#haha oh poor luci you must have had SUCH a childhood

[shiroikabocha]

you know a cool thing about the first issue of The Wicked + The Divine? We don’t learn the name Lucifer was born with until waaaay later, but there are just enough hints scattered throughout issue 1 to make a pretty good guess. (apologies for shitty phone photos under the cut, my scanner is busted)

So we meet some gods. And Lucifer does that “oOh I have mAnY nAmES ;)” thing that Lucifers are wont to do

We learn that all these characters have human histories. Cassandra tells us right off the bat that Amaterasu was born Hazel Greenway.

Lucifer returns to the subject of names, identities, and the uncertainty surrounding them a few times, calling attention to it as a running theme—without revealing her own birth name.

(Luci’s being kind of a dick right here, isn’t she? At least she apologizes for it later.)

In the courtroom, we learn that Luci’s legal surname is Rigby, confirming that she’s got a birth certificate name in addition to the divine stage name, just like Amaterasu does.

We don’t yet know her first name… but she did tell Laura that she was “brought up on The Beatles,” and then she expresses some distinctly un-Luciferian embarrassment about her parents before quickly changing the subject.

Luci, is there any chance that the “long story” is actually a pretty short one? That Mr. and Mrs. Rigby bestowed upon their baby girl the absolute stupidest name they could have chosen, one that would condemn her to a lifetime of “What? No, seriously? Are you for real right now?” A name that she would happily shuck at the first opportunity, even if it meant turning into Satan? (Maybe especially if it meant turning into Satan.)

BUT WAIT! There’s more!

Everybody knows that “Lucifer” means “Lightbringer,” but did you know that there’s a popular girls’ name that also means “shining light”?

Do you wanna know what that name is?

That’s right, it’s ELEANOR. Nominative determinism’s a bitch!

[drangues]

Fukuzawa is great and I truly wish we got to see more of him. I wanna see him go feral in defense of all his disaster kids. And! I’m glad you found the idea of Dazai with OCD interesting- Figuring our what mental disorders a character might have has always been a weird interest of mine, so it’s nice to be able to share those thoughts. But yeah, Dazai will always mess with Kunikida, and then he’ll drag Atsushi into it via affection because he knows Atsushi’s weakness, haha. (Nyanon, 1/7)

As for the doggo- Don’t see why it couldn’t be a Siberian Husky or something like it! Though something tells me that Dazai wouldn’t get along very well with the service dog, at first... Mini arc where they work together to rescue Atsushi, perhaps? Also, what would the dog’s name be? That’s very important, after all- But let’s move on to a Nyatsushi Concept for now: When Atsushi is content and trusts the people around him, he sprawls out on his bike like a cat! (Nyanon, 2/7)

At the ADA, it’s just as common to see him with his stomach and neck bared as it is to see him curled up in a tiny ball. It shows that he trusts them not to let anyone hurt him like that! Anyways, as for my AUs... Hm. I don’t wanna ramble on about something that might be boring... Oh! How about I give you a one sentence summary of each of the ones I listed, and if one of those interests you, you can ask about it? Hopefully that’s okay! (Nyanon, 3/7)  

So, to start with... “Stray Cats” is a universe where Atsushi gets switched with Oda in Dazai’s life- Except, unlike Oda, Atsushi had a certain crazy dragon experiment on him as a child, so he may be around more than people think. “Mafia Black” is a universe where both Soukoku are swapped- I’m just not sure if Atsushi would be better switched with Chuuya or Dazai, since the first has very much a villain!Akutagawa, and the latter has clingy jealous formed apprentice!Chuuya. (Nyanon, 4/7)

“Saccharine” is a universe where, after the Hammer Incident, Atsushi has enough and runs away from the orphanage, learning about the tiger in the process- One year later and with a bit more control, he meets a sixteen year old Chuuya who takes one look at him and decides that (A) People with hard-to-control abilities should stick together, and (B) This kid is too bad cute to leave on his own. (Nyanon, 5/7)

“Crazy Cat Man” is a universe solely meant to indulge in my desperation for Fukuzawa adopting Atsushi from a young age- Also, there are tiger cub shenanigans. “Feral Stray” (title pending) is another universe where Atsushi runs away, but something goes wrong, and he basically gets stuck as a feral half-tiger who gets run off the streets and is forced to live under Yokohama- He functions as a sort of king or god to the local animals, though. (Nyanon, 6/7)

“Monochromatic Moonlight” is a universe where, thanks to Shibusawa’s experiments when he was a child, Atsushi ends up stuck in his halfway form with a BEAST-esque collar he can’t get off and gets run out of the orphanage- Along the way, he ends up picking up unwanted or stray kids like himself, such as Lucy and Kyouka. (Nyanon, 7/7)

Dude i agree as well it’s so interestng to like, talk about the additional trauma a character could have from their fucked up childhood. owowowo the siberian husky’s name could be something really cute!!! something that makes ppl go “Oh must be a pomerian/chihuahua” but N O it is a Large Doggo with a Deep Woof

dazai and the dog not getting along at first but then forcing themselves to when having to rescue atsushi is so CUTE. i think the reason why the dog doesnt like dazai is because the dog was at the office before dazai knowing that it’s atsushi’s service dog and so he did a mean trick on the poor doggo which made him distrust dazai Ever Since

AAAAAAAA THE NYATSUSHI CONCEPT IS SO CUTEEEEE I LOVE ITTTT and n O youre Not boring smh stop assuming stuff but feral stray seems VERY interesting to me owo, does dazai and the others find him cus they hear about a rare white humanoid tiger?? does dazai use his powers to revert atsushi back to his human form?? tELL ME MORE