#smh dain smh

[orchidice]

      "" smash . he is rather pleasant on the eyes , unfortunately though , he doesn't let me get too close to him whenever i manage to find him . oh well . ""

smash or pass // @bcughkeeper !

[eavenne]

I think dain does care very deeply for lumine, and i also think that he probably genuinely thought lumine wanted space when she was sad. He cared deeply but didn’t express it in a way that made her feel cared for / comforted.

People often default to comforting others the way they want to be comforted themselves. Someone as stoic / emotionally constipated (take your pick) as dain, who spends the chasm quest not reacting to / brushing off everyone’s concern for him probably wants to be left alone when upset. When Paimon vaguely reaches out to comfort him after it’s revealed that his men have been guarding the hilichurls as per his last orders for 500 years (she asks why he’s so quiet), he tells her that if she’s trying to comfort him, she doesn’t have to.

“I'm just thinking, nothing more. If you're trying to console me, I can assure you there is no need.”

When paimon later suggests he take a vacation because he’s obviously in pain and exhausted, he tells her that that the word “vacation” shouldn’t exist in his vocabulary. In addition, when Dain explains how the gods cursed the khaenrians, he looks sad for a brief moment before his expression changes to anger. All this may imply that he just doesn’t like to show sadness in front of others, or that it’s an emotion he tries to brush aside.

Dainsleif being an overworking waifu aside (which actually may be part of why he keeps prompting lumine to keep going, which may have further hurt her) it’s true that lumine might have fared better with paimon as a companion. Still, dain seems to have genuinely cared very deeply for her and still retains quite a bit of fondness for her. It’s just unfortunate that he wasn’t what she emotionally needed at the time, and / or that he didn’t realise she might need something else, like a shoulder to cry on, instead of endless space. He is extremely attentive to her in the teaser in his own way - he is often looking at her and turns to her when she stops, which was mentioned by others before me. Unfortunately, lumine may not have felt comforted by this, or it may not have been enough.

Ultimately, their ideological differences were likely what separated them. No matter how close they were, their turning into enemies might have been inevitable. But the worst dain has to say about lumine in the present day is that she’s a stubborn fool; on the other hand, she tells aether that dain failed to protect his nation while dain just says her name sadly. It does seem like there was a lot of affection on dain’s part. He remembers their travels wistfully, he remembers the tales of boreas that she told him 500 years ago (not only does dain hate the archons’ servants, he also has terrible memory problems), he’s clearly deeply lonely and misses her. He just didn’t show his affection for her in a way that she felt, at least when she was sad.

[amanita-muscaria-lover]

So I've seen people on reddit calling violet a mary sue. And like... no ??? By definition, a mary sue is someone who lacks flaws. Violet starts out completely terrible at combat on the mat. Then she practices and gets ~slightly~ better. She's really just a bookworm.

Also the same reddit people clearly haven't read IF yet if you think she's good at everything.

[enden-k]

everytime i think im ok, my lost wife dain gets mentioned somewhere and i stumble immediately and break my hip like a fragile old man

[tamlindudley]

Iron flame spoiler so !! And no I don’t need arguments here, I’m ranting. If you disagree, move on.

Okay, the more I read Iron Flame the more underwhelmed I get by the characterization of Xaden and Dain. Xaden, clearly the hero, who has the “I’m not a good person complex” is being propped up as morally grey because lol, Vi cannot trust him? Where as Dain who’s clearly the one struggling between choosing right and wrong, understanding right and wrong, made mistakes but is still trying to figure out how to balance it all, is a horrifying villain? Please.

Xaden is an excellent character but I call a huge fail on the “morally grey” bs. He’s not, he’s a good guy. He doesn’t have to be characterized as morally grey because he kills people and gives great orgasms. They all kill people and I think they all have good sex lol.

Not to mention, Xaden and Dain BOTH read minds so. If Dain said he only did it one time and it was a glance of a memory and he genuinely believed at that point that Xaden had reason to kill Violet because of her mom and the scars, well, I’m not saying that was not a bad thing he did, it was for sure. But y’all are judging him too harshly for his one mistake just like Vi and deciding he read her mind every time he touched her and I honestly think that’s a reach unless Rebecca is planning a double betrayal in the future which I really doubt she is.

And don’t even get me started on how y’all are chill about Xaden reading Vi’s intentions about her wanting to kiss him lol that’s wild but Dain glancing at a memory which literally had nothing to do with her and he thought was them breaking law and he didn’t know Liam would die from him sharing the memory with his own fricking father who I assume he thought was a good man at that point is somehow the worst thing ever.

It’s all so complicated but y’all decided you like Xaden and hate Dain purely because Rebecca literally did not put effort into showcasing in a likeable way that Dain is morally grey but instead pushing the good guy to look morally grey.

[noctuafought]

i already know but idc, dainsleif ship bias now (and no all five being kaeya doesnt count)

[ 🔥 ]  ──  * @diiluvies  ⸤ send ‘ship bias’ and i will share up to 5 ships ⸣

dainkae / kaeya

halfdain / halfdan

dainther | dainlumi / abyss twin & traveler (both versions)

dainluc / diluc

pierrodain / pierro

[reginrokkr]

I blame @astrxlfinale for the Dain brainrot he's making me have after a brief lore conversation 🔪

[ansy-tea]

Our actual video call screenshot vs "What It Felt Like" while watching Estella pull for Zhongli cons live (we were idiots using fb messenger instead of idk discord ig lmao)

[throwaway-yandere]

Just read your Dain fic... and it has no business being that good... you really said "suffer" when you made that fic didn't you?

[Yandere Hitman!Dainsleif fic]

Hitman!Dain: No... "Business" being that good?

Me: They're not talking about murder, Dain.

Hitman!Dain: oh.

What can I say? He's my most favorite genshin character hehe. It's a fic that's been on my brain for a long time and I'm very happy to finally finish it. I know Dainsleif isn't really a popular character in x readers, but he's my man 🥺 i love him. So much.

Also idk I think it's cute how most wholesome dain x readers have the reader already dead (or royalty). And in yan!dain x readers, the reader 80% of the time are big archon devotees for the tension. (Except for royals cuz I just like broke!reader) I decided to just mix both of those common tropes as a nod to it lolololol.

AND HEY, WON'T BE THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE SUFFERING IT'S OKAY :DDD at least I didn't pull out some messed up cannibalism again lol. If anything the fic is mild (lies.) amiright?

[frozenambiguity]

Very long Initial thoughts and first impressions on the Caribert Archon Quest in the tags. Spoiler alert!! Part 2!

[navxry]

I'm going to rattle you Mei don't you dare fuel my thoughts, we're STILL in 💙 so I still have hope (in running away from my problems)

You when the two idols with so much sexual tension finally went out on a date and it was successful

(/exag, and no, I'm not going to admit I like Coviello because I will be in a major denial moment and I AM in denial because I don't know if Cov will like me back. Don't look at me.)

no idea who 'vil' is but i think we'll get along. i'm stealing their laugh /silly

i think denial = love when it comes to your romance /smacked

and i personally think curiosity can develop into obsession love so i mean ;)))

[abyssmal-skies]

Dain drabble lmaooo post 4.7 and ebg, also Abyss Prince!Aether in this one yall

they/them pronouns are used here, dain pov

He tossed and turned in his slumber, wincing as his injuries were pressed on,

His fight with Aether had left him more than injured this time, the hesitation he displayed playing a part in giving the prince an opening. So here he was, wrapped in bandages and ointments, clinging onto the one source of comfort he had, 

He had no right to do this, he knew as much appearing at their doorstep in the dead of night injured and weak. It felt like taking advantage of their kindness, even if he knew that they would let him time and time again.

The last argument was the worst they'd ever had, fueled by worry on both sides and instead of resolving this like the mature adult that he was, he did what his emotions told him, he left, giving them a kiss as they slept before disappearing into the night.

Screams echoed into the night, blades and magic clashing as he fought only to end up repeating it, over and over like a cycle, 

Fight, return, leave, fight, return, leave, fight, return, leave,

And yet here he was, repeating this cycle and leaving them hurt over and over again. All while wallowing in his own thoughts, trapped in his own dreams… haunted by a familiar figure.

“You know, when I saw what your future would be, I never imagined this.” his brother snarked, appearing in his dreams like an unwanted pest.

“What are you doing here?” He hissed, hands twitching for a sword he knew was nowhere in this dream, eyes sharp looking forwards towards the person he had spent years looking up to, and centuries despising.

The smirk never left Vedrfolnir's face, eerie purple crystals swirling around him as little shards of what has happened, what will happen and what is happening surrounded his form,

“Poor soul really, an artist, a chef, an adventurer, they could've lived a normal life had you not entered their life.” His brother continued on, taking a shard and placing it up to his eye.

“So many possibilities, and yet wherever you're involved, it ends up in misfortune for them.”

“Look at them here in this crystal, married, happy and safe.” A dark laugh, “but here they are in this one, stuck tending, waiting for you to return.”

“Stop it..” 

“Ah, here, growing old, surrounded by family and friends, a life well lived, but without you.” 

He tries to lunge at him, finding himself restrained in his own dreams,

“Or this one, following you into an Abyss Order hideout, dead, because you were too busy fighting the prince rather than paying attention.”

“And they stay there as you rush after the prince, forgotten and left to rot.”

“Shut your mouth-” 

Abyssal fog covers his vision, as he makes out the echos of his brother's voice.

“...best thing you can do for them is to leave you know, i say this as your brother.” 

He wakes with a startle, pain shooting through his limbs as the sun bears down through the open curtains.

They aren't there beside him, their spot cold and blanket tussled, his hear hammers in his throat, fear gripping his every breath as every moment without their presence ticks by,

Only after the smell of breakfast comes through the door does the pounding in his heart settle, they haven't left him, they're safe.

He gingerly leaves the bed, opening the door to see their form setting the table for breakfast, hoping that this is the one outcome where his involvement in their life leads to happiness.

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4.7 gave me so much to work with regarding this man smh,

imagine your brother talking to you after centuries just to say ur gf can do better???

[queen-of-scissors]

I saw your "god of the multiverse" thing where reader tells them abt the other games theyve played and i just-- JFJSJFJEBOFJSNFEOFN I AM JUMPING SO HARD ON THIS HYPE TRAIN--

I only have two words for you.

Among. Us.

You're welcome.

BUT LIKE FR FR THO-- HOW WOULD THEY REACT?? Since the entire thing is literally cooperate or die for crewmate, or Eat Hot Chip And Lie / Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss for imp

And like, imagine them being named Dolos or Apate as a new epithet if they enjoy lying as crewmate to stir the pot or just regular lying as imp (dolos was the spirit of trickery, apate was the personification of deceit-- you can make either kaeya, albedo, ruebedo or dain give the title since theyre all from khanriah)

Or like-- they could also be rlly uncomfy with being imp and just being a model crewmate and they could be given the epithet Eleos or Anteros because of it

Just-- THSKFJSKDJWJ soooo many possibilities for reader/creator

And like-- oh my gOD IMAGINE THEM TRYING TO MAKE THE ACOLYTES PLAY IT AHAHAHA

The murder?? Theres gonna be a LOT

Sorry if there was a lot, i just rlly enjoy what you've written so far!! Have a nice day :))

GOOD SHİT GOOD SHİT THATS SUM GOOD SHİT RİGHT THERE!!!!

First, explaing the game.

Everyones reactions will be diffrent about it, no matter how you explain it;

The scared ones

Noelle, Diluc (brother flashbacks),Barbara, Bennett, Razor (lupical PROTEC lupical!! NO KİLL), sucrose, Jean, Yelan (you... Kill your friends??)

The impressed ones

Kaeya, Childe, Venti, Hu Tao, Yanfei (sees it as a usefull skill), zhongli (MF is impressed by anything u do smh), Lisa, Ei, Yae miko

The confused ones (what why would you?)

Ganyu, Xiao, Diluc, İtto (doesn't even understand the rules), kuki shinobu, Kazuha

"İ WANNA TRY!!! oh wait does this count as blasphemy-"

Childe, Venti, Albedo, KLEE (actually thinks it like a game), Yelan (ok since you said its not actually killing them i wanna try), İTTO, Nahida (knows its a game), Heizou

Now if we were the imposter you are right. İt doesnt matter if you are bad at it, they are going to call you as some god that has been assosiated with trickery.

İ wrote a story about it. But didn't make the reader as imposter because no one wouldn't dare to say you are an imposter. Even as a joke

ESPECİALLY if it was a traitor!AU. Tough im not sure that they would even play if that were the case

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İ made the story of how you got the title a bit long, i hope you like it :)

More under the cut!

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"Have you guys ever played 'vampire'?"

Your voice echoed in the throne room, they looked confused, they weren't expecting your answer to be another question.

You were bored out of your mind. Watching people come and go in the room just for them to ask for your guidance about daily stuff was a pain, both phsicaly and emotionaly. So you opened your phone to get a bit of a downtime while no one was there to ask for your divine wisdom.

"Forgive my rudeness, Your highness. But... What does that have to do with it?" Said Albedo, who got there for your divine wisdom.

"You asked what i was doing in my device, so in order for me to answer, you must for answer my question."

"Vampires..." He mumbled "aren't those imaginary, humanoid monsters that drink blood to survive?"

"Ah, ok. i see that you never played."

"Play what exactly?"

"So its a game about a group of villagers trying to find a vampire/werewolf among them.

You choose one host, and that person controlls the whole game, The other players all close their eyes and the host walks among them, and picks a vampire.

Each night, the vampire chosses someone to kill and that person is eleminated, and each day, the other players try to find the vampire and kill them.

İf they choose the wrong person that person is also eliminated."

Acolytes look at eachother, that sounds so fun?!(deffinetly not the kill eachother without killing eachother one is the reason not at aaaallll)

"Ohh, İ see," Kaeya said, impressed "so this game also tests you ability to not get caught and lie, as well as finding lies. This is interesting!"

"...turnes out, you might have a chance after all, since the creator favors imposters and all." Diluc half whispered to him.

Lets pretend we didn't hear him for his sake.

"Yeah so on my phone im playing it but this version is harder."

"OHHH i wanna try!" Klee said exitedly!

Jean stoped her "Klee, the creators device is a holy one, so we cant just ask them to give it to us for our desires."

"Actually i dont mind! Does anyone else wanna play?"

The smartest yandere ones were having a light yagami moment ("if i agree to play they might think im a murderer and discard me but if i don't play they will think im avoiding these types of games because im a murderer myself and i would get discarded again. Oh i know, i will wait someone to take the bait and say 'of everyone is playing then i will too' then no one will suspect me hahahahHAHAHA İTS ALL ACORDİNG TO PLAN-)

"İm... Sorry your Grace but... İ think i will just watch." The depressed Yaksha said, he hates to dissapoint you but he doesnt want to kill people that he concidered friends, even if its fake.

Zhongli looked at you and his gaze softened.

"İ shall join if Your highness would join as well."

"But of course!!" There is no way you're going to miss THİS OPPORTUNİTY.

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The game.

This isn't the game where you taught them how to play. (Which... Took like.... 3 whole days. İm not writing that)

Yae and Venti (a dangerous duo smh) asked for your permision to make the event prised. You agreed, this might make things more fun! They didn't told you what it was though.

PLAYERS: ChildE, Bombombaku (Klee), windbornbard (Venti), foxlady (Yae miko), Rockhead (zhongli(venti messed it up)), (your choise of player name), COOLGUY (itto), Al Haitham, Ei, Dreamy (Nahida)

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İt started as you being a crewmate. The god team were immediatly on your side, attempting to keep an eye on you. But as soon as you shot them an angry glare from across the room, they left you alone.

you were a bit worried that the imposter was going to get too scared and not kill you for the whole game just because you are the creator, and having the gods in Real life be at your Side even in the game might scare them even more.

You watched as rockhead leave the caffeteria, Ei going to the opposite direction from him. But windbornbard did not move at all. Not even an inch.

You made your character walk up to him, wondering if he is having connection problems, just as you tried to get him to move, he killed you and ran away.

..... That smart mother fu-

Honestly, you weren't mad at all, (just a bit if you game rage alot like me) because this could help to ease tention in the first few rounds.

You followed windbornbard a little, wondering if he is going to get another kill. You both passed the boiler room and through security camera room. Seeing other players and fake tasking.

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DEAD BODY FOUND

Your toughts were cut short as they discovered COOLGUY's body.

Windbornbard gasped "the creator is dead?!"

Your throne room was filled with whispers, and angry mumbling, completely forgetting that COOLGUY is also dead (poor itto).

"Who would dare such a thing?! İ tought the gods were going to be at their Side the whole game!" ChildE said panicing, as if you actually got killed.

Al haitham picked on quickly, "if there was an agreement on protecting them. That can only mean that one of the archons is the traitor."

"Maybe, both of the imposters are gods?" Foxlady spoke in her teasing voice, profably to see Ei's reaction. "After all, theres only one way that they can get away with this, trap them and leave no witnesses behind."

"What you are saying is unlikely," Dreamy objected. "if that were the case, one of the archons would be dead as well, as all of us promised to protect them, one of us would have to witness the murder and the second imposter would kill the other god."

"Uhhhh... Guys?? İm also dead??? HELLO???"

Rockhead cutted in. "Sadly, we cant make any assumptions on who killed our creator, since we all parted ways to do our tasks by ourselves when..." He trailed off in the end, Coughing to hide his emberrasment, he didnt want to admit that he got scared.

"Then im voting to skip the vote." Windbornbard said. Someone find this man, you can't deal with his smug face if he wins!!

And thus, everyone skiped the meeting an no one got voted out.

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Next round you decided to do your tasks. That might help the crew a bit. While you go through the corridors you noticed Al haitham and windbornbard is going to somewhere together, and its not the first time you caught them walking Side by side. You're not sure if Al haitham got suspicious of venti or he is an imposter as well. Either way its an interesting duo. Maybe you should check the cameras.

You went to security room and looked through.

Blockhead was standing in the corridor, watchin Ei from a distance.

ChildE was avoiding everyone, immideatly leaving if the room has a player inside, he is taking it so seriously, he is profably not an imposter, you thought.

Klee was getting in and out of the rooms, Following random people and waiting just besides the door. İt suspicious but it could be that she is just exited to play.

You closed the security camera window, and looked across the real world room instead.

İtto placed the phone you gave him to his side and crossed his arms, pouting because he was the first one to die. Trying to look at other peoples phones from where he stood, to find the other imposter.

You could see the sweats forming at zhongli's forehead. He was SUPER concentrated. Why was he, amongst all of the other acolytes, being so serious about it anyway?

You looked at the traitor, who realised you were looking at him and smiled at you. You smiled back, at least one of them is having fun!

Suddenly his smile grew bigger and went back to his phone. Uh-oh he has an idea doesnt he.

EMERGENCY MEETİNG

"AL HAİTAM STOP FOLLOWİNG ME" he partly screamed.

"You misunderstand me, i was just following to make sure you are not a traitor."

"Oh realy?! Then explain why while we were in the room to the east, the doors were locked and you started to chase me?"

"...that did not happen."

Foxlady cutted in "now that you mention it, i do remember that one of the rooms that had my tasks was blocked by a door."

"İM VOTİNG AL HAİTHAM" windbornbard said. İts all going acording to plan hehehehehe. Some other started to back him up as well.

"Wait."

Everyone in the room turned to Blockhead.

"İ understand that all the evidence seems to be targeting hım. But i know my bard friend here for quite long, i can tell when he is being serious." He looked at windbornbard, "could it be that you are trying to blame Al Haitham for your crimes against our creator?"

"You seem to have quite the imagination old friend" he said calmly, imitiating him "it is as you say, we've known eachother for a few thousand years after all. So i too, can read your emotions."

Venti once again turned to you "your highness said so themselves, it is just a game afterall, so theres no need for me to treat it as a war between rivals. Of course im not in my serious mood."

He turned back to him "now thats out of the way, i must ask, why did you gets so offensive and tried to protect Al Haitham? Kind of... What was the world? SUS? don't you think?"

You almost burst out laughing, it was so funny hearing it from him, he sounded like a grandpa who is learning internet lingo, despite his youmg voice.

"Are you suggesting that, i am the one who killed the creator?"

"Now i didn't say that, you could be the one that killed 'COOLGUY', since you have strick policies when it comes to the creator."

They glared at eachother while Ei voiced her opinion. "What bard sais sounds very belivable, while mr Zhongli also made a convincing point. İ suggest that we vote Al Haitham, and if he does turn out to be an imposter, we can figure out from there."

"Well, it seems i can't get myself out of this one even if i try. İt was a very fun game." Haitham sighed. He accepted defeat, just like that? This isn't like him.

"İ expected for you to fight a bit more over this, not gonna lie"

"İ was more interested in the gameplay, rather than the prize itself. So being able to see the working mechanics was enough for me."

"Ah i see, maybe i can teach you sometime?" You asked innocently, not caring of the angry glares that turned to him as soon as you said that.

"İ belive the academia would bother us as soon as we got out, so that wouldnt be productive." He crossed his arms, knowing that this knowladge could profably get him killed. "But i do appriciate the tought, thank you, your highness"

Everyone hold their breath as the result was written in the stars.

AL HAİTHAM WAS THE İMPOSTER

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Everyone, including the ghosts stayed in the positions they spawned in. What now? Do they do an emergency meeting again and vote zhongli off? But is this right to assume right away? Should they wait a bit longer for evidence?

Before the meeting cooldown ends, everyone finally made up their mind. They all went back to their tasks.

You almost finished all of them, but the bar was only half full. Acolytes are too busy trying to find the last imposter that everyone seem to forget doing tasks causes instant win.

This round was worse, the lights go out, random doors closing and opening, causing panic among people, but venti was nowhere to be seen. Maybe he is doing this because he paniced, He has to kill 6 players all by himself afterall.

EMERGENCY MEETİNG

Ei, Klee and Dreamy died

"hOLY shit- 3 people died?!" İtto screamed.

"This can only mean one thing.." childE said, he was the one that pressed the meeting button. "Mr. Zhongli, care to explain?"

Everyone in the room looked at both of them

"İm not sure what you mean, Childe, would you be as kind as to enlighten me?" He said calmly, but it was obvious that he was getting irritated.

"The whole round, the rooms were randomly opening and closing. İ can tell that was a trap to create confusion, windbornbard has experianced the same thing. Only the smart ones that are experianced with faking their identities can think of this trick."

Oh this was a personal attack-

"İ agree with your opinion, however, i suggest that you choose the next words carefully, afterall, there is only 3 players left. İf we happen to fail finding the imposter now. We might not win this game."

Foxlady stoped both of them, realising this conversation contains topics from Real life"now now, lets not fight, even though the prize is grand, it is just a game after all."

Yeah what is the prize anyway?

She added "But i must say, what you said is quite right, only the ones that has an experiance to fake their identities can in fact create confusion skillfully"

"See? She agrees with me-"

"Hey now, have some manners. Don't you know that it's rude to interrupt while a lady is speaking?" She teased. ChildE cursed himself for being overly exited while she continued;

"However, the reasoning for you to claim blockhead- ah i meant Mr Zhongli- is an imposter is not realy a strong one. Since everyone in this room have experianced acting as another person."

Venti jumped in "yeah, aren't YOU the one that uses a fake identity in the first place? Harbinger of shneznaya?"

"How curious," zhongli added "blaming people is exactly what the imposter would do. İf i hadn't known better, i would have said that you are the imposter that is trying to cover up."

Yae raised a Brow "hmm? Do you have something else to say?"

"Not that it matters of course, but i have noticed that my usually talkative friend seem to be rather silent." He eyed Venti "And we have accused hım for being an imposter before."

"İm just watching, as you guys make this whole game about yourselves. İ have been having fun with my tasks!"

"Oh realy?" Yae teased, "what was the last task that you have done?"

"İ... Uh... The wires?"

"Which ones?"

"İn the.... Upper part of the ship."

"İs there even wires on there?"

"Yes there is! İ meant the caffeteria!"

"You were having fun with matching colors? My aren't you childish~"

"İ uhh well- you asked me the last task i've done! Not my favorite one!"

"Why are you stuttering bard?" Zhongli pressed on.

"You never got questioned by the shrine Maiden?! She is scary" he whispered

"Of course not, unlike you, i am not someone that causes trouble."

"OH come on! Why are you all mean to me all of a sudden?!"

"Yeah im voting him." Said childE.

"İm only voting for you because you told me im scary and that hurt my feelings" she laughed.

"Well, Barbatos, any last words?"

"İ was sooo close, thats not fair ;;"

WİNDBORNBARD WAS THE İMPOSTER.

Crewmates win!!

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Childe stoped you from leaving. "Your highness, do you have a moment?"

"İ guess? What is it?"

"Since this competition doesnt realy have öne winner. How do we know who won?"

"Zhongli, Yae miko and you won, because all of you survived untill the end."

"....does that mean you will go on a date with all of us..?"

"Wait what-? A date??"

"Fox lady said that the winner is going to have a date with you."

"İ DİDN'T KNOW THAT????"

"THEY DİDNT TOLD YOU?!"

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The whole tevat was mourning their loss. The day you were killed by the hands of someone they knew you held dear, there were offerings to your shrine, silent appologies were made.

The weather was rainy, as the world cried with your followers.

This is the scene you were greated with as you walked towards the shrine that made for you, after giving the winner the... Prize...

"Uhh guys.. im not dead?"

"Sometimes we can still hear their voice..."

Your acolytes was eternaly happy for your short visit ("guys i didn't leave-"). You never died. Anyone could still feel your presence when they looked at the sky, to the infinity.

You are the

İnfinity.

The undying one...

"Oh your Grace welcome how have you been? :D"

"The game was fun and all, but do you guys have to make everything dramatic?"

"Speaking of the game, were you the one that found the imposter? But got killed because of it? "

"Man i wish. Maybe next time i won't die immediatly!"

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[tamlindudley]

Fandoms are wild dude, I don’t even like Dain that much but I feel obligated to defend him because he really is not as bad as the BookTok hive mind makes him out to be ugh.

[tothestarsinvelaris]

My unhinged reactions to the chaotic ride that is The Folk of the Air series ((first two books only bc I'm only 30% through The Queen of Nothing soooo ---- no spoilers plsss))

The Cruel Prince Worst Betrayals:

TARYN - MA'AM!!?????!??? You knewww?? you knew Locke was playing both of y'all??? and you weren't even ensorcelled or whatever?!?!? GIRL?! "if you let me seduce your sister in front of you and keep your mouth shut it proves that I love you" I'M sorry?!?!!??? I absolutely cannot. Someone will need to give me some serious break down of why tf I shouldn't jump in there and smack the bitch myself for being so stupid and betraying her sister like that smh ((more on this bs later bc i've made it far enough through TQON to know things))

JUDE!!!!!!!! - Girl why tf are you gonna do my boy Cardan dirty like that???? He finally TRUSTED YOUR ASS okay?! he is clearly a lil bby who has never had a hug and never felt loved and is v much into you so maybe you should be NICE TO HIM (or mean bc hes into that obvs) but like -- you put the damn crown on his head when he SPECIFICALLY ASKED YOU NOT TO?!??????? oof

The Wicked King:

I sat there really trying to figure out who tf betrayed Jude already when Nicasia's jealous ass said that and like I knew it was not my boy Cardan bc he has never done anything wrong in his entire life and he has a plan and reasons and you can't tell me any different okay!? someone ((JUDE)) just hug the damn boy and pat his lil head and tell him everything is gonna be okay pls?? and I knew that boy Locke and stupid idiot Traitor Taryn were sus. Obvs Madoc is a dumb murder bitch so like?? DUH he was gonna do something stupid since you know, he already fucking committed treason. I just sat there from page one waiting for those three to pull some stupid shit to betray Jude and OBVS I WAS RIGHT ! those stupid idiot dumb dumbs can't help themselves but betray Jude! hate them allllllll hate hate hate

but the scream i screamed when the Ghost of all damn people - (me picturing him as some kinda cute lil spy cutie) - called for Jude in that tower and was like "naaaahhh I worked for Dain bitch, not your ass" I'm???? sorrryyy??? betray ME?! the READER OF THIS BOOK?!??! excuse you!

but also the way Cardan was like "tell me you hate me" and "i want to tell you so many lies" and "i'm a sad lil bby and nobody has ever cared about me" and "i trusted you" and "marry me" and "crawl to me" crawl to meee????? sir. and he sent her ass to the mortal world but did not deny her and did not revoke their marriage so likeeee??? jude girly use your damn brain okay babes i know its in there somewhere so pls just get back to your 4D chess game you had in book 1 and realize this man loves you and is trying to PROTECT YOU OKAY ugh!!!!!

Currently reading The Queen of Nothing so like.... doing my damn best to fly through this book so I can finally look at fanart and fandom shit okay? gh

[reginrokkr]

» @avaere asked: ❝ you don’t have to tell me how you got it. i just wanted to see. ❞ from wriothesley !

It is not an often occurrence that Dáinsleif chooses to stay in someone else's place, nor that sufficient trust to use their accommodations is established betwixt him and another to make it happen. For how conflictive their first encounter was —more his own fault than it was His Grace's, a mishap of his for not considering that he could descend to the forbidden zone that custodies one of the gates to the Primordial Sea anytime—, it came as a pleasant surprise that in all his kindness, the fortress' warden would invite him to stay if he lacks any other lodging to stay for the night and an offer Twilight could not refuse —while he counts with the capacity to move from one place to another at will, so long as Ley Lines in the surrounding area permeate, it is an ability he only uses when he has no other methods to reach to the chosen place and he did not have any desire to be subjected to the Iudex's scrutiny too—.

Twilight Sword is cognizant of the fact that there is more to this than a friendly exchange that culminates with using the other's accommodations to rest— there always is, just as when he did not intend to invite him to drink tea without a price, being answers to questions that even in such circumstance Dáinsleif would answer on his own terms. Whatever that would be, nevertheless, he didn't mind so long as hostilities are put to one side and sufficient trust that they have no reasons to stand against one another is present. And, of course, that no more prying occurs unless it is warranted one way or another.

What the abandoned seraph didn't anticipate is that it would be this early in the morning, nor in the chambers destined for his usufruct for that night— albeit it is not any less surprising granted that the Duke has access to any instalments. Including this one. As it is customary, Dáinsleif never sleeps with his mask on as it would pose more problems than they are worth caring for: while night-touched skin is nigh anaesthetized to touch, pressure or environmental climate stimuli, the Ley Lines are the opposite— bearing a heightened sensitivity if compared to the rest of his normal skin. The result of sleeping with the mask on would only cause an undesirable strain he's not immune from feeling pain of, nor he desires to add more that the corruption and curse of the divine don't weigh on him as is.

It could be worse than this.

For all he knows, he could've caught him in a naked state and see far more than just night kissing the right side of his face and Ley Lines combined and that would suffice to raise more questions about his person in a restless mind eager to learn more as His Grace's is. Thus it is safe to say that to Dáinsleif's fortune and the Duke's misfortune own, that did not happen.

Involuntary tension builds and roots Twilight Sword in place as the man in question approaches to see, a reassurance that little does to quench unintentional spasms byproduct of the closeness and so little as the other's icy glare or breathing, fight them as he may with everything he has. ◜These markings are far from desirable to bear on your body, Your Grace.◞ So when silence fails to steel his nerves, a genuine warning partly to distract his mind does wonders to recompose himself under a gaze that perhaps didn't even notice the inner turmoil this simple gesture causes, he ignores. ◜Just as they are tellers of misfortune, should you encounter much worse than me.◞ Namely monsters of the Abyss.

◜Would you look at that. Your fortuitous visit answered one of your questions better than my words could describe.◞