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It’s me! Daisy! Creator of Lonely-Man’s Lazarus! The upcoming web series!
You can watch the Mind Electric animation here! Hope you guys stay around!
#lonelymanslazarus#lonely-man’s lazarus#art#web series#illustration#animation#2d animation#blender#grease pencil#blender animation#animators on tumblr#artists on tumblr#indie animation#indie artist#web comic#audric charon#grim Erebus
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this grimace shake ain't shit
#my art#audric charon#gremory erebus#grim erebus#lonely-man's lazarus#lonely man's lazarus#lml#grimace shake
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something about these audric and grim pieces make me feel so ?? at ease ?? I CAN’T FUCKING EXPLAIN IT BUT AUUFJDHFJGJFJ,,, I LITERALLY MADENTHE FIRST ONE MY WALLPAPER AS SOON AS I SAW IT AND IT’S SO . 😢😢😢 do NAWWTTT PERCEIVE ME!!!!!!!
#i realize that i’m literally posting this as if audric from the first image isn’t literally my pfp#ALSO GAHHH I NEED TO KNOW WHAT DAISY WAS COOKING IN THE SECOND ONE HELLOOO ???#having old lml art from before the reboot was announced is both a blessing and a curse /j#oh yeah btw . just wanted to say .#PLEAAASEEE DO NAWWWTTT SHIP AUDRIC AND GRIM HERE#I WILL LITERALLY THROW UP IN YOUR FACE DON’T PLAY WITH ME#anyways i need to like . study audric and grim under a microscope#because they’re genuinely so fascinating#i could go on and on about them but then we’d be here all day#also don’t mind me suddenly living ?? i can’t work tumblr to save my life but didn’t feel like opening twitter to post this#yes i am unfortunately a chronic twitter user#i am ashamed and i apologize#anyways i am only just now realizing i should’ve tagged the characters too..#so#audric charon#gremory erebus#grim erebus#grim lml#lonelymanslazarus#lonely-man’s lazarus#lonely man’s lazarus#lml#autism me this batman#sorry sorry#i’m very hyperfixated on batman rn#and this has literally nothing to do with the post#i will be taking my leave now…#i feel like that ant with the bag and stick rn#goodbye gamers … 💔💔
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Me when Grim (Gremory Erebus) from the webcomic ‘Lonely-Man’s Lazarus’ by Daisy.obj
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GAWD DAMNNNNNN
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pov: gremory “grim” erebus sprays you with raid
@mezzyb0nb0n
#lml#lonely man’s lazarus#lonely-man’s lazarus#lmlynwa#my shitty art#grim erebus#gremory erebus#yaur#yes he has pink acrylics
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If I had a nickel for everytime I read and enjoyed a webcomic that has some toxic homerotic subtext between a human and some demonic creature that they're tied to, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
#dexreadswebcomics#dexreads webcomics#dexreads ava's demon#dexreads lonely man's lazarus#ava's demon#lonely man's lazarus#ava ire#wrathia bellarmina#audric charon#gremory erebus#grim lonely man's lazarus#some scenes in the comics are just OOZING with toxic homoeroticism#is it intentional?#am I perhaps “reading into it too much”?#Idk but I found it interesting and a bit funny#mine own postsss
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"you got games on ur phone?"
(no idea who made the og :[ )
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FALLEN ANGEL ID PACK
NAMES︰ abaddon. abel. acher. adam. aether. allocen. amducias. amon. amy. andras. angel. angelina. angelo. apollyon. ariel. armaros. ash. asmoday. asmodeus. astaroth. astrid. axel. azael. azazel. azrael. azza. baal. balam. balberith. barbatos. bathin. beatrix. beelzebub. behemoth. beleth. belial. berith. bernael. bifrons. blaise. botis. buer. cael. caim. cain. cannibelle. carrion. cary. castiel. celeste. celestia. cerberus. chemosh. corpse. crow. dagon. damien. damon. dantanian. dara. david. dina. donovan. dumah. eden. elena. eligor. ember. enepsigos. erebus. evangeline. eve. ezekiel. flauros. focalor. forcas. forneus. furcas. gabriel. gadreel. ghoul. gomory. guts. hagenti. halpas. haunt. hel. ian. iblis. icha. jeremiah. kage. kasdeya. keres. kimaris. kokabiel. kunopegos. laila. lamia. leila. levi. leviathan. leviathon. lilin. lilith. lucifer. malaika. malpas. marbas. mare. mastema. michael. mikhail. moloch. morax. moros. nathaniel. nicholas. nightshade. nyx. odin. onyx. orias. ornias. orobas. orpheus. paimon. phoenix. procel. purah. purson. qemuel. rahab. raphael. raum. ravana. raven. raziel. remiel. rogue. ronobe. rosier. ruax. rune. sabel. sabnack. saleos. salome. samael. samuel. sanguine. satan. seere. semyaza. sephtis. seraph. serenity. seth. shax. solas. sorath. statuette. tamiel. theo. uriel. uzza. val. valac. valefor. vapula. vepar. vesper. vine. virtue. vual. willow. wolf. wormwood. wound. wraith. xaphan. yael. zagan. zepar.
PRONOUNS︰ ae/aem. aeth/aether. an/angel. angel/angel. ar/arch. be/tray. bea/beast. being/being. bite/bite. blood/blood. broke/broken. broken/broken. cae/caem. cani/cani. che/cher. cher/cher. creep/creep. cross/crosse. curse/curse. da/dark. dae/daem. dark/dark. de/filed. dei/deim. disgrace/disgrace. dove/dove. e/eden. ely/elym. empty/empty. en/envy. fall/fall. fall/fallen. fallen/fallen. fang/fang. feather/feather. fie/fiend. flight/flight. grace/grace. grim/grim. grudge/grudge. gut/gut. ha/lo. halo/halo. hell/hell. holy/holy. hy/hym. hy/hymn. it/it. ix/ix. kill/kill. la/lamb. lo/lost. mon/mon. no/non. om/omen. omen/omen. rip/rip. ruin/ruin. sai/saint. ser/seraph. sera/sera. sera/seraph. sin/sin. smite/smite. smy/smite. teeth/teeth. tether/tether. thorn/thorn. throne/throne. un/holy. unholy/unholy. unknown/unknown. wi/wing. wing/wing. wraith/wraith. wrath/wrath. wre/wretched. ☦️ . ⛓️ . ❤️🔥 . 🔥 . 🕊️ .
#pupsmail︰id packs#id pack#npt#name suggestions#name ideas#name list#pronoun suggestions#pronoun ideas#pronoun list#neopronouns#nounself#emojiself#angelkin#devinekin#fallen angelkin#demonkin#angelcore#demoncore#devilcore
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From this exchange with @wandererseas.
James finds Jopson in possession of a Captain Crozier heart locket.
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Outside the door after another grim supper of Francis stewing in the black, James comes into collision with the man's inbound steward. They jostle and side-step for a spell, Jopson whispering apologies, and when James shoulders him in an attempt to give room, something strikes the boards between them with a tiny metal clack.
James bends just as Jopson lurches sharply, as if thrown by a squall. Their foreheads strike hard.
"Careful, man!" James demands, annoyed. Rubbing his brow, he lowers himself to collect whatever dropped and at the sight of it his mood improves.
Having straightened, he holds up the little brass treasure between thumb and forefinger: cheap, a little worn, without a chain.
"Lucky devil, Jopson," he declares. "Has she got a name?"
Jopson's eyes dance anywhere but James' face. He extends out a trembling hand. "Thank you, sir."
"Just a moment. May I?" James asks with all friendly grace.
But Jopson only swallows and fixedly stares. James can't make it out: why does the man look so stricken, as if by the name of this very ship?
He laughs. "She's not a dog, is she, Thomas? Come now—"
The lock pricks sharp against his finger and the tiny heart swings unhinged. All traces of mirth slide from James' face.
"Jopson!" The captain's cabin half-roars, half-croaks.
"Commander, I beg you—" Jopson pleads. He sounds on verge of tears.
In James' palm, the object burns as hot as his face. "What— no, you wait here, you must explain. What is the meaning? Does—" He dares to glance again at the two halves of the brass heart: two full colour miniatures, done in a mediocre brush yet unmistakable in their likeness turn towards each other in wistful profile:
Thomas Jopson on the left, Francis Crozier on the right.
James drops his voice to a hard whisper: "Does he force you to carry this?"
He wouldn't put it past the man.
Jopson heartily shakes his head. "No, sir, please— Understand, it was given to me as a joke— another voyage, another crew, a little joke from them—"
"JOPSON!"
Whether it is the roar or the two visages who lock sentimental gazes in the cup of his hand, an anger boils over in James — hot and shapeless and—
"You cannot have this," he states abruptly. "If the men knew, it would look very bad indeed. I am confiscating it until such a time as I see fit."
Jopson shrinks against the door that summons him with such force, eyes brimming but offering no complaint.
"So now go to him," James half-snarls and then, recovering at least a surface of composure, adds: "Good night, Jopson."
On his dark and icy walk back to Erebus, he cannot help but paw at the blasted thing in his pocket. It burns him like a heart-shaped ember and stokes the unaccountable fury that rose at his awareness of its existence.
Later, in his berth, undressed, he reaches for it again. He snaps it open and soft fondles and hard stares as if he might force his will onto the heart and its contents, to what end he knows not.
At last, he slides a thumb over the left image, holds it like that covered, and feels marginally better.
#the terror amc#the terror fanfic#my fic#fitzier#james fitzjames#francis crozier#thomas jopson#can someone tell me what the Francis Jopson pairing is called pls#jopzier#thank you!
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:( I don't like 40k
In my head canon, Erebus's head got blown off by an Ork during the crusade and therefore the heresy never happened ggez
And the rest of the series are just drama between 18 sons bickering with one another
Yes I am coping :")
>Enters Grim dark novel >Sad it is grim dark
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A preview of my upcoming webcomic, Lonely-Man’s Lazarus!!! Enjoy!!
#lonelymanslazarus#art#lonely-man’s lazarus#illustration#original character#web series#artists on tumblr#digital art#indie artist#my artwok#audric charon#audric#grim erebus#webcomic#web comic#original comic#comic art#indie comics
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The End Inspired ID Pack
[PT: The End Inspired ID Pack].
[ID: A purple thin line divider shaded at the bottom. End ID].
Names
[PT: Names].
Adrian, Alaric, Anatole, Anubis, Ashford, Asphodel, Azrael, Balthazar, Blaise, Bram, Calvert, Charon, Clive, Corbin, Damien, Darian, Delilah, Drusilla, Elara, Enoch, Erebus, Everett, Fabian, Finnegan, Faust, Gethin, Grim, Hades, Halcyon, Harlow, Helene, Idris, Ingram, Ira, Jasper, Kieran, Lachesis, Lazarus, Leland, Lenore, Lisette, Malvern, Mara, Marlowe, Mercer, Mortimer, Nox, Orson, Peregrine, Phobos, Quentin, Requiem, Roderick, Rosamund, Sable, Sabine, Samael, Sepulchre, Sinclair, Solomon, Styx, Thanatos, Thorne, Tristram, Uriel, Valdis, Valeria, Verity, Victorine, Vlad, Winslow, Wren, Yvaine.
Pronouns
[PT: Pronouns].
Ae / Ab / Abyss; A / Ash / Ashes; Bane / Bane / Banes; Cin / Cinder / Cinders; Du / Dusk / Dusks; Ebb / Ebb / Ebbs; En / End / Ends; Fade / Fades / Fades; Gra / Grave / Graves; Hu / Hush / Hushes; Ni / Nil / Nils; Pale / Pales / Pales; Re / Res / Rest; Ru / Rui / Ruin; Si / Silence / Silences; Sle / Ep / Eps [Sleep]; Still / Stills / Stills; Tomb / Tombs / Tombs; Vo / Voi / Void; Whi / Per / Pers [Whisper]; Wrai / Wraith / Wraiths;
Titles
[PT: Titles].
An Epitaph of Silence; The Bearer of Finality; The Collector of Departed Souls; The End of All Things; The Fading Light; The Final Observer; The Grim Reminder; The Inevitable Conclusion; The Keeper of Eternal Rest; The Last Sentinel; The Shadow at the End; The Silence Before the End; The Warden of the Final Hour; Whisperer of the Last Breath; [Pronoun] Who Heralds the End; [Pronoun] Who Watches Over the End; [Pronoun] Who Whispers the Last Truth
[ID: A purple thin line divider shaded at the bottom, end ID]
Requested by anon!
Also tagging: @pronoun-arc @id-pack-archive
#id pack#npts#npt pack#npt#npt list#names pronouns titles#tma#the magnus archives#the end#tma the end#tma end
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literally obsessed with them 😍
#my art#lonely-man's lazarus#lonely man's lazarus#lonelymanslazarus#lml#grim erebus#gremory erebus#rosid papain#audric charon#amber lml
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Heyyyy
Back again! We kinda need some names and pronouns for some (William) Afton Fragments, we have a few, and they wanna be different from each other but they don't know how
Ok, one is based on Glamrock Bonnie, one is a corpse, one is a glamrock oc, one is a springtrap, and we have a springbonnie
Sorry if that's a lot, they've just kinda been fighting lately, and we wanna settle this
If it's definitely too much, you can just pick and choose which ones to do, and sorry again
@galaxialauthority
Hello, this one took us awhile to complete. Honestly, most of the pronouns and some of the names can be used for any of them, so i recommend all of them taking a look at more than just their section. If these aren’t what you’re looking for, feel free to send in another ask with more specific details.
Glamrock Bonnie
names: harper, ronnie, alani, beau, terry, alfie, leo, galvin, billie, bowie, bruce, boston, cooper, bliss, blue, bo, button(s), easter, galaxy, vega, comet, caelum, draco, gale, hopper
pronouns: glam/glams/glamself, glam/our/glamourself, bun/buns/bunself, ro/rock/rockself, guitar/guitars/guitarself, col/lor/colorself, blu/blue/blueself, bo/bows/bowself, haunt/haunted/hauntedself, bonbon/bonbons/bonnieself, hy/hym/hymself, dest/roy/destroyself, wither/withers/witherself, scrap/scraps/scrapself, per/form/perform(er)self, shatter/shattered/shatteredself,
Corpse
names: carcass, cadaver, carrion, mummy, decay, destroy, burn(t), ghost, morgue, bones, crow, crowbait, bait, stitch, socket, graves, elegy, crypt, mortis, atropos, thanatos, grim, mandos, scythe, mourn(e), sickle, nocturne, dread(ed)
pronouns: rot/rots/rotself, dec/ay/decayself, gut/guts/gutself, rip/rips/ripself, tooth/teeth/toothself (alt. teethself), flesh/flesh/fleshself, tor/torn/tornself, burn/burnt/burntself, horror/horrors/horrorself, crypt/cryptid/cryptidself, bite/bites/biteself, gore/gores/goreself, bleed/bleeds/bleedself (alt. bloodself)
Glamrock OC
names: names: hendrix, jagger, jett, elliot, creed, duff, henley, joan, acrylic, alby/albie, carmen, coda, cypress, dancer, disco, eko, exodus, fable, florian, friso, genesis, glyph, jynx/jinx, kit, lake, magic, marley, omega, patches, stitches
pronouns: glam/rock/glamrockself, punk/punks/punkself, ruin/ruined/ruin(ed)self, breach/breaches/breachself, paint/paints/paintself, spike/spikes/spikeself, mas/cot/mascotself, tech/nology/technogicalself, ani/tron/animatronicself, gli/glitch/glitchself, break/breaks/breakself, fun/funs/funself, party/parties/partyself
Springtrap
names: spring(y), atherton, caldwell, pascal, ansa, casimir/kazimir, seth, apophis, alecto, discord, ruin, havoc, blaze, eclipse, anarchy, omega, ash, crusher, bones, skeleton, end(er), phantom, ragnarok, abaddon, abandon, erebus, krampus, kronos, lucifer, metal, iron, decay
pronouns: spring/lock/springlockself, bone/bones/boneself, pha/phan/phantomself, twi/twist/twistedself, scrap/trap/scraptrapself, gli/glitch/glitch(trap)self, rot/rotten/rottenself, bro/ken/brokenself, greed/greeds/greedself, af/afton/aftonself, dam/damage/damagedself, wire/wires/wireself, tatter/tattered/tatteredself, hunt/hunting/huntingself, hallucinate/hallucinations/hallucinationself, fault/faulty/faultyself, night/mare/nightmareself, sal/vage/salvageself
Spring Bonnie
names: springs, bow/boe/bo, bowie, goldie, bon, bonbon, clank, orpheus, edison, destro, phobos, phoenix, gold, goldie, rabbit, mal, hare, malhare, glitch, glitchtrap, mel, melhare, mascot, sunny, yellow, sunshine, plush, plushie
pronouns: spring/spring/springself, enter/tain/entertainself (alt. entertainerself), rabbit/rabbits/rabbitself, yell/low/yellowself, gold/den/goldenself, dine/diner/dinerself, lure/lured/luredself, end/skel/endoskeletonself (alt. endoself, skeletonself), im/pale/impaleself, de/ceased/deceasedself, possess/possessed/possess(ed)self, bow/tie/bowtieself, trap/trapped/trappedself (alt. trapself), dec/ay/decayself, burn/burned/burn(ed)self, burn/trap/burntrapself
#red.crow#mod hawks/emma#endos do not interact#actually a system#actually systempunk#survivorsunited#did osdd#syspunk#system stuff#systempunk#system community#did system
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Master list of my writing things -
Organizing things, will update as I update
Kingdom Hearts Fanfiction - https://archiveofourown.org/users/SpotTheStriker/works FFXIV (OCs) Archery Lesson - https://tykaricnaynarou.tumblr.com/post/702472906432708608 In From the Cold - https://tykaricnaynarou.tumblr.com/post/725114314376331264/its-the-monotony-for-sure-in-all-its-white-and FFXIV (Fan works) Fireflies (Erebus/Eirene) - https://letiel.tumblr.com/post/761480282039877632/soft-pinks-and-bright-oranges-tickled-the I Wonder If He Knows (Kai/Evie) - https://letiel.tumblr.com/post/752216549820186624/i-wonder-if-he-knows-does-he-know-that-he-reaches Communion (Kai) - https://letiel.tumblr.com/post/725770899804110848/ksilberne-day-4-communion-ive-been-having-the Last Respite (Kai/Evie) - https://letiel.tumblr.com/post/725663089505320960/you-make-me-want-to-stay-my-resolve-like-glass Questions (Kai/Evie) - https://letiel.tumblr.com/post/722578789717114880/kaievie-questions https://letiel.tumblr.com/post/722593687626022912/if-anyone-wants-to-know-how-evie-felt-about-all-of Time (Kai/Evie) - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/709585900064096256/ksilberne-running-out-of-time-there-are-moments Inexorable (Erebus/Eirene) - https://letiel.tumblr.com/post/707354237158490112/ksilberne-he-recounted-tales-of-better-days-and Werewolf AU (Chronological order) Charms - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767747303506395136/charms-werewolf-au Manticore Part 1 - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767749715201851392/manticore-part-1-werewolf-au Manticore Part 2 - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767749853925326848/manticore-part-2-werewolf-au Manticore Part 3 - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767750060301844480/manticore-part-3-werewolf-au They're Dating - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767749060035772416/theyre-dating-werewolf-au The Night Before - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767748245683404800/the-night-before-werewolf-au Hope - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767747647476006912/hope-werewolf-au Ty Leaves/Khasar Dreams - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767748772353785856/ty-leaveskhasar-dreams-werewolf-au The Deal - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767747986349522944/the-deal-werewolf-au Poems - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767748477087318016/poems-werewolf-au Mortality - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767749454365343744/mortality-werewolf-au A Grim's Job - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767750405719457792/a-grims-job-werewolfmodern-au Destiny AU (Chronological Order) - Your Hunt - https://letiel.tumblr.com/post/738389225545842688/it-always-rained-on-venus-the-plants-that-licked Shelter - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767753593502695424/shelter-destiny-au The Red War - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767753995201691648/the-red-war-destiny-au Pre-Mission Assignments - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767753772297486336/pre-mission-assignments-destiny-au Snowstorms - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767754772110540800/snowstorms-destiny-au Confrontation - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767754493424173056/confrontation-destiny-au Ywa Wasn't Invited - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767754136127176704/ywa-wasnt-invited-destiny-au Crimson Days - https://www.tumblr.com/letiel/767753398269427712/crimson-days-destiny-au
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Garviel Loken (The End and the Death, Part 3e)
“I was there the day Horus slew the Emperor.” The opening lines of the Horus Heresy. The very first words I had ever read. The beginning of a story that would take over 70 novels to tell. And how the Siege, how the Heresy should have ended. “I was there the day Horus slew the Emperor.” The words that he will tell the future generations of Space Marines to come.
And yet, he won’t. Despite all that he has been through, all that he has seen, and fought for, and lost, and done…he won’t because he’s dead because at the 59th second of the 11th hour…Erebus stabs him in the back and he dies alone surrounded by those who betrayed him.
It’s…strange. It feels weird, and wrong, and out of sync, like Abnett got to the end and hit the panic button. A get out of jail free card to avoid writing something that might have more meaning. If you will allow me to indulge myself in perhaps a bit of light fantasy…
Garviel Loken was a Luna Wolf. Captain of the Tenth Company, his entire life—all that he could remember, was being a Luna Wolf. He was good, great even, competent, controlled, effective, but he was also never in the top echelons of the Wolves. Even he admits it, early on—he had no idea he was being watched so closely by the leadership. When Garvi joins the Mournival, it is the first time he becomes close to Horus, and to his brothers. Tarik he has known, but Lil’ Horus and Ezekyle are virtual strangers, and in the course of his time with them—he doesn’t exactly get close. Garviel loved Horus, but Horus was never his father. And the betrayal, the fall, happens so swiftly that Garvi barely gets a chance to know Horus the man before he becomes Horus, Avatar of Chaos.
I would argue then, that what Garvi mourns is not his father. He mourns the Luna Wolves. He mourns what they were, what their legion meant to the galaxy, the brotherhood he thought he had, what they might have been. The Luna Wolves were always a thin veneer over a patch job, but that doesn’t mean what he felt for them wasn’t real. It doesn’t mean they couldn’t have been more. Garvi never again grows close to the men he works with, and you can hardly blame him. Istvvaan left it marks.
But Garvi also, long ago, came to terms with the loss of the Luna Wolves. Though Garvi is Cthonian, his first allegiance is the Emperor he served through his service with the Luna Wolves. He long ago made peace with the loss of his father, his brothers, his legion. He can preserve the memory of what they were, what they could have been. But he cannot go back.
Bringing Garvi in to make Horus pause was a good idea. It was a gamble, but it was a good one. Horus always thought more highly of Garvi than Garvi did of him—and Horus is the type of person to want the praise and affection of those he deems better than himself. So that is not a bad idea. To have Garvi stand witness at the end, to be there to protect the Emperor while he fights his son—it works.
Garvi’s death being the birth of Samus also makes sense. The cyclical nature of time, the inevitability of Chaos—there’s a sort of poetry and ritual that I think works, particularly when coupled with Garvi’s actions in the last book. But his death, there on the deck of the ship, alone, mourning a father he never really loved—it doesn’t work. Should he have stayed with Horus’ body? Maybe, though I think the reasoning given is flawed. He either stays because, in the end, nothing matters (The Emperor is lost, the Imperium in rags) or because he was a Luna Wolf, and he wants to honor that with the man who made them, for however short a time that was. But to stay for Horus, to honor him, as father, as leader, as worth witnessing into the afterlife—it just doesn’t match with anything we’ve seen previously.
And dying to Erebus. Erebus of all people, stabbed in the back and left to drop like so much chaf—its unconscionable. Again, I know this is the grim darkness of the future, but I feel like there should have been some light.
In my head, our story ends with Garvi, old and grey and speaking to recruits in his chapter (perhaps founded, however quietly, in the name of the Luna Wolves that were). “I was there the day Horus slew the Emperor” because he was, he was there, he bore witness to the End but it was not his Death, not even the Death of the Empire, but a rebirth, a continuation, however different it seems. And when Garvi, old and grey, finds his final peace on a field of battle, defending the defenseless, Samus is born. Because Samus is always born from his death, but his death need not be a betrayal.
It’s fanficy perhaps, overly indulgent maybe, but given the sheer loss and pain and suffering of so many, I feel as though I may be given one final allowance for my fancy. Garviel Loken lives.
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