#also after a bit cele is there and like. older. lmao

[moonshynecybin]

thinking of baby bez in forced coming out au little gay baby... extremely compelling. would he come out to vale in a fit of bravery in this au? or, even better, would he come out to MARC first?

like on one hand he gets to see his idol in a v public gay thing which is #affirming and #lifechanging on the other i think baby bezz had a crush on both of them pre sepang (the marc instagram likes......) but vale the MOST. so in theory its sweet (and i have a post abt it here... maina wrote a wonderful FIC...) but teen bez was already p in his pussycrushing cups at that point, like in 2016 hes 18 ! hes already formed a lot of his uh. various and myriad complexes. so while this maybe tips the gayboy domino in the direction of a sexuality crisis a leedle earlier hes still like. i CANT tell marc bc then he'll know i want to fuck him and that is a horrifyingly embarrassing prospect

[sunsetzer]

Been thinking about Edgar again (when am I not thinking about him let's be real), here's my most recent thoughts:

You can try to talk to him while he's tinkering, but the most you'll get in response is "hmm" and you're more likely to just not be heard at all. He's not ignoring you, he's in The Zone.

Hums/sings quietly to himself sometimes, if anyone catches him he gets flustered. His singing voice is nice.

Would absolutely be willing to dress in drag if the situation needed him to do so.

I'm still convinced he enjoyed being in disguise as Gerad, at least a little bit, but he might only admit it under influence of alcohol.

He may have been a gang boss, but Edgar will always be Edgar regardless of the situation (as evidenced by his flirting with Celes while trying to convince her he's not Edgar lmao). I think he probably started to care for the crimson robbers and felt a little bad about using them, and that's partially why he didn't do anything to stop them from actually raiding the castle vault. (Don't worry, there's more than one vault and Figaro isn't completely broke. Also with all the treasure and gil the party racked up while grinding they'll be fine.)

Post-game, when he's not busy helping with reparations in the world of ruin they're still living in, he designs things that can help people. They're essentially still in a post-apocalyptic scenario even after Kefka is defeated, and while the world is likely healing without his influence, it's going to take a long time. So they probably need things like filtration for the water, irrigation systems to make farmland viable again, reinforced walls to protect towns from whatever monsters still roam the wilderness. Figaro with their technological prowess can provide these things, and many of them are personally designed by the machinist king himself.

He also likes to personally handle problems in South Figaro if/when when he can, like if there's a den of monsters nearby and the mayor hired mercenaries that haven't been able to clear it out, he and Sabin (and probably their friends as well, I refuse to believe they all just went their separate ways) will go and take care of it.

I think he'd also want to design tools that can do some of the cool things he could do with magic. Flamethrower, ice blaster, rejuvinator for quick healing, etc (basically his brave exivus abilities). There's nothing magic could do that he can't build something for, the man's a technological genius.

I really love that he's genuinely very smart, like, he dresses extravagantly and flirts with everyone and can be a bit silly but he's still smart enough to design crazy weapons and machines. Good for him.

He and Locke are the kind of friends who tease each other but also have serious conversations about their trauma and insecurities (probably over fine wine pilfered from the castle cellar by a certain treasure hunter). Also they've definitely made out at some point, possibly more than once.

Edgar personally visits Mobliz to check on Terra and the kids frequently, and he also volunteers the money and workers required to build a proper home for them. He'd also absolutely want to teach the older kids how to build and repair things. I think he'd be a great teacher.