A silly I thought of at work lmao enjoy @seasidemew! Not canon to the shadow au probably would probably happen a little later if canon a sort of chapter 7.5 I think XD but I wanted to write it now
Would you still love me?
Orange hues snuggles closely fondly into the darker striped form of her companion and lover making soft purrs and trills as she adjusted wiggled as though trying to nuzzle herself even closer to him even as she was latched to his side. He breathed easily resting in their nest together, the sun hung low mockingly in the sky refusing to set, neither of them found sleep coming to them despite the time not with the warm night air. Though the cuddling wasn't unpleasant for either of them.
"Syn?" May mumbles softly against his side idly pressing her lips to his skin in little kisses just because she was there, he made a hum of acknowledgement to her asking for him. "Would you still love me if I was a Wurmple?"
He opened his eye to cast it down to look at her, "a what?"
"A Wurmple," His brow furrowed in confusion closing his eye again in his mind he saw a short orange Wurmple wiggling along on a branch, he supposed that would be somewhat cute.
"Will you change back or are you a Wurmple forever?" he decided to humor her question play along with her sleepy ramblings.
"Nuh huh, Wurmple foreverrr." He hummed in thought, Wurmple weren't as intelligent as they were and as much as he cherished her the thought of putting his lips anywhere near a bug even for a chaste kiss on the forehead caused him to grimace in discomfort already imagining the texture.
"I'd love you, but I couldn't love a Wurmple," she hummed softly at his answer still cuddling to his side presumably not hurt by the answer.
"Would you make sure I wasn't eaten by a bird?" He thought about it snatching a Pidgeot out the air and draining it's life as it attempted to swoop and eat the little orange bug.
"Of course," she squeezed him softly seeming to approve of that answer.
"Would you try to eat me if you were a bird and I was a Wurmple?" Syn sighed softly opening his eyes again while turning his head to look at May as she lifted her head to smile sleepily at him chin resting on his chest plate expectedly.
"I mean if, I was only as intelligent as a bird? I guess?" he wasn't sure what answer she was hoping for as she nodded squeezing him once more.
"Yea.. If I was a Wurmple and you a bird I'd let you eat me so you stay strong." Syn hummed in disapproval at that.
"Hey, what does that mean."
"huh?" Syns face pulled into a slight disapproving frown.
"No double meanings, there's no reason for me to eat not in that or any other context." May chuckled nuzzling in close purring loudly confused by her wistful sigh.
"I know, I know," he made a sound sighing softly at her antics. "now ask me?"
"Ask you what? If you'd eat me if you were a bird?" She laughed softly.
"Nooo, if I'd still love you if you were a Wurmple even if you weren't changing back"
"Would you?"
"mhm! I'd find you the best berries and leaves every day and I'd say look at how pretty Syn is with his stripes and dark colors and I'd make sure you're safe when you make your cocoon and I'd compliment you if you became a beautiful Beautifly or a dazzling Dustox and talk to you about how to court yourself a little wife,"
"Why would I want a little wife I have you?" She giggled at his question.
"I mean of course you do I'm flattered and I would be flattered if you still wanted to seduce me as a Dustox or Beautifly but you might want a wife of your own species." He hmphed at the suggestion. "and then I'd watch over your babies."
"You've given this a lot of thought haven't you?"
"Yea I have too much time with my thoughts." He snorted softly as she beamed at him playfully wiggling her brows as he laughed at her playful nature. She sighed content squeezing him softly and he squeezed her back with one arm assuming that was the silliness of the night.
"Syn?" He hummed again getting the feeling he knew where this was going.
"Yes my dear?" She giggled to herself echoing 'yes my dear', as she squeezed him flapping her hands a bit in excited wiggling as he smirked to himself at getting such a joyous reaction from 3 simple words feeling her wiggle and vibrate against him from her excited shakes and flaps, it made him chuckle fondly as she squeezed him again harder.
"Would you still love me if I was an orthworm?"
"Forever?"
"Foooorever."
"I guess I'd make sure you have a nice plot of land to explore and live in but I'd let you live with your wormy brethren, they could understand you and provide for you better than I could."
"Aww, you'd let me go so I'd thrive?" She nuzzled him purring, "that's so sweet, you want whats best for me," her tail wagged, "would you be jealous if I got a wormy husband?"
Syn growled lowly in the back of his throat lying, "no." As May laughed again at his jealousy over the hypothetical worm husband.
"Lucky I'm not an orthworm then," he hummed in agreement.
"And let me guess if I was an Orthworm you'd do the same but provide extra?" He felt her nod against him;
"Yeup, and I'd make sure nobody ever hunted and caught you ever because you'd probably be so so pretty still." He chuckled supposing he would be very pretty no matter what form he took.
They were quiet again cuddled close, it was a touch darker outside but the sun was defiant.
"Syn?"
He heaved a playful sigh turning his head to look at her, "this better be the last one so you've gotta make it count," he could see the playful guilty gleam in her eye realising she was being silly but not at the point of apologising and stopping. Admittedly he did enjoy her sillies, even if he was quite tired.
"would you still love me if IIIII wassss," she tapped her chin in thought considering her options her eyes glanced to the clouds outside, "a Castform?"
Memories of the sunshine glaring insultingly into his face came to mind the harsh lashing of rain on his skin and the subsequent injuries sustained from Rayqauza, the bitter biting cold wind cutting at his face cruelly in the middle of a gale force blizzard with dangerous wind speeds, he growled idly to himself at the frustrations of such weather phenomenon.
"Nope," May squealed in surprise laughter moving to sit up to look at him accusatorily having to shift her body to hold the nest besides his head to try to put herself over him in her leaning.
"'Nope' ???" despite her accusatory mock hurt tone he could see her eyes creasing from grinning too damn widely and trying not to laugh far more amused than hurt, "you would abandon May?? Cast aside the form?? Hate forever??" He made an idle playful tut as he rolled his eyes chuckling to himself as she rambled on in play dramatics.
He moved his hands to her sides holding her softly which caused her to quieten quite quickly as he smirked moving to pull her down to lying back down besides him and putting himself over her in turn tail swaying and leaning over his prey with a playful low growl, she blinked at him and did a playful shimmy of her shoulders right back at him making him lose his composure and exhale a laugh.
"You finished being dramatic?" May inhaled dramatically to answer and he gently put his hand around her snout to keep her mouth shut, "ill take that as a no," she pouted at him making a series of fake insulted noises her foot lightly touching his thigh in mock kicks of protest, he chuckled at her antics watching her pretend to huff seeing her mouth betraying the large smile she had.
When she'd sufficiently 'fought' him enough she pouted her lips once more making little kissy motions and sounds stopping and then repeating as he leant down to happily fulfill her request, kissing her softly as his hand moved to hold her face and hers came to hold his enjoying the moment before he pulled away reluctantly.
"So are you gonna sleep now?" the hum of thought May made was not reassuring.
"Maybe!" He sighed moving to carefully roll and move back into lying onto his back.
"You have too much energy," she immediately came and latched back to his side cuddling up close as he wrapped an arm around her.
"Yeaaaa, it's the suns fault," he chuckled softly in agreement.
"Syn?"
"This better not be a question." He heard her giggle as she pressed herself close.
"I love you." He smiled fondly to himself hearing her say those 3 little words. He exhaled softly as he closed his eyes to rest.
"I love you too." She purred softly, and he softly purred right back.
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Treehouse!Seteth :
I am, of course, Rhea's servant. So, in a more formal context, I must maintain a deferential distance.
After being called out for using Rhea's name without using honorifics - I mean, calling her by her name and not by her title - by Cyril, Seteth explains it's just an issue of context, and when he's formal, he always keeps a "deferential distance".
And when we see them in Nopes in the past, during Larva's paralogue, even as they were fighting, he was indeed very formal :
I cannot continue... I leave the rest in your hands, Lady Seiros!
(please don't mind the names lol).
But in JP :
かつての私は、レアに仕える者として 立場を弁えた言動を取る必要があった
Which was translated by Teaspoon translation as :
"Previously, as one who serves Rhea, I had to speak and act in a way befitting my position."
And yet, in the past, when he adressed Seiros - when she was the supposed de facto leader of the bunch - he called her like this :
セイロスの元には行かせんぞ!
くっ……これ以上は厳しいか。 セイロス、後は頼んだぞ!
There's no suffix - Flayn, I mean, Cethleann calls Seiros "セイロス様" with 様 being the -sama suffix... but Cichol has none of this.
There's no "Lady" Seiros for Cichol, no "deferential distance" whatsoever, he's just talking about his younger sibling relative.
IDK what this was changed, maybe with the different voice directions Treehouse thought Rhage and her hair-trigger temper should have a "second" who always show deference? And that would explain why Whitten was directed to voice a more "mellow" Seteth than Koyasu's?
Another example is in the Chapter 17 convo of Golden Shower, when Rhea announces her plan to lead a suicidal last stand in Tailtean, while Treehouse!Seteth finally calls her by her name, without any honorifics in the last line - as she told him she'll fight and only Sothis knows the outcome - but when she tells him "if anything happens, take Flayn and gtfo of Fodlan" basically asking him to abandon her if she dies or if the situation is dire, despite having the shocked portrait, Treehouse!Seteth says this :
Lady Rhea, you cannot mean that!
Jp!Seteth?
レア!? それは……
His sister relative just told him she was ready to die and he and Flayn shouldn't follow her but live instead, Seteth drops all honorifics (even if there's a random monk nearby).
Tl;Dr : Jp!Seteth drops the honorifics more easily than Treehouse!Seteth when he's talking to his sister relative - I can only surmise the choice to emphatise his role as Rhea's second - but clearly under her authority - instead of his role as Rhea's advisor - only pretending to be under her authority when people are looking - had something to do with Rhage and the fact that even Seteth grows distrustful of her for player pandering and Hresvelg Grey reasons; granted, JP!Seteth being written the way he is written and yet still able to "disagree with the doctrine because CoS BaD under Rhea''s leadership for some reason" or having all his doubts/mistrust in WC/Tru Piss or even just wanting to find her "so she can reveal to Billy the circumstances behind their birth" feels even more artificial, but that's avatar pandering for you.
Tru Tl; Dr : JP!Nopes shows us how close the lizard fam is, deferential distance/"one who serves Rhea I had to speak in a way that befits my position" my rear, whenever they're talking about her security/safety/fighting, Seteth always calls Rhea by her "name of the moment", without adding any honorifics.
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FOR THE BIG MUSIC ASK GAME LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Artists: Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift, Queen, Frank Turner
Albums: Pretty. Odd, evermore, Nebraska, Blonde on Blonde
this ask feels like a homework essay question but like, in a subject I'm passionate about. so it's okay. daunting, but.
Joni:
Do I know them already?: yes | no
Favourite Song: A Case of You, it has to be!!!!
(okay but also there's a recording of her playing Chelsea Morning live at Carnegie Hall and it is ~magical~)
Least Favourite Song: I mean there isn't a song by her that I dislike, but maybe one I know that I listen to the least....Big Yellow Taxi. because it makes me sad. she warned us about paving paradise and we didn't listen!!!!!!
Favourite Album: Blue 💙💙💙💙💙
Least Favourite Album: idk a lot of her discography (Blue the album of my heart) but uhhhhh the orchestral funky Both Sides Now (I just like her better when it's just her and her dulcimer <3)
Song that got me into them: oh geez my mother's always loved her. so maybe...my mom singing Both Sides Now in the car?
Seen Live?: i WISH (gimme a time machine and I will just take it to the '70s to see bands & artists play in their prime)
Rate: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Taylor:
Do I know them already?: yes | no
Favourite Song: legally I am required to say "ivy"
Least Favourite Song: Dancing with Our Hands Tied (because it was popular when I worked retail so I heard it wayyyyyyyyy too much and now I can't stand it. is it a good song? idk. because I have too much retail trauma to determine that.)
Favourite Album: right now, it's Reputation
Least Favourite Album: Speak Now, probably? It missed me, and I haven't sought it out on streaming bc Girl's pre-1989 singing voice just...doesn't do it for me.
Song that got me into them: pfffft probably "Our Song" in the year of our lord 2006. I remember logging onto the Yahoo music website in Internet Explorer to look up her music videos, because that's the only way I could listen to her music (without buying the cds, my allowance was designated to higher musical priorities back then.) but I didn't really consider myself a Fan until the Bad Blood music video.
Seen Live?: nope. I don't really want to either. I like her best in studio. or, ideal scenario, hearing her live in Long Pond Studio, but that seems a bit of a long shot
Rate: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 her songwriting is a ten her vocals are a 5
Queen:
Do I know them already?: yes | no
Favourite Song: Somebody to Love!
Least Favourite Song: thee ummm. the bicycle one. ah damn, now it's in my head.
Favourite Album: okay so the thing about many of these bands that I grew up listening to is that I have like, a very limited concept of which albums are which, because I just absorbed them riding in the car with my dad or my mom. I'll say A Night at the Opera bc it's a great title :)
Least Favourite Album: uhhhhh anything they released after Freddie?
Song that got me into them: probably The Muppets music video of Bohemian Rhapsody?
Seen Live?: no, alas, but I have seen P!ATD cover Bohemian Rhapsody live
Rate: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Frank Turner:
Do I know them already?: yes | no
Favourite Song: not a fair question. uhm mmmmmm...The Way I Tend to Be, Broken Piano, Isabel, Poetry of the Deed, To Take You Home, Josephine....I could go on
Least Favourite Song: motherfucker truly has soooo many songs and I know a lot of them but there are many I've haven't heard. maybe Common Ground. or Little Changes.
Favourite Album: England Keep My Bones
Least Favourite Album: Be More Kind
Song that got me into them: my big brother put Nashville Tennessee on a mix cd he made for my birthday when I was...13? and I've only become more and more obsessed.
Seen Live?: HELL YES. in college my brother and my x-tian sorority big (we're both atheists now lmao) and me roadtripped 3 hours to Dallas to see him on his tour for Tape Deck Heart. One of the best live shows I've seen. He just...comes ALIVE onstage. and we met him at stage door and I took a picture with him <3 I think (hope) I still have it somewhere. I was a music major and wanted to tell him how much his music meant to me but I think I was too starstruck to say anything other than "hiiiii" and "thank you!"
also thee zaniest opening act I have ever seen I'll never forget it
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Pretty. Odd.
it isn't my favorite album of theirs, but it is a masterpiece.
Opinion on cover design: LOVE. I really enjoy the old-timey circus van vibe, evocative of Magical Mystery Tour, which seems a heavy inspiration.
Favourite song: That Green Gentleman
Least favourite song: narrowwww question because I have a pretty equal fondness for all the songs. maybe, The Piano Knows Something I Don't
Underrated track: When the Day Met the Night & Folkin' Around
Overrated track: Nine in the Afternoon (even though I adore it but it gets much more hype than any other track)
Rate: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
evermore
undoubtedly her magnum opus. the best music she's ever written
Opinion on cover design: simple, effective, lovely, sets the mood and the tone of the album. and she has such a habit of...overdoing visuals? her last half dozen music videos or so have been like, baroque in how over the top their visual design. like, willow the video does not match how the song or the rest of the album feels. idk. the simplicity here works for me, but I think sometimes she can't let something Be.
Favourite song: I already said ivy above so....no body no crime
Least favourite song: cowboy like me (it's otherwise a great song, but i so dislike the opening stanza 'dancing is a dangerous game' mam. you can do better than that. you've a whole album of evidence.)
Underrated track: closure (a Banger)
Overrated track: champagne problems (not that it's not a good song but the way it's gotten so much love as the best song on the album when happiness is like literally right there) (happiness.mp3 & peace.mp3 supremacy)
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Nebraska
Opinion on cover design: as someone who's driven through nebraska, it's very accurate. it looks how nebraska feels. like, you're only there when you're on your way to someplace else. if liminal space was a US state it'd be Nebraska
Favourite song: oh fuck Reason to Believe
Least favourite song: Highway Patrolman
Underrated track: I mean the whole thing is underrated tbh.
Overrated track: see above. <3
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Blonde on Blonde
Opinion on cover design: those pursed lips....so Serious. I love a scarf moment. that look really is my aesthetic
Favourite song: RAINY DAY WOMEN but I also have a soft spot for OH. MAMA. can this really be the end? to be Stuck? inside? a Mobile? with the MEMPHIS BLUES again??? and Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat <3
Least favourite song: Visions of johanna. he can go ON about a bitch. I love him tho
Underrated track: I Want You, & You Go Your Way I Go Mine
Overrated track: is it possible to overrated a track on this album???
Rate: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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