🖤Raven🖤

I’m an artist (art tag) and I watch anime + love Daft Punk they/he lesbian

[ravenpaws222]

Guess who Finally made a pinned post!!

Hello hello I’m Magnolia! Or Mags for short :)

I use they/them and he/him pronouns, no preference towards either. I’m a 19 year old transmasc butch lesbian, and I’ve been on testosterone for 9 months!

I’m an artist and a writer, and you can find my art compiled at This Tag!!!

As for my writing, I post it on ao3! Here’s a link to it if you’re interested :) it’s mostly for Hunter x Hunter shipping, but also has self insert work I’ve done for Arcane https://archiveofourown.org/users/Ravenpaws222

Fun Facts About Me :3

I’m going to be pursuing a degree in horticulture

I love plants, plant symbolism and biology in general <3 especially marine biology

My favorite animals are stingrays

The first job I wanted was to be a paleontologist

I love French house music!!!!! And I can speak some French :))

My major interests are:

Daft Punk (my favorite band!! Please ask me about my robots!!)

Ed Banger Records (especially Justice + Gesaffelstein)

Nine Inch Nails

Tron: Legacy

Hunter x Hunter

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Splatoon

Beastars

Disco Elysium

Star Wars

Five Nights at Freddy's

Marvel Movies

Jurassic Park/World

[ravenpaws222]

I quite like this twink #myjarona

[ravenpaws222]

A friend in need’s a friend indeed

A friend who bleeds is better ❤️

[miinxxo]

You beastly animal you

[luckychocopan]

[wlwanakin]

actually always thinking of darth vader through a transgender lense bc i’m insane but also bc it is SO EASY to do a trans reading of his whole deal like to me, personally, in the star wars in my brain that is better than yours and doesn’t gaf about authorial intent, darth vader is in part a manifestation/personification of the horrifying feelings of loss of control that come with long-term repression/closeting or forced detransition. and this works on a purely superficial level because darth vader is hypermasculine in a way that starkly contrasts a lot of anakin’s softer/more androgynous traits but if we are to actually think beyond the superficial the themes of loss of autonomy and rejection of personal identity in favor of one given to you are veryyyy resonant from a trans perspective. constant insistent rejection of your true self. “that name no longer has any meaning to me.” even his voice is not his own. etc etc. vader is a reinvention of anakin but that reinvention is into an empty husk whose entire existence is to be another person’s pawn. vader is not so much a new identity as he is a lack of one. and i don’t want to dismiss that on a literal textual level disability is a part of the Body aspect but all this is far less about his injuries and part more about how they’re treated, specifically how his body is altered in ways that are entirely about creating a more imposing image and basically turning him into a weapon (there is no reason for him to be 6’7), and that again ties into the idea of Erosion Of Self. and i think these aspects come together in a way that is so easy to read as trans, or at least that resonates with me as a trans person, because so much of repressing as a trans person is inventing an empty version of yourself and accepting your physical state as something you are fundamentally not in control of and self-denial for others. and vader encompasses a lot of those feelings taken to body horror space opera extremes

[kkurooswifee]

“𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏” || 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐍

melon noticing the little flower shop beside the tattoo parlor one afternoon, tucked between dull concrete and flickering signs, and thinking how absurd it looks there, like something soft trying to survive in a place built for rough edges.

only glancing at it at first, on his way to another appointment to cover the leopard spots on his body, telling himself he has no reason to care about some quaint little shop filled with petals and perfume.

he’d step out after the appointment, mask on, hands in his pockets, and catching the scent of fresh flowers drifting through the street.

hesitating for a moment because flower shops aren’t his kind of place. too delicate. too sentimental. too full of meanings people like to attach to pretty things.

him going in anyway, convincing himself it’s nothing more than curiosity.

immediately spotting you behind the counter, carefully tying ribbon around a bouquet while softly humming to yourself, completely absorbed in your work.

pausing in the doorway because the whole place feels almost unsettlingly gentle.

watching the way your hands move with patience and precision, how every stem is handled like it matters, and finding it strange how much care you give to things that will wilt and die in a matter of days.

approaching the counter with that easy, pleasant smile he wears for strangers, the one that makes him seem approachable, harmless, civilized.

asking about the flowers in that soft, polite voice of his, pretending he’s only making conversation when really he’s studying you.

finding it odd when you answer him without suspicion, just sweet and shy, explaining what flowers mean and which ones last longest, treating him like any ordinary customer.

being weirdly fascinated by how naturally kind you are, because kindness that unguarded usually means stupidity in his eyes.

he decided you’re naïve, but not in an irritating way.

leaving with a tiny bouquet he absolutely did not need, telling himself it was only to avoid making the interaction awkward.

staring at those flowers later in his apartment, wondering why he bought them at all.

coming back the next time he visits the tattoo parlor, telling himself it’s just because he was already in the area.

lingering longer this time, listening while you explain how certain plants need more shade, more water, more care than others.

quietly thinking how ridiculous it is that some plants survive only because someone chooses to nurture them.

he’d start asking questions, not because he cares about flowers, but because he likes the way your face brightens when you answer.

keeping that pleasant, polished persona in place every visit, smiling softly, speaking gently, playing the role of the harmless customer because it makes you comfortable.

him learning which flowers bloom in each season, which ones symbolize trust, which ones mean devotion, storing away every detail you tell him.

pretending it’s all useless information while remembering every word.

he started to stop by even on days he doesn’t have tattoo appointments, showing up with no excuse except “I was nearby.”

him realizing he’s begun looking for reasons to be nearby.

listening to you talk about flowers like every bloom has a purpose, every fragile thing has value, and feeling something in him resist that idea while another part leans closer to it.

he’d find your softness irritating in theory.

finding your softness irresistible in practice.

him beginning to let the cracks show in tiny ways, letting his smile become less rehearsed, letting silences sit naturally, letting his curiosity sound genuine instead of performative.

him making dry little remarks about the flowers, dark humor slipping through, watching to see if you flinch.

being caught off guard when you only smile and gently explain why flowers are worth caring for even if they don’t last.

staring at you for a second too long after that because your worldview feels so opposite to his, and yet he doesn’t hate hearing it.

never telling you much about himself, always redirecting conversations when they get personal, keeping every answer vague enough to reveal nothing real.

still wearing the mask, figuratively and literally because no matter how often he visits, vulnerability feels like a weakness he refuses to indulge.

telling himself he only enjoys the shop because it’s quiet.

knowing it’s because of you.

noticing how the flower shop starts to feel familiar in a way nowhere else does.

hating how much he begins to anticipate seeing you.

him bringing up the things you taught him in casual conversation, surprising even himself when he remembers the exact care instructions for certain flowers.

internally mocking himself for retaining information about plants as if it matters.

understanding, somewhere deep down, that it matters because it came from you.

sitting in the shop longer than necessary, pretending to watch you arrange flowers while actually memorizing every little habit, how you tuck hair behind your ear, how you smile to yourself when a bouquet turns out right, how your voice softens when you talk about things you love.

realizing you’ve become part of his routine before he ever meant for that to happen.

trying to convince himself it’s harmless.

knowing nothing about his attachment is harmless.

slowly dropping the exaggerated sweetness he uses with everyone else, becoming quieter around you, more honest in the little things, because keeping up the performance starts to feel exhausting.

still never showing the ugliest parts of himself, never letting the bitterness fully surface, never admitting how deeply warped his views really are.

letting you see only the edges of it, just enough to know there’s something sharp under the softness.

being fascinated that even when he lets that sharpness slip, you don’t pull away.

finding himself wanting to understand why you don’t pull away.

returning again and again, less because he wants flowers and more because your little shop has become the one place where the noise in his head goes quiet.

hating the thought that peace for him looks like standing beside buckets of roses while you smile at him from across the counter.

hating even more that he keeps coming back for it.

never admitting how important those visits have become.

simply pushing open the shop door every chance he gets, hearing the little bell ring overhead, and feeling that unfamiliar calm settle in his chest the moment he sees you.

telling himself that he’s only there for the flowers.

knowing damn well that he isn’t.

౨ৎ⋆˚｡⋆

© 2026 kkurooswifee || do NOT repost, plagiarize, copy any of my work as your own.

[sapphicshaiapouf]

MERUPOUF ANALYSIS

ok so I feel like a lot ppl don’t fully appreciate meruem and poufs dynamic because they don’t fully understand it, or they mischaracterize it which also makes them not fully appreciate it cause their dynamic is rlly interesting. because there’s no way they could love each other without betraying themselves. Shaiapouf loves his king, not meruem the individual. He was born to be devoted to his king completely. His purpose was perfect and he was only perfect if his king was perfect. And perfection means cruelty. In his mind the perfect king takes whatever he wants. He loves meruem when he is the king, and when he is anything less then “perfect,” pouf isn’t perfect because he isn’t fulfilling his purpose. He feels like a failure and he would rather die than be a failure. I also wanna mention that when his king is “fulfilling his role,” he’s incredibly abusive to pouf, and we know how much he already sees himself as worthless. So even when pouf is being treated and loved how he think he should be, he’s miserable. A lot of people treat them as completely one sided, and yeah Meruem doesn’t love Pouf like Pouf loves him, but I feel like meruems feelings towards pouf are more symbolic of his confusion between his past and future. While komugi represents his growing compassionate and love of humanity, pouf represents his past of cruelty, the life he left behind. He’s torn between these two sides throughout so much of the arc. Pouf is obviously the LEAST passive when it comes to meruem and komugis relationship, tearing them apart becomes his central goal. Pouf is desperately trying to pull him back into his past. Because pouf does not love meruem when he isn’t king. And meruem isn’t happy when he’s king. So this dooms them. When Meruem is happy, pouf is miserable, vice versa. But I think post rose really shows what makes them so DOOMED. Because they both do love each other. As much as pouf is controlling and proud, he’s doing what he thinks is best for meruem because he loves him. And Meruem, after rose, comes to love him and youpi because they saved his life, and are now psychically part of him. He doesn’t want them to keep secrets in the name of love because that isn’t love and he knows that. He wants their bond to be open. And by refusing to tell meruem about komugi, pouf cuts off the love they could have had because it wouldn’t feel right to him. This is also what made their ending so tragic to me. Pouf realizes how much komugi means to meruem because she helped him find himself, and meruem realizes why pouf completely betrayed him. They finally reach an understanding, but it’s too late. Maybe if pouf didn’t try to erase meruems growing humanity, he could have been kinder to him, and maybe he could have learned to accept that. And even then, they may never mend what could have been. Pouf failed in every sense of the word. He failed himself, his ideals of a perfect king were ripped away. And he betrayed meruem, the man he was supposed to love unconditionally. Also nobody talks abt this but bc they could feel each others emotions due to the whole one of mind thing, meruem could probably feel the absolute anguish pouf was in as he was left to die alone, and exactly when it stopped. I think it’s rlly sad esp compared to how Meruem really was able to find understanding with most of the people he had connections too(pitou, palm, netero ect) except Pouf. And how if pouf just learned to go against his nature like meruem, and his fellow guards did, they both could have been happy. Anyway I love merupouf there’s so many more little details and minor things abt their characters that just add to that constant contradiction of why they CANNOT work but want too SO BAD. They’re also so mischaracterized it makes me rlly sad cause their actual real dynamic is so much better than yandere pouf or whatever also sorry that this is the ramblings of a crazy person I’m not good at cohesively stringing together my thoughts but I hope my doomed evil ant yaoi propaganda reaches somebody :3!!

[beautifulstarsbeastars]

Rambling About Melon Again (follow-up to my previous posts!)

(I fixed the lighting in this image-too dark!)

Melon’s views in the anime are most likely antinatalistic (literally means to be against procreation and considering it selfish to do so!).

I also want to point out that in the anime Melon specifically kills and goes against herbivore/carnivore relationships. I don’t know if he ever heard of or considered the possibility of hybrids themselves procreating (until he met Legoshi and he told him about his mom that is!).

For all we know, Melon might have assumed other hybrids have the same viewpoints as him or (at the very least) purposefully choose to never marry or have children.

Which brings me to another thought: how common is it for hybrids to go on and reproduce? I wonder if some are born sterile due to their mixed genetics or if they’re more prone to reproductive related health problems (more likely to suffer birth or pregnancy complications, miscarriages, stillbirths, infertility, ovarian cysts, reproductive cancers, PMS, PCOS and so on) or if they’re more likely to be intersex than non-hybrid animals.

…Anyone have any thoughts or comments here? I’m not saying this would be the case for Melon (though it certainly can be explored or played around with!), I’m just adding an extra two cents here! 😅

[ravenpaws222]

My beautiful princess with many disorders ❤️

[psychicdreamfriendoperator]

Hi I don’t know if you take Melon requests, but if not feel free to ignore this. Would it be ok to request headcanons of Melon with an affectionate caring s/o please?

MELON WITH AN AFFECTIONATE, CARING S/O

I write for all of the characters featured in Beastars and its sister series, Beast Complex 👍🏾

I get the feeling that this is meant to be wholesome, so, I tried not to lean too heavily into angsty territory. At the same time though, since Melon’s ... instability and love of violence is such a large part of his character, it would feel strange removing references to that completely.

Anyway, hope you enjoy, anon!

— Psychic

General Headcanons

It's very tempting for prospective partners to take on a nurturing, maternal or even an almost therapist-like role in their relationship with Melon.

Those past partners became so embroiled in their fantasies that they failed to remember one important fact: that you cannot “fix” Melon.

More importantly: Melon does not want to be fixed. He doesn't regret his actions, either, and, given the opportunity, he would likely have things play out the same way.

But this is a reality Melon’s s/o is well aware of.

Borders in Communication

Communicating with Melon is like communicating to an alien; although Melon comes off as suave and charismatic, his social skills are very, terribly underdeveloped.

(It is no fault of his.)

Melon learnt to communicate by studying the way herbivores communicate with each other — Melon’s entire style of communication (at least when he is actively trying to be non-threatening) can be described as “see? I’m perfectly harmless”.

That may be fine for one-off talks with co-workers or people on the street, but it is uncanny.

Melon’s attempt at masking his poor social skills comes off as endearing at best, and disturbing at the absolute worst.

But over time, Melon stops masking around his s/o.

He convinces himself that he stops because he can't be bothered to keep up the façade, but really, it's because he doesn't want to make his s/o too uncomfortable.

Melon’s s/o is very big on hugs, and other, physical displays of affection. At first, they may not be able to understand why Melon doesn't appear to reciprocate their feelings.

If left unchecked, ot may even lead to resentment.

But, an honest conversation helps. (Honest conversations are a common thing in this relationship — they're almsot required when dealing with Melon)

Small Affections

Melon's s/o is wary of being 'too' affectionate; if they are, Melon tends to misconstrue it as mockery or something else negative.

It sounds paradoxical, but the smaller the displays of affection, the more likely it is that Melon will accept them.

So, Melon's s/o is forced to start small: first with light touches (not petting -- petting Melon makes him feel like an animal), and then working slowly up to holding hands in private.

Melon's s/o knows their attempts are successful when Melon begins doing it without prompting.

In what appears to be another paradoxical trait: Melon is very affectionate in public, but considerably more reserved in private. This links back to the 'masking' mentioned earlier -- herbivores are stereotyped as being more affectionate + family-oriented, so those are the traits Melon tries to embody when in public with his s/o.

As Melon becomes more comfortable with his leopard side, he gradually decreases the affection he shows publicly -- while increasing the affection he shows to his s/o privately.

Melon's s/o has to be patient with him -- a difficult task, but one they undertake sincerely.

Adventures in Cooking

Melon's s/o doesn't understand what Melon means when he says all food tastes like sand to him.

S/O takes that to mean that their cooking is tasteless, and spends an embarrassingly long time reading cooking books and crawling related forums for help.

I'm certain Melon must've noticed the misunderstanding, but says nothing because ... well, it's nice to be fussed over. Especially since his s/o is fully genuine in their efforts to help him.

[edgy-senju]

Happy belated birthday Pucci twins ⭐️:)

I like to think Enrico can use Whitesnake's ability to create dreams on himself, but not for too long - or they get quite unpleasant.

[duckolium]

IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS FOR ULTRAKILL LAYER 8: FRAUD, HIDE THIS POST BEFORE SCROLLING FARTHER.

I've been going insane and wanted to collect my thoughts both for myself and everyone else so here:

A (Hopefully) Comprehensive List of Everything We Know About ULTRAKILL LAYER 8: FRAUD

DEVELOPMENT

- On December 15, 2025, an announcement written by New Blood CEO Dave Oshry was posted confirming that Fraud will not release in 2025. This will be referred to as the Fraud Delay Announcement or FDA for the rest of this post.

- In the FDA, it was confirmed that development is being stunted at least partially due to the unforeseen complexity of the portal systems. This involves allowing enemies, sound, light, and reflections to accurately travel through portals.

- Continuing from the last point, it was confirmed that due to the difficulty of development and scale of the layer, three members of the New Blood programming team as well as a newly hired member have been moved to assist specifically with ULTRAKILL, just for this update. They will most likely move to other New Blood games after Fraud releases.

- Also as of the release of the FDA, it was confirmed that 8-4 is now being worked on, implying that at least the levels themselves are close to finished, though they may require further polishing and programming due to the portal systems.

- Dave Oshry stated that we can expect Fraud to release very early in 2026, though he also wrote in the FDA: "If I say January, it'll end up being February, if I say February it'll end up being March."

- After the previous quote, Dave Oshry wrote that in order to not make unnecessary deadlines, or in his words, "in order to not set a curse upon us," the next major announcements will just be when they're certain it's releasing and when it's released.

- Hakita has stated that there will likely be very few Screenshot Saturdays or other teaser content for a while after Fraud's release. This is most likely in order to keep Treachery and P-3 as secretive as possible to make them more surprising on launch.

Overall, it's safe to assume that Fraud will at the very least release in Q1 of 2026, though exact dates or even months are up for debate. I personally think it'll come out in the latter half of January, but don't hold your hopes up too high if you don't want the real GD fan experience.

That being said, it's important to stay patient in the coming weeks. New Blood clearly puts a monumental amount of love and care into their projects, and favor quality over quantity to the point where their slogan is "We hate money" at this point, so don't get angry if the layer takes days, weeks, or months longer than you expect for it to release. Every passing day is another surface polished, another z-fighting surface straightened out, and another line of code written to make ULTRAKILL fun as Hell.

If you haven't read the Fraud Delay Announcement, I highly recommend you do so here. Dave Oshry's words are frankly touching and to see a team in modern day care so much about bringing a work of art to a spot of perfection rather than chugging out garbage for sales is incredible.

IMPORTANT TEASERS

Linked in this section are the most important images and videos needed in order to speculate Fraud's content for yourself, and while you don't necessarily have to watch them yourself, I highly recommend doing so if you're reading through this whole post as they will be referenced frequently.

There are currently four teaser videos posted on Hakita's YouTube channel which showcase important pieces of visuals and gameplay, each listed below:

- ULTRAKILL 92 - Hurtbreak Wonderland (Layer 8 Extended First Look), which shows an extended first look at 8-1: Hurtbreak Wonderland. Something important to note is that the player featured in the video likely had cheats on for some portions of the recording, which is why the UI is hidden. At 1:11 and 1:17, the Railcannon recharge noise can be heard instantly after firing, indicating that the No Weapon Cooldown cheat was enabled. Therefore, some scenes in the video may not perfectly reflect actual gameplay.

- ULTRAKILL 93 - Don't Look Up, which shows a short first look at 8-2, which is currently unnamed. This video mainly showcases the new gravity flipping mechanic and how enemies interact with it, though a quick change in gravity can be spotted in video #92 at 1:14 after the blue hookpoint.

- ULTRAKILL 94 - Deathcatcher, which shows another look at 8-2, this time showcasing gameplay of an entire arena as well as the new, titular enemy, the Deathcatcher.

- ULTRAKILL 95 - Two Places, One Space, which shows a brief look at a currently unknown level (most likely 8-3), showing off a new mechanic in which spaces in a level can shift between different areas or 'dimensions', fluidly changing both the visual environment and the player's surroundings, most importantly including enemies.

These videos will each be referred to by their number (#92, #93, #94, and #95) for the rest of this post.

There are also two Steam announcements which showcase all of the current screenshots of Fraud, both listed below:

- The ULTRA SUMMER 2025 post, shortened to US2025 post for the rest of this analysis, which shows screenshots and concept art of the new lesser angel enemy Providence, as well as screenshots of both 8-1 and 8-2.

- The Fraud Delay Announcement, already talked about at length. It contains four new screenshots as well as screenshots which were only previously posted to the ULTRAKILL Twitter account, though the levels all of these screenshots come from are technically unknown.

CONFIRMED CONTENT

- Obvious but I should still state it, Fraud is the second to last layer in the game, featuring four levels, with the last being a boss fight. Being followed only by Treachery, Fraud will have the last normal levels in the game, and most likely the last new non-boss enemies as well, as the last layers of each act (Gluttony and Heresy) are comprised of a long, gauntlet-like level with no new enemies and then a confrontation with Gabriel.

- Hakita has stated that due to Fraud being the last normal layer, he wants it to act as a send-off to ULTRAKILL's level design. It's safe to assume that Fraud's levels will be longer than Violence's, and be held to the highest standard of quality seen thus far in the game.

8-1

- 8-1: Hurtbreak Wonderland, is a level primarily set inside of buildings with a fancy hotel aesthetic, at least as shown in #92 as well as all confirmed screenshots of it. In it, there are portions of the level which take place outside of the buildings, revealing a massive cylinder holding a sprawling urban area which surrounds the level.

- 8-1, at least in #92, wastes no time showing that it will use non-Euclidean geometry, shifting and changing room layouts, and portals. Environmental effects and mechanics seen for the first time in #92 are listed below:

V1 can travel through screens and into the areas they depict, only for the screen to disappear behind it. (#92: 0:25, 1:30)

Rooms can expand or shrink when the game calls for it. (#92: 0:30, 0:33)

Rooms can repeat endlessly, allowing for areas that appear infinitely long. (#92: 0:46)

Gravity can change to fit the area. (#92: 0:51, 1:14)

Some rooms have doors which lead to a separate door in the same room, acting as quick portals for complex positioning. (#92: 1:05, 1:16, 1:19)

- The main theme of 8-1 is titled "In Absentia ΛΟΓΟΣ" and can be listened to at the following links:

Heaven Pierce Her - In Absentia ΛΟΓΟΣ (ULTRAKILL 8-1 Theme) (Official, YouTube)

Heaven Pierce Her - In Absentia ΛΟΓΟΣ (ULTRAKILL 8-1 Theme) (Unofficial, Soundcloud)

The title, written in Latin, then Greek, translates roughly to "In the absence of reason," though it could also be read as "In the absence of God" or "In the absence of the divine." Spoken aloud, the title is read as "In Absentia Logos."

- 8-1 introduces a new enemy named Providence, as seen in #92. It appears as a floating, golden square with a single eye, with the square being surrounded by twelve translucent, white wings, alternating in size. All basic information about it is listed below:

Class: Lesser Angel

Health: Unknown (In #92 at 1:17, a Providence dies after being hit once with an Alternate Sharpshooter alt fire (1.25 dmg), then a direct shot from an electric railcannon (8 dmg). Assuming it took no damage beforehand and it has the same 150% electric damage modifier as Virtues, its health must be between 1.26 and 13.25 inclusive, most likely somewhere around 10 to 13.)

Weight: Unknown (Most likely Medium (Flying) or Heavy (Flying))

Rank: Unknown

To attack, Providence must charge up first, similarly to Virtues. While doing so, a magenta ring appears around the Providence's eye and its wings begin to spin around it rapidly. When finished charging, the Providence will fire a magenta projectile, which itself has four magenta lasers firing out at 90° angles around it. It's safe to assume the magenta projectile can be parried but not dashed through, but whether it affects the lasers is unknown. Interestingly, in the US2025 post, the screenshot of two Providences shows a cross of magenta lasers without a projectile. It's possible that parrying a projectile may not cancel the lasers or their movement, or it could just be a bug or other quirk.

Upon death, Providence releases a stationary pinkish-white hookpoint, as can be seen very briefly in #92 through the window on the left of the screen right before the Whiplash is thrown at the blue hookpoint at 1:13, and again when the Providence dies at 1:17. The effect when hooked with the Whiplash is currently unknown.

8-2

- 8-2, currently unnamed, is a level primarily set inside of buildings with an office or warehouse aesthetic, at least as shown in #93 and #94, as well as the confirmed screenshots of it.

- 8-2, similarly to 8-1, features its own flavor of nonsensical geometry and mechanics, though we have not seen much compared to 8-1. New mechanics that we've seen for the first time in 8-2 are listed below:

Additional gravity changing, as well as enemies interacting with the player through changes in gravity. (#93, #94: 0:02)

Pathways which loop into other places of the same room, similarly to the doors in 8-1. (#94: 0:35, 1:04)

Mirrors. It's currently unknown what mirrors will do or how other mechanics will interact with them, but it will at least be cool to finally see V1 with proper animations. (Note: It's not technically confirmed that 8-2 has mirrors, but all screenshots we've seen featuring mirrors have a similar aesthetic to what we know 8-2 to look like.)

- The main theme of 8-2 is titled "No Devil Lived On" and a WIP of it can be listened to at the following links:

No Devil Lived On (ULTRAKILL 8-2 WIP Music Preview) (Official, YouTube)

No Devil Lived On (ULTRAKILL 8-2 WIP Music Preview) (Unofficial, Soundcloud)

The title is a palindrome, spelled the same way when reversed. This is most likely a reference to the heavy gravity changing mechanics and (probably) mirrors in the level.

- 8-2 introduces a new enemy named Deathcatcher, as seen in #94. It appears as a grounded stone statue of a human torn in half down the middle, with a long spine stretching out from the split, hanging a beating heart on the end. All basic information about it is listed below:

Class: Unknown (Most likely Lesser Demon)

Health: Unknown (Most likely 999 and instakilled by melee damage, similarly to the Idol)

Weight: Unknown (Most likely Superheavy)

Rank: Unknown

Similarly to Idols, Deathcatchers seem to not have any direct attacks, instead acting as a layer of defense for enemies. When enemies in an arena are killed, active Deathcatchers will continuously revive the killed enemies as Puppeted versions of themselves.

When the Deathcatcher is killed, it will both cause the enemies to stop reviving as well as instantly kill all Puppeted enemies revived by the Deathcatcher.

In #94, the player actively punches the Deathcatcher once its protective case opens instead of using any kind of ranged attack. On death, the Deathcatcher plays the same death noise as the Idol as well as causing a knockback explosion and granting the player the +ICONOCLASM style bonus. This all heavily implies that some code from the Idol was reused for the Deathcatcher and that it can only be killed via melee damage (Punch, Knuckleblaster shockwave, ground slam, or Impact Hammer) in the same way as Idols.

Other

- #95 depicts a new mechanic in which a space can shift between multiple separate areas, each with their own environment and enemies. While the video shown most likely takes place in 8-3 due to the new song and yellow aesthetic, it's currently unknown and could theoretically be part of another level.

SPECULATIVE CONTENT

- While not confirmed, it's highly likely that Fraud will contain the elusive gold arm, though it's possible it will instead be earned in Treachery as a postgame reward.

- I find it hard to believe that any of Fraud's levels will have only one song in them, especially considering they will most likely be longer than Violence's. Even if 8-4 has only one song for the boss, it will likely be a very long and segmented song similar to War Without Reason. I think, at least for 8-1, 8-2, and 8-3, there will be some kind of introductory song similar to the starts of Violence's levels, though there could be even more.

- As seen in the US2025 screenshots, the lion statues holding human-faced Suns are very prevalent in 8-1. I think it's very reasonable that these statues are depictions of the Geryon, the embodiment of Fraud in Dante's Inferno. In Inferno, the Geryon is described as a beast with the face of an honest man and the paws of a lion, as well as the body of a serpent and the tail of a scorpion. While we clearly don't see the serpentine features in ULTRAKILL's lion statues, the point of the Geryon in Inferno is that it lures others in with its kind exterior before exposing its malicious nature. It's likely the lion appearance is simply a front for something more dangerous inside of the lion. I highly believe that the lion is a depiction of the Geryon and that it will act as some kind of miniboss or boss, most likely a Greater or Supreme Demon.

- In the comments of #94, someone suggested that the style bonus for killing a Deathcatcher should be changed from +ICONOCLASM to +HEARTBROKEN. Hakita replied "Not a bad idea," so it's very likely that this will be the style bonus that actually appears in the game, similarly to how the Gutterman shield break in its reveal video originally said +PARRY, but was changed to +GUARD BREAK in Violence's full release.

- With how the Deathcatcher is revealed (#94: 0:10) and with how it functions, it's possible that the Deathcatcher is a gift to V1 from Hell Itself for V1's knack for violence. The Deathcatcher has a literal curtain raised in a dramatic fashion to reveal it, and its main function is to revive dead enemies as weaker, bloodier versions of themselves, which V1 can easily feed off of.

- The screenshot released in the FDA showcasing a view down a pit with several rings of metallic plating around the sides and golden lights in-between them has some interesting properties, most notably the fact that the image looks alarmingly like a crying baby or screaming face when viewed from afar or shrunken. Looking closer, some of the lights are in seemingly nonsensical or asymmetrical spots, making me believe this is entirely intentional. What this means is very unclear, but it could potentially be related to the Geryon or the demons residing in Fraud in Inferno such as Malacoda and the Malebranche.

- The screenshot released in the FDA showcasing an outdoor view with a pink sky also has some bizarre qualities:

First and most notably, the door directly in front of the player has a pile of debris in front of it, but that debris is missing in the reflection in the water. This could indicate that we'll be able to travel into reflections in some way in these levels.

Secondly, the color of the sky and the outdoor lighting seems to match the light seen through the elevator at the end of #94. It's safe to assume that the outdoor FDA screenshot takes place in 8-2 instead of 8-1. This would also explain the flatter and more distant skybox.

UNLIKELY CONTENT

- Despite the imagery of mirrors and V1's reflection, I can't believe for a moment that at any point there will be a serious boss fight against a reflection of yourself. I could see reflections being incorporated into a boss or miniboss, but a fight against V1 itself would be pretty nonsensical for a game like ULTRAKILL and would also basically be a rehashed V2 fight, which Hakita has already stated he doesn't want to do.

DECONFIRMED CONTENT

- First and most obviously, V2 is dead and not coming back. Hakita has gone at length both in streams and through jokes hidden in ULTRAKILL to confirm again and again that V2 is dead and not coming back. If you seriously think V2 is actually coming back beyond just a fakeout mimic or something, please take your copium mask off.

- There will be no major encounter with Gabriel in Fraud. He can wait for his turn to get his ass beat in Treachery.

CLOSING REMARKS

Overall, while we do have a lot of information on Fraud, there's still a ton left to know that we haven't seen yet.

And no matter what, it'll be peak.

If I missed anything that you think I should add or you think is otherwise important, please let me know in the comments. I'll try to add anything that I think is serious enough to add and I'll be sure to credit the first people who comment their ideas.

[izozen]

Purrzler

[tronblogging]

so if Kevin Flynn fucked Clu and Clu fucked Tron (who Kevin also fucked) (Tron being based on Alan Bradley (who Kevin also fucked) and Clu also fucks Rinzler (who Kevin has not fucked) and then Rinzler fucks Sam Flynn (who is Kevin's son) is that far enough removed to not be weird 🤔

[stark1lling]

Posting wasp propaganda because my ass is seething yo!

Update! Edited background to be lighter for better legibility, usually use grey backgrounds for artwork and forgor that it probably wouldn’t be great to read!

[oh-he-grows]

More than anything else, gardening has taught me how sweet and beautiful and unique and important wasps are

they are unapologetically my favorite bugs and I will coexist with them as long as I live

[bsd-bibliophile]

"Some of us, in our daily depressions and rages, were apt to stray, to become corrupted, irreparably so, and then our lives would be forever in disorder. There were even some who would resolve to kill themselves. And when that happened, everyone would say, Oh, if only she had lived a little longer she would have known, if she were a little more grown up she would have figured it out. How saddened they would all be. But if those people were to think about it from our perspective, and see how we had tried to endure despite how terribly painful it all was, and how we had even tried to listen carefully, as hard as we could, to what the world might have to say, they would see that, in the end, the same bland lessons were always being repeated over and over, you know, well, merely to appease us. And they would see how we always experienced the same embarrassment of being ignored. It’s not as though we only care about the present. If you were to point to a faraway mountain and say, If you can make it there, it’s a pretty good view, I’d see that there’s not an ounce of untruth to what you tell us. But when you say, Well, bear with it just a little longer, if you can make it to the top of that mountain, you’ll have done it, you are ignoring the fact that we are suffering from a terrible stomachache - right now. Surely one of you is mistaken to let us go on this way. You’re the one who is to blame."

- Dazai Osamu, Schoolgirl