Scones: I feel like nayuta's almost like the wicked stepmother from snow white like she would shank someone prettier than her and be like "WOW WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, I'M THE PRETTIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!
Nayuta's vanity is all performative tbh, it's only when she gets caught up in the thrill of being an absolute monarch that she is legitimately vain. At all other points in her life, she kind of avoids any sort of spotlight. After all, that's the point of shapeshifting
There's safety in obscurity. The less attention gets drawn to you, the easier it is to survive. She never even wanted to be a queen! It was never her goal! She just got completely distracted from what she really wanted and being an evil dictator was just so much fun that her act was actualized.
Scones: does anna think of shapeshifting the same way?
Scones: or is she flashier than her terrible grandma
She's MUCH flashier, in part because she was born into a position where hiding was impossible. She uses shapeshifting as a form of manipulation, rather than just camouflage.
She's never been in a situation where she had to hide and steal and kill from the shadows. She's always been in the spotlight, in the center of attention, and that's where she likes to be. And when that attention turns to something else, she uses shapeshifting to keep it on her as long as possible.
That's why she looks like a young child, even when she's a late teen. She noticed children get more positive attention and they get fussed over and pampered and she said, "If I grow up, I lose that, and it goes to some other brat instead. So I'll simply have to stay young and adorable forever."
It works really well. Even on her parents, who are completely aware of what she's doing, but it's still extremely difficult to treat someone who looks like an 8-year-old as an 18-year-old
Most nirrans learn early on not to impersonate people of power or influential figures, because having that many eyes on a disguise is asking for you to be found out. Nirrans were widely known and feared during the peak of their race, and that fear drove people to hunt them down and kill them wherever they could be found. It's always safer to be a face in the crowd than an actor in a scene. If no one's looking at you, you'll never need to act. And that's the way Nayuta lived for most of her life.
Nayuta would probably make Dion eat nightshade just to see what would happen. Which is completely unsurprising. Both the fact that she would do this to Dion completely For Funzies and the resulting agonizing poisoning.
Scones: yeah dion's fun bc you can do a lot to him without necessarily killing him
Scones: like the amount of suffering you can put him through before he dies is probably ridiculous
Not only that but he also kinda has the same mentality of "it won't kill me so it's fine"
Even though it is, in fact, not fine, but hey, fake it till u make it
Every time Nayuta tells him to shoot his own foot (literally? metaphorically? it's Both) he's probably just screaming internally but he puts on a tough face about it so you'd never really know
Dion con Facile
Complaining only invites more attention to his pain after all
Scones: I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE BUT THIS IS ALSO TECHNICALLY
Scones: 'NOTHING WITH EASE'
Scones: 'NOTHING PAINLESSLY' I DIE
Scones: Sonia also has her own mask but it's more
Scones: 'i need to appear strong for my people' i think? than 'AAAAA DON'T LOOK AT ME'
Nayuta Nirra - Malta Riche - Karin Haida - Aria Harmonia - Laura Lucarhest - Leo Lucarhest - Lysara Alysandrea - Andante - Claude Winterfell - Sonia Harmonia - Dion Dissidia - Lucius - Isha’at
I finally finished the height chart....... At long last....... There they are......... All the assholes are finally gathered in one place
Unfortunately, Lucius is also there, ruining everything
Scones: As Lucius does
Scones: what's that guys deal anyway did he just come into existence as a shitty person who loves garbage
Scones: i'm assuming he has like the least sympathetic backstory possible and it's safe for me to ask that question
Scones: I don't have to worry about finding myself listening to Lucius fanmixes at 2 in the morning and getting upset about sisters
Lucius was the God of Death in the first circle, before there were real rules and laws that kept the gods and universe in check and there was only open war between the forces of Order and Chaos
He and Isha'at were the ones who began the rebellion to kill Chaos and Order and end the war, ending the Circle in the process. But, the thing they did thinking it would kill the mother goddesses only ended up reviving the Magistrasa
The Magistrasa wiped everything away and started the universe anew with the Second Circle, and when she went dormant again, the Goddess of Balance was added to the mix to keep everything running smoothly. But Chaos and Order were so sentimental, they brought back many of their loyal soldiers from the First Circle to serve them again
Lucius and Asriel got the short end of the stick. With Balance, their domains of Death and Revenge were already fulfilled. To make them gods again would be redundant. Not only that, but they were so good, they HAD to be nerfed - so when they were recreated, they were mortal.
Lucius came long before Asriel in the Second Circle, and after spending so long trying to kill Chaos and Order in the First, he was terribly unsatisfied with the outcome. He wasn't REALLY in it to end the war. He's the God of Death! He loves wars! What he really wanted was to take their place on the throne.
His new limitations do not hamper his ambition, and he seeks out his old allies to begin their rebellion anew. This time, it doesn't go well for them. Most of the Old Gods are either banished or sealed away, the dragons are hunted down and trapped under the ice, and Lucius very nearly dies right there - but there isn't a demon alive that doesn't idolize him, so Chaos and Order know it's much wiser to make a statement. Make him beg for his life, and swear fealty to them. Of course, his will to live does not outweigh his pride. Before that day, his name was Thanatos. The name "Lucius" was meant to symbolize his rebirth as a warrior of light. Instead, it just became extremely ironic.
Chaos knew this wouldn't break his spirit, and subtly encouraged his traitorous ambition. She pointed him towards the Nirra, the most fearsome demons she'd yet created, saying that if he couldn't be a god, he could at least become a king. So he sought them out, stole their throne, and plotted his next move.
Order and Balance were much less trusting. Chaos insisted he be spared, as he was always her favorite, and suggested making an example of him to appease them. But now that the example was made, they wanted him out of the picture - and the Nirra, too, dangerous as they were. So Chaos and Order made a game of it - Asriel and Sariel would be sent down to slay every last one, and once that was over, the old rivals would fight each other. The survivor would serve their god, and all would be well. Order loved and missed Sariel just as much as Chaos loved and missed Asriel, so it was an easy agreement.
As the Angels of Justice and Revenge descended upon the demons, it was hardly a fight. Lucius knew that he didn't have the same strength they did, since Chaos and Order nerfed him so damn hard - so he ran, abandoning his wife, Dima, who had just given birth to his children, to occupy them while he made his escape. Yet again, he had to abandon everything he'd worked for so that he could survive to work towards it again.
He fled to the Void where no one could find him, and he wandered among the ruins of the First Circle that yet remained, here and there. It was not long before Chaos sought him out, and rekindled his ambition. She revealed that there were more people with the power to create and destroy entire universes, just like the Magistrasa he'd been so obsessed with after seeing, and gave more details about the cycle of life and death and rebirth that the new Magistrasa was ever caught in. Her sisters didn't want him killing the three of them and reviving the Magistrasa again - but no one ever said anything about using the power of a fledgling goddess to fulfill his goals.
Over the course of the story you find out Hyrr has been rigging the game in their favor the whole fucking time. She's the one who tells Isha'at to betray Karin and join Lucius. She had a chance to kill Nayuta, but instead let her bargain her sister's life to escape, and the "random" portal Hyrr opened to let her go ended up leading her straight to Laura. She lets Lucius's gang enter and escape the Demon World as they please.
Her argument is that games aren't fun if they aren't fair, but the life or death of an entire universe isn't exactly a game.
She's the most capricious and unpredictable of the gods, because she's always looking for a way to fuck with people and stir the pot so things can be interesting and fun for a while. Since she's rarely affected by it, she thinks of it as if it's a soap opera.
This all really comes back to bite her in the Third Circle, though. Once they find out how much she helped Lucius ruin their lives, no one wanted to side with her any more. With no friends and no allies, Hyrr didn't have the same power or influence she commanded before. Which led to a huge imbalance, which led to the self-destruction of the so-called "Perfect Circle."
Scones: what does tal think of the "games" her sisters are playing
Scones: I don't suppose she was involved with the asriel vs sariel business
Tal is usually in the dark about their games, actually. They may be sisters, and she may have pseudo-omniscience to a greater degree than Shi or Hyrr, but she doesn't usually know what they specifically are doing, or what their intentions are. Because she can't see their souls. When she looks at them, there is only brilliant light or blinding darkness. They're beyond her sight. She was never intended to control them - just make sure that their power does not shift the balance of the universe and start another eternal war like in the First Circle. But, in general, when she DOES hear about their games, her attitude towards them is one of disapproval.
The Asriel/Sariel thing was actually not one of these cases, though, because it was one of the rare cases in which the game seemed fair to her. Asriel and Sariel balanced each other out perfectly, and the fact that they weren't immortal gods meant that the survivor wouldn't necessarily lend TOO MUCH power to the god they served. Not only that, but it got the job done in wiping out the Nirra race. So she was fine with it. She had to be, if it was going to happen. Any creation of life has to go through Tal, as that is her domain.
She's less their sister and more like their scolding mother sometimes. Like, the reason why there are so many demons and no real equivalent under Shi's rule is because Hyrr was super interested in making new things and trying out different ways to test the universe. Every time Hyrr made a new race or demons, Tal would notify Shi and say that it's only fair if she got the chance to make something new to hopefully balance it out. But Shi would always laugh and say, "The races I command are ALREADY perfect, Tal! I don't NEED anything else!" Then, hundreds of different monsters and demons later, Shi takes a look at the universe and says, "WHAT THE HECK! THIS ISN'T FAIR! I'VE BEEN ROBBED! TRICKED! DECEIVED!" And she threw a huge tantrum until Tal, again, offered to make something new for her. And Shi, again, laughed and claimed she'd already created perfection, before going right back to throwing her tantrum. It wasn't about fairness, it was about the fact that Hyrr had all these toys and Shi had so few. So Tal just sighed and got to work evening things out in some way or another.
Most of Shi's soldiers are just humans that died in very specific ways, actually
Like, the White Order, where Claude serves, is staffed entirely by people that were stillborn and got another chance in the afterlife.
She's got an army of mages that were reborn after being martyred, saints can become angels after death, and of course there's the High Elves, and most water spirits too. Water is the holy element of the Goddess of Order, so she made most of the water spirits herself.
Scones: that "humans that died in very specific ways" is so fucking neat conceptually
Scones: I don't think I've seen any equivalents of that except The Drowned, which any narrative w/ sea-based lore has some variation of
It also lends to the hardcore cultist mentality Shi's followers have. You need to live and die a certain way to be able to enter the pearly gates.
Scones: that's so cool. like Valhalla but more hardcore
Scones: You died a martyr? Good good okay, but were you burned alive? No? Sorry buddy you're not on the list
It's actually more like having to be redirected to ten different departments
"You died a martyr? Sorry, but you died for the wrong cause, you actually need to go to room 403 and speak to the Chaste and Charity department"
"I see you died so that you wouldn't have to marry, but unfortunately the method of your death requires you to be screened by the Pyres and Immolations Committee."
Scones: ohh my god. I feel like the
Scones: white order would be kind of unique though i'm guessing?
Scones: Because they would spend their whole lives in shi's service
Scones: I don't know... whether that would be a good thing or a bad thing lmao
Yeah, it's actually kinda fucked up because they're literally child soldiers. Or at least they're trained from birth (more or less) to BE a soldier
Scones: oh FUCK yeah I didn't even think about that
Scones: you're basically recruiting people from infancy. they're not going to know anything else
Yeah, it's. Not great. I mean just look at what it did to Claude lmao
Claude was like 13 when he met Karin - though he was a special case, as most members of the White Order don't go out onto the field until they have way more experience during training. Claude was just a prodigy, so he got pushed out a lot earlier.
And even at that age, he talked and acted like an old man who had Seen Some Shit.
At that point he'd seen a lot of friends - family, really, as most members of the White Order see each other as closer than kin - get maimed or killed or eaten by demons, so already he had a lot of prejudice and PTSD bottled up inside him. It's no wonder he landed himself in the shitty position he did after Karin died too.
Karin was the first person outside the order he'd ever connected with, and through her he sort of got to experience normalcy. They partnered up a few times to fight demons and kick ass and just have fun together, and before long they got to share a mutual childhood crush. Then Nayuta showed up and killed Karin and he had never taken a loss worse than he did then
It was then that he made the deal with Shi, who he'd always been taught to revere and respect as the ultimate symbol of hope and mercy, to become the God of Ice and serve for a temporary time until a more suitable candidate was selected to take the position. He didn't want to be a god. He didn't want anything. But in exchange, Shi offered to bring Karin back to life, and they could live happily together to the end of their days.
Except Shi didn't find a replacement. Claude was the best God of Ice there ever was, so meticulous and dedicated was he. How could she replace him? So she delayed him, saying she'd revive Karin and dismiss him once he'd "done enough work" - and she made sure he wouldn't walk away from the deal by forcing the guilt of her death upon him, reminding him every day of his loss and his carelessness and his mistakes. He'd never been allowed to mourn her death, nor was he allowed to forget it. He clung to Karin's memory, even as Shi warped them and manipulated him to do her bidding unquestioningly.
When he met Karin again, almost 20 years later, they didn't recognize each other. It wasn't until Dion joined Karin that he learned from him that the goddess he'd always hated and mistrusted was, in fact, the girl he'd been yearning for all this time. And when Karin finally realized who he was, she was filled with disgust at what he'd become.
So THAT'S what happened to Claude. He became overzealous and couldn't really adjust to the stresses he'd been put under and eventually it ruined his life. BUT, he turned around and started to make up for it!
Then! He died! Before he could ever complete his atonement!
The reason why Shi's army of humans against Hyrr's army of demons works so well for Shi is because her army can strengthen her, as well as strengthen themselves. Faith and religious practice among humans is extremely important to the gods, because humans have the special quality of making things stronger just by believing in it
It's why gods might pander to their following, or why demons go through such lengths to terrorize humans and fill them with fear. The souls of humans have the special quality of being able to just give pieces away, without itself being any less than it once was. By having faith in something, humans are giving pieces of their soul away to it. So even if they don't have all the fantastic powers or survivability that demons do, Shi's forces can still overwhelm and overpower their enemy, as well as give strength to their gods and leaders.
Through the power of friendship and teamwork, the evil shall be defeated
SAFCA = Special Armed Forces: Cosmius - Alpha. SAF is the military police force, Cosmius is the nation which they serve, and the "Alpha" division is ground combat & special ops
After Nayuta was taken down and the crown was restored, there was a huge issue in SAF with agents who were around during Nayuta's reign just being SUPER fucked up - especially the younger members, who just got put into this super violent, super repressive, super abusive environment that Nayuta created so that she could have a miniature army of killing machines
Dion is incredibly lucky to have had a support network and a group of people who fostered any kind of emotional stability in him or else he would just be in an AWFUL state. And when he became the commander of SAF he suddenly had to look after and deal with all these people that the system failed, and so many of them just were so horribly transformed by the trauma they endured that everyone thought there was no hope of rehabilitation for them into normal, functional society
But Dion still tried so hard to make sure everyone was okay because he was responsible for them now and he knew firsthand how hard it was to suffer through what Nayuta did to people, and he thought that if he gave up on these people, it was a disservice to all the people that never gave up on him.
One of the greatest challenges Sonia faces is widespread violence and ridiculously high crime rates because now that people weren't kept in check by fear, the social conditioning Nayuta put the nation through could finally rear its ugly head
Part of why Dion was so open and public with his familial ties with Nayuta was in a desperate bid to put a cap on the crime wave sweeping the nation. If people stayed in line because they feared Nayuta, maybe they'd fear Dion too. It... sort of worked? But not to any significant extent. It just made people hate and distrust him to know he was the son of the demon queen
McMuffin: yeah I can see how that would backfire
McMuffin: he looks like a spitting image of her so
McMuffin: it'd be kind of hard to hide anwyasy
No one really knew what she looked like, lol
She was a shapeshifter. She almost always walked around wearing someone else's face.
It was part of what made her so scary. She could be anyone, and you wouldn't even realize it.
McMuffin: good god I can imagine the paranoia spreading over everyone
McMuffin: going out of their way to say nice things about the queen they hated and feared because she could be someone standing right next to you
She liked making sure people knew that, too. After a few incidents where she murdered celebrities and posed as them for weeks and then transforming on public broadcast, or national reports of her just slaughtering ordinary families and posing as them just because she felt like it, it fostered a feeling of fear and paranoia that never truly went away.
there was this HUGE ordeal early on involving the violent practices of SAF. While Nayuta was in charge, she encouraged police brutality and killer cops as a tactic to keep people in line. When Sonia took charge, she obviously worked with Dion to retrain SAF to take conflict de-escalation classes and reteach them that lethal force should be a last resort. Lots of agents had to be discharged and put into psych wards for how fucked up they became and how difficult it was for them to value human life again
But the nation that had lived in terror of these people for so long didn't want rehabilitation. They wanted justice by blood. Despite the massive outcry calling for a purge of SAF, however, Sonia refused to do it. She argued that these men and women were just as much victims as anyone else - and they were just as human too. She held unwavering faith that they could be saved from their darkness, and learn how to live again.
And now I'm just sitting here wondering how Nio would think of that. Especially since nearly every other voice in the county called for their heads - and here was Sonia, encouraging them not to give up hope.
That passionate faith in humanity definitely made Dion the man he is today.
The perpetrators of this horrible oppressive atmosphere DEFINITELY got their asses a death sentence. Sonia was at least able to differentiate between the people who were forced to fear for their lives, and the people who forced that fear upon them. But a lot of the common footsoldiers were amazed to find themselves in group therapy sessions instead of a court room.
Sonia was the ideological force behind all this, but Dion was the one who implemented it all. So everyone in SAF holds him in incredibly high regard. He saved the nation, saved the world, and then came back to save them from themselves. It's probably the best thing Dion ever did tbh.
McMuffin: i know about nayuta
McMuffin: but what about her sister?
McMuffin: how did they both come about?
McMuffin: did they have a childhood together at all or nih?
Yeah, they shared most of their life together
They relied on each other to survive. In the vast and violent universe, they only had each other, and they clung to that connection... While it was convenient.
Nyla clung a little tighter than she should have. Hence why Nayuta's betrayal was so devastating to her.
The betrayal happened when the two of them were caught in the Shadow Spire - home to the Goddess of Chaos and center of Hyrr's power - trying to steal info about the Magistrasa, so that they might become rulers of the universe
Hyrr caught them, but Nayuta cleverly bartered with the goddess, trading Nyla's life for her own freedom. As Nayuta made her escape, Nyla was left to die
But Nyla was spared, against all odds. Hyrr had just decided to kill her when the Goddess of Change stepped forward to take the shape shifter under her wing, giving Nyla a home and a friendship she'd never truly known. More than anything else, she gave Nyla a chance at redemption. The girl was given a chance to change who she was, and in the end, she was a happier person for it.
There's still hints of her old self in who she is now - that subtle yearning, lusting for power and blood - but she's stepped out of her sister's shadow and put her past far behind her.
"I'm no good // You're no better" is a really good summary of her life philosophy
"Everything is shit. Everyone is shit. So yeah, I might be shit, but you think you're any better than me just because you're shitty in a different way?"
She's similar to Dion in that regard. In that she's at peace with who she is and what she's done, and doesn't look either up to or down at the people around her. Both of them only look forward.
McMuffin: awwww neice and nephew duo <3
McMuffin: I JUST WANT THEM TO BE HAPPY
Dion actually hates Nyla lol
Like sure they'd be able to get along well enough, but. Dion just doesn't want to give her a chance.
who (whether by fortune or misfortune) DIDNT get the soul of an old god bound to her blood, so she didnt get the sweet power boost nayuta got to take advantage of
however. nyla would get that rectified a few years later
in the worst possible way
the reason why theyre identical is because nyla kind of worshipped nayuta for a good portion of her life lmao
because they lived and worked together and were almost attached at the hip
but then nyla became the weakest link, and nayuta left her to die alone
they look alike because nyla modeled so much of herself after her sister, who was so powerful and clever and nyla was just like "i want to be just like her!"
even after the betrayal, and nyla got the chance to redeem herself, that kind of idealization never really went away
nayuta's form settled on who she is independantly. nyla is the copycat.
they come from a race of demons called the Nirra - named after their bloodline, who unified the race under the rule of an iron, bloody fist. Asriel and Sariel were born into the race, with the purpose of being the harbingers of their destruction. the twins' mother, Dima, was queen over her people, and a powerful witch who managed to bind Asriel's soul to the blood of her daughter. Sariel saw this and escaped, before she met the same fate.
Allie: okay so why would a god get his blood bound to a demon?
Asriel and Sariel aren't gods at this point. they USED to be gods, but they were reborn with a little more mortality. and the binding was definitely not voluntary - Dima tricked the old gods into lowering their guard, and she used the opportunity to curse them. Or, well, one of them at least. better than none.
Allie: but which god bound thier blood to nayuta?
Asriel was bound to Nayuta
which is how Asriel in turn was bound to Dion. because Nayuta used her blood in his creation. in doing so, he seized the chance to free himself from Nayuta's body and create a new vessel of his own. Which is why Dion and Asriel look almost exactly the same. but Things Went Wrong and Dion became his own person, and Asriel couldn't even attempt to take control of his new body until years and years down the line.
so Asriel is no longer with Nayuta, because she was more like a temporary living arrangement. being bound to one's blood is different from being bound to their soul. she still gained a HUGE amount of power from the situation, but ultimately Asriel and Nayuta never truly became one.
Dima's plan was to seal Asriel and Sariel in Nayuta and Nyla, and then kill her children so that she could kill the old gods with them. that didnt really pan out.
Allie: but she kept the power she gained from being bound to asriel?
Allie: nayuta i mean
yes
Allie: ohkay. so what did she lose when asriel escaped her blood?
basically nothing
to be honest, she had no idea he was even there to begin with
Dima didn't raise her children. she sealed Asriel inside Nayuta and then abandoned the both of them.
Allie: so does asriel have limitless power
Allie: because he gave dion power too
Allie: i mean is he losing anything by being bound to two different people? even though hes bound to each of them different;y
its a little more complicated than that
like, he didnt really GIVE nayuta anything to beging with. its just that as she grew, part of who he was became part of who she was. he somewhat corrupted her by living inside her for so long. its more like things just kind of came more naturally to her - she picked up magic very quickly, she was good at killing things, she could lie really well. when i say she was "more powerful" i dont really mean in a quantifiable way - theres no "power metrics" in my universe - its just that she was better at everything than she ought to have been, because Asriel's subconscious or something sorta leaked into her over time
Allie: OH okay so just his personality and mindset drove her to become who she was. so she didnt really gain any power from him, she just grew because of the drive he gave her?
yes, and shes also able to make connections easily if theyre things he understands really well. so magic comes easily, fighting comes easily, etc etc. she doesnt KNOW THINGS like she wouldnt have lingering memories of people shes never met, but these A to B connections came very easily to her. something like muscle memory, i guess you could compare it to?
she learned things more quickly, and it gave her a sort of subconscious affinity that you usually only find with a great deal of experience
Allie: so when asriel leaves she wouldnt learn anything from him anymore, i mean, in the way that she had in her life before
no, but at that point, its basically just with her. you cant take that away from her at that point.
it became her knowledge, after all that time
Allie: i mean she still is who she was before he left but that drive that was there before, even though its not needed anymore as she is alread her, is gone
this baseline knowledge/experience business is also what made dion who he is, but his situation is so fundimentally different from nayuta's on so many different levels that its hard to even begin on the differences
Allie: well dion recognized that asirel was there as one thing right?
Allie: whereas nayuta was like "oh shit hai there well okay then"
when nayuta found out about asriel it was WAY after dion found out himself. she was very confused and, quickly after, very upset
"I HAD THE SOUL OF AN OLD GOD IN MY BLOOD AND I COULDNT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS"
she actually found out during the final showdown
she saw dion had this swaggy sword and was like "lmao the fuck is that"
and dion told her the whole asriel thing and she was like "???????????? WHAT THE FUCK"
the only thing is, he was really banking on the sword being able to kill her
because it carried a curse with it so that it'd kill whatever it so much as scratched
but, without telling him, Sonia had sealed the sword's power. which is super fortuitous, because she did this SECONDS before asriel (who had possessed dion at the time) stabbed her, forever ruining her bikini bod
the thing is, sonia didnt actually know that dion didnt know, because she'd never actually thought to tell him about it because technically he was the one stabbing her, so months later theyre standing up against nayuta after this long journey to reach that point, and dion is standing there telling nayuta all about his rad demon god sword thats totally gonna kill her ded, and sonias in the back gesturing wildly and trying to tell him "UM ACTUALLY LOL ABOUT THAT"
if it hadnt been for that actually. none of the other awful shit would have happened. because the way they defeat nayuta during this showdown actually ends up just being a temporary fix - they use the World Gate they'd been fighting at and they launch her into fucking space
technically, into the Void - which is where nayuta just kinda floats aimlessly for a while, screaming "FUCK" a lot
but then nayuta runs into her dad
Allie: hahaha omg i love the thought of nayuta just really pissed in space
Allie: just real pissed
its the kind of rage that could birth a new universe
incidentally, birthing new universes is exactly what her dad is into
Allie: im into long walks on the beach, pina coladas, and birthing universes
Allie: call me
no one would call him
hes the worst
i dont even mean that in an affectionate way
Lucius is the literal fucking worst
he kills everyone
i know i say that about nayuta but
Lucius kills everyone
when Asriel and Sariel came knocking on the Nirran race's door, Lucius packed his bags and abandoned his pregnant wife-queen AS SHE WAS GIVING BIRTH and only looked back to laugh about how fortunate he was that her corpse might slow them down
he didnt even know he HAD children until Hyrr told him
Lucius is actually the real reason why Asriel and Sariel were sent in to slay everyone. because Lucius is ALSO an old god who is no longer a god. Lucius isn't even his real name - he was rechristened after he lost a huge war he helped start and the gods were like "we could kill you, but lets make an example of you instead" and it was actually super humiliating for him
his true identity is Thanatos, the Old God of Death
and hes a piece of shit
when he was a god, he was like. super hot shit. but when he was reborn as a mortal, he was a weak ass lil bitch and he was PISSED about it
Asriel and Lucius were actually Mega Bros back when they were both gods. which makes every interaction between them as mortals low key kinda awkward
its also weird calling them mortals because theyre both definitely demigod-status. why do i keep saying "mortal" when there are better words.
Allie: and what does demi-god mean in youre universe?
Allie: i mean in the character's universe haha
extremely powerful and conditionally immortal, even if theyre not really part of the pantheon
usually i use the word in reference to the Old Gods who never really got reinstated to their former glory
