"To Mourn Deeply Is To Have Loved Deeply"

"Brother-in-law!"

SHANEHEIGHT DISAGREES (common shaneheight L)

BASED KENNETH HAIGHT GIVES SEAL OF APPROVAL (common kenneth W)

Isn’t it strange that during the quest ”The Soil, the Seed, the Fruit” where Lilith and Wanderer get to glimpse at Mephisto’s valued memories that he deliberately keeps in his mind, most of Mephisto’s memories are of specific moments, conversations, events…

For example, the memory of the moment when he manipulated Eru into betraying the Wanderer, as seen below:

But do you know what, or more precisely who is NOT presented like this?

Mephisto’s most treasured memory: Inarius, held as his captive.

Think about it. If the thing Mephisto valued here was the specific information about the Pools of Creation… wouldn’t it be presented similar to the other memories, the exact moment between Mephisto and Inarius when the secret was revealed?

Instead, it is purely and solely Inarius, chained and at the mercy of Mephisto. To me, this seems that the memory doesn’t represent any particular moment, event or conversation regarding Inarius, but simply Inarius in his captive state as a whole.

That is extremely SUS of our beloved Lord of Hatred. It seems that Mephisto enjoyed having Inarius as his prisoner very, very, VERY MUCH. (The Sin War books also suggest this heavily! Might make a post about that as well)

Okay gang, I went and skimmed through the third book, the Veiled Prophet, to find more evidence about Mephisto’s predatory interest regarding Inarius.

After the defeat of Inarius and the sacrifice of Uldyssian, the Angiris Council gathers to decide the fate of the Sanctuary, as we know. Mephisto intervenes this gathering, offering to seal the Burning Hells away from the Sanctuary, on the condition that he gets to keep the renegade angel who caused all the trouble to begin with…

Let’s look at the book itself and see how all that actually happened:

When asked about his motivations, Mephisto says that ”Oh my kids died here and I wanna honor their memory”, but…. THAT IS SUCH A BLATANT LIE OMG—

It has been stated very clearly that Mephisto did not spare his children from his hatred. Heck, in the Lord of Hatred DLC we learn that he created Lilith to be his little puppet in his little puppetshow, basically a TOY for him to combat boredom with. And when Lilith stepped out of line, running away with Inarius and creating Sanctuary, Mephisto wanted to hurt, punish and humiliate her by DESTROYING EVERYTHING she had created, just to show her she can never be anything more than what he made her to be.

I’m absolutely certain that if Lilith had been still around at the end of the Sin Wars instead of being stuck in the Void, Mephisto would have taken her to be tortured for eternity as well.

Fucking grade-A father of the year, isn’t he? So that’s why Mephisto’s ”motivation” is a clear lie. He doesn’t give a damn about his children, never has, and would certainly never bargain with the angels he oh-so-hates for the sake of Lucion and Lilith—

I find Mephisto’s hesitation here interesting. Was he unsure if the angels would agree to give him Inarius? Did he worry that they would see through his lie and realize his true intent regarding the renegade angel? It is… SUS.

He also blames Inarius for the fate of Lucion and Lilith (fair enough), but is there any truth to that, really? We already established that he does not care for them, so why would he be so intent to punish Inarius for their sake?

This is by far the most incriminating part— WHY the FUCK is he SO DAMN INTO GETTING HIS HANDS ON INARIUS—!?!

Tendrils. Tendrils. Fucking TENDRILS. What do you mean they ”eagerly” wrapped around him???????

And afterwards, once he has secured his new boy-toy-to-be, Mephisto can’t even talk without the sheer pleasure of it all seeping into his voice. What more evidence you even need? I rest my case.

He's either crying out his eyes and pauldrons, or bleeding, or maybe bleeding through the mouths coz it doesn't really look like it's actually coming out of the eyeholes in his shoulders but OUGH

This little detail kills me

Did the other Firstborn have nicknames for Inarius and Lilith? Did it maybe start as little kids (maybe couldnt say their full names as toddlers?) and just.. continue it out of habit?

This little detail kills me

Did the other Firstborn have nicknames for Inarius and Lilith? Did it maybe start as little kids (maybe couldnt say their full names as toddlers?) and just.. continue it out of habit?