#ive dabbed a lot so im awashh with inspiration

[coyoxxtl]

for some reason im rethinking about coatlis place in the arcana canon bc ive p much exclusively think of her outside of it save for a few cases , but i change so much around i p much make smth totally different

like coatli isnt an apprentice mc bc i hate that plot line for her. like asras love for the apprentice is Everything to the mc as a character none of it is in character for her so i just make coatli a good friend of theirs. theyre both magic practitioners who sell their many magic services, theyre bound to meet make friends and then smoke weed forever. also coatli wouldnt have died of the plague either, as i always imagined her to be unaffected by it bc of being incredibly necromantic, so she would have been either 1) finding a cure for it or 2) acting as sort of a death doula for the infected by bringing them quick and painless deaths or comfort if theyre too far gone. which is more likely imo. shed Help with those finding a cure, bringing in her ties to julian and the rest, but she’d be more concerned with those already dying.

ultimately i wanted her to be the upright death arcana patron. bc there isnt one and i desperately wanted that role filled. she sees death as the ultimate life-giver and doesn’t accept any mindset that sees life and death as a dichotomy. she’s like a Classic Witch™️ as far as character tropes go but i made her with pre-columbian mesoamerican life/death philosophies in mind. as well as philosophies of chaos/order and hedonism and sin. i also put a lot of consideration into what would make her a bruja not just a witch because theres a dozen similarities and differences and i love exploring them.

and ofc if coatli isnt the apprentice that means someone else is and muriel is just There and shes tryna hit 24/7 which will be an entire route in of itself, it would focus on muriel reclaiming his culture with a particular interest in the kokhuri ancestral graveyard and him taking khamgalai’s place as well as fulfilling a deep ancestral shamanic calling. coatli loves to learn about other cultures death philosophies and shamanic rites and would be right with him helping as he discovers these lost parts of himself. him being a Voluntary scourge of the south in my canon will change small details and dynamics significantly enough so ill think of that later, so thats the jist. 💀💀💀