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Am I thinking too far into this, but is this the actual design idea behind Paracelsus and A.B.A ? Not only that but was their dynamic flipped and subverted across the games as time went on?

A.B.A was visually designed as distinctly pale, anaemic even, her blood described as tinged with mercury. Her original theme song was called “Quicksilver” which is another name for mercury. She was very passive originally, easily influenced by Paracelsus. This fits the motif of the ‘White Queen’.

Originally, Paracelsus was the ‘active, volatile’ one. Described as a demon (motif linked to sulfur), actually having a form called the ‘Sanguine Gale’ (hence red) and obsession with blood that also brings in the concept of red and volatility. His fits those aspects as the ‘Red King’.

Paracelsus for better or worse, was the first living thing A.B.A ever encountered and his relationship and manipulation of her has shaped her.

Then by STRIVE, their dynamic has flipped.

Paracelsus is now passive, literally sludge. Officially described as a weapon that has new true form and takes the form defined by the emotions and desires of its wielder. As I was informed, in Jealous Rage, the words on his half of the form nearest his head is Azoth, the alchemical name for mercury or the ultimate solvent. He has become the White Queen of the two (omg the yuri Paracelsus fans were right…)

Meanwhile A.B.A is all volatility and rage. Being the definitive active force that disrupts and defines Paracelsus’ very form. She has become the dominating Red King now.

What does this mean, what is Daisuke’s vision? If we follow the goal of the alchemical concepts at play, then the goal is the marriage/union of the Red King and the White Queen to form the rebis, the magnum opus.

Oh wait looks like that might actually be a goal in Guilty Gear too

#guilty gear strive #guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #a.b.a guilty gear #aba guilty gear #abacelsus #aba x paracelsus #this was off the cuff cos I was checking something else out #but the search blurb was too perfect #fan theory #long post #my post

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Thank you Munchy for Paraba boob-squish <3

Im back with a lil ABAPara food,theyve been eating my brain dry

#guilty gear #guilty gear strive #ggst #aba guilty gear #Paracelsus guilty gear #paraba #abacelsus

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Flament Nagel, the Flaming Nail - Paracelsus theory(ies)

This was gonna go out earlier yesterday, but you know, Slayer happened lol.

I feel that ArcSys has been hinting that Paracelsus' 'true nature' is more complicated than described, even more than how his true form being kinda formless and his nature as a morph weapon that reacts to the emotions of his wielder.

So below is his appearance during A.B.A's Instant Kill move back in ACCENT CORE +R, which were a signature cinematic and flashy move that instantly destroys your opponent regardless of health. It's a retired game mechanic now in STRIVE.

So back in their previous appearance back in ACCENT CORE+R, this is the form Paracelsus briefly takes when performing A.B.A's Instant Kill, where he first flies up into the sky while she summons her door.

What’s interesting is it’s only in this form that we see him resemble his original name - Flament Nagel - which is misspelled German for “Flaming Nail”. In no other move or scene does he actually look or behave like a 'nail' that's on fire.

After their enemy is sucked into the door and it closes, Paracelsus returns but in Goku Moroha mode (the extreme mode above his usual Moroha mode) and slices the door in half to break it and ‘seal’ their enemy on the other side to ‘instant kill’ them.

He then slices the doors apart forcefully because he is actually rotated with his blade facing the door. Paracelsus is not facing us the audience in this animation. The 'face' facing us isn't his actual face morphing, but some kind of energy entirely.

What’s more, Paracelsus himself appears to be knocked out (😵) during the entire animation and only opens his eyes after the black smoke dissipates and seems kinda scared or confused at the end of it. Which suggests it isn’t even 'him' doing the attack with A.B.A, or at least not him consciously doing it.

There's the possibility that this smoke and the sludge we now see in STRIVE are suppose to be the same thing, but changed due to art evolution. A kind of formless mass Paracelsus takes on when he doesn't have a definite form, or a form that differs from his default.

I'm not saying Paracelsus was taken over by a completely separate personality or entity, because he still had agency and awareness, he still talked as himself in Moroha mode. And it's clear he enjoys/enjoyed blood and violence and he still reminisces about them with some fondness in STRIVE.

But when he says he "lost his sanity" during his bloodlust, I wonder if it was more like he was partially possessed, and he didn't realize it.

Paramirum

Coupled with his new transformation which is called “hyoui” (“possession”) internally, and his STRIVE axe form has both two 'heads' at once, and is actually a double-bladed axe with one blade broken off. It feels like hints and motifs that Paracelsus is or has multiple entities or personalities in one.

Like on his blade in Jealous Rage mode, that word on the blade is "Paramirum" which is actually one of the books written by the real-life alchemist Paracelsus. It means "beyond wonder". What's more interesting is that the roman numeral Ⅱ is on that blade too, right above "Paramirum".

Does that mean something like a second Paracelsus, or "Paramirum" personality is appearing on that blade? There is a goat's eye on that half in Jealous Rage, which gets much larger in hyoui mode. Could this be his old goat's head personality reappearing indepedently of the main Paracelsus personality?

(There's also text on Paracelsus' end in Jealous Rage, but I can't tell what it is from the gallery images, prolly will need to see the actual model textures)

It should also be noted that in his original Moroha mode, it’s shown that only one of his eyes lights up. So the idea of him being somehow ‘half’ isn’t entirely new to STRIVE.

It’s also not clear if Paracelsus is actually aware in red hyoui mode, and if it's actually him snarling with A.B.A in her attack. His regular face is apparently still there when the attack happens, according to this concept art, so it's a second face appearing on the blade half. Could this actually be a completely separate personality from the main Paracelsus?

Personal headcanon/theory

My personal headcanon now is that ArcSys is heavily hinting a dual-personality situation with Paracelsus. If he really is actually a twin-bladed axe that got one edge broken off, then maybe the Paracelsus we know is ‘half’ of his full personality and is technically incomplete. If Moroha partially reveals his other personality, maybe they use to both be present at the same time (both blades present) but now only one can take dominance at one time (as a single bladed axe).

Or a new personality is emerging that's in response to A.B.A's bloodlust in STRIVE.

There's also a lesser-known property of magical foci like Paracelsus, in that they described as 'physical proxies' to the real 'data' they're pulling from in the Backyard (think in computer terms: the main Guilty Gear world is really more like the Windows Desktop of reality while the Backyard is the actual hard drive).

It really doesn't come up much, maybe in I-No's story, but functionally doesn't mean anything for characters like Paracelsus. Usually.

But there's an interesting thing with what we see pop up out of A.B.A's door when she does her Keeper of the Key Overdrive.

The multiple tentacles are made of sludge similar to Paracelsus' form, have eyes similar to Paracelsus', and also sharp blades and red energy. The Jealous Rage version even reminds me of Paracelsus' other nickname, 'the Sanguine Gale', where he supposedly swung so fast that he sent blades of wind out to slash at enemies back in his berserker days. The Jealous Rage version has the tendril twist around like a tornado with blades extended.

My theory is THAT is part of Paracelsus' 'full body' back in the Backyard. A giant formless mass much like Paracelsus' true sludgy form, that is summoned A.B.A unlocks the way to it when she uses Paracelsus himself as the key, and reacts to A.B.A's wish for them to attack by forming blades and lashing out.

Maybe it's a giant collection of multiple souls, entities, and memories, because magical foci can be created from multiple things attaching to each other and an object or human. In its case, I can imagine it's the collective memories of warriors who died on the battlefield, that melted together in the Backyard and attached themselves to a weapon - an axe.

And Paracelsus could be just one facet of the collective whole that has grown independent in the physical world of GG.

But big reminder that this is all my personal speculation. I don't expect ArcSys to ever definitely say what's coming out of the door; because there's always the chance it's really just 'rule of cool' like most things in the game, to be honest.

But I like to think it's not a coincidence that A.B.A's new Overdrive has her actually use Paracelsus as a key now, and she's summoning something that looks like it's also sludge like him.

#guilty gear strive #a.b.a guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #aba guilty gear #arc system works #ggst

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For anyone who didn’t watch Daphne’s livestream today…Zestmilla shippers are WINNING OMG 😭

#hazbin hotel zestial #hazbin hotel carmilla #RIDE THAT SPIDER DEMON GUY CARMILLA

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My fav Gen 1 starter and all-time fav Pokémon!

Drawing Venusaur with every Pokemon pt. Arcanine

#Pokémon #totally Chlorophyll active #Arcanine #venusaur

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This is from 2004, so 20 years to the year and Slayer's back in the same game as A.B.A and Paracelsus again! Please please have some funny interactions!

#guilty gear strive #slayer guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #aba guilty gear #a.b.a guilty gear

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THEY PUT COUPLE GOALS SLAYER, SHIRTLESS SLAYER, AND YOUNG SLAYER, ALL IN ONE PACKAGE OMFG!!!!

Also to my A.B.A and Paracelsus followers; this is the man who curbstomped Paracelsus out of his old violent mindset, and is actively rooting for them together LOL!

#guilty gear strive #slayer guilty gear #sharon guilty gear #ggst #arc system works #vampire dilf daddy returns #I hope his Sean Connery accent is extra THICK in STRIVE #Youtube

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When blood packs was a literal game mechanic for her too lol. Tho I originally thought she literally stole those blood packs from Flask’s fridges, or hospitals lol. If she filled the blood packs herself too, I wonder if the mercury in her blood affected Paracelsus too.

🔑"I manipulated you for a while, too, A.B.A." 🩸"Manipulated…? I wouldn't say that…"

A.B.A, sweetie, I'm sorry but uh yeah he WAS using you like a tasty convenient juice box for awhile there.

It might take her a bit to fully grasp what "manipulation" Paracelsus is referring to, or deep down she probably knows it already.

It makes me wonder what all happened between her introduction game and Strive. What made Paracelsus decide he needed to either wean off bloodsport, or did he go cold turkey?

Did something happen on their travels to make him have a realization that he didn't want to put A.B.A purposely in harms way ever again?

Or was it A.B.A's influence that finally chilled him out and made Paracelsus' personality mature?

I DON'T KNOW!! BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT!

#guilty gear strive #aba guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #ggst #a.b.a guilty gear

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Look I’m aware this is from Helluva Boss, and there aren’t crossovers with Hazbin, and this isn’t likely to be Zestial cos of that plus it’s prolly Wrath/Satan and this screenshot just makes him extremely similar looking to Zestial…

…but imma headcanon swole Zestial is real for a bit cos that’s funny

#Hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel Zestial #Zestial #helluva boss

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I exited Hazbin Hotel subeddit because you’d think less reactionary heads would reign there, but nope!

I don't care!! I'll protect them with my life if I have to!!

#hazbin hotel lilith #hazbin hotel lucifer #hazbin hotel

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Ever since seeing how it’s canon A.B.A gets especially horny when Paracelsus goes Moroha mode, she would totally be a monsterfucker for goat-mode Paracelsus.

at this point my brain just might be infected with paraba virus........here's the result of my craziness.....

#guilty gear #aba guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #a.b.a guilty gear #ggst

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So I have been thinking about why Slayer seems pretty invested in what happens with A.B.A and Paracelsus as a couple, and I think it's because he and Sharon actually share a lot of similarities with A.B.A and Paracelsus.

They’re consistently depicted as ‘couples’. A.B.A and Paracelsus as an actual in game battle couple, while Sharon is on the sidelines but is very much present with Slayer prefight, post-fight etc.

Slayer as a Nightwalker also hungers and gains power from blood similar to Paracelsus, tho whether he NEEDS blood to survive I’m unsure (I think Nago survived hibernation without drinking blood so that would be similar to Para who survived 20 years not drinking blood).

Slayer has been able to satiate his own hunger without hurting/killing other people because Sharon is deathless and is a willing endless supply of blood for him. Paracelsus was provided blood by A.B.A tho not directly her own blood (usually), but also, it’s implied her being a homunculus made her tough enough to survive longer than usual as Paracelsus’ wielder. Paracelsus got over his desire of blood by choice though, whereas Slayer simply has an easy endless source of it.

Because of the above point, Slayer is actually really friendly to everyone and peace-loving despite his overwhelming power. He was disappointed with young Paracelsus who he felt was a bore and waste of time for being focused on killing and violence. Afterwards, Paracelsus would recognize that Slayer only wants peace when they next meet while Slayer realized he was already suppressing his power. By STRIVE, Paracelsus has adopted a philosophy close to pacifism as he never actively wants to fight or transform anymore.

Slayer has been alive for a very long time (longer than most of the cast if not all of them, even That Man) and Sharon cannot die, so they are eternal lovers. Similarly, A.B.A has said her and Paracelsus’ “love is eternal”. As Para is a magical foci and A.B.A is likely to be immortal or at least extremely long lived, this may also be their fate where they cannot die naturally. Bit iffy on A.B.A since her hair is actually growing, but whether she ages at all is another thing.

And Slayer can be possessive of Sharon in almost the same exact scenarios and in the same ways as A.B.A:

Getting jealous of himself, getting jealous of other people eyeing Sharon, and believing in obsession being a form of love, which explains SO MUCH about why he was so helpful with helping A.B.A contact the right people to put Paracelsus in a body.

And Sharon goes bonkers jealous over Slayer too.

He's coming up in the next DLC (as long as ArcSys doesn't fake out everyone with the silhouette again) so I really hope we get him commenting on A.B.A and Paracelsus' progress, since that was what he was interested in 20 IRL years ago.

#slayer #a.b.a guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #guilty gear strive #sharon guilty gear #slayer guilty gear

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Question about Paracelsus, does he actually like aba? I’m guessing in the older game, he mostly tolerated her because she can fight (except for the fact he deliberately chooses not to control her) but in the new one, I’m pretty much confused. When he ends his transformation, He says “That’s my answer, ABA, As your partner.” Problem is that I have no idea which meaning of “partner” he meant. It could be just fighting partners but him having a whole emotional speech and transformation for a “business partner.” If I try to look at the view of actually going for ABA’s dreams for marriage, it feels incomplete and odd because she is slowly transforming him into what she sees fit. Please I really want to know what he meant!

Side note: ABA’s feelings of jealousy and abandonment are completely valid as Paracelsus has done that! To her face! WITH A RANDOM STRANGER TO HER!!! In night of knives volume 2.

Life partner, since Paracelsus no longer really wants to fight on principle, so 'fighting partner' like he used to regard A.B.A as and originally hoped she would regard him as, that's out of the window. So if he's still resolving to stay with her, it's as a life partner. The extent of what that means to him is prolly different from A.B.A, but that can evolve over time.

Because Paracelsus, as he has stated, is an axe. He understands relationships in axe terms, which is he acknowledges his wielder (which he did acknowledge A.B.A as at the end of Night of Knives) and he kills other people that threaten them. His whole situation-ship with A.B.A has forced him to be involved in roles he was never equipped to deal with and was forced to adapt to - being an emotional support, being an actual object of attraction, having to constantly protect his wielder from herself, having to be a counsel on social norms that he shouldn't know all that well to begin with as an axe but he's expected to, having to communicate on behalf of his wielder to navigate social situations and dispel conflict - quite literally none of these are on the checklist of 'being an axe that kills people real good.

Yeah he wanted to leave A.B.A in NoK, and honestly who wouldn't? From his perspective, she was hellbent on not treating him as the weapon he wanted her to treat him as. She was figuratively and literally emotion dumping on him constantly, what with the empathetic bond prolly not helping matters. And he kept trying to dispel every delusion and assumption she had about their relationship constantly. As he was being sexually harassed despite his protests and mid-battle, constantly.

But even back then, Slayer implied that Paracelsus never hated A.B.A personally, but her constant advances, the situations they got into, it was all frustrating to him when he really wanted to be 'just a weapon' back then.

We kinda skipped Paracelsus character development up till STRIVE but IMO, I think he figured out he had to be proactive with A.B.A, cause sticking with his "I'm a weapon, and only a weapon" principles wasn't helping. He accepted that he needed to be the responsible one of the two, that he had to kick his blood habit because it made him lose control and also got them into fights etc. He accepted that he had to change for the sake of A.B.A.

Thinking about marriage for them is kinda falling into the trap that A.B.A fell into IMO. Her theme hints that being bound by specific definitions of words or expectations may have prevented her and them from organically growing their relationship, whatever it can or would be.

Part of her major development is that she acknowledges she's been obsessed with the idea of love, but not actually truly understanding what it is. Her obsession with Paracelsus is more of her playing the part rather than understanding the feeling. Part of her growth was choosing to let go of Paracelsus for his own good, and in fact it was an expression of true love, even though she didn't realize it. Paracelsus is also learning about love and Elphelt suggested that looking out for someone is in fact a form of love, and that surprised him. He didn't seem to realize that the steps he's taken to take care of A.B.A are expressions of love themselves either.

As Paracelsus explained to A.B.A, he's not sure where their relationship will go or what the future holds for them. How their feelings will develop is still up in the air, but he tries to show A.B.A that if he could change so much, then she can too. The idea is that they're finally free to be whatever they're going to be, and they're choosing to stick together to that end, and that's the most important thing.

#my reply #long post is long #a.b.a guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #guilty gear strive

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So just some random trivia, the name ‘Paracelsus’ is made-up IRL. The alchemist’s full name was Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (seriously BOMBASTUS?!).

He made-up the penname Paracelsus from two words - ‘para’ meaning ‘beyond’ and ‘Celsus’ who was another alchemist he had beef with.

So he called himself ‘ParaCelsus’ literally saying ‘beyond Celsus’ aka I am ‘better than Celsus’.

And I bring this up cos that means there’s no inherent gender associated with the name Paracelsus because it’s not a real name, it’s a portmanteau. I just like the idea that A.B.A’s creator was a woman instead a guy as we prolly usually imagine. It would explain the A.B.A sized shorts all around the lab if you think about it.

It can go either or any way if ArcSys chooses to bring back that character ever, I just think it’ll be neat.

#guilty gear strive #guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #a.b.a guilty gear #fan theory #just morning musing

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I’m wondering if A.B.A seemed to get excited about Paracelsus in Moroha mode (in more ways than one…) was also cos when he has the goat head, his face actually sticks out and she can stick her head under his chin.

And like, this is physically the closest thing to a hug she can get from him.

#guilty gear strive #a.b.a guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #arc system works

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Fuck yes, goathead demon form Paracelsus let’s go! Great way to get back to the heavy metal rock roots too, skull headed beasties are part of the motif!

Also A.B.A gets to add monsterfucker to her list of accolades, whooo!

Moroha mode Paracelsus skchets I did. Maybe I will draw a properly design later.

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