#bc shadow is just so. bitter and angry and hostile.
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Keep pondering Felix just. Adopting many young woman he runs across bc they remind him of his little sister in some regard.
Roderika is going to know how to kill a man five different ways using only a whetstone. Hes decided.
Theres no Walter Beck and Hewg isnt a fighter. So he takes it upon himself.
Likewise I feel like he cheerleads Diallos a lot. Lots of sparring to build his confidence. He reminds him of Logan before they started learning things-- but Logan had a steel to his backbone that Diallos lacks. Diallos would like less help because ow.
I also think D would get along well enough with Felix. Not because they agree on things, but because weeding deathroot is something Felix is also good at.
Felix has no quarrel with peaceful members of Those Who Live In Death. Fia is fine. Undeadness is creepy, but he's willing to work with people that work with him. He knew the hollow men under the cemetery personally-- once their diamond was secure they were peaceful. The ones in mourningwood were pricks about it. His problem is indiscriminate attacking.
Which D can meet him half way on, but only because he took "I will fight those that fight me" as being a summation of all of those that live in death-- since the more decayed ones are almost always hostile.
Like Felix just.. death is wildly different to him than it is in the lands between and that shows. In the lands between, death only happens in terms of your body returning to the erd tree and your spirit going... somewhere in there too. You get called to it. Outside of that calling, you have infinite shelf life, provided you aren't killed. And even then its iffy, since something's only dead when it reaches the erd tree. Everything else just returns eventually. The Tarnished just do it faster.
In Albion and surrounding areas, if a regular person gets hurt bad enough they die. If a Hero gets fatally wounded, no they didnt. Any fatal wounds simply magically scar over and they get back up. Death only happens to them by old age, extreme illness, or supernatural levels of damage in a very short time. They'll still be fucked up if hurt and will generally need time to heal once things calm down, but death is different for them. And in the case of hollow men, the corpse itself is just a corpse. It's being inhabited by a spirit that never moved on-- they usually are angry, or protecting something.
Felix was able to chat with the ones below the cemetery because he was the son of the person who ensured no one fucked with them. So the spirits just danced in their bodies and chatted as they were able before falling apart. Others were just angry and trying to kill anything that still breathed.
Though he does have a bitter hatred against shadow anything given the Crawler and its shadows are what killed him.
The cold and how pale Rogier was while afflicted by death blight made him deeply nervous. It was like watching what killed him, from the outside. Only it didnt have the decency to be something Rogier could stab.
Also Felix is 90% sure Tarnished and Those that Live In Death are essentially mostly the same thing.
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Oh please give us a bonding green and shadow. I need some fluff between them like the " you're one of us " kind of fluff that would be mixed with a hint ( or like a ton of, oops start the waterworks ) angst. Please?????
[[oof shadow is not exactly Here for that kind of sentiment]]
âYou know youâre one of us, right?â
Shadow glares at him from his perch atop the four-poster (?). âThatâs a sad and tired rhetoric, Link.â
âItâs Green.â
âYou want to claim title because youâre the original-â He spits the word like itâs poison- â-Iâll call you Link.â
Green wants to snap at him, but he knows that isnât going to help anything- heâd rather Vio be doing this, heâs better at not falling for baiting, but with all the bad blood between them itâs better to wait.
âBut itâs true,â He says, and it sounds pathetic even to him.
âIâm as much one of you as a wolfâs one of a litter of puppies,â He sneers. âLemme ask you somethinâ, Link. If Iâm one of you, why donât I have the same privileges, huh? Why canât I wander the castle? Why canât I be out of the castle walls past dusk? Why canât I be around anyone that isnât armed? Why do I have people watching my every step?â He waits for an answer and doesnât get one. âThat wasnât fucking rhetorical, Link. If Iâm one of you how come Iâm not treated like it?â
âWell-â
âThatâs what I thought.â
âYou know why, Shadow.â
âYeah, I do, so donât keep coming in here with this bullshit! You wanna come in here and say okay, youâre a lot different and I acknowledge that, wanna offer me something more concrete than a stupid empty lie, then weâll talk. Iâm not one of you and I know that and you know that and so does everyone else in this entire fucking country.â Green thinks he can see tears in Shadowâs eyes, but the lightâs so bad he canât tell for sure, and his glare is so intense that Greenâs a little scared to look closely. âI donât fuckinâ belong here and Iâve got no fuckinâ clue why you even brought me back.â
âYou could belong here,â Green suggests, as delicately as he can, and wishes, not for the first time, that he could bring Vio in to deal with this. âWith time, I mean.â
Shadow laughs at that, harsh and bitter and not at all sincere. âRight. Like thatâs gonna happen.â
âWell, it wonât if youâre acting like⌠This.â
âYou really are just the epitome of bullshit, arenât you.â
âWhatâs that supposed to mean?â
âYouâre one of us,â Shadow spits, in a perfect imitation of Greenâs voice, âWell, with that attitude youâll never fit in, you can redeem yourself.â He scoffs. âBullshit. All of it. You wanna know where that shit works? It works if youâre talking to a bully on the playground. It works if youâre reading a pretty little fairy tale where the bad guy just didnât know any better.â
Green is at a loss for words, if heâs being honest. Heâd expected hostility, but not like this, hadnât expected violent rebuttal at every attempt to help. âIâm trying to help you,â He says gently, âWe all are-â
âThatâs a fucking lie. You think Blue wants to help me? You think your sweet little princess wants to help me? You think Vio wants to help me? You know what Iâd give for one fucking shot at that lying piece of shit-â
âStop,â Green says, firmly, and is wholly and completely ignored.
âAnd guess what, bastard, you wanna think youâre Hyliaâs little chosen pet, but you made my life a living hell,â He snarls (Green can think of no better words to describe it, later).
âI never did anything to you until you came here-â
âYes you did! Yes you fucking did! Maybe you donât know it but my entire life is your fucking fault! You know how hard it is to look like the hero where I come from? You know how fucking miserable it is to be the stupid heroâs shadow?â Green starts to speak but Shadow doesnât let him, points an accusing finger and spits at him to shut his mouth. âYou donât! You donât and donât you even try to pretend you know what I had to go through âcause of you! I donât even have my own fucking name because of you, you know that? I had to spend my entire Hylia-damned life literally in your shadow âcause thatâs what I am. You lived your life being brought up to be someone, and I lived my whole life brought up to not be someone, and from day fuckinâ one I was being raised against you!â
Heâs unsure what to say, whether he should, whether he can. It isnât his fault, he knows, deep down, because it isnât his fault he was born, but he canât help but feel bad about it. âShadow, look-â
âDonât. I know youâre just trying to pity me and I donât fucking care, I donât fucking want it, so you can just fuck off.â Green makes no move to leave so Shadow forces it, melts into the darkness and reappears in front of him and shoves him towards the door, nearly sends him sprawling to the ground. âGet the fuck out,â He hisses, and slams the door in Greenâs face and locks it.
Green stands there staring at the door for a long minute, dumbstruck. Distantly he feels the little trickle of blood on his neck where Shadowâs claw had nicked him, wipes it with his sleeve. Heâs really starting to doubt that anything can be done with him.
Shadow, on the other side, is back in his perch atop the canopy, crying. (Which he vehemently denies later.)
#four swords#shadow link#green link#my writing#shadow is Not Friendly upon returning to hyrule#theres a lot of restrictions on him.#and theyre in place for a while#bc shadow is just so. bitter and angry and hostile.#towards everyone.#no one can really trust him#and he sure as hell doesnt trust anyone#and a lot of his weird habits carry over bc they were considered normal in the dark world#so like#him sleeping on top of the bed?#commonplace in the dark world. its safer.#always sitting back to a corner facing the door(s)? same deal#he gets hardcore questioned for all that stuff#which makes him even angrier#bc hes a stranger in a strange land#and very obviously different from literally everyone else
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Angry ramblings about Marvel, and the fandom, and longing for the days of yesteryear.
I say this as someone who is not currently reading monthly comics, and as someone who recently came out as bi.
Iâm tired. Iâm tired of people proclaiming that buckynat is some sort of gross heterosexual fantasy that glorifies r*pe.
Iâm tired of the assumption that if you ship buckynat, youâre somehow reducing and lessening Nat.
Tired of the assumption that youâre also homophobic, bc Bucky is gay and Steveâs magic dick will save the world.
Itâs like... I have very good friends/who ship buckynat AND steve/bucky. Like Stef/ @readytocomplyâ, who is lovely.
Itâs cool. We get along fine. It is okay to let others enjoy different things, you can love those people and their different ship tastes donât preclude pleasant interactions.
Your assholish-ness does. And believe me, when I first was on tumblr, I was a teenage white boy who thought he was straight. I understand assholish-ness. I was a petty son of a bitch when it came to shipping and the ship wars, for a while.
Then I grew the fuck up. Relatively, and gained some fucking perspective. I donât deny past behavior, but I donât like to look back and reflect upon it. Anyone who was on tumblr at that time can tell you, people were fucking hostile to each other in regards to ships.
Buckynat? Stevebucky? Clint/Nat? Steve/Tony? It was nasty shit, and Iâm happy to leave it in the past.
So it isIâm tired of Marvel blindly instigating ship wars on twitter re Tales of Suspense, asking people if they like Nat better with Bucky or Clint.
Canât we leave that in 2013? Where it was just as dumb then as it is now, tbh?
Itâs tiresome. Iâm tired.
As for the comics, I know Waid is back with Samnee and that book is supposed to be good, but Iâm just not really that interested? Iâm not reading any current comics rn.
I miss the Commander Rogers & BuckyCap era. The pleasantness of it all. There was drama, serious themes, but it was fun and entertaining. Characters were in character, and we didnât have to worry about things like âBucky can show up in Natâs book if it doesnât interfere with Thunderbolts~â like we did the last volume of her series.
Nat could be with Bucky in the Cap books, but also had her own book and appeared in Avengers titles. Steve appeared everywhere, and had his own mini in which Sharon had a heavy presence. He also appeared in the main Cap books.
We got good stories, with good villains. Zemo outing Bucky. The aftermath, with the Trial and return of Sin. I liked Gulag, but that seemed to be the line in the sand.
I miss the actual family element of the Cap family. When they werenât all fractured, all over the place. I miss when Bucky had friends, and wasnât portrayed as a lonely angsty emo all the time. He had his moments, sure, and some doubts, but... Marvelâs taken it to the extreme.
Is he still a fugitive? Does the public still think heâs dead? After all, Nat and Sharon proved the charges he was thrown in the gulag for were false.
Can he have some friends again? I know apparently he and Namor interacted in Secret Empire, and that before Steve became HYDRA they had the interactions with he and Sam and Steve but... I feel more could be done?
Yâknow Bucky and Toro have never interacted in a Cap or Winter Soldier book proper since both returned? Have him interact with someone like John Walker/USAgent, who also served as Cap for a while but everyone forgets about bc heâs a douche?
And Capâs supporting cast goes beyond the core cap family. Old allies, and villains?
How interesting would it be to see Sin and Diamondback encounter each other? In a story where Brock is mentioned, but their facing off has nothing to do with him. Let it tie into the Serpent Society. Bring Rachel back into the family.
When Sam became Cap, I know quite a few people thought it would be interesting if Eli became the new Falcon. From what I understand there are legal issues that prevent this, the same reason heâs the only YA not in LEGO Avengers or Avengers Academy but...... Iâd like to see him back.
I just miss the character dynamics. A lot. The cast interacting
And we arenât even getting much focus on Capâs actual staple of characters in the MCU, aside from Sam and Bucky. They get short changed. Look at Sharon and Crossbons. Two big characters from Cap mythology, with rather small parts in the films.
I liked Civil War enough for what it was, but I still think I would have preferred Serpent Society.
That leads into the MCU as well. I enjoyed Ragnarok. Warriors Three were done dirty, but hey. Guardians 2 was fun. Homecoming was ok. Iâm hyped for Black Panther, cautiously optimistic for Captain Marvel.
I only really care about Infinity War for my faves, tho? Iâm not really anticipating it, but Iâll see it when it comes out.
Iâm bitter that it doesnât sound like weâll see a return from Pietro. Even if he doesnât come back to life for good, if things have to be reset... let Wanda say goodbye. And btw? Release the alternate AOU ending, you cowards.
I think weâd have heard by now if Hugo Weaving was coming back. Heâs gone back and forth, saying heâs not really interested but never say never and heâs still contracted.
They brought back William Hurt as Ross after eight years, I mean they can bring back a more subdued and sinister Red Skull...
I want to see Betty Ross back, and not just because I donât care for Nat/Bruce. Because I actually enjoy her as a character. Iâd like to see The Leader finally show up, after being set up. Even if you canât do a Hulk movie, have him show up for a bit in an Avengers film. Apparently Abomination was in a version of Age of Ultron, Iâm imagining it had something to do with the Hulkbuster.
They finally brought back Ross, and I guess thatâs progress.
I want to know where the fuck Nick Furyâs been. Does the public still think heâs dead, even after Age of Ultron? Whatâs he up to, now that HYDRA is apparently gone? Still underground? Hanging around that Avengers complex?
Why wasnât he in Civil War? The man who put the Avengers together wasnât called to testify in favor of/against the accords?
Rather than have Bucky put in cryo at the end of Civil War, you could have had him and Fury in Serpent Society and then the two of them are off in the shadows mirroring their comic dynamic. I would have loved that. I understand they set up the mentor thing with Tony, but I would have liked to see him in Homecoming instead, have that element of Ultimate Spider-Man adapted.
Alas. Arm chair writing. Griping. I just miss actively being into Marvel things.
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