#this post probably doesn't need that many exclamation marks but they were genuine so who cares?

[inthefightgarden]

post-loop concept! zorian finally letting taiven teach him martial arts!

we hear so many times about how unfit zorian is, how much of a pain that is, and how he's gonna get in shape when he leaves the timeloop. (also to become hotter.) and we hear so many times how desperately taiven wants to teach him non-magical combat. we also know how much zorian's friendship with taiven grows to matter to him, and how they both worry about how it can anything other than patronising when he's so far ahead of her in every way, especially since she doesn't know about the timeloop in the real world. but there is one thing that zorian is terrible at! one thing that can even the playing field! letting taiven beat him tf up so he can become less of a noodle boy!

i genuinely believe this could be answer to all their friendship problems. and i can just picture it. them hanging out post-loop, both kinda feeling a bit awkward and uncertain for their own reasons. taiven makes a joke about teaching him to fight, and zorian nearly blows her off as usual, but then. he stops. thinks. and says yes. taiven would not quite believe him for a moment then be like "HAHA NO TAKE BACKS". and then commences a brand new hell for zorian. but a hell that grants him physical and emotional boons, so it's worth it. ^_^