#I can't believe this came up in a conversation about our blorbos

[simuran]

Wow, today I discovered that my much older friend was thinking about suicide for a long time in her thirties. And the thing is, now she's much, much older, and... She has an awesome life. She has a lovely family, a wonderful home, a job she's passionate about, multiple hobbies, she travels, she keeps learning new things. She seems very happy. And sure, it's not perfect, but it is so... idk, reassuring.

It's sort of awesome to have a vision of a possible future.

[loosesodamarble]

For that Fandom ask thingy... well, Black Clover^^'

Oh wow. Lowkey forgot I reblogged that (even linked in my pinned post). Thanks for reminding me and asking about it, Anon!

Alright! Time for Soda's Blorbo and Co. Black Clover Edition!

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Blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

Nacht Faust. Big surprise there! (This is sarcasm.)

This man. This character. This compilation of lines and shading!

Upon first introduction, I was pretty neutral towards him. And then chapter 285 happened and it was like being hit by a truck. Certain mutuals of mine will attest to how fast I turned around. And from there, I just got more and more invested. I love Nacht so dearly. He is a complex and tragic character. He was a troublemaker and but still had a heart to care for people like Morgen and Yami. But it took him losing what mattered most to see that he was on the wrong path. He burdens himself with so much guilt that he can't see himself as good even when he's trying hard to help people. It's good to see him figure out that there's someone who still cares about him and that he deserves to live (even if the revelation is terribly rushed). I really want him to live through the current arc and find closure, maybe even happiness. Also, his devil quartet is adorable and he has so many looks that just hit.

Related sidestory. Not too long ago, me, my sister, and two of our mutual friends were in a voice call. We do it every so often to watch some show or just chat. We were just chatting that evening and the conversation came to the recent slang of blorbo and such. I'm not that savvy when it comes to internet (or rather just Tumblr) slang but my sister is less fluent than I am. I decided to take the reins and try to explain to my sister what a blorbo is.

And I just couldn't. Maybe it was the late hour or maybe it was the funny words I was trying to say but I was in hysterics. My stomach hurt and I had trouble breathing. I just couldn't speak. Meanwhile, sister and friends were going "are you okay?" and "please don't die," as loved ones usually do. Eventually, I gave up on speaking and just typed into the text chat, quote:

"Blorbo from my show" is essentially the equivalent of when I say "Nacht from Black Clover."

And it clicked basically immediately for my sister. It was painful, embarrassing, and hilarious for me. But it's the truth.

Nacht, my blorbo.

Scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

Noelle. Without a shadow of a doubt. She was my favorite character before Nacht was introduced. I call her my water daughter for a reason. She's got a soft heart for caring for her family and a strong will for facing enemies. What I love about her is that she's caring without being "soft." She's a frontline fighter, fighting on behalf of others. She's also the absolute cutest when she's flustered and out of her depth. Just... So much baby behavior outside of battle. I really appreciate Noelle, my little water daughter.

Scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

Grey. She's a shy sweetheart to the fullest. She doesn't have much confidence in herself but has found a friend group with the wild Black Bulls and is happy with them. I vibe with that. Her little moments with Gauche and Gordon during the elf reincarnation arc and her recent power-up as a healer are great. She deserves them. And more attention.

Glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

Morgen. He counts! He appears in - five? maybe six? - chapters of the manga and barely a couple seconds of screen time in the anime. Morgen has gotten less attention than Licht and probably won't be getting a temporary revival like him either. And yet I can't shut up about Morgen. Morgen is simply so pure and wholesome. But he wasn't perfect, as Nacht believed. His scenes with Yami show that he too had troubles.

It's wonderful. It's awful. I love him and miss him so much despite there not being much to miss since the canon content of him is so sparse. Fan content it is. (I need to revisit my Captain Faust AU, it seems.) I just want my sunshine man...

Poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

Nozel. Another one of my early faves and the character I crushed on the most before, well you know. He's an awful older brother. Noble goals but the worst possible execution. Not actually the worst but pretty bad. He's a jerk or at least stand-offish to a majority of the characters in the series. But he's so sad and pathetic when you peel back the layers. He needs to vent his traumatic childhood while drinking hot cocoa and crying on someone's shoulder. I can be the shoulder he cries on.

Horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

Patry. I like him. I do. But he deserves it. He's evil but also really pathetic. Yeah, he died as a child and was basically brainwashed into evil which sucks. But he was also a-okay with killing innocents, even children. He's a mess of a character and his "redemption" is lame. At least he's carrying his boyfriend around and accepting the fact that he's pretty much useless now. He deserves to be tormented for amusement is all I'm saying.

Also Nacht, to a lesser degree. Have you seen how much angst I've written for him? Albeit it's mostly in the context of an oc verse but still. I want Nacht to have a happy ending and yet I like making him suffer a bit. It's weird. Sorry Nacht. And Nacht fans.

Eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

I have to put Dante and Vanica here. I can't decide between them so it's both. I don't think my feelings are strong enough for "hate" but a firm dislike is a good way to put it. There's Dante's belief that anger and evil are humanity's default. Then Vanica toys with human life and sees people as disposable. And both of them are gleeful at the thought of the world being overrun with devils because they think it'd be fun or something. They just have such awful and toxic ideologies. I can't stand them.

Zenon is spared from superhell because his greatest crime is stupidity. But that is a topic for another day.