#should i tag lcb for this?

[applepies-and-starlight]

So fun fact about Auspice!Rodya, she likes the sea

Like, she Really likes it. Though it's more of a neat little interest that is similar to people's obsession over greek mythology (or similar to how Laios Dungeon Meshi views monster cuisine (...I think, I really need to continue watching it))

Not sure how much this changes, but her dialouge about the Laws of the Lake in Canto V part 1 changes because of this, since she's actually familiar with how the Lake operates (at a very basic level, at the very least), she just doesn't know what happens when the laws are defied aside from "Bad Idea™" until the Waves hit in the Canto

[kapacb413]

is this anything

[sunshades]

WHO WILL WIN

The culmination of knowledge, one with access to information any version of herself - a genius in her own right - all behind her eyes and able to be called forth with a few silent blinks.

Or

Clock with da vibe

THIS HAS BEEN HURTING ME SO MUCH. why are they like.

[27th-of-march]

did this template rq except you can clearly see which sinners i draw often

[mango-dolphin]

Dante: <Hey guys, could we stop hazing Sinclair about this...?> Heathcliff: Heh. But how could an amnesiac tell anyone about The Trans Terrorbeast? Dante: <...........>

someone asked that i draw ishmael. and on all accounts, i very much did draw her. (i'm not counting it though)

single-image version and transcribed dialogue under the cut

Ishmael: My least favorite part about being trans? Ishmael: Hrm... there's lots I could do without,

Ishmael: But I'd have to choose The Trans Terrorbeast. Hands down. Sinclair: The— The what?!

Meursault: I recently underwent the process of fending off The Trans Terrorbeast as a preliminary step towards acquiring estrogen. Meursault: T'was unpleasant. Heathcliff: I wish they'd can that bloody horror already. Rodion: Ugh, I hated that part. Rodion: The Terrorbeast is like, so not it. Gregor: My, er, bug features let me skip that part, actually. Because I transformed. Rodion: Whaa?! Lucky... Gregor: No I wasn't. Yi Sang: I've chanced an encounter with the aforementioned "Trans Terrorbeast." Gregor: Eh...? You said you were cis...? Yi Sang: Strangely, I find your statement to be less than ideal. Sinclair: What are you guys TALKING about?!

(The text next to Vergilius reads *manifests*) Vergilius: Tch. Vergilius: I've always hated that damn Terrorbeast. Vergilius: At least it took my breasts. Sinclair: I see.

[bluegooo]

Wasn't in the mood for faces, so spiky wife and heavenly bouncer for today

[wuthering-tempest]

every time he comes back to base he's always freshly mauled and sopping wet. and for what? 2 rocks and a tuft of grass

[cables-and-wires]

my friend's limbus company oc fiver watership down

[offshore-brinicle]

Thinking about the three characters we've met who had already found and claimed the Golden Bough before the Sinners, Kromer, Dongbaek and now Ahab it's very interesting to me that they all have in common being women leaders of groups where they are seen as messiahs of sorts, much like how Carmen herself who is the origin of The Light was the one who united the original LobCorp team and had such supernatural charisma that she could convince anyone she wanted to join her cause of "saving humanity".

Kromer is the most blantant and cartoonish example, she's worshipped as a messiah and goddess by her followers to the point they consider basking in her grace a priviledge to the point of genuine insanity beyond what any regular person could comprehend, pure religious fanatism for their savior they believe in who will bring them a "pure, untainted" world, so much that they have cast away their individuality in their adoration, inquisitors being indistinguishable from one another.

Ahab who is a more realistic example of this kind of person even if not as infallible as the seemingly perfect Carmen; she's strong, confident, passionate, revered as a hero and makes convincing cases for herself while having the unnatural ability to appeal to people's desires and cut through them, and in her case the way the Pequod Town have come to bend to her isn't unfounded given their situation. I think that's what makes her significantly scarier and more effective as a villain and character in general; she's not just a comically evil woman in a position of power, you can very easily see why some people would fall for her words and bend to her will. She is paradoxically both the savior of the Pequod and the one who doomed them to the hell inside The Pallid Whale, yet after being isolated from society for so long with no other choices or escape and having their sense of self degraded by the Pallidfication the Pequod crew only came to see the first part.

Dongbaek is an interesting case, unlike the two women described before who are undeniably villains and egomaniacal, she's portrayed as much more sympathetic and even an outright tragic figure, however at the same time unlike them we never directly see the relationship she has with her followers. They never talk about Dongbaek herself and not even mention her in any way, only the ideology she gave them: destroy the current order to create an ideal world free from the shackles of The Wings and technological advancement, and unlike the two before who are always aided by their lackeys, Dongbaek was always seen alone, less like a hero or a goddess but more like a ghost that haunted everyone, much like Carmen's role in LobCorp. This "ghost" motif is doubly emphasized by her sickly dying appearance and how she contantly dissapeared and appeared without a trace, never letting those around her forget about all they have lost or sacrificed trapped in her vendetta.

But ultimately Dongrang, herself and even Yi Sang come to admit her motives were just as self-centered and she was just as manipulative, yet rather from a place of hubris it came from a place of deep despair and yearning.

Like Kromer, the TLA believed she would make a better world, but like Ahab, she was ultimately someone taking advantage of people in despair and giving them false hopes, all while deluding herself further, and much like Carmen, she's associated with trees and vegetation, both expressing the wish to be like one and having a disdain for The Wings, though in Dongbaek's case, she only represents half of Carmen's wish; being the plant blooming across the land, while Yi Sang is the one who would reach the sky.

In the end, all three of these women were false saviors, much like how Carmen's idea of bringing salvation to humanity led to all of the suffering within Lobotomy Corporation, the unleashing of chaos upon The City even her own endless torture as The Well giving birth to Abnormalities...it makes me wonder if all of this was intentional, as a way to parallel Carmen herself. Yet all three of them appear to us clearly untrustworthy while Carmen does not.

Kromer, Dongbaek and Ahab are immediately stablished as dangerous presences; Ahab and Kromer being the sources of Ishmael and Sinclair's suffering and tormenters they have to overcome --the source of their nightmares, and Dongbaek is introduced stabbing Yi Sang and being called "dangerous" yet Carmen is introduced as her best self and all the best memories everyone has of her, it isn't until Ruina, away from Ayin's perspective that she's questioned, it makes me wonder if they will continue to bring these characters contrasting Carmen in further chapters.

[soulanima]

Some sprites edits, expect more

[almostswagkid]

Doesn't seem like they'll be having any sleep tonight 😔

[aabluedragon]

Canto VII Spoilers ahead!

Musing about the scars of a certain someone.

I think Sancho’s old burn scars may heal in an interesting pattern due to the Bloodfiend regeneration.

Consider that she begins with 70 to 80 percent coverage on her body, which eventually heals to a state where her body doesn’t fall apart at a wrong touch. So what happens if she sustains a deep injury in that scarred area?

As the burns were initially healed as she was in the process of turning, I imagine that the regeneration wasn’t as efficient as it otherwise could have been. After all, she’s lost a lot of blood and not much has been done to replenish it.

Then, if she sustains, for example, a gash where her burn scars are, I think that area would heal as “normal” skin, perhaps with some texture differences on account of starting from an unusual lattice. I imagine that with each injury in the same area, the footprint of her initial burns will gradually fade. Depending on her own ideas about her attempt and her body, it isn’t so far off that she may… deliberately repeat the process of removing scar tissue. If she did, was it clandestine? Who is her witness, aside from the white moon above? I wish to know.

The pattern that would arise naturally through events such as the Bloodfiend War is so interesting to me. Patches of smooth skin in that gains its own scars during periods of blood shortage, that is very compelling to me. Imagine the stories in each one and what Don Quixote may imagine whilst tracing over them.

Don Quixote does not receive new scars upon meeting Dante. At least, no scars arising from an incident that required a rewind. Does she treasure these? These marks upon her skin that are all her own, whose stories she bore witness to.

[sunshades]

btw hey happy almost halloween. anybody here to listen if i say this mirror world in canto 6 was them being jonathan and mina harker. the fascinator of mina's green dress is decorated to resemble a feather, too. as of wild hunt's acquisition scene, in this world catherine dies by being beheaded, as if befitting of a vampire, which mina nearly becomes in the course of the book.

[saltedteas]

girls who have charge induced headaches together and take ibuprofen together 👍

[tangentrina]

I tried imitating the funger style to draw a Gregor...

Emphasis on tried

[gremio0]

your limbus oc looks SO cool do you have any info on him.... he compels me i want to know more about him

HI HELLO thank you for opening the floodgates I have a lot to say about Bentinho actually. in the wise words of oomf I’m like a vampire and need to be invited into talking about my ocs otherwise I physically cannot do it

Don’t expect any structure from this I’m not particularly sure half of the words I’m saying even exist

Alright. So.

He’s based on the book Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis (actually my favorite author of all time! I have a physical silver medal from a national literature olympic on this shit). Though it’s not really possible to directly translate the title, “Dom Casmurro” is a nickname given to Bentinho in his old age, “Dom” being a mockery of his high status and “Casmurro” meaning something between “stubborn”, “spiteful” and “grumpy”. His full name Bento Santiago is also interesting with “bento(a)” being a rarely used word for “holy” (as in “holy water”/“água benta”) and “Santiago” being derived from the word for “saint”, neither of which actually fucking apply to him; “Bentinho” is the diminutive form of the name. As an LCB Sinner, Bento is kind of an insufferable little bitch who I created with the explicit purpose of suffering the consequences of his actions as much as possible because he doesn’t get nearly enough shit in the book for being such an asshole all the time.

The Sinner Bentinho has a rather erratic demeanor, always literally and figuratively looking over his shoulder. He’s an arrogant and bitter man who doesn’t seem to be looking forward to much in his life. Although he does his best to maintain an appearance of collected elegance, his paranoia and jealousy often slip through the very plentiful cracks for all to see. He’s distrusting of most of everyone, and a pathological liar; talking to him can be rather difficult if you’re not careful with your words, as he has a way of finding non-existent malice in every other sentence, but it’s not particularly difficult to gain his favor if you know how to stroke his ego.

As for general Limbus stuff:

He has Midnight Green (#004952) as his signature color, and I generally use ☕️ as the emoji to represent him. The reference should be clear if you’ve read Dom Casmurro <33

He does not have a sinner number yet, but I’ve been considering #18 (because Machado de Assis, and consequently Bentinho, lived around the 1800s)

The word engraved in the hilt of his rapier, “Desprezo” (NOT to be confused with “depressed” it’s happened too many times by now) is, in portuguese, the feeling of despising something or someone.

His base EGO is called “Tu Serás Feliz”; “You Shall be Happy"

In his LCB Sinner Identity, he has Lust, Pride and Envy sin affinities.

His Canto is called “The Truth Revealing”. It would be placed somewhere from mid to end game, as the way it’s structured would require Bento to already have established relationships with the other sinners. I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from the philosophy he presents in one of the earlier chapters in the book: “life itself is much like an Opera”. Notably, the majority of it takes place in a theater, visually inspired by the Rio de Janeiro municipal thetaer. I’ve reduced the cast of the book a bit to focus on the conflict between Bentinho, Capitu and Escobar, though characters like Ezequiel, José Dias and Dona Glória also play a part.

He has a lot of associations with opera and theater but it’s hard to elaborate on those without a full summary of his Canto. Maybe one day.

I think that’s just about enough information for a decent introduction but I’d be very happy to elaborate if there happen to be any questions. wink wink nudge nudge. He’s been very rudely occupying my brain without my consent for the past few weeks and I doubt he’ll be going away any time soon. He should die one of these days that would be great.