#always pazuzu

[achoirofcritters]

FATHER HELP

[crown-ov-horns]

Perpetually torn between loving and hating this bitch.

I mean, her treatment of Lana is irredeemable.

[1moremilgram-enjoyer]

Currently obssessing over 0308 (as usual) and the way punishment/judgement is represented as fire in Fuuta's MVs and rain/water in Amane's. The parallels are driving me insane I swear.

Punishing someone else.

Being punished (I assume Fuuta is supposed to be burning here).

Like okay okay listen.

CW: Online harrassment, doxxing, child abuse, cults and indoctrination, burning and drowning.

What do these things represent in the MVs? Well, like I said, it's punishment or judgement. They're these suffocating, overpowering forces of nature which feel like they swallow you whole, right?

[Backdraft] Flames closing in, are both sides losers? Flames closing in, can’t douse this FIRE

Alight, enmeshed, their eyes closing in Dodging seems impossible Bust out, explode that counter uppercut Swallowing me whole, can’t douse this FIRE

Amane may not mention water in her lyrics, but the visuals are clear enough.

But obviously they're so so different. The fires in Bring it On and Backdraft always have human origin. It's Fuuta weilding the fire swords, it's Fuuta who uses the highly flammable spray paint. In fact, Fuuta uses the username Pazuzu, a wind demon, and wind very easily causes fires to spread and worsen (more on the Fuuta-Pazuzu connection in this post by milk-ly I highly recommend you read!). Fuuta for a long time had control of the punishment and judgement dealt out to others, he controlled the fire.

But humans don't control rain. It always comes from nature, and in Amane's eyes, from a God. It's an immutable fact of life, punishment shall come because it is ordained by a higher power.

Right? You get it?

And there's more. Because rain and water in general is a necessity. It's something humans can't live without. Even if it's unpleasant or annoying when it does rain, people should always be grateful that it does. Even if it's inescapable, it's a gift from God. It's love.

[Magic] But it’s not scary at all, because it’s love I can really think it’s great. See, isn’t it a great thing?

Please get my girl some therapy.

Okay so that's all well and good. But probably the most important difference is the aftermath.

Because for Fuuta, fire doesn't leave anything behind, but ash. It's a completely destructive force. Even if something new can take the burnt object's place (see: agricultural uses of fire), the old object is completely destroyed. It's unforgiving, nothing good can come from being burnt.

[Backdraft] An ever-victorious FIRE, burn so high 'till it becomes ash

With just one mistake and I’m out of chances Bless me, please, with one more chance

Fuuta's lives in a world where judgement is damning. Just one mistake, and you're already burning, and no one can douse the fire. That's how it's always been for him and the people he attacked. Nothing good comes from being punished, and there are no second chances.

But rain isn't like that. After the rain comes the rainbow, right? After punishment comes reform, after being judged, one can become a better version of themselves.

The thing that ties all the Purge March scenes with a rainbow is the theme of punishment, of rain. It first appears when Amane fumbles the Gozake flag, later when Amane heals the cat, then the last two images are after her victim killed the cat. It's the good following the judgement, the "improvement."

[Magic] I won’t say “I’ve had enough” Will you laugh with me and forgive me? I promise! I can only become a better girl!

I wonder why she won't say she's had enough punishment...

[The Purge March] The “It can’t be helped”, from the scum who can’t be helped That makes them doubtlessly, clearly, absolutely, unequivocally, beyond any doubt, GUILTY

Oh right! Because saying you won't be able to change after punishment is blasphemous and makes you "scum who can't be helped"! Right!

Please get my girl some therapy.

Okay, and why's all this paralleling important? Like sure it's neat, but this is all stuff that can be gathered individually from each MV, why do we gotta relate it to one another?

Well, because it makes it make so much more sense.

[Fuuta] Brat, you’re on the side who weren’t forgiven too, right? ……so why can you still stand? Don’t you can hear it too? The voices blaming us. ……I don’t have the energy to do anything like this. [Amane] It goes without saying. Because there’s something far more important than the voices of people we can’t even see. People are able to get back up again. As long as there’s something to guide them. Kajiyama Futa, by coincidence today happens to be your birthday, correct? Don’t you think it’s a good opportunity to be reborn?

Of course Fuuta wants to believe Amane! Because if her religion is right, then he does have a second chance!

Bless me, please, with one more chance

The use of "bless" here really became quite ironic huh. (Disclaimer, I don't have a good way of checking if there really is a religious implication in the original Japanese lyric and I actually think there isn't)

He's going through the punishment here, and he's reforming! He probably wouldn't dox anyone again after what happened with Killcheroy. Suddenly, his Guilty verdict isn't just an unforgiving fire which will consume him whole and leave nothing but ash. Instead, it's just a tiny bit of rain, and as long as he holds out, he can see the rainbow. If you feel like you're standing in an inferno, wouldn't you rather be in the rain instead?

I've always been worried about how Fuuta would react to a second Amane Guilty. I'm pretty sure Amane herself would only cling to her beliefs harder, because when the rain turns into a storm, the rainbow becomes even more necessary. If after all she's gone through she still believes in her faith, there is zero chance in my mind a second Guilty would help at all. The question is what the hell would Fuuta do if Amane suffers so much and the only thing she has left is her religion. The issue is that Amane's religion, given everything I talked about, seems like it would love martyrs, so if Fuuta is already starting to believe, he's only going to be... more impressed? Maybe? By Amane.

[Magic] I won’t say “I’ve had enough” Will you laugh with me and forgive me?

Yeah that line again.

And I don't know man, I really hope he doesn't end up attacking Shidou in Amane's stead, but I think it's not all that impossible. And it would also be very funny I think, a small part of me wants to see the reaction of people who voted Amane Guilty to protect Shidou if that happens.

Would Amane Innocent help? Not by itself, probably. But if Amane gets into a better mental state, it's possible Fuuta would be able to sorta start getting her to realize some of the bad parts of her cult and hopefully a Trial 3 inno on Amane would be enough to start a path to healing.

Listen, Shidou can survive a stab, and he can tell someone else how to heal the other injured prisoners. He and the others can probably come back from Shidou's injury. I don't think Amane can come back from a second Guilty if I'm honest. Given the Situation, I hope I'm wrong, but I am so so worried.

Come on Fuuta make a Timelines post asking us to inno Amane like Haruka did with Mu. Do it. I know it didn't go well last time but you know.

Anyways, Inno Amane please- take care!

[opalspring]

Fuuta not being the one to give the final blow to Killcheroy theory

This is a pretty well-known theory in the fandom, but I wanted to make a post with all the evidence I could think of that could hint at Fuuta not being the one to doxx Killcheroy at the end of Bring It On. We’ll mostly discuss content from the music videos for that.

Hint from Undercover 

Unlike other prisoners’ victims implied to have commited suicide, namely Hinako and Mahiru’s boyfriend, Es has both of their boots on during Fuuta’s murder scene in Undercover.

This is strange, because it was basically confirmed both by Fuuta and in Backdraft (with the suffocating/burning to death metaphor) that Killcheroy ended her life.

In my opinion, Es still has their boots on in the Fuuta frame simply because Fuuta wasn’t directly responsible for Killcheroy’s death (though he is undeniably linked to it).

There is more substantial evidence for this in both Bring It On and Backdraft. There are also the parts in Fuuta’s voice dramas that have him declare he didn’t kill anyone, but let’s just look at the mvs, where the prisoners can’t lie.

Hints from Bring It On

Through the rpg sequences in Fuuta’s first mv, there’s always a map in the bottom-left of the screen where we see Fuuta’s icon in blue that shows where he’s facing, the enemy icons in red, as well as the green icons, Fuuta’s allies.

The first battle, with eleven green dots, the enemy and Fuuta’s icon facing it. 

The second battle, with six green dots, the enemy, and Fuuta facing it up close.

After that is when things start to get weird. Unlike the first two battles (at the game arcade and the university), we don’t know where this one takes place. 

Also, for some reason Fuuta is in his everyday clothes inside of the dark triad rpg interface, with Neuschwanstein castle in the back. I talked about my interpretation of this part in another theory, but what we want to look at here is the map on the bottom-left.

At first glance, there’s nothing out of the ordinary with Fuuta’s icon and six green dots being present. However, even if it’s hard to see with the distortion of the screen in the mv, something very interesting happens during this part.

(let's zoom in for convenience)

Yeah, the left-most green dot split into two at some point and left the group.

This is probably a representation of one of Fuuta’s allies betraying him and leaving. Or in the context of Twitter, making another account to impersonate Fuuta.

@ otums on Twitter pointed out the writing styles of each Dark Triad member in Bring It On, and how Fuuta’s didn’t match the last messages Storm Pazuzu sends to Killcheroy. 

I completely agree with these points, and in my opinion we can also link the different icon colors Storm Pazuzu has throughout the mv.

For the entirety of it save for the very end, the account has a blue icon.

(Taking the professor case as an example as we’re 100% sure Fuuta was the one to write this tweet, as he witnessed the scene live and took a photo.)

And here’s the red icon. In my opinion this could be a hint of the impersonation going on.

Also note the phone’s model we see here. At first it looks like Fuuta’s phone in the beginning of the mv but some parts are different.

Both phones’ shapes are different: the one at the end is thinner and longer. The camera’s position also differs, on Fuuta’s phone at the beginning it’s in the top-left part, whereas on the phone at the end it’s in the middle of the phone and on top.

Another thing is how Fuuta uses dark mode Twitter unlike on the phone at the end.

So that’s probably another sign that Fuuta was set up by someone at the mv’s end.

One last thing about the rpg scenes, we can see on the map in the last one that Fuuta’s icon is facing away from the enemy, unlike the two previous battles. This could be another hint that Fuuta was left in the dark for most of it, even if he did participate in some way (as seen with the photo he takes in Undercover, and the line “I won’t forgive you just because you’re a kid” in the distorted voice lines).

So, a question arises from all this. Just who betrayed Fuuta and made the fake account? There are some clues in both mvs to guide us.

Out of all the characters in the Dark Triad, there’s one that Fuuta seems particularly close to. It’s pretty well-known in the fandom but after each battle, Fuuta always looks in the direction of the soldier type party member:

Turning in his direction at the end too.

So despite seemingly being a background character, the spear guy apparently has some sort of connection to Fuuta. 

@ otums on Twitter also pointed out that we can actually link him to one of the characters at the arcade:

Thanks to the color-coding, we can identify the green guy as Rumerie (the account with the tweet on top). There are multiple accounts with a green icon, but we’ll see in the Backdraft section that there’s more content about him specifically.

In my opinion, it’s extremely likely Rumerie was the one to impersonate Fuuta and doxx Killcheroy. 

The first hint is the difference in writing style between Fuuta’s tweets and the ones we see at the end of the mv. 

Here’s a tweet we’re 100% sure Fuuta wrote:

“Please spread this around. A sexual harassment scene involving one of the university’s teachers. He probably didn’t see someone was watching lmao

Thanks in advance for reporting him”

Here’s a tweet Rumerie wrote:

“What a pig, that’s so damn gross lmaooo”

And here are two of the callout tweets at the end of the mv:

“Should we crush her? ^ ^ Just because you’re in middle school it doesn’t mean you can just do whatever you want lmaoooo 

Don’t go easy on her because she’s cute y’all”

“I managed to dig up some of her details. Thanks to her previous publications I could find out which school she goes to. It’s hilarious she lives so close by lmao”

From these, the last tweet fits Rumerie’s style more than Fuuta’s, mostly because Rumerie’s laugh tends to be a lot more expressive than Fuuta’s more simple “w” (though the red account does use it at one point in the second tweet). The use of emoticons doesn’t fit Fuuta’s rather negative/sarcastic tweets either.

While we have the tweets under our eyes, it’s interesting to note Storm Pazuzu’s blue icon account has the @ pazuzu_soccer_0419 while we can’t see past @ pazuzu_soccer_ for the red icon account.

Some people have searched for it on Twitter and behold:

So the red icon account is a totally different account from @ pazuzu_soccer_0419 indeed. Technically, this isn’t a part of milgram itself, but the fact the account was created in 2016 makes it seem pretty clear it was made by the creators, anticipating people would look up the accounts.

Also note the number of followers the account has, it looks more like a burner account made for callout posts than the main account Fuuta would supposedly use, where we know he follows at least a few people, not just one.

Hints from Backdraft

While Backdraft mostly focuses on Fuuta’s mental state in Milgram, it also gives us additional hints regarding his crime. 

In the last part we discussed Rumerie’s potential importance in Fuuta’s case. And, luckily for us, in Backdraft he actually gets referenced by name in one of the graffitis.

@ otums on Twitter made a nice breakdown of the graffiti but I’d rather not post their image without permission so here’s a tentative reconstruction:

and Pazuzu, Fuuta’s account name, is mixed in too:

This information seems to cement Rumerie as an important character in Fuuta’s story. In the previous section, we talked about the possibility of Rumerie being the one to doxx Killcheroy while impersonating Fuuta, and Backdraft gives some hints relating to it.

The first interesting part for this is when we see a second Fuuta appear on screen at this point of the song:

In the following shot we get this interesting line overlapping with the second Fuuta:

The English line works too but in the Japanese version the literal translation is more like “You can clearly see it’s not my fault, right?”

This gives some Muu vibes, which makes sense since the two of them work as each other’s parallel, but in the context of the Rumerie/impersonation theory, the line gets a new context.

Another thing to note is the way the second Fuuta sprays the paint. In the first two “encounters”, or here the graffiti viewing, Fuuta sprays paint like this:

For Killcheroy’s turn, however, the paint looks like this:

While Fuuta’s style is sharp, vertical  and condensed, in the third pic the paint is horizontal and it looks evaporated since it was sprayed slowly (compare the animations between him and the “first” Fuuta too).

From this, it feels like the staff is trying to bring something to our attention regarding how the three encounters occurred… and potential unusual things happening in them.

There are more hints to the impersonation theory in Backdraft, this time regarding Fuuta’s party/followers.

Here, they appear as additional people spraying the graffitis following Fuuta’s lead. Let’s look at the instances where they show up:

In the first pic, after the second battle, there are five spray cans on the floor, so five people, making six in total with Fuuta.

The second pic seems to follow suit with five people following Fuuta’s lead in slashing Killcheroy’s graffiti.

But then, after Killcheroy appears on screen and Fuuta’s followers start attacking her directly, we get these two shots:

Multiple things to note here. First, why did the storyboarders decide to split these two shots in two? If the intent was to show Fuuta’s followers attacking the victim at the same time, why is the person spraying blue paint left out of the first pic almost completely?

In the following pic, we see both Fuuta and the victim, which isn’t too strange, but why is the blue person shown there as well? And why do they have a watch when all the other characters don’t have distinct features?

To answer the first question, we have to remember composition is a very important part in visual storytelling. So I’m convinced there’s special meaning in splitting the two above images into distinct shots in the mv. The staff probably wanted to show us the blue spray person was important both with the composition, as well as them wearing a watch.

Another important detail is shown with the number of hands on screen during this scene. Remember how we established before that, including Fuuta, there were six main “attackers” during the Twitter altercations? Then why is it that in the final Killcheroy scene, there are six hands spraying paint… but Fuuta isn’t participating and staring at them from the background?

As for the watch part, there’s actually a character in Fuuta’s story that’s shown to wear one, the guy theorized to be Rumerie (wanted to add a pic but already reached the limit per post... oops). The reason why one of Fuuta’s allies could have chosen to turn against him is a mystery but it’s interesting to think about.

When adding up all these details, I feel like it’s reasonable to consider Rumerie being the one to doxx Killcheroy as a viable theory. That’s pretty much all I wanted to point out, hope you found this interesting.

[rdbrainz]

info post 💪 this one may read a bit stranger than the last one because i just translated the text i initially wrote down in russian (lazy ass) sorry in advance Volto Pirro Ljung Number 3 Zanpakuto: Pazuzu, a rapier twisted into a cone-like shape with golden wings and a skull on its guard Resurrección: Vulture Other: h - 187cm, w - around 84kg, he's not particularly large, but he's also not skinny Status at the end of the story: Alive, location unknown

Volto is the direct personification of someone surrounded by the wrong company. And not so much a company that instills bad habits and opinions, but a company that makes you feel alone. Despite being the number 3, Volto is both an outcast and an integral part of the troupe. He is Pierrot. This is his role, and it's often the subject of jokes and ridicule from the other Arrancar. No theater or circus performance can do without a sad clown because other people's grief is funny. Ljung doesn't share the views of the other members of the troupe about the importance of fun and entertainment in life. He does understand them, because he has been in the same boat as them for hundreds of years now, but he can't find the strength to be content with the same things as others. There is simply nothing to smile about. He has a somewhat nihilistic outlook on life and considers his situation hopeless. But he is still firmly convinced that the seeker will always find either death or answers to his own questions. Only he doesn't know what exactly he should be looking for. As he will realize later - the right people. He clearly understands his position in the group and in this world. He is still here, despite the condescending attitude of others, only because he is useful and there is no point in running away - he has explored Hueco Mundo from high up several times, each time convincing himself even more that there is NOTHING there, and in the human world, he will forever remain a stranger. And there was nothing to do there alone anyway. So Volto simply accepted his fate, smothering the last shreds of hope. He sees his own salvation in fulfilling the troupe's goal, whether it be his own death or world domination. In fact, Volto isn't half as pessimistic as he appears in the story, he's just tired and apathetic due to circumstances. If you strip away all that, you'll find that he has a rather rebellious attitude and a kind, relaxed personality. He's no stranger to emotions and feelings. He's also a cunning son of a bitch and knows a lot about others because he's omnipresent, even though you may not even realize he's around. A moderately cruel but loyal friend. My friend once said he has a hippie vibe and she's probably right. Well, bro is something between a metalhead and a hippie, if we're gonna get into archetypes. Volto is very interested in befriending Ikkon, as they are both loners with untapped talents and potential, but it is to no avail. He constantly follows him around the building whenever the opportunity presents itself and tries to strike up a conversation one way or another. Agreda, as you can imagine, doesn't like that very much. But the two of them have developed a close bond nonetheless.

His ability is to manipulate flesh while absorbing enough of its biomaterial - either the flesh itself or blood. With the living, it is limited in time and effect (plus, the amount he's eaten also plays a role), but with the dead, he can do whatever he wants, up to completely altering the body structure into something completely different - like weapons, wings, or decorative elements. The formation of the troupe was by no means an easy or quick process and "selecting the cast" and establishing the rules of coexistence left behind mountains of corpses, almost all of which Volto got to use. Even now, what remains after his comrades-in-arms falls into his hands. From ones deliberately killed for some peculiarity that would come in handy, to decapitated victims of Ikkon's doings. As time went on, the presence of once-living puppets around him began to take a toll on Volto. No matter how depersonalized he tried to make them, the thought of their origins would not leave him. Activating his Resurrección gives Volto wings with a very large spread and an additional joint that allows him to fold them over his head like a roof. On the back side, they look normal, but on the underside, they are not fully covered in plumage and are full of a large number of strange-looking furrows of flesh and holes from which poison or poisonous gas oozes. Also possesses a deadly breath. The ability aims to take either the life of the victim or someone around them as quickly as possible to use as a puppet later. In short, pessimism is contagious, it poisons not only your life but also those around you, you know *wink-wink*. The power of his wings easily helps him to lift sand into the air and make sandstorms. Pazuzu is a demon of winds, bringing death and drought. Was named after an archetype of Italian theatrical masks (if you can call it that) that most resemble a human face without emotion - Volto. Pirro is a variation of the spelling of Pierrot's name, and the last name Ljung belongs to the Norwegian bass player from Zeromancer, Kim Ljung.

[talesfrommedinastation]

My redneck neighbor Doug on 'The Solitary Clone'

Oh boy, a Daddy Warcrimes episode, happy happy joy joy!

Here it is, Doug's review of 'The Solitary Clone' or, as he calls it, 'Daddy Warcrimes Goes To Texas'.

Nothing much to say...enjoy, you lot. Doug liked this episode, but he likes Daddy Warcrimes the same reason I enjoy characters like the Joker and Daemon Targaryen: I AM NEVER BORED.

CW: Daddy Warcrimes do what he do and Doug narrates it. Need I say more? Oh and if you're from Texas, I apologize ahead of time. Doug shreds the Lone Star State something bad in here.

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Oh boy, we arrive at some dry-ass dump. It’s gross and there’s corn and everyone seems a little off. Must be Oklahoma.

Wait, there’s peaky mountains, must be Texas. Didn’t know Texas was in Star Wars but whatever. 

Well, here’s the Empire, but wait! This dump is run by an angry lady with a bucket on her head dressed like a hippie beekeeper. I’ll call her Beekeeper Bitch.

Anywho, looks like Beekeeper Bitch is holding the government officials hostage today, which is what they do for fun in Texas I guess, besides make barbeques and do weird shit at football games. I hate A&M so much. 

Now, here’s Daddy Warcrimes, having a nice nap in what looks to be the broom closet at my job where the junior engineers always end up banging each other at least once a week. I’m surprised there’s no bleach in there. Jeez, Daddy Warcrimes, no blanket?

Poor Daddy Warcrimes, trying to make friends with the other dudes at lunch and no one wants to go near him because he was forced to sleep in the Dirty Shag Closet. At least the clone cafeteria has turkey legs like Ren Faire. I wonder if it’s because Daddy Warcrimes crashes where the younger employees screw each other all day and there’s stains on the walls no one wants to talk about. Oh well. 

Oh, now we gotta see MBA-Rob. No turkey legs for Daddy Warcrimes today. I hate this little asshole, of course he’s dicking around on his stupid assed phone while Daddy Warcrimes waits and fantasizes about killing and smoked meats.

No one will swipe right on you, Rob, you’re unemployed and gave your last girlfriend an itchy crotch. Or is it left? Up and down? How does that thing where you meet ladies work? 

32 rotations…wtf is this Waterworld shit? How come Daddy Warcrimes isn’t burned to a crisp? How did he survive on that dump? Damn, the man must be part roach, I guess, wow. 

Now he’s got his sweet Johnny Cash armor back on, just looking at him makes me wanna watch that western robot show with Ed Harris again. He’s hanging out in front of that script that possessed Linda Blair back in the day. Does Pazuzu exist in this universe?

Oh, shit, it’s Obi-Wan’s Boyfriend! What in the what what. Glad to see he’s still around! Where’s his gold armor? Did he get it after Obi-Wan…you know, that makes me too sad to think about. I’m sorry, Obi-Wan’s Boyfriend, that must have been rough on you. 

Well, looks like he and Daddy Warcrimes are off!  Where? They’re off on a charming romp to squash some rebellion!...wait, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Who are we rooting for? I’m confused. When did Star Wars get confusing? Am I old now?

Ya know who's not confused? Daddy Warcrimes! His job is pointing, shooting, killing. Which, I get, man. I worked in the oil industry. Speaking of which, they’re back in Texas, but where? Are they in Marfa? This looks like one of the shittier towns in West Texas, outside of El Paso. Are they making meth? Is the Empire the DEA? 

You know, this place is quite nice for someone like Daddy Warcrimes. Second amendment respected, the locals spoke in grunt, and smoked meats for everyone! Speaking of Texas, I wonder if there’s a Buc-ee’s inside, and the Empire wants to take over their jerky emporium, and that’s where this mess came from.

I miss Buc-ees, I could go with a hot brisket sandwich and some Beaver nuggets, get some red velvet fudge for later. 

No wonder Daddy Warcrimes is shooting everyone, the man is hungry! 

God, DAMN, Daddy Warcrimes waiting and staying perfectly still while he’s getting shot at and the TANK holy SHIT he is a BAD ASS but a BAD PERSON and I am CONFUSED BUT I LIKE IT? 

("Meat Muffin, you got a doctorate, diagnose me, what is this feeling where I’m confused but happy?"

"It’s just being happy, Doug, and my doctorate is not in psychology.")

And those crap robots are shooting at them again, but are these good guy robots? Didn’t we spend the last few years hating on them? Oh wait, they’re reprogrammed for defense…oh.

Have I ever told you how much I hate those damn things? They look like vacuum cleaners, if someone made art of a vacuum cleaner that they wanted to be human. Non sexy vacuum cleaners.

("Doug, when did you ever think vacuum cleaners were sexy?"

"Never, don’t know what you’re talking about.") 

Why does this feel like an FBI siege? Is this based on Waco? Shit man, I was in the navy when that happened. This ain’t good. This really is Daddy Wacrimes's Texan adventure, isn't it?

But what is good is Daddy Warcrimes and his GUN. Look at those trick shots like the man is yelling ‘SKEET’ and ‘PULL’ like you wouldn’t believe. I bet he’s the type of person who throws a tantrum at the ice cream store because his favorite flavor is ‘bullets’ and it ain’t on the menu.

Look at him and Obi-Wan’s boyfriend just going up and killing robots left and right. He ain’t good, but that ain’t bad. Which is…good or bad? Ah, whatever, I like this damn show. 

And there’s Beekeeper Bitch bitching at the Empire’s Bitch. Those couches look comfy. 

Daddy Warcrimes is coming your way! When she’s not wearing her helmet, Beekeeper Bitch looks just like my niece! Wow! Oh, now I don’t know, is she bad? Good? She wants independence for her people, maybe Obi-Wan’s Boyfriend and Daddy Warcrimes can listen to her? 

Oh, shut up, Empire Bitch, no one cares. ‘Execute her’ uh shut up, your hat sucks and don’t you know that Obi-Wan’s Boyfriend is a free-thinking MAN who might just up and take a DUMP on your LAWN. 

Well, no. Damn, Daddy Warcrimes, you cold-assed sonofabitch. 

‘Hang her body in the square’, what in the hell, this is dark, Dr Meat Muffin, are you letting your sweet girls watch this show? One of them’s a baby, I hope not. 

(I was 100% watching this with my 2 year old, it was on Disney, what do you expect- Dr. MM)

Welp, Daddy Warcrimes is back where he started, chilling in the cafeteria and his new best friend is his helmet. Wonderful. The helmet will at least make eye contact with him. 

Back to MBA-Rob being a dick to everyone and now Obi-Wan’s Boyfriend has run off. Probably to drink himself into a stupor and cry in a shower somewhere. I know I would, too.  

We really didn’t learn anything in this episode, did we? Well, I learned that Daddy Warcrimes is living a confusing life, never gets to eat and has to sleep in the Dirty Shag Closet. But at least he's got his helmet and his gun and MBA-Rob.

I know he’s bad, but he’s good at that, which is bad…but for me, it’s good?

[quitealotofsodapop]

You know what would be cool for a Halloween theme? Maybe have something where the Lego Monkie Kid gang and with Ao Bing from Nezha (2019), discuss and debate what horror movie scenarios they would and would not survive. Movies I can think of: Smile, A Quiet Place, Get Out, Chucky, Bird Box, It, The Institute, The Exorcist, Saw, Friday the 13th, Hellraiser, Halloween, The Ring,  Pet Semetary, The Shining, Scream, Valak in the Nun, SCP-096, The Rake, Cartoon Cat, Mirrors, Five Nights At Freddies, Slender, Mandela Catalogue, The Demogorgon in Stranger Things,

And maybe some horror supernatural folklore / mythological creatures or some scary cryptids.

Sun Wukong: def claims that he could survive *all* of the horror bad guys. Freddy Kruger might pose an issue, but then he just doesn't sleep. Thinks the Hellraiser cenobites seem kinda cool to hang out with - wonders if he has something like the Lament Configuration Box in his treasure hoard. He def wants to see which between him, SCP-096, and 682 could win in a fight.

SWK, sinks to the bottom of Crystal Lake: "Hey bud, can't swim good either?" Jason Voorhees: ???

Macaque: doesn't care about whether or not he'd survive an encounter, cus his shadow powers and combat experience immediately puts him at an advantage above a lot of threats. Hunters becomes the hunted. Monsters that manipulate sound or space like Sirenhead or the Cenobites would freak him tf out though.

MK: argues that he could probably survive the human threats/slashers and smaller monsters; but mind-warpers like Pennywise (that spider form Ew) would pose him a big problem. Without his powers though, I think he'd be most afraid of a Saw-situation where he has to make really tough permanent decisions. Also the temptation to watch The Ring video would be so great.

Mei: "I turn dragon-mode and samadhi fire their butt! Boom! Done! No more evil doll!" Would give creatures like certain SCPs some credit tho. Her biggest obstacle would be things like the Bird Box or IT monsters who tap into a persons fears, and characters like Jason who seem invunerable.

Red Son: "I'd survive, duh. Literally on fire." Horror comedy makes him chortle with delight. Even when it's wholely inappropriate. Gives the most logical answers to each horror scenario.

MK: "Hellraiser?" Red: "Wouldn't open the box. I've already seen Hell." MK: "Five Nights at Freddys?" Red: "Bullclone death match against the posessed animatronics." MK: "Ok fair, that sounds amazing. The Ring?" Red: "Who watches untagged videos in this day and age?" Mei: "Ok smart guy how about this; Friday the 13th. You vs Jason." Red: "Easy. Don't go to New Jersey." Mei and MK: *annoyed sigh*

Tang: snorts at the thought of living through a horror movie scenario. He has weak ankles and can't fight physically like at all. In a ghost/supernatural horror scenario like with the Cenobites, Pazuzu, Sadako, or Valac; he might actually win cus of his Golden Cicada powers. Panics at the first encounter and accidentally exorcises all the demon/ghost threats.

Sadako/Ringu girl: *crawls out of tv* Tang, eating popcorn: "Pigsy! The TV is leaking!"

Pigsy: doesn't like modern horror movies much. The kind that grosses him out the most though are cannibals/evil cooks. Thats against chef's code right there! Would personally want to whack every member of the Sawyer/Leatherface family with his rake. Would see the "no good punks" from Scream and immediately knock them out with a frying pan. Admits that he'd be useless in a legit slasher scenario since he's a chubby older guy and; "those guys are always like the third person killed."

Sandy: doesn't like horror thank you very much! Too many nice characters and animals die in those films for his taste. Although he would attempt to reason/redeem some horrors, he would not hesistate to destroy threats that have no sense of reason. He would also try to adopt and rehabilitate any "evil animal" type of monster.

Demogorgon: *snapping and snarling* Sandy: "Aww! He's just a scared little guy!"

Nezha: just got introduced to horror media, and he likes the ones with physical threats in them. He doesn't fear death/getting hurt as much since he's mostly made of regenerating lotus roots. Also his fire abilities would def give him a boost over most human and monster threats. Would see "cosmic parasites" like Pennywise and Cartoon Cat as his main targets. As for ghosts/demons? He doesn't even care.

Freddy Kruger, looking around Nezha's mind: "Damn b*tch. You live like this?"

Ao Bing: just got here. So he's freaked out by the lightest of horror movie threats. Chucky, the Gremlins, the Leprechaun, all make him shriek. Ironically has the most useful power; his ice immobilizes a lot of the human/monster threats. Probably knows enough magic to counteract/repel most ghosts or demons. With bigger threats? Dragon form. Nezha probably makes the arguement for Bing since he underestimates himself.

[texas-gothic]

So I saw the trailer for the new Exorcist movie, and y’know, I’ve never really understood this whole angle of demonic possession as a shoe in the door to the loss of faith. Like, how does that rationally work out?

If the Devil (or Beelzebub, or Pazuzu, or whoever) is coming up to Earth, and proving his existence by hopping into the body of the nearest prepubescent girl and making her do horrible, disgusting things, is he not, by that same virtue, proving God’s existence?I mean, if there’s a Devil, and a Hell from which he came, does there not, by that same virtue, have to be a God that cast him down there? Is he not shooting himself in the cloven hoof with this whole scheme?

I mean, I get that deep down, Exorcism films are all deeply reactionary bunk meant to scare people into believing in and obeying traditional Christian values, and that’s why they’re always cropping up in times of social change. But it still doesn’t make any sense.

[freespiritlilith]

FRIENDS! spiritual, magical, divine, and devotee friends welcome!

Check list plsss🎆 Birds of a feather let’s flock together! Pretty Please!!

Like/interact w this post those lovers who love:

Aphrodite

Areia

Landback

Gaia / Ge / Terra / Tiamat / Cybele

Adi Parashakti

Astarte

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Lucifer

Lilith

Nike

Hekate

Ares

Epona

Ananke

Jezebel

Anat

Lamia

Medusa

Azrael

Pazuzu

Azazel

Hebe

Nyx

Selene

Helios

Thanatos

Zagreus

Cerberus

Qadesh

Samael

Amaterasu THEE RADIANT

Kali

Durga

Gratiae / Charites

Ama-no-Uzume

Antheia

Pomona

Great Satan

Echidna

Aku

Beelzebub

Inari

Iris

Hermes

Guanyin - Kannon

Bishamonten

Anadyomene

Benzaiten

Moon Princess

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let’s have fun! i’m always happy to make new friends and revel in our shared interests!!! 💐💛

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[achoirofcritters]

Pazuzu in 2023

Took some of my favorite shots of him this year, don't ask me why he doesn't always look so sweet and pristine as he does in that first photo but it's definitely my favorite, lol.

[lizardsfromspace]

Hello and welcome to the new semester at the Borley College of Demonology, Parapsychology, and Entity Studies underneath Cleveland Community College. Reminder to check the updated list of entrances; the tunnel behind the LeBron James poster by the Dreams Come True Student Loan Repayment Center is no longer active, as the janitors tore it down when someone splashed Starry Zero Sugar on it

Here are some "fun" reminders 2 know as a new student at our proud college!

You may be tempted to assume all entities can simply be exorcised. First of all, Father O'Malley has retired, and we are currently waiting on the Vatican to find anyone willing to go to Cleveland (I believe they are currently asking every Catholic in Palau). Second of all, that only works on Catholic entities. Always match the entity to the expert. Pazuzu? Call the ancient civilizations department. Banshee? Talk to Erin - you can find her at Celtic dance class, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30. Dybbuk? Go to Hillel and see who's in (our campus rabbi is currently leading an advanced clay sculpting class outside Whitefish, Montana)

Look at your fellow students. Look to your left. Look to your right. Look into your classmate's eyes. Count them. Count again. Immediately retreat and start warding just in case. Anyway, you may have heard that one out of every three students makes a mistake on their first summoning test and is "dragged screaming by demons into the depths of Hell in front of the class". This is inaccurate. They're not demons, they are chaos entities; they're not from Hell, but instead a dimension of pure chaos; and we have it on good authority some people are freaks who like that. You may have also heard that everyone dragged off into an eternity of terror in the fear dimension gets an F. This is correct.

You may also have heard that students dragged to a dimension of infinite terror have their student loans forgiven, in case they return. This is incorrect.

While we celebrate all manners of entity at Borley College, we must reiterate that at no time are current or former members of the Mormon faith allowed on campus. If you witness anything identifying itself as the "Angel Moroni", please, hit the closest red bell immediately. This will initiate a lockdown and activate the Seelenzerstörer Icon buried at a undisclosed site on campus. Please spend your remaining moments before the unmaking reflecting on all the friends you made during your exciting years at Borley College, especially the ones you made yourself!

[gortashs-skidmark]

HE WHO WAS HEADCANONS and CANON Facts about Shadar'kai and etc.

MATURE CONTENT, 18+ MNDI, SMUT FOREWARNING

mature content only means sexual reference, any harm, religious themes, tough content for some: will be mentioned in content warning.

(Going under editing, unfinished work)

Content Warning: Death, religious drama, wars

As always, I start with the canon facts to back up my headcanons

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Info Source: Forgotten Wiki Realms, DND4 Wiki Fandom, 8 yr old info on r/DND Reddit

Utilizes 4th Edition DND lore, and the Tomb of Horrors campaign.

CANON

Who is He Who Was in DnD History?

He Who Was, was a Diety, an angel of Baathion.

a Diety of; kingship, goodness, peace, wisdom, and the sky. Supposedly the Creator of Humans.

He Who Was was killed by his servant and then-Angel Asmodeus. Asmodeus took his Godly powers, though Asmodeus's God Title is debated amongst Hell Politics.

Anyone who previously knew He Who Was' name, was "removed" and Asmodeus removed any mention of him from history.

Before He died, He cursed Asmodeus and his followers to Baator, to the Nine Hells, instead of Asmodeus' ideal astral dominion of Baathion. Asmodeus tried erasing all of his past to paint himself a new god, He Who Was included in his past.

He Who Was' corpse is stored in the High Astral- Tomb of Horrors

His lore is based upon Christian religion and fallen angels, but in a different scenario where good falls.

Overall, there is not a lot known about He Who Was.

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How Did Asmodeus Get Inspired to Kill He Who Was?

Before He's death, Asmodeus got involved with what was named The Dawn Wars.

Asmodeus hated how forgiving He Who Was was.

Asmodeus was assigned to guarding Tharizdun in The Abyss, also known as He Who Waits, a powerful Evil god who's death would've destroyed existence, not for some Deities shoving his power in a tomb.

His time guard is when Asmodeus was encouraged to act on his evil thoughts to killed his master, by a demon lord named Pazuzu.

Pazuzu was at his side when he came up with a way to kill the Deity. Asmodeus was gifted a shard of evil from The Abyss, where Asmodeus was guarding. The shard was crafted in what is famously The Ruby Rod. The Rod struck down He Who Was successfully.

Asmodeus went back to Baathion, gathered followers, and which ended with his killing his Master He Who Was.

The angels were turned to devils and banished to The Nine Hells of Baator. Their new prison.

This well explains Asmodeus's demanding Lawful Evil ways.

Anyone who speaks of He Who Was is supposedly killed by Asmodeus's devils. All records before that have been destroyed, and no one knows He's real name, but if it is spoken, it is said to bring him back.

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Facts of the BG3 He Who Was

IN BG3 He's portrayed as a Gloom Weaver Shadar'Kai. That means he plays with dark magic, and is an elf that thrives in the Shadowlands.

He killed Madeline who was a bartender at the Waning Moon, with a client list. Which she shared, and got two of her friends killed by a Dark Justiciar as a result.

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Who are the Shadar'Kai?

Shadar'kai are a race of elf, a cursed speices of fay, who are loyal to the fallen Raven Queen.

They're a more recent existing race, from Netherese and the event of Spellplague

They exist between life and death because of their origin plane.

Some still serve their queen, others leave and forge their own destinies.

They have ashy skin tones, and when in their home Shadowfell plane, their moods change. Reflecting the gloomy somber state of the land.

They live the same life-span as a normal elf (over 750 years)

Proficiency in perception, get extra dexterity and constitution, Dark Vision, Charm Resistance, Resistant to sleeping spells, can teleport 30ft unaffected by terrain with the Raven Queen's Blessing, Necrotic Resistance, 4 hours of meditative rest like any other elf, they're hardier than regular elves.

Generally devoid of a lot of emotion, mostly "mournful and joyless. They were neither benevolent or malevolent, though they were not inclined to follow rules" it's just a regular fucking elf with necrotic resistance.

They're often Gloom Weavers, Soul Mongers, or Shadow Dancers.

Shadow Dancers are Shadar'Kai warriors

Gloom Weavers radiate a weakening aura on humanoids and beasts up to 10ft, when injured they reflex invisibility. They're your average mage with extra Necromancy abilities. Gloom Weavers enjoy hiding and watching their weakening aura affect others.

Soul Mongers are strong in magic and melee. Can radiate weakening aura up to 30ft which can affect almost any creature, highly resistant to most any condition and magic affects, can heal itself when knocked out. They're tormented with a good time, feel incredible loss, anyone who survives an attack can describe it as "the moan of a tortured soul, lost in tragedy"

The Raven's that are sent by the Raven Queen are messengers to ask the Shadar'Kai of something. The race itself is too fearful to go up to her in The Fortress of Memories themselves.

The Shadar'Kai are sent to retrieve trinkets, memories, or emotions of the living, or souls if they were close enough to death.

Death is only a temporary condition for Shadar'Kai, often their queen revives them and sends them back.

Their Raven Queen is not a true Goddess, but close. Some still loyally serve her.

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How Did This Race Come About? I'm not going over the entire assassination plot of a Goddess, too fucking long.

The Spellplague was in 1385, which was the Assassination of Mystra by the Gods Cyric (God of Lies and Murder) and Shar.

For 10 years arcane magic didn't exist. Then The Weave completely tore apart, releasing Raw Magic.

Huge win and lose for the Gale Lovers. I hate Mystra too.

2 earlier incarnations of Mystra had died to be reborn, which lead to control over the Weave again in 1480, known as Mystra’s Return. Magic returned to its formal, but some spellplague lingered.

The Shadow Weave collapsed as The Weave did.

Any entities that came across this unleashed magic was at risk or dying or being warped. It's affects are called Plaguechanged.

Plaguechanged beings often underwent physical mutations, insanity, an bestowed terrible powers. If they were lucky, they were left with a Spellscar, with "potent magical abilities".

God's died in Mystra's home plane Dweomerheart which dissolved. Chaos obviously insued. Wizard Wars, Waterdeep was in deep shit, wizards almost stopped existing, gods fused together or became undone yadda yadda.

Huge Asmodeus lore and The Abyss again. He fucking tried to end The Blood War and just “stalled” it 100 years. anyway. complicated as fuck.

Elves got tied into the Shadowfell and were affected by Plaguechange or The Breath of Blue Flames. Which helps them be unaffected by the Blue Flames. (as seen as blue-green waves slipping through cracks in BG3)

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HEADCANONS <below>

The He Who Was in BG3 loves pain and suffering. which really makes me fucking think. From Diety to little elf who likes pain.

Godhood is something I despise in every DnD god. they're stuck up, high and mighty, strike you down because they can assholes. Shar, Vlaakith, Bhaal, Bane, Mystra, He Who Was seemingly. He has the same fault that every Diety does, the sin of Pride.

He Who Was is maybe living in the past. He's using a fresh body from the Waning Moon which was taken over by the shadow curse ages ago. With long dead information about patrons. and long dead dark justiciar knowledge.

The shadowlands canonically are a reality for passed souls, living in the past and present souls go there. It's kinda inconsistent canon lore but we'll go with it.

He could be a trapped diety of Tharizdun, He Who Waits, who died and they preserved his power so it didn't end all existence. His body is stored in the Demiplane of Imprisonment but conscious is in The Abyss. but he's an evil Diety. with insane worshippers. and his angel number is 333.

Maybe He Who Was knowingly would gain another form after death, though his abilities and life were usurped.

He's demanding of names from a book, which is ironic for someone who lost his name. He seeks justice.

Perhaps The Raven Queen was mad enough to revive a god for herself, to retrieve everything she wishes.

Okay enough of the nerdcanons. Here's some for BG3 players who wish he was fuckable.

He’s a super moody guy. He’s usually very low energy and just enjoys silence.

He hates music. It’s noise and distraction.

If you’re a mage of some kind, sharing magic with him is depressing. His magic is filled with gloom and sadness. He likes yours tho, it’s comfortable and makes him feel less hopeless

NSFW

- 100% will do bdsm. But he feels bad after. Just because it’s not as fulfilling inflicting pain on you.

- He takes it slow. Thrusting at a comfortable pace.

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Thank you for reading so far! in the works and updated as of 04/28/24. will finish when I don't have a goddamn headache.

Check out my Kar'niss Headcanons! it's a similar format to this but with A LOT LESS history. Driders are straightforward.

Or my Tiefling Canon list to help BG3 writers and fanartists add spark to their artistry!

[stellae-de-baphometis]

Can We Stop Fetishising Daemons Please?

⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of s3xual ass4ult, r4pe and s3xual content in general. ⚠️

Alrighty so this is gonna be a bit of a ranty post.

So I've been talking with a friend about this weird-ass trend going around lately where people are claiming to have sexual experiences with daemons. Now, having a sexual and/or romantic relationship with a daemon can actually be a really lovely experience, and it's not a problem in and of itself.

Triggering content incoming, will be under the cut. ⬇

The problem begins when people start treating daemons like sex objects and claim to either r4pe or be r4ped by daemons, s3xually ass4ult them, and reduce them to some sort of toy for them to fuck around with and exploit for their own benefit.

I'm just gonna say this right now... I don't personally believe these people are actually engaging in these experiences with daemons and infernal deities. You're most likely being leeched off of by an imposter spirit, and that shit is SERIOUSLY GONNA BACKFIRE one day.

It's people like this that really ruin sexual and/or romantic relationships with deities for everybody, and it gives the concept in general a really bad name. Whatever personal relationship you have with a daemon or deity is valid, as long as it's consensual and there is mutual respect between both parties. If you're going out of your way to disrespect a daemon or deity, they're really not gonna be happy about that shit. Especially if it's a daemon. You will seriously piss them off and they won't hesitate to kick you up the ass and teach you a lesson.

I've personally had a few sexual encounters with King Pazuzu that have been mutually consensual, and they've actually been very nice, albeit intense, experiences. I didn't exploit him and he didn't exploit me. In fact, him being a healer and protector spirit, he actually helped remove a lot of negative energies from me and boosted my self-esteem and self-confidence through the use of sex magic. He even cut toxic people out of my life and gave me the strength to stand up to them when they started giving me shit. I felt very rejuvenated and happy after my sexual experiences with him.

You can have sexual experiences and/or relationships with daemons that don't involve degrading them or reducing them to a sex object. There is absolutely no need to disrespect them like that and it is seriously not okay. Please for the love of the gods in the infernal heavens, be respectful to daemons and deities in general! You are not above them and if you try to act like you are, you're gonna piss them off and you're gonna get your ass kicked.

Oh and don't even get me started on the fact that Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel are partially to blame for all this shit. It really irks me the amount of immature horn-dogs that are now invading Daemonolatry as a practise because they saw Viv's interpretation of them and try to convince themselves the daemons are actually like that, just so they can fulfil their sick twisted perverted fantasies. But that's for another whole ass post.

Sigh, anyways sorry for the angry rant. This shit has been bothering me for a while now and I wanted to get it off my chest. As always, please have respect for the daemons and deities you work with...

Don't treat them like sex toys.

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-Kody 🕸

[monstersdownthepath]

Monster Spotlight: Apocalypse Locust

CR 6/MR 3

Chaotic Evil Large Outsider

Bestiary 4, pg. 12

These tormented and insane creatures barely resemble the mortals they once were, corrupted by the powers of the Abyss into insects that delight in causing pain and death more than literally anything. They are not demons, but something else; a swarm that longs to cause as much agony to as many living beings as it possibly can, kept on a leash by whatever vile presence created them in the first place (perhaps Deskari or Pazuzu?), held in reserve until they must live up to their name: causing an apocalypse on a town, city, country, or even continent-wide scale.

It wouldn’t be a very fast apocalypse, but it’d be an unpleasant one. The Locusts go out of their way to keep from killing victims in favor of torturing them, sometimes for hours, giving victims a taste of what awaits them in the Abyss’ embrace, for that is where victims are sure to be going when the Locusts arrive, dragged kicking and screaming through whatever portal the horrors emerged through. Their primary means of causing harm are their sharpened forelimbs, each pair of them forming a pincer; this gives them two pincer attacks a round, each of which deal 1d8+3 damage (they have Mythic Power Attack but aren’t likely to use it unless desperate). Worse still, the Locust locks on to any victim it successfully pinches, Grabbing them and subjecting them to an additional 1d8+9 constriction damage each round they fail to break the grapple. With the ever-irritating Flyby Attack, the Locusts can make use of their 60ft of fly speed to swoop down and attack with their claws over and over again until they successfully maintain a grapple... at which point victims have three choices: kill the thing, die by its constriction, or die when they break the grapple and plummet to the ground below, because as a Large creature they can abduct Medium-sized ones straight into the air.

Of course, it’s not just the claws. If a Locust wants a target DEAD it uses its claws, but if it wants a target to suffer (and it always does), it unleashes its sting. The stinger of an Apocalypse Locust deals 1d6+6 damage and injects victims with a poison that, technically, doesn’t harm their internals as a normal poison would, but wracks them with so much agony that their bodies begin to shut down from sheer pain anyway. The poison inflicts a tiny 1 Con damage a round for up to 6 rounds (thus, a single sting is unlikely to kill the victim), but during that time victims are subjected to an Abyssal Torment, suffering a -4 penalty to attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Due to the poison’s low damage, the average citizen can typically survive two full bouts of it before finally succumbing, something the Locusts delight in doing, often to their own detriment; an innocent screaming in agony is a surefire way to draw the attention of an adventuring party, and Locusts don’t flee even when outnumbered.

Granted, they don’t really need to. Though they lack any elemental or debuff resistances, their Fort and Will saves are deceptively high thanks to their 3 Mythic Surges a day adding +1d6 to any d20 roll they make, potentially carrying them out of the range of a level-appropriate party’s attempts to bring them out of the air, letting them plink at a party with their sting + Flyby Attack until the pain sticks, then settling in with their Full-Attack. What you really want to go after is their laughable Reflex of +2 or their incredible 9 touch AC, their jagged and tortured forms rigid and inflexible. Once a party’s got them on the ground--one way or another--they have to deal with another fact that caused me to dismiss ranged combat entirely: their DR 5/Epic.

If you have an Epic-quality weapon while combating CR 6 creatures, you’ve either got the most generous DM in the world or have been handed a plot device that must be protected at all costs. Few ranged weapons available to players hovering around level 5 or so will be able to deal meaningful damage to the Locust before it shears massive chunks of HP and Con from the party, and melee damage is likely to be quartered or even halved... if it hits in the first place, thanks to their 20 AC, higher than most averages at that level. The party will need Mythic power of their own to keep up, especially if there’s multiple Locusts in an encounter. Three, to be precise.

Three Locusts in the same battle causes their beating wings to form a Maddening Buzz, a cacophony that causes any creature within 100ft of a given Locust to operate under a permanent Confusion spell unless they succeed a DC 15 Will save every round or kill off the bastard bugs until there’s fewer than three. Again, difficult thanks to what is essentially DR 5/-- at any point before level 12 to 15 without a generous DM or plot device, and if you think the party Paladin can swat them like annoying mosquitos with Smite Evil, the Locusts have ways around that, too. The breath weapon of an Apocalypse Locust looks pitiful on paper, dealing only 1d6 Fire damage and avoidable with a meager DC 15 Reflex save, and on top of that it recharges after 2d4 rounds rather than 1d6... But this is a safety measure. A mercy.

Any creature damaged by their blazing breath weapon becomes inscribed with a demonic brand that whispers foul temptations and wicked desires into its victim, tainting their minds and bodies with Evil. For 24 hours after suffering the damage (or until removed with Atonement), any Lawful or Good creature with classes, items, or class features that rely on their alignment staying Lawful and/or Good stop functioning as though they had broken their codes of conduct or otherwise become Chaotic Evil. This is devastating, often game-ending for characters like Clerics, Paladins, and Druids, who find themselves struck nearly useless for a full day with a single failed save, and though Atonement can lift the brand, it creates a catch-22 if the only person who can cast Atonement is the one afflicted with the brand in the first place. If a Locust is one of the early encounters in a given adventuring day, it may be the only one the players can stand doing as a single 30ft-line of a breath weapon strips half the party of their features. Characters afflicted by the brand are typically stuck swinging whatever weapons they have on them which, again, has to contend with their DR.

It’ll take precisely one encounter with a group of Apocalypse Locusts to get players to start carrying around scrolls of Atonement, though perhaps the necessity for the spell in and of itself can make for an interesting plot thread. Namely, re-consecrating a desecrated temple of a Good deity to make it a safe haven in the middle of an apocalyptic scenario, giving the party some reprieve from the demonic hoards and giving them somewhere they can retreat to every time they fail a Reflex save. Something to think about if you ever want to bring them into your game, since players tend to not like being useless for most adventuring days!

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Chapter 14 Episode 6 Part 3:

We start with narration about Ahura. He always pursues the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people, he will continue to make efforts that transcend human boundaries. Accept the jealousy, the criticism, and the abusive language, accept pain, tribulation, and shame with his own body. He is strict with himself and gentle with others. virtuous and robust, responsible for all the good in the world. Forgives the existence of all sinners, and grieves and loves them instead. Ahura Mazda's "faith" is, however, established by another polar opposite. The only evil in the world who created all evil from scratch, his name is Ahriman. He created the Dragon, Azi Dahaka, with his own hands, and devastated the hearts and minds of people. All living beings are good, but they are evil because of Ahriman. The only evil recognized by Ahura Mazda. A person who he can fight without needing any remorse. Ahura Mazda is the only one in the world who can be overthrow him with his power. A villain is born to lose. A villain is born to be hated. Being an enemy of the "Ally of Justice", Ahriman was born just for that.

We cut to Oscar who tells Ahura on the phone everything is going accordingly and that they should move things along next.We cut to where we left off with MC. They wake up to see that everyone is gone. And that Ahura is standing before them telling MC to stand up. Ahura introduce himself to MC. He tells MC to rest assured. He is an ally of justice. He has no intention of acting violently against an opponent who doesn't even have the strength to fight. He here’s to give MC “another chance”. The Entertainer mobs start swarming MC trapping them in a illusion with their music. MC then sees a fake illusion of Shinjuku Academy with Mononobe, Lil’Sal, and the Summoners. Meanwhile in the other dimension, Pazuzu and Hastur are also trapped in their own illusion created by the Entertainer mobs.

Back to Ahura, the narration explains that the Sacred Artifact of the celestial globe that Ahura Mazda holds in his hand. It possesses the "rule" to turn acquired "bad things" such as illness, impurity, wounds and uncleanness into light. At the same time, it is also a "World Pillar" that keeps the information beyond the loop as "a thing that pierces the heavens and roots in the earth". It is for him to carry out the "final trial" in order to attract the "evil" they committed in the past. Ahura Mazda's "Sacred Artifact was meant to turn past sins into light and forgive them. The Entertainers stage equipment re-project the scenes of past "memories" one after another. Back to Oscar, who said if it had been the original plan, there would have been no need to buy time and connect places like this. oscar. This part was supposed to happen after the Game Masters left the stage. If his current role had been the original story, he should have asked Bigfoot to play it again. But thanks to the plot change, Bigfoot can't be brought back to the front stage yet. So, they decided to invite the Rule Makers to make a guest appearance and connect them until the next scene. Meanwhile, he’ll have the Rulemakers stop MC so they can't move. Loki ask, if it's that much of a hindrance, why don't he just go over and finish MC off while they can't move. Oscar thought back to his first encounter with MC. Oscar couldn't finish them off. But that was not a "failure". He just couldn't have done that in the first place. The Entertainers have the operational privilege of being able to take someone's 'role'. However, once the 'role' on stage is taken up, the other party must be treated as a guest. The "guests" must be entertained by the entertainers' stage. Back to Ahura, who explained that thanks to the alliance they created the perfect fictional world that no one can tell the difference. As a member of the Rule Makers Ahura Mazda thinks about the future of Tokyo. The world of the future will be guided by superintelligence being that surpasses all past creatures. Using teachings that suits individuality will bring about peace. However, free will loses its power there. There, everyone will lose their identity, the reason why they are who they are. So they should just replace reality. "The greatest happiness of the greatest number" in this world, and the "realistic answer" to realize that justice. Back to MC, they managed to break out of the false reality. MC stands before them with a hollowed sword in their other hand. To Ahura that is the dragon corpse Azi Dahaka, his nemesis. Ahura knew it would come to this. It's the blade of those born to defeat. Born from "zero", there is only one blade that can “cut reality”. MC’s only weapon to face "this hopeless reality". Now that MC can fight, Ahura will battle them. The Last Judgement begins.