#Noblesse Spoilers

[tritoch]

the warrior of light as a game-breaking force of violence

there's a moment, relatively early in dawntrail, that establishes succinctly how out of place the warrior of light (as the savior of eorzea and main character of four successive final fantasy game plots) is in what is essentially the story of fresh new final fantasy protagonist wuk lamat. and it sets up quite nicely how the framework of fantasy video game conflict pulls the warrior of light forever towards violence as the expansion goes on.

spoilers through 7.0 follow

consider wuk lamat's kidnapping and rescue. bakool ja ja holds his blade to wuk lamat's throat, taunting you. his lackeys line up against your party in neat little ranks suspiciously reminiscent of a classic final fantasy encounter screen.

and it simply does not matter to the warrior of light. you stride right through their combat setup because you are beyond that by now. the warrior of light has absolutely no respect for the "we are about to do ATB combat" lineup. the camera even jumps the line for you in one continuous rotating shot, crossing the axis of action as though to emphasize through the disruption of visual convention how far outside the game's boundaries you are.

this is how far you are above the problems of dawntrail's first half. you cannot even be bound by the normal rules of cinematography and video game combat. everyone else here lined up for a good old-fashioned scrap and the warrior of light said haha nope actually. i'm going to stroll through here like a god of war astride this tiny battlefield. your henchmen cannot even raise a hand to me. i don't even have to engage in violence directly anymore. my mere presence is enough.

in fact, not only can bakool ja ja's henchmen not raise a hand to you, he's not even worthy of your direct intervention. he kidnaps wuk lamat and steals her keystones and frees valigarmanda and kidnaps hunmu rruk and none of it warrants the warrior of light so much as raising a finger. he's wuk lamat's recurring villain, that's not your problem. you're just here to take in the scenery.

zoraal ja spends his whole life aspiring to be thought of as his father's equal and a worthy successor to the dawnservant as the "resilient son." all it takes for gulool ja ja to acknowledge you as a warrior on his level is like a five minute sparring match. the acknowledgement from gulool ja ja that zoraal ja hungered for his whole life and would eventually go full cyborg supervillain to get via regicide is something the warrior of light receives casually in a throwaway line after their level 93 solo duty on the way to more important plot conversations.

it really seems for a second, in the first half of dawntrail, like you are strong enough and the problems simple enough for this to be a clean and easy adventure. bakool ja ja? power of friendship'd. mamook? successfully reintegrated, no worries about the crimes against humanity. rite of succession? handily won. nothing can stop you. even duty finder queue times have been conquered: you can do all your duties with trusts now.

all of which only makes it better when the second half has sphene ask you and wuk lamat directly: could your strength have been enough to save alexandria? could you have found a different way?

i know some people get very annoyed we don't intervene in the gulool ja ja fight. now personally i think if you see arthur and mordred squaring up it's rude to intervene, but beyond that, it simply wouldn't have mattered. by the time zoraal ja's forces arrived in tuliyollal, alexandria and tural were already on a collision course and doomed to conflict. your hands alone could never have averted this conflict. sphene was always bound to do what she did—and certainly a gulool ja ja without his reason would not be any more inclined to peace than wuk lamat and koana were.

there's a great little moment just before living memory where estinien, champion at reading the room, is like "okay so if thancred and i stay here that frees up you up, aibou, to do what you do best and save the world and have epic fights. woo!!!" and immediately afterwards you basically have to apologize to alisaie because part of the sort of unspoken premise of this whole trip in the first place was that you were, finally, not going to plunge into mortal peril to save the world. you were finally going to take it easy. you were finally done with that. and she has to sort of ruefully be like nah it's fine bro. i was trying to get you to take it easy and not do insane risky world-saving violence. but y'know these things (interdimensional invasions) happen.

by the time you reach the very last trial, all pretense that the warrior of light could have ever been beyond these problems has vanished. you were, very emphatically, not strong enough to hold onto all that was dear without sacrifice. gulool ja ja and otis and cahciua died. yyasulani was irreversibly changed, physically colonized and culturally decimated by another dimension. you systematically shut down each part of living memory, and all its friendly, charming, loving ghosts, with your own hands. with your own clicks.

not even the vaunted strength of the warrior of light is enough to overcome sphene's inexorable logic of conflict. and so, in the end, she plucks you out of the crowd and says, explicitly for reasons of your strength, that you are going to have to do a boss fight now. you are going to have to kill her and you are going to have to do it in a proper 8-on-1 trial, and she forces you to affirmatively state that you understand you're going to kill her.

did you think you were above it all? did you think you could get away from here with your weapon undrawn, with your hands clean? that for you and you alone the logic of conflict comes undone? wrong. wrong. wrong.

your strength cannot redeem you, says sphene. your friends cannot make these sacrifices for you. if you would play the hero then you must play the hero. no half-measures.

back to the duty finder with ye.

[c-schroed]

Oh my. And they really doubled down on their Revolutionary Girl Utena vibes in the final episode of Noblesse.

Like, come on. That's just so

However, one thing that happens in Noblesse and not in RGU is that two versions of the same sword merge.

Like. Sword sex?! In hindsight, how did this not happen in RGU?! Clearly the Sword of Dios would fuck itself on any opportunity it finds!

Spouse and I were watching the Noblesse anime series when this little dialogue happened:

And then we found one another yelling in unison

ZETTAI UNMEI MOKUSHIROKU!

Because you can't mention End of the World and a sword in the same fucking sentence and then expect us to not see this in our mind:

Also, in the very same episode of Noblesse, there's this:

Clearly some Ohtori Academy vibes.

[lazzarella]

Felix asking ‘better?’ when Oliver throws up in the maze and telling him he thinks he should go to bed, literally moments after telling Oliver he makes his blood run cold. Like he’s still looking out for him, despite everything. He can’t help it! 😭

[hpowellsmith]

Re: Noblesse Oblige

Hello! Love your work for the entire CDLD-verse. I've been going thru all of them multiple times to get all the achievements and I'm stumped w/ "Triple Threat". Going off the achievement name, I'd thought that I would need to betray everyone's confidence (which I did) but that didn't seem to work. Idk if I had the wrong approach or my stats we're enough. Can I ask for a walkthrough of it? Thanks huhu I love your work sm !

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! Some info below:

The code is a little fiddly and it's been a while since I looked at it, but I've found a definite way of doing it:

-Pascha's or Danelak's relationship needs to be over 60 by Chapter 5

-Get close to Rys so that they ask for your help during Chapter 5

-Say no, and go and tell Danelak or Pascha about it

-If telling Danelak, ask about telling Pascha too (if Pascha's relationship is over 60 Danelak will say yes); if telling Pascha, ask about Danelak too (if Danelak's relationship is over 60 Pascha will say yes)

-Whichever order you did it, when talking to Pascha and Danelak together, back out due to cold feet and go to the Countess

That should work!

[nevermoredragon-main]

This is like a random thought years later but I think Noblesse would have been better if Rai died earlier in the series, leaving his family behind to fend for themselves and get stronger on their own (and also we get to focus on their character arcs more). Frankenstein I imagine would be MIA for a while due to despair and needing to pick himself back up.

And then later in the series, considering it’s revealed that even if he died he would come back like a phoenix or whatever, Rai can come back but just to a completely different situation.

Like, the whole Raizel dies plotline was a thing for so long, taking focus away from characters like M-21 and his goals, which just never went anywhere, that it felt kind of infuriating that he came back after he finally died anyway. So it’s like, why not do something interesting with that?

I’d write a fanfic but it’s kind of hard considering all the other series I am interested in writing about, combined with just how long Noblesse is. Because I’d probably still read it for reference

[aroacettorney]

so insane that the aup epilogue implies the problems that everyone has with ludger are magically gone as he has disappeared from their life for so long that they should just be happy with finally having him back

[kumomist]

like... uarghshjn noblesse is great but at some point it feels like a lot of pointless and unresolved racisim?? like 'arrogant human' might seem like typical villain talk in some other story but when its frankenstein whose backstory is fighting against nobles who were taking advantage of humans?? m21 tao and takio who were orphans forced into human experimentation?? and their kindof only response is to get more power, which just keeps getting mocked by even stronger bad guys?? plus the nobles and werewolves that are shown to be somewhat redeemable but keep going along with the conflict because of loyalty to their leader

and also the traitor family heads?? like theres some minor uncomfortableness when they see raizel again but then theyre just blaming rai for protecting humans instead of valuing their friendship????? when THEYRE the ones who befriended him, but ended up USING their friendship to?? plot his death??? like EXCUSE ME???

[justaway-dashedaway]

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[dustofhistory]

Okay, as promised, here my thoughts after finishing my first read-through of Way of Kings!

The only Sanderson books I've read before this was the first mistborn trilogy, but i do know that all his novels are somehow connected. Not entirely sure how yet, though!

As with Mistborn, his characters are absolutely fucking amazing. They feel real and are super fleshed out and complex, so I'm very excited about and fond of all of them. That being said, my absolute favourite was Dalinar Kholin. Love the honorable leader/ noblesse oblige trope anyway, and it's so moving to see him struggle against societal expectations and entrenched cultural biases to become a better person and do what's right - need more of that for male characters imo, less of the grimdark grey choices is all you have stuff - just an absolute sucker for the responsible leader thing Dalinar has got going on. His romance with navani is so sweet as well, really hitting all of my buttons!

Kaladin (and what limited view we have of Alodin) is also such a refreshingly good character, and i love that his struggle is mostly against circumstance and caused by his severe trauma - i love the bridge 4 squad and i am obsessed with Syl! Again, the themes about how doing the right thing is hard are so good, and i also love his exploration of his new powers.

And then we have shallan - her plot was to me the most interesting one. Loved getting more of the lore through her pov and big fan of the more intrigue-focussed plot. I really hope we get a jasnah pov soon, cause she was another standout character. I love that both of them are just so passionate about research and learning, and it's good that they found each other so they have someone to nerd out with! And what a reveal about Shallan killing her own dad! I was starting to suspect it, but am looking forward to hopefully finding out more about why she did it.

I'm detecting a pattern about religion plots in Sanderson's work, and I'm super excited about that, as well. I am kinda suspecting that the person in Dalinar's vision was Sazed, but i am not sure (pls no spoilers). Would be super cool if that's the case!!

I think I'll try to liveblog words of radiance as I'm reading it, which I'm gonna start doing just now. Pls talk to me if you want, I'd love to chat stormlight archive through - but no spoilers, as i said! Would love to see any cool fanart anyone has, as I'm now too scared still to wander into the tags again.

[quasiquack666]

Chapter 322 spoilers

(Screen readers pause now)

1: "For tens of years". Yeah dang these Top Ten fuckers are certainly old. Maybe it's not even the best translation, but... yeah. Wouldn't be surprised if Kayden is actually half Gestella's age, not even just a decade or so difference. This author likes Younger Man x Older Woman tropes even from Noblesse.

2: Seongik got confirmed again as Top 50? But he was already lower Top 50s in previous chapters. Jiyoung makes sense but... again, plot degradation. We didn't even get to see the battle that reevaluated her as Top 50. Fucking sucks.

3: Wait there's actually a Chairman of Baekho? I never recall meeting him before. Nice. AND ONE FOR HALLA TOO?! FINALLY.

4: "Awakeners displaying their power and wanting to rule over non-Awakeners". Yeah Eleceed is quite literally a rip-off of Noblesse. I already knew that but... wow.

5: Lmao Kayden is such a boogeyman. It's actually hilarious.

6: So... yeah, no actual difference between this Kayden basement scene and previous. Except Pluton and Kartein bickering next to him. Not really surprised, just continuously disappointed. *Tallies another disappointment mark on my wall*

7: Why the actual fuck is Gestella just lurking around the house, good fucking lord. It's creepy as shit, she would be a villain for doing that exact same thing if she wasn't already the weird one-sided catfished forced love interest.

8: Gosh I love Mei and Blues, they are such a fun duo. Sibling energy to the max.

9: DUDE DID THEY ACTUALLY DRAW KAYDEN'S CAT FORM BUTTHOLE IN ONE OF THESE PANELS? KAYDEN'S ASS CONFIRMED? I HATE THIS? HAHAHA WE GET KAYDEN ANUS CONFIRMATION BEFORE KAYDEN TIT CONFIRMATION. Dude I will forever be salty that we haven't seen Kayden's nips yet but we've seen some of the fucking minors shirtless.

[frenchy-and-the-sea]

Starting my little question rounds again, but this time I'm asking about people's Rooks! And since I don't really know much about anyone's anything (been avoiding spoilers like the plague), I'll just start with the basics:

Who is your Rook? What class did you pick for them and why? How did they end up with the background you choose? Please do add a picture!

Bonus question: Got any little "fun facts" about them? :3c

WHEE thank you again for starting this up! I'm so excited to see all of the answers. :>

This loser is Moritani "Mori" Ingellvar, one of only a scant handful of dwarves to ever wander their way into the embrace of the Mourn Watch. She was found by the resident dead of the Ingellvar family crypt as a baby, and given over to be raised by the still-living members up until her very early teens. They did this more out of a sense of noblesse oblige than out of any particular love for the little foundling girl, but they were never cruel or callous, and their respectful distance only served to give Mori a deep sense of curiosity for her own beginnings.

This curiosity led to repeated escapes from the family estate to go explore the Necropolis, both the public AND the restricted areas, until it became clear that she was simply not going to be stopped from spending her free time there. So eventually everyone just sort of shrugged at each other, and some of the scholars of the Mourn Watch began to give her impromptu lessons whenever she appeared --- which, naturally, meant that her appearances became more frequent.

Thus empowered, Mori spent most of her early years running absolutely rampant through the Necropolis. Respectful as a penitent saint towards the interred dead but absolutely ravenous for information about them, she would explore any room that was open to her, listen to any story that was offered, and overall displayed a sort of fearless love that made the Watchers who encountered her regularly particularly fond of her. By the time she was entering her teens properly, it was clear that she would be joining their ranks in some capacity.

"In some capacity" was a big question, though. Her lack of magical talent meant that conventional positions in the Watch were not really open to her, and despite her deep love for the lived history of the Necropolis's interred dead, it was clear that she didn't have the temperament of a scholar. Someone up top must have seen the benefit of a Watcher who was immune to possession and had the vigor of a proper warrior though, because eventually they lined up a curriculum of history and ritual-learning and daily exercise, and they put a sword in her hand.

If asked, Mori will admit that she still spent no small amount of her time doing menial physical labor alongside the working dead as they helped to clear the Necropolis's shifting halls, and she will admit that she has most of the rituals and rites memorized simply because that was one of the few things that she was regularly able to help with in peaceful times, but you will never catch her complaining about it. She loves her home, and served it happily and with unshakable pride.

At least, until they kicked her out LMAO.

[teodorawitchblade]

Noblesse Ending Explained

I've seen on Reddit new people coming into the fandom and they're confused about what happened at the end. I've explained this before a few times, but I will do it again for the new people. (Make sure to read everything)

Spoilers ahead.

In the spin-off series ("Rai's Adventure"), at the end, it's revealed that the "Tears of God" have the power of revival. And at the end of the main series, after the Nobles are hit by the missiles, you can see these "Tears of God" everywhere. So they all got revived supposedly by the Gods.

(Here it shows how the Tears of God have revived everyone in the spin-off:)

(And here is the exact moment after the Nobles have been hit by the missiles:)

Frankenstein doesn't know this because he didn't participate in the spin-off, reason why his last line was talking about finding out how they are all alive. Only Raizel knows what happened.

On Wikia it says that the Tears of God is the Blood Stone and Raizel is the keeper. So the second option would've been that Raizel used the power of the Blood Stone two times to revive everyone including himself. Maybe that's what the author meant by saying Raizel has "Phoenix-like" powers. Because he's the only one that can revive using the Blood Stone.

[hpowellsmith]

Spoilery ask about Pascha, their story, and their family from Noblesse Oblige below:

That's something I'm not sure about. They would like Pascha to return, at the very least to be able to keep an eye on them, but I'm not sure how much freedom they would give them or how happy Pascha would end up being. Around the time of Noblesse Oblige, the Jezhani royal family are wanting to sweep their black sheep under the rug as quickly and quietly as possible. But Pascha isn't in a great state of being able to be either chill or discreet. I've left it open-ended about whether they end up returning to their family in some way after running away (if they run away). Either way the Jezhani royal family really want to keep it all under wraps and they have some other offscreen things going on to worry about too so there's a lot going on!

I love the idea of Pascha's half-sibling Darian marrying Rosario, the Royal Affairs MC marrying Javi, and then the Noblesse Oblige MC and Pascha hanging out with them... or some other configuration like Pascha ending up with the Royal MC and hanging out with Rosario and the Creme MC... what strange dinner-table conversations those would be!

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There are translation notes below, so spoilers ahead.

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信呼吸 Noblesse

Yes, it is also a pun on "no breath", considering "breath" was Tiger's thing from SEVENS.

Noblesse is from noblesse oblige, the idea that those who are privileged should be generous, noble, and responsible to those who are less privileged. That nobility is not merely gained through blood, but social status and good acts.

Taken apart, the kanji mean individual things that are part of what a "Noblesse" is in canon.

信 can mean trust, sincerity, honesty, and (religious) devotion. 呼 can mean to call out or cry out. 吸 can mean to inhale, or (magnetic) attraction.

呼吸 together means breath. It can also mean harmony and peace, relating to how the voice of a Noblesse can settle disputes.

Anyway, the kanji is not how any of those kanji are individually read no matter how you slice it. This is what's known as a "forced reading" - they slap kanji together that look cool, but force a completely different reading in the furigana to name it something else.

Now I'm going to take the time to recommend a fun song for you. Be sure to turn on captions.

[catusbeanius]

Decided to branch out and take notes on my Riddle vignettes! So, here are some Riddle tidbits (I have all his cards aside from his birthday jacket and tsumsitter, sadly :(. Also, why doesn't masquerade riddle have a vignette smh. Gave me a heart attack thinking I never got him)

Tidbit 16:

Riddles calls himself the "King of Heartslabyul" (Suitor Suit vignette pt 2), yet he still appreciates the powerful femininity of the Queen. He says he enjoys the way heels make him stand taller and how the clacks catch everyone's attention (Halloween vignette pt 3)

Tidbit 17:

He shows his insecurities on his sleeve.

In his Suitor Suit vignette pt 1, he mentions to Malleus how the princess won't like him because he's short (he also mentions this in the regular event). He doesn't want Kalim sharing anything about his low P.E score (P.E uniform vignette) and he assumes Vil is making fun of his athletic ability when he was just trying to compliment Riddle in heels (Halloween vignette pt 1-2)

Tidbit 18:

He initially assumes everyone understands things the same way he does, but he can grasp other methods fairly easily.

In his Dorm Uniform vignette (spoiler for the whole plot, if you care), he's trying to help Cater pass his exam and initially gives him a 300 page study guide to memorize in a week. He gets very upset when Cater can't even pass the table of contents, but Trey tells him to think about it from a different perspective. He asks Riddle what method he'd use to eat his least favorite foods, and Riddle responds that he'd dilute it or eat it alongside something he does enjoy. He quickly comes up with a way to help Cater study (through Magicam tags).

Imo, this means he's learned to be open-minded and to listen to people before collaring them immediately (however his gut reaction is still anger)

Tidbit 19:

Kind of in conjunction with the last tidbit, but Riddle is not very confident in things he hasn't mastered. Namely, cooking. He follows directions unquestioningly (can also be seen as his strict rule-following).

Riddle trusts Lilia with only mild-skepticism when he tells him how to make soup (Labwear vignette). I don't know for sure what he put in it, but Lilia tells him to make a strawberry tart soup. Lilia tells him to min-max the nutrients and Riddle is like, "Really? Okay... I guess that makes sense."

Tidbit 19.25

I gotta yap about Diasomnia ONCE, okay?? /j

Anyway, I noticed Lilia was very good at making things understandable for Riddle while cooking. When something was up to Riddle's preference, he basically explained it as, "what do YOU like in food," and, "how much would Trey realistically eat?"

Analyzing TWST vignettes has proven that they are VERY careful and purposeful with who they have interact. Knowing Lilia in his general days, it's very obvious that HE struggled with similar things. Very different circumstances, but they're both loosely following rules/orders to survive. They both grew up in tense environments without the tools for self expression and self understanding.

Does that make any sense??? I think it does.

Tidbit 19.5

I gotta yap about Mally, too.

He talks with Riddle in his Suitor Suit vignette and we learn about his ideals in a king!!

He says Riddle's character is befitting of a king (quickly acting to save his dorm mates) and laments how he can't do the same (since he can't marry a princess willy-nilly). Flash forward to his overblot... Yeah, makes sense. He wants to be a good king/son/student/brother/boyfie, idk (talking about the MC not Diasomnia ftr) and he assumes trapping them from harm is the best way.

Tidbit 19.75

Also, why does Riddle say "noblesse oblige" is a philosophy of the "Realm of Roses??" (in the Suitor Suit vignette again)

As far as I know, the Queendom is never referred to as the Realm of Roses & the translation on the Japanese wiki is the Queendom as well. Idk what's going on.

That's it for my Riddle tidbits! Idk who I'll do tomorrow, but I'm planning on spotlighting a different character every day. I might just do Riddle's voicelines (or I'll do those tonight, who knows). Maybe leave a comment/ask for a suggestion? I can't guarantee a quality tidbit post since this is only based on my vignettes. I also wanna try rereading the entirety of TWST and taking notes (idr if I mentioned that before) but especially Leona's, Azul's, and Jamil's overblots bc I know an embarrassing little amount about them. I only discovered critical thinking the past few years /j

Anyway!! Until next time BD

[sirswooshnoodles]

So I’ve been reading Noblesse lately and I just can’t do it right now

I’m all for whump, mostly physical but some emotional too

But (SPOILERS)

I can’t deal with m-21 meeting mark in my-24’s body and thinking it’s him

I was shook when I “m24” first reappeared and looked it up bc I was like “no way he’s really back from the dead” bc I wasn’t sure I could handle having it dropped like a bomb that he wasn’t.

I’ve been reading chapter summaries instead of the real thing bc that’s much easier to handle

And at the same time as I do want to read when they meet and talk I’m just not sure I can handle it, my heart can’t take it

M21 deserves so much better than this, he deserves his buddy back, not this, god not this. M21 is a sweet baby that must be protected at all costs and a fucking can’t with how much it’ll hurt when he find out and just, aaaaaaagghhh