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The tale of revenge
CHAPTER 1 : The birth of a storm
The small coastal town of Havenbrook had always enjoyed tranquil weather, with gentlebreezes and clear skies. But on the day of her birth, everything changed. The world itselfseemed to tremble as dark clouds gathered overhead, obscuring the once radiant sun. Thunder rumbled ominously, shaking the very foundations of the town, and lightning cracked through the sky with a ferocity never before witnessed.
Within the confines of a modest cottage nestled near the cliffs, a young woman named Elara was about to give birth. Her labor pains mirrored the turbulent storm outside, intensifying with every passing moment. Elara was a woman of mystery, her origins unknown to the townspeople. Whispers of her supernatural powers and connections to ancient realms circulated among the curious and superstitious.
As the storm grew in intensity, so did Elara's determination. She knew deep within her heart that her child's birth was not an ordinary event. The elements themselves seemed to be stirred by a force greater than nature, as if a prophecy long forgotten was being fulfilled.
With a final, powerful cry, Elara brought forth a daughter into the world. The newborn girl's eyes shimmered with an otherworldly glow as she took her first breath, inhaling the charged air of the storm. The moment her tiny lungs filled with that electric energy, the storm outside reached its zenith, unleashing its full fury upon Havenbrook.
Word of the strange happenings spread like wildfire, drawing the attention of the townspeople. Fear mingled with awe as they witnessed the spectacle unfolding in front of them. They watched in disbelief as the raging storm seemed to dance in harmony with thecries of the newborn.
Unbeknownst to the townsfolk, the birth of this child marked the culmination of a centuries-old curse. Two hundred years ago, Elara's ancestors had suffered unimaginable horrors at the hands of a ruthless tyrant. Their lives were taken, their lands decimated, and their legacy obliterated. Before her family's bloodline was extinguished, however, Elara's ancestor swore a solemn oath-a vow of vengeance that would transcend time and manifest in the form of a Stormborn child.
As the storm began to wane, its intensity gradually subsiding, Elara cradled her daughter in her arms. She named her Alina, a name derived from ancient lore that meant "bearer of light." Elara knew that Alina would grow up to be the instrument of retribution, the harbinger of justice against those who had wronged their family.
With her daughter's birth, Elara set in motion a chain of events that would forever alter the fate of Havenbrook. Alina would be raised in the shadows, nurtured by her mother's teachings, and trained to harness the storm within her. She would learn to command lightning, summon tempests, and bend the elements to her will-a formidable force capable of exacting vengeance upon those who had brought devastation to her ancestors.
Little did the townspeople know that the calm after the storm was merely a deceptive lull before the storm's eye. As Alina grew older, her powers would mature, and her desire for revenge would become an unquenchable flame that would consume her very soul.
Guided by the memories of her ancestors and driven by a thirst for justice, Alina embarked on a perilous journey. She sought to uncover the truth of her family's tragic past, to unveil the identities of those who had orchestrated their downfall, and to confront them with the wrath of the storm she commanded.
Alina
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yes, yes i know edgeworth’s big wet eyes and loser boy personality have captivated us all, but listen. listen.
phoenix wright
phoenix “genuinely unable to reconcile the girl on the stand with the girl he dated for eight months, a cognitive dissonance so profound it’s ultimately explained by them being literally two different people, but which he first sits with for five years and does not talk about at any point to anyone” wright
phoenix “don’t mention that name to me. i don’t want to talk about it. i don’t want to think about it. i am just going to keep myself in this state of perpetual crisis mode focus on other people’s problems until eventually i die and get to hang out with mia on the astral plane and never have to deal with any of these emotions ever again” wright
phoenix “overnight loses his career and reputation and sense of identity while gaining an adopted, probably pretty traumatized eight-year-old daughter, and rather than leaning on his friends for help, or getting therapy, or taking any time to process any of this, he *checks notes* spends seven years dedicating all his free time and energy to investigating the weird fucking circumstances around it and maintains a friendship with the guy he suspects was behind it all” wright
phoenix "runs across a burning bridge and falls through it, half a day after the game establishes that he is terrified of heights, because his friend is on the other side of that bridge" wright
phoenix “i sure felt surprised. maybe i had my poker face on” wright
phoenix “looking back on it that was actually a pretty dark period in my life” wright
phoenix “don’t ask me how i got started. i don’t remember” wright
phoenix “only you stood still, your eyes calmly watching” wright
phoenix “sometimes, life just sucks” wright
just
phoenix wright
crunchiest man in the world
and all i wanna do is chew and chew and chew on him
#ace attorney#where are all the people gnawing on phoenix's bones so white??#i need to find the phoenix bone-gnawing corner of this fandom PLEASE#this is me asking for the Phoenix Fic btw#where is the fic meditating on phoenix's whole mental state in general?#where is the fic about how it's phoenix's cageyness and poker face and flat affect under stress that is the hurdle?#the relationship ramifications of being actually really fucking hard to read when it comes down to it?#where is the fic about the week of his disbarment?#the one detailing the panicked blow by blow of it rippling through his social circle while he stands in the eye of the storm?#the one that ends messy and anxious and unresolved because it's week 1 of 7 years?#where is the birth of phoenix wright: poker legend fic?#where is the art school/theatre major phoenix fic?#no not the able to art/act phoenix fic but the kind of person who chooses to go to art school/study theatre phoenix fic#where is the supremely disinterested in pop culture phoenix fic?#where is the actually incredibly meticulous and competent phoenix fic?#capcom can tell me all they want that he's essentially an adhd disaster flying by the seat of his pants making it all up as he goes#but that's not what they're actually showing me#they're the ones who created an in-fiction legal system that functionally necessitates that#and the nature of the game is that phoenix is almost always proven right so rather than him coming off as hare-brained#his opponents rather just come off as short-sighted. either negligently or maliciously so#and the choices the writing makes in service of retaining mystery and audience suspense in fact function to make phoenix a person#who is astute and puts the pieces together but is cautious in his conclusions#i will grant them that phoenix does tend to lose sight of his overarching goal in getting drawn into proving or disproving minor points#the fact that edgeworth on the other hand never loses sight of this or where the various arguments stand in relation to it#is his sexiest trait as a character by far#but those minor points are actually functionally critical to the ultimate argument phoenix makes#so even though i do read that trait through the game mechanics i do also judge the other characters for being dicks about it#my point is phoenix wright does in fact have the character of a lawyer and is conventionally good at his job fucking fight me#my point is that you all have had 20 goddamn years to Rotate this man#my POINT is that there should be Intricate Fucked Up Meditations On Phoenix that rewire my fucking brain and i NEED to know where they are!
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happy 31st birthday
joseph quinn
#january 2025#january 26#happy birthday 2025#happy birthday#black and white#1994 births#joseph quinn#eddie munson#stranger things#a quiet place day one#gladiator ii#johnny storm#aquarius#the fantastic four first steps
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they loved you, but never enough to save you.
queen rhaella, bound by prophecy and doomed just the same.
rhaella haunts my narrative; take her pain, double it, and give it to her father and Aerys.
#asoiaf#asoiaf fanart#pre asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#fanart#rhaella targaryen#queen rhaella#house targaryen#valyrianscrolls#my shaylaaaa#but for real would love to know rhaegar's dynamic with rhaella#we know viserys but not rhaegar#her firstborn son birthed in the storm of fire and death#and he left her to die in the storm as well#rhaella i love you and think of you often </3#the shading in this is between god and i
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🌃⚡Stormy Astrology Notes⚡🌃
⚡ - Moon aspecting Mars can end up with anger issues, is because sometimes they know how to control their emotions and sometimes they don't
⚡ - Mercury in Sagittarius/Gemini might have a different way of expressing their words and the way they communicate might be also different than others
⚡ - Neptune aspecting Moon gives beautiful eyes and face features, definitely i think of angelic placements
⚡ - Natives with heavy Aquarius or 11th house placements are THE BIGGEST defenders of their friends, they won't let you to talk bad about their friends
⚡ - Heavy Taurus or Cancer placements can possess cooking talents or they just may like to cook and try different types of food
⚡ - Moon prominent in a chart makes the native sensbile, spiritual and magic, they have a mix of everything honestly because of their imense intuition and power
⚡ - Asteroid Devine (3561) in the 7th house can have a blessed relationship and the type of "I wish to have this type of relationship just like they have"
⚡ - Asteroid Pandora (55) aspecting Ascendant can be seen as someone who is always curious and looking for things to do, their curiosity might be too much sometimes
My reaction: 😍😍
⚡ - Mercury aspecting Moon or Venus are AMAZING artistically people, they are extremely talented in arts, acting, music painting etc..
⚡ - Lilith in Virgo/6H house is not an easy placements but is definitely not for the weak because Virgo who is the (Virgin) meets Lilith who is like the baddie who does naughty things and in this placement Lilith can embody both dark and light energy
⚡ - Lilith in Gemini/3rd house have kinks to love and hear their partners moaning or calling their names during breaking bed time, they love this
⚡ - Lilith in Cancer/4th house might be obsessed with their partners chest, or muscles they just habe this secret addiction to chest and muscles
⚡ - Aries Mars/Scorpio Mars and Sagittarius Mars are no joke when it comes to breaking bed time, they are REALLY into it without stopping...all day all night 🌃
⚡ - An UNDERATTED thing about Lilith - Sun aspects is that they love the dark aesthetic, dark movies, dark books, dark clothes everything basically who has this Darcie/Villain type of energy
⚡ - Asteroid Lilith (1181) aspecting Ascendant can't help it to make other people fall over them, they are always in someone's eyes and in someone's else heart
⚡ - Gemini in the 5th house/Gemini Venus may have multiple crushes or can end up as a love triangle between them..Yes I know this is not K-drama material but can feel like it
⚡ - You tell me you have Aquarius Venus or Aquarius Juno and your friends didn't fall for you?That's an rare event because people with these placements often end up with their friends falling for them or vice versa
⚡ - Hekate (100) - aspecting Ascendant is extremely spiritual gifted, and also embodying Hekate's energy, i love people with such placements..it always makes me think to Hekate putting them in the right path
⚡ - Hekate (100) aspecting Moon could have been a witch or having some business with sorcery in a past life because moon can repsent past life topics
⚡ - Having 11°, 23° degrees in your (Sun, Moon, Rising) can show gaming addiction, they might have a passion for gaming or playing games in general
⚡ - Having 4°, 16°, 28° degrees in your (Sun, Moon or Rising) can show an aesthetic related to sky/stars/celestials/ and even astrology they can love astronomy and study it
⚡ - Having 6°, 18° degrees in your (Sun, Moon or Rising) shows that you prioritize your health a lot, you like to keep yourself healthy and in good form and always trying to keep an balance
⚡ - Virgos and their obsession with cleaning is something else, if they find even a little crumb on the floor, they would clean it until their floor shines
⚡ - Libra/Taurus in Sun. Moon, Rising is the IT placement for being the "lover girl" kind of thing. Love is their thing since they are the being kids of Venus
⚡ - Nothing is as juicy as someone with Capricorn and Scorpio placements in their chart, they are the juiciest people you will ever met
⚡ - Psyche (16) - or Vesta (4) in water signs... How does it feel be a starchild?? Is honestly intense and beautiful, they were always giving this type of "I'm not from this world im just visiting"
⚡ - Neptune can repsent addiction aswell so people with a heavy Neptune in their chart may have different addictions to different things
⚡ - Pluto aspecting Mars placements are on the list of being the naughtiest people...Life can always get crazy if you have these aspects in your chart
⚡ - Air Placements really love the cloudy weather...well it kinda makes sense because they are represented by the air element but I mean the vibe this cloudy weather brings them
⚡ - Having 5°, 17°, or 29° degrees in your Sun, Moon or Rising gives that type of person who is always in the spotlight, they receive a good amount of attention and it can be anytime of it. Like people staring at you because they are curious or interested in you
⚡ - Not me discovering at 3 A.M that having Chiron in the 2nd, 4th, 8th and 12th houses just means you inherited pain 😭 like you have to carry some pain but that is coming from other people not you #staystrong
⚡ - Moon in Sagittarius/9th house can be really outgoing if you give them that chance, like you can see them dancing in the middle of the floor on some Nicki Minaj songs and you'd be still wondering if they are drunk on is just their personality (Applies if you have Moon in Sagittarius Degrees 9°. 21°)
⚡- Having 2°, 14°, 26° degrees in your Sun, Moon or Rising makes you so charming and lovely, this is truly someone who is beautiful inside and out and shares a good energy to people
⚡ - Girlie be having Pluto/Saturn in the 11th house and has either that type of friends who betray them either their friends become a lesson for them 😭
My reaction:
⚡ - Saturn in the 6th house/12th house natives be getting tried so fast, is like the energy goes out of them in the moment they wake up 😭😭
⚡ - People with the sister signs in their chart and either get along or hate eachother forever, for example: 2 Cancer Risings can like eachother and it can happen for 2 Virgo Risings to hate eachother
⚡ - Is very important for natives with Neptune in the 1st house or Neptune aspecting ascendant to be around good and positive people, because if they are around bad people these natives can get really easy influenced by others so please take care of your surroundings
⚡ - "I think I'll miss you forever" gives Pluto - Venus aspects and it's so true because those natives love the deepest
⚡ - Storms are magnificent and dangerous in the same time, especially seeing it at night, it's wonderful how mother nature wants to show the world how amazing she is ⚡
⚡- Hope you enjoyed the post, may your day be with a good vibe and light energy 🌃
H a r m ⚡ o o n i x
Harmoonix2023®
#astrology#astro observations#birth chart#astrology observations#astro notes#placements#astro community#horoscope#venus#ascendant#astro tumblr#astrology fyp#astro fyp#fyp2023#tumblr fyp#storm#aesthetic#astrology notes#Mercury in Sagittarius#Mercury in Gemini#neptune#moon#asteroid#asteroid observations#asteroid Hekate 100#asteroid Hekate#asteroid devine#asteroid pandora#lilith in the 6th house#Lilith in virgo
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Update!!! Lost power in the middle of the night and been offline the whole time, and I’m not sure how long the internet will last since it’s been coming in and out and I been trying to make this post all day, but I wanted to make a quick post while I can to let everyone know that the storm is over and I'm okay! So far the only damages were a lot of broken tree branches, no power and part of the metal roof came off my house. I have a generator running rn and I'm not really sure when I'll be back online fully atm, but I'm safe! And I hope any mutuals and followers that got hit by the same hurricane are safe as well! Until then, I’ll see everyone later. ❤️
#trying to respond to everyone’s dm rn#and in funny news my one older cousin gave birth at 12:30am during the storm lol#💬 chy chatter 💬
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(*muffled in the background* ✨It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry if I want to! You would cry too if it happened to youuu~~ dundun dundundun!!✨)
#doodle#loathsome coworkers#cc 2224#darth vader#darth sidious#storm trooper#vent resident#tis my date of birth and lesley gore’s ‘it’s my party’ has been stuck in my head all day
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I think Dorian knows Orym is in love with him. I don't think it is a great unknown. He's not biting his nails wondering if Orym feels the same way as him.
I think the problem is that Dorian doesn't know how to approach it at all. For so many reasons. There are so many reasons why Dorian has been keeping all of this close to his chest.
First and foremost I think he wants to be respectful of Will and the place he holds in Orym's heart. Dorian in no way would blame Orym for never moving on. He'd be sad and disappointed but he'd understand. And he understands that he's still mourning Will. So he doesn't want to initiate something Orym isn't ready for.
Second, they're in the middle of a war. There isn't time for this. There isn't time for dead brothers and profound crushes. How could he distract Orym from the world ending? He's their little tank. He's their tactician. He's can get his hard and throw it back just as easily. They need his head clear. And I don't think Dorian would ever forgive himself if something were to happen because Orym was too preoccupied.
Third, is speculative, with the context Robbie has given us, marrying a man would not go over well in the royal family. Not because they're particularly homophobic. But, assuming they're both cis, (headcanons aside, I don't think critical role is there yet), the blood line would end. And royal families are big on lines of succession. Hence Zeru begging Dorian to come back. So I'm not sure adopting is in the realm of possibilities. How could Dorian let Orym love him? How could he give into his feelings? How could they live happily ever after when Dorian needs to go back home? Sit on a throne? Produce an heir and a spare? He couldn't possibly start something with him only for it to end in tragedy. He couldn't do that to Oym.
There are probably more reasons for all this but these are the ones that swim in my head the most. And idk I think Dorian wants to love Orym loudly and proudly but... The world is ending, ya know?
#silver sending stones#orym of the air ashari#dorian storm#dorym#so the context i was talking about for robbie is that he described dorian as having to “recloset” himself and i cant imagine#if same sex couples were just easy breezy hed have to be in the closet at all#it just doesnt compute.#happy to be wrong but royal bloodline bullshit is something i think a lot about#also: do i think Dorian's cis? no. that funky little bard hates gender roles so much i can feel it in my bones#but. unfortunately. he is not cis in the sense that he cant give birth#also#even if he is trans: whos to say hed want to carry a child? like. thats super triggering for a lot of transmen#so like. i just dont see babies from dorym#idk man theres just a lot of bullshit happening#and a lot keeping them back#tw homophobia#mildly#oh and#written before watching 106#monday crew unfortunately
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never thought xaden’s birthday would be in march, let alone on the last day
#aries#we share the same birth month#violet and xaden#xadenviolet#fourth wing xaden#xaden riorson#onyx storm#onyx storm spoilers#rebecca yarros#fantasy#books#book tumblr
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how I wake up every day knowing me and aki have two of the most compatible personality and enneagram types while me and viktor have the exact same enneagram type
#the delusions.#also silly personality app voted aki to be scorpio sun and virgo moon which is my exact birth chart#don't talk to me... I'm in my mind palace....#me and aki are definitely star crossed lovers who have the perfect marriage and never argue#meanwhile me and viktor annoy the fuck out of each other#love each other to death but argue twice per day#arguing with him to the point of storming out of the room until one of us is like#ok but can u give me a kiss before you leave thank u bye bye
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Hera's relationship with Apollo is something that should be studied, in this essay I-
#like imagine the hatred at his birth#another bastard of her husband#and then the grudging respect when he kills python#not because its python but because he avenged his mother's assault#and maybe she wishes someone would avenge HER assault#and when hes exiled she just the tiniest bit admires artemis' strength#how she is so firm about her virginity and how shes a protector of women#so she wont like apollo when he comes back but she might not hate him#and then when he's given his domains and he so much better than her sons and so much more of zeus' favourite she HATEs him#(she wishes he were hers)#but when she decides to rebel against zeus hes one of the only gods that join her.#of course they fail but thats got to unite them somehow#right?#and then when he storms olympus after Asclepius dies (is murdered)#when he kills the elder cyclopes as a deliberate jab at zeus#not even caring about the consequences#well shes got to respect that#and they might drift apart after the trojan war#being on opposite sides and all#but i like to think she views him more than just her husbands bastard#hera#hera goddess#apollo#apollo greek god#greek mythology
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Decided to compile all the (digital) Tails stuff I hadn't posted throughout 2022 ! ( most recent to least recent ) The second image is @tsaikonautz's Tails design drawn in the style I use for my sonas and related ocs.
( newer Tails design here )
#miles tails prower#tails the fox#tsaiko tails#it's pretty obvious how much inspo i got from tsaiko tails in 2022#heck you can see the skrunkle in the corner of the references in the first image !#another big inspo that year was the Sonic Storm fangame#banger 3D art style that has#if you're wondering why he has 3 tails in the first one#he died. but then he got better and his 3rd tail started growing in !#when did he get his 2nd tail then ? probably at birth or as an infant#man i haven't used texture filters in while. i really should do that again#it was almost an art trademark of mine in 2021-22#teka art#teka backlog#parenthesis for any potential non-seeing readers : most of the time i draw tails with extra white or cream fluff in his ears#just didn't wanna say that every time in the descriptions#also if any non-seeing readers are here... sorry about the ID in alt text. i am doing the best i can
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welp. I read 'when he was wicked' aka the franchael book in the bridgerton series... and I have Thoughts. mostly julia quinn writes men truly horribly. literally the saving grace of anthony bridgerton is the actor who plays him. in all the books I've read of quinn's, the guy protagonist shakes the woman he loves by her shoulders or disrespects her massively and is literally described as 'predatory' in the run up to the sex scene!!!! like. I really liked michael up until a point. I never really liked anthony in 'the viscount who loved me' and colin was only marginally more tolerable in 'romancing mr bridgerton'. but michael seemed genuinely charming and a good guy who had a solid reason why he didn't tell frannie about his feelings for her. so it's a real shame that he turns into a bit of a monster when he seduces frannie and basically tries to entrap her into marriage - idk what it is about julia quinn that she just seems allergic to writing decent male characters???
it does make me glad that they genderbent michael for frannie's season in the show. and I can see how they could work the whole infertility plot in too with michaela and frannie - say if frannie gets pregnant and doesn't know it immediately, finds out soon after john dies, and it turns out michaela is also pregnant but by accident (she's still a rake which I think would be interesting as a concept to explore in a female character). frannie miscarries as per the book and michaela has a lot of fears about being a mother - and at the same time there's all this talk about who the earldom will go to next now john is gone. so they somehow pass michaela's child off as frannie's, the earldom doesn't go to the awful debenham side of the family and this whole ordeal brings frannie and michaela closer and they learn to take care of each other while both still mourning, and they both feel like it would be a betrayal of john and likely frannie is in denial about her queerness... all I'm saying, bridgerton writers room, I'm available...
#and they could still have a lot of the same scenes as the book#yknow fucking in the drawing room#getting stuck in a storm#michaela caring for a lame horse#ofc michaela doesn't go to india here and that sounds right#or maybe michaela leaves after giving birth because she can't be around frannie and can't bear to be around her kid#their kid#god there's so many possibilities to make this the queer love story of the ages#okay slight exaggeration but you feel me right#bridgerton#francesca bridgerton#michaela stirling#miscarriage tw#tw miscarriage#infertility cw
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QUEEN NEVER CRY 🧎♀️
Reference: The Ki Sisters by bumbae
#red queen#mare barrow#glass sword#war storm#king's cage#cal calore#maven calore#old meme#random#tiberias vii calore#larentia viper#evangeline samos#elane haven#A QUEEN IS BORN#YESSS EVE SLAYYYYY#the birth of a queen#Maven'd No.1 Hater since day one#AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE MARECAL SHIP#EVANGELINE OF MONFORTTTTTTT
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"Behold, all shall be moved from their places, that the eyes of the prideful might be opened and the ears of the arrogant unstopped, that all might repent and return to Me! Therefore watch! For the time has come for the will of God to be made manifest, for the earth to tremble and quake, to spew its fervent heat! Now is the time for signs in the heavens above and in the earth beneath, for the judgments of God to be poured out, for the wrath of God to fall from Heaven!
Therefore, come out from among them, And take refuge in Me…
For I am your only shelter, Your only sanctuary from the storm…
Says The Holy One of Israel."
📖 Excerpt from: https://www.thevolumesoftruth.com/The_Signs_of_the_Coming_of_The_Son_of_Man
▶ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rktIJyyOElY&list=PLE8FlkxQPQkNhyk7QOplwIcW788ErwTRh&index=21
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#the volumes of truth#day of the lord#birth pangs#signs#repent#return#watch#judgment#judgments of god#wrath of god#come out from among them#refuge#shelter#sanctuary#storm#the holy one of israel#YahuShua#Jesus#The Messiah#word of god#prophecy#prophetic#end times#letters from god#new scripures#Youtube
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The Blackbeak Matron is a brutal woman with not an ounce of love to any of her offspring. I don’t imagine her being kind to Lothian— like, she was her Heir, her training is harder and more brutal than what other witches would undergo.
Despite that harshness and brutality, Lothian was nothing like her. She she just couldn’t quell that side of her daughter: she was kind, warm and full of hope. The Matron couldn’t change that.
I think that what Lothian did, mating with a Crochan prince of all people and believing that the child they conceived would bring peace to their people is what tipped the Matron over the edge.
Killing her daughter soon after giving birth, she decided that she’d been too soft. Something she will not do with her granddaughter, her new Heir.
This is why I believe that Manon endured worse shit from the Matron than anyone did before. Her grandmother simply didn’t want to risk her being soft, like her mother, and made sure that Manon would not even recognize that.
This is the reason why Manon has a hard time with emotions because she wasn’t taught these things. All she knows is brutality and the different ways she can kill people. She endured a lot at the hands of her grandmother but because of that upbringing, she just carried on without giving anything a second thought.
But deep down, Manon is Lothian’s daughter. No matter how brutal the Matron got, no matter how harsh she was, she couldn’t change that. I think she realized that all she did didn’t fully kill whatever kindness might have been passed down to Manon when she picked Abraxos to be her wyvern. I believe it was that moment the Matron realized that despite everything she did, there was no changing that.
It didn’t stop her. Because she got worse. From that moment, she decided to use those feelings against Manon. Punish her for her compassion by threatening to take away everything she loves. It’s mainly the reason she kept targeting Asterin, and forcing Manon to be the one who does these things because at the end of the day, Manon still seeks her approval. She will do anything if it gets her noticed by her grandmother and this is why the Matron kept using Asterin against her. It was something Manon would want to avoid, but it will always be there: one mistake and it’s her cousin’s life. This way, the Matron had full control over Manon and ensured that she’d never rebel against her.
This is a woman who never displayed an ounce of love or affection to her granddaughter. Honestly she probably started Manon’s training early on, not taking the chance to turn her ‘soft’. I believe she prohibited anyone from coddling the Heir. She wouldn’t allow anyone to show her any affection or any display of love. Those who did, lost their lives.
Honestly, when Yrene hugged Manon during that scene? I knew she was going to freeze and not do anything. Because she doesn’t recognize the gesture, she has no idea what it means or how to respond so she just froze.
#booklr#books and reading#throne of glass#manon blackbeak#tog#asterin blackbeak#empire of storms#kingdom of ash#dorian havilliard#manorian#lothian blackbeak#manon x dorian#tristan crochan#blackbeak matron#evil evil woman#there was no line that she didn’t cross with Manon because she didn’t want her to be like her mother#the thought of what Manon had endured from birth until she was over a hundred years old is soul crushing#im just glad she’s with Dorian#he’s so loving and affectionate and he’s there to show her love and be there for her#he can help her recognize those different emotions and how to deal with them#but I also think that Manon would be highkey terrified of displaying these emotions#because she was never allowed to feel them and if she did she got punished for it#so there is trauma around that as well#like if she expresses a single feeling she’d panic and just retreat into herself#my girl had tones of ptsd from her grandmother#she needs a lot of therapy honestly#and Dorian#Dorian is the supportive boyfriend who will try to reward those emotions when they (finally) show#in hopes that this will override the bad memories#not likely but it doesn’t stop him
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