#the coat was black the corset was white I was wearing white gloves and white shoes and everything else was black mwah chefs kiss

[arielluva]

so back in april i had the idea to draw ace attorney characters as if they were in fantasy life (so essentially combining two of my favorite games) but only finished phoenix then. tonight i finished up the page with some more, and since we know what the new lives in fantasy life i will be, i got the excuse to include vera as an artist :))

id under cut

[image ID: 5 digital drawings of some ace attorney characters drawn in the fantasy life art style, which is a very expressive, stylized chibi style. they are drawn in the outfits for different lives as if they were in fantasy life. in the top left, phoenix wright is drawn as a paladin, with text next to his head that says "Phoenix Paladin". he is wearing silver armor with gold trim, the trim forming a 'P' on his chest. the 'P' has a red gemstone in the center of it. his shoulder guards also have red gems on them. he has a long blue cape fluttering behind him, as he stands confidently, holding a sword in his left hand and holding up a shield with his right. the sword and shield are also silver with gold and red accents like his armor. next to phoenix, in the top middle, apollo justice is drawn as a blacksmith. he has text next to his head that reads "Apollo Blacksmith". he is wearing a teal apron on top of a white shirt and pants. his sleeves are rolled up, and he has a red piece of fabric tied around his waist. he is wiping sweat off his forehead with his right hand, and holding a hammer in his left. next to apollo on the top right, is vera misham. she is drawn as an artist, with text next to her head that reads "Vera Artist" she is wearing a pink beret that resembles her bandana, and has a paint brush with pink paint on the very top. she is holding her sketchbook in her right hand, and a paint brush in her left. she is wearing brown gloves that are stained with various colors of paint. she is wearing a pink dress with a darker pink collar and bow, and the skirt of the dress has a darker pink line going horizontally across it. she has a white apron tied around her waist that is also stained with various colors of paint. she is wearing brown sandals. on the bottom left of the drawing is trucy wright drawn as a wizard, with text next to her head that reads "Trucy Wizard". she is in an excited pose, running while holding her staff, a tall wand with a glittering green gem on top. she is wearing a light blue pointy witch hat with a white ribbon wrapped around it. the inside of her hat is pink. she is wearing a medium length black dress with a white belt, and she is wearing pointy white shoes. she is wearing a light blue cloak, with the hood on her shoulders, that has her green diamond brooch hanging where the ends of her hood meet. her cloak is fluttering behind her and trimmed with white and gold, the insides if her sleeves being pink. on the bottom right of the image, ema skye is drawn as an alchemist, with text next to her head that reads "Ema Alchemist". she is wearing gold goggles with pink lenses, and her hair is drawn more poofy than usual. she is wearing a white coat over a light green dress. she has a pink tie loosely around her neck, and she is wearing a darker green corset with gold buttons. her shoes are plain black. she is holding a potion bottle filled with a yellow liquid in her right hand, and is looking at it calmly, with the left hand in her white coat's pocket. end ID].

[rizzyu]

hey there! could i request luxiem reacting to their s/o cosplaying as them or one of their alter egos? :) thanks!♡♡

When You Cosplay As Them

Pairing: Vox, Mysta, Luca, Ike, Shu x gn! reader

Category: Fluff, slightly suggestive if you squint hard enough

Warning: Uhhhh slight cursing in Mysta’s, mentions of exposed chests and smol waists, pet names

Summary: If you’re braindead and didn’t understand the title, this is how the Luxiem members react to you cosplaying as them stoopid :)

A/N: thx for the requeeeeeeeeeeeeeest I wanna cosplay as shuey shu :3

Vox Akuma

As you step out of the changing room, Vox’s eyes widened at the sight of you in the white suit and red shirt identical to his own. And just like his, your black and red hair was sprayed over your shoulders. You looked away from him, blushing, as you were worried about what his reaction would be. “Darling, don’t be shy, look at me.” Your beloved demon walked over and lifted your chin, making you face him. Your red eyeliners and golden lenses were displayed clearly for him to see. “Holy Riku Tazumi, you look so hot.” You felt your face heat up at his comments. Vox chuckled at your reaction and leaned in to peck you on your lips. “See? No need to be shy, you look stunning. I’ll have to take a photo later.”

Mysta Rias

��HOLY SHIT-” Mysta’s lips were left agape, and his eyes got so wide when you walked into you and his shared bedroom wearing a cosplay of him. You were dressed in the orange patterned shirt, white pants, and the fox beret similar to his. You had one hand on your waist, the other lowering your orange sunglasses, showing him your turquoise lenses while slightly sticking your tongue out. Your cleavage was also slightly revealed by the orange shirt. Mysta was ready to just cross his arms over his chest and pass out right there. Why do you look so beautiful?? “So, what do you think?” Your question snapped Mysta out of his thoughts. Mysta lifted your taupe coloured hair to peck your forehead. “Absolutely perfect.”

Luca Kaneshiro

What’s a cleavage? Your entire chest was exposed at this point. Luca’s face immediately heated up at the sight of you in the similar looking white striped suit, dark grey shirt, and fur coat. To be honest, both of you were way too flustered right now. Luca had never seen you wear such exposed clothes, and you never had worn any. “So uhhh… do you like it..?” Luca tried to keep his composure and lifted two thumbs up. “You look so poggers babe.” You chuckled “And you were so adorable just now” You walked over to him to squish his cheeks, causing him to become a blushing mess (not that he wasn’t already). “My cute golden retriever boy” Oh man what did you do to him?

Ike Eveland

Ike leaned forward on his seat when you came out all cute looking in his cosplay. He felt like in heaven when he saw you in heels, fishnet gloves and the golden rimmed glasses. You even held a book and a quill pen by your side as props. You tucked away some of your grey-to-blue coloured hair while slightly blushing. “Heheh, your cosplay was kinda hard to put on. At least it looks good.” Dammit, how could you speak in such a sugar-coated voice while cosplaying as him? You were going to make Ike ascend. Ike walked over to you, and like the gentleman that he is, he took your hand and tenderly placed a peck on the knuckles while keeping eye contact with your golden lenses. “You look way more than good.”

Shu Yamino

“EYYYYYYYYYYYYYY” And that was the hardest Shu had ever eyy-ed before, just from looking at you in his sorcerer cosplay. As soon as you showed Shu your cosplay, it was visible that Shu was looking at your small waist bound in the black corset. “Shuey, it’s not nice to stare~” You chuckled as you managed to snap your banana boi back to reality. “O-oh! S-sorry…” Shu could only sheepishly look away blushing upon getting caught staring at your waist. You pulled him closer by the arm, close enough for you to whisper in his ear. “Don’t worry pretty boy, I often stare at your snatched waist too.” Well if that did not bring the true flustered Shu out. Broski was standing there stuttering and everything. He’s too cute you couldn’t help but giggle at his reaction. “H-hey! Not funny! You’ll be paying back later when I get to hold your snatched waist all to myself!”

[autisticclownfromhell]

A New Look?

Alternative title: What I would give genshin guys to wear

Basically Reverse isekai but now you gotta make normal outfits for the characters so they don't stick out like a sore thumb. It can also be read as modern AU outfits if you prefer

Characters in order:

Heizou, Xiao, Albedo, Zhongli, Wanderer, Kaeya, Venti, Ayato, Diluc, Kazuha

Honestly heizou would be an easy pick. Old fashioned British detective style. Sherlock Holmes, trench coats, shades of brown, all that jazz. Also, give him access to true crime podcasts, he'll never be bored again. 

I'd give xiao the ol' hot topic skater fit. Black, band tees, lots of rings and jewelry, fake pieces, ripped jeans, yeaa. It matches his personality too. Not with fashion but if you do get band t shirts tell him alot about said band just incase one of those "name five members or your not a true fan" people talk to him. 

Albedo gets the light academia scholar outfits. Kinda chill, collared shirts, lighter colors, shades of brown and blue. Some gold every once in a while. Loose fitting stuff. Flowy sleeves. Lots of rings. Maybe one or two gold necklaces that he wears every once in a while. The type of outfits you see those aesthetic college student wearing. Maybe a bit of cottagecore. Lots of white shirts. 

Zhongli would look like that one professor that everybody has a crush on tbh. Not as formal as what he wears in game but still, collared shirts, suits once in a while, always wears a tie, owns one dark brown trench coat that he wears everywhere at all costs. Lots of darker browns with gold accents here and there. Not a necklace kinda guy but wears a good amount of rings. Totally has reading glasses. Has alot of custom hair pins for some reason? Idk I just feel like he does. Has 100 pairs of dress shoes, and like one pair of black boots. Nothing else. Also If you give him his own closet it's so organized. Spotless, everything fits in the closet right, its honestly impressive. 

Wanderer would be alot like Xiao. Hot topic's no. 1 customer. He'd have more of a blue and purple color scheme than black though. Actually listens to all the bands he has shirts of. Big punk fan. Wears this one black beanie with a skull on it basically every day. His shoe game is good, like really good. Had alot of platform shoes so he can look taller. Lots of cropped shirts that looked ripped. No long sleeves, short sleeves and sleeveless tees. An absolute MASTER at makeup, specifically eyeliner. Lotsssss of turtlenecks. 

Ooohoho now Kaeya would be f u n to style. Has a more simple style. Those pinterest dudes?? Yeah, think of that. Plain colored shirts, turtlenecks alot, almost never sleeveless. Lots of long sleeves stuff.

Give him one of those black corsets that I always see, since he wears one on his original outfit. Wears necklaces, but doesnt layer them or anything. One simple necklace at a time. A TON of silver rings. Hes got those pinterest guy hands. Wears sheer black gloves. Has this one cropped blue jacket but it's more of a sweater and he always wears it when layering clothing. 

Hanging earrings are necessary for him. Has a belt with a snowflake design on it that he uses alot. Almost never wears sweaters. Wears blue, grey, and black almost religiously. 

Ahhh venti :) Think similar to albedos but more Victorian than college student vibes. Again, long sleeves, flowy, lotssss of ruffles, has a generous amount of green accents. Has this one emerald necklace that resembles a vision somewhat and he adores it. Never takes it off. Not a giant ring person, but has around a thousand hats. Paper boy hats in green, might own a bucket hat or two? Hes got the whole hat-universe. Always wear white socks that go just below his knees with EVERYTHING. Has multiple pairs and some are a bit more sheer than the others. Has a pair or two of white fingerless gloves to wear with long sleeves, and full, white and sheer gloves he wears when he isnt wearing long sleeves. White button ups are his life. Usually doesnt tuck said button ups in.   (Totally not a walking mitski reference) 

Ayato isnt THAT complex. And he's got similar style to Zhongli, but complety different color schemes. Wears suits often, and they follow a pattern. White shirt, black tie, light blue suit jacket. The icon of white pants, he basically never wears anything else. For smaller accessories they're usually dark blue or black in color. Not a ring person either, but wears one or two black rings occasionally. Has earrings but not dangly ones. Just black studs. Has alot of dark blue hair pins to keep his hair back. Theres no way his hair naturally just stays that way ok?? Every single boba place within 40 miles knows his name and face by memory. Wears the same looking black shoes all the time. 

Diluc is probably another trench coat kinda guy. Less suits, more trench coats for him. In the fancy looking suit and tie gang with Ayato and Zhongli. Usually wears black button ups instead of white ones, with a crimson red tie and a brown trench coat, or a white tie and a darker red coat. Totally not an accessories guy. No necklaces, earrings, and maybe just one single gold rings he wears once every century. Another black shoes only person. I feel like the coats he wear have some fur on them in places. Just a thought. Always carries around like 3 extra hair ties in his pocket just in case he need one. 

Kazuha is a comfy clothing icon. Not one for a thousand things on his outfits for aesthetic purposes, just wears what he likes and adds accessories if he feels like it.  And absolute king of the fall outfit aesthetic. Outfits usually consists of slightly baggy autumn colored shirts, always short sleeves. Sweatpants or just light colored/bleached cuffed jeans. (Yes I said CUFFED) And occasionally has a darker colored orange and red knit sweater over him. Probably has one or two necklaces on at a time. Always wears this one necklace with a gold chain and a maple leaf charm on it. A gold colored accessories person. Most of the rings he has are gold. Has his ears pierced and usually wears black or gold studs. Sonetimes he wears dangly earrings but nothing to crazy. Ties his hair back a lot less. 

(I wrote this on the train lmao)

[dragongodryss]

Various Sting and Rogue winter designs.

Individual outfits with better quality and ramblings below the cut.

Ceremonial outfits vaguely inspired by my dislike of their outfits from the GMG afterparty (mostly Rogue's. It's technically alright but I don't like it). Obviously they wouldn't wear these there but yeah. Not sure where they would wear these. Probably to something in winter. I had a version without Rogue's coat and Sting's cape, but I merged the layers and didn't notice until like an hour later. I didn't want to undo an hour of progress so I cut my losses.

Basically Rogue has a moon-phase corset (idk why) (but the way the jacket and corset overlap still shows the idea so yay) and Sting is wearing a sleeveless shirt with high gloves. (I know it's supposed to be winter but the cape is warm and fluffy, trust me)

I decided to give them basically the same color palette minus the blues and reds. Their cape/coat are their own color (black and white) and the outfit underneath is primarily a muted version of their accent color (red/blue) and each other's main color. Gave them dull gold accents because their early designs had a lot of gold. I kept the colors more muted because winter, but I also used the brighter colors I used for their eyes in some parts to break up the outfits a bit.

Sting's cape design and color placement was pretty intuitive, I knew what I wanted to do with it. I mixed his fur collar with dragon/angel wings and gave him a sun motif. Everything else is pretty similar to what he usually wears except for the fact that I minimized the white. I added some chains to his earrings because I thought that made them look regal and I stand by that opinion.

Rogue's was a bit more difficult. The main outfit was fairly easy in terms of general clothing elements, but I struggled with color placement. But I like how it turned out, so it's fine. As for the coat, the only thing I knew I wanted was the transparent sleeves. The jacket part went through several changes. I considered giving him a recolored version of Future Rogue's cape/jacket/thing, because that was cool, and Rogue doesn't know what Future Rogue was wearing so he has no reason not to. I also considered merging the jacket with his skirt thing from his earlier designs, but I didn't want to cover the corset thing and couldn't make it look right, so I left that out. I struggled to pick the colors for that too, but it worked out. I gave him the low ponytail from the GMG afterparty because that's the only part of the design I really liked. I braided his bangs but left some hair falling out of it because I wanted to. Not sure it's visible but yeah.

Here I gave them more comfortable outfits. They're a bit stressed because I wanted to vary the poses. I guess they've got a lot to do, so they didn't bother dressing up.

Sting forgot to put his shoes on. He's not really dressed for winter but he's busy so he's not going outside anytime soon. He just grabbed whichever clothes were closest and rolled with it. Sting did not dry or style his hair. No one noticed because they're also stressed. His shirt says 'Shut the FUCK up and lemme SLEEP'.

Rogue does not care enough to change out of his crocs. You can pry his crocs from his cold dead hands. (which will be soon if the weather keeps up) He put a bit more effort into his clothes than Sting. Or maybe he was just cold. Who knows? His hair is up because he didn't have the time to brush it today.

They did not intentionally coordinate outfits. Rogue might have picked the same colors subconsciously while half asleep. They own several outfits in matching colors, but they weren't aware that this was one of them.

Also I drew Rogue's irises way too big so now he looks like a wet cat. Sting is slightly more jacked than intended so now Rogue looks small. So all in all he's not having a good time.

Finally the date outfits. They both brought flowers. Rogue's is a white carnation and Sting's are red and purple tulips. Sting will eat the flower. Rogue knows this. He would have brought more if they weren't going to eat on their date. Rogue does not have a history of eating flowers, so he gets a bouquet.

Rogue's outfit is more fancy and Sting's is more casual, but not by too much. Rogue's hair is a mess because it was windy, but Sting used hair gel so he's fine. They're a bit awkward but happy to be here.

[heimeldat]

I've been planning this costume for a while, but now I have a deadline. I'm going to wear it to LI Who in August. Plenty of time to do all the sewing, but having a deadline means it'll actually happen. And maybe I'll even manage to take a picture with Colin Baker while wearing it! (The hat design is the only part I'm not sure about; I intend to make it out of whatever scraps I have left from the waistcoat, so I won't know the final design until I'm actually putting it together.)

ID: four simple colored drawings showing the layers of a Victorian Sixth Doctor costume. She wears a simple corset and frilly drawers with brightly colored striped stockings. Over that, a bright red shirt with huge leg of mutton sleeves, a dark red petticoat, black shoes, and blue and white polka dot spats. Over that, a black and yellow striped bustled skirt, a peplumed waistcoat in the same patchwork design as Six's original coat with cat brooches on the lapel, a blue and white polka dot neckcloth, and yellow and black fingerless gloves. Over that, a blue and gold half-cloak based on the design from Revelation of the Daleks, blue earrings, and a heavily decorated hat in the same variety of colors as the waistcoat. end ID

[astra-galaxie]

"Petite Cece! I was hoping I would get to see you before the award ceremony! You are a very busy lady!" - Kilian Bontemps

Biographical information

Full Name: Kilian Bontemps

Alias(es):

Kili

Ki

Night Rider/Le Cavalier de Nuit

King of Shadows/Shadow King

Gender: Genderqueer (pronouns he/him)

Sexuality: Pansexual

Status: Alive

Age: 38 (season 4)

Birth: 1852

Race: Witch

Nationality: French-American

Origin: New Orleans, USA

Residence:

Concordia, USA

New Orleans, USA (formerly)

Profession(s):

Equestrian

Magician

Past profession(s):

Magician's Assistant

Prostitute

Family:

Isaac Bontemps (brother)

Jacob Bontemps (twin brother) (deceased)

Unnamed mother

Noah Bontemps (father)

Celine Georges (cousin) (deceased)

Jacques Bontemps (son)

Sélène Bontemps (daughter)

Rochelle Chevalier (stepdaughter)

Partner(s): Notre Chevalier (boyfriend)

Affiliation(s):

The Circus of Dreams

Cirque de Nuit (formerly)

Profile

Height: 5'6" Age: 38 (season 4) Weight: 150lbs Eyes: black Blood: O+

Kilian is a man of average height with a lithe build, dark skin and thick, inky, straight black hair that brushes his shoulders. He wears an informal horseback rider's uniform consisting of tight white breeches fastened with a black belt tucked into tall black boots, a black coat with silver buttons, a silver horseshoe brooch on the left side and a matching short scarf tied around his neck.

When performing, Kilian wears a silver mask with black trim covering his eyes. The mask has a black Cheshire moon in the center of the eyes, covered by black mesh; black stars frame the eyes, and smaller white sparks fill the empty spaces.

When not performing, he usually wears a plain black mask with silver, white or black mesh over the eyes.

As per his suspect appearance in Heartbroken, Kilian knows anatomy, likes horse shows, and speaks French.

As per his appearance in The Greatest Murder, he wears his magician outfit consisting of a fitted dark gray, long-sleeved shirt with a silver and white waist corset. Tight black pants tucked into mid-calf high black boots with silver heels, matching laces, and white fur trimming the tops. The outfit has a few layered silver chains hung from the bottom of the corset to drape over Kilian’s hips. For accessories, it has fingerless black gloves, silver bracelets with chains that connected to rings on the middle fingers, a small black tophat with a gray band and a silver bell pinned on one side, and a knee-length black cloak with a silver clasp shaped like a crescent moon. It has Kilian’s starry mask and black lipstick with a shiny ombre effect in the center to complete the look.

When acting as a magician, Kilian openly carries a black staff with a bat on top. The bat is secretly his Palismen, a familiar-like creature made of wood from a special tree infused with magic to help him with spell casting. The Palismen is a black bat with ruby-red eyes. It is known as the Palismen of Darkness and is one of the strongest Palismen in existence.

Powers and abilities

Kilian is a shadow witch. His powders focus on darkness, but his type of magic does not limit him to just darkness. Some of Kilian’s abilities include:

Potion making

Spell casting

Shadow/Darkness manipulation

Dream Manipulation

This is only for nightmares. He can twist people’s dreams into nightmares, but he can also remove nightmares from people, leaving behind only good dreams

Shadow Travel

Shadow portals

Night vision

Other facts about Kilian’s magic:

His horse, Éclipsa, is created out of shadows. While he can shadow travel without her, Éclipsa makes it easier

Like all Palismen, Kilian’s help regulate his magic and prevent it from going haywire

His Palismen can come to life and act as Kilian’s familiar. It appears to be a real bat but has some un-bat-like qualities that give away its Palismen status

The Palismen’s name is Onyx

Onyx and all future Palismen are based on the ones from the show The Owl House

He really did make the sailors who assaulted him go insane. He used their shadows to trap them in their minds, forcing them only to see their worst nightmares and causing them to lose their sanity. Kilian doesn't remember doing this as he was disassociating at the time as a trauma response, and his magic took control to protect him

While he wears his mask to avoid his reflection, Kilian also wears it for magical reasons. Due to his magic being darkness-based, his eyes are sensitive to light. Kilian also wears masks to prevent himself from accidentally unleashing nightmares on people, as it can easily happen when someone looks into his eyes

History

Kilian is the youngest brother of Isaac Bontemps and the twin brother of the late Jacob Bontemps. He grew up in New Orleans alongside his brothers until Jacob was killed in a tragic accident when a horse trampled him. The Bontemps family fell apart after the boy's death, and Kilian suffered the worst. His parents and Isaac couldn't bear to see his face, the face he shared with his deceased twin. Soon, Kilian became a ghost in his own home and raised himself as his family neglected him.

Things never improved, except when he started wearing masks to hide his eyes. While his parents still ignored him, Isaac did start talking to him occasionally now that he couldn't see Jacob's eyes when he looked at Kilian. It was also around this time that Kilian began performing on the stress of New Orleans as a magician, entertaining locals and tourists. It didn't make much money, but it was enough to let Kilian buy necessities for himself.

However, the nicer times wouldn't last long. When the anniversary of Jacob's death arrived, the Bontemps did what they did every year: the parents visited the cemetery, Isaac went to the bar and got drunk, and Kilian stayed home in his room. But unlike previous years, this time, Kilian ran into a drunk Isaac when his brother returned home after being kicked out of the bar. Isaac, believing Kilian was Jacob, begged for his forgiveness and apologized for killing him. Kilian was outraged at hearing Isaac plead for Jacob's forgiveness after all the suffering he had gone through and yelled at his brother before storming off, packing his things and leaving New Orleans.

After leaving New Orleans, Kilian travelled around the USA, putting on magic shows to try and make enough money to survive. Sadly, it wasn't very profitable, and he needed to resort to another way of making money: selling his body for other people's pleasure. He did this for years and hated every intimate moment, but he couldn't go home or find any better work. Eventually, one of these encounters resulted in a baby, his son Jacques, who was abandoned by his mother to cover up her affair from her husband.

The new father continued his prostitution to provide for his son, but after an incident in town, Kilian was forced to flee with Jacques or else they would be killed. They escaped by hiding in a train car belonging to Cirque de Nuit and, thankfully, weren't discovered until the following day when they were long gone from the town. Kilian feared the circus workers would hurt him and Jacques, but to his shock, they offered him a home instead. He became the magician's assistant and found a new family- and a lover who only saw Kilian when he looked into his black eyes.

For the first time in his life, Kilian felt like he had a place where he belonged. He loved performing wherever the travelling circus went and watching his son grow up happier than he ever would have dreamed. Jacques had a childhood of love and happiness, and while Kilian wishes he could have had the same kind of childhood, he's glad his son got one. Several years after joining the circus, Kilian decided that he wanted Jacques to have a chance to get a formal education, so he, his partner and his partner's daughter (Kilian's unofficial stepdaughter) left Cirque de Nuit.

The family settled in a small town where Kilian and his partner got jobs at a local stable as an equestrian performer and stablehand, respectively. It wasn't as exciting as the circus, but Jacques and Rochelle enjoyed their schools and new friends, so the fathers couldn't complain. Kilian also became friends with a woman who worked on the farm, an ex-prostitute who wanted a safer life for herself. But that dream of hers was shattered after she was attacked and impregnated against her will, though her attacker didn't know he'd left her pregnant.

To protect his friend, Kilian pretended he was the father of her baby. While the biological father was suspicious, everyone else easily believed two ex-prostitutes had slept together… Kilian was hurt that the town thought so low of them, but his friend was safe, and that was all that mattered. And when the baby was born, he instantly fell in love with her despite not sharing any blood. But sadly, the mother died due to blood loss from the birth.

Kilian imminently claimed the baby as his own, signing his name on her birth certificate and naming her Sélène after his cousin. With a new addition to their family, they left town to prevent Sélène's biological father from discovering the truth and ended up in Concordia. They fell in love with the new city and found a home to call their own. Concordia was like nowhere else they had been before, and Kilian was excited for the next chapter of his life.

Events of Criminal Case

Season 4

Kilian debuted in Heartbroken after a poster for his show was found on one of the crime scenes. Argo and Maddie, not knowing his connection to Isaac, interrogated him about the murder. Kilian claimed not to know the victim, and after introducing himself to the detectives, he was shocked to discover that they worked with his brother. But he hid most of his surprise at the reveal and avoided further suspicion.

However, Kilian was questioned a second time after it was discovered that he had been a patient of the victim. Kilian confirmed that the victim had treated him, but he respected the man and had no reason to kill him, especially not after the exceptional care he received. Kilian's innocence was proven true after the killer was arrested.

Later, he reunited with Isaac, but the reunion was so tense that Argo could have cut it with a knife. In an attempt to get into his brother's good graces, Isaac (with Argo's help) retrieved a music box Kilian had asked them to find for him. After discovering an unknown name on the box, Evie analyzed it and found that Kilian had a son named Jacques. Isaac was stunned to hear he had a nephew but was less surprised when Kilian refused to let them meet. Despite getting the cold shoulder, Isaac vowed to prove himself to his brother and show Kilian that he loved him and wanted to be a family again.

The night before the World Exhibition award ceremony, Celine dragged Isaac to the equestrian arena to see Kilian. However, it wasn't the happy family reunion she had imagined. Instead, Kilian revealed all the pain and neglect he endured growing up as the ghost of his dead brother. Many secrets were exposed, and even more tears were shed. But even though it was filled with heartbreak, it did help Kilian and Isaac take the first step towards becoming brothers again.

Sadly, the next time Isaac and Kilian would be together was when they were packing up Celine's workshop following her death. Kilian brought Sélène with him and had to silently admit it was nice to see one of his kids interacting with his brother. Of course, it was still Jacques's decision on if he wanted to meet Isaac, but this was a step in the right direction. The brothers also got to deliver Celine's final message to Greta Gundwood, the woman their cousin loved most. It was hard to watch Greta take Celine's cremated remains back to France, but Kilian and Isaac know their cousin is in good hands.

Story Information

First appeared: Heartbroken

Trivia

He started wearing masks to hide his eyes, as every time he or someone else looked at them, they only saw Jacob's. Kilian has gotten so used to wearing masks that he can get panic attacks without them

He owns many masks in several colours, styles, and designs. He prefers to wear black and/or silver ones, but he's not opposed to wearing other colours depending on the occasion

While he served as a magician/magician assistant at Cirque de Nuit, Kilian occasionally performed as an acrobat. He loved flying through the air and performing on the trapeze

Kilian got his horse, a beautiful black Friesian mare named Éclipsa, while he still worked for Cirque de Nuit

Unlike traditional equestrians, Kilian is a lot more "showy." He's not afraid to take risks with his tricks and use his good looks to his advantage. People call him a show-off, but Kilian just replies that he knows how to entertain a crowd

Kilian's parents neglected him after Jacob's death. They couldn't handle looking at him and seeing their dead son's face, which led to them ignoring/avoiding him to the point of neglect

Gallery

Here is the drawing I made for the mask Kilian wears during shows:

Kilian without a mask:

Disclaimer: Character design was created using Rinmarugames ! I have only made minor edits to the design! Background courtesy of CriminalArtist5

Links to my stories:

The Case of the Criminal (Ao3/Wattpad) Killer Bay (Ao3/Wattpad) Where in the World are the Killers? (Ao3/Wattpad) Murders of The Past (Ao3/Wattpad)

(Thank you to @chessmaton for listening to me ramble about Kilian's design and backstory! You were a big help in fleshing out this OC!🥰)

[lamaisongaga]

FASHION CREDITS: LADY GAGA BY ETHAN JAMES GREEN FOR VOGUE US OCTOBER ISSUE

I was highly expecting for Lady Gaga to land a Vogue cover and here we are, covering the October issue of the American Vogue. The photoshoot, which is highly inspired by her role as Harley Quinn in "Joker: Folie à Deux", was lensed by Ethan James Green.

Styling: Alex Harrington, makeup: Sarah Tanno-Stewart, hair: Frederic Aspiras, nails: Kim Truong using Glitterbels, tailors: Hailey Desjardins and Egle Paulauskaite, set design: Marla Weinhoff.

Photographed during her stay in Paris in July this year, the cover photo showcases Gaga in the blue embroidered trompe-l’œil synthetic hair coat made in collaboration with hairstylist Gary Gill from Balenciaga‘s 53rd Fall/Winter 2024 Haute Couture collection!

An iconic silhouette by now, Gaga rocks a pair of her favorite Marc Jacobs Fall/Winter 2016 Kiki buckled black leather platform boots!

The mixture of couture, high-end designers and emerging talent is immense in this editorial as Gaga wears the grunge-inspired Hodakova Fall/Winter 2024 argyle double knit sweater in this hauntingly beautiful shot.

Hyperventilating is an UNDERSTATEMENT. I fell in love the moment John Galliano sent out his girls down the dramatic runway and ever since I was hoping to catch Gaga in one of the designs. Never would‘ve thought she‘d even get a whole custom look!

Gaga poses in custom Maison Margiela Spring/Summer 2024 Artisanal Haute Couture.

White cotton caisetted cape cut with the memory of an ulster coat, worn over a patinaed knitted silk bodysuit matching Gaga’s skin tone underpinned by a corset covered in jersey and a silicone hip prothèse.

A taped reverse swatching hat in white foam and caisetted cotton, patinaed knitted silk stockings and gloves, and custom Christian Louboutin for Margiela white patent leather criss-cross platform pumps with torn stocking overlay.

One thing you should know about Gaga is that she loves to layer multiple runway pieces to merge a whole new look.

From Dior‘s Resort 2025 collection, a love letter to Scotland, she wore a knitted argyle sweater with cut-outs, a tartan wool maxi dress which she layered underneath a mesh and metallic lace dress, and some argyle socks.

The Hodakova sweater makes a return, this time accessorized with an antique hand-painted plaque, ruby and diamond in 18kt gold brooch, and a smoky quartz and pearl in 18k gold brooch, both from Tony Duquette!

A shoe that changed herstory. Vivienne Westwood‘s infamous Fall/Winter 1993 Super Elevated Gillie platform shoes make a return, acquired from Pechuga Vintage. You might remember Gaga wearing a boot version of these for her 2010 Elle spread!

A firework of excitement ransacked my body when I first found out that Alessandro Michele would depart from Gucci to head over to Valentino as the new creative director.

LG is, to my knowledge, the first celebrity to rock a piece from the Resort 2025 "Avant Les Debuts" (Before the Beginning) collection – a pale yellow chiffon mini dress with high collar, tiered ruffle puff sleeves and floral sequin embroidery all over!

Paired with custom Maison Margiela distressed stockings and custom Christian Louboutin platform heels.

Gaga is working it in a bi-colored statuesque coat seen on Yohji Yamamoto‘s Fall/Winter 2024 "A Seamless Parable on Cubism" runway.

Rather than canvas and paint, Yamamoto’s medium is fabric and more than ever, it felt like he let his instinctual side take the wheel. Case in point: He said he couldn’t talk about how he’d arrived at these silhouettes. "During fittings, I can change, I can touch", he said with finality.

The look was crowned with a custom Vivienne Bow hat made of voluminous moiré fabric by emerging designer Andrew James!

One of the "Antwerp Six" designers, Dries Van Noten bid farewell earlier this Summer and decided to leave the fashion scene with a bang by celebrating his legacy at his final Spring/Summer 2025 collection where this epic embroidered cashmere coat is from.

Both her plaque-embellished black beanie...

...and double-breasted boxy oversized coat with peaked lapel are from The Row's Resort 2025 lookbook!

Gaga is the first ever person to wear this vintage Givenchy by Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 1999 "Execution of Lady Jane Grey" Haute Couture chinoiserie embroidered silk balloon sleeve coat and bespoke black dress, both sourced from LILY et Cie.

In 1999, McQueen was going through, in his own words, "an emotional turmoil" both professionally and personally. But instead of relieving himself, he ventured into his own despair to understand his inner demons more poignantly. This painful journey led Lee to Paul Delaroche’s tragic but beautiful 1833 painting, "The Execution of Lady Jane Grey".

Like a painter to a blank canvas, McQueen filled an empty room with extravagant offerings: romantic silk ensembles with floral embroidery, 16th-century fur-trimmed tunics, luxurious velvet coats, as well as the designer’s signature leather suits, cowl-neck dresses, and even a heightened-for-couture bouffant piece that paid homage to his plaid.

Dialing in on his inspiration, McQueen presented his clothes not on models but on fiber-glass-headed mannequins that emerged from trap doors in batches, as if the audience were in an art gallery rather than a fashion show.

It's almost unrecognizable but Gaga is draping this Chanel Fall/Winter 2024 Haute Couture black silk taffeta opera coat around her torso. This piece, which served as the show's opening number, features a ruffled neck, bejeweled buttons and a voluminous cut.

[kscosplaycatalog]

No. 3 - 2008

Character: Yazoo Series: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children by Square Enix

Cosplayer Credits: - Kadaj : Kat - Reno : Jaiden

Photo Credits: - ChibiPa's nope - FSC's TigerFist - Morataya Photography - Our friend, Chris - Our friend, Kirky

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I definitely can't wear this costume anymore. We actually made them in such a way that we didn't need to bind or anything for them because they sort of acted like a corset/binder all on their own. They were also so form-fitting up top that I couldn't lift my arms up beyond a certain point; I could barely touch my own face. And living in FL, we did almost die of heat stroke a few times taking pics outside... so yeah, don't do that! 😂

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We finished everything in time for MetroCon '08 except for the weapons which we completed at the end of October.

All of the leather material aspects are made of car leather which is a lot thicker than most other fabrics because it had, not only a leather top, but a cloth underside. We made the coat first, but used the wrong needles and broke about 4-6 of them. We made our own pattern from a form-fitting jacket we had and extended it to the appropriate length. Each piece of the side design was separately sewn into place on a piece of organza. Once it was a whole piece, we sewed the whole thing on the coat. We purchased the custom zippers from ZipperSource.com. The wrists were crafted with wooden bangles purchased at Michael's and hot glued into place. The boots were made from on-sale Keds and a cover. We made a pattern to get the leather to be form-fitting and hot glued the covers in place. We already had costume gloves and the pants were merely tights. We made the big shoulder armor pieces out of cardboard, polyfil and a bit of furniture foam. The little ones were just stuffed. We hand sewed the little ones to the big ones. The straps were also hand sewed to the armor and the snaps were stomped in place (literally). The wigs were purchased from eBay seller CosplayWig.

Kadaj's weapon was made out of Balsa wood and my father, a carpenter, crafted it. Kat finished it off by wrapping the hilt and adding the black and white ribbons. Yazoo's weapon was made out of spruce wood and bits of metal for the trigger, trigger guard, hammer, and site. I used a hot glue gun to make the designs.

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Cost: $185 Time: ~900 hrs

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This costume has won the following awards: - Best in Show @ ChibiPa in 2008 - Hall Costume Contest @ MizuCon in 2008 - Best Technical @ Infinite Bits in 2009

[radarchives]

IM SAYING LIKE they served so much cunt with the 2021 halloween fits and we went mostly downhill from there, could we perhaps get your thoughts on the rest of the set too, maybe which were your fav and least fav ones? 🥺👉👈 i could write a whole essay on them tbh i swear im normal about them

the halloween fits truly were everything. with the bunny fits one of the only events where looking at the bottom parts only made me break out in sweats half the time.

i'm not necessarily gonna rate them, but i'll give my thoughts.

so let's start

lucifer

solid outfit. the hat i'm okay with since it doesn't look like it's got a life of its own (hat that shall not be named). the zipper shoes however need to go, the white is not giving and certainly a choice for an almost all black outfit. even in white they'd look way better as dress boots with laces.

also love how they somehow managed to give lucifer even more pieces of clothing than usual, unquestionably a skill.

anyway i can't really complain about the outfit bc the card was drawn by the dilf hair lucifer artist. i forgive all mistakes for that.

mammon

it's giving shady vendor it's giving Dr.Facilier with the colour scheme. maybe a bit questionable that he isn't wearing any socks but. it's the horror outfit so maybe that checks out. i personally would've replaced the tie with a bunch of necklaces and have given the man some damn socks. i'd always give mammon at least 60% more jewelry in general that man should be dripping in it.

for me this one is the least exciting one out of the bunch, but i still like it.

leviathan

the jason mask??? the boots?? hands down this is one of the only times i am in love with obey me brand shoes bc these look GOOD (maybe it's just the obey me church stompers trauma talking). love love love the coat and i am also weirdly okay with the brown pants since they match the dried blood on the coat. the gloves are a bit unnecessary though.

satan

i both love and have my beef with this outfit. when i saw the dress i almost flipped my phone because finally!! the devs let a charcter aside from asmo be a bit more feminine looking! then i saw the bottom and went. hmmmm. i think i just don't like that he's wearing both a dress and dress pants (that have buttons on the side. ew) combined? i genuinely think the outfit would've been more cohesive if they either leaned more into the feminine side (dress closed a bit further down, tights, boots with a higher heel) or the more androgynous side (corset with lacing in the center, dress as more of a blouse, high waisted pants, bottom of the dress if kept more like an overskirt?)

asmo

he's perfect, he's beautiful, he looks like linda evangelista, he's a model

no questions asked. perfection. the spider theme/black widow theme is so fucking perfect for him. also the placement of the blood on his hands and sleeves? casually going insane over him they did him so well. definitely my favourite out of them all.

belphie

alright. i am conflicted about this one. because it's camp. no idea what made the devs give belphie a sexy nurse theme but i'm here for it. maybe not necessarily the executiion but still. the skeleton print is my arch nemesis. what in the hot topic fingerless emo gloves is going on here. love the little belt on his thigh but also. safety. hazard babes. he'd be getting poked by needles every step he takes. i don't even wanna look at the little bo peep ass looking shoes.

i would've loved the outfit even more if they'd given him a skirt instead of his little short shorts. maybe not a visually appealing one but definitely an amusing one.? like yeah it's ugly but yeah i also like it because it's silly.

beel

for a beel outfit? god tier. man always has to suffer from boring outfit syndrome, but this one is good as long as you keep your eyes trained on the upper part. the devs shortly released him from the yas girl give us nothing basement. we do not talk about the ginormous clown stompers on his feet though. it looks less camp than belphie's nurse outfit and i'm here for it.

[shipmistress9]

Little Kitten

Fandom: Fourth Wing - The Empyrean

Pairing: Xaden/Violet

Rating: Explicit

Summary: Sometimes, Violet needs her head to stop thinking and stop going in circles. Luckily, Xaden provided her with just the perfect way to accomplish that.

@kinktober2023

AN: This one is finally getting more kinky. I'm having a lot of fun with this D/s dynamic between them and a lot of headcanons around it, too. Also, I couldn't find an image that even remotely spoke to me, so I edited this one myself. ☺️

With a low sigh, Violet opened the secret drawer on her bedside table. It was nothing more than a plank, seamlessly fitting into the general decoration, and with no real compartment either, except for two form-fitted carved-in depressions. And in them lay two long stripes of ornate leather. A sense of inner calm overcame her as she let her fingers glide along the collars. Both covered in soft velvet, they were as black as everything around the Riders Quadrant, except for the gemstones. There was one on each collar, carved into identical dragon egg shapes, with small loops directly beneath the stones. The only difference was that one stone was of an iridescent white while the other was nearly black with a dark purple-blueish gleam to it. They’d been a gift from Xaden after he’d introduced her to Dominant and submissive roles in sex. She liked being submissive with a partner like Xaden whom she could trust completely. But it depended on her mood, on what she needed that day. So instead of having an elaborate conversation about it every night she spent in his room, he’d come up with these collars. If she wore one of them, then Xaden knew she was in the mood for being dominated without her having to say it, the colour of the stone indicating how she wanted to play. Tonight, Violet reached for the one with the white stone. It fitted around her neck like a glove, the silver clasps at the back of her neck disappearing beneath the velvet. Just wearing this collar soothed her turbulent emotions after this day, and a serene smile settled around her lips. She didn’t need to worry or decide anything, not now at least. After slipping into a long coat, Violet sneaked out of her room and up the stairs to Xaden’s. “Hey,” he greeted her with a warm smile. He was shirtless when he opened the door for her, and Violet took in the sight appreciatively. Endless dark skin over well-defined muscles, his broad shoulders. She could spend forever just gazing at him. “Are you cold?” he asked, following her with his eyes as she walked into the middle of the room. His voice had its usual teasingly sarcastic tone, one eyebrow raised when she turned toward him. Instead of an answer, however, Violet let the coat slip off her shoulders. Xaden’s eyes widened as he took in her appearance, his lips parting in surprise. Tonight, she hadn’t been in the mood to waste time undressing, especially with her corset. So instead of her usual riding leathers, she wore a lacy nightgown that barely reached her thighs—and nothing else. Except for the collar.

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[cypresskey]

@seasons-in-the-archives in the archives gift for @lucky-numberme 

I apologize for it ended up not too valentines day theme 😅. I ended up scraping my original design and doing something more fantasy au themes (inspired my the recent solider, poet, kind trend) and got too focused on that! I hope you still enjoy! I included the individual photos, as well as an extra little doodle.

Image ID for the first photo below, rest are in alt texts. Apologizes for it, its my first time making onez

[Three digital upper body drawings of (from left to right) Gerry, Sasha and Tim. Gerry is a pale, blue eyed male. he is look to the right and slightly up. He has long straight black hair, with blond roots. Where the light hits, it shines blue. He wears a sliver spiked crown with black gems. He has on a white shirt with a matching cravat, black corset, and black coat. At the collar of his shirt is a warm-grey eye brooch. He wears sliver piercings: on his left eyebrow, left and right helix, left upper and lower lobes, and snake bites the right piercing have a chain to a piercing on his right ear lobe. He wears a sliver and black ring on his right thumb. His nails are painted black. His left arm is at his side. His right arm is bent and he holds a brown book at chest height. He is against a light pink background. Sasha is a brown eyed women of color with freckles across her face. She looks forward and smiles warmly. She has long curly brown hair which is partly up in a bun. She wears a crown of rosemary. She is in a cream dress with long puffy sleeves and has a green belt with a pouch attached. She has a gold necklace with a blue forget-me-not charm. Her arms are at her side, in her left hand she holds a quill made of a brown feather. She is against a light blue background. Tim is a brown eyed, lightly tan male. He is looking down and to the left, smiling with his teeth. His right arm is bent as if he is leaning on something, his left arm stretched and plan open. Scattered on his arms and face are light brown moles. He has short brown hair, the front tips dyed light pink. He wears a dark gray shirt with no sleeves, two light brown belts, light brown leather cuffs and matching fingerless gloves. Attached to the top belt is a sliver and black dagger. He wears a sliver necklace tucked into his shirt, black stud earrings and black nail polish. He is against a light green background.]

[karolzupa]

The Crew Redesign Describtion

I transcripted the crew’s new look describtions since we don’t have Chip’s and Gillion’s offcial art (yet....? hopefully). I also added the rest of the crew so anyone can give it their own spin. Grizlly’s description is word for word, but with the rest of the boys I just wrote down the pointers. English is not my native tounge so be kind with my spelling!

Chip Redesign

Hair shoulder length, more tamed and fluffed out. You can see the earring poking out. Has chin stubble (a lil bit). On top of the head he’s got a red pirate hat with brown on the inside and some gold accents on it. He has a pirate coat, matches the hat. Mainly red but has gold and silver, brown on it, with belts and buttons on it. No shirt. Flame tattoos coming up his chest and up onto his neck. The coat goes all the way down, unbuttoned. Brown sash around it at the waist. A whole bunch of belts, knives and this type beat bullshit. Two short swords sheathed. Design is overall cluttered, with accents. Pants are black with gold trinkets coming off them, chains. Scars from “his trauma” are visible. “He wears it proudly”

Jay Ferin Redesign

White, cotton, square neckline top, with very short sleeves. On the back is clearly visible the feather tattoo from Alport. On the neck she has a double-layered, golden necklace. Has a leather, brown, below bust corset. It leads to her old jacket that is now tied around her waist. Underneath it is a little belt that is attached to the thigh pouch, that is also wrapped around her left thigh. She has black leather knee-highs that fit loosely around her upper calf, with black cotton going up. Ha fingerless gloves that buckle around and reach around her wrist a little bit. Her hair is down, no ponytail. Still has Ferin pin in her hair, but it's pushing her bangs of to the sides so they don't cover her face at all. 

Gillion Tidestrider Redesign

Layered armor, ridiculous shoulder pauldrons. Hair tied up in a manbun. He ditched the shell like armor and is opting for a more traditional fantasy armor look. More spiked, the shoulder pads are very exaggerated. Blue, black and gold, matching with the Destiny's Blade. The gauntlets are larger and chunkier and have a worrying energy (the helping hands flavor). The Destiny's Blade has side sheath attached to his armor, this gold and black, pretty but minimalistic sheath. The pearl fragment is sitting in the base into the swords, where the crescent moon symbol was. On the bottom of helping hands you can see shower heads spray nozzles. You see creeping out of the neck piece reddish lighting scarring. 

Ollie redesign

Ollie’s brown hair has come to grow quite long and untamed, and he now has it braided on both sides, intertwined with two red streaks. He’s wearing the eyepatch [...], flipping it up and down over his bright green eyes.His outfit is comfortable but fit for a young pirate. A black wool shirt with Chip’s old bandana tied around his arm and gold plated leather belt of Mount Giant Strength wrapped around his waist. He is wearing a red furline sleeveless vest, some dark striped pants and brown leather boots. He’s fucking adorable.

Alphonse redesign

Alphonse originally was made from some brass metal, but has received some nice chrome plating all around with gold accents. His face has been molded to resemble a skull, but he still sports that black handlebar mustache under those glowing yellow eyes. He wears a small white cowboy hat with the Riptide jolly roger on the front with goggles and gears resting on the brim. He wears a white collared shirt and black striped vest and a red bowtie with a clock as the brooch. The sleeves roll up to reveal black steel anchors affixed to both forearms, connected by a long chain that wraps around him through the leather harness around his chest. To finish it off, he is in some black leather chaps with a cog for the belt buckle and tall chrome cowboy boots with cogs as the spears. And if you look closely you can see, engraved on his forearm are the letters ALF-0NZ3.

Gryphon redesign

Gryphon has got some warrior braids in his swept back black and white hair. He’s wearing an open chest black blazer with green accents and a Riptide jolly roger printed on the side. He wears a few wire necklaces lined with bullet casing as well as two cross belts in the shape of an X with all of his specialized ammunition. This ends with another belt of bullets wrapped around the thigh over black cargo pants, ending in leather buckle combat boots. Over his shoulder there is a forest green cape with a little bit of fluff on the top, giving him the option to cover the massive six-barrel gun that replaces his left arm.

Drey Ferin redesign

He’s wearing all black, with a deep v neck pirate shirt and a long pirate captain’s coat with golden filigree and an accentuated collar. He’s wearing this deep blue scarf that's pinned by his old Ferin emblem. Matching that same color sash around his waist, just below an oversized belt. [...] custom-made arm slings and restrictors that function both as leather armor and a way to keep his arms from flopping all over the place.

[townofcadence]

Muse Information - Caelan

Directory | Character List| Headcanons

Basic Information:

Full Name: Unknown [Hedeon]

Nicknames: Caelan

Age: ???

Date of Birth: ???

Nationality: ???

Accent: (Unsure. Somewhere between something like Macedonian, Bosnian, and Serbian? It isn't meant to be a specific accent but it has some Slavic leanings)

Blood Type: ???

Pronouns: He/him or They/them

Sexuality: Does Not Care

Relationship Status: QPR With Kiran

Occupation: Ex-prince

Physical Traits:

Height: 5’9” (Without Boots) (175.26 cm)

Weight: 154 Lbs. (69.85 kg)

Eye Color(s): White (but pray you don't see them)

Hair Color(s): White, with a soft ethereal glow

Notable Features: Dark fabric band covering his eyes, and streaking dark "tears" that constantly occupy his face. A crown of dark laurels, and hair that floats in cloudlike locks, with a soft glow. Large wings, three pairs, mostly grey and black/navy, with accents of white that also glow, with long strands that come off them with a glowing tip. very outdated but regal attire, including a long, white coat accented with gold, a corset vest, and gloves to match both, as well as a pair of gold accented black boots to the knees and a pair of belts with a scabbard. he also wears a cravat, and sometimes wears a pauldron with a hanging, starry cloak over one shoulder. he has a hoop earring in one ear, and a linked cuff on the other side.

Nature: Stoic, Intense, Analytical, Ethereal, Blunt

Art Ref (will be updated when possible, current piece an art I commissioned from @/keylligraphy-ink):

[snotsloth]

Hey, wanna see the most ominous Gpose I've ever taken? Please enjoy this angsty pre-ARR Taliesin.

In the decades leading up to the events of FFXIV, Taliesin was the on-again-off-again lover or one Emperor Solus zos Galvus. As the Garlean empire grew in power, the two of them began to drift apart.

By the time of the Calamity, Taliesin spent more time away from Court than he did in it, only returning to Solus's side once or twice a year and only staying for a handful of days at a time. The excerpt below is from one of the last times Taliesin came to visit before Solus's death.

“Ah, there you are, darling.”

Taliesin turned from the leaded panes of the window to see Solus stalk into the room. He was in his full regalia; an ankle-length coat woven from the finest Garlean wool, lined with white fox fur, and trimmed with gold epaulets and a cascade of medals. He looked every inch the conquering emperor, lord of half the known world. Taliesin could barely see the upstart legatus of six decades ago through all the glamor. He was beginning to regret agreeing to this event, and it hadn’t even started.

Solus stopped and tilted his head, giving Taliesin an appraising look. The sharp scrutiny of his golden eyes made Taliesin blush and fiddle with his cuffs. How could his attention still fluster Taliesin after all these years?

“You look magnificent,” Solus said, his lips curled in smug satisfaction. “No one will be able to take their eyes off you.”

“Thank you,” Taliesin said. “Though all the credit goes to your head seamstress. You know I’m absolutely useless when it comes to fashion.” He would never have dreamed of this sort of getup. He was in a sleek, tightly tailored black bodysuit that shone like silk but stretched enough that it didn’t bunch or wrinkle much as he moved. Gold braided chords crisscrossed over his stomach, giving the impression of corseting. Over his shoulders, he wore a white blouse, cropped up high, well above his natural waist. It was made of the finest linen he had ever seen. His collar and cuffs were long and crisp, but the frills at his chest and loose, billowing sleeves draped elegantly, accentuating his long arms and narrow shoulders. To finish off the ensemble, the seamstress had shoved him into black leather thighboots with a modest heel, pointed toe, and just the slightest touch of gold filigree on the cuff. He felt more like a doll than a man.

“You would think that after sixty years of this, you would have learned how to dress yourself for court,” Solus mused as he moved closer and caught up Taliesin’s hand in his own gloved one and laid a soft kiss against his knuckles.

Leaning into his warmth, Taliesin nuzzled into Solus’s fur collar. “In my defense, these were much more modest affairs sixty years ago. Back then, I could show up at whichever château you and your officers had bunked up in, wearing naught but a woolen cloak and threadbare hose and be lauded as the second coming of Lakshmi.”

“My memory may not be what it once was,” Solus said. Taliesin snorted. They both knew that was a boldfaced lie. “But as I recall, whatever clothes you showed up in didn’t stay on your body for long anyhow.”

Taliesin clicked his tongue and playfully shoved at Solus’s chest. “Slander!” he chided. But he remembered those early raucous nights before the Empire, when Solus had been just another Legatus with a dream of unifying a beleaguered people scattered across an inhospitable homeland. He remembered how luxurious it felt, lying out next to the fire on a pile of furs, clothed only in the invisible armor of every other officer’s fear and admiration for Solus zos Galvus.

But all those men who had stared but never touched were either dead or long since retired, replaced by sycophants and spoiled sons who only thought of further expansion and lining their own pockets with treasures looted from the other side of the world.

Taliesin's smile quickly melted away as his mind once again turned to melancholy. Looking back over his shoulder, he gazed at the craggy horizon, his heart already halfway to Eorzea. Still, his hands clung to the lapels of Solus’s coat.

“I know that look,” Solus said, wrapping his hands gently around Taliesin’s wrists. “When will you leave?”

“Probably tomorrow morning, after first light. This far north, the days are too short to waste daylight,” Taliesin said. Solus let him go as Taliesin turned to look back out the window. “I find my tolerance for this life grows a bit shorter with each visit.”

He could feel Solus’s eyes on him, that piercing golden gazed that missed nothing, and gave away so little. They stood in silence, the distance between them already widening, despite physical proximity. Either one of them could force it back, pulling the other close, trying to fit into the other’s life like a foot in an ill-fitting shoe, but pretty soon, blisters would start to appear.

Then, the soft click of Solus’s boot heels broke the silence. Gloved hands at his waist and wrist pulled him back into the warmth of Solus’s chest. Taliesin could feel Solus’s nose press into the downy hairs at the base of his ear.

“Take your time,” Solus whispered. “Wherever I am, you are always welcome.”

It was the closest he ever came to saying, “I love you.”

[bumblely]

I love him and I love fashion so let's style Fabio for a red carpet! (I promise it won't be boring suits 😝)

Dolce & Gabbana (because he works with them and is more likely to wear their clothes)

(left) D&G fall 2023 menswear: oversized coat, look 3 + suit with a corset, look 1 + a pearl Vivienne Westwood necklace [okay, this is black but I love the majestic and dramatic oversized coat with the more delicate corset over a basic black suit with the pearl necklace, it's a simple way to spice up a boring black suit] |●| (right) D&G fall 2023 menswear: oversized blazer with gloves, look 39 + see-through embroidered shirt, look 74 + trousers with rhinestones, look 64 [this one is more ambitious even if it's still full black. I think it would be too much 'fashion' for the FIM people and they would panic 😂 but I think he would look good in this kind of outfits, he has a the right vibe for it]

Moschino (some of their design would really fit his style imo, I'm surprised he hasn't worn their clothes yet)

(left) Moschino fall 2023 meanswear: look 27 [once again a black suit but more spicy, I love the 'artsy' vibe that this suit give, it really fits him I think - with the see-through shirt or not] |●| (right) Moschino fall 2023 menswear: jacket look 63 + trousers and boots, look 39 [this one is basic but I love the leather jacket with the ranger boots for a black-tie event, it's giving ✨️bad boy✨️ energy and I really picture it with his angel-like face, his platinum blond hair and some innocent-looking glasses]

Hermès (+ Etro, Vivienne Westwood) (I would love to see him wear their clothes 🥺 especially Vivienne Westwood's jewelry and a (vintage or not) Birkin 50 😩)

(left) Hermès fall 2023 menswear look 46 + Etro (ready-to-wear) embroidered blazer (that costs almost 10k 😵) [I think the blazer is something he could wear, he loves colorful patterns but make it luxury and it's pretty with Hermès who's more classic and 'basic'] |●| (right) Hermès fall 2023 menswear look 3 + Vivienne Westwood ready-to-wear shirt [once again the colorful shirt underneath really make the look interesting (I'm sure he would wear it as a statement piece) and I like it with a tiny purse (like the model) or a tiny cross-body bag). it's nice for an event without the black-tie dress code though]

KidSuper, Gucci (I'm sure he would love some of KidSuper's designs)

(left) KidSuper fall 2023 menswear look 8 [I absolutely love this (off)white suit with the burgundy tie and bag + the artsy vibe once again would fit him and it's really pretty like him. I'm not convinced by the choice of the shoes though 🤔] |●| (left) Gucci ready-to-wear full look [this is an outfit created by Gucci on their website and it's super elegant without being a basic black suit, I think it could suit him but I'm 50-50 on this one 🤔]

Alexander McQueen, Saint Laurent (so many of their designs could look good on him)

(left) Alexander McQueen (ready-to-wear) [it was hard to choose only 1 option from them because so many would suit him - it's also available in black and looks really good, but it would stand out more in white and the jewels embroidered look amazing with light on them 😩 I love that it's oversized] |●| (right) Saint Laurent fall 2023 menswear look 24 [he would look ethereal in it even if it's more risqué, once again not for a bike-related event but still pretty with a sparkly (diamonds) long necklace - it could still look good with something underneath if there's not enough coverage]

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I still have so many other ideas (also for less formal situations). it was really hard to choose only 10 😕 I think I'll do some other posts like this one some day! 🫶🏻

and if you're interested in Fabio's real outfits, you can follow on instagram: fabioquartararo.style (active) and quartararo20style_ (inactive since May 2022 but with over 500 posts)

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Hello author! How do the ROs normally dress up? Can you share pictures of what they wear? It's okay if you don't, so don't worry! Just that a visual help sometimes help me better understand how you want your characters to look like!

I can do that. (No pictures sorry.)

if you want their alias gear ask that in a separate ask ill do it. And if you want jewelry I can do that too.

Here is what they wear. This is what I visualize when I write them in a normal setting. Not in battle or when they are at their job.

Alice tends to wear tans and greys colors. She likes to wear a trenchcoat over her clothes. Now her clothes are more combat suited. Like combat boots and cargo paints. Her shirts will be plain normal shirts. Alice likes to blend in. Be forgettable.

Helena wears black and white colors. Her overall style is athletic wear. So sneakers (high tops). She likes the freedom of movement. So leggings and an athletic skirt. (Sometimes together sometimes separately.) Her tops can vary from crop tops to the occasional baggy shirt. She also loves to wear a flat-brim baseball hat. Her clothes are the latest in fashion and stand out.

Lisa wears primarily white with red as the accent color. As Lisa is in her wolf form she wears a jumpsuit that can change when she changes. But when she is in her human form she likes to wear a more casual look. So long sleeve shirts and dark jeans with a variety of boots to shoes. Her clothes are quite plain but she wears them well.

Becca wears white with pink. (The pink is very light) When not at school she wears business casual. So button up shirts and blouses in dress pants or skirts. She wears stilettos and dress shoes. (Prefers the heels.) Wears a glove on her right hand it is a black leather glove.

Daniella wears shades of blue. The style is a mix so ill just say what it is. Wears a blouse or frilly tops with a cropped jacket. And wears jeans to a cute skirt. sneakers to wedges.

Vanessa wears black and gold. She wears sundresses and athletic wear (tank tops and running pants. She wears flip-flops and ankle-strap heels. The sneakers would be converses when she works out. Always has sunglasses. (Either on or on top of the head.)

Azalea wears mint green with black. Azalea's outfit is a leather and mesh ensemble. Where their upper chest is it is mesh so visible. On their lower half, they have a metal claw-like cage that is similar to a corset. Their legs have slits where the skin is visible. This is on her upper thigh and calf. Their arms are exposed from Their elbows down. Azalea does not wear shoes as their scales protect their feet. (Don't worry they are not hard. Quite smooth) Wears are gem-covered vail changes daily as that shows her wealth to the Thrallenas.

Kent wears all black. Wears a full suit. No tie. Outside, he will wear the same outfit without the suit coat with his sleeves rolled up. Also wears a full respirator mask but can have a variant where his eyes are visible. Sheos will be from sneakers to dress shoes.

Naamah wears all reds and black. Wears revealing dresses made from silk where her Midriffis is exposed and her legs are also exposed. Wears flats but prefers not as she likes to feel the ground on her feet. If she wore other clothes it would be Crop tops and skinny jeans.

Blaze wears greens and blacks. Wears hoodies and jeans and also wears tank tops and short sleeve shirts. Always wears his running shoes. Has a half mask to cover his face.

Zero: Wears a yellow-gold and black shock-resistant jumpsuit. He has his entire body covered beside his face. Has a pair of goggles around his neck. His hands are covered by a very tight pair of gloves that give the illusion of cybernetics.