#the sumi rambles

[kasumikoujou]

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#the sumi rambles

[ronanxing]

heehoo

#will start adding IDs in alt text :) #persona 5 #p5r #persona 5 royal #enkidoodles #persona #doodles #the rest of the tags r just my persona ramblings ANYWAYS #i gen think harus awakening was so badass #im so mad mona stole her spotlight #also this is so random but #i based sumis pose off a pose i did in disneyland #bc i was talking to princess aurora #i dont even see joker as a flirt i think akechis just down bad for losers #joker goes 🥺 and he folds immediately

[chorus-the-mutate]

This is an edited repost of the Erzsebet Bathory character analysis I wrote yesterday that I refuse to let go to waste. I tried doing the right thing and tagging all of the necessary trigger warnings only for this post to be completely hidden from the Castlevania Nocturne and Erzsebet Bathory tags. Since I can't afford to tag the proper trigger warnings without being punished please do not read this post if discussions of rape or sexual assault triggers or upsets you in any way. I don't take these topics lightly and they are vital to this analysis of Erzsebet Bathory.

This post also contains major spoilers for this first season of Castlevania Nocturne.

This may seem presumptive of me to say but this thought has been stuck in my head for several hours: Erzsebet Bathory is the most rapist adjacent villainess I've ever seen without her actually being a rapist.

The first and smallest point against her is how often she mentions virgins. I know that Erzsebet's initial mention of virgin sacrifices is supposed to tie into the origin of her alter ego and consumption of Sekhmet but it's super fucking weird that it played into why she wanted to sacrifice Maria.

Next point against her is the lawyer's daughter. I'm not sure if this lady was a virgin but when she's first brought to Erzsebet she's already terrified and too dazed to fight back. It's obvious that she doesn't want to be there and that even if she did that she can't really express that desire. But Erzsebet still takes this lady out of a literal gilded cage, sits down and sits this lady on her dress to admire her despair before drinking her blood. The next time we see the lady she's still dazed. The only differences are that she's dolled up and seems more suggestible. Even with hundreds of people in this ballroom scene the lady is literally ignored by everyone except for Erzsebet who dances with her and parades her around for her own amusement. Everyone else knows that Erzsebet likes to make her victims suffer and they still refuse to acknowledge the lady because Erzsebet has made it clear that she's her possession. Hell the only person who is unhappy enough with Erzsebet to go rogue at this point is Olrox and he STILL IGNORES THIS LADY. When the lady is dragged outside to be fed on again without anyone batting an eye it reminds me of a rapist roofying their target and proceeding to do everything in their power to seem interested in their victim's well-being in order to take them to a second location. And no one speaks up since Erzsebet is the Harvey Weinstein, Prince Andrew or Thomas Jefferson of the vampire world; the embodiment of people in power getting away with abuse until the damage has already been done.

The last and biggest point against Erzsebet is the entire scene where she turns Tera into a vampire. For me personally that is just an allegorical rape scene and it's executed very well. Erzsebet makes her entrance at the abbey as a lioness of a woman, a literal predator who wants to take Maria as a sacrifice and turn her into a vampire to ensure Emmanuel the Abbot's loyalty. Tera protests and offers herself to Erzsebet instead. This is such blatant coercion that Tera refers to herself as the ram Abraham sacrificed to God instead of Isaac. And the only question or concern Erzsebet has at this point is if her sacrifice should be a virgin. The only reasons she accepts the sacrifice are Emmanuel's genuine love for Tera and the fact that Tera is a powerful sorceress. Once Erzsebet settles for Tera and physically lifts her to her level no one can stop her. Maria gets knocked out for trying and Richter gets bodied immediately after. Their only option is to get the hell out of there once Annette makes an opening and Richter rightfully runs for his life. Even Maria, the only person that could look back and see Tera turn, is knocked out and that feels like an intentional writing choice to give Tera one last shred of dignity. Erzsebet holds Tera really close in this sort of hug as she feeds on her and once she's fed she literally sits Tera on her lap for her turn to feed. Then Erzsebet cuts herself and the blood starts dripping down on Tera, starting at her skirt, going to her blouse and reaching her face. At first Tera doesn't react but then her body responds to the blood and she feeds even though she doesn't want to. Even though no one wants this for her. And that is exactly what it's like when someone has an unwanted orgasm. Tera's body is protecting itself the same way a victim of assault would and that paired with the blood on her skirt being reminiscent of the blood on a woman's thigh in the aftermath of an assault hammers home the rape allegory. It's very sad and uncomfortable to think of Tera's turn to vampirism this way but the thought lingers hours after like a grimy film on my brain.

I 100,000% believe that Erzsebet would have been an actual rapist if Netflix Castlevania didn't romanticize Lenore raping Hector and ending their relationship on friendly terms. Not to mention Sumi and Taka's sudden shift from allies to sexually assaulting Alucard out of spite. Castlevania Nocturne seems to shy away from rape and sexual assault in favor of allegories or moments so brief that I missed them unlike its predecessor. So I'm blaming the gratuitous depictions of sexual assault in Castlevania on Warren Ellis, the creator of Netflix Castlevania, who doesn't work on this show for a very good reason.

Everything from her size as Sekhmet to her tendency to torture women and girls before killing them contributes to the allegory of Erzsebet being the vampire equivalent of a rapist. She exudes power and not only does she enjoy making others feel helpless she's also great at it. She is a sadist without honor, willing to parade her lady victim of choice around vampire high society or hang a young girl on hooks to drain dry rather than let any of them die a quick death. The dragged out, needless suffering Erzsebet inflicts along with her preference for women and virgins frames her feeding as something more sexual in nature than the other vampire nobles who simply indulge in their gluttony. Even Olrox feeding on his former boyfriend isn't framed sexually, it's framed as a desperate, romantic gesture to keep his lover alive. And every vampire I remember from Castlevania has their feeding framed as a tool for political power or sheer, simple gluttony. Even the vampire general Cho was shown to be more of a tyrant or a general sadist clinging to power in Japan than a deviant.

Erzsebet's sheer sadism actually contrasts quite well with Dracula's humanity and restraint. He understood humanity, only feeding to survive or strike down the merchants who slighted him. (He probably also used feeding as a tool for political power but I don't think we saw that directly.) Dracula ultimately came to understand humanity so well that he fell for Lisa Tepes, the exemplar of what it means to be human. And that love is why I believe he respected Lisa's wishes and let her keep that humanity instead of turning her into a vampire. And after Lisa's death Dracula stopped feeding entirely, hoping to extinguish his life and take out as many people as he could because he believed that humanity should've been better. He believed that the people who lived alongside Lisa would've stood up for her and they betrayed her out of a mix of fear, religious reverence and apathy. Meanwhile Erzsebet doesn't care about humanity, seeing people like the lawyer's daughter as possessions or people like Tera and Emmanuel the Abbot as pawns to further her own rule. She might be taken aback by Drolta's death once she learns of it but there's an equal chance that she wouldn't even bat an eye.

So what do these points of analysis mean for Erzsebet and Tera's future dynamic as master and pawn? The one thing that's certain is that Tera has been fundamentally changed, forced into an unprecedented nightmare scenario that will drag her down a dark path. But I'm an optimist and I believe that Tera will ultimately be redeemed. She may never be human again but her humanity, her love for her son and daughter will save her soul. Ultimately I hope that Tera lives and recovers from the trauma of Erzsebet turning her. I hope that she goes home to her children and is taken in with open arms. But if Tera dies she will die as Tera, not as a pawn, and that is because Erzsebet could never kill her humanity.

#castlevania nocturne #castlevania nocturne spoilers #please heed the preamble #this post still discusses dark subject matters so I want you guys to be careful #erzsebet bathory #tera #tera renard #tera castlevania #dracula vlad tepes #anti lenore #sumi castlevania #taka castlevania #I really want to know what you guys think #and please forgive me if I've read way too much into Erzsebet #I just can't stop thinking about her lack of regard for most anyone #this could contribute to the colonization allegory with Erzsebet but I don't have the background or education to contribute to that talk #long post #ash rambles

[smolstarthief]

So.... Has anyone ever reached a realization that Kasumi's spirit appearing as the main basis for Cendrillon returning might actually symbolize her being more of Sumi's true fairy godmother character in her story as opposed to Maruki who was a more twisted version of that trope?

Like think about it for a sec... And this is coming from someone who adored the fairytale (Disney version especially) when they were little so... In any version, Cinderella's main traits are her selflessness and kindness along with bravery considering that despite the abuse she went through, she still stays kind and true to herself and does not let the abuse affect that. That's part of what makes her a rebel, albeit an unconventional kind.

Sumi has those traits deep down (showcased by the lead up to her false awakening which she spoke more as Sumire since as I've mentioned before, her ultimate breaking point was more about hurting and letting her loved ones like Maruki and Joker down. She was more concerned about them as opposed thinking about herself or the scholarship) but the biggest problem was that she wasn't being true to herself and acted selfishly, even preferring to run away from her problems instead.

The fairy godmother character shows up when Cinderella was nearing her lowest point. It was even sometimes interpreted that the godmother represents Cinderella being rewarded for her unending kindness and unselfishness, leading to her happy ending.

When Maruki helped like so, it made things worse for her but when Kasumi's spirit showed up... It made things better for her and helped kickstart her own happily ever after. Just like the actual fairy godmother!

Starting with bringing her Persona back and this was when Sumire regained the other traits she was starting to lack/lose and became more like Cinderella herself. She became brave enough to stand on her own feet and stop running, she shows more of her kindness to others and even Maruki despite what he did, and she became selfless by deciding to mourn and honor her sister properly by moving forward and not basically live as her for her own selfish reasons as that's what Kasumi would have actually wanted her to do.

In a sense, Maruki was unwittingly rewarding her selfish desires and enabling it. ("Accept this contract... The spell cast upon you.")

Kasumi's spirit on the other hand was rewarding her for being honest and not running anymore. ("Such tenacity... It seems to fit you better than ever before...")

#persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #p5r spoilers #starchild rambles #rambles #ramblings #character analysis #analysis #cinderella #cendrillon #sumire yoshizawa #kasumi yoshizawa #I was cooking a lot with this on Discord so I had to post it #Kasumi is the true fairy godmother in Sumi's story #no hate towards Maruki but his way was... Not good. Terrible even. #Also don't use this to spread Maruki hate since that was NOT the point at all #i will block on sight #this is a Sumi AND Maruki enjoying blog thank you very much!

[the-named-anon]

30 days of weevils; day 11:

Peridinetus cretaceus, in Sumi-e style

#nanon rambles #nanon draws #30daysofweevils #weevil #Peridinetus cretaceus #sumi e #digital art #bugs #insects #I love weevils!!!!

[12am-motivation]

HELLO??

#I'M NOT SURE IF THESE ARE THE FINAL UNITS BUT #ANTI-LUCIFER LEAGUE UNIT?? #sumi-san's deep voice paired with onishi-san's relaxing one— #then we also have #older brother unit!! #beel; asmo and levi are an interesting combination too #i wonder what the songs are gonna be about? #obey me one master to rule them all #obey me shall we date #obey me swd #obey me #おべいみー #mo's simping hours #mo rambles into the void

[a-sketchy]

gotta say, the colour coding of the p4 cast is unmatched

#p3 barely tried and p5 stumbled at critical moments (makoto not having indigo gloves. whatever the fuck’s happening with akechi and sumi) #but p4 sticks the fucking landing all the way through #very well represented in even their casual outfits and accessories #teddie’s a little vague but usually settles on yellow and with him being the mascot and the game being yellow i think it suits him #grey for souji was an inspired choice honestly. it’s bold. it’s grown on me a lot #significantly more a colour than black or white would be #simultaneously bland and stand-out #i fuck with it ngl. i respect it #rambles #p4g posting #also my favourite colour is yellow so i appreciate the overall game theming

[key-lime-soda]

does anyone else get that horrible feeling inside when you meet someone who's so naturally good at everything you've ever worked hard and failed to achieve and they're so nonchalant about it cuz its so easy to them and you feel like an absolute loser amateur even if you've spent years trying to improve and struggled so hard to get to the mediocre place that you're at now. bonus points if they also have similar interest so you look like an idiot for ''copying them".

we need a word for this very specific emotion

#sumi's late night rambles #need to know if I'm the only one who's ever felt this

[deviouz]

!!!!! also i just wanna thank everyone for the love ): my life is kinda !! hectic atm, but i'm slowly getting back into the swing of things <3 i might be able to work on some requests later tn after my paper and midterm, but no promises. make sure you guys are taking good care of yourselves! your faves would want that <3

#big thank yous to ardennes and sumi <3 #it's been so long since i've had like #moots. #i do not know how to behave #(throw back to my aot account era !!) #for those who read the tags #currently working on a ren (14dwy) fic for all of my yandere lovers #kinda wanna explore some darker elements to scratch that itch in my head #ren hana. you are next. #n e ways !! #. . . katy’s ramblings 🪐

[manipulatorkaleidoscope]

@herequeerandarmedwithaspear ssry for extremely late reply, but I’m here to answer it now!! (I just was- EXTREMELY busy lol)

okay so uhh, I don’t have that many head cannons for both of them, but if it looks like I do, it’s just because I type a lot to get my point across. Sorry. But enough said:

headcannon time!!:

Fubuki:

Okay for first of bro’s family and in turn bro is broke has heck. The way that his room looked in that one scene of turbo reminded me of how a room of someone that was broke. I’m sorry but it’s true. Fubuki is poor. He looks like he is poor. And knowing Fubuki, he isn’t looking poor just because of the aesthetic

Fubuki and Suoh have been put together to do countless group projects since half the time they had the same classes.

Due to visiting Suoh and as such, Suoh’s house so much, Fubuki has secretly grown to love the smell of flowers

After Turbo, Fubuki returned to Japan briefly to finish the school year there before fully going to America. He always comes to visit the beyclub from time to time though (everyone’s like “OMG. FUBUKI’S HERE!!” When he comes to visit. Some people are crazy enough to bring party popers or roll out the red carpet or something.)

Fubuki, ironically enough, does not like bananas.

He likes teaching younger kids that are in the raging bulls all the tricks he had learned (beyblade related or not). He just finds it fun.

He may be the designated shu kurenai of his season, but his report card says otherwise (instead of it being above average… itd average. As Suoh says “he’s the hard worker and I’m the genius”, or some sh*t like that)

Fubuki and Suoh OBVIOUSLY made up after the events of turbo. Bc c’mon. Why not.

Arman:

My man likes to garden. Or literal anything that has to do with plants. I guess my man just likes plants period.

In a way he’s much like Shu but like a more responsible, less impulsive version of him. By that I mean basically is that he will be the most responsible person in the room if he HAS to be, because I aslo feel that that’s something that Shu would do (except that Arman would do this without pulling a stupid and getting himself caught up in his own snakepit mess)

He probably likes classical music, but Japanese classical music specifically (listen to it guys. It WILL blow your socks off)

He’s that one nice yet overprotective brother, not just to Taka, but to EVERYONE (okay except Arthur due to obvious reasons)

(Due to the fact that in the manga Gwyn kind of broke his bey) I feel like Arman was suspicious of Gwyn when he saw him initially (like In a “what’s this guy doing here” *pause* “this guy that’s…up to NO GOOD-“ kinda way)

He likes gold accessories. Not because of the way he acts, but because of a thing that happened in a dream I had about him…hee hee… 🤭

Everyone keeps telling him that he looks like gon from hunter x hunter and he is so done. (Don’t tell him that unless you want the biggest bombastic side eye of your life)

If you do get on his good side though he’ll be the most loyal piece of sh*t you have seen in your entire time though. This is my pro tip for you, whatever you plan to do with that.

If you do betray him though, after the initial betrayal, he’ll hate you forever. There is two sides of this Arman , so be careful not to betray him.

(but even though Gwyn kinda did betray him (& the rest of the victories) they have made up and now they’re cool, so forgiveness IS possible)

Time for the ratings!!:

Fubuki:

✨8.5/10✨. He was a great charather, great guy. The writers did him great justice…although much like other turbo characters, he was only revelant for the only first half of the season. I liked him a normal amount. He was there, he’s chill and cool with the kids, what else could you ask for??? Like- seriously??? His character and personality was nailed perfectly too, and the fact that he didn’t instantly become buddy buddy with Aiger is perfect. Kudos to the writers and the handling of this charather. Only reasons not a 9/10 or a 10/10 is bc 1) he’s not my fav character like ever ever and 2) I just like Arman better lol

Arman:

Solid ✨9/10✨. At first I found it funny that we didn’t have a Kiyama for Dante and instead this guy, but when his own unique personality set in that wasn’t just another copy paste Kiyama or copy paste Shu Kurenai, I was so impressed. I don’t think that Dante could have worked as a character if he had a Kiyama, so I’m glad that Arman filled in that void instead. He was so cool too. The fact that he kept it together most of the time but sometimes had moments were a more silly side of him poked out worked PERFECTLY. And DONT get me STARTED about how he pulls out those goofy looking glasses and begins analyzing stuff. I just like that sh*t. Only reason that he isn’t a full on 10/10 is bc I like other characters above him. Sorry Arman 😓.

(Aslo, sorry, original asker of request for the super late reply, but here you go! Enjoy!)

#beyblade burst #beyburst #bey burst headcannons #k is rambling about beyblade kids again 🤦 #fubuki sumie #arman kusaba

[kindledrose]

MEDIBANG RESTARTED AND I LOST ALL MY BRUSH SETTINGS AND PALETTES NNNOOO

#default brushes my BELOATHEDS but i have them back now #for my own future reference in case this happens again: my brushes are pencil rough; sumi; acrylic; and this square one i found on tumblr #actually lemme find the post it's in to rb #(i also had chalk; mapping brush; and rotational symmetry but never used them) #terra is rambling #+my bg color is C5B2A6

[kasumikoujou]

return of the king

#i swear to god i will never tag any of the arts i may do with him #the sumi rambles

[amxthystiine]

Also while ik P5T hasn't released yet and nor has its DLC I'm like 90% sure that Akechi is Guernica so I'm posting this here in case Apollo hits me with that dodgeball and I'm right (I have circumstancial evidence & a theory kind of I think)

#amethyst’s little rambles #fandoms #theory #P5 #p5 tactica #p5t #persona 5 #persona #goro akechi #p5 spoilers #i think????? #also this'd explain why Akechi is in his Robin hood outfit and not his black mask one #cause y'know when it's revealed he's the culprit its gonna be a big reveal and whatnot #this could also explain Sumi as well in case that her plot twist also plays a hand in the Guernica stuff

[mudmouths]

seeing a forgotten mutual you never spoke with from an old blog/account interacting with one of your posts randomly feels like seeing an elementary school friend you fell out of touch with pass by and you can tell they don’t recognize you

#sumi rambles

[smolstarthief]

Ok, a hot take (I think): Making Mika and Sugimara Mementos targets wouldn't have worked for Ann and Haru's SLs because it would undermine their growth and the fact that they managed to solve their problems and dealt with those two on their own terms without supernatural help (Joker being their moral support helped as well).

(Now I DO wish we actually saw Sugimara facing consequences so perhaps a small rewrite would have worked (ex: Takakura maybe telling him that he found some evidence against him off screen when he decides to barge in to lash out at Haru and her standing up to him perhaps) but that's it. No Mementos, let Haru be the queen she already was and regain her autonomy that was stolen from her on HER terms)

#starchild rambles #persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #now i was cooking a small oneshot featuring her and Zenkichi but yeah #the only time it was justified in an SL is Futaba and Sojiro's #as in a PT character going after a target themselves #(both instances being Futaba one for Kana and one for Sojiro aka two of the people she's close to) #and in the case of Sojiro there was actually a moment where it almost led to a negative outcome/solving nothing #tldr both of Futaba's cases showcased both a positive and an almost negative outcome #AND the reason Sojiro's ended up going back to ending on a positive note is BECAUSE Futaba decided to solve the problem HERSELF #aka she stood up for him and herself which ties into one of main themes of the game (standing up for yourself and others) #sorry for the rant I've just gotten tired of the revenge fics I've seen on occasion #just... *snatches ann haru and sumi away from toxic fans* you'll get them back when you all stop toxic generic girlbossing them

[una-hive5]

💙🩷💚 Tiny 💙🩷💚

Here Kanao, Shinobu and Kanae full picture.

#kny #kimetsu no yaiba #kny merch #rosa rambles #tsuyuri kanao #kocho shinobu #kocho kanae #nakahara sumi #terauchi kiyo #takada naho