#Volo (derogatory)

[wizzard890]

Bastian and Volo - The Antichrist and his Hound

There once was a boy who served in a castle. The noble family who lived there paid him no mind.

One day, like a blow through the heart, that boy saw God.

Something bright. Something terrible. Something holy, greater than every blazing star: Bastian, second issue of the Duke of Burgundy, seething and ambitious and wrathful.

Souls depart the body through the eyes; the boy never looked away.

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Bastian was eighteen when he noticed Volo: the young son of a stablehand who had taught himself to read, to carry, to serve. Desperately ready to file himself into a cold and razored sword for Bastian's hand, if only that hand would close like a collar around his neck.

And so, in time, Bastian seized him.

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It is your turn to see them now, years on, as the storm gathers.

Ecce homo: A Conqueror on a pale horse, his banners flying behind him, with a hunger for heaven on his lips and a burning crown on his head. But that which truly bears his glory runs at his heel.

Ecce canis: A chaste and brutal Galahad, rimed with frost, leading the legions of his Lord to any end, any dictate, as long as he is granted the final honor of slitting his own throat on Bastian's altar.

They are linked by a silver chain. God to slave, king to knight, love to worship. Even death cannot break it.

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There once was a dog who served his master. The dragon who holds his leash will never let it go.

[refrigeratedboombursts]

Both Kamado and Volo suck, the difference is that Volo gets sent to gay baby jail and Kamado to “you remind me too much of my shitty dad for me to actually look at your actions from a justified pov” jail.

[bg3smash-or-pass]

[goldensunset]

hashtag girl between the two of us I think you've got the arguably more understandable gen 4-adjacent pokemon crush. When I was younger I thought Roark was really cute. Roark as in the first gym leader in sinnoh who is there for about 5 minutes. I thought his little "vs" sprite was cute and it's embarrassing bc I do still kinda think that. At least Volo is story relevant y'know

no you know what? screw that. roark IS cute

also- a crush on volo? no no no. i want to accidentally back into him with my car at a gentle 10mph in a walgreens parking lot after we fought for the last bottle of hand lotion inside. i need to launch him into orbit. because i love him so much. you understand?

[aservantnamedketchup]

congrats to Volo enjoyers but all I can think about is how much I hated him lol

[justlarkin]

Honestly, there's so much going on with Perun that even pinpointing what his deal sounds exhausting. These are my incoherent thoughts.

Mind: With the way they explain that Perun's sacred artifact causes his own mind to be warped and lost during each use until he loses his former self, I definitely feel like there was more to Perun and Veles' history that he doesn't remember. Perun changed, most likely for the worst, from abusing his sacred artifact. I'm pretty sure Volkh did say that Perun wasn't always like this when he was defending his reasoning for staying by Perun, after all.

Loneliness: Volkh described Perun's life back in Kitezh as lonely since everyone else was intimidated by him and his position. Veles is the exception to this since he obviously has no issues with opposing and insulting Perun.

Veles: From what Perun can recall and from what we have seen, Perun has thought highly of Veles for a long time, if not always. Ignoring his usual arrogant speech quirks, Perun has only spoken positively of Veles. Even when the rest of the world was calling him a Devil, something Volos viewed as derogatory, Perun never did. It's always just "the poet" with him. Not just "the poet" though, he's Perun's "favored or beloved poet", who he admires deeply.

Volos: Perun randomly attacking Volos and them seemingly having a mutual hatred only for it to be dropped when they get to Tokyo and Volos attending the school owned by the guy he views as his brother's killer is very odd and I suspect mind shenanigans.

Dream: Then there's the dream where he, or whoever's memory it belongs to, sees Veles heading somewhere in the snow storm and tries asking him where he's going.

1. If it's not Perun's memory, then I couldn't possibly imagine it being anyone else but Volos' since he was the only other person known to be close to Veles. If Volos' memories are mixed within his own, it would explain Perun's feelings towards Veles, even if they were actually enemies, since Volos loved and respected his brother. Though I don't like the implications of Perun doing that to Volos.

2. If it was Perun's memory, what was he even doing? He seemed so annoyed when he demanded to know where Veles was going? Did he follow him out there into the snow storm or was he looking for him? It's only a snippet of a memory, but it was like he was trying to stop Veles from leaving. At least that's what I think right now.

Perun Didn't Kill Veles: Veles wasn't hunted down and murdered by Perun or anything like that. They had made an oath and Veles broke that oath. He already knew the consequences of doing so and did it anyway. Perun was not responsible for what happened. It was Veles' decision.

Furthermore, Veles is known for punishing those who break oaths and considering the power of Veles' words, the oath was most likely made with his own sacred artifact, meaning that Veles quite possibly actually killed himself.

Farewells: Perun doesn't seem comfortable with the idea of having to say goodbye to someone forever. It's why Veles' death disturbs him and it's why knowing that the one he views as that poet is still somewhere he can reach makes him happy. He doesn't do farewells.

Current Theory: Perun was very lonely since everyone was intimidated by him and avoided him due to his position, so he developed a habit of messing with everyone's minds to keep them around and even going as far as trapping them once they perish, so they can't leave him. Veles was the exception to this though as he was brave enough to stand up to Perun and this either began a friendship or just a one-sided one on Perun's end. Though, I don't only think it was that. Perun loves Veles' poetry and it's important to remember that Veles' words, his poetry, are his sacred artifact and it causes division and separation. Perun's mind is such a muddled mess after being mixed with so many other people and he acknowledges it as a bad thing. But maybe listening to Veles' poetry could undo what he did to himself and bring him a moment of clarity and peace. It's a nice thought to me.

This part is only a guess on what possibly could've caused Perun to attack Volos. I don't know if Perun is a jealous person, but he does seem rather attached to Veles and has a fixation on being No#1, so maybe he reacted poorly when Veles would leave him to spend time with Volos instead and he realized Volos was more important than him to Veles. I feel like that would explain why Perun was harassing Volos, but seemed to randomly drop it and gives motivation for Perun possibly using his sacred artifact on him. After all, Brother does outrank Friend on the familiarity meter and being Veles' brother is what Volos suspiciously never mentions. If Perun took that away from him, he and Volos would be even, at least in some bizarre logic. Veles obviously defended Volos from him Perun and their relationship became more antagonistic from there.

Veles probably recognized that Perun was not only hurting everyone else by refusing to accept separating from them, but also himself since he accumulates wear and tear on his own being every time he uses his millstone. So he tried singing about farewells and separation to hopefully breakthrough to Perun with his poetry, but it only angered Perun at that point. And as a last resort, Veles made that oath and violated it, knowing he would die, so he can prove his point to Perun and make him realize that he needed to accept letting go and saying goodbye. He also could've wanted to traumatize Perun by killing himself. That is a very Veles thing to do.

[nooradeservedbetter]

Sanremo Omegaverse raga scusatemi

Alessandra Sanremoso - omega nulla da fare

Alfa - omega raga non potete dire nulla.

Angelina Mango - alfa

Annalisa - alfa ti prEGO PER FAVORE

Big Mama - omega

Bnkr44 - raga non lo so mi ricordano me al liceo sono una banda un po' strana

Clara - beta nn so rick....

Dargen D'Amico - beta

Diodato - omega

Emma - alfa

Fiorella Mannoia - alfa

Fred de Palma - beta che fa finta di essere alfa

Gazzelle - omega

Geolier - alfa

Ghali - alfa

Il Tre - super omega inutile dirlo

Il Volo - tre alfa (derogatory) della peggior specie

Irama - omega ma la sua fanbase non ci crede

La Sad - i due ultratrentenni sono alfa, il diciannovenne invece è omega e la situazione ha del creepy

Loredana Bertè - alfa regina buh non so

Mahmood - omega

Maninni - super omega

Mr. Rain - omega

Negramaro - gli altri non so ma sangiorgi ha troppo ego per poter essere qualcosa di diverso da alfa

Renga Nek - nek é l'omega della coppia

Ricchi e Poveri - entrambi beta

Rose Villain - alfa raga ma l'avete vista

Sangiovanni - omega finché non arriva la twink death

Santi Francesi - uno alfa l'altro omega a voi la scelta di quale

The Kolors - non lo so raga troppo etero

BONUS:

Amadeus - omega che non vorrebbe esserlo

Fiorello - alfa

Marco Mengoni - alfa

Giorgia - beta che viva la sua vita perfettamente

Scusate raga.

[novemberhope]

Malea x Volo 22

This ask

Awww, a pokemon ask! Those are rare, thank you!

Is there any dirty talk? If so, how dirty? What about pet names and/or derogatory names?

There definitely is. More from Volo, who doesn't shy away from derogatory names in the heat of the moment, but Malea can give as good as she gets, so they're pretty even. Although, I'd say it's more him than her with the names, but the dirty talk in general, yeah, she's there for it.

[volostogekiss]

Those translators really made Volo call us puny.

And for WHAT??

(He's more rude to GIRATINA than the player character! He uses the -san honorific for us, but the very derogatory "omae" for Giratina.)

i've only taken a few Japanese classes to supplement some years of self-study, speaking to a couple of Japanese people, and my short time in Japan, so this is more of my speculating and attempt at explaining based on that (since i'm not fluent and DO NOT have extensive Japanese knowledge). this got kinda long, but i ended up having more to say than i thought, so thank you for reading all the way to the end if you do haha

i think it's pretty normal for Volo to use "-san" for the player. after all, he's a merchant, and it's standard for a salesperson to use "-san" for customers to be polite. probably this is the main reason he uses it.

i've also heard "-san" used commonly across many situations (and as a safe honorific if you don't know how to address someone else yet), even among friends of similar age. it's kinda rude if you don't use it with someone's last name, and you don't really use ONLY someone's first name without "-san" unless they're family or very close to you (though i have experienced Japanese people using only my first name, as a foreigner, which i think is an exception to this). (this is also unless they've specified the way you should address them.)

this is probably just a game thing too, but Volo uses [first name] + "-san" as an exception to this because the player doesn't have a last name.

he's also maintaining his guise as being a merchant, so i think it'd be stranger if Volo didn't use "-san" because he isn't really on that level of closeness with the player to drop it anyway.

however, this whole thing is a bit hard to contextualize because it isn't a realistic situation; in real life, he probably wouldn't speak to a child like this, or even use "-san" at all.

as for "omae," it's a bit difficult to try and explain because i don't think it has a one-to-one translation in English, even though it'd be close to the word "you." it does carry a "rougher" context to it, so it could be considered rude in some situations, but it can also be used between people of equal status, besides when just speaking to someone of lower status. uhh and from actually speaking Japanese, it's pretty uncommon to use a "pronoun" word like "omae" anyway, since people typically just use one another's names instead. it could come off as rude not to use their name in place of a "pronoun" word once you know it. so i think Japanese in media like games and anime is a lot different than daily Japanese, too.

though it kinda makes sense Volo would use "omae" for Giratina. i can only unfortunately look to the English dialogue after you beat them as a reference here, but my interpretation of how Volo sees Giratina is that he believes HE was the one who gave it the opportunity to usurp Arceus. (he does state he was the one who gave it its power and the chance to do so.) so he'd use "omae" to speak to Giratina, as he considers himself the one with the higher status in their relationship. i also wouldn't expect Volo to be polite to Giratina because he's a Pokémon Wielder (ポケモンつかい, Pokemon tsukai, literally "Pokémon user" or "someone who uses Pokémon"), and Giratina is no different to him in that regard.

BUT! there is A LOT of nuance in Japanese that's untranslatable to English, and i think part of their honorific system is one of those things. so i apologize for any mistakes (pls correct me if anyone else who knows more has some input), as i don't think i'm well-versed enough in Japanese to give a lot of accurately detailed input. :U

[forjustice]

Cynthia is overall a much more stable person than Volo. She inherited all of what was good about her father without also having many of his glaring weaknesses. But one can't deny the fact that she also graduated the Volo School of Ruining People as its valedictorian--so there are many ways in which she can be a mini Volo (derogatory) rather than a mini Volo (affectionate). She has some of his pettiness and temper, and she knows how to whip up a mean hex. She definitely took notes from him on how to verbally hurt people in all the ways he knows how--whether it's snide insults disguised as compliments, insults so subtle that they're undetectable to the untrained ear (but all too recognizable to those in the upper class, which Volo is no longer a part of but in which he was raised), or full-on verbal evisceration. She uses all of his techniques in gathering evidence on people, so that on the occasions she points a finger at someone--whether to her League or to the public square--she can come with the most damning possible receipts. And he also 1000000000% taught her how to play the long game in bringing down people who deserve to be knocked off their pedestals, often in ways that completely upend their lives and that they can't come back from. The difference between her and Volo is, she's a lot more selective on when to use the weapons he armed her with.

Let me tell you, though. When this lady wants to go to town on making sure someone truly heinous (abuser, rapist, colonizer, etc.) gets figuratively wiped off the face of the planet--trust me, either they'll never be the same as they were before or you'll never hear from them in the public sphere again. She loves to do spells that make people around a rotten apple see the truth about them, driving away their friends and even their Pokémon. She can psychologically break someone down, turning powerful evildoers into weak, slobbering messes who can no longer even put on a pretense of strength. She knows how to get inside corrupt leaders' heads and make them feel hopeless and disempowered just like how they made their victims in broader society feel with their actions. And she can put a huge dent in peoples' careers by cutting them off from countless opportunities. Her reputation is as solid and near-unimpeachable as Beyoncé's or Dolly Parton's are IRL; when other famous people hear her tell them not to work with a certain person and get her receipts, they believe her. Overall, she specializes in making people see the damage they caused and making the consequences of their actions crash down around them--and then also making them realize that it's too late for them to change the path their actions brought them down.

She hasn't often gone nuclear on people this way, but in every case she's targeted some of the worst people in the celebrity scene. And that's in part because when she does decide to go after someone that way, she wants to make sure that the broader public would think they deserve it.

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

i should be able to customize the eye Volo gives me instead of being assigned blue eye (derogatory). Also I wish it didn't look perfectly like an organic eye. Give me something cool.

[sapphiclyonne]

absolutely obsessed with my best friend inviting me over just to go to a drag show (yes THAT taiwan pride one which fuck me i wanna go). only problem is he keeps forgetting he lives in taiwan and i'm still stuck in italy like babes we haven't been neighbours for what, about 10 years now? and i'm supposed to be the dumb one?? i can't with men, they're truly something else (derogatory).

e comunque amo se mi vuoi pagare il biglietto a/r io quelle 17 ore di volo d'andata e 17 di ritorno me le faccio anche.

[mango-fizz]

volo 🫠 (derogatory)

[matoya]

i’m a volo liker (derogatory)

[oceandiagonale]

gonna be fr i am Not a fan of volo but the way hes portrayed in your gene comics makes me go YAHOOO VOLO i saw some of the alola ones when they were made and i forgot how Good they are

THANK YOU 🥺🥺🥺

to be fair, I also didn't expect to like volo so much but unfortunately I have a big weakness for characters with Bastard Energy (affectionate) so he's ended up like this 😭💕

[thegreatyin]

getting revenge on cynthia for beating me so many times with her stupid op team by marrying into her family