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Legendborn Hcs 4

back on my bullshit

•‌ bree has incredibly weird positions-splayed out taking three quarters of the bed, one leg outside the covers, turned on one side only ecc.- and alice often made fun of it during sleepovers

• nick loves order and working into clean, organized spaces. Sadly, he's unable to mantain said order and organization for more than a week, at the end of which is room ends up being an absolute dumpster, scary even. He then cleans it up a random day and restarts the cycle‌

• while sel is an average cook and bree has also decent cooking skills, nick is the type of guy whose cooking skills are on an unheard level. negatively. he's the type of guy that cooks so bad without noticing it, being the only one who can stand any food made by him. Everyone avoids the kitchen while he's preparing food for himself, because he's actually enthusiastic to cook and forces everyone to taste whatever he's preparing, and no one has the heart to tell him it sucks. "Look at this pasta with tuna i made!" (He forgot to drain the olive oil from the can before adding the tuna, thus it's incredibly oily, the type of stuff you see the extra oil lurking on the sauce surface) "Yeah nick it's great". He never had anyone to teach him or at least report how the food cane out, so he had to learn by himself with terrible results‌

• bree loves to dance, and she always looses herself completely to the music; in a club, in the shower, while cooking, she feels free‌

• sel has a MASSIVE thing for neck kisses.‌

• Edwin and Faye met eachother through music

• ‌I don't know but I feel like Will would enjoy gardening‌

• Will is the guy everyone goes to when they have a crush onto someone; he gives THE best advice, he'll listen to your delusional theories and be your best friend anyway (+he loves the gossip). But somehow, he's incredibly stupid when anything similar happens to him or when he's intrested in a guy, and he is still unable to understand how he pulled his ex boyfriend and Lark

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Incoming Oathbound rambling

The trio all got power boosts in OB. Nick's combat is sharper, Bree leveled up immensely in skills, and yet both of them combined got restrained by demonia Sel?!

Which, I mean, fair cuz like homeboy gave Natasia and the Shadow King a 2 piece whambam proper whooping but it got me thinking how strong Sel is now and how much he still cares about his crushes

Sel would rather, and did, box his parents but also proved Bree and Nick right that Sel wouldn't hurt the Scion duo. From Natasia's pov it read like Sel was gonna lose control and kill so many to get to Bree (understandable cuz Natasia had no clue what kind of powerhouse Bree was and what kind of motion Bree had)

We get a possibility that demonia Sel is gonna gruesomely fight Bree and Nick and whoever gets in his way. But... he doesn't. Unlike Elijah who briefly took Mariah hostage, Sel didn't do that. Sel didn't use the boulder to stop Bree n company in the road when he's on the chase. Sel let's Nick's aether blade cut him when Sel gets closer to Bree and Bree and Nick don't know how fragile is Sel's state of mind in his current demonia.

Instead, all we get is Sel teasing and taunting them. He openly talks about wanting Bree and how they shared a kiss. He really wants to make Nick jealous and let's then go to the Shadow King with no fight. All this talk about how horrible and scary for a Merlin to go into demonia and here comes Sel not actually fitting the textbook definition. Could be because of who his daddy is, could be cuz of his mother is, but imho its definitely cuz Sel wouldn't want to hurt Bree nor Nick as he still loves them.

He even expressed how crappy it is that he's bonded to the wrong kingsmage and that Nick is his brother, but Nick refutes Sel's insecurities and teams up with Bree in telling Sel he has worth outside the system of Legendborn. They go a step further and show Bree and Nick trying to save Sel from potential repercussions on wearing the crown cuz they care about Sel's wellbeing. It's crazy demonia Sel is finally learning that Bree and Nick equally value him when Sel's been going through a teen life existential crisis the moment he saw Nick x Bree falling for each other hard

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bree catches on to her bf’s game….

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based on this tiktok

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sel comes out to his mom and she comes out to him too?

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Nick, staring at Sel: Ahh. My rival.(affectionate)

Sel, glaring at Nick: Ahh. My crush.(derogatory)

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Legendborn Cycle fandom ! sound on for a video from Tracy :)

via instagram @/tracydeonn

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Legendborn Cycle fandom ! sound on for a video from Tracy :)

via instagram @/tracydeonn

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Don't forget Tor

Sending my period cramps to Arawn

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💜"Can we pretend to be… Nick and Bree?”

💙“B…”

💜“Just while we sleep?”

💙“Okay. We can pretend to be Nick and Bree.”

Oh penumbra breenick 🤧💗

The amazing artist is lumachaii on ig. The artist has posted the art on their Instagram so check it out on her page too!

Characters belong to Tracy Deonn and are from the Legendborn Cycle Series

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Help this didn't age well

I just realized that i have assumed that natasia will heal sel because it's just logical for the story and have never even entertained the thought that she might not.

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some mamas and their babies

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Nicholas Martin Davis the yearner of all yearners 🙌🙌

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most love triangles: end in hetro couple and the boys are like family

Legendborn:

''You're not a monster, and we were never brothers''

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the legendborn crew

these really my babies you guys….love them to death

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Oathbound Spoiler art of Bree and Nick / Ch.55🌅🫖✨️

Below ⤵️

The rooftop scene was one of my favorite moments in Oathbound 💜

The amazing artist: freesias_artworks on ig and tiktok

Characters belong to Tracy Deonn

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She IS the moment

An Ode To Briana Matthews Part Deux

*Oathbound Spoilers Afoot!*

One of the many things I have enjoyed about this series is Tracy’s centering of Bree.  She is allowed to be complicated, powerful, and flawed.  She is shown being loved on furiously, being desired fiercely, and she is written in a way that makes you ache for her.  She calls something forward in me that challenges the notion of who Black girls are supposed to be in the eyes of those who deem us as too much.  Bree makes me proud because she makes mistakes, takes risks, and does not play about the people she loves.  

We have come a long way from the girl in Legendborn. 

Heavy is the crown.

Her Magic (The Consequences of The Choice)

“I push myself to my feet and walk toward him, a satisfied smile curving my lips.  As I get closer, I widen my hands again, and the thuds grow quieter and quieter as I thicken the barrier.  He can’t see me, but I can just make out the glow of his eyes.  His irises are green with fury, and I imagine what I would look like to him if he could see me…”

“A young brown-skinned girl in a long formal gown, striding toward him with her palms out wide.  A girl with deep purple magic flowing from her hand to feed the structure encasing him.  A girl raising that sphere into the air, levitating him from the ground.  A girl trained by the deepest Shadow himself, her teeth bared in an electric grin.”

Bree has come a long way from the Gala and the choice she made with the Shadow King back at the lodge.  In this scene, her confidence is on full display.  She looks strong, she flexes her prowess, and she is not holding back.  All of this came from the choice she made to go with Erebus and to burn her ancestral stream. As I said in my first ode, I loved her choice.  I knew it would be messy, I knew it would hurt.  I also knew it would be necessary.  We know Bree is a fighter, and there is little that would keep her from it.  Choosing herself meant breaking herself down to the studs to become more.  More physically, more mentally, more strategically.  Like any king worth their salt, she makes the difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions. She is finding her balance and pushing her limits until she ultimately finds the formula that works for her. At the end of Oathbound, we see her more in control. To say that the order, Erebus, and Tor's funky ass will hate to see her coming, is an understatement.

Desire/Sexuality

“Then I remember the sizzling sensation when I touch the Pendragon coin, and I wonder if he’s the one who stamped that memory onto my skin. Boys, I say quietly. I know that much…”

“I think…,” I say, watching the crowd with new eyes, "I’m into people people.”

One of the other aspects of Bree in which she became more sure of was her desires and sexuality.  We got a glimpse of it with Sel in the woods.  It was she who took the lead and kissed him, leaning into how much he wanted her, and showing him she wanted the same.  I am of the age that I remember girls being labeled as “fast” for doing something as mundane as wearing red lipstick.  In the Black community, there tends to be (at least there was when I was this age) a looking down upon of Black girls for owning their sexuality.  You get the, “Don’t bring no babies home” talk, but there is little discussion of the real world, practical shit.  Even into adulthood, if you enjoy sex and are open about it (like the men dem), you are labeled a HOE (304s as they said back in the day). This scene was so dope because we get a glimpse of her thought process in her own words.  I love that Zoe questions her, essentially prompting her to give voice to what she likes.  There is freedom even in the thought of exploration.  

So Drown and The Roof is On Fire

“I’m drowning in you, Bree.  I shouldn’t want to. I should fight it. But I can’t”

“My eyes flutter closed, then open.  I inhale a ragged breath. Exhale an answer. So drown.”

The challenge she levels at Nick made me squeal.  The way he obliged made me gasp.  Every moment where Bree is free to be a teenager exploring her sexuality is top tier.  Tracy makes these moments count, doesn’t she?  When I first started reading this series, I heard rumblings regarding the two white boys and their desire for Bree. Some conversations turned their dynamic into something dirty, and something that was happening to Bree instead of realizing she is a willing participant.  There are some interesting takes out there. I love that she is being loved on by two love interests who would set the world ablaze for her.  The fact that Bree disrupts their trajectory AND the trajectory in what Black girls deserve (love, respect, care, softness, a lil Selly Sazon) warms my soul.

“And if I want…?” My breath turns shallow, my skin burning beneath the winter coat. His brows lift in question.  “If you want…?”

“Actually, I murmur, that might be the end of the sentence.”

Clever hands aside, the conversation between these two was endearing.  The fact that she felt safe enough to express the longing she had been housing was nothing less than poetic.  Too often in media, Black girls are the sidekick, the funny one, the token, never to be chosen in a real way. We are the wisdom or the sacrifice that helps the non-Black characters have amazing epiphanies, that moves their stories forward, making the Black character disposable.  I know Tracy said, “Fuck all that!” at some point as Bree’s story progressed.  In my younger years, I had NEVER seen a Black girl exploring in this way. Being wanted and revered in this way.  Taking up space and challenging the status quo in this way.  Don’t get me started on her wanting BOFFUM.  Can’t a girl have her spicy black cat and equally as spicy Golden Retriever in peace? 

Rootcraft Girls

“Rootcrafters are Black.  Rootcrafter girls, specifically, make a good target, because a missing Black girl won’t raise alarm bells the way a missing white girl would.”

“I may not know the people in my life, but I know myself.  I won’t be able to let this go.”

When I read Valec’s birth scene, I had suspected that demons had been ingratiating themselves in the rootcraft community (especially Erebus), and for the very reason quoted above.  When Bree sees one of the girls being assaulted in the bathroom of the Rat, she springs into action.   When the warlock escapes with her, a new mission is born. Bree understands what is at stake at that moment.  She is not that far removed from the torture she experienced in the Institute.  She would not let anyone forget about the rootcrafter girls despite all of the other plates she was spinning.  My girl said, “We gon do both!”  In Legendborn, Nick and Sel spoke of things kings must do.  The sacrifice that lives under that banner.  Bree’s growth has demonstrated that she is a far superior king than Arthur and the Shadow King combined.  Her heart is what makes her more powerful than any magic she can wield.  Her intentions are pure, and she makes room for her care to wrap around the people and communities she cares about.  Bree makes hard decisions and faces the consequences head-on, plans be damned.

I love this character and have found her reach to touch a multitude of ages for various reasons.  For me, she is the niece, the daughter, the sister.  She is also me. Her fire and determination.  Her refusal to accept the unacceptable and willingness to join a fight, because those being fought for are worthy.  As Nick says, she is worthy. 

Oathbound’s dedication says:

For the girls who face the unknown…and leap anyway.  Bree has literally and figuratively taken the leap, and she challenges all of us in times of peril to do the same. 

I am so glad to be alive in the timeline where Bree Matthews exists.

Rumble Black Girl, Rumble. 

I hope you enjoyed part deux! Find part one here!