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Published: 2008-08-21 03:08:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1371; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 23
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Wow - it feels like forever since I've done some art.Some more God-General!Luke and God-General Asch stuffs. Came up when talking about scary difficult boss fights, and I maintain that these two together would most definitely be up there (especially if they had their CCN mastered. The poor party would never stand a chance.
Yes I realize there is no logical explanation for this AU. It all goes back to a crack idea one afternoon last year (see: [link] ) and the idea dances around in my head every once in awhile.
And because... in the oh so wonderful words of *LadyUsada "You know the Fabres look sexy in black ;D"
It was fun to draw even if the perspective was evil at times. And in case you can't tell, the background is supposed to be the Tartarus.
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i still think the idea of the two of them being a god general tag team is just awesome enough to warrant the attention. granted it would make little sense... unless you can convince the royal family that luke was dead and thus they could keep Ash and Luke. i'm sure if given enough thought some one could easily come up with an idea that would make this totally work.
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Oh I don't doubt one could make it work and it would be a really fun AU to play around in. It would be fun to play around with God-General Luke and explore how he relates to himself and to Asch under those circumstances. I wrote a brief one-shot about it once~ it was fun but it made me sad in that I couldn't name God-General!Luke... well "Luke" and had to invent a different name for him, and that just ruins it somehow...
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well it would make sense since we know him as luke, so him not going by that name seems off, plus the whole point is god general Luke so for him to not go by that name takes out a bit of the fun, but i think the image of him and ash kicking jades ass together in their famous twin style (like they did on van in your story) in the tartaros more then makes up for it in sheer awesome. but i still like the idea.
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Yeah - as soon as you change his name he suddenly feels a lot more like an OC and thats just... -.-
Between their hyperresonance and connection via fon slots, they would just be frightening. I love it.
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well that depends on whether or not any one says his name to him around those that aren't supposed to know ( or they could just come up with a fake name and he goes by Luke around the other god generals, ash, van, and all those that van considers loyal enough to know the truth.) then again if they have a good dye in their world they could call him Luke till the sky turned purple and no one would figure it out ( they would just think its a coincidence that hes also named Luke, since he doesn't have red hair then obviously he cant be the dead prince who they have a corpse for) also if they really believe that Luke is dead they wont see the truth even if its in front of them ( like why no one noticed how much ash looked like Luke, and had the royal hair and eyes that i don't think we see on any one else outside of the kimlasken royal family) though I'm guessing jade could easily figure it out, but wouldn't tell any one until much latter because he needed to "confirm his theory". though if he wanders off after van and ash they could still drop a mangled corpse of one of the failed replicas in the marsh and claim that one of the monsters must have killed him... man i do not envy the poor maid that let the memory wiped prince wander off to his death under her watch. and if they don't many could still believe that his body was just devoured by the local monsters when they are unable to find Luke after 5 years or so. and besides if he still acts similar enough to Luke ( non spoiled brat version) then hes not an oc, its just what would he logically act like in that kind of environment.
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Its definitely a challenge~ but that's half the fun in coming up with any kind of AU fanfiction - is thinking about all these possibilities and how could they play out and exploring how changing one small fact can reverberate across the entire story. Luke would be an extremely different person, in fact it would be hard to keep him as the same character since he would have none of the original influences that shaped his character in the first place. His character was first built through his isolation and pampered environment, and then through his regret and realization that he didn't know anything about himself, and his desire to change that. Growing up under Asch's care in Daath would leave him completely different, as he'd likely be much more disciplined, and confident in his abilities and would likely at least know he was a replica. Van may have conditioned him from his creation to fit in the role Van wanted for him. In this kind of AU it would also be an interesting study of Guy's character without Luke's influence. Would he keep seeking revenge against Duke Fabre since his chance to kill the original Luke was stolen from him. Would he be satisfied seeing Duke Fabre lose his only child and return to Malkuth (or even return to Van and help him?) It's really fun to ponder!
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well for one thing there's a chance that if guy did go back to van he would get stuck with taking care of Luke and ash (essentially his old job but now under his friend and not the duke) also i just realized how this might effect Cantabile ( i like her from your story so it would be nice to see her in it... though this would make it a fanfic of your fanfic.) who might end up going through what guy did, and essentially filling his role in the story, at least if he doesn't show up while Luke and ash are still young. also while Luke wouldn't be pampered that doesn't mean he wouldn't be isolated (they would have to keep him out of sight for a couple years, considering all the gossip in Daath.) so he would really only have ash and those van trusted to know that he even existed to be allowed around him. though he would probubly know more about the world ( unless van thought it irrelevant since they were going to destroy it any way though that seems unlikely, since Luke would make a poor god general if he didn't know anything.)it would be interesting to see the god generals takes on trying to raise him as well as how he might effect both Arietta and Sync.
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You could take Guy in all kinds of different directions, though I suspect he'd be slightly less involved in Luke's care if he returned to Van. Given his feelings on "Luke fon Fabre" the fact that he was forced to take care of replica!Luke is likely what allowed him to warm up to him. Van might also find more use for Guy's hatred of Duke Fabre and want to foster that rather than allow him to care for Luke. Or you could flip it and have Guy willingly raise Luke just so he would have something to shove in Duke Fabre's face and use against him in the future. Guy would actually make a very interesting God-General in his own right. The caveat to all this is I can't see Asch letting Guy around Luke, knowing Guy's motivations and history. This is assuming Asch has some sort of attachment or possessive feelings towards Luke (which I tend to assume it does in this kind of AU as it likely triggered the AU in the first place) - and while Van may want to keep Luke ignorant, I dont' see Asch letting that slide, even if he had to tutor Luke personally. Luke's relationship with all the other God-Generals would be really fun, especially since Luke would have been around for awhile already when Sync and Arietta show up.
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well also you have to think about how guy being there would effect them and whether to have Cantabile there or not, since having her and guy on the same side ( if we take her form your story) would definitely change things, so yeah, i would have to wonder what god general Gailardia would look like. also while ash may not want guy to spend time around Luke he might trust van enough to let him ( under ashes supervision of course) raise Luke if van were to say so. though it would be interesting to see legretta have to raise them and go mama bear at some point, or largo having to raise him (he was an expecting father before the shit hit the fan for him so he might actually know what to do), i would not want to see how dist would try to do it and i doubt any of the other generals would want to either. i think Luke would have a profound effect on sync, since he would be an older replica who actually would be living proof that replicas (and thus sync) aren't worthless or disposable. and he might well end up being the closest thing to family that sync would have. but lets not for get the inverse of what is happening to ever one else do to the lack of Luke ( how would that effect Malkuth/Kimlaska affairs, how would it effect Natalia, and that's just before the story even starts, though it is still possible for tear and Luke to be transported half way around the world ( if tear attacked van at the cathedral instead of the manor, which could still force Luke on an adventure, though how that would pan out would be interesting, especially if he gets stuck on the ship when the other god generals take it.) and know doubt jade would figure out that he's the missing heir to the Kimlasken thrown so that brings up the question of what jade would do from there.
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It is a very interesting AU to play with and I love imagining Luke's potential relationship with the God-Generals. I definitely agree that Largo is probably the only one with any ideas about raising a child. Legretta is too regimented and has probably spent the greater portion of her life in teh military, so I don't think she'd have the first clue when it came to anything like kids. Dist would probably spend half his time chasing Luke down to use him for his research. Though I have to say I love the idea of Luke and/or Asch being big brother figures to Arietta. As for SYnc, its interestign because it could go either way: after all, Luke is likely still Van's throwaway for Akzeriuth, so it may be Sync's feelings that replicas are disposable that impact Luke and not the other way around. I can't remember if it was a drama CD or one of the novels but Sync was actually raised and trained away from Daath (or rather in a cottage in the forests outside the city) until he was ready to be a God-General.
Also important to remember: technically Luke is not the heir to the throne: Natalia is (Luke is indirectly as Natalia's "fiance" but in a situation like this, there's a good chance that they would have selected someone else as her potential fiance - likely another of the Kimlascan nobility). As Suzanne's son though, Luke would be next in line if Natalia couldn't take the throne or lost her claim to it.
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ahh but Luke would have been around longer then sync and i doubt ash would have let his brother think that way. and Luke and ash's bond might be what what would make sync think that replicas aren't disposable because to ash no one could replace his brother. though it might make sync envious of Luke for having some one who cares about him, unless Luke became an older brother figure to sync. also i didn't know that about sync so its interesting to know that he was trained away from Daath. it would be interesting to see largo the dad, and how this would affect him. its likely that he would become far more protective of Luke if that were the case, making Luke a surrogate for the daughter he never go to raise. and still its likely that Legretta or Cantabile would be seen as a mother figure due to the fact that their female. i think that legretta might think that she knows how to take care of a kid ( id feel sorry for Luke though if that were the case, she would probubly be one scary mom). on the bright side we would know that his room would always be clean. Arietta being their adopted sister would be cute to see, and i don't really see much of a problem with that other then having a bad relationship with anise.
well they still lost a member of high nobility that was to be wed to Natalia. and who was the child of the kings sister, and who was taken from the castle. frankly i think that most of the nobility would be panicking for fear that their kid could be next. then again i think that they would also want the search over as fast as possible and Luke declared dead so they could wed their son to Natalia and get the throne.
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A rather terrifying duo I must say. *nods*
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I likes them. they look so cool together though~ D:
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^^ thanks! I think so too
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Wah the fighting poses look sooo cool! Excellent work A++
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oohh so nice BG!!!
I know it's tartarus!!
and yeah, right... the fabres are so loooveeeeely in black XDD
and I STILL LOVE THEMM!!
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yay! Thank you!!
hehehhe yes they do *sighs happily*
meee too!!!
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OOOO I love how your perspective on Luke's sword came out. It looks so good! and I always love God-general Luke's outfit. He really does look sexy in black.
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^^ thanks~ between that and Asch's one hand, I as so uber proud of the perspective n this picture.
hehe - that they do *sighs happily*
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Awesome...
God-general? Sounds like an opposite for my Lord Daemon.
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XD The God-Generals are essentially the game's antagonists though.
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I visioned Lord Daemons as powerful generals. The third highest rank, or second if you don't count Elder Daemons who don't usually fight at all.
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they sound very cool *nods*
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If I get the motivation, I'll write about them some day.
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look at them so tough but so cute!! ^^ DAWWWW!
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And the world really does need some more God-General Luke
But truly, awesome work as usual. And yes, Fabre men look damn sexy in black.
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Its a pity its such a difficult AU to do. Especially since the 'Luke is the God-General, Asch is the hero' one is already claimed.
Thanks ^^
hehehe yes they do. Reading that line amused me to no end as I sat there colouring this one.
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*whistles innocently* Now who could have claimed that one?
Though no one has claimed the 'both of them are God-Generals' idea yet.
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I have noooo idea.
Yeah - probably cause its hard to come up with a logical/semi-realistic way of it happening. Since it would either involve a 3rd replica (in which case God-General!Luke would likely come off more as an OC) or the Fabre Family believing Luke is dead - which would have its own implications - but make life far more difficult for the redheads - and that I doubt Van would allow cause they'd all be flipping out about not fulfilling the Score.
The most logical explanation I can come up with would be Asch "salvaging" one of the failed replicas and taking care of him because he felt bad for the failure that was thrown away (in which case it'd be almost like a Sync situation)
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