ANYWAYYY it’s been 84 years since I have done any Tasya/Valerius content, and they truly are my bread and butter sooooo :3c been grinding my smut EXP to finally attempt to draw her railing the wine man and im p content with the result heheh Nasrin I think is next on The Real Milves of The Arcana 🤭 we need some elder on elder violence with her and Sam I think lmfao
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MINORS DNI or im taking your lunch money
One day donna will get to walk in the sun (get railed by a MILF) but today is not that day LMAO 99% of my energy went into Tasya’s one thigh tbh
Anastasia Devorak—but you can call her Tasya—is Portia and Julian’s long-lost aunt. She's built a wealthy merchant fleet from a single ship, but her true goal is much closer to her heart...
Portia Devorak—Behind the Scenes & On Set Happenings/Shenanigans
[Six months after Season 4′s wrap-up, it was Portia’s time to shine. This would be the first time she’d be co-stars with her brother on a project like this. She knew of Lyra prior to The Arcana, thanks to Julian working with her in the past. Still, she didn’t expect the unforeseen challenges that would come to this season of the show].
[More under the cut!]
Portia tended to be cast as either the tank of an action/sci-fi flick—she’s got the sturdiness and the strength, C’MON—or the hacker in that genre/heist films, and the bubbly friend/girlfriend/ex of the main protagonist.
She’s done several Historical/Period Dramas and everyone’s always moved by her acting.
Her crying scenes are legendary.
One of Portia’s most famous roles is as a Pirate Queen that was, according to many, their Bisexual Awakening.
Think something like Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean.
Portia actually can carry Nadia with no sweat.
Though in Julian’s route it was Nadia that swung with Portia in her arms in the Arcana realms, there was an alternate version where Portia swung with Nadia in her arms.
In order to make it mirror what MC and Julian were doing though, Portia was to be carried by Nadia.
Portia did a majority of her stunts in the show.
Climbing the vines into MC’s room.
Using the ‘magical’ rope to swing with MC when they were going through the catacombs.
The wirework when MC and Portia were floating through the ballroom was an absolute joy to them both.
The giant Magically-Induced Anxiety Crow Monster from Julian was part puppetry and part CGI effects.
There were many false-starts, especially with the popping packet of fake blood in Portia’s dress.
It took about five takes to get that scene right.
Pepi was Portia’s favorite costar.
Pepi adored her the most in turn, which was just fine with Portia.
Pepi got along with most of the cast and crew, the exceptions being Lucio and at times, Julian.
The actors for Tasya and Lishka are actually aunt and niece in real life.
The resemblance between Lishka and Portia was so startling that it was written into the plot of Portia’s route.
In promos for Portia’s season, she wore both the mask and her masquerade dress together. When it didn’t happen in the aired episodes, there were questions as to why it didn’t happen.
No one could give any clear or consistent answer.
Mazelinka reprised her role.
She talks in interviews that it was fun to tease Portia and MC about their relationship because, “What old coots wouldn’t want to relive the days of young love, you know?”
On days off, Portia and Lyra spent time together playing games and driving a few towns over to just be ‘normal’ people.
In interviews, it’s brought up time and time again that Lyra is not exactly used to being the center of attention with anything she’s in.
Lyra: “At times I feel like I have a secondary role in my own life. I know it’s not true, but . . . imposter syndrome sucks.”
Portia, by her own estimate, has signed over one thousand things that relate to her character on The Arcana.
Interviewer: What was the most memorable thing you have ever signed?
Portia: A fan’s fan art.
Interviewer: What was on it.
Portia: [smiles enigmatically].
The actress who plays Tasya Devorak is a former opera star. One of her favorite fancy hats made it into the final costume of the character.
Portia had the honor of trying it on for a few moments before returning it to the woman.
Portia has posted some on-set and off-set prank shenanigans committed between the Devoraks and other cast members of the Arcana crew.
The scene where Portia, disguised as Lishka, stabs a transformed Tasya toward the conclusion of the Reversed ending.
This made poor Lishka cry a number of times.
While getting interviewed about how Portia and Lyra felt about the season, they had slightly differing views about how it went.
Both agreed that it felt like Tasya had a lot of the spotlight on her rather than Portia’s arc.
Portia herself felt that MC could possibly perish within a few years after the end of the season. Lyra herself thought MC might’ve lasted a decade or so before fully expiring.
Lyra seeing the Diplomatic vs Warring endings of the season was something new for her.
Lyra: I don’t usually like shows that dabble in a lot of politicking, but I like seeing it in this season because in Nadia’s, it’s more localized—
Portia: And then this is a greater expansion of that! It’s, it’s certainly exciting!
A number of the Palace Staff were actually members of the behind the scenes crew.
Portia made sure they were compensated fairly.
In a promotion of the season, Portia was wearing her Masquerade mask along with a sneak peek of her dress. Fans were outraged that they didn’t get to see this happen within the show.
There is a deleted scene, however, where Portia and MC had their own little private dance before it all went to hell thanks to Tasya.
The Devil’s tiny form is a mix of practical effects and CGI.
Portia got to keep the little puppet, and he sits on the mantle in her home in a glass case.
Lyra complimenting Portia’s Ambassador outfit in the Upright Ending was unscripted, and Portia actually gotten flustered in turn.
Julian: It was a d o r a b l e!!!
Muriel and Portia didn’t really get to interact outside of his featured season and her own.
Online, they have been seen hanging out together with Muriel’s real-life partner. Portia and said partner are often being mischievous and Muriel seems to be long-suffering, but he admits he enjoys these hangouts.
Mercedes and Melchior actually are rather well-behaved on set. Around Lucio and Portia, however, the dogs acted so goofy that shooting scenes with them together are difficult to do with straight faces.
After The Arcana, Portia had gone on to dabble in various other careers, including a short while of producing her own music.
A number of tracks were inspired by the events of various timelines of The Arcana, though Portia leaves it open for interpretation on what those could be influenced by.
A few scenes that hit the cutting room floor are as follows:
An extended cut of Portia and MC torturing Tiny!Devil to a hilarious extent. It’s made it into various the Top 10s list of funniest not-exactly-bloopers of both The Arcana and other shows.
A more graphic version of Portia and MC breaking through Tasya’s force-field in the Reversed Ending was filmed and edited, though removed ultimately to maintain the PG-13 rating.
Portia reading longer passages of The Firent Affair.
A/N: This took MUCH longer than I had anticipated. Still, thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed reading this as I had with writing it!
