#rsa ask

[Alisson/Twst!Alice]

I flip flop constantly on either is a lazy genius, a average boy just trying to live his life (and nobody wants that for him), genius but an airhead and anything in the spectrum of that.

But let's leave that nebulous part aside to deal with most hypothetical stuff lol

We can bet his childhood will be a huge part of backstory just for the sake of mirroring Riddle, so I'll work with this to imagine that maybe Alisson doesn't know the name of some basic normal day stuff. Not bc he's dumb but because there wasn't interested adults around him to teach him that stuff, they're worried about other things (themselves, his academic achievements), so "why the boy needs to know what a broom is?"

He's a bad company for Rielle to learn about the surface objects names bc Alisson gave them names on his own. Broom is "dog's beard", butter toast is "butterfly bread" and he'll say those things and sometimes wonder why people look at him weird or confuse him for a child at the market

Put on his clothes backwards sometimes so he takes twice the time to get to class on bad days. And got tricked once in his first year by Chenya who gave him a broken clock. Alisson never bothered to check if the thing was working, Chenya never told him to use it as a alarm...

Got so late in his first day at school that he ran out of the dorm in his pajamas. He managed to remember to bring his bag, the books, whatever else he needed... but the uniform... thank goodness his colleagues are supportive golden retrievers, he would be dead in any other place!

[Chenya]

I thought it would be clever to subvert the trope and instead of being a boyfailure in his spare time, he is a certified perfect boy at random things and times. Leave his opps mad af and keep them guessing, which are too funny for him

When nobody wants to take out the trash, he'll do it silently and effectively from every single room and the kitchen, leaving behind things that are obviously next to the can by accident and shouldn't be thrown away. His colleagues think the dorm is haunted, which makes it so worth it!

With the same ease Chenya will trick, he'll teach. So for every broken clock he gives Alisson, he'll convince him to brush his teeth or eat veggies bc doing these things will complete his "alien transformation and evolution" (they watched the same cartoon growing up)

An absolute sweet heart with lost children <3 He guides them to a responsible adult, help them call their parents and makes silly faces to make them laugh and give time for the responsible people to arrive

But won't do the same for anyone from high school to 50s. Old enough to have a cellphone, old enough to use MagicMaps. Switch again for old people and guides them safe to home bc he wants to minimize the karma of his old gramps getting people lost on purpose

He's his gramps but younger so, he was taught etiquette, manners and the art of trickery from the OG himself.

[Nalad/Twst!Nala]

Based on the mix between Nala and Simba, Nalad's boyfailureisms are also unexpected just like Minajael's but it still exists

Sometimes he gets the wrong food at the cafeteria bc he was looking at something for such a long time, the kitchen staff seemed to get disappointed that he was refusing that dish so now he has on his plate a thing he wasn't looking for, don't think he's going to like, just for random pressure

In moments like this, Nalad pavlov-ed himself to stomach some weird dishes that puts the table on full concern mode. Watching him eat a pea soup was hurtful but by the 40th spoon, he was managing to swallow without looking like he was being attacked by hyenas

Not all the time but in very distracted moments, he'll fall in whatever or whoever in on his way. Not very romantic bc did you see his height? And he's probably carrying papers or something heavy. He'll profusely apologize later

While not all lions, and therefore beastfolk lions, hate water, they usually avoid it bc swimming makes them slow and clumsy, the fur gets heavy so it ruins stealth and it's just not what they're used to. Basically: Nalad hates rainy days and swimming lessons (obligatory subject in military academy at all levels) for all those things

His humor will sour when his hair is wet by rain or he can feel the particles of water running down him. Oh, the shudder! He also hates him swimming form and hates even more the fact that once the Royal Family visited the middle school cadets during swim lessons and he's so sure the Second Prince only woke up to see him give the worst performance of the afternoon!

[Rielle]

We already dabbled on Rielle and Alisson must be separated when doing "above surface discovery" time. But what does Rielle do on his own?

Asks very embarrassing questions to anyone, with a straight and expectant face, dying for reasons and answers, but he basically just asked "what's the difference between boxers, briefs and shorts?" in the middle of breakfast

That being said, clothing customs was one of the most fascinating aspects coming for land. He was the most eager guy in mermaid training camp and the one that doesn't shut up (the experts love and hate him)

Like... you put on clothes that will be under other clothes that in some places are fashionable to put under even more clothes? Humans are so fascinating!

If a delinquent ever tried to make Rielle smoke, he would have his cigarette blown up to his eyes bc Rielle thought that, since the smoking pipe is an instrument, a cigarette is a small flute. It's very necessary to have or Nalad or someone taller and stronger to take him away from the fight that's about to blow up

[Minajael]

The boy, the moment, the legend, the reason we're here!

I already commented in my expectation that he's trying to get rid of his out of touch mannerisms and get to know the common, normal people... which isn't always easy

Sometimes, Minajael will do a "rich guy" thing and threaten to buy the local store just bc they refused to give Rielle extra pickles for his sandwich. Then he stops himself, "I can't do that, I don't work, that would be using taxpayer money!", and it's when Rielle offers "oh, I could buy it!" and they get into an argument over abuse of tax and well-being of locals above anything that the owner gives Rielle his pickles

Minajael is mortified coming out of the restaurant about being spotted as being rich. Riddle doesn't get it at all.

He always has the best material to work on anything. Even when he tries his best to buy things himself, minding the price, he's still in the more or less 1k category

Once Neige gave him a flute hand-sculptured on wood for holiday week and Minajael gave him a expensive silk jacket after saying "it's not much but I hope you like it!"

... that thing could buy at least a small car. That's how not exactly expensive but still not so easily affordable it is.

[Neige]

What hasn't been said over the fact that Neige is naive due to his inspo from Snow White? Well that's quite obvious. I feel like he's also the definition of well meaning but not always well timed

I thought about how book 8 is after May, so Vil's birthday already passed but imagine after book 5, Neige wanted to send him a gift basket just to rekindle but he only knows Vil from his mayo eating days. So the basket basically has apples, flowers, sweaters and carefully crafted and packaged vegan sandwiches with lots and lots of mayo <3

One of the problems that I think people could cause for Neige is that bc nobody wants to see his puppy eyes cry, sometimes nobody corrects him on things... so he keeps doing things like these

Back to that, once the group was passing by the neighbourhood and Neige saw a funeral service. Megboy and Minajael went with him bc he likes to give his respects and comfort in moments like this but they felt something was wrong

Neige greeted and comforted every single person there, with warm words, nice gestures, he just brought flowers and when he finally got to where the casket was... it was empty. "Where's the person?! Somebody took the body!!", almost nobody said anything. It was Megboy who had the courage to say "Uh... this is a funeral service sample, I think"

[Megboy]

Either Megboy is too tech inept due to heavier Ancient Greece motifs in his dorm that he thinks wires are an absurd thing ("we need wireless cables, Idia" "are you hearing yourself, you normie infected zombie?!") or he's so tech centric that analog is a obscure matter to him

Once Merrylad caught him trying to pass a book page by sliding his finger, like a tablet. So he breathed in "this is not a epub, this is not a epub"

Or sometimes he forgets this type of normal stuff exists to begin with. Imagine his computer needs to charge but he has a essay for tomorrow. He's pacing around the lounge, wondering where could he find sources of knowledge to use for his text...

Needs to leave a message for someone? Don't have their contact or your phone is dead? Oh, if only you could just leave them a text on a surface right there.....

Then later that day, when Megboy is so close to sleep, it comes to him the solution: "THE LIBRARY AND A NOTE!!" thank goodness he sleeps alone in his room

Also he hates horses. Nothing makes this man more wary than a equine of any species. Not even death makes him shudder. Only horses. Will unironically start arguments with said horses, in horse language, like "we invented cars for you to become an obsolete specimen" and everybody of the equestrian club needs to rush over to stop him from getting killed

[Merrylad]

Has the opposite problem of Megboy. Bro is not only analog, he's medieval analog. Everyone's battery is dead? Let's send a message via pigeon! That's how they did and it never killed anyone. That would require that Merrylad can't use magic in this situation

Then he'll suggest is simply doing a sending paper spell (as if it's something that anybody under 100 yo could do)

Now after a suggestion like that, you would think he's incapable of being a boyfailure. Think again. Anyone can be a failure, they just need to do their best!

At the same time Merrylad is the epitome of medieval analog, technology could either scare him or be utterly fascinating

Once the grade was able to visit a facility which had those doors that open by themselves, due to tech, and he's losing it over that stuff. He's going in and out, in awe of how machinery could archive something only the best Fae Houses could have back in Briar Valley! And the security is like "excuse me, Mr. Boy, stop going through the doors" "boy is you, lad. I have [redacted] years. I could've changed your great-gramps fabric diapers"

If somehow at some time in Book 8 we get to explore aka infiltrate RSA, OR we could get a Book (either the next one or another) where for some reason Yuu and Grim end up in the rival school (probably during the Sping Holidays), this could lead to a plot related to the Sword In the Stone movie, maybe related to Yuu.

It's a interesting premise bc book 8 is, at this time, focusing on that particular scene from the Evil Queen poisoning the apple and not mentioning nothing of Sword-Stone (I tried to do as a acronym but it looks like "sits" lmao)....... but Ambrose did mention a phrase like "I know the name of the future king... and it's RSA!!"

Plus the Twst protagonists, NRC boys and the secondary RSA boys, have a lot of challenges to go through, similarly like Wart but the main story takes a little bit of different movies it wants to adapt if it serves the story. Idia saving the day in his white pegasus blue magicwheel, the 3 Ignihyde NPCs that are both Fates and Good Fairies-coded for the story, etc etc.

While we can't be sure what will happen post the winning ceremony, which NRC is 100% going to win because it's their time to shine story-wise and it's necessary for... whatever Crowley seems to be going to do, I do agree that it's interesting for them to include the Sword in RSA.

I'm saying this bc depending on the size they'll make for book 8, I don't know if we'll get to RSA any time soon but... who knows? The Sword could certainly be important!

It actually reminded me of the Sword-Stone attraction in Disneyland [see here and here]. Because the RSA gemstone is different from the NRC, maybe their dorm sorting system is through that stone??

NRC gemstone basis is the Magic Mirror and the RSA one is the Sword in the Stone + a crown silhouette. This is ofc a theory.

If it does, we could get more RSA students, and it could explain why we haven't gotten Chenya's official art announced yet.

I'll take note of that when rewatching the tournament opening ceremony again bc I remember at least Dominic and Gran being shown in the Charblanche crowd but... not sign of Chenya with Auralym... although he's a third year and his UM is beyond useful, so I think they won't simply forget to include him in the future. I hope lol

But I wonder who would Marinafinne's dorm mates be based on since Rielle already has a best friend based on Flounder and a music teacher called Horatio who is based on Sebastian, and they are back home at the Coral Sea. The same for Dunasmina since Minajael already has a pet tiger.

That was a hit for all of us... after all those posts imagining the possibilities. I mean, it makes sense??? But at the same time, why? But I get it? I don't know what to do either lol

For starters, pls don't fear the RSA Silver art! saying that as someone who likes some of them 💔 Again, Silver will stay with his three good fairies (the Diafam) and friends in NRC and nothing in this or their world would change that!!

RSA Silver is just a idea but it has 0 chances of becoming a reality. It's like the idea that Twst would launch Twst 2 and its about RSA. Yes, it is a dream for me. Could happen? No, absolutely not.

After 6 years building a audience and now there's that other princess-themed game, they will treat RSA as best as they treat the event antagonists (Rollo, Fellow, etc) and it's about the extent of their kindness, which we're still presuming they'll give the boys card after going through the troupe of giving them special official art for starters lol

Being on the serious side of things! What I interpret from the way Twst makes a retelling of the movie events is that they scatter the bits across the story in the order that is needed for the character and sometimes, it doesn't even need to be that movie character going through it (for example, some of the traps in Relic Labyrinth are inspired by the Cave of Wonders!).

So even if, let's say, that they lean on Maleficent again (which inspired the human vs fae war), the sequel specifically, or even if turns out Henrik survived and left descendants, Silver won't be taken away that easily.

One of the reasons I previously assumed Henrik to be dead is that the memories, as told from other characters, just stops mentioning him. Yes, it is partially code for "they aren't dead" in some cases. But a stronger proof, for me at least, against the fact that Bladevale has 0 descendants of the Ishtavan dynasty (except for Silver) is the fact that no one from the family managed to track the Princess Glow in RSA despite the fact that Ambrose's family has the chalice for 400, since Leah's death. Which they would do if they were petty enough.

A suggestion would be if they're doing like Maleficent goons were failing to track Aurora bc they were searching for a baby for 16 years. But! If the Inter-Tournament is being held for almost a century and television was developed in a certain period of time, they would look at the thing and go "huh" and probably would go through Trein's route earlier. If they did that. This is a suggestion!

This makes the chances of him or his family come up again slim. But I agree on principle that it isn't zero. I'm not sure how much Twst will put on book 8's table but it's never wise to take bets against them, that's for sure.

I had to rewrite this part a few times bc one of the ills of the discussion for the time being is that we still have lots of incomplete information that could change the entire conversation from day to night.

Given the fact that Silver and Sebek where the most prominent characters of their dorm chapter, I think the direction the story seems to be going is for more light on Malleus and Lilia this time (the previously villain in the shadows and the father in distress in book 7). So if there's developments, good or bad, in this particular storyline, they'll probably focus more on those two with Silver's occasional and important ofc participation.

Sebek has his friendship storyline with the first years (and getting used to "humans" as they are), so he's also covered when the story shifts back to Yuu!

Anyway, most of the things we're discussing here as mere possibilities. You can even say some of my arguments are based on presumptions themselves but it's just that I really don't know much what to say that is different. Like I mentioned in Merrylad's previous ask, yes, we're having fun with hcs and theories and whatnot but we can't ignore the truth that we still have nothing to work with for the meantime.

But I feel, and that is my sincere, individual opinion, that is a lot easier to think of harmless things about the character than getting too worked up in "what sort of devious scheme he's probably concocting in the shadows". I literally stopped this part in my predictions post bc if I were to throw all my scattered thoughts into that, his session would be gigantic. And it was already one of the longest of the post bc he does invokes the brain worms in everybody lol

That being said...

It's most likely that Silver and the Rosauroria dorm leader will clash in one event, most likely the Seeker's Gathering one. If they meet maybe the fairy might recognize Silver as the Dawn Knight's son and alert his relatives, or try to convince him to transfer schools or leave his dream as a knight behind and try to make him a prince again.

I do agree that, of any event, it is the most possible to be Seeker's Gathering that they'll pair Silver, Malleus and Merrylad. We already know they can repeat duos (Jamil/Azul in the SG training + Ruggie/Lilia in the MM training) and we talked that they'll probably leave Merrylad last for relevance sake.

Which, unfortunately means that the chances he has a more antagonistic position in relation to Diasomnia become more 50/50.

But I'm opening the scope to the fact that, as previously state in that other post, he could have lots of motives to not be in good terms with them, Silver's story totally aside.

It's been revealed that the Princess Glow jewel from Malleus's mother's staff didn't originally belong to her but she won it in a fight with the day fairies. Ironically she also lost the jewel in the same way but also at the cost of her life. What if the dorm leader is also after the Princess Glow? And what if he has a grudge against Malleus and tries to turn Silver against him?

That's the thing. Now as much as I would love for Merrylad to have the motives of my predictions ("he's wary of Malleus just out of annoyance over his overpower, like Idia, + differences of their fae species"), I can't ignore the other 50% chance that, yes, the fae species thing might be just a bigger factor than anything else.

I don't think he'll outright poison the well for Silver, if he were to be their Maleficent, bc she didn't turn Aurora against the fairies (in the og movie at least but again, Twst takes inspiration from a lot of places). Also bc Silver isn't that dumb to fall to mere manipulation of "oh, Malleus is so scary" "oh he tried to destroy the world" bc he knows Malleus and understood the reason that drove him into overblot.

But that Merrylad would prefer Silver to know the other side of the story (even if we know the probable outcome is Silver is the one that brings nuance to the discussion and dispute) and, more as a defense of his own diurnal fae people, I feel it's also on the table of possibilities.

They could still take it and go for a different route or not do it at all.

Maybe you can chalk it up to bias, I do really want him to not be a villain (due to my liking of the og Fairies), but sometimes I remind myself that Twst's story itself is about the nuance, perspectives and complexity of many point of views. If people like the direction or not is up to them to decide.

I realized the nuance point again watching the translations and seeing the Tweels remark that Rielle is "annoying" for 1) being selfish, not thinking about the trouble he causes for everyone around him (Floyd's complaint) and 2) pulling everyone along on a whim (Jade's complaint). I'm sorry that the Tweels are catching strays here but that was so ironic I lost it lmao

Because Floyd causes problems to Riddle and Azul because of his moods swings and Jade created a side quest in Azul's deeper dream just to find a specific think in the Alchemy's closet just bc he wanted (he's clever enough to make it work both ways but a whim is a whim). And that's alright!! It's the Tweels, they're still those lovable jerks like everybody we know and love!

My main concern is people trying to link Merrylad/diurnal fae with Henrik when we only see the 3 Fairies aid the KoD, and him and Leah only. And that's a really key distinction between the parties.

On top of that, if he wanted the Princess Glow, he could talk to Ambrose directly (as a hypothesis).

Malleus enrolled in NRC to understand humans (part of his people) and to learn to not isolate himself, Lilia accompanying him. Silver and Sebek followed along for the sake of duty to them. But why Merrylad is in RSA?

The 3 Fairies gave the Princess Glow, knowingly, to the hands on a human. That's why I don't think he could be after the Glow (a jewel neither of the fae people know who made it first).

Malleus and Lilia explained to Crowley, even if the Briar Valley were to request it back due to inheritance from Maleanor, it was still lost in a fight and, for them, the people to which the object is important, it would only be fair to win it back by fighting fair and square. Merrylad wouldn't follow the same principle bc he's already at the academy where the PG is there and continues to be there.

So in summary:

the educated guess is that yes, Merrylad might dislike Malleus but that's expected from who they're inspired from (Fairies/Maleficent);

the reason why Merrylad dislike Malleus and Lilia may vary from their fae species rivalry to something else;

Merrylad may or not tell Silver the side of his people of this story. But traditionally, it's up to Silver if that affects him or not;

This isn't a "never ask me about it again" because as complicated as things get, I do love analysis and, as you can see, I love opportunities to babble my mouth away.

But from what I noticed after spending yesterday and today recapping things, sometimes we miss a lot of information at times or get carried away in other people's fear, concerns, anger or confusion. We are all capable of being in that place.

That's why, even if it was a long-awaited reply, and I apologize for that, I feel like it is the best bc I want to provide you folks with a proper reply even if it's rough around the edges or I change my mind after a while.

I'm preparing myself to have to change my interpretations once canon shows something important. Like Rielle and Minajael fighting, for example. Even in a ask about Mina and Neige fighting, my opinion was that strive will happen if it needs to happen but that RSA's seems a more easier group to come around and probably water is under the bridge.

I did think it was necessary for them to show that sometimes Minajael is so focused in being the leader that he'll be a "old father" and shush his "kid" bc "now it's not the time" (and we feel his being harsh but also understand that there's time and place to things). This could be to bite my tongue for this reply lol But I still feel that Mina and Jamil's talk is completely different from the team talk (the game tension doesn't exist in the first one, while the latter they need to act fast)

And that Rielle is so hellbent in not being perceived as child-like that he does the most child-like thing and acts on his own accord. Both of these things will probably be their lessons, and for the other boys as well, of this arc. And they'll come back to being friends again! I hope

What I'm trying to say is that we should be calm about this and let the story take place first before we assume the worst is about to come!

But I'm glad you make a lot of questions and seems enthusiastic yourself for the update and the story, so even if we disagree in something, I hope we can still talk from time to time! So thank you again for the ask, Donanimee <3

It's comments like these from the NRC boys that we need to remember that it's their personal interpretation of other characters actions. It immediately reminded me of Leona and Idia thinking the worst of Trey and Cater in the Heartslabyul's dreams lmao

I think we think it's true at first bc since we're accompanying the story through their eyes and in their shoulders, we tend to believe what the first narrator. But upon second analysis, we stop and go "wait... but they aren't very reliable narrators" and there's other things to consider!

Especially coming from Jamil. As much as I love the snake boy <3, Book 4 is basically Jamil trying to run for the Oscars lol So it's likely that he expects Neige to be two-faced not only bc, let's be honest, it's understandably common behind the scenes stuff, but also because it's a behavior he's very familiar with.

There's two things in life:

people with problems will immediately clock someone else's problem bc they went through the same stuff and it's familiar to them ("It takes a thief to catch a thief");

or they will think the things they do are common to other people, out of a need to feel "normal" and that their behavior isn't necessarily wrong bc "everybody does it, so I'm not a outlier".

Because Book 5 is focused on Pomefiore but Yuu gets help from Scarabia, it's natural that those little details about Kalim and Jamil will pop up more frequently. But it's mostly that. We see this behavior with other boys assuming the worst of each other, especially if they aren't really close to begin with.

It's the case with Idia & Leona bad mouthing Cater and Trey. They expect them to use Riddle to get a better life in Heartslabyul but secretly wanting something more... because it's what they would do in that situation. We know is not the case for Cater and Trey and later, we'll shown to be right.

Getting back to Neige...

We're all still anxious about RSA portrayal bc Twst can always do a 180 when we least expect it but, at the same time, I don't think that is likely to happen. My typical "I mean, it can happen but maybe it won't" lmao

It's difficult to pin point following the Eye Theory many anime/mangas follow bc, as you pointed out in the case of many villainesses stories, the two-faced heroine is also drawn with big eyes (which is a common sign of innocence but can be subverted in the flip of a scene).

Neige has big eyes but he closes them a lot, mostly as a nod to Snow White's closing her eyes a lot. Rielle does the same thing actually but in the two cases, I chalk it to another trope that cute characters close their eyes when they're enjoying or appreciating something. And they immediately open their eyes again too!

From Rielle and Minajael's portrayal until now tho, I think Twst is still more likely to go with a nuanced writing for RSA students, similar to the NRC boys. They had the chance to make Mina be stuck in his frustrations with Rielle but instead, he was mature and realized what he did wrong (and Rielle will possibly go through that as well, I feel).

So even if Neige has a little shadow in his eyes, it could probably be for other things that they'll show us in the future. It's already stated that Neige wanted to be a little more confident like Vil but he doesn't say that with envy, more like being sad with himself.

I discussed back in my predictions about how I'm very interested in the view of Neige wanting to try something else, be different for once, and have a moment to take on the very difficult things he probably went through. But the reality is that he comes with quite a lot of possibilities!

Other thing is that looking back at Snow bc yes, she's pure hearted but she has her little sassy moments lol Looking forward for that as well! Ofc with that, comes the fear of the cliche. But honestly they couldn't ever make me hate Neige, whatever route they go with him <3

1) Merrylad is descendant from one of the 3 Good Fairies, he knows about Silver but Lilia took him before he could

In this scenario, the first question is: why did Merrylad was so late to take Silver if it was his mission? To be fair… it wasn't his mission. The episode is here, by Otome Ayui, but I'll recap it along the post.

Silver's sleeping spell was to last until someone who truly loves him appears. Curiously! The 3 of them agree on the spell but it's the Green Fairy who speak the most important parts.

400 passed and only Lilia came to the castle ruins, by chance (somewhat like the original tale, not the movie). It's still fairly complicate situation, considering what we know about them.

Silver keeps drowsing off even after awaken 400 years later. I've seen for months people discussing what that means for the Diafam. I think that maybe there's something they need to do in book 8 to solidify the fact "Lilia loves his family" and finish breaking the curse/spell of.

After all, every other condition of the spell was met: they live in peaceful times and the prince found people who love him (Lilia, Malleus, Sebek).

2) Merrylad is one or the 3 Good Fairies descendant but he never knew about Silver

This could function better in terms with the story imo. Both Malleus, Silver and Sebek are related to key characters in the war: Queen Maleanor, Knight and Leah, Baul. So unless shown that Merrylad is not (see third point), he would also have "a horse in this race".

But what about not knowing what happened? We're missing huge chunks of info that pertain to people nor Yuu, even less the characters can directly talk to. All we know is that:

Land of Swords/Bladevale fell into war after their war against the faes.

Edit: It was my presumption Henrik fell first bc he was the king when war broke loose, and then Knight of Dawn was mentioned as His Majesty by the Red Fairy. But @donanimee pointed out that Henrik wasn't mentioned to be dead per se. I'll search more after this, anything new I'll edit again!

Knight of Dawn fell later.

Leah sent the 3 Fairies with the Princess Glow Chalice so it wouldn't make things worse and the fairies confided the chalice to one of Ambrose's ancestors.

Trein found the chalice information from a diary written by one of Leah's maids who fled the country amidst the conflict.

Although the 3F pray Leah ran away and they would take care of Silver, we don't know if they know what happened to Leah (if she survived, if she died as well, etc).

My point is that, if Merrylad's age went between Lilia (the oldest) and Malleus (the youngest) or he's a similar age to Malleus: a) he might not know what happen due to his mother + aunts omission, b) he was too young to know, c) he was a orphan as well and is simply the heir to their house and name, or d) he came to know part of the story much, much later from the Fairies themselves or other people.

We don't know his reasons to get to RSA or his age. Or anything else tbh

3) Merrylad is merely inspired by 3 Good Fairies (as characters from the movie) but has not family ties to them, he doesn't know about Silver, his objective is something else

This possibility is a surprise card bc Merrylad could just not be involved in the Diafam story at all and he just got into the thing because of something else. Kinda like the original prince role where he just stumbled upon the scene of a 100 year old tragedy.

I admit is the most anti-climatic of the three possibilities but it's something to consider as well bc we don't know what they're going to do with him. I said that but this kinda gave me an idea... but this post is already long enough, we'll leave it for later!

As for the discussion between all of them in case either 1) or 2) turn out to be true:

Merrylad is the fae who should have Silver (according to the movie) but Lilia had his role before him so maybe he's bitter about this

This is the thing: we know the movie, we know it "should" have been him. But because is Silver's story, not Aurora, Lilia is one of his Three Good Faes. Merrylad was never considered to take care of him.

In either of the two possibilities, the Fairies preferred to leave Silver there in the castle, protected by thorns and sound asleep so no one would hurt him. Because the spell was slowly wearing off after 400 years, Lilia managed to enter but it could also be his fate, as it was with Philip.

Now Merrylad could be bitter about other things.

Either already knowing Silver was the true heir of Bladevale and trying to get him back during his childhood years but realizing he was under Lilia's protection and he gave up on the idea until Malleus' OB…

Or after realizing Silver was the heir of Bladevale, Merrylad thought that if he knew things earlier he could've been the one taking care of him way before the 400 year mark, avoiding much painstaking suffering for all, but he was much too late and he's frustrated about that

Or not agreeing with Lilia's parenting style in some capacity. Like, "he's a prince, not a knight" and Lilia draws him a 20 "I think so too but Silver himself choose that path, I just wanted to support him" "damn that was a good argument"

Or again, something else entirely that they could introduce now

That they could have a passive-aggressive conversation is a good expectative regardless of book 7 drama, since they're from rival schools and if they're from different fae species (and we don't know how the fae groups view each other 100%), it's sorta bond to happen… if happen.

But I can't deny, it would be funny a initial beef between Merrylad and Malleus, Lilia & Sebek. Just out of the fact that their vibes don't match. At all. And Silver is there, hoping for the best, holding on for that wish for peace

My best idea for the ending is that it could be one of those tropes where Merrylad sees that, even if he doesn't agree with Silver staying with the Diafam, the [unspecific thing that proves they all, and Lilia specifically, love Silver and it breaks the curse] shows him that he's happier with them than he could be in any other place.

Silver reaches out for him still, conflicted with all the things from his past still but wanting to talk to someone that either could answer him some questions (in scenario 1) or that feels in the same boat of obliviousness as him (in scenario 2).

Silver had a very valid "crashout" in book 7 over the things he discovered about his past. I don't think anybody could've handled that, especially if loyalty and fairness are his main traits and his blood-family were in a completely different field. But, even more in scenario 2, Silver would be kind to someone who shares his situation of being kept in the dark about a very serious topic.

Even after the ending, Silver stays with the Diasomnia family but now it's Merrylad's choice if he wants to step into the dynamic too, if he only wants to befriend Silver or just be supportive of them in the distance (sort like the Great Council woman in Lilo & Stitch like "the Galaxy Federation protects this family, they won't be separated by nothing on Earth")

I know my analysis might not be perfect and I may sound wishy-washy sometimes, but it's just headcanons are headcanons and we need to remember to let the story play out first before already condemning the parties or expecting the worst in them.

Not saying you did that, my dear Anonymity ♡, but some people just blur the lines a little easily and then the whole fandom start a discussion over a idea instead of just "hey, what if that happens hypothetically?" "tbh it can't bc of this and that" without taking it a little too personally.

I love writing my hcs as much as the next person but I always need to remind myself that there's a line between my ideas and the actual canon. What the opinion is on canon (good, bad, could've been better, they missed out, it's not that deep, etc) is another third thing.

Don't worry, when we get more details on him, we can talk about it more! It's like other asks I'm receiving for other characters. We're having fun with mostly boys potential even if we don't know them as much as our NRC boys ♡

YES YES YES let's all go insane together about the future updates and yap!!

"Megboy can be the next-"

MAY THE TWST DEVS HEAR YOU FR

He's actually the third guy I'm the most anxious to see, after Neige and Merrylad, bc I need to witness what kind of guy he is!! Like, you can't have any thing related to the icon Megara, the underrated queen, and not expect me to sit idly by!!!!

okay okay, back to seriousness!

I think it's interesting this theory of "order of mentioning", really wish I could verify it 100% just to be sure (I'm the eternal 'this is suspicious' person lol). Bc I feel that Kalim mentioned his royal cousin in a personal story, not the main... but maybe I'm misremembering.

I also feel like Olympus Tech would relate more for Hercules but family relations are already muddy in the movie and Twst likes to take liberties when writing the ways two or more characters know each other (like Neige and Vil are family-independent from one another, meanwhile the Evil Queen was Snow's step-mother and who knows what Trein and Twst!Cinderella will be).

And not to forget the RSA boys are a mix of the Disney protag couple they're basically their sons atp lmao. So will Megboy relate to Idia in a family level, like Hercules is Hades' nephew? Or will his family be related to STYX as in working for them, like Megara had a contract with the underworld? Sorry, I'm getting off topic lol

"And maybe Leona mentioned that there are more Lion beastfolk in the royal family, so maybe Nalad is a distant relative?"

I don't remember where he said that... I never got to read the Afterglow Savanah event </3 or maybe it was very long ago in the main story? But now that's interesting also!

Nalad is another one I just need to know what his deal is, more for peace of mind bc he's becoming this huge equation in the Kingscholar family soap opera in terms of story ideas. Bro could be anything. Family friend, distant relative, no relation whatsoever, completely separated from Twst child!Nala...

So, what do we know? It's 4 event, 7 guys. 2 already went out, there's 5 let. So we could have 2 for Magift, 2 for Mystic Mortar (since it's potion-based, Vil is one of the theorized to be there so maybe Neige comes in this batch) and 1 for Seeker's Gathering.

Either they leave 1 for MM or 1 for SG. Magift is a no-no bc it's the precise event where they need to show the power of friendship and see if gets to be trampled down by NRC new found power of "we need to work together against common enemy" they got on book 7.

"This theory may not hold any water but it’s been bouncing in my head like the dvd logo and I HAD TO TELL THE PEOPLE 🗣️🗣️🗣️"

100/10 expression, only the og get it

Thank you so much for this ask! I love to ramble about these possibilities!! And your theory could hold some water (for me, biased as hell for Megboy, at least lmao)

Rielle & Minajael: Freedom

Their personal drama is relatively the same, although different things are expected of them given their status.

Rielle, as the 7th prince, so not urgently in line to the throne, is expected to be less reckless with himself. Tbf we didn't get the impression the merfolk have any hostility towards humans, at best is desinterest, which makes Rielle and Azul stand out for their respective interests in the above surface world.

On the other hand, Minajael is the 1st prince, putting him directly in line to the crown once his father passes away. A lot of pressure and attention is put onto him bc he's the future of the Tealrajah house.

Both Rielle & Minajael share the wish of freedom to do what they want and pursue their own dreams, not someone's else. Mirroring Azul & Jamil's wishes to reach freedom and independency themselves too.

Alisson & Nalad: Responsibility

Given their circumstances, yes, the original characters stand up against tyranny and abuse of power (in their own way). We don't know how the boys are going to work based on that but possibly something similar!

I used "responsibility" here bc Alice learns to be responsible herself instead of imagining that being the queen of a backwards world is going to solve her problems and Nala helped to bring Simba to his senses of the true responsibility of a good king.

Finding your way in the world is not a easy task but it's necessary! "With great power comes great responsibility."

It becomes a good parallel with Alisson & Nalad to Riddle & Leona, who both performs roles of authority heavily related to a royal-like figure and represents the downfalls and nuances of the topic.

Neige & Megboy: Truth and Heroism

That is the most interesting and tragic bc it's something that rings true to a lot of characters, and these two aren't the exception.

Snow and Megara were deceived in different occasions yet, similarly, it almost cost their lives. But they were saved by acts of true love, from their princes and actions that they did too.

Megboy probably will have the most mysterious take from this... if it follows the original. Maybe in the form of an unlikely and reluctant hero?

Just an aside: No Traitor Megboy theories, please 😑 This fandom can only take so much conspiracies! I swear everywhere has this lol It's kinda like a canonical fandom event in shounen-ish stories that someone has to be a traitor. Anyways-

Idia comes in with both themes is a similar manner. I don't know how to fit in Truth but Heroism is basically his peak point in book 7.

About Neige discovering what Vil did........ I wait for this day with mixed feelings bc while predictions was fun to make, I legit can't fathom what his reaction could be, from a canon stand point. It varies so much. It can get scarier. It can never happen and he lives in forever blissful ignorance. This would need to be its own separate post!

In relation to the Truth theme, true beauty lies within in one's actions (I was not planning on the irony of that phrase tho). Neige's genuine feelings and true innocence, Vil's compromise with true effort and reality.

Merrylad: (my interpretation) Protection

So why protection? This is mostly a prediction based on the Three Good Fairies motivations. They were trying to protect Aurora and the kingdom until the very end, to the best of their abilities and intentions. We know, as spectators, that so much protection without full honesty payed its cost in Aurora falling prey to Maleficent either way (a common trope in this theme, similar to Ariel and Triton).

Interesting enough, Malleus' downfall in book 7 started bc he wanted to protect Lilia, Yuu and others from suffering, by trapping them in a world of dreams. It's a retelling of what the Fairies did to the kingdom so they wouldn't realize Aurora was temporarily "dead" (sleep of death aktually~) yet be protected with her.

Nothing more fair than Merrylad giving his take on this theme as well! Maybe in a more extreme manner or more lax? It depends on the lesson will learn from this situation, granted if that's where they'll go with him.

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