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Irene having different dynamics with all the divine warriors where only half are romantic is the best timeline to me since its more interesting to see Irene have more platonic and family like relationships with at least half of the group instead of every single one of them being in love with her with no unqiue reason why, beyond her being the great and mighty matron

like what if kul'zak was like a father figure to irene, and maybe kul'zak even lost his own daughter and after being tasked to protect irene he starts to see her as his kid to take care of and is maybe the reason why she knows how to defend herself.

or enki and irene having a sibling dynamic, and it maybe showing off a side to irene being abit of a teaseing, playful younger sister to enki while we also see that Irene looks up to his intelligence and ambitions in his writing, and even goes to him for help because thats her older brother.

I think these kind of dynamics also don't just make irenes relationships more interesting but also gives you more insight on the other person at the same time!

Now, of course I said half of her dynamics with the others to be romantic, but that doesn't mean it still have to be boring...

like shad and irene, is that sort of tragic lovers dynamic, shes the light, hes the dark, forbidden to ever be together because of forces beyond their own control, thats always interesting if its well written, and at most it sorta is

but maybe we could have esmund and irene be a lot more of a one sided love dynamic, where irene only sees esmund as a noble protecter but respects him and sees him as a close friend, while esmund on the other hand is madly in Iove with her and states that plenty of times openly, even getting into fights about his devotion to her with shad or menphia

oh and especially menphia and irene could be a sort of a more saddening, love dynamic, with her and menphia being childhood friends, with a sort of love to bloom between the two at different stages of their friendship, menphia always being in love with irene while irene fell for her when they grew to be adults, but than something splits them apart with a later conflict, causing them to fight, and end up on bad terms

I find all these more interesting too since it actually makes me feel like irene isnt one note with every dynamic

but still including dynamics that are romantic, but not making them be the same copy in paste over and over and having there be variety

(This is me self promoting my rewrite, I do all these dynamics with the divine warriors)

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Garroth, Laurance, and Love

So I think for most people Garroth and Laurance are considered the primary love interests in MCD. Along with Zoey I suppose. But the two of them have very different approaches to love/feelings and they are, in my rewrite, the complete opposite to what they seem.

Laurance is the notorious ‘Casanova of Meteli’ all the girls want him he’s a famous flirt. So many things said in a wink and a smile. But he’s very guarded when it comes to his heart. He says to Aphmau in canon that despite his reputation he’s never actually kissed anyone. Laurance is very careful about who he opens his heart to, especially post Nether and Sasha’s betrayal, one of his closest friends and one of the few people outside his family that he truly loved and trusted, Kenmur being the other because I will die on the Meteli gang friendship hill. He flirts with Aphmau at first because that’s just who he is, but he falls for her because she really truly sees him. She trusts him even though she doesn’t appreciate the way he treats her at first and she doesn’t hesitate to help him when he returns from the Nether. He warms to Garroth and Dante too but it takes him a while as with the other PD residents.

Garroth on the other hand loves deeply and easily, perhaps a little too much. He loves his family, and struggles to reconcile his love and hatred for Garte. He falls head over heels for his guard mentor (my OC Kit, Katelyn’s older brother). He cares deeply for the villagers of Phoenix Drop, but he struggles to verbalise his affections especially after his exile. He finds it much easier to show his love through deeds, taking off his helm for Donna’s wedding so that Zane will perform the ceremony, travelling to the Neapolitan villages to help Aphmau, going with Laurance to find Aph during the Malachi’s castle arc, staying behind in the Irene dimension to save everyone.

MCD is fundamentally at its core (to me) a love story in so much as it is a story about different kinds of love. Platonic, familial, romantic, and sexual love (less obviously because of the target audience but i think it’s there) are all explored. Of course it is also a political adventure story but there is still love underpinning that. The lord of scaleswind partnered with O’Khasis because he wanted his daughter back for example.

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“From whence you came” is a classic place to send back a foul beast

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I was about to tag my most recent fic but then realized I never posted the link here so I’ll just be hijacking OP thanks

Fic built out of my and my freaky mutuals’ impromptu roleplay in discord :D

sometimes your favorite fanfic isn't a fanfic at all but the insane DM's between you and your equally freaky mutual

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Warning: I DO use dude, man, bruh, and bro as completely gender neutral terms, HOWEVER if I call you one of the above and it bothers you, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me.

This has been a PSA 

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i’m so bad at posting my art on here omg

Travis!

had to draw this masterpiece obviously

sorry laury didn’t make it in

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what if i took laurance zvahl

and made him into a pirate

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Tablemau is OUT Floorance is IN

let him get up let him get up

oh… he’s concussed���

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You could hide in plain sight if it weren't for that last name of yours.

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forgot my night time garlic bread in the oven for the length of 2 mythbusters wpisodes and when i opened the oven door it was so thoroughly cremated that i was blinded not by smoke and ash but what surely must have been its Soul as well

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u heard him ladies

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They’re sparing :)

Based on a Pinterest post I found!! I wanted to practice dynamic posing <3

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My Opinions/Rating Minecraft Diaries Ships:

Aarmau: -11/10 I do not want to see it. Aaron in MCD has the most boring ass personality ever. This ship was forced asf go argue with a wall.

I’m not even that much of an Aarmau hater it’s fine in other roleplays but it sucks in MCD.

Garmau: 9/10 Peak. There’s so much chemistry and longing and sacrifice. I love Garroth’s shy, noble personality in MCD.

Laurmau:9/10 PEAK. I love Laurence’s flirty personality and how he would go to the ends of the earth for Aphmau.

Garrance: 11/10 Yes.

Aphmau x Laurance x Garroth: 100000/10 Everyone wins.

Zoeymau: 8/10 Very cute and wholesome, definitely an underappreciated ship.

Dante x Nana: 10/10 They’re very cute together.

I don’t remember much of Travlyn in MCD except that it exists here too.

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I spent way too long on this idk how to render I’m genuinely tweaking

Laurmau art based on Accolade by Edmund Leighton

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Got bored and tired. Made a MyStreet adjacent Social Media AU. I say MyStreet adjacent because it’s a modern setting which leans more into the MyStreet characterisations than anything else but like that’s kind of it. I will update when I feel like / when I am inspired. I have a couple more ideas in the works so watch this space.

Ziarte Divorce Arc

featuring @gumbootrambles as a little cameo guest

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My Garmau Art inspired by Edmund Leighton’s The Shadow Tapestry

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jesus h christ yall can’t handle what we cooked up in the discord just now