i want to know what i love you means
― independent, private, selective VIOLET EVERGARDEN from the light novel &. show of the same name, as written by clarissa.
i'll run to where i am needed
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i am solely basing my content on the anime adaptation of violet evergarden so far, as i am not familiar with the light novel. however, i plan to explore it in the future as i'm reading it and take some of it into consideration. you are not expected to know neither of those contents, and i'm pretty open to explaining violet and adding her to as many universes as possible.
please be cautious, as violet evergarden deals with heavy themes such as suicide, war, violence, amputations, ptsd, depression, and child abuse. violet is a child-turned-weapon whose humanity was erased from very early on. she is an orphan, her origins are unknown. we know that she was found on an island already turned into a killing machine by forces, who was quickly taken advantage of by older men. she is also a war survivor, who lost two arms in battle, who was long deprived of speech and emotions. her story is not light, as you'll see on her biography, so please be careful. i won't tag specific triggers, as they are mentioned in these rules, but i'll tag other content warnings after reviewing the rules.
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keep in mind that violet comes from a fictional world but is multilingual, speaking japanese, english, german, and the fictional language of her world (very similar to german in some aspects).
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violet starts her journey at an unknown age and her narrative continues as she grows. most people in the animated adaptation say she is around 14 in the beggining, though that is not factual. i am following the animated adaptation, following her from 11-12 years old (before and during war) up to the 18 years shown in the movie, considering her to be around that age. violet, thus, is very hard to ship with and will only be shipped with characters around her age. verses where she is younger are out of the question for ships. i also won't write anything graphically sexual. adressing the ship of violet x gilbert, it is extremely hard to ignore it since it drives the narrative: but, in my point of view, it is strickly platonic, soul-bonding kind of relation for the whole duration of the show, a pure form of love without any romantic/sexual undertones (which is so gross). gilbert and violet as a romance, in canon, happens off screen after years of not seing one another, and even then, if a gilbert does show up to write, i won't ship it immediately (or at all) and it will require much development and respect between muses and muns. that said, i do not consider their marriage off-screen/light novel canon in my verses, and violet still works as an auto-memory doll in leiden.
. FULL NAME. . violet evergarden / ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン
. ALSO KNOWN AS. . vi , "leidenschaftlich's soldier maiden"
. D.O.B. + AGE. . september 25th. unknown. currently around 18 years old.
. ZODIAC. . libra / cancer / pisces
. GENDER. . female
. PRONOUNS. . she/her
. ORIENTATION. . biromanic / demisexual
. OCCUPATION. . auto memory doll, writer, soldier (formely)
. SPECIES. . human
. BIRTHPLACE. . unknown.
. CURRENT HOME. . leidenschaftlich
. LANGUAGE(S). . japanese, german, english, fictional language of leidenschaftlich. fluent in all.
. PARENTS. . unknown, deceased. fostered by tiffany evergarden.
. OTHERS. . aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, nephews, siblings etc.
. SIG. OTHER. . none.
. PET(S). . none.
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back when she was a child, violet was found on a deserted island alone after dietfried bougainvillea and his comrades' ship became stranded. she didn't have a name at the time, and dietfried was unsure if she had become orphaned or if she had suffered an accident in the sea just like them. although Dietfried didn't have any intention of doing anything since he was already annoyed, some of his subordinates approached violet and attempted to rape her. before Dietfried was able to stop them, violet killed them in response. terrified by her actions, the remaining soldiers all fled, but violet continued hunting after them. dietfried and his remaining underlings then decided to kill her, but before they could act, she had already slaughtered everyone except for him. after that, he was pursued by violet, but she only followed him around and didn’t even attempt to kill him. dietfried realized that violet couldn't talk and couldn't understand words. he also concluded that she was the only inhabitant of that island and that the reason she had killed so many people was simply that she was ordered to do it. once he understood that, dietfried did repeated experiments. for example, if he pointed to animals or insects and said "kill," she would immediately do so. this also applied to humans. despite her inability to speak or understand language except the order to kill, dietfried brought her home with him.upon returning, violet was "given" to major gilbert as a gift to commemorate his promotion by dietfried. gilbert then decided to enlist her on a militant unit that he had been appointed to take overall command of in his promotion to major. it was an ideal place to "raise" the soldier-like girl violet while keeping her at an arm's distance. she didn't become a member of gilbert's unit since a girl not old enough to serve would never be allowed. there were also people who deemed it wrong to have children so close.he later got the permission to conduct private experiments at the training grounds, and the permission as to whether violet could really be a ‘weapon’ was granted to him. leidenschaftlich didn't certificate violet as a person or give her a registered name, she was only certified as an armament with her "user" being gilbert. however, even though gilbert was ordered to treat violet as a tool with no mercy and compassion, gilbert was strongly against his brother's cruel behavior towards violet and instead treated her with kindness. He was also the one who taught her speech, words, and gave her the name "violet" in hopes that she would grow into a woman as beautiful as the flower. even though gilbert wanted to grant her parents to raise her appropriately, he couldn't, since he was scared of her killing someone without his knowledge. gilbert's superiors also forced him to put violet on the front lines due to her combat abilities. due to that, gilbert voiced his desire for wanting violet to grow as a person, and as she grew up, be able to become something more than a "tool". violet fought with gilbert in the war, where she was a valuable asset who proved to be instrumental in winning many key battles due to her incredible strength and skills.during the war, gilbert's unit was assigned to stage an attack on the enemy's headquarters, the success of which could mean the end of the war. they were able to seize headquarters and signal the main force to attack, but at this time, the whole unit suffered heavy casualties, and both gilbert and violet were shot and exposed to a grenade. gilbert, who was in a near-death state, told violet to leave him behind and escape to give her a chance of surviving, which violet stubbornly refused despite having lost her arms. but after gilbert's pleading for her to stop, she gave in. gilbert then told violet that he wanted her to be free and live happily, not as a tool, but as a regular human being, and to find a real home. before succumbing to his injuries, he confessed that he loved violet from the bottom of his heart.after recovering from her injuries when the war ended, violet was adopted into the evergarden family in tiffany evergarden's care, and she was also taken in by claudia hodgins at gilbert's request and began working at the CH postal Company as an auto memories doll to understand the meaning behind gilbert's words.