Kaewynn's Korner

Better safe than sorry

As much as Leon hates to say it, there is a certain hierarchy to his romantic life. His spouses take precedence in all things; if they need him, he puts whatever he's doing on hold. If he needs them, he knows without a doubt they would respond in kind. If they didn't get along with someone he was considering a commitment toward, he would have to let that person down gently. (If they ordered him to do this, it would be a different matter, because that's unfair; he discusses it with them before it becomes an issue, like adults ought.) As he explained it most recently to Valarin, his spouses are the ones he will always, at the end, come back to. He knows them as deeply as they can be known, and vice versa. He keeps as few secrets from them as he possibly can. They can bully him for his own good, and he can bully them back. They are the ones he puts all his faith in, that make him feel at home, safe, and normal. They are home for him. That's why they go on his collar; it's his last remaining piece of home, and they belong there.

Asking him to label anyone else would get a wierd look. If he had to use any particular term for it, the ones who are not his spouses that he chooses to spend most of his time with, harbors meaningful feelings for, and trusts deeply would be loved ones (this includes the ones he doesn't have sex with). They could become spouses, maybe, eventually, but they don't have to, and most of them won't. There is no spoken commitment, there are no promises, they're just where they're at. Leon has had loved ones who just up and disappeared on him one day; there was no commitment between them, so he wasn't angry about it from that angle, but it did sting to lose them. Until their initial ends up on his collar, they are very close friends and there are no expectations. There's a little bit of room for bullying, but it's a lot more cautious and he's more likely to let their business remain their business. Examples include but are not limited to Safrona, Cay, and Celedyn.

And then there's everyone else. *shrug* Leon considers sex just another activity people can engage in together, like playing a sport or seeing a show, not a connection or a milestone. He's said for years that it is infinitely easier for him to share his body than his mind or his heart; sex does not instill within him a sense of obligation, and he will make absolutely certain a new person knows that before he's willing to get with them. If you want to love him or be loved by him, talk with him and share things with him. The difference is what you share and what you promise.

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Mafia dude: BOSS! We found out who the mole is! It’s polyamorous Tony.

Mafia leader: that rat fuck! I want him dead! I want his wife dead! I want his wife dead! I want his wife dead! I want his wi-

Because TMI is about more than a character’s sex life.

1. Have you ever, or are you the type of person who would jump headfirst into a ceiling fan? 2. What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever done in a bedroom that wasn’t a sexual act? 3. What’s the correct way to eat stuffed-crust pizza: cheese first, or crust first? 4. If you’re in trouble and have to run, where’s the first place you go? Why? 5. What’s the most awkward topic you’ve ever had a conversation about? 6. Have you ever stolen anything? What’s the worst thing you’ve ever stolen? Hearts don’t count, but innocence does. 7. Talk about your favorite pet as much as you want. Go. 8. Who do you trust most? What with? Why? 9. Is time travel a good idea? What would you use it for? 10. Have you ever been addicted to anything? Are you still? Why or why not? How’d you get there? 11. In a world where people can live potentially forever and everyone ages at different rates and with different milestones, how do you decide who’s mature and who’s not? 12. You see someone wandering the streets alone just before dark. They look disheveled, confused, and like they’ve been crying. Offer to help, walk away, or something else? 13. Have you ever been somebody’s wingman for a date or hookup? How’d you do it? And, how’d you do? 14. Are you anybody’s battle buddy? If so, whose? How’d that happen? 15. Have you ever had we-almost-died sex? Was it any good? If you haven’t, do you think you would? 16. Where is the best place in the world? What makes it best? 17. Would you throw down with a god to save a friend? Do you think you’d win? 18. Did you have a favorite toy as a kid? Do you still have it? If not, what happened to it? Have you ever considered trying to find it, or one just like it? 19. Is the Light benevolent? 20. Is the Void malevolent? 21. What’s the most embarrassing injury you’ve ever received? How’d it happen? 22. Regardless of what should happen, we all know somebody has to be in charge at the end of the day. If the Alliance and Horde finally laid down arms for the last time, who should be left to rule? How well do you think it would work?

Main hallway, bedrooms still on left (master at the end), bathroom on right. It stopped letting me annotate the pictures directly at this point.

Replaced the top with glass for a view of the full second-floor layout.

I made the Peppercog-Ambroce stead in Minecraft because I was asked about its layout and I couldn’t describe it or bring myself to draw it. Also tumblr wouldn’t let me title this post.

This build isn’t necessarily to scale (at least not on the second floor, all the rooms should feel absolutely enormous) but it gets the basic idea across, which was the layout. I ONLY INTENDED TO DO THE LAYOUT. I SPENT TWO HOURS ON THE KITCHEN. THIS IS NOT WHAT LAYOUTS ARE, BRAIN.

He married Kaewynn and Pin separately, and both were relatively small. Initially, they were going to wed all together at the same time, but then Pin shipped out for the initial assault on the Broken Shore. She, like many others that day, didn't come back. Leon and Kaewynn, still in mourning, resolved to go to the Broken Isles to fight after that, but before they left, they asked a close friend to marry them so at least they'd be married if they got themselves killed too.

And then Pin got better.

Leon is...not equipped to handle grief well, as he's now demonstrated three times (his parents, Pin, and Terry), and he was just barely out of the constant-sadness part of it all when Pin came back. Hell, she met him at the place where he'd been carving a grave marker for her. He handled it roughly and while everyone was obviously happy as fuck, that is a very wierd and confusing situation to go through, mentally and emotionally.

Leon and Pin were both actively afraid of some kind of cosmic retribution if they got married, and they stayed that way for three years or so. Leon, in a fit of "FUCK it," commissioned a matching tux and dress for him and her, and then presented Pin with the dress for Winter's Veil 2019. "Wanna get married on new year's day?"

He sprang it on her, but they'd been engaged the whole time to begin with, so she said yes again and they sprang it on everybody else in turn. We were both surprised at the turnout, since we gave like... Iunno, a week's notice maximum? And we actually did do it on 1/1/2020? The ceremony was held at Owen’s Wishing Well in Pandaria, and about twenty people in total attended. (Valarin blubbered so much, it was great.)

I half-joked that 2020 was their fault because of it.