#smart in magic but dumb in basic school things

[musubiki]

better to not ask next time

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Do we know exactly why yuu is called 'trickster'? Pretty dumb question ik I actually don't know if this has been answered alread

The nicknames in TWST are not usually explained. The main exceptions I can think of are “Monsieur Dent-de-Lion” for Ruggie in book 5, “Baby Seal” for Grim in book 4, “Goldfish” for Riddle in Floyd’s School Uniform vignette, and “Crabby” for Ace in the second volume of the light novel. We have to draw on assumptions for basically the rest of them. I’m guessing that “Trickster” is meant to allude to Yuu’s implied strategic nature despite passing off as plain and unassuming by appearance alone.

I believe the closest we get to learning the origins of Yuu’s nickname is in the first Happy Beans Day event; in it, Yuu is part of a ploy to trick the Monster/Beast team in order to seize the golden harp the other team is protecting. However, Rook is calling them Trickster long before the final deception is revealed in chapter 13, in which he remarks that Yuu is truly deserving of the nickname.

The issue I have with it is that I think Yuu has done very little to maintain it 💦 Sometimes Yuu has flashes of intelligence (like realizing that the contracts aren’t invincible). However, outside of the prologue (guiding Grim on where to shoot fire and formulating a plan to take out the OB In the mines) and maybe that small segment in Happy Beans Day (though most of the plan was Jade’s), we rarely ever see Yuu being that much of a tactician or trickster. Rather, they are often strung along on other people’s plans or doing minor or coincidental things (like making noise to prevent Leona from sleeping/stealing the magic carpet and crashing into Octavinelle) to push the narrative along while letting other characters do the Big Brain work for them (it was Leona and/or Azul who actively orchestrated the plots). I guess the argument could be made that maybe Yuu helps in tricking others (Endless Halloween Night, distracting Jamil with board games while Kalim is interrogated in book 4), but it doesn’t come off as a particularly strong or defining trait of theirs if several other characters also engage in the same acts (Floyd, Azul, Malleus, Lilia, etc.) or Yuu had little involvement in planning the deception.

I just think it’s a wasted opportunity to give Yuu such a cool nickname but then never fully commit to showing us why Yuu has “earned” that title. I guess it implies that Rook, who is an observant character, sees more in Yuu than being generically nice or cheering about friendship. However, it rings… somewhat hollow if characters are just saying Yuu is smart (Leona + a few others also have lines that express similar sentiments) or telling Yuu what to do without Yuu actually doing anything smart or actually planning a ploy themselves 😭 It’s “telling” us what Yuu is rather than “showing” us. This is likely done for the self-insert aspect of TWST/to make players feel important, but I don’t think it’s good from an actual writing standpoint.

[yams-here]

So I like thinking about franchises that disappointed me in some way

and after watching too many reviews I redesigned the High guardian spice characters (and thought of how the plot could work way too much)

Rose in this version isn't a complete idiot, and may not be so book smart, but she is very good in combat because she's kind of a fangirl. Like, "she studies attacks and can probably name pretty much every guardian" fangirling. While she is still kind of a dumbass, she's the one that always brings Sage down to earth whenever she gets too stressed. Although she is mostly the source of that stress. Her mom was taken by the rot, but she isn't really sure what it is, so when Thyme mentions it devastating her home she's like "!" so they can actually have something that might bring them together. She decides to take on forging and weapon enchantments so she can have a moment where she steps out of her mom's shadow to do her own thing teehee Sage here is still kind of an ass (her sexist discourse to snap was NOT a Girlboss Moment) but here I think it would be interesting if it was something that other characters think its weird too. Like its a belief ingrained into her together with the more traditional upbringing by her family (thus her only knowing old magic) so it can be part of her character development learning how those thoughts should be changed and that not everyone thinks like that, But she still tries her best to be respectful and kind. (also, her parents sent her to the academy because new magic is VERY new, so the fact that it was being implemented in the curriculum was not widespread, specially in a small town like where she was raised in.) she's an overthinker to the core, so sometimes she needs her friends to calm her down, although sometimes that anxiety is what prepares them for something they weren't even expecting.

Parsley is honestly well written enough in the original show, so the only things I would change is that the progress with the conflict with her parents is stretched a little through episodes, and the conflict is that while her parents want her to be a blacksmith and take on the family business (and help take care of her three thousand simblings) she wishes to go out and do something for herself as a warrior, because she wanting to go to school to become a blacksmith and her parents fighting her on it because they want her to become a blacksmith is kinda dumb. also her short ass hammer feels so weird to watch in the series, so I think that a longer handle would make it a little better. also tiny irony of her weapon being taller than her. Thyme feels like she should be written better because shes the only one that actually has any correlation to the plot, but she kind of... isn't?? I like her backstory of being ran out of the woods she lived in because the rot was devastating it and her dad staying behind to try to solve it, but I think it would be more dramatic if her dad was killed in the conflict but she doesn't know so dramatic moment when she finds something that belonged to him (maybe a little charm she made? for protection? in the way children do that stuff for their parents) and she connects the dots. Also the rot here is because the overuse of the power new magic is able to draw out without the control of old magic is taking too much energy from the earth, and woodsy areas thrive on it, thus the root like structures of the rot. The trees are basically oysters for the magic energy of the world. When its bad, they turn bad too. Also make her more of a "expresses affection through favors and actions, not words" person. She, Rose and Sage took wayy too long to become friends. Amaryllis stays the same because she is perfect and I love her and if you disagree to talk to the wall I personally think Snapdragon is good too but I would make him genderfluid instead. I think that the idea of Caraway THINKING he might be a trans girl but that ending up not the correct answer would reinforce his "there's always more options than you think" speech. And someone needs to point out how he's drawn to women that scream at him. Also we need a better arc with his dad instead of the raw carrot that was the canonical "his dad reinforces toxic masculinity hurr durr" thing we got (that wasn't even well made btw) NOW TO THE SIDIES

Slime boy is now named Slime boy because of an accident he had in potions class the previous year (he's one year older than the main cast) which caused him to continuously produce a slime like substance instead of stuff like spit and sweat. It doesn't inconvenience him a lot other than him making bubbles when he speaks every now and then. He's just an assistant in the terrasphere shop, and the owners are Alloe and Anise (wow they actually do something else in the story!!) but he's mainly just a more experienced student that sometimes knows things the main cast doesn't like secret entrances and cool rooms and stuff. He's a full on bard because that was barely explored in canon and music based attacks are cool. He has the tiniest little crush on parnelle cuz I thought that would be fun Parnelle is ENBY because I SAID SO (and cuz cal is stablished as transphobic and I like payoffs) and since whatever they're doing at the academy is never really clarified, I made them kind of an animal whisperer, like they call on animals to assist them in battle and other stuff. (Maybe then we actually get to see the trixies again after their prolongued mating dance that lead to literally nothing in episode 1) being an animal whisperer is a very rare "old magic" hability thus why they entered the academy one year earlier than expected. They sew their own clothes and are still the generally weird little guy they are in canon, except this time its explained as them preferring to communicate with animals ever since they were a child. They are still very polite and friendly tho, always happy to help. Cal is (his full name is calamagrostis and like if I was named that I'd be an asshole too) still parnelle's cousin, but he doesn't outright bullies them. in fact, he isn't an outright bully, he just tends to look down on other people that don't follow what he believes in, which is a more traditional view on the world, kind of like sage, so I thought of him maybe being a catalyst to her being like "wow I can see why my way of thinking may be bad now, I don't want to be like him" which pushes her to grow and stuff. And I want him to grow as well, so I thought, maybe he and Snapdragon used to be friends, but recently they drifted apart and he started to kind of resent him after he came out as genderfluid, but deep down he still misses his friend, so maybe that pushes his character development. And other people saying that hes kind of a prick. idk I just really hate the trope of a bully character just being there to be the mc's punching bag instead of getting development.

In general, the lore would be (I think, I'm not the best at lore) that Guardians are generally like soldiers, but in a more captain america type of way. they're more like beacons of hope and symbols or power and peace than soldiers are, (thus rosemary knowing a bunch of them as they're usually famous) but they are still required to know combat. High Guardian Academy is known as a guarantee to become a good soldier, and a high chance to become a guardian. They VERY recently implemented new magic in the curriculum, but are experimenting with mixing its high power output with old magic's control of it, (thus why caraway knows how but why none of the students are being thaught it. It's a fairly new tecnique they'd rather get a good grasp on before teaching a bunch of children how to use it) because since they're expertly trained guardians they can tell that a terrasphere takes too much energy above what would be considered okay. They just aren't aware of how much tho, the extent of the rot is a secret held close to their chests by witch country, which is where the terraspheres come from, which has brought them tons of profit and advancements. So when someone knows about the extent, or tries to stop it, they are eliminated, (thus why thyme's dad died. People that stayed in the fairy woods and knew how bad new magic could be were all "silenced" so they could keep profiting out of it.) (Any letters or research about the rot, or from the people that knew, were burned and interfered with, thats why no one else knew about it.) idk what else to talk about cuz this show had such little things to explore but there's so much filler that almost none of it got explored but I think it had potential, even if I prefer to focus on character interactions and how they change eachother. Again, I'm not very good with lore. and plot.

[fave-fight]

ROUND 1, MATCH 26

NO MAGIC, POWERS, OR WEAPONS

Dr. Coomer:

“i… don’t think he would win.”

“HELLO, GORDON!”

Floyd Leech:

“If he stays in human form and has no mage stones, he's just Some Guy, so he still qualifies. This mafia motherfucker would FIGHT. One time when faced with a monster, everyone else was like "oh no, we need magic" and he was like "nah, let's punch it" and then he DID. He hasn't used his pointy teeth in canon yet, but he could in theory bite someone if necessary, and it would hurt like a bitch. He'd fight dirty, I just know it. Let him punch everything and then get punched in the face, it'd be so great.”

“This guy is a menace who almost never uses weapons or tools to terrorize people. He's strong and athletic, smart enough to get what he wants on a whim, and squeezes contract-breakers until they faint on a regular basis.”

“NOTE: Floyd is a magic boy, but the “no mage stone” thing is there because it means he won’t be able to use magic, because people in Twisted Wonderland can’t without accumulating deadly magic toxin unless they have the stones. He’s also a merman, but he’d be in his human form. His human form does have pointy teeth (like the anime character kind) but I’m not sure if they have any real effect in game other than to intimidate people. Other people in this game have them too who are allegedly “human.” And again, plenty of “human” anime characters have them. Myfeeling is that they shouldn’t be disqualifying on their own.  This game is about magic boys at a magic school, but don’t worry, they get into traditional fist-fights so often it’s literally a randomly generated event that can happen in your Guest Room space. And Floyd Leech would never use magic in a fist-fight. He’d think that was “no fun” or “totally lame.” His signature magical spell just nullifies other people’s magic that targets him… so he can fight them with his fists. Since no one else here has magic, it’s totally irrelevant.  Also I’m not sure he uses fists so much as he does something to his opponents that he describes as “squeezing” them. I don’t know entirely what he means by that when he’s in his human form, but how much it scares the faceless NPC students indicates to me that he’s found a way to make it work. I do know it’s supposed to have a whole mafia vibe to it. Because his dad (and his childhood friend he lowkey sort-of works for) have real mafia boss energy. And Floyd’s basically decided that if he’s going to do this mafia shtick it’s Capo or bust. Floyd doesn’t always feel like doing stuff, due to his wildly unpredictable mood swings, but it honestly seems like the thing he can most easily be convinced to do is beat the shit out of people. During the “Beanfest” event (which was somewhat analogous to a paintball match), he insisted on throwing his weapon away and beating up aforementioned childhood friend even though the game was over and he’d already lost, just because apparently “once Floyd has decided to fight nothing can be done about it" and you just have to fight him if you want to get on with the rest of your day. He’d started out that event “not really in the mood” but somehow ended up spending the entire day beating the hell out of every person he ran into. In the camping event, when all of the boys were being picked off by a monster in the woods one at a time and were panicking because they didn’t have magestones or cellphones and therefore couldn’t defend themselves with magic or call an adult for help, Floyd was literally just like “why don’t we just beat the shit out of it?” And then he DID. And it was awesome.  But before you think he’s just some sort of dumb thug, let me assure you that Floyd is actually one of Night Raven’s most intelligent students. He has a photographic memory and can create valuable gems in alchemy class with minimal effort. Unfortunately, his mood swings make it impossible for him to maintain a decent GPA. But he’s actually a smart, tactical fighter. He’s just violent and unstable. Oh and if you’re wondering, his personality is generally abrasive and confrontational. He regularly starts arguments with the most volatile people at the school, just to mess with them and see where it goes because he’s bored.  Finally, if it sweetens the deal for anyone, Floyd would wear some killer designer shoes to this fight. Don’t worry, they wouldn’t be dangerous/weaponized. They’d just be expensive and custom made. You know, so he can get upset when someone scuffs them up.  Like for real, is there anyone who deserves to be in a crazy bitch fist-fight more than a moody mafia prince who’s secretly some sort of genius, but seems to only truly love fighting and designer footwear? If there is, I can’t think of them. ”

[orionsstory]

girl, so confusing | Kyranade

she's out !! almost 16k words later and the first chapter is out! You can read the full thing here on AO3! since the whole thing is. super long I won't be posting it in full here, but here's a small snippet!

"Well done, miss Marmalade. Quite the impressive feat."

Marmalade smiled as La Voix passed her paper to her, a 98 plastered across the front. A near-perfect demonstration. A small note had been made that she was a bit too stiff when performing the spell, but that didn't really matter to her. She felt herself smugly grin, the hours of work she had put into perfecting the spell paid off. As per usual, of course.

"Fantastic work miss Kyran! Another remarkable showing- a perfect score!"

Her grin faltered as her attention zeroed in on the girl sitting in front of her. How the hell had she done better than her? What more could she have done?

"A levitation spell without the use of a wand! You show a great amount of potential, young lady. Keep it up."

She almost let her face drop for a moment- how had she been able to do that? Doing magic without a wand was something they didn't begin to learn for another year. It was far more unpredictable than using a wand, everything she had read told her they had to master the basics first. She couldn't dwell on the thought for too long, as she shot back to the perfect and poised look she always presented as Kyran turned around, holding her paper up for her to see.

Kyran Thrax. A girl who transferred to their school about a year ago. The bane of her existence. Was that dramatic? Maybe, but it was accurate. The two didn't really know each other well, but their desire to be top of the class led to them often butting heads. Kyran seemed to take joy in provoking and gloating at her, which further fueled their rivalry. She was smart, Marmalade would give her that, but she wasn't going to be first in the class. Not if she could help it.

"Look Marm- a perfect score. Soon enough, I'll be top of the class."

Kyran grinned at her. That stupid, smug, grin.

Marmalade wanted nothing more than to wipe it off of her face.

"In your dreams. You've got a long way to go."

"Keep thinking that. I'll swipe it out from under you in no time." She mumbled in response.

"Please, it takes more than dumb luck." Marm bit back.

"Good thing I've got the smarts to back it up. You'll see." She winked at Marmalade who flushed in response, rolling her eyes. Kyran laughed as she turned back around, leaving Marm to silently fume.

"How does she do it without a wand? I can barely use mine..." Actavia mumbled beside her, stuffing her paper back into her folder. Marmalade's expression softened as she turned towards her friend. The two had known each other since they were children and had been best friends ever since. Actavia knew her better than she knew herself sometimes.

"Did the lessons not help? We can work together more on the next one if you'd like."

"Oh no- they did. Got an 83." She smiled, showing the mark at the top of her paper. "But I swear this thing hates me. Charra said it's probably because I break it so often..." She lifted her wand to demonstrate, Marm could see some of the wood splintering off- and of course, there was the duct tape wrapped around the middle of the wand from when she had split it in two. How that thing was still kicking was beyond her.

"When I performed the spell for La Voix the book levitated, but my wand started splintering in the middle of it and it dropped early," Actavia explained, twirling the wand in her hand.

"Why don't you just...take it to a repair shop?"

"Mum said I have to earn enough to pay for it myself...I'm stuck doing chores for the next two months. Said she wasn't paying for it a second time in four months."

"Well, look on the bright side- you'll probably be a whole lot better when you fix it."

Actavia shrugged, putting her wand away. "I guess so. Just hope I can survive the next few tests until then. Maybe I could learn how to do it without a wand..."

The girls chuckled at that. La Voix finished handing back tests to the rest of the class before starting their lesson, and as hard as she tried to concentrate on the lesson, she couldn't get Kyran out of her head. How had she managed to do that without a wand? It bugged her to no end...she could always ask the girl, but that would be admitting defeat. She couldn't do that.

Instead, she resigned herself to stare daggers into the back of Kyran's head.

-

"Well done Marmalade. Such a fantastic essay, you have a real talent with words."

Marm smiled as Ms. Garbo passed back her latest essay, a perfect score like usual. English was her best, and favorite, subject by far. It was the perfect combination of creativity and control, just challenging enough to make her think about how to best get her point across. Actavia teased her for it, but she truly took pride and joy in her writing.

Especially because she was better at it than Kyran.

"You have some good ideas Kyran, but you need to work on editing."

She watched as Kyran took the paper and Ms. Garbo walked away. It was her turn to be smug now.

"Top of the class, hm?"

Kyran turned around, rolling her eyes at her. Marmalade felt her heart race, a sly smile forming on her face.

"So what, I'll still end up on top." She retorted.

"I guess we'll see about that, but I wouldn't hold your breath."

"It's just one grade, don't act so confident."

"One grade better than yours, darling."

Kyran turned back around, clearly annoyed with her. Marmalade rode that high for the rest of class, being even more eager to answer questions than usual. Every time she spoke she noticed the other girl roll her eyes, further boosting her satisfaction.

[my-memed-tw-adventures]

Book 3 — Chapter 34

*stares at watch again* HOW THE FUCK

God I’m back at this shit what is time

Anyway, let’s be sad together

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AHHHH BABY NO

Why are children so mean man

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“Hopeless in studies” my ass boi. You were literally just dealing study guides that helped students get 100%s on tests. I think you have to be smart to create stuff like that

Now if only you didn’t scam people

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Games are fun Azul! They don’t have to be productive. Tho I guess little bitch children like that do absolutely ruin the fun of any game huh

Fuck those kids for making Azul this way. Now I have to deal with his trauma as an underpaid therapist

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How does writing with ink in the water even work??? Also he must be braining very good because I can barely focus on writing with my two limbs. Imagine writing 5 things at once. Couldn’t be me

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Awwwww little Azul meeting little Jade and Floyd! They all sound so cute!

Also what bullshit was Azul saying about not being able to assert himself. He like immediately threatened the twins when they tried to touch his stuff

I love that it sounds like Jade and Floyd just decided to keep Azul and he had no choice in the matter lol

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Oh yeah. Azul saying he’s hopeless in studies when he’s able to do magic like Ursula. He better quit selling himself short here

I love that Jade and Floyd know it’s him. I mean, it’s pretty obvious but still. And they just basically call him out on it

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Oh boi he’s lost it

Azul, holding into middle school revenge plots and grudges isn’t good for you man. I think we did you a favour with the contract destroying. You need a fresh start bro

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Azul, honey, as your severely under-appreciated and underpaid therapist, observing your bullies for moons on end is not healthy. Please find a better coping mechanism than holding issues over their heads and hoping no one like us comes along to fuck it

This man needs help with his control issues from someone who actually knows what they’re doing. Aka not me. Get a real school therapist Crowley

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AZUL THIS ISN’T HOW IT WORKS

I get it but sir not like this. He’s too dependent on the scrolls as a part of his identity to realize he’s smart and capable and no longer at the bullies’ mercy. He’s not that same little octopus, not cause of the scrolls but because he grew as a person (mostly, he’s still a baby dumbass like everyone else at the school)

Also him thinking he’s invincible because he has the scrolls. He’s kinda dumb there because he like knew he wasn’t

Masterlist

[mdhwrites]

Subtext vs Plain Text: Multi-Tracking in TOH

So a disclaimer first: I am someone who DRASTICALLY prefers your basic story functions before you try to tell me what the deeper meanings of it are because, you know... If I don’t like your base story, why should I care about your subtext? If I’m questioning how this functions, claiming you’re smart for breaking your own rules isn’t going to make me turn around. And this is kind of the entire vibe I get from Hexide’s allowance of people to study multiple tracks. I’ll actually talk about the metatext first as I’ve seen others point out: It’s a commentary against modern school systems where kids are forced to learn a curriculum set by others specifically for a specific subset of jobs, commonly office or factory jobs. There is a lack of self expression and even self identity in these curriculums and it’s always justified with you needing it for the sake of your future. Even Willow plainly states she’s in abominations because of the job prospects which any Humanities or History major will feel in their soul. TOH presents instead the idea that self expression and experimentation are good and help advance kids more than simply trying to slot them into a one size fits all curriculum. That they need to be allowed to experiment and have a wide variety of experiences or to follow that which they are passionate about doing as an adult. For a kid’s show, it’s not terrible and it will resonate with many kids who feel abandoned by traditional school systems. The outcasts. The target demographic of the show in theory. And it’s not so radical as to seem completely dumb about these things. Until, you know, you spend five seconds thinking about the context of the show itself. In universe, there is a VERY basic explanation for why kids would focus on one track of magic. It’s literally illegal for them to do otherwise as grown ups. That’s not an over exaggeration or the like even. Because every coven in the world only allows one type of magic, and being outside of a coven is illegal, every multi-tracking student has two options: Join the Emperor’s Coven, which is depicted as difficult (at least until Sport in a Storm but that’s another blog), or becoming a wild witch which ranges from imprisonment, being forced into a random coven or just straight up execution. Quite literally the change to allow multi-tracking is setting up the kids for failure and death. If they can’t make it into the EC and compromise by going into a single track coven, they’ll be weaker than anyone else there because they aren’t as focused in their discipline. If they don’t compromise, they literally become outlaws. And Bump theoretically knows this. He was raised under Belos’ rule and likely would have been in school as the whole system changed to be based around the covens. Around what the new world order was. And as a pragmatist, the single tracks would have been befitting for that new order but allowing people the ability to swap if they showed an aptitude for another track is a good compromise. And the fact that all of these kids are setup for failure kind of undermines the subtext, doesn’t it? But if you ask why it was done besides to comment on the subtext, there isn’t really an answer. Hexide is never a major part of rebelling against Belos, never much of a driver for Luz to decide covens are inherently bad, especially since this subtext and plain text is mostly in her first day at the school so she can have a special, rainbow outfit when at school, so... Why just blatantly ignore your world building like that? Unless it’s just to get on a soapbox and preach about your ideas? Because even if I agree with your assessment, screeching it incoherently in the middle of Disneyland while I’m trying to enjoy it is only going to sour me on your message, if I hear it at all.

[katyspersonal]

You talk about underrated bloodborne cooperators? How about some headcanons on olek or gremia if you have them?

Ahhhhh, shoot; Sorry for the delay ;-;

🦠 Honestly, for him, the things are sort of,, writing themselves? He is a unique cooperator: he doesn't step back during the boss fight, but will always jump into the battle aggressively, as well as being a unique cooperator that can sprint just like the player! This is especially interesting, since he is a cooperator for Isz Dungeons. Another Isz cooperator is Damian, who has like three long distance Hunter tools, a healing bell, and a shield that was distributed specifically for the Tomb Prospectors that delved into Isz. You also cannot summon both Damian and Gremia... This gave me very strong feeling of them having worked together and fallen apart, as well as them having directly opposite hunting styles - Damian being overly cautious, and Gremia being.... opposite of that.

🦠 His affiliation with the Choir is further hinted by him wielding Rosmarinus! Again, he appears to be not a full member, but the lower class that would simply bring them cool stuff from the dungeons... Isz dungeons, specifically. I think it is weird that he doesn't have Loch Shield even as an unused item, though? I can't help but feel as though it is a deliberate choice - he believed it was completely pointless to guard himself from basically "magic", seeing how it was the VERY thing his institution pursued... Basically, not only he is the type to jump head first into a battle, but also he had that concept of 'if that Arcane stuff is truly a good thing, it is not supposed to harm us'. It was both very smart and very dumb idea. Like... He had the right logic, but not the right picture.

🦠 He is one of the characters using the generic face data. You might know it from gems such as:

sgfgdgfd okay sorry for cursing you xd But yeah, I've basically spent it on him, since other characters with this face data had their faces COMPLETELY obscured. He though, shown enough face to earn it. I simply chose the hairstyle and added the 'aged person' spots on his skin.

🦠 Like I said, he used to explore with Damian, whereas Damian would always have his sorry reckless ass saved. But I write down Damian as one of the 'still alive' cooperators; so, Gremia's hatred would be because Damian is in School of Mensis now (hence no way to summon both of them). Gremia is not very capable and educated on the Choir's shenanigans, but with whatever naivety and honesty he has, he believes them way more and is devoted to them no matter how many Ls they take :( Though, in the way, he adopted the mentality that was around in earlier Healing Church somewhere - that you should strive to do good, even if it is not always a smart choice... Or something like that. He swears he can't remember where it came from.

🦠 He visits the base at Choir occasionally, only to cover up rare celestial larvae that would grow into teen or adult state and then petrify. None of those babies is able to grow up to be like Ebrietas, they all lean stronger to half-human and just... go still at some point. I simply drew it from the fact that the "statues" in Upper Cathedral seem to be weird Eldrich figures covered by fabric, as well as themes of petrifying upon facing too much arcane being enough in Bloodborne:

🦠 He is actually on good terms with Wallar! That dude also might originate from Choir's prospectors, moreover, he is wielding an arm of a smaller Amygdala as a weapon... And Amygdalae are trademark Great Ones of School of Mensis. They are both more on the "just block and report" side regarding opposing institutions; but whereas Wallar is more malleable and puts curiosity before principles, Gremia is... well, not that.

🦠 I am not entirely sure where he came from, but hmmm. Loch Shield was initially used in Research Hall by bodyguards of the Healing Church staff that were performing "rituals". I'd say Damian was there for the practice, but Gremia was not. He was simply more of the Healing Church hunters trained by Ludwig. He is also one of like, four people that ever saw Ludwig's Moonlight Sword shining in action - in his case, this was an accident. He told Forgotten Madman, though, and whoever else would listen, because he is absolute garbage at keeping secrets, but only very few actually cared.

🦠 In fact, his penchant for picking up fights and blurting out whatever he thinks was the real reason why Choir collectively agreed to never promote him, at all cost. Gremia is not a fool just because he can be naive and blunt to a fault, but he could not be predicted and controlled in the way they wanted... Hell, they had to lie to the guy that the orphans were terminally ill and experiments were their only alternative from dying early, because if he knew the true nature of those "experiments" - he'd tear them all apart! Like I said, he has a good faith, but is also naive enough to be diverted where "smarter" people want him to be. If you have morally questionable plans - you simply should never let him in, that's it. He won't understand, and jump straight into conclusions.

🦠 He likes working out at the times when he is not exploring the dungeons, nor tending to what remained from the Choir's base. Physical activity just gives him peace! However, if only he lived at the time when photography was developed enough, he would be obsessed with it. He likes pointing out interesting bits about his environment! Without a good camera, though? Yeah, he is bringing along TOO many "discoveries", including the pointless ones, like arcane plantlife everyone saw 7 times this week already, or a literal brick from the wall. At the very least, this passion ensured that he'd bring a LOT of Pearl Slug eggs...

🦠 At the same time, he is forgiving to a fault. If Damian came to him saying that maybe School of Mensis was a failed institution, after all, Gremia would just go 'oh, good, glad you are done being a dumbass'. He is only hostile for as long as it is relevant. Patches woud've approved 🤔

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⛏️ Everything around him suggests being a very basic Tomb Prospector of the Healing Church! His weapons are Kirkhammer and Repeating Pistol, his summon locations are Pthumeru dungeons... Interestingly, in the layers 4 and 5 of Pthumeru Dungeons, you can only either summon him OR Queen Killer. Yeah, I know, gameplay mechanics and all, but!! I try to use what I can + I headcanon that the surviving veteran Queen Killer was helping School of Mensis to capture Mergo's cord from the undead Queen Yharnam (only to be left to die as he expired his use...). So I feel as though the "normie" Healing Church and School of Mensis had a competition for Mergo's cord. Do I even need to mention that Yharnam's battle in the dungeons features her as still pregnant, but with still a slice on her belly area...?

⛏️ You probably don't need a reminder in who won that competition, but yeah... Olek is a rare cooperator that is technically dead as you summon him. I think he fought Queen Killer and lost. He is one of the people that honoured Ludwig, though. If you got to fight him as a hostile NPC - he'd recite Ludwig's inspirational speech (same as what Yamamura recites in his madness).

⛏️ He was not rude to Simon for his weird ass choice of weapon (well... weird in Healing Church's concept of such). Only a few people were understanding of Simon, actually!

⛏️ Otherwise, he was a very devout hunter. It is funny that you asked for both Gremia and Olek, as they are both devout to their institutions! I separate the "normie" Healing Church focusing on the blood ministration and the "nerds" Healing Church focusing on Arcane and Eyes; and so, Gremia would be more interested in eyes, whereas Olek would be more devout to blood. But they both would struggle to listen and consider alternative ideas.

⛏️ I also found his design interesting! The curly hair is my liberty, actually, since his original face data is bald. But he looks rather 'not white', which I wrote in my headcanons about how Healing Church opted out to blaming the "foreigners" for the beast plague, and Olek looked.... very foreign. So, much like with many other hunters and Tomb Prospectors that looked not like typical Yharnamites (think Czech + Polish + Hungarian people), he ended up being tasked with too many requests, just as long as no one had to see him.... Only, he survived for a long while, one of the few.

⛏️ His genuine faith in Healing Church and passion for hunting could bring him back from the death, after all. (More about it in this ( x ) post)

⛏️ He would've been rather social aside of his duties before the Healing Church. He would know every neighbour he has. He would know every friend's birthday and special day to prepare the gifts for. He would always be ready for any celebration months ahead! Basically, he is a 'backbone' person of the community, doing his best and lost to a pointless quest he has lost in anyway.

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Thank you for the ask!

[simplylove101]

2023 Horror Challenge: [19/?]

↳“You wanna know what I think, Clare? I think you're a selfish bowl of bitch sauce." Wish Upon (2017) dir. John R. Leonetti

Plot: A teenage girl discovers a box with magical powers, but those powers comes with a deadly price.

Starring: Joey King, Ki Hong Lee, Sydney Park, Shannon Purser, Sherilyn Fenn, Elisabeth Rohm & Ryan Phillippe

Going in, I already knew this movie was gonna be a hard one for me. lol Joey King's character is just so incredibly unlikeable and selfish so that right off the bat was a challenge. I get her character is still dealing with loss and school's hard for her, but to make the decisions she makes... At the point when it's quite clear that her wishes are killing people and she still does it anyway, I was done with her. Sorry to Joey since I'm actually rather cool with her as an actress but the script was doing her no favors. Now I gotta talk about how insane that cast is because wow, sooo many familiar faces in here! Pretty cool thing in an otherwise unpleasant watch. The kills are kinda insane as well if that's any consolation I guess but honestly, I was mostly annoyed and bored throughout. Not to mention, the very ending (mid-credits scene) had me fuming because it has one of the characters who was smart make a dumb decision. Now given there's plot context missing that makes it so that decision is possible but it's still annoying when you remember his stance the whole movie about Claire's wish-making. Anyway, this was a mess basically. lol

[sokokoko]

These are from @awfulalignmentcharts

I have wanted to fill out alignment charts for so sooo long. I even have some saved on Pinterest that I might get to later

Using my characters from After School Guardians for this <33 I did 10 charts because I don't have self control

Sorry I haven't made proper drawings for everyone yet :((( but these are them. I'm going to rant about my characters and their placements now though🚨🚨🚨

Any good, healthy decisions Ash makes is as a result of him thinking about his father

I was so tempted to put him in doesnt study and it shows seeing as he's proved to be a problematic disaster (see: road trip and living together 😭)

Stormy aces without studying even though she's not much of a brainiac (more of a fashionista type, tbh) because a lot of her youth was spent either surviving or sharpening her mind. She's unexpectedly smart sometimes (kind of sad that it's "unexpected", as if she can't be both beauty and brains). She has photographic memory and commits important details to mind (which really helped her when she was on her own) and I think that'd transfer over to remembering things she needs to ace tests

There's no other way to put it but to say Shadow is a himbo. but!!! he can't completely be blamed? He, Ash, Crystal and Stormy are all non humans getting used to human things so stuff's kind of complicated. Although, it probably makes him look really dumb seeing as the others aren't doing things as silly as him

On the note of them being non human, (Shad a boogeyman, Stormy a siren, Crystal a harpy and Ash an it's complicated) they don't attend school (they'll definitely have their moments where they show up and embarrass the human gang or get into shenanigans) so the studying one is definitely hypothetical

I'd honestly be scared to give some of those guys phones. Crystal would follow instructions on how to use it (probably being guided by one of the humans), Shadow would struggle for 3 months and discover a new feature every other day ("huh?? You can check the weather? I thought this was just a calculator???" "Shadow, PLEASE 😭") Stormy would probably always be getting hers wet/forgetting it's not waterproof and Ash would be the one with the horribly cracked screen, disgusting fingerprints all over or losing his phone frequently (possibly all at once. If so, Zinthia would faint after seeing the "phone" and she isn't phased by many things [execpt Ash being Ash])

It's okay though cuz Zinthia and Alan are our rich kids!! Just buy more phones and ignore what Ash is doing to his current ones 💞

Zinthia steals your wallet only for the thrill of stealing it but doesn't care about money cuz she has her own ✨

Alan will def help u out by holding ur wallet for u but he got his own money so he wouldn't even have any particular intentions. He's not not touching your money cuz he cares about you or your feelings. No, no. Koko is the only one who could be accused of caring about feelings (Shadow too but not in the situation in which you give him your wallet and say he can buy something if he likes)

Crystal's alignment explained wallet wise; she simply doesn't care about material goods (but food is 💯 the way to her heart)

The phone wallpaper one is actually really interesting to me cuz the pairs seem to mostly have the same tastes. Crystal is Nino's guardian, Stormy Alan's, Ash Zinthia's and Shadow Koko's and they're all basically next to each other ("basically" cuz Koko and Shadow deviated, dang it, guys)

The arrows in the thunderstorm one indicate that they'd just be comforting their magic guardians and Alan would use hot coco (never been so glad before that i used Ks in Koko's name 😭✋) while Nino uses his awkwardness

The storm one is funny but Crystal and Stormy are literally reliving trauma so that puts a bit of angst to an otherwise lighthearted situation. Thanks, Soko 🙏 just what the Dr ordered 💞

I felt the need to add something special for Stormy during the road trip. She'd appreciate me letting her have a place at the top <3

Nino and Koko protect the snacks in shifts but show no loyalty/there are no discounts for each other if they both happen to awake at the same time while one is guarding and the other is craving snacks

The urge to say Stormy disappears into to the ocean was so strong but considering the fact that she's a siren that's literal just running away 🤣 so Nino gets to avoid his problems through cryptidhood

Im crying at how Ash's placements literally tell a story

And Alan's "aesthetic" wallpaper exclusively means he goes through rotations of pictures of stars. Because he is obsessed with them by virtue of his family and their history. I won't get into that just like I won't get into what Ash is because that is a whole Thing™️™

Also, Alan is not meek, that's just the drawing. He's more of an intelligent, dedicated and composed person. Crystal might seem a bit similar to him because they had some similar answers or in how they are studious, but she is quiet and stoic in her intelligence and has a bit of a superiority complex towards the others at first. Alan just tries to wrangle these heathens he's been stuck with (read: everyone but Koko and occasionally Shadow if he doesn't get attacked in conversation. Despite how silent and level headed she is most of the time, Crystal gets hella argumentative with Stormy.)

✨ Refer to this post for the old + new summary of After School Guardians ✨

[ustalav]

OC Tag Game

i was tagged by @idolsgf thank u, i love talking about my ocs lol

Favorite OC: So this is liable to change but Gideon Trevelyan has my heart and brain at the moment. He was actually my first inquisitor after several false starts getting into dai and he has evolved a lot but I love him so much. Andrastian Loyalist Circle Mage Prettyboy

Newest OC: probably my unnamed Renegade Shepard. I am playing through MELE with a different OC (Gideon's brother actually lol) doing a Paragon run but I am already mulling her over in my brain. [EDIT AFTER FINDING THIS IN MY DRAFTS LMAO:] her name is Grace and here is her pinterest board so far. I am really enjoying fleshing her out, but her basics are that she is earthborn + ruthless + vanguard.

Oldest OC: LMAO welllll I could give my like warrior cats OCs from my middle school days but no one wants that fjsadklf sooo I guess the first OC I made for tumblr rp groups back in like 2015 that I still think about from time to time was Edward he was a dirtbag loser that came into a lot of money and didn't know what to do with it. Still have his pinterest board

Meanest OC: That's an easy one, Grant Hawke. He is gruff, blunt, prone to solving things with violence. He pretty much only cares about his closest friends and his family. Grace Shepard may end up being meaner than him though lol, she does not have family to soften her up.

Softest OC: Soft Andrastian Scholar with the constitution of wet tissue paper Gideon Trevelyan. He is full support mage in combat, there is a lot of fade stepping out of melee. He is also very kind, very sweet. Perhaps internally prone to being judgy and spiteful BUT he really does care about people.

Most Aloof/Standoffish OC: That would also be Grant Hawke, he is pretty quiet, not one for small talk or being buddy buddy with many people. Although in his own way Faron Lavellan can be emotionally aloof. It's harder to catch onto because he's very extroverted and talkative, just keeps people at an emotional distance.

Dumbest (Affectionate) OC: Welllll there is a certain trait passed down the Trevelyan line that has left them all a bit ditzy. Gideon's naivete leads to some ditziness, he can be gullible. He also struggles a lot with magic, although that has more to do with religious trauma than intellect. His brother Hessarian Trevelyan isss pretty dumb sometimes. The lights aren't all on. He was hit a few times in the head by a mage's staff when he was still a Templar.

Smartest OC: Probably Muren Tabris, she is very calculating, very aware of her next moves. She can be crass about it, I think she is often underestimated because of that and her somewhat violent sense of humor. But she is very smart! Has been helping take care of her family for years. Although if she doesn't care enough about something, she's not putting her mind to it. That sort of happens with the Wardens, so she does end up stepping down from Warden-Commander to focus more on the Denerim Alienage with Shianni and assisting Zevran as much as she can in Antiva!

OC I'd Probably Be Friends With: Hmmm I think I would find Muren cool from a distance but wouldn't speak to her lol. Probably Gideon honestly, but also I would heavily disagree with him on many things.

tagging @sinquisition and @transprincecaspian idk if y'all have done this yet but if you want to!

[shubbur-wubblr]

! WUBBLE DRABBLES FOR WITCH ACEDEMIA !

(basically witch schools and like academia concil)

✿ rival schools anyone?

✿ wilbur is big smart at his school… like class president… future of the magic type beat.

✿ shelby big dumb at school… she’s notorious for flunking… and especially not being careful with her magic! (to say the least… she is “experimental?”)

✿ They met at their schools’ annual rivaling futball match and shelby not into it at all just screams dumb profanities and fake futball lingo. Wilbur being wilber joins in… they ended up screaming even when the teams weren’t even playing.

✿ they meet again at debate team match… (if your wondering why she took debate it’s because she needed an elective… *shocked*) she wasnot fully prepared and he was extremely so. they chatted for a bit before, talking about the matchs before and had some cute banter about who’s gonna win.

✿ her debate partner barley gives her a chance to talk when on stage, in frustration she knocked over the water spilling out the wires and outlets on the stage. The system went out. They had to postpone the debate convection for 2 weeks till they could get another venue.

✿ shelby was a mess that day and she basically just had to stay on the steps of auditorium while waiting for her punishment from her teachers the staff.

✿ “rockstar move,” wilbur said taking a seat next to her. they make more small talk and he slips her his number (or whatever witchy thing i come up with.)

[pinkiemachine]

Movie Plot:

So each of them falls into the role of one of the characters in the film. Barry is the lead—a loner, loser outcast who’s been practically invisible his whole life, but this year’s going to be different. This year, he’s going to ask his crush to prom in the most spectacular way that will ensure she says yes and that the entire school remembers him. Joining him in this endeavour is Bruce, his wealthy best friend; a la Peter Parker and Harry Osborne. He’s so prim and proper and preppy that he’s never done a wrong thing ever in his life. Who’s the crush of our story? Why, it’s none other than the most popular girl in school, of course, played by Diana! She’s a straight A student, captain of the cheer squad, and everyone is saying that she and the star quarterback, played by Arthur, are gonna get together. Our lead character cannot let this happen, however, because the quarterback just so happens to be a huge bully (to him specifically). Everyone else thinks he’s the best thing to happen since sliced white bread. Well, except the cheerleader’s quirky childhood friend, played by Zatanna. She is so totally over this plain of existence and would much rather be spending her time at the local cemetery than providing emotional support in the bleachers at a high school football game. Rounding out the cast, we have Clark and Hal who are playing the bully jock’s idiot lackies. (think Crabbe and Goyle.)

Now, that’s the plot of the film… but what actually winds up happening is…

Barry is simultaneously taken back to his own high school years when he was legitimately kind of a nerdy loner. However, he was an exceptionally smart kid, and didn’t meet the girl he liked until after high school. So in this film, he’s very frustrated being given the role of a comic book reading, low grade achieving, invisible “weirdo.” Plus, in the real world, he already has a girlfriend. Iris. So… awkward much? Then there’s Bruce. There is no livin’ lovin’ way he’s going to slip into the role of “happy, preppy, perfect rich kid.” Oddly enough, he slips into more of a punk role, rebelling against his picture perfect parents whom he cannot stand. (keep in mind, the JLA’s actual parents and loved ones are NOT present here. These are just random characters) Arthur finds himself in a similarly unfortunate position because he didn’t play football in high school. He swam and surfed. So he has no idea what he’s doing, and he’s sick and tired of all the high school girlies constantly following him around, asking for his number, because back home he has a wife! This leaves Diana in a predicament. Without any love interests, her character ceases to have function in the plot. Not to mention, she’s really bad at being a cheerleader. She’d much rather be out on the “battle field” than dancing on the sidelines, so when she sees Arthur bumbling about (not knowing what he’s doing) she throws down her pom poms and runs out in the middle of the game, grabs the football, starts BARRELLING through the other team—the announcers and the audience losing their minds—as she runs towards the end zone and scores! All the while, Zatanna sits alone in the bleachers, as none of the other kids want to be near her. She’s basically at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to reputations at their school. She’s unapproachable, 100% goth, into the most creepy, edgy things, and the only reason she’s not picked on more is because she’s been friends with Diana’s character since they were little. Zatanna is one for dramatic flare, but this is way beyond dramatic. She’s used to being the center of attention—the person who makes the crowd smile—but now everyone avoids her and treats her like she’s a disease. Yes, she’s magic, but she’s not angsty or scary! No one will believe her, though. Clark is in a similar boat. He’s one of the bully jock’s dumb minions, also on the football team. Both of those are problems because, 1: everyone at the school expects him to beat them up for their lunch money (despite Clark literally being the kindest person you’ll ever meet), and 2: he was never allowed to play football in high school because his parents were worried he might hurt someone with his powers! So every time he’s on the field, he’s playing like a kitten, because he’s terrified he’s gonna snap someone’s neck. Finally, Hal… who ironically is in about the same position he was back when he actually went to high school. Although, this time he’s specifically “the dumb one.” The slacker, skater, delinquent who was so incompetent he could not make the football team and instead had to make do with being the team mascot. But other than that jab at his intelligence, he’s just straight up vibin’.

More thoughts may come…

Concept: an episode of the Justice League cartoon where the MCs get sucked into a 90s teen movie… powers get reset to when they were that age.

[loverboybrightsideghost]

a list of things that make me happy bc i haven't been feeling like myself lately and this semester has been rough and not feeling like myself has made me even feel less like myself by making me Very Sad:

my friends. their laughter. their beautiful goofy smiles and their gorgeous faces. their hugs or other expressions of affection. the fact that they will hug me even though i know some of them aren't the biggest huggers in the world. the fact that they listen to me go on and on about things they wouldn't care less about if i wasn't the one saying them. the fact that i would gladly listen to them on and on in rapt fascination about whatever thing they like that i wouldn't care about if it wasn't them saying it. when they send me things and simply say "you." my friend who won't stop offering to help, who gives advice on music all the time.

a separate bullet point, well-earned: the fact that though i am in school to be a musician, every single real friend i've made here is friends with me because they like me as a person, not because of how well i can play my instrument

seeing dogs on campus. the big white service dog with his happy face of pride. the fluffy brown and black mop dog sitting like a stuffed toy under it's owner's chair next to the lake. the pitbull looking thing that was waiting patiently for her guy to get back and keep going on their walk. my friend's dogs who i've met or not met. my sister's dog who is a little bit dumb but smart for a dog and you can see her self awareness in her eyes and the way she's like a child who would give you flowers before telling you the principal is going to call for shitting on the carpet. her bald tail because she wags it so hard that my sister doesn't need to decorate for halloween, and yet she keeps wagging like she doesn't feel the pain of it slapping into everything her height. my tia's dog who's basically a bratty human baby and the time my brother held her and everyone was shocked and amazed bc she'd never looked more in total complete happiness.

kitty cats. campus cats. the black cat who followed me around with the biggest eyes today bc he could smell my unfinished pollo tropical bowl. the orange cat who's meows kind of sound like a person yelling a little bit who rubs against every single surface and the way all the cats turn around from walking away and try to nonchalantly sidle up the second i put my bookbag on the ground bc they know they're gonna get treats. my teacher's cat who's all grown up now and has two brothers, but once upon a time was so small he sat behind me in my chair while i was playing in a lesson, so i had to not move/be very still other than playing in order to not disturb him. and the way he wouldn't fit in my lap then bc i was too small AND he was too small. the old men (two of them, not sure if they even know each other) who come to feed our campus cats every single day at the same time. the old black cat who's very beat up and won't go near anyone other than that one old man, but yet has the highest pitched, baby-iest sounding meow ever.

the magic of musicals. the way the order of operations is "when you can't talk anymore, you sing, and when you can't sing, you dance." how these beautiful intricate constructions tell stories upon stories, some of which most people will never hear unless they get Really Really into it (or it's their job) and they analyze the scores to high heaven. sideways's youtube channel. anastasia. once on this island. les mis. everything sondheim. i can't even begin to describe how much i love musicals. i cannot i truly can't. the first and enduring real love of my life.

my parents, because even though they drive me insane and i frequently (the older i get more like) want to run away and scream that it's all their fault, they have so far always stood by me, and i have always been more or less safe at home (even if they don't know certain things about me that i fear would make that change). their humor. them being my headache.

the time my little brother texted me back "take your rest" when i offered my only spare 30 minutes of the day to help him learn something. that meant a lot to me.

downloading PDF after PDF with far too many pages but knowing i'll at least look through them and learn a little more.

learning. knowing. understanding. knowledge. i love learning i will never stop loving learning and reading about new things about old old old things. about the world.

quiche. that's it quiche makes me happy.

feeling comfy cozy.

breathing.

[sorcerous-caress]

Also I’m sure I’ve said this before but I love Sol they are so pretty but something I haven’t said before is that unfortunately Jubilee would probably look up to Sol. As they are like the first person she has ever met like her (aka the only other draconic sorcerer) and they know what they are doing and they are cool and confident and actually know how to use the magic. She probably playfully starts calling sol cousin and I honestly can’t imagine Sol being an exactly thrilled with this little cotton candy puff attaching herself to her nor being a good influence on Jubilee lol. Fortunately jubilee is virtually incorruptible on account of being made of sugar, spice, everything nice & gold dragon blood however she is dumb so smart but so dumb so I’m sure Sol could manage some shenanigans until jubilee’s girlfriend(s) wrangle her.

It's a good thing Jubilee is a gold dragon, red dragons are very territorial and competitive with each other. Luckily never with other dragons since they deem them the lesser kind.

Sol would be like, "and what makes you think you're worthy of being my kin, little dragon?" That's a nickname they'll keep using for Jubilee, saying she basically a hatchling that barely grew her claws.

They want Jubilee to grow a spine and thicker skin. They feel like she is wasting her potential by being so docile to others, gullible, naive, the list goes on.

They would feel jealous over the fact Jubilee still has her family and parents. Sol doesn't even know their own last name because their family didn't see them worthy of it yet. Instead of thinking it's their raising that's unusual, they'd deflect and say the reason Jubilee is a failure of a sorcerer because her family never raised her right. They were too soft. But that's in act 1 before they start realising how wrong their own family was.

Then their jealous turns into betrayal once they find out, not only does she still have her family but they also loved her. Treated her with kindness and unconditional love?

Sol thought Jubilee's family only failed ber because they didn't have magic. It feels like a slap to the face to care for Jubilee like an older cousin only for her actual family to turn out like that.

They really thought she was like them, no loved family and envied for her magic that's consuming her life, now they completely hold a grudge against her.

And no they wouldn't take kindly to her following them around and being friendly to everyone Sol is trying to intimidate into submission. They'd grab Jubilee, place her in front of a wall and tell her to have a chat with it until they come back.

Also Sol hasn't met a tiefling before, they're used to dragonborns and their thicker scaley tails. One time while leaving the grove in a hurry and seeing Jubilee having a friendly chat with someone or an animal, they wouldn't think twice before using her tail as a leash to pull her away with them.

"You're just being dramatic, it couldn't have hurt that bad." They'd say if Jubilee started crying, but also carry her if she kept whining and bring her to a healer or Shadowheart.

Respects Jubilee more than Gale as a mage just for being a sorcerer, even a weak one. Gale could cast a firewall around camp and Sol would be like "even Jubilee's cantrips are more impressive than your little candle-flame."

In general they'd be a bad influence on her, especially since she would feed their arrogance by looking up to them. They think she should be doing that, they'd be concerned if she didn't.

They're not trying to corrupt her, or purposely fuck with her like they'd do with other companions' weaknesses. They genuinely think they're doing what's best for her, gold or not, a dragon is still a dragon and kin to them, even if they'd rather die than admit it.

Just by being around Jubilee, they feel responsible for any and all of her magical failures. Sorcerers only can be trained by other Sorcerers since no magic school could teach them, if Sol doesn't train Jubile the who will? It's a miracle two draconic sorcerers even met under these circumstances.

Would tell her to straighten her back, take her tail out of her skirt and stop cowering behind others. Speak louder and forget using "thank you" and "please". Stop treating these people as anything more than insects to leech off of our magic.

Sol would be critical and mean to her so that she'd improve, they don't know about positive reinforcements. They'd consider her selflessness either a fraud or a form of self-flagellation.

Would be willing to train her like how Sol was trained in magic which is...very very brutal. Life threatening brutal and they tell Jubilee they can never be cousins because she would've been killed if she was born in their family.

They keep telling her to get up and fight back no matter how many times they pin her to the ground during training. Yes they get she is in pain, they get she is scared.

But she must fight back, even through fear. Strike back through the tears and agony. The world and Sol will eat her alive if you don't.

"I can swallow you whole, claim your magic for myself and end your entire lineage. Is that what you want? Is that the legacy you want to leave behind? No? Good. Then get the fuck up and let's try that spell again."

Also imagine Jubilee who is used to travelling with Dame Aylin, Isobel and Shadowheart. Suddenly being moved to a team with Lae'zel, Sol and Minthara.

[ventique18]

I think is a good opportunity to fangirl about Malleus' magic HAHAHA

When it comes to magic, we know that the mage has to have a very strong understanding of the subject for them to materialize. The panel below is proof of that, but do keep in mind that this is just fire, which is considered very basic magic in their world as it's just an element.

In their school, some of the students recognized as having great magic abilities are Riddle, Leona, and Jamil to some extent. What do these people have in common? They are very smart, and thus have a thorough grasp on what they're conjuring. Furthermore, there are instances when a mage has such a strong understanding of the spell that they're able to summarize the chant and still materialize it.

Now, taking these two things into consideration, what do we know about Malleus?

1. That he's able to conjure extremely complicated spells; like firing off more than one element at the same time (His labwear), creating a literal mountain (Sebek robes), repairing just about anything that doesn't involve tech (Book 5), making clothes (Groom Lilia), even restoring one's youth (Book 6), and casting a curse on thousands or more at once (Book 7).

2. He does not need to chant. I don't yet know if he can pull off his unique magic without chanting, but the fact is that he literally doesn't need to say anything and just thinks of it.

There are also moments when he commands things to do as he says, but it doesn't sound like a spell at all. It's possibly more of warning others on what he's going to do.

So what do we get from reading this post, when we already know how powerful he is?

Point is, that despite his naive moments and comedic lapse in judgment, it shouldn't be forgotten to he is very, very intelligent and understands literally almost everything there is in their world, with technology as the only exception. If you're familiar with Momo from MHA, her ability and twst's magic are similar wherein they can only be conjured with thorough studying. This also makes logical sense, since he's a sheltered prince who has nothing much to do aside from spending time reading books in the library.

Tl;dr: Despite looking dumb because of his naivety and zero understanding of humans, Malleus is actually incredibly smart and his magical ability is the testament.

Since it's canon that Malleus knows how to make clothes (through magic, but likely that he knows how to manually sew since he says he can only magick things he understands)...

A 🐉 that has a sketch book full of fashion designs. The model is always you.