#revolve leo

i was tagged by @cat-esper for this [find theirs here], and i'm tagging in return @lizardperson @firesidefantasy @elkieselkiewrites and @ace-malarky, plus open tag for whoever wants in

your lines are:

A line you're proud of

A line inspired by a friend

A line showing off your world

A line with double implications

my lines are:

A line that's a lie

A line that's a confession

A line that's funny

A line that's painful

have some passages from the old draft of Elegy to the Desperate Stars (the new one is still in prep phase TwT)

hi Star! you're in luck, i haven't done him yet

hehehe thanks for the ask!

🎶 share a happy moment. ANY happy moment. You must have ONE.

hm. a happy moment. in the book about grief and gaslighting. hold on. i think the closest to a happy moment i get is here in chapter 22 — Penumbra — when Leo and Ele find out Aleji is engaged

Aleji is just done putting down the glasses when Leo comes out of the kitchen, with a number of water jugs and napkins floating after him like a line of lost ducklings. “Oh good, you guys are done. Go wash your hands. Bathroom is exactly were it used to be, Ale,” Leo says, pointing at the room with his head. Aleji follows after Aira and Eleonora, and pauses just a second. They’re… not sure where to put the ring. They can’t keep it on, and they can’t put it on the shelf like they do in the shop or at home because there is no shelf. And they don’t quite trust the counter. Prita has lost many rings that way. “Everything okay?” Aira asks as she dries her hands. She looks at them, and her eyes flash with understanding. “Oh. I can hold that for you if you want me to? Yu put an anti-slipping charm but I didn’t trust it either at first.” She nods over at the counter. When Aleji looks over, her rings are laying there innocently. They’d… rather not though. “Could you?” “Sure,” she says, passing the towel to Ele and quickly slipping on her rings. She holds her hands out to them then. Aleji hesitates just a moment before slipping their ring off and giving it to her. She doesn’t move her hands at all as she makes space for them, though she does tilt her head to look at the ring. “It’s really elegant.” “Is that a black opal?” Aleji looks back through the mirror, and finds Eleonora looking at it intently. “Yeah.” Eleonora hums. “Well, that’s fancy.” Aleji glances over at her. Behind them, Aira does the same. “Yes, that’s kind of the point.” Eleonora furrows her brows. As she passes them the towel, she keeps glancing between them and their ring. Until her eyes light up. “Oh my God, I’m an idiot.” “Good morning, Ele, it’s half past one, are you awake yet?” Aira teases with a grin. She offers the ring back to them the second Aleji puts down the towel. “Thank you,” they whisper to her, and she just smiles in response. “Well, it’s not my fault most engagement rings use diamonds and not other stones,” Eleonora continues right on, making way out of the bathroom. “Why are we talking about engagement rings?” comes Leo’s voice from the living room. He’s staring down at a large fluffy black cat with a pair of vibrant green eyes, who has perched itself on a cabinet near a group of potted plants. From behind them, Aira pushes them forward. “Uh.” Leo just looks at them. Then his eyes light up so happy that it makes Aleji’s heart ache. “Are you serious? Oh, that’s amazing,” he says, quickly walking over. Aleji blocks their ring with the other hand, but Leo doesn’t try to take their hands. Instead he pulls his arms around them and hugs them. “Do they treat you well?” he asks. Aleji hides his face in Leo’s shoulder and blinks back the tears. How Leo manages to be so thoughtful, they’ll never know. “Yes. She’s amazing, Leo, I– I don’t even know how to put it into words.” Not in ways other than ‘I wouldn’t be here without her’ but they’re not going to say that. “Good. I’m glad,” Leo says, patting their shoulders. “You’ll have to bring her around then someday, yeah?” he laughs. They’re trying. Vili, they’re trying so hard to make that possible. Aleji smiles. “Yeah, definitely.” Leo steps back and laughs, while Eleonora high-fives Aira. Yes. One day they’ll manage to bring Luz around. She would love these people.

so. happy, with a bittersweet note. that's literally the closest i get. the other candidate was a scene in the cemetery on the aniversary of Aira's twin's death. enjoy that information

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Character File R019: Leo

"Don’t lose yourself into a loop of what ifs and could haves. It doesn’t work. It only hurts more."

Basics

Legal Name ✵ Leonardo Corvi

Age ✵ 35

Pronouns ✵ He/Him

Orientation ✵ Straight

Skin ✵ Light Tan

Build ✵ Spindly

Height ✵ 1.67 m / 5' 5''

Eye Color ✵ Black

Hair ✵ Dark Brown, Short, Slightly Curly

Occupation ✵ University Professor (Contemporary History)

Notable Features ✵ Glasses

Work Specific

Species ✵ Human

Elemental Resonance ✵ Flora

Citzenship ✵ Earthen (Italian)

Base Location ✵ Milan

Alias ✵ N/A

Allegiance ✵ N/A

Personality

while very calm and quiet, Leo is definitely his parents' son: curious and deeply kind, with a bad habit of trying to help everyone. he's not particularly confrontational, but he is very protective and willing to stand up for others

Likes ✵ history, old books, stargazing, mythology, art, taking care of the farm, loud places

Dislikes ✵ the silence, people who hold information over other's head, pointless secrecy, the smell of blood, arrogance

Speaking Style ✵ a full but quiet voice, and he speaks with varying pace. less so in his private life, but his teacher voice is very distinctive. doesn't swear much, but is a bit prone to using slang and dialect. nicknames are reserved for family tho

Clothing Style ✵ sleek and professional, but comfortable. prefers his clothes to be on the warmer side, so plenty of jumpers and cardigans. loves earthy warm tones, but is also partial to black and the occasional thick jacket. particularly well known for the large black umbrella he brings everywhere

[backstory and taglist under the cut] [TW: Death, (minor) Gore]

funny you should ask that

so, this... depends. if this was before he knew about magic, the options would be:

still history, though maybe as a highschool teacher or in a museum or (since he specializes in contemporary history) with journalists

classic arts, once again either as a professor or in a museum

veterinary, or some animal rehab/rescue center (there's a whole story behind the family of crows that regularly nests at his place, they literally moved to the farmhouse when he did)

failing all of that, he'd probably start working in his parents' family restaurant

however, if this is post magic things shift a bit. while history is still a candidate, Leo has gotten really into the magical cultures since he got pulled in and even if he's very external to it all he has literally filled his brain with Navilean culture. he could go teach magical history there or work with their journalists. but given the... connections that develop through the series, it's not unlikely for him to end up Edra's tutor (so working a sort of royal household) or as a consultant

you also kinda have to consider his blessing (came back to life, sees into the Realm of Death, has superfast healing and a holy weapon) and his wife tho. i mean, yeah Yume has a potions shop, but she also works as a diplomat for Zeimiria. he married a bad bitch who could totally work as an ambassador/politician. he has a blessing from Death. he could work with magic, or team up with his wife and become a kick-ass political duo

there's– uhm– there's also another fact 👉👈

so Leo is a character not only in Revolve. he gets– not even a cameo, it's a full on scene in In Destiny We Trust (Not). Ike's dad and him are coworkers, and the second they see each other they go "i smell magic". the potential for him to join the Harbingers of the Otherside is high, even if he has a completely different type of magic from them

it's actually something i was debating? because i've been having a sequel for IDWT(N) on my mind because of one specific plot thread that is hanging and connects the two works. Leo being a Harbinger while also working together with Aira and Aleji and Yume and everyone else puts him in prime position to act as a "bridge" between Earth and not-Earth. which is what i need to fully tie back in IDWT(N) with Revolve

so i'm legit pondering that. he's the link to a possible book 2, but if i put him there he's gonna need to severely reduce his class hours. decisions decisions...

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hey Alina, happy STSunday! this is hella fun, i have an assortment of weddings past and future that are so very canonical

Leo and Yume had a really beautiful but quite small civil wedding, and then a bigger reception after at Leo's parents' restaurant, and the place was packed. speaking of his parents, they were a bit sad there wouldn't be a church wedding, but with Yume being a) half-kitsune and b) shintoist, there wasn't really much chance. not that they know Yume is half-kitsune

i think the most surprising part of it all is that Laura, Aira's mother, was Leo's best (wo)man. they don't get along much now (Leo actually goes nearly no-contact with her at the end of book 1) but at the time they were still really close

also, a couple of days after the wedding and right before their honeymoon (Yume took Leo to Akita, which is where she was born), they had to go into Ona's Milan colony to register the wedding, do the magical vows (which are slightly different) and do all the stuff to register Leo as partner to a magicant. a lot of tiring burocratic stuff, but Leo is technically now allowed to go in and out of the district on his own. he just doesn't because he hates being stared at by everyone on the street

Dajsper and Irami's wedding was a shitshow from the beggining. fuck it, even earlier. they met because their parents were considering candidates for a forced marriage (and i posted a piece about it). the two of them realized they were each other's best chance at a marriage that doesn't suck, so they forced their parents' hands by creating a scandal: the two were caught by the house staff with Irami "assaulting" Dajsper

the parents had to hush the situation as much as possible, so they forced the two to pretend they'd been lovers already and spun it as a story of "finding the bonds that were already between their families" and "encouraging young love"

the wedding happened within two months, as soon as both were eighteen, and they had zero say in it. it was an absolutely lavish grandiose affair with thousands of guests (most of which Dajsper and Irami had never met). it was way more of a networking event for their parents than it was their wedding, tho it was perfectly beautiful and aesthetic and plenty of (perfectly staged and edited) photos made their way online. this kickstarted their journey into becoming the celebrity couple of Reiki, tho they did the rest on their own

if you ask them though, what they consider their actual "wedding" is the bar brawl they got in as soon as they came back from the honeymoon they were on (it was basically a fancy grounding. couldn't leave the beach house, cameras everywhere, security at every entrance and window, zero privacy). immediately after the browl Dajsper took Irami to meet Syphe and Tumaril, who had homemade muffins, a lot of alchool and a banner saying "congrats on the ruse"

Ideli and Tumaril elope through the Underground. the officiant is a guy who got generously bribed to keep everything hush hush, the wedding certificates were hacked into the database by Dajsper under layers of protection to keep them from being destroyed, the "wedding" was held in Raminip's backyard. only other people present were Irami and Dajsper (respectively bridesman and groomsmaid) (yes that is correct) plus Meiviza, Syphe and Nahye (friend through the Undernet). they plan on making things official and public once Ideli is Empress, though they'd give an altered timeline of events

Ele and Beriel haven't been together long, but the topic does come up. mostly because it would make it a lot easier for Ele to have access to a magic-centric higher education (which is a dream come true for her) and be taken more seriously, because then Beriel can easily pull strings for her. they are however apprehensive about it being too soon, about being too young, Ele doesn't want to "use" Beriel and what if things don't last? they're both very anxious about long-lasting relationships

so what ends up happeping is that Beriel pulls really minimal strings to get Ele the tests and certifications she needs to get into a university on their own, and they live together for a while but don't get married in the short term. that will be a few years down the line

they have still talked a bit about what the ideal wedding would look like for them both. it may be a bit tough to do, because Ele absolutely wants her parents there, but at the time the two talk about it they may not be allowed into the Colony, much less into Navilee. they both agree that they want a small wedding, just close family and friends, and that they're both gonna keep their surnames and if kids enter the mix then the kids would hypenate

the one thing they've found so far that they disagree on is where. Ele would like an outdoor wedding, while Beriel would rather be indoor. the tentative plan is indoor but with really big windows. and that's about all they have since they are very much on the "let's not be hasty" train

Aleji and Luz were planning on getting married between books one and two. they would if they could get in contact with Aleji and Dani's guardian, and it is very worrying that they can't. and for as much as they're worried that they don't have a lot of time before things go to shit, they're more worried about the man. they end up postponing for close to a year and get married near the end of book two and "off-screen", as soon as they manage to get in contact with the man, ensure he's safe and he's good to meet them

that wedding is very little more than a civil wedding. quite literally vows, papers, a small lunch together with people they consider safe to be in the know, and then it's back to work acting like nothing ever happened. this doesn't mean they're, like, "careless" about it. Luz convinces Aleji into custom-made clothes, they have some decorations around, the rings are stunning and Aleji absolutely gets walked down the isle. both of them are bawling through it

they'll still have a bigger wedding when it's safe to do so, even if it'll be more of a vow renewal for them. but that one will be huge, and they already have a list of things they want for it

it will be a night wedding under the stars, Luz is going to wear this iridescent dress and a lot of extremely colorful jewelry, and Aleji's suit jacket is going to be knee length and flare out at the waist like a dress and sure it's gonna be in Izerkean style as a base but they will use accessories from italian and chilean traditional weddings. Dani is going to be the ring bearer since they can't both have him in their wedding party. Aleji's guardian already walked them down the aisle so this time it's Leo's turn. Luz has a color palette and an aesthetic in mind and she will not budge. there's already the start (400 people) of a wedding invitation list

but that's for later, right now their focus is on the "get married" part rather than the "wedding" part

Lukiat, Reyenn and Niev will get married and it's gonna be the most politically convoluted thing so that the leaders of the nations and the general public cannot go "but why". the why is very clear and very useful and a huge spoiler, but you get to know that this was all Edra's plan (of course)

i can't tell you about the actual wedding, but the ideal wedding is on the smaller scale (we're still talking a hundred or so people). it would be on a sunny day in a flowery field or park or garden but it must be out in nature. it would absolutely be a day-long thing, if not longer. literally just a huge celebration. there's decorative flowers and gemstones everywhere that won't make Lukiat trip and a lot of music. the three of them would spend hours dancing

Edra would absolutely be the ringbearer (this kid is winning at life) and in ideal world have Kea and Sarie in his wedding party alongside the rest of his private guard (minus Niev for obvious reasons). Niev's wedding party would have his sister Erlis, probably Aira, Meiviza and Tumaril and a couple of people from his time in the arena. Reyenn's wedding party has a not as weird as it seems assortment of people, with Ele, Beriel and Dajsper for sure, and probably Aleji and Luz. Lukiat's half-siblings are the flowerkids

i don't know who'd get walked down the isle, but these madlads might actually have three isles so all three of them can be walked down. Niev would absolutely get walked down the isle by his sister. not for lack of options, his father is there, he's just a huge crier and the tears will be visible and loud. Lukiat would get walked down by his father and both of them would be barely holding back tears. Reyenn... i don't know. there are quite a few options for him actually. what i can tell you is this: even in a perfect world where his father is there, Reyenn would not get walked down by his father. Vez might, Leo might, hell Luz might. actually, Luz is sorta very likely

Mia and Guido's wedding happens when Ike is fifteen. this makes Ari eleven and the twins are newborns. it's a winter wedding, very pretty and white and sparkly (not in a church because it's the second wedding for both of them) and almost everyone there is a Harbinger, connected to a Harbinger or at least in the know. literally the only person who is completely unaware is Gaia (her parents both know about the Harbingers but aren't ones themselves). and even so, she can tell something's up

also yes, this does mean that both Mia's and Guido's families are at least aware of the Harbingers. actually, Guido's entire surviving family (hehe) is Harbingers, and many of Mia's siblings and their kids (Ike's cousins) plus some of her uncles and aunts actually get fully involved with the Harbingers

theirs was a day long event between ceremony and reception. it came right after three really successful big Harbinger operations in Europe (one regarding seismic activity, one with a massive storm coming from the atlantic and they drove an Order cell out of Thessaloniki) so spirits are very high. also at some point Zeno and Diana video-called to give their congratulations and literally everyone is trying to make conversation through a single phone

between hyperactive kids and adults high on success, the affair is extremely loud and bubbly and bright. if Gaia sees plates and champagne flutes floating by themselves and people talking to the air, no she doesn't. she's smart enough to mind her own business. if she gains a fascination for magic and the supernatural then that's between her and the books under her bed

and last but not least, Ike and Zeno. they get married after everything's gone to shit and been fixed, but from the moment Ike is back in Milan literally everyone knows it will happen. Diana teases them about marriage three times before they even get together

their ideal wedding is a spring wedding. everything about it is gonna give Zeno's grandfather a heart attack, from the fact that Ike is a guy (so no church wedding) (thank you catholicism) to how incredibly colorful it would be. Ike tries to put together a somewhat coheseve color scheme but honestly neither of them cares that much

besides a lot of Ike's attention is directed at the suits. honestly, menswear for weddings (at least in the west) is extremely limited and i have a problem with it, Ike has a broblem with it, Ike's a fashion designer and is taking the direct approach to the situation. their suits will be intricate and stunning and he will accept nothing less. he would sooner sew them by hand than wear a black and white suit

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