#nicholas davis

[taylrartz]

A quick King Bree sketch to celebrate the announcement of Oathbound AND book 4!! So excited!!❤️💙

#legendborn cycle #legendborn #bloodmarked #oathbound #tracy deonn #briana matthews #selwyn kane #nicholas davis #legendborn book 3 #book fanart #book art #bookish fanart #king bree #cariad #my art <3 #yallfest

[brianakane]

Tracy deonn is slowly killing us with this wait for oathbound I swear

#legendborn #selwyn kane #bloodmarked #bree matthews #legendborn cycle #oathbound #nicholas davis #william sitterson

[amaramiyu]

My Legendborn Cycle Musings & Theories

May 2023 is when I first got into this series and I've been hooked ever since. I've read Legendborn and Bloodmarked at least twice and I have some thoughts about the books and series in general. So without further ado:

Spoilers ahead!

First of all, I'm glad I waited to make this post because recently more information has been revealed about the next upcoming book (Oathbound), and that instead of the series being a trilogy of books it'll be a tetralogy (4 part book series).

Oathbound

I strongly believe that the Shadow Court is definitely going to be unleashed that was part of the bargain Bree made with the Shadow King after all.

Vera’s warning to Bree at the end of Bloodmarked: “Chaos thrives on imbalance.” In Oathbound, is Bree going to become villainous or corrupted in some form? Since she doesn’t have her ancestors to balance or influence her since she closed the ancestral stream?

Since the third book is called Oathbound I wonder if this means oaths will be broken or removed. Obviously, Natasia's Kingsmage Oath to Martin Davis had to have been removed. Could the same thing happen possibly between Nick and Sel?

At the end of Bloodmarked, the main trio: Bree, Nick, and Sel have become separated. Since this is Bree's story first and foremost I think the book will still only be from Briana's point of view. I don't think we'll be getting multiple points of view. However, I'm not quite sure.

Selwyn Emrys Kane

There’s more to Selwyn Kane than meets the eye. One of the main themes in the Legendborn Cycle is ancestry and inheritance.

Theory 1: Erebus (the Shadow King) is Selwyn’s father. Erebus is described as a father-like figure towards Sel and he has a history and a clear fondness for Natasia (He knew where she was at the end of Bloodmarked). However, we know that the Order supposedly monitored Natasia closely while they ensured she gave birth to an heir. Obviously, since both her and Sel are powerful Merlins there must be more to discover about their bloodline. Also, it is mentioned how closely Sel resembles Merlin his ancestor not only in appearance but also in mannerisms. Sel is a prodigy and has the rare ability to transform into an Owl like his ancestor Merlin. Not to mention, the skill he used to craft aether constructs to hold Bree together after her injury which isn’t easy to do and most likely would’ve killed other Merlins attempting to do it.

Theory 2: Maybe Selwyn’s bloodline has ancestral ties to someone on the Shadow Court. 

Nicholas Martin Davis

He's going to be leading the faction of the Order that's still loyal to the Knights of the Round Table.

Maybe he'll continue to forge a further alliance with the Line of Morgaine. Nick will then be further exposed to how they live and maneuver outside of the Order. He is trying to find a solution to stop the Legendborn Cycle without the Scion of Arthur having to die. In Bloodmarked, he found something out but he didn't get to elaborate on it further.

In General

I think the relationship between Sel and William is underrated.

There’s still much we don’t know about Cambions and unions. So far, we know:

Full Demon + Human = Cambion

Human + Cambion = Cambion

But what about: Full Demon + Cambion = ?

Cambion + Cambion =  ?

Are these unions even possible or allowed and could they produce offspring?

On the cover of Bloodmarked, I think Bree is wearing the outfit that she wore during the Rite of Kings ceremony.

Valechaz is clearly enamored and fascinated with Bree and he's such a wildcard. Valec at times can also be hard to read. Will he be a friend or foe going forward?

This may be an unpopular opinion, but in terms of a TV series adaptation of the Legendborn Cycle, I would prefer that it be an animated TV series rather than a live-action series.

#legendborn #bloodmarked #bree matthews #selwyn kane #nick davis #the legendborn cycle #tracy deonn #my musings #oathbound #briana irene mathews #nicholas davis #valec #valechaz #the shadow king #erebus varelian #selwyn emrys kane #my theories #natasia kane #william sitterson

[angel-of-lilies]

Legendborn Beach Day!!!!

Okay, so I know this isn’t my best work and it looks a little unfinished, but I wanted to post something in honor of the Oathbound announcement and the news that we are getting four books!

I actually started this piece in July back when I actually could go to the beach, then I just forgot about it for a while. Oops

I really hope that they are all safe, happy, and healthy when the series ends. These kids have gone through so much, I really just wanna see they get a break and finally be able to relax and be kids.

#legendborn #legendborn fanart #bloodmarked #oathbound #legendborn cycle #bree matthews #briana matthews #nick davis #nicholas davis #selwyn kane #alice chen #william sitterson #fan art #breenick #breesel #breenicksel #breeselnick #tracy deonn

[you-are-my-king-now-cariad]

Context: I wrote a ‘quote analysis’ for my English class. It’s basically a challenge where you pick a sentence or quote and write as much about as you can in a given amount of time.

I chose “You have always been the Scion of Arthur, and neither of us can afford to forget it.”

And oh boy I had thoughts.

1. This feels VERY interesting. It feels like it’s going back to Sel Who Doesn’t Care About Anyone, but at the same time… Bree says it’s ‘almost an accusation.’ She nearly starts crying. I think it’s much closer to ‘You are the Scion, and I am your Kingsmage, and anything else is forbidden on every level.’ Yes, at this point they’re barely flirting. But Sel is infuriatingly careful, and this is also probably a self-reminder.

2. Saying that neither of them can forget it seems particularly poignant seeing that Sel knows what happens when Arthur’s Scion does abandon their post. I don’t think Nick is a bad person, to be clear. (I don’t like him either, but still.) No matter what you think of him, though, he walked away from his responsibilities. We don’t know if-had he been Called while he was still AWOL-he would have fought. I doubt it. And that is dangerous.

2a(?). It’s bad that Bree’s absent… But not only do the other Legendborn know that she’s still fighting, she is at the very least trying. She doesn’t get it right all the time. Hell, she probably doesn’t get it right half the time. But she is giving her all to being the best king possible-a title she doesn’t want, one given to her by violence and prejudice. And I think everyone can see that. Even when she breaks down, it’s not ‘I want to quit’ or ‘I can’t do this anymore.’ Maybe it’s ‘I wish I wasn’t the one doing this,’ or ‘I’m not strong enough,’ but she’s almost always more worried about just letting her friends down, about someone getting hurt! That is a true king. You’re allowed to have bad days, you’re allowed to be selfish. But you cannot quit when (I’m not gonna count them rn) people and potentially literally the entire world is depending on you.

I’m doing these analyses every class apparently so I might have more if this was even comprehensible, see y’all later!

#legendborn #selwyn kane #the legendborn cycle #sel kane #bree x sel #you are my king now cariad #i live for selwyn kane #bloodmarked #bloodmarked spoilers #legendborn community #legendborn spoilers #literary analysis #quote analysis #nicholas davis #nick davis

[massiveladycat]

did anyone get the creeps from bloodmarked

okay i just wanted to bring up some things. i'm an avid legendborn enjoyer, i love it, legendborn had me by the THROAT all i could think about was legendborn. i was so hyped for bloodmarked. and i read it and it felt . . . disappointing? here's my opinion. you don't have to read allat i'm just letting it out somewhere Nicholas is NOT boring, and has never been! He was kind and sweet from the very start. He cared about Bree, he cared about others. However, he did prove to be violent when Selwyn made an attempt on Bree’s life in Legendborn. it was proven in Bloodmarked that when Nick senses Sel’s bloodlust, it will become his in a way. He wanted to kill Bree at that moment, and he didn’t. Because 1. He was defending her from a would-be-murderer. And, 2. He was feeling Sel’s bloodlust, and it’s been proven that he has a LOT OF IT. You can’t tell me that, if you had to pick between beating the shit out of a “best friend” who tried to kill your love interest for no good reason other than a wild guess, you’d probably kick said friend to the curb, and I’d stomp on them for good measure.   I will mention that, in one chapter, it was shown that Selwyn had been mesmerizing Bree all this time so he wouldn’t look like death warmed over. Not to mention, Valechaz said to Bree.. “It looks like he already has hurt you…” and implied that Selwyn had been feasting on Bree’s misery because he was weak and desperate. Dude! Bree had every right to feel angry! And all that quote on quote “romantic” tension between Selwyn and Bree vanished the moment he even thought of mesmerizing her. Because he knew she didn’t like to be mesmerized: Bree even stated that her memories are hers and hers alone. He also knew that Bree had trauma because she’d been mesmerized to forget something that I think is related to her mom, but I forgot about it. I genuinely don’t remember much otherwise my sadness when Nick wasn’t in the book for 97% of the time. Also, I don’t understand the romance in this book..? Selwyn was all about killing Bree in the first book. He got redeemed about 90, 80 pages away from the end. And now, suddenly, that gives him enough time to fall in love with Bree? So in love that he’d betray his relationship with Nicholas? Yah, no, I call bullshit. Also, I didn't like how the major plot seemed to be the romantic tension between Selwyn and Bree. It kind of seemed like it pushed things aside for it? Or made things happen for it? I don't know. Reminder that this is all just my opinion and my thoughts, I love this series, I loved Legendborn Selwyn (I don't know how to feel about this one though) and Nick and Bree. I'm not attacking any characters, just wording a few thoughts.

#nicholas davis #selwyn kane #briana matthews #legendborn #tracy deonn #the legendborn cycle #bloodmarked

[zurareads]

One thing to be learned from the Legendborn series:

That everyone needs a William “Will”Sitterson in their life ♡

-someone that will make you lemon-ginger tea

-have your back to the point of even telling Selwyn Kane of all people to shoo

-leaves sticky notes on you after they treat you

-a true force to be reckoned with

-someone that keeps a group glued together through the best and worst of times

#legendborn #legendbornseries #legendborn cycle #william sitterson #selwyn kane #bree matthews #nick davis #briana matthews #nicholas davis

[artemisandhersilverbow]

Rereading Bloodmarked and by the time I got to THE firefly scene I’m just wondering why I can’t have 100 more where this came from.

This series has chemically altered me.

#book review #Bloodmarked #tracy deonn #briana matthews #selwyn kane #nicholas davis #the dream team

[wylanvansunshine1967]

#legendborn #bloodmarked #briana matthews #selwyn kane #nicholas davis #my art

[hahahax30]

Sel and nick talking about how beautiful Bree is in front of Bree in Welsh >>>>>>>>>>>

#bree matthews #selwyn kane #sel kane #nick davis #nicholas davis #bloodmarked #legendborn #the legendborn cycle #tracy deonn #THE WAY MY HEART MELTED

[justbrainrot]

It’s time for my Legendborn characters' sexuality headcanons to be out into the world:

(Disclaimer: yes some of these characters are underage. I know. Folks’ preferences don’t come in the mail with their voter registration though. Don’t come for me about these entirely fictional characters because I’ll just block you and that’s not gratifying for either of us, ‘kay?)

That being said there is a cut this is all gonna live under lol

Bree: Our girl’s motto is, “I’ll try anything once. Or twice! Maybe it’s an acquired taste.” I mean listen, she has almost no experience prior to meeting these dudes, but she does have her big big brain & Alice. So she’s well read iykwim. And has an inherently queer sensibility when she thinks about relationships, despite how things may look from the outside. She really enjoys the negotiation prior to a scene, which makes her a natural at this poly thing. Also, she’s a switch.

Identifies as: Queer

Sel: Baby boy is a service bottom. I mean if this isn’t obvious to you maybe we can’t be friends lol. He enjoys both lightly applied sensation & some pretty heavy pain on occasion. He will definitely top & top well when told to. Sensory deprivation is 100% his jam because it turns his brain off just a li’l bit.

Identifies as: Pansexual (this is canon btw, I didn’t make this part up)

Nick: Oh my darling! Nick is the most vanilla of our trio, but that’s not saying much because, well, have you met the other two lol. He is a natural dom but is also patently disgusted by all the trappings of dominant white cishet dudes in our culture. So he’s also a unicorn, bless ‘im. He is deeply in love with Bree, which is obvious to anyone with eyes, but his feelings for Sel have been clouded by the Kingsmage Oath for so long that when it’s removed, it takes him a minute to work out that he’s in love with Sel also.

Identifies as: Bisexual

Alice: First I need to say that Alice rocks a sick lesbian manicure seven days a week & if that isn’t the hottest way to flag I don’t know what is. She is solidly femme4femme, & knows how to top from below so smoothly you’ll have no idea it’s happening until you are wondering if you forgot to set your face because it’s dripping into your eyes all of a sudden.

Identifies as: Lesbian

William: This dude is a gentleman first & foremost; he ofc redefines making enthusiastic consent sexy as hell. He is uncomfortable having sexytimes when he has Gawain’s strength at noon & midnight, so he has deftly avoided it thusfar. Dating Lark might change that, though, I’m thinking. He’s not dated within the Order before, after all. Pretty vanilla guy, all things considered, but that does not mean boring!

Identifies as: Gay

Mariah: at first I didn't think I had a handle on Mariah, but now I'm thinking she is either ace or just isn't in a place where sexuality is all that important in her life atm and she's fine with it. She's def down to be a soundboard for her friends though, and is wicked smart, so for these reasons she knows the most about what's going on with everyone else but is the soul of discretion.

There will be a part two because this hellsite gets buggier the longer my posts get, apparently.

Edit: part two ✨here✨

#legendborn #the legendborn cycle #bloodmarked #bree matthews #selwyn kane #nicholas davis #alice chen #mariah #headcanon

[brianakane]

#I am indeed team sel #Idk if you could already tell #selwyn kane #nicholas davis #briana matthews #legendborn cycle #legendborn #oathbound #bloodmarked #tracy deonn #selbree #breenick

[multifairyus]

TLC and Queer Narritives

This started as an update on playlist making for Nick ships and has devolved into a rant about Queer narratives being capitalized on in TLC. I wanna give Tracy grace here, but after having a great discussion about how Bree’s black community feels one note/magical negro-ish…yeah I gotta get this off my chest 😭

Tl:dr I don’t think Nick and Sel’s (mutual!) romantic feelings are fleshed out in a way I think is fair to Selwyn as his own character with feelings and priorities outside of Bree and the Oaths. I understand that is Bree’s story so it makes sense Tracy didn’t focus on that. But I feel that fleshing the queer narrative could have been revolutionary and instead falls short of the mark. Cuz the story could have functioned largely the same with them as rivals and friends with no romantic undertones.

To me it’s more than “oh Nick shows that he cares about Sel in these ways” Cuz yeah. It’s clear Nick cares about Sel. But even for a love triangle I think it’s TOO unclear, TOO vague, even with the Order trauma context that that care is EXPLICITLY romantic and not just extremely close and trauma ridden. They have a brotherly, rivals, and friend dynamic going on which all feels more fleshed out than a romantic dynamic.

And I say TOO because, well…outside of Selwyn Kane being my baby boy who I love to the moon and back…I’m just kinda particular that the feelings of a young man be taken seriously and given narrative weight OUTSIDE of how it relates to the competition of heterosexual ships, or to the ease/simplicity of a polyamorous “solution” to the triangle.Like, if you’re gonna have a confirmed Pansexual character… and have that pansexual character’s queerness only really be explored in text by how it functions as an facet for a love triangle with potential to be polyamorous even IF the plot is busy…ion like that.

I think I see this whole OT3 and NickSel at a certain angle because while I can relate to Bree for so many reasons as a black woman, Sel’s queerness brushing on themes from my own Queer Awakening™️ and I think queer experiences a lot of people have.

Tell me if any of this rings a bell, my fellow LeeGeeBeeTees: Deep admiration of someone turning into something that looks and feels like attraction—especially if that’s first time you’ve ever felt something like that? Unsure if what you’re feeling is jealousy and wanting to be more like them or actually wanting them? Heightened awareness of their moods and weird desire to attend their emotional needs even when it’s not reciprocated or mutual or necessary? Being more open about your sexuality and/or not being cishet passing and being into someone who maybe is neither of those things. Sleeping/getting together with someone of the opposite to be “normal” and get over those feelings? Having the person you’re into be interested in having a “normal” relationship with someone that you don’t even like very much? Yeah. Yeah. YEAH.

Like to me, I can read between the lines of what Sel has said and done and fill in the blanks for wistful, beautiful, gay as fuck life experiences!! He is so fuckin valid! But WHY is his HURT doing the heavy lifting for the queer narrative in text??? His hesitation when asked about his feelings and cautious pessimism makes sense!! Almost all of the things I see people commonly point to as Nick showing he cares for Sel almost all indirectly involve Bree! Or is muddled by the Oaths—which you can SAY is the same for Sel, maybe, but not in the same way imo.

I’m not saying that Nick has to have had the same queer journey or awakening as Sel. or that he had to figure out his feelings at the same time as him. Or that he needs to be romantically interested in Sel to have an OT3 happen. But I AM saying that this feels very lopsided. And unlike normal love triangle messiness’s this feels…not fun to engage with. Because even if/when Tracy fleshes Nick and Sel out more to go for an OT3 situation, because this book is not about them, I really worry that Nick’s half of the equation will fall flat. And we get the queer representation but not much of queer story outside of their straight relationships to the main character.

In the interim of the next book, imma need Nickel and OT3 shippers pls make some Nick and Sel queer content to fill in these gaps. Preferably pre LB, no Bree! Or post Oath! Or time between them finding out where SK took her! Give me preteen preening and showboating for each other really being flirting!! Give me teen gaynst mutual unrequited pining, but actually, secretly REALLY requited mutual pining!!! Give me an “Oh. Oh? Oh.” Realization!! THIS SHIP CAN FIT SO MUCH LOVE AND ADORATION IN IT!!!! This shit writes itself, and yet in text I have to see molehills as mountains??? Naaawww.

Nicholas and Selwyn—the most powerful young men in the centuries old Order based in the American South with misogynistic origins, that took their mothers from them and grew up in a dysfunctional toxic environment—being GAY and finding LOVE is fucking BEAUTIFUL and it deserves far more care and attention from the narrative. I’m holding out for this rant age HORRIBLY by Book 3 but rn…I’m salty as hell!

P.S.—me joking that Alice and William are the ~homosexual supporting cast~ is funny but also bet not be me jinxing it. Again, Bree’s story. But more than “Tor is Alice’s type”/“women are hungry so i cook” and “yeah I have a bf but broke up with him weeks ago”/“red herring romantic rival for Bree that lasted 5 minutes before jk he’s gay and blushed at Will??” I’m not expecting Brewlyn levels of build up or whatever but c’mon now!!

#the legendborn cycle #Legendborn #bloodmarked #nicholas davis #Selwyn kane #bree matthews #no because i am spoiled from the Soriku friends to rivals to enemies to lovers arc #AND “’you were not born with venom in your veins’ Shadowgast bi4demi rep like?? #I give Legendborn so much props for what it does well #and atm I stand by this being something that is actively disappointing #for how much mileage Sel being gay has for the narritive but little to no payoff

[adoriadreams]

The Regents needs to be dealt with.

I can’t stand them.

#books and reading #book review #book quotes #arthurian legend #legendborn #bloodmarked #bree matthews #alice chen #nicholas davis #selwyn kane #Gill

[you-are-my-king-now-cariad]

Why I kind of can’t stand Sel/Bree/Nick poly

Let’s go back to my roots, time for a very opinionated several-point discussion.

Disclaimer before we start: This has nothing to do with my opinion towards poly/open relationships/anything besides 100% monogamy in general. I do not have any problem with someone being poly, having several partners, etc. (obviously as long as everyone involved is aware & okay with it too)

I just specifically can’t stand the idea of these three in a relationship together.

1. Sel and Nick. There are just a few problems.

2. Bree’s thoughts

3. Narrative

Sel and Nick

Hoo boy, where do I start with these two. First of all, we have zero knowledge about Nick’s feelings towards Sel. He trusts him, yes. He knows he’s a good Kingsmage. But romantic feelings? There isn’t even an implication. Maybe that’s just because we haven’t seen much of him since Legendborn, but seriously. It came up with Sel maybe less than a month after he was hunting her down. It would have come up by now.

Yes, the moment they reunite in the blood walk feels like it could point to that… but come on. They’ve lived together for how many years, and they’re suddenly apart? Of course it’s a massive reaction. Even if you hated that person it would be a massive reaction. You’ve felt their fear or anger with no sign of where it came from and knew the other could die at any point.

But yeah. No tangible hints that Nick actually likes Sel that way. Which leads me to my next point-If you say it’s still a possibility, you’re saying Sel lied to Bree.

“My feelings for Nicholas run deep, but not in that direction. Not anymore.”

So… explain. I’ve heard a few people saying maybe he’s just pushed it down so far he doesn’t realize they’re still there. But even then, why would he spend any effort chasing a childhood crush when Bree’s a thousand times better than Nick in every way so much kinder to him? When she’s already pretty much in love with him? When he’s sacrificed so much for her? Why try to get Nick involved when it’s honestly easier and healthier without him?

I won’t claim Nick’s abusive or toxic for using the bond against Sel. Because Sel misuses it too. Neither of them are innocent. And they’ve both hurt each other in ways they really shouldn’t have. But that probably wouldn’t stop on either end just because they’re romantically involved. Anger and an ability to uniquely hurt someone is a dangerous combination. (Not saying ‘well they’re awful and abuse each other constantly.’ It seems to be not usual for either of them. But I’m saying that when tensions run high, they’re both willing to misuse the bond to make the other one suffer.)

Bree’s Inner Thoughts

If Bree seemed to want a poly situation-or even thought anything about how she wants both of them, doesn’t want to choose, whatever-I’d be a bit more willing to accept this. But any time she considers that she has two love interests… it’s presented, even in her head, as either/or. As ‘I can have Nick, or I can have Sel, and eventually I will have to decide.’ I would pick out quotes, but I seriously still haven’t found Bloodmarked and I’m not confident enough to get those quotes from memory. Sel is really the only one who seems to consider any kind of non-monogamy, and that’s much closer to ‘open relationship’ than ‘true’ poly. (Also requires a bit of reading between the lines.)

“Do you truly think Nicholas would begrudge us this? After everything?”

So maybe Sel thinks it shouldn’t have to be either Option 1 or Option 2. But Bree still doesn’t, even after he implies Nick wouldn’t mind. Practically every scene with romantic tension between them (so basically all of them), she’s thinking but what do I tell Nick, how far is it okay to go, this is wrong because I’m already with Nick.

…And sure, you can explain that away too-maybe she just doesn’t even realize that’s a thing you can do, maybe she doesn’t know how Nick would feel about that, whatever. But you’d think if Tracy’s planning OT3, or wants it to be something we genuinely might have, there would be more than a few insinuations.

Narrative

This is gonna be a bit more theorizing about LB3. And I hope I don’t reread this after it comes out and think oh wow I got everything wrong, but let’s go. PSA that I’m fully aware my takes might be absolutely terrible and probably nothing close to this will happen, but I do love myself some theories.

I’ve already said why I think Nick is going to have some kind of rogue anti-Order arc, but that was on my deleted account (I’m so mad at myself) so might need a review: a main point was that he leaves Sel even knowing that he’s suffering w/o the protection of his Oaths, and that seeing Sel succumb after that would probably make him so fucking guilty. Yeah, maybe he couldn’t have done anything, but maybe that little bit of anchoring to humanity would have been enough to keep him from full demonia. And that taking that horrific guilt of ‘maybe I’m the reason someone very close to me is gone’ in combination with ‘my entire life has been a lie?’ I don’t think he’s even wrong to turn against the Order, and violently. Not part of the Table’s ‘revolution,’ either-just on his own.

Why do I think he’ll go rogue? Well, Sel and Bree are both pretty much isolated. Sel is physically with Natasia, but he’s either trapped inside his head (personal belief-basically he can see everything but can’t actually do anything) or just gone for now, and Bree’s with the Shadow King. Nick is-at least as far as we know for certain-with the rest of the Table. That’s a stark difference from the other two, who have pretty lonely situations.

It makes narrative sense to isolate him as well-and making it fully his choice would put him in a different place than Brel. Yeah, in some ways they both chose their exile, but something forced their hand. If Nick leaves of his own volition, he’s isolated in a similar way but such a different one. (Of course, knowing Tracy’s writing & opinions on villainizing one of the triangle this is probably going to be a search for Bree in some way, with good morals @ least at first-but he does think Erebus took her. The most logical places to assume she would be are Order-related. And he’d have a lot of time for honesty well-deserved anger to fester.)

Now that that’s out of the way…

Again, wild guesses here. But I feel like Bree will have to make a choice at some point of who to reunite with or save first. Maybe Erebus allows her to see one of them before she dies, or she is able to bloodwalk to one of them, or something. Who knows. And I think she’ll choose Sel. Not only because I’m a feral Brel shipper, even though I am, but because she doesn’t know if he’s okay. Nick can handle himself, as far as Bree knows. Of course he’ll still want to see her, and I think it’ll be mutual, but she doesn’t want her last memories of Sel to be taunting from his demon. She wants to see him again. And if after that, she ends up with not needing to choose… yeah, it’s cute that she doesn’t need to ‘give anyone up,’ but ehh. She and Sel have sacrificed for each other. She and Nick are a high school crush. (No disrespect intended for Brick, it’s adorable, I just am not a fan.)

And oh yeah. Imagine how Nick feels after watching Sel unflinchingly sacrifice himself for Bree. After you are worth all this and more. After you are the most stubborn girl I’ve ever met. After she was so so so worried about him. If he can’t tell something’s happening now-something more serious than ‘she is beautiful’-he’s actually blind. And he’s not. I don’t think betrayal is the right word… but I doubt he’s thinking nothing but sunshine and rainbows. Probably a little jealous, at least, you’d think-whether he’s open to poly or not, because he’s gotta be thinking damn y’all could have said something. And again… Bree and Sel aren’t there to explain how things actually went down. Not to even mention that we know from Lord Davis that there is… family history, I guess, of warping the truth when you’re desperate and confused.

I don’t even know what this turned into. That last bit was written at 2 am and I have zero memory of it. But to conclude, BreeSelNick is a fine headcanon. It’s a fine thing to write fics about or draw or whatever you want to do. I just think that it would be almost uncomfortable if it was actually canon. Feel free to debate, correct phrasing of certain things if I’m being an idiot, or just scream at me-

#legendborn #selwyn kane #bree x sel #sel kane #briana matthews #bree matthews #bree x nick #nicholas davis #bloodmarked spoilers #bloodmarked #the legendborn cycle #ot3 #bree x sel x nick #you are my king now cariad

[massiveladycat]

second thoughts about bloodmarked

hey! you can see the first rant in like my blog. but i just had a thought. considering my first small rant was talking about yk ahaha the whole love plot thing i'm PRAYING that is like a 'haha sike' from tracy and the series makes a comeback, i'm just gonna talk about things OTHER than the love triangle that gets on my last nerve! reminder: you don't have to read allat, and this is jst my thoughts and i'd love to hear yours in the reblogs! TW: rape mentioned, racism mentioned (if any of these trigger you, PLEASE do not read further!) it kind of bothered me that every interaction that bree had with another black person all felt very business like interactions... the last part of the book to be wrapped up in the ROOT (get it) of bree's character, her ancestry, she felt a little distant from it and other black people and root users yk?? and then we get bree complaining how vera fucked over all her descendants (i will be talking abt this. this ESPECIALLY gets me bothered) and something about it rubbed me the wrong way also just mentioning something i find funny when bree like absolutely WRECKED alice. why did she suplex homegirl like this. hit her with the ddt. the rock bottom. stone cold stunned her ass.  wwe wrestler bree is so real LMFAO. going on with my rant what finally pissed me off so much that i thought "if i throw this book im justisfied" is when Vera, a fucking desperate enslaved person trying to keep her family safe is made subject to the vitriol of a bratty teenage girl. let's run back vera's plot. vera was raped by a scion of arthur, and became pregnant with her child. this was during the years where slavery was okay and you could treat people like shit depending on the color of their skin. vera had to run because she was being hunted down because the order thought "uh uh! our next scion of arthur CANT be black" and vera ended up making a deal (a deal tht i forgot) to protect her family. i'm pretty sure something ended up hunting down every one of vera's descendants slowly but surely, and bree was mad that her ancestor had gone through so much that she sits there in the farm where vera was RAPED and calls all her ancestors over there, yells at them until she gets to vera. and then she rants and tells her to get lost and insults her all bc bree is really mad ! okay, bree, girl, i would be mad too if a demon was hunting me down. what i would not do is take it out on a desperate slaved ancestor in the spot where a lot of her trauma took place. wtf bree? okay btw wondering if tracy even likes nick? at all? is she like deciding ''should i fuck him up or should i leave him be.'' he was actually nice to bree from the start while sel showed red flags of being racist af. he loves bree, wants to protect her, makes decisions because he's thinking of her and sometimes hes flawed and thats okay! nobody's perfect! and he LISTENS to her. in legendborn nick thought bree had cheated on him with sel. seeing him like so distraught made ME freak out. like girl if you don't fix this... and then Bloodmarked pulled him aside, and benched him. bree and sel are kissing in a forest of fireflies while nick is running for his life from his parents and a merlin. he deserved better than to be freaking cheated on when he thinks he's abt to die like every moment. when he is literally a HOSTAGE of the man who was supposed to protect him (his father) and a freaking merlin people talking about ''hey!! lancelot betrayed arthur!! nick could betray bree!! coincidence?? i think NOT!!" no. bree betrayed nick. i love you bree but get it together and please admit to nick you cheated on him and kissed sel repeatedly while he was a hostage. and he BETTER not be happy abt it. nobody's happy after getting cheated on and nobody's quick to forgive after being cheated on. all in all:

#bloodmarked #bree matthews #briana matthews #the legendborn cycle #legendborn #selwyn kane #tracy deonn #nicholas davis