#Book 6

[skyenish]

The Underworld | Ignihyde animatic 💀🤖 | Implied spoilers for book 6

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Chat I made this instead of studying I might be cooked… I might fail chemistry but at least I made Ignihyde angst 🤷🏻‍♀️

Idia is so the underworld saga coded! In the underworld, surrounded by the souls of the dead and those he lost. Filled to the brim with feelings of guilt for someone’s death, He’s also literally Hades. I found that this fits well within the story of book 6, when Idia goes down to the gate of the underworld and opens it, because of Ortho.

Sorry if the animation is a little awkward, I was trying something new! I hope you all enjoy <3

[dicenete]

Helloooooo0, some more Idia Shroud fanart, now inspired by screenshots from Disney's Hercules. Because I HAVE A THEORY! = I'm rambling again. :) Note that at the time when I'm writing this I have just finished Book 6 and I haven't started Book 7 yet. So this will contain some spoilers for Book 6. And everything under the cut as always :)

Also Disney's Hercules took a lot of creative liberties with the Greek mythology. Like Hera being the one trying to kill Hercules, rather than Hades because Zeus was being a horny bastard. And Hades being pretty straight up guy compared to his contemporaries. But I will be using the Disney movie as the basis since that is where the game takes its inspirations.

THESIS:

Idia Shroud from Twisted Wonderland is more like a twisted version of Hercules rather than Hades from the Disney movie.

Here me out:

Sure, his visual design is pretty much inspired by Hades and I love it. And the fact that he has a job that was bestowed upon him by his bloodline rather than by his own choice. (Zeus forcing Hades to take care of the Underworld full of dead souls and so on. ) And how Idia is pretty sarcastic like Hades when he is avoiding serious talking or pointing out absurd things. Let's just say, I take this as the surface personality of Idia.

But underneath it all, what do we have? We have a person who wants to be normal. What did Hercules want to be in the start of the movie? A normal person. Someone who was accepted and someone who could fit in among his peers. That is ultimately what Idia wants. Idia wants to be liked. That's why I think he was inspired to be a hero when he was young, something Hercules also wants to be to gain acceptance. (Hercules does it to be with his biological family again and so on.)

They are both awkward in social situations, other kinda in this himbo way and other in this nerdy awkwardness kinda way.

They both go into Underworld to find the person who was the most important to them. Hercules - Megara / Idia - Ortho

BUT ALSO! At the end of the movie, Hercules wants to stay as a mortal because he found acceptance with Meg. Idia could have stayed with S.T.Y.X. If he really wanted. I'm pretty sure with that. But he chose to go back to NRC because he, with encouragement with Ortho, wanted to experience life before he has to go and be the Watchman of the Underworld. He has a long way to go, he really harbors so much self-hatred and uncounciously self-sabotages himself. It is good thing that he has Ortho calling him out on it.

I really hope to see him grow and like himself more in the future :)

(I just loved all the Greek mythology names and references in the Book 6, it is such *chef's kiss * Like how Star Rogue is pretty much the tale of Zeus fighting against his father Chronos who has eaten all his other siblings and so on.)

[ryllen]

OH NO CRINGEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[r-aindr0p]

"Ohh yeah I'll do the minigames while I wait another 3 hours to continue book 6"

I want to bite my phone so bad....

[banana-can-do-art]

Poor Malleus didn’t even overblot in time to get invited to the got kidnapped gang in book 6

[0rchidm4ntis]

Redraw of that scene in book 6 where Azul falls asleep on Riddle's shoulder bc it was very sweet

[rizdoodles]

UNIQUE MAGIC

As you can see, Pépito is inspired by the vultures that descend on the evil queen's body at the end of the movie "Snow White." But imagine if Pépito did the same thing?

Only this time, instead of finishing off the evil queen (like her counterpart in the original film), she leaps in to catch Vil as he jumps into the "Underworld Gate" to save Idia? And it’s at that moment she discovers her unique magic!

It’s like drawing a parallel between the Disney version and Twisted.

[xielianlover2]

[eternalsnowfan02]

I know I have been non-existent on here but... you also KNOW I had to draw this Crocodile Dundee-looking motherfucker once that official art was released.

[allykakamatsu]

I BEAT BOOK 6!!

Don't usually liveblog stuff but holy shit that was so satisfying. I was warned of the difficulty spike so I spent a lot of time grinding before I even started the book, and seeing the work I put in pay off was SO good. Now if you excuse me, allow me to present my teams while I cry over the Shroud brothers-

Tower 1 Team: Tapis Rouge Vil, Ceremonial Robes Epel, Lab Coat Rook, Dorm Cater, Ceremonial Robes Floyd

Tower 2 Team: Dorm Leona, Dorm Jamil, Ceremonial Robes Kalim, Dorm Silver, Ceremonial Robes Sebek (probably my most stacked team overall tbh-)

Tower 3 Team: Labwear Riddle, Tapis Rouge Azul, Dorm Malleus, Platnium Jacket Ruggie, Labwear Jade

[hylianprincess97]

The fact that Kalim and Jamil have a very opposite but similar problem that's holding them back will never not be fascinating to me.

For Kalim, he's been so coddled and sheltered all his life that he doesn't know how to be an independent adult. He is perfectly capable of doing things, as seen in his lab-wear vignette, but he always asks Jamil for help. He has been so coddled that he has a learned helplessness and doesn't even have the motivation to try. Even after his character development in book 5, he is shown trying to be independent, but either his parents or Jamil step in and take over.

On the other hand, Jamil was robbed of being a carefree child. He doesn't know how to relax or rely on others. He's been subjected to adultification and made to act far beyond his age or maturity in order to basically parent a boy who's almost the same age as him. He has to believe that he is the most capable person ever, otherwise Kalim is in danger and it's his fault.

And the worst of it is that these problems are reinforced by each other. Kalim's learned helplessness means relying on Jamil, which reinforces Jamil's superiority complex and parenting Kalim. Jamil being overprotective of Kalim means that Kalim never learns or grows, and Jamil being taught to see Kalim as more valuable than anyone else means he never lets Kalim make mistakes or try.

We saw a little bit of change at the end of book 6 (as result of leona's pep talk), and I hope they both continue to grow.

[mylittlesecrethaven]

Who Needs To Finish Book 6 When I Now Know The Entirety Of Book 7 Via Spoilers?

I do enjoy the spoilers ngl.

It's not super high stakes like Baji from Tokyo Revengers.

I just find it funny I know basically the whole story of Book 7 and I haven't even finished Book 6 yet.

[yuurei20]

(This was originally an ask received through Twitter)

"Hi! I finished Book 6 on EN Server just a few hours ago, and something stuck out to me in the Mickey Conversation. When reading Fan Subs, it seemed like Mickey was saying he saw the Silver haired weird eye colour boy (probably Silver, heh) in Yu's Room. But reading EN's translation, it pretty clearly placed the boy on Mickey's side of the mirror. Is this added specificity by EN, or reading the original Japanese, is that the conclusion that would come?"

I agree with the EN translation, but! I definitely understand how there might have been some confusion!

Originally Mickey does not say “my dream room,” he says “this dream room,” which is very important.

Seeing the word "this" (この) might have led a few translators to think, "'this room' is the room in Ramshackle, so Mickey must be describing what he saw in Ramshackle."

Much like English, Japanese differentiates between things close to/belonging to you (this, この) vs. things close/belonging to other people (that, その), but unlike English the difference is a little stricter.

Mickey uses この for "this room," which can only mean the room where he is. If he had meant the prefect's room, he would have said その, for "that room."

Since English can be more flexible with "this" and "that," it is possible that people saw "this room" in Japanese and interpreted it as what "this room" means to themselves, not what it means to Mickey.

From a Japanese-language perspective, however, "this room" is the one occupied by the speaker (Mickey), not the one occupied by the listener (the prefect).

The idea that the boy was in the prefect's room is further debunked by Mickey’s follow-up line, when he says that he wishes the prefect could also come to see him on "this side" (こっち側, with "this" being from the speaker's (Mickey's) perspective, while the listener's side (Ramshackle) would be そっち側), just like the boy with silver hair :>

[r-aindr0p]

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[leviathan-reupload]

Book 6 - Flow

(Part 2)

[fictionfixations]

rook vil convo in tartarus

Book 6 spoilers

(Off topic) going back through book 6 so i just. dont remember this line LMFAO EPEL

[Epel: Sheesh... This boy ain't right...]

anyway

Book 7 card spoilers (aka JP spoilers)

So you know how people have been pissed at Vil for somehow like. persuading rook to go to pomefiore???

do you not remember this conversation

[Vil: I tried to dissuade him when he first brought up transferring to me. But Rook cares not for the opinions of others once he decides something. Though you two already know that, right? [...] Before I knew it, the complicated paperwork and ceremonies were complete, and there he was, wearing a Pomefiore uniform.]

HE EVEN LIKES DRESSING UP (a conversation about how his experience watching was even better when he was dressed up for it)

[Rook: He even coordinated my entire ensemble. I don't think I'll ever forget the exaltation I felt when I set out for that play! I always delight in watching shows. But if I were to quantify my enjoyment and rate my prior experiences at 100... Then that day was easily 120! Perhaps even 200! Ever since then, I've developed an appreciation for personal care.]

pls dont treat rook like he can't make decisions for himself because he can. he easily could've pursued beauty still in savanaclaw, but he didn't want to because he wanted to see vil be even more beautiful with his help

its his choice to do it, and that means if he didn't like it he could've also just transferred back out and nothing vil would've said would convinced him otherwise

mkay???