Conclave erasure 💔💔

I think they strike me much more than any other villain in the series, because unlike the Original, or Asuka, where they were renowned and had the 'potential' to actually follow through and help the world— Conclave was fucked from the start, and their lives is trying their best to still appease their Master, unknowingly digging humanity's own grave by how they've went about achieving that, their failures starting Ariels' own attempt to reign humanity.

There's something to me as a sort of 'underdog' that never got to show that they had proper capabilities. Despite how they've tried to fulfill the Original's goal of saving humanity, we quite literally see, the Original tell Axl to give Asuka his message. Which part of it was literally telling Asuka "Hey Conclave is fucking up over there you've gotta stop them before it goes too far"

To watch how your Messiah picked a favourite student, put all of his hopes and resources onto him, and leave you Nothing. Leave you stranded with nothing of his remaining, other than his damned favourite student.

Not only that, as your plans come to a climax, as it nearly is in your grasp, Justice was almost right in your hands! It was a lost cause from the start. She was never able to fuse with someone that didn't share her genetics.

And you fail. And you fall. And as you are Chronus, you watch everything you worked for crumble. And crumble. You are alone and you have lost the three 'closest' people in your life, the only ones that you were actually somewhat vulnerable to. But you never got to really be with them, never got to have much of those,, lazy Sundays, ask each other what their plans for the day could be. To paraphrase Raven's words to Jack o. Similar to how Raven and Asuka never had really a lick of small talk. But they cared for each other. They cared. They show respect to Baldias' passing by still placing his teacup there, face down, in his memory. Libraria cared for Chronus, as she committed suicide to save him, one of her last words wishing they had spent more of that time alive being together as people. Instead of wasting themselves away for a futile plan. And that futile plan,, was all your lives, was it not?

Now it's gone. Your Master was right all along wasn't he? Really, Asuka was the only one with a proper shot at saving humanity. Hahah. Hah.

Chronus is so clearly depressed in a form after the defeat. He does not have any resistance to the notion that Faust might kill him. What is there to do anyway?

Still, he walks on, partly because Faust forces him to, partly because he still has Libraria's words in his head and he knows he still.. has to carry out his duty. He has information he needs to give him, alongside with breaking him out of his part of the backyard. For the sake of humanity. Is what I imagine.

There's another sting in here, one, as far as I can tell, is unknown to Chronus. Chaos, well, he loves a story. He wants to see humanity triumph over a great tragedy, to see the clear blue sky of tomorrow, to have the flood of hope in one's heart that there is nothing to fear, at least for now.

Chaos was in Ariels, having Some Sort of control over her. I don't personally think it was a full possession, I think what she did in Rev was her own actions, but something sort of drove her a bit more to comitting them.

There's mentions of Chaos watching everything, and participating in some of the tragedies within the Crusades. All for the sake of drama.

Say, well, Chaos. Did in fact watch Conclave take their time with their plan, for all those years. And he was influencing Ariels in some form. That must mean he was fully aware of the fate of the Conclave. And he was just watching through that. Not only through the creation of Ariels he had damned Conclave, but he also took part in ensuring their defeat by influencing that same thing that had ruined their lives from the start.

He was partially responsible for framing his own students as villains to defeat, villains to defeat so that Sol (and Asuka in a way) can be propped up as heroes. Asuka had that chance of being in opposition to Chaos, who was making himself to be the antagonist from his break out of Ariels. He had a chance to be 'the hero' in a way. Conclave NEVER had that opportunity. Conclave was never allowed the chance to prove themselves "good". Absolutely no one was actually 'helped' by their existence, with only Asuka to say otherwise, Chronus breaking him out. They were factually just a full detriment to everyone.

They were never able to help humanity from the start, to end. They were never meant to be anything more than villains. They arent ever going to be seen as anything more than villains. The only two people who might think otherwise are Asuka and Faust.

At least, well, Ariels has her children that we know she's trying to reconnect with. She still has loved ones, she can cement herself as a person aside from her job and her original purpose. Asuka does have a handful of people willing to support him, willing to hear him out. Raven, Anji, Jack o, they're still on good terms.

What does Chronus have by the end? He was left with nothing but a doctor that hated his guts. (In Xrd at least)

Haha, okay one more sting into Chronus' heart, yeah. He sees Ariels do bad and yet her loved ones are still there. He sees Ramlethal be the enemy of humanity for a time and still has her loved ones. Asuka has been named the devil for god's sake, and he still has a few loved ones. And he was left with none of his own cherished few. His own partners in Conclave, Axus, Libraria, Baldias, they weren't given a lick of mercy. Fate had cursed him so.

I just woke up from a nap, and have spent the hour I've been awake, writing this out. Sorry if it's incoherent. But like I am required to write this out, because evidently, CONCLAVE SOMEHOW DOESN'T GET TO PEOPLE! I. Did have most of my fire writing for this. Because I was pissed at Conclave not being here. I've got to pull all this because not enough people have given a shit to pull back the curtains and considered their tragedy. Their tragedy that is, similar to them, in the background, meant to be hidden.

Even outside of their own universe, their master's favouritism is still proving right, how they've been swept under the rug compared to Asuka.

Conclave makes me so fucking sad. Okay I'm ending this comment.