#August loyalty

[raincitygirl76]

Wille is complex. He contains multitudes. He is a sweet, clueless boy who visibly startles when his boyfriend turns on loud gunfire noises from a video game so Linda and Malin in the next room won’t hear the sex they’re about to have. He is ALSO a stone cold, pitiless son of a bitch who puts the barrel of a shotgun in his cousin’s face and makes the asshole beg for his life.

Now, granted, the shotgun scene was incredibly reckless. Although if you watch closely, you’ll notice Wilhelm keeps his finger BEHIND the trigger both times he’s pointing the gun at August. The only time his finger is on the trigger is when he fires into the air. August just can’t see where Wilhelm’s trigger finger is from the angle of being the guy with a gun to his head.

Wilhelm’s royalty, he would’ve grown up with country sports, and would know enough about guns to keep his finger behind the trigger for safety unless he’s actively planning to shoot. So it’s highly unlikely he would’ve shot August by accident. But it’s still a really bad idea to point a loaded gun at someone. Even if they’re a sex offender and a blackmailer, even if you just want to scare them. Horrible accidents can still happen, and it was a stupid thing to do.

But Wilhelm’s stupid, melodramatic stunt did work. It seems August would’ve taken a bullet rather than admit Sara was the one who tipped him off. Which is like, wow. He’s a horrible person, but he really does love Sara. Even horrible people can fall in love, and be steadfastly loyal to that person. It just doesn’t automatically make them a good person in other ways.

If August had been the only one at the shooting range when Wilhelm was screaming and pointing a shotgun, Wilhelm and Simon STILL wouldn’t know who tipped him off about Simon going to the cops. August was prepared to beg for mercy, but he wasn’t prepared to betray Sara. But Sara and Felice were also present. Wilhelm screaming and shoving a gun in August’s face had Sara convinced August was about to take a bullet to the head courtesy of his cousin, so she admitted tipping him off. And broke her little brother’s heart.

I loved that Felice was clearly freaking out at Wilhelm waving a loaded firearm around. Her “Wille, what the fuck?” was pretty expressive. And Sara was freaking out too. But Simon never made a single move that indicated he had ANY problem with Wilhelm pointing a shotgun at the guy who made and distributed child pornography of them both. He just stayed out of the line of fire and watched Wilhelm do his thing. Simon supports his boy, right or wrong.

wille getting a shock from the loud noises of the video game will never not be funny

[ask-rachethabaster]

Everyone say one(1) nice thing about Rachel, Ethan and Al. Even you Nemesis.

Nemesis: what do you mean "even you Nemesis"?

Morpheus: In fairness, they're not too wrong.

Nemesis: Fuck you too then.

Hecate: Easy! Alabaster is one of the most stongest children I've ever had, Ethan is incredibly determined and Rachel is so strong for being able to handle all of this in such a short amount of time.

Morpheus: Alright... Rachel may annoy 90 percent of the time but i can't deny she is coping with these prophecies extremly well for someone so young. Ethan can be very cunning when necessary (a side I wish he let out more) and Alabaster does seem to care about his siblings quite a bit, especially for a son of Hecate.

Hecate: Pardon?

Nemesis: Well, Ethan is impressively selfess, Torrington knows what powers are more important to chase than others and Rachel has a lot of empathy for those around her.

[princessofxianle]

i regret to inform you all that

EVERY SINGLE tiktok link i saved for fx backstory writing inspo is broken

EVERY

SINGLE

FUCKING

ONE

i have no idea what inspo i've lost from shit that i didnt screenshot

FUUUUUUCK

[young-royals-confessions]

No, he had no business taking revenge by uploading child porn to the Internet. August was actively sabotaging Wille's relationship with Simon, lied to Wille about Simon being a drug dealer and this how Wille learned that information about August's less than stellar finances. August knew Simon was his friend. And even though Wille hadn't known that yet, August knew they were romantically involved. Wille puting him back in his place was payback for August being set on ruining the one good thing in Wille's life - a Wille who had just lost his brother.

Let's put all this aside though. Wille is the Crown Prince, they swore allegiance to him. And here is August challenging him in front of everyone telling him he is a new member and not the one making decisions. Even if he wasn't trying to protect Simon, Wille would have to react because he is their future King and couldn't just let such disrespect fly.

Even removing the crown prince part of the equation, all this happened in the Society, a secret club. What happens in there is supposed to stay there. August could decide to retaliate but it should have been done in the confines of the society. There is an honor system in the upper class, based on keeping secrets and gate keeping things from outsiders, and August has violated in the worst possible way by sharing a member's private moment with the entire world.

Also, see how Wille asked the Royal Court to pay off August's debts - and apologized - even if he never liked the guy? See how the entire school went along with Wille's denial statement? See how incensed the girls at Manor House where about Sara not being "loyal"? That's why August will be shun by everyone once they know what he's done. Even rich beats have limits.

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[raincitygirl76]

Paging Madison McCoy! A spiritual cleansing of the boys locker room is needed ASAP. It is currently full of 2 seasons worth of negative energy. The energy of heartbreak and despair.

I don’t know if Maddie will bring sage, crystals, incantations or what, but she needs to do something to fix this poor tragic locker room.

I adore Madison. Honestly. That said, some of what she does is cultural appropriation. Burning sage is actually part of indigenous traditions in Canada and the USA. Not really criticizing Maddie, just saying that her new age spiritual practices are a hodge-podge taken from various cultures, so yeah, there is some cultural appropriation happening.

Oh God, Maddie’s parents are rich. I bet she’s bought some overpriced new age object on Gwyneth Paltrow’s website at least once. Goop, I think it’s called.

But I love Maddie anyway! She is smart, loyal, kind, and she takes no shit. Not aimed at herself, and not aimed at anyone else. Remember in 1.02 after Felice invited Simon and Sara to the Manor House movie night. August commented to Felice that he thought it was sweet she was being charitable to the school freaks. Madison immediately said, “Fuck you, August!” She barely knew Simon and Sara in 1.02, and thus had no personal reason to defend them. She still wasn’t going to let August’s bullshit slide.

YOUNG ROYALS | 01.06 & 02.02

I cannot be your secret again. And I think that we… we can talk in school. We kinda have to, at rowing and stuff. So you mean like friends? Mm-hmm.

[joncronshawauthor]

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[myheartxmyman]

And you saying things like 'yes I know it happened a lot, but other people don't act out the way you do', is such a horrible thing to say. If we would have been just friends at that time you wouldnt have said something like that, ever! And for the strange case that you would have had the audacity to say so you would have been 'my friend'. Really, I am again in shock off how rude I let you treat me. Sometimes I change perspectives, I am one of my girlfriends and you become her partner. Honestly I would tell her to leave him for good. And if she wouldn't I fear there would come a time when i would throw my fists at him. At least if I would see her unhappy again and again. If her boyfriend would say something like that around three times it would have been to often. Mistakes happen, but what repeats itself again and again is not a mistake; its a pattern.

[my-autistic-self]

Random Prompt #34

How would you describe yourself to someone? Loyal is how I would describe myself to someone. I’m always loyal to my friends and family. I make my best to that I’m there for them. Even if or until one of them breaks my heart.

[raincitygirl76]

I think Sara did take Simon for granted. Also, she made her deal with August at a time Sara was really pissed at her brother.

Simon got back in touch with their dad after having promised her he wouldn’t. That indirectly led to the proudest night of Sara’s life thus far (playing Lucia) getting ruined by Micke showing up. Simon didn’t tell Micke to come, in fact he expressly asked Micke to stay away from Linda and Sara. But by opening the door to Micke in the first place, Simon contributed to a situation where Micke felt he could walk all over his daughter and ex-wife’s clearly established no contact boundaries.

Furthermore, not only did Micke show up to ruin Sara’s big night, the video leaked at Lucia. Meaning that at school the next day the only thing anybody was talking about was Simon and Wilhelm. They weren’t talking about how beautiful Sara looked the night before, or what a good job she did playing Lucia, they were gossiping about sordid events involving Sara’s brother. In the space of one evening, Simon stole his sister’s thunder twice.

Now, he didn’t do either of those things on purpose. In fact, I’m sure he devoutly wished neither thing had ever happened. The last thing Simon wanted was to steal Sara’s thunder in those ways. But he still did it. Sara was pissed at him, and she had an agenda, and he’d never held a grudge against her for long before. Besides, he was never supposed to find out about August. Or about Sara cutting a deal with August. What Simon didn’t know couldn’t hurt him, I’m sure Sara rationalized.

All that said, it’s interesting how fast and how dramatically Sara course-corrects once she realizes she might have lost Simon’s trust for good in 2.06. She’s spent an entire season minimizing the effects of August leaking the video on her brother. And then Simon finds out about everything, and he’s too betrayed to even yell. He just stares at his sister in disbelief as the bottom drops out of his world. Because Sara took Simon for granted, and Simon likewise. He never in a million years saw this coming. He took for granted that Sara was loyal to him.

And I don’t think Sara realizes until the shooting range scene just HOW badly she’s fucked up here and how much of a betrayal she committed. Simon won’t talk to her, can’t even look at her. He’s completely shut down. And then there’s August, offering feeble rationalizations as Sara watches her brother run away. She realizes she chose August over Simon, and August isn’t half the man she’d convinced himself he was. The trade-off, brother for boyfriend, wasn’t worth it after all.

And Sara’s sabotaged her friendship with Felice to boot, and Felice’s other friends immediately turn on her. Even though they don’t know the true reason why Felice is freaking out and refusing to have anything to do with Sara, they’re taking Felice’s side without question. That social network Sara worked so hard to build at Hillerska over months has crumbled into dust within a few minutes. Another casualty of Sara choosing August over Simon.

Felice can’t even sleep in the same room as Sara, who’s probably wondering how soon until Hillerska find a bullshit reason to take away her boarding grant. So Sara forestalls them and returns home. At least at home Simon will be there. He might ignore her, but maybe if she says she’s sorry often enough he might eventually start to believe her a little.

On the way, Sara runs into August, who still doesn’t really understand how badly both of them fucked up. Who thinks he can make it all up to her with a lavish gift. Rousseau to soothe her heart after she ruined her relationship with her brother on August’s account.

She turns down the lavish gift, even though it must sting. Sara still loves Rousseau, and here he is, within her grasp. But accepting the gift would mean accepting August’s apology and reconciling with him. She won’t do that. Simon already can’t forgive her for having chosen August over him in the past several times. If she chooses August over Simon now, even after she knows exactly who August is, she’ll have zero hope of forgiveness by Simon.

What else can Sara do to show she’s sorry? Show she’s not taking him for granted any longer? Turn August into the police, just as Simon had planned. That will blow up in her face in S3, but she didn’t know. Once Sara finally, finally faces the music and accepts the fact that she’s lost her brother’s trust, perhaps forever, she is quite proactive. She wants to earn Simon’s trust and love back, and will sell August out to do so. She’ll also reject Rousseau, even though he’s her baby.

But I agree, earlier in the show, Sara did take Simon for granted.

The fact that Sara was more worried bout Felice hating her for being with August than being with the person who leaked her brother's sex tape explains a lot about what she wanted at Hillerska.

I do believe she really likes her brother, don't get me wrong, but she suffered at her last school and she suffered in her familly because of Micke. She wanted a new start, she wanted friends, and now that she had them, she didn't want to loose them. She took Simon for granted because he always have been there for her and wasn't worried about loosing him.

[kazemi-archive]

tryna tell myself that i dont need to go and get myself a new tattoo yet. that i can wait and get it for myself as a birthday present in a few months

[felassan]

[source (Senior Reporter at Kotaku), linked Kotaku article, two, 'FC 24's performance link', three, four, @/N7SeveranceDay (source of the last two images, "Account supporting BioWare employees laid off in 2023."), five, six, Polygon tweet, Polygon article]

"BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance" statement transcript:

“BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance On August 23 of this year, BioWare eliminated “approximately 50 roles at BioWare”. Following the layoffs, seven ex-BioWare employees engaged the services of R. Alex Kennedy to represent their interests, stating that the amount of severance offered was insufficient under Alberta common law. Counsel for the employees has attempted to reach a compromise that would avoid requiring lengthy court proceedings, but BioWare’s lawyers refused any offers to negotiate and settle out of court. The basis of Kennedy’s claim is that according to Alberta precedents and under Canadian law, these employees should be receiving approximately 1.7 months of severance per year of service they gave to BioWare. BioWare has now filed a Statement of Defence, which argues that the seven terminated employees are only entitled to two weeks of severance per year spent in service to BioWare, because of a contract provision that Kennedy says is not enforceable. The filing means BioWare will be taking these former employees to court rather than working towards finding an out of court resolution. The developers involved in the suit have expressed their disappointment: - “We are disappointed that BioWare prefers stalling and intimidation tactics to fair dealing with people who have given years, and in some cases decades, of dedication and hard work to the company.” - “We believe they are using intimidation and stalling tactics to try and get us to drop out. A lot of the more junior employees and those with families, who had more monetary pressure on them, could not risk waiting on a court case that may take many months more to resolve, and have already had to drop out.” - “At the time of the layoffs, BioWare offered us professional assistance in finding new employment, and an additional payment, but ONLY on the condition that we signed an agreement saying we cannot talk about any details of the settlement, and that we would completely waive any right to legal action or even to complain in any way about anyone associated with BioWare now or ever in the future. Tactics like that sure make me think that BioWare knows it is in the wrong.” - “Despite what they publicly announced when they laid us off, this process has been anything but empathetic, respectful, and communicative.” The latest BioWare layoffs were the third round so far this year, and many of the developers affected even in earlier rounds are still searching for work, though some have started to find new positions. Regardless of employment status, the members of the current lawsuit state they remain determined to pursue BioWare in court, regardless of their employment status: - “We strongly believe that if Dragon Age: Dreadwolf does not do as well as BioWare or EA wants at launch, there will be more, even larger layoffs. Therefore, regardless of our own well-being, we believe it is important to hold BioWare responsible and get a clear decision on what settlement amount is legal. We’re no longer part of the development team, so the best way we can help our former teammates now is to hold BioWare accountable and ensure that the next group who is laid off are not treated as poorly as we were.” November 7th marks “N7 Day”, which is a fan celebration of BioWare’s Mass Effect games featuring Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy. The developers involved in the lawsuit are hoping N7 Day this year will be a reminder to BioWare of the importance of loyalty to your crew, and hope fans can have a little fun and help express their support with memes and images using an #N7SeveranceDay hashtag. The ex-employees involved in the suit are all based in Canada and have an average of 14 years at BioWare.”

[source]

You can express your support using the hashtag #N7SeveranceDay.

Edit: [Part 2/update] [more on the Keywords topic]

[raincitygirl76]

Super fascinating take above on August’s reasoning. @zee-has-commitment-issues is not an August apologist, but they explain how his thought processes probably went. Explaining the context of his actions in 1.05 without condoning them. Really, really interesting.

do you think august would have leaked the video if Simon wasn’t in it/it wasn’t clear it was him? or was it just enough that wille was with a guy and he wanted to out him and make his life miserable? like, how big of a part do you think Simon played in August’s decision to leak the video? ( also, at first it looks like august thinks that Wille’s with a girl when hes recording, and as sick as it is to film it, he didn’t seem nearly as malicious as when he saw it was Simon)

I have so many thoughts about this. So many.

Short answer: no. If it wasn't Simon, August wouldn't have posted the video.

Long answer:

When we see August record the video, there is no malicious intent. He saw Wille in a moment and wanted to make fun of him. He probably had the intention of sending him the video and saying "close the curtains" or something like that. August probably didn't take the video with the intention of leaking it. That changed when he saw it was a guy. At first, I don't think it was about Simon. I think at first August was freaking out because he'd just found out Wille - the future king - was "gay" and he didn't know what to do. And that really is what he was freaking out about. We hear him ask Vincent, "what kind of King do you think Wille will make?" He's worried about the monarchy. At first.

I also don't think August realized/realizes how important Simon is in all of this. August gives Wille multiple changes to pull away from Simon. The morning after he catches them, he asks Wille how he got home and Wille lies (something about memory loss and blacking out). This probably just solidified to August that it was Wille's mistake. That it wasn't happening again. That Wille genuinely did want to forget about it.

So he gives Wille a chance to get rid of Simon. With the drugs. They would be getting rid of their problems with the Society and getting rid of Wille's unfortunate hook up. August offers him an easy way out of his mistake and doesn't understand why he doesn't take it. "You didn't know? I thought you were buddies" was probably an attempt at humor, actually. More of a "isn't that funny? You hooked up with a drug dealer. Let's get rid of the problem before it arises."

But then Wille exposes his money problems. The only person who knows about that is Simon. So now August has to deal with the fact that not only was he wrong about Wille, he was wrong about this being a mistake. Because Wille isn't avoiding Simon or trying to get rid of him. He's talking to Simon, and Simon is telling him the truth about August.

So now he's hurt, and embarrassed, and a little confused. He feels betrayed by his family and the only thing he can think of is how Simon was the cause. He wanted to get back at Wille for exposing him, but he wanted to get back at Simon for corrupting Wille.

Wille was supposed to be his.

In August's mind, Wille was supposed to be his. His buddy, his little brother, the person he mentored. Simon took that from him in one swoop. Simon walked in and stole Wille, and he didn't even like the monarchy. Simon was loud, and poor, and violent.

So August was getting back at Wille for exposing the money problems, yes.

But he was also getting back at Simon for ruining his life. Because in August's mind, that's what happened. Simon ruined his life.

There are so many "if's" that would have stopped August from leaking the video.

If Simon had been a girl, August wouldn't have leaked the video.

If Wille hadn't been so keen on keeping Simon around, August wouldn't have leaked the video.

If Simon didn't tell Wille about the money problems, August wouldn't have leaked the video.

If Wille didn't expose those money problems, August wouldn't have leaked the video.

If Wille had been hooking up with a different guy, August wouldn't have leaked the video.

It wasn't about Wille being "gay." It wasn't about Wille hooking up with someone. It wasn't about Wille at all, really.

It was about Wille and Simon. It was both of them. A package deal.

If it was Wille without Simon or Simon without Wille, August wouldn't have leaked the video. It had to be about both of them.

August killed two birds with one stone and he knew that's what he was doing.

~~~

Thank you for asking thing, Anon. I have so many thoughts on this series, specifically August and his relationships with people. This was fun to answer. If anyone else wants to ask something like this, please do.

[markrosewater]

Maro’s “Look Inside the House”: A Duskmourn: House of Horrors Teaser

The new plane of Duskmourn is a perilous place, but if you can survive the horrors within you may come out stronger than ever. I’ve been there. I’ve seen the darkness and to that end, here are some hints of things to come – but will this information help or hinder your journey? Only time will tell. As with any good piece of horror media, you’re only receiving partial information and things are not always as they appear: 

 First up, here are some things you can expect:  

• A component of the set with a frame using technology first designed for an Un-set

• A tweak on an ability word that first appeared in the third set of a block

• Counters used in the set: +1/+1, -1/-1, finality, flying, lifelink, lore, loyalty, nest, possession, rev, stun, and time

• The first ability word to reference “second main phase”

• A 10/1 creature for UUU

• A variant on a mechanic that itself was a variant on another mechanic

• A modal three mana white mass removal spell

• A character returns as a legendary creature that first appeared in flavor text in Alpha

• A new ability word that cares about a card type and a (new) keyword action

• Creature tokens: 1/1 white Toy, 1/1 white Glimmer, 2/1 white Insect, 3/1 white Spirit, 4/4 white Beast, blue token copy, X/X blue Spirit, 2/2 black Horror, 6/6 black Demon, 1/1 red Gremlin, 1/1 red Balloon, 2/2 green Spider, 1/1 black and green Insect, and 0/0 green and blue Fractal

 Next, here are some rules text that will be showing up on cards:  

• “unlock a locked door”

• “Search your library for a Demon card,”

• “where X is the number of creatures you control with power 2 or less.”

• “Exile any number of target instant, sorcery, and/or Tamiyo planeswalker cards from your graveyard.”

• “The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren’t on the battlefield.”

• “You have no maximum hand size and don’t lose the game for having 0 or less life.”

• “Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single creature you control, copy that spell.”

• “Shards you control become copies of it until the beginning of the next end step.”

• “of creatures you control that don’t have the same name as this creature.”

• “(2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, and 31 are prime numbers.)”

 Here are some creature type lines from the set: 

• Creature – Human Doctor

• Creature – Kor Survivor

• Creature – Goat

• Creature – Shark

• Creature – Eye

• Creature – Fish Insect

• Artifact Creature – Monkey Toy

• Creature – Human Clown Berserker

• Legendary Creature – Elder Demon

• Legendary Creature – Rat Ninja Wizard

 Finally, here are some names in the set: 

• Acrobatic Cheerleader

• Don’t Make a Sound

• Exorcise

• Friendly Ghost

• Jump Scare

• Let’s Play a Game

• Meathook Massacre II

• Orphans of the Wheat

• Split Up

• Unsettling Twins

 Tune into Duskmourn’s Debut at 2pm PT, August 31 – streaming live from PAX West – where the House will finally reveal more of its secrets.

[minimechacowboy]

KIYOTAKA WEEK 2024!

And here is your prompt list for Taka Week! As you can see it looks a little different then some other character weeks.

I wanted everyone to have a lot of different options and get creative with it and I thought this would be fun, any prompt is up for grabs if it starts with the letter of that week.

Kiyotaka Week will start on the 25th of August and end on the 31st, the silly guys birthday so you'll have lots of time to prepare if need be.

Use the tag #kiyotakaweek2024 so all the submissions can be gazed upon in one place!

Rules:

Art, mood boards, text posts and fanfiction are all welcome, if it has Kiyotaka's face in it it's allowed.

No sexual content.

Don't worry if you're a day or two late enjoy what you create!

Feel free to post your submissions to other platforms.

If you need some help brainstorming what to do for the days here are some prompts!:

M- Monster, murder, moon, machine, mirror, memory, music, mourn, medieval, makeover, mistaken identity, mythological

O- Outfit, ocean, omnipotent, outlaw, office, orbit, origin, obstacle, orange

R- Royalty, rest, risk, relationship, red. rumour, rarepair, ringmaster, reflect, restaurant, reputation, run, rabbit

A- Anger, adventure, animal, actor, amnesia, admiration, affluent, AU, alter ego, android, attack, apple

L- Luck, loop, lecture, loyalty, love, lawyer, lookout, limelight, laptop, light, lineage, lazy

S- Secret, swap, soulmate, shapeshift, sacrifice, science, siblings, sun, sabotage, satire, school, sculpture, sick, sense, sharp, ship

and ofc many others, use as many words as you want or even a full sentence to base your post on and of course have fun :)

[bastart13]

How did you go about redesigning the clothes in you remaster?

Ooh great question! I'll go into more detail below, but the gist is that I broke down each character into their vibes and general aesthetic and tried fitting it to my design biases.

I tend towards more grounded designs than the original JRPG-inspired armour and clothes, so I referenced a lot of medieval fashion for the setting. You'll usually see me covering bared skin in battle outfits or toning down extra details I struggle to draw

Then, using those references, I'd try to thumbnail basic shapes and colours to figure out which works best

(More specific character notes below)

For some characters like Iseul, I didn't feel much need to change his outfit so I mostly toned down the detail to suit my style. I shifted the colour scheme to something warmer and removed the fur and extra armour to serve his image as animal-loving and battle-avoidant. This serves as great contrast to his timeskip outfit where he then commits to being both a warrior and a prince, with more ornamentation and practical armour

I designed Helena and Alain as contrasts. They have very similar themes and designs, so I decided to smooth Alain down into the picture-perfect metal knight while Helena's wilder and asymmetric. I referenced more realistic armour for Alain but overall I wanted to keep his clothes similar.

For Helena, my design style is more practical and thematically I want to avoid Helena baring skin and vulnerability so I extended her corset into more of a chest armour and covered her other thigh. To add to her duality of magic and metal, I gave one arm armour and bared the other to show off magical scars.

August and Altea's designs are where I start to venture off into more vibes-based outfits. August is humble and traditional, a knight with proud loyalty to his Lord and family, so I gave him medieval colours to represent both on his tabard. The armour is still there, but it's less focus on metal and more on "cheaper" materials to serve as a contrast to his timeskip where he becomes a proper knight in shining armour. For that reason, I took away the cape and other unnecessary decoration.

Then Altea is flashy, wealthy, and bright. I kept the focus on light armour, with scalemail as the only obvious protection. I've mentioned before but I took inspiration from south east asian fashion (mostly cambodia and malaysia) as a grounded but ornate basis for her magical girl theme. Here the colour scheme and fabrics are what mostly connects it to the original

Similarly, Lennox is where vibes rule and the overal aesthetic changes quite a bit. He's often described with "choir boy" hair, so I wanted to combine choir robes with ornate priestly outfits to sell him as a vain cult-leader. I kept the symmetry, long coat, and lack of obvious armour, but I wanted him to look less modern and stick with less structured outfits.

One thing specific to the generals, is that I wanted to give them more of a variety to colour palettes to sell that while they're working together, they're not exactly happy about it. While they all have a focus of blue and silver to keep them cohesive, they each have a motif: Alain - silver, Helena - pale blue, Jinhai - brown, Lennox - dark blue, Magnus - turquoise