Why Should I Apologize For The Monster Ive Become

Why should I apologize                                for the monster I’ve become…

… when no one has apologized                                              for making me this way?

I got Volume 3 of the Zestiria manga today...

IT’S AWESOME!

Jesus this was dark. Never expected to hear something like this from Lunarre. I was struck by the immediate assumption that it was Simone was the one saying this, though it is clearly Lunarre because he is the focus of the panel and his lips are parted in speech.

It struck me - because family is Lunarre’s fixation, the thing he loathes. His next words (“Family, how disgusting” etc.) and the rest of his bitter dialogue tell us as much.

This speech sounded like something Simone would say. This made me think - did Simone further entrench Lunarre in darkness with her own views? Did she impart her own nihilistic worldview onto an already bitter and vengeful individual? It would certainly go a ways to explaining how and why Lunarre suddenly ended up at SImone’s side, working alongside her under Heldalf for his own ends.

If this is true, then could Simone be responsible for driving an angered Lunarre to malevolence before the start of the story? Was it she who had him become a hellion? Or did Lunarre seek her out, or come across her, and hearing that she could give him power - something Lunarre craved back then - willingly heed her words or do her bidding so that he might attain that power (as in, become a hellion)?

If Lunarre didn’t meet Simone before he went rogue, then it make sense that Simone would have approached and recruited Lunarre some time after the confrontation in Ladylake between him and Our Heroes. What did she reel him in with? Promise of more power? Promise of a definitive plan to destroy the people and things Lunarre hated?

Back to the speech itself, it appears Lunarre is regurgitating Simone’s beliefs in order to justify - or validate - his current state of loneliness. The idea of family still rankles him, and causes him immense pain, but he repeats Simone’s nihilistic ramblings because it momentarily hardens his heart against the pain. He doesn’t enjoy what he says - the mad grin he usually wears is replaced by a darkly solemn expression, as if he’s trying to convince himself.

I GREATLY look forward to where the manga takes my favourite fox boy!!

Hi. I'm back. Really. I'm really sorry, life really got on top of me and so many things happened and have been happening all at once, and frankly my muse flopped.

The flames of my muse have ignited again, however, and things have generally calmed down, so I think I'm ready to get back into the swing of things.

Also I bought the last volume of the Zestiria manga. Somehow I thought it would be longer. Shame.

And by God there's a lot to talk about. The disappointment is quite soul-crushing actually. What promise there was for Lunarre's character was royally blown up in flames (more on that later) and hilariously enough there was even MORE evidence that all of it was so easily avoidable if Rose had functioning ears and hadn't spent her life killing all her 'messes'.

But more on that later. I have scanning and RP stuff to attend to.

Again, sorry for my absence. I hope we can pick up stuff again :)

WISHING ALL OF MY MUTUALS AND FOLLOWERS WHO CELEBRATE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

3 voice challenge

3. Read the little blurb on the back of your shampoo bottle.

Lol here you go XD