#is on a ship in neutral waters. hypothetically xistina can come to Welvarend but that's sorta fraught rn

[isaacathom]

for. some reason? i started rewatching syttd lancashire (the yt ver, anyway) and now im like... just trying to imagine naielle's wedding. aaaa

its tough because on the one hand is the wedding naielle would have been imagining when she proposed - more classical, beautiful dresses, a lovely countryside locale, perhaps by a lake or river, that sort of thing. on the other hand is who she and her fiancee have been/become in the 20 years since that proposal - a navigator/shipmaster warlock and a notorious corsair, respectively. and, of course, all the shit currently going on, what with naielle being on another plane fighting mindflayers, and xistina being involved in a war back home (privateers, baby)

so in practice, any wedding would need to be very practical and quick, and i can picture that clear as day. i even know basically how it could occur, because naielle has the means of GETTING to her fiancee's ship (we love planar travel), and possibly even the inclination. she would teleport in, inevitably run afoul of the sailors aboard, Endure Hijinks, finally get time alone with Xistina, propose, and then bam. Xistina's the captain, Naielle's a shipmaster (assuming she hasn't lost her ship at that stage - that's still up in the air atm), its fine. We can wed each other. worst comes to it she gets the first officer to do it. i dont care if thats not actually how it works, thats how it WOULD work here. and bam. married in work clothes, as nice as you can make em.

and yet! i cannot help but think about the outfits. naielle is not strictly part of the navy and so isn't entitled to like, a fancy naval uniform, but man. that'd be so fun. dress uniform stuff. theres no way, she doesn't own a dress uniform, but GOD. having drawn her in a naval uniform before, she rocks it.

and dresses! even though she's been drawn primarily in shirt and trousers, she's worn dresses in the past, and i think she could really wear a stunner. i think she'd like smth with a lot of lacy detailing, and fitting her theme there'd be a lot of stars and glitter. maybe some pearls, not sure. would it be "modest"? probably, i think, not because she couldn't wear something more revealing but bc i dont think it suits the vague time period. but thats also the thing, right - the fuck did wedding dresses look like for this vague time period. this is ostensibly fantasy napoleonic. what are you bitches doing. colours? i mean. the thing about naielle is that, in the pre-Incident wedding, she absolutely had the money to afford a white dress. 100%. no doubt. Now??? uhhhhh. she'd probably go for something slightly more... reusable lmao.

but like. we're imagining ideals. gorgeous white number. lovely time. now XISTINA. the issue here is it depends on what sort of Xistina we're marrying. is she marrying Xistina, the well-off merchant? or is she marrying Xistina, the Dread Crow of the Sylvan Seas? pre-incident you get the former, and i think she'd have a lovely dress for that. i think less lacy though, more into lovely silks and then accessorising with stuff like belts and brooches, right. that fits to me. Pirate Xistina, well thats a whole other matter. no fucking clue there. if she's leaning into that vibe i think she could turn out in a nautical number, presumably pants? i dont know. id have to really fuck around.

this is very unproductive for me at the moment but, you must understand - women.

#naielle odelia #there's nothing productive happening here im just thinking about pretty dresses #i think id be most interested in drawing the idealistic dress version of their wedding #given ive recently drawn them kissing in their. for lack of word. work wear? which is basically how the practical wedding goes #but imagining what they might do if they had no restrictions on their time or passage? man #cause ofc the issue for naielle as well is she CANT GO HOME. the only place she and xistina can practically marry #is on a ship in neutral waters. hypothetically xistina can come to Welvarend but that's sorta fraught rn #so like. you'd really have to pull some shit to get the two of them into neutral seas for a proper wedding #but we can dream :)