#militsa

Various Artists with David Burljuk, Vladimir Burljuk, Natal'ja Gončarova, Elena Guro, Michail Larionov, Sadok sudei II, (illustrated book with 15 letterpress illustrations and wallpaper cover with collage additions), Zhuravl', Sankt-Peterburg, 1913, Printed by Nash Vek, Edition of 800 [MoMA, New York, NY. Christie's, London]

Aaaaaaaa I think I got a couple! Hold up lemme try to recall them:

When Isfan is doing something, he tends to hum soft lil tunes absently. Is it a particular song? Ehh, not really. Literally just no thoughts head empty just random tunes.

Zaravant whistles a lot. I don't know why I hc him that way.

Shapur has sung lullabies to soothe a smol Isfan countless times. Perhaps even every night. It helps little Isfan sleep, and calm down after nightmares.

I somehow can't get the mental image of Daryun singing something with an evil grin and Narsus trying to shut it out being all “STOOOOP YOU MONSTER”. I don't know what Daryun would be singing to get Narsus to react like that, but it's clear he's doing it on purpose to mess with Narsus.

Isfan tends to find a melody in nature— like say, the slow pitter-patter of raindrops, some frog croaking in the distance, stuff like that. His innate connection with nature also meant that he can feel out its melody. He thinks everyone else can do it too though. Oh and sometimes his humming can be influenced by whatever he hears out there in nature.

Merlaine appreciates a good singing voice. Maybe he'd prefer softer, quieter songs, perhaps to contrast his father's (very bad) loud boisterous singing voice?

Alfarīd likes to sing, and dance too. If there's a celebration or something she'd be one of the people dancing to the joy. I think she'd make quite a merry dancer, can't tell you why though.

I think Arslan would like to sing and dance too, but is too shy to do it, afraid people might think it's improper. Somebody should push him to do it.

Sam has a nice voice, but he often doesn't know what to sing so he just doesn't. What a waste!

It's been a very long time since Hilmes sang. He last did it for Irina, perhaps under the excuse of teaching her about Parsian music or something, lol. I think a smol Hilmes before the fire may have expressed interest in picking up an instrument or something. It's just the vibes I got.

Irina looooooves music. She sings and hums a lot too, and makes cute lil noises. She always asks Militsa to sing for her, and who'd say no to a face like that?

Ayyar always pesters his grandpa to sing for him. And he always sings along too.

In Winds of Wolfsong, the clan has so. many. things. centered around song and dance. Solstices and equinoxes? Let's sing and dance! Many of their history and myths? Songs! Celebration? Song! Funeral? Song! There are games played by families or just bored colleagues where they piece random songs together or come up with lyrics on the fly or stuff like that. Just... songs.

On that note, music is thought to be the bridge between worlds, the language of all languages that transcend barriers. It's used as a medium to communicate with spirits, and they have traditional dances— dances to old and ancient melodies endeavoring to sync up the body and soul to what the song is conveying, if that makes sense? It's also a form of magic. Not every clan member is a dancer, though.

Kazai's a dancer. Arslan is too. Gieve sings, and plays the oud as in canon, but with a magical twist of course. Maybe he too uses it to ask spirits questions. Ayunnen and Kashi used to sing together under the moonlight. In this AU too Farangis sings and chants melodic prayers— just not to the Parsian gods. Isfan sings a lot more in this AU too.

Ayunnen had the gentlest, most soothing voice you've probably ever heard. Kashi's voice was... hm, how do I describe it— stronger? firmer? Something like that.

Shapur seems like someone who'd sing for his beloved.

Oh, I will happily oblige, but it's a bit vague and it's more just that I think they'd be a good match for each other. Of course, they never met in canon, so it requires an AU. We talked a little bit in comments here about an AU of mine where Zandeh getting temporarily blinded is the catalyst for Hilmes eventually realising he fucked up and needs to save Irina — Sam is the one he sends to do that.

Originally, it was going to follow canon in that Militsa, heavily wounded, would send her sister to safety but remain in Akleia to buy them as much time as possible to escape, with the main change being Hilmes actively deciding to prioritise saving Irina and the two of them reuniting earlier, but then I thought... does Militsa really need to die? Sam knows he is being sent there to save the woman Hilmes loves, and neither he nor Hilmes believes that Militsa would leave her country and her men after holding out for so long, but Hilmes did say 'if possible, save them both' (for Irina's sake, really) and so Sam decides to try.

His approach is by sea, and coincides with the fall of Akleia. When Militsa says "I cannot go with you" and he sees the arrow lodged deep in her back, he hesitates, but then tells her that he himself has survived worse wounds than that, and that she should not let her men give their lives in vain. In truth, he's doubtful that she will live, though he does not let that show. Her courage and leadership are enough to make him feel determined to try, and even on the verge of losing consciousness, it's her ploy that allows them to escape, by ordering that the Maryamian warship, laden with treasures, is used to distract their Lusitanian pursuers so they can flee to safety on the Parsian vessel instead.

Militsa does survive, against the odds, and Sam's respect for her grows. And then feelings begin to grow too. It's a surprise to him, as I don't think he expected to experience love again at this point, but he believes that nothing will come of it and doesn't intend to act on it. Militsa, on the other hand... Let's just say she takes the initiative.

As I said, I just think they'd be a good fit for each other. They are both determined to do their utmost for their respective countries. Militsa's values align with Sam's; he can confide in her about matters that he would speak of to no other person, and she shares his determination that Hilmes must rid Pars of the Lusitanians and, in time, retake Maryam and become a good ruler of both countries. Militsa is Sam's equal, and their relationship is based on trust and respect mixed with a strong and mutual attraction that began forming on the journey back to Pars, while Militsa was recovering from her wounds.

Today’s disabled character of the day is Militsa from the Tales of series, who has an unspecified trauma disorder