#probably partly or mainly wille pov

[oneofthosebells]

Not managed to pull anything proper together yet for Wille's month, but the Day 11 prompt (Future), reminded me of a crack fic idea I kind of really want to write one day...

Erik gets a vision of his own future somehow (psychic, witch, friendly angel, take your pick) shortly before parents' weekend and the car crash. But it's a limited vision; he gets flashes of his own death, the funeral, the video leak, Simon breaking up with Wille - twice - and lots of flashes of Wille suffering and heartbroken. Disturbed by the vision, Erik drives (slowly and carefully for once) to Hillerska for parents' day where he quickly sees that Wille is head over heels for Simon.

So, of course, he asks his good pal August to give him the lowdown on Simon, and August is more than happy to badmouth the rude, money-grubbing little commoner who shows no respect for his social betters and isn't at all a suitable friend for a prince. And Erik realises that not only was his vision of the future true and that Simon is going to break his little brother's heart, but that it must be Simon who leaks the video, for money or fame.

So Erik, with August's eager help, sets out to get rid of Simon any way they can. But every plan fails. Because they hadn't reckoned with just how far Wille would go to protect Simon and prevent him being kicked out of Hillerska. Wille calls his brother in an outrage that August is trying to get Simon expelled for dealing drugs?! And how DARE he when it was all August's fault in the first place, and he's never actually paid Simon for any of it, and can Erik throw some royal weight around and back Wille up in proving Simon's innocence and getting August expelled instead please? Because they can claim August is just blaming Simon to cover up his own misdeeds in stealing/buying ADHD meds from other students. [Sara can testify August tried to buy meds from her, and there's no actual evidence of Simon's involvement as no money has exchanged hands and there's no second lot of meds with Micke's name on in this timeline]. Erik can't tell Wille he's not on Simon's side, and to his horror, there's enough evidence against August on top of unpaid tuition fees to get him kicked out.

The weeks/months go by and Erik gets more and more desperate without his mole on the inside - because Wille seems blissfully in love and happier than he's ever been whenever he speaks to him, but Erik knows Simon's going to break his heart, he's seen it. And he knows for definite that Simon is a wrong 'un - he got August expelled! He's anti-monarchy and a socialist! He's clearly a bad influence!

Then one day, Wille calls him upset because he had a big row with Simon, and maybe they are just too different to make it work, and he thinks this is it, they've broken up - but then Erik's hopes are dashed when Wille calls him happily the next day to tell him actually they've sorted everything out again.

Erik's frustrated and desperate and maybe losing the plot a little bit by now because he's been obsessed with ending this relationship for so long now he's almost forgotten the original reasons why. But he does remember the one thing from his vision that would definitely break them up - the video leak. Erik doesn't have a video, but he does have revealing photos - (probably August took them, haven't quite worked out the details of that one yet) - and as Erik's obsession with getting rid of Simon at any cost reaches a peak, he clicks send on the anonymous tip off to a journalist...

(@youngroyals-events)

[ymawgat]

Knight Radiant Classpects

Kaladin - Sylph of Breath

Breath is apparently about leadership through example - something the Kaladin embodies almost perfectly. In addition to this Kaladin also very much embodies the expansive, “spirited” facet that is often speculated to be a part of Breath.

I’ve put Kaladin as a Sylph partly because he’s still a surgeon in some ways (and the Sylph is a healer class), and partly because out of all the classes Sylph’s are the ones who seem to have interest in/care about others the most.

(also imo this would be his troll sign)

Shallan - Knight of Hope

In general Shallan lies in two ways. The first way is that she uses denial to protect herself from painful memories and creates false personalities. I think that this is very expressive of the Knight class, since if there’s anything that the canonical Knights have in common it’s a false personality/emotional facade that they use bury their trauma.

The second kind of “lie” Shallan tells is much more positive: Shallan inspires people to be better versions of themself by showing them their potential (specifically using drawings of who they could be), and I don’t think their is an aspect that fits this better than Hope. Not only is hope probably the best aspect for artists of all kinds, but it very well represents the kind of “lie a better future into existence” ethos Lightweavers are meant to follow.

(also imo this could be her troll sign, but I’m not too confident on this one)

Dalinar - Heir of Blood

Blood is the aspect of bonds, which fits Dalinar’s order very well, but blood is also about tenacity and sheer force of will, and as such represents Dalinar throughout his life.

Heir is harder to articulate. Part of my belief that Dalinar is an Heir comes from the fact he is already very combatively strong from the first point we see him chronologically (similar to how Equius and John are strong from the beginning/get strong very very quickly). Another part of it is that Dalinar has “inherited” some things from other people - he inherits “the way of kings”, his highstorm visions, and the Alethi codes of war from his brother, and it’s possible he will inherit the shard of honour.

(imo this would be Dalinar’s troll sign)

Eshonai - Page of Heart

Eshonai’s struggle is ultimately a fight for herself - and is therefore one of Heart. She constantly worries about the how the different forms affect thinking, cautioning Venli about this, disapproving of how different mateforms are (and avoiding matespren for this reason), and hating warform for how it affects her. Tragically she takes on stormform (before Brandon lies and says she dies) and loses herself almost entirely.

Page is another class that is hard to articulate my reasoning for. I think part of it his that I can’t honestly believe that what we see in oathbringer is the end of her arc, but part of it is that the young Eshonai does seem to have a Page like optimism?

(I think this might be Eshonai’s troll sign)

Szeth - Mage/Maid of Rage

Apparently Rage is about preferring truth to stability, and Szeth’s arc going forward (and Nale’s, incidentally) seems to be very much about rejecting the false belief/legal system of stone shamanism in service of the truth, and before that Szeth was known as “truthless”. 

I say Mage mainly because Szeth was apparently trained with all ten surges? This makes him very knowledgeable which is about the only thing thing we know about mages, but he could also fit the Maid class if you’re willing to subscribe to the theory that Maid’s suffer through their aspect and most of the other classes were taken by the other characters so...

(imo this would be Szeth’s troll sign)

Jasnah - Witch of Light

Light seems obvious for Jasnah, as she is the archetypal knowledge seeker, to the point where even her spren is based around the concept of ink. Even beyond knowledge Jasnah is said to have a “flair for the dramatic” and if there is one thing that binds together Rose, Vriska, and Aranea is dramatism.

I say that Jasnah is a Witch because of the mystery and reputation that surrounds her. In canon Witches are very clearly separated from their peers by their knowledge and background. Jade is the clearest example of this in that she has so much more plot relevant information John starts calling her psychic, but I can also very easily see Feferi and Damara’s friends viewing them as “different” because of their backgrounds.

(imo this would be Jasnah’s troll sign)

Renarin - Seer of Mind

Renarin’s powers already make him an archetypal role of the Seer, but more than anything I think he’s almost defined by his knowledge in some ways. I’ll admit I’m more sceptical about this assignment, and I can also sort of see Renarin as a Page, but I like Seer more for Renarin and can rationalise him as being a sort of “reluctant Seer”.

Mind also feels like a bad fit, but we’re told in Adolin’s pov that Renarin takes longer to consider the words he says than most people do, and Ren is also relatively rationally minded.

(imo this could be Ren’s troll sign)

Lift - Rogue of Life

I’m pretty much convinced by the idea Lift is a Rogue. Across every canon example every Rogue’s greatest flaws are their unwillingness to face their problems head on and their tendency to avoid difficult conversations. Lift fulfils this very well, both in that she never stays in one place and gets attached, and in that she would rather stay the same age forever than face the future. Also she’s a thief. So there’s that.

Life is the aspect of healing, and apparently heroes of Life are also great listeners, making it almost the perfect aspect of an Edgedancer. Finally it’s speculated that Life is represented in comic by food, which also represents Lift.

(imo this would be Lift’s troll sign)