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gremlinakadaka · 1 year

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Dead By Daylight AU: The Blood Moon Cult

Introduction

I've been working on this for a long time and I feel I'm finally comfortable talking about it more. Essentially I've come up with an alternative universe for the character of the game Dead By Daylight, placing them more into a magic based environment rather then their horror survival one.

Fundamentally it's still the same, Killers VS Survivors but their roles have been changes a touch. The Killer's are all part of a Cult, and the survivors, save for one, are part of a Rebellion against said Cult.

Important Things

A lost of important things that are used and shown repeated through out the AU and are things you need to know before understanding each character individually

Magic - Magic is a BIG part of this universe, and many people use it and have it. In this universe, people can both be born with a natural magic talent or can learn it. Though people born with magic usually have a very niche of specific kind of magic that not many people would think to learn or isn't very well known

Hell Marks - Hell Marks are a special kind of magic, people are chosen by the deities of Hell to be gifted with a special kind of magical ability, but at the cost of being punished when the person is within blessed grounds, which can significantly hurt the user. But there is a way to reverse the effects.

Kin Links - Kin Links are a unique type of mark that people can gain. When someone in Kin Linked they gain extraordinary powers, however they can only use them when nearby some who is also Kin Linked. Making them a force to be reckoned with.

Demon Guarded - When someone is Demon Guarded they are linked to a specific demon that they can control, but it will be summoned whenever the person in in danger or is threatened in anyway.

The Blood Moon Cult

The Blood Moon Cult is made up of all the killers, and one survivor, members can be identified if they have the Blood Moon charm equipped.

The cult worships the deities of hell and gain power from them as rewards, while not all killers are in the cult directly all of them are involved.

The Auric Rebellion

The Auric Rebellion is made up of all the survivors, members can be identified if they have the Auric Cell charm equipped.

The Rebellion is trying to fight against the Cult, trying to keep people safe from them and help others who have been effected by them.

While not all survivors are part of the Rebellion, they are all involved and will often help each other in any way they can.

Conclusion

Sorry if this is a repetitive post, but it is kinda hard to write general things about this Au as I've written so much about each individual. Not to mention new ideas coming out with every new chapter.

Either way I hope you enjoyed and look forward to individual posts about each character.

Have a great day!

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gremlinakadaka · 1 year

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Autism in Dead By Daylight

I already spoke about this on my twitter but I wanted to talk about it here as I feel I cut out many points in order to not make the twitter thread to long. The twitter thread in question if anyone is curious: https://twitter.com/_Akadaka_/status/1609179900035964929?s=20

But with that out the way I wanna share why I think a certain 3 characters are all autistic.

Julie Kostenko

Starting with my main girl, while she is the most subtle out of the three she still bares traits. She is most likely high functioning.

Firstly, it’s hinted in her lore that she isn’t super social. She has a small group of friends and doesn’t seem to branch out that much in social interactions, which is very common among people with autism as socializing can be extremely difficult due to a multitude of reasons. The only time she ever branches out is when she meets Frank.

Speaking of Frank, lets talk about him, or more specifically Julie’s fixation with him. In short, it seems that Julie is hyper fixating on him. He’s different, he’s new, he’s rebellious. He’s basically everything she wants to be, it would make sense why she would want to hang around him and be so willing to follow along with what he says. But that also can be seen as the common trait of nativity in autism, social interactions are difficult mainly due to many autistic people’s inability to see and pick up on social cues, including manipulation. It can also be seen that Julie doesn’t know or see that Frank could be manipulating her and the other members of the legion into becoming what they are.

But with that being said, it seems that Julie is extremely willing to be apart of the legion and follow along with Frank, again she seems to be hyper fixated on him and the idea of being free and thus the idea of “The Legion” A small theory of mine is that in school Julie was very much an outcast and potentially bullied, and now Frank has given her the perfect set of circumstances: A loving partner, inseparable friends, freedom and rebellion. I wouldn’t be surprised if Julie has latched onto this idea with an iron grasp and doesn’t plan on letting it all go. This is her norm now so why would she change?

Moving away from the more grim subjects, Julie seems to be rather creative having a hobby of drawing/doodling in her journals in school, as seen in her lore. It is pretty common for autistic people to be rather creative in many ways, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Julie would doodle in class when she’s bored.

Nea Karlsson

Moving onto Nea, she is probably the most obvious out of the three but there also isn’t a whole lot abut her as well. So there isn’t a lot to say about her

Nea is described as “lacking everything that made someone normal” which says a lot already. Nea is a trouble maker, a street artist always on the move to tag the next spot. People with Autism are very prone to having “behavior issues” as they can lash out in response to certain things and struggle to accept changes or certain facts about life in general.

Nea initially acted out when her family moved from Sweden to the US, and change is a big thing for autistic people, especially as big as this. Clearly she didn’t want the change, she didn’t want to move to the US, she didn’t want to leave her old life behind. So she struggled to adapt to the change and turned to rebelling and lashed out.

She has taken to using art as her means to express her anger and rebellious nature to the world, having a real passion and seemingly hyper fixation on Graffiti art and Street Smarts. Becoming quite good at the both of them.

She also seems to be rather anti social, having a small group of friends who would probably move with her while she was tagging. Though I feel like not many people would be bale to keep up with her, or really understand her in general.

Mikaela Reid

And last but not least, Mikaela. Mikaela out of the three is the most likely to be canonically Neurodiverse, as it was revealed she has Dyslexia which is EXTREMELY common among people with autism and ADHD. She also seems to struggle with talking with people, people saying that she’s “weird” when talking while she think’s shes perfectly normal.

It is also pretty clear she has a hyper fixation on witchcraft and horror, basing her whole aesthetic around witches and reading horror stories to people in the cafe she works at. Hell she designed the logo and its clear she has a passion for these two things.

She also is very particular with how she does things, always keeping things organised in a way she can understand and keep track of, which is a big thing for autistic people.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed my reasons of why these three characters are Autistic, though I will say this is a personal head cannon. You are allowed to disagree with me, this is just how I feel and connect with these characters. Autistic people don’t get a whole lot of representation so seeing characters with traits is a big thing to me.

Thank you for reading, have a great day :)

#dbd #dead by daylight #autism #the legion #dbd the legion #julie kostenko #nea #nea karlsson #dbd nea #mikaela #mikaela reid #dbd mikaela #adhd #head cannon #neurodiversity

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