#i genuinely don't want to stop people from enjoying their revenge tropes

[pharawee]

I'm pretty sure that DFF won't go there, especially since there's probably only one 50mins episode left but I would absolutely love it if in the end it turned out that Non was still alive and had decided to move on and all the present suffering and revenge was all New's doing.

And even if Non is really dead, the whole "an eye for an eye" thing and denying people the choice of redemption (or rather: denying them the opportunity of creating good karma for themselves) is such a traditionally Western concept, and that just doesn't make much sense to me.

In many of the Thai horror movies I've watched that had a similar story, at the end it turned out that yes, while the victim was wronged and didn't deserve their fate, the cause also lay in taking revenge and prolonging everyone's suffering. Once they stopped seeking revenge, they could move on (there's more to this but I don't want to go off-topic). It's never really about judgement or punishment at all (except via the law).

This probably isn't very cathartic to most people but it is to me so I'm just throwing this out there. I won't be disappointed if DFF goes the judgement route because it's a valid plot choice (and one that most people seem to favour) but yeah, there is another way of ending this.🙏

[sangrefae]

mithrun! for the ask game

rubbing my little hands together

How I feel about this character: this guy was specially crafted in a lab to hit all of my favorite character tropes i think. i mean, you've got the tragic backstory, you've got the fixation on revenge, you've got the dubious morals, you've got the "asshole but, like, in a funny way", PLUS when i saw his tallman form i was like GERARD WAY????? which i think solidified my enjoyment of him. hes so interesting and complicated and every time i reread the manga i notice something else about him that i didn't before. i love how Messy he is and how unapologetic he is about his whole deal, he works fantastically well for an antagonist who we want to stop but we don't hate. also the end of his arc is definitely one of the highlights of the manga's ending, i can't wait to see how his VA does for the scraps scene ouuuuuuu

All the people I ship romantically with this character: teehee 😚 cithis.... cithrun..... i can write an entire post about them and ive already written half of a fic, but my tl;dr is that i was hooked as soon as i read the extra that explained how mithrun is one of the few people cithis actually respects. i think their dynamic is so interesting, mithrun seems to actually appreciate cithis for her role and actively seeks out her help and advice beyond what she's useful for, and we always see her show care for him. yes, she's his primary caretaker, but she also genuinely likes + respects him, i'm always thinking about the fact that her character profile in the adventurer's bible said that when he became her guard she "settled down"..... im adding this panel bc its really cute

i DO also enjoy him and lycion to an extent, i think lycion's little crush on him is so cute, but i have worms for brains irt cithrun so that's the primary one

My non-romantic OTP for this character: him and pattadol!!! that girl is determined to stay alive as his partner and i think he grows to appreciate her. the post-canon extra where he tells marcille that they're lucky to have people who love them, and pattadol is the one shown.... plus they stay in melini together as ambassador and monster-hunter guy so im sure they become besties

My unpopular opinion about this character: .....im sure ive made my dislike of his most popular ship known so i'll avoid that for now, i made a post about it but i maintain that i think people use his disability as a shield to fend off criticisms of his character and his actions + how they affect other characters. hell, they p much use it as a defense against anything they don't like, whether it be jokes in poor taste or people not enjoying his character/his ships, which just.... really takes away from him bc he's so much more than his disability.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: confirm he fucked his snake wife honestly i think everything we see of him in canon is perfect, and any additions might have thrown off the entire story, but i DO wish we could have seen more interactions with him and other characters, particularly him and laios + him and falin

[entelexcheia]

(( ‘AU!’‘AU!’‘AU!’ Gimme all the AUs you can throw at me! Or maybe just one; don't want you burning out. ; w ;

send me ‘AU!’ and i will ramble about an AU i want to use more, develop and have thread in, or one i just don’t get to enthuse about enough on my blog. ( x )

One will do. I’m afraid I’ll burn out if I try to ramble about all of my AUs in one post so thank you for the consideration, hahaha. 

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Noir AU we came up with though, so I’ll be discussing that one. I’ll be including Yuli in this, if you don’t mind.

I’m honestly not familiar with the noir genre so chances are I’ll be taking plenty of creative liberties, drawing inspiration from many different sources which may or may not even be relevant to noir. If anything, I’d say this is just crime fiction, generally speaking. 

Disclaimer: I’m very bad at world building, especially with AUs that pertain to a specific genre, so please bear with me. 

I’m not going to base this entirely in reality. Loosely, but that’s about it. I’d rather refrain from using real-life locations and real-life events, just out of personal preference. Yes, I know I use real-life stuff in my regular headcanons but give me a break.

So, we’ll start off with an urban setting. My mind goes to New York City, namely Manhattan around the early to mid 1900s. Probably leaning towards the mid 1900s, considering that film noir is associated with the 40s and 50s. 

Overall, the mood/tone is very pessimistic, because that’s more or less what the film noir genre seems to encompass. Corruption and organized crime are prominent in the city and it seems as if those groups, particularly the criminal organizations, have the most power and influence.

And now a very basic run-down of the characters involved in this AU. Not every detail is fleshed out, as I’m still developing them. Details are subject to and likely to change at any time. Feel free to contribute any ideas, if you’d like, especially for Yuli’s involvement in the AU or any of your other muses for that matter. 

Wilhelm

Private investigator. Probably a war veteran, given that post-war themes are common in film noir, so he’s struggling with some form of post-traumatic stress disorder. Smokes and drinks to alleviate the stress from his line of work and generally to cope emotionally and mentally. 

Has a dead wife, because of course he does, and an estranged son, because of course he does. Has a dead personal assistant/best friend too. Otherwise, he doesn’t have any close relatives or even anyone he can really call a close friend, for that matter. Not much emotional support there, unfortunately.

But all in all, he’s really not a bad guy. He may be a crestfallen, pessmistic man struggling with substance abuse but he genuinely wants to expose the corruption in the city and restore some semblance of peace and stability. He’s willing to put in the work and effort to do so, since the city needs that more than anything, more than ever before. 

Charlotte

Popular singer and dancer who performed at various venues. She was well-liked for her voice but she was adored for her beauty and personality. Most of her songs were very hopeful and uplifting in nature, since she performed with the intention of bolstering people’s spirits in mind. She was very much a philanthropic, passionate woman. 

Charlotte and Wilhelm were married and had a child, though Charlotte died under mysterious circumstances. Wilhelm’s still trying to figure out how she died but he fears that it’s because she was a prominent public figure but she was involved with Wilhelm, who was in turn involved in the criminal activity of the city. 

Despite being deceased, she still serves as a primary inspiration for Wilhelm. Her ideals are what motivated Wilhelm to do his line of work in the first place. It’s safe to say that she was his ‘light’ in the midst of a such a bleak, dark world. I know the entire ‘deceased wife’ trope is overdone but look, I don’t care. 

Zizz

A relative of Charlotte’s, though I don’t really know what the exact relation is. Heck, maybe he’s just a close friend. He’s several years older than her, however, and was very protective of her. When she died, he was devastated and blamed Wilhelm for her death. He never liked Wilhelm to begin with, so this just gave him another reason to hate him. He’s very condescending and constantly belittles Wilhelm out of spite, all while reminding him of his failures. 

While he’s a manipulative bastard, Zizz does hate corruption as much as Wilhelm does. He’d be more willing to cooperate with Wilhelm if it weren’t for the fact that he hates Wilhelm. However, he does occasionally, very reluctantly, offer Wilhelm valuable leads and information. Of course, he’ll do it in a very condescending manner but he’ll swallow his pride, even for a moment, to ensure that Wilhelm does his job instead of wallowing in self-pity and self-loathing. 

Yuli

Wilhelm and Charlotte’s son, though he’s currently living with Zizz, who is more or less his guardian after Zizz pulled some strings (hue) to take custody of him from Wilhelm. Zizz loves him dearly, though he cannot stand the fact that he bears a strong resemblance to not only Charlotte, but Wilhelm. As such, Zizz often makes him wear a mask at home. 

He’s also a performer, as talented of a singer as his mother was. As such, he’s regarded as her successor and is well-liked by the audiences. However, because of his sheltered lifestyle, Yuli is only somewhat aware of the corruption in the city. Zizz would rather keep Yuli safe and out of harm’s way, since he believes that Charlotte met her demise because of her association with Wilhelm.

It doesn’t stop Yuli from being curious and wanting to look into it, however. He may be biting (hue) off more than he can chew… but even if he’s estranged from his father and was raised to loathe him, he’ll always be under Wilhelm’s watchful eye, even if he doesn’t realize this. 

Parado

Wilhelm’s assistant and best friend. A pleasant, easy-going fellow. He was very competent as Wilhelm’s assistant not only in detective work, but in many other fields and subjects in general. Had a bit of a gambling addiction, but he’d often go to gambling establishments with the purpose of exposing criminal activity while undercover. 

However, he was very much a risk-taker and had a lot of confidence in himself, perhaps a little too much, which ultimately led to his demise. 

Met a grisly death at the hands of unknown perpetrators but it was at least obvious that he had been killed by the very criminal organizations he sought to expose. His corpse was left (somewhat) intact as an subliminal warning but ended up going missing after a period of time.

Trifoli

Parado’s girlfriend, who works as a pharmacist. A very bitter individual, especially following Parado’s death. While she directs some of her anger and resentment towards Wilhelm, she cannot bring herself to blame him and assists him however way she can. One of the few people Wilhelm trusts and receives support from. 

However, Trifoli is paranoid that she’ll be targeted by the criminal organizations because of her practice with medicine and association with Parado and Wilhelm. She’s already had unfortunate run-ins with thugs who may or may not be affiliated with the crime families.

She won’t sit idly for any longer, however. She has a personal score to settle with the criminal organizations, beyond just exacting revenge for Parado’s death…

Rche

The next-in-line successor of one of the criminal families. Despite his age, he’s proven to be a competent, capable crime boss and quickly overtook his own parents in gaining recognition and notoriety. He’s very cruel and manipulative, enjoying his control over all sorts of criminal establishments in the city. He seeks to assert his dominance, ensuring that everything goes exactly as he plans. 

And because he has a very capable bodyguard (Saruis) and personal maid (Beridzebeth), he’s practically untouchable.

Furthermore, there’s been talk of an immortality elixir that Rche has shown great interest in…