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Pt:2 Scott and Mae

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They're often being treated like a classic dynamic, a knight known for being protective of those he cares about and a anxious mage needing to be "protected" but that's just erasing everything else we know about these two.

Nom doesn't want to fight, he wants to be trusted, he doesn't WANT to fight, he doesn't WANT bloodshed and has over and over again denied that urge to be violent especially recently because he knows jumping straight into violence isn't going to fix anything and yet it's what every single person expects from him. He respects Scott because he wishes he could be more open and caring without people staring at him like he's lost his mind but he just struggles. He's struggles with being kind, he struggles with being honest because after Katie left the blue kingdom he saw no point in trying, so he accepted that all he was good for was violence and protection.

Meanwhile, Scott isn't stupid nor is he weak and powerless. He doesn't want to be protected, honestly Scott rather die than force nom to protect him. He doesn't want to be lied to, he doesn't need it to be softly said to him like he's fragile. Sure he's anxious and his magic tends to be quite unstable especially in high pressure situations, but he doesn't want anyone to be worrying about him not when they have their own baggage to unpack. Scott specifically is desperately trying to get stronger so that someone like nom or owain or any of the people in blue won't HAVE to fight anymore. People look at him and see "a weak disposable mage" because that's what most people in his life before and some even now are trying to make him believe, but Scott knows that with a little bit of hardwork even the smallest seed can become the sturdiest tree and he won't stop until he's the one protecting the people he cares about.

Not only do Nom and Scott see and are actively working to better themselves with the assistance of the other, Scott teaching nom to be more open and nom teaching Scott how to be stronger, but they also enjoy each others company.

Having so many lifers in vampires smp is SO MUCH FUN to watch not only can we see them fight with new people but also man is it just funny

Martyn Ren and Pearl all have insane hearing and affinity of knowing who's there even when something is invisible because of those damn snails plus people going invisible in general

Scott and Cleo gaslighting the SHIT outta people and everyone absolutely falling for it.

THE RETURN OF THE SQUARE HOLE WHICH THEN TOOK MULTIPLE LIVES!! (Mostly pearls let's be honest)

I often find him being portrayed as this cold, rude and uncaring person who just decided to leave pearl on a whim and hates her for the entire series until his death. He's only around Cleo and antagonizing Pearl the whole series.

Which after a rewatch... Wasn't exactly the case.

Scotts first episode is surprising just calmer, spending most of the first couple minutes desperately searching for his soulmate only to no avail spending the whole time watching other soulmates get paired and helping out others only to end up pretty much soulmatless by the end.

He's tired and frustrated but then Cleo brings up the idea "you know what let's be each others soulmates" and Scott agrees not because he hates Pearl but because he quite literally had no one else to go to. Plus when he does end up meeting Pearl he's frustrated by the fact she doesn't realize what she did was wrong and left with Cleo. In fact he doesn't actually start disliking Pearl until she starts messing with him becoming this clingy annoying ex, having to push her away to even get her to just leave his home.

If anything Pearl ended up antagonizing Scott more, Scott only told people he was soulmates with Cleo now and the fact Pearls going a bit crazy (which she is let's all be honest she was loosing it a bit) and people were very against the idea of a "chosen soulmate." the kinda mentality of "oh but if you just teamed with Pearl she wouldn't be going crazy like this."

But besides the crazy ex drama Scott is still not Cold and calculating as a lot of people make him out to be. He does his little pranks and spends most of his time building not thinking much about it, trying to make the best out of his situation with Cleo.