#shadow decree

[fluffykitten231]

I also did these

Mmm monke

[me-and-freddy-xiii]

This is the new cover for Dissidia Dislyte Final Re:MIX. The reason it looks so drastically different is because I'm taking this project in a new direction. Hope you like it. And even if you don't, I'm still gonna do it cuz I want to.

[iwantteaandsleep2403]

I've been fixated on the shadow decree and listening to "Cirque" and "Freak" by Sub Urban nonstop for the past 9 hours and I need to share this with anyone that will listen to my ramble or else I'll combust

Shadow decree Circus AU

Y'ALL THE AMOUNT OF FANART POTENTIAL–

[crepus]

I still have no idea why the esper union and the shadow decree have beef with each other btw

[poisonioushearts]

Self-aware Leon(being the players favorite)

Inspired by @dislifeismid self-aware tang yun

Gender neutral reader

Warnings: Might be a little ooc?, otherwise none

He blinked and suddenly he was fully leveled

Um...okay

He was a bit surprised, like, don't you have the shiny legendaries?

You don't care? Okay then

His old relics were stripped away and replaced by the highest level, all of them already leveled up

The others in the team are already weary of him and once they see him oneshot the enemy? Oh boy...

I feel like he wouldn't care very much for you, you're just basically telling him what to do without a choice

Leon thinks that maybe he can rid of Ollie with this newfound power-

Wait

Is that Ollie working beside him??

Touche

After some time he thinks that maybe you'd take away his relics or something to level that new legendary esper you got

Is surprised (part 2) when he sees that you don't even touch the other person

Now he has some respect for you

Tries not to show to the others that he is mildly excited that someone else cares for him and that you obviously show it

If you start to pay attention to other espers he's gone cold, the others don't know why-*cough* jealously *cough*

Freddy is sitting at level 20 kinda jealous watching his friend be sent out for constant missions lmao

In the AU where the player is a esper that has all the powers of the player(ie. giving them strength, powerful items, taking them out on missions,etc.)he won't say it but he's basically your bodyguard now

You helped him and he isn't the hugest fan of debt even though this situation wouldn't really be considered debt in your eyes

Congratulations, the possibility of death for you has greatly decreased

Thank you for reading, reblog/like if you enjoyed it!

[xxmothangelxx]

Shady Rambles Dislyte Part 6: A Written Movie Sequal

So, I made this post yesterday, and after I was able to make a reddit post that I feel better summarized my point! It may be a tad pretentious in its writing and I do apologize for that, but still, I hope you enjoy!

As a lover of writing and Dislyte, I've always been unnecessarily invested in the story. Funnily enough, unlike most people the story and characters are really my main reason for not giving up on the game – in spite of all the less than favorable updates – so although many argue the story is sub-par, I quite enjoy it. This love of characters and story has made it so I try to keep up with most events. I'll be honest, I stopped playing the game after Valeria's event (and I have yet to read through the ones that I've missed) but I have since completed Cellblock Chaos so I'm making my way back into the game!

Needless context aside, I wanted to discuss the concept of grey morality and why it always bothered me when it was mentioned in reference to the Shadow Decree, it took me a while to figure out why but I feel that I can now put it into words. It is because the Shadow Decree are objectively an irredeemable terrorist organization that have committed human rights violations so extreme, that in a more realistic world Hyde would have been sentenced to death by firing squad upon arrest.

The issue with grey morality and the concept of an anti-hero is a lot of consumers and fans have the false mindset that if a villain has a 'point' then the villain is any less evil. Now, the issue with that therein lies with the fact that morality is less based on thought and more based on action, it doesn't matter if you have a "moral" way of thinking if your actions don't reflect that. This issue can be seen within the Shadow Decree in abundance, many of the characters have seemingly understandable reasons for being members, but their actions within the group contradict their so-called moral standpoint.

For example, many argue that the reason Hyde isn't a villain is because his research is all for the "greater good", he is an ends justify the means sort of person. However, you then have to take into account that Hyde actively partakes in and encourages human trafficking and non-consensual human experimentation. Does it really matter if it is "for the greater good" if you are actively allowing hundreds of innocents to die for experiments that lead to nothing at all?

I am brought back to two events in particular: Brewster and Yun Chuan's. In both events, it is revealed that the Shadow Decree's crimes run deeper than just bothering the Union and stealing their members.

With Brewster, we find out that Shadow Decree actively buys trafficking victims off what can only be described as a black market and experiments on them in an attempt to turn them into espers. These people do not consent, and are nothing more than cattle to them. Few are "successful" like Brewster, with a majority of them dying from the strain placed upon their bodies. Brewster himself was sold by his abusive father and still suffers immense trauma from his time under Kara.

Yun Chuan's hits closer to home however; as someone with many criticisms of the prison industrial complex – more specifically how inmates are treated – to hear that the Shadow Decree makes deals with prisons to experiment on inmates was incredibly chilling. It was one of the most true to life, realistic portrayals of how deep systemic corruption truly is, especially in how it mirrors the real life abuse of incarcerated people globally.

I simply do not see these as the actions of a "morally grey" group of people that only "want the best". I feel that the reason many are quick to slap the morally grey label onto the Shadow Decree is character bounties, most bounties are slice of life stories that show the characters going about their daily business, of course Ophelia and Catherine seem nicer and more likable. Though you then remember that they bombed an orphanage for virtually no reason and suddenly they seem less like good people.

Now, this isn't me saying that you cannot like them or that liking them reflect poorly on you as a person! I for one am definitely a Shadow Decree apologist haha, my top favorite espers are majority Shadow Decree, and I find them to be an interesting group of people with the potential for great storytelling. With that being said, I feel we as media consumers have a habit of becoming so attached to certain characters that we forget that their actions do indeed play a role in who they are.

To be a part of the Shadow Decree is to say that you are okay with human trafficking, human experimentation, terrorism, weapons smuggling, political corruption, prison industrial system corruption, child murder (remember the orphanage bombing that killed Stewart's lover and also a bunch of children?). The Union is certainly not free of skeletons, their rampant negligence shows this, however I cannot feel comfortable saying that they are in any way just as bad or worse than the Shadow Decree based on everything the Dislyte lore has told us.

TLDR: I believe the reason many argue that the Shadow Decree are morally grey, or that they're even a well-meaning group, is because many of the characters have sad backstories, attractive designs, and cute personalities. Though I cannot agree, because I feel that it disregards all the genuinely horrific (and mostly unnecessary) actions of the group; I don't see how people that bomb orphanages and experiment on trafficking victims can be any less than evil.

With all of that being said I would give my left kidney and run over a baby kitten if it meant that Catherine would blink in my direction.

[glow-205]

Ok, so I bought some story vouchers to be able to go through the Ruler’s Law event, and I noticed that near the end, Odette realizes that she hadn’t blocked her coworkers while talking about Abigail with Drew. This would imply that, on SwiftSpace, if you block someone it means that they can’t see your posts.

So here’s where my brain decided to insert Elaine and Leora into this. (Putting it into bullets for my own sake. Sorry!)

Elaine

Most of the Shadow Decree hasn’t blocked her on SwiftSpace

Not because they trust her

Because they don’t really care if she sees their posts

They also don’t know she’s sisters with Leora

Elaine never reports anything to Leora, however

“Leora’s a Union Ops Chief, she can do stuff on her own!” -Elaine probably

Leora

Most of the Shadow Decree hasn’t blocked her as well

They still hate her dw

They just aren’t aware she uses social media

Let’s be honest she only posts about books, they don’t manage to put 2 and 2 together to realize it’s her

Actually, Uday is aware and often recommends books Leora hasn’t read

Not saying that because they were both released in the same update haha why would you think that

Leora knows how to access most Shadow Guard’s/Pillager’s SwiftSpace handles, doesn’t bother searching them out

Embla has definitely blocked her

[moira-mains-go-to-hell]

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