Imagine you and Soren liking one another but him being worried he can't compete with the other man in your life...your best friend Callum

You were Callum's best friend and had been as long as you could remember. Your moms were close friends and you were born only 1 month apart so you went through everything together. When Callum's mother married the king and moved to the palace she brought your mother with her they were that good friends. Then when Callum's mom died, your mother tried her best to help keep her memory alive for Callum and Ezran and the King was always grateful for that.

Having grown up at the palace together you were also around Soren from a young age but only really noticed him as a teenager. That's when you realised he was totally hot. That was also when your realised you wanted to be a soldier. You got to participate in Callum's training sessions but quickly surpassed him. You remembered the exact date Soren first complimented your fighting style. You'd been sparring with Callum when Soren happened to be walking by. You decided to go extra hard hoping he was watching and he the was. You knocked Callum into the mud with the force of your strike which Soren found hilarious and he bounded over to tell you. "You should totally come to the intermediate classes I run" Soren said and you nodded "I'll be there!". Once he'd left Callum sighed "I know you fancy him but did you really have to give me a concussion?".

Callum was your best friend so it didn't take him long to realise you were into Soren but the man himself didn't quite get that. You quickly progressed through your classes to the stage where Soren was giving you one on one sessions which you both used as a cunning excuse to be alone together, unaware the other was doing the same thing. You even started staying in the palace as an excuse to bump into Soren more and the chemistry between the two of you felt amazing. However, Soren was worried about your friendship with Callum. Although Claudia assured him there was nothing going on there (she was stunned Soren couldn't see you had fallen for him hook line and sinker) he still couldn't shake away this feeling he was competing with Callum if not for your hand then at least for the first place spot in your heart.

You made it onto the King's Guard after years of work and Soren was determined to finally ask you out...but enter Rayla and her assassins. You were with Callum when he found her and escape with Ezran, Rayla and Callum with the egg. However, Soren had no idea you'd gone willingly and spent weeks pushing himself to the limit so he could rescue you. He promised, the second he saw your beautiful face he'd propose or something! Claudia told him this might be weird considering you'd never dated and so he agreed he'd ask you to be his girlfriend before wife. But then he found out it was all fake! You'd never been kidnapped by an evil elf but had gone willingly and just fed him that story because it was convenient. Soren felt betrayed and to make it all worse, you'd done it for Callum. So when Soren saw you again at the Moon Nexus, after Callum convinced Rayla to let them stay, he had a lot of feelings.

"What's wrong Sorbear?" Claudia asked him "you haven't said a word since Callum showed us to our room". Even Callum's name made him angry and he sighed "nothing". "Okay but it's clearly something so tell me or I'll tickle you until you tell me". Soren sighed "she left me, for him" and all the humour left the room at his tone. "Y/n?" Claudia asked and Soren nodded "I was so worried about her and now I feel so stupid. She always picks him and I don't know what else I was expecting. She became a king's guard for him. She ran away from all that for him! She lied to me and let me think she was kidnapped for him! He's her everything". Claudia frowned "yeah Y/n cares about him but they're best friends! That's all". Soren shook his head "she loves him Clauds, how do I compete with that?". Claudia tried to explain to Soren there were many different ways to love someone and one wasn't superior to another but he was too pouty and wouldn't listen.

When you found out Soren was here you were a mixture of ecstatic and nervous. When you'd left the two of you were close, pretty much an unofficially couple. Soren was training with you every night of the week and then he'd walk you back to your room. You'd go out together on Friday or Saturday evenings and Claudia had started calling you Soren's girl which made both of you blush but neither of you had stopped her. Seeing him again would be awkward to say the least but Callum could be an idiot sometimes and didn't think about this.

"So...Sorens back" Callum said smirking suggestively "you must be happy". "Wait you and that big lug?" Reyla asked. You went to deny it when Callum nodded "oh yeah they've had the hots for each other for ages! They used to train together just as an excuse to get close to each other. They were totally a couple just never made it official. We won't be seeing much of Y/n now with him around" Callum smiled. You shook your head " I don't know, he might be mad at me". "What? That's crazy!" Callum said but you shook your head "then why didn't he come and see me? You didn't force him to go straight to his room right?". Callum paused "well no...". "And you probably told him I was here right? What did he say". Callum frowned "well he didn't comment which I did think was odd but I bet he's just tired". "He's hurt" you frowned and Rayla frowned "why?" she asked in her typical brass way. "I'm guessing it's the whole leaving without telling him, faking a kidnapping and running away from him thing. He's hurt I never trusted him or went to him for help". Callum frowned "then just apologise. There's no way he can stay mad at you". You frowned but decided to give it a go.

So you made your way over to Claudia and Soren's room and just as you were about to walk up the path Claudia appeared. She saw you and smiled "hey y/n great to see you! You here for Soren? Just go on in!". "Are you sure?" you asked and she nodded "yep no need to knock" and walked away. You nodded and walked right in, to find a shirtless Soren. He'd clearly just come from the shower and looked amazing. He'd always been muscular and tall but add that to not seeing him in weeks plus the tension between the two of you and you'd never been more attracted to him.

Soren heard footsteps and turned "Claudia have you seen my..." when he saw it was you. "Oh..." he said and that jolted you back into reality. Soren always smiled when he saw pretty much anyone but especially you, so to see him so serious was upsetting. You nodded "Hi, Callum told me you were here and I just wanted to come and make sure you were okay". Soren shrugged "we're fine" and you nodded "it must've been hard travelling all this way just the two of you". Soren shrugged putting his shirt on "well you do anything when someone you care about is in danger...or maybe they're just lying to you about it". You sighed "Soren I'm so sorry for leaving without telling you. You deserved better than that and I never wanted you to follow me or worry about me. I just didn't get the chance to talk to you because Callum needed my help and I knew he'd had that run-in with Claudia". Soren shook his head "you know I'd worry about you Y/n and I'd always listen to you if you came to me as would Claudia but even if she didn't there's no way I'd just blindly side with her". You nodded "I know, I know, I'm so sorry everything just happened so fast and I was scared. I know I can trust you of course I do. It was you who encouraged me to go out for king's guard. You who got up early to run all those drills with me. You who vouched for me when nobody else would. You meant the world to me Soren and I'd hate for something like this to ruin all that!" you cried tears leaking down your face and Soren caved "hey, hey calm down it's okay!". "So you forgive me?" you asked sniffling and Soren nodded "yes I forgive you" and hugged you. You relaxed against him and it felt like you'd never left. You buried your head in his chest and felt him tighten his arms around you. This was the safest you'd felt since this all started and it was a while before Soren let go of you.

You spent pretty much the whole night together catching up and it felt so good to be back together. Neither of you had said anything so you still weren't technically a couple but Soren kept putting his arm around you and your eyes lingered on one another.

When you saw Soren again in the morning after a brief 2-hour sleep you blushed and Callum smirked "someone's got a boyfriend". You punched him making Rayla laugh. You took a seat next to Soren at the table and he shot you a huge smile that made you want to melt. "Hey Y/n! I saved you some breakfast, Claudia tried to take your bowl because it had more in it and she said you wouldn't notice...". "Did not!" Claudia cried but from her blush, you could tell Soren was telling the truth so nodded "thanks Soren" shooting him a big smile. Soren nearly melted.

However things weren't all sorted, Rayla still didn't trust the duo and with good reason. Although Soren was thrilled to be back with you he did suspect you'd been brainwashed. "I mean come on, what other reason would make Y/n side with an elf?". "Both Callum and Ezren also siding with her?" Claudia pointed out. Soren shook his head "no she's too smart just to get pulled along by them, I'm telling you she's been forced!". "Either way we can't let them leave with the elf that's for sure" Claudia replied.

You were outside the door on your way to go ask Soren if he wanted a walk. You rushed back to the others and sighed "Rayla you were right but I want to create the plan to leave Soren and Claudia behind. Not hurt them". "No problem" Rayla said "I'm just glad someone else has seen the light...or heard the light".

So you put together a plan. You'd make Soren and Claudia thought you were going along with them but it was an illusion. Rayla would lure Soren away and tie him up while you kept Claudia busy. Then you'd both escape on PhiPhi. You felt bad for lying to Soren but this time planned to tell him you were going.

So you did just that. After Rayla had tied Soren to a tree you approached him "Soren I'm doing with Rayla and I'm not brainwashed or being forced. I'm sorry to be leaving you again, I know it might seem weird to you but it's something I need to do and I need you to understand. I don't need your permission but I do want you to know I'm not leaving you and I will come back because I want you...I like you" you said. Soren hadn't looked happy to be tied to a tree but when he heard your explanation he positively grinned.

Soren smiled at you, his bright blue eyes sparkling "I like you too and have been waiting ages to hear you say that...I won't stop you, I mean I can't but you know that means I have to follow you right? As long as you're out here in possible danger I won't leave you". You nodded "I figured you might say that...and there's nothing I can do to deter you?". Soren laughed "not a chance" and you smiled "well it might be quite nice knowing you a few steps behind me". "Not many" Soren replied still smiling"you know I could always outpace you. Plus having you as the goal will certainly increase my motivation". You smirked "you always did like chasing me huh?" enjoying this when Rayla groaned "Y/n are you seriously flirting right now? We have to go!". "Oh yeah right" you nodded "bye Soren" and you rushed away. Soren smiled watching you go, he honestly wasn't even sad. He was just excited and when Claudia found him he was just grinning goofily.

Let the chase begin.

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So in honour of the new season of The Dragon Prince which I am absolutely loving, I had to polish off and post an old Soren imagine because he's just as great in the new season and he's still my favourite character.

Thank y’all for liking my Petra art so much, have a bonus Soren and Ivor doodle

Feel free to request any doodles about mcsm related things or about my little hcs I appreciate the inspiration for art of this silly game

Underated moment is Callum guiding Rayla to where Soren is so she doesn’t hit the ground and gets hurt

Even in desesperate moments he must treat gf with extreme care

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I'm at it again with the bunnies!!

I think Mia would be a perfect candidate for a spring alt. Sharena needs someone peppy to get Ike and Soren to feel the holiday spirit!

I know everyone is obsessed with the idea of an IkeSoren duo but I also love the idea of Soren being paired with someone he can't handle lol.

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Soren has a dragon that he's had since he was three.

It's one of the few genuinely happy memories he has from his childhood. Most days he struggles to remember any at all—so much of it was posturing and conflict and useless efforts to win his father's pride. It was not the simplest childhood, certainly not the happiest, but Rexy is still in his quarters, and when Soren looks at him, he thinks of games and laughter and the warmth of his mother's arms against the winter cold.

He's still pretty fond of him, even now. He's dusty and old and beat to shit, his left eye loose, his dye faded, and Soren's not going to pretend he doesn't pull him down sometimes to defend him from invisible armies (a perfectly normal twenty-eight year old thing to do, thank you), but Rexy's definitely seen better days too, and Soren thinks of the twins that are supposed to be arriving any day now and thinks it might be time for a little bit of a makeover before Rexy goes back into the fray.

"That's so sweet," chuckles Callum, as he examines the loose stitching at Rexy's ear. "But I gotta be honest, Soren, I dunno that he's gonna make it even if I do fix him. Kids can be really rough."

Soren doesn't doubt it. Callum and Rayla's little girl is barely eighteen months old and she's a terror to anything in the castle smaller than her. "I still think it's worth trying," he says. "If he goes down, he'll go down in battle, and there's no nobler end for a toy."

"True," snorts Callum. He fiddles Rexy's loose eye and tugs it free. Soren tries not to wince. "You've had him forever though. I know he means a lot to you. Are you sure you wanna let your soon-to-be kids tear him up?"

"Mm." Soren shrugs, a little sentimental, a little heartbroken, but resolute all the same. "I don't really have anything else to pass on," he says quietly. "I've been thinking about it for ages, and I—" He huffs. "I just think that Rexy'll watch over them the same way he watched over me. Does that make sense?"

Callum laughs good naturedly and nudges his arm. "Yeah," he says. "I get it." He glances at Soren from the corner of his eye then, and Soren can feel the way Callum studies him, his mentality, his readiness to be a dad. "Are you okay?"

"Mm," says Soren again. This time he shifts uncomfortably, because the thought is terrifying almost more than it is exciting. "I just want to be a better dad than mine was."

Callum smiles and pats his arm. "You've got nothing to worry about there, bud. You're going to be just fine."

"Big assumption," snorts Soren.

"Call it more of an observation," says Callum. "You've done the work. You're always doing the work. That's half the job right there. The rest is just love. Isn't that right, Rexy?"

He raises Rexy then and pitches his voice up an octave. "Don't worry, Soren, I'll keep you in line."

"Good gods."

"Get used to it, man, funny voices are like ten percent of the job."

Soren swats at him, and Callum dodges it only to almost fall out of his chair. "So you'll fix him?"

"I'll do my best," says Callum with a chuckle. Then, more genuinely, he adds, "You're nothing like your dad, Soren. You're going to be fine. Rexy will make sure of it."

Soren barks out a laugh. "I'm sure he will."

(And he does).

Y’all… Viren turned to dark magic as a way to save Soren when he was ill… and Claudia turned to dark magic when he was paralyzed… oh y’all the parallels I’m gonna be SICK.

anyone else have a playlist of just a few songs that in the context of the dragon prince emotionally wrench them like a lot or just me 😃

this is my funniest lorenz headcanon . he didn't know everyone wasn't bisexual until he came to garreg mach

current pass time: going through different peoples' letterboxd dreamworks rankings to see where they rank the CU movie

anyone who places it in the top 20 at least is based. I have yet to find someone who has it in their top 10 😔

for reference, here's where it is in my personal ranking:

i was reading your old posts from before, but why do you think it wasn't an issue if byleth had no heartbeat?

Oh.

For several reasons!

FE16 isn't your usual high-school setting in bumfuckville in the real world, it has people who can shapeshift in giant reptile like beings and Doro, a human who is supposedly one of the most "like us" out of the bunch, can clap her fingers and heal a broken wrist after singing at the church twice. So the usual arguments starting with "in real life when a baby doesn't have a heartbeat it's a serious health issue" are, imp, completely baseless.

In real life, even after reading 250 books, I still can't summon meteors from the sky :'(

"But random, even the random nurse Jerry contacted said it was not 'normal'!"

-> Byleth is not like Doro, by virtue of having their mom be some sort of "people who can shapeshift in a giant reptile-like being who have literal rocks for hearts". So what is "normal" for Dorothea might not be "normal" for Billy, who descends from a "sort of Nabatean" mother. Maybe being part 'sort of' Nabatean explains why Billy is able to live in relative good health even without a beating heart?

(obviously, the game refuses to tell us if Nabateans have heartbeats or to show us Sitri's ears... because that would make some fan favourites, or characters who are supposed to be fan favourites look really, imo, bad.)

Anyways, seeing as Billy is being able to exist without a beating heart but a rock in their chest - as their mother before them (for the rock in their chest acting as a heart part) - saying it's an issue Billy has no heartbeat is basically saying - if Sitri had none either because Nabateans (even pseudo ones like Sitri) have rocks instead of organs in their chests - it's an issue that Billy inherited their mother's condition - or is able to function like their Mother.

And if you want to push it a bit far, given how being able to function with rock instead of an organ might be a staple of Nabatean biology, the argument is basically saying "Jerry complains that his baby is part Nabatean aka biracial".

Tl;Dr : Billy is alive even without a heartbeat, has feelings even before Sothis wakes up (FEH Billy mentions how they don't like their "Ashen Demon" nickname! and that lack of "expressing feelings" was retconned in Nopes to have been something Sitri too had but gradually bypassed as she interacted more and more with the people living in the monastery, despite Sothis never awakening in her!) and their stunted state, that might have been caused by the transfusion, was nurtured and enhanced by the crappy lifestyle they lived before joining the Monastery (in FE16 at least!).

So in a world where Billy is related to a guy who can transform in a giant turtle and has, too, a rock acting as their heart, I don't see how this is supposed to be, at least fandom wise (if this is what you were meaning anon?) an issue.

i have these like. incredibly vivid ideas of chnt x tma fanart in my mind. vivid ideas i cannot make a reality. do you understand my suffering.

as much as i love caina, there was such a missed opportunity to make them platonic gay besties

This is what i expect tdp season 5 to be like:

Thinking more about half dragons:

One of the weirdest things in Tellius is, of course, the way branded have no transformation ability from their laguz parents, and the way laguz lose their ability if they have a mixed child. Super odd and unsatisfying!

So...what if after the goddess becomes whole and realizes that her children can actually breed with each other, she makes some change and allows laguz to regain their ability, and also let the branded tap into that power as well?

Yes this is "what I'd Soren could turn into a dragon?" We've all thought about it I'm sure!

I was pondering a bit about Corrin's transformation actually. Their dragon form is so bizarre and messed up looking that its actually AWSOME.

What if a half laguz transformation was similarly strange looking? Laguz already get a sense that branded are strange and twisted in some way so perhaps they're picking up on some inner animal form that's really uncanny valley for them.

I've always thought that if Soren had a dragon form it would reflect his slim, delicate human form. I've imagined him as the greyhound of dragons!! A form that's slim and fast but not as physically imposing as a standard Tellius dragon.

The black dragons are also covered in various gold spikes and pretty lines/patterns. I think that would become nice filigree and pinstriping almost.

Overall I wanted to go for a dragon that's beautiful and elegant but also a little too stretched out.

More video game sketches from my work sketchbook!

What's fun is that Soren has biological siblings he's never met somewhere out there; in book one there is an exchange between Marella (his mother) and Mrs. P, wherein Mrs. P reassures Marella by saying something to the affect of "hey, relax, we've done this a bunch of times before, remember?" and she specifically uses the word "clutch" and not just "egg" so yeah. That's neat, right? Just a bunch of barn owls who have no clue that Metalbeak is their brother, or that Soren and Coryn are related to them at all. Imagine meeting your youngest siblings after years and assuming they're dead or disappeared, only to discover that two are knights of the round table, one is basically hitler, and that you have a nephew who is the Chosen One. Like that's gonna be one hell of a family reunion LMAO