there’s something that’s just :) to me about the fact that when vex is in danger and percy shouts after her in tlovm, he still uses vex’ahlia even though it’s almost always a situation in which choosing the shorter and thus faster and easier to yell version would make more sense (this happens on several occasions). the very base conception of vex in percy’s brain is vex’ahlia. besotted and utterly in love fool behaviour. he’s so real for that.
I do think the character beats/foreshadowing for the twins in ep3 work especially well if you take s1 into account. A lot of Vex's arc in s1 was spent establishing her as being compulsively self-reliant and hostile to outsiders, eg stating that she and Vax should leave when they were under house arrest in the keep and lashing out at Keyleth when she saw Vax getting invested in that relationship. It makes it really clear that 1. Vex highly prioritizes her and Vax's relationship but also that 2. Like much of her actual feelings, she doesn't show her fear that she will lose that relationship in the most straightforward way. This allows for s2 to dive headlong into exploring how terrified Vax is of losing Vex and how much he believes their relationship is this one-sided dependence of him feeling lost without her but Vex being completely alright without him, while providing us the baseline understanding that this isn't quite the case. It's more that their personalities are extremely different and they've responded to the way they were treated when they were young in very different ways. Vax wears his heart on his sleeve and is completely open about who he cares about, cutting Syldor out without a second thought and explicitly laying out to Vex over and over again how important she is to him. Vex puts a perfectly strong and composed face over everything, tries to salvage things when she can, holds herself together so nobody can see whatever she's feeling underneath. It's easy to think Vex doesn't need Vax as much as he needs her with that facade, but because we already got to see an entire season of her reflexively protecting that relationship and lashing out in fear that she'll somehow lose him, you can tell it's actually more that she's practiced at masking any feelings that might make her seem weak, even at the expense of coming off as cruel or uncaring instead.
I had some health problems last week (and a bunch of other problems that are still unresolved), so I wanted to just scribble before I go on drawing something else
+ I am really nervous and existed about today's CR episode
Percy de Rolo and Keyleth of the Air Ashari my beloveds, my dearest companions, my comfort pair, nobody does it like them. They are the basis of what all friendships should be, they are the fucking blueprint, they show how meaningful profound affection in different forms other than romantic is, they are best friends, they are siblings, they are the platonic ideal of platonic ideals, they are soulmates, they have matching earrings, they are both massive nerds, they gift handmade jewellery to each other, they are the exact opposites, they are so similar, they are sunshine and shadow, they are nature and science, they are all the elements of the universe working together, they are creators, they are leaders afraid of their destinies, they care incredibly deeply about everybody around them, they are fuckups, they try to learn and grow, they argue, they fight, they hug and make up and never hold it against one another, they joke and drink and are always there for each other, they have died and been revived and brought each other back from the brink, they have met the gods themselves and still know that the connection between each other is worth more than divinity itself will ever be, they have fought monsters and titans and their greatest fears together and have come out the other side broken and battered but stronger for it, they are brother and sister, they are siblings-in-law, they are the epitome of chosen family on all possible levels, they will live through their lifetimes and legacies, they are love itself.
keyleth.......... is already awake.......... watching the sunrise.......... sitting next to.......... the empty raven's perch.......... and in related news I am FLINGING MYSELF OFF A FUCKING CLIFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
V can’t get sick anymore without everyone, including Johnny, freaking the fuck out. He wakes up with a fever and everyone is planning his funeral and all he wants is a Gatorade and cuddles.
I watched The Legend of Vox Machina TV show on Amazon Prime recently, and I loved it. Vex and Vax are my favs, especially Vax. I vibe so hard with their sibling relationship, I always love seeing twin dynamics.
Anyways, not the point.
TL;DR: I had a dream last night that was so incredibly gay that it made me ship Percy x Vax (I had never even had an inkling of a romantic thought about them before).
Someone explain to me how I never ONCE even THOUGHT of Vax x Percy as a cute fan/headcanon/whatever ship whatsoever. Someone explain to me how the pair never even crossed my mind. AND YET my brain decided to feed me the most homosexual shit as a dream last night. Like. U guys what the actual fuck.
It wasn’t a super coherent plot line, one of those dreams where it only really makes sense when ur dreaming it, but in hindsight there are so many plot holes it rlly doesn’t follow through. Still, my brain managed to get the emotions down to an art. Basically, Vax get stabbed by this weird poisoned dagger that no magic is able to heal for some reason. The party spends like the next two days trying to find a way to heal him and Percy is rlly taking it hard. Along w/ Vex. The two r very worried. And then right when it’s about to be like kaputs, Percy has this weird revelation and somehow does something or comes up with the answer to save Vax (I rlly wish I could explain how or why but I genuinely have no idea because it made no sense and I barely remember). But like. The crazy part is… it was rlly cute? Like when Vax was waking up and like ‘what happened’ and Percy was like kneeling over him and being a softy and all happy he was alive. And they hold hands.
But like…
U guys why the fuck did my brain do this to me? Because I’m kind of for it now. I don’t even understand how it happened, but now when I think about them I’m just like “aw they’re cute” because of this one stupid dream.
So like… I guess I ship Vax x Percy now. But like… not in the context of the actual show. In this weird fandom dream universe. Wtf. I don’t get it. Actually help. What is my brain?
it's really interesting how vax is the caretaker in his relationship with the sister — he, objectively, one of the most beaten up characters both by the fault of his own recklessness and the unfortunate roll of the dice. and yet, the moment he gets up and regains senses he goes to check on vex, braids her hair and watches her, following her very step.
all the while spending nights at her door and for a long time not allowing himself a comfort of keyleth's presence after the most traumatic events. i am on the episode 61 and i genuinely want to make everybody see how much he struggles all the while understanding why he doesn't do so himself being so closed off and having "and i walk away" as his default way out of the situations when emotional vulnerability is required.