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OKAY TRAUMA OLYMPICS TIME!
Ranking every Overblotter based on how sad their backstory makes me: THAT MEANS IT’S VERY BIASED AND SUBJECTIVE!
Waves hands in a manic gesture towards the disclaimer* (Now is your chance to turn around!)
7: Azul Ashengrotto-Got picked on for being different. The thing that takes me out about Azul’s backstory and its connection to his overblot is how basic it feels. I’m not here to invalidate his feelings, I understand those insecurities, but apparently the only thing stopping more people from overblotting is that they can’t accumulate blot at the same rate because of lower magic output. If you ask me, the real tragedy of his character is his inability to acknowledge his own achievements. He says, “I’ll show them!” and, yes, hon, you did. Calm down. You are 17, nothing is stopping you from becoming the person you say you are (unlike half the other people on this list). (0/10 He tried to take advantage of my compassion and took my home away. He can cry harder into his money for all I care. Also bottom tier Overblot design.)
(Slight edit: changed Azul's age to 17 because I put 15 before. That would have been his age before turning human to go to NRC, but that might have been confusing and seemed inaccurate. Thanks to the person who pointed that out! The rest of the statement remains the same.)
6: Vil Schoenheit—Hates being typecast and treated like number two. Bro’s real crime is checking his socials too much and letting it get to him. I feel nothing for Vil and he’s only above Azul because his situation is a little less common as a one in a million super celebrity which can come with outlandish amounts of stress I can't comprehend. Again, the tragedy is his inability to be satisfied with his current state of his career and acknowledge his success because someone’s always above him. YOU ARE 18! YOU HAVE YOUR WHOLE CAREER AHEAD OF YOU! Give yourself some space to breath. He’s the one character you’d think would know and see a therapist. He’s so perfectly managed about every other element of his life it seems almost out of character for him not to be considering his mental health. If you consider he's even taking time away from his career to go to school and have "normal teen experiences" I don't know why I should feel bad. (0/10 Attempted murder. Jealous biotch. Probably, less sympathetic than Azul actually.)
5: Leona Kingscholar—Also hates his life situation and being treated like second fiddle. Leona is above Vil because he DOESN’T have a way out of being “typecast.” Time and talent can't save him. He was born into a situation where he can’t be anything other than the second prince and when he finally got a chance to be number one at something (Spelldrive at NRC) Malleus shows up to put him back down to second place again. Life seems to have a karmic way of making Leona nothing more and I feel that. Honestly, Leona’s state makes me cry but I can’t rank him higher because the canon content for his character is sparse. Most of the elements about Leona are things you have to look into and read out of his actions and backstory and while that’s not bad, it’s frustrating that a lot of people overlook them because they aren’t as explicit as the other characters. Leona’s depression is very real, but because the symptoms manifest as less sad-boy and more tired jackass a lot of people overlook his failing mental health. He’s badly written and I feel like the first iteration of his backstory (Book 2 in game) does the worst job about making you feel anything for him considering his actions. (4/10 Smart character with lots of potential but written like an idiot where it counted. Also attempted murder.)
4: Malleus Draconia (TENTATIVE)—Doesn’t want to be alone. After all, what’s the point of being so powerful when it’s so lonely? Loneliness is a feeling that I think doesn’t get explored enough in the media I consume (maybe I need to look harder), so Malleus can be a little higher for what I currently perceive as his reasons for overblotting. He’s an immortal being constantly ostracized by the position he was born into and suffers from the classic conundrum of having to watch everyone he cares about go before him. For all intents and purposes he’s an orphan. He doesn’t have a lot of people he’s related to and can really consider close, so it hits him extra hard when they can’t be around anymore, and for all of his age, as a fae he’s really very young, immature, and inexperienced. The game is doing its darndest to make sure that he gets as thorough an explanation as possible and actively wants you to understand where he’s coming from and feel bad. So he gets the halfway point because as much as I love this kind of thing, favoritism and getting the longest time to explore his feelings only gets him so high. (6/10 I like that the MC has a personal stake in this one, and he's not actively trying to kill anyone.) (Since Book 8 isn’t over yet, his position is subject to change later.)
3: Riddle Rosehearts—Anal retentive to the extreme. Riddle’s mom is so hated by the fandom she is never getting a face reveal. Is now the time to express how bad I feel about Riddle being traumatized by strictness and rules to the point where he honestly believes that bending the most absurd rules will result in disastrous consequences? Maybe. I appreciate that we saw exactly the inciting incident that made Riddle the way he is now. So much of his character falls back on that one time he broke the rules as a kid, and it HAS SO MUCH IMPACT. He gets a lot of props for being one of the few overblotters to actually have character growth post-featured book. Riddle is a contender for second place, but his potential ability to grow beyond his circumstances makes him less tragic. (7/10 Riddle is a surprisingly strong first antagonist in the main story. Almost killed someone, but that was notably AFTER he broke down and turned into a rampaging monster.)
2: Jamil Viper—Can never be his true self. Jamil is another guy who was born into his lifestyle and has no feasible way out of what’s driving him up the wall. It’s not just about Kalim being naïve and sheltered, it’s about how Jamil himself can’t ever use the gifts he has or escape from that fate. He is better than Kalim at a lot of things, but has to act like an amateur so he doesn’t outshine the guy he’s been sworn to protect and serve. He has expectations set on him, and duties to fulfill, and his best route in life as presented to him is just to be as average and boring as possible despite his innate talent and potential. I don’t know if there’s supposed to be a way for Jamil to get out of his family’s servitude to the Al-Asims that causes him to be so bitter, so at this point I kind of assume he’s stuck and that makes it extra sad. The fact that he really just wants to go on vacation makes it hit harder that he’s not even that bad for a guy at a villains’ school. Book 5 giving him a chance to break out of that shadow is great, honestly. (8/10 I can't hate him. He just wants a break, man. He wasn't even trying to hurt anyone, but loses a point for dragging Yuu/MC into his scheme. [Don't y'all dare throw Kalim hate in here. That's not what this is about. I will fight you.])
1: Idia Shroud—Survivor’s Guilt. Book 6 really went there and we are going to talk about it. He did something he shouldn’t have as a kid and now he has to live with the fact that his kid brother is dead. He wanted so badly to undo what he did that he built a new version of him even though he knew deep down he could never replace Ortho. No. I’m sorry. You’re not beating that. That’s not event including the fact that he’s also stuck as a fracking guardian of the underworld in a family that is supposed to be incapable of overblotting in the first place. Idia has textbook depression, and that’s not a bad thing. He feels just as trapped as everyone else and doesn’t see a point to doing anything the conventional way if he doesn’t have to. Idia is NOT a perfect person or character, but as far as his writing for why he ends up doing what he does, I think he easily takes the cake. (10/10 Will weep again. Character writing, with a little dash of hope that he can find some bright spots in life. Extra points for Ortho telling him to keep living. Also, he has the coolest Overblot design. 100/10 for Technopunk Hades.)
This is a super abridged version of what I have to say regarding each of these characters, so I may have to write out actual essays and character analysis for them eventually. I tried to get out the gist of my rankings in as short a form as possible, but that might not be good enough for some people. Feel free to tell me how I misunderstand and mischaracterize your fave.
Where does your favorite lie?
A proper TWST elements of attraction alignment chart. No Poll because I will take no criticism. BUT if your fave isn't on here feel free to share what alignment or combination of traits you'd assign to 'em.
I want an event where Kalim, Rook, and Silver are the leads. Let the three of them having light magic be of some significance.
I'm surprised they haven't done this yet.
I don't think the color of a character's cosmic magic has been brought up at all in the actual text of the game and this kind of thing feels like another huge missed opportunity. For all intents and purposes it might just exist to differentiate between good guy and bad guy inspired characters. Like I know the appeal of the game is supposed to be based on the villains, but that feels a little half-hearted at this point so why not give the light trio some time to shine?
Thank you for your take.
Malleus versus idia is all fun and all
but I don’t like how technology is beating magic
even technology infused with magic
it takes away the fantasy aspect of it. The magical part of the magic school and students from it
Kalim on any given day
I remembered u have free will again
I LOVE YOU SCARABIA MANGA
In Kalim’s defence half the school is gnc and/or alt. Jamil’s new gyaru friend could’ve been anyone.
Kalim(misses Jamil a lot when they are separated to the point it physically hurt sometimes and wistfully wishes he would’ve a stayed but tries to live on. He feels like he’s in pain but he will be able to survive)
Jamil(a month without Kalim and his soul collapses and he fucking dies. I’m serious he just dies. Like physically he just explodes of agony and fucking dies. Not like figuratively his body just shuts down)
These too are very codependent but I like making Jamil worse. He’s more obsessive in his personality anyway and takes things to a much farther extreme.
Praying for Idia actually because why is malleus so scary
One more tiny annoyance but I believe that Kalim is Kyu-kurarin, a genki girl, and a girlhood fellow, I will not elaborate on the last bit am too slow for that.
Any ways KALIM WORLD DOMINATION ! ! !
this is how it feels to be a kalim stan in twst fandom
𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫✨⚔️
isn't it wild that even though silver (and sebek!!) are canonically buff and strong, they're barely represented that way in-game? maybe the PE uniform cards depicted that well, but everything else just nerfs their god-given right to beefy glory... also people need to make more content of cheeky silver. it's canon. he's so blunt sometimes lol
this goes out to that one anon that pointed out the lack of silver on my blog-- you're absolutely right and I apologize deeply because tumblr nuKED YOUR ASK OTL hopefully they still see this lol
Sea emperor leviathan Azul is done!! another nightmare to draw but still fdkhfdhjsfdhjfdshfds
And the twins for size reference fdkfdskjdfsjksdjks
Maybe Floyd was right, we really are a shrimp hflhdkhdldhkydlydkd
Alternate colors below
Kitte
what they be doing when grim spends the nights at Heartslabyul
*rolls around in my texture brushes like a cat with catnip*
Anyway I wanted to do a painting of Lilia being creepy, although he ended up more menacing I think. Hard to say, I'm still lost in the crunchy textures sauce.
So cute!!
rose hunt-clover, a literal plant turned human due to science club shenanigans
he insists on calling trey and rook “papa”, though one of them is much more adamant about upholding this title than the other
please don't like without reblogging!
my sebek part of the twst art nouveau collaboration hosted by @//antropix_ on instagram ^_^
return of magical girl outfit i drew at 2 am that one time
watch your step, miss!
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Y'ALL SHOULD READ rubyredjelly's REPLACED AU. I LEGIT WANNA THROW HANDS.
ITS SOOOO GOOD OML 😭 MY HANDS LEGIT ITCHING TI BACKHAND THE CHARACTERS SOO BAD.
BYE
TWST Incorrect quotes#232 Rose & Thorns
Ace: Once I overheard Yuu and Riddle having a fight that went like this-
flashback
Ridd: Anything that comes out of your mouth is stupid!
Yuu: Riddle Rosehearts
End Flashback
Ace: To this day I still laugh out loud in inappropriate settings because I randomly think about it-
I love Riddle, and I adore the only guy who can tell me what to do(He is the short queen so I must obey)...but it's gonna be colonizer vs Mexico again and I ain't losin-
SHITTING TEARS RN ITS 4AM I CANT
“WAKA SAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”
BRO 😭
Apparently Cater's hair isn't actually tied up, it's not even half it's a pompadour. I'm guessing he added the hairclip so it would look like his hair is tied
( pompadour ; in which the hair is turned back off the forehead in a roll )
: you can find this in the magical archives
All this time my whole life is a lie 😭😭😭
Sorry he's just so fucking basic 😭
there are only 2 sides to the twisted wonderland fandom: you either hate neige with every atom in your body or you absolutely adore him.
HE GOT SLAYED 😭
Riddle: And you! You don't even have any magic! What kind of failures must your parents be?
MC: I can confidently say that if I came home with a failing grade, my mom would still love me. Can you?
Now why would you say that 😕
Malleus: I just figured out child of man is planning a surprise party for me.
Malleus: What should I do, Lilia?
Lilia: Surprise them back!
Lilia: Don't show up.
HAHAHAHAH💳💳💥💥💥💳💥takeitplease💵💳💥💳💳💥💵HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
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The angst 😔
Rumours say:
"The Ramshackle mansion used to be a dorm with only two students who were one once"
"Not so long ago too! A monster and a magicless human, inseparable they were, and so many tragedies they faced, seven overblots"
"They say that there was an eighth one, this was the one who took their life, and the last one in Night Raven, the reign of overblots was stopped by a magicless human and their monster... at the cost of their life... taken by the same monster they loved"
"That's just a rumor tho"
"A sad one"
"That probably is just a made up story"
"Yeah... wanna scare the 1th years with it tho?"
"Hell yeah dude!"
That's what the students say, what they don't notice is how diferent the collage is at this age.
They don't ask why there's a therapist being hired for NRC and how rigid their contract is, bided by a powerful unique magic, sealed in the deeps of a grave in the same building the story revolves around.
Noone questions why every dorm has more bonding activities instead of competitive ones, between themselves and their "rivals", all promoted by the head of the house Alsim.
Noone asks why every year there's a gathering between very old students, all always there, some grumpier than others, but even those are open to listen and many advises to give.
Noone sees seven specific guest always passing by a grave in the abandoned building leaving flowers behind, each year is the same, but noone bothered to ask
However, there's a story the paintings sometimes tell, of a magicless student who didn't belong to this world, their roommate monster, their friends and allies, and how in the end, they could go back home even if it was in a painful way.