literally nobody touch me. i am in a puddle of my own TEARS right now over that card.
i'm gonna yell guys i'm gonna SAY SOMETHING bc they gave him SO MUCH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN THIS and so many INSIGHTS and i'm about to go INSANE,
DO YOU REALIZE. DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH THIS LINE MEANS TO HIM?
THIS AFTER THE LUMIERE SHENANIGANS IN HIS LAST EVENT? AND FOR ALL I'VE SAID IN THIS POST?
like i don't know where this card falls plot-wise or in the timeline of their relationship but SHIT LIKE? this means he's aware of everything i said in that post ?!!!!!!!
"by now, he's had so many identities. he's fragmented, maybe; unsure of himself, a little lacking in the confidence of which part of him mc will truly love, especially after all this time. and maybe he's aware of that or maybe he's not, but— even the most conflicting parts of us are still us. and the more we attempt to be who or what we are not, the more we remain the same. the only way he'll move forward from all of this is to accept the fact that even "prince xavier", even "lumiere", are part of him—maybe parts of him he doesn't want, but that still contribute to him as a whole. and it's something xavier needs to realize for himself."
and WITH THAT LINE??? "EVERY VERSION OF ME BELONGS TO YOU, AND ONLY YOU"
IT'S LIKE????? HE GETS IT?
he realizes that mc knows he has so many fragments to him, and that he's been trying to keep it separate, and she's going to keep asking "which xavier, then?" and he's like. fuck that. it's all of me.
"i would love you in every universe", while simultaneously "i would love you no matter who or what i become", while simultaneously;
LIKE DO YOU—?
DO YOU SEE HOW THE INTENSITY OF HIS FEELINGS COMES FORWARD WITH MORE CONFIDENCE? A CONFIDENCE THAT'S GENUINE AND NOT NONCHALANT, NOT LIKE HE'S TRYING TO "PLAY IT OFF" ANYMORE?
iT'S LIKE. NO MORE GAMES, THIS IS REAL. KIND OF VIBES?
ITS LIKE WATCHING HIM MATURE A LITTLE AND GROW A LITTLE AND :(
he's learning to accept all of those parts of him as HIM, and he's willing to allow mc to love ALL OF IT because he can let all of it love HER, and itS THE GODDAMN GESTALT THEORY COMING FULL CIRCLE BECAUSE HE'S FINALLY, FINALLY ALLOWING HIMSELF TO BECOME WHOLE AGAIN 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
if it's safe to assume they've had kisses and such beforehand, especially considering previous cards, then this—this is the "first" because it's more real and genuine than it ever has been. he's been waiting this long for this moment, not just in line with how long he's waited to be hers again considering his whole story, but—
because they finally have both their feelings out in the open.
the communication they have here, for once??? like you just KNOW it's not like the others????
because now he's finally able to give and receive wholly, as himself, as the xavier he recognizes to be a culmination of every persona he's taken in the past.
AND JUST 😭😭😭
FUCK LIKE 😭😭😭 MY HEART 😭😭😭😭
MY HEART ISN'T OKAY UGH I'M SO EMOTIONAL I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!!! 😭😭😭
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more for the garashir fairytale grab bag AU I am never going to actually write: garak knows exactly what would break his curse from the start, he just never tells anyone for the longest time b/c he's so sure it could never happen
(it's asking forgiveness, of course. he thinks it's tain's forgiveness he needs, and tain is fucking dead and knew he would be by the time garak woke up so it seems the perfect unbreakable parting fuck-you revenge curse. and garak would expect nothing less from his father than that, so he's resigned to dwindling away painfully. enter julian bashir and his fierce force-of-nature compassion (and also secret illicit immense magical powers) with a steel chair!!! to go 'OH YEAH??? we'll see about that', as you might expect. oh. OH necromancer-ish julian calling tain's ghost up to ask him about what the hell he did and how to undo it, ala his gambit to go see him the wire? and the knowledge he gains from that is what confirms garak's suspicions as to what is Up with this handsome young healer mage because it could be known only by those long dead. cue east of the sun west of the moon part of the narrative once julian understands his game is up and runs away??
anyway getting some true love's kissing in by the end of it all is just a nice bonus it's not needed like strictly magically for either of their situations lol)
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