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Should I make the creatures in Arcanium more magic or should I make them more grounded on real life

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dropping some fav OOR art I drew in these past few months here

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(eng sub) Taka Shohei Yu talking about Takeru's tsundere side XD

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Animage October 2024 Issue Kamen Rider Gavv ft. Chinen Hidekazu & Sugihara Teruaki (translations below)

Publication: September 10, 2024

The Strange Sweets Kamen Rider

The 6th Reiwa Kamen Rider is the first ever to use a sweets motif! The cast and staff talk about the behind the scenes of the birth of the new hero who fascinates us with a gap between poppin visuals and its heavy filling!!

Having passed out due to hunger, Shouma, who comes from another world, was saved by a human boy named Hiroi Hajime. Shouma was in a difficult situation when he confronts the Granute, a monster who wants to kill Hajime, but when he "sets & eats" the familiar like creatures called Gochizo in the mouth on his stomach, he transforms into Kamen Rider Gavv and crushes the Granute. This was the beginning of Shouma's battle to protect humans.

The latest entry in the Kamen Rider series, "Kamen Rider Gavv" only just started in September. Despite the poppin imagery and visuals of sweets as its motif, this is a hard and serious drama that depicts the lonely battle of a young man named Shouma, who hides a grand past and mystery behind him.

This production features Takebe Naomi-san as the Producer, Sugihara-san as the pilot Director who determines the direction of the work, Komura Junko-san as Screenwriter, and Fujita Satoshi-san as Action Director, all of whom have worked on the Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series. In particular, Sugihara-san and Komura-san are the pair that gained attention for their work in "Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger" and the fans are expressing their expectations.

The story of a fierce battle between the sweets Kamen Rider and the Granute monsters has only just begun, so don't miss a moment of the birth of a new Kamen Rider legend! _

Chinen Hidekazu (Shouma)

The first transformation born from an extreme situation

-Supported by dependable friends and the Director-

"Please tell us your impression of the Kamen Rider series."

Chinen: For me, I've admired Kamen Riders since I was a child, and I love them so much that they're the first thing that comes to mind when people ask, "Who's your hero?" I've lived my whole life dreaming of becoming a Kamen Rider, so I was really happy when I was chosen to be Shouma.

"Are there any works that you find particularly memorable?"

Chinen: It's hard to pick a single work from my generation since I'm so attached to all of them, but……I think "Kamen Rider OOO" might be the one I was particularly enthusiastic about when watching. The dialogue between Hino Eiji and Ankh was interesting, and even as a child the ending made me think, so including its theme song, it's my favorite work. Lately however, I've been super into "Kamen Rider Den-O" (laughs). I'm watching it from the perspective of learning why it became so popular, but I also like Den-O because of Satoh Takeru's (who plays Nogami Ryotaro) amazing performance in which he plays multiple different personalities.

"What kind of person do you feel Shouma is?"

Chinen: I read the script so much that it felt like I was watching myself, as I thought that Shouma was so similar to me. We're very similar in the way that we're abit out of the loop, but also curious and get into the things that interest us. I was glued to the TV when I was a child, and I'd become so engrossed when watching it, that I couldn't even listen to what my mother was saying. However, I feel like I'm far removed from him in terms of his guts and inner strength, his desire to save people even at the risk of his own life, and his ability to fight the enemy. Playing the role of Shouma gives me energy and makes me aspire to be like him.

"We think another feature of this production is that right now, Shouma doesn't have a fixed place to stay, and that he comes into contact with a variety of people wherever he goes."

Chinen: I think alot of people are curious to see what happens next, as so far in Gavv, the story continues to be dominated by Shouma's easygoingness and the fact that we don't know what he's thinking. He seems to have a connection with Sachika-san, who he met in episode 2, so what happens to them in the future is a big point to watch out for!

"Please tell us your impressions of Sachika and the person who plays her, Miyabe Nozomi-san."

Chinen: Miyabe-san is a very refined person, so when we first met at script reading, I was shocked and said, "This person's gonna be a gyaru?!" (laughs). One of the things I like about Miyabe-san is that her mannerisms show the quality of her upbringing, but the more we talked, she really started to look like a gyaru, and I felt that performing together with her was amazing. Sachika-san leaves a strong impression of being a gyaru, but on the inside, she's a stable girl who's able to understand the feelings of others. Seeing her say with a refreshing smile, "I think it's good for everyone to be happy," Shouma respects her and thinks, "She's such a wonderful person" and "I want to be like her," almost like she's the embodiment of peace. When I read the script, I always feel supported and say, "Sachika-san, thank you."

"Shouma's brother sister like relationship with her is also very interesting."

Chinen: Director Sugihara Teruaki said to me, "It's like a dog and his owner" (laughs). Still, I think that Sachika-san's all encompassing kindness, and Shouma's simple mindedness are a great combination, and we're also playing the roles with confidence.

"He's yet to interact with Shouma, but we think the role Hanto plays will also be another highlight to look forward to."

Chinen: In some ways, Hanto is also easygoing, but he's the compassionate, hot blooded type, and he too lives by carrying something on his back. I hope you'll look forward to seeing how Shouma and Hanto, who are completely different types of people, interact with each other and what they'll think of each other in their first meeting. Hino Yusuke-kun, who plays Hanto, is the mood maker who makes the set feel relaxed, which is a gap between him and Hanto, but I feel that we're similar in our passion for the production and performance, and the way we put our all into something. To me, Hino-kun is a rival but also like a reliable big brother, and we often consult with each other and visit each other's houses (laughs).

"What were your impressions of Director Sugihara, who also directed the first two episodes as the pilot Director?"

Chinen: As I had no experience in acting, Director Sugihara is a respected teacher who taught me how to perform from the ground up, including how to read the script, and he's like a father figure from Tokyo. He understands each actor's personality and gives them advice accordingly, and he's an amazing person who draws out our potential, so every time I'm on set, I feel happy to film under Director Sugihara. He's a Director I really love.

"Before filming, it seems that you and the Director practiced vocalization together."

Chinen: Yes, even before I could act, my voice wouldn't come out (laughs). I'm really grateful that he took time out of his busy schedule to watch me one on one, and it was an important turning point that led to something changing in me. I want to grow so that people will feel that I'll have changed over the coming year, and one of my goals is to give an inspiring performance that'll be recognized by Director Sugihara with, "You gave it your all."

-Aiming to be as cool as Nawata-san-

"Kamen Rider Gavv, who Shouma transforms into, has a motif based on gummies and other sweets."

Chinen: When I saw the illustration depicted in the proposal, I thought it was incredibly simple, however, my opinion changed when I saw it in person. The armor on the chest and shoulders have a gradient so that it shines beautifully when light hits it, and there's a playful gimmick where a squishy dent will form when it's pressed, so a bunch of detail has been carefully put into it. I'm now so attached to it, that I can't think of anyone else but Gavv. Personally, what I want you to pay attention to the most are the feet. The feet are actually clawed, and this slightly animal like aspect is an important element of the show, so I'd be happy if you make sure to pay attention to the feet as well.

"What's your impression of Nawata Yuya-san, Gavv's Suit Actor?"

Chinen: Nawata-san is an actor who I shape Shouma together with, and he's an indispensable person to me, as I'm able to talk to him about problems that I can't talk about with the other cast members or the Director. He also taught me about acting, like how to create the mood and how to read the script. I'm grateful to Nawata-san's action, as I think Gavv's appeal has tripled, and I feel like the show itself has also become more brilliant.

"Does that also get you enthusiastic about the post transformation dub recording?"

Chinen: That's right. The recording process is more difficult than normal acting because you have to use only your voice to express your emotions and fight scenes in accordance with the footage. In episodes 1 and 2, I had to rerecord so many times that I lost the strength in my voice, and it took twice as long as the planned time (bitter smile). As well as the performances of my seniors in the Kamen Rider series, I also studied the game "Street Fighter" based on the advice of Director Sugihara, and now I feel like I'm getting by. I'll work more diligently to make Nawata-san's performance 120% more appealing with my voice performance, and to become a Shouma who's just as cool after his transformation into Gavv.

"One of the real thrills of the Kamen Rider series are the transformation scenes, but how did you create the pose?"

Chinen: The transformation pose was decided through a discussion between myself, Action Director Fujita Satoshi, Director Sugihara, and Nawata-san. It's a movement that involves rotating your arm, but the final version, which we created after discussing the angles and timing with everyone to make sure it looked cool and appealing, is the transformation pose used in episode 2. Depending on the story, he could transform quickly, so I hope people watch the way he changes based on the situation.

"In the episodes up to this point, the action leading up to the first transformation in the first episode is a scene that can't be ignored when talking about Shouma. There was some action involving wires, and we were also impressed by his performance as he was gradually being cornered by the Granute."

Chinen: That scene was prepared weeks before the shoot, as Director Sugihara and Action Director Fujita came up with a really cool direction. The scene where Shouma is beaten was especially important to give depth to the reason for his transformation, as it took two days to film. In the end, it was in the most extreme situation I had ever experienced in my life, my performance came out unconsciously, and I was complemented with, "Your facial expressions were very good." I could've never done it on my own, the scene was made possible by the advice of Director Sugihara and Nawata-san, who worked beside me, and by all the staff members who created an environment that allowed me to concentrate on my performance.

"It makes us want to go back and pay attention to the expressions on your face. Finally, please tell us your goals throughout filming of Kamen Rider Gavv."

Chinen: I'd like to learn alot about action from Action Director Fujita, Nawata-san and everyone else on the Action Team, and I'd like to improve my acting skills. I've never been in an environment where I could spend an entire year with people who are so good at captivating others, and I don't think it'll ever happen again in the future. I hope to make full use of this experience so that in the next year, I can be an actor who can do it all, from acting to action and recording, so I'll do my best to do what's in front me!

Director Sugihara Teruaki

The vibrant world Shouma comes across

-A dark story with colorful visuals-

"When did you first hear that you'd be the pilot Director?"

Sugihara: I'm pretty sure it was around last Fall, when I was working on the drama, "Tokyo MPD: From Zero to Hero," I received a phone call from Producer Takebe Naomi-san who said, "I'd like to meet and talk with you at once." I heard from a separate matter that Takebe-san would be in charge of the next Kamen Rider, and at the time, I thought I was going to be the second Director, but when I met her, she said, "You're the pilot Director." (laughs).

"At the stage when Director Sugihara joined, how much of the content in the show was decided on?"

Sugihara: Aside from the sweets and monsters motif, we'd yet to decide on the content of the story and the personalities and relationships of the characters. In the beginning, we were a small group consisting of the Producer team's Takebe-san and Takishima Minami-san, Screenwriter Komura Junko-san, and myself. Our three parties worked out the content by sharing ideas from our respective perspectives.

"What specific ideas did Director Sugihara have in mind? Personally, we felt that the visuals of the characters, including their costumes, incorporated the Director's ideas."

Sugihara: You can assume that I'm basically in charge of visual aspects like the impression and fashion. For Shouma's fashion in particular, during the rather early stages, I'd draw an illustration and say, "How about something like this?," and I'd have them look at it while I created his character.

"Not just Shouma's clothes, but also the interior of Hapipare is rich in color, so much so that it's unusual for the Kamen Rider series."

Sugihara: I told artist Fukuzawa Katsuhiro that I wanted to make the visuals as bright and pop as much as possible. Kamen Rider Gavv itself isn't meant to be a continuation of the "ism" seen in the first generation of Kamen Rider, but it includes themes like family conflict and Shouma's sad separation from his mother, so the content is heavy. Because of this, we made the impression of the colors vivid, and were careful to not make them too dark. Moreover, being in the human world for the first time, Shouma's a kid who's impressed by everything he sees, so I was conscious of the world captured from Shouma's point of view and to use rather flashy colors. Conversely, the Granute World and Stomach Family use muted colors, or to just say it outright, they have dirty colors.

"What do you value in your expression of Shouma, the main character?"

Sugihara: I wanted to depict Shouma as a pure kid, someone who suddenly comes to the human world and finds everything he sees as fresh. On the inside, he's not much different from Hajime, who he first meets in the human world, in fact, he's much more of a child than that kid. So he ponders over what he's been told, hurt by the casual mention of "monster" and afraid of hurting others, he's unable to be together with someone else, so he leaves Hajime and Sachika and goes elsewhere. However, I didn't want to make it too dark, so it was hard to depict (laughs). While he carries a dark side, I want him to be a kid who's always smiling when he's with someone, even if he has to force himself to smile.

"This Shouma is beautifully embodied by Chinen Hidekazu-san."

Sugihara: The best thing about Chinen-kun is that he looks great on camera. That's the kind of talent an actor has. Also, the expressions on his face when he eats are really good. Even though he's eating food he usually sees all the time, he eats it like it's a delicacy, looking as if he's eating something he's never seen before and is impressed. In that sense, I think he was the right choice to play Shouma. Still, since this is roughly his first performance, he had to start from a place where he couldn't express his emotions properly, and to begin with, he couldn't even vocalize. I had Chinen-kun stand on one end of Toei's rooftop, and I stood on the opposite end and had him deliver his lines. I gave him relentless acting instruction from the very beginning (laughs). Filming started earlier than usual, so we've already shot several episodes, and I feel that he can now stand proudly in front of the camera as Shouma. With each episode his performance and facial expressions are getting better and better. I have high expectations for his growth over the next year.

-Dedicated action that make the most of the motif-

"We felt that the vibes of Gavv's everyday scenes were different from that of previous Kamen Rider series, but was there anything you were conscious of in your direction?"

Sugihara: In my mind, I had a bright, pop like feeling, but during filming, Chinen-kun……it was important to me how to capture Shouma and the human world from his point of view. I may have only been thinking, "How can I get a good shot of him?"

"In that sense, it's interesting to think that the entire production is being pulled along by Shouma and Chinen-san."

Sugihara: That's right. This is especially true for the first episode, as the story unfolds from Shouma's point of view, so I was conscious of the fact that I wanted to bring the viewers perspective as close as possible to Shouma's.

"Despite the battle scenes also having a fancy sweets motif, from the very first episode, we were taken back by the intense physical battle depicted between Gavv and the Granute."

Sugihara: I'm pretty sure it was Action Director Fujita Satoshi who put out the idea of a serious fistfight at a container warehouse, and with sword fighting in a narrow space. We specified the colors and placement of the containers, and asked the people on location to arrange them accordingly. From there, Fujita and I talked in detail about the composition of the action, and we put it together by discussing the angles while adding in our own ideas as we filmed on site.

"We heard that you and Fujita-san worked closely together to create this."

Sugihara: I also like action quite abit, so I tell Fujita various things like, "Do this sort of thing." Naturally, Fujita has alot of things he wants to do as well, so the two of us are working together to come up with ideas for action sequences and angles.

"Including Gavv's own actions, the way he fights while "eating" the Gochizo is unique."

Sugihara: It was decided in advance that the transformation items Gochizo would appear alot like that of "Pikmin" and "Minions," so I thought it'd be better to use alot of them. Because of that, when Gavv takes damage, his armor breaks and he'll eat the Gochizo one after another……we're calling it "follow up sweets," and I think it'd be interesting to keep changing sweets and repair them as he fights.

"The standard Poppingummy Form has flexible armor, while Zakuzakuchips Form's sword weapon can easily break depending on how it's used, and the use of sweets as a motif was also visually enjoyable."

Sugihara: Inspiration for the action comes from discussions that are almost like casual conversations. I thought about how things like thin baked snacks such as potato chips might be weak to side attacks (laughs). Also, unlike other Kamen Riders, we don't use bullet impacts on Gavv when we depict him being hit (mechanism that detonates gunpowder that's attached to the performer). In his setup, the armor is derived from sweets generated by his own body, so we tried to create the effect of small bead like things flying around him. During filming, we've been throwing beads into the air from the side of the camera. In that sense, it may have a new visual feel.

"What scenes from episodes 1 and 2 were particularly powerful?"

Sugihara: In terms of taking the most time, I'd say it was before the transformation in the first episode. When I was thinking about Shouma's human image, Takebe-san said, "I don't want him to be a hero who fights just because he has powers." You don't fight just because you have the power to become a Kamen Rider, there's a will to fight, and that's where the power comes in. I wanted to create an image of a hero who's able to transform into Gavv because it's Shouma. Since the time of the script meeting, we had talked about how we wanted to portray a different kind of strength from that of the everyday Shouma, who keeps going despite being beaten up by someone he can't even stand up to. On set, Chinen-kun and I worked together to find out why Shouma was feeling that way, and we worked on his facial expressions and gestures one by one, and I was quite persistent throughout filming. We were supposed to film the transformation scene in one day, but we took too long and didn't get to the transformation, so I had to apologize to the staff (laughs).

"Finally, please tell us your enthusiasm for the future."

Sugihara: Honestly, I have no idea how Kamen Rider Gavv will conclude a year from now, but I want to make a show that'll make people who watched it think, "Gavv was interesting." For this reason, I'd also like to delve deeper into Shouma and Hanto, and Sachika and the others characters, and to make each of them appealing. I'm sure that Komura-san will come up with some great developments (laughs), and for my part, I hope that I can take advantage of that, and as the pilot Director for the first time in a long time, to create images that people watching in their living rooms have never seen before.

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If people could visit a place in any of your WIPs, which one would you recommend they go to and experience for themselves? Which characters will help them tour the place, and which characters would they see doing something memorable doing the tour? What kind of souvenir should people go home with?

I LOVE THIS QUESTION??? thank you satoh for this!! this will be so fun :)))

let’s get straight into it because it’s a multi-parter.

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✈️ A Travel Guide into my WIPs ✈️

༺ My Recommendations ༻

ToV:

Okay so for ToV, the Belt of Domains or the Hollow Tree Forests would be an absolutely MESMERIZING destination to go.

The Belt of Domains because quite literally, they are (mostly) abandoned dragon dens filled with reactive and sentient geographical magic (the walls are alive and want to devour you). And if they aren’t abandoned… Well, wouldn’t it be a treat to find out who occupies those grim quarters? 😌

And then the Hollow Tree Forests! The place with the stream that Alan almost drowned in after blowing up the entire section of the forest. Whoopsies!

I’ll add an excerpt from Throne of Vengeance, Volume 1 which has a description of the forest.

The trees were tall and thunderous, with trunks as thick as boulders and as wide as five adult bodies standing shoulder to shoulder. Networks of branches overhung from above, with some trees carrying sweeping vines that grazed the forest floor and were decorated in blooming varieties of bioluminescent flowers; while others carried their leaves up above as a canopy that selectively leaked green-hued light upon the grey rocks. Thickets of roots ran along the forest floor like the earth’s veins, with patches of fungi and other mysterious-looking plants of fluffy, spiky, swaying textures and mannerisms filling the pockets of spaces between each vessel. [...] When the snow settled yet again and my stomach had yet again emptied itself of acid, we found ourselves standing in a farther region of the woodlands, where in place of grass, cracks of sparkling periwinkle stone ran along the woodland floor, and the mix of deciduous and evergreen trees from the nether regions slowly gave way for an entirely different species all together. I tried my best to wrack my brain of their identity, but as far as I was concerned, none of my studies seemed to explore this mystic variety. Their trunks were silver and metallic, wrapping around each other in knotted twists. When the branches shook with the wind, a chiming melody sounded in place of the flutter of leaves. And in place of leaves, clusters of twinkling, berry-like bunches congregated over the skyline. When light filtered through the berries, it refracted into the inverse of its colour palette—a curious case indeed. Sprouting from the twinkling colourful clusters, thin fibres fell towards the forest ground. Those fibres only fell where patches of clay-coloured moss spread, and never on the periwinkle geodes. Every so often, a spark would bolt through the fibres, crackling through its length like lightning before disappearing entirely. - Throne of Vengeance, Volume 1 [PREORDER HERE]

LotF Series:

For LotF series, I’ll have to say the Mountains of Ividor, or the Dragon Territories. Specifically, the edge of Soil-Celfifa (Soi’l-Cel’Fifa is the proper name but lol), which is the desert of white sand where hurricanes of sandstorms blind anyone who tries to leave the desert. Beyond that point is a rainforest that leads to the Pools of Time and the tomb of a very specific goddess 👀

We made two more brief stops within the forest and one in an endless plain of blood-red sand fields. The desert, Morreial said, stretched for kilometers beyond the horizon, far past anything he or the girls had ever been able to venture. Queerly, it was named Soil’Cel-Fifa. He also mentioned two curious things. One, that at the bordered edges of the barren plains, the sand suddenly shifted to a celestial white colour and blew near constant sandstorms that blinded a person upon entry. It was the primary reason that their travels did not extend beyond its borders. The second was the origin of its name. As it translated in Galka, Soil’Cel-Fifa meant ‘Land of the Crescent Moon,’ named after the two crescent moon goddesses, ‘Fi’ and ‘Fa’. Morreial pointed up to the sky while he rested on a sand dune and provided me the luxury to appreciate the bronzed goddesses’ presence in the lilac skies. - Throne of Vengeance, Volume 1 [PREORDER HERE]

TIS:

For TIS? That’s hard as balls bro. Inkarnyus has such INTERESTING destinations, I don’t even know.

Actually I do know, lmao I lied. Albridor, The Royain Colonies, the Sunken Kingdoms, the Isles of Ingyar, the Imperial Gardens, or Cilvecia (obviously).

I'll do brief descriptions of each as they appear in my outlines since I don't have excerpts for this series yet.

The Royian Colonies: Floating islands of different realms concentrated with homogenous populations of specific supernaturals. The islands are surrounded by a iridescent forcefield called the 'Time-Stealer', which punishes trespassers by 'stealing their time' (making them age faster). It's really hard to travel to the colonies as an outsider for this reason, but once you're in, you're greeting by planets with crystalline rings in the sky, and halos of rainbows that twinkle amongst the clouds, with electric blue water and flora of vivid, hallucinogenic pastels to warp your sense of reality and bend it into the vision of the native supernatural. 100% would go just for the shrooms-esque feeling LMAO

Sarceria in Albridor: Albridor, famed as the wealthiest kingdom in all of Inkarnyus, divides its kingdom by the 'inlands' and the 'outlands' based on which side of the lake they are on. Sarceria is the name of the inlands of Albridor, located on the palatial island exclusive to only the upper class of Albridor. Its tall, diamond-brick palaces gleam as bright as snowflakes, and the paved streets are perfect for carriage rides through the peaceful ton of nobility. The forests that surround Sarceria are a marvel to be wondered, with species of birds, reptiles, and monkeys never seen outside of its woodlands. Topped with a beautiful view of the lake, Sarceria is a site to see and adore... so long as you can ignore the begging on the other side of the river.

The Sunken Kingdoms: The underwater kingdoms in Inkarnyus, spread across all the oceans and inhabited by the different mermaid races. From the mazes of aquatic flora to the serpentine beasts that lurk beneath, or the sea-crystals that form phosphorescent frost over the coral reefs that build their palace walls-- the Sunken Kingdoms are one of the coveted wonders of Inkarnyus' world. Just make sure you don't become anchored to those ocean floors.

The Isles of Ingyar: Shielded by high walls and tough soldiers to patrol their skies, no one knows what hides within the mysterious Isles. All those who live within those walls are not allowed to leave. Not with their memories, that is. And all those who try to enter will be bound to stay forever. Take the gamble, win forever.

The Imperial Gardens: Homeland of the One, Empress of Inkarnyus, the Imperial Gardens it the greenhouse for all wonderous beauty. The fertile soil beneath your feet smells like petrichor, and leaves footprints of new fungi every place you step. Mysterious fragrances of musk and sea salt tinge the orchards of fluttering white blossoms, and the strange, whispering flowers of the open-field meadows are surrounded by beds of murmuring rocks, all warning you to run away...

Cilvecia: Previously known as the kingdom of Liyana, the kingdom of secrets is bordered by a magical wall, shielded from all intruders with lightning strikes that zap a person brain dead upon contact.

From the Unenchanted Forest inhabited by your typical monsters and bordered by quicksand that likes to migrate to wherever their next victim tries to hide to the communal graveyard for all those soldiers (and their families, who should not have been causalities of a battlefield, yet nevertheless found themselves victims to the attacks) who lost their lives trying to win over the unconquerable nation.

Then, the farmlands of Hirza, where crows perch atop the barn of the wealthy Verena Family, crowing at every hour to hide the shrieks within. Or the historical city of temples and architecture-- Berna-- home of the scummiest of politicians and the most mesmerizing of art (for a nation that cut off the feet of all their most talented artists). Oh! I should mention the antithesis of the Unenchanted Forest, the Enchanted Forest: just as deceptive in name as the charming singers that lure you in.

And we can't forget about the Moors of Ghouls, where the trees become hosts for all the dead buried underneath their roots.

But let's move onto the bay Porsa: the hub of oversea trade and forbidden voyaging into the swampy seas of the south. The Mystical Waterfalls with shadows too big for water that shallow. Gumor-- the city protected by natural borders of uneven terrain and rocky bedsides, home of the prestigious Arcos Academy. And, of course, the Arcos Estate, where a certain massacre still bloodies the walls.

And perhaps, but most definently not least... Tyeer. The capital of Cilvecia and the decorated province of the Queen's palace. The city of secrets. The city of gossip. The city of technology. The city of scandal. And most of all-- the city with a bloodlusty queen with a desire for war and conquership.

Cilvecia is the place to be! Why wouldn't you want to visit those deathly gallows? After all, how bad can it be?

༺ Who are the tour guides? ༻

ToV:

Morreial has canonically been Alan’s tour guide when he was taking him travelling in Volume 1, but I feel like a better guide would be Alan himself or Cara. Both of them are nerds, Alan in a Mensus way (textbook smart and super knowledgeable on the history and technical facts about geography and whatnot), but Cara has actually explored more of Elayza than people realize. Apart from growing up in the forests, she was also the only person to swim the full length of the River of Time, and she basically lived underwater in the Pools of Time as a kid. I wouldn’t be surprised if a part of this girl’s lore was that she managed to cross past the sandstorms in Soil-Celfifa and just didn’t tell anyone. It seems like her.

Not to mention, Cara also toured the entire Non-Mage World to conduct research on the different supernaturals that lived amongst humans. She’d be a fantastic tour guide.

LotF:

Evan has canonically visited every single corner of Elayza because this bitch is a wanderer, LOL.

Real talk though— post-SoC? Evan would be the ideal tour guide. Pre-SoC? Faer or Qatya. Qatya more than Faer, to be honest. Qatya is a Seeker, so her job is to quite literally explore and create maps of Soilaila beyond the borders. All the uncharted territory if he’d field of expertise. Meanwhile, Faer is a Huntress, so she finds herself following animals into unexplored regions in her pursuit.

TIS:

Naliya would be a phenomenal tour guide for Cilvecia specifically. But for the full range of Inkarnyus? Blaire Wynnen is the logical response.

Realistically though? No one is boarding that tour bus if Blaire is the driver LMAO. Not because she’d drive the bus off the cliff, but because the cost for the fare would be an irredeemable price.

So, with that in mind, second candidate would be Selven Sarcony or Amanda Marine. Both of them work as La’des for the Cilvecian espionage agency (LESA), so they have a general feel for all the kingdoms in Inkarnyus.

For Albridor specifically, you’d want rather King James Marxian as your tour guide, or Ashley Valencia. It might be hard to book the King of the kingdom for a personal tour of his lands, but it would be the safest tour you’d go on. Ashley is the Chief Diplomat for the Albridorian Embassy in Cilvecia, so you’d also be safe with her. The key to touring Albridor is doing it with a Cupid as an escort. You’re never leaving that rose-coloured dystopia without their hand to hold on the way out.

༺ With OC would do something memorable on the tour? ༻

ToV:

Alan blew up a part of the Hollow Tree Forests, and then proceeded to drown in the stream’s currents. He also got visions from the sun god, Yozar, and nearly got cannibalized by a tree. And in the Belt of Domains, he unintentionally invited dragons into a certain domain and entered a 1v1 with said dragon.

Does that answer the question?

(Before you wonder why I didn't mention Caramel, it's because she actually becomes quite... well-mannered? while travelling)

LotF:

Fawn would probably be the spectacle, to be honest. Fawn or Evan. Those two siblings are a bit of a “theatre kid on drugs” kinda vibe.

Fawn would probably bring the trees “to life” and have them start slowly following everyone during the tour as an ominous presence before someone notices, and then proceed to chase them down full force until the person pisses themselves screaming and crying. LMAOOO

Evan would… I dunno… blow up the mountain? 🤡

(it’s funny because it’s canon)

Qatya would probably just introduce you to her military friends and then teach how to climb trees to go ziplining through the Soilailan Appalachians.

Faer would give you her weapon and teach you how to secure your first quarry.

TIS:

Ashley would take you clubbing in Albridor until 5am. You’ll be batshit drunk on Albridorian wine and some sort of questionable substance that was probably laced with something that makes you start to hallucinate your sleep paralysis demon and its clones in the sky. She’ll hold your hair up and laugh at you while you puke your guts out. And then, she’ll tuck you into bed at her apartment, without any memory of all the questionable and terrifying things she goaded you to do while drunk.

King James would just take you on a carriage ride to the docks of Albridor, where you’d go on a boat ride with the swans and watch the way the water sparkles like glacier water in the pale winter sunlight under the Albridorian sun.

Naliya would lure you into the Enchanted forests of Cilvecia and ask you if you can hear the sirens sing.

And Blaire would uncover all the secrets of where she’s touring you. Of course, not without a price.

༺ Souvenirs! What are they? ༻

ToV:

Morreial canonically advised Alan to take a flower studded vine, a pinecone, and a patch of electric moss from the Hollow Tree Forests. But Alan would tell you to select your favourite flower and watch how it glows when you touch it, and then place it in the dark.

Cara would give you the most interesting souvenir— a scale from one of the dragons of old, who used to occupy the Belt of Domains.

What you SHOULD take home is a book from Naila’s library, or a slice of qhwam se meera during the Festival of Magic. Or a mask for the masquerade and a fashionable outfit to top it off! Or a blessing coin for the altars from the palace temples.

LotF:

Evan would give you the most goated souvenir ever. He’d take you to the Ividorian beaches and help you find a piece of sea glass that reflects the colour of your Aura back to you.

Qatya and Faer would be too focused on their tasks to remember to give you a souvenir at all. Unless you count the meat of your prey.

What you SHOULD take home, however, is quite literally anything that glows. Especially if it’s a gemstone. The gems of Soilaila are the twinkles of the gods’ eyes.

TIS:

King James would get you a wedding contract LOL (i’m being serious).

Ashley would get you a felony charge.

Blaire would earn you a scar and tell you to call it “her special souvenir”.

Naliya would give you nightmares.

Selven would give you a crush (on him. man’s is charming as balls and for WHAT).

Amanda would be the onLY normal person and probably buy you a necklace from the mines of Denelot, or a werewolf tooth and badge from the Royian packs. Or a Seal of Resistance from the Royian Colonies. Or a mermaid’s shell from the Sunken Kingdom.

In terms of what they should go home with? Nothing. Taking anything out of its mother-nation in Inkarnyus is a sure fire way of putting a target on your back.

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ALRIGHTY FOLKS. IM DOING IT AGAIN. i’m turning an ask into a tag game again. full credits to @ satohqbanana for the questions! I’m tagging the TCW crew and leaving this as an +open tag for anyone who wants to join in!

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[biomic]

So. These are probably even more unlikely than Super Sentai reunions, but what Kamen Rider series do you think would get a "10 years later" movie?

Outside of OOO. Unless you think that they'd somehow get a "20 years later" movie.

gaim: we're probably past the window but they could announce some new gaim bullshit any day now

drive: ryoma takeuchi is like Actually Famous now and there's no way toei can afford him anymore so i can breathe a sigh of relief. wouldn't be surprised if ttfc tried going back to the mach/chaser well yet again tho

ghost: full cast anniversary movie? extremely unlikely. takeru appearance in the inexplicable yet inevitable gavv x saber x ghost special? shun nishime has already called toei 30 times to let them know he's available

ex-aid: i would be stunned if ex-aid DIDN'T get a big 10th anniversary movie, will probably get a limited theater run too. fuck, they might just make another trilogy. the thing is if they make tetsuya iwanaga cut his hair and go back to looking like he did when the show aired i will kill myself !

build: they probably shouldn't but they probably will

zi-o: tsukuyomi's actress has quit the industry and woz's actor strikes me as the kind of guy who had a good time but wants to move on to other things so i don't know if they'd be able to wrangle everyone together. it's the big anniversary season and shirakura's pet project tho so who knows

zero-one: the v-cins apparently kill off half the cast so i really don't know what the point would be.

saber: i still need to watch it but doesn't trio of deep sin basically take place ten years later? pretty unlikely, ren and desast will get a ttfc special tho

revice: no but once again might get a ttfc special that either A) has sakura and hana be married (the good ending ^_^) or B) says one of them got married to a guy we never met (we'll get so mad about this someone might ACTUALLY blow up toei studios once and for all)

den-o 20 years after: II JAN II JAN SUGEE JAN (no, takeru satoh is not there)

[crudaka]

Hey. I'm a huge Armored Core fan and I love your design and want to talk about it.

I take it you took inspiration from the core and shoulders of the LAHIRE frame from AC For Answer:

It was designed by Masahiro Miki.

But did you know he took inspiration from an MT design from AC1?

The Ogre MT is not credited to a specific designer, to my knowledge, but it looks to me like the work of Keichi Satoh, who is credited for other designs in AC1.

This is all to say that you are participating in an aesthetic conversation across 27 years, and I think that's fantastic.

you are insane for guessing this man. I took inspiration from this version of LAHIRE without knowing anything about it. (I literally just found it on pinterest). I did NOT know who the designer was and what they took inspiration from. Really cool stuff to learn tho. Adding to a 27 years old aesthetic of designs is actually such a cool thought.

I made another attempt at drawing the design in my more typical style where I took more inspiration from V.IV Rusty (I stole his feet like a rebel)

the design will probably change more until I am completely happy with it but ultimately is not part of the armored core universe. I just really like the AC designs and AC6 really got me hooked to attempt my own mech design with an inspired aesthetic.

Now that I think about it, I still got copies on my shelf of Armored core for Answer and Armored Core 5 but I only tried out for answer for a bit and never even touched AC5, might give em a try again sometimes.

[kodachromism]

I was tagged by the incomparable @pseudotsugas to share 5 songs that have been on repeat for me recently—Thanks friend!

My Guy (Corporate Shuffle) — Underscores

Say Goodbye — Hiroshi Satoh (Thanks @joanofarc for putting this gem on my dash!)

We're Gonna make it in a Mans World — Camera Obscura (I still can't believe we have a new C.O. album in 2024!!)

The Lonesome Border, Pt.1 — Dear Nora (I just saw them live and they were top notch!)

You Came, You Saw, You Conquered — The Ronnettes

I'll tag @pearlsandpetticoats, @goodymcgoodface, @craigzlist, @petxina, @judelaws-hairline, @uncle-girl, @boppingalongside, @joanofarc, and anyone else who cares to join in!

[redsamuraiii]

Mei Nagano and Takeru Satoh may be working on a live adaptation of “Cells at Work” by JapaneseActorsActresses

At this point it is only rumour but if it turns out to be true, it would be very interesting to see. Cells at Work takes place inside the human body, where trillions of anthropomorphic cells each do their job to keep the body healthy.

The series largely focuses on two such cells; a rookie red blood cell, AE3803 (Mei Nagano), who often gets lost during deliveries, and a relentless white blood cell, U-1146 (Takeru Satoh), who fights against any germs that invade the body.

Pretty trippy huh? If you’re terrible at biology like who doesn’t understand how a body works maybe watching this helps to clarify. Who says anime and dramas aren’t educational eh? 😂

[maomao9jinshi]

Jihei made a deal with the devil and had to reap the consequences. I had thought all the monkeys were mindless brutes. I guess there’s always an exception. Seems there’s more to this story than what Jihei confessed. The mom’s peddling the drugs too The tale Jihei (voiced by Setsuji Satoh, so brilliant in Dororo – another of the unicorns in this category) spins is certainly riveting. The well literally ran dry, leaving him unable to support his wife and daughter. The former left and the latter went out to work so Jihei could gamble and idle, until one day he got lucky and used his winnings to buy another well. This one turned out to be dry, too, but not empty. After pouring an offering of sake down the well to plead for the Gods to turn the taps back on, Jihei hears a voice (Nakao Ryuusei) thanking him for the drink. And a little bag of bones comes flying out of the well, along with instructions to take it to a physician.

If Jihei did indeed dose the sake so that his daughter would sleep through the slaughter at Sadou, that lends credence to the notion of her innocence. For the moment Wakamiya chooses to head to the well in question to try and draw out the monkey who seduced Jihei. And it works, more or less. The monkey says he’s been around since all Yatagarasu could do is caw. And that Yamauchi is doomed due to “inconvenient truths” the Yatgarasu have been ignoring (so, global warming?). Wakamiya loses his cool for once and jumps into the well to try and catch the silverback, but fails in the attempt and clearly as far as this well is concerned, the jig is up.

[satohqbanana]

About: Arcanium started as a silly, simple JRPG that, in pursuit of narrative cohesion in a medium that allows viewers to create their own story and experience, turned into a series of novels. This coming-of-age series revolves around a set of connected incidents that occurred in the high fantasy flat world of Orbis, with a focus on character psychology, political intrigue, and magic worldbuilding.

Three student mages are tasked to organize the academy's basement as punishment for their overall unacceptable behavior in school, during which, they stumble upon four powerful crystals that teleport them to the middle of nowhere. How do these uncooperative schoolmates survive the unknown and get back? Magic, of course!

Intended genre: Comedy, drama, adventure, fantasy Core themes: Prejudice, social identity Current warnings: Depictions of animal cruelty Current progress: About 40% into the first draft

What is it that you want most in the world? Fortune, fame, or glory? Once offered these rewards, Lyarshu Vertigris, Renatheia Argylle, and Erudan Hartsfelk are unable to resist the opportunity to finally obtain their ideal lives. Thus, with a talking sword in tow, they begin their quest to cleanse the corrosion overtaking the world, slay the seven Vainglories, and rid the mortal realm of the corrupted power of the fallen rebel gods.

Intended genres: Tragedy, adventure, fantasy Core themes: Sacrifice, family, unconventional protagonists and antagonists, "You have your motives and we have ours. I fear it really is that simple." Current warnings: Depictions of animal cruelty, social violence, and actual violence

An aspiring revolutionary seizes her opportunity to reform the nation when she meets a boy claiming to be the prince. Elsewhere, a boy who grows up idolizing the core values of the nation begins his journey to the truth.

Intended genre: Political, fantasy Core themes: Cognitive dissonance Current warnings: Heavily political, depictions of violence

Due to the story being in the drafting stage, majority of the above information is still subject to change. I will tag people in any and all Arcanium-related posts and updates upon request.

Current Tag List: @philosophika, @amaiguri, @thecomfywriter Feel free to ask to be tagged!

Helpful Links:

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@arcaniumverse - My Arcanium devlog blog, from when it was a game

[washipink]

my idiots are back once more...

but I will say, if I can be a biiiit pessimistic, as much as I love that Den-o keeps coming back, there's a certain amount of sauce missing from it without Ryotaro. yknow?

I know that Ryotaro the sopping wet cat of a boy will never be back because of Takeru Satoh's whole deal. He's even said that he feels like he can no longer PLAY that kind of Ryotaro even if Toei was paying him enough to come back... but the imagin were kind of Balanced by how subdued Ryotaro was as a character. As much as I love them, it's just not the same.

Is that crazy?

[hyohaehyuk]

○ 2022/01/30 ○ Taka – Takeru – Shohei – Yuu yt live (ESP/ENG subs)

via 10969.dotcom

[asknarashikari]

I saw pula’s post about Aruto’s actor being recognized in the anime scene (basically its people saying that people should hire him to be an actor because of his expressions in this video) https://www.tumblr.com/pulaasul/739820106409033728/people-really-discovering-fumiya-because-he-voiced?source=share

I just thought of this.

Kaito (DiEnd): I think this treasure suits you best.

Fuwa: Wha-

*A bunch of letters and handwritten fics about how people wants to kiss Aruto*

Kaito: Thank me later.

People should really just watch more toku XD You'd be surprised how many people who became famous for other things started out as toku actors or were involved in toku at some point without ever being recognized, especially outside Japan where toku isn't really mainstream.

The one that immediately comes to mind for me is MAO, aka Mao Ichimichi, who's now quite famous as a seiyuu but started out her acting career as Luka in Gokaiger.

On the production side it's Yasuko Kobayashi, who's probably now more known in the mainstream for her involvement in anime the likes Attack on Titan and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure than her toku credits. And yes while those anime were based on existing manga she still served as head writer for them, and as the former is an especially popular anime in recent years so I don't doubt more people know her from that compared to Kamen Rider or Sentai.

(Of course in Japan being in a toku is kinda a big deal, they do get recognized for their toku roles even after becoming famous for other things. Takeru Satoh is as much Den-O as he is Kenshin, etc.)

As for Daiki... he's just asking for an asskicking. RIP

[thecomfywriter]

🫂Sibling Tag 🫂

So.... did I disappear off tumblr lowkey for the last week or so? Womp womp WHOOPS! Anyways, we're back with a banger, finally addressing the plethora of tag games I've been mentioned in. If I missed yours, feel free to @ me again. But for now, thank you to the lovely satoh for the tag (not tagging for now), @paeliae-occasionally, and the open tag from @mysticstarlightduck.

Answering for the Singer children, the ja siblings, and Cara & Caramel (per satoh’s request).

Without further ado, let's get into it...

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1. who looks more like their dad

singers: okay so this is tough because face structure wise, fawn has the closest likeness, and she also has his eye colour. BUT, even tho evan has a hybrid of his mom and his dads face structure, because he’s a guy, the male features of his father translate better. so it’s hard. i’d still say fawn tho because she looks like the female version of him jas: raheer is known for looking exactly like morreial bro it’s acc insane. he’s got the dark wavy hair, the ivory tanned skin, the grey eyes— the entire shbang. only thing he’s probably missing are the blue lips and the fullness of morreial’s lips. cxc: cara and caramel are orphans who never met their biological parents. they’re also not blood related, so who knows?

2. who looks more like their mom

singers: elenfa’s eyes, nose, and face shape are all her mother’s even if the colour palette of her features are from her father. she also carries herself like her mother, so her jas: riyzela has cara’s nose and heart shaped face, but everything else is very morreial coded. still, her. cxc: n/a

3. who eats the most?

singers: fawn. she canonically ate an entire dining table of meat solo (she was extremely hungry and happy once she finished). she also proceeded to eat evan’s birthday feast almost entirely solo jas: raheer, simply because he’s taller and brawnier than riyzela is. more muscle mass and his vigorous activity give him a mighty appetite. plus, being fawn’s best friend cxc: caramel. she quite literally told alan that 2 dozen apple-vines (a sweet savoury THICK dessert fruit delicacy) was a snack. and when he says that’s a lot of good, she tells him anything less than that is a bird’s appetite

4. who has been in the weirdest situations?

singers: evan. i don’t even need to explain this one but i will anyways. mans found himself in situations where he accidentally blew up a mountain, fell into a volcano, got cannibalized by a tree, had a lightning strike to the chest, got stuck in a portal prison in another realm… i could go on jas: raheer but only because fawn is his best friend, and fawn likes getting into shenanigans. before evan was born, she was the notorious singer menace cxc: cara. i know that’s a surprising answer, but cara just does it for the vibes. she poses as a man and goes to compete in jousts; she purposefully drowned herself underwater as a baby to follow a cool snake; she learned parkour so she could hunt birds… yeah, definitely her.

5. who sleeps the most?

singers: fawn. she enjoys her beauty sleep and being relaxed, and she’s the only singer sibling to not be chronically stressed and burdened with responsibility jas: riyzela. raheer is so diligent and militant for sleeping in. riyzela doesn’t gaf cxc: caramel. she literally schedules naps into her daily routine.

6. most stable romantic life?

singers: elenfa funnily enough, since she's not allowed to date due to the strictness of her upbringing. so when she finally does get into a relationship, it's a proper, stable one. jas: raheer because he's a good boyfriend and knows when to end the relationship on good terms. He ends up in a long-term relationship too that starts off on an interesting basis, but is healthy throughout since they were friend first cxc: cara and morreial literally get cuffed one-month into meeting each other and end up being the healthiest, most stable couple ToV has ever seen. not to say caramel doesn't end up in a healthy relationship and married to the person she gets with; but cara doesn't have the.... toxic bits that caramel and her partner have (OOF)

7. worst habit of each?

singers: elenfa: shutting people out fawn: diobedience and shirking responsibility evan: refusing to accept help from others \\ bottling up and exploding w his emotions \\ using people as his blank slates

jas: raheer: push over + lack of boundaries riyzela: player + committment issues

cxc: caramel: overcontrolling and lack of consideration for others \\ stealing for fun cara: losing track of time + getting distracted \\ manipulating people

8. who’s the most dramatic?

singers: evan (fawn is close second tho). this kid deadass flung himself into a volcano as a coping mechanism, and when he realized the entire civilization he moved to didn't have exciting fashion sense, proceeded to runway style dress up every day until they picked up their slack and became the most fashionable region in soilaila.

jas: their both apathetic as hell.

cxc: caramel. i don't need to explain this, i think. she likes extra. she breathes extra. which means, she breathes theatrics. certified drama queen

9. who had the weird phase?

singers: ooo i feel like evan and fawn tie for this category. before evan was born, fawn was the certified menace in the singer palace. she quite literally would haunt the halls and scary the shits out of everyone until she befriended raheer. evan, on the other hand, would climb up heights and launch himself of the palace top floor, so i feel like they both match up in that sense.

jas: maybe riyzela? to be honest, they're both pretty normal.

cxc: cara because its this girl's hobby to travel the world and unearth deep lore of every civilization

10. best cook in the family?

singers: ironically... evan. he hates food but is great at cooking. make it make sense (its because he's the only one who learned how to be self-competent)

jas: raheer because him and his dad used to cook together as a father-son bonding moment

cxc: LMAOOO

11. best memory together?

singers: i feel like they'd all have the same one, to be honest: the day they all finally just... sat in each other's rooms and stayed up late, talking. they all grew up isolated and separated from each other, so being able to just sit on the floors of elenfa's room while looking through old memory books and sharing stories, laughing-- they had never done that before.

jas: i think raheer’s favourite memory of them would be in their childhood, when she would read stories to him and he’d have his head in her lap, painting sunflowers on her arm riyzela’s of them would be the day he asked her to give him his wedding tattoos and present him at the altar

cxc: caramel adores their heists together, because it was the times where she felt she and cara bonded the most. caramel doing her magic and cara yapping away to keep her company. cara’s favourite memory, on the other hand, would be the day caramel asked for her name, took her hand, and said she’d take care of her forever

12. worst memory together?

singers: oof. without delving into spoilers, evan’s worst memory of elenfa is probably the day he confessed a deeply traumatic event that occurred to him when he was 6 years old, and her response was to tell him she was disappointed in him, then tattle to their parents. that level of betrayal never left him, even decades later. his worst memory of fawn would be when she looked him in the eye and said he was no brother of hers, at least not one she cared about anymore. elenfa’s worst memory of evan— again, while avoiding spoilers— would probably be the day he woke up from his broken arm injury thing and she saw his scars for the first time. mainly because she felt like such a failure of an older sister in that moment. and her worst memory of fawn is when she told elenfa she was selfish and horrible and everything she resented. youch. fawn’s worst memory of evan is probably after the soc injury he sustains, when she sits outside his door and hears him breakdown in guttural sobs for the first time. she’s never heard him cry like that before, but hearing it then made her realize how many times he cried like that in private because of how much she ignored him, so that’s def a yikes. THAT or a major spoiler event, so i can’t say that one. her worst memory of elenfa is probably the day she saw elenfa arm-in-arm with riyzela, promenading their special spot after elenfa basically cut her sister off and neglected her for the rest of their childhoods.

what do you mean the singer children have a conflicted dynamic with each other? idk what you’re talking about it… 🫣

jas: raheer’s worst memory of riyzela is probably when he watched her spiral into her alcoholism. not a fun time for anyone, but esp not her baby brother who idolized her. riyzela’s worst memory of raheer is seeing him slowly wither away during his coma, helpless and incapable of doing anything but watch him die.

cxc: caramel’s worst memory of cara is honestly probably the day she told her she didn’t want to steal anymore ORRRR the day she begged her for help and cara didn’t come because she was out with morreial cara’s worst memory of caramel is probably seeing the faded look in her eyes after she loses her mind

13. dream trip together?

singers: evan’s dream siblings trip is one they actually end up going on— to take a family trip around the entire Non-Mage World and go exploring properly. the last time they tried… events transpired. fawn’s dream trip would specifically be the mountains of soilaila, or the eastern continents. elenfa’s would be ividor or exploring the deserts together and actually crossing through the sand plains.

jas: raheer would want to go skiing with riyzela. race her to the bottom since they’re both water-dancers. riyzela would probably want to go somewhere beachy where she could collect pearls and go deep sea diving. raheer would actually be able to keep up too, hence the sibling trip.

cxc: caramel would want to go to the moon. deadass. she’d try to invent some magic form to achieve it. cara would just want to go to a meadow of flowers to collect bouquets and stargaze at night.

14. WYR: not be able to shower or change clothes?

singers: evan— not shower. he had faer had a convo about this once and she was horrified by his answer (he was discussing how he doesn’t pee) fawn— not change clothes. she plays in dirt all day so she kinda needs it elenfa— not change clothes. she’d be upset about it, but this girl lives in first and would always be covered by soot and ash if she didn’t shower (so would evan, but he’s willing to make those sacrifices for fashion)

jas: riyzela— not shower. she’d just go for swims. fashion means the world to her. raheer— not change clothes. he’s a soldier. he basically wears uniform everyday anyways.

cxc: caramel— not change clothes because she already doesn’t lol. not unless you offer her something pretty. cara— not change clothes. she also likes wearing the same thing everyday.

15. who’s older?

singers: the order of siblings from eldest to youngest is: elenfa, fawn, evan.

jas: riyzela is older.

cxc: caramel refuses to admit it, but cara is older.

16. describe others in 3 words

singers: evan would describe fawn as: free-spirited, bubbly, and diplomatic. he’d describe elenfa as perfect, cold, and elegant. fawn would describe evan as reactive, distant, but charming. she’d describe elenfa as admirable, intelligent, but hollow. elenfa would describe evan as unruly, chaotic; but powerful. and she’d describe fawn as full of life, charismatic, and everything she wishes she was.

jas: riyzela would describe raheer as shy, kindhearted, and loyal. raheer would describe riyzela as cunning, conniving, and disinterested.

cxc: caramel would describe cara as talkative, enthusiastic, and gentle. cara would describe caramel as secretly tender hearted, fiercely protective, and unmatched in terms of power.

17. role model?

singers: evan’s role model is ret ja pietro candreva and noctem. fawn’s role model was elenfa. then, she gave up on the idea of them and started to aspire to be the woman in the mirror. elenfa’s role model is caramel, alan, evan, and fawn. she wishes she was all of them, for all the qualities she loves about them. but also, secretly, her role model is qatya and amara.

jas: riyzela’s role model is cara and amara. raheer’s role model is ret ja pietro, morreial, riyzela, and evan.

cxc: caramel doesn’t have a role model. she just wants to be someone who doesn’t disappoint the people she loves (cara). cara’s role model is caramel.

18. who usually has worst ideas

singers: evan. goes without saying. once again, i bring up the “launches himself into the volcano on a regular basis” complex he has

jas: riyzela. raheer tries to stay out of trouble, but tends to get dragged into it, whereas riyzela is a conspiracist.

cxc: caramel. i feel like i don’t need to explain this either, but she likes to break rules outta spite, which births a lot of bad decisions.

19. giant insect on wall— certified bug killer?

singers: fawn would yell at evan for trying to light the entire wall on fire while trying to kill it. elenfa would be the only person focused enough to get the job done.

jas: raheer would probably hide behind riyzela until she killed it for him. but that’s only when they’re younger. if they’re older, you’d find him with his lamp on in the middle of the night, experimenting with the captured bug, testing out different poisons and antidotes on it. riyzela wouldn’t even bother killing it (unless raheer asked her to). she’d notice it, shrug, and look away.

cxc: caramel WOULD do it, but only if she couldn’t goad one of the boys to do it for her.

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OOP sorry this was long, but HEY i was gone for a while, so i had to give a lot.

(P.S. we may or may not have ToV available for preorder within the next week... YUP that's why i've been so busy-- apart from work lol)

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If you want to know more about the lore I've already discussed behind my books, refer to the following posts below:

Throne of Vengeance Lore (General)

TCW Blog Navigation Guide

TCW Writing Bar Discord -> i may be whoops on tumblr but i am less whoops on discord, so come hither!

I'll tag the TCW crew under the line. Cheerios!

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