I just don't have the words to describe this book....If you think you're ready let me tell you, you're not... This book blew me away in so many ways, it's a fantastic book, the start a little slow but quickly becomes the best thing ever.Faythe's relationship with Reylan .... I couldn't ask for better.... I was surrendered.... and the end of the book ended with me.... Now that I know that book 4 is going to be Tauria and Nik's pov.... I don't know what to think...Because all I can think about is the end of this book that left me speechless, a book full of revelations How am I going to hold out until January for the next book?? 😭
disillusion ー faylan x alstroemeria records | english singable translyrics
y'know what i finally feel confident enough to share my singable lyrics
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the words that you pledged to me when you promised your everything
how'd it happen that we cannot remember a single thing ?
though I tried, it's all just effort for naught, to restrain my memories from turning into dust
you used to be so naive, jumping in before you could think,
taking in the tumultuous world like it was nothing
but behind those eyes bright as the clear, blue sky, maybe things were different to you, missing something
the past stays in the past, nothing can be done to change how it's already goneー though I knew that
now the sky's losing it's blue vibrance as well, all shattering, fading away
even now in this waning, fractured world, the reason why I keep on living on
still eludes me, never having known what I should set upon
where I should have gone, what I should have done next, I had missed all of the signs
and I just stayed trapped in place, frozen in time
forgetting your worries is the easier way out sometimes
although somewhere in my heart, deep down I knew it wasn't right
why is it that I'm always so stagnated when I'm choosing, repeating the same mistakes hoping it goes alright?
the right path twists and turns, turning into countless options, lost among the roads that I can take
with every failing move, in the blink of an eye the way disappears again
even if I lose my way, even if stepping stones vanish from under my feet
the breath I release is still a muddled white, a sign of life
even if it takes all I have just to try, no matter how many times,
in this world I'll find meaning to make a choice
Faythe sucked in a sharp breath when her skin met with the cold bite of the grand piano. He released her with deliberate slowness. “Lie back for me, Faythe…”
Commissioned Faylan scene (A Sword from the Embers) from the one and only @pandacapuccino ❤️🔥 Please DO NOT repost or tag as any other characters. Reblogs are always appreciated and welcome 🙏
Did you know that back on July 29th, 2012, there was a live concert for almost all Future Diary songs? Well, this little gem in Future Diary history is known as The Live World, a concert held at Shibuya AX to promote the Future Diary anime. It featured not just Yousei Teikoku and Faylan (the artists who made the OPs and EDs for the show), but also the voice actors and singers of the character theme songs.
For those unaware, each Future Diary character has at least one theme song to their name. These songs come from the “Future Diary Inspired Album,” which had two volumes. Yuno and Minene were the only characters to receive two songs each, as well as an extra song with their love interest. You can find the first and second volumes of this album on Youtube thanks to SingerOfW.
All of the character themes were performed at the live event along with the OPs and EDs, except for the 4th’s and 5th’s themes. “The Creator,” a song attached to the pilot of the show, was also not performed at the event. The reason why these three songs were discarded from the concert are unknown; however, I assume it had something to do with time constraints and lower popularity than the rest of the songs.
The event was recorded and sold as a Blu-Ray with almost three hours of content. The Blu-Ray disks of the performance began sales on November 29th, 2013, along with the sale of the Future Diary Blu-Ray Box. The recording was divided into two disks. It also included two bonus gifts: an eight-page booklet and an additional 9-minute recording of the making of the event. This 9-minute recording has yet to surface online.
There was also a raffle for a free ticket to the event. To enter the raffle you had to get the three volumes of the limited edition Blu-Ray CDs. Volumes 1 and 2 came with application tickets, while volume 3 came with the postcard you were supposed to mail the tickets in.
One of the more important aspects of this concert is that Madness Rain and HAPPY END, the OP and ED for Redial, were first unveiled at the event. Future Diary’s “Next Project” (which we now know as Redial) had recently been announced by that time, and the release of these two songs made anticipation for this project grow bigger. This is evidenced by a blog post I found from a girl who attended the concert, who shared her own thoughts of what she speculated this “next project” to be:
It seems like the ‘next project’ isn’t a ‘Paradox’ story, but an original story; however, since I saw Akise-kun on the visuals of the OP, it can’t be about the first world, so I think it might be related to the third world… (Source.)
Speaking of blog posts, Esuno also made an entry on his blog talking about his time at the event! The entry reads:
Today I went to ‘Future Diary’ The Live World at Shibuya AX. We were not allowed to take pictures inside so I only have a picture of the entrance (insert photo that wasn’t archived by the Wayback Machine T-T). It was a passionate and fun concert. I enjoyed the performances from a seat on the second floor. Both Kawahara-san (12th’s VA) and Shiraishi-san (Kousaka’s VA) made great MCs, the music and the visuals from the anime were wonderful; a very fulfilling three hours. Thank you to all of the performers, and especially the audience who came all the way in this heat! (Source. Side note: Esuno’s blog doesn’t exist anymore, so that’s why the link is on the Wayback Machine).
The Live World also had some of my favorite Future Diary merchandise. Here’s a list of all the merch sold at the event:
A pamphlet, neck strap and clear file with the same image as the event poster:
A purple T-shirt inspired by Uryuu Minene, which has an image of speakers blasting on the front, and an image of a grenade on the back:
The event set included a black T-shirt, a drawstring bag, and a waterproof phone pouch (you could use your phone screen even if it was inside the pouch):
A pink sign light:
A pink towel scarf:
A “neck cooler” (a type of scarf filled with cooling beads):
There were also two T-shirts sold, unrelated to the event, made by a company called MARS SIXTEEN. This company makes anime-related goods, like these MN inspired T-shirts. Sadly, there are no pictures of the red shirt, though it is said that it had the DEAD END graphic on the front, while the picture of the 12 diary owners was on the back. The Yuno shirt also came in gray instead of purple:
Bonus: not merch, but here's a random staff shirt I found (terrible picture quality, I know):
Videos of the event can be found on Youtube, namely of Yousei Teikoku’s performance of Kuusou Mesorogiwi, and also all of Faylan’s performances. However, none of the character theme songs played at the event have surfaced on Youtube.
… That being said, the contents of both Blu-Ray disks have been uploaded to a site called BiliBili (it’s like a Chinese NicoNicoDouga). Here are the links for disk 1 and disk 2.
Before I end this post, I have to talk about the 12th’s theme, performed by his voice actor: Kawahara Yoshihisa. When I tell you my jaw dropped to the floor… this man showed up on the stage, fully decked out in 12th’s costume. Mask, belt, tights, everything. Kousaka’s VA, Shiraishi Minoru, also showed up dressed like a middle schooler. Let me tell you, Esuno wasn’t lying when he called them great MCs, they absolutely stole the show. The backstory of why they agreed to dress up for the concert is in the second track of the Radio CDs, which I talked about on my last post, for anyone interested.
Freia the Eternal, the goddess that defined an era and the world to come.
Ruling for a hundred millennia, Freia was born out of the desperation of mortalkind.
To understand Freia, one has to understand how gods function in this world.
Infinite in nature, each god is a manifestation of a concept or set of concepts and ideas. There can be extensive overlap between certain deities - the Archons rule seven elements of nature that also have had other gods throughout history. Certain gods can rise in reach and power, and the strongest among them ascend to a greate classification: a Greater God.
There have only been four Greater Gods in the Tegarrian Lore. Irkathame the Scion-keeper, an ancient deity of a now-exctint species of octopus-like beings that ruled most of the galaxy millions of years ago; Adam El Asem the First Man, who created all of mankind and whose mistakes led directly to the birth of Freia; and Freia the Eternal, whose original purpose became buried under an epoch of corruption. The fourth god deserves a whole another post, so I won't mention her.
Freia began life as a minor deity, travelling across the world to help mortals with tasks they could not accomplish by themselves. These tasks were usually the vanquishing of monsters and other threats.
She became the Goddess of many things. Goddess of Hope, of War. Of Love and Lust, of Crops and Famine, of Gold and Wealth, of Magic and the Afterlife (just like the irl Freyja), etc. All those concepts she still represents, even after her death.
However, Freia was born in the shadows of a devastating collapse of civilization.
When Adam El Asem's million-year-long Empire came to a close, the very foundations of the world were left in shambles. A war among the Gods themselves raged across the universe, the devastation still felt well into the modern day, 400,000 years after the fact.
After the fact, a huge power vacuum was left open for anyone to grab. A certain Demon Ofnir and his Kingdom of Blood almost conquered half of the world; the Queendom of Sarthes Azura and her two patron deities provided a semblance of order after the First Rapture.
An object, an Artifact of Creation was left unused. The Ring of Life, spread over multiples Runes that control all things living, dead, in-between and beyond. This was up for grabs, and Freia quickly began wielding it.
However, the Ring of Life was all but a trap, for a higher being - the Powers That Be - had corrupted it eons before.
Freia with her daughter Promethea, the Angel of Death
The influence of the Powers That Be was strong. Freia grew distant.
Twenty sons she had with the last of the Fae gods; Dewuulf, the God of the Wild Hunt. Of these, the first of them became corrupted by It as well and had to be excised from history all-together. After this, a certain madness claimed Freia's mind.
Of her original twenty or so sons and daughters, history only remembers seven of them:
Promethea, the Angel of Death, was her Executioner. Godranni, the Weaver of Fate, was her oracle into the future. Aasir, the Red Khan, was her brute-force solution to any problems. Maistorm, the King of the Under-realms, was the only one allowed to perform necromancy. Ulaatan Castellan, the Hammer of Justice, was her perfect general. Kaedriel Mallacht, the Nightbringer, was her soon-to-be successor. Indoral Addarach, the Clockwork Disciple, was the brightest mind allowed to exist.
Everyone else would be forgotten by History all-together.
Ms. Adalgard Lund, Emergency Director of the Dämmerung Foundation.
Freia's Golden Empire would soon crumble too. Driven to insanity by the whispers of the Powers That Be, she would end up shattering the Ring of Life itself. This brought an unpredecented age upon the entire Tree of Life - to the entire multiverse. An Age of Undeath.
The Goldenborn beckon for a bright future, but that will not be possible.
Of thee, only seven will exist.
Faylane, you the Eternal Muse of Mankind, loved and wanted by all mortals, your presence must come to a stop.
Ihnaros, the King of Sands, you have helped the Nightlord settle her lands and establish her rule, and for that I am eternally grateful; for she will forget you.
Oljme, Prince of the Hunt, you who enjoy slaying beasts and protecting the wildlife, I must vanish thee.
You will join your brother of whom you hold no memories, Audwynn, in eternal un-existence.
To fight the war within, I must not falter, ye Forsaken Demigods, for all of Reality depends on it.
READING RELATED TO FREIA THE ETERNAL:
DCA-6000 - The Leytree of Freia the Eternal
DCA-001 - Dr. Elrod's Proposal - The War in Heaven