Arlene Grace from Tower of God.
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Arlene Grace from Tower of God.
I haven't seen much art of Arlen as a warrior despite the statue of her in the Hand of Arlen showing her holding a needle. When I saw a panel from Hero Killer (below) and couldn't help but think it'd probably look like her if it were recolored. So I figured I'd share the results.
I know it's not stated, but I assume the elder symbol was originally Arlen's family symbol and the general F.U.G. logo was V's.
The flashback in chapter 202, season 3 made me think too much again.
Funny to me that till this chapter, everyone who stopped climbing, except Hon, all chose to call V and Arlene as “Grace” or “them”. Like all of them try to avoid calling their name explicitly. Because they are now split apart? Because they hurt so much when their name is said? Or both? Or something else?
And the scene Arie Hon vs Luslec is also interesting to me you know? I already made a post about Luslec's reaction in this chapter so I will talk about Arie Hon.
Till chapter 202, he is the only person in the flashback who calls their name and asks Luslec about Arlene's well-being. The first thing he asks Luslec is “Tell me… how has Arlene been?”. No “why are you here” or “you came here to take Amizu right” or something like that but Arlene, asks about her explicitly.
Of course, she is his friends so he asks about her but he didn’t ask about V. Why do I see this as not normal? Because after that he also said “Give my regards to Arlene and V. Although they might not wish to hear from me.”
He also cares about V but Arlene made him worry more. Like he believes V will be fine but Arlene is not. And he asking about Arlene’s well-being annoyed Luslec. Combine it with the scene where Luslec yells at Hon about what happened that day, about what the others including Hon have done; it makes me believe something bad happened with Arlene on that day and it was… Family Leaders' fault?
When Luslec angrily questioned him, he chose to change the subject, offering no explanation, neither denying nor admitting anything. SIU is really smart, this choice is open to a lot of interpretation. Did Hon remember what happened that day? Or he forgot?
I think that Arie Hon remembers what happened that day. He worries about Arlene and believes that V and Arlene might not wish to hear his words. I have more evidence.
In chapter 205, we all see the Family Leaders who join Traumerei’s housewarming party, choose to forget about Amizu’s incident but don't see Hon doing that too? Like why? I can understand that we can’t see the other Family Leaders because SIU wants to hide their appearance and doesn’t want to show them too soon. But we all see Arie Hon and how he look like. He also cares about Amizu! He said he felt so sad when Amizu chose to leave! Not showing him makes no sense!! Or… SIU wants us to believe Hon chose not to forget it, he never chose that.
It makes me remember what we heard about Hon before. Arie Hon never changes. He never changes.
If forgetting memory made Family Leaders change, then if Arie Hon never changed, that means he never forgets anything.
Also in chapter 205, the others chose to against V and his group, except Hon and Gustang. I know Gustang and Hon also appears in the very edge of the panel but SIU chose not to show them, he chose to focus on Yirang, Eduan, and Traumerei.
For Gustang we know that man knows V is not a culprit so it makes sense, but Hon? Why not show him fully?
Arie Hon also chose to separate himself from his friends instead of joining them at the party. He is always by himself at the party while the others interact and have fun together. It’s always Yirang, Eduan, Gustang, Traumerei, and Amizu on the focus. Why show him but not let him interact more with his friends at the party? Maybe the incident on that day made it hard for him to join his friends.
But he, Eduan, and Yirang have interacted before the party. So maybe he just doesn’t like parties and noisy places (he said the way Khun Eduan made his entrance is tacky and storm or lightning can be noisy).
So I don’t know.
OK, I talk too much about this man.
Celebration! Welcoming the newest member of Grace family!
For @aikotters
Or is it? (tw: blood)
Arlene and the Outside God
A new Traumerei banger drops in any form, I get inspired to meme it seems
[SPOILERS FOR THE KOREAN FASTPASS CHAPTERS]
I find it so interesting how fixated everyone who seems to personally know Arlene, is so fixated on her revenge. We don't even know this woman, we don't even know what truly happened but without Arlene having a grudge on Zahard, Tower of God would not happen.
V himself said that everything he does/will do, everything FUG is doing, is for Arlene's revenge. That's all fine and dandy, but what I really want to know is what happened for her to be this vengeful? I absolutely understand that having your child murdered in front of you by someone who had a crush on you does wonders to your psyche. But V explicitly says that Baam was born for their revenge and that Baam was made, specifically for V.
If that is the case, then this whole revenge plot has been going long before Baam was even born. Many people have mentioned that it's strange that Zahard lets them go, only to hunt them down to murder their son later because Zahard, as we see is hardly ever keen to attack any of the 10GW/his Irregular companions. Yes, he orders the destruction of the Poe Bidau family, but this is something Gustang wishes and he never gave any orders specifically about Gustang. Zahard is also a very reactive king more than an active one, he only moves when he sees a threat and even then he seems quite alright letting things play out first. But with baby Baam? No, he instantly hunted Arlene and V down and killed Baam, but spared them which is strange.
I think we can agree by now that Garam's story isn't the full truth or it's a very warped version gof Arlene's 'truth' and through V possessing Baam's body we're starting to see why Garam was so insistent that Baam not consider Arlene his mother. I think we can also wonder what were Arlene and V thinking conceiving Baam during a war and before you all come after me — I know this shit happens, but the Tower seems to be a very technologically advanced place so I'm sure there is good birth control. Unless Baam was conceived for a specific purpose and that purpose is to be the thorn that slits the king's throat.
We know that V killed himself, that fact is supported by Gustang and Träumerei being shocked to see him possess Baam's body. Gustang even mentions (implicitly iirc) that he saw V's dead body with his own two eyes. We don't know what happens after V dies, but considering Gustang mentions seeing his corpse, I don't think it's a far cry to speculate that Zahard and the 10GW may have laid him to rest properly when he died. However, now he's not actually dead. And I think that maybe him killing himself, was to transfer his soul into the corpse of his dead son to wear his skin à la Bolt-On theory.
TLDR; I love how everyone is an asshole to various degrees.