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drondskaath · 3 years ago

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Top Black Metal Albums of 2021

The first 3 are the only ones in order. From that point onwards it’s just the ones I’ve enjoyed, bought physically and listened to the most. I recommend all of these albums to Black Metal fans. I’ll do a Death/Doom list later but it won’t be half as long.

60 bands listed below.

#Black Metal #Raw Black Metal #Lo-Fi Black Metal #Atmospheric Black Metal #Ambient Black Metal #Occult Black Metal #music #band #list #etc #top #best #2021

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theoretical-tactician · 6 years ago

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sirlucina replied to your post: Nintendo: Releases English version of Three Houses...

bruh what are ur theories

I’ve been waiting for someone to ask and I have a lot to say, so I’m shoving this under a read more.

So, I’m gonna go under the assumption that y’all have watched both trailers and listened to the English version of the main theme (though I’ll be shoving the lyrics here, no need to worry).

When the time the first trailer came out, Byleth didn’t stand out much. They kinda were just there and all we knew about them was that (1) their name is Byleth, (2) they’re likely the MU, (3) they wield swords, and (4) they’re probably a teacher.

Among this information, the one thing that was pretty interesting was Byleth’s name. Pulling up a wikipedia page on Beleth, the first thing you’ll note is this:

“In demonology, Beleth also spelled Bilet, Bileth, Byleth and Bilith is a mighty and terrible king of Hell, who has eighty-five legions of demons under his command. He rides a pale horse, and all kinds of music is heard before him, according to most authors on demonology and the most known grimoires.”

I’ll be honest, I didn’t think much of this the first time it came across my radar since you can’t take all information at face value, but I felt there had to be some reason to why the name was chosen for Byleth, considering names for characters (especially main characters) tend to be chosen for a reason. So I noticed something later in the wikipedia article (which is rather short) that caught my interest.

“The conjurer must be brave, and holding a hazel wand in his hand must draw a triangle by striking towards the South, East, and upwards, then commanding Beleth into it by means of some conjurations.”

What’s so interesting about this is when you reference it with the map of Fodlan.

It’s known that the academy is in the center of the map, but then draw your attention to the placement of the kingdoms. Adrastea is to the south, Leicester is to the east, and Faerghus is to the north aka upwards. This strengthens Byleth’s relation to the king of Hell.

But there wasn’t much I could do with this information. Not until the most recent trailer and the full English version of the main theme dropped. It makes things...interesting and has made me think of where the game could possibly go, though knowing what IS did to my hopes for Conquest, I could be extremely wrong in all of my ideas and as such, anything I say should be taken with a grain of salt.

So, we saw a few interesting things in the most recent trailer, namely Sothis and Byleth’s ability to manipulate time. I’ll start with Sothis since she’s more of a wild card to me and ties into Byleth’s abilities.

Sothis’s name is the Greek name of the Egyptian goddess Sopdet. I’m unsure of how much I can obtain from her name other than that Sopdet is the personification of the star Sirius, and nothing we’ve seen about her character really strikes me as relating to her name. But what is interesting about her is the fact that only Byleth sees her, likely within their mind since their meeting with Sothis is very similar to when Robin sees Grima and Validar talking to each other in his dreams back in Awakening.

This then ties into Byleth’s time manipulation abilities, which may sound like a stretch to say, but all the information exists for it. Towards the end of the trailer, we have the bit with a negative filter over it playing a scene in reverse. But before it plays in reverse, we see this:

A bandit clearly shoving his axe head directly into Byleth’s back as they protect Edelgard, which I would most definitely consider a killing--if not disabling--blow. What’s extra interesting is that Byleth is in this exact same position earlier on in the trailer when they first meet Sothis:

Which is extra interesting when right before this moment earlier on in the trailer, it’s stated that:

“After an unexpected incident reveals an unknown power hidden within [...] around that same time, you alone begin to see a mysterious girl named Sothis who appears within your mind.”

I would expect being ambushed and stabbed in the back by a bandit to be an unexpected incident and if that truly leads to Byleth meeting Sothis and gaining their powers, then it would suggest that their abilities are to manipulate time in a similar fashion to Mila’s Turnwheel in Echoes. I think it’s time manipulation considering the whole ambush plays out in reverse, shattering when reaching to the moment of Edelgard’s surprise (negative filter over this gif for easy viewing).

And then immediately afterwards showing the same scene play normally, except Byleth parries the blow and is completely untouched.

This couldn’t have happened if Byleth had an axe sticking out of their back, but the previous scene definitely happened and with how it was shown, it was definitely before Byleth parried the blow. So the only way it could’ve happened this way is if Byleth suddenly obtained the power to manipulate time after an unexpected incident.

There’s one last thing I want to show from the newer trailer before I move onto my theories for the game based off of the main theme’s lyrics. That would be this specific image from the trailer:

Byleth is surrounded by darkness and completely unfazed by it, and the way it dances around them suggests it might be coming from Byleth. They also wield what is probably the all important legendary sword of this game (considering it’s been shown multiple times in the trailers), but that’s as far as I’ll go with this information for now since the lyrics of the main theme will tie up this information into my theories (yes, this information was just going over info so people know what I’m thinking).

If y’all have noticed, I’ve solely been focusing on Byleth while going over the information we have before I go into the main theme. There’s a good reason for that and it’s because when I first listened--and I mean really listened--to the song, I started to read the lyrics as if it were Byleth’s point of view, which I ask y’all to do now.

Reach for my hand, I’ll soar away into the dawn, oh, I wish I could stay. Here in cherished halls, in peaceful days I fear the edge of dawn knowing time betrays.

Daylight’s passed through colored glass, in this beloved place. Silver shines, the world dines, a smile on each face.

As choice surrounds, come out of bounds and I can feel them breaking free. For just this moment lost in time, I am finally me.

Yet still I hide, behind this mask that I have become. My blackened heart, scorched by flames of force I can’t run from.

I look to you, like a red rose seeking the sun no matter where it goes. I long to stay, where the light dwells to guard against the cold that I know so well.

Here is where I ask y’all to start being skeptical of anything I say considering I can be very, very wrong in the end (and I will bring up other possibilities that I’ve thought of what these lyrics could be instead of my initial reaction), but it’s still fun to theorize and if I’m wrong, I’ll just write my own story after I beat the game.

When I first listened to the song, the first thing I noticed to have any sort of meaning was the second verse:

Daylight’s passed through colored glass, in this beloved place. Silver shines, the world dines, a smile on each face.

What stuck out? Well, the military academy is within the monastery, correct? We’ve seen it to have stained glass windows--a common staple for some religious buildings--which is colored glass meant to look beautiful when light passes through.The smiling faces are likely the students within the academy. So this means that whoever it is that wished they could stay is likely talking about the military academy within the monastery.

Next is verse three which goes:

As choice surrounds, come out of bounds and I can feel them breaking free. For just this moment lost in time, I am finally me.

The first part I can’t really make much sense of, but the line “For just this moment lost in time, I am finally me” sticks out to me. We’ve seen Byleth lost in time once, when they connect to Sothis and gain the ability to manipulate time (it also causes “knowing time betrays” from verse one to stick out for the same reasons: times seems important to their character). I’d consider this moment Byleth finally awakening to who they truly are, finally being themself.

This then ties into the fourth verse:

Yet still I hide, behind this mask that I have become. My blackened heart, scorched by flames of force I can’t run from.

As stated at that start, Byleth is another name for the demon Beleth, and Beleth is capable of changing the form he takes, appearing different to people, which can be considered similar to hiding behind a mask. This mask could be Byleth’s own human form, unaware of their own abilities and truths.

These bits of the song made me connect it to Byleth and think of it from Byleth’s pov in the first place. Looking at it this way makes me think that Byleth is not only a protagonist, but an antagonist as well, somewhat similar to that of Robin in Awakening.

To back up this idea, I look back at verse four, specifically the part I haven’t talked about yet:

My blackened heart, scorched by flames of force I can’t run from.

This suggests Byleth being in pain, being surrounded by darkness (sounds kinda familiar, kinda like an image from before) and unable to escape, but wishing to (especially when you combine it with what is stated in verse one with wishing to stay).

I look to you, like a red rose seeking the sun no matter where it goes. I long to stay, where the light dwells to guard against the cold that I know so well.

If this is truly Byleth, then verse five really drives in the idea that they want to be free of their dark side and be with the people that make them feel happy and free: those at the academy.

I wanna restate that I could be extremely wrong about this and maybe it’s about another character like that goddess we hear so much about. But it seems so much more interesting for the song to be about Byleth based on the information we have.

With this information in mind, it makes me think of/hope for one of the following to happen in the story:

Byleth is a demon of sorts themself and, as such, goes from being a protagonist to a villain at some point that you--as the students--need to fight

Byleth is a demon of sorts themself and, as such, you--as Byleth--end up fighting/defending yourself against the church

Sothis perhaps being an evil force that possesses Byleth and Byleth wishing to be free of her

I wouldn’t bet on any of them happening in the game since I don’t expect much of IntSys when it comes to their stories, but if it were it would make the line from Edelgard at the end of the first trailer pack a bit more of a punch.

“I will return here someday, my teacher. Promise me that you won’t forget me.”

I do enjoy my ideas though, and when the story ends up not having any of what I say, I’ll just write my own version. Though I’d be interesting in hearing what other people’s theories are now to compare with my own.

EDIT: One last theory involving Byleth of mine is that it is possible that the legendary sword they use is possessed or something. It seems pretty important to the story and the only time we see Byleth with it in the trailers is when they’re surrounded by darkness.

The only other characters we see touch it are a man who can only be assumes to be evil (using it as a whip sword in the first trailer) and a woman is is likely the goddess or some important religious figure hugging it to her face.

I kinda forgot to include this, but it would be hard to find a way to gracefully weave it into what I’ve already written. It would be interesting and perhaps make it easier to save Byleth from the dark.

#fe16 #fire emblem three houses #i suffer from dumb bitch disease #so y'all can ignore me if ya like

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doomfisthero · 7 years ago

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Faeverse OC: Kamen Rider Scribe

I was talking metafictional story ideas with @grampa-lion a little while ago, and he proposed some ideas for Kamen Rider alter egos for himself and me to fit into his Faeverse and Kamen Rider Mystic story. I really liked the idea he came up with for my identity, so I wanted to flesh it out and share it with you all! Enjoy!

Background

I entered the Faeverse and became retroactively Fae-blooded through one of two avenues: dropping in a la Kamen Rider Decade and changing to accommodate the world, or being pulled into the world through a Fae ritual to summon a champion and infuse them with Fae’s magic to create an artificially Fae-blooded being. Either way, I encountered a roc Fae named Agrippa shortly after my arrival, and established a Fae-Bond with her to protect us both from the Deharmonized, becoming the newest Mage in Rainvale – Kamen Rider Scribe.

Blessed with the Talent of knowledge inherent to the roc species, I acclimated quickly to my magic and fought off the Deharmonized before contacting Nicky and Gaius. After explaining my situation and showing them my new abilities, I offered to aid them in purifying the corrupted Fae and preventing Ajura and Angelo from finding the Ultima Potentiae, and things went from there.

Visuals

Kamen Rider Scribe, unlike Mystic, has access to only one form: Roc-Talent, accessed through inserting the Roc Charm Coin of Agrippa into the Mythic Driver. Its armor is predominantly dark gray with amber highlights to match Agrippa’s feathers, with golden boots and yellow eyes, and a beak on its mask. It has a silver mantle, not unlike that of Kamen Rider Beast, attached to its left shoulder.

Scribe’s wand is similar in design to Mystic’s, with an amber gem inset into the end. The Laimargia (see under Powers) has a silver cover with a bas-relief of a bird skull on the front, with topazes for eyes; this cover design plays a role in some of Scribe’s spells. Scribe typically holds the wand in his right hand (his dominant hand), while keeping the grimoire in his left.

Powers

Kamen Rider Scribe wields a magical grimoire known as the Laimargia, which acts as his Rider weapon. The Laimargia is the focus of Scribe’s magical ability, and the vast majority of his spells involve it in some way. The jacket of the book is indestructible (allowing for use as a barrier), but the pages inside are regular paper and can be damaged or torn out (they will regenerate within a short time). There is a finite number of pages in the grimoire, and the contents of the pages will remain until Scribe dismisses them or the pages are removed or badly damaged. Lastly, the grimoire can be thrown, and will follow a determined flight path and then return to Scribe’s hands.

Scribe’s fighting style mainly involves using his grimoire to replicate objects in his environment and enemy attacks, turning the enemy’s abilities against them. However, he lacks much magical firepower without the Laimargia, and must rely solely on his physical prowess and fighting ability if he is deprived of the grimoire.

Spell List (under construction):

Kesem Haketz: Conjures the Mythic Driver around Scribe’s waist, identical to Mystic’s version of the spell.

Qiuro Grimas: Conjures the Laimargia in Scribe’s hand, if he does not already have it in hand. Can return the grimoire to Scribe if he has lost it.

Parolda: Allows Scribe to write a Word physically upon an inanimate object using his wand, bestowing the Word upon the object and modifying the object according to the Word bestowed. These Words are predominantly adjectives, and alter the properties of the object according to Scribe’s intentions when bestowing the Word (he decides its exact meaning in context). For example, bestowing the Word “red” will turn an object red, and the Word “seeking” can turn a thrown object into a homing projectile, make an object lead Scribe toward a related thing, and so on. These Words remain until dismissed, either by Scribe’s will or other sufficiently powerful magic.

Vea Klevran: The eyes of the bird skull on the Laimargia’s cover flash, recording any inanimate object(s) within its sight at that moment and displaying them within its pages. The objects in the grimoire’s pages can be altered through Parolda.

Exsar Ta Usymas: The mouth of the bird skull on the Laimargia’s cover opens; upon making contact with an object or living creature while in this state, the grimoire will pass through the object or person, which will then fade and be sucked physically into the grimoire, and be displayed within its pages (living creatures of sufficient power can break out of the grimoire while inside it). Objects can be altered through Parolda, while living creatures have relevant information displayed underneath their image. Things stored in the Laimargia do not affect its weight, and any number of things can be stored in the Laimargia at once, but each use of this spell can only capture one thing.

Gemella: Creates a non-permanent magical copy of an object recorded or stored in the Laimargia’s pages, modified by the Words bestowed upon it. These objects fade over time, disappearing in about ten minutes.

Vea Connalua: The eyes of the bird skull on the Laimargia’s cover flash, displaying any text within its sight upon its pages. Text within the grimoire can be displayed in any language Scribe chooses.

Vea Visal: The eyes of the bird skull on the Laimargia’s cover glow, recording events within its sight like a video camera. These recordings can be replayed upon the pages of the grimoire at any time.

Vea Adapat: The eyes of the bird skull on the Laimargia’s cover glow, recording the thoughts of anyone in its sight and displaying them on its pages in real time.

#kamen rider mystic #faeverse #kamen rider scribe #my oc #metafictional #fictional identities #the overall concept is matty's #but scribe belongs to me #kamen rider

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