okay like it doesnt rly make sense to only introduce tesilina POV so late into the game. the way she's v calculative and brutal abt things shld be clear from the very start. bc that's the core conflict and draw of the story.
im gg to hv to rewrite the whole intro, arent i :(
the bait-and-switch tactic is something that fits canon bc of its themes of character/agency, but that's not what i'm doing here. i think it's ok to not know what's up w the trio until much further in, but the tesilette portion at least shld be clear and easy to understand from the start
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when you stop and think about it it’s actually ridiculously funny how obsessed w/ ailette tesilid is. like they met twice in the tutorial period, once when they were 10 or something and another time a decade later. ailette saves him twice and shows him Human Kindness (shocking!!1!) and THEN a hundred lifetimes come and go in the blink of an eye, and the only memories tes has of ailette are from 8million years ago and are hella hazy. and YET.
maybe this is a testament to how starved tesilid was for pure human connection. to be able to exist outside the strict gaze of order and goodwill, even with just one person. to be saved, deemed worth saving; to not be seen as a tool but a living, breathing person.
to pick up his sword not for the sake of the world, but for the sake of his world.
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Tesilette snippet posted by Irinbi on Twitter:
Prompt challenge: 『My boyfriend left, you can come over now』
This snippet might be confusing for those who haven't read content from season 3 onwards, but does not contain major spoilers.
(Disclaimer: this TL was pieced together by crosschecking the MTLs by Papago and Google Translate. I cannot read even a single syllable of the Korean language.
You can find the original snippet as well as the MTLs at the end of the post)
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『my boyfriend left, you can come over now』
"..."
Five minutes after heading out by himself, Tesilid received a text that wiped the smile off his face.
After a long while, his head that had been as empty as a vacuum started to function again.
Is it Reed? Is it the Little Duke of Wallenstein? Or the son of Count Gilette? As Tesilid was calmly considering the candidates, additional texts arrived.
『oh shit』
『oh no, no no nonononono』
Tesilid waited for an explanation, but that was it. As he clutched his phone, his eyes sank like a darkened screen.
“Big Bro.”
When Tesilid turned his head at the soft call, he saw a younger assassin (by about 7000 years) with grey hair sneakily approaching him and peeking into his private life. Just as he was about to get angry, the other person made an attractive suggestion.
“I can take care of it at a discounted rate.”
“...”
By then, the screen had lit up again. A photo of a blond young man tied tightly by a wire and hanging upside down had arrived. And Ailette’s explanation as well.
『ephael was messing around. i’ll bury him in the ground, take a picture, and send it to you again』
“....Ah.”
Tesilid immediately understood the full picture and felt ashamed of himself for worrying uselessly and misunderstanding the situation. He ran his dry hand down his face and pressed the call button. He wanted to hear her voice.
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Sources used, in order:
Original Korean from Irinbi's tweet
MTL by Papago
MTL by Google Translate
TL notes: I didn't bother checking Raewyn's surname. Sorry. I can barely remember his localised name on the best of days.
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rereading novel chapter 19 and i'm laughing so hard at Ailette's narration:
[The Voice that shapes the World says there will be enough time (to gather Elephantipes) even after the original story begins.]
"You're right. We still have quite a bit of time until the plague hits us. I guess I can ask the protagonist for his help later."
I'm sure I'd have no problem getting the pushover protagonist to fetch me every single weed growing in the Vatican if I do him a favor.
Then all of a sudden, a lightbulb went off in my head.
"Speaking of the protagonist, what is he doing while I'm busting my butt down here?" (...) I wonder what the young boy's life was like right now. Hopefully, he's not out there living the good life by himself.
She really said "I hope he's having an absolutely torrid time right now (: "
and then now she's like, Tesilid you gotta eat more. No more than that, have some more. No Tesilid please sit down, I'll take care of that for you. Of course I'm not letting Tesilid fight a succubus, are you crazy. Tesilid come hang out with me, I can't leave you here by yourself what if someone harasses you while I'm not looking. I've planned 500 contingencies to eliminate anything that would trouble Tesilid or put him in danger; but anyway if anything happens to Tesilid I'll absolutely lose it. Shut up of course I'm going to stick by his side even if I can't save the world and of course I'll put myself in harm's way for him. Stop talking shit to him, I'll stab myself.
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the difference in the way that ailette and tesilid appreciate each others' looks is really funny actually, bc ailette is like. 'even the way he scoops stew with his spoon is a work of art'. 'i wish i could store away that expression in a cupboard and take it out whenever i feel down'. and other things that compare tesilid to a magnificent work of art to be appreciated but not necessarily touched, where even laying your eyes on him is already a blessing. very excited to show off tesilid's face except for people who would be weird about it. then tesilid is here like. gulping loudly. blushing and covering his face. 'no keep your cape on'. 'now that i think about it, the strict order is said to be male...' sir. sir where is your mind going. sir ? ??
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