i think one of the funniest parts of deal with destiny is when scott tells lizzie the different things he can offer her (before getting to what she actually wants) and the first thing she tries to barter for is his robe. it’s essentially
scott: i have plenty of things to offer you, harvested with my own hands from my own empire.
lizzie: i need that strange orb so i can know what's happening in my kingdom, why there are axolotl-like beings writing me unintelligible codes, and why i can talk to sea animals, i need this possibly for the fate of my kingdom
in deal with destiny they spent an entire four minute musical number trying to scam each other only to come out worse than they were when they started. all scott got was a pair of diamond boots that he already had and became doomed to isolation. lizzie got her past back but stared the horrors right in the face
from the archives au where Lizzie became a mystic and cussed artifacts and antiques sales lady under the aisles of Shadow-lesa, this universe version of Mikaele Selesa. I had this idea because in empires season 2 and sos, she there was a sales lady who sold fortunes and auctioned artifacts, also the whole deal with destiny thing
finally watched the Empires musical and Deal with Destiny is not leaving my brain. i opened a blank canvas, zoned out, and zoned back in two hours later and this existed
can we talk about how in deal with destiny, scott offers lizzie snow, a borderline useless item that is extremely common in his empire, in exchange for enchanted boots made of diamond?
and to make matters worse, the snow would definitely melt if he’d brought it to where lizzie lived. and where did she live? the ocean.