wanderingtycho:

thewitchmakers:

laidlays:

laidlays:

https://www.pixiv.net/user/3489777/series/42514

https://mangadex.org/title/30630/girl-that-can-see-it

HOW DARE YOU SUCKER PUNCH ME WITH THIS IMAGE RIGHT AFTERWARDS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

the legend of the Bakeneko is important to fully understand this!!
The legend says that if a cat lives a very very long life, its tail will slowly split into two, and it will reach the status of a minor god!!
… the downside is that its spirit will inevitably outlive its owners, whose spirits will move on to the afterlife, and without anyone to leave food offerings for it, it will become an angry and vengeful beast that haunts its home.

This man has two bakeneko following him. two cats that were well cared for and lived long lives, who now watch over him.

I wasn’t familiar with this particular myth, it’s really fucking cool! 

thehumon:

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A lot of people said Eric was cute in the last part, while others were like “I know Eric is supposed to be cute, but he’s creeping me out”

I always intended for Eric to be a bit off but not overtly so, so those people in the latter category can pad themselves on the back for being impressively observant.

thehumon:

I have such a strong love of old timey werewolf stories. They often have a lot of shame associated with them, which is why they also involve religion. Even The Wolfman had a scene where Talbot can’t bring himself to enter a church because he feels too dirty.

My fascination with monks mainly comes from the drama of men who are expected to live a pious life but usually have a really hard time doing so, so they lend themselves very well to this sort of werewolf story.

thehumon:

Many many years ago I tried writing a classic mad scientist story, monster, deformed assistant and all.

It was simple enough. Doctor Griffin Waller was hired by a wealthy man to help him walk again which he accomplished with a combination of drugs and an exoskeleton of sorts. The drugs eventually made the man go mad and mayhem ensured.

I never really liked the story though. It annoyed me how “Hollywood” it was. The only part I really liked was the relationship between Dr. Waller and his Scottish assistant, Cailean.

Many years ago Waller wanted to invent something to help burn victims heal and asked all factory owners to send any victims they might get his way. The “lucky” patient turned out to be Cailean who was rushed to Dr. Waller who started experimenting on him (He didn’t torture Cailean though. Cailean lived in the mansion and was free to leave. He stayed because he hoped it would help). After several months of pain from having ointments smeared directly on his open wounds and the infection that followed, Cailean healed up worse than he probably would have if his body had been left to do it’s own thing. However, he had been so good at following instructions and explaining what was happening to him that Dr. Waller offered him a job as his assistant. Besides the shitty medical treatment Dr. Waller had been incredibly nice to him so Cailean took the job. He knew no one else would want to hire him now anyway.

He soon learned just how much his new looks disgusted other people and let his hair grow long to hide it and started walking a bit hunched over hoping people wouldn’t notice him. The only person who never showed any disgust was Dr. Waller who even mocked others people for being afraid of Cailean, so Cailean developed a rather strong affection for him.

Throughout the story his main concern was to protect Dr. Waller from harm. I imagined their relationship to be sorta romantic in nature but not sexual at all.

Oh well, maybe some day I will come up with a proper story for them.