Genderqueer. 33 y/o. (They/them) Multi-fandom blogger. Currently obsessed with the Iliad, Mo Dao Zu Shi, Heated Rivalry, and Fire Emblem 9/10. Aspiring writer. Anything NSFW will be tagged “osha violation.”
This one feels canon, even though I know it’s not. But c’mon! He got married to girlboss Altina, and later develops a pretty homoerotic evil besties relationship with Zelgius. This dark-haired, blue-eyed pretty boy truly gets to have it all.
More headcanons under the cut:
The politics of gender and sexuality was probably much different in Tellius’s distant past. Sephiran has lived through it all; the good times and the bad times to be queer.
That being said, Sephiran was much too attached to Altina to contemplate ever moving on for a long, long time. As I’ve said, I believe heron laguz, along with dragon laguz, tend to be monogamous. Unfortunately, Sephiran was then led to believe that he had been punished for reproducing with a beorc, which nearly destroyed him.
For this reason, Sephiran never really identified as anything, gay, straight, or otherwise. He was much too traumatized by his first love.
It probably didn’t help that Altina went on to marry another man. Her lifespan was far shorter than his, and yet she was able to move on, while Sephiran was left questioning everything about what he knew about himself and the way the world worked.
And then there was Zelgius.
This is probably an unpopular opinion of mine, but… I personally hc Zelgius as Altina reincarnated. And I like to think that while Sephiran didn’t immediately figure it out, he did feel an instant kinship with Zelgius, as if they had known each other for much longer.
It’s not something either of them discuss, but they both have their suspicions. For Sephiran, it doesn’t really matter. He just wants to focus on the present, and not ruminate on the past any longer.
However, the past and its trauma never really go away. It takes Sephiran a long time to feel comfortable with romantic gestures, especially if he’s not the one initiating them.
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Are these visual gags getting dumber and dumber? Yes. Am I gonna stop? Hell no!
But yes, I also hc Lethe as bi/pan.
More headcanons under the cut:
I hc Ranulf and Lethe as being friends since early adolescence. However, despite both being bi/pan, neither of them has ever experimented with the other. They both had a strict “no fooling around with friends” policy, to avoid complications.
Lethe isn’t quite as much of a party animal as her twin sister, but she has her moments. And while Lethe likes people regardless of gender, Lyre is strictly into men, and has a tendency to swoop in and steal any guy Lethe shows interest in. For this reason, Lethe has mostly been with women.
Lethe is totally the type of hyper-competent soft butch that can and will handle everything on her own. While many find her highly independent nature attractive, it’s not very sustainable for a long-term relationship, and Lethe often finds herself unintentionally pushing her partners away. But it’s okay, because Lethe doesn’t usually let herself get too attached.
All of this culminates in Lethe developing a reputation as someone with a fear of commitment.
When Lethe first meets Jill, she hates her. Jill is the embodiment of everything she hates about beorc. But over time, she realizes how much they have in common, and Lethe starts to develop some begrudging respect for her.
Ever observant Ranulf is the first one to notice that Lethe seems uncharacteristically occupied with Jill, and he takes a lot of joy in teasing her about her budding crush. Lethe, of course, adamantly denies everything.
I imagine that Lethe and Jill part as friends at the end of PoR, never having acknowledged to even themselves that there was potential for something more.
When they meet again in RD as enemies, it’s very bittersweet. It isn’t until Part 4, when they’re faced with the potential end of the world, that Lethe finally tries to cross that boundary.
It takes time for Jill to even realize that Lethe is courting her. They start sharing a tent, but pretend it isn’t serious, and carefully do not mention that their arrangement has a clear end date. Lethe will have to return to Gallia, and Jill to Talrega, and both of them love their homes and their responsibilities too much to abandon it all for anything, even for a chance at true love.
I do like to think that they reconcile a few years after the end of RD, but I’m still deciding how. If anyone has any ideas, please hit me up!
Thanks for reading! Sorry this one took more of a bittersweet turn.
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