#lore about demons

[sableeira]

I love how we go from episode 3 “no one ever figured out what Dazai’s former occupation was” to episode 5 “Dazai corrects someone in detail on the mafia’s revenge mo”

#when I rewatched bsd s1 and s2 like 2 years ago I was so shocked how early it was revealed Dazai used to be in the pm #it’s really funny how he just says that in front of Ranpo but let’s be real Ranpo probably knew as soon as he met Dazai #that reminds me I would love some early ADA Dazai and Yosano lore #like when Dazai gets a bit demon prodigy once in a while and I need to know if Yosano made the connection to Mori #in general I wish we knew more about how those two interact with each other #bsd #bsdrewatch2023 #bungou stray dogs #dazai osamu #bsd dazai

[krazieka2]

Vampire Mercedes lore doodles (and vampire Lorenz bullying)

#carrying over my posts from twitter choo chooooo #these were stewing on twit for a bit cuz I had other doodles I wanted to doodle #BUT ALAS even doodles take time and energy. maybe in 3-4 months from now #2023 art #fe3h #mercedes von martritz #Lorenz Hellmen Gloucester #in this AU mercedes can go outside and enter rooms and stuff she just cannot see her reflection #lorenz cannot eat certain things but otherwise hes good to go #well that and the blood drinking stuff #i can't write fics but i would like everyone to imagine in their head the comedy hijinks of Ingrid Felix and Ashe trying to hunt a vampire #while Mercie Annie and Sylvain are like woah vampire?? so weeeeird #Annie knocking over and smashing things into every mirror while mercie stands there like #'you could have also just put a sheet on it...?“ #meanwhile Dimitri is fighting his own demons he has no idea what's going on communication is dead just like his dad #Lorenz going on a lore dump about Gloucester's history w vampires #hilda rolls her eyes but when she looks over at Claude he's furiously taking notes the absolute nerd

[ganondoodle]

its still rough but as far as im gonna get for now, cant decide on the tentacle colors still nkfdnvkdfn

possible name for lad is Pan or Paktolos (just bc .. reference to midas legend even if this midas got nothing to do with it; oh yeah, a bonus midas sketch .. he needs a proper redesign too)

tentacle lad may look mean here (i genuinely dont know why i drew him like that) but hes a big sappy softie, even carries a picture of midas in a locket around- next to the demon teeth hes collected he doesnt leave the island much anymore and mostly manages everything on it, his people call him by royal titles sometimes bc hes been a very competent leadership figure but he doesnt put value in any titles-

he rescued midas from the demon hunters that kidnapped him years ago to bring one of the biggest and most influencial empires to collapse after his older sister, who was the empress, was unexpectedly dying- midas being the next in line the empire doesnt really exist anymore at this point, midas now leading missions around the island instead, or going around keeping up to date with politics and tensions since his husband (tentacle lad) and his people are of a kind that is largely being kept a secret and would be a target for demon hunters as well, despite them not being demons (they look monstrous but are more based on animals, are native to earth, cannot change form, age only somewhat slower than humans and have no control over any elemental magic more than a very skilled human can have- which is basically not even noticable and usually gets passed off as 'talent' in the way a skilled sailor can feel the approaching weather in the wind)

#ganondoodles #art #character design #oc #original character #anthro #?? #idk #calling them a furry always feels kinda weird bc they got no fur!! #but labeling them as scalies or whatever doesnt do it either #so anthro it is i guess #or .. just monsters #even thought they are less monstrous than demons #anyway #here i go rambling on about ocs lol #it is way too late #happy to answer asks about ocs even if post very little about them all there is .... so much lore #if you think destiny has alot of lore oh boi you dont know my original projects #(ill TRY to answer anything ........... i know i suck at that ..... i still cherish it)

[ink-the-artist]

forgive me if you've been asked this before or if its annoying, but how did you learn to use colored pencils like that? your art is so special to me.

ty :) I took an art class for a few years where our teacher had us buy prismacolor pencils as one of the art supplies and had us use them kinda like paints, pressing down hard right away and blending the colors together. its not how youre supposed to use them she was just trying to teach us to use color and ig this was more to the point. I picked them up again years after i stopped going to that class just bc they were there and i wanted to play around w them a bit and ended up actually enjoying it when doing it on my own terms lol

#it was a weird class #it was just this russian lady doing private lessons in her house that my mom learned about somehow #I did NOT like those classes all we did was still life and they were hours long which is esp rough when im in high school and busy #and she wanted us to stand while working the whole time bc tradition i guess? #she did allow me to work sitting but thought i was lazy for it. idk dude i dont want to exhaust myself fast for no reason #standing is a lot more tiring than walking #i def did still benefit from those classes just from learning to accurately draw from life #did not like the teacher tho #on one hand shed paid for the art supplies for kids whos families were too poor to (and these are nice expensive supplies) #which is very nice #but on the other she was very homophobic and open about it #like when they legalized gay marriage she went on a rant about how horrible it is that they can adopt kids now #and also kind of racist #she was telling me how she got blocked from a facebook group bc she made a post asking if she could speak to a white person #and she didnt realize she was posting that publicly she thought it was a private message to the group owner #im honestly still not sure i heard/understood her correctly bc it was so bizzare and the only time i ever remember her being racist #she talked abt it like she genuienly was unaware it was racist #she described it as a misunderstanding bc she accidentally posted it publicly instead of privately #like it wouldnt have been racist to ask that at all #also one time she talked about how she saw demons in her home once #also she doesnt vaccinate her kids bc of microchips #she was like a walking russian stereotype lol #anyway heres some ink the artist lore

[floq]

character redesign

experimenting on how to convey albinism in my art style

#you may recognize her as fuyumi #her name is violeta now #I’ve been in the process of relocalizing my story and characters #instead of basing it in the US I want to have my story take place on my country chile #most specifically in the chiloé archipelago #it’s a place in chile famous for its culture and folklore #and I think it tights very neatly with the story about witches and demons I want tell #like you gringos aren’t ready for the chiloé witchcraft lore #parasomnia #violeta eberhardt #oc #my ocs #my art

[blood-orange-juice]

Ok, Childe as a wuxia/xianxia trope. It's honestly a bit embarrassing how well this fits.

(blame @a-yarn-of-purple-prose for this post and if anyone here is a wuxia fan feel free to correct me, I'm new to the genre)

Wuxia is a Chinese martial arts fantasy genre you are all familiar with. An adjacent genre is called xianxia, "immortal heroes", it ramps all the fantasy elements up to eleven and skews tropes a bit (we'll get back to that).

A common trope is some kind of unorthodox school/sect or technique, allowing to achieve greater power without the usual decades of training. It could be straight-out evil or just revolving around chaos.

Such a martial school is usually called an evil/demonic sect (sect is more like a clan in that setting, not the modern concept of sect) and their techniques tend to drive practitioners to insanity. Either because they are inherently corrupting or because getting too much power without growing as a person is really not the best thing for your mental health. They are also often cast from hp points.

And then there's the archetype of a demonic sect heir. The best pupil or simply someone who has inherited a lost art. Proud, always greedy for more strength, often noble in some weird way.

*points to our calamity of a boy*

Common elements of such stories include:

Falling into some weird realm or meeting a weird person who teaches the hero a Forbidden Technique

Learning a technique too quickly through some sort of magic/alchemy/memory manipulation

Some people are so singular in their pursuit they become insane (走火入魔)

Ambition bad, loyalty and family good

Conflicting loyalties, generally a conflict between a chosen path and personal weaknesses/attachments (could be both ego and familal love, and this is more of a xianxia trope)

Fits like a horoscope so far but wait.

There's a very interesting case of Korean murim genre (their version of wuxia) where sects are less varied (I recommend this post for a basic introduction) and we get three paths:

Justice/Righteous/Orthodox/Light — theoretically they keep the Evil Faction at bay, and protect innocent people, but usually are corrupt to the core

Evil/Unorthodox/Dark — these try gaining as much power as possible and attempt ruling the whole world

Demonic Cult — usually dont take part in evil and justice battles, follow their own code of conduct based on their religion, value strength above all else.

(I'm sure there's a similar distinction in wuxia too, I just can't find it in the deluge of lore)

"Demonic" is closer to "pagan" or "heathen" than Christian idea of demonic here, their beliefs are often based on Zoroastrianism and worshipping a sacred flame. Do you remember all the Persian themes used for Khaenri'ah? And Surtalogi being the flame on Surtr's sword in Norse mythology. I also had the impression that Genshin gnostic references are based on the Zoroastrian-flavoured branch of Gnosticism.

In murim the trope of demonic sect heir is called "heavenly demon" (I believe, a more correct translation would be "supreme heathen"), they are utterly badass, live for the glory of battle, seem more like forces of nature and follow a very strict honour code often conflicting with normal human ethics.

(do I need to spell it out)

TvTropes also says this about Korean stories:

(do I need to spell it out pt.2)

I'm not sure why a Chinese studio would focus on the Korean version of this trope but I'm sure something like this exists in China as well or maybe there's a popular manhwa that inspired authors.

Xianxia extends the fantastic element further, focusing on Taoist concepts and practices and adding all kinds of magical realms (celestial, demonic, etc) and magical beings and making immortality achievable. I still need to read more about it but if I understand that right, demonic heir trope turns into a demon prince in this case. An actual visitor from the demon realm or a practitioner who achieved immortality through dubious means.

These are fae-coded in a way very similar to Childe and have a certain nonchalance towards things most humans would consider traumatic. They are simply not bothered by them, having a different set of morals or faring from a realm that is much worse.

Our boy isn't that (he's still very much human) but he's aesthetically coded like one, same as Scaramouche is yokai-coded, despite not being a yokai.

So. When people say Childe's arc is a reference to Journey to the West, it's not entirely untrue, JttW is the classic of xianxia genre and Childe does belong to the same genre. He, however, is not Sun Wukong but a different, darker trope.

This also explains why he has that "shonen anime protag but not quite" vibe. Shonen was heavily influenced by wuxia but this trope never quite made it to anime or maybe never became popular enough. It's not a deconstruction, it's a different story. Or perhaps a deconstruction of that different story.

#childe #tartaglia #my investigation into what the hell this boy is is concluded #this means I'll get to think about something else #many thanks to saoki for indulging my questions for the past two days #there's also an argument for childe being a demon princess rather than a prince but I'm tired #maybe I'll get back to it if anyone wants to meme together #genshin lore tumour #skirk #khaenri'ah #if abyss be thy name I pledge to you my loyalty #I'll need another post to explain how it fits into some scenes #this is already too long

[brittie-frog]

Took so long doing the Bagi and Matt one that I only finished one of Tina and I hate it so only posting here along with all the sketches

I wanted to do another of tina either flying with the speech bubble of her insulting Cellbit or of her falling as her angels wings lose their feathers but couldn't figure out the pose

#i hate something about all of these #and i won't be able to fix and finish them next time because we'll hopefully have had more lore by then so I'll have new ideas #but I also did a bunch of other stuff while home so I can't be too disappointed with what I did in 2 days #qsmp tina #qsmp demons #qsmp fanart #qsmp #sketches

[qsmprambling]

Clips about qBad's origins

#badboyhalo #since the last stream alluded to the story he told Foolish potentially being true I thought I'd put these all together~ #I love getting little hints and such about demon Bad and his origin story :D #lore

[petrichormore]

anyway I hope if q!BBH ever encounters the resistance group he vows to destroy them as well. Not only did they attempt to kill his son more than any other child and succeeded but they also talk about him,,, really weirdly?

Like maybe it was an accident on the part of the writers but… they only use he/him pronouns twice. They don’t use his name at all except for the designation at the beginning, but they’re just fine referring to Philza and Etoiles by name in the same damn paragraph. Kinda fucked up if you ask me I hope he hates them immediately. And even if he doesn’t hate them immediately I can’t imagine he won’t pick up on this kind of weirdness if they try to talk to him directly.

#like am I crazy for thinking they won’t treat him super fairly lmao #he doesn’t need the resistance to destroy the feds he’s an independent demon #idk the report rubbed me the wrong way but like in a good way #very interesting lore wise but q!bbh wise what the fuck. that is a person you’re talking about. #and they clearly know both his name and correct pronouns and yet apparently all he gets is ‘demon’ and ‘it’ #qsmp #qsmp liveblog #qsmp liveblog but late #qsmp badboyhalo #q!badboyhalo

[incelq]

do not disappoint me, my dear

#i do not play when it comes to elquackity lore and religious connotations #ohhhhhh i cant stop thinking about that damn gay eye tormenting alex #qsmp #qsmp fanart #quackity #quackity fanart #elquackity #elquackity fanart #qsmp purgatory #doodles #alex #would you still love me if i was a gay catholic who was haunted by demons who clone me and my brother

[afejcy]

my fav personal headcanon about the demon trio (qbbh, qtina, qmouse) is that yes, they are all demons, but not the same type of demon.

Does anyone remember that post about how a 'tree' isnt a single species, but a shape that lots of plant tend to take? And that we just colloquially call them all trees? I don't know how true this actually is because I'm not a biologist, but I really like this idea.

So i like to think that in the qsmp world, there are demons, but like trees, they aren't all the same. Like each demon species may have a completely different origin but humans call them all demons.

This means that all three of their demon lore can coexist without anyone (me) having to worry about contradictions or anything.

Also it's really fun to think about this from a historical perspective (in the qsmp). Like why would several species all be labeled as demons? Is it just a stand in word for creatures associated with evil? are there specific characteristics they all have in common (eg horns, claws, etc.)? are they just similar enough that the different species just got mistaken as each other (or mistaken as the first-known species of demons)?

idk there are definitely holes in this hc, but it soothes that part of my mind that's constantly trying to make a coherent picture of the qsmp world.

#yes i realise this is more of a headcanon about the qsmp world than demon trio #also ofc if any of the ccs want to merge lore or work together on something thats chill #i just like this for the time being #qsmp #qsmp ironmouse #qsmp teanakitten #qsmp tina #qsmp badboyhalo #ramble

[bitedownme]

This is NOT what I was drawing-

#sowwy I am drawing self-indulgent stuff and I have no idea about the lore whatsoever LOL #art #artist on tumblr #artists on tumblr #original art #digital art #demon #monster #monster lover #monster boyfriend #scp fanart #scp #scp foundation #scarlet king #The Scarlet King

[dnd-smash-pass-vs]

They're elves of the shadowfell, normal human height. They specialize in teleportation and invisibility, with the casters among them throwing in confusion and fear and illusion. Be careful though, as any trained in combat start making non-elves slower and worse while within 10 feet. From depression, from the sound of it. Their angst about being more ancient and timeless than you wordlessly attaches to you like a parasite, slowing you down. Good for if you enjoy concepts like-

Shadows, but like DARKER than shadow, that lash out when they're moody

looking beautiful unless in shadow, in which case they're corpselike

ignoring pointless things like "comfort" and "morals" and "rules"

being the chosen of the Raven Queen, and on her behalf collecting dark tragedy, sorrow, and feelings of loss.

being corpse pale with jet black hair, pure black eyes, and covered with tattoos/piercings/anything that would make a generic white suburban mom in the 50's scream in terror.

Lumping them all together because they're all the same outside one having mage hand and such. Idc what weapon they're holding.

#closest I'm getting to saying something nice about them. #i don't even care. #I can withhold bias on near anything but not these and sun elves #its fine. I make you suffer by pitting your favorites against each other. getting these into the next tournament is only fair. #you know that giant anti-shadarkai rant I went on a few months ago? #how I thought whoever did this to thier lore probably rewrites Warhammer stories to remove the satire and humor? #apparently he actually did write warhammer books holy shit I called it. #seriously though I love basically all monsters but these I looooooooooathe. #not even touching how annoyed I am that the shadar kai WERE ALREADY A THING #Like they weren't even elves #they just went “hey we'll bring them back as elves because 33 is a reasonable number of elf species” #yet not a green version of goblins there's already like 3 that'd be absurd. #like no make your OWN name for the special elves version 33 that hit on par with a demon lord while being cr 7 for some reason #shadar kai #looked into it #dnd #dnd5e #DnD 5e #d&d #smash or pass #5e #monsters of the multiverse #mpmm

[sunflowersandcherryblossoms]

The one thing that I truly don't like the more I think about it, about the Bleach universe is...

... Reincarnation, right?

You die in the World of the Living, you go to Soul Society.

You die in Soul Society you are reborn in the World of the Living without any recollection of you used to be. You move forward.

So...

Why would the Shinigami, who are aware of the mechanics of the Rebirth Cycle, keep shrines to the deceased AND TALK TO THE PHOTOS?!?

There's nothing there!

No one is listening to you! You are taking to yourself!

I understand the psychological reasons to do this initially. On the first few years. You know it's just a picture of someone who's absolutely not listening to you, but you do it to solve your own grief...

But, after that? And keep doing that for fifty years? (In Byakuya's case... Stop that sir... She didn't love you anyway.... Move on.) Or centuries?

Why?

No one. Is. Listening. To you.

Move. The fuck. On.

#no more buddhist mangaka writing (badly) about the afterlife okay? #more Demon Slayer and Onmyoji and less Bleach tbh... #I loved the early concept of Bleach. love the characters. hate the complicated illogical lore about rebirth/afterlife/hell... #bleach

[gifti3]

I was gonna skip reading the current event story with lucifer and gamigin since i wasnt really feeling it, but im glad i did! Its my fav event story now

The relationship between lucifer, gamigin and jjok touched me haha

Also watching michael being a lucifer fanatic was very interesting...like have we ever seen him happy about anything ever until that point???

#i havent seen it personally (maybe about god but i dont recall) #man looks down on everyone he's interacted with in the story #the writing is awkward as usual but i still enjoyed it (begging for them to get a better translator tho...) #tbh i feel like i enjoy the event stories way more than the main story #im just invested in the characters (that arent mc sorry) and want to focus on them and the story lore #im hoping they have some more event stories that revolve around the demons in gehenna.... #(this is me begging for paimon stuff lol) #whb #what in hell is bad #whb lucifer #whb gamigin

[brittie-frog]

Right today made my brain start thinking about demon lore so I did some research:

- BBH has hinted at being a fallen angel and is now a demon/grim reaper and while not ashamed, is secretive about it

- Tina basically confirmed she's a fallen angel or at least wasn't always a demon today and she is heavily ashamed of it and her "past of sin"

- Mouse is very comfortable and considers herself a natural demon with the Nether as her home (specifically Puerto Rico, canonically in hell)

And Mouse today said that natural demons aren't evil because that's just who they are while those turned demon are evil. And Tina basically implied that that was why she wasn't open about her identity because even other demons have those beliefs so how can she trust humans to not think of her like that.

However, cc!Mouse as a vtuber has demon lore that states she has an angelic form and the qsmp wiki states that shes a fallen angel of sorts (had a disagreement with god and was cast out) so if they are intertwined in some way:

1. We know more about Mouse Demon lore

And 2. All three of them are fallen angels (fell at different times: Bad the eldest, Mouse middle and Tina youngest)

So I think what Mouse means is that 'natural' demons also include fallen angels, since demons and angels are two sides of the same coin, and are just who they are, not inherently evil, but those that turn demon, like what happens when you get infected by black concrete, are evil. But because she has never explained about her potentially being a fallen angel and (while Tina does refer to the Nether as 'home') Tina doesn't think of herself as a natural demon like Mouse, there is a miscommunication and it's putting her into an even deeper well of internalised hate because even other demons would think of her as evil if they knew the truth of her past.

Also after today definitely it means that Tina is either lying about how much she knows of her past (which wouldn't be too much of a reach because she's hiding a major part of her identity that would be kind of hard to ignore) or they couldn't wipe the memories of the distant past so she remembers falling.

Today was a lot and I feel like I'm missing stuff but also it's 6am so I should sleep before this consumes my every waking thought.

#also shes now apparently colourblind and illiterate #i need bagi to confront her asap about the book in the library #she didnt look at the sign when she went over but lenay read it out loud so she definitely knows #this could all be wrong and mouse is doing slightly different lore in the qsmp so isnt a fallen angel #but i dont have the time to go back and watch all her streams for every mention of demon lore #also we just gonna ignore tina hearing bagi and immediately saying “mom?��?????? #excuse me???? #qsmp tina #qsmp mouse #qsmp badboyhalo #qsmp 2024 #qsmp demons #qsmp #skipped the q!'s because its not easy to mistake this about cc's