#ortho Shroud

[jacktypo]

brothers

[bridgoetta]

I’ve been snowed in at my house, so take some first years in winter wear ☃️❄️

My resolution for this year is to post more sketches and the like, so you’ll be seeing more of this kinda stuff ❤️

[sihtod]

[boopshoops]

What your favorite TWST character says about you :)

As a note before I begin: I saw one of these that shamed malleus and randomly even chenya enjoyers- (claimed that they were pick mes or something? 😭) so i wanted to make one that was more positive out of spite <3 make it more about the writing and why people appreciate the characters. Take each of these with a grain of salt i spose- also a lot of them share similar themes <3

(Aka fans who have different views or even blatantly incorrect views of characters will always exist everywhere, but insulting the entirety of a group solely for enjoying a character, many for different reasons, is probably not a great idea!

I get that sometimes people suck and thats understandable, but quit generalizing ok? Ok.

From a malleus enjoyer who just thinks hes a silly little guy and im tired of feeling like i have to defend myself bc he's my blorbo 😵‍💫)

Final note: i love unapologetically taking frustration and turning it into something that can make people smile 💕 also i blindly wrote this from 11pm-midnight :))) dividers by @/cafekitsune!

Heartslabyul:

Riddle: you enjoy and/or relate to the idea of healing from the past. Working hard to improve oneself for the ones around you and yourself: creating a healthier environment where you can be happy

Trey: there is immense complexity in things that are seemingly mundane. Digging deeper and deeper to find something truly sweet and heart warming is your joy.

Cater: maybe you relate, or maybe you used to, or maybe parts of the connections made in the past/presence/future dont feel as deep as you truly want them to be. There is something beautiful about a desire for genuine human connection, but also peace in being alone. There is a safe space for you yet, just be patient. 💕

Deuce: you love drive and determination. An endless stubbornness that keeps one going against all odds. Against every person who tells someone they cant. You watch them get proven wrong, and its pure bliss.

Ace: you find the connection between people beyond words heartwarming: even the seemingly simple ones. The ability to have a connection with someone who can get up to some mischief, tease back and forth, yet be there when you need them to be one of the most valuable things.

Savanaclaw:

Leona: Adversity over a lack of belief in oneself is a very difficult thing to overcome- yet it is very possible with the right crowd, the right amount of time, healing, and effort. You think someone's worth lies more than just within their title/job/appearance, but within the fact that they are able to stand back up and keep moving onward despite the odds. The hope for that change, and the ability to get out of bed in the morning on its own is strength.

Ruggie: Despite being through so much trauma at such a young age, recovery happens anyway. Its not perfect, at times the lessons learned are even rough. The survival tactics that once helped are now hard to ditch when theyre not needed anymore, but the ability to smile and joke and keep pushing onwards is something you value in life.

Jack: Self discipline can be both extremely useful as well as harmful in different ways. You find the way people can constantly strive to better themselves at what they love and/or morally to be highly admirable.

Octavinelle:

Azul: People can be cruel. And sometimes that cruelty inspires cruelty. Sometimes its simply used as a way to move on and survive insecurities created from it. Its hard, its a fight, but those insecurities are part of what make people beautiful. They are nothing to be ashamed of, and even the many tactics and smart ways of learning to overcome cruelness can be beautiful too.

Jade: The mind is extremely powerful. Intelligence and knowledge are not the only important things, no. Using that intel to find entertainment in the surrounding world can be exhilarating. Finding and discovering new unknowns: learning their ins and outs until they're a part of you is something you can relate to.

Floyd: speaking of fun- you love what is essentially the written version of a roller coaster. Ups and downs, ins and outs. Every single twist and turn is exhilarating and new. Every different perspective provides new insight into a multitude of different things. You are along for the ride, and you are having a lovely time.

Scarabia:

Jamil: self discovery can be very difficult after purposefully suppressing parts of one's self for a long time. Yet, the healing happens anyway (once again aha <3). People discover new parts of themselves, slowly becoming more comfortable not only with their environment, but how they react to it. The discovery is freedom, and freedom is bliss to you. New traits about oneself bloom like a flower: if not in the soil, then stubbornly in the cracks of cement. You gently take that bloom from the concrete and pot it, placing it gingerly in a beam of sunlight.

Kalim: Happiness isnt only sunshine to the one smiling, but to everyone else around them. It is delightfully infectious. However, happiness isnt a constant. You think emotions all emotions should be experienced rather than suppressed, because holding back sadness for the sake of others is a disservice to one's self. Discovering your own emotions, any range of them, is what makes people uniquely human. If anyone is holding those emotions back- hell, any part of them back, they need to be let out of the cage.

Pomefiore:

Vil: "Beauty is on the inside" is a saying thats been around for a long time, but beauty comes in so many forms. It can come from the stubborn desire to improve one's self: to be kinder, to help those around you, to be good. However it is impossible to be perfect. At times, for some, this can be crushing. People are hurt unintentionally, natural frustration can brew, the wrong actions can be taken: and thats okay. You believe whats important is to pick yourself up and keep going. To err is to be human, and that is beautiful too.

Rook: Error is beautiful. Symmetry is beautiful. Asymmetry is beautiful. A crack in the side walk is beautiful. Small things are beautiful, big things are beautiful. The nurturing of something through endless care is beautiful. The undeniable traits and hobbies of every individual that make them unique are beautiful. You find the endless optimism in finding beauty to be, in itself, beautiful.

Epel: Sometimes people will view others in ways that they wish not to be perceived as. This isnt in our control, as much as we sometimes want it to be. All you can do i be unapologetically yourself. To be you to the utmost degree. To prove those who thought otherwise to be foolish. You find this strength to find value in yourself despite others opinions admirable.

Ignihyde:

Idia: you have depression /j

Ok for real-

Life can be such a cunt. It can beat a person down, down, down and leave them vulnerable enough to fear it. To fear that beating, whenever it may next come. The anxiety of never knowing what or who will come next, or what one could lose. At times it feels more comforting to find a routine in solitude. But you know that the small things that give joy will wiggle their way in with time. The broken will meet people who love and care and find comfort in the companionship of healing, even from the little things: like a new story to read or game to play.

Ortho: You value unconditional support. Support through everything: the good, the bad, the just kind of okay. Knowing that someone can have ones back for every little thing- to be there solely because they care and wish the best for others- is something you look up to and maybe even wish to be for another.

Diasomnia:

Malleus: god damn people can be so hard to read and understand. They are so complicated: they are books you have to pay attention to from start to finish. But once you reach the end, you have a deep seated appreciation for them, and for the ones who stuck around to read your book too. Even if it was just for a fleeting moment: it is a happy moment. As painful as temporary things can be, it is also what you think can make the relationships we love and have loved so valuable.

Lilia: there can be suffering everywhere. There is war. There is famine. But there are also endless new sights to see. New discoveries to be made to help those still going through famine and war. New ways to love and understand people you never thought you'd understand. The development and positive parts of humanity, even though at times it can look bleak, are ever present to you. You love the discovery: of places and of people.

Silver: you believe that there is solace in being your own individual, regardless of who you are bound by blood to. Being shaped my experiences, friends, hardships, and new places are what make a person who they are. You value finding roots in and making your own home.

Sebek: Dedication can be a hard thing to come by, but when it does it can grab someone by the reigns. Using every waking moment to cherish that thing, learn more about it, become better at something, and strive to better ones self can be very admirable to you. But, on the other hand, it also calls for the occasional rest.

OTHER (just for ones I know well enough, sorry!)

Neige: You love kindness despite hardship. One can go through horrible things and still choose to be kind. The world could begin to end, and one could still choose to be kind, because it means everything.

Chenya: Curiosity fuels exploration. It fuels art. It fuels everything. It fuels excitement. It fuels friendships. It fuels medicine. It fuels life. Curiosity is endlessly fun, and you think that is very whimsical

Meleanor: Sacrifice for others can be tragic. Knowing what another person has given up for someone else, maybe even everything, is gut wrenching but undeniably a selfless love to you.

Crewel: There can be kindness in strictness. In teachings, there can be a parental guide. There can be someone who cares for you and undeniably wants you to succeed. They know that you can, so they push you towards it. You want this support.

Trein: Love surpasses time. When the ones we love are gone, the memories of them are still held close, with the love once given to them, we can show to others through advice and guidance that comes with time. You find comfort in that.

Crowley: People are flawed. We all know this, yet despite a persons flaws... however many there may be, there is still something hopeful and human about it. About having those flaws and persisting regardless. You may even like those flaws, and the unashamed desire to press on even with them on display.

Fellow/Ernesto: Live for yourself. This is what you desire. People are often caught up in material or monetary things. After all, we live in a world that required it to survive and even be respected. To throw away those views and simply live as you see fit: regardless as to whether you earn those things or not, is something you admire.

Rollo: Sometimes the attachment we have to those we lost can be painful. Regardless, that pain is proof that there was care and love. The things done for others, whether alive or dead, are done selflessly. Grief can fuel hatred, but it can also be caused by love. To unlearn hatred and learn to love again after the fear of loss is a natural human experience. It is a process you understand and admire those who take the time and strength needed to properly love again.

Thank you for reading <3

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[twisted-wonderland-but-gayer]

[groovifiedcandy]

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!

[neotbelivatel]

Twst doodles

[kenchann]

fem oru and pome oru rkgk

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

I think the funniest theory is that in Book 7 the farewell party is on March 15th. People think this because of the calendar in Mickey’s room. While I don’t necessarily think it’s evidence of anything, I think it’s hilarious for one reason: it means everyone will miss Sebek’s birthday.

We know that everyone’s put to sleep late in the evening (there might be an exact time but I don’t remember it) and then we know Ortho was in cyberspace traveling to STYX for at least 48 hours. That, added onto the time it took for him to get his new gear, means that it’s the night of the 17th or early morning of the nineteenth at absolute minimum by the time he wakes Idia up. We can assume that by the time Book 7 wraps up, the 18th will either have just passed or will be almost over, and I don’t think anyone will be in the mood for a belated birthday celebration by that point, and especially not Sebek.

Sebek is one of my favorite characters but. Imagining this is just kinda hysterical. Farewell party march 15th is almost certainly not canon imo but it is in my heart lmao

Yeah 😭 I noticed the backwards 15 in Mickey’s room and made a dark joke before about how Sebek would miss his irl birthday if it’s March 15th. There’s also this alternate dark scenario I played around with… you know, to celebrate Becky Boi’s special day~ :>

If it is March 15th for Lilia’s farewell party, the 48 hours of Ortho downloading data to Styx + preparing his Cerberus Gear + all the time it takes to dream hop and wake up the other students must have eaten up a significant amount of time. Even if we assume the bare minimum, it’s at least Sebek’s birthday already 😭 and they’d theoretically be spending it kicking the crap out of Malleus and fighting for their lives… Malleus owes Sebek a stellar makeup gift after this 💀

The 18th is considered NRC Founding Day in JP (as that is when Twst first launched back in 2020) so it’d be hilarious if they missed the 18th as well. It should be noted that this date isn’t acknowledged as such in the main story, only in anniversary events.

[bubbleddisasters]

Silver and Malleus as nobody mourns the wicked is great but have you ever thought..

Kalim and Jamil post book 4. Hear me out:

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No one mourns the wicked:

(The Scarabia dorm canonically shunning/hating Jamil for everything that went down, calling for him to be demoted from Vice Housewarden. Jamil likely also could of faced SEVERE consequences from his family and the Al-Asims, if not for…)

No, one mourns the wicked:

(Kalim. He likely covered everything up from his and Jamils family, leaving the fact Kalim was the one targeted unknown, or who it was at all, as they did not receive a summons/lawsuit , therefore can be worded as “one” due to their lack of knowing who it was that forgave Jamil.)

Know, one mourns the wicked:

(Back to Scarabia, When the students called for Jamils demotion from Vice Housewarden (Hell, I can imagine they wanted to kick him out of the dorm too), Kalim pushed back and allowed Jamil to keep his position as his Vice.

So then, Scarabia “knows” who mourns the ��wicked”. It can go unsaid for this verse simply because it’s obvious. If it wasn’t Kalim, Jamil wouldn’t be the Vice Housewarden anymore, and might literally be dead (execution for attempt on Kalims life), imprisoned for same reasons as previous, or pulled from the school. It quite literally couldn’t be anyone BUT Kalim if Jamils still in Scarabia.)

Know, one mourns, The Wicked:

(Kalim obviously felt extremely guilty for being ignorant to and/or subconsciously trying to deny Jamils feelings to protect himself from the truth, aswell as feeling guilty for that fact he never knew Jamil was being forced to pretend to be worse than Kalim their whole lives, leading to Jamils suffering.

Therefore Kalim thinking of himself as “the wicked” for not being there for Jamil.)

Yea :)

(I don’t have the talent to draw/animate this so might aswell give y’all writers and artists inspiration. Anyway I’ll make my escape before y’all kill me BYEE)

[acracana]

Twst Meister/Weapon HCs but no explanation just vibes

Heartlsabyul

Riddle: Meister

Trey: Weapon

Cater: Meister

Deuce: Weapon

Ace: Meister

Savanaclaw

Leona: Weapon

Ruggie: Meister

Jack: Weapon

Octavinelle

Azul: Meister

Jade: Weapon

Floyd: Weapon

Scarabia

Kalim: Weapon

Jamil: Meister

Pomefiore

Vil: Meister

Rook: Weapon

Epel: Meister

Ignihyde

Idia: Meister

Ortho: Weapon (I think human-ortho would also be a meister but idk how it would work)

Diasomnia

Malleus: Meister

Lilia: Weapon

Silver: Meister

Sebek: Weapon

[jacktypo]

ortho reads an educational book

[mazuverse]

After I made one of the housewardens I was like “I should make one of the vice house wardens :3”

So I did! Plus Ruggie and Ortho :D

This was also made a long while ago and had to post it.

[yuus-sentient-teddy]

You can tell the First Year Squad had gone together to pick up Yuu and Grim from Ramshackle Dorm from the wind-swept hair and pieces of leaves that got tangled in their hair. It was fine in the earlier months of the school year, when the wind wasn't so strong and didn't come every two minutes. But of course, as winter warmed to spring and the First Year Squad grew in numbers, the weather would become ridiculous.

Sebek complained about the twigs and leaves getting into his hair once everyone was in the safety of the school building. "You know you don't have to come with us," Ace said in reply.

"I'm doing this to make sure you all don't dilly dally too long at Ramshackle. I've heard that you four especially are notorious for being almost late to your first class at least once every week."

"Jack's already been doing that, in case you didn't notice."

"Well--! My mission still stands!"

Epel has also been worried about his hair getting too messy, but he wouldn't miss out on walking with his crew in the mornings. For their part, the Squad help the best they can to fix his hair before Vil can see.

(Vil does see this in the background. Rook persuades him to let the Squad figure it out; anyway, Epel was thoroughly taught how to keep his appearance.)

Look, it's very heartwarming to imagine the Squad helping each other get leaves out of the other's hair or anything that somehow get caught on the other's clothes.

Sebek squatting down to help Grim get a couple of leaves out that got stuck in his ribbon. Yuu carefully picking out leaves and a flower petal in Sebek's hair even though he said he'd handle it. Ace taking out the same things from Yuu's hair.

Ortho helping to restylize the back of Epel's hair after getting the leaves and petals out while Epel and Deuce help Jack brush out his tail or get a leaf or two out of his hair.

Just the First Year Squad doing friend things (and the senpais being like "awwww" while watching)

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