#grimtrix sofia the first

[moonypears-blog]

Grimtrix: I poisoned one of our glasses, but I forgot which one.

*The order all panic and look into their glasses*

Cedric: The way this dinner is going I hope it's mine.

[shychick-52]

So, a bunch of us were on Discord talking about how Morgana might have escaped from the mirror Merlin trapped her inside (Morgana's first appearance was in s3's 'Gone With the Wand', and she showed up again with the Order of the Wand in the first s4 episode 'Day of the Sorcerers').

Then @cedric-my-beloved came up with the idea that Grimtrix helped her escape! That maybe he somehow infiltrated Merlin's tower with his pet weasel Wrigley, had her distract Merlin, and then Grimtrix found and stole the mirror holding Morgana while Merlin was distracted!

New headcanon unlocked!!

I also hc that this was between the other season 3 episode 'Hexley Hall' (where Grimtrix made his first appearance, shedding his goody-goody persona and revealing his anti-royalty, power-hungry ambitions) and 'Day of the Sorcerers'; it was likely between these episodes that he planned the Order of the Wand.

See, I hc Grimtrix found out what happened to Morgana in the first place by scanning his crystal ball for sorcerers he felt would be good candidates for his cause (and Morgana was likely the first one he thought of, being a villain already and the infamous arch-rival of Merlin). After saving her, he probably told her what he was plotting, invited her to join the Order of the Wand, and told her he was planning the "first-ever annual Conjurer's Conference" at Hexley Hall- being the headmaster- as a means of gathering sorcerers from all over the world for the sole purpose of secretly recruiting the ones he thought would best be suited to his cause while distracting all the other unsuspecting sorcerers he wouldn't be inviting (which itself is another theory of mine).

@mushroomsie224 @majoresca @the-gayest-show @sweetmariihs2

[tookishcombeferre]

“send all the heat of the flaming sun into their veins till life is done. spread it fast as the seeds on the wind till they find themselves good and thinned. then, strike royals down with fatal blow and set to grief our dreaded foe. though, should he successful be, in healing all and setting them free, let the fires be thrice as hot, and let those who care for him see him rot. yes, when all is passed and all is through, strike him down and bid him adieu.”

With a magical plague spreading through Enchancia, being cast by the heavens only knows who, and stars only knows where, it's up to one of the last Restoration mages in the Kingdoms to keep Enchancia alive long enough to figure out what is causing this madness to occur.

But, when faced with the choice to stop things at the source, and spare his friends and chosen family, or save his own life … what's a very lonely sorcerer to chose? Surely, there's got to be something to be said for having a little faith that they might save him too?

Hi Hi! So, I have a nice long letter at the very beginning of the fic for folks who want a little bit of the backstory of how this came to be. But, I'm hella knew to this fandom because I got sucked into it by my two year old. Then, I became more into it than the two year old because sometimes that's how things done, do work in the world. I posted the first 2 chapters + the opening letter because I'll be gone for the weekend. But, expect things to move kinda slow. I'm a perpetual over-editor and I have a tiny human. So, bear with me. Basically though, I'm writing a story with Cedric as the centerpiece and the rest of the cast rotating around him. All of the characters are featured relatively prominently. But, he is the focus. I've been lurking and looking at a lot of the beautiful art. Laughing at a lot of the jokes. (Y'all are funny people.) I'll say it here, though I said it in my opening letter, I am a parent of a small child. If you're looking for that and y'all know what that is get out. I will block you. I will delete your comments. I will expel you. Gross. Gross. Gross. Gross. I didn't wanna have to say it. But, I'm saying it now. Ew. Get out. To the rest of you, hello. Come in. Enjoy. How are you? Thank you for reading. 💚💜 Pip

[majoresca]

YOOOOOOOO @tanasha-not-yet THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!! 🤯🤯🤯

If the teacher who believed in Cedric left the school, right when he needed him most, it could explain why he started to distance himself from everyone after the sorcerers' ball accident.

Because besides no longer having the support from someone he admired and who still believed in him, if the Grimtrix was the new teacher and he taught in a way that didn't accommodate Cedric's needs, he would feel even more like a failure.

Because he wouldn't be learning at the same pace as the other students, and then Cedric, the former prodigy would feel like a bungler in the classroom and outside of it.

But if the Grimtrix was the headmaster since the beginning, maybe he was also involved in Cedric's teacher leaving. Maybe he really didn't want him there because he knew he was a good teacher, and that it was influencing the students of Hexley Hall.

For example, perhaps Cedric's teacher had nothing against royalty, while the Grimtrix was interested in subconsciously instilling in the students that sorcerers were better than the royalty. And while the professor may have been against the more drastic pranks of Hexley Hall Prank Day, the Grimtrix influenced the pranks to become more and more drastic to the point of to cause damage to Royal Prep School and disrupt their students' classes.

So, if Grimtrix had anything to do with Cedric's teacher leaving, Cedric certainly wouldn't associate him with good things. Whether he was involved or not.

based on this discussion but I don't feel like adding to the main branch bc it's kinda a separate hc

My headcanon is that Cedric's teacher is the guy who was like the main teacher in primary and middle school, like, for the first 7-9 years, and grimtrix is a random ass inexperienced teacher who came to replace him while cedric was in highschool. Which is a part of the reason why he hated grimtrix so much - he wasn't particularly good at teaching at the time and replaced his main supporter

based purely on the fact that grimtrix does look older for me due to him having much more grey hair (not a proof by any means) and cedric introducing him as a school headmaster, which might mean that cedric's experience with him is related to him working in hexley hall (eh?)

so yeah i agree that it's a super messed up ship

but i made it up entirely so

[kyitsya]

4 baddie sorcerers in various stages of dueling ✨

[sweetmariihs2]

The "grimtrix is Cedric's teacher" thing is so weird to me. I thought everyone viewed Cedric, Grimtrix and Greylock as classmates, me included.

Cedric prob knows about Grimtrix's reputation because yk, you hear about your past classmates sometimes in your life, sometimes people you know also know them, and Greylock mentioned that their old class make class reunions after all these years to see eachother at the start of the episode "baileywhoops" if I'm not mistaken.

They all choose their careers and Grimtrix started working at Hexley Hall. The idea of him being Cedric's teacher is weird and being his lover is even more weird because I read @shychick-52 's The Master Wand

what are u guys smoking i want sum too (jk I don't do that stuff IT'S A JOKE)

[v1rtualtrash]

Day 5: Evil dreams/Evil

So THAT's why he was smiling so much in Day of the Sorcerers /j

Anyway have a quick little sketch comic! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, and it didn't take long to make thankfully

[mg-makintosh]

LITERALLY cedric and grimtrix...

i dont know if this is an unpopular opinion but i really don't particularly care for this ship. i just don't see it, especially considering there's only one episode where GT has lines 😭 if he had been more fleshed out i think i would like it more but as it stands i don't know about it 😭

[mushroomsie224]

Stayed in school till four today and worked on my fic in the library. Well, only a little bit. Mostly I thought about Grimtrix and the Medusa stones and how they probably would have let him have some sort of control over the other sorcerers' wands and once they took over their respective kingdoms he could have defeated them easily and then taken control of the kingdoms himself. Enchancia would have been a prime target due to it being the largest and most powerful kingdom (headcanon) and that's why he personally went to make sure Cedric got the job done, and why he tried so hard to manipulate Cedric, because it's not just the fact that Cedric is a threat if he's on the side of the royals. It's the fact that he's the Enchancian royal sorcerer.

The whole anti-royal thing he's on about is bait. All of it. He's not just manipulating Cedric, he's manipulating all of them. They're all pawns in his game. What does he care about how royals treat royal sorcerers? He's not a royal sorcerer himself (neither are some of the other members of his group, but as I said, he manipulated them too by giving them a target to direct their anger at). He doesn't care about what the royals think. He just wants power.

Of course, taking over all the kingdoms himself would be somewhat tedious. So instead, he brought these sorcerers to do his dirty work for him quick and easy.

@shychick-52

[the-gayest-show]

Favourite and least favourite character(s) in Sofia the First?

Favorite: Cedric (that one was obvious but I digress) but also Amber, Sofia, Vivian, and Miranda

Least Favorite: King Roland (I am conflicted abt bro), Vor (she was SUCH a mid villain bro), and Goodwyn the Great.

[majoresca]

[shychick-52]

Man, how much more sense would it have made if Grimtrix was the main villain of s4 (with Morgana as his second-in-command, maybe), with 'Day of the Sorcerers' being just the start?

Like, his ambition for wizards (namely himself) to rule the world wouldn't have changed. I mean, 'Day of the Sorcerers' as the first episode of s4 (which was, in many ways, a continuation of the late s3 episode 'Hexley Hall') felt like it was setting the stage for the rest of the last season in both tone and stakes! So much important stuff happened in DotS!!

After 'Day of the Sorcerers', Grimtrix could have broken out of prison and sought revenge against Sofia and the traitorous Cedric, like in my story.

And then in the finale, the fate of the world would have still been in more danger than ever from the power-hungry Grimtrix, just like it was in canon from Vor.

And in 'In Cedric We Trust', Wormwood could have joined Grimtrix instead of Prisma (and his familiar, Wrigley the weasel, would have been like "Welcome to the winning side, Wormy, old chum"... or maybe she would have been jealous of her master's new companion).

I wish they had done that instead of the whole Protector/Mystic Isles arc. Plus, Cedric probably would have been a lot more involved in the season!

@bettathanyou @fantadym

[mushroomsie224]

Cool theory! I hc that Prank Day is an older tradition than Grimtrix, but Grimtrix of course encouraged it, especially the more elaborate and dangerous pranks. Cedric doesn't want to stop the Hexley Hall prankers at first because he assumes they'll just do a few harmless pranks, and maybe that was the case back when he was at Hexley Hall, but is not the case anymore thanks to Grimtrix's encouragement.

The fairies say that they will report the students to the headmaster of Hexley Hall, which may mean that in the past students did get consequences if their pranks went too far. But ever since Grimtrix became headmaster, he doesn't actually give consequences anymore, and ever since then, the pranks have been becoming more elaborate.

@shychick-52

Substitute Cedric is the next episode I plan to watch, and it just occurred to me that MAYBE Grimtrix is behind Prank Day because he secretly detests royals.

[sweetmariihs2]

If Cedric's experience at Hexley Hall was bad, why does he talks so fondly of it?

Watching the Hexley Hall episode recently, I noticed that Cedric seems proud of his old school and says a lot of good stuff about it to Sofia.

When they're arriving at Hexley Hall, Cedric sighs and says "Oh, Hexley Hall, my old sorcering grounds. I learned everything I know about magic behind these walls" with a huge smile in his face. He doesn't seem uncomfortable or anything, in fact, he seems quite happy for being there, walking proudly through the corridors.

When they enter the Hexley Hall, Sofia says "I've never seen a school like this. It's like Royal Prep, only..." and Cedric interrupts, saying "...Better. Much, much better."

In other episode, one that happened in the second season, "Substitute Cedric", Cedric also speaks fondly of his old school and the old tradition that they had, the prank day.

Which means: Cedric is really proud and nostalgic about Hexley Hall and the time he spent there.

But as we know, Cedric was constantly mistreated during his whole life, more specifically after the incident at Cordelia's birthday, where he was certainly less than 10 years old.

As we see Cedric growing up, during the "My Evil Dreams" song, we see that he was mistreated at his school too, and it seems like he grew different and an "outcast" based on his looks during his teenage years and adulthood, being constantly mocked by people.

At the song "The Sorcerer's Secret", he shows us that he was bad at magic when he was little (probably due to his lack of self confidence! because the spell he performed at Cordelia's birthday was said to be advanced for his age and he did it effortlessly). He needed a teacher's help to finally learn magic properly.

I don't need to describe it fully here, as you are already familiar with this story, but Cedric was mistreated (by parents, sister, the king (who was his childhood friend), the people in the castle, classmates, apparently other sorcerers at his sister's birthday), excluded, didn't have many friends, was lonely, bitter, and "looked weird" as it's implied. His reputation was terrible.

Still in the episode "Substitute Cedric", Hexley Hall students see him and say something like "at least you're not worse than that Cedric guy in Enchancia", and he says "I AM that Cedric guy in Enchancia!", which means that:

his reputation is bad around the whole EverRealm

his reputation is bad as an old student at Hexley Hall

both (the most realistic option)

If he's seen as a bungler EVEN in Hexley Hall, that means that people weren't so kind to him back then. It only reinforces the scenes that play durying the My Evil Dreams song.

The only characters we know that he knew during his time at Hexley Hall are Grimtrix and Greylock.

His experience with Grimtrix: He couldn't stand Grimtrix. He thought he was annoying, known for being too nice. In my opinion, it seems that Grimtrix gained people's attention for his false kindness, and Cedric was the opposite of that, despised and excluded, even before Grimtrix turned evil.

His experience with Greylock: He also found him annoying. Always getting his name wrong, and apparently they have class reunions from time to time, and Greylock annoys him about his hair, with jokes, getting his name wrong and everything. Cedric's memories of Greylock are also not good. Now they're friends, but I'm talking about back then.

Cedric's experience in Hexley Hall:

Difficulty to make spells, being known as a bungler, stupid, or similar adjectives

Lack of self confidence

Being severely bullied by groups of other people/students

Growing up as an "outcast"

He had bad experiences with Greylock and Grimtrix (the only people he knew that were studying there at that time)

It seems like his experience in Hexley Hall and in his childhood/teenage years weren't good... but why does he feel proud and nostalgic about them? About his school?

Perhaps it's because of that teacher, because the teacher helped him and everything. But honestly, I studied in the same school since 1st grade to 9th grade (6 years to 14 years), was bullied by the whole class, only had one friend, I didn't felt part of the class and I felt unmotivated with my studies so I was the worst in the class, people spoke that way about me, I basically lived like Cedric for a long time 💀 I'm still the black sheep in the family. And recently, because of my artistic skills, the new principal of this school asked me to do something for her, and I had to walk all those hallways to her principal room. The memories were bad, I felt bad, I felt strange for a long time after I left. That period of my life literally shaped my personality today, and most of the teachers weren't mean with me, so how the hell does Cedric feels proud of Hexley Hall?!? I only speak badly of the period I studied at my old school and the school management's lack of concern in dealing with bullying. (Don't need to worry, I'm much better now and have already overcome much of it)

Maybe the writters didn't went through something like that, or idk, Cedric probably has his reasons

@mushroomsie224 @majoresca @shychick-52

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Sofia The First/Elena Of Avalor- Incorrect Quotes

Amber: What happened?

James: (looking a mess) Nobody died!

Amber: James, what kind of answer is that?

. . .

Amber: Cedric, you're smiling. Did something happen?

Cedric: Can't I just smile because I feel like it?

Sofia: Grimtrix tripped and fell in the courtyard.

. . .

(Imagine them in modern day)

Sofia: Ok, you will never guess what happened.

Orion: What?

Sofia: So Crysta and I were crossing the street and someone honked at us.

Orion: And what did Crysta do?

Sofia: She chased the guy to the next stoplight, reached though his window and-

Crysta: (leaning on Sofia's shoulder) Who wants a steering wheel?!

. . .

Elena: Did you eat dinner?

Esteban: Of course I did, I had a salad.

Esteban: A fruit salad actually.

Esteban: It was mostly grapes.

Esteban: Ok, all grapes.

Elena: (glares)

Esteban: Eh, fermented grapes.

Esteban:

Esteban: I had wine for dinner.

. . .

Naomi: Are you mad?

Gabe: No

Naomi: So sharpening your sword at 3am is a hobby?

. . .

Elena: We just got a letter, we just got a letter. We just got a letter, wonder who it's from.

Letter: Carla is flirting with Mateo. Thought this was the best way to tell you -Gabe

Elena:

Elena: We are gonna go murder (dress glows orange) we are gonna go murder.