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This idea was inspired by other games and possibly stories with the idea of origin and finality from what I remember and then saw some connection In Vanitas no carte

And their was also this quote I remember

“Your death is my origin”

To be honest I feel like vanitas real name will somehow be the opposite for what vanitas means because in the end him being killed by noe will not be his end but also gives him fulfillment and the noe true name will also be opposite of the meaning?

Or noe name has something to do with finality then vanitas name is origin?

I don’t know what your thoughts about it?

I’ll love to hear your headcannon/theories.

Hi! I actually happen to have a theory on Vani’s true name in drafts! It’s not properly written yet, because I wasn’t sure whether to post it or not. But your question kinda made me think about it again from a new angle. So I’ll find some illustrations, elaborate on details and post it soon. But no spoilers on that for now👀 I'll just say that this name has some cool mythological origins👀👀

Now about the connection of Vani’s real name and Noé’s true name. I agree that there must be some thematical link between them.

Unfortunately, I’m not sure about what Noé’s true name itself should be. From what I remember, so far three true names are known: Florifel ― She Who Guides Spring (Amelia), Canorus — She Who Plays Snow Crystals (Chloe), Aprix ― He Who Nestles Close to the Last Snows (JJ). All true names are Latin words (Florifel should be "Florifer" which is a Latin adjective meaning “flowery”, but FlorifeL just happened in English localization) that are somewhat relevant to the vampires’ character arcs and personalities. It’s a bit hard to choose a specific word from all the Latin adjectives… But I really like the idea that Noé’s true name could mean something like finality or grand change, especially since Vani’s real name in my theory is actually connected with the theme of origin and new beginnings!

Alternatively, Noé's true name could mean salvation (another recurring theme between these two). The name Noé already implies both "ends and beginnings" and "salvation" because of the story of the Arc of Noah.

Either way, both of them could have a set of names related to the concepts of Ends and Beginnings, but reversed. Noé and Vanitas are each others foils, they are written for each other – shared meaning of names would only reinforce it.

It would also add some inteteresting flawor to the theory (that I personally treat as a fact at this point) that Noé will become the next Vanitas/owner of at least one Book.

Overall, the connection between their true names is a solid idea. And I'll try to elaborate on that in the nearest future, when I post about Vani's name!

OH MY GODS I LOVE THIS I LOVE THEM TOO THIS IS SO CUTE AAAAAAAAAA <3 :3c

(quietly looks at my Case Study of Vanitas Ocs which are 1: an alamgamation of Herta,Higher Lord Rukkhadevata,and Vanitas. 2: a amalgamation of Furina and sona) yeah can confirm

”you can just make an oc” you dont understand anything. the character needs to mutate naturally until unrecognizable. like all evolutionary processes it takes time. you can’t force it or it doesn’t take. you must endure weird ooc thematically discordant versions of a guy until they bud off into beautiful new life. have patience

sorry for the poor quality. I needed to get the brain worm out

I wish art took less time, I spent like twoish hours on this but that's really not that bad.

Based of of this: https://x.com/sweepswoop_/status/1813707550493483334?s=61

so special thanks to original poster! you are so smart and funny

Fic Excerpt - The Bloody Puppet

Read full fic on AO3 (here)

He doesn't remember when everything begins to blur together. The scarlet moon hangs above in all its radiance, lighting up everything it's light touches in a red hue. It's bright, both from the headache it induces and the crimson seeping into his clothes that it lights up and enhances the color. It is bright in contrast to his fair skin that it stains as well. The blood of a vampire ignites in bright valor and color underneath the bright red moon. The crimson seeps into everything it touches; clothing and skin, stained in the ichor that touches his face and slips into the curves of his neck. Eyelashes flutter as do his closed eyelids as the world is drowned out. "-oé." The sound rings in his ears like a chorus. It is a twisted melody that he tries to grasp. It's familiar in a way he can't discern. "Noé!" The yell of his name has his eyelids fluttering open. Recognition comes to Noé suddenly as his mind begins to run again. With vision blurred and mind foggy, he stares openly at brilliant blue that comes into view. That's right. Memories come back to him suddenly, crashing into him in violent waves as he recalls how he came to be in this predicament.

as I know basically no Japanese somebody please help me out I’m begging you translate this for my poor heart

"You will find moonlit nights strangely empty, because when you call my name through them, there will be no answer."

Reference under the cut

From caroudol on pinterest

today i offer you: a scientific comparison

More case study of Vanitas scenes but the context jumped in a river

Geometry test coming up :( have whatever this is

Vnc meet bsd

Atsushi: so you guys are vampires?

Noè: yes

Vanitas: Non

Atsushi: Chuuya?! Verlaine?!

Chuuya, from a distance: he said no!

Atsushi: *to chuuya* thank you! * to Vanitas* but you're a vampire doctor?

Vanitas: Oui

Atsushi: Chu-!

Dazai, tired of atsushi screaming: he said yes

Atsushi: than- how do you know French?

Dazai: I uh.. Uhm...

Vanitas: ohhhhhh

Noè: Vanitas... No

Vanitas: Vanitas yes

Noè: that's not how this works?

Atsushi: well? Dazai? How do you know French?! You said you didn't know!

Dazai: *cough* just that word..

Atsushi: you two! Something in French please

Vanitas: Noè est rouge

Atsushi: What did he say?

Dazai: idk something about something?

Atsushi: okay then

Noè: *slow processor* I'M NOT RED?!

Vanitas: *dies of laughter*

Dazai+Atsushi: *confused*

Just random case study of vanitas scenes but the context is nowhere to be found

Enjoy

Some of these I plan on redrawing guess which ones :>

If Noé was in the modern day

Modern person: Noè I think you're a bit... Zesty

Noé: pardon?

Modern person: fruity?

Noé: pardon de moi?

Modern person: Gay?

Noé: oui?

Modern person: ... What do you think that means...

Noé: happy?

Modern person: you moron....

Noé: ...??? *confused vampire noises*

There's no way this Victorian era vampire knows modern vocabulary lol

Bonus!

Modern folk: Noè what I think he's trying to say is you're homosexual

Modern person: oui!

Noé: ??

Modern folk: you like other men

Noé: ah non

characters who are black bc I said so

just so yall know I'm using black as an umbrella term, if any yall want to chime in with different ethnicities you are welcome too 💜🤎.

☆The Warner Siblings - Animaniacs

☆Saiki Kusuo & Aiura Mikoto - TDLOSK

☆Tanjiro & Nezuko Kamado & all of the Hashira no exceptions - Demon Slayer

☆Cuphead, Mugman, King Dice- Cuphead game/show

☆Izuku Midoriya, Mina Ashido, Snipe, Miriko, Oboro Shirakumo, Rody, Hatsume Mei, Aizawa Shouta- My Hero Academia

☆Noe Archiviste, Dante - Case Study of Vanitas

☆Douglas Eiffel, Isabel Lovelace, Renee Minkowski, Jacobi, and Maxwell - Wolf 359

☆Sans & Papyrus Skeleton - Undertale

☆Izumi Curtis - Fullmetal Alchemist

☆Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, Sweetie Bell, Sunset Shimmer, Luna, Celestia - My Little Pony

☆Gideon Nav, Harrowhawk Nonegemius - The Locked Tomb

☆Sonic, Shadow, Tails, Knuckles, Blaze, Amy, Silver, Rouge - Sonic Franchise

☆Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, Grace siblings, Di Angelo siblings, Magus Chase, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Anubis, Paul Blofis - Riordanverse

☆Afton Family - Five Nights at Freddy

☆Jason Todd, Clark Kent, Koriandr, Rachel Roth, Stephanie Brown - DC Universe

☆Pines Siblings - Gravity Falls

☆Hamato Siblings - Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

☆Ralsei, Kris, Noelle, Susie, Lancer, Joxter - Deltarune

☆Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup - The Powerpuff Girls

☆Brozone, Poppy, Funk Trolls, Brab, just most of the trolls in general- Trolls DreamWorks

☆Onyx - Trollz 2005

☆E. Aster Bunnymund - rotg

btw if if I get any type of racist comments on this or complaints abt "blackwashing" you can smd 😊, I'm not fighting with yall over headcanons alright

Hahaha again!! Part 3

idk abt the rest of yall but I want more angst around noes memory ability. And not just the "ohh noe can see into memories and can never drink vanitas' blood and the moment he does vani will never trust him again 😱😥" No!! I want to see noe having trouble remembering what memories are his and which are the ones he took from another person. I want to see him begin to tell a story of something he randomly remembered only to be reminded that its not his memory. I want to see him feeling another person emotions from sharing memories and struggle to disconnect from it because it never even happend to him. Or feeling guilty over another's action that they did in the memory and having to told that he doesn't have to feel guilty bc it wasn't him and struggling to explain his feelings about why does anyway.

Just give me more of noe struggling with his powers.

「 Tears like Rain 」 I finally finished! Inspired by the latest fight

Smol Dominique picture

Don't really like it actually

vanoe, sherliam, and rooftops <3

1. Where is he?

the similar desperation to find their respective partners....yeah :')

however, one thing that catches my eye : noe is more innocent in the way he looks for vanitas, presumably because he thinks vanitas left to be alone as opposed to thinking he straight up ran away. while sherlock is downright anxious, thinking that either liam left to "finish the job" as was the plan, or something bad happened to him.

2. Ah, there he is.

once again, pretty similar right? except vanoe seems a bit anticlimactic, the way they're shown together as mere silhouettes without expressions, still under the same sky and on the same roof despite whatever went down between them. on the other hand you have this gorgeous moment of sherlock with an expression of awe staring at william whose face is deliberately not shown, but his presence is still so impactful as the sheets billow in the breeze.

3. Face to face, side by side.

the way noe and sherlock completely flip their roles from when they were looking for their respective partners. noe sees vanitas, and is immediately struck by the realisation that he really is here, he really is alive, but he's injured and he's looking at me and what do i even say now? sherlock, having confirmed liam is safe, is pretty content to sit beside him with a smile on his face, even as liam avoids looking at him for the time being, because he knows liam has so much on his mind.

4. Where do we stand?

noe is pretty much walking on eggshells here, he asks random questions as opposed to actually addressing the heart of the matter, he backpedals and apologizes when vanitas doesn't say anything, and the second he gets cold (clutching at his clothes) the first thing he does is tell vanitas to come inside, offering to leave because he's assumed he's lost the right to stay near his partner.....</3

compared to sherlock, who's still smiling and knows exactly what he wants to say. and yet, he's still caught off guard by the fact that william is returning the same sentiment to him.

and i'll tell you why this difference exists : time. sherlock has had months to figure out exactly what he wants to say to liam because he woke up first, while noe came face to face with vanitas immediately after regaining consciousness.

5. Ouch.

i actually hate it here, one scene is vanitas himself cementing noe's miserable future and the other is cementing sherlock's win against what was supposed to be liam's future.....ough my heart. and the parallels in the expressions, vanitas and liam having the same determination, but then you have noe absolutely shaken while sherlock smiles softly.

6. The future.

beginning of the end vs beginning after the end.

vanitas will carry on the work he deems important, and noe knows he needs to accept that if he wants to stay near vanitas. but, still, noe is noe, so he won't change either, he'll never be just a vampire or just a tool, he'll challenge vanitas every step of the way. liam, though, has no idea what to do (or more specifically, no idea how to go about doing the things he knows he must do) but sherlock reassures him, tells him there's nothing better than a blank canvas :)

even though vanitas and liam here have expressed completely opposite sentiments, what remains the same is the warm acceptance of their respective partners, because whatever they choose to do, noe and sherlock ain't going nowhere.

7. I trust you, wherever you go.

the extra reassurance on sherlock's side because he knows right now, he's more grounded than liam is, and he also knows that he'll keep holding onto liam as long as it's required, before they inevitably stand shoulder to shoulder again. meanwhile noe, who has been the one to accept vanitas' decision, simply says "let's go".

also, the fact that vanitas is still surprised when noe reaches out, as if he was expecting noe to reject him. i mean, entrusting someone with the task of killing him and refusing to change anything despite their clash (plus you know, the notion of "how could anyone love someone like me?") does make for one insecure vanitas.

extra ramble because i look into this stuff way too much : the difference in positioning is so so fascinating to me because sherliam sit without touching each other at the bench, as sherlock is content to coexist till liam manages to collect his thoughts. but noe deposits himself right behind vanitas, back-to-back, because he needs (?) that physical contact right now.

and then, here, when sherlock is speaking to liam, they're both sitting (in fact, sherlock is even lower on the floor compared to liam) because right now they don't have anywhere to be, it's just a quietly hopeful beginning. on the other hand, vanitas is sitting awkwardly and noe is standing above him, holding out a hand, because even if vanitas is the one making decisions, noe is the one who'll take them towards the end (by eventually killing vanitas).

8. Just look at them.

noe 🤝 sherlock = being perfect to the point of being unattainable in vanitas' and liam's pov. almost like they're the brightest sun you'll ever come across.

vanitas 🤝 liam = being beautiful with their imperfections (shown in the form of injuries) in noe's and sherlock's pov. almost like they're the moon (spots included!) that needs the sun to shine.

<33

The Mikhaels, I guess?

vnc mikhael was subjected to horrifying abuse, and before the vampire of the blue moon (luna) rescued him, he did not have any idea of what a family was supposed to be. he simply clung to the nearest sane person he could at the time i.e. vanitas. once he did get a taste of "home", it was almost immediately snatched away from him. he is one who desperately wishes to find a place to belong (as seen by his insistence on returning things to how they used to be) and yet one who is forced to wander the world alone.

hsr mikhael, however, feels like someone born for greatness. adopted by legendary seafarers, discovered his passion for watchmaking while working as an apprentice, and ultimately joined the express to roam the world. the one true symbol of freedom. and yet, at the end, he chose to stay back in penacony, chose to bind himself to a planet because he was simply that desperate to save it. one who was destined to wander yet found a place to belong to.

both vnc mikhael and hsr mikhael have a close connection to the word "Father". vnc mikhael is attached to the word as a kid himself, using the term with affection for luna, showcasing that he is still stuck in childhood, still stuck in the early stages of his life unravelling on stage. hsr mikhael has moved from attaching the word to his father, his inspiration, and actually been bestowed the title "Father of Penacony" for himself. it signifies his story has run it's course, he has come full circle.

another thing is, their nicknames. misha. they both hold equally special positions in their own way. vnc mikhael is referred to as misha by luna, a loving nickname that has warmth connected to it. hsr mikhael has a fragment of his memories which form the misha we are familiar with, representing his childhood dreams. though both of them are different, they are also quite similar in the sense that the nicknames and the circumstances in which they are used carry a sweet, sweet innocence.

i dunno, as someone in both fandoms i was delighted by them sharing names and even appearances to a certain extent, and then even more intrigued by the parallels they share. i think they're very neat :)