corruption au meme

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CORRUPTION AU MEME

The Sword Army pursues the Retrograding Army through history, encountering familiar settings and reliving old memories. Though strong, with every change in time and setting, the swords dread the old memories. As they fight to preserve history as it is meant to be, the Sword Army must steel their hearts and resist temptation lest they come to fight themselves…

A popular fan theory is that the enemy swords you fight are actually your swords from an alternate universe who wished to change history. For this meme, feel free to make up your own starters or use one of the prompts below. Remember to state if your character is corrupted, not, or if you have no preference.

PROMPT IDEAS 1. How could you let this happen? They wanted to be left alone, their mood was poor, and maybe you should have noticed the signs but now that you have, it’s too late. They can’t stop these thoughts in their head and something in their soul has turned dark and ugly. Is it too late? Maybe you can get through to them… if not, are you ready to draw your sword? 2. Possession. Even the smallest trace of doubt can attract them— evil spirits. Once the dark spirit has latched on to your soul, it takes over and consumes you. Maybe the possession is gradual or maybe it happens suddenly. All you know is that everyone has regrets and anyone can doubt… this could happen to anyone. 3. Cry Wolf. We fought the same battles and shared the same meals together so it was only natural that we would be considered allies and friends. The fateful moment approaches and suddenly it is revealed: One of you is not a true friend. There is a traitor among you. 4. Becoming your own enemy. Your mission is to go back in time and let things happen as they were meant to be but their fall into despair was never supposed to happen, right? And so you went back in time to prevent their misfortunes but you keep failing again and again until, this time, you think you’ve got it. This time, you’ll be able to save your friend - but will you be able to save yourself too? 5. Reborn again. When destroyed in battle, the sword disappears only to return again anew. You can’t choose the fate you’re born with though and this time, someone has returned… from the wrong side.

INSPIRATIONS There are some corruption fanart floating around Pixiv, as well as a FST made by Aki (fletrir). Other canons with similar themes to this meme are first and foremost Puella Magi Madoka Magica, as well as Shin Megami Tensei and other demonic-theme heavy series.

Original premise and coding was done by eskimo, image taken from here.

Comments

[mida]

[ She simply nods her head, swallowing a small lump in her throat. She'll have to say it, won't she? ]

Are you worried about the war? I'm trying my best too... so hopefully everyone won't have to work too hard. [ She isn't very good at wielding a (regular) sword yet, but she's trying her best and she hopes they can see the improvements day by day. It was Satsuki who insisted they trained her after all. ]

Or... maybe you're worried about the future?

[adornmental]

[Admitting to worrying about the future would be admitting to a whole slew of other things that Kashuu doesn't want to touch with a ten foot pole, and his expression briefly sours.]

Do you really wanna talk about things like that right now?

[It's a quiet question, but that subtle, lingering edge in his tone makes it sound more like a warning than anything. It's not too late, he thinks, to just while away a few hours talking about benign and harmless things.]

[mida]

[ A chill makes it's way up her spine, and she pulls away from him for a brief moment only to step in front of him, stopping the walk, and stopping his path. Her hands reach to gently grip onto his wrist as she looks up to face him. ]

No, but if I don't talk about it now I'm not sure we ever will. [ She can't sit still, as if there's an unpleasant hum in the back of her head telling her to take action. He's been acting so distant for so long. ] You're all important to me, and I won't let them take you away. So... so if you're worried about something like that...

[ Where was she going with this? Her minds all muddled and she feels like crying. She's worried that her words are coming off as a childish plea but no one else is here, no one to tell her she shouldn't be acting this way, and she is but a child. ]

I'll protect you.