What if Iumaka literally named their son Araya though. Like, the exact name of the pseudo-deity they worship.
It's unclear to me as of right now why they'd choose such a loaded name for their son but I'm majorly intrigued by the idea of Araya the Moon and Araya the Prince That Never Was being conflated and confused with each other mythology and oral history wise, with one being given the other's aspects and stuff. The divine origin thing stuck onto the prince. Son of a king thing being assigned to the Moon-child. All that sort of nonsense.
There being some myths and stories about the prince apparently being sent by the gods to be Kaykhusraw's successor whose death caused the curse that befell his father's line, only to be countered by another storyteller that no, the prince wasn't sent by the gods, it's because the prince was literally Araya's incarnation and that made the gods panic because they sure don't want someone powerful as that ruling Pars so they sent a prophecy down to someone and told Kaykhusraw to eliminate the threat. Some say Iumaka themself received a prophecy or smth and that's what made them choose that name for the kid. Who knows the truth? No one.
Also Hilmes being stuck in the “Temple” aka the place that was likely the base of operations for Team Kaykhusraw, and the place Araya the Younger grew up in, getting to experience its Haunted-ness™ wholesale. I've posted about its general vibes on here but I'm not terribly satisfied with it. Hmm.
I like to imagine that at some point in their relationship (nearing the end of S1 for example), Starscream accidentally crashed into something while outrunning the Autobots because he couldn't get Emilyn off of his mind.
This marks the beginning of his stupidity to realize he was falling in love with a human girl.
has to be the most boring trend of all time, yet bottomfeeders keep doing it. Like, man, just admit you have no charisma to back up your work at that point.
☯ Have you ever tried to bring peace to a situation?
✮ Have you managed to stay away from drama?
/In the last 2-3 years yup, keep your distance from those folks. Online or in real life drama aint healthy whatsoever esp for your mindset.
☄ Have you ever been in the middle of drama?
/I think I have some time ago, but managed to get out of it. I doubt I was viewed positively by everyone and hey what can you do? Each of us has a different perspective and we can simply share what we personally experience.
☯ Have you ever tried to bring peace to a situation?
/Not really it aint worth it. I usually try to listen to one or two people and try to understand them as individuals. To be a peacemaker is waaaay too much responsibility and work, and if I am not friends with both people it's not worth it. And even if I am, you can't force others to be friends again if things simply do not work out.
Level 13, he squints at the holomonitor, three flipping to an eight, then back to a three. He pops open another capsule of stim pills with one hand, dry-swallowing the white, miniature hexagons in one go, sharp corners dragging invisible burn lines down his throat. They had been given stimpills, when they went to hunt. He and his men, Level 8 access, target and location, known associates, known competencies, eliminate or capture. (Always eliminate, the corpse captured as proof).
Level 13. That was for…Haar’chak, he didn’t know who had that access. That was the whole point of a security system, kriff it all! The data has nothing to do with PT-0042’s mission objectives, nothing to do with his security clearance, serves as nothing but a distraction from his duty, from his orders.