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7rus7m3 · 12 days

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BIG 101 PENTAGON THEORY // SPOILERS FOR CANTO VI, DEMIAN (book), LITTLE PRINCE (book), LEVIATHAN, LIBRARY OF RUINA, a little bit of Divine Comedy too

RG - Red Gaze, PT - Purple Tear, LP - Little Prince, DC - Divine Comedy. Grammar mistakes can appear due to me not being very fluent in English.

So… After the new Demian scene appeared, I found it convenient to finally unleash my Dante=Sinclair pentagon theory, based on some assumptions I made from reading the source books of all of these characters. Before I start, I need to aknowledge some other things:

1. I don’t find this theory as something that actually will happen, since it may be based on my own biased opinions towards some of the characters included

2. Most of my assumptions are made through reading into intertext of the source books and how it would look more cool to potentially appear in a game. PM interpretation of books may be completely opposite from mine, so ig we will see how close I was later

3. I don’t use other sinners for my theory, since most of them are not marked, can’t use shin from what we know and/or mostly have finished self-centered story. The only one that probably will be added to pentagon is Faust, since her source is too important for Hesse as a writer and the motif of soul duality exists as an important topic in both Demian and Faust books. Also she knows too much about the Stars from what we can see in the prologue and later in her dialogues with us.

Part 1. Purple Tear

PT=Demian’s mother feels like canon already for me, but maybe just because I discussed it too much with my friends. So the main point of this theory is that Demian and PT appear to have the same main themes as characters and have similar powers, so him being Iori’s son will be natural. For example, the snake theme being introduced to us with Iori’s snake eyes in Leviathan manga or with the blue snake representing Demian on LCB Sinclair art. Multidimensional traveling powers, Shin being mostly PT’s disciples thing etc etc. Also Demian had purple eyes on his first promotional art and even though it was changed later, it is still an important thing that was planned by PM. For me it's an obvious moment for a lot of reasons, but in reality they just feel like relatives and the more you think about it the more it becomes obvious.

As Demian’s mother, she becomes frau Eva naturally and potential Sinclair milfhunter’s interest.

Also I believe in Iori as a higher-up person in Limbus Company assumption. As a person, who sees countless possibilities, her choices on sinners of LCB feels natural and the fact that Vergilius out of all people becomes our guide just approves it to me.

So I added ‘Demian’ to her as a source just to start, but we can also add ‘Little Prince’ as I believe that she also represents the snake from the start of Prince’s adventure on Earth and his end on it. The Snake claims to have some sort of space-traveling power after all and while representing Birth and Death of Prince on Earth, she's a good pick for a mother figure representation.

Part 2. Red Gaze

Not too much to say here, but the obvious things we know. The Shin user triangle, even though Verg and Demian probably ain’t ever met each other once, still exists in the context of this theory. We can or can not draw a line between Demian and Vergilius, but I like to do it for the sake of making a point how they both are PT’s disciples.

The christmas trauma line here is mostly for funsies, but it’s obviously not a coincidence on how the whole Sinclair’s family killing incident happened at the same time as Vegilius’ orphanage incident and how both suspicious shin users just watched them suffer to mentor them later.

Dante and RG are connected through Divine Comedy, which is told directly from the game.

Part 3. Demian

The most interesting and most intertextually written character in the game.

Sinclair being the rose became more believable to me than him being the fox after a new scene, but I still think both can be true. As we know from Demian book - Sinclair is final destination of Demian’s journey, from whom Max parted for unknown reasons (basically not answered his letters while doing his own fun stuff ig) and even tried to adapt to live in the world ignoring his marked nature (the “I am actually a lieutenant” scene in the 7th chapter). He is meeting Sinclair at first to part with him later just to end up becoming a metaphorical part of him at the end, probably dying physically. The same happens with Prince and Rose relationships in the LP. From them meeting suddenly to part later because of Prince’s complicated feelings to Prince finally coming back to her after learning how to love her and realizing her importance for his existence as a person in the metaphysical form, leaving his physical body behind. The story is too similar for Sinclair to not be Rose. The main counterargument here is the fact that we don’t know when Demian started his journey and Sinclair quoting dialogue of LP with fox. I still believe that Sinclair-Rose theory is more likely though, but Sinclair-Fox is still leading us to doomed yaoi in the end.

The Demian-Beatrice part comes from ‘Demian’ as a source too. Sinclair met Beatrice as his muse and basically Demian’s replacement as an image of his own ideals in life, she became a reason for him to stop his self-destruction path. Young love for Sinclair here is more of a reason to keep moving forward to become a better person than actual loving feeling. She is a mythological muse, but not a romantic interest fully. And in an attempt of engraving her image (haha engraving aspect), he accidentally draws Demian instead. We can put it as a direct equation of her to Demian and as a method of inserting an androgynous archetype into Demian’s character. I think of Demian-Beatrice as a cool way to introduce us to Paradiso later with him being our new guide instead of Vergilius. It will become a more logical guess later, in the context of the main part of this theory.

Part 4. Dante and Sinclair

So… Dante is a book version of Sinclair with part of Demian’s soul inside him theory… The main thing from where we should start to think about this is the whole number dilemma within Sinclair’s coat. He should’ve been the 10th Sinner before Dante appeared, but then got changed to 11th. Which is funny since 1.0 and 1.1 is a funny version number calambour. So, questions that theories answers:

1.Demian having sudden interest in Dante and giving him riddles that mostly answers the nature of more of a Demian himself as a person, than giving Dante actual usable information

2.Dante seem to have mark

3.”What will become of me who have been robbed by me”

4.Sinclair is the only sinner we resonated with out of his Canto

5.Sinclair Canto only focusing on the first two chapters of the book, but not taking it as full. His Canto takes not even half of a book, but focuses on a really small part of it. Moby-Dick is a pre-story in Canto V, same basically for Canto I and Canto IV, we are close to the ending of CaP in Canto II and we have seen the true ending of WH in one of the Mirror Worlds with Cathy and Hareton.

6. Why they aren't changing numbers on Sinclair's coat for six Canto already

7. How Demian is able to understand us and how we are able to deeply understand Demian's feelings

8. Why we have any connections to Demian in the past and why we owe him a drawing of all things (Sinclair was a painter in the book)

9. Star is the main motivation of Dante

10. The whole engraving aspect thing. Again, Sinclair was a painter in the book and used drawing as a way to analyze his instinctive feelings

11. Dante having religious motifs and powers associated with either Tree of Life or Tree of Knowledge. Sinclair’s EGO “Branch of Knowledge” naming based on that

12. Dante’s White Night motifs. White Night is basically an Antichrist, but also a God, which connects it with the concept of both god and demon and connecting it with an Abraxas

Maybe some other questions are answered too if you think about it for a little. This is just a very solid assumption that will explain why Demian is so important for us and why Dante seems like a descendant of the Star in the prologue. As a character having another big source book I also believe in him having his own Canto and if he is a part of Dante's character then we should have the duo Canto for both Dante and Demian.

Main thing is how it happened. It's mainly fanfiction from now on. We know that there are Mirror Worlds where the whole book plot is already happened at some point (Cathy and Hareton scene in C6). So one of these basically is the one where Sinclair journey happened some other way. Maybe it was the one, where Demian helped him before the whole Kromer situation happened. After that moment in book Sinclair fastly falls back to his family and stops questioning their beliefs, so in my theory he could after all have a prosthetic operation that he was destined to before incident. That way we have his life going more calmly and as a son of prosthetic factory owner he could become a big and rich person. That would explain why Panther, Lion and Wolf were very excited over killing him. So, Sinclair of this universe goes over his way just like book Sinclair and participate in the whole June-985 thing. What else happened in June? World War 1 start. Sounds stupid, but WW1 is the main thing to change the world in Demian as a book. So the start of new world is destined to be in June-985 in the City setting, which represents WW1 starting in the Real World. The whole thing happens, and Demian either dies or merges with Sinclair to become some sort of part of him. To prevent the whole June-985 thing from happening, Sinclair travels back in time (which basically not the same, but another Mirror World) using Golden Bough and tries to engrave something that is a key to preventing the whole mass death thing. Limbus World Demian is pissy with Demian from future trying to stop the new World from happening, so he confronts us, but tries to do it in his own way. That way Dante is Sinclair from future from other mirror world and is partly a Demian himself.

In the LP, Pilot also is a child-like adult, really similar to Little Prince in some way. I personally like to read his journey with Prince as a metaphor for himself maturing and letting go his childish side, which Is again connects Dante to Demian.

So, Dante=other Sinclair=Pilot=partly Demian.

#limbus company #limbus theory #sinclair lcb #demian lcb #lcb #dante lcb #vergilius lcb #iori lor #library of ruina

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jeneelestrange · 7 years

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The Great Green And Yellow Garbage Fire Challenge

“Let That Be A Lesson To You”

By Frau Eva

Pairings: Saionji x Nanami

Warnings: Infidelity technically, mild nonconsent issues. These are terrible people, I don’t know what else you’d expect

@empty-movement

http://archiveofourown.org/works/11974059

It's impossible to avoid certain people in social circles. Having a particular name and having gone to the right schools, is seemed futile for Saionji to try to avoid Nanami Kiryuu. She was, after all, the sort of person who would go to events simply to be seen.

Not that he would try to avoid her--that would imply a certain amount of effort. But she became more and more obvious at each social function, each time with a different man and a different set of jewels.

"Oh, this? Hiroyuki gave it to me. Bit of a celebration gift. Nobody expected him to get the other company to agree to that merger."

"This old thing? Masao got it for me on our trip to Switzerland. It was a long time coming, really--its so hard for doctors to get away from work."

"Yes, yes, the sapphires. They're really pushing them this year. Did I mention Akimasa is a jewelry broker?" If it was someone else, he'd maybe roll his eyes or make a snide comment. But this was Nanami. They had grown up together. Maybe Touga didn't care what his sister got up to--likely, he didn't--but that didn't mean someone shouldn't.

She had gone to the bathroom to do whatever it was women did in there. He had caught her alone in an adjoining hallway on her way out. "You need to stop embarrassing yourself," he said, half-whisper, half-growl.

Her brows furrowed in innocent confusion. "I have no idea what you mean."

"Every time you're in public, there's some new man on your arm. Don't you know what that makes you look like? Do you really want to look like that sort of woman?"

She crossed her arms over her breasts, expression imperious. "And what sort of woman is that?"

Saionji scowled. "You don't care about any of these men. You're just toying with them."

"And what if I am?" The typical Kiryuu smirk crept onto her face. "This doesn't involve you, Saionji."

"I can't stand idly by and watch you drag you--and everyone associated with you--through the dirt!" He balled his fists. "If your parents actually did their job, they'd be doing the same thing."

Her eyes twitched. She was so much like her brother in some ways--but with one crucial difference. She wasn't impenetrable. "You have no idea what you're talking about." The jewels glittered at her thin throat.

"You're the one who has no idea. One of these days, you'll drop one of these boys and they won't take that so lightly. One of these days, you'll see what a dangerous game you're playing." Without consciously knowing it, he was advancing on her, angry and desperate.

Nanami scoffed.

He slammed a hand against the wall, inches from her head. Her eyes flew wider. "Do you know what men do to women when they feel they feel justified? Do you know what you're risking?" His voice was husky with threat.

Nanami's eyes narrowed into an expression that was far older than she was. "I know plenty." Her stare was defiant.

He felt internally trapped, running out of options. Yet here she was, surrounded on all sides by aggressive strength and still undeterred. "You have no idea." He shook his head. "You're going to keep going until you get hurt." He wanted to destroy that cool expression of hers.

Saionji told himself it was for her own good.

He attacked her with his mouth. She was still, stiff. Arms roughly pinned her thin shoulders to the wall. His hips ground against hers, both restraining and enticing.

She softened suddenly and he realized, in the back of his mind, how much he had missed touching a woman. How much he wanted this. He couldn't even pinpoint when his last failed relationship was. Her perfume--something with lilies and roses--filled up his senses. This softness soothed a wound he had pushed aside for so long that he wasn't even aware he still had it. He wanted to sink into her.

Suddenly, all that jealous eyeing of Nanami fluttering around ballrooms took on another meaning. Realizing something too late was too bittersweet of a feeling.

She squealed and Saionji thought he may have gone too far. What the hellwas he doing, forcing himself on his childhood friend's sister? He broke away.

"What are you doing?" she murmured lowly. Her delicate fingers fisted into his hair.

"I just--" Saionji struggled to come up with an excuse, but found none. His heart battered against his ribcage. He had really done it this time.

"You don't just kiss a woman like that and walk away like nothing happened," she growled. She pulled him back down onto her mouth. A shockwave went through him as his childhood friend, once an innocent young girl, thrust her tongue in his mouth. He mutely grabbed onto her. Fingers slid down his collar to feel the pulse at his neck. He shivered. Suddenly he felt as if his instincts couldn't catch up.

They were either in that hallway for a minute or eternity. Eventually it became apparent that there wasn't anything else that could be done without making a true scandal. They stood there embracing for a moment, panting into the same air.

She looked up at him, a look somewhere between affection and amusement. "Oh, Saionji. You'd be the perfect man if you weren't such an idiot."

He couldn't look away from the her--lips swollen from kissing, dress rumpled, stray tendrils framing her half-lidded eyes. "I suppose you'd be the perfect lady, if only you weren't such a bitch."

Her grin widened at that.

#the great green and yellow garbage fire challenge #kyouichi saionji #nanami kiryuu #kyoichi saionji x nanami kiryuu #shoujo kakumei utena #revolutionary girl utena

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elsbethvanparidon-blog · 6 years

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That roaring Shanghai of the pre-PRC 20th Century (Part I) was undeniably a fashion hard hitter, but the 21st Century also proves a strong contender in the Pearl’s fashion race. With Shanghai Fashion Week in full swing until April 2, 2018, we once more step through the mirror to explore this city’s fashionable brawn, bravado and bravery.

One launch in particular at the March 2018 ONTIME show — Shanghai Fashion Week: Atelier Rouge Pekin X Meihua Sports AW18 “We Are The Champions” Collection. Photography by Mathilde Agius

As Marxist Leninist Mao Zedong one-size-and-style-fits-all playsuits (traditionally known as the male 中山装 – yep, after Sun Yat-Sen — for those interested in getting one) in 1949 unified the fashion stakes across the Middle Kingdom. The fact that its jacket was made out of one piece, contrary to the usual two layers of fabric or something, symbolized China’s unity and peace. Its three cuff-buttons stood for the Three Principles of The People: Nationalism, Democracy and People’s Livelihood. As it turned out, the PRC standard suit became a hit with western “intellectuals” (aka the communist-thought-liking hipsters-du-jour) throughout the 1960s and 70s. They apparently tended to pair it with a nice comfy turtleneck. Mao-PC lovely. So, I do beg your pardon, but instead of going through 30 unavailing years of joyless démodé bootcamp, I’d rather pick up not where I left off, but where the thrill really came back for Shanghai’s fashionista: The 21st Century.

The PRC standard suit became a hit with western “intellectuals” throughout the 1960s and 70s. They apparently tended to pair it with a nice comfy turtleneck. Mao-PC lovely.

Another Temper-favored launch at the ONTIME Show, Shanghai Fashion Week 2018… Tiwill Tang’s new Chronic collection! One powerplant in the making.

Vogueing Out the Nation

The opening of the 21s Century saw the arrival of many Western fashion media staples on China Mainland. People were already aware of the Marnis and Pradas being status symbols, but flipping through pages and pages of luxury brand advertisements as presented in the Vogues, Elles and Harper’s Bazaars of this universe, certainly spurred on the rush for the gold CC signs. Hey, what can I say, those fashion media moguls are some bright cookies for sure. Pushing Eurocentric notions in Asia? Yep. Anyone care? Nope. Either way, the 2000s saw the Mainland masses heading to Hong Kong’s (cheaper) top-level brand flagship stores like it was Black Friday every day. And bringing home the same bag. Every single one of them.

Yet then… drumroll, please. We entered the 2010s and arrived at a crossroads where many a China-born dressmaker was braising up their own designs, mixing their personal heritage and China’s history with Western-studied techniques. The new China fashion design(er) went from being more underground or small-atelier-audience-bound to upping the public streetstyle; breaking with all bombastic bag-du-must-have-brand conventions (of course these have not been eradicated, why should they be; each to their own). A new Chinese clientele since leans towards individualizing what’s on their wooden hangers and thus exuding their individuality towards their peers and wider surroundings. The “M’as-tu-vu?” thought in a new layered jacket.

The Shanghai fashion design scene in the 21st Century has burst back into its former frisky innovative creativity and gained back the reputation that strides with it.

From Vogue to Rogue

In a sense, that’s exactly what China Fashion did: Go rogue. The once all-dominating Brand Name, additionally acclamated by Vogue China (who in my opinion should dip not just the tippy-toe-gel-nail into the China Fashion Designer Pool, but actually dive into its luster with some more cool gusto), has had to give way to the understated sub-culturally enigmatic label –- if there is one attached.

Uma Wang, Masha Ma, Qiu Hao, Lu Kun, Joyce Wang, Fernanda Sung, Alter Lifestyle, Yilin Lu, Bubble-Mood, COOLAB Studio, MIKUMKUM, sustainable raw silk womenswear or organic children’s clothing, cocktail-wear by Atelier Miss Lu, well-known ones, notorious ones, Xizang-influenced accessory shopping gems, Miao-inspired creations, Momorobo, A La Mode Boutique, SEVENDAYS, NuoMi, Frau Ana, cute, chic, Atelier Rouge Pekin, Jenny Ji, locals, expats, Tiwill Tang’s Chronic and so the litany continues.

The Shanghai fashion design scene of the 21st Century has burst back into its former frisky innovative creativity and gained back the reputation that strides with it. And let’s not forget about the biannual Shanghai Fashion Week, understandably the city’s main official fashion event which first took place in 2003. Nowadays, this stage has become The Asian Go-To for any designer wanting to up their game. And the competition is as whalebone-corset stiff as the designs are quintessentially quirky.

A fast and furious MIKUMKUM SS17 via China Fashion Bloggers.

Shanghai is primed to become the Fifth Fashion Capital on the global mode map — in addition to the Big Four aka New York, Paris, London and Milan. The 2010s have come with a shift in desirable goods, moving from the omnipresent Louis Vuitton bag to a more individual expression through fashion. Great Style Leap Exhibition Director Xu Haiyun in 2014 told Jing Daily the following in regards to the development of Shanghai’s streetstyle settings:

“When social media and street style came around, they gave people a new type of fashion influence that was closer to them, that was graspable and more affordable. […] I think because of Beijing’s history as a center for art and culture, people therefore dress a little differently—more complex, maybe. Shanghai is a little more Western, whereas Guangzhou and Shenzhen feel more original and Asian.”

The man has a point. And this point aligns with this year’s participants’ viewpoints on Shanghai as a Fashion Capital on the rise, think Gemma Hoi or Eva Xu of All Comes From Nothing — among others.

The 2016 Shanghai Fashionista via Women’s Wear Daily.

The 2016 Shanghai Fashionisto via Women’s Wear Daily.

Beijing is the rougher diamond; Shanghai is, by now, overflowing with more than 100 years in fashion do’s and don’ts, a polished one; but it would be unfair to cast aside the simply innate Chinese or Asian inspirations found with Shanghai’s fashion design. It may have a polished – Western, if you will – coating, but it sure is pure and unadulterated China-born-and-bred Fashion. I mean, even the Mao Zedong thought elixir was first served with a few Marxist and Leninist drops, right?

We shall conclude this look at a tried ‘n true China Fashion pivot with a style-advisory twist on Chairman Mao:

“One cannot advance without mistakes… It is necessary to make mistakes. The wardrobe cannot be updated without learning from mistakes.”

Featured Image: Atelier Rouge Pekin x Meihua Sports AW18 “WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS” Collection

Photography: Mathilde Agius Model casting：Monica Female model：李芙瑶 (with 华谊时尚) Male model：Denys ( with M2) Make-up：薛冰冰 Hair：赵文智

Images: China Fashion Bloggers and Women’s Wear Daily.

Shanghai Fashion Week has become the No.1 Asian go-to for any designer wanting to up their game. And the competition is as whalebone-corset stiff as the designs are quintessentially quirky. That roaring Shanghai of the pre-PRC 20th Century (Part I) was undeniably a fashion hard hitter, but the 21st Century also proves a strong contender in the Pearl’s fashion race.

#china #china fashion #design #featured #photography #shanghai #shanghai fashion week #streetstyle #trending in china

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davidklinger-blog1 · 7 years

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http://frauevamusic.com

I made this website for my old band, Frau Eva. It's entirely made in Flash using Action Script 3.0, which was easy to learn as it is almost identical to Java, but with libraries that are more specific to the flash environment. Of all the sites I've made, this one has by far the most unique design.

I like to break up the functionality of art websites into two categories: "important content" and "fun content". Important content are things that someone might come to the site looking for, or things you especially want them to do. In this case, they include the band's music, a listing of upcoming shows, a way to join the mailing list, contact the band, and buy merchandise online. The important content should be easy to find and access, while the rest of the content gives the website depth, creating a world worth exploring for those users who have time to kill.

Luckily, my band had a wealth of content for these hypothetical bored users to discover. We had designed dozens of show flyers, video flyers, band photos, an unusual band bio and some other written thoughts, as well as song lyrics. On top of that, I thought of different visually interactive elements I could add to the site. I wanted this content to be more of a challenge to access than the "important content", so I hid the art, videos, and writing in leaves that fell from the sky. In contrast, all the "important content" is very accessible; the music automatically plays, and is controlled at the bottom of the page, while the other important content is all clearly labeled on dangling signs. Though this "important content" is the only necessary part of the site, most of the site's complexity lies in the weird unnecessary elements.

In all, there are 44 leaves, defined in an external XML file, containing various random content that can be revealed by clicking on the leaf as it falls. The content ranges from impressive animated videos to pretty ordinary show flyers. The only problem with having so much content was that I worried that if I made the leaves totally random, users might click on leaves with less impressive content first, get bored, and stop before discovering the really cool stuff. So, I decided to make a starting line-up of nine leaves to loop through in the beginning. After a leaf was clicked on, instead of looping back to the top of the screen, it would tag itself out and be replaced by the next "coolest" leaf, as ordered in the XML file. Additionally, I designated one leaf to always contain the lyrics to the current song being played.

Besides the leaves, I included other hidden easter eggs that allow users to explore the site if they are feeling curious. Hidden at the top of the page are mysterious labels reading "moon" and "sun". When clicked, they reveal drawings of the two celestial bodies (as well as a star), that also happen to control the visual feel of the entire site. By controlling the opacity and blend mode of an originally transparent layer, the sun controller adds brightness to the Frau Eva site, the moon casts a shadow on the land, and the star makes all the colors inversed/other-worldly. There are other nuanced complexities to the logic of these controllers I won't get into, but I think they perfectly illustrate the hidden charm that can be added with non-essential and relatively non-intuitive elements.

To wrap this up with a happy ending, I will say that all the work I put into making the site unique paid off. It was well received and even got some local press, garnering the headline, "D.C. Band Frau Eva Creates Unique Leafy Digital Portal For its Music." Unfortunately, the band broke up soon after releasing the website, but I'm at least glad we have our music and art documented in an appropriately whimsical online setting. Hopefully the Frau Eva website can serve as proof that breaking boring web conventions and defying expectations can be worth the extra effort.

#interactive website #user experience #thoughts on design #flash site

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