#Lenore Ani

[human-antithesis]

Woe Unto Me - Along the Meandering Ordeals, Reshape the Pivot of Harmony (March 24th, 2023) Country: Belarus Genre: Funeral Doom Metal Format: FLAC

Lineup: Igor Kovalev - Clean Vocals, Keyboards Artem Serdyuk - Harsh Vocals, Guitars Dzmitry Shchyhlinski - Rhythm Guitar Ivan Skrundevskiy - Bass Pavel Shmyga - Drums Olga Apisheva - Keyboards

Miscellaneous Staff: Arkadiusz “Aro” Jablonski - Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering Artem Serdyuk - Producer, Songwriting Igor Kovalev - Producer, Lyrics Lenore Ani - Artwork, Layout, Design

Label: M-Theory Audio

Tracklist:

Mired Down in the Innermost Thicket - 12:09

Spiral-Shaped Hopewreck - 12:25

Deep Beneath The Burden - 12:02

Blood-Black Nothingness Stops Spinning - 12:16

The Great Waste of Withered Pipedreams - 14:36

[majosullivan]

What if when season 2 starts, we get a cut away between Annabel being at the mercy of the Wild Hunt, desperately hoping that somehow Lenore will come for her. That she will come to her rescue like she’s done before. That she will somehow make the impossible possible once again from this situation that seems like certain deaths…only to switch to Lenore’s perspective as she’s stuck on the other side of the school, not knowing where Annabel. WHAT THEN?

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+Bonus!

[ghostselkie]

I had to

[one-pissed-off-child]

Day 10 of posting Nevermore thoughts until S2 drops

So, going with the theory that Lenore's Spectre is fire-based, imagine if Lenore's Spectre is too hot to touch like Anna's Spectre is too cold to touch except they reach perfect equilibrium together so they're the only one's that can touch each other safely also what if they ki-

[tequiilasunriise]

I love when the toxic yuri is absolutely DOOMED by the narrative and they’re so in love they’re going through a divorce they are seeing each other in full for the first time they’re each other’s first (and last) love they’re gay and kissing and gay they’re still signing those divorce papers and yeah these is all happening at the same time

[nevermorgue]

nevermore musical concept part 2

duke and lenore main duet in dreamland (ft the occasional pluto eulabee as it swaps back and forth between dreamland and the others looking for duke around the school. montrada cameo.)

pluto’s lament (ft eulalie and berenice) regarding dukes disappearance. he sounds much more tired (his eye bags are terrible when duke is gone. did you notice?)

battle song during ring the bell with lenore + spectre eulabee, monty and will

of course we get a lenore annabel duet, the main one potentially being after the maze when they meet late at night. and whenever they sing to each other throughout, it’s vaguely the same melody/similar notes to their song. for example if the groups are singing against each other, every lyric directed at one another vaguely matches the notes to their own private duet.

hideout song with eulalie starting it (it’s called ‘We’re the ghosts now’ and it’s fantastic.) and they’re all finally happy and vibing for once

lenore singing with past self while hallucinating in that one part of the maze (+ theo harmonizing just barely out of reach.)

prospero and annabel lee with a proper duet. in group songs with annabel’s group they tend to compliment one another as a nudge towards him sort of being the second in command, but as a duet on their own they’re singing as themselves rather than working to blend. they come together as themselves and sound real, better than as they do when blending in front of the group

[darthpastry]

Googling the main characters from Nevermore because I completely blanked on some of the names (it was Pluto), edge has this thing where copilot immediately generates an AI response and... glad it's still stupid.

[chotachica]

This fight actually looks so silly I'm crying this is gold

[shouts-into-the-void]

I really hope that this is a genuine friendship, and not another one of Annabel Lee's games, because I really do think this is good for her.

[riser793]

Poem of Lenore in the house fire under the cut (I might include this in the end of one of my fics)

It does have a different ending though so warning for implied character death

Yet as the house turns to ashes

I can’t escape in dashes

Not like before

My hip aches despite the reform

The cane pierces burning wood

As I fall, I cling to my hood

Is the box still there?

I search with care

Spotting it near the fire

Where lies the ring and my hidden desire

The plan was to be her light

Run away in the thick of the night

Yet as the house turns to ashes

I can’t escape in dashes

Not like before.

[human-antithesis]

Woe Unto Me - Spiral-Shaped Hopewreck (EP) [March 12th, 2021] Country: Belarus Genre: Funeral Doom Metal Format: FLAC

Lineup: Igor Kovalev - Clean Vocals, Keyboards Artem Serdyuk - Harsh Vocals, Guitars Dzmitry Shchyhlinski - Rhythm Guitar Ivan Skrundevskiy - Bass Olga Apisheva - Keyboards Pavel Shmyga - Drums

Miscellaneous Staff: Lenore Ani - Artwork, Layout, Design Arkadiusz “Aro” Jablonski - Engineering, Mixing, Mastering, Producer Artem Serdyuk - Songwriting Igor Kovalev - Lyrics

Tracklist:

And Every Piece of a Being Was Washed Away by the - 01:10

Spiral-Shaped Hopewreck - 11:30

Dissolving and Then Forming a New Image, So - 00:51

Sad and Slow (Klone Cover) - 06:07

Sowing Itself Like Seeds Into the Soil, Becoming a Chrysalis in the State of - 01:12

Lethargica (Meshuggah Cover) - 07:24

Only to Wake Up in the Reality of Chaos and Burn Its Wings of Creation - 01:55

[majosullivan]

Just your typical Sapphic/Achillean hostility

[beevean]

A more fleshed out idea of how I would have ended the Lenector story in the most balanced way I can think of.

Lenore is Hector's prisoner, as per canon. He still treats her as nothing happened, like a good friend, but Lenore is sulking and angry and not even bothering to keep up the façade like Hector used to do in her position. It's unfair, after she treated him as her only confidant, and she couldn't care less, that's what the traitor gets. Hector thinks he should be happy, to have reversed the roles on her... but he isn't. Unlike Lenore, power over another person doesn't satisfy him. He can't help but see her as a depressed animal in a cage... much like he used to be.

He wanted to protect her, he really did, but only now he's seeing how much hurt he caused her. Much like she said she meant to do with the ring, although to this day he doesn't know if it was a lie or the truth. There is no joy in inflicting her the same fate she inflicted upon him, even if it comes from a place of well-meaning and not selfishness. He has seen what that kind of "eye for an eye" mentality brings to the world, and he wants none of it.

So, he finally takes a decision for himself, and repays the one debt he has with her. He helps her flee from the castle. He is, for the first time, showing empathy to a person and not an animal.

(I don't even think Isaac needs to be kept in the dark. Lenore on her own is harmless, nothing like Carmilla who became a danger to the world. Hector and Lenore are dangerous tools in the wrong hands, but they lack the ambition that makes them solid threats, as they are mostly concerned with feeling safe. If Isaac truly wants to do good to everyone, he has no reason to keep Lenore as a prisoner, not even to force her to work for him. Same for Hector, since the two might have "forgiven" each other, but they have no relationship whatsoever. Perhaps him heeding Hector's request could show more how compassionate he has truly grown.)

Lenore is confused as to why, and Hector more or less explains that he couldn't bear watching her drinking herself into a stupor. Lenore snaps, and yells at him that he has no right to feeling sorry for her after what he has done, after going behind her back, after ruining her life... and is promptly shot down by Hector flashing his mutilated hand. Every ounce of ire Lenore directs at Hector is actually directed at herself, and they both know it. She is deeply regretting everything she did for the sake of people that didn't even respect her, she is just too proud to apologize. And her pride, her insecurity, her need to be the one in control, was what prevented her from truly being the good person she wanted to be. The very reason Hector wasn't happy with her despite her best efforts, and destroyed her life.

She really thought something so paltry as a slave ring would tame the human spirit. She really thought humans, like vampires, would care more about safety than freedom. For a diplomat who set herself to bridge humankind and vampirekind, she let her basic instincts get the better of her.

"Why didn't you just kill me back then?" she yells, attacks, it feels so good to blame Hector rather than herself. "At least I wouldn't have known how little I matter to you!"

"I'm no longer that child," Hector responds. "I'm no longer the boy who believes to have the right to punish others. Besides, shouldn't you know the desire to spare someone's life no matter what?"

They had never breached that subject again, not after Lenore dismissed it in a fit of denial. It still weighs on her. He can no longer care.

"All this time," Hector says at last, "I expected an apology, but I think I don't need it anymore. As much as I don't need you anymore. I'm grateful for your efforts to protect me from your sisters' ire, so now I'll use them to live for myself. I'm sorry it had to be this way."

He holds no grudges anymore, and he has genuinely come to appreciate the real Lenore behind her masks and the way she took care of him during the previous six weeks, when the world would have chewed him and spit him out; but at the same time, he can't bear staying with her. She makes him too sad. It reminds him of how low he allowed himself to be brought for the sake of some scraps of love. She reminds him too much of a version of him he doesn't want to be. There are too many conflicting feelings in him. He can't help but think that, in another life, the two could have been genuine friends, if not more... but not this one. Too much baggage, too much shared misery. He is done with it. No more will he seek safety and love in other people, as if he wasn't strong enough. He deserves better.

Lenore doesn't know what to think anymore. She wants to die so badly, she is almost tempted to not hide herself from the sun: she can't concieve her existence as nothing more than a black hole, unworthy of living. She is nothing more than a disgusting monster doomed to spread misery to the world, she thinks, and she should die like one. She has nothing left, no allies, no home, and the one person she fell in love with is pulling away from her, and she can't bear being abandoned, and she completely understands why he's doing so. At the same time, however... Hector too has nothing left, and yet he wants to live. After everything he went through, after himself desiring death at Isaac's hand, he wants to experience real life, not survival like he has done since he was born. Lenore pretended to praise his strength when she was manipulating him, but now she has come to genuinely admire that trait. Can she, a vampire used to nothing but comfort, be as strong as a human being?

She wants to ask Hector if he thinks she's a good person. A glance at his mutilated hand answers her more than any word could. Lenore, all this time, had no idea what being "good" meant, she was only good at putting up a façade of gentleness, and she thought it was enough. All this time, she behaved like a vampire pretending to be human... so now, she will learn from the best human she has ever met. The best person. The only one who saw her as a person as well, behind her masks, behind her usefulness.

Even if Hector is now walking towards the dawn, with nothing but his resolution. For the first time, he will live for him, for himself.

They will never meet again, but in a twisted way, they gave each other what they needed to grow.

[probably-bad-idea]

Ok so I may be stupid but we all agree that the characters in nevermore are meant to represent different chess pieces right?

[snivel1]

And meet the Alpha Lenore...

Cinthra Lenore!🔒

A friendly ghost(?) haunting Dirk's apartment!

More about them under the cut!

The Post-Scratch Cynthia knew that she would not survive the rebellion against The Condesce, but he wanted his potential sibling to live and maybe save what they have already lost, so they begged Dave for one last favor, to first send her blood binding chains through time to Jade with the instructions to bind whoever had Cynthia's blood in the future to wherever it would guarantee their survival

It was a suicide mission, as Cynthia wanted his sibling to Live, so along with her blood, she wanted to send her heart

Dave was vehemently against the idea, but he knew he Had to do this, for his friend... It was the least he could do in that situation

So through time and space Cynthia's chains went, finding Cinthra and binding them to Derse, increasing their chances of godtiering and surviving, and consequently to their residence in the real world, a.k.a. under the Strider's apartment

A.k.a. the ocean now

Why? Ask Jade, not me, she found that to be important, probably through her foreseeing powers or something🤷

The first thing Cinthra remembered seeing was complete darkness, they were very young so of course they were scared, and tried to find someone, or something, but all they saw was dark purple for miles as they flew up and up and up, until they finally reached the surface, only to find the land of Derse to be even scarier, and hostile because of her yellow pajamas?, so she hid back into the void

But not for long, as they became less scared and more curious about the world they were in, so they sneakily flew through the kingdom, searching, watching, observing, out of sight

Some kind residents of Derse found them and taught them how to talk, write and socialize, but ultimately Dersian culture was different from human, so they were still unsocialized to humans, and they pretty much didn't know what humans even Were as she hadn't seen any around yet, they only heard about them from Dersians

Somewhere around 13 they started phasing out from their dream self, manifesting in an unfamiliar flooded city, with a chain attached to their ankle not unlike their dream self, but with it going into the depths of the ocean somewhere far away

It was very scary and unfamiliar for them

They felt... weird in that state, not quite there, as usual, but with a constant tug in their heart, at least on Derse they felt more light and free, but here... It felt painful to see the ruins of that city for some reason, like they had some sentimental attachment to that place

They explored the ruins underwater and above, seeing most of the valuable cultural valuables rotting and deteriorating, she didn't really understand why that was happening, but it wasn't bringing her hope

Were they destined to wander this flooded area until the end of time..? They didn't know how to return to Derse at will, as they were constantly awake and couldn't get tired in that undead ghostly state

They wandered the seemingly endless waters, they tried to leave a lot of times, but it seemed like them being bound to this place meant she couldn't fly off too far away

To pass the time, and because they were curious, they tried to track where their chain starts and to what it's attached, to maybe think of a way to break free somehow, and... They found a.. strange, tall, structure, with just the top floor still standing..? That made their curiosity skyrocket, and they wondered if there'd be something interesting in there?

There really WAS something interesting here, similar in structure to theirs that they saw in the mirror on Derse once, but completely different from her, was this a so-called human Dersians spoke of?

So they attempted to communicate with him, to try to touch him, but it only resulted in him shivering and looking around briskly... Could he not see or hear them..? That was devastating for Cinthra, she really wanted to get to know this human better, but it looked like it was going to be hard...

This human was weird, at least to Cinthra, but he watched interesting things sometimes and made some really cool things with his hands that made Cint's head spin, they learned so much from observing Dirk's life(probably not the best learning material)

They tried to communicate with him when he still couldn't see or hear them, by making things in his apartment move, switching lights on and off, not knowing it was a stereotypical thing ghosts did in some movies, and it naturally freaked Dirk out, to put it lightly, making him more alert and paranoid, which made Cint stop, as this wasn't their intention. Dirk just honestly thought he has lost his mind completely in this solitude and started hearing and seeing things

What made Dirk aware of them was his awareness of his dream self, and seeing... another dreamer, beside him and Roxy..? And in Prospit's robes..? Calliope never mentioned this to him? What the fuck? Cinthra wasn't awake on Derse at the time, but she Was There, laying on his tower's balcony, chain dangling over the railing and down like freaking Rapunzel's hair

From then on Dirk tried to find ways to communicate with them too, and Cint couldn't be more happier! He briefly considered letting them inhabit one of his robots, but didn't want to risk breaking them. Lil Hal and Cal were naturally off limits too, so he tried to make an interpretator for Cint to communicate through

Which did help for some time, but their communication wasn't the best, as Cinthra had little context of human etiquette and the like, so Hal decided to teach them! Who knows how much intentional misinformation he fed them ^_^ but he did teach her the gist of it, before Dirk banned Hal from teaching them anything for a time being

They then used the modified interpretator in their future adventures to communicate while apart, as it seems Cinthra left a mind link to this device when they inhabitated it for a while in the past

A year later Dirk started hearing them, but still not seeing them, which still was an improvement in their eyes. It was very weird for him to hear another human voice besides his own, even if this voice came echoing through the whole room from a ghost(..?), they talked, but not a lot, because Cinthra genuinely knew little about human interests, but was willing to learn, so they both explored the internet(good idea? no. but what else was there) and watched shows together, Cint pointed out interesting things they found that Dirk could salvage from the ruins, and Dirk talked about his friends and their interesting lives: Cint really wanted to meet them herself one day!

Cinthra genuinely felt awful that she couldn't help Dirk in any meaningful way, they couldn't control the environment enough to make a difference, and it was eating them from the inside when Dirk looked like he'd need help, no matter how many times Dirk told them he was fine on his own

With time and guidance from Dirk on Derse, Cinthra figured out how to semi-materialize in the real world by Waking Up completely, and she pretty much looked like a glowy semi-transparent ghost now irl, which was better than being just a detached voice I guess

They modified their appearance based on trends and fashion they liked online, and Dirk's and Roxy's advice

They also couldn't really understand gender and its importance to people, but she does consider herself queer, they generally use whatever pronouns they feel like, but more or less prefer "they", and they genuinely don't care about what you call them

From that time on Dirk established more boundaries, because seeing them inside his house so often was Different than just hearing them, and they tried their best to abide by them, even if they didn't really understand why at first

Were they friends? Just codependent teens in a bad situation? It was hard to tell, especially because of how bad their communication was sometimes

When Cint learned that Dirk was neglecting himself(they couldn't tell because they only really have context of human beings through Dirk and shitty shows, so Hal told them), they were devastated. Why didn't Dirk look after himself properly? Doesn't he know better?? So they made it their job to remind him to eat, drink water, take breaks and whatever else he was neglecting himself on. Dirk found their "nagging" pretty annoying and meddling, and sometimes wished he could learn to exorcise ghosts just to have some peace: he knows what he's doing and he's fine, surely🙄

But at the end of the day, Dirk thinks that, if not for his friends and Cinthra's company, he would probably not be here anymore.

In his fucking insane plan to save everyone, he had to include getting Cint out of these chains(good call that Jade bound Cinthra to Derse, huh? it's as if she knew💅), which he succeeded in doing, because he's Dirk Motherfucking Strider and he's fucking insanely cool💪‼️

It was very, very, very unusual for Cinthra to actually Be Alive, they had to manually breathe, eat, drink and rest, and they had to learn to walk normally and everything... They understood Dirk's struggle with it all now, but probably not completely... Eating and resting was awesome!!! They became a quick fan!!

And to say they were grateful for Dirk saving them would be a real fucking understatement, it would be like saying nothing. They were forever grateful for him, they would fight for him and protect him till the end of time, he literally gave them a real chance in life, no one could ever compare to him for her, no matter how many times Dirk told them it wasn't a big deal, that they're overreacting, that he didn't deserve to be thanked so much; they'd forever be indebted to him

They were really happy to finally meet Dirk's friends!!! If only it was under better circumstances though..

Cinthra became friends with them all quickly, as Cint's really sympathetic, emotional and very curious about everything and everyone, it was really a mystery how Dirk and Cint even coexisted with such different attitudes for so long

Cinthra really respected Jane, as she seemed mature and put together at first, but turned out to be an oddball herself! She finds her funny, sweet and dependable, and cares for her a lot, and will Never forgive The Condesce for what She did to her

Oh Roxy.. these two quickly befriended each other, both their excitable natures in harmony together, they talked and bonded a lot! Cinthra is really sympathetic towards her struggles and comforted her through a lot of stuff. Cint respects her a lot, and will protect her with her life!!💪 It seems like Roxy has a crush on them, and they like her too! Maybe when the dust settles down they'll be able to explore their relationship further🥹

Cint is really understanding towards Jake, as his struggles really resonate with her own feelings. If nobody got Jake, Cinthra got him!!🙏 Cint actively asks him about his adventures and interests, and hopefully helps him out of that persona he's playing up with patience and care

They... don't know how to feel when they meet Cynthia. Cindy can't have her chains out in front of them, as they get scared from how familiar they look and feel, but overall, they try to reconcile, even if Cinthra never knew they even have a sister in the first place, but Cynthia was 100% hyperventilating about it(Cinthra really looks like her Big Sister that died before her eyes, give her a break)

It's easy for them to become friends or at least good acquaintances with almost everyone, but even he has a limit of course, especially if someone harms their close friends

Cinthra is a Prince of Mind, and they're great at pointing out and untangling logical and emotional inconsistencies in people's opinions even though they don't realize they're doing exactly that most of the time

They and Dirk both felt quite weird about them both being Princes, have they rubbed off on each other too much(in different directions)? Cint modified their outfit to differentiate from Dirk to the point of not looking like a Prince at all, but they were more comfortable like that! They don't even think it matters, like, at all

Most would call them naive and oblivious, but they're very observant and sensitive to people's feelings and motives and can adjust their approach to them accordingly

She can generally find an approach to anyone, just give him a goddamn second; they have a pretty high emotional maturity, considering they grew up next to Dersians and the most emotionally constipated guy ever

They're able to leave mind links to objects that have sentimental value to them and others; is Lil Hal considered an object? Probably not, but they're able to communicate with him through their mind link with the glasses, sort of like a virus but harmless; with a mind link she's able to track and locate said objects, even if they're somewhere in the Void or something(not like they'll be able to retrieve said objects from that Void themselves ofc, but some navigation never hurt anyone)

They can also create mind links with people and other living beings, and yes, it's weird for both parties, and it's a lot harder for Cint to locate a person, their link jumbled because of the other person's complex thoughts and feelings; it's a lot easier if they're close friends and trust and know each other well though

They accidentally realized that they have the power to make someone forget certain things, and quickly regretted this and felt extremely bad and guilty until they were able to undo it, and even after they continuously apologized to the affected person

They can break convictions by empathetic and emotional conversations and ruthless facts at the same time; they'll call you out on your bullshit and tell you you're only human and that they understand where you're coming from

They're easy to manipulate if a person fakes good intentions to make them believe or do something, especially if said person is close to them, she has complete faith in her friends and never doubts them

They were probably mind-controlled by The Condesce at some point because of their capabilities of mass memory erasement used in propaganda

They're always curiously exploring different worlds, cultures, people's emotions and feelings, finding deep sentimental value in learning and preserving knowledge about living beings and their influence on the worlds they live in!

Overall, Cinthra is a very curious and loving soul that's learning how to Human!!🥹

Ref sheet with clear colors of both her dead and alive selves!!👇

[sapphic-mad-scientist]

Who broke it?

Everyone is standing around the broken teapot Annabel: So. Who broke it? I'm not mad, I just wanna know. Everyone: Morella: ...I did. I broke it. Annabel: No. No you didn't. Duke? Duke: Don't look at me. Look at Lenore. Lenore: What?! I didn't break it. Duke: Huh, that's weird. How'd you even know it was broken? Lenore: Because it's sitting right in front of us and it's broken. Duke: Suspicious. Lenore: No, it's not! Montresor: If it matters, probably not, but Ada was the last one to use it. Ada: Liar! I don't even drink that crap! Montresor: Oh really? Then what were you doing by the coffee cart earlier? Ada: I use the wooden stirrers to push back my cuticles. Everyone knows that, Montresor! Morella: Okay let's not fight. I broke it. Let me pay for it, Annabel. Annabel: No! Who broke it!? Everyone: Lenore: Annabel...Prospero's been awfully quiet. Prospero: rEALLY?! Everyone starts arguing Annabel, being interviewed: I broke it. I burned my hand so I punched it. Annabel: I predict 10 minutes from now they'll be at each other's throats with warpaint on their faces and a pig head on a stick. Annabel: Annabel: Good. It was getting a little chummy around here.