#Ellinon

[kinglyisms-archived]

♚ — @mythcaels

“Focus less on my magical time bomb and just tell me how gorgeously attractive I am. Because I am. I’m fantastic.”

[systlin]

The trio "new money shows it off" old money is quiet.

Tyrion: "ARE YOU CALLING MY FAMILY TACKY??"

Trio: if the silk tent fits

The really funny thing is that the Lannisters have had Casterly Rock and the associated wealth for just about as long as Sys' family have held the throne of the Northern Lands.

But the Lannisters have simply never grown out of acting like a bunch of spoiled rich little brats with Daddy's Amex Black and more money than taste or sense.

Sys, on Ellinon, has money money. Like, she could afford to be as tacky and gaudy and generally assholish about it as the Lannisters, but her family has moved on to the generally more understated Old Money sort of attitude and they just find it gauche and tasteless.

(Plus, they find it prudent to set money aside in good times against things like plague, famine, natural disaster, ect. It makes you not get murdered by angry commoners with magic powers as much.)

[whencyclopedia]

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[inadequate--feelings]

Είμαι απ’τη χώρα των δημοσίων εγκληματιών

Και των νεκρών μαθητών

Σε μια στροφή των Τεμπών

[annarrchy]

είμαι απ’ τη χώρα των γραμμάτων των τεχνών και των καλλιτεχνών,

αμέτρητων τηλεθεατών και καναλιών,

από τη χώρα, των ασυνείδητων κληρικών

και των χιλιάδων μοναστηριών κι εκκλησιών,

τη χώρα της Νέας Δημοκρατίας και του ΠΑΣΟΚ

της γραφικής αριστεράς, των δημοκρατικών ηλεκτροσόκ,

την χώρα των αντιπάλων οικογενειών

και κατ’ επέκταση αντιπάλων ομάδων κι εταιρειών,

τη χώρα λογοτεχνών σαν τον Καζατζάκη

κι εκδοτών σαν τον Τεγόπουλο και τον Λαμπράκη.

από τη χώρα που ξεχνάει ποιητές σαν τον Ελύτη

μα θυμάται να ταΐζει ανθρώπους σαν τον Σημίτη,

τη χώρα που ’χουν πέραση βλάκες και φλώροι

στην Ελλάδα του φωτός βλέπουν όλοι Fame Story,

τη χώρα της χρυσής εποχής, του 5ου αιώνα

όπου σκλάβοι δημοκρατικά χτίσαν τον Παρθενώνα.

είμαι από μια χώρα που λέγεται Ελλάδα,

τη μεγάλη της Ευρώπης ισχνή αγελάδα.

είμαι απ’ την χώρα των δημοσίων εγκληματιών

και των νεκρών μαθητών σε μια στροφή των Τεμπών.

[kinglyisms]

The Barbie dolls that need the most attention.

Hiroki

Toshiro

Akira

Mitsuaki

Zero

Wyatt

I always crave attention for Hiroki, and exploring his role as King. Toshiro and Zero have never really had much going on, even I tend to neglect them. Wyatt has a very hard time getting along with literally anyone other than @mythcaels Ellinon, so keeping interactions with him is like pulling teeth.

Thank you for your sacrifice.

[erev0s]

Είμαι από μια χώρα που λέγεται Ελλάδα

Τη μεγάλη της Ευρώπης ισχνή αγελάδα

Είμαι απ'τη χώρα των δημοσίων εγκληματιών

Και των νεκρών μαθητών σε μια στροφή των Τεμπών

[goexploregreece]

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[mythcaels-a]

Wyatt is--tired. Mentally, physically, in just about every single way he felt drained. More than he cared to admit, honestly. He had just finished the reports he needed to submit for the bar, his eyes struggling with focusing any longer, and had pushed himself away from the desk. It wasn't even that late, but he hadn't slept the night before which he thinks had irritated Ellinon a bit. Some days--the nightmares, the things that haunt him, are a bit to much for him to even bother trying to sleep.

Ellinon was in the bedroom, looking to have just finished a shower and getting dressed. Wyatt was quiet as he opened the door and stepped inside, sparing a glance at the clock to see it was about seven in the evening. He usually gets home around five, and they have dinner. On very rare days, Wyatt even cooks for him. He thinks Ellinon likes those days best.

He makes his way up behind the other and gently wrapped his arms around Ellinon's waist, tugging the other back against him until he holding him in his arms. He leaned his head forward and tucked his face into the crown of Ellinon's hair. He smelled good, whatever odd shampoo he used that was definitely magical in nature was a very good scent on him.

He lets out a soft breath and closed his eyes, feeling himself relax against him. His headache was working away a little bit.

"I love you."

unprompted | always accepting.

He finds himself standing in front of the large mirror that he had placed into their bedroom, brushing his long locks of hair and wondering if he should maybe even braid it ( of course this thought process was merely a distraction to try and kick and worries or irritation he had towards Wyatt for not sleeping out of his brain ). He knew Wyatt had been awake for simply too long at this point and he sighs and grips the hairbrush tighter, so much for distracting his mind from worries and irritation.

There's arms around his waist so suddenly that he is blinking in surprise for having missed the other's presence in the room entirely. He really was in his own head for a moment there worrying about the very person holding him, huh ?

Any frustration he has towards Wyatt from the day before and even now just drifts away with how the other holds him close, watching his every action in the mirror. His expression grows so soft and his heart does that fluttery thing again, so full of love for this man that holds him like this when he has these little moments where he wants to. His magic is singing praises and his heart feels like it could simply burst where it sits in his chest.

The moment is so tender and wonderful and then the other utters those three little words that are anything but little to him. To be loved by someone, by Wyatt, is the best thing in the world in his mind really. To hear those three words spill from the others lips is everything to him, hearing those words mean the absolute world to him. Fingers clench the hairbrush so tight in his hand as he feels himself growing quite emotional over the moment ( so much so that he does feel bad for Wyatt as an empath in the moment ).

He feels it, the tears in his eyes and Ellinon does not remember the last time he had ever cried about something but he's just happy, so genuinely happy for once in his life and loved, loved for the first time in his life too and he's overwhelmed by it all. It was hardly the first time the other had been honest about his feelings but it was just everything that this moment was that hit him and opened some kind of dam of emotions within him.

He blinks and tears tumble so freely down pale cheeks but smile settles so softly onto lips as he leans back into the hold that the other has on him. He knows that Wyatt can feel that he is swimming with so much love for him, he's probably radiating it in waves but he has to say it back and it tumbles from lips so softly.

❝ I love you too . . . so very much. ❞

[kinglyisms-archived]

♚ — @mythcaels ;; Wyatt & Ellinon. “Wyatt, you’re bleeding.”

   “Congrats, Ellinon, and here I thought you were capable of more thought than that.” Wyatt snapped, pushing the man out of the way to get to the kitchen and the first aid kit that was stashed under the sink. He yanked the doors open, grabbed the box and tossed it on top of the counter. “Not the first fucking stab wound I had and it’s not going to be the last. I don’t know why you’re standing there looking like that.” He had more issues to deal with than just the fact he was bleeding. “Maybe if I finally bleed to death the entire world will be happy.” Not that, he does actually have some self-preservation. Mostly because he refuses to die until he takes Luka Reid with him. 

   Wyatt unlatched the box on the kit and tossed the lid back, digging around for something to use to stitch the wound shut. He learned many forms of first aid while he was passed around as a slave. He can take care of horrible wounds, simple ones and even broken bones. Magic, his mother had taught him, could be healing too. But he’s never bothered to study that far into it when his own hands can do the same thing as a little bit of lights can. Just give him some fire and an iron poker and he can fix himself that way too.

[romios-gr]

Η αιμοσταγής φαμίλια των Τούρκων που ελέγχει την αιμοσταγή φαμίλια των Ελλήνων Η αιμοσταγής φαμίλια Κοτς έφτιαξε & Μουσείο Ελλήνων προσφύγων στο Αϊβαλί Μάλιστα ο Πατριάρχης, συνεργάτης του Ραχμί Κοτς, συνέστησε ενθέρμως να προχωρήσει το ελληνοτουρκικό Συμπόσιο Γίνεται μεγάλο Αλισβερίσι όπως λένε οι …φίλοι μας οι Τούρκοι Η αιμοσταγής φαμίλια Κοτς έφτιαξε & Μουσείο Ελλήνων προσφύ... Περισσότερα εδώ: https://romios.gr/i-aimostagis-familia-ton-toyrkon-poy-elegchei-tin-aimostagi-familia-ton-ellinon/

[systlin]

Doran; so like, women are virgins on their wedding night, right? That's what's supposed to happen?

Sys, Sura, Foicatch; what's a virgin

Doran; ................what

I love how the "oh you are really not from here" moment in these grim worlds with Systlin & co is just them being polite and generally respecting of other cultures. kills me every time.

People just have to stand there and entirely mentally re-calibrate mid sentence like

[eclecticstarlightblogger]

Στέλιος Φωτόπουλος για τη γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων της Ιωνίας: Ατιμώρητοι και οι Τούρκοι και οι προδότες

Αλήθειες για την Μικρασιατική Καταστροφή. Στέλιος Φωτόπουλος για τη γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων της Ιωνίας: Ατιμώρητοι και οι Τούρκοι και οι προδότες – olympia source https://www.olympia.gr/1602175/apopsi/stelios-fotopoylos-gia-ti-genoktonia-ton-ellinon-tis-ionias-atimoritoi-kai-oi-toyrkoi-kai-oi-prodotes/

[thoughtfullyblogger]

Στέλιος Φωτόπουλος για τη γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων της Ιωνίας: Ατιμώρητοι και οι Τούρκοι και οι προδότες

Αλήθειες για την Μικρασιατική Καταστροφή. Στέλιος Φωτόπουλος για τη γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων της Ιωνίας: Ατιμώρητοι και οι Τούρκοι και οι προδότες – olympia source https://www.olympia.gr/1602175/apopsi/stelios-fotopoylos-gia-ti-genoktonia-ton-ellinon-tis-ionias-atimoritoi-kai-oi-toyrkoi-kai-oi-prodotes/

[greekblogs]

Στέλιος Φωτόπουλος για τη γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων της Ιωνίας: Ατιμώρητοι και οι Τούρκοι και οι προδότες

Αλήθειες για την Μικρασιατική Καταστροφή. Στέλιος Φωτόπουλος για τη γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων της Ιωνίας: Ατιμώρητοι και οι Τούρκοι και οι προδότες – olympia source https://www.olympia.gr/1602175/apopsi/stelios-fotopoylos-gia-ti-genoktonia-ton-ellinon-tis-ionias-atimoritoi-kai-oi-toyrkoi-kai-oi-prodotes/

[skandaladiaplokidiafthora]

Στέλιος Φωτόπουλος για τη γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων της Ιωνίας: Ατιμώρητοι και οι Τούρκοι και οι προδότες

Αλήθειες για την Μικρασιατική Καταστροφή. Στέλιος Φωτόπουλος για τη γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων της Ιωνίας: Ατιμώρητοι και οι Τούρκοι και οι προδότες – olympia source https://www.olympia.gr/1602175/apopsi/stelios-fotopoylos-gia-ti-genoktonia-ton-ellinon-tis-ionias-atimoritoi-kai-oi-toyrkoi-kai-oi-prodotes/