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I started reading Requiem of the Rose King and even saw the raws for 73 to the final chapter....Anne is my favorite character and it breaks my heart seeing the life she led here (real life Anne Neville was also quite tragic). She just wanted to be loved and recognized....

I hate it here.

#rotrk #anne neville #requiem of the rose king #anne rotrk

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Betty and Veronica: AKA Dominique and Veronica

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Vanitas no Carte is honestly full of fascinating relationships between characters. From Vanitas to Luna, Jeanne and Ruthven, Chloé and Jean-Jacques, and as of chapter 55 which fucked me up presumably Teacher and Luna - this manga is honestly filled to the brim with both complex relationships and fucked up ones.

Dominique and Veronica's relationship to me is interesting because Veronica was the first glimpse into Dominique's family without the inherent bias of Noé's perspective and from the start it doesn't paint a pretty picture to what kind of environment Dominique possibly grew up in. Based on what we've seen so far, and Domi's confession to Louis how she was jealous that he could grow up in Teacher's place without the pressure to excel, it's pretty much implied that she probably grew up in an environment with high expectations and most probably suffered verbal and emotional abuse.

I'd first like to discuss the pressuring environment Domi grew up in. This sort of environment seems to be the norm for nobles. We see some sort of pressure even with Luca, who has this expectation put upon him because he is theoretically the most powerful political player besides Queen Faustina herself. He is a child expected to compete with adults with hundreds of years of experience on him (considering these guys are vampires) and somehow survive the viper's pit. Bearing this in mind, I think that both Veronica and Antoine had pressure put upon them as well. Antoine as heir to the De Sade family and Veronica to be an excellent noblewoman or maybe she was even trained to be a Beastia from an early age. Considering how powerful Beastias seem to be compared to the average vamp, no matter how talented someone is, that would take a lot of work.

The thing with Antoine and Veronica is that while they most likely had to succeed, they probably didn't have the extra pressure Dominique had. Why did Dominique have extra pressure compared to her brother and sister? Well, that's because her brother and sister excelled at their respective fields and this creates a sort of shadow on Dominique and she might have had the good ol' comparison phrase uttered to her "your sister/brother could do this in (insert low amount of time), what's taking you so long?" Or the whatever Dominique can do, they do better scenario. This tends to destroy a child's self-esteem, and paired with the fact that Dominique is trauma buddies with Noé with regards to Louis and also has a very low sense of self-worth since she thinks she should have died instead of Louis - you get someone with very low self-esteem and self-worth.

(Kudos to Jun Mochizuki honestly. When Dominique first debuted as a character, based solely on her air of confidence, I would not have expected her to be someone with such low self-worth that she very much contemplates suicide. It was fun getting to know the real Dominique under all that bravado and for her to begin overcoming her issues, because years of depression, survivor's guilt, and low self-esteem ain't gonna disappear overnight. But she's made peace with herself and can now move forward. Domi, I love you bby)

Now moving onto the abuse. The only one who openly does it seems to be Veronica and what's curious about it is that Veronica seems to actively go out of her way to verbally degrade Domi and/or humiliate her. I mean, she says Domi is "dull" because Domi doesn't want to know what she and Machina are up to (ever heard of tmi, Veronica?) and during the Bal Masque she wanted to kill Vanitas and Noé (?) in front of Domi, presumably just to get a reaction out of her. Let's not forget that she tied Domi up in a compromising position and hung her on a fucking chandelier where everybody could fucking see her and that's presumably why Domi got summoned by her family later on. Because for a family that seems to care about image as much as the De Sades, having a member of your family hung like that in public is embarrassing.

Oh and, that fucking brutal speech she gave to Domi after Louis died. Yeah, okay, be callous about your brother dying but of course she has to tack in the fact that Domi was chosen to live out of a fucking whim, their dad just didn't give a shit. Oh and maybe if Domi had been chosen to die instead of Louis, Louis wouldn't be as much as a dissapointment.

But the thing that I wonder about is, why is Domi considered a 'dissapointment'? Probably because her position as a palace guard isn't as glamorous as Veronica being a Beastia and Antoine as a Senate member? Oh, and her formula rewrite is not as powerful as theirs? I honestly don't understand it because based on Luca's remark Domi's ice is probably just as powerful but manifests in a different way than Antoine or Veronica's which is presumably violent. Or maybe because as a result of her trauma and abuse, she's been sort of repressing her abilities? I'd welcome anyone's thoughts on this.

Going back to Veronica. Despite her abuse of Dominique and frankly viewing her sister as trash, she seems to care for her in a fucked up way? I mean, Domi herself said that Veronica was overprotective of her that's why she didn't interact much with men. This is probably an extension of Veronica's misandry, but she'd have to consider Domi as 'hers' in some form of way to sort of want to shield her in that manner. This inconsistency with Veronica is interesting because she's an emotionally abusive ass to her sister but at the same time protects her from outsiders?

Personally, I'm also very curious where Veronica's misandry originates from. I mean, people aren't born a misandrist. And also despite this misandry, she's alright with having a sexual relationship with Marquis Machina. I find it interesting that it seems to be strictly sexual in a way. She's alright with being with men to fulfill her sexual needs, but anything other than that seems to be a 'no'.

(Also Marquis Machina is probably a hottie underneath that suit. I mean come on, Veronica lives with Antoine and worked with Loki, she's also damn gorgeous and a girl's gotta have a certain standard)

I wonder if her misandry emerged from the fact that her father is well, a womaniser. I mean, growing up and seeing your father hook up with a lot of different ladies who are not your mother tends to do something to your mindset. Antoine and Dominique so far seems to ignore this (I say so far because we haven't seen the De Sade kids around their dad), but it could be possible that Veronica was exposed more to this side of Count De Sade than the rest of her siblings. AND NO, I AM NOT SAYING THEY DID INCESTUOUS FATHER-DAUGHTER SHIT. WHAT I MEAN IS THAT - the real life Marquis de Sade had a thing for, well surrounding himself with women whenever he visited a brothel (did he die from an STD? I can't remember. But if he didn't then wow man) and considering the word 'sadist' originates from his name, maybe Veronica just saw their father pulling this kind of shit and her opinions for men just:

But I find it curious as well that she hates humans as much as she does. I had expected a casual disdain and arrogance, but the hatred with which she hates humans is brutal. She practically suggested hunting Vanitas like an animal during the Bal Masque. And yes, Veronica is a sadistic person, but this hunt she tried to incite felt almost savage in a way that I didn't think was her kind of thing especially since a Bal Masque is a luxurious and very social event, not one for wrecking Marquis Machina's estate just to hunt down a single human.

This makes me wonder if - and this is based on the speculation that Veronica's misandry is rooted in the excessive exposure to her father's proclivities - perhaps Count De Sade's inclinations was not only vampire women, but human women as well.

Again this is only one speculation, as we know next to nothing about Count De Sade, it would be unfair to 100% blame him for how screwed up his kids ended up being. Except for Louis. That was a dick move.

Another speculation is that Veronica once had something inappropriate done to her by a human male. But that would lead to the question; where would this happen? Veronica is a noblewoman and I don't think she goes traipsing out into the human world often nor do I think humans waltz into Altus every day as they seem to require a vampire acquaintance to do so.

With regards to Veronica, I'm kind of hoping Mochizuki shows us another side of her beyond well, verbally abusive asshat. However, Mochizuki did mention that in Vanitas she'd like to give characters 'meaningless deaths' i.e characters who do not get to achieve their goals or have their character arcs resolved before dying. Now, I'm not saying Veronica is going to die but based on this it's possible that we will not get a complete character insight with Veronica.

I guess that's all I have to say so far. Do you have any thoughts? I'd love to hear them since I love discussing meta/theories with people <3

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Why does the first one remind me of dominoe?

#domi noe #noe x dominique

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Noé x tarte tatin is the best vnc ship and only my opinion matters. I don't take criticism.

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"When I lose myself, I become you"

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Merry Christmas, everyone!! This is my Vanitas Secret Santa gift for @nyanvyore - I hope you like it!! I hope you all have a fantastic day today, whether you celebrate the holiday or not! I love you all - Happy Holidays! @vncsecretsanta

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crystal dragon by ashibe yuuho

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"Vanitas: ex McDonald’s janitor, got fired for beating up a customer who dropped fries on the floor he just cleaned, lives in a dumpster eating boots and stolen McDonald’s, makes earrings outta strange things he finds in the trash"

HELP 🤣🤣🤣😭😭🤣🤣 THIS WHOLE STORY GAVE ME WHIPLASH, I FUCKING LOVE IT

Modern Vanitas s no carte:

Location: modern NYC

Domi: detective, platonic roommate of Dante (cause he’s poor)

Dante: shitty newspaper reporter stuck with story’s about the weather, follows Domi around to get a better story

Noe: works at teachers coffee shop

Murr: coffee shops logo

Teacher: ex mafia, owns a well respected coffee shop

Vanitas: ex McDonald’s janitor, got fired for beating up a customer who dropped fries on the floor he just cleaned, lives in a dumpster eating boots and stolen McDonald’s, makes earrings outta strange things he finds in the trash

Roland: Mormon going door to door, owns a flower shop on the side, has a cat

Olivier: also a Mormon, wants to punch all the people who shut the door on him

Jeanne: works in an office of military records

Luca: jeannes bosses son, but the boss is always on vacation so jeannes stuck with him

Domi throws a cake in Oliviers face when he knocks on her door about the Latter Day Saints

Later Roland feels bad and braids flowers in oliviers hair to cheer him up

Vanitas robes teachers coffee shop, crime duo domi and Dante look for clues, Jeanne was a witness while buying her and Luca their lattes, Vanitas steals a car and is terrible at driving, runs over Roland, noe goes after Vanitas, Vanitas fights him, ex mafia teacher shoots Vanitas

Dante prints the story and gets a raise, moves into his own apartment

Domi steals noes heart

Olivier takes over rolands flower shop and adopts his cat, although he runs the flower business into the ground

Jeanne and Luca enjoy their lattes

The end

#vanitas no carte #the case study of vanitas #fanfic #dominique de sade

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Happy birthday!!! 🥳 🎂🎊🎉🎈

Thank you!! 🥰🥰❤❤

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THANK YOU SO MUCH 🥺🥺❤😚 ILYT, ERU!!

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Do you think that Noé could be scared of Teacher, even if he didn't realize it/admit it to himself? They seems to have spoke by letters for a moment, and Noé didn't seen him often since some years. And all the times where we have seen him smile to Teacher are before Louis's death. (also I just thought about it but teacher bought Noe but never adopted him, so he probably sees him like his slave, even if the word is never used by him)

Thanks for the ask! I’m very interested in knowing what Noé’s feelings on Teacher are in the present as well! I’m sure we’ll get more clarification on their current relationship in chapter 55, but let’s try and figure it out anyways!!

Let’s start with what we know. Noé is always polite and friendly in his letters to the Teacher, and he heads over to Paris upon being asked to. We know they last saw each other less than six months ago, so they do still interact on a regular basis. Noé seems to respect and admire the Teacher, and often remembers training with the Teacher during fights. Despite this Noé also seems to see the Teacher as a pretty regular if eccentric vampire, and is quite surprised when Ruthven tells him how infamous he is in vampire circles.

Noé doesn’t seem particularly surprised to see the Teacher during his waking dream in chapter 11, and immediately confides in the Teacher about his feelings on Vanitas. During chapter 19, Noé states that something about Ruthven reminds him of the Teacher, and cheerfully tells him that talking with him is a lot of fun.

Putting all of this together, it seems like Noé and the Teacher have a generally positive (if somewhat distant) relationship. Noé trusts the Teacher enough to immediately confide in him when he shows up out of thin air in chapter 11, and tells him all about his adventures with Vanitas through his letters.

While it’s definitely possible, I don’t really think that Noé is unconsciously afraid of the Teacher. We don’t see him smiling around the Teacher post- Louis’s death because we haven’t really seen the two of them interact after the incident, just a few flashbacks and that one half dream half conversation after the Bal Masqué. I don’t think Noé harbors any blame or ill will towards the Teacher for killing Louis, or at least we haven’t seen any evidence of this in the manga so far.

In addition to this, Noé’s morality is kinda lowkey very twisted. As a child he told Louis and Dominique that getting kidnapped and sold on the slave market was fun; and he doesn’t appear to be afraid of Ruthven when the latter shows up in his hotel room, despite their last interaction involving Ruthven furiously choking Vanitas and banishing him from the castle. Noé knows that Roland remorselessly killed vampires in the past, and seems a bit creeped out when Roland blankly tells him that he will do so again if he decides it’s the best course of action, but likes Roland nonetheless and doesn’t seem particularly scared of him.

Summing all of that up,, I don’t really think there’s any current evidence for Noé being afraid of Teacher after the latter killed Louis. He seems quite surprised to see the Teacher in 54.5, but given how easily he accepts Ruthven just appearing in his hotel room and the Teacher showing up in chapter 11, I think Noé is probably quite used to the Teacher sporadically visiting him out of the blue— he’s mainly just shocked by the Teacher showing up in this specific situation.

I do think Noé’s thoughts on the Teacher will likely change in the future, but! At the moment I don’t think he really feels anything negative towards him. Whether that’s due to Noé’s own somewhat twisted mental state and worldview or due to them genuinely still having a positive relationship is up to interpretation at the moment.

Moving on to the other part of this ask…!

I don’t think the Teacher ever saw Noé as a slave— partially because he raised Noé identically to how he raised his grandkids (and insisted Noé call him “Teacher” rather than “Master”), and partially because I get the impression that the Teacher fundamentally perceives the people around him as all the same. This is just a guess, but I don’t think he thinks in terms of status or race or class or family, but rather in terms of his own goals and experiments. If someone is beneficial or useful to him (like Noé currently is), then he wants to keep them around and protect them. If someone is not beneficial to him or has fulfilled their purpose (like Louis), then he’ll ignore or dispose of them.

So yeah, I don’t think the Teacher thinks of Noé as a slave, that just doesn’t seem like how his mind would work. I do, however, think that the Teacher thinks of Noé as a tool.

The hot off the presses reveal that the Teacher is (probably) affiliated with Mikhail makes me think that the Teacher’s plan for Noé doesn’t actually have anything to do with Noé. I’m starting to think the real reason he’s protected and taught Noé for all these years is because Noé is the key to the Teacher’s ultimate goal, which has to do with Luna and Queen Faustina (/Naenia). I’m not quite sure what this goal is, but it seems like a lot of the Teacher’s experiments revolve around these two. And it’s quite an interesting coincidence that the Teacher just so happened to send an Archiviste to Vanitas, the only person who knows what happened to Luna on “that day”…

the end (for now)

Thanks for reading this analysis thing! As always please take everything I’ve said here with a grain of salt. I am super incredibly hyped to see how Noé reacts to the Teacher in the next chapter oh boy oh boy oh boy

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mild spoiler for mochizuki jun’s previous work, pandora hearts, the protagonist’s father is never drawn with his face shown no matter what

it makes him seems unnerving, especially with his cruel treatment towards his own son, immediately painting him as an evil man

but then we find out that the father has been blackmailed by the main antagonist all along and has been doing his best to protect his family

this is him protecting his only daughter, leading to a realization by the protagonist himself

and only then we finally get to see the man’s face

and now, in vanitas no carte, there’s another man whose face has never been shown properly

the man put on pedestal by noé’s respect and adoration towards him

and perhaps even fear?

now that noé can no longer look away, maybe we will finally see what kind of man his teacher is supposed to be