#sorry this is also literally faust this is all he does.

[theobromine42]

This is about Arthur Lester and John Doe Malevolent in my mind

don't really care if the otp is romantic or platonic or erotic or whatnot. i care simply about the essentials (they are toxically codependent)

[child0feden]

CHERRIES WITH WHIPPED CREAM

bård “ faust ” eithun x reader - duke satanaël x reader - pelle “ dead ” ohlin x reader

- general headcanons for bård, duke and pelle dating someone with big boobs!

this is veryyy self indulgent, i love my boobs but i also hate them! sometimes they look so good and sometimes they do not… i am about to go to sleep so super sorry for any major spelling errors <3

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reading music recommendations: necromancer by mortuary drape - xxo by mia

⋆ ˚｡ ⋆ BÅRD “ FAUST ” EITHUN

- when you guys first met, it was backstage after an emperor concert and you had actually asked him to please sign your boobs! well, safe to say that this boy nearly dropped dead right there on the spot

✩ bård had never really been asked to sign anything let alone do anything even close to that, i mean, emperor was not even all that huge yet! his eyes literally just widened like big saucers, his mouth dried up within seconds and dropped open with an unfamiliar sense of pure shock before vegard came up from behind and gently smacked him on the back, laughing to himself and telling bård to just do it…

“ go on then, bård! do as the pretty lady says, hm? do you have a marker on you? ” ( you nod and chuckle to yourself as bård is still stuck in an obviously awestruck state in front of you, he thinks you are so insanely pretty and you have a great rack and you like his band? oh man, he can damn near feel himself hardening in his leather pants )

- and so he does, he takes the black ink marker from you with slightly shaking hands and hastily writes his messy signature on the soft flesh of your upper boob that is peaking out of your low cut top as you laugh at how blatantly nervous he is, thanking him with a lingering yet quick kiss on his corpse paint covered cheek when he hands the marker back to you! bård is beyond glad that the heated blush he can feel spreading across his pale face is covered up by white face paint

✩ yeah, i mean, bård was just kind of completely obsessed with head over heels for you after that first meeting and interaction! he does not even think it would have been possible for him to have not fallen head over heels for you after that night

- he quietly and almost timidly asks you if he could maybe take your number and go on some kind of a date together in the future! all whilst keeping his eyes trained on the boring ground beneath his black boot covered feet, knowing that if he was to look up, his big eyes would be drawn right to your boobs and he did not really wan to come across as desperate or maybe even nasty

✩ of course you agreed to give him your phone number, you did end up going on a unique cute little date together and voila, bård had landed himself a girlfriend for once! and he has landed himself a beautiful girlfriend with big boobs no less, safe to say that some most of his friends are very jealous of his predicament…

- after you guys have been dating for quite a while, bård starts wondering if you have ever had anyone else sign your boobs before him, he really hopes not! when he comes around to just asking you about it, he tries so hard to hide how relieved he is when you tell him that he is the only person you have ever asked to sign your boobs and he is the only person to have ever signed your boobs! you had always thought that he was a total cutie pie, you had always thought he was just that much cuter than most other men in the black metal scene, to you at least

✩ bård absolutely loves the gentle smell of the cocoa butter that you use on your boobs! literally every single time you walk past him and he gets a whiff of the heavenly smell still lingering on your skin, he is damn near drooling over you and the scent… do not be surprised if he ever wants to help you apply the cocoa butter to your skin too! he is always happy to help you with anything you do and need, especially when it comes with the major bonus of getting to massage and feel up your boobs

- you know how i mentioned that he often takes you on little shopping sprees as a date whenever he is not broke and has some money to spare? yeah, well, those shopping sprees are usually in lingerie and other clothing stores…

✩ it can be pretty hard to find bras in my size now in this modern era of time so i cannot even begin to imagine just how much harder it would have been in the early 90s, like oh my gosh!

- when you guys had first started dating, bård had surprised you one night with a super beautiful crimson red lace lingerie set that he had seen on show in the big glass window of a store and made the incredibly embarrassing and almost daunting purchase all on his own with one of his small pay checks from helvete

✩ but this caring and ever so thoughtful little sweetheart of a man just did not really understand the cup sizes at all and got a much too small cup size that constricted your much larger chest like a cobra on a death mission

- but either way, you thanked him for the obviously thoughtful gift with lots of deep kisses and many other more dirty things but you also made sure to tell him your cup size and kind of sadly explain to him that most stores in oslo do not actually sell your cup size at all…

✩ and oh, this man is beyond just upset and angry about it right alongside you! bård is so incredibly tempted to get some of his closest friends together and set all of those stores that do not sell your cup size ablaze! because to hell with them for not making all of those beautiful lingerie sets that you want so badly in your cup size! he thinks you deserve the absolute best and hates that often times, you just cannot actually have or even find the best

- bård is forever glad that he signed your boobs that night, he just cannot imagine what his life would be like now if he had gotten crazy nervous and accidentally said no to you… a life without you by his side? a life without feeling your euphoric titjobs? that is just no life that bård wants to even imagine living…

⋆ ˚｡ ⋆ DUKE SATANAËL

- duke absolutely loves when you wear certain tops that really show off your chest! he just loves seeing your boobs out and on display

✩ he is quite a simple man in that sense, he is just completely obsessed with watching the slight bounce in your boobs as you walk alongside him with your hands intertwined, he gets so lost in admiring how your boobs press out of the soft fabric

- but sometimes you do have to snap your fingers in front of his face in order to make him watch where the hell he is walking because the amount of times that he has walked right into a metal lamppost due to him being entirely distracted by your boobs is downright unfathomable and unbelievable

✩ what duke does not like so much is when he catches sight of other people gawking at you and your assets, oh nu-uh! they are his boobs to admire, no one else are allowed to stare at them like that… so he will often feel very inclined to wrap an arm around you and stare the person out with unwavering judgement and downright hatred until they get kind of freaked out and leave the vicinity…

- duke is an absolute god at giving you the most heavenly back massages known to man! if you even slightly mention to him that your back is kind of aching, he will be making you to lay down on the couch or on your shared bed before going to grab some of your favourite moisturiser from the bathroom

✩ even when you are out in public together, if he sees you standing kind of weird with your hands splayed out on your back and an obviously uncomfortable scowl on your face, duke will gesture for you to sit down on his lap and subtly give you a gentle massage through your clothes

- duke absolutely loves motor-boating you too and i am so not sorry for saying it… he just goes absolutely crazy for burying his face in your boobs…

✩ there are so many pictures of you two where his usually pristine corpse paint is just in a state of complete ruin on his face and a suspicious grey-ish mess of paint is covering the flesh on your chest! it does not take a genius to piece together what exactly happened

- there was one time when you guys were making out on your shared bed and it was very clearly leading into something much more, he had used a little black pocket knife to cut the straps of your bra off and you nearly killed him right then and there

✩ you were so utterly dumbfounded and pissed off, quickly asking him what the hell he just did that for… why the hell would he do that…

- poor duke was so beyond confused in the moment! why did you not love that? it was hot, no? you usually loved when he cut your panties off… you had never done this before…

✩ well, it was very hot, but also no it was not because what the hell, duke? that is literally your nicest bra, the most beautiful one you have ever found that actually had your cup size… and he just ruined it… only when you explain this to him with a both frustrated and upset tone in your soft voice does he fully understand why you are not turned on

- you give him quite the petty silent treatment as he apologises to you, only looking up at him and responding when he says he will make sure to buy you the most beautiful replacement, just show him what you want and he will buy it for you

“ baby, please… i have said sorry already! i will buy you the prettiest bra you find, just tell me when and i will buy it for you, okay? ” ( he has the smallest little pout on his face whilst he begs for your forgiveness, causing you to laugh softly at the sight of this big scary man in corpse paint pouting just because his girlfriend will not speak to him )

✩ when you finally do find a beautiful replacement for your old bra, his big eyes nearly bulge right out of his head when you show him the price tag attached to it

- but he does stay true to his word and he does buy it for you, all whilst grumbling under his breath about how you should not even wear a bra and he thinks you look fine without one, safe to say you set him back quite a bit that month…

⋆ ˚｡ ⋆ PELLE “ DEAD ” OHLIN

- pelle really loves just laying his head down on your boobs

✩ you will often lay flat on your back in your shared bed, just relaxing and reading a book in your head whilst his head rests on your chest, often bringing your hand down and gliding your fingers through his long blonde hair as he watches some nasty snuff film or shockumentary he has playing on his vhs player

- honestly, the rare times that pelle ever does get some small amount sleep is usually when his head is resting on your chest! it is just extremely comforting for him and the soft thumping feeling of your heart beating beneath his head lulls him to sleep

✩ pelle has absolutely drooled just a little on your boobs whilst sleeping on them before and he always gets kind of embarrassed and awkward about it when he wakes up so most of the time you do try to wipe it away before he wakes up and sees it, just to spare him the embarrassment

- pelle really loves to draw you totally nude too, but usually not even in a super sexual manner at all!

✩ he just thinks that your boobs are extremely picture esque and likes to illustrate how beautiful he really thinks they are, he likes to capture their beauty the best he can in his art

- another thing he often does that is not always in a sexual manner is sucking bruises onto the flesh of your boobs

✩ most of the time it is kind of very sexual but sometimes he just does it so casually whilst laying down on your chest, he will move his head just a little bit away from watching the tv screen and just kind of start sucking little blossoming bruises into the visible flesh of your boobs

- sometimes it scares the hell out of you because of just how suddenly he starts sucking your flesh which causes him to mumble a little “ ‘m sorry ” into your skin

✩ you are never mad though, you just stroke his long hair back out of his pale face and let him do his thing… pelle really likes pulling his mouth away to silently admire the bruises he left behind on your previously unmarked skin…

- pelle blushes so incredibly hard when he sees you wearing the small animal bones he gave you attached to a little rope necklace, the bones resting just on top of your boobs, he gets totally transfixed on the sight in front of him and usually only knocks himself out of it when you laugh and softly ask if he is okay… he will mumble a quiet response and dart his eyes away from your chest, he does not like being caught staring at your boobs…

[calitsnow]

Hi 👋 I've seen your theories on limbus company and I'd like to have your opinion on the chapter 8 ? Did you watch the live ? Any theories so far ?

Hi! First, thank you for the ask and sorry I took a long time to answer !

I did watch the live and it was super interesting but of course what I was the most interested in was the preview image for Canto VIII. And so of course I have some things to say regarding this image:

Firstly, regarding the original title, I’ve already seen many people mention the direct translation of the Korean title, which would literally give something like: “There is no other choice but to look.”

If we were to adapt it to make the sentence sound more natural in English, it would be: “I have no choice but to look.”

수밖에 없는 is a grammatical structure often used to express the lack of choice or alternatives.

We can’t help but draw a parallel between this phrase and Hong Lu’s situation: Hong Lu has no choice but to observe and accept his situation and what happens to him. It emphasizes his lack of choice and personal will, as well as his inability to act upon it.

The use of a verb related to the sense of the view is always amusing when talking about Hong Lu.

Now, looking at the English title: “The Surrendered Witnessing”, I think it can be interpreted this way:

Hong Lu is the surrendered one: he is the one who has yielded, abandoned, and submitted.

Thus, he now merely observes and accepts what happens around him, as well as what happens to him/what he is asked to do, etc.

Strangely or not, I can’t help but think, when reading these two titles, of a very important Taoist concept for the character Jia Baoyu: “wu wei” (无为).

In Taoist philosophy, wu wei is often translated as “non-action” or “effortless action”. This does not mean total inaction but rather a way of acting in harmony with the natural flow of things, without forcing or resisting. It’s the idea of letting things unfold naturally.

However, if this concept has been corrupted by the influence of Hong Lu’s family and, in a way, by the tone of Limbus Company’s world, we can quickly see how this concept could have been distorted and used to shape a docile Hong Lu who relies on this idea of non-action to accept and justify what happens to him and what he has likely endured for a long time.

Perhaps this is even the famous concept Faust mentioned, which Hong Lu relies on to avoid breaking down and distorting. After all, if one considers it normal to act and respond according to the influence of one’s surroundings (for Hong Lu, his family) and to accept this as self-evident in a way, then it is probably easier to live with such a situation. But if this foundation is questioned, then everything Hong Lu has accepted and endured is also called into question, inevitably leading to the question: “Then why did I endure all of this if not for that reason?”

Of course, Hong Lu’s character makes it easier for him to accept this vision, and his upbringing and naivety undoubtedly play a role.

As for the Chinese phrase on the right 不思观望: it could be translated as “Do not hesitate or wait and see,” or, to elaborate, “Avoid overthinking and hesitating.”

• 不: not —> mark of negation

• 思: consider / think of / long for / miss / think

• 观望: wait and see, watch something from the sidelines (waiting without taking action)

It seems to respond to the title and directly contradict it.

It appears to encourage taking action and not waiting, emphasizing avoiding overthinking or remaining in passive observation.

Is this the influence of Lin Daiyu?

Regardless, it seems to be adresed to Hong Lu and to invite him to break from this mechanism of « non-action » and to move forward / take action.

Then, if we look a little at this teaser image itself, we can see Hong Lu’s house, his mansion, still in these red colors but appearing much larger and more imposing than I would have thought based on what we could see in his EGO. But what we see in Hong Lu’s EGO might just be an interior part of the mansion.

The mansion indeed seems “closed” and surrounded by walls protecting it from the outside.

Finally, this turquoise luminous mist surrounding the mansion is quite interesting because, first, it obviously evokes the idea that this place is a lost illusion, created through an illusory fog.

The fact that its color is close to that of Hong Lu makes me wonder if this illusion is maintained somehow through Hong Lu’s existence or presence.

Potpourri of small ideas and theories (The first 4 are more affirmative than the others):

1. A theory I’ve had for a long time: Hong Lu actually ran away from his home in our world, and his family is looking for him.

2. Recovering the golden bough won’t be the hardest thing and might even be given to us by Hong Lu’s family in exchange for his return.

3. The golden bough will be located at the center of the mansion in a place called the Prospect Garden —> a place where Jia Baoyu spent part of his childhood/adolescence with his maids and cousins.

4. Hong Lu’s EGO phrase will change to: “Let’s go visit the Paradise of Truth” (the new name for The Land of Illusions during Jia Baoyu’s second visit at the end of the novel).

5. Hong Lu is (linked) to an abnormality (maybe Yin and Yang).

6. Does Hong Lu have a connection with the Moonstone?

7. Does Hong Lu bear the Mark of Cain? (Yes, I want to know which other sinner(s) have this f*cking mark. Sonia hinted at it!)

8. The fairy-like abnormality will appear / be relevant for this Canto to make a parallel between the fairies from Dream of the Red Chamber and the ones from Limbus Company. They also share a color palette similar to the one of Hong Lu’s left eye.

Thank you for the ask!

[enlitment]

N°2 for the book asks

Thanks for the ask kind anon and sorry for taking forever to answer! (this one was not easy!)

Top 5 books of all time?

In no particular order:

1. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Set in an interesting historical period (Canada in the 1800s) + partially based on real events + focuses on women's issues + from a female perspective + includes complex, morally grey characters + unreliable narrator trope + criminal (sub)plot + weird historical psychoanalysis & psychiatry + some really great writing. Need I say more?

(Also the show is actually really good as well, if you don't feel like reading the book!)

2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I mean, it's a classic for a reason. Gay yearning. Corruption. Murder. Beautiful descriptive prose. But hey, this is Tumblr, so I feel like I'm preaching to the choir here.

(Still need to get my hands on the uncensored version at some point!)

3. The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy

I've reread this one more times than I can count. Duffy draws on the classics (mostly Greek mythology, but also fairy tale characters and even Faust) but reimagines them through a more contemporary, as well as female perspective. That could go wrong really easily, but this book in fact does a stellar job in my opinion.

Just read Eurydice, my favourite (I don't think I've ever felt quite as represented by a poem before). Or Medusa. Or Pygmalion's Bride.

Or, you know, and poem that is not Mrs. Tiresias - I like to pretend that one is not there.

4. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Very much my teenage obsession. It's a gripping read written from the point of view of a teenage criminal that speaks in a strange mix of English and Russian that is at first barely coherent. It's raw, it's brutal, but it also asks some very interesting questions about the nature of morality and free will in a way that does not feel forced.

Oh, and the movie's great as well. Possibly the best soundtrack of all time. So good and so problematic that it's been banned in the UK until the 2000s.

5. The Great Cat Massacre (and Other Episodes in French Cultural History) by Robert Darnton

A collection of essays focusing on the microhistory of 18th century France? It's a real mystery why I like it so much, huh.

It's actually a bit insane how much I owe to this book. It arguably helped to spark my Rousseau and Diderot (and, in general, enlightenment era) obsession. I also sneakily reapplied Darnton's argument to justify my thesis (it's totally necessary to study 18th-century mental health approaches, give me all the funds now, please! /s).

Darnton is not only a hilarious author, but you also get a sense that he truly cares about the people he writes about. If you get your hands on it, I recommend reading chapter 4 (includes police description of the key enlightenment figures, like V, Rousseau, and Diderot!) or chapter 6 (the Rousseau stan culture analysis).

Maybe skip the titular chapter, especially if you are fond of cats. I'm afraid the name is, in this case, quite literal.

[buttastic]

ok so I've fully lost my mind and I acknowledge that but here's my chart of all the faustian dynamics in kingdom hearts 1 (I'm pointedly ignoring the sequels for this because they retconned a bunch to fit a different vibe and that's fine but I'm interested in disney faust here)

so for terminology's sake I'm herein defining a mephistopheles as a corrupting benefactor with ulterior motives, regardless of if they're the ultimate authority or not. the heartless writ large are the closest kh1 gets to having an actual satan and they don't seem real interested in pulling strings, so interestingly despite the goethe bent to most of this framework these are more marlowe-type post-faust mephistopheleses. hence why most of them are also in the faust category

a faust is someone who has specifically already made a deal at the cost of themself in order to obtain some power, whereas a proto-faust is either someone who has not yet been offered a deal or rejected it but possesses the qualities that would lead them to be tempted.

the fausts are fairly self-explanatory here but I do think it's interesting the degree to which this game went out of its way to cast cloud as a faust. him joining the military in ff7 is definitely broadly faustian but in kh1 here he's specifically depicted as someone who made a bargain with the god of the underworld.

the proto-fausts are a little more nebulous but also noteworthy in that ariel and aladdin show up in this section despite in their home canons being fully actualized faust archetypes. ariel in kh1 especially feels like riku! interesting! I also put sora in the proto-fausts bc tbh I'm not really sure what else to do about him. he goes along with riku's desire to leave the islands but doesn't really push for it, he literally corrupts himself into a heartless but that's in an extremely noble way, etc....idk man

gretchens are those whose lives are ruined due to the actions of the fausts. they are essentially the punching bags that measure faust's will to power and most of the agency they are given is to either hold down the fort or be sad until the narrative loops back around to needing someone to bail out the hero because of their infinite patience and benevolence. so like, yeah, mostly kairi, I'm sorry kairi

lastly we have the divine feminine which is the deus ex machina that through its even bigger goodness and benevolence makes everything ok in the end. how nice. very funny to use that terminology in a game as misogynistic as this one but here we are

all of the red lines on the chart are people who straddle multiple roles. frex most of the mephistophleses were also suckered into their role which makes them fausts as well, but also like kairi in true gretchen fashion straddles the line with the divine feminine in her capacity to reconstitute a body for sora.

most interesting on that front though is riku, who manages to straddle being both a faust and a gretchen, a man who ruined others with his ambition and at the same time a child who was trampled underfoot.

the green arrows show which direction the power flows and from whom, frex how ansem and maleficent had a custody battle over exploiting riku who in turn really screwed over his childhood friends whose island he blew up.

idk. this isn't real deep. when I picked up kh1 again one of my big questions was whether it's like Supposed to be a faust thing or if that's just incidental but I'm leaning harder on the idea of intentionality because this does kind of feel like an exploration of this sort of temptation/exploitation paradigm just from the jump. also the heartless are just demons and the realm of darkness is just hell in a way that I don't think ever shows up in any other squaresoft game

[mulberriesandtea]

Woe. LCE ramblings in thy inbox. Sorry about this

So first things first is the timing, given how it's a "regular" checkup this presumably is not the first time it's happened, though we lack details on any previous times. Plus that also depends on location, which I'll get to later.

But of all the things that could possibly lead to the need for a checkup there's a few things that come to mind: Don Quixote knowing she's a bloodfiend again, Dante's clock ticking forward, Hong Lu's upcoming canto, the fact canto 7 is essentially the halfway point (halfway if one thinks its a Sinner per canto and so 13 total, but just over half if you dont count Clock) in their journey, new bough, literally just a schedule. Personally I think it's because there's going to be a major change in a Sinner - Hong Lu - and so the company needs to have his stuff updated beforehand. Given the mention of how the Sinners match up to their pre contract selves I do think it's related to Dante's clock as well.

As for location, I think its somewhere in the corridor, or at least accessed from there. The backgrounds remind me of one of the doors, the MD one I think, and it does seem a secure place to do L corp cosplay in, but I dont understand the corridors enough to say more. If it is a proper location in the City they head to via door shenanigans, I'd wager its either in L corp or in one with major ties with whomever is running LC.

As for E.G.O. suits, they're a less refined version of Lobcorps ones, showing much more obvious abnormality traits but seem to be missing some sort of connection between suit and user - the one that usually allows for anyone to pick 'em up and use them fine given how Faust talks of flying and how she probably crashed the first time. But the lack of refinement is presumably because they either lack the techniques or material used by L corp, a likely result of how it seems they're reverse engineering them.

I've little to say on what we see of the tests themselves, though it mostly seems like combat testing, plus I could reasonably assume the general doctors appointment stuffs to make an appearance. The aesthetic of the PV, namely low poly not unlike an old video game, brings to mind the idea of a simulation of some kind, though I'd struggle to claim any further evidence to back that up. I do find the use of Peccatullum, including higher tier ones, interesting though. Given the first time we saw higher tiers of them was when the Sinners were first tasked with that monolith, something we know LC has had at least one in their custody (unless Hubert bought it with his time money) that they could use to create Peccatulla according to their need.

No need to be sorry! I liked reading what you had to say. Here's my responses:

This is the first time it's happened on screen; I believe the implication is that this is the first time it's happening on the bus. Considering that the ID cards that all the sinners have include eye tests and just in general how Dante brings up in Canto 2 that the sinners are weaker, I definitely agree they've had them before. Before the bus and before they met Dante.

I believe the 'data' mentioned at the end of the trailer includes Don Quixote remembering who she was. The rest of the sinners we don't know the backstories of yet? Well, we know Faust is a researcher, we know Outis was a military veteran, Meursault worked at NCorp but we don't know what sector, and that Ryoushuu was incredibly strong before her connection to Dante weakened her, and still has very heightened senses. With Hong Lu, he's from a rich and very turbelent family(to say the least). Knowing that, everyone else's memories are most likely intact, with their backgrounds, at the least. It was just Don Quixote and the fact she's a bloodfiend.

Another thing to note is Gregor's 'present' from Hermann. We really don't know much about that plot thread currently, and while we'll deal with that later, it's just as likely we might get some more hints about whatever it is.

I agree with the Hong Lu assessment! As you may know I believe in Two in One- 💥

I personally think that this is Limbus Company as a building itself. You can see the logo in the upper right corner of the battle stage's background hall! We'll probably arrive through the corridor, but I think there's a small chance Limbus might be situated somewhere around P Corp. Who knows, really, we'll just have to wait and see, we got less than a week :)

I think it's also because while they are not completely refined, the LCE EGO suits ALSO are less uniform than the LobCorp EGO suits: remember, the LobCorp EGO suits were very simple in their actual cuts, just being different in materials, color, and SOMETIMES the cut of the coat. Weapons could be utilized with either the hands or remotely, as is the case with Sound of a Star or Feather of Honor. Meanwhile, Yi Sang has the lure from FaeLantern and Faust has the wings. Faust distinctly also states that wings AREN'T part of the normal human form, and there's not really any LobCorp EGO suits or weapons that I can think of that augment the user like that. As such, the LCE EGOs probably need a different formula to the LobCorp suits, maybe even different formulas to each other. Basically, I think the heavier amount of abno traits are heavily desired by the LCE, versus LobCorp's uniformity.

The specific style is usually called 'ps1 graphics' but it is a very interesting style! I don't think it's a simulation in the way you seem to be implying, though. I imagine that 1 to 1 lengthy simulations of real life are banned by the head.

hubert.

oh one last thing i would like to mention about the combat testing.

WHY IS IT ALL PECCATULUM IRAE

THERE'S NO OTHER PECCATULUM IN THE TRAILER. IT'S JUST FUCKING PECCATULUM IRAE. WHY IS THERE SO MUCH WRATH IN THE PECCATULUM THEY HAVE.

[chaotic-history]

Thank you @enlitment for the book tag! Putting it in a new post since it's long. This probably isn't the best time to do this when my brain is still brain fogging, but here goes

Last book I read: The Satyricon by Petronius, specifically the 1694 translation (shoutout to V's birth year). It's the second most fully preserved Roman novel, and I don't know what I was expecting from it, but it's just kinda meh? In its defense, the translator has a very specific writing style that didn't read very smoothly for me, so I'm sure it's much better in the original. The best parts imo were Encolpius and the poet complaining about modern (ie, to them) things in the exact same ways that we complain about the exact same things now.

Book I recommend: The Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer. It's a sci-fi series with a philosophical bent set in the year 2454 and written mostly in the style of the Enlightenment era (the narrator, Mycroft, has a very bad case of 18thC brainrot). One of the things it touches on really well is how gender is perceived in different ways according to different standards, and I don't want to explain that since I think you have to go into the book not knowing a lot-- it's throwing you into a society that's as different from ours as the 18thC is, and you're supposed to feel like that. And I know "the worldbuilding is good" is probably overused, but it really is; parts are fantastical enough to feel like it's verging on a dream, and it's grounded in enough of a potential reality to make even the impossible things seem achievable. Featuring a very politically significant 18thC brothel, the ghost of Thomas Hobbes, the actual Achilles, Humanists, the world's #1 unreliable narrator, and a sex scene taken almost word-for-word from de Sade until the reader asks the narrator to stop.

Also Candide because I need to keep up my streak of convincing people to read Candide.

Book I couldn't put down: Do not underestimate my ability to put down literally anything. That said, the fourth and last Terra Ignota book (can you tell I'm trying very hard to sell it?). I can't say much about it because almost anything at that point is a massive spoiler, but books 1-3 are all gradually building up to a major event in book 4, and it's sort of the quiet kind of suspense where you know what's going to happen, but all you can do is wait and see the extent of the damage, and the main focus of the tension even during it is how you're going to rebuild, and any solution is so painfully flawed but it's something and the narrative drags you along throughout all of it by the sheer force of its hope.

Book I've read twice: Quite a few, but my favorites that I've read multiple times are Catcher in the Rye and L'Immoraliste. I read Catcher in the Rye the first time for class, and I don't want to go on another long rant, but I love Holden so much and I'm incredibly glad that I read the book when I did; I can see so much of myself in him and having sympathy for Holden taught me that maybe I need to have a bit more sympathy for myself as well. Also, sorry Mrs. [redacted] for stealing your copy of the book. It wasn't on purpose but it'd feel weird to return it now.

L'Immoraliste I originally picked up at the library to read the first time because based on the year published and the title I assumed like a 90% chance of it being gay, then I fell in love with the writing style and so I reread it in French. The part where Michel is going out to lay in the sun naked (<- absolutely terrible desc. of it but I can't think of smthn better right now) is up there in my top three book scenes ever.

A book on my TBR: Way too fucking many, reader, way too fucking many. On the top of the list right now is Goethe's Faust since I'm intrigued by @iron--and--blood's Faust AU for Morton's Hope, and also since I should maybe read some philosophy that isn't just French (does Goethe count as a philosopher? At least by the 18thC definition I think he could). And Goethe said V was good, so at least I know he has good taste.

Also I should maybe finally start reading all the Molière/Racine/Corneille stuff I've been stocking up on lol.

A book I've put down: Voltaire et Frédéric II by Roger Peyrefitte. It sucks shit and I've tried to read it at least five times now and every time I have to stop because it makes me want to personally murder the author by like 50 pages in and I am not exaggerating in the least.

A book on my wishlist: There's a couple 1780s editions of Villette's works for sale that I like to look at every so often... I'm sure I'll eventually cave in someday but for now I'll keep trying to convince myself I don't need it.

A favourite book from childhood: I had to google a bunch of stuff to find this since I couldn't remember the title, but it's first book from the Epic Order of the Seven Series by Jenny L. Cote, about a bunch of talking animals during various Bible stories/major events (yes it is very weird). This one is about Noah's Ark, and since the animals were from all around the world, parts of their dialogue were written in a bunch of different languages with a little dictionary at the back which I thought was the coolest thing ever (it kinda is tbh).

A book you would give to a friend: Depends on the friend and what I think they'd like, but the last book I gave to a friend was Discourses on Livy since we were talking about The Prince.

A book of poetry/lyrics you own: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage! Yet another book I haven't gotten around to reading yet.

A non-fiction book you own: Changes in the Land by William Cronon. It's about the ecological changes in New England from before the Europeans arrived roughly up to 1800 and how the environment shaped and was affected by the economies of the Native Americans and the settlers, and one of the points that really stuck with me was that one of the major differences between the two groups' relationships with the environment was that the Native Americans primarily viewed resources as being valuable in terms of the function they served, while the settlers saw natural resources as being valuable firstly because they could be sold, and he talks about how it was that mindset which we still had today that made a healthy relationship between the colonists' economy and the environment unsustainable. It's also written in a way that's super easy to follow, even if you know nothing about ecology (which I do not).

Currently reading: The first volume of V's correspondance from the Garnier edition. So far I've made it up to 1731, and I realised I'm still thinking of him then as young V even though he's 37. There's so many gems in the letters though (especially to Thieriot) and it keeps leading me down a bunch of rabbit holes.

Planning on reading next: Faust!

Tagging: @ouiouixmonami, @acrossthewavesoftime, @apurpledust, @captainsamta, and @orchatab

[signofthefloss]

For me, I will base all of the characters' faces with their singers no matter what. Even if the characters are literal real person (like the Pope and The Roman Gang), I envision this whole thing like a movie/theater of some sort where they are just actors. I also use the story's progression and settings as reference to what each character could wear or look like.

Gabriel Laymann:

This character has two forms, 1 in real world and 1 in Avantasia realm. For the real world, he must follow the dress code for Dominican Order which is something like this picture:

Meanwhile in Avantasia realm, I made the character look like the actor at the current time (Tobias Sammet in early 2000s, specifically the years the albums came out), but not everything is a carbon copy. I made Gabriel slightly taller in Avantasia since he mentioned something about him "running faster". So basically, long dark wavy ginger to brown hair, lean body, and young.

The attire he wears depends on the occasions, maybe during the first entry he looks like a normal medieval village boy with a brown vest, linen clothes and pants, and leather shoes. By the time he meets Elderane and Regrin and they talk about the plan of ambushing the people during The Tower, he dresses up as a "local tour guide", maybe the attire is adjacent to Sesidhbana's culture. Something like a patterned cloak, a medium lengthed robe, and a belt to hold items. Gotta make him look official, so to say. Then after all the commotion, he wears into something more comfortable (a linen shirt but with more intricate patterns on the seams) with appropriate accessories/weapons for safety measures like a dagger or crossbow. I envision this to be worn during occasions like in The Looking Glass and Chalice of Agony.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention that in the real world, he did have to disguise himself after he escaped the prison with Lugaid (Vandroiy) so I made him wear a dark green robe with a hood to blend in with the forest and the crowd (if he ever had to go through one). So in total that's like 5 outfits for him. Damn. What a wardrobe for this monk.

Scarecrow:

This character I am not sure how he would look like in details for the clothes, but I do know that he gets Tobi's 2008~2010 look.

I also know that he's in the Victorian era so. Gothic Victorian Composer aesthetic I guess? I haven't explored Scarecrow's canon attires much but one thing for sure is that his sense of fashion fades as he progresses through his story. Like, c'mon. The guy is practically insane. There's literally a song called Twisted Mind.

I mean, you can see the Victorian influences in these pictures right?

Okay, perhaps his character would wear eyeliners too but only when he's performing at the opera house (not sure as what, conductor? Opera singer? Circus performer? Eh, I'll research about it later).

And he wears all ragged clothing when he's not acting like the star of the show, casually walking down the streets of wherever in deep purgatory hell he is in. It's really hard to pinpoint the settings with this story.

I also read some opinions about how this character is based on Faust. I don't know the details of that story but both of their situations sound alike (e.g. selling their souls to the devil in exchange of what they desire most). So yeah, kinda agree with that opinion actually. Yeah, that's all I just wanted to say for Scarecrow.

Aaron Blackwell:

This character also has 2 forms because in the 2nd album he got sucked into the ghost realm or purgatory hell or something (I don't know I actually haven't read the lyrics for Ghostlights sorry).

Now this gets interesting, this character does NOT look very much like Tobi himself during the time the albums came out. There's a resemblance of course but I kind of based him on stereotypical impressions of these words: English Victorian Scientist/Watchmaker. So if I imagined that, I would picture him wearing oval spectacles, having a bushy goatee, twirly mustache, and sideburns. Bonus point for his curly hair to look more pansy. Yup.

So in the story, the setting is during winter time. In the journal, the character said that he can see "spirits", either this is a result of him working tirelessly with no breaks til the sun rises or he has some undiagnosed schizophrenia. I don't know. Like I said, I didn't read the lyrics. Plus, the journal's handwriting is too cursive for me to decipher the words.

So based on those info, I gave him a long dark blue coat and cape, it would make his silhouette look like a ghost if you think about it. When indoors, he just wears a blue vest (+ golden seams) with white linen long sleeves, a pair of casual trousers, his basic accessories like his spectacles and the little pocketwatch (The colours are picked from the album cover btw).

During Ghostlights, he looks a bit more, dead? Like, you can see the eyesbags and dark circles on him, the pale skin, the lifelessness in his eyes. His attire is basically nothing but black. His cape is longer and more torned because why not? You're gonna die. So, look and wear like it.

Misplaced Entity:

This is gonna be a long one.

For this character, I based the shadowy figure from the Moonglow album cover. Technically I would put 2019 Tobias' face on the character but the storyline is clearly based on the author's personal experiences when he was in his youth so... I'm using early Edguy era Tobi for the character's face. Preferably one with no facial hair to capture the essence of youth for the Entity.

(Yeah I don't know why he got the pride flag printed on his face, it was already like that)

Attire wise? Well, you guessed it. Victorian era. Tobias loves it so much, maybe a little too much. At first, I did envision that It would wear very ragged clothing, something that shows the words poverty and pheasant. It also wears a dark forest green cape with a silver moon brooch (an heirloom??? Dunno) that could at least protect it from minor harms. Not sure why I felt like that should be in design, maybe cuz Tobi makes it sound like this Entity just got kicked out of Its own home/sanctuary for being different than Its circle's expectations. And that results into It being a refugee.

But then I thought maybe that headcanon was a bit too specific and falls far from the vague storyline, hell, it wasn't even said in the lyrics that the Entity was kicked out of Its home. What the hell brain? Maybe It was just shunned on for being Its authentic self and felt like going on a self-discovery quest to know why It is born that way and how It can improve Itself.

Ah. Whatever. Same thing.

Oh yeah. Forget to mention that Tobias uses It/Its pronouns for the Entity. The character is possibly Intersex/Nonbinary/GNC since It called Itself a "weak hermaphrodite" (The Raven Child, Moonglow). Just saying.

Anyway, in the 2nd album I tried to give the character nicer clothes; more proper and, well, more Victorian touch to it, as Tobi likes it. The cape and moon brooch stays the same, though.

However, things get a little tricky here since the story has been officially animated but it has THREE different designs for the same character.

Either it is based on how the animators interpret the character with the songs given to them OR the stories are episodes of different Entities (Hence why the album is called A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society). I'd like to think it as the second option but I'd like to focus more on my personal Entity design. Hell, even my Entity design has 2 separate forms (due to the fact that I had to adapt It in a cartoony style for my Storyboarding project assessment. Well, it's only heavily based, it's not really the exact same Entity... But... If we follow the rules of the 2nd album's name, it could fit in the story, right? Meh, whatever).

That's all I can ramble for now, maybe in the future I would tweak other things. We'll see about that.

Avantasia artists!

i am once again asking where you get your references for all the protags (Gabriel, Aaron, the Entity, etc)

[sxftkxssxs]

hello again! It’s that riders of Icarus guy- so sorry for bothering you with that! Most people don’t really know what the game is so I don’t blame you, but I think an easier way to request something with the arcana would just be an mc with two wyvern familiars plus the m6 reacting. Again you don’t have to do this one, I feel bad I asked that cause it was a waste of your time- I hope you’re having a wonderful day and get plenty of rest!

I hope this is what you wanted! If you do want something different just ask <3

MC who has Wyvern Familiars (M6)

Asra

Considering these things are smaller than regular dragons, you’d be able to manage a lot better

Faust and your familiars are so chaotic together, causing a mess anywhere they go

Asra loves to see Faust getting along with the wyverns

Wants to ride a wyvern at least once, if they’ll let him 

He treats them with so much respect and love

Asra treats them like how you treat Faust

He will definitely be just as playful as he is with her as well

Julian

His jaw is literally on the floor when you introduce him

He gets very nervous around them at first, definitely thinks that they might eat him if he acts wrong

Julian eventually learns they (probably) won’t eat him just for saying something stupid

He loves seeing them scare people, it's dramatic, and he lives for it

Dresses them up for fun if they allow it! Definitely makes life more interesting, seeing a wyvern with some bright red accessories on

Malak occasionally will perch on your familiars. Then remembers that they could very well eat him, and decides to perch somewhere else.

Nadia

She loves them!

They look extremely majestic and know exactly what they want 

She is always very considerate and polite when she talks to them. She also tends to talk directly to them instead of through you

If you’ll allow them to, Nadia would love to have them in the ballroom occasionally

She loves when arrogant nobles get a little scared of them (intimidation tactic)

If they’ll let her, she’d have some jewelry made for them whenever there’s more formal events

Chandra will admire them from a distance! She doesn’t really want to become their next meal

Muriel

He doesn’t say anything, but you tell he’s a little shocked

They’ll definitely have to make due with the woods you two live in

Muriel actually really likes them, he won’t talk to them much, but he might make them things or silently sit with them.

Definitely carves some wood based on them! It’ll sit together with some of his other carvings

Inanna doesn’t get scared of them normally, she’s one of the few familiars that likes hanging around with them.

Portia

She’s in complete awe

They’re so cool! How’d you meet them? Where do they usually stay?

She’s practically vibrating with questions

They’ll fit somewhere, there are lots of woods near her cottage for them to rest in

Pepi is a little scared (reasonably so), but if said wyverns don’t like to scare her all the time, she’ll warm up to them

she definitely thought about riding them, more than once too 

if she ever does get to ride them, she will never shut up about it

Lucio

Does not shut up about them

Brags about them and you to anyone he meets

tried to literally shower them with gold (which is funny, until a wyvern actually gets hit with said gold)

he’ll also want them in the castle, but doesn’t think too far ahead about it- he just wants them to spook people a bit

They do come in very handy whenever you’re on an adventure and need someone to keep watch

Every familiar in here is so sassy, it's unreal.

[child0feden]

Lol sorry for that😭

maybe your fav Faust pics? Or the helvete ones are cool too!

You're so sweet btw

no need to apologise, honey! seriously, do not be sorry :) 

of course! well, the helvete picture that includes bård drinking milk in the corner actually doubles in as one of my favourite pictures of him so i can do both for you! click to enlarge some of the pictures, these are just some of my favourites of him hehe…

bård drinking some milk in helvete ( a favourite because it is just really cute and i always wondered here, maybe the lighting and angle is just odd but does it not look like he has short hair here? he likely did not have short hair but it kind of looks like it, maybe it is tied back or something? )

bård taking a selfie ( i think he is taking a selfie here anyways, does not look like a picture taken by someone else! the picture was taken in his apartment, this is the coloured and uncoloured version of this picture! the coloured version is much better in my opinion! a favourite because he just looks cute ) 

bård playing his drums ( including a peek at him shirtless playing the drums during what i believe was the concert emperor performed in uk liverpool 1993! i am not 100% that it was the uk liverpool concert but i think it was! a favourite because it is just nice to see him doing something he was and is probably still so good at ) 

bård in emperor band pictures with vegard and tomas ( the bottom picture is sourced from the cd booklet for in the nightside eclipse but i am unsure of where the top one comes from! no major reasoning for these two being a favourites, i just think he looks cute in both of these, his sweater and fingerless gloves look very comfy ) 

bård actually smiling ( he has such a cute smile and i absolutely love it! he looks so cheeky holding the pig head, so full of genuine admiration next to øystein and just so genuinely happy with tomas! also the slight teeth lick in the van picture? straight to horny jail )

bård in corpse paint ( a favourite because he just looks like a little baby raccoon and most of it is literally just white paint with zero black, real unique lolol ) 

bård but beefy ( my personal favourite era for bård, so hot! he beefed the fuck up by boxing in prison ) 

hopefully you like these, i have so many pictures of black metal men on my phone it is not even funny and thank you so much! i am glad to hear you find me sweet, i would not want to treat you guys any less when you have all been so sweet to me <3 

[showtoonzfan]

I’m sorry but how many times is Viv going to say “Insert character is one of the most powerful beings in hell”- like….I really hope she has a good idea of what exactly the ranking is like and who can do what and who is more powerful to who because rn its kinda confusing. The Overlords are a type of….demon group I guess that I’ve been curious about for a long time now, mainly because they’re confusing and I have no idea how this works. I really hope the show explores how a sinner can turn extremely powerful to become an overlord, especially regarding Alastor since he just magically became a god overnight when he first arrived. Viv has said in the past that demons can get really powerful by quote “making deals”, but I dunno, right now it’s just jumbled. For example, if Lucifer isn’t even ruling anymore or is just tending to himself, how exactly is he letting these overlords rule over Hell? Like…it’s strange how characters like Vox, Val, Carmilla ect are said to rule over their specific genre regarding all of hell, but then they also say that sinners can’t even go outside the Pride ring because it’s part of their punishment, so why have Vox rule all of television? Why have Val rule the entire porn industry? And it’s also confusing when you add the seven deadly sins into the mix. If the sins are ruling over each ring of Hell, then how exactly do the overlords come into play?

Vivziepop keeps treating the overlords as if they're their OWN hierarchy, showcasing how regular sinners are afraid of these people but.…I just don't get it. I mean if Carmilla, Vox, and Alastor are the main really powerful ones, where exactly does Lucifer come in with all of this? I get that he's "at the very top” apparently, but it doesn't make sense how you also have these OTHER demons. SINNERS no less, who became all powerful and are in charge at the SAME time. I mean what does Lucifer think of this? It's even stranger because in the pilot you can SEE him hanging out with Carmilla, Zestial, and Zilla as if they're EQUALS. I mean, Viv never confirmed that the three were sinners or not, but to me it's implied. If they are, WHY is he hanging out with characters LOWER than him? Faust literally said that Lucifer wants to keep hell at a certain ranking and has never shown concern or compassion for his people…..SO.....| dunno I'm not wasting my breath anymore Imao. Actually in fact, if the seven deadly sins are supposed to be RIGHT under Lucifer, then shouldn't he be hanging out with THEM instead? And where does the other royal family come into play? Ya know, the Von Eldritches? Cause I didn't forget them, like all Viv said was that they were "another royal family". I really hope they're MORE than that and special enough ya know since…Lucifer seems to like them. What I mean is I hope Viv has a REASON to why they're a royal family, they're not sinners and instead part of the hell mythology or something, other than random characters she pulled out of her ass. Okay I’m nitpicking and going off track, I’m mainly just so confused on this whole “overlord” thing and how they rule over all of hell apparently. We’ll have to wait and see of course but I really hope Viv has a clear view of how this stuff works since her patron livestreams lore wise are just a disaster.

[malachiexists13]

My first impression of the Ikemen Villains guys:

[Disclaimer: I know nothing about these characters asides from the descriptions shared around Tumblr. I probably won't play the game any time soon considering that its being first released in Japanese, so unless it later on gets released in English, I won't play. Also this post is partially a joke, don't take me too seriously.]

William Rex

He gives off a more "evil, avoid at all costs, worldwide disaster" vibe than Gilbert ever did. My first thought upon seeing him was, "omg- Vlad???" But then I read his description and thought, "ohhh. So Vlad, but evil. Like if Vlad and Motonari had a baby..."

Harrison Gray

First thought, "yo, Edgar, what are you doing here??" Like bro does look like Edgar, even his description screams Edgar to me. I've seen others compare him with Nokto, but I havent paid much attention to Nokto so maybe thats why I cant see it? Idk. But yeah, I guess since Ikerev is over, Edgar had to find a new profession :/

Liam Evans

Omg, look. Loki grew up, he's a big kid now!

Idk how to really react to this one? Like, ok, he's got the chesire cat curse or whatever, he looks a bit like Loki, ..and he's supposed to be sexy? I mean, I see the vibe they were going for. But if they try to shove that "drop-dead gorgeous" or "sexy ladies man" shit down our throats like they did with Yoshimoto and Shingen in Ikesen (could also probably find other examples in the other games..) then I might end up hating him.

ALSO HIS POSE AND SORTA HIS OUTFIT REMINDS ME OF YVES-

Elbert Greetia

Omg its Chevalier but if he was actually angsty. Or maybe it's just Lancelot.

Ok- so its mostly like the hair that screams both Lancelot and Chevalier to me. Its Lancelot's style but Chev's color. And the eyes could easily be a mix of both-

But he also kinda reminds me of Satan from Obey Me, with the whole "obsessively collects beautiful things and leaves them untidy in his room." That's literally Satan but with books, but Satan also likes beautiful things.

Alfons Slyvatica

Omg is that Sebastian Michaelis?? (Im sorry- Ive never even seen Black Butler, I'll go home now-)

Idk. Ive seen others compare him to like, Jean but evil. I look at him and see Sebastian Michaelis. Or maybe like, Kicho because of the hair. But then the line "With his consistent dishonesty, he teases you, but-" makes me think of, strangely, Mitsuhide?

Roger Barel

I've seen other compare him to Jin. I look at him and see Loid Forger. Which funny enough, his VA, Eguchi Takuya, also voices Loid Forger-

Its mostly the hair style, and the face, and the glasses- like if he was blonde, with blue (is it blue-? Or does Loid have green-?) eyes then he'd look even more like Loid. I cant really think of any ikemen series characters he reminds me of, at least not appearance. But with the part in his description that says "An egoist who seems rational and will go to any lengths for his own research." makes me think of Faust for some reason..

Jude Jazza

He doesnt immediately remind me of anyone. Ive seen comparisons to Clavis and Silvio, which kinda makes sense? I guess I could see it. The uhh "A twisted man, he has a promise he wants to fulfill and a sullen heart." at first made me think of Mitsuhide. But then I remembered the definition of sullen and that doesnt fit Mitsu. But I guess the having many enemies and being seen as a cold-blooded person who loves the despair and misfortune of others DOES fit Mitsuhide, at least on the surface. Idk. Im bad at analysis like this.

But also like- I share a birthday with this man. Like the exact same date, Dec. 13. So im gonna end up HATING him.

Ellis Twilight

His appearance doesnt really remind me of anyone right away. But his description of being somewhat disturbing yet kind and gentle to everyone, being strangely obsessed with other people's "Happiest Moments in Life" and the having a "love" that he wants to prove makes me think of Charles.

But like, the opposite. Because Charles wants someone to love him, while it seems like Ellis wants to prove his love to someone? So... Charles but emo.

Victor

So.. A lot of people speculate he's the one who put the curses on the others, because his own curse is scratched out. Like we cant read it. Some have compared him to Sariel, because he's like the guide in the game. But also uhh- sorta reminds me of Amon. Maybe its the long hair (probably is).

[sunfl0wer-h0ur]

Yuurivoice boys: (Alphonse, Seth, Finn, Bud Red, Auron, Faust, Charlie) when you gave them the silence treatment or telling them to shut up…? Bad first and good fluff at the end please!

Whoop Whoop 2nd Ask! Ima be honest with you,this was a lil bit hard for me but if you want me to change anything reblog this!

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Alphonse

Alphonse is literally so pissed after the argument

He then notices your really quiet...too quiet...

He comes into the bedroom and starts asking is you're alright but you say nothing

Al stays silent but then he starts saying stupid shit like, "Seth got Ligma" shit like that

If you start to giggle he giggles with you and asks if he's forgiveness

If he is he'll give you a big hug and kiss :3

Seth

You know what, he's gonna give you the silent treatment too!

He storms out of the house and starts to take a ride on his motorcycle

An hour later he comes back and kinda feels bad for it

He comes into your room and gives you a big hug and says he's sorry

The reason why he was out was because he went to get you some of your favorite things and some flowers (from a local florist if you know who I'm saying *wink wink nudge nudge*)

He obviously forgiven and you give him a big hug and also say your sorry (with an ass grab)

Finn

He is literally crying after the argument.

He's on the couch holding his face mumbling apologies

Finn takes a deep breath and and gets up

He goes into the garden and picks out some flowers for you and wraps them up making them actually look like a arrangement that is for a customer

Finn knocks on the door at the verge of tears and puts the flowers on the table then sitting on the bed with his head down. He apologizes and guilt trips himself

You start to hold his hand and reassure him that it's okay and you forgive him He gives you a big hug and promises he won't argue with you again

Big Red

Homie is so confused

He's never had the silent treatment before so he's saying, "why aren't you answering me?" Stuff like that

Then it comes to him and he starts to walk out so you can cool off

While he leaves you alone he starts to make your favorite food to eat and makes a bit mess

He'll clean it up don't worry

He then comes back to the bedroom and puts the food on your nightstand and kisses your cheek saying he's sorry and sits with you while you eat

Auron

Bro he does not care at all that you're mad

Like maybe a little bit irritated but he still doesn't care

If you're still giving him the silent treatment he just gives you money

Still quiet? More money

It took awhile but you forgave him and gave him a hug saying your sorry

He hugs back too!

Faust

Bro he's such a brat

Hes giving you the silent treatment too

So what happens?

One of you have to snap to say sorry

Tbh it's probably you that's gonna break cuz this boy is STUBBORN

He still not gonna talk to you even when you apologize but if you give him a chocolate bar he's going to easily forgive you

Charlie

He feels bad :(

Like really bad

Kinda like what Finn does. He tears up a little bit but he has a butterfly knife that he can fidget with

When he's fully relaxed he comes inside and holds you hands and looks you deep in the eyes and tells him how sorry he is

He's says this with tears eyes and you can't say no to that face

You and him cuddled the whole night!

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[such-a-bitchh]

Here's another request from velvetxx1, sorry it took me so much time sweetie 😭 But I still hope you'll enjoy!

M6 + Valerius reacting to MC being a demon

Story for like all of those-

-Nadia, Lucio + Valerius: someone tried to assasinate them

-Asra, Julian, Portia: fight with Vulgora (I'm so sorry darling)

-Muriel: demons atacking the forest

You and Asra were having always the sweetest relationship, you were always helping them, being all adorable and shit

But now? You were standing in front of him, in your demon form

Vulgora laying in your feet

You propably looked like a kicked pupp

So guilty

You thought they're going to yell at you now

Run away, like everyone did

You didn't want to cry, but you were so close to it

Then Asra came up to you... and without words he just

Hugged you

Kissed you, and just were there

They weren't going anywhere and they told you this

"I'm not going"

Those 3 words were enough

But yet, no one ever said them to you

Even Faust came out of Asra's sleeve and squeezed you

At that moment you were sure, this is where you belong, in their arms, no one's else

You'll cherish him no matter what

We'll Faust too

She didn't run away either, did she?

You saved her, so why does it hurt?

The looks on faces everyone around you

The whispers

It was too much, you turned back to yourself

They'll take out the torches won't they?

They tell you to go away, or worse

You looked at Nadia, she was... crying

She was what?

You don't see her cry often then why?

You hurt her didn't you?

You're disgusted, you knew that, you wanted to run

But she was faster to do something

She run up to you, you wanted to hide

But she kissed you

She KISSED you

Everyone went quiet when she turned away from you

"Anyone who will insult the love of my life will regret it later on."

"They're my savior, not an enemy. And anyone who will treat them like one, will be an enemy themselves."

Two short sentences not only shut everyone up, but also melted your heart

She didn't hate you

When she turned to you, you've spotted something in her eyes

The same things you've seen when you two met

And you knew then, she was the one

When you turned back to Julian, Vulgora somewhere in the bacground, beetles spilling from their chest

You were expecting to see his face red from anger

But well, it was red, but... from something else

He was blushing covering his lover parts with his cape

You couldn't believe him

Well, he is indeed a one odd pea in the pot, but THAT MUCH?????

You've just beaten the shit oit of Vulgora and he's turned out

At this point you stopped counting his kinks

He would come up to you and hug you but, uh, well

"Darling! You look marvelous!"

"Julian, please"

That boy wreck, came up to you and kissed you

Finally

You started saying that you were scared he's going to run away and yell at you

Be angry

You were expecting anything

Just... not THAT

He was very awkward

But well, he loved you the way you are, and that's what counts

He then asked you whether you could turn to a demon in bed sometimes

You left

The forest was okay, Muriel was too, Inanna, animals

It was all okay now

Because of you

But you felt guilty

Demons laying all around, and one of them in your hands

Unconcious, but not dead

You're not a killer, not anyomre

Muriel was, well... suprised

But also happy?

He was glad that he wouldn't need to worry about you so much

You weren't looking so fraigle anymore

So even if he's not doing cuddles

He made and exception

He weren't scared anyomre he'll break you

And Inanna was so excited

He was jumping all around you, barking

You needed to ask-

"You're not scared?"

"You're not scary"

She was BOUNCIN'

So excited

After seeing Vulgora unconcious she literally came up to them and kicked them in the butt

You laughed, you wasn't supposed to

You needed to feel guilty, be sad, angry

But Portia... made it so hard

She run to you and jumped up to hang herfself on your shoulders

You did size up in your demon form

Pepi came up to you and just started peeping jumping around you

She knew that it's you

She felt it

Portia did too

That's why she wasn't scared

"You look hot in your demon form you know?"

Of course

That's your Portia

Ever since then she sometimes asks you to size up to pass her thing from higher shelves

You're more than glad to do it

He was AMAZED

Everyone around you except for him was not as much

When he noticed you turning you head all around and being so insecure

He was FURIOUS

"All of you! Clap or I'll cut all of your heads. One bad word, and it'll be your last one!"

Everyone started clapping

It was visibly forced, but... nice

Coming uo to you he hugged you with all his might

You were suprised that he's not running away

You thought you looked bad but well

For him you're hot

It's normal for him at this point

But he knows how to comfort you

In his... specific way

+ Valerius

He was indeed suprised

The way he almost spilled his wine said it all

His face kinda looked like disgust at the beggining

But when a guard pointed a spear at you

You turned back to your human form

Valerius was so angry

You clearly didn't expect him to come between youa nd the guard

But he did it

"Try to touch them and I won't hesitate to do something, I wouldn't do If it wasn't for them"

You literally don't know what he ment

But it was... cute

He then turned to you

He didn'thug you, but he gave you HIS wine

You know he don't like to show affection around others

So you were happy

You drank all the wine in one hug gulp

"Oh stop with that idiotic grin, I don't like it"

He loves it

[aprillikesthings]

WOO

but Glimmer and Bow chase her down. "What's going on?"

Bow: "So, why here? And how do we get out?" She-Ra: "When I broke the Sword, I thought...I thought I could make my own destiny."

Glimmer being the voice of reason for once: "what do you mean END"

Thorny vines start growing

She-Ra: "I'm losing her. I'm distracted and confused, and I'm scared."

her voice is so shaky ahhh

but also IT'S NOT TRUE but Shadow Weaver fucking said it to her and it's been eating at her and have I mentioned I'm looking forward to that piece of shit dying, like if it weren't for her Catra could be here the whole time supporting her, or at the very least Adora wouldn't be ditching even Glimmer and Bow because she's convinced she has to go fucking sacrifice herself like she's Etherian Jesus

(the irony of my saying this when I went to a Good Friday service literally six hours ago is not escaping me lol)

YOU REALLY DON'T THO

(lol Bow basically says that)

"I love you guys so much."

;_;

dude I still have twelve minutes to go on this episode and I have no idea what order shit happens in anymore or when, like there's still over 40 minutes of this show left and I can remember like three plot points wtf

ANYWAY Adora grabs the sword and there's a flash of light and she disappears

OH SHIT okay there's a bit of an earthquake and the hologram disappears: Glimmer and Bow are in a big empty room of the Crystal Castle. So then where's Adora??

noooo

also the room starts to turn that eerie bright green

(So true story: aaaaages ago I saw a local production of the opera Faust, and the Devil was always back-lit by the fluorescent green of an old-school photocopy machine. I've always liked that She-Ra uses the exact same color for Horde Prime's shit.)(also, I sobbed all the way through The Jewel song, way up in my nose-bleed seats surrounded by college students who were very much not actually watching the damn thing lolol)

OKAY so Catra went to the rebellion hideout shouting for Adora and fucking Shadow Weaver replies >:(

watching her face go from anxious to OH FUCK YOU was p satisfying

wait is this bitch drunk. can they show that in a y7-rated show.

oh myg od she DOES SOUND A LITTLE DRUNK LOLOL it's just barely, like they could plausibly deny it, but any adult watching this would know, she is juuuuust barely slurring her words

Catra: "What do you mean, she's not here? Where is she?" Shadow Weaver: "She's gone to the Heart of Etheria to free the magic,"

"If you are still so selfish as to try and stop--"

hell yeah go Catra

"Prime is doing something to the planet. He's infecting it. He's going for the Heart."

Clone: "The last of Etheria's security protocols have been breached, Lord Prime. Planetary acquisition is at 20 percent."

OH NO okay Entrapta is surrounded by that green light and then ends up on Horde Prime's ship

"You're just in time to witness the end of your world"

oh that's definitely Hordak, gotta be

on the planet, the rest of the Rebellion is still fighting--but the moment they destroy a bunch of clones, a shit-ton more appear. But they just stand there?

Water washes up to their feet. Perfuma has the same reaction I do: "Oh no." Yeah. They all end up ankle deep in water and then electrically shocked.

and that's why

he's a huge projection of some sort

something something joke about the Rapture

I guess you can see it from like, everywhere

oh god he drags poor Entrapta into view by her hair, and she says "I'm sorry" in the most sad voice ever. And it's not her fault!!

"Your She-Ra has abandoned you." NO, SHE HASN'T

"All that is left for your world is a terrible and eternal night." and he disappears

Catra: "Take us to Adora. Now!" Shadow Weaver: "She's too far away by now. We'd never reach her in time."

Shadow Weaver: "It doesn't work that way, Catra!" Catra: "You've done it before! When you abandoned me in the Fright Zone. And you've always been able to track us our whole lives."

Shadow Weaver pulls a little vial out of her pocket. "Come here."

Catra takes her hand.

Glimmer and Bow are still yelling for Adora and running through the halls, but then a bit of sorcery glows on the floor, a black flame goes up, and when it dies down:

YAYYY

Shadow Weaver leans on the wall, this clearly was exhausting for her. (well that's what she gets for drinking!!)

Catra: "Where's Adora?" Glimmer, sobbing: "She left us!"

okay Catra's immediate freak-out is a bit understandable under the circumstances

Bow: "Catra, what is going on?" Catra: "Horde Prime is onto you. He's hacking into the planet. All of this is [she waves at the green] is from him" Bow: "He's gonna take the Heart." Catra: "That's not all. He's got Entrapta." Bow: "If Prime has Entrapta, that means the other princesses are still chipped. We have to get back up there." Glimmer: "We can't just leave Adora!"

she's clenching that fist so hard it's shaking

;_;

(yeah I remember that. "you look out for me, and i look out for you. nothing really bad can happen as long as we're together." *sobbing*)

Oh man Catra gets this expression of resolve. "It's time I made good on that."

;_;

AAHHHHH IT'S SO SWEET

awwww

Melog stays with Glimmer and Bow, who teleport to Horde Prime's thing on Etheria, Bow says he's going to help with cutting off the signal and Glimmer's going to help the Princesses

AND GLIMMER SHOVES HER FACE into Bow's chest and says "I love you." Bow says it back. It's so cute omg

awwww it's so chaste

HIT THE IMAGE LIMIT AGAIN gotta reblog

oh god oh god

HEY GUESS WHAT I'm down to the last two episodes of She-Ra in my rewatch

On a related note, should you desire to read them all starting from s1ep1 for some godforsaken reason, here's the link. Please be amused at my claims that I would not do this for every episode and my repeated attempts to cut back on how much I copy/paste dialogue and/or explain the entire plot instead of just making jokes and commentary

If, somehow, you are New Here, I've been rewatching all of the 2018 She-Ra, ostensibly for fic-writing reasons as I had forgotten huge quantities of the plot. I have since become deeply obsessed, as one does.

I make a lot of adult jokes, random asides, references to other things, commentary, and a lot of cursing and crying. I love Catradora and I love Catra especially and have a tendency to add a screenshot every time they so much as look at each other. It seems silly to warn for spoilers at this point, but yeah, this is a RE-watch. It's just that I forgot a lot of it because I watched it the first time as it was coming out (pun intended). The shit I did remember is so fucking random tho lol

The last time I tried to do a two-parter in one post the number of times I had to reblog it because tumblr only allows 30 images per post got real stupid, so while I do still assume I will have to reblog multiple times per episode, I'm doing each episode separately.

HERE WE GOOOOO

s5 ep12 Heart (pt 1)

jfc i'm full of adrenaline lol

Also I have a beer, it's a citrus IPA because I live in Portland and it's required by law

(not really I just genuinely like them. that and IPA's that taste like gnawing on a douglas fir. also fruit sours.)

LOL I was so anxious I looked away from this post and consumed most of my beer this is gonna be hilarious

ALSO my goal is to finish these two episodes before the Easter Vigil service tomorrow night at 8pm

Theoretically I should be able to watch two episodes of TV in a day and a half, right? AHAHA

Bow should play Wonderwall

she always looks so soft with her hair down

but also having that thing just floating in front of your chest like that has gotta feel weird

ON A RELATED NOTE I know I made the joke in the last episode about how many people have the failsafe as a tattoo but the PROBLEM is that now I literally LIVE with a tattoo artist whose work I like--I already have two tattoos they've done, here and here, and the temptation is extremely high?? but I don't have any other obvious fandom-related tattoos (unless you count the title of a Björk song) so it feels weird to start with this one???? Like I don't have any LoTR or BBC Sherlock or SU or K/DA tattoos (to list off a bunch of fandoms I was devastatingly obsessed with at the time) so getting one for THIS fandom feels kinda weird. But like, also, if I got it kinda small on one wrist it would look kinda cool and be a nice loud DID U KNOW I'M GAY kinda thing. Gyahhh.

She's struggling to do She-Ra, and I'm sitting here YELLING because IT'S BECAUSE CATRA LEFT and UGH I want to murder Shadow Weaver

(eyyyy I won't have to, ha ha oh god)

Oh she manages to transform anyway. Without making any noise or glowing lights, just pop, She-Ra

awwww but also lol

related aside but like, every culture that figured out bows and arrows invented at least one kind of string instrument. Literally archers just fidgeting with their bows and going "oh this makes a nice sound, what if I put more strings on this thing." So many different places and cultures invented things like a guitar or like a harp or like a violin. But also I want to know who the FUCK figured out the hurdy-gurdy??? oh my god I just looked up the hurdy-gurdy and I'm cracking up because one of the earliest depictions of it is from the 1100's, in the Santiago de Compostela cathedral. A place I have been. Because I did the Camino last year.

oh right plot

I would like to take a moment and be grateful for the people who put together the transcripts on the fandom wiki for saving me typing up long bits of lore-heavy dialogue

She-Ra: "Prime is getting closer every day to figuring out how to access the Heart of Etheria. If he succeeds, he can use it to destroy worlds, galaxies, maybe even the entire universe. The Failsafe is our only chance at stopping him."

"His hold over them grows stronger every day they're chipped. If we don't free them now, we might lose them forever. Prime holds every advantage in this fight. He'll be ready for us. But we have a plan. Entrapta?" Entrapta: "I finally succeeded in cracking Prime's signal pattern. If I get access to his Spire network, I can use it to broadcast a jamming frequency that will disable all of the chips on Etheria, freeing everyone at once!" She-Ra: I need you all to get Entrapta to the Spire and keep Prime's forces distracted while she jams the signal."

"We're going to make sure that Prime can never hurt anyone ever again. We're ending this today. For good."

oh lord so Shadow Weaver is still there, sulking and looking away, and she looks over at her and starts almost losing She-Ra and being Adora again

have I mentioned how much I hate Shadow Weaver >:(

Adora goes outside...and looks around. I know who she's looking for. *sobs into a pillow*

NO. she's LOOKING for her GIRLFRIEND

I made that joke and then Glimmer literally says "Any sign of Catra?" I have to remember that at this point in the story literally everyone knows how in love they both are. Except them. Of course.

Adora: "She's not coming back." ;_;

Adora: I mean you don't have to come with me this could be dangerous Bow: the fuck are you talking about of course we're going

And she turns into She-Ra again, roll intro

Okay so they go to the Crystal Castle thing where Light Hope was

it doesn't look so good

but also that's creepy

anyway they tell the hologram (not Light Hope, the other one) that they're looking for the Heart of Etheria and that they're Friends of Mara. She-Ra gets scanned and then a door opens into a passageway. Bow and Glimmer take her hands and they walk into the hall but:

she's still looking for someone

I have to deal with another episode and change of her looking for Catra ghghggh this hurts meeeee

OH SO OF COURSE they literally switch to showing us Catra

bahaha okay so she sits up and looks behind her kind of sadly, and Melog just skids to a stop so hard they throw Catra off

And Melog looks at Catra like she's fucking nuts. Catra's like, wtf is wrong with you??? and Melog looks back like BITCH WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??? Catra what did you think was going to happen when you got a therapy animal that can literally read your moods. Melog knows you're being a dumbass and has NO reason to pretend to believe your surface "I don't give a shit" act!!

Melog does airplane ears at that. And then just pounces Catra.

Time for pressure! Just like a real therapy animal. Big weighted blanket!

oh shit I forgot about this bit

Catra just immediately starts crying.

Catra: "You saw what happened! Adora chose Shadow Weaver, okay? Not me!"

*sobs into hands* you useless fucking dumbass that is your abysmally low self-esteem talking literally every living semi-sentient thing in the galaxy knows Adora's in love with you EXCEPT YOU

I can get frustrated with AU fics where these two both pull this "but what if she doesn't like me back" thing for ages while everyone around them is face-palming in frustration, but like. You have to admit. It's accurate to canon.

(It's also accurate to lesbians in general, lbh. Either fucking on the first date or doing the "but what if she's not into me" thing for months-to-years. Sometimes both, including in some of the fics I've written, heyooooo.)

Melog purrs and licks her face. A clone approaches and they both go invisible and then follow it.

MEANWHILE

the rest of the rebellion is attacking Horde Prime's ship thing

Wrong Hordak helps Entrapta get into the spire. The whole point of this fight (which I didn't bother screenshotting lol) is to give Entrapta time to disconnect everyone's chips from Horde Prime.

Lol once inside Entrapta does another one of those "holy shit this stuff looks so cool...OMG FOCUS" things

Back at the Crystal Castle Glimmers like "omg are you scared" and She-Ra says "No, I just hope this works." Liar.

Bow: "It'll be okay. And when we get back, it'll be a whole new world."

this poor girl. she's so heartbroken.

(meanwhile the plot of my fic-in-progress is literally them breaking up. (not forever.) but it's hilarious of me to get SO UPSET over this scene when I'm going to force them to repeat it. like it's a mutual decision in my fic but it doesn't make it hurt any less.)

PFFT I unpaused it, and IMMEDIATELY:

I just said OH SHIT out loud lol

oh god I saw someone talking about this in a youtube video right around when I started my rewatch

It's a hologram, she's not actually there. And Catra goes through multiple other ages, including her kid self, being chipped on Horde Prime's ship, when they were Horde cadets, etc; before going back to looking like she does now.

Adora's sharp little gasp of shock here

Adora goes to touch Catra's hand and the hologram disappears

(good lord she's beautiful here)

And I think I agree with the youtube video: Adora knew she was upset about Catra running off, but this is the moment she specifically realizes she's in love, and it breaks her heart into tiny pieces.

(Hah, I actually say a very similar thing in part of my fic that they mention in the video--that previous to this, she refused to let herself want this or even think about it. "I didn't even realize this was something I could want.")

BUT ALSO so like is this a remnant of Light Hope's programming that tortured them with childhood flashbacks in season one (in order to drive them apart) or what

LOL NO

I know I made this joke before but I'm suing Nate for emotional damages

She-Ra: "We need to be careful. It looks like this place can still project memories."

oof

A still-invisible Catra follows the clone to where Horde Prime's ship is and is visibly terrified and shaking. A clone who might be Hordak turns around with that white in his eyes that means Prime is using him to see, and Catra just tries to be quiet and not move but she's obviously triggered, and I mean that in the literal PTSD sense.

Horde Prime (via Hordak?): "My brothers. The time has come at last. No longer shall She-Ra stand in my way."

oh okay so Horde Prime's actual ship is still in space (just orbiting Etheria I assume) and the planet-side thing is him speaking through one of the clones via the hive mind.

"Begin the acquisition process!"

are they just gonna straight-up drill into it?

apparently yes

the whole area lights up with that sickening green light, including all the lines that characters kept noticing on the ground that looked like some combo of circuit boards and First Ones' writing.

meanwhile, Adora keeps slipping out of being She-Ra for split seconds and is clearly stressing The Fuck Out and possibly walking in the wrong direction in her distress, only to walk into another memory/hologram.

And I've predictably hit the image limit, but 13:30 to go which is better than last night pfft okay gonna reblog

[chaotic-kitty]

The Arcana Asra Domestic Headcanons!

Warnings: none

I really wanted to write some Arcana related. This is my first time writing for them though. Hope you enjoy, and sorry for any mistakes.💕

Julian’s Version | Muriel’s Version

How do they sleep? Do they snore? Steal blankets? Ect.

It doesn’t matter if he’s sleeping with you or sleeping alone, you better believe he’s sleeping in a nest made from a myriad of different pillows and blankets.

When they sleep alone, they alternate between the starfish position and the foetal position. Asra is often found hugging a pillow.

When he sleeps with you however, he’ll prefer to be cuddling with you, as close as humanly possible.

Always leaves room for Faust to cuddle/sleep.

They do do little snores occasionally. It’s so cute. They also talk in their sleep at times.

Do they prefer baths or showers?

Baths.

They don’t really like the water too much but when it comes down to it, they prefer bathing. They like the peace and tranquillity that comes from just relaxing and soaking in the hot water, letting their mind run wild and free through daydreams.

Are the clean or messy?

They’re soooo messy. Asra will literally leave his clothes all over the floor (and in books, apparently) with not a care in the world. They’ll also leave magical remnants all over the place. Not to mention how messy he gets with all those knickknacks. The shop floor of the apartment is somewhat organised and clean so the customers don’t hurt themselves. But the top floor? No matter how hard y’all try to clean and tidy up, it always looks like a bomb has gone off in there.

How frequently do they wash their hair? How long does it take?

Surprisingly he doesn’t need to wash his hair that frequently. Though when they do, it doesn’t take that long. Asra will often just try and use his magic to clean it. When they do bother to wash it by hand, they use the best most delicious smelling shampoo/conditioner. Gotta keep it fluffy.

What is their love language?

Acts of service and physical touch.

Asra is big on touch, especially when it comes to you.

With you, he is often found holding your hand while in public or with a arm on your shoulder or around your waist. In private, he’ll be cuddling up to you as much as he can as well as giving you lots of kisses. From small pecks on the cheek, to full on making out with you.

With close friends, they’re not afraid to show affection. One of the ways they do this, is by lying in the persons lap.

Favourite wind-down activity?

Asra has many. There is usually not a time where he isn’t “winding down”.

When he’s on his own, he’ll find some comfy place to lay down and daydream. Preferably outside in the sun or somewhere with LOTS of pillows.

With you, he likes to wind down by cuddling together in a darkly lit room with incense burning as you run your fingers through their hair as they recount some of their most craziest adventures. (Even better if it’s raining)

Faust loves to join in with the wind-down activities

Who cooks and who cleans?

They’re often the one who cooks unless you want to do it together. And by to it together I mean, Asra will help with the cooking but will somehow talk his way out of cleaning.

And when you do get them to clean they’re very dramatic about it. So dramatic they’d give Julian a run for his money.

The times where neither of you want to cook however, you go to the bakery for pumpkin bread!

Main reason for arguments?

Arguments between the two of you are rare but not unheard of. The main reason for arguments actually comes down to one of two things.

1. Asra being overprotective and underestimating you. They’re known to be overbearing with a lot of things. Like not thinking you’re capable enough to do a certain spell, or freaking out if your 5 minutes late. It’s often just a few small things that end up accumulating into one big thing. Unfortunately there is a lot of trauma there that hasn’t been properly dealt with, especially in regards to you. They lost you one, they’re scared it’s gonna happen again.

2. Too much time together. As much as you both love each other, and as close as you are, there is such a thing as spending too much time with someone. If you don’t take proper healthy breaks from each other every now and again, you’ll get to a point where you end up stepping on each other’s toes and getting generally irritated by one another.