#taliyah imagine

[mistyscenter]

I keep forgetting this game is through the pov of an able bodied person because Taliyah uses a cane in step 4 (freaky accident during figure skating) and so every time Derek mention's walking/playing soccer I'm like "why are you making your disabled friend do so much physical activity??"

[ohnoitstbskyen]

do you ship any league characters together? to you have any favourite ships/otps?

also are there any rarepairs you like or do you mostly vibe with the popular ships

I maintain that Lillia/Yone is actually kind of great, Kai'sa/Taliyah is a compelling dynamic especially for hurt/comfort vibes and healing, and... look, I just think Olaf/Soraka is a compelling dynamic if you assume Olaf has an actual personality and isn't just a "RAARR VIKING BERSERKER BLARGH" 2010s internet comedy trope.

Olaf's whole thing is he's obsessed with this very specific Destiny™ that he imagines for himself, and the world keeps dangling it just out of his reach. Odeipus-like, everything he does to reach the fate he desires pushes him further onto a path he hates and fears: survival.

And Soraka is the Star-child, seer and guide of mortal fates, the gentle hand who nudges a thread into the weave of fate when it's gone astray, or who quietly crosses it into a different weave when the fates are too cruel. Olaf badly needs someone to help him come to terms with his fate, or perhaps change it. And of course there's a natural dynamic in that Soraka's power is to heal with a gentle touch and Olaf's whole thing is charging headlong into as much pain and suffering as he can possibly find, in the hopes that some of it will finally kill him.

Soraka's healing is the single most fearful and terrifying weapon Olaf can imagine, a kind of cosmic horror almost, the very embodiment of the forces that keep denying him the glorious suicide he seeks. She has the power to force him to survive. Which, y'know, beyond the poetic resonance, there's a powerful kinky dom/sub dynamic there too, if you're of a mind to go look for it.

I think healdomming is already a thing in MMO RP spaces, actually? It's basically that, but with a sub who is actively, desperately, trying to die.

[arcane-ish]

I went to sleep and all I could think about is Ekko futzing around, moping, but helping build up Zaun, but after a while, everything is running reasonably smoothly and he feels lost (he still has dreams and nightmares about everything, including the alt universe).

So he decides to take off and travel the world and he runs into Jinx.

My first thought was that he goes to Ionia, because it makes sense that Ekko would be drawn there because nature and there Jinx is basically a Robin Hood like folk hero who befriends children and fights evil Noxians. Maybe she's attached herself to Yasuo as a sidekick. (Yasuo probably hates it) (maybe Jinx gets somebody who teaches her some calm and breathing techniues)

Jinx and Ekko meet up and talk and it's all sweet and angsty and falling in love again.

ALTERNATIVE: What if Jinx went to Bilgewater instead and there she's a pirate captain with a crazy fun boat and Ekko joins her and tinker on the boat together.

Goddammit, as a person with zero artskills, how do I trigger a fanart contest where I draw Ekko and Jinx in the various different Runeterra regions (I think they would look really cute in fluffy furs in the Freljord as well, or surfing the Dunes with Taliyah in Shurima).

But seriously, where do you imagine her going? Just Noxus and teaming up with Mel for the Noxus spinoff? Demacia for the Lightcannon (Demacia is just such a boring region to me, visually). Bilgewater!Jinx I think would be closest to her typical look and style. Talking to ghost and finding treasure in the Shadow Isles? Learning Zen and being a folk hero in Ionia?

[augustameretrix]

in an artblock* of sorts so I just resort to the oldest trick in the book. voidweaver handholding wahoo

all in all i don't necessairily think there's a big size diff between their hands - maybe I like to imagine taliyah's to be a liiitle bit bigger what with her being. 5'9 was it?** - but kai'sa's carapace adds substantial volume + I like giving her that grinch/nosferatu-style clawed distal phalanx realness. if you can't see shit it's because i got carried away thinking the symbiote should be quite dark and not reflect much light for stealth purposes. you see the fanart is purposefully bad because of the lore. right

*it's not an artblock I just deeply dislike anything I make atm

**im taking the wiki at face value when it comes to vanilla kai'sas height being the same as kda kai'sa aka 5'6 as opposed to star guardian kai'sas 5'11 even though the linked source does not confirm that all. id rather she was big and tall for.... reasons, but with the symbiote's added mass i can make it work. of course if she was 5'11 shed have two paddles and could make taliyah's hand disappear in her closed fist. shouldnt I be spouting about all this in my kai'sa headcanons masterpost instead?

[melodyischaotic]

Random db headcannons cause why not

All of the killers dislike unforgotten though the ones with sad backstories hate it with a burning passion

They call the experiment Rattie

Finley, experiment & P3ng have a non human club, Cole is an honorary member (I HATE HOW HONORARY IS SPELLED SO MUCH I HATE ENLISH)

At some point the killers just sat in a circle and shared their backstories which was not fun for Wren cause that led to him finding out the Taliyah was the one that killed his family 💀 how I imagine that conversation happened;

Wren: and when I got home my family was dead, then while I was still processing that I got hit in the head and passed out.

Taliyah; wait did you live in a cabin in the woods?

Wren; Yes?

Taliyah; and did you have a family of four including you?

Wren; Yes?

Taliyah; Oop girl that was me

wren; WHAT

Taliyah; I guess I killed your family. Oopsie 😋

[aquatic-hybrid]

✧ ━━ 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐑 ; 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒

Also tagged by: @witchcraftandburialdirt

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𝙻𝙴𝙶𝙰𝙻 𝙽𝙰𝙼𝙴: Akio Rheo Elphida ━ Funny thing about Akio's name is that it roughly translates to 'Light of Hope' or something like that. Which all things considered, matches well within his character.

𝙽𝙸𝙲𝙺𝙽𝙰𝙼𝙴𝚂: Kio, Sharkboy, Fishboy, Hero ━There are plenty of nicknames that Akio has earned for himself, tho usually he is the one that comes up with nicknames for everyone he eventually gets close with.

𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝚃𝙷: March 31th ━ Making Akio an Aries in terms of zodiac sign, someone who is described as passionate, brave, and confident. With a mix of impatient at times of course.

𝙶𝙴𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁: Cismale

𝙿𝙻𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝚃𝙷: Bilgewater

𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙻𝚈 𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙽𝙶: Ionia, Southern side of the island ━ He actually has quite the nice house that he managed to buy after a lot of work put into it, he does have a residence in Bilgewater as well, but his actual owned house is in Ionia.

𝚂𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙽 𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙶𝚄𝙰𝙶𝙴𝚂: Common, Cant, Ionian, Piltovian and some Zaunite. ━ For someone that travels a lot, Akio is a rather quick learner in terms of mannerism and being able to recognize the way people speak. While learning a new language can be difficult, learning how people of said language talk like is just as valuable.

𝙴𝙳𝚄𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽: Ionian Academy ━ Believe it or not, Akio actually did go to a magic academy to study magic properly. It took a lot of favors from his parents, but they were able to give him proper educations on top of his own personal experience.

𝙷𝙰𝙸𝚁 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙾𝚁: Azure Blue ━ The bluest of blues for the big blue merc. If you want to be super specific, its [ #315BA1 ] for the HEX code or [ RGB: 49, 91, 161 ]

𝙴𝚈𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙾𝚁: Black Eyes, Golden Irises ━ Akio's eyes is the most striking part of his features, outside his hair, possibly. As terrifying as it looks like to some, it can honestly be such a hopeful sight to others.

𝙷𝙴𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃: 6'2 ft - 187 cm

⸻     𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

𝚂𝙸𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙶𝚂: ━ None

𝙿𝙰𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃𝚂: ━ Father - Simon Elphida [Currently alive and with a rather great business in Bilgewater] Mother - Taliyah Elphida [ Currently MIA, left Akio's life when he was around 16 / 17 ]

𝙲𝙷𝙸𝙻𝙳𝚁𝙴𝙽: 2 children currently moving about 1.- Cyrus Elphida, being the first son that takes mostly after Akio and his adventurous side. Imagine being the son of the most confident man ever, he has the potential to have just as much style as him. [Hair is more blue-ish than this sudo ref]

2.- Luna Elphida, the much smaller daughter, she is surprisingly quiet compared to her overall loud household. Not for any particular reason, she just doesn't have much to say outside proper responses.

𝙿𝙴𝚃𝚂: Robby ━ Small Wharfrat that has negative brain cells, Akio is able to do special combo moves with him during combat.

⸻     𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩  𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝚂𝙴𝚇𝚄𝙰𝙻 𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽: Straight ━ He just loves women, specially if they have white hair

𝚁𝙴𝙻𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂𝙷𝙸𝙿 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚂: Married ━ Dude is like super married to Asta [ @halfliing-ormr ]

[heckinhacker]

Return of 'more Taliyah content' from one or two breaks ago, or perhaps Ahri/reader/Nidalee (cute and hot) threesome content, or 'something that speaks to you, with Ori' #h4ck :3

A/N: Oh, I remember you! I said back then you can request Taliyah content but just to add some prompt. I'm happy that you sticked around long enough to see my silly post at least! Hi hello welcome back!! I'm not sure if I'll in the end will stick around and write properly but I'm glad you took participation in my silly little event.

Taliyah x Reader - general relationship headcanons

Oh my gosh I LOVE TALIYAH SO MUCH!!!

Give this girl some more appreciation pLEASE

She's the one who falls in love first and falls HARDER for sure

She met you randomly, she can't even put a finger when your paths crossed, but some time later she just knew she had big feelings for you.

You know how in-game she says to Ekko line that goes like: "Did the earth move for you too? Did I just say that out loud?" Because she's so OBVIOUS and so cute plsss

She mutters something similiar at you when she meets you but since you did not know her, or not heard enough of her at the said time, you were just left confused--

Taliyah couldn't look you in the face for a next week

She just wanted to burry herself in the ground and for it to swallow her whole

What is the funniest part? She could arrange that! But instead of suffocating herself underground she wanted to try again...

And she did! She hit you up properly...

Well, as properly as Yasuo, out of all people, could give her advice how to

HAHA n e ways---

She became friends with you easily (or with some difficulties but come on, how can you NOT let in such precious girl like her!!)

And she pins over you, as she feels, for hundreds of years. Oh how she yearns...

It would take you to be blind or really really really really REAAAALLLY oblivous not to catch into her feelings sooner than she confesses.

You might have your own reasons for not approaching her first even though having some sort of idea. Like...not being sure? Not wanting to draw conclusions, or eventually just being afraid of making first move even though it would be the safest dive for it you could ever imagine.

Something was stopping you, and Tali thought she was SLICK--

Nuh-uh, honey, you were anything BUT sneaky about it.

She slipped once, you acted like you did not catch into her intentions for her own good...

Then she does again and she loses faith in herself and in the fact that you might hold ANY kind of bigger feelings towards her.

Oh how wrong she was.

But her wondering made her go insane, slowly but surely, and she got adviced smartly:

" Life is too short to overthink. You should make a move. It's better to regret that you failed instead of regretting you never made a move."

At first I thought it would be Yasuo saying that, her master, but maybe that were Ekko's words? It fits his wisdom and experience.

Going back to main topic-

Advice was smart, and Taliyah was also smart, she decided...'yeah, he was right. Maybe I should go and do that!'

"...but maybe tommorow."

She had inner war going in her head that went: "I think I chickened out" thought VS "It's best I take proper care of myself and then try to confess".

Thankfully she did not wait for longer, just really did her hair neatly, made sure she's nice and clean and ready to go! She had little speech made up in her mind too

(Girl really practiced in front of a mirror for this)

She did cute little speech of how she adores you. I would love to add how it went but it would be really dependant on your characteristics like looks and personality, but she finishes with:

"Throughout everything I kept on thinking of you and loving you! Loving you so much I've got too much restless nights to think my words through. And...phew- I really hope that even if you hypothetically wouldn't return my feelings, that...well...that we could stay friends. Is that possible, maybe...?"

Of course it was! Taliyah is such a sweet girl, gentle soul, why wouldn't anyone at least stay friends with her?

But in this scenario you love her back so!!

You accept, and you can see that little sparkle in her eye, and the transition from shy to very happy!!

She hugs you very tightly and thanks you over and over again. What for? You don't have the heart to ask her, but thankfully she answers for herself

"Thank you for loving me, I wouldn't ever...imagine that, but that's such a happy ending for the situation! Could I maybe...call myself your girlfriend now?"

The answer was yes, she could indeed!

Dating Taliyah left you entertained, and even more importantly, left you feeling loved. Very loved.

Ever since day one she wasn't afraid to grab your hand and hold it, or hug you, or at least kiss your cheek, but she always made sure that you were okay with that.

If you wanted to take things slow, she would stood down for you.

What was great about Taliyah is the fact that even if you wouldn't speak up for yourself about being uncomfortable she would notice. She knows you well enough, after all. You didn't go from strangers to lovers, you were friends before.

So no matter what kind of pace you want, Taliyah makes dating her the best experience you've ever had.

She does a lot of thoughtful surprises, like waiting for you with relaxing hangout including massages, soft talks in a candlelight...you'd always say she's pampering you, but trust me when I say (and also she says so herself) that she enjoys herself while sharing such intimate moment with you too.

She would call it her favourite kind of dates, actually.

She prefers more casual dates than very official ones, but she would take you out if you wanted. Just not as often as you'd think. Maybe out of special events like your future anniversaries, your birthday, any other special event you'd think of as special.

Very enjoys PDA, if you're against it you have to speak up pretty early about it.

She doesn't want to show it not to guilttrip you even on accident, but she gets pouty when she cannot even touch you.

Kisses your hands and nose the most, enjoys eskimo kisses too! She kisses you on the lips only after you've shared your special first kiss together!

She once asked you not to bring her flowers because she can't take care of them no matter how hard she had tried, yet is the one to buy you flowers or flower bouquet. She's totally the type to keep one flower in a vase beside her bed to keep in check how your flowers are doing. Is always too early with a fresh batch because her flower dies faster than your actual bouquet. You could say that she keeps you in stock of flower bouquets, by pure accident.

She travels a lot, and really hopes that you would travel with her. If you wouldn't, on the other hand, she would respect your decision and would do anything to get back to you as soon as she could.

She wants to marry you one day, and has high hopes that you'd agree to marry her in the future. Yet as always, she will respect your choices no matter what they are. She wants to marry, sure, but if that's something you're against, she wants you more than that tradition.

No relationship is perfect and you have conflicts between you. But...Taliyah makes it impossible to call it a fight. Yes, she does lose her temper sometimes, but she never said something that might've hurt you real bad. The most offensive thing she said was once "Well you're stupid to think so!" Because you felt jealous and it went kind of downhill

She even apologises for it because she considers you very smart but she felt like you did not trust her in your relationship and love that she devoted for you and you only.

She talks a lot, and I mean A LOT. She has no idea there is such a thing as comfortable silence, she just fills room up with her bubble talk!

So when you need peace and quiet you have to tell her, she'd understand.

Overall she loves you dearly 🥺

And that's it for now! I'm out of ideas and requests was very general. I wanted to write for Tali since I got this blog and it was a great opportunity, thanks for giving it to me!

[teememdee]

To be entirely honest, I feel like some people are waaay too negative/focused on the negatives of Kai'Sa's design and refuse to actually acknowledge her character. It goes the other way too with people using her as waifu bait, but some people are just... a bit over the top.

Like, I get it, really. I also wish she maybe had some scars, or maybe her helmet had sharp teeth or whatever, but what we have is at its worst, kind of underwhelming.

Love your work by the way, I hope Kai'Sa's in Project L, it'd be fun.

Oh one billion percent. It’s a very easy and obvious criticism to make so I get it. When the beginning foundations of a character is failed by their design (girl seen as a monster doesn’t look like one), it makes for very glaring cracks in what is a good story so people don’t think the story is worth their time (but it is).

But even regardless of how we think the second skin suit looks, when you take the time to actually study the high-res models like the one in The Call, the suit is actually like, kinda gross. There’s zero reason for the cleavage of course, but it’s also, you know, a second skin. The non-armored parts are fleshy, and I like to imagine it pulses a little as it hungers. Even if her face is normal I can imagine that to someone living in a region with creatures of the exact same texture and material, she’d be a little scary / grotesque to look at.

Additionally, her face may be mostly normal and her body still a normal shape, but the fact is that she still can’t take it off. She doesn’t look like a normal human anymore, she can’t. She may end up accepted by a few who see her and who she lets see her like Taliyah, but unlike her face, the armor isn’t something she can hide.

I want to believe they’re also kind of remedying this a little? The Bel’Veth cinematic and accompanying short story Pinwheel are like, my favorite things ever, especially the moment where Kai’Sa’s mask is pulled back to reveal her humanity, whereas Bel’Veth’s “mask” is pulled back to reveal her true monstrous form. To me this is showing that Kai’Sa is too Void for humans, but too human for the Void. “You are alive because I allow you to live,” Bel’Veth says, and she could very easily not allow it if she stops believing that Kai’Sa is useful to her.

I also have a lot of thoughts that a lot of what Kai’Sa believes people see her as is actually how she sees herself but I’ll save that for another day.

At its core, Kai’Sa’s story is the story of a girl who was torn from her loving world and family and she can no longer return to it. Her parents’ daughter has been exchanged for the Daughter of the Void. She wants to retain her humanity but struggles as people reject her and her monstrous traits and abilities are what allow her to survive. She struggles with her memories, they are the only company she has at times and desperately clings to the memory of the girl she used to be, but as a matter of survival she frequently pushes them down and chooses not to remember.

“As a child of the sands, to forget the sun makes me want to cry.” It hurts my heart.

Also my hottest take is that if / when she finds Kassadin again, the problem won’t so much be that Kassadin won’t recognize her because of the second skin (and resulting criticism that she doesn’t look that different) but Kassadin is so consumed by his grief that he simply cannot believe that his daughter could be alive. Bel’Veth says he no longer has his full mind. My ideal reunion has Kai’Sa pleading with him to remember, pouring out the memories she’s kept and has refused to forgotten, but Kassadin does not hear them and denies any possibility that any part of his family still exists. Yes Kai’Sa is my favorite character ever. Yes I want her to suffer immensely.

tl;dr — she should look more fucked up yes, but she would still look nasty irl and the more recent narratives are playing into the contradiction a bit more.

And thank you so much for enjoying my work!!! I’m also really hoping to see Kai’Sa in Project L not only because her model and animations will be awesome but also so I can have her on a team with Ahri and make them kiss

[weavewithin]

❀ 〰〰〰 cont. @piranhasbreath

Home.

Taliyah knew what shaped the word to sound that way. The heart which yearned for movement began to yearn for home. For a person such as herself, and perhaps the sea-dweller beside her, yearning was an eternal thread to weave.

Following Nami's example, Taliyah took in the starry expanse above them. It was one of the two permanent things in her life: her love-- for home, for learning, for the sea-- and the sky which saw all of it.

She listened intently when Nami told of her experiences. There was so much she could learn from the Marai, and so much she could relate to. It seemed that the same powers governed over each being, whether land or sea-dwelling.

" I know what you mean. The longer I spend away from home, the more I understand its beauty. The more I start to think, nothing really compares to it. And I ask myself-- why am I so far away? Why do I not return this very moment? "

There was sorrow in her sigh, which she tried to keep light.

" I can only imagine what you must feel like. Humans must be so different from the Marai. Even I feel that the people outside of Nasaaj will never understand me. "

Some weight lifted from Taliyah's features, and she offered a small smile. Deep within, she knew why she had left and not returned. Had her fate played out differently, she would not have been there then, on a rock in the sea with the rarest friendship unraveling.

" Tell me, how is the sea cruel? How is it beautiful? I only know its surface, and where it meets the land. "

[mjonthetrack]

pressure

CHAPTER 139 — “Collateral”

It started with the leak.

RZA’s team moved fast. The confession letter was handed to TMZ at midnight. By 12:07 AM, it hit the front page:

EXCLUSIVE: Serena Smith’s Suicide Note from Rikers CONFESSES to Planned Assault on Actress Taliyah Nichols

Then the blogs came. Then the Twitter threads. Then the TikToks with creepy music and captions like:

“Method Man’s ex tried to kill his girl AND their baby. This ain’t just a scandal—it’s a horror story.”

But then…

The sympathy twisted. It didn’t stay sweet. It never does.

The wolves smelled blood—and not just Serena’s.

They turned their teeth on the kids.

On Cliff’s kids.

On Taliyah’s babies.

@ _citytea:

“Imagine your mom being a baby killer and you just out here living like nothing happened. Couldn’t be me.”

@ bxmamacita:

“I’m sorry but if I was Taliyah I wouldn’t be able to breathe the same air as them demon spawn. Trauma or not, that’s HER baby that died.”

@ popgossipcentral:

“It’s sad what happened to her but real talk? I wouldn’t be around none of that man’s kids again. That whole bloodline cursed.”

#FreeTaliyahFromThatNightmareFamily trended for hours.

Method’s House — Upstairs

Taliyah was scrolling. Against her mom’s advice. Against her better judgment.

She sat on the edge of the bed, hoodie sleeves pulled over her hands, phone glowing in the dark.

The tweets blurred together.

She didn’t cry. Not yet.

But when she saw one comment that read:

“That little girl calling her Dream? More like a nightmare—she’s the daughter of a murderer.”

She dropped the phone.

She actually flinched.

Her chest tightened. Her mind started spinning.

Downstairs

Najir was pacing.

He had his phone too. Face hard. Knuckles cracked.

“She lost the baby. And y’all blaming us?”

Tamir gritted his teeth. “I told you to stay off socials—”

“Nah.” Najir turned to him. “They saying we did it. That we’re part of the problem.”

Mariah rubbed her temples. “And if we say something, it’ll only blow up more. You already know how the internet works.”

Mali and Dream sat on the couch. Quiet. Listening.

Cliff was in the corner, phone in hand, scrolling through the comments too.

His face?

Stone.

“I should’ve shut all this down the second it happened,” he muttered. “I should’ve—”

“Dad.” Mariah cut in. “This isn’t your fault.”

Cliff finally looked up.

But before he could say anything—Taliyah appeared at the top of the stairs.

Hoodie. Bonnet. Barefoot.

Her eyes were red.

But her voice? Solid.

“Don’t let them make you question what we have.”

They all turned toward her.

“I don’t care what they say. Dream is my baby. Mali is my baby. Najir is my baby. All of y’all are mine now.”

Dream blinked. Slowly got up. Walked toward her.

Taliyah met her halfway.

Dropped to her knees. Pulled her into her arms.

And whispered, “They don’t know us. They don’t get to define what we are. We do.”

Dream clung to her.

Then Mali.

Then Najir and Tamir both stepped forward, their jaws clenched but their eyes soft.

And finally, Mariah pulled her into the biggest hug.

They stood there, a tangled mess of pain and love and defiance.

Cliff just watched.

One tear slipped down his cheek before he wiped it away fast.

Because no comment, no blog, no tweet could ever destroy this.

CHAPTER 140 — “What Love Looks Like”

She hadn’t planned on talking. Not really. Not today.

But the weight of everything—the news, the headlines, the looks from strangers, the silence in her chest where there used to be a fluttering heartbeat—was getting heavier.

So she sat in the love chair at Cliff’s house, all five of his kids scattered around the room, the TV playing something no one was watching.

And Taliyah… spoke.

Her voice wasn’t loud. It wasn’t soft either. It was steady. Grief-hollowed. But solid.

“Look,” she said, holding the mug of warm tea between both hands, “I need to say something.”

The room went still.

Mariah paused her texting.

Tamir muted the TV.

Najir looked up from his phone.

Mali stopped petting Dream’s curls, who was curled up right beside Taliyah’s thigh.

Taliyah looked at all five of them.

Took a breath. Sat up a little straighter.

“I will never ask you to hate that woman,” she said. “Or shut her out. Or pick sides.”

The air got heavy.

Taliyah’s fingers tightened slightly around the mug before she set it down gently.

“That’s your mother. She had you before you knew me. That’s real. And it matters. I respect that.”

She shifted, still wrapped in her oversized hoodie and soft flannel pants.

“I know I’m just an ex-baby mama. A girlfriend to your dad. Mariah, Tamir—we’re damn near the same age and I know how awkward that probably feels sometimes.”

Tamir looked like he wanted to say something—but didn’t.

Mariah blinked slowly, gaze softening.

“I’m not gonna be mad at you if you’re sad for her. Or confused. Or angry. Or if you wanna visit her. That’s your call.”

She let that breathe.

“I’ll never ask you to stop loving her. Or to stop talking about her. Feel what you need to feel.”

Her voice cracked a little then—but she didn’t break.

“And if you want to see her while she’s in the hospital, or later… you should. Don’t ever feel like you owe me anything for what happened. Okay?”

The youngest, Dream, turned and hugged her tighter.

Taliyah looked down at her. Brushed her fingers through her hair.

“I’m hurting,” she whispered. “Really bad. I feel like I lost a part of my soul when sh—”

She swallowed hard.

“When my baby was gone. But I promise you, I don’t hate any of you. I’ll never look at you differently. No matter what you decide.”

The room stayed still.

The only sound was the wind outside and the faint hum of the heat kicking on.

In the corner of the room, her mother—silent and watching—had recorded the whole moment on her phone. Quiet tears in her eyes. No flash. No sound. Just truth.

She hit send.

First to Cliff. Then to the Wu group chat. Then to her own Facebook story.

Caption:

This is what love looks like. Even through grief. 💔🕊️

Taliyah didn’t expect a response.

She just curled deeper into the love chair, pulled the blanket tighter, and picked her mug up again. Sipped. Set it back down.

Didn’t say another word.

But around her, something shifted.

Mariah was the first to move—crossed the room and pulled Taliyah into a hug so tight it knocked the tea a little.

Then Tamir dropped beside them, head on the armrest by her knees.

Then Najir grabbed Dream and Mali and wrapped them in his arms beside her, too.

All five kids. No blood ties. No forced titles.

Just love. Just family. Just healing.

CHAPTER 141 — “My Girl Got More Heart Than Half The World”

The text came through like a whisper.

Just a quiet ping on Cliff’s phone.

From: Ms. Nichols (Taliyah’s Mom)

I know she don’t want pity. But this needs to be seen. This ain’t grief. This is grace.

Attached: a one-minute video file.

He was in the backseat of a black SUV, hoodie up, blunt halfway lit, Ghostface riding shotgun, Inspectah Deck behind the wheel.

RZA was already blowing his phone up.

But Cliff didn’t even glance at the other notifications.

He just tapped play.

On screen: Taliyah, curled in the love chair, wrapped in a hoodie, voice raw and tired, eyes swollen but steady. Cliff’s five kids around her. TV muted. Air thick.

“I will never ask you to hate that woman. Or shut her out. Or pick sides…”

The moment her voice broke, Cliff’s blunt fell right from his hand to the leather floor mat.

He didn’t even notice.

Didn’t even blink.

Just stared at her.

Watched her.

Listened.

“That’s your mother. She had you before you knew me. That’s real. And it matters. I respect that…”

Ghost turned slowly. Caught the look in Cliff’s eyes.

Like he was being gutted. Like the grief hit again but this time with salt in the wound. Like he couldn’t believe this woman—this woman who lost their child—was comforting his kids.

“I’m hurting… but I promise you I don’t hate any of you. I’ll never look at you differently…”

Cliff’s hand gripped the screen. So tight his knuckles popped.

Inspectah muttered under his breath. “Yo…”

But it was too late.

Cliff was already moving.

“Yo! Flip this car around!”

“Bro, what?”

“FLIP. IT. AROUND.”

Ghostface jumped. “You good?!”

“No, I’m not good—she in there grieving her whole soul out and still protecting my damn kids! I gotta get home—Deck—BRUH—cut through 9th and hop the median I don’t give a damn if we get pulled—MOVE!!”

He was damn near crawling over the front seat when his phone exploded.

Texts flooding in. Notifications from the Wu group chat. All of them had seen the video.

RZA:

Yo…

U-God:

I can’t stop crying. This girl’s soul is gold, bro. Real gold.

Raekwon:

Ain’t no woman alive would do what she just did.

ODB’s son (Young Dirty):

She different. That’s wifey energy. Fasho.

Mariah:

She don’t know I saw it but I did. I ain’t never felt love like that.

Tamir:

…I don’t want another mom. But if I ever did, she’d be it.

Najir:

I don’t even know what to say. That’s OURS now. She OURS.

Mali:

I want her to feel safe again.

Dream:

🥺💖 I love her. I love her more than unicorns and sparkles and cheetos.

Cliff just stared at his screen, tears streaking down his cheeks in silence.

Then he whispered:

“...my girl got more heart than half the world.”

Deck swerved.

Ghost pulled up the home security app—Taliyah was still in the love chair, same blanket, sipping cold tea.

And Cliff?

He was already unlocking the car door before they even parked.

Back inside the house —

Taliyah hadn’t moved.

She didn’t know they’d seen the video.

Didn’t know the internet was already calling her the "Patron Saint of Stepmothers."

Didn’t know that her raw, broken, honest love had made headlines. That she was trending again—not because of drama, but because of honor.

She just pulled her blanket closer and whispered to Dream, “Wanna go find some cheetos?”

But before Dream could answer—

The front door flew open.

And Cliff came in like a storm.

Taliyah looked up—eyes wide, startled.

He didn’t say a word.

He just crossed the room, dropped to his knees in front of her, and hugged her like he was scared she might disappear.

Wrapped his arms around her middle. Pressed his forehead to her lap.

Held her like he was praying with his body.

Held her like she was the last sacred thing on earth.

And when she finally touched his head, softly brushing her fingers through his locs?

He broke.

Muffled sob in her lap. Shoulders shaking. Hands clutching her hoodie like it was an anchor.

She didn’t say anything.

Didn’t need to.

Because love?

Real love?

Wasn’t loud that day.

It was soft.

It was grief making space for healing.

It was Taliyah.

CHAPTER 142 — “Saint Taliyah, Patron of the Broken”

It started as a whisper.

One little clip, floating through the algorithm.

Taliyah in the love chair, hoodie on, voice soft, knees curled up, speaking to Cliff’s five children like she was tucking their souls in.

It went viral in twenty minutes.

“I will never ask you to hate that woman… that’s your mother.” “You don’t owe me anything… I just want you to feel safe.”

And the world? The same world that had seen her screaming in that hospital, clawing at a child-sized casket, nearly flailing out of the arms of Wu legends at a graveside— They turned the volume down.

They listened.

@ TeeKilla_RealReal:

Wait. She lost her baby. Got pushed down concrete stairs. And she still told his kids it’s okay to love their mom?? Nah. That’s heaven-tier.

@ WuMoments:

This woman been through WAR and still told the kids “don’t pick sides.” I’m not okay.

@ hiphopandhealing:

Saint Taliyah. I’m sorry. I don’t make the rules. That’s her new title.

#SaintTaliyah #GriefGraceGodlevel #WuFamilyStrong

But she didn’t care about the internet.

Not right now.

She was quiet again, in that same chair, the same cold tea, same blanket. Her mother had gone upstairs. Her father was in the kitchen talking softly to Mariah and Tamir. Dream was sprawled across her lap, snoring softly. Mali was curled on the rug like a cat. Najir sat by the fireplace with headphones on, silent.

And Cliff?

Cliff was pacing the hallway.

He couldn’t sit down. Couldn’t eat. Couldn’t even finish a thought. The grief came in waves—fury, guilt, heartbreak, more guilt. He’d already cried more in two weeks than he had his whole adult life. His ex-wife was alive. His unborn child was not.

But her?

His girl?

Was in the other room, still comforting his kids.

“She don’t even realize what she’s doing,” he whispered to Ghostface, who was sitting at the counter nursing a drink. “She don’t know she’s saving ‘em. Saving me too.”

Ghost just nodded. “You need to tell her that.”

“I can’t even look at her without crying, man.”

“You betta learn. That’s your whole heart in that woman.”

Upstairs, minutes later —

Cliff walked into the room where she sat.

She looked up, startled. “You okay?”

He didn’t answer.

He sat across from her and just… looked at her. For a long moment. Studying her like he was seeing her for the first time all over again.

She looked down. “Was it too much? What I said to the kids—?”

“No,” he said quietly. “It was perfect.”

Then: “They love you.”

Her lip trembled.

“And me?” she whispered.

He walked over, dropped to one knee, and took her hand.

“Baby,” he said. “They love you because I do. And I ain’t never loved nobody like this. Not in my whole damn life.”

Her eyes welled up. “I don’t feel strong.”

“You don’t need to be. You just need to be.”

Later that night — Wu HQ Group Text:

RZA:

Memorial fund set up in Baby Smith’s name. Gonna donate to community clinics and prenatal care for underserved moms. Taliyah’s name gonna be on every center.

U-God:

Already pledged $100K. Let’s go.

Raekwon:

That girl a martyr and a miracle all at once.

Deck:

When the album drops, we dedicating it to her and the baby. That’s final.

Ghost:

...She got more family than she knows.

And Cliff?

He slid back into bed beside her that night, pulled the blanket over both of them, and whispered:

“I don’t got no god to pray to no more. But if I did, I’d thank Him for you. Every damn day.”

Taliyah didn’t answer.

Just leaned into his chest and whispered, soft as smoke:

“I miss our baby.”

“I do too, mama.”

They held each other in the dark.

Two broken hearts. Still beating. Together.

[mistyscenter]

Playing Cove fondness route is so fun, especially if you have an unhinged MC (read: Pandora), but it is funny to me especially because Cove in step 2 will have no problem sleeping in the loft with Pandora, sharing food with her, or being physically affectionate with each other, but the guy gets so tensed up when you play in crush (which Is Taliyah's route) and so I'm just... imagining 13 year old Taliyah sadly asking Pandora why Cove Is so tense around them only for Pandora to put two and two together and screaming to Cove if he truly is in love with her sibling

[roblox-daybreak-confessions]

I've had this idea for a few days, it's about what a crossover between Daybreak 2 and Identity V would be like. This is speaking in narrative terms, as if the survivors of Identity V met those of Daybreak 2 and from there they began to interact with each other. I can see some pretty good interactions between characters like William Web Elis and Jun Inagaki or between Emily Dyer and Tabitha. But there could also be tense interactions (mainly from Identity V survivors such as Orpheus, Aesop Carl, Norton Campbell, among others). How would an interaction between the Identity V hunters and the Daybreak 2 killers be? They would be interactions full of tension, rivalry and constant fighting, although some hunters might be able to tolerate being with some of the Daybreak 2 killers. Daybreak 2 survivors might be a little surprised by the Identity V survivors' abilities when facing off against the hunters (mostly because the abilities of the survivors in Identity V become very versatile and other abilities come from supernatural powers such as Fiona Gilman's portals or Eli Clark's ability to anticipate the near future and send his owl to protect a close companion from the hunter) This would make some Daybreak 2 survivors interested in the abilities of the Identity V survivors. I imagine characters like Seoung Kwan being interested in the spiritual power of Fiona's portals or others like Ryder Parikh having a conversation with Orpheus about mysterious cases because they both possess quite high detective skills although there may be some tension between Orpheus and Ryder at first, if I had to choose an interesting interaction between one of the Identity V hunters and one of the Daybreak 2 killers, it would be one between Leo Beck (Hell Ember) and Wren (The Slasher), more than anything because Leo and Wren could come to understand on a personal level due to having gone through similar tragedies (the loss of their family to someone outside of them), only the circumstances that led them to their respective tragedies were different (Leo was tricked by his friend Freddy into investing in a weapons factory in debt which caused Leo to go bankrupt making his wife Martha leave him to be with his friend Freddy and Leo having to send his daughter Lisa to an orphanage, while Wren lost his family at the hands of Taliyah only leaving Wren alive to make him suffer, making Wren go down a dark path), there are quite a few ideas to make a good crossover between the narratives of both Identity V and Daybreak 2, you are free to take my confession into account or not.

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[dabihaul666]

Can u imagine who in the lck is in the toxic antifeminist stuff they got going on over there like

Claims to hate women, plays ari syndra taliyah leblanc ? 🤨

[teeto-peteto]

Okay, so basic rundown: Arcane is now canon. I think Riot is moving away from short stories to explore other mediums. Don’t quote me on this, I just know the broad strokes and I’m sure someone can explain better.

mkay im dumb i always thought that Arcane was canon? like it was nonsensical once you put it together with the league of legends lines but HAHA im ringing my 'im stupid' bell. see this is why you shouldnt listen to anything i say i have no motives-

they are moving away from the short stories??? woah thats... a pity, actually. Im not the type of person that reads a lot of them but i normally do of characters i like and care about. I know Milio is not that recent anymore, but his short story felt heartwarming and very nice to read. It also had some illustrations.

I dont understand why would they do that. I assume that by other mediums they probably mean audiovisuals like teasers or something like that, maybe audio stories like Legends of Bilgewater or whatever the name was, i cant remember correctly. Wich it isnt bad its just... dissapointing they would say that they want to move away. If there's going to be comics like then i would be uttterly dissapointed but hey, at least i would be happy they're giving a job to writers and artists, they very much deserve and need it.

its saddening i just dont undertsand why they would take down a feature most people like about the characters they are interested on...? bruh

dont worry i wont quote you on this one but i will say that if all of this turns out to be just like that, i wouldnt be not even a bit surprised. Its no secret Riot has been ruining and pissing over their own characters re writting them and fixing shit that never needed to be repaired by starters and making the whole lore more confusing and nonsensical with a bunch of plot holes, wich i assume is going to happen if they make Arcane canon. This has been like this for almost 5 or more years, the lore keeps getting worse and worse and the only things that mattered to fandom will dissapear if all this turns true.

the whole 'guys but look we got a new CEO and we SWEAR he's amazing!' its getting hard to read at this point because a macro company is trying to sell us that this guy is going to improve everything with just a finger, like if thats going to stop or even reconsider the oversexualization of female characters, objetification and the plainest of characters coming out of their hands getting worse and worse as the lore is tearing apart and the community is a fire pit with the worst incel playerbase i have ever seen.

The way they phrased one of the tweets about this new CEO in the past being the backbone of the Pride events made me wheeze cause the way it was written made me imagine the guy entering the meeting like 'hey guys you know homosexuals exists? we should do something about it' as if it was a medal to have a pride event when its the leastest shit you can do for a game at this point. At least make good lgtbq+ stories instead of selling the exact same icons for years and sweeping trans taliyah under the rug. God i hate this company and its writing.

see? things where better when institute of war was there. they are just a bunch of guys hanging out in empty space. fuck it that rocks

[darkdevasofdestruction]

hello! thank you so much for doing my matchups (you matched me with aphelios and sero). i really liked them uwu! but anyways, can you do some cuddling headcanons for taliyah and neeko from league of legends? i love them both cause they’re so adorable and they deserve more love imo.

I’m so glad you liked it!!! <3 <3 <3 And yes omg, those girls are amazing and I especially love Neeko so much that I had to buy my bestie the Star Guardian Neeko skin on her birthday <3 <3 <3 Hope you like this!!!

---TALIYAH

Taliyah is an adventurous person that has so many things to do and so many places to explore all the time, that she tends to get herself exhausted without realising, so she most often than not needs a huge dose of battery recharge...

IN THE FORM OF WARM CUDDLES!

She would get everything prepared in advance, as in enough food, snacks, drinks, movies to watch and you to have enough free time for her little self-indulging.

When everything is perfectly set up, she’ll turn off the light, close the curtains, start the movie and cuddle up to you and won’t let go unless she needs to go to the toilet or something like that.

Everything is so calm and peaceful, she doesn’t run on 1000 km/s, her heart isn’t beating like she’s surfing on a rock down a huge mountain and she has no responsibility to stress her out.

Her mind is completely set on you and your time spent together.

When she feels like it, Taliyah would like to chat with you briefly, ask about your days when she wasn’t around, and in turn, she’ll tell you about her adventures and what cool things she encountered on her journeys, which is when she’ll remember the souvenir she wanted to gift you.

All in all, she’s incredibly grateful to have someone as understanding as you, who also loves cuddles and doesn’t mind having chill days in spent with doing absolutely nothing and just being lazy.

---

NEEKO

Neeko is...A lot less organised than Taliyah, and a lot more talkative than her, so be prepared.

As soon as she gets home to you, she’ll jump on you, latching her arms, legs and tail around you like a koala would, nuzzling her nose in the crook of your neck, giggling a lot, potentially tickling you.

When you take her to bed so you could chill, Neeko would keep on ranting of what super cute things she found while out, what new colours and emotions she discovered-

And oh, how could she forget!

She’ll take out a beautiful flower and out it in her hair, so you two could match!

It will take a while for Neeko to calm down and completely get drained of energy, but when she does, she’ll just cling on to you with a serene and tired smile on her face, her eyes barely half open.

She’s practically begging you with her eyes to play and stroke her hair and when you do that, she’ll wag her tail a bit and would fall asleep faster than ever before.

You won’t be able to escape Neeko’s grasp no matter how much you try, or need to go to the toilet, but honestly, she’s so cute, it doesn’t even matter anymore.

Just before she falls asleep, she will give you a cute eskimo kiss, rubbing her nose to yours, and then it’s basically all systems shut down, she’s asleep and she’s muttering soft words.

Mainly your name and how much she loves you and wants to go out with you and explore the world more.

[trashpocket]

kai'sa with chompers (and voidweaver on the side, cause whp am i without them)