#palutena's angel (pit)

[sunsetbridge555]

did u guys know i love kid icarus uprising

[pollyannawog]

Had a funny conversation w/ friends and had to turn it into this

[muses-of-the-memory]

New Muses

Everyone, I have now added new muses into my multimuse blog. These are the characters below.

Pit

Palutena

Phosphora

Treena

The Mystery Inc. Gang: Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers and Scooby-Dooby Doo!

If you'd like a starter for either of these characters, leave a like or a reply to which you want to RP with.

[maburito]

Ooh spooky, nice.

[somethings-diner]

Oh my Palutena- Pit did you just purr?? Can Dark Pit do that too?

N-NO! I DIDN'T!

[kira-angel24]

Febuwhump 2023 Day 25

Assumed Dead

    Kira's eyes finally focused. The bright light made the girl shift her wings. "Lady Paluetna! She's awake!" Her eyes shot toward the voice above her. Kira's eyes widened and she quickly backed up. Her eyes locked into the figure before her. His brown hair curled the same way hers did. The girl's gaze shifted to the white plumage coming from his back. "Whoa, she... she does look a lot like Pittoo." Kira placed her hand over her forehead and flinched. Her skin was back to its normal pale color, free of the red stains from before.

    "Wh... where... am I?"

    "Oh, right. Sorry about that, you're in Skyworld."

    "H... huh?"

    "High above the world on floating islands, safe from any threats."

    "I... what are you?"

    "I'm servant to the Goddess Paluetna. An angel!"

    "I..." her eyes teared up. "You're... like..."

    "My apologies Pit, I got so wrapped up in things and I couldn't get here right away."

    "No no, it's okay. She just woke up just a minute ago." Kira glanced over at the green haired goddess. She watched the goddess silently, her mind racing. "Greetings little one, I understand your confusion, but hopefully I can explain everything you ask."

     "I... I don't understand... they were all wiped out."

     "Who?"

     "Angels, I..."

     "Oh, they were here too."

     "Oh... I..."

     "It's okay little one. You've been through a lot."

     "Am... am I dead?"

     "Oh no no, you're still alive and well. We thought you were dead when we first found you."

     "I see, that's good, I guess."

     "I'll see to you that you are cared for while you're with us."

     "Th... thank you... Lady Paluetna."

[castellaangelofshadows]

In light of the recent KIU news or rather lack thereof have my DarkLight family au's reaction to the Direct. (Would have posted this the day of but I was battling a bad cold.)

Dark Pit: "Well that was pointless!"

Pit: Wondering if Sakurai doesn't like him anymore

Viridi: Wishing she had her reset bomb factory to threaten HQ

Phosphora: I barely got my hopes up but I was still disappointed.

Magnus: thinking he wasted hours of his time.

Palutena and Gaol: disappointed

Castella: doesn't fully understand what's going on but sad for her family

[bobauthorman]

Whenever Palutena is feeling a bit lonely, rather than go looking for a hapless mortal to seduce like the other gods, she just turns her loyal, dependable captain of the guard into an adult for a date...and then turns him back when it’s time to work, because he’s not used to battling in that tall, muscular body, and she can’t concentrate on her own work when he’s strutting around in that handsome, mature bod.

Pit’s younger self has no recollection of what happens when he becomes an adult, although he’s a bit confused why, after blacking out, his face is covered in lip prints and Paluntena refuses to face him for several days afterward.

[the-temple-of-light]

*clasps hands*

...So do I need to actually introduce this AU or can I just launch right into it-?

[lorekeeper-backset]

Kid Icarus if you only play Smash: Haha, look at the funny angel guy. Man, Palutena sure is sexy. Dark Pit is so lame he's just a clone of Pit. I don't have Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.

Kid Icarus if you played Uprising: Philisophical and moral examination into gods who care only for themselves and don't care who they drag into their petty conflicts, questions on whether humanity is inherently cruel and warlike, questions on whether the violence you engage in is right, Pit, Dark Pit, and Palutena are all interesting characters with a lot of depth, Dark Pit is more than just an edgy evil doppleganger (he's not even evil and it really bothers me whenever people include him among the villains in fan comics), extremely clever writing and witty humor, gameplay that literally physically hurts but is totally worth it.

[sepublic]

Everyone jokes that Pit is the unpaid intern who depends on tips to survive, but in a way, Palutena is also that amidst the godly pantheon; So it's fitting her personal champion reflects those same frustrations. Because if you think about it, Palutena is the only god actually trying to do her job in maintaining the celestial balance and helping humanity, and without really asking for anything?

You have Medusa, Pandora, Thanatos, Hades, and Pyrrhon, whom are all self-explanatory. You have Dyntos, who is neutral and does lean towards the greater good every now and then; But his general inaction is still enabling, and Palutena is scared of him for a reason.

We have Poseidon, who actually DOES help Palutena, but also admitted to wiping out a bunch of humans casually, and otherwise doesn't do anything else to participate. And while Viridi does try to maintain the balance of nature, she also massacred countless humans and contributed to the chaos that attracted the Aurum. And humans are a part of nature themselves, too!!!

And it's interesting because Palutena doesn't seem to demand anything in return; It seems she really is doing this out of the goodness of her heart, more or less. She does have her issues and occasional petty condescension towards humans, but otherwise Palutena's the only member of the pantheon committed to keeping things together. And while humans do sometimes praise and worship Palutena, it seems that she'd help them anyway even if she didn't; She calls Magnus a jerk but that's really it.

That ties into how sometimes, Palutena does admit that she feels pressured and overwhelmed with her duty, and the way she thanks Pit for insisting she does a great job in Chapter 4 kinda feels like... Well, maybe she's fishing for compliments sometimes, because Palutena could genuinely use the validation and it's lonely. This is also why she admits she's honored that Hades knows who Palutena is, because Hades is presumably a big deal in the pantheon, and I think Palutena craves validation, as much as she wants to be pure and selfless about her work; She does genuinely care too, these two things aren't mutually exclusive.

There's the Chaos Kin arc, and while Palutena's possibly just saying she's sick of doing the dirty work for humanity because the Chaos Kin makes her... There could be a hint of truth, just how Dark Pit reflects the truth in Pit's heart; Again, parallels between Goddess and Angel. She admits she's tired of constantly having to protect and take care of the humans, which is like Pittoo being frustrated with doing Palutena's dirty work.

Which then gets me to another point; Pit being a reflection of Palutena's light, because I can kinda see her venting her frustration through him? If Palutena feels beleaguered as the only goddess protecting humanity and the world in general, then she might really appreciate having a devoted angel with infinite energy, who will jump to any task for her. Which makes Pit a way for Palutena to treat herself, let someone help her handle the load, etc.

But there is a darker side, with how Palutena will sometimes demean Pit, even appealing to Viridi and Hades in Chapter 15 this way; It kinda reminds me of people who are bullied, only to turn the bullying towards someone else and participating in that so they can be part of the in-group, not be laughed at themselves, etc. Plus her shutting down Pit's disagreement with "Are you the goddess here?" Especially since she might feel that she deserves more respect for her work, and isn't always given that by those 'below' her (AKA humans, usually). It feels good to at least take pride in what Palutena DOES have, right?

And that's Palutena dropping her filter around her own 'Palutena' because admittedly, Pit is in a subordinate position to her. And I guess it feels good, deep down, to be the one letting someone else handle the work, and exercising that power over them because Pit is someone Palutena can get away with being unpleasant around. Part of that is trust, because Palutena feels comfortable being herself, expressing her own insecurities and true feelings.

But the other part is expression frustration at someone who won't talk back, who Palutena doesn't have to worry about holding up an image towards; With other gods it's obvious, and to humans, she has to be their perfect, noble paragon of virtue. In the end, it reminds me of how some people tired with their jobs might take it out on their assistants, or others who are below them, to feel like they're the ones in control and who are being asked for recognition from.

That ironically leads to Pit's own latent frustrations with Palutena, which is furthered by him being unable to fly on his own. And that manifests as Dark Pit. And then Palutena's frustrations manifest through the Chaos Kin's manipulation of her. Imagine if Pseudo-Palutena returned in a sequel to genuinely be the Pittoo to Palutena's Pit, lol. Although her dialogue paints her as more of a mad religious fanatic than someone secretly tired of that work.

In the end, I wonder how much of this has to do with Medusa's betrayal; In the original NES manual, it's mentioned that Palutena and Medusa both ruled together, they're two sides of the same coin, Light and Darkness. But when Medusa neglected her own duties to attack humanity, that forced Palutena to exile her into the Underworld, which basically left her working double, perhaps. Again, like how Pit has to often do all of the work, despite there being centurions who can come back from the dead like he does.

In Pit's case, this comes from a fierce loyalty and protective attitude towards those he cares about; He's a good friend always there for others who wouldn't dare to ask anything of them, but that wears him out ragged. In the case of Palutena, she had to lose that option entirely when Medusa went on a rampage; But shortly afterwards, Pit rescued her and became Palutena's champion.

So Pit has a lot of work dumped on him, and maybe that's because he's essentially taking over Medusa's duties in being someone who works directly alongside Palutena to maintain balance. That could make him a fun parallel to Medusa in a way. And maybe Pit is aware of this, adding to his refusal to ever question or betray the Goddess of Light, because he knows she's already been hurt and is also doing more work than she's supposed to. His loyalty comes out of empathy and compassion towards someone he can tell really needs it.

But that selflessness can be self-destructive, because Pit will forget to consider what he's getting in return, and that gives us Pittoo, whose selfishness is framed as not inherently bad, and even good for him. But Palutena does care for Pit in return, in big and little ways, such as preparing a cold drink for him after Chapter 10. She cares a lot for Pit too, she'll cook a delicious vegetable stew for him!

You know if Medusa returns in a sequel, I'd like to know more about her and Palutena's falling-out, if there was actually anything more to it than just "Medusa looks down on humanity." After the Chaos arc, I could see her insinuating to Pit that Palutena will betray him for real, just as she did her... Only for Pit to redo that same speech about how Medusa is an unprompted murderer of helpless innocents, ya dingus.

TL;DR Palutena is the only goddess doing her job and it's exhausting and she takes it out on her secretary who is also in the exact same position, ironically.

[canadianlucifer]

Tokyo Ghoul characters and who they main in Smash Bros.

Kaneki: the classic sword boy, Marth

Touka: kicks absolute ass with Kirby

Hide: Pirahna Plant ofc, and he destroys everyone

Nishiki: Sonic has what he wishes he had (speed)

Kimi: you just KNOW she's destroying people with Zero Suit Samus. STEM girlies ✨

Koma: he gives me Falco vibes tbh (and would probably do the "hands off my -kah!" taunt)

Irimi: she really likes Daisy's vibes

Hinami: she's played Toon Link ever since she played Phantom Hourglass

Yomo: R.O.B.

Yoshimura: Mario, the classic old man choice

Tsukiyama: Palutena because he likes how she looks purely from an aesthetic standpoint and is appalled by how the public treats her

Uta: there isn't a doubt in my mind Uta would play Ridley.

Ayato: Dark Pit. He looked through the roster to find the edgiest character he could find and settled on the dark angry fallen angel with red eyes.

Naki: Donkey Kong 100%

Tatara: he locked eyes with Lucario once and never changed it.

Eto: she feels like a Bowser main to me

Arima: Peach vibes

Amon: Wii Fit Trainer. He doesn't even really know how to play, but likes her vibes

Akira: Sheik, and you don't even realize you lost until the results screen

Takizawa: Snake for absolutely no reason in particular. (and yes, he was disappointed when ultimate changed his "no reason")

Houji: Ganondorf, and he pretends his sword is Chi Shi

Juuzou: Ice Climbers.

[peach-s0up]

cant believe ive been a fan of kid icarus since i was 13 and i havent drawn a single pit or palutena

here are my lil redesigns of them, made palutena look more roman god she is so beautful to me i cant describe it

and pit my angel bby......my son......my beautfl child.........

[myth-of-light]

Sorry to bother you a second time with an ask(none of my friends know kid Icarus so I got no one to talk to about)

But when hades pokes fun at pits inability to fly palutena states “his wings just don’t work right”

I googled “wing deformities” and the first thing that came up was angel wing, a deformity where rapid wing development causes the wing to outgrow proper bone support, causing the wing to bend out at an unnatural angle and a permanent inability to fly

And what’s it caused by?

An unhealthy diet of rich protein and carbohydrates.

And we know pit loves food. Specifically things like sweets and fast food, based on his distaste for veggies as stated in Palutenas Revolting Dinner

I rest my case

Well apologies, but I am going to challenge your case! A year late! (I am always happy to receive ask dw)

And if anyone notices mistakes below please comment! espically with formatting.

Angel Wing Syndrome

Angel Wing Syndrome is a deformity that effects aquatic birds, such as ducks and geese. Angels, like Pit, are typically inspired by the Dove and other birds that are typically non-aquatic birds. But let's say Pit is a swan or something, this still doesn't fit.

Angel Wing Syndrome also limits or completely restricts a bird from flying, which isn't the case for Pit, he can flap/glide on his own and with assistance from the Gods, can fly. If he had Angel Wing Syndrome he would mostly likely not be able to fly at all.

Not to matter that was make Angel Wing Syndrome so recognisable it the physical deformity is has on the bird. Having vitals feathers pulled to the rear. Pit clearly does not have this.

Though I will agree Pit doesn't have the best diet.

There are 10 possible food to have for health, this includes:

Fruits: apples, melons, grapes,

Meaty Foods: meat, hamburgers, sushi

Junk food: cakes, ice cream, doughnuts, bars of chocolate.

There is no vegetables! Unless you count anything in the burger haha.

But this ask did make me wonder, why can't Pit fly? And if there is any evidence in game to why.

I seem to find in an answer in by comparing when Pit can fly vs when he cannot.

Pit's Wings

In the original game he looks like this (oh gods the quality I apologise)

His wings go along his upper back, though pretty small right? Only reaching the neck when stretched out.

But now look at him with the Wings of Pegasus, they reach his head. Now while this could just be a visual to show the Pegasus' Wings Superiority, but perhaps Pit's wings aren't big enough to carry his weight.

But before I came to a conclusion, I looked at Uprising

First two (top layer) are Pit's wings normally where as the last two (bottem) layer is when the Miracle of Flight is activated. It may be hard to see but his wings are bigger when the Miracle of Flight is activated. You can see this when Pit jumps out at the start of a chapter, but can also see this in the cutscene in Ring of Chaos , when Viridi activated Flight.

You can see his wings grow. As seen in the images below and at the beginning of the clip.

I also looked at the pegasus wings for Uprising, but they are turned off because of potential unreliability, according to Palutenas(see image one below), hence they aren't any bigger than normal miracle of flight(image two below).

Note: when Pit is extracted from battle his wings do not change. (image three below)

So when Miracle of Flight is activated, Pit's wings grow? It that just a special detail or does Pit need bigger wings?

Dark Pit's Wings

To figure this out we can also use Dark pit for when he gets Pandora Power.

Pre-Pandora, his wings are similar to Pit's(see first image), but when he gets Pandora they almost double in size (see second image), you can really feel the difference.

But what is fascinating, is that when you fight him again, his wings are back to the average size (see third image). At first I thought this was an inconsistency, but no, as after the battle he seems to activate his wings, become big again (see fourth image).

Dark pit doesn't gain/have better wings, he gains power to activate his own infinite Miracle of Flight, which also make his wings bigger. He seems to prefer smaller wings for flighting (as they probably make them both lighter on their feet).

This makes me think that the Pits don't have big enough (or at the very least strong enough) wings to carry them. So the Miracle of Flight acts as an aid that give them these things while in flight (as Dark pit chooses to deactivated on the ground).

This is probably the answer.

(more speculation below)

But if that is the case, the biggest question is

Why does Pit's Wings Burn/Why is there a limit to the Miracle of Flight?

This part now is just speculation. (Also I am ignoring the last scene of 15min flying for this post, as I just think it's just a credit thing.)

Is seems that if the Miracle of Flight is used for too long Pit gets burnout both metaphorically and physically, his wings catch aflame due to the limit. So why is there a limit, and why does Dark Pit not have it?

The only difference between Pit and Dark Pit is how they gain their miracle of flight.

Dark Pit absorbed Pandora's power, making it his own. Therefore the power he uses to fly is (temporary) his own that he can control and regulate. Whereas Pit has someone else acting upon him, gods for that matter. Who cannot regulate their power being exerted upon him as well as Dark Pit can on himself.

I think it's the different between external vs internal regulation that is the difference between Pit and Dark Pit here. Dark Pit can know exactly how much power/usage he needs for flight whereas the gods made be just shoving a bunch of power in Pit's wings, not knowing how to regulate it correctly to Pit's needs. For the Miracle of Flight to be safe and unlimited, Pit has to be the one giving power to his wings.

But in order to get that power he has to steal it, which has been shown to be unsustainable as Pandora lived on in Dark Pit's wings. Not only that but it had to be all of Pandora's power, who was a goddess. So I don't think Palutena can simply give this power to Pit, as is has to be the power of an entire deity, but if you absorb that power, the deity lives on. While the circumstances of Pandora's revival were rare, there no certain way to know that there isn't other ways an absorbed deity can get their power back.

This makes in unlikely that Pit could one day fly on his own indefinitely. Though can offer explanation on why Dark Pit can fly. But alas, this part is more speculative than the other (hence under the cut). But it is interesting to think about.

Thanks for the ask!

[misrepresentedmorallygrey]

PROPAGANDA

Jean Vicquemare

He's a minor character with a surprising amount of depth when u look into it!! But he is also a Cop (derogatory) and I feel a lot of people take the few things we know about him and twist it into an entirely different entity separate from the source material. I think he's an interesting character and should also be catapulted into the sun <3

This could not be more of a divisive character in this Fandom, which is hilarious considering he doesn't even have that much screen time. He is either seen as the devil incarnate or a poor little baby who's so sad! Being a fan of him means it's just best to block his tag here on Tumblr otherwise you'll tear your hair out at how frustratingly people misrepresent his purpose in the story.

Dark Pit

Most of Dark Pit's mischaracterization comes from the fact that he's in SSBU- everyone assumes he's like every other nintendo clone; evil and just a 'bad' version of the original. But he's not!! Even the characters in his own game think he's just cruel by nature, when he's never actually done anything wrong. He's a dick, yes, but wouldn't you be a bit pissy if you kept getting dragged into a war you want no part in, called a name crafted specifically to belittle your own existence?

Dark Pit was created when Pit, the original, was on a mission to destroy a mirror that would copy anything that stood before it, since the villians were using it to create an army. It's incredibly important to note that it does NOT create 'evil' versions or even just copy the body and leave the personality at home. It's a 1:1 conversion. Unfortunately, the villians also knew Pit would destroy the mirror quite directly, standing in front of it (or more accurately, flying kicking towards it) and triggering the copy to be made. It was shattered midway through creation, creating Dark Pit- something the villians were hoping would happen, as Pit is the last angel to exist and they REAAAALLY want their own angel.

Immediately everyone assumes Dark Pit is just evil by default- even the villian is gloating about her new minion, but he immediately rejects that and punches the villian and helps you in the fight. He steals her power and flies away after, but its important to realize that Dark Pit could've just allied with the villians for the same result, and instead chose to be alone. Sure, he's kinda a dick to Pit, but he hasn't done anything outright evil. Just took a dead god's power in order to fly and left.

Cue the next mission where Palutena calls Dark Pit 'twisted' and 'inherently corrupt' like ma'am where??? Hes just an asshole cmon, you would be too if your birth parent is a reflective piece of glass. You go off on a mission to try and KILL him, and he obviously defends himself- once again, he's done nothing outright wrong. He's rude and aggressive, yes, but he literally doesn't want ANY part of all this war between gods shit, and here you are killing him for merely existing. During the final battle of the mission Dark Pit tells Pit that he is his reflection, and that they're the same person- Dark Pit is just more than willing to say the things Pit refuses to admit to himself.

AND HE'S RIGHT. Dark Pit believes the gods are selfish, are using Pit as a tool for their own gain, and that the world would be better off without them since all they ever seem to do is cause war and destruction. If you pay attention to how Pit reacts to the world around him, he DOES share these beliefs but instead of acting on them, he just buries it. Pit will even snap at the gods about half-way through the game, telling them outright that its THEIR war that is destroying the planet and that THEY'RE all at fault. Dark Pit is NOT an evil clone; he's an inversion. Everything Pit hides away, he wears on his sleeve, and interestingly, everything Pit openly is, DARK PIT STILL IS TOO. He, just like Pit, hides it away instead of admiting it.

After the fight Dark Pit runs away, and shows up mainly as an ally to Pit going forward. The game mentions further how kinda fucked up Dark Pit's whole situation is- if Pit's soul is removed from his body, Dark Pit just DOESN'T EXIST during that time. If Pit dies, Dark Pit dies, and he has no control over it. He never even gets his own name- its either Dark Pit, or his nickname of 'Pit two' (Pitto). If Pit ever attacks Dark Pit and tries to kill him, there's little Dark Pit could ever really do; In the game he'll defend himself and try and kill you, but at that point he's dead either way. His life is barely his own.

Worst part is, SSBU confirms Dark Pit allied with Viridi after the events of Kid Icarus Uprising. I cannot STRESS how horrible that is for his characterization so far. Viridi is the god of nature and hates humanity for even existing, with her first appearance being her dropping NUKES onto towns and cities to purge humanity. And Dark Pit now works as a commander under her. Either Viridi has to mellow out REAL damn fast and stop nuking medieval humans, or they accidentally wrote Dark Pit to be a Human Murderer (we specifically know Viridi sends her commanders to kill off anyone who survives her nature nukes). Really hope this stays in the realm of 'not canon' because holy shit there's so many better options to pick from than the 'little girl god with a hit list and a factory of bombs'.

(Not even sure WHY Dark Pit, who thinks gods are selfish and use angels like tools, would want to ally with a god. Yes, he can't fly without a god's help, but even then why ally with the most vindictive and murder-happy god that isn't Hades??? Poor dude really just needs a break from all the gods to sort out who he is and to start building his own life independently from Pit)

[super-smash-bracket]

ROUND ONE

Neku Sakuraba

Pit: This guy's got some cool earphones, Lady Palutena! Palutena: That's Neku Sakuraba, Pit. Pit: Woah, what's with that weird energy around his hand? Joshua: Allow me to answer that, fellow angel. Viridi: Who are YOU?! Joshua: The name's Yoshiya Kiryu, but please, one angel to another... Call me Joshua. Pit: Angel... Right... Um, so, Joshua, what's th- Joshua: That "weird energy" is probably a trace of the Reapers' Game from Shibuya. A little odd, since there's no need to hold one while we're here, but I suppose if it's to allow him his Psychs... Pit: ...Psychs? Joshua: Think of it as analogous to that, "PSI" those little boys like throwing around. For example, you see that Aqua Ghost pin he's wearing? That gives him the Psych of Splash Core. Palutena: Thank you, Joshua. Pit, Splash Core is a projectile that stays immobile until it's hit. If YOU manage to hit it back while it's moving, it'll count as your KO! Pit: Um... KO?

Ghirahim

Pit: Oh, it's Ghirahim... Viridi: Not as excited to see the guy who teleports around and throws knives, huh? Pit: Yeah... Plus, that laugh he does is creepy. And the way he hangs around Ganondorf all the time... Palutena: Well, Ghirahim is the spirit of Demise's blade, and Ganondorf is the reincarnation of Demise. I trust you can make the connection yourself. Pit: The reincarnation of Demise... So, this "Demise" was before Ganondorf? Palutena: That's right. In fact, Demise was the foe of the first Link and Zelda, all the way back in the Era of Sky. There's some time travel involved, but not too much. Viridi: Back to the dancing fool. He's a master swordsman, stupid cloak aside. If you attack him at the wrong time, he'll catch your blades and deliver a mean counterstrike! Since he's also a sword, it'll hurt big time. So try not to fall for it, okay, Pit?