#so would Mel!

[littlefanthings]

Fifteen: I’ve got no one

The entire Noble-Temple family including Fourteen: The fuck you don’t….!?

Fifteen: Shhhh I’m the Doctor this doesn’t work if I’m not at least a little broody just give me this

[expelliarmus]

[egophiliac]

Since book 7 part 5 (the part where we meet Meleanor/Maleanor 👀) is coming to EN this month, i would love to see your take on lilia’s proposal to meleanor! i mean they were like little kids right? it couldn’t have been that serious…i think the only reason she even brought it up again is because she could tell lilia still genuinely loved her…(even if he didn’t realize it himself?) but, oh well! Let’s think about silly childhood shenanigans to numb the pain! ^_^ (orz)

oh shit?! get ready for a doozy guys, it's comiiiiiing ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

I chickened out of posting the whole thing (look, I get VERY carried away when it comes to these wacky kids and their Tragedy), but I do believe that it probably ended with Lilia getting embarrassed and just shoving the first thing he sees into his mouth to try and cover for it.

(we're just lucky it wasn't a frog this time)

[the-nothing-maker]

mélisande gives me gender envy

Honestly, same

[blood-starved-beast]

Another toxic headcanon of mine is Melinoe "child-soldier who grew up in a tent sleeping on a floor mattress in a bog and fucks in the Woods" would have a very difficult time adjusting to living in the House of Hades. Don't get me wrong she'd think she would do well and maybe the first few weeks/months or so she's alright. But as time goes on and she realizes she can't see the phases of the Moon or Selene's touch on her brow or simply go out and pick up mushrooms in the rain I think she'll 100% understand why Zagreus tried so hard to reach the Surface. And honestly, I don't think Hades would force her to stay/get a job at the House.

Melinoe and Hades are very similar, personality wise. Hades's first impression of his daughter is her running into his cell on her way to defeat his Father, the centerpoint of his trauma and the person he should have defeated long ago and left in the past. She goes in, night after night, fixing his mistakes. After a while, he must see the parallel.

Hades tells Zagreus in the first game to enjoy it while he doesn't have the responsibilities weighing Hades down. One could argue it's part of the reason why he's so bitter (other than being Divorced and traumatized). There's a convo where Hades asks if Melinoe is well. When she doesn't have an answer for him, he apologizes profusely. His failures are leading his daughter to become him. No childhood, only soldier.

There's no way in Hell or Heaven that Hades is gonna offer her an administrative chamber job lest he turns her into him. If he asks anything of her postgame, it's only to spend some time in the Underworld tending Pomegranate trees with her mom and time with them as a family but that's it.

[mixed-fandom-mess]

with everything that has happened in arcane today I want to take a second to appreciate all the new relationships and connections the show has established. It’s so great to see different characters interact that haven’t before, like Mel giving Caitlyn her condolences and talking to Jayce about her, Ambessa and Caitlyn interacting which has so much potential and the Heimerdinger-Ekko-Jayce-trio is great as well! Especially after the last season we were so used to characters only staying in their little bubble (Silco, Jinx, Sevika or Cait, Vi or Jayce,Viktor, Mel for example) but now that they are branching out we get to see so many cool and interesting interactions and I for one am loving it.

[animucrystal]

not sure if anyone on here has seen it yet but the chances of arospec / aromantic melinoe have grown exponentially large. honestly may be canon atp

((screenshot from: @/TheScruffyCat on twitter))

[melverie]

Listen, if you were to push Lucifer down on his back, then pin his arms above his head and sit down on his stomach as you smirk down at him, he WILL short circuit so hard that his pride will be temporarily deleted from his brain

For the next century or so, his gaze will continue to hold nothing but complete and utter reverence for You and only You. He will look at You like You are beauty and holiness and perfection incarnate, as if the only purpose of the stars decorating the night sky above—and by extension, the only purpose of the morning star himself—was to bear witness to Your allure and charm. To the brilliance of Your existence

Compared to You, his father has been nothing but a false idol all this time

Also if you lie down on his chest & raise your head just high enough that he can't kiss you he will start to vibrate at 900 miles per hour proof: I'm the skeleton in Luci's room

[drhubrisworm]

Melinoe: Father, I have heard that my brother, left open a position in the clerical department for shade paperwork

Hades: That is correct

Melinoe: I nominate myself for the position.

Hades: And what exactly are your qualifications?

Melinoe: You have seen the state of my room, I have also prepared a scroll detailing more responsibilities I can handle in this clerical position.

Hades: Considered and approved, you will begin your work the next eve

Zagerus: *Shocked and high fives melinoe*

[rotten-vision]

some things change, some stay the same

[teleportationmagic]

The main reason why I want Mel Medarda to live is because she is my fave, and because I love her.

The secondary reason why I want Mel to live is because the Undercity - and with it, Piltover - blowing up is first and foremost, her fault.

Our introduction with Mel starts by Elora telling us that she's the wealthiest person in Piltover, and we can see the influence of that - through her political and social power. While there are a variety of seats on the Council, it's made very clear that Mel holds more cards here. It's her who we see making moves to get people on her side, it's her who does notable alliance and coalition building, and it's her who the other council leaders follow. We see a few notable votes throughout the show - to pull Jayce into the council, to eject Heimdinger from it, and to vote for Zaun's independence, and in each of those votes Mel's either the one to prompt it, or Jayce is and the rest of the council members follow after she votes. When we speak of the council as a political entity, you have to speak of Mel Medarda. It's through convincing her that Jayce can ultimately bring the council on his side.

And so, the council failing Zaun is her failure. The council ignoring Zaun is her ignorance. The council allowing for the oppression of this people is her allowing for the oppression of these people. Not through malice, but simply because nobody is moved to make things better - because the status quo has enriched her, and the council, and Piltover, and why make changes if it's getting you what you want? The only other person who has something close to her power is Jayce, and he's largely coming into politics as a newcomer. She actually has the ability to do something, and she hasn't. Especially across the years bridging the time skip - it's clear that it's her who fashioned Jayce into being the kind of celebrity that he's becomes, and it's very likely that her political capital would've risen with his technology. And yet, she's done nothing.

Ambessa herself makes that point - that she's let the problem of the Undercity fester for too long. And to Mel's credit, she does look. Once the Undercity starts eating Piltover, she starts, finally, giving concessions. Once it rises to a moral point that she does understand, that balancing act between peace and violence, she finally makes the right choice. Only, its far too late, because she confused peace for goodness, for okayness, when really all that meant was that the violence was away from her eyes. She should have to confront that failure head on - that for all her diplomacy, she missed the place where she actually could have done the most good, because she was too busy lining her own pockets. For all her dread at becoming her mother, in many ways she already embodies her, just draped in gold.

She should have to confront that, the enormity of it. She should have to try to make it right.

[pup-pee]

he is the dirt under my fingernails

[just-a-madrigal]

This started as a perspective study and turned into me thinking about Nancy as a Waverly student and maybe Corine was cool and they’d be friends and their room would be so cozy and I think they should have a cat

[sea-buns]

I truly cannot believe Scylla when she says ladies never come to her shows. Hell—not even when you lured mortals? You're telling me you never drowned a single woman? Bullshit.

And on that note, a hades protag has never been less relatable than Melinoë's distaste for Scylla. Catch me belting along with every battle. Odysseus knows what's up.

[autumnoakes]

okay but going back to zagreus and melinoë for a second... i think when they meet they're going to have a LOT to work on with each other if they're going to get along. zagreus likes to push boundaries and he doesn't like leaving things unresolved if there's something he can do about it and melinoë is a LOT like hades in so many ways (temperment and sometimes her tone in particular). they're going to get on each others' nerves. they're going to drive each other up the wall. they're going to need time to get to know each other and understand each other and they might not get the chance to during hades 2 (what with mel's task seeming pretty nonstop. i know she's a goddess but girl don't you get tired???).

[guayabana]

just wanna say that i pegged from the start that melinoe was not quite the sickly sweet sad waif in need of protection from people being mean to her that people were portraying her as for a while in the beginning & while now some people seem to be swinging too hard in the direction of treating her like she's the worst person ever im at least glad people have caught on to the fact that she's a bit of a bitch. like justice for my girl nemesis mel IS a mean witch