#Obey me nightbringer identity?

[bluewolfangel01]

Wait. Hold on for a minute...

Considering how close the Nightbringer story is going to end completely, are we even going to find out who Nightbringer is?

Is Solmare really not going to tell us or hint at it?

I swear if they don't touch on that even a little bit, I might lose it.

[cnl0400]

Michael crumbs for L43

Yep ... Strange individual indeed

[devotion-between-the-wheat]

I kind of pity om michael, because he's just another product of a flawed and fucked up system, but he has too much self righteous pigheadedness to actually question or accept such an idea.

(I actually kind of figure he was a lot like luke when he was younger, but unlike luke, he never got a chance to unlearn his prejudices and do better)

but that doesn't change the fact that he probably will be the most annoying guy ever to me.

[gifti3]

I was trying to do a little catch up in nightbringer

I finished lesson 20 and they like joke(?) about moving to the human world and staying at the MCs home if they cant stay in the devildom

And i just wanna seriously consider the logistics of MC trying to house 7 other people

Most of us are probably living with other people (who may not be okay with sharing a space with so many strangers suddenly) and/or dont have a giant sized place

And this is assuming the mc is staying at a house and not an apartment....

[melverie]

Obviously, Lilith's lover is Nightbringer

[taviokapudding]

Soooooo I have started getting into the Obey Me! Series & Nightbringer is my first game

I have a general idea of what happens in terms of story beats prior to this game, but as someone who has 0 context of the specific relationship details, I kinda feel bad for Solomon. Clearly something between him & Barbatos led to this time travel situation, but as the mc who doesn’t really know shit, it must be way worse for those 2 to fix the situation.

I have chosen the options where the MC remembers nothing multiple times and I can tell from the writing Solomon is just like “yay I have a wife- oh fuck they don’t remember me..kinda? Sorta? Okay time to romance & go along with whatever the mc decides”

I like his character but I can’t help but notice already from the jump that he is withholding information about the circumstances of the time travel & not addressing the paradox being made by letting mc participate in major past events; I get he has chosen the simp life (understandable given the circumstances) & the dialog implies mc is slowly regaining their memories, but the fact he’s taking advantage of the situation to be #1 husband while again just letting mc create a goddamn paradox (especially when some of the dialogue options are incorrect or have nothing to do with the original time line) that could maybe erase their future is just ¿?

Barbatos is implied to know more and he can see all the timelines so I understand his beef. I’m with him, w h y is Solomon taking his sweet time to return him and MC to their timeline? Has he done this before because he’s too calm and complacent about the situation? Also mc isn’t a human??? Who is this demon the mc has possessed because Solomon didn’t change bodies nor species when he showed up. It’s actually weird he’s revealing himself to the brothers and essentially creating a paradox that wouldn’t have fully happened because of the mc’s physical changes. And what will be the long term consequences that’ll happen when the MC does leave their body if it is indeed possession and not just a side effect to the event that led to the time travel?

[fakesaintess]

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[alexxncl]

‼️NIGHTBRINGER LESSON 48 SPOILERS‼️

masterlist | all lessons | season 3 | lesson 47 | lesson 48.2 | lesson 49.1 | lesson 49.2

before reading this...i feel like shit is about to hit the fan idk. the last part of the science fair can't be all sunshine and roses

...

SIGH

my brother in christ the lesson JUST STARTED 🧍🏾

maybe it's the remnants of simeon's angelic nature clashing with the magic solomon used on him. everyone says that solomon is slowly losing what's left of his humanity bc of how long he's been alive, along with the fact that that he went to cocytus and came back alive

or maybe i'm just yapping

simeon: *whatever tf just happened*

luci: mc, i need to talk to you

mc: omg i love you too babe 🫶🏽

like ?? 😭 mc is hilarious i fear

IS HE A DEMON NOW ????? i wanna say i'm surprised but i'm not. i just wonder how the story's gonna play out if they go that route

more on this here

luci trusting satan's judgment bc he's one of the most trustworthy of his brothers and the most similar to him

:((((

but also luci??? HELLO??? whore behavior we love to see it 😌 give me more

but also maybe not bc what if he copes with his negative emotion through sex ??? the whole family needs therapy

the siblings ever. i love them

this is so interesting to me

i wanna ask how the rest of them didn't figure it out sooner, but they all probably went into "protective brother" mode as soon as they realized he didn't have his angelic powers to protect himself anymore. solomon didn't have those kinds of ties to simeon, so he was able to act on and use logic in a more effective way than the brothers would be able to, figuring out that something was wrong before anyone else

solomon assuming that simeon is oblivious to what's going on though? i feel like he's too smart for that to be true. if anything, he's probably either DEEP in denial, too stubborn to bring it up hc he doesn't wanna worry anyone, or mentally wrestling with the fact that he finally got what he wanted - to be with the brothers in the devildom after their fall - but at the cost of his identity

i know i'm reading too far into this, but do the boys really think that lowly of demons (themselves)?

like yes, some demons of lower and higher stature are the absolute worst people you'll ever encounter, but the brothers and diavolo and barbatos and probably numerous other demons are proof that you aren't defined by your physiology or designation or identity or anything like that

some angels act worse than the lowest of demons do, but they're still angels. being a certain race doesn't determine your personality or moral standing, it's who you are as a person

ngl idk what to make of this yet, but i feel like it's important. foreshadowing even. so i'm keeping it here

baby no :( he's doing it to protect you

i love and hate the way simeon is so protective of luke. on one hand, that's basically his son, so i get wanting to shield him from the worst parts of the world and the worst parts of yourself

but on the other, luke is his own person, too. adults tend to forget that kids don't exist as an extension of themselves, but as people trying to find their place in the world. they aren't as naive and are way smarter than most people give them credit for

luke not voicing his concern is a result of and will continue to result in simeon shutting him out under the guise of protecting him, when in reality it's only putting more of a strain on their relationship

ngl i AUDIBLY laughed at that first part bc what 😭

also why would they cut the lesson off here ??? obey me devs when i catch you

i'm honestly so happy the sf arc shifted to something else bc i was getting tired of the happy shit. give me ANGST /lh /hj

[nerdy-talks]

Obey Me! Nightbringer

You find yourself in a familiar world.

Yet everything is... different?

Indeed, you find yourself in the Devildom of old.

There...

You find one demon angry and confused

with their identity and six former angels

that have just been expelled from the Celestial Realm after losing a war.

In order to go back to the future,

you'll need to reforge your bonds and pacts with the seven brothers as they deal with their fall from grace.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine..."

"After all, we are..."

Official site :

https://shallwedate.jp/obeyme-nightbringer/

[lady-wallace]

Whumptober 2024 Masterpost

My Whumptober masterpost for 2024! (Contains links to both tumblr posts and for stories on Ao3)

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Day #1: Race Against the Clock (art collab with @waffles-in-winter) Fandom: JJBA Part 5 Prompts: Search Party, Panic attack, 'If only we could hold on' Link

Day #2: Trust Issues Fandom: Obey Me! (Nightbringer) | Character: Satan Prompts: (alt prompts: Shivering, Communication Barrier) Tumblr | Ao3

Day #3: Set Up For Failure Fandom: JJBA Part 5 | Character: Bucciarati Prompts: 'I warned you' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #4: Hallucinations (art collab with @/Angel_Blackwyng) Fandom: JJBA part 5 Prompts: sensory deprivation, 'you're still alive in my head' Link

Day #5: Sunburn Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Vampire Hunter AU) | Character: Bucciarati Prompts: healing salve, heatstroke Tumblr | Ao3

Day #6: Not Realizing They're Injured (fic collab with @waffles-in-winter) Fandom: JJBA Part 5 | Character: Giorno Prompts: Unhealthy coping mechanisms, 'it's not my blood' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #7: Only for Emergencies Fandom: Obey Me! (Nightbringer) | Character: Barbatos Prompts: Magic with cost, 'it's us or them' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #8: Sleep Deprivation Fandom: Obey Me! (Nightbringer) | Character: Lucifer Prompts: sleep deprivation Tumblr | Ao3

Day #9: Obsession Fandom: JJBA Part 5 | Character: Melone Prompts: broken window, bruises, 'frame me up on the wall...' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #10: Blow to the Head Fandom: Hellsing | Character: Integra Prompts: slurred words, passing out from pain Tumblr | Ao3

Day #11: Seeing Double Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Vampire Hunter AU) | Character: Abbacchio Prompts: loneliness, (alt prompt: survivor's guilt) Tumblr | Ao3

Day #12: Starvation (Part 1/2) Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Vampire Hunter AU) | Character: Abbacchio Prompts: underground caverns, cannibalism, 'just a little more' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #13: Team as Family Fandom: JJBA Part 5 | Character(s): La Squadra Prompts: multiple whumpees, 'death will do us part' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #14: Left for Dead Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Vampire Hunter AU) | Character: Prosciutto Prompts: hunting gear, 'I want you to know what it feels like' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #15: Childhood Trauma (fic collab with @carryingstarlightinherwake) Fandom: JJBA Part 5 | Character(s): Fugo & Abbacchio Prompts: painful hug, moment of clarity, 'I did good, right?' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #16: Necrosis Fandom: Obey Me! (Nightbringer) | Character: Barbatos Prompts: swamp, wound cleaning Tumblr | Ao3

Day #17: Nowhere Else to Go (art collab with @carryingstarlightinherwake) Fandom: JJBA Part 5| Character: Bucciarati Prompts: Nowhere else to go Link

Day #18: Revenge Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Vampire Hunter AU) | Character: Bucciarati Prompts: loss of identity, revenge Tumblr | Ao3

Day #19: Blood Trail Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Vampire AU/Hearts of Gold Crossover) | Character: Bucciarati Prompts: one day out, blood trail Tumblr | Ao3

Day #20: Emotional Angst (PART 1/3) Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Hearts of Gold Verse) | Character(s): Fugo & OFC Prompts: shoulder to cry on, 'it's not your fault' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #21: Body Horror Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (@carryingstarlightinherwake 's were!Abba AU | Character: Abbacchio Prompts: body horror | 'let the bedsheets soak up my tears' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #22: Bleeding Through Bandages Fandoms: JJBA Part 5 (@anticiajk's Butler AU) | Character: Bucciarati Prompts: reopening wounds, 'oh, that's not good' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #23: Forced Choice Fandom: Obey Me! (Nightbringer) | Character: Lucifer Prompts: public display, broken pedestal, 'I'm doing this for you' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #24: Radiation Poisoning Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Vampire AU) | Character: Giorno Prompts: equipment failure, 'I never knew daylight could be so violent' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #25: Surgery Fandom: JJBA Prt 5 (Hearts of Gold Verse) | Character: Bucciarati Prompts: stitches, being monitored, 'it's for your own good' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #26: Nightmares (PART 2/3) Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Hearts of Gold Verse) | Character: Fugo & OFC Prompts: parting words regret, 'i'm haunted by the lies that I have loved..." Tumblr | Ao3

Day #27: Voiceless Fandom: Hellsing | Character: Alucard Prompts: laboratory | muzzled Tumblr | Ao3

Day #28: Denial (PART 3/3) Fandom: JJBA Part 5 (Hearts of Gold Verse) | Character: Fugo & OFC Prompts: exposure, 'they caught me redhanded' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #29: Fatigue Fandom: Hellsing | Character: Integra Prompts: fatigue | burnout Tumblr | Ao3

Day #30: Recovery Fandom: Obey Me! | Character: Lucifer & Demon Brothers Prompts: holding back tears | 'what have I done?' Tumblr | Ao3

Day #31: Asking for Help (Part 2/2) Fandom: JJBA Part 5 Vampire Hunter AU | Character: Abbacchio Prompts: Asking for help | making amends | 'I'm alive, I'm just not well' Tumblr | Ao3

[melverie]

I'm guessing his grandpa, then? It'd make sense for it to be considered one of the most important periods in Devildom history if it's the first time the concept of order was put into place, and it wouldn't be farfetched to say that the policies he created gave the Devildom an advantage over the Celestial Realm, like the "Wings or Darimus" are said to have done

Confirmed

Demon King Gardonus was Dia's father OR grandfather

(he made policies in Devildom, which were inexistent before his grandpa)

It's probably his grand father

And call out to the cool Ares other past demon king, God of War and his cool sword 😎

[daytaker]

Masterlist of Content

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Fanfiction

One-Shots

Dear Little Sheep (Lucifer x Reader) (ao3)*

For What It's Worth (Mammon x Reader) (ao3)*

A Heart-Pounding Interruption to My Life as an Otaku Shut In!! (Levi x Reader) (ao3)*

I Hate That I Love You (Satan x Reader) (ao3)*

Love Me! (Asmo x Reader) (ao3)*

Hungry for You (Beel x Reader) (ao3)*

Let's Meet in Our Dreams (Belphie x Reader) (ao3)*

Only Human (Solomon x Reader) (ao3)*

The Best Apprentice (Solomon x Reader) (ao3)*

Spin the Smartphone (Mammon x Reader)

What Happened in the Attic (Belphie & Reader/Lilith) (ao3)*

The Puppetmaster (Lucifer x Reader)

Nine Fish (Satan & Reader)

Club Mammonteque (No ship; crack) (ao3)*

Ask Responses that are a bit Fic-ish

Clowncore MC

Satanist MC

Pathological Liar MC

Standoffish Asshole MC

MC's Family Portrait

"Mom, Dad, meet seven of my boyfriends."

"Mom, Dad, these are my other four boyfriends and my son."

Under the Mistletoe*

Single chapter drabbles dedicated to you kissing boys under the mistletoe.

In Progress (5/? Chapters; to be continued next December.)

Hosted on AO3

MC Narrates (2nd person)

Pairings: Mammon x Reader*, Asmo x Reader*, Satan x Reader*, Belphie x Reader*, Levi x Reader*

CW: suggestive themes in Asmo's; nothing graphic.

On Tumblr: Satan x Reader, Levi x Reader

Let's All Be Shadows*

Under the guise of their 'attendant', MC (unnamed) works to re-establish bonds with the demon brothers after being hurled back in time. Satan gives MC a glimpse into his inner world, the trauma of his creation, and the depth of his resentment towards the one who made him. MC works to help him carve out his own identity, but all the while, obsessed with his role as "adversary" to Lucifer, Satan works on a scheme that could put the entire Devildom in jeopardy.

In Progress (19/? Chapters)

Currently about 57k words

Hosted on AO3

MC Primary Narrator (1st person); Satan Guest Narrator (1st person)

Main Cast: GN!MC, Satan, Lucifer, Mammon, Solomon, Barbatos

Ships: MC/Satan, MC/Mammon. Maybe MC/Solomon if you squint. The story is more about Satan coming to terms with who he is than any romantic relationship, though. It's more MC & Satan than MC/Satan.

Nightbringer Timeline and Spoilers

CW: Canon-typical violence, blood, alcohol use/intoxication

Headcanons

Thoughts on...

Obey Me!

Lucifer

Mammon

Levi

Satan

Asmo

Beel

Belphie

Diavolo

Barbatos

Solomon

Simeon

Luke

The Gang React...

...to you ignoring them

...to bathtime

...to you saying you hate them

...to you falling asleep on them

...to you petting their hair

...to being asked about their family

...to you breaking your ankle

...to getting Valentine's Day chocolates from you

...to having a Tumblr

...to watching a horror movie with you

...to weed

The Gang Have Some Search Histories Too.

Ask Responses

Fanart

Find me on Archive of our Own!*

[elsecrytt]

Obey Me Theory:

Simeon and Michael are the same person.

Disclaimer:

Yes, I know about the "But then wouldn't..." objections to this theory; I'll present my evidence and then address those at the end.

I came up with this idea after going through specific things in my personal MC lore, but there ended being so many things that fit that I actually really liked it.

To be clear, this idea is to say: Simeon is Michael's alternate identity. Simeon as we and others know him has always actually been Michael; there's no "real Simeon" hidden in a basement somewhere while Michael impersonates him.

Evidence (spoilers for Obey Me and Nightbringer):

There are hints and suggestions throughout the story - confirmed in hard mode in NB - that Simeon is actually a considerably powerful angel. Powerful enough to be a seraph like Lucifer was.

In Season 1 and 2 of the original Obey Me, Simeon acts as the representative of the Celestial Realm in the Devildom. He's obviously high up.

Diavolo says that Simeon is the one person he doesn't want to anger. Diavolo. The would be King of the Devildom.

Note that Diavolo can tell when someone is lying. Simeon does an excellent job of tip-toeing around issues and details, not disclosing the full truth, etc.

Diavolo says he finds angels in general difficult to work with. He finds Simeon difficult. And Simeon does live up to that difficulty (hard mode Season 2) - and he puts it a very interesting way.

He tells Diavolo that if a matter (the dangerous information Diavolo's been hiding from Lucifer all Season 2) concerns the Celestial Realm, then of course they'd interfere...

...that's what Michael told Simeon to tell him, anyways. Simeon speaks with a lot of authority for someone who's not even a seraph.

Pretty much all the information we get about Michael and his current intentions come from Simeon.

And after this - what happens?

The incident with the Ring of Light.

Mighty coincidental that Simeon happened to be able to stroll into Michael's Lucifer fan-shrine and nick the ring from there, huh?

The explanation Simeon gives for knowing that the ring existed - "Michael would never let something of Lucifer's go" - is also interesting.

If Simeon were Michael, then he would know the solution of giving MC the ring from the very beginning. It'd be easy for him to stay calm, cool, and collected - Michael already gave a mortal (Solomon) his ring, and he knows Lucifer's ring can do the same thing.

Additionally, we have the sequence where a voice - almost certainly Michael - speaks to MC in a vision sort of sequence.

The voice specifically says that it would have expected MC to be an awful person, since Lucifer and co. care about them so much.

Notably, Season 2 is also the turning point for several of the side characters. Diavolo and Solomon get some ship tease for feelings, and Simeon steals the ring for you...

But this conversation could also be Michael/Simeon acknowledging his feelings for you - a human. Simeon confesses to you in Season 3...

...where it's also revealed that his worst fear is his (and Lucifer's) father.

If Simeon is Michael, this makes a lot of sense. Michael, like Lilith, has fallen in love with a human. He's even also - technically - interfered in a human's lifespan by saving you. He would fear his father, for the same reason Lucifer would.

Now, this also makes plenty of sense if Simeon isn't Michael... but just imagine.

The bone-chilling terror of having fought and beaten Lucifer and his family, having killed Lilith...

Only to eventually fall into the same circumstances that she did.

But who will fall with Michael? Who will rebel against heaven to protect him? He expunged those who were guilty of this sin, and now he is guilty of it himself. He erased all possibility of change or rebellion with his own hands.

There are other reasons to be suspicious.

In Nightbringer, Simeon and Diavolo each attempt to tempt Solomon to their side. But Diavolo's angel counterpart in the Celestial Realm is Michael, the authority figure; not Simeon, the powerless archangel.

Simeon and Solomon get along pretty well. Michael liked Solomon enough to give him the Ring of Knowledge.

What else do we know about Michael?

Most people describe him as eccentric.

Simeon wrote?? A whole book series?? About Lucifer and his brothers????? Why???????

For bonus eccentric humor: in Season 2, Simeon writes a play. He puts Lucifer and Diavolo (who have been on bad terms with each other) into a love triangle with MC.

Season 2 marks a big breaking point for Luci and Dia's relationship, with MC at the center, and both of them develop feelings for MC.

Simeon recognizes it when people tease Luke - and he is basically Luke's guardian - and pretty much says it's okay up to a point.

"Sure, tease this little kid I'm responsible for, a little taunting is good for the soul." He even seems to imply he likes to do it, too XD

He actually takes a lot of weird antics and wacky hijinks with stride. I don't think it's because he's a responsible adult. I think it's because he's another weirdo, masquerading as a responsible adult.

Several characters also talk about Michael working Raphael very hard, and having very particular demands.

We see exactly how extreme and demanding Simeon can be in Season 2, when we put on a play. He has a vision. And he's going to make EVERYONE do it, RIGHT.

We also see Simeon the taskmaster with quite the temper in Season 3 when he's running a cafe. He gets EXTREMELY mad, to the point of getting everyone to sit down and obey him, despite being normally very calm.

Michael is a huge Lucifer fanboy.

Simeon is constantly texting Lucifer ingame, even when Lucifer ignores him. He also joins Diavolo in on complimenting Lucifer's looks as an angel.

He admits that he does care about Lucifer and the brothers. We get hints that Michael feels a similar way.

In Nightbringer - Simeon ruminates deeply over a specific day where he, Lucifer, and Raphael were spending time together.

Lucifer confirms to him that he had a nice day, that day - that Simeon did notice his discomfort, and it was a relief that Simeon reached out in the way that he did, even if Simeon is rethinking it now.

It makes more sense for Simeon to be ruminating over this if this day is just a representation of his inability to reach Lucifer, to make Lucifer see his side of things.

Anyways, that's most of the things I noticed that make it look possible.

So, why doesn't anyone recognize him?

There are a few different possibilities.

They don't know what Michael really looks like.

I've seen screenshots of a devilgram floating around where angel Mammon is chatting with angel Lucifer, and he mentions that Lucifer actually has twelve wings - he just doesn't have all of them out at once.

If Michael has a similar number of wings, and does use all of them, then it's possible no one ever got a good look on him.

Also notable is that Lucifer's angel outfit is pretty conservative - if Michael was similarly clothed, with the addition of gloves, and some kind of veil/mask (he is supposed to be eccentric), they actually may just legitimately not have a good picture of him.

For personal reasons (I want to know what Michael looks like), this is my favorite theory.

Michael has used a glamour to change his appearance.

I'm relatively sure that angels can do this; they can "wear" their wings or not, and demons have similar abilities, so I don't think it's out of the realm of reason.

No one remembers what Michael looks like.

When we meet Michael in the finale of Season 2, we see just a glowing light from above. It's possible that we did see Michael then, but we just don't remember it.

Lucifer and his brothers might have forgotten Michael's appearance post-fall.

Michael texting himself? Simeon's punishment?

The text from Michael to Simeon was the most obnoxious dramatic conceit in the game.

We don't see ANY more communication between the two, at all, and are only informed of any of it afterward. It was literally just there to be a cliffhanger/source of excitement.

I think the hint is in season 3, where Simeon's greatest fear is his father.

Because if Simeon is Michael, then there's only one higher power who can punish him. The fact that Simeon was hiding who he was - that could also really explain his dodgy behavior in Season 4.

After all, after punishing Lilith for doing exactly what he just did, it'd be extremely hard to face them and be honest about what happened.

There's probably more to this theory to iron out and explain, but yeah. I do like the idea, and find the possibility fascinating - for some reason, I've picked up a bit more on Simeon these days.

Nightbringer really has made the side characters soooo much juicier >.>

[mono-dot-jpeg]

comfort from a demon - beelzebub

summary; being a demon was more of a mental struggle than you expected. you can feel your humanity chip away as you continue to live in the past.

genre/extra tags; slight hurt comfort, fluff, cuddling is the form of comfort fr fr, nightbringer! mc, demon! mc, this is just a silly goofy concept, mc can't catch a break, reader is referred to as mc

word count; 641

warnings; mc gets vertigo, describing dizziness in semi detail, identity crisis(?)

[gender neutral mc]

a/n; i love beel sm :((( he's so,,, hhh i lvoev him :( also i did not read a single thing abt what happened in chapter 80 in obey me og, so uh,, call this canon divergence ig, im in my song looping phase rn. kind of losing my mind bc nothing seems to be hittin. anyways, wrote this at like 3-4am. also something abt writing vertigo made me feel it for a min,,, wild. also i swear i wrote more wtf

you haven't been here for long but you can feel yourself molding to this new form. your mentality is a little less human as the day goes by.

it's been very odd knowing that you're a demon now. you can suddenly understand how to summon beings with ease, read curses, read blessings, and it's just a fraction of what this body seemed capable of.

it was stressful. living your life as a human and suddenly having to be something you're not. you're the "attendant" of the brothers but in another timeline, you're their human roommate that they cherish the most.

they're not really mean in this timeline, which is nice but they are slowing succumbing to the respective sins. and they have to deal with finally accepting that they're no longer angels.

and once again you have to play unpaid therapist while you have your own struggles to deal with.

you can feel yourself slipping away. your head in a constant ache as you think about the past the brothers had to deal with, the way you need to come back, the way you need to regain the trust of the brothers, and the way you need to keep this "attendant" persona of yours until there's a way back to the present.

so here you are sitting in the kitchen, elbows resting on the table and your hand pressed on your temples. it's the dead of night, the world is quiet. it's some of the few bits of silence you needed.

your body aches, your breath is heavy while your head rests on the counter. everything feels dizzy. you can't think right.

"mc? are you asleep?" beel's voice rings gently in your ears. he's gentle as his hand rests on your shoulder. "you shouldn't sleep here, it's not very healthy to sleep sitting like that..." his voice is laced with concern, moving your arms to help him get a better look at you.

but you're adamant and very dizzy still. your body jerks, tugging your arm away from his hold. you can't help but cough, you feel like throwing up as if you were too drunk. but nothing comes out thankfully. "are you okay?" he's moving to the other side where your head is facing away from him. he carefully kneels down to face you properly to check if you were going pale. "i don't want to leave you out here if you're not okay."

you take in a breath only to cough, your body shaking. "not..." you try to speak but fail and shake your head gently to answer his question.

"is it okay if i carry you? i'll take care of you." his stomach is growling but he's too focused on you to care. you swallow your choking feeling back and nod softly. beel is more than extremely careful while he guides your arms to wrap around his neck. he doesn't make any sudden movements to worsen your dizziness. "have you been taking care of yourself?" his voice is softer than usual, laced with concern and curiosity. he hasn't been in devildom for long so he's just as lost as you are on demons and how they deal with illnesses.

you don't answer, head still spinning as you rest your head on his shoulder. your silence speaks volumes to him. he doesn't say anything. you eventually reach the shared bedroom of beel and belphie. it felt like forever to get there with how the world felt like it was spinning faster to you. everything felt too fast yet too slow.

"i'm sorry i can't do much." he frowned. he placed you down on the bed, covering you with a blanket. "but i will help you if you need it. i like you when you're caring for yourself and happy, mc." your heart warms at beel's whisper of a declaration.

no matter the timeline, beel seems to care for you all the same.

"thank you."

[melverie]

⸺ LESSON 10 ⸺

Solomon

Lucifer

Solomon & "Nightbringer"

MC's magic

strange feelings & soup

the 'MC is human' situation

records of a banshee

misc

- lesson 9 || lesson 11 || all posts so far -

I'm going to reveal my crack theory on Nightbringer's identity soon since the brainrot is getting out of hand, but then again, it shouldn't be hard to guess based on the points I bring up for this lesson :) I'm still preparing a sideblog for that tho, so it might take a bit Also if someone wants to get tagged for these recaps, do let me know! General spoiler warning for all of Obey Me Nightbringer, as well as for the original Obey Me

⸺ SOLOMON ⸺

Solomon suddenly shows up at HoL uninvited and claims he and Simeon have plans for drinking tea together. Simeon doesn't remember ever making such plans [10-4] -> while we're not told what they are talking about, I'm guessing it has to do with 10-A -> love how he just was at Nightbringer's tea party, and now his immediate response when asked why he's here is just "......Simeon and I are having a tea party" lol

by the time Solomon arrived at HoL, Satan was already outside, yet he didn't realize Solomon came over [10-18] -> while you can argue that Satan was just so caught up in watching the cat, he does notice MC coming over, the brothers leaving to the Demon Lord's Castle, AND this is the same demon that could later tell on that MC was standing in front of his bedroom door based on the intervall of their footsteps

⸺ LUCIFER ⸺

Belphegor talks about Lucifer trying (+ failing) to hold in his laughter [10-1]. Demon!Lucifer would never :(

Lucifer seems overly reluctant to take MC with him and Belphegor at first [10-4]. When asked why, he deflects -> he was kind of quick to entertain the idea of taking Solomon with him as the 'uninvolved third party' though

Lucifer seems surprised that Belphegor was denied entry to a shop back when they first arrived in the Devildom [10-6; pic below] -> since this treatment from the denizens was part of the reason Mammon wanted to gain the title of 'Rulers of the Underworld', you'd think that Lucifer would be aware of this kind of treatment happening in the first place...

it's raining, which reminds the brothers of the day before the Great Celestial War + according to Lucifer, it was unusally quiet [10-9]. The brothers talk about what everyone was doing that day:

Belphegor was napping in a tree and was all alone that day [10-11] Beelzebub was off in the human world to run an errand on Michael's behave [10-11] Asmodeus was taking a bath, and thinking of ways to get out of Raphael scolding him later on [lesson 10 hard mode] we don't get any comment on Satan, but he was obviously still part of Lucifer, so uh... Would have been interesting to know if he has any fragments of Lucifer's memories of that time tho Leviathan and Michael were taking a walk and talking [lesson 10 hard mode] Mammon was tasked with covering Beelzebub's gatekeeping duty, but he ended up skipping out of it [lesson 10 hard mode] and then there's Lucifer who was......somewhere. The game doesn't tell us what he was up to, but instead points out that no one knows where he was [lesson 10 hard mode; pic below]

Lucifer hogging the family braincell as usual and immediately realizes that, yep, MC has the Ring of Light [10-16] -> btw kind of unrelated but I do find it funny that out of all the characters to (originally) head to the Demon Lord's Castle to free Beel, it was MC and Luci & Belphie. You know. The only two brothers that wanted to attack MC once they found out that they are a human. Imagine what would have happened if Mammon, Levi and Asmo hadn't shown up lol

⸺ SOLOMON & "NIGHTBRINGER" ⸺

[hi, this is probably the only time I'm bringing the Japanese version into this recap simply because I already translated this specific scene here]

illusion!Diavolo and illusion!Simeon pressure Solomon into choosing either demons or angels. Solomon chooses the secret third option :) [10-A] -> since this illusion was most likely created by Nightbringer, we can assume that he wants Solomon to either choose his side (whichever that may be), OR to simply abandon humanity altogether -> a little later on Solomon implies that Nightbringer should know by now that Solomon won't ever waver on his convictions -> Nightbringer knows Solomon well enough to know that threatening MC's safety might get him to change his mind. Solomon does stop smiling at this threat, so he does seem to take the threat seriously

during the illusion tea party, Solomon says that he just wants to be free, and that that's part of his agreement with "him" [10-A] -> while we don't know for certain, I'm guessing his agreement is with Nightbringer since it would make sense narrative-wise

Solomon also tells Nightbrignger that he sounds like a demon [10-A] -> sounds like something you'd either say to someone who isn't a demon, or someone who only recently became a demon

Nightbringer says that Solomon is acting more like a demon than he is because of his arrogance [10-A] -> Solomon then says that it is inevitable that he behaves like a demon since Nightbringer made him to the person he is today

Two fun facts about the Japanese version! 1. Nightbringer uses 「傲慢」 for 'arrogant', which also happens to be the word used in the game for the deadly sin 'pride' 2. instead of saying "you're the one who made me who I am today", Solomon says that Nightbringer is the one who reduced him to what he is now

when Solomon calls Nightbringer......'Nightbringer' (lol), he actually puts his name in quotation marks in the Japanese version [10-A; pic below]. Makes you wonder if he actually is the historic Nightbringer we learn a little of later on, or if it's just someone using that name...

「」 are the Japanese quotation marks

⸺ MC'S MAGIC ⸺

MC one again absorbs the brother's magic in order to calm down Beelzebub [10-16]

⸺ STRANGE FEELINGS & SOUP ⸺

beast mode Beelzebub is heading to the colosseum, and Lucifer points out that it was build on the exact spot the brothers first landed in the Devildom [10-13]. That was a year ago. Why is it built already??

Leviathan points out that the Great Celestial War feels like a really long time ago [lesson 10 hard mode]

⸺ THE 'MC IS HUMAN' SITUATION ⸺

[hey, we finally reached the reason I wanted to make this its own category, whuu!]

so here's the thing:

1. back in lesson 8, Diavolo said that while he is now fairly confident that MC is indeed a human, he still can't be 100% sure because there is "something else" within MC [8-1; first pic below] 2. back in OG season 3, fairy illusion!Lucifer asks MC what they are. If MC answers that they are an angel, illusion!Lucifer says this that he knows when he is in the presence of an angel, but also admits that there is something else within them and that he can't say so for certain [OG 52-5; second pic below]

THE REASON I'M BRINGING ALL THIS UP is because now in lesson 10, Lucifer once again mentions being able to tell when he's in the presence of an angel. This time, however, he indirectly claims that he can tell that MC isn't one [10-16; third pic below]

⸺ RECORDS OF A BANSHEE ⸺

Beelzebub managed to escape from his prison cell and we learn about the state he is in [10-9; pic below]. Once again, it seems like too big a reaction for just hearing the word 'banshee'

we also learn that Beelzebub's rampage started right after the brothers left earlier [10-9; pic below]

Barbatos actually blames the brothers for Beelzebub's escape [10-9] and I am inclinded to believe him because:

1. Solomon was (supposedly) with him earlier, meaning Barbatos would have known had Solomon tried to pull something. And yet he is blaming the brothers 2. while Solomon could have just been sneaky & teleported away right after putting some kind of spell/curse on Beelzebub, the other characters mentioned last lesson that Beelzebub was already acting beside himself during the dinner party, meaning it must have been someone who was also at the dinner party. From what we know, Solomon was with MC at the time 3. while it could have been both Solomon AND Barbatos, I seriously doubt that Barbatos was involved in this situation in any way. Diavolo is already in a lot of distress because of suddenly having to govern the Devildom, MC's situation, Lucifer's comment last lesson and so. much. more. The Beel situation right now just causes Diavolo even more stress, and doing something like that just feels COMPLETELY out of character for Barbatos 4. speaking of seeming out of character, it's not like Barbatos to just baselessly accuse others like that, meaning he probably had a solid reason to blame the brothers 5. I am reaching with this one, but I like the idea lol--Diavolo still has the ability to tell lie from truth, and while Belphegor vehemently denies having played any part in Beelzebub's escape, Lucifer never outright says so

they suddenly start arguing that Beelzebub is acting like this because he's hungry [10-13] -> thing is, we later learn that he's lacking his "demonic disposition" and that the hunger he feels is all No. 6's doing. So unless No. 6 suddenly decided to go all in that can't be true

⸺ MISC ⸺

Belphegor tells MC a little more about Lilith + we get Michael lore (he looks like a jellyfish :] ) [10-1]

Belphegor also tells us that the Celestial Realm forbids angels from intervering with a human's life [10-1]

Belphegor's line from the website [10-1; pic below]

the sibling bickering <3 [10-6; pic below]

Simeon reassures Satan that they will one day be known as "the seven brothers" [10-18]

[diavolo-is-babygirl]

Obey Me/Diavolo x MC Headcanons:

So, because I’m a nerd that literally uses the Obey Me series as stress relief, I have two verses for my MCs. One taking place in the original Obey Me game, the other taking place in Nightbringer. The original lore is as follows:

Led by the three devoted Exalts, Diavolo’s human exchange students, collectively known as the Astrals, protect the mystical realm of the Devildom. Their mission: safeguard Lord Diavolo from the resurgence of ancient, unspeakably evil demons threatening to plunge their world into chaos.

United by unbreakable bonds of love and friendship, the Astrals harness their celestial powers and newfound strengths to confront adversaries of unimaginable malevolence. As they embark on daring quests and face perilous challenges, their resolve is tested like never before.

Throughout heart-pounding battles between light and darkness, the Astrals discover that their greatest power lies not only in their individual abilities but in their unwavering unity. With each triumph and sacrifice, they forge a legacy that transcends their roles as protectors—it becomes a testament to the enduring strength of loyalty, courage, and the bonds that bind them together.

Exhilarating adventures abound where every twist and turn unveils new mysteries, every battle brings them closer to their destiny, and every moment solidifies their place as guardians against the forces that threaten to devour the Devildom.

The Nightbringer lore is as follows:

In an exhilarating sequel to their epic adventures, the Astrals are unexpectedly thrust into the depths of the Devildom's past by Solomon himself. Unexpectedly recruited by the enigmatic sorcerer, they are tasked with a monumental mission: protect the Devildom and Lord Diavolo from the malevolent schemes of Nightbringer, an ancient force of tremendous evil.

Stranded in a time where the demons’ memories are wiped clean, the Astrals must navigate a world where their true identities are concealed beneath demon disguises. Nightbringer, relentless in his quest to unravel the bonds that once united them—especially the sacred bonds of the Exalts—is a formidable adversary unlike any they've faced before.

For the three Exalts, this challenge is not only daunting but critical. They must swiftly reconstruct their intimate connections with Lord Diavolo, for without these bonds, the Prince and the Devildom itself is doomed to fade into oblivion. As they unravel the mysteries of the past and confront Nightbringer's insidious plots, the Astrals discover that their journey is not just about protecting a realm—it's about reclaiming their forgotten past, rekindling lost friendships, and forging new alliances in the face of unimaginable darkness.

Amidst perilous quests and heart-stopping battles, the Astrals must defy fate itself to rewrite history and safeguard the future. In this riveting saga of courage, sacrifice, and rediscovered loyalty, they must find strength in each other to thwart Nightbringer's malevolent designs and preserve the very essence of their world.

So yeah. That’s exactly what goes on in my head throughout the day, while I’m at work, while I’m in the hotel room I live in with Mom, while I play Nightbringer and whenever I watch anything Obey Me related on YouTube.

And yes: Diavolo is front and center in all of this mess. Not the brothers. Because Diavolo is Babygirl.

- Courtney

@kingofspadesdelusion