#asklinde

Very Important Trivia: Linde waits until you're all warm and toasty in bed before touching you with her horrible little popsicle feet...the absolute menace.

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Good question! Elves naturally have much stronger vision than other peoples (this is what gives them their famous reputation as archers), so I'm inclined to think that albino elves don't have the same degree of vision loss as, say, an albino human.

Linde's vision is not good compared to other elves; it's probably a bit worse than the average human's. But it is still acceptable enough that she can function normally, as long as she's not in bright sunlight.

I imagine her vision will degrade with age faster than other elves though, and she will most certainly need glasses at some point. (It's possible that she already uses contact lenses, as they are less intrusive during combat situations).

Linde is mindful about protecting her skin and eyes from the sun with big hats, appropriate clothing, and eyewear. I think her parents were especially strict about this when she was young too, so she hasn't suffered as much damage as she could have at her age.

Even the slavers who kidnapped her made sure to cover her with a niqab-like garment as they dragged her across the desert.

Now that I'm thinking about this, I'm going to say that Linde wears tinted contact lenses to protect her eyes and improve vision. But when at home relaxing with a book, she probably uses reading glasses instead.

I declare it canon! 👩‍⚖️

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Modern Lindists: Hi.

Communion of the One: Hey.

Cult of the Crescent: Sup.

Linde: ...You guys really aren't making this easy. :|

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That's true! Their origin stories all began a bit later in their lives, so we didn't get to look into their childhoods the way we did with most of the other FGG.

I do have an illustration of a young Javaan and his mother here, but no artwork of the other SKS guys as kids yet.

Linde was a typical snotty rich girl, with one key difference...she didn't have a lot of friends. She was actually quite lonely, since her parents sent her to private school and forbade her from going out very much. They were worried about her safety due to her albinism, as people in their region are very superstitious and have ignorant beliefs about albino people.

As a child, Linde spent too much time alone, consuming media that made her feel bad about herself. She was terribly self-critical and insecure from a young age. When I imagine Linde as a child, I see an agitated, demanding, and unpleasant little girl. Despite her family's wealth, I don't think she was very happy back then.

As for Balthazaar, he claims he had a normal, happy childhood. Though he lived in a crowded house and his family was far from rich, they all loved and supported eachother. I think Balthazaar's biggest problem in his youth was his impulsivity. He was bad-tempered and quick to throw punches, and ultimately this got him into huge trouble as an adult. I think Balthazaar's parents were stretched thin with their jobs and too many kids, so maybe Balthazaar didn't get as much attention as he needed. He meant well, but he was kind of a troublemaker.

Skel speaks fondly of his life with the Barhatian royal family. Though he was technically a slave, the family never treated him like one. Instead, the king and queen treated him like one of their own children. He lived a charmed life, or so he thought. Maybe he was a little spoiled, but overall he was a happy and carefree boy...very much a contrast to the bitter, neurotic man he grew up to be! In his youth he was known for being sweet, mischievious, and romantic. It's a shame that life beat these qualities out of him later on.

I don't think Javaan ever really got to be a kid. From the day he was born, he learned that the world was harsh and unfair, and there was no time for games. His mother taught him empathy. She told him that a loveless, degenerate existence is not worth surviving for; It's love that makes life worth living. Javaan really took that to heart, so even in his most desperate moments, he tried to show mercy and kindness to others. I imagine Javaan was a good-hearted boy who was forced to commit bad behaviors by his circumstances, but ultimately that's what motivated him to seek a better life as an adult.

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I'm actually reluctant to answer this because I haven't finalized this idea yet, but here's a rough concept I've been tossing around for a long time now:

Morbus did, in fact, have a son named Elwyn back in Mogdir Kingdom. But she was a neglectful mother, so her husband divorced her and took full custody of him. Morbus just considered this a burden off her back and never kept in contact with the child. She often forgets she had a child at all, because she paid so little attention to him that he practically didn't exist in her eyes.

But Elwyn's father was quite a successful man (I'm thinking he worked for Miliko, considering Morbus was one of Miliko's models until she got cursed) and he cared a lot about Elwyn's future, so he put himself into deep debt to send Elwyn to college at the World Athenaeum. He was banking on Elwyn to do well in school and strike it rich one day, so he could pull his father out of debt and make the family successful.

In college, Elwyn was not the best student. He spent a lot of time goofing around with friends instead of studying. One night he hooked up with a nice young elfenne named Linde. Little did he know, this hookup resulted in pregnancy. Linde was so ashamed of herself and so afraid of her parents' reaction, she secretly aborted the baby and ghosted Elwyn.

Elwyn doesn't understand why Linde disappeared from his life so suddenly, because they were good friends and he had fallen in love with her. He was going to ask her hand in marriage after they finished college, but she disappeared without a trace and he hasn't seen her since.

What will happen if they meet up in the future?

That's just a possible idea I've been considering. I need to sit down and carefully comb through the timeline + Morbus and Linde's lore to make sure everything makes sense before I commit to it, I've just been too lazy. But if it works, I think it could make a good setup for a future story.

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If she didn't terminate her first pregnancy, I think realistically she would have dropped out of school to take care of the baby. This means the slavers that killed her parents probably wouldn't have found her or her family, and her life would have taken a completely different (and much less exciting) trajectory.

Her parents would be disappointed in her for messing around with random guys, and likely would have forced her to marry her baby's father to save face. She would have ended up married to some shmuck she doesn't love, raising a child she wasn't prepared for, and living a dull, unfulfilling domestic life.

Linde is a natural activist. She longs to change the world for the better, and mercenary work gives her that satisfaction. If she were tethered to a more domestic life, she'd resign herself to being that bitchy mom who always raises hell at PTA meetings and sends whiny letters to the city govt about this or that. She'd be miserable and insufferable. She'd have too much energy and no good outlets to let it out.

I think things turned out for the best, because mercenary work gives her a more productive, rewarding way to impact the world.

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Thanks for answering my previous question on Javaans kid. So we got Chance and Jeni as “what if” kids, so how about one more set of Good Guys become parents? Jeimos and Linde. Let’s say after so many years of insecurity and saving up Jeimos has finally gotten their gender transmution, having the male body they always wanted. Jeimos and Linde “celebrate” this achievement by giving their new body a test run. Little did either of them know that Jeimos transmution was a lot more successful then

They first believed! Afew months after the transmution Linde starts developing odd symptoms like morning sickness, bloating, swollen ankles and all that stuff? How do our Icy and Spicy elves react to the pregnancy? How does the crew react? And what kinda parents would Linde and Jeimos make and what would their baby be like?

Anon, you are not going to believe this, but I actually considered this EXACT idea for the series! I never did make up my mind on whether it should happen or not, but a rough draft has been sitting around in my scraps folder for a while. That’s so funny, it’s like you crawled right into my brain lmao

Currently, Jeimos and Linde sort of do have a “child” and that’s Zacry. Zacry is a Zareenite combat robot that Jeimos disassembled and rebuilt to make it more eco-friendly, but as a tradeoff it lost all of its combat capabilities and became childlike in its intelligence. Jeimos may have done most of the work, but Linde was beside them helping every step of the way, so they consider Zacry a joint creation. Jeimos goes so far as to call Linde “mummy” when referring to Linde around Zacry, treating it much like a real child. Because it was “born” from their hands, Jeimos has developed an affectionate sense of parental duty towards it. I think Linde feels the same way, but maybe not as strongly. She doesn’t understand robots and still feels a little uneasy around it.

Now if they had a real, flesh-and-blood child...

This is where Jeimos would struggle because Jeimos doesn’t understand people. They had no siblings or friends growing up, their social skills are poor, and frankly they know nothing about child-rearing. What Jeimos understands is machines, so they do well with rearing Zacry. But I think a living child would stress them out a lot. They’d get overwhelmed easily and push a lot of the parenting duties on Linde.

Conversely, this is where Linde would do quite well. She didn’t have siblings either, but she’s a social butterfly who’s really attuned to peoples’ emotions. I think she’s always wanted to have kids, but was just never in a position to settle down and do so. If she did give birth, she would become very fastidious about raising this kid to the point of going overboard. No playing with toy weapons, that promotes violence! No playing with dolls, it promotes sexist gender roles! No eating junk food, it rots the teeth! Stuff like that. She’d be one of those touchy-feely granola moms who promotes “creativity” but in an ironically stifling way.

She’d probably quit her job as a mercenary to be a full-time mom and give her kid the most normal childhood possible. Of course, living in Drifter’s Hollow, there’s no way “normal” is going to happen. The kid will be surrounded by the Freelance Good Guys, and despite how much Linde tells them not to, they’re going to roughhouse with this child daily, give them junk food and alcohol, and teach them all kinds of cuss words.

I think ultimately, Linde would be a lot like her mother, Riona, and Jeimos would be a lot like their father, Ojio. Ojio was awkward towards Jeimos and shut away in his workshop most of the time, but he did show concern for them and was even willing to risk his life bribing a Damijani doctor to prevent Jeimos from being reported for drug use. Meanwhile Riona was pushy and overbearing towards Linde, but it was only because she cared and wanted the best for her. She worked her ass off to pay for private school just so Linde wouldn’t get bullied for her albinism.

As for how their child would turn out as an adult...who even knows? I can imagine them being rebellious like Jeimos, but more spunky and social like Linde. They’d probably be a bit stuck-up too, and a know-it-all. They’d be genuinely smart, but kind of a dick about it. They’d probably tinker around with their big brother, Zacry, and outfit it with all kinds of crazy mods for fun.

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