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mydei is a reference to alexander the great. holy shit.

putting context below the cut for those curious:

alrigth so,

hephaestion was alexander the great's 'closest friend' (read: super gay homosexual boyfriend) who died and was given an outrageously extravagant funeral. alexander also had the physician who failed to save hephaestion executed.

the 'to the strongest'-line is a reference to alexander's alleged last words before he died, in response to being asked who should inherit his kingdom.

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mydei calling phainon pet names in the kremnoan language thinking phainon can’t understand him

and phainon secretly learning the language and understanding every word

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THE ILIAD REFERENCE? SHUT UP OH MY GOD???

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happy 3.1 eve my loves

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mydei thinking phainon is worthy of having his back… and phainon attacking from the back… oh.

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People are all over the place because of Mydei's outrageous manspread scene, and yeah, even I had to raise an eyebrow at that, but I have my attention on something else.

What gets me is the throne Mydei's sitting in. It's made out of blood crystals—crystals formed out of Mydei's very own blood.

At first glance, it works as a badass boast; making yourself a throne to sit in and look down is cool and all, but in the fuller context of Mydei's life, it's really sad.

Because, see: as much as Mydei feels at home amidst war and has no qualms about killing and such, he does not believe in Strife as a goal unto itself the way Kremnos—the way Nikador—preaches. Strife is what ruined Mydei's family when his father cast him in the River of Souls, afraid of a tradition of patricide that fulfilled itself later on. It's easy to imagine how disgusted Mydei became with these practices that were seem as obvious in Kremnoan society. And once even their deity fell, he resolved to lead his people away from that polis and that lifestyle, so they can welcome a new walk of life free from Strife.

But here is the thing. As much as Mydei wants Kremnos to break away from Strife, he himself can't. As I said in the beginning, even if he does not believe in Strife as a goal unto itself, he lives in it. He lives in the war, in combat, in bloodshed. He's immortal, which allows him to be as reckless with himself as he wants in battle; his fighting style demands his blood to be shed. He denied himself the opportunity to become a demigod for the sake of his vision, but I think we all know it won't work. The Coreflame of Strife will be his in the end; he surely will be Nikador's successor.

And that's why that scene makes me so sad now. He’s not running away or rebelling in the end. He will fulfill his duty as a Chrysos Heir above all. He will sit in that throne of blood and be crowned king, the rightful inheritor of all the traditions Kremnos ought to leave behind. He, alone, because his people will follow the path he paved for them, away from Strife.

Mydeimos is truly the last monarch of Castrum Kremnos, in every way that matters.

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i was making a joke abt how mydei got thrown off a cliff as a kid and lived but like What if he didnt live. what if he found out he cant truly die bc he fucking drowned as a baby and then got back up 😭

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mina kamrater,

we did it

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då var det ett ypperligt tillfälle att dela med mig av en av mina mest obskyra fun facts

rickard rydell dubbade för lewis hamilton i bilar 2

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detta är skånes kväll på alla sätt och vis och jag ÄLSKAR det

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kommer aldrig glömma när jag var på norrvikens trädgårdar och de hade placerat ut lådor i trädgårdarna som spelade upp hasses röst när man öppnade locket

det var oerhört märkligt

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Måns vidare??

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Det bästa vi fått av mello i år är Dolly Styles piska och det är helt sant

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det är bara sexskämt och sexskämt och sexskämt

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varför sjunger grabben wrecking ball???

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cara mia kommer ALLTID vara peak