#messy queen

[linka-from-captain-planet]

since evidently this won't come up in DAV, my personal headcanon is that reconciled Celene and Briala were too busy fucking to show up in Trespasser specifically because they were having a sort of last hurrah before operationalizing the next necessary phase in Celene's rule: producing a legitimate heir

Celene avoided it for literal decades, but following the civil war and with the impending change in the Inquisition, and considering her age, it was just not something she could put off any longer if she wanted to preserve the Valmont line and her own legacy

(and it helps now that her relationship with Briala is more or less secure, so she doesn't feel as desperately clingy)

for her husband, I draft the late Duke Bastien's son, Laurent de Ghislain. As a Duke, the new head of the Council of Heralds, and a devout Andrastian, he's a suitably illustrious partner for an Empress but more importantly: the messiness. His elder sister, Calienne, was Gaspard's wife who murdered Celene's mother, and then took Celene's father out with her when Celene's father murdered her in retaliation. It feels very Orlesian and also makes Vivienne Celene's quasi mother-in-law, which is very fun for me

They manage to produce an heir in pretty short order and it's all Court Approval +10000 until - the second Celene finally fulfills her 'obligation' to the throne and is finally theoretically allowed to be publicly lesbian - Briala arrives at the child's christening with her hand on Celene's ass, pushing the pram, and the crier announces her as "Marquise of the Dales, Mistress to the Empress of Orlais" and it's like [Everyone disliked that]

[visualizingmyfuture]

not to get political, but...

[rann-poisoncage]

[lenarose6]

this

[rayroseu]

"Because i want you to live a long and happy life"

[queen-lance]

[that-scorpio]

💛💛

[scorpiomoondoll]

[sully-s]

Oliver: Collage really does change people huh. ____ I just love the idea of Oliver being baffled by playboy Brucie when all he knew about him is that playground weirdo who never stop talking about forensics and constantly got his ass kicked by kids who picked on him before he got expelled from their school.

[the-phantom-peach]

something i was working on was not panning out the way I wanted so i post miscellaneous zelda scribbles instead :)

[tharkflark1]

drawn out plot points for the au/crossover ill never write sjhkdshkhf

[witchstormm]

Perkins sisters things...

[sherurose]

Armand and Daniel's adventures in 'The story of Daniel, the Devil's Minion or the Boy from Interview with the Vampire.'

[stargirlanthem]

[urdeadsweetheart]

Winter’s coming in the air tonight