#Muse: Arikado

[secretturtletim]

Musing over my last post about Soma inviting Arikado to a tamalada, and I can’t stop thinking about Soma telling him to come in something he isn’t afraid to get dirty. Because I wasn’t sure what Arikado would show up in.

He’s clearly perfectly fine fighting monsters in a three piece suit, so he could show up in that, and I don’t think Soma would be surprised. But what if he shows up in jeans and a shirt? What if, because Soma in invited him to something that’s clearly a much more intimate and familial thing, he decided to dress in a way that feels a bit more vulnerable?

Like, you’ve told me that you consider me family, and I want to show you that I feel the same.

It catches Soma off guard at first. It’s just so goddamn weird seeing Arikado dressed so casually, until he realizes that he’s come to his house without his armor. Because he doesn’t need it, and he feels safe, and that gesture maybe reminds a part of his soul of Leon.

And Soma just feels this deep sense of contentment that he can’t totally explain, having Arikado feel that safe with him now.

[ofglories]

Some muse things don't mind me-

To start with the good stuff: Silas has been officially added to mine and my partner's original setting as a priest to one of the gods and his specialty is lifting curses like rpg priests in sanctums do.

And now on to the Thinking stuff:

On one hand I'd love to add Castlevania Alucard to the muse list but on the other... I'm fuzzy on the events of the games he features in (even as "Arikado") due to not playing them in years and not even owning them anymore. And I prefer to live in my little imaginary land where netflix castlevania went from season 2 straight into Nocturne with none of the mess of seasons 3 and 4 in between.

Plus I prefer the Nocturne look anyway due to my Symphony of the Night bias but...

That'd make it kind of tough to write him so I'd likely have to make a ton of verses just for interactions and aaaaaaaaaaaaa i don't know if i have the patience for that.

[reincarnight]

now that i have a better understanding of the game, here are more detailed thoughts on the killer!soma au. (survivor edition coming soon??)

he is from dawn of sorrow, specifically from its bad ending. soma witnessed his best friend's "murder" but didn't have the talisman equipped (and thus, arikado couldn't intervene in time). the black fog whisks him away not too long after he kills celia.

his appearance is very human-like! at least from the distance / if you don't pay enough attention. he has crimson eyes, fangs and pointy ears + he looks unnaturally pale. here are his portrait sprites from aria, with soma awakened as dracula on the right, for reference:

unlike with dracula, the castle doesn't appear in the background if soma is the killer. this is due to the fact that it's currently sealed inside the solar eclipse.

soma, dracula, dark lord... he responds to any of these.

he doesn't really care about the entity or the trials, only seeing the latter as a source of entertainment at best. soma 100% believes he can break himself out whenever he wants. i mean, this is cv's satan equivalent we're talking about.

in a similar vein to julius mode, he can levitate and teleport around the trial grounds. (see the first phase of the boss fight for a general idea.) by default, he attacks with hellfire — either in short bursts or charged attacks... but you know what? he has some really cool souls he could use.

depending on his mood, he might play around a little: eg. give survivors a false sense of security by letting them believe they've escaped him (and then snatch it away).

he will absolutely tunnel any belmont he sees —— or any other survivor who annoys him tbh, but a belmont will always take priority. he remembers all of his deaths at their hands.

out of the survivors, alucard is the only one who would make him pause. the fun moral question of whether you'd hook your son :)

[insert spiderman pointing meme] applies to killer!soma seeing dracula.

++ note that i treat survivor and killer au as their own separate universes. if your muse is talking to killer soma, survivor counterpart doesn't exist in that specific interaction, and vice versa. that said, i'm not strict about it.

[chxckandmxte]

❋ Your blog is one of my favs | ✦ I like seeing you on my dash | ✣ I like the way you express your muse(s) | ✢ I like your characters | ✥ I have roleplayed with you and it was great | ❇ I love the way you write ((sorry for the massive amount to respond to lollll))

Munday: What do you want tell me? || Accepting for today

@memoriamexarca​ sent:

❋ Your blog is one of my favs ✦ I like seeing you on my dash ✣ I like the way you express your muse(s) ✥ I have roleplayed with you and it was great ❇ I love the way you write

No need to apologize for stopping in Munnie. Thanks so much, I can say the same about your muses, even the OC’s of the Arikado family that we always end up talking about, the passion for your characters as well as you’re canon ones, especially are faves in CV. I may not rp Alucard anymore, but he is a muse I still love and I wouldn’t have anyone but you continue the mantle of his rp legacy, because I know you’ll do a better job with him than I’ve ever could have, I’m very happy to know he’s in safe hands

There’s no doubt that you’ve been one of the people I’ve known for quite a while on here (The fact that we met when I was still on twitter and we’re still very good friends after all this time is crazy, but I’m very glad for that!)

I’m slow as fuck when it comes to replies, or even socializing sometimes, but I truly appreciate being able to have a great friend like in life regardless of all that. ^_^

[ofimmortalfangs]

It could be that her sight might've failed her into recognising the person passing by was not someone she knew. Sadly, her control impulse failed her as well, unlike her good aim. Not thinking things through, she chucked a snowball directly toward the person. FOR THE WINTER SPIRIT!!

It was a cold winter night out when the dhampir was trudging through slosh. A harsh breeze blew his long ebony hair into his face obstructing his view. He continued on walking even as he was unable to properly see his surroundings when he felt an object sail through the air. He turned, only to be nailed in the face with a snowball. 

Not only was his hair in his eyes, now he had ice cold snow splattered on his face. He used the sleeve of one his arm to wipe off the snow and with, his other hand he tied his hair up. Now, that he could see he peered at the one who threw the snowball. 

It was a woman, whom he never saw before. From her expression he assumed she had mistaken him for someone else. “I do not think you meant to throw that at me, seeing as I do not know who you are.” He told her. 

[mcmcntomorii-later]

((A headcanon for Mukuro and Alucard/Arikado/Whatever the fuck his name is right now if you're still accepting them. Whenever he cooks dinner, he is very territorial of the kitchen. Mukuro occasionally pops her head in to check in on him only to be met with a stare that says "have some fuckin patience jfc u cant rush perfection" bc he cant catch a break

@memoriamexarca

  — oh my god yes!!! she just pops in with a ‘how’s it goin’ champ?’ and just has to narrowly dodge whatever is thrown at her lmao or just gets that stare and she’s just :3c ‘hehe i’ll leave you to iiiiit~’ but then comes back after about 10 minutes or so

【 a headcanon of our muses' relationship 】  ♡  【 always accepting 】

[souldominant]

‘ a moment of weakness ’

8. My muse is surrounded by thugs up to no good and yours happens upon this.

"H-Hey, now. How about we not do this today? I can safely say I don't--" Soma would be cut off as one of the guys decks him, grabbing him by the collar before he can fall back.

Goddammit! He'd groan in pain, one hand reaching for the knife he was pretty sure he wasn't supposed to have. Before he could take any further action, he was suddenly released as the other guy was shoved away from him.

Oh. Soma would blink. He recognized him, that was that one guy from class. The one that he currently did not remember the name of, but in all fairness he didn't remember any of his classmates names yet. "I didn't start this." He'd blurt out, as though it wasn't already obvious that he wouldn't start a fight with 4 other guys just for the hell of it. Still, he didn't exactly want this making it back to Julius or Arikado especially. First week at school and he was already breaking Arikados 'don't get into trouble' rule, he'd be absolutely thrilled at that news (not).

[veratok]

i have gone through the majority of the games after alucard’s big premiere, and even though i really like them, i really do like the idea of sticking in my happy place of 1400~1800s alucard. so there are like two big alucards i'll probably continue writing.

the first one is pre-maria, where he really is kind of an ice prince, but that's because he lost everything and then went straight to trying to not exist. and then he has to go take his dad down and everything. from his mother’s death until he befriends richter and maria and like. turns away from being involved in the trauma to breathe and confront what he feels.

then there's post-maria where he has reconnected with the world, and also, honestly, learned to look back at things with a much more calm heart. he's also learning to form lasting relationships and not fear loss as an impending thing, so he doesn't just lock himself away. he’s healing, and he’s learning, and he’s growing. also, he has fwends. 

the supposed third alucard i'd like to write, but not sure if i could really enjoy, is the alucard from aria, dawn, gos, etc. where he has really really settled into himself and knows who he is and has the spoons to help others, too. and instead of rejecting his father's influence completely, he has actually reconnected to him through trying to understand who he was before he was dracula, and then trying to connect to the father he recalls before everything was lost.

on that note, when it comes to interacting with muses from later cv games, i am working on a verse inspired by/related to GoS where sotn-based alucard can interact between times and universes with other characters from the franchise, as opposed to it being based around genya arikado. which, i do actually like him a lot more now that i understand him better (thanks both to @wingsmashed and me delving into dos more) but i think he’s beyond my moody early-modern era loving goth bubble.

[dominatie]

“Thought bubble emoji” for Arikado.

For every 💭 I receive, I will write one thought my Muse has had about yours.

“Am I really so untrustworthy to that guy? Does he think I’m going to snap at the slightest provocation? Will I snap that easily? I’ve fought hard to resist my own fate, so it’d be nice if he could recognize that a little...”

[finalsorrow]

MEET THE MUSE

Tagged by: technically dominatie/Nix but for another blog so I guess I’m just stealin this. Tagging: @wingsmashed (Graham ;0)

► Name ➔   “If you don’t mind me being pretentious: Julius Riccardo-Dragoș Belmont.” ► Are you single ➔ “Yes.” ► Are you happy ➔  “Content, maybe.” ► Are you angry? ➔   “On a bad day.” ► Are your parents still married ➔ “They were.”

NINE FACTS ► Birthplace ➔ “La Spezia, Italy.” ► Hair Color ➔ “Brown-red. Damned if I know the name for it.” ► Eye Color ➔ “Blue.” ► Birthday ➔ “....” (July 12.) ► Mood ➔ “Aaah... bored?” ► Gender ➔ “Male.” (cis)  ► Summer or winter ➔ “Summer, sure.” ► Morning or afternoon ➔ “A nice afternoon.”

EIGHT THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE ► Are you in love ➔ “I don’t know. It doesn’t matter if it won’t be acted-on.”  ► Do you believe in love at first sight ➔ “No.” ► Who ended your last relationship ➔ “It wasn’t much of a relationship, but I did.” ► Have you ever broken someone’s heart ➔ “I don’t think so.” ► Are you afraid of commitments ➔ “... Maybe a little.” ► Have you hugged someone within the last week? ➔ “No.” ► Have you ever had a secret admirer ➔ “Hm... I haven’t thought about it. If I have, then they’ve never sent me anything.” ► Have you ever broken your own heart? ➔ “Not regarding my love life.”

SIX CHOICES ► Love or lust ➔ “Love...” ► Lemonade or iced tea ➔ “Iced tea.” ► Cats or Dogs ➔ “Dogs.” ► A few best friends or many regular friends ➔ “Few.” ► Wild night out or romantic night in ➔ “The romance option.” ► Day or night ➔ “This question gets harder to answer each year. Day, I think.”

FIVE HAVE YOU EVERS ► Been caught sneaking out ➔ “Yes, and I’d get the back of my head slapped.”  ► Fallen down/up the stairs ➔ “Who hasn’t?”  ► Wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? ➔ “Yeah. We’ve all been desperate kids.” ► Wanted to disappear ➔ “That might be putting it lightly. I did disappear.”

FOUR PREFERENCES ► Smile or eyes ➔ “Huh. Eyes, maybe?”  ► Shorter or Taller ➔ “I don’t know! A lot of people are shorter than me anyway, so I’ll choose that.” ► Intelligence or Attraction ➔  “Intelligence, as cheesy as that sounds.” ► Hook-up or Relationship ➔ “I’d rather a relationship.”

FAMILY ► Do you and your family get along ➔ “I wouldn’t say it was the most friendly of relationships.” ► Would you say you have a “messed up life” ➔ “It could’ve been worse.” ► Have you ever ran away from home ➔ “Nah.”  ► Have you ever gotten kicked out ➔ “I haven’t.”

FRIENDS ► Do you secretly hate one of your friends ➔ “No, and any resentment I might have on a bad day is fleeting and can’t be helped.”  ► Do you consider all of your friend’s good friends ➔ “Yeah, sure. Does Hammer count?” ► Who is your best friend ➔ “Yoko Belnades or... Genya Arikado.” ► Who knows everything about you ➔ “I think A..rikado would. And Yoko would figure it out, somehow.” 

[ataraxiamfrp]

hi mods! it's candle here on 09/12/2022 - i'm going to be dropping genya arikado (alucard) from castlevania. i love him but his muse is quiet... he was housed in antiquity cottage 6! thank you!

hi candle! that's been done for you GENYA ARIKADO (ALUCARD) has been dropped -mod rallentando 🦉​

[embersrevived]

merely some arbitrary CV game musings. and a bunch of positively rubbish and hackneyed ponderings in the form of word vomit pls ignore. my apologies in advance lmao

some thoughts I’ve pondered  here and there about things I either wished the games had explored more in depth, or had entertained the concept of at some point (other than very obviously one that centered on the great battle of ‘99 and the other fateful actors who played a part in it besides young Julius and Arikado): 

1. explored/developed more werewolf characters and/or protagonists , or expanded upon Cornell’s lore from the Castlevania 64 game, or even expanded on the concept of protagonists/Belmonts afflicted by such a curse 

2. more of a crack-ish concept, but for some reason the thought of Death somehow having had some sort of half-offspring is somewhat intriguing to me? influenced by master he had something that one time with that one ephemerally-special someone, and some grim reaper-ish offspring with a mostly humanoid appearance was conceived, but with an overly morbidly elaborate scythe in hand (though very reminiscent of Undertaker’s scythe from BB)? and perhaps this issue was at first an antagonist to Belmont, Alucard & co. and then proved to be something of an antihero/more neutral party depending on circumstances, whim, vested interest, etc. (also I feel said offspring’s name would be something very on the nose like Thanatos or even something like Charon or Mortimer idk kslfjsf)

3. a game that somewhat explained at least some of what Dracthias was doing to gap the bridge between the Leon-Trevor Belmont eras. when matty c decide to rock and grow out that facial forestation huh I want DEETS 

4. this thought draws inspiration admittedly from that idea of the horcruxes in the HP series, though the idea of a game in which Drac had somehow left symbolic/significant items with shards and pieces of his essence/soul trapped across various crucial points in the CV timeline, and whoever the protagonist happens to be (Belmont or other) and the result is that various versions and takes on Drac throughout the CV series have to be encountered and fought (starting with Stage Zero Drac AKA Le Maths) powered by memory and caliginosity magicks. Though perhaps unknowingly, each time the character(s) believe they have vanquished the threat, their seeming victory only has resulted in that shard of Drac’s soul having created a sort of ‘memory’ of that hero’s power and abilities, all of this information which is relayed to other elusive dark actor and orchestrator of this vast timeline machination (perhaps Galamoth or yet another future organization, albeit with malicious intent). though this does somehow feel like a rip-off somewhat McDonald’s version of Judgement and elements of GoS combined ngl also I explained this very poorly sdklfdsjf. 

5. a game based in the era of Soleil Belmont? I know he is perhaps the more obscure Belmont ever, but it is still something to think about lmao 

6. some sort of focus/explanation on the exact transition Alucard had into taking on a position in the government agency and assuming his Arikado alias, what prompted this, etc. and what part he had been playing in the decades leading up to this more modern role 

[spoiler1001]

@celero-needs-therapy

Maria looked at the painting at the museum. The style was chaotic but when looked at from a distance, the intended image was apparent.

It was the image of a young man, desperately clinging onto a gravestone, cradling it like it was fragile. the young man's face was obstructed, his pale hair, covering his face. The clothes the young man were wearing were covered in dirt.

Maria cocked her head, looking at the young man in the painting. She knew it was Alucard/Arikado, but this was different. She had never seen him show this level of emotion.

She had her musing interrupted when the person of the contemplation walked up to her. He still wore a nice suit, probably worth more than her college tuition.

She was wearing a hoodie, hood up and all. It was dark green, like what she used to wear, before she died.

"You don't have to look at this." Alucard whispered in a almost cold tone, not unlike how he used to speak at her.

"It was nice to know I was missed." She whispered and Alucard flinched.

"I'd rather not discus this here. It would be better if we did this over dinner." He whispered. She nodded and walked away. Alucard looked at the painting and nearly cried again.

Maria was waiting in the parking lot. "Well I walked here, if you want to take me somewhere you're driving. Alucard chuckled. This felt comfortable to him, despite how sardonic this girl was the golden heart was there, even if she had shot him several times.

"I know." The joy in his voice was masked heavily. Maria sighed and looked towards a black sports car.

"That yours?" Maria asked. Alucard nodded and Maria walked to the car.

Once they were in the fare the mood turned tense really quick. Both of their minds went back to the painting.

"Richter's son painted that." Alucard whispered, but with how silent it was he might as well have screaming.

"He was just a baby when I last saw him." Maria sighed. "Did he have to fight monsters?"

Alucard sighed. "More than he should have. When I woke up, he tracked me down and told me what had happened."

"That is a nice way to say that they killed me." Maria sighed.

"If I hadn't been injured I wouldn't have needed the sleep." Alucard sighed, hitting into the steering wheel. It left a small dent. "When we got to our home, it was empty. And embers." His composure was breaking down.

Maria sighed. "I remember it really hurting. They had set the bottom floor on fire first. I hid in your room, under your cape so I wouldn't burn. It did nothing for the smoke." Maria had her eyes clothes.

"We had found you buried in an undignified way. I had y9u moved t9 the belm9nt family lot. I had the finest gravestone. When everything had settled, I snapped. The men who bragged about your death? They were either run out of town, 9r the belmonts had their lives ruined. I was in the bar when one had talked about the fire and how you were a witch. I beat him to death." The car had stopped. Alucard was looking at Maria s9rrow into his eyes. "I turned into my father for a moment."

"Bullshit." Maria had whispered. "You killed one man and he deserved it. You father killed hundreds of people."

They had arrived at a small caffe, and they walked towards it someh9w the same place they were in their friendship and somehow closer.

[vindictar]

Mun vs. Muse!  ( alucard ft. a bonus arikado genya )

tagged by: stole it from @steazori tagging: whoever wants to !!

[chxckandmxte]

💙 ((For Soma and/or Alucard/Arikado, only bc they're way easier, but I'm also still working on their RE verse, so figured if this would be interesting to pursue. :3c))

Pre-established relationship hearts! || Accepting

@memoriamexarca sent:  💙 to have a partnership with my muse

I’m totally up for that, for either muse tbh, hell we could even do the both of them. Leon has had a few partners over his time as an agent. I also always love when someone makes a Resident Evil verse for a muse, so yes we can definitely do a partnership :D

[ofimmortalfangs]

i vill now speak the language of ur ancestors: bleh bleh bleh BLEH hiss hiss BLEH BLEH

“Please don’t. You are speaking gibberish.”