#nacsele

I’d be fascinated to hear your thoughts.

Of course, Erika! I was actually really hoping you would ask me because, as I am sure you know, I am just obsessed with Nacsele. Sorry Morgen. I love him. How could I not? He’s a total sweetheart, and him and Josele were very cute, but I am unapologetically Team Nacht all the way! I adore their deep friendship and the quick wit & banter that they share, but it's really the angst of that pairing that just elevates it for me. I mean they support each other through their trauma and grief, and then, fall in love?! Even when they believe they're too broken to ever be loved and to be happy again, they show each other that they can be. 😭 I'm going to sob. It's beautiful and is more compelling to me than I have the words to express.

I'm sure it's no secret that I am not much of a romantic, but what you may not know about me is that I do actually have some favorite love stories one of which is a movie called "Return to Me" which is about a man, Bob, who loses his wife in a tragic accident and swears off love forever, but he eventually finds healing and falls in love with the wonderful woman whose life was saved by receiving his deceased wife's heart in a heart transplant. (This is literally all established in the first 5 minutes of the movie so it’s not a spoiler, I promise). The heroine of this film, Grace, is just so incredibly sensitive to his loss and so supportive of him, and one of the main conflicts of the movie is that she cares about him so much that she is heartbroken to learn that even though this transplant saved her life, it caused him so much pain and suffering. The other conflict, of course, is Bob (the main man) coming to realize that even though he truly loved his wife and is always going to miss her, that doesn't mean that he can't love Grace just as much. It's real. It's beautiful, and it's so sincere that it just pulls at my heartstrings every single time. Needless to say, I have an extremely intense passion for stories about finding love after unbelievable tragedy and loss, and Nacht x Josele fit that category so well so of course I'm going to eat that up.

This pairing was just made for me to love. I mean, it also has a complicated brother relationship and they're childhood friends to lovers. Gah! It just has everything. Nacsele is just everything!

Hiya Anon! Ooo a question about our lovely Alistar 👀? Let’s see!

If William died when Alistar was 12 years old…I think it would greatly affect Alistar, which I vaguely touched on in COTF when he lost control of his powers.

Alistar actually goes through a lot around that age (he finds out about how his mother died, he loses control of his powers for the first time, he makes new friends, the GD members become even more wary of him, etc). So for William to also die during that time…it would be the final nail in the coffin for him and I think it would take many years before he would ever recover from it fully.

I imagine he would lose control of his powers right after he was told about William’s death. During that time Alistar would completely shut down. He wouldn’t eat, wouldn’t sleep, and would probably develop selective mutism due to the trauma (it wouldn’t be permanent, but it’d last at least 6 months to a year possibly). I imagine, when he lost control of his powers, it would be a lot more destructive and would last a lot longer then when he found out about how Zera died.

I don’t know if it would affect Alistar’s path in life very much 🤔. He would still become Captain of the Golden Dawn, and he would still be kind. But i think it would take him a lot longer to get there and I think he would be just a *little* more reckless than what he usually is.

So I have a lot of different ideas/AU’s for what would happen to him and where he would go if something like this happened. Some of them include OC’s by my mutuals and they are listed below 🥰!

After everyone find’s out about William’s death they all come together to decide what happens to him. Klaus and his wife would consider taking Alistar in, but after discussing it, would worry that being in the Golden Dawn right now would be a big trigger for him so would think it’s better for him to be away from the squad until he was older and had recovered.

Yuno and Neva (my OC) would come in from Spade and would discuss taking Alistar in and bringing him back to Spade with them. William had done so much for the two throughout the years, so this could easily be a way for them to repay William, but after discussing it the two would agree that this wasn’t the best decision for Alistar. Making him move from Clover to Spade right after his father died and forcing him to adjust to a new environment with new people would just put even more stress on the poor boy. So the two would decide it’s best that he stay in Clover, but the two would check in on him regulary as he grew up. (If Alistar was a baby then they would take him back to Spade with them.)

Patry would immediately travel from Elysia to Clover and would offer to take Alistar back to Elysia with him. It would be a way for him to honor his best friend, and he could just imagine William in the afterlife saying “You owe me for what happened during the Reincarnation!”. But would run into the same problem as YuNeva, would it *really* be better for Alistar if he moved to Elysia? Patry would come to the same conclusion as YuNeva and would decide it’s better that he stay in Clover, but he would go to Clover weekly to check up on him! (If Alistar was a baby then he’d take him back to Elysia).

Fuegoleon and Solara ( @thoughtfullyrainynightmare ‘s OC) would also discuss taking in Alistar although…it would be pretty awkward given the circumstances 😅. But Zera was a very good friend to Solara and Fue, and they would want to keep their promise to Zera to be there and lookout for Alistar if something ever happened to her. I think they would weigh the pro’s and con’s of adding another to their already growing family (they already have a set of twins that are the same age as Alistar, as well as a toddler named Elenora), and after a lengthy discussion Fuegoleon would decide to put his complicated relationship with William aside and the two would decide to take Alistar in. But they wouldn’t tell him what happened to Fuegoleon’s arm until he was older and more able to handle it.

Nacht and his wife Josele ( @loosesodamarble ‘s OC) would also discuss taking Alistar in. Josele was close to both Zera and William so like Solara she had promised to take care of Alistar in the event of something ever happening to them, and Nacht would know what it’s like losing your entire family and feeling like it’s all your fault even if it wasn’t. So the two would quickly agree to take him in and care for him like he was one of their own, they already had 6 children so what was one more 😁? But like FueLara they weighed the pro’s and con’s of adding another and, like FueLara, they found the pro’s outweighed the con’s 😆!

Yami and Charlotte (whose OC kids belong to @eme-eleff !) would discuss taking Alistar in as well, they both promised Zera and William that they would take care of him if anything ever happened to them. They would weigh the pro’s and con’s just like the others, and would come to the same conclusion as they did. Their eldest daughter Hikari was already close with Alistar (and they were only a week apart) so the two of them would get along well, Einar would be happy to have another older sibling (especially since it’s an older brother 😆), and Hana would be wary at first but she’d eventually warm up to him. So Yami and Charlotte would take him in and care for him the way William did.

At first, my add on was just going to be Morgsele and Nacsele. Which are here...

(Ooohhh... Look at Morgen showing a little skin~! Only for Josele, obviously. And Nacht looking so unsure/hesitant with the kiss but Josele readily accepts him.)

But then I also thought "hey since I'm making a post all my own why not also throw in an attempt at 'me' kissing one of the otome men I like?"

There was an attempt to recreate Il Fado de Rie.

Summary: Two vignettes about Nacht and Josele's relationship following the battle in Spade Kingdom. Genre: romance (very light though) Word count: ~1400

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In the frozen-over land of Spade Kingdom, a long and hellish night had finally come to a close. Years of suffering and struggling ended thanks to the combined efforts of brave rebels of Spade and soldiers from Clover. Spade’s capital city lay in ruin at people’s feet but those same people stood atop the rubble. They were tired but alive and victorious all the same.

The light of dawn shone over the land, as if to signal that the long held hope for freedom from the Dark Triad was finally fulfilled.

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OoooohhH! I can without a doubt answer for Nacht~! Thank you, Anon~!

Favorite thing about Nacht: His complex character arc! His story makes me so emotional! Keeping himself down by calling himself evil and holding onto feelings of guilt over Morgen's death but finding the will to live even if he never fully forgives himself. I've talked about Nacht's whole deal a lot. Like a lot a lot.

Least favorite thing about them: As beautiful and sexy as his voice is, I did admittedly cringe a little when I learned he had the same seiyuu (Japanese VA) as Zenitsu from Demon Slayer. Zenitsu's a good character, but him and Nacht having the same seiyuu left me feeling weird at first. I've gotten over it at this point. Still...

Favorite line: From chapter 330 "Declaration to the Shadows."

I can't stand people like you. People who don't do things right. But I'm that way myself. So let me live with you guys... Properly, this time.

Nacht accepting that he has a place amongst the Black Bulls... And promising to changing the way he lives... I just... WAAAAAH!

brOTP: Nacht & Yami. They are such bros! They bring out the best and worst in each other, it's so funny!

OTP: Nacht x Josele (my oc). I'm biased and I will not be stopped. My own ship has brought me to tears because I just love them so much~!

nOTP: Nacht x Vanessa. It's not outright dislike but more an absence of any real feelings for this ship.

Random headcanon: Nacht can cook, under the very specific circumstances that he has a recipe on hand that he follows to the letter. No adjusting measurements or substituting ingredients. He has to follow recipes exactly otherwise it either blows up or turns into a burn mess! He doesn't know how he's cursed in this specific way.

Unpopular opinion: Nacht is not the "mom" of the Black Bulls. He's beleaguered and tired of their nonsense, yes. But in my eyes, he's more like the absentee father that only recently came back, annoyed by the state he finds the group in and somehow expecting some kind of respect or obedience from people he was never present for before.

Song I associate with them: Gomen ne by Kenshi Yonezu. The message of the song is an apology and a wish for a closeness with the person being spoken to, sentiments which Nacht has for Morgen.

Favorite picture of them: All of them??? No, that doesn't count? Well if I had to pick one in particular that makes me fangirl...