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wizardlyghost · 5 months
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thing about deltora quest that only occurred to me in hindsight is not only just how much jasmine carries the entire party on this quest but also how genre-defyingly brutal she is lol. like, this is a kid's series that hinges on riddles and puzzles far more heavily than combat - even when deaths occur, they're often the result of cleverness in some way rather than straight up combat ability. that said, let's look at the villain kill count at the end of book five of eight of the first series:
- lief: 1 - even there it's with a well-thrown bottle of cursed water rather than his sword.
- barda: 0 - i'm not counting that one unnamed sand beast, that's an animal not a villain.
- filli: 0 - he is a squirrel, this is unsurprising.
- kree: 1 - killed an invincible sorceress all by himself, good bird best friend.
- jasmine: 5 - dropped a tree branch on a mf, drowned two cannibals in quicksand, cut a giant snake's throat, shoved a dude down a pipe full of toxic mold (after having to be told not to cut his throat while he slept jfc).
idk it just suddenly struck me as really funny how this one character who isn't the protagonist is almost from a different, far more brutal story, and uses that fact to consistently be the mvp and save everyone else's asses. i need to read this series again it's been too long.
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The Book: Everything We Know So Far and Possible Connections
The Book's lore is driving me crazy and I had to write this. This isn't meant to be a solid cohesive theory on anything but I wanted to compile everything we know about the Book, some rather disturbing implications of what that might mean, and which characters may or may not have a connection to it, as well as what that connection might be.
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This is a long post, so I've bolded the key info. You can skim those if you don't want to go through everything. :)
***Major spoilers for BSD and for Beast!***
Main Series Information:
The first mentions of the Book occur in Chapter 28, when Fitzgerald tells Atsushi that the Guild's goal is to locate it. He tells Atsushi that only one copy of this book exists, and that neither flames nor abilities can damage it.
Fitzgerald claims he knows the Book is there because a prophet ability user foresaw that it had been sealed within Yokohama. When Atsushi asks what the relation is between him and the Book, Fitzgerald says that Atsushi is the guide to the Book.
In Chapter 35, Fitzgerald states that his goal is to use the Book to bring his daughter back to life.
The next mention is in Chapter 46, when Dazai talks to Fyodor in the alley. Dazai mentions that since Fyodor and the Rats don't have the firepower to burn down Yokohama, he instead needs to exterminate Yokohama's ability users to get to the Book, hence the cannibalism strategy.
Dazai says the true Book is a single novel with blank pages where anything written becomes the truth. Fyodor wishes to use it to make a world without the sin of ability users. Dazai says basically "good luck with that dude" lol. (Actually the line is "Give that a go, if you can, that is." which... might be significant?)
Chapter 58: Taneda dumps a lot of info on Ranpo. His assailant, who we know to be Sigma, stole a page from him, a single page removed from the Book in order to study it. The page has exactly the same capacity to make anything written become reality, it just has limited space to write. However, the Book has a restriction: it requires karmic/narrative consistency.
In Chapter 58.5, Mykola's speech about cages and the freedom of birds is ironically dictated word for word by a mysterious author. The translator note on the unofficial version I'm reading says the mysterious author is using imperfect Japanese with lots of katakana - I cannot confirm this myself, but it has interesting implications on our mystery author's identity if true. The page is used to position the Agency as the terrorists in the white hoods and frame them.
Chapter 59: Ranpo believes the Book was not made by an ability user but by something far greater than that. His proof is that unlike Mushitarou's ability, which can also alter reality, the people affected by the Book also have new memories to fit the alteration to the events. The Agency members remember committing the crime, even though they know they didn't.
In Chapter 70, Mushitarou reveals the DoA plans to use the other side of the page to eliminate the country at the next full moon. I am curious as to the significance of the full moon, given the moon's frequent recurrence in the series and Atsushi's ability connection to it. Chapter 74.5 establishes that the Sky Casino, with its 13 year history, was created 8 days ago when the page was written on, as a base for the next stage and also to "repay" Sigma for the use of his ability to retrieve it. In Chapter 75, Fyodor claims that Sigma, too, was written into existence via the Book 3 years ago - he has no memories before this point.
Chapter 77: the page was written with a condition that no police or law enforcement would believe in the Agency's innocence. However, Tachihara broke through that condition by reaffirming his identity as a member of the Mafia, which (metaphorically) tears the page.
Later references don't tell us too much more but I'll summarize them regardless. Kamui/Fukuchi has the page, which Atsushi knows from Sigma's info. Ranpo made an appeal to the police, explaining that the Agency was framed and the page preventing them from seeing the truth, and half the force sees the truth for themselves, breaking through the page's condition. Ranpo believed the direct opposition to the page's restrictions might sway Fukuchi into believing them (unfortunately, we don't know if this was right, as Fukuchi was not affected in the first place, being Kamui himself). And that's what we have so far.
Disturbing Implication #1: The Special Division knows/knew the location of the Book.
Taneda mentions that a page from the Book was taken to study. This implies that at one point, the Special Division had the Book or knew of its location. The higher ups may still know where it is. There are a few potential timelines here: the first is that the page was removed many, many years earlier, perhaps during the war, and the second is that the page was removed and tested 3 years ago, and Sigma resulted from these trials.
Disturbing Implication #2: Ranpo says the Book was created by something greater.
Something greater than ability users. I suspect this may be something outside their world. At this stage, it seems very likely this "greater entity" is an author - the author of the world we read about (it's Asagiri omg). An author, to the world they write, is akin to a god. I'm kind of joking about the Asagiri thing, but the "author" of the Book is likely someone/something that exists beyond the scope of the world of BSD.
Contradiction: The Book cannot be damaged by flame or ability, but pages can be torn out of it? How?
Beast Information:
Oh boy. Where to even start?
Beast Dazai states that the Book is the origin of the main universe's world, and it contains an infinite number of parallel worlds within it.
"What you write becomes a reality" is actually a misnomer. Writing in the Book calls a parallel world that aligns with what is written directly from the Book. This parallel world will then trade places with the real world.
There is a single physical reality, and infinite possible worlds. The Beast universe exists within the Book, as a possible world.
A version of the Book exists in the Beast universe. However, this Beast version of the Book is more of a weakness. Orders from the real world can overwrite Beast. And anyone who tries to write in Beast's Book will make Beast cease to exist.
Beast Dazai jumps at the end of Beast. This is because if more than 3 people know the truth about the Book, the world will destabilize - it may even disappear without Beast's Book being written in.
Beast Dazai created a singularity using his ability. It's not explained how he did this, but it has something to do with his nullification. He did this to read the memories of real-world/original Dazai - the Dazai who exists outside the Book. (It seems all but given that this is Dazai from the main timeline.)
Though the above conflicts with some of what we know in the main manga, we can take it as fact, I think. The narration is heavy on emphasizing that Beast Dazai is telling no lies in this scene.
Disturbing Implication #3: Any alterations are not inventions but transferrals, which means these events actually occurred in another universe.
This means that the Agency really were the DoA terrorists in a parallel world and they did carry out the plan. They really did take the hostages in this world. Tanizaki really did push the button. This would explain their memories. The caveat of no one in law enforcement believing them might make sense too - they're actually criminals in that world, so they would have no reason to believe them. "Trading places" also implies that the terrorist Agency universe has the terrorists trying to save the hostages like the Agency originally planned to do (potentially).
Sigma is an interesting case. If he really was written into existence from the Book, then he was called from another parallel world - literally displaced from his home. His amnesia likely occurred in that parallel world too.
Disturbing Implication #4: The parallel worlds are more fragile than the main world of BSD.
There is something different about our main universe. The Book that originates here is the real deal. But Beast's (and all the Books from different parallel worlds) leave them vulnerable. These worlds can be destroyed at any time if anyone tries to write in these Books. Only a select number of people can know how it really works before it starts to destabilize. What's more, at any point, someone could write in the real-world's Book and overwrite it entirely, and there would be nothing that any of the people within that world could do about it. And Beast Akutagawa, thinking back on the events of the story, comes to the conclusion that even though his world is "but a shadow", the desires, feelings and actions of the people within it make those people no less real than those in the original.
Beast is a goddamn existential horror.
Character Connections
Now, onto the characters who are known to have some kind of connection to the Book.
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Fitzgerald wanted the Book in the Guild arc to bring back his daughter. While this is the first mention of it, given that he got his info from clearly secondhand sources (the prophet ability user or Fyodor, most likely), I don't think he has any sort of deeper understanding of it, nor a more personal connection. Ranpo seems to be figuring out the Book's logistics rather quickly, but I expect nothing less from the greatest detective, and he doesn't have a strong personal connection I can see as of yet. As for Fukuchi, whatever knowledge he gained 36 years ago might be connected... but again, I have nothing else to say on this front, considering we have little else on this (I'm actually more inclined to think it has to do with the war - which may tie in with the Book, but not necessarily). I would also be very surprised if Mori doesn't know something but I have no real evidence for this other than that the man is suspicious as hell. Then again, there's also Tokoyami Island, which "appeared" seemingly out of nowhere and is where Yosano's backstory took place and Fukuchi headed after his argument with Fukuzawa. It seems possible, if not likely, that it was created with the Book. So, let's go over some characters who we actually can expand on a little.
Taneda
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Not much to say here other than what kind of research was being done with the Book? Given that Taneda had the page on him, was he the one responsible for the research being conducted on it, or was he just involved?
What kind of research was being done with the page? How were they testing it? The page was blank, so they must not have created anything with it yet. How then, did Taneda know how it worked and that the page would have the same capacities as the full Book?
Taneda doesn't seem to understand the Book completely - he thinks it was created by an ability user, after all, and like everyone else in the main universe he doesn't know the reason the Book requires narrative consistency (that it is pulling from other worlds, not just making anything written come true).
The Special Division likely had the Book at one point, but by the time Fitzgerald comes to retrieve it, it has been "sealed". Did the Special Division seal it? Why and how?
Atsushi
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We know he has a lot to do with it. Atsushi and the Book are incredibly intertwined, and the initial conflict was kicked off by a bounty placed on his head for this connection.
He is called the "guide" to the Book. What does that mean? Is he meant to locate it? Unlock the seal? Or is he a guide on how to use it properly?
6 years ago, Shibusawa found Atsushi at the orphanage when he was just a kid and tortured him to extract his ability. He was a researcher who learned about the tiger from Fyodor, who called Atsushi's ability "one that guides the envy of all ability users". And we know Fyodor has been after the Book for a long time, so it's difficult to imagine this does not have something to do with it.
Atsushi is the only character to directly reference a real-life novel in the series and recall reading it. "The head may err but never the blood" and "I only regret what I haven't done" are from the real Nakajima Atsushi's "Light, Wind, and Dreams", a fictionalized autobiography detailing the last few years of the life of Robert Louis Stevenson. While other characters quote their namesakes' fiction on occasion, to my recollection, Atsushi is the only one who explicitly remembers reading the book, but finds himself unable to remember the author's name. Cute reference, or plot significant? You decide.
Atsushi's tiger is heavily associated with the moon, particularly the full moon. For some reason, the other side of the page is to be used at the next full moon and cannot be used sooner. Atsushi's ability crystal, pulled out of him by Shibusawa as a child, is described as "pale and glittering like the moon".
It is entirely unlike the red crystals that form in the Dead Apple separated abilities - including Atsushi's tiger (also red). It is, however, similar to Dazai's, which is white. Atsushi transforms into the tiger to swallow the moon-like crystal - to reiterate, it was outside him when he transformed. What's more, from Beast it's known that this instance was when his ability apparently activated for the first time - how could it do that if it was already removed from him? Later on, Shibusawa tries to take the crystal again and Atsushi's transformation deteriorates, that's true, but bear in mind that Atsushi was convinced that crystal was the tiger, which may have psychologically influenced this. In fact, the moon crystal may not be the tiger at all. It is entirely possible it is something else, and it is likely that which makes Atsushi so sought after. If it is, I refuse to believe this has nothing to do with the Book.
Atsushi's ability is described as the "spark of life that resists all abilities". A reference to his healing factor, perhaps? Or something more meaningful?
He's also referred to as an "angel" by Shibusawa who canonically got his information from Fyodor so... make of that what you will.
Tachihara
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This isn't so much about Tachihara having significance in future but more about what his breaking of the page's conditions might mean.
At the crux of this is his split identity - he's a Hunting Dog, but also a mafioso, and his struggle between these identities is his core conflict in the Sky Casino arc.
Eventually, Tachihara, recalling Hirotsu and Gin's words that anyone in the Mafia knows that the Agency is innocent, frantically realizes they have the wrong culprits, thus breaking through the page's caveat that all law enforcement would never believe them, accompanied by a metaphorical tear in the page.
It's intriguing because we don't see this same dramatic depiction later on with the police when Ranpo appeals to them - Tachihara has changed his expected role from police to mafioso. Tachihara is no longer playing the "character" he was meant to play.
He tore out of that restriction in the story. His story line is now on a different path. There are some serious implications of that if a change in character can literally break people free of the Book's reality-altering influence. It is all-powerful so long as everyone plays their expected role in that narrative. Breaking out of that can change the story, even if only minutely.
Sigma
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Of course Sigma is connected. He was apparently written into the Book three years ago - which means he came from one of the parallel worlds. (Provided Fyodor is telling the truth about his origins, but I think it would be very strange narratively if this wasn't - at least partially - true.)
I am curious if Sigma will regain some of his memories soon, or if it is even possible for him. If he can regain memories, then they would be from a world within the Book. Or, perhaps his memories don't exist because that world has been overwritten and no longer exists?
Is it possible for Sigma to communicate between worlds using his exchange of information? Maybe this is completely out of left field... I'm just curious what role Sigma is going to play in all this.
It's strange, for someone so obviously connected I... really don't have much to say about him. I just think we don't have enough.
Mykola
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There isn't too much to say for certain about him, but I know I was super uncomfortable with his entire speech about birds and cages and freedom being dictated in real-time by the page. That's rough, buddy.
As of this moment, he's supposed to be dead, but somehow defied his fate and is still alive. He decided not to play the role ("character") he was previously meant to, and now he is the cast's biggest wildcard.
Mykola's fixation on freedom at all costs may have some interesting implications for his interactions with the idea of the Book. When his words were written on the page, was the page dictating his speech, or was it merely recording what he was already saying? If the Book is the story, then does the story control the characters, or, as it has been implied by Mykola and Tachihara, can the characters defy the story? When they defy the story, the story changes to accommodate this. Have they really, then, defied anything of significance at all? (For clarity: I don't know if this is where BSD will go with it - in actuality, I'm always confused when people theorize the Book's author is evil and controlling, or that the series will end tragically, given how much BSD loves to emphasize the importance of writing and reading and understanding and living. This is just an example of a few possible questions it may make sense for Mykola to fixate on.)
I don't have a lot to say for certain, but given his need to be free, his connection with Fyodor, and his Dazai-foiling traits, I'd think it very odd if he wasn't involved to some extent.
Dazai
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...where to even start.
Dazai clearly knows things about the Book. He appears to know much of what Fyodor does, and it makes me curious as to whether it came up when they first met (whenever that was).
However, main series Dazai doesn't seem to have all the info Beast Dazai does. For one thing, he too echoes that the Book makes all that is written into it become reality. He may know about the parallel worlds within it and could just be lying by omission, but I've seen very little to suggest that this is the case.
Main series Dazai appears to know about certain events long before they occur (not everything though; I need to remind people that he can and has been thrown off/wrong about things before) - notably, most of these planned events revolve around Fyodor. He's been preparing Atsushi and Akutagawa specifically to deal with the upcoming threat posed by Fyodor's pursuit of the Book.
Beast Dazai was somehow able to read the memories of real-world Dazai by creating a singularity with his ability... somehow. It's assumed he must've created it while in contact with the Book (otherwise how else could he have read the memories) but it's actually not elaborated on and we still have little to no details.
If his nullification caused a singularity, then how? Was it a singularity with the Book? Himself? Whatever the Book was sealed with/in? Singularities are still quite mysterious, but they need to involve one of two things - an insurmountable contradiction, or an uncontrollable increase in power with no way to cap it. Given that nullification doesn't lend itself to an increase in anything, it's likely an inherent contradiction.
I think it pretty obvious that Dazai has some special knowledge of the Book; some connection to it. He's been preparing to combat Fyodor for many, many years, and he seems to want to take Fyodor out as quickly as possible. Clearly, his potential use of the Book is a big deal to Dazai and worth putting his full effort into preventing, which is a little odd, honestly, considering he only met him once before the events of Dead Apple. Fyodor must've really made a terrible impression on him.
Where did he come from? There's that post about how Dazai is in everyone else's backstory for some reason, but we don't know his yet. Here's what we do know: He has some kind of connection with the Old Mafia Boss. He wandered around Yokohama for awhile. He's not related to Mori or an orphan he picked up.
While I've seen suggestions that Dazai met Fyodor in the 2 year gap between his leaving the Mafia and joining the ADA, I think there's reason to suggest he may have met Fyodor before he ever joined the Mafia, as a young child. Just bringing it up as a possibility because Beast Dazai's forming of a singularity with it sounded intentional - which means at 16, he would already have known what the Book was. Did he get his knowledge from Fyodor? Someone else?
Why did young Dazai become so listless and unable to find a reason to live? How did he become convinced that he will lose everything he wants so badly to keep when he gets it? Why did he think he could predict everything in advance? Is it just his intelligence and observation? Or is there more to it than that?
While I'm not a huge fan of the "Dazai is the Book" theory (given that it would make him literally inhuman, which I think runs antithetical to his story), on reviewing all this I've come up with a new incredibly deranged and not-at-all-sound theory:
Dazai is the Book's seal. In this essay I will -
Fyodor
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First of all, we know hardly anything about him. We don't understand his ability. We don't even know how old he is. He's been with V/the Decay of the Angel for many years apparently... he was involved in Shibusawa's actions... he has some kind of a history with Dazai... he perfected the art of dramatically standing on windy roofs... truly, he's an enigma.
On a more serious note, all we know is that he wants the Book to create a world free of ability users. Free of sin.
This doesn't seem to fully align with Fukuchi's goal. My proof? They have differing concepts of "angels".
Fukuchi's "angels" borrow from the Buddhist concept of Devas and also likely references Mishima Yukio's The Decay of the Angel. Fukuchi tells Tachihara that the angels are the politicians who remain in their lofty seats and send soldiers into war to die. His goal isn't revenge per se, but it does appear to involve dethroning them in a sense. He doesn't mention wiping out ability users nor of having any particular ill-will towards them.
However, Fyodor's concept is closer to the Abrahamic concept of angel, what with the numerous references to original sin, the script for the play in Untold Origins speaking of angels banished by God for their sins, etc. What's interesting is that the play emphasizes ability users as "angels" who have regained some of their prior powers (I find it difficult to believe Fyodor was not involved in the creation of this) - so Fyodor's "sinful angels" are likely ability users. What does this mean for their goals? Are they still aligned? Is the undermining of government necessary for the elimination of ability users? (Also quick note: do not quote me on any religious stuff - I am not religious myself. I do research sometimes but I'm very, very far from an expert ahaha.)
So, now: Cannibalism was part 1 of the DoA's plan, and all the ensuing stages will culminate in the use of the other side of the page.
Firstly, there's the obvious "what will the other side of the page be used for?"
But then there's something else. By the time Cannibalism occurred, the pieces were already in place for the next phase of the plan, where Sigma would steal the page from Taneda. Why then, does Fyodor still claim, on numerous occasions, to be after the Book? The page should be able to accomplish anything the Book can. Either there is something misleading in the information we have been told, or there is something he wants to do with the Book that isn't writing in it. I think the former is more likely but I digress, the latter is still a possibility.
A few more outstanding questions: Why was he spreading info on Atsushi to Shibusawa and presumably Fitzgerald, but not going after Atsushi himself? Wouldn't he want Atsushi as the Book's guide?
What is his connection to the prophet ability user Fitzgerald mentioned - is it him, with his uncanny predictive powers? Is it someone else associated with the DoA? Is it someone in the government? How long ago was this prediction made - was it made long enough ago that this is why V was active in Yokohama?
There's a lot that's very confusing about Fyodor, and I don't think we know nearly enough about him to make proper predictions as to his relation to the Book yet.
Akutagawa
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He's only really tangentially related to it through his connection to Atsushi - if any showdown is going to happen involving the Book, you can bet he and Akutagawa will be teaming up for that.
At the same time, Dazai selected Akutagawa as a mentee a long time ago, and he's been planning for them to work together since he met Atsushi, specifically so they can prevent Fyodor from achieving his goals. In Beast, he mentions their abilities form a singularity together - likely that ability to "cut through anything".
I know this may be entirely wild and out of left field but if it can cut through anything... could it damage the impervious Book? Could it even destroy it? Or maybe it could destroy whatever is sealing it? Who knows, but it makes me think they're going to have to destroy something. (Interesting how this runs counter to sskk's need to act as protectors of the Book in Beast... so maybe it will be in defense. It's all so unclear.)
There's also the whole "dragon is the manifestation of the chaos of ability users". Atsushi and Akutagawa are the tiger and the dragon, at odds with each other via rivalry but also in balance. I think it would be very strange if Atsushi's ability were unusual but not Akutagawa's.
In addition to all the above, I am also side-eyeing all the author characters in this series. For one thing, there's very few of them. For another, two of them have died, changing the path of their respective best friends' lives - and in a series that actually... doesn't kill that many named characters off permanently, it's worth taking a look at.
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Yokomizo wanted to transcend the boundaries of fiction in his writing to create a mystery that bled into reality - the ultimate mystery. Mushitarou writes to see his friend again, to connect with him through his greatest passion. Poe's ability allows him to take real people and pull them into constructed narratives that can be escaped once they are "solved" - when the story reaches its conclusion. He is also the one who spurs Mushitarou into writing to cope with his loss.
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Natsume wrote a few books as well. We don't know completely what they were about (and from my brief research they don't seem to correspond perfectly to his real life novels - might be a reference to Kokoro but the story does not appear to be the same...), but at least one was a series of three novels, with the last featuring an assassin who stopped killing, but Natsume derided these books and said they were not very good. He tore out the last few pages from the third, final book that explained why the assassin changed his path, and gave the book to a young Odasaku with a note "Don't blame me if you regret [reading] it".
Odasaku wanted to complete that novel. It completely changed his perspective on the world and opened his eyes - he re-read it multiple times (if I remember correctly, he also read it over and over to a wounded and exasperated Dazai in TDIPUD lol), and the lack of an ending bothered him immensely, not just because the story was incomplete, but because the scene was necessary to understanding the assassin's character. Odasaku wrote to understand himself and others, because writing novels is writing people. Natsume seemed to think he was uniquely qualified to do so, but Odasaku disagreed, thinking that someone who took lives was in no position to write about them - to understand them.
Odasaku dies. In every universe, and before he gets the chance to write the novel that sits in his mind - except in Beast, where Dazai painstakingly maintained the world to ensure he stayed alive. It seems oddly specific that this one random person should die before having the opportunity to write the story he wished... and I have to wonder if the universe really doesn't want him writing that book for some reason. And if that's the case, then is there any reason (beyond saving Oda from killing) why Natsume encouraged him to do so?
As a bonus, in the anime, Odasaku is the one to title drop "to the stray dogs" as a cheers, which Dazai will later echo. This doesn't happen in the novel... but if you look back at the difference between the anime Book and the manga Book - you'll notice the manga Book's cover is blank. The anime's says "Stray Dogs". Could be something, could be nothing. But it's worth mentioning.
And that's pretty much it for now! As we get more info, I'll continue to update this post. If anything here gives you ideas, please feel free to ramble about it in the tags or comments, or shoot me an ask! I love to read all your thoughts. :)
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isa-ghost · 4 days
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q!phil and q!pac hcs peepoShy :3
YESSS I really need to watch more Pac, translator be damned. >:0
qPhil headcanons masterlist
Pac is, like many others, in the I Want Phil To Take Me On A Flight club. He thinks it's so fucking cool
He doesn't have the ability to clock Phil as well as Fit can. But Fit confides in him on a lot, esp to do with things he's worried about, so Pac actually knows some of Phil's "something is wrong" tells, even if they're the more obvious ones.
And then he promptly goes to Fit like "Phil needs an emotional support ass kicking 👍🏻"
Phil is the #2 Fitpac shipper (Ramon is #1). And Phil knows Fit intimately in many ways. He passes All his secrets onto Pac gladly. He's like "go get him m8. Give him Brazilian Boyfriend Brainrot"
You'd think there'd be a little jealousy or something because of the fact that Phil has been With Fit consistently prior to him and Pac dating, but nah. They love conspiring against him together and Fit knows they do. Also Phil backed off right away when they got serious, so Pac knows everything's chill
Phil can Tell there's more to Pac than meets the eye. This is Mike's best friend. Survivor of Cellbit cannibalism. Known for having a danger boner for fucked up dudes. Pac seems super nice and well-mannered at first glance but Phil can TELL he saves the true extent of how unhinged he can be for the people closest to him. He wants to see Pac go apeshit someday.
I really really want to see these two allied in a fight bc I genuinely don't know what they'd be like. Just the two of them, or at least paired up while whoever else they're teamed with is paired up elsewhere. But something tells me Pac has a side that would get along Very well with the Angel of Death,,,,
Pac is one of the people Phil considers closest to himself. There's nothing he won't do for him and anything he needs, Phil will bend over backwards to get it if that's what Pac wants.
Phil loves being a test monkey for Tazercraft fuckery. It's always so weird and fun. Occasionally he'll ask Pac if they have any new wild or silly shit for him to see.
Tbh I wouldn't put it past Pac (& perhaps Mike) to be extremely interested in hybrids and asking Phil a million questions about it
Phil can NOT talk shit abt the danger boner btw. Motherfucker's type is literally "death entity." A Goddess of Death and a grim reaper holding either of his hands. Bitch can't say ANYTHING. (I want these two to talk abt their types I think it would be extremely funny)
Pac knows very little about Phil getting possessed, but he DOES know something happened to him. Fit kept things extremely vague out of respect for Phil.
Phil may be the #2 Fitpac shipper, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't envy that they get to see each other often. But Phil is Phil, so instead of getting weird about it, he just commits to doing whatever he can to support them. At least there's one happy healthy mlm couple on the island.
Btw if Pac came to Phil about whatever the fuck is going on with Fit and his past, Phil's ready to kill a bitch with Pac immediately, and he'd let Pac do most of the actual ass kicking as he deserves. (oooo the ccs want to give me this soooo baadddd)
Controversial (/silly) take: Phil and Pac are both slutty, bubbly drunks.
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theresattrpgforthat · 7 months
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Hello! I read through the Wicked Ones rpg and really enjoyed it. Do you have any recommendations for games where you play as the bad guys? Preferably larger books.
THEME: Bad Guys
Hello friend! From monsters to villains to just plain ol’ bad dudes, let’s see what we got. I tried to stay away from one-page RPGs, but I can’t guarantee how long some of these books will be.
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SLA Industries, 2nd Edition, by Nightfall Games.
In the World of Progress, the corporation SLA Industries rules all. Employing Operatives to enforce, extend and maintain their power base, SLA controls a multitude of worlds - industrial, franchise and resource - with planet Mort at its core. As Operatives execute the company’s will, new threats emerge through the cracks of the city walls, turning Downtown into a battleground.
You, the SLA Operative, are fighting for fame and fortune against a backdrop of a crumbling reality. Operatives feed the always-on televisions with a gaudy media of wall-to-wall death and dismemberment. Operative life is all about climbing the corporate ladder and earning sponsorship deals and notoriety along the way.
In SLA Industries, you’re not exactly villains, but you’re not good people either. You work for an evil corporation, in a world of evil corporations, and you’re extending their reach for a chance to climb the corporate ladder. SLA Industries is reminiscent of trad games in terms of its complexity; character creation consists of spending points to improve abilities, and you can improve some of your character abilities by introducing flaws in other areas. Because of the roots in its game design, I’d expect a longer book to read through here.
If you want to learn more about this game, you can check out the game review for it on Cannibal Halfling Games!
Seven Deadly Sirens, by Litza Bronwyn.
In this game, you play one of seven types of mermaids and roll with seven deadly sins to power your basic and special moves in order to summon ships, lure men to you, devour their hearts, and collect their treasures. Fun, flirty, indulgent, and a little chaotic, this game is perfect for a night of raucous debauchery or an afternoon of silly adventuring.
This game is definitely on the shorter side, but I really really like the idea of using seven deadly sins as your source of power. This game is Powered by the Apocalypse, so expect something interesting to happen even with every dice roll. Unlike common PbtA games, you pick from a communal list of moves to define your character, rather than picking a playbook. The core loop of this game will involve luring men off of boats, killing them and raiding the boats for treasure.
Here, there be Monsters! By Wendi Yu.
here, there, be monsters! is a rules-lite response to monster-hunting media from the monsters' point of view. It's both a love letter and a middle finger to stuff like Hellboy (and the BPRD), the SCP Foundation, the Men in Black, the World of Darkness games and the Urban Fantasy genre in general. It is an explicitly queer, antifascist and anti-capitalist game about the monstrous and the weird, in any flavor you want, not as something to be feared, but to be cherished and protected.
Play as a diverse crew of monstrous, anomalous or just generally odd beings, fighting against those who would use, abuse or even annihilate you. Create and populate your own supernatural underworld, abnormal gang and extra-dimensional haven. Hunt monster hunters! Punch nazi occultists! Eat the rich! Protect each other! Fight back! Here, there, be monsters!
This is 164 pages of monstrous fun, in which your characters are likely treated like bad guys by the society around them, even if they’re not really villainous themselves. It gives you a chance to revel in your monstrosity, with 100 pre-made character backgrounds for you to peruse. One content warning: there is quite a bit of art revolving about bodies, in various forms (this is a monster game, after all). This isn’t meant to detract from the work - in fact, it perfectly communicates the tone of the game - but it is something you should be aware of before you buy.
Blood and Sacrilege, by Tom Clark.
In a Dark Fantasy setting based on the Early Middle Ages of England (The Dark Ages), you play as a brood of vampires bent on toppling the humans’ reign over Brackenstow. Here you'll find a country ruled by mortals, with vampires lurking in the shadows of society. It wasn’t always this way though; vampires founded Brackenstow and after a hard fought war, lost it to the mortals they once enslaved. 
Nearly a century after the vampires were defeated, legal rights to the kingdom are still squabbled over by the country's self-proclaimed leaders while bishops and ministers fight for their own influential positions. The vampire threat looms on the horizon… But the power vacuum left by a leaderless kingdom has taken it's toll on the stability of the land, leading to civil unrest and the more immediate danger of war. 
Now, with humans on the brink of societal collapse, the vampires peer out from the dark, and the broods that have laid in wait for so many decades start to execute their long-laid plans.
This looks like a game still in the works, but it sure looks promising. As long-defeated creatures of the night, you see a chance to take back a kingdom you once owned. Forged in the Dark games are all about projects that the group has to work consistently at in order to succeed, so expect plenty to read, especially if it’s inside such an established setting.
Villainous Fucks, by Keganexe (@keganexe)
Villainous Fucks is a tabletop roleplaying game designed for 2-6 players, about doing petty crimes as The League of Villainous Fucks, and ruining the day of Superheroes and Cops alike (and truly what's the difference). Villainous Fucks runs on Spencer Campbells incredible LUMEN System, and is inspired by the best Villains across media. LUMEN is designed for quick, tactical combat, and Villainous Fucks dials it up to 11 for the best in zany comic book style action.
If you are interested in ruining the day of do-gooders in over-the-top comic book action, and if you like your combat to be satisfying and punchy, you want Villainous Fucks. Instead of skills, LUMEN uses approaches: how your character does something is more important than what exactly they do. Is your villain Brutal, Cunning or Quick? My favourite little tidbit from Villainous Fucks is the characters’ stance on Cops. Villains believe that All Cops are Bastards, and All Superheroes are Cops. If you like revelling in doing crimes, then this is absolutely worth checking out.
Games I’ve Recommended Before
Monsterhearts 2, by Avery Alder. (Teenagers with great monstrous potential)
Spire: The City Must Fall, by Rowan Rook & Decard. (You’re sympathetic terrorists, but you’re still terrorists.)
This former request that asked about playing mind flayers and similar monsters.
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no1sillybilly · 1 month
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“ Hellooo…??? Hellloooooo “
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Wally darling!reader x Hazbin hotel main cast + vees.
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cw/tw : none. Well these are my first ever headcannons.. so that.
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I honestly really think when you first arrived; you scared the shit outta vaggie, more than usual, and kinda creeped out alastor 'nd husk.
after you got situated, they warmed up to you, but like.. the face thing? creeps 'em out to no end
although you love apples, you only actually eat the crisp ones like "Envy" or "Honeycrisp" apples, the others make your teeth feel weird..
you are so fucking short, like you go to the waist of charlie.. and the lower tummy of vaggie
You love bright colors!!! its just really nice on your eyes
you cant show any real emotions, being a doll n' all you have a fixed face on you, so there isn't much to be shown in the first place
You unironically give the weirdest names to the cast, like.. you once called alastor "red tomato stick man" and he was pissed dude.. and another time you called lucifer "Baby apple man"... he didn't wear his hat for like a week
you and lucifer have a "nice" relationship but its only cuz his representation with apples.. he doesn't really like you you just give him the heebie jeebies
sometimes when your really excited you twitch and shake around (y'know calastor? how he just shakes??? that)
one time you accidentally blinked at one of alastors coats, and had to act like you weren't couching up pieces of his coat for like two weeks after..
alastor didn't know it was you until you coughed one up near him.. he was kinda confused- but he was pissed when he found out what actually happened
before you knew you could phase through older tv's, you just enjoyed staring at them, it was entrancing to you. like- sat on the floor like a two year old with a tablet- you were locked in on that damn thing for hours
you love staring, more than alastor! and have won a ton of money after people bet on who would win a staring contest between you and alastor.
you once phased through vox's tv (if your confused, a fic will be out soon explaining wally!readers abilities..) and you fell on the floor, blinking in the process and biting off a bit of valentinos antenna thingy; he didn't really like being around you any more
vox once kidnapped you with putting on one of your cartoon thingy; but you scared the shit outta him when your face started getting darker.. and darker... til he fell back and you were staring at him- he also doesn't like you much anymore..
Velvet is the only vee you like, and who likes you back! she loves your little outfits, and sometimes uses you as a mannequin for smaller / baby clothing
Velvet is dead ass your clothing plug like- she just loves giving you clothing in their colors!!! its like rubbing it in the hotels face that she's closer with you
charlie also dresses you up
you get along well with razzel and dazzel
I mean your all so fun sized- its like it just happened
you once went with alastor to the cannibal colony and your arm got ripped off )):
dw though, nothing really hurt and you scared the kid a bit, so they re sewed your arm for you
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Ianthe Tridentarius Propaganda Post
shes tall pale and has no ass. she has the ability to manipulate her fat distribution so she chooses to look like a wet cat. everybody forgets about her because her sister is so hot, but while everyone else is fucking around and trying to figure out whose been killing people, shes been figuring out the secrets to an ancient necromantic theorem. it turns out her hot sister isnt actually a necromancer and ianthe has been doing the work of two necromancers her whole life. she regularly does cannibalism. she eats the soul of her cavalier, who nobody cares about, and becomes a saint of the king undying. her sister is deeply upset that she did not eat her. she gets her arm ripped off by one of the original states. she performs a lobotomy on one of the main protagonists because she asks her to. they have immensely homoerotic tension but its entirely one sided. she cries every night. her soup recipe amounts to burning onions on the bottom of a pot. the scene in which said main protagonists creates her an arm out of bones is the closest the series has to a sex scene. she meets the other main protagonist and says "but your fist is so large and my ass is so small". she stops god from being killed, which everybody hates. in the space between books, she has a terrible terrible no good friend ship with the main protagonist i mentioned before. i love it. they probably fucked and it involved chussy. they have friendship bracelets. she possesses the body of her dead cavalier who nobody cares about to gallavant around in. shes dangerously obsessed with her sister, who after not being eaten has been radicalised and now is a leader in an insurgent cell. she is the target of "then perish" during the epilogue. apparently in the next book she is going to do something horrible. i love her immensely. she has very few redeeming qualities. she is my ebst friend
listen. she ate a man's heart to become immortal. she is described as the shadow of her twin sister. she calls the protag a fruitcake. she will betray anyone and anything to get what she wants.
Wet Rat who sucks commits cannibalism for won her way through the lyctor olympics of the first books ate her cavalier to go to gods party swinger yatch. She has no fucking idea of what she's doing but she's slaying all day everyday, literally and figuratively. Made everyone believe that her twin sister was a super good necromancer while her sister has no powers by necromancing for her in secret. Idk she's just. She's just so.
The uglier of the supposed pair of the genius necromantic princess twins. Jk, she’s the only necromantic one she's just so good she seems like two geniuses combined, she flies under the radar, doesn't take part in gruesome lessons on powerful necromancy but just figures everything out by thinking alone, kills a dude she known her whole life the moment she learns it will give her more political and magic power, does a truly villainous monolouge when caught for that murder cause who cares about a male dying why are you so mad. Then later murders her much stronger beloved mentor the minute she's asked to gain even more power and prestige and from a princess of one planet becomes a saint and prince and military powerhouse of a divine empire, loyal only as long as her hotter twin sister is safe, truly an inspiration for all feminists everywhere
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I haven’t told y’all much about HH Sonic, there’s so much about him that i have yet to say anything about. One thing is that he is incredibly fast and powerful. Yes I have said this before, but not to the extent I’m going to share with you now…
HH Sonic is made up of my personal headcannons and my favourite versions of the blue devil (with added cannibalism). Most of his general self is based on versions of him from Archie and IDW. The IDW aspect of him is more in personality, Archie on the other hand is leaned towards his abilities, he’s INCREDIBLY fast
He’s not AS fast as Archie sonic, he can’t vibrate his body so fast that he no clips through buildings, but he’s close. Probably a his max speed if he pushes it is a little bit more than how fast movie sonic is shown to be.
His power is in general how he is in his other media, like how in Archie he easily beat up the freedom fighters when he thought he was working with Eggman. The dude is scary
The thing is though, HH Sonic likes to play fair. He wants people to have SOME chance, which is why he usually stays around his base speed of Mach 1 and never really hits to hurt unless he has to. He does try to one shot KO others so they don’t suffer though, it’s the best thing he can do
Sonic is scary, really scary, and I hope people realize that
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What is funger << could easily Google but want friend to tell me about it instead
Funger is short for Fear and Hunger, the first installment in the Fear and Hunger video game series. Its an awesome game that combines a jrpg play style with roguelike elements where each room of the dungeon, and the items found inside, generate randomly with each play through.
It's a one person endeavour created by a Finnish dude called Miro/orange, and it's a love letter to the horror game genre. It feels like a mix of Soulsbourne, Binding of Isaac, Silent Hill, and Pokemon vibes to me.
Basically you start out as one of four characters/classes: D'acre, the knight, Cahara the mercenary, Enki the dark priest or Ragnvaldr the outlander, and your quest is to enter the terrifying and mythical dungeons of Fear and Hunger in search of the leader of a mercenary army named Legard, who has been captured and imprisoned there.
The kicker of the game is that you only have 30 minutes to find him from when you first start the game. After that even if you find his prison he'll be dead, but you can still keep exploring the fucked up dungeons. There is SO MUCH to explore in the dungeons and truthfully I think it would take at least a few days of play time to actually find Legarde in under 30 mins.
Oh right, the other kicker of the game is that everything kills you. Like everything everything. At the start of the game you're way too weak to fight anything on your own, so it's more a survival horror game of trying to hide and outrun enemies while rooting through barrels and crates for items that coukd potentially be helpful. You have to keep track of your hunger bar by eating and drinking water, your body bar takes a hit whenever you get hurt (even from stuff like stepping on a rusty nail that can cause an infection that slowly drains health), and your mind meter is constantly dropping and needs to be sustained with whatever substances you can find, from wine to opium.
It's also not shy about sex and violence. You can lose limbs, which affects your ability to wield weapons, you can chop them off to prevent infection, you can use found limbs as weapons. There are several gods and their cults in the game and receiving their blessings can help you tremendously, but their rituals involve things like orgies, human sacrifice, and cannibalism. The game has a wonderfully bleak and beautiful artsyle, where the environments are decorated with torture devices, corpses and skeletons in various stages of decay or mutation, strange plants, tons of other shit that I don't want to spoil.
Fear and Hunger also has this incredible/awful mechanic where your whole game can evaporate on a literal coin toss. Certain enemy moves or rituals, or even saving the fucking game, require a coin toss where you literally lose everything if you fail it, and the death scenes are... pretty graphic. My first death involved character being chained to a torture table and having my limbs and genitals cut off one by one by the torture master on the second floor. I picked the wrong conversation option.
Every choice you can make in the game could go in any way. You never know who to trust, which way to go, or if the floor is going to collapse under you. This game makes you fucking insane, it's bleak and horrible but somehow it's so charming and beautiful at the same time. It punishes you SO HARD for your fuck ups, but getting it right is SO REWARDING. The dungeons seem endless with so much to explore, so many interesting enemies and such intricate lore and world building. It's a LOT and it's definitely not for everyone, but if you're the kind of person who likes a challenge as well as a fair amount of horror and storytelling in your games, you will LOVE it.
I haven't played the sequal, Fear and Hunger: Termina because even though I've been playing the first game for months I'm still not finished haha. Apparently Termina is even BIGGER with more characters and backstory and laakhsgdhsjahgshddjd. I'm trying to pace myself hahaha.
I got it pretty cheap on steam and I'm pretty sure it's only available on PC. The controls are so simple you could play it on an old SNES controller, which I'm a big fan of cos I am not the kind of gamer who has the patience to learn complicated multi button moves and shit. 4 direction keys, yes and no, straight into the game. The combat is turn-based which I enjoyed a lot because once you have a few other party members you can strategise your way through most fights.
It's definitely the kind of game where I've found myself keeping the wiki page open in the background because the game explains NOTHING to you and you have to figure everything out step by step. It makes you work for every tiny morsel of progress or story it feeds you. It pavlovs you into having visceral reactions to small sounds. It's a horrifying masterpiece and one of the most beautiful pieces of art I've ever experienced. I might have already been driven insane by it though.
So yeah, that's my current obsession in a nutshell. Thanks for coming to my ted talk :3
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got any boxcars headcanons?
yessss :] I'll actually paste a thing I wrote a bit ago getting a little flowery about how I feel abt him, warning for mention/description of cannibalism and violence? but that's expected with Boxcars I think.
"I think boxcars is many things. enjoyer of soap operas and dime store romance novels, recreational cooking enthusiast, haver of competitive wrestling energy, amateur and heartfelt poet, rampant bisexual cliche enjoying romantic, violence doer with a near lack of erotic sadism and moreso schadenfreude and satisfaction, emotionally stable and happy as a person, and enjoyer of cannibalism through an almost spiritually fulfilling lens of consumption texture fascination and a boarish horrorterrors approval"
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"it's actually so fucking romantic to work with a man who rarely smiles but seems to take great relish when torturing someone to turn to you and finally show a crescent of teeth as he threatens to loose you on him knowing the hedonistic joy you take in the taste of still trembling red meat" (droog and boxcars)
I think Boxcars has to practice his goon face in the mirror to look serious and scary, because he has such a good time with most things he does. He loves a good fight, he loves his work and his force of personality is magnetic, and it's more expected that he remain stoic and stone-faced but he's full of joy and genuine happiness, hes on warriormale shit, he's a huge ass guy who loves finding other big dudes to beat the shit out of.
He's the biggest ally in the intermission even if he doesn't know all the words he's got the spirit (he knows a lot of the words anyway). He'd stop fighting someone if they started having an asthma attack or panic episode and help them calm down and breathe before resuming the fight and ask ur pronouns before breaking your arm or something <3
Intense romantic and very bisexual, has a wide chivalric streak that Broad for example finds very charming- who wouldn't swoon a little over a huge guy delicately kissing your hand? (Dame doesn't. lol) He's probably the most stable of the Midnight Crew, he's got a strong moral principle (not saying it's always "good", but y'know) and he sticks to it pretty firmly, and defies orders he sees as violating them. As a big guy it's pretty hard to make Boxcars do something he doesn't want to do.
I'll also go over his horrorterror briefly: It's known as The Devouring Tusks, The Insatiable Boar, and The Patron of Empowerment. It's just how it sounds- A massive, consuming boar. I chose a boar partially due to their propensity for... eating people lol. It found Boxcars to be a kindred spirit who had previously discovered a fondness for carapacian, initially out of necessity in Exile- He needs a lot of food to keep himself up compared to his friends, and preferred to give them the game he could hunt down and take what was left or anyone who tried to kill him for the game on the way back as his own meal- very considerate of course, he loves his friends very much :]! And the boar sees him and sees that he understands, and they become patron and disciple. The Boar gives Boxcars the ability to draw the physical strength and life force out of his opponents through either physical contact and injury with focus, or automatically when consuming their body. By grabbing a person and digging his claws in he can kind of inhale the strength out through his jaws- this is the only way he's a match for Ace Dick once he's the STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD, in technicality- that title makes him almost automatically stronger than everyone else he encounters, until Boxcars extracts a slice of his strength, leveling the playing field and gaining an upper hand.
There's always more to say of course, but that's a big chunk to chew on right there!
In proximity I'll actually remark on Heedful Blandisher briefly. In my interpretation of mobswitch, Heedful is more of the outward face of the Meddlesome Company in terms of seeking sponsors and support. Scout is too notorious for his criticisms of businesses and appetite for dirt, and Deadeye is considered a bit stiff and awkward, and is usually the go-to for when illegal things need doing, specifically violence. If someone needs getting rid of, that's Deadeye, whether it's intimate and silent or a sniping, which he's skilled at. Blandisher is a good talker, he's charismatic and big and comfortable, and often finds himself comforting victims of various crimes they're investigating. He's a good hugger, very observant, and a bit of an armchair therapist. He also runs an advice show over radio in the late evenings, for various things but especially romance. Die listens a lot and calls in very regularly to give far too much information about himself and other cops whinging about how everyone bullies him and develops a big ol crush on Heedful haha
Ok now I'm done
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always-a-joyful-note · 6 months
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So because I want to record my progression of where I am in the story, I'm posting my impressions of the units so far. (Disclaimer: I haven't read many of the stories, and about half the knowledge I have is from osmosis and spoilers. The other half is actually reading wiki entries and the actual stories. So if these takes are inaccurate, that is probably the point XD)
Without further ado....
fine - unit of 2 rich kids who are sort of trying to be slightly less evil but kind of still are evil, one (1) theatre kid who is just there for the ride and his crush, and a butler with the face of an angel and the threatening aura of a ezekiel-accurate angel in disguise. Also another impression I had of it was one chronically ill idol stan with three of his idol crushes. But they're solid, if slightly flowery; not exactly my style but their songs are good.
Trickstar - literally my sons. Traumatised idiots who choose to continue to see the bright side with a slice of anarchy. They're all so dumb. Their leader looks straight laced but is more insane than his co-leader who is perpetually wearing the ^u^ expression (except when trauma slapped). The other two members are a camera-phobic gamer boy who is also a model and a guy who exudes reliability and sanity but is also kind of an insane workaholic with inferiority issues. I'm adopting them all and their songs are like…both generic but SO sincere you can't hate it.
Ryuseitai - Me when first meeting them: Awww! A power ranger themed unit! So cute! Me, after hearing stuff about the two senior members' lore and how they recruited their youngsters: (clutching my heart, trying not to sob/lose my mind) Aww! A power ranger themed unit! S-so cute! I would die for literally all of them…WHY. Such silly happy sincere tunes sung by such silly, devastating characters??? Found family, to me
Alkaloid - everyone here believes they are holding everyone else back with their psychological problems (Mayoi), disability problems (Tatsumi), ability problems (Aira), or culture shock problems (Hiiro). And yet they're the unit whose songs have mostly all been ones I absolutely loved. Which means the assembly machine factory idols Eichi's got going on are working and idk how I feel about that
Eden - A bunch of guys with severe family issues who probably have never read the bible (well, maybe Nagisa has). So, like, tw inaccurate depictions of the bible? Anyway, deranged quartet of a softie obsessed with cool rocks but really he has sort of a god complex, a guy with a perpetual :D who is as smart as he thinks he is but is also kind of oblivious to all of his other skills and flaws (and thus is a combo of terrifying snake and kind of someone you're sort of humouring because he's funny), a spoiled princess who might have a bit of a savior complex, and a dude who kinda just got swept along for the ride but is actually really fond of them. And it shows in their music.
Valkyrie - Just….theatre kids, who put the drama in dramatic and the intense in intensity (that's definitely not how the expression is used). They also have a very strange thing going on even though they're trying to be healthier, but I'm too afraid to ask. Unfortunately, though, they have some killer compositions and so many references to Classics and Things, not to mention their songs are genuinely good for those who want that quick theatrical vibe
2wink - Adorable twins that I was lured into thinking were the normal mischief twin duo trope but what in the actual ensemble were the writers DOING? They deserve at least half the cw/tw tags. Also, one of them is kinda like Trickstar (just wants to make things brighter) while the other one has schemes and will not hesitate to destroy you while giggling, yes. All that angst but they have such cheery tunes. Like, boys please….
Crazy:B - I mean, with a name like that….listen. You think it's the guy with the metabolism-related medical condition who has a dad implied to be accused of cannibalism and his freeloader who is a literal prince but also constantly broke that would be the most insane. But, no, we also have a fifteen year old assassin who has definitely killed and a guy who is literally both committing identity theft AND helping in witness protection. But, yes, their songs are fun, as is their dynamic. Also…Amagi brothers. Ough.
Undead - This is just…four urban fantasy love interests thrown into a unit. I'm not exactly sure what urban fantasy race Adonis and Kaoru are (though sometimes I'm inclined to think adonis is the protagonist who just kinda got swept along for the ride except he does have the vibe sometimes (aka casually kidnapping HiMERU)) but a vampire and werewolf are very obviously there. Really do love their rock and roll style, like come on (though I sometimes do think it'd be cool if they let Rei's love for jazz into their songs)
Ra*bits - Look. I love them. It really is just a single dad with one of the most messed up backstories doing his best. But like, also, leave them alone please?? The writers really just made them the damsel in distress character that makes Subaru go "oh, I have to take this revolution stuff seriously" and that's not even mentioning all the other stuff they seem to go through??? Like they do not belong in whatever genre Enstars is going for but they make it work but….let them rest. Songs not my style but they fit their vibe of "smile and spread joy" which works cause I do feel joy. Like Trickstar without the revolutionary goals.
Akatsuki - TBH, I'm still kind of wondering why these three (a warrior, a mangaka, and a tailor who used to be a delinquent) are still idols. I mean, they do have talent and traditional aesthetic is fire, and they're definitely sort of found family, but why still idols guys? That said, again, songs not my style but they definitely capture their aesthetic and vibe and that's always cool to me. Also, one of the members was raised in a Buddhist temple and helped with funerals, and I do not know enough about Buddhism enough to say if they portray a Buddhist accurately but given how they portray everyone else's quirks, it probably still has a giant dose of deranged on it.
Knights - HAHAHAHAHA. They're all insane. But they have talent and earned their place in the big three. But that does not make them less insane. That's all because I will go a bit barmy if I think about them too much. Silly, insane knights who enjoy hobbies like kidnapping (affectionate) and dancing/singing (will kill you in a duel)
Switch - Look….at heart, I can't hate these fantasy game isekai themed group. I enjoy their music because I do like the electropop remix/edm thing they have going on. And it DOES kill me that the only two 3-people units (Akatsuki and Switch) both have the dynamic of "a couple of parents and their beloved and most treasured cinnamon roll of a chaotic son." But like Valkyrie, I don't know what's going on with the senior members and am too afraid to ask, especially since they seem fine with it while their son with synesthesia cheers them on.
MaM - He is literally a cowboy. I - is there a thing with Japan and cowboys? And did someone at the writer's table see that samurai, Victorian thief, cowboys, and pirates post? Because somehow, the only member of this unit is all of them. A very stark contrast against his weirdly cheerleader/mom friend songs. I know he has mommy issues (mafia thing, I think) but.....son, are you okay?
Double Face - Yeah, okay, I love them. They might be the murder unit and I still have no clue to their formation but I love it. Put the Victorian cowboy thief samurai pirate and the child assassin together and you get secret agent type music that sounds like it could be in an old spy flick? How can you not love it?
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Figured I'd get some notes down for a Hazbin Hotel OC just to get it out of my head. No design since I don't got the brain for that, ha! Will I ever use her in anything? Prolly not. But some notes nonetheless. Just initial ones.
General/As an Overlord
Her name is Margaret and she died in the mid 1800s at the age of 17. Considering having her die during the Great Famine (Ireland) but more research on that is needed before I truly settle on that.
She had lived on the streets with other kids, eventually running her own gang as she got older. Think Oliver Twist kind of stuff. She died because she crossed the wrong rich dude.
In Hell, she performs a similar role. She takes care of any kids that end up in Hell. Not as many as there would be on Earth, but a concerning amount regardless.
She actually is an Overlord, but she only considers herself one "by technicality." She's not in it for power, but to be a force strong enough to protect her kids.
She rarely goes to Overlord meetings since she just prefers that her and her kids stay out of everyone's way as much as possible. That said, when she does, it's usually to either maintain/reinforce relationships with the other Overlords or if she thinks she needs to to represent her kids.
Of the Overlords, her best relationship is with Rosie. Mostly because the kids in Cannibal Town seem to be well-looked after and Margaret appreciates that. That and Rosie's personality seems to likely get along with most people.
Power-wise, she is prolly in the lower end of the Overlords, if not the lowest. She is not combat oriented and would rather remove herself from fights if she can. Though woe betide any thug who hurts her kids.
The only actual power/ability I have figured out is invisibility. She can make herself and anything she touches invisible if she wants, though I haven't worked out much details beyond that.
Copper Kids
Her running deal with her kids is if they are under her protection, they get a place to stay and food in their bellies. She will have their soul, but mostly to keep other overlords from taking their souls than anything else.
If anyone wants to leave, they can have their soul back, but they can't stay with her if they do. They can always come back, but not if someone else has their soul. Too much risk. Early on, there was a big incident where a kid whose soul was owned but someone else was a huge safety hazard for the other kids since they HAD to listen to their master above Margaret (details to be determined). She put in this rule ever since.
Margaret has arrangements with the other Overlords in order to protect her kids. They mostly revolve "we will stay out of your way and won't steal from you if you don't kidnap or hurt my kids." Though some overlords have special arrangements like Rosie and Carmilla. Likely more but hard to know unless we get more info on some of the others. The Vs are just standard for now.
Kids contribute by being in one of the Groups within the gang. The ones I have figure out are the Corpse Crew, Cleaners, Pickpockets, Messengers, and Homesteaders. Though more if more information of other Overlords comes out.
Each group is headed by a group leader who have decently free range to organize as they see fit. As long as the work gets done and they stay in line, Margaret doesn't interfere too much. She only steps in if what they're doing gets risky with other Overlords or independent gangs.
Corpse Crew focuses on gathering body parts to collect and take to cannibal town. Part of the arrangement with Rosie. The kids in this group, if they can stomach it, tend to like it because Rosie treats them well.
Cleaners also go through things after street fights are done, etc. but they collect valuables to sell and also discarded weapons, including shell casings and used bullets to take back to Carmilla. Carmilla prolly recycles the material, but mainly to help her keep control of who has weapons.
Pickpockets are pretty self-explanatory. Though may do more organized or larger thefts, this would be very rare with the risk involved.
Messengers have shifted focus over time since technology became a thing, but they mainly keep watch of things. Act as lookouts, relay messages between groups (including to other Overlords/gangs if need be). They can even be hired out by others to watch underlings and report back if said underling is suspecter to not be working as they should, etc. Valentino's only allowed involvement with the kids is for this sort of purpose and nothing else. He doesn't often because he prolly has his own guys for that though.
Homesteaders mainly take care of the hideout. Cooking and keeping the place relatively nice. They also check in on the various hideouts that Margaret has acquired over time. They are essentially very small places throughout the Pride Ring where kids can enter in real quick to escape from trouble for a bit.
Teens or those able to have legit jobs are likely to be in the Messenger or Homesteader group depending on the job. They may be outside the regular structure of the group, but still bring in an income and news/gossip that may be helpful.
Kids get to keep most of the income they make doing their various work, but a percentage goes to the group to maintain the hideout and other places, get food (less you have to steal the better). Margaret doesn't want to be rich and prolly wouldn't know what to do with wealth if she had it. Besides, the kids tend to be more hard working if they are mostly working for their own gain.
Personality/Trivia
She would really like to NOT have all this responsibility, but feels like if she doesn't, her kids won't be safe and she doesn't feel like any of the other current Overlords would look after her kids in the way she thinks they should be. Rosie would be the closest, but the assumption is that you have to be cannibal which her kids largely aren't. As such, she is very tired all the time.
Margaret is fairly paranoid and overly cautious, but when she gets a moment to breathe she's fairly goofy and spending time with the other kids to entertain them and cheer them up.
She didn't know how to read before she got to Hell. Even now, it is super basic.
Phones are only recently a THING. Margaret has one only because she kind of has to, but rarely uses it. Some of the more recent kids had to show her how or help her keep up with it. She doesn't have any social media presence herself.
Some of her kids describe her as a Boomer in a kid's body. She knows enough to know what this means and that it's an insult, so she gets defensive about it.
Margaret bottles up her anger quite a bit since she sees herself as too busy or careful to let it out in a safe and constructive manner. So if she finds someone hurting her kids, she is prone to going overboard. Sure it reinforces her power and status as an Overlord, but it definitely lets anger out.
The kids have a variety of nicknames for her, and she tries to keep up with them as much as possible. Though it also means that she is likely to answer to something or accidentally miss one. If other Overlords ask, she will usually tell them to call her Margaret or Big Sis or a derivative of one of these.
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*inhales* If Dead Apple comes before Cannibalism, this means that Mori chose not to use his "new move" (surprise gun. his new move was just. a gun) he defeated Fukuzawa's ability with back in DA. Fukuzawa even said something like "I should be more wary now", there was a potential foreshadowing! Mori simply chose Not To Do It. You can't rationalise out of this one old man, I know you still have a heart, despite your best efforts! *pokes Mr. Conceal Don't Feel with a stick*
...I'm gonna be honest. I totally forgot that Mori just abruptly pulled out a gun in Dead Apple. Oh my god that's hilarious. Mafia boss unexpectedly shoots crystal with the power of gun.
Ok so first things first, to clarify: I am pretty sure that while Dead Apple comes before Cannibalism arc chronologically, it was written after that arc - meaning that, well, this detail was probably a bit of an oversight. Moreover, after hearing Fukuzawa say "I should be more wary now" I doubt Mori would use the same trick twice. Also, most Fukuzawa fight scenes show that guns are... a rather poor choice to use against him.
So, unfortunately anon, I'm not sure I quite agree that it was out of sentimentality. (It's totally ok if you do though! It all comes down to interpretation after all.)
I don't think you're wrong that Mori has these kinds of emotions though, in spite of everything. I think Asagiri mentioned something in an interview (?) about how the scene where Dazai talks about burning the coat was an attempt to make Mori feel guilty and more likely to agree to the truce. I don't think Dazai would attempt something like this if it wasn't possible for him to feel that way. Mori's conversation with Hirotsu about the Old Boss' death also seems to indicate some reservations about what he did.
The key thing about Mori, though, is that it is never enough to stop. He does all these horrible things, and he likely does feel bad, and then he always rationalizes them away for the good of the city. Like. Dude. You could choose not to commit atrocities. I know you have it in you (gestures to end of Beast).
Sigh. I am joining you in poking him with a stick.
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so, i know you like bioshock(there are only 2 games) but i know nothing about it. my boyfriend, on the other hand, LOVES bioshock. do you think you could give me a rundown on what happens in the games? i know in one of ‘em, some dude named atlas brainwashes you to do anything asked if the phrase would you kindly is used and he knows it works cause he made you kill a dog or something. but i would like to know more to be able to bond with him some more! feel free to go wild and rant PLEASE
(here’s a hint of who i am; 🪀)
Ooo, a yo-yo huh? Does it perhaps rhythm, your name? Perhaps...starts with g? >:3
Annnnyways, this'll be a doozy, I'll do my best:
Okay so, Rapture as a city is an underwater city created by a man named Andrew Ryan, who wished for a lawless city without the overbearing hand of government, so stuff like murder, cannibalism, assault, etc etc, is all legal, it was left purely up to the civilians themselves to handle things on their own.
As for who you are in the games, in the first game you play a man named Jack Ryan, who was a genetically engineered son of Andrew Ryan, created to bypass the genetic locks all throughout Rapture and allow his creator, Atlas, who was truly Frank Fontaine, to take control of the city. In the end, after rescuing the various Little Sisters throughout the city, Frank Fontaine is killed and Jack and the Sisters escape to the surface.
In the second game, you are Subject Delta, also known as Johnny Topside, a Big Daddy who was bonded to a Little Sister named Eleanor Lamb, who is the daughter of a psychiatrist named Sophia Lamb. Sophia Lamb, in the wake of Andrew Ryan's death, created a cult known as The Family, who worships ADAM, the wonder drug the city runs on and allows people to develop superpowers, as well as drives them insane, and the Little Sisters that gather it.
They worship it because ADAM, when taken, essentially contains a copy of that person's soul, their memories, personality, abilities, everything, essentially making anyone that took ADAM immortal (as long as they didn't mind being little more than a multiple personality inside a Little Sister's head), with Eleanor Lamb being the center of the cult, though in truth Sophia Lamb had all the power, Eleanor not allowed even the most minor of input on the cult's endeavors.
In the end, with the help of Grace Holloway and Augustus Sinclair, although Delta dies in the process, Eleanor and the rescued Little Sisters escape to the surface, Eleanor consuming his ADAM so he can live on in her head.
(You can probably tell the second game's my favorite, given how I detailed it FAR more than the first rofl)
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Dead by Daylight killers as I understand them (Played the game for like 2 weeks before Blight was introduced)
Trapper: Og killerman. This guy will kill you at night to make sure you're Dead by Daylight™ ©Behaviour Interactive 2016
Wraith: -Tf2 cloak noise- I'm fast as fuck boiii
Hillbilly: We couldn't get the rights to Texas Chainsaw Massacre :(
Cannibal: Oh shit actually yes we could get the rights to Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Nurse: This is the one people use to end games in like 30 seconds
Shape: ゴゴ🎶 🎹 🎶ゴゴ
Hag: Triangle jumpscare
Doctor: Hope you like screaming, you're gonna do it a lot
Huntress: You don't even need to play this game you just KNOW people are calling this one Mommy on the internet
Nightmare: I'm gonna be honest I genuinely forgot this guy was even in that game until I looked at the wiki to make sure I wasn't leaving anyone out
Pig: Boop :)
Clown: I Do Not Like This Guy One Bit, I'm not even scared of clowns or anything this guy's just got the most rancid fucking vibes
Spirit: I think she should get a skin that makes her look like one of the Husk enemies from that Darkest Dungeon dlc, like she's already most of the way there may as well
Leigon: Love that in lore there's four of them but you only ever fight one at a time, I wonder if these guys ever look at Knight's ability and just go "damn 😔". Also they've got the best music in the game, no competition
Plague: You don't even need to play this game you just KNOW people are calling this one Vommy on the internet
Ghostface: I remember watching a video about the weird copyright laws surrounding the character and his mask apparently being owned by two seperate companies or something and rip to whatever Behaviour employee had to sort that out to get this guy in here
Demogorgon: I've never watched Stranger Things aside from the Metallica clip my aunt sent me
Oni: You don't even need to play this game you just KNOW people are calling this one Daddy on the internet
Deathslinger: gun
Executioner: 🔺️🍑👀
Blight: Orange Creamsicle Goblin is real and he is COMING FOR YOU
Twins: I genuinely forgot they were in the game also
Trickster: I think he should also get a timestop. For no particular reason.
Nemesis: He just fuckin punches you! idk why but that's the funniest shit in the world to me
Cenobite: Reblog to slap his bald head, killing him instantly
Artist: Ɓïřď Ļäđÿ
Onryo: Menu jumpscare
Dredge: This guy just kinda looks like a rooster to me tbh
Mastermind: Oh hey it's that guy from Resident Evil
Knight: Hey remember when Dead by Daylight had that collaboration with For Honor, where For Honor had a whole Halloween event where you could fight Trapper and and they had like special cosmetics and executions and shit, and Dbd gave you like, one charm? Anyway I feel like the dbd devs may have had a lil peek at For Honor's sound effects library during that particular little tryst because I SWEAR I recognize the noises this dude makes on a very deep level
Skull Merchant: I feel like you could design literally anything based on that name and it would be infinitely cooler than the killer that actually has it
Singularity: Robot :D I love the cheesy old horror movie vibe to them tbh, it's great
Xenomorph: You don't even need to play this game you just KNOW people are calling this one Mommy on the internet
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OK OK HERE WE GO! So, let's say ranpo is the first one who meets perfect crime trio's s/o. He just acts like a (mostly) normal guy, getting to know them and being friendly... Just leaving out the fact that he already knows everything there is to know about them. After the guild arc, Poe joins the picture, and as Ranpo's bestie he naturally gets to hear all about s/o, even getting introduced to them through Ranpo! As far as s/o is aware, Ranpo and Poe are just two really nice dudes who they're probably developing an interest in - in fact they definitely are, cause Ranpo knows exactly what to say to charm s/o and Poe has the money to buy them everything they could ever want. They have some more unethical and delusional ideas about what they could do to ensure s/o is theirs (like trapping them in Poe's book, Ranpo convincing them they need to stay with him cause of some dangerous criminal on the loose, etc) but they don't feel a need to act on it yet. Then, Oguri appears. Since he starts out as the enemy of Poe and Ranpo, he probably views s/o as a way to throw them off his trail. If he kills or gets them injured, there's no way the pair will be able to focus and catch him. But, clearly, this fails and in some strange turn of events, Oguri is stuck in a conversation with Ranpo while he, Poe and s/o are enjoying some snack time after solving the case! It doesn't make any sense why Ranpo would want to be so friendly, but in Ranpo's mind, Oguri is a powerful asset. Let's say Ranpo and Poe are growing more desperate to have s/o to themselves, or they just want to hide them awya for a while, if they had to get rid of anyone in their way or staged a kidnapping or something, Oguri could cover it all up for them easily. If Oguri agrees, the chances are it takes a while for him to develop feelings, he's probably standoffish at first. But the first time s/o tries to escape, he realises just how attached he is, and the yandere perfect crime trio is officially established :D
(to anyone who would want to be with the perfect crime trio: respectfully, you're screwed)
the ideas that just flooded into my head...you're an intellectual...also poe canonically being super rich just blows my mind every time like i can't ever believe it 😭this is mostly self-indulgent im sorry dfhj
slight manga spoilers (until cannibalism aftermath arc) below the cut!
cw: mentions of stalking + manipulation
when ranpo genuinely likes someone, he just clings on and never lets go. he spends a lot of time with them and since he's done this before to the few people he likes, nobody in the ada is going to even bat an eye at how you're being dragged around with him. it'll definitely come to a point where he refuses to go out and solve cases at all unless you're coming along, so the ada are more than willing to get you there. the agency depends on ranpo, after all.
for the most part, ranpo is harmless. so maybe he clings on and whines and takes up a lot of your time, but you stop caring too much—he's a close friend of yours, and it's easier to have fewer friends than a whole group of them. he's never threatened to hurt you outright, but you probably don't notice that all the cases he brings you along with him are the most gruesome murders by both ability users and non-ability users in secluded alleyways, and then he informs you that public areas like malls are becoming a hotspot for terrorist groups—you can't go to secluded locations or popular locations? so then, where can you go, you ask? simple! just hang out with ranpo, and you'll always be safe <3
after all this time, he's successfully monopolized your time and attention, but suddenly he starts coming around less and less. he's always busy with something and even goes off the grid for a while. you understand, you really do—working in the field that ranpo does earns you a lot of enemies and you're aware of how many ability groups want to bring him and the agency down, but well...
maybe you've started missing him a little.
you would have been ready to go on after he comes back from the problems with the guild, but instead, you realize ranpo has acquired a new friend, someone called poe from the guild. turns out, they knew each other 6 years ago and now they're reconnected and getting along wonderfully. it pains you, of course it does, to see him so easily replacing you with someone else, constantly inviting poe everywhere and talking to him about whatever for hours, often leaving you annoyed and hurt. what you don't know is that they're only ever talking about you.
you manage to talk to poe a lot more when ranpo is still trapped inside his book, especially while preparing for the party. you find out that he's actually nice—and his raccoon is adorable—and you can see why ranpo likes him so much. while you two are in the middle of conversing excitedly, ranpo finally makes his way into the hall, but seeing you finally begin to get to know each other, he just smiles and walks to another corner of the room. he still keeps an eye on you to make sure you don't get uncomfortable, though.
things only really change when yet another huge problem arises, some other ability group with very dangerous users starting to wreak havoc—you recall that one of the agency members had been arrested, and the thought that it might be ranpo next scared you. he insisted for you and poe to not come to the agency building as much until everything blew over, and you hesitantly accepted, fearing for his safety. poe reassured you during this time, feeling ecstatic that you were so willingly letting him stay with you. without having to go meet ranpo, the two of you had more time to do other things, and so poe, when he wasn't stuck on a manuscript, took you out to explore the city he never really had been around. when he was busy, karl would accompany you. you find out that ranpo's new friend is actually really fun to talk to! sure, he gets you uncomfortably expensive things and gets upset when you don't tell him where you're going—but ranpo reassures you that he's just worried for your safety <333
karl gets into the habit of following you around all the time, but you think it's pretty cute—there's no way poe is using him to track your location, right?
meeting oguri is a little different; one day, you're in a taxi, when suddenly a stranger barges in, scowling and muttering about some annoying detective who couldn't mind his own business. before you could even say anything, he glared at you and barked some directions at the driver. as if on cue, your phone starts ringing and you see that it's ranpo, who you hadn't heard from in a while. it seemed that the intruder saw it too because he suddenly tensed up and crossed his arms, looking on edge. ranpo's instructions to you were a little odd, but you didn't question it.
to your surprise, as you got out at the place you wanted to go, he just followed behind you. you had no idea he was trying to figure out how you were connected to ranpo, mind racing with thousands of possibilities. he stayed close by, eyeing you warily as you walked around. he had no idea what he was going to do with you, but if he could use your relationship to ranpo to threaten the detective to leave him alone, he'd gladly take the chance. considering the many ways he could use you to scare away the meddling detective, he failed to notice you walked right into a restaurant. he walked with you, blinded by the excitement of getting back at ranpo, not realizing the very person he was plotting to destroy was seated at a table already, along with another man and a raccoon...?
to oguri's bewilderment, he's asked to sit in between you and his current enemy, as though this was a perfectly ordinary meal between friends. the three others talk casually, like oguri's presence there was completely normal, and you even tried to involve him in the conversation. what was he supposed to say when you were debating where karl goes to hide when poe isn't paying attention?
despite everything, he'd be lying if he said he didn't enjoy the meal.
you're surprised when you start seeing him around more often, dragging his feet behind ranpo and poe to feign disinterest (the look in his eye when he looks at you, however, exposes his true feelings). he enjoys your company a lot more than the other two, finding you a lot more agreeable, but he realizes quickly that without poe and ranpo, it'd be impossible to keep you close.
as wonderful as the friendship sounds, there comes a day when you connect the pieces and register what they've been doing. lying to you, instilling fear in you, watching you constantly, preventing you from talking to other people, cutting off your social life—it was a heartbreaking betrayal. regardless of what you may have up your sleeve, with oguri's ability to hide any evidence of your existence or disappearance, poe's ability to literally hide you in another world and ranpo's genius (and wholehearted support from the agency), you're cornered. they're all dangerous as it is when they're alone, but together, it's impossible to trick them or run away. but hey, if you just turn a blind eye to the obvious red flags, you might even find yourself enjoying life with them...after all, they did promise to keep you safe forever <3
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𝒜𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯 ; Cannibalism and allegories.
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Al's sexuality is very funny to me because yeah I'm a horror writer of course its impossible for me not to use cannibalism as a twisted allegory for love / desire so we're here with this "I Love Women. I Eat Men. I Fuck Nothing." Shit and I've mentioned before that as far as sexuality goes, people have a very hard time figuring Alastor out and the man really doesn't help anyone, not one little bit ! He has no concept of the ace spectrum so he wouldn't know to relate himself to anything on it which means HE largely thinks he's straight because he defiantly "preforms" romance with women, but still keeps people confused because they stay hanging as regardless most things beyond the courtship stage develop to friendship with him rather than an actual relationship. Read; Queer-platonic relationships but the problem here being Alastor nor anyone he's in such a relationship with have the ability to actually identify it as that so they sit in this weird really good friends, maybe lovers, but suck on the will we/wont we "go further" stage. So Alastor has a ton of "girlfriends" but I'm pretty sure none of them really know what they are to him or how to categorize him, because he's certainly not a 'gay bestie', but then there feels to be more there (mutually) than "straight guy friend", but then you have the fact he has no desire to eat women and according to him only eats men and thats the only kind of lust Alastor claims he feels and he's really happy, if not over-eager to embrace this.
As far as men go its not really uncommon for them to mistake him as gay, bro is out here prancing around and limp wristing it like its no ones business and apparently Alastor's self aware enough to make unsettling jokes that allude to him being bisexual or gay but are actually wholly in reference to his horrible habit of eating dudes (And by preference, only dudes) but again, he'd consider himself "straight" if he had to label himself. Because, also mentioned in an older post, he does have this concept of the fact he just hasn't found the right girl yet and being in hell has kinda removed this idea he had in life that this was something important but obviously rather than giving him freedom in the sense of sexual liberty, he just doesn't feel like he needs to have serious intentions with women anymore, romancing them is something he can easily do with no obligation for anything serious or to even take the relationship to a sexual level, like he's truly just playing all the time. Like I imagine Al has a lot of broken and confused hearts behind him because of this but no one is particularly scorned because he's also always treated everyone so "well" and again the idea of "what even are we" in the first place. And again back to the lust being for men only but uh also being inseparable to the cannibalism which leads one to wonder is Al a very deeply closted gay/bi man ? Did the attitudes of his time period and thus possible social/emotional/mental trauma cause things to be so twisted for him ? The answer is likely yes as I have concepts that younger/human Alastor prrrobably had an idea he might not be "straight" in the usual way everyone else around him seemed to be, and maaybe tried to find out only to perhaps have a bad experience that compounded his existing issues along the lines of his existing contempt for men and his very neurotic need to project a constant aura of power/dominance/superiority ( Something he really doesn't feel near as much of a need to project around women ) and again, ties hard to the cannibalism in a whole different way. Plus we have the concept of Alastor being kind of vain and just finding that no one really measures up to his level of expectation - I just don't know if he really knows what the expectation is because of all this convoluted neurotic shit - if he found someone who met his standard what would he even do ? Embrace it and get normal or, more likely, just move the goal post, so yeah, hes a dandy aspec feminist that's so much easier to say than unpacking any of that.
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