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cannibalisticskittles · 3 days ago

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really glad that the aedyran emperor is apparently decently chill with godlike bc it meshes well with elara's existence and she is, as per her background, Of Royal Blood

(no chance of ever inheriting the throne bc, y'know. godlike. and inherently infertile as a result, on top of, y'know, regular godlike tensions. but being a moon godlike -- one of the most Socially Acceptable kinds -- and having The Emperor be Fine With Godlike means my established backstory for her doesn't clash w/ anything, hohoho)

makes me think that my envoy may have like, looked up to her in a sense; Noble and Elegant and also Very Visibly Godlike, ooh. meanwhile elara is hiding out somewhere, thumbing through the playbill for some shitty production she's seen a few times and picking her teeth with a knife. the very picture of poise.

plus, assuming we don't get any further insight into the emperor's motivations that suggests some kind of twist there, i can also imagine a dynamic like

"granddaughter, look, i am Accepting :)"

"that's. that's great, grandda. mama is rolling in her grave."

#you bet i took screenshots during that opening cutscene #need 2 be able to reference aedyran royal architecture #is this the time to admit i came up w/ a whole family tree for elara #she would never have gotten to the throne without outside influence anyway; she has living aunts and uncles #and two older cousins who were both both of siblings who were in turn older than her mother #so. Several People were above her in the line of succession #if she hadn't been godlike her mother would have been that outside factor and slowly picked off family members to maneuver better chances #alas! her big pointy halo-horn kind of. fucked up her mother's internal organs during birth so #she got One Kid and that kid wasn't even able to further her political machinations #anyway #just funny to me to think of the small handful of godlike scattered thru aedyr feeling Comforted to see elara Exist As A Godlike Publicly #even if she doesn't really make public appearances bc of in-house tensions #elara tag #and now #nita tag #avowed

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