#i would be so much fucking funnier than that

[troperrific]

/ekuoto chapter 74 spoilers/

IT’S HEREEEEE!! AT LAAAAAST!

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Ahem.

Pardon my outburst.

Actual chapter commentary below.

Although the main event of this chapter was the beginning of Belphegor’s darkness flashback of his marriage, there are a few things I’d like to note beforehand:

Belphegor and Imuri continue to play tug-of-war with Priest in the middle. And just like the factions of the Church and the Witches, they both claim to know what’s best for Priest, each considering themselves to be the key to Priest’s happiness.

The callbacks to previous arcs via Imuri’s drawings are cool, but they ring a bit hollow, due to various reasons. Still, I don’t care about that, because it essentially gave us these panels:

“Loli version”… maybe it’s a good thing that Leah didn’t come with Imuri after all, who knows what we would hear then lol

I must admit, I found this way funnier than I probably should’ve. “Loli version” lmao, this walking garbage of a man!!

Funnier still is that this comment has double the effect to Imuri because that’s essentially her mom he’s talking about… poor Imuri lol.

Also, I quite like that Bel’s summonings (?) have been getting steadily scarier. The angry bear with edgy mallets was cute and silly, but this time we got a cute but slightly creepy clown with scissors.

We are getting there! Maybe. I trust you Bel, may your flashbacks bring forth your inner horror film abilities!

Belphegor is such an edgelord. I love that the author manages to take issues such as depression seriously, but they can also poke fun at this sort of… exaggerated, teenage-like mindset of “you don’t understand meeee!”

Also, don’t mock the power of love, jerk! Don’t you know the sort of manga you’re in??

Ironically, by declaring that there’s such a thing as “true suffering”, ergo establishing a hierarchy for pain, and assuming that Imuri does not meet his arbitrary criteria of “true pain and darkness” he’s being dismissive himself, as careless and callous as he accuses her to be.

But on the other hand…

Imuri has actually shown herself to be rather callous and dismissive about other people’s suffering. Constantly. There are a few examples throughout the manga.

Some are more obvious. For example, when she both trivialized and sexualized Leah’s emotional vulnerability and pain back in Part 2, caring more about her own jealousy than Leah’s feelings.

Or, more subtly, how she has consistently prioritized her own feelings and pride as Gehenna’s Femme Fatale over Priest’s laundry list of traumas. Feeling more irritated and humiliated that she “lost” to Asmodeus as Aria, and that this messed things up for her quest to romance him, rather than that Priest had gotten hurt again. Or even in this arc!

This isn’t to say that Imuri doesn’t care about Priest at all. She does, and a lot. But she can be just as insensitive as the Demon Lords, when it comes to minding other people’s feelings.

Despite this, Imuri has a lot of good points herself. Truly, just about everyone that has lived has probably thought “ah, fuck this shitty world”, and that’s simply no excuse to give anyone the means to do it. Even if she’s a bit callous in her wording (and about Priest’s feelings).

I loved her comment to Belphegor that it essentially “takes two to tango”, very true. However… Is this the first instance that the Virgin Mary was actually referenced in the story? Because I’m still wondering about Priest’s mom…

ALSO:

I called it!

Of course the reason women are “evil” is that they give birth to beings he considers to exist only to suffer. Of course he solely blames them, considering his immaturity!

What I didn’t expect, though, was for him to have been a father! Just… the context, that he and his wife gave birth to a nephilim, which Belphegor should’ve known better… makes this so, so much worse, thank you Aruma-sensei, I love it already.

Speaking of which… SPEAKING OF WHICH…!!

HI ONESTA!! I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU!!

We’re finally getting ekuoto’s adaptation of Belfagor arcidiavolo!!

I do like and find it interesting that Belphegor went to prove that no such thing as a happy marriage existed apparently for Satan’s sake. I guess him and the other Demon Lords were getting a little too creeped out by his habit of going to Cocytus to talk to his frozen wife…

It’s quite telling, about Belphegor’s childishness, that he believes that just by “proving” to Satan that his marriage is doomed, he can get the poor snake man to stop feeling like he does for his wife.

But for all the bullshit that Belphegor spiels about marriage…

He sure changed his mind quickly!!

I like how, despite his mention of her big boobs, the paneling and framing don’t really drag the reader’s focus to them, unlike with how he sees Imuri. Here, all of Onesta is displayed equally (with sparkles!!), with perhaps a bit more attention to her face.

And I love how… judging by Onesta’s expression and her getting flustered before Belphegor even said anything, it seems she got as instantly smitten as he did.

I mean, I know all the Demon Lords are supposed to be incredibly good-looking in-universe, likely because they’re former angels and/or blessed by God, rather divine beings themselves, but…

Belphegor still retained his messy hair, eye bags and gloomy and clumsy disposition.

And yet, it apparently still was love at first for Onesta too!

It tracks though. Sarah considered the extra eyes scattered along Asmodeus’ arm to be beautiful; as a child, Leah seemed charmed and endeared by Beelzebub’s weirdness; and Tachibana is loyal to Mammon to the bone despite seeing his man child tendencies up close.

My dear girlies with innately horrible taste… I love them very much…

Curiously, this version of Onesta seems nothing like the one described in the novella (which I was very much expecting, given its rather misogynistic tone), who was a vain, arrogant, demanding and cruel woman, but that is what makes me fear for what’s coming even more…

You see, way back, when Part 5 had just started, I theorized that we would see some sort of mental illness portrayed through Onesta, as this seems to be a central theme in Sloth.

What I didn’t consider, however, was the possibility of Belphegor and Onesta having a child. A bit silly, now that I think about it, considering Belphegor’s obsession with childhood.

This, combined with the brief flashback we got from Golem, where he noted that his mother is always crying…

I think, there’s a non-zero possibility we’ll be getting some kind of depiction of postpartum depression through Onesta, or any other sort of mental illness related to childbirth.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that were the case. It would certainly explain if she were suddenly to change her current personality to one closer to the novella’s…

Also, now I’m convinced that these two:

Might just be one and the same!

Seems like Belphegor’s been projecting his family issues onto Priest pretty hard, huh?

Next chapter is gonna be hell…

[leonardalphachurch]

hello i just wanted to let you know i had an extremely vivid dream last night that chi came out as the person behind evilmario666 and i woke up completely convinced this was true and went about my morning like wow I cant believe ive been in the presence of a legend and then when I went to look at it again i learned that i had in fact made it all up so anyways-

HELLO???

[lbhslefttiddie]

youve heard of sex flowers get ready for the flower that makes you into a celestial shoujo herione complete with particle effects you cannot turn the fuck off and creates a wifebeam so powerful it can incapacitate and maim and keeps making you burst into tears and fall on your ass which makes the wifebeam More Powerful and you also cannot turn this off either. and is also still, sort of, a sex flower

from one of my favorite fanfictions, Celestial Afterglow by elanor_pam, a fic that defies description in the best possible way

[suffarustuffaru]

hi i made a tier list of how homophobic rezero characters are

hello in the spirit of valentine's day and the very welcoming community here on rezero tumblr i decided to make this with the help of my lovely mutuals.

[randomalistic]

LOOK AT THIS MAN. I just had my queer awakening for the 2nd time

[maddy-ferguson]

fun fact about me: i'm insecure about so many random things that i've never flipped anyone off in my 22 years of life because i think my middle finger looks awkward and ugly by itself

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

you afabs are always so fucking defensive when youre called out for your terfism. keep defending a man who wrote about child orgies and supports jkr. terf.

Anon I genuinely sincerely hope you're having fun

[bugpoasting]

johnmike is soooooo funny you dont get it it really is comedy

[mejomonster]

Coming up with ideas for writing 💜💜💜

Actually writing ;-;

[msfcatlover]

*points at Jean-Paul Valley* THE MOST DISAPPOINTING THING ABOUT THIS MAN IS THAT HE ISN'T CANONICALLY "The Normal One(TM)"

[no1ryomafan]

yknow I understand why SRW at least for the first few times a series is introduced they have to adapt the whole plot-bc for some they absolutely disregard this if they come back-just to get the audience familiar with the series regardless if they’ve seen it or not but a few of my friends until I told them we’re under the impression with the getter ova plots they happen after the show and honestly? It would be SUPER funny to have a game after either arma and news post ending’s under those ending context since “we’re stuck fighting a endless war” and then they show up meeting a bunch of other fucking robots.

[akascow]

giving rye a full indepth tutorial on how i super unprofessionally cut my hair over my bathroom sink every two months because im bored and need to annoy her with my voice about something

[thedissociatives]

seeing that i've been offered an appointment at the gender clinic whilst watching a video essay about how adam stanheight did not actually die is just. so so fitting

[sebek-zigbolt]

I see ppl being sad that grim ssr is running now with glo mas but I just hate grim SO much w ALL my heart <333 so if im mad abt anything its him having an ssr in the 1st place. Oh and being rollos DUO of all things.

[marciego]

Can you tell me your top 3 m/f, f/f and m/m ships for Violetta?? And Soy Luna too?

for sure, i sure as hell don't ship 9 different pairings in sl but i tried my best to fill everything with what i have and i'm pretty satisfied with it <3 and i'll also let you know that this ask kinda broke me because it made me realize i do not, in fact, have three mlm violetta ships and i definitely thought i did so thank you for the realization i guess

violetta

m/f ships

leonetta, for obvious reasons, i'm not gonna spend forever saying what everyone already knows but i love me some love on purpose ships. leonetta have me by the throat, the way they care for each other through it all, the way nothing with them is accidental, how their love for each other gets through everything because every day they make the choice to love the other on purpose, because they WANT to be together and to love each other, it gets me it gets me every single time, you can't give me podemos and expect me not to want to give my life for them

fedemila, once again for obvious reasons, i've fallen for them the moment i saw ludmila being head over heels with her ridiculous ass crush on him in s2, like honestly, s2 ludmila has always been my favorite, i do love her in s3 i adore her i would give my life for her, her arc is really really good and i'm so happy she's finally getting the help she needs, but man.....her diva energy, the supernova metaphor, all the layers you could see, her over the top attitude at all times, her ridiculous ass plans, like when i think of ludmila i think of s2, and s2 fedemila is genuinely one of my favorite things in the whole show, her feelings for him being so over the top but so so genuine at the same time, federico's arrogance and diva attitude matching perfectly with her, the way he sees her and loves her and doesn't try to change her but wants her to become a version of herself she'll be happy with, they mean so much to me, and i adore their relationship in s3 too but rn i'm really in my s2 fedemila feels, i love my binary stars so much

this one is actually super hard like i want to say both naxi and marcesca?? i think if i had to choose by how giddy i get by watching their scenes it'd be naxi because they're just the cutest and s1 naxi >>> actually, every time i remember s1 naty i want to cry because of how much she was going through and i'll never not be thankful for maxi for being there for her always, but if i was ranking these ships by how much i'm rotating them in my brain definitely marcesca, like i have much more thoughts on marcesca than i do on naxi but i'm not sure that means shipping them more you know? this one is really really hard, but yeah marcesca are always in my brain, i have a whole ass essay on them half written in my drafts, the ana/diego parallels with marcesca and their break up are some of my favorite things to think about in this show and i adore them, and outside of their break up (because it IS what i mostly think about with them 😭) i'm just so glad for fran that she could have marco after the tomas disaster, she deserved it so much, and also marco's introduction remains the only character introduction ever, so yeah depending on how you see it it could be either naxi or marcesca i guess

wlw ships

jadangie, OBVIOUSLY, i love everything about them, their potential is one of my favorite things in the whole world, i'll never say this enough but these two went through so much and they deserve their happy ending more than anyone else, they were never given a chance to just be around each other and i'm absolutely convinced that given just that they could be extremely compatible, not a day passes where i don't think about what would have happened had jade not rejected angie's attempt at friendship in s3. but like genuinely, these two growing closer is the only thing i want in my life and i find it so so so beautiful how a relationship that started like theirs could bloom into love, like it's just so beautiful to me to take these two women that were never given the chance to get along and to give them the opportunity to find comfort in each other and to become in the end so much more than what they thought they could ever be

natila, s3 was THEIR season and genuinely from a strictly canon pov, them and dieleon are 100% the gayest ships in violetta like they have no competition, they are DATING and they'll make it everyone's problem if needed, i love love love them and i should definitely talk more about them because my girls are underrated as hell, they genuinely perfect i love their relationship so much, like they're just. i watch any natila scene and i believe in love again, i just think they deserve the happiness they're bringing each other so so much, i love how they're so so sweet while staying a ship involving both cami AND naty so like it has to be chaotic somehow, i love how they constantly show each other all sides of themselves, like they're just....they're goals honestly like i want that relationship, it's so easy and fun and playful and nice they're everything

ludcesca, now this is the first time i'm mentioning them outside of discussions with friends, but i actually love them so so much they've lowkey been constantly on my mind for the past three months or so? i genuinely see so much potential in them and i'm not gonna elaborate for too long here but basically when marciego is your favorite ship considering ludmila and fran's dynamic is kinda something that just happens you know, and it's a dynamic that i actually find SO fun and that progressively became less "look at marciego's besties being done with them" and more "ok but what if they kissed", i have created a whole timeline for them in my head and incorporated so many tropes i love, but what i love the most about them i think is that like, i think that it falls in very nicely with the show's views on love? like what i love about violetta and romance is how the show doesn't take itself too seriously and lets relationships evolve organically without trying to sell you this One True Love thing, diecesca doesn't matter more than marcesca and even dieletta and leonara were genuinely respected for what they were, the endgame ships (outside of leonetta) don't try to make you believe they'll stay together forever, maybe they will, but what matters is that in this moment they're together and happy, and the friend group is so tight that there's no doubt in anyone's mind that if any of the couples breaks up, it'll all work out, because they're friends before anything else and nothing can change that. ludcesca falls exactly into that for me, a love that doesn't take itself too seriously, that brings happiness to the girls and will last for however how long it lasts, and in the end it'll all turn out alright because they're friends before being gfs and it'll come back to that eventually, i really really enjoy this type of love. anyway i'm gonna shut up about them, in the end i didn't really about about their dynamic but know that i'm definitely planning to write about them and that diego is THE ludcesca supporter out there and that he'll also never stop making fun of them for it

mlm ships

marciego, unbelievable right? i just love them so much man, like i know i said natila were relationship goals, and they are, but marciego are just my perfect definition of love honestly, or i guess one of them, they're just. marco's unconditional love for diego, diego's endless support, but both of them being so chill about it. like, loving each other is so natural to them, they're THE best friends to lovers like no one does it like them, they met each other and started gravitating towards each other, and genuinely the way marco is the ONLY person diego has NEVER wronged in any shape or form, the way he's always tried his goddamn best to leave him out of his mess, and the way marco willingly stayed with him through it all even tho he knew he was fucked but he had accepted he loved him anyway, flaws and all, it gets me like it gets me so much you have no idea, they're everything to me

dieleon, and obviously you cannot do it without dieleon, they're genuinely one of the funniest dynamics in the whole show i love them so much they're ridiculous, like sometimes shipping characters isn't so much about ~love~ as it is about how fucking hilarious the homoerotism between the mean bitch and the bastard visibly turned on by the mean bitch being brutal with him is. but genuinely dieleon have such an interesting and fun dynamic and i love love love exploring it, they're very important

broduey/marco, or as i like to call them barco. i could give an explanation for them, because i do have one, but honestly? i find it immensely more funny to leave it at that

soy luna

m/f ships

lumon my beloved, i'm not a clown i'm the entire circus but at least i can appreciate a good ship when i see one. genuinely lumon completely took me by surprise when i started the show, i really didn't think i'd fall for them but! things happen! anyway i love best friends to lovers, i love how they know they'll always love each other no matter what it'll look like, i love that their romantic feelings were never made more important than their friendship and were acknowledged as just another form of love between them, i love how comfortable and fun they are, i love how genuine everything is with them, i love how domestic they are, i ADORE how they see each other, i just love them so so much this is insane. they should be endgame and actually it's just the tiniest bit ridiculous how the man who wrote valiente isn't luna's main love interest like it'll always be the tiniest bit insane to me when i think about it

pelfi, they're just genuinely so so sweet i care them a lot, the way pedro's immediate response to learning delfi faked being felicity to get gaston to like her was to go "but gaston was dating you, not felicity" means so much to me like he sees her for who she is, completely and fully and it's just what she deserves and i'm so happy she gets to get it, and they're just genuinely so so cute and wholesome and i loved their friendship and i love their romance and i'm rooting for them to keep being cute and lovely

delfi/gaston, ok so you can read a more detailed opinion on them here but basically i don't ship them but i think if this show had good writing they'd be endgame and they could genuinely be a very interesting and fun couple and i also think delfi was the perfect character to have gaston actually evolve as a person and she could fix him, literally, which i would very much like her to do because gaston has potential to be good but he's really fucking annoying and misogynistic in canon. anyway this doesn't count as a real ship i think but i have positive feelings about them and i see their potential which is not something i can say about any non lumon/pelfi m/f ship in soy luna😭

wlw ships

lumbar <3 i care these girls a lot and seeing luna yell at ambar in the s1 finale made me ship them SOO much more it's actually insane, like i've always liked them because you bet the moment i'm getting a sapphic mc i am NOT giving up on my main girl/mean girl ship no matter what, but outside of isolated scenes and a bit of tension here and there i was just really waiting for it to get to me, but this scene when luna finally snapped at her and called ambar out on her shit and genuinely had SUCH an impact on ambar? girl i loved this SO MUCH i watched the final performance so so many times just for them they're so GOOD, like i do have a lot of issues with the way the narrative handled ambar's change of heart but just. the impact luna had on her, the way even for a moment she came like a tornado in her life and shifted everything, i'm so so so SO looking forward to more of their scenes because genuinely this season finale changed me i think i love them so much, i'm gonna rewatch that performance actually because they <3

ana/mora honestly i put them second by virtue of me really being into main girl/mean girl ship and because of the s1 finale but they could very much be first, they're wives they're lesbians they're everything and i genuinely love so much how in your face they are? like everything about them screams marriage they're so GOOD like domesticity is one of my favorite things ever when it comes to shipping and it's like, their entire relationship, i love it so much they're so important and i know they get even gayer in s2 i'm SO excited for it

i don't really have a real answer here so i'm cheating a bit by saying ambilia simply because i just cannot wait to meet them and from what i know about them they seem right up my alley

mlm ships

gastiro, this is partly what i mean when i say i can fix gaston because with a bit of growth and by distancing himself from the annoying and misogynistic elements in his life he could be very good and become worthy of the gay king he once went on a terrible date with, so terrible that it led ramiro to dating a lesbian. but in all seriousness it's the only mlm ship i actually genuinely like in this show and it's based entirely on the potential i see in them because once i started thinking about it i realized they could actually be really compatible, so yeah in my soy luna once gaston becomes a better person and once ramiro lets go of his comphet they're dating and i'm rooting for them

outside of these two men in this show either suck or have a gf

not a ship but i gotta fill three spots and as much as i hate it i feel legally obligated to acknowledge that gastteo are extremely obviously making out off screen

[dirt-str1der]

This but its kiryu majima and saejima