#anyway im here to DEFEAT the devil

[twelverriver]

au: buffy and faith are in a pop rock band called The Slayers. buffy is the lead singer, faith plays the bass and does backing vocals. faith keeps fucking every single person in their band and their crew and buffy isn’t jealous. when they Do they together they’re absolutely obnoxious and faith keeps spilling things about their private life on stage with a smirk and a wink and buffy is really embarrassed but also thinks faith’s super hot while she’s doing it, so she doesn’t mind that much. 

[mins-fins]

brownies.

&&. two totally "just friends" and a cute singing duet.

pairing: song eunseok x m!reader

genre: fluff fluff, comedy(?), eighth member!reader

warnings: none!

word count: 1k

notes: guys i love eunseok 🙁 like.. i love eunseok so much 😞 but but hes not my riize bias!! #SHOTARO4LIFE yeah uh anyway, third(?) riize work ever and im going to be honest.. its kinda cute like i dont wanna give myself too much credit or anything but this is genuinely so cute and adorable and um.. i wrote this to feed my own delusions and help the dry riize male reader tag 👍

you are a different level of calm, your fans had just realized, and to prove it, here you are, watching your members go crazy as you peacefully eat your brownies.

"y/n! sing love, maybe by melomance!" shotaro suddenly yells out, glancing over at the still quiet you as you continue to chew on your brownies. you snicker at the words, a dumb smile coming to your face. "i don't know the lyrics" yeah, that's a lie, you sang it before for an evaluation, but that's a secret you prefer to hide.

"there's no way! didn't you perform it once for an evaluation when we were trainees—" you place your finger on jung sungchan's lips with a small grimace, hoping that none of the fans watching the live heard the words. "my voice isn't warmed up yet, chan. bear with me, hm?"

sending a knowing look to your fellow 01 liner, you calmly leave his personal space and make your way back to your plate of brownies, but your members seem to be adamant on the request, seeing how you haven't sang since the whole live started.

"c'mon n/n! seok will even duet with you if you like!"

"no thank you".

"please! i'll make you more brownies!"

"...how many more brownies?"

"five!"

"..fine, you have a deal".

the eldest of riize grins at his victory, nodding his head to seal the deal with you. "alright! so two songs for five more brownies?" you stare at your older member, contemplating whether to accept the offer.

"fine, what's the other song though?"

"spring breeze?"

"and sing it with eunseok hyung!" anton cheers, chuckling in excitement as he watches you sigh in defeat. "why do you guys want me to sing so bad?" you mumble, clearing your throat as you allow seunghan to pull you to your feet. you feel shotaro drag you to the center, and you swear your soul left your body in that very moment.

"goddamnit.."

"it's just two songs y/n" says wonbin, who seems to come out of nowhere. he laughs upon seeing your defeated sigh, and leans forward to press a kiss to your cheek.

you groan in faux annoyance at the kiss you received from your friend. "ugh, stop kissing my cheeks, i swear wonbin" the 02 liner chuckles lightly, pressing another one to spite you more. you yelp, wriggling your way out of the younger's embrace, hurrying your way over to the eldest of riize.

"let's just get this over with".

eunseok quickly took wonbin's place instead, his hands instinctively coming up to wrap around your waist. rubbing off the kiss marks wonbin had left with his thumb, the song raises an eyebrow in mild confusion. "where did you..?"

"park wonbin".

the second eldest chuckles in wry amusement, shaking his head as he continues to gently rub the kiss marks off. it was proven to be unsuccessful, so eunseok does what any sane person would do.

he huffs and replaces the kiss marks with his own.

you grimace, leaning your head away from eunseok, but the song just tightens his embrace. in the end, you just gave up, accepting the fact that you can't stop his onslaught of kisses.

"let's go!" shotaro's sudden english outburst snaps you out of your daze, he hands you a microphone, raising an eyebrow at the display.

"yeah.."

you are not looking forward to this.

you in fact did not like the outcome of your deal with the devil. (do note the sarcasm, shotaro is anything but the devil.) but at least eunseok was there to back you up, quite literally, because the song was seemingly attached to you, but you didn't mind; busy being fed the brownies the eldest had baked for you.

"hmph— hurmp!"

"eunseok, i think he's trying to say he wants you to stop temporarily" shotaro was kind enough to speak up, noticing your struggle, and you thank the lords. the song hums in mild amusement as he finally lets go of you, stopping with his continuous onslaught of brownie feeding.

you swallow the rest of the brownie in your mouth before speaking, "god, eunseok. that messed up my esophagus.."

you cough and reach out for some water, to which anton handed to you right away. "i thought you were hungry?" it was quite clear eunseok was enjoying constantly teasing you, and you frown.

you're tempted to flip off your 'friend'. "if you don't stop i'll literally—" just then, sohee came bounding in with a bright smile. "spring breeze!!" you had no choice but to pat his head before taking the microphone.

you knowingly send a look to the older, who gets the message instantly, you bring the mic up to your lips as the song starts. "is it you, the spring wind that blows in half a year, my heart is warm, will you come today. when the sun rises, it just seems to have disappeared".

you laugh to yourself, a small smile making it's way to your lips as you make eye contact with the camera—over dramatizing your performance. "somewhere, somehow, let's meet someday, i'm loneliness, still short, you can grow a little, 'cause i'm better at waiting than loving someone you come to me like the spring breeze".

you feel a familiar arm rest on your shoulder before a certain someone closes the gap between your bodies. "your face, your tone, everything, i miss you so i always wait".

you let eunseok do his thing, hand subconsciously coming up to rest around the older's waist. "somewhere, somehow, let's meet someday, i'm loneliness, still short, you can grow a little, 'cause i'm better at waiting than loving someone you come to me like the spring breeze" eunseok places his chin on your shoulder, not even making direct eye contact with you.

"so that my winter can end— we really love each other, you come to me like the spring breeze".

eunseok buries his face in your shoulder to hide the smile that was currently growing on his face before speaking, voice a little muffled. "can't believe your singing this" you chuckle as you lower the microphone. "and with you, huh?"

song eunseok makes sure to smack the shit out of your arm.

[mercillery]

LUCIUS ZOGRATIS AS A LOVER…

SFW + HEADCANONS + GN READER + SPOILERS ⚠️ + SLIGHTLY TOXIC IM SORRY I HAVE TO KEEP IT REAL…😞

♡ First of all, congratulations on touching this man’s heart. He’s literally a Zogratis—the oldest sibling, to be more specific—and he most definitely isn’t a man who’s easily swayed.

♡ But let’s say you did win him over… somehow.

♡ He holds strong beliefs, which is the whole remaking humans into their "true" forms using devil powers thing, and may expect his partner to share his views, particularly about the superiority of humans and his vision for remaking humanity.

♡ Lucius may use his charm and intelligence to influence his partner's decisions and viewpoints to match his own. Even though he can use Soul Magic to affect souls, he might not use it directly on his partner, preferring to use subtler means of convincing.

♡ I mean, could he easily change your beliefs to match his? Absolutely. But will he do it? Probably and hopefully not. After all, he wants his darling to be as “them” as possible, if that makes sense.

♡ On the bright side, Lucius is powerful and influential, which could translate into a sense of security and protection for his partner—you. Have you seen the number of clones this man has? You think he can’t just send a couple clones here and there to keep an eye on you?

♡ When you're with a man who can use Time Magic, what fear could you possibly have? He is able to see into various timelines and can use it as a form of foresight, meaning he’s able to protect you from any danger he envisions in any of your timelines.

♡ His calm and composed manner definitely adds stability to the relationship, but it can also make it challenging for his partner to understand his actual feelings.

♡ If we’re being real here, he’s pretty much always wearing that stupidly handsome smirk on his face. It’s hard for anyone to figure out what he’s feeling and thinking, even you. But don’t worry, he’ll show at least a small percentage of vulnerability to you. Only with you, though.

♡ Let’s take chapter 368, for example, when Yuno and Asta yell out loud and both declare they’ll defeat Lucius and become the Wizard King. Notice the way Lucius’ smirk falters? He’s clearly dissatisfied. 

♡ The same thing will happen when he’s alone with you. Sometimes his smirk will stay, and other times it’ll falter. Not because he’s dissatisfied with you, though.

♡ What I’m trying to say here is that when Lucius is around you and you alone, you’ll notice temporary lapses in his composed and collected demeanor, such as a slight softening of his usually aloof and distant attitude.

♡ Since you’re his lover, he’ll view you as an integral part of his vision for remaking humanity and bringing about peace. He wants his lover to be made into their “true” form too, after all.

♡ Lucius strikes me as a man who keeps his relationships private, most especially his and yours. Not secret, simply private. To be fair, it’s likely that most people don’t know about your relationship with him anyway.

♡ The only situation in which I can see him announcing your relationship to the whole world is after Judgement Day, meaning after humanity has finally been remade into its “true” forms. You’d be known as the Great Wizard Emperor’s lover.

♡ One way Lucius may show his dedication to his partner would be to include them in his future goals, letting them know they play an important part in his vision of remaking the world.

♡ Because of his self-assurance and confidence, Lucius can reassure his partner and make the relationship feel secure. No matter what you’re worried about, you’ll be met with his sweet, comforting words that make you swear he has some hypnosis spell on you.

♡ With that charming and attractive voice of his, he’s perfectly capable of easing your worries. You’re literally with a man who possesses six types of magic—powerful ones. You don’t think he’s more than capable of consoling you? His own lover?

♡ And if his words are insufficient, then his actions will speak louder.

♡ For example, his eye contact game is definitely attractive and alluring. He’s the type of man to hold such intense eye contact with you while brushing a strand of hair away from your face or while he’s caressing your cheek lovingly with that mildly amused smirk of his he always wears.

♡ Additionally, Lucius’ hugs might be the best hugs you’ve ever had. I mean, his clothes look so soft and comfy, whether he’s in Paladin form or not. Is it not hard to resist just jumping into his arms and giving him the tightest hug ever? Especially with that furry-looking robe he always wears?

♡ He genuinely believes he is acting in the best interest of his partner and their relationship. Why would you not want to be part of his plan to remake humanity? Why would you not want to witness his coming as the soon-to-be Magic Great Emperor?

♡ He'll stick to his convictions whether you like it or not. It’s in the best interest of humanity, you, and him.

♡ Unfortunately, Lucius may have a tendency to neglect his partner's feelings due to him being busy preparing for Judgement Day. Could you rely on his clones? Sure. But it’s a clone, not your actual lover.

♡ But rest certain, he will make up for all the time missed. Particularly when he at last becomes known as the Magic Great Emperor.

Sorry if this was out of character!!! I just needed to write for this man because the way there’s only 2 or 3 posts about him is driving me CRAZY😞 I need him.

[navy-leader]

Mildly losing my mind so im gonna talk about my AvA AU, Heaven's Underpass

Its essentially just a demon/angel au with some minor worldbuilding and slight altering of the already existing narrative (and lots of shipping...). It is by far Not comprehensive and merely done for fun so inconsistencies abound, sacrificed for self-indulgence

I made this AU before AvA6 came out and structured the initial timeline with what we had at the time so it branches off into different alternates ever since then

Anyways the story for the most part follows the actual AvA series with the added addition of them being some sort of divine or infernal entity. Chose started off as and angel but once Chosen was captured and enslaved by noogai he burnt off his wings and became a demon. Then AvA3 rolls around, another angel was created and tasked to take down Chosen, Dark. Though after Dark was defeated and accepted Chosen's hand in partnership her divinity slowly drained out of her as she becomes a fallen angel/demon, though she doesnt fully become one until AvA5.

Then comes The Second Coming, a deity that rivaled the power of the animator but was raised amongst mortals (The Color Gang) so they never found out of their divine nature until much later. Also Green was a guardian angel watching over RBY until he got his wings stolen by a demon and became mortal like them, aint all that bad though cause now they can actually get to know eachother! He still has that protective and caring nature from his time as a guardian and extends it towards Second when they came into the picture.

Purple intermission! Cause theyre the only other character outside of the AvA series that i put much thought into. Shes a demon who had stolen an angel's wings (wink) to reach some form of divinity. I havent really thought of her background all that much but i did entertain the idea that her parents are demons but them being a mix of angel and demon but leaning more into demon sounds more interesting and i feel adds a bit more to their character. I also had the thought that King was a mortal who had made a deal with the devil to achieve his goals, that demon being Purple. He has a lot of moral dilemmas just like canon Purple but made worse because of the everything 👍

Moving on, AvA5 happens and Second awakens their divine powers (though temporarily) and Dark gets blasted into the stratosphere and becomes a proper demon, but shes not dead! Somewhere down the line she met Purple in her weakened state and they bond over their moral dilemmas like good trauma bonding buddies should do, and Purple takes care of her as she recovers

Meanwhile something appears on the desktop as the color gang head home from the events of AvA5 and find,,, a demon hollowhead? They seem confused and absolutely terrified of the mouse cursor that belongs to the animator and attempts to attack it but was soon held down by the color gang and calmed down. After a brief introduction they find out this demon's name is victim. And then this essentially follows the AU i had for if victim came back, made before AvA6 came out. I discussed it in this post here.

Anyways Second and vic and Chosen get crazy gay with eachother in the end and Purple pulls up to the desktop with Dark in tow like "hi guys meet my girlfriend!" and Dark and Chosen look at eachother like "Shit. Thats my ex." but in the end they talk it out and agreed they should see other people and yayy happy times

And then AvA6 came out and uhh crushed everyone's headcanons and i couldnt be happier!!! And then i havent really figured out what to do with the AU timeline wise and im just having fun slapping wings and horns onto these sticks and bringing out the themes inside the story to be more visual and etc etc

Anyways goodnight

[sparklingpax]

So i just recently watched Super God Masterforce and. Man that show changed me. Its in my top transfomers show. It truly captured both the true meaning of the Indomitable Human Spirit and the power of Found Family. Also Metalhawk is so pretty

HELLO AHHH SORRY I FORGOT TO RESPOND BUT OMGGG 🥹✨‼️💕💗💗🌟 That makes me so happy to hear........YES!!!!!!

[some spoilers so im putting the rest of this ramble under the cut here 😅]

The indomitable human spirit is a great way to put it--like in how it was one of the things that shifted Sixknight to really understand where he stood on things; seeing Ginrai leave his robot form after their first fight, to show it was just him (and the kids) beneath it all--humans, not giant robots, not "trained warriors" with something to prove....just regular humans who only wanted to protect their fellow humans, who even without the transtectors and upgrades, had their determination, will, individual personal values, and heart......and from that is where they drew their strength.

The bonds of family and human connection!! the weight those bonds hold, how pretty much everyone ends up realizing the real enemy all along was this being of blind hate and destruction....powerful, but who put their loved ones at risk.....even Hydra and Buster, who ultimately sold their humanity for a taste of that power and never did abandon Devil Z's cause--they still stuck together through it all, showing the power of that sibling bond too, oddly enough. In victory, defeat, desire to be stronger--it was the two of them, always.

And...Giga and Mega....😭❤️‍🩹

This series just....has so much to consider and think about.....i love the characters and really only wish we got even more about each of them and their mannerisms & dynamics with one another....it was just a really interesting series, rather layered and fun....I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it :3 🥰

And so true....Metalhawk is SO 🫣🌟✨💕🥺

...my Exhausted™ but determined, brave and kind blorbo frfr......🥹😭‼️💗 His pretty eyes....

Anyways that's enough rambling outta me I think, hopefully it made some sense ahhh 😭

have a good day!! Thanks for stopping by and telling me that! :]

-Kuni ✨

[pennyellee]

haii im new followers here after Champagne Confetti

but idk why but i have my own Chapter 2 story

y/n might be lost and giving herself to him being his wife and all the world started called them Powerful Couple

they had a photoshoot together,interview,paparazzi picture, and all of them was arranged by Jungkook

after many moments, she was pregnant and were denied amd try to abort it but failed. His parents seems very care to her, didnt have an idea their son is a fucking creep. She had a baby blues in birth of their child (girl/boy/twin up to you).

as he is promised, he start giving her a career back. And this my wild idea is, inspired by The Devil Wears Prada (if you want ending where Y/N rising and take a revenge) asking Jungkook to help here making a fashion magazine publications company. He is in love with her … always and helped her to build her company. Slow but Steady Y/N changed she is become a sadistic and diva in-chief excuctive (Miranda Priestly inspo). Jungkoo offer her his best people to be her employees. She used that to overwork them, give them impposible jobs, blurred their boundaries between personal and job life.

meanwhile Jungkook career’s gone up rise he is become a legend pop star. He is always on fire if media asking him about his wife. Told them he is very grateful with his own family, successful wife and amazing talented children he had. Anyway he started noticed that his wife changed, he is happy she is growing love with him not knowing that he just raised the monster as same as him. Like many 90s hearttrob, they will be forgotten and cancelled when theyre grow older as long with their exposed dark secret they have been hid.

its okay if you already have your own version, but it will be Fantastic to see Y/N can defeat him lol

that's certianly an idea, feels like you did a fanfic of fanfic hihi ♡🫧𖦹⋆｡˚⋆ฺ i'm going to keep the storyline of part two until the very last minutes tho. When will be the last minute? I don't know, I wanna do a surprise drop (once it's actually written, the plot remains in my mind) ♡🫧𖦹⋆｡˚⋆ฺ but thank you, dear chummer, it warms my heart that the fic stayed in your mind for such a long period of time ♡🫧𖦹⋆｡˚⋆ฺ

love, p.

[soulhavens]

my running list of wallaru thoughts (plus one or two headcanons)

the trauma from sybil's speech ))):

the wallaru zeke quest i midnight oil - a slurry of plant-life and dream water, used in place of coffee.... the YW definitely is the Midnight Oil addict (caffeine addict yknow??) - they run on stress and Midnight Oil lol

i hate the sounds that the dingos make when we defeat them ):

Krokodile dundara tries to fight his own battles but the YW steps in... dundara kinda reminds me of moo bo (moo bu?) in that he comments on the wiz's uhhh.... battle-readiness

anyway it seems like the wiz has some pent up aggression that they're looking to burn off with battles

the kangaroo bushwhackers comment on how the YW takes their battle v seriously.... so no holding back on the YW's part

I think it'd be cool if we get to see our companions do some of the mob fights?

the bushwhackers are unionized!!

Fallen Arachna Empire... WHAT. "Great Prince"???? oh no

lol spiders of the multiverse. i see you KI, i see you

how did i know it was a con

fghjkkjdhg the loading screen for Rest by the Fire

daseinnnnnnnnnnn D:< i miss you

did we just get a cut scene for a cannonball-ed emu?

are we about to re-enact the emu wars LMAO

phett and cadd - i see you KI, i see you

when we're destroying the emu cannons... we're walking along quite a thin ledge. i bet the yw isnt in a great headspace here for a number of reasons

did we just get called out for being isekai-ed into the spiral???

i bet the outback makes the yw feel nostalgic for the aero plains (god i miss the aero plains..)

dasein )): "It is you! the real you" im gonna cry

aaaahhhhh "and what are my dreams, my unrealized reals?" "I want to be Something. I want to be good. I want to belong (everywhere)"

has the wallaru loading screen been changing as we go through the world? like it was just the poster and now its the poster with "ned collie was right" and i think thats super fucking cool

in hindsight it's probably cued into which area you're loading.... but it gives the effect of "its evolving as you play thru wallaru" which i like

the yw keeps nodding off and having dasein dreams, which makes me think that during this world the yw is just chronically running on a lack of Good sleep, yknow?

something about judge judi is throwing me off. i dont like her.

VEG???? not you ):<

wait actually? maybe not so bad....

who tf is the prince theyre talking about. i s2g.

oh goodie. corrupt government. didnt see that coming.

patrick warburton??? (no, unfortunately)

fought the law and won..... what an interesting badge. the yw is collecting so much trauma (:

bonesbury rules of magical combat?? (ok i know this is a play on john locke... but im intrigued by there being various sets of magical combat rules)

i love morp

oh god wait are we about to get into some matrix plots? yknow. cos morpheus?

"Even way out here we've heard of the one who walked the Reverie" i think its interesting that diff NPCs know the YW for diff reasons which is cool

"can't let anyone around the barrier with corrupted influences about" but we are child of light and shadow, divine paradox, touched by shadow.... hmm

me, staring at the magistreto, squinting: "...maestro? master? professor hex? the professor? is this another dr who reference??"

i like how small we are in the eucalyptus forest

dont mind me side-eyeing sandiago

did..... did we just watch an NPC get vored? oop no theyre alive

it amuses me so much that phasmanian devils can do the apollo spell (and it amuses me still that hes a chicken because apollo. a pollo. hah!) - also... thinking about how spells work again, especially when theyre based on an in-game character/npc/boss you fight... (coughcough the morganthe spells)

i am going to slap these judges and also these gold class guests

dasein stop breaking my heart ))):

"But you can brainwrite yourself. Just jump in the lake. See the scaries what haunt them when the sand hits their eyes." - oh boy... the YW is def not in a great headspace and everyone else can tell

okay so the dialogue box says "Sandiago camel" and "old one camel" but the mob title is "Feral camel" lol? wait wait wait old one??

hey sandiago im getting a bad feeling about you and morp too (rip me from approximately 13 notes ago)

"The Dreamer has only ever been seen by Wallu. Imagine what it could create if fueled by diverse experience?" oh no i'm getting a bad feeling about this

Freddie Croaker says to tell Judge Veg he says hi, but it doesn't seem like we as the YW do that? (at least not in the dialogue immediately following the instance..)

welp. morp.

"They built the Great Barrier because strangers came here, right up to the Dreamer itself, and made something horrible. An engine of evil it was, that could reshape the Spiral. Even the Great Tree could not perceive it. We could not allow such a creation." Oh no oh no oh no... i'm getting bad feelings b/c dasein... and the yw... and the old one..

"then we enter the dreaming to.." sandiago.... why are you trying to access the dreaming? and with morp continually being like "i feel like i know you" hmmmmm

its fucked up that you fight hostages but also i like the mechanics. i know that damaging the hostages is like breaking the aura on them which is like the ropes, but wouldn't it fucked up if you actually had to damage the hostages to release them

god these judges are sooooooo annoying

"Ten, nine, the Spiral hates Dasein" KI ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME SOB

"in these waves which are not water swim the thoughts which yearn to be real" i am sensing a major potential for YW angst right here

avatars of avarice... are we about to get into layers of hell/seven deadly sins or something?

sandiago was the one who guided the old one to wallaru... interesting........ ohhhhhh he was a founer of the cabal. wild.

i'd need to go back and do mirage since i dont really have an opinion on sandiago.... but more yw angst potential (:< this time with Betrayal

"This sapce is special. Its waters are not entirely real, thus not visible to Bartleby - a blindspot in reality." interesting piece of lore that i need to think about

oh are we finally cashing in on freddie kroaker's "say hi to judge veg for me"? nice

so far i do like the theme of "you can have done some Not Great Things in the past and still grow and change and learn"

ok wait judge veg's "I was always a fighter, a weapon to be aimed. First against the outlaws of Wallaru, then against unhealthy diets, then the Spiral itself. I don't know what to do after this." jdgkl;akdjfksoa;dkfja;dkf im - I think veg and the YW would reallly relate to the "a weapon to be aimed" line

"...because I'm a bad guy" not a big fan of this line, or of freddie kroaker in general..

freddie's plan was to remake a toxic, juggernaut crab..

the dreamer is bartleby but like different? hm "from his unconsciousness imaginings come new realities' idk how to feel about that

we get to connect dasein to the dreamer though <3

"Wizard, you are real. and so is he." ajdgkls;ajdka dasein and the yw real <3

"What are you doing here?" "We're here for you, to help you figure out where you belong" omgomgomgomgomg

dasein my beloved

"Was [our Walkabout] all you had hoped, Wizard? You did not face your demons, nor realize your truth as we all did." [insert YW's assumed dialogue here] "Haha, indeed, well said my friend. Your truth is to help others, as you demonstrated countless times in our journey. Your walk was for your friend after all." - I'm unsure about how I feel about this line too - in some sense I was hoping the YW would get more of their own conclusion, although i understand thats not possible with the way the wiz protagonist works

[dollivication]

thinking of Dante and Nero very begrudgingly team up because Vergil and V keep getting in their way.

Dante really doesn't wanna partner up with the guy, he's stolen your eyes from him far too many times. But now that he knows how intimate Vergil is able to be with you he's gotta do something. In terms of how much time he gets to spend with you he's probably in second, he's supposed to follow you around all the time anyways.

"kid hear me out-"

"I'm not hearing you out on anything old man!"

They keep sparring until they're so exhausted that Nero just sighs and gives in, because at least he'll get to be closer to you

ALSOSOSOE thinking about how maybe you don't know that they're demonic and then showing you their devil trigger

Dante would be the first one to get to show you, triggering while protecting you, he stays in his form for a little while after idk some demons or something have been defeated, huffing as he tries not to turn around and smother you in his wings. Until he feels you tugging on the edge of his wing, staring up at him with awe. He expects you to be scared of him, being half demon and all. But you don't, gently gazing at him and drinking in his features and oh my god he's so hard right now what's wrong with him this is supposed to be a tender moment

Sorry my mind is all over the place with this au THEY MAKE ME GIGGGLE !$!$??$ idk i think the shenanigans between four grown men who all share one brain cell r just funny. Dante would def stick out his leg to trip Vergil or Nero 🌀🌀🌀

IM GIGGLING IM KICKING MY LEGS

the AUDACITY that dante has after sweeping nero…GGETTT HIM OUUUUT OF HERE nero can literally never win.. BUT it’s not alllll thaaaat bad thankfully teehee :3 they surprisingly work well together if they actually put their head in the game!! until dante gets a bit overly excited ofc… bless nero LMFAO

DANTE DEVILTRIGGERFORM AGENDA BUMPED!!! i don’t reckon he planned on showing user that form any time soon, because HOLY shit imagine having a literal half demon be ur bodyguard.. (user is in for a treat they still have like 2 more forms to witness from nero and vergil LMAOAO)

surely that would’ve blown your little human mind! maybe you would turn him away :(… but SURPRISE SURPRISE! ur literally touching him all over in fascination and his head is SWIRLING!! ego is INFLATED and cock is HARD.,, maybe he even thinks for a SPLIT SPLIT second abt what it’d be like to fuck u in his dt form :3….

IT IS FUNNY!! ITS SO SILLY TOO like what tf are they doing.. AND DANTE WOULD 100%!! WHILE WHISTLING AN INNOCENT TUNE TOO.. anytime he’s whistling a cute little song it’s like slenderman static; u IMMEDIATELY need to get the fuck awayHELPMEMHHH

[mawu-writes-stuff]

hi! so, further and more detailed explanation of what i'm trying to do!!

CONTENT WARNING

this contains subjects related to mental health, gun violence, mass homicide, and substance abuse. proceed with caution.

COOL OBLIGATORY WARNING OVER

here's a little "meet the author" thing!!

a bit of an old picture, but it's the look i'm going for (but i wanna,, uh. IDK THE WORD but i wanna make it wavy kinda?? AND DYE IT PINK I THINK ITD BE COOL).

hi! my name's londyn. 21, ftm, he/him, hispanic, white passing. i am incredibly pale i know, i basically went outside for the first time at 19.

i grew up in my bedroom. i got taken from my birth mother at 8 months old, my grandmother n my mother's stepdad came and got me, raised me, i've lived with them ever since.

bad things have this odd way of happening every ten years or so in my hometown.

a lot of the locals say, "the devil haunts samson."

i disagree.

i've got a LOT of ideas, and about four different, separate, equally cool ideas for a way to get my show on air AND clean up my county.

i'll explain them more in detail in a later post, but they are:

1: House of Xiras/House of Midnight; a two-part webcomic about coming of age in the royal family of a magical, mystical, fend-for-yourself, dystopian planet on the brink of apocalyptic warfare.

2: The Legend of Zelda: Era of the Shield Maiden; basically just a roleswap zelda timeline split that takes place after botw, in the Hero is Defeated timeline, where Tears of the Kingdom never got to take place because the Hero of the Wild was once again felled by the Calamity.

3: American Thoroughbred; a loosely autobiographical novel about the life and times of the old rural, conservative, prejudiced US southeast.

4: a charity!! i'm gonna be donating some of the proceeds from the comic to the trevor project, an lgbtq youth anti-suicide charity that helps to make binders and other necessary transition supplies accessible to anyone!

i'm also very much entertaining the idea of starting a charity to help substance abuse survivors and their families, as well as raise awareness about men's mental health, to promote open and honest discussion!

this has been pretty long already, im sleepy lol

anyway, the first episode is scheduled for may 6th!! have fun, it's a wild ride.

[deltastra]

Woohoo! Gonna give my silly little thoughts on Chapter 117 before the next chapter comes out!

SPOILERS AHEAD

HE WON. HE GOT TO SEE AND TOUCH A PENGUIN. IM SO HAPPY FOR HIM!!!! God I love this innocent goal of his. Forget boobs! Let the man touch a penguin!

Wait what. IT REALLY WAS ETERNITY DEVIL? I’m stupid… so what is Fami’s power?

Either way, she knows how to strike deals with other devils too I guess. This may be a problem!

I hope we get follow up from Yoru about her siblings. She said Fami was lying but I just don’t believe that? That and, do all the sisters really hate each other? I just find that unlikely.

OK IN HER DEFENCE, HUNDREDS OF AQUATIC LIFE ARE PROBABLY DEAD! But seeing Yoru smile over Asa’s mindset is a nice change of pace. They are slowly getting along. Asa and Yoru’s dynamic is one of the most interesting things about part 2 so far. Yoru is more understanding of Asa now but she doesn’t excuse it. It’s a very interesting relationship.

AND DONT GET ME STARTED HOW WHEN EVERYONE WAS SO SHOCKED OVER ASA’S SPEAR SKILLS AND HER SOLO-ING A DEVIL (as Yoru), DENJI WAS TOO DISTRACTED WITH THE PENGUIN

Maybe I’m reaching here, but I see this as a type of play on the troupe where the hero reveals their powers in the open, but their “love interest” was “distracted” and couldn’t see it. If it was a play on that troupe, it was hilarious. Denji not seeing the shitshow that’s happening because he’s too distracted over a penguin is just…him.

Ooo a stare down. Fami might see Yoshida as a threat and Yoshida definitely knows what’s up…these two might end up as bitter enemies

These panels right here makes me want to bring up why I love reading chainsaw man rather than watching it.

It just feels like I’m reading a movie…

This short exchange, while lacking in words, speaks volumes over how you can interpret the convo. It’s kind of like a comforting awkwardness and the reliance on facial expressions just makes the manga more engaging to me.

Anyway, Asa is sad that the date sucked, Denji was okay with it cause of the penguin! How cute! But poor Asa feels so defeated here…

Can we talk about how when a girl told Denji she will fulfil any one request of his, all he asks is for another date? It’s just, so cute.

He didn’t ask for anything sexual, boy’s grown. I feel like now he just wants the feeling of love in general again.

Once again, facial expressions speak more than words. I love this so much. For once, Asa “disappointed” someone and they didn’t turn on her immediately. I can only imagine how comforting this felt to Asa.

If this is a romance that’s blossoming, I love the more mutual grounds their relationship is building on. Sure it might all turn to shit later but that’s Chainsaw Man for ya. Right now however, I’m loving it.

OKAY TIME FOR THE OPINION THAT MIGHT AGE POORLY IN A FEW HOURS!

This won’t work…

If I remember correctly, Yoru said that Denji has to fall in love with Asa in order for her to turn him into a weapon. But she stated that she could feel Asa’s love for Denji, not the other way around.

In addition, I don’t think Yoru understands human emotions that well. Denji asking her out on another date doesn’t automatically mean he has fallen in love with her. He just likes her to a point where he’s willing to give it another shot. Hell, I’d say that maybe Asa hasn’t fallen in love with Denji either. She was probably just little happy over how things turned out. I know I’m being a killjoy sorry ;-;

But my point is, Yoru cant turn Denji. So yea, this is gonna be pretty awkward now lol

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Overall, this was a cute chapter. Yoru came back and kicked ass, Asa was the one who saved the day and Denji got to see a penguin.

I am serious when I say that I do find the relationship that is building between Denji and Asa compelling. I don’t really care if it’s platonic or romantic, it’s just…nice?…to see them on more mutual terms.

[chubbygrape]

this is just so fucked and depressing ok

Ive said this before but while i love Holey i wished hed(?) actually been much more menacing and serious and the sorcerers suffered a bit more -- the whole story just felt like 'oo bad goo guy lets defeat him for fucking up my life. and also sorcerer genocide btw' --- but what about the actually atrocities committed towards humans?? over CENTURIES ??

Holey was born out of a mOUNTAIN of corpses, like the pile of corpses was COLOSSAL pls. Lets not pretend this is just some random villain with a personal vendetta against Ai/Aikawa, i mean Holey had EVERY right to exist and be violent. 🗣🗣❗️❗️Matter of fact, FUCK Ai ok. (im joking big time yall pls) Shit this was barely about Ai at the end of the day, like he was just a vessel - i mean, yeah it sucked but i wishhh it was a bit more highlighted and Hole a bit less of a joke?? too much focus on ai/caiman and too little on the actual genocides committed here. Like why wasnt the suffering of the humans mentioned enough during Holey's fighting? I mean yea, 80% (pulling this figure out my ass rn) of sorcerers died due to the rain but it was such a lame copout, it really didnt hit.

and the whole fight was just painting out holey to be this monster that had to be defeated which fair enough cause i wouldnt want to die either but the narrative was a bit eh.

This goes to the devils too, some of them are like over 300+ years old, i know for a FACT as sorcerers they were out there haunting down humans. !!!!!!

and they were enjoying 'the show' as devils - Chidaruma did one thing right reverting them back to sorcerers, cause what are yall enjoying??????? (not that Chidaruma had that in mind but yano) 'were betting on sorcerers' --- well youre sorcerer now too! 'we're going to die!!' i thought we were excited???? go fight. win the bet. chop chop. go brr

Anyways, im being so unserious rn pls dont take any of these to heart, i like the story as is. but i do wish the narrative was a bit stronger around hole's existence. Like i genuinely feel so much for the humans of the story and i feel like its just not properly addressed at all. I know a lot of ppl complain about the ending of drhdr and personally i didnt mind it but i can see why seeing literal jokes left a bad taste in peoples mouth -- the setting or fight isnt bad on its own, it just kinda lacks nuance. HOLEY IS NOT SOME DODO

AND MATTER OF FACT --- PULL CHIDARUMA IN HERE , CAUSE HES THE REAL CAUSE OF ALL THIS, ACTING LIKE HOLEYS BFF AND WHATNOT

I love chidaruma and the devils sm ok but it must be said

[ithisatanytime]

Viper - You Wanna See Me Dead Cause Of My Hops (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

 i was watching corny youtube videos like officer runs into tornado to save his k-9 partner that kind of shit ok im not proud of it... times is tough lately and i just need an escape some times ok! get off my fucking back! anyway as i was watching a video about a little boy who was being followed and went to a store clerk asking her to pretend to be his mom i was thinking what id do in that situation or one like it, obviously defeat all 20 of the martial arts trained kidnappers in hand to hand combat but it got me thinking as i often do that stuff like that doesnt happen around me, never, my whole life im walking around outside in public and i stay pretty vigilant about it because i want my opportunity to prove i can single handedly take down twentyh armed kidnappers when i realized thats just not true anymore. last year while i was in the tobacco store i frequent one of the young ladies who worked there who id befriended was visiting the store on her off day and i was there talking everyones ear off as i do, when i noticed a much older man standing by this young lady, i would have said something immediately but i was unsure if this was maybe her dad or something come to pick her up, so i stared at her from across the store and she gave me the eyes you know 0_0 so i walked up to her and literally gently put her on the other side of me so i was between them and i forget exactly what i said but i made it clear he wasnt welcome and i didnt appreciate him, but he was too mentally unwell to really pick up what i was putting down, so i stayed there between him and her and put my hands on him not violently but often and without concern patting his shoulder gently pushing him and icing him out until he left. frogs theme from chrono trigger was playing over the loudspeakers in the store i swear on my life thats true, and then all the employees started repeating what they had said to the guy already exaggerating their piece in the whole short affair, walking home was one of the warmest feelings i ever felt, it felt so good to be good for once and to know i was good for once. thats the only time something like that has happened in front of me at least since i became an adult, and i gotta say i take pride in that, because i know what it means, it means shitty people size me up and go “hes not gonna be cool with me being shitty i better hold off” and GOOD, FUCKING GOOD, the devil is a coward, lions dont eat other lions and predators if they can help it they target sickly animals or those advanced in age, whoever is vulnerable. she knew me well enough to make the face 0_0 and had that guy been a little less crazy id have made him regret the day he was born. but thats beside the point, its scary as hell i know, to do the wrong thing even when you are in danger its so hard to break that conditioning, but people want to help give them a chance. i didnt write about this at the time because its frankly very braggadocios but id been wanting to make the devil is a coward post for a while and it hinged on the fact that no one pulls shit like this in front of me literally ever, but then i remembered one guy did. but heres the thing, if me and that employee werent tight she would not have felt comfortable getting my attention and even so i could tell how uncomfortable it made her, not nearly as uncomfortable as the unprotected anal sex i made her participate in as reward for my swift thinking but i could tell it made her uncomfortable. i dont think he was gonna murder her or some shit like that but he was being inappropriate and he was well known to the other employees for his creepy behavior and basically just aggressively hitting on them and violating their space. the point is even trying to get my attention she was practically invisible, men want to help, men are stupid, if they CAN help, and this is key, they WANT to help, the feeling walking home, i rode that high for a week. if you need help make it known and make it obvious.    

[420technoblazeit]

actually hodl on here's a shorthand summary of the 12 seasons i watched spoilers below

ghosts adn werewolves and vampires and shit i guess. also some freak with really bad spirit halloween contacts *dean voice* we gotta kill those sons of bithces sammy!

sam might be half demon or smth lmao this is why you dotn go to an ivy league school, kids

ah fuck me dean's gotten into some sort of self-sacrificing bullshit again and sold his soul to save sam's life. also there's a really hot british lady now

christ almighty (but not literally, they never actually mention jesus in this show) the angels are here and boy are they all massive fucking dicks. sam thinks he's the antichrist and dean and cas have a weird amount of aggressive homoerotic tension for two guys who just met each other adn are at each other's throats like 99% of the time

SAM FUCKED UP AND LUCIFER GOT RELEASED FROM HELL. THE ANGELS ARE BAD EVERYTHIGN IS BAD, SAM AND DEAN ARE DESTINED TO MURDER EACH OTHER AND END THE WORLD. WE'RE SO INCREDIBLY FUCKED. just kidding free will perseveres :) also oh yeah dean's retired and living with his girlfriend and sam's trapped in hell forever now

just kidding again he's out but now he's soulless. also crowley and cas are speedrunning a bad end good omens. heaven is in turmoil, all the angels are slaughtering each other, raphael still wants to start the apocalypse, and everything is badly written

oh god oh fukc cas messed up big time and now he's dead. the most horribly written bargain bin eldritch beings are trying to conquer the world through really shitty capitalism but im sure everything will turn out fine. aaannnndddd dean and cas are in purgatory now

oh hey dean and cas are back! except now cas is bein lobotomized and mind controlled by the angels because he literally will not stop disobeying for even one second. gettem cassie. anyway sam and dean are tryign to close the gates of hell and crowley goes hey man. cmon. and tries to stop them. sam almost dies adn cas gets tricked into making all the angels fall

i literally dont remember this one im so serious. i have no idea what happens here ohter than i think crowley started kind of being a good guy here and there was a demon girlboss trying to kill him? idk it ends with dean turnign into a demon though

dean and crowley have a summer flign until crowley gets tired of it and calls sam up to cure dean. and then everyone teams up to remove the kill-everything-in-sight curse that dean had to get to murder the aforementioned demon girlboss. also crowley's mom is here now???? adn she's the world's hottest scottish deadbeat witch mommy. i mean mom. anyway she's evil i love u rowena we're all htrilled ur here rowena <3 <3 <3

ok stick with me here bc this is where i start to lose people. htey remove the curse from dean but in the process accidentally release god's evil sister. yeah. um. she's in love with dean for Straight Person reasons also for some reason everyone decides it's a good idea to free lucifer, the actual devil, to try and defeat her and he posesses cas. this season was not good.

THIS SEASON WAS EVEN WORSE THERE'S MORE BRITISH PEOPLE NOW FOR SOME REASON theyre like really shitty secondrate james bond hunters adn they hate americans. honestly everyone does fuckall the whole season and then cas and crowley die adn crowley doesnt even come back so this is about hwere i checked out

THAT'S IT HTAT'S ALL YOURE WELCOME FORT HE SUMMARY

dont plan on watching spn but can i get a recap for the series please?

THE WHOLE SERIES? HTE ENTIRE FUCKING THING??? YOUD HAVE TO PAY ME FOR THAT BUD U COULD LITERALLY GETA BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SUPERNATURAL

[mihai-florescu]

Hey bestie can you please explain the war to me I am trying to understand but it’s like my brain is actively denying my ability to read - @frame-anon

Deep sigh i tried to keep it short but i think i failed. Putting it under the cut

Ok i'll give you the shortest answer i can. So first of all it was a metaphorical war, the executions are regarding social status. This being said, some students did commit suicide during the war, there's a memorial monument in the Yumenosaki schoolyard in their remembrance.

Ok, so what was the reason for the war? Reformation. Yumenosaki students, and the idol industry as a whole, had started going downhill, using the fame of the past but not putting in any effort in the present into their work. There are 2 characters who wished to change this, Eichi and Keito. You hear everyone talk about Eichi as the devil but if they dont mention Keito's role at all, instantly shows me they havent actually read the stories... anyway. So they both had the same goal (but different reasons, Eichi loved idols, and Keito, to my knowledge, wanted things to work according to meritocracy, for the people who are rewarded to put in effort. Im not a keitoP so if im wrong here please correct me)

Eichi is on and off in the hospital so the student council is actually started with Rei as the president. Keito first plans to get rid of delinquents in the vicinity of Yumenosaki but Rei doesnt see eye to eye with this and overall with the whole war plans, and eventually leaves.

Once Eichi becomes president, Keito takes the position of right hand man, and Tsumugi becomes Eichi's left hand man.

How are the 5 eccentrics involved? The plan was to single out (at first 3, then with Tsumugi's advice) 5 talented students, make them the poster children of Yumenosaki, then villainize them as natural born geniuses, monsters, who do whatever they want and are untouchable. The plan being to defeat them one by one, thus motivating the other students, giving them an underdog to root for and hope that they too can be heroes.

And as (ex) Fine(formed by tsumugi, eichi, hiyori, nagisa) gained popularity, they gained a huge following in the school, further antagonizing the 5 eccentrics. There are many things they implemented at the time like units and the dreamfes ranking system that were meant to give them an advantage and to kick the eccentrics down, but also to sort through the general student body and eliminate those who didnt put in effort and just expected to pass without trying.

Now a rundown of how the 5 eccentrics got executed. Kanata was, as you probably know, still worshipped as a living god at the time, but Keito helped dismantle the religion and after Kanata lost support on that front, Akatsuki had a live against Kanta and Chiaki, and won.

Rei was kept busy outside of the country by various factors, including Eichi's meddling with Yumenosaki's sister schools, and it's implied he never got an actual live showdown, he just wasnt there when it mattered.

Shu was humiliated in a live against Fine where the lights and music "malfunctioned" halfway through the performance. It's implied a Fine fan did it to ensure the unit's success, but it's debatable whether Eichi, Tsumugi or Keito had something to do with it directly, or they just knew something like this would happen and allowed it. Regardless, it led to Shu's breakdown and Nito leaving Valkyrie.

It's a bit unclear to me what Wataru was doing for most of the war, but he was kept as the last one to execute, partially because he would know to commit to the role and his fate as antagonist, and partially because Eichi was conflicted, not wanting to kill his idol yet. The last performance was a unit formed by Wataru and Hokuto vs (ex) Fine, who disbanded after that live. I think it's still unknown the exact details of how Wataru ended up joining current Fine (past the fact that he wanted to take Tsumugi's role of Eichi's clown and bluebird of happiness) and I really hope they'll expand on Wataru lore at some point.

Natsume was shielded by the other eccentrics and didn't actually get executed, he wanted them to get a happy ending but it was simply not how the story was supposed to go at the time. So after the war, he ended up joining Tsumugi in a unit based around giving people hope, wishing the war will never repeat itself, and wanting to restore the eccentrics' reputations.

There's also Leo's story in the war, who was used for his songs, but not loved for who he really is as a person. Eventually this loneliness, plus the guilt of knowing that by giving idols songs he's stomping down on their individual creativity, led to his breakdown and isolation.

I hope I managed to explain it well enough? I apologize if I got anything wrong, it's almost 1am and I'm quite tired, do let me know yall if i missed any key elements please.

[cheesewelsom]

HOTD au where Alicent accepts that none of her children want to be king. And now is trying to make the rest of the council see that both Luke and Jace are Leanors kids and not someone elses.

And im making Alicent a good queen trying to fix kings landing squatters situation.

Anyway im bored so here's some scenes :

Alicent watching Rhaenyra telling everyone her children are legitimate

Alicent : what a shit hole, honestly.

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Alicent cussing in greek.

Rhaenyra confused as fuck on why there's alot of Reh.

Alicent : Héstika, Kólos.

Rhaenyra, an empath, Sensing alicent is very angry.

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Alicent after the small council meeting turned divorced lawyer discussion on who would get the throne.

Alicent : turn into a " step mother " they said, it " would be easy " they said.

Alicent : it did not turn out to be easy.

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Alicent : none of them want the throne..

Otto : and who's fault is that? Someone who raised them wrong.

Alicent : i fucked up, i know that but Father.

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Rhaenyra : and i love my family very much..

Alicent in greek : and i love my family VERY MUCH, fuck off.

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Alicent : Thirteen hours, Thirteen hours I've been defending her illegitimate children, my ears are ringing, my fucking ears are ringing ever since the small councils meeting, and in waltzes Rhaenyra all nonchalant and almost announces quite casually that her childrens are illegitimate, ILLEGITIMATE!!!!! I'll scream at your face for fucking thirteen hours you draft slag!!

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Alicent when she saw Jacaerys and Luke, knowing full well that she'd have to defend OBVIOUS illegitimate children from the small council so their ascension to the throne would be smooth.

Alicent : oh my god.

Alicent first problem her father. : Oh my god.

Second problem the small council : oh my god.

The topic of Daemond being heir and should take the throne : oh my god.

The topic of the cleanliness and fixing up flea bottom : oh my god.

Any type of problem : oh my god.

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Alicent babysitting Lucerys while she's doing paperwork.

Alicent : it's quite adorable that you two princes are going to defeat me with the power of brotherhood and all, but i am the devil from the seven so I don't how that's going to unfold.

Lucerys : YOU DIDN'T LET ME FINISH-

Alicent : uhuh, go ahead.

Lucerys : I HAVE ALL THIS POWER IN MY HANDS-

Alicent : okay, okay, shut up , shut up i don't care, i literally don't care.

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Alicent in a small council meeting.

Alicent : there's too many damn men im this council room, i might as well bust a nut-

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Otto : I should've drowned you when i had the chance.

Alicent : 1 Minute is all i ask before you go cussing me out again okay!?

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When Viserys says that His grandchildren look so much like their father and she just smiles and nod.

Alicent : im putting on my best show.

[mountain-man-cumeth]

How would you rewrite Muriel’s route?

This is the 3rd question I got with similar vibes so imma begin by saying that I am not a writer. I am a reader, a decent one, but I’m not the idea guy. I will try, though, since it seems like people are interested for some reason.

First of all I'd make some baseline changes to set the backstory proper;

Muriel chose the mantle of Lucio's executioner willingly, him and Asra had no other means to survive so they willingly worked as indentured servants under Lucio. He reasoned with himself thinking these are bad people and that he has no other skills to offer. (There might be a threat on Lucio's part that they can be replaced, he doesn't have to had given a villain speech for the implication. He is a rich tyrant and they are street kids, it the service they provide isn't up to par Lucio can easily look for alternative options.) Let me be clear, Muriel was not a gladiator. Gladiators are compensated generously for the entertainment they provide and often due to the amount of investment made on them, fighting to death wasn't a common occurrence. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Muriel, or rather the Scourge was well known and probably liked by the crowd, there's literally no reason for Lucio to utilize him otherwise. He wants people to enjoy the show, if everybody hated Muriel what use is he to Lucio?

Kokhuri are alive. The tribe had to relocate but they left Khamgalai to tend to the graves. They are nomadic and matriarchal people who likely don't adhere to mother-father-child kind of European family structure. The children are raised communally.

Muriel's curse has nothing to do with myrrh, there's a rune that can counter it and only he knows how to make it, he figured it out by himself for Asra. Any magic that can nullify a spell by Major Arcana is no doubt strong as fuck.

I'd start similar to main 3, MC is tasked to find Lucio's murderer. They find Muriel's brush or loincloth or whatever early on which leads them to the forest but because of the protective spells and the curse they get lost. They ran into Muriel or Inanna and she leads them to Muriel hunched over the corpse. They try to help, like the canon, and have a brush with Lucio's goat ghost. They tell him they were looking for the Scourge and Muriel says there's no Scourge here.

The day after they forget about Muriel but remember the rest and relay that information to Asra, who gets agitated by Lucio's return. He thinks Lucio is here for MC's body but doesn't explain anything, instead begs them to leave town until he figures something out.

They go to see Muriel and he reluctantly agrees to accompany them to the outskirts of the forest, on Asra's request.

Some point on their road trip Asra water-calls them to inform them that Lucio is looking for hearts and the Magician (or whoever else Asra consulted) implied they might find answers South. MC still doesn't know anything except maybe some comments Muriel could have made that painted Lucio in a bad light but they decide to investigate regardless. Muriel opposes, eventually caves (either thanks to MC or Asra). He lets out that he's been tailing MC on Asra's behalf for years so it shouldn't be that much different.

They go from town to town, MC helps Muriel ease into dealing with people again and it's easier since nobody knows jack about Scourge. They learn that he enjoys card games and collecting trinkets from different cultures. He might even get a little too enthusiastic about plants and gives random advice to a gardener.

We might learn here that Muriel doesn't like feeling that he's on a display or that he's performing. He prefers to lay low and blend in, not necessarily completely shut off the world.

They run into Morga(maybe they encounter raiders or a barfight or something alike), who's also been tracking Lucio. She proposes to work together. She berates Muriel for being a coward and convinces him to fight as that's all he's good for. (I think it's better if MC trains on magic rather than archery, I'm seeing alot of disabled MCs.)

She tries to train them but Muriel doesn't respond well to fighting and eventually Morga leaves. Valdemar or Vulgora catches them, Lucio's still trying to get MC's body. They escape just barely, MC gets hurt, Muriel beats himself up over it, some angst some fluff, you know the drill. Maybe he has a panic attack because panic attacks are usually not as on the nose as "Oh No I Gotta Fight Someone With a Knife". Looking for a shelter and aid, they find a cottage which turns out to be Khamgalai's. She helps them out, teaches Muriel how to heal using the techniques of their clan, I assume MC helps since they know some restorative spells too. She tells Muriel his family sent him away when they got ambushed so he wouldn't have to live on the run as Morga's clan was on a war path to conquer South. We get sad, lots of tears. Kisses might ensue.

Somehow it's revealed that this is the answer they were looking for and not Lucio (because I think the whole "Lucio's clan" plot was redundant) and Morga was just using them as bait to get Lucio out of Vesuvia.

Morga catches on to them, we learn who she is, Muriel and MC confront her but Khamgalai says her warmongering already costed her everything. She says she's trying to make up for it by killing her son and she needs MC to lure him out, they agree to work together, begrudgingly. (MC's past can be revealed here since they need to learn what's the deal with Lucio's obsession of them at some point)

Around this point MC might realize the mark's fading, Muriel brushes it off.

Instead of Lucio, Devil comes and tells them about Lucio's plan to do the ritual again. They go back to Vesuvia to warn people

Masquerade happens, people remember Muriel, Nadia or MC or someone give people an ultimatum. But oh no it was a TRAP all along, Devil told them of the ritual to get them right where he wanted. Lucio gets in MC's body, Asra sends them to the Arcana realm, same story as main 3.

MC forgets Muriel on the Arcana realm but through the power of love and maybe some guidance from the Hermit they go "oh no i forgot my boy". They return to find him in the Coliseum. What?! He was the Scourge?! Who could've thought. (this reveal wouldn't affect MC's opinion at this point since they already know he's a cinnamon roll)

This time Lucio's blackmailing him with MC's body. He says he needs hearts to make himself a new one and if Muriel grabs some for him MC can get their body back.

Story diverges to Upright/Reversed

Upright, if MC encouraged him to take it easy, but take it: MC snatches the body of someone he's suppose to fight to change his mind, he decides not to do it and instead go with defeating Lucio on the Arcana realm plan(curtesy of their friends). So here we can have a romantic scene like in Nadia's route where his chains are broken in the Arena.

They fuck around in the Arcana realm facing their fears and stuff, they bond, defeat Lucio, petrify the Devil etc. I like to think Muriel finds the forest spirit here, too, and maybe manages to heal it or learns that it's damaged but with enough time and care it will regrow. (a metaphor? in my arcana game? its more likely than you think)

Morga is charged for war crimes by the Kokhuri, the Coliseum is demolished and the love birds travel around doing their thing.

Reversed, if MC encouraged him to be strong and uncaring: MC fails to convince him and he decides to go through with Lucio's plan. He kills Morga and some more important spirits and fucks up the world. Which turns out to be a bogus plan anyways, Lucio only needed the hearts to settle his deal and Muriel kills him, too (I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds!)

Without a body MC is stuck in the other realm so Muriel and them retreat to the magic dimension, defeat the Devil and live the rest of their days.

There might also be a 50 first dates situation going on inwhich they get stuck in a loop where MC constantly meets and falls in love with Muriel only to forget him in a couple of (magic realm)days.

idk man this aint my job im just spitballing here, im writing this long ass thing so ill look like im working