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Peacock Au Part 2

Okay so!!! Part two of this post about the DPxDC eldritch Danny fic that I'm now calling the peacock au lmao!!!!

(Chapter two of the fic under the cut) (Edit: You can now find part 3 Here!!!)

When the feeling of being just slightly dispersed settles onto the outer layer of his skin while he’s lying in bed, Danny knows what’s about to happen.

The thing is, he’s in his pyjamas. Sure, he could just stay in his human form for the summoning- because he’s done it before and it went fine- but he never knows who it’s going to be, and being spirited away to some college students’ dorm in his pyjamas is embarrassing. And sure, having something appear in the circle in the first place is probably enough that they’re not paying attention to what he’s wearing either way, but he refuses to bank on that. So, with a sigh, he allows himself the transformation, his human appearance falling easily away.

It always feels more natural to be a ghost during rituals, probably because they’re summoning a ghost and not a human, but still, it’s different. He feels that little bit looser, maybe even a little more himself, though he guesses being a bit more glow-y is just nice generally, and the space decals that tend pop up as part of his whole light-show-summons are a homely touch. On the other hand, it does make it harder to take stock of his surroundings when he finally fades into view wherever he is. He can make out vague grey walls and floors, but that’s about it.

Well, that and the man in front of him. Blond, taller than him if he wasn’t in the air, somewhere past his forties, wearing a beige trenchcoat and looking oddly terrified. Danny can see his hands shaking just a little. Does he know this guy from somewhere?

“Uh, dude?” Danny calls, going for something light. It’s annoying being dragged from the comfort of his own home, definitely, but this guy doesn’t look like some cult member, and if he’s alone and this scared it might mean he really needs the help. Danny can sympathise with doing stupid things in stupid situations. “You good? You’re not looking too hot there.”

He knows he’s using ghost speak, but it feels weird to use English in a summoning like this, and fortunately, Danny spies a translation sigil wrapped around the inner centre of the circle, so he knows it should be translating right back to the guy in front of him. Very handy for language barriers, he’ll admit- and it’s working, too, if the reply is any indication.

“I was told you could- you could help with the pits?”

His voice is gravelly, and he can’t tell if it’s because he’s nervous, doesn’t speak much, a smoker, or all three. Either way, probably not Danny’s business, and right now he’s just curious about what the man’s talking about. “Pits? That’s kinda vague, man. What pits?”

“The Lazarus pits to, uh, to be specific. There’s a huge one cropping up under Gotham that’s not supposed to be there, and the local- I mean, the locals are getting antsy about it. I… heard you could take care of ‘em.”

Lazarus Pits. He’s heard of those, Clockwork’s mentioned them a couple of times. They’re natural portals that open when enough energy is built up, and end up stabilising into the ground instead of collapsing to help seep ambient ectoplasm into the air. They don’t work as actual portals after that, but it’s vital to keep at least a few around no matter how corrupted they can get through human interference, because it keeps the balance of both realms steady. Having too many around isn’t a good thing, though, and especially not in populated areas. It can cause ecto-contamination, which is a lot more dangerous when you haven’t been around it since birth (or if you aren’t from Amity).

Speaking of which, it certainly is stinking up the place, now that he’s aware of it. Or maybe that’s just Gotham, he’s heard a lot about-

Hang on. Gotham. Weird potentially magic dude. He knew he recognised him! That’s John Constantine! Danny’s heard of John Constantine! Sam’s got her fingers in enough credible occult spaces that they’re at least vaguely aware of some of his endeavours, but if he’s in Gotham then that probably means he’s doing something for the Batman and, wow, Danny totally would’ve tried to go more professional for this if he knew this was going to be his first encounter with the Justice League,of all things.

Well, he guesses it’s too late now. At least the guy’s not being too weird about it or anything. “Man, yeah, I’ve totally got the smell stuck up my nose now that you mention it. Do you get that as well? Since, y’know, you’ve probably dealt with a couple ghosts.”

“Uh… no, I don’t think so. But can you fix it?”

Dang, the guy seems stressed about this. Maybe he just doesn’t like being in Gotham territory? He’s pretty sure he’s heard of Batman having a thing about magic. “Sure I can.”

“…Will you fix it?”

Danny figures that if they already know about his status through his Zone maintenance duties, and he’s going to be helping the Justice League, he might as well show off a little bit. Assenting with a hum and trying not to grin, he puts his hands to the floor, and lets his ectoplasm reach out to the source of the smell, sending a flash of light across the ground as it goes through. When it twinges back a response, he closes his eyes, and his energy curls around it, threading through like needles to seams, and pushes it shut with a gentle nudge. Luckily, it hadn’t been around for too long- barely fully formed and not even corrupted by human contact yet- it would’ve be a lot more difficult if it had.

He lets his hands rise up again after a long moment, looking to Constantine for a reaction. He can’t quite gauge what the man is thinking. “Alrighty, that should’ve done it.”

“Uh… cheers?”

He’s about to say something along the lines of ‘no problem’ or ‘you’re welcome’, but then he remembers he should probably warn him about the aftermath so he doesn’t freak. “The pit shouldn’t come back again, but just as like, a PSA: you might see more shades than usual hovering around for the next while. It shouldn’t be too big a deal so long as you leave ‘em alone, though, so don’t worry about it.”

For all that Danny’s trying to be considerate here, Constantine doesn’t look very considerated. “Can I- uh, yeah, great advice. ‘Appreciate it. But, can I ask just, y’know, what you are? Or not.”

“…Dude, what d’you think I am?”He replies, thoroughly bemused. Isn’t this guy supposed to be one of the League’s paranormal experts or something? He really should be able to recognise a ghost by now. “I keep your Lazarus Pits in check. You know, the pits of the dead?”

Okay, maybe a little rude on his side, but he thinks Constantine’s expression is a bit of an overreaction; he can see the sheen of sweat across the man’s forehead reflecting the light of the sigils. “Fair enough! Forget I asked- cheers for sorting out that pit, though. Uh, don’t suppose you’ll just let me go on my way or anything now.”

“Well, I mean, this was a favour for Batman, right?” He asks blithely, pointedly not paying attention to the way the man’s face keeps contorting. He swears Sam said he was more stoic than this. “I’m gonna go- ‘cause I’ve got things to do- but I guess if something comes up I’ll come to you? Or Batman, since this is his city and all. Don’t worry, I’ll let you know.”

Figuring there’s nothing left to be said, Danny lets the return sigil on the edge of the circle activate and punt him back home, wheezing a half-sigh and arching his back once the wispy image of wherever they’d been recedes. He probably looks exhausted after all that- no matter how recently formed the pit was, it still takes a little strain, and he’d just been about to sleep before he got summoned- but looking in the mirror on his wall for confirmation, he doesn’t find his usual face. Something twinges against where his spine should be, confirming its own previously unnoticed presence in the mortal plane.

…He didn’t go ghost when Constantine summoned him, he used his true form. That must be why he looked so nervous that whole time! And, man, ghostspeak never translates over quite right in this form, either- the Ancients use a different dialect to original ghostspeak- the man probably wasn’t hearing what Danny thought he was at all. What if the only reason he wasn’t attacking was because he was terrified? What must Constantine have thought of him?

Crap. He has to fix this. How is he going to find him?

#Peppered in some of my own worldbuilding about ectoplasm/the pits in DC there but Still-#I just thought it'd be Really Funny if Danny had absolutely no clue what he was saying was coming across so terrifying #Like- sure he Can say that kind of ominous stuff on his own- but I think it'd be really great #If no one knew when it was a translation error or if he meant it #If there's any mistakes in the please be kind I forget how to read when I'm editing-#Chapter 3's already done so I should be posting that either tomorrow or the day after!!#It'll pretty much be the conclusion to this whole thing but I've been talking to Bones and she's got So Many cool ideas #That I really want to make a part 4 for because they're really fun!!!#Either way this has been really nice to do!!!#dp au #danny phantom au #dp fic #danny phantom fanfiction #dpxdc #danny fenton #danny phantom #Bongo's Aus!!!#Bongo's Writing!!!#peacock au

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frnkiebby · 2 months

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naturally~🎃

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springs-hurts · 4 days

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I think Lancelot would be the only knight to immediately protect Merlin when his magic was revealed if he was around in s5. Gwaine and Merlin friendship seems strained he seems to hate magic and all the other knights also hunt magic users with no problem

Yepp, I wholeheartedly agree, Lancelot would either go all out, or he'd try to make them see reason...depends on which way it'd go(or which way it'd have gone, only if writers were brave enough, but damn! I can just imagine Arthur, his wife loves this man, his best friend told him his biggest secret, uh uhh, Lancelot bro, I'd run!)

But others, in Disir episode, Percival was making fun of all the hangings, and people write him as sympathetic, same goes for elyan...

So two people who'd support Merlin are Lancelot (if he didn't die) and Mordred, both would hesitate to draw their weapon, of that I have no doubt. But they'd support Merlin.

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the-judicial-assistants-notebook · 1 year

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oh yeah i hate this btw. lmao:

#so she didnt know phoenix had a daughter but she knew kristoph well enough to imitate his voice and parallel his sprites?#cool cool cool aha *explodes*#ema skye #kristoph gavin #ace attorney apollo justice #it's the. implications of it. the idea that phoenix wasnt talking to her and she got assigned to the prosecutor who took him down #and then she has to work with /another/ gavin but this one is. nice. strange maybe but nice.#and the only other person around who seems to fully be on phoenix's side. his one real ally aside from her and one he actually talks to.#her relationship with apollo shows that she's willing to cooperate with DAs so long as they're connected to phoenix and kristoph was #so she probably had no qualms helping him. i wonder how much info about him he got from her and how much he used her #all while exchanging them for little hints about how phoenix was doing and what he was doing and if he was all right #i wonder if she passed the pin phoenix wears in his beanie through kristoph. just to remind him she was still there if he ever needed her #aa4 explain ANYTHING about kristoph challenge (impossible)#im pretty sure she got it from him too? no one else around her really crosses their arms like that.#phoenix doesnt klavier doesnt lana definitely doesnt... mayyyyybe edgeworth? but he tends to tuck his left hand under which is opposite #and the way she folds her arms in the investigation games is different. there she DOES tuck her left hand out of sight like edgeworth #so it's like she did imitate him a little at one point and kristoph somehow overwrote that. like he overwrites miles's place in nick's life #ahaaaa anyway im so normal about them

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beansterpie · 7 days

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rewatching LoK, i'm being reminded how much I dislike the.... the brothers, mako and bolin, yanno? they're such underwhelming characters on basically every level. it'd almost be impressive if they weren't in every episode and didn't annoy me so much ugh

#bean talking into the void #also this show in general is very flawed lol #cool things about it but the choice to structure it more like a #prestige tv show #as in each season follows One Story #is... i wouldn't say it was a bad choice but i feel like you can see the growing pains #switching over from the episodic structure of ATLA #s1 while flawed is solid #it knows what it's trying to do even if it doesn't always stick the landing #season two feels like a season-long filler episode LMFAO #which is hilarious because a lot of world-building stuff happens #but tonally it's all over the place #serious political plots interspersed with the B Plot following Tenzin and his family #on vacation???#so fucking random #but anyway back to roasting the brothers #i find bolin just annoying in general his brand of comedy totally doesn't work for me #but at least he has like #a personality that's consistent #mako is sooooooo blah #the writers have no idea what to do with him and he comes across as having a strikingly boring personality #with no defining traits other than being wishy washy (and a boot licker)#it FEELS like he was meant to remind viewers of Zuko #at least in appearance if nothing else #another broody pretty boy to latch onto #but he has literally nothing interesting to actually get invested in #sure he's got his tragic backstory and he's the 'older brother who took care of his younger brother after their parents died' boo hoo #but that's all just exposition and it's barely shown in a way that feels illustrative or emotional in any way that matters #(other than him comforting bolin in s1 after he KISSES THE GIRL HE KNEW BOLIN HAD A CRUSH ON lmfaoooooo)#(what a good big brother lmfao)

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bogkeep · 6 months

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watched berserk (97) on a whim after reading someone's tags on a writing advice post on how to justify Big Fucking Swords in stories. have started reading the manga. there's a lot of triggering visuals to me so i imagine this is what it's like to be lactose intolerant and decide to eat so so so much ice cream

#IM SURE ILL BE FINE... maybe it'll even be good exposure therapy to me #i mean the level of gore is not worse than unsounded #but the art style - while technically rly impressive and good - DOES hit that uncanny valley horror style #and the anime had too low of a budget to animate much more than blood spray ahaha #the anime works SO WELL as a self contained tragedy damn #sure yes the ending was very abrupt and that episode fucked me up a little but that doesn't make it bad hahaha #only thing i knew about berserk beforehand is that there's a guy named guts who has a sword and is super enemies with the most beautiful ma #who's also super mega evil even if he has very pretty hair #thankfully there was another blonde twink for me to imprint on AND he throws knives so this is great #but truly. what if all you knew were to be a sword #what if the only way you knew how to love someone was as a sword #what if your sword decided to be a person after all. to be your equal. to be loved better #WHAT DO YOU MEAN BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN THE BAD THINGS HAPPENING ANIME.#what if your sunken cost is actually a literal mountain of corpses.#haiz reads berserk

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spongeladysfandoms · 6 months

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My personal headcanon about why Bam so often wears the most wacky shirts into battle is that he knows they’re gonna get shredded if he fights in them. He’s just cleaning out his closet. And whoever got him the shirt (*cough* Jinsung *cough*) can’t even get offended, cause he *totally* didn’t mean to shred it.

#like remember that flannel shirt everyone collectively hated?#pretty sure Bam knew what he was doing #tog #tower of god #the 25th bam #ramblings

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nofacednerd · 7 months

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I love episodes like this where were occasionally reminded that the main four are actually extremely intelligent, especially Boimler who's usually just used as comic relief (mostly in earlier seasons)

#star trek lower decks #star trek lower decks spoilers #like in the first AGIMUS episode and now this one #the show acts like he's gullible and silly (and he is to a degree) but in this episode he knew what was going on!!#He didnt seem surprised by the 'betrayal' and I'm pretty sure he spent the entire episode manipulating AGIMUS by letting him do whatever #and then worming the intel out of him by the end #I think he was just a little more subtle about it this time since last time he revealed his whole plan by the end #little guy can be a master manipulator if he wants and chooses it for good ig

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biillys · 1 year

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something about when el went into void and found billy, she saw him on the beach surrounded by sunshine and love and truly fucking actually happy. something about how when she turned around and saw the storm, she put her hands out and felt the ash falling from the sky, and then saw neil abusing billy and abusing his wife. something about how even in the monstrous world from another entire dimension, neil's still the fucking monster in the story

#idk how the upsidedown and the void and possession work and at this point i dont fucking care #actually something about how she said she saw a someone pretty and then saw a boy #and didnt even click it could be billy until she heard his name get called out #like i guess she wouldn't know what he looked like as a kid and all that #but like.... they knew billy was possessed by this stage like?#and when she was like 'im at the beach' and lucas was like '??? hawkins has no beaches???'#max was like 'tell us what else u see' so pretty sure she was picking up what was getting thrown down #whatever none if this matters!!! i was just clipping up that scene for gifs today and decided to not mute it for once #and was like oh this is actually like genuinely fucking sad #like????? the fact billys hiding out in his memories??? except he cant actually live in just his happiest memory #cos even in his happiest memory #he asks to stay at the beach just a little longer #and his mum hesitates before giving in but still says if they're late then neil'll be mad #also the fact even his happiest memory is still surrounded by some of his most heart wrenching memories #like he can't remember the good without the bad #like his mind physically cant think about the one day on the beach were he caught a 7 foot wave #without remembering the fact that his mum fucking left #cant do this rn sorry guys im fucking emo #m #text

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starchildghost · 3 months

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#lindsay horan #uswnt #nwsl #people trying to justify it like ‘fans are dumb everywhere’#or ‘it was better in context’#or ‘most Americans only watch the uswnt once every few years when the big tournaments are’#like. sure #but a player. a captain. who’s meant to be an ambassador for the sport #and is meant to be captaining the uswnt through a pretty temultous time #should keep this shit to herself #(her carli lloyd number 10 bullshit is showing but we been knew)#and people who are saying go to any nwsl game and the stands will prove her right like #idk what experience you are cultivating for yourself but I have had a good time every time I’ve been at a Gotham game #last time I was there was Kriegs’s last home game and we were seated near families who were there with their little girls #who were players #and the dad or whatever to these children heard my gf and I talking about the games that were ongoing #and he and the little girl would ask us questions #like #perfectly pleasant people #grow the game do not fucking bash people who would otherwise be your fans #lindsey horan #just discovered I spelled her name wrong idc she a bitch

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sophieswundergarten · 11 months

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I wish there was a compilation somewhere of That Expression Reynie makes when he's confused

Because it's really just great

#He does it all the time #Usually at Constance but also just in general #Kid wears his heart on his sleeve #You always know exactly what he's thinking #And a good deal of the time it's just “What? What is happening? How do I deal with this?”#If I knew how to make one I would try #A compilation. Not the expression.#I'm pretty sure I'm making that expression all the time on the inside #the mysterious benedict society #mbs #reynie muldoon

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bioshocked-astroghost · 5 months

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Before anyone reads this please remember this is just personal opinion please don’t yell at me for anything but if u disagree obv that’s fine!!!

Finally finally FINALLY watched OFMD s2 and I’ve just got to say what the actual FUCK just happened

Like I wanted some angst but somehow this felt like TOO sharp of a turn

Also maybe it’s because I binged it with my friend in one afternoon but did anyone else feel like even though it mostly made sense it felt disjointed and kinda rushed??? I felt like I couldn’t keep up with where everyone was at emotionally

Loved the new female characters but. They felt very lacking :/ I did really like Zheng but I’m very conflicted on her taking over the crew but You know. Whatever I guess

Also it was still funny but I felt like majority of the humor was missing :/

As for final thoughts. FUCK that ending my baby is NOT DEAD AND YOU CAN PRY IZZY FROM MY WRETCHED AND DAMNED DEAD HANDS (I got a little lucky in this regard, I saw a spoiler for his death a couple weeks ago so I could prepare myself) also fuck Ed and Steve becoming innkeepers sorry but no

Idk man the ending didn’t even feel bittersweet to me I just felt hollow in the end. I feel like I was robbed. I felt the same way about the ending that I did with GoT which I know sounds insane cuz it was so much bigger but it’s like. Everyone got split up. They finally found their way back to each other. The big climax comes and goes. Then for some fucking reason the party splits again and it feels like a final goodbye to each other and I fucking hate it

Anyway. Still grateful we got a season 2 but I’m pretty sure the fanfic These Waves Will Pull Me Under by @underthecouchh will always be the canon s2 in my head (fantastic fic btw. U should read it)

#literally I knew Izzy was gonna die in the finale and I’m pretty sure I spent the whole second half of it nonstop crying #s1 had so much fun in it and I loved it sm but for the entirety of s2 I was just STRESSED #anxious and stressed and dreading every moment #i don’t know what it was specifically that bugged me so bad but I really wish it had gone differently :(#also I think everyone can agree we all fuckin called it that Lucius wasn’t dead. they could never actually take him from us #izzy isn’t dead btw. he’s not. he’s just on a vacation <3 #:) can you tell I’m on the verge of losing it #I’m so not doing well #anyway #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers

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moonpaw · 1 year

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What if similar to the celestial dragons being the descendants of the original 20 kings, those who carry the initial D are the descendants of the lost kingdom? And that's why the celestials are scared of them?

#one piece #carrying out the will of D is carrying out the kingdoms goal or something similar?#because it's an interesting observation how most of the characters with D are pirates #garp and saul were marines but saul defected because he knew what was going on wasnt right #garp is a weirdo though #but i dont think he likes what's going on with the celestials either seeing that he's still a vice admiral instead of stepping up #im sure he couldve easily been an admiral long ago #but being one means being bound to the celestials #he probably gets more freedom as a vice #but i just think it's interesting that most D's are against the government #and those that are they government tries pretty hard to erase that initial #changing gol d to gold and getting mad when the publishers didnt remove it from luffy's poster #despite what seemed like several requests to do so #they're afraid of the public seeing the initial D despite the public not knowing squat about it (or seemingly care)#and if nika was originally from this kingdom it's just like #doflamingo's words during marineford yknow?#whoever wins this battle becomes justice?#hence why most D's are pirates or against the government?#i wonder what the kingdoms name was #and if it started with a D

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essayofthoughts · 11 months

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Have you ever answered an ask about why Percy decided to stab Seeker Asum? Like, was he completely aware that it was Raishan in the first place or was it a fluke? That was some risky business. Sorry, I can’t remember if I ever saw it on your blog or somewhere else. Or maybe I’m just imagining things.

I've never tackled it before but we all know why he stabbed "Seeker Assum"? It comes up both on stream and in Talks Machina - Percy knew exactly what he was doing and did it entirely on purpose.

He did it because not that long before it'd been revealed that "Assum" was actually Raishan in disguise (the real Assum had never reached Whitestone but rather was still away investigating as he'd said he would the last they saw him), Percy was relatively newly back to life (and Ripley was dead so he's feeling extra great) and so he was kind of riding the high of that and so being way more reckless than usual, and I imagine he figured if it was the real Assum after all, then Pike could heal him and if it was Raishan - as it was - he could use the attack to force things out into the open and prevent their from being secrets between anyone on the war council. Secrets like that can often be leveraged to cause distrust, paranoia and enable one like Raishan to gain power or even just escape.

Percy grew up in a ruling noble family; he knows these kinds of games. He may not have had Raishan's hundreds of years to get good at it, but while he's reckless and arrogant and at times a dick, he's also not actually that stupid. Allowing Raishan to keep holding all the cards and dictate her help and how much others knew was dangerous. They know she's amoral at best - she decimated the Fire Ashari in order to get Thordak out of the Fire Plane, in doing so destroying Emon (both the populace and the place) purely for sake of a possible cure for her illness.

She is selfish and self-serving, manipulative and power-hungry and these are all established facts about her. Even if she wasn't an ancient green dragon, Percy has plenty of reason to distrust her and not want her to have any power over them - especially in his own home, where he and his family had been attacked and massacred before! Of course he'd want to prevent that from happening again and so forcing the truth into the open would help with that.

Percy canonically has panic attacks each time he deals with Raishan 1:1 - she's someone who's powerful, dangerous, manipulative, and has insinuated her way into his newly regained home, full of people he's trying to see protected. Leaving her with any power over him and the rest of VM in turn gives her power over the people of Whitestone - and he fought the Briarwoods and helped gain Whitestone it's freedom. Percy's a lot of things - he wasn't fighting the Briarwoods solely to free Whitestone, after all - but he does have a massively overgrown sense of responsibility. He helped free Whitestone. Ergo, Whitestone is his responsibility. Ergo, he cannot let a giant ancient green dragon have any more power over it than absolutely necessary.

Coupled to everything else, and his new elation at being alive having faced Ripley - yeah, he was a bit more reckless. But he knew exactly, 100% what he was doing.

He was taking a risk to force the truth into the open.

#percy de rolo #percival de rolo #raishan #vox machina #living up to my username #ask #anonymous #he absolutely knew what he was doing im pretty sure this was made clear on stream and off #they knew Assum was Raishan beforehand #and Percy weighed the facts and went for it

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