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licuadora-nasir · 2 years
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Memories of an Ice Dragon: The first regret.
From the distance, I saw Valkyon dressing in vermilion scales, shifting into his dragon form ready to come and meet me in the sky. How could he, how dare he turn his back to his own blood and defy his brother like this!
He should have listened, as a dragon, he should have stayed with his kin where he belongs. Instead, he chose to return to those bastards with the tail between his legs like a puppy! This only proves my point; the influence of that rotten guard has turned Valkyon into a waste of a man that will never be able to honour his lineage.
He even DARED to refuse my last offering to give Eldarya what it deserves! True freedom can only be achieved through the destruction of this tainted world and its miserable inhabitants!
They have chased innocents to death, unfairly punished faery races for being true to their nature, turned a blind eye to unforgivable crimes that benefited their interests, and every.single.day, spread a web of lies and manipulations to keep the people of Eldarya submissive and ignorant to the reality we face.
And Valkyon, after ALL that the Guard of Eel has done, after all of their lies, their barbarism against the dragons and the aengels, the unfairness toward the powerless ones, chose to remain with them. HE CHOSE to fight his OWN BROTHER!
Now I remember why I didn’t take him with me when I faked my own death to leave that disgusting warren. He is too guileless, too dewy-eyed to face the cruel truth about this world. We stand over our race’s legendary blood, and the least we can do, the least I CAN DO is set them free.
Their sacrifice has only been useful for the faeries to kill themselves, to chase power and dominance through pain, suffering and agony. It was not enough forcing us to exist in hiding and fear, they have also doomed many other people to a runaway life through their contemptible methods and their desperate search for control.
This is not just about me. I am just the head of the revolution of the ones who walked into the light and opened their eyes.
That day, all of it would come to an end. We were going to drag Eldarya to his imminent destruction. All of us were willing to die if that meant that the rest of this world would chase the same fate. Valkyon was aiming straight at me, and he even had the pathetic winged human on his back in a coarse attempt of fighting me. Truly hilarious.
Heading straight to the city’s shield, my steady flight was wrecked by the insufferable rays of the sun that was shining upon us like a silent beholder of our fight. Inevitably, he decisively rammed into me just before I reached the shield.
I clashed, lashed and thrashed trying to break free, but he held onto me with his massive body, refusing to let me go as if the future of Eldarya depended on it. As I struggled, I saw from the corner of my eye that stupid wretch focusing on my neck.
I viciously roared, letting blue flames escape my snout and nostrils burning Valkyon’s wing, who finally got out of my way. The audacity! Letting that piteous creature ride him to try and aim at my weak spot! Even THAT was too low for him. Just when I thought he couldn’t be more of a disappointment, he manages to surprise me again. Was that what he learned during my absence? Cheap and filthy tricks?
After he drifted away, he started circling me, both of us spitting fire trying to keep each other in line. Honestly, I was surprised; I was not aware that my foolish brother could manage to unwind his dragon form.
Even so, he could not stand a chance with me. After all this time denying his primal self, no matter how hard he tried, he could not still match my skills. With all my strength, I charged against him, and even though he tried to counterattack, I dodged his lunge and ploughed into the shield.
Unfortunately, it didn’t break as easily as I thought, shoving me back while I was spewing flames to knock it down. I headed straight to the crystal room trying to slip away from my brother, but he rushed after me, and casting flames, he tore one of my wings.
I howled in pain and rage as I was failing, trying to retaliate in vain. I had to fight back, I COULDN’T afford to lose like this, LOSING BECAUSE OF HIM!
Out of desperation, I grabbed onto my brother and I managed to destabilize him, dragging us both as we pierced the delicate roof of the crystal room. Within a second, we both crashed into the damaged crystal. As fast as I could, I got to my feet with blurry eyes and a spinning head.
I felt my blood boiling under my skin. Could not he see what I was trying to do?!? Did not he understand the scope of my project?! I was doing this FOR US! FOR HIM! I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO FIX THE MISTAKE THAT THE INSIGNIFICANT ELDARYANS COMMITTED!
I didn’t hear anything anymore. I didn’t see anything apart from my brother’s figure, now human-like. My vision was clear: I had to finish this, and nothing else would matter after I destroyed this damn stack of blue crystals.
With the last growl, I got close to my twin, sinking my silver claws in the flesh of his chest. I pushed forward, feeling his ribs and limbs slang against my weight. His face twisted in pain and furrowing a brow, he glanced over the aengel one last time before looking back at me.
He didn’t seem angry or scared, it was like… He expected it. A heavy feeling sank into my chest. Unable to do anything else, I removed my claws from his chest and he collapsed to the ground, almost noiselessly, his wings like a shroud.
I quickly returned to my human form, and my little brother’s eyes were still locked into mine. We stared at each other, without saying anything for some ageless seconds before Erika rushed to him and plunged him into unconsciousness.
I was incapable of taking my eyes off him. I have witnessed more deaths in my life than I can remember, many of them executed by me, but nothing could compare to what I did that day. For once, I had regrets. For once, I questioned if what I had just done, was worth the trouble. I decided to stop thinking at all. It would not matter anyway, since the end was near.
The floor was trembling and the screams of the people out there were the symphony of such an awaiting moment. I closed my eyes and I waited, waited for the moment that would finish all.
Hello! It's been a long time! This little thing you just have read is the first part of "Memories of an ice dragon", a small tribute to Ashkore and not this... Spoilt thing called "Lance" in a new era. I've had this idea in my drafts for a long time, but I needed to polish and it has taken me a while since life turned a bit... complicated, recently. Anyways, I plan to do small passages of Ashkore's life during his duel after TO's events which you can also read in AO3. So, if you have something to propose, let me know in my ask box! If you have liked it, consider stopping by my masterlist.
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tetrakys · 7 months
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Very old tea - Beemoov's writers
Every day I wake up and find new drama in the fandom. I have to admit it is entertaining but fake news and misinformation really annoy me so here we go. What's the new tea? It's actually very old tea, but it needs to be put into context.
A few hours ago, someone rummaging through the New Gen website, ended up on the credit page, where they found this
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This page isn't reachable from the website, there are no links, you need to type the full url to get there because it's only a placeholder. You can clearly see that those are Eldarya TO credits, and an old Priya illustration is used as background. Literally yesterday Chino mentioned in her Instagram stories that there are lots of placeholders on the website.
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Despite this, news is now circulating that the same team that worked on Eldarya is now working on New Gen. I don't think people have been saying this maliciously, it's possible that they got confused with the placeholder, which didn't have the big red disclaimer I added in the screenshot above. However now they are freaking out for no reason and bringing back so much old drama, which is also partially wrong. So here I am trying to clarify, hoping that people will see this (but alas, tumblr isn't as popular as facebook and twitter so maybe I'm just shouting into the wind).
MCL and Eldarya writing team
Part 1. High School Life and the Sally Anne drama
Firstly, at the very very beginning of MCL, Chino was on her own, she was working on both the art and the writing. However, soon later the company looked for a writer, Chino pushed for her friend Sally Anne to be hired even if she had no prior professional experience, and the company agreed. Eventually they also became roommates and even closer friends.
Now, the people who have been around for ages like me know that there was huge drama at some point. Sally Anne had some health issues and pretty much disappeared for months in the middle of Nath's arc. Lots of things were said at the time, some true some very untrue. Sally Anne made a facebook post mentioning how Chino and the company were bullying her. One of the accusations that people like to bring back all the time is that the character of Aleja, who was based on Sally Anne, was used to bully her because she was written as a bit silly. Maybe people forget that all Eldarya self-inserts are very flawed. Jamon can barely use grammar when he speaks, Kero is a coward, Ykhar an anxious nervous train wreak. I don't see anyone say that Chinomiko bullied herself by making Miiko such a raging bitch.
Anyway I believe that Sally Anne herself realised that this and other bullying accusations were unfair since she later retracted it. Some people say that she was forced by Beemoov to do so (I don't know where they would get this information, it's a pretty strong accusation). Others say that all this is common behaviour for people who suffer from addiction. I'm just going to add some additional context that most people may not be aware of since I hardly see it mentioned.
When Sally Anne left the company she started her own personal project with some friends. They put together a kickstarted campaign for a BL game and earned around 58,000€. After that however, the project never came to light because of, again, Sally Anne's personal issues. Here you can see a post from the team describing the situation, which is proof that her health condition was not connected to Beemoov work environment at all, since the same thing happened again while working on her own personal project with other friends of hers. Additionally here is the final post written soon afterward, where the team explained that they would not be able to make the game. They also said that they had used up most of the kickstarter money already even though the game had not been produced. They gave people only one month to claim their kickstarter pledge back. Considering to this day there's still people who wonder what happened to their Eldarya account, I strongly believe not many people managed to see that post and claim their money with only a one month timeframe.
Anyway, this serves as a context to show that in a very small company, when the writer disappears for whatever reason, either the project is cancelled or they have to hire someone else. Lots of people believe that Beemoov is a huge company when it's not. At the time of these events there were around 50 employees, and those people had to earn a living. Sally Anne was the only writer, this whole situation led to MCL not being released for at least half a year, which compromised everyone's salaries. Players were complaining like crazy but, despite hearing only one side of the story, they were very happy to jump on the "Sally Anne was being bullied" train once new writers were hired and they could play the game again.
So, let's talk about the "new" writers.
Part 2. Second half of High School Life and Eldarya TO
Once it was clear that Sally Anne would not be able to come back to work, Beemoov hired two new writers. Hikaru who would end up being Eldarya TO's writer, and Cassandre who took over MCL and finished High School season. (These info you can find in the games credits).
Hikaru was the CM at the time, because the company was looking for a writer for this new game Eldarya they gave her a chance. Chino and Hikaru got along well and I think it's visible in TO's writing. Remember Chino is the creator, she decides the story and the events, the writer writes them, and Chino reads and corrects the script. I think it's clear from TO's writing that they had a good synergy. Hikaru left around the end of TO for personal reasons, she moved to another city and changed career, it was her choice to kill off her self-insert (Ykhar) before leaving, so no there was no big conspiracy around the self-inserts. To this day she and Chino are still friends. But no, she's not coming back to write New Gen as people who saw the placeholder seem to believe.
Cassandre, as I said, took over MCL HSL in the middle of Nath's arc. I think it's visible that the season feels a bit different with a different writer, but I still like it, I think she did a good job as a writer. However, once high school was over, in a move that I will never understand, Beemoov's management decided to assign Eldarya to her, not as a writer but as a project manager, effectively taking over Chino's role. So Chino had to leave from around episodes 20-22 and never went back. She only provided the main storyline of the worlds merging, but at some point she resumed working on the events only.
So from around episode 20-22 to episode 29 Hikaru and Cassandre worked together, with Hikaru as the writer and Cassandre as the one deciding the plot/scenes and supervising the writing.
Part 3. Eldarya ANE + MCL University, Love and Alternate Life
Once Hikaru left, Alexis took over. So from episode 30 of TO and throughout ANE he and Cassandre have worked on Eldarya alone. This is the dream team we owe the state of Eldarya to. None of them knew the first 22 episodes of the games in depth and hence why we have all the plot holes and different characters' personalities. Additionally, at that point Cassandre started working on Uncoven so it is my personal opinion that Alexis was mostly on his own during ANE because clearly you can see that the person who wrote that had no idea what Eldarya was really about.
What happened in MCL at the same time? Once Cassandre moved to Eldarya, Beemoov found another writer for MCL, Cara, who wrote University Life. My personal opinion is that she was a good writer, I like University Life, but there's very little romance. Less than HSL for sure. But there are many funny scenes and a young adults feel that I really liked. She and Chino worked on UL together as writer/creator and it's still one of my favourite seasons, however the lack of flirting scenes is visible.
Then, when Love Life started, another writer joined the team, Antoine, Chino was still the creator and Cara remained as proofreader and also worked on Uncoven with Cassandre. My personal opinion is that there are lots of issues in Love Life because of how some themes of feminism, sexual harassment etc. are treated. Additionally the romance was even less than in UL, and some characters' personalities took a slightly strange turn. However I did like the main storyline and the ending that went full circle.
By the time Alternate Life started, both Cassandre and Cara had left the company, Antoine was still around to write additional LL episodes such as wedding and honeymoon, and the events. Eldarya's writing was over and so Alternate's writing has been the product of Alexis and Chino alone.
Part 4. What about today? MCL New Gen
New Gen is being written by Alexis and Chino, same team and dynamic as Alternate, the two of them alone. So if you see people around saying that Hikaru is back or whatever else, it's not true.
You may not like Alexis' writing after what was done to Eldarya, which I totally understand. If I hadn't played all Alternate Life I would feel the same and think that the guy isn't able to think deeper than a teaspoon. But luckily I really like what he and Chino can do together so I have a good feeling for New Gen.
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oldmisfortune · 1 year
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✨quality time✨
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otomes-and-tears · 1 year
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hello! may I request a nevra x mc (she/her) scenario where they just cuddle after a long day and one thing leads to another? it doesn’t have to be smut, I genuinely just wanna see his flirty, playful and teasing side more because beemoov is keeping it away from us
thank you for your time! if you don’t want to write it that’s okay, still thank you for all the beautiful scenarios/headcanons you have on your blog!
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♦ Nevra teasing the MC ♦
► tags/warnings: mild spice
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► a/n: today is NOT the day you guys get some smut out of me. I cannot for the life of me write anything remotely close to sexy, for the disappointment of my lovely readers. I do, however, like writing Nevra endlessly teasing the MC and love my readers enough to try my hand at a mildly spicy fic. I apologise for the quality. Most of this was written at three AM as I was kept awake by a howling puppy.
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“I need a day off.”
The guardian throws herself onto her bed, sighing contentedly at the feeling of finally settling down after an entire day on her feet. 
She hears the sounds of cloth rustling and doesn’t need to open her eyes to know that Nevra is getting ready to bed himself.
It’s a little hard to tell when he started spending most nights in her room instead of his own. It’s just a new part of their routine that they settled into, so natural that her bed has started to feel too big and too cold if she ever spends a night alone. 
Her closet now has a space filled with clothes too big for her to wear, and her desk has filled with documents that she doesn’t dare touch. It’s just a part of it. Pure domesticity, even if they’re living through interesting times.
“You and everyone, I believe.” Nevra says, and she hums in agreement “You shouldn’t lay in bed with your shoes on.”
She looks up at him from her place in the bed, grinning as she noticed he was undoing the laces in her boots to take them off for her. 
Even seven years later, when he became a more serious and reserved person he still took care of her. 
“I was going to get up… Eventually.” The faelian explained  “It’s just that….My legs feel like jelly. I can’t even sit up.”
“I’m guessing Karenn tired you out.”
“I feel so old. I don’t think I can keep up with her anymore.” 
Patrolling was bad normally, but it got worse today when they needed to survey an area bigger than usual. And being paired with Karenn usually meant being a victim to one of her pranks once she got bored of working, and being subjected to her unending teasing.
It didn’t help that her friend heard a strange sound in the distance and simply disappeared into the shadows to check it out, which meant that Mc had to spend at least an hour trying desperately to look for her through the woods, but it was not like she would ever tell this part to Nevra.
The vampire took off her shoes and placed them by the wall, near her bed. Exactly where she’d place them herself.
She reached her arms out, dramatically asking for cuddles. Nevra rolled his eyes, but still indulged her, as always, by laying beside her and pulling her against his chest, wrapping his arms around her to get her even closer.
Mc doesn’t miss the tiny differences from before. How he seems to hold her tighter now, how he breathes in her scent and kisses the top of her head absentmindedly.
He’s always quieter when he gets to hold her for the first time after a long day. They don’t talk about it, but there’s this nagging feeling in Mc’s mind that it’s a result of her sacrifice.
Being together feels natural, but it isn’t as if nothing has changed. He knows the pain of losing her. Even now that she’s back, the dark shadow of her years of absence still looms large over them. 
Mc is lost in her thoughts when he starts playing with her hair, twirling her curls on his fingers and feeling its texture, and later moving to massage her scalp. 
“Are you tired already?”
He asks, and their closeness makes it so Mc can feel his voice as he speaks.
“I’m tired.” She looks up at him “But not sleepy.”
“Aren’t you going to change into something more comfortable?” 
“Nooo, I’m too tired to move.” Mc whines “If you’re so bothered by it, you can take them off yourself.”
She says, playfully. It is an attempt at teasing as much as an invitation. 
“You’re getting bold, aren’t you?” 
He brushes away her hair, tracing her neck with her fingers, going down from underneath her chin to the hollow of her neck to her collar bones, fascinated with their shape and the way her breath hitched in her throat as she felt his touch.
He was above her now, laying on his side, propped up on his elbows as his hand idly traced shapes in her upper chest, never venturing lower without her permission.
There was this hunger in his eyes, a dangerous glimmer that was so unmistakably Nevra. It made her heartbeat quicken in anticipation, a familiar heat pooling in her lower stomach as she shifted her legs in an attempt to get more comfortable, looking away for a moment due to how overwhelming it all felt.
“What, you’re getting shy now?” Nevra taunts and seems annoyingly pleased with her reaction. “I’m just obeying your orders.”
“Oh, just shut up!”
She reached out to him, lowering him enough so she could properly kiss him.
He indulged her, gently shifting their position so he’d be able to kiss her deeply. A reprieve from an entire, stressful day apart.
Nevra parted from her, kissing her nose, cheeks and then moving onto her jaw and the small junction between her neck and jaw, which he dragged his sharp teeth against, making her eyes flutter closed and an embarrassing squeak escape her lips.
She could feel his stare, the self-satisfied, knowing smirk that he proudly wore when he turned her from a functioning adult to a blushing mess with little to no effort on his part. 
His hand started venturing lower, slowly unbuttoning her shirt, teasing her by doing it as slowly and methodically as he possibly could.
If she ever tried to lower him to kiss her again, he’d kiss the corner of her mouth instead, just shy of what she wanted.
“You’re having way too much fun with this.”
She gets up just enough to help him take off her shirt, which gets her a brief kiss as a reward. He starts working to undo her belts instead— Ugh, why did she wear so many? She would need to have a conversation with Purriry about practicality soon.
“I’m just doing what you wanted, my love.” There’s that smirk again, the teasing tone that drove her insane. “I can’t bring myself to deny your requests. You’re my weakness. So if you want something, just ask.”
He pretended to struggle with the last belt, and she impatiently undid them herself.
Nevra bit back a comment about her eagerness and helped her out of her pants, throwing the item on the floor roughly in the same direction as the rest of her clothing.
“Are you really going to make me beg?”
Mc asks, and despite intending to sound annoyed, the question doesn’t have as much bite as she wanted it to.
Nevra takes advantage of the exposed skin, taking the time to take in her form and fully appreciating her beauty. He traces the faint outline of her scars with his fingers, and the small action doesn’t make her feel exposed and self-conscious as it makes her feel adored.
“I don’t think ‘make’ you is the right term.” He adds, and his heated gaze is a sign that their little game won’t last much longer. “Although, I can make you beg for it if that’s what you desire.”
She thought about it for a second, looking up at him as Nevra patiently awaited her next move. She could put an end to all of this right now or she could flip him over and deal with his teasing as he jokingly scolded her for being so impatient.
There were endless possibilities, and it filled her with excitement.
“I’m not tired anymore,” Mc says, finally.  “I won’t make things easy for you.”
Nevra, for one, seems delighted by her response.
“I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
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slowiedrakie · 1 year
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the only time she actually spoke is in episode 13 and it’s to say this bruh how is that supposed to help
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heyseihai · 9 months
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headcanon of the day: HH risked the OP Squad's life on purpose.
As glass says here, Mat was acting openly suspiciously, everybody with a minimum of villain mindset (Leif, Lance), or used to observe and extract info from other people (Nevra) could have thought something fishy was going on. Yet they take a veeeery long time to realize it, what a damn good templar soldier lmao
The three tell Erika they think Mat is hiding something, but we don't know if they told HH. If they did, well, she's the one to blame as well. Instead, she ignores and sends them to Earth, with the guy they said not two days ago it was acting weird. I dunno maybe she thought it was the best and only way to dissipate their suspicions about isekai boy.
But most importantly: She also sends her sister, the one she wants to force the Phoenix title to. HC doesn't believe she's the Phoenix, so HH needs desperately to find a way to convince her she is. What is the best way? By checking one more item in that "what do you need to be the Phoenix" list.
And guess what? HH did it, HC could have died there, HH knew the risk yet she sends her anyway. But she didn't need to be there in the first place. For plot reasons? sure, she should be, but we know it was clearly possible to come up with something to avoid that, like idk, Nevra or Lance, considering how they're OP already? It's not like HC does something important when they get there, she was rather useless during the mission.
She was there only because HH wanted her to fulfill one more item in that list. And that's exactly what HC used to say about destiny/prophecies or whatever, it's suggestive, interpretations vary according to your biases, therefore, your actions also interfere.
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arcanadreams · 1 year
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there is nothing wrong with beemoov going more on the sexual side of romance in eldarya, let me start by saying that’s totally cool!!! most people are allo, therefore they are catering to the average person with it
however as an ace person idk, eldarya just is sad because at least with my candy love they are making efforts to make sex scenes optional with a separate illustration, in eldarya the scenes themselves probably are skippable but then you don’t get an illu and that’s a little sad for me
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mawumi · 9 months
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Something I cannot understand is how they decided that ending Mary-Anne's life is a no-no. Like? I can understand it from Erika, she is a spoiled child, naive, innocent, pure, for her hurting is in the wrong no matter the circumstances. It's her character to be in the 'right' side.
But what about the others? Miiko? The guys? Leiftan? It's not like they haven't killed anyone, probably the've done it, they've seen it. Miiko, their leader, must have seen others to die and kill for 'a greater good' (as they've done) and probably she was okay with that. And now it's wrong to kill Mary-Anne? The infanticide? The one who needs to kill because her body is not for Eldarya cause she is human? She nedeed all those experiments, you know. And you're telling me that she is not dangerous?
(Let's put aside the fact that Bemoov forgot that fact, okay?)
Okay, let's say killing is in the wrong, no matter the circumstances, but what will they do to her? Keep her in the cells until she roots and call that 'good'? Because she won't have free time, nor good meals, Eldarya is medieval. Her muscles will ache and lose tone. What about hygiene, infections? Keep her alive until she loses (more) her mind? Losing your life in a medieval cell is not mercy. You cannot call that 'good'.
So what are they gonna do? Send her to earth and say their problem now? What about justice? And let's say forgiveness is the motto of the guard, but what about those who may be in danger in the future? Because you're not sure she won't hurt anyone after repenting or serve her sentence (whatever are the guard requirements to set you free -if they do, lol-). The thing is: they don't have mental rehabilitation services nor control over this cases.
And probably nothing of this makes sense because the right question is not all that I've said but: what is the guard ideal? Because not knowing it, at least for me, makes confusing to comprehend how they take their decisions.
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party-in-eldarya · 1 year
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DYSFUNCTIONAL WRITING WILD HEADCANON you mind want to skip the post
Erika doesn't understand why Leiftan yearns for big revolution for Eldarya and its people. When his plan is discovered she takes it as an insult- why would he want to change that holly world, that is so pretty? She is groomed (kinda brutal word, but lacking a better one) by HH and Miiko, both privileged powerful faeries, coming from coveted races. She knows that there are some faeries in less fortunate state, but she mostly ignores this fact. The Masked Man has to be stopped, Crystal healed, Guard protected- then everything will be ok (doesn't matter that before Eel Crystal's corruption things werent' exactly pretty).
Now, her sister Imogene happened to appear in Eldarya in much less favourable place. First, she was attacked by faeries (she was a human, on a teritory occupied by Templars), then rescued by Templars. Her status in Citadel was ambivalent at best, but you can nicely put it as "glorified prisoner". She is not impressed by Eldarya, wants to go home and one of her most important choices is to drink potion of Mnemosyne, tying her fate with Eldarya forever. Because Guard Eel has no love for her and because she has noticed flaws in her previous "protectors" (Templars and fenghuangs) she understand that lots of things can and should be changed. She has no will to keep status quo. Where her and Leiftan's views on revolution differ is method. He opts for something violent, ready to be a martyr for a new era. Imogene is more down to earth and wants changes to be more organic, slow but least hurtful for everyone around.
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underworldsheiress · 10 months
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We need to talk about Time Setting and Research! - Writing Tips (Long post)
Guys if you going to write fanfics of games, books, shows, cartoons or movies that are set in 40s,50s,60s,70s,80s,90s and early 2000s please RESEARCH THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR!!!!
I know when we write old set stories like in 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800 and early 1900 we are more careful with technology and knowledge of the time. The biggest mistake here is always on clothes. Many puts those big princess dresses on ages they weren't created yet. (Also please research clothes before doing stories).
If we creating or using a fictional world like Narnia, Middle Earth, Eldarya, etc please follow the rules of those dimensions. Aragorn is 80 but he doesn't look our 80. So don't set a character on 20s because in Middle Earth this is a baby. Also careful with Narnia time to Earth time, etc.
Also Hogwarts don't accept muggle technology, it doesn't work inside the school. And the Yule Ball is part of Triwizard Cup that didn't happen for years. There is no way of Marauders having it.
It may sound like small details but those details that make the fanfics/story believable. They set the mood and rhythm of story, if you break them without previous warning you make the reader unset.
If you don't want to set to those rules, warn it is out of context or an Alternative Universe in the description (not only on tags).
Because believe me who are reading, watching or listening to those original stories maybe doing for Time Set. It is an important part, it is part of the charm of the original story. And they expect that on fanfics too.
I am tired of finding Sally Face (set between 91 to 2004) and Stranger Things fanfics (83 to 85) with technology that didn't exist (example: Wii, XBox, cellphones or smartphones,etc). It kills the mood (and in niche fandoms like Sally Face this makes the readable fanfics smaller and there is already few fanfics to read).
Also telephones =/= cellphones =/= smartphone. Telephones are the one we use in the house, it needs a line and energy. Cellphones had the basic to it: message, call and one or other had a camera depending on the decade we talking about. Smartphones is what he have around now with social media and internet.
Guys, not even Mike and Will (our favorites nerds) knew what was Internet/IP when Suzie comments on it in S4. Do you really think Billy would have a cellphone that sends messages? The boys don't use a walkie talkie because is cool, cheap or a toy, they use it because it was the only option back then.
Damn it sometimes those telephones were so expensive that only one neighbor had it and everyone on neighborhood asked to use it. Why do you think Joyce asked for her salary to pay for it in S1? (It wasn't only to set the family as poor compared to Wheelers...)
I know I maybe sound boring but for me the mood about SF, ST, Narnia, LOTR, HP, etc. is that they are different than the times and places we are living in now days. If it isn't a time travel or Isekai fanfic don't mention technology of 2010s or 2020s (if they aren't set in 2010s and 2020s) please and thank you.
Also the clothes settings help much, follow the fashion of the age (unless of course the main objective is for the character to be seen as weird and not following the fashion). On the scenario of calling attention just be careful for your character to not being seen as indecent when this isn't the aim (happens more on the older centuries stories and more traditional cultures but still).
Also be careful when mentioning famous people. Chose people that already had a strong career back then. For example Guns n Roses start at end of 80s and early 90s (their career started 85 but their most famous songs only came out in 87), in Stranger Things it doesn't make sense since they still weren't famous but in Sally Face they were on radios already.
If you want to add people that will get famous be careful, don't make them already known by everyone. You can play around here. (Example: "Oh who is that?" She asks pointing to a man holding a book on his hands. "Oh that one? He is a weirdo who writes about a detective in journal, I think his name is Arthur.") See how you play about the start of the career of Conan Doyle and Sherlock without making him be seen as one of the main authors of the time?
When you are living the times you don't know who will be seen as legends on future decades or who will fall in forgetfulness. Sometimes you have no idea what events will go into history books (people fighting WW1 and WW2 had no idea how big or how long it would be).
An exercise/example: who from the nowdays artists you think will enter to music/cinema/literature history? We can't know, just guess. You can also play with it on your story. Example: "I think Prince will enter to history as Pop King." (Which now we know didn't happen because this title is Michael Jackson's one and the same may happen with us guessing Gaga will take Madonna's place as Pop Queen, etc.)
I know it may sounds hard but sometimes a simple and quick Google search is enough. (Example: "Does smartphone existed in 84s?" "Which was the most popular videogame console in 93s?" "When did Welcome to the Jungle was released?" "How old are Aragorn?" Etc.)
Guys, being loyal on Time Set and Rules don't make your writing boring, you can get creative with them. And if you know those details you can also break them in a well done way, just warn it is an AU.
Example for time travel: In Back to The Future, McFly goes back to the past so he know way more than the people around him. Play with that too, example when he played a song that still wasn't released and sounded like a rock start. (The guitarist appears calling Chuck Berry, the owner of the song saying he found the new hit he was looking for)
Example of Isekai AUs: if the character/reader had fallen into a tv show they watched make them safe everyone.
If you know how the universe works you can break it but you should explain how you broke it or people won't understand (Make a character explain what happened, make it be an Isekai au here the character knew what was going to happen, make an alternative universe/timeline where that rule/event never happened or existed in first place, make it be a time travel, make it be a time loop, make it be memories of another dimension, get creative.)
Anything is fair game but let the readers know before hand on description or they may leave half work because they feel uncomfortable or unset because something was out context.
Thanks for reading till here, hope this helps somehow. This it the methodology I use on my fics.
Also ask someone help, a teacher or someone that lived back at that time (you can pass it of as just curiosity you don't need to mention fanfics, people won't question curiosity. In the worst scenarios say: "I saw that on a story, wanted to see if was real.").
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cintanna-stuff · 2 years
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I was thinking about what is the difference when it comes to the treatment of the crushes in eldarya TO and eldarya NE and the answer is depressing. It’s not only that they changed Lance and Leiftan’s personality, but also that we never really got to know anyone out of their work except maybe Mathieu. 
In TO we have a bunch of scenes where Erika met with the boys just to have fun or to have casual conversation. They sometimes ate lunch together (Erika even cooked a meal for them once), sometimes they met before missions to study the plan in company, we had casual conversations with them just as we roamed around HQ doing whatever, they played games and had an actual date in chapter 17, she missed them when they were gone because she was used to talk to them, Leiftan bought her a gift during the Huang Hua chapter... Even if she saw them as her friends, you could still get to know your crush and flirt with them if you gave the right answers. All these small things contributed into building a more or less believable romance. 
In NE, most of these scenes aren’t with the crushes, but with secondary characters (except maybe Mathieu, who is also in our circle of “friends”). We have meetings and play games with secondary characters, when we walk around HQ, we meet and talk with secondary characters. The moments where we get to talk to one of the crushes are scarce. I think the only leisure time where they actually spent time together and “alone” was during the ball. 
It feels like they wanted to make a game with these secondary characters but then remembered this is supposed to be an otome and the players are here to flirt, so they had to add a 2min scene by the end of the chapter where they magically fall in love or kiss for no reason (otome? check✅). We only get to spend time with them during missions where we can’t really focus on the romantic aspect that much because in these chapters the plot has to move forward, which is exactly what happened this last chapter where Leiftan and Mathieu didn’t even show up. Erika talked more about her feelings for the crush with Huang Chu and Karenn than with her actual partner.
I like the general plot of this season, but in the end even this plot isn’t as good as it could have been, again, due to the lack of bonds between Erika and her partner. If Erika had had a true connection and built romantic interest for her boyfriend (or the other crushes who are her colleagues) during this chapter, their separation would have struck harder, but it feels like she got split from her missions friend who she sometimes kissed.
I don’t have much hope for this aspect of the game, given that I’ve seen people have been complaining about the lack of romance and the little time spent with the crushes for several chapters now and BV is still ignoring everything.
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linaselandbasil · 11 months
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I'm finally finished with the draft~
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This is my first smut that doesn't have Lance in it, so I felt a little out of my comfort zone, but I did it! You might see that it's 5000 words and think "oh so you sent them on a date first like with sneaky date night?" No I didn't, it's literally 5000 words of nasty seggs. I hope yall don't mind how weird it got, I can't help it, I'm weird. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hopefully I'll be done editing it in a few days, so sit tight!
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tetrakys · 6 months
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After a long way, its completed😭❤️ I loved the ending, my two dragons brothers I love them so much😭😭 Now they are closer. Thanks for your amazing writting❤️❤️❤️
Thank you 🥺💕 so glad you liked it. Hope this story brought some comfort and closure to all Dragon brothers fans as it did to me 🤧🤧
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marycecilyy · 1 year
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Now that I'm back to writing (hopefully) I'll open my askbox again for requests!
The fandoms I'll write for are My Candy Love and Eldarya.
I prefer writing less specific things, so the more vague your ask, the better. Please keep in mind that I won't write everything in my askbox, only what inspires me. I'm sorry, but I'm giving myself the right to skip requests.
I enjoy writing nsfw content.
Triggering topics aren't a no, but it really depends on the subject and the ask itself.
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otomes-and-tears · 1 year
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♦ an unsung melody (is mine for safekeeping) (6/10) ♦
► tags/warnings: pregnancy, past character death, angst
► words: 2204  
► A/N: If you have any name suggestions i’d love to hear them!
Part (01)  (02)  (03)  (04) (05)
► Masterlist
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“Are you sure about this?”
“Yes, I haven’t changed my mind in the last five minutes, Erika.”
They were standing in the living room space of a small house, just outside of the main headquarters. 
Moving homes was something that Erika had brought up shortly after they started planning. It was an afterthought, a small suggestion that she had been mulling over for a while.
The walls of the HQ’s rooms weren’t thin, but they definitely wouldn’t hold up against a baby’s wails, particularly when thinking about faelians with sensitive hearing, and as the child grew up, moving away from the HQ rooms was an inevitability.
Nevra agreed with her— and then surprised her by suggesting to help her with it.
Well. Suggesting might be a slight understatement. It was closer to him simply informing her that he intended to help and wouldn’t accept no for an answer.
So that’s how they’re here. Nevra is carefully inspecting one of the rooms (with the wide windows and light yellow curtains she can almost picture a nursery) while she lingers behind, nervously shifting her weight from one foot to another while playing with the sleeves of her oversized sweater. Her feet are already aching, she can feel them swelling inside the boots that she stubbornly decided to wear, and she’s already annoyed due to hunger.
The house seemed fine to her.
She rebuilt her life with way less in the past and Erika was glad enough to have her own kitchen and bathroom, but Nevra was being a little… too attentive.
In normal circumstances, she would’ve kindly asked him to mind his own business and let her handle it, but despite the annoyance, she found it sweet for him to be worried.
Besides, as part of their agreement, Nevra would technically be living with her for a while due to their child. So, it was his business. 
(If her heart fluttered at the thought of this being their home, it was no one’s business but Erika’s.)
The person Huang Hua sent along to show them the available homes looked at Erika strangely, with the same expression that she’d usually associate with people who had known of her and not met her.
It was unnerving to be observed so intensely, they weren’t even trying to be discreet about it! It just made her feel uncomfortable and overexposed.
It had only been a couple of days since the big announcement. Erika didn’t want one, but it was a necessary evil. 
Overall, it hadn’t been too bad. Huang Hua gathered the HQ residents in the doors corridor and announced the good news. While Erika could feel the tension in the air, no doubt due to the increasingly strange phenomena surrounding Eldarya and Earth, most people were nice enough to be excited for her.
She spent the last few days being congratulated and teased, and trying to ignore the waves of sadness and grief she felt, but knew weren’t her own. 
Leiftan was trying his hardest to keep his emotions in check, she could feel the attempts to keep his grief locked away, but some things one can’t simply help.
The emotion sharing was something Erika was still getting used to, being a relatively minor footnote in the absolute chaos that had been the last couple of months but couldn’t help but feel bothered by it.
She tried to shake off that train of thought. She could deal with Leiftan’s mess later.
Now she had a different priority, who was carefully analysing the peeling wallpaper on the house’s walls.
“Aren’t most of the homes similar?” Erika tried to smile, as kindly as she could, to try to sway Nevra. “This one is one of the closest to the HQ and it’s in fantastic shape!”
It wouldn’t even need remodelling or that much furnishing. Just some cleaning and decorating and it would be perfect. 
Nevra looked at her like she had just sprouted a second head. The poor faelian murmured  “I’ll leave you two to discuss” before going outside and closing the door behind them.
“I’m tired,” Erika admits. It had been the fifth available, and final, house they’d seen today and none of them had satisfied Nevra. “It’s the last home we can move into on such short notice. Can we just… choose one? They were all great.”
“Do you… Seriously expect so little?”
The half-human stopped and blinked. Nevra’s serious expression morphed into something softer, kinder. His eyes were full of pity.
“What do you mean?”
Erika asks, genuinely. Nevra’s voice is slightly exasperated when he answers.
“Don’t you want a bigger house? Somewhere quieter? A garden? Maybe a little library?”
She snorted before she noticed he was being serious.
By the oracle, imagine if she had been offered a garden when she first arrived. A library and large rooms?
All she got was a room without even a mattress, and she was deemed over dramatic for throwing a fit.
The idea of demanding more right now never even crossed her mind.  
Erika had to fight tooth or nail for the right to exist. To retain even a shred of dignity in a world that was hostile to her.
She gave up a lot, too much.
And now, all she needed was somewhere comfortable for her child to live, that was close enough to the HQ that they could summon her quickly in case of emergencies.
She saved the world and all she got was a statue and more responsibilities. This harsh world taught her to expect nothing at all from her efforts.
But still, Nevra stands beside her and expects her to ask for more. Erika doesn’t even know what to say.
(A small, intimate part of her brain screams you. I want you, but she pushes the feeling down.)
“Maybe when this is all behind us.” She says, quietly. Erika moves to stand closer to the window, taking in the view of the other houses in the refuge. “When there isn’t this big, looming threat on the world— When Eldarya is at peace. Then we can move into a nice, big house with a library and a garden.”
“We?”
He asks, and out of the corner of her eye, she can see him getting closer. Is her mind playing tricks on her or does he sound hopeful?
“We.” She confirms, nodding her head as an extra measure. “Unless you don’t want that— which is totally cool, by the way. No pressure.”
It was all wishful thinking, anyway. The idea of living peacefully in Eldarya without the threat of war or a major disaster seemed distant, almost impossible.
But it was nice to think about. A pretty, fleeting fantasy.
“I’d like that.” 
Nevra says, after a moment. Erika snaps her head to look at him so quickly that it seems almost cartoonish.
“You do?”
She asks, again, dumbfounded.
“Yes, I do.”
He seems to consider something before saying it, and Erika strains to be patient about it. 
It seems like all they do lately is wait for each other, hiding meaning between the lines and hoping that the other understands it. 
She’s tired of toeing the line. Tired of the ambiguity, but too scared to ask more of him. 
So she waits and hopes he’s getting tired of these games too.
“There’s nothing I want more than for us to live in peace,” Nevra says, standing beside her to look out the window. “You deserve the life that you wish for, Erika. Our child deserves it too. And there’s nothing I’d love more than to be in it.”
He reaches out to touch her face, cupping her cheek with his hand. She leans against it, relishing in the comfort that the contact brought.
She did not cry, not this time. 
She felt a little silly for thinking that Nevra only cared for her now because she was carrying his child.
Nevra wouldn’t look at her like this if it wasn’t the case— the way his eyes softened, as if he was looking at something precious, the gentle curve of a smile on his lips, wasn’t something he ever granted to anyone else.
The fondness, the care, and the deep bond they shared, being united not only by the child they had created but by all that they went through beforehand— the battles, the reveals, the sorrow, joy and everything in between. It was far more than a romantic relationship, too sacred of a connection to be defined in words.
They were good people who had been through far too much. Who had the weight of the world thrust upon them at too young of an age, and who still had to carry the burden of the type of power they possessed— Erika wanted to be selfish, just for once, and hope for a happy ending. A happy ending where the world was saved, she was allowed to love and be loved without tragedy, and her baby would live so happily that they wouldn’t know the pain their parents went through.
An ending that she could share with Nevra this time.
Where she wouldn’t have to leave him behind to pick up the pieces in the name of the greater good.
“I’ll be there. In any way you’ll have me.”
He added, and Erika nodded. It wasn’t hard to believe him like this when he seemed so desperate to show her that he was sincere in his words.
“Even if all I want is to live here with you?”
Nevra rolled his eyes, pretending to be annoyed by her request, even if she could plainly see how it wasn’t true.
“If that’s what makes you happy.”
The vampire leaned down to kiss her forehead, the gesture seeming so natural that it didn’t even register as something to be embarrassed about. He turned away to call over the representative outside when Erika reached out to grab one of his hands.
The action was purely impulsive. Just, Erika wishing to stay in that little bubble they’d created for a little while longer, to be able to linger in the happy ending she fantasised about for just a second more.
“Yes?”
He was puzzled by her reaction, and she didn’t know what to say at first, what words would be suitable to explain the flurry of thoughts and emotions that had tormented her from the second she saw him after her awakening. But she couldn’t just say nothing. Erika would never be able to forgive herself if she let him go a second time.
Did the notion of a happy ending even matter in the long run? What’s the use of suffering, of putting all her needs aside for the sake of a nebulous greater good if she was doomed to a tragic ending anyways?
Maybe the ending doesn’t matter. It never did. All endings are tragic in their own bittersweet way, after all.
Life isn’t fair. She can’t hope for a happy ending in exchange for all she has endured, that’s the lesson that her life in eldarya had taught her. All she can hope for is to live happily in the present and to surround herself with love right now so she doesn’t have regrets in the future. 
Erika looks up at Nevra, as he waits for her, patiently, expectantly.
“I think I am in love with you.”
The words came easily, and she didn’t feel scared or hesitant. It just felt right. It felt right to look at him at that moment, alone in what would soon be their home and confess that to him.
He seemed surprised for a moment, before quickly regaining his composure and pulling her close, leaning in like he was about to kiss her.
She closes her eyes, expectant before she feels his breath on her neck. His lips were close to her ear.
“You think?” He whispers, and she flushes in embarrassment. Of course, he would tease her for that. “Well, I think I need more certainty than that.”
“I know.” Erika corrects herself  “I never stopped loving you, Nevra.”
That seems to satisfy him because just as she was wondering if she should open her eyes and flee in embarrassment she feels his soft lips against hers, and it feels like coming home.
All the tension around them was finally gone— the last piece of the puzzle finally clicking into place, and all she could feel was relief.
It feels too soon when he stops kissing her, and she’s about to lean in for another one when he hugs her, too tightly, as if she was going to disappear if he loosened his hold.
Erika feels the tears welling up in her eyes. He needed this more than he needed the kiss- he needed the assurance, that she was there and that she loved him and that she wouldn’t disappear again. The thought of it makes her cling to him too.
For a long time, they don’t speak. The only sounds echoing in the empty house being Erika’s sobs as Nevra holds her.
“I love you.” He whispers, quietly into her hair. Those words were only ever meant to her, only hers to hear. “It’s always been you. No one but you.”
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fenristheorem · 2 years
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Random Lance Headcanons I Came Up With For a Friend When I Was Having a Sugar High Higher Than Mt Everest
Enjoy my borderline psychopathic rant. This is basically hcs about Lance (either ANE or TO, but I'm having a major TO craving lately so I had him in mind with these) if he went through what I was going through lol (aka high on so much sugar it might as well have been crack).
This has very minimal editing. I came up with these as an energy release one night and then decided to post it later because why the f not. I'd say it's decent content lol.
~Under the cut~
Purrs - it's low and deep in the chest but loud af
Only happens when he's happy/content
Vibrates, especially when he purrs
Like, a whole body vibrate
It feels like tremors
Maybe they are tremors? I call it vibrating
It's from the ridiculous amount of energy going through him. He can't sit still
Wants to attack EVERYTHING
But not like ATTACK attack
Sorta roughhouse and/or subdue
Think of a cat on catnip
Burrows
Burrows like a fucking prairie dog
Not on the ground, the ground is dirty
But burrows in the bed, the couch, ANYWHERE SOFT
Basically makes a pillow fort without the logical engineering of one
Pillows, blankets, EVERYTHING IS STOLEN
And he'll just wedge himself in the mountain of softness and eventually a burrow opening will appear and somehow it'll eventually have a sound internal structure despite looking like a mess from the outside
Man is making a fluffy cave
The purr, vibrate, burrow trifecta commonly goes together
If he's burrowing, you'd bet he's also purring and vibrating inside that soft mountain
Don't expect him to leave his burrow
He won't leave his burrow for SHIT
Bites and holds
This is mainly for his partner
He gets clingy and if they're close by then he gets all happy and gives affection nips and won't let go for a while sometimes
Clings, doesn't let go
Hisses and burrows and flips and rolls as he burrows (cat much?)
Will tunnel beneath blankets, steal something from bedside table, hide beneath blanket again
Will steal you beneath the blankets too if you approach and ask or tease
Not very horny, just clingy
But clingy can easily lead to horny
NUZZLES
Nuzzles like a fucking KING
Nuzzles and nips gently
Gives bone crushing clingy hug and holds
If startled, will jump, hunker down, stare with wide eyes then scamper away
Will not leave his burrow for anything
Can maybe be tempted out to steal a pretty maiden (you) seducing him, but will be back within one minute with said maiden
If anyone except his partner witness him in such a moment as these he will freeze, stare, maybe scamper
Will observe his partner while bundled beneath the blankets (his burrow) for hours
Get too close and he'll steal you under
Might steal something you put in arm's reach nearby and act like nothing happened
Get too close and he'll steal you too
He'll steal you if he gets a chance, every chance, ANY CHANCE AT ALL BEWARE
Likes to be shirtless and brush against things
It's a territory scent thing
Plus the faint scratch feels good
Curls around almost anything he can get his hands on
Give him a fucking pillow, he'll curl into a ball around it
A blanket? Might as well be a pillow. He'll ball it up and curl around it
A coffee mug? He'll hold it to his stomach and curl around it (but won't be pleased at how small it is)
Just imagine it's like a cat laying on its favorite toy all day. That's this guy
Yes I know I'm referencing cats a lot. It's because dragons are basically scaley cats when spazzing out and nobody can change my mind
Will maybe hide under the bed and chirr
A chirr is like a purr except high pitched
Still loud af
Dragon nesting habits lol
Will steal you under bed too if you get on his level
Likes high up places though
You'll catch him on the rafters in the room, peering down from above
Will randomly disappear
Then reappears somewhere else in the room and just s t a r e s
If he scampers away from a random someone else he will return a few seconds later and scamper away with his partner in his arms
Partner Protection Programming™
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