Obligatory Post Before Acheron's Release

obligatory post before acheron's release

obviously, it's established that acheron is a variant of raiden mei. her real name is not actually acheron (confirmed through the livestream, but...come on, we all already knew that). specifically, there's loads of similarities in her design to the herrscher of thunder above all else

similar hair structure, hair part, n hairpiece (n obviously the color, too),

Obligatory Post Before Acheron's Release

sword structure, patterns, n nearly identical handles,

one "red" arm,

the bust/halter,

and of course, the color scheme as shown in acheron's "emanator" form, n the horns shown in the livestream

with all that in mind, i imagine acheron is a variant of mei who failed to save the person closest to her (her kiana, to simplify it), n/or watched them die, or even killed them herself. it's shown during her dance with black swan that there was obviously someone important to her in her past, conflict arose in a setting much like the one featured in the livestream, n there's even imagery of her walking alone with only the moon in the sky to keep her company

kiana has been associated with the moon n moon imagery since the flyme2themoon days; her origin was quite literally a game about blasting off to the moon

this teaser resembles thunders over nagazora to me, as well as mei watching kiana's end in honkai gakuen

there's also the fact that the type of emanator acheron is, an emanator of nihility, is classified as a self-annihilator; those who have felt the pull of nihility n been unable to escape drowning in it. self-annihilator's take the meaning of nihility to heart, so much so that it erodes their bodies n memories

acheron has been confirmed as the self-annihilator type in her character introduction posted recently. what really strikes me about this line is the phrasing of "existence is nothing"

sounds familiar, doesn't it?

mei is characterized by the tragedies in her life, n how they impact her. growing up isolated, a kidnapping at a young age, bullying at school, suicidal tendencies, n the constant reminder that the girl she loves more than anything in the world will always put the overall well being of humanity over herself

to me, acheron is a mei shaped by loss. the mei we remember from hi3 had the chance to grow n change; to learn from her mistakes, n to fight for a better world, bc she had the support of her friends n her most important person. acheron doesn't seem to have that level of support from anyone, at least not anyone still in her life currently

which brings me to my next point. she HAD a "kiana," but ultimately lost her. n this is the result

acheron is incredibly powerful, but her power seems incredibly volatile. she carries this innate sadness with her wherever she goes, n the very path she walks n the very aeon she became an avatar of strips life of all meaning, all the beauty from the world

it's a far cry from the mei we know, bc clearly, there was a very pivotal change in her development that i can only attribute to the loss of her world's "kiana"

"■■■."

Colours in LOONA

(Note: credit to Croissant de LOONA on Youtube, who came up with the original Color Theory. Even though I might deviate/add extra details to make my own, they did come up with the base for it.)

I’m focusing on Haseul, Kim Lip, Hyunjin, Choerry, Yeojin and Jinsoul for this. Firstly I’d like to point out how they are all linked in the song Colors (Hyunjin and Choerry in the chorus and Hyunjin singing about purple and Choerry singing about mirrors, Haseul and Kim Lip doing a duet for the bridge, that excellent Jinsoul and Yeojin choreography).

Of course if we look at their debut colours we can split them into primary colours (Kim Lip, Hyunjin, Jinsoul) and secondary colours (Yeojin, Haseul, Choerry). But then the XIX teaser dropped, and while Haseul, Hyunjin and Jinsoul didn’t have any reference to their colours, the other three did (ik it’s hard to see Kim Lip’s eye but lots of people are saying it’s there so oiqhfjrisyhdos):

At first I wrote this off as them being connected to Kim Lip (red + yellow = orange, red + blue = purple). Then I didn’t think about this again until I saw a post talking about secondary colours. Tbh I still don’t know what that post was talking about but a few weeks ago, I remembered something important: the logos on Haseul’s and Yeojin’s MV’s:

Haseul has a dark red while Yeojin has a pure blue, which are the opposite of their debut colours, green and orange.

Haseul’s colour change is especially interesting because in Let Me In, there’s a scene where her eyes turn silver:

Silver can be considered Olivia Hye’s colour. Guess which other primary colour is connected to Olivia Hye? That’s right, Jinsoul and her royal (dark) blue. Meaning Olivia Hye could be considered responsible for some of the colour changes in the LOONAVERSE.

The original Colors Theory states that Choerry was created in Hyunjin’s absence. But we can take that two steps further: Haseul, Hyunjin and Jinsoul are the original primary colours, while Kim Lip, Choerry and Yeojin were created as... back-ups? Second-in-commands? Which is why it’s only the latter three’s colours that appear in the XIX teaser.

Which brings us to Chuu and Go Won, the original orange and green girls respectively. When the two and Haseul and Yeojin get corrupted, Yeojin and Haseul become the new orange and green girls respectively.

Next post, I’ll cover the layout of the LOONAVERSE and the roles of LOONA, which helps to explain yyxy’s storyline.

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antoniachuu

3 weeks ago

Owl Ratio? 👀

Have you considered drawing Aventurine with wings? Or just a wing au in general?

he doesnt need a peacock-esque fashion anymore, he IS peacock