What would Alexsander and Maegara be known as throughout the histories when it passes down to Daenerys? What were their accomplishments during the Dance of the Dragons?
If it ain’t too much to spoil
Aleksander is known throughout history as the executioner. when i say that aleksander's loyalty resides only with maegara, it's not a lie.
aleksander wasn't abused by his hightower family but he was the middle child, the need to prove his worth by basicaslly selling himself was imposed on him heavily. what he wanted to do and what he liked didn't matter, all that mattered was to prove himself useful and worthy of the hightower name in the eyes of his father, uncle and other family members.
daemon was heavily against having him as his daughter's personal guard, dismissing him as nothing more than an eyesore. even rhaenyra disliked him, seeing him as a spy put there by otto. maegara was the first person to show him an ounce of kindness, so his devotion towards her is something that's basically unbreakable.
he followers her every command and order and even takes her suggestions to heart. he becomes increasingly more harsh as war breaks out between targaryens, everyone who aims for maegara's head, will end up dead by aleksander's hand.
aleksander and maegara live in peace for a few months before news of lucerys' death reaches them and maegara mourns terribly.
aleksander takes extreme offense to this, disliking the death of the boy and disliking the pain it put his princess is in and basically vows to bring her aemond's head.
which he kind of does. after the battle between aemond and daemon, he brings daemon's body to rhaenyra and aemond's head to maegara.
maegara and aleksander live in relative peace for a few years, maegara traumatized by being forced to watch sunfyre eat her stepmother's body, develops very frail health which she eventually passes from about five years after rhaenyra's death and aleksander basically dies from a broken heart.
their story is passed down as a bedtime story for other targaryens, about the pureblooded dragon princess and her loyal executioner. about a princess who kindness outweighed everything and a man who would have set the world on fire if there was the chance that the fire would have warmed her.
its one of the many stories that viserys iii tells to daenerys.
What if I told you that RoobrickMarine went and wrote an entire novella starring my 16th century dog couple? It's very canon-adjacent, well researched and thoughtfully put together, has inspired me a ton during these past months and it's now publicly available at AO3. I highly recommend it.
Me, to myself: I just think the series was better when I posted several times a week because the pacing felt more natural, and it translates better when people binge it.
Also Me, holding two jobs and a bat: If you try to post once a day again, I will disconnect your head from your shoulders—
@bruciemilf guess who’s back
Anyways, folks! :D So I'm thinking of a new upload schedule where I spend a bit preparing the next ten or so parts then post it all in two weeks? I think that would be fun (and much better for my creative process.)
I’ll be posting the next part very soon :) But it's going to be drastically different from what I've done before. Let’s see if anyone can guess why.
Au where neither of them are gods. The lamb dies first over slow poison, and Narinder fights for Death's title so they can meet again. Funny thing is that The lamb has been fighting for the Life's Title from beyond the veil with the same intention, unknowingly making it so they physically cannot be in each other's presence. They still find ways to make it work out by the end.
A large, black flower bud rose from the ground, slowly opening up to reveal a young woman who slowly stepped down. The edges of her long, black gown seeming to slither across the grass as she moved forward and placed a hand upon a sleeping dragon's snout, rousing it from its slumber.
Toxic green eyes opened slowly, staring at the woman before its pupils slowly dilated. Letting out a slight purr it rubbed against the woman's hand, who only let out a smile as she loving rubbed the dragon's snout.
"There're intruders within our forest." She whispered, pressing her forehead against the dragon's face, eyes downcast. "They have someone with them, who can control plants as well. At my level or, perhaps, even higher."
The woman sighed and the dragon rubbed its snout against her, causing her to let out a small chuckle. "I know, I know. Not my fault." She murmured, staring at its glowing white scales that emitted a soft light even in the sunlight. "Just, please. Do not try to take them on yourself."
A soft growl interrupted her, and the woman huffed. "Yes, yes. I know you're strong. But we can't risk losing you." She paused for a moment, staring into the dragon's eyes with a half-lidded gaze before adding on quietly. "You already know what happened to Vlad."
The dragon grew quiet, contemplating.
Not for the first time, Sam noted how lucky Vlad was, to have gained the revival ability of the Pheonix after becoming.
Otherwise...
"We don't need you grabbing their attention again." Her gaze grew steely, staring down and holding the gaze of the mighty beast before her. "It was only a stroke of luck, even with his brilliance, that Vlad managed to come back. You can't revive yourself, so don't take risks you can avoid."
This time it was the dragon's turn to huff, gaze trailing off to stare at a certain scar on its body before turning away. Sam caught his stare, but chose not to say anything as she stepped away.
"Stay here. I'll deal with them." She turned away, sprouting an open flower bud that she soon stepped onto. She turned slightly, staring at the dragon as its eyes slipped shut and quickly slipping back into slumber.
She looked away with a determined expression, petals closing around her as the flower sank into the ground.
They already lost Danny once, they couldn't lose him again.
aaaaa I haven’t posted in so long! I’ve been so busy with errands and life getting in the way and aaa but I’m back! And with more Mario stuff!
A lot of people have been asking about the powerups and my Interpretations of them. So I figured I’d draw some more Power-up testing with the bros! And of course I have the obligatory lore ramble below the keep reading XD
Even if you don’t read the rambles though, I hope you enjoyed these drawings!
Ah, here for the l o r e are ya? WELL,
I haven’t actually planned out much for the Mini Mushroom or the Double cherry. I think they will just be a species of Power-up that grow in the woods somewhere..
BUT, as for Tanooki Mario.. I imagined that the Tanooki leaves came from this great Tanooki tree that existed 100s of years ago. Eventually the tree mysteriously withered away. The leaves of the tree though did not wither or rot. And they scattered across the land.
None of the Toad people can really figure out.. whyyyy exactly Mario turns into this big furry/leafy thing when he bites into the leaf. But he does. He is mostly made of plant matter as well, not fur. His leafy tail is sharp and heavy, good for thwacking people. And he has a strange ability to hover/glide using his leafy fur. Pretty neat!
Now, Cat Mario! The Toad people discovered this ancient temple that was either run by feline like people, or by people that worshiped feline like beings. Either way the temple was rotted and worn down. The only thing that remained were these beautiful golden bells that decorated the ruins.
Upon investigating old scrolls and writings around the temple.. It seemed like these temple people fully believed that these bells had some kind of feline like power.. but they could never prove it.
Feeling that these bells were important, they brought them back to the Mushroom kingdom for safe keeping. Only to find out years later that they are indeed powerful, and Mario turns into a golden lion when he rings one!
And lastly! Luigi. oh poor poooorr Luigi. Luigi was never comfortable with the Power-ups and was afraid to ever use them. So of course the Fire Flower avoids his exhausted brother and forces its power into Luigi. Causing him to have an immediate spike of anxiety and.. burst into flames. :/