#emi lind

So, back in October I was putting together the Jamemi relationship timeline, and mentioned Emi getting a cozy cuddly mamasan chair for Ramshackle as part of the repairs after book 6.

And ever since then, I've had in my head this image of Emi and Jamil falling asleep on that chair all cuddled up.

So I commissioned @mellosdrawings to bring said image into reality, and

Just look at them! So cute! So cuddly! So cozy!

Hasdfsf y'all don't even know how much I've been dying just looking at the sketches.

Not to mention how the finished result is just taking me out.

Just

Really I can't even

So, uhh, anyway *clears throat, tries to hold it together*

In my head this is happening early on after they became official (at least to each other), so sometime near the end of Emi's first year at NRC.

Their plan was to just sit around and chill for a bit. But it's been a long day of all the nonsense that NRC likes to throw at people (and what Kalim likes to throw at Jamil), and at some point Emi got cozy enough, all snuggled up against Jamil, that she ended up drifting off. And turns out Jamil didn't really have the heart to move her around or wake her - and ended up falling asleep, too.

Cue the picture.

Goodness though my heart, it is just so lovely seeing this brought to life. 🥹

Tagging my Emi folks: @scint1llat3 @diodellet @moonyasnow @bibi-cha

If anyone else would like to be added to the Emi / jamemi taglist, just let me know!

No pressure tho, and if you'd like me to figure out some more details about pose or whatever, just lemme know!

My biggest weakness is letting me play dress-up!!!! And all the clothes were just— so cool

Don't have the reference pose I used rn—

Like, nothing that would undermine the very real attraction and relationship Emi & Jamil have, just something to highlight to herself as well why she was so willing to take the chance in such uncertain circumstances (not knowing for sure whether she'd be able to go back home at some point or not).

Plus, the power of turning a traumatic experience (Jamil's overblot and all the events around that) into something healing (he has hurt me but now he will not / he will keep me safe instead).

It's gonna be an interesting moment of soul searching for sure when that realization hits her.

Tagging the Emi peeps:

@scint1llat3 @diodellet @moonyasnow @bibi-cha

Pretty much what it says on the tin. Share one thing that your oc shares with each of the characters.

For Emi, it’d be as follows:

Riddle:

Rules are meant to be followed.

Ace:

Screw the stupid rules, tho.

Deuce:

Studying is important.

Trey:

Older sibling.

Cater:

Mindful of what they share about themselves.

Leona:

Enjoys intellectual challenges.

Jack:

Fairness is important.

Ruggie:

Appreciation of dandelions (even if the reasons are quite different).

Azul:

Has been bullied.

Jade:

Appreciation of some good tea.

Floyd:

Doing what feels right to them. (The way I struggled with this one - and the extent of keeping to their own course sure varies.)

Kalim:

Faith in people.

Jamil:

Where do I even start. Thinking way ahead.

Vil:

The appearance is a message. (Another tricky one ngl)

Rook:

Fannish behavior (though, again to a different level). (She sure ain’t a Pomefiore girlie with the way I’m struggling to come up with the similarities here.)

Epel:

Country bumpkins.

Idia:

The enjoyment of figuring out how you can make the tech do what you want it to do.

Ortho:

Looking for instructions rather than stumbling into things yourself.

Malleus:

Love for ice cream.

Silver:

Uncomfortable being underhanded.

Sebek:

Love for reading.

Lilia:

Enjoyment of licorice.

Some of these sure were more obvious parallels than others (sure struggled with Floyd oh boy).

Tagging

@diodellet @moonyasnow @crystallizsch @bibi-cha @marinahavik

@lex752 @viperbunnies @anbaisai

and anyone else who wants to join!

So far I've got:

saviour complex x hates being helped (ty again to Yi for pointing this out because too real)

neurotic4neurotic (and/or control freak x control freak)

idealistic x jaded

parent friend x parent friend

lost x trapped

soft-hearted x pragmatist (aka: Emi's too nice to hurt people if she can help it, Jamil sure has no such reservations if the situation calls for it)

yearns for stability x yearns for freedom

used to being overlooked x sees them

the one people rely on x never had to rely on anyone

resents needing anyone x scared of being a burden

(and these two also relate to this post which also just took me out)

and speaking of said post: forced caretaking might as well be its own thing on this list too

their business is their own

living their own lives (as opposed to being glued at the hip)

bottled up x cries their heart out

plots revenge x distances herself

slow and steady (as opposed to turbulent & volatile)

Y'all got any more ideas you'd like to add?

Tagging the Emi peeps:

@scint1llat3 @diodellet @moonyasnow @bibi-cha

Specifically, Malleus just kinda casually asking Jamil and Emi if they're interested in a third.

Cue Jamil and Emi both just, short-circuiting.

(Gym sprite mostly because I couldn't easily find other ones with the right pose / expression combo, oop. Emi there in spirit since I don't have sprites for her different moods alas.)

Like... it sure would be a process, for both of Emi & Jamil, to come to grips with that bombshell.

Especially when Malleus convinces them just how honest he's being about it, how interested and willing.

But also the effort it would take from all of them so that the arrangement doesn't end up just as Malleus Draconia the sugar daddy and the humans under his protection, but actually feels as equal as they all need it to be.

Tiny ass post but guess I'll tag the Emi peeps anyway (hello hi still alive even if I've been kinda mia here)

Emi tag list