In honor of my birthday, I have decided to create a DTIYS challenge of my own featuring one of my Clue ocs, Lady Heather Black, in the late father’s Study.
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PRIZES
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1st Place: Full Body (Shaded) + Detailed Background
2nd Place: Full Body (Flat colors) + Simple Background
3rd Place: Half Body (Flat colors) + Simple Background
Runner-ups: Flat Colored Bust
Deadline: 30 April 2025 (6 weeks). An expansion will be added if needed.
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Layton Fitch - for @albaabstractions
The Dead Boy Detectives and their board games:
In an interview with IndieWire it was mentioned that they had “every international version of Clue” and I had to take a closer look. Not only is it not exactly “international” versions, (considering that both Charles and Edwin are British, their national one would be Cluedo, so Clue does work as international in that sense), but the board games you see in the background are all vintage and from different decades!
I did not cover all the Clues, although they do have at least 8 of them in that closet. But their assortment of board games is quite interesting!
Blood? That's not blood ...is just lipstick, darling 💋
[COMM OPEN]
Archibald Quincy Plum is a highly-respected Scottish archaeologist and Oxford don who served as the mentor to Dr. Black during his Oxford years. He is the Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History of the University’s Oriental Institute and specializes in the study of Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures. The Professor is not only known for his academic brilliance, but for his absent-mindedness—with his attention being absorbed by his academic work, Plum has been pretty neglectful of his social life. In some situations, Plum could be unaware or downright oblivious. Well-liked and respected, many of his colleagues and students have stated Plum to be a genial, kind, and hospitable man.
For me, what made this scene impactful has to do more with the fact that the prison cell is the physical representation of Vi's mind more than the fact that it's where they first met. (Although the latter does add merit to Fortiche's capacity for telling circular narratives.)
We know this because we see Fortiche use this same motif in S108, where we see half of Vi behind bars and the other half unobstructed, which signifies how Vi is torn between going back to help her sister and helping Caitlyn take the gemstone back.
In this context, though, Vi is shackled by the mantra, “Whatever happens, it’s on you,” and we know this because Vi admits it herself, “I choose wrong every time. And because of it, I’ve lost everyone.”
And the implication of Caitlyn unlocking this cell and entering this space—this space filled with emotional and physical scars, this space haunted by phantom pains and memories with teeth—was just like an “I got you” moment, the perfect affirmation that finally releases Vi from the shackles of this inherited responsibility.
Caitlyn not only predicted it, but she actively took measures that enabled Vi to free Jinx safely. By doing this, Caitlyn implicitly confirmed that Vi didn't choose wrong this time and that she wasn't alone in the decision to offer Jinx a second chance.
I know some people have their own opinions about them doing it in a jail cell without explicitly talking about what happened between them in Act 1, but as much as I appreciate the idea of open communication, romance, and making love in a bed, I understand why they saved the talking for later. After all, facing imminent doom and Armageddon can influence people to rush into things.
All jokes aside, there is one thing about this scene that makes my heart ache with joy: that Vi finally has one memory that outshines all that was made in the prison cell. And that memory is of warmth, a gentle touch, and soft eyes—the only memory that matters.
And for me, that's enough.
Lorelei Simmons - for @luftballonss (luftballonzz on Instagram)
Originally made back on April as a "thank you" aftering commissioning her for my birthday.
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