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eventually i'll remember to keep up with this one.

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Do Not Take Me Seriously! unless you want to ship it too.

So, Blaydan.

In the third book of The Cycle of Arawan series, The Black Star.

Dante has in his hands, the Black Star, this magical item that only appears every 1000 years (or was it 10 thousand?) that can basically do anything you want. The last time it appeared it was used to move an entire mountain range that fucked up the whole region’s weather.

Dante has several ideas of what he wants to do with it, including giving himself a longer life span so he can find the Star again and do the same thing. Whatever he wants, this thing will do it.

You know what he does with it?

Brings Blays back to life.

Infinite power at his fingertips and he gives it up for Blays. The guy he hasn’t seen in a few years and has been actively hiding from him because he was pissed that Dante killed his girlfriend (she was practically his wife). The guy that moments before fucked up his original plan to get the Star. The guy he’s been searching for and obsessing over the entire time he was missing.

Dante gives it all up for Blays.

This troupe is called ‘Willfully Weak’ and it’s when a superhero gives up their powers for love. This troupe came about in Superman 2 Man of Steel. Superman gives up his powers so he can live with Lois.

Do you see where I’m going with this?

Obviously Dante is still pretty powerful without the Star, however he’s basically giving up borderline godhood (Superman powers) for Blays. Dante wouldn’t do that for anybody else, maybe Cally since he was a fatherish figure, but that’s it. (And even then I still have my doubts he’d give up power for Cally)

Just think about that for a second.

Now I can hear you saying ‘But Reginleif, why wouldn’t he bring his brother back to life? Anyone would do that’

And I would say ‘First, be careful with that blanket statement of ‘anyone’ and second, I said don’t take me seriously’

I, as a shipper, see it this way and you as a non-shipper see it that way. Both are okay 👍

Also, Blays can be in a queer platonic relationship with Dante and still be married to Minn.

Anyway, Happy Birthday Dante.

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i forgot to make a post about it last week but! last of the cally books came out!

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Dante: “I would like to remind you how dull your life would be without me.”

Blays: “What did you do now?”

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Minn about Blays: “Look at that face! How can anyone spend all day with that face and not fall in love?”

Dante: “Well, at some point the face starts talking.”

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Cally: “I am in charge of this disaster!”

Dante & Blays: “We have names, you know!”

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Person who just met Dante & Blays: “No! Bad idea!”

Dante: “There are no bad ideas.”

Blays: “Only great ideas that go horribly wrong.”

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Dante: “You are the love of my life and I would do anything within reason to make you happy.”

Blays: “I would be happy if you ate, stayed hydrated and got a reasonable amount of sleep.”

Dante: “I said within reason, Blays. How about I murder that guy?”

Blays: “So murder is in reason, but proper self care isn't?”

Dante: “Well, duh. What kind of question is that?”

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Gladdic: “That sounds like a horrible plan.”

Blays: “Oh, we’ve had worse.”

Dante: “Much worse.”

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hey happy last book of CoG day!!

hey look!! last two books in CoG are nearly upon us!

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aw i never got around to writing the speculation fics did i. ah well

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“Where were we, where were we… ahh yes, the pit of despair.”

— how book 5 will start

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16+ hr travel days have very few virtues, but i did get a ton of uninterrupted time and zoomed thru cog9 and may i just say. aaaaaaaa

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Minn: “This is my husband, Blays, and this is his husband, Dante.”

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hey look!! last two books in CoG are nearly upon us!

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I love the books but haven’t read them in a couple of years and want to find a specific section. There’s a section where Dante discovers the cycle isn’t “scripture” but a way to find those with the gift, etc. It may be a different section where there’s a discussion about whether the stories were true. Can you help me remember which book(s) this was in? I signed up for tumblr specifically to ask this question so I hope I can get your answer.

heyas!

there's a couple sections that fit those descriptions, both pretty early in the white tree, in discussions with cally about the cycle before the execution in whetton

on using the cycle as bait for potential nethermancers: chapter 5. pg 101 in my kindle edition. if you've got a searchable copy, ""So why do they want people to steal the Cycle?""

on how true the stories might be (and the general composition of the cycle): chapter 6. pg 119 in mine. ""Who wrote the Cycle?""

hope that's enough info to help you find it! if not, feel free to shoot me another message

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Happy Birthday Dante! 🎂🎁🎊

I had other ideas I wanted to have done by today, but life….happens. So it fell to Plan D. Best 97 cents I ever spent.

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Winden: “I’m having a problem with a guy.”

Dante: “Like you can’t fit his dead body in a bag kind of problem or you like him kind of problem?”

Winden: “The second one.”

Dante: “I can’t help you.”

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I’m pretty sure this is how that one scene went down. You know which one I mean.

Dante pointing to Gladdic: “Oh my gods, what happened to him?”

Blays: “He died of natural causes.”

Dante: “You pushed him off the roof.”

Blays: “Gravity is natural.”

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Cycle of Arawn - Edward W. Robertson Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Dante Galand, Blays Buckler Additional Tags: Fluff, birthday fic, feel good Summary:

A sweet fic for Dante’s birthday.

Takes place a few years after saving the world a second time. No spoilers.

Dante and Blays deserve a happy ending.

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Cally: “In your opinion, what’s the height of stupidity?”

Dante: “Blays, how tall are you?”

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hey anon, got your question but give me a few days to get back to you on that!