Character Phases

Hey. Life is tiring. Time to take a break from my real life problems, and post about Twinkle's Story. Yay fun.

But before I go into that, I just want you to know that I am still planning on changing the blog banner and theme. I haven't had the time to choose a picture and do all the edits. Then do all the color changes. It can take quite a few hours for me to do all that. And honestly, I prefer using the same number of hours to type up a chapter on my computer than doing all that stuff. Just saying this because I know the blog is still in its 2016-2017 winter theme. Now that it's spring, I should work on a theme for the warmer months.

Well anyway, some info before the main part of this post begins. It's probably important.

Since I doubt I'll be able to post a chapter this weekend and possibly the next, I want to make sure I have the gists of my story plans already written down and typed up. I don't want to forget any important details in upcoming chapters.

I'll be discussing story events in upcoming chapters. Lots of things happen.

Warnings for the following content: body horror/mutilation, torture, severe violence, murder...

Shiz gets real. Deep shiz.

These spoilers though. So many.

Sorry lmao. I can't keep it all to myself.

Ok so. Let's begin. >:)

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Twinkle:

Up until towards the end of the 50s arc, Twinkle has been the submissive type. She lets people walk all over and screw her over. Her parents blamed her for Fauna's death for over a year, her hair turned permanently blue and she had a tail disability for a little while, she nearly died at least twice. That was all before she and Duke ran off together. Then when they ran away from their homes, Twinkle has to stay with Duke. So here she is stuck with this mentally unstable guy who only gets more and more unstable. She can't go back home because of the promise of a prophecy involving her, Duke, and the mysterious Green Eyes. Twinkle's parents were also apathetic about her death.

And then the Night of the Black Flames happens, which meant Fierdan awoken the connection between him and Duke.

I'll get to them later, but I just want to clarify. Duke and Fierdan are two different characters. They are partly the same person, but they're two different characters. Duke doesn't equal Fierdan, and vice versa. They are different.

So now after the Night of the Black Flames, Duke can use black fire. He has his brain invaded by Soulless and Soulless-possessed Fierdan. This makes Duke even more unstable and have a murderous intent. At one point, he tries to kill Twinkle. And on top of that, Duke is obsessing over the mysterious Green Eyes who becomes known as Dawn.

Due to fear and curiosity, Twinkle stayed with Duke. Was it really love? I don't know.

Then she gets trapped inside this ice castle in a separate reality. She's isolated from everyone and everything. Black Raven keeps her trapped. She sparks a change in Twinkle.

Twinkle leaves with her necklace gone, her tailpiece broken, and with one big thing.

She wants to distance herself away from her past. She hates how weak she was. She hates all the crap she went through.

So when Twinkle comes back, she is met with a panicked Dawn. At this point, Twinkle sees Dawn as being pathetic for worrying about Duke. She's like, "Why should I care about him?" which she wouldn't have been like if she hadn't been trapped and isolated for so long.

Fast forward to when Duke and Twinkle meet again. She just gives him the cold shoulder. Then she kinda breaks up with him.

Then after training with Dawn, Twinkle becomes more trained in the abilities of the fire Elemental Power than Duke. She beats his ass, that's basically it lol.

And during this time, Twinkle isn't afraid to punch and slap Duke in the face. She insults him a few times without remorse.

All of this is because she's trying to confirm with herself that she's a different person now. She's no longer weak.

Twinkle does the ultimate action of cutting her hair short (think of it like a pixie cut) and leaving to central territory before anyone else.

She cut her hair to distance herself from her past self. She left them behind to prove that she has strength.

So Twinkle is away from them when all the shiz gets down. Which will cause her to fall apart.

But when she's in central territory and sees all the chaos, she is led to the safety shelters. Since, well, all the survivors are afraid of the phantoms.

In the beginning of the story, Twinkle nearly died by phantoms. But at this point, she brings hope back to the survivors- including her parents- by going out all on her own to slaughter a large number of phantoms. Instead of being the victim, she's the killer of the phantoms this time.

At the very end, Twinkle is the last one standing. Which is why it's called Twinkle's Story. She is witness to her friends and enemies dying. But she continues to live on.

Fierdan/Danny:

There are five different versions of him. Different personalities in other words. I don't have much time left, so I'm going to briefly go through him and go on to Duke.

Pre-Fierdan Danny: The human child version of Fierdan. He hasn't renamed himself as Fierdan ("Fear Dan") yet, obviously. This version of him is the most gentle and weak side of him. He doesn't get angry and question things that are important in his life. Like, oh I don't know, how his father forced Ryen to work on the Jamaa project, how Zios would do cruel things to Dawn, how Danny never had a mother because she left the family soon after he was born and Zios caused her to die as punishment for cheating on him resulting in Dawn's existence. Danny is seen as pathetic and weak by his father. It's as if he's worth nothing. Pre-Fierdan is the peaceful one who wouldn't hurt anyone and anything. He also loves flowers and writing. He's such a cinnamon roll, okay.

Child Fierdan: This is the version of Fierdan before he turns into a heartless killer. Child Fierdan gets abused by Soulless who constantly tells him to hate and take revenge on his father. This is the phase that starts the times when Soulless would abuse Fierdan physically and mentally. This manipulates Fierdan on to the third phase.

Adult Fierdan 1: In this phase, Soulless has become part of Fierdan. Soulless controls Fierdan's actions. For example, if Fierdan doesn't kill someone, he would get physically punished (very painful lol). Soulless just wants Fierdan to be a killer. Fierdan has been manipulated and abused for so many years now. He hates everyone and is disconnected from the world. Everyone seems happy, which he is not. They think his father was a hero. They haven't been through all the years of pain that he went through. Fierdan hates everyone and wants to kill everyone. But most of all, he wants to kill his father. Violently. Which he does. Basically, this is the version of Fierdan where he's seen as a psychopathic serial killer. At one point, Soulless forces Fierdan to try and kill Dawn, but it ends with Dawn killing him instead. Much pain indeed.

Adult Fierdan 2: This version of Fierdan is the one seen in Fauna's POV in Chapters 72 and 73. He's working on defeating Soulless once and for all. And he needs Fauna's help in order to do that. Without being controlled by Soulless, Fierdan can be free to be himself. But of course, he's damaged. He's not peaceful and naive like in the first phase. He won't ever be that way again. So at this phase, Fierdan becomes more of a protagonist/good guy.

Post-Fierdan Danny: This is the older version of human Fierdan. It takes him a while, but he eventually throws the name, Fierdan, behind him and never uses it again. This version of him is most like the first, I guess. Soulless is gone. But unlike the first, Danny isn't as weak. He says what's on his mind, and he no longer lives hidden and in fear. In this phase, Danny gets breakdowns a lot from the memories of his Fierdan identity. It's all trauma. Issues regarding his sanity and mental state are finally brought up and addressed. But this time, it isn't violence. It's despair.

Before I finish this post with Duke, I want to discuss their relationship. Ok so. Fierdan and Duke don't exactly have the best relationship. Pain both ways.

Duke:

Just like how Fierdan/Danny has phases, so does Duke. Instead of five, there are three.

The first one is before the Night of the Black Flames. In this phase, Duke knows nothing about Fierdan and his cursed identity. He tries to live a normal life. In school, that works well. He's seen as a quiet kid who hangs out with the popular kids because of his looks. But he got detention a lot lol. Gotta have that ongoing destructive nature. In this phase, Duke has brown hair and only the tips are dark brown/black.

From the 60s arc which is obviously after the Night of the Black Flames, comes the second Duke phase. This is when Duke's hair has grown out and turned completely dark brown/black like Fierdan's. I'm in a rush, so onto phase three.

The last phase is the Duke transformation. That is the spoiler look. Spoilers below lol fun.

Phase 3: Demon Duke.

A lot of crap happens that leads up to Duke turning to this phase. Okay, a lot of terrible shiz.

In this final version of Duke, all the information comes out. His real identity, what he's made of, stuff like that. It relates to Fierdan of course.

Duke finds out why Fierdan did magic to create a fusion of himself and Soulless. Duke finds out why he's called Duke, the Duke Fierdan. DUKE stands for something. Duke is a pet name, and Duke is Fierdan's creation. So, in a sick way, Duke is like Fierdan's pet. Oh and Fierdan allowed Duke to go through so much pain.

After The Chapter when _______ dies and Duke is captured is when the third phase starts.

Duke is already effed up at this point. He just witnessed his friend's death. He got captured and taken away in the middle of a breakdown.

Dawn is helpless at this point. Ardere is gone. Twinkle is gone.

So then Duke is in the Tall Tower with Risak and Taurel. Taurel trusted Risak on torturing Duke for being "the physically living Fierdan", but Risak betrays Taurel.

Risak tries to kill Duke. He shoots bullets from a gun (pistol) at Duke. He shoots Duke in the head a few times. Duke doesn't die. Soulless won't let Duke die.

Duke isn't a regular person. Ok lol.

Since someone tried to kill him, Duke transforms into the demon phase. In other words, sinister Duke. Brutal Duke.

Adult Fierdan 1 and Demon Duke are kind of the same. Most violent versions.

Duke fights Risak. His eyes turn black, he becomes so powerful that he can break out of the chains. Most black flames. Extreme amount of black fire. His hair, now black, turns into black flames. It's like his body is black fire.

It's Duke taking revenge on Risak for trying to execute him. And since black flames are deadly if touched, Risak eventually dies.

This causes Taurel to be angry and more brutal to Duke.

Since Taurel knows that Duke's hair can turn into black fire, Taurel gets rid of it. He cuts Duke's hair and shaves his head. There are mysterious markings on Duke's head.

One of Duke's eyes stays completely black. That's his physical look.

But he's called Demon Duke for a reason. He is brutal and violent.

But before Duke and Taurel fight, Taurel tortures Duke for a few days.

Torture. Lots of pain. Haha yeah. Woo.

Taurel does this because he wants to inflict pain on Fierdan. Duke also has phantom blood, and Taurel is very interested in Duke's blood. As well as certain body parts. Duke gets mutilated lol.

After a few days, Duke is done. Ok he's done. Taurel killed his friend, Taurel tortured him, Taurel broke Duke. If they're humans, Duke lost his humanity. He's like a demon at this point.

I won't say what the torturing consists of. Let it be a surprise.

Taurel makes Duke bleed a lot, and he collects the blood. Taurel being the messed up guy that he is, decides to taste his blood. And he is obsessed with it.

When Duke has his revenge on Taurel, he takes his turn. Duke makes Taurel bleed. He bites him, taking parts of Taurel's skin with him. Duke tastes a lot of Taurel's blood.

Duke's like, "f*ck you, f*ck you, f*ck you" lol.

Believe it or not, but that was all very vague.

*mind blanks out and falls asleep*