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obeymeluv · 3 years

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Could I please request an MC who has two male Doberman, who wondered in the Devildom somehow and found them? They are both very aggressive and protective of their owner, following them around RAD and anywhere really. Also I imagine them smelling MC and having the brothers scents on them, and they don’t like it so they start rubbing their scent over MC instead, and becoming territorial over them. Thank you and I love your work!❤️

I’m not sure which characters this was for since there weren’t any tags so I just did the bros. Enjoy! School is starting to kill me but I’m also trying to get ahead so things don’t get as messed up as they were last semester. The likelihood of it messed up is very high and out of my control and I’ve yet to come to terms with that. Anyways, enjoy :)

Lucifer:

He quite likes dogs so when these two wandered through the portal on accident, he wasn’t against letting them stay.

They look like proud, tough dogs. He’s a fan. They look like they could make some serious faces and he’s quite amused

Almost makes him sad that he can’t have Cerberus close like that

Did NOT expect them to be so aggressive and protective over you

Good boy statements retracted for the BOTH of them!

Super salty they see him as a threat (HIM? HOW DARE THEY?!) and will actually growl back at them and flare his wings if no one’s around and it’s on the wrong day

They are CONSTANTLY rubbing up on you and making efforts to separate you and he hates it

They jump up on the furniture and stretch out on it so obnoxiously! It’s ridiculous! One of them even took his chair when he got up to get something and you didn’t make them give it back!

His only reprieve is spiriting you away to his study and even then, they whine until you come out

Tries to be very subtle about spraying you down/wiping you off if he thinks you smell too much like them. He’s starting to hate the smell.

Mammon:

All pets are good pets to this one (birds are just the best).

He might be planning to steal your dogs. They look regal and badass and perfect for someone like The Great Mammon, you know?

Wants to play with them and is very sad when they want nothing to do with him, and borderline get aggressive with him.

Boy is super offended. HE’S THE GREAT MAMMON!

Mammon goes to you for comfort (TAKE THAT, YA DUMB DOGS!) but has another freak out when they thread themselves through his legs to separate you.

He somehow accidentally ends up straddling one and it tried to bite him in the Grimm (and he’s not talking about his wallet!). He backs up so fast he trips over one of them and tails go waggin’ as they smugly snuggle up to you and he gets smacked with puppy tail

All of his openings to sit or wiggle his way next to you have been replaced with puppy face. Or they’ll lay in front of the space and growl at him when he moves towards it

They’ve basically trapped him in the hallway outside your room because they just sit in the doorway and growl at him

He pouts and goes to complain to his crows

Levi:

Didn’t trust the dogs when they came in, and his sin animal isn’t even a prey animal! They make him skittish and he’s not sure why.

They just look loud and he’s not a fan.

He gets very flustered when they stand between the two of you, growl, or give those airy barks.

Levi usually triggers his demon form to protect himself and has wrapped himself in his tail

The dogs sometimes run him into the wall if he tries to walk down the hall with you. You try to wrangle them and keep them on your side only, but one has broken off, fallen back, and come up and nudged him in the back. He nearly hit the roof!

They don’t seem as focused on him as his other brothers, so he’s grateful for that. In fact, the worst thing they ever did (besides pretending to bite but not actually getting close enough to do so), was farting in a space HE wanted to sit in! AND OF COURSE SOMEONE CAME IN AFTER AND THOUGHT HE DID IT! HE DID NOT!

They seem to steal all your pets and affection and it definitely send him into a muttering spiral in his room.

Satan:

Also admires these proud looking doggos, although he’s partial to cats

Probably has the worst relationship with them out of all the brothers because he KNOWS what they’re trying to do and is ready to play this game

What’s this? A ball? GO GET IT! Given how demons can throw, the dogs may be gone for a while

100% reads about animal psychology in his spare time. Anything about canine or pack dynamics, too. He WILL speak their language and make himself acceptable enough to hang out with you like before they came along. If they do not accept him, they will submit to him.

If they make angry noises at him, he makes angry noises back. It’s not childish, it’s training them! He and Lucifer have the most success with this ‘backtalk’ because of the aura they give off

These are not dumb dogs. They will get back at him, too. It’s very much a ‘2 vs. 1, distract him!’ where one of them grabs a book and leads him on a chase while the other snuggles up to you and takes his spot

He may stay away from you a bit after that, nursing his precious book

If they watch you leave from the House of Lamentation during school days, he makes faces at them as you leave. Of course, he doesn’t know Diavolo gave you and Lucifer clearance to bring them to RAD so he hears the door open across the yard and just starts booking it because they’re coming for him (he has no regrets).

Asmodeus:

How could anyone (or anything) hate him? Have you seen him?!

Definitely compliments them before he realizes how territorial they are. Admires their shiny coat

Asmodeus can negate most of the bad blood with his charming gaze but it does get exhausting. The dogs always seem on the cusp, even with it

Still cuddles up to you and snuggles with you but does so sparingly because it takes a lot out of him to use his charm on animals (harder than people), especially when he can’t feed to keep his energy up

Starts telling himself things that make it sound reasonable for not being around them (”I don’t want to smell like dog,” or “I don’t want to ruin my outfit.”)

Thinks their territorial behavior is cute but also annoying. He already has to deal with his brothers and now he has to deal with DOGS, too? Ugh...

Realizes he can outsmart them with some basic demon transportation and often uses that to steal you away. He’s grown up in a house full of brothers so he can block out some whining. It’s fine.

Asmo: 1, dogs: 0.

Beelzebub:

Would any animal actually hate Beel? He seems like such a cinnamon roll soul that I can’t really any animal hating him. He’s basically a Disney princess in a demon body

These dogs may be territorial but he thinks they’re more bark than bite

They may make an exception for Beelzebub because Beelzebub = food.

Do they stand in his way or try to herd him away from you? Beel honestly thinks they’re playing and will pick them up and move them, too.

The dogs are kind of stunned after that. HE JUST PICKED THEM UP?! Their confidence is shaken

If they bark at him, he’ll make a noise back. May get a little too into it and turn it into a ‘who can make the biggest noise?’ thing. He wins that, too, not realizing demon vocals are different for dog hearing.

All the dogs really have to their name when it comes to Beelzebub is that they can make it into your lap faster or that you’ll stop what you’re doing to scratch their head if they put it on your leg. That’s it.

Beel is the only one they don’t really bother because they’ve tried and lost that fight too many times.

Belphegor:

He is the failed Beelzebub prototype. Where Beel succeeds because of his strength and mannerisms, Belphie cannot. He’s too quiet and passive.

Honestly, he scared the dogs as much as they scared him. He was probably asleep when they came through the portal one day after a quick trip back home

The dogs literally start barking and prancing forward. Belphie is annoyed. Too much noise. Cracks his tail like a whip to make it stop.

The dogs honestly don’t even track him that much or make a fuss when he shows up because he’s gone most of the day. It’s a constant ‘forgot you were here, you’ve done me a frighten!’ with Belphie

He’s definitely scared them so bad they’ve peed on the floor (but he’s only done it twice). The first time was when they tried to take his pillow from him, and the second time was when one of them bit his tail and tried to pull him off the couch after you’d slid in beside him

Overall, these dogs have learned not to mess with Belphie.

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caveartfair · 7 years

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Dispute over Bacon Painting Complicates Phillips Nonpayment Lawsuit—and the 9 Other Biggest News Stories This Week

Catch up on the latest art news with our rundown of the 10 stories you need to know this week.

01 The failure of the winning bidder to pay for a $24 million Gerhard Richter painting sold at Phillips last year has set off a complex nonpayment dispute.

(Artsy)

Estimated to sell for upwards of $25 million at a Phillips auction last November, Gerhard Richter’s Düsenjäger (1963) was the top lot at Phillips’s 20th-century and contemporary art evening sale last November—without attracting a single bid in the room. The Richter had been guaranteed for $24 million by 28-year-old Beijing businessman and art collector Zhang Chang. But Zhang has so far refused to pay. Zhang’s refusal to make good on his guarantee has resulted in an increasingly tangled series of lawsuits. The dispute has also ensnared a significant piece by Francis Bacon, which Zhang acquired in a separate sale, using borrowed funds he never repaid. The collector’s nonpayment for Düsenjäger (1963) is among the most high-profile instances of a phenomenon relatively commonplace in mainland Chinese auctions and, to a lesser extent, in Hong Kong. About 41% of lots sold at Chinese auctions from May 2015 to May 2016 were never paid for, according to a recent report compiled by Dr. Clare McAndrew for Art Basel and UBS. The figure has risen in recent years from a low of 30% in 2013. It is rare, however, for such a prominent instance of nonpayment to occur in a New York sale.

02 Sixteen of the 17 remaining members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities resigned in protest on Friday.

(via the Washington Post)

The resigning members of the committee, including artist Chuck Close and architect Thom Mayne, strongly criticized President Donald Trump’s blaming of both sides for the deadly violence in Charlottesville last weekend, where white supremacists clashed with counter-protesters. “Reproach and censure in the strongest possible terms are necessary following your support of the hate groups and terrorists who killed and injured fellow Americans in Charlottesville,” the group said in a letter explaining their resignation. “The false equivalencies you push cannot stand.” Established by Ronald Reagan in 1982, the commission advises the president on matters related to arts and culture but is mostly ceremonial. Some members of the commission who had been appointed by former president Barack Obama resigned following President Trump’s victory in the fall, though others initially decided to stay on until successors could be named. But in recent days, according to the Washington Post, all but one of the remaining members decided to resign.

03 Several U.S. cities announced plans to remove Confederate monuments in the wake of violence in Charlottesville.

(via Reuters)

Protests erupted in Charlottesville last week, as neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups protested the removal of a Confederate monument in the city. The violence turned deadly for one counter-protester when a suspected white nationalist drove his car into a crowd of demonstrators. In the wake of the violence, state and local government efforts to take down Confederate monument ramped up, with cities from Baltimore to Memphis to Jacksonville removing, or announcing plans to remove, Confederate statues. The removals have even attracted some bipartisan support. Larry Hogan, Maryland’s Republican governor, called for the removal of a statue honoring a Supreme Court Justice who voted to affirm slavery in a crucial 1857 case. “While we cannot hide from our history – nor should we – the time has come to make clear the difference between properly acknowledging our past and glorifying the darkest chapters of our history,” he told Reuters. While a growing number of cities appear resolved to take down the statues, where they go after they are removed remains undecided in some cases.

04 Chinese police evicted artists from their homes and studios in Beijing’s Caochangdi art district.

(via Art Asia Pacific)

Chinese dissident artists Ai Weiwei and Wu Yuren, who spent years under state surveillance, uploaded footage showing the forced removal of artists from the district’s beloved co-op, Iowa, as construction workers wait to begin demolition. In late July and early August, residents were served eviction notices citing illegal construction and land-use. And last Friday, police officers arrived to remove residents, in some cases forcibly. Several of the videos show police handing artists bags filled with money, which some outraged artists then threw or emptied. Mass evictions had also occurred in Beijing’s Chaoyang art zone seven years ago, and more recently when China’s largest artist colony, Songzhuang, was demolished in March. Yet still, many artists reportedly revived a “utopian spirit” in Caochangdi, where they had, until now, sought refuge from rising rents in central Beijing.

05 The International Criminal Court in Brussels ruled that an extremist responsible for the destruction of cultural sites in Mali must pay $3.2 million in reparations.

(via US News)

Thursday’s ruling comes after Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, the first person to be tried for cultural destruction as a war crime before the ICC, pleaded guilty to destroying World Heritage sites in Timbuktu. The court fined al-Mahdi $3.2 million, on top of sentencing him to a nine-year prison term, for the physical, economic, and moral damage done by rebels he led during June and July of 2012. Arrested in 2014 after his forces were routed by French troops, al-Mahdi pleaded guilty and expressed remorse for his role in the destructions, urging Muslims around the world not to commit similar acts. Prosecutors charged that al-Mahdi was a member of Ansar Dine, an Islamist extremist group with links to al-Qaeda. In levying the judgment against al-Mahdi, the court stated that despite his economic hardships, the reparations are reasonable and would not preclude his reintegration into society.

06 A de Kooning painting stolen over three decades ago has been returned to its museum after surfacing in a New Mexico antique shop.

(via the New York Times)

Two thieves stole Woman-Ochre, a 1950s abstract canvas by Willem de Kooning, from the University of Arizona Museum of Art in 1985, in a swift heist that lasted less than 15 minutes. Buck Burns and David Van Auker, proprietors of a furniture store in Silver City, New Mexico, bought it as part of a recent estate sale. They thought it was “cool and unique,” but realized it might have a little more going for it after visitors to their shop noticed it on the floor and asked whether it was by de Kooning. They researched de Kooning’s work online and found a story about the stolen piece. Once they concluded it was in their hands, they promptly returned it to the museum, comparing their accidental treasure with “finding a lost wallet.” The museum’s interim director, Meg Hagyard, had a different analogy: “The best way I can think to describe it is that it’s sort of like Cinderella’s glass slipper,” she told the Times.

07 Boston’s Holocaust Memorial has been vandalized for the second time in two months.

(via the New York Times)

Designed by Stanley Saitowitz and dedicated in 1995, the memorial features black granite ramps adorned with the word “REMEMBER” and six glass towers etched with numbers, evoking the numbers tattooed on victims of concentration camps. The design incorporates and centers around the number six—representing the six million Jews killed, the six deadliest years of the Holocaust (1939–45), and its six main death camps. The most recent vandalism of the museum was perpetrated by a 17-year-old from a town six miles north of Boston. The unnamed teenager shattered glass with a rock and was subsequently detained by bystanders. He was charged with willful and malicious destruction of property. James R. Isaac, the 21-year-old who previously vandalized the museum, was similarly charged. While police did not specify a motive for Monday’s event (which occurred three days after last weekend’s neo-Nazi and white supremacist rally in Virginia), police commissioner William B. Evans said that “in light of the recent events and unrest in Charlottesville, it’s sad to see a young person choose to engage in such senseless and shameful behavior.” The executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, Jeremy Burton, reportedly informed local Holocaust survivors and their families of the event in “indescribably painful” conversations.

08 Scotland Yard’s “Art and Antiques” unit may be headed towards closure.

(via The Art Newspaper)

Detectives from London’s Metropolitan Police have been temporarily reassigned to work on the Grenfell Tower investigation, which is looking into the fire that killed more than 80 people in June. Police authorities, however, have not given assurance on if or when the detectives will be returned to the unit, which was set up in 1969 to document and combat art crime. Vernon Rapley, who headed the department until 2010, voiced concern over the effects of the unit’s potential closure—especially in London, the world’s second largest art market. He warned, “Losing it now, when cultural heritage is under threat in so much of the world, would represent a very serious loss.”

09 Billionaires Poju and Anita Zabludowicz’s plan to demolish part of a 19th-century London church to create expanded space for their art collection is facing challenges.

(via Business Insider)

In January, the couple announced their plans to knock down the church’s two-story former Sunday school to expand collection space and add a café. The church is next to the Zabludowicz Collection in north London’s Belsize Park, which opened in 2007 and has since hosted exhibitions for artists such as Tracey Emin. The couple first revised plans for the expansion after receiving a letter from Historic England, a public organization that aims to catalogue and preserve old buildings, in February. But those plans also attracted controversy, with Historic England stating it was “disappointed to note that the revisions include a great degree of demolition to the middle gallery.…The justification for this change is not clear.” The collection has reportedly not immediately responded to inquiries for comment. The pair also owns galleries in New York and Finland, and supports artists around the world. Awarded Officer of British Empire (OBE) in 2015 for her services to the arts, Anita has claimed to have two galleries at the Tate named in her honor.

10 Thomas Heatherwick’s controversial “Garden Bridge” project in London has officially been canceled, despite the disbursement already of $48 million in public money.

(via the New York Times & The Guardian)

The $260 million project was meant to span the banks of London’s River Thames, offering pedestrians a stretch of urban greenery akin to New York’s popular High Line. But the bridge, designed by Heatherwick, faced criticisms of spiraling costs, prompting London mayor Sadiq Khan to order a review of the bridge project, which had been supported by his predecessor Boris Johnson since 2012. The resulting report found that the project didn’t result in value for public funds, and advocated its cancellation. This week the Garden Bridge Trust announced the cancellation in a letter published in The Guardian, citing a lack of political and financial support by the public, which has made it impossible to raise the additional money needed to finance construction.

—Artsy Editors

Cover image: Gerhard Richter, Dϋsenjäger, 1963. Image courtesy of Phillips.

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