#twoviolets

[sc-intothedarknightofthesoul]

Merry Christmas, @soulofamy! I'm your Secret Santa!

You've requested a Twoviolets piece based on one of your stories, and I Won't Let You Fall still remains as one of my favourite stories from you!

This was also a good piece to experiment with colour theory and to test that blurring feature in Clip Studio Paint.

[soulofamy]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Soul Calibur Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Viola/ZWEI (Soul Calibur), Amy Sorel & Raphael Sorel Characters: Raphael Sorel, Amy Sorel, Viola (Soul Calibur), ZWEI (Soul Calibur), Graf Dumas Additional Tags: a retelling of sc4 and sc5 focusing on amy/viola's zwei's and raphael's perspective, old timeline Summary:

Despite the fact that her crystal ball allows Viola to peer into a stranger's soul and know them completely, she knows nothing about herself.

"Where am I headed? What is my purpose?"

[laikaflash]

Miscellaneous SC Prompt Fics Masterpost

Not as big a list as my SoulCaliblr community prompt fics, but I figured I'd make any from the ask game prompts easier to find as well.

Hunted (Z.W.E.I. & E.I.N.)

Daydreaming (Salia/Siegfried)

The Softest Touch (Z.W.E.I./Viola)

The Quiet Before Battle (Kilik/Xianghua)

Come the Dawn (Hilde/Siegfried)

The Flight from Kaunas (Pyrrha & Tira)

The Pyre at the Port (Maxi & Kilik)

I've also compiled all of the above into a new series (technically ongoing since mid-2024) on Ao3: Miscellaneous SC Prompt Fics.

[ank3kur0]

I understand now.

[machoestofmen]

number 10 for the human touch prompt, twoviolets (bc duh lmao)

Fandom: Soul Calibur V Ship: Viola/Z.W.E.I. (Twoviolets) Touch prompt: 10 (Spooning at night)

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Between one being a vampire and one being... well, not quite a werewolf, per se, but between some of the way he held himself and his lupine spirit-friend, E.I.N., it wouldn't have been too much of a leap to assume Z.W.E.I. was one. In either case, neither of them were entirely human, and as such the chill of an early spring evening in the German Kingdom, just before the winter had entirely thawed, was nothing to worry about for them. Z.W.E.I. would have been just fine doing anything short burying himself in the snow at a mountain summit, and he had his doubts that Viola would even be bothered at all by an environment so frigid.

That being said, they could still appreciate warmth when they had it. Z.W.E.I. sat under a wide rock shelf, the earth being suitably dry for them to sit on and not worry about a wet rump in the morning. Despite being a creature of the night, Viola had insisted that they travel during daytime, even though her powers were strongest in the light of the moon; "What would someone who happened to pass us by in the middle of the night think? A seer with glowing red eyes and a massive man with the air of a beast about him, wandering in the dark? The nearest village would have everyone grabbing torches and pitchforks, perhaps even a few pistols or rifles, if our misfortune runs so deep," she had warned. Z.W.E.I. had grumbled a bit, but he decided not to argue the point, not when her mind was already made up.

Z.W.E.I. leaned his back against the stone, picking a flatter part of it so that he could avoid waking up with knots between his shoulder blades and along his obliques. His knees bent up and his legs spread out, he patted his hard, bare stomach, inviting Viola to take a seat, and the seer obliged. Her shoulders rested on his chest, and she made a relaxed sigh as she settled into his embrace, his large arms wrapping around hers gently. He made his own hum of contentment as he felt their warmth gather between them. Viola spoke softly, "Worry not, I remember that we agreed to just a couple of hours, though with a heart so warm as yours, I may be inclined to stay longer."

Z.W.E.I. hummed again, this time a bit deeper as he rested his chin on top of Viola's hooded head. "It's at its warmest whenever you're around."

Viola made a barely audible giggle. "Saving your warmth for me? That's a good boy."

For the next couple of minutes, Z.W.E.I.'s face was even warmer than his heart.

[soulofamy]

i need to collect my thoughts bc ive recently had a whirlwind of a revelation about why viola and zwei make the perfect couple that goes beyond the surface. bc its so much more than just a story about two people being othered by the world finding solace in each other, though this is absolutely a very important aspect to their relationship. i think another big facet of their relationship is that they both contrast so much as people that they both end up being really great teachers for each other

viola is kind of a void when it comes to empathy, and is very objective and blunt. zwei on the other hand cares SO MUCH about other people that he is constantly putting his own life aside in order to help them

he almost got hanged by graf dumas bc he cared enough about a rebellion to be one of its leaders. he literally got stabbed then thrown off a cliff bc he cared enough about the repercussions of nightmare being allowed to exist that he was on the frontlines of that battle.

its hard to read too deeply into it bc of how little we actually get to see of zwei but a part of me wonders if he is like this bc he feels like he has something to prove to the world. he was a common street urchin for a bit and then got branded a werewolf, i wonder if the worlds perception of him drives him to want to be at everyones service as much as possible

then we have viola, whose primary objective first and foremost is self preservation. she could not care less what people think of her and views people as being hypocrites. she sees no reason to spare anyones feelings and will call things how they are

i think for these reasons, they have a lot they can learn from one another. viola can teach zwei how to value his own life and worth more while zwei can teach viola how to have empathy for others

[soulofamy]

thinking about how when zwei gets KOed by viola he doesnt have a death scream, he says "youre better than this"

[ank3kur0]

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