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mannatea · 7 months
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The World Could Be Beautiful, a Tales of Symphonia ‘fic (Chapter 6)
Word Count: 29,384 Summary: After a chance encounter in Izoold, Raine and Regal both get a lot more than they bargained for. (A one-night stand 'fic with consequences.) Chapter Summary: Raine gets new clothes and there's uhhh consummation of the marriage? Pairing/Characters: Regal/Raine, Genis, George, and assorted OCs as the story requires. Lloyd, Colette, and Zelos all show up later. Warnings: Blanket warnings for the entire fic: pregnancy (and all that comes with it), discussion/mention of abortion, power imbalance, fantasy racism. Rating: Explicit. (This chapter does have sex in it. It's not very explicit though.) Genre: Romance/angst/friendship vibes.
The title is the link to Ao3 for Chapter 6!
Notes (to be read after the chapter) under a cut:
This chapter made me rage, not because of the story, the characters, or anything related to ToS or fanfiction at all. Rather, the word processor I was using decided to do the most asinine update a couple of days ago, implementing AI shit (in a pop up on the screen you can't get rid of in a shiny graphic) and a "paragraph handler" on the left hand side that lets you format paragraphs super easily on-the-fly. It annoyed the shit out of me. So I had to switch back to Word or lose my sanity. ARGGHHHH. I literally wasted two hours dealing with this shit.
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Raine is definitely the kind of person who can't sleep well if there's just too much to think about/if she has too much on her mind.
Regal doesn't care that much about what Raine wears because they're in Altamira and there's no reason to dress up. I don't think he would ever be 'controlling' about his spouse's manner of dress, but he would definitely be pickier if the situation called for her to dress nicely (a party, meeting with someone important, et cetera).
"Half-elf culture" is probably something that exists in Exire since it's so separated from the rest of the world, but they're just using the ignorance of others to their advantage right now lol.
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Love the idea of Raine struggling a little to feel like this place is her home, especially when she didn't choose any of the fixtures/furnishings and it's not set to her taste. Fortunately for her, Regal's taste isn't bad...but also she's had like just a couple of days to get used to the idea of living here for the next half-century or so, which would feel SO weird.
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Something something Regal is a lingerie appreciator. Not that a pretty nightgown is really lingerie/negligée, but the point still stands that if he thinks she looks good in something he might be properly appreciative of it (and not just with the express intention of removing it).
We don't really get Raine's perspective here at all but just imagine she woke up with a goal in mind and while she is NOT a patient woman she did wait patiently. LOL
Also, achy boobs suck. IYKYK, and if you don't...be grateful.
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fantasmagoriam · 3 years
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Some people on here really act like cd//pr is singlehandedly fighting against homophobia in poland just because they have some queer characters in their game huh
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y-jw1 · 2 years
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pairing. jeff × reader
genre. fluff
word count. 863 words
synopsis. jaeho was sick and the others loved to tease him about you ─ could he have ever risked himself getting teased more than now?
now playing. grass, " babyblue"
warnings. sick character, mentions of sicknesses─ fever and a headache, descriptions of physical effects on fever and a cold
note. sorry the requests are kinda slow </3 i have so much projects to finish & hw to submit but i will always try to update ! also, i'm sorry to the anon if this isn't what exactly you wanted ueueue but have a great day ahead, everyone !
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JAEHO WASN'T MUCH OF A FAN TO SHOW AFFECTION to you in public due to his shyness─ and because the others teased the shit out of him. but now that he really couldn't go out because he was sick, he had no other choice but to invite you over to see you. jaeho was a clingy boyfriend, though not a lot would know about that fact, but he indeed is so cute you couldn't resist him.
" okay ─ so, my favorite person in this whole wide world is coming and i have a favor to ask you guys" jaeho says, making everyone in the living room turn towards him. yejun was the first to react, elbowing minwoo who was beside him and flashed jaeho a smirk.
this is what jaeho meant ─ he didn't even get to mention your name and now they're looking at him with a smirk on their faces. jokingly, it made his fever even worse when the others started teasing him.
" oh so your honeybunch sugarplum pumpy yumpy yumpkin is arriving ─"
" you are my sweetiepie!"
“ jesus ─ why do you both even know that song?”
" i see. let's make food for our visitor, everyone! you can just rest, jaeho. we'll just tell you if your favorite visitor is coming over" dawit says, shooing the youngest into his room and dragged kyungmin into the kitchen, hurriedly making snacks in case you arrive early or something.
but fortunately, you arrived just right on time when they had finished getting ready. hearing the doorbell, jaeho immediately rushed towards the front door despite his headache and his body feeling heavy as cement just to greet you.
" hi!" you greet as hyunwoo opened the door for you, flashing you a smile and letting you in after you took off your shoes. you weren't really new or unfamiliar to them since you visited from time to time─ but you could say they had cleaned their dorm better now.
" jaeho is in his room so you should just go. oh─ he's here" hyunwoo pauses, pointing at your boyfriend who was standing by the doorway with a blanket wrapped around him and waving at you. you and hyunwoo bid goodbyes to each other and went on your own ways ─ him to the kitchen and you to jaeho.
“ baby!” you call out, running towards jaeho and engulfed him in a hug. he felt a little too warm and his face was a little too pale, making your worry grow ten times worse. he buries his face on the crook of your neck, hugging you back.
“ you shouldn’t get too near me or you’re going to get sick too” jaeho scolds, breaking the hug and holding you by your shoulders. his eyes were droopy that he felt like he was going to sleep if he ever closed his eyes but you’re here ─ he didn’t want to miss the chance to talk to you.
“ it’s fine, jaeho. i’m here to take care of you, okay? now, go back to your room and get enough sleep” you assure, turning him around and gently pushing him towards his room despite his protests and whines.
“ sorry ─ my room’s kinda messy. i didn’t get to clean around because i was sick” he says, sitting down at the edge of his bed and cupping his head with his hand. you nod understandingly, sitting next to him and wrapping your arms around him to warm him a little. jaeho instinctively leans against you and hugs your waist, relaxing in your embrace.
you didn’t even care if you were going to get sick next or if you’re going to catch a fever after a few days ─ your thoughts were only consisting of jaeho and taking care of him, your boyfriend and the only boy you would ever love.
“ go to sleep now” you mumble, untangling yourself from his arms and stood up to assist jaeho to lay down. luckily for you, your boyfriend wasn’t much of a stubborn boy and laid down tiredly. you could see how tired jaeho was, making you feel sorry for him to even stand up and greet you by the doorway.
“ are you going to stay here or are you going to leave when i fall asleep?” he asks as you gently tuck him into his bed, wrapping him with his blanket and placing a fever strip in his forehead. you chuckle at his cuteness ─ jaeho made it clear he didn’t want you to go any time sooner and he wanted you to stay a little longer.
who were you to refuse?
“ i’m staying here until you wake up, dummy. get some sleep, okay? i promise i’ll still be here when you wake up” you assure jaeho who was still looking up at you with pleading eyes and you watch how his eyes smile at the statement, getting comfortable in his bed before drifting to sleep.
“ damn, when is it going to be my turn?”
“ you’re going to be single until you go bald, yewang”
“ i’m younger than you!”
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itamiiscribble · 3 years
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*HiSS* Chapter 4 [ PART 1 ]
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"I'm not moving my pink ass 𝘰𝘯𝘦 inch."
Mina is currently sitting (if you could call it that) on the couch in the common room, complaining about being too lazy and worn out to do anything more than 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.
It's Sunday afternoon, the day after the Birthday party and half of the class is currently either laying on the couches or sitting lazily, including you. The other half was either training or doing their own thing.
The conversation you all are having (and trying to convince Mina to join you all) is about going out for some drinks. No alcohol obviously, most of the squad is still hangover from last night. But it's still the weekend and no one wanted to spend their last day of the weekend in the dorms.
"Then you and your 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘴𝘴 will stay in the dorms alone because the rest of us agreed on going." , states Kyoka with an eye roll from your right. You let out a hum in agreement, trying to sound as if you're following the dialogue. Because you actually aren't, you are too busy letting the memories of yesterday pass in your mind over and over again.
It was pure luck that Deku and Todoroki realized your absence at the party last night and decided to look for you. Apparently they were already on a search tour while you were- ... 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 with Katsuki inside of the elevator. It didn't took long for them to realize that you were probably stuck in it because there were already lots of people in front of the elevator, complaining to a staff member.
So all in all you only had to endure being alone with Katsuki for a little while. It may sound not much, but it felt like a lifetime for you. Katsuki didn't try to talk to you, either out of consideration of your situation or because there was not much to talk about. You don't know, but you were grateful regardless. Because you didn't know if you could've been able to handle to talk with him after what had happened!
And yes, the picture of the both of you looking like a mess, coming out of the elevator 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 would've been a shock to anyone in your class.
And it was, Deku's mouth fell open and he looked concerned right after. Todoroki's expression didn't change much, only from raising his eyebrows slightly you perceived that it had surprised even him.
You had stomped out and passed the both of them without saying anything. Yes, something you shouldn't have done, because that made our dear broccoli boy even more concerned and he had run after you.
But Deku was a smart boy, he knew exactly when to talk and when not to. So he just walked with you back to the party without asking a single question. That made you realize again how much you appreciated him.
And so, the night had continued, no one asked questions because most of them were too wasted to even realize your condition. And mostly because you gave your best at not showing it.
And now here you are, sitting in the common room with half of the class (Bakugou excluded, fortunately).
But apparently the conversation had ended because they all stood up and left the room.
"Wanna talk?"
You lift your head up and see Deku standing in front of you, he is looking down on you with his lips pressed into a thin line.
You knew it would come to this, so you let out a frustrated sigh and stand up.
"Yes, but let's take a walk outside."
Deku nods and and let's you lead the way. You guys walk for a while without saying a word, Deku was obviously waiting for you to say something. But how are you supposed to tell him that you had a freaking kissing session with the person you disliked the most in a freaking elevator?!
You can't just say: 'Yea hey, Katsuki said he likes me, then he kissed me and i kissed him back, in the elevator, all alone. And we kinda got off of it and started touching each other like freaking animals in heat. And i must say, i 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 liked it! '
No, you can't just blurt out something like this.
So instead, you take a deep breath and say:
"Bakugou told me that he likes me, then he kissed me, i kissed him back and i hate myself for not hating it."
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Well done, (Y/N).
Deku halts in his track and looks at you slack jawed with his big green eyes. And the muttering begins:
"H-huh?! Kacchan?! Kacchan said he 'likes' you?! He kissed you?! But that makes no sense...? You guys are always fighting...But Kacchan actually...'likes' you? I didn't know! I didn't see! How...? And 'you' kissed him back... What does that mean...? But....?! So you guys are-"
"Deku, stop!", you interrupt him with a laugh and put your hands on his shoulder to shake him a little, trying to make him come back to 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 world. You couldn't resist laughing. His muttering looked always so funny to you. It was just 'so'... Deku.
"I didn't understand 𝘰𝘯𝘦 word Deku, as always. And yes, we kissed and he said he likes me. ", you summarise and let go of him. You put your hands on your face and let out an exhausted groan.
Broccoli boy's expression changes from shocked to worried and immediately he puts a hand on your shoulder, trying to comfort you.
"Hey... You okay?"
Damn. He is worried. And you don't like making people worry on your account. You are always the strong one. You barely get into moods like these.
Seeing you like this must be really worrisome.
You slowly let your hands slide down your face and give him a genuine smile.
Deku is just amazing. The perfect hero. You know you can count on him no matter what happens. You guys have been getting closer over the years and he was one of your best friends. So it's obvious why he is the first one you come to entrust your 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 with.
You tell him everything while continuing your walk.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 happened, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 it happened, how you 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭.
That you are angry. Angry at Katsuki and angry at yourself. That figuring out your emotions and Katsuki's action tires you out. That you start seeing Katsuki different now and that it scares you. That being scared of something 'that' stupid pisses you off. That you want to punch Katsuki in the face.
Hard.
And after telling him all of this, Deku says the words you were afraid of hearing but knew it would be coming.
"You have to talk to him. Confront him."
You groan dramatically and come to a stop. Deku continues walking a few steps and then turns around, looking you intensely into the eyes.
"I know... But... How? It's hard for me to be in his presence these days. And i 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 the way he makes me feel. .... I think."
Suddenly you look him dead serious into the eyes.
"Shit. I know my second weakness now. It's physical contact."
Deku bursts out laughing at your serious expression.
"And what is your first weakness?", he asks, still laughing.
You give him a look of fake disappointment.
"'𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 of course?!"
Deku bursts out laughing again, this time louder. You can't hold back and join him.
Ahh...this feels good.
After the laughter dies down, Deku comes closer and graps onto your shoulders, regarding you with a serious face.
"Back to the main topic. (Y/N), this is serious. You can't allow Kacchan to say and do whatever he wants. You have to confront him. You need to know what his intensions are with you."
You groan dramatically yet again and give him an anguished expression.
"Besides, the (Y/N) 𝘐 know wouldn't run away from a problem like this. She is strong willed and determined."
You look him into the eyes and see how much the green haired boy means it. He really believes in you. And again, you are so glad that you have someone like Deku on your side.
You snicker and hit him softly on the chest. Deku takes a step back and gives you a genuine big smile.
"You are amazing, you know that?" You hit him again and both of you start giggling while Deku refuses to acknowledge your compliment.
After talking to your best friend you feel like something heavy has been lift off of your body and you can breathe better again.
Deku is right, you deserve the truth. You can't allow Katsuki to play with you like this. You need to figure out his true intentions.
While walking back to the dorms, Deku keeps on trying to make you feel better, telling you stuff that had happened yesterday at the party.
Right when you are about to grab the doorknob, the door opens from the inside and Katsuki is standing right in front of you.
You look up to him and immediately feel small again.
He is 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦. You never really realized how tall he had become... And so muscular...And so.... (Damn it) handsome.
Swallowing hard you remember what Deku told you.
Broccoli boy is still standing behind you, so you can't see his face. You don't have the strength to turn around to decipher his expression because Katsuki has your 'full' attention.
His piercing garnet red eyes are looking straight into your own.
Blinking a few times to destroy this invisible force that has you locked in a paralyzed state, you take another step towards him and hold your head high.
"We need to tal-"
Your sentence ends with a loud shriek of suprise when Katsuki grabs onto your wrist and forcefully drags you inside of the building, making you walk (run!) behind him.
"K-kacchan?!"
Deku's voice makes everyone in the common room look up from their seats. And you can only detect a few blurred worried faces in your  vision because Katsuki is walking so fast!
Wait, was Kirishima just smirking?!
Katsuki is dragging you so fast behind him, you have to be careful not to miss steps when he leads you up the stairs.
Finally finding the strength to say and do something you grab onto the hand that is currently holding on your wrist.
"What do you think you are doing, Bakugou?! Let go of me!"
Katsuki isn't even listening to you, leading you straight to the area in which the boys have their rooms.
Realizing that, you panic. Why is he dragging you there?!
"H-hey! ", shouting out you still try to free yourself, but to no avail. You can't even see what kind of a face he is making because he is walking in front of you.
Why is no one following you guys?! Is no one concerned of your well being?!
Remembering Kirishima's smirk you suddenly realize he is in this too.
Internally you take a note to beat the shit out of 'both' of them as soon as this is over.
Katsuki comes to a halt so fast that you bump right into his backside.
𝘖𝘶𝘤𝘩.
Hearing him opening a door, your panicked state gets worse.
When the door opens he drags you inside and (finally!) let's go of your wrist and closes the door behind him.
So, here you are, inside of a room with Katsuki Bakugou. You are alone with him, 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.
Wait, this is his room, right? It must be. What the-
But instead of letting the panic control your body, you try to calm yourself and you give him a vicious look.
"Explain yourself.", you demand and take another step back. The more space between you two, the better.
Katsuki leans against the door and crosses his arms on his chest. His eyes represent calmness, disinterest even. But his mouth gives him away. He has them pressed into a thin line, obviously struggling with something.
"'God, you are a pain in the ass."
......
𝘏𝘶𝘩.
He takes his arms from his chest and runs one hand through his hair. This way he looks a little.... troubled.
But you won't let your guard down. Hell no.
"Why did you drag me here, Bakugou. You know i'm not allowed to be here! "
At that he quickly raises his head and gives you a furious look which makes you instantly take another step back.
𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬, (𝘠/𝘕)!
"Do you know how fucking hard it is to find you alone? You are always with those nerds whenever i try looking for you. It's a pain in the ass."
Oh, so he wanted to be alone with you...
Still, this doesn't mean he has the right to 𝘢𝘣𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 you like this!
"But...why can't you just approach me like a normal human being and ask me to have a talk?"
He grunts in annoyance and avoids looking into your eyes.
You almost burst out laughing.
𝘊𝘶𝘵𝘦....
𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵, (𝘠/𝘕)!
Seeing the twitching of your lips Katsuki puts on his usual pissed off expression and takes a step towards you.
"Whatever. I have you now. And we need to fucking talk."
He's is standing not two meters away from you now, looking down on you, which makes you feel so small and vulnerable again.
You want to continue on feeling threatened, really. But the atmosphere has changed and you just can't stop thinking about the "I have you now" part...
You don't know why it makes you feel some certain way...
So you just stand there, looking up at him like an idiot, 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.
𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋é𝘫à 𝘷𝘶.
Katsuki raises a brow at your silent behavior, obviously had not been expecting you to act this way right after he 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 you into his room.
You clear your throat and raise your head, trying to look at ease.
"You are right, we do." You are glad your voice doesn't waver. Having gathered enough strength to finally confront him, you ask him the most important question.
"Why do you like me?"
You don't know what you expect him to say, but you definitely weren't prepared for this;
The moment the question comes out of your mouth, he stands still. He doesn't move an inch, he is only looking into your eyes. As if the answer to your question lays behind those beautiful piercing red eyes.
He looks so vulnerable that it makes your breath hitch in your throat. You've never seen this side of him, and you doubt anyone ever came to see it.
Until now.
Your body moving on it's own, you take a step forward, which makes Katsuki blink in surprise and retreat a step.
You stand still, you don't know what you were about to do. But his expression had made you want to get closer to him...
"Fuck!"
.... Okay.
You are about to open your mouth to ask what's wrong but Katsuki is faster.
"I'm not good at fucking expressing myself. I just- fuck. It just fucking happened. I...fuck!"
... Alright, those are lot of 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘴.
To be honest you kind of expected him to deny it. That he would tell you that he was just fucking with you, that it's to piss you off. But seeing him like this; all flustered and trying to find the right words to express himself you realize he really means it...
But... Why so suddenly? How come he treated you like trash  three weeks ago and now he is telling you that he likes you?
You don't really know what to say, so your mouth blurts out the first thing that comes into your mind.
"You do realize it's hard for me to believe that, right?"
His expression changes from vulnerable to angry and he comes closer again, standing right in front of you now. Your vision is fixated on his chest and his scent immediately gives you flashbacks of last night.
The way he had tasted... The way his body felt...
𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯!
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itsclydebitches · 4 years
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When they try to treat Salem as this undefeatable force of nature that they certainly have no hope to defeat, I realize how much they undersell Ozpin and oversell Salem. She's an immortal, powerful witch... And yet she's still rather effectively been kept at bay since primitive times to the point that people don't even remember her. Ozpin's done such a good job at kicking her ass that she isn't even a myth. But he hasn't killed her, so clearly it's all hopeless and he's done nothing.
Okay so THIS is why I need to know Salem’s motivations. Not just the generic “She has a need for destruction” because that could mean anything now: Does she want world domination? To be a god again? To re-populate Remnant with magic babies? Get the relics to try and lift her curse? Get them to kill herself? Get them to take on the Gods? Get them to hurt others? Does she want to spread the grimm to every corner of the world? Does she want to wipe out humanity and be alone again? Does she want to just keep tormenting Ozpin? 
Laying out her specific motivation is crucial because that tells us what her actions should be in order to achieve that. Not to belittle Ozpin’s accomplishments (you all know I think he’s doing a damn good job under the circumstances lol) but he hasn’t succeeded in “kicking her ass” if Salem wanted to let him stay a little ahead. If Salem intended to only go after the relics and SEWs in a rather half-hearted fashion. Imagine you’ve got an army standing outside a castle and they’ve yet to conquer it. We could read that as, “Wow! The castle’s general put up barricades, sent out small parties of fighters, and hid all the valuables. He’s doing such a good job holding that army at bay!” That reading might be true. Or, the army’s leader might later reveal, “Nah, this is a siege. I’m starving you out. I never wanted or intended to pit my army against your little precautions, but if I had? You would have fallen in a matter of hours. Your general didn’t keep you safe. I just had other plans.” 
That’s potentially Salem. We have to ask, “Why now?” Why attack Atlas now? Salem has - as far as we know - always been able to summon up a massive grimm army, so what about the situation has changed to make her create one and attack today? Certainly nothing in regards to the heroes. Prior to Neo nabbing it, all the relics were still safe. The Maiden powers were still scattered. No secrets have been revealed about the Silver Eyes. The heroes have achieved nothing lately and thus there’s nothing to make Salem sit up and go, “Oh shit! They’re getting close to hurting or destroying me somehow. I have to attack head on whereas for a thousand years I felt safe enough to not bother.” That didn’t happen. Which leaves us with the assumption that Salem herself wanted to keep to the sidelines for those thousand years and then, independent of the heroes, changed her goals in the last few years. Which likewise suggests that Ozpin never actually held her at bay. Salem just - for undisclosed reasons - wasn’t interested in decimating the world until this moment. I mean, if she can attack the entirety of Atlas like this she could have felled Beacon any time she pleased. The power was always there, so theoretically it was only her motivations that kept her from acting. Problem is, we don’t know what those motivations are. 
Honestly? I’m not even sure RT knows what they are. I think Salem didn’t attack for a thousand years - even though she could have! - because the story didn’t start a thousand years ago. It starts with Ruby and thus everyone else, including Salem, can’t make any truly active choices until she comes on the scene. It’s a writing explanation as opposed to an in-world one... though I’d really like it if RT did the work to provide us with a compelling in-world explanation too. Explain how Ozpin actually did hold Salem at bay via means we might not even know about yet. Explain how Salem for wishy-washy magic reasons wasn’t able to summon up a large enough army until now. Or, alternatively, explain why Salem may have wanted to do only a bit of damage to Remnant here and there for centuries (cue my headcanon that a need for destruction demands that something to destroy always exists. If Salem wipes out the world like she’s able then she’s got nothing else to play with for the rest of eternity) and why her motivations have changed now. We just need something to clarify what exactly Salem wants and how that impacts our reading of Ozpin’s actions. Is Ozpin a genius hero who astoundingly kept an all-powerful immortal at bay for a thousand years? Or is Ozpin a lucky af hero who just had the good fortune of getting pit against a villain who, for whatever reason, didn’t want to show her true strength until now? (With “good fortune” being a very comparative phrase here lol)
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