#Duality AU: Edda

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Have another analysis of Aven from @mystic-131 's Duality, this time about foreshadowing that Aven has trauma.

Aven's first appeared when he's in complete utter pain with a large gash on his side. And the first thing he says?

"You know"

Like he recognises that Edda wasn't attacking him like the other starfolks, so he knew that she wasn't a threat at the moment, so he still kept his guard up around her, possibly believing that she'll eventually turn on him like the others.

2. In the same chapter, he begs for someone to have an answer, further suggesting that he's confused and scared. And frankly, who wouldn't be after being ganged up on by a LOT of starfolks? Plus this seemed a bit more... scared too, the way it phrased, suggesting even further that Aven isn't who he seems.

3. Aven also saves Edda multiple times, starting from the first chapter. This suggests that he recognises that she wasn't a threat, but he's still too scared to register that she was not going to hurt him.

4. In Chapter 2, Aven refuses help, possibly because he still didn't trust her due to the previous experience with starfolks. He also seemed a bit embarrassed, probably because he wasn't used to interacting with others.

5. In Chapter 3, Aven seemed a bit scared to enter the Inertian dwelling, possibly because he was scared that he would get attacked again. Also, he seems genuinely confused that Edda was helping him, again showing that he wasn't used to actual kindness and potentially believing that everything's out to kill him.

6. Also he might be thinking that Eldin would also be a threat, hence why he initially refused his help.

7. In Chapter 5, Aven willingly helps Edda to see by using his fire magic. I think this shows that he GENUINELY wants to help now that Edda seems a bit safer.

8. Also the way Aven was acting in Chapter 5 suggests that he possibly knew Dark Paladin was there? Because of these lines:

"He didn’t seem like he wanted to speak, but she could sense something was weighing on his mind."

"that odd feeling, like an unseen thorn had buried into her companion’s mind. He had acted so oddly since that morning, rather silent, no longer carrying a weight of defiance around him. Instead, a swamp of horrible emotions tinted the air, to where they seemed to suffocate the two of them. Was it fear? Uncertainty? Despair? Edda wasn’t sure, but they were eating him from the inside out."

I believe this might be him being terrified of something, possibly the Dark Faction symbol due to it's connection with Demon, or potentially Dark Paladin.

9. These sentences from Chapter 5 as well:

"Edda turned to see Aven, who stood trembling, the research laying in a heap at his feet. Initially, she was annoyed, but then she sensed a change in the air. The hunter seemed to gaze blankly ahead, as if he felt an overwhelming, suffocating presence approaching him."

This CLEARLY shows that Aven's terrified of Dark Paladin, possibly because it's the Pawn of Demon. This might be him pretty much PANICKING at the mere sight of them, because remember, Aven has trauma from his "awaking" in the Sapphire Thickets. So it is possibly Dark Paladin was one of the starfolks that attacked him.

10: Also this line:

"Aven didn’t do the same. In fact, he wasn’t moving at all. He turned to the being, but did nothing else but gaze at them. That serrated feeling entered the air again, though this time, it was far worse. In the presence of the dark Starfolk, it was as if a dam had burst, a wall that held his emotions beneath that angry shell of his. Aven’s terror was on full display as the being stood idly in front of them.

To the hunter’s horror, they pointed a clawed finger at him."

Yep, definitely trauma relating to Dark Paladin.

11. Aven in Chapter 6 seemed really terrified of Paladin at first, definitely because of trauma, until it turns into complete, utter rage at the finally part of the battle. Aven basically MUALLING Paladin is most likely because Paladin is basically just Demon's puppet, and thus represents his underlying trauma. The possible reason why he went berserk is because he just wanted to get rid of or escape from Paladin, and possibly because of Edda being in danger as well.

Remember, Edda is one of the few persons he can trust and he was most likely attached to her at this point. He did not want to see the only person he can put his safety in die.

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More Duality Edda and and Aven because I wanted to draw their simplified forms. Also some background practice!

The Duality AU is @mystic-131's!

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HOLD THE CHEESE SLICES I REMEMBERED TO MAKE THE SHITPOST

Polarized duo vs Duality duo

Audio shamelessly stolen from episode 7 of Fool's Gold [it's a really funny D&D series if you like D&D go watch it]

Worldless au: Duality by @mystic-131

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Duality! Edda with stained glass, Lightning, archery and sword stims in blue and white for me and @mystic-131! I hope you like it!

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Hello there!

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I'm Aven, although I'm also known as OCTAfan (Or just Octa for short). I also go by Electra, Sprite, Elve or Lorelei, although I don't mind if you don't use those names. I use they/it/he/she pronouns, as well as a lot of neos, but those are optional.

I'm a minor, so if that makes you uncomfortable, please leave. I'm also Aroace and don't like flirting that much, so keep that in mind too! As for gender orientation, I'm Gendervoid and Xenogender (Manistatic and Dark Grimstaric, both are my coins).

We also realised that we're a system! Aven is the host, and we collectively refer to ourselves as Paraluxx Nebula.

More stuff about me under the cut:

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As said in the Blog's bio, this is my Alterhuman blog! Usually for my fictotype, but I have others! Here's a list!

Kintypes

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Aven (Worldless)

Thunder manifestation (Genshin Impact)

Jersey Devil

COCOON (2023) Protagonist's species

Runalong (*Moth, not Aven)

Fictives

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Edda (Worldless/ Canon divergent)

Starfall (Worldless/ Canon divergent. Is our equivalent of Angel)

Summum (Worldless/ Canon divergent. All the Worldless characters are from the same source as Aven fictotype (?), which is known as "Paraluxx Verse" for easy reference)

Moth (Literally a canon Worldless moth...)

Aven/ Umbro (Worldless: Duality AU fictive. He's unfortunately from a fanfic so now we're freaking out about this as of 1/4/2024 as to whether or not to tag the Author of said fic here)

Edda/ Akari (Worldless: Duality AU fictive)

Judgement (Worldless: Duality AU fictive. Was the light warden)

Ember (Worldless: Eclipsed AU fictive. Specifically Aven)

Aloysi/ The Admiral (Worldless: Eclipsed AU Fictive. Split between General and Aziel)

2 (Ultrakill/ slightly canon divergent?)

Protagonist (OCTAHEDRON: Transfixed Edition/ Goes by "Veetragoul")

Protagonist/ Light orb (NERVE by Gunfish Games. Has no name at the moment)

Hearttypes

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Pari (Genshin Impact)

Thylacine

Ophan (Worldless AU: Eclipsed)

Hearthomes

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Creepy Grasslands/ Midwest Gothic-eque settings

Almost all realms from Worldless

Veetragoul (OCTAHEDRON: Transfixed Edition)

Kinsidering/ Fictionflicker (?)

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None at the moment!

The vast majority of these (With the potential exception for Aven) are psychological in nature, since I'm potentially neurodivergent (ASD).

Anyways, you'll be seeing a lot of memes, ramblings, art, pictures and more here! I might also post my requests for stimboards and stuff here, but I'm not too sure.I'm not comfortable with interacting with everyone, so here's a DNI... as well as a Please Do Interact (PDI?!)

DNI

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Terfs, transphobes, etc

Lgbtphobes, racists, exclusionists, etc

Ableists

Pro-shipper or anti-anti

MAPS, anyone who is attracted to minors

NSFW/18+ only blogs

Participate in cringe culture

Anti voidpunk (furries, alterhuman, etc)

Discourse

Is generally a bad person

Please Do Interact

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Other fictionkins, especially Worldless ones!

Starkins

Other peeps with obscure kintypes

Literally any alterhuman peeps

Worldless fans

Fellow Astronomy enjoyers

Literally anyone who's interested in my rambling

Oh! I almost forgot! Here's my tag list:

Tag List

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Avenposting - Whenever I talk

Aven's art - My drawings and stuff!

Aven's Writing - For any poetry, fanfic (?!) or other writing stuff that I might post here?

Aven's pictures - Aesthetics images that are made by me

Aven Answers - For inbox stuff

Solarstorm starfolk - For Aven stuff/ Aesthetics

Thunderous Rage - For Thunder Manifestation stuff/ Aesthetics

Pine Barrens Thing - For Jersey Devil stuff/ Aesthetics

Geometric Moth-Critter - For COCOON protagonist's species (Atimoth?) stuff/ Aesthetics

Electric Grace - For Edda stuff/ Aesthetics

Starfallen Seraph - For Starfall (Angel) stuff/ Aesthetics

Starwards Heights - For Summum stuff/ Aesthetics

Shadowy Starmoth - For Moth stuff/ Aesthetics

Fatal Ordeal - For Duality! Aven stuff/ Aesthetics

Choosen Arrow - For Duality! Edda stuff/ Aesthetics

Guardian Seraph (Holy Spear) - For Judgement stuff/ Aesthetics

Hidden Embers - For Ember stuff/ Aesthetics

Admiral Aloysi at your service - For Aloysi stuff/ Aesthetics

Grand Sorrow (Of a Wanderer) - For General stuff/ Aesthetics

The Hunter... who's quite Silly - For Aziel stuff/ Aesthetics

Crimson Robot-Angel - For V2 stuff/ Aesthetics

Geometric Ascension - For Veetragoul (OCTAHEDRON Protagonist) stuff/ Aesthetics

Nerve Ramblings - For ??? (NERVE Protagonist) stuff/ Aesthetics

Endling Corinna - For Thylacine stuff/ Aesthetics

Little Bird-spirit - For Pari stuff/ Aesthetics

Thundersong Carnyx - For Ophan stuff/ Aesthetics

Cryptic Fields/ Hidden Forests - For Midwest gothic- eque hearthome stuff

Beyond the Cosmos/ At the Beginning - For Worldless Realms hearthomes stuff

Underground Realm/ Arcade's Light - For Veetragoul hearthome stuff

Potentially triggering stuff would be tagged as "tw [Blank]".

Friends!!!!

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@inner-will (Hehe Edda to my Aven /p /silly)

Anyways, that's it for now! I might add on to this post if I forgot about anything.

Dividers credit: 🔶️

Blinkies credit: 🔶️

Icon credit: Made by Me

Banner credit: Ending cutscene of Worldless.

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Breaking news:

@mystic-131's Duality! Duo are still the icon for the Aroace tag...

They really accepted chaos this year huh?

~ 🔶️ [Aven]

Not my fault that Tumblr decided that WE'RE the Aroace characters of this year!

~ 💫 [Umbro]

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Silly thing but ever since @mystic-131 stated that Duality! Edda's voiceclaim is TOTK/ BOTW Zelda, I am cursed to imagine this video but as Duality! Aven instead of Link.

Also known as: Our last line of defence is Link Aven-

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Silly thing, but ever since @mystic-131 gave me the wonderful fun fact that Duality! Edda would love Parotias, I can’t stop imagining her doing the same exact dance as one, just to be a menace-

AKA Eldin and Aven casually waking up to Edda vibing

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Also I now associate Duality! Edda with the song "Dead of Night" from the Sayonara Wild Hearts soundtrack for some reason-

I mean... I do call her Akari from time to time... and Akari is famous for that motorcycle slide... and SWH has a lot of motorcycles-

@mystic-131

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I've been itching to draw @mystic-131's Duality Edda and Aven, so here they are having a lil' snooze.

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Silly idea for tonight:

@mystic-131 Duality! Duo, @many-faced Polarized ! Duo and @sqarletsworldlesswandering Eclipsed! Duo (Or even Eden) meeting each other.

Bonus points if we include Canon duo here-

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One of my favourite things about Duality is that you can literally SEE Aven healing from his trauma (So far)

Like he seemed more... shut-in, aggressive, and distant. He was constantly pushing away Edda during the first few chapters, until Chapter 6 where he went berserk.

Then in Chapter 7, he has a nightmare and breaks down right in front of Edda, signaling the start of his healing. He finally opens up about his past in chapter 8, showing that he felt safe enough to do it.

In Chapter 9 and onwards, Aven seems much, MUCH happier, calmer and more open about himself. He openingly states he likes the moth, he playfully lets Edda handle the Ariman, he even seems to want to dash in and out of the rain in the Violet Wellsprings.

And I love that so much.

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I realised that we technically have three major versions of the Duo (AKA Worldless crossover idea?)

Mainline/ Canon! Duo

Duality Duo (@mystic-131)

Polarized Duo (@sleepless-tea)

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Honestly this has the vibes of the Eddas from Canon, Duality and Polarized for some reason.

I can literally see them doing this-

@mystic-131

@sleepless-tea

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@mystic-131 I think I know how the encounter with Angel would go down

Angel, screaming: GET YOUR HUNTER, EDDA!

Edda, casually gesturing at a very, VERY mad Aven: He doesn't bite

Angel: YES HE DOES-

[Source: Vine]