#the helhound

[seaweedcupcake]

Sadly reminder that Baxian had to hide his love and Lidia had to hide her hatred all these years

[nasty-gobling]

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

What Luka and Niko's partners. Would they want kids in the future?

While Ryunosuke and Gin were reading something while thinking till the anon shows up asking the question. Ryunosuke blinks that Gin drops her tea cup breaking it.

"K..K..K..Kids?! with Luka!!" she squeaks but her face was a burning red to start sweating. "I..I mean...I would love to but..b....but what if he's not ready!? What if he's nervous about having kids with me!? What if something..." she tries calming down.

"Easy sis.." Ryunosuke rubs her back but looks to the anon. "As for me, I would love to have kids with Niko. I know they will be precious babies indeed." he chuckled. "Though, he'll have fun breeding me like a good slut." he purrs.

"Brother seriously???" she said looking at him.

"Well, think of it this way. You get to have fun with your little ice teddy bear." he teased that Gin blushes worse to cover her face. "You are such a pervert..."

[cindy-chu]

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[etdraconis]

//before book 1?//

Rigelus finished his packing, the dorm bare.

"Do you know how long you'll be gone? I can't believe they're just drafting you Rig."

Rigelus looked to his roomate, Connor leaned against the kitchen island watching him. 

He wasn't sure what propelled him to give voice to the silent war they'd both been waging for four years.

Maybe because he was certain he was going to die there.

"Protect her okay?"

Connor stiffened, his eyes flashing before he relaxed against the counter. 

"I always will. Where is this coming from?"

Rigelus shook his head, grabbing the last of his bag to place it by the door.

"You win, just keep her happy Con."

"I wasn't aware this was a competition."

Rigelus turned to look at him. He exhaled, willing his magic to settle down. He wasn't a threat - he didn't want to hurt him. 

"Don't bullshit me Con. She may not be aware, but I know you were."

Connor sauntered toward him, his grin nearly made Rigelus punch him. 

"A competition requires us to be on even playing fields Rig. You were always going to run back to your gilded palace."

No he wasn't, if he'd had the courage to confess, if she'd let him in - Fates he would have rewritten the laws of the universe to be with her. 

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Hesperus sighed and nodded to the doorway of the train car. 

"You have a visitor, don't take too long Rigelus."

He moved down the car, stopping as he saw Bryce waiting for her. She stared up at him, she couldn't read her expression.

"Why didn't you say goodbye Rig? Were you just going to dissaper and not at least say goodbye?"

He shrugged, stepping down to meet her on the platform. 

"I didn't think it was a big deal. It's just a couple months Bryce and I'll be back."

The lie tasted like ash on his tongue but he said it anyway. He didn't know if she believed him, he accepted her hug. His heart twisting hard enough to wonder if it was actually breaking. 

He pulled back to stare at her. He half turned back to the train. Hesperus watching him. He minutely shook his head, he should make it a clean break. 

He could hear their friends coming toward them. He turned to Bryce, fingers reaching for her chin. He tucked some hair behind her ear. 

"I -"

She frowned.

"Rigelus? Is everything -"

He stepped closer, his heart pounding. This was beyond selfish of him, it was reckless and stupid. 

But he kissed her anyway, savoring every moment. 

He swore the world stopped and spun again. He could feel Hesperus displeasure but he didn't care. 

He stepped back, licking his lips. His eyes felt too wide, his body too warm. 

"I - I'm sorry. I'm so sorry I just - if I die I didn't -"

He pressed a kiss to her cheek finally stepping away. 

Why was his body shaking?

"Take care of yourself okay?"

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The chaos of war was blinding, he had lost track of how many people he'd killed. He'd lost track of how many souls he'd sent to Underking.

"Watch out!"

He was dragged back and behind a broken wall. The rebels kept coming though, again and again. 

Was death worth this?

Why didn't they stop fucking fighting?

Why did they have a death wish?

The wolf stared at him. 

"You trying to die out there man?"

Rigelus frowned, leaning closer. 

"You smell like my friend. Who are you?"

Baxian leaned back, barring his teeth before who he had saved finally registered. 

"You're Rigelus."

Rigelus scoffed, looking over the wall. It would be hell getting out but they could do it. 

He could do it. 

Frost coated the wall and ground next to him. The male next to him inhaled. 

"I thought you Asteri all have light magic?"

Rigelus looked to him and waited till he make finally introduced himself. 

Rigelus looked to his hands and flexed them. 

"We do, but our magic can change based on truama."

"Yeah? What was yours not getting the last golden egg as a kid?"

Rigelus met his eyes. 

"Watching my parents nearly die because of these rebels. We had a vacation home and - I couldn't stop them. I just hid watching my parents fight to survive."

Baxian swallowed. 

"Did they?"

Rigelus looked to the smoke choked sky. His throat bobbed. 

"No."

//For Bryce or Connor and Baxian??//

The kiss had startled her, the suddenness of it shocking Bryce to her core. She had been hurt, heartbroken even, when she had learned that Rig was leaving and hadn't even told her goodbye. He was her friend, she thought. Her best friend even - besides Danika of course. And now he was just going to disappear into the night without so much as a word to her? When he could very well die in this stupid war he was going to fight in?

She wasn't having that.

So she had gone to intercept him before he left, and then he had kissed her. Despite the surprise, though, it had felt... good. Right. Like it was something that should have been done a long, long time ago.

And then it was over, and Rig was leaving her. Even as she was pulled away from him, as Dani put her arm around her shoulders and led her away from the leaving train, Bryce couldn't help but stare after him.

"I'll miss you," she whispered, though she knew he was long gone. And her heart broke just a little more.

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Baxian could only stare at the male beside him. He had expected Rigelus to be just like the other Asteri, or like the other rich kids he had met. He had not expected someone who had already dealt with so much tragedy and suffering. Weren't the Asteri supposed to be their all-powerful leaders who nothing could stand against?

"I'm sorry about your parents," he said after a minute. "Mine... mine are gone as well."

He sat behind the broken wall for a while longer, listening carefully. The rebels were getting closer now... too close for his liking. They needed to move, soon. Either way they were going to be fighting their way out of this.

"Alright, Asteri. It's time for you to show what you can do," Baxian joked half-heartedly. "We need to move, take the fight to them before they get to us. Or neither of us will be getting out of this alive... well, you might. But it will hurt like Hel."

[allhailmephlis]

oc-tober day 16

day 16, quintus

[amethystmercury]

AU where Feyd is Emperor Paul’s breeding companion and is dubbed as Paul’s “Hellhound” due to him slaughtering whoever Paul ordered him to. He also stands vigil looking over their children at night ensuring their safety from attacks, until Paul calls him to his bed. Leto II, one of their children likes to follow Feyd around wanting to know and learn more about the Helhound. Feyd affectionately calls him pup as he mentors him about weapons and fighting tactics.

[yazthebookish]

House of Flame and Shadow

Prologue and Chapter 1 reading updates

(Warning: spoilers below!!)

Prologue (Lidia's POV)

Morven and Einar are pieces of shit.

I guess Cormac is gone for good 💔

At least we got some descriptions of how some of the other Asteri look like. It still bothers me Rigelus chose the form of a 17-year-old boy. Ugh what a creep.

"Quinlan and Athalar are mates. She will return to this world because of that bond. And when she does, she will go straight to him."

THEY 👏🏼 ARE 👏🏼 MATES 👏🏼

"Athalar and Baxian dangled unconscious from the ceiling, their torsos patchworks of scars and burns. And their backs..."

The Asteri better start counting their fucking days.

"Lidia couldn't look at the third figure hanging between them. Couldn't get a breath down near him."

UGH!!!!

"Baxian still hung unconscious. Pollux had beaten him into a bloody pulp last night after severing his and Athalar's wings with a blunt-toothed saw. The Helhound didn't so much as stir."

Pollux I hope you'll burn in the deepest pit of Hell and get to have the worst death in the history of SJM character deaths.

"They'd never spoken mind-to-mind outside of their dreaming, but she'd been trying since he'd arrived here. Again and again, she'd cast her mind toward his. Only silence answered."

This sounds a whole lot like a Daemati. Like I'm still not sure if she is but it seems like it.

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Chapter 1 (Bryce's POV)

"The darkness seemed inherent to the three people standing across from her: a petite female in gray silk, and two winged males clad in black scalelike armor, one of them-the beautiful, powerful male in the center of the trio— literally rippling with shadows and stars. Rhysand, he'd called himself. The one who looked so much like Ruhn."

Let's fucking gooooo!!

"You said your name is Bryce Quinlan. That you come from another world —Midgard." Rhysand murmured to the winged male beside him. Translating, perhaps.

Yes Rhys show us how useful your Duolingo lessons were.

Rhys seems to be agitated about her.

Master of spinning bullshit, indeed. "So maybe I'm here for that. Maybe the sword sensed that dagger and ... brought me to it." Silence. Then the silent, hazel-eyed warrior laughed quietly. How had he understood without Rhysand translating? Unless he could simply read her body language, her tone, her scent—The warrior spoke with a low voice that skittered down her spine. Rhysand glanced at him with raised brows, then translated for Bryce with equal menace, "You're lying."

Bryce, honey, that's the Spymaster of the Night Court.

"I just watched my mate and my brother get captured by a group of intergalactic parasites," she snarled. "I have no interest in doing anything except finding a way to help them." Rhysand looked to the warrior, who nodded, not taking his gaze off Bryce for so much as a blink. "Well," Rhysand said to Bryce, crossing his muscled arms. "That's true, at least."

Not Azriel functioning as Rhysand's personal lie detector. Impressive though.

" I do not pry where I am not willingly invited." Bryce lurched back in the chair, nearly knocking it over at the smooth male voice in her mind. Rhysand's voice. But she answered, thanking Luna for keeping her own voice cool and collected, "Code of mind-speaking ethics?"

LOLOLOLOLOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣

"So this is it, then. This is where we-the Midgard Fae— originated. My ancestors left this world and went to Midgard. .. and we forgot where we came from."

The theory I had since before even HOSAB came out is finally confirmed. I mean it was semi-confirmed in HOSAB but some readers still debated it.

The corner of Rhysand's mouth curled upward. "We will not torture it from you, nor will I pry it from your mind. If you choose not to talk, it is indeed your choice. Precisely as it will be my choice to keep you down here until you decide otherwise."

Bryce couldn't stop herself from coolly surveying the room, her attention lingering on the grate and the hissing that drifted up from it. "'ll be sure to recommend it to my friends as a vacation spot."

Of course Rhys has to pull the "choice" speech whenever he can 🤣 also, BRYCE LOL!!!

"You haven't seen it in fifteen thousand years, or spoken this language in nearly as long-which lines up pertectly with the timeline of the Starborn Fae arriving in Midgard."

So they exist in the same timeline then but Midgard happens to be more advanced.

"It is in our history, Rhysand," Amren said gravely. "But the Asteri were not known by that name. Here, they were called the Daglan."

Asteri are the Daglan, we guessed as much in HOSAB but that's another theory confirmed now!

"Azriel, without Rhysand to translate, watched in silence. Bryce could have sworn shadows wreathed him, like Ruhn's, yet... wilder. The way Cormac's had been."

Ruhn's darkness seemed more similar to Rhys, but Cormac was close to what we know of Shadowsingers. But if Shadows are an Avallen Fae's gifts then how is Azriel one? We're told Shadowsingers are not specific to any courts but there are no Shadowsinger Fae in Midgard than Avallen Fae. But Azriel has a unique way with his shadows (given that magic is more powerful in Prythian.

"The Veritas orb?" Amren said, and Azriel lifted an eyebrow.

Oh damn.

Rhysand mastered himself, a cool mask sliding into place. "You live in such a world." It wasn't entirely a question. But Bryce nodded. "Yes." "And they want to bring all of that ... here." "Yes." Rhysand stared ahead. Thinking it through. Azriel just kept his eyes on the space where the orb had displayed the utter destruction of her world. Dreading-and yet calculating. She'd seen that look before on Hunt's face. A warrior's mind at work.

She showed them the destruction and all the weapons the Asteri have. She even showed them Rigelus. Rhys, Azriel, and even Amren seem at a loss for words.

Bryce examined the silver bean that lay smooth and gleaming in her hand. Amren said without looking at her, "You swallow it, and it will translate our mother tongue for you. Allow you to speak it, too." "Fancy," Bryce murmured.

Of course they have a pill for translating any language and here we've been pondering about how they would communicate.

Amen turned to Rhysand and said in that new, strange language -their language: "The glowing letters inked on her back... they're the same as those in the Book of Breathings."

Oooooh Leshon Hakodesh 👀

Then Azriel said in a soft, lethal voice, "Explain or you die."

Holy hell that's hot—I mean—Azriel that's not a way to treat a woman chill the fuck out.

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And we got to the end. This is what SJM only had available on her website. 4 more days until I get the full book and continue then 🤩!!

Also, Azriel's shadows seem to be around and thriving after all 😌 I recall being told they're gone for good based on HOSAB's ending, not that I took it seriously Lol.

[harperbrynne]

CC2 Reread:

Hunt and Baxian:

Hunt again glimpsed that sad, empty little room behind the Helhound. Perhaps something like pity stirred him, because he said, “I’ll give you a lesson on video games tomorrow. I gotta get home.” He could have sworn a shadow dimmed in Baxian’s eyes that appeared a Hel of a lot like longing. “Thanks.” (CC2, Pg225)

Cassian and Eris:

“You know, Eris,” he said, a hand wrapping around the doorknob. “I think you might be a decent male, deep down, trapped in a terrible situation.” He looked over his shoulder and found Eris’s gaze blazing again. But only pity stirred in his chest, pity for a male who had been born into riches, but had been destitute in every way that truly mattered. (ACOSF, Pg747)

[tragcdysewn]

closed starter for danika fendyr!! ( @mcrcki )

the scent is clearly that of a shifter, and baxian's eyes narrow at the presence he hadn't expected in this city. he's seen no one from midgard since he arrived, and an unfamiliar shifter being the first he's seen isn't exactly a great sign. "where are you from?" the helhound asks, eyes narrowing as he looks her up and down.

[nikethestatue]

Eris and Mor Theory

The dynamic between Eris and Mor has always been somewhat inexplicable and confusing. He clearly feels SOMETHING for her, and she seems to detest him to this day.

We know that he left her in the woods when she was gravely injured.

The going theory was that he either knew that she preferred women and didn't want to bind her to him and to a life of pretending to be straight. The other theory is that he didn't want to bring her into Beron's household and subject her abuse, in a way LOA was abused.

What if there is a different reason for him leaving her?

I think both Eris and Mor were too young for Eris to have all these lofty thoughts about protecting her. Beron might not have been a walk in the park, but Eris might have been too young to decide to go against him, or didn't necessarily see a reason to do so for Mor's sake. Beron might not have been abusive to LOA at that point, or at least, not as abusive as he is now. Eris was only 16-17 (some speculate he was as young as 9!) and it just doesn't seem like he'd break an alliance with CON and go against everything that was planned for him, over a girl he barely knew.

Perhaps Eris didn't want to be married to someone he didn't know and didn't feel anything for, and that was his act of rebellion. Maybe.

But what if there was a different reason?

But what of Eris smelled her.

Hear me out.

We know that prior to Rhys and Feyre's mating, the only person who automatically knew that they were mates was Amren. She--by whatever odd powers she possessed--could scent them. She smelled the bond on them.

The theme of smelling the bond continued once Feyre asked whether Tamlin or others would be able to know that she and RHys were mates. During the fiasco in Hybern, others could indeed scent the Feysand bond.

Moving on to Azriel, Elain and Lucien. We find out in the bonus chapter and even in ACOSF itself that he is able to scent the Elucien bond and that it basically makes him physically ill. We are not aware of anyone else in the vicinity of Lucien and Elain being able to smell their bond. Yet Azriel had an incredibly strong reaction to it. To the smell.

What do we know about Azriel? Like Amren, he is also kind of...strange. And possesses unusual powers.

Which brings us to Eris. There's been a lot of theorising that Eris might be a helhound. Helhounds have been introduced in Crescent City, Baxian Argos being one of them. We know that Eris raises hounds and Baxian, when transformed into his hound form, had keener senses, just like all dogs.

If Eris is an Heir to Autumn, even before the Power selected him, we can assume that he has a beastly form, like all High Lords. (We've seen Tamlin's, Rhysand's and Helion's so far.) What if his form is that of a helhound--a great big dog-like creature?

What of Eris was able to scent Mor's future mate bond? What if he knew that she would be mated to someone else later in life.

Now, if, as some speculated, LOA and Helion are in fact mates as well, then it's quite possible that Eris could smell the bond on his mother as well. The bond that wasn't to his father. The bond that ate at her, her psyche, and tormented her. Something like that COULD influence a son--especially because we know he loves and cares for his mother. And what if he did not want to put Mor through the same torture for the rest of her life? Didn't want to put HIMSELF through it?

What if all the hints that he's been dropping about her refusing to see things, refusing to acknowledge them, aren't so much about him--though he seems to be upset that she is still shunning him after all these years--but that she doesn't acknowledge that he did her a favour. Furthermore, we know that some Fae have an inkling that they have a bond before it ever snaps into place, and before they even meet their mate--Rhys knew/felt Feyre before he even met her, Aelin felt the bond before Rowan even had an inkling, Cassian and Nesta seemed to feel it too from the getgo. Lorcan and Elide's bond was never confirmed in the books, but Lorcan told Elide 'I think you might be my mate'.

What if Mor also knows that she is mated, but she is mated to a female, and she refuses to acknowledge it or accept it? And what if Eris was able to scent the mate bond on her when he'd met her and refused to be wed to her not because she slept with Cassian, but because he knew that she was destined for someone else?

[feybeasts]

I kinda dig the idea of just making all the denizens of the Underworld unique species to it. Nothing so wild as to be wholly unique, but for example, grouping all the canine folk into a general species of helhounds with specific characteristics unique to the world, having not-quite-salamander-not-quite-crocodiles who literally subsist on rocks and are fulla biological magma, stuff like that. Just feel like it’s a chance to shop out some fun original species, y’know?

[doodlesdreaming]

How might Death and Fury pet/play with Hellhounds? And how might War and Strife play with em? Finally how might the gang react to finding one all alone and abandoned? Whether a puppy or a friendly doggo who got left behind because injured and/or too friendly?

We've seen War's awkward headpats and Strife loving pets of them, but seeing em play with a Hellhound just sounds adorable. Death I could see summoning a bone where as Fury may be a playwrestle sort of girl. I leave the finding of a lonely Hellhound to you tho.

[First off, terribly sorry for the late response. Been busy with commissions lately, and I been sketching this on and off for the past few days. I wanted to add more to this, but for now this will have to do. X/

Also apologies for the slight inconsistencies. I've been experimental with new brushes and gradients for some time.]

I can totally see Strife adopting a helhound puppy during the events of Genesis. War doesn't think its a good idea, but he knows Strife won't listen to him. Besides, the big guy is just as protective of the runt as much as the sharpshooter. He's just...alittle shy about it. He's got a reputation to uphold after all.

Oh, and the puppy is named Riot BTW.

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

Hey Ryunosuke? Was their a time you lost yourself to your blood lust that you were holding back the urge to drink Matt's blood? How did that turn out?

He was eating some while thinking about Matt again but that's when he got the message to see the anon. He reads it for a moment before his eyes looks away to frown. "........A few times but..Matt usually would offer if I needed it. But......their was one time it was really intense that he really was worried......"

Both Matt and Ryunosuke was hiding somewhere but they were alone. Matt was worried seeing Ryunosuke not acting like himself. His face was hidden but he was resting on his side panting. After getting away, they were attacked and Ryunosuke lost a lot and I mean a LOT of blood so he became really weak.

"Ryu...Ryu can you hear me?" He heard Matt's voice but he was shaking laying on the side. He couldn't move due to being tired but he was holding himself back wanting something.

"..M..Matt..st...stay back..I..I'm not..st..stable right n..now.." He knew he wasn't and Matt saw to see his fangs now while his eyes were closed. Did he need blood? He didn't want Akutagawa to get sick on him.

"Ryu, if you need blood drink from me. You need to eat.." He said touching his back but he saw him panting to claw at the ground. He didn't want to attack Matt but he would have drained the other idiots but they were dead after the two ran off to get away. Now they were hidden in a hideout alone. Matt was worried looking to his mate but he reaches to touch his cheek. He was even shaking.

".........I'm not staying away. Ryu please, you need to eat before you get sick. Didn't you tell me you might lose yourself to your bloodlust? I don't need you getting sick on me. If you need blood drink mine." He said.

"....I can't. My bloodlust is hard to control and I don't kno..know what will happen.." He couldn't control himself when he gets this hungry. The last time this happened, he almost drained a lot of people but they were prisoners back in the port mafia so it was safe. Now, that was a problem and they were hiding.

Matt only sighed to look at him laying down. He can't have him get sick and he didn't want anything to hurt him. If he wouldn't feed then he has to make him.

"Ryu, I don't need you getting sick on me...so I need you eat...even if you don't want to.."

"H..Huh? What are you-" Suddenly, he got grabbed by Matt to help him sit up and lay against him. His eyes widen seeing his lips were near his neck. Right where he would drink his blood.

"W..Wait, Matt, I shouldn't-"

"It's fine....please, you can drink from me. You need to get better...." He held him tight but Ryu said nothing to grip his shirt but he already was dazed being able to hear his heartbeat as his blood runs through his veins. It made his fangs ache to part his lips but he stops himself to look away.

"Matt I can't..I..I can't. I don't trust myself when I get like this...I don't-"

"I trust you. You need blood or else you'll hurt yourself or someone if you get out. I'm not letting you leave till you do...if you won't then I'll help you." He reaches to get one of his knifes and Matt saw him move it near his feeding spot to make a slight cut. His eyes widen seeing the small droplets of his blood to make his fangs throb even more.

"Y..You...why did you do that? Y..Your b..blood is..." It was seeping out, running down Matt's neck that Ryunosuke was shaking now being held in his arms. Matt lowers the knife away but moves his head close and keeping the shirt down.

"I know. That's why I'm asking you to bite. You need. To. Eat. I'm ordering you as my mate to feed from me..." He said but his eyes were hidden holding Ryu in his arms. Ryunosuke was speechless but he didn't know what to.

".....I..."

"Besides, you love drinking my blood.....it's the only one you drink from remember? So please, drink from me. Drink till the bloodlust passes." He keeps petting his head but Ryu's breathing was hitting his skin. His heart beating loudly in his chest smelling his blood.

"........" He shouldn't lose to the smell but it was hard with both blood and Matt's own. He didn't let go of him but Ryu only shook trying to fight but his body grow hot wanting blood. He needed blood. He needed it!! Shifting his position, Ryu's panting got heavily to grip his mate's shirt and part his lips showing his fangs.

Suddenly, he bites down hard on his feeding spot to start drinking his blood. Matt winces to grunt feeling the sharp sting of his mate's fangs as he was forced to lay down as Ryu feeds from him. He covers his mouth when he eats but he was seeing Ryu drinking his blood till he grips his shirt to rip it purring as he was drinking. Geez, again with the purring but Matt panted while feeling the bite get stronger but Ryu was easing something in his blood to help him relax. In that moment, Ryu slowly moves his head panting heavily showing some blood on his fangs and lips.

He keeps gripping Matt's torn t-shirt but his face was red from the taste. Damn it, his mate's blood tasted so good! He only whines to lower down biting him again as he keeps ripping more of his shirt while Matt grips the back of his mate's shirt but he lets him drink his blood even more.

'His blood tastes too good. I can't stop drinking but..my body..i..is burning. Each time I drink more it burns so much....' he felt his eyes dazed now but he felt heated that Matt panted to relax on the bed as Ryu keeps feeding but noticed something else. He pulls his lips but was licking against the spot he fed from.

"M..Matt...Matt my..b..body..b..burns..it burns s..so much..I..I can't..." He whispered against his ear but he held his hellhound mate to feel more of his heated licks.

"I know..seems my blood got you this way but no worries..I'll take care of you.." He whispered holding him. But that's when they look at one another before kissing each other.

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"But yeah, thanks to him my bloodlust was taken care of or the strong point. However, we sorta......went further because of it and he helped me with that too.." He sighed to blush looking away.

[tyrannuspitch]

flicking back through journey into mystery 2011 and thinking about how the whole story revolves around servitude and treating people as tools/possessions/extensions of oneself. the disir and the helhounds. "the tongue of the serpent" and "the hand of hela". nightmare claiming other people's minds as "his domain". uprisings in vanaheim and otherworld and hel. ikol manipulating loki and loki enslaving ikol, and both of them creations of the loki who died. the all-mother using loki for asgard's dirty work while claiming to love him. loki favouring companions he has power over - ikol, leah, thori. loki's utilitarian morals, modelled directly on thor's advice but never understood as noble when wielded by loki, and how they lead him both to try to sacrifice others and, in the case of thori, to show mercy... in the form of redemption by force. and he really thinks he's being kind, because that's more kindness than anyone is showing him.

[sofiasjornal]

Across the room, she met Baxian's stare from where he was pulling out a chair at the table. Give him time, the Helhound's look seemed to say. Be gentle with him.

Ok I get that Bryce is on this righteous journey against the Asteri and I’m all for it but isn’t she being a little insensitive about Hunts feelings, about his trauma? Take a breath, Bryce, and put yourself in his shoes.