#trait: deva

[digi-lov]

Loyalty Deeper than the Sea EX5-071 by banira from EX-05 Theme Booster Animal Colosseum

This option card is a reference to this program card from Hyper Coloseum of the same name! There's no obvious similarities in the effects.

Loyalty Deeper than the Sea Bo-701 from Booster 14 ~The Radiant Crimson Knight of Heavenly Wings~

#digimon #digimon tcg #digimon card game #digisafe #digica #デジカ #digimon references #Hyper Colosseum #Option Card #color: white #EX5 #banira #trait: Deva #Loyalty Deeper than the sea

[vullcanica]

Headcanon: Avita and Nik have planetar heritage in their D&D verses because once upon a time a celestial let one of their ancestors hit. It's where Avita gets her aasimar from and where Nik gets his fucking audacity

#making headcanons based on logic and story progression ❌ #committing to The Bit ✔️ #man bagged a deva as his lover #the desalvars have always known what's good dude #family trait of aiming High

[magicaldragons]

deva: a weapon.

the movie does everything to show us that deva holds no agency over himself or his actions and that he has no ambition whatsoever.

his main trait is loyalty, and this is emphasized again and again.

• he is enraged at the mistreatment of aadhya, but where an actual 'hero' would save her, disregarding any rules or conditions – he remains bound by his mother's words.

• he is a weapon in the hands of anybody he gives his loyalty to, and throughout the movie, all of his actions aren't really credited to him, but to the person he commits these acts for/with permission of:

1. in the first scene, we see both deva and varadha, without hesitation, understand that deva has to complete the task for varadha's honor

2. it's evident, when bilal tells aadhya, that the only person who can keep her safe is 'amma' (because it is true, only deva's mother can allow deva to help)

3. when we are first introduced to deva, it is through his mother describing him as a "blood-shedding weapon"

4. when varadha comes to ask deva to accompany him, the narration doesn't feel accurate. varadha has barely voiced his request for deva to go with him – it is actually deva who wants to protect him after seeing his condition, but the narration is: "on one hand varadha had decided to take deva, no matter what, and on the other hand, his mother would not allow him to go" further emphasizing that deva is comparable to an object between the only two people who 'own' him

5. in the first action sequence, after his mother releases him from the promise he made to her, we have this shot:

framing deva's mother as if it is her who is responsible for that first blow

6. even after she has given him agency over himself, he still follows his mother's orders, not bothering to put any energy into what he thinks is the correct thing to do

7. we also see this when radha rama blames varadha for vishnu's death and has to be reminded that – no. it was the new guy who dealt the blow.

8. and again, when naarang heads in varadha's direction, completely disregarding deva and all of deva's attempts to provoke him, even though deva is the one who killed vishnu

it's an interesting way of depicting his personality – the movie equates him to a weapon at every turn, either metaphorically or though dialogue

which also makes it extremely significant, that the ONLY TIME deva has ever acted on his own (according to what we know) is when he: 1. went against his mother: to make a promise to varadha instead 2. did not follow varadha's explicit instructions: and pleaded with naarang to leave varadha alone

deva only breaks free from the narrative for varadha – which really speaks about varadha's importance and the power that varadha holds over deva.

#first point can alternatively be understood as: varadha honor IS deva's to protect #deva: a weapon to be wielded by those he gives himself to #character analysis #devaratha raisaar #salaar #prabhas #varadeva

[youremyheaven]

The Paradox of Being

just a little PSA for everyone who sends me asks like "how can ashlesha be manipulative if they're mleccha caste and abused their whole lives? or how can xyz nak be deva gana AND be shudra caste?? or how come xyz planet or nak can have yada yada yada qualities when its deity/nature/plant/yoni/theme is abc,,, for the love of god, not everything is a monolith, every single nakshatra and every single planet is full of "contradictions" (i say this with air quotes because i dont think having "opposite" qualities is contradictory at all, without the shadow, light cannot exist, everything serves its function to create a single unified being, once you rise above paltry understandings of "duality" and "contradictions" you will understand what it is to be a "whole" and integrated person, people who are extremely kind are also capable of immense cruelty if they feel its justified, this is the nature of life) and "paradoxes" because that is the truth of human nature and life. not everything is black and white. if you aspire to understand the spiritual dimension, give up these binary views of "right" and "wrong" and think of everything as one. extreme empathy can twist into manipulation, selflessness can morph into tamasic passivity and self-neglect, compassion can turn into control, the "negative" qualities an individual possesses is the shadow of their "positive" qualities. every single personality trait is interconnected and exists in a state of mutual causation. nothing is separate. division is an illusion. the difficult experiences of a nakshatra do not redeem them of the negative traits attributed to them. multiple "conflicting" things can be true. it is possible that your gana/purushartha/planet/caste etc are all at odds with each other, this adds to the richness and complexity of life. that's the beauty of vedic astrology. dont try to fit everything into the straitjacket of a very tropical (astrology) based worldview of "cancers are crybabies" "capricorns are workaholics".

thanks for coming to my ted talk

#jyotish #vedic astrology

[bethanythebogwitch]

Digimon & Mythology: the Holy Beasts and the Deva

I really like mythology and I really like Digimon, so why not combine them? Talking about the real-world inspirations behind monsters is something I've been doing with Pokemon, so let's give Digimon the same treatment.

Digimon has a lot of special groups whose members share common goals and origins. Two of these groups that are inticately linked to each other are the Holy Beasts (translated to English as the Sovereigns or Harmonious Ones) and the Deva. The Holy beasts are Ultimate/Mega level Digimon who each guard one of the cardinal directions of the Digital World: north, south, east, and west, with a 5th member ruling over the other four and guarding the center. The Deva are a group of 12 Perfect/Ultimate level Digimon that serve the Holy Beasts, with each of the Beasts having 3 Deva that answer to it. The Beast of the center has no Deva.

The Holy Beasts are based on the Chinese legend of the Four Symbols or Sì Xiàng. Other names for them include the Four Guardians, Four Gods, and Four Auspicious Beasts. These are four constellations that are said to represent and guard the four cardinal directions. Some versions of the myth add a 5th member representing the center. While it originated in China, the legend of the Four Symbols spread across East Asia and can now be found in many cultures. The legend reached Japan where it inspired the designers of Digimon. They specifically made the Holy Beasts based on a Japanese variant of the legend where the Four Symbols are believed to guard Kyoto. The Beasts are also associated with seasons and were syncretized into the 5 elements of the Wuxing: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. I will discuss each Digimon and its mythological counterpart below.

The Deva have multiple origins. The name comes from the Devas of Hinduism, benevolent supernatural beings who fought against the evil Asuras. As Hinduism evolved and changed over time, the term took on varying meanings, but still retained the idea that Devas are good. Buddhism adopted the idea when it split off from Hinduism. Buddhist Devas are beings that are more powerful than humans, but are still mortal and trapped in the same cycle of death and reincarnation as humans are. While Devas may be venerated by humans, they are still below the Buddhas. This can be seen in the Digimon Deva who are powerful beings (though not all of them are as benevolent as their mythical counterparts) but still are subordinate to the Holy Beasts. The Deva take the shape of animals from the Chinese zodiac. The names of the Deva come from the Twelve Heavenly Generals. These are Buddhist figures that are the guardians of Bhaisajyaguru, the Buddha if healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism. This story spread throughout Asia including to Japan, where Bhaisajyaguru is called Yakushi. The Heavenly Generals eventually came to be associated with the animals of the Chinese zodiac, though different traditions disagree on which animal is associated with which general. I think I have tracked down the version used by the Digimon creators, which uses the same animals for the Generals and the Deva. The Deva's names all come from Japanese transliterations of the Generals' original Sanskrit names. In this tradition, each General is associated with a particular weapon. The Deva share this trait, each having a weapon named in Chinese called the Bǎo [weapon name] with Bǎo meaning "treasure". Stragely, the Deva mix up which weapon is associated with which General. I don't know if this was intentional or not. Each Deva also has an attack named after one of the Narakas (hells) listed in the Hindu text Vishnu Purana. More detail on each Deva will be presented below.

The Holy Beast of the north is Xuanwumon (Ebonwumon in English). It is a gigantic tortoise with two snake-like heads and a tree for a shell. It is based on Xuánwǔ, the Black Tortoise of the Four Symbols. While nearly every depiction of Xuánwǔ depicts it as a tortoise, usually with a snake on its shell, the name actually translates to "black warrior". It is associated with the season of winter and element of water. The snake seen with it is because it was believed that turtles could only mate with snakes and not each other. Yeah, the Greeks weren't the only people who could be hilariously wrong about animals. The snake connection carries over to Xuanwumon, whose heads and necks are those of snakes. Xuanwumon is the eldest of the Holy Beasts and fights using water powers (fitting its mythical counterpart). It is also the least violent of the Holy Beasts and is a philosopher who comes up with zen koans.

The Deva who serve Xuanwumon are Kumbhiramon the mouse, Vajramon the bull, and Vikaralamon the boar. Kumbhiramon is usually depicted as the weakest of the Deva, but is very intelligent, capable of predictions the actions of others, and participates in Xuanwumon's philosophical musings. It is also rather rude and sarcastic while playing up its charming and cute aspects. It's weapon is the Bǎo Chǔ, a vajra (type of Indian club) that it controls with telekinesis. This is one case where its namesake does use the same weapon and it functions as a pun since "chu" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouse's squeak.

Vajramon is the most physically strong of the Deva and is a mighty warrior who seeks truth and honor and despises cowardice. It also aims to rid itself of material and emotional concerns, fitting the Buddhist origins of the Deva. It wields the Bǎo Jiàn, a pair of swords, which fits its legendary counterpart.

Vikaralamon is the largest of the Deva. It is detached, preferring to silently observe the world form a distance and only steps in when it needs to. It may also just be lazy as it sleeps a lot and can sleep with its eyes open. Its weapon is the Bǎo Lún, wheels that it spits out of its mouth and which have different effects depending on what color they are. None of the Heavenly Generals uses a wheel. Its namesake instead uses a sword or vajra. The wheel is a common symbol in Buddhism used to symbolize the cycle of death and rebirth.

The Holy Beast of the west is Qinglongmon (Azulongmon in English), a dragon made of storm clouds. It is based on Qīnlóng, the azure dragon of the east. It is associated with the season of spring and the element of `wood. Xuanwumon seems to have stolen the wood though, given it has a tree on its shell and Quinglongmon has nothing woody about it. Quinglongmon is described as a dispassionate deity who rarely concerns itself with humans or weak Digimon and will only step in when things get serious. This is in contrast to its anime appearances, where it was the most helpful and proactive of the four. Quinglongmon is also a member of the Four Great Dragons, possibly the least utilized group in the franchise. They exist as nothing but a reference to the Chinese Myth of the Four Dragon Kings.

The Deva that serve Quinglongmon are Andiramon the rabbit, Majiramon the dragon, and Mihiramon the tiger. Andiramon (Antylamon in English) is the first of the Deva to debut, predating the group as a whole, though in a different form. There are two forms of Andiramon, Andiramon (data) and Andiramon (virus) with the former being treated as the normal form and the latter being a corrupted version of the Deva as a result of a computer virus. Andiramon (virus) appeared before Andiramon (data). Andiramon is also the only Deva with a dedicated evolution line from Child/Rookie to Ultimate/Mega. Andiramon is a gentle Digimon that loves small and cute creatures and will defend them. Its weapon is the Bǎo Fǔ, which are its own hands transformed into axes. Its mythical counterpart instead uses a mallet or whisk.

Andiramon (data)

Andiramon (virus)

Majiramon is the most capitalist of the Deva. It is extremely greedy and will not lift a finger to do anything that doesn't benefit itself. It also puts a monetary value on everything and will intervene if anything upsets the flow of money. Its weapon is the Bǎo Shǐ, arrows formed from its hair, each of which is worth 5,000 yen. Its associated General is usually associated with bows or spears.

Mihiramon is a scoundrel and a ruffian that enjoys picking fights, but is also the Deva's best strategist and possesses a brilliant tactical mind. Combined with its ability to fly and incredible speed, Mihiramon is one of the best fighters amongst the Deva. Its weapon is the Bǎo Bàng, a three-sectioned staff connected by chains that it can turn its tail into. Think a souped-up nunchuck. Its mythical counterpart uses a vajra instead.

The Holy Beast of the South is Zhuqiaomon. It is based on Zhūquè, the Vermillion Bird of the south. The bird is described as a pheasant with five-colored feathers and that is perpetually covered in fire. Fittingly, its season is summer and its element is fire. Zhuqiaomon is also a flaming bird that attacks with fire. It is the least pleasant of the Holy Beasts, a violent and often cruel god who incinerates those who approach it and rarely helps out others. Fittingly, its sole major anime appearance was as a villain.

The Deva who serve Zhuqiaomon are just as assholeish as their master. They are Indaramon the horse, Pajiramon the sheep, and Sandiramon the snake. Indaramon is a vain asshole that spends its time bragging about talented it is. It even looks down on those who value hard work as it views them as inferior to its natural talent. Despite fussing over its appearance, it is completely unrefined in battle and fights like a berserker. Its weapon is the Bǎo Bèi, a giant gilded conch shell that it uses as a bludgeon and as a horn that can release ultrasonic blasts. Its mythical counterpart instead used a staff

Pajiramon is one of the coolest Deva and one of the evilest. It rules the world of dreams and knows many dark secrets that it divulges to no others. It even avoids the other Deva. While it is described as always calm and yet cruel to others it gives me the impression that the secrets it holds are so dangerous that it must stay away from others at all costs. Its weapon is the Bǎo Gōng, its crossbow that fires arrows which can put others to sleep and trap them in nightmares. It's mythical counterpart also uses a bow.

Sandiramon is the cruelest and most cunning of the Deva. It prefers to draw out fights and kill its enemies in slow and torturous ways. It also lives underground and excels in subterranean combat. Why do snakes always have to be evil? Let us have good snakes damnit. I really don't like it when a group of animals are always or almost always villains in fiction, like sharks, rats, vultures, and snakes. Its weapon is the Bǎo Kuí, spears made of light that it spits out of its mouth. Its mythical counterpart uses a sword or conch shell instead.

The Holy Beast of the west is Baihumon. It is based on Báihǔ, the White Tiger of the West. Báihǔ is associated with autumn and the element of metal. Metal is fitting for Baihumon as it wears metal armor and can unleash a roar that turns targets into metal statues. Baihumon is the youngest and strongest of the Holy Beasts. It is a neutral being that prefers not to get involved in most matters, but is the first Holy Beast to leap into the fight against a powerful enemy.

The Deva that serve Baihumon are Caturamon the dog, Makuramon the monkey, and Sinduramon the rooster. Caturamon has a strong sense of justice and will preside over judgement of others, proclaiming them as good or evil. It's view of justice is very black and white and it doesn't like dealing with situations without a clear good and bad side. It also acts like an older brother to its fellows, something they do not seem to reciprocate. Its weapon is the Bǎo Chuí, a giant hammer it can transform its whole body into. Its mythical counterpart uses swords instead.

Makuramon is interesting it that it almost never speaks and its face remains completely expressionless. This would make its emotions enigmatic, but its body language is extremely expressive, showing it to be hyperactive and extremely curious, though with a short attention span. It dislikes battles and prefers to trap enemies and settle fights nonviolently. This is opposed to its major anime appearance, where it was a total asshole. Its weapon is the Bǎo Yù, spheres that can be used to trap other Digimon. Its mythical counterpart prefers an axe.

The last Deva is Sinduramon, which also sounds like it would be unpleasant to be around. It's a gossip that loves to give insults and pick fights, then it hides inside its armored shell when this inevitably gets it into trouble. I know some people like that and they suck. Its weapon is shared with Kumbhiramon, a vajra called Bǎo Chǔ. Sandiramon's vajra can shoot lightning. Its mythical counterpart also uses a vajra, but a single-pronged one instead of a three-pronged one.

The leader of the Holy Beasts and one of the most powerful Digimon in existence is Huanglongmon (Fanglongmon in English). It is based on Huánglóng, the Yellow Dragon of the Center. It is considered the incarnation of the supreme deity that is the Yellow Emperor and its color represents the earth. It represents the changing of the seasons and the element of earth. Huanglongmon is associated with earth in that it is trapped in the center of the world, from which it observes the Digital World and oversees the other Holy Beasts. In the distant past it was free, but when Lucemon (Digimon's devil) rebelled against God, it trapped Huanglongmon as its first act since its rebellion would have been foiled were Huanglongmon around to oppose it. The imprisonment of Huanglongmon caused the other Holy Beasts to begin fighting for supremacy, but they eventually settled into an equilibrium. Huanglongmon's body is coated in the ultra-rare metal Huanglong ore, which is utterly indestructible. Assimilating Huanglong ore into one's body is a process that takes so long that only Huanglongmon is old enough to actually use it. Huanglongmon is both good and evil, having achieved true balance. If that balance is thrown off, bad things can happen. Specifically, if it leans too hard to evil it will become Huanglongmon Ruin Mode, an unstoppable god of ruin whose rampage was only stopped when the other Holy Beasts restored the balance. This would imply that it also has a mode where it leans too hard to good (Holy Mode? Creation Mode?) but this have never been made official.

Huanglongmon

Huanglongmon Ruin Mode

#digimon #holy beasts #digimon sovereigns #mythology #chinese mythology #hinduism #hindu mythology #buddhism #buddhist mythology #deva #digimon deva #twelve heavenly generals #four symbols #xuanwumon #ebonwumon #quinglongmon #azulongmon #zhuqiaomon #baihumon #huanglongmon #fanglongmon #andiramon #antylamon #vajramon #kumbhiramon #vikaralamon #majiramon #mihiramon #indaramon #pajiramon

[moth-thief]

Antylamon EX6-034 R <03>

Ultimate | Data | Holy Beast/Deva

[[Digivolve] [Turuiemon]/[Wendigomon]: Cost 3]

<Alliance>

[When Digivolving] You may play 1 level 3 green or yellow Digimon card from your hand without paying the cost.

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Inherited: [End of Attack] (Once Per Turn) By returning 1 of your other suspended Digimon to the hand, you may play 1 level 3 card with the [Beast] trait from your hand without paying the cost.

#digimon #digimon tcg #digimon spoilers #ex6

[m-y-fandoms]

COMMISSION: Gundham Tanaka x Female Reader Part 3

Info: Island Mode, no despair. Takes place on Jabberwock Island. Genre is Fluff, oblivious crush to lovers, SFW, cute flirting. Reader uses she/her. Reader is the Ultimate Cardiologist, focused on medical stuff and knowledge of the heart!

Total fic length is 7K words split into 3 parts. Part 1 Part 2

FREE TIME EVENT 3

One thing about Y/N, is that she was always quite the teacher’s pet. While people her age, classmates, or coworkers would often reject her, it was kind of a teacher’s job to nurture and accept her, so she clung to these mentor figures all throughout elementary and middle school. Now in high school, nothing had changed. The good thing about being a teacher’s pet is that she got to help people, which she loved doing above all else. She cleaned up the classroom, tutored others, answered questions when the other kids were stumped or put on the spot, sometimes brought little treats for the teacher. It made her feel useful, wanted. She always wanted to touch lives, change them for the better. Charity work, marathons, CPR training, anything that made the lives of others a little brighter and she was there. Gundham, after hanging out with her for the past few weeks, certainly noticed this trait in her. She was always helping, rarely asking for help. He garnered from their conversations that she was the type to go hungry for the day because she passed a homeless person on the street who needed food. She was the type to hype up others and tear herself down. She was pure and humble and far too good for someone like him, though he thought of her often. 

He thought of them together often.

At the moment, she was helping Usami and some of the other girls cook a big lunch for everyone. They’d been at it for hours, covered in flour, grease, butter, spices. But that’s just how she was. This is what she enjoyed, making others smile. It made him want to smile watching her, but he merely sat in the corner of the dining hall silently and observed. When they finally finished cooking and began serving the meal to everyone (by the way, it was clear that cliques had formed by now and people sat by their closest friends) she wiped off her hands onto a rag and approached him to ask if he wanted to go eat with her outside by the pool. He accepted a little too readily, a little too eagerly, and they made their way outside with their trays.

Conversation, strangely, flowed naturally between them. He almost never started an exchange with another person, but around her, his lips felt loosened. He revealed to her that his mom was an awful cook, but he ate her cooking every day nonetheless.

“The infernal woman would weep incessantly if I did not finish my plate. It was like a siren song from hell!” He was deadly serious, and because of that she couldn’t help but let a little giggle slip. She could see him reliving the memories of burnt pancakes and charred, over-salted meats. “It was like consuming poison daily, but as you know, repeated exposure strengthens the soul and makes one immune. And so, I only grew stronger…” he stated proudly.

“I think…” she chimed in, “ you didn’t want to hurt your mother’s feelings, so you ate her food to make her feel better and spare her dignity. You have a sweet side, Gundham ~” she teased. His face turned redder then a rose, and the Devas sensed the change in their master’s demeanor and scurried all about him excitedly.

“Do not speak such foolish words, witch! I have never known you to lie, but -”

“And I’m not lying now! But it’s okay, I’ll change the subject.” She nervously sought for more ways to connect with him, to extend the time they spent together in any way she could. “So, living with a single mom, it couldn’t have been easy. I know kids judge, think you’re unwanted or an accident. Truly, I know what that feels like.”

Gundham already knew about her parents being workaholics who didn’t have time for a child they never wanted, but he had no idea until now that much like him, her own elementary and middle school days were plagued with bullies who didn’t like kids that were different. Having one parent, or having parents who didn’t want you - it didn’t matter - some kids would use anything they could to make you feel less than. He learned about her bullies and in turn, she learned where his touch aversion came from. Of course, he didn’t outright say it, but she picked it up through his embellished and dramaticized retellings. He wasn’t touched much as a kid, be it platonical or familial, so he learned to not want or need it. 

Anything that can talk will betray you, and anything that can touch will hurt you.

“Yeah, bullies suck. You know, I’ve always wanted to cut my hair short like Mahiru. I hate this length, but I really fear what people would think, or how I would look with short hair, so I just… never did it.” She sighed, finishing her plate.

Now it was his turn to speak without thinking.

“Damn these peasants’ opinions! They know nothing and feel nothing! You would be akin to a queen if you cast aside their judgments and adjusted your appearance to appease only yourself.” He was rather worked up, a bit angry after hearing of her self doubts and how they affected her. They both sat in silence for a moment, with her heart beating out of her chest at his words.

“I thought I was a witch…” she joked to cut through the awkward stillness.

~

Long after they’d parted and long after night had fallen upon the island, she found a box outside her cabin door. Always the cautious one, she brought it inside and carefully opened it in case its contents were fragile. Inside was a stethoscope, most likely from the pharmacy on the second island. It had a logo of Usami in a nurse’s hat on it. It was sitting on top of a well known medical magazine, an issue she hadn’t read yet. She placed both gifts on her table, revealing a sticky note on the bottom of the box:

[A grimoire and relic for your rituals, witch]

HOPE FRAGMENT 3 GAINED - END

FREE TIME EVENT 4

They simply enjoyed being in each other’s company. They would sit and be boring together. They’d lean against each other and she’d read medical journals while he made lists of supplies and activities for the Devas. By the way, that was something that was slowly but surely changing. He would let her lean against him. He would let her bandage his hands when he got bit. There was even a time when her heart-shaped hair clip fell from its place holding back her locks, and he ever so timidly picked it up, held back her hair with his free hand, and pinned it back where it belonged.

They spent so much time together, that he began to feel antsy and even a bit jealous when she hung out with others. Today they all chose the Titty Typhoon, Ibuki’s favorite music venue, to spend the day together as a class. Ibuki was on stage screaming and hollering and Gundham could feel himself going into sensory overload. Mikan was obsessing over Y/N like usual, pulling at her hand and eating up all of her time and attention. The sight of it was grinding down his sanity. He felt his palms sweating and his heart wrenching. Maybe Y/N wasn’t a witch after all, but Mikan most certainly was. The way she hogged Y/N to herself was infuriating and the lights were blinding above the stage and the music hurt his ears and his scarf was too hot and Mikan’s voice was grating and -

He had to remind himself to breathe and calm down. He hadn’t let anything in this malignant hellscape of a universe frustrate him like his in years. It was expected on this prison planet: disappointment, turmoil, selfishness, chaos, so why was he letting his feelings get the better of him now? Surely he was above this?

I’ve had enough, he thought, and sprung into action.

“Let us depart, witch!” Marching up to the two coven members, he took Y/N by the wrist - never grabbing her too roughly or touching her in a way intending to do harm - and lead her out of the music venue.

“Awww! You two are gonna miss the encore!” Ibuki yelled from the stage through the microphone. The others were already starting to notice how much time the odd pair spent together and began to whisper.

~

“Alright, you have my attention Gundham. What are we gonna do today? Thanks for saving me from Mikan, by the way. She’s great… in small doses…” she let out a breathy chuckle, exhaling deeply and releasing the stress of her previous interaction.

“Anything you want, coven leader. Anything but that infernal noise.” As they walked toward the bridge back to the main island, she pulled a small package of seeds from her school bag and began to feed Cham-P, who had crawled onto her shoulder.

“I’ve been upgraded from just a witch in a coven to the coven leader. Thank you, Gundham.”

“Thank me for nothing. The credit is yours alone. I did not ‘upgrade’ anything. Your consciousness ascended.” He rose his hand in the air, mimicking said ascension.

“Mmm… I see,” she mused. Did she think he was joking around with her? She seemed to always take his great compliments a little too casually, as platonically as possible. He despised that. He didn’t know how to flirt, how to get his point across. She never seemed to see how hard it was for him to say these things, and how much meaning he placed in those words. He’d never been sweet on anyone before and so he was no expert, but how could she be this oblivious of his feelings. Was she that dense?

How ironic was it then, that she felt the exact same way, that she felt like her attempts at flirting were cringe inducing and curved away at every turn. She was all but ready to abandon all notions of romance and get comfortable as Gundham’s BFF. She should be happy with that right… right?

As they passed the movie theater, she decided then and there to change their plans and forget about the main island.

“Gundham, so I was thinking… we both kinda, well, missed out on things normal teens do. You kinda needed… friends or some kind of  level of social skills to do all that but…” she began to feel that self-doubt creeping up, again, “why don’t we do those things now? Together!”

One thing about Y/N, was that she was incredibly efficient at making lists and following them. It was kind of a given to be organized when necessary for any medical professional.

Experience one on the list: the movie theater. Teens loved going to the movies with their friends, right? You buy the overpriced candy, eat popcorn slathered in butter, laugh at scenes that weren’t that funny because things were funnier with friends, and if you were there on a date, you…

Y/N and Gundham chose a supernatural romance movie. Usami had a different film playing in each theater room - lots of choices. Gundham enjoyed the occult elements and the romance more than he would admit. Y/N enjoyed the romance elements and the occult more than she would admit. Y/N could’ve sworn that the Dark Devas, vastly more intelligent than the average rodent, were slowly nudging at the pair’s hands on the shared arm rests between them, urging them to come together.

Experience two: school dances. You went, drank punch and ate from charcuterie and fruit boards. There were balloons and cheap party supplies in the school gym. You did cringey dances with a group of friends while chaperones watched, right? And if you brought a date…

By the time the movie was done, everyone had cleared out of the Titty Typhoon except Ibuki, who was now alone on stage rehearsing for her next show tomorrow. They didn’t really have a school gym, so this would have to do. Y/N asked Ibuki to play some popular mainstream songs (they weren’t really her style but she obliged for her friends), and Y/N simulated a school dance as well as she could. Gundham wouldn’t be caught dead dancing, so he watched Y/N from the corner as she danced with the Devas on her shoulders and on the ground around her. She was careful not to step on them, though he assured her she could never do them any harm. They were far too powerful. He scowled, pretending he wasn’t having a good time, and then it was over.

Experience three: amusement parks. They visited that enormous island for hours, trying out the roller coasters, the fun house, carnival games. Some of their other classmates even joined them for some of the rides, and a small group sat for meal together. Having friends was… kinda awesome. Y/N felt more alive than she had all her life.

One after another they ticked things off of her list, but as night began to fall, it became clear to her that they wouldn’t be able to fit it all into a single day. Now back at Gundham’s cabin, deciding what to do next, she could see the exhaustion in his eyes. One thing that was different about the two of them: though neither of them really had friends growing up, Y/N craved and dreamed about being accepted, while Gundham was a bit more accepting of his loner life style. It didn’t bother him as much, so as the adrenaline of having fun kept her awake and lively all day, he was starting to succumb.

“Hey Gundham, it’s looking like you’re a little low on energy. Wanna head to bed and regroup tomorrow?” She tried to hide the disappointment in her voice, and he looked offended at the accusation.

“How dare you suggest that I, the overlord of all that is evil, would be weakened by a mere day of play?! Name your next task, witch! I can take it!” He leaned back on his bed, head resting against the frame. Y/N felt her blood run cold. She’d mindlessly written out all of these teenage experiences as she remembered them from books, television, and movies, without a thought of who her teenage-experience partner actually was today.

“...sleep overs,” she sputtered under her breath, embarrassed at the very words.

“Speak up, Sorceress of the Bleeding Heart!” That was a new one, she thought offhandedly. “Cease this mumbling and speak clearly!” Gundham commanded.

“Sleep overs…” she spoke again, no more confident than before, though a tad louder.

“That is all? Our peers see this as an entertaining experience? Very well, you shall rest here until the morn. What shall we do throughout the night?” She gawked at him. Was he this uneducated on matters of the heart, this unused to romantic influences in his life that he would suggest something like that so casually? Had he never read a romance novel, seen a show aimed at young adult audiences? After a while of her staring in shock, he spoke again. “Why do you take pause? Have I offended you, my Lady of the Dark Heart?” That was another new one. He was getting creative tonight. Wait, his Lady of the Dark Heart? Maybe she was reading way too far into all of this. Maybe he was just this innocent, this blunt and sincere.

“No, of course not! It’s just… I don’t know. Guys and girls of our age don’t usually just… sleep in the same room overnight like that…” she played with San-D in her lap, poking his little tummy, anything to busy her hands and distract from the heat creeping through her body right now. Now it was his turn to balk at her. He was making the connection in his mind, and realization crept across his visage. Despite how it seemed, Gundham was a bit more informed on these topics than she gave him credit for.

“My Lady,” he stood up again to his full height, very serious about what he was about to say, “do you think I'm some type of monster, like these common fools around here? Do you think me so low as to threaten your virtue or act in a manner unbefitting of your title? I’ve never been so insulted.” He huffed, crossing his arms stubbornly across his chest as he often did when he downplayed his emotions.

“Of course not!” Y/N scrambled frantically for words, humiliated at the implication of her words, and then of his. Just the thought of it… “I- you know I trus -” He held his hand out, silencing her.

“You said you would never betray me. Is it not obvious that I would never betray My Lady either?” She was speechless, and he reached out, taking her hand in his. Y/N nodded. “Then, what shall we do until we tire? Rather… I mean until My Lady tires. The Devas and I have boundless energy; such is the fate of an eternal demon bound to this earth.”

~

It was now far past midnight. After board games, more exchanging of memories, snacks, YouTube videos, and tidying up the Devas’ cage, Y/N slept in Gundham’s bed while he slept on the ground in a sleeping bag Usami provided - not before chirping out her disapproval at the situation. Although through his actions, Gundham had been a perfect gentleman all night, he couldn’t fight that his thoughts were not quite as pure. As she slept under his sheets, he was restless listening to her calm, even breaths. He thought of her scent, of the way her genuine smile made his heart nearly burst, of the way her knee-high socks snugly hugged her thighs earlier that day. He remembered looking her up and down as she walked in front of him, the swing of hips, the sound of laughter.

Cursing his weakest human desires, he forced himself to sleep.

HOPE FRAGMENT 4 GAINED - END

FREE TIME EVENT 5

When Y/N awakened the next day, messy hair, morning breath and all, Gundham was already awake, showered, dressed, and tending to the Deva’s daily needs. He asks her to go back to her cabin and prepare. After all, they had a long day ahead of them, and he mentioned having something in mind to add to the list.

~

Hours later, sitting on a bar stool next to her in the diner on the second island, Gundham produced a small box from his coat pocket, allowing the Devas to scoot it across the bar counter to her. She picked it up, reading the label. It was a pastel pink box with neon-colored hearts scattered across the label.

“Heart-shaped candies?” She couldn't help the smile that tugged at her lips. She shook the box, listening to the little candies inside shake around.

“For the witch that has cast a spell upon my own heart. You must truly be a sorceress of the highest order to have tamed an over lord of ice.” She could feel that familiar pounding in her chest. It always seemed to happen around him.

“Is this your way of saying…” Yes, yes! Was she finally starting to understand? He didn’t care if it was premature, he felt elated.

“That my heart is yours, My Lady of Darkness, should you wish to have it.” He felt his hands begin to tremble. He’d never felt so vulnerable, so exposed in his life. There was a long pause as she thought of an appropriate response, a response worthy of his words. Every second of silence gave him time to doubt himself. It was like torture.

“Remember when I told you I was scouted by Hope’s Peak while on vacation? What I didn’t tell you was that it was a forced vacation. My parents were sick of me and thought getting me out of my home town would ‘fix’ me. I hated it, but…” She swallowed, reaching for his hand. Once she held it in his grasp, she continued, “if all that hadn’t happened, I never would’ve met you… so, I’m grateful.” She leaned forward, eyes closed, and placed a kiss upon his pale, hot cheek. His skin scorched her lips. He trembled under the touch.

“I-I am humbled by your affection, My Lady, and I have yet another small gift for you.” Gundham didn’t stutter often. She felt accomplished, a bit too proud of herself. Looking for any way to get out of the hot seat, Gundham whisked her away, as he often did, to a new location.

~

When they arrived at the beach house nearby, to her surprise, Mahiru, their fellow classmate and the Ultimate Photographer was waiting inside, a pair of shears in her hand and a comfortable looking chair in front of her.

“There you two are! I’ve been waiting, you know!” Mahiru scolded them as they entered.

“Mahiru? What’s going on?” Y/N asked, puzzled.

“Gundham asked - in far too many words I might add - for me to help you cut your hair. He said you want it short, at least I think that’s what he was trying to say,  and I cut my own after all. I decided I’d help you out! We girls gotta support each other.” She grinned, snickering as she snipped the shears in the air.

HOPE FRAGMENT 5 GAINED - END

As Mahiru snipped away at the layers of hair, as dead ends fell to the floor, shame and doubt seemed to fall with them. With every inch another insecurity, another fault, another bad memory. She looked to Gundham, who watched from the corner like always, with adoration in her eyes.

That sixth Hope Fragment would be hers in no time at all.

END

#gundham tanaka x reader #danganronpa gundham #danganronpa imagine #danganronpa fandom #trigger happy havoc #sdr2 goodbye despair #danganronpa x reader #y/n #reader insert #x reader #v3 killing harmony #danganronpa #commission #writing commissions #fanfiction #fanfiction commission #fluff #angst #friends to lovers #sfw #scenarios #imagines #headcanons #slow burn #SDR2

[jthedrake]

Tamers partner swap because why not right?

- Takato and Impmon

- I know it’s been done before but I really like this idea of Takato having an edgy bastard as a partner and trying to make him less of a jerk.

-I imagine Impmon just running away at first before Takato saves him from Rika at that’s when he sees the benefit of having a partner so he’s like “find I guess we can make this work.”

-Perhaps maybe in this au rather then drawing Guilmon, he instead draws devimon so Impmon then digivolves into devimon.

-As for the ultimate and mega, Skullsatamon is the ultimate and then the mega will be crainiumon so he can have a royal knight as a mega, for our dark evo we could use Beelzemon but I like using daemon beast mode instead, it’s a demon (like Beelzemon), an adventure reference, and it’s the demon lord of wrath pacifically which fits for how Takato felt at the moment.

Henry and Monodramon

- Monodramon are known to have quite the desire of brawling and since Cyberdramon was rather uncontrollable it would work with Henry’s arc decently. I also just think about how Monodramon would be in a tea party with Susie.

- For his personality, I could see him being like an over protective guard dog that wants to fight but Henry unfortunately has him on a leash.

-For evolution line changes, I think it would be neat if his champion

- For evolution line changes I like Monodramon-> Airdramon -> Gigadramon -> Machinedramon, Airdramon are known to be uncontrollable like cyberdramon is so I could definitely see it going on a rampage like Gargomon did. Gigadramon works as it’s mechanical like Gargomon and Rapidmon and both has missile launchers for hands. And finally Machinedramon as they both share the trait of giant war machine and to reference monodramon’s connection to millenniumon.

-Tho admittedly Machinedramon isn’t that great of a biomerge, so if you don’t like Machinedramon, I think Darkdramon could be a suitable replacement.

Rika and Lopmon

- Ok I’m going to be one hundred percent honest with you, the main reason Rika has Lopmon is because I want to see Rika with a Dianamon and Lopmon served as the easiest connection to it. Tho it could also be a reference to how Varjamon tried to make Renamon join the devas, so it kinda works I guess?

- That aside I think it would be hilarious that Rika asks for the strongest digimon and she gets a plush rabbit instead.

- As Lopmon is going to stay a deva, Here maybe they try to manipulate Rika into making them stronger so she can try to rejoin the devas again but then growing to care for her at the same time.

- Tho we don’t really have much change in the evolution line aside from Dianamon, we at the very least get to see turureimon more so that’s cool.

Ryo and Terriermon

- Yeah, You knew this would be coming right? If Rika was going to have Lopmon, Ryo of course had to get Terriermon

- I could so imagine Rika’s reaction to his digimon’s rookie form and be like, “Why does he have the same one as mine?!”

- For evolutions It’ll be Terriermon -> Blackgargomon -> Blackrapidmon -> Magnakidmon, I considered avengekidmon but I think magnakidmon fits ryo a lot better in my eyes.

So currently the evolution’s I have right here are

Takato- Kiimon -> Yaamon -> Impmon -> Devimon -> Skullsatamon -> Daemon/Craniummon -> Craniummon x (crimson mode stand in)

Henry- Ketomon -> Hopmon -> Monodramon -> Airdramon -> Gigadramon -> Machinedramon or Darkdramon

Rika- Cocomon -> Kokomon -> Lopmon -> Turureimon -> Antylamon -> Dianamon

Ryo- Zerimon -> Gummimon -> Terriermon -> Blackgargomon -> Blackrapidmon -> Magnakidmon

#Digimon #digimon tamers au #takato matsuda #henry wong #rika nonaka #ryo akiyama #Impmon #Lopmon #Monodramon #Terriermon #digimon au

[deva-arts]

" Alas. We see two blobbies in the wild. Prodding at a caterpillar with a stick. Which they probably used to do pretend-sword fights.

There are many types of the Blobs. These two specimens are wonders of their kind. Wondering around the Virgin islands of the Caribbean. Scavenging around. Poking and prodding at everything they see. These two specimens share a wonderful trait: The sum of both their Iqs is 103.

100 For the blue one. And 3 for the Lime green one in sunglasses. "

- David Deva Attenborough

#submission #submitted by mettamorphoses #lol this is some silly fun #they escaped the basement

[digi-lov]

The Deva of EX5 have the respective colors of the Sovereign they are serving!

Zhuqioamon EX5-013 by toriyufu, Indramon EX5-009 by Tomotake Kinoshita, Sandiramon EX5-010 by Hisashi Fujiwara, and Pajiramon EX5-011 by koki from EX-05 Theme Booster Animal Colosseum

Azulongmon EX5-024 by toriyufu, Antylamon EX5-019 by SENNSU, Majriamon EX5-021 by koki, and Mihiramon EX5-022 by Hisashi Fujiwara from EX-05 Theme Booster Animal Colosseum

Ebonwumon EX5-041 by toriyufu, Vajiramon EX5-037 by Tomotake Kinoshita, Vikaralamon EX5-038 by koki, and Kumbhiramon EX5-040 by p!k@ru from EX-05 Theme Booster Animal Colosseum

Baihumon EX5-051 by toriyufu, Sinduramon EX5-050 by yuuki., Caturamon EX5-051 by Tomotake Kinoshita, and Makuramon EX5-052 by koki from EX-05 Theme Booster Animal Colosseum

#digimon #digimon tcg #digimon card game #digisafe #digica #デジカ #trait: deva #trait: four sovereigns #digimon card #digimon references #color: red #color: blue #color: green #color: black #Lv6 #Lv5 #num: 03

[bakurapika]

actually im copy/pasting my thoughts from discord

thinkin about aasimar again . .

first off, it's not required or anything but these are some of the options for aesthetics based on a dice roll lol

A dusting of metallic, white, or charcoal freckles

Metallic, luminous, or dark eyes

Starkly colored hair

An unusual hue tinting your shadow

A ghostly halo crowning your head

Rainbows gleaming on your skin

second i realized of COURSE peter has wings as an option post-exandroth because that's a fuckingggg racial trait

"...has a link to an angelic being. That being – usually a deva" haha. yeah exandroth is for sure a diva

i like the hue tinting shadow thing. bc as long as i refuse to consider the aasimar thing as a technical requirement for the storytelling, but instead take it seriously as part of character building

then any of the more obvious things probably would have gotten peter the attention that he grew up without

but the funky shadow. that's fun. that's an idea. that's symbolic.

i mean yall know i have yugioh shadows in my brain

i should prob listen to that last exandroth fight again hhhh.

interpreting peter's wings and shit not as stealing exandroth's power but of taking back what exandroth stole from him...................

in a very literal way as an aasimar i mean

#jrwi #jrwi apotheosis #jrwi peter

[evander2511]

I know there's a lot deku au but not much where he's a bodhisattva. I know there him being zagreus or other different deity but i want more of him being the bodhisattva maitreya AU. Some of the trait and the description fit very well with izuku.

So we all know he run away from UA but just imagine AU yes he run away but in order to attain enlightement. While the other try to pursue him fail because he got help from the deva and bodhisattva so they never manage to find him

What do you think @psychomurderz

#bodhisattva au #bodhisattva maitreya izuku #deku au #bodhisattva deku #bnha au #mha au idea #mha au

[she-is-ovarit]

Less than two per cent of children in the UK are thought to have an autism spectrum disorder, but according to Gids’s own data, around 35 per cent of its referrals “present with moderate to severe autistic traits”.

#autism #autistic #gender identity disorder #gender dysphoria #trans #transgender #LGBT #Lgbtq #gender nonconforming

[arthurkellermann]

PORTUGUÊS:

Testando meu save, vi que Júlia Moraes, mesmo tendo o traço Leal, é uma sim que prefere relacionamentos não-exclusivos (mod Open Love Life). Achei isso interessante, e acredito que deva ser por ela ter o traço Grande Festeira.

ENGLISH:

Testing my save, I saw that Júlia Moraes, even having the Loyal trait, is a sim who prefers non-exclusive relationships (Open Love Life mod). I found that so interesting, and I believe that it can be because she has the Party Animal trait.

#simblr #ts4 simblr #sims #the sims 4 #ts4 screenshots #ts4 #thesims4

[mxadrian779]

I've unexpectedly spent the last few days buried in the #TeenADay challenge, and now my sims are composed together, and all of them are uploaded to my Gallery, Catdaddy779.

Keep reading for a breakdown!

THE LINEUP:

Day 1: Cheer Captain.

Name: Tiffany Lincoln

Traits: Cheerful, Perfectionist

Aspiration: Wellness--Self-Care Specialist

Day 2: Rebel.

Name: Gunnar

Traits: Kleptomaniac, Childish

Aspiration: Deviance--Chief of Mischief

Day 4: Emo.

Name: Grace Park (aka Parker) [they/them]

Traits: Geek, Gloomy

Aspiration: Nature--The Curator

Day 5: Freshman.

Name: Tori McKinnon

Traits: Self-Absorbed, Bookworm

Aspiration: Popularity--World-Famous Celebrity

Day 6: Redneck.

Name: Page Carpenter Traits: Freegan, Bro Aspiration: Nature--Eco Innovator

Day 7: Try Hard.

Name: Elliott Best

Traits: Paranoid, Neat

Aspiration: Family--Successful Lineage

Day 8: Hipster.

Name: Deva Bhattacharya

Traits: Jealous, Creative

Aspiration: Creativity--Bestselling Author

Day 9: Party Thrower.

Name: Gino Mercado

Traits: Outgoing, Clumsy

Aspiration: Popularity--Leader of the Pack

Day 10: 16 & Pregnant. (pregnancy not included)

Name: Mario LeBlanc

Traits: Maker, Vegetarian

Aspiration: Knowledge--Nerd Brain

Day 11: Theatre Kid.

Name: Val Cano

Traits: Erratic, Music Lover

Aspiration: Creativity--Master Actor

Day 12: Bully.

Name: Jimmy DeLuca

Traits: Mean, Foodie

Aspiration: Athletic--Extreme Sports Enthusiast

Day 13: In a Rock Band.

Name: Sadie Stewart

Traits: Self-Assured, Music Lover

Aspiration: Family--Successful Lineage

Day 15: Quarterback.

Name: Oz Medeiros

Traits: Active, Goofball

Aspiration: Popularity--Friend of the World

Day 16: Gamer.

Name: Fernando "Nano" Gonzales

Traits: Geek, Loner

Aspiration: Food--Master Chef

Day 17: Horse Girl.

Name: Pippa Lancaster

Traits: Animal Enthusiast, Loves Outdoors

Aspiration: Nature--Country Caretaker

Day 18: Teacher's Pet.

Name: Desiray Thompson

Traits: Good, Loner

Aspiration: Animal--Friend of the Animals

Day 19: Influencer.

Name: Cameron Reddy

Traits: High Maintenance, Insider

Aspiration: Popularity--World-Famous Celebrity

Day 20: Artist.

Name: Malaina Matthews

Traits: Creative, Slob

Aspiration: Romance--Soulmate

Day 21: Pot Head.

Name: Brook Sumner

Traits: Unflirty, Foodie

Aspiration: Wellness--Inner Peace

Day 22: Valedictorian.

Name: Tanya Edison

Traits: Snob, Good

Aspiration: Fortune--Fabulously Wealthy

Day 23: Sk8er Boi.

Name: August Thorne

Traits: Genius, Lazy

Aspiration: Knowledge--Computer Whiz

Day 25: Geek.

Name: Dominique Franklin [she/they]

Traits: Cheerful, Squeamish

Aspiration: Knowledge--Nerd Brain

CC used:

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#teen a day #teen-a-day #sims #sims 4 #s4 #the sims #the sims 4 #sims 4 challenge

[moth-thief]

Antylamon EX5-019 C <03>

Ultimate | Data | Holy Beast/Deva

[On Play] <Draw 1>. Then, you may play 1 Digimon card with the [Deva] trait with a different name from cards in your battle area or trash from your hand to an empty space in your breeding area without paying the cost.

[When Attacking] Trash the bottom digivolution card of 1 of your opponent's Digimon.

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Inherited: [When Attacking] (Once Per Turn) If this Digimon has the [Four Sovereigns] or [God Beast] trait, gain 1 memory.

#digimon #digimon tcg #digimon spoilers #ex5