I feel like once he makes a deep connection with someone
He'll refuse to let go.
Yes he'll probably mourn the fact that Companion doesn't remember him after returning to the human world.
But Belphie has never been the type of person to let themself stay static for too long whether because they won't or just can't afford to.
Once he's firmly carved out a place in Companion's space for himself and left a little hollow in his own soul for Companion
I think he'd find a solution to the whole forgetting thing and that solution ends up with Belphie going to the human world and taking a human form
Carefully planning and creating scenarios to meet and befriend Companion
I think when it first starts, Belphie would be toxic in a obsessive yandere way
Desperately trying to befriend and create new memories with Companion again.
Once the behaviour is pointed out though, either by Companion, other demons or Lucifer, Belphie would realise how horrible he's being
He can't help it, can't help but stick firmly to Companion's presence because of the insistent need for them to remember him
But eventually he'd mellow back out and forcibly make himself relax so he doesn't push Companion away this time.
Even if he keeps showing up like the humanoid equivalent of a golden retriever and somehow meeting Companion coincidentally a lot
Dante Anon
Ohhohohohoho oh I love a character that's more than a little obsessive, oh the avenues to be explored about this!
Can't really blame him though, the amount of people that appreciate him for who he is can probably be counted on his hands, and then to suddenly be reminded that they can leave, and that such bonds can fade as easily as his non-existent past? Makes sense that he would be...more than a little unwell regarding trying to grasp this friendship again. Just...the holding out for some kind of miracle, for the laws of Hell to suddenly fade away from the Companion and have them remember again, tis painful as time goes on because they are simply not remembering.
So the only logical course? Try harder. Stay in the human world for a little longer, start categorizing what's more important like putting rest below gathering what's the Companion's new schedule with their new job, just, slowly upending his own schedule and clearly about to reach the deep end.
I imagine that there's this thought that runs through his head, where "What if Ra-on stayed? Would the Companion have stayed?" Just, a bunch of what-if scenarios because despite their complicated bond, Ra-on and the Companion are very connected to one another, and by the time the Companion goes back to the human world with Ra-on in tow, they have mended what was frayed and are closer than ever. Just, fun thoughts that lead to nowhere.
And when Belphie goes to the human world, and sees that this bond has persist despite their memories of Hell being wiped, it only feeds into his need for the Companion to remember again. Because there's a chance! This is evidence that it can happen! That things can persist beyond the magical memory wipe baked into the laws of Hell!
And oh, Belphie snapping into place, it can happen a number of ways depending on how exactly he messes up, and what boundaries he crossed. The worst I can imagine is the Companion suddenly slamming him into a wall and going "What the fuck was that about, huh? You gonna explain why you're being a creep?" Just, bad time bad time. May or may not beat him up, but that's if whatever Belphie was doing was especially bad and invasive. The best scenario is Companion being concerned over Belphie and his clingy nature. Probably ends up thinking he has no friends and that's why he's being like this and goes about it in a "Hey, tell me what's up. It's nice to know that I'm basically in your head every day, but, can you dial it back a bit? Makes me a bit uncomfortable."
Either way, Belphie being this way leads to the Companion thinking about Ra-on, back in his worst days, and may or may not say something to Belphie that alludes to Ra-on. I would imagine being compared to Ra-on, when he was at his worst, might snap Belphie back into place.
Your OC is real fun to think about, especially when I'm basically playing dolls with him with my Companion or my own OCs(that I need to think more about, they're just sitting in the corner, collecting dust, the poor things.)
When the fuck did Ra-On become Solomon's reincarnation????
Yeah totally a move I can see the devs pulling but when the fuck
-Dante Anon
Yeah it's not really a twist, and was probably in the supplementary material outside of the game, or something, though I hoped it was just a mistranslation, but nope. Full on reincarnation and not fun, complicated blood magic. Would've leaned full into the "Solomon manifesting in all his blood descendants so he wouldn't truly die." Would've made Solomon less of a figure of worship and more...a human. That isn't ready to go in the same way all the other devils also don't wanna let go. And as such, fucks around with the autonomy of his blood descendants, though outs it out of his mind or rephrases it as "borrowing", of which the devils don't bat at eye, they're just happy Solomon is back again. Solomon smiles and is a very charismatic person, but at the end of the day, is cut from the same cloth as my Ra-on, someone who's focused entirely on his own pleasure regardless of what happens around him.
Maybe God is so volatile in post-merge because the wishes/desires if the Angel's have influenced his form and he is also influenced by Minhyeok and Companion's flaws due to this
While I imagine he doesn't retain any personality traits of the other fragments he does remember the lives they lead and the memories they have bleed into each other so God becomes much more flawed in this au, due to the different flaws each human life lead
-Dante Anon
God's gonna be messy, as is my wants! And also because I want God to be an antagonistic force, while also being a little scary. Oh, and there's also the fact I wanted post-merge God to reflect my Ra-on a little bit. Someone that is the absolute worst version of themselves but isn't so far gone that you have no choice but to give up. My Ra-on over here's stuck in a cycle of stagnation and wants nothing more than for things to stay the way they are, regardless of his roommates opinions. Afraid of stepping out and trying new things, new consequences befalling him.
And God over here didn't want his time with Solomon to end, so much so that he scattered himself to pieces and planted them in humans that will be around Solomon's descendants. Post-merge, as much as the Companion and Minhyeok are kinda meddling in God's head, God will not let them go. These memories of Solomon's descendants are his. Possessive, protective almost. And afraid. For himself, for the two talky shards, who knows, certainly not him. But he's afraid nonetheless.
God doesn't take well to being abandoned, in much the same way Ra-on is.
But yeah, God was willing to abandon Heaven just to keep close to those descendants after meeting Solomon, a human with a human lifespan, probably I didn't read all the lore. Either way, dude was smitten, so having a bunch of human lifetimes within his body? Shit's gonna get messy.
Both God Fragment and Anglified Companion might get a rewrite
Writer senses say fir maximum angst to make Minhyeok either a fragment like Companion that the Angels hunt or to make Minhyeok the biggest fragment or the vessel that's needed to contain all the fragments or smth and so in a nutshell rendering all the personalities of the other fragment obsolete and when they combine, all that left is Minhyeok's personality and God's memories
-Dante Anon
Man I love bouncing ideas off of you.
Putting this under a cut, things got long.
I do have an idea to restructure the Angelified Companion's relationship with Gabriel a little bit, make it where, because of their new closeness to Lucifer and the rekindled friendship between the Companion and Solomon, Gabriel projects a lot of those two onto the Companion. Expresses his bitterness, anger, disappointment and, eventually, longing onto the Angelified Companion. Essentially using this angelifed beast he's made to project all of his feelings towards Lucifer and Solomon onto them. Then, inevitably, the Angelified Companion ends up being a... comfort object of sorts. Someone he grows, weirdly proud of.
All this to say that, in the Angelifed Companion part, Gabriel is probably looking to have them replace the hole Lucifer left behind when he fell. The angels are pretty much all about using control as a means of comforting themselves, so I wouldn't be surprised if the angels, on their quest to revive God through Minhyeok, tried to cut all everything that is related to Solomon and whatever else that could potentially that God's attention off of them. Which is very funny to me that they keep the Angelifed Companion around and put them in a seat of power despite the risks. Because the Seraphim like having their egos stroked and that's probably gonna bite them in the ass later. For all their countless numbers, the angels never fail to feel so isolated to me. Like, none of these bitches are really friends with one another, it's either all about God or Lucifer and now they're scrambling for what's lost to fill the voids they have within themselves.
Makes for a fun conundrum when regarding the Angelified Companion because in order to serve their goals, they need the Companion to suffer an ego death and fully become a creature that can only follow orders, but their actual human self is what gives the angels the most comfort, what stimulates their warped touch and socially starved selves. The angels be grief in all it's worst qualities and I think that's a fun thing to tap into.
So then, God is revived or things are looking to be near that goal? In the euphoria of this prospect, shit is not going to be looking good for the Angelifed Companion. Speedrunning that ego death to get ready for God's arrival to present to him as a gift. Probably won't be allowed anywhere, really putting on that dehumanizing treatment through punishments and rewards, make it easier to be lost in their own brain then actually perceiving reality.
May or may not cause a civil war of sorts within Heaven once some of the high wears off. The angels here have it built into themselves that nothing human should remain within God's presence, so obviously they have to work to getting that out if they want to keep the Companion around, but a majority of the comfort comes from the fact that they continue to keep their human self. Their sheer will is admirable. And, well, angels are nothing if not obsessed with the things that bring them joy and comfort. So, yeah, tensions will be at all time high. For all of their unified selves, they forget that they're still individual's in the end.
Now, as for the fragment au, there really is a focus on that death of the inner self. A psychological horror where the shards can't blend together quite yet, and while the angels could force it, the easiest method they've found(probably by accident) is to lock the fragments in a room, or force them near each other, and eventually this mind melding thing happens. Thoughts not their own leak over into the smaller shard. Start sharing dreams, speech patterns and mannerisms, and eventually begin to forget what their previous life was like. And when they forget it all, they start to feel foreign in their own body. The smaller shard looks to the bigger one, and thinks "that's my body. I should be there." and then the most uncomfortable body melding shit happens. Visceral, gorey, and very uncomfortably raw. Water attracts water, and I imagine upon identifying another shard, the angels take the flesh of one of the Angelified Companion's creations and inject that into the shard, and it grows like a parasite, basically breaking down whatever protect the shards from awakening and blending into one another. Tis horrible!! And I love it so.
Your Time Traveller Janitor stuff caused me to think of Time Shenanigans Companion
Companion is yeeted into the past and becomes God and Solomon's closest Confidant,influences a bit of how the world works
And gets chucked back into the present time
Solomon gets whip lash from seeing Companion and the Angles recognise Companion as one of God's closest friends
-Dante Anon
Hohohoh things are gonna get weird huh?
I'd imagine that the Companion's place in time is a little unstable, so they will be jumping from one time to another at "random" intervals (ie, whatever will bring in either the funniest or the most emotional anguish).
I like to imagine that the Companion says shit like "Yup, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna kill God." As a joke whenever God is being a wet towel, a coward, or just a general annoyance. Gets him jumping every time and it instantly puts the Companion in a good mood, and also pisses off every listening angel in the vicinity even though they clearly aren't gonna do it.
Or whenever something inconvenient happens, they will go "This is God's fault, somehow." Again, they don't mean it, it's just funny, especially when they can hear the veeeery distant "what did I do?!" No matter how far away they are.
As for Solomon... Hmm I have no idea. I think it highly depends on how he and the Companion meet when they pop in. He'd definitely want to help them return to their home, but, well, the magic that sent them here is a little... Funky. Dimensional? Oh dear oh dear. So messy in fact that he'd probably drag them off to a journey to meet God to see if he can fix this, or at least point him in the wrong direction before the magic becomes unstable and suddenly their existence is nonexistent.
And God probably can't do shit since the Companion is from a time after he vanished, so they're pretty much not within his jurisdiction. So they stuck.
And I'd like to imagine the time traveling Companion popping into the time when the devil kings are kiddos. So you have Companion hoisting Princeling Mammon on their shoulder like a violently thrashing sack of potatoes, or carrying kiddo Leviathan by the scruff like a hissing cat when he's being too much of a brat, or setting down a revved up kiddo Satan on the highest hill so he can express his zoomies without causing mass destruction. Shit like that. That be funny.
And oooh the reactions when the Companion is finally back to their true timeline. Probably thought they died a while back and had already mourned and whoops, they're here now! Hehehehe.
I'm thinking about doing some funny shit and putting Belphie in a Ace jacket
I don't think Belphie would be a Ace but at the same time I feel like he wouldn't particularly care for sex
He doesn't have an aversion to it but he doesn't crave it either.
He's kinda stuck in the between and he doesn't crave the passion of sleeping with people but rather the intimacy of it.
Just the feeling of being connected to someone deeply.
Ace doesn't fully cover what Belphie is but at the same time Belphie kinda fits under the umbrella of Ace
I can put him in a Pan jacket definitely though
I just thought it'd be a funny scenario for Belphie to be rocking a Ace jacket in front of Ra-On and Companion, in Hell of all places
Dante Anon
Well, asexuality is on a very big spectrum and there are all sorts of little micro-labels depending on the type of asexual one is. Though, the fun thing about sexual attraction and romantic attraction is that it's fluid as fuck. Sometimes a character has feelings that just can't be defined under a specific word, and ain't that just a treat? Change! Phases! The stuff of life!
So yeah, put him in that Ace jacket and sew a little Pan patch onto it. Or give him a Pan jacket and sew an Ace patch on it
My Ra-on is...well you already know how oblivious he is, and he...cannot comprehend any devil being Ace. He's the kind of guy that knows gay and straight people exist, and forgets about all the others. Ace being the farthest because he doesn't get how people can just...not be affect by something that is clearly sexy to him. Once again, having trouble comprehending the world in a way that doesn't apply to him.
(He's totally the kind of guy that puts down books because the Main Character isn't "relatable" to him. Can't stand Main Characters that are meant to be unreliable and doesn't understand the appeal of having an MC that's very different from you.)
Anyways, yeah I feel like he is under the Ace spectrum, probably a little closer to gray ace? Sometimes things spike, and sometimes nothing happens and all he yearns for is emotional intimacy and sensual fulfillment. Like cuddling naked, or taking a bath together. At least, that's the feeling I'm getting, I have no clue if your boy is like this.
And AH! God the other devils would probably not get it, they think it's just a jacket. Funnily enough, I don't think the devils have any of those labels down there. They love and fuck whoever they want, have preferences and there's nothing compelling them to put labels and draw lines. It just is, they just exist and indulge, as is encouraged. Labels feel like a very human thing, so I feel at least Belphegor, Asmodeus, Lucifer and Beelzebub would get it.
Lights flash and glare almost unbearably in your vision if you weren’t already used to the party life of Hell after spending a year down here,a numb ache that you don’t care to decipher sinks in your guts like a persistent hunger or black hole that eats away at your insides, especially with the fact this party was the one year anniversary of Ra-on’s arrival in Hell, only Ra-on’s not yours,yet the star of the show wasn’t even here, disappeared and dragged off by the Kings.
Something warm jostles your arm and your attention is captured back to the warm sleepy demon behind you, Belphie’s body heaves as he shifts, in the cat loafing position he is in to press closer to your back,his wool like hair tickles your skin as a low rumbling noise vibrates through Belphie’s ribcage,could demons purr?
The question is for another day you think as you watch the gentle movements of the apparently sleeping demon,the scent of overripe and sweet cherries drips off the demon like heady pheromones due to the cherry wine he drank earlier on Amary’s insistence and to Mephidine’s disdain,Belphie shuffles around a bit more before one eye cracks open,he yawns,his tongue flitting over his fangs before his teeth snap shut and he looks at you.
“Are you okay?”
Figures,he would immediately awake at the briefest touch of negativity from you,you don’t quite know how to answer as the gnawing feeling inside you continues,Belphie takes your silence as a answer and starts to peel himself away from you, as you being in a weird mood again and wanting your own space,your hand reaches out to grab Belphie by the horn, tugging him back down, stopping the big demon from moving,this elicits a interesting sound from Belphie,a sound thats both startled and similar to a chuff from a lion,just how many noises can this demon make?,Belphie looks worried of sorts at you.
“Did...did I do something wrong?”
The confused or disgruntled look he has elicits something other then the void in you, something warm that bubbles like liquor in your gut
“No,just..stay”
Belphie obliges, laying back down on the couch again, pressing right up against your back,his warmth seeping into you.
“Do you.....do you want anything?”
You don’t respond,your hand combs through Belphie’s hair,scratching his scalp like you would a cat, Belphie’s body relaxes and he falls into the silent familiar routine you guys agreed on,you feel the familiar warmness falls over you like a weighted blanket as the hazy feeling seeps into your mind,Belphie lays down,eyes shutting again as you lean back into the comfy mass of soft hair, sinking into it like velvet moss and close your eyes,before you completely drift off you can hear the energetic voice of Amary’s fawning over you and the concerned voice of Mephidine’s worry as two warm weights rest at your feet and more sounds of movement follow as more warmth curls around the couch
No idea what to write
I don't think I managed to put I imaged into words well enough
But I figured a fluffy piece was good enough
This was inspired by your Anniversary Companion idea
-Dante Anon
(Hahaha, this is so sweet. I wanted to reply sooner but boy does it take a few days to motivate myself into writing. Snuggling is such a nice activity, and damn do I sometimes crave it.)
Sleep is nice. Sleep reset everything that's going on inside your head, at least for a little while. It's a small window, but at least you can pretend that there's nothing in the world that can bother you. That all your worries and grudges don't exist.
All you could focus on was the light of dawn, and the multiple devils sleeping around you.
Caught in the wake of hopefully gentle dreams, the devils slept soundly. Some were sprawled out, fully taking in the first rays of dawn, while other curled up tighter into themselves, pulling at whatever fabric is closest to cover their eyes.
Ha. Reminds you of all those parties you, Minhyeok and Ra-on used to have back in college. Where a party would last way, way too long, and the festivities would peter out rather than having any clear cutoff. All of you were too eager back then, bathing in the euphoria that was finally becoming an adult. Well, you were all adults before then, at least for a little while, but getting into college was still a milestone into that process. It was a new, fun phase, and who doesn't want to celebrate such things?
Stray wine glasses, empty glass bottles, crushed cans and stray plates with bits of half-eaten snacks still sitting there. A mess, but the kind of mess that usually comes with campers that just want away from the hustle and bustle. A mess that doesn't spoil whatever good/neutral mood you found yourself in.
There was in itch in your fingers, an urge to climb out and do…well anything really.
You adjusted yourself a bit in Belphie's hair, and stretched out as much as you're able to without waking the snuggling devil up. Though, for all your subtly, you're not match for the senses of a devil such as him.
He woke up anyway, though it did take a minute for full awareness to return to him.
"Hey," you greeted with a sigh, sitting up because there's no point in trying to do it quietly anymore. "Didn't mean to wake you. Go back to sleep."
Perhaps because you're the only one awake, or perhaps he had too good a rest to actually fall back asleep, Belphie sat up as well, pushing his hair back into place. "No…I'm good."
The haze of sleep was still there, Belphie's yawn stretching his jaw so wide you heard a faint click.
You pulled out your phone. Barely past seven in the morning. Lot of the early morning devils are probably getting ready to start their day by now. Minhyeok would be out, getting his morning run in while you and Ra-on were still asleep. You always took the night shift at your job, so being awake this early was weird.
And not feeling groggy was even weirder. With all this time suddenly in your hands, what are you going to do with it?
"Hmm. Hey, Belphie?" You pulled the blanket off your legs, feeling around for your shoes.
"Hmm?" Belphie said through a yawn, smacking his mouth as though to get the foul morning taste out of it.
"You wanna dance for a bit?" You have music in your phone, and it had a pretty decent speaker. And you're bored. You want to do something a little fun now that you're no longer feeling weird and sour.
Belphie perked up when you held out your hand. Instead of replying, he smiled and laid his palm on yours.
You'll both get something to eat later. Right now, it's time to move your bodies.
