#reversed ending lucio

[ivquatro]

Lucio reverse route, the Devil's consort.

I've finished! Wow, I'm really proud of the result!

Version without paper texture:

[mashup-writing]

The Arcana; Masterlist

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A = angst, F = fluff, H = humor, HC = Hurt & Comfort, S = smut, UE = Upright Ending, RE = Reverse Ending

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Main 6 Headcanons:

M6 Gift giving & thought process [F] [UE]

Nadia Satrinava:

Across my Memories (F) (UE)

Asra Alnazar:

Nothing Yet!

Julian Devorak:

Nothing Yet!

Muriel:

Nothing Yet!

Portia Devorak:

Nothing Yet!

Lucio Morgasson:

Nothing Yet!

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[lucios-apprentice]

Does anyone wanna rec good fanfic or fanworks in general that are continuations of Julian’s reversed ending? I want to see other peoples ideas of how the bird adventures go. I also just love reversed continuations in general so if you have any for other characters feel free to share.

[crabofthewoods]

im gonna go on a rant about the reversed endings because bsbdksjf theyre amazing

1. i have to start with lucios reversed ending because his route is my favorite djbdjdj. to be completely honest i feel very cool playing this route ok. like wow. mc beat the shit out of the devil. they became the devil. they have almost total control of the mortal realm without even needing to be there.

the throne room(?) shakes when they speak? wonderful. the font of the text changed? unreasonably awesome. they presumably have little goat horns and hooves and shit like devil!nadia?? fucking adorable. i love them they’re perfect

2. i love love love how it’s written. lucio being pissed at the devil for ruining everything??? lucio splitting away from the group?? the mc chasing after them???? lucio explaining that they’re going to fight the devil and mc going with them because bitch if we’re going to die we’re doing it together??!?! holy shit!!!

mc and lucio fighting the devil until they’re both on the brink of collapse, both refusing to give up, and mc pleading with the major arcana for anything to help them win and insisting that they don’t care what happens to them as long as they can win this fight!?!!

and holy SHIT the scene with mc dying is heavenly. lucio’s desperation and panic because oh god you’re dying AGAIN and he has no idea how to fix it and begging mc to come back before i guess making them into the devil?? fucking sign me up i would get wrecked by major arcana any day of the week for that scene istg

the delightfully ominous little monologue mc goes on before they wake up and lucios relief!! the implied angst of asra and nadia and the other major arcana being borderline powerless against mc!!!! hahdjdhhddjjejvvv!!!!!!!! amazing i love it i love it i love it so much

3. im just gonna say it. mc and lucio are both hot in this ending. im not going to elaborate on that either you get it or you don’t

(there is more i love about his reversed ending im just incapable of finding the words for it, but other people definitely have way better takes!! im not here to have a good helpful opinion on this im just rambling about something i really like)

im paranoid about somehow losing everything ive typed so im going to post this and start on the next one bahhsbf

[gypsypendragon]

omg what is that? Is that color? whaaaat....

anyway some things I finished a while ago, part of a larger doodle pg but Im too chicken to post the whole thing at the moment... cause there's words on it... and head canon stuff haaaaa.... I got fed up with trying to keep a color palette original on KC's reverse ending so I just stole Lucio's shit. We match now. Like true villainous partners huehuehue.

[deeply-concerned]

My own head canon for Lucio's Reverse end. Pre!revival MC died in pain and anguish, burning alive while watching the people they cared about (others people of Vesuvia) succumbed to the same fate. They habour a deep hatred for Lucio even at their last dying breath.

When Arsa revived them their soul become a blank state but the memories and resentment still there, just sealed away deeply.

Near the end of Lucio's route, that memories returned along with the feelings by the Devil in the middle of the fight. Now MC is torn between two extremes. They had fallen in love with Lucio but at the same time, the searing hatred burning up their insides resurfaced and it urged them to take revenge, to kill Lucio. They wanted to do it. They wanted to kill Lucio, made him paid for the suffering that he had cause but the other side of them, the side that love him made them faltered.

Lucio saw the memories as well. Saw and felt it, as if he was the one who tossed MC's body, weaken but still breathing down to the fiery pit inside Lazarus himself.

The Devil's plan work. Lucio crumbled down in regret and despair, horrified by what he had done to MC. Now he truly felt the heavy weights of his sins but he couldn't mutter even a single apologies to MC. For what good would words be against such a devastated suffering like that.

With the stake of the world laid heavily on they shoulder, MC bit down their resentment and torn feelings. They accepted the deal with the major Arcane's to defeat the Devil, knowing it would cost them they live but they accepted it because they couldn't bear to kill Lucio but also couldn't bear to love him again. They wanted to save their friend, to save the realms so they willingly paid whatever cost it took.

But the Devil will never be truly gone. When the Devil is defeated, he chose Lucio as the next vessel for his heart. Lucio was possessed and became the Devil, power and eternity flowed through him, life and death all succumbed under his fingertips.

Yet with everything he ever wanted, with all the power in the world ... it all meant nothing when he held MC's still body inside his arm and weep.

To revive a major Arcana cost more than revive a human . It would cost Lucio everything. His power, his self, his life. Everything he had fight for throughout all his miserable life, causing endless suffering just because he didn't want to die... was now all given away willingly for MC. So he battled against the Devil's hold on him, tore his heart out to revive MC and sacrificed his life in the process.

MC was startle awaked in Lucio's embrace, ancient power churning, vibrating under the skin of their new form yet it didn't even register to them as they look up and see Lucio's thrilled face. He looked so happy, so full of hope with tears streaming down as he peppered kisses all over their face. Between breathless laugh and broken sobs, he whispers "thank you, thank you" and "I'm sorry" so many time the MC had lost count.

Still torn by the mixed feelings between love and hatred, delirious by the new found power pumping through their veins MC wanted to pulled away from Lucio only to discover he had started leaning heavily on them. He still laughed, he still cried but it started to became slower, sluggish with each passing seconds. Lucio's eyes never leave theirs as he finally struggled to said:

"I will forever love you..."

before he slumped over completely into MC arms.

Quiet, unresponsive and serene, all the thing the man never was when he was still alive. Numbly, MC clutched at the man's shirt tighter in instinct, their lips quivering, shaping his name but never made it into sound.

The silent seemed to stretched forever inside the palace, before a devastated scream broke out and scorching the realms into flame.

______ Some times later _____

The sun shined warmly on his back as Lucio combed the falling locks of hair back with his spare hand as the other were holding onto his catches of the day. Always had to look his best, even after he had trek through the forest for nearly half of the day is an ideal he kept instilled in himself even if he didn't know why.

Past through the forest tree line, a large beautiful manor emerged in the distant. Lucio smiled fondly as he remembered how he kept insisted it looked more like a small palace as a jab, much to its owner dismay. Even after all this time, he still didn't understand why they don't want to live a  more lavishly lifestyles in a robust city that more suitable with their sovereign position.

But hey, Lucio wasn't going to complain when he catched a familiar figure standing in the front gate and waving to him. He quickly crossed the rye field and headed to the gate with Mercedes and Melchior trotted playfully next to him.

"You don't have to come out and wait for me." Was what Lucio said but the happiness in his voice betrayed his true thoughts. The other just hummed and give him a chaste kiss.

"Welcome back. I'm just curious about what you had hunted today?" Although they eyes had never leave his as they touched his chest.

Lucio laughed and gave the servants his catches. Only a young boar today and a few pheasant, not like the elk they had feasted on last week but Lucio knew they never did truly cared about that. "Just admit that you missed me."

"Maybe a little." They smiled as their hand wandered up past the collarbone to trace under Lucio's jaw tenderly. The corner of the smile never reached their eyes but it squinted up anyway, making their empty facade seemed warmer.

"You smelled." Their nose crinkled a bit, which Lucio found absolute adorable. " Let take a bath."

"With you, always." Lucio laughed and discarded the dirty outer robe before embrace them fully. He missed them too and even though he knew they didn't fully mind, he still noticed they liked to eat fresh games better so he had made it a habit to personally go out hunting time after time. It the least he could do for his lover even if he didn't enjoy hunting much. He surprisingly good at it anyway, like a second nature. He still couldn't remember much about his past but hey, it is nice that he could fulfill his love's appetite.

Hand in hand, Lucio walked inside the manor gate with them. They smiled back. Their hand clutched at his tightly, claws finger protruding out instinctively but never enough to hurt him.

[guinea-pig16]

also also i drew this too ((:

🛑🛑🛑 SPOILER WARNING FOR LUCIOS REVERSED ENDING !!!!! YOUVE BEEN WARNED 🛑🛑🛑

i drew my apprentice insert as the devil according to lucios reversed ending and i think it came out suuuuuper cool !!!!

spookayyyy !!!

[lunnyhasunohana]

Lucio reversed end spoiler maybe I think????:

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[ivquatro]

🔸🔶An endless dawn,🔶🔸

Training perspective and light, kind of in my head and improvising, just with reference. I confess I'm a bit lazy when it comes to studying, I'd rather rack my brains drawing than studying :)

[microwavestim]

they dont know im an arcana fandom veteran (i ran a meme account as well as a headcanons account like 5-7 years ago)

[arsenicxarcana]

someone: FUCK the elderly

me: yea

[helshollowhalls]

So... Julian's Reverse Ending. Yes.

Good news: Lucio is dead and gone for good and the player has the option to gesture him to go fuck himself.

Bad news: Well... Everything else.

[gypsypendragon]

(Incoming Long winded Lucio Reverse Route brain thoughts. It's like, hella late and that late night creative high is at a rampant level so. You've been warned.)

I recently had a slight tone shift in vibe for the way I kind of see Lucio's reverse ending and I am all for it. All my favorite words came flying at me at once when I started thinking...

Ugh my writer nerves are tingling.

Originally I kind of had it pinned in my brain under a, dark fantasy kind of villain origin epic ya know (I'm a hoe for dramatic and dark so bare with me if you stick around my writing/ideas gets drama lmao). Violins and chello music, maybe some organ?, kind of playlists, dark vocals and gothic cathedral kind of vibe. Doing some sketching for the reverse route for my MC though had me thinking.

Changed my playlist as a test and OOF.

While I'm not giving up the dramatic, instrumental villain vibe, I've a got a whole new thing to play with and man am I feeling it right now.

Can I tempt you instead with the thought:

Of an outcome set with the tone of lonely, slow music boxes. A haunting, solo chello. Tragedy only the outside can see, and an shared, selfish, all-consuming obsession that tangles the soul(s). Where the rot sets in so subtle, and so deep, the affected cant see it. When the mere thought of speration is a more agonizing than a physical blow. The vision becomes nothing more than the other tangled in the black vines with you. Decent so deep you don't even see it happening. Corruption gained through a love tainted by desperation and devotion. Blind loyalty soaked in unchallenged obsession; unwilling to even entertain the idea of letting go. Death do you part forced away at the cost of any, and every, one else...

Can you breathe without the oxygen they give you.

Can you live without the heart they grew in you.

Can you survive without the soul they renewed in you.

A villain origin born of a tangled, writhing mess of faults and insecurities cured only by the one who remained and endured along side you.... Villains only able to be undone, if, one were to finally break from the other...

[stariisoda]

Redraw (Left) vs Original (Right)

Redraw (September 2023) vs Original (May 2023)

So I did a redraw of my first piece of Arcana fan art, which was actually from this year, I know right? It's about a 4 or 5 month difference. I was mainly a furry artist and not great with drawing humans. While I'm still learning, I've definitely improved in such a short amount of time.

I messed up the original really bad. The quote was wrong, the outfit was colored incorrectly (also the shirt was super baggy wtf) , and Lucio didn't really look like Lucio. I had been wanting to redo it for a while since it was just really crusty looking.

If you think you aren't impoving with your art, you are. It takes time. Try new things and experiment, and eventually you'll get there. Again, this was literally a 4 month difference!

[rubyfunkey]

every time i re-read any arcana route i comprehend the horrors a little more