Post by Eve Avana on May 23, 2017 11:53:03 GMT -5
Milestone
Current Base GP: 6,500Desired Base GP: 7,500
Last Milestone: Prestige, etc
From where Evelynn last left off, she was in a dark place. Sure, she had the hope of living to see another day going for her, but at every turn she had lost everything. The only person she had loved, part of her soul, and, in the end, her identity as an Arrancar. Throughout her threads as a Vaizard we see a broken girl desperately doing whatever she can to piece herself back together. Maybe to right some wrongs along the way. As she recovers, she comes to associate her transformation into a Vaizard -- aka, losing her Hollow-hood -- as "becoming whole". By merging both her Hollow half and being given a Shinigami half, she has reached a state that has allowed her to go beyond her previous limitations. Despite her firm beliefs on the matter, she's very passive on it, only mentioning it in passing to those who were curious.
However, in her fight with Nanami, we can get a good look at just how much she's come to love this Vaizard side of her and, more importantly, just where all of her cracks still remain.
Eventually, she is given the missing piece of her soul back and, as a full recovered woman, she returns home to take her place as the strongest Arrancar in Hueco Mundo. Naturally, this is met with a lot of spite and belittlement. She puts her best efforts into getting Las Noches back up and running, but no matter what she does, no one looks to her.
Alone and afraid now that she has no one, the realization of just how much shit she had gotten into started to wear down on her soul. This drives her into solitude as she prepares for her inevitable end. She hides away, like always, and does her best to keep her head low. She doesn't react when Shinigami storm las Noches. She doesn't act when la Colonia takes roots. She doesn't act. She simply hides away.
Until Hazuki comes along. In this fight, we see her break out of her fear and fight back in a brutal, fiery fight to the death. And, like all Arrancar, Evelynn's story ends by her being consumed by her own shortcomings, unwilling to break free and reach for the right path.
Legendary Challenge
Current Base GP: 6,500 (+Milestone Approval)Legendary Thread: Judge, Jury, Executioner
Last LC: Never
As touched on in my milestone, a lot of Evelynn's prestige story is based in inactivity. She hides away and tries to keep her head low. This isn't limited to just as her time as a Vaizard, though. Even as an Arrancar, she was very much so the type of person to have other people fight her battles. She threw people under the bus (wanting to out Robert when Shun came to take her in) no matter how important they were to her and did everything to cover her own tail when things turned dark. Prestige Evelynn is similar, though to a more extreme nature. She locked not only herself, but her soul down. Fearful of her fate, she did nothing.
When Hazuki first shows up, we get a very good look at this. Both parties know what's going down, but even still Evelynn doesn't react. She doesn't pull the first punch. She doesn't immediately release. Hell, she doesn't even call for help! She just... talks. It's only when Kionchi gets his head chopped off that we even see reluctant effort to do something. She releases her Bankai, sure, but doesn't really retaliate yet again.
It's the final post that makes this legendary. Up until then, she had been mostly defending herself. But when she's finally faced with a disarming blow (ba dum tssk), something changes for her. It's brief, and so short lived that it might not even be worth mentioning, but finally she finds something that motivates her. Even though it's something as primal as "I want to take you down with me" it's something. And by golly that something was powerful enough for her to sacrifice her entire soul for.
She could have just fell to her knees and given up. Wouldn't that have been easier? She could have done so many other things to make this fight end differently. But, when the final bell tolled, she finally took her life into her own hands.
Death Request
Name: Hazuki TsukimiyaTarget Evelynn Avana
I think the above thoroughly explains the content of what's going on, but I'm just throwing this here to make it official and to state that I went into this thread with the full intention of Evelynn dying.
