Modern AU clothes for @resdayn
I'm not sure, maybe this is a little messy or not what you wanted to see, however, this is what I came up with:
Lawrence Valcua
He's in the military, so he doesn't wear anything interesting? Just military style and all. However, for parades or official meetings he wears something formal and cool
Byron Balazs
He is my precious child, so I think he just wears nice and beautiful things. I really like his messy hair and the way Amano drew him
Rocambole
I don't know much about him, but I guess he just wears the same clothes as in the book. It’s unlikely that he thinks that it should be stylish, it’s just… I don’t know, sorry
D and fake D
If you think D wears absolutely boring clothes, you're right. I think he wears black turtlenecks and black longsleeves? Nothing special.
His twin is much more original, he tries to look different than his brother, but often ends up looking identical anyway
Sorry, I'm really tired thinking about this and may not have done what I wanted to do. But I really tried
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In a way, I think all of D's brothers, Byron to the Fake D to Rocambole to Valcua, all parallel him, mirror different traits and reflect him in different ways. Byron is his attempted replica, the Fake D is his perfect shadow. Rocambole is his kindred spirit, while Valcua is his predecessor, prototype, and finally, another facet of himself.
But out of them all, what I find most interesting is Rocambole: a character who doesn't mean much, who is so much less fleshed out than his counterparts, who is in essence nothing but a prototype for how Valcua is written in the following books, superior in every way.
But Rocambole, missed opportunity that he may be, wasted potential he may be, reflects an aspect of D that none of his other brothers quite manage. Rocambole reflects his resignation.
Rocambole has one key moment in Dark Road Part 3, the defining moment of his character. When faced with the reality of his situation, the reality of his fate, the knowledge he was brought back only to be slaughtered... Rocambole realises that there is no use denying it. Where the Fake D deludes himself into thinking he might reign victor over D, where Valcua continues to throw himself at a brick wall he won't overcome, where Byron begs for his own demise, Rocambole looks his fate in the eye, and he says this:
“Living to be destroyed? Okay, so be it. If that’s the will of the Sacred Ancestor, any resistance is useless."
With complete immediacy, Rocambole recognises the futility of acting against the Sacred Ancestor's decree. He knows without preamble that no matter what he does, his death will come to pass. This is something he accepts, and that's something Valcua, for example, cannot do, not until the very bitter end. And while this alone is impressive, the words that truly define Rocambole's character are the ones that come next.
"But, useless or not, resistance is resistance. And the one who offers it, even if he’s no better than a bug, must make his will known. D, I may be destroyed, but I won’t let you leave here alive. Or the girl you came here to save.”
Despite knowing how futile it is, despite having accepted his imminent demise... Rocambole, with utter solemnity, declares that even still, he wants to show any resistance he can, because no matter how meaningless it is, he still has to make his will known. He's aware he can't escape his own death, but what he can do is resist in every way he still can; and he'll do that by taking D down with him, as well as the girl he came here to save, or die trying.
Does this remind you of anyone? Knowledge in the futility of resistance, following the path marked for you, yet still trying to assert your will in any way you can, no matter how little it matters in the end? Resigning yourself to your fate, but not so much that you can't still try to offer resistance in any way possible?
I can think of one other character who embodies such a trait, and that character is D.
Rocambole is the same as D in this regard. They're both characters strung along by the Sacred Ancestor, just as their counterparts and compatriots are, but instead of showcasing an inability to accept the inevitable, they can do nothing but take it as it is. And even while they do this, even as they know intimately how little of a difference it makes, they still have the passion to offer token resistance wherever they can, to rebel however possible.
This is what Rocambole reflects of D, and this is his narrative significance. While lacking in screentime, lacking in presence, and especially lacking in relevance to his own story, Rocambole is a reflection of one of D's core traits, one of the most important character traits he has. Acceptance, resignation, but even in spite of all that, the desire to do whatever he can to assert his own autonomy, to resist.
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Leafeon & I've Got Your Soul hoodies gifset by me! (Footage recorded by me/gifset made by me,pls link back if used)
[2 GIFS: A person (me, the op of the post) stroking the sleeve of 2 hoodies. The 1st hoodie is a pastel coloured hoodie with the Pokémon Leafeon on it. & the 2nd hoodie is a black hoodie custom printed with the cover art of the song I've Got Your Soul by Mr. Rocambole (END ID)]
[IMAGE: The Kirby character Daroach on a yellow/red gradient background with white text w/ a blue outline reading: “Please read my pinned post/DNI list before interacting! Thank you! with small text in heavily stylized pixel font next to it reading “by boba-foxy on Tumblr!” with a small dark red border around the image (END ID)]
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