#fabadine

[theology101]

I KNOW for a FACT that Bill and Hallariel have a fund for Fabian’s ‘betrothed.’ I don’t care if its a dowery, or a Bride Price, whatever, I just KNOW that if Fabian calls his banker and is like ‘yo me and Adaine are engaged’ an additional 10 thousand gold pieces will be dolled out to her a month.

I mean LOOK at her. This is the type of bitch to be like ‘you have a job? Has something terrible happened to the family finances?’ She would be absolutely scandalized if any partner of Fabian’s had to work for money.

[jadelion]

While I'm mainly obsessed with fabadine, I would also like to posit:

[sorala]

immmmm gonna post the sketch now because i don't feel like finishing it anytime soon but here

[shakesthewizard]

Now I want to know some of your polycule dynamic ideas for the bad kids???

This is a dream come true, okay walk with me

Let's start out with a couple of what I would consider fundamental pairings. In most any configuration of the group you can think of, most if not all of these are gonna be necessary for me to really get invested.

Fabriz. Duh. Need I say more.

Fabadaine. It's my fucking roman empire and I WILL go on about it for another thousand words if you ask

Figadaine. Support women's wrongs! Going shopping! My girlfriend is a rockstar and we make out backstage! My girlfriend is the elven oracle and we make out twice because she has a vision of it happening first!

I've also got some pairings that are nice on their own, but that I don't find like, mandatory if you're gonna sell me on something.

GorgugxFig. She's so loudly angry to hide her fear; he's so quietly scared of his own anger. She made him join her band and he's probably the better musician. They're so nice to each other.

FigxKristen. Fall into temptation. Make out with the devil on your shoulder. She helps you kill your god. She becomes your devoted paladin. The ArchDevil of Rebellion pulls you into a cosmic war against the very divinity you were the Chosen One for.

Now as for larger groupings, things get pretty fun. There are so many to choose from. Like for example:

The Bad Boys. Like as a throuple. Think about it. You're the cool son of a famous pirate; you're already kicking ass at bloodrush; youre hot shit. A metalhead and a briefcase kid latch onto you like barnacles. This is so embarassing. Cut to a month later and you're all on a rooftop sharing a cigarette and looking at the stars. The briefcase kid kisses you, and metalhead is next in line. Briefcase kid is also your best friend, even without the insane new tension and the fact that he can dismantle your coolguy persona with seemingly no effort. He tastes like burnt coffee. Even ignoring how metalhead can crack skulls, but treats you with gentleness and even hesitation, like he's afraid you'll turn him down. As if. His bangs get in the way when he kisses you.

The Bad Girls as a throuple. This one feels almost too obvious for words. Three girls who are all trying so hard and failing to be normal, but from three different directions. Imagine one day seeing the uptight wizard girl with rich parents and girl who tried to convert you to fantasy mormonism on her first day both walk into school one day holding hands with that punk girl who's in a band and who has already turned like six other students gay just by being cool and pretty. Then at lunch, they're all sitting together, and the elf and the cleric both have the bard's lipstick on their lips and cheeks. The cleric looks at you. She winks. You go home confused.

Figaydadaine. Figayda I don't have to sell you on, but you can't tell me Ayda and Adaine aren't so fucking cute together it hurts. They make spells for each other! Adaine has the key to the Wizard's Synod! Adaine killed her dad with Ayda's spell. Come ON, this shit writes itself. Honestly Aydaine is so good by itself

There's also an extended world of qpr among the bad kids - Rizdaine would be a great example of this. I don't think of them as a Couple, but they are SO close and there's so much trust and intimacy there. That's a pair that cuddle while watching movies or doing mystery stuff.

qpr FigGug is another great possibility. Just take all the sweet support and kindness they already have and pry out the romance.

I think if you pitched me another pair/group I could find something interesting about it, but those are my off-the-dome thoughts. Thanks for asking!

[infaethible]

i think it would be cool if fabian got his top surgery done at kei lumennura so he had these wacky majestic looking top surgery scars. it was an aesthetic choice. he told them go wild and they did.

oracool propaganda otd: adaine very closely inspecting and touching the scars once fabian’s all healed up. she is not a touchy person in the slightest. 0 interest in bodies normally. but she’s earnestly fascinated by the arcane handiwork. the INTRICACIES… the symmetry is so impressive for something handmade… it’s so complex and still cohesive… so fabian is just nodding along. scared fully stiff (not sexual). it’s like taking in a stray cat and it doesn’t trust you yet but it sits in your lap randomly and you’re afraid to pet it because you think it’ll get mad or scared.

[gorgugplushie]

I want to draw fabdaine but ill never be able to properr id the thing

[dahlingplease]

[image: Adaine, drawn here as a Black elf girl with a long tail with a tuft at the end and Fabian, a Black half-elf boy with locs in a ponytail dancing together.

Fabian throws his head back, saying " wow, can't the elven Oracle see where to put her feet?"

adaine is smiling but glaring at him saying " be nice or I might fire you."

End image description.]

they dance together to clock in more hours at their jobs. It's also an excuse to, well. Dance together.

[morrithal]

Adaine saying "Aww good boy" to the Hangman -> Fabian absolutely gets pouty when Adaine gives the Hangman more attention. I know this is real because god told me

[its-dazey]

Fic Update!

Pirate/Princess Fabadine AU (although the other Bad Kids are there too)

It’s called Love Me Like a Sailor and the first chapter will be up in the next few days! I’ve already written the first chapter and a half, just need to edit it.

I’ll be posting it here, as well as on my ao3! I’m so excited!

[hhayfever]

A wondrous Fabian x Adaine promposal for the D20 Rarepair Zine, hosted by @swagyatta as a part of the @d20zinejam 2023! This is my favorite piece for the zinejam! Pink overlays and way too many sparkly or textured elements are my fave things to add to any piece!

Check out the pay-what-you-want zinejam charity bundle here! The proceeds go to the entertainment community fund in solidarity with the SAG/WGA strikes!

[theology101]

Adaine and Fabian have the most underrated ‘Yes And-‘

Like Kristen was involved with this scene too but like, Adaine and Fabian running around with the Baby Baby Milk as the hosts, honoring that Hallariel and Bill energy via Polite Refinery and Unhinged Honesty

Also Adaine really said “i lost my job? Double fisting cocktails”

[jadelion]

(Fabain x Adaine) the dynamic of wizard oracle who has a fear of drowing x literal pirate is deeply funny to me. And with the oisin stuff, I am compelled by the dynamic of dragon x princess x knight

Adaine and Fabian honestly compliment each other so well. Also, I hadn't considered that dynamic for the three of them but it's actually so good!

[dimensionywrath]

Playlist master list

if you like any of these please check out the rest of my Spotify account for more, this is only a small sample of my character playlists!!

Marble Hornets

Brim

Amylex

Dimension 20

The Badkids

Adaine Abernant

Fabian Seacaster

Fig Faeth

Gorgug Thistlespring

Kristen Applebees

Riz Gukgak

Aelwyn Abernant

Fabian X Adaine

Lucy Frostblade

Oisin X Ivy

The Unsleeping City

A Starstruck Odyssey

A Crown of Candy

Starkid

Holloweane

Life Is Strange

Pricefield

Chloe Price

Misc

Mollymauk Tealeaf

Felix Ferne

[shakesthewizard]

Hi please explain about fabianxadaine???

Okay since you asked so nicely here's the fucking thing about Fabadaine

First, some background info

Before we dive in, you should know a couple things. For one, I'm a firm bad kid polycule truther. You could truly pitch me any pairing/grouping of those kiddos and I could find a really ineresting and/or sweet dynamic to eat the drywall about

You should also know that I'm gonna most likely remember some details during this analysis - if you spot them, please let me know by putting them in a bottle and throwing them into the ocean.

Second, some character meta

Adaine O'Shaughnessey is a girl with a lot of courage. It's sort of her defining character trait. The idea of "a wizard with an anxiety disorder" brings to mind someone pretty timid, who's afraid of speaking their mind. But from her first appearance, we see clearly that to Adaine, her disorder is pretty explicitly medical. On her first day of freshman year, she's already talking back to her horrible parents and trying to stand up for herself. Long before she gets access to medication, her disorder hinders her the way an asthma attack might; it has no bearing on her willingness to do the courageous thing.

Relatedly, Adaine thrives under adversity. Not abuse or mistreatment, mind - what I mean is that she likes it when people push back at her a little, so that she has opportunities to test her ideas and opinions against dissent. Look at her dynamic with Aelwyn in season three. Those two bicker and banter; they poke at each other, but it's how they're expressing things like concern or pride.

You could argue, probably well, that this is a product of sisterhood, and a product of their history in particular. But I think there's more to it than that. We see throughout the show that Adaine is a person who cares about exceeding; about learning and growing and achieving great things. It's classic wizard.

Adaine is the child of the wealthy and the important, and that shapes everything about her. It influences her struggles; her abandonment issues in particular. But it also shapes her goals, her values, and her attitudes. She seeks recognition for her skills and her labor, and she wants the people she loves to challenge her so that she can grow and make them proud.

Fabian Seacaster is the son of a famous man and a natural talent. His showmanship is clear and evident from the first moments we see him, and it's reflected in his character build from the start. He's a Champion Fighter, after all.

This showmanship is, frankly, a testament to Lou Wilson's masterful understanding of characters. That single trait can be picked apart to help us understand everything about him.

Fabian is a showman because he was raised as the scion of an up-and-coming house; given every tool he needed to learn his parents' skills, and to prepare him to take the Seacaster name when the time comes.

Fabian is a showman because he believes wholeheartedly in his own greatness. His whole life, he's been surrounded by tutors whose whole job it has been to mold him into the perfect son, and they were paid enough to care about doing it right.

Fabian is a showman because he knows he's earned his own arrogance; wealth or not, pampered lifestyle or not, we see him scold his fencing teacher when he goes easy on him. Fabian isn't blinded by his privilege (or at least not entirely) - he genuinely cares about being the best, and he'll give up the luxury if it means greatness.

Fabian is a showman because he's deeply anxious. Bill and Hallariel clearly love their son, but being the only child of a world-famous pirate, tasked with being their emissary to Solace for future generations, is an unbelievable amount of pressure. Fabian has to be perfect to the world outside. He can't just be good; he can't just be great; he has to be Fabian Aramais Seacaster, Son of the Famous Bill Seacaster!

Fabian is a showman because he has to figure out who he is, somehow. Who is he, outside of his father? He certainly doesn't know, but suddenly he realizes he has to know, for his own sake. So he does what any kid does when they're trying to figure out their identity - they act out.

Finally, what I understand about Fabadaine that nobody else does

Fabian Seacaster and Adaine O'Shaughnessey are the children of the wealthy; the important. They're both second generation Solesians, sent out to represent their families. They're both ambitious people who are trying to achieve great things outside the expectations of their parents. They're both proud and straightforward, prioritizing their values over social niceties.

Adaine and Fabian both carry the swords of their dead fathers.

To put it simply - Fabian and Adaine are really good foils for each other, and I dislike when their dynamic is reduced to classic highschool boyfriend/girlfriend tropes.

As an example, a number of fics I've read have Fabian pursuing Adaine, and that simply doesn't hold up. Let's be honest here - Fabian has terrible taste in women, and has a bad track record of making the more self-destructive choice whenever romance is on the table. I have no doubt he likes Adaine, but he would also know that she'd hold him accountable and challenge him when he makes stupid choices. No, Adaine is the one initiating here.

The thing that really draws me to this pair is because both of them need and want to be challenged, but each of them has a different attitude towards challenging others, and it makes for an active dynamic that can evolve in a lot of interesting ways.

You know what, check back later. I need to write fic about this.

[theology101]

It was ingrained in my brain as one of the Fabadine moments. And how can you blame her for forgetting, she had to save her baby girl from Captain James

lou, sarcastically: we all remember adaine’s scooter from sophomore year!

d20 tumblr, completely seriously: we all remember adaine’s scooter from sophomore year.

[gorgugplushie]

Fabian constantly looking for something toxic before finding something healthy with Adaine and healing together?

Adaine still being afraid that people can’t love her unless she does something for them, instead being showered by affection from Fabian for every little thing she does?

YES YES YES OUHOHOHOHOH ANON U ARE BLESSING ME WITH YUMMY FABDINEEEE i lovee themmnso much i feel like they work off eachother so well 😭 platonic or otherwise.

That last bit reminds me of the mithrill factory battle where adaine is on fabians bike and is able to use her magic n realizes that yeah shes fucking good at it and cool and badass and how they work togetherrrr ITS JUST SOOO TRUEEE. The imagery of adaine doing badass magic n fabian bein like oh no shes powerful and scary . And then he giggles and twirls his hair .. love my boyloser