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Heres the updated version with her horns.

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I have more art

I forgot to add the rest of the peircings low key so let's ignore that

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The Complexities of Optimism.

...Let me be dramatic for a sec. This is a Matthew analysis and how the portrayal of his optimism is actually a breath of fresh air.

I would describe the most basic archetype that Matthew embodies is the "Comedic Relief" archetype, though I argue that he doesn't fall into the typical box of one. Usually they would fall into two categories, man child and depression however Matthew is neither. He's quite mature when you look past the silliness of his actions.

When Mika confronted is with 5 strangers, he is the only one to apologize for his actions and not invade her boundaries in some way. That shows an underrated level of humility and social awareness. And even the making of Simon, while it didn't go completely right, was made from good intentions. He didn't touch her (or encourage someone to do so, I am looking at you James) as he probably figured she's been through enough.

He also shows a similar amount of maturity when Diana taunts him by saying that Mika would never love him back, and he says "I don't mind, I care for her." His love is selfless, not born of the expectation for reciprocation.

In the second game, we see him hold a steady job and still keep that comforting energy when Mika has a nightmare, telling her that he was going to hug her, giving her time to say no instead of just going in for a hug.

Matthew is very mature yet he's still optimistic. He's not faking it or lying to himself. He's not secretly depressed. (although he does hold some resentment for James, more on that later) His optimism doesn't make him childish and the people who call him childish are portrayed as being immature themselves or just wrong.

Erik and James call him childish and they're being framed as bullies, the servant makes fun of his frame but he's piggish and cruel, Diana calls him "The child" but she's the main antagonist.

But there is one time where he does genuinely act immature and that's when he hides his resentment of his brothers' treatment of him and his jealousy of James. This ends up causing a weakness in his mind that was just big enough to let Aezera control him until Mika snaps him out of it. The one time he acts uncharacteristically stubborn and childish is the time he does what most "mature" depressed characters do, hide secrets away from loved ones.

That is so refreshing for optimism and immaturity to not be seen as synonymous. Matthew's mature because he's emotionally open and emotionally intelligent. Life often tells kids and teens that growing up means losing the kindness and happiness that we had as kids. That to grow up means to act straight laced and be emotionally unavailable, at least in public. But Matthew is a great example of how you can be genuinely happy and mature.

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Repunzal au! Aron plus the referenced photo

Fun fact. Aron has a combination of brown and blonde lashes. The ones she picked out as a child grew back as brown/black (she had a bad habit of this for a while) and the ones that fall out naturally grow out blonde.

The brown streaks areeee

1. Peices she picked out, which grew out brown

2. She cut strands to piss off the mother gothel stand in (her grandma in this au). She literally would find a random strand and cut it when mother gothel was being bitch. She even found peices way at the bottom of her hair sometimes so the length wouldn't get too uneven. It's not like she could trim the rest.

3. The strand the mother gothel stand in attempted to cut, like in the beginning of the tangled movie

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How the Incubi Would Try To Impress their Crush

James:

Will try to show off his intelligence

Honestly, becomes a bit of a try hard and know-it-all. He doesn’t mean to come off like that, he just tried really hard to dazzle them with his wits

Will do research on things they’re interested in to be able to have conversations with them

He’ll pay attention to what they like and give them small gifts that reminded him of them

Will try to joke with them to show he actually has a sense of humor

Erik:

He’ll still put on his flirtatious act occasionally, but with a crush, he’ll try to drop it more to show he’s an actual genuine person

Will want hang out with them a lot to learn about their interests, not just hear about it, he’ll want to experience with you

Will play original songs for them on the piano. If they suggest a song he doesn’t know, he’ll learn it just to he able to play it for them

He’ll offer any advice he can on fashion to help try to make sure his crush feels as amazing as he sees them

Sam:

He’ll help out with any physical task (lifting heavy objects, running errands with them)

Will try to work out in front of them to try to show off his strength

He’ll sit and listen to whatever they wanna talk about. If they’re ranting, he’ll sit there and won’t say a word unless they ask him to. He’ll fully just listen and let you talk

Will do any favor you ask. If his crush wanted to test out makeup on him, try different hairstyles on him, ask him to make a funny video with them, etc, he’ll act annoyed, but he’ll do it no questions if it’ll make them happy

Matthew:

Will volunteer to help with anything they need

Will make them all of their favorite treats and will even bake them new recipes based on what they like

Is always trying to make them smile and laugh. If there’s even the slightest frown on their face, he’s rushing to see if something’s wrong and trying to cheer them up

Will summon or create small toys or plushies of things they like

Damien:

He’ll just want to be around them all the time

Will offer to do anything with them (watching movies, running erands, cooking, etc) He’ll just want to be physically close to them

Doesn’t necessarily flirt, but he’ll make sure to always compliment them, and he’ll do it with a lot of detail to make sure his crush knows how much he means it

He’s very chill, so he makes sure to let his crush know that they can always be themselves around him and he’ll like it no matter what. They can come to him with any interest or problem they might be going through and he’ll always be interested. He wants to see them as happy as can be

Hey! So sorry for not posting for so long! Life has gotten the better of me lately😓. That on top of writer’s block, I’ve been so busy and have had no idea what to write. But I missed the games so I thought I’d just attempt some simple headcanons to hopefully get back in the swing of things. This is my first time writing again in months so sorry if it’s not my best work, but I hope y’all enjoy these! I’ll do my best to post more than once a century from here on out!😭

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Aomaris's first gift

Oh my little Aomaris, my dear little boy. If I had known what you'd be turned in to, I would've fought. I would have cradled you in my arms, like I did when you were born, and I would have run away. I would have traded my life for yours.

My little flower.

I didn't know it at the time, what that helmet meant. I look back on it now and feel my heart and body burn with anger. Hatred at myself for being so foolish, so blind.

I don't know where you are now. You disappeared, along with your brothers. I hope you're safe. Loved. Most of all I pray that you one day find it in your heart to forgive me.

Love,

Mom

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Tattoos 😍

Have some art!

I drew these goobers for funzies a little while back and just realized I forgot to post it. This is heavily referenced with permission from @nelcorecreations version of this. Please go check out her version it's peak

And the next one is yet another drawing of this icon who's owned by @new-tella-us

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Aron stop looking at me like that! 🫣😳

Here's some art for yall

First off. Reverse au aron x james!!! Of course, full credit to @new-tella-us for this fire ass James design and helping me come up with a dress for aron on the James route

Second one is slightly spicy so it's below the cut.

This one isn't route specific or anything. Just aron looking at her incubus

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Decided to draw the Matthew route goobers @nelcorecreations edition!

Technically the MC isn't Mika but her twin Rika but yall get it.

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I got fresh trauma! :D

New AU time! For now I'm gunna call it "Sands of Destiny"

In this AU a few different things happen. Diana eventually managed to get into contact with James, probably via the marriage. During James's visit to the Lilith Kingdom, Diana discusses a way to put an end to the Demon Lord as his spiraling has gotten so bad that they aren't certain that marriage and James taking the throne will make things better.

The problem with this plan however is that it does require James to "die" aka, his soul can be put into another body but general control of that body will always remain with the original user of the body. James agrees to this plan and the two kinda scheme how they're going to kill the Demon Lord.

So long story short, James leads the DL to the planned location, both of them get killed, the Eastern Kingdom at large is told that Princess Ezaeur killed them both.

Generally, it's a net positive. Lilith kingdom remains safe, Diana is free to marry whoever she wants, the Eastern kingdom is ruled by a MUCH more competent leader and with Erik as the new ruler, his teachings taught him that war would never end well so there is no attack from the Eastern Kingdom.

Meanwhile witch Mika finds this baby in her lawn with striking golden eyes.

The boys are devastated over the loss of their eldest brother. Each represent a different stage of grief.

Erik is denial. Or more accurately, the denial of emotions that masks as acceptance if you don't let yourself grieve.

Sam is anger; he wants revenge. Revenge for the brother he felt like died too soon.

Matthew is depression. There was so much he wanted to say to his brother but now he'll never get the chance and it's eating him up inside.

Damien is bargaining. He'd do anything to turn back the clock and get James back. Even if it meant giving up the new jump in status he got as a result of the Demon Lord's death.

And technically, James himself is acceptance. He accepted his death long ago and came to terms with it. For a few days there, he even let himself slack off knowing it wouldn't matter.

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Hey Matty, would you ever be fine with someone patting your head? Your hair looks very fluffy!

Sure! Go ahead! I like head pats, heh

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Demon queen aron? Demon queen aron.

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Blue Baptism

New AU time! And it's tragic!

The new AU in the art chat is called Blue Baptism and it's a Matthew specific AU however it can be used for the other boys.

The premise comes from an older Seduce Me Situations ask I made over the theoretical situation of "What if Mika was dying and the boy of choice was her only lifeline?" and my answer for Matthew is, if possible, he would summon an angel to heal her, even if it meant baptizing her and even if it mean sacrificing his life for it.

In this AU, Mika has been healed but her memories have been totally wiped and all she was left was her name and a yellow jacket she's attached to for a reason that not even she knows. She feels incomplete like something, or someone, is missing.

About a year later, she's 23 and living with her parents again, she doesn't remember them but they feel vaguely familiar so she let them help her. Where are the boys? They couldn't stay in her life. She doesn't remember them and all they can really think about when they see her with their brother's jacket is the brother they no longer have.

One day, Mika enters Erik's boutique hearing about the fact that he's a tailor. She asked him if he would be willing to tailor her favorite jacket since it has a hole in it and her father is talking about getting rid of it. She doesn't know how painful that request is for Erik. To fix up Matthew's jacket but having to give it back to her. For obvious reasons, a part of him wants to say no or wants to keep it but neither would be the right thing to do so he accepts the offer, no matter how much it hurts his soul.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Abyssal Plains, a woman cries. She cries out in pain, in sorrow. But most of all, she cries out for revenge. Revenge against the human who took her son away from her.

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Slightly spicy wip below the cut of sammy and Aron (no nudity tho or anything)

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Sam! My boy! I loveee drawing him so much, these are his designs from when he was in the demon world and after coming to the human world. You know the drill. Headcannons!

in the demon world, Sam was basically a gladiator. Someone who fought other demons and creatures for the entertainment of others.

this was mainly his father's idea. The demon lord was quite proud that Sam took on the most brute qualities and wanted to show it off. The demon lord challenged all who dared to try and defeat his third born son

Sam soon learned that loosing a fight carried some severe consequences, being starved, isolated and made to train until his body no longer functioned. Sam became basically conditioned to be the perfect mindless fighter.

Sam and Damien both have the most estranged relationships with their brothers, both having been isolated the most. They don't exactly bond over that fact but they do understand each other the most when it comes to being overwhelmed and put out by too much social interaction.

Once the boys get to the human world and Sam's relationships with his brothers start developing, Sam comes too deeply love his brothers. He doesn't show it a lot....or at all most of the time.

BUT! he does love them dearly and is very protective of them. Luckily for the boys, he's not protective in the way that James tends to be. He absolutely does not try to stop them from doing stupid shit or acts fatherly, he does protect them from the consequences of doing said stupid shit. Either by lying, using his powers or just straight up punching someone.

Sam and James also love getting into arguments with each other. James loves it because Sam makes it very clear that he's smarter than he comes off and enjoys bouncing off of that. And for Sam it's a way to learn to deal with his anger without feeling the need to break out into a fight.

That's not to say he never breaks into a fight ever again but luckily for everyone it's usually with James and he can handle it.

Matthew looks up to Sam quite a lot and Sam likes to indulge in this admiration. Both giving Matthew tips on physical prowess and meditation. Sam can tell Matthew is easily frustrated a lot of the time and it makes him kinda upset, knowing precisely how that feels and not wishing it onto his brother. So all the things he learns about dealing with anger and frustration he tries to pass onto Matthew.

After a lot of healing Sam becomes a PE teacher and counselor for troubled youth, setting up fitness programs and therapies for these kids.

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Erik's new op.

So, like a lot of people, I felt like Erik's game 2 route was a liiiittle lackluster so I came up with a concept. A new villain that is more connected to Erik's past.

Meet Sylo, the tainted siren from the Scalloped Seas before they got colonized by the Demon Lord. Most were forced to land to become citizens, some escaped capture and fled. That included Sylo.

A few years older than the boys, she was a child when the invasion happened. She fled with her father to a cave where they would stay with her fae parent and two harpies that were essentially her siblings.

Over time, bodies of water got polluted, either they were encompassed by the decaying sea or they were directly polluted by the Eastern kingdom's wasteful practices.

Eventually, this pollution would include the cave Sylo and her father lived in. She would become tainted, but survive. Her father wasn't so lucky. Her fae parent dove into the water to save her father, neither would return.

The years tainted the girl's heart as much as the water did her body. She would grow hateful of the Demon Lord but also of the crown princess, Kalipo, who (from Sylo's perspective) abandoned her kingdom to survive.

So when their son arrived, seeking knowledge of the pearl of the sea, her anger blinded her judgement and she sought to make Erik feel the same pain she went through.

She gave him one goal. Get to her rock and she'll give up the pearl, but the waters around her were toxic. Usually Erik could just transform into his siren form but the tainted water stopped him. Before he could leave the waters and plan, Sylo grabbed him and forced him under. Without the ability to transform, Erik could possibly drown, taking the other boys and Mika with him. (That's a bad end)

Once she thinks Erik is gone, Sylo goes to her rock and plays her harp. Only to feel a scaled and tight but weak grip on her arm. She heard a man coughing his lungs out, but breathing. Erik lived. He transformed. And he reached her rock. Erik is the prince of the sea, as long as he can embrace that, he was bound to survive.

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This is so cute!

They'd be such a force of chaos together

The Mattys are meeting.

Ft. @nelcorecreations and @poddle99's Matthews.