#about Lissa

[anotherbummer]

"I need to remember you." "Well does it work?" "...Once"

Bonus +

[stuck-in-jelly]

Try not to think about how Soren left in almost exactly the same way his mother did challenge failed

[orangechickenpillow]

Me, as a writer: My readers:

[lillifaba]

Last night Jennifer Newberry got stuck in the bubble during the curtain call. Luckily, her cast members and the backstage crew had her back (x)

[celestialowlryx]

Love and loss are two sides of the same coin. Love brings us purpose, joy and life itself. Yet because we love, we also open ourselves up to the immense pain and grief that comes with loss. This motif talks about the feelings and emotions people share towards each other, and also about the catastrophe that may come from this powerful affection. Without love, loss wouldn’t hurt, and without loss, love wouldn’t be as strong. They make each other more powerful. And to experience one, you need to experience the other.

[xxivletxx]

Warrior Cats x Fire Emblem Awakening

(Collaboration with @ghost-tm !)

[kradogsrats]

If Soren seems to have gotten sick when he was a toddler, do you think Lissa left shortly after Claudia was born…? Maybe that doesn’t quite line up, actually…

Okay so I saw someone ask Aaron Ehasz a similar question about the timeline of Soren's illness re: Viren's dream vs. the events presented in Puzzle House, and I cannot remember where it was but his response was something like "hm... well you should probably believe the show."

Which immediately made me go "oh my god was Soren actually dead for like three to five years and Kpp'Ar was looking for a unicorn horn to resurrect him in a manner similar to the Star magic spell that 'restores bodies to separated spirits' and then instead Viren stole Ziard's staff from him and used that??????" which is a) insane, and b) has several reasons it probably isn't the case. But it's a thought I had.

Anyway, let's look at our contrasting sources:

Puzzle House

Puzzle House establishes the following sequence of events:

Soren is ill to the point of dying

Kpp'Ar disappears

Soren gets better

Lissa leaves

It's also implied that this was all pretty recent, between King Atticus's concern for Viren and Soren's for Claudia:

So, how old are all these extremely precocious young children in Puzzle House?

Well, Sarai is... quite pregnant. She's got a pretty small frame, but I'd still put her at like 30 weeks, minimum. Ezran is pinned at 10 in the official character lineup. (In s4 he says he was "nine years old" when Harrow was killed. Given his March birthday, he is probably fudging that a bit since s1 starts mid-May so he was pretty recently 10 at the time.) Viren also puts Harrow's coronation and Sarai's death at nine years earlier, at which point I would estimate Ezran at roughly 6-8 months, given how he is portrayed.

Also given the mid-May start to s1, we also have Claudia at almost 17, and Soren at about 18 and a half. Soren is about 18 months older than Claudia. So between all of that, we can probably ballpark Puzzle House at about one year before Harrow's coronation. This puts Soren at about 8 and a half, and Claudia at almost 7. (And Callum at about to turn 5, if anyone's keeping track.)

Given the way it's spoken about, I would not put Soren's recovery at earlier than 6 months prior, and probably more like 3 or so. This roughly lines up with the estimates I had for everything before, so idk go me or whatever.

Strangers

We do also have a third source for details on Soren's illness, which is the Strangers short from Reflections. This establishes that Soren was old enough to remember details about that time:

If Soren was the age he appears in Viren's dream, then a) he probably wouldn't remember any of it, and b) Claudia would have been an infant. Now, an infant can definitely cry in their room until morning, but I do think the implication here is supposed to be that she was old enough to understand what was happening and have emotions about it.

Additionally, Soren thinks of the slow breaths practice as something he did therapeutically for a long time:

Basically, I think it's pretty clear between this and the info in Puzzle House that the Puzzle House timeline is accurate, but Soren initially developed what was actually a chronic illness much earlier.

Viren's Dream

Now, what about Viren's dream?

It's incredibly difficult to pinpoint ages of children in animation purely visually, so I'm mostly basing an estimate of 2-3 years old for Soren during Viren's dream off of his demonstrated stage of linguistic development and the fact that he's able to run. He could be delayed in one or both areas, though.

Viren dreams of Soren turning to stone, similar to how Thunder did (and how Viren does in the opening). This is interesting in that the implication is certainly death, but it also has heavy ties to dark magic and the other themes of Viren's dreaming, which I would say put it as more related to something along the lines of a "sealed fate" rather than literal death. Dreaming Viren knows what he didn't know when Soren was that age, and probably developed his first recognizable symptoms—that this illness would come close to killing him, and Viren would give up everything to save him.

There's also a possible implication there that dark magic was actually what caused Soren's illness in the first place, which could be something interesting to explore. (And I've definitely seen people explore it, before.)

Anyway, like most of Viren's dream, it's accurate but not literal.

TL;DR: Dreams are fucking weird, and Claudia was still probably between six and seven years old when Lissa left the family.

[wholoveseggs]

Hii baby gurl been following u since 100 followers and looooovvvee ur elijah content...

Just a suggestion plz don't take it the wrong way...can u plz either post equal amt of elijah and daemon or more Elijah as it's was the original thing of blog .. I think many people like will sto watching or limit watching ur blog as they won't find elijah content...

Otherwise love ur elijah x reader stuff... Can't say the same for daemon stuf it's not like I don't like ur daemon writing it's I just don't like the character of daemon

Hope u understand and I'm sry if I offended u as a writer...

Sry and love u...

Chill anon.... Chillllllllll

[juvian]

Feebas, the fish pokemon -> 349

Milotic, the tender pokemon -> 350

Do not repost

[mylifeisjustafeverdream]

I truly do not care what Richelle may or may not have said, but Dimitri Belikov is NOT a fucking Sagittarius. He's a Capricorn. Caps are defined by practicality, steadiness, and initiative. They are highly motivated planners who tightly control their lives to reach their end goal. They're very disciplined, and highly self critical. They're so contained they seem aloof, but this energy of being an unmovable force is alluring. Think of a rock formation in a raging ocean. So they get placed in leadership roles especially in crisis. Who the fuck does that sound like???

[sarasade]

"Fandom ignores female characters while inventing elaborate backstories for male characters with no speaking lines."

is a common fandom copypasta but also

these people clearly haven't heard of Lissa The Dragon Prince and the 5 people on Tumblr who have formed a dedicated fandom around her.

[gelphiegifs]

In which Elphaba's shock never wears off

[katfreaks-hidyhole]

[imminent-danger-came]

Really rotating Claudia and Callum in my mind right now.

Like, they both try to keep the people in their life from leaving. They both are willing to do things some might find unspeakable for the people they care about. Callum's Devotion description in ToX is "I value those close to me more than anyone or anything" and his Liberty description is "I'm beholden to my inner circle, not some silly kingdom."

Then you have Claudia, who decided to leave the baby dragon she thought would be the eventual destruction of humanity to save her brother (which is basically choosing those close to her over the world). You also have her trying to free a great ancient evil to save her dad (which is ALSO her choosing those close to her over the world).

We've already had Callum make the decision to use dark magic for Rayla, so here's why CHET will win-

[goldenboisoysauce]

One of my warframe ocs, in her current state of character development. May have to retcon some of her backstory and appearances, might not though

[asterouslyaesthetic]

as someone who's been victimized by frieren, i will never get over the thought of robin from the "kill grima" ending coming back when chrom is old and barely remembers anyone—but when he meets her, in a rare moment of lucidity, he mistakes her for a granddaughter (SOMEONE has to get her genes), and tells her that she looks like his wife and how he's grateful that someone takes after her, like he'd always wanted

which leads into a cheesy as hell reincarnation au where she runs into him hundreds of years later and they finally get to be together!!