#mallerid

“When adorned upon you, this simple rose carries more weight than any medal.”

“Malleus…”

This piece has been sitting in my files for a while now so I pushed through to finally finish it. It is kinda dated now but I really wanted to complete it as I love this scene. I started shipping Malleus and Riddle after I read this Vignette (Riddle’s suitor suit vignette). They have such good chemistry and really though, I get Malleus was just there to make sure Riddle was competent enough to save Lilia and Sebek but man you didn’t have to go that far!! His words are so heartfelt and the ROSE, like my dude, you did not have to actually place it on his chest like he was awarding him a medal himself.

I feel like so many of the characters in Twst tend to speak poorly of Riddle so it was very refreshing to have Malleus (A fae prince and one of the strongest mages in the world mind you) sing his praises.

AND the thing that cemented this for me was the absolute faith Malleus has in Riddle after this encounter. Like dude has so much faith in him that Silver even comments on it, like hello??? When did this happen??? And Malleus is just like ah yeah well it’s just the truth, he’s the king of Heartslabyul 😭.

Anyways in my headcanon this is where Riddle first catches feelings for Malleus, of course he has no idea then. It isn’t until much later that he realizes how he feels.

I know the horns are supposed to make putting on a puppet show harder, but technically more limbs just means more puppets.

I’ve never seen this ship before, but I could def see it either way!!