#heart host ava's demon

[quietblueriver]

More BTVS AU. In which the crew convenes to discuss some demons.

Pt. V in this universe. Find the others here.

Nothing much happening here plot-wise, just attempts to get myself writing with fun AU time.

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There is slime on her sweater. Brown and thick and foul, crusting into something even worse. There will absolutely be a stain, and, as the odor burns at her nostrils, she ponders whether it’s even worth attempting to save the fabric. Maybe Shannon will know a spell that can help. She doesn’t have to worry about the cost of ruined clothing, but she doesn’t like being wasteful. 

Camila, whose wide eyes are working their way down a shelf of crystals, shifts closer, and Beatrice moves to her right, her body rigid in her attempt to avoid contaminating any of the furniture or merchandise or beings in the back half of Cat’s Cradle. 

Her gaze catches on Mary and Shannon in the corner, Shannon sitting on the stairs in the gray sweatpants and white t-shirt she’d answered the door in, her hair having been maneuvered from its sleep-mussed state into a neat low bun. She’d been bleary when they’d knocked at her apartment above the magic shop, but as usual, she’d come without complaint, putting on coffee and giving Camila a book and a suggestion for beginner crystal work before settling on the stairs, Mary close behind.

She laughs as her head tilts up toward Mary, who is leaning against the bannister in her near-uniform black jeans and black hoodie, head ducked and a pleased smile on her face. It’s an expression that appears more and more often around Shannon, whose own cheeks color with a blush as Mary says something to make her laugh harder. 

There’s movement behind her, and a moment later, the smell of Ava–undertones of the cedar deodorant she likes to wear mixed with artificial sweetener and a baseline that is, simply, her. 

She can’t pull apart the pieces, but she knows her, could identify her blindfolded, easily and with certainty. It’s one of the many strange pieces of slayerhood, learning those around her through heightened senses, footsteps and smells and breathing patterns. Heartbeats, if she’s close enough. 

She’s reminded of the wine tastings that her godmother loved to host, her parents and a gaggle of other people important enough to warrant an invitation sitting around the table at a house in the countryside while Beatrice read in the corner. Even at seven, she was fairly certain that the adults were, as Ava might put it, full of shit when they talked about notes of pepper and blackberry and citrus, their lips staining red over the course of the afternoon as the poor sommelier on hire for the day opened bottle after bottle. 

A strand of red licorice hangs from Ava’s mouth as she steps up next to Beatrice, apparently undeterred by the scent of the gunk that the bug-like demon had managed to spew at Beatrice before Ava drove a sword through its heart. She herself had remained, somehow, unsullied by its attack, her cropped black tank and high-waisted jeans suffering only a grass stain during one of her dives. She had frowned at the green marks, pouting as the demon charged and stepping out of the way with a nonchalance that made Beatrice’s heart pound with worry. 

Now, she chews loudly and says, mouth still full of cherry-flavored plastic, “They’re cute, huh?” 

Beatrice lets her lips pull up, briefly, as Shannon laughs again, hums her agreement. They are cute, and Beatrice, contrary to popular opinion, isn’t so much of a wet blanket that she can’t acknowledge it. Of course, she also adds, compulsively, “Don’t speak with your mouth full.” 

Ava snorts, entirely inelegant and still somehow distractingly beautiful, and puts a hand to shove at Beatrice’s shoulder, making contact before Beatrice can warn her away. It’s her own fault, really. It’s not as though the goo is subtle, but Beatrice apologizes anyway, wincing and stepping further from Ava, who’s shaking her hand in the air in disgust. 

“I’m sorry.” 

Ava shudders as she brings her hand closer to her face, pulls out the remaining stem of licorice with a grimace, having found her limit. Beatrice is somewhat concerned that it had taken this long.

“Ugh, Jesus, Bea. I knew you smelled but like, gross.” 

Beatrice blushes, crosses her arms. It’s true, but that doesn’t mean she wants to hear Ava say it. 

“Yes, thank you. I’m aware. I would like to point out that if you hadn’t been so distracted by the grass stain on your pants, you might have been able to stab him before he regurgitated,” she looks down at her torso, frowns, “whatever this is all over me.” 

The bell to the shop dings then, and Superion enters with Lilith trailing behind, both dressed in neatly pressed gray slacks and dress shirts, a white blouse for Superion, a navy button-down for Lilith. Appraising eyes take stock and their frowns deepen, one side of Lilith’s upper lip lifting in clear disgust as she steps closer and then stops, apparently having entered the radius of the smell. 

“You get used to it after a few minutes.” 

Camila’s beside her then, smiling as she lies, and Beatrice notes the shift in Lilith’s posture, the softening of her expression as she says, unnecessarily and with wandering, avoidant eyes, “Right. Good then. Thank you.” When she finally looks back at them, her mouth is twisted slightly, and her shoulders are tighter than they normally are, which is to say, incredibly tight. Interesting. 

Ava’s elbow makes unsubtle contact with her ribcage and Beatrice isn’t proud of the satisfaction that swoops through her at the noise that follows, a kind of yelp of disgust and despair as Ava’s skin becomes further contaminated by the sludge. 

It’s harmless, used by the cockroach creature to immobilize or track prey during a hunt. The bigger concern is that they tend to move in packs, and someone had, just after Ava and Beatrice engaged the first of the creatures, called into emergency services about gigantic bugs near the elementary school. Superion, with assistance from software tweaked by Camila, tracks those kinds of calls and had sent both of them notice to convene at Cat’s Cradle to strategize after they dispatched with their target. 

Camila, of course, did not charge for her services but did track the calls, and she and Mary had been waiting for them by the stairway to Shannon’s apartment, shrugging at Beatrice’s raised brow and providing as explanation, “It’s only 10pm, Beatrice. It’s Friday. We’re bored.” 

Superion makes her way with purpose toward the table in the back of the store, and they all follow, everyone giving Beatrice and Ava as wide a berth as possible. She pulls a book from the back shelf and opens to a page near the back, places the text in the center of the table so that they can all see the illustration on the yellowed page, a six-legged demon with gigantic wings (used as shields, thank goodness) and beady eyes, small head with a wide mouth. The next page shows the demon in an upright position, making the sword-like nature of its upper four legs apparent, and next to that is a sketch of a dark puddle, a paragraph description underneath. 

“Blattaria demon,” Mary reads. 

“Yes.” Superion shifts her eyes between Ava and Beatrice, lips pursed. She does not acknowledge the others, but she has come to accept, at this point, their involvement and speaks freely in front of them. “If our information is correct, there will be at least a dozen by the school. We’ll need to move quickly.” 

Ava bounces next to her, a new strand of licorice having been produced from somewhere. She is living with the smell, then. Beatrice envies her. 

“What’s the plan, boss?”

Superion gazes at Ava, a flash of something like regret passing over her as she says, almost a sigh, a concession, “The most efficient way to get rid of them is with fire.” 

A grin spreads slowly over Ava’s face as she takes a last bite of her candy, swallowing before turning to Bea.

“Sweet.”

#warrior nun #warrior nun fic #avatrice #sister beatrice #ava silva #sister camila #sister lilith #btvs au

[kkglinka]

Ok, so I've been backreading Warrior Nun fandom meta, and random assortment of fics, and I definitely have some contrary opinions. Typical me. :)

The halo is advanced medical technology that doesn't belong on the mortal realm because it channels and is powered by faith energy. (it needn't be religious faith, as the show repeatedly emphasizes, Jillian, Mary and then Ava all demonstrating other forms). It is medical tech that is inappropriately being used in a combat capacity. Much like using a cardiac crash kit as a taser — you can, but that's not what it's for.

We know that the halo will reject individuals, likely based on their mental profiles, and how focused they are on life and living. Someone in despair, too ambitious, too willing to martyr themselves, who otherwise loses faith in living becomes incompatible The biggest clue is how Adriel first chooses as the meatbag locker for the halo, upon its initial theft. He lands in the middle of a battle and looks around for the most mortally wounded by still living person who seems important, and stuffs it in her. He knew the halo would accept an injured host who had reason to live, and counted on her grateful loyalty.

What's interesting is that the halo and crown's color coding indicate that they do not come from Reya's realm, which is color coded blue. The tarasks have divinium bones and kill wraiths, so they aren't demons unless Reya's realm is 'hell'. Then there's Lilith, also color-coded orange, whom Adriel makes no attempt to strike down, but immediately attempts to seduce and placate. Because she is a threat to him. (I suspect Adriel was supposed to retrieve the halo for Reya, but made a bid to keep that power for himself, then unseat her, hence the need for the arc). The warrior nun essentially carries non-combat tech from both realms, re-purposed into weapons, symbolizing how humans have choice, etc.

Second, I don't think Ava's ever died. It's definitely framed that way, and I totally get the romantic, symbolic appeal of that, but I never even considered it while viewing.

We are given explicit info about the orphanage such as the care facilities being very low tech. No heart monitor, eeg, ekg, seemingly not even a basic pulsometer like when you get checked in at a doctor's office. We also see that Ava was unfazed by the nun administering an injection, suggesting this was at least a bit normal. {Whoops, forgot Ava explicitly states no need for pain meds). So I'm guessing she's among small percentage of individuals who have a natural resistance to opiods. She was still in a conscious, hallucinogenic state when the nun was declaring her dead.

Severe overdose symptoms include cold, clammy blue skin, significant respiratory depression, extremely weak pulse and coma. The pulse may be undetectable to physical touch, and all metabolic action is depressed. It's a bit like severe hypothermia, and death in opiod resistant individuals is gradual, if left untreated. In short, the person looks and feels dead. Ava further displays the lingering symptoms of overdose through the first couple of episodes, such as disorganized thinking, emotional instability, lack of coordination, reduced inhibition and, yes, vomiting. That nun had 'mercy' killed so many other kids that she got complacent.

While Ava's midair fall likely caused multiple fractures and internal bleeding, along with loss of consciousness, it wasn't instant death. There was no rapid blood loss which would have caused heart failure, and aside from a portion of separated cranium, her head was intact. It takes several minutes of oxygen starvation for the body to begin dying, and neural function to cease.

Real life medical response would have been to drain fluid buildup while restarting and stabilizing the heart, if necessary, and sealing off the brain from infection, then monitoring for brain trauma from the deceleration squish. It was a scary fall, and Beatrice flipped out, but Mary kicked Ava off a cliff in season one, down onto an uneven rocky surface. What struck me is that Beatrice might have helped power the halo.

(As an aside, if the halo is powered by faith energy, then the decimation of the O.C.S. and their belief in the warrior nun, would have been a huge energy loss for the halo. The only rapid solution would be for Ava to go public).

Anyway, on occasions when the halo temporary runs dry, Ava does not die. Instead, she reverts to a quadriplegic state, indicating that the halo was unable to repair an existing healed injury. So it is acting in a continual state, but as a disability aid, rather than keeping her alive. For her, the halo provides a neural bypass system... which we also saw in the wheelchairs ArcTech developed. Competing disability representation needs and all, but I appreciate that Ava was not miraculously healed.

In short, Ava wouldn't die if it was removed, but her intense desire to live, disability, high altruism and lack of violent/martyr conditioning, made her the ideal candidate. For a device that's not from Reya's realm.

#fandom #warrior nun

[juggalism]

some concept art from book 2, from the wiki, that i found really interesting first the “pact figures”, like what wrathia showed ava when telling her about pacts

the one on the far right is obviously erios. 4 arms + tooth gap + uneven hair. their horns/mushrooms even somewhat resemble the ones on tylos old silhouette, and her cross eyes at first i thought it was the heart host tbh, but now i see the middle one is maggie, with the very curly hair none of the other hosts have, the literal hourglass figure, and of course tuls’s horns. the first one i also struggled a bit w, i wanted it to be an unseen character like i did w maggies, but im pretty sure its actually gil. curly front bangs (thatd probs only get curlier w a pact w nevy), nevys horns, and ngl hes a bit of a crybaby and it makes sense that his pact w nevy would be a lil bit miserable

next, the various “keys” to the pact doors

theres maggies doorknob and avas key. on the upper right is a zipper with a 3 eyed skull, boxy designs, and an end that looks like a dagger, or the blade of a scythe (wink). this is odins. below that is a fishhook with a couple diamond shapes. thats gils. across from that, on the middle left, is something that looks like a button with stars on it. thats erios’s but im not sure how itd work tbh. the last 2 im kinda struggling w. the key is probably just an earlier design of avas key, which leaves one of the hosts without a key concept design. the teacup? thingie? i think would fit with the heart host bc what the general consensus around them is that theyre “angelicpurr”, olais online friend, and i think that catgirls and tea parties go along well together, plus their character is just all cutesy and pastel etc

lastly, the demon head shapes

not much to say abt this really! greed is scribbled out, and gluttony looks a lot different from the final tylo design

#ad liveblogging #also the 2 sided shapes one side represents the host one side represents the demon #this is probs gonna be my last post abt this so yall can finally get ur finger away from the unfollow button lol #last post tonight i mean im tired #but i Will be back on my bs tomorrow im not done reading #+ streams possibly tomorrow

[memekasasha]

angelicpurr is heart host

we know her shape is a heart, we know her color is pink, she looks to be a sort of cat (reflected in angelicpurr’s avatar), and looks to be some sort of royalty (which would make sense that shes talking to olai considering how pretentious he seems to be)

#ava's demon #avas demon #ava's demon theory #olai arrow #heart host ava's demon #PLS SEE WHAT I SEE #PLS TELL ME IM NOT CRAZY #avd #kumas roaring

[avasdemonedits]

Michelle said on stream that Heart Host is a "very special" character to them. I bet it's their first oc 🥺

#avas demon speculation #avas demon #speculative #heart host #avasdemon

[fuckyeahavasdemon]

Rereading AD I just wannna point out sum stuff I found. Like this👀👀 What does she mean psychic energy....Nevy can brainwash?😳

Also when the comic resumes, we’ll finally get to meet the rest of the hosts!

Also we got a very very very small preview of the sloth host from when Olai was playing viddey gaems

Also blonde ava just feels....evil.

#i hate blonde ava ots terribl #ava #hosts #wrathia #nevy #odin #sloth demon #heart demon #heart host #ummmm #ava mod #mod post #mod art #avas demon #fanart

[doublethetheories]

More Heart Host + Ava/Wrathia

Eyo back on my short not-actually-theory posting bUT-

I would just like to point out that

Her staff’s tip is a heart. The thing that makes the most sense would obviously be a circle, unless you’ve seen my earliest theories about Wrathia being very connected/tied to the heart host. (She’s also tied to the crescent host but shsh thats unrelated right now). Also for those of you who don’t remember, the heart host is almost definitely Angelicpurr, so we’re sort of able to (roughly) speculate how they’re connected now.

(Also a lot of people are commenting on the fact that there’s squares and diamonds in her outfit and like, fair, but also I think the only ones we can truly focus on while letting Michelle have cool outfits is the staff, since that is very obviously symbolism.)

(panel #2559)

#wrathia bellarmina #ava ire #avas demon #theory #heart host #angelicpurr

[ichiscat]

Another Ava’s Demon Theory Because Why Not

I remember Michelle confirming that Odin was at least part alien, but I don’t think she specified what type of alien species in particular. However, so far, there’s only been one type of alien that any of the Arrows have interacted with in the story:

In conclusion, I don’t think it’s far off to say that Odin, and perhaps even the entire living Arrow family, is at least half furry. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

#ava's demon #ava's demon theory #odin arrow #heart host

[littleinkreblogs]

I’m just throwing this as a theory is what Heart Host might look like based on the update.

I’m going to be 100% wrong but at least I seem to the only one thinking about this today.

#avas demon #avasdemon #ava's demon #heart host #ad theory #ad spoilers #spoilers

[space-finally]

WHAT IF THIS IS HEART HOST??

#avas demon #avas demon update #avas demon theory #avas demon heart host #heart host #sloth host

[archi-pelago]

I want to give Olai a firm wedgie.

gamers have no rights

#can we talk about how the kittengirl he's fighting is probably the gamersona of the heart host #maybe? #ava's demon related #zorbonaut

[lampsabout-moved]

MAGGIE: *gushes over Gil* HEART HOST: ....honey,

#baseless ava's demon prediction: heart host tells maggie gil's gay #maggie lacivi #heart host #ava's demon #ad #ava's demon predictions

[bi-hop]

Heart Host Theory

So, I recently reread Ava’s Demon and rekindled my love for the comic. It was a lot of fun! But, naturally, I started forming theories based on some of the clues left in the panels. That, combined with the AIW parallels, has led me to believe that Heart Host will be quite the interesting character. 

 Full disclaimer: I absolutely do not pretend to know a single thing about where the plot is headed, so take all of this with the necessary grain of salt it requires! This is all just speculation, plain and simple. My only credentials are that I’ve read a bunch of theories and really love Alice in Wonderland. 

The theory is under the cut!!!

I’ll be referring to Heart Host as ‘H’ for the rest of this post.  First off, let’s look at their icon on the cast page.

Obviously, we don’t know what their name is, or what they really look like yet, but the silhouette  can tell us some things!

- H is wearing a crown. (I’ll come back to this later.) 

 - Their shape is a heart. (I’ll also come back to this later.) 

 - H is smoking a pipe. (Believe it or not, I’ll also come back to this later, albeit briefly.) 

 - They have fluffy hair. (Not crucial, but fun to note!) 

 - And, finally, they have an almost cat-like ear. (Which is cute. That’s all.) 

‘Why does this matter?’ Let’s move on to some panels.

We’ve all seen this page, and it’s been analyzed to kingdom come, so I’ll keep this brief. 

If you look here, there‘s a snake with heart shaped eyes and body patterns. Said hearts are pink. 

This implies that H is represented by snakes, much like how rabbits are associated with Ava, as an example. 

But wait! There’s more! 

If you look here, the color of the vial with the sleeping pill matches the color of the hearts perfectly. Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable to predict that H and Sloth are linked. 

Now, if you remember Formspring, you might remember what Michelle once said about Sloth.

Because Sloth and mushrooms are connected in this, one can infer that H’s demon is this:

See the snake like tongue? The mushroom protrusion? Yeah.

And if you’re wondering why the pipe is relevant... both mushrooms and smoking a pipe can count as a drug, so to speak. Pair that with the sleeping pill in their vial and the imagery there makes perfect sense.

So! What about the crown? 

Well, in the two Alice books by Lewis Carroll, there are three queens.

The Red Queen and White Queen are lesser known, but that’s because they’re from the second book. (Interestingly, Alice does in fact become a queen at the end of the book, due to playing as a pawn for most of the game. Now, I’m not calling Ava a pawn in Wrathia’s plan to kill Titan, but... She’s a pawn in Wrathia’s plan to kill Titan.)

And it’s absolutely obvious who the third queen is.

The well known and very temperamental...

Queen of Hearts.

That, paired with this panel...

... makes H come off as a threat. 

And I’d argue that they are a threat! Just... maybe not in the way we all picture.

Here’s the thing. 

The Queen of Hearts isn’t so much of an antagonistic character as she is an obstacle. Just like how all of the other Wonderland characters are, essentially, obstacles to Alice during her journey.

In fact, her behavior around Alice is quite mercurial. During their first interaction, she blows up at her for acting rudely, but then proceeds to loudly invite her to a croquet game. Alice even manages to avoid being ‘sentenced’ to execution for the entirety of the game, unlike the rest of the players (sans the King and Queen). While they come into conflict again at the climax of the story, she still isn’t really a villain at all. She just has incredibly warped logic. 

That being said, here are my thoughts.

1. H is not meant to be a completely faithful interpretation of the Queen of Hearts.

I certainly think they are royalty, and maybe they will have their moments of irrationality and anger at some point in the plot, but they’re just based on the character. 

And 2. H is a threat... but they’re a threat to Ava’s pact.

Ava and Wrathia made a pact. The terms were simple. Ava has to help Wrathia kill Titan. In exchange, Wrathia will give Ava a new life.

Later on, Ava demanded a change. She wanted an ‘entirely different life’.

However, as Tuls said...

It’s currently not clear if Wrathia will in fact be able to accomplish Ava’s demand for an entirely different life, despite giving Ava her heart as collateral. 

However, it can definitely be argued that Ava’s side of the pact, if it does in fact remain unchanged, is easier to accomplish than Wrathia’s. 

After all, Wrathia wants to defeat an absolutely gigantic conqueror.

Ava just wants a new life where people miss her and love her. 

And while I doubt her side of the pact is fully fulfilled despite Wrathia believing otherwise, it’s absolutely reliant on her relationships with others. 

Here��s where H comes in.

A failure of pact results in  a ‘monster of failure’.

In their case, the way this would be accomplished is  in a few different ways. 

- Wrathia does not give Ava a new life. This doesn’t sound likely though because Wrathia desperately wants to go back to ruling and wouldn’t want to be fused permanently with someone she loathes. Also, she has a child to think about. If bringing Ava back to life counts, then she already accomplished too.

- Ava does not kill Titan.

Ava already has her doubts about the plan. Killing the owner of their part of the universe? Recruiting other pactmakers when her anxiety is so bad? It just seems like a pipe dream.

And, above all, her dream is to be loved. Appreciated. 

She lost all of her friends and loved ones because of Wrathia’s influence. She lost it all.

Now imagine if someone did love her. 

That someone loves her and appreciates her, just as she wants. And said someone doesn’t think killing Titan is feasible.

It’s too hard. Too risky. It’d just be easier to give up on that dream and live a simpler life. A better life. Why worry about Titan when you can just be happy? 

The Queen of Hearts was never an antagonist.

The Queen of Hearts was an obstacle. 

And what better obstacle than a snake? A careful, cautious, dangerous creature... who lies waiting in the grass to strike? 

TLDR; H is not dangerous to Ava personally (at least, not intentionally), but they are absolutely dangerous when it comes to the pact that Ava and Wrathia share.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

#ava's demon #ava's demon theory #ava ire #wrathia bellarmina #heart host #i didn't include this in the post but i hc h as a lesbian who's 15 or 16 but we'll see #is this a stretch? maybe so. do i believe it? yes.

[chocolatehellspawn]

#avas demon #maggie lacivi #heart host #Gil Marverde

[avasmixtape]

okay but how funny would it be if star dude, crescent chick and heart lady are all on this planet, besties with each other and their demons, just living life to the fullest with mad raves and indulgences and cool demon powers. Then our scraggly ass gang of miscreants show up, looking like they needed a shower and new clothes about 849348 years ago, looking like Emotionally Strung Out Messes after figuring shit out, especially Odin ‘i had one (1) job’ Arrow who suddenly now has three (3) jobs. And somehow these four come to the conclusion that the other three should join them?? To take down the ruler of the universe?? Imagine how hard the other three would try to swerve them lmao

#ava's demon #ava's demon spoilers #ava's demon theory #ava's demon theories #i mean this is more of a laugh than serious but still lowkey hoping it happens #the gang #the hosts #ava ire #odin arrow #maggie lacivi #gil marverde #star dude #crescent chick #heart lady

[avasdemonedits]

Do you think the heart character will come between them?

#avas demon #ad #hmm #heart host #host