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Solomon and sea thingy, I miss my foot candy and I just finished reading his devil gram story with the sea 😔😔😔

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bratfeen nation rise up

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Imagine drowning in your own wrath since you were born, and when you finally try to swim up, the people around you chain you just below the surface

The brother's literally locking Satan up in the beginning of nightbringer, and I'm like, fam you think that'll calm him down??

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Not to shamelessly plug my own meme, but it is particularly relevant

Ok the fandom consensus is that Barbatos is the Nightbringer right. or do people just not gaf

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yearning for the day when people stop creating annoying low-effort gimmick blogs

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One of my favorite choices the Apothecary Diaries made was making the Emperor a “normal guy” (as far as I know as an anime-only). He’s not evil. He’s not hindering Mao Mao’s journey. He respects the concubines.

If anything his lack of autonomy and presence as the most powerful person in the country further enhances the show’s themes of working within the confines of class and gender inequality.

The previous emperor was a horrible, horrible pervert. Okay, then this emperor only weds women of age… Until he’s forced to take his father’s precious wife due to politics. The current emperor reasonably avoids her.

Eunuchs exist? Bam! now the surgery is outlawed, but this will create a reduction in male labor around the palace.

The emperor clearly favors few women. Well, now he must recognize a concubine with a powerful politician father playing the system.

He supports Mao Mao toeing the line of social expectations for women, but hasn’t removed the law against women preparing medicine. It makes one think, if he wanted to, could he make the change at all? For every two steps forward, he’s forced to take one step back.

In this universe even the Emperor is limited by social pressure and the expectations of his station. His life and that of his children is out of his control, and if that isn’t such a compelling piece of world building I don’t know what is.

If that’s how the author twists the narrative of the Emperor you better believe her female characters dealing with women’s issues in this society are even better written.

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No need to apologize for bringing back my reply/rant on OM's writing, I agree with everything you said. Actually, I dislike the writing even more with Nightbringer. It suffered with the exact same issue. The first season was great and then they throw away everything including the romance in favor of ??? Especially since Otomes/Joseimukes are actually getting spicier instead of becoming more 'family friendly'.

I actually have a deeper dive into what went wrong sitting in my drafts but no time to finish it.

Yeahh Nightbringer was a disaster. I'll never not be salty about that game baiting me into thinking Diavolo/Barbatos/Solomon would get more focus in the story before devolving into... whatever ended up happening in the original game (I'd argue that NB treated the non-brother characters even worse than OG, but that's a controversial opinion). It introduced so many interesting plot points, but no character seemed to take the stakes of the story seriously. Those who did care got promptly sent off-screen to do whatever because then our story would just end immediately, and we can't have that right? If your own characters don't care about the stakes of the narrative, then why should I?

MC's Mary-Sueness was also up to the extremes in this game. There's literally a segment in the game where they throw their goal, fail monumentally, and still get rewarded for it because the other character is a simp. I'm never going to take any MC shilling seriously after that happened.

It's funny too because I personally found the MC really unlikable in NB. At best, the MC is a traumatised person who's a bit stupid and with a martyr complex. At worst they're actively harmful to themselves, will sacrifice anything and anybody for god knows what reason and incredibly manipulative to boot (this last one is not necessarily a bad thing considering they live in the Devildom. But then the MC has options to call out Solomon for being a manipulative dickhead. Um, hypocrite much?). Why the dateables love them when I can barely stand playing as them, I have no clue.

I have a theory that someone at Solmare wanted OM to capture the joseimuke crowd, with how they randomly changed the second game to be a rhythm game and how the story got scrubbed of romance and how the devilgrams past the first 6 months in NB suddenly became...bad...and became way more family friendly. We all already see how that went -.- Without a good story to hook the people who like the setting, and by taking out the barest crumbs of fanservice that the romance enjoyers ran with, then what else does the game have left? I guess all the merch and concerts and shit?

The market for husbando gachas is more competitive than it was in 2019/2020. If the team is unable to identify who their target audience is and what they want from the game, then we get this confused mess of a game that managed to disappoint literally everyone involved.

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DATE WITH THIRTEEN?!?!!??!?!1

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10, Little D No. 6

This request made us laugh, and while we did not write a drabble for Little D No. 6, here's a doodle of him chomping something instead. ❤️

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AU where solomon is much more shadier 

“What do ya’ want?”

It was a growl, raspy around the edge. He bares his teeth, posture hunched as if he was ready to pounce. Solomon blinks at him, taking a step forward. 

“What do you mean?” His mouth pursed, calm voice light and airy.

The air in the Avatar of Greed’s lungs seemed to be screaming for release, chest heaving up and down.

“What are you doing here?” Mammon barked back, fingers clenching around nothing. His nails pierce into the palms of his hands, crescent-shaped marks left on them.

The sorcerer smiles, folding his hands gently in front of him.

“Visiting my apprentice, what else?”

“Stop it.” Mammon takes in a deep breath, irises flashing gold as his jaw clenches. Sweaty palms rub up and down his thighs, sweat trickling into the indent of his palm.

It hurts. 

He grits his jaw harder.

“You shouldn’t be here.”

Quick movement as he tries to sidestep the demon, aiming to reach the door’s front to ring the doorbell. “Doing your job as a guard dog, aren’t you?”

“Did your owner praise you today?”

The demon refuses to move, stationing himself starkly in front of the door. The sorcerer’s breath ghosts against his neck and the cool inhale of his breath strengthens his resolve.

He can’t let this wicked man pass him.

“You—“

“Solomon?” 

He recognises that voice. 

At once, all tension leaves his body yet he still stands there warily, hackles up. You open the door, peering confusedly at the scene in front of you.

“Mams?” He jolts back like his leash has been pulled. He can’t let you see him in this state. Forcing a smile, he hides his hands behind his back. “What are you doing?”

“My apprentice!” In a blink, the sorcerer sidesteps him with his arms up high. Momentarily, he half-turns, leaning down in a pretense to pat Mammon on the back.

“Good boy.” He whispers, a smug smirk on his face that the demon was itching to smack off.

Mammon unclenches his fist.

an: found this in my draft & finished it up. believe this was when I was trying to deepen tension in my scenes

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Cherre

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘖𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ��𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴. 

𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴… 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘖𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴/𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴/𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?! 

𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥. (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘥.)

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For any birthday stories, I want Michael to show up only for one scene just to say hi and never show up again

spoilers for Luke birthday story

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as someone who's Very Normal about fantasy worldbuilding and locations i'm still forever upset that we never got a map of the devildom

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I FINALLY DID IT

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Disclaimer that I made this eons ago, top few and bottom few are fixed but everything else in the middle changes depending on the day.

Didn't include the remixes cuz other than the very outrageous 2-3, I don't have a strong opinion on most of them.

ok i reranked the songs this is p accurate to how i feel about them now