#3: castle of cagliostro and la tulipe noire have similar concepts and theres a bride. theyre my inspirations for the dynamic of this au | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

jils-things · 5 days ago

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something ive been itching to share lately was the fact that i actually did end up watching la tulipe noire (the black tulip) aka the movie that was referenced for norton's black tulip skin (you know the ONE) and the thing that got me the most was the fact that the main character/supporting character and his "love interest" were WAY TOO SIMILAR to constabell and it makes me wanna explode and cry abt it.... let me explain why

the love interest -- caro found julien injured after he fell on his horse. she was actually in the middle of her WEDDING (wow who else had a wedding in her lore????????) so she briefly called off her wedding to help him up while everyone watched and laughed at him (WOW WHO ELSE LAUGHED AT THE POOR MAN WHILE HE STRUGGLED?) and she even bothered to take him back to her home to properly treat his wound (WOW DOESNT THAT SOUND FAMILIAR????????????)

not only that, but the way caro was characterized- her father wanted a son (JUST LIKE IRENES DAD) but since he only had caro, he raised her like a son so she knew how to wield a sword and she was actually the one who taught julien how to use a sword properly. i think thats so cute wkwiwkwiw it reminded me of how i wanted irene to be a little more "rebellious" or "out of her feminine zone" and i even once considered giving irene the skill to fence but never really went with it. caro's actually really tough and independent and i just kept telling myself "omg shes so irene fr" LOLSKSKSKSK

that aside, there was this one scene that came up that made me wanna redraw this someday -- she was treating his wound and then this happened

THE STARE? THE TENSION? THE ROMANTIC UNDERTONES? IMPECCABLE. ADDED TO MY TO-DRAW LIST. I LOVE THEM

#its worth mentioning that i already knew that i was gonna make irene's outfit to match the black tulip was gonna be wedding related because #1: black and white contrast #2: that wedding dress is irene's hypothetical ONCE* skin which is also in correlation to her lore #3: castle of cagliostro and la tulipe noire have similar concepts and theres a bride. theyre my inspirations for the dynamic of this au #* to educate: the ONCE skin series are outfits that supposed to portray the alternate ending that the survivors/hunters couldve gotten-#- had they not entered the manor games at all #for an example: luca's ONCE skin is called “graduation day” and he's dressed in a very formal outfit wearing a mechanical eye lens-#- portraying the fact that he's a successful inventor now because he “graduated” from making his greatest invention #and in his lore: he was in the process of making the greatest invention iirc until a commotion happened that caused him irreversible damage #- to his brain. which also led him to jail (hence his survivor title: prisoner)#so basically its a “what if” series #so irene's is: what if she never met norton and succumbed to her marriage #SORRYY I KNOW I KEEP REPEATING THIS LORE BIT A LOOOT OF TIMES but its just so good i love it haha #i come back from the dead and spit some heavy ass lore and never comes back /JOKE #~ rambling

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