I have had a thought! No idea if this thought has any value or not but I have had it and it goeth thusly:
We all know I love me some t4t subscorp, right? and that I love the idea of Kuai Liang being Frost's father figure
Hear me out, what if:
Kuai Liang ends up pregnant while part of the old Lin Kuei, probably bc of a mission and Frost is the resultant child. This wouldn't actually change canon that much but basically since Kuai Liang isn't expected back until after he gives birth anyways, Kuai Liang takes advantage of the time he's got to flee, going on the run to protect her, knowing that she will be a cryomancer and that the Lin Kuei will do to her what they did to him.
This leads to him meeting Hanzo (also trans in this au) who understands what he's going through (having been the one to carry and give birth to Satoshi) and ends up protecting them both. He's there when Kuai Liang gives birth and talks him through it, and Kuai Liang makes him swear to protect Frost if the Lin Kuei catch him.
Kuai Liang names her Nuan, which was his father's mother's name, and even though it is risky bc the Lin Kuei might recognize the name, it is a connection that he can give her to him in the event that they are separated, which he fears is inevitable.
Quan Chi intervenes and forces Hanzo back to the Netherrealm as Kuai Liang watches (despite Quan Chi not knowing that Kuai Liang is involved) so things get complicated.
Now stuck on his own and with the Lin Kuei closing in, Kuai Liang does the only thing he can think of and gives her to Raiden as he's the only person Kuai Liang knows of that the Lin Kuei fear and won't cross (this is before he knows what Raiden is like). Kuai Liang leaves her with a blanket that has her name embroidered into it and asks Raiden to make sure she knew that she was loved, even if she knows nothing else, she must know that
But rather than protect her, Raiden sends her away under the guise that anonymity is better protection than the temple walls and he doesn't want to risk war with the Lin Kuei this close to the tournament over an infant, so she has to go. He tries to keep tabs on her but loses track eventually, assuming that she has died
When Kuai Liang is resurrected after the netherrealm war, Frost is the first person he asks for when waking up in Raiden's temple, assuming that she will be there and be well and that he will finally get to see her again only to be told that she died years ago, though Raiden does not tell Kuai Liang that he ever sent her away, letting him believe that she'd been at the temple her whole life
upon hearing this, he loses it on Raiden and tries to kill the god, eventually fleeing the temple and ending up outside the Shirai Ryu where Hanzo greets him. Kuai Liang breaks down into his arms, sobbing uncontrollably (He had told Hanzo about Frost being with Raiden when they were trapped in the netherrealm) and tells him what has happened, leading to Hanzo offering him sanctuary.
Kuai Liang, blaming the Lin Kuei for being the reason he had to give her up in the first place, immediately starts hunting down the cyber Lin Kuei and killing them all in revenge. He does briefly get possessed by the dagger, then freed by Hanzo (this time without being left for dead) and eventually he reclaims his temple and secludes himself there, refusing to leave, at which point Raiden sends the new recruits, and Frost though Raiden was unaware of that, to his door.
So Frost still grows up in the black dragon fighting pits and still ends up joining the Lin Kuei the same way she does in canon, but this time there are secrets that get revealed as a result and a lot of tears during the reunion
thoughts?
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Grand babbee cardassian has broken me… also more Jocasta content pls we love a quiet queen
GRANPA GARAK! A DISIPLINARIAN!
He gets up early every day to pick fresh fruit from the garden for his grandkids. Elim III is his Little Regnar. Lim thinks he's going to spoil them rotten (the orphanage and the dirt floor gardening shed that they lived in was CHARACTER BUILDING. it made him the MAN HE IS TODAY.)
JOCASTA LOVE.... she's truly an underrated queen.. here maam ms head scrub nurse you dropped your crown 👑
She cares about outward presentation as much as any Cardassian, but especially hair (cardassian hair being much thicker and coarser than human fur.)
also she refers to julian as Dr Bashir at work just out of propriety and respect. most people don't know that they're father and daughter simply because she does not care to tell them. they just think she's his favorite because she's good at her job and gently takes no shit
^ scenes that play before the least pleasant vacation miles has ever been on
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Guess who just learned how to use FireAlpaca (I say, as I’ve been using FireAlpaca for like 7 years)
I’m here to spread big-cat-obelisk propaganda with another auction house kiddo! I really like this dudes colors, and I didn’t want to see him exalted haha
HE ALSO HAS 666 IN HIS ID ITS A DOUBLE WIN
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