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when you play otome games set in historical time periods with real life historical figures as LIs and then get asked how do you know so much about a warlord from 1500s japan

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OK I'll be using @colonel-pip-squeak for my Love and Deepspace posts ♡

After going through my old Ikerev posts, I miss the amount of kaomoji I used to use! Life felt so much more lighthearted back then lol So I'm going to try to get back into those good old vibes~

Tempted to make a new sideblog just for all my Love and Deepspace obsessing 🤔 yes/no?

Although this has been my otome sideblog for years. I still adore Edgar, he's still my best boy and I'll never change this blog's identity, but it feels a little bit disrespectful towards his memory to fangirl over other men to this degree 😂

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CALEB and his bionic arm

as a bleach painted hoodie ◡̈

SHOP: if you would like to own one ♡

p.s. thank you to everyone who helped with this design, you’re a real one and I love you ♡ ♡ ♡

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HELLO NEW BIG FAV(≖ ͜ʖ≖)

Tagging @shiranata, @be-my-prince, @saizoswifey and @otohoe

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“Lying, deceiving, and killing– I never batted an eye at the thought. I didn’t feel anything. That is– until I met you.” [Edgar’s Route]

Edgar in Lancelot’s Route 2/?

(Warning these posts could contain spoilers of any and all other routes!)

I like to think of this as the Gone-In-60-Seconds scene. Efficiency, thy name is Edgar Bright!

An important aspect here is how Alice isn’t afraid of Edgar. She’s not afraid but she is unnerved. Right away she observes how his smile “is off,” which is a strange thing to say about someone she’s met only once before. Keep in mind her first impression of him when they met in the Garden was “Edgar seems nice.” (Although Jonah was putting her in handcuffs at the time so “nice” is relative, but I digress!) She also notes in the alleyway about how his “seemingly calm smile sent a shiver down [her] spine.”

A sad but important truth we are witnessing is this is Claudius’s Edgar at his most polished. Recall how Claudius, in Edgar’s route, kidnaps Alice by using a trap to lure her to him. He has something she wants and she comes willingly. More than that, she even feels sympathy for Claudius, a nice older gentleman, for having such a terrible nephew. (Woe is her when all is revealed.)

Edgar here has nothing Alice wants and so, by comparison, his strategy lacks finesse. At least at first glance. He literally drags Alice off the street and into an alleyway. This is followed-up by an invitation to join the Red Army. This invite is a pleasantry at best. What we have here is the Gentle Demon at play. He knows what she thinks of the Red Army (nothing good) and he knows she is bound to refuse. And so the scene flows like a dance. (Edgar mentioned before his skills were getting rusty, but I ask you: where!?) He moves smoothly to threaten the Black Army soldier and announce he’ll take Alice by force instead.

Claudius, in Edgar’s route, goes from gentle to rough with Alice once he has her. Once the pleasantries have run their course, he shoves a gag in her mouth. He binds her wrists and legs, showing how little he wants to bother dealing with her further. She becomes a package for delivery. Just as Edgar kidnaps Alice for Lancelot, Claudius kidnaps Alice for Amon. But while Amon needs Alice alive for his research, Alice is useless to the Red Army as a tool. She is only a threat. As such, kidnapping or killing Alice would have the same result: the Red Army’s continued prosperity.

If the mission had come from Claudius instead, this scene could have ended very differently.

But Lancelot orders Edgar not to kill her. Lancelot is the key in sparing both Alice and Edgar from a horrific moment. Edgar holds onto his king’s order, holds onto it enough that he even shares it with Alice and the Black Army soldier.

This is also the turning point. Edgar very tactfully has created the want Alice needs, the want he didn’t have in order to persuade her when all of this began: her desire to keep the Black Army soldier safe. With her own safety guaranteed, she hands herself over to protect another. With her kindness manipulated, Alice thus falls for the same trap used by Claudius.

And yet what we see here is how Edgar is the opposite of his uncle. Edgar enters this scene roughly but emerges with Alice held gently in his care. He admits in his own route how he doesn’t feel anything about lying, killing, or deceiving, but we see he escapes this whole situation without having to do any of those. He doesn’t deceive Alice with false kindness, he never lies about his intentions, and no one is killed in this pursuit.

“That’s more like it,” Edgar says when Alice announces she’ll go with him at last, because she shows she’s exactly the type of person he expected her to be.

And she’s exactly the type of person he likes being around.

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5 years ago, Ikemen Revolution used Edgar to prepare me for Caleb in Love and Deepspace (˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

Another Love story event be like–

Edgar in Edgar’s route: Please don’t touch my hands. I’m sinful and, if I express my love for you, I’ll make you dirty.

Cybird: Hey! You know what might suit this guy?

Me: The power of friendship, TLC from his Alice, and some healthy therapy?

Cybird: Incest

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First Edgar doodle ♡

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Zero:

yes you are innocent in your own way edgar! innocent until proven guilty! 😆💕

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🍬 Sweets treats makes people feel better 🍭

Zero carries around lollipops for others but never seems to eat them himself. He seeks relief by offering relief because he wants to be someone who can help people. He chooses his words carefully and puts in the effort each and every time. Considering his already sweet demeanor, he’s still trying to overcome a past where his outstretched hand was frequently rejected. A sweet treat can offer something more when his kindness and words are still found wanting.

Harr knows firsthand the effect a sweet treat can have on someone. Loki, with his upsetting childhood, still needs a lot of comfort even as an adult. Harr gained experience by making sweets for him over the years. Harr’s smile gentles as he acknowledges the benefits of sweet treats as a more universal truth. They aren’t to be saved for only when times are rough–they are an important part of the day. Any day.

Edgar snacks all day because they taste good and make him feel better. His boredom is tied to his loneliness, both of which are constants. Eating too many sweets looks unhealthy and gets him chastised, however, and so he takes to eating them in secret. And yet he finds happiness in sharing–he offers often–although Lancelot and Alice are the only ones who dare indulge alongside him. But his candy turns tasteless when he looses his grip. Sweet treats are only a relief, not a cure.

Lancelot has accepted the state of his life and won’t find relief until his fight reaches its end. He has lost touch with himself and others in his self-isolation. His candy dealer, however, is an expert in finding the rarest of the rare sweet treats to catch his interest. And yet Lancelot keeps these indulgences a secret, just as he keeps everything else a secret. But by eating such treats, he becomes a little closer to those around him–and there is a moment’s reprieve in knowing what’s it like to be like be a common person, eating a rare milk-flavored gummy lion for the first time and being concerned with nothing else. These simple treats are also a reminder of what he is fighting to protect: the people who enjoy them.

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Tempted to make a new sideblog just for all my Love and Deepspace obsessing 🤔 yes/no?

Although this has been my otome sideblog for years. I still adore Edgar, he's still my best boy and I'll never change this blog's identity, but it feels a little bit disrespectful towards his memory to fangirl over other men to this degree 😂

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──── 𝑹𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑿 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬

╰ 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒃 LOVE AND DEEPSPACE

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This cutie patootie apple 🍎 !!

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He's really just going to be cute all the time, huh? I'm going to open the game each day and be confronted by his cute face and his cute voice and his cute clothes and his cute date invitations? This is my life now??? Thank God 🙏

I actually had no interest in the Cutie Cutie hairpiece until Caleb arrived, because I thought it would look particularly ridiculous and adorable on him + be Caleb/MC backstory related 🤭 I'm glad I wasn't wrong

Caleb braiding my hair for me though 💕

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LADS react to your failed homemade chocolate for them! Happy Val's Day!

It's Valentine's day! So you decided to make them a homemade chocolate or other baked goods for your beloved.. but no matter how hard you try, turns out making a chocolate is not easy... how would they react to it?

Sylus, Xavier, Rafayel, Zayne, Caleb

Sylus

His trademark raised eyebrow is on full display right now seeing his kitchen a big mess and you covered in flour, chocolates, and.. are those strawberry jams? He hopes so.

Mephisto is EXHAUSTED because you used him all day to look up for tutorials and recipes and every single one he had to witness yet another fail.

"This tastes... different than the ones I would usually buy." "Just say you hate it!!!" "Hate it? No no no. This is.. amazing! What do you mean it's burnt? It's so good! So so so good!"

Xavier

Eats it with no problem at ALL. Doesn't even bat an eye.

"So.. what do you think?" "It's good." "But.. it's all.. burnt.." "Oh yeah, they taste like the ones I made." "Sorry?" "Yeah you should try the ones I gave you. They taste almost the same yet yours have more sweetness."

You. Were. Scared. To. Try. His. But your beloved worked so hard on it! So why not try it!? Another trip to the ER would be worth it if it's for your beloved!!

Rafayel

TEARED. UP.

"Do you hate me?" "What?" "You hate me and you want me to die. So you decide to poison me?!" "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" "I CAN UNDERSTAND THE BETRAYAL. BUT DOING IT ON VALENTINE'S DAY?" "OK YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE BRAT-"

You end up having to share HIS homemade beautifully designed chocolate with him because he's not gonna eat your batch...

Zayne

He was really silent.

"So? How is it? I know it's a bit burnt but-" "It's okay. It's.. good." "Zayne, you don't have to lie.." "Why would I lie to you? I love these. I'm gonna cherish these and put it somewhere out of anyone's reach for their own safety- I mean, so I can look at it when I miss you."

He took you to a chocolate making class the next day. You know he likes his sweets DIABETIC.

Caleb

This man ate your wasabi sandwich without batting an eye. You think a little burnt dessert is gonna stop him?

"Caleb I know it's bad you don't have to keep eating it-" "What are you saying! It's not bad! Plus it's good, I need to train my stomach. It's been awhile since I ate your homemade food! Is there any left?" "CALEB STOP EATING IT PLEASE"

You had to pry his hands off of the baked goods because he would Not stop. Puppy wants to appreciate your effort!!! Okay!!! 😭🥺 He gives you his own batch and they're sooooooooooo good you almost didn't believe it's homemade, but it's Caleb, so of course he's annoyingly good at everything he does. 🙄

Happy Val's Day, everybaaa!! Thank you so much for every support, likes, reblogs, comments, asks you have given me! I really appreciate it! 🥰

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