#looking at them gbf primal beasts

[eru-iru]

thinking about how death/pharos was sealed inside makoto and he formed a bond with him so he didnt mind being sealed inside him he loves being close to makoto but they could only really meet each other during the dark hour so he was limited. gaining his missing pieces back had it perks since now he can make himself human and be closer to makoto as a friend and his feelings further developed the more he lived in the real world with makoto turning to romantic love. even went ahead and gave himself a form that resembles makoto. he really wanted to exist close to him oh my gods and im just my heart melts he really did become human because of that desire that was born in him and it grew

[gatesblue345]

Rambles about Proto-Bahamut

The GW grind made me realize the writers really hate this damn dragon it's so funny how the writers just ignore the existence of this dragon.

I can't even blame them too much because Proto-Bahamut is every problem on why Lyria can't summon every primal beast in battle or why story events (especially the early ones) are pretty nebulous about who's apart of the "crew" this time around.

Because it would kill the narrative tension and steal the entire show if we had a mini God-Dragon blowing up all our problems.

I just think it's funny because nobody mentions Proto at all. Outside of his intro cutscene. Their never mention at all in MSQ outside of being a stock image for Sky God Bahamut.

And in events as far as I'm aware (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) they have only been mentioned in anniversary events, but even then it's only been by side mentions as far as I'm aware in WMTSB and Heart of The Sun.

Not even in And You of all events! You know the event entirely built the Bad Ends of the Sky Realm and the Captain's choices. Orologia doesn't even comment on Proto even though you would think that a dragon this powerful would get at least a comment from Logia especially considering Proto's close connection to our main trio and it's capacity for world ending destruction, but nothing at all.

This wouldn't be something worth noting considering if you look at Granblue there is a load of things that never get touched on or just straight up ignored if Cygames doesn't feel giving it attention cough MSQ cough I just think it's funny in this instance because Proto's is everywhere and gets so much special treatment.

They have their own raid, a theme song with lyrics!, a weapon series to go alongside them and features pretty often alongside our main trio in promotional art which is more than about 80% of our cast could ever hope to achieve.

As for why I think the writers ignore Proto like the plague if they can help it. I believe it's because the writers don't 100 percent know exactly what to do with Proto which make sense GBF is 10 years old which is a rarity amongst Gacha Games.

And I doubt the writers and developers had planned out the story of GBF 10 years in advance and Proto and whatever it's story was going to be is just the most obvious example of this considering it took until 2019 and 2022 with the Bahamut uncaps respectively for us to get our first concrete lore and not just theories about Proto-Bahamut and what actually is it in the wider context of the setting.

Above anything else Proto-Bahamut is just fucking cool as hell and I love that every time their ever shown they make use realize why's they need to be shackled and the fact that Proto is fragment of the God of Destruction and is such a menace to the world if they were in the hands of anybody, but two of kindest people (The Captain and Lyria) in the Sky Realm the world would be in tatters.

(Also thanks to @reshiram for their GBF MSQ archive and the GBF wiki teams made checking for details so much easier).

EDIT : Grammar

[icharchivist]

As someone who thought that the Lucius just had a bunch of nicknames, I’m somehow just now realizing he’s three different people??? :(；ﾞﾟ'ωﾟ'):

i'm sorry to make matter worse, but i think you meant Lucilius... because Lucius is another character who's completely unrelated to the bunch.

But yeah there's three Luci- characters whom we nickname the Lucifaces who have the same face (and same voice actor), which makes things confusing for everyone who's not used to it.

The long story short is that they're clones of one another.

Lucio is the Original

On the left is his real appearance, his real name being Helel Ben Sahar. He's one of the two Speakers of Bahamut, the God of this world. He's basically one of the most powerful person in existence. On the right is his newish appearance, and now he uses the name Lucio as he pretends to be a stage actor to infiltrate our crew. The crew knows something is fishy with him and MC saw his powers in action, but very few people knows about his real identity. He flirts with Sandalphon sometimes but Sandalphon can't stand him.

Personalitywise he's defined by the fact he's teasing and mysterious, and overly loyal to God, despite the fact Bahamut has been ignoring him and his calls for the past few thousand years.

Lucilius is his clone.

No one knows the circumstances behind Lucilius's existence. He's an Astral, one of the immortal people of the stars. He himself didn't know he was a clone if not for the fact he was plagued with dreams of Lucio's life, which made him believe God was tormenting him personally. So he developed a God Complex, coming up with plans to destroy the world and take God's place. He was beheaded by Lucifer during one of his apocalypse plans, and thousands of years later, Belial set up a plan to behead Lucifer in order to sew Lucilius's head on Lucifer's body to bring him back to life. Thus the second zombie look. Currently, Lucio has locked him and Belial in an interdimensionnel prison called the Rainbow Dimension in order to stop them from going on rampage, after Sandalphon stopped their last attempt at destroying the world.

Personalitywise he's cold, mean and calculating, the only person he ever liked was Lucifer, and no one else. He hates God more than anything in the world.

(as a side note his Japanese name is Rushifaa which is the actual way to pronounce "Lucifer" i Japanese. GBF!Lucifer is pronounced Rushiferu, a variation on how Lucifer could be pronounced by accentuating the "r" ending)

Lucifer is Lucilius's clone.

In his convoluted plan to take down God, Lucilius created the very first Primal Beasts. One of the very first (the second one after Belial, in fact) was Lucifer, whom he created to be the idealized version of himself. Lucifer was made to oversee evolution itself. he was considered the light of the skies. Because Lucifer was meant to look over evolution, he was able to evolve himself enough past his programing in order to see Lucilius's destructive way and behead him when his apocalypse plan was threatening to destroy it all. He then watched over the skies for thousand of years before being murdered and beheaded. In his last breath he passed down his powers to Sandalphon, his official replacement and the one person Lucifer always yearned for the presence of, and because of that Sandalphon often has dreams of Lucifer's memories. And because of this bond, he hasn't fully moved on to the afterlife, stuck in between worlds, watching over Sandalphon.

Personalitywise he's kind, caring and dutiful, though a little dense. Also he created coffee. God likes him. Literally Bahamut put Lucio and Lucilius on mute but he actually talked with Lucifer recently-ish and values his opinion. Which is kinda hilarious.

So those are 3 drastically different people, but they are clones of one another with various degree of knowing about it. All of them have also very unique relationship to Sandalphon and it's why the real test is "put Sandalphon in a room with them, you'll know who is who in due time"

So those are the three Lucifaces: Lucio, Lucilius, Lucifer. Three different people. Not to confuse with Lucius who has absolutely nothing to do with those guys.

It's easy once you know i swear!

The more you know then?

[captainmullin]

HAPPY TWO YEARS WTF

hey. so. hi. it's been two years since I officially gave rackam a perpetuity ring in gbf and since I'm Very Normal about him, I'm celebrating!

Enjoy this fic, featuring two of my friends' granblue OCs and a whole lotta fluff <3 (ignore the fact that our anniversary was the 24th and I’m posting this on the 25th)

It wasn't supposed to go like this, Mullin mused to themself, watching their husband walk around the room. No, not really. We weren't destined for anything, yet…

They lock eyes with Rackam, who, from across the room, throws them a reassuring smile and a wink. Since it was their anniversary, Rackam had deigned to wear a nicer suit - that is, something nicer than what he would usually wear. Mullin hadn’t expected it, so it was a, uh… - the captain tried not to stare at the muscles in his back - it was a nice surprise, to say the least. Mullin couldn’t help but smile back at Rackam.

…Yet we ended up here, didn't we? The captain finishes their thoughts, taking a drink from the cocktail that was in their hands. Ladiva's bar - Raduga - was always busy on an evening, but this was special. Mullin continued to watch the crew members as they flitted about, memories resurfacing.

Six months ago…

Mullin walked about the woods on the island of Zinkenstill, their home, and current lodgings for the night. The Grandcypher crew was between missions - both a welcome blessing… and a curse. Mullin was currently lost in their thoughts on their upcoming anniversary, with absolutely nothing in mind.

The captain, usually so stoic, was lost. Their anniversary with Rackam was quickly approaching, and they wanted to do something nice for him. Mullin had been lost in thought for a while now, wandering aimlessly around the forest to try and clear their head.

"Boo!"

“What the-“ Mullin nearly jumped out of their skin, quickly drawing their sword from its hilt. A figure had popped out of the bushes just ahead of Mullin - ah. It was Devi. They resheathed their sword, peering down at the small primal beast. Devi’s hair was long, tangled with the fall leaves from the bushes. Mullin sighed and began picking a few pieces out of her hair.

“Hey, Devi. What’re you doing here?”

Devi, who was pouting at Mullin messing with her hair, brightened up: “I’m here to help you!”

“Help me?” Mullin said, a little skeptical.

“Yep! You’re stressed about things again, aren’t ya?” Devi replied, shaking her head free from Mullin’s careful fingers. “I can tell. You were up all night last night, and didn’t even nag Gran and Djeeta about their bedtimes.”

Mullin huffed and crossed their arms. “They’re adults, they can take care of themselves. Besides, you know I have insomnia. It’s not like I’d be getting any sleep if I wasn’t stressed.”

“Yeah, I guess…” There was a mischievous twinkle in Devi’s eyes. “Buuut, if you weren’t stressed, you definitely wouldn’t have turned down Rackam’s request last night.”

“Okaaay, that’s enough out of you!” Mullin said, their ears turning pink. “Our anniversary is coming up, that’s all.”

Devi laughed and the two continued along their walk, discussing ideas for the upcoming event. Mullin did, however, get sleep that night.

One year ago…

“‘Congrats, Mew.” Azazel said, placing a gift into Mullin’s hands. “Surprised it’s been a year already.”

Mullin looked up at the Draph - something that they were used to, after all this time - and smiled.

“Thanks, Zazzy.”

“When will you drop that nickname…?” Azazel grumbled a little to himself, but Mullin was busying themself with opening the present. It was a ring, a golden band with an etching on the inside. Mullin peered at it closer, and nearly dropped it.

“Azazel! What is this?”

“…’s yours. It was given to me by my father and… you can give it to Rackam.”

“Azazel, I can’t— this is too much,” Mullin said, cradling the ring in their palm. “Besides, why would I give it to Rackam?”

“Aren’t ya getting married?” Azazel said, effortlessly, like it wasn’t a huge decision for him.

Mullin nearly dropped the ring again, as if it was too hot to the touch: “Azazel!”

“Quit yellin’ my name, Mew…” The older captain grumbled again, but patted Mullin’s head. “You know when it’ll be a good time. Promise.”

Two years ago…

It was a night really like any other. The cool autumn breeze blew across the deck of the Grandcypher once more, a signal of the turning seasons. Mullin leaned across the railing of the airship, inhaling a deep breath, trying to calm their nerves. It had been a little over a year since they began their relationship, but it didn’t mean their nerves were calmed.

They turned the ring box over and over in their hands, a nervous tick that had recently developed. Mullin could practically hear Djeeta’s words in their head now, like “If you don’t do it now, it’ll never happen!” and “You’ll be more surprised than you think,” whatever that meant. They straightened out their suit, in an attempt to look more nonchalant, when they heard approaching footsteps.

“Woah, is tonight my lucky night or somethin’?” Rackam said, sneaking an arm around Mullin’s waist. The captain slid the ring box into their pocket, hoping he hadn’t noticed. Mullin shook their head, a shy smile creeping onto their face.

“Mm, it depends. Do you like the outfit?” Mullin turned to fully look at Rackam, but they couldn’t finish any of their thoughts - Rackam was also wearing a suit, one that was a deep blue color. It nearly took their breath away, but Mullin held their composure.

They were face to face now, noses practically touching. Rackam’s hand was still on Mullin’s waist; it squeezed ever-so-slightly. Despite being together for so long, everything always felt new. Mullin could feel their hands shake from their nerves.

“I certainly do feel a way about the outfit, if that’s what you’re meanin’.” Rackam said, a teasing tone to his voice. Mullin laughed, moving their hand to his chest.

“And I feel a way about your suit, if that makes you feel any better. What’s the reason for dressing up?”

There was then a distinct shift in the air as Mullin asked the question. Rackam seemed to stiffen; Mullin’s hands shook a bit harder.

“A-Ah, well…”

“It’s okay, really,” Mullin continued, trying to dissipate the tension, “There doesn’t have to be a reason, right? Just a night where we… we both dress up nice and…”

The captain trailed off, distinctly aware of everything around them. Oh, oh no. Did I mess up? Does he know? He’s not saying anything… maybe I should just ask? But what if he says no?

“…And here I was, thinkin’ I could sweep you off your feet for once.” Rackam said, quietly. “But it seems like we were both thinking the same thing, weren’t we?”

…So we’re just both in love. Mullin thought, visibly relaxing: “You figured it out?”

“Well…” Rackam began.

“Wait- no! Let me.” Mullin interjected, taking a step back. “Rackam…”

“Yes, captain?”

There it was. That reverent devotion in his voice that, for the longest time, Mullin could never place. Now they could; it felt like coming home. It felt like belonging somewhere, to someone. They slowly got down on one knee, hands still trembling:

“Will you marry me?”

Rackam smiled, then proceeded to also get on one knee, like something out of a play they had watched years ago: “Only if you marry me.”

The captain smiled at the helmsman. They didn’t have to reply; the other knew the answer.

Yes. A thousand times, yes. I’ll stay by your side.

Present Day…

"Now what's got you all zoned out, captain?" The nickname of many years brings Mullin back from their thoughts. Rackam, who had spotted Mullin at the bar, had walked over at some point without them noticing.

"Oh, helmsman," Mullin replies in kind, the familiar word falling from their mouth, "I was just thinking about… us."

"Us?" Rackam quirks a brow, a small smile playing on his lips. Mullin tries not to stare.

"Mhm. How many years has it been now…?"

"Oh, don't give me that. You made all that fuss to give me something nice for our two year anniversary and now you're tellin' me you don't remember?" Rackam says, leaning in closer to occupy Mullin's space. They laugh and take another sip from their long-abandoned cocktail.

It was Rackam's turn to try and not stare as the liquid slipped past their lips. He clears his throat and glances away.

"I'm only teasing, of course. I remember. I remember asking you as if it was only yesterday." Mullin finally replies, holding their hand (and wedding ring) up to the dim light.

"It really should've been the other way around, shouldn't it?" Rackam is leaning against the bar counter now, facing the slowly disappearing crowd.

"Mm, what difference does it make? We're happy and not…" Mullin trails off, suddenly a little embarrassed. "Well. We're not avoiding anything anymore."

"'Avoiding anything', huh…" Rackam muses, stealing another glance over at Mullin. He had been watching them the entire night, unsure of how to approach the idea of… well, making their party a bit more private. Mullin's outfit left little to his imagination, and he was damned if he would not take advantage.

Brushing away that thought, Rackam continued to look over at Mullin. Their hair was tied into a neat bun, a few stray lavender strands rebelling against the hairpins. The helmsman, now not shy in his affections, reached over and tucked it behind their ears.

As he did so, he watched as Mullin's ears turned slightly pink whenever he touched them. You would think they would be used to it by now, Rackam thought, relishing in the idea that the captain - his captain - still got flustered around him. Gods, they're adorable.

"Rackam…?" Mullin's voice broke his thoughts. Rackam had unknowingly left his hand along their ear, his fingers tracing the shape.

"Ah- sorry." He pulled his hand away, but not missing the red flush that had spilled onto Mullin's cheeks and nose.

"It's quite alright." They replied, finishing their drink. There were now lipstick marks on the glass. "It looks like the party is dwindling. Shall we go?"

Mullin stood up, their heels clicking against the floor. Their dress shifted as they did so, one of the shoulder straps beginning to slide down. Rackam nodded, moving to stand next to them - for extra measure, he placed his hand on the small of their back.

"I'd be honored, Captain." He said, his voice low.

Mullin laughed quietly at his formality, and the two ascended to the deck of the Grandcypher. Perhaps there was more in store for the rest of the night.

[beyond-dreams]

💫 tell me about Rackam/Granblue Fantasy!

looking with hyperfixation eyes,, i am SO sorry this is gonna be a very long post im love him

so granblue fantasy is a mobile jrpg/visual novel made by cygames and the rundown of the main plot is that the MC (referred to as captain) loses their dad (dad fucks off to the end of the skies to a place called Estalucia) and our job is Find Dad

Objective: Find Dad has all gone to shit: we end up creating a rag-tag group of adventurers that will explore the skies with us! (also the setting is fantasy/steampunk/there's a lot happening basically the main mode of transportation that's important is that everyone lives on sky islands and we use airships to travel)

the gang includes: Vyrn, the MC's little red dragon companion that raised them whenever Dad fucks off;

Lyria, a girl with blue hair and mysterious magical powers that the MC has a soul link to (if lyria dies the MC dies kinda thing);

Katalina, a knight that protects Lyria and god help you if you eat her food (its so bad);

Rackam, a helmsman that pilots your airship and doesn't get The Youth;

Eugen, an older adventurer that wants to relive his past and understand his daughter better;

Rosetta, a mysterious woman with magical powers and hhi im so bisexual. hi. (you find out later that she's a primal beast, essentially a small god of the world)

and Io, a literal child mage (she's 11 and can kick your ass. i love her)

ANYWAY yeah! that's The Gang - Rackam specifically is my blorbo bleebus <3 his backstory is that he's been trying to repair this airship called The Grandcypher ever since he was a kid, well into adulthood - he ends up losing faith in himself because it won't fly, but he regains his courage and fierce personality whenever he meets the MC and they start their adventure!

One of the running gags in Granblue is that Rackam ends up blowing himself up;; a lot - and it's even referred to in some of the meta gameplay its so funny

this is Mullin, my gbf captainsona!! Their story is that their siblings, Gran and Djeeta, start off the main story and they come in at the start of the second main story arc to help Find Dad (credits to @/solarpire and @/acequinox here on tumblr!)

Mullin goes through A Lot in trying to find dad, like throwing themself off a moving airship to save someone! we love a dramatic king - they also come back a Little Fucked Up but I'm gonna try to keep captainsona lore to a minimum

Rackam gbf my beloved;;; hes so [head in hands] hes very himbo and he plays the bass guitar and i love him

bonus fun images (live crew reaction)

[floopers]

Steady

Series: gbf Pairing: Song/Silva Word count: 722 Rating: G Summary: "Hands look fine…" Silva is murmuring and after doing another check, she loosens her hold. She doesn't let go though, still holding one of Song's hand atop of hers. "Just wanted to make sure you weren't using too much magic in your hands."

[AO3]

some fluff to cope with gw burnout because hoo boy was light gw rough

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Silva jogs over to her as soon as Song touches down on the ground. Her legs wobble slightly—Silva catches her, an arm around her back while she's got a hand on Song's arm. "Whoa! You good there?"

"Y-yeah, thank you," Song says, a little breathless. She'd been up in the sky for most of the morning, shooting her arrows against those primal beasts. The sun's set by now, stars twinkling down on them now. How many hours had it been since she touched down on the ground? Lunch? Even that feels like a long time ago. Being here on the ancient battlefield makes Song feel like she loses her sense of time; what feels like a few hours makes Song think she's been here for days even though that's clearly impossible.

Silva still holds onto her for a moment before letting go, certain that Song's steady now. "Good work out there," she says, a small smile on her face. "Didn't have to use up all my bullets this time."

"That's good, right?" Song knows that both her and Camieux spend about a week prepping all the bullets Silva uses when they're stuck on this... mission.

"Yeah, means we don't have to spend as much time and work refilling our stash. Easier for Camieux." Silva looks relieved about that.

"At least the others will come out tomorrow and we'll be able to get a break," Song says. It's hard to keep the worry out of her voice as she speaks. "Hope they won't be too tired though, we've still got two more days of this."

"I hope so too," Silva says with a grimace. They know how grueling being here on this island can be. How does Djeeta do this all the time? Not even Song has that stamina; at least in terms of hunting, it's more a test of being patient and waiting for an opportunity rather than nonstop constant battles.

Silva reaches down suddenly, grabbing Song's hand. She blinks, smiling in confusion as she watches Silva turn her hands all around, as if checking for something. "Silva? What's wrong?"

"Hands look fine..." Silva is murmuring and after doing another check, she loosens her hold. She doesn't let go though, still holding one of Song's hand atop of hers. "Just wanted to make sure you weren't using too much magic in your hands. You do tend to overdo it a little when we come here."

Song nearly gawks at her before looking down at their hands. Heat rises to her cheeks when she realizes what Silva had been checking, warmth swelling deep within her breast at Silva's concern. She threads their hands together, slowly looking back up at Silva, a shy smile on her lips.

"I'll be fine since you're here," she says, and for some reason, Silva looks embarrassed at that, her other hand scratching the back of her neck. She squeezes Song's hand back though.

"Just make sure not to overdo it, okay?" Silva says, her expression softening. "It's easy to do that while we're here."

"The same goes for you," Song returns although knowing that Silva's in the backlines than being on the frontlines... Song might be selfish to think that at least Silva is away from all the danger than being up here dealing with that strange zombie dragon that's been stomping around.

"So, um..." Song bites her lip for a moment before spilling out the rest of her words, "when we're done with this mission, do you want to grab dinner together? My treat."

"Oh?" Silva thinks to herself. "Yeah, that sounds good. Cucouroux and Camieux might like that."

"Ah, er, do you... mind if it was just the two of us?" Song asks, holding her breath because she knows how much Silva likes to include both her sisters. It makes Song feel guilty still when she asks this but sometimes, she just wants to spend time with Silva only.

And Silva does seem to get it then, eyes widening slightly. Song watches the color creep across her face when she realizes what Song is asking for, and she slowly nods.

"Yeah... yeah, just the two of us," Silva finally answers, offering her a lopsided smile. Song breathes easy now, more than glad she has something to look forward to at the end of this mission.

[ofglories]

[ PULL ] : sender pulls receiver into a relieved embrace following a nearly-lethal fight. + romeo gbf and richard!

|| Protective action prompts ; accepting!

There were many things Richard expected after a fight as fierce as the one that had just, mercifully, ended.

Getting yelled at for being reckless. Being checked over for injuries that would have healed by the time anyone took major notice of them due to his careful protection of his core. Things along those lines were expected, the norm even when it came to even small scuffles. Romeo, after all, had a tendency to worry despite saying otherwise.

It was an endearing trait, in Richard's opinion.

"Romeo-?" The feeling of arms wrapping around him, pulling him flush against the skydweller's body was unexpected. Richard gaped for a moment, at a loss for words, eyes wide as he looked down at the top of that head of golden hair. And then, slowly, he embraced the other man in return, sighing softly as the tension leeched away. "I seem to have worried you more than I intended. Now that can't do at all. Shall I make it up to you later?"

A small joke as he leaned his cheek against the top of Romeo's head, relaxing as the familiar tingling rush of energy from battle faded from his limbs. Like many of the primal beasts born in war, Richard's powers were best utilized in combat. To the point that he actively felt more alive when in the midst of battle, when life and death were on the edge of a blade at all times. But there was something to be said about the relief once it was over. Perhaps it was a side effect of having been born from the memories of a mortal. Or maybe it was something he had picked up from Romeo, the former lord's gentle heart influencing the primal beast of Verona.

Regardless...

"Forgive me, I was careless and brought you great stress it seems. Now, let's get home! We're both in need of a bath I would say and I'd like to pick us up some cakes as well!"

[ashendalia]

Decided I'm gonna have two different GBF SIs bc I've got two wildly different ideas for SIs and I don't want them to be the same

So I'm gonna have

___

Mimameid, who is a primal beast connected to Yggdrasil and only awoke recently and is wandering aimlessly trying to find a purpose again. They eventually find themself at Raphael's farm and is taken in and now helps him there.

They're usually quiet and withdrawn, but slowly start to liven up after they start living with Raphael and experiencing the current world

they also get passed around like a hot potato between all the primarchs and mima is now their new little uwu

___

Dalya, who is an Erune who has been living for an immensely long time due to a sentient parasitic plant using their body as a host. Though it intended to take over, Dalya's will proved to be too much and it is now the buried consciousness while Dalya remained in control. They no longer age or heal like a mortal anymore. Instead the plant has overtaken the body's organs and they now gain their energy from the sun, while when injured they do not bleed and the plant will seal off any openings and will begin regrowing whatever was injured or lost. While they are regrowing, it will look like plants and flowers are growing on them until they eventually peel back and reveal a newly grown part to replace the old one

They're now chaotic and self serving as all hell, rarely ever acting on behalf of others unless they can benefit from it as well, and they aren't shy about putting themself and others in danger of it can get them a desired result.

also they can unfortunately vibe with lobelia, which worries everyone, and they've caught seofons attention bc they essentially can't die and have shown that they can use their parasitic partner's powers to their advantage in a way that could end up putting many in danger depending on how they use it

[masterhandss]

Hi~

I'm curious about what you think a Hamefura-GBF crossover would look like ^^

OP YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE AWAKENED IN ME WITH THIS QUESTION AJSHGJAHSGD

As a fan of both I've always created different ideas in my mind of what a GBF-Hamefura collab would be like!! I'm not really creative enough to be able to drop some fan-made collab name ideas or a full premise for the collab's plot, just some random tidbits of fun ideas I thought of.

// warning: very minor spoilers for the novels/fortune lover 2

For how Katarina and the gang gets into the world of Granblue Fantasy, I think it would be really cool if it combines something like the Shadowverse collab where they are just thrown into the world without much explanation (maybe playing it out like another Book of Desires-type thing where Katarina stumbles upon a magic tool that sends them all there) and the Love Live Muse collab where it's kinda just a dream. Not that I want Katarina to dream the entire thing, I just find it really funny how in the Manga Bonus SS, Katarina immediately figures out that she's in a dream and just plays along, which would make her nonchalance about being thrown into another world funny and make sense (for her at least). Maybe in the end it could be revealed to be a dream all along, like the Love Live and most recent Deresute collab.

For the plot itself, I'm not really good at coming up up anything new, all I can think of is making something similar to existing collabs and events qwq. It would really funny if the primal beast behind everything is one who is gluttonous, and Katarina beats them in a competition of iron stomachs (like the Priconne collab and Eating Bonanza Summer event). Or have the event story end with Katarina confronting and talking down a humanoid primal beast and charming him into surrender post-battle, something similar to how she won over Raphael (imagine how funny it would be for Keith to smack his head and sigh, as Katarina continues to charm more people, and a primal beast at that XDD).

Maybe even something like the Code Geass collab where at the same time Katarina and the gang end up in the Sky Realm, the crew is on a quest to find a criminal who is stirring trouble in an island, and that criminal had a striking resemblance to Katarina (or an FL2!Katarina). Like that other Katarina is just an illusion created by a primal beast in order to hide his identity, not really basing the image on anyone specific but just creating someone based on the perfect image of a scheming villainess lmao (and being surprised after finding out that the very girl does exist). Cue confusion from the crew and the harem, while Katarina feels both pride and fear over being called the spitting image of a villainess hgfjhsdgf.

You can even make the plot something like the GBF SideM collab + Hamefura Pirates, where the situation they are in is actually from a Fortune Lover x GBF collab (that Katarina dreams Acchan playing/was mentioned to her once in passing) that somehow (???) has ties to Katarina's fate in FL2.

And please, I would love a quick scene of everyone dining with the crew, and everyone comments on Katarina and Lyria's black hole of a stomach XDD

It would kinda be cool if Katarina had a moment where she uses Phalanx, since VOD showed us that there are shield-type spells in hamefura (canonicity is debatable though) but I guess since Nico already did that in the Love Live collab that'd be copying/too similar haha).

For the event rewards, Katarina would join your party after Chapter2 of course :DD By then she would have met the crew. The other playable characters depends on who you ask to be honest. I don't want to sound mean or anything to the fans of the girls, but when I first encountered the question, my mind immediately went the NinSwitch otome game and how all the boys are the capturable characters. Since HameFura clearly favors the Katarina + the boys in the marketing, I thought realistically that if there was a collab, the playable characters would be them. That would be 5 playable characters though, which might be a lot so I guess a good alternative is a Playable Katarina, Geordo, Keith and maybe Maria too. Combining the three girls into a single unit wouldn't be likely, I think it's more realistic to assume they would be the event summon instead (or at least have a cameo in Katarina's victory animation)

(LOOK I EVEN MADE SOME QUICK EDITS/MOCKUPS, DO YOU SEE HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT THIS QUESTION HGJHSDGF)

Katarina would be a Dark SSR (sorry if that's considered as a spoilers to anyone qwq) whose attacks also inflict a partial earth damage. She would be an attack-type character with a sabre and axe specialty (axe because hoe haha). I just can't imagine her being an Earth Character unless Keith isn't playable, because then I guess she could just inflict partial dark damage via casted debuffs in order to reference FL2. She's probably mostly has attack skills that either gives buffs or increases her charge bar. Katarina would get a 5 star uncap in the next event rerun :P

Geordo would be a Fire SSR with a sabre specialty. He's be an attack-type character who specializes in Attack/Support. Spoilers to the light novels kinda, but I imagine Geordo to have a special third skill that gives him lots of buffs but either debuffs him & kills him eventually (like Dark Jeanne) or sacrifices his HP (like Fire Yuisis) as a reference to Volume 8, where he's a bit unhinged when he's angry and will use his fire magic lethally to anyone who harms his friends.

Keith would be an Earth SSR with a sabre and staff specialty. He would be Special character, acting as a Support/Debuffer. I imagine that he could have his own personal buff called "Earth Dolls" that get consumed each turn, and having a lot would increase the damage of his charge attack. I know the picture says katana instead of staff, I'm just too lazy to edit it again :'))

Alan would be a Water SSR with a sabre and gun specialty (why gun? he uses a gun in the hamefura fantasy au so :DD). He'd be a balanced-type character who is an Attacker/Defender. I imagine he'd be like SSR Romeo, who is good for defense but is preferably used to deal some damage (or at least that's how I use him lmao).

Nicol would be a Wind SSR with a sabre and bow specialty (bow because wind element :DD). He would be a defense-type character who specializes in Defense/Support. Either lands some good debuffs (Def Down, Debuff Success Boosted, Blind, Gravity and CHARM OF COURSE) or has Substitute Ally. Most likely the prior. I know that sounds like he should be a special-type character instead so I'm suggesting he should have a skill with Shield and Immune in a single package.

I imagine the girls to be an event summon together (in my hypothetical scenario where the boys are the playable characters) where they give random buffs (like 3-6 buffs depending on the lvl and uncap). I imagine that they would have a special Call Effect with Katarina, giving her more buffs or a special buff meant just for her :DD

In the event that Maria is a playable character, she would be a Light SSR who has a staff specialty. She would be a Heal-type character who specializes in Support. Her skills could have stuff like a heal that activates for a few turns, light def-down and a def-up to name a few.

The event SSR weapon would be a "Doom Flag" of course! It blends perfectly with the dozen other flag-looking spear weapons in the game XDD

My ideas for the SR weapon would either the "Doom Avoidance Strategy Book" which would be a Dark Melee weapon, or a smaller "Bad End Doom Flag" which would be a Fire Dagger (haha get it, because Geordo Bad End :)).

Hahaha that's all I can really think of when it comes to a collab. If you want me to talk about a Hamefura RPG AU, but with GBF classes/races then I can make a whole other post for that sjkfhdsk i've always wanted to draw/imagine the hamefura characters wearing job classes & magic from GBF!

Imagine Mary wearing the Dancer/Masquerade class outfit, Maria in the Doctor class, Alan in the Elysian class, Nicol in the Cavalier/Robin Hood class, Geordo in the Glorybringer class, Keith in the Relic Buster class (as a reference for him being a black knight in the manga bonus ss), Sophia in the Warlock/Asparas class, and Katarina in the Chrysaor/Lumberjack class!!

If anyone would like to add with more collab ideas, I would love to hear it!!!!

Anyways, thank you for the ask :DD

[lunarcry]

anyway...miscolored memories lines......cuz i adore this event still....and i think phoebe is rly great & morphe has problems im not gonna get into rn but holy fk gbf can we address them faster cuz they Keep showing they are aware of it, so hurry up....

Oneiros: Shut up! Shut up, shut up, shut up! I know the powers you possess! I will be controlled no longer! No one will hurt me ever again! Lyria: The powers we possess? Oh, you mean me and Vyrn? Please, don't worry, Oneiros. We don't want to control you. We don't mean you any harm. There's nothing to be afraid of, so— Oneiros: Liar! All those words of kindness, they're always lies! I know the truth... I don't believe you. I'll never believe you! I won't rest until you're all locked deep inside your darkest dreams! Morpheus! Take their hearts! Deliver them into nightmares eternal!

As she gazes at the Morpheus copies Captain and the party have defeated, a wry smile creeps onto Oneiros's lips. Oneiros: Fascinating. You'll happily slaughter your so-called friends the instant you feel threatened! Katalina: Gah... We didn't want this... Taking on a legion of monsters that all resemble their friend Morphe has also usnettled Captain.

Oneiros: Lies! Lies, nothing but lies! It's all lies! They're just being nice to trick you. To trick you so they can use you! And use you! And use you! And then once you're spent, they'll cast you aside. I know how it goes. I know all too well!

Morphe: (My sister, the primal beast Oneiros, loved the Astrals, her creators, with all her heart. She just wanted her father and brother to be happy... But she was badly wounded during the War, and the Astrals just... left her for dead. They left her lying there suffering and went back to where they had come from. Bearing scars in her heart even more cruel than the ones on her body, she came to detest the Astrals... To detest everything. She hated and feared them. And when she discovered Lyria and Vyrn's powers, that fear exploded.)

Morphe: I know how much you've been hurt, Sis. I mean, I'm a part of you, so I can feel it too. Oneiros: … Morphe: But just because you've been hurt doesn't give you the right to hurt others.

Oneiros: You're really going to let me come with you? I don't have to be alone anymore? I... I... Waaah!

i just rly love that oneiros str8up created enemies, forced them onto the crew & then went “look. yall Are bad. i was right” to further prove her point that you cant trust ppl and i think that? still hits me rly hard? she’s doing rly bad and makes sure to keep portraying them in a bad light. and then the dreamworld starts collapsing, and the crew still reaches out to her to pull her along and oneiros is confused at that, but also? the fact they reached out to make sure she got out safe too, compared to her astral family who just left her.........i just like this event a whole lot. she just wants to be cared for!! she doesnt want to be alone!!

which is also why i think its so great oneiros herself isnt the summon. because oneiros doesnt want to be controlled, so lyria not being able to summon her is...really really good from that narrative viewpoint..... i also like morphe calling her out... man this + the fact they let her be a big point of no rain, no rainbow & meet more lonely ppl but also her doing something for captain & others???? im rly glad with everything they do for her....morphe is indeed lacking with dealing with his issues, but one day..i have faith....

[icharchivist]

@haru-desune submitted:

Hello my semi annual "wth is gbf" ask But in all seriousness y'all look you're having fun 😁

DFKJDFMLFD HEY!!! Tee hee!

we are having a tone of fun over here yeah!! this year is the 10th anniversary of the game with new Triple A game coming out, so it's going to be a busy year and we've all been buzzing quite a bit. Though the way i ended up attracting a hive of anons discussing gbf is a mystery -- in the end the main game itself remains pretty niche -- but we're having a lot of fun bouncing out of each others.

Though to answer "what is gbf".... *looks at my blog* you will have to be more specific about what you want to know, because we don't even talk about the main story on here all that much---

Ok so for the fast crash course:

Granblue Fantasy is a browser game which can be played on any Chromium based browser at http://game.granbluefantasy.jp/ . It has a Japanese and an English version, running at the same time (it's not different servers, we get content at the same time as the Japanese fandom does)

It also has a Fighting Game called Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, and will soon have a Action RPG coming out in February called Granblue Fantasy Relink. Those games are set in the lore of Granblue, though gbvs is slightly in another timeline/universe -- still those stories are stand alones meant to be different steps on the characters journeys

The gameplay is mostly Turn-by-turn RPG for the gameplay, and Visual Novel for the story -- and gacha to get the characters you get to use and meet. (note that today we just got 200 free pulls, and the opportunity to use those pulls will disappear in less than 2 hours, so if you want to play the game today is a good day for that)

For a crashcourse on the basic lore to know about + some vague Main Story Characters and spoilers information, you can go there to learn more about it!

but the long story short is that the world of gbf is a world of floating islands and magic, ruled by the absent God of Rebirth and Destruction known as Bahamut. (all the homies hate Bahamut.) Once upon a time Bahamut split into two, splitting the world as we know, and overseeing two types of people: The People of the Skies (The Skydwellers) who are mortals, and the People of the Stars (the Astrals) who are immortal. The Astrals tried to invade the Skyrealms centuries ago, but where pushed back -- but behind them they left Primal Beasts, immortal creatures who works as semi gods, dedicated to a purpose programed inside of them.

Our Protagonist, Gran if you play as a guy, Djeeta as a girl (you can switch gender anytime tho), was abandonned by their father when they were young as he went on a quest to find Eustalucia, the island of the Astrals -- and after years of radio silence, MC finally gets a letter about their father's whereabouts, and decides to go on a journey to find back their fathers -- travelling the skies and all of its perils.

accompanying them are Vyrn, the red dragon who raised us, who's memories have mysteriously been locked away, and Lyria, the Girl in Blue (well, with blue hair, but shh), a young girl who was held prisoner by the local Empire for her power to be able to control the Primal Beasts. As she attempted to escape thanks to Katalina, an ex soldier of the Empire who was so saddened by Lyria's situation she freed her and swore loyalty to her instead, she met our MC... and near death circumstances brought Lyria to connect her life to our own, connecting us together.

Both Lyria and Vyrn end up accompanying MC out of devotion and love, but also out of seeking answers about their own existence as well.

And on their way to Eustalucia, our MC becomes the Captain of a Crew, going from island to island, adding more and more people to their crew as it goes.

The Main Story follows mainly their struggle to go to Eustalucia, facing the Empire at the time, Primal Beasts going Bersek, and much more others problems.

But every months the game unleash an event story, which will pretty much be "a story on another island that isn't related to the main plot". Those events then disappear for a time before being added to the side stories.

And those events have their own casts. The overall lore builds to the main lore, of course, but each event stories will follow their own themes for instance. Sometimes the casts of those events crossover and spend time together.

On here we talk a lot about What Makes The Sky Blue: A Three Parter story about the first primal beast of creations and their quests to reexamine their purpose, their free will, and their connection with Bahamut as their creators turns out to be heavily linked to him.

wmtsb is also the doomed love story of Sandalphon and Lucifer, as Sandalphon was driven to madness and unleashed his anger on Lucifer, leading to strife when Lucifer tried to make things right no matter what. They're. so much.

(longer version with translation)

it's also the story that has Belial as a secondary antagonist, and it's the guy we talk about soooo fucking much on here because we're so unwise about him. the polar opposite of Lucifer, who yet was so dedicated to his creator he triggered various apocalypses and brought various issues to our protagonists to selfishly reunite with the man he loved.

Oh and, like, i'm not actually like, any type of hyperbolism about the LGBT+ stuff btw. Belial's feelings are explicitly romantic, and later Lucifer mirrors Belial's explicit words to address his feelings for Sandalphon for instance.

We also have various Trans rep (Ladiva and Cagliostro are openly trans women, Balurga is a trans man, Orologia is a genderfluid dragon who literally shift gender from one screen to the next and who use they/them, and the characters who, as a group, are named the 6 dragons, are openly nonbinary. There's also two others characters (Morilynn and Morgan) who use they/them pronouns. And also i'll include him but Lamorak who said he refused to be limitated to gender.)

We also have a lot of wlw and mlm, including a canon wlw kiss (but for that i direct you to my current pinned post, i love them so much they're so unwell) and a wlw engagement party. We're doing fine here.

Another story i'm particuliarly found of personally is the Dragon Knights saga, but it's a 10 parters so it's like. A Lot. But it's basically about four knights who once served the country of Feendrache together, working together to uncover the sins of Feendrache's past and make sure the current country is willing to atone for their crimes, as they're trying to rebuild a proper future, while avoiding the threat of Merlin, a victim of one of said crimes who have been planning Feendrache's destruction ever since.

Or the story Marionette Stars, about people suddenly getting wrapped into a conspiracy as they are being led to connect with powerful weapons connected to the Horoscope, leading them in the web of an organization who is making sure conditions are met for them to awaken their weapons to lead to nefarious intentions.... it's where the kissing lesbians are from for instance, but also fair warning this is the gorest of the saga so far and it has a lot of unsettling stuff going on in it.

And there's so much more characters and stories and anything for the eyes to see. All with gorgeous arts, and a lot of recent stories have very deep themes which really are interesting to sit through, though keeping in mind that the game has a lot of disturbing content and doesn't hesitate to have you sit through extremely disturbing and gore scenes. #SurvivorOfTikohFE

here's some arts samples of various saga to give you an overview of some goodies here and there

and if you want to get into it because of Seiyuu? you're in luck! there's so many characters in granblue that your favorite seiyuu can POSSIBLY be in it!

like i did a list of a3 seiyuus in it for example:

and some of them have songs! as pictured above with Sandalphon's (Suzumura Ken'ichi) song, but also like, the Dragon Knights (Seiyuu: Eguchi Takuya, Ono Yuuki, Ryota Osaka, Kazuhiko Inoue) or Grimnir's song (by legendary seiyuu Megumi Ogata)

or also absolutely bonkers songs as OST, like the infamous Parade's Lust, Paradise Lost, Zero, Existence, Peace and Quiet, The Watershed Moment, or a personal fav with For You.

So strap in, give it a shot, and if you want clarification on literally anything, don't hesitate ;D

[icharchivist]

I've heard a lot of people say that (to them) Lucilius is like the true antagonist of Gbf so in a way it makes sense for Gran to be this pissy facing off against his nemesis. He looks great though, very powerful, very blue

DLKFFLKJDFL what a great way of reasoning with it

i can see that, yeah. and tbh with Lucilius being the man who is both clone to a godlike figure and the man who invented primal beasts, i think he makes a nice middle ground while also contrasting MC and the way they are looking for answers because of the path they were set on seemingly by greater forces. Add in the thematic of free will, and the way Lucilius contrasts Gran because he may have tried to surround him with as many creature as possible, he never discovered the power of relying on them the way Gran has, and you have a pretty neat villain to balance his main themes. Esp adding they both turn blue/can reach the boundaries.

so it tracks, it tracks.

[floopers]

Noisy Quiet

series: gbf pairing: Athena/Medusa word count: 2845 rating: G summary: Coming to the ancient battlefield never bodes well for Medusa, and that's especially true when she's here with Satyr.

[AO3]

freed from cursed fire gw so ofc I have to shitpost about it but the idea of athena and michael getting along really well and making medusa jealous is just so funny to me

Medusa kicks at the dirt for what feels like the hundredth time. It might as well be at this point. They're supposed to be resting but she feels like doing anything but that right now. How can she rest when these two next to her are having the most boring conversation?

"—if you had been surrounded, would it not have been a more prudent decision to fortify the surrounding area with barricades and traps to provide for a better defense?" Athena says.

"Yes, I had the same thought at the time too, but I had received intel from Raphael that our enemies were planning a strike at dawn—"

Medusa tunes out before Michael can finish.

She takes a look around the camp, trying to see what might scratch her itch of boredom. That human man with the dragon blood wandered off somewhere but Medusa had caught him staring a little too intently at the grass earlier and she decided in that moment she was better off not knowing. There's Silva off to the side and while Medusa could grace her with her presence, Silva's cleaning up her gun and she looks too focused on her task for Medusa to feel comfortable to bother. Medusa doesn't know a lick about guns but looking at all the parts laid out makes her feel like she's going to make something explode if she touches it wrong. Won't be dangerous for her but it might be for Silva so... no thanks! She doesn't even know where Djeeta and the others are, probably off somewhere with that other erune girl with the guns.

Ugh, where did Satyr even get up to this time? Medusa can't believe she's even asking for Satyr to keep her company. How desperate must she be? She's just... so annoyed. Maybe she should risk the cold and find a nice spot somewhere and curl up with Medusiana instead. Anything to get away from listening to these two going on and on and on about the most boring things!

"Being commander of an army is... a huge undertaking. There are many things to consider and—"

"—can only imagine. I have only overseen local militia and very rarely do the places I visit have trained soldiers—"

... ugh.

Medusa stretches herself out, wiggling her toes and grimacing at how much they ache. She'd spent most of the day running circles around the monsters and primal beasts so her feet are killing her. Spending the night resting will put her back in top form for the next day...

"—rd to connect to the mortals as well, our interests do not always line up but you profess to acting—"

"—ther hard, isn't it? The lives of mortals are so quick and they seem to—"

... but she's not going to get any rest if she listens to them any longer. But maybe they should go back to their previous conversation. Anything's better than this downer of a subject.

"At least talk about something interesting!" she mutters. Nothing but hearing the two of them talk like this for the last... how much time has passed? It feels like hours and hours and hours. But if she has to hear one more thing about battle tactics—

A pair of hands cover her eyes suddenly but Medusa already knows who it is before hearing the laughter. "Ahaha, Meddy! Stare too hard and you might end up petrifying them!"

"Hey—let go of me!" Before Medusa can grab Satyr's wrists, her friend is already letting go and giggling next to her instead. "Where did you even disappear off to?!"

"Just taking a look around the island and seeing if anything's changed since the last time!" Satyr says with a cheer that sounds out of place given the island they're on. Walking around this old battlefield, a remnant of a time neither of them really want to think about? No thanks! Unless Satyr means the last time the two of them had been here in the past year—yeah that sounds more likely. Medusa looks around. No, doesn't look like anything has changed, except since they're here just right after the start of the new year, it's cold.

"It all just always looks the same as always," Medusa mutters. A chilly wind blows across at that moment and she shivers, wrapping her arms around herself. When's the last time she came here? It should just be summer for the entire year! Why did she even agree to come to this mission?

Satyr sits down on her other side, still grinning. "Are you cold, Meddy? Is that why you're so grumpy? I'm not Athena but I'll keep you warm too!" Satyr puts an arm around her and pulls her closer.

"What—" Medusa is struggling but at the same time, Satyr is is warm, she can't deny that. Well! If Athena's going to spend all her time with her new friend, then what's it to her!

"Medusa?"

Except Athena, and Michael too now, are looking at her. Satyr's eyes are sparkling; Medusa doesn't like that look in her eyes.

"W-what is it?" Medusa asks, voice coming out gruffer than she'd intended. At least Athena doesn't notice it though, but she can hear Satyr giggling next to her again so she elbows her in the side to shut her up.

"Ah, it is..." Athena looks confused for a second, which confuses Medusa too. She only holds up her hand instead of speaking, and Medusa's horrified to find that her tail's wrapped around her wrist.

Medusa makes a sound. What kind of sound, she's not sure, but some kind of sound comes out of her. Or maybe that's just Satyr cackling. One of those. All the while, Athena continues to hold up her arm, expression otherwise unflappable if it weren't for the confused blinking.

"That! That's!" Medusa uncoils her tail from Athena and pointedly stares ahead of her, refusing to look at either Satyr or Athena. This is the last thing she needs right now! Aren't they supposed to be resting? Why are they working her up right now?

"I'm sorry, Medusa, are you upset?" Athena asks, and moves closer to her. Medusa freezes when she feels Athena's arm brushing up against hers. Luckily, or unluckily, before Medusa can say anything, Satyr comes between them, throwing her arms around the both of them.

"Meddy isn't upset! In fact, she'd wish you'd sit closer—ahaha, don't glare at me like that! But don't worry about it, we're all primal pals here in the end!" Satyr turns to Michael, who's been doing a terrible impression of trying not to eavesdrop. "And that includes you too! Even if you're a little older—ooh, maybe you'll just be like a senior primal pal! Like how the skydwellers sometimes give discounts to the elderly skydwellers!"

"... and what would that even do for her? We don't even sell anything!" Medusa points out with a huff, still miffed about Satyr's earlier comment.

"She can have front row tickets to one of Baally's concerts!" Satyr answers without even missing a beat.

"Baal is holding a concert?" Athena perks up suddenly. "I would like to attend."

"No he's not!" Medusa quickly says before she gets any more funny ideas. Well, actually, she doesn't really know that, but she's not about to correct herself right now about it either.

"This Baal..." Michael suddenly speaks up, looking thoughtful suddenly. "He is also a primal beast like us? And he performs in front of people?"

"Yeah! He's so amazing, you should hear him!" Satyr leaps at the chance to gush about her friend and Medusa takes the opportunity to pull Athena away from the other two before Satyr talks both their ears off. Hmph, it's nothing Medusa can't say either—wait, not that she wants to talk about that grump right now. She feels sorry for Michael though, who looks like she's bitten off more than she can chew.

"Medusa? Is something the matter?" Athena asks. She's confused, and Medusa scowls at her.

"Don't give me that! We've got two more days of being out here and you're not getting proper rest!"

"Proper rest? I am—" and Athena happens to yawn right at that moment. She smiles sheepishly. They don't exactly need sleep the way the mortals do, but it helps them conserve their strength so it's not exactly a bad idea to sleep, especially for someone like Athena.

"Forgive me, Medusa. I had simply lost track of time when conversing with Michael. To learn that there is another being far older than even Sandalphon himself, and that she'd been the steward to elemental fire itself—ah, my curiosity might have made me... overenthusiastic."

"Yeah, yeah, she's amazing," Medusa mutters, wishing there wasn't this terrible knot forming inside of her. She knows what it is, and it isn't like she wants to feel this way, but seeing Athena get so awed over someone else... bleh, just a few more hours and she'll be able to take her frustration out! But who would've thought that they've managed it, finding someone even more serious than Athena.

But it also isn't to say that Medusa's not impressed too! It makes sense to Medusa that the Astrals have always been experimenting with making living weapons, and that she and those created five hundred years ago aren't their first experiments... but she's never thought that it was possible for the older primal beasts to still be around. At least, like Athena said, it's never occurred to her that there might also be other beings that are as old or even older than the Supreme Primarch himself.

"I confess though, I'm curious about something else. You feel it too, don't you?" Athena glances over at Michael, who's still forced to listen to Satyr as she regales her about further feats of her primal pals.

"Hmm." Medusa crosses her arms, her tail swishing side to side. She knows exactly what Athena is talking about but trying to put it into words is hard. Since joining their team, there's been a sort of... underlying empowerment to them that they've never felt before. She knows it has to be something with Michael because for all the times they've gone through this ancient battlefield, this is the very first time she's ever felt like this. Even Satyr keeps remarking about how she's raring to go even after hours of fighting. And it isn't only affecting the primal beasts too; it seems to make the other mortals who've come with them stronger as well.

What exactly is that power, then? Is it something because she's one of the first primal beasts? Or is it because of her former position as primarch of fire? Medusa's core element isn't even fire so why does she also feel the same way as Athena? Does being a primarch come with other perks? She can't even begin to understand exactly what being in that role calls for but whatever the case, Michael's very presence is making them all stronger. Somehow.

"Just some other weird Astral stuff," Medusa decides, waving her hand. "I don't even understand half the things they were trying to do but hey, if it makes us all stronger and get us through this mission faster, then I'm not going to complain!"

"The Astrals, hm..." Athena looks lost in thought now, and Medusa doesn't doubt all the strange conclusions running through her mind. Wait, no, the last thing she needs is Athena's imagination running wild.

"But never mind that! Regardless of whether or not we're stronger this time around, it doesn't change the fact that you"—she jabs her finger at Athena—"need to get some rest! You think I don't notice how you can barely stand after our battles?!"

Athena blinks at her, surprised. "You've noticed?"

"Of course! Why wouldn't I!" Medusa huffs at her. "Seriously, never a single thought in your own head about yourself!"

"Oh..." Athena looks away, now looking down at her hands.

"Heheh, Athena! You should have heard her before we left on the mission!" Satyr's suddenly next to them, grinning widely that Medusa feels like her face is going to hurt the more she looks at her. "'Of course we're gonna be fine, Athena's with us! She's going to cover us and we can go all out!'" She giggles afterward. "And she was right! I've never seen Meddy so pumped up before! I mean she's always so cool and cute but this time around she's even more fired up—mmmmphfghfgmmm!"

"Stop! Stop talking! Why are you telling her this!" Medusa hisses, struggling to keep her hand on Satyr's mouth. Satyr is still waving her hands all around but she looks at Athena and gives her a thumbs-up. Medusa slaps that hand away too and Satyr is giggling again, the sound muffled behind her hand.

"Medusa, you..." Medusa freezes before slowly turning around, half afraid of what she's going to find. Athena is looking at them, and her eyes look a little misty—oh no, this is terrible, why is Athena such a sap?

"I understand completely now, Medusa. I must get my proper rest so that I will be able to support you as the rearguard. I swear on my shield that I will not let you down!" She looks so grave and solemn about it that Medusa makes a choked sound. It's always unfair, how honest Athena can be that Medusa doesn't know what to say.

"Why do you always have to take it so seriously," she mutters.

"Yeah!" Satyr uses the distraction to break out of Medusa's hold, pumping a fist now. "We gotta make sure Meddy is out there in top form! Go out there and do your best, Meddy! We'll be cheering you on too!"

"Wha—don't make me do all the work!"

"Of course not! But you're so cool when you're acting so tough and giving it your all up there and it just makes me want to stop and watch you instead! Isn't that right, Athena?!"

Athena blinks, looking back and forth between them. To Medusa's horror, she agrees with a nod. "Yes, I understand. Medusa always works so hard."

"Gah! Stop saying that—stop!" Medusa wishes there were a way to hide out red her face is. Somehow, listening to the both of them makes her feel even more embarrassed than Satyr's teasing. Of course she's strong and powerful but they're laying it on a little too thick right now!

... it feels nice listening to them talk about her like that. She's never going to tell them that, because then Satyr will never shut up about it if she does, but it feels nice to hear that from them. It's good to be appreciated around here! That terrible feeling from earlier is going away, and Medusa wants it to not come back.

Wait, why are they suddenly on this topic? What were they talking about before—"Gah!" Medusa turns to Athena, hissing. "This wasn't supposed to be about me! You still need to make sure to get your rest!"

"Oh!" Athena nods her head, smile turning apologetic. "Of course, Medusa. I will need all my strength to keep up with you tomorrow."

"Like I said, you don't have to keep laying it on that thick..."

"Rest is important, yes. If our battles for the next few days will grow tougher as the Singularity tells me, we will need all our power," Michael says as she now stands over them where they've been sitting on the ground. She doesn't have her wings or battle regalia right now, only dressed in those simple skydweller clothes they had first seen her in. Medusa's glad for it, because the glow of power and fire from her means no one would get any sleep if they had a literal lantern next to them all the time. Still, even in these regular clothes, Michael cuts an impressive figure, Medusa will admit that.

"Ooh, Michael, Michael!" Satyr gestures for her to take a seat next to them. Michael does so, sitting cross-legged, and she looks more like a confused snake thrown out of the grass now instead of... all her big fancy titles. Medusa can recognize that sort of look, considering how many times Athena's done it. "One more thing! You wanna listen to all the cool things Meddy's done in the last few centuries? Like that one time she saved me from a monster and she looked soooooo cool—"

"Gah, stop talking! What happened to getting some rest?!" Medusa tries to slap her hand over Satyr's mouth but Satyr leans out of the way and hides behind Athena, using her as a shield now. That's not even fair at all! And now Athena's looking at both her and Satyr, eyes twinkling with that troublesome curiosity.

"If you could continue, Satyr, I am very interested in hearing this story too."

"Stop!" But of course, no one listens to her and to Medusa's horror, even Michael is listening intently.

Only a few more days, Medusa tells herself, only a few more days...

[ofglories]

   ‘i’m not here to stop you. everything in my blood screams at me to, but I know I can’t.’ [ romeo gbf to richard! ]

|| Empire of Gold prompts ; accepting!

"And yet you're here still, are you not?"

A smile, softer than the usual ones Richard wore, formed as he turned towards Romeo. Looking down into the other man's eyes, the pure blue that was so reminiscent of the skies that surrounded them, the primal beast sighed softly. How badly he wanted to reach out, to brush the stray feathers from the ever-present flock of sparrows and other songbirds that surrounded Romeo from his hair. To wipe the smudge of ink from his cheeks where he had been over-zealous in writing something for a play down.

Truly the most fair of all the skydwellers he had seen in his long years.

Instead Richard shrugged, tapping his own cheek so that the other man would realize it was there.

"But you're right, I'm afraid. Nothing you could do will stop me from aiding you in whatever way I possibly can. After all, Romeo," ah, and how he savored saying that name, "my mind cannot be changed once I've settled on a decision. You've come to see that firsthand, haven't you?"

And not just from records of both Richard and the original written down in dusty history books.

"Don't worry, I'll be back with new information for you and without a scratch on my person! They won't see me, nor will I leave any sign of my coming or going. And Locksley will make sure of it."

[icharchivist]

judgement is the best primal beast design in all of human history

SO FUCKING TRUE

sO SHAPPED. preparing for the catcophony.

Honestly huge kudos to gbf for not only giving us a lot of cat shapped characters with tons of development, but also making them this cute.

So damn shapped i love this primal beast just on design alone. Look at them!!! they're like one second away into breaking into singing everybody want to be a cat. Peak.

[icharchivist]

I'm sorry to disprove your thesis, but a friend and I arrived at the brilliant conclusion of basically shipping her character with Belial and Lucifer at the same time. So lots of sandwiches between the original primal beasts. Because it's fun.

We write about it a lot. Yes, they get along for the most part

So people are very much thirsty for Lucifer, I am proof of this

hey just because MOST people wouldn't be horny for Lucifer doesn't mean NO ONE can be horny for Lucifer!! this is not what i meant!!

it's about paterns and such, i firmly believe that every gbf character at lest has one person going absolutely feral about them. Take a look at pixiv! ... actually don't take a look at pixiv,

but i'm very glad your friend is being fed some sandiwshes very much. very healthy food.

And i'm very glad you can be thirsty for Lucifer still. Very happy to hear it. As he deserves!!