The stage is set, who's the puppeteer again?

big miitopia dump

me rambling abt it under the cut

so the girl with the charm is actually Orannge, me/the hero! i like to think that the hero actually wears the antique charm through which the god talks to them (i own a european copy of miitopia, dont at me)

the cat girl is based on my sister! she's a cat because my sister loves cats and she joined the journey in the realm of fey, along with…

......SUN AND MOON! they're both mages because i wanted the aesthetics to match with the source material and this job had both the clown robe and the starry robe, but the in-game outfits were not *authentic* enough for me so i redesigned a bit :> i gave moon a laid-back peronality in the game and he would randomly steal hp bananas from a team member when he had none left, and sun was frequent target for this, like, he would actually get angry at moon for taking his snacks

the dark lord and my first ever teammate actually have similar faces! the teammate is based on my friend @s1rchek (or Sirchek, for that matter) and the dark lord is named srichek, which was originally an in-joke about my friend misspelling their username on their discord profile as sr1chek which i woild read as srichek (and we would laugh at it because it sounds like russian word for 'shitting' as in a direct order to go take a shit)

Flanelle and Dots were my second and third teammates in greenhorne, a chief and a pop star respectively! Flanelle actually got eaten by a hamburger on our first trip to peculia

The cleric with red cheeks and the scientist with blue are based on the fnaf2 puppet and fnac reverse puppet (who i have always percieved as its own separate from the original vinnie entity) and are named Charles and Vincent! they were the first two teammates i got in Neksdor and they actually bonded quite well, Charles even gave Vincent a silver ring as a gift early on (am i shamelessly inserting my blorbos and hyperfixations into this game? the answer is yes)

ANOTHER VELIONA ENTHUSIAST!! my thoughts on her is just "omg she's so blorbo" but I would adore hearing your thoughts on her!!!

just know that i love you and im sending you flowers philosophically - any veliona lover or even appreciator is moreee that welcome on this blog.

so Ohhh my god, where do i even start. im sure there are people who don't quite like her because on a surface level, she treads pretty close to yandere trope territory, BUT I DON'T CARE. she really is so much more than just someone who maims on whim, and as long as someone on this heavenforsaken planet acknowledges that, it's good enough for me.

so then ill start with her attitude and her philosophies/values, because that seems to be the most misinterpreted thing about her, and then we'll go from there! 

if you look at veliona a little more closely, you can see that she’s actually got a bit of a white knight shabam going on: a dimmer view of herself, along with the readiness to defend seele at basically any cost. most people stop there, coining her as something along the lines of an insecure defender. but take a little more time to break down her motives and you’ll be left with a clumsy and heavy sort of love. 

when veliona first gains consciousness back in cocolia’s orphanage, she has little to no idea who, or even what, she is. in the early stages of her and seele’s relationship, she is told she is a monster, which she easily accepts, given her inclination to violence (a great example is her witnessing bronya’s violent one-man rescue in the azure waters manga). 

but as seele gets to know and reflect on her and veliona’s situation, she has a change of heart, and gently (though slowly) accepts veliona as a part of her. this is the part where veliona struggles to grasp any form of understanding: there’s totally no way that this Crazy Mauling Bastard is a part of a Soft and Sweet little estonian child. right? it’s a whole new experience for her, to receive and accept concepts like unconditional love and patience. this is the first piece of the puzzle - for the first time in her life, someone introduces these positive qualities of life to her, and they introduce them both untaintedly and generously.

veliona, of course, first thinks of this as naive, but seele’s persistent kindness drives a bit of a peg in her supposedly solid disbelief in unwavering love. inevitably, veliona reciprocates - in her own little way. being the stronger of the two, veliona is known to substitute seele on the battlefield, where her performance is more than outstanding. we know that she’s solely fighting for seele, and not for the sake of fighting, because in every occasion she’s given the reins, veliona always returns them when the dust settles. she could easily refuse seele in giving back bodily control and continue fighting whatever there is to fight, but she’s amazingly cooperative instead. this signifies their mutual trust, and with it, veliona’s acceptance and reciprocation of seele’s affections. 

the theatre of domination arc would probably be my favourite arc if the soq one didnt exist because its just got soooo much veliona seele dynamic coverage... its so nicely written. this is part in the storyline when veliona starts to doubt her coexistence with seele, along with the tod puppets acting as a catalyst for her insecurities. but she’s not worried about being percieved as a monster - she’s worried that seele doesn’t need her anymore.

in her teaser, veliona doesnt seem especially bothered when the puppets call her a monster, only responding with an offhanded threat. however, when the puppets backtalk seele, veliona can be seen visibly angry, and physically retaliates. shes clearly more concerned about the well-being and honor of her counterpart than for herself, which i feel i have to reiterate as much as possible, because oh my god she is literally anything but self centered or narcissistic. literally how do people think that she is. anyways

in this arc, seele can be seen displaying examples of growing independence and competency (not that she wasn’t, she’s just doing it a lot better than before), which discourages veliona, because it introduces the possibility that she will be discarded. in all the previous chapters, veliona has always displayed her gratitude towards seele through combat, where she is able to do her host favours. with this new development, she would technically be not of use. however, through and at the end of the chapter, seele establishes that veliona is an irreplaceable and fundamental part of her. veliona accepts this and shares seele’s name, and despite the reassurance, she still promises to see to seele’s growth until her counterpart’s powers are fully fledged, or when she might not be needed anymore. she cares so much, and really does only wish seele the best in the world. 

and so, anything veliona does can be traced back to her mirroring and gratitude towards seele: just as seele loves her unconditionally, veliona loves unconditionally. i’ll always be a defender and enjoyer of clumsy and rough displays of love, and she’s no exception. she’s selfless and assertive and also in need of a little reassurance because for a PE herrscher stigmata AI, she is so awfully human. love her to the stars and back