Reve's story (so far anyway) : heart theft

Favorite pose from this evolution?

shark swipe	9.5%	[ 110 ]
stolen heart	18.2%	[ 210 ]
hole-hearted	26.3%	[ 304 ]
vacant eyes	7.1%	[ 82 ]
cavalier's miniature	5.6%	[ 65 ]
cavalier's hat	12.5%	[ 144 ]
none	2.8%	[ 32 ]
I'm here to completely throw off your poll just for a bit of gold >:D	18.0%	[ 208 ]
Total Votes:			[ 1155 ]

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Aranthera

Bannable 0ffense

i'm guessing the shark stole her human heart, turned into a human himself (the cavalier), she fell in 'love' with him (the human shark, not the mechanical shark) but because she had no human heart she made herself a mechanical one, so she turned into the mechanical puppet.

so for her selfishness of not loving the shark when he was mechanical (only loving him as a human after he "stole her heart" LOL), she turns into a puppet herself.

in this aspect i wouldn't feel sorry for the madame because she fell in love with him only after he turned into a 'swan' (a human). bioootch.

but this is just speculation, anyway.

This one makes the most sence!
Your deduction skills are amazing!
I could totally see this!

i could seriously write an analytical paper about this EI.

it's like role reversal, with the toy (shark) turning into a human and a human turning into a toy (puppet). with the tea thing at the end signaling the end of pepper tea's story, etc. Plus there are points about gender roles (the male being the magical aspect of the story, the female the engineer), the yin/yang mix of colors (the colors balance so well), the samurai vs cowboy thing (female vs male), the beautification (artifice) of the male and female after transformation (yet in truth they are quite ugly, violent, and cold in personality), etc.

i'm a master BS'er

[Aranthera]

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Aranthera

Bannable 0ffense

i'm guessing the shark stole her human heart, turned into a human himself (the cavalier), she fell in 'love' with him (the human shark, not the mechanical shark) but because she had no human heart she made herself a mechanical one, so she turned into the mechanical puppet.

so for her selfishness of not loving the shark when he was mechanical (only loving him as a human after he "stole her heart" LOL), she turns into a puppet herself.

in this aspect i wouldn't feel sorry for the madame because she fell in love with him only after he turned into a 'swan' (a human). bioootch.

but this is just speculation, anyway.

This one makes the most sence!
Your deduction skills are amazing!
I could totally see this!

i could seriously write an analytical paper about this EI.

it's like role reversal, with the toy (shark) turning into a human and a human turning into a toy (puppet). with the tea thing at the end signaling the end of pepper tea's story, etc. Plus there are points about gender roles (the male being the magical aspect of the story, the female the engineer), the yin/yang mix of colors (the colors balance so well), the samurai vs cowboy thing (female vs male), the beautification (artifice) of the male and female after transformation (yet in truth they are quite ugly, violent, and cold in personality), etc.

i'm a master BS'er

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
Your very good, wether or not it BS!
3nodding

[WildPanda--Chan]

I don't think she turned into a doll.. in my opinion its more like this..

The shark stole her heart out of rage at his love for her being rejected, but was turned into a human as puishment so he could understand what he had done to her, horrified {since he still loved her} he got reve and together they made her a mechanical heart, but when she awoke she was angry and could only think about getting her real heart back.
So after searching effortlessly for the shark she just became a vessal for more and more anger, the cavalier who was saddened greatly by this must have confronted her and told her the truth but tragically her rage was now so terrible that soon after she blindly attacked him {like he attacked her} and killed him, the moment she did so her real heart was destroyed and she died as well... the clock signals the end of their story and the automation is actually just a doll to honor the story.. i can imagine it sitting on a shelf next to a doll of the cavalier while an entertainer tells the story using shadow puppets.. the tea service signals the end of the EI itself.

[leucanius]

S u z u k i--Panda

I don't think she turned into a doll.. in my opinion its more like this..

The shark stole her heart out of rage at his love for her being rejected, but was turned into a human as puishment so he could understand what he had done to her, horrified {since he still loved her} he got reve and together they made her a mechanical heart, but when she awoke she was angry and could only think about getting her real heart back.
So after searching effortlessly for the shark she just became a vessal for more and more anger, the cavalier who was saddened greatly by this must have confronted her and told her the truth but tragically her rage was now so terrible that soon after she blindly attacked him {like he attacked her} and killed him, the moment she did so her real heart was destroyed and she died as well... the clock signals the end of their story and the automation is actually just a doll to honor the story.. i can imagine it sitting on a shelf next to a doll of the cavalier while an entertainer tells the story using shadow puppets.. the tea service signals the end of the EI itself.

I don't think the shark and the cavalier are the same person, I think that the shark is just one of his minions.

[A Redhead Angel]

Looking back at the art, I am starting to think that the whole story is a puppet show.

[Meymi]

Mademoiselle was a toy maker of some sorts, she would make lovely creations encasing hearts in them, she would dive in the shallows in search of these hearts, until one day, she caught the attention of a young man, this young man was a weapon maker, but was too shy to confess his love for mademoiselle, he has been watching her ever since, when he discovered she has been diving for these hearts, he went to search for one heart, and whit it he built a mechanical shark (wich was also a weapon) and ordered it to seek mademoiselle and give her an iris as a present as to accept his love, when the shark presented the iris to mademoiselle, she rejected the gift but the cavalier ordered the shark to not return whit ought her heart, willing or not, so the shark swiped against her and stole her heart, (in the art the seau was with her when the shark presented her the iris, so i'm basing my theories up here) the seau took her to the beach, where her first made toy, the reve willingly gave his heart for her and dropped in the beach, knowing that the mechanical heart that the reve gave for her would not last long inside her body, she turned her other creations into armor and such and set out for the deep part of the shallows where she folowed the shark until she met the cavalier, they fought, and mademoiselle managed to stab him in the back (now its a bit effy, since i don't know that if in the act of stabbing the cavalier dropped the heart and it broke, or mademoiselle took the heart and then the cavalier shot her, anyway) since the heart broke, mademoiselle started to slowly die, but the cavalier didn't want that and tought it was too sad to let her go, so he gave her another mechanical heart and turned her into a doll, the perfect wife that would serve him tea and play music to him when he wished, for all eternity.
The rusted out Reve on the beach, having no heart, only could project shadow-puppets to tell this story.

=)

[[Hazy Kasumi]]

The Reve and its story are absolutely beautiful. Thank you for this tragic tale, pepper! <3

[Ganon Firenight]

I think you're all looking at this from the wrong angle.

I think the shark and the cavalier are one and the same, but the Cavalier himself is not human-- like the shark, he is mechanical. After the shark stole her heart, she tracked it down to get it back, and killed the Cavalier (Surprise Attack!). The smoke coming from around the knife suggests machinery, and the colors and patterns of the Cavalier's clothing match the shark's almost perfectly.

Unfortunately, he broke her heart before she could get it back (or, metaphorically, the act of killing him broke her heart), and so she died, leaving behind only her creations-- including the Automaton.

[Chilly Puppy]

[Hazy Kasumi]

The Reve and its story are absolutely beautiful. Thank you for this tragic tale, pepper! <3

I agree. The items are wonderfully made. <3