#requiem lionheart

[luckywolfsbane]

*Slides this across the table* (I might have added the necklace to my design of him because I adore his design in a certain comic)

I totally just have brainrot. Also... for Requiem and the fics I'm using adjacent headcanons in, I'll be calling First "Lionheart." Why? Because I like it and I can. I will be tagging this as both to make him just as visible.

[mihai-florescu]

[raelyn-dreams]

Hey would you all kill me if I said Mad Party had good points-

[heatwa-ves]

omg tia do youuu perhappss. have leo story recommendations (<- also an invitation to infodump)

HI. ok I haven't read that many stories I'm a really slow reader jdhfjfj but I can recommend a few 😋😋

obviously there's checkmate//lionheart//king's horseback ride//requiem which are the main knights/leo ones, there's diner live which I liked a lot, it has wataeiisms and izuleoisms and ig the other characters are there too... and it has the best eichi cg in the entire world.. blue filament which is pretty short but super cute and has leo sora interaction and they become friends and aaaaa I love them, dance on ice which is also pretty cute and has izuleo being izuleo and kaoru and rei show up for whatever reason I kinda forgot...

aaaaand next door which I read a couple days ago and it made me insane. leo my beloved knights my beloved switch my beloved. next door is soooo aughhshuagjsjkahja it took all my favorite characters in enstars and put them in one story and gave me like three whole lines about the sena family which I was eating up bc I need to know more about them and it gave a flashback to leo's whole depressive episode and that also made me insane and it had natsumugi who were being very gay. and it had naru saying omg izumi are you proposing to leo??? and izumi being annoying and its very very good and I love it a lot.

I don't read ahead so the only !! stories I've read are the ones in en and I haven't read that many ! stories either gjjfjfkg but. hopefully this helped somewhat!!!

[solaaresque]

i am OFFENDED that you didn't introduce me to this gorgeous girl sooner omg i would've walked into enstars hell instantly

SORRY !! i don’t produce knights + i haven’t read many of their stories (only checkmate and the barest bits of requiem/lionheart) so i barely talk about them…

[deimos-the-wolf]

Added songs on my playlist (March 2023)

chrOme hearts by OnlyOneOf

seOul drift by OnlyOneOf

mirage by OnlyOneOf

candy bOmb by OnlyOneOf

blueblueseOul by OnlyOneOf

naby by OnlyOneOf

Adrenaline by CRAVITY

DU DU DU by TAN

Bad Girl by woo!ah!

Love Me Like This by Nmixx

Sweet Juice by Purple Kiss

enchanted night ~ white night by Billlie

lionheart (the real me) by Billlie

EUNOIA by Billlie

various and precious (moment of inertia) by Billlie

extra-ordinary by Billlie

nevertheless by Billlie

Intro : Stigma by KINGDOM

Dystopia by KINGDOM

Intro : Requiem by KINGDOM

Total songs added: 20 songs

Most saved artist: OnlyOneOf (6 songs, 30%) and Billie (6 songs, 30%)

Pie chart:

[nazuna-tunnel-vision]

many thoughts about how cute & soft, sad & painful izuleo is but there's so much going on in their relationship that i don't even know how to start. waves hands around with tears in my eyes.

[gigolohifumi]

anyways should i read checkmate

[puillustrated]

🌫🎆🌫 Lionheart: Requiem is now done. 👨‍🎨 There were some odd 200+ hours or so added to paint and transform the original Lionheart to a landscape(deskmat) and then to a panoramic, 1x3 canvas composition.  🌠 The requiem is a standalone resonance memory to bravery and the leadership concept as the word Lionheart came to embody, or compositionally it can be paired as a glistening wing to the original calm and solace concept. Together it is a wayward sky, strengthening what was already there. 🖼 The prints are now available and so is the Opal variant. The base 13x19 pair of signed print comes with a 8.5x11 print of the original composition. There are also a variety of options to choose from if you already have the core concept framed at your home. 😊 #puillustrated #lionheart #requiem #resonance #opal #skyscene #art #OriginalContentArtist #under10kgang #mixedmedia  (at Volo, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDZLChbjiPp/?igshid=1t4pvucngyarg

[sizhui]

Lionheart is just... A GENIUS set-up for all the following knights stories. The whole continuity of Izuleo stories is genius. It's like Izumi desperately takes your hands and offers you an image of Leo, and then keeps feeding it to you throughout checkmate, and then by horror night halloween you should be questioning it, requiem plainly tells you contradictory things and then next door absolutely fucking shatters it with a chapter called MONOLOGUE aka Leo finally taking over the story from izumis hands and showing you the truth in the moment, not a recollection of past events but a raw moment of self loathing in which he admits that he knowingly broke people with his own two hands for Izumi's sake, yes, but also for praise and fame and money. God.

[hitsuyou-fukaketsu]

and also can you rec some enstars stories with izuleo / your favorite izuleo fics (if you have any)

Yesyesyesyesyedyesyesyesyesyesyes

I mentioned some in your other ask but I'm putting them here too

- Base of relationship

Checkmate (2nd year izlo, can be very graphic so proceed with care)

Lionheart (angst no comfort.)

Requiem (comfort! It's about tsukasa and everyone else in knights too, it's a really nice story)

Next door (angst+comfort, and worrymat tsundere sena, he has cute and nice interactions with sora too<3)

- Others that are not really important but they are important to Me because they have Moments that make me go a little insane

Horror night halloween (key event to understand the sena-makoto-leo relationship, argument of izlo in their 2nd year)

Soirée in the canary hall (tsundere worrymat sena)

Star festival (jealous leo he's so jealous help, guilt trips sena too)

And some fics i rly like (if it's to get the gist of the relationship ig? I normally read fluff and kiss kissy scenes)

This fic got the feelings of 1st and 2nd year izlo rly well but man doesnt it hurt

And some fics i have in my bookmarks but i dont remember at all help but im sure they are full with kissy kissy stuff bc im like that

(NOCTURNEATMIDNIGHT IS A RLY GOOD AUTHOR)

I love kissy kissy :]]]

[luckywolfsbane]

Requiem Chapter 12 Drops by midnight

Today is 10/23/2024

Here's what you need to know going into this chapter:

1) This is the end of this arc. Chapter 13 is the start of the next arc, which will likely run approximately 12 chapters before leading into the 3rd and final arc. I've dubbed the arcs as "questions," "answers," and "resolution."

2) I've answered the major questions in this chapter. By the end, you'll know what Shadow knows, what Hyrule's deal is, what happened to Sky in chapter 11, and more. Some answers leave more questions to be answered, allowing the plot to move forward.

3) My in-depth description of Lionheart’s doll(aka First's doll) is based on how he appears in [this comic by ovegakart].

4) Don’t worry, I haven't forgotten about Sky's condition. I promised a treat for Sky angst enjoyers, and the treat is not done baking. We'll get the rest of that in chapter 14.

5) Be prepared for a chapter of heavy exposition. As I edit, I'm trying to expand descriptions, but so much is being said. They transition between topics rather quickly, as well.

6) There’s a bit of fluff in this chapter. It's laced with light angst. No major plot events occur aside from the discussion.

7) No dolls are used in this chapter.

[mihai-florescu]

boss can you give out sena story recs? In honor of enstars prosekai collab

Izumimir recs: weeell, main story 1 for the kidnapping scene/introduction. Midsummer night's dream. King's horseback ride (this one i'd recommend because it's leo's introduction, and leo and izumi's stories are entwined. Im not wearing yaoi goggles im just telling you the facts). Lionheart. Checkmate. Horror night halloween. Soiree in canary hall. Requiem. As for gacha stories, Runway and Butterfly are prooobably the most important ones i can think of? As for !!: Next Door. Euthanasia. Gambit. Reloaded. Portrait. There are a bunch more in both eras, for example i always cry at the soup scene in Hot Winter, which is so not an important Izumi story or even a story worth crying at if you're normal. Or his oniichan tendencies show up in random sub stories with other younger characters like yuuta when makoto isnt around. But I think the ones i mentioned should be sufficient for you to grasp his character^_^

I'll also have you know late december-early january is the anniversary of me officially accepting im an izumiP. So this is a fitting time for such an ask. Like masami said, please be gentle in judging my boy, proseka fans...

[mayoiayasep]

For the character ask game!! Izumi (enstars)

favorite thing about them: his voice and his pretty face are his saving grace fr /hj

least favorite thing about them: the way he interacted with arashi in the early ! stories. he sucked

favorite line: i cant put all of the requiem monologues here but please know that "and if you're smiling i am too" is a close contender

brOTP: him and nazuna!! its a wonder nazunyan hasnt killed him already<3

OTP: izuleo. checkmate and lionheart hurt like a bitch

nOTP: dont have one? not the fondest of izumako romantically

random headcanon: i have no idea if this is canon or not but he wears contacts and is blind as shit without them

unpopular opinion: he's. he's not a bad person he just has several issues and no fucking clue on how to properly express love and that lead to several things including the makoto incident

song i associate with them: brand new city by mitski. "if i gave up on being pretty i wouldnt know how to be alive" ass

favorite picture of them:

he's just a bit pathetic<3 i want to roundhouse kick him in the stomach<3<3

[heatwa-ves]

i havent read uhhh Any knights stories so am i good to start with lionheart or should i read other ones first? your posting has convinced me

HELLOOOO hi. knights. hi.

definitely do not start with lionheart, it requires context of both izumi and leos characters and previous events to have the Full Emotional Impact (aka ruining your life like it did to me)

I think which one you start with depends on how much you know about knights as a unit and if you want the plot stuff or an overview of them and their dynamics as a group

for plot, definitely read checkmate first, it's the pre ! story for knights and makes me unwell!!! lionheart comes chronologically after checkmate so you can read it then if you want or wait till you've read some of the other stories for more context, after checkmate there's king's horseback ride and then requiem (I'm pretty sure this is the right order? I haven't read requiem yet tho so you better not read it before me 😭)

but yeah as long as you read checkmate before lionheart you're good <- read them the other way round 🫣

I also recommend the meowsketeers scout story as an overview of knights as a unit and also bc it gave me ritsu feelings and also bc there's a kitty cat!!

[mayonakano-archive]

hiiii!! don't think i've talked to you much but i was wondering if you have any story recommendations for ! era knights? specifically ones that offer info of how the war affected them & their development (so far requiem and monochrome checkmate are on my reading list) also feel free to add any other stories (including !! era) you recommend ^^

Hihi!! Ok I'm on a plane now but that was literally the funniest time for this ask to come through shfkfn

ANYWAY STORIES. I've only read a few so I'm definitely missing some but!! Also everything I've read is Leo-centric (I'm still writing an essay. Its like 6k works. Help /j)

Checkmate and Requiem are very good (Checkmate slaughtered me /pos it gives you the formation of Knights!!!) Read Lionheart after that (its a little bonus chapter of a novel that gives you insight to Izumi's POV when Leo becomes a shut-in) um, King's Horseback Ride is also very good; gives you Leo's return to Yumenosaki! Concerto is more Mama and Leo focused but does show Leo's return to the stage so that one could be good too? And then Next Door gives you s'more Leo Being A Menace but shows more of Modern Knights; but read Dark Night's Passing too before that bc Leo makes mentions of events that happened during that story!!!! There's probably more but as of now those are the ones I've read/am going to read!!!

OH OH STARFES TOO. Knights Starlight Festival is Arashi-centric but also talks about the war iirc? So that one might be good too!!!!