#lyriumdreaming

@lyriumdreaming said: For the character profiles: LlLA[...]?

Thank you guys!  This should be fun. {Game: send me the name of an OC (mine or yours, though I don’t promise to get yours right) and I’ll tell you their likes and then very specific dislike, a la those silly anime character profiles}

Lila

Likes: gold, piracy, women

ima be real w u chief im not too knowledgeable on sw novels but i’ll give it the old college try

i’ve read a significant portion of wild space bc of the cool bail and obi wan interactions but i never finished it... i think it also made me a bit irritated?? can’t remember why though

there’s also master and apprentice!! a book i am thoroughly eager to read but i’m not letting myself until i can finish jedi apprentice. extra motivation u understand

there’s also the kenobi novel that takes place post-rots but i know next to nothing about that one except that it’s good but also it’s not good??? in true star wars fashion most reviews i’ve seen have been mixed

U. Coming home.

(Hakona and her mom, not long after POE 1.)

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She finds Nandhir in the botanical gardens, gazing at its greenery in the same wide-eyed way that Akhala has been given to since they arrived. But where Akhala is full of the joyous curiosity of youth, Nandhir is wistful, stirring only belatedly at Hakona’s approach.

Hakona is trying earnestly to better her diplomatic skills, if only because she has little choice now, but she comes to a stop before her mother and says, in Ordhjóma, “I know you aren’t happy here.”

“Oh, Hakona,” Nandhir says, tearing her eyes away from a cluster of small red flowers. “I am happy. It’s been so long since I’ve seen you, and this keep is lovely.”

She always speaks so cautiously, so politely. Hakona wishes that she’d come out and say it already, so Hakona does it for her. “You wish you were back in the Land,” she says, and the words sting. She’s never been able to understand why Nandhir had clung to the place for so long. What had it ever offered them, except struggle and pain?

“I don’t wish that,” Nandhir says, with her endless patience, and it’s only lately that Hakona has begun to dwell on how much she tested that patience while growing up. “I know it doesn’t make sense to you, but... even if it was so rarely kind to us, it’s a part of me. My roots are there. They always will be, no matter where I go.”

Hakona goes to answer and stops. She thinks of revelations under the moonlight of Eir Glanfath, tasting an echo of a bomb’s ashes on her tongue and a fire that followed. Tasting the bitter knowledge that betrayal comes even for the most faithful, if convenient. And yet...

She nods instead, silent, and Nandhir’s eyes widen. For a moment, her mother stares at her, unreadable, and then a smile softens her face.

“I’d still rather be here with you,” Nandhir says. “After everything you told me... becoming a Watcher!” She shakes her head. “And you were right. Akhala needed the change. She’s happier here.” Something determined crosses her face. “I won’t see the Land stifle my daughters anymore.”

Nandhir stiffens when Hakona surges forth to hug her. It’s a quick thing, that hardly leaves time for her mother to react, a breath spent only to say a quiet, “Thank you,” before Hakona pulls away.

May is hades yeah? ��

Listen. Hear me out for a minute, ok? Just … Melinda Persephone had to kill another god, a child, but a god of another religion to keep her people save and she just can’t bear the pain of having to kill an actual child - so she goes to the underworld to get the girl back - to fight Hades for the soul - Hades being Phil (because I love that idea of Hades being a kind of chill accountant who just wants everybody to be save and who got stuck with that shitty job, but who does it as good as he can, but also he can kick ass) …

Thank you for this! Tal asked for 16/18 so I’ll put those under a read more~ (also pls let Ashani and Sacha be friends I 100% adore haha)

11. What did they think of Asra leaving? Of his gift?

Sacha was used to Asra’s trips, but always missed him when he left. Asra is the person closest to them and their link to the past, and Sacha cares for Asra and prefers to be by their side. The gift, the tarot deck, is something Sacha admired and respects, and treasures it dearly (they were Very upset when Nadia took one of the cards for her test). 

I tried my best!   {Game: send me the name of an OC (mine or yours, though I don’t promise to get yours right) and I’ll tell you their likes and then very specific dislike, a la those silly anime character profiles}

Talis

Likes: magic, ambition, ravens

Thank you!!

6. What’s their relationship to Bobby? ...I legitimately do not remember because Phaedra isn’t on the Bobby route.  Update: I went to check.  Bobby is an ex.  I haven’t read Mishka’s interpretation of exactly what went down between canon Bobby and the detective, but my canon for this relationship is that, due to Phi’s high people-smarts, she realized when things were getting bad and pulled herself out of there.  Bobby hasn’t forgiven her for it, and she’s tried every trick in the book to get Phaedra to regret that decision.  It’s not really about getting back together anymore, but about making Phaedra uncomfortable and angry because that’s the only thing Bobby can get anymore.  It was one thing to handle when things were normal in Wayhaven, but under the stress of the supernatural, Phi is getting closer and closer to losing her cool.

7. Who is their Love Interest and why? Ava.  God help Phi if she knows why.  I think if she knew why, she would manage to talk herself out of it, because the last serious relationship she had was Bobby, and going from that hot mess to pining after an emotionally unavailable immortal vampire?  Not a great idea!  But love doesn’t let us choose, and Phaedra can’t help being drawn to Ava.  She’s trying to tell herself that it’s okay as long as she can be there to support Ava as part of the team, but... well, Phi’s a smart enough girl to know that’s bullshit. (In meta, it’s because A was the route I hadn’t experienced yet, and I’m always a simp for disaster lesbians and PINING.)

10. How well did they handle the reveal that the supernatural exists? Phaedra was shocked, then excited, but diplomatic about it.  She was accepting as soon as she got over the shock of it all being true, and she wants to learn more so that she can help with whatever has been happening as best she can.  She is earnest--sometimes a little too excited for Ava and Morgan’s tastes (but Ava secretly finds it endearing).