#(he knows he will never have that. that cor wouldnt be cor if his loyalties changed so easily.

[sparklecryptid]

*wistful* Any Cor/Ardyn thoughts? I miss them.

So I've been thinking of canon lately and how delicious this ship is from a canon perspective.

Because look - on one hand you have a man that was born to be king, you have someone whose crown was once gold and brilliant who is now confined to darkness when he was supposed to be light. Ardyn had everything torn away from him, his crown, his lover, his kingdom, his brother and if this were a different world perhaps he could have thought it was a string of bad luck.

But he has confirmation, he has confirmation that he is supposed to die. That he is the villain in this story. He knows the path he was headed down was dark but if he hadn't been left to suffer from the gods whimsy it might have been different-

So on one hand you have Ardyn.

On the other hand you have Cor. Cor whose loyalty is etched into the marrow of his bones. Cor who has killed for King and Country and would die for them if only he had been afforded the right. You have Cor who has sworn his loyalty to the grandchildren of Somnus and has outlived (or will outlive) every King he has been set to guard.

"Immortal" they call him yet he can be cut down just the same. It's not his fault everyone is so terribly bad at attempting to kill him.

You have a man who has been changed almost beyond recognition from what was done to him (Ardyn) and you have a man who despite the tragedy that informed his life has remained steadfast in his goals and loyal to those who deserve it.

Which is to say: I need them to see reflections of themselves and shades of those they love in each other and then I need them to bitch and snarl and make out about it.

[ardentmystacina]

#i am squeezing them like squeaky toys#something something about how they dealt with the cruel hand fate dealt them differently#something something about cors undying loyalty vs ardyn's desire to let everything burn#something something ardyn knowing that cor would never betray lucis but selfishly wanting cors devotion all to himself#(he knows he will never have that. that cor wouldnt be cor if his loyalties changed so easily.#ardyn still wants.)

*wistful* Any Cor/Ardyn thoughts? I miss them.

So I've been thinking of canon lately and how delicious this ship is from a canon perspective.

Because look - on one hand you have a man that was born to be king, you have someone whose crown was once gold and brilliant who is now confined to darkness when he was supposed to be light. Ardyn had everything torn away from him, his crown, his lover, his kingdom, his brother and if this were a different world perhaps he could have thought it was a string of bad luck.

But he has confirmation, he has confirmation that he is supposed to die. That he is the villain in this story. He knows the path he was headed down was dark but if he hadn't been left to suffer from the gods whimsy it might have been different-

So on one hand you have Ardyn.

On the other hand you have Cor. Cor whose loyalty is etched into the marrow of his bones. Cor who has killed for King and Country and would die for them if only he had been afforded the right. You have Cor who has sworn his loyalty to the grandchildren of Somnus and has outlived (or will outlive) every King he has been set to guard.

"Immortal" they call him yet he can be cut down just the same. It's not his fault everyone is so terribly bad at attempting to kill him.

You have a man who has been changed almost beyond recognition from what was done to him (Ardyn) and you have a man who despite the tragedy that informed his life has remained steadfast in his goals and loyal to those who deserve it.

Which is to say: I need them to see reflections of themselves and shades of those they love in each other and then I need them to bitch and snarl and make out about it.