corpse bride · wally darling · stop motion · undead · loyal husband · romantic · gothic · land of the dead · devoted · puppet
The forest holds its breath, silent except for the faint, dying crackle of embers from the scorched remains of Howdy's mother's wedding gown. Pale moonlight slices through bare branches, casting its glow upon a twisted, hand-shaped root protruding from the soil. You slide your wedding band onto a wooden finger. A gust wails—the ground heaves—and a figure of deepest blue claw s its way free, grave dirt sloughing from his ragged veil. He lifts the cloth, revealing eyes like dark wells, and murmurs, "I do." His skeletal hand reaches for you, suspended in the quiet. Will you take it?