#talux

[sapphicswordlady]

Caitlyn has cold feet but is talked out of her Anxiety by Jayce, we see what happened from Vi’s perspective during the week when Cait was unconscious. Caitlyn and Vi discuss what exactly everything means between them and how to deal with it all

[superlauri]

Talux in lingerie.

[demacianmage-a]

My take on modern gamer couple Talux

[managodess]

I was tagged by @estelanel

Pick 10 ships without reading the questions!

(I added OCs because fuck it? :D I wanna develop them more)

1. Talon and Lux (League of Legends) 2. D.va and Brigitte (Overwatch) 3. SG Jinx and SG Lux (League of Legends) 4. Beauregard and Jester (Critical Role) 5. Nozomi and Eli (Love Live) 6. Vex’ahlia and Percy (Critical Role) 7. Tifa and Aerith (FF7) 8. Zuko and Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender) 9. Rina and Myriam (my OCs) 10. Felyx and Maya (my friend’s and my OC)

(Questions under a cut.)

Tagging: Anyone~

Questions!

1. Do you remember the episode/scene/chapter that you first started shipping 6?

Oooooh, lemme think. I think it was the scene during the Briarwood Arc when Vex told Percy “Take off the mask, dear”. Something about her getting him out of such a dark spot.

2. Have you ever read a fanfiction about 2?

I barely read fanfics but yes! I read the first two chapters of a fanfic called Stone Butch

3. Has a picture of 4 ever been your screen saver/profile picture/tumblr?

My icon has always been my own art (profile pics too). Screen savers, etc. tend to just be art of my OCs.

4. If 7 were to suddenly break-up today, what would your reaction be?

Well... considering they’re not canon...

5. Why is 1 so important?

I’m a sucker for characters with similar skill-sets who could absolutely go toe to toe but from rivaling factions. And I’m an even bigger sucker for: dark, moody character falls for light bubbly character (with suppressed angst)

6. Is 9 a funny ship or a serious ship?

It’s a casual ship because I wanted to give my lesbian OC a girlfriend :D

7. Out of all of the ships listed, which ship has the most chemistry?

Ooooh, imo it’s a tie between 6 and 8. Not counting OC ships here.

Vex and Percy are the battle couple and I love for it, but Zutara is too. Hard choice.

8. Out of all of your ships listed, which ship has the strongest bond?

5 has a pretty strong bond imo. Finding solace in one another, helping each other be the best possible version of themselves.

9. How many times have you read/watched 8’s fandom?

Funny story that. I never watched the entirety of A:tla.

10. Which ship has lasted the longest?

... FelyxMaya has been a ship since the role play started in 2015.

So they’re the clear winner, they’re like my ultimate OTP.

In terms of fandom, I know people have been shipping Zutara for years, me included.

11. How many times, if ever, has 2 broken up?

They’re not canon so...

12. If the world was suddenly thrust into a zombie apocalypse, which ship would make it out alive, 2 or 8?

Probably 8, they got bending and healing.

2 would stand a good fighting chance though.

13. Did 5 ever have to hide their relationship for any reason?

Also not canon.

Or maybe they’re just hiding it allllll along.

14. Is 4 still together?

Slow burn baby, slow burn!

I’m waiting with BAITED breath that they get together. Hoping.

15. Is 3 canon?

Kinda?

Look I’m sorry but look at the SG cinematics, the context of them being childhood friends, Jinx being jealous of Ez in the stories, fuck it, they’re as good as canon.

16. If all 10 ships were put into a couple’s Hunger Games, which couple would win?

Oh man...

I honestly think Vex and Percy would win because of all of them, I feel they’re the most likely to be willing to do 100% whatever it takes to stay alive.

Although... Talon being an assassin and Lux with her powerful light magic? Might stand a chance.

17. Has anybody ever tried to sabotage 10’s ship?

Oh yeah. My friend and I, writing their story :D

But also in story context, like, I can think of 3 people immediately that tried to kill one or the other for multiple reasons.

18. Which ship would you defend to the death and beyond?

My OC ships.

I love all the other ships too, don’t get me wrong, but my OC ships, FelyxMaya especially, are so dear to my heart.

19. Do you spend hours a day going through 1’s tumblr page?

... I would if there were any content.

But they’re a rarepair, I’m following all tags related to their ship and I’m pretty sure the last new post was over a year ago.

20. If an evil witch descended from the sky and told you that you had to pick one of the ten ships to break up forever or else she´d break them all forever, which ship would you sink?

7, because it’s not canon and never will be, just wishful gay thinking.

[xxiaeci]

random talux sketch

yeah, I still love them

[askdragonbladetalon]

[light-puns]

You should kiss the-economics-of-death too while you're kissing Talons, they're a good Talon

Kiss Kiss || Not Accepting 

// We are getting close now boys! So close! Only like two more left! Alright so another Talon I’ve never met. However, this one did have lots of fancy information, so I think I have a decent idea. Hopefully. I think. Anyway, @the-economics-of-death borrowing your cute stabby boy for the next however many words I write. Is a good Talon btw Nonie. I enjoyed the read. Someone knows my fondness for well explored muses.

What they had between them was odd at best. From the firstmeeting, were Lux had noticed something wasn’t quite right with him. His subservientway of speaking but lack of body language that indicate the respect his words wereinsinuating. It had left her off kilter back then, when she hadn’t understoodthe correct reactions to such things. She’d gone through many steps with him,from polite distance, to submissive herself.

Whatever she’d done it’d worked, with a lot of effort, time,and energy on her part he’d slowly, so painfully slowly, opened up to her. Atleast enough that she could get close, that they could talk, that he seemed torealize that her kindness was genuine. That when she brought him things she didit not because she wanted anything from him. Though that had been an obstacle.The first gift he’d very nearly not accepted, and she’d had to explain in greatdetail that he didn’t owe her anything for it.

Once they’d passed the language barrier, he’d been a divineconversationalist. He was smart, and very perceptive something she adored. She’dintroduced him to people watching for fun, that had been an experience. Perhapsthe best thing was that they could talk for hours, about magic theory, history,whatever, and conversation seemed to flow naturally. The silences werecompanionable and being able to just sit and enjoy each other’s company was odd.

Touch had been an interesting barrier, one that Lux hadtaken careful steps with him about. Starting out very slow, very careful, butencouraging, she wanted him to be comfortable with her. She got the feeling alot of the touch he’d had in his life wasn’t gentle. Violent touch seemed to bewhat he knew best, and it broke her heart in ways.

The first time she’d ever punched someone in sheer anger hadbeen after she’d caught on to how the eldest Du Couteau treated Talon. She’dbroken Katarina’s nose and the fight that had ensued had left both bloody butKatarina noticeably more scared. Magic had a way of burning like nothing elsein this world.

She was dealing with the repercussions of that action now,standing in the middle of a river focusing mostly on the Water element becauseit’s possibly the calmest one she has. She’d properly blown her cover and wouldhave to take steps to fix the problems she’d caused but it had been so worthit.

When Talon approached her she’d nearly flung herself at himpulling him into a hug.

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to make things harder on you.”He’d accepted her flinging easily and shaken his head. Sometimes she was such asilly thing, but he allowed her to cling to him and sob and apologize like heknew she needed. He was content to stand there and let her, his cheek restingagainst her head. Though he was hardly taller than her, just enough toaccomplish such a task.

“Come with me, let me protect you and take you from here.You deserve so much better Talon, let me give you your freedom.” Her words werea rushed mess, but she’d meant them. Lux would never get the sort of freedom hecould have, bound to country and loyalties to things other than herself. Hecould be free, he could be better, he didn’t have to be here and if that meantshe had to bring down house Du Couteau to make it happen then she would do thatfor him.

Emotions were too high, much to high and she knew better butit felt right, the kiss she’d placed to his lips. She’d accept his anger later,or shock, or whatever he had to offer, right now she just wanted this. Damn herand her affections for a silly Noxian boy.

[stainedblades]

|| continued from here ||

She knew exactly how to talk to him, which words to choose and when to push and pull back. She had this way of breaching his barriers and peaking behind all these walls he had so carefully put up to keep others out. And she did it with such ease but also with such grace that he didn’t even notice what was going on until he had met his fate. 

In the beginning he would have fought back and vigorously so. Growing up on the streets of Noxus has taught him many a thing, but most of all it had trained and seasoned him to fight back with all his might should someone try and take something that was dear and precious to him. He never did have anything valuable in his possession. No trinkets, no gems, no coins. What he did have, though, was his dignity, his self-esteem and this lonely place inside him, his heart, so fragile that he had to keep it safe, no matter the cost. 

Despite all this and despite his impulse to push her away whenever she came close. Despite all that, he knew beyond a doubt, that she was good for him. Her presence healed him like no remedy ever could. And for that he was deeply grateful. 

Talon leaned forward, brought his face closer to hers and pressed his lips softly against her forehead. He warpped his arms around her back and felt the tips of her golden curls tickle his forearms. Everything about her was just so generous, so inviting. He took a deep breath as if to take in her scent as good as possible.

“There’s something... somewhere I want to show you.”

@illuminouslux

[the-economics-of-death-blog]

💍

[Send me a 💍 and I’ll create a ring based off our ship | no longer accepting]

//A strong metal for Talon, and a light blue for Lux. 

[demacianmage]

gives Talon a kiss for his birthday

[superlauri]

THIS IS SO CUTEEEEEEEEE!!! 💕✨😭

タロン君とラックスさん！月の女帝スキンのラックスさんと 、不朽の剣スキンのタロン君は雰囲気が似ていてとても可愛らしいと思います！

I respect @superlauri :3 !

[sapphicswordlady]

Hi! You may be wondering? Indy what the fuck have you been working on this whole time you haven’t been updating kissing in the rain and the answer is I’ve been putting together an arcane dnd au fic featuring messy lesbians messy gay people and more

[superlauri]

I wanted to write a fanfic about how Talon is cheering Lux up after what Sylas did but I dont see how Talon would be in Demacia... Could you help me? :

Maybe something like that???

[demacianmage-a]

What do I gotta do for some mf Talux on my blog

[xxiaeci]

Ooops I did it again

cinematic really inspired me

[askdragonbladetalon]

rises from the abyss to send this in: JAEGER

[This got long! EzLux, TaLuz, TalEz, EzTaLux.]Against the white sheets, Ezreal’s skin looks more golden than ever but he’s still too pale. He’s paler than the last time Lux saw him and it’s not only his condition that accounts for the pallor. He’s been spending too much time indoors, working on the neural link with Talon and practicing simulations instead of exploring.She listens to the beeping of the machines and watches the steady rise-fall of his chest. The charts before her tell her more than Talon could so she tunes out his awkward words and focuses on the information she is not supposed to have.When Talon’s voice trails off, she looks up. He’s paler too, shadows circling darkly under his eyes, and his hair is in a limp ponytail pulled back at the base of his neck. The cast on his arm is glaringly white against his light brown skin. The thin hospital gown looks comical on him and he carries the IV stand with him as if it’s an impromptu weapon instead of the only thing keeping him from screaming in pain.“Go back to bed,” she says, sliding the charts back into the pocket at the foot of the bed. “It’ll be months before he wakes.”There are people who would think her cold for not feigning optimism, who would demand she deliver her news with a smile and a cheery attitude. There are expectations of Crownguards, now more than ever with the Kaiju overturning so much of the world.Talon simply nods and folds his arms over the side of Ezreal’s bed, resting his forehead against the mattress.“Too tired to walk back right now,” he says, voice muffled. “I’ll wait here until I can move.”“The nurses threatened to handcuff you to your bed if you kept leaving,” Lux reminds him as she sits down in the other chair. “Like I can’t pick locks,” Talon huffs. She regards the top of his head silently and Ezreal, unsmiling and still, lies between them.

“When Talon’s healed, I’ll be his new co-pilot,” Lux tells Viktor. Viktor doesn’t look up from his display, metal fingers plugged directly into the computer’s interface. “There are tests for compatibility. Ezreal was his top match - and you aren’t his second match.”“I know,” Lux says, hands flat on his desk. “And I’ll pass them. But I want you to start getting the Jaeger ready for us now.” She codeswitches effortlessly, speaking his language instead. “Talon is a known unit and proven pilot. Arcane Shadow is half his creation, half Ezreal’s. You will need to adjust the half that is Ezreal’s for his new pilot and if you know in advance who that will be, you will have a headstart on the changes to the Jaeger which will allow it to be operational sooner. Can you afford the delay?”“And if you two aren’t drift-compatible?” Viktor’s lit-up eyes glow in her direction, mask expressionless.“We will be,” Lux says, words clipped.“And I’m supposed to take that on faith?” He sneers the word ‘faith’ as if it’s the most obscene of concepts, a violation so vile that he can hardly bear to speak of it, and Lux smiles. He’s walked right into her trap.“No. You’re supposed to trust my calculations. Talon has been drifting with Ezreal for months now. Ezreal was in Talon’s mind, screaming and hurt, during the long trip back to shore when Arcane Shadow went down. Your initial data is flawed – whomever Talon was compatible with before he had Ezreal in his mind is no longer whom he is compatible with. Anyone drifting with Talon now will have to drift with Ezreal’s ghost as well.” She leans forwards just a little, blond hair swinging over her shoulders and framing her face with gold. “Don’t look at Talon’s top matches. Cross-compare his top matches with Ezreal’s and look at the matches they have in common. Look who is at the top of that list.”The display flashes, dividing into two columns of bronze, and names scroll quickly past. When a name lit up in red shows in both columns, Viktor looks back up at her. He doesn’t argue any further, just gives a brisk nod; his own pride has never mattered as much as being right.“What changes do you have in mind for Arcane Shadow?” Viktor asks and Lux makes herself smile again as she pulls out a sheet of paper from her backpack.“Here. And her name is now Shadow Spark.” Arcane was gone and Shadow was moved into first place because Talon had been here before Lux had. She planned the name out as meticulously as everything else.

When they drift, Talon’s mind slides against hers like metal against a sharpening stone. It’s not the easy fluidity that comes when siblings drift, the drift she is used to from her practice drifts with Garen. It’s a hard pressure, two sets of memories in Talon’s minds threading into their shared consciousness.{through Ezreal’s eyes, she is beautiful, she is blinding, she is the sun and she is summer and she is a perfect peerless cloudless sky. he sees her and he loves her and he doesn’t see her at all because  goddesses have no flaws and he----looks at her with suspicion, this Demacian girl with the bright smile and even brighter eyes, this woman who wields her smile like a scythe, who cuts people down with words and sparks magic from nails bitten down to the quick, Talon knows better than to believe beauty is goodness and----she sees a genius boy who grew up all alone, she sees an adventurer who takes himself to the spaces that other humans vacated so long ago, she sees someone who is so much more vulnerable than he will ever understand, someone who----looks at her and sees the siren skinned, sees the danger that Demacia made her into, a man with blood eyes and bloodied hands, someone who will not be swayed by her smile and who will always see the worst of her, the----killer, assassin, someone who loves blades better than people, the epitome of Noxus, some boy who slaughtered his way out of the gutters, his co-pilot, his drift-compatible partner, a man with memories of torture and trauma----looks at this golden boy, this summer child who thinks he can think his way out of everything, who thinks he’s so much better than everyone else, steel through the heart ends everyone, looks at his smile and wonders if he has ever been able to smile so freely--}“When Ezreal sees inside your head,” Talon says above the sound of the scientist announcing ‘neural handshake completed’, “He’s going to be so disappointed to know what you thought of him at first.”“Were you disappointed by his thoughts about you?” Lux asks and doesn’t touch the first part of Talon’s sentence. “Only that he wasn’t scared,” Talon says, quirking a half-smile at her as he stretches out his left arm. Her left arm stretches as well, automatic and unthinking, and Lux exhales. They’re halfway there.

Shadow Spark performs well. Ezreal’s heavy gauntlet is gone, leaving the left arm lighter than the right; Lux uses it to shoot lasers, arms it with a plasma cannon and gives it an unfolding staff that she can use if it runs out of power for the cannons.Lux performs well but she knows everyone is comparing Shadow Spark to Arcane Shadow; she knows everyone is whispering about how she swooped down on Arcane Shadow and had her gutted, had her changed, while Talon was still in hospital so she could present him with a fait accompli.As if Talon hadn’t been part of it. As if he hadn’t plotted with her. It’s a little harder to play the ingenue now, but she needs to keep Talon’s reputation spotless. Nobody will dare raise a hand to a Crownguard, especially with Garen drifting with Prince Jarvan, but Talon has never collected allies like Lux has. The Jaeger pilots are still human and if they should circle on Talon, if they should take him to task for being so disloyal as to drift with Lux while Ezreal still lies sleeping in the hospital…Someone will die, and the Jaeger corps cannot have a pilot who has murdered another pilot. Talon will be expelled from the program.She doesn’t bother explaining this to Talon; he saw her plan in her mind the first time they drifted and he knows she’s not done yet.

Ezreal wakes. Talon sees him first, then Lux.When she enters, he’s still lying down, still pale, but his eyes are open and have lost none of their intensity. “Tal told me the plan,” he says before she can even greet him. “I’m in. What do you need me to do?”She smiles without meaning to and feels her eyes sting with tears.“Get better,” she says, voice a little shaky. “Get better as fast as you can. The only part of my plan that I couldn’t control was you.”The only thing she couldn’t guarantee was that Ezreal would wake.

Viktor’s fingers still over the blueprints he’s examining when he sees Lux enter. “Something wrong with Shadow Spark?” He asks, mechanical voice rasping lower than usual.“Yes. I need you to outfit her like you did Kinkou Balance.” “So Ezreal’s awoken at last,” Viktor says with something akin to smugness in his tone. He pulls out a drawer and tosses her a small USB; Lux catches it reflexively, cupped hands flying up. “I knew you would ask for that. The three of you can look at that and see what changes you need made.”“…Thank you.” Lux snaps him a sharp salute, just for the fun of it, then turns and leaves. The steady clack of her heels against the tiled floor soon turns into a rapider rhythm as she runs down the tunnels. Viktor knew what she wanted and he’s giving her permission. She’d anticipated more of an argument, protests that she’d be better off looking for a different partner so they could have two Jaegers instead of one, but she’s not going to complain about something coming easily for once. For once!Shen, Akali and Kennen might be the first three-person team to pilot a Jaeger but Golden Blade will leave them in the dust.This, too, is part of her plan.