#i want me screaming into the void at the witching hour to be my legacy

[fluffypotatey]

A Thought:

As Emrys, Merlin is a very powerful sorcerer.

However, his utter lack of any formal training means Merlin is not a very good sorcerer.

The magic he does should be theoretically impossible, but he's got enough raw fucking power to just make it work. Infant demigod smashing blocks together and creating a Lego Death Star.

Merlin: *does magic that Should Not Work*

Other sorcerers:

AND THEY ARE RIGHT TO FEEL UPSET

IMAGINE YOU'RE A SORCERER. YOU'VE BEEN PRACTICING YOUR CRAFT, SHOOTING THE SHIT, LAYING LOW, PLOTTING PLANNING.....THEN THIS FARMY BOY TWINK SHOWS UP AND NUKES THE FUCKING PRIESTESS OF THE LAKE OF AVALON

I'D FEEL PISSED TOO

like, bro, you meet him, you're apprehensive of him bc 'shit that's emrys'. the emrys. the dude that's said to be the greatest sorcerer to ever walk the earth. you meet him. you can feel his magic and like holy shit, what the fuck was that??? you ask him how the fuck he gained so much power by the age of 21????

merlin: you mean....y'all don't also just have magic doing shit when you're a toddler

you, the sorcerer who has had to spend years getting control to fucking heat up a teapot: .........no.......no our magic doesn't do that

goddamn do you wanna just chuck this adult child into the lake and be done with it. better yet, you wish for the sprites to just pick you up and use your body as a sacrifice for entrance into Avalon.

and then, and then

you see how this motherfucker fights against bandits and "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU JUST PUSHING THEM AWAY??? WHERE'S THE SHOWMANSHIP??? THE PIZZAZZ??? HOW MANY SPELLS DO YOU KNOW???"

merlin, who forgot he can freeze time and space and can launch lightning bolts at people: uh....3???

it takes the triple goddess to restrain you from murking the prophesized warlock right then and there.

"NO, NO, FUCK THAT, FUCK THIS, FUCK ALL O' Y'ALL!" you scream as you jump on a ship and move to a place that doesn't have op young adult children who didn't study shit and yet still get an A+

#i could post this later.......but i won't so here we go #i am delirious it is......1:30 in the morning i should sleep and yet....here i sit #i hope this was enjoyable because this is the best fucking thing i've ever been granted the chance to read #headcanon fully accepted #this is canon #sorcerers hate merlin because he that's guy who always passes the class with flying colors but you know that bitch #sleeps during every lecture and never studied a day in his life #i know for a fact that gaius would have smacked merlin when they met but didn't bc this kiddo was too pure and sweet for this world #honestly a sorcerer who worked their ass off to be th best meeting s5 merlin who's tired & seen shit but only knows 7 spells #they would walk right out bc 'who tf does think think he is????' and merlin has had this interaction one too many time by then #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin emrys #headcanons #i want me screaming into the void at the witching hour to be my legacy

[darth-salem-emperor-of-earth]

Forgot to write this yesterday while @plushchimera and I were talking about WTNC and theorizing the plot while I also getting a flash of inspiration regarding my hunter’s, Chloe Vass, backstory. Mainly her history and relationships with her family, which was a rough and rocky road. So here goes nothing!

Chloe Vass’s real surname is Chloe Antall and I’ll get into the reason why changed her last name later. She’s a middle child, having an older and younger sister while growing up. Her older sister, Jie, was the rising star in the family the obvious favorite of their parents. After agreeing to become a Hunter, Jie ended up having a successful career as one, breaking many killing records in their hometown. Chloe’s parents were immensely prideful of Jie’s accomplishments, for the mother was an Enforcer who wanted at least one of her children to become a renowned Hunter (mainly to stick it to her magically talented father who did not approve her marrying a person with no magic in their bloodline and wanted her to marry a Witch). The father was a highly sought after and popular doctor who carried out some impressive surgeries and innovations during his career. So they expected a lot from their three daughters (they’re the type of people who are not pleased unless you give at least 100% or more. “You got a 94% on your test? What happened to the other 6%?”).

Chloe was inspired by Jie to become a Hunter too so she made sure to work hard in order to be considered for Hunter training at age 12. At this point in time, Jie is 17 and nearing the end of her Hunter education. The younger sister, Gulrukh, is closer to Chloe’s age--she was 10. Due to the wide gap in age, Chloe and Jie didn’t interact much or have a chance at a close relationship but they were cordial and helpful enough to each other. However, the parents tried to keep Chloe and Gulrukh away from Jie so they wouldn’t distract her from achieving perfection.

It soon became apparent to Chloe that nothing she ever did to impress her parents would ever be enough--all their praise went to Jie, and eventually, Gulrukh as well when she revealed to be a late blooming Witch and exhibited magic at age 11. 

Chloe got along most with her pirate aunt (sister of her father) and her aunt’s son, Kallias. Her aunt is one who ended giving her a pet parrot when she finished her Hunter training as a gift for all her hard work and achievements. Her parrot, Vayu, and Kallias were the only friends really had during her childhood and leading up to her adult life. 

When Chloe was 23, she received word that Jie was killed in action. Her parents were utterly distraught that their golden girl was gone for good and there was much fanfare at her funeral. Then abruptly, her parents pretended Jie was a thing of the past and focused solely on furthering Gulrukh’s career as a Witch, determining their youngest would be the best fit to fill in the void Jie left behind. However, Gulrukh already was known for starting jobs or projects and giving up out of boredom so she no focus or drive to her future. However, while she chaffed under the rules her parents placed on her to succeed, Chloe’s little sister absorbed all the attention and praise with avarice, letting it go to her head. Chloe started to notice how Gulrukh would slip off into the dead of the night after claiming “she was going to bed earlier” or “study for the rest of the night and didn’t want to be disturbed” and disappear for hours. Eventually, Chloe learned her sister was part of a cult that worshiped nonhumans. She tried to get her sister away from that life but she refused, saying she truly believed humans are the inferior race and threatened to ruin Chloe’s hunting career if she told their parents what she saw. Or at least, get their own parents to disown her because they would believe Gulrukh’s word over Chloe’s. 

While Chloe tried to figure out how to deal with Gulrukh’s insane ignorance that she knew would get her sister and others killed, she thought she saw her older sister Jie during a nightly patrol in the nearby woods. Turns out after doing digging about her sister’s body never being found (there were only traces of her blood and Hunter sash as evidence of her demise), Chloe suspected Jie was actually alive and her mother, an Enforcer, covered something up. Her suspicions were confirmed to be true when Jie approached her dead in the night, revealing herself to be a vampire. She was burnout and under such immense pressure by their parents and her superiors, feeling lost and adrift with no real raison d'etat. She completed committing suicide after her last hunt and nearly succeed if a nearby vampire, her sire, prevented her from completely dying and decided to turn her into a vampire so her life would not go waste. He sensed the loneliness in her soul, how much she burned and screamed to have say in her life and be completely free from the shackles her parents placed on her. Jie explained to Chloe she had to fake her death to prevent being hunted down by her fellow Hunters and spare her family the grief and pain of having a vampire for daughter and sister. Their mother first expected the worst and soon after, the same idea occurred to the father so they both decided to play along and pretend Jie was truly dead and move on with their lives. While she was happy to witness her perfect older sister finally beaming and feeling free, she did warn her that if her coven misbehaves, she will fulfill her duty as a Hunter. Jie nodded, smiling both sadly and proudly while replying, “I know you will. Deep down, you were the true Hunter, not me.” The two sisters parted ways amicably, albeit Chloe warned Jie about Gulrukh’s spiraling behavior in case the youngest sister learned the truth. 

And this where everything hits rock bottom for Chloe and her parents. Eventually, word gets out of Gulrukh’s anti human deeds because twice she had to be saved from a fey nest and there were rumors she was sheltering dangerous vampires who had an increasing body count of drained victims. Chloe’s parents tried to deny these accusations and claimed someone was slandering their precious darling but Chloe knew the truth: her younger sister was spoiled rotten and after learning what her parents craved from her, Gulrukh feigned the role of a dutiful daughter and promising Witch to cover up her true nature. She was thankless, thoughtless, refused to take responsibility for her actions, and after all these years, still acted like a child instead of the adult she was. She became addicted to the power and prestige magic brought and kept pushing the boundaries of what’s allowed, drawn to the allure of the forbidden. When Chloe and another hunter was sent to round up the cult members, they ended up bearing witness to an demon summoning ritual and Gulrukh was one of the ring leaders running the show. The ritual was interrupted and the cultists, some of them corrupt Witches like Gulrukh while others were brainwashed humans, retaliated. So many were either killed or captured, very little of them escaped--unfortunately, Chloe’s sister was one of those lucky few and since then, Chloe hasn’t forgiven herself for that mistake. Chloe’s mother wanted to suppress the knowledge that Gulrukh was part of a cult and try to keep her involvement under wraps but Chloe refused to let her sister get away from another punishment. Her mother made an ultimatum: either she’ll help her preserve what remains of their family image and legacy or Chloe would cease to be an Antall. Chloe choose the latter and never looked back. Vayu did fly over to take a shit on her mother’s head (he tends to do that a lot to people he doesn’t like or wrong Chloe in some way). 

Once she was disowned, Chloe ended up being taken in by her understanding pirate aunt and her cousin, Kallias and taking on their surname of “Vass”. She continued her Hunter training and thanked the world for small favors when she didn’t have to worry about working with her mom or anyone in her circle. She covertly writes letters to her sister, Jie, to make sure she’s all right and her coven is still being a bunch of hermits who want to chill, sip drinks, bicker about books, and be left alone. She will also occasionally get letters from her grandpa on her mother’s side of the family, who regretted all the time he missed to get know his granddaughters when he and Chloe’s mother became estranged after her marriage to Chloe’s father. They have a slow but gradual comfortable bond where he’ll tell her funny jokes or anecdotes or give her some good life advice while she sends him pressed flowers and rocks from all her travels (he likes collecting those two things) and offers him security advice when it comes to protecting his home from nonhumans. 

When she is given the assignment to travel to the small, sleepy but terrorized town of Lunaris, Chloe is 28. She and Vayu are eager for a change of scenery but wonder what sort of danger they wittingly walking themselves into. 

#Chloe Vass #Salem rambles #when the night comes #wtnc #wtnc hunter #wtnc game