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Sorry, As!

But Chaotically Charismatic Oopsies McBlond is my type 💁🏾‍♀️

Me playing Lucio’s route

love is blind

This makes me understand why I am in the middle of both upright and reversed routes...

AND WHY IT IS TORTURING ME!!!

Something people don't understand about Lucio's route

[Also, something important to take in count: I'm really tired, I've been listenting to Florence + The Machine, Aurora, and Hozier all day, I just played Lucio's new chapter, and this may not be really well-written or make actual sense. I don't know, I'll probably delete it later.]

We all know that the MC has to prevent the LIs to fall back into their old habits, right? We have to prevent Julian from self-sacrificing and thinking of himself as someone dangerous because of not knowing whether he killed Lucio or not, we have to prevent Muriel from isolating himself and considering himself a monster because of his times at the Coliseum, and so goes on with the other characters. We also know that each character, LIs or not, has a patron, they all represent one of the major arcana— Morga represents the Chariot, Portia represents the Star, Valerius represents the Hierophant, and so on. The only characters I can think of right now without a patron are Lutz (Lucio's father, who doesn't even has a sprite), Tasya, and Khamgalai.

However, people tend to think that Lucio's Reversed Ending will simply (key word being "simply") be about him going back to being a dictator who doesn't care about his people, that he will seek power once again, that he will join the Devil on his plan or something like that, and it's just... no. It doesn't fit. It won't be only about that.

Let's see the meaning of the Devil, Lucio's patron, according to The Arcana fandom wiki page about the tarot deck:

Upright: The Devil knows there is power in perception. He binds those who cannot see their path to freedom.

Meaning: Shake off his veil: you are not trapped. There is always a way out of even the darkest places.

Reversed: The Devil loses influence over his flock as the chains of bondage drop from his tight grasp.

Meaning: It is time to clean house: purge the things that harm you from your life. Take back your power.

The main problem with Lucio is not that he was a dictator, he wants to fix his mistakes, he feels sorry for it, and he doesn't want to do it again. No, the problem with Lucio is that his life consisted mostly in one thing— running away. From Morga, from the courtiers, from the plague, from the Devil, from his deals, from everything.

The Devil, in tarot, is about bounding, and taking in count that Lucio avoids his problems and escapes from them, it could mean something good for his character arc. He would stop running away, and finally do something with the mess he made.

But, this doesn't end here. It would be too easy if it did. Remember The Star, the book in which the MC and their blond goat encountered the Arcana? Also, do you remember who else had the Fool's powers apart from the apprentice? Yes, our dear count.

Let's now see the meaning of the Fool:

Upright: The Fool stands on a cliff's edge, overlooking the limitless potential of their future.

Meaning: The way is uncertain, but you have all the tools. Make the leap. Do not let insecurity bind you.

Reversed: The Fool rushes in without guidance, ignoring all the warning signs.

Meaning: Beware of acting rashly. Consider the consequences of your actions and tread lightly in the dark.

Let's think— the Fool, reversed, is about rushing in without considering the consequences, while the Devil, upright, is about having a way out of the darkest places. Don't you think that, since he's related to both, he may represent the Fool reversed and the Devil upright?

Let's take this a bit further; the Fool, upright, is about being brave enough to face the future, while the Devil, reversed, is about getting rid of harmful things and take back your power, about escaping from his chains. And you know who not only has the Fool's powers, but also can break the Devil's chains? Yes, the MC.

What I'm trying to say is: the meaning of the tarot cards matter, and a lot. The Devil's meaning isn't inherently bad, and the Fool's meaning isn't inherently good. It seems like Lucio and the MC share two patrons. Also, from what we saw, I think that Lucio's Reversed Ending won't be just about "going back to evil", it would be about running away. Again.

There are two versions of the love confession in The Moon (you can find both here, credit to @snake-sweaters). One of them is more like "We're alone, but together in this" (a bit possessive, it kind of excludes, oh, I don't know, the rest of the world they're tying to save), while the other one is like "I want a future with you, after we fix up all of this, and I want to change and actually be useful" (clearly character development from the selfish, problem avoider Lucio we had at the start from his route). I think the first one leads to the Reversed Ending; it feels like "us against the world", while the second one feels more like "us for the world". You get me?

To finish this mini-essay, I want to show you a small hint we've got with these two decisions when the dead ask the MC and Lucio what they're going to do to save the world.

This is what happens when you choose "whatever we can"

And this is what happens when you choose "whatever's necessary"

If you ask me, "whatever we can" is the upright choice— do you think the dead would ask the MC "by whatever means necessary?" in an "are you really sure?" kind of way and their (the apprentice) voice would go through the city like a thunder? Like, in the other Reversed Endings the characters do what they feel is necessary, despite it being pretty fucked up, instead of doing what they can.

Also, whichever choice the MC took Lucio would be all like "yeah, me too, I'll do the same", so... yeah.

I think that if Lucio went back to his old self it would be because he'll do whatever's necessary to stop the Devil or something like that, or he may try to run away from him with the MC, letting chaos unleash everywhere, but not actually caring about it. He has the apprentice, after all, what else could he want?

TL;DR: Lucio's bad habit isn't just "being bad", it's running away, not keeping his word, and not adressing any of his or other people's problems. I think his Reversed Ending will be about him avoiding the Devil so he can be with the MC, which will lead to him not keeping his promise of saving the world and becoming better, which will lead to... well, old Lucio.

@apprenticeofcups, you wrote some interesting theories and metas about this game, you have more experience doing this than I do, and I feel like this meta isn't actually well-written. Anything you may like to add? (Only if you want to, of course)

This made it all worth it... ❤️😍

Don't touch me I am still emotionally recovering from this. 😭❤️

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Halloween zodiac boys pt 1: Pisces Julian, Capricorn Lucio and Gemini Asra and Faust

ART DUMP PART 2

Morgasson family part 3

Tiny Montag and Aisling

Some Asra to mix it up (cough @wanderingmagician613 cough)

He isn’t bothered by it

Gladiator Alyx!

Wedding day 🥂🎉🎊

Hybrid AU with @golden-goat-daddy

Teen Ember Ehre Morgasson, daughter of Count Lucio ( @golden-goat-daddy ) and Alyx

ART DUMP TIME!

Masquerade dress

Alyx’s gaelic dress if she ever visits home

Trying on Lucio’s clothes (coughiblamejenof @golden-goat-daddy cough)

Alyx and Lucio

The Morgasson family part 1

Morgasson family part 2

Fun bases part 1

A quick run to the market (yes i realize i forgot his sash! Shush!)

Fun base part 2

Reverse Alyx!

Asra and Julian doodles + the finished digital as well as Muriel and Lucio’s doodle.

"Sometimes in my life I feel like a sorceress that can't totally control all their power and it's killing me"

Ok, I don't know how many will care about this, but I kinda wanted to write some things down about my apprentice so here we go ✨

(sorry for any mistakes in advance, English is not my first language ✊🏻💫)

Audelia Emersyn

20 years old

she/her, born female

black hair

blue eyes, turn violet when she uses/controls magic, before she is able to fully control her magic abilities her eyes turn black which pretty much shows that she's almost killing herself if Asra wouldn't stop her

she is the daughter of a really powerful sorceress and a quite skilled magician which worked in the palace, putting her into the position of becoming equally strong as them, at least that's what she's telling herself

her parents had to leave Vesuvia one day, leaving her behind in the palace

loves elegant clothing but also wears baggy clothes when she is working or travels with Asra

before her death, she sometimes helped Julian in the palace while he was working on finding a cure to the plague

she knows about the little adventure™ that Julian and Asra had :')

she never told Asra, neither Julian

that was not her business

she pretty much didn't want to know if she was honest with herself

Asra and her got into a romantic relationship shortly after that. Afterwards Asra revived her and she lost her memories they eventually grew closer again but since Audelia and Julian started to see each other more often Asra decided to keep his feelings to himself in order for Audelia to be happy

speaking of Julian, the reason they get to see each other more often is because Audelia sometimes works in the tavern during night time, which he frequently visits

this way she is able to raise a bit a more money to afford things, even though it's quite stressful at times handling working in Asras shop during the day and in the tavern during the night

she gets along with Muriel quite well

Audelia is really close friends with Portia, before and after the young apprentice died, this didn't change, they pretty much got their relationship back to where it was

Portia got to know Audelia from the time where she was quite a known sorceress at the palace

Nadia (and formerly sometimes Lucio, but let's be honest only because Nadia said so) would rely on Audelias powers and knowledge to keep Vesuvia safe whenever there was an attack or a danger approaching, even though she wasn't able to fully control it and put her life at risk with this

she stayed and lived in the palace, after her parents were gone, but from time to time she would stay at Asras house until she moved in with him

after her memories vanished, Nadia never asked Audelia for help again, neither did she even try to contact her, since she was afraid that Audelia would eventually truly kill herself by being unable to control her magic even more than before

Audelia has no clue how she's ever able to learn how to control her magic powers and become a powerful sorceress like her mother was

the reason she didn't want to leave Vesuvia with Asra when the plague broke out was because she still hoped her parents would return one day and Audelia was afraid she wouldn't be there when the time would come

only a few people know about her sword fight abilities (Asra, Julian, Nadia)

one day, when the palace is under attack (fighting for who is ruling Vesuvia, u know) Nadia will ask Audelia to fight, which she will but at first only with her sword and a limited amount of magic

on that day she will get her memories back

she will also be able to wield her powers

but it's a long and hurtful way until then

Made another one for Asra 🔮💜💫

Here's an attempt for an aesthetic for my Arcana apprentice 💜🔮✨