#belial cw

[noctswife]

Highlights from the interview regarding the belial body pillow's creation (mostly not direct quotes, more paraphrasing including my interpretation of things. My translation of this is not proofread so I may have made some mistakes):

Specifically calling out that Belial has a nice ass

Gotta make this more horny than all the female characters' body pillows

Mussing up the sheets and making him all sweaty... oh they've been at this for a while

Special care taken to balance the temptation and sensuality of the situation while also maintaining the feeling that he's looking down on the viewer, as well as the air of mystery since you can't tell what he's really thinking -- Archangel of cunning aspect...

"Of all the male characters in Granblue Fantasy, he's the only choice for the first one to be made into a body pillow, but he also might seem to be a character who wouldn't seem to do something like this..." -- Maybe in reference to his position as a puppetmaster-type character, and he wouldn't go as far as to actually bed the viewer, that being too straightforward of him? Maybe in reference to his feelings towards Faa-san? Just because he's that explicit and making a body pillow of him would cross a line? The meaning of "wouldn't seem to do something like this" part is not clarified, but how this is the most straightforward he's been and his devotion too Faa-san is mentioned in the paragraph before this, making my brain go into overdrive

Intended to make you wonder about his true motives for this situation

[crimsonshadesblog]

The fangies

[crimsonshadesblog]

Are you getting the new Rising Battlepass?

I'm definitely considering it

For scientific reasons only, of course

[crimsonshadesblog]

I don't think Belial is a good example for this -

Belial is the best example for this, seeing how his raid's entire gimmick is you have to edge him or he achieves the small death while giving one of your units the big one!

...Let's hope that doesn't accurately translate to what he's like in bed

[crimsonshadesblog]

So, who do you think has it worse, Djeeta haunted by Belial or Siete haunted by Sieten't?

Okay, so

Belial can really only haunt Djeeta when she's asleep and even then it's only occasionally. He's unable to watch her go about her daily life anymore, so he's pretty limited in what he can do. That being said, he's still Belial, so when he does get to see her, he tries to make up for lost time.

Sieten't can hit Seofon up pretty much whenever he feels like it and probably see through his eyes, but I imagine he possesses the common decency to not hang around in certain moments. Moments that you know Belial would be all over. He does come with the side effect of giving Seofon a migraine every time he opens his mouth though.

Neither is able to take over their hauntee's body at this point in time. Take your pick.

[noctswife]

coughs up blood upon seeing this ending illust. he looks so demure. so delicately painted. This Is What Nameless Erune Woman Saw In Him

[noctswife]

love the way they posed him here. insufferable whore pose

[icharchivist]

Because the Granblue people are fine with giving us playable Lobelia (which nobody asked for) but not Belial (which everyone is asking for, especially me) (COWARDS), I just have to imagine what his holiday lines would be. What horrible totally-safe-for-work things do you think he would tell the captain on Christmas?

LITERALLY. LITERALLY. We have the choice between two garbage men and we get to get the only one who wears clothes. I think it's really mean and - wait why are you focusing on what i used as a reference point, this is not the point, also i'm right, so,

I definitely think Belial would try to give "gifts" while MC is extremely wary of every single one of them. With Belial laughing, y'know, his mocking laugh, about how there's no need to worry, he wouldn't hurt his preeecious Singularity like that <3 (bonus point if his lines culminate just as much as the Seraphic quests, with the first year seeming like an innocent gift, and each year it gets slightly more fucked up until you wonder if he tried to corrupt MC, AGAIN)

Anyway, i totally think he would also offer up Captain to "warm up" with him. Oh, silly us, he meant by the fireplace of course! that said if we want him to warm our bed of course he'd be happy to oblige... "ahah just kidding", you know the type.

how about looking at a pine tree and mentioning he tried to help with it but "your crew didn't see too kindly at me erecting the pine. :)." and "what do you think Singularity, would you like me to put you on top of my erected pine? [very long pause] i set up a tree in my room i mean, of course :)"

Eventually there would be a wholesome line near the end, completely overshadowed by him saying something fucked up. There'd probably be lines about how he wishes Lucilius was here to look at the lights too.

He'd probably offer a gift down the line. Probably make some winky wink comments at what's in the box.

Listen. I'll be honest. I've written this whole ask while stalling the fact this was the only thing in my mind: let's be real if granblue wasn't still censoring him this is what we would get:

... Maybe that's why Belial is not playable while Lobelia is. They can see this vision just like me and know it would be out of character to stop Belial from doing just that. And the censors would not look kindly to it, but somehow, "serial killer offering the sounds of people he tortured because he thinks it's a delightful gift" is passing through them.

We're being robbed, i say. Robbed!