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Photo credit @featherbow

We need to talk about this scene. Yes, I was taken aback by the ABSOLUTE WHIPLASH of flipping from Vaxleth angst to Scanlan pain to Perc’ahlia, -ahem, being together. What a bold choice and I think it’s bloody brilliant. Here’s why.

Not only was this scene a great way to showcase the Vox Machina romantic relationship drama all at once but it also foreshadows how we find each relationship at in the current canon.

First, we have our tragic, doomed-by-the-narrative couple: Vax and Keyleth (these two always break my heart). Each sitting on the other side of the door, alone, yearning for each other - so close but so far- the tragedy of Vaxleth is that Vax will never have enough time and Keyleth will have all the time in the world. Vax, blanketed by the sun doing down, nighttime creeping in. And Keyleth in her dark bedchamber: dark, cold, and alone.

Second, we have our short but sweet Pike and Scanlan. The future divorcees. From what we I know in the current timeline (admittedly I am behind in C3), after divorcing Pike, Scanlan is out traveling Exandria with his daughter. Pike is still connected with her found family of Vox Machina (again, as far as I am aware) while Scanlan has been more transient- him being the one to walk away after their miscommunication and missed connection. The sunset, beautiful and short lived.

Finally, we have my beloved Percy and Vex. We see them together (horny little devils those two I love them), in a moment of (to put it in a less sexually explicit way) connection and passion. They’re the only ones still together: ruling Whitestone with their horde of children (they’re just practicing that bit for now- haha). Perc’ahlia is the lucky couple of these three- defying their seemingly hopeless future together, becoming stronger through each other and helping each other grow and be loved. The warm glow of the light behind them.

“Kiki… I can be that person for you, if you need me to.”

“I need that a lot right now.”

A lil celebratory doodle to start the evening off!

Hey everyone!! Mod Nova here, and with just a little under two months until the start of Perc’ahlia week, I have returned with another round of countdown moodboards!! I know it’s a lot earlier than usual — we’re gonna spread them out with 2 posts a week for the next 4 weeks, and we hope that the extended and earlier time frame help more with idea generation!!

If you’re new here, these posts are to help inspire anyone who might be stuck on a prompt, or if you haven’t begun to brainstorm, or if you want some more inspiration for any of your WIPs!!

Day One — Yours / Later

As is tradition, here are some general ideas for the prompts compiled by the mods!!

Yours

- “It’s yours” (c1 e69/TLoVM s3 e12) and its related scenes (c1 e63/TLoVM s2 e8, Dalen’s Closet One Shot, and other callbacks), rewriting those moments in AUs

- pregnancy announcements, sharing what’s yours, giving gifts, stealing clothes

Later

- “We’ll talk later” (c1 e72), the Later Talk itself (c1 e78/TLoVM s3 e3), callbacks to those moments, “One Year Later…” time skip shenanigans (c1 e95) or post TLoVM s3 speculations

- putting things off, running late, flirting in the middle of battle (“save it for later!!!”), speculating about the future, post-canon shenanigans