#om the narrator

[s0ckh3adstudios]

Whove ya been goofin off with (the ocs)

Ummmmmmm. Here's a few examples. :]

( Snowglobe, Ramen Block, and Bird belong to @capt-summer )

[troolyart]

The abyss feels nothing just as you do inside of it. The Entity breathes you in but does not spit you back out, it simply holds you in its embrace— its dark, unfeeling, solitary embrace.

And you are home, just as you wanted to be.

And you scream, but there is no one to hear you except yourself.

But can you truly tell yourself that you are screaming if there is no one to hear?

[haresvoid]

Also love knowing that Omes pronouns are indeed it/its honestly pop off king

[the-c41n-instinct]

I’M IN LOVE I LOVE YOU /P OMG

I started rewatching the ancient magus bride and well

Now i have the crossover sketches with it and tsp ahahah

[hrrtshape]

are you supposed to imagine yourself in your dr in 3rd person or 1st person??? does everyone else do it in 1st person? also my mind is literally blind so I can’t see shit up there anyway

doesn’t matter if it’s 1st or 3rd person, doesn’t matter if you see cinematic masterpiece visuals or just the void with subtitles. you just know. you think, therefore you are. descartes said that, and he didn’t even have pinterest.

ome people get imax theatre, some get radio broadcast. both work. you don’t need to see it, you just need to be it. think less about watching and more about inhabiting.

like, you don’t walk around your life in 3rd person, right? you don’t wake up and narrate like "and there she was, blinking into the abyss of another tuesday." you just exist. same thing here.

so whether it’s "i am" or "she is", or even just "vibes unknown, but present", you’re doing it right. reality is a soup and you’re stirring

[inhuman-obey-me]

Babe, Wake Up. New OM World Lore Just Dropped!

So. Nightbringer Lesson 22.

(spoilers, obviously)

The Father of Demons

While cleaning the library, MC finds a book -- one that has the same lines narrated by Solomon in the Prologue video. The book, like the video, ends abruptly at "the demon's name was..." as the rest of the book is gone, pages torn out.

The brothers wonder what the name could be, and Mammon insists it must be Nightbringer, to which Asmodeus agrees. Then, we find out that Satan learned some interesting information from a Celestial Realm book.

So the Celestial Realm also knows of Nightbringer -- but as "the father of demons", thought to be the very first demon born in the world. They go on to say Nightbringer has been known by other names as well, but otherwise, there isn't a whole lot more information on him. Okay, Simeon, please go home real quick and see if you can get this book in undamaged form for us.

That certainly brings a whole new weight to Nightbringer's identity, if he is indeed supposed to be the first demon ever to exist. So far, the game has been heavily hinting that Nightbringer is a version of Barbatos, and this new information would seemingly match up with one of the chats in OG where Barbatos mentions he was never a child, as well as the stories Asmodeus mentions of Barbatos being strong enough to be Demon King himself.

However, the identity of the child, as well as what Nightbringer's actual goals are with MC, is still to be revealed, and this doesn't help to actually clarify any of those questions yet.

The Secret of the Little D.'s

Another major thing we learned is about the Little D.'s -- and that is that they are technically fairies or spirits that came from a tree that the Fairy King used to tend, back when the Fairy King ruled the Devildom. The game goes on to explain that this makes them technically actually fairies or spirits, though the Little D.'s call themselves demons, so their true nature is a mystery -- especially since they are also sometimes born when a new demon is born into the world, but not always!

Interestingly, Barbatos also phrases it as those demons being chosen, so though it's extremely rare, it is seemingly not random, though we don't know exactly why or how.

New demons being born into the world also includes when fallen angels turn, it seems, since the extremely rare occurrence of these spirits being born alongside demons happened with all seven of the brothers after their fall.

So it's not that the main Little D.'s are just lesser demons of each particular sin, but that they are direct spirit counterparts to the demon brothers -- one for each of them, one for each sin.

Which brings us to ...

The Seven Sins

We've always known the seven brothers as the Avatars of the Seven Deadly Sins, but an interesting bit of information we learned in this lesson is that the brothers didn't know why they were given these particular titles, or if Pride, Greed, Envy, etc. were even known as the Seven Deadly Sins at the time the titles were given to them.

Beelzebub refers to them as "keywords", and we again establish it was the Demon King who gave these titles to the brothers. Diavolo says that if his father decided to give these titles to them, they must be important.

We know that the brothers were already exhibiting signs of their assigned "sin" even when they were angels, but as shown by Mammon's behavior in the past two lessons, the full force of each sin hasn't taken over all of them just yet. In fact, Mammon's greed has come out in a dangerous, powerful way as he becomes more of a demon.

It remains to be seen what, if any, relevance this has with MC losing their connection to the OG boys, but we know how they've changed by OG Season 1, where they fully embrace their sins.

We'll just have to wait and see!

[folkdevilfables]

🜲 Werewolves | Diavolo

drabble (0.3k words) | sfw | gn!reader | fluff/crack

cw: alt title 'You can't sit with us', scenario about playing the game Werewolves (similar to Mafia for those who don't know) with the OM! Cast, Diavolo's hopes & dreams being unceremoniously crushed

You look at Diavolo, unsure on how to proceed.

"I...erm... Diavolo?"

"Yes?"

"I don't think you can join the game, I'm sorry."

The future demon king looks as if you just violently crushed his hopes and dreams by running them over in a Range Rover on the highway while violating every speed limit known to man.

"What do you mean?"

Barbatos already looks wholly unamused if his ever polite and neutral facial expressions are anything to go by.

"Well, Werewolves is a game about deceiving other players in order to have your team win and you obviously have an unfair advantage over everyone else." In real time, you watch Diavolo deflate like a helium balloon in front of you and feel like the most terrible human being alive. "If you join, it's not fair towards everyone else. I could give you the role of narrator, but you never played the game before so that doesn't work. I considered always assigning you certain roles, but that would skew the game as well since everyone would know you're not a villager for sure. I'm sorry."

It was truly heartbreaking to see this grown man falter like a house of cards under the impact of the faintest breeze.

"...Would you be okay with sitting next to me and watching without commenting on anything while I narrate the game?"

Diavolo solemnly nods and Lucifer hands him a chair out of the circle and adjusts the other chairs to make up for the gap.

Oh, I'm absolutely going to hell for this, you think. I'm a terrible, awful horrendous person, but I simply had to tell him. I can't let him join the game in good conscience.

You blink.

WAIT A SECOND - I am in hell. Oh no. Where do you go from here?

Unedited Diavolo icon can be found here | Divider by @/saradika | all rights reserved and support banner made by @/cafekitsune

[olderthannetfic]

Ome thing that bothers me in fics is where the tags are " rape, violence, incest," etc, but the author says " all characters are over 18"

Why? Is rape better if it's done to someone who just turned legal? Who are you protecting here

Like yeah, i get the warning if it's with very small children, or tweens or those who just entered puberty. in those casss there's a big difference when it comes to understanding what's happening that actually affects the narration.

But really, what's the difference between a 16 and 18 yos?

--

Some countries' laws.

[1ris5starlight]

(This happen after this episode; SAMS FROM BEHINDS THE SCENES)

To understand:

Text = narrator

(Text) = thoughts

"Text" = calling/answering the phone

*Text* = movements and noises

After show #6

Sun: JUST GET OUT! GET OUT!

Michael: OK OK- I'm going-!

Freddy: I will send a whole new cleaning supplies-!

Moon: OUT!

Freddy and Michael go to the entrance and get out.

Sun: OH MY- OM MY GOD, I GOT CLEAN BETWEEN THE CUSHIONS. WHAT IF THE STUFF MIGHT HAVE FALLEN IN IS LIKE DUST AND UNDERNEATH THE CUSHIONS-!! OH MY GOD!!!!!

Moon: SUN SHUT UP!!

_A few hours later_

Sun was still cleaning the cushions and this was the third time that he do that, but he doesn't seem to want to stop; so Moon decided to approach him to try to make him understand that everything is clean perfectly.

Moon: Uhm, Sun-? This is like the third time you are cleaning the cushions- I think they're fine now-

Sun: *stops cleaning*

Sun: *turn his neck slowly to 180⁰, to face Moon* *stares at him with a stressed face and smile*

Moon: *intimidated* Ooook- I will leave you to it and never interrupt you again-

Sun: *returns to cleaning*

Moon: *go back at the desk* (Geez- I've never seen him like that in a while-... next time I see that Michael I'm gonna punch him for this I SWEAR.)

Sun end up cleaning at late night and Moon had to drag him out by scooping him up in his arms, because the yellow animatronic was too tired to even stand.

| End |

(Michael really triggered Sun by saying that-

And with his terrible OCD, this comments didn't help either-)

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

I think more shows should end their episodes like Emil i Lönneberga (1973)

*silence*

Astrid Lindgren, narrating: Ja det var historien om Emil i soppskålen, det 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🥣

*End credits begin at the HIGHEST VOLUME*

HUUUUUUUUUUUU 🌬️ JEDAMIG 🤯 SÅNT BARN 🧒🏼 HAN 👈🏻 VAR 🫨 EJ ❌ VÄRRE 😨 TÄNKAS 🤔 KAN 😵‍💫 OCH EMIL 🧒🏼 VAR 😳 DET 😰 NAMN 🥸 HAN 👈🏻 BAR 🫣 JA 👍 EMIL 🧒🏼 HETTE 😅 HAN 😉 SING 🎤 DUDELDEJ 🤩 SING 🎶 DUDELDEJ 😙 SING 🎵 DUDELDUDEL DEJ 🥳 SING 🎤 DUDELDEJ 😂 SING 🎶 DUDELDEJ 😆 HUJEDAJEDAMIG 🫠

[tw1nkee28]

AAAAAA THISS. THIS JS SO COOL I LOVE IT SO MUCH ARGAGRGGAGERGAGEGGEGR LOOK AT HIMMMMMAHFSHACSBBC WHEHEHEHEHEEE I LOVE THE COLORS ON THIS AND HIS OUTFIT IS SO COOL!! TEEHEE SILLY MUSIC MAN <3 I AM SO VERY NORMAL ABOUT FNAF RELATED ANYTHING, RGRGGRGRGRGE WHEEHEHEH SILLY BUNNY MAN I LOVE

HOUUGHHH but you honestly did so amazing on this and it's so pleasing to look at. I love it so much, I am munching, munching so hard AGREGRFARFAEAF delicious food, thank you for the food 👍

Bestie he just wants to rock. The show must go on, after all!

[haresvoid]

Also btw in the run I modded to play as Ome I did give it the performance feat cause I think seeing a mind flayer play instruments will be amusing and also canonlogically Ome really enjoys music

[heylorrain]

Secret valentine here! What is your mc design based off of? Why did you choose the hair colour, eye colour, everything! I'm basically asking you to lore dump. Hope you're having a lovely day! <3

Oh my I LOVE THIS QUESTION First of all, I had a great day anon! thank you! 🫂 I hope you had a great day as well 🫰 Second: grab a chair, pour that tea, coffee or vodka cause here I go my dear anon:

Name:

Lorra's name is inspired by Lorraine Warren. Why? Because I love that woman, so loving, fearless, a great partner, and a badass for what she did, and second because I love the relationship she had with Ed (her husband). Bonus! because in the 2nd Movie of The conjuring, Ed screams at the top of his lungs "Lorraine!" with such a raw emotion I was like "YUP. That's the name". Silly? probably. But as a person who hates how her real name sounds in real life, I fell in love with how that name sounded, even if someone screamed it. Later, I did my research and found out other beautiful meanings, so I ended up connecting even more with it.

Last Name

Her full name is Lorrain Morgana LeFay. Morgana LeFay was one of my favorite wizard cards to collect in Harry Potter from PS1 (In spanish, that name sounds terrifying when the narrator says it, and I think that's why I love it sm) + that witch's backstory is SO INTERESTING, I could yap for days about what her last name means, all the situations she shared with Merlin, and more. But basically that's why Lorra is her relative. Bonus: In my country we have two last names, so I wanted my baby to have two as well 🤓

Appearance:

Lorrain looks nothing like me except for the eyes (green) . The hair color (strawberry red with a gradient) is for the passion she puts into things, how deeply she loves her people and her persistence into achieving her goals. She braids her hair whenever she's about to do some mischief, learn something new, or studying. Maybe I'm too old for this reference, but Violet Baudelaire (from a series of unfortunate events) used to do this, and being one of my favorite movies from my childhood I needed to incorporate that onto my Lorra.

Clothes:

She always wears long sleeves and highly texturized fabric. This for Ominis to be able to feel and sense different patterns on her outfits, and because I never get to wear any winter clothes 😆😆 I live in a city with tropical weather, near the coast, so I hardly ever have the chance to wear long sleeves. Boots? pff.. never. COATS? SCARFS?! 😭😔

Personality

Lorrain is a creature that loves. Yes, herself and her friends, but also, her partner. She's 100% devoted to him (Oms). I think that in her timelines, she's only one or two that has the lore "from enemies to lovers". It's not that I don't like those stories, but I just wanted my mc to be more direct, to not waste time, if she feels it in her heart she's gonna let you know and show it 🤣 As silly as it might sound I've even learned things from her. To be more attentive with others, for example. I wanted her to be capable, of fighting, speaking her mind (even if that gets her in trouble) and to be, not a "tomboy" but yes. She likes to get her boots dirty and will fight you if you eat her last Bertie Bott. If she was fighting Ranrok, I imagine her being like Éowyn from LoTR. "No man can defeat me" - "I am no man".

Lore

Lorrain not having a solid background - family members has a lot to do with symbolisms, life lessons and different personal experiences. (Sorry! I need to pour my stuff somewhere 🤣🤣 ) But her enduring all of it and being able to still remain kind and loving is my daily inspo. + I like when she breaks, when she's vulnerable and human. When she cries and gets angry. I don't like her being happy all the time, because well, who is happy all day everyday? Also I love when Ominis is there for her. Not because he thinks she's not capable, but because he knows she wants him there to accompany her. My girl is tough but has a very very sensitive side when it comes to her partner's support.

Powers

Her powers are great and all but they damage her fingers: how can something so delicate and small, resist so much- is yet another symbolism to her whole character. + I had an accident when I was little and almost lost the ability to move my whole hand because of it, so it "stayed" with me that my hands and fingers (and in this case, Lorra's hands) are my treasure, I can work, draw, paint, and write thanks to them, I show love thru them, and so much more. Not taking anything I have for granted, doesn't matter how small it is, is a rock on my - and her- story as well. With that being said, her power involves fire: Liz Sherman (from hellboy ) was my inspo for her.

Moodboard

I could yap even more about Lorra but I think this post is long enough 🥹😅. I made you a moodboard to sum everything up!

Thank you (from the bottom of my heart) for this question anon. I really loved writing this 💖

[fictionkinfessions]

the voices increase

okay that was. weirdly ominous but what I'm trying to say is. there's more of us now.

started off with just me (your favourite voice of the contrarian), cheated and cold but now there's. More.

so we have smitten and paranoid for sure, but also possibly broken? i think that puts us at like fourteen versions of/characters voiced by jonny sims. wowza!

but! however! according to our simply plural, there are! two more Archivists! which! makes sixteen!

also quick message to Narrator inspired by another contrarian I found while scrolling the blog:

CHOMP. OM NOM NOM. (somewhat affectionate)

-voice of the contrarian, slay the princess fictive (#starcrossed)

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[crypt-void]

I'm so normal about Chalk Tablet Towers by Gorillaz. I'm so completely normal about how if you switch the perspective, you can turn it into a story about the original narrator's loved one trying to reassure them in rehab to not give in to self destructive tendencies.

Or if you want it to be even more depressing, the loved one reminiscing on what they should have said to prevent the narrator from dying.

I love the original lyrics and how well the isolation of the song is written. At the same time, I think there's something so painfully beautiful about the idea of the narrator feeling shame and like they have to isolate themself for being in rehab. Then, the loved ones' perspective works as a response to this.

No, the narrator doesn't actually want to hurt themself. They want to come home. If they leave, they aren't just hurting themself. No, the narrator does not need to worry about everyone abandoning them. The loved one still cares for them regardless of their mental state, and they say this in a way where the loved one feels it should be obvious how much they care.

So many times in media and writing, characters struggling are often depicted as all alone and only able to help themselves. While it is true that it is ultimately up to the person struggling to make the choice to save themself, I think the reminder that there are still people there to support them is important. It gives some hope.

I love call and response songs (To Binge and Souk Eye or the English and Spanish versions of Latin Simone for example), and I love the idea that even if two characters aren't communicating face to face, they're still trying to speak to one another, which is what I feel when switching the perspective on Chalk Tablet Towers.

I'll attach the og lyrics with my own response lyrics below here. There really isn't much change, but I feel like the differences in how the narrators feel is important.

My own:

Chalk tablet towers like drawing shadows

Chemical distraction, you are not with me

You departed in the spring to a distant star

But you could not get back, you had gone too far (oh-oh-oh-oh)

You wanna get drunk?

You wanna get stoned?

You wanna give up?

You wanna come ho-o-o-ome.

Watching rockets take off

From the parting sea

How will I ever touch you

If you are not with me? (oh-oh-oh-oh, out here)

There's only silence (out there)

No form of contact (out here)

You am dreaming

Looking into the darkness (oh-oh-oh-oh)

Home (Home)

Home (Home)

Home (Homе)

Home (Home)

Home (Homе)

Home (Home)

Home (Home)

Home (Home)

You say you won't be back 'til the end of summer

Y'know I'll still be here.

I won't give up on you, darling

You know that I care

I don't need no trophies

No cell with a view

There's nothing I wouldn't give

One minute with you, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Original:

Chalk tablet towers like drawing shadows

Chemical distraction, you are not with me

I departed in the spring to a distant star

But I could not get back, I had gone too far (oh-oh-oh-oh)

I wanna get drunk

I wanna get stoned

I wanna give up

I wanna go ho-o-o-ome

Watching rockets take off

From the parting sea

How will I ever touch you

If you are not with me? (oh-oh-oh-oh, out here)

There's only silence (out here)

No form of contact (out here)

I am dreaming

Looking into the darkness (oh-oh-oh-oh)

Home (Home)

Home (Home)

Home (Homе)

Home (Home)

Home (Homе)

Home (Home)

Home (Home)

Home (Home)

I won't be back 'til the end of summer

Will you still be there?

I won't give up on you, darling

Just tell me that you care

I don't need no trophies

No cell with a view

There's nothing I wouldn't give

One minute with you, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh.

Alright, thanks for coming to my not so eloquently written Ted talk.

[inhuman-obey-me]

If obey me wasnt a otome game what do you think will be different? And it makes me laugh that we are romanticising the devil which just seems so funny. Ik its a game but its just a funny concept

Okay but we love romancing the devil. More games should let us smooch Lucifer/other demon royalty. Please.

But this is a fun thing to think about!

(long game design rambles below the cut)

Even if Obey Me was still a visual novel game but without the romance, there is a lot that could change. We'd have a lot less of the characters vying for the player's attention, meaning the game would also be less prone to gag-type situations and allow for a consistently more serious storyline. It could be something like Twisted Wonderland, where the MC still has a role but it isn't as big nor central to the conflicts and problems of the story, thus playing more of an observer role.

The devs actually mentioned in early videos that when making the game, they had to scale back some of their ideas because they "didn't want it to feel too much like an adventure game" and still focus on the romance since it was a dating sim. Interestingly, Nightbringer seems to be testing the waters on this now and going back to a more dramatic story, so maybe we'll actually get to see that kind of adventure vibe now!

If the game was still following the main points of gathering pacts with the demon brothers...well, maybe we really are just becoming Solomon 2.0 at that point, new title is Solomon Simulator 2023 BC. But really, there would probably be less of MC playing therapist and more letting us have adventures of our own, exploring the world in various ways. Hell, MC might even be living in Purgatory Hall with the other exchange students instead of oddly being the only one put in the House of Lamentation. And this more adventurous theming could also be reflected in events, with more AU themes (Pirates, Spies, Circus, etc) that allow for more fun event storylines that aren't so focused on "romantic" situations and fanservice moments.

Going along with that, we would likely get more character variety in a non-otome game, since it wouldn't be trying to make every character (except Luke) dateable or potentially future-dateable -- less ikemen, more non-male characters, maybe more body diversity! And because there'd be no expectation of romance, you could have more outright hostility too. Maybe Mephisto and Raphael could have actually fulfilled the more aggressive or antagonistic personalities they had been hinted to have! There might also be more of a canonical MC character personality too, since part of the reason it's left more open and vague is to let players self-insert for the romance. This could allow for more narration from MC as well.

Now, if we step away from the Visual Novel style, that could open up a whole new world of possibilities! Imagining OM as more of a fantasy RPG? Super fun thought.

Other characters could potentially be playable, and if so, we could perhaps see more of the characters without MC needing to be in the scene, allowing for more interactions between different characters outside the current format of occasional side/hard-mode stories.

We'd probably get a truer combat system too, even if we were just fighting random minor demons or something like the Little D's in Nightbringer's gameplay. (Apparently the only instruction the team got in making the original game was "it needs dance battles"???) The characters' skills could also be more unique to the characters since it wouldn't have to fit the rhythm/dance game format, so stuff like summoning Lotan could actually be a useful powerful thing instead of just a running gag! In fact, we could see way more powerful magic from all the characters, which would be great since OM as it is now just always conveniently forgets that these are extremely powerful demons for the sake of setting up random shenanigan situations.

A combat mechanic could also add to the narrative design of the game -- what better way to show us what a scary and dangerous place the Devildom is than to have the player have to defend themselves while navigating through it? Or imagine the characters' relationships with one another actually mattering to the gameplay, like Beel and Belphie getting a boost if they're in the party together, as with Fire Emblem's support system! Simeon being a healing angel member of the party at the start and then actually tangibly losing that as a combat ability when that part of the story happened? It would certainly hit different, that's for sure.

The story also wouldn't be confined to the 20-lesson format in that case, which could give more room for fleshing things out properly. And with a freer adventure-based storyline, it might also be a lot less focus on RAD, or maybe it wouldn't be a school setting at all! Perhaps it would focus more on the inter-realm diplomacy parts of the story. Plus, some aspects could get relegated to more environmental storytelling and interactable objects around you, leaving character interactions freed up to focus more on actual events going on.

And speaking of character interactions, there could also be a more complex and interesting system for relationships in a more RPG style game. Instead of an intimacy bar that only ever goes up and doesn't directly impact story events, you could have a more complex interaction event system, like in Telltale stuff or Mass Effect. That could still include romance without it being the central point of the game, and maybe they would also hold grudges over certain decisions, which could feed back into the combat system somehow. Unlike now, you wouldn't be able to go back to change your decisions, but there's a lot of replayability potential there.

Of course, the downside to all that it's way more work to make...game dev is hard, after all! So updates would be slower, it'd probably cost a whole lot more, and it's probably not feasible as a mobile game anymore then. But hey, a game like that would be pretty damn cool.