Considering that the realm of shadows seems to be the place where undesirables in the Lands Between go (omen, misbegotten, crucible touched and such) and most are described as not having grace in the vanilla version, it would explain why Miquella needed to get rid of all things golden in order to reach that place.
He's practically turning himself into a criminal in order to get into the prison; and now he's more vulnerable than ever because he doesn't even have his bewitching powers (implied, and he might still be good with words and reading people) nor his sister's assistance. No wonder he's so hard to find; he's just a little guy, hiding and sneaking around are his only options now!
That would also explain why the tarnished can easily enter the land of shadows; they already don't have grace from the get-go, only a memory of grace that literally links them to the sites of grace provided by external forces. Tarnished only would need the guide of Miquella's soul linked to his cadaver in order to reach it.
Oh my god yes to all of this!
I said in a previous theory post about how Miquella had to go to such extreme lengths just to get to the Realm of Shadow(i.e embedding himself into the Haligtree and ditching his body all together to essentially roam as a lost soul) and the fact that the Tarnished can evidently just roll up into the Realm of Shadow by touching Miqs abandoned cadaver, definitely hints at Marika making the RoS nearly impossible to get too if you possess any amount of grace, and I would also say that this especially apply's if you are an Empyrean.
And so I would also bring up this:
And so Kindly Miquella would abandon everything. His golden flesh. His radiant strength. Even his fate. But we are not deterred.
This piece of dialogue in particular implies to me that Miquella may have initially intended to travel this path of his completely alone, or as Ranni puts it: "I am to depart on a journey. Upon the dark path only I may tread." There are so many parallels between these two it's nuts.
And I am in absolute agreement regarding Miquella's current state: He is by no means weak, but he is incredibly vulnerable.
So something has happened, either too Miq or regarding something else, but we have Messmer out there who will put anyone to flame who has been stripped of the Grace of Gold; and considering that Miquella has abandoned everything Golden, I am very worried for him 馃槵
So now, Miquella is desperate and calling for aid. And we are here to answer his call.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The X-Files
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fox Mulder/Dana Scully, Fox Mulder & Original Child Character (s), Dana Scully & Original Child Character(s)
Characters: Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, Original Child Character(s)
Additional Tags: Modern Era, Modern AU, instagram posts, Inspired by Tumblr, Pregnancy, Social Media
Series: Part 2 of 2020s FBI's Most Unwanted
Summary:
He cajoles her into posting a rather vintage-looking Polaroid shot of her he'd taken one night. She does look pretty good in it. It was a good shot. Not that she's going to tell him that.
trustno1 my muse. my touchstone.
She smiles, but doesn't like the comment.
langly_ringo23 @trustno1 coworkers do NOT talk to each other like this
She's scared for a moment that Ringo's guessed that they're together. She's halfway through typing a DM to him to beg him not to rat them out when she stops, rereads the comment, and decides to leave it.
At least he knows they're supposed to be just coworkers.
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Fox and Dana's journey after getting together in fuck, i'm lonely, chronicled in photo posts on Scully's Instagram page.
I POSTED THE INSTAGRAM FIC! I POSTED THE INSTAGRAM FIC! @tiredactivist