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booklover-s · 5 months

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Just remember when Addie is at the marquise's house wearing her things, about to cover her freckles with makeup and Luc appears, with: “I would rather see clouds blot out the stars.”

DAMN HOT VILLAINS WITH DARK HAIR!!!!

#we are there determined to hate luc #and he says this OH #come on I have a crush on villains #the invisible life of addie larue #addie larue #luc #addie x luc #v.e schwab #adeline larue

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sgtbradfords · 10 months

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Chenford Week 2023

day six -> poem/quote dedication

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#chenfordweek23 #chenford #chenfordedit #therookieedit #tim bradford x lucy chen #dedications #V.E Schwab #5x01 #5x09 #5x22 #mine #tim bradford #lucy chen

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romancefairy · 2 years

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I feel like a constellation of wounds, held together with string and stubbornness.

— Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing.

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theyovngveins · 2 years

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growing up and staying still

#kaveh akbar #ocean vuong #edward hopper #v.e schwab #sue zhao #collections #parallels #mine #poetry

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i-needserotonin · 7 months

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Religious Imagery and Symbolism in Eli Ever:

Note : everything in this analysis was or could have been linked in a more generalized and not necessarily true theology, only as a way to try to associate or make connections with the mentioned character.

Baptism

His first death can be likened to a Baptism.

Baptism is a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water. It may be performed by sprinkling or pouring water on the head, or by immersing in water either partially or completely, traditionally three times, once for each person of the Trinity.

" The baptized person emerges from a watery grave into a new life."

Baptism is a symbol of Christ’s burial and resurrection. The entrance into the water during baptism identifies Christians with Christ’s death on the cross, His burial in the tomb and His resurrection from the dead.

The parallel between Eli's first death and baptism is evident. Just as a baptized person emerges from a "water tomb" into a new life, Eli undergoes a transformation after his first death.

"signifies that "you" have died to your old self and sin, emerging as a new creation."

This means that, in the same way, Eli's death represents a passage into a new phase, where he leaves behind his previous "self", emerging as a new creation, almost like a rebirth.

“Going under the water was a burial of your old life; coming up out of it was a resurrection, God raising from the dead as he did Christ." Colossians 2:12-14

Furthermore, there is an evident connection between sin, death, and God's gift of eternal life. As mentioned next.

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

Three

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity is the central doctrine concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

The Christian Church has celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ on a Sunday—three days after remembering his death on Good Friday. This timeline of three days is based on numerous references in the New Testament. Jesus predicted it many times, the three-day timeline matters to the biblical narrative because it is the special day on which God creates new life and activates his covenant with humanity.

three times he shot victor.

three years since they met.

three times he died ( manifesting he coming back and dying again)

" He met his gaze in the mirror and began to unbutton his shirt, exposing the scars from the bullets of Eli’s gun one by one. He ran his fingers over them, touching the three spots where he’d been shot the way a man might cross himself." Part One; Chapter XXVI , Vicious.

In the Bible, we can find more examples of the use of the number three as sacred or a persistent and symbolic repeating pattern, but I only mentioned these few situations that I found relevant or that fit the narrative of 'Vicious'.

Cross

The Cross, is the principal symbol of the Christian religion, recalling the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the redeeming benefits of his Passion and death. The cross is thus a sign both of Christ himself and of the faith of Christians. In ceremonial usage, making a sign of the cross may be, according to the context, an act of profession of faith, a prayer, a dedication, or a benediction.

"to outline the form of a cross as a Christian religious act by moving the hand from the forehead to the breast and then from one shoulder to the other, seen as representing the trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit."

The use of blood as part of a ritual is laden with symbolism.

"Wouldn’t You?” He cut deeper, through to bone, over and over, until the floor was red. Until he’d given his life to God a hundred times, and a hundred times had it given back. Until the fear and the doubt had all been bled out of him. And then he set the knife aside with shaking hands. Eli dipped his fingertips in the slick of red, crossed himself, and got back to his feet. "Part Two; Chapter IV, Vicious.

In the context of this specific text, Eli blessing himself with his own blood appears to represent a desperate quest for answers and validation from God regarding his identity and the powers he possesses.

This action can be seen as an extreme act of devotion and sacrifice. It may represent the intensity of Eli's search for a divine answer or for God's forgiveness. Making the sign of the cross with his own blood suggests that he is willing to sacrifice or suffer in search of a deeper spiritual connection or proof of divine will.

Blood, Red & White

"And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness." Hebrews 9:22

In the Old Testament, animal sacrifices were a means of seeking forgiveness and reconciliation with God. The shedding of blood in these rituals symbolized the payment for sins.

The New Testament sees the shedding of Jesus' blood on the cross as the ultimate act of redemption. Christians believe that through His blood, believers are forgiven of their sins and reconciled with God.

And also associated with purification and cleansing.

As we know, Eli associates his murders with a distorted view of divine justice. He believes he is eliminating those people he considers unnatural or threats to society, as a purification, justifying his murders as a way of protecting the world from “villains” with extraordinary powers, this vision can be easily associated, by the way he thinks and acts throughout most of the narrative as a clear link to the Christian view of sacrifice and blood itself.

Red, associated with sacrifices, sin, power, sinfulness. can be conected with redemption and atonement. It represents the idea that through Christ's sacrifice, believers can be cleansed of their sins and find redemption, also linked to martyrdom. Martyrs who died for their faith are often depicted wearing red, symbolizing their willingness to shed their blood for their beliefs.

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White, purity, innocence, righteousness. Associated with the idea of resurrection and new life in Christ. It signifies the hope of eternal life after death, it can also represents the state of being free from sin.

And for red and white, which are colors normally associated with the character as they continue to be described with him in the narrative or mainly associated with the vision that people have of him, with white clothes, gun and glasses being one of the easiest ways to identify him, we can see that both colors connect with sacrifice, martyrdom, purification and eternal life, which are elements present in the character and his narrative.

Name.

In the Villains series, the name theme remains, whether in a satirical way, a reference to comic books or just a way of demonstrating what a character represents.

Eliot means “The Lord is my God", “Jehovah is my God.”

With the meaning of his name I would like to close this brief summary that I tried to make about the symbolism that I could notice predominantly in the narrative of his character, from his name to the meaning of eternal life and the usual theme, we can see that Eli is a character strongly linked to religiosity and can be easily associated with various concepts of Christianity.

Final Note: Thank you if you read this far and I hope you enjoyed it.

#Eli Ever #Eli Cardale #vicious ve schwab #villains series #eli ever #little analysis #finally did it #vengeful #vicious #v.e schwab

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island-in-ignorance · 4 months

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"Not everyone who looks like a hero is a hero. And not everyone who looks like a monster is a monster" is a line that goes SO HARD and also reminds me of the line from Vicious

"Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.”

And it is an UTTER delight of mine to connect lines from Rick Riordan (childhood favorite author) to V.E Schwab (adult favorite author)

#books #booklr #tbr #fantasy #rick riordan #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson disney plus #percy jackson #sally jackson #v.e schwab #victoria schwab #Vicious #vengeful #villains duology

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fearsomeandwretchedandwrong · 1 year

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#vicious #victor vale #mitch turner #sydney clarke #dol #v.e schwab #booklr #found family

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julcreates · 1 year

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Be lost. Give up. Give in.

#victor vale #vicious #v.e schwab #Victor vicious #schwab vicious #cw blood #fanart #digital Art #artists on tumblr #fan art #my art

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jackstheprinceofhearts · 1 year

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i love to say "i'm in my simp era" but when was i not??? i have never left the simp era.

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found-family-tournament · 1 year

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Found Family Tournament Round 1 Part 23 Group 111

Propaganda and further pictures under the cut

EO Trio: Victor Vale, Mitch Turner, Sydney Clarke

Submissions are still open!

Sonic & Tails:

Omg they're so cute!! Sonic is like Tails' big brother, especially when they were younger. They're both there for each other whenever they need each other. They're been confirmed to be brothers by the writers, comics, and other forms of canon media. In the game canon, Tails was the first friend Sonic ever had (from what we can tell). He has called him "bro" or "little bro" many times before. The Sonic fandom has even created a "Wholesome Sonic and Tails Wednesday" (started by @starrjoy on Tumblr)! Tails keeps Sonic in check and Sonic protects Tails with everything he has.

EO Trio:

Sometimes a family is a moral dubious bastard, a falsely accused criminal, and a teenager that can raise the dead

#tumblr polls #poll #polls #tournament poll #found family #found family tournament 2023 #tumblr tournament #tournament #Sonic the Hedgehog #Miles “Tails” Prower #The EO Trio #Vicious #V.E Schwab #Sonic #Tails #EO Trio #Victor Vale #Mitch Turner #Sydney Clarke

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funrin · 1 year

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“Keeper” and “Crew”.

Mac and Wes from V.E Schwab’s The Dark Vault: Unlock the Archive book

#art #fanart #v.e schwab #The Dark Vault: Unlock the Archive #Mackenzie Bishop #Wes Ayers #The Unbound #The Archived

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dayables · 9 days

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Hello Vicious Tumblr!

this is me shamelessly promoting my fic: The Blue Wrath which is a zombie apocolypse AU! Kind of! It's mainly a vehicle for a Sydney Clarke character study.

Featuring:

A lot of time exploring Sydney, Serena and Victor's motives for their actions in canon

Sydney, Mitch and Victor's dyanmic in Vicious applied at their Vengeful ages (Sydney is 18, Mitch and Victor are somewhere in their 40's)

Eli and Serena having a dysfuncytional working relationship.

Dol acting like a stray dog! (He bites! causing said apocolypse.)

Canon typical Eli and Victor homosexual shenigans.

Toxic sisterhood.

If any of this intrests you, you should go and check it out! It'd mean a lot to me :D

#vicious #victor vale #eli ever #villains trilogy #sydney clarke #v.e schwab #ve schwab #ao3 fanfic #fanfiction

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yourneighborhoodbibliophile · 2 years

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Favorite Author: V.E. Schwab

Pictured from top to bottom: A Darker Shade of Magic, A Gathering of Shadows, A Conjuring of Light, Vicious, Vengeful, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue