#muse; stormbringer

[frost-eyed-autumn]

{--The demons won. They said "be obnoxious".--}

[hellguarded-moved]

SUBJECT: characters most relevant to the lore, be it by importance, how they've shaped and affected the world, or by their relation to ignis. tw: frequent mentions of drugs / narcotics, implied transphobia, implied rape, mentions of body dysmorphia, super long post.

≥ FILE 020: CONQUEST_

given name lucius. codename derived from his true name. the horseman of conquest and pestilence, he is the one that had given birth to the organization known as 'gonchiye.' translated from russian to mean 'hunting dogs,' it is advertised as a supernatural police force of sorts, meant to upkeep the law and balance in the society of non-humans. the truth is much more ominous than this noble goal lucius presents it to the public with.

the gonchiye was built upon the remains of an ancient pit fighter ring, where humans would imprison supernatural beings through the use of binding magic and make them fight for their entertainment. as time consumes all, lucius had eventually only found a sole survivor of it all— and decided to use this one as a test vessel for a new plague he was developing for the inevitable apocalypse, that would be brought for once the time was nigh; lucius is the second oldest of the horsemen, and even though he rode first, he leaves leadership of the group to the eldest, death. he rides upon a white horse, going by the name glory, and his weapons of choice are a bow and arrows.

the truth beyond this organization is that it is the horseman's way of preserving world balance. each of the four horsemen has their own way of going about it, and while some are more questionable than others... in the end, it is for the greater good of the world. or so they say. many, especially mortals, have any sort of understanding to actually comprehend this divine task. for lucius, this means eliminating targets that, in his opinion, endanger this delicate balance, as well as constantly improving. this could mean many things— be it in regards to biological or technological advancements. one could very easily classify the nephilim as a mad scientist, and they wouldn't be wrong.

lucius has an odd quirk in that he never uses abbreviations, verb conjugations, or contractions. his manner of speech is very proper, if not outright snobby. he is by no means a coward, but he is the type to make others do his bidding for him; it's the very reason why he utilizes the hundred of agents ( there are no more than a hundred active agents at any given time ) within the gonchiye to carry out tasks for him. tasks that are masterfully masked so that the true ambition behind them isn't discovered. generally speaking, there is but a handful of people within the organization aware of the truth, and all of those are under tight scrutiny— to the point of being collared with a collar infused with a special serum meant to make these beasts docile and easily compliant with his wishes. it isn't humane.

ignis is one such agent. once, he dared even to call lucius a friend. the two were rather close, due to them being of similiar ages. ignis is also one of the few people able to actually keep up against lucius in a fight. and they did fight. unfortunately, lucius possesses light magic, which is incredibly effective against an infernal like the hellhound— it has left him with an ugly scar across his chest. their friendship ended and relations became tense after ignis' failure with mission 298: to dispatch stormbringer.

with ignis' continual failures to deliver after that incident, he's set an execution order on him.

≥ FILE 057: LINCEI_

given name kalisha. codename derived from the italian accademia dei lincei, named after the lynx whose keen eye is neccessary for scientific research. kalisha is a nekomata of spanish and japanese origins, and was one of the very first members of the gonchiye. unlike most members who had joined voluntarily under the impression that they'd do some good in the world, to the lynx, it was offered as means of vengeance. kalisha harbors a deep hatred for humans from the times hunters had taken her husband and son, and she's never gotten over the loss. due to her then-violent tendencies, she was also one of the first agents to be collared.

the drug worked well, far too well perhaps, as not long after, her aggressive demeanor had mellowed out. a side-effect of this was the very prominent deepening of her voice, leaving it husky and nearly sounding like a chain smoker. once under control, she's been retired from field missions and was instead tasked with helping with the research— something that had allowed her quite the deep insight into the truth of just what lucius was aiming for. with her mind numbed like so, however, she did not have the willpower to do anything about it, other than simply play along.

that has changed once she was introduced to project talonshot. while their interactions were limited for the sake of conditioning naoto into a cold-hearted killer, she did end up doting on him and treating him like her own son. it could never be the same, and not just for the boy being different, but also due to the strict security within the gonchiye walls, she could never be as open with her affection as she could hope for. nevertheless? it gave her some hope and determination in perservering in these conditions.

ignis considers her his closest friend. both of them were early members, though she's never told him the truth about lucius and the things she's learned until much, much later. she believed she was protecting him this way. they had interest in each other at one point and had tried dating, but things never quite worked out, and so they simply stayed on friendly terms. she is someone ignis can talk about just anything, and he knows she has his back, while he has hers. they had numerously teased each other for their tastes in partners, especially once she'd learned that ignis had taken naoto as his lover and mate, but the truth was, she was very happy for them both; and would entrust her son to no one else.

kalisha eventually meets the current warlord of the red oni tribe and decides to stay with them ( or rather, they had rather forcibly kidnapped her from the gonchiye. she didn't resist or complain ) and become their queen as they became lovers and partners.

≥ FILE 094: NIHIL_

given name noctis. codename derived from his umbrakinesis and the ability to create black holes. about 500 years younger than his half-brother, he harbors immense jealousy towards ignis and has set out along with his cousin, eryx, to earth to seek him out and hopefully drag him back to their home in the underworld. was it selfish? certainly. did that stop them? no. noctis used to be rather clingy towards his older brother as a child, so seeing him run away from home like so was incredibly traumatizing; he practically idolized the hound.

contrary to his half-brother, who is the result of a hellhound and an erinye, noctis is a pureblooded erinye. he is rather apathetic and laughs at the misfortune of others. he is mean, but not neccessarily evil. his magic can be destructive and he can be rather ruthless in a fight. such talents had earned him the position of a saboteur; but not without a collar.

noctis is a trans man, but lucius knew that he possesses female biology, and took advantage of it. his genes were forcibly used in the creation of project talonslash, which has left the erinye with deep mental scars. he'd never felt insecure about his body until that very moment that someone abused it like so. as a result, he's come to loathe talon, even if the boy himself hadn't done anything wrong. long since losing ignis again after his exodus from the gonchiye did he not want to stay anymore, but getting out was never easy. this, though? this was the last straw.

≥ FILE 273: HELIOS_

given name sirius. codename derived from his title, 'the sun of the underworld.' sirius is the current hound of hades, something of a king of the hellhounds, inhering the title of cerberus that goes with it. such tradition is something ignis is aware of, therefore his bitterness about lucius choosing to designate the codename cerberus to him within the gonchiye.

sirius had an affair with tisiphone, an affair from which his ( currently ) only son was born. a bastard perhaps, but he still wished for him to take up the mantle of cerberus once it was time. unfortunately, tisiphone didn't agree with this; she wanted the child for herself, or at least, to have him make whatever choices he wished to later in life. fiercely protective, she hid herself and baby ignis within erebus, the shadowy pocket dimension of the underworld, only accessible to the erinyes and a few others. ignis did take after this fiery desire to be independent, maybe a bit too much, and yet, he felt like his mother was smothering him; not allowing him to leave erebus until... until what? he didn't know, and she never gave him the answer. eventually, he heard the call of hades; a call every hellhound must answer. one that only they hear, and cannot resist. under the influence of the call, he managed to break free of erebus.

that was the first time he and sirius met, some three hundred years since ignis' birth. perhaps a bit too enthusiastic to meet his son, sirius was quick to introduce ignis to just about everything that was to be expected out of him— once, they might have even ended up on good terms. but feeling that his father, too, wished to force his dreams and ideals onto him, ignis came to resent his father more than he did his mother. he swore to never become the next cerberus, or have anything to do with sirius at all. he avoided him like the plague.

sirius is an outgoing, charismatic, yet arrogant individual. he and ignis are quite alike, in both looks and personality, much to his dismay. nowadays, sirius realizes he might've been a little too pushy with ignis, and he regrets it greatly, as he would have loved to be on good terms with his son... he still hopes for as much, even if the rational part of him knows that will likely never happen.

another custom for the hound of hades is to take up two mates, so as to represent the other two heads of cerberus. sirius, dutiful as he is, eventually enters an arranged mateship with xolotl and tiangou, two guardian hellhounds from different cultures, later accepting the names of sol and luna, the sun and moon to sirius' star. this mateship is especially important in these trying times, where the guardian breed is near its extinction— sol is expected to carry the pups of both luna and sirius. this polyamory is yet another parallel between father and son, but ignis remains unaware of this so far.

≥ FILE 298: STORMBRINGER_

given name shinjou. codename derived from his ability to control lightning. this kitsune was the unfortunate patient zero as the sole survivor of the earlier-mentioned beast pit fight business. he was unaware of this predicament until much, much later, that this sickness had started to show itself. at first, it was simple nausea, then it turned into something akin to tuberculosis, and eventually, his very body had started to change.

shinjou is incredibly technically skilled, something of a mad scientist himself to rival lucius, but where lucius seeks the biological, shinjou is more interested in the mechanical. while being the head of a yakuza group called 'the order of the lotus,' in honor of his deceased father, he also owns a cybernetics company that specializes in highly advanced body implants and prosthetics. his twin brother had once lost an entire arm in a fight with a red oni ( this same oni had later also targeted shinjou and took his eye, leaving the fox blind in one eye ), and he was more than eager to provide for his brother with the technology he's developed. later in life he even attempts to build an adroid from scratch.

besides technology, shinjou is also a skilled sniper and hacker, on top of being a very influential person in kyoto— and slowly, all of japan, though for all the wrong reasons. the order had become feared, and its influence had even changed the widely-accepted meaning and symbolism of the lotus flower— where it once was a symbol of purity and rebirth, it is now something to be feared. shinjou experienced many hardships in his life, starting since childhood where he was exiled from the kitsune clan he lived in, for being born a twin, as twins were considered a bad omen. only one of the brothers was allowed to stay, and shinjou wasn't it— he never harbored any ill will against his parents or his brother for making that choice, however, only the clan elders. the twins were separated for most of their life before reuniting.

it only went downhill from there. getting caught and imprisoned within the fighting ring, which then cost his father's life, then getting used as a guinea pig, and even once he'd gotten out of all of that? he was adopted by a yakuza oyabun, who then taught him all that shinjou currently knows in regards to that kind of life. once the man had passed and shinjou took over, he renamed the group to honor his late father, and made it to be the most fearsome group kyoto had to ever deal with. all the misfortunes and abuse led to shinjou closing off his heart to love; and that was where ignis came into play, who'd, despite his own hardships, managed to stay soft and tender.

ignis was originally deployed as a long-time infiltrator agent into the order of the lotus, as per lucius' orders to learn all that there was, and then take him out before the plague had time to spread. this had gone on for twelve years, during which the hound, expectably so if you know anything about him, had developed romantic feelings for shinjou. he failed at pulling the trigger at the end, but shinjou still learned about the truth behind ignis' presence within the order— he was incredibly hurt by his betrayal, given just how much loyalty means to the fox. so much, that he insists every members gets a lotus tattoo ( hand for regular members, the neck for high ranked members ) to show their loyalty. and that's exactly what ignis did, and the fact that he bore the mark of the lotus and still stabbed him in the back like so? was something that broke the fox. one might have thought there was still some hope for salvation for him, but since then, he'd become unreasonably cold and cruel. he was letting no one close to him, ever again. even if later he'd found someone whom he calls a mate, a woman called abigail medusa, even with her the relationship is incredibly unstable and full of vitriol.

however, he still had to thank ignis. thank him for this opportunity to actually learn about the gonchiye, lucius, and the truth behind his undiagnosable illness. this meant war.

≥ FILE 309: TALONSLASH_

no given name. or? 'talonslash,' eventually simply referred to as 'talon' by his fellow agents for simplicity's sake ( despite lucius' disdain ) was purposefully left nameless upon his creation. project talonslash was meant to be the successor to project talonshot, which was, after ignis' influence and tampering, deemed a failure. the codename itself was derived from the mother project talon, plus a contrasting word to the original shot, as the birds were specialized as snipers.

talon is a very particular kind of a genetic experiment, as his dna consists of that of a tengu, falcon, and an erinye. noctis, to be specific. it was an ugly memory. this was made so that they could force his body into becoming resistant to physical stress, as that was deemed as one of talonshot's greatest weaknesses. they couldn't possibly make a durable bird assassin if they wanted him to remain swift and agile, and so, they went with the route that would make talon's body dissolve into shadows whenever exposed to immense physical trauma. therefore, it is incredibly difficult to actually wound him— if you manage to catch him in the first place. he struggles to actually control this side of himself, and everytime he is forced to dissolve like so, it leaves him feeling besides himself, in a nearly dissociative-like state.

his purpose, much like his predecestor's, is to be a living weapon. cold and heartless when taking the lives of his targets, and highly efficent at doing so. he is incredibly skilled with firearms as well as small hand weapons, such as knives. he also had extensive close quarters combat training, and while he excelled at it, it remains not his forte. talon much more prefers to pick his enemies off one by one from a safe distance, unseen. besides that, being agile as he is, usually leads to a more hit-and-run technique of fighting, plus he never properly learned how to handle and counter blows, due to how his body reacts to such assault. but given just what a dreadful feeling having to turn into a shadow leaves him in, he prefers to simply avoid getting hit altogether if he can help it.

despite his lack of identity and the ease at which he kills, he is a surprisingly bubbly and carefree character, if not a bit silly. naturally, he was allowed very little socializing and given even less affection while growing up, and while that had turned talonshot into the apathetic man that he is today, it seemed to have the very opposite effect on talonslash, leaving him childish and very eager to please. the primary person he seeks validation from is talonshot, whom he considers his older brother, even if their actual relation between them is a lot more complex. too bad he hadn't seen him for the majority of his life— only heard about him in stories, constantly compared to, and told just what kind of image he needed to live up to, and then subsequently surpass.

eventually, he was given the name hayato by none other than his brother upon finally meeting. as it is rather new to him, sometimes he still struggles to actually react to it should someone call him that— while he will always, without fail, respond to talon.

talon himself isn't incredibly important to ignis, rather he is important to his husband, naoto, and the one originally dubbed 'project talonshot.' their meeting and further interaction together was important for the development of them both; helping to find themselves among the scraps that the gonchiye had left them in.

honorable mentions, aka characters not played by me ( but @hellhunted ), but still very important:

≥ FILE 093: ORTHRUS_

given name eryx. codename derived from the mythological brother of cerberus, which was the designation assigned to ignis, due to the brother-like relation between the two. eryx joined the gonchiye together with noctis, hence their numbers following one another's. lucius was quite eager to have another hellhound at his disposal thanks to their unique ability of phasewalking.

eryx is a very... airheaded individual. a lot of things go over his head, but his heart is in the right place. he never truly saw the gonchiye for what it was; he and noctis only joined it as means of getting ignis back. eryx was collared nearly right from the start as precautionary measure, as lucius did not want to take any possible risks, having witnessed what troubles the elder hound could, and had, caused him.

ignis was something of an older brother to eryx while they were growing up together in the underworld. but where ignis ached to escape it, eryx wished to remain home. in his selfish desire for as much, ignis had abandoned the younger hound without a word on numerous ocassions. he feels great guilt about this all, but it just never seems like a good time to actually stop and tell him— and his cowardice prevents him from actually ever seeking him out and properly apologize. what kindship they had, is slowly dying out.

≥ FILE 308: TALONSHOT_

given name naoto. codename derived from the mother project talon, plus the word shot to signify his specialization as a sniper. talonshot was lucius' first attempt at dna splicing to create a perfect being with the exact kind of traits he desired. it was... mostly a success. naoto was intelligent and effective, and excelled at everything they put him to, which really mostly just involved assassinations with no feelings attached— something he noticed a lot of his agents often struggled with. to separate their duty from their emotions. ignis especially. but what was especially important and unique about naoto? was that, since he was just the first prototype at this kind of bioengineering for the future, he was also made disposable. 'talonshot' had an expiration date.

talonshot's purpose was to take care of the most important mission lucius had once entrusted ignis with— nowadays he really wonders just why he'd ever trusted that sap with something like this —to take out stormbringer. not only was naoto then succumbed to years of intense training to make sure he was ready for that encounter, his blood was also, since birth, infused with the antibody to the horseman's plague. he was meant to contain the plague, to get rid of the first specimen who wasn't meant to escape, before it started to spread prematurely, before the world was ready for the apocalypse. a clean state for the world was neccessary, but the time had to be right.

however, ignis was still the only person who had the most experience with stormbringer and as such, he was assigned as naoto's handler once he was out of initial basic care and training. they were still sent out on numerous other missions in gonchiye's name, but the long-term goal was to make sure that talonshot knew how to properly employ all that he'd learned against his main target.

you cannot teach new tricks to an old dog though, so long story short, the two ended up falling in love. it was true that at first, ignis despised naoto and all that he was meant to represent, but more importantly— he despised just how all the higher-ups were treating him. like he wasn't a living, breathing being. it took years upon years to make naoto believe that that was who he was; his true name, and not 'talonshot.' ignis strongly believed that he could be an efficent killer if that was who he wished to be, but he didn't need to completely forego his identity for it— and so, the many years of secret relationship were also a lot about helping naoto discover who he was behind all the guns and bullets.

they eventually made it to japan again, fully determined to see talonshot's mission to completion, only for the kitsune to prove a much deadlier foe than either of them had anticipated. ignis' direct orders were to not interfere, to let naoto handle it himself. but once he saw his boyfriend, his mate, nearly on death's door? he didn't hesitate. he'd saved him, paid a heavy price for it as he'd transformed into his true form to do so, and in the end, he still left the fox to live. his mate was alive, but he'd effectivelly ruined all he was working to achieve. enough said that naoto was furious at him— and so was lucius, which eventually led to him marking ignis as a traitor, and a kill order was issued on the hound.

naoto eventually forgave ignis, in fact, he'd eventually even proposed to the hound— the first man to ever do so, no less —and once he was chased out of the gonchiye, he followed after him. they've been on the run ever since, trying for some measure of a normal life, only to be crossed by the more loyal gonchiye agents on a handful of ocassions— until they met rashida and her resistance.

≥ FILE 388: SERQET_

given name rashida. codename derived from the goddess that she was a priestess of in her human life. the first human ignis had ever come into contact upon earth; and also his first ( and, romantically enough, also last ) lover and mate. she was the one to teach him about humanity with a hands-on approach, she was the one to teach him the first human language ( ancient egyptian ) and how to live like a human. due to an injury acquired from his less-than-graceful escape from the underworld, ignis was stuck in his demon form for a good while before recovering, making that a little troublesome; the locals had come to believe that he was an avatar of anubis coming to bless them. once discovered a fraud, both him and rashida were chased out of the temple.

since rashida had shown him her own home, ignis suggested they visit greece; his home on the mortal plane. it was there, closer to the magic of the gods, that he managed to mend the damaged mortal seal and take on a proper human guise. they'd been separated on numerous accounts, oftentimes by means outside either of their's powers, and yet each time, they found their way back to one another. one time she'd died, not long after ignis was recalled back to the underworld against his own will upon hearing the call of hades once again ( as it was louder within greece— for that reason, he now avoids the country ), as many mortal human would, which was something ignis should have expected... and he did, and yet? he couldn't accept it. especially because it wasn't death by natural means. he came to beg persephone to have her resurrected— such a selfish wish of a selfish lover, not at all caring about the consequences it might have had on her. the goddess told him as much, but he wouldn't take no for an answer; eventually tasked to find her soul that had passed on so that she could protect it personally for the times to come, while the spring deity worked with the egyptian goddess serqet to help restore the woman's body.

it... proved problematic, naturally. suddenly inhabiting a soulless vessel, turned into a demon like so, and all for the canine's selfishness and inability to let go. he was warned, but he was willing to face it head on, and was given another hundred years together with her— to help her learn about herself, her new body, her new demonic abilities. it was rough, as the reborn demoness despised herself for being this way, that ignis had done this to her... it took a long time of learning and self-reflection for rashida to accept both herself and him, before... ignis was called back once again, now that his hundred years were up. not that he was willing to stay, but another escape proved more problematic than the last, far too much to actually still be able to find his lover where he'd unwillingly left her on earth. since then? he hasn't seen her again... not for another two thousand years.

due to her own traumas of being reincarnated and forcibly turned into a demon ( and therefore stripped of her soul ) found the drive to fight against the gonchiye and the horsemen, to protect the humanity. even if she didn't possess her own anymore, she still holds humans dear to her heart, and simply couldn't accept what the horseman was doing. she, and many others outside the system, had discovered the truth, and a lot of it was thanks to all the wrenches ignis and naoto had thrown into lucius' plans. an alliance between mortals and immortals was formed, and came to known as the resistance against the coming apocalypse; though more importantly, against all the inhume methods the horseman of conquest is employing to upkeep his precious balance. lucius still insists these puny beings cannot understand the neccessity and importance of a world reset, and so, these two factions are now at war.

these were the two thousand years that had passed, until she's met ignis again— though this time, now a married man. it hurt her heart, certainly, as did the hound's, given just how awful and guilty he felt for all the pain and trouble he put rashida through. nevertheless, she offered the two of them shelter from the gonchiye, after having learned that they were hunted by them— and not long after, even naoto had started to warm up to the demoness. they're all now happily together in a polyamorous marriage.

≥ FILE 523: EMPRESS_

given name persephone. codename derived from her sovereign status to match with her husband, hades, the 'emperor.' persephone was something of an anchor to ignis while he was chained in the underworld. she provided him with light, both literally and figuratively, and with stories of earth— one might even blame her for the yearning he's come to feel for it. he's even come to develop a crush on her but of course, such feelings were not reciprocated. nevertheless, she was the one to bless him with the mortal seal upon his shoulder, that allowed him to appear human and walk freely on earth.

[linklethehistorian]

I don’t know how to explain this to other people, and it’s definitely something I’m probably only going to drop a mention of here just this once and then never again due to the fact that there’s literally no effective way to put this into practice in any way, shape, or form, but at least in my head, especially as Cherish’s author, VerRim and RimLaine are two entirely different things.

I mean, obviously I do tag/would tag everything from the fic related to either past BSD!Paul x BSD!Arthur, past IRL!Paul x IRL!Arthur, and current BSD!Paul x IRL!Arthur as both ship names because — at least in the broader scope of the Eng BSD fandom — anything related to Paul and Arthur as a ship at all goes under both names. That’s how people categorize and find it. It’s just how it works.

That being said though, although I do this and will continue to do this for that reason, in my head the two ship names are not synonymous with each other.

This probably stems mostly from the fact that in the earlier days of the Fifteen sub-fandom, VerRim was the only existing (Eng) ship name in existence for the BSD versions of Arthur and Paul, and thus I came to mentally attach that name specifically to them, as opposed to the much later development of the RimLaine ship name post-Storm Bringer, of which it took me many months to actually adjust to the existence and widespread usage.

Nevertheless, whatever the reason it ended up that way for me, as far as I’m concerned, VerRim is the ship name for BSD!Arthur and BSD!Paul, while RimLaine is the ship name for BSD!Paul and IRL!Arthur, as is the main focus of my fic. (And as for the two irl counterparts as a couple, even in the context of my fic, I don’t really have a concrete ship name for them in my head, though if I had to pick one of the two existing names for them, it would definitely be VerRim.)

Even setting my fic completely aside by acknowledging that nobody else in the world thinks this way or really recognizes anything other than the BSD-specific ship under those names as far as I’m aware, the two ship names still represent two completely distinct concepts to me within said BSD-specific ship — with VerRim occupying the generally more tragic, negative, canon-compliant, realistic end of the ship that a greater majority of people tended to have back during the earlier days of the sub fandom, and RimLaine encompassing the more canon-divergent, denial-induced fluff-and-happily-ever-after endings content that the fandom became so disproportionately fond of and exploded with post-SB.

Of course this is all just a weird tangent that literally no one is likely to care about too much, but…yeah, those are just my thoughts on things, I guess. I know to the outside world, there’s literally no distinction between the two and everyone just uses the names willy-nilly however they feel, and thus I’ll continue to tag accordingly, but yeah, that’s how my brain categorizes things, at least.

[vieaccorde]

stormbringer manga is so close that i am kind of losing my mind with excitement......... i think it's time for yet another reread of stormbringer and 15, tbh. seeing verlaine in hoshikawa's gorgeous artstyle brings me SO MUCH JOY, i need him!!

[fate-bound-in-crystal]

Miqo'March Day 1: Introduction

W'eleneill Bernd, sky pirate and magiteck specialist for hire. Bonded to Dellingr, Auspice of Thunderstorms, and touched by Ramuh. She's known for her oversized ears, large fluffy tail, and being able to snipe from 3 malms away. She's also partial to fresh salmon and doing some -really- stupid things with her manacutter.

[cawckys-multi]

{--Alright but can we just talk about how weird it is that we have Dazai with "No Longer Human" but Chuuya is the one with a literal "am I human or not" core storyline as his entire whole-ass character arc?--}

[liam-and-co-ideas-universe]

Rp Event: Breaking News

News anchor: Breaking News. An unusual storm in Crystal Bay is formed. The source responsible for this is Dr. Stormbringer from Radena where Superheroes and Supervillains come from. More of this story as it develops.

Does your muse get Liam to go to Crystal Bay??

Tagging: @lynxlasdan @ask-alexander-feoc @randomlysent @marie-louise-baskerville @alexschneidermd @ask-milo-suzuki @floofgryph @hazawatsugu @heaven-and-hell-war @sevens-road-chaos @thepersonaking56 @ anyone

[stormslullaby]

i am gonna be actually so brutally honest with you, chat.

shipping is the absolute bane of my existence in fandoms and communities ngl. it's so heavily focused on that it has a tendency to overshadow everything else that's important. and maybe that's just the aroace in me talking, but people exist outside of their relationships.

i mean, it doesn't really help that my views have been absolutely ruined by people previously in my life. and how they used it as a means of control, because believe it or not, i do get invested in such things when there's enough chemistry there between muses. it ends up meaning a fucking lot to me.

but i don't know. i think it's important to branch out from shipping too. of course, people are gonna do what they're gonna do, but seeing s/k/k already overshadow everything else in stormbringer when da/zai is barely fucking there at all is pissing me off, actually.

and when they can't ship chu/uya with daz/ai, they end up shipping him with shi/rase or one of the flags and i'm just.

ENOUGH. go sit down, sis. you're done with the mic.

chu/uya isn't just some accessory. and i'm sure people could look at me and be like "well, cor, you're hypocritical since you care so much about rim/laine" and maybe they're right. but at least rim/laine doesn't happen to overshadow both rim/baud and verl/aine as characters. and the shipping has only a few people that i know of that actually care about it. i've seen posts where people are like "yeah it exists".

this isn't just something that's randomly sprung up either. this is how i've felt for a long fucking time and it's such a pet peeve. and this isn't me going "OH WELL YOU CAN'T DO THAT, YOU CAN'T DO THAT" because it isn't.

i just want fandoms to allow characters to exist on their fucking own.

[novamuses]

AUSTIN BUTLER? não! é apenas TIGHEARNACH HORNSBY, tem VINTE E OITO anos, é filho de ZEUS e CONSELHEIRO do chalé 1. a tv hefesto informa no guia de programação que ele está no NÍVEL III por estar no acampamento há DEZESSEIS anos, sabia? e se lá estiver certo, TIG é bastante HONRADO e ÍNTEGRO mas também dizem que ele é MORDAZ e CIRCUNSPECTO. por forças maiores (mancha negra negra do lado direito do corpo), este INTERCEPTADO (MUSE D) passou pelas barreiras de proteção ao lado de outro igualmente confusos. o chamado de Dionísio era apenas a ponta do iceberg do que tinha acontecido.

⚡ HEADCANONS

Único sobrevivente do incêndio nos Alpes. O Hotel Resort foi, então, coberto pela avalanche provocada pela temperatura. Isso é, são as explicações mortais. A verdade é que o filho de Zeus que morava ali emitiu um sinal tão forte que trouxe diversos monstros e seus poderes estouraram a energia que, consequentemente, provocou o incêndio. Foi resgatado de helicóptero e sua mãe, e única família, estava entre as baixas.

Não aceitou bem a realidade do acampamento. O temperamento com o poder descontrolado fez o título de 'problemático' parecer apelidinho carinhoso. Baderneiro, revoltado, grosso e selvagem. Raros eram os momentos que a paz reinava no chalé de Hermes, já que por mais de uma ano nenhum deus ou deusa reclamou Tighearnach como filho.

Foi queimando todas as oferendas disponíveis e gritando ofensas para o céu que Zeus colocou sua marca na cabeça do rapaz. O agora filho de Zeus piorou drasticamente seu comportamento, piorando o dia a dia de quem não tinha culpa de nada. A rejeição ficou mais forte, das duas partes envolvidas, ficando insuportável quando a chaga de 'fruto de traição do acordo' foi acrescentado à mistura.

Tighearnach mudou o pensamento quando um semideus o ajudou no controle da raiva e da revolta. Focou sua frustação nos esportes, nas atividades físicas, na patrulha e nas missões. Quando entrou para a simulação de Resgates foi o mesmo de encontrar o Nirvana. Ainda é mordaz e pavio curto, mas é bem menos explosivo.

As missões ficaram mais atraentes do que a vida do acampamento no último mês. O filho de Zeus percebeu a própria solidão entre dezenas e não gostou. Pegava trabalhos pequenos e enfadonhos, coisa que conseguia fazer sozinho sem problemas. Resgatando um semideus ali e acolá. Achou estranho a falta de trabalho no final do ano passado, mas não foi atrás de investigar o que era.

Iniciou, então, uma volta ao mundo. Viajar e não parar, sempre mudando a localização e fazendo sua própria missão de expurgar alguns monstros do mundo mortal. Porém, os monstros começaram a ficar mais fortes, mais resistentes, e o surgimento das manchas pelo corpo fez um alerta aparecer em sua cabeça. As dores de cabeça, aquele puxão para volta para o acampamento... Chegou a hora de voltar para casa.

⚡INVENTÁRIO

KATHAROS. Uma lança de dois gumes de dois metros, metade ouro imperial e bronze celestial. É divisível em espadas improvisadas. formato secreto: moeda pirata do filme Pirata dos Caribe.

STORMBRINGER. Um martelo feito de ouro imperial, adornado com runas reluzentes e uma gema de topázio incrustada na cabeça. Capaz de conjurar relâmpagos e trovões, causando estrondos ensurdecedores e descargas elétricas devastadoras. formato secreto: anel dourado

⚡HABILIDADES

(ativa) ELETROCINESE. Capacidade de gerar, controlar e absorver energia elétrica.

(ativa) ATMOCINESE. Ou Controle Climático, é a capacidade de manipular o clima e dominar todos os seus elementos

(secundária) FORÇA HERCÚLEA. Super força, estilo famosinho filho de Zeus.

BENÇÃO DE HÉCATE. Manipulação da névoa. Habilidade de controlar e manipular a Névoa; criando formas de névoa, ilusões e influenciar as mentes e memórias. Para controlar com sucesso a névoa, é necessário se concentrar no que ele quer que alvo veja, não no usuário.

[just-some-kalosian]

Hello, I'm Hortensia. I'm a 40 year old Kalosian. I have a teahouse in Lumiose City.

My teahouse is called the "Fusion Teahouse" and is located in the Autumnal Avenue.

[Picrew used]

I have had my Pokémon companions for quite some time. Here's my Pokémon party.

Cinderbelle is a Delphox. She was my first 'mon. She has become a little lazy, now that she has grown old. (Lvl 85, Gentle. Will-O-Wisp, Psychic, Sunny Day, Magic Room.)

Calamari is a Malamar. (Lvl 80, Adamant. Psybeam, Night Slash, Foul Play, Superpower.)

Stormbringer is a Noivern. (Lvl 80, Serious. Roost, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Meteor, Boomburst.)

Pudding is an ancient Hisuian Goodra I have managed to bring to life. (Lvl 65, Jolly. Dragon Breath, Rain Dance, Muddy Water, Power Whip.)

Belladona is my good ol' Venomoth. (Lvl 80, Hasty. Stun Spore, Bug Buzz, Sleep Powder, Leech Life.)

Nightshade is an Absol. (Lvl 80, Brave. Sucker Punch, Swords Dance, Future Sight, Perish Song.)

I also have a friendly pet Aerodactyl, Basalt. (Lvl 15, Relaxed.)

I like studying and researching about poison type Pokémons. My dream is to find a way to fuse humans with 'mons and create stronger beings.

//Hi hi, this is me, @colourless-hydrangeas!

//I decided to make a blog for Hydrangeas' mother, so here it is.

//Muse is an adult, but mun is a minor. So no NSFW interactions.

//Pelliper Mail/Malice, Musharna Mail/Malice, anon hate, all is allowed and encouraged, especially hate.

//This blog will deal with themes of human experimentation and child abuse. If you're uncomfortable with these, feel free to not interact with this blog.

[khr-guilded-cage]

Of all Arcobaleno, Fon was his second favorite, just after Lal Mitch.

Fon was calm and serene, almost eerily so, like the quiet before a storm.

For all Skull had Cloud Flames, not Storm. For all he belonged to the Sea...Many forget Poseidon was known as the Stormbringer, and as his son, Skull felt it too—the constant pull between calm and fury in the rageful skies, a reminder of his own inheritance.

It was a weight they both carried, even if for different reasons.

The Eye of the Storm reminded Percy of someone—someone he rarely let himself think about: Kymopoleia, his immortal half-sister.

The daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite, goddess of violent storms, a child of the sea with the same unpredictable power he sometimes wished he could tame.

The Cloud remembered how her presence had always been both comforting and dangerous—like the ocean’s lull before a tsunami. She never settled, always moving, always changing. Her temper, like the tides, could be calm one moment and devastating the next. Yet, despite her tempestuous nature, she had a quiet elegance that made her both awe-inspiring and terrifying.

There is a storm beneath the surface and the boats.

When he watched Fon, he could almost see traces of Kymopoleia in the way he contained his own storm within—a peace that was dangerous and beautiful in its stillness.

The martial artist had that same energy, but he wore it with such restraint, it was like he had perfected the glorious art of calm before chaos erupted.

The calm above hides the fury below, where the waves churn and the storm waits, ready to swallow the sea whole.

The son of Poseidon couldn’t shake the feeling that Fon was the only that could- if the red-cladded baby tried - truly understand him.

His fellow Arcobaleno always acted as though he was calm and measured in a way that Skull could never truly replicate. A storm could look still for a while, but beneath the surface, it was anything but.

Deep down, Skull also had to admit—he kind of envied Fon’s control. The chinese man could walk into a room and just be, a quiet and kind storm in human form, while Skull felt like he was the sea, always just waiting to drown and flood everything and everyone.

He could feel the living waters that raged inside him like a tempest.

Still, the demigod wasn’t sure if the martial artist had ever thought of him that way.

Part of Perseus wanted to touch Fon, to drape himself all over him, to feel the other's skin on his, just to make sure that one of his few surviving—dare he say, friends—was alive and safe.

The other part want to see his fellow Arcobaleno crack, to shatter the expression in that pretty face that came out of a chinese novel. He wanted to push him, to make him angry, just feel that lovely red fire erupt in a beautiful storm, to see that calm demeanor shatter and witness it all, to be the reason of it.

The serenity Fon wore like a mask only made Perseus more curious about the ferocity hidden behind it. It was a dangerous thought, but he couldn’t help it.

The stuntman longed to make Fon see it too—to understand how much they were alike, same rage and power that their souls were made of.

Skull often found himself musing on the monsterous nature of many of Poseidon’s children—beings whose very existence had struck terror in the hearts of mortals and even gods alike in the ancient and present times.

From the many fearsome Cyclops, the giant Chrysaor, to Charybdis who engulfed lands and islands in water, his father's bloodline had always been tainted with wildness and ferocity that could not easily be controlled.

As his son, the sea demigod knew that part of him was made of the thing. His blood was from the ocean, its tempests, its creatures, the power he inherited—he might well be a sea monster, and he had long accepted that.

It was in this understanding that he saw a kinship with Liu Feng. The son of Poseidon couldn’t help but notice the reputation spread across the underworld. The neutral enforcer of the Triads, the mafia whispered of him, calling him the Wind Dragon—fast as the wind and named after it.

A peaceful and kind storm no one would truly understand unless they were caught in it themselves.

The Cloud Arcobaleno often caught himself wondering if Fon, much like him, ever felt the weight of being labeled a "monster", of been branded as something dangerous and outsider of the cobtrol of powerful people.

His power was not his fault, just as Skull’s wasn't. Fon, with his wild storm flames, was a force of nature.

If I were to become a beast of the sea—untamed as a storm and as deep as the waters be—

At all, Skull couldn’t help but feel a strange kinship with the man. Fon, though mortal, reminded him so much of the very storm that ran through his own veins.

—would you still love me for who I am underneath, or only see the raging tempest inside of me?"

[frost-eyed-autumn]

{--Ngl, people who try to make Chuuya's relationship with Mori shitty and antagonistic are boring as Hell and completely missing out. Give me more complex and nuanced dynamics with them as the organization's leader and faithful second-in-command any day over that tired old dribble.

Both of them towing the line between being cut-throat professionals who are widely feared and respected on their own merits for good reason, and having implicit trust and subtle casual affection for one another.

Chuuya knowing that its well within Mori's capabilities to do some real damage to him and everything that matters to him but also knowing Mori never does or orders anything without clear sound logic and calculation behind why it needs to be done.

Mori knowing that Chuuya is very well capable of crushing him like a tin can and wreaking havoc on the Port Mafia he's dedicated his life to building up but is dutifully loyal and hard working to a fault towards anyone who has proven why they deserve his loyalty.

Both of them caught in a dance where Chuuya will make any sacrifice Mori asks so long as Mori is as good as his promises to Chuuya (keeping the Sheep safe after their forced disbanding, giving him the Arahabaki records if he earns the rank of Executive, finding the whereabouts of Chuuya's alleged family after the King of Assassins incident).

Chuuya being completely absorbed and happy in serving as Mori's second-in-command and most trusted among his Executives, and Mori having Chuuya as his first choice to take over the mafia despite that Chuuya absolutely does not want that crown because Mori sees more in Chuuya than Chuuya sees in himself.

Mori being the first adult role model Chuuya's ever had in his life to look up to when he was lost and alone and hurt after being betrayed by the Sheep, and Chuuya being one of the people Mori values most for being one of the primary forces that helped make the current Port Mafia what it is.

Chuuya knowing full well that his favoritism is largely because of the power he wields and his usefulness as a weapon as the Port Mafia's spearhead, and Mori quietly finding just as much value in Chuuya's humanity, his empathy for his subordinates, his trustworthiness in seeing a job done no matter how difficult it is and going beyond his call of duty, and also being someone Mori can comfortably toast wine and relax with when all of the chaos finally quiets down.

Chuuya subconsciously seeing Mori as the father figure of his life who demands a lot but is generally fair and appreciative of his accomplishments. Mori viewing Chuuya just a little bit like his adopted son who's always working tirelessly for his approval and delivers more often than not.

Boiling their relationship down to "Chuuya just works for Mori because he's scared of and abused by him and he'd want to kill Mori and run away from the mafia if he only could but he's helpless and stuck"? Stale. Boring. Cheap. Completely lacking in any understanding of their characters or their canonically confirmed relationship.--}

[cousticks]

I should reread the dead apple novel next.

How many times did Shibusawa theoretically die? Three?? Once when Chuuya fucked him up in Dragon's Head Rush, once when baby Atsushi killed him, and then during the main events of Dead Apple?

Unless Shibusawa had been doing his Pure Ability research before the events of DHR, and Fyodor brought him back during the Dragon Head Conflict to stir up more trouble in Yokohama, and then later again for the main Dead Apple events?

I'm also wondering if Shibusawa's ability research is at all tied to N's, but that's just a side musing. A lot of researchers escaped with documents when the facility was ransacked in Stormbringer, it wouldn't be impossible to think Shibusawa could have been one of them. That or he went rogue after the facility went down and that's when he got to Atsushi?

Hopefully I'll have a better guess after I reread it, its been well over a year or possibly more since I last read or saw it I believe.

[rumunasin]

“ you can never return home , stormbringer . ”

[ RUMUNASIN ] independent, semi selective, literate novella, forgotten realms / d&d / bg3 based, mature themes, MOL’LARA MIZZRYM !

a study in : leashing the storm within, a loveless mother, creating your own family, devouring your oppressors, defying fate, self fulfilling prophecies, being the chosen one.

direwarg : penned by daphne, 21 + | mdni, she/they, multi muse insta ( longclawed ), mol'lara insta ( rumunasin ), discord ( direwolved ), full information regarding mol'lara below the cut ( until i make her a carrd )

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⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ omni luci est umbra.

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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ˖ ⠀⁄ ݁ ⠀ DESIGNATION

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀birth name : mol’lara mizzrym

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀preferred name : lara

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀nickname(s) : stormbringer ; slayer

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀pronouns : she / her

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀titles : storm sorcerer

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ˖ ⠀⁄ ݁ ⠀ PHYSICAL DATA

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀age / clockwork : 25 years old

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀stature : 5'0 ft | 152 cm

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀physique : thin, muscular

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀complexion : pale blue

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ethnicity : seldarine drow

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀nationality : underdark

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀tongues spoken : drowic | common tongue | undercommon | silent tongue

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ˖ ⠀⁄ ݁ ⠀ PERSONAL DATA

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀morality : true neutral

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀mbti : intp ( logistician )

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀enneagram : 9w8

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀positive traits : persuasive, charming, assertive, intelligent, investigative, dedicated, thorough, confident, adventurous, witty

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀negative traits : insensitive, disconnected, impatient, harsh, blunt, manipulative, intimidating, tempermental, bossy, cocky, mischievous, pretentious, reckless, misandrist,

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀neutral traits : curious, analytical, persistent, cunning, bold, sarcastic, fierce, tough,

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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ˖ ⠀⁄ ݁ ⠀ RELATIONS

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀mother : akor’vrae mizzrym

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀father : unnamed male

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀patron god : n/a

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀significant other : n/a

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀companions : n/a

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀enemies : lolth-sworn drows ; absolutists

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀others : n/a

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ˖ ⠀⁄ ݁ ⠀ STATS ( LVL 1 )

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀strength : 8

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀dexterity : 13

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀constitution : 15

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀intelligence : 12

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀wisdom : 10

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀charisma : 17

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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ˖ ⠀⁄ ݁ ⠀BACKSTORY

MARKED AT BIRTH, CURSED WITH THE WRONG AMBITION. [ ¹ ] - * within drow society, it is ( eat or be eaten ). the strongest, smartest, most powerful thrive ; the weaker are lucky to just survive. this is especially true within lothite centered societies our dear protagonist ( LARA ) had the misfortune of being born into such society. [ ² ] --- * in the year 1468, a name was whispered into the world ( MOĽLARA MIZZRYM ). an odd looking creature, even for the underdark. especially for the high society. pale blue skin, a shimmer of white hair, one bright red eye ( and ) ... one blackened eye, one dark birth mark stretching across said eye. her mother, akor'vrae , had tried to end the childs inevitable suffering but, with every attempt, something ... ( strange ? ) would happen. lightning would pulsate from the babe, thunder from somewhere would shake the caverns. thunder, in a place with no atmosphere? MOL ’ LARA would live, she would thrive. akor'vrae would ensure it ; her daughter, her heir, was special. marked at birth for greatness, the all-powerful lolth had blessed her. [ ³ ] --- * mol'lara had no father, and her mother did not raise her. it was the servants who saw that the child grew, not that they done it out of the goodness of their hearts. akor'vrae paid the drow fairly ; as fairly as a high-born drow could be expected to be. by all means, mol'lara should have excelled. she was highly intelligent, her mother was a high priestess of lolth, and (ignore the / hideous / birth mark ) moľlara was beautiful. [ ⁴ ]_-- * nearly every night, mol'laras dreams were haunted. a figure whose face not could not ( *see* ) came to her. he whispered to her, said that she was far too powerful to spend her life in the dark. he taught her things that drow did not believe in ; he taught her goodness, he showed her the light. mol'lara wondered if he was her father. [ ⁵ ] -- * mol'lara asked her mother once ( & only once ) about her father. her mother was a woman of few words, and those few words tended to lean towards petty insults, but when mol'lara asked about her father, akor'vrae's red eyes alit with anger. the staff immediately cleared the room. akor'vrae said only one thing : "your father is dead and never mentioned him again, or there will be consequences." [ ⁶ ]---- * “ STORMBRINGER ; you bring thunder and shame where it does not belong." by now, mol'lara was 25 years old. very young for a drow, but old enough to ( know better ). it was time for her oath ; time to swear herself to lolth. her entire life was leading to this moment. her eventually servitude for the spider queen had been mol'lara's only saving grace. her powers were unnatural, and uncontrollable. her face was scarred. yet, akor'vrae insisted that lolth would guide her only daughter. the people believed her (* or so they said *). but, mol'lara had no interest in lolth. mol'lara was not a cruel being ; she was almost ( kind ). so, therefore, she was ( *weak* ) mol'lara was unsure of where this unseemly weakness came from; but it plagued her. her dreamscape visitor had cursed her, and now it was time to reap what one sows. [ ⁷ ] ---= * being shunned from society is a scary thing ; even worse was being shunned in a place as dark and scary as the underdark. mol'lara left with nothing but a set of clothes, an empty backpack, and a dagger that she had stole from her own mother. all that akor'vrae had only one thing to say: “ you can never return home, stormbringer. ” had not even said her name ; which akor'vrae had always said was beautiful. and so mol'lara ( STORMBRINGER ) had left. she cut off her long, intricate braid ; left the hair on her mother's pillow. a warning ? an omen ? who knew. the only reason mol'lara had been free to walk was not out of mercy, but rather a fear of the unknown. the people feared she would curse them all; perhaps she would tear down the city with her demon powers. [ ⁸ ] ----- mol'lara was dead; lara was born.

[dinomites]

The cookie muses want to do stuff!! So here's a cookie muse-based starter call.

we got

Cream Cake ( Aelia's CRK AU )

DinoSour

Electric Eel

Stormbringer

Also offering my test muses!

Black Pearl

Cloud Haetae

Lotus Dragon

[reavenedges-lies]

Character asks: the only bsd name I know without looking is Chuuya so 5,10,15,20,25

5) What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

So technically the first song was "I Love You Like An Alcoholic" by The Taxpayers but thats more a Soukoku song than Chuuya so by that logic the first Chuuya song is "Super Massive Black Hole" by Muse. However, Chuuya's seiyuu is literally a singer/songwriter and lead vocalist of GranRodeo and did do vocals for his actual character song "Darkness My Sorrow" and that deserves and honorable mention

10) Could you be best friends with this character?

I love Chuuya but i'm like 99% sure he would hate me. Granted that means next to nothing with how much he says he hates Dazai but i don't think it would work well in most aspects. The upside is I could be wrong because Chuuya is not one of the many characters i look at and go "oh, this mirror fucking sucks"

15) What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

SOUKOKU, DOUBLE BLACK, TWIN DARK. Buckle Your Seatbelts guys because this is gonna be long. So I love Soukoku (双黒) not just on their individual characters but because of their trust in eachother. The whole Partner(相棒-Aibou 😭😭) nonsense kills me for outside of BSD reasons but they actually care about each other regardless of how much they say they dont (Chuuya in season two telling Dazai to go die then being immediately concerned when he get injured/ Dead Apple Chuuya punching Dazai to cure him of his poisoning/ Dead Apple Dazai Holding Chuuya gently during the fog scene after Chuuya saves him, ect) but like more than that right. If you get into it and actually look at the different spellings of soukoku you can get the Rival spelling (相克) but most of the time its spelled with the 'Always a Pair/Partner' spelling(双黒) with 双(sou/sō) having many uses in terms of soulmates. On the line of soulmates when you get farther into the series Chuuya struggles with his humanity and not truly knowing whether or not he is human and Dazai never has a doubt that Chuuya is more human than most, Stormbringer finally puts that to an end with Chuuya believing regardless of what he is told that he is human because he believes in humanity. Past that you get to Beast. In which we learn that there are infinite universes in BSD and in all of the ones we've seen Chuuya is Dazai's right hand man. They are Soukoku, They Are Double Black, they are together in every universe we see and they trust implicitly. They are soulmates, destined to be together in every universe for one reason or another, destined to bring out the humanity in each other and to not let themselves get caught in their own grief. Chuuya and Dazai's partnership is weird but looking at it from what i know now is interesting. Soukoku isn't just the ship its their dynamic, but maybe not their full one just yet because of the changes Dazai is and has gone through. Dazai doesn't have 'friends' because of how he was raised and what happened with Odasaku and Ango, but i think he is learning how to. His fondness of Chuuya and vice versa is showing more and more as the main series goes on.

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

I feel bad cause @podcasts-8-my-heart immediately said Oda just to be shot down cause the Flags exist. The Flags (旗会) or Young Bloods as we heard they were called once we're a support group of friends within the PM. Piano Man, Lippman, Ice Man, Albatross, Doc and Chuuya. I wont get into specifics of it because it is Stormbringer content but their deaths nearly broke Chuuya. He still visits and maintains their graves outside of the city on the mountainside. Other than the Flags, some of his actual closest friends in the PM, but other than them? I'm at a loss. I think he would probably get along with Kunikida the best out of the ADA but with little to no screen time with them both i'm unsure at best.

25) What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

To quote WTNV: "A new man came in to town today. Who is he? What does he want from us? Why his perfect and beautiful haircut? Why his perfect and beautiful coat?" ... "He grinned, and everything about him was perfect, and I fell in love instantly." As for now? I love him, he goes through so much shit and the man deserves a hug, glass of wine and a week of undisturbed vacation. I will say, I wish we saw more of him outside of being a main source of plot armour built into the show, I want to see Stormbringer (Kinda, Im Not Ready For The Cry Fest) but more so I want to see more of him without PM orders.

Anyways I Love Him