#Cosmic Entity: Anon

[cosmic-entity-creation]

Hi! New bah blog I see! ^_^ may I request a tier 3 creators choice fictive?! tysm

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Tier Three - Creator's Choice Fictive

Name: Perseus, Percy, Peter, Persephone, Palm, Pamela, Perscylla, Achilles, Argo, Poppy, Adonis, Hyacinth, Daisy, Ash, Icarus, Peony, Ichor, Ambrosia, Laurel, Aina, Posie

Nicknames: Perse, Pete, Seph, Pammie, Pam, Scylla, Cinth, Ammie

Age: 12-21 years old [Ageslider / Regressor]

Species: Demigod

Pronouns: he/him, they/them, she/her, blue/blues, aqua/aquas, river/rivers, ocean/oceans, wave/waves, sea/seas, tide/tides, glub/glubs, eel/eels, cy/cyan, it/its, foam/foams, scrap/scraps, xe/xim, pier/piers, cor/cors, coral/corals, hero/heros, loyal/loyals, trust/trust, see/sem, py/pys, god/gods, link/links, we/wem, ix/ixs, vie/vier, fae/faer, woe/woes, qe/qem, ze/zer, di/dions, vine/vines, tri/tris, trident/tridents

Source: Percy Jackson [Books]

Roles: Nostalgia Holder, Symptom Holder, Protector, Caretaker

Gender Labels: Demiguy, Demipangender, Seasoundic, Phoswavial, Stormoceanic, Oceanchild, Oceanic, Pupgender, Pupmasc, Mascomplexic

Orientation Labels: Gravitadallion,

Relationship Labels: Fated, Heartbound, Monoflexible

Presentation Labels: Oceanbodiment, Possum, Raccoon

Personality: Loyal, Hard Working, Innovative, Strategic, Sweet, Kindhearted, Scrappy, Laid Back, Anxious, Pessimistic, Stubborn

Likes: The Ocean, Cephalopods, Bugs, Rainbows, Books, Deep Sea Research, Play Fighting, Hair Dye, Crafting, Blue Food, Greek Myths, Horses

Dislikes: Alcohol, Slime Textures, Velvet Textures, Worms, Storms, Flying, Messy Environments

Hobbies: Calligraphy, Ocean Animal Research, Dying his Hair, Video Gaming, Horseback Riding

Interests: Video Game Speedruns, Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology, Collecting Labels, Making Jewelry

Appearance:

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[askthetcccdj]

How long can you sing without taking a breath?

Longer than the video would have you believe. The point where I say "It's always playing in your mind, don't let it twist up your insides" is around 19-20 seconds and I wasn't even trying. I was also singing about the infinite monkey typewriter that is our band, while harmonising with myself, at the exact same time as holding that last syllable. I'm starting to think I might not need to breathe anywhere near as much as I do, if at all.

[arthur-lesters-right-arm]

As someone who hasn’t listened to malevolent…..what’s going on? A mean, you have a gay elder ich entity that’s just a smaller form of a normal entity that almost of gaslighted (maybe kidnapped) into being okay with it. Then you have a religious fellow (priest?) that’s into this actually instant man. And said insane man doesn’t know how to wrap it up and-

It's all gay sex hope this helps!

[wandaslittlelove]

ive loved the whole series, but something about torn bunny really got me. its just really captures Agatha’s quiet yet powerful love language- she never says it out loud, but her actions speak for her. the way she remembered what you’d said about kids, and even though she didn’t understand, still taking the time and care to wash and repair the bunny… i love her so much 🥺

I'm so glad your enjoying the series so far!

Agatha's actions will definitely speak louder than her words in this series. Even if she can't say it the little actions will prove how she feels! Especially in the beginning.

[darthkvznblogs]

Besides humanity, what species in the K-Verse have a confirmed afterlife?

All of them, technically? All sentient species have souls (though the mechanics for each vary to some extent, of course) so all those souls have to go somewhere after death. The few species that never developed or fully lost their own beliefs (and thus never shaped their mythologies and afterlives) end up in the embrace of the cosmic Death till the end of the universe.

[valdevia]

I've been getting a lot of anon asks about commissions, so let me make a general post to talk about it!

Do you have a commission for me?

If it's a personal use commission (AKA something for your own enjoyment, to post on socials, for a D&D game with your friends...) I only open personal commission slots once I'm done with all my previous ones. I'm currently working through a backlog, so it might take a little time! If you'd like to know when they open, you can sign up to my newsletter and you'll be notified first before they're open to the public!

If it's a commercial project (books, album covers, games, podcasts, or anything you plan to profit from) please email me at valdevia.art@gmail.com and tell me more about your project, budget, and schedule! I'll always adapt my prices to the client (eg. I won't charge the same to an indie band than to an established musician with a record label!) so even if you're not sure, ask me anyway!

If your commission idea is just something in my style you'd like to see (body horrors, spec bio, cosmic horrors, angels and eldritch entities falling in love...) feel free to just reach out and tell me! If your idea is cool enough I might just let you skip the line, give you a cheaper commission slot or turn it into an art trade! :)

[tsbs-shipfessions]

Solar has a type: Purple nerds/cosmic entities. They bring in that silent love. Nexus and Nebula(that twilight sparkle sticker gave it away LITERALLY WORE HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE)

Nexus has a type: Anyone who stands on business. And a body count. Eclipse, Solar, Ruin, Dark Sun and Killer Sun(eclipses and eclipse adjacent)

Ruin has a type: Awkward firsts. Monty and Solar(“you were a wonderful experience” excuse me FUCKING WHAT)

Davis has a type: Monty x everyone

Anon, congratulations, you are correct and you win. Win what? Yes.

[doodler16]

Nevermore anon here, I'm a refuge from chai's blog lol

I have. SO MUCH BEEF with the way Viv uses Christianity. Not just because it's like... Just bad. But because it tells soooo much about her and her writing from the setting alone.

First thing first, erasure of POC in heavy ALONE. (St. Peter looking like an apple CEO is one thing, but him being sheet white coming from the middle east is... Something.)

The just... Lack? Of like... Anything interesting from the demons. They're just older magical humans. Where's the body horror (Alastor does NOT count), the otherworldliness, the DEMONIC factor.

The lack of... Not having humans in OTHER parts of HELL? THE PLACE OF ETERNAL DAMNATION? Why are sinners stuck in pride? (If Ozzie has succubi coming to earth to make them lust, why the fuck is he doing that when they don't even reach him or his layer?)

Because if sinners actually resided in other layers, the exorcisms plot would fall apart. Meaning the hotel wouldn't work. And the whole fucking premise dies.

As both these shows go on, the less sense they make. It's contradiction on retcons on just nonsensical plot points.

Like fuck the character writing for a minute, think about the places they're in right now.

Helluva Boss, mostly everywhere until Stolas stole the limelight, now it's just like... Three locales. Before that, it was earth with different places on different hits as set dressing.

It's all character focus. Because if you start thinking too hard on why or HOW these characters are interacting with the world, it makes no sense.

Hazbin Hotel.

Pride.

Well, more like shitty new York.

Seriously, that place looks more like Manhattan than Manhattan does. Where's the cosmic influence, the demonic aspect?

The moon? The fucking moon? Red skies? That's it????

So like...

Are all of these guys guilty of pride?

Alastor murders people.

He's there because of ego?

Val is a rapist.

But his selfishness is why he's in pride??????

It doesn't make SENSE!

There's so much potential in this setting. And what we get makes no sense.

Rant over, I'll stick around here, keep up the good work

Yeah, Vivziepop practically whitewashed every important figure from the Bible. Saint Peter design wise got the worst of it. This whole situation a while ago made me realize that I should definitely treat the Vivziepop’s world and the Bible as separate entities. Lowering expectations helped too since she is clearly doing her own version even if it ends up being booty cheeks.

There’s probably body horror with the demon background characters (which is also slim). Hopefully, Vivziepop and the writers go in depth and explain why sinners are stuck in pride. She probably explained it in a livestream but that’s way too much homework. But yeah you are right about Pride City, Nevermore Anon.

Yeah, the more you connect the dots then you will realize more holes in the writing 😔. It’s basically a mixture of Los Angeles, New York, and California except everything is red and on fire.

[reveryfics]

hi hi !!!

not a scott lang request, moreso a thor one !!

wow, so different, i know / j

god reader? he's an anchor being (unknown "center of the universe"). he was hiding out in earth in a human form, (like thor, just... his god form is an eldritch horror). endgame timeline. fury says they need more firepower, and thor suggests asking reader for help.

reader has no obligation to, because if he's such a powerful being, thanos has no real threat to him / and or his realm. (his army?)

just, thor practically swooning over readers god form. any scenario, but what i stated (last paragraph) is basically some world building. reader towers over everything, "i eat planets whole" size, with the entire... other worldly, extravagant personality.

imagine the figure that Gorr saw before asking Thor to protect his daughter. (the big, crossed-legged entity of the universe itself).

🪲 anon

Eater Of Worlds

Thor Odinson x Male Reader

Summary: The Avengers need more help against Thanos, and Thor has just the God in mind.

A/N: Currently have a lot of smut requests in my drafts, those will be spaced out as I've done a lot of Smut lately however non-smut requests are still open. I'm not a big fan of how this turned out, so I apologize.

TW: Fluff

The threat of Thanos hung heavy in the air, a suffocating blanket of dread. Everyone present understood the brutal calculus of their situation. They knew the risks intimately, the chilling probability that no matter how meticulously they planned, how fiercely they fought, many wouldn't emerge from the inevitable confrontation alive. The sheer power Thanos wielded was a tangible force, a looming shadow that dwarfed their collective might. They clung to the belief that they were facing a singular, insurmountable obstacle, their options dwindling with each passing hour.

Then, a flicker of improbable hope ignited in the hushed room. Thor, his voice low and tinged with a long-forgotten reverence, murmured about an old tale, a legend whispered by his mother, Frigga. It spoke of a god, a being of immense and terrifying power, one who dwarfed even Thanos in the annals of Asgardian lore. This god, according to the ancient stories, had vanished, choosing to walk among mortals, his true nature masked by a human guise. But the echoes of his past deeds still resonated, tales of devastation and awe that had once sent shivers down even Asgardian spines. This being had once roamed the cosmos in a form that defied comprehension, a wolf so colossal its head pierced the clouds, each earth-shattering step a testament to its raw, untamed power.

Thor recounted these stories, Frigga's voice seemingly echoing in the room, her descriptions so vivid it felt as though she herself had witnessed these incredible events. Yet, even he, a god accustomed to the extraordinary, had never truly believed he would lay eyes on this legendary figure. But here you were, standing amongst them, indistinguishable from any other human, a stark contrast to the monstrous deity of myth. The only hint of your true nature was the casual arrogance in your laughter as Thanos's threat was mentioned, a dismissive scoff that bordered on insulting.

Your amusement abruptly ceased as you registered the gravity etched onto the faces of Thor and Loki. Two Asgardian gods, beings who had faced down cosmic horrors, were visibly concerned. A flicker of something akin to curiosity, perhaps even a grudging respect, crossed your features. If they were taking this seriously, then perhaps, just perhaps, it was worth a moment of your attention.

"Our mother spoke highly of you," Thor ventured, his voice respectful, almost pleading. "You must understand what is at stake here. This… this Thanos… he could even pose a threat to you."

You sighed, a drawn-out exhale of weariness that seemed to carry the weight of ages. "Then you are aware that not even this Thanos can touch me, dear boy," you whispered, your voice a low rumble that resonated in the silence. "It simply isn't my fight."

Tony Stark, who had been observing the exchange with growing impatience, finally interjected, his voice sharp and laced with his usual pragmatism. "Look, with all due respect to the Norse mythology hour, this is getting us nowhere. We're facing a universe-ending threat, and you're talking about some bedtime story. This 'god,' if he even exists, clearly isn't interested in helping. We need a plan, not fairy tales."

Thor ignored Tony, his gaze fixed intently on you. "But you have helped before," he insisted, his voice gaining a desperate edge. "My mother told us stories, Loki and I. Tales of how you single-handedly turned back armies to protect those who couldn't protect themselves. How you devoured entire worlds that posed a danger to others. You possess a power that could tip the scales."

You remained impassive, your eyes flicking briefly towards Tony, a silent acknowledgment of his assessment. "He's right," you stated flatly, your voice devoid of emotion. "Whatever you are attempting will be futile."

Thor refused to be deterred. He pressed on, his voice laced with desperation. Loki, standing beside him, shot Thor a sharp, knowing look, a subtle warning that seemed to suggest Thor was deliberately trying to provoke a reaction.

A low growl rumbled in your chest, a sound that vibrated through the floor. You grunted, the human facade beginning to crack under the weight of Thor's relentless appeals. "Enough!" you roared, your voice booming with an unnatural resonance, silencing Thor mid-sentence. "Stop your mewling, godling! You sound like a child begging for scraps."

Thor, stung by the rebuke, his own patience fraying, retorted, "Perhaps my mother was wrong. Perhaps you are nothing more than a cowardly god, content to hide while others suffer."

The air crackled with a sudden, palpable energy. The sound of bones audibly shifting and cracking filled the room, followed by a guttural growl that seemed to emanate from the very depths of the earth. Your human form began to contort, stretching and shifting in ways that defied natural law. In a matter of seconds, the mortal man was gone, replaced by a wolf of unimaginable size. Its fur was the color of midnight, its muscles rippling beneath its hide like shifting mountains. Its head breached the ceiling, its massive jaws capable of swallowing a planet whole. You bent down, your enormous head looming over the stunned Avengers, a low snarl rumbling in your throat. Your eyes, once human, now glowed with an intense, ember-like light, burning with ancient power.

"Pathetic," you rumbled, your voice a deep, resonant growl that shook the very foundations of the building. "You dare disturb my solitude with such trivial affairs? Matters that have nothing to do with me?"

Thor, however, seemed to have tuned out your words, his eyes wide with a mixture of awe and disbelief. He interrupted you, a strange smile spreading across his face. "The stories," he breathed, his voice barely a whisper, "they never truly captured it. How… breathtaking your godly form is." He stepped closer, oblivious to the danger, his gaze sweeping over your massive form. "The sheer power, the majesty… it's… magnificent. I must say, I am rather enjoying this particular form of yours."

You recoiled slightly, taking a massive step back, your paws causing the ground to tremble beneath their weight. You stared at Thor in utter disbelief, your massive head tilting slightly as if trying to comprehend his bizarre reaction. Your colossal form began to shrink, the impossible transformation reversing, albeit not entirely. You settled into the form of a wolf still immense, easily towering over Thor and the other Avengers, but no longer scraping the clouds.

Uncertainty flickered in your glowing eyes. You glanced between the bewildered faces of the Avengers and Thor, who was still gazing at you with an unnerving mixture of fascination and admiration. "I… I am still not obligated to assist you," you finally managed, your voice now a deep, rumbling growl, less earth-shattering than before, but still undeniably powerful. "However… perhaps… if the situation becomes truly dire, if there is absolutely no other recourse… then I might consider lending my aid."

Thor's face lit up, a wide, genuine smile spreading across his features. "Thank you," he exclaimed, his voice filled with relief. "Thank you for reconsidering."

You simply huffed in response, a puff of air that rustled the nearby debris. You turned to leave, your massive form moving with surprising agility. Just as you reached the doorway, you paused, glancing back at Thor, a flicker of something unreadable in your glowing eyes. "And for the record, thunder god," you rumbled, a hint of amusement creeping into your voice. "If that was your attempt at flirting… it worked."

[entities-of-posts]

I remember you describing a previous anon as having "Classic Extinction avatar self righteousness" Do the avatars of other entities also tend to have certain personality traits? What personality traits would you associate with the avatars of which entity?

These are hurtful stereotypes, and quite often true. Here are a few things I’ve observed.

Avatars of the Vast tend to be flighty, fickle - they don’t process the importance of things quite like the rest of us do, being so in touch with cosmic insignificance.

Spiders, of course, are manipulative, but beyond that they also tend to be so very arrogant. Many of them are fighting over the same smooth, smug mannerisms.

Avatars of the Corruption are almost universally clingy; sometimes like a bad friend, always like a bad cold.

Avatars of the Dark and End both get characterized as boring and preachy, and while they usually are, I find that dryness is often on purpose.

Watchers are usually intelligent, yet foolish. Even when we know we shouldn’t go putting our eyes where they don’t belong, we can’t help it. We’ve been called the most annoying of avatars, and while I am offended, I also cannot deny this.

Hunters are furry.

I have yet to meet an avatar of the Flesh without some artistic passion for their gruesome work. Very creative.

Strangers are usually the artistic type too, but that is often an attempt at creating for themselves a sense of identity they do not have.

Avatar of the Buried love to hibernate under the earth’s crust for decades. I don’t know if that counts as a personality trait, but it’s something I’ve noticed.

Avatars of the Lonely are, you guessed it, antisocial.

About half of the avatars of the Extinction are self righteous about the sins of man while actively leaking radioactive waste into the groundwater, but almost all of them dress like this is cyberpunk. You can pry black and acid green from their mutated dead hands.

Avatars of the Slaughter get horny about their work more than most - save for those of the Corruption. It’s called bloodlust for a reason.

Spiral avatars are often tricksy little pranksters, and they are mean to me just because I can’t resist looking at things that don’t make sense until my head hurts every time.

Avatars of the Desolation are assholes.

[margaretkart]

I literally just made a post that was like "the gods aren't white, they aren't anything actually, they're spiritual entities, let people draw them how they want" and then I see The Anon 😭

God fucking forbid you want to see your own heritage in the gods you draw 🙄

Ah you are very close!

Indeed we Greeks don't understand the need to label our skin colour but geographically and genetically we are white but various tones of white to tanned skin. Mediterranean people especially in Greece we have features that are completely different from North Europeans. Definitely however not the kind of label USA makes regarding skin colour.

Also the Greek gods were made by the ancient Greeks to be "to their image" in appearance and behaviour. In the myth of Semele Zeus' "true form" is never mentioned because it's something cosmic beyond human comprehension that literally kills you in this situation. But of course when it comes to their physical appearance it's worth mentioning that the Greek gods originated in Greece and is more respectful to look like Greeks.

For example it wouldn't make sense to turn an Egyptian god into a Viking, or a Chinese deity into a Hindu god. Gods that originated from a specific country will look like their country of origins.

That said i indeed don't understand anons logic since when is a bad thing to draw my culture and represent the gods with their ethnicity? Again Hollywood and western countries have exploited and colonised this idea to fit their agendas that has massively spread globally to the point that even some Greeks agree with foreign people. It's really frustrated that we only ask for respect, understanding and not spread hate and misinformation online.

[cosmic-entity-creation]

Helloo there! First time doing this so uhhhhh hope i do good CRIES

May we have a identity for our decora introject? They exist but they don’t have an identity and we’re trying to help them out! Level 3 please! Im extra XD

You can add anything you want, we will remove and add what we see fit!

Some keywords that fit them are: decora, rainbow, accessories, stickers, harajuku, kandi, kidcore

Sorry if i did anything wrong!

- @k4ijynxx2

Tier Three - Decora Introject

Name: Kandace, Sparkles, Parker, Cloud, Raine, Evie, Winter, Loopsy, Doll, Colette, Beanie, Twilight, Pinkie, Dash, Crayon, Sprite, Mp3, Kitty, Sunni, Cathy, Lottie, Citron, Honey, Winnie, Ruby, Emerald, Layla, Polly, Picket, LaLa

Nicknames: Kandi, Kan-Kan, Park, Rainy, Eve, Loop, Dolly, Bean, Bea, Twi, Twily, Dashie, Cray, Kit, Sun, Sunshine, Pick, La

Age: 17-21 years old

Species: Human

Pronouns: kan/kandi, she/her, they/them, it/its, bead/beads, dec/decora, scratch/scratch, glitter/glitters, play/plays, twist/twists, glam/glams, ve/ver, xe/xem, zhe/zher, ae/aer

Source: Decora, Rainbow, Accessories, Stickers, Harajuku, Kandi, Kidcore

Roles: Cheer Holder, Soother, Excitement Holder

Gender Labels: Kidcoric, Decoragender, Asthetigender, Genderfluid, Genderflux, Pangender, Pangenderflux

Orientation Labels: Femme Bi-Lesbian

Relationship Labels: Queerplatonic, Ambiamorous w/Preference

Presentation Labels: Orange Cat, Femme

Personality: Happy go Lucky, Cheerful, Artsy, Hyper, Excitable, Optimistic, Energetic

Likes: Making Kandi, Decorating Notebooks, Drawing, Expressing playself, Video Games, Bugs, Speedrunning

Dislikes: Dark Clothing, Sitting Still for a Long Time, Clutter, Tight Time Schedules

Hobbies: Sports, Parkour, Traditional Art, Scrapbooking

Interests: Elaborate Styles of Clothing, Body Modifications, Learning New Crafting Techniques, Visual kei Styles, Collecting Labels

Appearance:

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**Note: Sorry this took so long, I don't know much about these substyles or aesthetics and I tried to research, but I'm not sure I fully understood!!

** Tagging: @k4ijynxx2

[gabessquishytum]

Addition to 🍃anon's ask:

One day Dream's particularly upset with one of Hob's classes. Like, these kids don't understand the basics of history at all. There's a girl who was confused about if humans evolved enough to do farming by the renaissance period. There's another kid who didn't believe telephones weren't invented by that point. He's baffled. He said "why take a medieval history class if you don't understand anything" about 10 times. He stopped eating his dinner just to sit there and try to process it.

So, he makes all the students dream about being back in the classroom again. Just a normal class, except Dream is the teacher. He gets the basic outline of Hob's lesson that day and goes eldritch mode and scares the information into them to make them remember.

The next day all the students are talking about it, and while Hob doesn't particularly like that Dream did it, he tells them to start paying attention or else it'll happen every night.

This is amazing and also as a former student - I would not object to being taught by a 10ft nightmarish dreamlord. I had worse history teachers, tbh.

Hob is slightly confused when all the kids in his class can suddenly recite the date of every battle from the Wars of the Roses, but all becomes clear when they all compare dreams. Hob wryly shakes his head as hands out the quiz for his students - amazingly, they all receive decent marks. They even remember the different Henrys and Edwards of the period. They're so frightened, they don't dare ask stupid questions about whether the world was in black and white back in the olden days, like it is in movies. Hob wonders if it counts as cheating if they were taught by a powerful cosmic entity, but he just decides to take the win.

That night at home, Dream finds himself treated to a particularly amorous Hob who is VERY willing to do absolutely anything that Dream asks of him. So maybe he'll be playing teacher more often. Come to think of it, Hob would probably like a scary/sexy teacher dream of his own...

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

Okay so this one is a bit into super-AU(/modern???) territory, but I was deep into a rabbit hole on space (I like black holes and pulsars a lot :D) when I had a great thought:

Us as an astronaut + space (entity??) Legacy

Admittedly I don't know much about astronauts beyond the training that they have to go through to be able to go to space, but I do think it'd be cool to just, like, see Legacy on the moon or something.

~ The anon who wanted Kaveh but didn't want Baizhu or Ganyu Ooooo what if the Abyss was, like, one of those theoretical other sides of a black hole? People like making theories about black holes, and I really like the ones about parallel universes and wormholes so- P.S. I might talk more about this concept/idea later to be honest, because I really Love Space :D

OHHHH I LIKE THIS ONE I LOVE FLUFFY COSMIC MOTH!!!

you didn't train with the intention of meeting an interstellar void being, you mostly wanted to explore new horizons, go places few have ever been before and see the infinite sky as a place rather than a backdrop of your world. to your delight, you received all that and more. far, FAR more than you were expecting. you catch your first glimpse out of the corner of your eye, just a subtle whisp of something like stardust. the clicks are next, faint, echoing croons and hums following you, and for a dreadful few minutes you think your suit must be malfunctioning somehow, a quick death sentence. but everything looks fine- perfect, actually- and you find the answer when you finally look up and behind you, a confused scrunch between your brows

what you can only describe as a galactical beast hovers before you, and your jaw drops. tall, floating off the ground, adorned in glittering lights and stars with ethereal wings and twin horns spiraling towards the heavens. it mimics you, tilting its head and letting out a soft cooing sound. that explains the noises you were hearing, at least. the creature reaches for you slowly, and its claws are as cold as ice even through the heavy material. but it seems to delight in mere touch, moving behind you, then to the side, the other one. at the end the peculiar, terrifying, beautiful monster bumps its head against your helmet, and you want nothing more than to sink into its cradling embrace and remain there forever. alas, you only have a fraction of eternity, but it's enough to receive gentle purrs and nuzzles and stray bits of stardust that feel like nothing and everything at once

for he calls himself Foul Legacy, and he wishes to visit you at nighttime

[shadowtraveled]

what TMA entities would you assign the dungeon lords, esp mithrun? was discussing this (bc marcille is sooo End) and consulting your Seminal Mithrun Meta when i remembered you also went here!

anon i want you to know i was thinking about this nonstop like two weeks ago oh my god. i’d love to hear your thoughts on this if you’re so inclined 👁‍🗨 (and wheeze thank you i don’t know about seminal but i’m glad it passed peer review)

putting a readmore here for spoilers

to preface this, i understand the fears aren’t really separate and it’s all just fear etc but they function as distinct in the way the demons do and in the sense that they each had to mark jon to come into the world. so. distinctive facets of a unified whole. anyway i have two criteria for assigning someone a tma entity: it has to be something they deeply fear, and it has to be something they choose anyway.

and with that being said, marcille is SO end-aligned in a very gentle and chill way i think fits the end so nicely… her intense fear of death is sort of a fear of loss, which would typically be considered the desolation’s domain, especially when coupled with her aptitude for explosion/fire magic and the part of her arc where she tries to expand the dungeon, but she wasn't choosing destruction or hopelessness in either of those cases—there’s something to be said for the carnage she was willing to leave in her wake, but at the end of the day she was trying to eliminate loss. she's fundamentally incompatible with the desolation because she continually rejects it, and the loss itself doesn't form the core of her fear. the inevitability of death, though, does, and she accepts it when she gives up the dungeon and lets falin go. absolutely the end.

i think thistle is another easy designation. he clings to control to the point it corrupts him, and he creates an environment that forbids death, but his desire is not for control and his fear is not of death or loss—those are delgal's. instead, his fear that he won't be able to measure up to the too-large too-heavy responsibility placed on his shoulders is what drives him, and because we know it drives him, we know that he takes it on anyway. he even brings melini underground. extremely the buried.

laios, meanwhile. is difficult for me to assign. his fears (rejection, ostracism, that he isn't able to connect with people, that he hates people) feel very lonely, and he does withdraw from people a fair amount, but he has connections he does not and would not choose to sever. you could make an argument for the hunt (he's drawn to not only monsters but the concept of the food chain itself and his place on it as a part of the natural world, and he ends the series with the object of his fascination out of his reach), but i don't think there's enough fear there. in laios' case, the lack of strict definition between fears and the idea that they're all just muddled subcategories of a singular thing is actually really helpful, because i think i'm assigning him to the vast. it was said at some point that the vast and the lonely aren't too dissimilar—you won't realize how alone you are without distance, and that sort of mental/emotional distance and disconnect is what has haunted laios his entire life. and i think that's, in part, what makes the cosmic insignificance of seeing yourself as just another part of your environment so comforting to him. his choices... definitely make him cosmically significant lmfao but even though he chooses to be the one to go up against Infinity Itself and its endless hunger and even though he chooses to be king, he fits himself right back into the position of being a single piece of a much larger puzzle. he became lord of the dungeon to become a part of the food chain that would stand a chance to preserve it (via eating the demon's hunger). he's king because there was a gap that needed to be filled. even then, he wants his body to be scattered after death, so that he can be devoured like any other living thing would be. god i love this manga. anyway, tentative but i think the vast is the only thing i can justify at this time. actually, accepting the hunger of the infinite could itself be seen as accepting the vast into himself…….

and finally, mithrun! surprising absolutely nobody given my take on his backstory, i'd give him to the lonely, with the caveat that he does eventually sever his connection to it. prior to becoming lord of a dungeon, we know he thought the worst of people (and again i think this was intentional of him), but we also know he put up a front that was undeniably kind. milsiril says that everyone loved him for the front, but its very existence acted as a barrier between himself and others: milsiril had no idea how miserable he was, and neither did anyone else. he'd already begun choosing isolation, and he chose it ultimately when he became lord of a dungeon, literally cutting himself off from everyone in a pocket dimension where he surrounded himself with facsimiles of people he loved until... they dwindled. and they did, until he was alone again, with only the demon and the unresponsive chimera construction of the person he considered to be the one he loved. after he was eaten, we see themes of emptiness typical of the lonely coupled with his disconnection from his team—in one of the extras it says they don't really know how to approach him, and i think it shows. so in a way, he ends up back where he started: surrounded by people who care about him and who he ostensibly cares about in return, but emotionally alone. as for fear, i think a lot of his are tied up in the concept of insignificance, but that insignificance isn't cosmic—it's personal. that's why watching himself be replaced was so unbearable for him and why the thought of being left unfinished was so horrific.

as an aside, i did also consider the corruption. the idea of leftovers abandoned carries the connotation of rot and i love the concept of 'the rot within you' etc. it gets me every time, and i think there's something to be said about that with regard to the way mithrun views the person he once was. furthermore, the... eating... scene... is framed as sexual and extremely invasive (and, as a result of the combination, is very evocative of disgust) in a way we see most often with the corruption (though imo tma would never see something like this as it toes the line of jonny's "no sexual trauma horror" rule too closely), and we have to remember that for all that it terrified mithrun, he was trying to get it to happen again. but i don't think disgust is enough of a factor for him. most of his disgust is aimed at himself, and while he doesn't shy away from it, he isn't really drawn to it either. rather, i think his dialogue in the extra comic in the complete edition of the adventurer's bible ("there's nothing so kind as a demon. suddenly losing that kind of love opens a hole in your heart[...]") goes a long way in terms of defining what being eaten meant to him. the corruption focuses on a feeling of belonging and community. mithrun wanted to disappear forever knowing that in the last moment he lived he was loved. ultimately, the fear of being abandoned coupled with his attraction to being unknown and eventually entirely gone read as lonely-aligned to me.

anyway i'd LOVE to hear where you're at with this please come chat literally whenever this is the most excited i’ve ever been about anything

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I totally get that. A lot of AU fics do make them way too soft; it doesn't bother me as much when it's Rio (to Agatha, mostly) because she isn't an ancient entity with 300 years of fighting with her ex(?) wife. But that woman is gentle and lover girl only with Agatha. I would love to see a canonical exploration of her relationships with the other cosmic entities. Given their respective dysfunction, I doubt they're a happy family

Hi again Anon! I'm going to assume you're the same one who sent the prev ask.

Yeah I'm the same way I think? Like I'm perfectly happy with having Rio be soft and patient in AUs, and I love her being that with Agatha (episode one my love).

BUT some stories give the girl zero backbone or edges and I'm like hmmmm. Like I ship these two because they're freak4freak and troll4troll. Rio is her own character and the AUs that work best for me dramatically are the ones with them being both a threat/danger to each other and unhinged in some way.

It's why I really don't care for AUs where Agatha's the one with all the power and influence and Rio's just dragged along her wake. Canonically Agatha's attracted to Rio because she's powerful, not because she looks like Aubrey Plaza. I like that it's more than skin deep with these two.

On that other point: as someone who grew up with DC's The Sandman, my main concern with the whole cosmic entity thing is that Marvel's are um. Not all that interesting if we go by the comics.

Like if we do it in the MCU we'll have to make them actual characters like what AAA did with Rio because Marvel comic Death isn't really much of a character as much as a plot device. Same with Eternity, Infinity, etc.

And it can definitely be done with the right writers and actors—I mean look at how they've elevated Agatha as a character from the comics—and it would definitely be interesting but some creative work's gotta be done there!