#hedacanons

I’m from the uk/Ireland and was wondering if you knew about the magpie rhyme. Maybe it’s a huge thing in the us and I’m just being dense but I know that the habit of saluting when you see one singular magpie definitely originates from over here (it’s a superstitious thing to ward off the sorrow. ‘One for sorrow’). I know you guys headcannon David as Irish (as he should be, Irish supremacy 🇮🇪🇮🇪) and he would have almost definitely been taught the magpie rhyme growing up, wether or not he still salutes is besides the point. Either way it popped into my head and sort of seemed like the kind of thing you’d be interested in just in case you hadnt heard of it, soooo here you go I guess??

Apologies if I’m being thick and it’s as big a thing in the US as it is over here lol. Anyways I love youre writing loads and hope you have an awesome day 💙💙

Hello again! Lovely to see an ask from you, as always :D

So! An interesting thing, I DO know the rhyme! (One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy ect.) But I had never heard that you 'salute' to the magpies when you say it! It's not, to my knowledge, a thing here in America - at least, definitely not around where I live in Northeast Ohio lol. I have heard that it's also called 'counting crows', so maybe some regional variation occurred here and that's what some people do with crows, rather than magpies. Magpies aren't actually too common here on the eastern side, more found in central and western America and Canada, so maybe that's why. Shrug. But no, you're not being dense lol, I have never heard of a salute going along with the poem that you actually say when you see one (or more - what IS a group of magpies called? a trinket shop? hehe), but that sounds really cute, and just a tad ominous. Perfect for vampire lore >:3

As for our dour little vamp himself:

Here's the thing - David is actually Irish-American. His grandfather came to America with his mother after his grandmother had died in 1849, during the middle of the Famine, hearing there was land and better hope to be found here. David's mother met David's father shortly after arriving, and they decided to go West, into the developing territories of what would become the states Colorado and Wyoming. There, in 1860, they had David.

Over the course of his childhood, David picked up a number of cultural pieces from his grandfather and mother, some of the language that they retained, and some of the folklore and teachings about The Good Folk (which David wishes he'd maybe heeded a little closer, now...). I think he does recall the Salutes, and sometimes thinks about the poem. Though, given his close friendship with Dwayne and his cultures' beliefs, David might have come to put a little more stock in crows and ravens, integrating their lore as tricksters. A health to the laughing little gods, who follow the wolves - and other hunters - to feed.

So! David knows the poem. And gives a nod to any corvid he happens upon. Even if he sometimes doesn't believe in it any more than to look out for some little winged bastards looking to swoop for his earring lmao.

The reason why Wigfrid hates mushrooms so much- aside from the fact that they're inedible to a Valkyrie such as herself- is actually because she's allergic to them. Badly allergic. Though, of course, she never feels the need to express this since the topic of her eating mushrooms hasn't ever really come up, for obvious reasons.

The group did, however, learn this fact from... personal experience, when Warly- in an act of good faith, of course- snuck a couple of cooked greencaps into one of her meals one night, in an attempt to silently assist with her faltering sanity.

Spoilers for like all the books btw, These also count for modern au 

-Roden calls the teacher mom daily on accident

-While everyone thought he was dead, Darius wrote fanfictions of him and Amarinda while he was in belland before tck

-Amarinda calls people “bestie”

-Roden pops balloons at birthday parties

oh bechloe DEFINITELY does not leave aubrey alone about the whole thing because aubrey was always on chloe’s case when it came to beca, and now they’re like “oh how the turntables.” 

chloe: hey aubs ive noticed that you seem to be giving major heart eyes to a certain someone lately

aubrey: i dont know what youre talking about 

beca: mhm, and you totally weren’t eyefucking emily while she was performing at the aquarium 

aubrey: ......im just going to pretend you didnt say that to me.

chloe: YOU HESITATED THAT MEANS ITS TRUE BECA SHE’S IN LOVE

beca: aubrey i cant believe that you would consider dating someone who’s basically your little bella sister. how could you do this. 

aubrey: i never said we couldn’t date other bellas. the rule was just no trebles

beca: then why were you so hard on chloe about me!!

aubrey: oh because you were an ass. 

I think there is still a lot of confusion of terms when saying “Commander” 

Lexa is: 

1. The Commander of Triku  (a Clan leader of 1 of the Clan that makes of the Coalition) – position is chosen by the Commander Spirit being found in someone after the old commander dies.2. The Commander of the Coalition ( the head/leader of the 12 Clans – theirs and the 11 others) – position selection is unknown. However I have speculated that it is through combat. 

I do like that the photo could prove the theory about her being the new Ice Nation Queen. As you said, her hair does look like it is very ‘well kept’. I had a theory about Ontari’s scars on her face and how Nia might also have these scars. We have yet to have a picture of Nia released. It could be possible that Ontari is her prodigy and was marked at a young age with these markings and Nia might also have these scars. A person has to be a member of the Clan

Think about when the clans were separate – before Lexa formed the Coalition. Would a member of the Boat Clan be chosen to be the Leader of the Trikru? No. They wouldn’t know the customs or their constituents nor would ‘the Trikru Commander’s Spirit’ be accepted by Trikru clan members to have chosen a Boat Clan member to be their new leader. This is why I have always ‘shot down’ the hedacannons that Clarke or Octavia become the ‘next Trikru Commander’ – they were not born into the Trikru Clan.  The only way Clarke could be The Coalition Commander is if she is recognized as the leader of her Clan (idk if she will be recognized as an Ambassador or the Leader of Skaikru  – in the eyes of the coalition that is. My guess is that she will be the ambassador.) then she wins a combat trial for the position of The Coalition Commander. She could have a representative from her clan fight for her or she fights herself. But this is a long long loooooooong shot, like has a .00000000000001% chance of happening imo. 

As I wrote in my other post, the only ‘Commander’ position Ontari could have would be as The Coalition Commander. However, she would have to become a Clan Leader herself BEFORE she could take this position. If Ontari is Ice Nation, which all signs are pointing to ( her name ONTARIo, her being trained since she was a child, her being ‘a beast’, her being scary, etc.), she could be the new Ice Nation Queen. I actually like this theory. It will be cool to see the Ice Nation’s Clan selection process for their clan leaders are. Additionally, we might see that even the death of Queen Nia, this  won’t stop the clan from being cruel. Ontari has been taught since a young age to be cruel and ruthless. So, Nia could be killed (maybe Pike and the Skaikru are behind it. If I am right about the Ice Nation killing Pike’s people, this could escalate things A LOT if they seek vengeance and kill her.) and then Ontari ascends to her position. This would explain Brenda (allegedly) not being on set and Rhiannon being on set in the later episodes. So, (maybe not this season) Ontari could challenge Lexa’s rule as The Coalition Commander (if the Coalition is still intact that is) and become the next Commander of the Coalition. The Coalition would change from being called “Lexa’s Coalition” to “Ontari’s Coalition”. Lexa could still be alive if Ontari defeated her in combat and she could rule over Trikru as their Clan Leader, but not the Coalition.    

I mean, there is always a possibility that the commander spirit could be found in him if Lexa dies. Also, we don’t know much about the Conclave. There might be ‘prodigy seconds’ that are taken to Polis that are good candidates for the commander spirit to seek after it’s previous host has died. Maybe they are groomed in politics and ‘extra stuff’ that other seconds aren’t taught. This way, there isn’t a huge “WTF DO WE DO NOW??!?!” after the Commander has died – leaving the Clan without a ruler for an extended period of time.