#the GLAIVE xD

[h0riz0nstuff]

CALL of the MOUNTAIN

Devs workshoping the tools & weapons:

"Yeah, okay, we've got like 3-4 tools to climb stuff and hang off stuff, and jump off stuff, plus a bow. We need something else. Like a weapon. It's not going to be much in use, but it's gotta pop ! Also, it must be thrown with one hand !!"

That one dev who has actually seen Krull : "my tiME HAS COME"

xD

[raycatz]

PLEASE TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR DARK CRYSTAL AU (if you want to)

OH MY GOD YES PLEASE THANK YOU HELLO

Thank you for giving me an excuse to write this all out. I've written a rambly essay about wings, brief timeline thoughts, and dreamfasting!

I've been thinking way too much about gelfling wings. I like the headcanon that Hyrule is trans ftm so he gets wings (since gelfling born as girls have wings and boys do not)! I don't think he minds them at all. But it's got me thinking about other trans gelfling or how wings relate to gender for gelfling, if at all, and their utility. I've watched the original movie, the netflix series, and have read The Power of The Dark Crystal. I've skimmed Beneath The Dark Crystal and it seems like the flying troops and ground troops are split mostly between those with and without wings. One of the significant side-characters is trans and has a set of wings which are attached to like, a corset, wrap, thing. She gifts them to Kensho and he flies with them. There is a comment that "the council wants a winged leader anyways" which speaks back to the matriarchal society of Age of Resistance, but Kensho does not change anything gender-wise and still becomes leader pretty sure so like, leaders being women is what has been done traditionally but isn't required. But also like, are the worn wings magic? Can they fly on their own? In the movie Kira can't fly with her wings but only glide. Do different wings have different function, have they changed over time? I did a google search and came up with a quote from the novelization that it's the latter, that gelfling have lost the ability to fly. But then they get it back by PoTDC. Was it a symptom of the darkening, then?

BUT ANYWAYS- how does this apply to LU? Also I haven't read any of the other comics or books so I'm making a lot of this up. BUT LIKE wings seem like they'd serve a great utility. Especially for warriors even if they cannot fly but at least to glide (in the situation where the worn wings aren't magic). Maybe wing harnesses that can be worn? So Wild and Sky would get a pair as gliders. Four and Legend get a pair in place of the roc's cape and feather. I swear I saw a picture of the puppets once where it's shown Jen or Rian maybe have the outline of wings on their backs but I could also completely be making this up. But like, is the emergence of wings a coming of age thing? And if male gelfling do have vestigial wings what if there's gender affirmation surgery for trans mtf gelfling? Would it be for gender affirmation and presentation? Would it be for fashion? Utility? Would the wings have function? For gliding? What about full or partial flight? Genderfluid Wild where he's had the surgery and has some flight capability yet his wings are too small on their own so she still keeps a separate full pair which clip on and are then secured with a harness which allow for full flight. And they can swap between depending on how they feel like presenting or for utility. Legend also has a worn pair. He wears them to dress more effeminately, sometimes for gender, sometimes vibes, or as a fashion statement. (Wars too) He might also have a pair of wings that emerged but never developed to flight. There's a lot of interesting things to be done with the headcanon! (worn wings with different shapes to telegraph their function? Legend would have so many pairs, then!)

Would the worn wings be fabricated or something inherited from a passed family member, warrior, donated? There is Onica who has lost her wings so I don't think they grow back. I think Aughra would be miffed but proud of the gelfling's ingenuity: "Gave gelfling binaries to make things simple! Easier to understand! And yet they choose to listen to Thra anyways! Find their way back! PAH! What marvelous creatures! Seems they don't need Mother Aughra after all! PAH" and all the gelfling are like oh stop we do love you.

(and you know what? we can redirect Legend's righteous god-hating anger towards the Skeksis. This man would get along with Mother Aughra like a house on fire. Maybe she gives him too many quests, and maybe he resents her somewhat, but he's too fond of her as well. Aughra is Thra, after all. Maybe he just stops listening for a while. OoooOO internal conflict that has consequences in the world!!! >:D )

aaAAA Happy Pride?! Gender affirmation surgery for gelfling!

I've also been thinking about where to place these guys on the timeline. I think it'd be a shame to take them out of the same reality as the series as the preexisting cast has so much lore. Which I am not as versed in as I could be. But Age of Resistance is what sparked this so probably somewhere in that time or nearby. There's literally a great tree which bestows a vision unto Deet to leave home and save Thra but I don't want Hyrule to replace her... hmmm... I know I want them to be facing the darkening and that the crystal calls them (or calls their Zeldas). From there, idk. I mostly have ideas for some encounters for these guys with the creatures of Thra and general designs and how they're living taking the AoR clans as inspiration. (Currently I've placed them in Thra. I could also apply Thra to Hyrule. I need to weave in more Zelda elements.)

Wind would be Sifa. atm Hyrule is Grottan though that may change. I think Legend would be Sifa and Spriton, spending the harvest and planting seasons with the Spriton, and at sea the rest, but spends most of his time now traveling after an incident at sea. (He does not trust dreamfasting. OH GOD THE POTENTIAL ANGST FOR DREAMFASTING. Dreamfasting has been shown to share experienced memories- I'm unsure about actual dreams or imaginative things. Are the voiceovers in the shows shared through the dreamfast or are the gelfling speaking aloud, I'm not sure. I think that the great tree and probably Aughra might be the only characters shown to share visions? Can you imagine Legend refusing to dreamfast because he doesn't want to find out if Koholint is something he experienced in person or only dreamed of??? You also cannot pass on someone else's dreamfast and it's believed madness can be transmitted through dreamfast so there's that as well. Would there even be a way for him to tell? What if he can share it but is convinced its madness that he willed into memory? Wild's regained memories on the other hand can be eerily confirmed through dreamfast. Though that means I need to find a place earlier on the timeline to place him where something traumatic happens.) (THOUGH THE DARKENING SICKNESS- it manifests in various ways- in Power Of it grows on the gelfling and needs to be burned off with fire or purified by the crystal. It's how Kensho got his scars! It could be how Wild got his scars!) (there are lots of potential little ties to malice, gloom, and the triforce)

Wolfie is very big and has lots of teeth. I want him to be a much scarier creature to gelfling than a wolf is to a Hylian. Currently with six legs and amphibious.

That's all I've got for now. Props if you read everything! 'xD Thank you for asking!

Here are the downfall duo again!

[altrxisme]

@galahdborn sent [ TUG ]:  the sender tugs the receiver close against them by resting a hand against the small of their back, pulling them flush against their body. (for Jo!)

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐎 👀 // accepting!!

The bar was a bit more upscale than the ones she usually went to, but it was the one her friends were playing at and she wanted to support them by attending. They had told her she could take a plus one and she decided on Nyx. She knew that this wasn't Jackson's type of music scene, otherwise she would've dragged him with her.

She had to admit, it gave her a great excuse to dress up a bit more than the usual jeans and beaten up t-shirt she typically wore. The heels, a high slit maxi skirt, and crop tank were pieces that were from the depths of her closet from a time in-between deployments when some fashion students from the city university asked her to model for them for a project they had. They paid her for her time as well as gave her some pieces they made themselves. It was one of the few times she felt normal within Insomnia.

Johanne hummed in question when she felt Nyx's arm snake around her waist, hand splayed on the small of her back, to pull her against him until there was no space between them. "Something the matter, Nyx?" She raised a brow at him as she sipped her drink; the place wasn't overly crowded so there was plenty of space to go around.

[triaelf9]

YESSSS HIMBRO WITH GLAIVE REP ARRIVES! YESSSSSS

Everything about this was perfect XD

[hunterinkoseh]

Monster Hunter Wild's Glaive Focus finisher looks like a violent pole dancing move. xD

[sabrerine911]

Big Berserker lady, bad puns and a lot of Blast." COLORED (MHW)

featuring my buff "Half-Giant" lady Beth Ravencoft and some random hunter fellow.

Got around doing my little "MHWilds character creation-inspired update thing for Beth in MHRise as well, she came out pretty great in this game as well(I do wish the glowing Halloween eyes were here too tho XD )

Gonna be honest, this might upset a few of the more odd MH tribalists, but I kinda prefer Rise overall, it's mostly the movement and combat really, it's frenetic DMC-like energy really speaks to my crackhead playstyle XD

I do hope the DualBlades Areal style does return in Wilds(i know it wasnt introduced in Rise but you get what I mean), loved hanging with the Glaive fellas in Rise...hope they get an areal style as well since apparently they work differently ingame from what Ive seen.

[mewtwoandme]

Good to see a fellow monster hunter world and iceborne player. What weapon do you main?( Personally I like the duel blades)

Insect glaive. Though duel blades are my secondary, I switch once in awhile lol. I've tried the bigger weapons but they just don't do it for me. Sure they do more damage but I feel slow, like I'm lumbering around trying to get a hit on the monsters and just end up failing my charged attacks XD My playing style is more speedy and I like the aerial combos of the glaive

[teecupangel]

Same. I’ll have to play close attention when I play MonHun Wilds next year on how different the ecology of the monsters’ nest compared to the rest of the ‘stage’ XD

We don’t truly know much about elder dragons so, at the very least, we can play with it hahahaha

Yeeessss. It’s like kids going ‘when I grow up, Imma be like dad’ and grow up sharing similar taste, clothing or even just hairstyle.

Absolutely. Desmond thinks he’s just one of the ‘dudes’ (dudes here being normal dragons) because he has seen bigger and more furious looking dragons.

He doesn’t think about how his size makes him faster than most of those ‘bigger’ dragons and his looks counts as too eerie and bordering on horror and fear.

His children prefers to be called little silent deaths than their actual dragon names (or worse, mutated [whatever dragon name humans call them]). They take pride in being remembered as their papa’s children.

Oh yes. Desmond would definitely have almost perfect memories when it concerned his children. He cared and nurtured them until they decided to do something they wanted. He even keeps track of when his children last visited him because they were more or less creatures of habit.

…. I mean…

If you want to screw up with HTTYD’s world… Desmond could have brought ‘baby’ Qurio with him when he was transferred as a baby Malzeno. They grew up with him AND…

The Qurio has a more symbiotic relationship with Desmond in this one because they had to adapt to a foreign world.

Not only that…

These Qurios could be the reason why Desmond’s children grew up to be more like him!

Been thinking about a “Des getting yeeted into another world as an animal” crossover that I don’t thinks been done yet. How to train your dragon (the movie/tv series not the book for this time) and he’s a dragon, but with a twist: he isn’t one from the series, he’s a dragon from an entirely different world: monster hunter. He has become a malzeno (can’t remember if it’s spelled right , also I’m thinking of the vampire one not primordial but it rly doesn’t matter much) hope u feel better soon!

Desmond would have a lot on his plate.

For one, he would have to get use to being a dragon.

Another would be trying to get used to his new body while being in a world he has no prior knowledge of.

But hey…

At least he looks cool

Also, just imagine Desmond being a baby Malzeno first and having to grow up trying to survive both dragons that want to eat him and humans who want to kill him.

It’s not like every human is like Hiccup or the Berkian tribe.

By the time he had become an adult dragon, he would have garnered the same dread and fear that a Malzeno had in its natural habitat.

He’s known as the guardian dragon, attacking any and everything that dares to attack him and his kin. Dragons themselves either bow to him or run away from him.

Hatchlings and juvenile dragons tend to follow him around because they know he will protect them and teach them how to hunt for food.

Desmond didn’t really planned any of these.

At first, he was just trying to survive.

Then he saved a baby dragon that had fallen behind and it followed him after it was fully healed.

From there…

Desmond sorta maybe got his own Brotherhood.

A dragon Brotherhood.

[zhenniguan]

Not so fun fact: I spent 2 days just... staring at the different bangs Sephiroth has, depending on which version he was xD

Yes of course I could've just... used the pictures of him but there's more fun drawing it myself.. The research I do so my AU version of Sephiroth can have an approximately "timeline correctly hair bangs"

The random Glaive is Angeal Hewley!

[griseldabanks]

“Is there a problem?”

With a start, Shard looked up from the sword in his hands. It was a beautiful weapon, the hilt fashioned to look like a dragon curled around it, its outspread wings forming the crosspiece. The blade was long and sharp, glistening in the sunlight. But...his hands felt dirty just touching it.

“Why do I need sword lessons?” he asked in a small voice.

Glaive raised an unimpressed eyebrow, looking him up and down pointedly. “Because you look like you barely know which end to hold. You said you were raised by a priest?”

Shard stiffened. “What of it?”

“I highly doubt your priest spent much time teaching you the art of war,” Glaive said dryly. “Therefore—lessons.”

“War?” Shard's voice came out in a high squeak. He hastily cleared his throat. “But...I thought we were supposed to be ambassadors! Aren't we supposed to prevent war from breaking out?”

Glaive let out a mirthless laugh as he turned to pick up his own sword from where it lay on the table behind him. The scar on the side of his face stood out in sharp relief, starting at his jawline and just tweaking the corner of his eye before disappearing into his hair. “What makes you think we're always successful?”

The last shred of hope bled out of him, and Shard's heart fluttered down to his toes, deflated. There was no getting out of this. No sitting on the sidelines. No running away. His fingers curled around the hilt, and he almost thought he could feel blood on his palms again. He could almost hear the screams.

“I don't want to kill anyone,” he whispered.

“Good.”

When Shard dragged his gaze upward again, he found Glaive watching him keenly. His eyes, usually half-lidded and almost bored, remained fixed on Shard's face, as if he could read more than the mere words Shard spoke.

“All the more reason to learn how to fight,” Glaive said. “I would be more reluctant to teach you if you'd come here eager for bloodshed. That's not what we're here for. We are here to protect. To negotiate. Even if sometimes we must negotiate with steel rather than words.

“Be slow to draw your sword,” he continued with a curt nod. “But do not leave it in its sheath when there are lives it could save.”

Shard felt his eyes drawn to the glistening blade once more. For a moment, he almost thought he saw bodies reflected in the metal. Bloody bodies littering the hillside, eyes staring back at him in horror....

He swallowed hard. “But what if...what if I lose control? What if I can't stop myself?”

He looked up at Glaive, and he thought the older man's eyes softened slightly, like he knew the fear that clenched Shard's heart. “Control is one of the things I will teach you, Shard. Don't think you're the first man to walk this path.”

For the first time, Shard realized he had no idea how old Glaive was. In that moment, he seemed as old as the mountains, as old as the trees. Had he stood in Shard's shoes, once upon a time? Did he know this heavy weight?

“Fear not,” Glaive murmured. “I will ensure that you do not set foot on the battlefield again until you know how to fight...and how to put away your sword.”

Shard found himself straightening, his head lifting to meet Glaive's gaze. Perhaps there was still hope.

The Chesterton Challenge: Day 21

Welcome to Day 21 of the Chesterton Challenge! Already the end of our third week, if you can believe it! Make sure to explore the creations linked in the notes of yesterday’s post.

Today’s Optional Prompt is: War

Because Chesterton wrote a lot about war, whether it was WWI, the Battle of Lepanto, the war fought by King Alfred, or the war fought over Notting Hill in the far-future year of 1984. The concept offers plenty of potential for creative pursuits--write about a fantastical war, or about a simple war of ideas, war with yourself about what to create--however you want to interpret it!

Whatever you create, make sure to show us or tell us about it by reblogging or replying to this post. (Don’t forget: anyone is allowed to join in the fun at any point during the Challenge.)

Now go forth and create!

[triaelf9]

Rings of Power ahhhhhhhh thank goodness I'll have DA to distract me for a while while S3 gets made (IT BETTER GET MADE) AHHHHH SO GOOD AHHHHH HIGH FANTASY FEELS AHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS SHIT SO MUCH I WANT TO TELL ALL THE STORIES NOW AHHHH

Gil-Galad is growing on me now, and him in armor, yes, nice! I'm not at all biased that he's got a glaive too XD

[silverskye13]

I am SO CURIOUS - what powers would Helsknight and Tanguish have in your comic 👁‍🗨

Really tempted to say Helsknight would have a summoned sword, which is a power I was going to give Scar before I decided to give them their Voice power instead. I figure it would function a bit like the glaives in Okami, doing a lot of spinning and lunging attacks choreographed by leaps and bites by the weilder. My second thought would be something to do with his bite, since so much of his character has to do with cutting words and biting back at people. Maybe it would be a bite that either burns or poisons, in which case I could have a lot of fun drawing him drooling in a tone of scenes XD

Tanguish I think is a solid candidate for the Ashwing abilities, which we haven't met in the comic plot yet, but is basically "if you can think it you can do it". Otherwise, I would give him Leg's power of Sight, which we also haven't seen in the plot yet, but allows the weilder to see the optimal way through a situation. The Sight makes a lot of things simple -- best path on a trip, best place to cross a river, best way to build a shelter -- but it makes social situations considerably harder. It's hard to tell when the Sight is being used, and using it too often to fix social problems makes people distrust you as an individual. How do they know you're not just saying that because you're looking for the best way to manipulate something?

[valevod]

☆was trying the insect glaive yesterday and said dammnnn it looks cool so i just drew my hunter :) ☆

The bug !!! THE BUG !!! THAT TINY THING DID 1000 DAMAGE TO WHATEVER AFFLICTED I WAS DOING I NEEDED 5 SECONDS TO ELABORATE DURING THE HUNT....im still pretty bad at it but im learning xd

Still mad the game doesnt have that hair makes me wanna cry i look ugly here... :(

[teecupangel]

If you want to go for Teostra, you should know that he has a female counterpart with Lunastra:

(Teostra in the bg being a supportive mate)

If you… you know, want to incorporate her, she’s known as the less aggressive of the two and produces blue flames.

As for Teostra, I think they have similar horns? I’m not gonna lie, they’re so aggressive it’s kinda hard to just stare at them while they’re trying to kill you to check the differences (and it doesn’t help I use an Insect Glaive so I’m mostly flying everywhere). Here are some screenshots from the MonHun wiki though? Risen Teostra doesn’t have that many images in the wiki. This is the best I found that has his horns. (Left is normal, right is Risen doing a special attack)

(by the way, look at the size of the hunter in comparison. Teostra might be bigger than you're expecting? XD)

As for his poisonous tails…

There’s actually a few scorpion-like monsters in MonHun but, strangely enough, only one of them has a poison status effect:

The Kusubami

From my experience, usually poisonous monsters that uses their tail for poison have spiky tails.

Rathians and Ratalos are the most commonly known elder dragons that can inflict poison and they have spiky tails that can actually be used as projectiles:

Of course, there are also these variations of the Nargacuga, a monster that is both fast and can turn invisible.

There’s also the variation of a Viper Tobi-Kadachi which has poison on its fangs and tail.

Ngl, when I saw your tagged post about the Nergigante, I immediately had war flashbacks of me and my friend playing MonHun. Nergigante’s a beast (haha).

Nergigante is actually a good monster to turn Desmond into because it’s an elder dragon which means it’s one of the most dangerous monster in any MonHun game but it has a certain quirk to it:

It keeps fighting even if it means hurting itself.

Not to mention, it’s an elder dragon without any elemental abilities, relying heavily on brute force and it’s theorized (or maybe this is already confirmed? Not sure) that Nergigante’s null elemental status and its penchant for hunting fellow elder dragons shows that it is meant to keep the balance of the world by keeping the other elder dragons in check which would… sorta tie in with Desmond’s ‘special situation’ in terms of AC lore (especially now that he’s the Reader).

The spikes on Nergigante’s body can also be used as projectile which would make short work of Cesare’s Papal Army. Although, it should be noted that due to its large body, it’s more on the destructive side so if you want him to stop the colonizers from attacking Ratonhnhaké:ton’s tribe, it would be better for him to strike them before they reach the village, otherwise, the village would be caught in the battle.

As for saving Sef and Malik and Abbas’ coup, that would even be harder because Masyaf is a small space when compared to the normal Nergigante size. Although, at that point, I’m sure Desmond wouldn’t care about destroying the fortress if it means he can save Sef and Malik.

Another thing to note is that the Nergigante’s spikes regenerate (freaking too fast in my opinion) so… Altaïr can definitely use it to craft some things. (Nergigante-based armor and weapons usually rank high as well)

Btw, if you want Desmond to have a more ethereal flaming look, may I suggest a gold/white version of Xeno'jiiva?

While Xeno'jiiva does not have Nergigante’s devastating brute force, it does have a sense of mystery surrounding it, which would fit Desmond well, and is a fire elemental elder dragon (. It’s final form Safi'jiiva loses the ethereal look but is deadlier as well.

Although, if you want a monster with a connection with the sun, our best bet is Teostra.

Or the deadlier variant, the Risen Teostra

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Additions by SaberAmane:

Ok, so…I have Monster Hunter World for ps4, and I’ve had it for literal months now, and just havn’t gotten time to play it. But all the monsters and such I’ve seen from the game look awesome and is the main reason I got it to play.

Now for Nergigante, his size would cause issue for doing anything in towns, or dense forests, but I love the fact that Altair could use the spikes from his body to make weapons and armor, and it wouldn’t hurt Desmond at all since they detach organically.

Xeno’jiiva looks even cooler, and yes a white/gold variation would be stunning! Also I love the ‘false eyes’ look that travel up the horns, it’s something a lot of animals do to protect themselves (there’s a moth/butterfly that literally has wings that look like a snakes head) but also it’s just a cool look, and it seems like they might be able to glow as well? That would just make him all the more menacing.

But I have to say, for my love of dragons and related creatures, Teostra would have to be my favorite choice. It seems to be a type of Manticore, which is just awesome and a fantasy creature that doesn’t often get used because Dragons are seen as being ‘cooler’ and often more menacing.

My argument would be, how is a lion/dragon hybrid, which is usually venomous/poisonous, and can fit into the same space a human would go to hide, not just as cool and deadly??

The Risen Teostra looks more manticore than the regular, having a more lion-like face, but I do like the giant tusks the regular one has. And it’s probably the rendering or angle or something, but the regular Teostra seems to have bigger, more ‘ornate’ horns??

So…I would have to say Teostra would be my pick. It’s still deadly, looks cool, can fly to get places quickly, but also… you can’t hide in a building/cave to get away from it because it’s too big to fit. It can pretty much go where ever a person can. The only thing i’d change is to give it the scorpion tail manticore’s typically have so he could have that poison ability to both use himself on enemies, but to also aid the Assassin’s.

[spaced-out-tiger]

Alrighty—time to list all of my ROTTMNT OCs :D

(This is mainly just for myself but y’know xD)

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~Turtle/Hamato OCs~

Beatrix ‘Bea’ (posted) - second youngest, wood turtle, uses kamas, shadow ninpō (kinda like Mac’s powers in LMK),

Cynthia ‘Cyn’ (posted) - second eldest, leatherback sea turtle, uses a soshiki axe, short version of the explanation is ninpō: force fields,

Giovanni ‘Geo’ (posted) - Mikey’s twin, eastern mud turtle, (jumonji) yari, super speed + lightning ninpō,

Artemisia ‘Art/Artie’ (not posted yet) - eldest, humanoid [experiment] (pretty much just made entirely by Draxum w/ some of Splinters DNA), uses a naginata, metal bending ninpō (think of Toph from ATLA), has four arms, blue hair and has to put up with too much crap [/hj],

Andrea ‘Andy’ (posted) - Leo and Don’s triplet (mainly second youngest), map turtle, uses a glaive, clairvoyance ninpō (future sight and seeing people minds/memories and all that), blind

(^ both are (supposed to be) yellow)

Kaida ‘Kai’ (posted) - second youngest, diamondback terrapin, uses a kanabō, gravity manipulation or shapeshifting (like Nimona and Maui) I haven’t decided yet, has a prosthetic arm,

Levina ‘Lev/Viney’ (posted) - youngest-second youngest (same age as Mikey), painted wood turtle, uses kunais (that are chained/roped together), her ninpō is being able to bring her drawings to life (whether they be animate or not) with her weapon which can turn into a pen, pencil, or paintbrush (eventually she learns to use her ninpō without her weapon),

With these guys, they all have their own universes but sometimes two or so of them are in the same universe. But they all rotate around in my brain about who I’m fixated on so expect many different drawing of all of ‘em lmao-

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~Others~

Adela ‘Adel’ (not posted yet) - 15-16, human (yokai? Haven’t decided yet-), has known the turtles as long as April, homeschooled,

Rubina ‘Rubi’ (not posted yet) - 14-15, ruby person yokai, friends with Sunita (which is how she met April and the turtles), works at her parents shop (the guys will sometimes come randomly to surprise her lol), small strong and sturdy (works out),

Ginger (not posted yet) - 16, leopard gecko yokai, works at Run of the Mill as a waitress and a few other things, hangs out with the turtles sometimes (knows them from when they come to the restaurant), part of a whole AU inside an AU-, goes to the same high school as April (has a cloaking brooch,

Anika (note posted yet) - 15-16, sugar glider mutant, lives with Ginger and her family, also goes to the same high school as April, works at Run of the Mill as a waitress,

Cadell ‘Dell’ (haven’t really done much with her just yet lol-) - around 45, ghost, kind of a mother figure to the turtles lol, they go on silly adventures together,

(I will add to this if I make more prominent OCs that I’m planning on sharing or want to put more about the ones on here)

I have too many characters—

[catcas22]

heya, I’m a big fan of your prince of death story! I’ve made a few comments under the guest name “Myself” (probably more memorable as the guy who never shuts the fuck up about wholesome Vyke and Lansseax content, sorry about that), But then I remembered I had a Tumblr I had only used once before! If it’s okay, I have a few questions about Vyke and Lansseax’s relationship, and their history:

You’ve already explained to me in a comment reply how they met, but how did they become a couple, and who initiated it? (I’d personally imagine Lansseax, Vyke doesn’t seem like he’d be the forward type. I also imagine Lansseax made a big show of it to embarrass Vyke)

2. when all hell isn’t breaking loose, how do they normally spend time together? Or is Vyke the “brooding silent type who is begrudgingly hugged by his much taller girlfriend in public”

3. does Lansseax ever force Vyke to go flying with her? I’d imagine that would be terrifying weather or not he’s afraid of heights (although *I* am afraid of heights, so that may be a bit of a projection)

4. (Based on a funny mental image I had at one point) Being a dragon, was Lansseax ever confused about alcohol, so Vyke, humoring her, decided to take her to a bar, but then he had to deal with an absolutely trashed dragon for the next few hours?

5. despite Vyke having the personality of a homeless cat, his wife and best friend are social butterflies. Do either of them ever drag Vyke to social outings and he ends up being the guy just awkwardly standing there doing nothing?

6. Not really about Vyke and Lansseax per se, but it is by extension I guess: what’s Vykes dynamic with Fortisax? I imagine they would at they very least be friends, because in his boss fight Vyke uses Fortisax’s Lightning spear but not Lanssex’s glaive

7. how does the rest of the dragon cult view their relationship? Do people just think “lucky bastard” about Vyke, do some people think that while others think Vyke is just trying to gain favor in the cult?

8. how would Lansseax react to someone hitting on Vyke? Would she be upset or just find it funny?

9. has Vyke ever asked “would you still love me if I was a Wyrm”, )referring to the magma worm) as a joke? I definitely would, bad puns are the best type of humor

Absolutely love Prince of Death, it’s right up there with Incidence (a Deltarune story by Jungle Dragon) with being my favorite. Thank you for your time and sorry to bother you with more questions about Vyke and Lansseax XD

Hi, thanks for the ask!

Lansseax: Vyke, what was it your people call that thing you do? With the rings? Vyke: ... What? Lansseax: You know, the mammal pair-bonding ritual. Vyke: You mean marriage? Lansseax: Yes, that. Lansseax: Do you want to get married? Vyke's brain: sdfghjkjbvvvjd;ss Vyke: Sure.

In all seriousness, Vyke is a very blunt and practical guy, and Lansseax is pretty direct in going after what she wants. Once they started making a point to spend time together and realized that they wanted to continue doing so, neither of them saw any reason not to make things official.

Vyke generally doesn't get involved with Lansseax's social life. But she's constantly trying out new hobbies, and he likes hanging around and asking the occasional question while she's working on her current project. They've settled into a comfortable compromise where Lansseax doesn't try to make Vyke pretend to be social, and he finds other ways to spend quality time with her.

In this continuity, Lansseax cannot change forms at will. When she turned human, that was permanent. If she somehow turned back into a dragon, that would be permanent. Her Crucible wings allow for something closer to old-school Superman's "leap tall buildings in a single bound" than to true flight. I suppose Vyke could theoretically hold onto her while she goes springing across the rooftops, but the danger of getting dropped would be very real, and Vyke's dignity wouldn't allow for it anyway.

Lansseax actually has a pretty high tolerance for alcohol, being nearly seven feet tall. She was the one carrying Vyke home after their first time at a bar together -- he quickly learned not to try to keep up with her drinking.

Vyke is obligated to go to the occasional Cult celebration, but he never stays too long. Godwyn and Lansseax have both learned that he'll just stand in a corner if he's forced into social events -- if one wants quality time with Vyke, it's best done one-on-one.

Out of all their sister's knights, Fortissax tolerated Vyke the most. Unlike Lansseax, Forti was there for Godwyn, and didn't care for humans as a rule. But Vyke is a very dragonish human, and he's not flakey and talkative like most humans, and he didn't try to force a friendship with Fortissax (the worst possible thing one could do). They eventually warmed up to him a bit, to the point where they could sit quietly and brood together, or have the odd sparring match.

Vyke and Lansseax are an institution. Their relationship predates the Dragon Cult, and Vyke was technically the first member. The other knights see Lansseax more as a mother figure (or more rarely, an object of courtly love), and Vyke as something between a godfather and an older brother.

You know, I never considered Vyke having other suitors. But following the second war against the dragons, he would have been considered quite the catch -- the slayer of Gransax, and a close friend of Crown Prince Godwyn. He probably had a small horde of suitors chasing after him for a bit. Lansseax would have bristled at first. But Vyke is like a solitary bird of prey that mates for life and would probably just curl up and die if something ever happened to his One Person. Half the time he wouldn't even notice if someone else was flirting with him, and when he finally picked up on it he'd just be mildly bemused. Nowadays Lansseax would just find it funny.