For Mino:
Are there any certain scents, sounds, or textures that you like? What about ones that you dislike?
What are a few things (or one thing) you want to do before you die? Why?
Thanks for the asks!
[Ask from this game: Muse Questions]
Are there any certain scents, sounds, or textures that you like? What about ones that you dislike?
Minovae smiles warmly. "Too many to say with what little time we have, certainly."
There's a nostalgic, affection look in her eyes as she gazes off, seeing something that truly there but in her memories and thoughts. She begins to speak, almost aimlessly rattling off the small things in life that give her some joy.
"The smell of coffee in the barracks. You know it's shit but there's something good in that. There's the rustling of blankets and bedding as everyone begins to rise, and then the clanking of chainmail and plate, a soft chatter and occasionally laughter or grumbling along with it. Maybe it's raining, you can hear it through the windows, mud forming in the yard... the shout of a signifer and foundlings squealing and laughing as they run out into the puddles..."
She sighs, and her gaze comes back into focus. "That was a long time ago, of course. I haven't slept in the barracks like just another soldier or knight in some time, but to me... that'll always be home. Now... I suppose it's not much different. I hear the knights in the yard distantly from our bedroom tower. I hear my husband already risen, getting his own armor on, or the scratching of his quill as he gets a head start on letters or missives or reports. Other times--", she smiles so warmly the rooms seems to light, "--well it used to be her crying when she was younger, but now it's the soft patter of her feet she thinks she's being so clever quieting, or the creak of the door louder than she thinks it is. After, the squeal of her 'battlecry' as she pounces onto either him or me on the bed, thinking she's got the jump on either of us."
Her fangs glint in the light from the width of her smile.
"Yeah... I don't have much want to speak about the little things I dislike these days when I have so much to love instead."
What are a few things (or one thing) you want to do before you die? Why?
"Travel around Golarion", she answers almost matter of factly. She tilts her head at you.
"There's so much to see and learn all around the world. So many cultures. People. It'd be ignorant to think we are the ones that have it all figured out without even having met so many others out there. I want to visit Tian Xia. I want to go to Arcadia. Hells, there's places here in Avistan I haven't even been to, and I've only seen a tiny little bit of Garund. Casmaron is all be unexplored, and Vudra is massive."
She shrugs.
"I want to see it all. I want to see how other people out there have made a go a being mortal. I want to see what connects us--", she cringes, remembered she no longer truly qualifies as mortal, "--what binds us all together as just people trying to make it here on this world."
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he says i hate everyone except you and that is addictive and that is kind of romantic and beautiful because you're young and you're kind of a sarcastic asshole too and you don't like bad boys, per say, but you don't really like good ones either. and you like that you were the exception, it felt like winning.
except life is not a romance book, and he was kind of being honest. he doesn't learn to be nice to your friends. he only tolerates your family. you have to beg him to come with you to birthday parties, he complains the whole time. you want to go on a date but - people are often there, wherever you're going. he's just so angry. about everything, is the thing. in the romance book, doesn't he eventually soften? can't you teach him, through your own sense of whimsy and comfort?
at first - you know introverts often need smaller friend groups, and honestly, you're fine staying at home too. you like the small, tidy life you occupy. you're not going to punish him for his personality type.
except: he really does hate everyone but you. which means he doesn't get along with his therapist. which means he has no one to talk to except for you. which means you take care of him constantly, since he otherwise has no one. which means you sometimes have to apologize for him. which means he keeps you home from seeing your friends because he hates them. you're the single exception.
about a decade from this experience, you'll type into google: how to know if a relationship is codependent.
he wraps an arm around you. i hate everyone except you. these days, you're learning what he's actually confessing is i have very little practice being kind.
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The fact that Vaggie knew it was a HORRIBLE idea for her to go to Heaven because there were so many things that could go wrong and so many bad memories there, but her girlfriend needed her and she couldn't say no to her cute face; the fact that the headstrong, optimistic, determined, powerful Princess of Hell knew she couldn't handle taking this huge step alone and the only one person she could imagine being by her side in that critical moment was Vaggie.
The fact that even when she felt so hurt, heartbroken, and betrayed and tried for a second to deny it, Charlie never stopped loving Vaggie, still referred to her as her girlfriend, and had full faith that she was completely succeeding in her task (getting detailed sensitive information from a weapons-dealing Overlord) while Charlie herself was struggling and failing with her own.
The fact that even with Charlie so upset that she intentionally threw a painful commentbat her (a comment with a subtle double meaning, though Charlie herself was definitely NOT thinking clearly enough to realize that implication and only meant to make a jab at the secret-keeping), Vaggie still wanted so desperately to protect Charlie out of love that she regrew angelic wings despite having been in Hell for years.
The fact that one gesture from Charlie told Vaggie everything she wanted to say to her, and that mutual understanding was so complete that she didn't hesitate to run to her knowing she would be accepted because her girlfriend still loved her and forgave her.
The support, love, and intimate understanding these two share even when things are hard and painful is so beautiful. They've been together for years; they've been through so much; and it's wonderful to have that respected and portrayed canonically instead of dipping into that easy, fan-craved trope of dramatically heavy relationship angst. I'm glad they left that angst itch to be scratched by fanworks instead, because these ladies aren't that type.
They are powerful; they are determined; they balance and complete each other; and most importantly, they are so head-over-heels and experienced in their love for each other that it took one day for Charlie to deeply consider everything and fully reconcile with Vaggie, who never doubted her even for a second. Their relationship isn't just established; it's stable, and I love to see that for a wlw couple. <3
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