#cog wanted to save the whole world. acedia just wanted to save her friends and her home. I think they had more in common than they knew | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

bekahdoesnerdshit · 1 year ago

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When Cog summons her wings, they come to her easy as breathing. The shadows around her gather at her back and unfurl into feather-light, barely corporeal raven wings- black as night and held together by magic. Cog asks for her wings, and they materialize for her.

Acedia's wings rip from her back, tearing open the skin between her shoulder blades and sending rivulets of hot blood running down her spine. Her back hunches, her shoulders jerking, and as the wings unfold it's clear that every moment of it is intensely painful. The wings themselves are a mockery of a willowy tree, once draped with vines and moss, now skeletal branches.

Cog's wings are a gift from a god who grew to love her like a daughter. They're a part of her, just like the rest of her magic.

Acedia's wings are everything she's perverted and betrayed, a pointed reminder of her place from the god she sold her soul to.

#i am! cleaning out my drafts! hooray! 🎉🎉#(please read those party horns as the sound telly makes in chibi robo when you go up a rank. it's celebratory but a little pathetic)#throwback to the ace/aceida fight where acedia summoned her wings and ace shook off the fear effect and said:#'...eh. I like when cog does it better' KING #wasteland campaign #mine #cog #acedia #bekahdoesnerdshit does meta #alternate title: hey bekah can you make a wasteland character who DOESN'T have wings. and the answer is no 💖#this is a PREVIEW of the (post i'm never gonna write at this point lbr) about how cog and acedia are SUCH good foils #i can't even take credit for that one it was on accident i just wanted a hot evil lesbian paladin #like. they've both sworn themselves blindly to a power they didn't fully understand. and cog is continually rewarded for her faith #and acedia is continually punished for hers.#they both made their pacts to have power to protect what they love; can we really crucify acedia just bc her world is smaller than cog's??#cog wanted to save the whole world. acedia just wanted to save her friends and her home. I think they had more in common than they knew #ANYWAY thanks for reading I love you. I'll never be normal about wasteland and that is a Warning and a Threat #💖💖💖

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