#sythel

[wenqxiao]

>> girls night sketch

[temporal-paternal-unit]

thought since he both formed duviri and duviri molded him that id try to alter his diviris courtiers to have aspects of my drifter bleed into them and also some symbolic void angel aspects on them.

void angel parts on them and what they mean to the courtiers specifically just so i can keep track:

bombastine/envy/lonlieness: hole in chest (feels a longing that will never be fufilled)

lodun/ anger/defensive rage: bladed arms (makes himself sharp but cannot get close to others without causing harm)

Mathila/joy/denial: wings/back (corruption where she cannot see so she can ignore it as if everything is fine)

Luscinia/sorrow/suicidal depression: her face is gone under the mask, (the only one that doesnt have wills facial features under the mask only because her sense of self was taken from her)

Sythel/fear/anxiety: bladed legs (shakey and hard to balence on but running is her only option, the only thing she knows)

[artbyblastweave]

Duviri's writing is interesting in that the courtiers, in a sense, feel like an act of capitulation to the storytelling and characterization limitations of games-as-a-service- the instrumental and perfunctory role that mission givers and bosses tend to have to hold in games like this, if only for reasons of development time and resource allocation. Five endearingly-colorful weirdos who're fun to have as the voice in your ear for a few minutes at a time on repetitive missions.... who are textually only semi-real people, metastasized imaginary friends who exist only to play out the just-so stories for which they were created again, and again, and again, all just sapient enough to express some level of resentment at the fact that they're incapable of character development, existing only to be the mission control and final boss whenever you feel like going on a roguelike jaunt.

I can mow Grineer and Corpus down like wheat without a ton of dissonance- the realities of live-service games aside, if you take the premise at face value those missions are presented as actually being in service of something. But the metatextual stage-play premise of Duviri kind of invites me to feel like my character is, within the narrative, being extraneously awful to someone by choosing to continue to engage at all with the play-acting. It's all very interesting.

[eve-be-sleep-deprived]

The Courtiers of Duviri:

Sythel: The Fearful Conspirator

Luscinia: The Sorrowful Soprano

Lodun: The Prince of Fire

Mathila: The Harbinger of Joy

Bombastine: The Covetous Courtier

[garnetreaper716]

Tuesday Video! So the last Video of the month is one of many parts. This one is the Courtier's Idle Audio lines along with two other people who I feel were just as important.

The other videos will be in February except for the extra one this Thursday. The only exceptions are the two videos specifically for Valentines Day. Hope you enjoy this video. I know I love Duviri still so the lines are so interesting to me.

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[cephalonvashka]

Phasmophobia

[silence-of-autumn42]

The relationships between the Duviri Courtiers and other major characters are really funny to me.

Bombastine despises Luscinia for being Thrax's favourite entertainer, despite being the one who organised the event that resulted in her rising above him. He's also secretly in love with her, and so is acting like a toddler because he doesn't know how to express his desires in a positive way. He also sucks at riding horses and is jealous of the biceps of a bunch of skeletons. My cringe fail son.

Mathila is a judgemental mother despite her overly positive outlook. Brimon implies he's having an affair with her. She took care of Teshin, and implies they're still friends. He never mentions her. A toxically positive girl boss.

Lodun has incredible anger issues stemming from self doubt, and is constantly plotting to overthrow Thrax, but fails every time. He's desperate for approval, seeing a single supporter as a win, and cares deeply about his great-grandmother and her shrine. The Wall of his house is cracked because he keeps punching it. Another cringefail child of mine.

Luscinia hates being the King's favourite, but doesn't know how to get out of it. She's prone to drastic, dramatic bouts of melancholy. She somehow knows secrets about Duviri that Thrax is implied to either be unaware of, or deliberately ignoring. She loves revenge. She once sang at an event where she was standing on a bunch of eels, that got eaten from underneath her. A girlboss who doesn't want to be.

Sythel is paranoid, but also knows far more about Duviri than apparently nearly anyone. She's terrified of Acrithis. She stays hidden in her house to avoid facing issues which, frankly, is a mood. She also somehow left her face behind in another part of Duviri. I love her, but I hope she gets some comfort. A couple of floofs and some Tasoma Extract tea.

Brimon is a snarky, self absorbed champion racer...who we never see ride a Kaithe. He claims to be better with a sword than anyone, despite never using one that we can see. He brags about being such a good lover, that he's the reason Mathila is happy. He can't believe you beat him, even on the easiest of Kaithe races. He somehow has a copy of the Tales of Duviri with him at all times. A bastard, but a fun one.

Oh and Acrithis, my favourite of the bunch. A librarian who has her own carriage. She wants to torture people who damage books. She implies Mathila is a slut. She calls out Lodun for being too ashamed to face his issues. She thinks Sythel is a nasty little rat lady. She's the only one who remembers the old islands. She calls Teshin an "old thingy-bob in a cave". She finds us fascinating and wants to study us. She sees through every single one of the Courtiers. The true Queen of Duviri, imo.