#Azazel!Lucien

[mareastrorum]

I’m still reeling from how last night’s episodes lined up perfectly with my headcanons for TF&TS.

In C3E97, we learned that Aeorians created the Pinion of Service using materials from the Abyss. It’s a soul anchor that keeps Dominox, the Grand Demon of Loathing, tethered to Aeor’s engines and ensures that he reforms there if the process of extracting power destroys him. His immortal demon soul reconstitutes endlessly and serves as a key source of energy for the city. The use of black chains and references to oblivion might just be generic demon flavoring, but it’s also reminiscent of Tharizdun, the Chained Oblivion, who is imprisoned and dreams the endless layers of the Abyss, the home plane of demons.

In TF&TS, the premise is that Molly lives so that I could explore what Lucien might have been like as a body-hopping spirit. While working the initial outline, I needed a way to make sure Lucien would actually be a recurring villain and not get Lorenzo’d. I researched a bunch of necromancy spells because they’re all about soul manipulation. The Soul Cage spell was my main inspiration, but it’s a short term spell and can only hold a soul for so long. There was also the fact that (in EXU Calamity) Evandrin Alterra’s native plane was changed to the Astral Sea, but I wasn’t sure if that would work thematically or spell-wise. I figured, you know what, if abyssal anchors could be used to rip tears to the Abyss for the Angel of Irons plot, I bet one could be engineered to root a specific soul to a non-native plane as well. That would mean I don’t need to come up with a way to shift Lucien’s native plane, could stick with the undeath stuff for Molly being a ghostslayer, and it ties all the themes together nicely.

So my fix was that the Somnovem anchored Lucien’s soul to Cognouza, so no matter how many times his undead form was destroyed on the Material Plane, he would reconstitute in the Astral Sea, and then he could return to Exandria to hunt Molly. This was referenced a few times already in chapters 2 and on.

I have not yet explained what powers this mechanism.

Would you like to guess?

[bobbole]

@windsweptinred The Corinthian praising Daniel

[pupsmailbox]

GOTH ID PACK

NAMES︰ abby. ace. addam. alister. amelia. amoret. ange. angel. angelo. anubis. arachne. arch. archette. ash. aslan. aspen. astor. astoria. astrophel. atticus. axelle. azazel. azrael. bael. bat. batsy. battie. bella. bellatrix. blade. blair. blanchette. brahms. branwen. briar. cain. caine. callan. calliope. cannibelle. caskeite. casketta. caskette. caskieth. caspian. celeste. celestia. cemetrell. chaos. charlotte. cherry. chira. chiraelle. chiro. chirobelle. chiroptairre. chiroptelle. chiroptera. chiropteranne. chiroptira. choir. christian. circe. cofette. coffin. coffine. coffyn. coffyth. constantine. corbin. corpse. crimson. crow. crowley. damian. damien. demonesse. divina. dorian. draven. ebonyie. echoella. edgar. elatha. elijah. elix. elwin, elwin. elwood. ember. emmaline. etienne. eulalie. evan. evangeline. eve. faith. forest. forrest. frill. frille. frilleine. frilliette. frilly. genesis. ghost. gothita. gothitella. gothitelle. gothitess. gothitesse. gothlyra. gothorita. grey. grisveil. gwen. hades. hawthorne. hecate. hemlock. imortalle. imortella. iris. israel. jakob. jet. jett. johnas. josiah. judas. kain. kane. kedi. keir. kross. krosse. lacey. laciene. laciette. lazarus. leo. lilith. lilithe. lolita. lucid. lucien. lucifer. lucius. luscious. lynx. maeve. malice. mana. martyr. max. melancholy. merle. micah. michael. misery. mordred. morris. mors. morte. morticia. mortis. morvessa. mourge. mourgette. mourne. mournelle. mourveil. myrette. nightshade. noah. noctelune. noctre. noctrelle. nocturne. noir. obscurine. obsidian. oleander. omen. onyx. orion. orpheus. ozul. ozzy. prince. prophet. ransley. raven. ravenie. raveniette. ravenith. requiem. rogue. rook. rowan. ruby. saber. saint. salem. samael. samuel. scarlet. secrette. seraph. serenity. shilo. shiloh. silas. silver. silvester. skelly. skulliene. skulliette. skully. skullyfir. solanine. sorrow. sylvester. syn. thorn. thorne. thornyse. tobias. tommy. trix. umbriel. valkyrie. valo. velouryne. vervain. vesper vesper. victoria. ville. violetta. vito. vlad. woundie. zeon. zephyrine.

PRONOUNS︰ abby/abby. ae/aer. ash/ash. bat/bat. bleed/bleed. blood/blood. book/book. bug/bug. burn/burn. ce/casket. ce/cem. ce/cer. chain/chain. chap/chapel. chi/chir. chill/chill. claw/claw. cloud/cloud. co/cof. co/coffin. cob/cobweb. cof/coffin. coffin/coffin. corps/corpse. creep/creep. cri/cross. cro/cros. cro/cross. cross/cross. cross/crosse. da/dark. dae/dae. dae/daem. dark/dark. de/der. decay/decay. dee/dark. des/despair. devout/devout. div/divine. dust/dust. e/echo. e/eerie. echo/echo. edge/edgy. en/envie. fae/fang. fang/fang. fe/fear. fie/fiend. fog/fog. fri/frill. frill/frill. ghost/ghost. ghoul/ghoul. go/goth. gore/gore. goth/goth. goth/gothic. gra/grave. grave/grave. gri/grim. ha/haunt. halo/halo. hie/hiem. ho/holy. holy/holy. horn/horn. hx/hxm. hy/hym. ink/ink. lace/lace. lae/lace. lost/lost. mist/mist. moon/moon. net/fishnet. ni/night. night/night. null/null. par/parasol. parasol/parasol. pray/pray. pray/prayer. proph/prophet. ro/rose. rose/rose. rot/rot. rust/rust. sac/sacrifice. saint/saint. scar/scar. shx/hxr. shy/hyr. si/sinister. sie/sier. sin/sin. sku/skull. skull/skull. snake/snake. spider/spider. spike/spike. sto/storm. stud/stud. thiey/thiem. thorn/thorn. thou/thorn. thron/thorn. thxy/thxm. tom/tomb. tor/thorn. vae/vaer. ve/ver. velvet/velvet. vi/vile. vi/vir. vo/void. whis/whisper. whisper/whisper. witch/witch. wood/wood. x/x. xae/xaer. xi/xir. xie/xiem. xie/xier. ×. ♠️. ♣️. ⚰️. ⛓️. 🌑. 💀. 🕯. 🕷. 🕸. 🖤. 🥀. 🦇.

[writing-for-life]

The Ultimate Sandman Character Tag List!

I recently published a tag list for all female Sandman characters I have written about or posted art for (I’ve just added to it and tidied it up. The tags auto-update, so feel free to bookmark it if you want to stay in the loop about the Sandwomen), which made me think:

Why not do that for all the characters for quick reference?

So if you’re interested in one particular character, you can just quickly go to their tag on my blog. These are character tags, so you’ll find anything from metas to fics/poetry and art in no particular order. If you are looking for something more specific, please have a look at my pinned post.

I will not pretend I wrote and posted equally for all of them (some might just have one entry), and a few are missing (I’ll add tags when applicable). But right now, I have roundabout 100 Sandman characters waiting to get explored, and existing tags will auto-update whenever something new gets added, so feel free to bookmark this post.

I tag pretty consistently (some characters have two tags because I initially didn’t 🙈), but the odd one might slip through and float around on my blog without being tagged; you can also try to use the search function on my blog.

So without further ado, here they are (and now I’ll need to lie down):

The Endless

Destiny

Death

Dream (Morpheus only | Daniel only)

Destruction

Desire

Despair

Delirium/Delight

Dream’s Lovers

(Yes, they get their own space for quick reference)

Alianora

Calliope

Killalla

Nada

Thessaly

Titania

Denizens of the Dreaming

Brute and Glob

Cain and Abel (Cain here, Abel here)

The Corinthian

The Cuckoo

Eve

The Fashion Thing

Fiddler’s Green/Gilbert

Gault

Goldie

Gregory

Guardians of the Gate/Gatekeepers

Jessamy

Lucien (comics)

Lucienne (Netflix)

Martin Tenbones

Matthew the Raven

Mervyn Pumpkinhead

Gods, Demons and (Fallen) Angels

Azazel

Bast

Beelzebub

Duma

The Fates (Furies, Kindly Ones, Hecateae etc)

Hades

Ishtar

Loki

Lucifer Morningstar

Mazikeen

The Creator/Presence and Glory

Persephone

Remiel

Fae

Auberon

Cluracan

Nuala

Immortals and Long-Lived Humans

Bhartari

Hob Gadling

Mad Hettie

Orpheus

Mortal Beings and Humans

Alex Burgess

Augustus

Barbie

Barnaby Farrell (Uncle Barnaby)

Bette Munroe

Carl/Carla

Chantal

Clarice Farrell (Aunt Clarice)

Ethel Cripps

Foxglove (Donna Cavanagh)

Funland (I hit the 100 link limit, just type “funland” in my blog search)

Garry Fletcher

Gwen

Hal Carter

Hazel McNamara

Hector Hall

Hope Beautiful Lost Nebula

Jed Walker

John Constantine (Comics)

Judy Talbot

Kate Fletcher

Lady Johanna Constantine (Comics)

Modern Johanna Constantine (Netflix)

John Dee

John Hathaway

Joshua A. Norton/Emperor Norton

Ken (I hit the 100 link limit, just type “ken then sandman” in my blog search)

Lyta Hall

Marco Polo

Nimrod (I hit the 100 link limit, just type “nimrod” in my blog search)

Paul McGuire

Philip Sitz (I hit the 100 link limit, just type “philip sitz” in my blog search)

Prez Rickard

Rachel Moodie

Richard Madoc

Roderick Burgess

Rosemary

Rose Walker

Ruby

Unity Kinkaid

Wanda

Wesley Dodds

William Shakespeare

Zelda

Other

Barnabas

Night

Time

[purgatorysmostwanted]

Hey, hey, hey!

This is an ask blog centered around my main ocs:

The Exorcists!

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What this blog may contain:

𓇬 Oc art (duh)

𓇬 Character and world lore

𓇬 Oc questions and answers

𓇬 Oc interactions if.. people wanna do that [twiddles my thumbs]

𓇬 Oc x Oc content? Maybeeee?

𓇬 Stuff about ocs that aren't the main 7 Exorcists if I feel like it

(please note a lot of the character/world lore posted here is subject to change over time aghdhds)

Boundaries:

I don't have very many. I'll be open to answering any questions people may have, but I will try to stay as sfw as possible with the content I post.

However, please do be wary that some of the character lore I have could potentially be triggering, so heed the TWs I may put!!!

Extra info under the cut! (theres a lot agahhdhfjd sorry)

About me! ( @beebatrnn )

𓇬 People usually call me Beebo, but I'm fine with being called Ajax or Mari as well!

𓇬 I use any pronouns (they/she/he)

𓇬 I'm a minor. Don't be a weirdo

𓇬 My writing can be a bit all over the place, so I'm very open to all kinds of feedback!!

The Main 7!!

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Lucien "Luci" Medvedev

6'3 - He/Any - #luciask🌱

Azazel "Az(zie)" Medvedev

6'5 - He/Any - #azazelask🎸

Arania "Ari" Santos

5'5 - She/Her - #ariask🕷️

Minoe Ahmad

6'0 - She/They - #minoeask🌺

Micah Ahmad

6'0 - He/She - #micahask🪽

Dj/Caleb

5'9 - He/Him - #djask🌀

K9/Kacey

5'6 - Any/All - #k9ask🦊

Other tags:

#doodles - my doodles!!! :D (mainly whiteboard)

#paradeisoslore - about paradise/"heaven"

#purgatorylore - about purgatory

#godslore - about the gods (Time, Space, Reality)

#fateslore - about the fates (Past, Present, Future)

+ more soon probably

[boykingofhellsam]

Fallen Apples by Cursedobjects. Chapter 1/10

Warnings: M/M, Explicit, Mentions of Homophobia.

Characters: Sam Winchester, Lucifer, Dean Winchester, Castiel, God | Chuck Shurley, Michael, Azazel, Raphael, Gabriel, Alastair, Jessica Moore, Meg Masters, Lilith, Zachariah, Uriel, Inias, Anna Milton, Hannah, Balthazar, Joshua

Relationships: Lucifer/Sam Winchester

Tags: Alternative Universe - Human, Priest Sam Winchester, Human Lucifer, Rebellious Lucifer, Bad Boy Lucifer, Biblical Scripture References, Gay Lucifer, Closeted Sam Winchester, Oblivious Sam Winchester, Bad Flirting, Internalised Homophobia, Lust At First Sight, Eventual Smut, Bottom Lucifer, Top Sam Winchester, Porn With Plot, Blasphemy, Lucifer Has Feelings, Lucifer Has Daddy Issues, Caring Sam Winchester, Eventual Romance, Lucifer Is Called Lucien.

Summary: Lucien Nicholas Shirley was the second born of four brothers; Michael, Raphel and Gabriel. Everyone knew what his name was in reference to. He enjoyed the hushed whispers of his fellow churchgoers, openly flirting with the male clergy. He has a reputation.

But with the arrival of the new priest, a drop-dead gorgeous young man and Lucien was already smitten. He needed to get his hand in that man's pants. However Sam was just so oblivious to everything...

[bobbole]

@windsweptinred Yes!!! it's indeed a fascinating aspect and your tags made me think of how truly exceptional is, in Nightmare Country, that Daniel allows the Corinthian to investigate in the waking world (despite Lucien practically constantly propagandising against the Nightmare). Morpheus would NEVER have allowed it! It's true, he puts Madison Flynn near him as a 'control system', but it's actually a great transgression of those very rules in which Daniel believes, as you rightly write, fanatically!

And I also think back to the scene in Azazel's club, how the demon practically puts temptation at his fingertips but the Corinthian does not take it, goes ahead, follows the 'rules' but not in a servile way: following Daniel's rules is a way of asserting his role, in relation to the First and also in relation to Daniel.

Daniel and the Corinthian are united by being an exception, an 'anomaly' (pass me the term) within The Dreaming, and they are also united by the fact that they are each other's exceptions. For you, I will break the rules; for you, I will follow the rules.

my favorite ship dynamic is betrayal. not when they betray each other but when one or both of them turn against their cause, their principles and/or loved ones for the other. bonus points if the person they're abandoning everything for didn't remotely expect it. ultimate declaration of love. "you mean more to me than everything i ever believed in. i am more loyal to you than my conscience. i love you more than the thing i would die for."

[dark-lina]

In preparations:

Ooc: In preparation:

1st rp starters for Ali, Jade and Pyramid Girl (dbd muses).

2. returning muses (side) Lucy, Lucien, Azazel change name to Azriel and Tommy, to Hazbin Hotel. Refresh design and change in backstory.

3. Christmas gift 2024

[mareastrorum]

TF&TS Meta: How did The Fool and the Soldier come about?

Since I am posting another chapter on Friday, no WIP Wednesday excerpt today! However, I will try to throw out a meta post 2 days before each chapter to tide people over.

This post goes through the following questions:

Where did the idea come from? Why did I want to write it? What premise does it cover?

See the directory for other meta posts.

I finished Campaign 2 in July 2022. It was great! Loved it! Hyped for the book! Pre-ordered it! Queued up the Campaign 2 Wrap Up.

In the wrap up, the cast discussed what Taliesin knew about Mollymauk and Lucien (basically nothing), and what Matt had originally planned for Molly’s character arc before he died on Glory Run Road in episode 26. Matt explained:

“How I had initially had planned it was that Lucien, the original soul that was in Molly’s body—after being shattered—found his way back but had to go into another body and is trying to get the original body with the nine eyes back. And so it was going to be— what was this movie? There was this old, I want to say, Denzel Washington movie about this killer spirit that would transition from body to body through touch. I can’t— it was a film from the late ‘90s or something. … But anyway, I wanted Lucien to be this, like, spirit that would jump from person to person and was, like, a recurring antagonist trying to find a way to kill Molly to take the body back or find a way to remove Molly from the body to take it back. And that was going to be a smaller ongoing villain until things like the Somnovem got revealed, and then Molly died. I was like, ‘Fuck!’ … Or, yeah.”

The movie that Matt couldn’t remember was Fallen, a 1998 thriller about a detective who discovers that a serial killer he had caught was actually possessed by a spirit/demon named Azazel. Azazel had spent thousands of years possessing people, systematically ruining their lives, massacring those they care about, and moving on whenever his victims get caught or killed. Azazel set his sight on the detective once he realized what was going on, and the film follows the detective’s attempts to stop Azazel.

I love that film. It’s such a cheesy ‘90s thriller. I love Azazel. He’s a horrific, sly, manipulative predator playing with his food the entire film. I enjoyed Lucien as a villain for the same reasons.

Azazel’s powers were incredibly creepy. He could possess people upon a touch, and very few could resist him. In NYC, a notoriously overpopulated city, he could practically swim through people tapping each other in a chain. If his host died, he could travel through the air to a new host, and when he did that, no one could resist him. He perfectly controlled his hosts, stole their voices and memories, and had tons of nasty tricks for tormenting his prey. He could be anyone, anywhere, and there was no easy way to contain or detect him if he didn’t want to be. Just a delicious villain in every way.

However, even though I was so certain someone would have already taken that idea and run with it for an AU, no one had done it. Some fanfics explored Lucien as a more traditional ghost or haunting dreams, and a smidgen of fanfics addressed something similar to body-snatching. But not a full-on Azazel-style spirit pursuing Molly and trying to murder him throughout Campaign 2.

So I stewed in that for a while and thought: what would Lucien's spirit abilities even be in a D&D game? Taliesin had chosen the ghostslayer subclass, so I’m certain Lucien would have been undead. That would have given Taliesin a chance to really capitalize on his subclass and show off all the cool shit. However, individual and bodiless undead are pretty lame in D&D against a group as large as the Mighty Nein. Lucien couldn’t have been one of Matt's Lingering Souls because that could be killed permanently, and it would have been really easy for the Mighty Nein to do that. That wouldn't work for a recurring villain. He'd get Lorenzo'd. So Lucien would have to have been something that was more challenging for a group, and he'd need to be able to come back from each defeat.

Since Matt would have certainly customized a stat block, I built a monster block for Lucien with Azazel style mechanics by mashing together different types of undead. Then I got all the character sheets from CritRoleStats and played out how it would work in actual combat. I had to adjust it when it turned out that Molly would absolutely curbstomp Lucien. An undead spirit trying to kill Molly would have to be incredibly powerful just to survive the fight, let alone threaten Molly’s life.

As I tried to finesse the block, I thought, wait, when would that have even happened in the campaign? Would Molly have leveled up by the time they crossed paths? I looked up the timeline on the wiki to sort out when there would be an opportunity for (1) Lucien to come back as a spirit in the first place, and (2) when he would be able to reach the Mighty Nein.

But first, well, how would Lucien come back? If he wasn’t a Lingering Soul, and he had to be repaired by the Somnovem, then he was somewhere in the Astral Sea. The Somnovem probably couldn’t just fling a soul across the planes, so someone needed to summon him to the Material Plane. Who would do it? The Tombtakers! But how? Only Cree and Otis have spells, so one of them. Otis can't use summoning spells like that, and there's no way for Otis to contact the Somnovem. But Cree could Commune! Cree had Legend Lore! But when would she use that? And so on and so on until I worked out a plausible way and time for him to come back.

Then I had a subsequent question: why would the Somnovem send Lucien as a spirit instead of telling Cree to murder Molly? Matt might or might not have had an explanation already planned—or maybe he would have gone in an entirely different direction—but regardless, it never came out in the campaign. At that point, I figured that I wasn’t going to write anything, but I couldn’t avoid the bigger question that I had been ignoring the whole time: if someone were to do that AU, how would Molly have even survived at Glory Run Road?

And then I had an idea.

It was going to be a lot of fucking work, and I was still set on not writing a fanfic, so I wrote the outline to get it out of my head and reasoned that would burn off all the motivation. I spent all of August creating a massive outline for the entire campaign and then editing it to fit in this rough idea of how it would play out. When would the attacks occur? How would things change between each of them? How would each side adapt? I eventually began fleshing out themes and ideas for the Somnovem, then the Tombtakers, and then Lucien, and Lucien’s backstory.

At that point, about September 2022, I figured, okay, I’d write it. But I would wait until The Nine Eyes of Lucien came out to finish polishing Lucien’s backstory so that I would know what to include in the AU.

I did not enjoy TNEOL. Part of that is my fault, I had high expectations. However, that is also beside the point—my enjoyment of something has little to do with whether the material was useful. After all, the appeal of fanfiction is that writers can change what they don’t like or add things in that were removed or sanitized. The problem was that the characterization of Lucien Tavelle in TNEOL was completely incompatible with an Azazel-style villain.

Characters are literary devices for telling a story. They need to be created with the genre and intended themes already in mind. A protagonist, who just needed someone to redeem his poor misguided soul, from a tragedy is not going to match up with Azazel by any stretch of the imagination.

Azazel was a serial killer. He was cruel, clever, egotistical, relentless, manipulative, playful, menacing, and charismatic. Lucien Tavelle was none of those things. Tavelle was careless, idiotic, spineless, lazy, inconsiderate, ignorant, and utterly delusional. TNEOL went out of its way to make Tavelle a lamer version of Molly. Tavelle would not act like Azazel, he would not make full use of Azazel’s abilities in a way that would be entertaining to a reader nor suitable for a horror/thriller villain, and he would probably give up after the first or second time the Nein beat him into submission. Why? Because there was no coherent motivation for his desire to be the Nonagon. He didn’t even do it because he thought it was fun. It was simply a conclusion that he wanted to be the Nonagon because the narrative demanded it. Whether anyone attributes that to irrationality based in grief or madness, Tavelle would have been a disappointing villain as an undead haunting Molly.

Worse, Lucien Tavelle would have been a terrible antagonist for Molly. Molly was designed to avoid his character arc—he would not have willingly sought out Lucien or anything about him absent some external motivation to do so. There would have been no pressure to have anything resembling a character arc if Tavelle was the one chasing him. A grief-stricken, insane ghost would have left Molly unimpressed and bored. He’d have shrugged off any semblence of conflict. Maybe he would have shifted from mocking Tavelle to pitying him, but there would have been so little substance to their dynamic.

Note: This has nothing to do with the relationship between Lucien Tavelle and Molly in TNEOL. Their roles as protagonist and antagonist were reversed in the book. The issue is that in the AU, Molly would be the protagonist and Lucien would be the antagonist. Thus, Lucien would need to be some sort of catalyst or foil for whatever arc Molly goes through, and Tavelle was simply not written with that in mind. After all, that wasn’t the premise of the book. These stories have different purposes, and that imposes different characterization needs.

I needed a character that would suit Azazel’s abilities and the premise that Lucien would ruthlessly try to murder Molly or rip his soul out of his body so that Lucien could trek through Aeor for the threshold crests, fry the Somnovem’s minds, and use Cognouza to take over the world. I needed a villain. Specifically, I needed a villain that puts Molly through a character arc and was canonically going to assimilate all of existence. This is important: if the Nein hadn’t killed the Tombtakers and destroyed that threshold crest, and if Molly hadn’t fucked with Lucien from within in the final battle, the Nein would have lost. The default outcome was that Lucien conquered Cognouza and returned to the Material Plane.

Trying to make TNEOL fit with this premise was going to be an overwhelming amount of work that would have resulted in a mediocre-at-best villain who was really just a poor little meow meow at the center. That wouldn’t work for a compelling thriller/horror/action/adventure longfic AU going through all of Campaign 2 where the looming threat is that the villain will win if the protagonists don’t get their shit sorted.

Fuck.

Thus, I disregarded TNEOL entirely. I did not make that decision lightly. That meant I needed to develop a headcanon from scratch and sort out how to work that into the story itself or write multiple stories for it to make sense. Why not include parts of it? Because I decided to write something I would enjoy, and I didn’t enjoy TNEOL. Why would I pick out pieces of something I didn’t like to shoehorn into a different story when I had already decided not to include the main character? I’m not going to combine two stories meant for different audiences, genres, and purposes into something that would be less than if I just did my own thing.

By the end of November, I had methodically gone through every single plot hole or gap in explanation that I could find in the campaign related to Molly, Lucien, the Tombtakers, Vess DeRogna, and the Somnovem to develop that headcanon. I also managed to come up with a way to work that backstory in: dreams. Thus, it all fits in one story, though it certainly has chunky chapters. By 8/4/23, when the story was first published on AO3, I had reached 400k words in 9 months.

I am well aware that my opinion of TNEOL is not the majority opinion. I love ruthless, ambitious villains, and TNEOL was not written for people like me. I was simply not the target audience of that book by any metric. However, TF&TS was always going to feature a ruthless, ambitious villain. This fanfic is the result of my excitement for a premise that Matt discussed in the campaign wrap up. I refuse to undermine any of that for the sake of a book that doesn’t address that premise—TNEOL wasn’t meant to, and that is not a criticism. That is a simple fact.

Don’t take my opinion as a guide as to whether you should or shouldn’t have enjoyed TNEOL. There is a Venn Diagram of unknown size where there is an overlap between fans of TNEOL and people who would enjoy TF&TS. They are not mutually exclusive things. However, I want to be very clear, both in the tags and in my meta posts, that this AU will have a completely different flavor so that readers aren’t surprised when they read TF&TS and think, “Well, that’s not what the book did.” I know. I read it. It doesn’t work for this story.

In closing, go watch Fallen. It’s fucking great.

[pupsmailbox]

ANGELIC︰DEVINE ID PACK

NAMES︰ abel. acher. achille. adam. adorine. adrien. adélie. aelin. alaida. alexis. alice. alya. ambroise. amelia. amour. ana. anahera. andras. ang. angaile. ange. angel. angela. angelesse. angelette. angelica. angeliki. angelina. angeline. angelique. angelissa. angelita. angeliza. angella. angelo. angelus. angelyna. angelynn. angie. angé. angélique. anna. annex. antoine. aphrodite. apolline. arella. aria. ariel. arwen. astrid. aura. aurora. aurore. avi. avian. azazel. azira. azireal. baal. behemoth. bellina. berrie. bethany. beyond. bibi. blaise. blanche. blanchesse. blanchette. blushe. bowette. cael. cain. caleb. camille. capucine. carmen. carrion. cary. casiel. casimir. cassandra. cassiel. castiel. cathy. celeste. celestine. celine. cerberus. cerise. charmeine. cheir. cher. cherie. cherub. choirette. christian. christine. chérie. cielo. claire. claude. cloud. cloudisse. cynthia. cyril. dahlia. daintsel. daisy. damien. damon. damselle. danni. daunte. delilah. dina. divina. divine. divinesse. divinette. divinity. divinne. donovan. dova. dove. dovesse. dovette. dulcengel. eden. elena. elouan. elysia. emmy. engel. enzo. eowyn. erebus. eryn. estelle. esther. ether. evangelina. evangeline. evangelista. eve. faith. fawn. feather. feint. felix. fern. fiacre. fleur. flutter. fortune. francette. francis. gabriel. gabriela. gabriella. gaby. galadriel. ganbriel. gemini. genesis. ghoul. giselle. glide. glow. godefrey. gold. grace. grime. gwenaël. haima. halo. heartette. heather. heaven. heavenelle. heavenesse. hel. helena. henri. hera. holy. holyness. honoré. husk. hyacinthe. icha. Idyllic. isaac. isabelle. isidore. jacques. jade. jennifer. jin. jocelyn. jordan. joseph. josephina. julia. kage. karine. kasdeya. katie. kenzo. keres. kilian. lacey. lambise. lamia. lana. laura. leila. leilani. levi. leviathan. liam. light. lightion. lilia. lilin. lilith. lola. louis. lucia. lucien. lucifer. lucille. lyricille. léo. madeleine. madeline. malachi. malvina. mal’akhi. marc. mare. marie. marin. marine. mary. mateo. maxime. melantha. michael. micheal. michelangelo. michelle. mikhail. minerva. mirabelle. morgan. moros. mortem. mysti. nadia. narcisse. nazaire. nessie. nicholas. noah. noelle. octave. océane. odin. olivia. onyx. ophelia. orion. orpheus. parisa. pastel. pharr. pheobe. pinkette. pinkion. piérre. priscilla. prosper. rainier. ramiel. raphael. rapheal. ravana. raymond. robin. rogue. rosaire. roxxane. roziel. ruby. rue. ruelle. rémi. sabel. saint. saintesse. saintette. salome. salomon. samael. samuel. sanctus. sara. sephora. sephtis. sera. seraph. seraphim. seraphin. seraphina. seraphine. serenity. seth. shine. shutter. silver. skye. soan. soarer. soft. softetta. softsel. sol. sonata. song. sophia. soraya. spirit. strawbette. sugarette. swift. sylvain. sylvianne. séraphin. tatiana. tenshi. theodore. timothee. tristan. uriel. ursula. valentine. valerie. venetia. vera. victor. victoria. victorien. vionetta. virtue. vivian. vivien. whimselle. willow. wingette. wingina. wolf. xavier. xela. yann. yasmine. yvette. zacharie. zoe. ángel. ánxela. éloi. étienne.

PRONOUNS︰ abo/above. accurate/angel. adore/adore. ae/ae. ae/aer. an/angel. angel/angel. angelic/angelic. arch/angel. archangel/archangel. arrow/arrow. aura/aura. ay/aym. ballet/ballet. beau/beau. beauty/beauty. being/being. beloved/beloved. bible/biblical. black/black. bless/bless. bless/blesse. bless/blessing. blessing/blessing. bloom/bloom. blue/blue. bow/bow. broke/broken. bun/bun. celeste/celestial. celestial/celestial. chalice/chalice. che/che. cher/cher. cherub/cherub. cherub/cherubim. chirp/chirp. choir/choir. clou/cloud. cloud/cloud. cold/cold. cross/cross. crown/crown. cu/cupid. cupid/cupid. curse/curse. dark/dark. deity/deity. delicate/delicate. div/divine. div/divinity. divine/divine. dove/dove. dream/dream. drift/drift. empty/empty. er/ero. ero/ero. ethe/ethereal. ethereal/ethereal. ey/eyr. eye/eye. fai/faith. faith/faith. fall/fall. fall/fallen. fate/fate. faun/fauna. feather/feather. flight/flight. float/float. flower/flower. fluff/fluff. flutter/flutter. fly/flight. fly/fly. frill/frill. gentle/gently. glow/glow. gold/gold. gra/grace. grace/grace. grudge/grudge. guardian/guardian. ha/halo. hae/haer. halo/halo. harp/harp. he/hym. hea/heaven. heal/heal. heart/heart. heaven/heaven. heaven/heavenly. hell/hell. hol/holy. holy/holy. hope/hope. hush/hush. hx/hxm. hy/hym. hymn/hymn. id/idol. it/it. ix/ix. kind/kind. ku/ku. kyr/kyr. lace/lace. lala/lala. lamb/lamb. life/life. light/light. lo/love. love/love. lyr/lyr. lyre/lyre. melancholy/melancholy. metallic/metallic. mirror/mirror. mist/mist. misty/misty. mon/mon. moral/moral. mystic/mystical. not/afraid. omen/omen. one/one. peace/peace. perfect/perfection. pink/pink. pray/pray. pray/prayer. prayer/prayer. priest/priest. pure/pure. pure/purr. radiant/radiant. ribbon/ribbon. rose/rose. sacred/sacred. saint/saint. scept/scepter. see/see. self/self. ser/seraph. seraph/seraph. seraph/seraphim. shimmer/shimmer. shine/shining. shx/hxr. shy/hyr. silk/silk. sin/sin. sing/song. sky/sky. smite/smite. snake/snake. snow/snow. soar/soaring. soft/soft. somber/somber. sorrow/sorrow. spark/sparkle. spirit/spirit. star/star. sugar/sugar. swan/swan. sweet/sweet. taint/taint. tether/tether. thing/thing. thorn/thorn. thxy/thxm. thy/thym. thy/thyn. tru/trumpet. unholy/unholy. unknown/unknown. vae/vaer. val/valentine. vio/vior. water/water. white/white. wi/wing. wing/wing. worship/worship. wraith/wraith. wrath/wrath. yellow/yellow. ze/zem. ðe/ðim. þe/þim. ȝe/ȝim. ☀️. ☁️. ⚖️. ⛪. ✨. ⭐. ⭐️. 🐑. 👁️. 👼. 🕊️. 🕯️. 😇. 🤍. 🦢.

[blueishspace]

Skizz - Ramiel.

Grian - Lucifer.

BigB - Mazikeen.

Martyn - Azazel.

Pearl - Both Merkin and Beelzebub... a mix of the two.

Katherine, Shelby and Eloise - The Three.

Joe Hills - Lucien.

Impulse - Hob Gadling.

Lizzie - Titania.

Jimmy - Puck.

Small and quick au idea

Etho - Night.

Cleo - Time.

Joel - Destiny Lore.

Zed - (Ze)Death.

Tango - Destruction

Bdubs - Dream.

Scar - Desire.

Cub - Despair.

HC 8/Empires Gem - Delight.

HC 9-10/Secret Life Gem - Delirium.

[munoart]

Saw this in a discord server im in and decided to draw my ocs with it.

[mickadamz]

welcome to niche oc memes

[thelostarchangel]

What exactly is your definition of Satanism?

An excellent question! One that is quite difficult to answer, really. Satanism, in my eyes, is a category of religion and spirituality, centered around the figure of Lucifer/Satan/the Devil, or another, similar figure - be it another figure from Abrahamic tradition, such as Azazel or (somewhat controversially, due to Jewish claims of cultural appropriation), Lilith, or be it a figure from a polytheistic pantheon which has archetypal similarities to the Satanic archetype, such as Set, Loki, Prometheus, Pan or even Quetzalcoatl. Followers of such deities in the latter case are not necessarily Satanic, but they can be, and these deities can be approached and analyzed through a Satanic lens. Satanism comes in a myriad of varieties. To start things off, there is theistic Satanism, in which these Satanic entities (for theistic Satanists often venerate more than just the Devil, instead turning to other demons or deities as well) are seen as actual beings, able to be communed with. Often, they are seen as guides and mentors to be turned to for advise, and to be given respect, but not blind worship and adoration as one would do with a deity in most contexts, but this varies from case to case, with various practitioners holding different perspectives on this, and with it often varying from entity to entity as well. Theistic Satanists are often independent, individual practitioners, organizing with others from time to time to exchange ideas and perspectives, but otherwise not involved in an organized, religious structure. Their practice is typically deeply occult-oriented, with the practice of magic being a key component of their Satanism. Then, there is also atheistic Satanism. These individuals view Satan as an archetype and symbol, not as an actual entity. While they may practice magic and engage in occultism, this isn't always the case either. They are more likely to organize into official religious groups than theistic Satanists tend to be, and the two most famous Satanic organizations - namely, Anton LaVey's "Church of Satan", and Lucien Greaves "The Satanic Temple", fall into this category. While TST portrays itself as socially progressive, in contrast to CoS's more right-wing 'libertarian' leanings and claims of being apolitical, they in fact have plenty of skeletons in their closet, and fall into many of the same trappings that most if not all organized religions do. @queersatanic are the ideal people to turn to if you want to know more about the many messed up things TST has gotten up to over the years. Despite claims made by the Church of Satan to the contrary, there is no centralized, "official", Satanic doctrine. In my eyes, all these interpretations of the Satanic are valid in their own way, and I reject the idea of there being an official dogma within Satanism. It is, and ought to be, a "find your own path"- kind of faith. That said: There are also some "Satanic" groups that step beyond the acceptable. For example, "Joy of Satan" is a neo-nazi group, preaching antisemitism and white supremacy, and using the veneer of Satanism to draw in a new audience for their hatred. I would not consider them to be a genuine form of Satanism, due to the fact that I strongly suspect their "satanism" is in fact pure opportunism for the most part, instead of rooted in any actual convictions. In addition, in my eyes, Satanism as a faith is deeply rooted in the ideal of justified rebellion against unjustified authority. Given how fascism is the polar opposite of this, any Satanism which gives room to fascism is fundamentally at odds with my personal interpretation of the Satanic. I myself, personally, view Lucifer as the ur-anarchist, and by this point must confess to myself that I view him and other Satanic figures primarily as archetypes and symbols, not actual entities. ... And thus concludes my overly long ramble. I hope that answers the question?

[mareastrorum]

The three moods of Lucien.

Three Vibes.

[senrrrra]

Hey i have a question about your system, if you answered alreay or dont wanna its all good.

Just know that seeing your love for your partner is really fun for me.

So my question is: how many people/ who are the ones you know in your system and is Nathan (your partner) also a person who has DID or are they a part if your system? (Im so sorry if i missunderstood)

Anyway all good and you make me happy, a fellow trans maybe autistic guy* (*not gonna open that can of worms)

It's totally fine to ask! I'm glad seeing my constant talking about Nathan makes people somewhat happy because...it's kinda all I feel like I do lol

In my system, before I knew I was a system, I was only aware of three other 'voices' in my head. Now, I know that there's 21 of us and that's probably all. There's Kanai and Keiyona, our co-hosts. Then there's Acotus, Mars, Mashuli, Sigourney, Dionysus, Noel, Aven, Mafuyu, Rui, Zelda, Yuri, Storm, Asra, Ivory, Adelaide, Lucien, Saffron, Cybil, Tye, and Azazel! Only Kanai and Keiyona use this blog, however.

Nathan is a physically separate person! I call them my boyfriend (Nathan) and also my partner system (every other alter who isn't Nathan) because they're also a system and they're the one who made me realize what those voices actually were. They're over at @fang-emblem, my absolute beloved!!! Perfect little guy, my scrungly ♡

Thanks for asking! I'm glad I make you happy, I do worry my talking about Nathan isn't as annoying as I worry it is. I'm always open to answer pretty much anything! I'm a constantly open book!