#the watchers court

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The Watchers court extra 1, some worldbuilding.

The hierarchy of beings

The hierarchy of watchers

Why is Grian where he is?

Because this Grian never left the Watchers.

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[sprinklesharkie]

maybe i have a problem

[gideonnavsenormousbiceps]

Been rereading sunshine court and I want to know what the fuck is going on with Jeremy and his family. how did he destroy the family. What does "end the way you started" mean. Why does he argue with his older brother and what the actual fuck is up between him and the stepfather and him and the step grandfather. WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT FALL BANQUET. also was there a fifth knox sibling that died somehow? really hoping we learn more about Jeremy's family and his whole thing in the second book because I'm dying to know. I'm very intrigued. Given how much he seems to hate his stepfather and his stepgrandfather I think maybe the fall banquet has something to do with either the end of his parent's marriage or maybe it's something specifically that Jeremy did? With how his sister said "end the same way you began" it seems like she means his freshman year banquet, and I wonder what could've happened with him just starting out at USC unless it had something to do with his family? Idk but I also suspect that his family (maybe just certain family members) has an issue with Jeremy being gay mostly based on a whisper of subtext and lots of conjecture. anyways lots to think about until tsc2 and boy will I be thinking about it

[bogwaterman]

Ryan’s laugh in this clip was scarier than anything in this episode

[vulturereyy]

"There's too many, Lord Lurien! If I can get you to the gates--" "Nonsense, my dear old friend... This is my city. I will not flee as it falls." "It would be safer to--" "Hush, and stay behind me, Hegemol. Besides, I believe it is about time... That I returned the favor."

(Secret) Soul Mage Lurien now lives in my head rent free. (There's a lot going on here but Lurien's also healing Hegemol with his left hand)

May polish this up more at a later time, but for now... Teehee

[ruthlesslistener]

all the recent lurien/hegemol shipping is hilarious to me because i have a post somewhere on my hk blog that's like "lurien is the type of guy to resign himself to courtly pining forever (palewatcher) and get horribly embarrassed he actually likes his betrothed" and that's just. lurimol. pk (guy who arranged the marriage) giving an oblivious thumbsup in the bg as lurien realizes he'll never be able to explain the situation his ridiculous pining ass got in (at least he stops pining)

OH NO MY WEAKNESS: ARRANGED MARRIAGES

(Seriously I think they're so underappreciated in fiction. I'm not even like the 'got into arranged marriage and fell in love' thing, I just like the idea of the married couple forming some sort of partnership be it friends with benefits, actual love, tax evasion/political boosts, or 'yeah this is just easier and more secure, date who you want', though I'm especially partial to political fwbs)

Arranged marriage Lurimol is an interesting one though, because I feel like it would be less arranged and more...encouraged? If that makes sense? Given that Lurien is like the third most powerful bug in Hallownest after the King and Queen themselves, and Hegemol is one of the Great Five. I can totally see WL doing the encouraging too, as I headcanon her being an ambiguously defined 'Root' to mean that she represents the mutalistic connections between fungal mycellium and plants, so she has less of an individualistic view and more of a communal one. Lurien's wilting away in his tower? Perhaps he needs a supplement. What is a very effective supplement to the lives of her people? Long-term partnerships. These can be familial or friendly, but since Lurien has no living family and is too socially isolated to easily make friends, a mateship will work. At the very least, it would improve his health during breeding season, provided that he actually interacts enough with the outside world to come into cycle (which is part of the problem-he doesn't). And since Lurien is one of her beloved's favored, he is set to age extremely slowly, and thus has limited options to choose from. What are those options? Well, there's Monomon, who is technically immortal in her own right, but is also very strange and never showed much inclination to form partnerships in the way Lurien would desire- and, of course, she is a woman. There are the Five, but three of them are also women, and also taken themselves. That leaves Hegemol and Ogrim- but both are beetles, and beetles do not like to share. So, Hegemol it is. A talk with her hudband about the benefits vs the potential political costs (of which there are none) would ensue, and then she would bring up the idea to Lurien.

(Let's also assume here that WL is unaware of the fact that the source of Lurien's pining was PK, for if she'd known she would have urged her husband to do something about it. She is actually quite fond of Lurien, after all.)

As for Lurien's side of things, I'm not sure if he'd be too keen on it at first- his loyalty is to Hallownest first and foremost, and he doesn't know Hegemol very well at all, which is an intimidating thought. But I can also see him caving into his queen's request that he at least comes to watch one of the sparring competitions that the Great Knights show in as a means of boosting morale to the public and having a bit of fun, during which he notices that hmm, Hegemol *is* quite a magnificent fighter, and he *does* have a humble charm outside of battle that appeals to him quite well, as well as a handsome and kindly air. Fierce on the battlefield, focused and strong-willed, but gentle at hand- that *is* what he tends to find quite attractive in men. And since Hegemol *is* a knight, there likely won't be political banter that he has to deal with, no secrets or ulterior motives that he has to navigate, so talking to him shouldn't be too hard. Knights tend to be straightforward folk. And he's beloved by and close to the King, so Lurien's...eccentricities likely wouldn't phase him. Not a dangerous gamble. Just an uncertain one, for a person who spent all his life pining and shelving away his desires to focus his attention on other things

As for Hegemol himself...WL wouldn't have told him, as she would have liked to see how him and Lurien got along naturally, but PK would have been very blunt about it, so he'd give it a shot. The Watcher is an engmatic figure, after all, but he knows that he is dedicated to the City and the King and is kind at heart, for he and Ogrim trained the Watcher Knights, and he knows Lurien treats them quite well. What's the risk, especially since he's gone so long since his last true partnership (perhaps even before his knighting)? He could flirt with the spectre of the spire for a bit. And that sort of thinking is how he ends up learning that despite Lurien being a pragmatic political mastermind, he's really quite unsure about how people work behind closed doors, and hasn't had an actual romantic relationship like...ever. Which seems a bit confusing, given that he is a classy bug with an eye for fine art, but then again, Lurien was beloved by the King, and the King was a bit of an odd one. I think he would find Lurien's artificially calm, soft-natured means of speaking contrasted with his hard, unyielding resolve to do best by Hallownest quite appealing, especially given that it comes from a deep love for the City and its people, just like Hegemol. They're both warriors- Lurien just fights with words in unseen corridors behind lush velvet curtains, while Hegemol slogs through the earth with his armour heavy on his carapace and his mace firm in his hands. Different methods, same results. Same heart. They'd be a good match.

(As for PK's thoughts on this...they'd basically boil down to 'is Lurien content? Good. Then I have done my duty.' Dude's love language is acts of service, though he'd never admit to it nor try to linger on what Lurien, Monomon, or the Five meant to him. Too many feelings. Too much uncertainty, and a king should never be uncertain.)

[professorsta]

Shane and Ryan should just keep on divorcing then getting back together like they are competing to be the next On and Off again celebrity relationship

[farklelucas]

if i had a nickle for every time a former buzzfeed group made a show with very dramatic lore that also had puppets in it, i would have two nickels. which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.

[frankensteined]

quick rook ideas + tag dump to get this outta my brain and somewhere concrete

listed in tentative order of playthroughs, but after my first one i'll probably have a better idea of which character i really want to play after tess.

thérèse "tess" de riva - human - antivan crows - rogue

- the "do you want me to kill them for you? :)" @ a minor inconvenience friend

- born in orlais; her father was a judge and her mother an anti-imperialist gossip girl

- someone hired a crow to get rid of them; thérèse wasn't supposed to be there, but she came across the scene and the crow ended up taking her with him back to antiva, rather than kill her too (the contract didn't say anything about kids!!)

- basically that "killed the monster, only to find out that they had a kid nearby" rpg staple, except for the protagonist

- trained to be a crow; made friends with some other kids in the same boat as her, until one tried to kill her in order to advance in the ranks. she nearly killed her bestie back. thanks to SOMEONE killing off crows elsewhere, rather than getting rid of the two troublemakers, they were separated and thérèse was taken by the crow who'd brought her there in the first place, training her on the road with him.

- returned to antiva in her mid-20s and made peace instantly with her former bestie, who outranked her by a country mile at that point; thérèse (who was going by "tess" at that point for ease of being hired) was a-okay with this. tess kept a low-profile, taking on jobs that wouldn't make her too important, but became very fond of staying in treviso whenever she could. naturally, the entire business with the antaam marching in there was something she took personally, and she struck out not out of a desire to advance her position, but merely to protect her home.

- and then the backstory blurb happened.

best friend predictions: harding, neve

romance predictions: lucanis

caius mercar - elf - shadow dragons - mage

- the "i haven't had a day off in eight weeks" friend

- taken in by the mercar family after his mother, a freed slave, was fatally wounded during her escape attempt. the family's official story was that he'd been a foundling, but they'd been actively helping his mother, caia, in her escape efforts, and honored her after her passing by naming her son after her

- trained in swordplay along with his adoptive siblings, as the family's military standing was reputable and he was eager to follow in their footsteps. when his magic manifested, he was young enough to adapt to it without missing the blade too much, but he's always looking to incorporate it into his battlestyles anyways

- while he loves his family dearly, the knowledge of his origins had always spurred him toward a very specific vision of justice and right/wrong, and he fell into the arms of the shadow dragons pretty much as soon as he was able. he views tevinter as it stands at present as the cause of his birth parents' deaths, and wants to dismantle it, or die trying.

- takes himself very seriously, almost to a comical degree. like, to a batman level of taking himself, justice, and his Brand seriously

- and then the backstory blurb happened

best friend predictions: neve, lucanis

romance predictions: harding? taash?

dulcea laidir - dwarf -lords of fortune - warrior

- the "hey, watch this!" friend (said ten seconds before disaster)

- her family backed the wrong would-be-king in orzammar, and intentionally fled to the surface to avoid retribution, having previously been part of the warrior caste. dulcea was about 13 years old at the time, so she remembers bits of orzammar, but not enough to miss it with a lot of sincerity.

- while her family members remained deeply rooted in maintaining their yearning for their former-home, while she took to wandering and being enraptured with everything that she could discover on the surface. for years, she worked hard to support them, but one day she caught wind of a trader heading to rivain, and she left in the dead of night to travel with her. her parents woke up to a chest of gold and a silver goblet, with a note simply saying "More where this came from! -D"

- she remained a fish out of water for the entire trip. if she wasn't so good with her own weapon (a hammer she named "finesse"), she'd have been mugged and swindled more times than she could count. eventually, though, she caught the eye of a ship captain who needed some extra muscle for a job he was running, and dulcea was hired on.

- the ship nearly went under during a storm, and she almost drowned because she couldn't swim. at first, the crew teased her about it, but when she started to actually cry over it, they realized how terrified she'd really been and all rallied together to teach her how to swim (wholesome!!!).

- now, she's 110% comfortable enough in the water to do cannonballs in search of lost treasure. as a member of the lords of fortune now, this happens often.

- and then the backstory blurb happened.

best friend predictions: TAASH

romance predictions: bellara

castor thorne - dwarf - grey wardens - rogue? warrior?

- the "am i the only normal person here?" friend

- surface dwarf, worked as a stablehand in south reach until the fifth blight rolled around. survived, but hid through most of it and never forgave himself for being a coward while so many tried to protect their home and died.

- following this, he went to amaranthine to pledge himself to the wardens, feeling that he owed someone something. along the way, he met a fellow recruit: an elf named "thorne" who spoke frequently about leaving his clan to become a warden. they became fast friends, and trained together often. neither of them had combat experience, so it took them a while before they were skilled enough to undertake the joining.

- thorne always assumed that castor was a dwarf from orzammar, and he'd never corrected him. the night before the joining, though, castor revealed the truth, embarrassed at his own weakness yet again. thorne laughed, revealing that he wasn't dalish either - he was just a city elf, wishing he could have had a stronger connection to something greater than him. they agreed that, as wardens, they'd both finally have that, and pledged to serve as brothers, going forward.

- castor survived the joining, but thorne, unfortunately did not. devastated to have lost his first brother-in-arms before his service had even begun, castor took on thorne's name for himself, so both their names would be recorded in weisshaupt eventually. has faithfully served the wardens ever since - diligent and reliable, never hiding again.

- and then the backstory blurb happened.

best friend predictions: davrin, lucanis

romance predictions: neve? emmrich?

hector ingellvar - human - mourn watch - mage

- the "friendly reminder (shares some sorta horror)" friend

- intentionally not going into how he ended up in the grand necropolis as an infant. that's either gonna be the one story that he'll never know, or it'll have to be something that the game itself gives to me, because the big ol question mark that that provides at present is too much fun for me to want to crack open for him.

- he tells himself that he was made inside the tomb, most likely. that the undead just put him all together, bones and then organs, and then skin, and pretended that they found him. that is, of course, ridiculous, and he knows this, but will tell that to you with a straight face anyways. it's as likely a true story as having parents out there who care about him still, after all.

- very much a "child who was never really a child", he grew into adulthood without fanfare and has never really understood why some of the other necromancers have looked at him sadly over this.

- and then the backstory blurb happened

best friend predictions: emmrich, lucanis

romance predictions: davrin

basil aldwir - qunari - veil jumpers - rogue? mage?

- the "i didn't do it" himbo friend

- the son of a tamassran who escaped the qun with an elf that she'd fallen in love with

- his mother had been pregnant with him when she and her love fled, using an attack from tevinter as the perfect opportunity to disappear unnoticed.

-the pair eventually found the elf's clan, and it was only through his faith in her that they allowed her to stay. when her son was born, she took her husband's surname and gave it to the baby as well; they called him "hallan", after the halla (the only other horned members of the clan, aside from them)

- he was raised amongst the clan's children and didn't worry too much that his grey skin and horns made him stand out. he was always able to reach up high for his friends, and he made for an excellent beast to be slain in their games together. he was happy, if not a bit mischievous, and daring to a fault. his mother taught him discipline, and his father taught him to appreciate the beauty of nature and the beauty of a heritage that wasn't really his own, but he valued it as if it was.

- eventually, he encountered the veil jumpers and offered himself as "a noble sacrifice to their cause". he mostly just acts as a distraction, because he's very distracting.

- along the way, he cheekily adopted "basil" as a moniker, enjoying the slight jab at himself, for how the qunari would look at him, and how it was easier for humans to say and accept.

- and then the backstory blurb happened

best friend predictions: bellara, the bestie

romance predictions: tremendous wildcard at this point, will circle back to this one day.

[cere-mon-ials]

2022 in kdramas

*that I finished

I spent my January nursing all that The Red Sleeve broke (my heart), nourishing what it gave me (provocation to write, notes here), cursing what it did for my overall k-drama viewing expectations. I am still mad that Lee Se-young wasn’t recognised for what she did in TRS, a show that belongs to Deok-im and her alone. I had finished Good Manager a day before, a long-winded bromance between Namkoong Min and Lee Jun-ho. I didn’t think much and truth be told, I don’t remember much either. Happiness fell flat after three episodes; stayed for the remaining episodes because of the excellent chemistry between the main characters. I evidently watched Coffee Prince many years too late but I saw every reason why I might have never finished school if I had seen it earlier.

Run On kept me thrilled on occasion, became white noise otherwise. I loved seeing my two joys, running and translation, woven into the show, loved the miracle of found friendships and homes, and a defiant writing philosophy that healthy relationships are worthy of being probed. Despite how unbearable Our Beloved Summer was about Ji-woong’s unrequited love, I could see the good-naturedness of the story writer-nim was trying to tell. I loved watching why the two leads fell apart and what brought them together. I loved that this had something to do with communication but I loved even more, that it just had to do with having grown up and realising you can love something you’re not and that’s one way to experience life. Kairos is the most underappreciated show that tackles time-travel. Great writing with exceptional attention to detail.

February was spent with the duology of the Ahn Pan-seok—Kim Eun—Jung Hae-in universe, the k-drama equivalent of Austenian bliss. Both shows benefit from Kim Eun’s thesis that romance may be intimate but love, in a patriarchy, demands a public that must accept it. Ahn Pan-seok is the finest orchestrator of moments that feel like the time lapse that falling in love is, that thing that people often reduce to soulmatism or violins at first glance. In One Spring Night, it works. In Something in the Rain, it fails because Kim Eun was still finding her voice as a writer who is stumped by what makes for the ‘right’ kind of conflicts in a 16-episode arc. I don’t think that’s the only problem with SITR but it’s the one she solved with marvelous elegance in OSN. In both shows, the main leads are charmingly, refreshingly communicative with each other. But it is in OSN, where Kim Eun figures out that being vulnerable is not the same as talking about vulnerable things, and how to make it count for all relationships that matter. Son Ye-jin and Han Ji-min, I love you both equally.

In March, I began paying an honorarium to the guard of my Jang Hyuk horny jail. Deep-rooted Tree made me cry in at least 14/24 episodes. A Joseon murder mystery wrapped in a drama about accessible language as the beginning to breaking down class barriers and nation-building, with nerdy love for character interiority? I ate that up. Han Seok-kyu is the only reel King Sejong ever. Just like Jang Hyuk is the only reel Bang Won ever. My Country: The New Age is a shallow show with hilarously lofty dialogues and masterful action sequences. In my most generous reading, MCTNA attempted to ask if Bang Won’s modernity could have come at a lesser price; is modernity not equivalent to audacity? Woo Do-hwan is almost as good at portraying audacity as Jang Hyuk.

Having Park Eun-bin and Kim Min-jae play Brahms in a riveting duet is exactly what Do You Like Brahms? set out to do. Introverts are rarely done well on the screen and getting it right with not one, but two leads is an achievement too. If you are a person fuelled by that mystical "passion," the creative arts industry can be a cruel place. Chae Song-ah is, by all accounts, not as talented as the others around her, and this is not a story of stick-with-it-till-you-rise-from-the-ashes. Even the hope that it might be is wonderful writing because Song-ah is far more assertive than anybody gives her credit for, like a baby who holds onto your finger with shocking strength. In classical music especially, there is no such thing: you are good or you are out. Park Joon-young is great and yet, he is begging for an out, because being good is just the beginning. These two and the other characters are deeply in love with music and they want to protect that love. They all find out that in the end that love needs sustenance, not protection.

I binged Fated to Love You in April, in a private experiment to see how much Jang Hyuk brainrot I can take. (Let’s remember this is a summary of the shows I finished.) I came out of it with brainrot for one more Jang. Outrageous show, outrageous star power. Soundtrack No. 1 was a forgettable experience save for the fact that I am now a person who looks up Park Hyung-sik’s MDL page on the reg. I think everybody is right about Twenty-Five Twenty-One: (a) Baek Ye-jin and Na Hee-do were always going to break up (b) It was a terribly-conceived finale. Two other opinions I am going to leave here: (c) Ji Seung-wan, darling of my heart, should have been the lead for the show that writer-nim actually wanted to do. (d) More people would see this, and also may have responded with thoughts beyond ship discourse, if Na Hee-do was played by anyone other than Kim Tae-ri.

I think people were right about criticising Lee Soo-yeon’s Grid too. The science of time-travel took some leniency. I get why the finale would have been unsatisfying, even as a setup for a potential second season. But I offer that the thesis of LSY’s shows is never in how they end, because they are not moral science lessons for the future. Grid’s deeply introspective themes of time-travel and the greater good begins with the the sun, the most reliable force in a human's life, turning against mankind. This immediately takes away a human as ultimate antagonist, when it easily could have been. For LSY, the future is the darkest place with unknowable power and we have the task of paving a path of light towards it. Time-travel is not the science-fiction component with which to imagine our behaviour in an unrecognisable, but possible, place. It’s the fucking fantasy. Even if we got the chance to change the past, we really couldn't. The future is what we have got to change and the present to make the first move. Those dreams of going back, repenting hard enough, flirting with what ifs? Not going to cut it. LSY's meta elegance is in bringing the intensely personal version of this theme in parallel to the big one: divorce. FWIW, she had all these threads tie together by Episode 7. I get why she said Grid is the next iteration of her life's work—an exceptional mind.

Park Min-young could have chemistry with a rock, and thank god, Seo Kang-joon isn’t one. When The Weather Is Fine is the rightest show about life in the countryside. It nails the fine line of a tight-knit community that shows up for you and also, how easily they can be the first source of judgement, as people who know your secrets. Best book club in a k-drama. Very well done pining. Imo is my favourite character and she should publish that novel because “Hey. Who do you think killed my brother-in-law?” is a banger opening line. I first saw Lee Jae-wook in this show.

During the weekends of April and May, there was My Liberation Notes. I watched it like a scheduled therapy session, although I do not think Park Hae-young is aiming for catharsis with her works (despite it seeming like the most common outcome). I didn’t have the word “healing” in my everyday vocabulary so often before k-dramas. It’s a genre of k-drama that is meant to be comforting, to inject slowness into everyday life as an antidote for the ills of modern society. Bullshit. There are multiple wide shots of the Yeom family tending their farms, eating in peace amid the greenery, and they are claustrophobic. It might feel like complaints, and you’re free to think that. But PHY knows, as most people my generation do, finding an escape is actually really easy. That’s not the point. The point is to be less sad about being who you are; to know that who you are is enough to make a living, find love if you want it, make peace with your family. This show is about siblings as the real loves of your lives.

I don’t remember what I was doing in June.

Pachinko is not a k-drama strictly speaking, but let’s do it. I adore Min Jin Lee and I am afraid to admit how emotionally attached I am to the world of Kogonada’s eyes. In MJL's book, the linear structure is meant to make you feel like the history of a family can also be a history of the other themes that consume intellectual space. In the show, there is no such thing as a past, or a history. Nothing is done, nothing is over and under the rug. You see Sun-ja’s and Solomon’s stories at the same time because there's no distance that makes what happened then far enough from what's happening now. For this alone, Pachinko is a superior adaptation. I have a shrine for every woman in this show. Watching Yumi’s Cells 2 has been among the happiest experiences of my TV viewing life. Bloody Heart could have been bloodier. I respected that it reached a conclusion without feeling the need to give a neat answer to its central question of assertive power as driver of both unity and chaos—there’s humility in realising that the answer need not be determined in one generation. Jang Hyuk thirst got me into the show, Kang Hanna’s outstanding face and smarts kept me there. Lee Joon’s Lee Tae nearly made me quit. Park Ji-yeon, muah. I watched the back half of Signal in July. It is no fault of the show that I was zapped out of will to see women being killed. There were two scenes of Kim Hye-soo’s that wrecked me bad, I had to quit watching for couple of days. Thank you to the makers for giving a genre-defining template. (Kairos did do it better.)

Alchemy of Souls was super fun as a weekly watch. Daeho is boring to me as a setting and the plot ventures into territories worthy of critical thought once in a blue moon. But I admire the ambition, and the storytelling does have its moments. Lee Jae-wook is a menace. Inhaled Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung over four days; I enjoyed it. Extraordinary Attorney Woo tried. I also binged Reply 1997. Reply 1988 is always going to be my favourite and I am not going to watch R1994 for a conclusive test of veracity.

Between these shows, their endearing efforts at being fulfilling shows about love of different kinds, I nibbled on episodes of My Mister. I couldn’t watch two episodes together; it was so potent, so unbelievably demanding of my attention in every way imaginable, and I gave it willingly. I wrote about the show here.

October brought the best mystery/thriller show of the year: May It Please The Court. It was written with a clear idea of how much to bite, knew how to chew on it, and that’s why it also landed the best conclusion of the year. The show is astute about forgiveness and justice, and well, forgiveness in justice. I think the show’s success is in how it trusted both its characters and the audience to process what this means to them. Jung Ryeo-won and Lee Kyu-hyung have impeccable married energy from first scene. Lee Sang-hee is the best, the hottest, the finest.

Little Women is the mystery/thriller show with the most potential of the year. It wasn’t until episode 11 that the show lost me but I do think the flaws began revealing themselves a lot earlier. I didn’t appreciate the show’s insistence that the central crime of the show was Sang-ah’s murders and not the patriarchal cult that pretends to be a meritocracy. I thought the Vietnam War references were in conversation for a whole different reason: I viewed it as a nod to the first war where losing means more than winning. That war is the blueprint for the 21st century exertion of control for the right to capital and target audience, rather than mere territory and pride. But this symbolism wasn’t what came through and I understand those who pushed back on how the war's references, along with an exotic flower, rang hollow. LW did get characterisation right, particularly the way poverty alters how intelligence is perceived and valued. It’s ambitious premise—that Louisa May Alcott was wrong in deciding these sisters would taper their poverty with unusual politeness—is radical.

I will rewatch the first 11 episodes of May I Help You in several trying days of my future. Baek Dong-joo and Kim Tae-hee, butlers to the dead and the alive respectively, are companions, friends and lovers, in that order. What's not to love? The acts asked of them are rarely grand but they are delivered with emotional heft. I forgive all the detours taken from episode 12. I tend to find it dull when everybody and everything is connected to each other. In this one's ending, it's quite lovely. I see the vision in saying that we only know Dong-joo’s story because that’s the story we have tuned into. The miracles could be happening to anyone at all. I wish writer-nim wasn’t so Christian throughout—the throwaway line about suicide put me off. Best piggy-backing scenes in a rom-com and also, favourite kiss, I am going to say.

[horror-beeings-artandwriting]

May I put in a request for Headcannons of your oc's with characters you ship them with?

Of course!!

Prompt: my ocs x canon!

Charcters/ships: Rose Tea x Dark Choco, Fig Brie x Cappuccino, mulberry thorn x pitaya dragon, black iris x elder faerie, and crème caramel x second watcher!

Ship names: blood rose, Courtdate, dragons princess, inky silver, never hunt alone. TW: mentions of fantasy racism, and disability due to accident, mention of arranged marriage(between adults)

A/N this’ll be a long one folks so buckle up!!

Bloodrose: Dark Choco and Rose Tea have been aware of one another since they were children. their parents had a very good relationship. Their parents wanted to try and have them marry one anther once they grew up (only if both of them wanted to of course) but they never got that chance. Rose became the duchess of the kingdom of Tribia. While choco abandoned the cacao kingdom. They met again while he was trying with other members of the cookies of darkness to break into a museum which he thought had something they needed. Rose who was in the exhibit at the time, not knowing who they were or what they wanted kindly informed them, that everything there was in fact a replica. Rose obviously didn't recognize choco, due to the last time she saw him being about 25 years ago and when he was still the young prince, but choco recognized her instantly. due to funnily enough, the way she smelled. That sounds creepy but rose due to the type of cookie she is, smells very strongly of roses, similar to how while lily smells strongly of lilies. Choco remembered a few things about her, mainly her odd mannerisms around other cookies. Choco introduced himself under a false name. Later on, Choco applied to be one of the guards for her. not only to get more information from her, but to see if she would recognize him again. My au focuses on their relationship a bit so that's where I will leave it for bloodrose. :)

Courtdate: Fig Brie cookie and Cappuccino cookie met while he was in law school they started dating during college, then later on got married. They have been married for over 8 years now. Fig works as a court reporter while cappuccino works as a prosecutor. Fig brie cookie isn't actually a cookie, she's a cake, (Similar to Schwarzwalder) she just looks more cookie like, cappuccino is aware of this and doesn't really care. Cappuccino is more introverted while Brie is more extroverted, Very black cat meets golden retriever! Cappuccino is really overprotective over brie due to Fantasy racism. (cakes aren't treated well in canon and that doesn't change in this au) they are an already established relationship in my au :) and play a small role :3

dragons princess: Mulberry and Pitaya get a wonderful start to their relationship, IE Pitaya starts beefing with one of her guards and like any normal princess, knocks them out. They get better I swear!! Pitaya wakes up to mulberry putting ice on their cheek, pitaya is into strong women...so safe to say they start smitten, due to and I quote "She isn't afraid of me, and has a great punch!" Mulberry apologizes for punching them asking them if they are alright, and making them something to eat. as they get to know each other better due to pitaya insisting on helping her out of the dragons valley, they find out she's supposed to get married to someone she hasn't even met before. Pitaya. Doesn't like this. So later that day, pitaya wakes her up, and explains in their extremely subtle way that they are in fact a dragon and they can fake a kidnapping, to get her out of this marriage. Mulberry originally thinks they are kidding, until they show her their wings and tail. Mulberry agrees to this plan, and they pull it off! In the au takes place after this event, so mulberry and pitaya are "Dragon married" idk how to put it, mates? eh, and she resides in the dragons valley. :)

inky silver: morticia and gomez core <3 we love old people in love, and thats what they are! Elder faerie and Black Iris have been married for a couple hundred years at this point, and Iris still looks like she's in her 30s. Due to being vampire <3 they're just very loving towards one another and take on a parental role to while lily when she first comes to the fairy kingdom! Black iris is more reserved, staying behind the curtin, helping him make choices. when they were younger, Iris had just been turned and got chased into beast yeast...she was scared and couldn't go out in the sun anymore. so when Elder Faerie took her in she was grateful. She never hid the fact she was quote "A blood sucking beast" Faerie didn't care though. He uses his wings to cover iris during the day or, has stuff held at night so she can join! Again minor- major role here, since the fairy kingdom wont show up for a while in my au!

never hunt alone: This is the ship between Creme Caramel and Second watcher. Creme was born and raised in the cacao kingdom, her sister is actually caramel arrow cookie. She grew up along side both her sister and the second watcher. Creme caramel was trained to be one of the more ruthless warriors, not to stay in the cacao kingdom but to clean up loose ends after the war. While second watcher became a watcher! After a particularity bad mission Cacao told Creme she could not continue hunting, at for a while and when she got back, she couldn't go alone. Creme, now has to walk with a cane, but her faithful comrade Watcher doesn't let her feel useless, Their relationship similar to Rose tea and Choco builds throughout the AU!

Hope you enjoy, sorry for the wall of text!

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The Watchers court p4

Martyn: Court is back in session!

BigB: Who is the witness?

Martyn: Right, Philza Minecraft.

Grian: The Hardcore guy?

Martyn: Yeah.

Pearl: That one guy that looks like he's your cousin?

Martyn: ... Yeah.

Grian: Witness, have anything else to add about yourself?

Phil: No.

*in the jury*

Kristin: Oohhh! It's Phil!

Squiddo: Oh! Who's that?

Kristin: My husband.

Squiddo: I see!

E1!Jimmy: I miss my husband Squiddo, I miss him a lot.

Squiddo: What happened to him?

E1!Jimmy: He killed himself to stop his evil brother.

Squiddo: ...oh.

Phil: So?

Grian: Right, prosecution you may begin with your examination.

Tubbo: PhilZa.

Phil: Toby. It's been a while.

Tubbo: Yes ... Well, this isn't about us, It's about Dream.

Phil: What about him?

Grian: Prosecution wanted you as witness to Dream's stalking in the past.

Phil: Oh I can do that. You see, Dream here is a son of a bitch. One day I see Tommy running to my base which is weird considering Doomsday and Dream is running after him like a psycopath.

Tubbo: He was running after Tommy?

Phil: That's what I got from it, apparently Tommy was searching for something in his exile place and Dream was there and started running after him.

Tubbo: So then, was Dream waiting for Tommy?

Phil: I think so mate, why?

Tubbo: Then, he probably must have been following Tommy for a while right?

Punz: Objection! Leading the witness!

Tubbo: How do you think he could have known that Tommy was going to be there?

Phil: ... He was probably following him before that.

Punz: And- well, how could you possibly know he was running after him.

Phil: Because he was after Tommy. And he was running.

Punz: Well, what if Tommy was hiding something about the story?

Phil: Could have been a possibilty if Dream hadn't done the same before.

Pearl: Wait wait wait. He did something similiar before?

Phil: Techno said so, he would go near our base and observe like a creep.

Punz: Well... well, he could have been lying-

Phil: Techno would not lie to me.

Punz: ... But.

Phil: No.

BigB: Ehm, well... Does the prosecution have anything else to add?

Tommy: Oh? Uh... no?

Tubbo: I do.

Tommy: You do?

Tubbo: Tommy ...maybe It's best if you sit this part out.

Tommy: Oh... yeah I'll just go now.

Pearl: What was that about?

Tubbo: I call ... *sigh in disgust* The Warden to the witness stand.

Sam: Oh? Where am I? Tubbo what are you doing-?

Tubbo: I don't want to hear you, don't waste time.

Sam: Why are we in a courtroo- DREAM!??

Tubbo: That's why.

Grian: And why is he here?

Tubbo: I'll explain bossman. He is here as witness to Dream's murder of Tommy.

*the watchers in the crowd oohs, Dream's knuckles are white in stress*

Sam: Tommy was visiting the prison when it happened.

Tubbo: What did?

Sam: Ranboo.

Tubbo: ... What.

Sam: Ranboo triggered the prisons defences and caused the prison to go into lockdown.

Grian: Lockdown? What is that?

Sam: The prison locks to lower the chances of the prisoner escaping.

Punz: And did it work out? *Smirks*

Sam: ... It did not.

BigB: Go back to the murder? Please?

Sam: Right.

*In the jury*

Kristin: You don't mind if I tp Phil here do you?

Voice of The Star: No?

Kristin: Perfect!

Sam: I didn't notice it at first but a fight started...

Tubbo: A fight?

Sam: Well, it was extremely one sided... Tommy must have angered Dream because he started beating him.

Pearl: And he died?

Sam: Yes, it was...

Tubbo: You don't need to describe it ... And do you have tape of it?

Sam: Yes, yes I do. I register everything in the prison.

Grian: ... Taurtis?

Taurtis: Getting the video!

Grian: Thanks... And Martyn.

Martyn: I'll go grab Tommy.

Martyn: And that concludes the witness testimonies.

Grian: Finally, that lasted forever.

Pearl: C'mon mate, It wasn't that bad.

BigB: Well It's finally over.

Jimmy: My hands hurt from writing.

Martyn: Jury? Have you come to a decision?

*in the jury*

Squiddo: Definitely guilty.

Kristin: Guilty of course.

Knight!Grian: I found the defendant... guilty of all counts.

Voice of The Star: Oh yeah, he's absolutely guilty.

E1!Jimmy: GUILTY!

Martyn: Dream Was Taken, you have been found... GUILTY!

Dream: Ugh. Punz, what did I pay you for!?

Punz: It's not my fault-

Pearl: Order!

Punz: ...

Martyn: What are you sentences your honours.

BigB: I sentence Dream to be stripped of his admin and mod status which will be given to Philza Minecraft in the meantime.

Dream: ... no.

Pearl: I sentence the defendant with 6 lifetimes in the void cells and 10 lifetimes of mandatory therapy.

Dream: ...No!

Grian: And I sentence him with the redistribution of his assets and propery between Tommy and Tubbo as well as a fine of 5 stacks of diamond blocks to the court for making us waste time on this. We also have proof of you possessing a revival book, the book will be taken and your memories of It's working erased. Lastly but not leastly... You will be made immortal for the duration of your sentence to fully experience Pearl's punishment.

Dream: NO!

Tommy: FUCK YEAH! TAKE THAT GREEN BITCH!

*Two Watchers drag Dream away*

BigB: Well then... court is out of session.

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Had circumstances been just a little different, Anne Boleyn might still have lived. Had she produced a son, Jane would have been a passing distraction, Anne's enemies would have been silenced, and her fiery character might again have seemed, at least at times, beguiling to Henry. During the course of their brief marriage, which lasted just over three years, there had been many fluctuations. After the final miscarriage, Anne fought back, saying she had been frightened by Henry's accident, but also broken-hearted at his paying attention to another woman. This kind of criticism was not something Henry was prepared to tolerate in a wife; one of Katherine's strengths, as she herself acknowledged, was that she had never shown any sign of animosity or distress in response to the king's infidelities. Henry and Anne's relationship had been a genuine love-match, however, and the volatility which helped bring about the extraordinary events of the break with Rome remained a part of their relationship ever after.

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