#idv halloween lore

[thewafflescientist]

Oohhhh my god I'm going insane over the fifth Anniversary and the correlation it has to the Halloween lore (And coincidentally, my favourite idv character)

To simplify the lore involving Embrace, I'll do a rlly shitty summary of his plans and then explain how this correlates to the recent information in the anniversary

Basically the Embrace wrote the Tome in order to control people, in a way? He is plotting to destroy all of civilization as we know it, and he has heavy ties to Nordic mythology. There's the Nordic compass Vegvisir on the Tome with replaced runes, and the way he wrote the Tome actually cuts off people's ability to go to Nilfheim (And properly "die" in order to reborn)

He's already known to be somewhat of a prophet, or someone who can literally control the path of time, as seen in the literal description for Embrace + alongside the most recent Halloween video regarding Demi's "Last Dance" and Mike's "Tea Party", but that's not as important

Basically, Embrace has "destroyed" the pathway to Nilfheim, which is connected to Yggdrasil's roots, aka the Tree of Life/the World Tree, which is mentioned in the recent anniversary

Not to mention, the whole anniversary is very tied to Nordic mythology, hell Andrew literally speaks in a Scandinavian language within the event, so that just further proves my point, ntm most of the species can be derived from the actual worlds connected to Yggdrasil

Anyways, in the event they mention that Yggdrasil's roots were destroyed. Which is very oddly specific, bc that isn't normally part of Nordic mythos, and is entirely specific to Embrace & Halloween lore

And might I add that the game they're playing is based around real events. The author who passed away based her writings off of true experiences, which could also be why instead of "Embrace" and the "Bloodline", it's Baelzorath and wraiths that were created by Bael in order to continue functioning under a certain purpose which is so !!!! cool to me that they're incorporating Halloween lore w Anniversary. I was rambling about how I find it intriguing that they included Yggdrasil with Andrew's costume considering that's mostly specific to Embrace and the Halloween event lores, and began rambling about Embrace's lore when my friend told me that they mentioned Yggdrasil's roots were cut off so my brain has been the living definition of the !!!! ever since bc I love Victor Grantz and I love when he is a little fucked up n evil

Also I looked up Baelzorath to see if there was any ties to the Ars Goetia or other gods/deities possibly but I couldn't find anything so if anyone has found things I wld luv ur input and thoughts on this

I jus rlly rlly adore how the "writing" about Baelzorath and the wraiths perfectly mimic the Bloodline and Embrace but in a more straight forward way, and the fact that it's only rlly obvious to people who have fully dived and wasted literal hours of their life into it is so fun to me bc if by some chance they do end up tying the two together definitively in the future and give content of Embrace I am going to be SO happy

anyways thank u to anyone who read all of this ilysm n am givin u a fat smooch in sporit (if u so desire)

[tomochisblog]

I LOVE YOU LUCA BALSA

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[pastel-rights]

All Hallows Eve // Halloween Costumes: Part Two

[ Part One Here! ] [ Original All Hallows Eve Post Here! ]

hii everyone! it's me, your girl, i'm back with more costumes, and these costumes marks the end of my pre-prepared list! I have a list for after plans muses that I might tackle but... we'll see! this post is a little shorter but... I did do 26 costumes!

Christ. Anyways, part two!! yippee!!! i'll probably take a break to chat a bit about lore and Halloween outfit headcanons but first... the remaining costumes from my list <3

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[ Halloween Series: Rose Witch ]

Characters Included: Sebastian Solace

Matching Costumes: Sebastian matches with Octo and Charlotte from part one.

[ Halloween Series: Space ]

Characters Included: Kadence

Characters Included: Aria // yuu

Matching Costumes: Kadence and Aria match with one another, as well as match with Jackael and Rambley from part one.

[ Halloween Series: Wandering is a terrible sin. ]

Characters Included: Saturday // @idv-hsr-sunday

Characters Included: Ocean // @sxftriina

Matching Costumes: Saturday and Ocean match with one another.

[ Halloween Series: The Bunny Graveyard ]

Characters Included: Rina // @sxftriina

Matching Costumes: Rina matches with Nihil from part one.

[ Halloween Series: The Bunny Graveyard ]

Characters Included: Nihil

Matching Costumes: This is the second form of Nihil's base costume as shown in part one, and she matches with Rina.

[ Halloween Series: Resident Evil ]

Characters Included: Miori

Matching Costumes: Miori is a standalone costume.

[mazm-imagines]

Notice! (NOT THE END OF THIS ACCOUNT I PROMMY)

Aheeem aheem wheemper...

Hi guys. Sorry for making false assurances again... just forgor to get to the halloween asks even over my fall break. However I do want to talk about certain things. I want to explain this creative block and for a moment just be vulnerable on here. There's been so much in my life right now I've been feelin like dogshit and then last night i was talking to a friend snd it all clicked. This is a really long post so I'll put it under a cut.

I have to admit... my passion for mazm is dwindling a bit. I wont be dropping the blog or anything not at all. The memories I've made here cheered me up when I was at my worst moments.

I like to write and draw to make people happy. I remember when I was 12, I came onto mazm tumblr tags to just look at things. I came across an incorrect quotes blog, and while I don't think it was the highest effort content, it still put a smile on my face because I could tell whoever ran it was passionate. People were passionate. The mod left around 2020ish??? And i remembered being so sad.

It's hard to make content for small fandoms. Heaven only knows others have it worse... some only have 3 people instead of 5/lh

I've watched mutuals leave the fandom as they lost interest. Which is completely normal like it happens. But it just. Sucks. Its hard to make art/writing when you dont have people to exchange ideas with. I know I should be writing for myself, but I also would like to know that there are people reading and watching. I want to make people happy in the same way i was happy in the past.

But the dwindling activity on here + the lack of participation in the community events such as MazM week makes me want to give up trying sometimes. Not giving up trying to write nor answer asks by any means. I do those of my free will. But give up trying to reach out. I absolutely hate forcing interest, i don't like to harass others.

As i grow older, and younger members join the fandom, i start to feel a disconnect. Not because they are doing anything wrong, and I am happy that children get to enjoy MazM the same way i used to. It's more that my tastes mature, but i don't have anyone to discuss it with. It feels strange.

There's also the fact that I've always been more fond of MazMs original works such as Pechka, Thy Creature, and Hyde and Seek. I like Phantom of the Operas more original aspects ironically, but was never quite fond of Jekyll and Hyde. I often think a large part of MazM discussions involve the adaptations rather than the original aspects. Which again, I feel a bit out of place with.

All of this, and it starts feeling a bit lonely... I must be self pitying because the discord is pretty alive and I do see people in the tags. I appreciate all the creators i see, from the bottom of my heart. Everyone that creates something or speaks their mind or participates, that is what keeps it alive. If anyone ever wants to reach out to me I am more than happy to talk and share ideas.

But I've felt my old work was juvenile. I keep rereading my current work and looking at my current art. I keep feeling "not enough". Its leaked over to my other interests too like IDV. I have to drop one of my biggest projects because I've lost passion for some of the characters due to lore shit. And the other fic, I just couldn't read my prose without cringing. Which sucked because that project was for myself, it wasn't meant to be serious it was just yume shit. But... maybe that just reflects upon how I feel with myself now. That if no one reads, then I must be doing something wrong.

I love mazm from the bottom of my heart, I admire the team so much. It's why I started to draw seriously, it's why i started to read and analyze seriously and heavily influenced my writing. I AM MAZM FAN NUMBER 1!!! i am super excited for the new edgar allen poe game of course i am. It's just seeing the team members leave one by one and the format change so drastically... i don't know. The magic is different. But I will always support MazM despite it all.

So this is where I am now. Burnt out, unable to look at my own creations properly, cold lasagne hate myself. All very kafkaesque im sure. I don't want to put out low effort posts, so that's why I've just been keeping my askbox preserved. To all the people that sent me asks, thank you so so so much. You guys are the reason i am not letting this blog go anywhere. And I am very sorry to keep you all waiting.

[shotguncollar]

2 + 10 + 14 for luca wuca :)

2. how old were you when you discovered your f/o’s content?

okay well i found out about idv really soon after the game came out which was in liiiike 2018 which would make me either 17 or 18n at the time i caant actually remember what month the game came out but when luca came out actually was when i was taking an idv break haha isnt that funny

10. if you could change one thing about your f/o’s source content, would you? what would you change?

oh my godddd yes i hate the way they made the main story a result of like drug hallucinations i think netease thinks its way more interesting than it actually is. i wish they really were in some kind of loop like the actual game is you know having to repeat matches over and over again. like some kind of higher power keeping them there idk what hastur or yidhras powers are as gods but i think itd be so cool if that was what the lore was

14. what’s your favorite outfit your f/o has ever worn?

okay i really like his vampire halloween outfit he had it makes me laugh so harddd i think he was so embarrased having to put this on like his boobs are out and his pants are all torn

for in game skins i still love electrolysis so so much i think its his best a tier it looks so good and its so cool and the essence lore is one of my favorites stil i love the singed hair strands

[picnicbask3t]

idv lore rambles under cut

yk it’s kinda crazy how many parallels there are between the halloween costumes and their respective characters

since it’s aesop day this is mainly abt him so like.

it’s confirmed he let himself burn alive after pretty much everyone else died so.

picture. fenix lore.

the. parallels.

i think that’s one of the things i like most abt the halloween lore lol. and any good event lore in general

[cornflakecluster]

I know there might be lore behind madeleine getting that edgy halloween skin but one of the first things to cross my mind upon seeing this

Was a flashback to all the times I got jumpscared by this little shit in Idv

[picnicbask3t]

hey guys i know I’m replying to this reblog super late but like if any of y’all are curious abt the (canonical) bloodline lore you can look through this document here. honestly the whole halloween lore is pretty much up to interpretation (y’all know what idv lore is like) but i feel like those documents cover a good portion of it.

it’s halloween season so now people are obligated to think about the bloodline lore