#maybe I should've spaced these out but I'm really feelin it

[pennumbra]

Brotherhood HCs - Part TWO

More headcanons about the trio and the DK, below the cut for length! 🌓 🌙  🌑

While Corona celebrates the sun, the Dark Kingdom celebrated the moon. Lunar New Year was the biggest holiday, but there were also moon viewing parties and festivals around celestial occurrences like eclipses. DK festivities in times past were less about parties and feasting because resources were scarce, and more about reflection, relationships, and appreciating nature. Traditions include stargazing and storytelling.

When Varian was a child, the bedtime stories Quirin would tell him were often tales from his time as a knight in the Brotherhood with the names and details changed.

Quirin also continued to practice his swordsmanship after relocating to Old Corona, even following Varian's birth; training brought him a lot of comfort after his wife passed away. He stopped once Varian started getting older, not wanting him to have any memories of it.

While Adira and Hector are essentially orphans, Quirin comes from lesser nobility and is a distant cousin to King Edmund. This is also one reason why he was put into position to act as a liaison to King Frederic- he has a better understanding of diplomacy and courtly high society than the other two.

Meditation and tai chi are important parts of Adira's daily routine and training, for both physical exercise and mental clarity. Favorite times and places for her routine are just before dawn, in lofty places, and in a light rain. Back in the DK, Quirin occasionally joined her for both these exercises. Hector never had the presence of mind or patience for meditation, seeing it as a waste of time, but would butt in during her tai chi to stretch.

Hector is still one of the few people who knows how to braid and pin Adira's complex hair style. In the absence of a mirror, they also used do each other's face paint.

More of an observation/commentary about his design, but the fur mantle Hector wears serves to make him appear physically bigger and more intimidating, particularly next to his Brotherhood peers. If you look, his boots also have a heel- so he can look taller. An intentional, if not entirely conscious choice on his part.

Passive moonstone exposure can cause physiological mutations, and people in the DK are rarely born with unnatural hair/eye colors due to the proximity- e.x. Hector's eyes, Adira's hair, and Varian's blue streak skipping a generation. Such colorations are considered bad luck among more superstitious DK folk. 

[sluttymickey]

Hey hey!!! Music anon here! Omg, yes starting with your tags, I listened to that song and it’s SO Ian s7, it had me all up in my feels. Just like the rest of these songs 😭

Lost Boy/Blue Moon - Troye Sivan (Recommend listening to these back to back, it really gives me 5x12 Ian —> pre-prison Ian)

This is gonna out me as a former 1D stan but, alas:

Always You/Habit - Louis Tomlinson (It was always Mickey, Ian/ Ian is the habit Mickey can’t break)

What a Time - Julia Michaels ft. Niall Horan (just, oof)

I Won’t Mind - Zayn (Baby secret boyfriend Ian)

Matilda - Harry Styles (Not even joking, I get so fucking emotional if I think about Ian showing or singing this song to Mickey)

This one was a bit angsty so here’s one last one to make you smile:

She’s So Mean - Matchbox 20 (Mickey: “You say that again I’ll rip your tongue out of your head” Ian: 😏🥰)

Omg Music Anon HIIIIIII!!! I've missed you!!🥺

(I truly thought you got annoyed by me and left ashfgdj I'm so happy to see you back in my inbox 😭)

Putting thoughts under the cut because I have MANY

1. Lost boy:

Omg. Did you know that I was so OBSESSED with this song like, 5(?) years ago?? Not just this song, the entire Troye Sivan discography from back then. I'm gonna listen to Blue Neighbourhood on repeat now for a while. Speaking of. It is SUCH A GALLAVICH ALBUM IS IT NOT?

Wild, Bite, Fools, Heaven, for you -> early seasons boyfriends

Blue -> s5 mickey 🥺

Anyway, back to Lost Boy!!

As the smile fell from your face, I fell with it // Our faces blue // There's a heart stain on the carpet // I left it, I left it with you (Porch break up 🥺)

So go, get to runnin', won't you hurry? // While it's light out, while it's early (remember when that post was going about about deleted lines from the porch break up? And ian said something like leave before you get burnt or something like that? Yeah these lyrics remind me of that 🥺)

So what are you waiting for? // Cause someone could love you more // I'm just a lost boy, lost boy (he doesn't want Mickey waiting around for him to do his next crazy shit 😭 (sorry i don't remember the exact dialogue he said))

2. Blue Moon:

Crash and burn is all I know // I think that's why I made you go // Those three words, you were my first

Maybe you were my blue moon // maybe I let go too soon // Running from what could be // so terrified of happy // how did I come to lose // My blue moon

^^ GOD. These lines have got me FUCKED UP. That's him 🥺

3. Always You:

DID YOU KNOW I'M A FORMER 1D STAN TOO? LOUIS WAS MY FAVOURITE 😭

I'm wastin' my time when it was always you, always you // Chasin' the high, but it was always you, always you // Should've never let you go (IAN ABOUT MICKEY YEAH 😭)

4. Habit

I always said that I'd mess up eventually // I told you that, so what did you expect from me? // It shouldn't come as no surprise anymore

You're the habit that I can't break // You're the feelin' I can't put down // You're the shiver that I can't shake // You're the habit that I can't break

You give me the time and the space // I was out of control // And I'm sorry I let you down // I guess that I know what I already knew // I was better with you // And I miss you now

^^ all of these make me think of Mickey thinking about ian in juvie after calling him a warm mouth 🥺

Also, We Made It also makes me think of ian and mickey 🤕

5. What a Time:

Ngl every time i listen to this song i think about s7 gallavich 😭

I think of the night in the park, it was getting dark // And we stayed up for hours // What a time, what a time, what a time

You clinged to my body like you wanted it forever // What a time, what a time, what a time // For you and I

^ mickey in mexico thinking about the night they stargazed 🥺

I know we didn't end it like we're supposed to // And now we get a bit tense // I wonder if my mind just leaves out all the bad parts // I know we didn't make sense

I admit it that I think about it sometimes // Even though I know it's not so distant // Oh, no, I still wanna reminisce it

^^ just. Both of them missing each other after s7 😭

6. I Won't Mind:

'Cause we are who we are // When no one's watching // And right from the start // You know I got you

I won't mind // Even though I know you // You'll never be mine

It hurts my heart to think this but yeah, baby secret boyfriend ian 🥺🥺🥺

7. Matilda

Okay so I heard this song for the first time just now and. Wow. Just. [Sobs violently]

The thought of Mickey getting to hear this. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Like the entire songs, every single one of the lyrics. 😭

But especially, especially, these lines:

Matilda, you talk of the pain like it's all alright //But I know that you feel like a piece of you's dead inside // You showed me a power that is strong enough to bring sun to the darkest days

You can let it go // You can throw a party full of everyone you know // And not invite your family, 'cause they never showed you love // You don't have to be sorry for leaving and growing up

You can let it go // You can throw a party full of everyone you know // You can start a family who will always show you love // You don't have to be sorry, no

Thinking about Mickey listening to this and thinking about his family, about Mickey finding and starting a family of his home, a family that will always love him, and about him never having to be in that kind of pain again. Wow. Once again, excuse me while I- [sobs violently]

8. She's so mean:

Yes!! Mickey's rude but Ian's like 🥰 boyfriend 🥰

And the part about how he'll freak out if ian doesn't shut up and all all he wants is to hold him!! He'll never let him go so true <3