#solphie’s choice

[askbohemiancompany]

Hey everyone.

I figured I would do something different for munday. A game if you will. You reply to this message and tell me one thing you would want in Pokémon.

The catch: I present the “cost” of doing this and you then reply again if the cost is worth it.

Then you tell me if it is worth it.

Feel free to reply to this post and I will do it while I have down time at work.

[lord-of-no-energy]

Dakkeon’s Family [Aslan + Helga + Alev]

From @dreamsinkandcoffee​

So I decided to come and drop my own bombs. c: By the way, thanks again for requesting!! I hope it's not a problem, I'd love some Aslan/Helga with Alev as their daughter. AU or canon or whatever, it's fine. Wish you the best~

Thank you for writing my request! This idea is such pure fluff that it hurts me to change it up a bit, but I don’t write character x character ;-; I’ll have to focus more on Alev and cut out the entire Aslan and Helga romance. I’m really sorry.

Aslan

Aslan and Helga have literally protected each other’s backs on the battlefield, so it’s no question that he trusts her with his life

He may or may not piss her off sometimes

It’s hard to know when he’s being intentional or when he isn’t aware of it

But he knows exactly how to make up to her

These two mess around with each other a lot. A lot of sharp remarks are thrown around.

Aslan isn’t afraid to compliment Helga, which normally results in a retort

He could say, “You know, you’re really reliable to have around” and she’d respond with “I have to be because you’re way too much of a carefree idiot with everything.”

But Aslan has known her long enough to hear the underlying compliments in her insults.

He appreciates how much she has guided Alev

Alev needs a strong female figure in her life to take as a role model and look towards for guidance, and Helga’s perfect for that

Alev isn’t the most confident, so when some politician makes a jab at her, the two have a talk with her to make sure it doesn’t affect her determination

Which ends up in an argument between the two because Aslan is all “You’re going to face a lot of criticism as the heiress, you need to use them to grow and move on” and Helga’s like “Do you want me to get rid of them? It’d be quick and clean, no one will know”

Aslan and Helga have opposite ways of thinking, so a lot of sparks are created

But that’s exactly why they rely on each other so much. They balance each other out.

Aslan is a strong-willed and rushes into things headfirst, while Helga prefers to think her options and weigh their consequences against each other

And that’s exactly what makes Alev such a promising leader. She starts picking up habits from both, combining them with her own style of leadership

But most importantly, it makes them the best parental figures she could have asked for

Helga

Helga normally goes with the flow and does whatever she wants. At some point, she most definitely ended up in Dakkeon

She’s exceptionally comfortable with Aslan, so naturally, she’s a lot more sharp-tongued around him, but that’s because she knows that he won’t be offended

She’s never said it out loud, but she admires Aslan a lot. She’s never been the leader type, she’s always been the logical one

It’s Aslan’s carefree personality that she needs to be there for. Someone can pretty much be bullying him and he wouldn’t realize it, so she needs to be there to tell them to back off.

How dare someone besides her bully him

She pulls small tricks on Aslan just to mess with his mind

It started off by moving his study table a few inches to the left and watch him bump into it

Sometimes, it went too far. 

She told him that the actual pronunciation of “sarcasm” is “sar-cay-zum” and now she regrets it because Aslan has driven everyone crazy to tears with his mispronunciation

She once convinced him that photosynthesis means getting new curtains so once Aslan passed Alev in the hallways and he was like “Can you remind the servants to do photosynthesis” and Alev was like what

Helga gets Alev involved in her pranks too. Once she told Aslan that girls loose their toenails at a certain age, just like how people lose teeth

When Alev confirmed this, Aslan brought her duct tape because he will not let his daughter lose her toenails

Speaking of Alev, when Aslan introduced Alev to her, she immediately decided that this girl will be her daughter from now on, no questions

Helga sympathizes with Alev a lot. Helga’s quite confident now, but she’s doubted herself on the battlefield before

She doesn’t only guide Alev in politics. Sometimes, the two just share tea over normal talks, like about crushes and normal mother-daughter things

Helga never imposes anything on Alev. She knows that Alev needs time to build trust in herself, and while pushing her out of her comfort zone is healthy, pushing her too much might just break her even more

Alev

She adopted Helga as a mom before she even met her

Alev’s heard a lot of stories about Helga from Aslan. She began looking up to her, like how young boys look up to the knights in fairytales

She may or may not be a bigger fan of Helga than Schneider is

When Helga was staying in Dakkeon, Alev received a lot of guidance about feminine things

Like periods and female hygiene and stuff

Don’t get me wrong, Aslan is a great dad who Alev doesn’t hesitate to ask advice from. But the thing is that Aslan doesn’t know much about female hygiene himself

Pretty much all the advice she got was from Solphi

When Alev first met Aslan, she was intimidated by his strong will. So when she first met Helga, she was intimidated by her as well

But from all the stories Aslan told, she was excited to meet her

After she got comfortable with Helga, she bombarded her with questions about the battlefield

It’s not that she hasn’t been on the battlefield before, but she’s never been at the center of war

Alev’s not confident in herself and her choices, and in the political world based on bringing others down to climb to the top, she finds it hard to fit in

This is where she relies on Aslan and Helga. The two give her advice whenever she asks for it.

The Aslan and Helga duo have helped her get over her self-consciousness. Of course, Aslan has definitely helped her a lot, but she follows Helga’s advice sometimes.

For example, Aslan’s advice for when being criticized is the face it with a smile and be honest with it. Helga’s advice is to fight back or ignore it.

Alev does both depending of the circumstances. When she feels that someone is offering genuine advice, she follows Aslan’s advice. When she knows that someone is criticizing her to attack her, she follows Helga’s.

Alev knows that when she gets the throne and is responsible for Dakkeon, the entire country will owe Aslan and Helga for creating a suitable leader for it.

I couldn’t help myself, these three would be an adorable family. Tysm for requesting, I enjoyed writing this way too much

[female-lord-is-our-wife]

A Place For Them To Laugh.

TW! Suicide.

There is no point in living in the world.

Why do you have to try so hard to fight when you're the one who's always suffering?

When people have left you alone, and will never come back to you again.

Why are you still holding on?

When the whole world is trying to bring you down.

Why are you still holding on?

Who are you trying so hard for? Trying to survive the cruelty of the world, who are you doing that for?

So why don't you just stop?

After all, no one cares if you're alive.

And no one cares if you die.

The roar of people's voices began to fill the red-haired woman's ears, but she didn't seem to care. Empty eyes stare at the train tracks, there is a feeling of fear to jump. There is still a feeling of fear of ending it all.

Whereas previously she felt very sure, to end her own life.

But now, she was afraid.

Alev didn't know what she should do. Should she walk home and go back to bearing all the weight she got in the world?

No matter how loud she screamed, no matter how much she cried at night, no matter how often she took sedatives to relieve stress, no one came to help. No one cares.

Then, who is she fighting for?

For herself?

Apparently not, if she was fighting for herself, she would prefer to die.

Why do I feel doubt? Alev said to herself. Slowly, the sound of an oncoming train began to sound, as a sign that she had to make her choice now.

Would you choose to jump in and be free from it all?

Or just stand still, do nothing and suffer again?

"I want to be free." Alev muttered in a low voice, the sound of the train getting closer and even Alev could feel the light rays dazzling her a little, Alev was waiting for the right time for her to jump, so she could end it all quickly, without pain.

When her legs tried to jump, a tiny hand wrapped around her waist.

"What...?"

"Please don't do that."

Alev looked away, staring at the woman who was holding her, as if holding her to end her life.

They just stood there, staring.

And it was their first meeting.

~

Alev wouldn't say that they knew each other well, but the woman named Solphi always came to her house, either cooking something or just cleaning. Alev had asked her not to do that, but Solphi had a stubborn attitude, she would still do it even though Alev had asked her to stop.

"Why do you care so much about me?"

Alev asked, stopping Solphi who was setting the table, getting ready for dinner. She didn't answer Alev's question, just busy putting various kinds of food on the table.

"Let's eat, while it's still warm."

"Why didn't you answer my question?"

"Do you like egg rolls? Give it a try! It's delicious—"

"ANSWER MY QUESTION!"

Alev shouted angrily, accidentally throwing a bowl of warm soup on the floor, the sound of the bowl breaking seemed to represent Alev's emotions which were overflowing and then shattered into pieces.

Solphi was silent, while carefully cleaning the pieces of the bowl, but then Alev grabbed her wrist, stopping Solphi from doing what she was doing.

"Why didn't you answer?"

Solphi was silent, for a long time silence enveloped them, slowly the warm food became cold.

"Because it's like looking at myself in the mirror."

Solphi then said, making Alev look at the look on her face that looks like she wants to cry.

"You really are like me, that's why I don't want you to die."

Because I will only see myself jumping.

Alev is silent, but they are strangers, does Solphi have the right to interfere in her private life?

"Is the only reason you stopped me because you see yourself in me?"

"That's why I don't want you to die!"

"Why? Is it because you seem to see yourself ending your life?"

And those words succeeded in making Solphi speechless. Alev sighed, somehow she felt her words had weighed on Solphi.

And they spent the night in peace.

Actually Alev felt comfortable with Solphi by her side. At least she has a reason to be alive, and it's actually a nice thing to have someone who cares about you like this.

It was like Alev had found the most precious treasure in the world.

She has started to smile happily, she has started to feel again what is called happiness.

Until then, Solphi never again came to her house.

One day, Alev waited.

She didn't come.

Five days, Alev waited.

Solphi still didn't come.

Two weeks, Alev waited.

Solphi still didn't come.

One month, Alev waited.

Solphi never came.

Alev doesn't know, but now she feels her days are no longer meaningful. Also, Solphi has now also left her alone, why has she been happy all this time? She should have known that Solphi would also leave her.

Alev returns to depression, she returns to her old ruin. Having to endure all the stress and go back to taking sedatives, Solphi would usually stop Alev from taking these drugs. But now she's not there, she's not coming.

Has all this time been just a pity? So that when Alev was happy again, Solphi just left, leaving her alone.

Then, why is she alive now?

"I don't have a reason for that anymore."

Until then, Alev heard someone knocking on the door.

Alev opened the door, hoping that the person knocking on the door was Solphi.

And as it turned out, it was her.

However, something is different.

Solphi's face looked very pale, like a dead person. But, she is here now, Alev immediately hugs Solphi, crying profusely, Solphi just stays silent while smiling and hugs Alev back. Solphi then looked at Alev's face, wiping the tears from the red-haired woman's eyes.

"Let's go, now we're free."

Alev smiled, as she hugged Solphi again.

Epilogue :

It was a very cold night,

People seemed to gather around something,

Solphi was seen lying weakly on the highway, with blood starting to soak the streets. Solphi cried, feeling sorry that she could no longer see Alev, she breathed her last.

Unbeknownst to her, Alev had also ended her life by swallowing all the drugs that caused her to overdose.

Short note: Actually Alev and Solphi were dead, when Alev heard the knock on the door it was Solphi who came to pick her up, and their words were free now actually they both died at the same time. Solphi only came to pick up Alev's spirit so they could go together.

[felikatze]

loh has to be one of my fav stories to ever use time loops because even the characters who don't remember get continuous character development

i am going to go insane. this turned into rambling abt zaira and krom and their reversal in extreme. with an additional hard mode laphlaes and nine because when do i ever not think abt those. i am not sorry.

especially with extreme mode, this becomes so apparent.

take for example, krom and zaira. krom's story is about putting down your privelege and learning what it means to see others as equals. zaira's is about coping with your anger at the world for how it's treated you just for how you were born, and rising beyond it.

in normal, krom, having failed his duty, becomes lost and disappears. Zaira joins the knights of avilion. however, she remains just as loyal to lord as she was to charles, to a degree only perhaps matched by johan. she struggles to see herself as an equal.

in hard, they don't even remember this! And yet, krom joins the knights to not just blindly serve what he's been told, but to put good into the world! zaira joins the knights, but she learns to value herself more, to see what she is truly capable of. and the two of them can reconcile!

extreme mode is where this gets dialed up to the, of course, extreme.

in a more equal world, where zaira is valued more and krom is a smidgen less privileged, zaira wins. Her strength is fully acknowledged, and she becomes captain of [thronknights]. This is what she had always been capable of! In her fully deserved position, she is at peace with herself. She is happy. She knows she has earned this.

in this more equal world, krom loses. instead, he becomes charles' bodyguard. The monarchy crumbles, and krom is forced to choose between his values and his privilege. they simply cannot coexist anymore. ultimately, he even needs to fight his own family and forsake his position to truly do good, even if it hurts.

i keep thinking abt that one d krom / l zaira scene where krom admits he's jealous of her, it's so good. firstly, the element choice is incredible.

in normal and hard, zaira is fire, and krom is water. water beats fire, just how krom becomes captain because he, as a noble, is valued more by king and country. fire is a good element choice for zaira, since the f heroes tend to have a more.. fiery temperament. it fits well, since normal/hard zaira tries to reconcile her anger with her loyalty.

in extreme, zaira is light, and krom is dark. both their elements beat each other. This means!!! this is the only elemental constellation wherein neither has the advantage. Elements are mainly for gameplay and scarcely, if ever, relevant to the story, but this specific choice is still so 👌👌👌👌

it's a gameplay reflection of their story inversion. they are on equal ground, in both ways, and zaira wins.

d characters are also known for having just. Trauma Hours. appropiate for That Time Krom Had To Kill His Brother As The Ultimate Separation Of Himself From Privilege.

l characters are rarer, i think, but they just seem to have their shit together. generally at peace with themselves (see l lairei, or l walther compared to e walther). excellent pick for zaira, because she doesn't have to grapple with her anger anymore, and just flourishes in her position.

since this turned into "oh my god i love zaira and krom," i wanna give more examples of continuous charater development except i'm only on third tower in extreme.

a vry good example that i love a lot is laphlaes (and nine).

normal mode laphlaes stuggles with the question of "can i take responsibility?" can he atone for the harm he's done under another's influence? he's more a sidechar in normal, yet nonetheless he arrives at the conclusion that, yes, he has to. it was still his own doubts and fears that drove him to act.

there we have e laphleas, who grapples with the logical followup of "how do i take responsibility?" here, he has to deal with something he's not directly responsible for. namely, being a dad, suddenly.

i friggin love how laphlaes, nine, lumie, and solphie play into each other here.

normal nine is "am i a tool?" and hard nine is "do i deserve to be anything outside of that?" so they play into each other perfectly and it hurts me.

laphlaes wants to be responsible for nine, but nine is still so lonely and repressed. Laphlaes doesn't know how to love nine, and nine doesn't know how to be loved. Laphlaes doesn't know how to be a father, and nine doesn't know how to be a son.

Absolutely beautiful, man. I think abt that scene where the knights capture nine, and you get laphlaes and nine being wistful at each other because maybe both of them want to be a family, but they just don't know how.

[primoresplendens]

I've talked too much about healthy relationships: time for some of the more spicy choices available

↪JohanLord

↪L Johan×D Josh

(⬆️I LOVE how these 2 are literal near opposites⬇️)

↪D Johan×L Josh

↪Kartoshua

↪JoshVan

↪Kartis×D Johan

↪Kartis×L Johan

↪Ralindon (Read: They are PERFECT for each other (horrified))

↪Alev×Solphi (double Bingo)

Anyways I made a ship bingo card because I didn’t like the other ones floating around

Here go crazy