Siigh how I want Obey Me to be Gothic horror action thing instead of a romance thing 🥀
Don't get me wrong, the romance is nice but like-
If I were to rewrite Obey Me, I would have written it to be like a 2000s Gothic horror anime lmao
Think like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta or Trece
There is action involved but make things super dark and scary
This is the Devildom after all, and MC is surrounded by a bunch of demons. Bro I would love to see Mammon have his funny personality and then switch to someone who gets dead serious when shit hits the fan. I wanna see him ACT like the demon he is
Like imagine him laugh after saying a joke then grabbing somebody's wrist and suddenly turning hella menacing. Like he full blown threatens them and pats their back going like "Haha! You REALLY can't take a joke huh? Relax I'm just messing with you!"
You know what I mean? There could be romance involved with him or Lucifer (Mainly Mammon, I'm hella biased)
MC could still be a human but they learn how to use weapons and magic
And the exchange program is just a trafficking tactic to kidnap and kill humans or something like that
Y'all get what I mean right???
There would be some hella good angst 🥀
Like THIS is what I mean/envision. (Video is from creepvibes on Insta)
Instead of MC getting transported to the Devildom by a letter, it'd start out with them already having a pact with Mammon and that's how they'd go to the Devildom. Mammon has pacts with multiple other people but likes to bother MC the most because of a promise or something.
I honestly don't like how happy go lucky the Canon MC is, I want them to be the opposite 😭 I want them to actually take things seriously and not act cute 24/7
Make them negative🥀 Make them serious🥀 Make them angry🥀 It'd contrast with Mammon's laid back attitude
All magic and weaponry would have been taught by Solomon (Duh) The Devildom has taken over the Celestial Realm. Like ever since the demon brothers fell from grace they would have taken revenge against the Celestial Realm so with enough allies and monsters they have killed and injured many angels so people don't have anybody to look up to.
That way they'd take advantage of the Human World. Demons would disguise themselves as angels or people and strike. Feel like a plot twist would have been something like Solomon is a demon who disguised himself as a human. That's all the ideas I got for this vision
Lowkey I'm super bored with Obey Me now, feel like my interest in it has died down so much 😭
I am willing to continue writing my ideas for my AU in this blog but what's keeping me from doing so is the fact that I'm still, in a way, interacting with Obey me and it's like "Ugh"
Which is funny because I literally started this blog not too long ago to write about my AU and Obey Me😭
Oh well
I will post a drawing soon and after that I don't think there won't be any more Obey Me content in this account
This is hard to think about now, but remember how horribly MC was treated season 1? The brothers were constantly either threatening to kill them, attempting to kill them or succeeding in killing them and were generally highly apathetic to them and their struggles and yes, that includes Mammon too. He was tasked with taking care of them and had to be tricked into a pact and spending a while with them before he actually took that seriously.
Diavolo and Barbatos had to ensure that they're still alive enough to get back to their realm after the program's over. That is true, but I'd go as far as to say that MC was probably the exchange student they cared about the least. Solomon is the most powerful human, Simeon is an archangel and does have influence in the Celestial Realm, and Luke is also an angel on top of having Michael on his side, MC was neither somebody of great importance nor did they have somebody of great importance on their side, there was no reason for them to actually give af about them. This point is further proven when they sent MC back in time like a lamb to the slaughter in lesson 16, knowing damn well what would've happened to them just so that they could get the best outcome for themselves. Would they have pulled that shit on anybody else?
And finally, Simeon and Solomon also were kind of apathetic to them. They had their own problems, and yes, Solomon did save their life every once in a while and Simeon was kind to them, but there were more reasons for them to do that than there were for them not to. And if they knew what happened in lesson 16, then that just makes them and the fact that they didn't show any signs of caring look even worse. Luke might unironically have been the only person on MC's corner since the beginning, he's the only person to show concern for them and their well being even before knowing them properly and the only person I feel would have the proper reaction to lesson 16 season 1.
Anyways, this is all to say that this is absolute perfection for some serious angst. Imagine MC growing to actually dislike everybody (except Luke, he's their son duh), and when everyone starts falling in love with them, they're now having to contend with the consequences of their own apathy and that they not only know effectively nothing about the person they have feelings for, because they never bothered to pay attention to them previously, but that that person is not fond of them at all and not taking their feelings/confessions seriously as a result.
I wanted to expand more into the 2000's Gothic DMC Inspired Obey Me thing 😭
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I am honestly in love with this idea. I just think from an objective standpoint, Obey Me doesn't work as a fluffy romance genre when you're dealing with 7 Powerful Demon Lords who have the potential to be horrible and evil you know? It's nice and all but the fluffy characterization of the demon brothers is not accurate to what a demon TRULY is imo
Anyways I'm not talking about that. What I will be talking about is the whole 3 world emergence thing I talked about in my other ramble 🤙
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, in my first ramble post I've been talking about this different version of Obey me as an action horror thing instead of a romance.
The premise is after a series of traumatizing events, MC (who's a demon hunter) has to work together with the enemy in order to stop a giant catastrophe that would destroy 3 Realms.
What is this giant catastrophe, and how would it destroy the 3 Realms altogether? I decided to call this catastrophe "Heis." It's the Greek word for one or "unity." The reason behind that is because I thought it'd be a good idea if Lord Diavolo who wishes the 3 realms to live in peace and harmony, quite literally merges the three realms together to achieve a new goal.
He's the villain in this version. With good intentions but his motivations would be like "If harmony and peace won't exist between the three realms, I will MAKE it have harmony by creating a new world. Where there is no divide between a demon, human, or angel."
It might not sound creative but that's the best I could come up with 😭 Think of this as a first draft and I'm writing down the process of a series or something
I kinda used biblical references here. I know Heis in the Bible was meant to be something good. You are one with God, there is peace, love, and perfect harmony. I hope this doesn't seem offensive to anyone who is religious, I really don't mean anything bad and I'm sorry if I made It tasteless (I don't know anything about the Bible, just to let people know.) I thought I would twist this into something terrible for this story
Heis is taken literally in this version. The Three realms are literally fusing together. Think of the Spiderverse except there's no digital technology at play. There's a lot of physical damage. Buildings fall apart, the ground falls apart, or it rises or sinks. And a bunch of things floating around.
Think of massive earthquakes and eruptions, and lava underneath the floor. I like to imagine that the Devildom, when in contact with the human world or the Celestial realm, a lot of decay would spread. So things start to disintegrate. I feel like each of these worlds have different types of natural disasters. We know that we have wildfires, floods, tornadoes, etc.
That's how I imagine the disaster happening. It's all I got right now! It's the best I could come up with. I'll soon post about Solomon's role in all this btw. Which could add a little bit more to the world building? Maybe
I'd like to thank @mammonshusband5723 who introduced me to Ellipsus! Hope everything is going well for you!
I still haven't thought of a name. I like Synthesis but It gives off more cyberpunk vibes rather than the gothic vibe I want to go for.
My favorite film at the moment is Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak. Sure I initially watched it because my favorite actor is in there, but the film itself captivated me. The script, the characters, the set design, cinematography, everything about this film scratches an itch in my brain.
It's set in the late Victorian era and follows an aspiring author who falls in love with an English baronet. They move to his Gothic house back in England and the horrors haunt their marriage.
I believe you might enjoy this film, although it's kinda hard to find, I do have a, um, 🏴☠️ app you can find it in.
It also has a novelization! However I believe they don't print it anymore so I might also have to 🏴☠️ it.
Oh I have the book, don’t worry. Though for a Guillermo del Toro film, I’m surprised at the lack of reception. Hells I’m even surprised I didn’t even know!
But the movie does look stunning from what I’ve seen so far, you can see they didn’t cut corners with the artistic vision they wanted for this film.. And Mia Wasikowska? Alice Kingsley herself from Tim Burton’s rendition of Alice in Wonderland? Brilliant girl, how does she keep finding herself in these films?
I will never be mad about the murder, only the treason part which I talked about previously but for now I'll speak on my theory.
So, it always bugged me that Belphegor did not kill us in the original timeline but he did in the secondary one. Now, we know isolation can have negative effects on mental health, and Belphegor only got to interact with us and Lucifer which are entities he wasn't fond of. However it looks like we grew on him with the way he left the house with us in the original timeline so what happened? My theory is that he was already having some form of psychotic break or manic episode when we went up there in the second timeline and he killed us as proof he was free since we are the first thing he saw and being able to do that confirmed he could get out and that he still had autonomy away from Lucifer's control. in the original he got to see his brother's first, people he missed and could finally touch, and since they perceived him that fact alone calmed him down so he took us and Beel to go be free somewhere else.
I'll restate my previous post as I also wish to explain Lucifer's behaviour and why I don't blame him either.
"I was not mad about the murder, I was mad because it sounded like treason and the punishment for that is usually death, which means he prioritised killing humans over being with his family. What I could not believe was that Belphegor was going to do that to Beel since executions historically are public and all the brothers would have to be there, as officials. They could not handle another war and running off again, nor would they survive in the Devildom without a rebellion because the "treasonous angels" rhetoric we see in Nightbringer would come back up."
See Lucifer has been shown to go into fight or flight whenever he so much as thinks his siblings are in danger, so of course he's throwing Belphegor in the attic to keep him from getting them all killed as he is still scared. The fear never stopped just because he had a deal with Diavolo, he didn't entirely trust Diavolo even after so long speaks to how isolated he's making himself and how deeply ingrained his fear and distrust of others is. His main issue throughout the game has always been trust and communication, we regularly see instances where he represses issues and tries to handle everything himself to protect his brothers. One thing he could have done better was telling his brothers where Belphegor was, but of course Lucifer is so distrusting he can't even tell his own brothers the true location of the youngest.
I don't like how MC is Lilith's decendant. I just saw a rant on tiktok (yes, I know) saying the same thing and it reminded me that I wanted to make a post about it on here.
In my opinion, it would make more sense for Satan to be either Lilith reincarnated, or Lilith after transitioning than it is for MC to be Lilith's decendant.
I went into a bit of detail in the comments of the tiktok (if you come across an account on there named Lemonberry that signs off with either Nex or Belle, I'm Belle), but I feel a little more detail in an actual post would help.
Imagine with me: the entire thing of Lilith being turned into a human was made up by Lucifer and Diavolo to keep the brothers from asking too many questions. And the whole thing of MC being "Lilith's" decendant was only thought of in a panic to calm Belphie down.
Let's focus on the scenario where Satan is Lilith's reincarnation for a moment. Diavolo would've made this possible by (first) killing Liloth via magic, and (second) using the overwhelming amount of Lucifer's rage to bring life to her body again, only this time in a more demonic form. That way there could still be a little bit of Lilith left with them. This somewhat backfired, causing Satan to have what could be described as the complete opposite personality to Lilith. Where she was slightly loud and extremely patient, he was quieter and would be set off at the smallest things.
Satan wouldn't exactly remember anything from Lilith's life, either. His memories of the Celestial Realm would still be Lucifer's. In fact, the only notable thing Satan and Lilith would have in common would be their appearance (note: this is my headcanon that Satan looks like Lilith.) Lilith loved Lucifer, Satan does not.
Moving onto the transcoding: I imagine for this scenario that during the fall, Lilith was almost forced to transition into Satan. I say almost, because I imagine being surrounded by boys all the time would lead to some sort of gender dysphoria and wishing to be a man as well.
(Note: from this point on, I'll be using they/them pronouns for Satan/Lilith in this scenario. Apologies if it gets slightly confusing)
After the seven landed in the Devildom, it would be Lucifer that found them first. After a bit of getting used to their new body and quite a bit of yelling at Lucifer for him not letting them die for their actions, they finally managed to get out who they were. And at the same time, begged Lucifer to not tell the others. Thus, the story of Lilith being turned into a human in order to survive was born.
In this scenario, Satan's hatred for Lucifer would stem from him not letting them face the consequences of their actions. They understood that falling in love with a human was already blasphemous enough, but trying to save the human with a food from the Celestial Realm was punishable by death. And they were stupid enough to get caught trying to get the food to their lover.
Satan also wouldn't like how much they looked up to Lucifer in the past, even going as far as to adopt quite a few mannerisms from the man. They'd try their hardest to break those habits, get pissed off when they catch themself doing said habits, and then make it everyone's problem. It eventually spawned the narrative that Satan was born from Lucifer's wrath. And while Satan absolutely despised this, it further helped in disguising who they were before the fall.
All in all, these ideas make more sense to me than "Oh, MC = Lilith decendant yippee". While I understand that this may not be an issue for most fans, I've always had a bug with it. And also someone once pointed out to me how Satan and Lilith's story would be very much in favour for transcoding (Lilith died the second Satan was born, come on now) if it weren't for this little piece of lore.
That's all, sorry if like none of this makes sense, I'm not much of a theory crafter and I barely write out things about lore like this lmfao-
Summary: Lucifer reluctantly agrees to help Mammon learn how to drive.
Category: Gen
Rating: General Audiences
Language: English
Characters: Lucifer, Mammon
Additional Tags: pre-I Do, learning to drive, first driving lesson, driving instructor Lucifer, flustered Mammon, stressed Mammon, bickering, written just for fun, please don’t take this seriously - I didn't, no MC, no beta
AO3
FFN
Learner’s Permit
“Please, Lucifer!” Mammon begged on his knees as he clasped his hands together.
Lucifer put his own down on top of the document he had been in the middle of reading and signing as he turned slightly in his chair towards Mammon.
“I said no.”
“I’ll never ask anythin’ of ya ever again!”
Lucifer let out a hum of disbelief.
“I’ve heard that one before, besides cars are expensive to buy and then there’s maintenance costs, tax, insurance, gas—”
“Woah, really?” Mammon blinked in surprise before he quickly shook his head and redoubled his efforts. “I mean, yeah of course I know all that! I’ll manage it!”
“You’ll manage it?” Lucifer raised a skeptical eyebrow. “With your mounting debts and no motivation to pay any of them off?”
“Come on, Lucifer!” Mammon pleaded again. “I’m literally beggin’ ya here! I’ve picked a car out and everythin’!” Mammon reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a page that he had torn out of a magazine. “See! This is how serious I am!”
Lucifer heaved a sigh as he took the glossy page from Mammon and surveyed it.
“A Demonio 666 Lexura?”
“Yeah!” Mammon nodded enthusiastically as he got to his feet and looked at the page over Lucifer's shoulder. “Doesn’t it look great! I’ve already applied for seven part time jobs to start savin’ for it!”
Lucifer frowned down at the picture, “don’t you think that you’re being a little too ambitious? Especially for a first car?”
“Lucifer, I promise ya, even if it takes me centuries and a million part time jobs, I’ll save up the Grimm if ya just teach me how to drive,” Mammon’s tone became pleading again, “just think about how much quicker I’d save up that Grimm if you taught me rather than paying for driving lessons?”
“And what about RAD?” Lucifer asked as he arched an eyebrow at Mammon again. “Surely you don’t intend to fall even further behind in your studies and student council work?”
“O-of course not!” Mammon ruffled the hair on the back of his head. “I’ll work extra hard there too!”
Lucifer’s disbelief deepened, he recognised that nervous, non-committal tone easily, but he couldn’t deny Mammon’s determination about this car and learning to drive.
Despite his better judgment, Lucifer relented with a sigh.
“Alright, fine.” Lucifer reluctantly agreed as he refolded the page in his hand and offered it back to Mammon. “We’ll head out first thing in the morning, don’t be late. And make sure you read up on the highway code.” He added in a warning tone.
“Seriously?” Mammon’s face lit up. “Thanks, Lucifer!”
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Mammon yawned. He was sitting behind the steering wheel of Lucifer’s stationary car on a long empty stretch of road that was lined with bushes and trees. Lucifer was sitting in the passenger seat beside Mammon.
“You need to focus if you’re driving.” Lucifer said sternly.
“I can’t help being tired!” Mammon argued. “Anyway, the car isn’t even on yet!”
“Tiredness leads to negligence, now concentrate.”
“‘S not my fault ya chose to do this so early in the morning,” Mammon grumbled. “Hm?” He watched as Lucifer reached towards the glove compartment. “What are you—?”
Mammon’s eyes widened as he watched Lucifer pull out a clipboard and pen from the glove compartment.
“Wha—? Are ya seriously testing me right now? This is only my first lesson, cut me some slack, will ya!”
“No seat belt,” Lucifer murmured as he ignored Mammon’s question and motioned towards the slack seat belt with his pen, “I’ll have to mark you down for that.” Lucifer began to write on the piece of paper he had attached to his clipboard.
“W-wait! Hold on a minute will ya!” Mammon tried to protest in a flustered voice as he fumbled for the seat belt. He pulled on it too hard, making it jam several times before he finally clipped it securely into place.
“Hands should be at ten and two on the steering wheel,” Lucifer muttered under his breath again with a disapproving tut as he scrawled another note on his page.
“S-slow down! I was putting my seat belt on!” Mammon argued defensively. “Besides, I don’t think that’s a rule anymore!”
Lucifer paused before giving Mammon an incredulous look, “it’s always been a rule.”
“Yeah, probably centuries ago!” Mammon snapped as reached across the car and snatched the clipboard out of Lucifer’s hand before tossing it over his shoulder onto the backseats. “Ya stressin’ me out!”
Mammon took a moment to calm down with a deep breath before putting the key into the ignition.
“Did you check your mirrors?” Lucifer asked.
Mammon paused with a frown, “I thought ya already did that when ya drove us here?”
“You need to adjust them for yourself.”
“Right,” Mammon nodded as he checked his wing mirrors and then adjusted the rear view mirror.
Mammon then gripped the steering wheel and stared out of the windscreen. His hands tightened on the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white, he could feel Lucifer’s gaze boring into him.
Lucifer finally spoke up after a few moments.
“You need to push down on the clutch with your left—”
“I know.” Mammon cut across him.
“Then you need to turn the key all the way to start th—”
“I know.” Mammon said more insistently as he pushed his foot down on the clutch and turned the key, making the car roar into life.
Mammon hesitated again as he stared at the long, empty road ahead.
Lucifer prompted again, “don’t forget to put the gear into—”
“Give me a minute. Just lemme go at my own pace, okay?”
“Alright.” Lucifer nodded.
Another moment of silence passed between them while Mammon, with his foot still pressed down on the clutch, moved the gearstick into first gear.
“Good,” Lucifer nodded again, “now set your pedals, you only need to press the gas a little. Then lift the clutch until you find the biting point.”
Lucifer waited patiently for Mammon to follow his instructions before continuing.
“Don’t forget. Mirror. Signal. Manoeuvre.” Lucifer explained as he pointed towards the passenger side window. “Check your blind spot, your wing mirror, and your rear view mirror,” he motioned towards each point as he spoke, “then signal with your indicator, check your other wing mirror and the last blind spot to make sure it’s clear, when it’s safe to do so, take the handbrake off and pull away from the curb.”
Mammon gave a nervous nod as he muttered repeatedly under his breath, “mirror, signal, manoeuvre. Mirror, signal, manoeuvre. Right, got it.”
Mammon glanced at his blind spot and mirrors as Lucifer had instructed, indicated, and checked his remaining mirror and blind spot before taking the handbrake off and pulling away.
Lucifer nodded with a hum of approval, “when you’re ready, come off of the accelerator, push the clutch down and change to second gear, then gently back on the accelerator while you slowly lift the clutch.”
Lucifer watched Mammon’s progress closely as the car moved further down the road until they came towards a dead end. With Lucifer’s guidance, Mammon slowed the car while pulling up to the curb and stopped.
“Now you’re going to turn the car around.” Lucifer instructed.
“Turn it around?”
“That’s right. Keep the car in first gear, move forward a little and then fully lock the steering wheel to the right, make sure you keep looking around and check your surroundings.”
Mammon took a deep breath before glancing around and beginning the manoeuvre, pushing his foot down on the accelerator more than needed and making the engine rev and the car lurch forwards.
“Ease off the gas and move slowly!” Lucifer warned in a stern voice.
“I’m trying!” Mammon rebutted.
Mammon’s foot instinctively pushed down further on the accelerator.
“Mammon, ease off! Slowly!”
“I know! I know!”
In a panic, Mammon released the clutch too fast, making the car lurch again before stuttering and stalling. Mammon let out a shaky breath as he gripped the steering wheel tight again.
“You lifted the cl—” Lucifer began.
“I know I lifted the clutch too fast!” Mammon snapped irritably.
“Handbrake back on, calm down and try again.”
Mammon gave a small nod as he put the handbrake on, pushed down on the clutch and restarted the engine. He reset his pedals, checked his surroundings, and began the manoeuvre again, making the same mistake of revving the engine.
“Ease off of the accelerator.” Lucifer warned in a calm voice. “You need to do the manoeuvre slowly.”
“Slowly.” Mammon repeated in a muttered voice as he released the handbrake and steered the car.
“Better.” Lucifer nodded. “Now you want to reverse and fully lock the steering wheel left.”
Mammon shifted the gearstick into reverse.
“Check all around, use the clutch, lift and dip it to keep the car moving slowly.” Lucifer continued to explain in the same calm voice.
Mammon glanced about himself and over his shoulders several times before lifting the clutch gradually and quickly turning the steering wheel to the left.
“Slower.” Lucifer warned.
“I am going slow!” Mammon replied in a frustrated voice.
“Pay attention.”
“I am!”
“You’re about to hit the—”
The car’s back wheels bounced off of the curb, making Mammon tense up as his foot quickly found the break.
“—curb.” Lucifer finished with a small sigh.
“Well I wouldn’t have hit it if you didn’t distract me!” Mammon said defensively.
Lucifer pinched the bridge of his nose and held back a sigh of exasperation before maintaining his calm demeanour.
“Back into first gear and finish the turn.”
Mammon let out a frustrated huff as he shifted the gear again and slowly moved the car until it was facing the right direction.
“Good, now keep driving, don’t forget to change gears.”
Lucifer continued to watch Mammon closely, frowning to himself when Mammon looked away from the road as he changed gears.
“Keep your eyes on the road,” Lucifer instructed.
“I am.” Mammon’s voice was laced with impatience.
“You’re too close to the curb,” Lucifer pointed out, “you should be positioned in the middle of your lane.”
“I am.”
“You’re not.”
Lucifer reached towards the steering wheel, making Mammon jerk it and the car swerve into the other lane just as another car was heading towards them from the opposite direction.
“MAMMON!” Lucifer shouted instinctively as he grabbed the steering wheel and forced the car back into the correct lane, narrowly missing the passing car.
At Lucifer’s shout, Mammon panicked and slammed his foot on the brake, making the car jerk and shake before the car finally stalled again.
Lucifer and Mammon stared ahead out of the windscreen, Mammon’s knuckles white from his grip on the steering wheel while Lucifer’s hand still held onto the steering wheel too.
Lucifer slowly relinquished his grip on the steering wheel and sat back in the passenger seat, still staring straight ahead out of the windscreen.
Lucifer cleared his throat, “maybe lessons with a proper instructor would be better.”
Mammon could only manage a shaky nod.
Lucifer surveyed Mammon before adding, “maybe I should drive home too.”
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Mammon ran up the steps to the House of Lamentation with a piece of paper clutched in his hand. He took the steps two at a time before he jammed his door key into the lock and nearly fell through the door.
He wasted no time in rushing up the stairs and bursting into Lucifer’s bedroom, his hand still held the door handle as he stood in the doorway panting for breath.
Lucifer, who had been reading in a chair in front of the fireplace, rested the book in his hands into his lap and gave Mammon a reproachful glare.
“Will you learn to—”
But Lucifer’s sentence trailed off as soon as he realised it was Mammon. His expression softened as his gaze slowly trailed down to the paper in Mammon’s hand.
Lucifer closed his book and placed it on the arm of his chair as he stood up and took a step towards Mammon.
“Did you—?”
“I passed!” Mammon enthused excitedly, still breathless from his running as he held up the certificate fo Lucifer to see.
A proud smile tugged on Lucifer’s lips.
“Well done, Mammon. I knew you would.”
Lucifer reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys, holding them up towards Mammon.
Mammon’s expression became awed as he slowly stepped forwards and took the keys from Lucifer, he turned them over in his hands and ran his thumb over the unmistakable Demonio 666 Lexura logo.
“No way,” Mammon murmured in disbelief as he looked back up at Lucifer, “seriously?
“It’s your reward for all of your hard work,” Lucifer chuckled as he watched Mammon, “it’s waiting for you in your room and it's all yours.”
I’m slowly getting more and more disappointed with how content-less IDO is, and just Obey Me in general. And I’m kind of considering dropping it at this point..
Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate all the new sprites and the features introduced.. but really it feels so plain. What happened to the grind?? The little games to play in between each spot of lore?? The fear of Mc not being able to make it out alive??? I’m even starting to miss the nonsense events. And with the announcement of the visual novel, I’ve realized that IDO most likely wasn’t top priority and was just a game to kinda show off that the devs are free from censorship and to announce the new direction they’re gonna try to take.
IDO is just boring, it’s either have waste your time waiting for this thing to fill up to upgrade a tiny bit or go gamble for ugly plain clothes. Once you’ve completed the stories for your selected brother, that’s all you CAN do. It’s just so damn empty compared to the older two games.
Even though I have my own reasons to not like nightbringer, the one thing I felt that it seriously did right was the ruri-tunes, even though the story line stressed me out to the point of not being able to enjoy it, I still found myself replaying the rhythm game and preferring it over the story! And it was SO much better than the stupid “dance battles” from the first game. Ir was engaging and the visuals were fun to look at! And the little chibi sprites weren’t ugly as hell.
But my biggest complaint yet, is that even after they graduated, everyone is STILL. FUCKING. USELESS. Mc- who is hyped up ALL THE TIME MIND YOU- has weak magic, only ever using it for small things and for small moments, then any other time when it would be useful, mc’s magic just has ZERO EFFECT. The game likes to say how big of a deal it is that they have pacts with the seven avatars of sin, but even they are useless! In the og game, when they were still figuring out the characters, I found myself actually and genuinely worried for my mc! Because these men were genuinely over powered and dangerous. Then the events came, then the game progressed even more, and the devs figured out what they wanted to be the brothers to be.. and it ruined them, that gentle anxiety was never there anymore. Sure I felt that again in nightbringer, but it was hardly there, hell I was more worried about my Mc being HOMELESS in the human realm rather than the actual characters hurting them.
I love obey me, and it’s the only reason Opal exists, hell a lot of her personal story is so heavily influenced by the game, I’d have to rewrite her to hell and back if I chose to just abandon obey me completely. And she has been my favorite thing ever for the past 4-5 years, the one OC I draw multiple times nearly every single day.
But Christ is it frustrating. I know everyone is existed for the new steam game, but I don’t think it’ll be any different. I think it’ll just be another nightbringer. Everyone hopes that it will be a turning point, a chance to finally see the brothers be scary! A chance to see some coherent writing! But I don’t think so, the art style change is beautiful, but of course I wish they didn’t make mammon fucking gray. I’ve seen more edits of mammon getting his skin color adjusted instead of hype for the project.
I dunno, obey me has just felt so eugh the more it continues on. Maybe the new game will be better, maybe. I wont know because I dont have any plans on playing it or going out of my way to consume content on it. I have debated just dropping it in its entirety, but then what would I do? Focus in on a bland hot boy dating sim? Or dip my toes in the fucked up mess that is those disgusting “horror” dating games where it’s just rape fetish content every two minutes? Not really my cup of tea that’s for sure.
I’d probably also miss my blog too much, I do love interacting with you guys, but I know my account doesn’t get enough attention that would warrant my existence as anything important in the fandom.
Maybe I’ll just go back to my roots and get back into undertale again.
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