#athos Dane

[holland-vosijk-antari]

headcanon that holland knew lila was antari as soon as she set foot in red london because the danes tried to use the stone to travel to red london themselves and didn't succeed so holland simply put two and two together

[ravencromwell]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Shades of Magic - V. E. Schwab Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Athos Dane/Holland Vosijk, Astrid Dane and Athos Dane, Astrid Dane and Athos Dane and Holland Vosijk Characters: Astrid Dane, Holland Vosijk, Athos Dane, Original Female Character Additional Tags: world-building, brief noncon kissing and the heavy implication of significantly more, building out the Danes court one oc at a time, grappling with the mechanisms by which they maintained power for seven years Summary:

Astrid Dane marvels at what she and Athos create, while Holland Vosijk casts a jaundiced eye

Finally getting round to posting this piece from last year to the Archive, because I have a desperate urge to delve back into the court of mad ocs Astrid and Athos so thoughtfully brought together.

[thegreatgeodo]

Ngl the Lenos and Hastra paralelisms didn't become all that apparent until the third book but now that it's much more on the nose... Yeah actually i see how that goes.

Shades of Magic has a strong theme of paralelisms, Holland and Kell, Athos & Astrid and King George IV, etcetera, and in those paralelisms the most important thing is that Each Of These Characters Could Have Been One Another. If the twins had been born in the grey london, Astrid and Athos COULD have been the aloof and magic wanting monarchs, if George had been born in the white london... wait no actually he'd be dead. But Kell COULD have been Holland, Holland COULD have been Kell. Back to Hastra and Lenos, Hastra could have been Lenos but Lenos could not have been Hastra. They both accompanied an Antari (Lenos with Lila, Hastra with Kell), they both were religious, etcetera, yes, but their difference relies in that Hastra doesn't want his Equilibrium, he doesn't want to work in the sanctuary, so had Hastra been in Lenos's place, Hastra could have been Lenos. However what fucks me up so badly is that Lenos couldn't have been Hastra, he himself says this, had he had some more Magic he could have been a monk in the sanctuary, but unlike Hastra he would have accepted it outright, unlike Hastra, Lenos wouldn't have gone out of his way for an adventure, Lenos is much more adept to religiousness, Lenos, if he had been in Hastra's place, wouldn't have gotten into the boat because he would never have that chance. In conclusion if Lenos was a tadbit smarter he wouldn't be fucking dead. Hastra would be tho that femboy monk really was that good at being a guard.

[curiousscallop]

thinking of them <3 <3 <3

[badassbutterfly1987]

Holland has a tense talk with the Danes.

[hollow-vok]

Athos Dane sketch,,

[glassesmcfancyhair]

Son of a bitch, I guess I’m going to have to write all the depraved, unhinged porn I want to see between these two.

[purplebass]

For Shades of Magic, what do you think of all the various villains/antagonists? Obviously, the Dane Twins and Osaron, but I'm also interested in your thoughts on George IV, Maxim and Emira, Berras, Ezril, and anyone else you consider to be in that category.

I will also make some theories about Threads so there will be spoilers!

Well, if we have to talk about who was better as a villain, it's a match between Osaron and the Dane twins. I would call this first group "the villains that were so hard to beat and we're not sure are really dead".

Osaron was the typical evil that was around you but you couldn't see and it was difficult to destroy - in fact we see how that went. It needed to be contained but it wasn't truly destroyed.

The Dane twins also scared the shit out of me because they weren't just cruel, they were plain crazy and unpredictable. It would be interesting if they were to come back, because sometimes I'm not sure they really left. What if they went to Black London? What if, when someone dies because of Antari magic, they are sent there? Because killing them looked so easy.

I'm still convinced that Kosika might've brought something to White London and it might be a mix of evil forces who have taken the shape of Holland. Perhaps they never even left White London.

Then there's a second group that I would define as "the villains who tried so hard and who are likely going to fail" and I would put Berras and maybe Ezril. Berras never posed a threat until he used the bracelet to steal Lila's power. I never took him too seriously to be honest, because he was covering for Ezril. Ezril is still a mystery. Since she's a priest, she might have skills we don't know about, like some kind of borrowed magic too. I think she will lay low because she needs Rhy and the others not to suspect her, so she can spy from the inside. We see that Kell doesn't seem to like her, and I hope he keeps an eye on her because it's clear Rhy trusts her too easily. She will also probably use her intel and her being a trusted person in the castle to steal any of Nadiya's trinkets (she probably gave Berras the ring and the bracelet). She might be outed in Threads #2, because I believe there is someone even bigger than her behind the Hand, even though we know her motive for treason is that her family is third in line after Nadiya's family. She would kill two birds with one stone if she got rid of the king and queen, but we all know that Rhy will only die if Kell dies, so... I expect things like a murder attempt at Kell or LIla both.

I am afraid because I also remember about the knife Lila nicks in the tavern that can kill someone using their power against them... even so, do you know what makes me feel like even Ezril will not win? It's because of the bond that now exists between Lila and Kell. I believe that by giving him a thread of her magic, Lila might've bound herself to Kell the same way he bound himself to Rhy. But for them, this may work differently: this connection could amplify their magic unbeknownst to them. The ring/bracelet might've been a foreshadowhing of that.

The last group is about "the ones who I wanted to slap so hard because they watched everyone from their high horse but were scum". I would put king George IV and Maxim and Emira, obviously. George was just plain annoying and I was glad when Kell literally said fuck you and stopped visiting him. I'm curious to know how he's doing, though, because I don't think Lila updates us on the king in Grey London? I hope they will go again in Threads #2, but so far he isn't a threat even though the fact that the box containing Osaron's power is in Grey makes it possible for the king to attempt to steal the power. We know he went to the Five Points to look for Kell, and he might do it again. I wonder what could happen if such a great power were to be used in Grey London. Would the magic tip from one London to another? Is that the reason why magic in Red London seems to have changed?

Last but not least, Maxim and Emira. I hated them with a passion. They weren't good parents not even to their biological son, but I mostly hated how they treated Kell like an object they owned and not as a human being. They are one of the root causes of Kell's abandonment issues too. The poor guy just wanted to be loved and being treated like an equal, but they only gave him a mere title to make people believe he was part of the family but he was their watchdog, basically. I was so glad when they died, because it served them right.

I think I said enough haha! I might add more in future posts because I plan a Threads reread and there is still a lot to say :) Thanks for the question!

[bluecichlid]

OK, finished my second re-read of The Fragile Threads of Power. I'm All In on my personal fan theory. Astrid is back. The Master of the Veil is Astrid Dane who was possessing someone in Red London when she died and is now back from the grave and is fucking shit up.

[turtleneckgreen]

Favourite murder twins, i can’t fix them but i’d let athos carve as many runes in me as he wants😩😩😩

[ravencromwell]

@badassbutterfly1987 just look at @pinkcupboardwitch being brilliantly transgressive.

AU headcanon: modern day White London AU and/or selkie AU

Most of my selkie headcanons are some variant of “baby selkie Holland = adorable and sad,” so have some modern ones:

1. Athos tends to alternate between blasting opera and Scandinavian rap when he’s focusing on something. Holland prefers classic rock (and Hozier, obviously). Astrid? God knows. Probably she has a lot of Wardruna on her playlist.

2. Holland secretly loves fantasy novels; he’s a big Tolkien fan, but really he’s a sucker for the whole genre. Period dramas too.

3. The twins don’t speak English, but Holland can, along with either French or Italian (I personally see canon Red London as based on Mughal India, but the language sounds Romance-influenced, so I’m not sure where to situate Red London in the modern world. Maybe the Mareshes are expatriates).

             Mostly, I’m weak and I want to see Holland blasting down the Amalfi Coast with dark glasses and one hand on the wheel of a fast convertible.

4. Astrid’s perfumes: Bandit, Cuir de Russie, Tubereuse Criminelle. I kind of want to assign Aramis to Athos, but honestly he’d probably be more into something like Dead Writers. Or he gets lazy and just steals from Astrid.

5. The twins are casually pagan (Heathenism specifically, though neither of them runs in folkish circles). Holland is Jewish.

6. Not strictly a modern AU since I hold this for canon verse too, but Athos is trans. Being in the modern world does affect how he is able to interact with gender as opposed to being in canon WL.

(Because I’m an academic and textual support is my kink: when Schwab describes their differences, she singles out Athos’s shorter hair and broader shoulders (he does have great shoulders, but I also think he pads them a bit so he’ll look bigger). Beyond that, they’re “identical.” It is really unusual for fraternal twins to be that similar, especially in height. Schwab might be exaggerating, but I also think there’s room for a reading where the twins are actually identical. Having one of White London’s rulers be a cross-dressing woman and the other be a man - when Astrid got spit on for just wearing pants - adds a lot to the way I read the series.)

[botanikos]

I have some things to tend to, unfortunately, so I am back to lurking! I am mobile until this evening, per usual. ☆ That being said, please give this a like or some sort of reply if you would be wanting or willing to be mutuals/interact with my multi-muse. I plan to have the blog fully functional come the end of next weekend, if everything goes accordingly. Below, I'll list current/potential muses that will be present so you can decide if you'd he interested! More may join the cast in the future.

Niffty from HH

Johanna Faust from Frau Faust

Julian Devorak from The Arcana

Alucard (Adrian Fahrenheit Țepeș) from Netflix's Castlevania

Lucifer from HH (REQUEST ONLY)

Athos & Astrid Dane from A Darker Shade of Magic (REQUEST ONLY)

Aerwyn Trelle (oc)

I am open to receiving asks for any of them, but I am NOT doing any threads at this time. Anyone who likes or replies to this post will receive a follow from the blog! If you know my Discord, you'll recognize that it is me. ♡

[pinkcupboardwitch]

@ashintheairlikesnow puppy mug!

It’s always good to slow down and enjoy the small things: a hot cup of tea at breakfast, men’s screams as you chain them in the Torture Dungeon, your collection of fun whips, their piteous cries as they beg you for mercy, your favourite mug with the puppy on it

[badassbutterfly1987]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61499281/chapters/161390383

Trials and Tribulations chapter 6

CW: abortion

[starsailores]

looking through my list of (long overdue) adsom whumptober ideas and trying to decide what to try and get written/posted next. what are people's thoughts

[mephistopheleanism]

M E P H I S T O P H E L E A N — adjective: wicked; fiendish.

a rendition of various themes and stories with a range of characters. exploring & studying interpersonal conflicts, power and corruption, redemption, identity, free-will, loyalty, found family, power imbalances, vampirism, man vs. self, life & death, & more.

mature and dark content ahead, MINORS DNI (18+ only); please read my rules before interacting. this is a multi-muse blog featuring both canon & original characters. an official pinned, promo & muses page will be provided in time. Below is a list of characters available for interactions (asks only until further notice); iconless for now!

Johanna Faust from Frau Faust

Julian Devorak from The Arcana

Alucard (Adrian Fahrenheit Țepeș) from Netflix's Castlevania

Athos & Astrid Dane from A Darker Shade of Magic (REQUEST ONLY)

Aerwyn Trelle (oc)

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