#Shea is not wil’s father

[theoakleafpancake]

I will never forgive whoever the creators of the shannara show were

[bluetiefling]

The Shannara Chronicles - 2.05

How long have you and Wil been together? Oh, we’re not together. We’re just friends. Are you kidding? The way you look at him... it’s the same way Heady used to look at me.

[eventine-elessedill]

For the character hc thing -- Edain and/or Flick?

Both? Both. Both is good.

Edain Elessedil

Sexuality Headcanon: Pansexual.

Gender Headcanon: I'd say he's leaning on the gender fluid/non-binary spectrum (as, honestly, I feel most elves are since their definition of “gender” is a lot looser imo), but doesn't mind he/him pronouns at all.

A ship I have with said character: I don't have a solid ship for him, per say, but I like the idea of Jair following in his father's footsteps and developing a big crush on another of the Elessedil grandchildren (aka Edain is to Jair as Amberle was to Wil). Edain is pretty much oblivious to this (as he is with most people having crushes on him).

A BROTP I have with said character: Him and Elb Foraker because every fucking time I think about Elb staying behind with him to defend him and them both being aware that they weren’t getting out of their situation I just *clutches breast* (Also him and Jair!)

A NOTP I have with said character: Uh, I can't think of one?? I don't think he interacts with enough people to have a solid opinion here.

A random headcanon: He and Elb survived Graymark and are hiding out somewhere

Only in my dreams. I have a bunch of random headcanons for him here but my favourite of those that keeps coming up is that Edain bleaches his own hair for fun and purposefully did things to his appearance to tick off his mom after she explicitly told him he couldn’t (btw who’s not a bad lady at all and supports her kid but also he wore her to early grey in her hair so...).

General Opinion over said character: My beautiful disaster boy who was taken from us far too soon. I really love Edain because he follows in the family footsteps of the gentle masculinity trope, is generally upbeat and positive and doesn’t think twice about just diving into things head first.  And he reads to me as a free spirited soul who just genuinely wants to help people (even at the cost of himself).

Flick Ohmsford

Sexuality Headcanon: Asexual and demiromantic. Flick genuinely strikes me as just having little to no interest in those types of things, though his wife never really minded. 

Gender Headcanon: Cisgender male, though he's never solidly thought about it before.

A ship I have with said character: I guess him and his dead wife, though we know next to nothing about her. I’m going to guess she was the sunshine optimistic half to Flick’s big grump and no one can tell me otherwise.

A BROTP I have with said character: Him and Shea because I love how devoted to his brother Flick is; that's one of the things I admire most about him. I also like the idea of him having a long term penpal ship with Eventine after he rescued him, but you're the one who inspired that so...

A NOTP I have with said character: Flick/basically anyone in the party but especially Menion Leah

A random headcanon: 

-Despite the fact that Menion is/was a class A dumbass in Flick’s mind, he still begrudgingly liked him and would be dragged along to Shea’s annual visits, and would help Shea write letters to him when his eyesight began to go (and was sure to include his own messages of displeasure with his dumbass decisions he heard about through the grapevine). 

- The reason Flick likes to climb so much is because it was the only thing he found as a kid that would help his brain stop flying at a mile a minute, as heights actually calmed him down instead of riling him up. He doesn’t like watching other people climb things, though (especially not Wil) because he’s afraid they’ll fall and that he won’t be able to catch them.

General Opinion over said character: Flick gets nowhere near the amount of appreciation he deserves in or out of canon. He's not the big damn hero, but he pulled a lot of weight in the quest and deserves to have at least that much acknowledged. I also just like how much of a grump he is all the time because it never comes off as sardonic asshole like it easily could. It just comes off as tiredTM and letting things slip by accident (he’s got a big mouth but not a bad heart, if that makes sense).

[askstorykids-hq]

Attention students! Two new students have been permitted by their parents to attend Auradon Prep! Please welcome:

Fitzroy "Fitz" Sarandon, Son of Queen Narissa!

Unlike his younger sister, to Fitz, power wasn’t a given thing, respect wasn’t something one afforded to force others into giving. Respect, power, those were things one found for themselves and showed others they could claim.

It was something about him that drew the attention of Sabrine Eastwind, and in a rare decision she’d approach him about being a part of her gang. It was something he wholeheartedly accepted, much to the chagrin of Biana. This led to a lot of in-fighting between the pair and an eventual falling out. They no longer speak.

Fitz is charming, never sincere. He doesn’t expect to be treated better, not yet, but he knows how to play by the rules and be treated fairly by others. He’s far more mature and well-behaved than Biana by a long shot.

There’s only one exception to his personal rules regarding his behavior– Sophie Callaghan. Though, no one knows about it yet. The Isle was no place for the way the girl made him feel from the moment he laid eyes on her, working in her dad’s shop. And Fitz was no boy who should ever let others know he had a weakness. Sophie was… incredibly understanding of the situation, and he was more than willing to accept her polyamory and leave her open to date other people, even if it was a risk she was putting herself into and he wasn’t a fan of that.

Then, the Isle was gone. And still, Fitz keeps their relationship private. He has work to do now that he’s in Auradon, and he can’t let someone try to use her to distract him from it.

Wil Ohmsford, Grandson of Gaxton and Son of Sophie Piper!

Gaxton’s son, Shea, wasn’t sure how he felt about the return of magic. Not at first, anyway. But the concept grew on him. And after New Mushroomton grew, and more people thought it a nice place to live, he stopped caring so much about the magic, just about the people in the town.

One day, while on a lunch rush, Shea met Sophie, who had moved to the town looking for adventure. The two hit it off well, and were dating before the end of the year.

Eventually, they had a son, and they named their first child Wil, after Shea’s father’s friend from college, Wilden Lightfoot. Wil was raised in a loving household, but that love didn’t extend very far out the door. Although elves were accepted, as a significant part of the founding of New Mushroomton, the same could not always be said for half elves. Some were more accepted because they appeared more like either of their parents. Some were less accepted because they were more even of a mix, or looked human-ish while still having a slight blue tinge or long pointed ears, or looked elvish while having small rounded ears. Wil was among the lesser accepted group, appearing mostly human but having ears that gave away his heritage.

Being part of such a group, Wil was mercilessly bullied by other kids his age. Not to mention his magic, which was hard to control. The other children teased, stole from, and picked fights with him, which always ended with the boy being sent home from school crying.

The older he grew, the worse the bullying became, until eventually Sophie and Shea elected to homeschool their son for his middle school years. While the bullying didn’t stop completely, it quieted down for those years due to the other kids having less access to him.

But once he turned sixteen, Wil’s parents decided he needed to begin school again. When he was again faced with the taunting of his peers, Sophie began looking at schools in other places for them to send him, wanting to give her son a better life. And she found one. For his seventeenth birthday, Sophie and Shea surprised their son with his acceptance letter for Auradon Prep.

Maybe a new start would be better for him.

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[takaraphoenix]

I also have to say that, as problematic as parent/child ships can be due to the power imbalance that's built into them, I really enjoyed Wil and Shea's interactions and chemistry in 2x06. Of course, the whole power imbalance is kinda thrown out the window because they are the same age, and should Wil end up trapped there forever (or for that Shea to be brought forth into the future) they'd be more equals than anything else, in a sense more brothers than father/son but... yeah, cute elves bonding

I like the use of the word “problematic” there *blinks*

Also. Thaaanks for that spoiler. I’m on episode 3 of season 2 :DDD”““

But yeah no, I don’t parent/child outside the PJatO universe... and even there only in relations to the gods. Because. Ya know. It’s one giant-ass ball of incest already anyway.

[untxld-stxries]

KAL?!

Oh fuck that, absolutely not, no way, no NO NO NO NO-

Wil looked between Margo and her hand, terrified beyond reason. He didn't want to be around her, no, no, absolutely FUCKING not, if she was anything like her father-

He barely managed to stop himself. Dammit, his mom would want him to at least try to get to know her. Her philosophy was always that not everyone was like their parents, so maybe Margo was... different.

Shit.

Wil slowly reached out and shook her hand weakly. "W-Wil. Ohmsford. Son of Shea Ohmsford. Y-You wouldn't know him, he- he's a sidekick..."

untxld-stxries​:

“Life’s a party and I’m the piñata.”

“Honestly I mean hell yeah, short-lived and good for nothing but causing people to scream. Margo, daughter of Kalabar Jr., also known simply as Kal,” the lunatic smiles and extends her hand to shake the other’s, pausing and adjusting the spider ring on one of her fingers when she squints at. “Must be your first day based on your expressions at everything around here. Welcome to the mad house, I’ll be your guide.”

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The Shannara Chronicles | 2.05/06 Review

The Shannara Chronicles - Paranor / Crimson

Paranor: written by Evan Endicott & Josh Stoddard, directed by Toa Fraser Crimson: written by April Blair, directed by Brad Turner

The fifth and sixth episode aired back-to-back and I watched them back-to-back, so I’ll review them both at the same time. It was nice to be able to watch two new episodes in a row, but I’m afraid that it’s a sign that the show won’t be renewed for a third season. It would be a shame given how wonderful this season has been so far. Of course there are some little plotholes to be found, and some plotlines are pretty standard fantasy story telling - they didn’t re-invent the wheel for this show. But that’s okay, because we have a decent story, wonderful characters, good acting and a wonderful cinematography.

So, annyone left who has no magic?

I can’t help it, I liked that Eretria was somehow a “badass normal”.  She didn’t have any special gifts, she wasn’t destined to do something great - she was “just” an average human with some really impressive skills. Until now. Now she, too, is somehow magical because thanks to her bloodline she is a bit demonic herself. She learns about this from Cogline and he’s able to prove it by confronting her with a wraith. It even ends up turning her eyes black. Cogline’s appearence is also confusing here, because he clearly uses magic and is a druid, apparently? After all this talk of Allanon being the last druid, and the surprise of Mareth, now Cogline is a random druid, too? In my eyes, Eretria’s plot is the weakest this time, although I usually enjoy her character a lot. For those who like that she has a magical plotline now I can imagine it’s a highlight though. And her fight scene before Cogline shows up is pretty amazing.

The short reign of King Ander

Ever since Ander found out about Tamlin’s connection to The Crimson and Bandon’s threat of the Warlock Lord, Tamlin has no real use for General Riga and his fanatics anymore. She orders Jax to kill Riga, but he fails and Riga shows up at Ander’s and Lyria’s wedding. In a heroic moment Ander saves Lyria’s life but is himself killed by Riga. The Elves have lost their King - again - and as far as I know there’s no obvious candidate left to become king. The attack happend before Lyria was married to Ander, so she’s not relevant to the Elves, and I can’t remember any other living member of the Elessedil family, aside from Amberle who’s a tree. So who will rule Arborlon now?

Getting into trouble is easy, getting out... not so much.

At the beginning of the double feature, Jax planned to leave the whole affaire behind. He left Eretria somewhere in the woods and returned to the wife and son of a fallen soldier who apparently belonged to Jax’s former battalion. Unfortunately, deciding you don’t want to be involved anymore doesn’t automatically stop other people from bothering you anyway. You’d assume that Jax with all his experience should have seen this coming, and - as a skilled bounty hunter - would have noticed he was being followed. Some of General Riga’s men have followed him and kill the boy. This turns it suddenly into a personal matter for Jax, and he captures Riga’s second-in-command Valcaa and brings him to Leah for questioning. Valcaa can escape but is later killed by Jax anyway.

Meeting in Paranor

Bandon, Flick, Wil, Allanon and Mareth finally all meet in Paranor. Bandon wounds Flick and poisons him to ensure Wil gets the skull of the Warlock Lord for him, and Mareth is able to trap both Allanon and Bandon in a magical prison. I really liked the act Allanon and Mareth played to make Wil believe Mareth really left - and with this also giving Bandon the impression that Mareth isn’t around, since Bandon can only read Wil’s thoughts. It was well done.

Trapping Bandon was too late though, because Flick is now dying and Bandon is willing to save him only in exchange for the skull. Convincing Mareth to prove that she is Allanon’s daughter, they both set a mechanism in motion to get the skull - and end up in the past.

Time travel to a hippie version of Shady Vale

What they find is a colourful and happy Shady Vale: people are dancing and celebrating and enjoying their life. All but Shea, that is. Wil and Mareth meet the young version of Wil’s father and he’s not yet the hero he’s known for in the present day. Wil and Mareth have to protect him from bullies, from a few wraiths, and help with relationship with Heady. After using his Elfstones quite a bit I don’t even want to know how Wil’s arm looks right now. And Wil also spoils parts of Shea’s future to him. The concept of time travel is different in each show or movie or book, and very complex in general, but shouldn’t that have some sort of consequences? Aside from connecting with his parents, Wil also finds the skull, burried in a field that is basically a lake in the present day. Pretty smart, to burry the skull in the past so that you can’t really get there anymore in the present day!

Who didn’t see this coming?

While Wil and Mareth are away, Flick is suffering from the poisonous wound and Allanon because the prison is partly suppressing the Druid’s magic. Given how old Allanon is already he needs his magic to stay young, so being inside the prison weakens him. When Wil and Mareth return, Mareth lets Bandon out so he can heal Flick, but Flick doesn’t want Bandon to get the skull so he kills himself, leaving Wil heartbroken. Having no reason to spare him anymore, Wil attacks Bandon but is no match for him. The praised Sword of Shannara that is supposed to be able to fight the Warlock Lord actually breaks when Wil fights Bandon with it, and Bandon gets his hands on the skull. Mareth releases Allanon from the prison, too, but the weakened Allanon isn’t able to stop Bandon either. He gets a cut form the same poisoned weapon as Flick before, and Bandon leaves, blocking the way out after himself.

Next: Warlock / Amberle

This review is quite late, so the next two episodes already air in a few hours. We're going to so see the aftermath of the death of King Ander and witness Bandon raising the Warlock Lord. And I’m sure we’ll find out more about Eretria’s powers and the danger she’s now in. And the rest of our heroes have to get out of the cave, right? And judging by the name of the episode we have a good chance of seeing more of Amberle again!

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The Shannara Chronicles | 2.04 Review

The Shannara Chronicles - Dweller

written by Elle Triedman, directed by James Marshall

The season continues to be good. The fourth episode gives us several parent-child relationships and all of them are interesting in their own ways. We get Mareth confronting Allanon, Lyria standing up to Tamlin, Wil dealing with the relationship to his dead father and Bandon remembering how his parents treated him. And the cinematography continues to be amazing.

Searching for the Sword of Shannara

Allanon’s and Mareth’s relationship doesn’t have the best start – at first Allanon doesn’t even believe that Mareth could be his daughter, and he also refuses to teach her. I think that last part is quite understandable given how his last student, Bandon, turned out, and how little Wil thinks of Allanon. After all of this Allanon probably doesn’t have much confidence in his ability to be anyone’s teacher or mentor. Mareth is visibly upset especially towards the end, when Allanon talks about Wil’s father, but tries to hide it by claiming she only needs a teacher, not a father. Her main reason is that she hurt someone before with her magic as she is unable to control it properly. A little nit-pick here: so far we have only heard about her not being able to control her magic, but we haven’t seen her losing control. She’s great with illusions, she was quite skilled with Allanon’s staff and her magical fire was quite impressive, too. So I’d like this show to actually show us Mareth losing control, because show, don’t tell works always better.

Wil definitively doesn’t have much luck with parents or father-like figures either. His father died when he was young, his mother is already dead, too, his uncle is currently kidnapped, and we saw what he thinks of Allanon in the third episode of this season. So is it any surprise that one of Wil’s worst moments involves his father beating him when he was a child? For years Wil didn’t even know the reason for his father’s behaviour. However, knowing about all that is connected to the Shannara bloodline now gives him a different perspective on his father’s fate and what his father tried to prevent to happen to him. It’s nice that Wil gets some kind of closure here. It’s really creepy though, that Shea’s body lies there completely intact.

During their way to Paranor and while searching for the Sword of Shannara, which was buried (more or less) with Shea, Allanon, Wil and Mareth also come across a creature called the Dweller. It’s some sort of spider with tentacles, and of course it makes Wil its first target. I was happy to see that Wil got out by himself and got to kill the Dweller, after Allanon and Mareth provided the needed distraction.  

Tamlin needs more friends

In the Kingdom of Leah Tamlin gets a surprise visit from Bandon. Apparently she once had business with the Warlock Lord and Bandon expects her to fulfil her turn of a bargain we don’t know much about yet. At the same time we know that Tamlin had business with The Crimson, but she can’t call on them now since King Ander found out about the betrayal of his general and their support for The Crimson. Her daughter also confronts her to inform her that she’s not willing to obey her anymore. Lyria warns her mother that she can’t count on her support if Lyria marries Ander. This leaves Tamlin with no real allies or friends in a time when she’s threatened by a possible rise of the Warlock Lord.

Ander and Lyria are quite open with each other on the other hand. Lyria confesses to Ander that she loves Eretria, which is overheard by Eretria and results in a sweet reunion of the two lovers and is a main reason why Lyria found the courage to stand up to her mother.

Ander however loses a lot this episode. After having lost his father an all of his siblings in the first season, he now learns that his oldest friend was smuggling weapons to The Crimson and also had killed the woman he loves. And if he’s going to marry Lyria for the sake of the alliance and the good of his kingdom, he’ll be married to a woman who doesn’t love him and whom he doesn’t love.

Good people

Bandon has kidnapped Uncle Flick but is rather lenient when it comes to guarding him. Flick is unharmed so far and can move freely, mostly because it would be useless to try to run away from Bandon. The two men discuss the nature of people: Flick has a generally positive view on the world, while Bandon’s view is understandably less positive. To show Flick what he means, Bandon takes him to the house where he grew up and where his parents kept him in chains and with a muzzle. This episode gives us a reminder where Bandon comes from and what his relationship to his parents were. Bandon and Flick have dinner with the family that lives in that house now, and the family turns out to be against magic. They make a few remarks against magic and especially some hurtful ones against the boys that used to live in this house, aka Bandon. In the end, Bandon snaps and kills the family’s son.

Unfortunately the family confirmed for Bandon what he accuses people to be, and thanks to his upbringing and the unfortunate events in season one with the Dagda Mor have let Bandon to embrace that negative view of the world and of himself. He’s doing evil things especially because everyone expects him to do evil things. The father of the family said before about the boys that lived in the house before: “Some people just come into the world damaged”, not knowing who he’s speaking to. So when Bandon is about to kill the son and his parents beg him to spare his life, Bandon answers “I'm afraid I can't. No! I was born damaged.”

Next: Paranor & Crimson

This week two episodes if The Shannara Chronicles will be release, and I can only hope that this doesn't mean the ratings are too bad for a renewal. There isn’t much to say about the content of the episodes yet, but from what the promo shows we’ll meet a young version of Shear Ohmsford, which I’m not really happy about, and a confrontation between Wil and Bandon, which I look very much forward to!