Driven I guess.

Anyone welcome to color it.

I've been wondering this since a mutual of mine from the WITCH fandom is quite active again recently and posts a lot about our blorbo Phobos.

If the two franchises were mixed together, how would the villains interact? Or would they even?

A pair that I could totally imagine would be

Darcy and Cedric

Both masters of disguise and manipulation. Even though at first Darcy cared for Riven, she clearly manipulated him to act against the other specialists and spy on them, losing connection to them so that in the end he was totally isolated. And unless we look at the 4kids dub (which we don't) Darcy doesn't brainwash Riven in canon, she formed a mental link. The manipulation was done without magic, simple mind games if you will. She pretended that she was the only one who really understands him. That she would be the one who saw and supports his potential. The only one who really cared for him and who didn't want him to change (looking at you, Musa).

Now Cedric did almost the same to Elyon with the only difference that it wasn't disguised as a romance (I don't look at the comics, I look at the show only). He became a mentor and friend to Elyon who alienated her from her friends, making her suspicious of them. Made her feel lost and isolated, so that he could easily convince her to accompany him to Meridian to meet her real family, or what's left of it: her brother, after showing her that she was adopted and that her adoptive parents weren't even human, who lied to her all her life. Like Riven, Elyon sees her former friends and family as enemies, which is maybe a bit more drastic than Riven's case. Because the bond of the specialists wasn't that deep at the beginning but Elyon and for example Cornelia did know each other all their lives as Cornelia stated in 1x12 The princess revealed. And turning your back at your parents is a very radical move even though it was later in the show shown that Elly still cared for them and wanted them to be safe. (Which she believed after another great illusion.)

But like Darcy, Cedric didn't use magic to convince Elyon and gain her trust. Again we have simple mind games. Both know incredibly well how to handle words, seeing weaknesses and how to benefit from them.

So long story short, I think they would get along well or would completely mistrust each other. But I can see them working together since their methods are pretty much the same. An interesting dynamic indeed.

Her entire thing during the rewrite is trying to have control over every little thing in her life. She will pull several all-nighters because she doesn't want to sleep and risk nightmares. She will go fuck with a random guy's head after Liliss fucks with hers to get some semblance of control back.

And above all else, she is self-destructive.

She's not going to go out drinking or anything, but again, the all-nighters. If she feels herself getting drowsy she will drink tea so she doesn't fall asleep, pick at her nails, or run her hands through her hair because she knows that if she gets close enough to falling asleep she will panic and she will indeed lock herself in the bathroom and cry until she eventually collapses and falls asleep.

Riven is the first person Darcy feels comfortable around, besides Icy and Stormy. Hell, she actually manages to sleep around him on occasion. She allows herself to cry around him.

So here are the options for Riven dying:

Darcy accidentally kills him. This leads to Darcy wallowing deeply in self-hatred, and she feels like she is becoming Liliss. She killed one of the few people she trusted. She's losing control over her sense of self, even though killing Riven was an accident. Does she truly deserve nothing? Is she just a weapon? She's not pissed, she's just sobbing over his body and Icy/Stormy needs to drag her away from him.

Iorda (oc) accidentally kills Riven. There's a fight, she attacks Darcy, and Riven jumps in front of the attack because he still doesn't want Darcy to suffer even though he was just locked in a cell. If this happens, either Iorda isn't making it out of this season alive, or we continue with the Imprisonment AU idea (gurl gets locked in a cell until season 6 when she becomes of use). If this happens, I can see Darcy becoming far more ruthless and controlling, especially as the years go on. She is becoming more like Liliss, and she is forcing herself/learning to enjoy it.

Darcy finds out that Riven accidentally died during the final battle. She realized that she and her sisters caused this. I feel like if this happened she would protest more against helping Darkar while in Light Rock, and maybe would even 'heal.' But once she gets out, she's not as self-destructive as she was, but she's very apathetic about life. She just doesn't care.

OR Riven accidentally ends up dying in the cell. Darcy doesn't know how powerful her psychic powers are with the dragon flame, or maybe Liliss pulls some evil grandma shit. Once again, Darcy blames herself and is sobbing over his body.

Icy kills him. Darcy and Riven are fighting. Riven is pissed and feels betrayed, and Darcy is trying to convince him that she did love him and that she's sorry for all the manipulation, but she did what she had to do. Riven literally stabs Darcy in the back, and she chokes on blood weakly, "I know I... I... deserve this..." And then weakly, looking up at Icy behind Riven. "I'm sorry..." Riven gets stabbed and dies. Darcy feels more betrayed than hurt, becomes more apathetic and like she's never going to find something good in life.

[Draft of the 5th idea because the angst is real]

[A battle is going on at Cloud Tower, in one of the big rooms or smth]

Darcy, avoids an attack: W-wait, Riven let's talk about this

Riven: Talk?!

Darcy: Yes, talk

Riven: You threw me into a cell, Darcy! What the hell was that? After... after everything that happened—Actually, you know what? I bet all of this was just some big fat lie of yours, wasn't it?

Darcy: It... *sighs* It wasn't a lie

Riven: And how do I know that? How can I believe that everything you told me was just not some sort of manipulation? How can I trust that—

Darcy: Look, Riven. It wasn't just control. In the beginning, it was, but then...

Riven: Then what?

Darcy: I... trusted you and... I mean it when I say that

Riven: ...

Darcy: Please, just...

Riven: What?

Darcy: You can... still come with us

Riven: You three are starting a war!

Darcy: And we can't back out on it now. We have the dragon flame and things... We're already too far gone. I'm... too far gone

[Darcy steps forward and takes Riven's hands in hers]

Darcy: Please, Riven

Riven: ...

Darcy: I... I did...

[Darcy sighs, looking away slightly. The two of them embrace each other, Darcy calmer. Riven is tense. Darcy buries her head in his shoulder]

Darcy: I still do... Lov—

[Riven with a small knife, stabs Darcy in the back and she slumps down to the ground, breathing in shakily]

Riven: I-I...

Darcy, hoarsley: No I... I g-get it

[Darcy glancing up, seeing Icy approaching Riven from behind]

Darcy: I deserve it...

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