#Lady Vandimion

[idontthinkimokaymentally]

Hello there Lady Vandimion fans.

[sofyflora98]

Lady Farnese de Vandimion

[catholic-character-tournament]

Catholic Character Tournament

Current Bracket

All polls here (tagged #cct polls)

Round 5 (16 nominees) is Wednesday July 5 12 PST

Character Submission List:

(Note, not in the order in the bracket. They were randomized for the bracket) (crossed out means dead-dead)

*707/Luciel Choi (Mystic Messenger)

*Abuela Alma Madrigal (Encanto)

*Akane Kurashiki (Zero Escape)

*Amon from (Tokyo Ghoul)

*Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel the Series)

*Asia Argento (High School DxD)

Aslan from (Chronicles of Narnia)

*Aymeric de Borel (Final Fantasy 14)

*Aziraphale (Good Omens) (Disqualified) The Volturi

*Belizabeth Brassica (Dimension 20's A Crown of Candy)

*Bishop Raphaniel Charlock (Dimension 20 - the Ravening War)

*Blake Langermann (Outlast 2)

*Brother Cellanus (The Completely Unerotic Adventures of Brother Cellanus)

*Caesar Zeppeli (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

*Carlos Reyes (911 Lone Star)

*Carrie White (Carrie)

*Catherine of Aragon (SIX: the Musical)

*CC (Code Geass)

*Chrollo Lucilfer (Hunter x Hunter)

*Chuck E. Cheese

*Claude Frollo(The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

*Crowley (Good Omens) (Disqualified) Vanessa Ives replacement (Penny Dreadful)

Dana Scully (the X files)

Doomguy  (Doom)

*Double (Skullgirls)

Doug Jones (The VelociPastor)

*Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)

*Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing)

*Eddie Brock (Venom)

*Emilio Santoz from The Sparrow

Enrico Pucci (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)

*Farnese de Vandimion (Berserk)

*Father Alexander Anderson (Hellsing)

*Father Brown (Father Brown)

Father John Mulcahy (MASH)

Father Paul (Midnight Mass)

*Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Spiderman)

Firestar (Warrior Cats)

*Flayn (Fire Emblem Three Houses)

*Frank Castle (Marvel)

Friar Tuck (Robin Hood)

*Gabriel (Ultrakill)

*Galahad (The Mechanisms)

*Gerard (Unholyverse)

Gloria Maria Ramirez Delgado-Pritchett (Modern Family)

Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb)

*Helena Bertinlli (DC comics)

Hell boy (HellBoy)

Homura Akemi (Madoka Magica)

*Hot Pants (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)

*Ibara Shiozaki (My Hero Academia)

*Inori Yamabuki/Cure Pine (Fresh Precure)

Jason Todd (DC Comics)

*Javert (Les Miserables)

Jean Valjean (Les Misérables)

*Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) (Fate/Grand Order)

*Jesus (Jesus Christ Superstar) 

*John "Soap" MacTavish (Call of Duty)

*John Gaius (The Locked Tomb)

*John Ward (FAITH)

*Johnathan (Shin Megami Tensei IV)

*Junk Rat (Overwatch)

*Justin Law (Soul eater)

*Kawabuchi Sentarou (Kids on the Slope)

Kaworu Nagisa (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

*Kirei Kotomine (Fate franchise)

Knuckes the Echidna (Sonic)

*Kristen Applebees (Dimension 20's Fantasy High)

*Kuroe (Magia Record)

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (X-Men)

*Ky Kiske (Guilty Gear)

*Kyoko Sakura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

*Lady Rhea (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

*Leliana (Dragon Age)

*Leon (8:11)

*Lestat de Lioncourt (The Vampire Chronicles)

*Libra (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

*Link (The Legend of Zelda)

*Louis de Pointe du Lac (Interview with the Vampire/The Vampire Chronicles)

*Luis Serra Navarro (Resident Evil)

Mac McDonald (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia)

Maddie Fitzpatrick (Suite Life of Zack and Cody)

*Marcy Park (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)

*Mark Heathcliff (The Mandela Catalogue)

Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel)

*Mello (Death Note)

*Mercedes (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

*Michael Carpenter (Dresden Files)

*Michael Corleone (The Godfather)

Miles Morales/Spider-Man

*Nate Ford (Leverage)

Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun)

*Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson)

*Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg (Ride the Cyclone)

*Pastry Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom)

*Patton Sanders (Sanders Sides (Web Series))

Pope Pinion IV (Cars)

Puss in Boots (Shrek)

Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Remy LeBeau/Gambit (X-Men)

*Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)

*RoboCop (RoboCop)

Ronan Lynch (The Raven Cycle)

*Ryker (Roleslaying With Roman)

*Saint Citrina Rocks (Dimension 20's A Crown of Candy)

*Sasuke (Naruto)

*SCP-166 (Just a Teenage Gaia) 

*Seeley Booth (Bones)

Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic)

*Shiro Fujimoto (Blue Exorcist)

Simon Belmont (Castlevania)

*Sir Keradin Deeproot (Dimension 20's A Crown of Candy)

*Sister Mary (The Young Pope)

Sister Michael (Derry Girls)

*Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel)

*Tammy Edwards (Legoland by Jacob Richmond) 

*Tatsumi Kazehaya (Ensemble Stars)

*Temenos Mistral (Octopath Traveler 2)

The Derry Girls (Derry Girls)

*The Penitent One (Blasphemous)

*Tobias Schneien (Ghost Eyes)

*Valeria Garaz (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reboot)

*Valery Michailov (Goncharov - 1973)

*Vector the Crocodile (Sonic the Hedgehog)

*Vito Corleone (The Godfather)

*Wesley Hailoh (Rhyme and Reason)

*William Murdoch (Murdoch Mysteries)

*Zakuro Fujiwara (Tokyo Mew Mew)

[doomdraws]

Farnese 💖

[pwryyynce]

the women of berserk: excellent trolls who take none of men’s shit.

[skellig-island]

Just when you thought I was done with shitposting.

(Credit to bersrrk’s posts for inspiring me)

[fromhachiko]

[infirmux]

Lady Farnese de Vandimion commander of the Holy Iron Chain Knights is doing nfts sorry if this is how you found out

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[petersonuyart]

Work in progress: Lady Farnese de Vandimion from Berserk, got inspired to do this after seeing how beautiful the women's eyes were drawn in the anime and manga

[bscully]

Question is Casca black? I know this is a Japanese manga so I'm assuming that the majority of the cast will be at least be of Asian descent. But as a black girl nerd, I see myself represented through casca

Hello and thanks for the ask!EDIT: some people made some great additions to this post and I have to update some incorrect information on here, I will do so as soon as I get home!

In terms of ethnicity/race/nationality, I think Casca is very likely of Kushan descent. If you look at baby Casca and the Kushan children from volume 29 ish, they look very similar (e.g. note the hair swirl at the top of the head).

The Kushan Empire did exist in the 1st century and stretched over today’s East Pakistan and North India. The name of the Emperor of this empire was “Kanishka” (insert big thincc here). As far as my knowledge of this location and its history goes, people tend to be lighter skinned in Pakistan and North India, compared to South India, where people are usually of very dark skin color (to this day people are still being discriminated because of their skin color; in their medieval past, they possibly attempted to prohibit race mixing to preserve the lighter skinned “brahmin masterrace” via hindu caste system, but that topic deserves its own documentary lol).

[image source: wikipedia]So I guess Casca’s skin tone ranging from tan to dark black definitely lies in the realm of possibility and canon. The movie trilogy depicts her with a tan and lighter skin tone. In Kentaro Miura’s colorized illustrations she appears to be tanned to dark-skinned and her skin is painted very dark if the environmental light is sparse (at least, from what I recall). From an artist POV that’s how darker skin realistically behaves in strong lighting conditions, too, e.g. In this one:

But then we do have illustrations of her that show her rather tan and light-skinned. And I have a hard time telling whether that’s because of the medium (colored pencil/water color, where colors are usually less saturated and brighter) or because Miura actually wanted her to be lighter-skinned.

I personally like the idea of a dark-skinned Casca a LOT (like in the 1997 anime) and that’s how I illustrate her when I color berserk pages, too. I think it fits her and adds to her character and mysteriousness for some reason, like a “black beauty”, y’know? She is an amazing character, she is very strong, honorable, righteous, smart, sensitive, vulnerable and still feminine. She is also smarter and more strategical than she seems at first glance. It’s amazing that one of the best written female characters that I know of can be such an idol for POC people. We really really need more characters like this tbh. I’m as pale as swiss cheese but I relate to her struggle so much more than any other female character I’ve read about regardless (the only other character that comes to my mind is Lady Oscar). 

What ethnicity are other Berserk characters? 

From what I understand, they seem to be mostly European. Let’s take a look at their names, settings and history:

the Vandimion family being involved with the Pope and the “Holy See” (=> Vatican => Italy)

the names Farnese/Serpico both appear to be Italian

Historically, during the Renaissance there even was a family with deep connection to the papal state called House of Farnese.

Serpico could be a reference to a 1973 movie that is about real life Frank Serpico, who disclosed a network of corruption at the NYPD, and also has Italian citizenship. In other words it appears to be a common italian surname

For side characters, we get names like Gambino (Early Golden Age), Martino (Spring flowers of distant days), and the infamous Tonio whose death was mourned during Lost Children and eventually became a meme. They all sound very Italian to me

Berserk’s Chuder/Tudor Empire also has a real life equivalent: it was a Welsh Royal House in the 15th century

While we’re at it, the French and English did fight a 100-year-war in real life twice [x][x], and - lo and behold! - so did Midland and the Chudor/Tudor Empire

Isma is a name of Arabic origin and means “protection” and “safeguarding the prophets”. It’s kinda funny considering she saved Isidro from falling off the Seahorse during their Sea God battle, and her mermaid mom & Company helped Guts getting out of the Sea God as well

The name Isidro/Isidoro is of Spanish origin. Isidro might be the only one with a name that appears to have Japanese origin [incorrect, see edit].

Laban appears to be a French surname (among others)

Owen is obviously a anglo-saxon name 

Roderick is a typical germanic name. This is very fitting if you take a look at how Roderick describes the distribution of power in regards to the Holy See during volumes 29-31 or so: he states his kingdom lies in the sphere of influence of their “common religion”, but is not obliged to offer the Holy See military help, implying a division of religious orientation, very likely catholic and protestant. That makes Roderick’s nation a protestant country.  What is also interesting is the fact the reformation started in medieval germany (see Martin Luther) 

Miura makes use of Shaman, Celtic and Hebrew symbols (see Stonehenge-like structures, monoliths; Schierke’s protection spell on Guts’ brand has Hebrew symbols) when referring to magic or magic rituals. The castles and interiors are mostly of European architecture as well (e.g. ballroom at Vritannis has strong Castle of Versailles vibes). This tells us a little bit about the culture of the Berserkverse

“Veykings” make a brief appearance on Elfhelm in episode 359

Now we also have more characters with different nationality/ethnicity:

Silat, Daiba and Rakshas are Kushan (and a couple of other side characters, like that Kushan dude who helped saving a bunch of naked children and women from the Kushans together with Laban)

TL;DR Miura likes Pizza and Pasta so much he puts Italy all over Berserk

[palominocornliveblogs]

Magnifico is going on and on, and Lady Vandimion is so unimpressed with her son.

Note to self: it is not possible to die of secondhand embarrassment.

[cuntstable]

characters now listed below >:)

1st row: Yuyuko Saigyouji (touhou), Shigeo ”Mob” Kageyama (mob psycho 100), Glados (portal), Isabela (dragon age), Okoyasu Nijimura (Jojo)

2nd row: Balalaika (black lagoon), Almalexia (morrowind), Medic (tf2), Yukari Yakumo (touhou), Moira (overwatch)

3rd row: Josuke Higashikata (jojo), Lady Hideko (the handmaiden), Casca (berserk), Merrill (dragon age)

4th row: Caduceus Clay (cr), Guts (Berserk), Billie Lurk (dishonored), Farnese de Vandimion (berserk), Arcade Gannon (fallout nv)

5th row: Heavy (tf2), Zevran Arainai (dragon age), Symmetra (overwatch), Vivec (morrowind), Brienne (asoiaf books)

these are the characters who have a permanent place of residence in my brain....interests come and go but these bitches never leave

[domina-gladiis]

@farnese-de-vandimion liked this for a small starter!

                                                             {♔}

     F ingers hesitantly gives the woman who’s attire and grace she’d been admiring all nice shoulder a delicate tap. Lower lip being bit from nerves as Elizabeth waited patiently for the other to turn about.

     ‘ Pardon my intrusion, Madam, but I simply couldn’t help myself from coming over here to tell you you are the most loveliest lady at this party tonight!~ ‘

[skellig-island]

Farny wearing pink clothes.

[fromhachiko]

Credits to @jacobinenjolras thank you sweetie, this is amazing