Okay but can we think about it post cursed Meliodas for a sec? Specifically his mental health and reckless tendencies!? Dude spent 3000 years where there were pretty much no consequences to dying except a very much unwanted family reunion with his dad where he got tortured for thousands of years at a time before getting kicked out of Purgatory and back into his miserable, unending existence. You can’t tell me that after 3000 years of this the guy doesn’t actually forget that, oh yeah death is fucking permanent and not just unpleasant, and do stupid shit dangerous shit thinking it’ll be okay and giving everyone heart attacks
Omg you're right tho
That makes me think of another idea i had for some time, which is basically just Mel drinking poison because he likes the taste (or bc of self-harm, depending on the tone) and everyone freaking out because this bitch just drank a whole vial of the most dangerous poison known to man and just shrugs it off???
Also, Mel frequently breaking into Hendis magic lab where he mixes all his potions, and just swiping the stuff that seems to do the most harm because "death is a lie anyway". Even Ban, who is literally immortal, is freaked out.
Or Mel spanning a tightrope between the tower tops of Liones castle and frequently using it to get across like it's nothing. He can't use his wings to fly, so this is the most similar solution, and much more energy-conserving than just jumping really far. Zaratras has frequently tried to stop him, to no avail.
I had a potential thought but I'm debating in adding it to Injured Mel or one of the other many Zaratrus centered chains we've got or starting a whole new chain since, for it to work, he and possibly the Sins as well have to know of Meliodas' demon status.
Feel free to tell me your idea, I'd love to hear it^^ I might be able to expand on it, too, if you're not against it
Fraudrin probably has a working theory that the reason Meliodas has no memory is because, well, he literally saw tbe traitor growing up before his eyes while he had been possessing Dreyfus and Hendrickson. He knows this Melidoas is somehow simultaneously the same and different from the one 3000 years ago.
To be honest, the Prince Meliodas and Stigma Meliodas from 3000 years ago aren't that different. In that ask before, Diane and King just got to know a different side of Meliodas because he was incredibly stressed out with all the holy knights after him and everything (I wrote about that in another ask, I may not have finished it yet, I'm not sure).
Fraudrin still would see Meliodas from 3000 years ago and Prince Meliodas as pretty different, because we also see TC Leader Meliodas and Stigma Meliodas as very different from one another.
I wanna mention that the new Helluva Boss is amazing. I love the little nods between Stolas' childhood and how his father took him to the circus while he took his daughter to Loo Loo Land. I love how his father didn't know which some he was at first, implying severe neglect. I love how he reacted to everything with Stella, only holding it together for Octavia's sake, and the two times we see him stand up to her. I love how he met Blitzo and how Blitzo was kinda manipulating him from the start, but not out of any malicious intention, but rather because he was pushed into that role. I like the obvious crush he's always had on Blitzo and how he clearly recognized him in the party and said "screw it, I'm drunk and my wife hates me." I love Blitzo's father and how he pushed him intot he life of crime he now enjoys and how, had he not pushed it on him, Blitzo and Stolas probably would have become actual real besties
same on all of these ngl, and I'm excited for future episodes and the foreshadowing of this one.
I gotta ask though, did you mean to send this to me or someone else, bc i don't really post much about Helluva Boss...?
Have you ever think of an Au where Mel and Eli swap curse but not like there clan or something but the curse like Mel got the reincarnation curse and Eli got the immortal curse
Not much tbh, I can see it though.
Mel would get adopted by Baltra, and Margaret and Veronica would be so excited to have a younger brother.
Eli has her goddess wings, because in her original life as a goddess, they're a physical part of her body, that she never lost and would be fully restored everytime she revived. She keeps them hidden by wrapping them around herself and wearing a cloak though, so not many people even know she has them.
The Sins and Zaratras, Baltra probably too, eventually find out, because she still has to stretch them out sometimes. Lucky for her though, goddesses are worshipped, so she doesn't have to fear being hunted down. She explains though that she would rather not have people know, because she doesn't want the attention and worshipping, it just makes her... uncomfortable. Everyone understands, and helps her keep her secret.
When in battle, she does use them, but with the excuse that she uses magic to create and fly with them, which isn't completely unknown for humans to be able to do (I would guess). And when asked why the cloak then? "I get cold easily."
Gil would occasionally be trained by Eli, and be really excited to show what he learned to tiny Mel and totally show off a little. Mel would be amazed by his skills and mimick him, picking up his own sword skills surprisingly quickly. Elizabeth would just laugh and take it upon herself to teach him properly, not just from mimicking Gilthunder.
Mel is a fast learner, and as he gets older quickly surpasses Gil in skill. Gil is jealous at first, but Mel still watches him practice with excitement in his eyes, and Gils negative feelings simply cannot take hold when he looks into Mels sincere eyes.
Howzer would try to show off in front of Mel, too, but Mel is just bored with him and even critizices his sloppy form. When Howzer gets his magic though and starts experimenting with that, Mel gets interested.
To say that Meliodas is an energetic little bundle would be an understatement. As soon as he can crawl, he tries getting out of the room (unsuccessfully) and look for his favourite person (it's Eli).
The maids and his sisters are pretty good at preventing that though by simply closing the door. The one time it's left ajar though? Everyone had a heart attack until Elizabeth, who was luckily just down the hallway, brought him back. He even had the audacity to fall asleep in her arms while everyone else was panicking bc "FUCKING FUCK WE LOST THE PRINCE, THE KING IS GONNA KILL US!!!"
When Veronica and Meliodas sneak out and fall from that old bridge, Meliodas tries to carry Veronica out by himself while crying, but can only help her stand up, which is a miracle in and of itself, which may have been his demon powers showing through for the first time.
They make it far enough out of the grove though, for Elizabeth (who came looking for them) to see them. She heals Veronica and brings them both back to the castle.
This event is what spurs Meliodas on to become stronger and eventually become a knight as well.
As for Meliodas' demon powers, he doesn't have them initially, but they do awaken at some point.
Specifically when he was a little older and exploring the higher parts of the castle after running away from his caretakers. He leans out of a window and, amazed by the view, doesn't notice for far out he's leaning.
He falls, but doesn't scream. He's not even scared, even though he should be. Then, to his surprise, his body subconsciously does what it always does when he falls from a great height: it unfolds his wings.
Far below, Elizabeth notes a tiny flicker of very familiar demon magic and looks up. When she sees Mel flying high up in the air, she books it through the air as fast as she can to catch him.
"Meliodas, what happened?"
"Ellie, I flew! When I fell from the window, I suddely had wings!"
And that's Elis cue to start teaching him to control his magic. Any out-of-control magic is dangerous, but demon magic, typically used to survive in the much more dangerous demon realm, especially so.
When Meliodas officially starts his training, he becomes pretty skilled fairly quickly. And seeking to learn more, he secretely watched Elizabeth and the Sins train. He thinks he's hiding himself pretty well, but he's really not. They can always see him and absolutely adore him.
Eventually, they even call him down to come and watch from up close.
Mel is lowkey petrified at first, because aside from Elizabeth, the others are like celebrities to him. He's so embarrassed to be caught watching them in secret.
Eli did take him to meet them though, he actually gets along pretty well with them, but due to the Sins' missions and his own royal duties, there aren't many opportunities to interact with them, not counting Elizabeth who kinda does what she wants half the time anyway. And even when they have free time, the sins aren't too interested in the youngest prince. They don't dislike him, but intentionally seeking him out isn't on their minds at all.
Out of all of the sins (except Eli), Mels favourite Sin is Ban, because of his combat skills. He doesn't use a lot of magic and neither does Mel, so Ban is almost like an idol to him. He follows him around occasionally and when the sins train, Ban invites him to spar a little and teach him a thing or two bc he totally notices the princes interest in him. And also Eli told him that Mel really likes him.
Needless to say, Mel learns a lot from him, despite Baltras disapproval of Ban of all people teaching his son.
Baltra absolutely adores all his children. He does the things they like with them when he has the time, and for Mel that means teaching him a thing or two about fighting as well. Baltra was a holy knight himself once (evidenced by his 400+ powerlevel in the chapter where Gowther went kinda wild and put every below a certain power level to sleep), and when Mel learns that, he wants to know. It's clear by then that it's not just that Meliodas wants to be a holy knight, but that he has a sort of special interest in fighting. Not to the death, but he loves a good sparring session, preferably without any weapons. In fact, his favourite sparring partners are the troublesome trio, who despite being older than him, just can't win against him (Mel would be like... 13 or so by then?), but boy do they try. They spar every day, at some point even all three against Mel at once, but nope. The youngest prince is untouchable.
Now, at some point while growing up, the Sins get framed and have to go. Due to hitting his head when they escaped, Mel doesn't remember much about them, also because he was rather young. He kind of remembers them, like when Elizabeth helped him with controlling his magic, and Ban teaching him a thing or two about combat, but it's like a far away memory, and doesn't remember their faces.
Mel does gain the privilege to drink alcohol though. He may or may not have persuaded Howzer to sneak him some ale once in a while. Gil and Griamor do not approve of him drinking alcohol, and would rat him out immediately if they knew. Mel makes Howzer swear not to tell though. Howzer, extremely worried about getting caught, also watches Mel and is impressed at how well he handles it. He can't not get drunk, but while a normal human would be drunk after two pints ale, Mel would be tipsy after five. Howzer rarely sneaks him that much alcohol though, because he has experienced drunk Mel exactly once and Would Not Like To Experience That Again. Also because if he lets Mel wander around while drunk, they're 100% sure to get caught and Howzer would get in so much trouble. So would Mel, but he doesn't care. Initially he just wanted to know what was so great about alcohol, and then he got hooked. Not in an addiction kind of way, he just really liked it.
Actually, the first time he got his hands on alcohol wasn't Howzer sneaking him some, but actually Mel discreetly drinking some from Baltras mug. Baltra didn't even notice until his cup was prematurely empty and Mel fell asleep leaning against him. He got his son to bed and from then on made sure to hide any alcohol from Mels grabby little 14 year old hands. You'd be surprised how hard it was.
So Mel, wanting more and having friends who are old enough to drink, turned to other people to get some. He really doesn't see why he can't have it though, getting drunk really isn't that big a deal, is what he thinks.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth has opened a tavern, knowing how much Mel likes to drink, and because she has grown to like the humans alcohol as well (and also because I couldn't think of anything else).
She's amazed when she meets Hawk for the first time, absolutely overjoyed to meet a talking pig of all things.
Ok so with the amnesia Mel thing... just a side thing k think will be fun and don't expect to ever become Canon in that au at all... but there's this og I follow. @waywardstation. They have this au called Train fo Thought. If your familiar with Pokemon and don't mind major spoilers for Legends Arceus I recommend looking at it because ITS SO FREAKING COOL AND JUST IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPOEN IF STRAW HAD SOEMTHING LIKE THAT OK!?
I read a little bit on their blog, but I know very little about Legends Arceus because I've never played it or even watched a lets play or something, so I would really appreciate it if you could give me a quick run down of the whole thing^^"
Hehehe so I read a fanfiction in ao3 and had me an idea (actually this is not my idea I was actually inspired ) for the reverse curse au most likely this is another version of it, what if Elizabeth switch the curse, she switch the effect of their curse instead of Mel seeing her died, it her who would watch her lover died. She able to convince there parents to do it.
And whether Mel remember he would beg to switch the curse back to normal since he knows that it is killing Eli from the inside and she is carrying the burden that he was supposed to indure it for centuries
So how exactly would that work?
Bc I get what you mean, but the curses has more or less two parts to it: Mel will always see Elizabeth die, no matter what, and he himself cannot die (or rather, can't stay dead) no matter what.
Meanwhile, if Elizabeths memories awaken, she will die in three days and be reborn with none of them. And she will always be drawn to Meliodas, meeting him over and over (though I guess that part affects both of them, so it's hard to tell whose curse it belongs to exactly)
So in your idea, would Meliodas die and then be reborn without his memories or just be revived with his memories? And would Elizabeth awaken her memories, or would that be Meliodas? I'm just asking for clarification.
But either way, Meliodas would be absolutely heartbroken. He can't stand the idea of causing the one he loves so much pain, and not just bc of the obvious thing that it's hurting her, but because a small part of him thinks that she might start hating him again. He doesn't know if he could bear that. He's already lost his entire clan and family trying and failing to stop the war. The only reason he could endure being in Stigma is because of the hope he had back then, and Elizabeth.
But now he was in a world that worshipped the goddesses (the wrong ones in his opinion) even more while demons, not already popular before the war, were shunned into whispers and myths. At least in Stigma, people knew they were real and actual beings and not reduced to mere myths and bad dreams.
The only thing that kept ihm going right now was Elizabeth. If he lost her, too... He didn't know what he would do. And he didn't want to find out, either.
Hey, your blog says your aroace so I was hoping you could answer a clarifying question on asexuality for me. I was wondering if it was not being sexually attracted to people, not feeling sexual desires or some mix of both? I'm asking because I don't want to use the term incorrectly in the future and figured you would know better than google.
As far as I know, asexuality is mainly not feeling sexual attraction, either never or only very rarely or in "special circumstances" (like demisexuality).
As for sexual desires, you gotta go into a bit of detail for that, because "sexual attraction" and "libido" do go hand in hand for most people, but are still separate.
What I mean by that is that someone can have absolutely no desire to ever have sex, but can still get horny and masturbate.
So as far as I know, sexual attraction is "I want to have sex with this person in particular", which is different from just being horny. Basically, "sexual attraction" and "sexual desires" aren't necessarily linked, but for many (non-ace) people, they very much are.
Asexuality is a huge spectrum, though, but the baseline is definitely "feeling little to no sexual attraction", and in a world where people are obsessed with sex, while simultaneusly declaring it as a taboo, that can have some interesting implications and more or less forces you to deconstruct the worldview that TV and movies, but also people in our lives, have built up around you.
If you want more information about asexuality (and maybe aromanticism as well), it would probably be best to go into one of the aro/ace subreddits. Two (aro)ace people can have very different experiences after all, and I'm still just one person^^"
