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mage-witha-glock · 2 hours

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#zorian-core #mother of learning #zorian kazinski

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mage-witha-glock · 2 days

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You know what just hit me? The Zach Noveda and Percy Jackson parallels

Both of them are really smart, but people see them as dumb

(Also it's their respective best friends that acknowledge their intelligence the most)

Their best friends (Annabeth/Zorian) are the brain and they are the brawn, but they have plenty of brain themselves

They are both easy going and laidback but god forbid you piss them off

Can hold a grudge, especially against a person that has betrayed them

Pretty overpowered

Really adaptable in a fight, but also in general

Can solo big monsters

Have a big pet that is a monster (Mrs O'Leary/Princess)

They are both quite impulsive

Are both one man armies

They are both described as really attractive and charismatic

#this hit me like a truck #zach noveda #mother of learning #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #zz duo #percabeth #zorian kazinski #annabeth chase

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mage-witha-glock · 3 days

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#mol is the only one ive ever consumed #so im going to have to go with mother of learning

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mage-witha-glock · 7 days

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I do like characters who do not exhibit any hint of sexuality in any way because they’re too busy being tormented by the narrative. like “yea I might be gay or whatever but the labyrinth is growing so I can’t worry about that shit rn”

#i can't remember if ive reblogged this here before #but this is very zorian coded #zorian kazinski #mother of learning

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mage-witha-glock · 9 days

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You know, rereading through some of Fortov's scenes and his characterization, what if he had ADHD?

This may be a bit of a stretch, but just the way that Zorian tells Fortov that "you're smart, you're just lazy," reminds me of how friends with ADHD were treated in schools. Teachers and parents would see what they could do when they were hyperfocusing and ask "why can't you do that all the time?" I don't think Fortov is notably smart or dumb, he just has some internal difficulties that happen to sometimes be beneficial and that others don't recognize. I wonder how the Kazinski family would react if he could prove it.

#giggling

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mage-witha-glock · 11 days

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Zorian: Do you ever get pre-annoyed? Like you already know someone is going to piss you off? Daimen: What? No, I— Fortov: enters room Zorian: jaw clenches

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mage-witha-glock · 11 days

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I can’t stop thinking about how Zorian is of mixed ethnicity and how that adds so many unexplored layers to his befriending of the indigenous minorities within Eldemar(ie. a morlock, shapeshifters, the aranea) AND layers to his mother’s rejection of her heritage.

Especially to his mother’s rejection of her heritage.

Witches are explicitly indigenous to Altazia, and yes part of the negative perception of them comes from the fact that many witches have done terrible things, but the villager’s treatment of Cikan and her mother also easily parallels plain racism. Cikan’s reaction to this being to completely abandon her heritage screams of a choice to assimilate into the majority culture to avoid discrimination. Her insistence on raising Kirielle as ‘the perfect lady’ by Eldemar’s standards is an almost obsessive attempt to erase any trace of her ethnic background and present both Kirielle and herself as ‘proper’ Eldemarian/Ikosian women. She says she’s doing it for Kirielle’s sake, and partially it is(albeit while heavily projecting), but it’s mostly to reinforce the family’s image, her image, as 100% Eldemarian/Ikosian.

Not to imply that abandoning one culture to embrace another is inherently a bad thing, Cikan is very clearly happier living as an Ikosian woman than an Altazian one. This probably was the correct decision for her. The problem is that she is taking the choice to embrace or reject their heritage away from her children(as well as doing the exact same thing that she hated her mother for, attempting to force a certain way of living onto them that made them miserable).

And then there’s Zorian. The Kazinski child who resembles a witch the most. He’s anti-social and withdrawn, he fiercely holds on to grudges and memories of every slight(and holds to memories of kindness just as tightly), he parleys with non-humans and ‘undesirables’, and to top it all off he inherited the bloodline ability that his witch ancestors cultivated and passed down to a degree that likely hasn’t been seen in generations.

Zorian embodies everything that Cikan has tried to erase from their family history. He’s a walking symbol of their Altazian ancestry.

All this to say that I feel it was a massive waste for Nobody to not explore Zorian’s heritage, his relation to it, and his family’s relation to it, as well as how that in turn affects his relation to/perception of Eldemar and it’s politics.

#I can only imagine how much worse cikan and zorian’s relationship is going to be once she realizes #embracing the heritage she rejected and rubbing it in her face #who cares if he’s a boy being a witch is a vibe #< prev tags #she would throw a fit

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mage-witha-glock · 11 days

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Imaya: Tell us a little about yourself. Zorian: I'd rather not, I really like this group.

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mage-witha-glock · 11 days

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“Watch out, you stupid savage!” Sudomir’s voice suddenly echoed all around the mansion, magically amplified and projected so that it could be heard clearly in the whole region. “You’re lucky they got rid of that projectile or you’d have leveled the whole mansion! Since when is this kind of magic acceptable when you’re defending a place!?” “Shut up!” Oganj yelled back in clear human tongue, his voice just as loud as Sudomir’s, despite using no magic to amplify it. “I know what I’m doing! Go whine to your dead wife instead of bothering me when I’m fighting!”

funniest exchange in the whole book. this dude is NOT pulling punches - he gets a lil annoyed and IMMEDIATELY goes "yea well your wife is dead!". instant kill shot no kindness no mercy

#oganj was actually kinda iconic #“shiiiiit two imperial artifacts? yah bro im gone. peace out”#deadass

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mage-witha-glock · 12 days

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Fun idea:

After the invasion is over and Quatach-Ichl is busy preparing defenses for Eldemar's attack (probably by inciting other countries to attack Eldemar before they can launch an attack on Ulquaan Ibasa) one morning he receives on his doorstep, a beautifully wrapped...

...Bouquet of flowers?

He scans it, of course, but can't sense anything harmful inside it, so it's not a bomb or a malevolous soul magic construct.

And when he finally takes a peek, a multitude of replicas of the soulseizer chrysanthemum happily greets him.

Cue a horrified screech, and the laughter of two ex-time travelers a safe distance away.

#tfw you prank your menemy (mentor enemy) with his trauma (that you gave him)#< prev tag #lmaoooo #you just know zach turned to zorian with an evil grin like: you know what would be funny...?#and it is 100% zach's idea because he already did it to zorian using zorian's trauma #this isn't his first time!!#absolutely devious

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mage-witha-glock · 12 days

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Zorian: You think that’s cringe? Moms around the world wait 9 months just to end up naming their kid Fortov. Fortov: Hey, fuck you.

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mage-witha-glock · 12 days

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Got Zorian.

Accurate as fuck

I dedicate quiz to this two people @mage-witha-glock and @cal-cium-the-nerd I love you guys)

Have fun!

#he is me and i am him

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mage-witha-glock · 12 days

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Hi! soooo... I finally found password to my quiz maker account and continued to do Mol quiz that i have abandoned long time ago. And I want to ask? can I steel some of your incorrect quotes? In particular, I need and with the reaction of the characters to the fact that they were chosen and it seems to be yours, but I can't find it so I can use little help?

Do you mean this one?

But yeah, sure, I don't mind.

#asks

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mage-witha-glock · 13 days

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Things about ZZ that are genuinely canon

Nearly got killed by a flower

Got soulbonded

Killed a grayhunter after repeatedly failing and getting injured

Play fought

Stargazed on a hill that they repeatedly hanged out on

Went to bars together

Got called gay

Stole an airship together

Travelled the world together

Zorian laughed at Zach. Twice.

Zach punched Zorian. In the face

Zorian shoved Zach out of the way of a spell that was about to spear Zach through the head

Got called boyfriends

Decided the best way to tame a hydra was to let one of them get chased through a highly dangerous rainforest while the other tried to figure out how the dagger they assumed was used to tame it works

Bought a house together

Zach gave Zorian a ring

Share custody over a hydra called Princess

Zach used Zorian's trauma to get revenge on him

#zorian looking at silverlake like she was crazy when she called him and zach gay as if this aint him and zach #they also lived in a small room together (just them) for extended periods of time #and if you even glance at the navy you will know that is a recipe for homosexuality #mother of learning #zorian kazinski #zach noveda #zz duo

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mage-witha-glock · 13 days

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