Lugunica has fallen, it’s so over , Meme by Weeblmao.com

"People are creatures who cant live without loving someone. But since they're creatures who can't love something that's strange or revolting, then by process of elimination, they can't live without loving something they can love."

It's her. The meat woman.

tbh, I don't really know anything about her asides from the stuff that I read on her wiki / Birth of Authority from Wish document and stuff that people in the fandom have said about her, so idk how accurate this would be to her lol but I think I have a gist for what her deal is XD

For Capella, I was going for a kind of butcher aesthetic, but with some touches of demon / dragon elements because iirc she transforms into a dragon at some point (also I think she already has a demonic vibe to her + just... how she is in general), and she 'butchers' people's bodies into grotesque shit. That's also the reason why her weapons are meat cleavers, to go with the whole 'butcher' theme. I also wanted to have a sort of clashing of cutesy / risqué elements in her outfit to go with the contrast of her appearance versus her personality, hence the ruffles + bows in her outfit paired with the latex top, gloves, and pencil skirt. I had no idea what to do with her at first, because her outfit in canon is literally just. A bikini. And some other shit. Aside from a color scheme I had no real 'theme' to go off of, just scantily clad outfit. I was at first gonna go for something like a mad nurse / surgeon vibe cause of how she alters people, but being a butcher just fits so much better for her and goes with her vibes really well. Also I think she's been called 'meat woman' in the LN or WN before so it makes sense lol XD

The authority from a wish document basically says that she wants to be loved by everyone and believes that people only love someone's appearance / looks are all that matter, so she wants to make everyone else around her look disgusting so that they only love her, and says her 'wish' is to turn others into something revolting, so that's what she probably wished for, giving her the ability to transform herself and others into whatever she wants.

The Dream the Lion King Saw

Fourier never appeared in the main series, but man, he's actually really funny. Absolutely like Subaru in his behavior but less cringe that stems from realism and second-hand embarrassment. Just friends being friends

Since I got my hands on that EX novel, I'm gonna pitch some moments of him so he's at least remembered if his name is brought up. I'll include some pictures for reference, and won't include the whole thing to avoid spoilers

1. This one can be found on the wiki as is: he fell in love with Crusch at first sight, but the moment she saw him, she threatened him with a knife in his own house—she then proceeded to almost attempt suicide for her mistake

2. He's so much like Subaru. He's loud, brash, in love with a girl at first sight, has small worries that he blows out of proportion unless they're absolutely important and life-changing like impending death, falls to his knees in anime-style sulking when told he's not as manly/strong as he wants to be to the girl he likes...

3. After seeing Crusch, you see how there's a guy chasing him in the first picture? That's his tutor. Fourier proceeded to slap him in the face ("MY EYE!!" screamed in comical fashion), drag him down a hall, and make him hit his head on every column and wall in existence

4. In the second picture, where Crusch holds a dagger, Fourier backtracks over it a lot like Subaru would

Fourier: Who would give their daughter a dagger on their birthday? They've no sense.

Crusch: Your Highness, I asked for this dagger from my father as a gift that day.

Fourier: Yep! Your father's the most sensible man ever! Daggers, wonderful gifts to young girls, they are!

5. That illustration of him and Crusch in a sword fight? He did that so Crusch would wear a dress.

Crusch sees him about to fall over like a shaking fawn, pathetic with trembling legs and supporting himself on his sword. He's exhausted and wanting to pass out or cry, and Crusch is like "Should we stop?"

And Fourier is all "NO!" and charges in with war cries the entire time.

"YAAAAAHHHH! CRUUUSCH! WEAR A DRESSS!!!"

I crap not, that's all he shouted, and it kinda scared Crusch.

"Wear makeup! Like flowers! Wear jewelry! Show me that beautiful smileeee!!! Uwaaaaaa!!!"

That's his motivation. It's hilarious and also sad, because he knows he probably hurt Crusch a lot for not letting her wear dresses. He's so exhausted by the end of it that he literally passes out on the ground after Crusch cedes it's her defeat

6. He didn't know Ferris was a boy. So when he had Ferris pose as his fiancee after Crusch couldn't so he could turn down his marriage prospect,

He did so, thinking Ferris was a girl. He only found out afterwards.

Also, before they actually went through with the plan, Fourier was raring to pretend being Crusch's lover, and getting all flustered at the idea. Imagine servant Subaru being all blushy over going on a date with Emilia and wiggling around. Not very different

"M-Me... and Crusch..!!"

"Compose yourself, my prince!"

- Fourier and Ferris, off of memory

7. The castle rumored that Fourier was gay, because he declared he loved Ferris, no matter his gender.

"As long as you're you..!"

Which is really sweet (how Fourier loves him). Still, Ferris worried he hated him after the reveal.

Ferris and Crusch are discussing this new rumor as Ferris is afraid of confronting Fourier after he learned he was a male... then His Highness comes barreling in, basically screaming and crying

"Crusch! Ferris! It's horrible, oh so horrible! I need you two now through the worst struggle of my life! Where are my two trusted people?!"

Because he literally just heard the rumor himself.

I think he was afraid that Crusch wouldn't love him if she thought he was batting for the other team, and that's why he stressed over the rumor? He also feared Crusch not liking him if he got fat

He's so fricken funny and this is just from me skimming the book. I haven't sat down to read it through, but just by skimming, Fourier and Subaru behave so similarly that it's just- my gosh.

Do Ferris and Crusch look at Subaru and think of the prince? When Subaru shouted and disrupted the Royal Selection gathering, and Julius probably saw Joshua, did those two see Fourier?

Granted, Fourier is more wise and composed than Subaru, and probably would've been more graceful about his interruptions, but the shouting of what he wants and thinks when riled up? The "wisdom" (knowledge) that comes out of nowhere, which both Fourier and Subaru have? (Fourier from instinct, Subaru from Return By Death)

Fourier wanted so badly to let Crusch be a woman, and fawned over her beauty and just wanted her to enjoy typical things of women. Subaru kicks his blanket like it's personally assaulting him, just thinking of multiple Emilias as he tries to sleep, and isn't afraid of showing his affection throughout the entire series

On the point of affection, neither of them are afraid of showing it to people they care about. Subaru braids hair, plays with kids, compliments outfits and smiles, Fourier hugs and tells his dreams of futures with his friends and has dances with them, etc.

(They even have the penchant of acting like things are fine to Julius by not telling him anything before they literally collapse in front of him [Fourier in a carriage, Subaru being possessed], leaving Julius to deal with them when things go south)

(On that note, it's sweet that Julius always calls for Ferris when someone is hurting, because he knows who can help best)

Anyway, Fourier? Funny kid. Resembles Subaru. Parallels can probably be drawn from them. Is important to the development of Crusch and Ferris, so it's not bad to remember him. The history of the royal family should come into play when regarding the Archbishop of Lust and Felt, too.

You don't need to know the characters. Just pick whatever sounds hardest to you.

if you ignore the depression this is how ex1 went right

my most self-indulgent au concept is the one where the council of the wise men rigs the election in order to have a desirable (read: controllable) candidate to end up on the throne (the candidate is probably emilia because i find the potential interesting) and felt and reinhard decide to organise the revolution and overthrow a queen (the queen is secretly in cahoots with them and kind of severely disappointed in the whole being queen thing)

I’m finally completely free for a few weeks and ofc first thing i do is post the fifth chapter of Sleep-Talking

Hope the other 2 Fourier fans in this fandom like it (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ ✧ﾟ･: *ヽ(◕ヮ◕ヽ)

Extra kudos as always to @fleuropixels​ (Marquess) for beta-reading!

The Sin Archbishops of Sloth, Greed, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Gluttony, and Gluttony.

capella alludes to a chimera

Something that's always intrigued me is the meaning of Capella's name. Back in July 2014, near the end of Arc 4's run in the Web Novel, the author answered a question about Regulus's Authority and stated it was unrelated to the mythos of the Nemean Lion.

Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 This question was asked and answered before Capella's introduction in Arc 5. And yet, in November of that same year, a scene in Chapter 36 of Arc 5, which was also adapted into Volume 17, had a scene which could potentially tie the meaning of Capella's name to mythology. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 Two chapters before this scene, the meaning of Capella's name was established as “she-goat” (雌ヤギ), and the literal meaning of “chimera”, a term for a hybrid creature in ancient Greek mythology, is also “she-goat” (牝山羊). Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 The mythological chimera was a three-headed monster with the frontal head of a lion, the head of a serpent or dragon on its tail, and the head of a goat in the center. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 In the aforementioned section of Arc 5, Capella transforms her respective arms into the head of a lion and the head of a serpent. With her name meaning she-goat, Capella herself is the stand-in for the goat. So, does this mean her Authority is tied to the mythological chimera?

Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 That's all I can really see for a direct tie, at least when it comes to her Authority. As stated above, Capella's name could signify that she is a stand-in for a goat. There are also ways she's tied to a "lion" and a "serpent". Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 The lion was once the symbol of the royal family. Capella claims the name of Emerada Lugunica, a purportedly deceased princess of the royal family, and her gold hair and crimson eyes reflect the appearance of the family's members. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 The possibility exists that she IS Emerada Lugunica. She ultimately relies on her own intuition over the judgement of her Gospel, which she uses as a suggestion. From the vague information we have, someone with the qualities of a Lion King possesses uncanny intuition and insight. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 While Fourier was still a child, Miklotov implies that someone from two generations ago had the qualities of a Lion King. This was also the era in which Emerada was still alive, opening up the door for his words being a reference to her. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 Capella's "ties" to a serpent may have a double meaning. On one hand, there is the Black Serpent. According to Ferris in the Intersecting Hopes chapter from One Day II, its poison killed the royal family. It's also often speculated that Capella was responsible for their doom. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 On the other hand, there is Roy Alphard, whose name signifies his own ties to the serpent. It's heavily implied that Capella, as “Mother”, has Roy as one of her children. The two of them were at Priestella's City Hall together, Roy mentions “Mama” before eating Joshua, […] Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 Rui says that her brother is “that woman’s yes-man” in Volume 20, and when mentioning the other Sin Archbishops in the Web Novel, Capella specifically calls out Bizarre Eating over choosing to mention Gluttony in general. To put it another way… Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 Capella being connected to the serpent may indicate that Roy serves her as one of her children, and by extension, it could denote her role as Mother, the enigmatic figure who was responsible for forcing people like Elsa, Meili, Reisel, and Sithonia to do her bidding. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 Looking at it in this way, supposing that the decision to give her the heads of a lion and a snake on each of her arms, denoting a potential connection to the chimera, was intentional, the way it could broadly link to aspects of Capella's character is pretty thought-provoking. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 It's easy to overlook symbolism. So, although there isn't exactly any tangible connection Capella has to a lion or a serpent, by viewing her connections to those creatures from a symbolic angle, you can get more out of it with this imaginative perspective. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 And thus, instead of attempting to theorize how Capella could die in the exact way that the chimera did or something based on the rationale of the possibility that her name is meant to express a direct parallel to the chimera, I've instead focused on this neat symbolism angle. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 That's all for this thread. As always, thank you all for reading! Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 One more thing. Although I came to the conclusion that Capella could have a symbolic connection to the lion and serpent of the chimera by myself and more or less posted these exact views on how to Reddit in late 2022, I wasn't the first person to point out the chimera connection. Shadow @ShadowKoto · Feb 24 From what I can tell, it appears that the first person who noticed it was actually Yumiya-san! Here's a link to his original post regarding the subject from July 2020:

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By the way, the word "capella" comes from "chimera", which means "female goat", and it appears that Chimera's cause of death was suffocation due to her throat being choked with lead melted by the heat of the flames.

I do have the impression that suffocation would be effective against an immortal opponent like Capella.

" ( tappei stated Camilla would be able to beat her

Oh my goodness, there's a semi-official comparison between Capella and a chimera!?!?! I'm not sure whether to say this adds to the credibility of the meaning of her name being a reference to the chimera, as both it and Capella mean "she-goat", but it's VERY interesting.

[No.85 Capella]

This is “Capella” who is in charge of Witch Cult Sin Bishop “Lust” 😱

This person has changed completely, becoming a person with a strange appearance like a chimera 👾 Various parts are designed in great detail 🧐

the end of arc 6 is so funny because emilia’s like “hey everyone, great news! i passed the trail! all i had to do was beat-” and julius is like “HEY IS THAT GOD???” and emilia is like  “yeah, the trial was to beat him. but i dont think i can take full credit since he has alzheimer's :(” and julius is like

“HEY, GOD HAS ALZHEIMER’S??????????????????????????????????????”

Yknow I think Re:Zero is one of the few Isekai stories that ACTUALLY uses the isekai aspect in its story, so many isekais could just be normal fantasy stories, if you removed the isekai aspect from them the story wouldn't change much.

In my opinion, Re:Zero really makes full use of the isekai genre, in a way that almost no other story does.

One of the big ways it makes use of a isekai'd MC is by making Subaru fucking weird, I mean Subaru was weird for normal earth human standards too, but in Lugunica he's a fucking freak, barely educated but weirdly smart, literally illiterate and also socially inept (like I said, he was that way on earth too, but in Lugunica he's basically incomprehensible to some people), which of course makes everyone suspect him of being some spy or literal cult member but he's also kinda too stupid to be that so nobody quite knows his deal.

One of my favorite parts of R:Z is the scene in arc 4 (Season 2) where he can confront his past in one of the tombs trials, and this is another thing that R:Z does that makes it stand out from other Isekais: it shows us his past, that his past has meaning and still shapes him to this day, a lot of isekai manga are like "what if a guy who can do cool stuff with wood was reincarnated and given cool wood skills" and that's about where any mention of the MCs past end. In R:Z it is given actual weight, you read about Subarus past and it immediately informs you why he is the way he is.

The big part about this is, of course, that he misses his parents dearly, and regrets the way he last parted with them. That alone humanizes him so much and it's something that many other isekai stories fumble or don't attempt at all, which can often make the MCs seem uncharismatic or unsympathetic (mind you I don't think every isekai has to do that, it wouldn't really work in every series, like konosuba for example).

It's also fun that, very occasionally, someone was isekaid before Subaru, which often makes him the only one to understand something or other (which also makes him more weird to the others lmao) but its very cool to tie the more mundane aspects of earth knowledge back into the story (the whole witch cult = star signs thingy)

Anyway yeah I just needed to get that off my chest

"I want to be an admirable person. Like Mother Fortuna, who’s my role model. Or Geuse, who’s so kind and strong. Like Archi, who kept smiling until the very end, just so I wouldn’t be scared. Or Puck, who always protected me and never left me alone. Like Ram, who wished to do the one thing that would be the most helpful for someone who’s truly precious to her. Like Otto, who does his very best for his friends. Or Garfiel, who never once uttered a word of complaint. Like Subaru, who says he loves me, and does reckless things even when he’s wounded and hurting. I want to earn the respect of each of them. From now on, I want to be the one reaching out to help someone.”

It’s Emilia!

I don’t really have much to say about her in regards to what her powers or wish would be in relation to her design since in my au she hasn’t made a contract (yet… ;) and talking about it here would be spoilers lol), but what I can say is that I wanted her outfit to be very reminiscent of Madoka’s magical girl form (you know, for the Homura x Madoka / Subaru x Emilia parallel) (also some Satella elements like the roses because, you know :) ). I also took note of the spin-off magical girl event in the game Lost in memories where they have magical girl designs for some of the characters, and they happened to have one for Emilia, so I took a lot of inspiration from her outfit used there. Since the majority of y’all voted for her to have the main color in her outfit be white, I went with that for her top and boots and made most everything else a different shade of purple.

A quick aside, I really want to thank all of you who voted on the poll and gave positive comments/ feedback on not just the designs that I’ve made so far but on the art that I’ve been posting here since last year. I know saying this is cliché (and even saying it’s cliché is too) but it really does mean a lot seeing so many people like my art and my ideas. I have been posting art for a while now (on Instagram but I’m pretty new here so bear with me 😂) but I have never really seen as much engagement with my stuff as I have on other platforms and I’m really happy about that :) I have a hell of a lot more to make and show you not only about this au but in general, and I am so glad all of you will be able to see it and I hope you like it to. Thank you for everything so far!

Now with the sappy shit out of the way, I’ll go over a few last thoughts I had about Emilia’s weapon and soul gem.

I didn’t know what to give her for a weapon since in canon she makes a lot of her weapons out of ice, so I just decided to give her a typical magical girl wand/staff since I thought it would fit her and it’s what she wields in the Lost in Memories spin-off. I made the staff look similar to Madoka’s bow (again, parallels) with elements of the concept art for the magical girl rings in pmmm and of Madoka’s soul gem at the bottom. The crystal star shape on top of the wand is also a Madoka reference because it’s the same star on her grief seed and Law of cycles symbol / witch kiss. I also made it crystal sort of call back to Puck’s crystal.

Now for Emilia’s soul gem I made it look like a certain key that appeared in season two… It was based on the comment by a certain someone that said something along the lines of “imagine you are the key.”… This character is very important to this au not just in the world of Lugunica… :)

The Nine Generals is the Re:Zero equivalent of Naruto's Akatsuki

That's it, that's the post

ok but im getting emo over heinkel again so im gonna talk about him again because yeah hes yet another sad character in a sea of sad characters and i love rezero for that but like he is a character consistently characterized by one loss after the other. it's a rollercoaster and its going straight fucking down and he is so miserable and absolutely alone and its both his fault and not his fault at all. but the way it starts is - its all out of his control. the more you think about the trajectory of his life the sadder it gets.

imagine you are heinkel and your parents are the sword saint and the sword demon and you come from a long line of knights and sword saints so thats almost definitely where youre headed, right? thats whats expected of you. you are nineteen years old and youre a knight in the royal guard, which was expected of you, and you have a wife and a beautiful baby boy, which was also expected of you, but at least you have so much joy and love for the latter while the former is just another chain on the astrea family line of people who are stuck to knighthood whether they like it or not. but your family is also just another chain because youre nineteen and your mother is still the sword saint and youre playing with fate here because either youre going to be the sword saint or your son will be.

your wife, the only equal you have, falls asleep one day and never wakes up. you are twenty-one years old and a single parent and then you are twenty-three years old and your son's fate is so much bigger than youll ever be. having the worlds love means that your love pales in comparison, doesnt it? everyone knows about your comatose wife because you keep searching so much for a cure that its just another thing to gossip about. every year that passes by she just continues to look the same as she did when she was awake and alive and loved you. (you dont know it yet but your son is going to reach the same age as her, because you dont find a cure for another sixteen years and you know that she wont love you anymore because who does? theres no one left because your son doesnt count.)

and everyone knows about you because of your family. because yeah, youre a good swordsman, but youre not liked by anyone in the knights. youre not a friend and youre certainly not a sword saint or sword demon. your son mind controls someone because he loves you so much that he would do anything for you and looks up to you like youre some hero, but youre just a wreck whos scrambling to keep what little you have. youre twenty-four and you lose your mom because you were too scared to go on the mission you were assigned on, because youre a coward and youre in over your head and you know, because everyone knows, that you dont measure up. you could never be prepared for this. in a long line of people who have to carry the weight of the world, you crumble easily. your mom goes on that mission and dies and your son becomes the sword saint like this was always going to happen. this is what being loved by the world means. you just killed your mom because you just couldnt suck it up and die on that mission instead. on top of that, your dad says that your five-year-old god of a son killed your mom. its just you and your son and the two of you both killed your mom but youre the worlds biggest laughing stock and your son is the up and coming hero and monster. but you still love your son. you really do.

right?