#lillinel

[jor-elsemissary]

Okay so can we include this into Pirate Lionel lore?

It has in a way. Lillian and Martha will be reborn every century unless he finds a way to have them follow him through the ages. He won’t find them every time though. He’s missed them at least once already.

[emerald-worldsfinest]

Lillian *in the middle of talking*: …because my husband…

Morgan *popping out of nowhere*: our husband

[umbralreactor]

Bermuda Triangle Coral Stride

Chouchou Headliner, Labria: G-Persona, so you can use it twice at most, but you'd probably only use it once. Not terrible, and you can't get full performance out of it because you aren't using Chouchous, but I could see an argument for "if you have a hand ful of garbage, this lets you send it back to the deck and try again." Not compelling enough for me to use this, mind you, but it's there.

Chouchou, Lillinel: On hit, pick a rearguard and you can either bounce it, or send it to the bottom of the deck and draw two cards. Not terrible, but you can't get full value since Chouchous typically give you benefits when they Gear Chronicle themselves and we don't have those here. Plus, the most likely use case for the non-Coral strides in this deck is "I ran out of Corals," in which case it's probably late enough in the game that an on-hit threat from your vanguard is meaningless, because they can't afford to let it hit anyway. Pass.

Duo Idol Emperal, Kuna: On hit, show your opponent two cards, get a second copy of one of them. You aren't going to get the countercharge because you don't have room to get enough Duos to make it remotely reliable, but it can be nice to provide some on-hit threat and maybe clone a card. But Kuna's on-hit isn't much of a threat for the same reason that Lillinel's isn't, so it gets the same verdict.

Festal Final, Final Priscilla: The GB8 finisher. Depending on how many Corals you have in the soul, it is entirely possible for this to not be as good as Frontier Star Coral, but if you already used those up, and are in GB8, this can work quite well. If your cards do stuff when you call them, so much the better!

Fluffy Ribbon, Somni: On hit, bounce something and call something and give it +3k. But it has the same problem Lillinel and Kuna, so Somni gets to hang out with them in the Not Included In This Deck Club.

Legend of the Glass Shoe, Amoris: On stride, bounce two. Boring and not super relevant.

Lucky Rise, Elprina: Basically Amoris. The bad news is that you have to pay for it via SB1, the good news is that because it's an ACT and not an AUTO, you can get some use out of it even if you stride into it with an empty field. Unfortunately, it has the same "bouncing stuff is not super relevant" issue that Amoris does.

Perfect Performance, Ange: This one is a little more expensive at CB2, but hell, you can afford it. It also has a nice use in that it lets you get around Lock, because it lets you bounce stuff in anything other than the vanguard circle, which means you can bounce stuff in locked circles. Plus it can swing for titanic numbers, and it'll probably get a bonus drive check to boot. Also worth noting is that this one actually has GB2, and of the Strides under considearation, this is the only one that does.

School Etoile, Olyvia: This was printed back when putting actual Generation Break icons on strides wasn't done for some reason, so even though this is basically GB2, it doesn't say GB2, so Layla won't give her another critical. Anyway, as for its merits, I think that in the context of this deck, it's a less good Frontier Star. Frontier Star powers herself up, lets you call two cards anywhere you want, soul charges, can flip anything it wants, is more flexible in what it lets you bounce, and is compatible with Aurora's stride skill. Which is not to say that Olyvia has no point, mind you, because Frontier Star won't put in full work if you didn't flip a Frontier Star via other methods already. So if your opponent gets the first Stride and you G-Guard, you can go into Olyvia right away, when the critical is relevant, and quality of hit still matters. This will slow down going into Frontier Star, though, so it's a judgement call if you want to do this, or even run the card at all.

Okay, so those are the relevant Bermuda strides. But that's not all the relevant strides period, because there's the Cray Elementals, and of course the Ultimate Stride. Megiddo is pretty good in the right deck, but I think it needs to be a deck that gives some sort of relevant stride bonus. Without that, then the best case scenario you're going for is "vanguard swings for 36k, then you get five rearguard attacks for 16k each (plus whatever triggers you got)." Which is nice, but again, Frontier over Aurora can pull that off pretty well, and it doesn't nuke your G-Zone in the process. Megiddo lets you call from the drop zone, but overall I don't think it's worth it in this deck. So let's move on to the Cray Elementals, once more skipping the irrelevant ones, but there's only four so I won't do the whole list thing. Heat Element, Merindol is an okay substitute if you can't get Arcadia Star Coral, Air Element, Sebreeze doesn't matter because even if the upcoming change to how Stride works didn't make it irrelevant this deck has nothing with Generation Break in it anyway, Miracle Element, Atmos should be skipped because if you've got Corals you should use them, and if you've already used them up then you should be using Snow Element, Blizza to swing for titanic numbers (and Blizza can also be a passable desperation "flip a Frontier Star" card, although you can just use a friggin' Frontier Star when you get down to it). Obviously, that's only twelve cards, so that means there's four left, which obviously are going to be the G-Guards. There's six to choose from (actually eight, but two of them require Chouchous we don't have), so let's get on with the list.

Blessed Sparkle, Sandy: The Super G-Guard, and it has an associated heal trigger, so I guess if you're using that heal may as well use this, maybe? It can guard for huge, but you have to be in GB1 and flip another G-Guard face up, so unless you're using Luxury Wave, Elly (or reasonably confident you won't be using all your G-Guards), I'd be careful with this one. Big guarding, though.

Chouchou, Palffy: A standard "hit the condition, get +5k shield" card, only notable because the condition is "have three or more cards in hand" and it came out well after the first wave of G-Guards. Pretty solid, and probably worth using, because Coral's got more drawing power than you'd think.

Hand in Hand, Leona: Bounce something, call something to guard, and if it's the same name as what you bounced then it gets +5k shield. I could see running it if you think you'll be calling triggers, or if you want to get extra guard value out of your interceptors, or heck, even use it to get some defense out of grade 3s. On the whole, though, I'm kind of eh.

Highest Society, Citron: Throw down a G1 or G0 and this guards for 25k instead of 15k, so it's pretty nice if you don't have a perfect guard but do have a fistful of triggers, or if there's some effect preventing the use of perfect guards.

Luxury Wave, Elly: The fact that this gets bigger with every sentinel and copy of itself makes me think it's meant for use with Transcend Idol, Aqua. The fact that you can SB1 to turn it face down after use makes me think it's also meant for use with Attractive Glow, Sandy, the grade 2 that can be pitched as a heal to G-Guard. We're using Aqua, but not Sandy. So I think this one is pretty nice, although the "turn it face down" part is probably not going to see much use, unless you're running Sandy as a G-Guard.

Sailor's Medly, Nasha: The original G-Guard. Show something with the same grade as a unit on your field and this gets +5k, which isn't very exciting. How reliable it is compared to Palffy is up for debate, though, because this requires specific cards you may not have, and Palffy requires you to have three cards and you may not, so eh.

So, what G-Guards to use? You can just roll with whatever's on hand, but if you're looking for something specific, I'd lean towards Elly, with maybe a Sandy. But if you're doing this, I'd say that Elly should be either "three with a Sandy," "four of it," or "don't bother." She benefits from multiples of herself, after all. So here's the deck, then.

4 x Aurora Star, Coral (Stride Bonus version)

4 x Shangri-La Star, Coral

4 x Shiny Star, Coral

4 x Active Pink, Larana

3 x Light Blue Heartbeat, Myrtoa

4 x Fresh Star, Coral

6 x Transcend Idol, Aqua

4 x Admire Successor, Lyrica

4 x Little Pride, Honoka

4 x Chouchou, Roberta

4 x critical of your choice

4 x Chouchou, Milena if you can swing it, but any heal will do.

1 x Angelic Star, Coral

And for the G-Zone, we've got:

4 x Arcadia Star, Coral

4 x Frontier Star, Coral

1 x Perfect Performance, Ange

1 x Festal Finale, Final Priscilla

2 x School Etoile, Olyvia

4 x Luxury Wave, Elly

And that's how and why I rebuilt my Coral deck. Pretty different from the last one, eh?

[deepfriedthingsstuff]

~ Antlers ~ 

Cartographer / Scout / Archer

(Some backstory below the read-more)

         Ela “Antlers” Lintier is a kind yet clumsy scout looking to explore anything she can reach on hooves, and beyond. Born as a normal fawn to a rather large herd of reindeer, Ela always had a penchant for wandering and most often getting lost. As she grew she became more attached to the majicks of Wyrden and through them she transcended her more limited form in exchange for one that better suited her wanderlust. As a first generation beast-being, Ela shows a bit more of her base species than other beast-folk of later generations, such as Josalynn or Xi Ling. Her roaming brought her into contact with Queen Lillinelles kingdom where she found purpose in the art of map making and was given an escort to continue her exploration. With her guardian Josalynn she set out into the wilds with the goal of treading across the entire plane. She does her best to help anyone she encounters and tries her best to avoid combat, which is rather difficult considering where her travels bring her. Unfortunately she also has a knack for forgetting any useful maps she has found or made when setting out, such as bringing an oceanic map when setting out for a mountainous landscape.  Despite any trouble she maintains an upbeat attitude and optimistic viewpoint on life, quite often endearing herself to those around her (even leading Xi Ling to joining her party).

[emerald-worldsfinest]

Lionel’s lovers-I love you, I’m sorry

[jor-elsemissary]

Dreaming.

Dreaming

He had noticed that his dreams these days were of darkness and sound, sometimes texture and blotches of color. Of the few times he actually, truly dreamed, his memory would superimpose people he has known and met over the people he has never seen or could remember.

Like Martha.

Lillian would take her place in his dreams sometimes. She would have Martha’s voice and sense of humor, but it was always Lillian’s face. He tried so hard to remember what she looked like and he could never picture anything but Lillian.

What did that say about his feelings for Martha?

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Scorn

The doctor was baffled. He could hear him talking to his wife, telling her that he should not have survived.

What had she done to him?

He must have made a noise because someone was leaning over him, shining a painful light into his eyes. “Mister Luthor?” the man called to him and his sight finally focused on a man in teal scrubs.

“Wh…?” his throat was on fire and he was having trouble breathing.

“Lionel,” the doctor adjusted something and he could breath more easily, “you were exposed to a large dose of cyanide.”

Poison. A scorned woman’s weapon.

[jor-elsemissary]

Pirate Lionel

Wedding

Wedding

Lionel stared at his bride-to-be as she was escorted down the aisle by her father. When she arrived, Lillian reached up to brush an imaginary lint from his lapel and gave him a smile, “You look dashing.”

A slight frown threatened to replace his own as a memory of his past came forth. They had been in a chapel in Metropolis, he in his pirate regalia and she in a simple gown.

She had called him dashing then too.

“Is something wrong?” Lillian quietly asked.

He shook his head. “No. I am just in awe of your beauty,” he lied.

[jor-elsemissary]

Pirate!Lionel Verse - 100 Word Drabbles

Lionel Luthor wasn’t always a shrewd and ruthless businessman. Once upon a time he had been the Dread Pirate Captain Leonel “Blackmane” Luthor until he had been betrayed, murdered, and resurrected.

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18th Century

Martha - Leonel parlays with a pirate’s daughter

Cook - The ship’s cook isn’t happy about being replaced

Bed - Leonel admires the beauty in his bed

Kiss - Martha convinces him to return home

Snow - Martha mutinies as winter falls

Chance - He'll risk everything to save her

Tomorrow - Leonel suffers in Davy Jones’ Locker

Kneel - He makes a bargain with a goddess

Orchestra - Leonel discovers opera for the first time

20th Century

Wedding - Lionel marries Lillian again

Unwritten - Lionel tells Lex a bedtime story about a pirate

Earth - A 6 year old Lex is digging for treasure

Treasure - Lionel can only blame himself for this behavior

Yesterday - He wonders if the past should be left behind

Poison - Lillian is protecting her remaining son

Scorn - Lionel survives being poisoned

Sail - Lex discovers a hidden talent of his father’s

21st Century

Today - Lex confronts his father about the truth