#Gozu tag

[cakerollk]

Gozu lore jumpscare

i think I shall post gozu lore here under readmore!! one day I’ll get over my irrational fear of talking too much on twitter and do more oc stuff but for now.... GOZU LORE

tho pls be mindful of the trigger warnings!! They’re all just briefly mentioned but still!! 

TW: religious cult, cult brainwashing, self flagellation, forceful removal of teeth, animal death, consumption of animal corpse, child marriage, arson, large scale masacare. 

(temporary placeholder image bc my ass can never finish anything) 

Formerly of Liyue, Gozu is an independent agent who contracts her particular set of talents out to those who can pay for them; or ones that take her interest. It all has an endgame objective-finding her younger sibling who went missing several years ago when she was aboard.

The only lead she has is he could have been taken by the Fatui into the Haeresys, so if it means accepting the Harbingers’ coin; then so be it.

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Gozu was born and raised in a cult that preaches of false gods, using their own bloodline as ‘offerings’ to appease these gods. Since birth she was subjected to brainwash into believing all gods outside their own are malicious and evil, the scaremongering propaganda has been passed down throughout the generation.

All members undergo rigorous training to become the perfect vessel for their God to possess, inhabiting their body as a vessel. They ingest small amount of poisons to build up immunity, fast to the point of near starvation while doing vigorous physical training, partake in self flagellation as a way of keeping one free of human vice.

All children of the temple are required to partake in a coming of age ceremony in which they are tasked to kill an Adepti beast and consume its flesh to ‘absorb Adeptus energy’. Prior to setting out on their journey, the candidates have their canine teeth removed and dressed in nothing but a white robe, armed only with a ceremonial knife.

Those who failed (‘killed’) the trial have a mock funeral held for them back at the temple. Members  outside the core circle are told that the candidates have tragically been mauled to death by the Adepti that they sought to slay, nothing of their corpse left. It’s this propaganda that continues to embed fear of higher beings into cult members into absolute obedience.

But in reality these failed candidates have only passed out from starvation from being left to fend for themselves in the wild, told not to return until they’ve killed an Adepti. They are found by trusted members of the cult and then sold to the Fatui. The cult itself gets their funds mainly from trafficking women and children of their temple, only recently that they’ve come to work with the Fatui in creating false Sigil of Permission (The one Childe has and gives to the Traveller in the game is a finished product).

Gozu’s mother had attempted to leave the cult with her and her then unborn brother, the attempt was later discovered by the cult leader and the mother was subsequently locked in solitary confinement. Gozu was told her mother had passed shortly after the birth of her brother, but in truth she too was sold off to the Fatui.

As Gozu gets older, her rebellious streak too increased, having gotten it from her mother. She hasn’t quite broken the illusion of her cult family yet, but her gut instincts told her something isn’t right. Her disobedience resulted in numerous punishments throughout the years.

At 16, the leader deemed her unfit to stay at the temple any longer and put her in an ‘arranged marriage’ to an acquaintance of his; Chang Ge was her to-be fiance, but she knew better than to believe she would be shipped off to live as a married woman, considering she knew Chang Ge’s profession is an inventor who oversees a brothel full of marionette prostitutes.

She was able to slip pass a sedated Change Ge and escape the house of horror. It took her weeks to find her way back to the temple, but she was merely hours too late and her brother had already been taken away. All 54 members of the cult were massacred and the temple burned after all was done. As no one was able to give her answers as to where her brother’s whereabouts was, Gozu sealed their souls into the family heirloom whip.

The patrolling Milithe of Liyue harbour were alerted of the incident by the sheer magnitude of the fire coming from the mountain, by the time they arrived to the burning temple, Gozu was gone and none of the soldiers could figure out where all the bodies had gone to.

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Gozu’s Vision is Hydro, which she had received during the night of the temple burning. While most Hydro users’ elemental colour is blue, Gozu’s is a deep red due to her passively using it to mask her scent of rot and decay, essentially dying the blue with blood red. She embedded her bull whip with Hydro, and as a result she can greatly control the new additional length.

Her whip is a family heirloom that’s been passed down through the generations, and it’s mainly used for ceremonial self flagellation. After Gozu has successfully entrapped all 54 souls of the cult members into the whip, she is vulnerable to its cursed property, and is constantly at a risk of possession.

It’s why Gozu has to constantly run her Vision passively to soothe it, it’s not to say she hasn’t been possessed by the whip in the past, especially during her early years post-temple burning. Anyone who comes into contact with the whip is also at risk of getting possessed, hence why Gozu keeps it on her at all times.

As the whip is sentient, Gozu always hears eerie whispers and pained cries of the trapped souls. She’s long learned to tune them out, only keeping tabs on voices that are telling her useful information e.g someone is approaching from behind, the thing she’s seeking is near, frantic whispering amongst the souls of a person she meets emitting dangerous vibes etc.

Other than her whip, Gozu is equipped with numerous knives strapped on her body, all of which are made from the bones of slain Adepti beasts. They do not grow dull, and they will always find their way back to her. This is made so by Gozu having performed self-surgery to sew pieces of the Adepti bones onto her rib bones.

Other stuff: 

-She has teeth indentures, purposefully made sharper than the average human canines. They’re made from molten Mora.

-To present day she still doses herself with a controlled amount of poison, ergo continuing to build her immunity towards most strong poison. But this habit has led to her losing her sense of taste for the most part. 

[gladosluver]

Secret Encount by xiki (PART 1)

Unofficial Danganronpa 3 fanbook translated into english by yours truly

reminder: read RIGHT -> LEFT (see end for notes)

small notes page 3: 経験値 (translated as “experience”) used on this page specifically refers to experience points in games. im assuming it is meant to be a little more taunting/demeaning opposed to just saying 経験 page 9 (last page): at the end of tengan's sentence, the particle がな is used. it can be used to add hope and desire, but also to express uncertainty

special thanks to reverso context for helping me on some of gozu's dialogue... he uses such big words sometimes i feel like i'm having a stroke... please correct me if i'm wrong about some parts. i try my best

part 2 coming when i feel like doing the rest of it. theres quite a few pages to this! absolute win for mitarai nation

[jellyboy-arts]

yearly redraw! <3

^ past years' pieces + another old piece I took inspiration from because I realized the colors were looking similar lol

[mvfm-25]

" Fusion and evolution of systems... This is a hybrid fighting action! "

Neo Geo Freak Magazine n18 - November, 1996.

[runawaycarouselhorse]

The fun part about characters' names being written in katakana is obscuring the meaning or being able to be interprered many different ways. For example, Brock's Japanese name Takeshi, could be written as bamboo-will or rock-mountain depending on which kanji you use.

We know that Bashou and Buson take their names from haiku masters and we know Buson's named for his loyalty and devotion to Bashou, but Buson's high rank, design, and military aesthetics suggest a different possible meaning and kanji spelling, which might also explain the dub's choice of Attila and Hun...

Poet Bashou took his pen name from the banana tree, gifted to him by a pupil. His hermitage at the temple was shaded by the banana tree, so it became known as the basho-an.

it fell into disrepair by Buson's time. Buson spent money restoring it and built a monument to Bashou there, even asking to be buried next to it, a request that was honoured, and his own disciples were buried around him.

Poet Buson's name is written with the characters for turnip-village. He was also calked Yosa no Buson, Yosa taken from the name of his mother's birthplace. Buson was born in Tennoji, which was then known for its turnips, so Buson is turnip-village.

Another way to write Buson is with these kanji:

武尊

Meaning:

武 Strong and courageous. Strong-willed. warrior. soldier. Battle. War. Military. War potential. Weapons. Overcome. Surpass.

尊 Respect. A high value or rank. A word expressing respect. A title of respect attached to the name of a deity or noble person.

So, that's 武 (bu, same as in bushidou) meaning “martial, military, warrior, arms” and 尊 (son) which is a mark of respect and used for nobility and deities.

Attila the Hun, a famous warlord, dubbed the Scourge of God, therefore feels fitting.

'Attila (pronounced: “atilla”) is a modern transcript of the name of the Hunnic ruler of the 5th century AD. Its origin is debated, either a Germanic exonym (meaning “respectful father”), or Turkish (in this case it means “father of the earth”) or Mongol (it can mean simply “ruler”).'

Both names are war-like, befitting a warrior, soldier... and a weapon. They also suggest lofty rank, fitting a high ranking agent who tries to capture a Legendary Pokemon (and later succeeds at capturing another!)

... this one is probably simply serendipity, but Buson being based on the tanuki archtype (contrasting with Bashou's kitsune archtype*), tanuki having a weakness for wine and women, and Attila the Hun's mysterious and shady death on his wedding night to a woman who asked for his help to be freed from an unwanted marriage (she sent him a letter and a gift and he either misunderstood or willfully misinterpreted it as a proposal to him, so went to war ostensibly for her sake) was either assassinated/somehow poisoned by his wife or the bleeding was caused by his drinking problem.

[lord-shitbox]

more wipposting of them

[ao3feed-18trip]

by augustmishas

days after school in may 1999

Words: 918, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: 18TRIP (Video Game)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Kinouchi Tao, Azekawa Kinari, Souta Gozu

Relationships: Kinouchi Tao/Azekawa Kinari/Souta Gozu

Additional Tags: Crushes, Plans For The Future, tao is gay but he doesn’t realise and he also sort of has bigger problems rn, Novel Spoilers

[insomniac-jay]

Children of Heroes*

*Excluding my main OCs

Benjamin Lovett-Flynn: Son of Tectonic and Mattershift, age 18

Gwendolyn Lovett-Flynn: Daughter of Tectonic & Mattershift, age 18

Jukaki Hoheino: Daughter of Ordnance & Wargear, age 16

Sabrina Harkness-Nightwalker: Daughter of Circe & Astronus, age 15

Denfuku Kakuchi: Daughter of Miss Mystery & Electrostream, age 13

Kamen Kakuchi: Son of Miss Mystery & Electrostream, age 13

Itesuke Taira: Age 12, son of Queen Hood & Mistress Marian

Derya Kinko: Daughter of Titaniknight & Aegis, age 11

Maverick Amarai: Son of Breeze & Fighter Force, age 11

Kureko Yonaga: Son of Nox & Suki Yonaga, age 11

Teagan "Tag" Kaguoki: Daughter of Stop Motion & Signal

Ryoshi Taira: Son of Queen Hood & Mistress Marian, age 10

Whitney "Winnie" Sween: Daughter of Dynamo & Bolster, age 9

Asahi Tenshichiri: Son of Fae & Dr. Kaori Tenshichiri, age 9

Akushi Kurakimichi: Son of Hellcat & Hollow Eve, age 8

Tomin Toshiba: Son of Frostbite & Sleeper, age 7

Delilah Alexander-Defoe: Daughter of Queen Amazonia & Spectre, age 7

Senki Akirakami: Son of Phoenix Knight & Kiran Akirakami, age 7

Katerina "Kitty" Kurakimichi: Daughter of Hellcat & Hollow Eve, age 6

Akari & Keiko Akirakami: Daughters of Phoenix Knight & Kiran Akirakami, age 5

Filippa Hirano-Starr: Daughter of Starlight Ranger & Zodwa Hirano-Starr, age 5

Mani Miyano: Daughter of Stonedge & Phantasm, age 5

Rosa Luna Cortez: Daughter of Chagrin & Diablo, age 5

Hinata Amarai: Son of Gaius & SolFlare, age 5

Hokuto Sorakami-Kumosuku: Son of Stellara & Skybolt, age 5

Kurohana Ankokugai: Daughter of Hades & Persephone, age 4

Yoippari & Tsuhito Mochihara: Sons of Moonlight Harmony & Gozu, age 4

Koshi Maikaru: Son of Superstar, Sirenia, & Valentina Reyes, age 4

Asuka Itazura: Daughter of Trickster & Phantomage, age 4

Chihana Amarai: Daughter of Gaius & SolFlare, age 4

Hoshiyo Sorakami-Kumosuku: Daughter of Stellara & Skybolt, age 4

Momomi Amarai: Daughter of Gaius & SolFlare, age 4

Fuyuhito Hitsugaya: Son of Inkstain & Splendor, age 3

Yumeko Osorege: Daughter of Fright Night & Sweet Dream, age 3

Shunta Toyomitsu: Son of Fatgum & Force, age 3

Kahari Kurakimichi: Daughter of Agnibeast & Lady Quartz, age 3

Miracle Jimenez: Daughter of Iron Phoenix & Euryphaessa, age 3

Kyler Porter: Son of Gate Guardian & Heliade, age 3

Nakidori Mochihara: Daughter of Gozu & Moonlight Harmony, age 2

Yasuko Kurakimichi: Daughter of Hypnos & Pasithea, age 2

Hiroko Hitsugaya: Daughter of Inkstain & Splendor, age 1

Skylar "Sky" Shifukukan: Son of Cloud Nine & Marie Lee, age 1

Mariel Shingenchi: Daughter of Remoti & Hypercharge, age 1

Tenki Inoue: Daughter of Chargeman & Stormchaser, infant

Fuko Chosoku: Son of BeatSonic & ShockRock, infant

Axel Ellington-Mason: Son of Urania & Endymion, infant

@floof-ghostie @calciumcryptid @s0ursop @opalofoctober @elflynns-horde-of-stuff @pizzolisnacks @peachyblkdemonslayer @spoilercreati @crqelsummer

[thenewfuture]

…Miaya’s NG Code might be the same in our simulation which is ‘Turning Right’. Then again the NG Code is meaningless on her.

I guess we could take the time to jot down who has what type of Forbidden Action now. I'll even make a small tag for it to come back too when we do know more.

Makoto: Tripping

Kyoko:

Aoi: Running

Yasuhiro:

Kyosuke:

Chisa:

Juzo: Punching participants?

Miaya: Turning Right?

Kazou:

Ruruka:

Sonosuke:

Seiko:

Gozu:

Daisaku: Witnessing Violence

Koichi:

Ryota:

Hajime: Talking

Fuyuhiko: Swearing?

Akane:

Sonia:

Kazuichi:

The ones that have question marks nest to them mean it could be it, but unless it's stated or deduced by another character, it isn't confirmed yet.

[ao3feed-danganronpa]

Danganronpa 3 The End of Hope and the Beginning of Despair

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/pKNS2Q8

by AlexandraTheUltimateGamer

A Danganronpa AU where the Future Foundation is trapped in a REAL Danganronpa Killing Game. I also included Byakuya, Toko and Yasuhiro cuz why not.

Words: 8, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dangan Ronpa 3: The End of 希望ヶ峰学園 | The End of Kibougamine Gakuen | End of Hope's Peak High School

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: F/M

Characters: Naegi Makoto, Kirigiri Kyouko, Togami Byakuya, Fukawa Touko, Asahina Aoi, Hagakure Yasuhiro, Munakata Kyosuke (Dangan Ronpa), Sakakura Juzo, Yukizome Chisa, Kimura Seiko, Mitarai Ryota, Bandai Daisaku, Gekkogahara Miaya, Tengan Kazuo, Kizakura Kohichi, Izayoi Sohnosuke, Andoh Ruruka, Great Gozu (Dangan Ronpa), Monokuma (Dangan Ronpa)

Relationships: Kirigiri Kyoko/Naegi Makoto, Munakata Kyosuke/Yukizome Chisa, Munakata Kyosuke & Sakakura Juzo & Yukizome Chisa

Additional Tags: Killing Game Executions (Dangan Ronpa), Pink Blood (Dangan Ronpa), Blood and Injury, Blood and Gore, Blood and Violence, Blood and Torture, Character Death, Canonical Character Death, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Past Character Death, Near Death Experiences, Death Threats

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/pKNS2Q8

[jellyboy-arts]

obligatory gozumezu doodles post

FIRST ART OF 2023 WAS THEM OF COURSE

[lord-shitbox]

part 2 of this ask

📝Process for hurt mezu drawing 

here are the steps i dug out of an art server's wips channel lol

1. initial sketch

2. refine sketch. thats lines now babey. (omitted "the sleeves are KILLING ME WAHHH" stage that led to this)

3. grayscale, to use with gradient map (this is a more polished grayscale than I started with, i dug the working file out to get better images)

4. find nice gradient map (ended up being the same one I'd used for the piece i made right before. the goal is to make what's essentially an underpainting, not to color the whole thing with one map)

5. tweak and add colors that arent in the map with hard light layers & also sneak in a layer for special effect and atmospheric/ scenic perspective while you're at it

6. shading & more finishing effects. pretty much all of the shading was done with hard light layers! the only non-hard light layers I used for the shading were the particle effect layers & like one faint glow layer to fix some values. blood was done with linear burn

✨Inspiration for hurt mezu drawing 

the coloring method (grayscale -> saturated gradient map underpainting -> additive color adjustments) is something I tried out with the piece i'd made right before (the one where gozu is holding mezu from behind) & turned out really well, so I wanted to keep going with it

I also wanted to draw them angstily again because it'd been a very long time. like half a year at least. angsting them is very enriching for my soul so I try to do it regularly, this one was overdue

subconsciously referenced the poses in the initial sketch from this old thing (feb 2021). i love doing this. all my for-fun works recycle old elements in some way. my favorite game is "what old art reminds me of what im doing rn" im so good at digging stuff out of my archives for it. everyone loves when i do this

the gangi-kozou panel also

i went through a "shade in bold red-orange & dark blue with hard light layers" phase in like..april/may of 2021. i still like that stuff a lot so I wanted to revisit it

💚Things you like about hurt mezu drawing

repasting the link there but the sixth image in the process is essentially the final so you can just look at that

the colors are nice!! I'm real happy with using more saturated colors n I think the warm vs cool balance works really well

the sleeves (man being dramatic on the sand meme)

no like fr look at the 2021 piece's kimono sleeves vs the one I just did 2.5 years later. so satisfying

Gozu's expression came out nice

i think the claws and flash lines successfully added Emphasis to Gozu's expression & the piece overall

the poses … the drama …. the brush textures are also good

⏳Things you’d do differently with hurt mezu drawing

add in a liiitle more contrast...aka use a wider range of values. Some lighter lights and darker darks. I miss my 2021 hard neon lighting

a bit more distinction between the characters and the background also

the composition isn't bad but it could be better. Should've thought more about the way the eye would flow around the image in the drafting stage (solid b&w color block thumbnails are good for this)

Moar Sparkles. (I put a solid amount of large & low opacity light bubbles in there & some finer brighter dots especially around the claw stems, but I think more clusters of tiny bright lights on the characters themselves would've gone hard)

💌Some favourite feedback on art

as the wise man Austin Kleon once said: keep a "praise file" of all the positive feedback you get (if you've never read "Steal Like an Artist," you must). so. i am prepared for this question hold on

tastes like sugar glass

multiple people have told me my art is soft & dreamlike

jayce you reblogged my touchstarved art with nice tags on april 10th ive got that saved love uou

umm theres a lot...anytime someone keysmashes or feels emotional because of my art i get happy ,,, lys messaged me about the hurt mezu piece that made me happy also,,,,,there is so much joy in the world

[ao3feed-18trip]

wishful thinking

by mc_500017 (hxkariii) somewhere, deep within tao's empty heart--is a wish that will never be granted for as long as he lives. --- wherein: after sideA-018, tao does some thinking on someone he had thought was one of the connections he had left to his past. Words: 1069, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: 18TRIP | エイトリ (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Kinouchi Tao, Azekawa Kinari

Relationships: Kinouchi Tao & Azekawa Kinari (Original), Kinouchi Tao & Azekawa Kinari

Additional Tags: Character Study, Relationship Study, Past Relationship(s), past friendships, Gozu Souta mentioned, Grief/Mourning, Angst, Hurt No Comfort, no beta we die like kinari, Regrets, Canon Compliant

[upwards-descent]

My bf @therealvagabird 's OC and foil to Daehyun :3c

[lord-shitbox]

Three ships: uhh. gozu and mezu. ais x me aand uhh bite/bark

first ship ever: that i was actually really into? probably mikayuu. ons fans dni tho

last song: bad romance (halestorm cover)

last movie: was up past 1 watching 'no one can save you' with my mom last night. i thought the ending was stupid

currently reading: nothing really

currently watching: meitantei conan, mob psycho 100, rewatching nuramago

currently consuming: water

currently craving: ice cream sammich

last video game: adding because raey >:3c dance dance revolution sorta counts. before that was hollow knight (did i mention i beat 112% completion) (and steel soul & all the speedruns) (yes i did) (being annoying about it forever)

tagging @mysandwichranaway @maliciouswhiteboy @shionin @halfbit @karokawwo

tysm @lazyrunawayphilosopher :) as always for the tag (sorry i’m so late) this was very fun!!

1. three ships: Hualian, Soukoku (+ Fyolai my dear aaah), Kavetham

2. first ship ever: ngl Johnlock but i stand by this

3. last song: My Love Mine All Mine (teaching myself this on piano atm)

4. last movie: genuinely cannot remember

5. currently reading: among other things! The Myth of Sisyphus (Camus), tgcf vol. 5 (queen MXTX), The Colossus and Other Poems (Plath)

6. currently watching: bsd (rip), jjk (rip), rewatching tgcf

7. currently consuming: nothing :( but the last thing i had was peanut m&ms when i woke up randomly (ty insomnia as always) at four in the morning (i was a hungry lad and it was a wonderful experience)

8. currently craving: sleep, video game night (Little Nightmares my love i miss you), strawberry + brown sugar + nutella crêpes (good god do i love those)

tagging: @irritable123 @againtodreaming @ghostsinacoat @vinylbiohazard and anyone else!!