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mARTch day 13, warm colors

Thought I'd sneak in some fanart for The Innocent Mage today 💕 Asher and Gar, refed off thee David Tennant Richard II kiss

The grip these two have on me...

soooo i've started posting on my booktube again, give it a watch if you fancy 👀

So I spread myself across like a bridge and I pull you to the edge

Every time there's a religion* built around a central Martyr and we later find out - via lore, prequels, word of mouth, etc. - that the martyr in question would not have liked the resulting religion and would be horrified by the things done in their name? That's my shit. Love that shit.

*for discourse purposes, fictional religions.

Really wish the booktok girlies would like... Idk... Stop recommending the same 10 sets of books like...

There are so many niche books out there that deserve a fandom. 😭😭

kinda nice of the universe to let things go my way for a change once other things have reached "you have to handle or else" place

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker, Crowntaker, Realmshaker (DC x DP)

Idk how many people who follow me know but I love my notfics so here...

A Kingmaker Danny Phantom where he's not (technically) king after defeating Pariah Dark because he's still uhm… a child (who is untrained in diplomacy and barely knows anything about Ghost Culture), but whoever replaces Pariah is fully aware than Danny could at any time beat them up and install someone else in their place. Maybe it's not even explicit and Danny doesn't know.

Pandora tells him: "Oh, we got a new king of the ghost zone, nah, you don't know her but she's tight with me and Frostbite. But we're not really having her use the crown and ring, they're going to be for emergencies only." and Danny is like "oh cool, my buddies approve of the new king, I don't need to be further involved!" but because of this assumption, he doesn't go to the coronation, and it turns into a huge source of tension because like:

"Why should we be concerned about any decrees given by the new king, when at literally any moment, Danny Phantom, the BAMF, the myth, the legend, is probably going to show up and give a legendary smackdown and make this ghost Pariah's new roomie?" Then some of Danny's long-time foes start to play very nice with him, in the hopes that when (not if) Danny decides to replace the new king that they might be in the running for a minor barony or something under the new regime. Danny does not think this about-face through, just thinking 'oh this is neat! how convenient that everyone wants to be my friend now!' Ghosts often refer to him as 'ghost child' and I love the idea of him being the little brother of the entirety of the amity park-adjacent section of the infinity realms. Johnny could teach him how to ride a motorbike, skulker could teach him some ghost engineering (assuming he is involved in the construction of his own suit) etc. These rumours of the upcoming 'next king' who doesn't even exist, of course gets back to the new king and she's like

"idk what I have done to anger Kingbreaker Danny, he hasn't even given me a chance!" SO!!! She decides to reach out to some humans she knows for advice on how to win over a little boy (her creepy insinuation very much unintended on her part). Here are some options of varying hilarity for how she could go because I couldn't pick just one!

Vlad!: Your standard, non-crossover option. I personally love redeemed Vlad content (maybe Maddy crosses a line and his Obsession with her snaps), and this could be amusing if the king doesn't give many details so he doesn't realise it's Danny, and then when he does realise, freaks out about having adoptive parent competition.

Constantine/Zatanna: Both magic-y people, they could have summoned her at one point before or after her coronation.

Wonder Woman!!: If the king knows Pandora maybe Pandora referred her as an old buddy of some of the gods or other amazons. The king could just say they need to talk to a human expert not connected to Danny without giving more detail and pandora could say "oh yeah, the gods who created me have some human-ish relatives and one of them even lives with other humans. she's basically my cousin!" meanwhile Diana has never met pandora and doesn't know anything about her outside of the OG myth.

Superman: Danny shares a lot of superman's powers, plus they both have that OP vibe, PLUS share the "one foot in each world" type of thing that could lead the king to think he was the best option. Unsure why they would've met so reaching out as a stranger would add a different vibe.

The Flash: his speed powers canonically come from another dimension that he calls the speed force. do you know what is also another dimension? the ghost zone. The flash is that annoying neighbour who occasionally dangles an extension cord over your fence to use your electricity, and will not stop using your Wi-Fi because it runs faster than his. The king figures he owes her and if he won't then she'll change the speed force Wi-Fi password...metaphorically.

Actually, you know what, ghost king threatening all speedsters on Earth if they don't help her woo a teenager is the funniest option. So, we’re continuing with that. Obviously, the flash doesn't want to lose his abilities! But also, this smacks of a creepy grooming situation. The flash then has to awkwardly explain to the entire justice league that his speed is being held hostage by a dead cougar who wants to seduce a human teenage boy for reasons that may be illicit but are jenky at the very least. There are hundreds of Danny joins the batfam fics so I don't think this story needs to go in that direction, but batman would probably have to be involved at this point just to figure out who the "teenage victim" is. That is how Danny Fenton meets most of the main justice league with them not even having an inkling he's dead/secretly a ghost hero. Most batpham fics I've read where the batclan figures out Phantom's identity, they see him fight ghosts and look up ghost experts, find his parents, see a family photo and then make the visual connection. Like superman, Danny's identity is mostly in the clear because no one would think that a ghost would even have a secret identity - he's dead (and thanks to the time travel he's done appears to have been dead for centuries), who would he need to be protecting?? But this time, the ghosts are all playing buddy-buddy with Danny so phantom hasn't necessarily had any super public fights recently that would make investigating protections against ghost attacks a priority for the bats that would lead them to holding up a picture of Danny next to a picture of phantom. Mostly, Danny goes ghost to play with cujo (I love cujo), or visit the ghost zone. Casper high students are BAFFLED at Fenton's eclectic friend group btw, though considering his parents the ghost dog totally tracks for them. *GASP* service dog Cujo....but that's another post for another time. Jasmine Fenton is not impressed. This could also be Sam or Tucker, or any of Danny's newest ghost buddies if you like but as an oldest sibling I have OPINIONS. She thinks Danny is safest taking this perv ghost on himself and not risking a possessed/overshadowed justice league or even just the justice league themselves. That's right kids, the justice league is often in canon closely associated with the USA government - the same government who put the anti-ecto acts into place. NOW! a lot of crossover fics have the justice league completely clueless about the anti-ecto laws and GIW. I don't always find that realistic. The entirety of the justice league dark is pretty closely involved with the dead and ghosts (deadman IS a ghost), clark is an investigative journalist married/dating/besties with another, award winning investigative journalist, Bruce is the most paranoid and well informed man alive with two sons plus one batgirl who have died and been brought back through mystical or scientific means, Diana is (in some canons) meant to be an ambassador representing her people to the entirety of mankind. So, none of them even being vaguely aware of this new law does NOT track for me. I think a few possibilities are...possible: - They know about the laws, read a few scientific papers on ecto-entities written by "experts" which would include the Fenton parents and pre-redemption Vlad, and think 'yeah that checks out no reason to fight this' - They know but as they rarely deal with the national justice system as a team, and therefore don't think about it as a positive or negative thing. It doesn't apply to their lives. Think about how much you know about your local laws, let alone obscure federal ones (in some parts of Australia it’s illegal to be holding more than 50kg of potatoes, just as a random example!). - Some of them agree with the "experts" or don't even know about the laws, whereas Batman, John Constantine and Martian Manhunter know they're a crock of shit but themselves lack the political capital to fight them without leverage and can't justify it without an emergency.

Danny's ghost buddies are told that apparently some ghost is threatening the justice league to get to Danny and go back into the zone to investigate. I genuinely think once their obsessions are no longer at cross purposes, Danny could totally help ghosts to fulfil their obsessions in ways they hadn't considered, and they could be buddies for real now. Think Tucker setting Ember up with a YouTube or streaming account, playing paintball with Skulker, introducing Walker to one of those uber-elaborate RPG or tabletop games with massive amounts of rules and letting him be like Matt Mercer in the Rules Lawyer round of Um, Actually. There’s an entire separate fic here I swear.

Either way! Jazz is trying to warn her brother away from the justice league while he and probably Tucker are all 🤩. Danny knows it's dangerous for him personally but his Obsession with protecting the town knows that Amity has never been safer with all these heroes milling about so it's hard for him not to be over eager and relaxed. The flash is explaining how his powers could be removed if he doesn’t comply and Danny says, “oh then just tell her?” and the league is like “oh no, not another self-sacrificing teen.” Unfortunately for everyone involved, Superman has super hearing. He heard Jazz telling Danny to kick the Justice League to the curb. Now the Justice League thinks there's something foul in the Fenton household, but they think it's Jazz instead of Danny.

a lot of really bad takes on the affc white book scene can be traced back to a popular tiktok on how the dance characters died for non-books readers which paraphrased the ‘no songs were sung of him’ out of context in relation to criston. this means a lot of non-book readers interpret this as like he’s a historical nobody no one gives a shit about him he won no honour or glory which isn’t like. insanely incorrect but is also a gross misunderstanding of criston as a thematic character in affc

the no songs were sung of him is specifically referring to songs being sung of straightforwardly virtuous knights (aemon dragonknight) or straightforwardly bad knights (lucamore strong) and how criston is a historically ambiguous figure he made a huge significant decision but his motives were obscure he’s a bit of both. he might have been acting for what he believed was the greater good he might have been acting out of petty treacherous cruelty he is a VERY explicit parallel to jaime’s own feelings about killing aerys and how he’s perceived because of it. kingmaker-kingslayer etc. it’s jaime thinking about what being a good man and a good knight means and legacy in general+ also is thematically all over the dorne plot and the faegon plot there’s a reason queenmaker kingbreaker variant chapter headings recur

THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN QUEEN

“Princess Leila Martell would claim every child she bore was legitimate, even though her own father and mother had not bore witness to the wedding, but no one would dare argue with the Royal Family of Dorne. 

However, there were some amongst Westeros--particularly amongst The Blacks--who believed her children were nothing but common bastards born of a love affair between Princess Leila and the Kingmaker himself, Ser Criston Cole.”

NYSA MARTELL: 

The eldest daughter of Princess Leila and two years Aegon II’s junior, she was betrothed to the Dragon Prince for all of one day before it was broken by King Viserys. The next ruler of Dorne, Princess Nysa was rarely seen outside of Sunspear, and many rumors surrounded the health of the princess and whether or not she was truly fit to rule. Regardless of these claims, Nysa birthed several sons and daughters including Myriah Martell, who brought Dorne into the Seven Kingdoms through marriage. It was said that she was the most honorable and stoic of Princess Leila’s children, and many suitors would travel to Sunspear to try and make her laugh in the hopes of winning her hand. 

MYIAH MARTELL:

Affectionately dubbed “The Sun Princess” for her similarity to her mother, Myiah Martell’s blood ran hotter than most, with a quick temper and a spiteful disposition, it was rumored that the Princess never forgot a slight and she fought nearly as well as her twin brother Arion. While there is only a year between her and her elder sister, the two were often confined to different parts of the castle to ensure that few fights among siblings would occur. Even though her twin brother is a mere two minutes younger than her, Myiah is still next in line for the throne of Dorne if anything should happen to her sister.

ARION MARTELL:

The rattlesnake. In truth, he was said to be the most hot-blooded of them all, taking after his Uncle, Prince Qyle in both martial prowess and handling slights against his family. The blood of the twins ran hotter than the sun, Dornish nobles had often said, and you did not want to be on the bad side of either of them. Rumors abound regarding Arion’s sexuality and his refusal to marry, but none more prevalent than the fact that The Rattlesnake had fallen in love with Princess Helaena Targaryen and been so distraught by her demise he vowed never to love again. 

MORS MARTELL

The youngest of Princess Leila’s children, his quiet and unassuming nature does not befit the moniker bestowed upon him by Westeros. The Kingbreaker. Originally meant to mock his supposed father, Prince Mors proved himself worthy of the title when he faced The Young Dragon in combat and captured him with the help of the Dornish small folk. Many report hearing the screams and shrieks of King Daeron as Prince Mors tortured him with his own Valyrian Steel Sword, Blackfyre, before executing him in the eyes of his own men and cousin--Prince Aemon the Dragonknight--ending the Conquest of Dorne.

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An illustration for my forthcoming fic ✨️

This chapter is titled On The Road. A brief summary-

On the long journey back to Dorana, Gar wants to make up for his "unprincely" reaction to Asher’s (now thwarted) plans to leave. When they come upon a hot spring on a wooded path at midday, he gets an opportunity to take away some of Asher’s pain.

At this point in the book they're both so beat up, physically and emotionally, it's very cathartic to give them this little reprieve.

Here's the full version!

The way Morgan is the only one who can sense the danger to dorana and so he’s working to prevent it but what if it’s a self fulfilling prophecy and by acting on this he’s actually bringing about the problems he’s seeking to solve

Alayne Stone knew that look all too well. Ocean hues shift downcast as a dainty hand grasps at her handheld mirror to look at her reflection in the looking glass. She recognized it from King's Landing when Littlefinger would whisper in the Queen's ear. Petyr was her guardian, laughing, gentle and sweet, but this man sitting before her was another breed entirely, the likes of kingmakers and kingbreakers. Sometimes it had become almost impossible to tell the two apart. Tonight's feast had gone well enough with Young Falcon Harrold the Heir in her grasp. And yet, like mirrors, illusions can be shattered just as easily if one didn't have their wits about them. Sweetrobin had been furious seeing her upon the floor with the young man but luckily he did not fall into another sickly fit, her poor little lord. Her stomach fluttered.

❝Tonight went pleasantly well, Father, more than I'd hoped it would be,❞ Alayne began, the word 'father' rotting in her mouth, ❝only I do have my own concerns.❞

Alayne, all clad in raven black as if she were attending a funeral, began to experiment with her headpieces, brushing her long black tresses with a gloved hand before placing a silver and sapphire blue falcon headpiece in her hair. ❝I asked the Heir if he would name his babe Cinnamon if it's a girl or Cloves if it's a boy, and he laughed, then I told him that if we were to wed that he would need to send Saffron back to her father in Gulltown, I would be all the spice he wanted... however, if he touches me in ways no man should touch his bride or turns on me, I want him thrown out of the Moon Door to join Lady Arryn.❞ She would never endure another Joffrey ever again.

That was her first concern. She looks up from the looking glass up to Lord Baelish, ocean eyes glinting in the dark. ❝Yohn Royce and Anya Waynwood do not trust you and Myranda Royce keeps asking me odd questions, as you know. You once told me to prepare for the future and I have been deep in thought about it. In an ideal world, I would rally all of the Knights of the Vale behind me and leave the South behind while the Lannisters engage with the fanatics in King's Landing and then, if the rumors are true, Prince Aegon VI Targaryen's forces from Storm's End, to take back the North and Winterfell when the Boltons are overthrown by either Stannis or a traitor in their ranks. However, if there is anything the Red Keep has taught me, Father, it is that nothing ever truly goes according to plan all the time. How do you propose we go about telling the lords and ladies of the Vale? The Lannisters have friends even here.❞

Her gyrfalcon Courtesy landed on the windowsill of her chambers that had previously belonged to Lysa Arryn in the Gates of the Moon. Alayne rises to her feet, turning her back on him momentarily as she walks to the window and allows the great bird to latch to her arm. Returning to her seat, Courtesy's eyes look intently at the Lord of Harrenhal, almost like a protective mother over her chick, for gyrfalcons were the greatest and rarest of birds, and female gyrfalcons towered over their male counterparts. Gloved fingers scratch at Courtesy's head as she leans into her lady's touch, affectionately chirping from her beak, and Alayne turns to look at Lord Baelish again, a sly smile playing her lips as she eyes the gyrfalcon's grey and white colors—Stark colors—and back at him again.

Harry Hardyying was handsome indeed, that much was true, yet so was Joffrey, her dwarf husband Tyrion was twisted and yet he never hurt Sansa Stark, and yet none of them were Aurane Waters, the swaggering Bastard of Driftmark with dark skin, silver gold hair and blue-green eyes and his way with words and his sweet mouth.

Sansa Stark loved Aurane Waters... but it was never to be, she thought with a sharp pang of sadness in her heart, having never let go of the silver seahorse pendant the Bastard of Driftmark had given the Stark girl and kept it in a chest where she kept jewelry that once belonged to Lysa Arryn and Sansa Stark. The only light in the chambers were the candles. She still tasted the giant lemoncake in the shape of the Giant's Lance from the great feast from earlier that evening on her tongue.

Alayne rises momentarily once more to fetch a cloak made of the fur of black foxes now that night had settled in and the moonlight filtered through the window and wrap it around herself; she felt cold, but the night was hers now. ❝Let us go with the notion that things do indeed go smoothly for the most part and we ride north with the Knights of the Vale behind me. It is either the Boltons I have to face or Stannis Baratheon who wanted my brother dead; either way, it is no matter, I shall have Courtesy tear their eyes from their sockets and then when that is done, I will rip out Roose Bolton's heart like he did mine. And yet surely I will need more allies, no? The North is fractured, scattered and divided and the Riverlands are broken and bleeding. If I may, as you are Lord of Harrenhal, why not give it to Walder Frey and be done with it? Give him the curse of Harren the Black so they may call him Walder the Wicked.❞

Standing before Lord Baelish was seemingly another girl entirely from the girl who arrived at King's Landing all those years ago; the years had hardened her. ❝And if the rumors really are true, that Aegon VI Targaryen has come from across the sea intent on taking the Iron Throne, Father, he'd do well to bring me Queen Cersei's head.❞ That is, if he had any hope of bringing the North peacefully back into the fold once the North, the Riverlands, the Vale and most importantly, Winterfell were hers. Finally, after all these years of suffering and tribulations, she was going home. Only...

❝What if I am not fit to reign over the North?❞ She had seen the North in her dreams countless times now through the eyes of Courtesy, but just as the gyrfalcon laid eyes on the great castle of Winterfell, she woke up everytime. Sansa wanted more than anything to be the great unifier her people and country so desperately needed... whether she could, however was another matter entirely. She was never taught to rule, arithmetic was a nightmare to her (she really had tried improving with Baelish but to little avail) and worst of all, she had been wed to a Lannister, forcefully, granted, but the Northerners were a stubborn and fiercely loyal yet wary people.

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Lamen Week | Day 3

Prompt: Hurt/Comfort Title: Kingmaker, Kingbreaker Series: Captive Prince Rating: G Summary: A child suddenly appears unattended. There is no mistaking the resemblance; this boy is Damen’s blood, Kastor’s son. It would be the right thing to do, to take him in and raise him, but Damen finds himself conflicted over the complicated emotions associated with his nephew. At least Laurent is pragmatic enough to make the decision for him. Note: Dedicated to Jani_Tomb for the inspiration and her offer to beta this entire week’s worth of works! You dropped your 👑, my queen. Enjoy day 3 @lamenweek!

Excerpt: “And how did you discover the child was there in the first place?” It is Laurent's turn to ask questions now, but this all seems too carefully planned. Already, he has suspicions of just what has happened. “We… heard it crying, my king,” Pallas says, still facing away from them. “And you came to tell us this because?” Their guard is silent. He seems hesitant to admit this is their nightwatch admitting they have failed to perform their duties securing the castle walls during the night. While it is true there have been fewer and fewer rebellions to quash in the past months since Vere and Akielos joined their kingdoms under two crowns, there will always be some sort of threat lurking in the background for all of their reign. To think otherwise would be foolish, and Laurent is no fool. “You haven’t the faintest idea what to do with it, do you?” he surmises, pulling away from his husband and reaching for the white shift he let Damianos relieve him of the night before. It slips easily over his head, and he does not bother to tie it shut before bending down to pick up the wrinkled chiton at the foot of their bed that he hands off to his husband casually. “Bring me the child,” Laurent tells their guard. His tone is level, bored even, but that is when Laurent is the most dangerous of all.

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Ten characters. Ten fandoms. Ten tags.

Tagged by @medi-melancholy, in no particular order (except the first, but we all know that)

Garland (Final Fantasy IX)

Stephanivien de Haillenarte (Final Fantasy XIV)

Meracle Chamlotte (Star Ocean: The Last Hope)

John Hardin (Vagrant Story)

Barl Lindin (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker) (...SHE COUNTS.)

Josephine Montilyet (Dragon Age)

Peppita Rossetti (Star Ocean: 'Till the End of Time)

Isaaru (Final Fantasy X)

Mipha (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

...It's early, but I'm also calling it on Laeticia (Star Ocean: The Divine Force)

Not tagging anyone, but feel free to tag me if you steal this <3