hridaya ♥︎

will you halt this eclipse in me?

[sundayahope]

Guys, seriously please drop the biggest Diabolik Lovers plot holes, lore inconsistencies, timeline contradictions from all the media franchise that you noticed (from the games to the manga for those who are deep enought) im trying to see something

[karlheinz-sama]

Yui Vampire king AU - PT 1

MASSIVE ‼️TW‼️ITS DL THINK EVERYTHING TRIGGERING AND SLAP IT ON.

Since I try to make it as realistic as possible, it'll be pretty dark. There will be soft parts but don't expect much. It'll be in six parts like it's a game route for each of the s boys, because I haven't thought of the other families yet.

Okay so these will be the basics of all of the routes

The most important part the person who kills Karlheinz will be Yui, not any of the boys but Yui this is key. This is also during the period after Cordelia is killed a second time causing Yui's transformation.

After yui's father screams at her she is now a monster and abandoned her, he is killed. Karl tells her it was part of his plan and she kills him.

Reminder canon-ly she is very capable of murder, for someone she loves.

This is the beginning of her downfall, the sakamaki's are terrible at emotional help so after her father dying chances are she's pushed even further by the boys about how she will never be able to go to heaven and all that

This is important Yui is a mentally strong character because of her faith, her father who she believes will save her abandoned her.

The boys are most likely to gaslight and abuse her over the fact she was abandoned.

Once she kills Karl chances are the boys will start comparing her to themselves, because she starts showing vampire qualities such as drinking blood and before Karl dies he forces her to drink his blood.

Since Karl is gone, one of the boys will become king because tradition she has to choose one of them.

Boys drink from her thinking they can absorb Karl's power but it's already been absorbed in her body. So the opposite thing happens instead of one of the boys killing Karl and absorbing his power Yui does. They don't know this yet.

The abuse does not get better, she's a vampire yes, but the boys still do not respect her. Actually they've probably become more hostile considering she killed Karl, however happy they are Karl is dead.

The fact that Yui the innocent church girl killed him, rubs them the wrong way, so they go out of their way to make her submit to them.

Yui goes through this transformation of scared and in denial, to numb and hopeless to this duty first type of person.

She'd become sort of like Beatrix but with alot less pride, her self-esteem is on the floor.

Since she’d become Queen the boys would say shit like she shouldn’t do anything cuz she’s useless, or they’ll take care of it. But reminder she’s extremely smart she’s beat reiji in grades once. So she gets lessons on how to be the perfect queen.

It’s a complete battle field in the palace their are pureblood vampires wanting to be queen, old men criticising her, not to mention she wouldn’t have the boys support most of the time considering they probably don’t care as long as it doesn’t affect the family name.

Aside from reiji many of the boys wouldn’t take much care towards their responsibilities, they’d be fooling around with their new found power. This is where Yui rises in power, she’s always in the shadows because the boys don’t exactly show her off so whilst they’re fooling around with other women, she’d be taking these lessons, making war tactics for the battle against the firstbloods, getting allies amongst nobility who would then convince military. She's strict but also has compassion, classical Yui others before herself and for the greater good. Yui is amazing with people most vampire common folk who’ve seen discrimination just want any ruler but Karl, so when they meet Yui it takes work but she does eventually get them on her side.

She’s also getting stronger in her power, reiji probably took it upon himself to show her all types of poison whilst he used her as a tester. She’s been through all types of torture, emotional and mental abuse this girl understands manipulating better than anyone.

She's great at the sweet face and words with underlying meanings, she's been fooled a couple of times but adapts quickly.

With Karl’s blood inside and whilst she feeds off the brothers blood it’s creating this subconscious alter ego to protect herself. She's surprised at how much info she can understand as a ruler, power play dynamics, when she trains physically if she doesn't control herself she sees how much more strength she has in her punches compared to someone like Subaru, how sometimes when the boys act vulnerable in front of her her thoughts get twisted.

For example usually she would comfort the boys but now she thinks they're hypocrites and pathetic.

The common folk are with her and so are most of the sensible nobles who understand the clear comparison between her and the boys but no one is willing to do anything until she does something herself.

She probably starts changing when she first comes back from war, she went with the army to rally the troops because they voted she would be better because whenever the boys went it got way too bloody.

She comes back to nothing but the usual the boys avoiding responsibilities, and fooling around and when they approach her of their usual insults and to take some of her blood, she’s tired and she just came back from a bloody battle field so she pushes them away for the first time in a long while. But it goes wrong and she accidentally channels her power and the boys end up flying across the room. This pisses them off, abuser, victim, strong over the weak, this is Yui the one person who they’ve ever let this close to them, trauma bonded with she is never allowed to push them away, no matter what happens she’s never going to get away from their side.

TW RAPE

Naturally they humiliate her and ya know, she gets pregnant again but as usual it’s expected the baby won’t survive, someone will pull the underhand scheme and cause her miscarriage or the stress she takes will.

Suprisingly the baby survives, chances are, Yui is panicking and stressed she did not expect this, she did not expect a child to survive and the day the baby is born she just sobs, absolutely wails ,the pain ,the hopelessness she just let’s it out. Chances are she neglects the child for the first week or month. That baby is proof of her permanently being tied down to the boys. The boys stuck around for some time but they give the child the same amount of attention a curious child would give to a ant.

Anyways Yui has learnt her lesson she knows the child has no fault and eventually they bond

The country rejoice the queen just gave birth and they they win a war, it's great.

As usual in a toxic relationship they boys become soft for this period. Think happy family time or as happy as you can get. In the Sakamaki.

It's sad but things revert the boys get pissed at how different Yui treats the kids compared to how she treats them. She doesn't notice the difference, but it's very obvious the old Yui comes out around only her child.

The boys have zero conscious and depending on the boy is ( again I will expand in each of their different routes) , probably use the child as blackmail.

Until it happens one of the many royal consorts also become pregnant, but she's vampire nobility so after her son is born, she treats him like Previous Queens ( Cordelia ect); it's small enough that no one noticed the consort openly pressuring the child. Yui notices this and shows simple acts of kindness because she does not wish to harm a child.

This might be what saves her.

As much as the boys boast, they don't have much care in anything but themselves so when Yui brings up the topic of abuse they think she's lying because they would've noticed.

But Yui isn't one to lie so they check and can't find any proof, but to placate the consort they put her in house arrest, in Christa's tower

This is PT 1 ,I'm tired so I'm splitting it into parts

As much as I love her, enjoy the angst bro

[callmeklair]

I was re-reading Carla's DF route and realised how well it is written especially Yui's character

like just look at this

I love her resolve and her way of showing her own strength

nobody can deny she is one of the best FL out there

she is so realistic and brave

this whole route showed her best side

i love her so much

(if tumblr ruins the picture quality please click on it and read it 😭)

[harujimai]

TW: Blood

Forgive me father, for I have sinned

[diabolik-boys]

I have a scenario in mind, let's say when Shu, Reiji, Ayato, Kanato, and Laito are still young children, Beatrix and Cordelia both died untimely deaths which leave the first 5 S bros motherless and no mother figure except for Christa, who doesn't go insane and while caring for Subaru, she suddenly has 5 other boys to take care of so she takes over. Counting her canon personality and the fact that she didn't go insane, I'd like some headcanons of the S bros raised by a sane! Christa Sakamaki.

===== CHRISTA RAISING THE SAKAMAKIS SCENARIO =====

===== CHRISTA RAISING THE SAKAMAKIS SCENARIO: SAKAMAKI =====

"As stressful as it has been, I am grateful I have been able to raise you all. I have learned a lot about each and every one of you. And I see you all as my own. Please never forget that. I have grown to love you all as my own sons."

=============== Shu Sakamaki ===============

"I won't ever forget you stepping up to the plate and being willing to raise all of us as your sons. Neither will I take advantage of it. I know the triplets in particular have always been hard to deal with. But I do genuinely appreciate you, mother."

Shu will probably be one of the first to start growing respect and a good relationship with Christa. While Beatrix favored Shu over Reiji, Shu didn't have a lot of respect for Beatrix unlike Reiji did. Mainly since he was a spoiled child who didn't really respect his authorities around him.

However, since Beatrix will have an untimely death, that will leave Shu probably in a realization that he should have treated his birth mother better, and feels like he might be getting a second chance by having Christa take him in as her own son. He would also have more respect for her taking in all of the older children rather than just solely raising Subaru.

Overall, his relationship with Christa genuinely might be closer than what he had with Beatrix. As a child, he might still retain some of his spoiled behaviors, but so long as Christa continues to help raise him in a more healthy light, Shu could very much become a more balanced and overall have a more healthy-mindset than what he would have with Beatrix.

=============== Reiji Sakamaki ===============

"Since Beatrix is my birth mother, I still feel some sort of loyalties to her. But I will acknowledge your kindness and acceptance of all of us as older siblings to Subaru, and raising us as your own. I respect you, and I wish to thank you. I never really did so within my youth."

Reiji, despite his hatred for his birth mother, also wants to stop at nothing to try and get her approval and attention. After an untimely death, Reiji might be shot mentally for a while. Mainly because now he doesn't know what his purpose could be, and also because he wouldn't respect Christa for taking him in as a child as much as Shu might.

Overtime, he will grow to appreciate Christa more for not giving up on him, and might genuinely not know how to feel with Christa showing him compassion, attention, and overall love that he never felt from Beatrix. His loyalties to trying to impress Beatrix probably would not go away for some time.

However, now that he is older and able to look at things much more logically, Reiji will have a lot of respect for Christa that he would wish to express moreso now than ever before. Especially since Christa raised him with much more attention he desperately craved from Beatrix, Reiji will have a lot of respect and wish to protect his Christa even more, and will eventually see her as his real mother now than he did as a child.

=============== Ayato Sakamaki ===============

"I know I'm a lot t' deal with sometimes... So I appreciate you not givin' up on me. You've never really made me do shit I didn't like doin' like that woman would. I don't really see her as being my mom. I think you are instead."

Ayato wouldn't know how to really process his mother dying untimely. There is a lot of hatred for Cordelia for never letting him have a normal childhood and all of the mistreatment he had to endure from her. However, having Christa suddenly scoop up all of the older Sakamaki boys as her own children will also kind of send Ayato for a loop.

Most likely, he'll be a nightmare to handle. Although Cordelia was also a nightmare within herself, he still would have some sort of desire to impress her and become the best just as she always told him. Although those perceptions and desires might lessen overtime as Christa continues to raise him, the damage from Cordelia was already done even as a young child.

While older, Ayato will have more respect and consideration for Christa. He might have genuinely tried to hurt her mentally and emotionally by lashing out and never claiming her to be his mother. But as he ages, so does his perceptions of her change overtime. He will see Christa more as a motherly figure, more healthy, probably than Cordelia ever would have been.

=============== Kanato Sakamaki ===============

"I don't really know why you decided to take us all in as your own children. At times I wondered if it was just to make Karlheinz happy or to fuel your ego. But I do realize that you have genuine care for all of us in your heart. So I suppose you're not completely worthless like my mother was."

Kanato as a younger child was in place just like his other two brothers just to please his mother. While her untimely death probably did not affect him as much as Ayato or Laito, he still probably not have the best reaction to Christa suddenly stepping up and saying she was now his mother.

He will overall be a very troublesome child, just like Ayato would be, and lash out a lot. Even from a young age, Kanato genuinely will probably try to beat and break down Christa mentally just because he doesn't want her to suddenly have claim over his life just like Cordelia had. Also in fear that he will simply just be used by her.

As he grows older, his tantrums probably will not disappear as they stemmed from the trauma of dealing with Cordelia as a young child. However, he will start to realize that Christa never gave up on him, even though she probably had every right to due to his temper and treatment of her. And he will most likely grow to care for her more overtime.

=============== Laito Sakamaki ===============

"I... don't really know what to say. I see you more as a mother to me than my own mother was. You've never made me do... unspeakable things like that woman did. You took us all in whenever you didn't have to, and I very much admire you for that. You've been patient with me, and understanding. I wasn't used to that."

Laito, despite the horrible relationship with his mother, probably will feel some sort of loss at her suddenly dying. As complicated as that may seem, trauma he endured makes him care about his mother. Even if it is only to serve and fuel Cordelia's ego, which is what she wants out of a relationship like that with Laito. However, although he is affected by her death, it is not to say he is devastated or going to lash out at Christa for taking him in.

He will feel weird and strange not having to have a relationship with Christa as he did with Cordelia. It might even come as a shock to him that once Christa finds out what went on, she would get upset, angry, and disgusted at that woman. Laito would need a lot of healing, and now that Cordelia is gone, he finally can. Especially since Christa takes him in with open arms.

Laito probably will grow one of the best relationships with Christa due to her care and worry over him and what Laito experienced with Cordelia. He might grow protective, and argue a lot with his triplet siblings for lashing out at Christa, whenever they do. And he might be one of the first to see Christa as his real mother.

=============== Subaru Sakamaki ===============

"You've always been so hard on yerself, mom. But don't ya' see you've raised six sons completely on yer own? Ya' didn't have t' take in my brothers, but ya' did. And I really appreciate ya' doin' that. They would've turned out even worse than what they were if they were left motherless."

Subaru would hold a lot of respect for Christa being willing to take in five more sons on top of himself to raise so suddenly. And although he might feel some sort of jealousy rise from time to time, he knows in his heart that it is a good thing she has taken in his siblings as her own sons as well.

He will probably be much less angry, now that Christa is in his life, not neglecting him, and helping raise five more sons on top of himself. They could have genuine days that feel like a big family, and Subaru would have desperately craved that should he not have been able to have it.

However, with this, Subaru is the most protective over Christa. Anytime his brothers like Reiji, Ayato, and Kanato might lash out at Christa or not respect her as their mother, Subaru will fight back twice as hard and make them regret it.

[donotperk]

Facts About Cordelia

In the fanbook for the first game, she was called the "Beautiful Haughty Empress" =｢美しく驕慢な女帝｣.

Cordelia is described as a freedom-loving, rebellious, willful, and arrogant woman(game fan books).

Cordelia is called in society as a person who is “unbridled,” “willful,” and “lacking modesty.”

Her beauty and freedom-loving nature gave rise to bad rumors and earned her a reputation as a "slut" (MB fanbook , magazines) her beauty and arrogance were awe-inspiring.

She dealt with annoying suitors without hesitation. Kanato used their corpses to create dolls (DL Kanato Ecstasy Prologue, 07) . Laito also killed such men (DL Laito Maniac Epilogue).

In More Blood, we were shown exactly how Cordelia was toyed with by men. In front of little Ayato (MB Ayato Dark Prologue) , she let slip that if her suitor—"an insatiable man/a man who never gets tired"—was so eager to have her, he should become such that she would want to submit. And when unwrapping gifts from admirers, she wondered if they—"men who never learn their lesson"—thought this would make her "turn" in their direction (MB Kanato Dark Epilogue).

One of the gifts she was given was a piece of jewelry with a rare crimson pearl (MB Kanato Dark Epilogue).

One of her suitors was a gardener with a handsome face - however, after three months she got tired of him and Kanato made a doll out of him (DL Kanato Ecstasy 07).

She loves tea,in Yui's body, she enjoyed the taste of green tea, which she hadn't experienced for a long time (DL Reiji Ecstasy 01, 07) , and in DF, she asked Yui to make her some delicious black tea for the last time (DF Ayato Ecstasy 06).

She gave Yui advice: to attract the right partner for you, you should be more active and dress in more seductive outfits (DF Ayato Ecstasy 06).Cordelia views her body primarily as a weapon. When she woke up in Yui's body, she said that this body didn't satisfy her, but she wouldn't whine about such luxury (DL Laito Ending 03) . She also asked Reiji to tighten Yui's waist tighter so she would have some semblance of a waist: only in this form could she feel at ease (DL Reiji Ecstasy 10).

She was the daughter of the Demon King and desired to have all men at her feet (DF Ayato Maniac Prologue).

According to Cordelia, she did not allow just anyone to drink her blood—it was the "greatest pleasure" only for the men she chose (DL Reiji Ecstasy 06).

In the past,Cordelia taught Reiji to dance in their castle ( SS to Character Song vol.6 ).

When little Subaru called her an "old hag," she calmly told him that it was impolite to talk to elders like that (MB Subaru Maniac Prologue).

Cordelia believes that seduction is a woman's main weapon, and only feels comfortable in the right attire (DL Reiji Ecstasy 02, 10).

Despite loving her husband with all her heart, she enjoyed the company of other men (VC fanbook).

She mentioned her qualities, such as impulsiveness, selfishness, and greed...with a touch of self-irony.

When Kanato burned his mother's corpse, he said that she finally belonged to him completely (DL Kanato Ecstasy Epilogue).

According to Kanato, his mother told him that he shouldn't go to places where he doesn't know what will happen (CD-drama 弟たちの座談会～最恐の弟決めちゃいます~) .

Reiji told Yui that the reason for Laito's behavior was his relationship with his mother: "She, just like Laito, used to have fun with everyone" (MB Laito Maniac Epilogue) .

In the anime fanbook, in the description of little Laito it is written that "he also had perverted feelings for his mother" ( Anime Official Fan Book , p. 20, paragraph 7).

Laito didn't even call her mother when he was a child: she was always [ano hito] - "that person" for her, and only in DF Laito Vampire End , when saying goodbye to her, he will call her [kaa-san] ("mother") for the first time.

Laito remembered that she often said: "There is no more skillful liar than a woman" / "There is no more deceitful creature than a woman" (LE Laito Ecstasy Prologue).

Laito assured the heroine that his brothers would not disappear, because "they have their mother's blood" (SS to Dark Fate) .

During the previous lunar eclipse in the Demon World (and the war with the Ancestors), Cordelia remained locked in the castle with her children. According to Laito, she screamed constantly, as she supposedly hated being deprived of her freedom/restricted more than anything else. At the same time, she acted as usual, although the behavior of vampires sensitive to the lunar phases should be different (Drama CD Dark Fate vol. 2 (track 02 )).

The magazine described her method of raising Ayato as "Spartan": "As a hope for the future, Ayato was raised with strictness."

As a child, Ayato Cordelia forced him to learn the violin so he could compete with Shu. Ayato only studied for a month and was very poor at it, so Cordelia broke the violin. For Ayato, this was a relief and an end to his torment (CD-drama コンクールはお金の香り!?〜 ヴァンパイアたちの欲望〜 ) .

Ayato was the only one in the second game who noticed the change in the taste of Yui's blood after Karlheinz expelled Cordelia's soul from her heart (MB Ayato Dark Prologue).

According to the first game and More, Blood, Cordelia was considered the daughter of the Demon King and a vampire (DL Laito Ecstasy 08 , MB Laito Maniac Epilogue),and she was called a "half-vampire".

She was of noble birth, giving her blood incredible power and such an alluring attraction to vampires that it literally drove them mad (DL fanbook , DL Reiji Ending 02, Shu Heaven 02).

Game itself states that her mother is Mene, the aunt of Carla and Shin Tsukinami, who fled the Progenitor's castle to Karlheinz and, in an unknown time,gave birth to a daughter from the Demon King. Richter mentioned that his lover rarely told him about her mother ( DF Carla Maniac 08 ).Cordelia herself was clearly unaware of her true lineage (DF Ayato Maniac 08-10) , while even Christa had long known that her rival was the Progenitor ( DF Subaru Dark 08 , Ecstasy 08 ).Cordelia's father's race is also revealed in DF.He was a Vibora , a clan of snakes. In Lost Eden, Carla referred to Cordelia as the Princess of the Vibora (LE Carla Maniac 06).

Cordelia was awe-inspiring (fanbook for the first game) .When Yui first saw her, she thought she was a very beautiful woman (DF Ayato Dark 07) ,and she remarked on her beauty even when she was crying (DF Ayato Maniac Epilogue).

She wears a long, dark purple dress (s01e08) with lace straps and three white roses of varying sizes on the right side of her chest. The dress has a slit from the hip down the right side, revealing lush white ruffles. Around her hips is a thin gold chain with two blue roses.

Hundreds of years later, she confessed to Richter, who had suddenly returned to the Demon World, that Karlheinz had desired not her herself from the very beginning, but only the "Demon King's daughter" (from whom he ultimately received both his power and title). As the first wife who gave her husband the title of Demon King (DL Laito Ending 01, 03).

Through her relationship with Richter, she wanted to "punish" her husband "for ignoring her, losing his head over another woman" (DL Ayato Maniac Prologue).Eventually, centuries later, she decides that she "can't bear it anymore," as she was supposed to be the only one from the start, and so she asks the now-adult Laito to help kill Karlheinz: "Death is the best proof of love for a vampire" (DL Laito Ecstasy Prologue). Later, Richter, having transplanted her heart into the dead body of a random abandoned baby, is forced to hand the child over to the vampire hunter's care, fearing that her brother might take Cordelia, whose soul was valuable to him as the "daughter of the Demon King" (DL Reiji Ecstasy Prologue).

She desired to be recognized as the mother of an heir—so that the throne would go to her son (DL Ayato Dark Epilogue).

Richter called her "a woman of perfection" (MB Ayato Maniac Prologue), comparing Ayato's worried face with Cordelia's sad look (DF Ayato Maniac 08).

Reiji assumed that by killing her she simply wanted to force her love on a man who didn't love her (DL Reiji Ecstasy 05) , while by the end of his route, Cordelia, supposedly interested in her stepson, offered to kill Karlheinz himself, become king, and take her as his wife so that he could continue to rule these lands and show her "the resurrection and repeated murder of Beatrix" (DL Reiji Ecstasy Epilogue).However, as soon as Richter killed Reiji and declared to his daughter-in-law that he "finally caught her," she pushed him away, saying that someone like Richter would never be enough for her and that only Karlheinz could satisfy her body and heart (DL Reiji Ending 03).

Laito mentioned that their father hated Cordelia and, if he knew about her resurrection, would have killed Yui long ago (DL Laito Ending 03).

Cordelia "loved her husband to the depths of her soul" (VC fanbook)and desired "his heart/favor"(MB Kanato Dark Epilogue, DF Ayato Ecstasy Prologue).

As a child, Ayato asked why exactly his mother loved his father so much, and Cordelia, with the words "everything about him," told her son the story of how they met: it happened at a ball, where Karlheinz, who had excited everyone with his appearance, asked her of all the ladies to dance. She immediately sensed that he was "her man" : at first sight, he stole her heart and soul and became special to her ( MB Ayato Maniac Epilogue) . She told Yui that, "after marrying," Karlheinz was "always truly gentle/kind," "did a lot for her," and "listened even to her selfish whims . " On the one hand, she vaguely felt that he had an ulterior motive, but she was "very happy just to be able to be with."Besides, although no woman could resist his smile , he only said something to Cordelia in bed that made those moments seem like a dream to her. And so her love for Karlheinz gradually grew . Over time, the woman realized that if her beloved's life ever came to an end , she would want to be the one to give him death (DF Ayato Ecstasy Prologue).She also believed that only her husband,to whom all her love belonged(MB Laito Ecstasy Epilogue).

"The moment we met, he completely captured my heart and soul. We first met at a ball. I remember it even now. As soon as he appeared, the atmosphere immediately changed. Both men and women watched him intently. Everyone was wondering what kind of lucky lady would receive his invitation that night. And he extended his hand... to me. And, smiling tenderly, asked if I could give him a dance. Then I intuitively felt. This man is the best man in the world. That he is the man most suitable for me. From then on, Karlheinz became my special man."

—Cordelia to little Ayato, MB Ayato Maniac Epilogue

Cordelia admitted that other men weren't important to her,because her husband's love was enough for her (DF Ayato Maniac 09) ,and that living in a world without him had no value for her (DF Ayato Ecstasy Prologue).

One day, little Ayato, who came by chance, witnessed her breaking something in despair, unable to understand what was wrong with her : if all men fell on their knees before her, then "why him!.."; she lamented that it was unacceptable to have another woman as a lover (MB Ayato Maniac Prologue).

Later, she received a blue rose sent by her husband - a symbol of the "impossible": Ayato decided that with the gift his father wanted to show that nothing was impossible for him and trampled the flower. In the same episode, Cordelia angrily mentioned that Karlheinz had been canceling his visit to her full moon after full moon (at least for the fourth time), promising to "make it up to him next time" (MB Ayato Maniac Epilogue).

Adult Laito witnessed another such canceled visit: the boy wondered why Cordelia was so angry, because "it was always like this with him ." The woman first threatened not to forgive Karl this time, and then concluded in a tearful voice: the way he continues to feed her hopes is unforgivable/unacceptable, because she loves him so much (MB Laito Maniac Epilogue).

On the night Ayato wounded his mother, Karlheinz appeared and punished his son for her murder: in his thoughts,he never remembered her and that no matter how much she loved her father, her love never reached him (MB Ayato Ecstasy Epilogue) . After some time, he would reproach Karl for not understanding the happiness of being loved until death - Karlheinz would respond with a smile and sigh: "Don't part with her (Yui) .If you love, love her throughout life" (MB Ayato Vampire End).

Reiji believed that the only reason their father married his stepmother was because she was the daughter of the Demon King and valuable due to her blood (MB Reiji Maniac Epilogue).

Through this marriage, Karlheinz created an alliance between vampires and Vibora and secured the their right to rule the Demon World (LE Subaru Dark 09) ; according to the first game, he gained both his power and title from the blood of his first wife.

According to Cordelia, he was the only man who had the right to give her orders (DF Ayato Maniac 09).When Cordelia tried to kill Yui to take her heart, Carla arrived and ordered her to restrain herself. She replied that only one man in the world could command her.

In Dark Fate , after being temporarily resurrected by the powers of the Progenitors, Carla Tsukinami told her the truth about her maternal lineage and Karlheinz's true motives (Carla revealed her true origins and Karlheinz's reasons for using her blood, and was glad to open the eyes of this "slut" (DF Ayato Maniac 09).)After the story, Cordelia broke down and burst into tears for the first time in the games, trying to find some reason why her beloved had not returned her (DF Ayato Maniac 09-10) . After Ayato tried to kill her again and was later saved by Yui's forces, Cordelia, before disappearing, still wanted to personally check with her husband whether he loved her or married her only because of her blood., and therefore asked Richter to take her to Eden (DF Ayato Ecstasy 06) . Finding herself in the time room in the castle, she called out to Karlheinz: he did not answer until the woman, screaming and crying , then Karl called out to her, but he himself never showed up; Cordelia was happy just to hear her husband's voice.The conversation between them remained off-screen; after Ayato appeared, demanding that he give his mother an answer, Karlheinz kills his wife with the words: "I answered her... that the dead must return to where they belong. Farewell, beloved Cordelia" (DF Ayato Ecstasy 07).Ayato indignantly shouted at Karlheinz,asking why he was always like this,to which Karlheinz could only sigh (DF Ayato Ecstasy 08).

In Lost Eden, Cordelia shared with Richter her assumption that Karlheinz would agree with her, that a competitive streak is an important quality for a clan leader (LE Ayato Dark 06) . Laito also recalled an incident from his childhood: "The woman who was my mother—immediately after she flirted with her lover Richter, her husband Karlheinz appeared. With an absolutely unperturbed expression, she fawned over her husband and reached for a kiss" (LE Laito Ecstasy Prologue).

According to the HDB version, their relationship began when Richter, centuries later, returned from wandering the human world to Karlheinz's castle after his shameful defeat for the heart of the Demon King's daughter. Cordelia noticed the guest at the ball, struck up a conversation, explained that Karl had no time for her and loved someone else, regretted not choosing him back then, and hinted that whether Richter would succeed in stealing her from Karlheinz depended on his abilities. But as soon as he saw how joyfully Cordelia rushed toward Karlheinz, who had suddenly appeared at the ball, he sadly wondered how many more times she would break his heart before she was satisfied. Richter knew full well that Cordelia disliked him and used him only as a replacement for Karlheinz.Richter admitted to having fallen under her spell, though Cordelia claimed he was more reliable than a familiar (DL Reiji Ecstasy Prologue) . He also reproached her for using him, knowing his feelings, and Cordelia didn't hesitate to remind him that he was the same: he, too, was using her blood to surpass his brother (DL Ayato Maniac Prologue) . Even though Laito had killed his mother's "men," Cordelia told her son to leave Richter alone for now: she only dealt with him when she was overcome by thirst , and he might still be useful (DL Laito Maniac Epilogue).

According to Karlheinz, long before Cordelia's death, Richter was told that her heart could live forever if it changed owners (MB Ayato Ecstasy Epilogue).

Cordelia and Reiji discussed how the relationship between the brothers had deteriorated: Cordelia claimed that Richter and Karl had been on good terms until she ruined it, but Reiji added that if such a woman was involved in their breakup, then there was a rift in their relationship from the start (DL Reiji Ecstasy 03) .

Richter dedicated poems to Cordelia. Many of them serve as epigraphs to routes in the first game: Laito forced Yui to read one of them, after which he burned the book (DL Laito Dark 08).

Little Kanato, who sometimes sang in their presence, witnessed the relationship between his uncle and mother.(DL Kanato Maniac Prologue; MB Kanato Dark Prologue, Ecstasy Prologue).

Laito was also well aware of this: he believed that Richter felt superior to Karlheinz due to the fact that his brother's wife accepted his feelings (MB Laito Maniac Prologue)

In the first game Cordelia and Richter met either in the underground canal (DL Kanato Maniac Prologue) or outside the castle (DL Ayato Maniac Prologue) , then in More, Blood he accompanied her on the night of the full moon already in the castle itself, their relationship was not hidden (MB Kanato Dark Prologue, Maniac Prologue, Ecstasy Prologue).

He responded to Cordelia's incredulous question about what he was doing there by saying he didn't need a reason to be near her . Cordelia suggested that he lick her foot in that case and Richter complied, declaring how perfect she was. He himself offered to help her take the heart from Yui, to which Cordelia promised to reward him with a kiss (DF Ayato Maniac Prologue).

In another route, Richter will rape Yui, mistaking her for Cordelia: he will say that she was a woman who always thought of another man in his presence , but now she will forget about this other man - or rather, he will "make her finally forget about him" ( DF Shin Manservant End ).

In the first game, Cordelia is shown as a stern mother. One day, little Ayato, playing in the garden with Laito and Kanato, flatly refused to go to school, declaring that he would continue playing. Cordelia slapped him, reminding him that this way he wouldn't become the best and that they couldn't lose to "old lady Beatrix" (DL Ayato Dark Epilogue) . Before this, his mother had explained to him that he couldn't play forever, and he had been daydreaming during classes earlier, having learned nothing. Later, she threw him into the lake, saying it was punishment ("cool your head here" ) and that he wasn't allowed out yet. She threatened the boy, saying that if Ayato didn't become the best, there would be no need for him and then he wouldn't be her son (DL Ayato Maniac Prologue).According to Ayato,that woman(Cordelia) never behaved the way mothers do (DL Ayato Ecstasy 08).

Cordelia told the story of how she and her father met, after which Ayato wondered if Karlheinz was the best man in the world for his mother, so what about his son ? As soon as the butler brought Karlheinz's news about the postponement of the visit and the rose, Cordelia became angry and remembered that this had been going on for several full moons, and Ayato had trampled his father's gift with his foot ( "Does he mean to say that nothing is impossible for him? It's so easy to break" ). His mother screamed and slapped Ayato several times, saying, "Why are you trampling on his gift with your dirty foot?! A child like you, really! That's why you can't be the best! What are those women like, what are you like, why!..." (MB Ayato Maniac Epilogue). After this incident, Ayato decided to bury all his feelings for his mother and burned all the things she had given him. Even as a child, he decided that if that were the case, it would be better if she were gone (MB Ayato Ecstasy Prologue). After this, his father came to him, lamented why Ayato killed his own mother, lectured his son on correcting his "distortion".Ayato, watching him go, reflected on what an unhappy woman his mother had been and how his wish, like hers, would never come true (MB Ayato Ecstasy Epilogue). Ayato also told Yui that he no longer wanted anyone special, meaning his mother by "special".

In Dark Fate, after being resurrected by Carla, Cordelia met Ayato in an underground tunnel, smilingly calling him a "bad boy ." When Yui intervened in their conversation, Cordelia reminded her that Ayato desired not the girl herself, but his mother's heart inside her. She then directly announced her intentions to reclaim the heart; however, her plans were thwarted by the Sakamakis who appeared in the tunnel (DF Ayato Dark 07-10) . Sometime later, Merz lured Yui and Ayato to the Ancestor's castle, and Cordelia attempted to kill Yui in front of Ayato. Carla interrupted them, revealing the truth about the woman's origins. Unable to bear it, Cordelia burst into tears and ran away.When Ayato attempted to kill her again, which she immediately sensed"Of course, I understand why you came. No matter what, I am still your mother," and allowed her son to stab her. Already wounded, she whispered to him that she would repeat it again and again: he had turned out to be a "worthless boy," impudent and clumsy — not at all like Karl (DF Ayato Maniac 08-Epilogue).

After Cordelia was convinced of the couple's love, she instructed her son to always remember her words from the past and be the best: "Make this girl happier than anyone else. If you are not the best in the world, I will not forgive you."Ayato then realized his mother was talking as if she would soon disappear, and he wanted to confront Carla, but Cordelia stopped him. Ayato even think about things like "filial duty," she wasn't afraid to die. Ayato was very depressed after this conversation (DF Ayato Ecstasy 06).

In Lost Eden, Cordelia told Richter that her only wish was for Ayato to succeed Karl. She regretfully noted that her son's hot temper and recklessness made him ill-suited to the role of king, but he possessed tenacity and a "competitive spirit," an essential quality for someone who stood above all. Therefore, she asked Richter to mentor Ayato after Karl's death, should the day come when he inherited power and the throne (Lost Eden Ayato Dark 06).The butler of their castle told the boy that he had been so strict with him in his childhood because his mistress herself had ordered him to be so.(Richter came to the Sakamaki mansion to help Ayato learn to control Karlheinz's power at Cordelia's request: she had once made him promise that if the day came when her son would be king, he would become the boy's mentor. The uncle himself arrived at the mansion without telling his nephew the reason for his presence — he only confessed to Reiji whose request it was: he didn't want to reveal his mother's involvement to the boy (LE Ayato Dark 06).)

According to Richter, Kanato was most attached to his mother, and Cordelia reciprocated his son's affection/care (Kanato Character Book).

She liked Kanato's dolls, Kanato used male corpses to create them.She also asked him to sing, because his singing made her cold body "burn" (DL Kanato Ecstasy Prologue) . When Kanato burned her corpse, he filled a vial with her ashes, which he placed inside Teddy: now his mother belonged entirely to him (DL Kanato Ecstasy Epilogue) . He periodically ate her ashes (DL Kanato Ecstasy 01).

Cordelia loved Kanato's song "Scarborough Fair" because Karlheinz loved this ballad (MB Kanato Dark Epilogue).

In More Blood, it is shown that Kanato sang when Cordelia was with Richter: his voice lifted her spirits (MB Kanato Dark Prologue) . It was she who gave him Teddy and reminded him to always tell her whatever he wanted (MB Kanato Dark Epilogue) . When the boy cut himself with scissors while cutting out a card for her, he approached his mother, who was leaving with Richter; under the pretext of "you'll stain your dress," she sent her son to the maid to treat the wound and left with his uncle. Laito advised him to cut himself worse so that she would "turn" in his direction (MB Kanato Maniac Prologue) . Which he did this time... Cordelia was rightened, she ran to balcony and was about to examine the wounds, until the maid announced that Karlheinz wanted to see her.As she left, she asked her son to wait for her (MB Kanato Maniac Epilogue).

Kanato, wanting to shift his mother's attention from Richter to himself, cut himself and fell from the balcony. He began singing on the ground and the woman noticing his absence looked around and decided he had simply gone somewhere (MB Kanato Ecstasy Prologue).

According to the second game's version of the murder, Cordelia, falling from the balcony, called for Karlheinz's help: Kanato heard this and, coming to the garden to his mother's corpse, asked why she was calling "him" and to whom she was reaching. As in the first game, he burned her body, saying that this would warm her (MB Kanato Ecstasy Epilogue).

In Lost Eden , Kanato had a dream:As a child, he was crying in the middle of the castle ballroom, singing and wondering why his mother didn't come.

In Young Blood , finding himself in Rothigenberg, Kanato wanted to "go home to mommy" (vol. 4). 

Since childhood, Laito knew that "she only loves Karlheinz" and "only he is special to her," which he teased Ayato about (MB Ayato Dark Epilogue) ; he encouraged Kanato to cut himself even more in an attempt to "turn" her, although he understood that it was better to stop, "testing her is useless" (MB Kanato Maniac Prologue).Laito's routes do not contain a single childhood flashback directly related to his mother. In the first game , as an adult, he killed Cordelia's "men," but she only laughed at this (these men tired her out with their declarations of love), calling her son a "bad child" (DL Laito Maniac Epilogue).

Laito witnessed Cordelia's rage: she was indignant that Karlheinz had once again deceived her and didn't come; the boy advised her not to be angry: it was time to "forget" about "that man".

The wounded, no longer able to move Cordelia called Laito to the balcony for help: she confessed that all her love belonged only to Karlheinz and that the two of them should kill each other; then the boy threw her down: "Since I love you in my own way, I think I'd rather kill you right here" (MB Laito Ecstasy Epilogue, s01e08) . According to the first game (and anime), he did it,because she belonged to another and only in death did she become forever his (DL Laito Ecstasy 08+Epilogue).

After finding a report in Eden and learning that their mother was the progenitor and that they themselves were the fruits of an experiment, he cried over how unhappy Cordelia was, always trusting her husband, while he considered himself to be the planned "scapegoat" ( DF Laito Ecstasy 10-Epilogue ) . Afterwards, Laito made a symbolic grave for her and said goodbye, calling her "mother" for the first time ( DF Laito Vampire End).

In Dark Fate, Carla revived Cordelia with the help of ultimate magic (Ayato's route) . Cordelia refused to obey him, so Carla used his power: she admitted that she couldn't stand rapists/tyrants, while he said he didn't like such sluts, and Shin shared his brother's opinion (DF Ayato Dark 10) . Shin was terribly irritated by her arbitrary behavior, which he complained about to his brother (DF Ayato Maniac Prologue).

In Subaru's ending, she arrogantly offered to lend Yui her power to kill the man who killed Subaru in that ending, but Yui chose to kill herself along with Cordelia (DL Subaru Ending 03) .

In Laito's route, Cordelia threatened to kill her and Laito for using the power of her blood to steal her chance to give Karlheinz her own death (DL Laito Ending 01).

Cordelia picked out a dress for Yui, advised her to wear more seductive outfits to attract the right partner, and adorned her hair with a flower. Ultimately, the woman told Ayato to make Yui happier than anyone else and thus become the best in the world . When she confessed that she would soon disappear and was happy about it, Yui became upset, as the relationship between the three of them had only just improved (DF Ayato Ecstasy 06) . When Karlheinz killed Cordelia, who had come to him in Eden for the truth, Yui was horrified by how easily he dealt with the person in front of him—someone she had even the slightest sympathy for (DF Ayato Ecstasy 07) . In Laito's route in DF, Yui was happy that Laito finally acknowledged Cordelia as his mother (DF Laito Vampire End).

As stated in the first game, this blood was like opium for vampires, intoxicating and seducing them, and along with her heart, it was passed on to Yui. When she turned into a vampire in the first game, Shu remarked that the smell of her blood kept his brothers awake at night (DL Shu Heaven 02) . As soon as Reiji tasted it, he remarked: her scent alone created the effect as if she had walked through the city naked (DL Shu Heaven 01).

This heart was the central element of Karlheinz's plan; without it, it would be impossible to create Eve. Count Walter also called the heart "unique" and "treasure" in Lunatic Parade.

Her room in the Sakamaki mansion, now locked, is located in the attic above Ayato and Laito's rooms: it used to contain bookcases, a sofa with an armchair and a table, many paintings, and a secret room in which Richter currently kept her bloodied dress (s01e08, anime fanbook ) . "...Despite the dilapidated atmosphere that permeates the attic, there is also a sense of elegance here..." (Anime Official FanBook, p. 63 ) . Cordelia's appearance, designed by Satoi-san, varies slightly between the authors of the official manga and was redesigned by anime character designer Yahiro Yuuko.

[kaddyssammlung]

Vessel annyoing III and then III flipping him off XD The Summoning solo from Salt Lake City

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you are so loved 🫶

[sleepiestoken]

every time im painfully endeared watching vessel smiley and happy on stage i now think about george lever saying “i love him. i’m in love with him. if i could i would spend all my time around him.“

me 🤝 george obsessed with vessel

[kaddyssammlung]

I have never seen this (or the angle....not sure). The moment Vessel takes his mask down during the Room Below. I did not know that he did that while the "you saved me" message was being read.

[soupexpertt]

I really like this russian edition of classic books. Letting famous artists do the covers in YA style was such a simple but clever decision. According to the recent study the number of teenage readers increased, possibly thanks to these covers. I own traditional classics with blank covers but if I ever see one of these in the wild, it’ll probably make me go feral.

Here are some of my favs:

Dracula (art by Renibet)

2.Jane Eyre (art by Ulunii)

3. Little women (art by чаки чаки)

4. The Idiot (the hedgehog-omg-) (art by Xinshi)

5. Pride and Prejudice (art by Cactusute)

6. War and Peace (art by Xinshi)

7. Wuthering Heights (art by Renibet)

8. The Great Gatsby (art by NIKEL)

9. Frankenstein (art by Iren Horrors)

10. Crime and Punishment (art by REDwood)

11. Anna Karenina (art by Ulunii)

12. The Cherry Orchard (art by lewisite)

13. The Master and Margarita (art by Renibet)

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This will never not be funny to me:

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📷 by Andy Ford

[shu-sakamaki]

Lazy or...?

Looking deep into Shu’s character makes you wonder; Is he really just lazy?

As a child, Shu is actually quite adventurous and curious; he likes to learn how to do things himself instead of having everything handed over to him so easily.  For Shu, the life outside this tiny bubble he and his siblings live in, is what matters.

How to Hunt? How to Survive in the woods? How to make a bonfire.

All those are what Shu would define as “worthy” lessons.

Keep reading

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WE HAVE NEWS????!!!

There is a code in the German website with a phone number and when you call that number then you get this message:

Thank you anon :)

I recorded the message if someone wants to hear it.

Visit Original Link

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A clip from Sleep Token's first live performance ever?! Opening for Motorphsycho, October 23rd, 2017

[sleepiestoken]

i've just pulled out some interesting quotes from the metal hammer article for myself and anyone else interested. anything bolded for emphasis by me.

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George Lever [Sleep Token producer 2016-2021]: The starting point was removing this idea of the music you listen to being related to the person making it. By being anonymous, the listener is forced to relate to what they're actually hearing.

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James Monteith [Tesseract guitarist/publicist at Hold Tight PR]: I was approached by Tom Quigley, who was a scene regular and ran a few blogs at the time. He said he was working with this new band, would we maybe be interested in doing their press? We ended up talking for an hour, and he rolled out the whole concept, the imagery and everything about it... other than the music.

George: The lore/narrative was pretty loose still, but it definitely existed.

James: There was nothing specific as such, more this idea of creating an occult vibe and feeling, led by this prophet-like character who leads a religion.

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George: A lot of the first EP was actually us trying stuff out. We recorded the drums on a whim at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales. I introduced him to one of my friends, who actually still drums in them now.

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James: We always got requests [for interviews], but the band said from the start they were anonymous and wouldn't do them. It helped create more curiosity because nobody could get access to them.

Matt Benton [Metal Hammer writer]: You can't do an introductory piece without an interview. We managed to get an agreement for an email interview with Metal Hammer. Even then, the band knew they didn't want a voice.

Matt: It's one of only a few interviews they've ever done. It's something I'm glad exists, because it's like getting the Word Of God.

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George: I had freedom to offer interpretations of what I was hearing. It was a very fortunate combination of personalities and ideals. There was never any, 'We're going to take over the world' -type chat. It was more, 'Do we like this? Let's do more of that.'

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Nathan Barley Phillips [co-founder of Basick Records]: Trying to keep some sense of anonymity was a real mission. Particularly getting them to and from the stage [at Great Escape festival 2018] without anyone seeing who they were.

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George: We did Sundowning in three months - we went from demo to final master being released in just 12 weeks. We didn't have days off; we'd do seven in the morning until seven, eight or even nine at night every day for three months. We were in each other's pockets; we'd go to the gym together, swim, do the sauna... All this stuff to recover from being sat down all the time. There was a lot of time to spend holistically being friends making this record. We didn't know how to make this thing, but we had a confidence that we'd get there in the end. That's my favourite three-month period of my life.

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George: We started making [TPWBYT] and the first day was when lockdowns began. Tomb... was tough for all of us emotionally. There were lifestyle pressures as a result of the lockdown that made it not very conducive to making art that is supposed to be welcoming. A lot of those songs are, in one way or another, about love, love being lost or remorse, they are compassionate tales that are designed to bring the listener towards the artist. It's hard to do that when it feels like the world is going to end.

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Matt: I've got friends in merchandising and they say Sleep Token shift more merch than any other UK heavy band - more than even Iron Maiden.

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Nathan: Bands like Ghost and Sleep Token aren't successful because they wear masks. They're successful because they write great music. Masks don't mean anything if the music isn't any good.

Matt: I'll be interested to see, when the first official TV movie of the band gets made, the difference between the reality of what happened and the story that gets told. In a way, the myth becomes reality.