This scene in high resolution! The intensity in this scene is insane, the way he is doing it so hungrily,
I can’t stop watching it on repeat 🫦❤️🔥
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This scene in high resolution! The intensity in this scene is insane, the way he is doing it so hungrily,
I can’t stop watching it on repeat 🫦❤️🔥
spoilers for Darkbound Souls // the ideal formula of SylusMC
so... is everyone still breathing after this one?
once again i think Sylus' greatest narrative strength is that his very character and motivations are deeply rooted in desire – consuming it, fighting it, this whole pursuit of fulfilment itself. it's such a universal theme, but the writers make it feel very distinctive when explored through him and his story. and we see more and more of that in his latest cards.
tbh, Darkbound Souls and Rainlit Night feel like a new chapter in SylusMC's dynamic. both are major turning points in their relationship, but each focuses on very diff aspects in retrospect. these cards deliberately bring us to earlier stories, in a very intentional order and for a clear reason.
but moving to Darkbound Souls (my yapping abt his bday card is still in drafts... ✨soon✨).
steps to the most crucial desire
oh, they cooked so well with this reversed Shared Bliss plot. i was hoping for this kind of story once they dropped the card's description.
i think it's safe to say this is MC's Aether Core acting up. she's restless, moody, and unable to feel fully satisfied from the very beginning. that frustration spills into everything – sleep, food, revenge, competitiveness, the inability to properly rest because of all that.
at the same time, it feels like a gradual path leading her toward the most important desire of all. the one Sylus describes as "relentless, intense, and nearly impossible to restrain."
i loved that small moment when MC sees the hot spring and is ready to jump straight in, only for Sylus to stop her.
it speaks to that instinct of wanting to rush straight to the point, convinced all she needs is rest. but there's more to it than that. more steps she has to go through before she can finally pursue that deepest desire and feel truly satisfied. and Sylus knows it and recognizes it because he's gone through it himself.
i also think the subtle metaphor of "plunging into the abyss" = surrendering to the deepest desires hidden there feels very intentional in their stories. so the hot spring works nicely as another kind of that abyss.
the steps Sylus helps MC through in this desire checklist mirror the path he went through in Shared Bliss.
what feels esp important here is how MC's right to choose is constantly brought up in all instances. choice is not only an obvious part of one's autonomy, it's the only real way to understand what you actually want. what is your desire, and is it truly yours? what are you fulfilling it for? yourself or some external goal that has nothing to do with your own needs?
the scene with Greymist (the name tho... a callback to Crimson Spirit?) ties directly into "being enslaved by desire alone." that's smth Sylus avoids in Shared Bliss (probably in NoS too). for MC, it's still too early to fully tell the difference between willingly indulging a craving and being dragged along by her Aether Core with no way out.
i love that they brought this up openly and let them talk abt it.
no rules and limitations
Sylus plays so subtly with MC's own words here – that to fall into this abyss and selfishly surrender to desire completely, you have to cast aside rules, systems, morality, everyone around you.
there's also a strong moment here connected to the earlier point – "one must acknowledge their desire to satisfy it." before you leap into the abyss of wanting, first recognize what it is.
so Sylus is more of a devil's advocate than a devil on her shoulder. he pushes MC, encourages her, and challenges her reasoning to the point she uncovers her genuine, unfiltered desires. and then he immediately says that once she's free of limits, doubts, and rules, he'll gladly satisfy her wants. because only then are those desires truly acknowledged by her.
"you use heartbeats, and i use eye contact"
truly one of my fav lines of his. and there's a reason it came back to my mind.
such an interesting little detail i noticed – how often Sylus talks abt the heart here, almost as if he's deliberately pointing to her Aether Core. it's the source of her desires, after all.
and i love that we actually see his own glowing in his right eye. and that MC herself notices it too.
all in all, i still have so many thoughts clogging my brain abt this card, both the writing and kindled. but i really need to sort them all out, take a breath, and come back with less chaotic feedback.
but wow, that was a great read, no doubt 🐦⬛️
I love it when my MC’s idling at home because I’m distracted doing xyz, and when I get back to the game she’s just chilling there… And then there’s an absolute giant, formidable crime lord of a man next to her ”here for cuddles”. Just standing there menacingly, but actually patiently waiting for hugs. (๑˘︶˘๑)
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THE FACES HE MADE WHEN HE PUT IT IN.
Sylus nation, let’s cheer. We got to see how he looked when he put it in, So hot, we’ve been fed so well with this card.😩
jackpot [aprilus day twenty nine, sylus x reader]
based off of no defense zone | crossposted to ao3 | aprilus masterlist
Point of your shoe against his abdomen, you feel his desire teeter in his chest—lip caught in his teeth in the name of restraint, and a poor show of control.
ok first we had text porn. now its stick figures. bro. BRO WHAT IS IN THAT BANNER I CAN'T DO THIS. in honour of showcasing how far we've come with sylusmc's freakiness, here is a call-back to his very first solo. i love defense zone. rerun when
“How do you expect me to respond to your aimless flirtation?”
That is to say, I’m in your hands. Do with me as you please. Sylus’ eyes narrow as the feathers slide and tickle against his neck, trailing up his jaw—coming to tilt his chin up sharply. You say nothing, scowl still pulled, but the tells of a tiny smirk curl at the edges.
“I like the look on your face right now.” he goads.
You’re a tease. But he really couldn’t ask for anything else.
His eye twitches as you swat the plumage against his cheek, a playful bait you’re playing—cat-like in all your advances on him. You toy with him like he's prey, roll him around at your behest.
What evades you is that he’d gladly resign himself to your every whim. But sometimes you need a little extra encouragement.
“Provoking me is not a wise choice.”
That sparks something beautifully bold in your downward stare, frown twisting into something more smug. The tip of your shoe digs a little into his thigh as you push to shuck his legs apart—relishing in the bitten back hiss it pulls out of him. It dithers with his next words, breath pulled in anticipation.
“As a tamer, don’t be so stingy.” A plea, basically.
Point of your shoe against his abdomen, you feel his desire teeter in his chest—lip caught in his teeth in the name of restraint, and a poor show of control.
No warning in sight, not a single tell to discern, the weight of your heel comes down on to his crotch and he gasps loudly. It falls apart, unravels perfectly, all that staggered inhibition comes down with one punch out of his lungs.
Your stare comes alive with something even more impish. Jackpot.
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"Are you planning to play with your prey, kitten?"
You caress his cheek and push the pad of your thumb to his lip. "That pretty mouth of your needs to do some less talking and some more whimpering instead."
He gives you an incredulous look, like he thinks you might finally have gone mad, but the blush creeping across his ears and cheeks betrays him as he retorts; by clearing his throat.
Your heavy-lidded eyes hold his, while you lean closer, in anticipation of a kiss "Just. Like. That...". He goes from practiacally holding his breath to panting as your lips graze his. You hover for an excrutiating second, but instead of sealing the kiss, you teasingly drag your lips along his, slowly circling them. Once he moves and tries to chase your elusive mouth with his, you change course, across his jawbone, down the column of his throat. Bereft, he scoffs in frustration, writhing with a low growl.
Your trail your way to his ear and gently tug the lobe, before whispering: "I wonder how softly I could ruin you."
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Well, since such a song went, I'll make you something delicious too!))) How hot he is *0*