#villy rambles

[maidenmelanie]

Oh mercy...

Not Ilkka leaving us with these two great phots to end 2023. Blessed.

#ilkka villi #thomas zane #tom zane #mr scratch #alan wake #alan wake 2 #screaming #crying #ramblings

[fras-redacted-shapes]

Alan Wake (whose face and voice we find on Thomas Zane and Casper Darling, respectively) ends up in an antagonistic relationship with Alex Casey (whose face and voice we find on Sam Lake and Zachariah Trench, respectively).

Casper Darling and Zachariah Trench? By the end, their relationship was antagonistic.

The Casey-Trench voice was once a guide-friend for Wake-Darling.

And then, they were fighting.

One was suspicious of the other, thinking he was lying, hiding something.

While the other was unaware of the darkness that was growing and consuming the former's mind, his ignorance letting it fester. Feeding it, even.

The original faces, Thomas Zane and Sam Lake? In this latest iteration they've spoken with their own voices while in the Dark Place, only in the presence of a camera.

Alan Wake and Zachariah Trench? In the end, while in a nightmare dimension, both get shot by a woman who both of these men meddled in their lives, threatening the well being of their loved one.

At least one had a hand in his fate, willing it, accepting it. The other? He was fully gone, his will overtaken by the nightmare.

A version of Alex Casey did say it after all. He and writer, they were the same.

And finally, the real Sam Lake? By happenstance he offered his face for a collaborative project, and became a symbol. Even if he tried to fight it, tried to replace it, he had to concede. The story demanded it, as if writing it wasn't enough, the narrative claimed his visage.

There's no need to make overt mentions or put the image of the Ouroboros in posters. The serpent is interwoven in the fabric of the narrative itself.

#now we're only missing a scene with tom zane and sam lake being best friends and the mirror image will be complete #not so much theory crafting more like rambling #because Alex Casey hated Alan's gut the first time he met him on Cauldron Lake's shore lmao #remedy writing in mirroring-self-consuming #self-generating loops and spirals #alan wake 2 #remedy connected universe #control remedy #zachariah trench #casper darling #tom zane #alan wake #dunno where I read that Ilkka Villi's accent was too thick back then so Remedy went with a different actor for Alan's voice #which if true it would an excellent companion to Sam Lake giving his face to Max Payne due to limited budget #One was like: we only have enough money to pay for James McCaffrey's voice #The other: yeah we can afford two actors for Alan Wake #Then a few years later: we are going to exploit all these little fun facts and make them an integral part of the narrative #remedyversetxt

[bitegore]

Pacing my kitchen like a madman thinking about the distinctions between Alex Casey and Alex Casey (character) and Sam Lake (actor of Alex Casey (character)) (character) and Sam Lake (actor of Alex Casey, writer) and Alan Wake as played by (Ilkka Villi and Matthew Poretta) and Ilkka Villi as Thomas Zane a aaaugh augh

#red rambles #zane is voiced by ilkka villi right #alan wake 2 is having such a profound effect on me #its not changing me though i was right. it's multiplying me by myself #im being squared

[betweenblackberrybranches]

Making spinach noodle egg casserole but i am dumb and should have put the spinach ontop so the noodles dont get burned :(

Will probably still be tasty tho but lets see

#i made this pretty villy nilly just throw things in a casserole dish and badabing badaboom tasty food #oh i hope this actually is going to be tasty i havnt made a casserole in so long #anyways i had a big day today and got lots of stuff at the supermarket and dollerstore #i walked alllll over my part of the city to like 4 different stores #but now i have strawberry milk powder for the first time since i was like 5 and i will be happy #also got myself some elderflower syrup yay! #and a journal #and some good ol' liver sausage wich sounds bad in english but trust me is soo fucking tastey as a spread on bread #now im just rambling sorry

[ahti-the-janitor]

I had a dream about Sam Lake last night. Unfortunately didn't write it down (I really should have :c) so I forgot most of it sadly.

#rambling rambling rambling #always fun to have these dreams lol #like the one i had where i was dating ilkka villi lmao

[damnprecious]

se tunne ku laitat tarkasti rajatun soittolistan sijaan bändin kaikesta musiikista (joka sun mp3:lla on) koostuvan soittolistan soimaan ja tajuut et listalta löytyy melkeen levyllinen biisejä, jota et muista koskaan kuullees

#noopa rambles #suomiposti #oon tästä nyt tosi ???? #siis en ollu ko. biisien suurin fani #oletan et oon ne kuunnellu joskus muinuin ku oon saanu cd:n käsiini (oletettavasti lainannu sedältäni) #ja todennu et nää ei oo suosikkeja ja et tehdään soittolista #silti jotenki tosi villi kokemus ku soittolistalt tuli varmaa viis biisii peräkkäin mist mul ei ollu Mitään muistikuvaa #en ees muistanu et mul on hallussa joku sunrise avenuen alkupään levy fjdjfk

[scarakuzushi]

It’s Mobing time

#mothiedontlook #{ rambles } #this one goes out to Villie

[syrips]

thinking about the poll/post (omg i found it!!) asking about if strahd would be a vampire ascendant and i decided to ramble about it along with other random things because dont mind if i do indulge!! hehe

shoutout to @/thecatslug for inspiring me to colorcode my rambles because oh my god i love colors. also sorry the color code might not make sense its just syrips color coded my brain likes it gfdgdfg

ravenloft / bg3 spoilers below:

so, im not sure if the question meant 'would strahd be considered a vampire ascendant' or if it meant 'could strahd become a vampire ascendant', so i decided ill try to answer this: would strahd be considered a vampire ascendant? sorry if this wasnt the original question i just wanted to ramble honestly

before we get into the fancy nitty gritty stuff, let's take a look at the details of four main things apparently i cant count heh, get it, count? anyways im not fixing that four sorry numbers are hard

Vellioth the Martinet

Baldur's Gate's Master Vampire List

The Black Mass Scroll As A Whole

Cazador and Jander (what?)

Strahd

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Vellioth the Martinet

so, random fun theory that no one asked but i just wanna ramble it. did you know that 'vellus' means fleece or wool?

just gonna leave this here. unrelated to anything else btw i just wanna ramble it.

random wiki stuff:

"vellus / villus / veillier = fleece, shaggy tuft hair, wool villi = in france, to watch over martinet = wikipedia: 'in English, the term martinet usually refers not to the whip but to those who might use it: those who demand strict adherence to set rules and mete out punishment for failing to follow them.' vellus hair = 'peach fuzz'"

🩸✨💛 random theory no one asked for 💛✨🩸

vellioth has hair with:

color range: peach (fuzz) to wheat blonde

length: medium to long

type/shape/texture: curly to kinky; 'shaggy/woolly sheep' texture

anyways back to the actual stuff.

... hi.

so! the narrator/cazador describe Vellioth as 'ancient', or at least they call his skull ancient? which is very strange to me for two main reasons. Vellioth isn't old. and i know, 'but syrips, you say everyone isn't old because strahd's a big old dusty super elder!.' and yea. hehe youre right. but for now, just remember this - Vellioth was Baldur Gate's Master Vampire from 1204 DR to 1276 DR. this will be important in a moment, not even because of the age, but because what ill describe below.

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Baldur's Gate's Master Vampire List

so. one thing that i see thrown around a bit, is that people may assume that the vampire list left by Lady Incognita is based on birth and death or other stuff, but! i will clarify it a bit:

the title of Master Vampire does not mean the previous one's destruction or death. it only means their defeat upon someone else taking the throne. sure, they may occur at the same time, but one can take over without killing the former.

the master vampire list is a self-proclaiming title, and one that others can attempt to contest

each city/point of interest has their own master vampires fighting in their own little territories. we only see those of baldur's gate. not of waterdeep. not of other towns or cities or locations. if you're feeling the vtm clan vibes/drama, then youre absolutely right! cazador penpalling another master vampire to brag about his master vampire status in baldur's gate is both him bragging and him potentially preparing to claim other places once he ascends

the master vampire title gives no actual vampiric, magical, or physical power. it's an entirely a social construct, in the most literal way possible. it provides social influence, social intimidation, etc. but, it's just like putting on a mundane tiara. grats, i guess.. its shiny at least-

anyways, this stuff is mostly put down just to say - nothing about this "Master Vampire" status is about ascension, power, and/or 'special abilities'. it's a moot point/status. which leads to why the master vampires need other ways to gain power.. which is why.. woah! cool transition to-

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The Black Mass Scroll As A Whole

if you got this far then thanks for reading. sit up and hydrate because it's time to talk about the black mass and why you need to be in tip top shape for reading this part. ahem:

the black mass scroll is not just one ritual, it is a collection of Vellioth's schooling, a list of rites/rituals, details of soul, divine (good, neutral, and evil) magic, and the methods of manipulation of the soul, divinity, and magic.

tl;dr - the black mass scroll is a list of lists. a collection of collections. the black mass scroll is.. an archive!

one could say it is massive. heh. anyways yea, the mass is a double meaning - a mass in the ritual sense, but also the meaning of 'a bunch of somethings.'

why is this important though? well. because this black mass has 'all the ways death can be turned to one's advantage or made more interesting', such as 'The Rite of Perfect Slaughter' and the 'Rite of Profane Ascension.'

so, let's talk about the Rite of Perfect Slaughter, which is actually fairly easy - Cazador killed Vellioth in the Rite of Perfect Slaughter. yet, Vellioth, who should be 'dead,' is recalling this. we should note, both of these people are undead. and undead death doesnt always work in the same way as complete removal/destruction. literally look at the other undead/'dead' in bg3 itself. look at those who 'died' in ravenloft. yet, some return, despite being 'killed' in the human perceived way.

either way, all we can confirm, based on this Rite of Perfect Slaughter, is that it removed Vellioth's authority/status as a Master Vampire. that is literally all the information we have right now. anything else is speculation, theory, or even deception by an undead or someone affiliated. which makes me wonder, who came up and formed that name, the "Rite of Perfect Slaughter"? cazador and vellioth both have a distorted view of what 'perfection' means, and we've seen cazador lie/hide information that will work against him. and also, Vellioth was laughing as cazador did the Rite on Vellioth. why didnt cazador and astarion laugh together when astarion performed the Rite of Ascension? because cazador didnt want the rite used on him. i guess the point of all of this is, who originally discovered or created the Rite of Perfect Slaughter? because, we dont know! for all we know, Vellioth couldve wanted to be 'killed' to give his soul to someone else, to preserve his vampirism/unlife or something. afterall, the black mass has 'all the ways death can be turned to one's advantage.' it doesnt say by who benefits from it. but anyways. the origin isnt really relevant for this, i just wanted to point out that these Rites are all a various and mixed collection of times, rituals, affiliations, and intentions - most that we dont even know fully, if at all of who benefits from it. and, considering we dont even know what some mean, or who made them, the original people who discovered them may not even be Cazador or Vellioth.

why? or how?

because, the line Astarion says when he picks up the Black Mass Scroll: "[Cazador] stole everything, even [Vellioth's] precious rules."

it doesnt matter who made the rites, rituals, weird strange description/stuff. all that matters is that Cazador has the entire bundle of stuff that is from previous vampires and creatures. and, the symbolism that Astarion picks it up and takes it, means the collection of potential power - of The Black Mass Scroll - Astarion is the current inheritor of potential power.

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Cazador and Jander (what?)

now, reader. you might be like. 'syrips, what does this have to do with if Strahd is considered a vampire ascendant? why is jander being brought in here?? im so confused, just answer the question about strahd!' well, too bad! you gotta wait! into the sealed tomb with leo dilisnya you go!

anyways! what we learned so far (as well as random rambling cuz why not):

cazador literally takes things that aren't his

cazador learned this from 'ancient' vellioth

Vellioth become a master vampire at 1204 DR of baldur's gate

Cazador became one at 1276 DR of baldur's gate

but! let's take a quick look and compare this to our beloved Jander Sunstar's lore:

they are incredibly weak when compared to an already existing Jander and strahd, as Anna has existed on the sword coast beginning around 970 DR

not only does time work differently in barovia, but in Toril / DR time, strahd already exists at this point as The Vampire. he is already the ruler of barovia, as well as the center of attention in the domains of dread

time isnt really important here, but its worth noting this because of Jander. not only did he kill his vampire master (which can be considered a 'vampiric ascension,' as you break the chains and limits of your master and are now free to grow in vampiric abilities), but he literally wielded an ancient and holy relic that vellioth and cazador could not even imagine to do.

and, not only did Jander do that, but he challenged the cause of vampirism and was brought by the mists into barovia. he was a candidate to challenge the master, founder, and origin of vampirism - strahd. Jander had the potential to ascend. to break free from the true master and curse, of The Vampire.

anyways, jander (and astarion) is a great reference character for vampire ability when comparing vellioth and cazador to jander/strahd.

but yea. tl;dr - jander makes vellioth and cazador look really pathetic. like baby levels pathetic. vampire ascension is about going 'backwards/upwards' on the vampiric bloodline tree, gaining your agency back so that you can climb up the ranks to more 'potent/ancient' generations. basically, it's about being free to go as far/deep as you can attempt. ascension is not about 'the removal of weaknesses', it's about 'the reduction of vampiric inferiority'. and, being unable to be in the sun is not of inferiority. they can go in the sun, but it will hurt. what one cannot do without suffering, teamwork, pacts, and/or luck, however, is breaking their seal on the master they're forced to be inferior to. even in the cazador fight, the only thing that saved astarion was literally the tadpole helping to reduce his inferiority with cazador. on a side note, vellioth laughing at cazador during the rite of perfect slaughter makes me believe that vellioth benefitted and only caused cazador to descend deeper, instead of ascend.

anyways. back to cazador. the only way that he can reduce the vampiric inferiority (as well as ascend himself) is for him to confront more and more ancient vampires, you know. like what jander attempted. but, cazador doesnt want to do that. instead, he works with an archdevil to attempt a cheap temporary bandaid/loophole around the wrong problem. instead of focusing on his own inferiority complex heh pun intended, he focuses on how to get a tan and how to be less thirsty..? like. what? either he has no idea what hes doing, or he believes removing all weaknesses and flaws will make him a more perfect vampire. what a silly head.

anyways. the rite of 'ascension.'

yea, let's go into that!

what is the Rite of Ascension??

here you go, reader!

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🎇🩸🏹 The Rite of Profane Ascension 🏹🩸🎇

Oh, piteous dead! Oh, ravenous dead!

syrips translator: oh pathetic hungry un/dead people!

Immortality is your gift, but darkness is your prison and hunger its gaoler.

syrips translator: you can't be out in the (sun)light, and your hunger imprisons you because youre in denial of how to manage your vampirism.

The Rite of Profane Ascension will release you. Walk in the sun. Suffer not from hunger. Grow your power beyond anything you imagined.

syrips translator: with just 7 payments of 999.99 souls, you too can remove the ailments of sun allergies and midnight cravings! call now to receive your 'ascension' kit!

A pact has been made with the Lord of Hellfire. Deliver unto him seven thousand souls, each bearing an Infernal mark, and you shall be free of your chains. You shall know true power.

syrips translator: -fast disclaimer speak- your sun and anti-hunger status is not actually included or garaunteed. you are agreeing to the terms and conditions that you are only receiving the kit to build and perform the sun and anti-hunger ritual. 'free of your chains' is only used to describe the 'chains of darkness and hunger' and nothing else. purchase not necessary to be 'ascended.' call now and begin your journey!!

Deliver the souls.

syrips translator: i really dont care who gives me the souls. just gimmy. thanks

Speak the words.

syrips translator: okay the actual pact is below. everything else was just to hype you up and was just the advertisement, hehe! anyways. anyone who says the ritual below with the right components is all i care about. because the stuff below is the actual trade. and no, you didnt get scammed. this isn't a vampire ascension, it's just an advertisement targetted towards a vampiric audience. you read the terms and conditions correctly, right? silly guy.

Ecce dominus,

syrips translator: "(google translate) Behold, the Lord" / 'uhh hi -opens trade window-'

Has animas offero in sacrificio,

syrips translator: "(google translate) I offer these souls in sacrifice," / -puts 7k stack of souls in trade window- 'here's the actual trade that you wanted -presses confirm trade-'

Nunc volo potestatem quam pollicitus es mihi.

syrips translator: "(google translate) Now I want the power you promised me." / -presses accept- so this trade goes against the ToS but.. youll give me the power i asked for, right?... oh thank god i was so afraid. illegal ingame-to-irl-currency trades are so scary.. thank god, or thank meph in this case haha get it- oh okay im leaving.. s-sorry.. thanks..-

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Strahd

wooo hooo! we made it back to the original question!! we did it!!

now, lettuce answer this question that we we've been waiting on for so long. i dont want to leaf you hanging.

would strahd be considered a vampire ascendant?

big drum roll! bhrrrbhrbrhbhrr!!

-cough-

..

no.

...

-leaves-

-returns-

okay so. why isnt strahd considered a vampy ascendant?

well, before we talk about that. let's consider what a 'vampire ascendant' is considered, by Vellioth, Cazador, and the Rite of Profane Ascension's terms:

an 'ascended vampire' is just one who has the ailments of sunlight and hunger removed by the process of this specific ritual. remember that line i said of a Master Vampire being a moot point? well.. to burst the blood bubble, the "Ascended Vampire" line isnt a literal 'vampire ascension'. it's also a moot point, in its own way. but not as mooty, it's more of like a half-truth. like something an archdevil would do to tempt someone into doing something for a small dose of infernal - not raw vampiric - power in return. take note that nowhere in the actual ritual lines does it talk about ascension, let alone vampiric ascension. all it talks about is to say the words 'you made a promise.. i hope you keep it..pls gimmy Infernal powers..'

you know how raphael is making a deal with you and how off it feels? that's because youre not ascending when he mutes your tadpole. he's just using his abilities to manipulate/mold something in you with his powers. that's how this ritual also is. it's just a half-truth, unempathetic advertisement, masked as a pact so that the one who does it feels satisfied, despite the archdevil just receiving much more power than the one who sacrificed all the souls.

but, let's say this ritual is legitimate, and one does 'ascend' by the archdevil's abilities to remove the ailments. so, they are technically 'rising,' in a way. they are becoming a 'stronger infernal-gifted vampire' because of less weaknesses. but, what are they trying to ascend to? what is the purpose of removing all of these weaknesses? why go through all of this?

because. they hunger. they want power. they want true immortality. they want to remove all weaknesses in mortal life and immortal unlife to have free agency, without inferiority to anything. they want to be able to transcend time, space, and death, to be on a level of the highest peak of vampirism.

and, of course. who would that be? who would be the most ancient, powerful vampire, cursed and imprisoned by their own success in achieving what other vampires can only dream of?

who was imprisoned not from failure, but from succeeding too well that something else had to intervene?

anyways, as much as i love stroking strahd's ego LOl i keep going tho, his novel-canon potential is severely higher than the CoS potential. but, through all the modules, novels, and other media, it's still heavily implied that strahd's major weakness is tatyana. if he had tatyana, or felt he was losing the chance to pursue her, if he lost this weakness, he would unironically be scarily unstoppable. the only thing stopping strahd from being a huge dictator or even more power-hungry tyrant is literally because of his obsession/'curse' with wanting to have a bae. which i find very hilarious but focus syrips that part isnt the point-

anyways. tl;dr - strahd has nothing to ascend to. he has no vampire that he's inferior to. if anything, he wants to descend. he wants to be 'less' of what he is now, to be with tatyana. or, to ascend tatyana to his vampiric level. it's his entire curse. and, because of this, he also cannot descend. if he does, he will either lose himself, or he will lose tatyana. and he will not dare to risk that.

he also has nothing that he has or can ascend from. he is the 'original'. at most, he just ascended from 'himself.' but, that's not really an ascension more than just a transition. (and, moving from the material plane to the domains of dread kind of shows that he's not really ascending/rising, more than he's just moving into a warped/slanted plane that operates differently in time and space.) and, unlike in the Rite of Profane Ascension, strahd used himself (and everything affiliated to him) as both the component and result, because no other method existed. he is the origin and reason that rites/methods to 'becoming a more powerful vampire' even exist. he's the reason that vampires exist. when strahd says he's the ancient and land, he's not just saying it for the cool monologue phrase even though we all know he totally enjoys saying it everytime. he's also bluntly saying, 'i am the ancient because i, with barovia, transcend time. i am the land because i, with barovia, connect with the domains of dread. and, the domains of dread, connects with all planes. i am beyond 'a vampire.' i, strahd, am the concept and definition of the vampire.'

everything that all vampires do, by definition, are mock versions, mock attempts, and mock methods that strahd has already mastered, influenced others to do, or that he has knowledge/creation of. everything all vampires do, is attempting to do what their masters had done. with every new spawn, they start at the bottom, trying to climb to their master's level. and even more rarely, attempting to climb to their master's master's level. but strahd is at the top of the MLM vampire pyramid. he has no master to climb up the ranks to. he's already the CEO, founder, etc. (idk how business works), he can't out-climb himself. -strahd pompous voice- 'ouhhh.. it's so lonely being at the top, ouhhh..' but anyways, he can ascend or assist others, since he's a patron. but most power-hungry vampires wouldnt want to do that, especially because they're probably trying to climb up just to compete or be on strahd's vampiric level. and yet, asking strahd for ascension is incredibly easy - all it would mean is making an eternal pact to always be subservient and inferior to strahd.. he'd gladly ascend you, you'd have the potential to be superior to all other vampires.. the only one above you would be personally him. and.. suddenly, a deal with an archdevil who doesnt care about the pettiness of vampire superiority, kind of sounds safer in comparison now..-

or idk. i could be wrong. just a ramble i had fun doing. hehe ty for reading

references/sauces:

bg3

bg3 wiki

wikipedia

wiktionary

google translate

ravenloft novels/modules/games/media/editions from like everywhere

#curse of strahd spoilers #bg3 spoilers #random syrips theory #ravenloft spoilers #strahd von zarovich #sorry strahd i hate tagging u but i wanna organize it- gfdljhgf

[grokebaby]

Knock knock

[PREV]

"Myeas, coming!"

The pitter patter of little paws made it's way from the kitchen.

"Goodness me I hadn't expected visitors at this time in the morning but my door is always open to frien-"

The disgraced dark lord Evilicus, conquerer of planets, destroyer of galaxies. Battered, dusty and tanned, standing at Mewmews door. Again.

Had it been, what, two days since the last time? Mewmew grit ms teeth under ms lips, paws forming little fists. What a persistent little piece of-

"Mewmew." the dark lord proclaimed, with way more dignity and weight than Mew could've expected them to have for ms name. Oh boy, this can't be good..

"Hit me."

"wh... Y-....hu?"

"Hit me."

The dark lord determinedly pointed at themself, not breaking eye contact. Evilicus couldn't have gotten into pranks during this little while they were apart, right? They'd never been the jokiest type - that was Mewmews role to fill in their nemesis banter. Was this a.. Trap..?

They couldn't, right? They'd seemed so.. Torn up when they last spoke. Mewmew had even thought, maybe, Villy might've started feeling.. Oh, I dunno, guilt?

But what was this then? It must've been some trick, right?

The other explanation was that Evilicus was going through some form of mental breakdown. And that felt.. Eerily possible..

Mewmew put ms paws up slowly, studying the dark lord's demeanor. "Neow, Villy.. Why don't we.. Uhm.."

"So we'll get even! Don't you understand?! I've been tormented by some-.." Evie stuttered, trying to find the words. "Some-ailment! Ever since we last parted, and now I've figured out why!" they exclaimed. "o... Oh? Ailment, myah..?" Mewmew was still left grasping. Is this how Villy deals with guilt?

"Yes yes, ailment. You see, my pride-!" Evilicus foamed, hands gesturing vividly. "I have my pride, my dignity still - well, to some extent.. Or.. I guess it's debatable.."

-"... Myohkay?"

"Anyway my-my pride couldn't take it, behaving like I did! You've spared my life multiple times and even assisted me, yet, I engaged you unprovoked! Sure, it would've been normal back in the day-" Evilicus dissolved back to rambling and Mewmew continued to stand there, dumbstruck, barely listening. Maybe Evilicus should've been put into some facility afterall. Just so they'd have someone to keep them company. Were they too young for a nursing home, perhaps? Probably not by human standards, both Mewmew and Evilicus had a bit over a hundred years behind them at this point - at least

"And thusly, you ought to hit me back - at least once! It's just the logic of it all, don't you agree?" Evilicus finished, finally catching a breath. Mewmew stared, searching up Villys eyes, desperately looking for some shred of explanation for this request - nay, demand.

Mewmew chuckled nervously, eyes scattering over the doorframe. "Eh-Evilicus, I'm not going to hit you.. That wouldn't accomplish anyathing.

"Yes, it would! Didn't you listen to what I just explained?!"

Evilicus' frame burst halfway through the doorway, making Mewmew stumble a few steps back inside. Was this a test? A threat??

"Evilicus, I explicitly do not want to engage nyou in battle anymore. That's why I- that's, you kneow?! Peace!!" Mewmew swished ms paws around, trying to drive the point home. "I took you down so nobody would have to fight anymore!"

"Oh well gee, sorry for insulting your code of honor or whatever!" Evilicus threw their hands up frustratedly. "Like you haven't thought about it multiple times by now! You must despise me!" they pointed a finger right at the kitty's muzzle. Mewmew stammered for a response, not wanting to admit ms frustration towards Evie growing at equal pace with sinking worry. Snap out of it, Mewmew! The world has been saved, you don't need to keep extending help to the one you had to save it from!

Mew firmly moved the pointing hand away from em. "Whatever! My point still is that I don't want to hit you!" m hissed back, raising ms voice a little more than Mew liked. C'mon, get your conflict de-escalation into it, A. Cola! M took a deep breath.

"You're getting agitated!"

-"DON'T."

A faint glow was noticeable from Mews eyes, in the shade that Evilicus cast over m. They both stood there, maintaining intense eye contact, Mewmews tail lashing at the ground in barely subdued frustration.

"You know you want to-" Evilicus started, before mew cut them off with a hiss. "Golly gee I get the feeling you're the one who wants to be hit here! Why do you insist on starting conflict with me!?" ms voice had the slightest angry waver to it, the only hint of whatever fury blazed deeper inside. Evilicus took a deep breath. "I'm not trying to st-"

"THEN WHY SHOULD I HIT YOU?!"

"FOR REPENTANCE!"

Evilicus' voice cracked in stress, and after that their gaze fell, along with a cold silence. Mewmews anger eased, worry finally taking victory over the feeling. "R.. Repentance..?"

The dark lord's shoulders slumped a tad as they held their arms, voice coming out dry from their throat. "Or.. Punishment. Either would.. Suffice.. I guess.." Mewmew took a moment to truly comprehend what this was actually about.

Guilt. It was about guilt. It had to be.

Unsure how to approach the topic, Mewmew lowered ms ears, mouth opening and closing a few times as mew searched for the best words to tread what must've been a delicate topic for the Dark lord. Ms silence prompted more from Evie. "I'm a.. Bad person, right? That's the.. Impression i got, from all this. That I was in the wrong. I disagreed, of course, I mean I.. Anyway, I keep wondering why leave me.. Like this. It feels crueler than death or imprisonment. I've nowhere - and no one to go to, and it just.. Leaves me wondering where I went wrong to end up like this.."

Oh meow God. It was guilt, right? Just listen to all that! Mew couldn't believe ms ears!

"That's.."

Mewmew swallowed, gathering ms resolve. "That's the point."

Evilicus' head perked slightly, eyes searching answers on Mewmew. "That, and.. Mercy. I wanted to leave you in a state where you had the chance to reflect on your life, and where, you couldn't hurt anyone anymore.. Not even yourself." Mewmew looked back firmly, though ms voice wasn't judgemental nor disdainful. Evilicus was noticeably caught off guard by the last addition, and their voice stalled in their throat, dazed at such an implication. Both a defensive indignation, and an uncomfortably soft, foreign feeling fought over in Evies mind. "See, there's an obvious reason the dark artifacts you used were sealed away. And - I hope, an obvious reason why the galactic alliance tried to take them away from you. They're dangerous. Even to their wielder." Mewmew explained calmly, brows falling to a gentle position. For that moment, despite it all, Evilicus could vividly imagine the stout, towering robot Mewmew used to be, lecturing them on things in the midst of combat. Evie hated admitting that for once, the feeling of it wasn't entirely reprehensible.

".. Oh. I see.." was all the dark lord could muster as a response.

"Plus, nya gotta understand Villy - me hurting you back won't help anyone you killed, or anything you destroyed. Nyou don't fix destruction with destruction. And we can put aside any arguments about nyou deserving it too - that really doesn't matter anymore whether you do or don't. It doesn't. It's over now." Mewmew added, holding up ms paws deflectively for a moment, as if foreseeing any questions the dark lord may have had.

"But.. What.. Am I supposed to do then..?" Evilicus shot back, feeling utterly lost. And that was saying something, considering everything..

Mewmew tilted ms head side to side briefly, leaning ms weight from one paw to the other.

"What do nya want to do?"

#My writing #Mewmew Agricola #Dark lord Evilicus #Oc comic #Oc story #Comic frames #Villain oc #Yay I'm writing yay yay yay

[sevenrs]

hello! i will be silly and send an ask!

you're a microbiology nerd, right? immune system stuff, if i remember correctly

i'm also a microbiology nerd!! (astrobiology over here)

meaning i will gladly listen to any rambles about microbiology/immunology that you want to go on. anyways

COOLEST THING YOU'VE SEEN UNDER A MICROSCOPE GO (i know this is your rain world blog but i cannot think of anything else to say at the moment so yeah)

i'm a first year in college so not quite a microbiology student but i want to get there!!

that being said i HAVE seen stuff under the microscope

i think the coolest thing for me personally was seeing the villi of a small intestine sample. bit gross but i won't get that chance again

#asks.txt #adrienothesieno #mightve made a typo on your name my bad #i DO want to see live cells i DOOOO #ive seen plankton but GAAAAAA

[spoopy-butterfly]

thank u to the lovely template made by @kawaiikat54

#villy rambles

[wuekka]

Saw a clip of this scene from Spirit in English for the first time, and find this so interesting, because he just says "I was scared and I didn't know what was going to happen to me." In finnish dub, he says "I was scared, because my life was now controlled by someone else." That line with the tamed horse shown creates a completely different atmosphere in my opinion, english line doesn't say that much to my surprise.

#spirit stallion of the cimarron #Spirit villi ja vapaa #random ramble #translation differences #:D #Dreamworks #finnish dub

[princeanxious]

Lil bit of seretonin for y'all today from us:

Cherry(the smaller of our twin kitties) was bored and getting into stuffs and so obvi i picked her up before she could knock something over that would make a mess(bc we have to get ready for work soon and dont have time to deal with a mess that big)

And its really telling just how much she trusts me to pick her up and hold her high enough to press our face into her side for a silly nuzzle while we gently asked her to 'chill' and how she just let it all happen without even a wiggle? and then we set her down on our bed instead away from the things she had been messing with right?

Well we still have a few more minutes before its time to get ready so we sat down as well(in the adhd way that we do that's half leaning sideways against a mountain of squishmallows, which is relevant to know for this next part) and its just.

Heartwarming?? that she immediately goes and pulls her whole 7 pound body up ontop of ours and hooks herself perfectly over our hip to lay down. Not just leaning against us but instead choosing to curl up completely over our lap with her head hooked over our hip. And just. Chills there. The fact that shes content enough with us to not even be offended by our indignant handling(in which we still always try to be courteous and never sudden unless we're playing and even then we give prior sight and time to move away first if they dont want it, and always use 2 hands to carry them securely) from earlier to outright cuddle instead of going back to causing mischief then falling asleep there on top of us??

I love our lil Cherrybomb so much ;;

#the royal kitties #luka rambles #look Villy is cuddly too but the demanding kind of cuddly that involves standing his 10 lbs body ontop of me and #refusing to actually curl up to distribute his body weight comfortably- leaving his paws digging into my ribs chest and collarbone #bc hes more intent on getting like 150% of head and shoulder pets & face rubs first #and only when hes satisfied does he either lay down to shove his face in mine or get off and lay in his favorite chair lol #i love my needy body but cherry is quite probably better at outright cuddling than he is lol #🌟seratonin boost🌟 #needy boy*

[floralorcs]

"Any and everyone lacking a good parental figure is permitted to look to me. Even if you are not lacking one, or are simply lonely, I will be here with a hug and a mug of tea or hot chocolate." The wood elf Villi says, smiling in her white draped robes.

#ramblings #villi

[foulmouthedscythe]

⎛ Rewatching the intro to Type-0 probably for the hundrethst time and I still get     so much goosebumps from it AHHHHHH ⎠

#{ ooc } #{ villy rambles } #( but seriously though I LOVE IT SO MUCH )

[sankt-julius]

I had a dream where Alan Wake 2 was released and I wish I would have died in my sleep so my soul could stay in this universe playing Alan Wake 2

#rubin rambles #alan wake #remedy entertainment #it's time remedy #i need ikka #ikka villi