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Soooo. About my Limbus theory that Dante is Ayin.
Looks at the 5.5 anniversary event. Looks at the Angela announcer voicelines. I think we've got some heavy proof I'm onto something here. I've posted it into my extensive conspiracy board GDoc (linked for your perusal), but below the cut I'm gonna put what I noticed about the aforementioned things (ie voicelines/That Scene in the event). Credit to @limbus-datamines for where I found the voicelines written out, because I'm broke and have to get Angela the long way lmao. (And credit for the LobCorp screens from TeeQueue's LP of the game on LPArchive!)
Angela's voicelines -- the bolding/italics is all mine for emphasis. As you can see, she explicitly points out that this is "a manager of another spacetime" so she is aware that who she's doing this for isn't her Ayin....but she proceeds to continue to talk to them as if it is AN Ayin.
"I see. I must pre-record these encouraging lines for a manager of an unknown spacetime. Oh my. I was not aware that the recording had already started."
"Your employees' health is at a critical level. A manager must listen to and abide by my advice; you should consider me your most trusted and capable companion, after all."
"Your employees are on the verge of death. That reminds me… manager, I recall that you had access to a special function, no? Sometimes, a full reset is the most efficient solution to a disaster."
"I have identified a flat-footed enemy. Many of your predecessors have used such openings to order a killing blow."
"I have identified a deceased employee. It is but one of many minor inconveniences in your way, manager. They were all aware that such an outcome may await them when they joined our company."
"The enemies have the upper hand. And I expect that you will be the finest manager there ever was."
"I expect that the enemy will commence a powerful attack soon. It is time to face the fear."
"They have dealt a critical blow to one of your employees. However, as you well know, we will move forward and only forward. There is no need to cast your gaze upon those that cannot be recovered."
"One or more of your employees are critically wounded, but do not lose your heart over it. With every death, our company grows. After all, you once told me that… sometimes, those that are forgotten can be the more beautiful."
This one in particular sticks out to me, I've been rotating it in my head for days.
"You have dealt a fatal blow to your enemies. I have always told you that you are much more capable than you originally perceived yourself to be. And I am never wrong."
"A successful strike. It is too early to pop the champagne, but it may be a good idea to cheer for the deceased in memoriam of their noble sacrifices."
"I am Angela, your advisor and secretary. My role as an AI is to assist you in adjusting to your new workplace. It’s a pretty name for an AI, wouldn’t you say so?"
This is more or less word for word what she says at the start of every new loop in LobCorp, isn't it? Hmmmm.
And while we're aware in general that That Scene where Dante has their little meltdown and starts sounding a shitload like Carmen (and, quite frankly, Adam) is sus as hell for MULTIPLE reasons and I know it's got some people to accept/acknowledge the Dantayin Theory on Twitter...this part is what sticks out to me personally:
The only two lines of dialogue in their meltdown that weren't corrupted and halfway censored (or...distorted, you could say), the only two we could read clearly and that didn't sound too insane...are very, very, very similar in imagery and phrasing to this section of Ayin's Day 50 speech. Food for thought.
So, yeah, I'm pretty sure at this point there's nothing else that makes sense besides Dante being Ayin, or at least an Ayin, maybe one from another timeline or something. Either way though.
#limbus company#dante lcb#dante limbus company#ayin lobcorp#ayin lobotomy corporation#it's all under a cut so i won't TAG spoilers but do the event first ok?#i'm soooooooo convinced i'm right at this point tbh#been saying this since last year man#projmoonblogging
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FINALLY I WROTE THIS AFTER 2 AND A HALF DAYS!!
Whew... I'm sorry for it being so late on this one.
But I did my best after being inspired by this wonderful art. Thank you @k-chips and @zomandfriends and @wyrdle .
Also this is based off @k-chips 's Dadvell AU yes xD
Thank you for reading and I hope you like it. I apologize for any errors as well.
Under the cut cause it's a bit long and also spoilers.
EDIT: I forgot to add some important tags I'm so sorry also some information cause I rushed to post this and I'm forgetful
Title: But what about you?
Tyme walked through the hallways to speak to Clavell at his office. Everything was going well so far she thought to herself. Everything was going smoothly and even issues that rose were quickly fixed and resolved. She was happy to report to Clavell that there were many willing volunteers to help set up for the first Academy Ace Tournament this Friday and the participants for the battles itself have all signed up.
But as she opened the door to the Director's office, she saw the one last big issue to resolve.
Clavell continuously paced around his office. Back and forth, back and forth, over and over again. He stopped and looked like he thought of something.
Then he grumbled and began pacing around again.
Tyme sighed to herself... There was indeed one last thing that had to be dealt with first.
And perhaps she's the only one who can resolve this problem.
She approached Clavell who kept going and going, as he didn't realize who was already there next to him.
"Director...." Tyme began.
"And there's still the board meeting...." Clavell muttered to himself as he walked away, not noticing Tyme.
"Director Clavell..." Tyme repeated herself as she walked to follow him.
"The Tournament is this Friday... I still need to get a speech prepared..."
"Clavell."
"But of course... I still need to provide more support for Arven and his friends..."
"Clavell!"
"Oh!" Clavell quickly turned to see that Tyme was standing next to him with her hands at her hips and looked at him with the most annoyed expression.
"M-Miss Tyme..." The flustered director spoke, "My goodness... I didn't see you come in... How long were you--?"
"I just got here, Director Clavell...." Tyme shook her head. She could feel the tension within him.
"I must apologize then, Miss Tyme.." Clavell bowed at her, "I have been quite busy with various affairs."
"I'm sure you are, Clavell..." Tyme sighed as she dropped the title, "Though I believe you may have overloaded yourself with too many affairs."
"... Do you think I have?" Clavell wondered, a lot of events have occurred in this school year alone after all. But he was the director, a lot of things are his responsibility.
"Definitely." Tyme nodded, "You need to take care of yourself once in a while, Clavell. You won't be able to help anyone in your state. "
"I suppose you're right but I..." Clavell paused for a moment as he thought of what he needed to do. "Ever since I found out the truth about Team Star and around two years ago... I have to make sure these kids are doing well for themselves now and the school isn't giving them too much trouble ...."
"Yes ..." Tyme did not want to be reminded of that shame she felt when she was told of the truth behind the entire incident. But she has noticed then that the Team's members have started coming back to classes and have been opening up to the teachers and other students... Especially her student, Penny...
"Then the Academy Ace Tournament is this Friday... We need to make sure everything is set up and we got the proper permissions for the location and the shops..."
"Of course..." Tyme and various volunteers have already gotten the permissions needed to set up the Tournament. Chairwoman Geeta already compiled it all for them. She wanted to tell him this, but the man kept on pacing...
"Jacq needs assistance in his classes and his Pokedex as these Paradox Pokemon that Sada brought in have a lot of information to bring up and even to other Pokemon Professors..."
"That's not a rush then is it?" Tyme tried to reassure him, at least to lessen the burden.
"Speaking of Sada, and the Paradox Pokemon..." Clavell already changed the topic as the thought of the incident that happened a couple of months ago, "Dear Arceus... Those kids... I still need to check up on them and their well-being... A couple of months have passed already, I dearly hope that they are still doing okay since then..."
"I'm sure they're doing all right, Clavell..." Tyme remembers seeing the four students in question, enjoying each other's company and having quite a loud yet joyful chat in the cafeteria yesterday. She was quite happy to see that.
"But also Arven...." Clavell clutched his head as he counted in his mental checklist, "I have been worried for him since the incident in Area Zero.... When we found out that his mother had been gone far longer than we realized, then down there to meet the AI and... And..."
"Clavell!" Tyme had grasped his shoulders firmly, and jolted the man awake from his self induced trance, "For Arceus's sake, settle down."
"I... I apologize..." Clavell muttered.
"I know you have a lot to do, but please take care of yourself first." Tyme pleaded with him with the softest look possible, "I worry about you."
"I..." Clavell felt his face heat up by that. "I'm really sorry Tyme... For making you worry for me."
"You've gone through a lot under a span of a year, even more than anyone should." Tyme reassured him again, "You don't have to be sorry for this."
"I know but I..." Clavell began to remember his mental checklist again, "I feel like there is still much more to do..."
Tyme sighed, here we go again.
"I still need to check on the kids...." Clavell counted, "And Arven... He still needs my help, I need to be there for him more..."
"Clavell..." Tyme spoke softly.
"I'll also still need to talk with Team Star, I want to make sure they're doing well too..." He counted it again.
"They're all right...." She reassured him again even though it fell on deaf ears.
"Jacq needs help as well..." Once again he does it.
"That can wait. Even though he knows it's not a priority..." She continued.
"Then there's the tournament... I can't just leave it..."
By then, Tyme had enough and pulled the man to her and enveloped her arms around him, hugging him so tight.
"But what about you?" She says to his ear, "You silly old fool..."
"Tyme... I..."
"I've said it before and I'll say it again... You need to take care of yourself. If you don't then I will... For your sake ..."
"Tyme..." Clavell repeated, as he was unsure of what to say or do. "You don't have to..."
"But I want to." Tyme answered back, "You need this. At least for now..."
Clavell could feel the tears well up in his eyes as he brought his hands upward to return the hug she had given him... "Yes... Yes, please... And thank you."
The two remained like this for a good while as Clavell quietly sobbed as he grasped Tyme's sweater. He was grateful to have her around at his moment of weakness and felt himself relax for once. Tyme rubbed circles on his back as she, herself tried to hold back her own emotions. She hated seeing him like this. When she found out about everything this poor man had gone through in just the course of this school year, she brought it to herself to accompany him more and help him more than ever. It was the best thing she could think of right now. So despite it all, she was relieved that she could finally help him.
As the two finally went silent, Clavell sighed, "Thank you Miss Tyme... I needed that..."
"Good! Now that wasn't so bad, is it?" The two let go of their hug but their hands still on each other. Then the two stiffened.
The realization that they're so close to each other had clicked in for them and they have once again fallen into silence.
"I...umm..." Clavell was the first to speak, with his face flushed red and his hands letting go of Tyme's waist, "Th-thank you Miss Tyme... For that support..."
"O-of course..." Tyme felt her face heat up, and her heart skipped a beat... she never really realized how... good looking... Clavell is up close like this...
"Is there something else wrong, Miss Tyme?" Clavell managed to speak as he felt his own heart rate speed up after being so close to her like this. "You still have your hands on my shoulders..."
"Oh... oh! I... I apologize, Director Clavell!" Tyme quickly removed her hands from him as she felt flustered, "I'm... I'm just glad to help!"
"Of course!" Clavell gave her a soft smile, as he still felt relaxed and happy to be by her side. "If you have time then, shall we have some tea?"
"That would be wonderful!" Tyme smiled at him back. The two are simply delighted to have each other at this time of vulnerability.
"Oh... My... Arceus....." Penny muttered as she peeked through the office door. She was actually there to try to meet up with Director Clavell to talk to him about the STCs and its steady progress and various records with it. But instead she had just witnessed something she definitely wished she could have recorded.
"Well... This can wait..." She said to herself as she slowly closed the door as silently as possible to not get their attention, "Priority one is to gossip this to Riley, Arven, and Nemona.... They're gonna be so happy to hear about this!"
She then silently walked away from the office ready to head back to her friends.
#pokemon#pokemon scarlet and violet#pokemon spoilers#pokemon scarlet and violet spoilers#clavell#director clavell#pokemon clavell#tyme#miss tyme#pokemon tyme#ame writes fics#ame's fics#thank you for waiting#work killed me#i tried my best#i hope you all like it#pokemon sv#pokemon scarvio#stemshipping
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Live Action: Thoughts and Etc. Episode 1
Whenever some new AtLA surge happens, whether animation renaissance or new series, I rise again from the grave and this time is no different.
This isn't anything formal, but I wanted to collect my thoughts as I go through rewatching episodes. I'm still not done with an initial watching of the new live action, but I've started rewatching the first couple of episodes anyway to note down what I liked about what the new series is doing and also where I think the narrative could have been stronger.
I don't mean this as a critique of the show on any other level other than on a narrative level—I'm not a film or visual studies person; my forte is in storytelling.
I also didn't want my reactions to just be seeming criticism, because there is a lot that I really like about the show (especially as I get deeper in episodes), so just consider this an initial reaction & thoughts on what could have been improved upon. So far, the first two episodes have been the weakest to me, which is really unfortunate because I worry a lot of people won't get beyond them. I know my opinion and thoughts don't matter because a) I'm not part of any kind of decision-making group that could actively affect this and b) it's already done with and out and it's not going to be changed, but we all love meta and thoughts around here, right? Right.
The format of these I'm imagining as follows: I'll go over what I liked or loved first, because there's more and more as episodes go on, and you should always, always start with what you appreciate and enjoyed about a work first before going into what might be improved upon. Next, I'll go into where I felt the narrative could have been improved upon, just from what I know with my Literature™ and in-progress MFA™ eyeballs. Finally, if applicable, what I personally didn't care for that doesn't actually impact the narrative one way or another. This final section will be potentially be under a cut if the post is too long. Everything will be noted as I do my second watch of the series, and will be in chronological order. I don't know that I'll have time to do proper paragraphs, so I hope a list format will be acceptable to anyone who's made it this far and remains interested in my thoughts.
Of course, this will contain spoilers for each episode, and all posts will be tagged "atla la ep#" and "atla la ep# spoilers" (where the # in each tag will be the corresponding episode number) so folks can blacklist as needed.
Now, on to the main event—
What I liked:
-The settings are lush and gorgeous! Holy moly!
-The costumes are phenomenal so far. Absolutely fantastic.
-Even if some of the actors are a little stiff, I am loving all of them.
-Loved the airbenders fighting back. No notes.
-The dialogue between Iroh and Aang in the brig is actually perfectly nuanced. I really like it.
-REALLY love Aang pilfering Zuko's Avatar journal
-Also love Katara being the one to extinguish Zuko's final fire blast with her waterbending. Setting up that good rivalry between them in s1.
-I like the expansion of the SWT village and Katara being in the old FN ship in lieu of the otter penguin sledding scene
-Love Zuko being an artist. I like to think it's a nice, early nod to learning under Piandao
What Could be Improved Narratively:
-Stop the Sozin scene right after he burns the earthbender
-When Gyatso has Aang in the room with Yangchen's statue, the exchange should have stopped with: "You have always been special." "I never asked to be special." "But you are," and the writing should have allowed Aang to put together that he is the Avatar without explicitly saying "Aang, you are the Avatar." If they took that line out and let the silence hang and then taken out all explicit statements of "You are the Avatar," so they would have been talking around actually saying it, it would have improved the scene.
-Remove Aang's little monologue with Appa before the fly off except for maybe hugging Appa and saying, "I'm scared"
-Show Aang and Appa getting caught in the storm. There's a very small missing piece of that scene.
-Could pare down the exposition in Zuko & Iroh's argument about following the light to not explicitly say "and take my rightful place as heir," as Iroh saying "it may be time to consider the throne isn't everything," and Zuko replying, "Maybe it wasn't to you" does that work. BUT I actually don't think this is as clunky as other dialogue-exposition parts.
-Either excise Aang's flashbacks to saving himself with the Avatar state before he wakes or remove it from earlier in the episode; we don't need it twice.
-the WT kids running outside of the village to play is awkward. Why wouldn't they play inside the walls? If it's so Appa wouldn't land inside the village, this is easily solved by having Aang airbend over the walls when searching for Appa.
-I know Kanna's monologue about the FN attacking is an homage to the original, but it feels hamhanded. I would excise it. Remove everything she says in this scene in the tribe meeting except, "The last time a comet was seen was 100 years ago."
-Honestly, excise most of Kanna's dialogue. It's all hamhanded exposition; we're seeing the "hand of the author(s)" here. When Zuko's ship arrives all she has to say is, "They're looking for him." Let the reveal be Katara saying it to Sokka when he's going to give Aang up.
-Replace the repeated scenes with Gyatso when Aang discovers his skeleton with other memories. We don't need a rehash of something in the same episode.
What I Personally Did Not Care For:
-I want bigger fire from the firebenders. It's a comet that powers them up ffs.
-Katara needs to express a great desire to learn waterbending in this episode somewhere
-Sokka and Katara being caught in a current should have been from Katara's angry paddling to echo her angry waterbending from the original
-I also wouldn't reveal Kya's death in flashback flashes so early
-When Zuko sees Aang for the first time it's a perfectly missed opportunity for "You're just a kid!" "Yeah, well you're just a teenager!"
-Unsure why Katara said, "The thing about losing everything is that's when you find out how strong you are" instead of something like, "I can't imagine how this must feel. But you don't have to be alone. We're here with you."
#atla la ep1#atla la ep1 spoilers#i hesitate to tag this#atla meta#or#atla analysis#because it's not really either but for internal blog searching purposes i'll do it#i'm not at the point where i'm ready or prepared to do a close reading of the text yet
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Would you be willing to like,, explain what limbus company is/talk about what you like about it? The stuff you've been reblogging of it looks really cool
So I've roughly answered this before with this but I'll try my best to paste my explanation under a cut (+ more) / word salad
LOR stands for library of ruina, project moons second game. It'd also my catchall tag for project moon because changing all the posts to that is a lot of effort and I'm a mobile user.
Project moon has three games out: Lobotomy corporation, Library of Ruina, and the newly released Limbus Company (each with a lot of world building)
Lobotomy corporation is an scp manager (monster management etc), Library of Ruina is a deck building game (/ card game), and Limbus Company is a dungeon crawler rpg (I think?? Also a gacha but is f2p / free to play friendly)
Both lobotomy corporation and Library of Ruina share most of the same cast while Limbus company has a completely new cast (though the whole game isn't out yet so I have no idea if anyone from past games show up but I hope they do).
In both Lobcorp and LOR you have Angela and the 9 Sephirah (Maluth, Yesod, Hod, Netzach, Tiphereth, Gebura , Chesed, Binah, and Hokma) as well as Roland in LOR. (I'm not about to name 9ff all of the reverberation ensemble but theyre the general antagonists of that game)
In Limbus company you have Dante, Vergilius, Charon , and the twelve sinners (Gregor, Rodion, Sinclair, Yi Sang, Ishmael, Heathcliff, Don Quixote, Hong Lu, Ryōshū, Meursault, Outis, and Faust). (And npc characters + villains who I won't explain for spoilers)
All of these games take place in a place called The City. The city has 26 districts (A-Z but Z isn't on the map). The city has a place called a wing (megacorp who runs a district) which have nests (towns) , feathere (people inside the nests), and backstreets (the place the nest doesn't encompass. Also where syndicates control. Each being the Five fingers ( The Thumb, The index (hands out prescripts), The middle, The ring, and The pinky). Each syndicate has subsidiaries but I'm not getting into that). ) There are also Fixers (hired mercenaries). Theyre graded from 9 (lowest) to 1 (highest) and then given a color (color Fixers are higher than 1). Theyre given these ranks by the Hana association (big association that hands out fixer titles etc).
Notable Color Fixers are The red mist, the blue reverberation (guy in my icon), the purple tear, and the black silence. (The vermillion crost exists but I'm not mentioning that bc spoilers. Also the Red Gaze but that's for limbus company)
In Lobcorp you're tasked with managing your abnormalities (scp) to make power (and I won't spoil how that goes)
In LOR you're tasked with fighting people (in receptions) and turning them into books so Angela (head librarian) can learn more about the city
In Limbus company you're tasked with finding and retrieving Golden Boughs (leftovers from the seed of light)
This is the like, easiest way I can explain them without slapping spoilers all over the place and trying to explain them in full.
In more detail about Limbus Company you start the game off as Dante (not a self insert. This is an actual character.) Who no longer has their head and who is being harassed for their actual head (where they genuinely don't know where it is due to amnesia). You are then introduced to Vergilius (the red gaze) and the sinners of Limbus Company (all twelve sinners are based on books. Ex- the metamorphosis, crime and punishment, Demian, Faust, wuthering heights, Moby dick etc etc).
The first three chapters (along with chapter 3.5) are out.
Canto 1 - Gregor Samsa (Metamorphosis)
Canto 2 - Rodion / Rodya (Crime and Punishment)
Canto 3 - Emil Sinclair (Demian)
3.5 (chicken event right now) - introduces the concept known as distortion
I will say that the actual storyline (as far as I'm aware) is
Limbus company -> Wonderlab -> Library of Ruina -> Distortion detective -> Leviathan -> Limbus Company
So there are a couple tiny details from Leviathan (manga / like. Novel but the last few chapters aren't actually translated so Google translate is all there is really). But but it does add more depth to characters such as Vergilius, Charon, and Faust
Also I don't remember if I actually explained this in the other post but in the project moon world there are things called E.G.O. (Extermination of Geometrical Organ). (It happens after the seed of light/ lobotomy corporation). Most of the sinners have an E.G.O (and it also can corrode and fuck them up). You can also get E.G.O from abnormalities (I don't remember if it's been explained in game). Seperately (also seen in Leviathan) there are mirror selves (actual explanation for the seperate identities for the sinners. That you can play as. I won't explain the references behind them because they're mostly based on Library of Ruina Characters so far).
Also here's the actual limbus company site (the official one)
I think that's all I can say without spoilers (it's like 1 am)
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I don't mind spoilers at all actually! I'm very curious and tho I know there will be changes I feel like the main points will stay the same? possibly? And I'm very thankful to you for taking time and replying to me❤️
Do you feel like Lou is doing the same thing here with the interview? Trying to make Lestat show himself and eventually reconcile?
Do you have any predictions when it comes to the show? I think they green lit season 2 as well, no?
I'm happy to answer! ❤️ Book spoilers under cut again cause some in the tag won't want to see
Some of the main points have already changed, particularly regarding Claudia. Hopefully they won't change many more.
1. In the books, she's a 5 year old plague victim that Louis, in his extreme hunger, feed on. He flees after he thinks he's killed her only to find that Lestat has saved the girl so that Louis doesn't have to feel guilty. Louis doesn't want her turned, but he doesn't want her to die either, so Lestat turns her. But there was an ulterior motive as well; Louis was leaving and in a great bid to make him stay, Lestat makes him a daughter. Lestat is the girlfriend that baby traps their partner, true story . In the show, Louis is her grand saviour, saving her from the fire, taking her to a very reluctant Lestat who is then pressured by Louis into turning her. Book Louis never puts blame on Lestat for making her. Show Louis does, and it's not fair, because he's the one that wanted her turned. He's blaming Lestat for doing something that he pressured him into doing when he knew he was reluctant.
2. She tries to kill Lestat. She's unsuccessful, but a very good attempt is made. As in the last answer, in the books, she does this because of her immense frustration. She blames both of her fathers for turning her but she only tries to kill Lestat, not Louis. In the book, Merrick, we see her ghost, and she tells Louis that she chose him because she knew she could manipulate him into helping her kill Lestat, and she also knew she'd never be able to convince Lestat to hurt Louis. So she kept the one she could wrap around her little finger, and tried to kill the one she couldn't. Lestat never actually did anything to trigger the attempt on his life, she just snaps. However, the show is absolutely justifying her attempted murder of him. So it has actually removed quite a large chunk of Claudia's characterisation by making him this violent and giving her a very justified reason.
3. Daniel is a much younger man in the books, about 19 or 20. He ends up being turned into a vampire by Armand who becomes his lover (Louis is back with Lestat at this point, and a lot of the vampires are very polyamorous anyway). Not sure how that will work with Show Daniel, especially if they cast a canon compliant Armand. Armand is about 600 by present day but he was turned at 16 so will forever look like a teenager. With Book Daniel, that wouldn't look weird, but if they do that with Show Daniel, it's gonna look very questionable. Side note; I love the theory that Rashid in the show is going to be revealed as Armand. That would be wild.
I hope Louis is doing the interview for the same reason. It would make for a faithful adaptation if the purpose of the interview was to draw Lestat out of hiding, and it would also lead into The Vampire Lestat season, which will probably be season 3 now. Yeah season 2 has been greenlit, and it's going to deal with the second half of the first book. So we should see SPOILERS Louis and Claudia searching for vampires in Europe, finding them in Paris, the introduction of Armand and his vampires, the death of Claudia, the brief appearance of a very scarred Lestat (he heals fully over time, but is still recovering when he turns up in Paris), Louis living with Armand, and Louis seeing Lestat again briefly (which Louis says in his book happened, and which Lestat in his book flat out denies happened). Or it's possible other events from the same point in the timeline will happen simultaneously but since this is still being told from Louis' POV and he won't know about them (i.e. Lestat is thrown off a tower by Armand just after Claudia's death but Louis didn't know about that until he read Lestats book), that's probably not likely.
I'm curious to see how it's going to go.
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About Venti, the Nameless Bard and Venessa.
(There are spoilers ahead about Venti's general past/background, the Windblume Festival Event and Venti's quest, Should You Be Trapped in a Windless Land, the Nameless Bard, Venessa and Mondstadt creation)
W: Unedited, word vomit; spoilers under the cut, subjectivity and personal headcanons; I cursed once because I can’t control myself, sorry.
A/N: Shorter than what I use to post sometimes. And in this essay I will—
As usual, I will begin saying I don't really browse the tags with spoilers because I am not exactly up to date with the lore so I don’t know if there is someone out there who had the same thoughts as me or not, but this is something I have been thinking for awhile.
I am going to talk about two precious people to Venti in equal degree. No, I won't take criticism of this single sentence.
Yes, I am going to talk about the Nameless Bard and Venessa.
I've seen and read how people said Venti loved more the Nameless Bard than Venessa or how Venessa didn’t really matter to Venti, etc., but I disagree.
First, because in real life it is a dick move to think that about someone. Second, because love adjusts to people and not the opposite. And third, because I don’t have any doubts about the love of Venti towards any of them.
It is true that in the quests where Venti has a part of, he or the narrative mentions the Nameless Bard. But I don't think that is a valid reason to say he loved him more. I think both Venessa and him were precious people to Venti. More than anyone he had met before (excluding archons and immortals). But the point of the debate is the way both of them have passed to history.
We know basically all about Venessa. It is recorded in books, in Windrise and her legacy is the soul of the Ordo Favonius. A lot of people wishes to be like her (Jean) and there is no one in Mondstadt who doesn't know who Venessa was and what she did.
How many things do we know about the Nameless Bard? We don't even know his name. He wasn't recorded in history more than a few stories from the Old Mondstadt (a topic I want to write about sometime) and the Old Mondtstadt ended up with the name of Dvalin’s Nest.
Both of them did so many important things for Venti and Mondstadt. But only the memory of Venessa remains almost untouched.
So that is what made me think.
The Nameless Bard appears more in Venti memories than Venessa, and there is a solid reason.
What if Venti took his friend's form not only for him to remember, but to have people remember him through Venti?
If Venti isn't there to continue the Nameless Bard legacy, there would be no one to remember anymore. He took his form for his people to see him, the one who initiated the rise against a tyrant, a God, when Venti was merely a wind spirit. Of the one and his followers who defeated the violent winds. Of the one died who for his ideals, for the ideals of his people.
For the ideals of Venessa.
The Nameless Bard embodied Mondstadt current spirit of freedom.
Without the Nameless Bard, there would be no Mondstadt how we know it.
How there is a better legacy for Venti to keep than taking his form and knowing statues would rose to the image of the Nameless Bard?
Also, there is a pararel between the story of the Nameless Bard and the current Mond's Barbatos Statue. In the english dub, in the advance, it says:
"[...] So the boy turned, extending his hand [...]"
How is the pose of Barbatos Statue? Exactly, extending his hands.
In resume, and what I want to express, it's not that Venti loved one more than another, or that one was more important than the other (both lived in very different and convulsing time periods, but those periods were actually pararels of each other).
It is that the only thing Venti wants is to have the memory of the Nameless Bard remembered through him.
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Homophobes
Transphobes
Rascists
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Masterpost Fics
Danganronpa
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No Seesaw
Au where Korekiyo didn't kill Tenko and got away with murder: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7
Tw: Angst
Not weak
Soniakane hurt/comfort. After the events of trial 4, both girls are sad and find comfort by eachother: Part 1
Takes place in chap 5 before the murder.
Tw: Angst, throwing stuff, crying, spoilers
Never Seen Her Cry
Platonic or Romantic Bandaid hurt/comfort with background Soapies: Oneshot
Takes place before they all go to Hopes Peak
Mikan notices something is off about Ibuki
Tw: angst, mention of not eating
Dark and Locked In
Ibuki angst with platonic IbukixHiyoko: Oneshot
Maybe gonna make a following up oneshot
Ibuki finds herself in a dark locked room
Tw: blood, death, hanging, slit throat, angst ofcourse,....
Sweet Summer Child
Au where Junko took advantage of a emotionally vunerable Aoi and she gave into despair and became a remnant: Oneshot/Maybe Part One
Tw: self doubt, implied brainwashing, self loathing
Moonlight
IbukiXSayaka fic: Oneshot
Tw: None (That's a first XD) (Say if I need to tag something)
The Hero to his Villian
Oumota superheroes/villians au
Kokichi gets an unexpected guest: Part 1
Tw's: angst, blood
It's gonna be okay
Short Stop lights drabble: Oneshot
Himiko is sad
Tw's: angst, crying, implied deaths
A Smile like Sunshine
Sakuraoi movie night with angst. Prequel to Sweet Summer Child: Writing Request
Tw's: Death
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Sanders Sides
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I'm Good
Logan breaks off his friendship with Remus and Janus: Oneshot
Tw: Unsympathetic Patton, angst, talk of dismemberment, implied abuse, manipulation
Tik tak...
Logan finds himself tied to his bed with headphones on his head and a blindfold. Luckily Patton is there to safe him, right?: Oneshot
Tw: Unsympathetic Patton, talking bad about yourself, negative thoughts, angst
Sleep well, Sleep
Remy doesn't wake up anymore. Now is it to the others to find out where his watch is: Part 1
Tw: insommia, angst
Lazy Days Are Good For Memories
Remus remembers the good days: Oneshot
Tw: angst, blood, abuse, bruises, unsympathetic Patton
Logie Bear
Patton takes care of Logan's wounds: Oneshot
Tw: angst, wounds, abuse, torture, unsymp Remus is mentioned (he isn't unsymp), unsympathetic Patton
A Good Kind of Different
Logan angst my brain came up with at 1 am: Oneshot
Tw: Angst, crying, manipulation, gaslighting, Unsympathetic Patton, mouth stitched closed, touchstarvation
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Just Dance
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Panda's out of the bag
One shot/Maybe Part 1
Something is wrong with the portal..or is it something else?
TW: Angst (kinda), secrets being revealed
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