Would the 07-Ghost characters prefer calling or texting?
Teito would prefer calling, either voice calling or video calls. He finds it really hard to read tone in text and he’s not the greatest at wording things in letters or words, so he stumbles a lot in his own texts to people. He can never quite get across what he wants to say in text as well as he can on a phone call. Video calls with him tend to be the longest, but he can handle long phone calls too – he just finds it very soothing to see or hear the people precious to him.
Ayanami prefers phone calls. He hates texting – he fat fingers the buttons for one and for another, he just finds it very inefficient. He can accomplish a lot more with a phone call than a text. His phone calls are very brief and almost business-like. He calls with a specific purpose in mind, not just to chat and once that purpose has been accomplished, he wants to get off the phone as soon as possible. There’s no amount of technology that will be better for Ayanami than seeing someone in person.
Frau is pretty fine with either, honestly. Both of them have their place with him. He likes texts to check in and especially for sending and receiving pictures. However, if he’s really missing someone or wants to have an actual conversation, he’d prefer calling. He prefers video calling, as he likes seeing someone’s face when he’s talking to them and he’d take a ten-minute video call over an hour-long phone call – he finds he gets more out of even the short video call than he does over a lengthy phone call.
Labrador’s actually really bad with technology. He would have a phone but he’d often forget about it and he’s always running on very low battery or just lets it die. He doesn’t really think about it often and he doesn’t like to use it unless he has to. He’d rather talk and spend time with his important people in person.
Castor prefers texting in most cases. He’s actually really good with his words, so his texts are always written with proper grammar and are nice to read. He uses emoji’s sparingly but does use them to help him convey his tone. If something’s really serious though or if it’s something he feels is too private to risk anyone seeing the texts, he will call people.
Mikage texts a lot. Like A LOT. He uses a lot of text speak, so some people might have troubles reading his texts and he uses a lot of emoji’s and gifs. But it’s not his most often used form of communication – that would be Snapchat, where he’ll send snaps constantly and it will mean something for him to keep his Snap streaks up with those close to him.
Hakuren texts and calls in pretty equal measure. He’s bad for text spamming – he’ll send lots of short messages and check-ups, along with pictures or videos of interesting things he’s seen. He’ll call those important to him pretty often too, at least once a week when they’re apart or if they haven’t been able to spend time together in person, because he really does need and rely on that time together, even just a phone call, with those important to him. He tends to worry about his important people when he’s not with them, and those phone calls, which can get lengthy, help ease that worrying streak of his.
Ouka loves it all. Texts, snaps, video calls, phone calls – she’s just happy to be talking to her friends, family, any of her loved ones. She lights up whenever she gets a call or a message from them. However, she’s very polite in her phone usage. If she’s spending actual time with someone, no matter if they’re someone she knows well or someone she’s just meeting, she puts her phone on silent mode and doesn’t check it out of respect for the other person. She knows the messages will be there when she does check it or that she can return phone calls. What she can’t get back is that in-person time with others.
Lance is all about the video calls. He’s also really bad when he discovers Snapchat. Those who have added him will wake up to so many snaps of him because he takes a lot of selfies that he feels must be shared with everyone – he just looks that good in them, after all. Video calls with his friends and loved ones also means that not only do they get to gaze upon him, but he also gets to see their beloved faces. It feels more, to Lance, like they’re actually spending time together than just a phone call does.
Hyuuga is big on texting and on Snapchat. He sends a lot of memes and shitposts to his friends and acquaintances, anything he sees that he finds amusing or funny. He’ll send a lot of pictures of things he finds amusing or interesting too – a new restaurant opened and he wants to check it out? He’s taking a picture of it (and a snapshot of an online menu if he can find one) and he’s sending it to his friends or loved ones to see who will come with him. He watches someone fall doing a skateboard trick and he’s found it hilarious? You can bet he’s had his phone out and been videoing it and sends it along. He’s bad at spam texting people if he really wants their attention. He doesn’t often do phone calls, but when he does, they’re always at the weirdest times. Legit, this is a man who will call someone at 3 a.m. because he had the weirdest dream and he wants to tell them about it (also, that person’s frustration at being woken up might amuse him). Oddly, his phone calls always seem to come in at the worst time for the other person and he will not get off the phone with them – his phone calls, when they come, tend to drag on and be nonsensical.
Konatsu adapts his communication methods depending on the person he’s communicating with. If he knows they prefer texts or finds that they return texts quicker than phone calls, he’s going to use texts as his primary method of communicating with them. With people like Ayanami, who prefer phone calls, he calls them instead, though his phone calls tend to be short and to the point.
Razette texts for obvious reasons. She’s a very chatty texter, who uses a lot of cutesy emojis and gifs to express her emotions. She’ll leave people with walls of text to read, but always assures them that they can take their time replying or that they don’t have to reply at all. She was just feeling something or had seen or done something that she really wanted to share with them.
this lovely character sheet was made by my dear friend and 07-ghost artist @neromori on instagram ! i highly recommend checking his work out and giving them a follow, they deserve all the love and appreciation for their art <3
i tried to write anneliese as if she were a character that really existed in both the anime and manga. i envision she only appears from kapitel 1 to 25 of the manga (or episode 1 to 25 of the anime) and is only mentioned from then on by her older sister auguste, also featured in this character profile. i have plans of making auguste another original character, but i resolved to only start writing her after i finally read the entirety of the manga and get a good grasp of where she might be in the story ^^;
— Sister Anneliese.
Characteristics
Full Name: Anneliese Elisabeth Schafer
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Age: Early 20s
Birthday: November 12
Height: 176 cm (5 '9" ft.)
Weight: 55kg (121 lbs.)
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Personal Status
Status: Alive
Relatives:
Heinrich Schafer (Father)
Emmeline Schafer (Mother)
Auguste Schafer (Sister)
Amalie Schafer (Sister)
Antonie Schafer (Sister)
Albrecht Schafer (Brother)
Professional Status
Occupation: Nun
Affiliation:
Schafer Family
The Barsburg Church
more under the cut, but please be informed beforehand that this character profile includes mentions of parental and familial neglect, underage smoking and drinking, and suggestive themes, as well as minor spoilers for kapitel 7 (episode 9), kapitel 19 (episode 20), and kapitel 25 (episode 25) of the 07-ghost anime and manga. this character profile also contains links to the 07-ghost wiki, which also contain spoilers.
Sister Anneliese, born Anneliese Elisabeth Schafer, is a nun of the Barsburg Church, located in District 7 of the Barsburg Empire. Like her fellow nuns, Anneliese performs various odd jobs around the Barsburg Church such as cooking, cleaning, gardening, and manual labor—though she has a reputation for being a rulebreaker due to her habits of drinking, smoking, and general disregard for Church rules.
Anneliese is a member of the Schafer Family, an aristocratic family based in District 1. She is the youngest daughter of Lord Heinrich and Lady Emmeline Schafer, the younger sister of Auguste, Amalie, and Antonie Schafer, and the elder sister of Albrecht Schafer. Sometime in her mid-teens, Anneliese became a ward of the Barsburg Church after being sent there as punishment for her rebellious behavior. When she was allowed to return home to her family years later, Anneliese—then a novice—spitefully chose to become a sister of the Church instead, effectively severing her ties with them.
Appearance
Physical appearance
Anneliese is a tall and slim woman, standing at around 176 cm and weighing around 55 kg. In contrast to her elder sisters, who all inherited their father Heinrich's features of fair, straight hair, light-colored eyes, and pale skin, Anneliese bears more of a resemblance to their mother Emmeline, with olive-toned skin, naturally curly dark hair, and dark eyes. Anneliese appears to be in her early twenties but is often mistaken to be older because of her tall stature and prominent features—several of which include upturned, cat-like eyes, a sharp, V-shaped jawline, and her tendency to rarely ever smile, instead almost always appearing solemn.
Clothing
Anneliese wears a modified version of the typical habit worn by nuns at Barsburg Church. The most significant alteration to her outfit is a figure-hugging sash around her waist that reaches halfway down her lower leg. Another modification Anneliese had made to her habit was a slit she cut on its skirt that showed part of her leg, but after several complaints made by scandalized churchgoers and her fellow nuns, she was made to stitch the slit closed—and the stitches (though now frayed and slightly loose) remain visible on her habit. Anneliese appears to be the only sister of the Church that does not wear a veil, as she often struggled with adjusting it on her head due to her hair.
In the past, Anneliese wore clothing typically worn by most nobility residing in District 1—intricate, embroidered, fur-trimmed dresses and gowns indicative of the Schafer Family's wealth and status. However, Anneliese despised wearing them and opted to borrow her servant and close friend Klara's clothes to wear instead, much to the chagrin and disapproval of her parents.
Personality
Initially, Anneliese possessed a cold and unfriendly demeanor, often speaking in a blunt, harsh manner seen as rude and unbecoming of a woman of faith such as her. Despite her occupation as a nun of the Barsburg Church, she is far from pious and devout, and her lack of dedication to her work and faith has earned her a reputation as a rulebreaker among members of the Church's clergy. She frequently avoids attending and participating in Church activities unless they happen to interest her, steals communion wine to hide under her bed and drink in secret, and has been caught wandering around the Church at night in search of hiding places to smoke.
Although her disobedient tendencies and distant nature towards others seem to say otherwise, Anneliese cares deeply for the well-being of the Barsburg Church and her fellow clergy members, considering it her home and sanctuary after being banished from her real home by her family. Openly expressing feelings such as affection and care is difficult for her, but to those who have managed to grow close to her—namely the three Bishops Frau, Castor, Labrador, and eventually Teito Klein—recognize and appreciate her efforts to show genuine kindness and compassion.
Towards the end of her arc, Anneliese is shown to be significantly more open and amiable towards others. She also appears to have developed a genuine sense of faith, as indicated by her last appearance when she prays to the Chief of Heaven.
Most of Anneliese's initial personality and tendencies can be attributed to her upbringing and difficult relationship with her family, particularly with her parents. She describes her relationship with her family before being sent to Barsburg Church as tense and her current relationship with them as "good as dead"—but has expressed regret over her decision to cut them off.
History
Anneliese was born Anneliese Elisabeth Schafer to the affluent Schafer Family. At the time of her birth, the Schafer Family were respected for their aristocratic status but were also derided for being "tryhard opportunists", particularly because of their repeated and unsuccessful attempts to forge an alliance with one of the Seven Houses of God (or God Houses) through marriage. Though the Schafer Family had considerable influence and wealth in their own right, their place and rank compared to the countless other upper-class families and noble houses across the various districts of the Barsburg Empire rendered them more or less insignificant, especially in the eyes of the immeasurably powerful God Houses.
Determined to secure an alliance by marrying one of their children into a God House, Lord Heinrich Schafer and Lady Emmeline Schafer, Anneliese's parents, raised their daughters to become the perfect potential wives—well-mannered and exceptional in talent, intellect, and beauty. However, this led to Heinrich and Emmeline putting immense pressure on their daughters, subjecting them to grueling hours of training, education, and discipline to ensure they were the most perfect they could be at the cost of their senses of self-worth, self-esteem, and the ability to openly bond with one another.
In Anneliese's words, the Schafer sisters "almost loved each other" in their youth, but because they were all determined to become the chosen daughter to fulfill their parents' dreams, their shared bond swiftly became strained and fiercely competitive.
Eventually, three out of the four Schafer daughters grew up to be exactly what their parents wanted them to be—exceptional and remarkable in their own unique ways. Auguste Ilse, the eldest daughter, was discovered to be a Zaiphon wielder, and attended the Barsburg Military Academy to hone her skills, graduating and joining the Barsburg Imperial Army in her adulthood.
Amalie Olga, the second eldest, developed a talent for the performing arts and became an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, performing as a member of various high-profile musical ensembles and orchestras throughout the Barsburg Empire.
Antonie Ulrike, the third eldest, became renowned for her praiseworthy beauty (which was often described as being "otherworldly"), as well as for being a noted scholar well-versed in the subjects of philosophy and the sciences—though she was more well-known for her beauty than for her intellect.
Anneliese worked hard to fulfill her parents' expectations and match her sisters' excellence, but always found herself falling short of achieving anything significant. Though initially encouraging of their youngest daughter, it did not take long before Heinrich and Emmeline grew disappointed in Anneliese's supposed incompetence and began to neglect her, believing her to be a lost cause who did not need prioritizing because of her mediocrity. Having been rejected by her parents and unable to turn to her sisters for any sort of comfort, Anneliese consequently grew up feeling miserable and isolated.
Noticing her sorrow and loneliness, Klara, a young servant girl of the Schafer household, befriended Anneliese. Klara kept Anneliese company, allowed her to borrow her clothes, entertained her by playing the guitar, and eventually taught Anneliese how to play the guitar (it is later revealed that Klara taught Anneliese how to play under the secret instruction of her older sister Amalie). Klara's generosity and kindness towards Anneliese despite perceiving herself as an unremarkable failure led her to develop feelings for her, and though she never admitted these feelings to Klara directly, she often wrote of them in her diary.
Through Klara's encouragement and teaching, Anneliese grew skilled at the guitar. When she finally felt that she was proficient enough, she requested that her family be her first audience, performing in front of them enthusiastically. At the end of her performance, when she looked up for any sign of approval or applause, she was only met with blank, disapproving stares, particularly from her parents. Anneliese was crushed and cried in her room afterward, as the true extent of her family's disregard for her finally sank in.
Tired of how she was being treated and thinking that she might as well make the most out of being the family disappointment, Anneliese soon became rebellious. She began to sneak out at night, traveled elsewhere in the daytime without permission (often accompanied by Klara), and picked up the habit of smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol. Heinrich and Emmeline were furious and demanded Anneliese put a stop to her misbehavior before she could tarnish the family name. In response to their anger, Anneliese retorted "Haven't I already? Why do you only care now?"
To curb Anneliese's troublesome behavior, her parents arranged for her to be engaged to Vasily Petrov, the son of another aristocratic family. Though Anneliese found Vasily likable, the prospect of being engaged to him and eventually marrying him displeased her, as she loved Klara and not him.
Vasily, on the other hand, was deeply enamored with Anneliese, but his affection would soon turn from simply being smitten with her to a growing obsession and possessiveness over his fiancée. Vasily's irrational jealousy eventually led to him betraying Anneliese when he discovered her diary and entries about Klara, revealing her secret to Heinrich and Emmeline behind her back.
The discovery of Anneliese's love for Klara was the last straw for her parents. As punishment, Klara was subsequently fired from the Schafer household, and Anneliese was sent to Barsburg Church against her will to be disciplined and to "correct her misguided ways". Heartbroken, Anneliese was resentful towards the clergy of the Church who had taken her into their care and attempted to escape before being caught by Frau, who was then an apprentice Bishop.
Instead of berating her or threatening to report her to Church authorities like she expected, much to Anneliese's surprise, Frau reacted casually and offered to help cover up her escape attempt once he had persuaded her not to leave. Subsequently, Frau became the first—and for a time, the only—member of the Church that Anneliese trusted and fully befriended him upon becoming a novice.
After several years of living as a ward and eventual novice of Barsburg Church, Anneliese received a letter from her eldest sister Auguste. In the letter, Auguste had written about the birth of their brother Albrecht Emmerich, though more importantly, about their parents offering to allow her to return home. Believing that their parents were being disingenuous about their offer, Anneliese furiously wrote back that she refused to return home and would instead become a sister of the Church, effectively and permanently severing her ties with her family.
Shortly after her last letter to Auguste, Anneliese followed through with her decision and officially became a sister of the Church. Though she continued to possess much of her rebellious streak from her younger years, Anneliese is shown to grow and become more dutiful and dedicated to her work. Her last appearance is of praying to the Chief of Heaven for three things—for Teito to be kept safe by him, for her family to be well, and to be reunited with Klara someday.
Relationships
Family and Associates
Heinrich and Emmeline Schafer
Lord Heinrich Schafer and Lady Emmeline Schafer are Anneliese’s parents. Anneliese is bitter and resentful towards them, having never forgiven them for their neglect and eventual decision to send her to Barsburg Church against her will. Anneliese remains firmly convinced that her feelings of contempt towards her parents are mutual and that their offer for her to return home was insincere.
Unbeknownst to Anneliese, however, is that they truly were sincere, having grown to regret their rashness at having sent her away. In official portraits of the Schafer Family, Heinrich and Emmeline request every artist to paint Anneliese with them, though she often appears as a teenager because the last of her pictures kept in the household was of her at that age.
Auguste Schafer
Auguste is Anneliese's older sister and the eldest of the Schafer siblings. Anneliese considers her the sister she was closest to, briefly corresponding with her through letters during Auguste's first year as a soldier of the Barsburg Imperial Army. After being sent away to Barsburg Church, the sisters lost contact for several years, until Auguste sent Anneliese a letter detailing their brother Albrecht's birth and their parents' offer for her to return home. Following her indignant response refusing the offer and informing Auguste of her decision to become a nun, Anneliese deliberately chose to cease contact with her.
Despite this, Auguste continued to write to Anneliese, sending her letters and pictures of their family, greeting her during holidays and her birthday, and wishing her well. Though Anneliese has never responded to any of her letters, she has read and kept all of them. During a conversation with Teito Klein, Anneliese expressed her regret at ignoring Auguste's attempts to reconnect with her, remarking that "She was the only one I tried to be a sister to, and she's the only one who tried to be a sister to me. And I hate that I... can't bring myself to be one to her anymore."
In Kapitel 19 (Episode 20), Auguste appears as a member of the Barsburg Imperial Army's fleet traveling over District 7. As Anneliese watched the conflict in the skies unfold from the Church walls, Auguste noticed her and attempted to descend to see her, but failed after being commanded to return to the fleet and proceed to Antwort. The sisters share a glance, but because of Auguste's helmet obscuring her face, Anneliese failed to recognize her, leading her to wonder why a Barsburg soldier seemingly wanted to approach her.
Amalie Schafer
Amalie is Anneliese's older sister and the second eldest of the Schafer siblings. Though they were never openly close, Amalie secretly supported her sister through Klara, encouraging her to teach Anneliese the guitar. In the aftermath of Anneliese's performance, Amalie attempted to comfort Anneliese, but open approaching her bedroom and hearing her sister's anguished cries, she could not bring herself to do so. After being sent away to the Church, Anneliese and Amalie lost contact, and have not heard from each other since.
Antonie Schafer
Antonie is Anneliese's older sister and the middle child of the Schafer siblings. Antonie was often antagonistic and cold to Anneliese in their youth, much like their parents, souring their already difficult and practically non-existent relationship. However, when she learned of their parents' plans to send Anneliese away to Barsburg Church, Antonie secretly pleaded with them not to, but her pleas were unfortunately in vain. After being sent away to the Church, Anneliese and Antonie lost contact, and have not heard from each other since.
Albrecht Schafer
Albrecht is Anneliese's younger brother and the youngest of the Schafer siblings. Albrecht was born after Anneliese was sent away to the Church, thus making Albrecht the only sibling Anneliese has never met. In one of Auguste's letters, a page of it included a message personally written by Albrecht himself, enthusiastically expressing his excitement at knowing he had another sister and his desire to meet her someday. Anneliese keeps photos of Albrecht sent to her by Auguste, but does not look at them often, as she feels bittersweet over the thought of knowing she can only get to see him grow up in pictures.
Klara
Klara was a young servant girl employed by the Schafer household and was Anneliese's closest friend and first love. Aside from keeping Anneliese company, Klara taught her how to play the guitar under the secret instruction of Amalie. On Anneliese's birthday, Klara gifted her a guitar that she had spent months saving to buy for her, and it was one of the few items that Anneliese took with her to Barsburg Church.
Anneliese still considers Klara her true love, having never lost feelings for her despite never having seen Klara since she was fired from the Schafer household. Anneliese briefly and vaguely mentions Klara to Mikage Celestine and Teito Klein in Kapitel 3 (Episode 3) and Kapitel 7 (Episode 9), recalling "the beauty of young love" to the pair (alluding to her love for Klara) and when consoling a grieving Teito in the aftermath of Mikage's death, remarking that she had also "lost someone dear" to her and that she felt betrayed by the world after losing them.
In Kapitel 25 (Episode 25), Anneliese directly mentions Klara when she prays to the Chief of Heaven to be reunited with her someday. As Anneliese prays, a young woman with a hood obscuring her face stands up from the pews to approach her. Though it is left vague and ambiguous, there is a possibility that this woman may be Klara herself.
Vasily Petrov
Vasily Petrov is Anneliese’s ex-fiancé and heir to the Petrov Family, a minor aristocratic family based in District 4. Anneliese liked Vasily at first but did not love him, and disliked the idea of knowing she was engaged to be married to him someday. Vasily was infatuated with Anneliese, but this initial infatuation morphed into an unhealthy obsession with her, culminating in him betraying her by revealing her feelings for Klara to her parents.
Anneliese mentions Vasily when she recalls Auguste writing that he had married another woman, joking that she often includes "whoever that poor girl is" in her prayers, as "being married to that guy... that must be a fate worse than death!"
Barsburg Church
Frau
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Frau was the sole member of the Barsburg Church clergy whom Anneliese considered a true friend. Because of their similar disregard for Church rules, they often scheme and cover up for one another, trading alcohol and cigarettes in secret, Anneliese taking up library duty to rearrange Frau's stash of porn magazines where they cannot be found by anyone else except the two of them, and Frau distracting the nuns during cleaning days for Anneliese to dispose of the many empty bottles of communion wine she hides under her bed.
Beyond their shenanigans, however, Frau and Anneliese share a genuine friendship, with Frau being the only one whom Anneliese has confided the true extent of her past to.
It is hinted that Frau and Anneliese may have been romantically involved with each other, or at least had a physical relationship in the past. Frau and Anneliese often joke about "the good old days" with each other, and also mention Castor and Frau visiting her for "stress relief" after failing the Bishop's Apprentice Exam twice. Anneliese has also been seen leaving Frau's private quarters hungover and complaining about body pain, implying that the two may have late-night trysts—though this could be interpreted as Frau and Anneliese merely drinking together.
Teito Klein
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Anneliese was Teito's caretaker during his first days in Barsburg Church, along with Rosalie, Libelle, and Athena. Having heard of Teito's bratty nature through Frau, Anneliese treated Teito poorly compared to the other three nuns, though not to the extent of blatantly neglecting or mistreating him.
This initial misunderstanding of Teito's behavior and attitude quickly faded and over time Anneliese becomes warmer toward him—eventually growing into sisterly fondness that often showed in the form of her teasing Teito and Mikage (and later Teito and Hakuren Oak). In Kapitel 7, Anneliese comforts Teito in the wake of Mikage's death and later becomes comfortable enough to relay parts of her past to him.
Anneliese thinks of and treats Teito like a younger brother, possibly due to her regret over not being able to care for her brother Albrecht. After Teito departs from the Church and District 7 with Frau in Kapitel 25, Anneliese wishes him well, and—in a rare act of piety—prays to the Chief of Heaven to protect him.
Mikage Celestine
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Though their interactions were brief, Anneliese treated Mikage similarly to Teito, teasing him and joking about "the beauty of young love" to him. While tending to him in bed after he arrived at the Church, Anneliese converses with him on the subject of the Barsburg Imperial Army, where she reveals her sister Auguste's occupation as a soldier in the Army. Mikage tells her that he knows of Auguste, as she was once his and Teito's instructor in the Barsburg Military Academy. Anneliese smiles but does not reply to him.
As Burupya, Mikage is shown to be fearful of her, as upon first seeing him Anneliese grabbed him and jokingly attempted to throw him like a ball, unaware that the Fyulong pup was Mikage’s reincarnation. A running gag between them is Anneliese attempting to redeem herself afterward by giving Burupya treats, and Burupya refusing to accept them, hiding behind Teito’s shoulder whenever she would try to come near him.
Castor
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On the surface, Anneliese appears to be intimidated or even fearful of Castor, as he frequently happens to be the one to catch her avoiding Church activities, sometimes alongside Frau. A running gag between all three is of Castor physically dragging an unwilling Anneliese by her sash and Frau by his collar back to mass. Though one would expect Castor to treat her similarly to Frau, with whom his patience runs thin, Castor surprisingly tolerates Anneliese's behavior, leading to some bickering between the two Bishops over how Anneliese manages to get off scot-free for her shenanigans whereas Frau has to deal with Castor's wrath for his mischief.
Apart from forcing Anneliese to attend and participate in Church events, they generally get along well with each other, and team up to bully Frau and even Lance on occasion.
Castor and Anneliese are hinted to have had a physical relationship in the past, as in a conversation with Frau, it is mentioned that Castor and Frau used to visit her for "stress relief" after failing the Bishop's Apprentice Exam twice. Castor, possibly out of embarrassment, shut them down before they could elaborate any further.
Labrador
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Labrador and Anneliese share an amicable relationship. Because of her duty tending to the Church's gardens, they are often shown having tea together and helping each other pick flowers for Labrador's tea. Whenever she suffers from a hangover, she often seeks him out, as he brews her special herbal teas to remedy them.
Lance
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Anneliese and Lance’s relationship can be described as antagonistic, but neither of them bear any genuine hatred or malice towards each other. Like Castor, Lance frequently catches Anneliese engaging in her various vices such as her multiple attempts to steal communion wine from the Church sacristy, and even finding her passed out behind the altar with a bottle of wine in hand.
They dislike each others’ personalities—Anneliese for her mischief and Lance for his flamboyant, dramatic tendencies—and frequently butt heads often. For the sake of petty revenge as well as laughter, Anneliese tends to pull pranks on him and bully him, with Castor often being Anneliese’s accomplice in bullying him. However, when they aren’t rude and snubby towards each other, they act surprisingly civil, albeit begrudgingly so.
Razette
Razette is one of Anneliese's fellow nuns in the Barsburg Church. Anneliese attempted to be Razette's accompanist during mass but discontinued the role after the sound of the organ Razette played overpowered the sound of her guitar. Though no longer Razette's official accompanist, Anneliese sometimes joins Razette for casual and impromptu duets by the Church fountain, with Razette singing and Anneliese playing the guitar.
Rosalie, Libelle, and Athena
Rosalie, Libelle, and Athena are Anneliese's fellow nuns in the Barsburg Church. Anneliese occasionally pairs up with them when doing chores and manual labor around the Church, but does not spend much time with them beyond work.
Though Anneliese regards all three as mere work colleagues, Rosalie, Libelle, and Athena seem to be fond of her, with Sister Athena often embarrassing her by sharing stories of Anneliese's antics during her early days as a ward and novice of the Church.
Trivia
Due to the strict training and education she received for much of her childhood, Anneliese is particularly well-versed in literature and the art of singing and dancing, alongside being a proficient guitarist.
Anneliese has considerable knowledge with wines and alcohol, with white wine being her drink of choice. However, due to the Barsburg Church's restrictions on the clergy leaving its premises, Anneliese is limited to drinking communion wine and vodka—shared with her by Frau—instead.
Because of her status as a high-profile ward of the Church, Anneliese was given her own private quarters to live in, allowing her to live alone even when she became a novice—which is quite peculiar seeing as novices are made to live with roommates, similarly to apprentice Bishops having to share rooms while residing in the Church in preparation for the Bishop’s Apprentice Exam.
Anneliese is fond of children, but the children that visit Barsburg Church and reside in the Church orphanage are often afraid of her due to her intimidating appearance.
When with close associates and friends, Anneliese is unintentionally physically aggressive. A running gag is her often elbowing, shoving, or thwacking others upside the head when laughing, always resulting in them wincing in pain and suffering from visible slap marks or even bruises.
The Schafer sisters—Anneliese included—dreamed of marrying into specific God Houses. Auguste desired to marry into the Hausen House, Amalie the Reuen House, and Antonie the Barsburg Royal Family. Anneliese's own God House of choice was the Oak House.
Anneliese has a sweet tooth, with a preference for chocolates and strawberries. Even though Labrador brews her sweeter tea as she commonly requests of him, she always adds several more spoonfuls of sugar into her tea to taste.
What the 07-Ghost characters are very opinionated about
Teito is very opinionated on the subject of friendship. He has a lot of very firm ideas about what friendship means. Because it was something he had been denied for so long, something he didn’t think he could really dream of having, when he did finally form his first real friendship with Mikage, that settled a lot of his notions and ideas around what a friendship should really be. In Teito’s mind, friends support each other, no matter what. Friends truly love and care for each other, and while they have fun together and enjoy each other’s company, it’s important that they’re loyal to each other and that they’d do anything for each other. It’s how he acts as a friend. He’s the type of friend who drop anything to be there at his friend’s side when they’re having a rough time, no questions asked, who would give every single thing he owned if it would help his friend, even up to his own life. However, he kind of expects, without even realizing that he does, that his friends would feel the same way about friendship and that they would have the same view of what a friendship should be like. He gives intense loyalty, but he also expects it in return, even when he protests and says he doesn’t.
Frau is opinionated about a lot, unsurprisingly. He’s the type of man who forms opinions pretty quickly and he’s pretty resolute in his opinions once he’s made up his mind. He’s not completely incapable of changing his opinions as he learns new things, but it’s more a rarity. I think it’s going to be a surprise, but I don’t think porn is going to be something he’s opinionated about. While he has his own set tastes, when it comes to porn, he’s understanding that other people have tastes different to his own. He’s not one to yuck anyone else’s yum. Which leads me to the point of what I do think he’s most opinionated about, which is respect. I think Frau not only commands some level of respect from those around him. He expects them to treat him fairly, if not well, but he also tries to live with respect for most people around him. He’ll only stop respecting people once they give him valid reasons not to. He gets really upset at people who treat others as below them or who plain out disrespect others, thinking that they’re better than everyone else.
Labrador is pretty chill and laid-back. There’s not much that he is strongly opinionated about and even on the topics he is opinionated about, he’s not one to lecture about them. He’s not going to confront people if their opinions conflict with his unless he’s given no other choice and he rarely gets fired up about things. However, I do see him as being someone who not only loves the earth but feels very connected with it. He doesn’t like seeing the earth abused, be it from little things like littering (one of his biggest small pet peeves – it’s not that hard to keep your trash with you until you reach a garbage can is his thoughts on it) to big things like, in modern-day AU’s, big companies polluting the air and water, private plane use by celebrities, single-use plastics, etc. He’d do everything in his power to educate those who seem interested and to do his part in making the world a cleaner, more eco-friendly place, but he’s also not going to be on the front lines protesting and wouldn’t be starting big fights about it.
Castor has a kind of toxic thing he’s rather opinionated about. He’s tried to work on it, because he does realize that in some ways, it’s a harmful belief, but it’s one that was drilled into him from the time he was a child. In Castor’s mind, family means a lot and he believes that family should be important to everyone. He believes that, unless there’s actual physical abuse, even if your family hits all your buttons, even if they make you angry or sad or stressed at times, they’re still your family and the place you should always be able to go home to. While he has some complicated feelings towards his father, that’s still his family so he still holds a lot of love for his father and wants some form of approval from his father for the way he lives his life. It makes things harder on him, because he wants to hate his father, but at the same time, those bonds of family are something he can’t entirely shake and he doesn’t see why other people are so able to throw off those bonds or if it’s even good that they can.
Lance is, of course, surprising no one, very opinionated about fortune-telling and ‘mystical’ things along those lines. He’s a true believer in all of it and wants so badly to believe that there’s some degree of magic in the world. On top of all that, Lance does believe that everyone’s life is kind of prewritten, that everyone’s life is planned out before they’re born, and it’s because of that belief that he’s such a big believer in things like tarot readings and horoscopes – it’s simply telling people things that were already going to happen anyway, giving them some sort of advanced warning.
Ayanami has some very, very strong opinions around justice. He believes in complete and utter justice and sees himself as the executioner of that justice. However, he doesn’t realize that justice varies from person to person and that it means wildly different things to different people. He doesn’t realize that his own personal biases colour his version of justice and just assumes that what he sees as justice is the only justice that exists and because of this, he’s completely okay with enforcing that justice on all that exists around him.
Hyuuga takes a lot of pride in his skills as a swordsman. He’s put in a lot of work, trained hard, and pushed himself to his very limits to get to the point he is at. Because of this, should it be any surprise that swords and swordsmanship is something that is incredibly important to him. Seeing any person who calls themselves a swordsman treating their sword roughly or wielding their sword as if they have no pride in it sets him off and those people often find themselves cut down if their disrespect towards their sword is rather severe or at least cut up a bit if they’re just being dumb but still have room and potential to learn and grow.
Konatsu hates disloyalty. He can forgive a lot of faults in a person, as evidenced by how much shit he puts up with when it comes to Hyuuga. However, seeing disloyalty from anyone will automatically make him hate that person – like, absolute loathing and disgust towards them.
Kuroyuri fully believes that, if you’re tall, the world is super easy to live in and navigate. They really do hate their short stature at times and wish they would just hurry up and get tall.
Mikage gets really worked up about movies and television shows. He comes with strong opinions on everything he watches and he isn’t afraid to share them. He’s pretty forgiving with his opinions, for the most part, and he’s never going to form a complete opinion on something until he finishes watching it. He always believes that, even if he’s disliking something while watching it, it has the potential to get better and improve. Once finished though, he forms his opinions and sticks to them, despite people giving their arguments as to why something sucked or was good, whatever is the opposite of his opinion.
Hakuren hates women. It’s something he’s working on and comes from genuine childhood trauma but the boy strongly dislikes women and having to be around them in close quarters for too long. I don’t think this is an opinion of his that can’t be changed at all – he will learn to tolerate or even like certain women but he has a pretty strong opinion, for the most part, that females are icky.
Ouka has very strong opinions on freedom. She thinks it should be a natural right for any human being. In her opinion, everyone should have the freedom to act as they see fit, to live as they want, without having to obey the whims or orders of those above them. She doesn’t believe that people shouldn’t be held accountable for their actions and words. Everything has consequences, after all. In her mind, it’s very much a case of ‘you should be free to act and say what you want, but you must accept that there may be negative repercussions of those actions and words.’
It’s no secret on here that Katekyo Hitman Reborn has been one of my long-time loves. I love everything about it – the characters, the story, the relationships present within the story, but especially the ‘magic system’ of the various flame types within the story. Because of this, one of the things I love doing for all of my other fandoms is really sitting, thinking, and figuring out which Flame Types the characters from that fandom would use. 07-Ghost is no different in that regard, so please enjoy the KHR Flame type headcanons for the characters 😊
Teito would, of course, have Sky Flames. It’s been said many times within the canon universe of 07-Ghost that Teito has a beautiful, pure soul. He’s shown to not only have immense kindness and compassion within him, but he’s been shown to be able to understand and empathize with a wide variety of characters, even ones like Shuri who hadn’t previously shown him much kindness. Teito has, within him, a large capacity for forgiveness, and he’s shown an acceptance of people, even those he dislikes, once he learns more about their motives, goals, and the reason they do things. It’s because of this that I really do headcanon, so strongly, that he does have Sky Flames and that they’re of an exceptional purity.
Ayanami is the only person, thinking about the 07-Ghost universe, to be able to light and use almost all the Flame types. He’s exceptionally proud of this…except for the fact that, no matter how he tries, he cannot activate a Sky Flame. It’s always out of his reach, despite all his attempts and the harsh experiments he’s willing to subject himself and others to in order to grasp that Flame for himself. It’s like its taunting him with his inability to master it and make it his and he feels incomplete without it, which pisses him off more than he would ever let on.
Frau is another person who can use multiple flames. With his fiery and volatile temper and his habit of rushing into fights, he’s got strong Storm Flames, but he’s also able to use Lightning Flames at about the same level. He’s headstrong and not afraid to defend others by sacrificing his body for them, often putting himself at harm to protect others, achieving the Lightning Flame’s characteristic of being the one to draw damage to himself and away from the Family, serving as a lightning rod.
Labrador is another one where I think he can use dual flame types. I think he has Mist Flames that he’s proficient enough with. They’re not his strongest Flame, but they’re the ones he uses the most in battle situations, where he relies heavily on illusions to stun, disorient, or incapacitate his opponents without doing serious harm to them. His stronger Flame is a Sun Flame, though it lends itself most strongly to healing when Labrador uses them.
Castor has always and only had Rain Flames, in my mind. I can’t even fully explain why but it’s just a strong feeling I have when it comes to him. In battle, he can be the vicious, pounding type of Rain, a veritable monsoon that drowns his enemies in his power, but he can also be the light, refreshing rain that’s needed after a long drought, raising his loved one’s moods, and giving them much needed life and vitality.
Mikage is definitely a user of Sun Flames, natch. There’s no second-guessing, no doubt in my mind, that this boy has strong, pure Sun Flames. He’s shown, in canon, to not think twice about putting his own body and life on the line to protect the people in love. In fact, he embraces that as a purpose of his – it’s something he gladly does. Unlike Labrador’s Sun Flames, which lend themselves more towards healing, I think Mikage’s type of Activation is a lot like Ryohei’s, where it enhances his own physical fighting and attacking.
Hakuren was a hard one for me to place. I really struggled with his flame alignment, as there were three types of flame that I thought could really suit him well. I think he’d have very weak vestiges of both Cloud and Storm type flames, but he can’t light them so they’re generally unusable in battle situations. The flame type he can actually light and use is his primary type, a pretty strong Lightning Flame. Hakuren has shown a complete and utter willingness to protect those around him, often-times at the expense of his own body or his own personal desires, wants, or dreams. In canon, despite wanting so badly to be a Bishop’s apprentice, he was willingly, to protect the people who couldn’t protect themselves, to go and become Ouka’s tutor, so that the needs of the people could reach the royal family’s ears somehow. I think that, in a lot of ways, Hakuren is that lightning rod that draws the damage away from those that he wants to protect and onto himself.
Ouka is, of course, another Sky Flame user. For some reason, I see her in the role of the Sky Flame Arcobaleno, where her Sky Flame is something that is intertwined quite heavily with tragedy and sadness. The two things can’t quite be unwoven, but despite this, she tries her hardest to make the lives of those around her better. She seeks to help people, to better understand them, and to find love for them all. She’s constantly searching for ways to not use her flames for combat, but rather to use them in ways that protect and help others.
Lance is only one of two Cloud flame characters I see in the whole of the cast. While Lance is allied to the church and does enjoy his life with them, he’s often seen out on his own instead of choosing to mainly live and stay in the church for the most part, as people like Castor or Labrador do. He’s always off on his own adventure and he’s happy to drift along with his life, doing whatever brings him joy, acting on his own personal morals and beliefs instead of just solely those of the church. While he’s happy to join in on the group of Ghosts or fulfil his role as a Bishop, with Lance it really does feel like it’s more because he’s choosing to do so and because it’s something he wants rather than something he has to do.
Hyuuga is the other Cloud Flame type that I see in 07-Ghost. And, at first, it might not make sense. After all, Hyuuga is an exceptionally loyal character and a big part of his story within canon is his absolute, unwavering loyalty towards Ayanami. However, I really don’t believe that Cloud’s can’t have any loyalty whatsoever. In fact, I think that most Cloud’s are incredibly loyal people – what they’re loyal to just differs between the different Cloud’s. Hyuuga’s loyal to those he cares about, such as Ayanami and the Black Hawks, but he’s also very loyal to himself. He lives his life always focusing on his own amusement and entertainment. He does what he wants to do when he wants to do it, for the most part. Part of why he’s so loyal to Ayanami is because Ayanami allows Hyuuga to do this and gives him a place to be his flighty, eccentric, bloodthirsty self.
Konatsu has Rain Flames. Again, like Castor, this isn’t something I can explain quite as well as with the other characters. It’s just something about Rain Flame characters – it’s a vibe rather than a full thought that I can put into words. There’s a lot about Konatsu’s character that is very contradictory – he can be merciless and has no compunctions about killing when ordered or needed. He’s a furious rainstorm, water hitting pavement and bouncing up from the pure force of nature’s fury, when he’s on the battlefield. He’s that sudden sun-shower that springs up from nowhere and leaves you dripping wet and chilled whenever he gets too stressed and his temper flares. But most of the time, especially within the Black Hawks, Konatsu is the voice of reason, the sane one of the group, a gentle shower that you watch and listen to and that soothes your soul.
Kuroyuri has Mist Flames. Not only are they a strong illusionist, but they’re a really nasty one to deal with. They completely enjoy breaking opponent’s minds and bodies, whenever possible, and they toy with their opponent’s mercilessly before they use their own physical abilities to kill them. I think, in a lot of ways, Kuroyuri is a little like Fran is in my mind, where they look very cute, but they’ll come up with illusions that are ‘Great Elder Ones’ type of horror, the horror that a human mind can’t really compute, that truly teach someone the very meaning of terror and panic, without really even thinking too much about it and with no regret. In fact, they somewhat enjoy it, Kuroyuri much more so than Fran, who is largely apathetic to it.
