#Vergiliaux

[vergiliaux]

Smug Elezen

https://ko-fi.com/vergiliaux

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but zen tho

FORBIDDEN RESPONSE VERGIL WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS U NERD

[sage-nebula]

vergiliaux replied to your post: Saeyoung and Vanderwood are quite clearly...

“Vanderwood cares more about Saeyoung than some members of RFA” <- Definitely something worth thinking about. I need to get my facts straight, and I hope I’m wording this correctly, but it sometimes feels like Saeyoung’s barely tolerated in the RFA, even with Yoosung if we were to put V and Rika aside for now. But w/e, I’m hyped for the next posts. :O

Oh, I 100% agree. I’ve talked about this in a couple posts (for the second link, feel free to CTRL+F to “the RFA does not appreciate Saeyoung” to get to the relevant bit), but the RFA . . . well, doesn’t appreciate Saeyoung nearly to the extent that he deserves, and yes, it often feels like they’re just barely tolerating him (and, in some cases, are only tolerating him because V says they have to). And yes, I’m including Yoosung in this, wholesale, no exceptions.

I’m not saying that the RFA doesn’t care about Saeyoung at all, because it’s pretty clear that, when things are truly dire (and it’s his route), they’re going to show some concern over him. They’re not heartless, after all; they have basic human empathy, even if some of them often try to repress this aspect of themselves because they feel they’re better off doing so (looking at you, Jumin). However, it’s also very obvious that Saeyoung’s position within the RFA is “The Friend That Nobody Likes.” They tolerate him either because he’s useful, or because V says they have to, or some combination of both. Otherwise?

They show concern for him when things get very dire during his route, but otherwise tend to just react with varying degrees of annoyance over his poor eating habits and suicidal comments.

Yoosung is babied and handled with kiddie gloves by the older members of the RFA, who express grave concern when he seems to be slipping on taking care of himself even a little. By contrast, again, Saeyoung can quite clearly be falling to pieces, and everyone pretty much just acts exasperated or annoyed, despite the fact that Saeyoung is only a year older than Yoosung. (Granted, he’s also a great deal more mature than Yoosung for obvious reasons, but that’s not the point.)

Everyone in RFA, Yoosung included, consistently and constantly warns MC to ~not take Seven seriously~, and ~Seven’s just weird, don’t listen to what he says~, and ~Don’t worry about him~, and ~He’s a dangerous man, you should stay away~. Yoosung only changes his tune once Saeyoung’s route initiates, because he likes to ship people. Otherwise? I can pull receipts if needed, but he’s one of the characters who repeatedly insists to MC that Saeyoung is weird, strange, and shouldn’t be listened to or taken seriously, and (along with Jumin) expresses discomfort and surprise in Deep Route if MC refers to Saeyoung as “my Seven,” taking comfort when Jumin says it has to be a typo. Everyone in RFA finds Saeyoung strange and annoying at best, and warns MC to disregard him as well. Yoosung is no different in this respect.

Building on the above, actually, and bringing V and Rika into it---Yoosung makes it pretty clear that he’s willing to throw Saeyoung under the bus if it means siding with Rika / siding against V. In Saeyoung’s Route, when Saeyoung tries to cut ties, Yoosung gets to a point where he’s willing to accept this, if and only if Saeyoung will say that he’s doing so because of V. In other words, “If you want to never speak to me again, fine, just let me use this to justify my hatred of V.” Then, when the two make up, Yoosung seems happy . . . but he demands to know if Saeyoung is going to forgive V as well, making it sound as if he’s going to start throwing a hissy fit / tantrum if Saeyoung says yes. In other words, once again, it’s not his own friendship with Saeyoung that he’s concerned about, it’s about having an ally against V. Meanwhile in Another Story, there are multiple points where Saeyoung says that Rika seems to have turned against them, that V is suffering, and that they need to take care of V / wait to hear his side of things / continue trusting him. Yoosung pretty clearly states that Saeyoung can side with whoever he wants, but he (Yoosung) is siding with Rika, i.e., if Saeyoung wants to take V’s side, then Yoosung will see him as just as much of an enemy. So really, acting as if Yoosung cares about Saeyoung more than the rest of the RFA is . . . really not accurate, tbh. Sure, they get along sometimes, but it’s clear that there’s also a lot of distance between them (Yoosung claims he understands Saeyoung in Saeyoung’s Route, but not only is he proven wrong, but he was also only saying that as an excuse to go to Mint Eye so that he could stop doing chores with his mother), and that Yoosung mostly likes Saeyoung insofar as what Saeyoung can do for him, quite like the rest of RFA.

Oh, and Yoosung usually joins Zen in expressing disgust over Saeyoung’s crossdressing photos, so. There’s that, too.

It takes until Another Story (which is an AU) for someone in the RFA to recognize that Saeyoung has depression, and even then, no one follows up with it. Considering the fact that RFA is grieving someone who supposedly committed suicide, you would think that they would be on the lookout for another one of their members expressing depressive, suicidal tendencies (as Saeyoung often does). Yet they’re . . . not. They don’t care. Or at the very least, they don’t care when it’s Saeyoung until he says he’s leaving RFA. Then they care, and feel bad, because again, they’re not heartless . . . but they’re also losing someone who brings a lot to the table, skill-wise, so. It’s kind of hard to feel sympathy for how badly they feel when they’ve taken Saeyoung for granted this entire time, and never really shown much care or concern for him as a person.

In Secret Ending 2, it’s mentioned that Vanderwood visited Saeyoung a lot when he was in the hospital. Jumin is doing what he can for the Choi twins, and Jaehee both visits and agrees to stay with Saeyoung when Saeyoung confides to her that he can’t be alone right then (and she also calls Jumin on his request, and takes it upon herself to call Vanderwood, since she seems to have realized how close Saeyoung and Vanderwood actually are). Zen and Yoosung, meanwhile? Yoosung has been glued to Rika’s side since, again, he doesn’t really care about anyone else nearly as much. And Zen is too busy focusing on helping Yoosung help Rika avoid justice for her crimes, so. Jaehee and Jumin get a bit better with how they treat Saeyoung in the Secret Endings, but Zen and Yoosung? Mmmh, not as much.

I’m not wording this as well as I could (I did a better job in the other posts), but yeah, the RFA really takes Saeyoung for granted, and seems to just be tolerating him most of the time. They don’t get his humor, they act like he’s a dangerous, untoward, unsavory person, they warn a complete stranger and brand new member not to take him seriously or listen to him, and so on and so forth. I’m not saying they hate him, because again, when things get really bad (and it’s his route) they clearly do care enough to try and help, but they show very little interest or care for him most of the time, despite all that he does (and would do) for them. They’re always quick to assume the worst about him (like when he made that Tripter bot to help Zen’s career; there were multiple instances of Zen and Yoosung both worrying if they were good photos, Yoosung wondering if it was a breach of privacy, and I think Jaehee even being concerned about it, as if Saeyoung would do anything to hurt Zen’s career after he helped jumpstart it in the first place), and complain about him very often. He’s usually treated as a nuisance until they need something, and that . . . well. It’s not right, and in all honesty, Saeyoung deserves better.

[promiscuous-jalapeno]

vergiliaux replied to your photo: ☼Jihyun Kim/V☼  │ Mystic Messenger  _____ I...

THIS TURNED OUT RLY GOOD

STAHP IM GUNNA CRY LOLOL THANK YOU 

[jihyunkm]

@vergiliaux replied to your post “it’s lowkey hilarious how we all gotta be like “(possibly) V!!!!!!!!!”...”

IT'S POSSIBLY HIS HAIRSTYLE... POSSIBLY HIS EYE SHAPE... POSSIBLY HIS ROOM IN THE BG

JKDFG BASICALLY! i didn’t even notice the background i’m.....it does look like his house ho my god f*ck me up

[tiergan-vashir]

Yeah, I'll get on this bandwagon, too. I'm glad I got to meet you on here, at the Fanfest, and on Balmung. Your blog is awesome, you've been one of my art senpais, I value your opinions, and I could list more but y'know. :v ♥

;_____________________________________________;I was SUPER PUMPED to have seen you at Fanfest even if it was brief.  I also have STRONG FEELINGS at being considered an art senpai, because seeing your art on my dash so regularly helps keep me inspired to keep drawing instead of getting a lazy butt now that I’ve switched to code-monkeying for a living.I used to talk a lot before about how the FFXIV artist community really is what helped revive my art spark and helped me remember how to draw for fun again instead of only for work - and I still feel that way today. You all are what helped me remember how important it is to love art and enjoy it instead of just becoming an art-producing machine.

[lunarreverb]

*KICKS DOWN THE DOOR*

You guys!!!!!!!!

...    ....  look at this cute lil’ Yoosung

This world now has this cute lil’ Yoosung in it because @vergiliaux drew him and everything is brighter and better

-except for the door I kicked down at the beginning of this exposition, that door is a ruin; sorry

[mythicalmessenger]

🍉🍓🍦🎀

I wanna talk to you more, I wanna get to know you better, your blog is great, you make me smile

w  h   AT HI 😱

idk if you know that,,, you’re one of my favorite artists?? what have I ever done to deserve this?? ? thank you!?!? 🙈🙈🙈

[s-fellows-art]

collab i did with @vergiliaux they sketched/outlined it and cleaned it up and i colored. GO support them they are a wonderful and kind person and i think meme lord .

this was super fun to do i hope we can work together again 💜

[elvendara]

MY COMMISSIONS FROM @vergiliaux DONE!!! OMG I LOVE THEM SO MUCH! THANK YOU VERG! YOU ARE AMAZING! SO CUTE SO FREAKIN CUTE I JUST CAN’T I’M SO DEAD RIGHT NOW!

[vergiliaux]

My summer classes are done, so here's some practice concept work.

Please look at this very good long boi.

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I ship you with... Vergiliaux... *teehee*

@vergiliaux *slips into Seven sweatshirt and waggles eyebrows dramatically*

[phoenixsavant]

Mystic Messenger Creator Masterlist

This is a work in progress!  Please feel free to shoot me a message or just comment if you want to be added.  If you want YOUR favorite creator added, have them message me.  All I need to know is if it’s NSFW or not, and which category to drop the link in! 

Also, if anyone is here and does NOT want to be, just let me know, I’ll pull you off the list.

For everyone else, enjoy and share ethically, and .... tell these creators how much you love them! 

Note: I didn't think my idea for a masterlist was unique, but I was tickled to find SO MANY other lists!  Also, if you recommend someone and they’re not here, I couldn’t link to them.  Feel free to repost the list and add your favs in your reblog! :)

Not sure who is an artist or a writer on this list, but it's MM!  *thanks to @anyway-i-love-vanderwood for the effort on it!

WRITERS

@moonfireflight

@reifromrfa

@yoosungiib

@miss-helen-choi

@spacechip707

@star-princess8

@mimis-mm

@juminssi

@juminsmcmysticmessenger

@fantasyimmortal

@saeran-is-my-mystic-mess

(And since I have now been told to do this three times... masterlist of my own writing )

ARTISTS

(Another Masterlist of artists I found while going through the responses! Thanks to @yooshixlucy for taking the time to compile this!)  

@plinti

@agiaputri

@charlottemansion

@megalparfait

@zetina

@ningyosan

@badegg-mm

@artfreakization

@7ong0stacy7

@syraens-art

@hydenseek17

@rougeheichou

@thwippersnapple

@pupsung

@iniara

@ryuuthewolf

@vergiliaux

@slavetothemocha

ART AND WRITING!

@seraphsword-seraphs (AO3 Intern_Seraph)

@chibinekochan (Also has a great masterlist!)

[juminzenfanbook]

DIGITAL VERSION: Unofficial JuminZen Route: Immortal Song (2017) - due to requests, we have released the PDF file for the fanbook! Some features of the PDF file:

The choices at each branch are clickable on computer using Adobe PDF!

We tested the file on mobile and it still reads well in terms of text size, but the choices links won’t work. If this is the case, we recommend using the page numbers for the choices referenced and skip to the specific page (same as print version of the book).

Unfortunately, we didn’t have the time or resources ($$) to completely rework the file into a eBook format, as a result, there will be no cover included (but you are welcome to right click and save the cover we uploaded onto Payhip).

Links to the stores will be displayed in a reblog of this post, because tumblr likes to break posts with external links :)))

More details below the cut:

The Team (official list/credit available in the book):

Authors: @misericordemika @mariamagica

Cover Artist: @zhowee14(deviantart)

Cover Designer / Typesetter: @grays2oh(twitter)

Guest Artists: (by order of art in book)

@pxnicmoon

@mikkun19(deviantart)

@tinyqueenart

@oortcloud-art

@fujofi(twitter)

@nalciel

@kurokeis(twitter)/ @kandismon

@vergiliaux

@ilikeaoiokay

@jumin-love

@cheebsrtd

@biotiful-art  

@honeyflys  

@bambz-art  

@hini-parlous(deviantart)/ @hiniparlousblog

!!!!Disclaimer!!!!: This is a non-profit fan work of Cheritz’s Mystic Messenger following their fan merchandise policy. Proceeds after covering expenses will be donated to specified charities and the receipts published.

Thanks team! People from 10+ countries came together to make this possible! We love you all~ <3

Please feel free to drop a message @juminzenfanbook if you have further questions!

[pastlechips]

~CHIP’S ART JOURNEY~       (11 months apart)

MARCH 2017 LEFT (ZEN) - FEBRUARY 2018 RIGHT (SAERAN)

Most people did this at the end or start of the year but I thought I’d share my art progress with you all. It’s been up and down, me getting frustrated. Taking a week or two off but determination, great friends and advice from others in the art community really helps. I’ve had a lot of personal obstacles in my personal life to over come in the past year but art has been a wonderful outlet. After I left college, I stopped doing art consistently for about 2 years so jumping back on the wagon was really daunting. The lack of practice really showed but when you set your mind to something you love, with consistent practice and study the improvement really shows. It’s rarely ever noticeable in the beginning but you shouldn’t let that stop you, not if it’s something you’re passionate about. I try and make it a habit to put aside a mere 30 minutes a day at least even if I’m busy, no matter how crude the doodle just to keep the ball rolling and it really helps. However if you need a break, time off completely or you feel run down; please look after yourself. Your health always comes first and never feel bad for looking after number one. Art will always be there if or when you want to come back. I want to give out some personal thanks to @elvendara my number 1 supporter, all the gals in the Plus Ultra Server @dragonpigeons, @lilith5th, @yoosungsbutt, @sander-sonia and @crystalsoul16 (you’re all amazing and incredibly talented and @vergiliaux for your awesome tips. Not only that but all of your that bother to glance at my art, whether it’s a like, reblog, tags or comments. They mean the world to me and all the support from my follows and others never fails to make me smile This is just the beginning of my art journey, I hope you’ll be along for the rest. I’ve just got one thing left to say....

Never give up, go PLUS ULTRA!

[yoosungshoodie]

Hello! Can you possible give us a list of who you recommend to follow for mm blogs? I'm new to the fandom and I want to explore more. I love your blog btw! And I'm sure anyone you recommend are as good as you

Welcome to the MM fandom! I really appreciate that you think so, thank you so much! Below are some blogs I’d definitely recommend to you, these range from writers to artists to graphic makers and general MM bloggers and whatnot, mostly because I usually don’t follow other MM writing blogs and I generally look at a lot of art.

@mmscum

@juminssi

@jihyunkm

@fromthedeskofelizabeththird

@vergiliaux

@xeraeus

@givevhugs

@2bedroom-baddestbidderlove

@rfa-housewife

@sussuko

@trichosirius

@vo-dcc

@mintykoi

@tarotealeaf