castlevania characters:  Sypha Belnades     

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Alucard [Castlevania - Season 2]

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“These books are for relaxation! That is why there are so many of them. My time is free and I don’t need to limit myself to just the ones that are ‘useful.’”

She pokes back at him, right at the top of his hand. “And what about you? Are you just reading to be useful?” 

She gives him a look. She has her suspicions on the kinds of books Alucard would read if left to his own devices. 

“I see.” Alucard’s eyes glittered. “Romance novels and fantasies, then? Are you reading of knights carrying swooning damsels away?”

He could hardly imagine her interested in such a thing, and he was only speaking in jest, but at the back of his mind he realized that it was very possible that she had such sides that she had simply not shown him. Humans could be a great deal more complex than many of them appeared to be on the surface.

The truth is Sypha has a limited interest in such topics. Romance is nice, similar to how warm drinks are sometimes nice. They both can make life a little nicer but neither are needed to make it worthwhile. If he ever found her devouring a novel on that topic he is would know she was down to the last book in the library.

❛ Name one hero who was happy. —- You can’t. ❜

❛ I feel like I could eat the world raw. ❜

❛ We are like gods at the dawning of the world. ❜

❛ I could recognise him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world. ❜

❛ There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw. ❜

❛ You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature. ❜

❛ He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. ❜

❛ Some men gain glory after they die, others fade. ❜

❛ I am made of memories. ❜

❛ Will you come with me? ❜

❛ I wish I had let you all die. ❜

❛ It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after. ❜

❛ Bury us. Let us be free. ❜

❛ Go. He waits for you. ❜

❛ Nothing could eclipse the stain of this dirty, mortal mediocrity. ❜

❛ I know I have told you of this. ❜

❛ I don’t know how you remember them all. I swear they look the same to me. ❜

❛ Perhaps you should get some new stories, so I don’t fucking kill myself of boredom. ❜

❛ I yearn for the darkness and silence of the underworld, where I can rest. ❜

❛ There is no honour in betraying your friends. ❜

❛ There is no answer. Whichever you choose, you are wrong. ❜

❛ Divine blood flows differently. ❜

❛ How is there glory in taking life? We die so easily. ❜

❛ This is what I will miss, I think. I will kill myself rather than miss it. ❜

❛ How long do we have? ❜

❛ Do you think we fight hopeless wars? ❜

❛ There is no law that gods must be fair. ❜

❛ I do not fear ridicule. I never have. ❜

❛ You were always better with words than I. ❜

The Delphic maxims are a set of 147 aphorisms inscribed at Delphi. Originally, they were said to have been given by the Greek god Apollo’s Oracle at Delphi and were therefore attributed to Apollo himself. The 5th century scholar Stobaeus later attributed them to the Seven Sages of Greece. Contemporary scholars, however, hold that their original authorship is uncertain and that ‘most likely they were popular proverbs, which tended later to be attributed to particular sages.’ Send me a number 1 thru 147 for a Delphic maxim that I’ll use to write either a starter, drabble, or headcanon that I personally feel fits the maxim. Send 🔄 for a random number instead.

001. — Follow God. 002. — Obey the law. 003. — Worship the Gods. 004. — Respect your parents. 005. — Be overcome by justice. 006. — Know what you have learned. 007. — Perceive what you have heard. 008. — Know yourself. 009. — Intend to get married. 010. — Know your opportunity. 011. — Think as a mortal. 012. — If you are a stranger, act like one. 013. — Honor the hearth. 014. — Control yourself. 015. — Help your friends. 016. — Control anger. 017. — Exercise prudence. 018. — Honor providence. 019. — Do not use an oath. 020. — Love friendship. 021. — Cling to discipline. 022. — Pursue honor. 023. — Long for wisdom. 024. — Praise the good. 025. — Find fault with no one. 026. — Praise virtue. 027. — Practice what is just. 028. — Be kind to friends. 029. — Watch out for your enemies. 030. — Exercise nobility of character. 031. — Shun evil. 032. — Be impartial. 033. — Guard what is yours. 034. — Shun what belongs to others. 035. — Listen to everyone. 036. — Be (religiously) silent. 037. — Do a favor for a friend. 038. — Nothing to excess. 039. — Use time sparingly. 040. — Foresee the future.