Ah first mention of Lilith?

Remember this post I made about Mammon & Belphie:

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I realised 7 hours later that the entire point of the post could be misunderstood and I'm genuinely upset that I may not have managed to get across what I was trying to say (yes I'm an idiot shut up)

So here's the new edited version of the post with additional paragraphs and analysis/breakdowns for those who are interested

Here's something mildly heartbreaking :) (my speciality!)

Mammon definitely cried when MC died right?

• He (along with Asmo) is the character who cries the most in canon;

1.) He cries during sad parts of movies/shows/plays/books

2.) He cries while watch animal documentries

3.) Hell he cried because Beel ate the soup he was making MC

• MC died on a day where the rest of the brothers were (up until that point) having a relaxing, fun day - playing a game to get Lucifer & MC closer together. Their death was definitely unexpected/an extreme shock

• MC's injuries were bad according to Satan? (Levi?) Bad enough that a human wouldn't have been able to survive it. Bad enough that even Lucifer knew he couldn't do anything to save them when Asmo asked him to. That means the body Mammon was holding was........ I mean it would have been a gruesome sight

• Mammon's been spending every day since the beginning of the year with MC. At this point he's already obviously in love with them, they're his best friend, the two of them share a bedroom frequently. They were close

The point being: Mammon held a dying human in his arms and sobbed his fucking heart out while asking them not to die. In front of Belphie.

The point being: Mammon didn't cry when Lilith died. No listen, he absolutely broke down when she died but he didn't do it in front of his brothers. Mammon was the one keeping it together and looking after everyone when they Fell. He couldn't scream and cry and beg like he wanted to when Lilith died because he had to be the strong one, he had to soothe everyone's injuries and fears and guilt, he had to show them that things could be better, that they could move on to a brighter future (shoutout to Mammon's lines in his unit song with Lucifer).

But you know what Belphie would have seen?

He would have seen his older brother breaking down over a human he's known for months when he wouldn't even cry after his little sister, who he'd known for thousands of years, died

And we all already know what Belphie thought about humans at this time:

And we already know what he thought about his brothers at this time:

For a moment there, while MC was dying Belphie would have hated Mammon. Would have felt vindicated for causing Mammon that kind of pain, when he (as far as Belphie knew) couldn't even spare that for his sister.

Belphie would have felt angry and betrayed. Justified for what he said and did but so so painfully hurt.

And then (in s1 of the anime) when the brothers were tiptoeing around Belphie, were trying to reach out to him and act normal after what he did, but were so obviously failing, when there was a distance between them and Belphie that had previously never existed, that even Beel couldn't find away to breach, Mammon was the first to take that step forward and close the distance which prompted everyone else to do the same, to bring Belphie back to them, to show that he was accepted and loved and always a part of them

And I am very emotional about them.

Also, lemme shamelessly plug in my fic because it's related to this post -> Changing Seasons

Ft. Belphie coming to terms with MC after Lesson 16

Onesided Belphie × (unnamed gn!) MC

Mammon x MC being Besties

Belphie & Mammon talking, but not talking enough

Belphie's PoV

Mammon very briefly being an eldritch nightmare as a little treat for you monsterfuckers

Edit:

Huge additional part added because I realised the entire focus of this post could be misunderstood

Ajznxodjfc9enhd7ejx 😭😭😭😭this was supposed to be Belphie's post about Belphie's feelings. Y'all know I love Mammon, but he's not supposed to be the focus here🥲

Usually when I make an analysis post I take evidence from canon and then add it all together to get ✨️The Main Point✨️ of the post.

In this post I had to infer all of mammon's "canon evidence" (via other actual canon evidence) because we're never explicitly told he cried when MC died and we never see his instant reaction to Lilith's death.

Belphie's side of it was however all explicitly stated in canon so I just added the screenshots. Which is why I wrote much more about mammon on this post than Belphie.

But ✨️The Main Point✨️ that I was always getting to and what made me write this post is actually about how absolutely fucking pissed off Belphie would have been because of Mammon. How hurt and angry and betrayed he would have felt that his older brother who's meant to protect him and his family apparently valued the life of some random human over their sister's.

I added the S1 bit because it nicely rounded up Belphie & Mammon's story. Because it proved Belphie wrong. It proved exactly how much Mammon (and the others) valued him and each other. Because he got to see how heartbroken Mammon was when MC died, he knew exactly what it was like to be that heartbroken, he knew exactly what it was like to NEVER forgive that which caused the pain, and yet he was forgiven. And THAT I think more than anything would have proved Belphie's initial thoughts wrong. It would have eased any lingering feelings of betrayal and hurt he had. Would have proved how much he was loved by his older brother.

So yeah, this was absolutely made to be Belphie's post and I don't think I explained that well enough in the original post💀 in my defense i was half an hour late in feeding the kids & getting yelled at🥲

MC, knowing exactly what Belphie thinks about humans and trying desperately to hide the fact that they're human:

* S3 revealed that MC cannot be clocked as a human (pretty sure it's because they're not fully human -> evidence). And even when they outright say they're human it's not fully accepted?

* at this stage the the three realms are in a really bad place with each other, even if there isn't a war actively going on. The three main species are 100% not allowed to be in each others' realms. Even in present om! humans & angels aren't 100% accepted in the Devildom, though the exchange program has worked to help mend bridges, between it's start in S1 and the present day in S4. So there's a chance MC will have to hide the fact that they're human.

*But the brothers will need to know they're human when they make the pacts to go back home.... so maybe once MC has earned their trust and vice versa they'll reveal they're human right before making each individual pact?

*Given what has just happened (The Fall + Lilith's involvement with humans eventually leading to her death) they may have to work much harder at winning this trust and making a pact.

*Plus this time around I don't know how possible it will be for them to pull out the "Lilith's descendent card" because if The Fall & Lilith's death happened very recently then it won't make sense for Lilith to already have descendents. Unless MC eventually reveals the whole time travelling thing which they might have to do. I talk about the roads solmare may take to explain the time travel and how it affects the main storyline in this post

At least those are my thoughts🐸

Bitch he killed you what the fuck are you talking 'bout!?

Yup it's in Lesson 16. While I'd have been more than happy with a longer "redemption" arc I'm also pretty content with what we got.

There are trust issues in Lesson 17 (18?). None of the brothers let MC be alone with Belphie in Lesson 17 - they're constantly interrupted, the brothers themselves act awkward around Belphie, MC is given the option to ditch him and walk to RAD with the others etc. By the end of Lesson 18(?) MC has made a pact with Belphie and I think that would go a long way towards dealing with any trust issues because it's a bit like an assurance that he can't hurt them again?

I've played a lot of similar mobile games to OM! at this point and it seems pretty common that they don't have the time to sit down and slowly work through things the way a book or show does. Which can be frustrating but in the end doesn't really take away from the game (in my opinion) since a large part of this game does work by giving you a coloured in outline & expecting you to use your imagination to fill in the gaps (like how they never show it to you but by lesson 4 Mammon & MC are comfortably & frequently sharing a room)

Not really related to ^this but additionally, OM! also works by;

1.) Adding small bits of information throughout the seasons and expecting you to collect them (eg: MC's questionable humanity/human-ness)

2.) Expecting you to read the expressions of characters and other given context clues (eg: Asmo's change in expression from angry to sad when talking to Diavolo vs Solomon about the secrets they were keeping in S2)

Because I'm shameless;

Want my version of the fill in the gaps for Lesson 16 - 18, focusing on Belphie coming to terms with everything that happened? With an unnamed gender-neutral they/them MC? With platonic or romantic (depending on how you read it) MC × Mammon? Check out -> Changing Seasons ! & leave a comment because I crave interaction ! I feel like an used cars dealer :D

Okay okay so I was wondering.....how do you get into OM! (presumably) without playing the game? Do you take it in through osmosis like a lot of stuff on tumblr (which I am very guilty of btw) ? Are there any people here who have never played om! but are in the fandom? Can ik your impressions on everyone and everything...pls...?

This feels oddly specific....are you okay? Did you fail a math test and sleep for 18 hours?

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MC:

This is the kinda thing you'd only expect from the youngest in a large family

It's this tiny moment here. And the possessiveness of it is very lowkey but

How he goes from all smiling and sweet and innocent looking to glaring with his mouth downturned the second he sees the others

The implied inflection in the way the dialogue is written.

The ...oh. as he slowly realises the others are there.

The bold you meaning he put a lot of emphasis on the word and given the context he probably said it in a disappointed and "ugh you." way

The sarcastic great. Just one word in a sentence that ends with a period. Again disappointed but resigned

So yeah very lowkey 'bout of possessiveness on Belphie's end. But personally I think the silent, cold possessiveness that Belphie obviously didn't want MC to see fits much more under the "yandere" label than Mammon's loud declarative possessiveness

It's not that they didn't care though or that they didn't find it weird.

Beel, Belphie & MC were put off by it enough that they tried to intervene and when that didn't work, were worried enough that they went and called Lucifer & Satan

They realised something weird was happening and that it was concerning but they just couldn't realise what the change was.

Even when Beel & Belphie swapped (something that was very noticeable considering what their sins are) everyone noticed something was different with them, but couldn't for the life of them identify what that difference was. When they go back to normal Mammon suggests that maybe they all imagined it. As if one could just imagine Beel falling asleep while walking or Belphie eating all the food in the party

So it's not that they didn't notice it or that they didn't care it's just that they're all so fucking stupid

Yeah! In S3 MC kinda asks him about it and he says he has moved past it

I said in this post that MC acted as a Gateway drug for Mammon to stop seeing Humans as food or "insects" and I firmly believed they worked for the other 6 in a similar way too

Specially for Belphie, learning that Lilith was reincarnated as a human and lived a long happy life with her own human family probably meant a lot for him and helped him get over his misplaced hatred for them

In S3 he seems to be again slightly fascinated by humans (the ice cream truck and the amusement park rides & circus)

In some of my S3 summaries I spoke, in more detail, about how Belphie, specially being the youngest, probably idealised (and still somewhat idealises) the Celestial Realm which is why, even now after everything that's happened, he blamed the humans for Lilith's death despite it being the Celestial Realm that actually killed her.

Also Belphie blaming the humans could be a way of blaming himself as well?

Belphie was the one who was obsessed with humans. Belphie was the one who initially sneaked into the human world. Belphie was the one who got Lilith interested in humans. And so Belphie probably thought he was the one who got her killed. He probably thought by killing the humans not only would he be able to avenge her, he'd also be able to wipe away his guilt and self-hatred

Belphie: I don't know what to do.😒😳 This craving is overwhelming... Can you help me satisfy it?👉🏻👈🏻🥺😳 you don't need me to spell it out for you, you know the only thing that can satisfy me now...😳🥺🥵 *screen fades to black*

Me:

Belphie:

Belphie: What the fuck did you think I was talking about?

MC really should not be saying "Happily!!", no questions asked, when the person who once murdered them starts acting sus and asks them if they'd satisfy his craving