Lily: I think it's cute if Idia starts uncontrollably dragonposting in the Ignihyde dorm chat at 2am every time he has to interact with Malleus for more than a few seconds
Yes!! Idia would absolutely start dragonposting in the Ignihyde dorm chat at 2 AM and insist it was not about Malleus.
He is not “having a crush.” He is “analyzing high-rarity fantasy archetype design.”
He is not “thinking about Malleus’s horns.” He is “discussing silhouette readability.”
He is not “down catastrophically.” He is “concerned about final boss visual balance.”
And the thing is, the analysis would be smart. That’s the worst part. It would be precise. It would have terminology. It would contain several correct observations about horn silhouette language, motion economy, threat presence, and why dragon-adjacent design reads as narratively load-bearing.
So Ignihyde would not even respond as one united intervention.
Half the dorm would be like:
Housewarden. Housewarden please. Housewarden why are there three paragraphs about horn silhouette language. Housewarden are you okay.
And the other half would be like:
No, let him cook. The point about horn silhouette hierarchy is valid. Dragon design without proper weight distribution is cowardice. Motion economy does matter if the character is meant to read as ancient and dangerous. Actually, the tail physics during Halloween were under-discussed.
Which is worse, because now Idia has peer review.
So he is typing at 140 wpm like “this is BASIC VISUAL ANALYSIS” while his hair does emergency lighting, and somehow the dorm chat has become a legitimate design thread, a romance intervention, and a monsterfucker incident report at the same time.
The conclusion would accidentally be: Malleus Draconia is an S-tier character design and also maybe the universe hates Idia Shroud personally.
Lily: Ignihyde loves their Housewarden so much, don't they?
Unfortunately for Idia, this love is expressed through peer review, incident documentation, and refusing to let him be wrong about dragon design.










