#vadd post

[the-mad-dog-of-eckhart]

Today I wanted QUASO to eat a croissant

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Yup, there are spoilers again.

No, seriously, spoilers here

Penelope: *Just breathing*

Me and Fandom:

Sorry, Romeo and Juliet fans, but this is how I saw it:

Juliet: *kisses Romeo in the hope of poisoning herself and going with him to the next world*

I was with my friends reading this scene:

Someone: She's just a maid! As soon as the real princess appears, she will betray Penelope!

Meanwhile, Emily (this ordinary maid): *Tells Penelope what's going on in the house, tells her every move Yvonne makes, and even nails the maid with a stool*

[bluebutterflyrose]

IT HAPPENED!!!

[eloise175]

I love these panels so much, I’m never getting over them not only because of how beautiful they are, but also due to their meaning and how it perfectly shows the characters' feelings.

It’s the part where Penelope tells Callisto she doesn’t love him and his face crumbles, he’s so taken aback by it but for all the wrong reasons, let me elaborate;

(contains some novel spoilers!!)

From the beginning, Callisto knew that Penelope’s confession about how she fell in love with him at first sight was bullshit.

He knows she lied to him on multiple occasions but doesn’t mind at all; it’s stated later on in his pov that despite all the rumors and her deception, Callisto too found it surprising how he didn't get angry.

They also had this conversation in the cave and many other occasions when he teased her about it and she kept on saying that she wasn’t in love with him anymore.

However each time Penelope claimed to not be in love with him, Callisto was either amused or grumbled about it playfully.

It’s the setting that changes things. Back then it was all teasing and her getting fed up with him and his successful attempts at eliciting some sort of reaction out of her.

As the story progresses, their interactions become more tense due to the friction and tension being products of their feelings for one another.

We can see the first signs of Callisto ‘wavering’ during his birthday banquet as Penelope is about to reject him.

He looked crestfallen when she brought up love because he still can’t make sense of it, convinced that his feelings of fondness can’t be related to love—or more like, he’s trying to convince himself it’s like that.

Knowing what is about to come, he shushed her, while admitting to the fact that he knew she was going to reject him, hence why he told her to give him an answer on her coming of age.

It’s all because Callisto hoped she would change her mind and her answer would be the one he hoped for, basically her accepting.

Then in the greenhouse things become more serious. The talk about Penelope’s condition had an impact on the build-up of it.

Penelope is completely serious and firm about her rejection, she is more apathetic due to the impending deadline of hard mode’s ending and things falling apart continuously.

She doesn’t have any control of the things happening around her and it makes her grow more and more anxious, to the point where it all becomes too much and it leads her to resign to her fate.

Callisto’s reaction to it is so strong not only because Penelope kept on pushing him towards another woman (which he doesn’t even know) when all he wanted was to be with her, but because she disregarded his feelings in the process as well.

Penelope goes on to say that she doesn’t love him, and that’s the real nail in the coffin, Callisto is actually in love with her but fails to realize it, but his subconscious seems to be aware of it given his reaction.

It’s a “…she doesn’t love me?” slap in the face realization.

I’m saying this because later in the novel, Callisto reveals that he hid his desire to be with Penelope behind the guise of an arranged marriage because he was afraid to admit being in love with her due to what happened to his parents. You could say he has always loved her from the moment they first met.

➺ chapter. 201 from the novel:

Anyhow, Penelope talks about her circumstances and past, saying how while wanting love she also needs and wants someone to take her out of the hell she’s in.

She tells Callisto he’s not that person and he’s absolutely devastated by that statement. He even gets described as dazed in the novel when this scene happens.

It’s a point of no return for Callisto because he still refuses to acknowledge his feelings as love for Penelope.

He can’t have her unless he admits to loving her, but he’s afraid to do so due to his past, he's convinced that if he confesses then she would end up like his mother.

Callisto needs a push, and that push is the fear of losing her forever which comes in the form of Penelope’s poisoning on her coming of age ceremony.

It all boils down to “don’t make any assumptions about my feelings” and “you don’t know what/how I feel” but we don’t get that since Callisto is suppressing it.

He’s angry and rightfully so and Penelope’s earlier apparent indifference doesn’t help either.

But yes, Penelope’s rejection hurt him so much because loves her.

Callisto is conflicted and in denial. It’s like he’s already having an inner battle about his feelings and then Penelope comes and deals the final blow, stomping all over his heart while pushing him away.

"I chose you, Penelope Eckhart. Not your household." and “Does my proposal mean so little to you?” are so telling because it’s clear that he’s been strongly impacted by all of this.

Callisto genuinely wants to be with Penelope and get her to the safety of the palace but went about it the wrong way.

They’re so miscommunication, it will be so long before they get to talk properly about their feeling and we get that love confession I’m not okay T_T

Thinking about all the things that will happen before that is making my head hurt, I’m going back to reading my comfort fanfics…see y’all tomorrow when the beginning of the end begins with more yearning and angst as Callisto will come back :,)

[thegradus2]

Random voice hcs lol

Lout of the counts family

Cale Henituse - Thom Yorke

Rosalyn - Chappell Roan

Alver Crossman - Chris Isaak

Clopeh Sekka - Army Of Lovers (lead singer)

Villains are destined to die

Penelope Eckhart - Pomme

Callisto Regulus - Ryan Reynolds

Eclise - Abel

PLEASE TUMBLR PLEASE DONT NUKE MY POST PLEAS,

[jeweled-blue-eyes]

Cha Siyeon x Iklies are so Makima x Denji coded

[seirclys]

Lysia's Favorite Character Archetype Pt. 1

... yeah I have a type. Whaddya gonna do about it?

*shuffles og!Penelope, Shen Jiu, og!Cale behind me*

watch this list GROW.

[penelope-regulus]

See this is how we can tell that Penelope's already developed a crush on Callisto, despite it being revealed much later in the story:

Before:

After:

[bvnga-aprikot]

actually when i first started out on tumblr i remembered stumbling upon a post on a Claude x Lucas idea where Lucas woke up earlier and had the memories from LP and decides to "adopt" (read: kidnapped) Athanasia as a kid so she'll have a better luck at surviving. well, Claude notices that his daughter is missing and i think he found them and sparks fly between him and Lulu hehehsb. also Jetty was in the AU for the part two post where Roger dyes her hair blonde and passes her off as Athy but the maids hate her and she's pretty gloomy for the whole post.

i tried looking for the post again, but had little to no success in doing so, so if anyone was on tumblr during the time that post was up please tell me you know what i'm talking about. it wasn't too long ago but it was from a while back in i think 2020-2021.

[ulmaria29]

today... og penelope birth day. happy birth day girl. i wub you

i miss her

this gif reminds me of her but why

🤔

But kuromi fits her aesthetic more

edit: GIF (of Pompompurin) removed because it’s too big and the texts typed were too short 😒

[eloise175]

I GET YOU BESTIE ME TOO

HE’S SOOO HSJNSKSNSUZHQIWJWOSJ

LOOK AT HIM, HE IS AKSJJSSJKSKWKAJAJWPSNENVRJNRUHWVWBROFNETZJSOWBRYDBWOSONWNEGSTAAJKEKIWNWHUSBE

I MEAN, IWNENDIDBRGEKWKSKJHEBSNSNSJSNSJSNEBEOWKWM

OF COURSE I'M A DELULU CALLISTO SIMP BUT YOU KNOW I JSIEHSGYWHWKWKSNSBDYDYHEWGWOSLNSNWBSYYSGEGGSYUWIQNWBSMLOWOLKWBEHEHE

CALLISTO IS SO AKAKJSBEDJHEBEMWKOWMNWNWJWJEBEHWTSYSBSBEBEJEOWPWPQMANHVRUDNEBGSKOAWN

THAT'S WHY I LOVE HIM SO MUCH 🌹♥️

[the-mad-dog-of-eckhart]

Back then, I didn't notice the slight blush on Penelope's cheek when Callisto approached her💗

She looks so cute 💜

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I died three times. That's how many times this post hasn't been loaded in the ヽ(；▽；)ノ

Yes, I'm too lazy to write something normal, I'm in the section "lazy posts that get into the feed more often than a basketball in a hoop in physical education class".

*Checking the mic* So, ladies and gentlemen, the sponsor of the show is my love for Callisto/Penelope. Callisto/Penelope, something that makes me worry about other people's relationships, but not my own.

The best, most handsome, richest man in the world, Callisto Regulus, shared an unexpected post on his Twitter account!

As you can see, the post surprised everyone, but the next comment from a cute boy Raon just blew the whole network away:

The Eckart family has not yet commented on this incident

*advertising pause, lol*

By the way, the girls played so well in chapter 120 that I have the impression that they really didn't expect to meet in the script :D

Wait...

An exclusive photo of our staff from the cafeteria, where Callisto and Eckles are fighting for the hand and heart of our beautiful Penelope without me.

According to unofficial sources, Winter Verdandi made this request: "Okay, Google, how do I feed myself and seven children if I have to wait another week for my paycheck?"

That was the news from Eorka Not Korea, thank you for watching our TV :)

It's not a canon, eh.

[kuroneko1815]

Master list of my VADD works and posts

Head canons, silly scenarios, and quotes, some that I've reblogged and added to and a lot more that I've posted on my own...

VADD & TCF

Calliope during the pregnancy

Marianne asks Penelope for baby names

Reynold finds out

Cedric remembers the loops

Callisto orders everyone to dye their hair

Callisto channels Lion King

How Callisto flirts

Rock, Paper, Scissors siblings edition

Pregnancy announcement

Dragon’s hoard

Meet the Lykaios

What if they ran away in magic and dragon

Penelope does therapy on Callisto

The maze scene but make it silly

Fanfic List with links (some to AO3, some to tumblr posts, and some that I've cowritten; there are also quite a lot of previews here for fics I've had in my mind but haven't written yet)

Baby Dragon

Time and Regret

Time and the Hidden Dragon

The Amulet preview

Time and change preview

Time of the Maid preview

Time and Despair snippet preview

Time and the future that must never be

This Poisoned Cup

The maid’s revenge

Lady of Ghosts

Of Book and Flowers

Paperwork Pileup

Imperial Domesticity

Expectant Father

Conversations at bath time

Unexpected surprise

Provocation and Conciliation

Mistletoe kisses

New Year’s festivities

Childhood friends and first loves

Winter Days

Lock of Hair

Touch-starved kisses and insomnia

Twenty Years On

Of poison and dragons snippet preview

Of Magic and Dragon blood

The blue dress

The mages of Heylon preview

The case of the time travelling prince

Non-linear series preview

Wet Shirts and Surprise Babies: Marianne and Cedric's love story

In this world of darkness and crime

Things too late to take back

Wandering days

Love and Relationships

Storytime at the palace: 1, 2, 3

Coming of age talks

The nymph and the golden dragon

The handkerchief

Choose your sacrifice

Tyranny of a lost love

Boy and the Dragon (parts 1&3 are written by @saneijeijei): 1, 2, 3, 4

Monsters and Treasures in Dungeons Deep

Shatter me with a kiss or spare me my heart

A love twice lived

These roads led me home to you

Wanton touch

Redemption of a Forgotten Love preview

How to be the favorite uncle as told by Reynold Eckhart

A trip through time

The best surprise in the world

Reciprocated comfort but not without tears

These hardy few

Anaphylaxis

A lot of these fics may be unfinished so proceed with caution. Also, if the story is posted as a full-fledged fic then I'll edit the links to be the ones for AO3 rather than the preview. Some of the fics are tumblr only and some are cross-posted with AO3 but some of the links would direct them to the tumblr posts instead. Will be updated whenever I post something or have the time.

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Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend about the main characters of this work, in particular, we focused on Derrick. I propose to have an interesting discussion with all of you :)

Warning I'm not writing this to offend you in any way, but to share some of my thoughts and experiences about changing my attitude towards Derrick in the one and a half years I've been in the fandom. The second warning! For people who do not like spoilers from the novel, it is advisable not to read the post.

I have a few words about him, so I will divide this post into several categories:

Derrick Eckhart as a person.

I think he was not fully developed as a character, but he is still interesting. He has the virtues of an heir to a duchy: he is serious, cold, balanced in his speech, and reasonable. However, he is prideful and prejudiced. I'm not arguing, he is handsome. I don't deny that the Duke's eldest son also has wonderful qualities, but his somewhat "indifferent" attitude is due to traumatic events.

However, Derrick respects his father, loves his brother, has one of the best reputations among the nobility, has the ability to lead, but… the young man himself has been trained very carefully since childhood. Derrick was not born with an opinion: "Oh, I want to become a duke." He was simply born first, so he was taught from an early age that he was the heir to Duke Eckhart.

In other words, because of Yvonne's disappearance, Derrick has become even more violent in appearance. Reading the lines from the novel, one can have reason to believe that Derrick was a warmer child, not an "old man in a child's body". And he could have been under pressure from his father's demands.

I would like to believe that he often played with his brother and sister in his free time and seemed to become a different person…

What else do we know about the young duke? He is a captain of knights, and he can also be quite emotional, as we can see from his interactions with Penelope. That's how smoothly we moved on to the next topic:

About Derrick's relationship with Penelope.

Derrick is despised for his treatment of Penelope not only because of his feelings for her.

Yes, there are works in which the union between a brother and sister is not considered incest, but why is there such a negative attitude?

His treatment of Penelope was not as a human being with her own emotions, feelings and pain. She's like a beautiful bird in an expensive cage, like Plapopinu. There is an interesting parallel between the beautiful bird and Penelope. Like... a desire to control her?

Let's take the first chapters, when Penelope has just entered the world of the "game". She's talking to Derrick in the corridor, who chides her for once again causing a ruckus in the duchy and setting up Emily, who was the only one who was reduced to working as Penelope's maid. BUT then it turns out that Derrick knew that Emily had been feeding Penelope rotten food, but he still tried to blame Penelope.

"He knew that it wasnt my fault, but he still tried to blame me for it. If i didn`t beg for forgiveness like the game scenario..."

Let's take a look at the chapters with the trial. It was not that Derrick did not believe Penelope, but that he simply did not listen to her. The whole conversation boiled down to "Just plead guilty, father and I will get you off." He didn't listen to her and didn't hear her. Derrick never properly apologised to Penelope, he tried to justify his actions. In other words, he did not take responsibility.

I don't recall the moments directly at Penelope's coming-of-age ceremony, because Derrick was brainwashed here (see "Trying to understand Derrick's actions"). In this paragraph, I will say that Derrick wanted to see how Penelope would react if he brought Yvonne to her birthday party, lol (I write as if it's nothing, but I almost cried myself (/´△`＼). )

I was annoyed by his jealousy of Penelope, which was a bit repulsive. Because Derrick didn't care about his foster sister's feelings.

When Penelope didn't want to continue with the poisoning investigation, what did Derrick do? He insisted on continuing it. When Penelope ran away from the duchy, what did Derrick do? He dropped everything and started looking for her. And finally, what does Derrick do when Penelope says she's going to marry Callisto? On his knees, he begs her not to do it and to call him "brother" again.

And in the end, because of this attitude towards Penelope, we get the picture that he loves her. I had a cry of the soul at that moment.

Dear Derrick, I'm talking to you:

Dude, you liked the girl (let me emphasise, Derrick was attracted to the little Original Penelope), but after all the disdain and indifference to her feelings, you claim to love her?

"I didn't abuse you like Reynold, but you call him brother."

First of all, it was the Current Penelope's choice who she would consider her brother, because the Original Penelope would not have forgiven anyone, let alone called one of the Eckharts "family". Secondly, you saw your younger brother bullying and fighting with her, but you did not defend Penelope. In fact, your indifference only showed everyone that you would do nothing. You always blamed Penelope for everything at the first opportunity, without even knowing. Do you blame her for her bad behaviour? Yes, it's easier for us than hiring teachers or spending hours talking to her. She is a girl from poverty, a teenager whose mother died.

Have you ever apologised? Maybe, but it was hardly an apology.

But what was Derrick's reaction after Penelope's refusal? He becomes angry and his mask of calm disappears. That is, I don't even consider his "feelings" to be love, but rather obsession.

Derrick paid the price for his attitude towards Penelope, she expressed all her contempt and disgust for him, refusing to even save him in the final battle.

It`s the relationship between Derrick and Penelope that we have.

Trying to understand Derrick's actions.

Derrick is the eldest son of the Eckhart family, who has been taught to be the heir since childhood.

Unlike Reynold, he was tutored directly by the Duke, who did not raise his hand to him. Even at a young age, Derrick was smart and studied well, but he was not that serious. Remember Yvonne, to whom Derrick always smiled and showed weakness, unable to refuse his sister anything. I think he also had quite a warm relationship with his younger brother.

However, Derrick had lost his beloved mother when he was about 6 years old, so he might still have some small memories. Then there is the disappearance of Yvonne, the observation of Reynold's hysteria, in which 17-year-old (?) Derrick tried to control his emotions to calm his brother down, even though he was feeling extremely bad himself.

I will say right away that Yvonne's disappearance was an accident! Yes, there were certain circumstances, but there were no guilty parties!

Changes had already begun to take place in Derrick. Later, Penelope's appearance turned everything upside down (it was the Duke's fault). The incident with the necklace, where Reynold exposed his new sister as a "thief", was the one that stuck with Derrick.

As Derrick saw it, a girl from poverty, a commoner, was taken into the family. She did not know luxury, delicious food and warmth. Yvonne's disappearance was recent, and there was little chance of her return, but there was a chance (as Derrick sincerely believed), so Penelope could leave the house if the duke's real daughter returned. The girl could have taken her jewellery in case she had to leave the duchy and live for something. At least, that's what Derrick himself could have thought about Penelope's thoughts (I'm not saying this, these are my theories). Although, in this case, it must still seems strange to Derrick that she took Yvonne's necklace.

We know a little bit about the Original Penelope's antics, about her less-than-angelic character, although she is also understandable. However, she didn't even talk about mosquitoes at the tea party, so everyone easily perceived her as crazy. It was logical that over the years, when the Eckharts' reputation had gone through a rollercoaster because of Penelope's actions, Derrick had a prejudiced attitude towards her. But... trust and listening is another matter.

About the events of Yvonne's return. Derrick was under hypnosis when Penelope drank the poison and almost died, so subconsciously, Derrick was not in that place. This is written directly in the novel. Leila spent most of her time with Derrick, precisely because of his affection for Yvonne, which was easy to exploit. And the moment Derrick came to, he plunged his sword into Yvonne's body, realising that his sister was gone. Before his eyes was a monster (well, and then Leila left a hole in Derrick's body. That's nothing, every other manhwa is like that).

I am both fascinated and depressed by the fact that Derrick could not come to terms with Yvonne's death. All these years later, he still cherishes the memory of his little sister, sincerely hoping that she is alive, just… not with them now. This is the same young duke who seems even realistic, but a 12-year-old girl who has always lived in prosperity will find it extremely difficult to adapt to the conditions of the street. At the same time, Derrick shows us his brotherly devotion, but the problem is that this can turn into a rejection of reality.

I think Derrick will come to his senses in time, because "living for the sake of the dead" is not his style. But its background, its further development, and the process of adoption were not enough for me. Unfortunately, it's now the job of the fans to come up with AUs or their own headcanons about the Eckharts' past :')

Sometimes Derrick's remarks were meaningful. Not always, but sometimes. This guy always took care of Eckhart's reputation so that there would be fewer problems down the line. But sometimes he went too far.

Some counter questions for you.

What do you mean by Duke Eckhart's mistake regarding Derrick's feelings for his adopted sister?

The Duke's fault is that he neglected the upbringing of his children, that he did not take into account the feelings of his sons when he brought Penelope to the duchy. It is now fashionable to blame the Duke for making it clear to everyone that Penelope was their sister, but not interfering in the children's relationship, ignoring the fact that Penelope was being bullied by her brothers and servants.

The Duke brought up Derrick as his ideal heir, noticed that after Yvonne's disappearance his eldest son became more silent and self-absorbed, but did NOTHING.

The girl from the Hunting Competition reminded him of Yvonne, and that was the only reason he saved her.

I have not seen anyone who has forgiven the Eckhart family, including me.

Just because we like or love the characters doesn't mean we justify their actions. I mean, I like the development of the characters, but I may not like them as individuals. Regarding the Eckhart family. Ignoring, harassment and terrible treatment in general is impossible to forgive.

As for Derrick's future interactions with Penelope and Judy... they were only told one sentence.

I'm inclined to believe that they still have a tense relationship and Penelope perceives him exclusively as Duke Eckhart. Maybe Derrick really does want to be a good uncle to Judith, maybe he just has a nice smile, but he doesn't have that great of a relationship. We're not told this, we can only speculate.

My conclusion.

When I read manhwa, I perceived everything superficially, so I didn't try to understand Derrick. When I first read the novel, I went from "I don't like it" to "I don't care". But on the second reading, I was already paying attention to the details of the world and secondary characters. Derrick could have developed, but we weren't shown this in detail, nor were Penelope, Callisto or Reynold.

It seems that even Duke Eckhart was revealed more (this is the same character whose development I like, but I would not wish such a father on myself). Whether you hate Derrick, love him, watch him, or give him the middle finger in front of his handsome face is up to you.

I'm a simple person: where Derrick can be compared to garbage, I'll just photoshop his head into a garbage can. Despite the fact that I don't hate him (as soon as I get the paper version of the manhwa, I will swear at all the characters for a long time), I understand the opinion of the author of the original post, I just added a few words from myself.

I really like discussions in fandom about each character. So invite me to such gatherings more often! (^-^)/

Like I said, I like love Derrick Eckhart. But this does NOT by any means mean I support his feelings for Penelope.

It's just... I like his cool collected personality, how he keeps himself together at all times, that despite being a relatively emotional person, he maintains nonchalance to everything on the outside. He's responsible, reserved, and altruistic -- think about the time he saved that lady he didn't even know at the opening ceremony of the hunting competition. I could go on and on about the good things about him, but I'll stop there.

People dislike him because he abused and harassed Penelope and bears feelings for her that a brother shouldn't have for a sister, but that was Duke Eckhart's fault and people forgave both him and Reynold??? Derrick gets over it with time and treats his niece well and there's just SO MANY people out there that support ships between adoptive siblings in other books and say it's not incest, but he's being rained on with hate?

Again, though, I DO NOT ship Derrick x Penelope. I don't. I just think he's justified and deserves some love too.

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Lysia's Favorite Character Archetype Pt. 2

The quality sucks but shh

Yes you know my dark secret now...