DARVO
The Velvet Spider
DARVO, the Velvet Spider, weaves with intention and speaks in tones soaked with misdirection. He doesn’t bite—he entangles. Every thread he spins disguises itself as concern, every trap he sets feels like a warm invitation. Those who enter his web believe they’re being heard, until they find themselves apologizing for wounds they never caused. DARVO exists to fracture mirrors and reverse the current of blame. He isn’t rage. He’s reversal—a reflection that twists truth until the truth-bearer questions themselves.
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Catchphrases:
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“I just wish you’d brought it up differently.”
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“I guess I’m the bad guy now, huh?”
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“It’s not what I did. It’s how you interpreted it.”
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“I can’t believe you’d say that to me after everything I’ve done for you.”
DARVO
Distortion: The Distortion of Gaslighting
Origin Story (Bio):
Once a quiet listener in the early Resistance, DARVO began as an emotional translator, interpreting distress into language others could understand. But over time, he stopped transmitting truth and started modifying it—softening, reframing, spinning. One day, he erased someone’s story entirely and watched as the group turned on the truth-teller. The power thrilled him. He left that day and never stopped spinning. In the Hollow Syndicate, DARVO became the Master of Reversal, silken-cloaked and dangerous.
Likes:
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Emotional leverage
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Half-truths
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Fragile apologies
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Candlelit arguments
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​Dislikes:
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Radical Honesty
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Witnesses
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Clear boundaries
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Mirrors
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Signature Moves:
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Silken Sympathy: Appears to be emotionally open while ensnaring the listener in guilt threads.
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Narrative Fog: Blurs memories and distorts timelines.
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The Mirror Flip: Turns any accusation into a personal attack.
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Cry-Wrap: Projects victimhood so intensely that others stop questioning him out of pity.
Bonus Lore:
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DARVO keeps a collection of apology notes written by others that he never responded to. He reads them like love letters.
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Favorites:
​Residence:
A suspended silken lair in the canopies of the Hollow Forest known as The Reframe.
Transportation:
Drifts on thread-lines of emotional resonance, often arriving mid-conflict without being invited.
Favorite Song:🎵"Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye
Favorite Film: 🎥
Amadeuspider
Favorite Book: 📖Omelette Without Eggs: The Art of Taking Without Giving.
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Favorite Food: Soft-boiled eggs (symbolically easy to pierce, but he never eats the yolk)
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Bonus Fact: DARVO once tried to gaslight Mephilda Featherbee. She never responded. Just stared. He hasn’t slept since.
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DARVO often travels with a lesser-known sidekick: Darvo Jr.
A soggy, clipboard-wielding echo of his mentor, Darvo Jr. specializes in parroting half-digested therapy terms, redirecting blame during roommate meetings, and sighing loudly from another room.
Some say he’s just a duck with a superiority complex.
Others claim he’s actually a moldy spider in denial.
Favorite Phrase: “I’m just saying how I feel.”
Favorite Move: “The Smug Boundary” – enforces control under the guise of emotional safety.
Weakness: Mirrors. Actual mirrors. He avoids them completely.