#Whitsun x Olympia

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difference btwn Whitsun’s love for Alisaunder vs his love for Olympia goes p well with the “what’s the difference between the love of your life (Alisaunder) and your soulmate (Olympia)? One is a choice the other is not” quote

like he walks into his love for Alisaunder with eyes wide open, deciding with every step that he’s not turning back, that when Alisaunder says I need you he’s going to say I know/I will/I want you as much as you need me 

Olympia is much more, like...his whole world just shifts into a new alignment when he meets her, and that’s it. He wasn’t looking her, he didn’t ask for her, but they completely sweep each other off their feet. It’s like a new dawn when Whitsun never even knew he was living in the night.

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OG Trio most distressed moments--

Alisaunder -- after his mother tried to seduce him

(follow ups: having to execute his own men for cannibalism at Gutgard, finding Whitsun’s body at Kapior, his coronation, fighting Sunki for the throne, returning to the city to find Set half-starved)

Whitsun -- after Olympia vanished

(follow ups: watching Alisaunder break at Gutgard, being stabbed at Kapior, the immediate aftermath of Alisaunder’s coronation, returning to the city to find Set half-starved)

Set -- the eve of Alisaunder’s coronation

(follow ups: the dead of the city winter, killing the leader of the X, sending Sami away, finding Whistun’s body at Kapior)

OG Trio + happiest moments--

Alisaunder -- birth of his daughters

(follow ups: first time he and Set are together, birth of his son, teaching Thessaly how to fight)

Whitsun -- introducing Olympia to Alisaunder/Set

(follow ups: breaking horses on the plains w/ Set and Alisaunder, when Olympia says she loves him, birth of his children)

Set -- teaching Shadow to speak to the trees

(follow ups: first time he and Alisaunder are together, reuniting w/ Sami, in the tree with Alisaunder)

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Everyone Is In Love with Io

everyone

she’s lowkey Thessaly’s first crush, even if Thessaly doesn’t realize it

she’s pretty she’s older she smiles at her all! the! time!

she’s lowkey Leo’s first crush too

she’s pretty she’s older she smiles at him all! the! time!

Whitsun had a momentary, quiet, fantasy that she and Leo would marry, but he had to let it go--he’s good at that, after all

Kleitus, obviously

this generation’s destructive love affair

she’s Set’s favorite of the younger crowd

she’s without a doubt the smartest one, and that endears her to him

they talk about complex matters of science and biology, and Set knows that she’s someone who won’t be afraid of the fact that he’s an X and he’s supremely intelligent

she’s Whitsun’s first child, of course he loves her

Alisaunder is deeply fond of her

she’s not part of the competition for his attention, which makes her less stressful

she’s Whitsun’s first child, of course he loves her

Dionora really likes her

Io is much easier to be around than her own daughters

Io doesn’t report on her behavior to anyone, which makes her such a joy to be near

Leonora really likes her

Io serves a bit as a confidant, particularly in Olympia’s absence

Leonora feels comfortable baring her wounds in Io’s presence

There are also certain universal reasons she’s liked

she’s extraordinarily beautiful

but since she’s celibate, she doesn’t pose a threat or a prize

she’s by definition a neutral party, which makes her a safe repository for confidences 

she’s also not part of any of the competitions going on --> she’s not competing for Alisaunder’s attention, or in the marriage game, and her power comes from an outside source

she is, fairly simply, the person who takes away pain

(does all this pressure fuck her up?)

(oh absolutely)