The Arcana - Blog Posts

All long-form fics will be linked to Ao3

My entire catalogue of fics are linked under the cut, if there’s no link it means I haven’t cross-posted it yet. (I’m still working on it, I promise)

Many Paths- Leon decides to put off joining the military for one very specific reason

Shifter- An illusion is the truth aka: Leon’s worst nightmare

Special Girl- You finally get Leon right where you’ve always wanted him. Your bed

Strictly Business- A Princess marries Kylo Ren for the sake of her planet (long-form)

Lead Me Home- Two spies fall for each other without realizing they’re on the same side (long-form)

Cool Water- When the outlaw Levi Ackerman gets captured by a handsome Sheriff, he has until the end of their journey to prove he’s really not that bad of a guy (Cowboy au, Long-form)

Winter Break- Your hot step-brother Eren comes home from college, shenanigans ensue

Fraulein- Reiner recalls a summer he spent with a farmer’s daughter (1920s Texas au)

Mister Right- The wondrous algorithms of Tinder lead you to the man of your dreams (Long-form)

Phantom Blood

Gentle Giant- Johnathan Joestar gets down and dirty (respectfully)

Battle Tendency

Stardust Crusaders

Stay With Me- After realizing how close he came to losing you, Jotaro comes clean about his feelings (Star-Crossed Crusaders pt 1/4

Remember Summer Days- You and Jotaro cross paths a few years later when your exchange program sends you to Japan (Star-Crossed Crusaders pt 2/4)

Diamond is Unbreakable

Never Meant- Jotaro tells you he’s married, you can’t take it anymore (Star-Crossed Crusaders pt 3/4) (wip)

Golden Wind

Science Fiction- Ghiaccio has a giant crush on the maid, good thing she’s a loser too

Science Fiction Double Feature- You and Ghiaccio decide to get serious

Antici…pation- Ghiaccio finds out the hard way where babies come from

Simple Solutions- Screaming babies are the worst

Run With Me?- Risotto has more secrets than Passione knows

Easter Sunday- Mista meets a pretty girl at Mass, and then almost fucking dies

Stone Ocean

Highlight of My Evening- Jotaro and his girlfriend smoke some pot and get horny

Lovefool- You knew hooking up with your best friend’s dad was wrong, but just once couldn’t hurt, right?

Right Enough for Me- It was always Joel, no matter what problem you had, he would take care of it.

Calander Girl- You meet Johnny when he accidentally walks onto your modeling set. What could happen?

Come on Princess- Hawks invites you to go out with him and his boyfriend, you end up being their third

Candlelight- In which Eli Sunday is more than happy to consummate his marriage

“Bible Study”- Father Sunday lies to protect your reputation, after all, how would that make him look?

Stars and Oblivion- after years of searching, you finally find her (a Mad Max fic)

ok, VI is a Rhea Ripley, I dreamed about this today

Been there, done that.

Might as well accept that I love you! 💁🏾‍♀️❤️

Embrace your clownery, SaltyFroggo.

Sorry, As!

But Chaotically Charismatic Oopsies McBlond is my type 💁🏾‍♀️

Me playing Lucio’s route

love is blind

Lucio: Hey! What you did today, honey?

Loona: I accidentally joined a cult.

Lucio: That sounds like something I would do.

Loona: Nah... At first I thought you were cheating, but then I realized that I misunderstood the concept of the word fuck-

Lucio: The fuck..?!

Asra: Welcome to the "Fuck Lucio" support group, where we gather to say "Fuck you” to the insufferable Count of Vesuvia

Asra: But first, a few words from our newest member

MC, sweating: So, I may have misunderstood-

🤣

I went to sleep at 3 am to do this.

SO... Voice actors for...

THE ARCANA!!!

THREE, TWO, ONE... GO!!!

Nadia Satrinava – Beyoncé

Bitch! A Queen for a Queen! (Or should I say Countess) I imagine no one but her doing Nadia’s voice!!!

Imagine Nadia playing piano for us, soft talking voice as she begins and then... OH MY GOD! KNEEL BEFORE YOUR MAJESTY!!! 😍😩

Asra Alnazar – Shawn Mendes

Calm and sincere, and a bit sarcastic... I just feel like it fits like a glove on him! Oh... And don’t forget lovable and magic...😍😌

Muriel – Corpse Husband

Hear me out, okay?! Good... So we all know he is a soft boy, but I can’t keep imagining he has a deep voice, but also relaxing... So I feel like Corpse it’s a good choice... 💁🏾‍♀️😅😳

“Pasha” Portia Devorak – Cameron Diaz

She is so cute and enchanting, but also adventurous and playful! SO, NO! I DIDN’T CHOSE HER BECAUSE SHE RESEMBLES FIONA! SHUT UP!!! 😳😍

“Ilya” Julian Devorak – Anthony Warlow

You just need to search “It’s A Dangerous Game” and “Alive” from the Jekyll and Hyde soundtrack. But if you don’t see it... Feel free to disagree. 💁🏾‍♀️😏

“Lucio” Montag Morgasson – Tom Hiddleston

Bitch... I don’t even need to say why... Just have him!

He gives me the trickester god complex vibes! 🤩😍💁🏾‍♀️

And this type of love is unrational

It’s physical Mentally delusional!!!

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. 😭❤️

(via ifunny.co)

Yeah, I started playing Arcana for a few days by now...

AND MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO PICK THE “OPPSIES” BLOND!!!

Messmer looks... slightly familiar...

(the artist's tag is in the bottom left corner btw ;3)

This isn't bad, at all...just my favorite men of all damn time, and they give off similar vibes yk?

I loved Julian from arcana, he has a similar design and came first, although he's kinda slutty sassy he's still perfect.

Meanwhile messmer is just the similar vibe, hes absolutely slutty but instead of sassy he's just one of those emo-ish bad guys who will rock your world and maybe feed you to his snake, who knows?

Also if you never have ..i recommend playing Arcana unironically... because as i like the story, there's just some charm of the characters you'll always remember even for a mobile game...

Live laugh messmer and julian

i don't even know how to start this but uhhhh hi!! i'm not really new on tumblr but this is the first account i create intending to meet people and make friends so i'm not really sure about how to do like. anything at all

But i guess i should start by introducing myself a little bit ;)

➵ You can call me either Sylvie or Syl. I'm more used to people calling me Syl but both are fine.

➵ I go by any pronouns, she/he/they, you can use any of them

➵ English is not my first language, but Spanish! I'm from Spain but i'm trying my best

➵ I'm 17

➵ My account is a safe space for LGBTA+ people (i'm queer myself!!)

➵ I try to use tone indicators (/j /s /srs /p...) whenever i feel they're needed. However, if you need me to use them more often just tell me

➵ I'm a reaaaally anxious person. And i always have a hard time socialising or even talking to my friends. I feel like that's important info ahahah but i really wanna make friends just be patient with me please

That's pretty much everything i think. Soooo here are some of my main interests to complete the post!

🌻 C A T S. i am. so. totally. completely. overwhelmingly. IN LOVE with cats

🌻 Girl band/idol games, Bandori and D4DJ are my favs atm

🌻 Webtoons, currently reading Boyfriends, True beauty and Omniscient reader's viewpoint

🌻 Otome games, i'm really into The Arcana and Fictif

🌻 Cartoon series, i haven't watched many but i love The Owl House, i'm about to start Amphibia and i'd like to watch Steven Universe and Adventure Time soon!!

And that would be it, please let me know if you want us to be mutuals!! i'd very much appreciate any comments or likes <3

byeeeee!!

Real quick Muriel doodle 👍

Was thinking of posting this on his birthday in a few days (the 10th) but I must show this off

I’ll just draw something else for his birthday

MURIEL ONE CHANCE PLEASE 😭🙏

Wanted to practice lighting with Quinn!

(I did not draw the background obviously)

In 2 days it’s my 4 year anniversary of creating her :D

First ever drawing^ She grows up so fast :’)

Practicing side profiles with me and my friends arcana mcs Artious and Quinn + Asra and Muriel 👍

Art dump of my arcana mc

I made her in 2019 and is still my favorite oc I made

Maybe one day I’ll force myself to learn the arcana art style so I can draw her like an official character

Anyone who makes fan art of the arcana (the game) you WILL be my friend… you have no choice >:]

PLEASE‼️🙏 I AM SO SERIOUS ABOUT THIS

I NEED MORE ARCANA ARTIST FRIENDS

When I realized it was Nadia’s birthday week I was half way finished with this picture of Faust , sorry Nadia ;-; , anyways here’s a picture of my queen

I think Julian Devorak has to be one of my favorite characters ever conceived in fiction. I love how complex he, is it's not every day you see a male character in romance-based media have such nuance to him. He's not just "dramatic" he's also very caring and considerate of those around him. it's just something you don't see very often when it comes to most male characters in visual novels. It makes me pretty sad when the writers seem to have his character misconstrued in the game sometimes.

I don’t think I will ever be able to scape them

Idk if this was ever a thing but I thoutgh it did be funny to draw me with some of my favorite love interests from VNs like that one scene from GF with mabel and her crushes lmao.

definitely the best boy in the novel (for me ofc), I love him <3

My and @1lyalyney arcana OCs together be like:

there difference between mc "The magician" and mc "The fool"

arcana version:

(do u think he takes off his arm at night? it's have a sense, I think)

I need a route with that dottore-shrek ass >:D

my OC-myself in arcana ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (jeez, how many hours have I left in this novel?)

some color doodles with my cutie boyyyyyy ( o˘◡˘o)

✨HELLO RVB FANDOM I AM ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE✨

I don’t know if any of you know much about Tarot, but I am in the process of drawing an rvb tarot deck and these are my thoughts for which character should be assigned to each of the major arcana cards.

Included in parentheses after the character are some trailers generally associated with that arcana (to my understanding)

Please feel free to let me know in comments/tags if YOU think these fit/what fits better so I can potentially make the deck!

_____________ {arcana below fold} _____________

💙 Fool- Caboose (new beginning, fresh start, risk, a chance, new cycle, originality, fearlessness, travel, innocence, being green, trickster, acting foolish)

❤️ Magician- Tex (talent, skill, power, magic, control, manifest, tools, mastery, willpower, focus)

💙 High priestess- CT (intuition, feminine wisdom, hidden knowledge, secrecy, initiation, receptivity, spirituality, the inner world)

❤️ Empress- Allison (feminine power, abundance, fertility, pregnancy, marriage, creativity, receptivity, pleasure, mothering, nurturing, giving birth)

💙 Emperor- The Director (Order, structure, authority, power, boss, masculine, father, ownership, autonomy)

❤️ Heirophant- Sarge (tradition, structure, teacher, mentor, counselor, religion, dogma, advice, status quo, organization, conformity, rules, church, obedience)

💙 Lovers- Grif and Simmons (romance, partnership, love, choices, duality, opposites, union)

❤️ Chariot- Shiela (triumph, directed willpower, control, direction, movement, progress, vehicle)

💙 Strength- Carolina (strength, inner power, self control, calm, endure, willpower)

❤️ Hermit- Epsilon (inner wisdom, solitude, withdrawal, quiet, teacher or guru, research, seeker)

💙 Wheel of fortune- The Triplets, or the Chorus Rebels??? I can’t decide (luck, change, a turn of events, karma, movement, shift, improvement, fate)

❤️Justice- Doc & O’Malley (fairness, court, justice, balance, weighing options, seeing both sides, consequences, integrity, honesty, truth, law, middle path)

💙 Hanged man- Temple (sacrifice, letting go, faith, suspension, waiting, hang-ups, martyr, illusion, surrender)

❤️ Death- Felix (ending, transition, transformation, release, change, severance)

💙 Temperance- Lopez (moderation, balance, healing, alchemy, middle ground, patience, blending, harmony, guardian angel)

❤️ Devil- Meta/Sigma (bondage, materialism, negativity, slavery, addiction, stuck, jealousy, deviance, excess)

💙 Tower- Kimball (chaos, disruption, tearing down, rebuilding, uncertainty, blow, enlightenment, unexpected change, overthrow, revolution)

❤️ Star- Donut (hope, optimism, healing, balance, spirituality, health, well being, peace, wishes, vulnerability, success, balance)

💙 Moon- Wash (intuition, illusion, deception, darkness, reflection, fear, subconscious, dreams, difficulty, fear, imagination)

❤️ Sun- Tucker (optimism, success, joy, birth, happiness, health, inner child, energy, enthusiasm)

💙 World- Rooster Teeth Founders? Or Blood Gulch? Or RVB kill switch? (completion, ending, success, travel, closure, graduation, Universe, freedom, environment, rebirth)

https://www.thetarotlady.com/tarot-card-meanings/

The Tarot Lady

Tarot Card by Card - Tarot Card Meanings

Tarot Card Meanings. Tarot Card by Card. Hip, modern tarot card interpretations for every card in the deck with affirmations, prompts + more

^^possible link for meaning reference

<<I have individual assignments for nearly all the minor arcana too, but that would be far too long to post here>>