Your ocβs corruption arc
I did use a screenshot for his base shapes for my art and then just- squiggled some shapes into him like he was a stain glass art project and I was 5. And then threw colors at him
No one tagged me for this but I couldnβt stop thinking about it after seeing it going around, I donβt think Zalan could be influenced by something less than taking over his mind:
I mulled over the idea of him failing the antaam mission from the de Riva backstory and being caught but he would keep fighting reeducation until they used enough to make him a mindless laborer (and thatβs boring)
The idea I did decide on is a stretch but when Harding goes to confront the red titan instead of going alone Zalan jumps onto the rock and goes with her and sensing the lyrium in him (for this scenario Iβm imaging it like the radioactivity in Spider-Man where he kills Mary Jane because every time theyβre together heβs leeching some of his radioactivity into her but itβs lyrium and Harding is Spider-Man) and the titan Harding sees Zalan as an extension of her and reaches out and the moment she touches him the red lyrium encases him and his mind is no longer his own
He is part of the whole now being controlled by the lyrium Harding who wants vengeance and to make everyone feel the pain and being able to take over Zalan shows her potentially a new way to make everyone feel what she feels
(idk this idea is really half baked but the idea of Zalan getting taken over by the lyrium Harding stuck with me and lyrium Harding taunting real Harding with him was just angsty and fun)
If you see this and want to do it too consider yourself tagged
Gently Tagging to either do it with your ocs or because maybe youβd like to see some corrupted Zalan @davrinsleftpectoral @kabsey @serensama @seaglassmelody @chaosherald @aetherflowers @woundedsoul12 @notyourmamasdeerbat @jenn2d2
Edit: because my brain wonβt leave this one bit alone
