#venus skullgirls

[bloodymxrie]

who, or what are the trinity?

there are a few conflicting viewpoints here. in the LORE video that attempts to explain the game's lore in a minute or less, the trinity are described as "a trinity of euclidean horrors masquerading as beautiful goddesses" that saw that mankind was impure and sought their destruction. surely that must be the answer, right?

well it's been almost a decade since then, and a lot of our information has changed, especially with the release of eliza and skullgirls mobile. allow me to attempt to explain how i've pieced together skullgirls' lore.

in ancient times, there was a kingdom formed around a human woman named lamia and her two daughters, aeon and venus. parasites thrived in this age, being known to the public as "theons" and their hosts as "avatars." notice the language here. the root word "theo" in theons means "god", and representatives of gods in real life were often called avatars. the mysterious substance "theonite" was also responsible for the parasite's immense power. aeon and venus were seemingly bonded to their theons, khronos and abaddon, in life as they are in death. it's no wonder they would be in positions of high power back then with parasites that were able to rend time and space at will. but at this point, importance has not been placed on the girls themselves, only their parasites. the trinitarian religion did not exist until after their deaths, when double was sent down to spread the gospel of her masters. suspiciously, lamia herself is never implied to have had a parasite, but i'll come back to that later.

enter neferu, more commonly known today as eliza.

at the time of the kingdom's apex, neferu was lamia's righthand and governed alongside her. either through sekhmet's doing or her own lust for power, she betrayed her queen, violently killing her daughters and "destroying their kingdom", as double puts it. neferu was branded as the crimson scourge, and theons fell from their place of high importance in society, condemned now as pests or "parasites." i'd assume that would sour just about any person's outlook on humanity, honestly. but it's especially interesting that in lamia in mythology was driven to insanity by the murder of her children. and equally as interesting is the fact that she herself is never stated to have died. it's been mentioned before in lore posts on the official skullgirls forums, but there is no afterlife in the skullgirls universe or at least there wasn't intended to be. corpses are resurrected on command by the skull heart, which is (you guessed it) comprised of theonite. who's to say that when their avatars died, abaddon and khronos didn't resurrect their masters and ensure their continued existence on a higher plane? that's only part of what i think happened though. i believe that, consumed by her grief and desire for revenge, it was lamia's doing that propelled herself and her daughters to the status of divinity. and it was neferu's betrayal and society's contempt for theons following that incident that inspired lamia to go on a crusade against all of mankind. i say lamia instead of implicating aeon or venus because they seem... pretty chill about it overall. in game it's even stated to be their mother's plan, and while they are just as evil, they seem to be having fun with it more than seeking any kind of revenge. but who is lamia's parasite? double, duh.

not only is their physical resemblance uncanny, but the two are often stated to be one and the same, or at least the inverse of a common parasite-host relationship. double is lamia's avatar, her representative on the mortal plane as well as the window for the goddesses to see and operate through. i'm willing to suspend my belief and say that lamia is so powerful of a being on her own either through double's power or in spite of it that she is able to control her remotely, without physically even needing to be present. though it helps that double is made in her image, so to speak. lamia devised the skullheart, which would corrupt any woman who was not pure of heart, and used double to carry it out into the world. since she viewed mankind as vile, "defiling insects," she assumed that none could wield it without being corrupted by it's power, and that humanity's greed, similar to eliza's, would be their undoing. double then founded trinitarianism, bringing us to the present day. to recap, since i know that was a lot: the trinity were once rulers of a now fallen kingdom who derived their power from the theons, or parasites. they were betrayed by eliza and sekhmet, an incident which is said to have caused the prejudice against parasites today. upon the deaths of aeon and venus, their mother resurrected them and set out to avenge them by destroying mankind. and honestly, the girls are only there for the ride, i respect that.

[dailyskullgirls]

Finished Skullgirls Commissions by Kinuko

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 3 Poll AA

(Dahlia and Venus flytrap)

[ninebaalart]

Venus Lovelace

I always really wanted her and Aegis to win the character poll since they seemed like really interesting characters, but alas they weren't in the DLC either.

[makedvioletplayable]

My top 3 people I want next in skullgirls

1. D.Violet duh

2. Venus I always thought she was cooler than æon honestly and her concept moves are awesome, also she treads the line between sexy and horror like double does so that's cool.

3.Feng idk she seems interesting but you can replace her with pretty much anyone else 🤣 like Molly because she's a gay. 😳

[skullgirlsnumbskulls]

A generous collection made by のなな

Seriously, check out this collection, every one of them is fantastic!

[dekun22]

Venus - Pixel art (Skullgirls) Idle and attack animation.

[sidfox]

Venus and Filia in random outfits cuz why not. :^P

[mrlcat16]

Un dibujo de Venus Lovelace

[bloodymxrie]

❝ Lᴇɢᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴇʟʟs ᴏғ ᴀɴ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ᴀʀᴛɪғᴀᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ɢʀᴀɴᴛ ᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ's ᴡɪsʜ… Tʜᴇ Sᴋᴜʟʟ Hᴇᴀʀᴛ. Hᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ ɪғ sʜᴇ ɪs ɪᴍᴘᴜʀᴇ ᴏғ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ, sʜᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀɴ ɪᴍᴍᴇɴsᴇʟʏ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀғᴜʟ, ᴛᴡɪsᴛᴇᴅ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴅᴇsᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ… Tʜᴇ Sᴋᴜʟʟɢɪʀʟ.❞

indie marie korbel from skullgirls. still heavily under construction but raring to go. my energy is a bit sporadic, i do ask that you be patient in waiting for replies.

with that being said, welcome to the cathedral.

[dailyskullgirls]

Venus Ink Drawing by Alex Ahad

[orangecharactersmackdown]

(sorry for the graphic-design-is-my-passion level editing)

6 brackets! 192 characters! 96 pairs enter, 1 character leaves! (Well, it's weeded down to 6 characters, then we have some semi finals, and THEN 1 character leaves!)

The voting will begin Wednesday, March 15. First, Round 1 of Bracket 1 will be posted, then the next day, Round 1 of Bracket 2, and the day after, Round 1 of Bracket 3, and so on and so forth. They will be under #orange poll. Propaganda (if anyone chooses to make any) is under #propaganda. Each of the polls will be up for 3 days, so each round of voting follows each other.

Under the cut is all the pairs and their respective brackets. Get ready to vote!

BRACKET 1

Garfield (Garfield) VS Applejack (MLP)

Hinata Shouyou (Haikyuu!!) VS Kel (Omori)

Broken Vessel (Hollow Knight) VS Claus (Mother 3)

Cole Brookstone (Ninjago) VS Skylor Chen (Ninjago)

Rory the Builder (Club Penguin) VS Orange Puffle (Club Penguin)

Emma (The Promised Neverland) VS Ava Ire (Ava's Demon)

Raihan (Pokemon) VS Misty (Pokemon)

Dexter Grif (Red vs Blue) VS Felix Gates (Red vs Blue)

Zenitsu (Demon Slayer) VS Nami (One Piece)

Stella of Solaria (Winx Club) VS Amber the Orange Fairy (Rainbow Magic)

Orange Inkling Girl (Splatoon) VS Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)

Ernie (Sesame Street) VS Pepe the King Prawn (The Muppets)

Jack (Candies 'n Curses) VS Jack Pumpkinhead (The Marvelous Land of Oz)

Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin) VS Toad (Frog & Toad are Friends)

Orange Blossom (Strawberry Shortcake) VS Jade Chan (Jackie Chan Adventures)

Leo Tsukinaga (Ensemble Stars) VS Ren Jinguji (Uta no Prince Sama)

BRACKET 2

Annoying Orange (Annoying Orange) VS Orange Side (Sanders Sides)

Davesprite (Homestuck) VS Tavros Nitram (Homestuck)

Merida (Brave) VS Scar (The Lion King)

Numbuh 4 (Code Name: Kids Next Door) VS Lazlo (Camp Lazlo)

Nemo (Finding Nemo) VS Marlin (Finding Nemo)

Sundrop (FNAF: Security Breach) VS Jack Kennedy (Day Shift at Freddy's)

Waai Fu (Arknights) VS Jodie Caldwell (Super Lesbian Animal RPG)

Shannon (OK-KO!) VS Penny Polendina (RWBY)

Panette (Fire Emblem: Engage) VS Pandreo (Fire Emblem: Engage)

Marine The Raccoon (Sonic franchise) VS Cream The Rabbit (Sonic franchise)

Kyo Sohma (Fruits Basket) VS Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Hagumi Kitazawa (BanG Dream!) VS Chika Takami (Love Live!)

Pump (Spooky Month) VS Pumpkin Pie Cookie (Cookie Run)

Scooter (The Muppets) VS Gobo Fraggle (Fraggle Rock)

Pukin (Magical Girl Raising Project) VS Top Speed (Magical Girl Raising Project)

Scootaloo (MLP) VS Sunburst (MLP)

BRACKET 3

Darwin Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball) VS Wander (Wander Over Yonder)

Winnie (Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School) VS August (Cryptid Crush)

Grillby (Undertale) VS Seam (Deltarune)

Phineas Flynn (Phineas & Ferb) VS Candace Flynn (Phineas & Ferb)

Calcifer (Howl's Moving Castle) VS Ponyo (Ponyo)

Juri Arisugawa (Revolutionary Girl Utena) VS Sailor Venus/Minako Aino (Sailor Moon)

Gordon Freeman (HLVRAI) VS Darnold (HLVRAI)

Morshu (LOZ: The Faces of Evil) VS King Harkinian (LOZ: The Faces of Evil)

Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS Starfire (Teen Titans)

Hamtaro (Hamtaro) VS Heathcliff (Heathcliff)

Cure Soleil (Star Twinkle Precure) VS Cure Sunny (Smile Precure)

Zora Salazar (Epithet Erased) VS Arthur Kingsmen (Mystery Skulls)

Oz (Monster Prom) VS Ritsuka Fujimaru (Fate/Grand Order)

Mo Guan Shan (19 Days) VS Beebi (Wonderlab)

Orange Bird (Disney) VS Peacock (Skullgirls)

Olette (Kingdom Hearts 2) VS Gumi (Vocaloid)

BRACKET 4

Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto Shippuden) VS Narancia Ghigira (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Tigger (Winnie the Pooh) VS Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)

Leon Kuwata (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc) VS Hiyoko Saionji (Danganronpa: Goodbye Despair)

Puss in Boots (Shrek Universe) VS Firestar (Warrior Cats)

Torchic (Pokemon) VS Tepig (Pokemon)

Tangy (Animal Crossing) VS Orange Cookie (Cookie Run)

Gordon Freeman (Half Life) VS Chell (Portal)

Amanda O'Neill (Little Witch Academia) VS Lotte Jansson (Little Witch Academia)

Mothra (Mothra films) VS Timid Bookworm (Sky: Children of the Light)

Matt (Wii Sports) VS Daisy (Super Mario Bros)

Levy McGarden (Fairy Tail) VS Hazuki Fujiwara (Ojamajo Doremi)

Futaba Sakura (Persona 5) VS Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4)

Tracy Reznik (Identity V) VS Andy (Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure)

Vee (The Owl House) VS Coran (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Yoimiya (Genshin Impact) VS Edna (Tales of Zestiria)

Rena Rouge (Miraculous Ladybug) VS Takao Kazunari (Kuroko no Basket)

BRACKET 5

Tails (Sonic 2, 1992) VS Handy (Happy Tree Friends)

Padparadscha (Steven Universe) VS Jasper (Steven Universe)

Opened Can of Well Cheers (Lobotomy Corporation) VS SCP-999 (SCP Foundation)

The Second Coming (Animator vs Animation) VS King Orange (Animator vs Animation)

Giraffe Furby VS Witch Furby

Chester Cheetah VS Tony the Tiger

Tsukasa Tenma (Project SEKAI) VS Tsukasa Ebisu (Revue Starlight: Relive)

Kuruto Ryuki (AI: The Somnium Files) VS Roman Torchwik (RWBY)

Son Goku (Dragon Ball) VS Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)

Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo) VS Fry (Futurama)

Saki Nikaido (Zombieland Saga) VS Toralei Stripe (Monster High)

Beelzebub (Obey Me!) VS Tohri Nishikikouji (Hatoful Boyfriend)

Gaius (Fire Emblem Awakening) VS Hershel Layton (Professor Layton)

Retsuko (Aggretsuko) VS Flame Princess (Adventure Time)

Kiri Koshiba (Beauty Pop) VS Sakura Chiyo (Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun)

Asano Gakushuu (Assassination Classroom) VS Akito Shinonome (Project SEKAI)

BRACKET 6

Mikey (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) VS Dirk Strider (Homestuck)

Troy Barnes (Community) VS Oluwande Boodhari (Our Flag Means Death)

Tigress (Kung Fu Panda) VS Tigress (Carmen Sandiego)

Kim Possible (Kim Possible) VS Tulip Olsen (infinity Train)

Waddle Dee (Kirby) VS Morpho Knight (Kirby)

Ace (Katamari Damacy) VS Shikao (Katamari Damacy)

Kim Possible (Kim Possible) VS Tulip Olsen (infinity Train)

Orange Juice (Inanimate Insanity) VS The Lorax (The Lorax)

Athena Cykes (Ace Attorney) VS Damon Gant (Ace Attorney)

Rio Ranger (Your Turn To Die) VS Gin Ibushi (Your Turn To Die)

Caleb Widogast (Critical Role) VS Neil Josten (All For The Game)

Tracer (Overwatch) VS Samus Aran (Metroid)

Portia (The Arcana) VS Navra (The Arcana)

Sphene (Houseki no Kuni) VS Zircon (Houseki no Kuni)

Penny (Big Top Burger) VS The Sorceress (He-Man)

Ahiru (Princess Tutu) VS Sara (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch)

Kipper (Kipper the Dog) VS Ruff Ruffman (Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman)

[fnafs-ex-boyfriend]

Some skullgirls Mario kart main headcanons:

Filia: Peach. Samson thinks peach is basic and encourages her to play King Boo instead.

Cerebella: Wendy. She sees her as a kindred spirit.

Ms Fortune: Isabelle. She hasn’t played Animal Crossing yet but she loves dogs.

Peacock: Iggy because of course

Parasoul: Rosalina. She thinks she’s all that, but also because it’s Annie’s main.

Painwheel: When Filia makes her play, she plays Toadette.

Valentine: She is a pro gamer online who trolls 12-year-olds online so she mains Waluigi, of course.

Double: Double picks whoever the goddesses tell her to pick, and even if Aeon had a choice, Venus would cut in and go “DO ROY!!!!”

Robo-Fortune: Pink Gold Peach. Beep boop meow.

Fukua: Donkey Kong. B A N A N A.

Big Band: Wario. He feels a connection to him that he’s unsure how to explain…

Squigly: Isabelle because she is pleasant. Leviathan is a bit of a boomer so whichever she picks he nods and goes “an excellent choice, milady.”

Eliza: Cat Peach. Nyah.

Beowulf: Morton. Morton rocks.

Annie: Rosalina because she’s kinda basic.

Umbrella: Umbrella would play her own Mii because she wants to win. If she get beat, she starts having a fit.

Black Dahlia: Black Dahlia would be a serial cyberbully and therefore Dry Bowser.

[makedvioletplayable]

Felt lazy 🤣. Couldn't decide whether to make the teeth white or yellow

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Mixing it up a bit: what are some of the unique flower names, where only one character has been submitted with it?

I love your question. I picked the ones refering to real plants (and mushrooms they got a pass for this tournament) who were only used once (Ex : if 2 characters are named after the same plant, even if their names are different, none of them will be in this list - think Ran, Dendrobium and Orchid) because the list's already taking me forever

Disclaimer : I didn't include names such as Bulbasaur, Chloris, Myoudouin Itsuki (Cure Sunshine) and Ianthe/Iolanthe refering to non specific plants. Or imaginary plants for the matter (Mare, Elanor etc.)

Acerola, Shirona/Cynthia, Diantha, Gardenia, Grusha, Guzma, Hop, Kukui, Nemona, Plumeria, Elm, Magnolia, Sycamore from Pokémon

Aerith Gainsborough from Final Fantasy VII (justification by a submitter : Irit is Hebrew for asphodel flower and FF7 has Jewish related themes)

Althea from The Lightless Trilogy

Amanita Nightshade from Monster High (other submitted characters are named Nightshade but there's no other Amanita so far)

Aspen Leger from The Selection

Amaryllis "Rilla" of Exile from The Penumbra Podcast

Arsène Lupin III from Lupin III

Artemisia of Naimes from Vespertine

Asami Sato from Legend of Korra

Ashfur, Brackenfur, Gorse Fur from Warrior Cats

Black Dahlia from Skullgirls

Blackberry from Watership Down

Bluebear, Coco, Broccolo, Pecan, Tangy from Animal Crossing

Boa Hancock from One Piece

Cagney Carnation from Cuphead

Clementine from The Walking Dead

Cornflower from Redwall

Crocus from Greek Mythology

Cure Papaya and Cure Passion from Precure

Fennel Marlborough from Camp Here and There

Flox Pollimon from Fairy Oak

Foxglove from The Sandman

Fujiwara Zakuro from Tokyo Mew Mew

Geranium from I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Goldenrod from The Mapmakers Trilogy

Hisagi Shuhei from Bleach

Hortensia from Fire Emblem

Ivy Muscade from Leif & Thorn

Jambu, Pineapple, Tamarin from Wings of Fire

Katniss from The Hunger Games

Kobayashi Matcha, Masaoka Azuki from Vocaloid

Kurosaki Karin and Yuzu from Bleach

Lady Fuschia Groan from Gormenghast

Leuke, Myrrah from Greek Mythology

Midorikawa Lettuce from Tokyo Mew Mew

Mercury from RWBY

Mimosa Vermillon from Black Clover

Nepeta Lejion from Homestuck

Nettle from Seafire

Ogion and Vetch from Earthsea

Papyrus from Undertale

Potpourri from Heartcatch ! Precure

Prince Peasley from Super Mario

Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) from Marvel's Fantastic Four

Natsume Ryuu from Paradox Live

Sash Lilac from Freedom Planet

Solanum from Outer Wilds

Sorrel from The Darkest Part of the Forest

Strelitzia from Kingdom Hearts

Tamar Kir-Bataar from the Grishaverse books

Tech-Acquisitor Scaevola from Warhammer 40,000 : Mechanicus

Thorn Estragon from Leif & Thorn

Honda Thoru from Fruits Basket

Twenty-Fifth Bam from Tower of God

Venus McFlytrap from Monster High

Viney from The Owl House

Yorigami Joon from Touhou Project

Zinnia from Pokemon (well now I have other Zinnias and probably a few other characters with the same names that the ones here but I nearly have 1400 submissions and it takes time to go through them and explanations for the ones I don't know the language of.

Ah and special mention to The Cabbage Man from Avatar : The Last Airbender. Look, I've never seen ATLA (I'm not into anime and not much into animation generally speaking) and neither has the submitter but I have to accept this one. I mean everyone knows this guy.

[teamrocketsfatknockers]

Current Predictions for Skullgirls DLC Pass 2

(Obviously these are all subject to change after Marie's story mode comes out)

Most of these are based off of Dahlia's story mode, so I'll keep them all under the cut for those who haven't seen it yet

MOST LIKELY: BRAIN DRAIN

Even before Dahlia's story mode, I think there's been a general agreement that Brain Drain is VERY likely to become a DLC character- He plays a major role in both the lore and a few story modes, and has an extraordinarily unique speculated playstyle that makes him very desirable as a character in any fighting game. Likewise, his lines in Dahlia's story mode also seemed to me to be the most concrete out of all of B.D's character teases.

RATHER LIKELY: FENG

Just as it seemed inevitable that Marie would eventually become playable, Feng, who had been considered as a character since before the game was even created, should get her own time in the spotlight- with a fun design, a cult following, and a playstyle that fills in a much-needed niche, it becomes harder with every new announcement to justify why Feng shouldn't be playable

LIKELY: VENUS

Both goddesses where teased at the end of Dahlia's story, Venus especially. A personal favorite who seems to have a larger fan following than her sister, Venus has a great design and another much-needed playstyle, and would without a doubt would bring a fascinating installment of the canon

SOMEWHAT LIKELY: AEON

Much of the same reasons as Venus, but with a few major differences: Namely, that her speculated playstyle is rather innovative for a fighting game character of any sort. In spite of this, she seems to, for somewhat obvious reasons, be less popular than her sister