Ooh Goodness, Thank You So Much For Reading And Poiting It Out, I Will Edit It. That Is Quite An On-the-nose

Aauughh, it'sforthehampsterthatI'mgonnabuy!

That one clip from Life on the Murder Scene keeps looping in my head, so here is My Chemical Hamsters.

I know I'm late to every party and fandom, but I come bearing silly lil guys

Blog post: The Freedom to be Grotesque and Gothic Authoresses

Purrlock Holmes Books

The Freedom to be Grotesque: Gothic Authoresses

Reclaim authorship over “grotesque” writing. Writers have long been forced to deny the impact of their writing for fear of frightening reade

"I shall thus give a general answer to the question, so frequently asked me—How I, then a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?"

- Mary Shelley, Introduction to Frankenstein

In the 1831 edition of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley explained how she, as a 19-year-old young woman, wrote a work that shook contemporary intellectuals.

“I didn’t mean anything by it; it’s only flight of fancy,” the writers who defined gothic literature said to a world that was not prepared to accept that women with no formal education were capable of the intellectual prowess woven into these tales of dark, profound, terrifying worlds.

We have long lived in a society that is quick to denounce, demonise and deny the voices that speak in a different tone. Even if you never show it to a single soul, write. Write, because to write dark, terrible things is to accept that they exist inside you without shame.

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Unedited post - with a short piece I published years ago - linked above!

The last couple of days have been quite shite, so let's dress up and mess up a vampire. Perfect timing @vladimirsangel to request "Edgy Outfit." (Can you tell that neither of us knows what edgy means?)

Pierce, being Edwardian, thinks the second shirt means "happy and here to murder," and the third one, "I have a nice shirt."

(To clarify, Pierce is pansexual and should not be allowed to go clothes shopping unsupervised)

His friend and partners are supportive as always

For nonsense like this, send me a prompt from this list!

I have two pieces of big news. One good and one I'm having a mild crisis over.

The good, I'm watching Nosferatu at a cinema tomorrow. At last, it's available where I am!

The crisis: my mum wants to watch it with me.

Serves me right for yapping at her about how ✨️artistic✨️ and ✨️unconventional ✨️ the film is. Weeeeeeelp.

Not even the whole song, only that.

Thanks to @grisha-brain for the tag! I hope you don't mind me answering with my 'ramble' blog. And thank you for stalking my art blog, haha!

@windforkthewriter @nalesnik-z-morela @blackforrestpunk @vladimirsangel @whyisthereacentaur @hazbinash @t4z-0n-p4wz @greenfinchwriter

ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

For someone who claims to be a vampire, I react very badly to getting my blood sample taken. Once, I looked so horrified that the nurse was afraid I'd faint and gave me a juice box.

So when I was editing this story just now, I was squirming in my seat. (This is not the worst scene. The other one is a spoiler, so wait a few weeks - if you actually want to suffer through it, that is, and if I actually stick to my plan). That probably means I've done my job well, but WHY did I do this to myself?

Content warning: blood, needles, mild body horror, strangulation, decapitation, Sarah being Sarah and enjoying the gore a bit too much

Feel free to tell me what you think, I'm not holding a sword. Or a needle.

Thank you @windforkthewriter for sending a 💀 in my asks for an excerpt!

I now need to know if we'll ever get a cat Raoul 👀

Why stop at one? How about 3?

Or maybe 6?

I drew these before I had fully recovered from waking up, so they are possibly a little, shall we say, sarcastic?

I did draw two Raoul (Moewl?)s previously, here in a silly doodle and here in an "All I Ask of You" scene, but they didn't look much like Raoul.

Thanks for the tag @achildsfirstsorrow @frommarshtheycome and @angel-with-paper-wings , I'm honoured!

Last song: "A Milion Gruesome Ways to Die"

Favourite colour: I grew up among Plantone books and paper samples, there's no way I can choose ONE, my inner amateur graphic designer will curse me.

Last movie: Nosferatu 1922. Made my family watch it, they showed me a puppet from hell that supposedly looks like Orlok, and now I can't unsee it.

Last TV show: It's been a minute, Arcane...?

Sweet/savoury/spicy: Sweet>savoury>spicy

Relationship status: On my way to be a crazy cat lady. Sans cats, but I'll fix that.

Last thing I googled: "Do people still say hip?" My inner Victorian is showing, isn't it?

Current obsession: Drawing things that make me anxious into as silly vampurr comics

Looking forward to: Like ACFS, I'm waiting for Del Toro's Frankenstein, finishing my vampurr book, posting my writing (at last), and menacing my friends when they wake up.

I think we've gotten into the PoTO artists' end of Tumblr, so we're probably double-tagging like mad, but I'll do it anyway. @leader-of-grandys @blackghostm2o @wowyzowy3 @lokislynx @windforkthewriter @thedrawingduke @v-jack-v @vladimirsangel @blackforrestpunk (I already know you two but there's always "better")

10 people I want to get to know better

Omg thank you much for tagging me! @dearwormw00d :3

Last song: You're not alone, Allison Russel

Favorite colour: dark green

Last movie: Lord of the rings: The fellowship of the ring

Last tv show: The Gilded Age

Sweet/savoury/spicy: Sweet>Savory>Spicy

Relationship status: Single

Last thing i googled: hand holding pencil brush reference

Current obsession: One Piece, Nosferatu, Ethel Cain, my fem erik, Epic, Critical Role, studying the Enneagram again, Castlevania Nocture, The Apothecary Diaries, Witch Hat Atelier

Looking forward to: season 2 of the one piece live action, the oscars ( I want to see my beloved Fernanda Torres win), my necklaces that I've ordered, hadestown live recording, Superman, my next RPG session, Percy Jackson season 2! @insanely-creative-things @lepetitghostcat @fishing-rob @erik-christine @muirin007 @klausscrimshaw (ik it's not 10 but idk who to tag anymore, sorry ;-;)

Vampurr necessities

Would YOU pass the vampire certification test?

My name is Amanda, and I listen to Taylor Swift, so I get to make these jokes. Zaida is a real name for a Victorian vampire-witch lady from Aylmer Vance and the Vampire.

As much as I adore gamourous vamp fashion, @vladimirsangel and I were talking about how we would be a danger to the public if we wore anything fancy. I would wreck a white tuxedo with vampiric speed, but at least it won't be a health hazard.

@blackforrestpunk asked @vladimirsangel for a Dracula pinup. Who am I if not a provider of cursed things?

Don't let Aurik see this, please, I have no intention of horrifying him. Unless he wants it for his collection.

Monster pinups are a thing now. Oh yes, I still owe Vlad a Gossamer pinup. (Why is this my life now?) Grinch pinup here.