Stretches out hands...may I listen to your thoughts on opera...anything would be appreciated...even your headcanons or theories please...thank you...
YESSSS ANON I LOVE YOU ANON THANK YOUUUUU. I SHALL GO HAM.
ahem here's my stream of conciousness rambling on opera starting now:
Thoughts on Upcoming Chapter
I am so excited for them to lose their shit this coming chapter. We've seen them in some big fights before, but I wanna see them completely go ham. Just lose their mind. Personally really gunning for something Mafia like, yanno? Like, i want them to fight recklessly and with a passion that suggests they do not care if they survive.
Generally speaking mairuma is pretty low on blood so I'm not expecting it, but like. Nishi if you wanna have Opera get gorey with this one. I would be forever in your debt. I want them covered in blood and refusing to backdown.
Ultimately I think narratively they HAVE to lose this round, so I'm curious to see how that gets justified narratively. Maybe Iruma begs them not to go too far.
I have the beautiful beautiful vision in my mind of Opera absolutely wrecked from the fight desperately giving Iruma a hug goodbye bcs they can't stop this and it's destroying them.
I think there's a great layer of tragedy we as readers can enjoy right now bcs WE know this time it's serious, and that this won't save him, but the characters are still doing everything they can.
bcs u asked Me you should know what you're getting into therefore here are some iruma and opera thoughts:
i think it's a great source of tension for the family wherein Opera is much more than a servant, but they're not the same as like. just a family member. they've got to be both. I think iruma might've expressed distress about this before, but ultimately as much as Opera wants to please him, and cares so deeply for him, they can't allow themselves to Not be a security devil. (probably a source of tension w/ sullivan too)
terminology is fun, and I love the idea of nicknames between the two of em. I think if Opera has any nicknames for Iruma they're strictly within their head or SUUUUPER rare and private nicknames. It's sort of a needle threading thing but under the right circumstances variations on kitten can be really cute. like thats their boy....
on that same note Iruma's nicknames for Opera are fun to consider. Like, i think both of them are in a place of wanting to be respectful first and foremost so it limits their closeness, but if one of them wanted a nickname or to call the other by a nickname, they could get it sorted out on 'well if i'm going to call YOU a nickname you should call me one too!'
Opera's tricky on merits of. They're such a parental figure in mainline, but Parent is not a great term of address. Personally I've been going with "my opera' or 'my opera-san', born from an idea of Iruma once getting in a situation where he's like 'MY-- wait. not dad. not mom. uhhhh MY OPERA??'
Demons are possessive creatures but I think they like being possessed too. Belonging to a clan or surrounding yourself w/ other strong demons. Opera in paticular has a lot of pride in being a demon of the sullivan family, and i think Iruma does too. Honestly, just "my iruma" and "my opera" would be very sweet on merits of. a family belongs together. for iruma in paticular i think belonging to a place and belonging to a people (in a community way not a . sold my son way, you get it) is really impactful so it's interesting to me.
Species dysphoria !!!!! Also gender !!!!!
Firstly I loveeeelovelovelove Iruma mourning not being a demon. Wishing for bloodline magic and wings and horns and fangs. And I think if he was going to confide those feeligns in anyone, Opera, who does not use bloodline magic or wings, would be a fascinating choice. I think they'd be in a really interesting position when it comes to reassuring him, because they can't understand his exact position, but they're probably one of the demons who is closest to.
Re gender: i LVOEEEE seeing opera dressing up iruma to go hang out. Nonbinary Opera and their genderfluid kid is everything to me. Opera kind of... openign that door to Iruma is <333
Conspiracy Experiment Theory
Ive spoken about it before but hear out my Opera from Sanzu conspiracy theory:
i think derkila was interested in the 'unification' of humans and demons, interested in humans as a whole. and the way that border control et al decided to bring that to fruition was by creating a 'non demon like demon' via opera. details of that being trying to turn a demon into a human, or test tube baby or whatever. experiment of some kind.
This could explain their lack of bloodline magic, wings, familiar, etc.
as such, when whatever happened that made Banhachi think Sanzu wwas shut down, Opera was taken away from there.
If what happened was in pursuit of catching Delkira's eye also, or even something he'd wanted done explicitly before he vanished, then this would also marry well with why Opera ended up in Sullivan's care specifically.
I think thats all i got for now but feel free to ask anything anytime i love talking about opera <333 and iruma also <3
