#should his name be silas idk

[purerae]

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YANDERE!DEMON X ANGEL!READER (GN) // PT1

warnings ;; possessive behaviour, yandere themes, i have no real knowledge of how demons nd angels work pls forgive me !!

req by ;; @kenji-sato <3

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˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ YANDERE!DEMON who’s literally the most charming and prettiest demon in the whole dimension. He was made to seduce humans into giving into their lust and committing sins.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ YANDERE!DEMON who views both humans and angels unappealing to look at. Humans are too…morally gray and act like they know it all. While angels believe they know better than the ‘dirty little demons’. He thinks that angels are hypocrites

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ YANDERE!DEMON who was minding his business, sneaking around places in the spiritual world until his eyes land on you. You looked so innocent, so naive, so easy to corrupt.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ YANDERE!DEMON who slyly walks up to you when you reach a dead end and puts an arm against the wall. He gives you a wild cheshire grin, as his horns flare up and his devils tail tickles under your chin. “What’s an Angel doing out here? Causing trouble~? We don’t want another fallen one down here do we cutie?~”

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ YANDERE!DEMON who gets taken back when you’re literally the most friendly being on earth. Angels normally give him a dirty look and curse him for being on the devils side but..you…you’re just so nice????

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ YANDERE!DEMON who literally combusts when he hears your voice. You introduce yourself with the cutest smile hes ever seen??? Why does he want to go on his knees for you??? did you bless him with some spell??? If he had to make up a heaven, He’d just put your face and voice everywhere.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥YANDERE!DEMON who goes redder than hellfire but covers it up with a smirk and goes back to his normal charismatic ways. Flirting with you while you just softly giggle at him. (stop giggling or he will whimper and scream, this mf is in love with you in first sight)

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥YANDERE!DEMON who now follows you around everywhere. Unfortunately you tend to hang around the higher levels of angels who seem to be very protective of you so he has to be sneaky. You’re just so cute… Why do you have to be the purest thing in the world :( Let him corrupt you so you guys can be together forever in hell!

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥YANDERE!DEMON who snarls at the angels telling you to avoid him. Who do they think they are. You’re the only one worthy of the true definition of an angel. The rest are mindless followers. You are the only one who’s worthy in his heart.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥YANDERE!DEMON who hasn’t visited the human world in a while. Too focused on you, he forgets to lure humans in and corrupt them. You made him dumb in love !

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥YANDERE!DEMON who always tries to take the lead, holding your hand, making you sit on his lap, whispering sensually in your ears. But you don’t get flustered. So why does he have to get flustered at the bare minimum you do! Why does he melt into a puddle when you smile at him?!

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥YANDERE!DEMON who thought being a demon was the best thing in the universe and he would rather burn in holy water than be an angel, thinks about being good for you. If he decides to change his ways back into being the pretentious angels then maybe he could be around you more. and protect you from the stupid angels.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥YANDERE!DEMON who gets angry when he realises he’s not the only demon you’re nice too. What do you mean you scold other demons for hurting themselves?? What do you mean you have inside jokes with them?? What do you mean you hang out with the other demons and they act soft around you too?? It was supposed to be him. Just him.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥YANDERE!DEMON who’s had enough of you being nice to everyone. He needs to have you all to himself. No demons. No angels. No humans. You don’t need anyone. You only need him.

“Angel~ Come here, I need to show ya’ something!”

purerae<3

[silawastaken]

SILAS FIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

most of these should be bsd...? Idk I've not started adding to the list yet. I will say- I just started going through my bookmarks, why do I have so many Stanley parable fics saved??? I haven't touched the Stanley parable since this time last year lol ANYWAY

This Just In: I Am A Total Fucking Dumbass - 2204 word ranpoe feelings realisation oneshot, high school au, absolutely adorable and so well written, my fav ranpoe fic i fear

The Curious Case of Edogawa Ranpo And His Significant Distraction - 2530 word ranpoe oneshot, canon universe, getting together, made me laugh, plus dazai+ranpo friendship mentioned

The Life We Could've Lived - 22,231 word skk high school au, dazai and chuuya from the canon universe wake up in the high school au. I haven't finished it, when I read it it was still ongoing, but it was really good, and I will be finishing it eventually (i hope)

after thirteen summers (still with you) - 5,223 word skk author au, relationship reveal

Tempus Fugit - 63,188 word skk canon universe, 15 skk get transported into the future to stay with their 23 year old selves

End of the Famine - 5,176 word hurt/comfort Atsushi and Dazai, depressing but comforting

Magic and Mystery - 209,039 word hp x bsd crossover, very good read, well paced and has an ongoing sequel

Anything by Clydeo - skk angst fics, frequently oneshots but they have a few ongoing longer ones!

the memory of your name - 45,016 word sskk memory loss trope, very well written and ongoing, I'm currently still reading it and it's ✨✨ amazing

To Forget That Is Unforgiveable - 45,471 word skk musician/idol au, again, so well written and still ongoing, the way they write is so unbelievably captivating like AAAAA it's such a good work, just be mindful of the tags!

Anyway that's pretty much all the bsd fics I've read... they're all super good you should check them out 😋😋

[differentsublimephantom]

@all-things-ghostly I need help deciding what to call my HM ask blog. I think it’ll be from the perspective of the grave keeper aka Silas crump aka the caretaker but idk what to name the blog! I’m thinking something like “ask.the.HM.gravekeep.” But I feel like then maybe people won’t know who I mean so I should use one of his other names? “ask.the.HM.caretaker.” Perhaps? Pls help I think I’m overthinking this lol 😅🥲

[mxvanrichten]

Me after last night's Curse of Strahd session.

Session summary below, definitely some spoilers for later game stuff (Amber Temple).

Also, there's A LOT OF TEXT, I'M SORRY.

Here's a funny discord screenshot, but session recap is below the break.

The gang starts out at the end of a very snowy bridge that looks terrifying to cross. As we get halfway across the statue on top of the other side's archway, it turns into a large white dragon. The dragon is starring daggers into Silas and Silas only. It's paying no attention to anyone else. Silas feels this burn in his chest as it continues to stare. The group decides to keep going as Draz and Brandy surround Silas for protection.

Everyone makes it across. When we get across, the dragon turns away, but Silas sees his mother at the top of the hill ahead. She is waving for him to come up. His mother has been dead for a few years. He knows it's not really her.

From when the dragon appeared, he felt something telling him to come to the temple. This isn't the first time something has told him he needs to come there. As they all stand there, Silas suddenly throws up black sludge, and it's coming from his eyes and nose as well.

The group continues on up to the temple. The walk 5 hours in the snow. They're exhausted, especially Silas and Rudolph (who each took a point of exhaustion). They finally reach the temple, and Draz notices a side entrance.

After a bit of sneaking and hearing some voices, we eventually see some younger crew of the berserkers we met earlier on our trip. They are scared of us at first until Silas mentions the name of one of the people they met from their tribe. They relax and after some conversation we bed down for the night in this side room.

Watches happen:

First watch: Draz and van Richten have another wooden stake making practice session. Draz is getting pretty good at it. He tells Draz that he might make a fine monster hunter out of someone in this group, after all. He mentions to Draz that Silas has a lot of knowledge that could fare useful, but Draz needs to share his knew found knowledge of vampire killing with us to truly be useful.

Second watch: Silas and Ezmerelda chat about a few different things. Fashion, what the sun looks like, and how Rudolph thinks something is wrong with Silas ever since he died and came back. Ez is a little sus of him as well. She brings up even how pale Silas is, but he’s just like no I just look like this. (He truly does just look like that lol).

However, he does tell Ez that he has been experiencing strange things, hearing voices, and feeling drawn to the temple since he came back. He doesn’t talk about the deal he made to come back. I think he fully doesn’t understand everything himself. He then tells Ez that if Rudolph has something he wants to know, he's free to ask Silas himself instead of talking about him behind his back. He then let's slip, "I suppose he's probably avoiding me specifically now, though." That gets Ez's attention, and she's like,"I mean, he typically avoids most people, but why you specifically?" Silas then tells Ez about the letter he wrote and about his feelings for Rudolph. Ez is, of course kinda like ummmm what? Ew, why? about it. She even is like, "When has he ever even been nice to you??" Silas not really wanting to get into everything in his head he just says, "I guess I'm just fucked up. Idk." She just tells him to be careful, but she's also kind of sweet about it and tells him if I want to get "brownie points" with him (then proceeds to tell me that vr told her people say that even though he thinks brownies are gross and that she calls it meat pie points instead) that I should use any knowledge I learn about monsters to impress him and get his attention.

Third watch: Brandy and Kasimir. This watch literally had irl me giggling and kicking my feet during the whole thing. Brandy asks Kas if he's ever been in love. He says there was a girl once, so long ago he doesn't remember her name, but they only went on one outing together. He mentions she was a dusk elf, and Brandy says, "Oh, so she must've had your same beautiful skin tone." This, of course, flusters the hell out of him. She proceeds to tell him about the man she loves and was searching for before she ended up in Barovia while looking for him. His name is Samuel, and he's a pirate. We knew about him before, but she tells Kasimir that she loves him, but she's not sure he loves her back. He never truly made time for her and then just disappeared, and that's why she was looking for him. She is trying to figure out if she really is in love or not. It's been so long. She reaches out for Kasimirs hand. It's super cold, so she uses that to get closer to him. She scoots up next to him and asks if he wants to snuggle under her coat with her to keep warm. He is super fucking awkward, but eventually relaxes and lets her put her arm around him and they spend the rest of the watch snuggled up with small talk. It was literally the cutest thing I WANNA SCREAMMM.

The next morning, they prepare to start exploring the temple. Silas and Kasimir both wake up with headaches, Draz and Brandy can't remember anyone's names (this turns into a bit that actually continues to be so funny the rest of the session), Rudolph is seeing weird shit out of the corners of his eyes. Every seems to be affected in different ways. Silas is irritated from the headache and kinda gets snippy and with that and Draz calling him Sally and calling everyone weird names, Rudolph realized the temple is fucking with us.

We proceed on, with Silas’s use of locate object, they begin their search for the suns sword. He gets several pings of potential swords, so they pick a direction and head down some stairs. About halfway down the stairs, a voice tells us to stop, turn away, and leave. We attempt to communicate and reason with them. We can't see him, but we hear a voice coming from a statue up ahead. He tells us his name is Nefron. As we're talking him down, Brandy is sneaking behind the statue to see who's there. He ends up being this tiny creature. We talk him down, but Brandy gets caught sneaking, so he gets mad again. We think we're safe to cross but when we do a fireball gets shot at us. We fight him and some flame skulls for a bit, but Silas is eventually able to talk him into leaving us alone and we stop hurting him.

We move onto another hallway, eventually we come across a door and Draz is able to force it open.... THIS IS WHERE THE FUN STOPS....🙃😩

Silas’s mother is at the door, waving for him to come in. He just screams out loud, "YOU'RE NOT FUCKING REAL, YOU'RE DEAD! STOP IT!" This of course gets everyone's attention and VR just looks at him super concerned.

Silas, Draz, Ez, and Rudolph go into the room, and there are like 3 amber sarcophagi. We aren't really sure what to do, but suddenly, Silas feels incredibly drawn to one of them. He then hears a familiar voice. The same voice that spoke to him that brought him back to life. The same voice that's been in his head a couple of other times as well. He just hears, "TOUCH IT!" Silas freezes. He hears those words again. He doesn’t know what to do. The door slams shut. Splitting off Brandy and Kasimir outside the room. The voice demands Silas do as he's told, that he promised he would do this in turn for being brought back. As Silas has a full-on panic attack and just stands there crying and yelling, everyone in the room starts taking damage. He continues to say he doesn't want to, but eventually, it gets too much. He sees how hurt Rudolph is getting standing right beside him, and he finally gives in and touches it.

Suddenly, this terrifying being shows itself. It's floating over water, and Silas can almost feel himself floating in the water. He tells Silas his name. Sykane, the thing that brought Silas back. The thing Silas is bound to and must do as it says. Sykane explains what Silas must do in return for getting his life back previously. He must destroy Strahd and destroy Vampyr, who gave Strahd his powers. Then, after that, he must release Sykane and allow him to consume all the souls of Barovia whole, which would unmake them and Barovia. Only Silas hears all of this. The others just see a floating image of Sykane.

Silas is devastated. What has he done. He is thinking to himself he should have never agreed to come back. He should have stayed dead. His fear of death was selfish. After all that ends, Silas is returned to full health and apparently feels something different and new inside him. He runs off crying as the door opens......aaaaaaaand that's where the session ended.

Sooooooooooooooo yeeeeeahhhhh......

[toughtink]

some post-nona thoughts and questions in no particular order:

and this will be long and full of spoilers, sorry

so is silas coming back next time? because i have questions about wtf took over his cav especially seeing as those tongue eye things showed up on the ninth house. biblically, silas traveled with paul, so maybe paul will be related to his comeback? idk

what’s with the tower? “kironia” and ianthe are referred to as “tower princes,” the RB was yelling about a tower to nona via judith, and we got a big tower coming out of the river now?? and the whole “the tower has reactivated” cipher or whatever it said, too. the only tower that’s been story relevant thus far is canaan house + the facility beneath it. harrow estimated they only saw ~30% of that tower with the rest going deep under the ocean, which i always took to mean that it was originally a sky scraper that they built a temple/church/palace on top of. OH YEAh! and a tower is in the jod chapters maybe??? it was confusing. (gasp! what! confusing??? in this series?!)

so is nona translating a ton of people’s names when she hears them, and that’s why she calls corona “crown” and has that exchange with hot sauce where she gets corrected on born in the morning’s name? and this is a separate thing from the multi-sentence long names that seem to be BoE tradition?

speaking of weird name stuff, the jod chapters have him using intials to refer to his friends! that was annoying but implies that they didn’t all used to have their fancy mouthful names which makes some sense, especially since jod specifically mentions changing U— and T— to ulysseys and titania. however, i’ve seen a lot of folks under the assumption that he wiped his friend’s memories after rezzing them, but is there evidence for that? i gotta reread htn, but i know that mercy didn’t seem to realize that gideon’s gold eye color was jod’s before it was alecto’s and only put it together near the end—point in memory loss’s favor (tho i don’t think we can officially say it’s purposeful on jod’s part yet.) HOWEVER!! when nona & the gang are approaching the tomb near the end of ntn, pyrrha mentions gideon (the first) and after saying his name a couple times says “G—” like jod does in his chapters!! implying that pyrrha might just know gideon’s pre-resurrection name! so either jod’s friends did retain their pre-res memories OR that memory loss thing happened later, probably post lyctorhood if it could affect the lyctors but not the cav secretly residing inside still??? idk. EDIT: my frand ginny pointed out that on pg 433 jod talks about how his friends “won’t have to remember anything,” because he knows where remembrance lives in the brain, and this sort of mirrors harrow own attempt to alter her memories. i think with pyrrha remembering g1deon’s name, we can say these are likely altered memories rather than a complete clean slate.

i need people to realize that when nona describes “teeth” coming out of gideon’s speed holes, it’s most likely ribs and not literal teeth. also—the speed holes joke is maybe one of my favorites in this book and incontrovertible proof that kironia is indeed our gideon.

i want to know more about anastasiaaaaa! was she another married/romantically involved pair with her cav? did pyrrha mention something about painting a nursery on the ninth?? what if anastasia was pregnant when her lyctorhood went wrong????

what’s this with cassiopeia and the sixth house in communication? that was her house, right? also, cass is the C— mentioned in jod chapters that marries the artist N— (nigella) and has teeth flowers at their wedding. also, she had the tooth trial at canaan house. and the tooth secret message in the corresponding study. what’s with all the teeth? lol

that tooth secret message was about doing soul melanges to power the canaan house staff, including teacher! 6th house theorm was soul melange related, so paul makes sense!!! ;v; (it should be noted that everything with cam, pal, and paul had me in tears and i’m never getting over their recorded conversation.)

gideon is clearly missing pieces figuratively and literally (her heart!! 🥺). TM said that if gideon’s soul was a happy meal, harrow ate the cheeseburger, but that leaves the fries, sauce packets, and toy. so where’s the cheeseburger now? attached to harrow’s soul? or attached to her body? completely absorbed and essentially gone? something has to be powering nona’s lyctoral regeneration powers so i’m kinda team body. that and the fact that she’s wearing the cheeseburger shirt and that feels like TM trying to give us a giant neon sign of a hint?

as for harrow…i saw the icy tomb she climbed into at the end of htn as a metaphorical tomb in her mind, between the lobotomy slits i guess where she was keeping gideon’s soul, thus the nonexistent sexy magazine. ntn makes me think she was also in the actual tomb, aka fully swapped places with alecto? but i suppose either could be true. the jod chapters feel like she’s tapping into alecto’s memories and subbing in herself maybe? that doesn’t really say much about the literal placement of harrow’s soul, tho, just that she has a connection with alecto.

anyways, it looks like she woke up long enough for the epilogue and then promptly passed out again (woo go girl! give us nothing!). and we know that she’s going to be harrowing hell at the start of atn?? good luck have fun i guess???

oh yeah is part of the reason nona’s not all there because not only is she in the wrong body, but she’s dealing with harrow’s lobotomy brain???

gonna come back and add more laterrr—edit: i’ve come back SEVERAL times to add more. maybe i should just reblog or make a new post for more. 🙈 i’m at the end of my gtn reread so htn will be next. oof that one will take a while methinks! and then i can reread nona…which will be my first Proper read through for the final version since i’ve only read the ARC months ago and some random passages since it came out.

[barbiegirldream]

what's the fic about?

basically, the fic is what if Damon and Alaric started fucking after 1x17 (when Alaric helps Damon save Stefan) and what would happen if Damon was madly in love with someone who wasn't Elena. and then I started getting more into the mythos of the show and stuff and more things changed

Namely, Damon and Stefan Are 500 years old they died in 1512. This is because I refuse to write about Confederates again and I prefer them being older vampires than little babies. Also they were witches as humans. Idk descendants of Silas they should be

Then I thought well what if they ran into Katherine again in 1864 and were a part of the vampire community that existed. And were close friends with the witches and knew about the werewolves. Like Damon trying to open the tomb for his old friends is more compelling than wanting revenge on a town we know he cares about.

Okay okay but I digress the changes I can't decide on

if Alaric should die at the end of season 3

if Damon should be force fed the cure at the end of season 4

[zevlors-tail]

Some More OC Stuff

I have SIX Obey Me OC's now this is getting entirely out of hand RIP-

So I very recently decided my Obey Me OC, Muse (first pic below), was going to have a kid with at least one of their partners.

I'm still working on all the details, but meet Aska and Silas! You can probably guess which kid belongs to who lol. Tagging @paper-trash-bag since you mentioned you liked my OC stuff! Hopefully this is just as interesting! <3

Aska (bottom left) is from Muse and Simeon, and Silas (bottom right) is from Muse and Solomon. I'm toying with the idea of giving Aska another younger brother who would look exactly like Simeon but I'm not 100% sure about it yet?

And just for context, Muse, Solomon, and Simeon all live together in the same house and are a throuple/polyamorous.

Still kind of up in the air on what eye color Silas has since Muse has all blue eyes and Solomon has SOME blue in his eyes but also a hint of brown/hazel? Idk man there's a little bit of everything in there... Unfortunately the picrew I used for Silas is kind of limited in eye colors so I couldn't find a good hazel color to see what that might look like. :(

Some other fun facts about these two:

-Simeon was the one who named Aska while Muse named Silas

-Aska looks mostly like her father but her personality is more like Muse. You can't see it in the pic but she usually wears her hair in a small fluffy little ponytail at the back of her head

-Silas looks more like Muse other than the white hair but has more of Solomon's personality. The little curls in his hair are also from Muse :')

-Aska sees Solomon as a babysitter more than a father figure (less of an annoying babysitter and more of the fun kind) but will often go to him for advice on anything that she can't confide in Muse and Simeon for

-Uriel is Aska's godfather while Claire and Thirteen are her godmother(s)

-Same for Silas, except his godfather is actually Simeon, who he does see as a second father figure

-Aska sees Luke as sort of an endearing uncle who helped raise her even though they're close in age (should mention that Luke is older/more grown up by the time this story/plot takes place)

-Silas just thinks "Luke is annoying and uptight about Celestial Realm shit" ...in his words. lol. Really he's just jealous that Luke spends more time with Aska.

-Aska and Silas aren't that far apart in age (haven't figured out specifics yet)

-Both of them are somewhat immature but Silas can save face way better than Aska can

-Silas has a TERRIBLE sense of fashion (but at least he can cook! thanks, Simeon!). Mostly this is because he desperately wants to be seen as a separate entity from his parents and wants to be his own rebellious person

-Aska is disinterested in magic and the different realms; she just wants to mix music and be a DJ or dance and sing

-Silas is dedicated to his studies and magic but hates it at the same time; he hides away his carefree side because he wants to make his parents and others proud and surpass them. But at the same time he doesn't really want that burden...

-Silas got the short end of the stick when it came to his vision because of Muse's shitty eyesight and Solomon's millennia old genes, so he has to wear glasses lol

-Aska started out more attached to Muse as a child but grew closer to Simeon the older she got while Silas was more attached to Solomon when he was younger but became very attached to Muse as he got older

-Because Muse is Agender and uses They/Them pronouns, Aska gave them the nickname "Parental Unit/Parent" in leu of "Mom"

-The only exception to this is when Aska is in peril, feels unsafe, or when something is seriously wrong; she instinctively calls Muse "Mom" and that's their way of knowing that she needs saving from a situation or person(s)

-Silas's assigned sin is Pride

-Aska's assigned sin is currently undecided :/

[lacunafiction]

If the cast were in the Dragon Age setting what would they be?

Hi Anon,

I hope you are doing well.💚

I have had this ask in my inbox for a while because I've been thinking about how in-depth I should go with the answer. I haven’t played DA in a while, but I still have a lot of love for it and its characters. :D

Beckett/Becca

Class: Rouge (which may seem odd...) 

A ranged rouge, who prefers to keep their distance and to influence the tide of battle from afar as opposed to being front and center in the action. More tactical minded, less inclined to lockpick unless you really, really wanted them to lockpick something. B: 'That's stealing, MC...' B: 'Why are you checking all the crates?' B: 'Do we need that much elfroot?' XD  They probably don’t seem very roguish in the typical sense in a way that may get some glances from your other companions. The DA:O skills that relate to animals/creatures would fit with B’s personality too!

Silas/Sofia

Class: Mage

An apostate mage! (I think S fits the general mage vibe with their personality.) They had a supportive mother who helped to hide them away once they presented (? idk somehow that works in this AU. Shh), leading to a more nomadic life style for the family. Mrs. Dorran would not view their child differently because of magic. Area of effect spells are preferred by them, especially triggering things at just the right moment after whittling down opponents. They would use Spirit Healer or the Spirit tree as a secondary skill set to protect/shield/buff allies; they care and that carries through in how they use their magic with a thoughtfulness centered on others well beings alongside the devastating capabilities of their elemental spell.

Reese/Ruby

Class: Mage

A circle mage in-line with the Trevelyan storyline in DA:I, so somewhat privileged as compared to the DA:O origin, but still in the circle and dealing with that angst and gilded cage aspect. Their mother would have hoped to ingrain respect for the 'necessary precautions' and 'order' the circle system provides and expect R to bend and accept their role, perhaps, even being a role model for other mages. (Really, she was ashamed and wanted R sequestered to spare the Verner last name from being tarnished by the presentation of magic, etc. Y'all know the lore.) Ice branch in DA:I, fade step (bc that is so fun to zip around with on the battle field and fits their recklessness), knight enchanter (bc why wouldn't R want a badass glowing magical blade?) skill set. Isn’t the best at healing spells or barrier spells. They would rather erect a wall of ice to keep the MC protected than cast a brittle barrier and carry the guilt of it failing... >.>

James/Jane

Class: Warrior

J would be a warrior; sword and shield--protector and tank, wanting to shoulder the blows and draw attention away from the party, if it helps to keep you and the others safe. Not a noble or secretly relevant to the plot due to special blood/unique item/whatever; however, they somehow get swept up in it. (Maybe because of your MC playing the role of protag in this AU; they remain stalwartly by your side after reuniting or something like that.) Hmm, idk much about warriors or rouge skills compared to mages...Champion would be their specialization. 

Best wishes!

[sixeyesgojo]

Ooooh! Can you make the post about sukuna’s real goals?? I’ve legit been wondering about that for quite some time and I love your Big Brain

Hi!! Thanks for sending this ask!

I don't remember a lot of details, if there were any in the Shibuya Arc but I do remember what my brain juice told me. Beware that I might add stuff after I am done re-reading (currently taking one for the team in terms of hurt to make a chronological timeline).

As usual, these are only my thoughts. And as usual, there's so much potential left uncovered so far for Megumi, so this is... more like a possibility of a possibility.

Megumi plays a central role in this...

TL;DR: Sukuna's goal is probably to get his body back (using Megumi) and then rule the world... or just kill everybody?

Uhhh... manga spoilers ahead!

I already said it in this post.. or at least implied... that Sukuna is probably interested in a good fight with an equal. Sukuna very much appreciates strength and he seems like that kind of... entity... that wants to be on top of the world.

Most English readers do not know but the infamous line "Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the Honored One." (天上天下唯我独尊) was not only used for Satoru. In fact, it was used for Sukuna much earlier already. (Not my translation, I found it here: click click)

Chapter 30:

The English translation uses this: "With no concern for anyone but himself, he existed for leisure."

There is also this comment from Gege himself, stating that it most likely was used in an arrogant manner.

Sukuna most likely wants to be on top of the "hierarchy based on strength".

How will he achieve that? Of course through fighting everybody who is strong. And Satoru is the first to go (chapter 3):

Rather than a threat, somehow this sounds like a promise to me...

If you're going to ask me why he wants to be on top... idk, status or he just wants chaos or he has some tragic backstory as human that made him turn into this kind of villain with no redemption. Or he just wants to be the strongest since he's sooooo focused on strength alone:

What does this have to do with Megumi?

Here comes the theory time.

In order to do so, he needs a body he can control. We do not know what happens when Yuji consumes all 20 fingers - will Sukuna take over? Will Yuji be able to suppress the King of Curses? So yeah, we don't know if he will be able to conquer Yuji's will for good. But now, after having consumed ~15 fingers, it doesn't seem like it... or maybe he's hibernating after the massacre he caused..

Sukuna's body is most likely still intact. Think about it: his fingers cannot be destroyed thanks to his grave wax, not even by someone like Gojo Satoru, a special grade sorcerer. So his body should be somewhere as well...

Note: corpse, grave or mortuary wax is a fatty, organic substance that prevents the body from decaying further.  It commonly develops when body fat is exposed to anaerobic bacteria in a warm, damp, alkaline place - soil or water might be the ideal place. If air is absent, the corpse wax may last for centuries.

In case Sukuna is not able to take over Yuji’s body, he will probably search for his own body. Unless something miraculously destroyed the body, it should be still there.. probably buried deeper than 6 feet/3 meters... in soil. Or it's at the bottom of a lake or any kind of deep water body.

I don't know how to properly explain this regarding Megumi but I hope it'll make sense somehow. It's kinda bullshit though

Basically, Megumi can store stuff in his shadows right? But you can't really touch a shadow, in real life that is. Of course, we're talking about animanga here, so everything is possible.

But what if he's just storing that stuff in the ground and his shadow acts as a container? In simpler words: Take a plastic bag, put something in it (pen, rock, whatever), go to a lake or river and put the bag under water. Your hand would act as Megumi's body here, the bag would be the shadow, the water would be the ground and the bag's content would be the weapons Megumi stores. What if the bag didn't have an end and would just... go on and on and on? Technically, he would be able to pull anything out of the soil if we go by that logic. We would have to know the location... who knows if Uraume spent all those years looking for it or not? But we know soooo little about Megumi's shadow, or shadows in the JJKverse in general, so let's discard that theory.

Another theory is: shikigami.

We know that Megumi can use the Ten Shadows Technique. The user receives the Divine Dogs as the very first shikigami of this technique and has to use them, in order to gain more shikigami to use.

The word "exorcise" insinuates that shikigami are like curses. We don't know how shikigami come to be, but hear me out.

In order to control a shikigami, you have to defeat it first. You can, however, summon it at any given time to attempt to exorcise it. Megumi does this with Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga in chapter 117. Currently, there are 7 known (Megumi managed to tame 6) shikigami out of 10. That means there are 3 unknown ones.

Number 7 would be a 'weaker shikigami' like the ones we already know. I'm guessing that Mahoraga is the 8th in tow, solely based on the name though. Number 9 would be a good spot to place a kitsune in, ngl. What if number 10 would be something like a free spot? Like, you can tame any curse and then use it? Does this make sense? Am I reaching too much?

Anyway, Sukuna could use this to his advantage and make himself number 10, then force Megumi to summon him and they engage in a fight (which brings me back to the beginning of this post). Logically, Sukuna wants to be free, so of course he's going to try and kill Megumi or something. The ritual would end there but again, we don't know a lot, so I can't say whether the shikigami would continue going on a rampage or not. But it's Sukuna... sooooo...

However, there's also a theory floating around that Megumi can create life itself... considering Mai Zenin can construct bullets without them fading away after some time, it's not that far off the mark, I would say.

Hope this helped (because it got wayyy too long) <3

[lumilasi]

Been calling this guy Claude, but honestly, given the outfit and how other survivors of his clan are named, I feel like I should give him a more Japanese/japanese inspired/sounding name, or at least something that doesn’t stand out so much from the others. (Sheo, Milo, Silas) Claude just feels too different from the other three.

I just don’t have any ideas RN, so....I guess suggestions would be appreciated? My brain feels so empty lmao OTL

He’s a swordsman/telepath with a temper but mostly relaxed attitude, his theme is skull moth/tiger butterfly, and he’s kinda antagonist/antihero character with bit of a troubled history (as is kinda typical for this kind of character I suppose). IDK if that helps, but figured I’d give a summary.

Hell, if somebody can come up with a good name, I could even draw something small as a reward (SFW of course, maybe like a character portrait of their choosing)

[petalshields]

[ MINA EL HAMMANI, SHE/HER, DEMIGIRL ]  —  [ KAIA DEMIR-ZERHOUNI ]  is a child of  [ DEMETER ]  with the power of  [ FLORAL HEALING & PLANT COMMUNICATION ] .  they were born in  [ 1996 ]  and have been in nemean lion since  [ 2019 ] .  with the change, they  [ ARE TRAINING IN ]  the  [ MEDICAL ]  role which makes sense since they’re usually  [ NOT TALKING AND TENDING TO HER GARDEN IN HER ROOM  ] .  if you’d like to meet them try the  [ SUN ]  building . @nlupdates

hello friends! its ya girl garnet and this is my newest baby. like this and i will not only find u...i will plot WITH u (threat).

Kaia’s pinterest is here!

BIOGRAPHY!

( near drowning tw, death tw )

Mystery shrouds the exact circumstances of Kaia’s birth, but there was no denying that her father was Ilyass Zerhouni. His tryst with Demeter lasted through the winter: a season of mourning for the goddess of harvest. Their romance extinguished in March, timed with the thaw into spring, and Demeter left Ilyass without a trace of her presence in his life. Ilyass did some mourning of his own before, as he always had, continuing his life.

However, Ilyass saw Demeter one final time when she revealed she gave birth to his child. The child was born in November, and she urged him to protect her from supernatural forces, even gods themselves. Demeter knew the pain that came with losing a child.

Ilyass named the baby girl Kaia: Norwegian variant of Kaja, the diminutive form of Greek Katherine. Tracing this history, the name Kaia is intertwined with two meanings: ‘pure’ and ‘tortured.’

Born in sweltering Los Angeles, Kaia wasn’t shielded from her godly heritage. Ilyass called her his ‘miracle baby’ but he didn’t anticipate the degree. There were no parenting books on what to do when his child fell off her bike but flowers sticking out of her gashed knees. This led the man to be overly protective of her, to ensure that she did not draw attention to herself by harming herself or provoking others to harm her. He attempted to round all the sharp corners of Kaia’s life for her own protection, but for the most part, Kaia grew up happy.

Her affinity for plants stemmed from her ability to communicate with them. Their voices weren’t something she could ignore. Trees sang eerie songs as they swayed in the breeze, branches scratching against heaven, and a chorus of grass blades gossiped whenever they were stepped on ( blows kiss to the sky: for rowan ). It made it difficult for her to sleep sometimes, their voices were so constant, but Kaia learned how to tune out the plants and filter their thoughts from her own.

NEAR DROWNING TW: At age seven, Kaia contacted meningitis after being left unattended in the pool by a babysitter. Thankfully, she recovered quickly, but she suffered from moderate hearing loss. This incident only deepened Ilyass’s protectiveness. His later wife, Yaren Demir, was raising a demigod child of her own and shared the desire to shield their daughters. As a blended family, Yaren and Kaia’s new step-sister Sila acclimated to Kaia by learning American Sign Language. Though hearing aids lessen the severity of hearing loss, Kaia prefers ASL to verbal communication. ( note: she has difficulty holding a conversation one-on-one without them, and being in a crowd with them causes her a lot of anxiety. )

Adolescence was, for lack of a better word, an adjustment. Kaia prided herself on being mysterious, well-behaved, and reserved, but she began to push against the concrete boundaries set by her parents. Specifically, her competitive nature drew her to sports, which her parents staunchly disapproved of. The more Kaia wanted to expand, the more that her parents increased their restrictions. She took matters into her own hands when she was seventeen. Enticed by promises made by her then-boyfriend, Kaia ran away with him.

What could go wrong? Kaia’s not naïve; she knew that being bested by your emotions was never the correct move, but he was her first love and that love was the poison she’d inject into herself, over and over. There were red flags that the relationship wasn’t the healthiest, but, like any romantic, she ignored them all. Until it almost killed her 🤪

DEATH TW/CAR ACCIDENT TW: Almost is the key word. If she were mortal, she would have died. The boyfriend was drinking and driving, and he swerved off the road while Kaia tried to coax him into letting her drive. She doesn’t remember much of what followed. Blinding white, the sound of her voice shrill as she screamed for him to help her. The slam of the car door as he crawled out from the wreckage, a black figure bleeding into the night. The tree whispering, life, life, life, as flowers broke out of the gashes, blooming along the split skin. After fading in and out of consciousness, Kaia healed enough to gain strength to crawl out of the vehicle’s skeleton and stumbled through the surrounding woods.

Too ashamed to return home, Kaia found solace in an abandoned greenhouse. As a token from her mother, goddess of harvest after all, Kaia was fed throughout her time “missing,” surrounded by plentiful edible plants that yearned for her to eat them. She grew used to her own solitude, the simplicity of her life in the woods, but her own call out to reconnect with her sister caused her to punch her number into her phone. Soon enough, Sila found Kaia and convinced her to accompany her to a strange place she’s only heard about in passing: NEMEAN LION.

Kaia’s been on campus for two years, and the constant chatter and people and all else that comes with their godly heritage are thoroughly tolerated; she is still the prideful girl she once was, but her trauma caused her to have heightened suspicions of those around her, and she’s now more difficult to get close to. Beneath her new armor, there’s still a soft core, most evident when she’s volunteering at the infirmary or trailing behind her sister or smiling at a plant ( weird vibes but ok ). 

WANTED CONNECTIONS!

FRIENDS/A BEST FRIEND: PLEASE SOMEONE GET THIS BITCH SOME MILK!! Or rather the ability to build an attachment to someone that’s not her sister.

ENEMIES: Kaia may not express it all the time, but she does hold grudges and she’s very spiteful. I think this would be interesting because this is a bit of a shadow-self that she never got to explore in her youth, but she’s more willing to lean into it now because, in her mind, everyone sucks and should not be trusted. We can develop in the DMs!

PEOPLE WHO HELPED HER WHILE SHE LIVED IN THE GREENHOUSE: in my mind? while she was "missing” there was a little gaggle of people who brought her essentials in exchange for her helping them out somehow. Maybe she was their healer, or maybe she posed as a distraction for them to do some shady shit. either way, this relationship was mutually beneficial!

OPPOSITES ATTRACT: throw her your sunshine-y muses but she can be a little finicky so this may be a bit hit or miss SKJSKFJ. However I think that it’d be cool to have a muse who doesn’t flinch from her intensity sometimes, or bounces off of it. idk fam i just think it’d be Neat.

INJURED/HEALER: Someone who she always treats at the infirmary? I imagine that she’s gotten a hold of her powers enough that she’s able to heal others on command. She will always cluck her tongue and shake her head and, if they’re close enough, try to talk to this person. This takes a lot of ironing out because it really depends on where their relationship stands but we can make this work

DEMETER SIBLINGS: Kaia feels very much indebted to her mother for keeping her alive while she was in the greenhouse, so! She has a soft spot for all the Demeter siblings because she views them as being all a part of her, in some way, so throw her more family!

COMBAT BUDDIES: ( kaia 2 me: buddies is a strong wor- ) no but her having people to train with. Kaia isn’t about killing people ( unless you’re her ex boyfriend ahahaha that’s to unpack later ) but ! she is about learning to protect herself and wanting to do so with the utmost competency. Therefore she throws herself into combat training, and it’s a way for her to work out a lot of the pent up aggression that she has from not processing a lot of the things that have happened to her.

HOOKUPS: absolutely no strings. With the exception of Taylor, Kaia isn’t the relationship type I’m afraid and isn’t emotionally available, but she still has needs!

OTHER TREE HUGGERS: pretty explanatory, stole this from rowan. A friend of trees is a friend to Kaia.

ANYTHING! LET’S MF GO I’m really down for also filling yr plot needs! 

[robots-on-film]

Okay so since I dont care for canon I decided to make this lil list of some ideas I have for tfp, idk this might be a au

Jack's dad Is (gasp!) Silas!, he was friends with June since they were teens and got together but as Silas became more and more evil and finally a terrorist, June managed to escape him and disappeared with Baby Jack, she no longer fears him but she plans on never telling Jack about who his father is (but as you expect, she doesn't manage to keep the secret)

Miko when she was younger meet SkyWarp! (A.U time) She was probs only 10 years old when she meet him, she was a angry and rebellious gremlin when they meet while Skywarp had the personality of his tfa self idk, She meet him gravely injured and semi conscious Miko managed to somehow guide him to a scrapyard where he slowly tried to patch himself up, they went on lil' adventures for a while simply him trying to find a energon mine and other stuff, in the end SkyWarp became super attached to the little organic sparkling but due to ~mysterious events~ he disappeared without a trace and Miko was left wondering for a while what happened to her best friend

... then years later during the show, a mysterious cybertronian appears out of nowhere following Miko around and when team prime finally capture him he tell them his name is Cyclonus.

Vince and Sierra are Brother and Sister! (Gasp! again), Vince does not go to school Instead he works since their parents abandoned them, he is very overprotective of Sierra and if he ever sees his parents again he will kill them.

Sierra is basically a Mary Sue, she has a shitload of skills, is smart as hell but is also EXTREMELY KIND, she is not into Jack at all so she is trying to secretly matchmake him with Miko since they both very secretly love each other

If CliffJumper hadn't died Sierra or/and Vince would have become his charge, but if he had then she and her bro would have been a decepticons charge! Sierra is StarScream and Vince is BreakDown

Vehicons Sparks Matter: Death is a tragedy and we should care about them.

Most if the Vehicons secretly adopt Human names, they are basically their own race of cybertronians but since they are treated like drones they dont have their own culture and so they don't have the naming system that other cybertronians have, so they adopt human names, though some still give themselves normal Cybertronian sounding names! Like the two super tough vehicons of the first episode!

Most Vehicons when they run away from the war they end up in the care of a human somehow, It's a weird coincidence, also most of the Vehicons have PTSD

Most Vehicons after the war ends hate cybertronians since well you know they were used for cannon fodder but are very protective of humans since most of them were the ones that selflessly helped them

[bladekindeyewear]

Bloggin’ thru new Homestuck^2 bonus, The Influencers part 2.  Kinda got my gears ground during part 1, but that largely wasn’t this sideplot’s fault, so I should still be able to enjoy it.

Reminder, bonus update blogging is always light on detail because I don’t wanna spoil all the paid content, but I’ll give the gist of my reactions and go into anything plot or character related that helps understand the main story, as well as giving you a real top-down view of “what happens” so you know what it’s about and whether or not to invest in looking yourself.  (And I don’t necessarily have to give you anything that isn’t main-plot-relevant.)

So where are they going to follow the main party?  They shouldn’t need to record the funeral I’d assume, because that already would have been televised (and awful for Jane’s PR)...  *click*

9/28/2020 - The Influencers, Part 2

TEACHER: Time’s a-ticking. TEACHER: The next plot point is yours to change, if you want it. Don’t you feel it calling to you?

Yeah, just hanging a lampshade on this whole parallel sideplot I guess.

> (==>)

Whatever it is, Imode feels it. A tiny string of relevance spooling out from their belly. They want to follow it.

That’s pretty Lighty and/or Seery.  I’ve used that terminology to describe the pull of Light and its “relevance” connotations even since the only fanfic I’ve ever written, back in 2011 during Homestuck’s run, and it’s obvious enough terminology that I think Rose later mentioned it somewhere like in the Epilogues.  Are these three kids perhaps going to get a fourth, and become their own session by the end of this like Harry, Vrissy, Tavros and Yiffy might?

They can’t stop picturing their friend, Harry Anderson, arrested or tortured or worse. They’re not sure what there is to be done to stop this chain of events, but they’re sure as shit gonna find out.

(”They” is almost certainly referring to Imode here, not all three, since Imode uses they/them.)

Alright, self-aggrandizing used for good.  Show off the sort of thing that Vriska could have accomplished if she actually used her talents for her team for once.  (Besides, like, the similar thing she did just recently by making a scene.)

> (==>)

Imode is the first to choose pursuing this path over bootlicking, and the others are sure to follow.

> (==>)

Yup, Avril and Silas follow.  (Had to be reminded of ALL of their names, it’s been months since their single named appearance.)

> (==>)

Crockercopters overhead but none taking note yet, just ominous setdressing

> (==>)

IMODE: lemme take a ⏱️ to 😮‍💨 before we figure out where to go next. AVRIL: wait don't you know? IMODE: Huh? AVRIL: we were following YOU this whole time.

Oh, that answers the first question I asked.  They have NO clue where they’re going.  Let’s see if they luck out and find the clock tower.

IMODE: You 👂 what he said about the next step 📞 to us, same as i did. Don't you feel it pulling at you?

Literal pull? Powers? Future player?  --All baseless speculation of course.

SILAS: Woah are you seein’ this.

Vriska’s probably putting on her very public display now.  (This is a bonus so I’m skipping lots of banter and arguing.)

> (==>)

Oh, they just saw John flying up to the clock tower in his outfit.  And catching sight of him fly is rare celebrity gossip stuff so of course it’d stand out to them, apparently.  (Only one of them is athletic apparently, the other two are groaning at the prospect of more running.)

> (==>)

Avril always enjoys running, but there’s something else thumping along to the rhythm of the thuds of his feet and beat of his heart. He’d thought Imode was nuts for feeling it just a minute prior, but now he’s realized he isn’t deadweight, that he hasn’t fucked up someone’s life irrevocably, and it pushes him faster and faster as he tears ass toward the belltower.

(Did we know Avril was he/him before this?  Probably but if so I forgot.)

Okay, since we’re getting glimpses into each of their headspaces narratively that BOTH have had some oblique aspect references, I have to at least OPERATE on a guessy assumption that there’s a sort of classpect-for-each-of-them thing going here.

I’ve quoted both those whole paragraphs here... so what do I see?  This is going to be a bit tougher because I don’t care as much to remember these characters...

Imode had some Lighty-or-Seery language, and then could not stop picturing bad things happening to Harry, wanting to avert that chain of events.  So something of a Seer or Mage would make sense.  But given how easily Lighty stuff and the Understanding classes (or at least what we think those are) can be conflated, Mage of Light seems a bit of a premature jump.  Heck, I’m only saying Mage because a Seer of Light already occupies a starring role, and because her first act on that feeling was to jump after it herself and tell the others:

IMODE: Stay here and 👢👅 your way into fame if that's what you really want. IMODE: I’m ✈️. Follow me if you’re not 🐔💩.

--leading by example rather than directing the others into battle.  Only half-caring if they followed, willing to pursue it herself if necessary.  So, potentially more “Active”.

As for Avril... the word “heart” is mentioned there, sure, but the full context is “there’s something else thumping along to the rhythm of the thuds of his feet and beat of his heart”.  I’m inclined to think that the rhythm/beat references, especially the even footsteps and heartbeats hitting like a metronome, might be more tied to Time?  But if so, I don’t see anything class-related.  (Could also be Blood, and him thinking of what he owes in the last sentences could be reinforcing that?  Big question marks for now.)

> (==>)

Door to the belltower’s locked.  The kids figure John’s forgotten that his son can’t fly.

AVRIL: this is it, this is the thing we can help with! #feelinit #vibes IMODE: OK I'm excited that you believe me now, but what are you gonna even do? IMODE: use your big all-star 💪 to break down the 🚪?

--so they think they can “resolve a missing plot point” by getting the way into the clock tower open?  Is this going to be a theme or running joke of the Influencers sideplot, showing plotholes resolved in bonus content like how we finally saw how Gamzee’s body was relocated last time?  When I was explicitly mad about that?  (This seems like a much smaller one though.)

Apparently in HS^2 proper they remarked that the door SHOULD be locked, but Vriska just opened it anyway and wasn’t surprised it was unlocked, which she would’ve ascribed to her luck -- how the universe just makes way for her.  (And we’re literally seeing HOW the “universe” “made way” for her this way, through these Influencer kids.  Even though Vriska could have broken down the door in a second and it’s practically meaningless.)

> (==>)

Avril just has the key!

AVRIL: so like my photoshoots are like, #modernfashion #myworkout #urbexp IMODE: Yea, your 📸 are why we’re all in this mess. We know. Get to it. AVRIL: fair. ok well this is the urban exploration part. AVRIL: a lot of the public infrastructure buildings in the kingdom have the same weird, shitty deadbolts on them. AVRIL: its like they were mass-produced for ease of access or something. AVRIL: none of the deep crockergov stuff, but a lot of the kingdom maintenance buildings. AVRIL: so once you swipe one key, you got access to it all. AVRIL: that’s how i get a lot of my hard-to-get shots #tradesecrets #tellnoone

Hhhmmmmm.  So what does this tell us about his potential role?  Getting places you’re not supposed to is associated with the Thief, Rogue, Bard, and sometimes Knight classes... as well as the Time/Space aspects, or the Void and Breath aspects.  A Thief or Rogue of Time could do the trick, and fit with the rhythm paragraph earlier... whereas Space doesn’t have the same rhythm associations even if it is “places” he’s getting into for these shots.  And photography, snapshots still in time, is something Dave was also explicitly into.  Plus, this exploit he’s showcasing is specifically for older buildings, playing into history/archaeology from an urban perspective.

So, Time is looking like a safer and safer bet for him.

> (==>)

lock click

> (==>)

long-hair swoop, cheer

SILAS: Yeah, I’m tickled a near-disproportionate amount by the unlockin’ of a door, so I’m inclined to believe you were onto somethin’.

Still no real hints about Silas, yet.

AVRIL: ok so. we did it, right? #missioncomplete AVRIL: feels a little anticlimactic #tbh IMODE: idk, I think so? whatever I was feeling doesn't seem so immediate anymore. IMODE: I wonder if-

Okay, that’s some near-confirmation that Imode was LITERALLY FEELING the plot or some such.  We’ll probably end the Influencers sidestory eventually with at least solid GUESSES blatantly obvious for their potential Hero Roles or the like.

> (==>)

Ah, Vriska and the kids are coming-- and we get the Silas paragraph(s)!  Silas is green-themed with green text, and a session with a Time player has a good chance of having a Space player too, so let’s see if...

Silas doesn’t know what being spotted by the other kids might mean, metaphysically or logistically or legally. She’s not particularly pressed by that sort of thing. But this is a day that’s come with more introspecting than she’s used to having to endure in a year, so she's ready to get moving before it becomes an issue.

As Harry Anderson, Vrissy, Vriska, and Tavros proceed to have this conversation, Silas pushes to catch up with Avril’s pace. She’s not sure where they’re headed, and has no clue what all this means for her. She knows the step she’s taken isn’t one she’ll be able to backtrack from, but she’ll figure that out tomorrow. For now, one foot in front of the other.

That...

I mean there’s a lot of talk of time-FRAMES, from a lazy perspective, but just-pushing-forward-in-the-here-and-now is reasonably Spacey? ...hm.  I was excited for the Silas paragraph(s) but I don’t see any immediately-apparent pattern meant for us to discern classpect info here.  Maybe a female Page example (since we could use one), propelled along by events without knowing what’s going on at first, too early in her journey to have taken more than her first step up the gradual incline of her long-term potential?

I really don’t know I guess.

Anyway, that’s the end of the bonus upd8!  See ya in a while.

[greylunar]

hi, idk if you're doing these trans name suggestions for anyone but if you are I would really appreciate some advice. for a while I had it in my brain that I want to be called Eve when my hair/clothes are as androgynous as I feel BUT I felt it was rly feminine and then discovered that you could spell the same pronunciation as Yves so that's was I wanted for a bit but these posts have opened my eyes to other possibilities. my vibe is steel and glass, highbrow academia, parental guidance. TYSM!!!

Hello friend!! I’m for sure doing them for anyone who wants them, it’s such a fun part of anyones journey, and I’m of the belief that literally everyone should change their name if they want to its such a rewarding experience of growing into the self you want to be. Yves and Eve are both fantastic names! I remember really liking the Yves Saint Laurent movie when it was on netflix and I think it really suits your vibes. For other thoughts, maybe Fio, Adira/Mira, Knox, Emerson, Jae, Adlai, Keaton, Cassian, Neeva, Esai, Avi, Paris, Sloan, Ceres, Avery, Silas, Caia, Evrim, Karis, Dio, Ren. I hope that helps and that you have a wonderful night friend, sending so much love your way c:

[sebastianshaw]

I realised that all of Shaw's ancestors have a biblical origin to their name, so what two biblical names would you choose for him? One for its meaning, and one for the way it sounds and suits him. I found out that Esau means hairy, it's a shame his uncle took that one.

Omg you’re right! I was going to say that Cornelius isn’t but I looked it up and it is! Guess Sebastian is the c-c-combo breaker! Ummm, I went through a lot of possibilities, but if we’re just talking two...Samson or Solomon? They’re Biblical, they’re something I could see a guy being named in the modern era (as opposed to, say, Nebuchadnezzar), they start with S, and they have a strong “sound” as well as being after strong figures---Samson is LITERALLY super-strong, he’s “hairy” in a different way, and, like Shaw, he was something of a “Puzzle Boss” who couldn’t be physically bested by ordinary means and his enemies had to figure out the trick to his super-strength. It might be a LITTLE too on the nose for a guy named Samson to end up being super-strong, but Marvel did it with Doc Leonard Samson.  As for Solomon, he was a powerful ruler, incredibly wealthy, and holy shit HE FUCKED. Like. A lot. Goddamn.  For a third, non-S option, there’s also Elijah or Elias, who was a total badass that took shit from NOBODY and ascended to Heaven alive in a chariot of fire. He was also described as a hairy man with a leather belt, so there you go. My concern with Elijah and Solomon is that from what I understand, they are important figures in Judaism, and common names in the Jewish community, so associating them with a super-greedy money-grubbing rich guy who is part of a secret organization trying to control the world is...probably NOT the most advisable of ideas, so I might ultimately go with Samson. Also I REALLY LOVE THE REGINA SPEKTOR SONG like it’s just HAUNTING.  Others I considered, but did not make the cut: - Job : Went through a ton of adversity and still came out on top. Seems very Shaw. I feel like readers might read it as pronounced like “job” though. Also “Job Shaw” doesn’t sound right. - Silas, Thaddeus, Abram: No reason, I just thought they had “strong” sounds, even vaguely threatening/villainous. Like some names just sound a little more suited to bad guys than others.  - Tobias: Tobias really does not sound strong or scary on its own, I actually think it’s sweet, but Tobias Shaw sounds a bit tougher somehow? But then you could shorten it to Toby which is definitely NOT a tough name, lol. Toby is a beagle name to me. It just is. That’s what you call a beagle. It just is. I couldn’t take him seriously with a cute name like that. - Jethro: Strong sound, means  "abundance" so I felt like that related well to the empire he’s built and his decadent lifestyle. I knew a nice horse once named Jethro. - Eli:  Means "ascension" which I thought fit how he started from impoverished origins and built his way up. I wasn’t sure it had a strong enough sound though. Shaw’s name NEEDS a strong sound.  - Enoch: Means  "dedicated" which fits his work ethic. It’s a little...esoteric though? Like I can see meeting a guy named Samson, I’d be a bit more surprised to meet a guy named Enoch. I feel like his name should sound...honestly, kinda like what you might expect an Amish guy to be named? I know that’s a weird way to put it, but---Cornelius, Esau, Jacob, Hiram, Obadiah, those are the names of his ancestors, you know? And I guess Enoch fits in well enough with them but hmmm just didn’t seem RIGHT somehow, idk.  - Achim:  Means "he will establish" and was an ancestor of Jesus. As with Eli, I thought it fit how Shaw built a fortune despite coming from nothing, but as with Enoch it doesn’t sound right. Like I think most people, if you asked them, would think it sounds Middle Eastern (which....technically all Biblical names are, but...) and I think the Shaw type of Biblical name should sound very “white” in a very specific way? Like not “McKayla and Aiden and Brayden” white but like...well like I said, a name you might expect from a Pennsylvania Protestant (which he is, or at least grew up around most likely) or maybe a hillbilly (which he is NOT but they stereotypically draw from the same name pool---Jebidiah, etc. ) And like Achim Shaw just...didn’t seem right, especially on him.  Of these runners-up, I’d go with Silas. Actually, shit, I might replace the Solomon option with Silas! It also sounds extra-villainous to me because of the Gothic novel UNCLE SILAS