#Dain Aetos

[court-of-secrets]

i love fourth wing couples because if Xaden woke up in the middle of the night to Violet dragging a dead body into their room he’d be like “Baby don’t even worry, you go shower off/ go back to bed, I’ll deal with the body.”

And if Dain woke up in the middle of the night to Sloane dragging a body into their room he’d be like “Really?” and then she would give him a look and start to deal with it but he’d sigh and be like, “No baby I’ll deal with it but you’re gonna sit on the bed and think about what you’ve done.”

[violentdelightshavevioletends]

“Dain is just an imperfect 21-year-old kid who trusted his dad, and is a little over-protective telling his chronically ill friend to sit the fuck down.”

[fancytheoristluminary]

SLOANE WAS JEALOUS?????

[intairnwetrust]

Seriously where is Dain's mother in all of this?

[darkempathgirls]

Save a Dragon, Ride a Wingleader 🔥🥵

[trippyyes]

Dain most definitely is that one person in class who reminded the teacher about homework.

[shadowofthoughts]

Rip Xaden, you would have loved Shinedown and MCR

Rip Violet, you would have loved Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift

Rip Sawyer, you would have loved Rick Montgomery and Ed Sheeran

Rip Rhiannon, you would have loved Doja Cat and Halsey

Rip Imogen, you would have loved Evanescence and Amy Winehouse

Rip Ridoc, you would have loved Twenty one pilots and Kendrick Lamar

Rip Sloane, you would have loved Sabrina Carpenter and Lana Del Rey

Rip Aaric, you would have loved Benson Boone Dean Lewis

Rip Bodhi, you would have loved Hozier and NF

Rip Garrick, you would have loved Coldplay and The Offspring

Rip Dain, you would have loved Arctic Monkeys and Alec Benjamin

Rip Liam, you would have loved Avicii and Onerepublic

Rip Andarna, you would have loved Paramore and Katy Perry

Rip Sgaeyl, you would have loved Sia and Fleurie

Rip Tairn, you would have loved Metallica and Imagine Dragons

[theseinfernalangels]

Headcanon: Aye, General Grievance

TLDR; Things they do that are annoying, until they aren’t.

• Ridoc (at least, when you meet him) needs to learn how to shut the fuck up. Not because he talks too much (his voice is actually very rich and soothing), but because he’s the type of guy to jump in a conversation when you take a half-second to breathe. He also loves to finish peoples’ sentences — which eventually becomes endearing, but you can’t stand it when he thinks he knows what’s going to come out of your mouth…Until he does, anyway. After that, it makes him feel very sly and you, very shy.

• Sawyer has a habit of drumming his fingers on any surface when he gets nervous or is trying to think. At first, you can’t help but ache with sympathy for the poor guy, but it gets old very fast. You’re trying to work on your homework when you hear a dull tapping noise resound from the other side of the room, which means that Sawyer is here and probably working on the same thing as you. You decide to ask why he does that so much, and he just sheepishly holds up his hand, his fingernails bitten short and bloody.

“It’s either that or this.”

• Aaric corrects people’s grammar all the time. It’s helpful for when you write essays and stuff — he had such high quality education compared to everyone else, so of course he knows the difference between there, their, and they’re. However, he also tends to do it out loud, too. If you’re from somewhere with a variety of local slang, he’ll just stare at you for a moment before going, “You mean [insert technically correct term here]?” You have to teach him your dialect and its quirks so that he doesn’t keep trying to one up you. Eventually you catch him slipping up, and he just shoots an unimpressed look your way. You take it as a win.

• Dain, bless his heart, was at one point (and kind of still is) that kid who was like, “Ma’am? You forgot to collect the homework.” He can’t help it; he likes to be helpful, and if he helps the teacher remember, then he knows that they’ll approve of him more. He also says that if he were the teacher, he’d be really grateful for the reminder because, fun fact, he can be kind of forgetful sometimes. It’s like his own little personal training so that he can train his memory and get good attention from adults, because Amari knows he’s not getting it from either of his parents.

• Bodhi has a tendency to be a little clingy. He can’t really help it; the boy just loves to be with and around people. He can’t stand to be alone. He doesn’t have separation anxiety, per se, but being completely alone for more than thirty minutes at a time can put him on edge. He loves to touch, loves to hang around, loves to follow. Why do you think he’s always trailing behind his older cousin? It’s what he’s been doing since they were kids. Now that Bodhi’s entire family, sans Xaden, is gone, he has to be with people or else he’ll feel lonely and get in his own head about it. You find it to be really odd at first, but once you figure out the deeper meaning, you let him drape himself over you for as long as he needs.

• Garrick never lets himself be looked at in the infirmary. He’s so damn stubborn, it drives everyone insane. The only reason he’ll give anyone is that it’s more important that the other, more severe injuries be looked at first…even if he has a broken arm or a deep laceration in his side. You can’t drag him there (the man is just too solid), and he doesn’t give in to pleading, either. The only way you could ever convince him to come get his injuries looked at is if every single other person in the room has gotten looked at first, and even then, he’s very reluctant. Finally, after what feels like hours of questioning, he quietly admits that he hates having to be touched by healers, because it makes the rebellion relic burn like a stretched wound.

• Liam, despite being the resident Golden Boy, is just a man at the end of the day. He leaves a trail of wood shavings wherever he goes. You would think he’d clean up after himself, but you just find them everywhere — in the hallways, in the grand hall, all around his room, all around your room…It drives you insane. Like, yeah; the quality of his wood carvings is amazing, but does it really make up for the fact that there’s always a faint trace of sawdust and shavings everywhere around Basgiath? You finally realize he’s doing it on purpose when you complain about it and he just shoots you a small smile.

“Sorry. I’m just making sure you can find me.”

• Brennan, whenever he’s writing with a normal fountain pen and needs to stop to think, always traces the nib on the edge of the ink pot he’s using. It makes this little scraping noise that gives you chills, like when people run their nails down a piece of paper. You feel bad for getting pissed off about it, but does he really need to be doing all that? It’s constant, too — there are times where he’ll take ten minutes just to make little rings around the edge of the pot while he just stares into space. Eventually you confess that it makes you really uncomfortable, and he just smiles wistfully.

“It’s a Scribe thing. I get it from my dad.”

[slainmaitos]

it took my first fic a month to reach 1k hits, and only took my most recent smut fic 10 days to reach 1k hits which confirmed the suspicion which wasn't an actual suspicion but a fact I already knew that we all agree that Dain is a bit of a slut

[bookdragon-shenanigans]

The Empyrean as shitposts (OS edition)

[BEWARE! SPOILERS AHEAD]

Aaric Graycastle

Violet Sorrengail

Bodhi Durran

Mira Sorrengail

Xaden Riorson

Sloane Mairi

Ridoc Gamlyn

Dain Aetos

Garrick Tavis

[court-of-secrets]

Sloane: “I do what I want.”

Someone: “I’m calling Dain.”

Sloane: “Okay??? What’s he gonna do- stop me???”

Dain: “I do what I want.”

Someone: “I’m calling Sloane.”

Dain: “No wait-”

[violentdelightshavevioletends]

Dain’s signet means people are afraid of being touched by him. Sloane’s signet means she’s afraid to touch other people.

They are each others balance.

A first year in Fourth Wing (a marked one he was warned about of the rebellion he was raised against) & the third year Wing Leader whose father is responsible for killing her brother; making them “should-be-enemies” yet, they have impeccable chemistry. Challenging each other as one of them was rather by the books (but is slowly fraying/changing) and the other a walking rebellion, pushing them into the gray middle ground; creating a balance between them. From the moment one first says, "I’m going to hurt you" & the other "gods don’t I know it" —

… Much like "You’ll be the death of me & "she’d be the best thing that ever happened to me, I’d be the worst thing that ever happened to her" … sound familiar?

Making them the balance to the last time this happened.

Their signets are the balance, and may very well change the war… Her siphon as a signet which could be the counterpart to the Venin; as instead of draining life, she is “life”. And where a main character is now missing (what may be) crucial memories, his signet allows him to find and see memories; which could help if they don’t wish to be found.

They are the balance.

[fancytheoristluminary]

Okay, I’ve already seen some people claiming that Dain can’t be the general of Basgiath because the squad doesn’t listen to him and he isn’t respected. Do you all realize that his journey to becoming trusted and respected is exactly what his character arc is about?

People didn’t trust him in *Iron Flame* because of what happened to Liam, but by the end of the book, he made crucial choices that literally led to their victory in battle. By the end of *Onyx Storm*, Ridoc had warmed up to Dain. When Dain said they should fight instead of hiding like cowards, Bodhi stood behind him. Imogen literally saved Dain’s life, and Sloane trusted him with her signet. Even Violet called him a leader.

And obviously, the rest of the squads respect him—he’s quite literally the general’s son. he wouldn’t have become a wingleader in the 1st place if he wasn’t respected

[stupidlybookish]

Sloane: Crushes are the worst!

Dain: I know! Whenever I’m around mine, I always act stupid.

Sloane: Pft, you always act stupid.

Dain:

Dain: Please don’t think on that too hard.

[fantasybooksandtealeaves]

dain holding sloane by the waist so she doesn't throw hands and then letting her punch him? twice? dain telling sloane he doesn't coddle first years anymore and ordering her to train.her.signet.? dain helping her siphon when she's nervous and telling her she is life? "EYES HERE"??

I can feel the brainrot setting in and it's glorious

[trippyyes]

ngl i feel for dain and nobody can change my mind.

that man had to watch a girl he clearly adored...friendzone the fuck out of him for the person she was told was gonna kill her.

he better than me.

id hold a grudge fr