#death's embrace

[hlmoorewrites]

Throne of Lies (Book 3 of Death's Embrace) is releasing on 19 December 2024! Pre-order now on Kobo or Kindle.

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

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I LOVE IT IIT'S MY CHILD

i can't believe you actually made a fic about them

THANATOS IS SO WHIPPED AND AWKWARD AND IT'S EXACTLY HOW I IMAGINED IT

my view of what happened when thanatos finds out (and if hades finds out)

Hades: YOU LET A SOUL ROAM THE WORLD! WHY Thanatos: Um- Hades: AND THE SAME SOUL BECAME A FUCKING GOD Thanatos: ... Hades: AND TRIED TO KILL APOLLO! WAS IT WORTH IT Thanatos thinking about the kiss on the cheek and the hug: yeah... i mean no-

ehehehehehehehehahaahahahaa

They were so fun <3

Hades:

Hades: ...oh my gods.

Thanatos, sweating: Wut?

Hades: you.... *points finger* you have a crush on my favorite nephew.

Thanatos, slightly high-pitched: nO I DON'T!

Hades: YOU DO

Hades: OH MY GODS

Hades, shouting across the hall: PERSEPHONE THANATOS HAS A CRUSH ON APOLLO

Thanatos: I DON'T HAVE A CRUSH ON APOLLO

Persephone, kicking the doors open: OH?!? Well it's about time he's had a crush!

Hades: DON'T LIE THANATOS

Persephone: When did this crush come on?

Thanatos: no comment

Hades: ALL THE WAY BACK IN ROME

Hades: AT THE LATEST

Persephone: *gasp* Thanatos! Why didn't you tell us???

Persephone: I would've wing-women'd you!

Thanatos: Thank you, Lady Persephone, but it's not needed. It's just a phase.

Hades: A ONE-THOUSAND EIGHT-HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN YEAR LONG PHASE?!

Thanatos: ....yes?

Hades:

Persephone:

Thanatos:

Hades:

Persephone:

Thanatos: ....okay maybe not

Hades: I FUCKING KNEW IT

Persephone: THANATOS I AM YOUR WING-WOMAN NOW I AM CONTACTING ERATO WE ARE GONNA GET YOU A MAN

Thanatos: PERSEPHONE, NO

Persephone & Hades: PERSEPHONE, YES

[hinamie]

...........slips gege ¥2000

[mirrorhouse]

i need daniel to be overcompensating for his insecurities so bad. 100 times more cocky and rude and aggressive and insensitive than he was as a human, falling back into old dangerous habits and vices, not just because now he has new energy and power and wealth to flaunt but because it's ALL he has, and he needs to cling onto it. play it up and revel in it so no one sees that underneath, he feels like a botched fledgling in the body of a sick, faded old man who maybe has no real idea why he was even made. that armand might think he failed in making him. that his maker didn't even really want him.

[aznisure]

first dance last death

[pocchi-poket]

You know, I feel like we're not talking enough about the fact that Alastor has in his room a full reproduction (?) of a swamp-forest that's highly likely very similar to the one where he was killed. Talk about being morbid.

Edit: someone pointed out in the comments that the swamp-forest is called bayou. It's a kind of ecosystem in Louisiana.

[daifei]

le faune

[lesvianism]

having a lot of thoughts and feelings about this comparison

[lazylittledragon]

hi i'm unw el l

[drenched-in-sunlight]

probably a hot take but i have this wild theory that the person starting and guiding Deathbed Companions is Marika.

same front pattern on their dress + the only bedchamber seen in-game is Marika's + the Marika statue in Messmer's boss room is veiled in a baldachin.

i've discussed my theory that Marika's betrayal of Maliketh is that she's been on the side of TWLiD all this time and is trying to help Godwyn gain a second life here (going against the very foundation of her Order for her son), idk it just lines up so many things in the game to me.

there's also Capital Perfumers like Tricia being said to be akin to the origin of Deathbed Companion. Perfumers being a group that could only have be trained by Marika and no other (they originated from the Capital, they are originally blessed healers, they specifically use aromantics made from flowers and are always looking for new flower fields, exactly like the setting of Shaman village).

interesting enough i only knew about the front dress pattern & the bedchamber at first, it's only today i look up what a baldachin looks like & holy hell. literally fell to my knees.

Marika being the Queen of Life (in JP dialogue of Melina, her age is called 輝ける生命の時代 - Age of Glistening Life) and having so many symbolism tying her to Deathbed companions - those who embrace the dead and birth them a new glorious life. i am seeing the pattern alright.

(sth sth the lower arc of the Elden Ring is where its bounty pools as per Rune Arc item description, and in the final cutscene of the game we can see the lower arc is literally in the position of Marika's womb and it's where Godwyn's mending rune is returned to)

[agarafile]

is it to early to say that gem's attitude with her snail (ready to accept it full hearted, treating it like family and fawning over it) even with it being intent on hurting and killing her says a lot about her relationships with people in the life series? how it makes sense that she lets dangerous things get close enough and endears herself to them until she forgets that they may cause her harm? that she prefers things this way?

[hlmoorewrites]

Throne Of Lies - Word Count

4/02/2024: 8440

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

Fic i wrote for @txny-dragon! Didn't post it here last night because I was TIRED so here it is now <3

[dootznbootz]

To every artist who depicts both Penelope and Odysseus covered in blood, and/or has Penelope willfully touching his bloody hands/face/body, I love you. You have my sword.

[sillyfairygarden]

a tale of two hearts

[cryptocism]

one of many compelling devils minion things 2 me is how it starts out as a horror story from daniel's pov and a romance from armands. like daniel gets tortured and stalked and deals with every possible moral & ethical inner conflict Especially wrt his own desires and self disgust, meanwhile armand has decided to cast himself in the role of manic pixie dream girl. (emphasis on manic)

and then as soon as armand realizes his remaining choices are to turn daniel into a vampire or let him die, there is a Hard Reversal and suddenly armand is living his worst nightmare while daniel is granted his greatest wish.

tvc is full of almosts and parallels but i do love the specific brand of tragedy inherent in the genre disconnect of the dm relationship. theyre perfect for each other and horrible for each other and they can never and will never be on the same page. any change you could make to their stories to make the relationship actually function healthily would necessitate an irrevocable & irreconcilable change in character. their love cant fix or change the people that they are. they keep loving each other anyway. it kills them both but sustains them like a curse. do u see??? do u see.