly! Loves to interact with people & exchange different interests, quite talkative at times.

Either works at an archive or some kind of library, has a special little key that works only for them.

Weather Wizards 🌩️

Usually has a bird of prey as a companion, but don’t worry they’re friendly 😅🙏

Quills are made from crow feathers.

Wands are made from maple trees, pine trees, or baobab trees.

The ultimate bird parent!! Birds love them & they’re always putting out bird seed feeders or scraps of veggies.

Lives alone in a tall tower in the middle of the woods. Only goes to town when necessary & will turn into a grumpy pants if you knock on their door.

Sometimes storm clouds or rain will swirl around their house, usually due to spell testing or potions.

The weather is actually pretty nice when they’re around! Cool breezes, clear skies, warm sunny days; tries to deny it’s their work until the sunshine gets brighter.

Collects clean water in mason jars or glass bottles when it rains.

Likes to climb rooftops & chart the stars.

Can always sense when a storm is approaching, doesn’t matter what kind they’re spot on. Likely their job is to keep them at bay as a guardian or lookout.

Love Wizards 💝

Usually has a dove or a type of songbird as a companion.

Quills are made from white swan feathers.

Wands are made from cherry trees, camellia trees, or jasmine shrubs.

Has an easier time communicating with fauna.

Ladybugs are automatically attracted to them & will usually bring good luck to them throughout the day.

Stores their potions in old perfume bottles but will make perfume as a small side job. Has to label everything though.

Has a small rose bush growing outside of their window; likes to talk to it & believes plants have feelings.

Super affectionate! Either the mom friend or the cutsey clingy child friend.

Never forgets Valentine’s Day!! (I’m sorry I know it was last week!) Goes over the top every year & everyone either gets a bouquet or a little goodie bag. The size of the gift depends on who you are sometimes.

Business is a postal service for relationship problems but gets a lot of love letters to proofread. A bit embarrassed receiving one addressed to them.

Swamp Wizards 🐸

Usually has a crane or even a heron as a companion. But sometimes that makes it hard to get in them the house...

Quills are made from duck feathers.

Wands are made of mangrove trees, dogwood trees, or lilypad stems.

Defined as the oddballs of wizardry. They are known to travel a lot but usually live alone.

Uses an old timey ferry boat to get around, but has to use magic to get the paddle wheel moving. It’ll creak & stop like an old engine.

Probably the most experienced in floral/nature magic & their house is like an absolute jungle. Will even let moss grow out because “it wants to be there.”

Has tried more than once to kiss a frog & see if it’ll turn into their true love, but carries medicine around just in case.

Really loves milkweed flowers & will set up cute bundles in their home to make it smell good.

The best cook in the world but mostly uses magic to help.

Probably the friendliest person you’ll meet! Will tell all sorts of stories about their travels, the different kinds of people they’ve met, where to find the best berry bushes, how to care for tadpoles— It might be awhile before you can introduce yourself…

SEVERUS SNAPE AS A DARK FAE FOR @nightingale2004

This is what I want as business card

14.05.24

#Mira-Marathon | Dungeon Meshi

Manga Name: Dungeon Meshi [Delicious in Dungeon] (2014); Total chapters: 122 chapters; Author: Ryoko Kui; Artist: Ryoko Kui; Publisher: Yen Press, Enterbrain; Genre/Tags: Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Supernatural, Seinen, Fantasy, Demons, Cooking, Beast People, Magic, Monsters, Elves, Brother and Sister, Magical Creatures, Dragons, Dungeons, Melee Weapons, Wizards/Mages;

"Dungeon Meshi" is a unique manga about the adventures of a group of adventurers in dungeons, combining fantasy, comedy and cooking. It attracts with its world, humor, depth of characters and interesting stories. I recommend it for fans of these genres.

My rating: 10/10

"The Forest"

An illustration I painted and turned into an animated gif. This was very tedious but I like how it turned out.

*reblogging an old post*

If you want a scary, intriguing story to tell gullible people about, here's the tale of the mysterious Thomas Theodore Merrylin.

In 2006, a sealed basement was uncovered beneath a London orphanage. In the basement, builders discovered several thousand small hermetically sealed wooden boxes. But the surprise soon became something very disturbing. When they opened them they began to find strange bodies of mythical creatures inside the boxes, which seemed to have been extracted from fairy tales... The collection was a lifelong work of Thomas Theodore Merrylin, a Crypto-Naturalist, Fringe Zoologist and Xeno-Archeologist.

Now, is there any seed of truth in this whole story? No. The corpses that you're seeing are nothing but art projects made by Alex CF, a modern artist. They're exposed at the "Merrylin Cryptid Museum", a collection of fake artifacts. Still, the amount of effort and creativity put into creating all of these skeletons is impressive, so despite the fact that this story is completely false visiting the museum in order to see this man's work is still worth it.

This looks like it belongs in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and I very much want to pet it and find out how soft it is... Also, I’m quite curious what sort of sound it makes.

Also I just looked them up and these pretty babies are endangered. Good on you, mysterious person’s hands taking care of this precious polka dotted baby :) 

Baby Eastern Quoll, Bruny Island. Tasmania, Australia

For all my dreamers out there!

Image courtesy: Instagram.

N O C T U R N A L

my new EP "NOCTURNAL" is now on streaming platforms. "MOTH" was the first song I created for this EP and it inspired the other song titles & EP title. i'm very happy with the overall sound and aesthetic that I ended up with. "MOTH" seems to be the most popular song according to my Apple Music and Spotify stats. thank you for streaming and adding to your playlist. (yes, I can see the playlist you add my music to...even the filthy ones.)

3D cover art + animation created in DAZ + blender 3.6 by me

I decided to draw more poses.

Poses were always something I wanted to get better at, so I’ve been using references.

I really liked how this one turned out

I finally have a place to post this. A while back I made a AU for my original story A Fourth Dimension Reality, and I really wanted to share it for some reason, so now I can, yay~

Link to the Picrew

A Fourth Dimension Magic Club: The Lost RaggleDoll

Word count: 2.6k

The old halls of the Magic Academy were filled with students walking to their various locations within the building. The lunch hall was presently empty aside from a group of five, everyone else had left for the day, but the group remained and spoke to each other…

“What do you mean you lost it?” Larson, one of the summoners of the group, spoke to his fellow summoner.

“Look, I was trying something last night and I guess he must have gotten distracted by something and ran off, but good news! I can summon a Black Hawk!” Cassie, the other summoner of the group, said.

“Oh? How well?” Jax, the researcher, spoke.

“It only stayed for a few minutes, but I’ll get better I swear!” Cassie declared.

“I haven’t seen a Black Hawk in a while,” Gast, the ghost, said while he shivered at the thought of the demonic creature.

“Black Hawks?” Mandy, the witch, opened her spell book, “I wonder why I can’t have that as a familiar.” She pondered.

“Because Black Hawks aren’t tamable.” Jax explained, “they serve a purpose and without one they won’t listen to the one who summoned it.”

Mandy understood the explanation, but couldn’t help the disappointment she felt.

“Are you all dense?” They all looked to Larson, “aren’t you all forgetting about the lost RaggleDoll that might be tearing up the school?”

Cassie looked off.

“How long ago was it?” Jax asked in an attempt to start somewhere.

“Hmm… I can’t remember.” Cassie said. Her head turned up as she tried to remember the time, “oh, it was…” She trailed off.

Larson sighed at her indecisive tone.

“Well,” they looked at Gast, “Cassie came back to her dorm around midnight last night.”

She snapped her fingers, “that’s right, did we talk?” Cassie asked the ghost.

“Yeah, but you were really tired. I guess you weren’t really zoned in.” He explained.

“Then it was midnight!” Cassie restated.

Larson rolled his eyes, but Jax took out his pocket watch.

“Okay, it’s twelve in the afternoon right now,” he put it away, “so that means it’s been gone for half a day.” Jax set his book onto the table. He flipped to the end pages that were mostly empty and found his entry on the creature: RaggleDoll. “You know the most about it, so what else can you tell me?”

Cassie threw her hands up to roll the sleeves of her baggy robe out of the way, “well, he’s not usually temperamental. He only does things when I tell him to.”

Larson interjected, “Yeah, like the time you sicked that thing on your teache-”

“I didn’t do that!” Cassie spoke over him.

“But it does work with your thoughts, right?” Cassie confirmed Jax’s presumption, “so,” he wrote as he spoke, “I think it’s safe to assume there might have been something you wanted to do last night.” Cassie nodded, “can you remember what?”

“Yeah, I was trying to summon a Black Hawk because I read somewhere if you summon one on the dawn of a solstice it’ll turn into a Phoenix! So I was preparing last night.”

“Because it’s close to Christmas,” Jax said, “okay, then I think we should go back to the spot where you went. There’s a huge chance it’s still there waiting for December twenty-second!”

“You think?” Cassie seemed awestruck, “aw, he really is connected to me!” She was gushing over the thought of the creature.

“And that confirms you did send that thing after your teacher.”

Cassie ignored the comment, “come on then, let’s go and find my baby!” Cassie got up and stood behind Mandy, “can I ride your broom with you?”

Mandy smiled and got up, “but only us two, you boys will be fine following?”

They all got up.

“Of course, let’s just hurry up and get there.” Larson formed his own forbidden book.

“Then we’ll see you there!” Mandy winked and casted her broom to levitate. She got on it and Cassie jumped to sit behind her. They went up into the air where they took off for the exit of the lunch hall.

Larson, Jax and Gast all walked to the door leading them outside and Larson opened his book. There, he summoned his Galaxy Fox and waited as it grew in size to tower over the trio, Larson hopped onto his back and spoke.

“Got Cassie’s sent?” The fox gave a confirming whine, “good, now follow them.” The fox made no sound, but turned its head in the direction where Cassie and Mandy went.

Jax and Gast got on its back and then it took off to catch up with the flying pair…

It wasn’t too much later when the group arrived in the area where Cassie was last at. Cassie got off the broom and looked around the area.

“Oh, my little Raggle, I can’t believe he just ran off like that.”

Mandy went over to her after shrinking her broom. “You really didn’t notice when it ran off?”

“No,” Cassie faced Mandy, “it might have been because he wasn’t really moving when we were out here. So I figured he was tired and went back inside his scroll.” Cassie pulled her bag to her front and dug through it, “his scroll is in here though.”

“Then that at least means he’s out here somewhere.”

Cassie agreed and looked behind Mandy seeing the trio catching up to them. When they arrived, Larson’s fox went over to Cassie and started shrinking to a normal sized fox.

“Wo-woah!” Jax managed to jump off before the fox shrunk completely.

Gast, on the other hand, didn't move in time and fell on his face. Larson just effortlessly landed anticipating the shrinking. The fox was now no bigger than a puppy as it happily jumped on Cassie. Enjoying the attention, Cassie giggled while playing with it.

“Good boy!” Cassie rubbed his head and crouched to pet it.

“Return!” Larson said and the fox whined.

Cassie pouted to Larson before returning her attention to the fox. “Don’t worry, we’ll play later!”

The fox seemed to cheer up at that and went back to Larson at his command.

“It’s still shocking to see a summoner at all, let alone one who can summon light and dark creatures.” Cassie looked to Mandy, “I guess you really do care for all these creatures.” Mandy smiled.

“Of course!” Cassie declared, “that’s why we have to find my Raggle!”

“This the spot you were at?” Larson asked.

“Pretty much, it was this area.” Cassie confirmed.

“Now, where would he have gone?” Jax asked.

Gast got himself up and joined the rest of the group. “This place is pretty big, are you sure we’ll find him?”

“No,” Larson said, “but that’s where you come in.” He faced Gast, “that thing’s a creature of the dead. That means you should be able to ask some ghosts if they’ve seen him.”

“It’s not a thing!” Cassie went over to Larson, but he ignored her.

“I-I mean, I’ll try…” Gast took a deep breath. He went over to a tree and touched it.

As he worked, Cassie went in front of Larson, “you know, this is why your book is sealed. Because you don’t respect the creatures you summon.”

Larson side-eyed Cassie. “These things are here to listen to me. I don’t have to respect any of them.”

Cassie fumed at the notion, but shook her head, “whatever…” She looked over to Gast and saw another ghost floating out from the tree he was in front of.

“Why are you disturbing me!” The ghost's shrill voice yelled.

“Puh-please, we just want to a-ask you something.” Gast said, the ghost waited, “um… have you seen a little small creature around here? It has a rag over its body and is very small.”

Cassie ran back to Jax and easily took his book from him. She found the page with the RaggleDoll entry and opened it.

“It looks like this!” She said holding the page for the ghost to see.

“Hmm, I have. Weren’t you with it?” The ghost asked Cassie.

“Yes, but I think he ran off when I wasn’t paying attention.” Cassie explained.

“Well, keep a better eye for your pets,” Cassie nodded to the scolding, “but, I believe I saw him in the clearing, past the Living Tree.” Cassie beamed, “now, don’t disturb me again!” The ghost then vanished into thin air.

Mandy put her hands on her hips, “Gast couldn’t have found a less annoying ghost?”

Jax just smiled at the comment. He went over to Cassie and took the book off her hands. “We should get looking.”

Cassie didn’t wait very long before she ran off on her own leaving everyone else to walk to the area.

“Raggle!” Cassie yelled as she ran, “where are you? I know you’re hungry, because I’m starving! Let’s get something to eat!” She called out to it again once she was in the clearing. Cassie got the Living Tree and stood in front of it, “where could he have gone…?” She stared at the tree for a while. Her eyes narrowed as her gaze never broke from the tree.

“This place is way too open for us to have not seen it already. I say that ghost doesn’t know what it saw.” Larson complained once they all reached the clearing.

“Got any better ideas?” Mandy asked.

“Yeah, let’s just summon a Scouter.” He suggested.

“And risk getting the RaggleDoll hurt, if not killed?” Jax said.

Larson said nothing.

“Guys?” Cassie got their attention, “I don’t think this is the real Living Tree.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?” Larson walked up and stood beside her.

“I managed to get a branch off here one time and it doesn’t feel anything like the one I have. See?” Cassie took Larson’s hand and placed it on the tree’s trunk, “it feels fake.”

Larson’s eyes narrowed. “I think she’s right.”

“Guys, that’s nothing to joke about.” Mandy stated.

“You should know, feel for yourself.” Larson stepped out of the way and Mandy stepped up placing her palm on the tree.

“No way… this isn’t good. What happened to the real one?” Mandy asked herself.

“We’ll have to report this to the headmaster.” Jax said.

“But not before we find my Raggle!” Cassie brought the task back to the surface. As Cassie spoke, the tree began to shake.

“What the-?” Gast stood defensively.

The tree kept shaking until they could see something emerging from its trunk. The shaking grew in intensity until they started to hear thumping. One spot was being hit over and over. On one last hit, the RaggleDoll they were looking for shot out from the hole it created, emerging from the tree.

“Raggle!” Cassie gasped and went to grab it. She caught it in mid-air, but her robe got caught on something. “What’s that?” her RaggleDoll tore at the white fabric until she was free and Cassie harshly fell to the ground. She tumbled, but held onto the RaggleDoll until she finally stopped.

However, the group that was still in front of the tree grew defensive as someone else emerged from the newly made entrance.

“You had to return here! That could have been mine!” From within the tree, a black figure started to climb out. They were blocked by a large hood, but they could all tell he was less than stable.

“You can’t have him!” Cassie got to her feet and let her RaggleDoll drop beside her where it was ready to attack, “why did you take him?” Cassie asked.

“Because, you don’t deserve to summon creatures of the dead! That belongs to our class!”

“Really? You’re just a little upset because I can summon him?” The hooded figure said nothing, “don’t be such a loser. You killed an important landmark over that?”

“Look, we won’t hurt you, but you’re gonna have to answer to killing this tree.” Jax stepped up and said.

“As if I would let the likes of you take me!” The hooded figure threw his arms up and out from the robe’s sleeves came all types of creatures. Cursed vipers, zombified plants, and demonic statues all came out and attacked her.

“Are you serious!” Cassie said backing up as she avoided the onslaught of attacks. Her RaggleDoll followed her as it protected Cassie from anything she might have missed. Cassie threw her robe on the statues, temporarily tangling them. She kicked the snakes away from her feet and the RaggleDoll kept the plants away from her by swiping at any roots that grew near her. Cassie got herself steadied as she looked at the creatures, now it seemed she was cornered.

“You’ll have to try harder than that! Sun’s Ignis!” Mandy waved her wand producing fire as she set the plats ablaze.

“Just give up, please.” Gast spoke as from below him, ghosts rose up and took control of the statues making them break themselves apart.

“There’s no use fighting us.” Jax threw a chain out that wrapped around the heads of the vipers and made them writhe in pain before disappearing into thin air.

“What? No, you can’t destroy them!”

“Watch yourself moron!” Larson summoned the forbidden Vitiated Pegasus that charged straight for the man and kicked its hoves into his chest. He flew back and the Peagasus was quick to pin him.

“Is he down?” Cassie asked, walking over.

The person was struggling, but he couldn’t move and wasn’t going to.

“Seems like it.”

“Alright, let’s get him turned in. I got my Ragglebaby back so we can go home!” Her RaggleDoll jumped up into her arms and she it gave a loving hug.

“I bet you would just want to leave,” Cassie looked to Larson, “that tree is still dead and you know what that means.” Larson stared at Cassie, she looked off.

“No, I actually don’t.”

Larson gave her an irritated look as he went for her and grabbed her now exposed arm. “Don’t play dumb!” Larson then went into her bag and pulled out the branch she had taken from the tree.

“No! That was mine and this tree will take years to be that powerful again!”

“Doesn’t matter,” Larson let go of her arm, “they’ll eventually find out that you have this. So get over it.” Larson walked over to Mandy, “you gonna bring that tree back to life?”

“Oh no, I’m not trying to be sent to any head witch meetings. I like doing my own things as a regular low class witch.”

Larson shrugged and stuffed the branch in his pocket. “Then bag this guy and let’s get back. We gotta tell them about the tree.” Larson directed.

Cassie ran to Larson’s side and walked with him. “Lars please! You can’t let them have my only branch!”

Larson glanced over with a smirk. “Looks like you should have been smarter and taken two.”

“Ugh! Don’t pull that here! You know I couldn’t take anymore. I’m not trying to get in trouble!” They walked off loudly together as Cassie continued her vocal assault.

The rest of the group just watched before turning their attention back to the hooded individual, “well, who wants to restrain him?”

“I’ll take him, ‘cause someone’s gotta stay around that Pegasus and I don’t want it to be me.” Mandy said walking to the hooded person.

“Well come on Gast, help me out here.”

“M-me?”

“Yes you. Come on, it’s just a little Pegasus.”

“I can handle creatures like the ones Cassie specializes in, but real things…” he looked off, “o-okay, let’s just hurry this up.”

Jax chuckled at the reaction and they both went up to handle the Pegasus while Mandy trapped the hooded figure inside of a bottle and went to join the pair that had already left off…

The old halls of the Magic Academy were filled with students walking to their various locations within the building. The lunch hall was presently empty aside from a group of five, everyone else had left for the day, but the group remained and spoke to each other…

It's confirmed, I can only draw decently when I'm pissed off.

For no reason at all, this is exactly how I wanted to draw this monster and I couldn't draw it for shit until now.

But, if anyone's curious who this is, this is a monster from my story Tales That Were Lived and his name is Jubell.

He's a leaf monster that attacks people who don't play in his pile of leaves. (Maybe I'll have an extra snipit of this guy)

I really like how it came out ☺

I wish I saw this sooner because it would have made my day! And without very much follow up to the design, I think you did wonderfully on picturing this creature! I especially love the detail of it being connected at the bottom and splitting there, that light blue cross stitch is my favorite part of this design. I didn't imagine that, but now I want make that apart of it's actual concept!

Thank you so much for giving my creation a beautifully inspired artwork! I really look forward to any other work you do and I wish you luck on your journey getting back into art! @krowfaced

Second raffle prize for @the-missann, featuring a Silph! I’m not so used to drawing after written descriptions, so it was definitely a challenge, but that’s just the secret ingredient to growth! I thought of two serpents conjoined by the lower mandible, where it also splits to the two halves. Thanks for your patience, and I hope you like it!