#nevermore spectre

[yomamasoooooocrust]

[blackvelvetcorvid]

Ah yes the Lady in White~

[goth-brushbug]

This is Duke's spectre appreciation post

You have no idea how devastated I was when this ep came out as fast pass and I couldn't share any screenshots

Even long screenshots couldn't capture the whole body but let's enjoy what we have, because he's gorgeous

[sofiiif]

[blacknedsoul-blog]

Montresor is the Bad Ending of White Raven

So Montresor has a religious trauma. And from what little we know of the flashback to his death, the man was apparently a corrupt preacher.

What that tells me about his life made me crack my knuckles, because holy shit, this guy is an even better villain than I expected. And not for the reasons I thought at first.

Montresor's possible backstory

A fun fact: "unholy men" used to be called "sons of Belial". Same as Monty's Spectre type, so there's the initial connection, but with what we saw in chapter 87, this phrase from his mother resonates quite a bit:

Montresor was most likely a bastard (literally), and if he was raised in a religious community, that immediately made him and his mother outcasts. Possibly his mother hated him for "ruining her life". Whether this is true or not, the implication is that he grew up a victim of a system that decided he was sucked by the devil from birth.

In this light, Montresor's attitude towards the world is actually a logical consequence: he has decided that abuse is the only way to relate, and you can either be the victim or the victimizer. Of course, he is now the victimizer.

But he decided that because life taught him two lessons that were important enough to make him the person he is now.

"I know this game better than anybody"

We know from the clothes and hat in his flashback, and the cross around his neck, that Montresor was a preacher. And I would venture to say an excellent one: he has heard all his life that he is a demon, he knows better than anyone what terror hell produces in people, so he knows exactly what to say (or not say) to manipulate others through that fear.

Montresor, like Annabel, is someone who exploits his own traumas.

Annabel has been almost conditioned to behave like the perfect high-society lady, and that includes going to impressive extremes if it means getting something in return. She has engineered her way through life by identifying the currency of the people around her and knowing exactly what to give them so that they will, in her words "kissing her rings".

Loyalty gained through fear vs. loyalty gained through pretended sympathy.

Same goal.

If the world has made them that way, both Annabel and Montresor will use every last footnote of knowledge gained through trauma to get what they want.

But then there's something else they have in common: this deep knowledge of the rules of the game has also made them both know that the odds are too stacked against them to ever win. In the past, we've seen Annabel throw in the towel on her arranged marriage, but Montresor took a different path, much more along the lines of…

"So I'm not afraid to cheat."

Montresor decided that if people wanted a demon. He would give them one. The worst demon of all, because this one knows the rules: he knows how to play the game, he knows how to cheat and get away with it. We don't know the extent of his atrocities, but given what happened in the flashback and the fact that his idea of a sleepover is stuffing someone behind a wall to slowly suffocate, this guy must have a long rap sheet.

So long, in fact, that he was tied to the tracks of a train to be torn to shreds without even a trial.

Because if the rules are just there to screw you, then screw them: the only option left is to cheat.

Which is exactly what Lenore did when she burned down her house and pretended to be a man to go after Annabel. Lenore jeopardized everything Annabel said was important to her.

And she got away with it. At least until they were both killed (or, if those of us with our chips on Annabel's childhood friend, they may have both died without anyone knowing).

Now, in Nevermore, Lenore is still doing that, as we can see in her reluctance to kill or destroy Montresor: she refuses to play the game, refuses to follow the rules.

She will look for ways to cheat here, as she did before (something Annabel actually expects her to do). The woman is too stubborn to bend, and so far she seems to have the wind at her back (the question is, for how long?).

The bad ending

These elements make Montresor a complete exhibition of the ultimate consequences of taking Annabel and Lenore's attitudes to the extreme: a person who instrumentalizes her own traumas to unravel and try to inflict them on others, and who is not afraid to cheat for her own benefit if it means getting what she wants.

The only thing that separates Annabel and Lenore from Montresor is that they both still use these attitudes in the name of other people: Annabel for Lenore herself, and Lenore for the people she cares about. That both of them (still) seem to have their hearts in the right place.

But if Annabel continues to use her vast knowledge of this twisted game to work her way through people without caring, and Lenore still believes she's above all rules, here's Montresor to show them (and us) what's waiting for them at the end of the road.

[therealoralie]

I’ve seen multiple people talking about this in the comments on webtoon and THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS IS NOT THEO

This thing has tree branches sticking out of it which makes sense since Theo died from a tree crushing him

And If this is his spectre the lightning and thunder are understandable because he died during a storm so yk

[himbirch]

she really deserved a painting, i think

[majosullivan]

HOW ARE WE FEELING RIGHT NOW NEVERMORE FANDOM? ARE WE ABOUT TO LOSE IT? ARE WE HANGING ON BY THE THINNEST OF THREADS?

[my-other-bullshit]

I HAVE A THEORY ON LENORES SPECTRE?!?!?

First of all I just wanna say that I think Lenore and Annabel died together at the same time and so what if I'm saying it's lovers suicide cause that is exactly what I'm saying

Tw: Blood

I THINK most people know that Annabel died through a bullet in the heart, since it's implied in her design and even in the frame where she got her spectre. Also the fact that it's. Quite litterally stated in one episode

Now lets discard Annabel spectre.

Many people believe that Annabel was manipulated by the deans and that the deans lied about her demise-

But I do believe that Annabel was "murdered" not in the sence that Lenore straight up killed her out of rage or anything like that- this image that pops into Annabel's mind is a lie and was a plot by the Deans to keep Annabel and Lenore sperate

because thats what they were Trying to do they were trying to sperate Annabel and Lenore from the begining

Physically and socially they've been seperating them from the start. Putting them in different seats and chosing Annabel so be the first person to gain their spectre so that Annabel would immediently be "popular" and so that she had a reason to not trust Lenore.

Lets put that aside for now.

For the case of Lenore's demise, I really have no proof other than this singular frame

Surely this cannot be unintentional? Annabel's blood on the floor, the blood in her forehead? The pistol she just Randomly has with NO bullets?

Surely the use of red is intentional??!?!? Which is why I believe Lenore's spectre is also some form of a lady in white.

Even in life they were playing games, perhaps the only way to win was to kill. To kill each other though? That's crazy.

Lets go back to the Deans being dicks, why would they lie about that? What would they have to lose if Lenore and Annabel learn the truth? Similarly, what do they have to lose if Lenore and Annabel plot together? That's the thing- The Deans know something about the Threshold and I think Annabel and Lenore will Do Something about it.

The souls that turn into the creatures that go into the treshold are turned into creatures by The Deans to keep them from knowing the truth. What truth exactly? I have noo fucking clue.

[rojo-narnaja]

Lenore spectre design I definitely didn't forget to share

Collab with @captainyoghurt

[marshmallow-marshadow]

Inside of me are two wolves. One who thinks Lenore's spectre will be a something cool like a headless horseman or phoenix and then the other one just wants her to turn into a giant bird gigantamax corviknight style like,

Live misfits reaction to Lenore's spectre

[yomamasoooooocrust]

Contact reps and protest for Palestine

You matter and your loved🫶

[blackvelvetcorvid]

♡ The Lady in White ♡

Sketch of Annabel in her spectre form

(Pencil, marker, glitter pen)

Im not obsessed, you are...

[bel-k03]

Final of first season

LENORE WE NEED YOU TO GO ON YOUR WHITE HORSE AND SAVE YOUR DAMSEL

Funny how she is meeting his brother in law

[sofiiif]

Lady in white♡

[spoopy-nevermore-dump]

Greetings Nevermore fandom, I come bearing the gift of the flats

Regular sheet is by Red; Spectre sheet is by me