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granitemoon · 2 years

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Darius Origin Part 12

Final section!

During those 10 minutes he thought about what he would do when he was the head of the abomination coven. It was so far away… he looked at the clock again, oh shoot he better go. He locked the door behind him and headed towards his school's grungy field, where the fight was taking place. He remembered the tournament in which Alador easily beat him. This time would be different! He knew it. He stepped on the field. There were so many people there. He could see Odalia here already, looking smug. He could Eda and Raine goofing off, though he could see from her that Eda was looking worriedly at Lilith who was nose deep in a book and looked disheveled. He couldn't focus on that though, it was his time to shine. He stepped into the field and waited. The protector showed up and made note of Darius's clean clothes and put together an appearance. He nodded approvingly. So they waited some more. The proctor checked the time. Suddenly Darius remembered that Belos and the golden guard said they would be watching, he turned and tried to look around casually, when he saw him.

In the shade of the tree, the golden guard. He noticed Darius's look and gave a casual shrug. Darius focused back on the field. Where he noticed that Alador was shambling up to the field. He had messy clothes and messy hair. The Proctor looked disapprovingly at him and turned up his nose at him. On his back was that weird contraception. Darius never realized what that thing did. He always assumed it was storage, but he swore he saw the matter was moving slightly. The proctor cleared his throat “Well now that ALL PARTICIPANTS are here, we can begin. The winner, when inducted to the abomination coven, will win the right to be trained by the abomination coven head, are we clear?” both him and Alador nodded. “Then Begin!” he shouted. Him and Alador entered a standoff. Which one would attack first? Turns out it was Alador. He manipulated the matter on his back and formed it into fists and made them fly at him. Darius dodged twice, one for each fist. Then the third one flew at him and he created a shield. “Oh titan” he thought. He forgot to make a spell circle, he needed to make sure he does that from now on. Making a medium spell circle the efforts made an abomination and rushed it at Alador. Alador responded in kind. The abomination clashed. Hands pushing against each other. Trying to overpower the other. Fortunately Darius won the match. Disintegrating into a bunch of splatters. Alador made a wave of abomination goo and sent it towards him.

Darius made a big spell circle and made a wall of sideways abominations to separate the wave. He then turned the wall into a bind and trapped Alador. He added in Aladors own goo for extra power. He thought he won. But he didn’t, not yet. Alador split his attention between the thing on his back, which had formed mini hands and were trying to push the bins out. On top of that Alador had also managed to try and manipulate the bound itself. Now it was a tie and all Darius had to do was tire him out. If there was one thing he knew, Alador liked things to be efficient and fast. He never liked to have things drawn out like this. Maybe that's why he was getting it into combining? Darius reflected. He pouts in so much time and he gets quickness and effectiveness out of them, with the added benefit of direct control if he wishes. No wonder, Odalia seemed to prefer him. Just like he predicted, ALador tired and stopped struggling. “ Do you give up? “ Darius asked. ALador modded and painted “Yes, I..lost”. Darius dropped him to the cheer of the crowd. Eda was looking at him suspiciously, Lilith was still in the book, Odalia looked absolutely pissed. Everyone else cheered.

The proctor stood up from his chair and set down his drink. “ Congratulations to Darius Deamone!, when he is inducted into the abomination coven, he will be the protegee of the current head.!” he did it, he actually did it. He couldn't wait to tell his parents today. They would be so proud. When he had announced it to them last week, they had promised they would be waiting for him at home and they would have his favorite meal ready for him. As everyone got up to leave he got a lot of high fives and pats on the shoulder. The proctor gave another approving nod and a pat. Alador gave him a small nod, acknowledging nod. He came up to him and shook his hand. Seeing him. He looked so different than he was. The messiness worked on him. He wished he had been at his side, instead of Odalia, but he needed to learn to clamp down that desire. Alador can make his own decisions, he doesn’t agree with them, but he figured he'll come around later at some point. He had hope. Afterwards, Alador shuffled off, and then Odalia joined him. Consoling him and already giving him notes on what he could do better. Before she got too far away, he saw her give him a dirty look. Darius just took it and accepted it. Soon it was just him and the golden guard. The field was empty and quiet. Who was now strolling up to him. “Those were some good moves you had there, you surprised me. You definitely have a gift” he started “plus,” he continued, “ that was a good shield you made.. You know from your arm. Without a spell circle? I saw that”. “Oh uhhh” Darius started to sweat. “It’s ok, I won't spill, I want to train you also”. “W-what” he stuttered. “Yup, you heard me, you’ll get training and the time to hone your abilities from both me and the abomination head, pretty cold deal yeah?” “Of course, that would be great!” he exclaimed. With that the golden guard patted his head and brought out that weird staff and said “Byeeeeee!” and he flickered and disappeared. This was the perfect day. The possibilities are endless now. It would be fun to see how his life goes from here on out. It all started right here, when he won.

#creative writing #finished #darius #darius deamonne #abomination #abominationcoven #owlhouse #theowlhouse #backstroy #backstory #owl house fanfiction #owl house fandom #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #writing tips #forward!

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tinypaperstar · 2 months

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started the unicorn overlord demo

#unicorn overlord #alain #auche #something about Joseph clearing his throat after Auche finished his tragic backstroy speech was so funny #20230304

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mofffun · 5 months

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Team wings headcanons??? Any????

They are children on the playground and arguing is proof of their "friendship"!!

Headcanons

Rita being the secret supplier to Yanma's antique collection (think government auction, double as one Gokkan's source of income)

Yanma Gast 100% knew about Moffun.

Yanma the hashtag angry mark vs Rita the pool of yarn mark (ahhh I want to doodle)

THEM WITH KIDS: Rita scaring a little girl in N’kosopa vs. the flower twirl with Ishabana boy + Yanma is a good teacher

when did they first hear the king-ohger legend

"You don't even know that?" -> Yanma: yelling at auroras to "turn off your damn speakers!!!" // Rita: can't tell a lightning cable from a type c

I don't think Rita is bad in tech in terms of lacking a sense in it but they just never had the need to study it

Rita will never say the full technical name for Yanma's inventions though (Does he even know his lie detector is called the Thundercarcker behind his back?)

(bringing the actors into this) Rita serectly adding another grudge on their list because Yanma's Moffun voice is actually really good

per manga ch13, the grudge list grew again because the Jealous Judge's retainer has a heart uchiwa for the yankii king

Yanma is smart enough to motivate the judge with words into helping him if necessary but it'll take a minute hour for Rita to begin wonder if it was because they agreed with his reasoning or his choice of words

Yanma is 2 years older but by kingship he is 6 years Rita's junior. Their first meeting happened at 21/19. The number fluctuates because I also really want to see their first meeting at 19/15.

similarity and differences:

teased by Himeno, Yanma turns red and Rita turns white

they are too gay to sit properly

parallel play (they could sit in a coffee shop for hours and people would think they are angry with each other because they're not talking but it's actually the most comfortable way for them to stay together in the same room)

unconsciously hum while working long hours

“what is sleep”/caffeine addicts

you KNOW they both have a tendency to fall asleep in their office

Both have a sweet tooth but Yanma in drinks and Rita in hard candy. Rita more so than Yanma because butterfly.

don’t really look at what he’s eating vs. has a gokkan-native comfort food

Yanma doesn't mind trying foods with dry/weird textures Rita is not exactly a picky eater (because gokkan food shortage/low variety of homegrown food) but typical “I need that texture once in a while or I start malfunctioning”

(Gokkan has all sort of weird pickles and dried meats, typical winter country)

Like any northerner Rita has a high alcohol tolerance though without a preference (okay Gokkan harvest(?) festival and the one day the prison complex is allowed fruit punch) and you'll find me beat up before I say Yanma Gast can take more than a beer.

Yanma Gast has a HUGE ego but I think it’s only gotten worse by having an eternal hyper in Shiokara. Does Rita has an ego? long story short, yeah.

Instances:

first meeting

development of king's hotline/ohger calibur/king's weapon

the moffun scalper

development of the lie detector

yanma's arrest and trial

when yanma and rita were castle-mates (?) before himeno and kagu got themselves in jail

jail time

the body swap phone call!!

body swap resolution (admit it canon is not giving it to us)

the voyage back home

maintenance spa day of the shugods

first meeting: I think one reason Rita doesn't like N'kosopa much (and an underlying cause to them randomly arresting everyone in 28 besides stress), is organized crime plagued N'kosopa in the aftermath of Wrath of Gods.

Post-Wrath, the blue king ran away, so N'kosopa is either an anarchy or at warring states where crime bosses and militarists took hold. "Police" exist but took bribes per Shiokara. At that time, Rita just became king themself and has enough on their plate. So even though it's technically a domestic affair, it's a growing potential threat to Chikyuu's order but it's too systemic for a 10-year-old foreigner to take on alone.

I also think Rita would be required to witness the day Yanma officially becomes King. He has the popular vote, but to keep things simple, the monarchy is kept instead of transitioning into procedural democracy. So the yakuza lawyer, Usba maybe, say they have to get the Chief Justice here, to everyone turning blue and silent for a moment from the excited discussion of a big ceremony hearing their name.

but! my initial fic idea in may/june was very simple because I only wanted to put them in a bike + sidecar and sunglasses and comedic road trip. They chase down a McGuffin to help a kid. Their budapest. Where Yanma making "Absolute Neutrality" Rita's name comes from something they said. Maybe that's why the couldn't end the incident in a less legal but more effective way.

another first meeting idea allows them to meet younger as late teens is maintenance day for the shugods. A very random event is if the Yanma needs the Ohger Calibur to stay over temporarily, how is Rita gonna continue with the trials? Did he buy them a substitute pon pon Moffun hammer at the tuck shop??

Developing the henshin system: See I think Yanma is not going to bother putting in a function that he personally can’t use but knowing it’s a team’s weapon, as a good designer, he at least has to ask the other kings what they want as an auxillary. What is his reaction hearing Rita says bow? (i talk as if anything other than HA? is an option) What if Rita didn’t suggest bow, but Yanma just assigned them that because it fits that stick-in-the-mud?

Body swap resolution: Yanma wants to train his body but doesn't know where to start. I mean, he can't ask Rita of course. But if anyone can keep a secret, it's them. Oh of course he doesn't have to go that far and outright get humiliated again, so he has to phrase it like picking a fight. Rita is down anytime to "convince" Yanma Gast so they didn't really register it as a one either. (re: Erica saying arguing is the proof that this two are "friends")

Yanma's arrest:

Yanma's hair got fried blond because of his ultracomputer

N'kosopa mass protest + boast rally that conversely proved Yanma is the culprit

nobody remembers to hire Yanma a lawyer

a particular loud shriek when Gokkan's power black out (lucky for yanma it's summer i.e. long day)

Morfonia and her unsaved files

Yanma's sentence include improving Gokkan TV/Internet reception as community service

Jeramie using the "boys will be boys"/"he's just a kid" defence as Yanma's Grand-Master to mask he secretly contributed here and there

+ power blackout doesn't really affect the bugnarok because they're underground and only beginning to build a power system with Gira and Shugoddom's help

Shugoddom's historic gas lamps!

Himeno breaking down Yanma's door because "if not for my hospitals all equipped with the best backup power!" (solar/wind energy), and that she can't curl her hair that morning.

Kaguragi turned it into a campfire story night/community event somehow

Yanma's trial day is the day Gokkan's immigration and tourism board has to overwork for the first time.

Shiokara and hacker gang arguing for visitation rights. homemade bento

does yanma sentence last for more than two years if he says prison break is an additional charge?

Gira tried negotiations but he knew he isn't being fair and backed down quickly with a Rita stare

Yanma got dragged away with Papi-chan helicopter style, he's yelling at Tonbo to put in a good word for for his buddy and Papi-chan ignore him lol

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

They have two key words: past/present and secrets.

the thing with wings is, they somehow sparked in each other another side. (i.e. they drive each other crazy, and they are the only ones that can do that to the other) But then they spring back like nothing next day like children on the playground.

On a level, these two are actually very similar in terms of being analytical and practical. Yet their conflict comes from attacking problems from opposite angles. Rita represents the past and Yanma the future. Rita will collect evidence and review history while Yanma focuses on what's already in hand and invents something new. I said that right, but in a way Rita is forward-facing when they never let any childhood trauma stay a trauma or haunt them; Yanma is nostalgic based on his antique/physical media collection.

You may say it's partly recognition of the self. That's why they are only antagonistic 80% of the time.

(hc territory) They ended up doing the same thing/making the same choice ouf of completely different reasons. They are more similar than they think they are but no one can name what/why (not even me).

Yanma Gast 100% knew about Moffun but he kept his mouth shut in ep11. He (should) never told anyone about what Rita did in the underworld. I'm lying to myself he trusted the judge won't do something they didn't deem necessary so he turned away in 38.

Rita holds grudges. Yanma Gast is the source of their headache since he stole Gira and kick-started the story. Sometimes they don't get how such an obnoxious person is so popular. But Rita guesses, he's dependable when it's important. Not a very skilled fighter but he's not dumb. At least they can count on him not to intervene if they make it clear they are making a move.

the movie scene: No spoilers, but, I just think that’s a really nice scene to that established how different Yanma and Rita are while providing a base for reconciliation following their argument in 19. Neither of them are acting like their usual self. I don’t mean they are ooc, but you see them perform different than everyday under an unknown situation.

#JUST SO YOU KNOW WHEN YUZUKI MOVED TO THE SIDE TO GIVE WAY TO N'KOSOPA TEAM BUT WATANABE AOTO #PUT HIS ARM AROUND RITA'S SHOULDER AND DRAG THEM INTO THE OP DANCE LIVES IN MY HEAD RENT FREE!!#and 724 tiktok where Yanma says it's okay if Rita would rather enjoy the movie alone #and Rita smiles and Yanma is shocked 'why are you telling me this' 'because no one will ever believe you'.jpg #kingohger #team wings #kingoh hcs #moffsages #long post #2311291724 #hi anon this is very messy and frankly it took me 2 days because i don't exactly have that much situational headcanons for them #and i basically combed my whole n'kosopa and gokkan backstroy before I can reach something meaningful for them #and now i typed it out it feels like i haven't paid enough attention to their future #i'll look to correct that in coming days #also I assumed you ewnt through my wings tag so I try not to repeat here

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trekkele · 1 month

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Steph💅

Steph has a YouTube channel where she does a little bit of everything, she has a decent sized following but posts sporadically. Bruce is one of the only bats she consistently asks to guest star (because she thinks he’ll say no every time), and it takes three videos with “my godfather Brucie T (but call him Bruce)” before someone from Gotham realizes thats Bruce Wayne

Bruce likes doing make up videos with her (recommended reading: colour palette by @audreycritter)

#asks #purim asks #part of the elaborate backstroy ive created to explain Stephanie hanging out with the waynes involves the fact that bruce helped crystal get #to the hospital while in active labor #he actually refused to leave until Arthur got there #and had a college fund set up for baby brown bfore he even left #this was when he was barely batman or even before he was so meeting her years later after they fell out of touch was a shock #stephanie brown

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commanderjuni · 4 months

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word of advice to myself when i pick gw2 back up

stop worrying about making The Character Ever and just make whatever resonates the most with you or whatever looks coolest

#i keep stressing myself out thinking i need to make #THE OC EVER #AND THEY HAVE THIS AND THAT IN THEIR BACKSTROY #AND AND AND #but really #i need to do improv again.#just make shit up.#have fun with the experience rather than try and plan everything anyways #make a cliched oc.#see where that takes me #it really helps!#also yeah im takin a short break from gw2 #but i'll be back....#i always come back....

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vinillain · 2 years

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Qilby is such a well written villain, like the more you think about his backstory the more your like… damn…

Because imagine, you and your siblings are essentially Demi-gods who come back to life when you dïe. You live on the same planet repeating many things until it becomes normal. You’ve done everything there is to do and know everything there is to know. The same routine, to the point where you can predict your siblings personalities and the actions of people.

Because unlike your siblings, every time you are reincarnated you still remember. You remember every time you and your loved ones have dïed. You remember everything about everyone and your planet. For thousands and thousands of years. To the point it drives you mad. Because you are the researcher. The one who writes history and the one who explores and craves knowledge. But you have lived mentally for hundred thousands and possibly even more years until everything is mind numbing. And your siblings don’t understand. They don’t remember. They dïe and live again but they forget. And you don’t.

So obviously your next course of action would be to leave your planet. To go to other worlds and explore. And the thing is Qilbi could have done that. He could have made a smaller ship to leave for him and Shinonome. Could have gotten the knowledge he craved. And so it doesn’t make sense you think. He could have left any time he wanted. He had the mind and the materials to leave In peace. So why did he start a war? To force his people to flee their home planet and destroy it in the process? To have to sacrifice the lives of so many Eliatropes? To the point that even after they reached the world of twelve and the same entire thing happened. To the point he started a war twice. Just to go explore again. Trying to destroy their second home in the process because he’s already done everything there is to do there now too. Of course the difference being the second time he was caught. But why? Why go through all the effort to bring your people who clearly don’t want to leave and just live their lives in peace.

And it’s just like Yugo said, because deep down Qilbi’s biggest fear is being alone. Because he’s already isolated enough from his knowledge and mind. He just wanted people around him. To share his accomplishments or new discoveries with others and to not feel lonely all the time. Because I think deep down he does care for the eliatrope people. And even more so for his siblings. Even if the council of 6 didn’t understand him he still loves them. He remembers when they were the only ones on their planet. Before they started governing and leading the eliatrope people and dragons. He grew up with them over and over again. He watched his civilization grow. Watched them learn with him Until they were at their highest peak. But after such a long time he eventually learnt everything there was to know. Qilbi has a thirst for knowledge. He wanted to learn more, to discover more and see beyond their world.

But he didn’t want to do it alone. And now he’s facing the punishment for his actions. In a white void with no time or space, alone, for all eternity.

#NO BUT LIKE I FEEL FOR HIM I LOVE JIM YOU DONT EVEN KNOW #his backstroy makes me so sad ;-;#also the council seemed to repsect Chibi a lot (he was also their king so it makes sense)#so I can see why on the world of 12 when Chibi picked Yugo to be his successor and not Qilbi who was much more wiser he was salty #also another thing I like is how Balthazar kind of acknowledges that the white void is an unsatisfying solution.#You feel for Qilby and you want him to be happy but no matter what he would have always ended the same way.#one of my favorite Villains honestly.#i have so many mini stories written in my head about the council.#I have a story where it’s when their on the Zinit shortly after they flee #and he comforts Yugo who I like to think is very homesick and miserable since he lost so much in the war.#for Qilbi it’s one of those situations where you want to hate someone. and you will blame all your problems on them #but deep down you care for that person.#wakfu #eliatrope #wakfu qilbi #eliatrope council #wakfu yugo #wakfu shinonome #islands of wakfu #spoilers

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alistairs · 10 months

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There is no shame to bending the knee to one such as myself, so pay your fucking tribute before I lose my temper.

#vtm #vampire the masquerade #vtmedit #ventrue #oc: hagen #blood cw #I'll throw vtm oc content at you people until yoi like it #made him as a character to exist in siegfried's backstroy and got fully obsessed #iva.gif

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cursedthing · 6 months

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trick or treat !

.HI LYRIC!!!!! YOU GEEET EARLY PONYSONA CONCEPT BEFORE IT WAS DECIDED THE SONA WAS GONNA BE A CHANGELING!

#ines's scribbles #.there's a whole backstroy for this image and it includes a theory on Celestia and the fuck she does with the sun actually

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rougekithes · 11 months

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I just reminded myself that I should continue reading a bunch of manga actually....

jjk, bnha, noragami, black butler....

#rouge: chit chat #if only I knew where I left off with any of those #think jjk was around ch 176 #bnha was right after dabi backstroy pt 2 #UHHH noragami and kuro? no idea tbh

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lifeintheworldtocome · 1 year

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What happened to your OC Micheal's eye?

he lost it in the war man

#slash joking he has a whole Dramatic Backstroy because i made him up when i was 9 and dont have the heart to change it #rattles the bars of my cage

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henry-hell · 2 years

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IM SO ANGRY WE NEVER GOT MORE OF JINMAYS STORY LIKE DAWG PLEASE GIVE US MORE OF HER LORE

#I WANT TO KNOW HER BACKSTROY

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layzeal · 4 months

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Dr. Lace, as a practicing Lan Wangjiologist, why do you think Lan Wangji waited until the end of the novel to tell Wei Wuxian about A-Yuan surviving? Like, in universe, because while I think the real answer is that the twist plays out better at the end of the story, it’s more fun to guess why Lan Wangji kept quiet.

"Dr. Lace" and "Lan Wangjiologist" made me laugh for like two days straight. well done anon. well done sjdhfkjsdhlfkdsjf

but you've actually caught me on something that i don't know if i have a true answer!! i mean, as you said there is the obvious reason of it just working a lot better from a storytelling point of view.

us readers don't really learn about a-yuan existence until wwx mentions it the first time as they're hanging out in yiling before climbing the burial mounds, then there's a flashback where we met the wen remnants, they die, wwx is killed, and immediately after we return, we get the blood poll scene, which also immediately reveals to us that the little boy we met is actually now the BIG boy we've fallen in love with a long time ago! we care about lan sizhui long before we even know that he was relevant in wangxian's life before that. "what happened to a-yuan" isn't a looming question that follows us or the characters throughout the story, because a-yuan only comes up quite late in the plot. mxtx wasn't going for a shocking plot twist with that reveal, but merely using him as another piece in the story's theme. we love lan sizhui before we even know he's a-yuan, and knowing that he's now only alive BECAUSE wwx sacrificied all he did to save the wen remnants, even if he "failed" shows us the human side of how worth it was.

but of course that doesn't come without its foreshadowing. note that i don't subscribe to the "wangxian are a-yuan's parents" or "lan sizhui secretly calls lwj 'baba/fuqin'" headcanon (although u can always argue that 一日为师，终身为父 but that's for another day lmao), i find their relationship has a lot more nuance and honestly more depth than that of a nuclear family. we see how he and lan wangji seem to be much closer compared to other juniors (ie hgj personally teaches him the qin language, gives him books that other lan disciples seem to not have access to, etc) and while that is curious, it's not out of place for lwj to have a particular student he wants to train more closely. lan sizhui clearly deserves it! however, once it is revealed just how much sizhui means to lwj, as well as how he gave him both his new "birth" name and his courtesy name, as well as why he'd want sizhui to be under his protection and teaching, it all clicks!

but again, it's simply not a major focus within the plot.

ok cool lace, that still doesn't answer why lan wangji doesn't bring that up in-universe. and you're right! i'm quite fond of tangents

but seriously, i do think that's part of it as well. just like how the question of "what happened to a-yuan" doesn't follow us around the story, that's the same for our main characters. wei wuxian has long been convinced that a-yuan died alongside the wen remnants, so he doesn't ask because he's allergic to reminiscing anything about the past. for lan wangji, lan sizhui is safe (and still amnesiac), and wei ying is back to life, there are a thousand other things they need to focus on before bringing all of that up. and lan wangji is nothing if not focused on fixing the most important tasks at hand, matters of the past can be talked about later unless relevant (it's no wonder that all of lwj's backstroy is revealed to us by the narrator or a different character, after all).

but most of all, i think lan wangji didn't bring it up because he simply did not know how to tackle the subject of the first siege, wwx's death, or the wen remnants with him. it's understandably a very sensitive subject, and lan wangji did not wish to overstep his boundaries by bringing it up when wwx wasn't ready to. again, he's a man of priorities, and he wouldn't risk breaking the scab off the wound unless it was necessary, or wwx did it first.

from those lens, it's no question why he only seemed to consider revealing a-yuan's identity after the second siege, not only because wwx has finally had closure on the death of the wens, but because lan sizhui himself is starting to piece things together, though it is also not something that should be forced. however, after the second siege, things really begin speeding up again, and between wwx watching the wens fade away and having a fight with jiang cheng, he's is clearly both physically and emotionally drained all the way until they get freaky in the bathtub, where things get even WORSE, and then guanyin temple happens which just... yeah. there was enough telenovela drama for one night.

so, once all of that is finally over, and lwj sees sizhui analyze chenqing with a clear sense of reminiscing, lwj finally settles it that he will reveal it. they're not in a hurry, wwx is finally doing okay, closure has been achieved in multiple things, and there are no other priorities at hand.

except that! he doesn't even need to. because sizhui catches up does it for him. and isn't that even more fitting?

but really, since i received this ask i have been thinking to myself "at what other time would lan wangji have revealed a-yuan's identity? and why?" and i just... keep hitting a wall. because revealing extremely charged emotional subjects to a beloved person who has never brought it up to you, about another person who doesn't even know or remember it, it's simply not lan wangji's character. wei ying is alive and safe, a-yuan is alive and safe, tearful revelations can come later, but right now lan wangji needs to ensure that they'll continue that way.

#sorry it took me so long to answer!!#i was originally gonna play along with the joke and write it in short paper format #but i. didn't want to #i will NOT be academic about wangxian. screw proper punctuation #thanks for the ask!!! this was lots of fun!#modao #lace speaks #mdzs

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multi-fandom-bi · 8 months

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I'm going on another rant, but this time I have a backstroy to it:

I was watching SoC content on tiktok (as one does) and I came across a video and in the comment section of that video somebody said that El Tango De Roxanne is Kanej coded (like Kaz's pov of Inej's time in the Menagerie) and I was intrigued so I went and listened to it and oh my god.

If you want you can go ahead and listen to the song on Spotify so you can draw your own conclusion, but this is my conclusion ( I have basically postponed this post cuz I was shocked at how well this song fits with Kanej)

In this post I wanna focus on two lines from the whole song:

"You're free to leave

Just don't deceive me"

because they are the most Kanej thing I have ever heard

Basically, if we are looking at this song as Kaz's thoughts/pov of Inej's time in the Menagerie (wich it totally is) we are hearing Kaz's thoughts on Inej's time as a slave and basically showing that Kaz is aware how bad that year was for Inej and how bad Inej wants her freedom.

The "You're free to leave me" part shows that Kaz is willing to keep true to his words: "I'm not going to be another person who will mark her (Inej)" (I don't actually know if this is the quote, cuz I couldn't find it). This part is just Kaz saying that he is going to give her the independence she deserves and the means to reach that idependence telling her that she is free from Ketterdam's shady businesses. Free from him. He's trying to tell her that he won't blame her of she chooses to never come back

The next line "Just don't deceive me", is a cousin of sorts to the saying that keeps getting thrown around in the books and that (in my opinion) is very important in Kaz's and Inej's relationship: "Better harsh truths than kind lies". This line kinda reads to me as Kaz begging Inej to just tell him the truth. If she really is going to come back in Ketterdam and that she isn't just saying that and then she never does actually go back. Kaz doesn't want to keep waiting for her, hopefull that she will come back to him and then she never sets foot on Ketterdam's docks again. After all, hope is dangerous. He doesn't want to get his hopes up, he'd rather be told straight up that she hates him and hates that city rather then being told whatever kind lies Inej may come up with. Kaz loves Inej, that's a no brainer, but he will let her go if she says that she doesn't want anything to do with him.

If you ever heard the saying "If you love someone, let them go" then these lines are basically the same thing. Kaz lets Inej go, get her freedom back, not really expecting to ever see her again because he loves her. Yes, his feelings are hurt as hell (even tho he will never admit it), but Inej is happy and when you love someone you put their happiness in front of your own. Letting them go when you know they need to be let go, hopping and praying that they love you enough to come back.

While Kaz might say he's a demon, and while that's true in some cases, as we've seen in the books, his humanity isn't completely extinguished. Especially when it comes to Inej.

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