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Brash is very babygirl coded. It’s the emotional dysregulation

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The more I think about Esmius the funnier I find him. Dude just lies to lie. Even when it’s obvious, even when it accomplishes nothing. Truly a gaslighting king.

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I don’t want to play The Cursed Trial until more chapters are out. Does anyone know how many there will be in total or how long it’ll be until the full game is released?

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I’m kinda obsessed with the worldbuilding in the Demonheart universe. It’s so good and interesting?? It feels like a perfect blend of dark fantasy, chock full of dark elements but still hopeful enough one may fantasize or dream about. It balances itself out really well.

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Chaotic Evil meets Chaotic Good. 

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I’ve played a few routes in Ice Demon now and all I can say is I am Team Xhael all the way. He was the nicest in the whole house

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………………..do you have to say it like that?

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Bright! Protagonist of Demonheart, extra idealized for your convenience!

I am… pretty happy with this c8

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The twist in Demonheart works because neither Bright or the player knows the biology of Demonspawn.

Bright has no idea how long it takes Demonspawn to reach maturity, and right after Orchid’s labor, she gets imprisoned and isolated for months so it’s not like she can learn. Raze effectively uses her lack of knowledge to manipulate her.

But it is just… so fucking funny looking back on it. Ari must’ve thought she was insane.

Bright comes in and is like “this is my friend Raze, he’s only a few months old please go easy on him :)” but instead of a child, this tall 6-pack chiseled demonspawn with a beard appears and has to look down at them to say hi. And Ari is just like “um… Bright you are so pretty I’m just going to go along with this and not ask questions” and she doesn’t!! What a legend!

It’s like that “Teenagers in Real Life vs Teenagers in Movies” meme except it’s “What Bright thinks Teenage Demonspawn look like” cause wow was she off.

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I’m not really into otome games but Demonheart got me really captivated. As I got it, it was originally a content for NeverwinterNights which the creator turned later into a standalone visual novel. It’s a dark story which has been sweetened a bit in the vn but still not to put in young hands.

Here’s a doodle of Sir Brash, a complete bastard whom I really enjoyed the look!

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First of the requests! This is for @leeaneea , who keeps on giving me inspiration and ideas. And memes, too. 

    This is Bright, with a baby Raze, making us question “what could have been?”. 

Please feel free to comment (and even participate *gasp*), as I’m using these requests to practice and because I really like the source material.

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*sobs* I just wanted to make something nice for my witch bae and then… and then.. I tried to color 

   Just end me.

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I mean atleast this game let's me be honest.

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What is it about Scarcewallers calling me sweetheart, sweetie, kitten, kitty girl, etc. that makes me forget any anger about how they grabbed, stabbed, baited and/or betrayed me?!

I’m not usually a fan of people using pet names at me IRL, but in the Demonheart ‘verse, it just works!

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"[It's] Not your best hair day, I imagine..."

I JUST REALIZED! this is one of the first things Brash tells to Bright, the day they met, when she's all disheveled and dirty, locked away in a cell. Fast forward a bit and [*spoilers*] Brash secretly gifts her his hairbrush...

He truly, truly liked her hair (and possibly her), ever since day one.

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All the ROs are compelling, but I think Ari is the healthiest and it’s exactly because of her past.

Brash and Raze want Bright for themselves. They are possessive to fluctuating degrees. This makes sense based on their backgrounds.

During the first game, Brash is being controlled by both Rivera and Lord Mace. His life is barely his own. Of course he has a family and we do meet his sister, Chance, but aside from his upbringing, his current situation is fucked. He doesn’t even have possession over his own heart.

Raze’s childhood was a dumpster fire of abuse. He was a forced pregnancy from a mother who did not want him. Then kept in a lab for experiments. And then had to dodge and weave other demons/spawn in Inferno just to survive. His lair is the only thing he can call his own. He has nothing else.

So it is no surprise that these two characters jump at the chance to “claim” Bright. They have very little to themselves and she is the very rare glimpse of light in their lives.

In comparison, Ari is completely different.

Her backstory was from an obsessive relationship. An aggressive one. She has experienced the loneliness, danger, and manipulation that comes from an abusive partner. Constantly scrutinized and insulted, intentionally isolated and belittled. For most of their relationship, Ari feared Rivera more than she loved her.

So when it comes to Bright, Ari does not engage in similar behavior. She wants freedom for herself, to be able to talk to anyone and do anything without making excuses. So by no means does she try to exert that same forcefulness onto Bright.

Both Brash and Raze talk of wanting to keep Bright to themselves, but in the most sugar sweet ending (I believe), Bright ends the game at Ari’s house regardless of who you romance. She ends the story in the presence of the girl who values independence. I believe that was intentional on the devs part.

I am not saying Brash and Raze are bad ROs. I think they’re amazing ROs and some of the best I’ve seen in awhile. But in terms of toxicity, Ari is easily the healthiest of the three, and I think it was intentional that the game end with Bright staying at her house.

To emphasize that regardless of who you romance and how much you indulged their possessive tendencies or not, Bright’s autonomy is still valued first and foremost. And this is portrayed in how Ari is both her love interest but also a mirror to her own journey.

Demonheart

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As someone that romanced all the characters (and enjoyed them fighting over me 😙), I would love to talk more about Brash but that man is a walking trigger warning like how do you talk about him without scaring people away