#but ykw thats ok

[callilouv]

its yearning hours oh myg od

[thatbendyfan]

anyways. forgot to post this

[satellitesunset]

know that im constantly thinking abt the tag t4t!mai/todo. gotta be one of the most iconic tags ever.

[sieglinde-freud]

i think the fell xenologue does a great job at characterizing some of the royals beyond the vanilla game mostly because every single royal has like one or two core principles that really make them who they are and so getting rid of those one or two things completely converts them into a completely different person. like alcryst losing his self doubt, celine loses her empathy, hortensia loses her resilience, etc etc. but i think my favorite version of this has to be fogado, who has in my opinion the most drastic change. i think all of the other royals have very outward presenting traits that you can easily catch onto and see theyve lost. but fogado is just a little different, because what fell fogado lacks isnt really a trait; he loses his sense of love. (rest under the cut bc it turned into an essay. my bad also fell xenologue spoilers obvs)

“our” fogado (?? idk how to differentiate between them. work with me here) is not an easy person to read in universe. he makes it very clear in chapter 13 that he’s pretty good at deception and is very willing to make use of that skill. his supports with timerra and pandreo also tell us he’s gotten used to keeping up a specially crafted persona meant to kind of suppress his feelings (that timerra and pandreo can see through but. like 1. theyre smart 2. sister and bff ok moving on). but he doesn’t do it out of malice or because he just likes being tricky, he lies because he loves. everything in fogado’s life is shaped by what he loves: his country, his friends, and his sister. every single motivation he has is fueled by this: the constant partying, how often he leaves the castle, all his acting. its even in his goddamn class name (cupido) and birthday (feb 14) if you needed the game to spell it out for you

so thats why when we get to the fell xenologue, the fogado we meet is changed in that one specific way: his love is gone. we know this because of a few things, the first of which is that he is honest. aside from the robe (in which he is assassinating someone! but also. lets be so honest with ourselves here. you can see his fucking face) he’s immediately upfront with his intentions: he wants the bracelets, he wants power, and he wants you to die. and thats it. he just kind of hands you that information, and then fucks off when you win. on what earth would our fogado do that? dude wouldnt even tell you if he broke his leg, he just partied a little hard last night. but thats just it isnt it? our fogado lies because he loves people, hes protecting them. fell!fogado is transparent because he’s not protecting anyone, he doesn’t care.

but the biggest kicker in fell!fogado’s lack of love is in his interaction with our timerra. our fogado loves his sister more than anything, as he literally plans his entire life around making HER life easier. he sacrifices even just spending time with her just because he needs to make sure hes fully prepared to keep her safe (not that timerra wants that for him but he doesnt really get that. which is another topic i could dive into but this post is long enough lets not make it a novel). fell!fogado though? well you see–

any love fogado holds for his sister, or any love at all really, is just not present in fell!fogado. and you could say that maybe its just because of the corruption, but then why do we still see love between the fierenese and brodian siblings? even fell!timerra still loves her brother if her conversation with our fogado is anything to go off of. but the writers know that fogado lives and dies on his love for people, its his entire being and so much more so than the rest of the cast. which is why thats what had to change in him for the fell xenologue. it wasnt really just a flip of the switch haha murder thing (though. it could have been handled better. lets be real) but it was the loss of everything that makes fogado him. and i think the fact that this gets to be highlighted in the dlc just makes base game fogado all that much more interesting, because it cements his motivation now that we know what he's like without it. fogado is a guy driven by love and its just fucking great

[chai-en-kaadhale]

i love willy the graham cracker like hes literally me (delusion)

[sapphicmcmean]

so anyway back to au talk

in my Silly little au thalia goes on the athena parthenos quest at 16 (legacy of athena<3 and also plot relevant to have it while annabeth is way younger) and she's joined by the hunters (as in, finding the area of the quest but they dont join her down to arachne, they wait until she gets out in case something happens) and her and zoë still have that hatred for each other

somehow they convince her to let them help her (something propechy probably, have not worked out the details) and so thalia and zoë have to work together

they bicker. they argue. and they begrudgingly agree with each other to put their past aside to finish this quest as fast as possible so they never have to see each other again

but as they spend more time together, they actually start to like each other. like, LIKE like each other. surprisingly fast, which makes both wonder if they had only felt hatred for each other before this

so thalia goes on the quest to arachne, succeeds, nearly dies because of the hole to tartarus but the hunters save her (the whole still exists, sort of patched up but campers know to avoid it [becomes more plot relevant later <3]) and so she's alive

now, she has the choice to join the hunters or just go back to camp hb. she chooses to go back to camp– not even pretty girls can change her mind about not wanting to live like a hunter and having to watch her family die

she says goodbye to them all, lingering on zoë longer than the others. artemis can lowkey tell whats happening between them, but since neither are making a move, she doesnt do anything. her hunters cant simply stop feeling, so she doesnt care: as long as they dont act on those feelings

whenever the hunters need help, now, zoë immediately suggests thalia. even when thalia is a full grown adult, with her own life and everything, she still helps them out

of course, she still likes zoë. zoë still likes her. but neither of them can pursue a relationship: thalia now feels weird anout dating someone whos bodily 12 while being 20+ herself (even tho zoë is way older than her), and zoë could never leave artemis' side

so, thalia stays single. she's not the type to get into relationships much, anyway. she calls herself the "fun aunt of chb", which most of the kids would say is accurate. zoë and the hunters pop in more often, though only stay for short times

and, angst: zoë has to watch thalia grow older and die. and she lives with questions: should she have left the hunters for thalia? pursued her instead of doing nothing? should she have tried to convince thalia to join the hunters? was being immortal worth it, if she had to watch any non-hunter friends die? what would her life be if she left?; all she knows now is how to be a hunter.

[ledzephlin]

I think Misty and Nat should have hatesex send tweet

[aydascomprehendsubtext]

Love the bottle episodes of breaking bad because they're insane and hysterical and Walt is in his pathetic times in both so he's not nauseating to watch and they're full of intense emotional connection that make you really GET Walt and jesses fucked up dynamic. But that all pales in comparison to. NO HANK SCREENTIME BABEY!!!!!!🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉

[devotedlystrangewizard]

sometimes i remember that one time my rl said tom holland was "too old" when we went to see nwh. shes older than me.

that was the day i realized.

i might have issues

[skyburger]

marty mcfly and luke skywalker would be oomfs i know this to be true

[toastsnaffler]

annoyed bc I wanted to nip out and stick these in the postbox half an hour ago but my friend won't reply to my message checking their address even tho they're online and talking in our server. I wanna go to SLEEEEEPPPP stop ignoring me!!!!!!

[umiwomitai]

feeling like doing smth so fucking stupid

[nomairuins]

i am going to try watching a show i never got 2 finish. not telling u what it is incase i actually am not able to

[kaoharu]

hes swiss ?? okay

[heartyearning]

just finished another piece of another puzzle (made a shirt for my costume finally fucking did it sleeves an’ all) literally unstoppable fucking universe WATCH OUT. watch out. coming to fucking get you.

[mintmatcha]

Hi!! Happy new year mint!!

Hope you don’t mind this question as it is genuine curiosity and I’ve been meaning to ask this for a while: how come you stopped short on time and decided to rewrite it as time constraints? I have yet to read time constraints as I’ve been a little busy but I’m v excited to read it. I totally forgot that you had posted it so I’m finally getting to it now!

I hope you don’t mind the question, I really love your writing and can’t wait to read time constraints!! Lots of love 💗

so short on time was the first fic I ever wrote and I really cringe at some of the writing and pacing. plus there was a fair about of plot issues. all of those issues were really holding me back from writing.

basically I think I can do it better now!