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thetonethetollandthethunder · 1 year ago

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Scythe chapter 11-15

You know the drill!! Cmon!!!

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Chapter 11!!

-I always forget the conclave’s have names,,,

-The thing is, you can never blame these people for fighting back, it’s human nature, but OUGH the consequences of human nature are so devastating

-But just imagine the guilt you’d feel, your husband got killed and you get immune from the same fate for a whole year. That’s just prime for survivors guilt

-Also the fact that Faraday told the family the man didn’t resist is just testament to his kindness and compassion

-“The sanctity of the law…And the wisdom to know when it must be broken.” *Stares at Goddard*

-MILK SCENE, I unironically love this scene even tho I think it’s really funny

-Also I genuinely don’t know how ppl drink milk b4 bed, is that even a real thing? How does that make you sleepy??

-Also good on Faraday!! Don’t waste shit!!!

-Apparently all the Scythe Rings are white but I refuse to acknowledge that, they’re all multicolored and each color relates to the scythe in some way <3

-That ring security system Faraday has going on is sick as fuck tho ngl

-“Now let’s see how long it takes Rowan to go for the ring.” I love himmmm, he’s fun!!! He can be fun!!

-Tonist mention!! I love the Tonists <33

-Nice chapter!! Gives more depth to Faraday!!

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Chapter 12!!

-Rowan and Citra’s test are approaching!!!

-The idea of having to hold yourself back in life because you’re afraid of being killed is actually terrifying—

-Also same Rowan, I hate studying too

-“Rowan concluded that not knowing was more terrifying than knowing.” If I remember correctly what the consequence is then that is CERTAIN true

-I LOVE Citra and Rowan’s banter here!! You can see their chemistry early on!!

-UGH I WONT LIST OUT ALL THE MOMENT BUT THEYRE SO CUTE!!!

-Cute chapter! Lots of Citran moments!

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Chapter 13!!

-“I’m a human being, not a mole.” Faraday is soooo fun sometimes like so fun and endearing???

-“Destroyed back in the age of mortality by something called ‘terrorism’.” OKAY SO YES THIS DOES GIVE US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT PEOPLE HERE KNOW ABOUT THE AGE OF MORTALITY BUT ALSO THAT IS RLLY FUCKING FUNNY SOOO

-I too hate walking at 6:30 am (I go to public school in America)

-“I have found that with the Scythedom, it is better to ask for forgiveness than permission,” He is iconic yall

-“What’s the worst they could do?” Things said before disasters—

-“Running the gauntlet” Like walking the red carpet!

-“Scythes wished to be seen as the many faces of light, not of darkness.” And soon they will be! Yk, just right after the plague—

-SCYTHE CURIE OMG OMG!!

-OO now they’re seeing scythe goddard ohoho I LOVE HAVING FORESIGHT

-Citra would cringe at the fact she at one point dazzled by goddard

-Rowan don’t be fatphobic /j

-I like that the conclave’s are pretty boring for the most part, makes it feel more realistic

-I love how only when Citra becomes a Scythe does she begin to understand these rituals, shows how much she grows

-OHOHO we got goddards fuckin note bullshit! Citra is gonna hear allll about that when she becomes a scythe

-Love how Chomsky is basically described as “as white as anyone could be” lmaoo token white man

-also gun lobby, nothing to say about it just…Gun lobby

-Rowan starting to talk like faraday is GOLD

-Again I love Citra and Rowan’s banter

-SCYTHE CURIE

-The idea of the weaponsmaster being a infomercial salesman is SOO funny i need to use that in my scythe oc shit

-Also that digital poison sounds fucking TERRIFYING

-The Scythes not liking the term ‘victim’ is rlly interesting to me, shows they really think of themselves as these faces of light

-Neal I don’t think you know what feminine hygiene products sound like—

-Hand of midas shit but even MORE horrifying!!

-I am terrible with names I saw Scythe Mandela and thought he was Scythe Possuelo and I have no idea why

-Who names their child Ransom??

-VERY good and long chapter!! Two more to go!!

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Chapter 14!!

-OOO the test scene!! One of my favorites!!

-SCYTHE CURIE

-Again what is with the shit names??? Jacory??

-OHH you do NOT interrupt scythe curie girl you are FUCKED

-Oh Citra you’re gonna revisit the worst thing you’ve ever done REALLL soon

-ROWAN LOSING ON PURPOSE FOR CITRA IS SOOOO!!!

-GODDAMN IT RAND I LOVE YOU BUT STOP

-AND THE TENSION THICKENS WITH THE ADDED RULE OF THEM HAVING TO KILL THE OTHER OH MY GOD ITS STILL GOOD MAN!!

-We all want a relationship with the thunderhead Curie

-Very good chapter that adds to the stakes of the story!! One more to go!!!

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Chapter 15!!!

-God the shock and confusion and how upset they all are really captivates this conversation

-And you see that eventually Rowan is very willing to die at the hands of Citra, that’s how much he loves her like UGHH

-“Scythes were supposed to be above the petty,” oh citra you have no idea bby girl,,

-Hash pales!!!

-THE KISS SCENE

-Ive already went in depth about why I love this scene in my Citran analysis post but UGH I LOVE ITT

-Liar!! You are totally in love rowan!!

-GODDARD THE BASTARD

-God he is such a fucking dick i hate himmm

-Very good chapter :)

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AND THATS THE NEXT 5!!! Next time we’ll do chapters 16-20!

#the tone speaks #arc of a scythe #rowan damisch #citra terranova #scythe faraday #scythe curie #scythe goddard

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natequarter · 1 year ago

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really funny to me that the scythe who chose chomsky as his patron historic was a shit idiot motherfucker. like, there are plenty of scythes in the series who got their names from recently dead or currently living people (shania twain, nelson mandela, etc), but most of them are decent people. chomsky, on the other hand, is lumped right in with that gift to humanity, ayn rand. any similarities to persons living or dead is purely intentional. bitch.

#i mean i don't know if robert goddard or alessandro volta were uniquely terrible people #but they were both scientists - hence why goddard & volta picked them #ayn rand and chomsky are just dicks #scythe chomsky #arc of a scythe

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hereforyourdispleasure · 5 months ago

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I love having themed dreams because they used to be about the rp and now they're just about random shit I like

The other night I had a Mandela Catalogue style dream, scariest shit ever. If you think it'd be fun to be in an analogue horror, think again, because those bitches were right outside my house

Last night I had doctor who dream? Where we were in a freaky hotel? And there were murderers? And we did a scooby do let's split up gang, and then an old fashioned court jester and the grim reaper killed a guy right in front of me and were like "where's the one staying in room 305?" Which was not good news, because that was the room we were staying in and then I immediately got scythed

#I mean at least in the Darian dreams I never died #Because my brain already knew Darian was loaded with plot armour what can I say #Come at me what can a man do #Not be saved by the doctor that's for sure thx a lot mate

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doom-nerdo-666 · 1 year ago

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A post about Brutal Doom

I was thinking of when i could repost something i wrote before on this blog and now it seems Midnight made a video about BD drama.

You know what? Might as well do it.

This post might still be flawed but i tried:

What is Brutal Doom? A popular Doom mod, maybe the most popular. A mod that makes Doom "crazier" by making its gore more complex and including an ability to perform Mortal Kombat inspired “fatalities” on enemies. It also has features comparable to modern FPS like reloading and ADS. And a bunch of other stuff added for the sake of immersion and insanity (Whether it's intentional insanity or not depends). To some people, it’s “what id Software wanted to make back then” or “the best and only Doom mod ever”. Its popularity and critical acclaim almost paint a blurry image of the mod and so does some of its negative criticisms and drama. Doom is always hit with misinformation and half memories due to Dunning Krueger/osmosis/second half info/game of telephone/Mandela effect tier stuff going on. Brutal Doom is probably the biggest example.

What are its actual flaws? Any mod has its own differences and design decisions from base Doom and aren’t inherently bad just because they’re different; In fact, some mods are great because of what they are, even if they can be better on some maps than others. BD, despite being the “default Doom” to some people, had its issues and some probably weren’t intentional (But might be fixed as of me writing this, so this list is outdated).

The balance was known for being odd, so the shotgun would be OP during ADS and render the SUPER shotgun useless. You could defeat the Cyberdemon with 7 rockets or 3 SSG blasts. Headshots based hitboxes were once placed above enemies, so you had to shoot above a Baron. Some enemy radius were changed, so Cyberdemons and Arachnotrons could be stuck in some places. The player’s voodoo doll was modified in a way that affected some wads like Scythe. A feature of automatically adding props/features to maps (To make them “realistic”) had an issue where iron bars would block main paths and enemy projectiles could go through them but not the player’s) The art direction was also inconsistent, as some blood splatter effects had different resolution from other effects in the game. Sprites of picking up enemies as hostages looked weird and a HUD face for a playable female option had a weird looking face (To be fair, some female mugshots in Doom mods looked weird too). You also had a HUD so disorganized, where a totally different font was on top of the ARMS section in the base old Doom HUD and a grenade counter icon was set outside the HUD (Some weird stuff here and there, with no coherence or direction). And in Brutal Doom 64, chaingunners were invisible.

It’s normal for mods to have these problems because they’re fan projects, but some of these problems were either unique to BD or not that common, while a lot of other mods tried to avoid these things. BD is also said to have “spaghetti code” to the point that a version broke with GZDoom because Mark wrote the letter L where a 1 should have been.

But even then, BD is not so much judged on technical flaws, because of other things like drama including its creator. Even then, worse mods exist. I think ProDoomer for example is notorious for its problems.

How did it got popular? Game journalists giving the mod credit for features that existed prior in other mods and Youtubers (Markiplier and TotalBiscuit) are obvious examples. But there’s also a popular BD based mappack which borrowed FreeDoom maps and it’s how some people got into Doom. The amount of misinfo, its basic appeal (More gore, “modernized” etc) and the influence from the Doom comic are also noticeable. BD was also liked because of its "feedback" (As in how satisfying it felt to play to its audience), even if you think some sounds are too loud or visuals are too flashy (But people loved that regardless). The mod was popular among people that didn’t delve that much into Doom and its modding scene, so BD had its own subculture with submods and off-shoots content. It was essentially like a fanfiction treated as canon (In a series whose fanbase already touched how we talk about/look at/remember/play the games to begin with). John Romero once said that if Doom came out like BD, it would have “destroyed the industry”; He was commenting on the absurdity of the mod but people thought he was saying "it's how we wish we did it". BD64 was also nominated in a “best fan projects” section from 2016’s VGA’s and won.

On a bright side, BD did brought some people into Doom and other mods, so they don’t just stop at BD. There’s even BD inspired mods that try to “fix” the mod or are liked by people that don’t like the original BD.

(Boiled Doom, BD Johnny, BD Lite, Burl Tumd) So for all the "Doom illiteracy", there's some people getting deeper into the Doom iceberg/rabbit hole or whatever term you'd use.

Plus, there's a few other mods that got big enough to have their own subcultures. Complex Doom also has its own addons/submods and fanbase: Megaman 8-bit Deathmatch has its subculture, even if it's mainly because it's based off another game series (But Doom is no stranger to crossovers).

And right now as of editing this, MyHouse had its impact but it might aslo be related to things like the "Liminal Spaces" stuff, so who knows what weird impact it could have.

Historical revisionism (sort of) BD was given credit for features that existed in other mods and source ports, since its audience were people not too knowledgeable on Doom modding in general. Romero likes the mod but he never saw it as “what Doom should be”; His comment on “destroying the industry” was about the absurd gore. But various sites and content online still kept mentioning BD like they had too. Like the Doom version of someone who wants to talk about Tomba and another guy feels the need to mention that one popular SGDQ 2014 stream because of the memes around it.

(The internet is a reverse to a real party where a guy ruins the mood by bringing up something awkward, so instead everyone brings up the awkward thing and one guy is left alienated and in an awkward mood)

BD’s popularity meant people had certain ideas of the games and their mods that were misguided and not really true. I honestly think BD is just a microcosm of a fanbase that, for better or worse, “owned and readapted” a series in a way that can’t easily be separated from fans.

The community’s reaction and drama It’s not true that BD is only hated because “purist boomers hate anything new” or “modders were jealous of its popularity”. Some modders did however made it so their mods were incompatible with BD and pulled off goofy pranks: This is not just because of drama, but also because BD fans were asking other modders to make their mods compatible with BD and because SgtMark’s code was notorious for being sloppy at the time.

But the reasons why people hated Mark was because of how he behaved at the time. One instance, someone discovered a racist joke in the code (Something to do with the Plasma Rifle being described as “being so hot, it turns a white guy into a ** than rap music” or something like that). Another instance was a user claiming he was feeling depression and Mark replied with a Wikipedia article of suicide. These 2 in particular were seen as the worst cases and lead to Mark being banned on most Doom forums. Other drama includes Mark not properly crediting artists of the sprites used in his mod.

These are things that did happen, however, most people never post links or screenshots of them. This is the reason why people think BD drama feels fake at times: For someone that has an infamous history in a community, rarely do people post evidence that this ever happened. In turn, some people think Mark is being falsely accused.

One video that showed off BD’s glitches did use screenshots based on some events, but this video has an interesting story: You know the site Encyclopedia Dramatica? They used that video in an article about Doom. While most people saw Mark as an edgelord, ED treated Mark like any “loser lolcow”. This is surprising because, considering their nature, you’d think they would praise Mark for being edgy.

Maybe in some chan sites, people like that Mark was edgy (Or hate him for not being edgy enough). 4chan’s /vr/ board can be critical of Doomworld and ZDoom Forums but they also were critical of Mark’s personality and (At least in 2017/18) were the ones that most criticized BD for its gameplay and code problems. While most people heard stories of Mark’s character, /vr/ posted screenshots and webms of BD’s glitches and problems. Some even see BD as “Doom’s own Yandere Simulator”.

But there are also times when Mark wanted to stay away from drama: I think there was a version of a Project Brutality mod that had some patch to make it unplayable and crash someone’s game if mixed with BD. I recall this being an instance where Mark was getting tired of drama.

And like many other people in the community, even SgtMark criticized an update of WolfenDoom Blade of Agony that was going to a direction people thought was too far for a mod. (Something to do with a Wolfenstein inspired by trying to have specific real life references in the setting: This lead to Realm667 being down for a while and Tormentor distancing himself from the community for a while: As of writing this, maybe this drama is also waters under the bridge). Plus, Doom’s fanbase always had its sorts of drama. Let’s not forget Graf Zahl having to take a break from GZDoom development because he didn’t like that Lilith PK3 won a Cacoward.

And as of currently, a majority of people left the ZDoom Forums due to MarisaDesu and how others handled the situation badly.

More on SgtMarkIV Despite what happened, he is unbanned on Doomworld, he occasionally collaborates with other people and doesn’t get into drama anymore. It’s possible that Mark grew from all that mess, since people can change and other people in the Doom community had their own dramas and controversies.

Maybe one could also point out that he’s from Brazil, so consider the troubles of living in that country. Plus, a lot of edgy people in the internet come from countries within that middle/south American zone and/or with Latino-adjacent languages.

He also made more than just Brutal Doom, since Doom modders tend to be involved in different projects. He even made maps that were liked by people who otherwise dislike BD. Some modders and other people also had positive interactions, including Nash who did a gore based more before BD.

Did BD inspire Doom 2016? Being the most popular (And a bit forced/astroturfed) Doom mod, this seems believable at first. Hell, Doom Eternal has some enemy designs (Fire Baron, Stone Imp, Riot Chaingunner) that can be traced to Realm667 designs. But BD’s premise was based on some basic ideas that probably existed before (Nash for example did a gore mod that predates BD). 2016 claims its inspiration from the “meme” Doom comic, which was popular among fans, even if it was originally panned at the time.

But it’s more than the comic, 2016 is based on other parts of the fanbase. Death Battle made a popular video where Doomguy faces Master Chief and loses; Doom fans were upset because they think he should have won and even Halo fans thought the fight wasn’t truly faithful to either of the series’ gameplay or lore. You could even point out Doom fans being jealous of Halo “ruining FPS” and having a green armored soldier, hence the comparisons between Master Chief and 2016’s Praetor armored Slayer. Plus, when did a blank slate whose face bled on the HUD and was shown hurt in the iconic box art was seen as “being stronger than he actually is”? 4chan had one or two meme copypastas where someone described how strong Doomguy is and most of it is just basing Doomguy’s “Power level” on gameplay factors and the games’ little lore it had. Chances are some of this was ironic since one post even compared Doomguy to a generalized idea of “JRPG teams who kill God with the power of friendship” but some people took it seriously. It’s like Chuck Norris memes but based on a specific character and you wonder how much comes from jealousy over a certain other character.

Either way, the Doomslayer can be seen as fanservice to some fans but still with its own ideas and concepts. Besides, both Doom 3 and FPS during 7th gen were seen as presenting ideas that contradict the values of classic FPS, so 2016 was a “responsive” type of game. Hell, 2016 had no reloading, which once became default for FPS games in a while. Doom is associated with speed, even if it’s because of Quake and the presence of ALWAYS_RUN in source ports.

Doom fanbase status Not everyone into Doom is a modder or anyone that cares about wads. But i do believe that anything around mods, wads, ports, documentation and so on could be seen in a high regard. Because ever since 2016 and Eternal, the fanbase has grown and you can see different “layers” in a way.

This results in people hating Brutal Doom based on poorly received and limited information. They know the community hates it but have no strong base around it. Between Youtubers that came around 2020 and people who make Animal Crossing crossover fanart, it feels like they want to impress the old guard. Meanwhile, /vr/ actually used to show BD being buggy and awkward. And /vr/ had fans of more niche/demanding mods like Hideous Destructor. I feel like people could at least research these stories about BD or ask someone for better proof, but also know that Mark may not be the same guy he was in those times.

Personal takes I tried to be a bit “diplomatic” because BD discussion is a bit of a mess and there’s a lot to be said from various prespectives. Even if i stole opinions or perspectives of others, i tried to go for more obscure ones (People say Doom fans repeat the same jokes, when i see people repeating statements and other stuff). There’s a lack of objectivity and verification from “both sides, even the middle” and i tend to explore different corners of the fanbase to add a bit more sense. Especially in a series that was manipulated by its fanbase in ways that even the old guard doesn’t realize.

The reason why i think other mods should be acknowledged besides Brutal Doom is because Doom modding is a greater universe on its own and it shows how much can be done with the iconic FPS. Part of why i think there could be other award events besides Cacowards and that any time someone disagrees with changes of a certain source port, they should be free to make their own fork of it and base it on their personal preferences or interests of potential target audiences.

Doom modding is a product of freedom and expression from fans, given by John Carmack being influenced by “hacker culture”. Think of topics like being pro consumer or videogame preservation and documentation. Doom has a lot of things that other videogames could benefit from in terms of fanbase interaction. Even with Quake: I like that single player mods are getting popular, but i hope it doesn’t kill off Q1 multiplayer and any interest for Quake 2 or other games. Even if you dislike a game or something related, don’t let it die. Elitism over what you can/can't do feels out of place in modding and open source scenes or even hacking.

This whole post could have been done by someone that knows better and could present it in a better way than i did. In fact, i say this about any Doom “blogpost” i wrote. However, discussion around BD is so messy, i even question some otherwise wiser figures. Maybe it’s from an OCD mindset of trying to make sure everything is clear and fair. The truth is complicated and people prefer shortcuts for answers. I know “let’s all get along” is a boring, cliche thing to day. But Doom has a special fanbase and for all the faults and dramas, i think there are things to learn and some solutions that should be fair to more people.

Regardless of who you are, if you're reading this, you have some things you’re really good at and that’s something to be proud of. And it’s also nice to do new things and enjoy the works of others or collaborate. I dunno what else to add. I made too many Doom blogposts, i should actually make a map or real content.

But i still want to post stuff, since i haven't reposted the actual "Doom fanbase status" and some other stuff like Doom and Halo or whatever.

A post i recommend checking out (Could even inspire an interesting Youtube video) is this one about things that can be traced to Doom fans.

#doom #modding #doom modding #classic doom #id software #opinions #fandom #fanbase #brutal doom #doom 2016 #doom eternal #john romero

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primiera · 1 year ago

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mandela effect strikes again as the dark souls war scythe is actually a bardishe

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tigerarainbowra-blog · 1 year ago

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I might as well just paste here the whole ass theory I had regarding Simon and why they could be the fucking Angel of Death, originally posted on pastracord: Why Simon might be the fucking Angel of Death, an essay:

A- Each pair have a thing in common: Clyde&Winfrey have horns, Klaus&Jack have masks, so Flock and Simon may have something in common too... What if it was wings? Plus he lives in a barn, what else lives in barns? BARN OWLS! That would also explain why he can't use his "normal" arms in costume and has to rely on weid mouth arms instead, because his actual arms are too unconventional to fit in the costume's arms.

B- Clyde and Simon are set to be rivals and just so happen to have a lot of interesting parallels: Clyde is dressed in orange with yellow stripes, Simon is dressed in yellow with orange stripes Clyde's partner is animalistic because he ate too much, Simon's partner is animalistic because he ate too little Clyde is a villain who hunts people, Simon wants to be the hero who protects people Both of them know how to kill a veldigun and are set to fight and kill each other So by this logic, if Clyde is defined as the Eastridge DEMON, does that make Simon an angel?

C- Simon gets scythes due to rural theme, and if he does have wings like Flock, he gets free scythes at all time

D- This one is far fetched but he might fall into the badass priest/christian trope. In both voice reveals he uses a very specific vocabulary, "What the hell" and last one "What in God's name"... Plus he disguises himself as a scarecrow and what does the scarecrow do? HE PUTS HIMSELF ON A FUCKING CROSS! HELLO?? Additionally, Six might just be a parallel to fucking Satan (666), Simon is against that soooo...

Bonus:

-Being a veldigun and able to spawn eyes everywhere he can literally be biblically accurate

-"Be not afraid"

-Having wings might be the reason he managed to tame the Flock, he can keep up with him!

-Meta: Bendy inspiration with Bendy vs Alice, Gabriel in the Mandela Catalogue

-Christianity in horror trope

Happy 1 year anniversary (more or less) to my dumb self for when I realized what Simon's deal was.

I was looking at how Clyde and Winfrey were both horned demons, Jack and Klaus were both hiding in a costume with animal features, and then there were Simon and the Flock.

Like what's their thing? One is a crow, but the other is just a scarec-oooOOOOOOOOOHHHH

Also I don't remember when but one time @tigerarainbowra-blog suggested Simon could have barn owl features and if that's really the case I'm going to explode of happiness barn owls are my favourite fucking animal in the world and it makes so much sense that in the old lore the two moved in a BARN to hide away.

What other headcannons about Simon do yall have?

#pastra #pastraspec #veldigun #simon #doai #dreams of an insomniac

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shitty-scythe-content · 4 years ago

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My friend forky on the scythe discord server made an ai that randomly generates passages from Scythe and

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Discord bot: https://top.gg/bot/629799045954797609

#Faraday wouldn’t tried to enjoy it.#scythe discord funnnies #also the bot really likes volta and scythe mandela

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penguinparty88 · 2 years ago

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Arc of a Scythe Incorrect Quotes

Scythe Faraday : Croissants: dropped

Scythe Constantine : Road: works ahead

Scythe Curie : BBQ sauce: on my titties

Citra: Shavacado: fre

Rowan : Miss Keisha: fuckin dead

Thunderhead:

Thunderhead, grumpy: I didn’t understand a single word of that and I hate every single one of you.

Scythe Curie : Who the fuck added me to a fucking group chat?

Scythe Faraday : >:O language

Scythe Constantine : Yeah watch your fucking language

Scythe Mandela : OKAY WHO TAUGHT SCYTHE CONSTANTINE THE FUCK WORD?

Scythe Anastasia : 'The fuck word'.

Thunderhead: Are you stupid? You guys use the f word all the time

Scythe Faraday : Oh my god they censored it

Scythe Constantine : Say fuck, Thunderhead.

Scythe Curie : Do it, Thunderhead. Say fuck.

#aoas #arc of a scythe #scythe constanine #scythe #scythe curie #scythe faraday #scythe Mandela #citra terranova #scythe anastasia #scythe lucifer #thunderhead

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legal-graffiti · 2 years ago

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Live on In Infamy

WAIT I HAVE A WRITING BLOG WHAT AM I DOING quick repost!!! This is crossposted to ao3! I had a lot of fun writing this! Aint nothin more romantic than killing and murder 💞✨🌈

In which Rowan wins the ring instead. 2k words.

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“Now, and forevermore . . . Rowan Damisch shall wear the ring of scythehood, and bear the burden of all the ring entails.”

The room was dead quiet. Citra did not congratulate him. She didn't even look at him. He hadn't realized how much her silence would hurt. And he did not dare to look at her. Did she hate him for winning? Did she know how heartless he had been in their last trial? Did Citra know, as much as he did, how unworthy he was? He wondered how she had done last night.

It should've been Citra. It should've been her, rising as a new scythe, standing for wisdom and compassion. Citra, who would honor the scythedom with her service to humanity. There was no justice in this decision.

Scythe Mandela turned to him. “Have you chosen your Patron Historic?”

“I have, Your Honor.”

“Then take this ring I hold out to you, put it on your finger, and announce to the MidMerican Scythedom, and to the world, who you now are.”

To take the ring and put it on his finger was a cold affair. It was no prize, especially with the cost weighing on him. He held his hand up, as he had seen other ordained candidates do.

"I choose to be Scythe Lucifer," he said. Until now, the scythes had been silent in their disapproval. Now a murmur rose from the crowd. He knew why, of course.

"The fallen angel," Citra finally spoke. He shivered at the sound of her voice. After all this time, she still had that power over him. "From the Mortal Age."

"Because what he does today will live on in infamy," came from the crowd. The words had been close enough to hear, but too far to discern who said it. It was one part pity for Citra, and two parts disdain for Rowan.

"I choose Lucifer because it means 'bringer of light'. He opposed corruption, even within the ranks from which he came." A new wave of controversy echoed to the very edges of conclave. The half of them who hadn't suspected him for the deaths of Scythes Goddard, Rand, and Chomsky were now reconsidering. There was no evidence, of course. Only the newly ordained Scythe Lucifer, and the cold look in his eyes. Soon he would have bigger problems than the death of his second mentor.

"You know what you have to do," Scythe Mandela said.

"I do. I'll need a blade." It was brought forward without delay, as a prop is to a stage. Citra let out a shuddering breath, only audible to him.

Scythe Lucifer caught her eye before he reached for any weapon. For a moment, it wasn't the death and the pain that terrified Citra. He stared straight through her as he lifted his chin. There was not a single sign of remorse or fear. She knew then that she was wrong about him. This new disdain for her had never been a show. Scythe Curie had told her that he changed. That voice in her head that gave her a hundred sleepless nights- it was right all along. He would be glad to end her. Scythe Lucifer looked as indifferent to her death as glass is to the passing of light. She only hoped it would be quick. Citra could already taste the blood as she chewed through her cheek. No matter what she felt, she did not look away from him. He took three different knives from the tray. Not stabbing, then. Butchering. She took a deep breath and considered her last words.

"It is my honor to be gleaned by you, Scythe Lucifer." Despite everything, she meant it sincerely. After all, Scythe Faraday had chosen both of them.

He didn't respond to her. Instead, he faced the elegy of scythes. Rowan wanted, more than anything, to comfort Citra. It took all his will not to keep his eyes on her, to hold his gaze away for even a moment.

"Commandment Ten." Citra saw it all play out before he finished speaking. Her mouth opened, but no words came out. She wasn't the only one to make the connection. Scythe Curie shot to her feet.

“Thou shalt be beholden to no laws beyond these," he continued. "Even edicts of the scythedom."

Shouts started ringing in their ears, both confused and angry. Some scythes stood to their feet. Some stayed in their seats, uncertain if he was serious, or shocked still.

"Rowan, what the hell are you doing?!" Citra said. But she saw the three blades flash in his hands. He planned this. Regardless of her own emotional or moral dilemmas, this was untenable. It was Rowan against the only human government left on the Earth.

"Let someone else glean her and get it over with!"

"No, the High Blade should make him do it!"

High Blade Xenocrates, for once, could not afford to be stunningly mediocre.

"You cannot oppose the scythedom!" he declared. Lucifer stepped closer to Citra. Citra was reminded of every other time he irritated her with his ill-begotten sense of chivalry. None of the scythes approached him. Apprehending a junior scythe was beneath them, especially one ordained perhaps two minutes ago. Scythe Curie was lost in the crowd. For once, she was at a loss, even if she was the first among them to realize what would happen. If she tried apprehending Rowan, she was willingly putting Citra to death. If she tried to help him, she was opposing the law of the scythedom, and making their situation worse.

"I suggest taking Miss Terranova into our custody until the scythe cooperates!" the Parliamentarian said.

Two members of the BladeGuard stationed closest to the rostrum stepped forward. They handled over-enthusiastic civilians, and maybe some Tonists. Being tasked with defending the only killers left, they had never faced one before. They lunged from both sides, trying to leave him with no opening. Lucifer took a calculated step back, throwing them off balance. He sliced both their throats open in one elegant arc. The bodies hit the ground, one after another like a drum beat.

Before anyone else could move, one of the scythes in the front rushed forward with their hidden weapons. Citra recognized them as having been ordained at the last conclave, likely trying to make a grab for recognition. What happened instead was Lucifer swerved their attack, and used the momentum of their own body to carve a blade deep into their chest. They only fell once he freed his weapon from their corpse.

Xenocrate's gavel was thrown aside.

"Where is the rest of the BladeGuard!" he bellowed. If the weapons were props, they were the actors. That was their cue. Citra threw herself between them and her unbidden knight.

"He'll kill you!" she shouted to them. "Stop it!" Their hesitation and the wary looks on their faces told her they already knew. They were obligated to go on. Lucifer sidestepped her and continued his efficient work.

He couldn't muster the force to push his blade between their ribs and into their hearts while facing multiple enemies. Anyone with a pulse in his vicinity had their throat slit instead. Even the bolder scythes were taking their chances now, but they were no match for him. Lucifer killed them just as easily. He had no qualms leaving them on the ground to writhe and bleed out. They attacked first.

Citra had her own contingency plan to save Rowan if she was ordained. But it wasn't like this. This was insanity. Citra had no intention of being taken into custody, just to die at another hand, nor of letting Rowan continue with his slaughter. For this to end, she would have to be gleaned. Citra grabbed two of her own blades from the tray. It was the first thing that caught Scythe Lucifer off-guard.

She slashed at his arm. Citra could've disarmed him completely, but it only left a deep cut instead. Lucifer stepped back from her, gripping the wound with his other hand. Warning shot received. Anyone with the audacity to take him on was deadish on the floor at their feet. Certainly reinforcements would be coming in. But for now, the rostrum and most of conclave had cleared out. Once again, it was the two of them facing off.

"Let me die in dignity! You're a scythe; you owe me that!" Citra said bitterly. It didn't make him resent the truth less.

"I can't," he told her, as if the very idea defied nature. He remembered the last conclave, the deep abyss in her eyes, the sound of her last breath. He couldn't do it again.

Rowan's gaze was imploring and desperate. Lovesick. Blood dripped down his wrists and soaked into the lines of his palms. He carried the blades like they were his own fingers. Then Scythe Lucifer brushed his finger over the ring, and remembered that he had authority now. He took her arm gently, and held his right hand up to her.

In that moment, she saw both sides of him.

"Kiss the ring," Scythe Lucifer commanded. If she did that, she would be complicit in fighting her gleaning. Ben was still under the scythedom's jurisdiction. Nothing horrified Citra more than the idea that her family might be gleaned in her place, while she would be untouchable for a year. She pressed her knife to his wrist, hard enough that he had to pull away or risk having his hand taken off.

"I refuse."

Rowan loved Citra, adored her completely. But there was something about the viscera, the deep scent of blood, about the fury he felt in that moment, even if it was not aimed towards her. Once again, he felt like a omen walking out from a burning chapel.

"I am a scythe," he said, he voice low and dangerous, "And if I see fit to grant you immunity, you will comply." Citra put distance between them, although there was no fear in her narrowed eyes. It was righteous anger and resignation instead. He regret it immediately. "Please. I'm only trying to save you."

Her last words were only loud enough for him to hear, and she already had the blade at her chest.

"I wish I had never taken the apprenticeship."

She was precise and efficient, as Scythe Curie had taught her. Citra sank it into her heart, gasping as it pierced. She couldn't sever the vessel, but it was enough. Rowan reached for her, as she knew he would. Her last effort went into pulling his hand to the hilt.

Rowan screamed as if it had been his own flesh. Strong arms caught her before she ever touched the floor. He laid her down, as gently as if she were a saint.

"No, no!" Her eyes fluttered closed. A pained whine escaped her lips, and he ached at the sound. Blood flowed from the wound, and Rowan couldn't staunch the flood. All it did was stain his hands more. His fingers curled into the dark coils of her hair. His knuckles went white, as if he could physically tether her to the living world.

He had made his peace with death, but not with a universe without Citra. The purpose of her life would be to lose this apprenticeship, to be made an example of, and to die by his unwilling hand. He couldn't let it be. There was only one more thing he could think to do.

He desperately pressed his ring to her lips, still warm with life. Rowan would never forget this- the weight of Citra's body on his lap. The sight of her blood and the glow of his ring, dyeing her face in red. In short order, Citra Terranova was granted one year of immunity from gleaning.

The next moment, she was deadish. Rowan let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding. He leaned down and kissed her face, all of it blurred by his tears.

"You're okay. I've got you," he whispered to no one.

Revival center. Now.

#arc of a scythe #scythe #damn not me giving straight people rights 💀

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