#BECAUSE A WISPS LIFESPAN IS SO DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT COMPARED TO THEM

[lanternlightss]

Hi yes I was vibing and then suddenly got slapped with the thought that the only reason the course of the timeline went out of wack, the only reason Cecil was even in a position to become an archon was because of Venti sacrificing themself to protect the gang. stwbk happened because of an act of love and love is an overarching theme for better and for worse and I am going to crumble into a million pieces-

google how do you like an ask a thousand times

but points at you!!!! yes!!!!!!!!

istaroth had accounted for many, many things. how the people feared decarabian, instead of adored. how the people sat in resentment. how they looked at the tower that kept them “safe” as though it were merely a target.

what she did not account for, however, was love.

she did not account for venti to develop a bond with this bard, a bond so strong it could very well shape history.

she did not account for venti to feel… sympathetic, for these humans. how they wished they could be as free as the wind itself.

she did not account for venti’s kindness, their understanding, their love that could stretch miles and miles.

she did not account for how greatly and deeply venti cared for these people.

and—most of all, she did not account for the people to love them back. to care just as much as they did.

so seeing the tower explode, seeing one of her children die, and seeing that instead of rejoining her, instead of returning to their family….

they stay with their friends. because they love each and every one of them.

(and seeing cecil visit her, with a wind spirit at their side that seems all too familiar.

and seeing that they share the same power, as faint as it is.

and having it dawn upon her.

all this time, the timeline had been changing right under her nose, and she was oblivious to every sign of it.

how interesting that is.

how strange that is.

this timeline will be held by an act of love til celestia falls, and beyond.)