#also connected to lilith in lore

[gooperts-gunk]

post-qsmp q!bbh's story so far...

back to back we have had new q!bbh story pieces, on mythcraft with lilithluvsya and as mr. x on arkanis, so im going to write down all of my own notes of what we have learned so far + my crazed theory talk :) this will be long!!! note: this is from the perspective of someone who doesn't know mythcraft lore and the only arkanis lore i know is from what i pick up in passing lol. i will do my best!!

starting with the halloween special on mythcraft with lilith and rurus in which bbh helps lilith solve a puzzle that leads to her finding and adopting a new child, we get to see an actual bbh summoning!! im unsure if the treats are a necessary offering or just a kind gesture, but the soulfire-esque flames or wisps seem to be a very specific detail...

the chant lilith says is "hear these words, hear my cry, spirit from the other side! come to me, i summon thee, cross now the great divide!" implying that if he's summoned, chances are, he was in the underworld or somewhere else. later on during technical difficulties, lilith mentions that "i don't even know the state of his soul at the moment! because usually whenever i summon a chant through those words," she repeats it, "his soul just acted a bit... weird! he usually doesn't act like that whenever i summon him. usually, the magic feels a bit more smooth, and it was very choppy this time. his soul just felt different from the last time i saw him. i can't put my finger on it." it's hard to say what exactly this means, (i've seen some people think it's about how he died with a split soul, he never got the other half back from purgatory as far as we know...) as we've never seen him be summoned before, but in this case, he just showed up on the chest crying out a confused "HELLO...?" but later on says "i could sense something was off, that's why im here." with his trickster confidence. he also mentions he's "been around, doing my thing. im very busy," and no concrete answer is ever stated. another detail is that halloween is said by lilith to be "the veils between our world meet once a year," meaning as far as we know he can only be summoned on halloween.

when he accepts the treats and attempts to leave he says "im trying to get back home!" a place of residence for q!bbh is implied, whether or not it's one we know of or even if it's an actual house is uncertain. when bad comes across a haunted house he says "oh my gosh! i had a house like this once, only it was red." which might cross out the place of residence being on the island. might, considering the house was later changed because most people hated the red lol. when bad is downed from fall damage lilith comments "why are you so fragile?! you're not usually, like, this breakable." bbh says "oh, as soon as i die, i get to go back home, so..." since we know how !bbh deaths work, (he can only perma-die once from a unique death, e.g. the combination of soul vulture infection and nuke radiation slowly ate away until perma-killing that version of himself, which means it was an entirely unique instance of death. so it's safe to assume that ever since he had fallen, he would have perma-died from simple things like starvation, but then can no longer perma-die from it again, with a possible exception of if it's starvation along with something else at the same time) we know that him dying wouldn't be enough to bring him 'back home' if it's implied to be the underworld or the mind desert, therefore, it would mean that if he dies during a summoning that the connection is immediately broken and he's back to wherever he was at the time. he's sometimes even excited whenever he gets downed, even saying "take me! take me home!" either because 1. he just really wants to get home for some reason or 2. he just really doesn't want to work for lilith.

but, we know he doesn't HAVE to work for lilith, because lilith states at the end after he's left to fellow mythcraft member nex that, "you know how im a witch? ... WELL... a long, LONG time ago... i made a mistake with my magic and i MIGHT have summoned a greater demon who turned out to be a TRICKSTER demon instead and KINDA reversed the contract on me and NOW im stuck with him until i die and i have to do his bidding whenever he comes around, but only whenever i create the first kind of contract for him to flip around. and he kind of... is around, and changes rurus a lot, and i have to work to make sure that rurus can transform back into a human one day because they're stuck in their bunny form..." which is a LOT to digest and she said it all in like two breaths lol. so in reality lilith is stuck with bad, not bad being stuck with lilith, and bad could peace out whenever he wanted because it's trickster demon rules and on top of that he can also transform humans into bunnies??!!

going back to where my previous notes were, when they arrive at rurus' house and bad seeing a painting of himself with 5 cracked eggs around him, he exclaims, "what the fudge is that?! THAT'S CRAZY!! who's the monster who made this??" meanwhile lilith is oblivious to whatever this means. he also steals the painting. rurus shows up! (rurus says he smells like sulfur, which is definitely the 'demon smell' ak!bagi mentions once she has a moment to speak with him after the chaos) rurus mentions making the painting and it was likely a gag that bad wasn't supposed to see during the lore stream but it's there now LOL and bad repeats the same horror to them as they're oblivious too, "it's you blowing up the moon! all the moons that you've blown up?" "oh, yeah, im sure it's blowing up the moon!!" he says in angry sarcasm, and then sobs a little. "i had eggs once..." both lilith and rurus inquire, and lilith is the one to say "you became a father?" in myth!lilith's defense, the residents have a lot of adorable baby creatures they care for and might sooner assume the eggs in question are cute creatures LOL "well i just said i had eggs, so..." "oh, you hatched them?" "ohhh he HAD eggs- lawren, he- he hit menopause, he said something about that..." I HEEHEE'D. idc if it's just a goof and not entirely canon im keeping it in here.

later on, when the trio complete the puzzles and find a well-decorated baby ghost named willow inside a willow tree, bbh's behavior to willow is very endearing and also straight-forward, casually offering some steak that he stole from rurus' house. he finds the way out of the tree for them by hearing a raccoon's chitter, and lilith comments "you're really good at talking to raccoons for some reason..." and rurus pokes further with "did you have a special relationship with a raccoon?" "yeah i- i speak raccoon." this of course is brought up from the perspective of both of them knowing his lore out of character and wanting to poke fun, but it's also a fun coincidence that it was a raccoon, as raccoons are very special to pomme. it starts storming, and rurus tells bad to give willow his hood but alternatively gives willow his soul lantern instead since his hood is a "...non-removable item...".

when they bring willow back to lilith's house, he continues stealing like he has been since he was summoned, but this time he takes a cookie from a cookie jar and passes one to willow before taking one for himself. when willow thanks him and says she loves cookies, he gives her another and says "you can never have too many cookies!" which would immediately make you think of his kids and their cookies, dapper especially as they're a total cookie fiend. as willow settles in he teaches willow the first and only lesson he's given to her so far: "whenever someone invites you into their home, you get to take whatever you want!!" he goes upstairs and shows himself and willow around lilith's house, rurus mentions a gaming chair, of which was a toilet. bad takes it and says, "i know someone who would love this!" which of course would be richas' gaming set-up that had a toilet for a chair because of a prank, if i remember correctly.

bad asks where his room is, making an assumption that his summoning meant he was going to move in. when lilith says he could stay at rurus', REALLY not wanting him here, he says "i can't have a room at both??" like the greedy little man he is. <3 willow is then shown her own room, where bad then proceeds to place the furniture he stole from lilith into the room for her.

the birth certificate is revealed! willow is lilith's daughter, and bbh is her guardian demon. (many were unsure if he was a parent to willow but lilith clarified on twitter that he's a guardian demon that will show up from time to time) rurus inquires if HE scribbled his name there, and he says "no, no! that's crazy. that'd be ridiculous." in a bit of a liar voice.

when he accidentally picks up willow's sign, he courteously says "im sorry," and gives it back, prompting rurus to tell lilith she could just ask and he'd give her stuff back. when she does in a cutesy way, he dodges it entirely by saying "no hablo inglés" and when lilith demands for the furniture in spanish, he says "i don't speak spanish". i wouldn't call it entirely parental as willow's not his kid, but as you can tell bbh has shown far more care and respect to this child he just met than his contractors. the trickster has priorities!

they tuck willow into bed, and bbh falls asleep standing up, when lilith starts shoving him saying it's time to get him to bed, he wakes up suddenly, yelling "night terrors!! night terrors!!" we know he's gone long periods of time without sleeping, but he's having night terrors when he does...

bbh has technical issues, and during that time, rurus and lilith have a back and forth about him and their contract which is summarized in the bout with nex above. rurus says "you know, i used to be able to swear before i knew him, and now i can't." "huh! that's a weird incantation." this itself is likely a joke about their out of character friendship, but they come up with the idea that he might have a literal swear jar that he puts people's swears in, never to be said again lol.

lilith decides to keep the portal open as bad loses summoning connection to their world (aka technical difficulties) so he can visit whenever he likes to be a guardian demon for willow.

this wraps up the mythcraft section of new q!bbh pieces! onto arkanis!

a lot of people were unsure if mr. x would be q!bbh, but it becomes VERY clear based on how he acts with familiar faces, and some late night conversations...

not much to note when bad / mr. x greets fit, but there's a very silly familiarity when he says he'd like to take fit out to brunch right before talking about torturing him... yeah sure man why not O_O when fit asks if he's considered being GOOD and not murdering people, bad says "i considered it, but my therapist says i should embrace my hobbies. im trying to listen to my therapist more." so he at least had a therapist in recent times to tell him this, because on quesadilla island when asked about therapy, he mentioned something along the lines of that he tried therapy once, but he'd get chased out of town by people with pitchforks.

to briefly dissect the cutscene, from what i've learned, bad floating is a sign that he's powerful in valigma! only people with magic in valigma can float, examples being araldo when we get to see him later, and also bia raux who is also brought up to bad when telling him the current lore after the event. also. the manor. the banquet. i love you builders, it's so eggpire-coded. that man can't escape the aesthetic of red vines even if c!bbh tried LOL and another fun detail, he has ghosties/souls bursting around him! it's become integral to his character :)

when mr. x encounters the brazilians and his escaped captive fit, all the fantasminhas float around him! it's super cute that the grim reaper got little ghost sidekicks, and then doesn't even recognize that they're ghosts <3 he mostly called denix a gremlin or goblin, but that's because out of character he DEFINITELY knew who the admin was, that's why he bullied them so much and not the others lol.

even though he's having fun annoying everyone as mr x., bad still takes moments for the little ghosts, like spam crouching with amora when she creeps up to him, him and denix bonding by killing a penguin?? and playing songs on the flute and they all surround him and dance. :)

when the find the button room starts, and bad does his npc voice, bagi immediately starts yelling, knowing the "you got this! you can do it!" all too well, and bad keeps saying it in recognition. while it was already true that ak!bagi is a continuation of q!bagi, this interaction itself can be enough to assume that mr. x is q!bbh if he remembers it like she does. when it's revealed it's a find the button room, she's even MORE distressed, "are you responsible for this? please- please tell me you don't..." "i would never!" he says like a liar, and then maniacally laughs. bagi also frequently calls him "bad" and not mr. x unlike mostly everyone else, seeing through the silly alias.

one interesting detail is how hungry mr. x is for totems!! every once in a while he'll mention how he wants more totems popped, in the valigma cemetary / cemetario do valigma, he asks quel for how many totems they have, when they say a hundred, he says "passa tudo!" and drops mobs on them. he really wants totems for some reason!! does he absorb something from it or did he just really hate foolish that day? lol

once the event is over, bad and bagi get to talk! bad becomes uncle to amora, bagi's daughter. amora is immediately very sweet to bad! bagi catches bad up on what's going on in valigma, telling him about araldo and bia, and bagi thinks because he's a demon that he could help the specialists understand and handle the magic themselves, "you see those pink blocks glowing that way? they're like some of the magic powers that this land has, but we can't just touch it and start doing magic all the way through the town. so, basically, there's powers everywhere that we don't know how to use and those two entities fighting each other, they use different kinds of power. so maybe you, being a demon and stuff... maybe you can teach us how to handle this." which, upon mention of him being a demon, he deflects by admiring a streetlamp. bad didn't act this way with lilith and rurus because they were already aware he was a demon since they summoned him, but he never confirmed anything to bagi other than the vague vastness of his age and his immortality, if i remember correctly. which is more than he's confirmed to other people!

bad points out bagi's smoking, "you've taken up smoking, im guessing it's been really hard?" "yeah! yeah, no, that was because, the things i lived before, you know..." "yeah i understand..." "it caused me a lot of trouble." if im correct in assuming this is about the island and losing the kids... :( which bad then segues into asking if there's an ikea. LOL

when jvnq starts taking bad to pac's house to steal furniture, he says "oh wow! you guys are all nice and close together, i like this. yeah, i hate having to walk really far." knowing that q!bbh tried really hard to get people to live close by to him when he was dying so someone would take care of his kids recontextualizes this as living far away being a regret he still holds </3 (not to mention, cc!bad himself regrets building his bases so far away)

when pac says he'll give bad more muffins and furniture if he teaches him how to fly and such, bad deflects by saying "yeah! it's easy, you just got to... you got a- you got a nice view!" and looking at the black hole outside his house.

later on, when bad gets transported by araldo, they seem to get along nicely and araldo wants him to do MORE chaos at some point, which i believe is worrisome if it's true that araldo is the problem in the fight between araldo and bia raux... but also very fitting for him. meanwhile, sent back to his friends, he has only good things to say about him, and also inserted some of his silly lies. the entire interaction feels reminiscent of the times he'd talk about the 'eyeball guy with the snatched waist' aka the watcher, or even cucurucho to a certain degree LOL

when gabe takes bad to space, bad comments that it's a first for him! "the moon is just like i imagined it'd be..." congrats !bbh for having your first moon experience, at least, as far as you can remember!

meanwhile, transported to the mr. x manor, bad gives a dizzying tour to gabe, denix, and amora! he introduces the skeppy room when asked about his bedroom, mentioning he doesn't really need to sleep, and he instead meditates on top of the skeppy. (someone PLEASE feed this man dapper's special cake recipe) he also introduces his chair and i have no doubt that people have shown a comparison of his chair here vs. his chair in the hall of grim but i'll put it here anyways lol. he's also very consistent because the vod i went to to get a screenshot of his hall of grim chair is the near exact same "and this is my chair..." when he introduces it.

when bad, gabe, denix and amora are in the maze that the experts + fit went through to get to the cemetary, they stop at a corner to chat and gabe asks bad "changing the subject a little, if you had a son now what would his name be?" (possibly more gender neutral than the translator says, which is how bad interprets it,) this likely was on the mind because a bit earlier while exploring the manor, denix asked him to give him a second name or middle name and bad hadn't answered. bad stops to think about it, before prefacing "well, i- i've had kids over the years, a couple, but you're saying if i got a new kid, right? what would i name... him... probably... how do you say 'gremlin' in portuguese?" it's the same, but alternatively gabe offers "duende." meaning denix's second name is probably duende now LOL but more importantly, for the first time, at least directly tonight, q!bbh was reminded of his children. gabe contextualizes why he asked, "it's because in this city... anything can happen, you understand? one day you're single, and sad, and the next you have a family." "no, that's true... yeah. i- i understand what it's like, one day you just wake up and you got kids, i totally get it... and then everybody dies, and you're left alone." OOGH. EEYOWCH. we don't know for certain how long q!bbh has been living after escaping quesadilla island, or if even in the end cc!bad is planning that he escapes at all, he might still be bound to it. but however long it's been, he's been carrying onto the weight of everyone disappearing, with only strange creatures (the bunnies, the penguins, cucurucho...) to keep him company once everyone is gone. gabe inquires about if his family died, and he covers up with "oh, no, im just saying that's the inevitable. that's what happens, sorry." ...top 10 sentences that are more depressing when contextualized by an immortal demon with a heart too big for people to comprehend... :( something that bad misses here is denix asking if he wants to adopt amora, but this comes back around!

transported again, while gabe walks bad towards the boat the experts arrived on, he says "valigma keeps many mysteries and lots of trouble, right? fights, in this case many fights, problems, death, pain, suffering, and then we decide to have a child despite all these problems; how can this be, right? it's a weak point." bad says "yeah, love tends to lead to lots of problems..." which would be specifically commenting on taking care of children. and from the perspective of his current situation, being without them... yowch. :( then bad falls into a ravine, shoved by denix, and amora saves him. :) but when he fell he purposefully avoided landing in the water. :(

later on they go to the leaderboard! there amora offers that bad can adopt her for a while, since she's "kinda an orphan" based on the activity of her parents other than bagi, and he accepts :) though knowing he literally can't be active either lol. from then on, amora calls bad "dad" for the rest of the night, and "pai bad" the next day when talking with some of the experts :)

some more fun stops later, they pause in the gallery as gabe explains more of the araldo and bia beef, to which bad says once more to "wine and dine" araldo... if u want it done right, do it urself, geez... chat, beat this guy up for me... he has a weakness for guys with power... another moment in this stop to goof around, bad says "yeah, im really good at cooking... people. meals." which is normal q!bbh and the least surprising thing he's said or done all night.

the night slowly comes to a close, after running into guaxi for a small reunion, he says goodbye with a bang when denix kills him and he logs out. they then contain mr. x's corpse in a box of glass, preserved for memories <3

if this is what post-qsmp has been like for q!bbh so far, IM SO EXCITED FOR MORE!!! and yes i HAVE spent at least 5 hours writing notes as i vod review!!! q!bbh on arkanis felt a lot like a classic day on qsmp with his character plus some pain and suffering, and q!bbh on mythcraft gave us some extra lore bits to think about!!! very very fun, im sooo excited for whatever ending cc!bad has been wanting to make for q!bbh, because if it means he's still kicking it going around to other worlds, all of his pain in tow, IM SO READY!!! thank you if you went through everything here it was a doozy and mostly for yelling about with other people since i haven't been on tumblr for a while and i miss the screams from here. :)

[astrow0rldx]

Dark Asteroids

TW Very Dark Themes of Human Experience & Nature.

Look at the house its in to show where it would show up, and its aspects to see how it influences different energies in your life.

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narcissus (37117) - narcissist. your side, or people in your life.

nessus (7066) - abuser, r@pist, predator. sexual abuse, obsession.

dejanaira (157) - ^ nessus victim. victim of these.

proserpina (26) - ruined innocence, abductions.

persephone (399) - ^ similar story. where time is not your own. held hostage, absence caused strife.

melete (56) - anxiety.

deprez (9795) - what makes us sad

pan (4450) - earthy carnal energy, lust, chase, desire.

maniac (228029) - inner maniac, where we do things other wouldn't, unexpected hobbies or passion.

lie (26955) - where you lie or manipulate, or get lied to about.

ate (111) - rushing to conclusions, delusional. respond to perceived, or real threats.

lucifer (1930) - where you are powerful. pride, egotistic. where you gain followers by manipulations. how you transform. why you look for revenge.

phaeton (3200) - dangerous behavior, people that got carried away, car crashes, accidents.

icarus (1566) - accidents, excessive risk.

nemesis (128) - enemies. vengeful self.

sado (118230) - sadistic dark sexual expression. borderline pain. thats that make us sad hard time expressing.

myrrha (381) - sexual relationships that go against natural law.

medusa (149) - your the prettiest, natural beauty can be corrupted by others. assault. punishment for something that isn't your fault.

karma (3811) - karmic connections, circumstances. fated.

tantalus (2102) - never getting what you want. always out of reach, temptation without satisfaction.

furia (194982) - our anger. what proves it. what attitudes bother us.

cassandra (114) - a gift & a curse. where your rejection ruined your life. where no one believes what you say

anubis (1912) - egyptian god of the dead.

grieve (4451) - grieve, grief, mourning, sorrow.

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for Nessus and pan to be in my 7th house i do attract those type of people. lustful, predatory men. but like in my actual relationships to.

furia is in my 4th house and i get really angry in the home, my mars is also there. narcissus is in my 4th house and and i have a narcissistic mother. my ancestors i work with seem to be very strong and aggressive to.

phaeton, dangerous behavior, accidents, and car crashes are prevalent in my dreams stuff like that and it's in my 12th house. also mania is there and spirituality, drugs, sleep/dreams, psychology could be where i have an unexpected hobby and passion others wouldn't.

icarus is another dangerous behavior, excessive risk. in my 5th house of parties, sex, creativity, entertainment etc. while deprez is there to that causes depression. as i read or write out celebrity chart analysis, everything puts together as lore, jhene aiko, jeffery dahmer, donald trump, etc. so as im writing mines out and its just mini asteroids, i love to see the depths, and art of my birth chart.

my lucifer is in the same house as my lilith the 3rd. also where my sun and venus is. and i do have really good mental manipulation skills, lying and using my words to scheme. but im only so aware because im not to much in my ego about it and never really liked to since a kid except when i needed to, but was always aware of that "power". nemesis is there and that is also my vengeful self. ate is also there in my 3rd house lol, rushing to conclusions, delusional. respond to perceived, or real threats. but these characters are very influnced in my school life also. im also a big trickster, love mind games, dark humor,etc.

tantalus in my 2nd house is frustrating. so as medusa in my 6th house of day to day activities & work environment. proserpina and persophone in my 10th and 2nd house is scary.

[katagawajr]

BORDERLANDS 4- the lore so far

a post compiling all the tidbits from the trailers/descriptions, about everything we know about the story (so far).

wanted to make this post because i may be borderlands' biggest hater, but this new stuff looks really intriguing so far! call me optimistic but i'm definitely interested for now...

(speculation/theorizing involved here. i'm not actually 100% knowledgeable on all the lore but this is just what i'm gathering from it. if it turns out to be true then i called it here first <3)

so here's the timeline we know so far:

-> At the end of Borderlands 3, Elpis is crashing into Pandora. To save everyone (on both places), Lilith flies up and teleports Elpis away. Presumably, just like Sanctuary in BL2, she can't exactly control where it goes.

-> Where it happens to go is the planet of Kairos: a planet hidden in space- it's insinuated that the "protective barrier" surrounding the planet (made of glass?) turned it invisible. Or at least undetectable.

-> This "revealed" Kairos to the universe. Elpis presumably has been pulled in and is now orbiting Kairos.

-> Kairos is currently being controlled by "The Timekeeper." The Timekeeper is not a PERSON, but rather an Eridian Guardian. AKA... A Vault Monster.

-> This is explicitly stated in one of Nyriad's diary entries from BL3. She mentions the Timekeeper by name as an "Eridian Creation," in the likes of Graveward (BL3) and the Traveller (TFTBL). It's also obvious by the images above that it isn't Human- it has robotic limbs, floats, and seemingly harnesses/is connected to the Vault Gate behind it.

-> The Timekeeper is described as a dictator obsessed with Perfect Order, furthering the idea that this hidden planet was in a perfect state of "Order," with only the Timekeeper + its "synthetic" army. Remnants of whatever Eridian Society created it, and hid it away, for whatever reason.

-> Elpis crashing into Kairos, and breaking the barrier, has enraged the Timekeeper, who's planet is now visible to the galaxy. And a big hole in the ceiling of it's house. Damn.

-> It's confirmed there's a few years' time-skip between the crashing of Elpis and the start of the game. The SCAVS of Elpis (and bandits of Pandora most likely, however they hitched a ride) have now made their way to the surface of Kairos and are causing mayhem. They seem way more mechanical in nature than the last time we saw Elpis, but similar vibes. Very tech-y, robotic, etc. -> These bandits become their own faction known as "The Rippers," and their leader is a robot lady named Callis.

-> Queen Callis is shown in the trailer to ALSO be not human (robot? something else? Kairos's influence, or Elpis tech? who knows.) But apparently she also has the power to control the bandits, through their masks. She puts the masks on them and their eyes turn red, matching hers. So it's possible she's just mind controlling every bandit.

-> Anyways, it's a "robo-bandit" VS. "synthetic Eridian" civil war deal. The Timekeeper appears to be attempting to subjugate the entire planet again, especially based on all the "break free" wording of the teaser descriptions. Whether you're fighting WITH Callis's army or just as a third party, it appears the Vault Hunters are from Elpis (or, were on Elpis when it got yoinked at the very least). And they're trying to escape this planet. -> The last description does mention "cast of characters, new AND old," so it remains to be seen in what capacity old characters are involved. It IS a time-skip, so maybe Sanctuary finally tracked down Lilith's whereabouts and she's stranded on Elpis. Maybe Ava is an adult now and leading the Crimson Raiders. Maybe the whole "Timekeeper" business means there will be timeline fuckery- pulling alternate timeline versions of old characters, bringing back dead ones, who knows.

-> (I'M PERSONALLY INCLINED TO BELIEVE that Sasha and Fiona will also play a role in this game? Because New Tales called specific attention to Sasha being in a different part of the galaxy unable to be found (hidden planet? wink wink?), and Fiona's talk of Sasha's anahatium pocketwatch, with the etched phrase "TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS.")

-> (Who knows if that is true, or what that really means. Just speculation here. I miss Sasha and Fiona, and they've been hyped up with BL3 Echoes, New Tales stuff, and even their own book. Give us the two best Borderlands characters back please.)

-> Last thing as an aside, it DOES show that we will be getting a Siren VH again. So she either needs to have Steele's unknown power, the Leech power, or some secret third thing. Maybe she isn't a real siren at all. The device on her arm could either be a way to REPLICATE a siren's power (like Anu, making her a "fake siren") or possibly as a way to enhance/contain the Leech power, like Tyreen alludes to in BL3. Interested to find out.

TLDR: we're finally getting the Eridian War plotline! They didn't forget guys! AND it directly involves Elpis, like the game where we first learned about the Eridian War!

Synthetic "Eridian" army led by a Vault Guardian/Monster, THE TIMEKEEPER, vs. the robotic bandit army, the Rippers, led by QUEEN CALLIS. Time-skip again (intrigued to see how long this time. It's canonically been at LEAST two years since BL3.) New + Old characters. New Eridian planet, like Nekrotafeyo. 4 New VH's, either FROM Elpis, or wayward travelers who accidentally crashed onto Kairos.

“Early 2025” gameplay reveal, unspecified 2025 release date.

[nocreativityfornames]

Everything we know about Diavolo so far, lore wise.

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR ALL SEASONS

➤ He's the prince and future king of the Devildom, and the founder of RAD — the Royal Academy of Diavolo — taking the position of Student Council President. (swd: 1-1)

➤ He created the exchange program as a first step towards his goal of strengthening the relationships between the three realms and forming an allyship between angels, demons and humans. (swd: 1-1)

➤ He has the ability to discern the truth from the lie. (swd: 4-1)

➤ He was the one to step in and save MC from being attacked by Lucifer in the underground tomb. (swd: 6-6)

➤ He hasn't seen his father in several centuries now and only knows that the Demon King is somewhere in the bottom of the Devildom. (swd: 7-10)

➤ Unlike Lucifer, he saw MC's pacts with the brothers as a good thing from the very beginning. To him, MC's pacts were proof that demons and humans could put aside their differences and actually form bonds together. And that made him happy, considering it was all he wanted with the exchange program. (swd: 8-19)

➤ Before, citizens of the Devildom were allowed to travel to the Human World whenever they wished through passages spread through the kingdom, but Diavolo changed that after taking over the throne. Now, those passages are blocked and the only way demons can use them is by getting permission from Diavolo, Lucifer, or Barbatos - the only demons apart from his father who are allowed to use them freely. (swd: 11-4)

➤ He ordered Barbatos to imprison Belphegor in the castle and put Lucifer under house arrest for hiding the youngest from him even though he had planned treason. But later, he admitted to having known about it beforehand. "...Truth be told, I knew. I knew you were hiding Belphegor, and I knew why. Your loyalty to me forced you to deceive your brothers, and I knew that was a source of guilt. I saw how you struggled with it-how hard it was being pulled in two directions at once. And it made me sad.” (swd: 13-14 and 15-12)

➤ When the eight siblings were cast down to the Devildom and Lilith was in the verge of death from the battle, Lucifer begged Diavolo to save her and he did, having her reborn in the Human World with no memories of her previous life. This came with a cost, however, said cost being Lucifer's loyalty to the prince for the rest of time. (swd: 14-10 and 15-7)

➤ He refused to free Belphegor at first, but eventually made a deal with MC: to release him from prison if they went back in time with the help of Barbatos' powers and found out who had freed him in the first place. (swd: 15-14)

➤ He had Barbatos trace down MC's bloodline and found out that they were a descendant of Lilith because of it. (swd: 16-15)

➤ On his birthday he decided to not only celebrate himself but also MC, to give them a "late welcome party" and show appreciation for them after everything that had happened. (swd: 18-A)

➤ He was suspicious of Solomon for suddenly showing up in the Devildom with MC unannounced (swd: 21-4) but arranged things so they would be able to stay for a while. (swd: 22-19)

➤ When Lucifer and his siblings fell Diavolo found them in the colosseum, and every now and then he finds himself going there and pondering over his past decisions and wondering if they were the correct ones after all. (swd: 24-13)

➤ He was the first Solomon talked to about his suspicions that MC was connected to the natural disasters happening in ancient locations around the realms, and for a while only the two of them and Barbatos knew about it (swd: 37-4), since Diavolo decided to keep it a secret from everyone else until he had proof of MC's powers being harmful to the realms (swd: hard mode, 32-16).

➤ He had MC undergo the standard magic exams that demons students are given at RAD, and although he initially told MC it was to help them learn more about the powers demons possess and how to control them (swd: 29-5), it was actually a test to see if their magic was as powerful as Solomon suspected. The sorcerer was proven right when MC passed each of them. (swd: 37-4)

➤ His secrecy and unusual reliance on Solomon caused a strain on his relationship with Lucifer, as the eldest knew that Diavolo was hiding something but refused to tell him. They eventually had a conversation in the colosseum after RAD's exams week ended, where Lucifer directly enquired him about what was happening. Diavolo refused to tell him, saying it wasn't "the right time" for him to know yet, and when Lucifer asked if whatever secret he was keeping involved MC the prince replied that he wasn't certain yet, further concerning him. (swd: 28-C)

➤ He's "not fond" of Simeon because he finds him difficult to deal with and told this to the angel's face while speaking to him. When Simeon asked Diavolo why he found him difficult to deal with, he explained that it's because angels never divulge anything about themselves or the Celestial Realm but are constantly inserting themselves into Devildom business, and he's especially not fond of Simeon because he hides his true intentions better than any angel Diavolo has ever met. (swd: Hard Mode, 31-16) He's so unfond of Simeon that when he finally decided to make him aware of MC's powers being a threat to the three realms, he asked Solomon to break the news instead of doing it himself. (swd: Hard Mode, 32-16)

➤ He eventually decided to tell Lucifer about MC’s situation and through text apologized to the Avatar of Pride for leaving him in the dark for so long and asked him to meet him so he could finally let him in on what was happening (swd: hard mode, 36-16). Unfortunately that meeting never happened, since Lucifer ended up affected by MC’s powers and lost his memories before Diavolo could explain anything to him. (swd chat: the fantastic three, "untitled")

➤ Finally breaking the news to everyone, he and Solomon told the others everything, from the moment the sorcerer started growing suspicions about MC's powers to the moment that their powers struck Lucifer and he lost his memories. They also presented their only solution(s): to sever MC's pacts with the Night Dagger in order to break their magical connections to the brothers and make them an avarage human again. There was another solution: to stabilize MC's magic with the Ring of Light - the counterpart to the Ring of Wisdom that once belonged to Lucifer - but it was discarded right away as the ring had been lost in the Great Celestial War and no one knew its whereabouts. (swd: 37-9)

➤ Once everyone knew the whole story, he apologized to MC for not finding another way to prevent their magic from causing massive destruction to the realms, since he knew neither MC or the brothers wanted to sever their pacts with the each other. (swd: 37-9)

➤ When all things ended well and MC was able to get their powers under control without using the Night Dagger thanks to the Ring of Light that Simeon found just in time, Diavolo organized a party to honor MC and celebrate the victory. (swd: 39-1)

➤ He showed no surprise when MC expressed wanting to stay in the Devildom instead of going back to the Human World but still refused the request. Later, he explained why: "I don't want MC to be a demon...or an angel, for that matter. No, I want MC to be a human. A human who understands us, and who works together with Solomon to shepherd the human world toward a better future… Someday I'd like MC to work alongside me to bring harmony to the three worlds. Which is precisely why I won't allow you to be stuck here in the Devildom, MC. I want you to learn more about the three worlds and to understand each of them better... The human world, the Devildom, and the Celestial Realm.” (swd: 39-10 and 40-22)

➤ He couldn't accompany the brothers on their vacation to the Human World at first because of work and told MC he often found it hard to get things done with everything being so quiet since the others weren't in the Devildom with him. (swd: 42-18)

➤ When tasked with the over the kingdom in his father's absence, the first thing Diavolo did was to start conciliating with the Celestial Realm to end the conflict between the two realms. For this, he started having meetings with high-ranking angels to explain his plans and hopefully reach an agreement of peace between the realms. That was how he met Lucifer, when the angel came down the Devildom to hear what he had to say. (swd: 44-12, 44-15 and swd card: Lucifer, "Glory Days")

➤ He's a majority shareholder of the Three-Legged Crow Group otherwise called Yatagarasu, the largest company in the Devildom that's been expanding business in the Human World with their technology devices. (swd: 47-11)

➤ He has admitted to feeling jealous of the bond MC and the brothers share multiple times. On one hand, he's jealous of the brothers for being so close to MC, and on the other, he's jealous of MC for managing to become a part of their family so easily. “I wonder, when was it, exactly? When did you and your brothers become so very important to me? I thought I'd never be able to become ‘one of you.’ It seemed ridiculous to even try because it was just obvious that I couldn't. But then MC did just that... Effortlessly fitting in with the seven of you to become just another one of the gang. More than that, actually. MC is part of your family now. And when I saw that, it may have made me a little jealous. And while I haven't wanted to admit it to myself up to now...the truth is, I think I was lonely.” (swd: 48-12 and Hard Mode, 50-16)

➤ His mother died shortly after giving birth to him and he was raised by his father who was very strict and gave him a sheltered childhood, so much so he rarely ever left the castle. (swd: 56-18)

➤ He met Barbatos for the first time when he was still a child and the older demon was the first person he met from outside the castle. The older demon amazed him with stories of the outside world, and little Diavolo begged him to stay with him, getting to the point of threatening not to assume his position of king in the future if Barbatos left him. (swd: 56-18)

➤ When the brothers at the farewell party asked if they could make MC “officially part of the family” by marrying them, Diavolo explained that demons and humans aren't able to marry yet but that he'll do everything he can so one day that'll be possible. “MC, you aren't aware of this, but some bad blood still exists between our three worlds. No matter how much all of you may want this to happen, it's not something I have the power to do on my own. [...] However, my ultimate goal is to eliminate these barriers someday. And I will do everything in my power to make sure that happens.” (swd: 60-15)

➤ A while after MC left Diavolo sent them a magic letter and asked them to come to the Devildom for a third time because he had something important to discuss with them. (swd: 61-4) And that something turned out to be a request for MC to participate in the exchange program for a second time and an invitation for them to be a new member of the student council. (swd: 62-17)

➤ The intentions for this second try of the exchange program was mostly the same but now with a different approach, as Diavolo explained to everyone in the meeting then: “Our last exchange program was meant to provide an opportunity for cultural exchange among the inhabitants of all three worlds. But nothing more than that. Think of it as merely a starting point on the path to mutual understanding. But this time, the goal of the program is to make a stronger case for mutual understanding. Directed at everyone both inside and outside of the Devildom.” (swd: 62-17)

➤ He's known Mephistopheles ever since they were children. (nb: 13-11)

➤ Initially, his father was the main reason why he was determined to be a good king and why he even rescued the brothers in the first place. He craved the king's approval, wanted to live up to his name, show himself worthy of the throne, and eventually surpass him. He was forced to face this truth when he was younger during his last trial of the Kingsblood Crucible - a traditional ritual that demons of royalty have to go through before they take the throne. (nb: 14-7)

➤ After MC was officially appointed as the 9th member of the Student Council and the short-term exchange program ended, he gave them an “entry permit” so they could travel from the Human World to the Devildom whenever they wanted. (swd: 80-22)

[crooked-wasteland]

The court scene in hazbin leaks seemed empty .

Lute had no arguments, she was yelling in void, the seraphim and female stolas were just there waiting for plot to happen, Sera answer to anything lute saying was "shut up" literally, which isn't only unprofessional for a governor to do but also it helped at portraying lute as crazy hysterical woman no one respect without the presence of her man.

If hazbin hotel was really interested in discussing the concept of good and evil then here's the right moment, we could take this scene as opportunity to talk about the the justice, lute should represent the concept of the justice is inflexible only bound to the rules that kept people safe for decades . her arguments is that they are currently in war with hell and they can't let a sinner in might be dangerous he might attend some harm upon them or play the role of spy for the morningstars . Emily or stolas-evil-twin or anyone, will represent the concept that there's no justice without mercy and rules should have an exception for cases like this their argument is his sin didn't come from malicious place but rather from a genuine fear so is his act of redemption and therefore we have right to assume that his soul is inherently good and he attends no harm and we should welcome him in heaven .

And I remember a saying in writing goes like :"write an argument where everyone seems to win"(I forgot the actual quote) and I think this one of the scene where we should apply that in order for scene to have a depth

I agree, except on the account of Lute's argument being pointless. Unfortunately, you need the other leak of Seraph talking to Able and the one of Vox to grasp the points being made.

Major spoilers incoming!

The argument Lute makes in the courtroom is nonsensical because we were never given the information. At the start of the season, Charlie has a fairytale book of her parents and it mentions Lilith using music to rally demons against heaven. Vox says this explicitly in a reminder lore dump of 12 whopping seconds that Lilith was prepared to go to war with Heaven before vanishing.

So there's that aspect of the world we never had mentioned or hinted at in the main series. It would have actually helped a lot with incorporating Lilith's army waiting for her in Happy Day in Hell. It also could have been tied back to Rosie and her cannibals. Maybe hinting at the Rosie and Lilith connection more appropriately, or at least opening the idea that Lilith had an army waiting on her still.

Additionally, Seraph mentions how Hell will "want revenge". So even if Hell wasn't a threat before, her greenlighting a genocide is going to make peace a relative impossibility. It's inevitable for Hell to fight back, so now Heaven has to figure out if they will risk their own safety by ending the cullings, or continue and admit they are oppressors keeping Hell weak intentionally. It would make the suggestion of redemption unappealing, regardless of being possible.

But the issue the series will have to patch over is the idea that Sinners would want to be redeemed if it wasn't for Heaven's yearly census shaving. The conflict in the pilot was that Sinners wouldn't want to be redeemed. The exorcists were actually a believable motivation for why anyone would even consider redemption when you have the right to suffer and cause suffering forever in Hell. The issue of the Sinners' immortality questioning how the show is going to believably instill the idea that the discomfort of staying the same is going to outweigh the discomfort of change. And the exorcists seem, frankly, necessary to maintain the pressure on Hell to give Charlie a chance. Meanwhile, maintaining a genocide is going to turn away people who are probably good at their core. The pressure of being oppressed will leave them nowhere to go and without options that don't in some way contradict their own values.

So the story is actually focused on the major plot issue for once. However it isn't staying there. Then we have to remember the sneak peek Medrano shared of Baxter and how the concept of Redemption at all is what is being challenged. Not if Redemption is desirable. So that is where the two sides of the story lose cohesion. Honestly, the Heaven storyline will be far stronger than the story taking place amongst the actual main characters. And between the Baxter/Alastor/Lute reveals, I'm wondering what time there is left to even tell any story about the main character. Once again, we're looking at too many plot threads not being given enough time to expand.

[circeyoru]

collection of overlords??? I love it so muchh 😭💗💗. I have some questions for this, does reader have any connection to Lucifer? By that i mean are they close and does he visit them from time to time. Or does he just ignore them as long as they don't bring harm to his family and to most of the residents of the ring? I feel like for someone like reader that owns all of the overlords soul, Lucifer would at least be acquainted with them (all of your writings are so addicting, I've already read all of them twice by now)

Go to MASTERLIST for the works. This ask is for {Collection of Overlords}.

Thank you for liking this newest story!! And my writings!! I can't believe there are part 2 requests. Now there's ask!! AHHH!!

Anyways. Back to the topic at hand~ A bit of lore too

Simple answer yes. (ok end of this post, just kidding)

Okay, essentially, I see Reader/you with this background. You were the Ruler of Hell, before Lucifer and Lilith's arrival. Since Lucifer was a powerful angel then fell, you let him hold the title of King of Hell since you saw him to be the one with more power. And the fact that if he used holy magic on you, there wasn't much of a way you could counter it. However, Hellborns still see you as a royal of the highest rank, but they don't rebel against Lucifer or Lilith's reign so it's all okay.

You were the one to help Lucifer and Lilith rise to power once they arrived, nothing like what you did to the Overlords. You introduced them to the demon nobles and the sins of different Rings of Hell. Naturally, they were stationed in Pride where you were formerly. The Overlord system wasn't in effect yet, it only started when Lucifer and Lilith's reign became less public and their focus shifted. You suggested a new hierarchy ranking that was specific to Sinners since there were a vast number of them and they do aim to stand in power. There can't be a rebellion and the Hellborns were in line because of their respective Ring's Sin. What of Pride? Because either the King or Queen were taking their duties, you took the role of maintaining a balance.

Your relationship with Lucifer in the beginning was a mentor and mentee type, since you had more experience with ruling, you showed him the ropes. Then it turned to friends when he was in his Kingly position. While others may see you two as rivals with your 'army' of Overlords and Lucifer's angelic powers, you two respect each other on serious matters. Plus, Lucifer understands that you basically still hold authority over Hell like back in the old days, but you just don't show it. Your history as the Ruler of Hell was painted as a legend that the Hellborns passed on to their children from generation to generation.

You notice how there are eyes everywhere? I'll adapt it to you being everywhere and nowhere at the same time. That's how you keep an eye out for things and know when to act.

Fun fact: Lucifer makes you ducks too, it's basically like a private phone between you two. It's still a bit awkward when you hold up the ducky to your ear. You're also his unpaid therapist when it came to listening to him rant and whine about missing his daughter, Charlotte all the time.

[mangaloversolar2000]

TOH: The Magic System & Lore: Brilliant Yet Inconsistent

The Boiling Isles is one of the most distinctive settings in modern animation, packed with imaginative creatures, unconventional magic, and a deep history. However, while the lore is fascinating, certain inconsistencies in the magic system stand out. The rules governing magic, covens, and glyphs—while creative—sometimes lack cohesion, making certain moments feel less structurally sound.

The Coven System: A Brilliant Concept with Loose Application

One of the most intriguing aspects of magic on the Boiling Isles is the coven system, which was enforced by Emperor Belos. The idea that witches are forced to specialize in a singular type of magic, losing access to all others, is a compelling world-building choice that highlights authoritarian control and limitation. However, the execution of this concept feels uneven.

Breaking Coven Boundaries: While most witches are restricted to their designated coven magic, certain characters seem to bypass these limitations with ease. For instance, while wild witches like Eda retain unrestricted access to magic, Lilith’s ability to share the curse with Eda briefly grants her wild magic abilities, calling into question how rigid these restrictions truly are. Similarly, certain coven members exhibit magic that appears outside their assigned discipline. This inconsistency weakens the supposed strictness of the system and raises questions about whether the restrictions are absolute or merely flexible for narrative convenience.

Glyph Magic: Inventive Yet Underdeveloped

Glyph magic, introduced through Luz’s discoveries, is one of the most unique mechanics in the series. The idea that magic can be channeled through symbols is a brilliant alternative to traditional spellcasting. However, despite being a fundamental element of Luz’s journey, glyph magic feels rushed and underexplored in certain areas.

Interaction with Other Magic Forms: The exact mechanics of glyphs in relation to standard magic remain unclear. While Luz is unable to perform traditional magic due to her human nature, the rapid pace at which she learns and adapts to glyph magic raises questions about its accessibility. If glyphs function as a natural conduit for magical energy, why don’t more witches use them? Could a witch theoretically combine glyphs with their natural magic, or are glyphs completely separate from inherent magical ability?

Glyph Discovery & Mastery: Luz learns glyph magic remarkably fast, deciphering its functions with limited struggle. While this highlights her ingenuity and determination, it also makes glyph magic seem overly simplified. A more in-depth examination of glyph mechanics—how their sequences interact, whether different combinations create new spells (Lilith was the one who found this out but I feel it would have been more impactful if it was Luz instead), and how Luz refines her precision—could have added layers to her journey as a spellcaster.

The History & Nature of Magic Itself

One of the most underexplored aspects of the Boiling Isles is the fundamental nature of magic itself. We learn that Titan blood plays a significant role in magical energy, but the broader origins and science behind magic remain vague.

Magic’s Connection to the Titan: Magic is often described as stemming from the Boiling Isles’ Titan. The concept of Titan magic, particularly with the revelation of the Collector’s existence, introduces fascinating lore that is left largely unexplored. What defines Titan-based magic versus external magical forces? Are there other sources of magic beyond the Titan’s remains?

Limitations & Magical Evolution: Magic appears limitless in certain cases, yet highly constrained in others. The existence of powerful relics, magical artifacts, and enchanted objects suggests layers to magic beyond individual spellcasting, but these aspects remain secondary. How does magic evolve over time? Can magical energy be exhausted or replenished in structured ways? These questions, if explored, could have deepened the complexity of the Boiling Isles’ mystical foundation.

[lacrimosathedark]

Hazbin: Lucifer =/= Samael?

This is a real personal itch of mine. If it was done occasionally, I could brush it off as having fun, but it's so widespread and common. I see a lot of fanworks refer to pre-Fall Lucifer as Samael. And I get why, and yall can have your fun, but it bugs me so imma do an education.

One thing you gotta know is, mythologically, there is no direct textual connection between Lucifer and Samael. I'm presuming yall are mixing them because there's a middle character that is conflated with both of them:

SATAN

Samael has historically been associated with Satan. Lucifer, however, has only been more recently conflated with Satan. The origin of Lucifer isn't even necessarily about an angel, but a prideful king! (familiar?) And in Hellaverse, Lucifer and Satan are once again two different characters because Binsfield.

Usually they're pretty good at delineation between Lucifer and Satan. But in order to have her cake and eat it too, have Charlie be the daughter of the Devil and Lilith whilst having a separate Satan character, Viv gave some of Samael's/Satan's things to Lucifer. Most notably as Lilith's partner.

Lucifer is the Devil in Hellaverse, but he's more associated with Pride than anything else. Hellaverse Satan has Samael's whole adversary, judgement, courtroom deal.

Sometimes Samael is identified as evil incarnate or the source of evil, and while Lucifer may be the first to cause sin, what little we know of Hellaverse's pure evil is more associated with Satan and the Wrath Ring as a whole from the first episode (thank you for the lore Martha).

(I have a whole separate post about Hell and all the yes and that emblem and the Root of All Evil so I'm not gonna rehash it here)

Lower class Hellborn even treat Satan like their god. Helluva Boss has characters saying "oh my Satan" constantly. The one time we hear something different it's from a literal prince who says "oh my Lucifer".

And lore mixing is totally fine, it's fiction, fuck with it, have fun, but there's still one big issue for me and it's more about the logic of the names.

Samael roughly means "poison of God".

Lucifer actually comes from the Book of Isaiah 14:12 due to the game of telephone that is translation.

What used to be rendered as "Lucifer" like a title in Latin was in Hebrew Hêlêl ben Šāḥar, which most literally (I think) is "exalted child of dawn", more commonly rendered "son of morning", and is in reference to Venus, also known as the morning star. Greek renders it Heōsphoros which is another name for the Greco-Roman god Phosphorus, Lucifer in Latin, who was (you may have guessed) the personification of Venus. tldr Lucifer means morning star.

And this is where it gets me; why would Lucifer have a "nicer" name AFTER he fell to Sin? How does corruption turn him from Poison to Morningstar? Sure, he could've chosen his name post-Fall, but pre-Fall is presumably names they were given.

We have nothing so far of how Lucifer was seen in Heaven before but a lot of fans portray him as "God's favorite". Which makes Samael make even LESS sense. At the very least you'd think if he was known to be "poison" they'd keep a better eye on him. They've got a lot of them. But shit happened.

This is a long way of me saying Lucifer doesn't HAVE to be Samael and Samael doesn't HAVE to be Lucifer. Lucifer could've been his name the whole time. Samael could be Satan. Samael could be a different character entirely. Hell, make up YOUR OWN angelic name for Lucifer if you want! The other Sins don't have them either, go nuts! You don't have to be trapped in that box if you don't want to. There are other options.

TTFN

[ari4stuff]

Fazkids Content Update!

Yoooo that one fnaf AU it's still alive?

Okay to start

• what have we been up to this year and a half?

The group took this time to create what we can call the spiderweb between characters, planning pasts, connecting stories, Finishing the story, remaking designs to fit in the lore, creating families between the characters and adding details to connect everything.

Personally, I took this time to improve my art style and start the fazkids project with quality.

Example:

June 8 2023 | march 30 2025

Right now almost every single character has it's own story, future, Personality and Dynamics (We even made aus of the au for some characters)

Here's a list of most of the characters we have right now:

Cassie, Luke, Mona, Bryan, Six, Alec, Aeri, Mari, Chloe, Maxxy, Diana, Lilith, Luna, Luca, Lucas, Ethan, Matthew, Milo, Charlie, Maverick, Molly, Aziel, Gloria, Matilda, Adiva, Cordelia, Aurora, Robbie, Hernan, Jade, Jason (And some other side characters)

•What will the project be?

At first, we planned it to be a Fangame, yes a security breach fangame called "Into the Rabbit hole" it was one of the first projects this Au had, I was so excited that I even tried to learn 3D modeling to help my friend Dj_Ratman with the game

Proof:

And I also made some Art for the game, like these ones:

but, that project had only 1 developer and even tho it is still alive, it will take WAYYY a lot of time, so we changed to plan B, a Fanfic, it was going to be written by Remy, a Friend of us, but we never saw Remy again after some months of work, wich means that file is missing...

Some time later I had the Idea of making Videos in the Arg style, We planned a show made by fazbear to be the main face of the Arg, It was called "The polly and Titi show"

I won't speak much about it because We may retake it at some point, but for now it's frozen.

At this point a lot of time had passed and we had nothing to show, so I decided to make a comic, which would be set two years before the main events of the fazkids story, to show a little bit of how some of the kids and other characters met and interacted with each other before throwing the whole lore to the table. BUT I never thought about the fact that out of 13 people on the team, it was just me and three other friends making that comic, which, again, would take a long time to do. (I was able to draw only 5 pages, I didn't even finish chapter 1).

So that comic was scrapped too, But! Now We decided to turn THAT story into a Novel, Like a fanmade Tales from the pizzaplex, For real this time!1!!

We currently have 5 chapters in drafts, and sooner than later we will post chapter 1!!

• What now?

Well, we're currently working on the novel. I'm planning to talk a little about each character so you can get to know them better before they appear in the novel. So, Keep an eye around!

Finally, we apologize for making you wait for so long, and thank those who continue to this day even though we haven't posted anything other than the designs; you're incredible! And know that we've seen your fan arts and fanmade designs, We love everything! And we hope we can see you when this projects becomes something more than just an idea.

[wyvernspirit]

Introducing my Pokémon Horizons OC Lilith Naga!

Falls in [art by @solarockk ]

She's 17

From a branch of Gibeon's family that split off years ago - and established Phenac city in Orre (region from the Pokemon Colosseum games which I am giving it my own lore and headcannons)

She grew up in Orre so she's a really tough trainer

After all there's not much to do aside from battling

Her favourite Pokemon are serpentaine ones because her, at the time an Ekans and Serviper, saved her as a child when she left the city walls

After her family pass away she's shipped over to Amethio's father who takes her in - much to her displeasure: everyone keeps talking about how this can be good for her but she just wants to go home honestly

The only good thing to come from that relationship is him giving her a Dratini egg who becomes her teams baby

They're all very protective of the little one

Baby snake

So cute

Babie

She and Amethio's father have a,,,, mutual dislike for each other but she's forced around him for Media reasons

She's his charity/PR cass

And she knows it

And she hates it.

Her and Amethio actually get along decently well

Or at least she cares about him a lot and thinks he deserves better then their fucked up family memebers

He's a little distant from her because this is a random ass family member who's been forced into his life suddenly

As a stronger trainer then him she pushes him to grow and develop his battle style further

She's a bit of a steel wall that he can throw himself at to improve and he does so (which she approves of!)

She teases him a lot and is a bit rough with him not physically but she isn't very good at knowing how to connect with him at first

She cares though - which is more then a lot of people can say

How involved is she with the explores? Uhhhh *hand wavey* she knows the two who hang around her idiot cousin and that's it's prooooobably something vaguely illegal but that's about it

She honestly runs into the Rising Volt tackers more then anything else

And she hates their grandfather so

Lilith wants nothing to do with it all

She probably wouldn't care at all except her cousin is wrapped up in it and it's her job as the elder to look out for him

She's only been around for about 6-7 months pre the start of the first episode

Also

She desperately needs some kind of rival who is as into battling as she is

Like Ame is great but he's also like 2 years younger then her and sheltered in comparison

Shes is like a feral dog on a leash at the moment

she's going to fight someone and it'll probably be her and Amethio's family lol

A good way to kinda summarise her is this quote from critical role "She's warm like a sunrise or a gentle Summer's breeze, but also uncompromising like a hungry lion or a crashing tidal wave"

[cotton-fae24]

Just my luck that I get sick again 2 weeks after I recovered from my last cold. I hate spring. Still working on the comic, so for now, enjoy some lore I wrote about mermaids in this AU. I hope you enjoy it, and thank you for your patience.

HEALTHY MERMAID ANATOMY:

Fangs:

All mermaids have shark-like fangs that make grinding and chewing meat alot easier (yes, mermaids eat fish, bigger fish eat smaller fish all the time). Some mermaids have more noticeable fangs compared to others, and adults tend to have bigger fangs than kids do.

Webbed hands:

All mermaids have webbed fingers. This is to make swimming alot easier. However, the webbing itself is very flexible, allowing mermaids to pick things up and move their hands as normal. So they get the best of both worlds!

Mermaid tail:

Mermaid tails are more like dolphins rather than fish. They move up and down rather than side to side. Also like dolphins, they don't have bones in their dorsal fin; rather, their tail is made up of connected tissue. So despite their fish-like appearance, mermaids are still fully mammalian creatures.

Ears:

All mermaids have fins attached to their earlobes. This is to protect their ears from infection and pressure. Their ears can also move and shift based on their feelings.

Breathing and Strength:

Mermaids actually have both gills and lungs, and can switch between them depending on their location. Mermaids also have naturally stronger chests and arms compared to humans to make swimming easier (think professional swimmers as a reference to an average mermaid body).

LUZ'S TRANSFORMATION AND AFTEREFFECTS:

At the beginning...

Though Luz was transformed into a mermaid physically, that doesn't mean she adjusted to it so quickly. Luz was already underweight back when she was a human (her family couldn't afford much after all), and she certainly was no professional swimmer either, so she really struggled to swim with her new tail. Her body also struggled to adjust to breathing with gills, so Luz lost her breath fairly quickly. Her neck wound certainly contributed to her shortness of breath as well. Stringbean actually acted as Luz's mobility aid for a while, guiding her around the palace.

Probably the worst part, though? Water pressure. Luz was not prepared for how intense the pressure underwater was, and for the first few days experienced massive headaches, nausea, and fatigue. It was so bad that she actually spent her first few days as a mermaid resting in the castle. Given small portions of food by Eda to combat the nausea, as Luz adjusted to the intense pressure and cold. Lilith and the servants didn't really bat an eye at Luz's sickness; they just assumed she had a bad flu.

Months later...

After about a week, Luz recovered, and her body adjusted to the pressure. Her body also adjusted to breathing underwater as her neck wounds healed and as she spent more time underwater. Thus, making Luz alot more energetic and chipper

Luz also experienced physical changes. Combined with access to a wider variety of food and more practice with her tail, Luz became a healthier weight and even built up stronger muscles in her chest and arms, allowing her to swim faster and better keep up with her friends. Though she still isn't as physically strong as, say, Willow.

Luz grew quite a bit, too. Back when she was human, the lack of food she had access to stunted her growth. So when Luz first arrived in the Boiling Bay, she was actually shorter than Gus. Eda even thought Luz was way younger when she first met her, thinking she was 10-11 until Luz corrected her. But once Luz grew into a healthier weight, puberty hit her like a train. She grew a good 3 inches, towering over both Gus and Willow (something Gus is totally not jealous of), and finally looked her age.

OTHER FUN FACTS:

Patterns:

All mermaids have unique patterns/scale-like markings on their faces, arms, and legs. Much like a fingerprint, every pattern is distinct and individual.

Hair Care:

Since salt and wave currents can very easily damage it, hair care is very important culturally to mermaids. They brush their hair constantly, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. Brushing a person's hair is also considered a form of affection for mermaids, usually a familial type of love between siblings, parents, etc, etc. It's like the mermaid equivalent of preening for birds.

Long v Short hair:

Fun fact about mermaids, their hair grows at a much quicker rate than humans. So the human stereotypes of mermaids having "long, luscious hair" were just mermaids who got tired of cutting their hair constantly. Though it doesn't stop mermaids like Lilith from trying to keep it short, no matter how quickly it grows back. However, many mermaids maintain this long hair; in fact, having long hair is considered very attractive in mermaid culture, as long hair implies you spend a lot of time maintaining and taking care of it.

[hokulilith]

AVE LEONARDUS

“And Aron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.”

Leviticus 16:8-10

This portion above, from the black book of lies, describes a ritual. I share it as earlier in the week I asked Lucifer and Lilith to reveal who is influencing or within me, so I may discover the name and therefore research and learn more to form a partnership with the spirit.

I awoke and saw the following: LEON.

So I peered into the black oracle (smart phone) if your new to my ramblings and conducted a cursory search for Leon Demon and guess what I discovered?

So let's start, Leon is short for Leonard, and amongst other things is considered an incubus, he is called Leonard or even sometimes "Master Leonard". Leonard is listed as a demon or spirit in the Dictionnaire Infernal, grand-master of the nocturnal orgies of demons since he attends the Sabbaths with the witches. Master Leonard is represented as a three-horned goat & got a black human face. He also has a human face on his ass, which of course was often kissed by witches.

Now if that isn’t already a very ominous appearance, he is said to mark his initiates with one of his horns. Infernal powers are obtained from the worship of Master Leonard, they will range from metamorphosis into monstrous animals or transformation into an incubus.

Leonard has been known to take on other forms, & there is some connection to the legend of the werewolf, he also has been known to appear as a handsome soldier, too, and is a favorite of many demons. Legends claim, that in this form he will seduce a young lady & take her to the wilderness where he will lie with her and ejaculate cold semen. Any child resulting from this union will be stillborn, an offering for sin.

Leonard is said to protect Lucifer’s strongest soldiers. He may appear in a time of possible death to insure that the soldier doesn’t lose his strength before he is needed.

There is also mention of a "Master Leonard" in the Dictionary of Phrase & Fable in association with the alleged deity of the Templars, Baphomet or "Goat of Mendes."

In European lore, one of the names he goes by is "Urian" or "Meister Urian" (Master Urian) in Germany. Urian is a word used for the Devil. It became a Tradition after Goethes Faust (Walpurgisnacht).

I continue to research and so far I am confident that if Theresa Grand Master of Nocturnal Orgies of Demons, Inspector General of Witchcraft and a Powerful Commander of Legions is within me, or influencing me then it may be The Dark Goddess consolidating her forces for a greater purpose.

Salvete Lamia and Ave Satanas!!

[sparklingsora]

Hi. I would like to know many things about your roleswap au bc I love it very much but I have no idea what to ask I just want to know many things bc my brain has been consumed already

uhhhhh I guess can you lore dump a little bit on backstories? Idk I just wanna know everything about this au

I will be back in your ask box for this au several times most likely

-Spaghetti Brain Anon

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASK!!! i am SO glad that i could get this au to live in someone else's brain rent free too. all i could ever ask for in life tbh i guess i'll infodump about character backstories, dynamics, character arcs, all that juicy stuff putting it under cut because HO BOY THIS IS GONNA GET LONG

as a heads up, take the timeframes i give you with a grain of salt, because i still havent completely figured out the timeline so first of all, vox!! he's a sinner, died in the 1950s, as per canon. he's a businessman, but less stable than in canon. he's always jumping from job to job, business to business, which results in him having a lot of connections with various people around hell. soon after arriving in hell, he met and became friends with alastor. cut to, i'd say around 7-10 years before the events of the story? alastor disappears without a trace during an extermination and vox assumes him dead. having now been personally touched by the effects of the extermination, the idea to try and solve overpopulation another way is planted in his head, but wont come to fruition until much later. in the meantime he meets velvette - finds her bleeding out in an alleyway after getting too cocky and trying to fight back to an exorcist (bad idea). he nurses her back to health, they become friends and eventually start dating, yada yada yada. one day vox and velvette find a funky little cat (keekee). keekee takes a liking to them and leads them to the old ruins of a building up on the hill on the edge of pentagram city. they figure out that the cat turns into a keyblade that can be used to magically build shit (only the hotel though, as keekee is the spirit of the hotel or??? whatever the hell the canon lore is idk???) vox finally decides to realize his idea to try and solve overpopulation more humanely - through redeeming sinners! his reasoning is, if angels can fall (as proven by lute and charlie), then demons can surely ascend, right? though he's not as sure or idealistic about it as charlie is in canon. he simply thinks it has a chance of working, and opening up a hotel means a bigger sample size than if he were to just try and get into heaven himself or something like that. besides, he wouldnt wanna go to heaven, he likes it here. also, im not sure where this is situated in the timeline yet, but he was in a band with adam, lute and possibly eve at some point? the band is called brimstone eden, as mentioned in the comic i posted. im not sure yet whether he was in the band prior to eve's disappearance or after it (eve disappears 7 years before the story starts to mirror canon lilith). swap!vox, like his canon counterpart, is a very reactive person. he follows trends, he's extremely go-with-the-flow to a fault. he never really had any strong beliefs until the hotel - his character arc mainly involves him gaining something to believe in and learning to fight for that belief, 'ready for this' being more or less the culmination of his arc. jesus christ i cant believe i wrote that much JUST on vox. *slaps the top of his head* this boy can fit so much lore in him

now, velvette... she's how you'd expect her to be. same old brave, arrogant velvette. she's a fashion designer and seamstress and runs a moderately sized business which she promotes on sinstagram. she's mutuals with val there, which is how he finds out about the hotel. there's not much to write home about when it comes to val - it's insane how similar angel and him are. like literally barely anything changes when you swap them, it's very clean. he's a prn star, sold his soul to angel dust, yada yada. though a bit on his dynamic with vox - vox is very good at reading people, and doesn't like being lied to (he's a bit of a hypocrite in that regard - he puts on a facade all the time when in professional settings). he can clearly tell val isnt doing as good as he pretends he is, and wants to help him really badly, but val just sees it as vox pitying him and rejects his help (its what they fight about in ep 4, as a counterpart to the whole "charlie going to the studio" thing bc vox wouldnt do that) and now here's the fun part - ALASTOR! oh, alastor, you beautiful stuck up bitch! so turns out, he's not so dead after all! he ALMOST died in that fateful extermination, but husk found him and offered him a "give me your soul right now or bleed out in this alleyway" type deal. of course alastor chose the former, but boy he's not happy about it. he's extremely ashamed of how far he's fallen. so ashamed, in fact, that he hid from the world for those 7-10 years! yeah! he's only pulled out of hiding when husk summons him to be the bartender for the hotel. vox is of course, extremely bewildered and demands answers. alastor doesnt give them and avoids him instead. it takes a sincere conversation with valentino in ep 4 for alastor to finally talk to vox again and explain himself. alastor is basically in extremely deep denial of just how fucked his life is. he clings onto his radio demon persona like a lifeline bc its the last thing that can help him feel some semblance of control over his situation. his tension with valentino is twofold - first they butt heads because of opposing personalities, and second because they both see the other's bullshittery. it's a clusterfuck it eventually bubbles over in ep 4, they both admit how absolutely fucked they are and are friends now. wish i could say more on al & val bc i love them very much but it seems ive run out of eloquency for now. though i know i'll draw some comics of them eventually so maybe it'll come across better in comic form. anyway as mentioned above ive run out of eloquency and im honestly not sure how coherent this whole thing is so you'll have to come back for the other characters some other time, dear anon! until then, thank you so much for the ask once again, and have a nice day/night :)

[eluviannaa]

Azeroth—Sanctuary Merge

...and maybe some Void stuff

Archangel Auriel in HoTS, Diablo design.

It's a stretch, but what if Sanctuary was a forgotten realm of the Shadowlands?

The parallels and aesthetic could be just how fantasy worlds work, sure. But Diablo being a Blizz franchise, they could expand Warcraft lore. Shadowlands made room for this.

They keep doing cross-over events. And at the end of the Worldsoul Saga we get a new chapter of the game, so hmmm...

Hooks for Blizz

Hidden realms, archangels as spirit healers, Horadrim and the Cosmology, aesthetic, soulstone/Worldstone, cosmic corruption:

Hidden realm—WoW characters always talk about hidden realms. In Diablo, Lilith and Inarius made the realm of Sanctuary to escape persecution from both the High Heavens and Hell—off-grid rebellion. Shadowlands hook.

Archangels as Spirit Healers—Both offer resurrection for a penalty or with exceptions (Tyrael, Uther). Overall, big Kyrian vibes for imposing order and soul sorting.

Horadrim as Cross-Realm Guardians—Did they write the unbias account of Warcraft's Cosmology? They archive relics and knowledge, theoretically preserving the Light. But Zultan Kulle (lich vibes). And Elu absolutely wants this knowledge.

Aesthetic—Sanctuary looks like the Maw/Torghast. Archangels look like Spirit Healers.

Soulstones/Worldstone—Like the Old Gods, the Prime Evils can't be destroyed, only contained. Anima is also powered by the essence of the soul: Diablo vessels could be reject shards or prototypes from The First Ones tech.

Corruption—In Sanctuary, it doesn't come from demons, it comes from cosmic order. Like WoW, it hinges on free will and choice. Making the right move to fight it. K'aresh and other worlds weren't prepared. Could be Azeroth's shot at preservation.

Personally, I love Diablo lore and this is something I want to see. I haven't read all the Diablo books but half wondering if it's even deeper with specific connections.

[teeth-cable]

Why Lucifer being a good person is fucking stupid:

So in the show canon Lucifer and Lilith were kicked out because they were dreamers and gave Eve the fruit of knowledge. Based off the lore of Helluva Boss Lucifer 99% is the sin of Pride. In the show Lucifer is just a quirky theatre major who just wants to reconnect with his daughter...

Ok so lets analyze why this does not make sense in the worldbuilding. Lucifer is the King of Hell, a.k.a. a place full of homicidal maniacs and various other people. And since angelic weapons can harm angels (which is stupid btw) and sinners have been stealing weapons left behind by angels... Lucifer logistically cannot be a good person because these people could just decide to try to murder him if he was too weak. He needs the sinners and populace to fear him or respect him. Since Helluva takes place in the same setting Lucifer must have put in the social hierarchy of hell, approved it or doesn't do anything about it. Which means he plays some part in Stolas and Stella being forced to wed and the imps plus hellhounds being treated like garbage.

Then we get into story construction problems. Like if Charlie and Lucifer have a good relationship instantly then almost all the problems in the show can be solved at a snap of a finger because of Lucifer's power level. Its a similar problem with Alastor but worse because Lucifer is stronger. Like Alastor tho is implied to be weakened and forced to do this so there is intrigue storywise and limits on his personality and power. Lucifer is angel and can just like idk zap the Vees. Theres no threat, risk or anything now.

Also this Lucifer may have slept with Eve which either implies he cheated on Lilith or Adam was cheated on twice and Lucifer also agreed with genocide

And what wouldve been better is Lucifer being a shitty dad or person WHICH WE HAD IN THE PILOT. Like Lucifer being awful is actually better for the previous reasons and Charlie's own character. Like Charlie is supposed to be an underdog despite being princess and has an impossible task and if her father doesnt believe in her theres another personal level to then and maybe some of the audience could connect with her. And if Charlie's dad hates her or something you could easily write in and make Charlie struggle more by having him cut off her resources. Heck if her dad is awful then you can write in how Charlie feels about being so morally different. Then slowly build up to when we see Lucifer for the first time and actually have it feel special

This just makes me missed the pilot even more. While it did have it's own problems with the worldbuilding and characters, a majority of its ideas were still believable.

A better angle for Lucifer would be if he was a morally grey character. He can still be a decent father but a terrible ruler. Of course, that angle wouldn't work because everything in this show has to be black and white, where it literally tells you in a song, "Cause the rules are black and white" despite the same show critiquing its Heaven for the same black and white thinking.

I'm not against the idea of Lucifer being a decent father because there are still other ways the show can create conflict between him and Charlie. For example, he does get her the meeting into Heaven but it's at a cost. If she's unable to convinced Heaven, she has to abandon the hotel. Or maybe he is skeptical of Charlie's idea so he makes her overcome the hotel's problems, like the Vees, alone, to prove how strong and passionate she is. Of course, if they hurt Charlie, he can easily kill them, but it can serve as a great character moment for the both of them. Charlie learning Hell is brutal, Lucifer now hating the hotel because it will hurt Charlie, and create a new conflict where Charlie and Lucifer are against each other. Or the fact Lucifer was the one who allowed the exterminations to happened and Charlie has to undo her father's actions.

I'm only focusing on Lucifer being a "good" person through parenting because almost everything else, he's a bad guy. Not only was this the same man who allowed the yearly genocide of the sinners but also he created the classist, racist social hierarchy and system in Hell, and let the pride ring become so awful, the overlords, a group of powerful sinners, are taking advantage of regular sinners daily.

[princesschas-blog]

imagine a crossover between boyfriend to death and neon genesis evangelion

Oh my god did you just read my mind 😭

I’m gonna make this quick because I got a midterm in an hour

-I’ve based heavily on the EVA series especially the reboots in terms of lillin and Adam origins. A short lore dump before I go into some crossover stuff.

-Angels(those with angelic origin, angelica/cain/damien) are Adam’s children

-lillin(demons, sano/akira/nicolette/rire/ren) are Lilith children

-evas(humans in this case, strade/annabel) are eves children

-you see what I see?

In terms of who I see, who they would be —>

-Akira, I could see being someone who may not be able to pilot an Eva, or could, both Akira and sano don’t have a mother and could have a strong connection to an Eva that way, it being their mom. The problem is, they old asf- so Akira would likely be in a position like Misato, head commander,leading the operations against angels,putting kids in robots. Their personality’s tend to line up too, rowdy, lack of personal space, drinkers.

-sano, I see him in ritsukos place, both same in stoic personality’s, smart and serious about their research. It would make most sense to put him here, if anything Sano would probably be excited to build giant bio-mechanical weapon. Also they’re a dynamic between ritsuko and misato, which I think we could work with!!

-Cain, can you guess who I’m giving him to? It should be a little obvious but, of course, where smacking him right into Gendo Ikari’s position. Cold, distant, selfish in what they’re doing, lack of love for their children, and although it’s never elaborated on Enoch’s mother, Cain would probably rather her than his own son in his life. Also in the reboots misato and ritsuko go against him and NERV, I can see sano and akira spiting their adoptive dad that way.

-Enoch/Enochs mother(ramiel), Cain is gendo, so Enoch must be shinji, think about it you’ve grown up without your dad or ever getting love/affection from him. Your mom doesn’t think your dad’s suitable to even raise you. Hypothetically let’s say mom kicks the bucket and is lost in an EVA, and Enoch gets to pilot it. It fits, Enoch is conflicted about his dead mother, and trying to reconnect with his father, after her death. However, your dad rather try to get your mother back, so he really doesn’t care.

-Damien, perhaps can be fit into the place of kouzou, or ryoji, I chose kouzou at first because the two of them, gendo and kouzou, are rather close, shared affection for yui. Also kouzou being gendous right hand man. However, there relationship isn’t a friendly. So I picked ryoji second, as ryoji is a double agent, he has personal motives, isn’t fully for gendo, or in this case Cain.

-I’m unsure who to put in asuka and Reis place…that’s a little hard. If I were to pick from the younger cast, ren would likely be rei, during strades captivity, the quiet, isolated no one to rely on type. However, he could also be asuka after trades death, a more ballsy personality, and he gets a friend, Lawrence, and that would make Lawrence…hikari horaki.

——————

-Angelica, I gotta say, she’s really giving Mari Illustrious, because she’s literally the foreign entity in this universe, she’s not canon to the games, or nothing she just her.