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|| STILL can’t sleep. Finally watched the vol 9 epilogue. Someone please remind me tomorrow to write a hc post about what Raven was up to during the time RWBY+J fell until they returned, bc she would have IMMEDIATELY felt Yang disappear, just as she immediately felt it when they returned~
|| STILL can’t sleep. Finally watched the vol 9 epilogue. Someone please remind me tomorrow to write a hc post about what Raven was up to during the time RWBY+J fell until they returned, bc she would have IMMEDIATELY felt Yang disappear, just as she immediately felt it when they returned~
|| I meant to say this before, but in her TWST verse, Lia’s signature spell, “Demon’s Embrace”, has a side effect where the user doesn’t need to sleep. It’s not vital to them. And the more one uses the spell, the less sleep they need until they literally can’t sleep anymore.
Usually, Lia just chooses not to sleep because why would she waste hours sleeping when she could be doing something productive? Sometimes she will rest though since she’s still human (so she’ll sleep like once a month or something ridiculous like that).
Though it wasn't quite part of the plan, Raven had to admit that she enjoyed sitting at the top of the student body. It was no secret that Team STRQ was the best Beacon currently had to offer. They were the headmaster's favorites. They crushed their opponents in every sparring match and every demonstration thrown their way. In truth, it made Raven feel like royalty. She liked the power.
And she didn't mind the company. Yes, of course Qrow continued to irk her with every day's new disappointment, but at least she had grown to tolerate her other teammates. Summer and Tai, they were strong. They were worthy of being on the same team as the Branwen twins. And, well...they were quite appealing to the eye as well.
With Qrow and Summer busy in the library, Raven and Tai were left alone to wander the campus. She was aware of how their fellow students watched them from a distance, and it certainly helped boost her ego. But that wasn't the main focus of her thoughts at the moment. No, she was instead thinking about the blond at her side...
" I don't see the problem, " Raven said, jumping back into their conversation as they walked side by side through the courtyard. " Port's head is too big as is. All we did was knock him back down a few pegs. He isn't even a real professor yet. Port should've known better than to challenge us in a demonstration. Qrow and I were just representing our team, " she added with a knowing smirk teasing at her lips.
A Huntress... Something Raven never imagined herself to be. Even now, months after graduating and earning her license, she found herself staring down at the screen of her scroll. Eyes locked on the image of her staring back. The Tribe didn't want this... This wasn't in the plan... But a lot could change in four years.
One thing's for sure...they couldn't go back home now.
" They'll kill us if we run into them again, " said the young woman. She could sense the presence behind her, and she already knew exactly who it was. Her brother. The one person on their team who could fully understand what sort of predicament they were now in. Raven wasn't the sort to talk about her feelings, and she wasn't doing that now. She just needed to know if she was right in this assumption.
Raven turned her head to look back at Qrow as her arm dropped back into her lap. " Is it worth it? Forsaking our tribe to live as heroes? " Throwing away the life she always saw for herself...
|| Anyways, as promised, here's a hc post describing Raven's feelings towards Tai~ Keep in mind that harrowing-huntsman is my main Tai, so all of this is based around Myst's portrayal! BUT, I never do exclusives, so this can apply to all Tais if it aligns with your canon! And if not, let me know and I'll adjust~ (TW for mild mentions of postpartum depression! also warning that this shit is LOOOOONG)
Beacon:
Raven was not there to make friends. Obviously! I've mentioned in another hc post that she (and tbh all of STRQ) kinda slept around, primarily with each other. No strings attached. Those aren't relationships, it's just a good time. So she wasn't messing with the plan.
But then Team STRQ became so important to Ozpin, and they rose above the rest of the student population, and the walls inevitably came down. She and Qrow always had a strained relationship and always will. Once she was willing to open up (at least a year or so in), she and Summer became best friends.
And Raven and Tai...they just orbited each other. The Prom Queen and King (er...Vital Festival dance?). The hottest couple on campus. Even if they were kinda open in their relationship and hooked up with others, everyone knew that Raven and Taiyang were it. Everyone knew they'd get together, and everyone knew they'd get back together with every fight and breakup. (Ross and Rachel-type fated, only with a golden retriever and a goth baddie XDD)
The thing is... Tai is everything Raven never knew. He's the opposite of her upbringing. Like a moth to a flame, she couldn't help but be drawn in. He's what made her let go of her allegiance to her tribe. He's why she worked for Ozpin. And this carried on into her time as a Huntress.
Huntress:
This is not the life for Raven Branwen. She doesn't care about keeping people safe. She doesn't want to save the world from evil. But...Tai is here. And so, she's here too.
Tai makes her a better version of herself. He's everything she never knew, and she's growing into that. The thing is, Raven likes herself when she's with him. She likes how he makes her feel, a warmth she was never given in her tribe. There's no doubt that Raven loves Tai. And in the early years of being a Huntress, she was inseparable from him.
And that's why she put up with this life. Again, being a Huntress is not the life for Raven. She likes fighting, and she enjoys the feeling of satisfaction after she destroys an opponent (Grimm). But that is the only satisfaction she gets from being a Huntress. In truth, she's forcing herself to live a lie. But Raven tells herself that it's alright. She's fine living as a Huntress, doing Ozpin's bidding. Because Tai is here. He is her handler, whether he realizes it or not. And Raven always tells herself that being with Tai is enough to displace the tension she feels in her bones from living this life that isn't hers.
Married Life:
This tension only grows, of course. "I'm fine being a Huntress." "I'm fine being a wife." The more life events, the further into domesticity she goes with Tai, the more tension she feels within her. Raven Branwen isn't built for domesticity. Especially not in her early 20s. But she tells herself it's fine, because she has Tai. She will be fine. And for the most part, it still was enough.
Until Yang. She'd tell Tai to deal with her. Could barely stand to be around her. And everyone told her that it was just postpartum behavior, but it didn't change for months. After all, motherhood was the last straw. Raven couldn't do that, even though Tai was perfect father material. And all of that built-up tension eventually exploded, and Raven ran away. She didn't tell anyone. She didn't say when she would be back. But she knew Tai would handle Yang just fine. He was meant for this life. She wasn't.
And Raven convinced herself that it wasn't her fault. She couldn't be expected to play a domestic role when it all had been a lie up until now. Tai should have known this when he married her. He shouldn't have expected her to be a mother. He should have known Raven would eventually leave.
Of course she loved Tai. She even loved Yang, as much as she could at the time. But Raven is naturally a very selfish person, and in this raw moment, she did the only thing she knew how to do: protect herself at all costs. Years passed before she said a word to anyone from Team STRQ (including Qrow). But during that time, the house was frequented by a raven with red eyes. Always a safe distance away, but watching nonetheless.
Now:
I'm sure Raven and Tai have spoken since then. And when they do talk, all familiarity is gone from her. She has built up the walls he worked so hard to break down initially, and she's even reinforced them to mask her shame with pride. Expect a very harsh and cruel Raven. But between you and me...she's compensating for the fact that she knows she broke this man whom she loved. She's saying "This is who I am, and it's who I always have been" even though there was something good in her. Tai would have seen it. He wouldn't have married her if he didn't.
She keeps herself at a distance from him because she expects that he hates her, and she knows he would be right to. But somewhere behind her reinforced walls, Raven does still love him. That never changed. It's just that his love wasn't enough to carry her through this life that she wasn't ready for. Now that she's older, she would never try to fit into this "happy huntress/family" mold she tried to put herself in before. And if he isn't repelled by this version of her that remains...she could rekindle that fire.
After all, her feelings never went away. She just built her walls around them so that she wouldn't hurt anymore. If Tai doesn't hate her, if he tried to bridge that divide she made and break down those reinforced walls... Yeah, they could get back together. But I don't expect any Tai to be willing to do this, and neither does Raven. So, she does what she always does when feelings are too strong and blame is thrown her way--she yells louder and to compensate for the fact that deep down inside, she knows they're right.
The low hum of a portal spread, soft and quiet throughout the forest as the raven landed on a nearby branch. Strong, sturdy, enough to support the weight of a grown woman. Thus, Raven shifted. Yang's words echoed in her mind as she remained perched on the branch... Their daughter was brave. Raven knew she didn't get it from her mother. But just as she was brave, Yang was also foolish.
She took the lamp. She placed a target on her back.
Raven leapt down from the branch, landing safely on the ground. It wasn't common for her to pay this cottage a visit. Not in her human form, at least... There was a time she lived here, but this had never been her home. And Tai... Her lips pressed together as she abandoned the ache in her heart left by their daughter. She could see him kneeling before the little flower beds outside the house...but surely he already knew she was here.
" She has the lamp. " Raven stepped closer before planting her feet in the ground behind him, her hand resting on her blade in her usual stance. " Your fool of a daughter has planted a target on all of their backs. Do you realize the danger you have raised her into..?? The severity of the fight ahead of her?? " Raven had to pick someone to be angry with, and right now, that was Tai. He raised Yang and Ruby... So he had to be the one at fault for their path in life. He raised them to be Huntresses...why couldn't they have been left to live out their lives peacefully??
|| okay well i was gonna write it tomorrow but instead i just wrote out a LONG hc post about Raven's feelings about Tai....tho I imagine most people are asleep right now, so I'll post it tomorrow XDD
Such a rare little noise and yet whenever he would be lucky enough to hear it, it just made him long to hear it once more. To think that he was the reason that she could wear such a smile, make such noises, walk so carefree by his side - Lia made him want to live, and that was a miracle by itself.
"I can think on a million worse ways to go - but I do agree that not being able to breath is up there as one of the more unpleasant sensations I've experience". He pulled a slight face, as though they were simply discussing the weather rather than a morbid topic such as their possible deaths, but dark humour was something they shared, a trait that allowed them to survive in this world of shadows.
Maybe his father had been right. Maybe this world was the only place that would ever accept someone like himself, someone who could raise the dead. Someone who had died again and again, only to still keep living on as though it had been nothing.
"In that case I know the perfect place. ". He'd gently pulled her closer, making sure that no one passing by would bump into them, accidently or not - even if she was fully capable of looking out for her own safety, there was still that protective streak from time to time, and it was a little busy as he lead the way down towards the harbour.
A breath escaped her, her own form of a quiet chuckle, as she smiled at Garth's words. There must be something terribly wrong about them... Here they were, discussing death like it was the weather. Even making jokes about different ways to die... But Lia didn't see anything wrong with it. If Garth wasn't disturbed, why should she be?
" I'm sure you would know better than me... " Garth had more run-ins with death than her, naturally. Garth had technically died more times than either of them were willing to count...but Lia had taken more lives than any other mafioso at her rank. Two sides of one greatly contrasting coin. Yet somehow, they weren't repelled.
Lia walked alongside him, the two almost looking like a normal couple if it weren't for the darkness that clouded their eyes, the weight of their deadly world on their shoulders. " ...I trust you, " she told him with a nod of her head. Wherever he planned on taking her, Lia was sure she wouldn't mind it. After all, Garth knew her better than anyone. Anyone living, at least...
|| this is so funny bc my default hc is that back in their beacon days, everyone in strq (except Raven and Qrow obviously) TOTALLY hooked up with each other plenty of times XDD
