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People claimed Aspros is merely cheap copy of Saga.

nah, they are different fundamentally, despite some elements . Degel also have events that mirror Hyoga but no one says he^s hyoga copy( even in writing) how I respect fate fandom for never mistaking nero claudius for altria pendragon, coomers they are. the amount aspros got mistaken for saga? disgusting.

Saga defines himself as a public/athena's servant, and his mental issues from his insecurity of his inability to kill his emotions to be a dutiful knight and NOT be his own person,.as if for him, to be himself is a sin, and we know it is imposible to un-person yourself, so he breaks. And he didn't learn better from that, considering what we see in both episode g and saintia sho.

Aspros defines himself as " big brother" , that is, both the good and the bad of being firstborn coded, at first, he was the knightly kind of big brother, think of ichigo kurosaki's quote " big brothers born first to protect the younger ones who born later" which is what base Aspros live for, he lived to protect Defteros. He already has his doubts before Youma corrupted him, that is, once Defteros grow stronger, he ask himself , " if Defteros become stronger, that he can protect himself, will I still be needed? what would become of my identity? " Then after Youma corrupted him he become the negative kind of big brother, that is, the entitled/ bully one, who thinks " i am born first so it's natural if I own you/ stronger than you" .but point is, no matter how Youma tried to corrupt him, from "good" to "evil", Aspros will continue to identify himself as the "big brother". Youma couldn't take out the firstborn identity from Aspros, led him to think he's only child coded, nope, he is firstborn coded first before anything else, even before he' the Gemini Saint, before he's human even.

Even if he's not corrupted , Aspros will want power not for the heck of it, but as means to protect Defteros, that he even spelled it " I will be strong for both of us so no one can mistreat you ever again" .

Defteros may not be some kind of little sister younger than 17 and smaller than 160 cm,( he's 27 yo who is 190 cm instead) but it doesn't change the idea he has vibe similar to those little girls, that is, adored big brother, and with cunning big brothers who is willing to get their hands dirty, or even destroy the ugly world so little sister can stay " pure" in a gilded cage, isolated from the ugliness of the world. ( think lelouch or ayato) . while Shun is " damsel little sibling" , Defteros is " ISOLATED damsel little sibling " ( think rapunzel). Think Akio Ohtori or Kaname Kuran. Aspros is THOSE kind of big brothers, yes, THAT implication included.

Sure, later he learned power is not what he, or Defteros wanted, Defteros reminded him what they truly wanted, isolated from the world, away from prejudiced people.

Just like Aspros strongly identify himself as the firstborn, Defteros also strongly identify himself as the secondborn, even after Aspros's death.

To be fair, he strongly believed they will be reunited so he prepare everything for Aspros's return, ( ironically of all people he parallels Hypnos here, but that's another discussion for later) Lost in translation, but Defteros only refer to the corrupted Aspros by name, he consistently talked about the original Aspros whom he loved and loved him back by brother, not by name. It also goes both ways with Aspros, once he got corrupted, he refer to Defteros by name, not calling him brother.

If he want to, Defteros could've claimed the Gemini seat proper, let him be known for it. If he want to. The thing is, he does not want to, continue to identify himself as the second, continue to pretend as the demon of kanon island, not letting people know he's the gemini saint, even developing memory erasing skill because he wanted to return the Gemini seat/cloth to Aspros.

Kanon is an afterthought, as Kurumada meant to display the duality of gemini with Saga alone, with his split personality, when Aspros is written with Defteros as complementing contrast. Academical intelligence and emotional intelligence. The beautiful snow white' evil queen who did not get what she wants and the dirty cinderella who got the respect she deserved at the end, despite the initial short time to be princess . the metaphorical rose thorns who is looking for the best soil to support it and the literal lava who cools down into fertile soil for the rose to grow on, knight who have seen the world vs isolated damsel, the explicitly sexy shirtless defteros and aspros's sensual, lowkey effeminate body language, etc..

To further emphasize the way they are mutually influenced by each other, they both met another set of siblings in their gaidens. Power hungry Ursula who killed her own father, and the brainwashed but once loving Kokkalo are both parallels to Aspros, when the timid, yet surprisingly powerful Chris, who refused the call, rejecting everything she could get had she accepted her role as the Cetus Specter-immortality, power of both combat and social influence, that all she wanted is to get along with Ursula, to forgive her and loved her always, and the insanely devoted Ema, who would throw away his own life for Kokkalo, yearning for the Kokkalo in his memory, is another parallel to Defteros. The way Chris says she wants nothing but to mend her relationship with Ursula? Aspros know Defteros have the same sentiment. And in his eyes, Defteros is as small , frail and timid as Chris. In turn, Defteros always know Ema's insane devotion is what himself would've done , but like Ema, Defteros knows better it's not the real Aspros, that there is another force that controlled his brother that he could destory, to save his big brother from. The parallels are to let them say what they would say to each other with all the projection, without actually saying it to the real person.

Saga and Kanon both mind their own business, when aspros and defteros actively stalks each other,

manipulates others in order to reach each other (other than entirety of defteros gaiden happens because of Aspros, remember that Defteros did this to Dohko in mainline LC)

and are defined by each other, molded, defined, and motivated by each other, and they are happy by that, to stick with each other, that ant the end, they are together and that's what they wanted. Saga and Kanon both wanted to change the world and that's exactly why they don't get it, Aspros/Defteros only want each other and that's why they get it, even if after they're both dead.

Aspros/Defteros are the Gemini twins with the most blatant physical differences, not only there's the skin tone, but also, Defteros is larger (190 cm/90kg when Aspros is 188 cm/83 kg)

yet, they are the one who keep saying they are each other's mirror images, other halves of one full being. Aspros did think so at first, saying they are one,

but then after being corrupted, his mind was thinking he's the "original" when Defteros is his "replica", two separate beings, made separately, when Defteros thinks they're two halves of one entity instead. Clearly, the narrative shows Defteros is the one proved right with that. Aspros literally means white. And Defteros' technique literally is BLACK eruption. I was thinking of Pokemon Black White here, but inverted. Aspros is the ideal that with enough hard work, they can finally be together undisturbed, Defteros is the bitter truth that only beyond the grave they can be together.

When zodiacs is compared/ connected with tarot, Gemini corresponds with The Lovers. Aspros/ Defteros are written with this fact in mind, that they display both upright and reversed meaning of the card. The upright meaning is mutual love, harmony, correct choices, trials overcomed, values aligned, soulmates/unions, deep trust. reversed meanings is disharmony, misaligned values, bad choices resulted from recklessness and indecisiveness alike, conflict, detachment, distrust,

At first, they truly care about each other, trusting each other, with mutual goal of overcoming the idea of gemini cannot be together. Then Aspros is corrupted and changed his values, his views, and growing more detached . Defteros knows something is wrong , he keeps distrusting Aspros even if lowkey. As Asmita puts it, things happened not only because Aspros is too impatient and reckless , but also because Defteros is too indecisive to stop him. After Asmita's calls out, Defteros realizes that he is Aspros' demsel no longer and it's time for him to act, that is, to be the one who saved Aspros after Aspros saved him in the years before. he's literally that "i can fix him " character stereotype towards Aspros. Except he actually succeed. Then after their fight they literally become one, and Aspros gloating they really are soulmates.

Look at these images to see how suggestive they are/how bad they desire each other. ( in case it's not clear, Aspros is stepping on Defteros's head here, effectively pegging him, as you can see Awakening repeat the scene without the sitting part but you get it )

tldr: Saga would die for the world itself. Aspros , even in his best day, would destroy the world so that people can not shittalk defteros anymore. alternatively, you can talk about saga without kanon but you can't talk about aspros without defteros

here's some more if u wanna read more about aspros defteros https://at.tumblr.com/draceempressa/we-know-in-universe-aspros-treat-defteros-as-if/arj2fjdghkwn

also you when reading this essay probably:

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allow me to add one more dude, tsunayoshi sawada

sun/sky/flame motif? check! orange color theme? check! bonus lion/feline motif? check!

also this scene of Taichi , who balances the youthful shonen charm with the spiky hair, and eloquent, mature man vibe kinda reminds me to

Tsuna's hot Italian ancestor Giotto, granted at this stage he's full blown mature leader when even at the ripe age of 24 Taichi is stilll transitioning into that diplomatic negotiatior, but still, you got me.

Something I am losing sleep over. What if Taichi from Digimon and Sora from Kingdom Hearts switched hairstyles?

Is there even a difference?!

Augggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

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depends, is this normal horror with stabby stabby literal death and splats of gore ? then taichi or yamato goes first bc they're impulsive

but if this is psychological horror with your own greatest fear and the part of you that you hates the most taking a form of your mirror image and constantly gaslight you about it, making your grasp of identity waver like perfect blue, persona, black swan, or silent hill, then hands down jou and sora bc well they are fast to give in to social expectations instead of clinging to their own identity

haven't posted a digipoll that makes me question the fandom's choices in a while so here's some food for thought

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keep telling yourself that

I feel people forgot to point out, as much as loving and wholesome the Brodia family was, their dynamic is also like this:

Morion: Boys it's 4pm time to invade Elusia

Diamant: FATHER NO

Alcryst: FATHER YES

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i admit, i wasn't thinking about yuu. I don!t care about game yuu at all. my enjoyment come from putting myself on the audience seat, not on the stage, as because anytime I'm actually involved and not just observant, my brain cease to function. Though, I do care for the manga yuus, as they have established looks, personality, even the consistent countering of the book's ob char, or the consistent death symbolism in their names. ( still waiting for manga yuu that references spiderlily and izanami , considering malleus masquerade and rollo groovy did show that flower)

There are many scarier things to consider, like how 3rd year prefect all not only have op um, but also op in terms of socioeconomic power, it's yana toboso, the classism gotta be bad, other than the possible racism, oe possibly poaching and consume fellow sapient races, etc. but matters regarding yuu flies off my head as I deliberately turn off my brain about yuu. I do not want to relate to fictional characters, it ruins my enjoyment , even my ability to think.

Going back to Crowley, I am still holding on to the theory Crowley is Levan AND Vil is Meleanor's reincarnation and Crowley is trying to bring back Meleanor, which in other words, "killing" Vil's current self , no matter how, so his soul go back to being Meleanor, It is still death in a way, as we have seen despite the many death symbolisms in twst, especially book 6 and 7, it's not always literal.

I just realized that TW is not just psychological, it’s flat out psychological horror. 

Like, not just overblot design/monster is scary, but the idea beyond it. Imagine turned into a monster because of excess negative energy such as stress. “but Overblot can be stopped” yeah, remember what Crowley said about Overblots. Once you overblot, even if people can stop you for the first time, you are not free from the next chances of overblots. If anything, it’s even more easier for you  to overblot again after you overblot once.It’s basically a chronic illness that can never be permanently cured. The tips is basically stay happy? yeah,  we know how impossible is that. and if you have someone else to save you at your first overblot… what’s the chances they are there again when you overblot again ? 

Apparently, putting psychological horror  is approved by Disney,as long it’s not explicit gore, much like dark concept with no explicit blood is fine as with Kingdom Hearts shows us.

And it’s Yana Toboso, of course it’s bishie feast as much as it is gothic horror.

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brocon means brother complex bruh.... maoujou hades coddles poseidon in the tsun yet overbearing firstborn way, when zeus also want the brotherly bond.

record of ragnarok hades joins the fight to avenge poseidon and can't shut up about how precious he is,

idia being twisted from disney hades never forgive himself for ortho's death and I say all this as the blood sibling enthusiast

though honestly that hades reminds me to...

saint seiya thanatos instead, unserious, have a penchant for souls, yet so cruel despite the constant unserious-ness.

hypnos: y r u stupid

thanatos:smh ur no fun with all that planning and nagging

hypnos: smh this is ur mess. clean it by urself

though, while they are twins even in their real bodies, they actually take their sweet time to look for vessel that looks like themselves and choose actual twins as their vessels, strongly identify themselves as twins and make it carries on even to their vessels. man..

in the end, thanatos did got defeated , but in the disturbingly, twisted way of fondness, Hypnos speak of Thanatos's defeat like he just stubbed and tripped himself on the road, hoping that he will finally learn his lesson, but also, believed one day they will meet again anyway, which is why the long time and the defeat seems trivial to him.

tho not like sts hades poseidon lacks Sibling Moment

hades: lol u got rekt

poseidon: so do you. wdyw?

hades: imma revive ur generals so protect the earth for me to rule later k. bye.

for whatever reason there Japan really likes to make characters based on Hades extra brocon (and that's putting it nicely) lately

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dude i'm also a kingdom hearts fan. I know disney can get dark, sora commits su1cid3 in first kingdom hearts game and later games have creepier final stages and the concept of nobody and heartless are also disturbing. still, while you mentioned frollo,neither twst or kh got as sexual as him despite the chance to be more persona-like, especially book 5 have the chance to have sexual connotation as it deals with the entertainment world.

I just realized that TW is not just psychological, it’s flat out psychological horror. 

Like, not just overblot design/monster is scary, but the idea beyond it. Imagine turned into a monster because of excess negative energy such as stress. “but Overblot can be stopped” yeah, remember what Crowley said about Overblots. Once you overblot, even if people can stop you for the first time, you are not free from the next chances of overblots. If anything, it’s even more easier for you  to overblot again after you overblot once.It’s basically a chronic illness that can never be permanently cured. The tips is basically stay happy? yeah,  we know how impossible is that. and if you have someone else to save you at your first overblot… what’s the chances they are there again when you overblot again ? 

Apparently, putting psychological horror  is approved by Disney,as long it’s not explicit gore, much like dark concept with no explicit blood is fine as with Kingdom Hearts shows us.

And it’s Yana Toboso, of course it’s bishie feast as much as it is gothic horror.

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this reminds me to my favorite oc, a man with actual powers of ice , fire ( scientificially reverse engineered molecular deceleration property of ice magic to accelerate it instead, thus fire magic) , lightning and light,(going further from controlling plasma of fire to controlling lightning and light) who literally have skin so cold like touching ice but also explosive temper that can get mad at anything in literal seconds. Have a positive idealism, genuinely wished everyone can be best version of themselves, but often the brutal honesty and ignorance of other's limit that he never hold back , regardless it's tutoring or actual fighting, the drill sergeant personality can be seen as insensitive and off putting in others's eyes , despite the desire to develop others's potential, to make a better world. Very strict with all the screaming and hitting someone as well brutal training, almost never be able to be gentle bc toxic masculinity , always so directly confrontational and hardly have any tact like the sun directly burns everything in its path as opposed to the gentle moonlight, despite his looks screams off beauty of the moon. always supportive, but never empathetic, not the gentle moonlight his mother named him off, that it backfires spectacularly and burns everything in his path despite his genuine desire to help develop and preserve people. peak toxic positivity, his "motivations" only bring people further down, especially to ppl who are already depressed or feeling they are so close to giving up. Have ridiculuoisly high standard for others that only few could stand beside him despite his long life. This very personality and his physical beauty also, literally so blindingly beautiful people couldn't do things right after the sight of him, even if he is not a vampire, ironically, no mirror could properly reflect that personality and face without getting disintegrated first. even better that in east asia cultures suns are often titles for emperors (when moon is for queens/empresses) and many emperors are tyrants. The man likes to admit or not he IS a tyrant. But he will never realize it himself. For no mirror can reflect him properly without getting disintegrated, literally and figuratively. Yet, despite the long life, high position and thus the man have seen so many reason to be corrupt, to give up, he remain so idealistic for 1500 years,precisely for someone had to be the sun who fights off the corrupt elites for the people.He can only remain so violent and strict because otherwise, if he's soft, he would long be gone, consumed by despair ,controlled by others bc softness, or fade to the background, bc how corrupt the world is. That this strictness is necessary for emperors who carry themselves with symbols of the sun. even if the weak will die from thr drought it caused. Ironically had it not for the light bending ice mist barriers he had spent years to perfect, he too would be disintegrated in the sunlight just like any other vampires would, despite the shameless, so "i am me" personality that willingly walks under the sunlight of people's attention, absolutely refusing to stay in the shadows and take all eyes on himself.

Big fan of sun motifs in characters not necessarily being about positivity and happiness and how they're so " bright and warm" but instead being about fucking brutal they are.

Radiant. A FORCE of nature that will turn you to ash. That warmth that burns so hot it feels like ice. Piercing yellow and red and white. A character being a Sun because you cannot challenge a Sun without burning alive or taking everything down with them if victorious.

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Big fan of sun motifs in characters not necessarily being about positivity and happiness and how they're so " bright and warm" but instead being about fucking brutal they are.

Radiant. A FORCE of nature that will turn you to ash. That warmth that burns so hot it feels like ice. Piercing yellow and red and white. A character being a Sun because you cannot challenge a Sun without burning alive or taking everything down with them if victorious.

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If ND goldies are involved in G series, I certainly hope LC ones are involved in DW

I mean

( context: they were looking at their respective older twins and their gaze is like THAT)

some more:

also the most blatant one

Seirim called Shoichiro and Sojiro "fate breakers". The only Gemini pair that is actively breaking fate is Aspros and Defteros.

After all, DW is hardly subtle about the fact Sojiro is the deuteragonist.

or this

DW make it clear that the armors inhabit souls and memories of the previous wielders.

I am really curious about what will actual LC chars have to say im DW....

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crazy theory for the day: Vil is Meleanor's reincarnation

So I read these theory about Vil's parallels with Meleanor and how he somehow connects to Crowley/book 7 pomefiore element ,and I suddenly think what if Crowley is obsessed with Vil because Vil is Meleanor?

Okay, I know this sounds crazy, but stay for a while.

Usually, in dorm uniform banners, the character names have effect corresponding their characteristic on their names, like tentacles for Azul or lightning for Sebek. With all the poison and peacock motif, you think it's the effect Vil will get for his name, but no, neither.... instead, he got thorn motif. Nobody fits thorn motif more than Malleus in the game, yet Malleus himself got dragon form spikes for his name special effects in his dorm banner.

This is despite if you have Malleus cards, his title refers to his thorn element and not to the dragon side.

So what's the deal with Vil having thorn special effect? that exactly is the question here.

Crowley isn't the only ones with eyes on Vil, Malleus does too. Malleus trust Vil , enough to ask his help for making a halloween costume design, to get chummy and tease Vil about he lives off the Pomefiore's motto in ch 5 and 6, and. In turn, Vil is the only dorm head who always remembers Malleus in every meeting.

Remember when the bday cards there was a question about moving to other dorms? And Vil picks Diasomnia. Because they had faes. So he does have inclinations towards faes.

Vil also have similar personality with Meleanor. Strict, prideful, ruthless, violent, yet can turn smothering in a drop of hat. Like Meleanor turns motherly to egg Malleus after she spams thunder to the royal guards, Vil too, after he admonishes Rook, Epel and Yuu fot being reckless, going into STYX, he also hugs and kissed them several seconds after.

Another noteworthy thing come from Halloween event is that, Vil is strong enough to make barriers that can protect against Malleus. Chapter 6 exacerbates this, with Idia calling Vil a tank, a defensive unit in gaming. Then in another card, he mentioned he never got any magical training before NRC. He is just simply born with that large defensive mana pool. Remember, faes have more mana than humans. Meleanor also died in attempt to stall time to let Lilia escape with egg Malleus. An attempt to protect.

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random thought:personas if one were to make persona au out of twst

vil: lucrezia ( as in, lucrezia borgia) >wu zetian

idia:oddyseus>hades

malleus:pendragon (king arthur's surname) >albion (old other name for britain, in many fictions, a gigantic white dragon) (if you were to focus on his dragon part)

if you were to focus on his witch/fae part: medea>morgan le fay

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lmaoooo the way katsuya is in the front when maya is in the background. with the placement you think the mc are katsuya and tatsuya not maya and tatsuya . shinshu ueda haven't changed from 25 years ago . that woman still loves brotherly bonds. especially angst. with twins.

Media - ペルソナ2 ～罪が与えし罰～ 下巻 [Eng]

Title: 罪が与えし罰 (Punishment given by Sin) Volume: 下巻 (Second Volume) Written by: 南原 順 (Jun Nanbara) Illustrations by: 上田信舟 (Shinshu Ueda) Publisher: Square Enix/G-Fantasy Novels (Label) Summary: The story follows from the first volume. Except this time, instead of being specifically character-focused, it follows a bigger narrative, involving many other characters to expand on the worldbuilding of the world of Persona 2. The focus still revolves around the same of the first volume (Tatsuya, Katsuya, Maya and Ulala, Nanjo) but this volume mentions Lisa Silverman, Jun Kashihara, Eriko Kirishima, Noriko Katayama and Chizuru Ishigami. This is the second and final part of the two novels. The first novel can be found here

Google Drive link (Included in the folder are: The translation PDF, scans of the cover and the illustrations inside the novel in 600dpi resolution, and credit pages present in the novel) Personal Note:

Merry Christmas!

I'm sorry that it took me this long to finish the second volume. But I can assure, that it's definitely worth the wait. I recommend this one a lot, it contains a lot of interesting details that otherwise aren't shown or said in the games. I wanted to get this novel done specifically for christmas, so I did my best to get it finished! It's also much more text heavy than the previous one, although not by too much. The first novel serves as an introduction, setting up the groundwork as to "what's next to come", so the Tatsuya of then was still the one native to This Side. This second novel, as Tatsuya's already awakened, is a bit more in-line with the game Tatsuya. If you're curious to see more of Tatsuya in that way, I'd recommend reading this novel. Of course, reading both is best. It may not be necessary to read both, but it enhances the experience specially if you care about the characters. Now finally, I hope everyone can get to enjoy these novels for the first time.

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adding this one from the beginning for personal reference

Taichi Yagami/Tai Kamiya and Agumon - Over the years picspam

1st pic = Taichi Yagami/Tai Kamiya and Agumon in Digimon Adventure

2nd pic = Taichi Yagami/Tai Kamiya and Agumon in Digimon Adventure 02

3rd pic = Taichi Yagami/Tai Kamiya and Agumon in Digimon Adventure Tri

4th, 5th and 6th pics = Taichi Yagami/Tai Kamiya and Agumon in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

7th and 8th pics = Taichi Yagami/Tai Kamiya as an adult in the epilogue of Digimon Adventure 02

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Focalor starts dancing as she's barefooted and dressed in white, in opera surrounded by water, for a water dragon, dies as she recovers the dragon's rightful authority, urge the dragon to find his own future after guiding thd dragon to certain degree, hm...

me: hmmm... that looks familiar.....

Even this sounds like what Focalor would sang to Neuvillette (this is the official one, but even the fan remix by AmaLee also still fits):

You are the ocean's gray waves, destined to seek

Life beyond the shore just out of reach

Yet the waters ever change, flowing like time

The path is yours to climb

In the white light, a hand reaches through

A double-edged blade cuts your heart in two

Waking dreams fade away,

Embrace the brand-new day

Sing with me a song of birthrights and love

The light scatters to the sky above

Dawn breaks through the gloom, white as a bone

Lost in thoughts all alone

You are the ocean's gray waves, destined to seek

Life beyond the shore just out of reach

Yet the waters ever change, flowing like time

The path is yours to climb

Embrace the dark you call a home,

Gaze upon an empty, white throne

A legacy of lies,A familiar disguise

Sing with me a song of conquest and fate

The black pillar cracks beneath its weight

Night breaks through the day, hard as a stone

Lost in thoughts all alone

The path you walk on belongs to destiny, just let it flow

All of your joy and your pain will fall like the tide, let it flow

Life is not just filled with happiness, or sorrow

Even the thorn in your heart, in time it may become a rose

A burdened heart sinks into the ground

A veil falls away without a sound

Not day nor night, wrong nor right

For truth and peace you fight

Sing with me a song of silence and blood

The rain falls, but can't wash away the mud

Within my ancient heart dwells madness and pride

Can no one hear my cry

You are the ocean's gray waves, destined to seek

Life beyond the shore, just out of reach

Yet the waters ever change, flowing like time

The path is yours to climb

You are the ocean's gray waves

In endless dreams, countless realms collide

Hope falls only to rise like the changing tide

But all dreams come to an end,

Just whispers on the wind.

Sing with me one last time, for light's sacrifice,

Endless dawn came but not without a price,

Lost in the waves there glimmers a pale blue stone.

I think of you, all alone.

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people have brought up the right side so I gotta bring the left side uo

from here

Though, I think this not only about what he is, but also, what he has faced.

Warning for spoiler and discussion about racism/discrimination

So, it's revealed that not only Neuvillette is the hydro sovereign, but also, in his early days in fontaine, people were so racist and did not accept him and the melusines initially.

But, despite all the hostility, despite how much he weeps about it that it makes rain, even when he lowered his face in sorrow, even if he do feel shame for unable to save Carola and Vautrin, he isn't feeling any shame for what he is, dragon in human form, despite he do feel confusion. And thus, despite the regret of not saving the two, despite the conflict until finally Melusines are accepted, he never pretended to be human, openly use his power without fake vision, other than he proud of he is, also because, you don't get rid of discrimination by pretending you're the same.

the basis of discrimination is inability to accept difference, and thus, how are you expect the other party to respect that difference if they don't even know you're actually different? Perhaps Neuvillette wants to believe, coexistence is possible, not only between humans and melusines, but also with dragons. And thus, he keep holding in to his current identity as dragon, never to pretend to be human (even if he never say word per word he's the dragon except to traveler, he does show his sovereign traits like his obsession with water) wishing for the day to come (spoiler: the day have come, people in fontaine adored him and melusines and wriothesley have to spelled it out for him)

Which is why he wheezed at Zhongli and Venti. It's like "how do you expect me to respect you when you don't even respect your own identity?You disrespect yourself so much you even pretend to be other species?" , as it's not just about how visions and gnosis are borrowed powers.

On the other hand, he has come to respect actual vision users as their desire, perseverance, and their traumas eventually manifest into visions, and thus he can respect all that trauma, unyieldingness, and desire, just like his own traumas and failures, while doesn't give him his powers as they are innate to him as sovereign, does shape the current him, and even he still has long way to go, and he knows it, and he respect that human growth, and come to respect visions as manifestation of that growth, even if he does hate Celestia as a sovereign would.

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did anyone say LAND VS SEA

did anyone say PRIMORDIAL SEA

i honestly think zhongli fits as zygarde better bc order but eh this works too