EVERY TIME WE SEE TIMOTHY IN FLASHBACKS I JUST POINT AND SCREAM LIKE!!! THATS MY SON!!!!!

Hoshino definitely meant to convey how close they were. I have no doubt that there are tons of little side stories of them hanging out or Allen being a brother figure to Tim. I bet, in a way, Allen wants to help Tim to not become like him. He’s well aware of how pitiable he is, though he refuses to hold the life Mana gave him in that light.

In a way, while I’d also love for Timothy to join Allen, I wouldn’t want that to happen. Allen is at the epicenter of everything taking place, and casualties are occurring all around him. Kanda is Falling, Johnny is escaping the Order, the Akuma are constantly coming to life because of Neah’s influence, the Earl is rampaging, and the Noah are purposefully taunting the 14th to emerge. It’s neither safe nor wise to be near Allen, especially if you can’t handle yourself.

It’s for that very reason that Allen’s attempting to drive Kanda and Johnny away, because they both need not only his protection but his strength, and he can provide neither anymore. He’s been burned dry and Timothy would just be a burden.

BUT GOD DO I WANT IT............ 

If I’m getting the timeline correctly, Timothy and Allen met in December and Allen disappeared... sometime in.........late January?? And he was gone in Jordan and in the dungeon for quite a while so even less time.... 

(Did Timothy and Allen really only know each other for just a month? Wow....)

For a month, Allen sure warmed up to Timothy very quickly, given how long it took him to get close to all the others. 

As for his Innocence, I’m positive Tsukikami recognized not only who Apocryphos was, but also his nature and purpose — and purposefully didn’t tell anyone. Above all else, the Innocence holds its will and goal. Innocence didn’t help Kanda nor Alma until they had suitable goals, and Innocence doesn’t evolve for Allen unless he has the right wishes no matter how much each of the wielder’s beg for it.

Innocence didn’t turn into a Crystal type until Lenalee swore to give herself up to the cause, regardless of the outcome (as long as Innocence held its side of the bargain too, to return her to Komui).

What I’m saying is, Innocence is loyal to itself, not to its wielders. I’d barely count Crown Clown as an outlier here, but if you loved someone you wouldn’t force a broken body to still move (re: Level 4 arc). 

Tsukikami recognized Apocryphos and new, perhaps, what it planned to do in a vague way (save the Heart) so it did nor said nothing about it. 

Whether he tells Timothy or not depends on if the question’s broached, I suppose. I don’t see why sharing the information would traitorous, but Tsukikami wouldn’t do it of his own volition imo. 

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I don’t have an actual intention to go to pillowfort, but I’m also not against going? As far as I’ve heard, the site itself is still under development and you need a ...key and payment (?) to get in. I’m also not sure how writer-friendly it is though if it’s supposed to be tumblr’s replacement I suppose it’ll be similar enough. If I do go, I’ll be sure to share here ^^

Regardless, none of the posts on either this blog or my others have been flagged, so I don’t intend on leaving or uprooting. BUT THANK YOU REGARDLESS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

First of all, how dare you.

Second of all, how dare you.

But... my brand is suffering(tm) so. I’ll answer.

Yes.... I think it’s something that still plagues Timothy’s thoughts. 

He was a surprisingly perceptive and sensitive child, enough to understand he was doing wrong but willing to be ‘evil’ in order to do good (feed the children/support the orphanage). Still, Timothy was idealistic. He’s just a kid, after all. He probably thought he was not all bad because he was stealing for (mostly) selfless reasons. 

For Allen to tell him he was the worst must’ve hit Timothy hard. The worst was his father, abandoning his son. The worst was the police, who didn’t care for the orphaned child. The worst was Timothy, who was ruining innocent people’s lives. Allen effectively told him he’d become the thing he hated most, a selfish conniving adult, and it hurt Timothy.

This probably evolved as Timothy came to idolize Allen, who was everything Timothy wanted to be. An adult, strong, able to protect others, standing up to Kanda, demanding and achieving what he wanted. Allen, who was just like him, an orphan no-name nobody, with not a dime to his name. 

But Timothy is smart and sensitive and perceptive, and I think he keeps these hurts and doubts to himself, just like he always has. Besides, it’s not like Mother or Allen are there to assuage them anymore, whether it be his insecurities about his Innocence or his hair. 

Still! He’s the type to take action, and he’ll probably work to be ‘better,’ though arguably becoming similar to Allen isn’t what you want a 9 year old to aspire to LOL given how we all know he’s a walking disaster seconds from falling. 

GOOD LUCK!!!! I’m happy to hear you’re writing!!!

I’ve never quite finished reading LFoS (one of the novels) but I did skim most of it and I don’t recall Mana ever commenting on the name red.

He never really acknowledges Allen’s name at all, really, not even that he gave Allen that name. Mana was a bit too gone to understand that, since Allen the boy was a replacement for Allen the dog, a faithful companion who followed him.

(Naming Allen could’ve also been because Mana knew Past!Allen, and somewhere in his tangled memories he recognized/felt nostalgic and passed the name on, but who knows eh?)

So, in canon at least, that’s never mentioned. There was a fic I think where Mana found the name ‘distasteful,’ and another one where Mana purposefully named him ‘Allen’ because he thought Red was a terrible name, but those fics came out before LFoS I think. And of course, not everyone reads the novels, and in the manga its mostly implied that Allen was originally the dogs name.

Of course, it’s your writing, and I don’t think it’d be a bad move to mention it if you wanted to. The Mana we know loves to spoil and lavish affection on his ‘family,’ so he could very well hate a name (that refers to Allen in a derogatory manner bc of his arm and hair) like that and insist on Allen having a ‘proper’ name. Whether Mana always remembers that is another matter entirely.

AND THANK YOU!!!!! I’m always genuinely so happy to hear it. I hope you have a lovely day!

LMAO friend listen I do the same thing.

In that instance, I do think you’re right though. At the very least Neah was planned from the beginning. I believed it’s mentioned somewhere that Hoshino thought of most of the plot for dgm while sleeping in the bath, so I think Mana and Neah were always part of that? I do think she fudged and added a lot of detail along the way, like the Second Exorcist Project (she sure dropped the ball on Kanda’s bracelet and that floating lotus-hourglass having meaning) but I think Neah’s involvement was always planned, bc he even shows up in Krory’s arc subtly. 

WHETHER THE CLOCK WAS INTENTIONAL IS SMTH ELSE ENTIRELY THO LOL but good eye on you for noticing! 

fjdfhkdjshfjsk but also yeah thats the mood.

Why is pacifism au so angsty? Thinking back, there was a lot of potential fluff with that one lol but I guess it was the idea that they really had to wade through all their issues (and boy is there a lot!) before getting to the whole we’re-chummy-and-friends-and-everything’s-alright phase. 

BUT THANK YOUJFDKHJD truly pacifism au is the highest form of indulgence, even if it hurts more than it has any right to.... 

In light of new chapters and Allen’s self-hate being to the degree that he won’t grieve because he believes he’ll be punished and god dgm WHY are you like this— I think I would’ve written that bit just a bit differently.

Because Allen doesn’t believe he deserves love, and is punishing himself right now for even daring to want it or seek out, hence running away from ‘that warm light’. If Mana rejected him, Allen would see it as him deserving it, because he is the cause of all that’s wrong.

Ah...................I made myself sad.............................

Please friend, be kind to yourself and interject some fluff between all the angst. God knows DGM well and truly needs those lighthearted moments.

LMAO GOSH THANK YOU//////// You’re pretty great yourself!!! Thank you for sending such kind words ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

HHHHHHHH THANK YOU NORA!!!!!!!! It’ll be okay!! My housemate is being, according to the counselor I ended up going to see because of how awful I’m feeling, toxic and creating a very unhealthy home environment. So I’m.... gonna move out. Hopefully by winter break. 

Sucks but what can you do! 

Anyways hopefully soon I’ll just. chill out. and be able to write or do things I enjoy in peace without all the stress and anxiety LOL. 

Let’s double check the timeline (because I’m a little lost and need a reminder LOL)

I don’t know if we can conclude that Pasta de-aged exactly 10 years ago, or if it was sooner than that. If he de-aged ten years ago, it means Pasta continued on for a long time after accepting Neah’s soul. 

Lavi is 20(21?) so he could POSSIBLY be Pasta’s son if Pasta went around having kids in his 20s. Lucia seems a bit too young to be related to Pasta, though I wouldn’t doubt she has some connection to him. Those glasses certainly look similar to his. 

It’s a quarter life crisis, unless you’re implying he’s already halfway through his lifespan, in which case, Please Delete. 

Jokes aside, Allen literally is going through an identity crisis, what with dropping his mask in front of Kanda of all people. Lenalee or Johnny? Link even? Acceptable. We’ve seen Allen drop his walls around them, mentioning Mana or having more casual speech. But Kanda? Kanda, who Allen can’t stand, who he definitely isn’t comfortable around enough to be Who He Truly Is? 

The boy’s crumbling at the edges, and it’s just a matter of time until it falls apart. This act he’s putting on, of being fine and strong and capable of surviving. He’s so lonely and sad and scared, and still he won’t let anyone help him.