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cienie-isengardu · 6 years

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Satine Kryze and Pre Vizsla: political & social position

Puttings aside for now morality of characters, I would like to talk about similarities and difference between Satine Kryze and Pre Vizsla and how they could be seen by New Mandalorian society at the climax of their respective arcs.

First thing though: I want to clarify something: as much as TCW may never outright said anything about Dral'Han (Annihilation) / Mandalorian Excision that happened ~700 years prior to Clone Wars era, this event played a major role in shaping current mandalorian society - or more precisely: two societies: the pacifist and warlike. The Republic occupation and influence still held power over Mandalore, to the point that when Duchess cemented neutrality for her people, soon after that trade routes were closed around Mandalore system - even though the war did not come there yet(?) - what was mentioned in “Corruption” [s03e05]: “Desperate times on Mandalore! Having won neutrality for the Mandalorian system, Duchess Satine now finds herself an outsider with little aid to her people. Supplies are impossible to come by, except on the black market. As a result, the Duchess faces a world consumed by greed.” So, TCW may not discuss in direct way how Republic screwed up Mandalore in the past nor how it mixed into matters of “independent” government now, but it doesn’t make Republic occupation and its effect on characters any less real.

Saying that, there is the first detail about Satine and Pre I want to talk: political & social position.

The Legends Mandalorian had visible social groups including: Mandalore(s), veterans, warriors, blacksmiths, farmers [and in the case of ancient Taungs, shamans], yet the division between “classes” was not rigid. Mandalorian could be both farmer and great warrior. The title Mandalore was reserved for the best, most skilled, most charismatic and/or the most supported by society person. The status of Mandalorian was either given by birth or by adoption, person could be disavow and/or became dar’manda (no longer Mandalorian) and reclaim the right to mandalorian culture later. People could belong to one of the oldest clans (Vizsla, Ordo, Fett) or be not associated with any family and there wasn’t social class difference between them because all have the same rights (f.e. challenging Mandalore/leader if they did not agree with their decisions) & duties (Resol’nare). In reality, how great of Mandalorian someone was never depended on birth rights or personal connection, but what kind of person he/she/them are.

In other words, Legends Mandalorian did not have aristocracy similar to the ones of Core Worlds (as in: the highest class in society, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices).

The New Mandalorians apparently are closer to Core Worlders / Republic than to the old traditions since Satine is titled the Duchess, Tal Merrik is called Prince [s02e13] and both were born on Kalevala (according to TCW Character Encyclopedia). The animated series made it pretty clear that Satine’s power is similar to the king/queen-like:

on Sundari - the capital city of Mandalore - Duchess has palace that was presented to some extent on the screen and mentioned in the show (“I told senator Amidala that Mandalore was not part of the War, yet here I find a battle in my own palace” [s03e05])

in said palace there is Throne Room where she occupies a central place (throne) even in the present of close allies & friends

she is constantly called “Lady”, “your Grace” and “your Highness” which emphasizes her aristocratic connection/roots and

has power over Ruling Council (“Corruption” episode showed Satine on her throne above seats of Ministers, including Almec, silencing them for good and calling the meeting adjourned.)

There is of course Prime Minister (that according to “The Academy” episode is one of “two people in charge” of Mandalore albeit I’m not sure if we saw Almec making any important political decision without Duchess’ contest - beside the whole illegal business & coup, of course and ignoring Satine’s angry rant about corruption) and mentioned Ruling Council to support Duchess with their advices. Unfortunately, during the Clone Wars, there is little use of Council due to corruption, apathy and bickering between Ministers / leaders of Mandalore. The only real decision / action that Ruling Council did worth to mention was asking Obi-Wan Kenobi (Republic) to provide protection for Duchess during “Voyage of Temptation”.

The Death Watch Manifesto (from Bounty Hunter Code ) - a pro-DW propaganda source, mind you - claims that Mandalorian clans became divided after Mandalorian Excision to the point that even the oldest clans had their members on both sides of cultural conflict. That concerns Kryze family as well Vizsla clan.

The politically / culturally conflict overlaps with clan rivalry that has been going on for a long time. In short, the situation of Mandalorians is complicated and far from reconciliation, even in the face of threat from the Republic & Jedi.

The source did not explain in much details how the power was passed down through the generations but since the “Faithless” rulers of New Mandalorians are accused of being a puppet government headed by Republic, there is a chance that those families who are now treated as nobility may got the aristocratic titles (and wealth) from Republic itself - as a reward for joining “the right” political system. Then again, the same source claims that Satine’s father was a warlord who actually sent her off-world:

According to TCW Character Encyclopedia, Satine was born on Kalevala, a planet known for expensive wines, ships and rich cloth and so far a place the most related to New Mandalorian’s nobility. We may only guess if the union (possible marriage) between warlord and Satine’s mother was a political move to connect two influential and wealthy clans or was that dictated by purely romantic motives. Nevertheless, only Satine’s father is described as mighty mandalorian warrior - and that rises some questions. We aren’t told why he sent his child offword… or what offword we are talking here, really. Satine’s homeworld was Kalevala, but she was on Mandalore while being protected by Jedi, does that means her father sent her there? Was he somehow forced to do so? And if yes, by whom? Satine’s mother? Republic? Other mandalorian warlords who wanted more power for themselves? And if Satine’s father, as one of Faithful Mandalorian maybe, wanted independence for Mandalore system - thus became a threat to Republic - Jedi arrival on Mandalore to protect (take away) Satine may not be motivated by her own safety but to secure A) the submission of the current ruler (with daughter as “hostage” in Game of Thrones style, similar to how Eddard Stark took young Theon Greyjoy as his ward) and B) loyalty of the successor to the throne. I know that sound awful but to be fair, Jedi rarely integrate into internal government matters if there is no profit for the Republic.

I’m not sure if Satine talked in more detailed way about the year on the run under Jedi protection (beside mention of venom-mites on Draboon that seems to be a whole different planet in Mandalore sector). So let’s see what Obi-Wan told us about their time together:

An extended mission when i was younger. Master Qui-Gon and I spent a year on Mandalore protecting the Duchess from insurgents who had threatened her world. They sent Bounty Hunters after us. We were always on the run, living hand-to-mouth, never sure what the next day would bring [...] A civil war killed most of Satine's people, hence her aversion to violence. When she returned, she took rebuilding her world alone.

Satine was born on Kalevala, so…by “her world” does Obi-Wan meant a whole Mandalore system or Kalevala or Mandalore on which they were at that time? Also, since BHC confirmed that there was Civil War in which Faithful warriors (DW) wanted to take control over Mandalore, I don’t really understand why insurgents - the warriors - would hire bounty hunters? I mean, I know they were outnumbered and all, but frankly, we aren’t even told if the bounty hunters were to kill Satine or just to take her away from Jedi (the oppressors).

Nevertheless, we learn that Civil War killed most of Satine's people - what once again is pretty ambiguous, because did Obi-Wan mean Satine’s family and/or people from homeworld or did he mean Mandalorians as a whole? Because if the letter, that presents Satine as a hereditary ruler. Especially with the line “When she returned, she took rebuilding her world alone”. BHC mentioned that her father died during Civil War and if she was the oldest child, should inherit the throne. Since there is no info if she needed to fight for the title of Duchess of Mandalore (she returned and started rebuilding her world without asking anyone about opinion apparently), for me it seems Satine was born not only in aristocratic (wealthy) family but was designed to rule Mandalore sometime in future. Frankly, the same can be said for her nephew, Korkie, who is already in Royal Academy that is to educate future government leaders.

We may not know much about Satine Kryze’s past, but The Clone Wars animated series and tie-in sources present her as wealthy nobility with royal-like power over Mandalore (and maybe Kalevala). She wears rich clothes that emphasize her high status, has own palace with Throne Room and uses luxury spaceliner. She is the person that made decision to turn New Mandalorians into extreme(?) pacifists due to her personal childhood trauma & aversion to violence. Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t see her as someone who was democratically elected leader.

In short, Satine Kryze had a high social rank and political position for majority of TCW storyline.

Pre Vizsla’s history is no less covered by mystery.

We know he held the office of governor on Concordia while some members of the Vizsla clan were known to be part of Death Watch. Including Tor Vizsla, a previous leader of said group who spent some years fighting against Mereel’s (and later, Jango Fett’s) True Mandalorians. For all we know, Tor and Pre may actively working at the same time for a few years (albeit not for too long, since Tor died two years after Battle of Galidraan / Mandalore Civil War and +/- two decades before Clone Wars)

Satine have seen Pre as a close ally and maybe even a friend, who the same as her choose pacifistic ideology over violent past. Who was supposed to help her hunt down the remnants of Death Watch / the opposition of her reign. We know it never was a case.

But there is more questionable matters to talk. The Mandalore’s Moon was described as “Province with its own governor” and starwars.com added that Concordia is independent of Mandalore’s government:

In other words, Pre as governor of Concordia was NOT under the authority of the Duchess. What makes them more or less equal on political ground. BUT! TCW Character Encyclopedia and Visual Guide: New Battlefronts both stated that Pre was born on Mandalore. Which raises a question, how he ended as a leader of independent from Mandalore province? Duchess Satine couldn’t nominate him as her representative nor force Concordian people to vote for / accept Pre, could she? I’m not be specialist of such matters, but shouldn’t governor actually have a citizenship to be even elected to office?

Of course, Pre may simple moved to Concordia at some point, but frankly, wouldn’t be that a bit suspicious? Almec said once “All of our warriors were exiled to our moon, Concordia. They died out years ago” and with that statement it’s easy to imagine that from the perspective of the pacifist society, the Mandalore’s Moon is marked as a bad place (natural prison and/or graveyard full of angry, bitter “barbarians”) and with Pre’s family connection to Tor & Death Watch, I think a sudden desire to move there could arouse unwanted interest in him and thus undermine the whole infiltration mission.

There is a different option:

BHC too mentioned that “some of [DW] warriors were exiled to the moon Concordia”. Some slipped away, but I don’t think that happened to Pre, per se. Basing on Legends sources, Mandalore Civil War started in the same year as Battle of Galidraan (44 BBY). From my calculation it seems Obi-Wan would be 13 years old at that time. There is no information about age of Satine & Pre, but we know Duchess couldn’t be that older than Kenobi. Similar, Pre as the successor of Tor most likely is around the same age as Satine & Obi-Wan. Maybe a bit older, maybe a bit younger, but enough close to be seen as ‘innocent” in the conflict.

If young Pre took part in the fight and were imprisoned, it’s easy to blame Vizsla clan for forcing a child into war zone. If Pre was exiled on Concordia, he could pass later as converted man who after years understood the error of his youth & madness of Death Watch’s ideology.

If Pre did not participate in war (due to young age), but his family did and get caught, he most likely was exiled to Concordia with them. Because what else New Mandalorians could do in such situation? Keep a child from parents (clan) and try reeducated him into pacifist society? Put in orphanage for difficult youth? How many of other kids could be in similar situation? How much more Death Watch / exiled warriors would fight harder to get back their children, to tear them out of New Mandalorian hands? The society under Satine’s new rule may not mean any harm to the children forcibly taken away from their family, but if there is one thing that mandalorian warriors hate, really hate, is when someone dare to threaten their kids. This is like asking for absolute war like nothing else.

There is also one more major factor why I think this scenario is plausible, regardless of whether Pre was exiled for a fight or not. It gives him a good “tragic story” that create a common ground between him and Satine and explain why a man born on Mandalore ended as governor of independent province (though I still not sure how New Mandalorians could exile warriors from Mandalore to Concordia, if they seem to not have jurisdiction over the Moon. Unless Concordia is a really new province, built by exiled there people?)

The “tragic story” most likely include things that Satine can relate to, like childhood trauma, growing up in dangerous times (uncertainty of tomorrow), the loss of family & the pressure to rebuild things anew. The similar experiences of how senseless violence destroyed life, how much one suffered because of war for sure could bring Satine & Pre closer to each other. Or more precisely: makes Satine to trust a “converted man” like Pre Vizsla whose ambition was to clean the name of his clan - just not in the way Satine’s imagined.

There is also one more aspect to think about exiled Mandalorians. If only warriors were sent there, I think Satine’s government could have worse relationship with Concordia. The anger at taking away their children would last for long. But if after Civil War the population sent there also included children (and disabled and elderly people), for their own sake alone some family members would be forced to change their lifestyle. After all, children need to be fed, provide with medical care, access to education and safety to grown up. Maybe at some point exiled people managed to either build their own city and establish commercial and political relations with Mandalore or get involved with indigenous people (farmers and miners?) and adopted to their (less violent) customs.

Of course, this is just one of possible explanations. We aren’t told how and when Satine met Pre or why she had him in so high esteem for so long - beside that he was helping her in catching remnants of Death Watch (the opposition of her rule). We only know that both were leaders of their respectively governments that worked independently, albeit thanks to their (supposed) friendship, Mandalore and Concordia seemed to cooperate with each other over the years.

At the same time, only Satine holds aristocratic title and most likely inherited the right to rule of Mandalore either from father or mother; what may explain why Jedi were sent to protect her in the first place. While according to TCW Visual Guide: New Battlefronts, Pre somehow earned his position.

Frankly, as a member of Vizsla clan, Pre probably met with some resistance or suspicion from both sides. From pacifists due to what Tor Vizsla did over the years and from Mandalorians adhering to the old rules (who at the earliest stages of rebuilding DW could not know what Pre’s true intention really is) for betraying them. Thinking about it, one of Jango Fett’s (in-universe) commentary written on DW Manifesto actually makes clear that Jango not only was aware of Pre Vizsla’s existence but also knew or maybe even heard some of his (political?) speeches:

From picture: I wonder if Vizsla really wrote this. He was a thug. Sounds more like Priest or Reau. Maybe the younger Vizsla. That one likes speeches. [Jango]

(In all fairness, I agree with Jango, the Death Watch Manifesto doesn’t sound like something Tor Vizsla would write. It fits more Pre, really. But it is interesting that Jango had access at some point of time to DW secret book yet did not act against Pre as far as we know. And Jango had a long list of reasons to hate Death Watch. Then again, Priest and Reau were recruited by Fett to train clone troopers yet they share similar ideology to DW… so maybe Jango just get to the point he didn’t care anymore about Mandalore and its politics?)

Sorry, I digress.

Backing to the main topic, Satine and Pre both have high position in Mandalorian society. Both are burdened with responsibilities for their people (and ideology). The main difference is that, Pre most likely was forced to earn his leader position - the political and in Death Watch while Satine presumably was meant from the birth to be either ruler of Mandalore (or Kalevala) or one of its influential leaders (similar like Korkie is destined to grow up as one of future leaders by Royal Academy teaching program). The other more visible difference is that Duchess’ politics affect hundreds of worlds that also want to remain neutral in current military conflict while Pre’s political activities are focused primarily on internal affairs of Mandalore system (“hunting down Satine’s opposition / DW”, bringing Mandalorian back to their warrior roots). Also, I dare to say Satine’s political position was more certain due to having powerful allies & friends in Republic Senate (Padme Amidala, most likely Bail Organa) and Jedi Order (Obi-Wan Kenobi who actually is one of Council members), while the current leader of Death Watch by long time couldn’t openly act, and later his cooperation with Dooku/Separatist turned out to be one big fiasco.

And yet, the more time passed, Satine’s political & social position was undermined by widespread corruption on Mandalore while society’s perception of Pre and his Death Watch changed for better at the same time.

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youhearstatic · 6 years

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44 Blupjeans please ;)

44 “What you did was stupid.”

After Merle agrees to undertake the request of the First Monastery the rest of the crew are at loose ends. There’s no light to search for because that success or failure hangs on Merle.

Once he leaves, the rest of them set off on their own pursuits. The crew gets a large apartment in Tesseralia and for a change they have space. They see each other less than ever.

Taako and Lup spend their time exploring restaurants and shopping. Barry sees them from time to time but it’s rarer as the year goes on and they explore farther and farther out.

Magnus has taken on coaching a team in some confusing sport Barry doesn’t really follow. He attends a few games as a show of support but mostly because he’s just at a loss for how to spend his time. There are libraries and universities and learning opportunities abound but Barry finds them less compelling than he should. Lucretia seems to dive in enough for both of them.

Davenport gets involved with a group that build small fighting robots. That’s extremely interesting and Barry himself would pursue it but he wants to give the Captain space. It’s so rare for them to be able to go off alone and do their own thing without worry and Davenport deserves that opportunity. Barry attends a few matches and is cheered to see the interest and joy on the Captain’s face at something not related to their mission.

Barry spends a lot of time wandering the university campus. He sees Lucretia at lunch one day, sitting in an outdoor cafe with a truly striking woman. Their faces are animated in what is clearly a pleasant discussion. Barry is just considering stopping for a moment to greet them when the woman stands, pushes her mass of long, brown braids over her shoulder, and leans down to kiss Lucretia. Barry leaves them to their moment.

He’s sure most if not all of the rest of the crew have had relationships on the planets they’ve visited. It seems so awkward to Barry, though. They all know that they’ll be leaving. The chances of returning are impossibly remote. Of course, he’s been pining for Lup for most of the three decades that he’s known her so who is he to judge appropriate relationships?

Barry has never been particularly good at dating. Or any good at dating. Disastrous would be the best word to describe it, actually. In college, he’d had a crush on the TA in one of the first science classes he took and for months he’d stammered and blushed his way through every interaction. Barry had been in graduate school before he’d built up the nerve to ask them out. By then the TA was a professor. And engaged.

And that was when he’d had a normal human life expectancy to spur him on! Compare that with thirty years of watching Lup with puppy dog eyes and his track record was getting worse not better. How could he hope to meet someone and date them within the confines of a single cycle?

But maybe if he got out there and tried he could put this ridiculous crush to rest. He wasn’t excited about the idea but if it helped him get out from under the weight of these unrequited feelings it was worth an attempt. He was never going to find anyone like Lup but maybe he could find someone who’d be interested in him. That would be a good start.

___

“Taako, is that Barry?”

Taako looks up and follows Lup’s gaze to the back of the restaurant. “Yeah, looks like the denim nerd himself.” He looks back down at the menu. “Hey, you wanna try the lamb? Cause, like, that chicken thing sounds amazing but I can’t decide.”

Lup’s eyes are not on the menu. “Who is he with?”

Taako glances over again. “Who the fuck knows? It’s not one of us so who cares?”

“Is he on a date?”

“Uh, yeah, I believe that is what it’s called when you sit at a small candle lit table with someone who isn’t your closest blood relative,” Taako answers, not looking up from his menu. “Mags said he’d been dating this year. Took her to one of Maggie’s games and brought popcorn for all the kids or some shit. Have you seen those kids play? Not good date material, ya know?” He peers over at the pair again. “She’s not bad. Kinda nerdy like him. How old is she, ya think? I can never tell with humans. Does she know he’s, like, secretly 80?” Taako asks with a laugh. “For humans that’s pretty much one foot in the grave.”

Lup looks at Taakko like he’d slapped her. “Don’t fucking say that, Taako. Gods, that’s terrible.”

“Is it one foot in the grave when you’ve died 29 times? Or do cycles count? Do we only count actual deaths? Either way, I think we’re at least knee deep at this point. Out on a technicality or something.”

At the back of the restaurant, Barry laughs at something his date has said. Lup snaps her menu closed. “I don’t really see anything I want,” she announces.

Taako raises an eyebrow at his sister, his ears flicking with humor. “Oh, really?”

“I’m gonna head back,” she says, getting up. “See you at the apartment.”

Taako watches Lup go then turns to Barry’s table where he and his date are finishing their dessert. Taako shakes his head. These two fucking idiots have got to get their shit together. They’re gonna be the death of him. Well, a death of him, anyway.

___

Lup is pissed. What the hell is Barry doing? He’s welcome to do whatever he wants, of course, he’s a grown man. But bringing some outsider to see Magnus’s team play? They don’t mix rela… civilians and the team. What was he thinking?

It’s not like he can settle down here with her or something. At the end of the year it’s over. Even if he doesn’t get on the ship he’ll regenerate with them for the next place. You don’t… She’s never… Well, she’s had flings, of course. They all have. Or mostly. Barry hadn’t. Until now. But you don’t mix those people with… Whatever. Maybe he just didn’t realize how this was done? Maybe she should tell him?

Lup throws herself down on her bed. And what exactly is she going to tell him? “Look, Barry, if you wanna go fuck some worlder then like, whatever, more power to you I guess but keep ‘em away from the team, okay? We don’t need to see that. Have some fucking respect for…”

Or maybe, “Oh, sorry, Barry, I guess you didn’t realize you’re supposed to fucking just keep pining and twiddling your fucking thumbs until I figure out what the hell I want?”

Lup pushes her face into her pillow and screams.

She likes him. She more than likes him.

And - she realizes with a guilty twinge - she’s expected him to know that and wait.

This is stupid! It’s not like he can do anything with this person. Okay, yeah, obviously he can do stuff. Great. Way to go, Lup. Put that image in your head. She yells into her pillow again, kicks her feet on the mattress like a petulant child.

She hears the front door. Fuck, she doesn’t want to get into a thing with Taako over this. It’s already too much noise in her own head, she doesn’t want to have to actually let it out and share it with her brother. He’s been dropping hints and making jokes for ten years. Can’t she have a little more time to figure it out?

She stands up and props the pillow back in place and straightens the comforter, trying to cover evidence of her tantrum.

Opening the bedroom door she’s already making excuses, “Taako, I’m sorry, I know that was probably a great restaurant but… Oh.” It’s not Taako. “Hey, Barry. Uh, thought you were Taako.”

Barry shakes his head and smiles, “Not today, no. Try again tomorrow? Actually, I was thinking of being Magnus tomorrow so maybe the day after.”

“Funny,” Lup answers, not laughing.

“Sorry,” he says, his smile faltering. “You okay?”

“I’m not, no,” she answers, crossing her arms. “How about you? You good? You sure seem chipper.”

“Yeah, I had a nice evening,” he says, distracted. He looks at her with concern. “But what’s up?”

“What you did was stupid.”

“Excuse me?” he asks. His concern has shifted to confusion.

“If you wanna fuck some worlder, that’s… but bringing ‘em to one of Maggie’s games? Fuck! You don’t bring them around the crew. I think you signed paperwork on that even.”

Barry’s eyes are wide. “Paperwork? Lup, I think we’re a bit past HR guidelines here.”

“Yeah, well, maybe so and maybe not. Just fuckin’… Whatever.” She flings up her hands as if the subject is suddenly too boring to discuss further. “I’m heading out. Have a great evening.” She strides past him to the door, slams it behind her.

Barry stares at the closed door. What the hell was that about?

Oh. Ohhhh. Barry’s smile from earlier returns at ten times the intensity.

Huh, he thinks. Didn’t see that one coming.

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baneyboy · 6 years

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Malec prompt- Alec gets harassed at work because of his sexuality. He tries to hide it but Magnus notices

I hope you like it, love. Is a bit rushed, but I hope it’s okay regardless.

Alec was done with everyone’s crap at the institute today,and he just couldn’t wait to recap to his boyfriend about it, but decidedagainst that decision, knowing Magnus would worry.

He had a good start to his day, I mean, who didn’t lovemorning sex right? Especially when it’s with Magnus bane. So, this made him goto work with a bright smile and a positive attitude to the day, Izzy making afew jokes about his limping, but that was that.

He went to his office as usual, and as if the day couldn’tget any better, his mother, Maryse, came to surprise him as she had been toIdris with her head wrapped in work for a while. She greeted him with a hug anda generous kiss on the cheek, “Hello, darling. How are you?”

Alec returned the hug and grinned, “I’m doing well, how areyou?” He replied and made his way over to his office chair. He leaned in it,put his hands on his lap while Maryse sat on the edge of the table with awarming smile.

“Great, there will be an inspection on the institute today.Word got around fast that you’re taking over, people are glad! Expect them tobe here in about half an hour,” She opened her mouth to speak again but thevibration of her phone interrupted her, then giving Alec an apologetic smileand leaving the office, blowing a kiss on her way out.

He sighed and took a stack of paperwork from under his desk,getting stuck in it almost immediately. He really did love days like this, dayswhere he felt so good about himself and so happy that he didn’t mind doingeveryone else’s work. He played with a pen through his thumbs and sighed,knowing he had to focus, because despite the good mood, he had a lot to getthrough today.

Time seemed to be going by quickly, completely loosing trackof it. He had replied to a few texts from Magnus in the meantime, apparently hewas being ordered to make portals to track a demon, and Izzy brought him in asnack which he also appreciated. She stayed to talk for a while before gettinginterrupted by a knock at the office door.

“Alec Lightwood?” Spoke the woman who was holding hands witha boy that looked a bit younger than Max. He was hid behind her slightly whilethe woman stepped into the office.

Izzy politely left the room, and Alec looked up, “That isme, how can I help you?”

“Nice to meet you,” She smiled and Alec got up from theoffice chair and shook her hand, “Clave orders, of course. I’m here to take alook around the New York Institute,”

“Yeah, please go ahead.” Alec released from the woman’s gripand sat back in his office chair and took the pen into his grip, “Anythingelse?” He questioned when the woman didn’t seem to have left after a fewminutes.

“Yes! Sorry, could he stay in here? No one was able to lookafter him back in Idris, he got himself caught up with a few demons the otherweekend, so he had to come with me. Couldn’t trust him alone,”

Alec looked down at the young Shadowhunter who was playingwith lose cotton on what he assumed was his mother’s jacket. He smiled,reminding himself of when Max was that troublesome, “Of course, there’s a sofathere, not a problem.”

She walked over to the leather couch and made himcomfortable, whispering some reassurance to him before Alec, again, got interrupted. This time, fromRaj.

“Yes?”

“We need your Warlock boyfriend’stracking skills, there has been a few attacks on Mundanes and we can’t pinpoint the exact location. Warlock tracking is stronger.”

“So he does come in handy, doesn’t he Raj?” Alec scoffed, regarding comments he had made in the past.When he didn’t reply, Alec smirked and nodded, “He’s busy, but I will drop hima text to come to the institute when he’s finished. I’ll let you know when,”

Alec didn’t watch him leave, but he did what he said hewould and pulled his phone out of his pockets and clicked on Magnus’s contact,smiling at the red heart that was next to it.

“Boyfriend?” Spatthe woman, now walking back over to her son.

Alec raised both of his eyebrows, his full attention was nowon the woman. “Yes … Magnus Bane. High Warlock of –“

“You’re the head of this institute and in a relationshipwith a man?”

Well, this was new. Someone finally disagreed with thegender of Magnus, it was usually, ‘A down worlder’? Not, ‘A man?’

She didn’t give Alec a time to reply before she opened hermouth again, “My, what happened to tradition? Come on, Tyler, let’s findsomewhere else for you to stay.”

Alec stood up again, “Sorry, you’re not letting your sonstay here because I’m in a relationship with a man?”

The woman didn’t say anything, she just put her arm aroundher son and led him out of Alec’s office, leaving him there completelydumbfounded.

So yeah, that was Alec’s day.

He opened the heavy loft door to his and Magnus’s apartment,stepped inside, and sped walked straight to the bathroom, not even checking forthe Warlock which was weird, he always checked for Magnus’s presence. He turnedon the tap and ran his hands across his face with a splash of cold water, thentook his black jacket off and hung it on a coat rack outside the door.

He removed his shirt as it had gotten soaking wet from thewater dripping from his chin then proceeded to throw it into a laundry basket.He sighed and ran a hand through his locks, then heard a knock at the door,only to see Magnus in the doorway, his shirt also off and a pair of loosejoggers hanging from his waist. Only Alec got to see him like this. “Everythingokay, Alexander?”

“Uh, yeah! Long day at the institute, s’all,”

Magnus let out a cute huff and walked slowly over to hisboyfriend, wrapping an arm around his waist. The mirror was in front of them,and Magnus looked at Alec through it and noticed his tense posture. “Okay, nowthe truth?”

Alec gulped and turned to Magnus, pecking him on the lips.“I’m fine, no need to worry about me.”

Before Magnus could protest, Alec walked out of the door andturned to their bedroom, stripping from his tight work trousers, leaving him injust his briefs and slipping into the silk sheets of the bed. He pulled hisphone off from charge from the bedside table and played some random, patheticgame before he felt a weight next to him and arms slip around his waist.

“I know something is wrong. We always talk about honestly,Alec,”

Alec bit his lip and turned towards Magnus, so close thattheir noses were touching. “It was nothing. Just some Clave representativesaying I shouldn’t be in charge of the institute because well – because I’mgay,”

Magnus’s breathing paused, “You know that no one else thinksthat, right?”

Alec slumped his shoulders, attempting to roll onto his backbut Magnus pulled him closer. “Y-Yeah, but I don’t know. I’ve never reallyexperienced that sort of negativity.”

Magnus tutted and let his hands move to Alec’s cheeks, “Everyonethinks you’re the perfect leader, darling. The world is changing, tradition is …old.”

“I know, just came as a shock to me.” Alec then proceeded towrap his arms around his safe place, which was Magnus. He snuggled into theolder Warlock, feeling in a realm of protection whenever they were around each other.

“I love you, Alexander. And so does everyone in thatinstitute.”

“I love the institute, but I love you more,”

Magnus smirked in delight and wrapped his arms around Alec’sbody, almost like they were hugging laying down. Their heads rested on eachother’s shoulder, keeping track of one another’s breathing.

Love, because that was what mattered most.

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Episode 7 “a clusterf*ck of paranoia”- Daisy

WEFUC K WE SDFEDSX JUST VTOTED OUT KAREN FUCK AND I'M TRYNA RALLY OUR SPIRTS SBACK UP AND THEN ISAAC STARTS REMOVIN PEOPLE'S GRASSY ASSES FUCK FUKFCJD FUFK FUCK WE FEDS THIS HAS GOT TO BE A FUCKING MERBE A MERGE AT 14 HOLY GOLLY GOSH GOOD MOLLY MOSH WHAT THE FUCKDJX FUCK FUCK FKPDSOF I NEEDED MORE TIME FRIFODKF FCK

(a little bit later)

I'VE BEEN DYING TO MEET JOHNNY AND I FINALLY DID AND HE'S FUCKING EVERYTHING I'VE EVER FUCKING WANTED IN LIFE HE CALLS ME HOMIE AND I SWEAR TO GOD HE'S NOT LIKE EVERY OTHER FRAT BOY YOU'VE MET HE'S BEAUTIFUL AND GLORIOUS AND I WANT TO TRAVEL THE WORLD WITH HIM BUT I ALSO WANT TO KILL HIM AND STRANGLE HIM BUT I FUCKING LOVE EVERY SECOND OF THE EXPERIENCE I LOVE HOW MUCH I HATE HIM

https://youtu.be/JNaS_mOM3yY

first off rest in peace karen i thought you were supposed to be good since you play so much but.. i suppose the mighty power of the chicken wing is not a force in tumblr survivor. anywho, so we switched like everyone expected but for some reason everyone thought it was a fun idea to freak out and be like "omg is it merge???" "WHATS GOING ON" "I DONT UNDERSTAND" ctfu yall literally knew damn well what was happening. its final 14 like it aint rocket science. as for my tribe, ive said it before and i will say it again - I HATE PURPLE!!! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!! it is just not flattering against my skin tone and that is literally my number one concern at the moment. that might insult those who play this game like its life or death but to me... this is a very big aspect of my luck in the game. every time (literally not even joking) i get some ugly ass color, im fucked thats just the way it is and the weird blue that luca insists is cyan - get a crayon set pls - was working just fine for me! i was slayyyyinngggg without doing anything meaningful which is all that matters to me since its really fun watching people go crazy while i just sit here eating my nuggets in the break room. current thoughts of my tribemates and fellow one worlders: johnny - king of making final 2's and being in a frat. a dumbass who spilled his entire game once we swapped and got ratted out the second he did. stupid stupid stupid! i need him as a number tho so i cant be hasty with my opinions tho so like a 6/10 dana - has a paper to write. thats all i got right now 4/10 l.a. - A LITERAL FUCKING GODDESSSSSSS! all of the rookies should be bowing at her feet for trying so hard to make them safe cause if i was her... they would get a stern talking to and no help at all (plus she can clearly count which is more than i can do). 100000000/10 luca - literally victor next (i dont actually think he is victor but this dude is seriously wack like i just do not understand why he had the need to call me a grandma when im not even that old? like where is the residential hag when i need her zzzz. also he said he likes skype emojis and then used the cactus emoji which victor also uses so clearly something fucked up is happening!!!!!!!!) 1-ish/10 mitchell - fake hoe next (tho i do love the flattery so i guess they are right in saying it gets you everywhere cause ya got a ticket right on the bottom - word of the wise btwwww, next time you play pls stop taking advice from ya eggs cause they clearly do not help just ask karen in prejury hehe) 1-ish/10 ryan - king of all things survivor. how has he not won a ts season.... 10/10 allie - is from florida so either an icon like me or is like cole tbd. as luca said, can "air hump" really well??? not really useful info but thats all i got so next??? aro - im the 1. next. daisy - i hate the smell of flowers :| next jacob - legend was tagged in some nice pictures on facebook recently so he can stay. matt - lmao next willow - our friend willow teas? what comes after 6.gif. next. i really do not like talking to people and sadly i must. tho i just finished this one kdrama and it was like 50 episodes and the dad died literally in the last half hour of the entire show.... im crying i really am HE WAS A GOOD FUCKING PERSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the world is so cruel and so harsh to the loving but so kind to the evil where did we go wrong :'( PPPPPPPS : [4/18/17, 11:29:35 PM] nancy.sweitzer: shut up trump supporter [4/18/17, 11:29:42 PM] nancy.sweitzer: i have receipts of you supporting trump BB i need some food to watch this with so lets have reward hm?

I'm both so happy and scared about this swap. BLESS ULAWA BEING GONE. THAT WAS THE WORST TRIBE. IT DOESN'T DESERVE TO EXIST. But yeah, a few people came to me and were like you carried that tribe and are amazing, and as nice as that is, YOU DON'T WANNA HEAR IT ON SURVIVOR. Cause now I have a huge target on my back for being a "challenge icon". I do not trust Daisy or Aro at all either so I'm worried they will gun for me, but they are both on the other tribe so that's a plus... Maybe, this one world thing doesn't help me there. Now I have to catch up with Jacob, and the rest of the alliance and see where we all stand. I'm trying to set something up with Johnny as well cause we sort of clicked at the start and I need people.

im too sick to carry on. i cant even see the light im too far gone

Hi MTV welcome to my own private corner of Hell. Seriously I guess my burning desire for some action really warranted this swap that put me in a terrible ass position. I love the One World beach because I can wave to literally every single person I was working with as they wear their Makira buffs with pride and I am stuck with all Rookies and Zak! The only people I know are Zak and Jacob, and Zak threw Daisy's name out and Jacob says he trusts Daisy so I can't even wrangle all my loose allies to form a little alliance. I'm just going to use my social game to earn favor with people like Willow and Allie so that I can maybe survive juuuuuust long enough to make it to the merge and reconnect with my homies. I'm sort of praying for a miracle, but I'm also going to do whatever I can to survive, and if that means throwing Jacob or Zak under the bus then so be it. I am scrambling like eggs in the morning. Hopefully I can convince people to target Aro for his wishy washy nature and because I have planted the seed that he has an idol, and honestly maybe he does, so I smell a blindside coming up, but if they're not willing to budge then I could be a dead boy walken.

Dana mom doesnt approve of the act of sending nudes but like I don't spread em like seeds in a pumpkin patch (like this swap is doing w my alliance tbqh) or anything not everyone gets to see the goods

(a little bit later)

All right binches here's the tea! Daisy has an idol, and is trying to get people to think aro has the idol bc he made up a lie about a fake idol that he doesn't have, which saved his ass a few rounds back, and Jacob and Allie are saying Aro is sketchy. NOW thats not what I like hearing because Aro is my husband and all, so automatically my Worry Senses are tingling as they usually are it would seem. What I'm tryna do is scrape together a me/willow/aro/Matt majority (since allie apparently doesn't trust aro so I can't trust her) but I suck at approaching people so it sucks that dana and Mitchell aren't on my tribe to help me :( but get for being the least experienced vet in tumblr left in this game I think I'm in a moderately decent position

Well Day 2 of NuNuTemoana is quite interesting, I'm starting to create scenarios that will hopefully put me in a good situation. A) NuNuMakira will throw the challenge and vote out Luca or LA and B) I create an alliance with Willow and Allie and we become the swing votes between Jacob/Daisy and Zak/Aro and if Daisy or Aro have idols they're shooting their bullets at each other and I've got a bulletproof vest. Fingers crossed.

I'm gonna model the rest of my game after Cirie bc boy does she have me fucked up seven ways to Sunday right-about-now o'clock Also I'm not gonna be home again after tomorrow until May except for one day in between so this whole new tribe/quickly approaching merge thing is gonna get really sad for me when I randomly just disappear forever :)

The past few days have been a whirlwind. From uncovering that dirty business with Matt to this One World swap, I find myself in a tribe in which I'm not sure if I can stay safe. It hurts that I can't compete in this next immunity too. I trust Johnny/LA, but as far as the rest? Question marks all over. I like Mitchell a lot, still haven't talked with Dana much, I have no clue about Ryan/Lexi but Johnny says Lexi is tight with him. So I'm really not sure what happens if we lose an immunity here, and winning challenges might be my only shot to stay in the game. So what happens next? No clue.

MMMMHMHMHMHMHMHM YES!!! Willow finally spilled the tea which confirmed our suspicions on Karen :))) now alls I need is Lexi to get the fuck out and I can be satisfied by outlasting all the snakes

So I've officially worked my way into an alliance with Allie and Willow, hopefully they're not playing me and we can actually work towards getting out Daisy or Aro. Now Mitchell wants me to get Daisy out so we can rope in Aro and Zak at the merge but I also have somewhat of a relationship with Jacob from nuTemoana and he seems to have a relationship with Daisy so I am hopefully safely in the middle of this tribe and will be deciding this vote, but there's also a large chance I'm gonna get squashed smack dab in the middle. I mean ideally we win immunity and the other tribe can get out LA or Luca which would be great. I need these rookie numbers thinned like the mints so that I have options if I'm in the merge. I have my Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc. Alliance which is Ryan, Mitchell, and Dana, I have nuTemoana which is Johnny, Jacob, Lex, and Ryan, and I have a possible alliance with Allie, Willow, and Mitchell. Preferably I wanna work with Mitchell because I trust him the most so far. But of course none of these numbers I'm running in my head matter if I can't make it until the merge which is crazy to me.

i wasnt successful in covering up my misery. i dont even know why i said i could do it since the only thing on that entire menu (all of the drink choices included) i actually do enjoy is the oreos so who knows what i was thinking. im going to get voted out i really am

tag yourself. im luca saying he cant compete cause they use blue solo cups instead of red solo cups in his country. isaac is la's roommate not letting her use her waterbottle. andrew is ryan only having glass in his house. pippa is matt actually doing this. stefan is willow beating the crap out of me. IM GOING HOME

Well I couldn't get it done today and that's a little disheartening, I definitely feel like I could be in danger and when you have the chance to save yourself and don't do it it sucks. I guess now my focus is on playing this game for like the first time this season honestly, a lot of things are at stake in this tribal, there's idols there's alliances there's tribe swaps, there's beef in this game, and I feel like hopefully I can shift the attention towards Daisy vs. Aro, but there's also a lurking nuMakira alliance that might form and getting an Ulawa out wouldn't do anything in the long run but I need to play to make it so that I'm safe until tomorrow or else there won't even be a long run. I wanted to be in a position where I could run a marathon but instead I'm like running a relay race tribal to tribal. If I get rid of Daisy Jacob may lose trust in me and join a Makira alliance, but also maybe I'll just join the Makira alliance myself? I mean I told myself I would do what it takes to win, my obligations are to myself at this point, not Temoana not Makira, not Vets, but MESELF. Well who knows at this point what's gonna happen, hopefully my plan works.

MATT STFU CALLING ME OUT IN THE MAIN CHAT YOU MOTHERFUCKER! Literally your ass would not be in this game right now if I didn't win the challenge where we counted in our confessional. The plan was in play, you were going to be gone, we had the numbers, and now you're on a tribe where it's minority veterans, so hopefully Allie and Willow aren't idiots, and they just take out Matt because he's kind of an arrogant prick, but I'm sure that something sketchy is going to happen, and they're going to take out a rookie, probably Aro or Daisy since apparently they're being sketchy motherfuckers. Grrrrrrrr Matt needs to stfu. I still have quotes of him talking about LA, so I might use that to my advantage, but we'll see how this goes for now. I'm not ready for merge and these unpredictable motherfuckers in Allie and Willow.... I have no idea where either of their heads are at. As for my tribe right now, I'm 99% sure that Lex, Ryan and I are in the driver's seat on this tribe, with Luca, LA, Mitchell and Dana all wanting to work with us. I wouldn't mind losing to get rid of Dana, because I really really really want her out, simply because I haven't spoken to her as much, and I'd prefer to have good relationships with everyone once we get to merge, and I don't want anyone to think about taking me out of this game because I don't have a good enough relationship with them, so we'll see for now. Ryan hinted this morning that he'd prefer Mitchell to go home over Dana, but I want Dana to go home, and I wanna keep my brolationship with Mitchell for as long as I can. This is just fuel for fire I can use against Ryan if I have to, to get Mitchell to trust me, since according to Ryan, Mitchell is obsessed with me.. I also won the challenge for my tribe single handedly because I'm the king of this game, and no one is on my level strategically, socially or physically if we're being honest. I just need to NOT be known as that big threat once I get to merge. Time to just pit people against each other and throw shit and sound dumb like I always do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Fuck this is so nerve wracking. I hate that I'm at tribal again. And I've recently been really anxious about the fact that L.A. knows I have an idol, and just now I found out that a lot of people know that I have it. Which means L.A. has been telling people. Which also means that I'm kind of screwed. I want to get out Aro because I know how tricky he is and how terrible he is in challenges, but he has the idol and if he plays it I could very well be going home. Plus I'm realizing that I don't really have any solidified alliances with a lot of these people so I could easily be targeted, especially since they think I have an idol. Honestly part of me just wants to play it tonight and get rid of it and get it off my back. Or give it to someone. But if I give it to someone, then other people will still think I have it and I'll still be a target. I could try to split the votes, but that seems kind of aggressive and I don't want to make myself a target if I'm not one already. Ugh, fuck. I wish I had someone to talk this over with.

(a little bit later)

Whew I know I just submitted but I have so many thoughts right now. Aro seems to think things are gonna go along tribe lines and it's gonna be me and him as swing votes. Willow brought up Aro's name to me. I'm nervous that Willow maybe brought up his name to make me feel more secure about it, and maybe I'm the target. Maybe Aro is right and things are gonna go along past tribe lines but I don't really want to work with him. Maybe I could try to split the votes between me and Aro and I'll play my idol and get rid of it. That would be dumb though, right? I hate that we have so little time and that like, no one is online right now. It's so hard to plan. Jacob told me he cast his vote for Aro because he only had a couple minutes before he had to leave and he wouldn't be gone. So theres gonna be at least one vote for him. Unless everyone is lying to me. Fuck I'm so paranoid right now, but I don't know how to figure out if its just paranoia or if there's actually something there. Also I'm trying to seem invested in planning out the vote with Aro so that he doesn't think I'm targeting him, but he could also quote me to others and make them think I'm targeting them. So now it seems like I have Willow, Matt, Jacob, and Allie all voting for Aro with me. Aro wants to target a vet and apparently he's close with Zakriah which means we may want to divert Zakriah too so that he doesn't leak to Aro and have him play an idol. But now I'm worried by suggesting that we divert Zakriah I'm playing too aggressively. Ugh. Aro said he's gonna talk to the rookies and see who they would rather vote for, I told them I'm trying to divert him so that they're not confused or surprised that he says I wanna vote for a vet when I already targeted him. This is a lot to deal with, and we don't have a lot of time. Tbh this confessional is a clusterfuck of paranoia.

Okay so I'm out with friends and don't have time to write a real confessional but I don't wanna get a strike. So if I get home in time I'll write a real confessional yeah

I think for the first time in Survivor history one of my plans is actually working, it seems that Daisy is totally sold that Aro is going and voting me and it's awesome if she ends up getting blindsided as intended. Jacob is getting two votes because he sucks and I want him to know he should be worried, he threw my name out, and he's untrustworthy, even after like I pretended like i was interested in his crush that he talks about at least once a day, it's almost more satisfying knowing that I can flip and get him out if I really wanted to. In fact I have my choice to vote Daisy, Aro, or Jacob, and if I'm not getting played that wold mean I've spun this terrible swap into a great spot for myself, and I love it. See what happens when I get a chance to really play?

I am so screeeeewed. So basically everyone except Daisy and Jacob wants to vote for Daisy but I am about 90% sure this is bs and I am getting set up for a big blindside. Well, it wont really be a blindside now but rip me

Okay so I only really have 13 mins to type out a fuck ton of information. This vote is crazy, so much has happened and we only had a few hours to strategize for this tribal. Anyway originally me and Allie were thinking about voting Daisy bc she told LA she has an idol, but then LA sent screenshots of Aro's idol. So I was panicking for a moment bc I thought it was real, but I talked to people, and he was probably really desperate, so i think were sticking to voting out Aro. I'm just typing out the short version of what actually happened, bc I don't have a lot of time, but basically me and Allie are the swing votes and I hope everything goes as planned.

As we near tribal Im starting to get the teeniest glimmer of hope. Willow, Allie and Matt seems to be pretty interested in working with me. If it goes according to plan its going to be 3 votes Daisy, 2 votes Jacob and 2 votes me. However Im still about 80% sure that Im going to get blindsided tonight so fingers crossed

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