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(also, please comment xD I could use the feedback or rants or... i dunno, complements if even)

I've gotta say, perspective's a bitch, backgrounds don't like me, her hand ubberly hates me, and fuckyeah symbolysms.

Yes, it's sketchy, that's the point. And whoa, this was a real challenge. Starting with my idea of LET'S TRY AND PAINT WITH A SQUARE BRUSH, it all just got harder and harder.
SO MANY LAYERS OMFG (even with the sketches being done one layer per character). PSD file = 114mb. YEAH, 114. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD.

Doing the magic circles took a looooooot of research - because in Umineko, the meaning and drawing of magic circles IS A BIG DEAL, so I didn't want to massacre it by putting some random FMA stuff in there and go ":la:".
So, I did my research. TOOK ME +4 HOURS. REALLY. CONTINUED. JESUS CHRIST.

The resulting pieces are:
- the nearest small circle is a representation of the tree of life (Ars Magna or something).
- the one on the far left is a sort of Ying Yang circle, mixed together with the constelation Cancer. Because Battler is Cancer and everybody knows Ying Yang is a MUST (if you don't, WIKI IT).
- The stave (pentagrama), the symbol of witchcraft, in the centermost part - To witches, it represent the four basic elements (wind, water, earth and fire) plus a pantheistic spiritual being such as Gaia or Mother Earth. The pentagram is also "used for protection. to banish energy, or to bring it to you, depending on how it's drawn," wrote a Wiccan visitor.
- "The wheel" in big and fuzzy, a universal symbol of or cosmic unity, astrology, "the circle of life," evolution, etc. The pagan sacred circle plus any number of radiating spokes or petals form the wheel - a Wheel of Life to Buddhists, a Medicine Wheel to Native Americans, a Mandala to Hindus. It symbolizes unity, movement, the sun, the zodiac, reincarnation, and earth's cycles of renewal.
- And the other big circles, that are actually one (and is repeated in the upper side).
This was a combo of a loooot of stuff, handmade by yours truly.
First off, THANKS A WHOLE BUNCH TO *vikifanatic and his tutorial on how to make magic circles [link] , it helped me a fucking lot.
So I took a portion of the Bible (because YEAH THAT'S HOW THEY ARE DONE KTHX) and got me into a bigger mess, because there is a lot of discussion about this one part - which is written around the circles:
Hebrews 9:26-27-28
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,
28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Turns out there are many, many interpretations for these three phrases. And I had to choose my own!
And I chose to read these in Battler's sake. Meaning, after staying behind trying to save his family from the illusion of the witch, having faced judgement through all those deaths and by playing all over again with Beatrice throughout the Episodes, he comes back to bring salvation to the only one left who never stopped waiting for their return, Ange.
- Then, the greek letters Suma, which means Savior, Wisdom and Sun. And X, because... well, sort of a Pun for the fans (and for "messiah", too).
Also, notice the green book near Ange's feet? That's a WHEEL OF DHARMA: Buddhist wheel of life and reincarnation.


And, yeah, I designed another outfit for ANGE Beatrice. Because the original one doesn't quite go with her life/story changes. I MIGHT do a few fanarts of it, so you all can see the front - I really like it, there was just no room for it here.

I was playing EP4 (which took me the longest, almost a month, gee) when I thought: Well, wouldn't it be nice if there were some Fragment where magic related things were different for Ange?
And so I kept on thinking, and came up with this:

TL;DR ALERT!!(almost a fanfic on its own, gee)
Fragment # 00198723961283781267 (fuckyea random number): After the Rokkenjima incident and the funerals, Eva Ushiromiya started selling pretty much everything the deceased had owned in life. Ange, being only 6 years old and mourning, found admist all those belongings Maria's Grimoire, and remembered their last conversation, where she had defiled Maria's belief in magic and made her cry. Regretful and griefing, she took it and never got separated from it again, swearing she would at least try to keep that dream of magic alive, for Maria's sake.
She soon realized she could do those written magic tricks as well, and before long, she was able to summon Maria, Sakutaro, and all the Seven Sisters of Purgatory - there was no 12 year-gap, there was no need for the 10x effort due starting old.
So, when Ange reached the age of 18, she was already a talented, fearsome and very powerful witch.
And when Eva died, still holding on to the truth of what had happened those fatidic two days of October 1986, she knew it was now or never - her emotions were at its peak, and she could make use of them to finally grant her one and only wish: get her family back.
Of course, Mammon was right: she might have come across a long way, but she still could not revive her entire family, specially without vessels. But she couldn't wait any longer. So Ange took the one real vessel she had never let go of: the hair bows her beloved Battler-onii-chan had gotten her.
That very same night, she managed to get away from her guards to her secret room, dimly lit, stashed with old magic books, candles, and strange liquids - probably most of them gotten out of the same sale Eva did back then, being previously owned by Kinzo. She took just a pair of books, having read practically all of them and knowing which contents would help her in the ritual, and made more cautious preparations, just in case her actual power wouldn't be enough to pull it off.
She drew magic circles on the floor - two gotten out of those books, and the principal designed by her after a lot of study -, closed the window with a wooden door, cutting the only lightsource, and called forth the Ushiromiya Witch Staff to boost even more her magical power.
Her hands started to tremble at the excitement and the building-up hopes, but tried to calm herself down by taking deep breaths...
And when the clock behind her rang the twelve-o-clock mark, she started chanting.
"............Come, try to remember. My dearest brother, Battler.... Try and remember what form you had. Try and remember what a reliable and sweet person you were. Try to remember, and try to close your eyes, to open them again, in this place, in front of me... Please, show me that form one more time..."
She herself closed her eyes. There was no way any toxin would get into this room.
And also shut out her own doubts. There was no room for them, either.
So, she sung. She streched her arms and sung whole-heartedly. And through the darkness of her own eyelids, she could perceive how the magic circles were reacting to her words and started to shine. Her clothing began to move by a wind current. And her hair bows began to heat up her head.
And... she believed. She believed that, through the darkness of her eyelids, her brother was gathering together.
Then, Ange pondered. Will he wake up immediately? Will he understand? Will he remember me? Will he recognize me?
Even more, which Battler was she bringing back?
But, to her, it did not matter the answer for any of these questions.
Because he would be back as soon as she opened her eyes.
And that... made her truly smile.

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ANNNNNNNGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEE:iconcameraglompplz:OW.....my face :.I any way she shouda done that instead XD