#westerncrowned

send me a topic to write a meta about my muse on (accepting!) 

oh, this is a good one. we’ll start with the very basics, because that really only makes sense: lothíriel dreams a lot, and by that i mean she consistently has dreams that she can remember, almost every night. often multiple dreams. these tend to be of two types: normal, narrative type dreams following some sort of storyline/timeline, even if - - - as is often the case in dreams - - - they take a turn for the fantastical and strange; and sequences of images that aren’t strung together in any meaningful way. she dreams in color, always, but the second type takes on a hazy sort of edge, while the first are almost always very bright and vivid. of the first type, unsurprisingly, she often dreams of the sea, and of the stories she’s grown up on of numenor and of the early ages of gondor, as well as the elves that had come and gone from belfalas over the years. she rarely has nightmares, and when she does they’re of corsair attacks, or of one of her brothers, her father, or her cousins going away on a (usually sea) journey and never returning.

but it’s the second type that are the most interesting simply because they could be the most valuable if she remembered them as well as she remembered the first time / knew what they were / paid even a passing amount of attention to them. they’re also the most rare. she has these dreams only a handful of times in her life, and they always unsettle her upon waking (though she never knows why). 

there’s a bit of a gift of foresight than runs in her family. it’s exhibited by both of her cousins, and her father has had moments of it as well. lothíriel knows about none of this, however. she knows only of her own dreams, and she doesn’t talk about these ones much….if at all. but the second type of dream contains this knowledge.  the problem is mostly that it isn’t very strong, that she does not recognize it, and does not ever have the inclination to follow it. most of the time she has forgotten the dreams by the time the event rolls in. they are only dreams, after all, and she busies herself with other things that she deems more important. 

“In my experience, sellswords rarely desire only money,” Mona pointed out, “Perhaps at first,” She added, for sellswords needed to eat, live, sleep (by themselves or with whores which was, in itself, an extra living cost), “But there’s always something else....a higher prize. There’s something you want, something you want if not more than gold then at least as much...” She cocked her head at him, sensing as much as just knowing, “Something like home”

            it is not how she thought to greet the king of gondor and of arnor : knee-deep in salt water with her hair wind-tangled, hands occupied with the ever-present task of keeping her young nephew from running too deep into the rushing waters. but his words, they make her smile, silence the apologies that sit behind her teeth,unspoken. 

          “you are too kind, king elessar. i shall take your advice, both because you are king and because you are my father’s friend! but as my father’s daughter, i must still apologize - - - he told me that we were to greet you and to direct you to him, but my nephew found the draw of the sea too strong.” 

PRE - ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP MEME .send a ♡ and i’ll fill this out for our muses !  i’ll bold what i want for their relationship, italic what i could see and strike out what i don’t .

FRIENDS.   childhood friends  /  work friends  /  family friends  /  recently friends  /  turning antagonistic  /  turning into something romantic  /  stable  /  falling apart  /  friendship of need  /  friendship of circumstance / pen - pals or internet friends  /  coworkers  /  partners  /  other .

ROMANCE.   childhood sweethearts  /  newly entered  /  soulmates  /  skinny love  /  unrequited from my muses side  /  unrequited from your muses side  /  friends with benefits  /  awkward  /  fading  /  turning  toxic  /  toxic  and  destructive  /  other .

FAMILIAL BOND.   sibling bond  /  older sibling figure to your muse  /  younger sibling figure to your muse  /  parental figure to your muse  /  parental figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal  guardian  /  other .

ENEMIES.   dangerous to themselves  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  passionate  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into a sexual tension  /  developing into a romantic tension  /  based off family matters  /  based of circumstance  /  based of professional matters  /  based of misunderstandings or lies  /  other .