#3. last cloudia

[holly-poly]

Pinch Hits as of 12/28/2022

Hi everyone. We have two lingering pinch hits not yet claimed - you can click the links below for more specific information on the requests. Please take a look at them and let us know if you can assist! Or if you know someone in the fandoms who could possibly assist, point them towards this post! If you’re interested in claiming either of these pinch hits, send an e-mail to holly.poly.exchange@gmail.com with your AO3 name.

#4: Last Cloudia (Video Game), Romancing SaGa 3 (Video Game), Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe (Video Game), 明日方舟 | Arknights (Video Game), Emperors SaGa, Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (Video Game), The de Burghs - Deborah Simmons, Granblue Fantasy (Video Game)

#10:  陈情令 | The Untamed (TV),  人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù,  天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

[calidrisminuta]

It doesn't take much to make me happy. I just found more art from Last Cloudia's Valkyrie Profile and Star Ocean collabs. <3

[glitch-the-artist]

Sprite stuff, lol.

anyways here is a quick description of everyone here from my chapter 3 take.

toriel: due to dark worlds only allowing people at a certain age to enter, she is now a teenager like Kris, and is unable to remember anything past her teenage years (including how Kris is her child, so ya that sucks)

napstablook: also became a teenager when entering the dark world, he is basically the leader of static seas police and shows up near the end of the chapter. Not much else to mention, lol. Also when them and toriel leave the dark world, they will think of the entire thing as some dream they had in the past. So ya that’s also very fun.

mike smarts: okay we are getting into the new guys now, Mike is a cat phone darkener who kinda loves to go on a revolution against how people who are more popular are the wealthiest. His light world form is toriels cell phone she used at the end of chapter 2. Also he is spamtons 2nd ex, damn poor spammy, Mike took the kids. Also he is the person ya gotta manipulate to do the weird route, aka the screen burn route.

tenna: they are totally a shadowman! Why would you think not? They are the leader of the midnight crew, consisting of a type of mafia that was run by a bunch of shadow men. His light world form is a tv ad (cuz he is a Addison, lol)

rook: the big bad of chapter 3, they stay away from Kris and their team, but still interacts with them by using a bunch of tv like robots so he can make them do a bunch of acting shit. You meet him at last near the final boss, when you sneak inside his penthouse and try to seal the fountain. His light world form is the tv in Kris’s house

filmso: a old film camera guy who hates his job as a janitor, he used to be a big time director, till the eventual downfall of a certain series involving a cowboy. Now he spends his time at the dump and green room, where he sweeps the floors and questions his very life existence. He also goes insane in the screen burn route and fights you like Spamton did. His light world object is a old black and white movie airing on tv.

cat burn: a funny cat chef who wants you to cook with him, his light world form is that cool show with the cat y’all saw in chapter 2.

Bobby and hoppy: a tired children’s tv show host who doesn’t want to preform, their light world form is some children’s tv show on the television.

cathode: a detective in static seas who wants to take down the midnight crew’s mafia business, his light world form is a detective film.

creslint and cloudia: 2 weather men who tells people in static seas the weather, their light world form is a news channel.

RAILY D. ROUNDUP: YEEHAW LASSY! YA KNOW ME WELL AND YOU DONT NEED ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF!!! HAHAHOHO!!

light world form is a old green crayon in the trash.

[reshramlove1ob]

A quick one shot <3

[adaru32]

The Red Devil’s Chronicles: Sept to Nov 2022 DMC News Updates - Merch, Collabs, Etc.

Hey there, how's it going? Apologies for being silent for awhile. Got really distracted and busy. Here are all the Devil May Cry-related news updates I've conjured up from September to November:  1. Devil May Cry returns in Last Cloudia. 2. Someone by the name of PresssLee on Twitter is making a fan game based on Dante's and Vergil's childhood. 3. Prime1 Studio releasing a DT version of V. b) And more merch. c) Plus DMC3 Dante and Vergil, coming soon. 4. The English version of the DMCV art book is coming. 5. New Devil May Cry apparel at the CapCom store. 6. The Devil May Cry: Peak/Pinnacle of Combat mobile game gets more updates soon, which includes switching characters in real time, unlockable playable Nero, special move cutscenes, and more. 7. Devil May Cry V now reaches over 6 million copies sold. b) Not to mention it's currently one of CapCom's top selling games.  c) And Itsuno talks about his development adventures, with DMCV included in the discussion. d) And Itsuno also discusses his struggles with the PS3 and Xbox360 era. 8. Dante’s DMCV face model, Adam Cowie, dressed up as Dante for Halloween. 9. The creator of Fable admits to using some ideas from the Devil May Cry games. 10. Big decision I’ve made on my part. I used to run a DMC4-Screenshotz Photobucket page to store all of these screenshots I’ve taken of Devil May Cry 4 for the purpose of linking it onto my long, forgotten website. Due to drastic, unlikeable changes made on Photobucket’s part, and losing interest in maintaining the site due to its limitations in the free version, I’ve decided to completely remove that Photobucket account, and all of its screenshots with it. 

My Thoughts On These Updates:

1. Not a mobile game fan, but nice to see that some collab projects are making returns. 2. That’s awesome that we get a fan game. I remember when me and a few friends wanted to make our own when the reboot got announced back in the day due to us being unhappy about the direction CapCom was going in. But we had to scrap the idea due to being too busy. 3. Those DMC3 figures are looking pretty great so far. I understand they’re just computer generated, so they might not be the official final look. You never know. I do see some hints of Naru Omori’s style being implemented into these figures. And I love how Dante finally gets a slice of pizza as part of a collectible item. 4. I’d see Japanese fans help translate some of the stuff from the art book, but of course things end up being vague since they’re just concept images and nothing more. Plus certain kanji can be a bit hard to translate. 5. Those clothes are looking SSStylish. 6. I remember hearing rumours of Nero becoming an unlockable character, so it looks like it might actually be a thing. That’s cool how you can change characters in real time as well. And from what I’ve seen in the latest gameplay vids, it once again has gone through a lot of changes with the visuals and characters’ faces. Wonder what new updates there will be after these ones. 7. So happy for CapCom that Devil May Cry V is doing so great. Gives us fans hope about their future of game development and release choices. Fans are still discussing to this day on what DMC6 will offer.  I agree and imagine the PS3 and Xbox360 era being a bit of a difficult era to work with. Microtransactions, DLC, and all that tricky marketing stuff are what got introduced and changed the gaming business from then on. Even working with different equipment for better visuals and all of that. Devil May Cry 4 in my opinion wasn’t really up to its hype. Yes, it introduced some new and interesting things, and the cutscenes were very enjoyable to watch, and of course those that enjoyed the mechanics got a kick out of the whole Bloody Palace and SSStylish tournament-related stuff. But the way the game played out just got so boring, and definitely would’ve been as great as DMCV and/or DMC3 if they delayed the game further and implemented what they wanted to from the start. I feel they released DMC4 at a pretty bad time. 8. I was wondering when we were gonna see Adam dressed up as Dante again. 9. Of course, many struggling companies or businesses would want some “inspiration” from good titles. Fable was pretty good and amusing. Never thought they’d take ideas from Devil May Cry. I’m even still trying to wrap my head around where the elements of Devil May Cry are in it. 10.  It’s no biggie that I decided to remove my Photobucket account and all of its contents...I can always show my love of Devil May Cry another way.  11. There is one other thing I was gonna mention here which was about that drama involving Platinum Games and Bayo’s original voice actress Hellena Taylor. I’ve decided not to bring that up ‘cause it’s more about Bayonetta than Devil May Cry. In other words, a different topic. Yes, Bayo does have some very minor ties with DMC, and Hideki Kamiya from Platinum was the original director of DMC, but I’d rather keep it just exclusively Devil May Cry-related. If you want my thoughts on it, though, I don’t really have anything since I’m not much of a Bayonetta fan. At first, I heard that Kamiya left Twitter for good, but it turned out that he didn’t leave after all. And Hellena’s one sneaky, greedy, and pompous individual. Yes, I’ve heard of voice actors/actresses getting treated poorly, and yes we do see Kamiya act unprofessional and insane at times. But in Hellena’s case, she’s just seeking for attention to cause a stir, and mislead fans for her own gain. That’s all I’ve gotta say.

[crimson-violets]

The Black Butler Characters as songs

Sebastian: Rats~ Motionless in White

Ciel: Johnny’s Revenge ~ Crown the Empire

Grell: Pretty Little Psycho (nightcore version) ~ Young Nightcore

Undertaker: Carolyn ~ Black Veil Brides (The song was originally about BVB guitarist Jake Pitt’s mother passing away but I feel like it could fit his relationship with Cloudia Phantomhive when she eventually passed away. It could have been romantic as he has her picture in one of his mourning lockets that he wore up until the Campania arc)

Ronald: Die4u~ Bring Me The Horizon (While Ronald might be a flirt and party animal I believe that maybe his suicide and him becoming a reaper had to do with someone he loved deeply only to have his heart broken by this person. It was a toxic kind of love though as the song kind of depicts a toxic love bombing relationship between two people. I think that could be why Ronald is a flighty person. Since that relationship leading to his demise, he has trouble with trust and opening his heart to others. I ship him and Grell though. <3 I feel like Grell would be understanding towards him regarding her own demise and trauma and accept him as he is broken pieces and all. And unfortunately while the anime had him misgendering her (we can’t have nice things ;( ) I headcanon him seeing Grell as a whole ass woman and being an active listener and shoulder to cry on. He would definitely accept her too. Lengthy explanation I know… I hope I phrased things correctly :/ )

Hannah: I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend ~ Girl in Red (self explanatory)

Madam Red: Mirrors ~ PVRIS (I think this song has Redcliff vibes. <3 Grell is a mousy butler by day and a radiant af supernatural being at night. The lyric saying “Darling don’t be so shy I’ll see you at midnight,” I think suggests by day Grell is just a butler that Madam Red yells at and bosses around as a cover but by midnight they’re lovers on a killing spree. Then when morning comes Grell is back to mousy butler mode and they have to play the part of servant and royalty. And in the morning, Madam Red waits for a secret rendezvous with her goregous reaper at nighttime and so on and so on. Also Madam Red knows Grell’s true nature as a grim reaper and that she’s not human and dead inside as the song keeps saying. Yet she can’t resist Grell despite her lover killing her in the end over her not wanting to kill her own nephew.)

Mey Rin: Brown Eyes ~ Lady Gaga

Lizzy: Pretty in Pink ~ Scene Queen (imagine this playing during her badass moment where she slaughters the undead)

Nina: She’s So Lovely ~ The Butchies

Rachel: Prom Queen ~ Molly Kate Kestner

Vincent: Skeletons ~ New Years Day

Finny: Teenagers ~ My Chemical Romance

Bard: Last Resort ~ Papa Roach

Claude: Hatefuck ~ Motionless in White

Alois ~ Idk…The bumble bee song on Tik Tok

Aaaaaand I’m done because I’m tired and while bed time is aways away, I’m all set with this post and whoever I didn’t include will be on future posts. ;) Stay hydrated and chill.

[novirp13]

Alchemy Stars x Legend of Zelda crossover~

Both of them are named Navi, but only one of them is an annoying lil...thing! 🤣

Seriously, shut the crap up, Navi! 😑

...not u, Navigator. You're a precious cinnamon roll 🥰🥰

This is the fourth game that I played because of Persona 5 collab event. God dang, I don't even like Persona 5 😅

[tothelasthoursofmylife]

hiii hope everything's fine! are you going to update wotq soon? I miss cedric and cloudia so much

Hi!

Everything is fine, thanks! I hope all's well on your end too.^^

I'm busy with uni right now, so I haven't got around to writing anything for WotQ lately. My schedule will lighten up again after next week though :)

My current plan after next week is to finish the second part of "The Curious Disappearance of Lady Henriette Woolahan" before I'll continue with Clockmaker 3 (I started both). I want to finish Curious Disappearance by the end of February/beginning of March, so Clockmaker 3 will likely come in late March/sometime in April. Let's see how it goes. (And this schedule is fast for me!)

So, it will take a while for Cloudia and Cedric to return... I managed to do a small update last month though and the next update will be a long one again!

(And Cedric is in Curious Disappearance in person and Cloudia in spirit! That counts too (for me). I miss them too and it counts, okay?)

Also, April is Camp Nanowrimo and I intend to participate this year again :) Even more writing!

Please be patient with me^^'

[watasemasaru]

Answer the questions and tag 21 blogs you want to get to know better. Tagged by @sk-mumu ヽ(°〇°)ﾉ

Nickname: don't have one

Zodiac: virgo/water monkey

Height: 172cm/5'7"

Last Movie I Watched: spiderman (2002)

Last Thing I Googled: through the eyes of tammy faye premiere date

Favorite Musician: mucc

Song Stuck in My Head: only - leehi

Other Blogs: :)

Blogs Following: idk, aesthetic and fandom stuff

Amount of Sleep: sometimes 4hrs, sometimes 18hrs

Lucky Number: 3

What I am Wearing: shorts, oversized tshirt

Dream Job: i don't have one anymore

Dream Trip: 🤔 idk, around lol

Favorite Food: hot and sour souppp

Play an Instrument: never had the opportunity

Language: english, can only vaguely hear japanese - can't speak or read it

Favorite Song: after cloudia

Random Fact: hip is killing me rn lol

No pressure tag! Anyone who wants to answer, I tagged you in spirit

[holly-poly]

Pinch Hits: Post-Default Deadline

The default deadline passed about a day and a half ago, and there were five new pinch hits posted to the google group yesterday evening, one of which has already been claimed. We also still have one lingering initial pinch hit (#4) that is proving hard to fill - if you know anyone in any of those fandoms please help spread the word to them if you think they might be interested or might know someone else who would be. All five six outstanding pinch hits are below. More specific information can be found by clicking the links. Right now, the deadline for these pinch hits is the regular deadline of January 9, but if they linger more than a day or so we can definitely negotiate. 

If you’re interested in claiming any of these pinch hits, send an e-mail to holly.poly.exchange@gmail.com with your AO3 name.

#4: Last Cloudia (Video Game), Romancing SaGa 3 (Video Game), Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe (Video Game), 明日方舟 | Arknights (Video Game), Emperors SaGa, Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (Video Game), The de Burghs - Deborah Simmons, Granblue Fantasy (Video Game)

#16: CLAIMED - Marvel Cinematic Universe, Leverage, Doctor Who, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Mr. Malcolm's List - All Media Types, Shadow and Bone (TV)

#17: CLAIMED - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Numb3rs (TV), Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

#18: CLAIMED - Banana Fish (Anime & Manga), DCU (Comics), The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Castlevania (Cartoon 2017-2021), KinnPorsche: The Series (TV), Sense8 (TV), 绅探 | Detective L (TV), 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021)

#19: CLAIMED - League of Legends & Related Fandoms, Arthurian Mythology, ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga), Overwatch (Video Game)

#21: CLAIMED - 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Anime & Manga), Hardy Boys - Franklin W. Dixon, バチカン奇跡調査官 | Vatican Kiseki Chousakan | Vatican Miracle Examiner (Anime)

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[calidrisminuta]

Picture courtesy of the Valkyrie Profile subreddit.

From the Valkyrie Profile/Star Ocean 2R collab with Last Cloudia! I'm always glad to see new art for either Valkyrie Profile *or* Star Ocean, even if I don't play Last Cloudia. It's so good that these franchises are still going.

This artwork is gorgeous! <3

[waccha313]

Last Cloudia Event

I was gonna watch it live but it was at 3 am for me and I had to wake up early uwu it’s k I’ll watch it later ovo

seriously how can one be so cute and cool at the same time?! >\\\\\\< can you kabedon me xD

Source x

[adaru32]

The Red Devil’s Chronicles: Jan. 2021 Devil May Cry Updates: Brad V, Collabs, Etc.

Hey, how's it going? Hope you all had a wonderful and safe new year, and hope 2021's been nice to y'all so far. Just a heads up, all of the 2019 journals in my Deviantart group will be deleted any day this year to clean up how many journals there are there, plus feeling that there's no need for older news updates. Here are all of January 2021′s Devil May Cry news updates I’ve compiled: 1. HYDE Defeat music video, featuring Devil May Cry V. b) Speaking of music, Reddit sang Bury The Light. c) Alex Moukala's interview with Casey Edwards about Bury The Light. 2. Hideaki Itsuno teases another game in the works. 3. More updates for the Pinnacle of Combat Mobile game such as: a) Vergil concept. b) Beowulf and Kalina Ann showcase. c) Lady's costume set. 4. Griffon in Devil May Cry V's voice actor Brad Venable passes away. 5. Ali Express is making the Dante and Vergil Asmus Toys figures as their models for dolls' clothing. 6. The CapCom Café event has surfaced again with more amazing winter art. 7. Last Cloudia, featuring Devil May Cry V. 8. All 3 covers for the Visions of V manga series. b) Speaking of which, it's updated again. 9. Journalists have decided to target Dante's voice Reuben Langdon once again by completely taking a Tweet (now deleted) out of context (Full conversation and info on what happened in my Facebook post here).

My Thoughts On These Updates:

1. Lovely stuff we've got goin' on with the music stuff. 2. Wonder what Itsuno's  next project will be? My guesses are Dragon's Dogma 2, Devil May Cry 6, a Devil May Cry game remake, or a new unknown game title. Back in March 2020, there was the update about how a former Platinum Games CEO is collaborating with CapCom on a huge remake project (Could be RE4 Remake or a Devil May Cry one). And back in May 2020, CapCom plans to release major new titles by this year, including celebrating an anniversary of a Devil May Cry game (stated at end of article), it is DMC1's 20th anniversary after all. Only one way to find out. 3. It's about time Yunchang games released more development content for Pinnacle of Combat and not any other promotional work, which is what they've done for awhile. These updates are quite nice. 4. May Brad V rest in peace...It's been a bash hearing him voicing as Griffon in DMCV. It's always heart-breaking hearing the passing of young, talented individuals. 5. Foreign marketplace sites can be so hilarious at times with their advertising. Gotta admit that Dante looks pretty nice in that getup, though. 6. I love the new art work that the CapCom Café's been coming out with as of late. It shows more character with the characters. 7. Never heard of Last Cloudia, but it's nice that the Devil May Cry characters are once again featuring in other game titles. 8. I always enjoy new updates of the Visions of V manga series. Still curious how long it's gonna go on for. It's definitely going longer than the DMC3 manga series did. It sucks that the DMC3 manga didn't finish, but at the same time I feel it's for the best. The concept of that particular series was strange (both story and dialogue-wise), and I feel like the artist got pressured a little too much when it came to deadlines and details, which explains how some of the art work looked a tad unfinished in that one. 9. It makes me upset how low journalists will go to make someone look bad by taking something these celebrities say completely out of context, then twisting their words around to get their fans riled up in an attempt to cancel them. And for what purpose? Glad that article got deleted, because what were they thinking? (You can still see the article's title, even when searching on Google, but when you click on the link the page doesn't exist.) If you talk to Reuben yourself and get to know him, he is one awesome guy despite how some of his views can be questionable. This isn't the only time journalists went after Reuben and twisted his words around to make him look bad (scroll to the Reuben Langdon bit in article). It's really sad that some Devil May Cry fans even believed everything those journalists said, and went as far as saying, "Reuben needs to be canceled for this", or "I don't want him playing as Dante anymore because of this". One of the big elite players even stated on Twitter, "CapCom will cancel Reuben before Cancel Culture gets to him". I really hope nothing bad happens with his career at CapCom. He's a nice addition there, and part of CapCom wouldn't be what they are without him on the team.

[midnight-in-town]

Happy 188th birthday Claudia!!

Putting aside the fact that, ever since last year, we got no new info about her character in canon (hopefully my grandchildren will be here to see the day it happens and tell my ashes about it), I wanted to make some sort of list about the few things we know + link to some of my favorite posts about her written over the last year. :D

Feel free to add some links to fanarts, fanfictions or posts that you may like about her too! However, I must insist, you have to source and respect the creator’s wishes about their work if you intend to do that. Thanks in advance. :)

Facts/likely ideas

She was born as a Phantomhive and was Victoria’s Watchdog before Vincent (from ch15, 103, 116) 

She looks a lot like Vincent, but most likely has Frances’ and Lizzie’s personality

She has the same hair color as the twins & Vincent 

She died on a Friday the 13th, possibly murdered

She’s one of UT’s lockets, but these are now in Ciel’s hands.

Enjoyable posts

Claudia as Tanaka’s first master [x] [x]

About Claudia being an Aries 

Wavy hair and ponytails run in the family 

Book of the Atlantic movie: Claudia’s cinematic record? [x][x]

Cracky AU headcanon about Vincent choosing Lizzie as his heir for the Watchdog’s duty because she reminds him of Claudia 

She might be the one Othello was referring to in ch125 when he said Ciel reminded him of someone

“Claudia” or “Cloudia”? (just my opinion)

She’s possibly a main reason Ciel knows almost nothing about his family

Here’s to (hopefully) learning something new about her this year! (^3^)/

[molebradry]

Playlist: https://bit.ly/3mgWP8Z Valentines Event. I switched to the Steam Version which means I HAVE TO START ALL OVER X_X. But this is better than crashing every 2 - 3 stages or if I click too many times. There's some stupid drama about Steam and Mobile version transfer between 2 different companies. I dunno and don't care. Honestly they should just let me transfer accounts. Last Cloudia did. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support Me On Ko-Fi: https://ift.tt/nGEizZ9 Subscribe to Me: https://goo.gl/Jb4xtm Most Recent Upload: https://goo.gl/CcnPeH Most Popular Upload: https://goo.gl/id51qE Twitter: http://goo.gl/GjHNP -------------------------------------------------------------------- #XDive #GamingMole #Megaman

[abybweisse]

I've seen a thread on ig about how Undertaker was probably never Claudia's lover, and I know you kinda ship them or at least are a believer of the UT=Cedric theory, I kinda am too and I tried not to be bias while reading that post but I feel like their points were rlly weak. Here are some points that tried to debunk UTxClaudia: 1. Cedric canonly has a birth and a death date which means he is human (lol).

2.Because UT was already a shinigami when he met Clau, we need to ask ourselves some questions: Why should a shinigami be able to have children? Since the shinigami duty is a punishment for those who commited suicide. Being able to live a nice life, have kids and interfere with human affairs and lives does not respect those facts.

3. Isn't it weird for him to fall in love with someone that was born 24 yrs after he came to the human world?

4. UT expressed strong feelings toward all the other mourning lockets and Vincent especially. Why would Claudia be more important than the rest of them?

Idk but when I read this I went ??? a bit cause I dont think it rlly debunks anything :/.. or maybe I cant see it that way cause I'm a fan of the theory/ship. However I wanted to see the side of a theorist/ an analytical pov, so what do u think?

Thanks for thinking of me! 😊

Only two things boggle my mind, here:

How that person thought their arguments debunked anything in the world, and

How you managed to send such a long ask in one message....

Anyway, I’ve received asks like this before, but it’s usually from people who think more like that thread on ig. You can try searching my blog with some of the tags on this post, like #cedric k. ros—, etc. But let me see if I can pull up something that gets to the heart of this ask....

....Um, it’s really spread out over way too many posts for me to grab that many links. Anyway, a search for “cedric k ros” brought up a ton of posts generally on this topic.

Also, my beliefs have changed somewhat over the years. I wonder how old that ig thread is, since we’ve learned a lot more canon information on Undertaker and the Phantomhive family since I first joined the discussion of Undertaker’s true identity. So, I’ll address each part of your ask here and now.

Cedric has a canon birthdate and death date, so he must be human. Well, it means he must have once been human, but it doesn’t mean he’s a mere human now. Besides, the years of his birth and death are rather conveniently covered up by a speech bubble. The rest of his last name, too. Go check out all my #cedric of rotherwood posts. Cedric might have lived and died centuries ago, might have become a reaper long ago, too.

Shinigami having kids breaks the rules. Reapers being able to have children could actually be part of their punishment... if my theory is correct that reapers are reborn as a form of karmic reincarnation. That would mean reapers are born to biologically female reapers, who definitely do exist; there just don’t appear to be as many of them, which fits suicide statistics. A reaper having children with a human goes against reaper rules, since they are not supposed to meddle in human affairs... just collect souls. Technically, they don’t even judge the souls, they just follow a protocol to verify it’s that person’s time to die. This doesn’t mean it’s impossible; it just does, in fact, mean Undertaker is breaking reaper rules. But he’s obviously doing that anyway. Why not break all of them? 🤨 Edit: There’s a good reason for him to want to have children with human females (not even necessarily just one), for the very reason that it skirts around this punishment of making more reapers with reaper females. Reapers like Undertaker, who might be mating with humans, can cause the reaper organization to become even more understaffed over time. That’s something else I have mentioned before in my theory about them being reborn. There could even be a backlog of souls from suicide victims that are waiting around for new reaper bodies to be placed into. And the way Ronald flirts with females both in the reaper realm and the human realm suggests that Undertaker isn’t the only one who might be spreading around his reaper genes... changing the very nature of humanity over the generations.

It’s weird that Undertaker would fall in love with a human within however many years of deserting his post. Not weird at all, plus we don’t know whether love is the only thing that might have brought them together. Also, 24 years is merely a guess... and not a very good one. 136649 tried to destroy reaper HQ ~70years before 1889, so around 1819. The year these three things historically happened: 1. Queen Victoria was born, 2. Prince Albert was born, and 3. (Sir) Walter Scott introduced the world to Cedric of Rotherwood in Ivanhoe. He even invented that name, Cedric. Undertaker says he hadn’t been called a reaper in about 50years. That suggests two things: 1. He not only failed to destroy the HQ, but he also might have been captured, punished, and returned to his work as a reaper until he finally deserted about 20years later, and 2. If he didn’t actually manage to escape until around 1839 or thereabouts, then Cloudia/Claudia was just a kid at the time. Undertaker might have become involved in the Phantomhive family’s “work” before she became watchdog; he might have been an informant to her father, for example.

Why should he care more about Cloudia/Claudia than the other people on the lockets or Vincent? If he loved her, and if she bore his children, then it would explain this quite easily. Who wouldn’t cry over the death of their child? These other six people represented by the other lockets must also have been particularly dear to him, for various possible reasons. But he seems to focus the most on her locket. It’s also placed directly in the center of the chain; they are not in order of death dates. (In fact, their last initials create a pretty cool set of notes, with Phantomhive becoming an F or an F# [F sharp]. Please see #lockets’ melody and #leitmotif posts that date as far back as 2016). And more recently, her locket (and her locket alone) has become a symbol of Undertaker in series merchandise. Them having been lovers would explain it pretty well, I should think! And, if I’m right that “136649” means he became the 49th registered reaper of 1366, then Cloudia/Claudia died (was killed) not just on a Friday the 13th... but also 500 years after Undertaker was registered as a reaper.

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