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Helpless // Chpt 3: Political Turmoil

Can the Xerin queen be saved? What will this mean for inter-kingdom relationships, how long can they truly live in harmony.

Let's play a game called, "Can You Spot All The Foreshadowing?"

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The chaos became pandemonium as Laina crumpled to the floor, one scream breaking through the wall of sound.

"Mother?!? MOM!" The second princess of Xeris sprinted towards the front of the hall, her older sister close on her heels. "Mom you're going be fine, you are..." Talia dropped to her knees, hands pressed onto her mother's wound to stop the bleeding.

Laina murmured softly - too quietly for anyone around her to hear - and tried to pull the lonsdaleite shard out of her stomach, stopped immediately by Izira as she knelt down opposite Talia.

"You cannot, mother. You will bleed out," she whispered calmly. But her hands were shaking as she held them out over her mother's stomach.

A magic circle appeared above the wound; the light catching the tears as they rolled down Talia's face. "You can heal her, right?" she asked urgently, not daring to move her hands away from her mother's wound. "Tell me you can heal her."

"I shall try my best."

After she got over her initial shock, Emilia - the Queen of Volta - took it upon herself to calm the crowd, the Borealian and Calixian Queens leaning a hand when needed.

Many of the royals were whispering between themselves, and when the crowd finally settled, horrible cruel whispers filled the air: she did it on purpose… must have been the Queen's plan all along… we all know they don't get on… could mean a civil war… it's the princess, the princess is to blame…

Luckily, Princess Iris heard none of this- saw none of this.

Her vision was a blur, the look of shock so prevalent on her face it seemed stuck that way. White noise filled her ears and felt almost tangible around her. She didn't even notice she was backing away from the scene until she felt her mother's hands on her shoulders.

"I didn't mean-"

"I know," Xiphi said, the anger in her voice not quite hidden, "accidents happen. However this is going to take months to settle. And with things already uncertain…" She looked to her husband. "Be ready for the worst, Jericho."

He nodded, "For now we show support."

Xiphi passed Iris to him. "Keep an eye on her, I shall go help Laina."

Another nod as Jericho took a firm grip on Iris' shoulder, trying ever so hard not to let his frustrations out on her. But he made a note to increase her training time - clearly she still wasn't fully in control of her magic.

But right now, that wasn't what mattered.

As Izira worked her magic and Xiphi glided across the battle circle to lend her own, Acherontia laid a comforting hand on Talia's shoulder. "This isn't something you should see, sweetheart, don't you want to go and sit down? My daughter would be more than happy to talk to you if you wan-"

"Please let go," Talia said quickly, voice wavering. "I need to be with my mother. If you can help, help. But if not then do not stop me from doing so."

"Very well, I can extract the lonsdaleite when it is appropriate to do so."

Talia glanced at Izira who nodded ever so slightly, "Thank you, that would be most helpful yes."

Having now reached them, Xiphi joined the group, summoning her own magic. "I can provide a protective barrier around the lonsdaleite so momentarily stop the blood flow, that way you will have more time to remove-"

"Don't you think your kind has done enough?" Izira shot at her, her concentration slipping.

Talia jumped and quickly reached to grab her sister's arm. "Izira. She can help. We need help. Apologise to the Queen."

"Her wound, Talia; put your hand back."

Startled, Talia did so quickly, trying very hard not to look at the blood smear she had left on her sister's arm.

"We need to act with haste," Xiphi insisted, "she will not last much longer." As much as she disliked the woman, it would not do to have her die in her own daughter's coming of age ceremony.

Izira huffed angrily. "Fine. … And I apologise for my earlier rudeness, Your Majesty."

"Nothing to be concerned about, your mother is my priority." Xiphi began weaving the shield to stop Laina losing any more blood. "Ready, Acherontia?"

"At your command, my Queen" Ati assured her.

Xiphi nodded; Acherontia crouched at the ready, her own magic dancing across her fingertips which cast a vaguely unsettling red glow. Izira narrowed her eyes but said nothing, finishing up the healing around the wound.

"When Her Majesty is ready, you are to remove the lonsdaleite as quickly as possible and I will begin healing the rest of the wound," Izira said.

Not a few moments later, Xiphi gave the word.

Talia moved round out of the way, whispering words of comfort to her mother and stroking her hair as the Queens and her sister got to work.

For now, the bleeding was held at bay by the weaving. Xiphi concentrated on maintaining it while Acherontia placed her hands on either side of the shard. She muttered softly under her breath and the shard began to glow.

"I apologise Laina, this is going to hurt," Ati said apologetically. "But it is the only way."

The Xerin Queen's screams cut through the murmurings of the crowd like a meat cleaver as Acherontia used her magic to wiggle the lonsdaleite free. It remained stubbornly wedged in her abdomen until one final pull of magic and it shot off near the centre of the circle.

It hovered in front of Iris, gleaming menacingly as blood dripped down off it. You did this, the shard seemed to accuse her, you almost killed her. It hung there for a few seconds, vibrating ever so subtly before the magic glow around it died and it fell on top of the pile of broken lonsdaleite.

And then Ati was there, knitting the stone back together before it could harm anyone else.

Iris blinked and stepped forwards nervously. "I need to help her. This is my fault, I have to help her…"

"No, Iris," Jericho stopped her and turned his daughter around, guiding her towards one of the side doors out of the ballroom. "I think we've seen enough here. The Queens have everything under control."

Iris glanced behind her, wanting to help but slowly realising she might do more harm than good. And so she offered up no resistance as she was pushed towards the door, the judging eyes of almost every royal and noble boring into her.

There were two pairs of eyes however that watched her with concern.

Mephisto shifted forwards in his seat, wanting in equal parts to silence the deceitful mutterings and wrap Iris in a hug and never let her go.

This wasn't her fault.

"There is nothing you can do," Praxina whispered, holding her brother back. "Trust me, otherwise I would be right there with you." Her voice shook with anger, calmed only when Mephisto repeated her own gesture.

"You take the left, I take the right?" he joked.

Praxina snorted quietly under her breath. It was nice to always have her brother on the same page as her. Usually nice anyway, she thought as she glanced at Iris as the King closed the door behind her. Her heart juttered as she remembered her dance with the princess, before everything had gone to Klatznik.

Meanwhile Izira was working as quickly as she could to heal around the blood barrier before it broke.

"Mother is lucky the shard was relatively small," she said shakily as she went about her magic. "Any bigger and…" Izira blinked away tears, her eyes meeting her sister's. Their faces were mirrors.

Acherontia, lonsdaleite now safely in its box on the edge of the circle, returned and gently placed a hand on each of the princesses' shoulder. "She will be fine. You are doing great."

Ati continued her words of encouragement, broken only once when Laina began muttering and attempting to gesture behind them. Talia calmed her down and listened to her ramblings about dark shadows and strange birds, trying very hard to keep a smile on her face for her mother.

Soon enough, Izira finished healing her wound, and Xiphi slowly let the blood barrier drop, guiding the blood itself back into her system.

"She's lost a of blood," Izira noted, "we need to get her to an infirmary as soon as possible."

The Queen of Borealis, Adaline, rushed forwards, "Allow me, I can elevate her body with my magic so her wound does not reopen with unnecessary movements. And we shall get there in twice the time, so there will be no need to worry." Without missing a beat she surrounded Laina with her magic and began moving her out of the room.

Talia and Izira hurried to follow her, Xiphi following closely behind. Before accompanying the Xerin royal family and Ephedian Queen, Acherontia grabbed the lonsdaleite chest.

Or she would have done had it actually been there.

Ati frowned and looked around wildly, searching for it. The lonsdaleite was both rare and powerful in its own right. A properly cut gem could boost the carriers magic almost indefinitely - she had intended for it to be a gift for Xiphi, to add to the crown.

And now it was missing - or taken.

Across the room, Praxina frowned. "Something is wrong."

"You don't say," Mephisto muttered dryly, gesturing subtly at the Xerin royals and their entourage as they got close to the main doors. They were situated almost right next to the Runic table, so they had a perfect view of the on-goings.

"No! I mean with Mother!" she stressed, squishing Mephisto's cheeks and facing him in the right direction. "See! She's looking for something. Father, you can see it too right?"

Mephisto, not really given any other choice, looked towards his mother. "Oh yesh, I shee."

The twins' father, Hugo, nodded thoughtfully. "Something is definitely amiss. But I wouldn't worry about it, you know your mother. She'll stress over anything."

"Dat's true," Mephisto got out.

Praxina let go of him and stood up, "I shall go and help her. You stay here and make sure he doesn't get into trouble."

"Will do!" father and son said at the same time, then glanced at each other.

As they burst out laughing, Praxina shook her head. "Please remember we are witnessing a tragedy here."

"Okay, Mom," Mephisto said sarcastically, giving Hugo another reason to chuckle.

"Just… behave. Both of you."

In response, they saluted her, tongues sticking out and eyes crossed. Praxina opened her mouth ever so slightly to retort back, but then closed it firmly and began making her way towards her mother, brushing past the Xerin royals as she did so. If she stayed any longer she'd never get away. There was no winning when her brother and father teamed up, their sheer stubbornness to not take anything seriously was enough to drive even the most patient of people mad.

Acherontia, for her part, was now asking the remaining queens if they had seen the chest.

"Well, Liv?"

The Calixian Queen Regnant thought for a moment. "Can't say that I have," she replied, "these sort of events aren't my style, you know that Ati. What'd you say, Melissa, honey? Notice anything?"

"Nah, love. I was keeping my eye on the boys- Carissa's on it now that the trials are… well over I suppose. But throughout them our Theo kept getting nudging his chair closer to that Voltan Princess. Or trying to anyway," she added, laughing slightly at the memory. Theo was a big hulking lad of seventeen. It was very hard for him to do anything inconspicuously.

"Wait, the Voltan Princess that's friends with the Crown Princess?"

Livia nodded and they began discussing possible marriage arrangements for their son, completely forgetting about Ati.

"Riveting though this is, ladies," she put in, halting the conversation between the Calixian Queens, "that lonsdaleite is very important. I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me immediately should you see a little iron and gold plated chest.

"Yeah sure, will do. Hey Em! EMILIA!!" The Voltan Queen turned her head towards the sound of Livia's voice. "YEAH, CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR A SECOND?"

"OF COURSE LIV!" she called back, bouncing up out of her seat.

Thankfully for her husband, Erik, only the five eldest Voltan children had been brought alone to the ruling kingdom; and this was mainly to find them suitable partners given the high number of potential suitors at the celebration.

Priska, their eldest daughter - and future ruler of Volta - had already married a relatively new royal Voltan guard she had fallen in love with over the summer. Not much was known about the young man, but he seemed genuine in his love for their daughter (not to mention his magic was nothing to turn their nose up against) and so the Queen and King had allowed it.

Jodan, their eldest son, had no problem catching the attention of the various royal princesses and dames, but alas he did not seem interested in them.

There was of course no rush, not now Priska had a husband by her side, but it didn't hurt to give their children a little push of encouragement should an ideal suitor make an appearance.

Which was exactly what the Queens of Calix were planning to provide.

The Queen of Volta joined the group of Queens, Acherontia jumping forwards immediately. "Ah perfect, Emilia, can-"

"EM!" Livia rushed to embrace her friend who gleefully returned the hug. "You are not going to believe this, Emilia, but," she looked to her wife, "we believe we've found you a match for your Auriana."

As the three Queens shrieked happily and began talking once again about arrangements, Ati sighed unhappily. "Nooo, I need her to find the…" she trailed off, realising they wouldn't be any use to her, not when there was gossip to be had. She wouldn't mind if it was on one of their ladies nights, or even arrangements for her own children - which she still needed to organise - but even so what with the disappearance of-

Archeronita jumped as someone tapped her on the shoulder, sharply pulling her away from her worries.

"GAH! Oh," she turned to find her daughter looking inquisitively at her, "it's just you dear."

Praxina nodded, "I saw you searching for something, Mother. What is troubling you? Have you lost something?"

"Well… yes and no. The lonsdaleite appears to have vanished into thin air. I distinctly remember placing the chest here," she tapped the floor irritably with her foot. "And that was after reforming the stone, placing it in its box, and then returning to help poor Laina - you know the Qu-"

"I know, Mother."

Ati blinked, "Oh yes, of course you do. Anyway yes, it's just… gone!" she threw her hands up in the air, baffled. "I believe someone must have stolen it, if I am being perfectly honest."

The Runic Princess thought for a moment, "Was anyone watching the lonsdaleite while you were attending to the Xerin Queen?" When her mother shook her head, Praxina rolled her eyes. "You should have teleported it back to our table."

"Yes I know that!" Ati snapped, lowering her voice slightly. "But I was a little preoccupied preventing a woman from dying."

"What about asking around?"

Ati whined," That's what i've been trying to do! But all Liv and Mel want to talk about is which daughter is going to marry who's son or daughter and-" She trailed off, an idea flourishing in her mind.

After a full minute of silence, Praxina prompted her, "Mother?"

"Hmm?" She looked up, "Oh yes. … Praxinaaa..." she said coyly, a big grin on her face as she formulated her plan.

"...Yeees?" she answered, matching her mother's tone of voice but frowning.

Acherontia snaked her arm around Praxina's shoulders and squeezed gently. "Be a dear and go talk to the young princess of Xe-"

She was cut off abruptly as the main doors to the ballroom slammed open, Xiphi striding in elegantly. Adaline was close on her heels, attempting to imitate the other queen's royal aura, but failing to do so ever so slightly. Because of course, a queen sets and follows her own rules, not those of others. This was Adaline's downfall.

As Xiphi made her way to the front of the hall, offering the Runic women a graceful nod, the Borealian Queen returned to her seat.

Praxina tugged her mother's sleeve pointedly and began walking back to their table.

Glancing around frantically one last time, Ati reluctantly followed her daughter, vowing to shove her at the young Xerin Princess the next chance she got. This union could prove to be essential, especially with the High Princess showing interest in her son.

Marrying into the two most powerful families on the planet? Why it was an opportunity Acherontia couldn't resist.

Her own husband was a Borealian - the Queen's brother in fact - so they were already guaranteed to have that kingdom on their side, should the reason arise for it. Another two would surely seal the deal.

But for now, Ati would tread carefully. Or, at least, as carefully as her inquisitive nature would allow.

The Queen of Ephedia called for silence. "The events of tonight," she began, "shall not rest in silence. I have spoken to the Xerin Queen and she is now recovering from her injury. My daughter, Iris, will be presenting a full formal apology to Xeris, and her coming of age ceremony will be postponed until such a time when she is able to control her power. I apologise for any distress this accident has incurred and hope the rest of the evening passes without incident.

"Thank you for your time."

Xiphi inclined her head and returned to the throne, ready for the night to come to an end - she had had enough of dealing with pleasantries and politics and calls to action. If a fight broke out here and now, she didn't think she would be able to pay attention to it, let alone handle it.

Thankfully, people seemed to be relaxing now; the egra nectar perhaps encouraging this subdued behavior. People were gossiping, introducing their children to others around their social level and age, and all round trying to put the night's unfortunate incident behind them.

And so the party got back underway, the noise level rising. However, ever so faintly, the crisp chirpings of two crystal birds could be heard amidst the chattings.

If one cared to pay attention, that is.

#Lolirock #Iristo #Praxalia #soooooooooo much foreshadowing #i fucking love writing this fic bc it's so intricate #my writing #enjoy!

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rationalisms · 2 years ago

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I feel the same way about discord. I miss being an active participant in fandom but not enough to put up with all the downsides. here's to hoping that it's just a passing phase! anyway what have you been into lately? I finally watched severance and it really was just as good as everyone said

i'm sorry :( i definitely get u, i rly miss it too but it's for sure a "don't go where i can't follow" type situation. part of me wants to overcome my anxiety around it and give the whole thing another go and part of me just wants to sulk like a grumpy old man lmao

severance is soooooooooo gooood, i'm so glad you enjoyed it!! hits so good for so many of my buttons. i've watched it twice (first with a friend who'd already seen it when i hadn't, and then with a friend who hadn't seen it after i did) and both the first and second watch were so fun for different reasons. the first time round the guessing game and seeing everything come together is amazing, and the second time round you get to spot all the foreshadowing and connections you didn't make at the time... this is my way of saying you should watch it again dkfjg

otherwise i'm still on the same ol' trains i'm always on bc i'm deeply predictable lmao. like 10% person of interest, 10% locked tomb, 80% melting down about persona 4. my bff and i are doing this semi-consistent thing this year where we get as high as humanly possible and attempt to beat p4 in its entirety to see whether we unlock any new mental illnesses and 1) i am honestly astounded that we're doing fairly well and haven't even wiped yet despite the fact that i routinely forget all the controls mid-playing 2) it's mostly been him laughing at my emotions so far but we're getting to the naoto side of things so i'm excited about how much i'll get to laugh at his emotions for a change soon >:)

i've also been getting back into cyberpunk 2077 a lil, mainly because i've started playing in a rly fun cyberpunk red ttrpg campaign that's set in 2077 instead of the canon cpr timeline. :') wild how much all the patches have polished the game up, rly wish corporate had allowed them to release the game in that state in the first place (isn't it ironic etc etc)

woah this is a lot of text sorry!! tl;dr i getchu tho i wish i didn't and i hope u have a wonderful rest of your week!! enjoy ur severance rewatch ur obviously gonna be doing!!

#anon #reply

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josiecarioca · 4 years ago

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On Severus’ robes, wizard and muggle clothes and the importance of fashion in “Post War”

In my post about Evelyn's teenage crush and Severus wizarding robes (makes sense in context), @hayalee8 asked me wether Evelyn will, at some point, wear wizarding robes.

Imma just take this opportunity to ramble a bit about fashion in “Post War” (because I was supposed to be doing something else, so this is what I´ll do now).

Some of you may have noticed that fashion is kind of a big deal in this story.

Evelyn- I have talked in another post about how Evelyn performs her “traditional” femininity as a way to assert herself. Basically she dresses to feel powerful, and in some ways to control how other people react to her, She dresses up for business meetings, parties and events in the same way a warrior would put on a suit of armor to go to battle. When she has lunch with Pavel/Dmitri to discuss the book deal she wears a hyper tailored purple dress (purple being the color of royalty, and the meticulous tailoring as a display of power). In her two first “official” dates with Severus she choses contrasting outfits: a white lace dress with a pink princess style coat (she´s meeting him in a church on Christmas, and goes for something that looks angelic, and makes her look more approachable) and for Severus birthday she wears a form-fitting emerald green dress with a plunging neckline (green is his favorite color other than black, the cleavage shows off the silver-green crucifix on her neck, slytherin colors, and by then their relationship has taken on some sexual elements, so the dress is more provocative. Through the story she wears bright colors, particularly shades of red, high heels and bold jewelry in stark contrast to Severus who wears the same simple shapeless black outfits. She’s like a force of life bursting in when Severus is trying to figuratively “remain dead” . In the chapters that take place in Spain (when she and Severus are in a established relationship) her fashion choices also change slightly, she still wears loads of red, but there´s less structure and more sensuality: bare shoulders, long sundresses, sandals, loads of stark white, splashes of orange and blue and loads of rich, flowy fabric and flamenco inspired cuts.

Severus- Severus’s fashions are much simpler but they also tell a story. He starts the narrative wearing mostly slacks or jeans and turtlenecks, all in black (or very dark denim for the jeans). After the war,he´s left Hogwarts, and has lost much of his identity: he´s no longer a spy, no longer a teacher, and he´s hidding from wizard society, so in a way he´s no longer a wizard. But he doesn’t know how to be anything else, he´s built his entire persona on being a spy, a teacher and a wizard. Living among muggles he can no longer wear his robes, so he wears a “muggle version” of them, a sort of mockup. The black turtlenecks not only hides his neck scars, but they aslo serve as a simplified version of his teaching robes and figuratively keeps him “buttoned up”. The long sleeves and jackets hide the dark mark, but also cover him up in a way a cloak would have done before. When he leaves the house all he does is add layers, as if trying to protect himself from the outside world: scarves, jackets, boots. All black or grey, all clunky, shapeless and heavy. Is like he´s trying to turn himself into a shadow, to disappear. The first subtle change is the jumper Evelyn’s mother gives him as Christmas gift. It´s a moss green woolen Aran sweater with Evelyn´s family pattern on it (each family has its own knit pattern and this is an early indication that Severus will be part of this family soon). Originally it was meant for Evelyn´s father, but he died before it was finished, so in a way this foreshadows that Severus also symbolically steps into his shoes as a male presence in a family that currently has none (as all men in the family passed away). From there on Severus receives small, subtle additions to his wardrobe. As his relationship with Evelyn grows closer the turtlenecks are replaced by button-up shirts or boatneck long sleeved shirts. Navy blue, lighter greys and different shades of green start to appear. Sometimes he rolls up the sleeves, leaving his forearms bare. Then, much like it happens to Evelyn, we get to the Spain chapters and his style changes significantly. He switches his color palette from dark blues, dark greens and dark greys to lighter blues, lighter greys and blueish greys. The Black is still there (pants, shoes, belts), but now there´s the final addition of white. It starts with white shirts and t-shirts, but then there’s *THE* white linen suit. This is Snape in all white. This is Snape ready to transition into a new life and come clean about his past. It´s a rebirth of sorts.

Soooooooooo...when he goes back to wearing wizarding robes, It IS going to be a big deal. Because this will be Snape reclaiming his old identity, but under new terms. He´s not a spy or a teacher, he’s a war “veteran”, a hero, and now he’s inequivocally one of “the good guys”. Also, with Dumbledore gone, he and Minerva are as close to a moral leadership as the trio and te former Hogwarts alumni have. More importantly, he´s the man Dumbledore trusted literally with his life. In a way, Dumbledore’s near “sanctity” has rubbed off on him a little. He won’t be wearing teacher robes, instead he´ll be wearing regular robes which have more color and richness to them. He doesn´t need to hide in all black now. He´s not Dumbledore´s shadow anymore. He is himself, finally with his own independent identity.

Which brings me back to @hayalee8 ´s question: Will Evelyn ever wear robes?

Evelyn’ s persona, her sense of self is expressed through her clothes. It´s an important part of how she build her identity, and how she feels safe and confident to move in life. And those clothes are and have always been muggle clothes. That´s what she wore her whole life, it´s the “suit of armor” she´s comfortable with, and she knows exactly how to use and manipulate it to her own advantage. She *KNOWS* clothes and their impact, be it color, cut, lenght, pattern...So getting her into wizarding robes would be complicated, at least at first. It´s too foreign to her, too unlike what she´s used to, and the fact that her body is a huge part of her self-expression would mean that hiding it under yards of fabric would throw her off at first. HOWEVER, the magic world is also part of her ancestry, something she´d been chasing after her whole life even without knowing and her relationship with Severus reiforces the fact that this is her world too. She descends from wizards and witches, and she´s in love with a wizard. She can´t *just* be a muggle anymore. And as I said, Evelyn KNOWS what looks good on her and what impact she wants it to have.

So to answer the question: Yes, she will wear robes, but they will not be what an average witch would be wearing. They´ll be tailored to her, to the cuts, colors and patterns she knows work best from her experience with muggle fashion, and they´ll have a lot of muggle elements to them.

#Snapedom #Severus Snape #snape discourse #fanfic discourse #Evelyn black #fashion #Post War #My fanfiction #Post War Headcanon #long post #a bunch of ramblings nobody asked for #but I wrote anyway #because I'm bored

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tellywoodtrash · 4 years ago

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lmao i was gonna get suuuuuuper mad at kabir for being in her room but then he’s like:

“hi.”

....................... and i instantly snorted happily. vishal is realllllllllly just so likable that i just can’t with him anymore. i love when adorable marshmallows like him and shrenu play evil. you just cannot fucking hate them!

blah blah humaara kamra, mera kamra nonsense.

shaadi ka joda gift. with that tackyyyyyyyyyyyyassss KABIR KI RIDDHIMA written on it. main marr jaooon par kabhi bhi aisa kuch na pehnoon, no matter how much i love the guy.

“kuch hi derr mein tum VANSH ki riddhima se, KABIR ki riddhima ho jaogi.” coz even in 2020, women are nothing but chattel to be passed on from one man to another.

riddhima is thinking fat chance, bitch.

telling him she’ll never wear red for him, coz “laal pyaar ka rang hota hai, aur main sirf ek insaan se pyaar karti hoon, aur woh hai vansh.”

“toh yeh bhi vansh ke paise se hi liya hai.” lmaooooooooo

ghani beizzati by saying she’s already bought a joda for herself, a white one. which honestly looks muchhhhhhhhhh nicer than the red one acc. to me but ok.

vansh checking his account balance and seeing that there’s charges for two wholeass designer jodas bought for a shaadi that’s not even gonna happen:

anyway kabir’s like ok who cares, colour doesn’t matter, shaadi toh tumhari honi hai mujhse blah blah.

kabir doesn’t like mandap setup. coz all white. and apparently aryan was in charge of it? coz he’s getting dragged by the collar for it.

good. i don’t feel any sympathy.

ishani is like dekh liya nateeeja iss loserrrrrrrr ki khushaamad karne ka? when has vansh ever treated you like this no matter how mad he’s gotten at you? he always protected you.

behen kyun bhains ke aage been bajaa rahi ho? yeh manhoos baaz nahi aana.

ishani flounced away and aryan’s now vowing revenge against kabir. abbe yaar, tera list toh kabhi khata hi nahi hota.

why the fuck are these ppl soooooooooo dressed up for a wedding they don’t even want to participate in? itna toh main apni genuine shaadi ke liye naa sajjjjjjoon.

suddenly ishani is allllll about bado ka sammaaan and parampara, pratishthaaaaa, anushaasan and all. lmao ok?????

tod di choodi uski kalaayi par. jaisa bhai, waisiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii hi behen.

shaadi mubarak indeed. lol.

riddhima’s calling vihaan and freakingout ki woh paise leke bhaag gaya. you are so fucking stupid sis, why would you give him that much fucking money BEFORE HE EVEN SHOWED THE FUCK UP??????????

“tum thodi weird nahi ho????” bhai obvious sawaal naa pooch.

anyway he’s like calm yo tits, untwist your panties, i’ll get there on time.

kabir instead of fixing his maatam waala mandap is back skulking around vihaan’s container box house. ladki ko shaadi karni bhi nahi hai and she’s sitting there ready from 3 hours before, aur yeh, jissko shaadi ki utaavli chadhi thi, is out doing randomassssss jasoosi, coz that’s the priority rn. sounds legit.

VIHAAN THE DUMBASS TOOK OFF THE CCTV CAMERA AND PACKED IT. GOD YOU’RE ALLLLLLLLLLL FUCKING AQAL KE DUSHMAN IN THIS SHOW.

kabir sneaking in with gunnnnnnn.

how the fuck am i supposed to take him seriously with these bachchon waale sports shoes?!!?!?!? GIVE THE MAN HIS COMBAT BOOTS BACK SO HELP ME GODDDDDD

he’s peeking in the door and making some threatening statements about oh ho yeh hai tumhara plan, main sab khatammmmm kar doonga and all, but we never see wtf he’s looking at and this show is fulllllllllllll of red herrings, so........ idc.

riddhima putting on previous mangalsutra for this wedding and..... guts toh hai bandi main. badiii dheent hai.

mummy coming and saying blah blah usse utaar do this is your new mangalsutra and lmaoooooooooooooo

this is the tackiest fucking shit i’ve ever seen in my life. what’s with their obsession of putting their name on everything!?!!!?!!? what are you, an eight grader?!?!!?!?

anyway, bored with this ainvayi ki dhamki waala scene, fwding.

blah blah 2 ghante mein kaunsa chamatkaar hona hai and all......... WHY ARE YOU PPL SO DAMN OVERCONFIDENT????

meanwhile kabir is back and now harassing dadi. KISI KO TOH AKELA CHOD DE.

actually, lmao, i’d love to see him go try this shit on ishani and angre. it would be fucking glooooooooooorious lololololol.

anyway, he wants dadi’s aashirwaad in the form of vansh’s saafa (pagdi/turban). ABBE YAAAAAAAAAAR. USKE UNDERWEAR DRAWER SE JAAKE USKI CHADDI BHI LEKE PEHEN. ITNAAAAAAAAA WANNABE VILLAIN MAINE AAJ TAK NAHI DEKHA. HADHHHHHHH HAI.

chikni chupdi baatein ki i’m just trying to be the son vansh was to this house. if i wear his saafa, it’s like uski aashirwaad aur duaein meri saath hongi.

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PICTURE VANSH’S FACE IS LITERALLY LIKE

anyway dadi is like really really fucking hurt by this and my god i wanna fucking murder kabir.

she’s literally telling him to pick anything else, it’s vansh’s nishaani and he’s like aap sab ke paas koi na koi nishaani hai, mere paas apne bhai ki koiiiiiiiii nishaani nahi hai blah blah and oh my god, this is truly the most villainous thing kabir has done, being thisssssss fucking emotionally manipulative. the absolute fuckkkkkkkk.

ugh anyway long story short. baandh diya dadi ne ukso saafa. bloody nonsense.

poor dadi phoot phoot ki ro rahi hai ki she’s losing vansh bit by bit. awwwww man it’s genuinely heartbreaking.

riddhima has witnessed this and is about to fuckkkkkk shit up lolll.

lmaoooooooooooo dayum.

wtf is your problem, i’m marrying you, why are you torturing the fam like this blah blah. kabir like physical, emotional, moral sabbbbbbbbbbb tarah se tod ke rakh doonga inn sabko and ugh god i just really fucking hate him.

but damn he just looks really good in this sherwani and hair all mussed up.

anyway he’s doing some real messed-up, genocidal dictator kinda talk and phew. is just askinggggggggg to be murdered.

and then lmao he abruptly switched to “bohut khoobsurat lag rahi ho tum; time kya ho raha hai???? ooooooh ek ghanta baaki hai.” and i legittttttt lol’d at the way he delivered it. I HATE VISHAL FOR NOT LETTING ME HATE KABIR IN PEACEEEEEEEEE.

riddhima panic-calling vihaan, wants to go check on him. mummy ne pakad liya, room mein badh kar diya coz K told her to handle riddhima’s bhagodi dulhan ways.

great. riddhima’s having a breakdown.

motivational call from the choti sarrdaarni. she kinda just looks like a tall baby shivangi joshi had with aditi dev sharma????

le, doosre show waale heroine ko bhi pata hai kabir kameena hai, iss show mein 3 episode pehle pata chala issko.

ok is the choti sarrdaarni delusional and having a make-believe phone call with the protagonist of her favt tv show IMMJ, coz she knows waaaaay more details than even the people in this house know about the plot and what went down. she’s talking about how vansh aakhri pal tak ladta raha and riddhima’s like huh, news to me, i just got there in time to see him spout some ghatiya shayari and then throw himself off a cliff.

anyway riddhima seems to have gotten strength from this deranged phone call, so............. good for her, i guess.

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28.11.20

next ep just abruptly started with kabir and mummy in riddhima’s room threatening her and i just.......... dude, whatever. i’m just gonna skim through this ep coz i know it’s just filler shit till literally the last 1 minute.

OK HE’S MANHANDLING HER AGAIN AND FUCKKKKKKKKKKK

dang helly looked evennnnnnnn younger in the first eps. legit baby face. at least now they’ve aged her up a lil with the makeup and styling.

he’s saying don’t bother waiting, no one is gonna come. OH BOY. VIHAAN ARE YOU OK????? ARE YOU OK??????? ARE YOU OK VIHAAN?!?!?!?!?

cue riddhima’s panic attack.

lmao kabir telling mummy ki iss shaadi mein ab koi speedbreaker nahi hai lol. heavy foreshadowing that ab se everything that can go wrong is definitely gonna go wrong.

suddenly at the speed of light kabir is back at the container home in his sherwani and saafa and holding vihaan at gunpoint????

oh. sapna tha riddhima ka. ouff. this stupid show has tooooo fucking many dream sequences.

someone give this bitch a klonopin coz watching her is making my anxiety shoot up.

mummy comes into room 2 min later and sees riddhima sleeping ghoongattttt and all. SURE. NOT SUS AT ALL THAT A BRIDE DYING OF ANXIETY WOULD TAKE A NAP 30 MIN BEFORE THE CEREMONY IN FULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL OUTFIT. TOTALLY A THING THAT HAPPENS.

DUDE SHE PULLED A NURSE WAALI HARKAT AGAIN. LMAOOOOOOOOO. KISKO SULAAAAAKE AAYI HAI TU, AAFAT?!?!?!!?

askdjasldkjlsakdjlaskjdlaskjdlaskjdlkas. ALSO THE FACT THAT MUMMY RECOGNIZED HER FROM HER PRESS ON NAILS. LMAOOOOOOOOOO I CAN’T EVEN WITH THIS SHOW.

LMAO RIDDHIMA YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

lol mummy has to call and give bad news to kabir. and i am sad we didn’t get to see his volcanic reaction, which no doubt would have been epicccccccccccc.

10 MINUTES TO THE CEREMONY. VR MANSION IS 20 MIN AWAY FROM THE CONTAINER HOUSE (AS STATED BY V BEFORE) AND THIS SIS IS...........

RE DEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

she finally got in and the whole place is empty. he practically lives in a storage unit, you telling me he went and moved his stuff to a whole different storage unit?????

new freakout within the pre-existing panic attack: kabir ne vihaan ko saaf kar diya ya vihaan paise leke bhaag gaya??

cut to fb: riddhima asking V all earnestly ki tum dhoka toh nahi doge na????

HIS ASS ACTUALLY SAID, LEMME TELL YOU A FACT ABOUT ME: I LOVE MY MOM. I SWEAR ON HER I WON’T BETRAY YOU.

AND SHE STILL DIDN’T GET THAT HE’S VANSH. MY GODDDDDDDD.

she’s like nope vihaan gave mummy promise so he won’t give dhoka. ah yes, the most sacred and inviolable of promises.

toh bacha alternative ki kabir has vihaan. 4th simultaneous panic attack in a panic attack. someone sedate this bitch.

aaaaaaaaaand kabir has sent a video of a bomb in VR mansion below the mandap. great.

and now he’s calling to say ki get your ass back home or imma scramble these eggheads called the raisinghanias.

lmao the bomb is counting forwards instead of backwards????

mummy saying MY BETA SMAAAAAARTEST. haan, tha..... kisi zamaane mein. ab nihaayati bewakoof ho gaya hai.

lmao kabir accosted a passing by angre and is like you need to be loyal to me as you were to vansh and lol angre’s like saaf saaf shabdon mein, fuckkkkkkk off.

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO KABIR WENT TO HURL THE NAARIYAL AT ANGRE’S RETREATING HEAD HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA MAN HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO HATE HIM HE’S SO FUCKING HILARIOUS

lmao he goes to phodofy naariyal and:

abhi bappa ko huullllllllll de raha hai. overconfidence ki hadh toh dekho.

riddhima is back and hunting for the bomb and kabir comes bouncing the fake bomb around and she’s legit like TUMNE MUJHSE JHOOOOOT BOLA?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!? lol bitch, seriously???? because he’s been the paragon of truth and virtue up until this moment??????

“apna hulia sudhaar ke aao. 5 min mein mrs. kabir banne waali ho. thoda standard toh match karo.” lmaooooo the sasss and disdaaaaaain he said that withhhhhh. boy knows he’s looking damn good today.

anyway blah blah shaadi has started. dadi is sad af. to the point where ishani is looking really concerned. i really love this soft ishani.

“kaash samay ka paiyya ulta ghoom jaaye aur mera vansh wapis aa jaaye mere paas.”

dadi, shoulda asked for world peace instead. just the one wish you had and you wasted it on getting your hellion pota back.

some more in-room threatening of riddhima by mummy. while riddhima is throwing out last minute prayers to bappa and vihaan ki bas just do something and stop this whole shitshow.

vihaan ka toh pata nahi, the shady fuck, but bappa like:

i gotchu girl.

bhaari bhaari flashback waali walk down the stairs.

HE EVEN SAID THE MAA LINE AS VIHAAN IN THE VANSH VOICE. SHE GOTTA BE SOOOOO FUCKING STUPID MY GODDDDDDD.

ouffffff so much time wasteeeeeeeeeee.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand....................

watch that he was wearing while falling off the cliff? ✅✅✅

wedding ring that was not found on the dead body????? ✅✅✅

“YEH SHAADI NAHI HO SAKTI” booooooooming across the whole damn neighbourhood in the fakest deep voice everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr???? ✅✅✅

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precap:

haan yeh sab toh theek hai.............. 😕😕😕

par asli sexxxxxxxxx waali chemistry idhar hai!!!!!!!! UNFFFFFF. 🤩🤩🤩

#ishq mein marjawan 2 #immj2 #immj2 lbs #episode liveblogs

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fluffyspaceowls · 6 years ago

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SPOILERS soooooooooo this kinda dinged on me??? foreshadowing much guys???

#steven universe #spoilers #excuse me?#su #white diamond #su pearl #foreshadowing

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whenimgoodandready · 6 years ago

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We need an army! The knights were taken down! Globgor was taken down (he put in a good fight though) and Eclipsa isn’t that skilled in magic to fend off Mina! Star! GET THE BEST OF THE BEST WARRIORS YOU CAN FIND ON MEWNI AND TELL THEM TO KICK SOME SOLARIAN A**! (puts on knight helmet) Let’s fight!:

*The Right Way-So they left us with a cliffhanger on Eclipsa, huh? Making us think she was done for!? Well think again! Cuz Star comes in with her ✨Whale Blast🐋✨to save the day! She’s not alone. Meet the Greatest Warriors Mewni has. Rollcall:Kelly, sword weilder and fighter (a.k.a.Marcos other ex-girlfriend), her Battle Buddy, Jorby! Two members of The Kill Devil Pass Riders Club, Talon and Quirky! Rich Pigeon and his giant muscular robotic (hairy) legs and last, but not least, Pony Head and her cameraman boyfriend, Seashorse! Live taping for “The Ponyhead Show!”.............okay, so we’re doin’ the whole The Ragtag Bunch of Misfits thing again, but we’ve seen them fight, so why not!?

Let’s do this thing! Everybody split up, so we can all see your individual awesomeness! Yea! Oh! How ‘bout we put in some cool action music and have the gang do some roof top jumping! Yea! That’s bada**! And then we could-(slash) OH Sh*t! Quitkys down for the count! (slash) OMG! Now it’s Talon! (slash) There goes Kelly and Jorboy! (slash) Ah! C’mon! Rich Pigeon too! You can not be serious!? (slash) Oh! Great! Now it’s Pony Head and Seahorse (guess this means it’s the series finale of “The Ponyhead Show!” too, Eh?). This is terrible! It’s The Marc-nificent Seven all over again! Oh! The horror! The horror! Star! Do something!

Back at the Monster Temple, Globgors wound was expanding and it’s getting worse! How much? Well, the Solarian scar..............is fatal! Don! Don! Don! What’s the plan!? What’s the plan!? WHAT’S THE PLAN!? Nuke it!? Are you f*cking serious!? Who’s idea was that!?..............Janna!? Okay, Janna, I think you’ve seen that Avengers movie one too many times to go with what the World Security Council wanted..............actually, I really loved that movie, soooooooooo let’s nuke that b*tch!

Listen to Pony Head, Star! Sure she didn’t make the best choices before, but in this case, she’s legit serious! Mina is fueled by hate with Solarias firey passion of killing all monsters put into that sword, but you, you are filled with love! Sweet, beautiful ღ love! ღ You wear your heart on your sleeve-NO! On your cheeks! NOW POWER UP AND SHOW THAT PSYCHO B*TCH WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF! What’s she made of you ask!? A giant ✨Rainbow Fist Punch of Knight Armour🌈👊✨ that’s what! Listen here Mina Loveberry and listen good! Mew👏🏻Ni👏🏻Has👏🏻Changed!👏🏻 SO ACCEPT THAT! NUKE GO! 💥KABOOM!💥.......................STAR LOOK OUT! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH-Oh! Thank God she missed! Almost gave me a heart attack right there!

NOW WHAT!? Stars nearly down as well!? WAIT! Eclipsa! What are you doing!?.........is that-is that “The Spell With No Name”!? That kill shot spell! You’re using it! By-by finishing what her mother Solaria left behind for you!.................do it. ✨BAM💀🦋✨ SHE’S DEAD! Wa-hoo! Oh yeah! (cabbage patche dances) Go Eclipsa! Go Eclipsa! It’s your birthday! It’s your birthday! Hey! Look who’s here to join the party! It’s Marco! Awwwwwe, he and Star found each other again! Just like in “Battle for Mewni”. He warns Star about Mina coming to attack, but (laughs) Marco sweetie, your a little late to that party right there (laughs)............whattaya mean that wasn’t Mina!? She’s-she’s on her way! RIGHT NOW! WTF!? Don! Don! Don!

Sad we didn’t get to see nothing of The Marc-nificent Seven 2.0 battle against (what-we-thought was) Mina, but damn! That sword is a nightmare! It’s that kind of firey passionate hate that made those Solarian soldiers go mentally unstable! Now, THEY’RE ALL GONNA DIE! Is-is this how it ends!? With every minor character in here dying!? This better not be like that! When Janna suggested that whole “nuke plan”, it reminded me of how they handled it from the Avengers cuz it was on tv recently and I really loved how bada** that movie was and I’m hoping to finish off the rest of the franchise of it. Lol! Star put in a good fight with “NOT Mina”, but it still wasn’t enough cuz she went down like a sack of potato’s the way Meteora did to her (“Conquer”). Sorry Star, you’re real powerful, but this is waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy beyond what your pretty pretty spells can do. I knew that “Spell with No Name” spell was gonna be used on “Mina” eventually. It was foreshadowed (“A Spell with No Name”), cuz we saw what it can do and even Eclipsas spells must’ve seen Avengers to wanna nuke the whole damn place! I think that spell did just about the same damage there. Yup, (smack lips) it did. It really did. Solaria left it unfinished in The Magic Book of Spells for Eclipsa to continue it, but in this case, it wasn’t for monsters, it was for her failed experiment with “Mina” Plot Twist! That Mecha Knight was NOT Mina Loveberry! THEN WHO THE F*CK WAS THAT!? AND WHERE DID THAT ARMY COME FROM!? AND WHY DOES MINAS SUIT HAVE PIGTAILS!?

#svtfoe #the right way #svtfoe the right way #cursing #swearing

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joannalannister · 8 years ago

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It’s always bothered me that Gandalf comes back from the dead. The Red Wedding for me in Lord of the Rings is the mines of Moria, and when Gandalf falls — it’s a devastating moment! [...] And then in the next book, he shows up again, and [...] ehh, he’s more or less the same as always, except he’s more powerful. It always felt a little bit like a cheat to me. And as I got older and considered it more, it also seemed to me that death doesn’t make you more powerful. That’s, in some ways, me talking to Tolkien in the dialogue, saying, “Yeah, if someone comes back from being dead, especially if they suffer a violent, traumatic death, they’re not going to come back as nice as ever." That’s what I was trying to do, and am still trying to do, with the Lady Stoneheart character. [...]

And poor Beric Dondarrion, who was set up as the foreshadowing of all this, every time he’s a little less Beric. His memories are fading, he’s got all these scars, he’s becoming more and more physically hideous, because he’s not a living human being anymore. His heart isn’t beating, his blood isn’t flowing in his veins, he’s a wight, but a wight animated by fire instead of by ice, now we’re getting back to the whole fire and ice thing.

--GRRM, when asked about Jon Snow being “drained by the experience of coming back from the dead”

I feel like this is relevant to what I was saying about Jon and the WftD, before this interview came out:

“In the cold night air the wound was smoking. […] He never felt the fourth knife. Only the cold …”

and this juxtaposition of cold and heat here is fascinating to me, you have the cold of the night’s watch, their resistance to Jon’s causes, and then you have Jon’s smoking, fiery passion to save everyone literally bleeding out of him as he dies

P l e a s e click the above link, I don’t wanna explain all those ice vs fire thoughts again, but anyways, to me, the War for the Dawn seems like the ice cold of the Others trying to destroy the fiery passion of humanity, and to chain and enslave humanity and turn everyone into their ice slaves to do their bidding, with no will of their own.

When the Watch stabs Jon Snow, they do the Others’ work for them, doing the work of ice, turning Jon cold and dead, and Melisandre is gonna have to bring Jon back in TWOW, lend him some fire to be able to do the work that he left unfinished.

And if Jon’s a “wight animated by fire” to me it feels like Jon is being brought back for this one specific purpose - to fight in the War for the Dawn - so once that’s over, does he ... idk what words I’m looking for here ... expire? release his hold on life? Whatever it is Jon’s gonna do, I keep saying, I don’t believe Jon’s gonna be around after the War for the Dawn, and I really don’t think Dany or Tyrion are gonna survive it either.

and this is reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy really speculative now, ok, im just spitballing in the absence of any new book material, but I’ve wondered for a while if Benjen is being held hostage by the Others, like “Aliens hold the initial human hostage in stasis to study him or use him as bait or w/e” kind of thing in a scifi. Like, the Others need an example of humanity’s “fire” for mass destruction or s/t idk.

And so what I’m wondering now is, if the Others have this sort of ... “token” fire to use against humanity

what if

one of the prophecy’s rhaegar read predicted that, predicted benjen being captured (not by name or w/e, just something)

and Rhaegar was trying to counter this prophecy, by building his Team Humanity of three fire babies

(oh, heyyyyy, Elia’s sigil was a sun, that’s pretty fucking cool, Rhaegar must have been pretty happy with that while he was making his first two babies)

so anyways

Rhaegar was trying to counter whatever the prophecy said the others were trying to do, with some sort of, for lack of a better phrase, “token” ice teammate, so he becomes quite enchanted by the idea of Lyanna, to create his third fire baby with a touch of “ice”

except as we all know, you can’t force prophecy, prophecy has a mind of its own, and maybe the prophecy was really about how jon would die by cold/ice and be resurrected in fire

idk, these are only half formed thoughts, I’m just spitballing here, please do not take this as gospel truth, you do not need to respond with a 5000 word essay on why i am wrong, this is just 10 minutes of a free thinking exercise, chill

i think this idea of “fire wights” is important tho

(and yes, if GRRM can write a story about a giant spider falling in love, then fuck yes I think GRRM can write a story about a fire wight falling in love with a doomed living girl, asoiaf is all about love, my god. i wish i had a gif of bart simpson on a skateboard wearing a jon/dany tshirt . “cliche” 👀 godddddd, have i told you all how much i love grrm’s doomed love stories, my godddddddd, i loved them in dreamsongs, i loved them, i am soooooooooo ready for twow, i am sooooooo ready for jon/dany in the books. so ready.)

((the idea of “fire wight falling in love with living girl” makes me love J/D even more, it’s doomed, doooooomed, doomed like The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr, I still haven’t recovered from that. SO READY FOR TWOW. SO READY.)

#*whispers* so ready #asoiaf speculation #/#//#///#fire wights #beric dondarrion #lady stoneheart #jon snow #grrm #lannister thoughts

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asrafarel · 8 years ago

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On Shiro’s and Sendak’s similarities (or maybe I’m just seeing double)

(art by me) ************this is S3 spoiler free************* I haven’t even watched the last trailer yet. warning: long post It always pains me to see how most of the fandom is depicting Sendak as a bossy motherfucker with a short temper acting like a brutal fighter and enjoying non-con relationships. Seriously, have we seen the same show? Ok, Sendak is a villain (with a high potential for a redemption arc, please Dreamworks don’t let me down on this), but that doesn’t automatically make him an horrid asshole.

Yes, Sendak is a nasty opponent but he still has a lot of common points with Shiro and both stand on an equal foot in terms of leadership and fighting abilities (though I think that if Sendak had a less heavy and bothersome prosthetic he’d move better and thus maybe the result wouldn’t be the same, but I have nothing to support this theory). Actually, they have so many similarities they are literally mirroring each other.

First, let’s make a list of things we know about their shared past :

Shiro was detained on Sendak’s ship (along with the Red Lion)

=> Sendak is Zarkon’s first Commander, the emperor trained him personally. Sendak is loyal to death to the Galras (not to Zarkon, let’s double check this*) and trusted. He was given the responsibility to watch over a lion and the should-have-been-their-greatest-weapon-dude (I guess his name was Shiro or something).

They both had the Druids experimenting on them (although Sendak was willing)

=> We know (from his official bio) that Sendak lost his eye and his arm during his time on the frontlines (meaning quite some time ago, since that was before he was promoted in the hierarchy - only low ranks soldiers fight on the frontlines -, it also means Sendak rose up from the very bottom and earned his title through merit just like Shiro who started out as a cadet in the garrison) and volunteered to get a bionic prosthetic. Shiro stated that the Druids took his hand (yeah, hand, makes you wonder how much is actually missing).

Shiro has hallucinations about Sendak

=> Crystal venom is probably my favorite episode so far and it drops so many bombs about them, it’s impossible to think they never talked to each other before. The way Shiro provokes Sendak and the fact he’s getting a reaction from it tends to hint they had this conversation once, but reversed.

So far nobody got under Shiro’s skin like Sendak did (not even Zarkon)

=> Seriously no one else did. This is (flashbacks aside) the only time Shiro panicked for real, like he completely lost his shit. Not Zarkon, not Haggar impersonating him or being stranded on a foreign planet wounded with angry animal on his tracks got him desperate like Sendak did. I know Shiro was hallucinating, but to him it was real and it was probably just a replay of past events (though I can’t prove this yet).

Now a list of their common points:

First in command of their respective boss (aka Zarkon and Allura)

Leadership skills (also charisma)

Lost an arm (opposite of each other)

Were Druids’ toys at some point **

Scar on face

Tacticians (have a good look at Sendak’s last sentries, they’re all half-broken and he managed to pull out a working plan with just 2 guys and 5 nearly out-of-order robots)

Composed demeanor (Sendak is more composed than Shiro tbh)

Matched in terms of fighting abilities, twice a draw (epic fist bump + last blow and in both situations they do have exactly the same stance, still the most epic fight to me)

Dedicated to their cause, never giving up even in desperate situations

Supportive and/or encouraging (Sendak praised Haxus easily)

“Climbing from the bottom to the top” career path (then falling into disgrace)

Both are the strongest around in their own group

(also they like to get lost in space)

(both names starts with an S *ba dum tss!*)

That makes 12 (14), but the core similarity is much more global. It encompasses all of this and is more like the general idea of their characters. Sendak is dark!Shiro in a way. They both have the same role and rank in their respective organisation, the same way of handling stuff coming their way with a seemingly cool and composed attitude, not letting their anger get the best of them.

Sendak broke loose only when Pidge cut his arm off, crushing all hopes of winning and despite this he kept on fighting until he was trapped. Ironically, Sendak was made prisoner and detained on the Castle of Lions just like Shiro had been on his own ship. Reversing position and situation again.

They both are doing the same kind of choices (avoiding a fight if necessary, prioritizing tactics over frontal assault, giving everybody a role and benefiting from other teammate's skills -Sendak is the Commander/fighter/tactician and Haxus is the com tech/hacker/mechanic and their skills don’t overlap- etc..) and handling things in a similar way (they don’t give up, face desperate situation with determination, fight mental battles, etc..). It’s pretty fascinating because they are very different but at the time they’re totally similar.

Another thing that I realized while doing this analysis is that they have exactly the same career path. They started small and proved their worth. Sendak was named first Commander and Shiro is recognized as the best pilot on Earth. Then shit happens (Sendak lose to the Paladins and Shiro is framed for pilot error) and they both fall into disgrace.

Also, I’d like to pinpoint something in order to annihilate brutal-bloodthirsty-fanon-Sendak. During ep.4 (The fall of the Castle of Lions), when Sendak and Haxus are marching on the castle with their damaged sentries and Shiro opposes them, Sendak actually asks Shiro to let them through.

*then fight starts*

(Kinda dubious dialog out of context… Dirty jokes aside, it could have been foreshadowing for Crystal Venom: Sendak actually got into Shiro’s mind.)

What’s important here is that Sendak had no intention to fight Shiro if it could be avoided. He’s no bloodrager on the loose. He fights when it’s needed, avoid unnecessary troubles and is dedicated to accomplish his mission. Just like, guess who? Yeah, Shiro.

The choice of words is also very interesting. Sendak didn’t ask Shiro to get out of his way or to get down or to go away, he asked him to “stand aside” as in to stay out of the matter, to not butt in, to let him do his work. Maybe I’m stretching this but that’s not exactly what you ask an enemy and when Shiro rejects the option, only then, Sendak goes for the kill. What’s funny is that he didn’t kill him when he had the opportunity later. He didn’t even knock him out, he just tied him (while Lance, who wasn’t considered a threat wasn’t even tied). To me it’s more like the way you treat a former ally (maybe ally is a bit too much).

I really really really hope Sendak is going to get some screen time in S3 and that the veil on their common past is going to be lifted. The character has so much potential and also the ability to drive Shiro insane (not the same insane as Slav tho).

I still might update this at some point with the upcoming seasons.

Hope you enjoyed it!

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* Actually, the reason I think Sendak’s loyalty is to the Galras rather than to Zarkon comes from his first appearance. His very first quote is : "I fight for the empire. I conquer in the name of Galra. No foe has ever stood in my way and none ever will. Vrepit sa!" Maybe I'm stretching things too far, but to me it could be some sort of foreshadowing of Sendak turning against Zarkon (most likely Lotor) because he goes against the Galras as people. Remember, Ulaz said to the Paladins that Galras supported the empire because it would bring them stability, there was something genuinely desperate and hopeful there (incidentally hope is exactly what Shiro is to Ulaz). After all, their home planet had been destroyed, thus making them homeless too. Also, in S1e1 Zarkon refers to the Alteans as a foul race and that Voltron is rightfully theirs. We know nothing about the “dark history of the Paladins”. Galras probably have a very different opinion on who’s the bad guy. In S1e3, when Haggar asks Zarkon if Sendak can be trusted he doesn't say "yes, he just said he trained him and that only victory or death would stop him. So, I kinda fancy the idea of Sendak having certain aspirations for the empire and turning against whoever fails to reach said aspirations. Be it a Galra prince or whatnot.

And last thing but not least; Zarkon didn’t seem really forgiving regarding defeat/failure (that’s the fastest way to be demoted -cf. Morvok and the Kerberos commander- and in the Galra meritocracy that must means something huge), during S1e3 Sendak himself said: “Emperor Zarkon challenged us to rise from the mud”. That’s a cute way to say atone for failing him, but now that the emperor himself failed… what is Sendak going to do? How is he going to react?

** This is what Sendak is implying by saying: “I see you spent some time with the Druids, they do love to experiment.” Meaning they used the first Commander as a pet project and probably not too long before he set foot on Arus since it’s implied Shiro got his prosthetic just a few days before being released by Ulaz. In any case, it’s less than a year ago meaning that Shiro probably met Sendak equipped with a less advanced prosthetic (or maybe no prosthetic at all). Also, and that’s very interesting, Sendak seems to discover Shiro’s prosthetic during the battle, which means the last time Sendak saw Shiro he still had his organic arm. @ferretfam thank you soooooooooo much for your help @canadarama here you go! Pssst! Sendak’s fans, give me your thoughts on this if you’d like @vrepit-sa @deception-and-disgrace @candyfoxdraws @ograndsovereign

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