#aeshma

[jazzy0clock]

My silly lil boy Ichiro

[tomeofsealing]

Abandoned by humans

Strophaia discovering an abandoned once every 10,000 year genius in the rain

[dc-yaz-works]

on X

“Where’d he go…?”

After Strophaia disappeared, lil Aeshma’s voice sounded so sad I think…

didn't he cried?(that's a hallucination)

Since I was standing on Strophaia's side, I feel that this scene was filled with a sense of loss…

[xclowniex]

I know Lilith is appropriation but why isn’t the same said about King Asmodeus? Is it because the witches that work with him don’t specifically use the word King Ashmedai? Or is it just that there’s evidence to suggest he’s from an earlier Persian spirit of a similar name?

Yes and no depending on the source material. I'll go into after explaining the history.

Ashmedai is the Hebrew, the Persian is Aeshma Devas, Aeshma being the name and Devas being the word for demon.

They are similar but not the same. Even the etymology is disputed. The Jewish encyclopedia of 1906 rejects the otherwise accepted etymological relation between the Persian "Æshma-dæva" and Judaism's "Ashmodai" claiming that the particle "-dæva" could not have become "-dai" and that Æshma-dæva as such—a compound name—never appears in Persian sacred texts.

They have different stories and different meanings, but do have similarities.

Way back, the world wasn't as separated as it is today. A lot of jews lived in Persia. At the time of the talmud, the region was a melting pot of culture, each with their own stories which had aspects inspired by other cultures. This plays a part of varying degrees in most cultures development. If they directly took something from another culture, yeah that's bad, but it was moreso the idea already existed and through a mish mash of culture Ashmedai existed as we know him today in judaism

Now onto whether or not people who worship him or believe in him are doing cultural appropriation.

It depends what version of him they're using. Are they using the Jewish version? The Christian version? This Islamic version? Or are they worshipping the Persian demon?

If they're worshipping the Jewish version and are not Jewish themselves ethnically or religiously, then yeah it's cultural appropriation. With Christianity, I cannot speak on that entirely but in my own opinion if someone didn't grow up Christian or in a Majority Christian country at best it's just weird, at worst religious appropriation but that's not my call to make. Considering I'm Jewish and grew up in a majority Christian country, I do not know if it would be religious appropriation for the Islam version if a person did not grow up Muslim or majority Muslim country, so I'm not going to weigh in but do welcome any Muslims, current or former who do want to weigh in, same with any Christians on the Christian version.

With the person demon, I also do not qualify to weigh in but my gut instinct is yes it's appropriation but I also welcome any Persians to add their thought as for all I know it could be fine.

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Aeshaia Propaganda (Species Difference, Age Gap)

"It's their love for each other that kickstarts the main conflict in the show. Strophaia is this powerful being whos been around for longer than… basically everyone, except like. Satan. Ichiro is just some normal person (at first), and yet, Strophaia decides that this human is his favorite. After Ichiro accidentally hurts Strophaia, causing him to retreat to heal, he's… adopted? Kidnapped??? By Shingo, and he becomes Akuma Kun II. But Strophaia wants him back, and Ichiro misses him. It's so bad it causes Solomons Flute to crack over the years, and it's revealed the flute cracks when Ichiro loses someone he loves. They canonically love each other. Ichiro tries to shoot Strophaia with a gun, and Strophaia just giggles. He plays along, then assures Ichiro he knows he'd never try to actually kill him. And Ichiro can't bring himself to kill him. He beats him, rendering him weak enough to lose his physical form, but he doesn't kill him. He loves him too much. They're just. ourghhhhhh"

Elriccest Propaganda (Incest)

"Siblings so Codependent… Who else literally gave an arm and a leg to bind his brother's soul into a suit of armor so he didn't have to lose his only living blood relative (to their knowledge)? And Al was always willing to reciprocate to get Ed's arm and leg back. Inseparable."

[actuallycassidyiambusy]

Can we see more of your oc Aeshma? I have a carnal need 🫠

It took me years to develop this character and his lore. I first created him back in like 2013 when I started drafting Helpless. He started off as some psychotic side character in older versions of my work, but quickly became one of my favorites. He has a huge role in my series. He's so much more than an arrogant demon of chaos and war. I think Aeshma has the most depth out of all my characters. Plus, he's not bad to look at❤️‍🔥 unfortunately I don't have any of my first drawings of him, but I hope you're happy with what I do have.

Where he's from:

A Persian kingdom in the pit of wrath called Khadah. He leads a large army of vicious demons under Satan.

Some facts:

He's 7'4"

His accent is evident, but even more so when he's pissed off.

Speaks fluent Farsi and several other languages.

He pretends he isn't sentimental, but he very much is.

His blood is black.

Some of his 🚩

Extremely arrogant and cocky

Doesn't trust anyone

Pyromaniac and cannibalistic

LOVES to stir the pot and watch it boil

Thrives on chaos

Breaks spines first and asks questions later

Aggressively confrontational

Struggles with limited empathy towards humans and angels

Thinks dark chocolate tastes better than milk chocolate

Very stabby

Will hunt you for sport

Gets physically violent if you try to bring up his traumatic past

Some of his ✅

Surprisingly funny and witty. Very dry and dark sense of humor

Protective ™️ (maybe two or three people get to see this side)

Will always tell the truth no matter how blunt it is

Loves animals

Gives incredible hugs and always smells good. (When he's not covered in blood)

Wings, horns, scars and tattoos🫠and a tail🫠

Determined and intelligent

Gifted commander

Devoted and loyal to whoever he believes deserves it

He can reach the shelves you can't but he'll make you beg him

Will offer you a drink if he sees you're deeply troubled

It's easy to fluster him if you know what to say

[wubblina]

[moving-asdsf]

updated design for aeshmas demon form and some sketches of i have no place for

[harborsart]

[hiiragi-art]

[thecrocofkugane]

2022 > 2023 > 2024.

[lucifersmockingbird]

From all the deities I like offering blood to, Asmodeus is my favorite. I feel that, for him, it's like pancakes in the morning, with some ice-cream and served on his bed.

I greatly enjoy his own enjoyment. He just goes "ooh, ohhhhh, ohohoho, delightful".

And I never really ask for something in return but he usually gives me something nice like feathers, money or just something cool like a good commission.

I love the kind of bond we have. He's so fucking amazing.

[tomeofsealing]

Akuma Kun and AeStro have taken over my life. First two drawings were part of a one hour art challenge on twitter/x! Second drawing also featuring if-kun, if Aeshma was never kidnapped by Shingo and continued to live as Aeshma. Third drawing was to cheer for my circle and everyone else at Super Comic City!

[smolcrow465]

Day 19: Fable

The tale of Aeshma's Curse was passed around beast circles for hundreds of years. One that claimed to tell why cannibalism was not an option for them. One that explained why the flesh of beasts of the same blood was too disgusting to stomach.

[yarrayora]

king aquila's pokemon team

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Disclaimer: All ships (other than NozoCoco) on this bracket are FOLLOWER-SUBMITTED ships, the Mods do not always hold necessary knowledge to be aware of any errors or fanonizing what should be canon material that may arise. Disclaimer 2: The mods are aware that in-system dating (regarding 0909) is not a problematic trait, 0909 counts as a comship in manners OTHER than this. Please stop constantly informing us "in-system dating isn't problematic", we already know this.

Aeshaia Propaganda (Species Difference, Age Gap)

"It's their love for each other that kickstarts the main conflict in the show. Strophaia is this powerful being whos been around for longer than… basically everyone, except like. Satan. Ichiro is just some normal person (at first), and yet, Strophaia decides that this human is his favorite. After Ichiro accidentally hurts Strophaia, causing him to retreat to heal, he's… adopted? Kidnapped??? By Shingo, and he becomes Akuma Kun II. But Strophaia wants him back, and Ichiro misses him. It's so bad it causes Solomons Flute to crack over the years, and it's revealed the flute cracks when Ichiro loses someone he loves. They canonically love each other. Ichiro tries to shoot Strophaia with a gun, and Strophaia just giggles. He plays along, then assures Ichiro he knows he'd never try to actually kill him. And Ichiro can't bring himself to kill him. He beats him, rendering him weak enough to lose his physical form, but he doesn't kill him. He loves him too much. They're just. ourghhhhhh"

0909 Propaganda (Questionably Toxic Dynamic - One of them is a literal murderer and the other is fine blaming them for the murder)

"It's the codependency. John can't exist with Mikoto, but he's more independent than him. John is always taking care of Mikoto whether the latter knows it or not, everything he does is for Mikoto. All he wants is for Mikoto to be happy, and he miiight have either killed someone for that or he's covering up Mikoto killing someone. We don't know ! Meanwhile Mikoto has no idea John exists, and when he does find out, he's horrified and hates him. And yet, John still loves Mikoto and dedicates himself to him."

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