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woah!!! happy birthday @rythian !!!!

throws a collection of rythian avatars at you

STRAIGHT SOBBING there goes the gaia guardian theory /j

I'm fine that it wasn't canon, it's fun to speculate and y'all got to ride this high with me. there was a very high possibility they wouldn't have used the guardian of gaia anyways because they were heavily under equipped to fight a boss w/ 160 hearts per player (so a total of 480 hearts). also that mf hits like a damn truck. this was also their first quest outside of the main quest given by jaffa hq so it needed to be on easy mode

mainly confused why rythian mentioned- HOLD ON A DAMN SECOND, looks through transcript again, "I’ve been told the Black Lotus is guarded by the strongest warriors in the land." I JUST REALISED WHO TOLD RYTHIAN THIS

originally I assumed it was jaffa hq, but no, it has to be zoeya. it has to!!! she's always exaggerated the reasons for a grand adventure, this is definitely one of them /aff. unless rythian was being a troll and taking a page out of zoeya's book to fuck over lalna for fun. but he sounded so genuine, especially when he expressed his gratitude!!! though consider, what if they were both in on it teehee

ANYWAYS I have some thoughts about it (spoilers ahead of course)

hey guess who forgot to consider the whole ordeal with lalna!! I was so rythian focused apologies(my blorbo <3). spent the whole day thinking about this since I got two related lalnable asks sent to me this morning and could not answer until I got home from work

from a technical standpoint would it be possible for the gaia guardian to appear as lalnable? Yes, if duncan is wearing at least a chestplate to hide the red pen throughout the fight and hopes it doesn't break. I personally haven't fought the guardian of gaia so not sure how the copying appearance thing works with multiple players, probably based on who summons the guardian

"that is *not* lalna"

the pen in lalna's lab coat pocket is red.

you see before you what looks to be a physical manifestation of your shadow, but something about it is wrong. that grin you've seen yourself make in the mirror rises up higher on the reflection in front of you, the hair on your head much longer than how you usually keep it, and the clothes looks to be more disheveled than your already messy attire. there was one glaring detail, a red pen.

you almost jump at the sudden grip on your shoulder, trembling fingers press deep into your skin, holding you before you can reach out to your double. your head slowly turn towards the spaceman beside you as your eyes trails behind, wide as the moon. more than his hand trembled as tremors riddle his frame. you watch his chest rise and falter quickly, his jaw clenched with a grimace as he kept his gaze forward. why was your friend so shaken by your darker appearance?

a name broke through your friend's lips, a name so familiar yet so foreign, "...lalnable."

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god I love this detail where lalna would see the gaia guardian as a darker version of himself though he does not interpret it as lalnable since it is canon(?) that lalna clones do not know the existence of each other and of the the "original"

Yogscast: Tales of Arcadia AU

as the title suggests gonna be talking about the roles the yogs have in the au and their relation to each other. considering these guys as the main characters for now since they have the most content I've thought of so far lmao. but for sure most of them are set as main characters in the au. expect this to be revised in the future. also enjoy the bullet-points, I do not have the energy to write short cohesive paragraphs

boba

main protagonist

first human trollhunter

currently a full-time highschool student

chased after fairytales all her life only to find out it was all real, most of those stories anyways

always fascinated by honeydew's tales and xephos's skills and strengths

littlewood

first trollhunter

died at the hands of israphel before the heroes sealed him away in the darklands

lives as a spirit inside the amulet to guide boba about what it takes to be a trollhunter

has a very strained relationship with rythian

like a son to swampy

xephos

mentor of boba

training her to wield the sword of daylight since he is a skilled "swordsman"

considered as a hero to trollkind for his battle against israphel

works as a curator in the observatory

before boba got the amulet, xephos accidently revealed his identity and how old he actually is to her when they asked where he got his naval jacket from (what a fool)

best of buds with honeydew and lalna

honeydew

mentor of boba

teaching her troll history and customs even though some of his stories are a bit too farfetched

one of the mighty heroes of trollkind for banishing israphel to the darklands

would spend a lot of his time in the deep dark looking for powerful gemstones

currently obsessed with modern human things

best of buds with xephos and lalna

lalna

technically a mentor to boba but he's more of an emotional anchor since he's more "human" than his best friends. the cultures and emotions of trolls and akiridions are drastically different from humans

mentor of nano

was an apprentice to fumblemore

has a descendent, lalnable (might change his name?)

best of buds with xephos and honeydew

struggles to keep a job down, always broke. has to rely on nano's income most of the time

finds rythian as an annoying roach

nanosounds

apprentice to lalna, learning spellcasting and artificing from him

has a twin sister, echo. nano is the older twin

manages the noodle shop in town, has tried to give lalna job opportunities there but he's at a point of being blacklisted from the establishment. both as a employee and patron

hopes no evil changeling finds her and be terminated or worse turns her in to the evil changeling cult, especially by her sister

rythian

the antagonist to our heroes

a champion to jean ("the queen") and follows her every command

skilled assassin in combat, stealth, and sorcery

has many titles some of the most notable, "slayer of trollhunters"

absolutely hates lalna and littlewood's guts

redemption arc inbound

zoeya

leader of trollmarket and protector of the heartstone

would look up to honeydew sometimes for elder troll wisdom, though it's not always the best advice

indebted to lalna for making her robotic arm, after the attack.

has been paranoid since, expecting him to show up again to finish the job.

like honeydew she's obsessed with human things, specifically their machinery, as well as akiridion technology since it's so advanced