#Her Big Chance

[egophiliac]

I loved your drawing(and I love your style in general) with Leia in your recent post! If/when you have time can we see more of her in your style? I get so happy whenever I actually see people mention/talk about her and she’s not just forgotten because we didn’t get to see much of her. 😭

thank you! 💙💙💙 Leia/Leah/Lea/whatever is fascinating to me. she is the ultimate unknown. what was she like? how involved (or even aware of any details of the invasion) was she? Silver's basically a physical carbon copy of his biodad, so what did he get from her? like, I understand why the two of them kind of have to stay as these super vague and mysterious figures -- the whole point of them is that their story ended 400+ years ago and they're not really relevant anymore (and. well. the more that gets explained about them, the less that can just kinda be handwaved as "oh the politics were Very Messy") (we can sit here and theorize all day but let us acknowledge that, ultimately, canon gave us almost nothing about them post-Meleanor and we'd just be making things up). I do still wonder about her though! RIP Lea, we never knew you and we probably never will.

actually you know what, as long as we're here, I think I WILL go ahead and just make some stuff up about what Silver might've inherited from her instead.

[confuzing]

Luo Binghe is waiting at the base of the mountain for the entry exam to start when he meets and befriends a rich noble boy who's also planning to enter.

His new friend A-Yuan insists that Binghe eat with him and stay with him at the inn and the boy's servants just kind of nod and go "of course young master."

And like, Luo Binghe might be biased, but A-Yuan is like... Really Pretty? He didn't know boys could be that pretty...

They even walk up the mountain together and settle in to dig their holes side by side.

Meanwhile Shen Qingqiu is pretending to pointedly ignore the other Peak Lords at the selection while instead eavesdropping so hard because apparently Liu Qingge's youngest brother is an applicant this year, but the brute isn't planning on picking him because "A-Yuan doesn't like fighting" he says, strangely fond. Shen Qingqiu was not aware Liu Qingge was capable of being fond of anything.

When Liu Qingge singles out Luo Binghe Shen Qingqiu jumps on it- and then the boy sitting nearly shoulder to shoulder with the urchin looks up and my, isn't the family resemblance remarkable? The boy even has a beauty mark, though his is on his chin.

"That one too," he tells Ming Fan. He can feel Liu Qingge's eyes boring into his back as he approaches the two boys. He still gets the urge to dump his tea on Luo Binghe, but before he can Liu Yuan hugs the other boy and tells him "my mama is dead too." And that mollifies him. The boys are sent away dry.

Liu Qingge is furious and suspicious of course- that was the whole point. And Shen Qingqiu decides he'll just let the boy sink or swim on his own. No doubt the brute will be butting in to make sure his precious baby brother isn't mistreated.

Liu Yuan swims of course- that boy loves learning- and drags Binghe along in his protective wake. And maybe after his thirty-something stop in to check on A-Yuan Liu Qingge and Shen Qingqiu start like, maybe respecting each other a little bit more. They definitely don't like each other. No. Never.

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[chthonic-kids]

y'all

[technically-human]

Welcome to the agency, Barbara.

[dandelion-roots]

[ID: a digital drawing of riz gukgak from fantasy high. in the front is a relatively small drawing of riz juggling books that are falling out of his hand and a phonecall, and he has a huge backpack on. he looks a bit overwhelmed, hair flying in all directions, and has a nervous smile on. in the background is a large shadow of riz, only one glowing eye and a shining gun visible. the background is red, giving an eerie feel. End ID]

Kill your best friend

Cheat your way to your rogue teacher

Announce your presidential campaign

Don't let them know how angry you are

LEARN TO RECOGNIZE A MONSTER

[lucifers-version]

The Princess and the Dragon route continues to be one of the best in the game.

Not only is it brilliant meta commentary.

But you see what you look like and go, "holy shit I have been pulling up to the princess every time looking like that?! And she still wants to talk to me?"

It paints the Princess so much more empathetically and not just because we are sharing her POV. We see how imposing we look, how insane, and realize all those times she's looked at us and been willing to trust. She's been willing to trust the bird dragon that breaks into her house and may kill her.

It re-contextualizes every other interaction you have with her knowing how frightening you must look to a girl chained up in a basement. And her more violent forms must have seen a monster worth fighting. Because there are many times we both looked like a monster and acted like one.

It's that POV that changes the way you see every route you've done before, and how you see every route after.

Like damn I am massive, unreadable and sometimes wielding a blade. I wouldn't trust me either.

[luvpone]

find the difference

[taxinealkaloids]

kill your darling, it's just that easy!

[dirtytransmasc]

I think I need MelVik connecting when Viktor was on his sick bed. they had been amicable before, maybe a little more than that due to their connection through Jayce and her presence around Hextech and such. but they weren't entirely friends. not yet.

and she goes to see him. perhaps she feels a tinge of guilt at assuming the worst about Jayce, or her bleeding heart makes her feel responsible for keeping Jayce out of the lab when Viktor had needed him. maybe Jayce needs to step out for a moment, and she soothes his worry by promising to sit with Viktor. maybe she just wants to be closer to the man that's so painfully important to the one she loves, wants to befriend him, wants to know him, all before it's far too late.

maybe it's a little bit of each.

but she goes to see him. she sits in the chair that Jayce has nearly worn a hole through, and keeps a semi-awkward distance between them, not knowing what is too close and too far.

this man is dying. he is dying and he has accepted that. he looks like a corpse. cold emanates off of him. he is something she doesn't fully understand.

she doesn't know how to approach.

but she does.

she greets softly and speaks softly and hesitates to touch, but rests a hand over Viktor's and feels how cold he is, even as a sickly warmth brews in his bones, leeching the warmth from his skin and the energy from his body.

he seems surprised she's there. it feels out of place. like the song and dance of their dynamic has shifted, and now he needs to relearn the steps. and now this is a dance of two, not three.

she will tell Viktor, in enough detail to be understood and not enough to be awkward, where Jayce was. because it feels right to confess. it's not an apology, but the avoidance of keeping something like a secret from a dying man.

Viktor will probably just nod and say something self deprecating, because what else do you say when your body is already making a joke of itself? before assuring her that Jayce is not his keeper, that she is not to blame, but even that comes off as some twisted attempt at humor. sue him for being sardonic as he lay dying.

but unlike Jayce, who will cringe at the jokes, she will hide a smile behind her fingers, muffling a soft, if not saddened, chuckle in her palm.

Viktor's eyes will light up ever so slightly.

she'll feel awkward once more. should she have laughed? was this playing into a complex? was this right of her?

Viktor will smile weakly.

she'll feel a little less awkward.

she will realize Viktor needs someone to laugh with. that Jayce, bless his soul, cannot be that person for Viktor. his worry has brewed too long. it's too strong.

but maybe a fresh face like Mel's can be there to smile when Jayce cannot. will laugh when Jayce cannot. can make cheeky jokes and pokes and prods.

the three fit together like 3 pieces of 3 broken puzzles. they fit together, not perfectly, but they fit, and create a finished object, even if off kilter her and uneven there. but it's ok, they're making due.

[demigods-posts]

canonically, percy isn't aware of the crushes people have on him until it's too obvious to deny — like when annabeth kissed him, or when nico straight up told him. and since percy isn't aware of rachel's crush on him until the beginning of tlo, that means there was a point in time when rachel was actively trying to get with him and he had no idea. and it's not even his fault lol. he just only saw her as his good friend and just thought her advances were her being friendly. i just have to see this in action.

[candyheartedchy]

They share one brain cell and only use it to love their friends.

[saturnniidae]

I think Astrid Hofferson has a bad case of the 'my childhood was wasted, I grew up too fast for something ultimately proven pointless.' Syndrome and that she deserves to get to do silly things she missed out on and take up new hobbies, even if she's not particularly good at them–it's purely for the experience yknow, and learn to finally breathe no longer needing to be on constant high alert and get to be truly happy

[shigaeru]

what if the three monsters were best friends, what then

[weepingtalecowboy]

Fanfic prompt : I love it when Tetra and wind have this ridiculously big age gap because the triforce of wisdom and courage are usually around the same age

But wind made himself a hero and therefore the age is off

Because imagine her point of view

You are an actual criminal with a height bounty and every sailor has heard of you at some point

You are tracking down a bird who steals girls

It grabs you and then you fall down and another girl gets taken

And a small essentially toddler begs you to take him to get his sister back

He defeats you with the most powerful sad puppy dog eyes ever (the only reason why tetra even had to agree would definitely be because of kids being kids like have you seen what she and her crew did with Aryll she was pretty much a family member the second they got her)

And you drag him with you and then proceed to lose him immediately after the heist

Then find him again and then get locked up in a weird castle while the kid does whatever

Get kidnapped

Beat up an old man watch an ancient civilization collapse

and then get saved by that small creature

He definitely ends up her son after this adventure considering that he gets to be a crew mate

Tetra deserves to be a mom for once (a cool mom who lets her kid blow stuff up)

Like the entire crew adopted Aryll and they only had a few days together

She got to do whatever she wants with no consequences

Wind spent even more time with her

You are telling me that he wouldn’t be the son of the entire crew and get to do whatever he wants to

Like tetra would probably jokingly promote him to co captain the second she can

And then make him the actual captain after phantom hourglass because that kid is the only reason she is still alive

She owns him that one

If the chain dares to try to command her little captain they will get thrown overboard very quickly

That is a personal insult to the crew

Which is how wind gets to be fully accepted as a very important and useful member because he got raised to be a total gremlin and if anyone tries to tell him that he can’t fight because he is too young he will do what tetra taught him and evaporate their kneecaps with the skull hammer

Warriors quickly learned not to doubt him

And he also steals wallets whenever possible

Even legend somehow lost his despite using any and all protection possible

[the-senates-one-fear]

They couldn't let Din keep the darksaber because he would've been every Mandalorian's wet dream

Like can you imagine growing up with these stories of legendary Manda'lors and their warriors

And one day you meant this Mando who's in full unpainted pure Beskar, with a spear to match, a son he's adopted, AND THE DARKSABER??AND HE MET A MYTHOSAUR?? IN THE ANCIENT POOLS??

[pairingbrainrot]

!!!!!

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