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ย ย ย This verse takes place anywhere from after Luciferโs fall to before season 1. This verse also takes place primarily in Heaven. Michael is aware that the exterminations are growing more and more out of control, but having passed the responsibility of it off onto Adam, the most involvement he has is reading the reports after each extermination and signing off the permission for the next one to happen. He has enough to deal with that he had thought, given the fact the exterminations was Adamโs idea, that he could handle managing it on his own.ย
ย ย ย Michael is more comfortable in his role in Heaven in this verse, in his understanding of his place at Godโs side. He manages a lot of things around Heaven and is often running himself ragged around the place trying to do everything someone needs him too. He fills a lot of the things that no one wants to do themselves and he very rarely has any freetime to himself. This is also intentional though. Michael will work himself to the bone to keep his mind busy, to not have to think about the little things that bother him. Like Lucifer, the choices he has made, the lives heโs killed in Godโs name.ย
ย ย ย As the Sword of God Michael is the first one sent into a battlefield. He leads the Heavenly Army in Heaven and he fights in the name of God. This is actually something he doesnโt actually enjoy. However, he also believes it isnโt something he has a choice in. Michael uses his abilities and his titles to protect Heaven and his other siblings. Ensuring that theyโre safe and protected in Heaven isย the only thing that he wants.ย
ย ย ย To prevent someone from falling as Lucifer did.ย
ย ย ย Being a bit of everything in Heaven, he often also misses things that are going on. Like the degree to which the exterminations have started to expand to or Charlieโs meeting in Heaven. He often has so much on his plate that things get complicated and heโs lost in doing something and the things he needs to see he simply doesnโt. He spends far too much time in his office buried beneath paperwork, a habit he had even before Luciferโs fall and is arguably why he missed the changes in him.ย
ย ย ย Michael hasnโt been down to Hell since he signed the exterminations with Lucifer in this verse and he doesnโt ever intend on going down.ย
THE POND. THE HEART OF HEAVEN. Commissioned again from Linked-Memories. We made the Tree of Life a pomegranate tree mixed with a weeping willow. I felt it was very fitting for the style of the tree, weeping life in a way.
Michael learned to stitch before he learned anything else. The skill was one he picked up when Lucifer was still Samael and living in Heaven. His twin had a nasty habit of falling, getting stuck in trees, tripping over his own feet / his robes and ruining his clothes. Sure, they had the gift to create, could make new clothes whenever they wanted to. But angels were taught to never waste anything and throwing out perfectly fine clothes for a small rip had seemed like a waste of perfectly good clothes.
So to mend his twin's robes and keep his clothes neat / looking nice, he taught himself how to mend them. Stitching / sowing was quite difficult for Michael to learn. Going from making something with magic to making something by hand was not an easy skill for him to pick up. He pricked more fingers than he did actually perfect a stitch until eventually he started to get the hang of it. Stitching clothes, he'd eventually find, transfered quite easily over to stitching open gaping wounds as well.
When he found he actually liked creating things by hand, he eventually turned his gaze to a similar line of creating but with thicker yarn / thread. The initial idea of making ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ came after after a particular bad panic attack than Samael ended up having. His twin was always far more sensitive to emotions, his own and those of others and when overwhelmed that tended to be his undoing.
Michael had found familiar objects and being hugged as tight as possible tended to help. Pressure of some sort and things he loved helped ground him. And with that thought, he came up with a little plan.
Taking yarn and crafting it into an object wasn't simple by any means. Making the yarn bend to his will was difficult, tedious, annoying as Heaven forbid. And yet, he didn't give up. He molded the yarn to what he wanted, mixed difficult colors, fought with it in various ways, tried different tools for it and eventually... he had the duck. Rough, ugly, barely duck shaped, but he had it.
The filling Michael created for the duck was a mix of cloud cotton aquired from the clouds in Heaven, and beads he handcrafted filled with his own magic. The beads were special and the magic they were created with allowed them to become weighted to whatever the person holding the doll needed.
After Lucifer fell from Heaven and the duck was locked away, Michael kept the habit up. Creating the things he did with yarn allowed him to continue to be able to create without using the magic him and Lucifer shared. Since he refused to create with magic, he created this way. Each doll he makes is carefully woven with the same care and dedication he would use as if creating real life with magic. Stitching with yarn, be it sowing, knitting or crochet is a coping skill for him. To help with the things that constantly run through his mind.
Michael has a fondness for making birds, he often has a lot of little crochet birds around any space he occupies. Including ducks. Anything he makes is made from yarn created in Heaven, usually of a very soft or fuzzy texture not unlike that of the feeling of a birds feathers. He'll use rougher yarn if the piece he's making it seems appropraite for. All of them are stuffed with the same mixture of cloud cotton and the weighted anxiety beads. The beads help give it a base allowing the doll to stand up in whatever position is appropriate for it.
He'll make a doll if someone asks him to, but most the time he actually just makes them for someone because he likes them. Sometimes he'll make them and then hide them if he doesn't think the other person will like them. Over the years Lucifer has been gone, he's made him hundreds of new ducks that are stuffed in a closet and will never be given to him. He even made a few for Charlie when he heard she was born.
The actual word for the dolls made from crochet is called amigurumi. It's the art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures.
ย ย ย As with most angelic beings born at the dawn of time, Michael is technically above gender normacies. He does identify as male and has the parts for it, however if he ever wanted to he is capable of changing his gender. He just doesnโt. He is comfortable with who he is and he doesnโt see the purpose of adjusting his physiology.ย
As chastity is one of the holy virtues, he does not have a high sex drive.
ย ย ย Lucifer and Michael are twins born from the same stardust at the dawn of time. Because of this they are nearly identical in appearance. However, after Lucifer fell and was corrupted by Hell, where Michael retained their angelic traits the more demonic ones that settled on Lucifer is what sets them apart. He doesnโt have those bright, unnatural, rosie cheeks or the pointed tail / hooves / horns. Michael is completely human shaped and he prefers to be clean shaven. His wings are pure white with a blue shimmer to them and his halo is bright gold. He doesnโt keep his wings and halo out all the time, he can freely hide them when he chooses to and he will when heโs visiting Hell.ย
ย ย ย Seeing as he is an angel, he is prone to the same problems as the others. His wings molt, they give him a few problems and preening them is frustrating. Heaven does have medical places that can do that for him, but given how often he is working itโs rare he takes the chance to actually deal with them until it becomes a problem. He doesnโt pay his own feathers much attention but the mess they make when falling out is frustrating.ย
ย ย ย He does have a scar on his back from the fight with Lucifer on them, a small bald part of his wings where the feathers wonโt grow back. Itโs on his left middle wing close to the base of them, where he had turned his back at the wrong moment and his brother managed to land a hit. He canโt see it himself, so he doesnโt think about it much.ย
ย ย ย Michael is one of the most powerful Archangels in Heaven. He is Godโs right hand, the person closest to him in all aspects, and he has the skills to back that up. It also means he is completely pure in angelic power. Which circulates through his blood like sunlight, stardust, and electrifying energy. The amount of power in his body is equivalent to a supernova that is teetering on the edge of exploding.ย
ย ย ย It makes his blood dangerous to consume.ย
ย ย ย Angelic blood has many natural good properties to it. It can be used to heal anyone gravely injured or bring someone back from the brink of death and give a powerboost. It can also be used when cooking to tone down the most extreme of the effects of consuming it straight from the source.
ย ย ย It is also incredibly addictive to consume. The power that the blood gives, the taste of it alone can consume the person indulging in it and make them just continue to want more. Until itโs the only thing theyโre thinking about every second of the day needing another taste of it.ย
ย ย ย When consumed by a sinner there is a large chance that Michaelโs blood will just outright kill them with the angelic power that runs through it.
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commissioned from @diistortion
ใ คMichael's halo is bright gold with a single light blue gem in the center in the front. The halo is composed of holy magic and energy, not specifically Michael's own but the light of Heaven itself and his magic. It is both a physical and nonphysical thing, something Michael can make corporeal to be touched but when it's hovering above his head for the most part it's not. If Michael goes to touch it, the halo will automatically make itself solid for him to touch.
ใ คIt hovers above his head, moves as he moves, unless something would be in the way that would block the halo from being able to follow the movements of Michael's head (if it's solid). The halo reacts to Michael and his intentions, and for the most part he tends to keep it hidden, even when he's in Heaven much as he does his own wings. For Michael, having those things out for everyone to stare at tends to be rather unsettling. Since Lucifer's fall, he prefers to be in the background, rather than the center of attention.
ใ คBetween the two twins, Michael was always rather the more quieter one. Lucifer was the bright ball of light, the Morning Star, that drew attention to him with his sunny personality and joy. A true joy bringer.
ใ คHiding his wings and halo allowed him to run a bit more below the radar, to keep from being quickly spotted, and he felt a bit more at ease in Heaven. In Hell, where there is already a target on his back just for being what he is, having his wings and halo out felt like he would just sharpen that target even more.
ใ คSo he hides them.
ใ คThe halo is an incredibly essential part of an angels being. It's a part of their body, an extension of themselves, and a symbol of their faith. It is one of the most important parts of who they are and a weapon itselffor certain ranks of angels. Michael's power can be felt radiating from the halo itself. When he's truly angry it burns brighter in response to that. When he's injured / sick / dying the color of it will fade. When he's distressed / upset, it will appear dimmer.
ใ คWhen he starts losing his faith, it will crack.
ใ คAs a representation of their status as an angel and their faith, as that belief in who they are and in Heaven itself starts to break so will the representation of that. With each fall from grace the halo will crack piece by piece, spider webbing marks, chips in the halo, until it finally shatters and the angel falls.
ใ คOnly certain ranks of angels are aware this is actually something that can happen, the Archangels are one of them. Michael knows and does fear that this is a thing, that it's something that can happen, but its hardly a thought in any angels head. No one believes they'll actually fall until it happens, after all.
ใ คAs with evident with Lucifer's fall, the halo by an Archangel, can be forced to manifest and shattered. Michael during the fight with his brother had grabbed Lucifer's halo and pushed his magic into it to physically shatter it and destroy Lucifer's connection to Heaven itself. Though he was capable of doing that, it is only because of who he is. If anyone else touches another angels halo, who they do not want to or is a sinner, the halo will lash out based on the angels feelings. It will burn them with the power that runs through it.
ใ คWhen Michael truly fights, when he pulls his sword and uses his magic, both his wings and his halo will manifest in response to his power. Michael is the strongest Archangel in Heaven, when he uses every bit of his actual power his form is terrifying and intimidating. And an eye will open in place of the gem on his halo.
ใ คFor the people that Michael actually likes, he will allow them to touch his halo without it hurting them. Though Michael does not feel anything done to the halo unless it's violent and attempting to remove it, for other people there is actually something to be felt on their end. The halo is warm, it gives off the essence of purity and light, of safety and comfort. It's warm, like the sun or the summer air, and clarity can be granted to them when they're touching it. As if their mind was calmed and their emotional place balanced.
ใ คAngels are meant to be creatures of light. Of happiness, security and guidance. When they choose to actually place those feelings in others, to be beings of warmth and light, they can. The halo is the biggest part of that, where the light comes from. The halo gives it's angel comfort as much as it does those around them who they wish for it to.
ใ คMichael actually is rather proud of his halo, he thinks it's beautiful and he's proud of his status as an Archangel. The halo is simple, yet elegant, and he feels it's very fitting of himself. He doesn't allow anyone else to touch it and very few actually get to see it up close and personal. If they do, they don't live much longer after.
Some key notes on Michael since we seem to acquire some more Haz.bin Ho.tel friends.
As stated in my rules and now reiterated here, Michael is not the villain in Luciferโs story. This seems to get lost sometimes I feel, especially considering the complex morals surrounding what happened and the fact not everyone agrees on if the war happened or not. But here on this blog, it did and Michael did what he thought the right thing was. Did that make it right? No. Did that make Lucifer right? No. Everyone made mistakes that day. (the fall) (smaller hc)
Here Michael and Lucifer are twins though they still look slightly different. I have plenty of fanart that shows what he looks like from some wonderful artists. When Lucifer was in Heaven it was near impossible to tell them apart, their eyes always gave them away. As the Devil, theyโre much easier to tell apart.
Before Lucifer was exiled from Heaven, Michael and him were very close. As the first beings God created, they spent much of their lives alone with only each other to keep company. Because of this they developed a codependency on each other and ran quite deep. (more here)
After Luciferโs fall, that more or less got forcefully severed and their relationship is now undefinable. Lucifer was not tossed to Hell with no means of communication with Heaven. Aside from the Embassy that got built, he was given a special crystal that could reach anyone in Heaven should he wish to. If he needed anything. Michael never used the crystal himself to call Lucifer because he is certain that after everything that happened, Lucifer absolutely despises and wants nothing to do with him.
As stated in my rules should any Lucifer that interacts with Michael finds these clashes with their own lore, Iโm happy to twist my end of things to make them work. Michael and Lucifer donโt even have to be twins or family. Iโm willing to meet the other person halfway. I will not make Michael the villain of the story though, since it undoes everything in his character. I do need to know about changes beforehand too.
Michaelโs main objective in Hell is to study the Hazbin Hotel, his side goal is to answer his questions.
Small notes: His favorite color is a light blue like the sky, his favorite flower is a Sunflower, his favorite type of music is instrumental (one of his favorite composers is Chopin), he plays the violin, Michaelโs sword is very unique and he favors quick and swift swordplay, his favorite animals are birds and his favorite bird itself is doves.
ย ย ย The first thing that needs to be stated about it is that to Michael, ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐. This is something he will admit to anyone who asks and even to Lucifer himself. He will willingly admit he does not care that Lucifer gave Eve that apple. Now, letโs get into the rest of it.ย
ย ย ย While Heaven itself will debate whether or not what has come from Eden was good or bad (beneficial to the humans and progress or not), to Michael specifically heโs somewhere in the middle. Neither agree or disagree with either side of this debate. He also believes that evil already existed before Lucifer gave that apple to Eve. He personally believes that evil was always possible, but the humans were trapped on the fate God decided for them without free will and therefore always chained to the right and good way. When Lucifer gave Eve that apple and broke her from that chain, evil then became a choice she and the others could make with the gift of free will.ย
ย ย ย He believes Lucifer created the option to be evil, not evil itself.ย
ย ย ย The Apple of Knowledge was never meant to be evil, and what came from it was not supposed to be evil either. Eden and the humans themselves were still quite young and new when everything happened so itโs difficult for Michael to say if any part of what happened was supposed to eventually happen or not. If God himself foresaw what was going to happen in the Garden of Eden and simply allowed it to be. A part of him fears that the all-knowing being did and therefore willingly sat by and watched while Michael was forced to make the hardest choice of his life. And if that is true; he fears the hatred that will grow in his heart from it. Because he never wanted to hurt Lucifer.ย
As a creature that loves knowledge himself, Michael doesnโt hate or blame Eve for taking the Apple of Knowledge. He can understand from her perspective why she would want it, that desire to understand everything and to be free from the chains of fate. A part of him doesnโt even believe it was fair for her to be made a fallen angel for being, as Heaven believes, tricked for taking the apple. These are things he will not admit though, not even to Eve herself since it goes greatly against the general opinion of Heaven and her sentence from Heaven itself.ย
ย ย ย Michael doesnโt know if Lucifer giving away the Apple of Knowledge was right or wrong. He doesnโt know if what came from that was destined or not. He doesnโt know if him jumping the gun and going against Heaven and Godโs plan was right or wrong. But he fears the fact he doesnโt know the answer to that. Because he should, he feels like the answer to that is that it was wrong to do. Going against Godโs plans should instantly be wrong.ย
ย ย ย Yet, he canโt say it was.ย
ย ย ย What has resulted from giving the humans free will in his opinion has been incredible. They have flourished, created beautiful and incredible things, have advanced far more than any of the angels ever thought was possible. They have loved and hated, risen and fallen, created and destroyed. They have become far more than they ever would have chained to the fate Heaven originally had planned for them.ย
ย ย ย And it horrifies him that through watching that heโs come to wonder if it was right to give them the apple.ย
ย ย ย Lucifer believed in the humans and for it he suffered. He was picked apart, destroyed by Michael himself and had his angelic status viciously and painfully shattered from him. He had fallen and crashed to the deepest pits of Hell and left down there to rot. To think for even a minute, that from the very beginning he might have been right to give the Apple of Knowledge terrifies Michael.ย
ย ย ย But the thought is there, the question has taken root, and he isnโt sure he wants the answer.ย
ใ คOne of Michael's abilities, arguably the main ability that he has. The ability to create is unique to God, Samael Lucifer and Michael himself. Michael and Lucifer were the first of God's creations, an extension of his power, a test of what he could do. They were created to help him in the design and birth of the world, with Michael taking on the role of the protector and Lucifer being tasked bringing peace, life and joy to what they were making. Though they shared a gift, the way in which they were meant to use it was completely different from each other. Twins and yet mirrors of each other from the very start.
ใ คWhere Lucifer excelled in using his imagination, in creating whatever he wanted with just a single thought. Taking what someone would describe and making it physical with barely an effort. It wasn't that easy for Michael. To him, what he created? It had to serve a purpose, had to exist for a reason, had to be perfect and without any flaw of any sort. He couldn't close his eyes, envision something, and just make it. His brain simply never worked that way and trying to force himself to do it made the magic simply not work.
ใ คLucifer had the imagination to support his creative magic and Michael always approached it with a more logical and purposeful reason. This, two halves of a puzzle piece, actually made the twins stronger together though. When they combined their creative magic together there wasn't anything they couldn't make. Objects, galaxies, life, it didn't matter what it was Lucifer could guide the formation of it and Michael could direct it's fundamental aspects. Lucifer gave the vision life and Michael gave it purpose.
ใ คIt always for Michael worked better that way, because if it wasn't perfect? It didn't matter then. Since they made it together and it was how Lucifer pictured it. How he wanted it. Which is more than enough for Michael to not feel frustrated about his participation in it.
ใ คHowever, if he creates something on his own and it's not absolutely perfect and what it's meant to be? He detests it.
ใ คAfter Lucifer's fall, Michael refused to use his gift at all. Because it always felt like there was that connection to his twin through it that had been viciously shredded when he threw him from Heaven. The idea of using that part of himself, without that connection still, made him feel physically ill to the point a sense of panic and discomfort would begin to claw at his chest. So he stopped using it entirely, stopped thinking about it, pretending it simply wasn't something he could do anymore.
ใ คThere are countless unanswered requests in his office for things Heaven needs or wants that he hasn't answered. That he has no intention of ever answering. None of the other archangels are capable of creating in the way that Lucifer and Michael can, they certainly can't create life. So all of it, with Lucifer gone and God refusing to leave his white realm, falls on Michael. Who refuses to.
๐ฅ Whatโs something theyโd burn the world down to protect?
headcanon questions
His family, and that does still extend to and include Lucifer. Nothing is more important to Michael that who he considers his family. In romantic situations, that would include a partner too. Michael does not consider all of Heaven his family, just the Seven Holy Virtues and Lucifer himself. In some places, he considers God family too but he more often than not just considers him their creator. In the event that Heaven gets threatened again, Michael will side with whatever would protect his siblings more than Heaven itself.
