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[ratwars]

Who do you think is the deepest character in diabolik lovers and whyyyyyy :3 (sorry if this is weird btw :,))

Tomà out here activating my dialovers derangement syndrome 🥲 ty ty ty also sry sry sry in advance 🙏💜

Minors dni with this post

This is not weird omg no one ever asks me about dialovers you need to understand I was into VNs including otome before I was into any anime (including bsd) and diabolik lovers is my longest term obsession that isn't music 💜🙏 This is mostly going to involve things from the games (because the anime was basically silly fanservice that barely scratches the surface for anyone) but I'll leave out drama cd stuff because I would actually need to go refresh myself on those.

Absolute novel under the cut sorry. also cw noncon, cw dubcon, cw abuse, cw csa, cw suicide, cw matricide

Anyone not familiar with the series who decides to continue pls be aware of these warnings and take care of yourself. Also pls understand everything I say is in terms of the series and setting. Absolutely nothing that happens in these games would make any of these characters redeemable irl. This is fiction and a trashfire Do-S fetish franchise. Trauma doesn't excuse abuse. I don't condone any of the bad behavior from this series irl. (Sorry since this isn't my sideblog I feel I need to explain this so ppl don't come at me thinking I'm excusing stuff for reals with this little analysis)

Also this is probably going to have spelling mistakes and horrific formatting because I wrote it on mobile so my bad on that too.

This was so hard to answer because so many of them have serious trauma, maladaptive coping mechanisms, and large amounts of growth throughout the various sequels. I think you could make the logical argument of depth for every single character. The Sakamaki triplets are def the most tragic of the first two games in this regard though (maybe only rivaled by the Tsukinami brothers once we get to Dark Fate because of the whole being the sole survivors of genocide thing)

But as a whole I think Carla and Shin deal with their predicaments in a more outwardly focused manner (which makes sense given their stories and roles as antagonists in their debut game) so I don't think I could objectively call them the deepest esp Carla even though he is my fave.

So out of the Sakamaki triplets I am going to go with Laito. Shocking I know because I have said before he is the one I am the most terrified of. But hear me out.

(I'm using HBD (haunted dark bridal) to refer to the first game, and MB (more blood) to refer to the second game going forward)

His first route in hdb is a stomach twisting mess of isolation, noncon, gaslighting and victim blaming. It is also the only route in that game where Yui tries to kill herself, which imo is really notable. Tbh the first time I played it I was so deeply uncomfortable I didn't really give his character a lot of thought. During replays and some of his drama cds though it def changed my perspective of him (in terms of the deepness of his character, not my dislike of him)

Here are my arguments in topical format because I don't really want to go through and do the research needed to refresh myself and make this chronological. Also if I am mistaken with anything I've paraphrased my bad it's because this isn't a real essay more of a rant that you might regret reading lol.

- Cordelia

We can't go into the rest of my arguments without the facts. He was groomed by his mother and experienced a childhood of CSA at her hands. And he is absolutely confused and suffering when he has his flashbacks. Yes he kills her with the other two triplets, but that didn't actually solve anything for him internally, and I think it is a pretty clear-cut argument that his negative traits and behaviors can be linked back to his unresolved trauma from this. He even says it himself too when he tries to project onto Yui and claim her hatred for him must be the same as his for Cordelia (though unnamed in his quote im pretty sure) that a hatred can run so deep that even killing the person won't relieve the burning. The other ironic part of this is that in the dialovers universe it is explained multiple times that the highest act of love for a vampire is murder. So. Every LI (Reiji, Laito, Ayato, Kanato) that committed matricide out of their hatred probably has some deeper more complex feelings going on than that. (You could also argue maybe a similar thing about Carla and patricide as well though he is Founder/First Blood not vampire. But he is more open about his reasoning and feelings around his parents and why he did what he did imo)

- His disdain of purity (plot twist. It's jealousy).

We repeatedly see him mock both Yui's purity and religiosity. He is arguably the worst out of all of the LIs when it comes to this topic, and hits this point right out the gate when he assaults her in the abandoned church. It is simultaneously a logical and also weird choice on his part to continue on with when you realize how unwavering her faith actually is, and if you do other routes before this one you are already coming in realizing no matter how much she "breaks", "changes", or "gives in" in other ways, she never actually abandons her faith completely even in future games when she is living quite literally in the demon world. Even in routes where she becomes a vampire she doesn't eschew God. However it is canon that she is a devout Catholic and that she originally wanted to be a nun (before the events of the game screw that up for her), so it is still relevant.

While it may have started as a way to try and break her down, it really becomes more and more clear through his routes that like a bunch of his other behaviors, he is projecting his own struggles onto Yui.

He is jealous of her purity, so he attacks it. He is jealous of her faith, so he attacks it. He is jealous of her unwavering belief in goodness and in humanity, so he just. keeps. attacking. it. Because seeing it exist in front of him hurts, but especially early on he isn't aware of his own emotions or why he acts the way he does. So many things in his routes and his monologues highlight the fact that Laito views himself as permanently dirtied by his past, and this behavior is tied to that.

- His inability to identify his feelings from his fake front and his use of sex to maladaptively deal with his trauma.

** I wrote way too much on this and decide nvm I think even if someone has only seen the anime his hypersexuality probably speaks for itself. Plus this is getting so long 😔**

-His lack of control in MB and "forced" behavior. His confusion over his own tears near the end of HDB.

There are various instances (esp in MB where his characterization is wildly different and desperate compared to HDB) where we see his mask start to crack, or realize that his mask wasn't actually very good to begin with and the exhaustion from the continous abuse in his routes has caused both Yui (and us as the reader) to fall for his bullshit more easily. He plays the part of a pervert, but Shu (who arguably is a massive pervert) calls him out in MB for being a phony. His behavior in MB makes him come across as desperate and out of control, as opposed to his calculated sadism in HDB. This all comes back to his inner turmoil, unresolved feelings, and trauma and we slowly unpeal those layers through the rest of the series.

I think at baseline it is really easy to dismiss Laito. I did from the beginning too. Plus he never stops calling Yui Bitch-chan no matter how many sequels he gets 🤦‍♂️ But that is just falling for his fake front, exactly what he wants you to do because then he can just keep carrying on without dealing with his bs and let off steam temporarily in the process. But under the surface there is a lot more going on. And he definitely is a character that has an insane amount of depth.

Sorry for the multi part novel. I don't even like him as an LI even in this series. But for a series with so many inconsistencies, retcons across games, and questionable writing choices, they did a good job with his character. I just need him to stay far away from both me and Yui 🥲 Imagine if you had asked me something that prompted me to talk about my faves 💀💀💀

[damagedintellect]

💌 Sry secondary blogs can't reply to comments the normal way! 💌

@ihearf I tried to link [Part 1] but I guess I forgot or it didn't save Tumblr doesn’t always keep formatting saved on mobile so rip but, I explain more about her ability and her upbringing there if you're interested in the full details! It has more pictures too.

The TLDR answer is that I based it off the novel I'm currently writing called "Fake It Till You Make It", She can copy the ability of the last person she's touched as long as she's seen them use said ability.

Hilariously enough, the friend that got me into bsd told me I should read it bc I give off Chuuya vibes and sure enough my height, hair, Loyalty/mother hen energy, kicks that can kill, I could keep going but yeah they all check out. I even have a tall silly bf

[spurgie-cousin]

ok rant incoming and i can't do read more on mobile so SRY

one type of ask i ignore a lot or delete usually if i do answer it is some form of "what kind of trauma do you have" or "how bad can raising your kids with these values really be if you have good intentions" or something and ok here's one thing: i can't ask for help. to the point of complete detriment and kind of along those lines, i have the hardest mouthfucking time confiding in ANYONE because i view it as a burden and both of these things are going to be the reason i have a brain tumor one day i stg

how this relates back to Christian/conservative values: 1. self sufficiency, parents whose default for dealing with emotions they couldn't handle was ignoring (buck up!) or praying 2. cheerful disposition, you don't want to be looked at as a sad, pathetic woman so poor on a veneer of contentedness even if you don't feel it, etc like I don't have the energy right now to do a full thesis, there's some jumping off points

but I'm 31 years old, I've been through therapy, I've been trying to help myself since I was a teenager and it still like.......I can't fucking get past it. even as I'm writing this I'm thinking "yea that's bc you're not trying to fix it the right way" or "you just look like an idiot no one wants to hear your problems" or "this just let's people now you're weak and can't put minds over matter" and intellectually I know that's not true but it doesn't matter bc it's like, ingrained in my DNA.

anyway it sucks. every time i don't reach out it just builds and builds and builds of the last time until I get overwhelmed and have to panic on the bathroom floor and I feel like a 13 y/o again who has so much emotion in them that they want to break a wall or hurt themselves (I won't) because they don't know where to put it. And I know ok not the only one now and that that's super common but I guess what I'm saying is: even if you have good intentions it can harm your kids and you never know what aspect of a restrictive ideology is going to snowball into something they're still struggling with at 31, 41, 51, 61, 91 years old.

[wingfics]

ASGZ(C) hcs that bring me joy ft music

zack and i know ALL the words to WAP. every time he drives, he WILL blast it and we will both give it our absolute all. it mortifies all present company every single time and this has literally never stopped us. cloud actually finds it Really funny, much to seph's surprise. (he lowkey feels slightly betrayed for a sec)

"wow, i'm not crazy" by ajr is an inside joke between gen and me. while not cetran, he's still got a real gift with magic and materia, just like me, and it's the reason why he actually volunteered to teach me. (genesis isn't usually someone given to teaching.) it was a fun laugh about how weird we both were together, but after That Whole Degradation Thing that he barely survived, it gained a lot more meaning for the two of us.

"the gambler" by fun. always makes geal cry. it's exactly what he wants from his future, an ideal version of it where he gets to retire to some peaceful corner of the world, have kids, and take care of his garden with yours truly.

we take "out of touch" thursdays VERY seriously in this house. that is all.

genesis takes Being A Whore Bastard very seriously. in that vein, he's a big fan of going clubbing and being a thot just to get a reaction, usually roping me in whenever possible, and there's a VERY specific ed marquis remix of "pon de replay" that literally none of us are ever going to forget. as established, zack makes an excellent wingman when it comes to my ho antics, but i think i might've scarred poor cloud for life. true to form, angeal lectured gen and me the entire way home about public indecency and the unprofessionalness of that sort of "dancing", but given that he was white-knuckling the steering wheel and VERY tomato-coloured the whole time, i don't think either of us felt particularly chastened.

ever since seeing a picture of baby seph, i have been UNABLE to not think about our potential kid, esp singing vienna teng's "lullabye for a stormy night" to them. i used to sing it to zack when we first met in the SOLDIER program and he was homesick.

i'm a little like each of my boys; i've got angeal's strict moral code and devotion to what's right, genesis' white-hot temper and melodramatic streak, and sephiroth's razor-sharp mind and lack of self-regard. gen was my first friend out of the three of them and geal was the first one i trusted with my life, but rather fittingly, seph was the first one to cut me clean down the middle, metaphorically speaking. we both felt like eternal odd ducks no matter who we were around, and while i can tell the rest of my (boy)friends anything, seph is the one most likely to have struggled w similar thoughts and fears. when we were still walking on eggshells around each other, we discovered that both of us knew "achilles come down" from gang of youths (genesis really likes the tragic nature of the iliad and by g-d EVERYONE in his circle is gonna hear about it), and at different points we've sang/quoted it to the other as a reminder that we understand and are there for each other.

[aus-from-undertale]

do you know if there is any way to read gztale and funtale or if someone else continued because unfortunately i arrived very late in the fandom but i am very interested in the work

Firstly, welcome to the fandom :D

I'm also late but it's been pretty fun💕

But well

The good news? I found both of them :D

The bad news? Hmm hear me out

The original creator to the Gztale called Golzy, gave permission to @nixensibrat02 to use their original characters, but also erasing the story altogether.

Luckily, someone compiled the story

Not luckily, after some point, the quality gets shitty. Idk if for computer it will change but I know that it didn't go well for the mobile user me.

Kinda sad, cuz I really was getting into the story

Edit: WAIT A MINUTE look at the comment section

About Funtale, you can find the comic here,

The author also got out of the fandom cuz someone stole the AU, made Nsfw with the characters and some more fucked up stuff. It's a really shitty situation >:/

Kinda sad, cuz again, i was REALLY getting into the story.

So probably no more updates :(

(welp, even so I'll probably make a post about it, cuz I like the AU too much :/)

Well that's kinda it sry for so many bad news

But if you are new to the fandom and you don't know from where to start, i kinda made a list with my favorite AUs, idk maybe you'll like them

[endofadream]

you know.....i kind of let myself become a casual fob fan post-hiatus because i didn't want to get involved back in the drama that i swear to god was always around on LJ and the boards. in some ways it's good because it's less stressful. in other ways it's not because i forget how much they /mean/ to me. saturday was proof of that. i was so lit up from the inside the moment i stepped into that venue and against the barrier. it's far from the first time i've been that close, but this time stuck because of the location, which was a venue i'd wished years and years ago to be able to see them perform in but never thought in a million years that i would get the chance. and i did. and it reminded me how much this band has shaped me, and how much their music means to me. not once during that show was i anything but happy. and making eye contact with patrick when i was crying during "champion" was...i don't know. i really don't even know what this stupid post means. i think my original plan was to talk about how much i love fall out boy and how i'm ready to get a tattoo for them, but it turned into a rambling mess

[onlylovedherself]

also hey hi hello it's munday uwu

[seyenna-stuff]

so, the league and stealth

i just read this amazing fic (Questions Must Be Answered, in which the league was captured and they're now being interrogated by yagi, tsukauchi, aizawa and shinsou) and while commenting I started thinking about the league and their stealth capabilities....

(disclaimer: I'm doing this off the top of my head and without really rereading anything, so let me know if I missed anything/made any mistakes)

(how do you make a cut/keep reading on mobile I'm so confused sry for the long post)

so, just talking quirk, obviously Toga would be perfect at stealth and even infiltration. she's even done that before!!! she's really good at stealth as long as she doesn't have to interact with anyone, especially someone who knows the person she's copying, but her personality makes it kinda hard to keep up the disguise for too long......

twice is out immediately, I think. his appearance without his mask is pretty much unknown so he could do, but he still has a pretty prominent scar

dabi too bc of his appearance, but at least he tries (I'm sorry I just love this pic)

but his current appearance is a disguise in and of itself and it's pretty effective so far, I'd say

well, I'm gonna include hawks here just bc I can, but he honestly hopeless, i think. he has bright red wings and even if he could hide those pretty much everyone knows his face (I guess if he would hide his wings and the marks on his eyes and dyed his hair it could work?)

shigaraki could work (did already, more or less, although he wasn't all that well known at that time) but I think it would be harder now that mire people know his face???

well, compress is pretty much perfect for stealth since no one knows his face

spinner can also just give up, I guess? if no one knows his face it could work but bc of his mutation it's pretty easy to recognize him and pretty hard to disguise himself

I'm not even gonna talk about gigantomachia

also, magne's dead and kurogiri is in prison

and the doctor pretty much has a civilian cover identity

so anyway, let me know your thoughts or anything I missed/any inaccuracies

[aazumanes-blog]

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