#kainesplaining

[kainereee]

I'm not as big into twst anymore unfortunately but I will always have a soft spot for leovil and talking ab it w my close friend <3 sparked some points of elaboration I wish I could have explored w them more

I think they're a well-suited pair. In the one sense, they contrast just right in a way that can push and drive each other forward. The obvious is the way that Vil is someone whose way of showing love essentially is making you the best kind of person you can be. I can't pick any moments off the top of my head but Vil is someone who can drive Leona to look in different directions where the path he originally sought was closed off. Vil is someone undeterred by failure on the whole — it is not a road block but a stepping stone for him. And I think being around energy like that can really help someone like Leona.

I say drive each other specifically because I think Leona would be good for Vil in two senses. First, I think he could get Vil to chill tf out LMFAO. As admirable as Vil's drive and ambition is, like anything in life, in excess it can get self-destructive. While Leona isn't a self-help advocate per say and his nonchalance is formed from a place of lethargy, I still think having someone to pull you back when you're pushing yourself too far is nice. In the second sense, I think that Leona would be good for Vil because he doesn't give him pretty words. Vil is incredible, Vil is one of the best if not the best — but sometimes when you reach the top it can be hard to find ways to continue to improve. You face a plateau of sorts which can be frustrating. And if everyone is telling you you're beautiful, gorgeous, amazing, talented wonderful all the time ( which he is ) then that can only add to it. Of course there's Rook who keeps a critical eye, but to have someone to butt heads with and challenge you is also something I feel like Vil would find important.

With all these positives though I think there should be something said about the ways it could all go wrong ofc, and I quite enjoy the concept of leovil being together in the 1st year and having a messy divorce where they now share custody of Epel /lhj

I think there's something to be said about being in a relationship with people with depression. And I don't mean this in the sense people with mental health issues can't be in relationships because that would be ridiculous to say, but if they can be debilitating to a person of course they're going to affect parts of the relationship. Like I said earlier, I think Vil's love language is helping you to become the best person you can be. I think when they were together this would be something Vil would do for Leona in his own way — not in the sense of coddling him, because Vil is a tough love kinda gal. But it's difficult to help someone who does not let you help them/has difficulty with you helping them. Not only that but in the general sense it can be heartbreaking to see someone you love and care for slowly debilitate over time and it seems like there's nothing you can do for them.

On the flip side of this, I think Vil's pushing would be a point of contention for Leona. This isn't to say that Vil isn't understanding and wouldn't try to understand at times, but Vil is very much a tough love person. Vil gives me the impression that where you have a problem with your life the first step to achieving happiness is fixing it. Dwelling on failure and the past will do you no good and while this is true I think sometimes Leona doesn't want a solution. I think sometimes you just want someone to hear you, to listen to you. And sometimes even when the solution is so clear depression makes it so you just can't. You can't do it. It's not a matter of you being weaker or less capable but it is still a mental illness and it can be devastating.

Anyways I just think leovil are super neat and I think that leona is vil's babygirl who wants arms to curl up into in the dark of night as to not be alone with his thoughts <33 he'd also make a great housewife imo but that's not relevant

[kainereee]

I post a lot of baiphemeral but I never quite elaborate on them.

The basis of them was literally when my friend pulled bai ze randomly and I wanted to see so we stood them text to each other in my lobby and we both kept being like "yeah they look sooo pretty together!"/"they'd be such good friends 🫶🏽"

One bound by duty and the other doomed by the narrative. Bai Ze bears the weight of the only lady of the Bai family to be appointed as the guardian of the scroll. In the same vain how her parents gave their lives for justice, she carries on their legacy to do the same. Ephemeral is a celestial of rain and fortune residing on the mountain. Of course the light she uses to guide people through the forest in coveted. In my reading of the event (which takes various creative liberties LMAO) she's the mountain God they speak of that was sealed away into the mountain, presumably by the Lotus Clan Master Yin Yang belong to as a result of the dynasties Emperor's influence who was obsessed with finding immortality. Once her light guided people through the forest, now all that's left is the heavy fog left by her misery and her blood left deep in the soil of the mountain.

Bai Ze and Ephemeral had an unspoken love for each other. There was a silent understanding between them even before the Battle of Changchuan that there was little space in their lives to be leave room for the ties between them — Bai Ze's duty unrelenting, Ephemeral who in herself would become only a fleeting moment in time.

But there was love, and they let it settle, they let it make its home within each other, even if the path it came from was lined in bloodshed.