"oh, edie! aren't you a vision!" their leader looks every inch a princess in that stunning ballgown of hers — a crimson-colored masterpiece exuding indisputable regality, adorned with all those glittering embellishments...goodness. it really does suits someone as illustrious as her edelgard.
dorothea lets out a happy hum as she loops her arm through the other's, stifling a pleased giggle behind a gloved hand. "we almost match, you and i! and to think it happened without us even trying. i wonder what that says about our friendship?"
in her free hand, something jingles delicately. the songstress's fingers unfurl to reveal a small bell, which she now offers to the princess with a radiant smile. "will you accept?"
It is the reds of Dorothea's dress— the jewelry and drawing display— that are sure to sparkle amidst the twinkling chandelier encasing the room in its glow. A semblance of merriment grows to sit comfortably onto the Adrestian heir. The two complement each other well, garnering an airy laugh from pink lips as the words leave freely.
"That we do. It goes to show that the bonds between you and I are unbreakable." As their arms intertwine, she keeps herself poised while her facing shifts ever-so upwards: "Were it not for you finding me first, no doubt would I have said the very same." Spoken differently, perhaps.
Wordlessly, Edelgard casts her fingers towards the airiness of her black feather and places it in the palm of her friend. Light in weight, heavy in feeling. The eagle's wings soar in the most unexpected of moments.
"I would never decline."
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I can’t stop thinking about Remus representing jealousy and envy, in the same way Roman isn’t just creativity, he’s also ego, pride, and passion. It always felt a little lopsided to me that they were halves a whole, and yet Roman has all this extra stuff. But what if Remus has some extra stuff of his own, things that mirror Roman’s extra stuff.
Consider the feeling you get when you work very hard on something creative, something you’re proud of, only for your work to be passed over for someone else. Consider the envy you might feel when someone else succeeds in the same area you wish you could. Even when it’s a friend, someone you care about, that feeling creeps up sometimes. Don’t you deserve the recognition just as much as they do, if not more? Or maybe, they made something better than you, and you wish it was yours. Either way, that’s envy. Wanting something someone else has.
Alternatively, consider jealousy, in a romantic sense. The moments when your partner seems to click with someone else, or someone flirts with them, or they’re just plain spending more time with other people than you. It happens, it’s normal. But you can’t help that niggling sense of jealousy in the back of your mind, fueled by insecurity and fear of losing the one you love, that some might take what’s yours away from you. Maybe you imagine in great detail what they’re doing right now, or any number of scenarios in which they leave you or cheat on you. You know you’re being irrational, but even so it’s hard to put those thoughts to rest.
In both cases, these aren’t wanted feelings, but they’re there anyway, a lot like intrusive thoughts (and in fact in some situations they can be a form of intrusive thought!), and they’re also both extensions of things that Roman represents. Envy and jealousy are both forms of desire tempered with ego and insecurity.
So, where Roman is pride in your work, and desire and passion for your partner, and Remus is wondering why someone else got rewarded for their work and you didn't, and the fear someone will take away the one you love.
In other words, Remus makes you green with envy.
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