#I just remembered Aphmau explained why he did that

[zvahlne]

THIS IS MY SECOND TIME WRITING THIS POST BECAUSE TUMBLR CRASHED AND KILLED IT

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QUESTIONS ABOUT EMMA?? IS IT MY BIRTHDAY???

mcd emma lore under the cut but first a sketch of her<3 she's not usually smiling but she can smile for this post. as a treat

did dante's lore go to em?

nope !! gene still did all the "someone needs to remember" stuff... emma was always meant to be an addition to the lore, not a subtraction... i partially came up with it as a kid because i thought it was a clever way to explain why dante would never have brought up emma - he doesn't remember her! so he CAN'T mention her!

but SHE remembers him - so actually ("crazy for Dante if his sister turns up as a guard and he's just gotta pretend he doesn't know her"), SHE'S the one pretending not to know him! the first person who finds out she knows dante is laurance, because laurance sees her staring with a deep longing sadness at dante all the time and assumes she's yearning romantically... to which she protests in horror "?!? HE'S MY BROTHER!??!" without thinking and then she has to explain EVERYTHING to him lmao

(i fear dante is like. the last to know. because she keeps telling everybody not to tell him. then when he finds out, he doesn't believe it, and gives emma the cold shoulder while he tries to sort it out. she lets him, because she's not sure he should be talking to her anyway... but it wasn't meant to be forever! dante just needed a few days to process! but... then he doesn't see emma for 15 years. haha .)

they make me so sad

is emma a knight of phoenix drop?

her lore is currently undergoing a little reworking now that i'm better at writing + rewatching diaries, and this is one aspect i'm reconsidering, BUT - at time of writing - emma is not a knight of phoenix drop at any point! she kind of is in everything but name - she'll do anything to protect aphmau and phoenix drop, and has the means to do so, and is close with many of aphmau's knights. but she doesn't like fighting, and she doesn't want to be considered a knight.

gene was a knight. she never wants to be like him.

that taste will never get out of her mouth. and she wasn't officially trained as a knight; any training of that sort was from gene in the nether. so she really doesn't like associating with it, and she isn't technically qualified.

at the same time...

dante is also a knight, and she could never be good like him.

somehow she's torn between "i don't want to be a knight because they're bad" and "i don't deserve to be a knight because i am bad".... and BOTH feelings are fueled by her family issues!

so she doesn't consider herself a knight, and rejects any suggestions she should officially become a knight of phoenix drop. she doesn't need to be a knight to protect people she loves, so long as they allow her to <3

(if she DID ever become a knight though, i think it would be between s2 and s3! which is an era i haven't really explored for her with canon in mind so i plan to get to that tehee)

as for the last name - if you're willing to loan that to me i actually LOVE that, "emmalyn alighieri" is so pretty??? and i love the explanation ..

okayyy tysm for reading if you did!! as i say every em post. i love emmalyn questions. if you ask me an emmalyn question i will be so excited.... everyone who has taken an interest in emma, you're so cool forever <3333

[kc-idol]

I’ve always thought that Garroth and Katelyn would make a great duo (mostly referring to mystreet because in MCD season 3 they’re lowkey frenemies but I’ll talk about that later). They were relatively close in high school. When Katelyn broke up with Jeffery, Garroth was there to comfort her and gave a cupcake. He even did a silly voice as Katelyn said, which is basically the voice he has now. Then he took her to prom. At prom, it’s revealed she broke up with Jeffery, not the other way around. She said he was too nice and Jeffery apologized and Garroth still defended her with “stop being nice to her!!” Like LOL? Simple things like that made me like their dynamic a lot.

Also quick note, I feel like there was some romantic undertones for them in PDH season 1. I personally like them together platonically. However, when Aaron and Garroth go to pick up Aphmau and Katelyn for the prom, they end up blushing seeing them in their prom dresses. For Garroth, you could say that he was also admiring Aphmau cuz he had a crush on her but it’s evident that he thought Katelyn was pretty. I also find it interesting how him and Jeffery are kind of similar. Not only do they have the same voice actor, but Jeffery is like Garroth if he was more mature and thoughtful in my opinion.

Then they had that whole friendly rivalry in PDH season 2. However, during one of the episodes, Teony asks Katelyn if her and Garroth are still fighting, and she says yes, and that he’s been acting weird “ever since he got his new girlfriend” (aka Ivy). I don’t know if this was ever expanded upon later in the series but I would say it definitely affected their friendship. I know from PDH season 1 that Katelyn wasn’t the fondest of Ivy because of her behavior (I think it’s cuz she acted kind of obsessive and desperate about Garroth I’m not too sure). And Ivy got jealous of Aphmau being around Garroth, so I think a possibility was that Ivy didn’t want Garroth hanging around other girls while they were dating. And maybe she knew about him taking Katelyn to prom the year prior so she saw her as a threat (this also goes back to Garroth admiring Katelyn etc etc). Again, just a theory. I wished that part was explained more.

EDIT: omg so actually I just remembered Garroth was faking having a girlfriend until Ivy suggested he just date her instead, so he could have been acting weird prior to Ivy dating him cuz he was still faking so idk. Maybe Katelyn thought he was acting suspicious. I had originally put Ivy because the Katelyn and Teony moment happens either the episode after Ivy and him start dating or the same episode, sorry yall

In FCU, they reconnect though. What I find interesting is that in their first interaction, it’s mentioned they haven’t seen each other in awhile. Now this could mean different things. Awhile could refer to summer break because at this point they’re sophomores in college. It could also refer to a year. What I mean is that maybe they drifted apart near the end of high school (still friends just not as close) and didn’t interact much freshman year of college. I think this option better explains why Garroth never met Luka (Katelyn’s then girlfriend) before. I don’t know how long they’ve been dating for but it had to be atleast maybe a year or so since they were at Aphmau’s high school graduation and Aphmau is already very familiar with Luka.

After that, they interact, but I feel like it’s not in the same way it was in high school. Of course they’re still in the same friend group but their relationship is less personal. The mystreet friend group has sub friend groups and duos. For example, Katelyn, Kawaii-Chan, and Aphmau are a sub friend group. Dante, Laurance, Garroth, and Travis are a sub friend group. Aaron and Lucinda are a duo like how Travis and Dante are too. Same goes for Garroth and Laurance, and Katelyn and Kawaii-Chan. I could go on and on but you get the picture. So basically what I’m saying here is they’re still friends but have built closer connections to different people over the years.

You could kind of say their friendship happened due to close proximity or have mutual friends. Like in high school, you make friends in the same classes as you or hang around the same people and then when you graduate, y’all might drift apart because you’re far apart or wanting to meet new people. I think that’s exactly what happened to them and the effects still linger in their modern day dynamic. I haven’t rewatched the seasons recently cuz frankly they’re long as hell but from memory they just interact less.

In season 6, however, they bond over fighting the demon warlock and having both been brainwashed. I find this part really interesting because it felt like they obviously have shared traits (this is present in MCD too). They’re both strong (I think it’s mentioned they’re the most physically strong ones in the group due to the forever potions correct me if I’m wrong). Like this setup duo was not a coincidence. Also their parents (Garte and Elizabeth) worked together with those potions (idk the full lore ngl lol). So there’s this like underlying/subconscious bond between them.

I hope in season 7, we see them build back up their relationship with each other. I like them a lot. I feel like they both have issues with anger as well with Katelyn have strong emotions while Garroth has issues with jealousy (he admits it himself in season 3). Both of them have reacted to situations with violence (Katelyn has many instances, for Garroth I’m referring to him in FCU punching a guy into a tree because he was harassing aphmau). Katelyn actually defends him when her, Luka, and Aphmau are discussing it. Luka says that he used too much force but Katelyn says “some people need a good hit to get the message.” So in a way they think in similar ways. In FCU, Luka repeatedly scolds or rather discourages Katelyn’s anger and preference for violence. For Garroth, that person is Aphmau. He tries to teach her self defense but Aphmau says “I don’t think violence is the answer.”

I feel like we had gotten more interactions with them, they would encourage or bring out each other’s anger. I don’t think it would be intentionally but it would still happen.

This is how I see it going based on moments in mystreet. In Mystreet Season 2 (from what I’ve watched I didn’t finish it so take it with a grain of salt), Garroth is typically a bystander to Katelyn’s anger. In one scene, she confronts Travis about not telling her about the Nicole and Dante and Garroth doesn’t say anything until Travis says he didn’t have Katelyn in mind. He was like “Travis you’ve done messed up” in a joking manner.

I feel like Katelyn would also be a bystander to Garroth’s anger or antics really. Like she would get annoyed and express it but not to a point where it would discourage it.

I will admit thought, and I hope I’m making sense, that these reactions are probably because those emotions are not directed at each other. Because Katelyn was mad at Travis, it really didn’t involve Garroth. And since Garroth’s emotions (including jealousy) were typically towards Aphmau and Aaron in season 1, Katelyn wasn’t really involved just an observer. I think this could also connect back to them drifting apart as friends. They don’t have enough interactions for them to harbor these feelings toward each other, thus making themselves bystanders in each other’s personal drama.

This is really long but I also just thought of how they don’t harbor these feelings of anger or rivalry to each other anymore because the last time it happened (referring back to high school) they had some kind of falling out. In some parts of season 3 (or the side stories after it I think?) like that neighborhood watch episode where they have to save Katelyn cuz KC and Damian are making out downstairs, her and Garroth are talking, and Katelyn asks him why he’s wearing a cop uniform. She says it in this soft joking manner that I thought was really cute and I feel like it shows her thinking Garroth is silly. Garroth then like calls them hags 😭 and Aphmau throws something at him and Katelyn was like nice shot! It’s all in good fun so you can kind of see that previous relationship popping up every now and again. If yall know more moments like that between them show me pls! I do remember them like chilling on a couch together in season two episode one, they drive me crazy.

And lastly, another quick note, in MCD season 3, they end up fighting because Garroth’s distrust of Liochant because he’s from Tula. I remember a post mentioning that Garroth and Katelyn were too much alike and they needed someone kinda laidback for a duo to work. Like how MCD season one it was Aphmau, Garroth, and Laurance. They worked well together and season 2 was Katelyn instead of Garroth. But because it’s Garroth and Katelyn now, they’re too similar and clash with one another. It’s interesting how their MCD counterparts differ from their mystreet parts but in a way still have similarities, like both have a kind of rivalry at one point. (Obviously MCD being more intense)

I think there’s so much more I wanna say. Maybe in another post. This isn’t proofread either so sorry for mistakes. I headcanon them as really good friends. I also actually kind of headcanon Katelyn as having BPD and Garroth with Bipolar Disorder. I think it fits as they have similarities and BPD and Bipolar can be misdiagnosed with one another due to similar symptoms and behaviors (I would have to research more obviously but this is a really good post about Katelyn have BPD: https://www.tumblr.com/my-coven-is-claudia/705550091046518784/katelyn-has-bpd-analysis)

Ok, that’s it for now! There’s probably moments with them I missed cuz I didn’t fully watch season 2 (it didn’t have Laurance so I didn’t care at the time…) so tell me any if you know some pls!

[dev-mars]

LITTLE DETAILS AND PLOT POINTS I FORGOT ABOUT IN SEASON 1

From like episode 65 onwards

• The Kiki and Zane baby pendent plot line is so odd like did that actually do anything that impacts the plot? Like why would Zane have a reason to do that? I know he’s evil and all but he has goal he’s trying to reach and what does Kiki having a werewolf baby have to do with that? I’m probably just forgetting more stuff that happens later in the season to be honest.

• Plus you would think that Garroth would have been more concerned about it seeing as Leona could have potentially been his niece.

• When the group gets lost after they leave Malachi’s castle Laurance suggests that Garroth could cuddle with the horses while him and aph cuddle

• He later also clears away poison ivy for a “romantic camping spot” at Lucinda’s while Aph kills crabs

• Garroth is the one that taught Levin to call Aphmau Mama (I think it would be funny if Levin sort of had a british accent because of Garroth and says some words differently like Mum)

• Garroth actively tries to start pursuing Aphmau after the castle with Malachi (presumably because Laurance spent the whole trip getting there convincing Garroth to tell Aphmau his feelings)

• While they’re traveling Laurance seems to constantly trying to force Garroth to confess his feelings to Aphmau and straight up tells Aph that Garroth has feelings for her at nether portal at the werewolf village

• Garroth tries to confess his feelings at camp at Lucinda’s house but Laurance is listening in and only interrupts when Garroth changes the topic to Brightport

• Laurance comes up with the idea of the phoenix alliance

• For some reason Laurance knows everything and is always explaining stuff to Aphmau like he’s the human equivalent of an lore info dump like he’s the one that forces Garroth to talk about his father (Laurance is the world building of this universe)

• Neither Aphmau or Laurance ever sleep

• Dante stays up a lot too and in the beginning he likes to be alone

• Laurance is always eavesdropping on everyone’s conversations literally he is the nosiest.

• Laurance is also way too chill about knowing Gene and for some reason just never says anything to Dante??

• Also I skipped some episodes because season one is slow and I haven’t finished rewatching season 1 but Dante is really chill about Laurance being a shadow knight despite having his entire life being torn apart by his shadow knight brother

• Laurance tells the shadow knight lady and innkeeper in Pikoro to never stop loving her probably because it helps keep her human and wishes Aphmau would do the same for him.

• Laurance is more of a realist than Garroth is both are good at reading situations but Laurance tends to less optimistic than Garroth is (probably from his experiences in the nether.)

• Laurance is also just very good at reading people and understanding their weaknesses

• Laurance realizes that love is able fight against the shadow knight’s magic and that furthers it as a theme in the story

• Garroth despite having a rivalry with Laurance confides in him often and this gives Laurance an intimate look into Garroth’s thoughts

• Laurance pretends to lean in but there’s actually a ladybug on Aph’s shoulder before just telling her about the Magicks and Witchcraft war

• Garroth goes out of his way to try and to spend time with Aphmau like trying to walk her home.

• Dante asks for a combat doll from Nana and thinks he’s met her somewhere before (I don’t remember if this comes back later in the series) and I feel like it hints at a future romance pretty well as first interaction.

• Garroth catches Aphmau when she falls from the tree and Aphmau is pretty calm about the whole situation despite that being a terrifying thing to happen (plus I feel like Garroth should have been more scared and thankful he caught her time like he nearly lost the woman he’s in love with.)

• Then they play with both Levin and Malachi in the tree house like a little family

• Laurance gives Levin and Malachi a book that Zoey reads to them (in my rewrite it would be the legend/fairy tale of aphmau’s name)

• Lucinda and Nana used to have rival cat cafes! Then they have duel!

• Laurance wears gold armor for couple episodes before getting the armor upgrade

• Garroth removes his helm when Aphmau asks him to immediately where before he refused. He trusts Aphmau and presumably Laurance and Dante completely.

• Garroth designed armor when he was younger probably at guard school that somehow Katelyn got a hold of and turned into armor for the guards along coordinating colors that match their personalities

• Garroth, Dante, and Laurance are all on the jury of 9 waitlist

I’m rewatching season one and it’s so much information to sift through. Also there are millions of other things that I probably forgot. Don’t get me wrong, I love it but after season one Jess went a different direction with the storytelling and that was a great decision.

[sillybillyguysyall]

I genuinely love Irene, from the little we know about her it paints such an interesting story.

Irene knows no love, and I love that about her.

Love has so far damned her, she was in love with Shad and in turn Shad was in love with her. Despite that, there was no peace for they always fought, Shad being the antithesis to Irene. She tried everything, but nothing worked to stop destruction. Then you had Kul’zak and Esmund who were also in love with, but presumably she didn’t love them back. That probably destroyed her from the inside out. Irene doesn’t love because love is the reason why everything went wrong. Irene most likely genuinely wants to help everyone, that’s what she set out to do in the beginning. Though the care that she displayed is exact reason of her down fall.

The same exact thing is happening with Aphmau in MCD. Aphmau may or may not be in love with Garroth and/or Laurance in the beginning. That isn’t important, what is that this loved caused most of later events of season one to happen. Laurance likely wouldn’t have become a shadow knight ( probably debatable.) Garroth most likely wouldn’t have given into Zane. There is also an argument to be made that he might’ve not stayed behind, but I think he would’ve since he is “the Protector.” Then in season two love costed Aaron’s life, leaving Aphmau alone with their child. Love is costing Aphmau people, and it’s a really just a ticking time bomb until she breaks.

Her conversation with Alexis about love is really telling (I don’t remember the episode, but it’s season two near the beginning.) Its about people loving them, but not knowing what to do. Alexis expresses her feelings and how she fell out of liking Malachi and Levin romantically. Though a reason for this is it becoming too much. This parallels Garroth and Laurance, Aphmau expressing a similar sentiment. Aphmau is overwhelmed with love and it shows. She doesn’t know what to do with it, and lets it run it’s course ( feel free to disagree with me on this, I might’ve missed a lot.)

If season three was finished I like to be believe that it would end with Aphmau losing her ability to love just like Irene did. After killing or possibly reincarnating Shad she would lock herself back in the Irene dimension. Explains why she disappeared after awhile as her daughter Aline explained.

All this to say is that I believe that Irene has put herself in a constant loop of falling in and out of love. Then eventually losing all of her emotions in the process. Irene’s origins are already murky to begin with, and I’d like to believe that she had a past before Irene. Perhaps she even had more, which all ended the same way. Everyone around her loving her, but this love causing destruction. It’s a constant cycle as Irene tries to find a time where she can love and it won’t cause destruction. It’s tragic and that’s why I love it, Irene as much as she cannot feel, she desires to.

That’s my silly little interpretation of Irene :) I probably missed a lot of things since it’s been like 3 years since I’ve watched the series, but binge watching will be great. Oh and I also might be wrong on a lot of this. Also second disclaimer I did not watch MyStreet in full.

[giantbonfirestars]

A World Left Behind

Chapter 6: A long story

Garroth had to choose his words carefully. If he didn’t, the guys would think that this was some kind of practical joke. But it was far from it. Laurance and Dante sat on the couch while he and Zane stood in front of them.

They deserved to know what was going on.

“So it all started when Aaron, Lucinda, Kim and I arrived at the lodge.” Garroth ignored the confused look he got from Zane at the mention of Kim and Lucinda’s name, one problem at a time. “Everything was going well at first, but then some wolves broke in accompanied by a girl.”

“Why would a pack of wolves break into the lodge?” Dante asked. Garroth gave him a look, “What did I say about holding questions until the end.” It was worded like a question but said like a statement. Dante huffed out a breath of annoyance but stayed quiet, so Garroth decided to continue.

“The wolves left on their own pretty quickly, and we thought that was the end of it, but boy were we wrong. We went back to just cleaning the place up when Aphmau and Zane showed up.” Garroth turned to Zane so he could explain his side of things at this point.

“Right, Aphmau and I went to go and check up on you guys because… because…” Zane paused for a moment, “I don’t remember exactly, but we were told something about the lodge that was worrisome.” Zane clenched his fists, clearly trying to remember. “Hey, it’s okay, don’t push yourself.” Garroth reassured him, Zane nodded slowly in response.

“Hah! Zane, I think you’re losing your role as the intelligent brother.” Dante teased. “Hey! It isn’t his fault.” Garroth shot, placing a hand on Zane’s shoulder. He knew Dante didn’t know yet, but he couldn’t help it. Laurance and Dante just stared in silent shock, which he guesses is reasonable.

“Anyway, once Zane and Aph arrived, that’s when the weird things started happening. It started when Zane went off to search for the bathroom and-“

Garroth was cut off by Zane recalling his experience that day, “THREE ATTACKED ME!” He sounded just as crazed about it as when it first happened. Laurance opened his mouth to speak but Garroth got there first, “Basically Kim tried to kiss him.”

Laurance and Dante exchanged a look, many emotions flashing across both of their faces. “We’ll circle back to that later. A couple days later Zane went missing when there was another attack on the lodge.”

Zane started his side of the story now, “I was in one of the rooms by myself when a cloaked figure came in, accompanied by a few wolves. They knocked me out and when I woke up I was in a cage in an unfamiliar, rocky place. Which turned out to be a cave, by the way. The cloaked figure, who I still didn’t know the identity of at the time, used a potion on me.”

“Meanwhile, the rest of us were looking all over the place for Zane, we even found a secret passage built within the wall. It led us to this creepy cave library, that will be important later. But we came up empty handed and later Zane just showed up again, all on his own. His eyes were green and he didn’t know who I was.”

“The potion used on me was a forever potion. I was being controlled from afar, but I was aware of everything that was going on the whole time. Those of us who were affected were forced to watch as our bodies were used like puppets and hurt the ones we care about.” Zane’s voice was so serious, and the air was so tense. But only among the Ro’Meave brothers, Dante and Laurance still didn’t seem to believe it.

“After that things just sort of fell apart. Lucinda went missing and got a potion used on her too, and next was Aph. I got imprisoned too but was never affected. Aphmau got two potions used on her, one to make her fall in love with the hooded guy and the second to make her hate Aaron to the point of attempted murder. I watched as Aphmau… stabbed him with a knife, and pushed him off a cliff.” Garroth barely choked out the words at the end. The images flooding back into his head, the things he had tried so hard to forget. Laurance and Dante were beginning to look more serious about the situation but they still didn’t seem to believe what he was saying

“Don’t worry though, Aaron survived. He gathered back with Kim and I and we made a plan to stop this. Oh, and the cloaked figure was this guy named Ein from highschool and Kim got possessed by a ghost who was haunting the lodge. Don’t worry though, the ghost is friendly and helped out a lot. Got all that?” Garroth didn’t wait for a reply, “Good. So we managed to create an antidote using these special emeralds and freed Lucinda. The problem was, we had three more to make, and only two emeralds.”

“And at this point in time,” Zane cut in, “I was with Ein and Aphmau looking for Aaron’s body. We didn’t find it of course. And Ein- he hit Aph. Again, memory is not doing so great right now so I don’t remember all of the details, but Ein was just a very hateful guy.”

“Right, so Aaron made a sacrifice type thing where he let me undo the potion on Zane and only one of the potions on Aph. Specifically the one that made her love Ein. He talked about how she deserved the right to find someone who made her happy herself, not because someone else forced her to. But that meant she would still hate him from the bottom of her heart. Anyways, with that said and done, we went off to go find them.”

“When they arrived, Ein ran off in one direction and I ran off in the other, and I didn’t really see where Aph went.” Zane began to explain. I was eventually cornered and ended up saying things. Things I wouldn’t normally say.” Garroth nodded his head slightly at that, remembering what Zane had confessed that day. That he felt like he had always lived in Garroth’s shadow. He had never realized that his baby brother felt his way, and it broke his heart. “But they used the antidote on me, and then we all went off to find Aph. Except for Aaron, he had chased after Ein.”

“We did find Aph alone in another part of the forest, but she was going a bit crazy because she wanted to find Aaron to try and kill him again. So we did have to hold her still. When we tried using the antipotion, it, uh- it didn’t work.” Laurance and Dante’s eyes both shot wide at that. They were invested in the story, whether they believed it or not.

“Aaron then ended up joining us, covered in blood and new wounds. Aphmau broke free from our hold and ran at Aaron. She still had her knife and stabbed him, screaming about how she hated him. But Aaron just… hugged her. Which actually, somehow, got her to break free from the potion on her own just before it became permanent.”

“But then Aaron died.” Zane added, Garroth whipped his head towards him so fast that it made him dizzy. He then slowly turned his head to face the two young men still sitting on the couch, their eyes almost comically wide if it weren’t for the circumstances. “But,” Garroth was quick to jump in, “we got medical professionals to the scene quickly and they managed to save Aaron just in time. But he was in a coma and would have to go through physical therapy, which is why he didn’t come back with us.”

“Oh, and one more thing, we found out Aaron was the Ultima werewolf. That was one of the reasons Ein wanted him dead, that plus an old high school grudge I don't really care about. Now, any questions before we move on?” Zane asked, rather politely.

“Yeah, WHAT THE F-“

“Dante!” Garroth warned, the blue haired boy in question snapped his mouth shut. “No swearing in my house.”

“Uh, yeah, what I meant was, WHAT THE HECK!?” Dante shouted. Laurance, who was still sitting next to him, leaned away from the sound.

“I see this is a lot to take in, we can take a break if you want-“

“No! Please, continue.”

“Right- Well, as you may or not remember, Aaron was gone for a like a year. That’s because he was healing and going through physical therapy.” Garroth started the story back up. “And regular therapy.” Zane added. “Yes, and actual therapy.” Garroth nodded in agreement.

“Wait, why didn’t we ever go to therapy?” Zane whispered to Garroth, who just shrugged.

“Anyways, where was I? Oh, right. So we all get invited to Starlight Wonderland and it was amazing. I wasn’t supposed to be the one to tell you guys this, but I don’t think it matters anymore, Aaron and Aphmau got engaged!”

“Wait really? That’s awesome, I’m so happy for them!” Laurance cheered. The two of them have really gone far. Going from doing anything to keep Aphmau and Aaron separated, to being some of their biggest supporters. After Kawaii~Chan of course. It did help that they found love of their own that they managed to move on.

“About time, those two have been dancing around each other since high school.” Dante joked.

“Yeah, things were great, KC and Zane even started dating,” the mentioned man nodded happily, “but then… Well news of the Ultima, who is Aaron, being on the Island started going around. The whole Island went under lockdown and these Guardian Force guys showed up and started searching everywhere for us. We moved around constantly and were almost caught multiple times. There was even a whole racism thing thanks to the news going around, so basically everyone hated werewolves and all of the ones who had been staying on the Island was forced into hiding as well. Which really sucked, especially considering…” Garroth started on a new ramble but trailed off at the end. He needed to tell them about becoming a werewolf. He could only hope they would accept him and pray they wouldn’t blame Aaron.

“Especially considering what? It seems to me like Aaron has done a pretty good job hiding the fact that he’s a werewolf.” Dante questioned; he was starting to sound bored again. Which Garroth thought was strange considering most what he had just said.

“Well, back before the whole GF thing, Ein showed up on the Island too. Aaron’s powers are tied to his emotions and he freaked out a little. He may or may not have… turned me into a werewolf.” Garroth dragged out, watching carefully to see the others’ reactions.

Laurance’s eyes had shot wide open, Dante just looked unimpressed. “Then where are your tail and ears?” Garroth wanted to roll his eyes at that question, Dante was the one who just said that he couldn’t tell Aaron was a werewolf. Garroth decided not to bring that up and just get the awkward part out of the way.

Garroth carefully pulled down his hood, the blonde wolf years fluffing themselves up, as they did his tail come out too. Garroth could feel himself tensing up; after months of having to hide this new side of him, it felt strange to finally show it off. He couldn’t help the alarm bells going off in his mind despite knowing it was safe now. Or at least he was safe from the GF, who knew how the Laurance or Dante would react.

Garroth must not have been very good at hiding his discomfort because suddenly Zane placed a hand on his shoulder. It was just barely resting there but it was enough to ground him.

Garroth could feel the way his ears perked up more. So that was how Zane could tell.

Slowly, he turned his attention to the pair on the couch. Laurance was still just staring with his eyes blown wider than should be possible. Dante was gaping like a fish, eyes daring around as if trying to figure out if this was a prank or not. Oh how Garroth wished it was.

“You gonna say anything?” Zane asked sarcastically, his hand moving from its position so he could cross his arms.

“You are so… adorable man!” Well that wasn’t what he was expecting. Dante jumped up from his spot on the couch and moved closer to Garroth. “You look like a golden retriever.”

“Could you not compare me to a dog. It’s actually kind of insulting.” Garroth moved away as Dante tried to reach up and touch his ears. Dante retracted his arm, “Right, right, sorry, I forgot about that.” It was well known that werewolves hated being called or compared to a dog, but some people still did it, intentional or not.

Garroth let out a small chuckle, “It’s alright, I never really understood why werewolves found it insulting until I became one myself. Unless it wasn’t intended as an insult in the first place that is.” Dante nodded, shoving his hands in his pockets, looking around awkwardly.

Laurance was still sitting quietly on the couch, not looking away. Other than the clear shock, his expression was unreadable.

Please don’t be upset please don’t be upset please don’t be upset

“What was it like?” Laurance suddenly asked, “Turning into a wolf I mean.”

“Well, uhm, painful. Werewolves and humans have different anatomies and functions outside of just the ears and tail. So really it was like my entire body was being rearranged and I couldn’t do anything to stop it. It was awful and- and horrifying. Yet it still wasn’t the worst part about that trip.”

“Then what was the worst part of that trip?” Laurance asked with a bit of hesitance. Garroth sighed, time to get started again.

“Well as it turns out Travis has demon ancestors or something, I’m still not completely sure what it was, but Travis got like by possessed by this demon warlock guy named Michael. And using some kind of magic he managed to control the entire Guardian Force as well as Katelyn and myself.”

“So both of you have been mind control victims? What kind of family curse is this?” Dante paused in his movement back to the couch to ask the question. “And- wait Travis was possessed by a demon?!”

“Are you okay?” Laurance asked quietly. Garroth, ignoring Dante, slowly nodded his head. He wasn’t lying, he was fine. He broke free from the mind control and he survived. He was fine.

“Are we not going to bring up the part where the GF found us, stormed out place of hiding, and we all got separated? That seems pretty important.” Zane dropped that piece of information too casually. It was clear that he was trying to say it to Garroth and Garroth only, but based on the expressions of the other two in the room, they clearly heard it too.

“Yeah, I was just trying to skip to the interesting parts.” Garroth replied, rubbing the back of his neck. “Um- anyways, so I was chasing Zane around, trying to attack him with a sword. Kawaii~Chan jumped in the way to try and save him and snap me out of it with her words. It didn’t work and I might’ve, maybe, nearly killed her.” The memories came flooding back to him like a slap in the face. The guilt still ate him alive. No matter how many times Kawaii~Chan reassured him that it was okay and not his fault, he couldn’t help it.

“But it was Four who saved me that night, I don’t even know who this ‘Kawaii~Chan’ is.” Zane brought up. He sounded way to genuinely confused and it made Garroth feel even worse. “Four is Kawaii~Chan. We’ve gone over this before.”

“I know, I’m sorry, I just-“

“Okay, I need to ask, why does Zane keep calling people by numbers?” Dante asked from his reclaimed spot on the sofa.

“We’re getting there.” Garroth tried to reassure his friend. Dante was starting to look skeptical again, and this didn’t really seem to be helping.

“So Four saved me and Garroth just left for some reason but I’m assuming Michael called him back. But I was trying to help Four when Aaron ran back in with Aphmau who had been shot, Aaron was too freaked out to tell me what happened and I wasn’t interested in prying. The two of us were trying to help the girls but Aph, well um- Aph died.” Zane started explaining. Garroth had heard about Aphmau dying, and him not being there to witness it is the one thing that made him thankful to be mind controlled. Laurence and Dante were wide eyed again. But unlike when they talked about Aaron dying, this time they believed it.

Nobody said anything for a long moment, just sitting in the somber silence.

Zane was the one to break it, unsurprisingly, he had had more time than anyone to take the information. He had been there and he also saw her come back. Zane also wanted to get this moving along, which he made very clear.

“Aaron ran off with this giant sword and Seven and Three showed up too. The ghost was using Three as a host also knew magic apparently. But they managed to revive Aphmau.”

Why not keep the ball rolling, Garroth might as well jump in here. “While all that was happening though. Aaron went on a killing spree, turned into a massive wolf, and me and Katelyn had to fight him. I have no idea how we did it, but we managed to take him down and the GF captured him. Michael tried to turn Aaron into a relic but then Aaron’s dad showed up and pushed him out of the way and got turned into a relic himself. I never actually saw that part myself though, just heard about it later. But apparently Aaron also somehow managed to get transferred to another realm, I don’t know, a lot happened.”

“Right, well our group, with the help of Travis' dad, made this whole plan to get the demon out of Travis, which we assumed would snap Katelyn and Garroth out of the mind control, as well as free Aaron.” Zane started again. “We snuck onto their evil flying base thing. That was a whole process, but we did it. Katelyn started attacking us once we got there, Lucinda decided to deal with her while the rest of snuck in. Then Garroth started attacking me. Threw me out a window and stabbed me with his sword.”

“Could you stop bringing up the Garroth nearly killing everyone so casually.” Dante wined. Garroth looked away, guilt consuming him whole once again.

“Wait, Garroth I didn’t mean it! I’m sorry! Oh gosh those droopy ears are so sad.” Dante quickly followed up his previous statement. Garroth pulled his hood back up over his head at the mention of his ears. He really needed to learn to get those things under control.

“I mean,” Dante smacked himself in the face, “Dang it man, I’m sorry.”

“I-it’s fine, really.” Garroth reassured. Dang it, this was starting to get really uncomfortable.

“Right, uh, well I managed to snap Garroth out it. Told Lucinda and she snapped Katelyn out of it. Then we were off to go find where Aph and the others were. It didn’t take long before we did, Aaron was there covered in what Three called void burns.”

“It was a very touching reunion.” Garroth cut in, “But then this guy showed up who tried to shoot Aaron, but we got him on our side pretty easily. Then we were told about how the relics worked. They’re basically people’s souls that other people then use. As Ghost explained it, it could be used as a blessing or as a weapon. Michael managed to gather the souls of everyone on the Island below. I’m not exactly sure how though.”

“But then I came up with an idea.” Zane explained, “Based on knowledge we learned about the relics and Aphmau, I figured we could give her our souls as relics and she could fight Michael that way. Okay, Aph being the one to wield them was Seven's idea. However, those who were used as a relic would face consequences. Aaron, Seven- er, what did you guys call her, Lucinda, and myself were the ones who became the relics."

“Katelyn and I went to fight Michael on our own. We needed to keep him distracted while the others activated the machine to turn them into the relics. Ghost was the only one who knew how the machine worked so Kim couldn’t do it. Kawaii~Chan was injured, so were the others so I don’t know why KC got the boot, but it wasn’t up to me anyway.”

“I didn’t want to put her at risk.” Garroth chuckled at Zane’s flustered response.

“As I was saying, me and Katelyn went to go fight Michael ourselves and- in a moment of weakness… I got controlled again. But don’t worry, they snapped me out of it again.”

“Meanwhile, Aphmau began to wield our relics. Epic fight scene this, epic fight scene that. I don't remember a lot of it, it's all really fuzzy. It took a lot but we actually did it. We won."

“Everyone got their souls back and Michael was destroyed, we really did win.” Garroth nodded, a small yet satisfied smile coming to him. “One cover up story and multiple hospital visits later, we were able to go home. Aphmau and Travis weren’t as lucky though, they’re still back at the Starlight Hospital. Which is actually really professional for being on a resort. Not that I’m complaining of course.”

“But, remember what I said about those becoming relics facing consequences? Yeah well I might as well cover that.” Zane said, bringing back the sadder mood that they had just gotten rid of. “Seven lost her magic. Aaron, he got the worst of it, Aaron was left blind and with no memories. I was fortunate enough to have only lost parts of my memories. It feels like there are just random gaps in my mind. I- I don’t even remember my own girlfriend or brother’s names.”

“Wait, but I though you remembered my name?” Garroth shot Zane a confused look. The only names he thought Zane forgot were Kawaii~Chan, Lucinda, and Kim.

“Obviously I remember your name Garroth, I’m talking about Five.” Zane rolled his eyes. “Five? But who could- Vylad?”

“Who’s Vylad?”

Oh.

It feels like every day they uncover more information that Zane forgot.

“We’ll uh- We’ll talk about that later. When we’re alone. But for now,” Garroth turned his attention back to the two sitting on the couch. He had gotten so lost in telling the story about everything that happened he forgot to watch their reactions. Right now they both looked like they were in complete and utter shock, which was completely reasonable. “Like I promised, you can ask questions now. So, ask away!”

“Yeah, my previous question still stands. WHAT THE HECK!?”

Can you tell that I gave up like halfway through writing this, because no you can't

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[kurithedweeb]

For Drop of Sunlight, what's your take on the relationship between the Divine Warriors and Aphmau/her guards (Garroth, Katelyn, Laurance, Dante)

That’s a bit of a tricky one for me. I don’t remember a whole lot about the Divine Warriors from canon since I haven’t finished my rewatch, and I haven’t explored them that much because we’re still real early on and they haven’t become majorly relevant yet, but I think I can scrounge up a few ideas. We’re gonna talk about the Divine Warriors as a whole and not each individual for now.

The Divine Warriors were all friends, but Irene was what connected them. They were all drawn to her, all loyal to her above anyone else, they were . . . the term I want to use for the Divine Warriors is ‘a cult polycule,’ but that doesn’t really explain and also is probably wrong. Let’s rewind a bit.

Irene killed the Divine Warriors as a whole. Before they ever met her, Irene had lived for so, so long as this being more powerful than the rest of her race and everyone put her on a pedestal. Her power left her so isolated, so completely alone, that everything she did had to be perfect because she didn’t have anyone to fall back on when she failed anymore, not since she’d outlived her sister. Everything Irene did became just another duty she had to perform and she stopped feeling alive. Until Shad.

Shad was the first person she’d ever met that was anywhere near as powerful as her. Suddenly she wasn’t so alone anymore, and she clung to Shad for fear that if she let him slip away she’d be alone again for who knows how long. She nudged their relationship from enemies to friends to, eventually, lovers. Shad loved her because she seemed so good and she wasn’t afraid of him and with her he could have what he always wanted: someone to love and a family. I’m a little iffy on whether or not Irene was actually in love with him, but in those times being someone’s lover was seen as the absolute closest you could be to someone and you couldn’t really get a marriage annulled. Once they were together-together Irene thought she could never lose Shad.

For a while, it was Irene and Shad against the world. The rest of the Divine Warriors came after. They were all good people who had some kind of power, a power that Irene could help them foster into something they could use for the greater good. They became friends by virtue of spending a ton of time together and working to become a team because they realized their different dynamics and abilities actually meshed well, but above that they were always Irene’s most devout followers right up until they were shown by Irene herself that she wasn’t as good as everyone thought. I mean, if God-God were your personal friend, wouldn’t you be a believer too?

Everything fell apart after the relics were made. After they return home for the first time in ages, Shad goes looking for their daughter, so excited to see her sweet smile, only to not be able to find her anywhere. And when he goes to ask Irene for help looking for their baby girl, he’s told that she’s been in his relic the entire time, that it was her soul that had been used to form Shad’s weapon. Shad is obviously heartbroken, demanding to know why she would do such a thing, but Irene can’t understand that what she did was wrong. She can’t even fathom it. In her eyes, having their daughter was nowhere near as important as having Shad, because he’s the only equal she’s ever known and nobody else even compares. She’s struck dumb and feels incredibly betrayed when Shad turns against her because she’s been under the impression that, since they’re the same, he felt exactly the way she did. If she can’t have him, though, then at least she still has the rest of the Divine Warriors; they love her, they worship her, they’d never betray her like this.

Except Shad was one of their own. They hesitate for just a second when she says Shad’s turned against them and is an enemy, but it’s Irene so she can’t be wrong, right? But as the days stretch on they start to realize that Shad only wants to hurt Irene and he’s got a damn good reason for it. By the time they recognize that Irene is bad guy here, it’s too late. Instead, the Divine Warriors shatter Shad’s relic so it can’t be given to anyone else, so it can’t help turn this into a cycle and scatter the fragments, then disappear to build their temples. By the time they reconnect, ready to hear Irene out, Irene’s disappeared.

The stuff with the guards is way more specific.

When Anastasia (Aphmau) first appears, Garroth doesn’t pay her much mind. He’s got enough to worry about and she’s not hurting anyone, just kind of dipping in and out of town every once in a while. Then he realizes that she’s been fixing up the village and helping people out. She’s a very kind woman in a time when most people can’t afford to be kind, and fairly protective of Phoenix Drop despite not really living there or being close to its citizens. But she’s also fairly reckless with her own life and, despite knowing just about every trade there is, doesn’t actually know much about the world she lives in. Garroth is her protector first, then they become something maybe like friends, and he only develops feelings for her after she’s already started settling into her position as Lord. He shoves these feelings real deep down though and never makes a solid effort to act on them, it’d be improper considering their positions and cloud his judgement more than it already has. It’s enough that he can be her friend, that he can see that she’s happy, that he can be close to her and help her through whatever she needs him for. He probably gives her lessons about Lord stuff.

I’m debating where I should put Laurance and Anastasia’s first meeting, because I really like the idea of what they had going in Rebirth where Laurance first saw her when she was at her most frantic, but in the OG meeting he first sees her as someone who’ll go out of their way to fix their mistakes. Either way, it’s love at first sight for this sucker because he’s the kind of person who falls in love at the drop of a hat and who loves nearly everybody he comes across. He flirts because that’s the way he learned to talk to people who make him nervous and he’s only serious about it until he gets rejected, after which it’s just fun between friends. They’re amazing friends, partially because they’re on the same wavelength about a lot of things, partially because of trauma bonding. As time goes on, he gradually becomes more protective of and devoted to Anastasia as a Lord and he’s very serious about her personal safety. Laurance is always the one Garroth sends to negotiate with Anastasia about protective measures when she leaves the village since he always manages to convince her to take at least one of them along.

Dante’s conflicted about how he feels about Anastasia because he thinks of her like a sister. He has so many emotions about this, including feeling just a little bit guilty about it. He sees her as kind-hearted, adventurous, and always good for cheering someone up. It’s easy to joke around with her and playfight during training sessions. He trusts her implicitly, feels like he can confide in her about anything. He’s wary about feeling like this after what happened with his real sibling, especially towards his Lord of all people, but those worries mellow out after he gets to know Anastasia better.

Anastasia was already well-established as a Lord when Katelyn came into play, and they met in that time when Phoenix Drop couldn’t afford any political missteps so her first impression was that Anastasia was a regal leader who inspired a daunting level of loyalty in her guards and citizens and knew her way around doublespeak. She only realizes how prone she is to accidentally giving her guards heart attacks after she’s been turned to their side, and finds the startling difference between the real Anastasia and the Lordsona she presents to other villages hilarious. They’re also eventually good friends, she’s probably the first real friend Katelyn’s had in a long time, and Katelyn finds her easier to get along with than most of the other ladies at first because she’s gotten so used to interacting only with people in positions of power or the guards under their command since she was picked for the Jo9. They really bond during quiet moments travelling together. Having to trust your back to someone while you sleep in potentially hostile territory will do that for you.

I think a big difference between the relationships between Irene and the Divine Warriors and Anastasia with her guards is that Irene doesn’t feel anything, while Anastasia sometimes feels too much and that greatly affects the way they connect with people.

Another is that, nine times out of ten, Anastasia's guards would sacrifice their lives for her at the first hint of real danger. No one of the Divine Warriors would ever think to truly sacrifice themselves for Irene. What could possibly kill a goddess?

[rosetashes]

So we all know Brian right? He betrayed Phoenix and afterwards was nowhere to be seen. Well I want to give my thoughts on Brian's motives, thoughts, and where he is now. Also some facts about grey wind as a treat.

So Brian was 15 when he met Aphmau, he was sent to the guard academy as soon he was 6. He was expected to be top of his class by his father. When he finished his training he wasn't even in the top ten, but still went to train under Garroth. The first week he came back, the old lord died. So when Aphmau comes, he watches as things are fixed up but at the same time a ton of bad things happen.

Brian looked up to Zane when he first came, with Zane being a High Priest, and Brian raised by a very religious mother, he looked up to Zane. Zane used that to his advantage. Zane used manipulation to try to sweeten Brian up, due to Brian being young he bought it hook line and sinker. Zane told him whatever he did was in the name of Irene, and he cared very deeply for every village in Ru'an. Right before the Alexis incident, Zane told him that he could allow him and his family a much better life, all Brian had to do was follow him. Brian didn't answer right away, so Zane gave him time to think.

When right after Alexis woke up, Brian got a letter from Zane. Zane used his manipulation once more to convince Brian that Aphmau was a bad guy. Zane did this by stating all the bad things happen in the village because she showed up, and if Aphmau joined O'kasic then everything will be peaceful once more. Brian just wanted things to be peaceful like when he was a kid, so he agreed to work with Zane on the condition that Zane will leave Phoenix alone afterwards.

After the war, Brian used the fact that everyone was recovering from the war to flee. He ran home when no one was watching and grabbed anything he needed to restart his life. Later after Aphmau's group went to the Irene dimension, he left at night. He would run to Tu'la and live in a small village for the rest of his life. He did leave a letter for each member of his family. The letters explained what he did, why, and that he was never coming home. Dale didn't read his letter by choice, Molly read her's and cried for days on end, Alexis didn't really remember Brian so never cared to read it.

Grey wind stayed in Phoenix Drop during the 15 years time skip. Staying with Dante cause Brian left grey wind behind. Grey wind would acted as a guard dog by the pier, barking when grey wind saw a ship. Grey wind did end up dying before Aphmau and crew came back, sadly it was due to bandits.

[vyladromeave]

04 and 08 for the ask game?

04. what are your favorite episodes/scene?

I've answered this one already here, but why not list another ep i like? I still go back to S1 Ep 68 pretty often!! It's one of the last episodes we're given where Garroth is written well imo, but he REALLY shines in this episode. I really love how Laurance and Garroth's dynamic is handled, + we get our first hints of Shadowknight-hood affecting Laurance more, AND we even get quite a bit of Garte stuff/overall politics things that I find very interesting!

This is honestly the golden era of S1 to me, and some of my favorite bits of how they handled storytelling like, mechanically. (Having the NPCs unpromptedly just start going off at eachother was very cool. Very rarely did NPCs have conversations with eachother that weren't facilitated by Aphmau before that point.) ITS A GOOD EPISODE! The back half is a little boring, it was definitely like that because Jess spent all her energy making the front half cool, but the front half WAS very cool, so I can excuse it.

08. alternatively, what's a dynamic you really want to see in canon?

THIS IS AN EVIL EVIL QUESTION BECAUSE THERE ARE SOOOOO MANY. lets just get Vylad and Literally Everyone down just to start. this is a joke but also not.

Vylad and Emmalyn (their intense irene discussions. Vylad obviously has some sort of academic knowledge of irene judging by the fact that he knows about Irene's Dimension on his own, and brings it up as a thing Zane would do BEFORE Aphmau can explain it. I think it would be cool for Emmalyn to have scholalry discussions around Irene with someone who also has that knowledge)

Vylad and Dante (Oopse Gene Sucks Hope We Dont Bond Over This. It makes sense in canon why Aphmau discouraged their meeting because she didn't want Dante to freak out about more shadowknights and she doesn't know about the dynamic between Vylad and Gene very well, but also I think hearing that validation would be very good for both of them considering Gene is literally gaslight king #1. There aren't a lot of people who can relate to being hurt by him directly who are also able to tell the tale.)

Vylad and Katelyn (HER SEEING JEFFORY IN HIM IS SOOOO INTERESTING AND THEN THE ONLY THING IT EVER EVEN KIND OF GOT USED FOR WAS SHIPPING BAIT WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. theyre some of the two most Emotionally Congested characters there are itd be sooooo interesting to me if they like. they dont even have to talk about it. its fine. they can just hang out silently together. ok. they can vibe together. i think they would enjoy that. please.)

and for some non-vylad options so that I'm not just talking about him for the rest of this post: Dante and Zoey NEEED to have a bigger dynamic with eachother considering they were the big Stayed Behind For 15 Years guys and barely anything ever comes from it im so mad

Zianna and Aphmau is a dynamic that can really only be explored in a post-S2 timeframe. but i think would be very cute :) I can see Zianna being very motherly towards Aphmau (or mother-in-law if thats the kind of thing ur a fan of) when she finds out that Aphmau doesn't have/remember having a figure like that in her life already. + I think Zianna would respect Aphmau a lot as being both a responsible lord and a mother herself. I think the two of them would get along very well :)

Similar to above in regards to timeframe, I think Travis and Garroth would be a fun dynamic to explore. Garroth strikes me very much as a "I Can't Hate Them, They're Family" kind of guy just cuz thats what he was taught growing up, despite having an undeniably negative relationship with people like Zane and Garte. Travis being so openly a #dadhater would help Garroth work out some of his own issues regarding how he feels towards members of his own family. And from Travis' pov, Garroth gets built up a lot over the course of S2, and hearing all these tales and stories only to meet him in person and discover he's kind of just a nervous wet cat of a guy is very funny.

(ask prompts from here!)

[little-estrellita]

Update on my Mystreet binge {Spoilers for season 5, Starlight}

WOOOO.

I remembered most of this season after all! I actually stopped watching shortly after the engagement episode. Right before Derek {Aaron's father} spilled all the secrets to Melissa {A's sister}.

I really did miss the BIG reveals and the downhill roller coaster that is Angel's fall. With this season's finally, I'm terrified of season 6. Only hearing that its.. chaotic to say the least.

Most of the episodes were great. I found myself feeling embarrassed about the whole "alpha" spiel. But that's more due to how the word is used now-a-days that made me cringe in a bad way. Idk where the whole Maria plot was going, thought she was going to try to cause a rift between the main couple?

I loved the cute moments this season! The bonding with Aaron and Aphmau seemed more chill than over the top lovey dovey stuff. They are cute without the pressure of appearing cute. Unlike Travis and Katelyn, which was a great constrast and gave a few giggles. Still find it a bit creepy that EVERYONE is so into their relationship. But rather that than the guys hoping for their downfall just to get Aph. Sylvanna telling her daughter that becoming a werewolf "just because" was disrespectful towards the culture explained why I was so off put by it. Still, think the whole try not to compare Aaron to a dog was funny. {but where did Celestia go? She was there day one then vanished...??}

I also loved Zane and Nana's relationship.. for the most part. I like that Nana was pushy with it while Zane wanted to take things slow. I'm just surprised that he let a lot go by in the name of not rocking the boat. The whole accidental cheating with the brother plot.. it's one of those scenes you know it happened but happily skipped over a bit to save yourself the second-hand embarrassment. Their kiss {while later on said it was just to keep him interested} was adorable! I feel like it was just the way Nana would confess her feelings. And with Zane? He might not have taken the hint otherwise. Garroth's "about time" response to the news was perfect. It showed that he had improved on keeping his baby brother's feelings in mind.. so much so that he noticed the chemistry between him and Nana before they did!

The proposal was also nice. We all knew it was coming, but it still felt special. Only a bit sad that their announcement to his parents didn't go as planned. Especially with Garroth getting snipped. Poor dude can't catch a break. Experimented on when young {which might explain why Garte favors him}, ladies ran from him, and now he's bedridden because.. as Zane would put it .. he's a boob( ╥ω╥ )

Rant over. Have a smug bastard {derogatory, he would make a funny reaction meme tho}

[laurmaus]

My twitter rant thread j didnt even read before posting any of this it’s in my personal priv hold on let me get the context photo i started writing before she even opened her MOUTH to elaborate sorry im very passionaye about this

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS FUCKING FRAZY. WHAT THE HELL DO U MEAN U WANT TO WAIT TO GET TO KNOW HIM MORE DO U REALIZE HOW SRUPID THAT SOUNDS THE GARROTH OPTION US STUPID TOO HOW IS HE ETILL IN THE OICTYTR IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM He has been by your side for AS LONG AS HES KNOWN YOU literally every single waking moment he’s spent dedicated to protecting you and making you laugh and Smile and like yeah that doesn’t mean you’re obligated to like him back but to say you want to get to know him more first is fucking insane you know EVERYTHING possibke anout laurance you’ve known him since before he was a shadow night you’ve stayed with him by his bedside while he was blind you saw him change hair and change eyes and become your friend your guard your right hand man he lived with you when the threat of okasis and scaleswind came to light he was the ONLY ONE you could trust when the amulet was discovered while garroth was too busy being brainwashed you two went out and GOT SHIT DONE He’s given his heart out so many times risked his life loo ked after malachi been a shoulder to lean on im dead seriois when i say NO ONE ELSE in this entire series has done this much for aphmau like even in the stupid non canon short stories you can See how much he cares and values her so much more than just a love interest but a friend he’s always cared and remembered small insignificant things about her when NO ONE else did like that fall was her favorite season or that she really liked mash potatoes when he found out garroth had a crush on her he literally tried to help SO MANY TIMES FULLY KNOWING!!!!!what it would mean if his attempts actually worked like he is not a jealous person thats the whole point of the SPEEL HE GAVE TO GARROTH IN THE IRENE DIMENSION laurwnfe is completely willing to give his own chance of a romantic relationship up in exchange of helping his friend he says in the beginning of season two i think like oh even if you do get with someone else i know you don’t love me just please let me stay by your side CAFENZA SAYS IT TOO he’s always putting aside his own happiness to see aphmau happy and yeah that’s really sad and unhealthy but watching his light hearted character slowly be warped into one whose jealous and impulsive and puts his own judgement in the moment above the safety of others is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE of everything he stands for oughhhhthat just makes me mad and c aphmau is a BITCH for acting like shes in the middle of this super crazy unexplainable situation while all of this is happening like WTF R U TALKING ABOUT I want to wait to get to know him more WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO KNOW????????GENIUENLY LIKE AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE and WHY is garroth still in the roster am i crazy for not getting that either HOW CAN USERUOUSLT BE CONSIDERING THE MAN WHO IS SO INSECURE HE ISOLATED HIMSELF ABANDONED YOU AND YOUR VILLAGE AS HEAD!!!GUARD!!!!! All bc he thought you got with laurance WHICH SHE LITERALLY DID BTW but thays besides the point garroth has ACCEPTED he can’t be with aphmau and to bring the whole catalyst of the s1 finale back a quarter into the next season is weird especially when it wasn’t acknowledged while the situation itself was happening Dragging garroth back as a love interest was weird to me i geniuenly dont get it but maybe tbats bc im really bias?????? Maybe i don’t see something here but idk i think the whole game laurance is waiting to play when garroth is saved is weird and not a situation aphmau should be allowing like girl stand up😭 Why is she agreeing to wait for garroth to see “who she chooses” do u realize how fucking insane that sounds i don’t know if i’m explaining this jna way that makes sense ok im tired of writing this BRING OLD LAURMAU BACK🔥🔥🔥🔥

[sammygems]

so before i made this post, i was actually sending a friend on discord some of the things i remembered/noticed while rewatching, so mini update with those notes. these all apply to like, very early season 1.

what the fuck was the point in Sasha making Sean Connery big???? what was the reason???? 😭

one of my favourite things in early Diaries is when a character who was previously like, just one of the minecraft comes alive villagers becomes "aware" and Aphmau is like "oh wow you can talk to me now?" and the villager just like, boardline gaslights her with "what do you me? i've always been able to talk to you"

why did Brian's name change from Ryan to Brian? like, do we think that Jess or Jason just forgot what his name originally was and changed it to Brian without realizing or was there an actual reason that was never explained???

the way at the start of the series, literally every time there is voice acting, everyone pronounces Garroth's name differently, it's so funny

to quote myself: "damn, remember when Sasha was described as "a woman with hair as white as snow" and Gene as "a man with eyes like water""

Aphmau when she learned that Kiki had a love story with a werewolf: "that's kinda weird and sad"

Aphmau when she makes Aaron a werewolf so she has a love story with a werewolf: sometimes very weird fetish-y stuff

when Levin first came into Aphmau's care, i said to my friend that it's very funny to listen to Aphmau talk about babies as if she doesn't know what it's like to have one, even tho when Diaries season 1 came out in 2015, she already had 2 of her irl kids (Joseph was born in 2012 and Julia was born in 2014)

there was some vague werewolf racism from Aphmau in an episode, don't remember which episode it was but it was before Laurance made his debut

"Laurance meets Aphmau and immediately trauma dumps on her"

Garroth had his face reveal and i said "remember when this was a big deal?"

"Brendan is one of the girls" ~ this was in reference to Brendan being at the beach with Kiki, Donna and maybe KC looking at Laurance and Brendan said that he was only there because "the other girls are here and Sasha was a girl" but i found it funnier to just ignore the part about Sasha

Aphmau found out that Laurance was Joh's adoptive son, but she said to herself "so he was the guard for his step-father or adoptive father?" and this caused me to rant to a different friend about people mixing up step-family and adoptive family

remember when Zane told Aphmau that he would be fine with marrying her so he could abuse his power over her?

this was followed by me saying that i love evil Zane btw

"Zane on his sacrificing babies arc"

and that's all that i sent to my friend while watching before i made the original post for this, i just thought that i would share. other then this, it's mostly just me celebrating when a character finally shows up

Things I Have Noticed/Remembered from my MCDiaries rewatch

I will be updating this as I continue my rewatch, currently everything listed is out of order, cause I've started writing this as I am on episode 64 of season 1 and I don't feel like fixing it to be in order, so sorry!

What the fuck was Garroth's "plan" he mentions to Zenix in the first episode 😭

Zenix seems to be younger then Garroth in Diaries, considering the way that Garroth talks about him, but I think in MyStreet, Zenix is either the same age or slightly older then Garroth, so far this is like, the only obvious age difference between the series (besides Travis and everyone else of course)

I forgot how entertaining Brendan's character is, he's far less annoying then I remembered

ZANE AS AN ACTUAL BAD PERSON, I LOVE HIM

I love Vylad, but I legit forgot how much he was in Diaries season 1, I thought he was in it far less

Currently at the stage of Diaries where there is no lgbt+ people, i'm very disappointed by this (we haven't even reached the queerbaiting)

KC's character is....not as bad (racist) as I was expecting, still not great though. I'm choosing to believe that KC is from Tu'lu and Maid Cafes are a thing there, and "Kawaii~Chan" is just a stage name for her work.

Y'all know how Cadenza went missing and she was actually turned into a chicken? Yeah, the way Hayden, Castor, & Laurance talk about her to Aphmau makes it sound like Cadenza is a small child. But then it turns out she's the same age, if not older, then Laurance and Aphmau.

Aphmau should've just made Joh and Hayden lovers, I'm so serious, it would make the whole Cadenza and Laurance being "close like siblings" in season 1 to I think actually being called as siblings in season 2 and in MyStreet a lot easier to understand and make a lot more sense.

Why does Kenmur have like, some sort of romance with all the girls from Meteli??? He was engaged to Sasha and is stated to have feelings for Cadenza.

I love when the episodes open from Sasha's POV, and she goes and talks to Gene and there's just no voices. I love having to pause to read what they're saying. (this point is sarcasm)

The way literally everyone reacted to learning Laurance was blind was....icky. Like, I understand Cadenza and Aphmau reacting as like "we need to find a way to bring his sight back", but the fact that it was literally EVERYONE who decided he needed to get his sight back was so weird.

I don't mind Laurance ACTUALLY getting his sight back, but I wish it was done differently. Like, personally, I'd have him like, have to wash his face with the water of the fountain of Lady Irene.

Emma & Corey, Dale & Molly, and Logan & Donna are very sweet couples.

After Zoey and KC were able to turn Cadenza back to her human form, Zoey mentions that she "recognizes Cadenza from somewhere", but I don't think this goes anywhere???? I'm assuming it was supposed to hint at like, Cadenza's backstory.

ngl, I kinda wish we got more of Zane and Kiki's relationship, I really wanna know what side of Zane Kiki actually saw.

Anyway, Kiki is currently expecting.

Nicole (my beloved) has showed up. I've decided I won't question the logic behind her iron fists being able to break bedrock, and instead say that her referencing her iron fists just made me think of Ace from One Piece and Natsu & Gajeel from Fairy Tail.

I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT NICOLE'S FOX, ROXY, AND ABOUT THE WYVERNS IN GENERAL 😭

I need to mention that in one episode (before Aphmau went to Scaleswind and learned about Lady Irene), Garroth says to Aphmau "by the seven", which I think she was hurt, but the use of "by the seven" is similar to how the same phase would be used in Game of Thrones or to how irl lots of people say "oh my god", so I'm really wondering if there were originally supposed to be 7 Divine Warriors instead of 6.

The way when Aphmau found Levin and decided to keep him and Garroth IMMEDIATLY decided he would be Levin's father figure.

The way when Laurance found out that Aphmau had a kid, his response was to play with Levin and say to Aphmau "you didn't tell me you had this little buddle of joy/energy".

That's all for now, I'll like, update when I have more to add.

[attourney-at-lycan]

Ok, sorry to dump this kind of rant on you, but you're one of the more active Aphmau blogs, and I wanted to hear someone else's opinion on this. Anyway, it’s not a new topic that people are disappointed in MCD’s worldbuilding, but I really wish the idea of religion, or more specifically, different religions, were explored more. I’m kind of rewatching the series really slowly, but if I remember correctly, the religion (the divine warriors) isn't really explored beyond, like, maybe four of the members? And even when we learn stuff about them, it just doesn’t make that much sense? Because the characters in the series treat them as though they were a pantheon, but they're just normal dudes, just some vaguely powerful guys. I want to say they are more like saints or prophets, but they don't answer to or preach about any greater beings; it's Just Them. Did people in the MCD universe just not worship any gods or spirits before these guys showed up?? Do the people of this universe at the very least have some creation myths floating around???

I remember at one point they mention that there's a wolf god, but we know basically nothing about them besides that they cursed a human to become a werewolf. But werewolves in this universe aren’t just ‘people who turn into wolves’ because only some of them have that ability... So why are these Giant Wolf People and "people who turn into wolves" lumped into the same category? Wouldn’t it make more sense if the story was a legend by the Giant Wolf People to scare off humans from hunting wolves? especially since their young still walk on all fours and could be mistaken for a normal wolf from a distance.

 Anyway, back on topic, I think it does make sense that at the beginning of the story a lot of the characters' main religious affiliation is with these "Divine Warriors" since that will be the main religion that the story focuses on, but as the series continued, its world building could have benefited from exploring more religions and cultures. As more characters were introduced, more aspects of the world should have been introduced as well. Even if Jess didn't want to have to create entirely new locations to showcase these various religions and cultures, there are a lot of new characters that come later in the series who had their homes destroyed or that we just never got to see (ex: Aaron, Dante [and by extension, Gene]) who could have talked to Aphmau about this! It would have also added some depth to these characters' backstories and could have even made them more tragic. Like, "Why did Zane destroy Aaron’s village?" Well, we know that O'Khasis wanted to become a monarchy and rule over the entire continent; maybe Zane was in charge of some kind of religious crusade, and that’s why he had Aaron’s entire village killed. Stuff like that could lead to deep moments between Aphmau and some of the other members of the cast as they recount their old homes that they can’t or might not ever be able to return to and how weird everything is now that they don’t have anyone who’s familiar with or shares the same culture and religion as them, bonding with Aphmau because they can finally freely talk to someone about these important aspects of themselves without being judged.

NO HONESTLY THAT’S BOTHERED ME SOOO MUCH. how did the minecraft diaries world come to be? where did it start? what is magic in this world? they dont even have to explain it just give a lazy explanation and say a god or gods created the world.

because how did irene get her relic in the first place? did ppl just not have any faiths? how did they cope w/ death before irene? HOW DO THEY COPE W/ DEATH AFTER IRENE?? sure you can say that technically the nether could be their equivalent of the afterlife or hell but that’s only for guards, so what about everyone else?

though i do wna point out when u mentioned they were just normal dudes- it’s mentioned that there is speculation if irene herself was a goddess or a regular person- when it comes to legends of powerful people, their deeds can be exaggerated as time goes on so some people’s faiths lean towards that they were gods, while some could be skeptical and believe they were just people w/ powers. the audience and the main cast of mcd know the truth, however people like molly (??) and just other regular common dick and stanleys, dont know the whole truth.

unless i understood you wrong then ignore that previous part but Yes. you are right, religion in mcd was not explored enough o(-( i wish it was bc jfc.

the wolf god? honestly i completely forgot everything about werewolves. all i know is that they also praise the moon so there’s that? but i also do not understand the difference between born wolves and bitten werewolves? i guess maybe they’re not seen as pure? maybe not as creations from the wolf god but still yknow seen as one of them? i have no idea how to make sense of it

GODDD I SO WISHED THEY ALSO EXPLORED OUTSIDE OF RU’AN. we did get tu’la and if iirc— in s3, tu’la is a problem w/ the whole taking over o’khasis and shit. but anyway your aaron and zane idea is blowing my mind rn- it could’ve honestly been that? o’khasis’ government is heavily intertwined w/ the church of irene so it would make sense they’d go on crusades.

honestly anon, reading ur ramble made me think of an idea where maybe ppl not praising gods could’ve been an irene thing- i dont think irene’s as benevolent as she’s made out to be because i love gods/dieties/powerful figures who quietly work behind the scenes to tie everything to their goodness- but im just saying. it’s said that irene abolished the monarchy and created the lord system. in what world does she think thats going to work? there’s no way she said “everyone will have their own little towns and certainly everyone will abide by the rules!” then left. she left without putting any sort of authority to keep the lords in check therefore allowing certain lords to pretty much act the same way as kings. they’re still able to take over other villages/towns, literally there was no point in that. she gave the illusion that everything’s changed but she didnt… change shit. in fact she made it worse no? sure lords don’t call themselves kings but it’s just a title? i’m sure some places don’t call themselves that simply because they fear the wrath of irene’s followers or irene herself. the longer she’s gone however, the more unscrupulous people will become like aka o’khasis!!!

anyway i went off topic but what i’m trying to say is, that irene didn’t really help the ppl w/ the monarchy but gave the illusion that she did. what stops her, the most powerful being at the time (i think) from erasing the existence of gods once existing? IM JUST SAYING. it’s just a thought

[chloeillustrates16]

How Levin is Related To Garroth

So, I've been on Aphmau Tumblr for a while; I loved Aphmau growing up in the early days of Youtube and how she shaped me as a person. You may not have to like her or support her but there is no denying that she's shaped all of us as people. In any case, I want to talk about something that's been bugging me for YEARS. And that's the Levin-Garroth debate.

For people who weren't around when Aphmau was uploading MCD, you might not understand. So, disclaimer if you haven't watched the original MCD series because there will be spoilers.

I and maybe others have been confused on why exactly Levin looks so much like Garroth. And that's not only to the fandom, in the actual canon of the series, everyone brings up the fact that Garroth and Levin's similiarities are uncanny. Levin even says in the second episode of season 2, "Everyone here says I look like Garroth, heh...I just hope that they don't expect me to live up to his reputation..."

So, within the series canon, everyone thinks that Levin looks like Garroth. So, what does that mean? Well, in season 2 episode 100, after Aphmau finds out that she's actually Irene. She says this, "Bloodline? Wait, does that mean that Levin is my great-great-grandson?" Which Hyria says,

"No, Irene was once a human many centuries ago, she had family, and she did a great job keeping them around her. Irene never had any kids of her own, but she did want children."

Irene never had children, which means we can rule out the theory that Irene and Esmund ended up together. But that first part, Irene had a family, which means, she had siblings and a mother and father. So, what does that say? Well, if we can dissect Irene's family tree, then that means that we can figure out how Garroth and Levin are related.

Most of this is my own canon, I won't give any names to characters that haven't been introduced. Most of the information that I'm saying are inspired of Jess's personal life, which she does in her own stories.

Irene's mother -- Irene's father (We can say that they were magic welders since that's the only explanation for Irene's gift. And as we know within the series, if you prefect your magic enough you can slow your own aging I.E. Hyria and Lucinda).

Then there's her brother, which isn't canon but for sake of story, let's say Irene has a brother. He has to also be a magic welder, because his parents are both; so, let's say he married a woman and ends up having a daughter.

Irene's niece, she ends up marrying into the Ro 'Meaves', centuries before O'Kahsis is born. In which she has a son,

Irene's great-nephew, he ends up marrying a woman. Who gives birth to...you guessed it. Garte. Who marries Zannah.

Which explains why Hyria and Zannah are so close; if Irene was still around when Irene's niece was born then she was around when Garte was born. Since Hyria and Irene were so close, I'm sure that her family knew about Hyria; considering her family as well.

Making them close by the time that Garroth, Zane, and Vlad were born.

Of course, this is all a fan theory and speculating. The reason why I had it to where Irene had a brother is because in IRL Jess has a half-brother.

So, what about Levin exactly? Well, remembered how I said that Irene's brother was married and had Irene's great-nephew? Well, he also had a daughter. Who ended up have a son; guess who that son was? The old lord of Pheonix Drop.

Phoenixes are supposed to represent rebirth, magic, renewal, and safety. Well, what does Aphmau do the moment she steps into that world? She's rebirthed, as a new person with magic and an instinct to protect people.

On top of all of that, it's canon that Gate and the Old Lord are magic welders; how else would Gate know magic? It's because Garte was born with it and taught Zannah how to use it along with Zane and Garroth.

Then what about Garroth? Doesn't that mean he's technically related to Irene? Well, yes. I know that probably sounds gross because Aphmau is technically supposed to be Irene herself. However, that's not how that works; when someone is reincarnated, that doesn't mean they're related to them. So, we're in the clear without any incest. (Thank God).

So, does that mean that Garroth and Levin are distant cousins? Yes, it's the only reason to explain why the two look so alike. Genes also play a big part in it as well.

Let's say, Irene's brother has the same auburn brown that she does. Then that means, he'd have to marry someone that carries the blue eye trait. To counter act the brown, Irene's family needs to be carrying the blue-eyed trait.

Then, both siblings have to be able to have the carrying trail. And since Irene's brother had both had daughter and a son, the daughter would carry the blue-eyed trait. Since the son ends up having another son, who ends up marrying someone who has blue eyes or carries it. Which passes it onto Levin.

On top of that, we already know that Garte has blue eyes which carried to both Zane and Garroth.

I know this was a lot to unpack in a single post, but this is the only way to explain why the two looked so similar. And not choke it up to ship bait. Which was probably the intention in the beginning. However, I'm sure that if Jess got to finish MCD Rebirth she would end up explaining it.

[my-coven-is-claudia]

I never liked the forced marriage part of the mcd story because a: gross but also b: I could never figure out how to explain my thoughts on what happened after because Fenrir going from “prince who can’t do anything because he’s also being forced into this” to “guy who blames the woman who was almost forced to be his bride for the death of the people at his wedding even though it was 100% her companion and she SAVED HIM FROM HIM but of course gotta make another antagonist” enraged me

Literally just let Laurence admit that what he did was not the right thing but he thought it was his only option. Have fenrir admit that yes, he blames aphmau and laurence for the deaths but understands that Aphmau was at no actual fault and that Laurence was only trying to protect himself and his friends.

Instead, from what I remember: Fenrir wanted aphmau mauled before she was brought to him and if it would make her suffer worse, he’d make her marry him. He went from victim to even worse than his dad. Like why?? That was such a good opportunity to show that actions that can be even somewhat justified are still going to leave harm. Laurence was trying to protect the people he loved and himself. Yes, there was a genuine threat of death, and yes, Laurence was one of the people at risk, but those werewolves still had families and Fenrir had to watch the death of his father and a massacre.

i could talk about this storyline forever and that is exactly what i am going to do. i was genuinely obsessed with it i drew a million scene redraws and came up with a detailed idea of what i think would’ve happened before diaries was cancelled.

i personally really liked the storyline in season 2,, it’s insanely fucked up but it’s so enticing as it felt like a genuinely terrifying and stressful situation because,, there’s like,, no way to get out of it without shit hitting the fan. aphmau is locked in a bedroom until the wedding,, laurence is stuck in a jail cell,, only being let out to be humiliated by the king and to see the wedding and katelyn. katelyn literally has no idea what’s going on and was probably kept in a cell far away from laurence so he couldn’t fill her in on anything. the wedding scene altered my brain chemistry in so many ways,, it’s ingrained in my mind. literally iconic. i think it’s because it’s the first sign that laurence is beginning to go down a dark path. it’s the first time he transforms into his shadows knight form and his possessiveness towards aphmau amps up from this episode onwards.

about his actions specifically i don’t really blame him for what he did because what else was he supposed to do?? if he simply transformed,, grabbed aphmau and bolted then they would’ve had guards chasing after them and with the king still alive they would’ve most definitely been hunted - assuming they would’ve even escaped. obviously him massacring half of the wedding attendees was awful but him shoving the king off the cliff was kind of understandable. the guy deserved it.

NOW FENRIR,, he’s complicated. looking solely at what we’re shown his want for vengeance against APHMAU OF ALL people is baffling. it makes no sense how he solely wants to kill her. it completely ignores how the two of them bonded over their horrible situation and the fact he disliked his father. i understand that no matter what you’re parent has done seeing them die,, especially in such a gruesome way,, is devastating and i think fenrir wanting revenge makes sense. but like you said it would’ve made most sense for him to be partially angry at aphmau for “betraying” him (in his mind) but mostly at laurence as he was the one who slaughtered his people and his father. my personal interpretation of fenrir’s actions in season 3 is the cycle continuing. his desire to have aphmau mauled and to invade the phoenix capital makes him arguably worse than his father. he’s continuing the obsession and lack of rationality that his dad had. he even wants to still go through with the wedding. i think his misconstruing of the facts to fit his motives and feelings about what happened further prove this. he’s spiralling,, literally dedicating the past three years of his life to hunt down aphmau. you’re supposed to see how messed up this is and how far from truth his point of view is. obviously it’s unlikely jess intended this but i like my interpretation better.

i also wonder how his mother fits into this. she too was horrified and upset at her husband’s death but in the moment,, she still chose to help laurence,, aphmau and katelyn escape. i feel like maybe she would’ve been able to stop fenrir in season 3 if laurence apologising to him didn’t work. would’ve liked to see how she felt about how much her son had become like her husband and maybe that could’ve been what brought him to his senses. once he realised that he had become like the man he despised the most he would’ve given up on his rampage for revenge.

i’ll probably make a post about my scenario about what i think would’ve happened in season 3 but i’d rather not add it here because this is already a monster of a post lol

[mcd-ms-rants]

I can’t believe I started this blog asking for one note and you guys went way above and beyond that <3 <3

let’s do this shit *cracks knuckles*

also some of the points here might be in jumbled order cuz I just wrote them as soon as they came into my head

STUFF I DIDNT LIKE IN MYSTREET SEASON 2:

• ayyy home alone reference

• ok that’s not a bad thing

• WHERE IS LAURANCE. He had no reason to just disappear like that where did he go :(

(side note: I’m pretty sure that Jess was hospitalized during this time, so a lot of characters were cut out and the script was made shorter. so I think that’s why a few characters were scrapped.)

• isn’t llp supposed to be ‘sold out since forever’?? how do Aaron and Dante somehow win tickets FOR EVERYONE just by kissing?? ok sometimes shows or contests give free tickets...but only like one or two. Aphmau literally drags the whole street there

• in my opinion it is IMPOSSIBLE for a whole street’s worth of people to pack their stuff, grab essentials, drive to the airport, check in and get on the plane IN AN HOUR. especially considering that mystreet is the most chaotic street in existence

• why do all the boys swim shorts have the same damn pattern hello originality??

• DAMN TRAVIS GETS UP TO SOME FREAKY SHIT WHEN THE OTHERS ARENT HOME. he literally hires people to impersonate his friends and monologues as katelyn and I’m not even going to repeat those lines here they are CURSED😳😳 where did he even get Katelyn’s clothes from??

• how does the mys gang take Zane, who (im pretty sure) wasn’t even in the house where Garroth and Dante were when Dante broke down the door, but forget to take Travis, who literally lives IN THEIR BASEMENT IN THE SAME HOUSE. for the record HOW DO THEY FORGET LAURANCE. this makes no sense (I don’t really remember this part well so if zane is actually there then ignore me :) thanks)

• garroth saying ahoy matey kills me every time

• I feel like lucinda really got shoved to the side in this season. she barely has any relevant lines that aren’t just filler

• ok there’s a gay couple here it’s Guy and Nate. but isn’t this way of representing them heavily stereotyped?? a twink and a buff guy. Seems like a stereotype to me and I don’t like it because of that

• also arent ivy and teony supposed to be lesbian?? this would have been nice...IF WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE THEM ASIDE FROM LIKE TWO EPISODES. Stop making characters disappear :( I get that not every character can be major but they were like the only decently written lgbtq+ representation this show has plus teony is a dark-skinned beauty and you cannot convince me otherwise. she’s underrated

• I bring to you better lgbtq+ representation: Garrance

• admit it it would’ve been SO MUCH BETTER even tho Laurance wasn’t actually in s2 at least do it in s1

• we need more nb and lgbtq+ representation I’ll say this again and again

• when Aph sees Ivy there’s no mention of her being in a jury of any kind in pdh. Same with Katelyn and Jeffory actually, even Ivan in s3. If these people weren’t in the jury then who was??

• i love mcd Dante but WTF HAPPENED HERE. His character is a mess and not the good kind. he is dumb, flirty and a cheater since highschool and instead of learning from his mistake of cheating in pdh he decides to DO IT AGAIN. And I don’t see anyone else in the cast point this out or tell him not to?? Why??

• HOW TF DO ZANE’S PANTS EVEN FALL DOWN?? he legit goes down a baby water slide and boom theyre gone. Aphmau doesn’t lose her clothes while going down a roller caster water slide that GOES INTO THE SEA so HOW DOES HE?? If they were that loose they would’ve fallen off while he was walking. which they didn’t. Also doesn’t water make your clothes stick to your skin and not the other way around? Ya hello can someone please explain

The next four points are not actually bad things i found them funny in a stupid way but also how tf did they even happen:

• I’m not even going to BOTHER deciphering the physics behind Travis setting the house on fire, having said fire coming into contact with explosive feathers, and yeeting him thousands of miles away into llp

• no seriously how is he still alive

• and why is he allowed to stay?? isn’t this place sold out since forever??

• wow celeste has the power to swim thousands of miles away to llp as well seriously what does she eat??

ok let’s get back to it

• doesnt Katelyn throw Travis off a roof some time in this season, or was it s1? Either way that’s not cool

• the talk between Travis and katelyn was very much needed. I’m very glad it was written in but feel as though it could have been written a bit better. also Katelyn doesn’t even realize what shes doing isn’t ok till here in canon which I don’t like because it makes her seem ignorant or airheaded and I know she isn’t like that. she’s better than that. she should have been at least a bit aware of it since s1

• AND THIS WHOLE TALK WAS SHOVED ASIDE BCUZ AARON HAD TO ASK APH TO LIVE WITH HIM. am I the only one that feels this way? which is more important in your opinion?? there was nothing inherently wrong with this scene but the fact that THIS had more importance than the travlyn talk really upset me

• hello Gene :) the ONLY character with some decent development here. Give him a hand👏👏

let me make it known that I’m aware that this is supposed to be an anime style show so not everything will make logical sense but I’ve still put those points in cuz why not

and that’s all I can think of thanks for coming to my ted talk <3 <3

[lauranceofmeteli]

Fate of the Fallen

ok basically. au where Zane wins the battle of Phoenix Drop

Tw for character death and implied gore

Another patrol of guards walked by a cell, exactly like any other in the dungeon. Inside sat a young woman, a lord, who was a prisoner just like any other. She sat on the cold stone floor waiting for her execution which was scheduled for that morning, just like the lord of any other village who waged war with the city of O'khasis.

She couldn’t help but wonder what lay in fate for those she called her friends.

Garroth had betrayed her in the final moments of the battle, turning instead to stand beside his brother Zane as he lay waste to the land she cared so much for.

There was irony in the way a village named phoenix had been buried in ash and flame.

She had seen Laurance in the middle of those flames unhurt, his eyes burning a shade of fire not of this realm. He had stayed by her side as long as he could before he ran off, explaining that he needed to make sure his sister was safe.

She had found his sword discarded in the plaza, the emerald shine covered by the crimson stain of blood. Had he escaped the battle or was he being held in a cell like she was? Or maybe they had found a different way to deal with him?

Maybe he was safe and on his way to save her? She laughed. That kind of thing only happened in the stories Zoey would read to Levin and Malichi. This was reality and there was no knight in shining armour on their way to her rescue. But it was still a comforting thought at the back of her mind.

The stranger was laying under a tree when she saw him. His body already rotting even before he had died, the work of a dark spell. She sat by him as he told her not to worry about him and his passing, as they both had a family they were going to reunite with. He thanked her for giving a man like him something to care for in his last moments. And like that he was gone.

The woman knew it wasn't right to cry over a man she hardly knew, but she did. She took his strength with him as she stood up to continue her fight.

She wished she’d been able to say her goodbyes to Dante the same way she had with the stranger. She didn’t even know where all of his body was. She covered what she had with the man's own cape. In his hand she placed the amulet he’d told her had been a comfort for him.

She wished she could have let herself trust him enough to keep it. Instead it lay as a weight in her pocket in his last moments when he needed it most.

As she walked away she promised herself she would bury him later.

At the end it was her, Katelyn, and Lucinda facing off against Zane, Lillian, and Garroth.

Zane had her pinned against a tree as her last two friends were made quick work of. She screamed and tried to fight off her captor but like everything she had done in the short part of her life she could remember, it was in vain.

She had later been told that the body’s had been dumped in the ocean, there was no need to waste space for the graves of a witch and a traitor.

She wasn't sure how she felt as sunlight began to pour through the small window of her cell. She missed Zoey. And Levin and Malichi. And her dogs. Her family. If anything, she hoped they had survived on that ship. She wondered if there was an afterlife waiting for her. Would she go there and spend eternity in peace or would it all be over in a few minutes? Or maybe she would be brought back as a shadow knight, however that worked? So many ifs and so little time to think

about them.

She could hear the distinct sound of metal boots against a stone floor echoing down the hall. Her breath was caught in her throat.

“Aphmau of Phoenix Drop?”

She stood up and held her head high, her voice devoid of emotion.

“That’s me.”

The cell door was opened and her hands were bound. She was lead down the corridor and into the light of a courtyard.

In front of her was a table with ten seats around it. In the center sat Zane, around him sat what she assumed was the rest of the Jury. Her eyes locked onto Garroth, who had his face covered with a helm. Did he know what had happened to the village he had called home for a time? What had happened to the other guards he had once called his brothers? She wondered if he had any regrets and what he was feeling, if anything, right now.

She was pushed to her knees as Zane stood up and walked towards her.

“You are here because of your crimes against the O’khasis alliance and kidnapping of the heir to the lordship of Scaleswind”

Lies.

“Now do you have anything to say before we begin?”

Aphmau spat at his feet.

“Of course,” He turned and made his way back to the table “Get this over with, I have things to be doing”

Aphmau took in a final breath before the executioner took a swing.

She felt the cold metal cut through her neck.

Her body was full of light.

Who was she? She wasn’t Aphmau. What is Aphmau? Why had she chosen it? No of course she was Aphmau. No. She wasn’t human either. What was she? Why were they killing her? They weren’t killing her. They were fools for thinking they could.

Her body was full of light and Zane Ro'meave was going to pay for everything that he’d done.