#HES LIKE A LUCIO OR SOMETHING

[rootworks]

Lúcio but I make him go to Australia(junkertown)!!!!!!!

[crows-of-buckets]

I cannot get the idea of a da2 au where Malcolm is the surviving parent instead of Leandra. Would both of the twins have made it out? I think they would. Because like. Malcolm, unlike Leandra, can actually fight. I don't think either of the twins would have felt the need to protect him. Would the deep roads expedition even have to happen? I assume they would probably be worse off in this au since I don't think Gamlen would lend his aid. Obviously ignoring the very valid reasons why Malcolm would NEVER take his children to Kirkwall, or anywhere near it, how different would it be? Idk why it's plaguing my head rn but LORD

[tuna-cake]

some chibis i did

[raionmimi]

HC that Lucio's dad met a very charming student at Vishkar that would talk to him sometimes, but he didn't see her again until he was transferred to one of the company's classified operation rooms

He quit very soon after and has several regrets about their last meeting

[malaierba]

Been thinking, there's an issue with how creators and readers often approach the theme of "coming back wrong", since so much of the emphasis ends up being put in the "they came back part". Especially on the readers' side, the idea that someone would do whatever it takes to bring you back is parsed as romantic and devoted, which it can be, but it overlooks a big element of the concept.

Coming back wrong, or even just performing forbidden rituals etc in general, for it to be impactful needs to place a big AND constant focus on the in-universe equivalents of Do Not Resuscitate & bodily autonomy when one can't consent.

It's not just the coming back. It's that you don't know what type of body, what type of mind you're coming back to. It's the dysphoria, if it can exist (and it should), and the expectation that you'll be okay with whatever was done to your inert body when you couldn't decide over it. You're back, you're alive, surely you can get over the circumstances under which it happened, be thankful.

You don't even need to get abstract with "the inherent feeling of wrongness that comes from being brought back from death", most humans can't relate to that, it's vague to the point where it isn't real stakes. It's just a non-issue mentioned to give a fake sense of stakes.

But if you take inspiration on DNR, from people whose lifestyle was changed radically from being saved from a situation where they may have preferred to be allowed to pass on. Like, say:

You come back, and you gotta learn to use your body from zero, and you'll be reliant on others forever. Or you come back and you look so different you feel disconnected from yourself, and every waking moment is uncomfortable. Or you come back, and too much time has passed, you feel like the life you were meant to live got away from you. Or you come back, and what was done to your changes you so fundamentally you end up isolated even if it's no one's intention. Or the ones that brought you back didn't do it selfishly but out of entitlement to your life.

The wrongness needs to be acknowledged often to the point of tediousness, only then would the spectator get a real sense of "okay, I see now why that'd be an issue, and why many would hate it".

[bluehairperson]

He doesn't have this problem with Valerius.

[multifandomhellisfrozenover]

Imagine breaking up with Lucio bc you feel like you're not good enough. You don't even give him a reason.

Imagine Lucio being stunned into silence for once in his life.

Imagine being so lost in your own misery that you're completely blind to his suffering. Even if someone points it out, you deny it and find other reasonings for it. (it's been a bad day, etc. )

The man is completely shattered. He lost everything ( though most of it was his own past doings). He has his dogs but it does very little to soothe him.

The man looks his age for once and he can't even bring himself to care between drinking and whatever else he does to try and numb himself.

The only thing he doesn't do is hook up. He can't. He's not the man he was and you were it for him.

No one else had ever had this much power over him.

(he hates it. He wants to hate it. )

This was self indulgent as hell.

[neetori]

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but I don't find Asterion physically attractive at all, yet here I am bestowing him the title of husbando/the new brainworm. It wasn't until I learned more about him that I fell in love.

Karlach on the other hand tho...👀💕

[rubyfunkey]

every time i re-read any arcana route i comprehend the horrors a little more

[bottomvalerius]

one day i'll sit down and draw out an alternative arm for lucio that Sam has made for him without needing to send a random kid's parents to super gay hell lmfao

[icharchivist]

Lucio 🤝 Belial

Getting ignored by their creators despite being some of the hottest men I have ever laid eyes on

NO BUT FOR REAAAAALLLL Lucio & Belial ultimate foil is on my mind at all time and yeah!!! hottest men ever and for what?? to be ignored by their creators???? UNFAIR. HORRIBLE.

at least now Lucio is thinking about rebelling against Bahamut so like, Belial take notes?

[dbssh]

i dont think doomfist would be homophobic on purpose either i think he would be weird about it because hes got a Thing about masculinity but i think more than anything hed be like, well-meaning but broey ykwim. i think hes a repressed bisexual but thats neither here nor there.

[thetreeturnedoff]

i'm replaying the arcana and i knew i would yearn for asra's route but then he had his first line in the prologue and my feelings for him hit me like a goddamn semitruck. like holy shit i wanna play his route so bad. but i can't :(((

[astrxealis]

thinking about belial and zenos uhm similarities?

[bluehairperson]

Lucio: Btw, do you remember that annoying ass at my party last night??? I KILLED him, LOL. That’s what you get for ruining the mood 💅💅😎😘

Valerius, knowing that was an important noble from a neighboring kingdom and that he’ll have to write missives for days trying to mediate to avoid people declaring war on Vesuvia:

[thearcanagame]

Are there any allergies among the m6? My friend said Julian is probably peanut free and I’ve been defending his honor valiantly

Julian is lactose intolerant.

Lucio is willing to ignore just about any intolerance if he likes a food enough. Unless it makes him break out.

Muriel sticks to a very limited list of ingredients so he may be allergic to something, but he will likely never find out.

Asra has tried enough foods to know he does not have allergies.

Nadia will say she is allergic to foods she does not want to eat.

Portia will say she is allergic to foods she does not want to eat (her and Nadia have bonded over this.)