#Eterna Rinebow

[starrdio-art]

I binged roll over and die. Flum is saying this with a straight face and thinks its platonic. Eterna is becoming more homophobic by the nanosecond. Milkit is there too. Good series 👍

[anactualautist]

Thank you @ qilmey on twitter colourising this image from the reference images!

[mommymilkits]

This would happen. You're not changing my mind. Thank you for listening to my explanation.

[ahb-writes]

Book Review: ‘Roll Over and Die’ #3

ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! (Light Novel) Vol. 3 by Kiki My rating: 4 of 5 stars Predictable but entertaining, and structured such that the villain never quite dies or goes away as one would hope, the third volume of this novel series makes for pleasant reading. Without thumbing over the promotional blurb, one will easily discern the trajectory of the narrative by page 75 or so: Flum and friends have learned the church's three research divisions include necromancy, the "children," and chimeric experimentation. The emphasis on missing the long departed, and fearing the consequences of never quite fully mourning their passing, clues readers into Flum's inevitable clash with the necromancy research team. Interestingly, this novel series isn't exactly built in the traditional environment of the hero's journey, in which the protagonist and her crew must proceed linearly through one challenge after another, toward a known conclusion. The implication is there, sure, but the truth is more layered and more complex. The antagonistic force here and beyond, the Church of Origin, is making progress. Obviously, all manner of thieves, assassins, and monsters are dispatched to quell various uprisings and execute assorted traitors. But the Church isn't standing still. It has plenty goals of its own that require attention. And so, while Flum Apricot, her dearest Milkit, and their allies scrape to survive, the cityscape's march toward darkness beats its steady rhythm. ROLL OVER AND DIE #3 puts Flum in the awkward position of hearing out former enemies as potential partners and of chasing after newfound friends and fearing they may have shifted their loyalties toward something more nefarious. Flum has built up a decent information network in her pursuit of the truth. It's good to have tough friends with a taste for adventure. But progress has its penalties. Surviving the Anichidey Research Lab and living to tell the tale of an assault from "the children" means Flum, Milkit, and even Eterna are marked personas. And the Church has its own plans. Harnessing the power of Origin, researchers have crafted talismans and begun distributing them to all sorts of baddies. That these tokens drive their users mad is inevitable. That these dark charms, cores, work so amiably with heroes such as Maria (cleric) and Jean (mage) speaks to a worrying level of human corruptibility. Or would it be easier to say Maria and Jean were always on the path toward corruptibility? One of the better facets of this novel series rests in how the purportedly obvious receives so many opportunities to prove itself wrong, and yet fails to follow through time and again. No wonder Cyrill (swordswoman) and Linus (archer) have their doubts. Gadhio Lathcutt, renowned swordsman, has officially quit the brigade of heroes and plans to settle down as a local guildmaster. Too bad the Church has zero plans to give the experienced adventurer a moment's rest. The bruiser's personal expectations for himself and his blade can never quite live up to the image he's crafted. There are people who are quite satisfied with learning from their mistakes. The question, for Gadhio, is whether he is content to permit the darkness of the necromancy project to overshadow his deeply-rooted insecurities. The adventure-horror aspect of ROLL OVER AND DIE #3 isn't as haunting as it was for the previous two volumes. But then again, few images compare to the raw terror of those infernal underground ogres or of the inescapable grotesqueness of Ink's mutant eyeball trick. Even so, the villains are just as bad. Satils Francois is a socialite. She rides the high of violent sadism day-in and day-out. The woman is a monster. Her hedonism hits a little too close to home for little Milkit, and as such, Flum is more than determined to see the woman sliced apart and buried underground. Underappreciated highlights from this installment include Flum acquiring a bunch of new gear, as well as Flum showcasing numerous new fighting tactics to make use of her varied experience. When the girl acquires the Leather Belt of Wailing Agony, the narrator humorously ruminates: "she could probably include it as a part of her daily wear, though she did worry about whether it would start screaming at socially inappropriate moments" (p. 83). ROLL OVER AND DIE #3 also tosses in a handful of notes regarding many characters' backstories. Gadhio's story earns the largest share of chatter, but readers also learn more about Eterna Rinebow, how the sorceress amassed so much power, and why she still looks so innocently young. The novel also hints at Flum's history. That is to say, Flum's actual history. Readers already presume to know who Flum Apricot is, where she came from, and what she believes; but as is usually the case, the truth, and what one believes, often differ. Whether this measure of difference is by the breadth of a whole continent or mere degrees of understanding, the bittersweet shift may well change things forever.

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[anime-witch-showdown]

Submissions are officially closed!

The full list of participating anime witches is as follows! If I counted right, there SHOULD be 48, following me merging Cure Miracle and Cure Magical into one entry, since it was initially 49 and that's an odd number and...well you guys get the idea.

BlazBlue - Nine The Phantom

Cotton (Shoot-em-up Series) - Cotton the Witch

Final Fantasy - Edea Kramer

Genshin Impact - La Signora

Guilty Gear - I-No

Kiki’s Delivery Service - Kiki

KonoSuba - Megumin

I’ve Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years & Maxed Out My Level - Azusa

Izetta the Last Witch - Izetta

Legend of Zelda, The - Irene the Witch

Little Witch Academia - Akko

Little Witch Academia - Constanze Amalie von Braunschbank Albrechtsberger

Little Witch Academia - Croix

Little Witch Academia - Shiny Chariot

Little Witch Academia - Sucy

Mahou Tsukai Precure - Cure Magical & Cure Miracle

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury - Suletta

Ojomajo Doremi - Doremi Harukaze

Ojomajo Doremi - Hazuki Fujiwara

Ojomajo Doremi - Aiko Senoo

Ojomajo Doremi - Majo Rika

Omaegotoki - Eterna Rinebow

Pokemon - Lily (Character of The Week from Johto Journeys)

Pokemon - Mismagius

Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Charlotte

Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Ophelia

Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Homulily

Puyo Puyo - Witch from Puyo Puyo

Revolutionary Girl Utena - Anthy Himemiya

Romantic Killer - Riri

Rune Factory 3 - Marian

Sally The Witch - Sally The Witch

Slayers - Lina Inverse

Soul Eater - Arachne Gorgon

Soul Eater - Blair

Sugar Sugar Rune - Chocolat 

Sugar Sugar Rune - Vanilla

Touhou - Marisa Kirisame

Umineko: When The Seagulls Cry - Beatrice

UTAU (Software) - Gahata Meiji

Wandering Witch Elaina - Elaina

WarioWare - Ashley

Witch Craft Works - Kagari Ayaka

Witch Hat Atelier - Agott

Witch Hat Atelier - Qifrey

xxxHOLIC - Yuuko

Yamada & The Seven Witches - Urara Shiraishi

YAMIBO - Lilith

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Actual voting will start tomorrow! I have to figure out how to bracket these ladies, since I don't want any situations where we've got a super obscure character going up against a really well-known one in the first round.

[spaghettiogre]

Hey look it's half of the heroe's party. Ya know, the people specifically chosen by origin to defeat the demon king? Imagine what a scandal it would be if God existed and chose a few people to save humanity or some shit and those people just moved to the slums to chill and pick up weird murder children from the streets.

[mommymilkits]

ROLL OVER AND DIE INCORRECT QUOTES!!!

Flum: How did none of you hear what I just said?

Milkit: I've been zoned out for the past two and a half hours.

Ink: I got distracted about halfway through.

Eterna: Ignoring you was a conscious decision.

Milkit: Flum, I'm sad.

Flum: *Holds out arms for a hug* It's going to be okay.

Ink: Eterna, I'm sad.

Eterna, nodding: mood.

Ink: You know those things will kill you, right?

Eterna, pouring another glass of whiskey: That's the point.

Flum, smoking a cigarette: We're trying to speed up the process.

Milkit: *Nods while eating raw cookie dough*

Ink: Why are Milkit and Flum sitting with their backs to each other?

Eterna: They had a fight.

Eterna: Then why are they holding hands?

Ink: They get sad when they fight.

Eterna: Care for another sundae, weenie?

Flum: I am not a weenie!

Ink: Relax, you're among friends. *raises her drink*

Flum: My friends don't hang out at Weenie Hut Jr's.

Milkit: You tell 'em, Flum! *sips her drink*

Flum: Milkit, what're you doing here?

Milkit: I'm always here on Double Weenie Wednesdays.

Flum: There is no future. there is no past. do you see? Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every facet.

Milkit:

Ink:

Eterna:

Everyone Else At Flum’s Surprise Birthday Party:

Milkit: All I asked was if you wanted to cut your birthday cake first.

Milkit: On the count of three, what's your favorite cake? One, two, three-

Milkit and Flum, in unison: Chocolate cake peanut butter frosting with chocolate chunks!

Ink: Our turn, Eterna! One, two, three- vanilla!

Eterna, deadpan: I've never had cake, what is cake.

Eterna: Dammit, Flum!

Flum: What?! It wasn't me!

Eterna: Sorry, force of habit. Dammit, Milkit!

Milkit: Not me either.

Eterna: Oh….. Then who set the house on fire?

Ink: *whistles*

Eterna: Have you seen Flum around here?

Ink: Ugh, yes. She made a horrible mess of the blood fountain.

Milkit: It looks fine to me?

Ink: IT USED TO BE WATER!!!

Milkit: *Trying to fill out legal paperwork stuff*

Were you guys born AMAB or AFAB?

Eterna: Bold of you to assume I was born at all.

Ink: I personally was created in a lab.

Flum: I just straight up spawned lol.

Eterna: *Screams*

Flum: *Screams louder to assert dominance*

Milkit: Should we do something?!

Ink, observing: No, I want to see who wins this.

Milkit, setting down a card: Ace of spades

Flum, pulling out an Uno card: +4

Eterna, pulling out a Pokémon card: Jolteon, I choose you!

Ink, trembling: What are we playing?

Eterna: *Gently taps table*

Flum: *Taps back*

Milkit: What are they doing?

Ink: Morse code.

Eterna: *Aggressively taps table*

Flum: *Slams hands down* YOU TAKE THAT BACK-

Milkit: Violence isn't the answer.

Flum: You're right.

Milkit: *sighs in relief*

Flum: Violence is the question.

Milkit: What?

Flum, bolting away: And the answer is yes.

Milkit, running after them: NO-

(Eterna: Violence isn't the answer.

Ink: You're right.

Eterna: *sighs in relief*

Ink: Violence is the question.

Eterna: What?

Ink, bolting away: And the answer is yes.

Eterna, running after them: NO-)

Milkit: How do I deal with my enemies?

Flum: Kill them.

Milkit: That's a bit extreme, I was hoping for a more passive solution

Flum: Kill them only a little?

Milkit: Is something burning?

Flum: Just my love for you.

Milkit: Master, the toaster is on fire.

Milkit: Remember when you didn't try to solve all your problems with attempted murder?

Flum: Stop romanticizing the past.

Flum: I think I'm having a mid-life crisis.

Milkit: You're like 16 years old.

Flum: I MIGHT DIE AT 30!

Flum: petition to remove the 'd' from Wednesday.

Milkit: Wednesay?

Flum: Not what I had in mind, but I'm flexible!

Flum: *Stubs her toe* FUCK!

Milkit: Mind your language!

Flum: What else am I supposed to say, "Woe is I"???

Milkit:

Flum: You have to accept that swear words are

necessary sometimes.

Flum: I slept for almost 12 hours but I might still be tired so lets go for 12 more just incase.

Milkit: Flum, that's a coma!

Flum: Sounds festive.

Flum: Look. I may not be a saint, but it's not like I've killed anybody. I'm not an arsonist. I've never found a wallet outside of an IHOP and thought about returning it but saw the owner lived out of state so just took the cash and dropped the wallet back on the ground.

Milkit: Okay, that's really specific, and that makes me think that you definitely did do that.

Flum: I've already sent good vibes your way. they're coming. There's nothing you can do to stop them.

Milkit: This is the most threatening way I've ever been cheered up.

Flum: You're the love of my life and my best friend, I would do anything for you.

Milkit: I want you to eat three meals a day and have a decent sleep schedule.

Flum: Absolutely not.

Ink: You love me, right, Eterna?

Eterna: Normally, I'd say yes without hesitation, but I feel like this is going somewhere and I don't like it.

Milkit: You often use humor to deflect trauma.

Flum: Thank you.

Milkit: I didn't say that was a good thing!

Flum: What I'm hearing is, you think I'm funny.

Flum: *Accidentally hits Milkit in the face*

Flum: *Trying to decide between saying “I'm fucking sorry” and “Are you okay"*

Flum: ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY?!

Milkit: What's wrong with you?!

Flum: If there's going to be a big dramatic scene, wait until I get back.

Milkit: Of course. I can't flip this table by myself.

Flum: I turned out perfectly fine!

Milkit: Master, this morning you thought a ghost made your toast.

Flum: I DIDN'T PUT THE BREAD IN! YOU DIDN'T PUT THE BREAD IN!!!

Flum: I want to wake up with you every day for the rest of our lives!

Milkit: I wake up at 4:30 AM.

Flum:

Flum: I want to see you at some point every day for the rest of our lives!

Flum, in a meeting: My policy is if you see something, say something.

Milkit: I saw a squirrel in a tree today!

Flum, with the tone of someone who is used to Milkit: Outstanding.

Flum: This is what I'm talking about people.

(Eterna, in a meeting: My policy is if you see something, say something.

Ink, if she could see: I saw a squirrel in a tree today!

Eterna, with the tone of someone who is used to Ink: Outstanding.

Eterna: This is what I'm talking about people.)

Flum: I'm a reverse necromancer.

Milkit: Isn't that just killing people?

Flum: Ah, technicality!

Flum: It's dark in here.

Milkit: Don't worry dude I got this!

Milkit: *Stomps her feet*

Milkit: *Skechers light up*

Flum: I am not out of control! I'm a law abiding citizen!

Eterna: Really? Name one law

Flum: Don't kill people?

Eterna: That's on me. I set the bar too low.

Flum: Today is a day of running through hurdles.

Eterna: Aren't you supposed to jump OVER hurdles?

Flum: Whatever. Fear is only something to be afraid of if you let it scare you.

Flum: In light of what you did for me, you can hug me for four to five seconds.

Milkit: FORTY FIVE SECONDS?!?

Flum: No! Four to five seconds!

Milkit: Too late!!!

(Eterna: In light of what you did for me, you can hug me for four to five seconds.

Ink: FORTY FIVE SECONDS?!?

Eterna: No! Four to five seconds!

Ink: Too late!!!)

Flum: I prevented a murder today.

Milkit: Really? How'd you do that?

Flum: Self control.

Milkit: You know, I'm starting to regret showing you how that blender works.

Ink, drinking toast: Why do you say that?

Flum: So what's for dinner?

Milkit, staring at the food she just burnt: Regret.

Eterna: Ink was banned from the chicken shack, so we had to go out of town to get some.

Ink: Well, they shouldn't say "all you can eat" if they don't mean it.

Eterna: Ink, you ate a chair.

Milkit, reading the paper: Someone tried to fight a squid at the aquarium today!

Flum: *walks in covered with ink* Well, maybe the squid was being a dick.

Flum: Name a more iconic duo than my crippling fear of abandonment and my anxiety. I'll wait.

Milkit: You and me!!!

Flum, tearing up: Okay.

[mommymilkits]

sorta forgetting this blog exists lmao

[anactualautist]

This line's always been stuck in my head, so I had to post it!

[anime-witch-showdown]

Eterna Rinebow (omaegotoki)

[anactualautist]

Its been a while since I’ve made a shitpost, and this clearly isnt worth the wait

[mommymilkits]

NRW REFREAD NE CECC P HOTO S

also why is milkit half nakey-

[mommymilkits]

this is exactly what happened in flums mind after milkit kissed her. change my mind.

[mommymilkits]

pretty accurate if you ask me

[mommymilkits]

I’m ever so slowly waiting for the day for someone to look at Eterna and say something along the lines of:

“Is she from Genshin?”, “What character is she?”, “What’s her name?”, etc.

Because you know dang well Genshin fans would look at her and think she was from the game. (Btw her design is superior to Genshin designs and nobody will be changing my mind anytime soon.)

Anyways I think it’s pretty funny if you ask me.

I mean look at her.

[anactualautist]

The twitter art references keep giving. LOOK AT HER.