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So just some random trivia, the name ‘Paracelsus’ is made-up IRL. The alchemist’s full name was Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (seriously BOMBASTUS?!).

He made-up the penname Paracelsus from two words - ‘para’ meaning ‘beyond’ and ‘Celsus’ who was another alchemist he had beef with.

So he called himself ‘ParaCelsus’ literally saying ‘beyond Celsus’ aka I am ‘better than Celsus’.

And I bring this up cos that means there’s no inherent gender associated with the name Paracelsus because it’s not a real name, it’s a portmanteau. I just like the idea that A.B.A’s creator was a woman instead a guy as we prolly usually imagine. It would explain the A.B.A sized shorts all around the lab if you think about it.

It can go either or any way if ArcSys chooses to bring back that character ever, I just think it’ll be neat.

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I’m wondering if A.B.A seemed to get excited about Paracelsus in Moroha mode (in more ways than one…) was also cos when he has the goat head, his face actually sticks out and she can stick her head under his chin.

And like, this is physically the closest thing to a hug she can get from him.

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Fuck yes, goathead demon form Paracelsus let’s go! Great way to get back to the heavy metal rock roots too, skull headed beasties are part of the motif!

Also A.B.A gets to add monsterfucker to her list of accolades, whooo!

Moroha mode Paracelsus skchets I did. Maybe I will draw a properly design later.

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To just add on, my headcanon why Paracelsus is that repulsed by Happy Chaos poking him:

a) He's still very much an axe and has a sense of 'weapon propriety' that no one touches him except his designated wielder aka A.B.A.

b) He's not used to anyone besides A.B.A touching him after all this time and is now averse to it cos it feels foreign and ick.

c) Paracelsus almost never rotates his head independent of his body (even tho apparently he actually can). It might be related to point A, he's behaving like an actual axe so he doesn't 'rotate' and stands straight nearly no matter the circumstances, especially when wielded in combat.

Him 'breaking character' to react to Happy Chaos is possibly because he recognises the power and danger that HC is and is extra wary. Especially because Paracelsus is from the Backyard and is prolly more sensitive to beings that pull power from there like HC can.

This is somewhat similar to Para's behavior in the past where when facing a threat he feels is actually malevolent and a danger, he enters Moroha mode automatically even without a bloodpack and out of combat, in preparation for battle and warns A.B.A.

Paracelsus is so offended by Happy Chaos' poke lol! HC took advantage of A.B.A being really out of it and not looking right then too.

Also I never really thought about how Paracelsus can rotate his head independently of his body...looks so strange lol.

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(WARNING LOUD VOLUME ⚠️)

#aba guilty gear #guilty gear #paracelsus #guilty gear strive #paracelsus guilty gear #animation #reblogging to save

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One thing I miss about classic A.B.A was that she used to use alchemy magic with her mercury-infused blood to create fire magic special attacks. This projectile attack was replaced by her Keeper of the Key Overdrive where the three hits are now from goopy bladed tentacles she summons through her alchemy door.

Tho looking at the kind of digital particle effects her old attack had, it's possible she was opening mini-gates to the Backyard ,so it's still similar to what she's doing in her new Overdrive.

The main difference is ofc she's not cutting herself to use her blood as the medium for it anymore. Even Paracelsus was horrified to see her doing that! Tho he may have thought it was a waste of blood that could be going to him hm...

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Paracelsus is so offended by Happy Chaos' poke lol! HC took advantage of A.B.A being really out of it and not looking right then too.

Also I never really thought about how Paracelsus can rotate his head independently of his body...looks so strange lol.

#a.b.a guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #happy chaos #guilty gear strive #now I wonder if Paracelsus just isn't used to being touched by someone who isn't A.B.A #or he just doesn't like anyone besides her touching him #also I'm taking breaks this week for my own things so no big posts for a bit

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#guilty gear #robo ky #aba guilty gear #guilty gear strive #a.b.a guilty gear #paracelsus guilty gear #og Robo Ky you asshole lol!

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I-No not having any unique intro lines with A.B.A in STRIVE is such a missed opportunity when she said this to her back in AC+R:

Like imagine something like:

“I see you’re still with your boy toy. Pity he lost some girth.”

The ‘non-canon’ excuse doesn’t even work cos I-No time travels/reality travels and that was prolly still the same her in AC as she is in STRIVE!

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That snout lick 👀

Also for zine x) Gone like a postcard

#fanart #soulsborne #bloodborne #vicar amelia #laurence the first vicar

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I didn’t realize it when I read this before, but it seems A.B.A found Moroha mode/goathead Paracelsus extra attractive according to her reaction in the Night of Knives Vol.2 audio drama.

This apparently really does it for her

Or it could be all that blood rushing through their systems making her a little excited haha.

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shes just a girl in looooooove

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Could we see your humanized take on Carmilla and Zestial? If you'd like! I thoroughly enjoy your Mimzy and Alastor stuff and will be cheering no matter what you draw. :)

I think Zestial turned out to be the least similar to his demon form in my interpretation 😅

I was mostly guided by his manner of speech for his human design (his demonic appearance said nothing to me about his era, unfortunately). He speaks in "Shakespearean sonnets," so I took the Tudor period for his character as a base. Given his stateliness, he appears to fit in with the clothing of the affluent of the era. And I decided to keep his long cape situation for mysteriousness XD

I'll add Carmilla later simply because I haven't finished her human design yet, pardon🙏

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Am I tweaking or doesn't Paracelsus cackle in his jealous rage mode? It's different to A.B.A's grunts that it really can't be her

Yeah I hear it on the downswing when ABA does her DANZAI, but other times it sounds more like Para is crying. Whether it's all distorted crying and screams or Para kinda just losing it to the violence happening, it's prolly moot at that point cos he can't really do anything about it.

It's funny that he's utterly silent in regular mode (other than when they both scream from a wall-break), but he pretty much loses composure in sludge form so he makes way more sounds.

He may also be trying desperately to speak and telling ABA to calm down through the sludge.

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Because I don't know how to make videos!

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Analysis of Paracelsus' initial bloodlust and its longlasting effects on A.B.A (Part 2)

Analysis behind the backstory and personal story arcs of A.B.A. and Paracelsus (part 1)

So this actually started out more of a 'funny' post, but I realized that it really is a very important insight into how A.B.A. and Paracelsus function and interact, especially for his earlier days in XX/Accent Core +R

And I wasn't joking about the vore. It's not in the erotic sense...but it certainly is in the 'literally eating parts of your partner ' sense...

Also apologies for the long word dumps, it got wordier and longer than I expected.

Paracelsus (used to) REALLY love blood

It goes without saying, Paracelsus really loves blood. Well he used to anyway.

By STRIVE, he says he felt he lost his sanity whenever he gets hyped on blood in the past. To the point, he has sworn off blood (and violence) as if it was an addiction. Basically, he has managed to go clean sometime between their last appearance and STRIVE.

To not go too far into his backstory again (which you can read here), Paracelsus is a magical axe that fed on blood and increased his own power with blood; and would use warriors as hosts to cause more bloodshed and thus gain more blood and power for himself. Paracelsus doesn't need to 'eat' blood to survive (he was left host-less for about 20 years, and now abstains in STRIVE and is just fine), making the addiction metaphor seem to be accurate.

Back in XX/ACCENT CORE, he needed to drink fresh blood to transform into his superpowered Moroha mode (this is mechanically replaced by Jealous Rage mode now). Similar to his current gameplay, he could get blood and transform by A.B.A. piercing someone with his bladed end; or if A.B.A. fed him one of three blood packs she'd have on her.

He reacts pretty much like a dog getting a treat, anticipating it when she reaches into her pockets for a pack too. And he truly didn't care where the blood comes from, even if it's from A.B.A. herself.

A.B.A. coughs up blood and all Paracelsus wants to do is have a taste. Note that he barely actually reacts to her or himself getting hit or fighting in the old games. It's kind of a stark contrast to his many reactions and concern for her wellbeing now.

Make no mistake, despite being "kinder and gentler" than how he treated his previous hosts - by not completely mind controlling her into a frenzy and caring enough that he doesn't want her to die - Paracelsus was truly obsessed with drinking blood still, and all the fighting skills and power he imparted on A.B.A. was to make her strong enough to defeat opponents and gather blood for him too. Hence the 'manipulation' he felt guilty of in STRIVE.

And he gets even more bloodthirsty in Moroha mode aka what Paracelsus is without his 'sanity'.

You're the worse you when on blood

Prior to STRIVE and Paracelsus' current sludgy form, his powered-up form gave him a goat's head and his persona changes into that of his old berserker self.

This increase in aggression and bloodlust also affected A.B.A. through their empathetic bond, making her also take joy in violence and also clearly hyperventilating and tweaking out in some animations, like she's high.

Not to mention that to fight in this mode, every time Paracelsus makes a successful attack, A.B.A. also gets damaged (hence 'Moroha' mode as it means 'double-edged'). In-universe, this could mean that Paracelsus is sapping both the blood of an opponent and A.B.A. at the same time, indiscriminately as he says.

And he seems somewhat crueler in this form, as he has an even more violent and vicious state above Moroha mode called Goku Moroha mode. He enters it by consuming another blood pack, but he also seems to bite down on A.B.A.'s hand without a care and holds onto it while he transforms.

The impact of all this on A.B.A

Picking up Paracelsus was truly a double-edged sword/axe for A.B.A. On one hand, he was older and savvier about the outside world (even though he spent like 20 years just rusting away on the ground somewhere) and having him as her emotional support key and literal weapon led her to actually daring to explore the outside world, and he provided and (attempted to) advised her on things she didn't know about.

On the other hand, Paracelsus' satiating his bloodthirst was still his main objective, and it was also hurting A.B.A. Although Paracelsus was making some effort to not outright get her killed, A.B.A's additional resilience as a homunculus probably also helped her survive take being Paracelsus' host as long as she did.

Paracelsus was the original toxic element in their relationship, and it's likely over the years he's come to realize and regrets the harm he was doing to A.B.A. constantly, and why he has completely sworn off blood and violence entirely by STRIVE.

However, his bloodlust fueled and amplified the worse tendencies of A.B.A. from early on, and this seems to have stuck with her till the present in STRIVE. Her current extremely violent reaction when feeling jealousy or anxiety is likely how she's been conditioned to do so by Paracelsus, even when he himself is no longer the source of that bloodlust.

The difference now is that A.B.A.'s new powered-up state of Jealous Rage is mainly fueled by her wrath and fear instead of Paracelsus' bloodlust. Paracelsus becomes sludge now, affected by the toxicity of her unstable emotions going haywire and her will becoming decidedly dominant over his. The one who is toxic has become inverted.

What's more, it seems that the skills Paracelsus imparted on her before also carried over and stuck with her, allowing her to fight independently since Paracelsus isn't trying to encourage her to violence this time. She's become so dominant that she now can even force a new form/transformation onto Paracelsus when she does her Overdrive The Law is Key, Key is King while in Jealous Rage.

In the game files, this red form is called the "Hyoui" form, meaning 'possession'. It being red is interesting because it seems to be a callback to Paracelsus' moniker of being the Sanguine Gale. The concept art also shows the pretty disturbing way he's being morphed into it by A.B.A. when she does the Overdrive.

When in her Jealous Rage mode, the bottom half Paracelsus' where his axe blade is, somehow becomes more axe-like than it ever has been in the games. In the earlier games, his blade half didn't change, only his head does into the goat-head. What's more disturbing is that eyes already started appearing on the axe half even while Paracelsus tries to maintain his original face as much as possible.

When executing the Overdrive, A.B.A. swings with the axe half as the sludge pulls from Paracelsus' face to form this new toothed red axe head. Is it a new persona? Is Paracelsus still conscious in his face half or in the axe half at all? Does 'possession' have double meaning where A.B.A. is possessed by her own wrath, but also Paracelsus is now the one being possessed by A.B.A.'s will into forming the red axe form?

The interesting thing too is that A.B.A. executes the Overdrive with precise strikes, liked a skilled warrior. IMO, at this moment A.B.A. ironically became the exact kind of warrior that berserker Paracelsus would have wanted and caused him to even revert back into that primal early form of his that was barely sentient. They gained perfect synergy for the attack, but both are literally out of their minds.

What started this post

Just a funny thing but the reason why I even thought of, and then looked into all this, was because of A.B.A.'s biting of Paracelsus at the top of the post. I was wondering why Paracelsus doesn't say a word of protest when she does this to him, then remembered that he used to kinda drink her blood (and turns out he too has bitten her before), and I think he's prolly thinking "I deserve this".

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