#The Devil’s archivists

[dollya-robinprotector]

Admire - Savor - Devour

A.k.a The Swap girls and what they’re doing with the forbidden fruit 🍎 look at them, they’re all Pink!

I drew this a while ago when we talked about our girls and how they should developed in the Swap AU. Many interesting thoughts bubbled and I think my little Dolly, despite not willing to take any bite for now, is contenting to enjoy her Love like this. For now.

Featured Eri of @hakusins and Aphrodite of @just-dol-headshots

#dollya art #dol #degrees of lewdity #dol swap au #swap au #dol pc #dollya the adorable #Eri the Orphan #Aphrodite the Devil #headshot #it’s very sketchy please don’t judge me too hard I kinda just went with the flow there #but the fruits are nice right? #hehe #The Devil’s archivists

[awacatin]

Jons q termine antes de empezar a cabecear

#tma #jonathan sims #the archivist #the magnus archives #hace calor jajdjfjsdjsjs #HDHF​THE CAT IS USING THE FUCKINGBED I GOT HER FUCK YEHS #ONE MORE STEP TO LESS CAT HAIR LN MY BED OHGHFHF #sooo sleepy and sweateyñ #i don’t think I #I’ll be able to draw jon like this ever again #this was the devil possessing. y hands idk #art

[dante-winning-archive]

Happy Anniversary to Vergil meeting his son for the first time! You really gotta hand it to him, he sure knows how to make a first impression!

#archivist post #meme #devil may cry #this is all I have the energy for today #this will be crossposted to twitter so if you see it there. hi

[roseaesynstylae]

Am I wrong?

Gay-trying-his-best and disaster bisexual:

Mean bisexual and nice gay:

Traumatized bisexuals:

#chainsaw man #aki hayakawa #angel devil #akiangel #the case study of vanitas #vanitas #vanoe #noe archiviste #blue period #yotasuke takahashi #yatora yaguchi #yatoyota

[iwillfightgodandwin]

#the magnus archives #watcher entertainment #we are watcher #ceaseless watcher #i don't know if there is any overlap with these fandoms #but there should be more #ryan bergara #shane madej #Jonathan Sims #the Archivist #steven lim #ricky wang #too many spirits #Ryan and Shane are the angel and devil on Jon's shoulders #but it's denying the supernatural

[iszapizza]

some mermay doodles

#vergil sparda #dmc vergil #devil may cry #dmc 5 #ryoumen sukuna #sukuna #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #vnc vanitas #noe archiviste #vanitas no shuki #mermay #requests from instagram #doodles

[onepiece-oc-archives]

Hi! this is box-of-bats with the main account, don't we love how tumblr works. I have a question about Devil Fruits! I'm so afraid of what I might find with a google search spoiler-wise but I'd really like to have my ocs being users. Are there characters that have Ink related powers? What about someone with a spider related fruit?

I don't know having a list would help out in these cases but how do you go into the non-spoiler territory? 😭 Thank you so much for the resources!! ᴵ'ᵐ ᵈᵃⁿᶜᶦⁿᵍ ᵃʳᵒᵘⁿᵈ ᵖʳᵒᵖᵉʳ ⁿᵃᵐᵉˢ ᵇᵉᶜᵃᵘˢᵉ ᴵ ᶠᵒᵘⁿᵈ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵗʳᵃⁿˢˡᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᴵ'ᵐ ʳᵉᵃᵈᶦⁿᵍ ᶜʰᵃⁿᵍᵉˢ ᵗʰᵉᶦʳ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ ᵃ ᵇᶦᵗ ᵃⁿᵈ ᴵ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ᶜʳᵉᵃᵗᵉ ᶜᵒⁿᶠᵘˢᶦᵒⁿ⁻

Hi, thanks for your question!

Researching anything for One Piece OCs is a spolier-riddled hell, especially when it comes to Devil Fruits - which is one of the reasons why I made this blog. You pretty much can't avoid spoilers if you google anything or hop on the wiki, so I'll be doing it for you.

So: Are there ink or spider devil fruit users? Kinda! But that doesn't mean that your OC couldn't have an ink or spider fruit! Let me explain:

As for ink devil fruits, there is one devil fruit that lets the user generate ink from their body and create drawings with that ink that come to life. BUT you could always make your devil fruit be a fruit that turns the user into ink instead of generating it. Problem solved!

For spiders, it's also very easy. One Piece allows for variants of devil fruits, and that's especially true for animal fruits. The one spider fruit that there is is modelled after an extinct kind of spider, so you could literally pick any modern-day spider and you'd be golden. Your fruit would then be called Kumo Kumo no Mi, Model: [insert spider name here], as Kumo Kumo no Mi is the name for all spider-type devil fruits. The model then specifies the specific kind of spider and, like I said, you're free to pick whichever.

I hope that answered your question! If you need any more help - with a name for the ink fruit for example -, feel free to let me know!

#one piece #ask the archivist #no spoilers #topic: devil fruits #that reminds me - i wanted to make a more detailed devil fruit guide #but it'll be hard to do that while avoiding spoilers #avoiding literally all spoilers would be literally impossible #maybe i could also make a list of all taken devil fruits? #but even the existence of some devil fruits would already be a spoiler #it would take away the dramatic reveal of 'haha i have a devil fruit! you will lose!'

[curiositykilledtheradiostar]

One of these days I'm going to write that tma+a81 crossover au where Somewhere Else is The City and then it's all going to be over for you fools

#been calling it TM-eighty one in my head #Honestly like Dan and Jon bonding moments I have seen a few comics of but I have yet to see RAT and Jon interact I think it'd be Something #because Rat has a very strong positive view on all the supernatural stuff but he also does not actively wish Jon harm or want to manipulate #He just genuinely thinks the Archivist is beautiful and incredible in it's inhumanity no ulterior motive just good taste #Martin is the emotional support Jon's humanity needs but Rat could be the proverbial devil on the shoulder for The Archivist #Rat Says Monster Jon Rights is what I'm saying #the magnus archives #archive 81 #curio chatter

[archivists-notes]

Ah, I see the Doctor is once again active on Earth. This is bound to be interesting.

#archivist's notes #ooc tags: #doctor who #doctor who rp #For the record as of posting this I have only seen Space Babies #I have not watched the Devil's Chord yet #But... I figured I needed to post something on Archivist's blog today

[cluescorner]

My Understanding of the Plot of Vanitas No Carte (Through the Shadow the Hedgehog RTFD)

Naenia, to Noé about Louis: Who’s that boy? Do you know him? Is he your friend? That’s kinda cool. Is he alive? Do you know him? Is he alive and you go hang out with him? Did you save him like, ‘cause he’s your friend? That’s awesome dude, I wish I had a friend like you who could save me if I was ever in danger.

Naenia, to Noé about Louis: Weooo Weoo hey I’m in your flashbacks now. It turns out you didn’t save him you did a very bad job. That’s embarrassing. 

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Vanitas: Noé and Dante would have answered the call. They would’ve been here to kill me immediately 

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Vanitas: Let’s see, the best way to sin would be...antagonizing the Queen. 

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Little Dominique: Everything is ok!!

Little Dominique, after THE INCIDENT: AAAAAAAAAAAAA

Noé, genuinely upset about the circumstances: Wait, I traumatized you as a child....

Teacher, grinning ear to ear: That’s badass!!!!!

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Roland: Hi guys!! I’m here too!! You’re Vanitas, that’s so cool. I’m like your biggest fan. I like your cosplays and have tier one on your Twitch channel M. Vanitas. 

Dante: Oh God, not another one of those Twitch fans...

Vanitas: Oh you’re gonna donate, then donate right now. Where’s the money? I wanna see subs, I wanna see donations, I wanna see those little bit things. Make ‘em rain. 

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Jeanne: I need to update my audio equipment. 

Jeanne: *Equips her gauntlet* 

Jeanne: I have updated my audio equipment. 

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Dante: GUN! GUN! GUN!

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Vanitas: Here it is....the book of Vanitas...I’m going to remove it, get my white out, and rewrite it!!

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Teacher: Bonjour mon chatton, it’s me the devil. I love you. I’m having so much fun with you. 

Noé: ...Thank you I suppose?

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Dante: Jesus Christ Vanitas what have you done? 

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Dominique: Jesus Christ Vanitas what have you done?

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Everyone tbh: Jesus Christ Vanitas what have you done? 

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Teacher, during the Amusement Park Arc: Heyyyyyyyyy, what’s uppppppppp? It’s meeeee

Everyone: STOP

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Teacher while Noé is out investigating The Book of Vanitas: Hey bing bong you’re doing a bad job

Noé, who managed to fall in love with Vanitas on the way: I know I’m doing a bad job!

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Dominique: Vanitas, you’re an asshole man. 

Vanitas: You are what you eat, Dominique.

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Chloé, about the Beast: That’s my dog, don’t hurt him! Don’t hurt my dog. 

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Noé: Gaslight me! Gaslight me!

Teacher and Ruthven: Uh I already am. I was gaslighting you that the whole time. 

Noé: Hahahaha cool. 

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Mikhail, throwing random book shenanigans at the wall: I CAN DO THIS!! ANYTIME I WANT!! This is nothing to me!! You’re nothing to me!! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!

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Vanitas, once Jeanne tells him that she was given permission by Lord Ruthven to be with him on his day off CONVENIENTLY while Noé is all alone because Dominique and Dante are stalking them: Something just happened. 

#vanitas no carte #the case study of vanitas #noé archiviste #teacher #the shapeless one #aka M. FUCK #aka Da Devil #vanitas #naenia #chloé d'apchier #dante vanitas no carte #dante #Dominique de sade #actually WHY DOESNT DANTE HAVE A LAST NAME #there's so many Dantes give him a last name so that I can separate him from the 11 million other dantes #august ruthven #Jeanne #jeanne vanitas no carte #give her a last name too #Mikhail

[cannibalcaprine]

it is time to vote for. . .

THE GIRL OF THE YEAR

*note: candidates chosen more or less at random out of random girls i know tumblr likes

#homestuck

[nightmarist]

So Raphael is Mephistopheles’ son according to Haarlep.

Haarlep said that Raphael tells him everything. “Can deny [them] nothing” except his personal vault. Haarlep was sent by Mephistopheles “to distract” Raphael. I assume he reports everything as well.

Raphael grumbles about Mephistopheles being “ever the archivist” by turning the crown into a “museum piece” instead of using it.

Has his own “museum” of interesting artifacts he doesn’t use and, according to his own archivist, people can just. Come and look at them. (I guess if you’re able to make the harrowing journey to hell you might as well sight see….)

Raphael actively collects things related to Karsus, but the crown was specifically taken by his father

Gortash runs away from Raphael and steals the one thing Raphael has wanted for aeons.

The whole situation just feels silly. Raphael complaining about his father’s quirks while being exactly like his father. Mephistopheles taking a dangerous toy away from a child who isn’t mature enough to use it, only for his child’s ward to be just as much of a little shit and steal it for himself. Gortash mirroring Raphael’s schemes because he was basically raised by him, even if he did so out of spite. A gaggle of devils and devil adjacents caused the near end of the worlds because of a petty family squabble.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #raphael #haarlep #bg3 raphael #lord gortash #bg3 gortash #bg3 meta

[dante-winning-archive]

For combination Easter and Trans Day of Visibility, I'm reposting this meme

#archivist post #devil may cry #meme

[roseaesynstylae]

There's a certain type of ship where I go wild and I know the exact qualifications.

They have dark hair and light hair, respectively, although LiuShen gets a pass.

They should not, and often do not, get along.

They either don't explicitly get together or haven't gotten together yet in canon.

They are total idiots about each other but are in denial about it.

The more "go away I hate you" they are, the crazier they are about the other.

AWKWARD on so many levels

#chainsaw man #akiangel #aki hayawaka #angel devil #vanitas no carte #the case study of vanitas #les memoires de vanitas #vanitas #noe archiviste #vanoe #blue period #yaguchi yatora #yotasuke takahashi #yatoyota #the scum villain's self saving system #ren zha fanpai zijiu xitong #liu qingge #shen qingqiu #liushen

[its-your-mind]

*deep breath in*

the fears 👏 have always 👏 been (in one way or another) 👏 parallel 👏 to 👏 desire 👏

let me explain.

so many of the statements given by actual avatars center around some sort of need that was met by their entity. Lots of them even had a positive relationship with the fear that drove them.

Jane Prentiss is an excellent example - the Corruption has always been about a form of toxic and possessive love, but she personally has a deep desire to be “fully consumed by what loves her,” and finds a perverse joy and relief at allowing herself to be a home

Jude Perry is another - she fucking loved watching people’s lives be utterly destroyed. The Desolation only offered her a power of destruction on a grander scale, and then gave her a more intense rush of joy as she did its work. When she tells Jon that he needs to feed the Eye before it feeds on him, it’s almost as an afterthought; she was happily feeding the Desolation long before it burned her into a new existence.

Simon Fairchild. Every time that old loose bag of bones wanders into the picture, he is having a fucking EXCELLENT time playing with the Vast. He loves showing people their own insignificance, and he loves luring them into situations where he can throw them into the void as he smiles and waves.

Peter Lukas (hell, the whole Lukas family (except Evan. RIP Evan.)) hated. people. all he wanted was for them all to go away, to leave him alone. The Lonely only fulfilled that desire.

Daisy, Trevor, and Julia, all devoted to hunting those things they deemed monstrous.

Melanie, holding tight to that bullet in her leg because on some level, she wanted it. It felt good, it felt right, it felt like it fit right alongside the anger and spite that drove her to success.

Annabelle Cane first encountered the Web when she was a child, running away from home in order to tug on her parents’ heartstrings in just the right way to have them wrapped around her little finger. Later on she volunteered to be the subject of an ESP study. Hell, she’s the one who dangled the “Is it really You that wants this?” question over Jon’s head in S4.

And that brings us to Jon, beloved Jarchivist, the Voice that Opened the Door. Ever since he was a child targeted by the Web, he was looking for answers. He joined the Magnus Institute’s Research Department looking for them, he stalked his coworkers in search for them, he broke into Gertrude’s flat and laptop out of desperation for them. And when he realized that all he had to do was Ask to get truthful answers to his questions? It was only natural for him to jump at that opportunity.

Elias told S3 Jon that he did want this, that he chose it, that at every crossroads he kept pushing onwards, and the inner turmoil that caused was one of the focal points for Jon’s character through the rest of the podcast.

There’s a certain line of thinking in many circles about the power of the Devil: he’s not able to create anything new. All he’s able to do is twist and warp that which was already present, making it something ugly and profane while still maintaining the facade of something desirable.

Jon didn’t choose the Eye. But he did wander into its realm of power, exhibiting exactly the qualities it was most capable of hijacking and warping to its own ends. Jon didn’t choose the Apocalypse. But Jonah picked at him little by little, pointing him towards each Fear individually. Jon didn’t want to release the Fears. But the Web tugged on his strings just so and laid a pretty trail for him to follow until he reached its desired conclusion.

Jon didn’t choose ultimate power, or omniscience, or even his own role as Head Archivist. But he said “yes” to the right (wrong?) orders and kept on pushing for the right (wrong?) answers. He wanted to succeed at the work he had been assigned. He wanted to protect his friends. He wanted to rescue them when they were lost. He wanted to prevent the apocalypse, to save the world. He wanted to know why he was still alive, when so many had died right in front of him.

The Great Wheel of Evil Color that is the Entities might not fit as neatly into categories in this universe - maybe there was no Robert Smirke trying to impose strict categories on emotional experiences, or maybe the ways they manifest in the world has turned on its head (goodness knows many of them have been showcased and blended in some very fun and new and horrifying ways so far) - but their fundamental foundations seem to be the same. Hell, in episode one we learned that there had been enough individual incidents to create a distinction between “dolls, watching” and “dolls, human skin.”

Smirke’s Fourteen isn’t going to be relevant as common parlance, RQ said that already, but I don’t think that means the Fears themselves (and their Dream Logic-based rules) are different - I think it means that the levels of understanding, language used, and personal connections among people “in the know” are going to be entirely unfamiliar

#tma #tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp meta #tmagp analysis #the entities #robert smirke #smirke's fourteen #mind write a meta post that doesn’t turn into a fucking essay challenge #I literally thought about citing my episode sources here but decided that would get too FUCKING long. #anyway I’m pulling mostly from Gerry’s statement (111) and #and the Big Elias Group Confrontation (92) #and Annabelle’s statement (147) #and then finale - 196 / 197 / 200 #there are other little lines that I grabbed - tbh feel free to ask about anything I’ve said bc I feel like I’m ready to defend a thesis #I’ve been thinking about this on and off for a few weeks since the desire thing started going around #I have an obsession with Themes as they relate to Worldbuilding and now I have subjected you all to it as well #I am serious tho if anyone wants me to pull the specific parts I’m talking about (whether cuz you have Questions or you wanna ref them too) #lmk #my hyperfocus on silly media brain might as well come in useful somehow #aight peace ✌️

[livebeginning]

I went through some of the official material to find sources that might be useful when writing Raphael and Haarlep (may also be helpful when writing Mizora and Mephistopheles). Here's a collection of what I found, with some notes.

Overview:

Cambion and succubus stat blocks

More stat blocks

Devil contracts

Avernus

Magic in Avernus

Map of Avernus

Blood War

Soul coin

Menu

Infernal Cambions

Mephistopheles

Ranks

Devil Cults

From the Monster Manual:

Cambion stat block

BG3 only players might not be familiar with these spells, so I'm linking them here: Alter Self - Detect Magic - Plane Shift

Note that this version for Plane Shift only works on the cambion themself, whereas the spell normally works on up to eight willing creatures, or one unwilling creature. Raphael might have used a variant of the spell to unwillingly transport the player and companions to the House of Hope and back.

"Telepathic Bond" is an interesting ability that Haarlep doesn't have in BG3.

There is a spell called Shapechange but it seems to work very differently from Shapechanger.

Also, the whole "taking your form and you can feel when it's being use" thing isn't mentioned here, it might be something unique to Haarlep or something they learned, rather than an inherent ability.

From the Monster Manual Expanded:

More stat blocks

From Descent into Avernus:

Devil Contracts

I feel that in the Infernal Hierarchy, Raphael falls into the "Duke" category, which is probably unusual for a cambion. (He is not an archduke, as archdukes are the rulers of the hells. He wants to be one, but isn't yet.)

The contract forms we see him use in the game are close to "Infernal Scroll" (the contract the player can sign) and "Song of the devil" (the contract he made with Yurgir).

Avernus

"Pieces of cities stolen from other planes" might also be the case with the HoH, though Raphael probably added the devil statues later on.

Magic in Avernus

Good to keep in mind when writing a wizard character!

Map of Avernus

Blood War

I don't think Raphael works directly for Zariel. He still has to follow her laws though, as we can see in the HoH, where the archivist is expecting a visit from Zariel's High Inquistor.

I think Raphael might be paying the hell equivalent of taxes to Zariel for living and operating out of Avernus. He may also occasionally sell useful items or souls to Zariel's forces, to profit from the Blood War. He does mention one of his goals is to end (win) the blood war, so he is at least on Zariel's side, if not fighting with her directly.

Soul coin

That's about 13 cm and 150 grams.

Menu

Some dishes one might be served in the hells. Raphael also mentions "Cocktails and Canapés" when talking to Yurgir, so that's something that exists in this world!

From Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes:

Infernal Cambions

This could be the reason why many of Raphael's attacks create Hellfire, which is something Mephistopheles invented.

Mephistopheles

Ranks

Like I said above, I think Raphael has the title of Duke, which would put him at rank 12, but I think rank 11 would also be realistic.

Devil Cults

I don't think Raphael would worship Mephisto, but you could easily argue he has inherited his affinity for fire magic through genetics.

Also note that unlike most other devils, Raphael is not trapped in the Nine Hells. As a cambion he can plane shift once per day and can easily access the Material Plane. He might still want a cult worshipping him for other reasons though.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 raphael #raphael bg3 #dungeons and dragons #bg3 resources #mizora #mephistopheles #haarlep