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Marisverse: Hallie, Hitomi, big things are bout to happen, get ready!

"Hm. Don't like the sound of that!"

I should probably actually catch up on those last two chapters already, huh.

"You still haven't read them? I can't believe you don't even know about the thing!"

Look, you can try all you want, but I physically can't write you taunting me with information I don't have.

"Oh yeah, that's definitely the words of someone who doesn't know."

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Daren, anything to say to your colleagues now that they know the Produgious is real

"I told you! I fucking told you! Why didn't you just listen to me, for once?! Now I've lost it all..."

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Astra, Leaf, do you ever exchange adventuring tips when you hang out in the cube?

Astra's not here right now on account of... I kinda fell out of Terraria a bit. But the mind virus will inevitably come back, and when it does so will she.

And I'm sure she'll like Leaf. =)

... honestly, looking at my notes I can feel the mind virus already wanting to take hold. Astra might be back sooner than expected.

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So what did Daren do with his wife's body? I assume that keeping her preserved in a glass coffin is out of his budget

He didn't go completely off the rails until she had already been dead for a bit, so when it was time to make that decision he was still reasonable enough to follow her wishes.

..... whiiiiich I'm not sure what they are. Maybe she'd like the thing where you plant a tree over the grave. Did I mention anything in ERAH, actually? I don't think I did, but you know how my memory is.

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Daren, what was your idea (if any) after wishing your wife back? Did you want to keep the Miraculous? If yes, what would be your next step? And if no, who you think would make for a good Holder for them?

"Uhh... I didn't really care what happened to the magic jewels after that. I kinda thought they'd scatter to the winds like in Dragon Ball. But if they didn't I guess Emilia and Hallie could wield them. They'd deserve it."

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the long overdue "the fallen london characters on this multimuse blog" post

It's mostly Inessa. She's my main FL blorbo. She likes to do science. This mostly involves making very bad decisions to see what happens. But she writes it down, and that makes it science!

Those who've been paying attention may have observed that Inessa has a headmate. He doesn't have a name, he's just filled with exasperation. He wants Inessa to explode fewer things when she does science. Or at least a more carefully-selected set of things.

Lucky, my recurring cat OC, is also in the Neath. He's not specific to FL but he is here. Behold cat. He fuzzy.

I also put Lila Rossi from Miraculous in here mostly as a gag on that she would probably be really good at Hearts' Game. But I also put her through Nemesis which means I have to make up a dead OC brother for her. More details TBA maybe.

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Oh, right, the webcomic time thing. We were responding to that based on when the ask was sent.

"It could have been implausibly prescient advice based on future vision!"

"Why would Maris need that, especially an entire year before the game even existed?"

"No idea, the Lucky Charm works in mysterious ways."

Maris to Hallie: Soooo uhhh, Lucky Charm just gave me a candy cane. Not sure what that means. I might need Tigris? Maybe? Please remain on stand by if possible

"It's possible. Needs more candy canes, and all that. Or it could be pointing you to actual candy. Magic is mysterious that way."

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Boys, you're both poor little meow meows.

And that's why I'm making you delicious seafood soup.

Limpy noodle hair boy

i know you're not talking abouyt me because my hair is so voluminous. i showered this week so i know

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Beats floor without spaghetti any day of the week! :D

By the way, who cleaned that up?

Yes!

first my dad dies. then my plate of spaghetti falls on the floor. is nothing easy????

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What are 5 tropes you'd associate with Daren as portrayed in North Star?

Detrimental Determination: He will find magic to resurrect Emilia, no matter the cost. Abandoning his child, getting akumatized multiple times, having really bad plans, nothing will stop him - even if it really, really should.

Didn't Think This Through: Trying to use the emotion-powered Prodigious in his wildly emotionally unbalanced state was not the best idea.

Dumbass Has a Point: Testing the Prodigious was one of his few actually sensible ideas. Too bad his partners shot it down out of concern for damaging the sale value.

Honor Before Reason: He had no reason to refuse the money from the sale of the Prodigious except that he was offended by the offer itself going against his plans. Admittedly he wasn't planning to let the sale go through, but it couldn't have hurt to have as a backup.

The Lost Lenore: Every incredibly stupid thing he does is motivated by trying to magic Emilia back to life.

Missing Steps Plan: Get Prodigious, ???, have Black Cat and Ladybug Miraculous, resurrect wife! Like Vivi said, supervillaining them out of the heroes was probably part of the ???, but seeing Riodinidae's results at trying the same thing should've made it clear just how viable that approach would be (i.e. not viable at all).

Never My Fault: Every time anything goes wrong for him, he finds a way to blame someone else about it.

I typed out five but then immediately thought of more so you get bonus tropes.

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-Time Travels to a certain precise moment-

So, Orphegious, how are you feeling? Think things are working out well?

"It'll be working just fine, as soon as I can figure out how to control these Renlings!

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Vivi, how are things at home? And how are you feeling?

"I always assumed that if Daren ever showed up he'd have something that at least sounded like a good explanation for his absence. Not necessarily good enough, but at least a good attempt. Instead I learn he's been going after magic jewels like he wants to be Riodinidae 2, The Sequel To Riodinidae? I've got news for you, Daren, we already have one of those, and we don't like her! And how was he planning to even do it, anyway? That Prodigious thing didn't exactly look like it had resurrecting the dead among its powerset!

"... ahem. As you can see, my hackles are thoroughly raised right now. I can't imagine Hallie is doing any better, either."

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Daren. anything to say?

"I've said everything that needed saying. It's not my fault if people won't listen."

Yeah, that's you in a nutshell. If your plan doesn't work, it's someone else's fault.

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Hallie, Hitomi, how are you both feeling post 84?

"I'm gonna punch Daren in the nuts."

"I'm just paranoid that even more magic jewels are gonna show up and more people are gonna go supervillain trying to save their loved ones." ... and it's a bit unfair that Riodinidae got to save her girlfriend but I can't get my mom back -

Plot, like death, is famously unfair. Though if Kira can think of a plot-compatible way to revive Emilia, she has my permission to go right ahead with that. Just don't let Daren think he gets any credit for whatever it is.

"I believe time paradoxes were a key reason Emilia couldn't be saved. So... that sounds like it would melt someone's brain just trying to theorize a possible method."

(I don't think Vivi learned that in canon but this is the non-canon no-fourth-wall zone so don't worry about it.)

"Go to the alternate universe where everything is exactly the same but Daren died instead, pull Emilia from there to here?"

"Alternate-universe counterparts aren't the same person, so that's not exactly revival. Might do a decent imitation, though."

"I mean, Dad was okay with a sentimonster that wasn't even a person, just looked like Mama. Alternate-universe me might not like this plan much, though."

"Bring them along for the ride too! Two Hallies! Double the nerd!"

For the record, this is obviously not a remotely viable idea, but it's fun to imagine about.

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Thunderbolt system, how is working with Maris vs working with Ladybug?

"Ladybug is more of a hardass than Maris, but Maris is more neurotic. Like they're both cool! But that's the most obvious difference between them.

"They're both far more sensible than some people in here.

"What're you sniping at me about, that didn't even happen in this timeline!"

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Any heartwarming moments between Hallie and its dad that might make for a good flashback or should I make something up

I don't have much of that time detailed out, no. I imagine there was a period - after Emilia's death but before Daren found whatever drove him on his pointless quest - where the two actually supported each other in their mutual grief. That's kinda all I got.