Why do I fangirl so hard?

Morgan.  Wayyy too old for this bullshit. What is the deal with my weakness for sociopaths and unrequited love? I draw things. and think things. and write things. let's make beautiful things together.  Day Court Denizen.

[mogitz]

I’m not saying Elucien is going to be some kind of retelling of Claire and Jamie’s story in Outlander (in fact I hope it’s not) but it’s always comforting to me to know that SJM is a huge fan and Lucien was based off of Jamie Fraser. That both couples were “thrown” at one another despite the circumstances. That both couples grapple with fate and agency.

That when Claire and Jamie married they were not “in love” - but that fate had other plans for them and they created their love story beyond what life had given them.

Claire was still in love with Frank, unsure how or if she could ever go back to her old life, and basically forced to marry Jamie.

Jamie was a bit lost and exiled from his home, had no real sense of where he belonged, and immediately took Claire on as his family. He married her without question or judgement.

Oh he also believed Claire immediately about her time traveling through the stones. Kinda like how Lucien immediately believed Elain’s vision and went to find Vassa??

Claire and Jamie fell madly and deeply in love, to a point where Claire tells him that she used to search for the reason for everything, all the pain she’d gone through going to the past thru the stones, and that ultimately it was because she was meant to be with him. I mean, come on. I would die if we got an Elucien scene like that.

I’m just curious (excited??) to see the parallels when we finally get their story. SJM would never waste all this angsty, romantic potential for potato steam and a retelling of sad Archeron sister falls for dark Bat Boy.

Again.

[mogitz]

Why I NEED Elain and Lucien to leave the Night Court.

Has it ever crossed your mind that the Night Court is controlling Lucien through the mating bond?

Because it just hit me and I’m… not feeling too great about it.

I have realized that Lucien’s relationship with the Night Court is entirely one-sided: They benefit from him, but he does not benefit from them.

They treat his ties to other courts as though his loyalty can't be trusted, or paint him like he's just sneaky or a "clever fox."

Those ties to Spring, Autumn, The Human Lands, Vassa & Jurian, and even (eventually) Day are all quite convenient when they need them to be, however.

They mock the Band of Exiles, but they won't welcome him into their fold or make him feel like he belongs. But they also won’t let him go.

Because who do they have in the Night Court, despite Nesta saying that Elain would love Spring, despite Cassian noting that Night Court black does not suit her?

His mate.

She is not thriving and they know it. But if they have Elain with them, they have a useful pawn in Lucien. And the SADDEST PART is that he still isn’t even given real, unguarded, access to Elain.

Just enough proximity to keep him coming back. Perhaps they can't stand being in the same room because they are constantly watched or studied or picked apart?

And let’s not forget: Feyre and Rhys know about Helion. They know Lucien has another father. Another court. Potentially a shot at a real place to call home.

Yet they do not tell him.

Why?

Because what happens if Lucien knows? What happens if his loyalty shifts? What happens if he goes to Day? What happens if the male they have been keeping in orbit suddenly has somewhere else to belong?

Feyre was so happy that Lucien’s mating bond with Elain helped pull him away from Tamlin and Spring. She ADMITTED that. So as long as Elain is in the Night Court, Lucien has a reason to stay polite, useful, and careful.

This ALSO makes Rhys telling Azriel to stay away from Elain feel even more calculated.

Sure, there are concerns about blood duels and all that. But if Azriel interferes and Lucien finally gives up, the Night Court loses an emissary with close ties to multiple courts. They lose an asset. They lose a valuable political pawn.

They don’t actually want Lucien in their world. They just want him close enough to use.

[mogitz]

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Gale’s eyes dropped to the blood spreading across her side, and his ire cracked into fear. “You need healing.”

“I’m fine,” she said quickly, forcing herself straight. 

“The blood pouring from your side suggests otherwise.”

“It’s a scratch. It looks worse than it is.”

“It looks exactly as bad as it is,” he snapped, reaching for her as she swayed. “Shadowheart!”

“Already on it,” Shadowheart said, appearing at Tavia’s other side. Her eyes flicked over the wound. “And for the record, that is not a scrape.”

“You guys, stop!” Tavia shifted her weight, stubbornly trying to prove them wrong. Pain tore through her so violently that the world tilted. Gale caught her before she could fall, his hands closing around her arms.

“You are not fine,” he said, low and shaking. “You were careless.”

That did it.

Tavia pulled herself out of his grip, nearly regretting it the moment she stood on her own. “Careless?”

“Yes,” he snapped. “Careless. Reckless. Suicidal, if we are being honest.”

“Oh, that’s rich.”

“Don’t,” he warned, eyes narrowed.

“No, please,” she said, pressing a bloodied hand harder to her side. “Tell me more about the dangers of reckless self-sacrifice. I’m dying to hear your expertise.”

[mogitz]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

“You loved his worship,” she said, her voice breaking into something raw and ugly. “You loved his praise. Being adored by him. Obeyed by him. Needed… But I loved him.” Her hand curled against the blood-smeared stone. “Not the wizard. Not the prodigy. Not your fallen favorite. Gale. The man who worried too much and talked too long and laughed at his own terrible jokes. The man who wanted to live.”

Her breath hitched so violently it hurt.

“He wanted to live,” she wept. “He wanted a tower and books stacked in every corner and wine at dinner and lazy mornings and stupid arguments about tea. He wanted a life. He wanted me.”

[breofanna]

Friendly reminder that canonically, Elain has curly hair.

And I don't mean loose, almost wavy hair.

She has ringlets that go down her back!

Please stop taking away her curls when drawing her. 😭 There are already so many other characters with straight hair! Let that woman keep her cute curls!!!

[mogitz]

As a curly girly, I approve this message.

[mogitz]

heya I'm jenny from ao3 Are your DMs closed? Could you please open your DMs so we can chat more easily and I can share my idea with you?

I dm’d you :)

[mogitz]

“Mrs. Dekarios?” a voice came from beside her, soft and tentative.

Tavia’s fingers curled around the ring hidden in her palm - his ring. Its twin still sat on her own finger, a matched set divided between widow and ghost.

She flinched at the sound of his name.

Her name now, too. 

Mrs. Dekarios. 

Another lie. That name had not been something she had earned. It was some sick consolation for a husband lost.. 

She had been Gale Dekarios’s wife for less than twelve hours.

And now? She would be his widow for the rest of her life.

Read here.

[mogitz]

Took a brief break but yep… I’m 💯 back on my Gale Dekarios bullshit.

[mogitz]

“Mrs. Dekarios?” a voice came from beside her, soft and tentative.

Tavia’s fingers curled around the ring hidden in her palm - his ring. Its twin still sat on her own finger, a matched set divided between widow and ghost.

She flinched at the sound of his name.

Her name now, too. 

Mrs. Dekarios. 

Another lie. That name had not been something she had earned. It was some sick consolation for a husband lost.. 

She had been Gale Dekarios’s wife for less than twelve hours.

And now? She would be his widow for the rest of her life.

Read here.

[mogitz]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Shameless self promotion for my little Gale/Tav angsty fic. Trying to get myself back into writing as much as possible and I'd been sitting on this one for a bit.

Summary:

"What unsettled him most tonight was not the jealousy, not really. What killed him was the certainty that her life would, indeed, go on without him.

She’d still laugh. She’d still love. Her world would keep turning, long after his had stopped.

There was only one thing Gale was certain of: the regret of never knowing what they could have been in this life would follow him into whatever came after."

OR

Gale gets a lesson on "If he won't, someone else Wyll." (Pun entirely intended)

[mogitz]

Someone on Reddit just said exactly what I've been trying to say but could never find the right words.

I am not saying that Elain HAS to give Lucien a chance because she "owes" him or that she "belongs" to him. I'm saying that it would be NARRATIVELY UNSATISFYING if Elucien isn't even explored.

No matter what, Elucien WILL happen on the page in whatever capacity. It would not make sense for the author to not even address that she MATED two characters and one turns the other down without even 1 real conversation between the two of them about it.

That's not how writing works - that's not how BOOKS work. You don't set up an entire storyline and just leave it completely unexplored. It's the Cheklov's gun of it all. It's not addressed over and over again and then never explored.

If Elain and Lucien were to talk and she were to show us ON THE PAGE why they do not work and are not meant to be, then fine. But it WILL be addressed and a big part of both Elain AND Lucien's storylines. They cannot escape that they are tied to one another by the author, by fate, by the caldron, by context. Period.

[thundernoblechristine]

Speaking for the Elriels, Elain HAS to explore the elucien possibilities so her choosing Az is narratively satisfying. We may disagree on endgame ship but we are aligned in this, Elain has to see what she’s giving up and that Lucien is a good dude in order for her rejection of him and choosing of Azriel holds any weight

[mogitz]

On this, we are aligned. 🦇🔥🌻

[mogitz]

Someone on Reddit just said exactly what I've been trying to say but could never find the right words.

I am not saying that Elain HAS to give Lucien a chance because she "owes" him or that she "belongs" to him. I'm saying that it would be NARRATIVELY UNSATISFYING if Elucien isn't even explored.

No matter what, Elucien WILL happen on the page in whatever capacity. It would not make sense for the author to not even address that she MATED two characters and one turns the other down without even 1 real conversation between the two of them about it.

That's not how writing works - that's not how BOOKS work. You don't set up an entire storyline and just leave it completely unexplored. It's the Cheklov's gun of it all. It's not addressed over and over again and then never explored.

If Elain and Lucien were to talk and she were to show us ON THE PAGE why they do not work and are not meant to be, then fine. But it WILL be addressed and a big part of both Elain AND Lucien's storylines. They cannot escape that they are tied to one another by the author, by fate, by the caldron, by context. Period.

[mogitz]

Hi! New Elain head canon, coming in hot - (from my latest chapter of my fic)

"Your sister once told me that you’re quite the skilled gardener,” Nuan said. She tilted her head, that assessing stare pinning Elain to the spot, “is that where the interest ends? Botany? Or do you have skills in herbology and alchemy?” Elain smoothed down her skirts, seeming to hold back a glimmer of pride in her expression as she said, “I have dabbled a bit in both.” Lucien hadn’t known that. He even said as much, a quiet mutter that pulled Elain’s eyes back to him. She wrung her hands, giving a small shrug. “Well, not so much as of lately. But back home, I spent a lot of time keeping journals of various herbs and plants. Drawing them, figuring out their properties. My father’s leg always gave him such pain. None of us had the money to see a doctor if we fell ill. So I learned a bit about medicines and remedies from the local apothecary. Truth be told, I’m still getting used to all these new variations of flora here in Prythian. So many new things to discover-”

Everyone loves to shit on Elain for never growing vegetables, etc. I now have an official head canon that she was tending to their ill father, and even to her sisters for any of their ailments.

(Doesn't hurt that Lucien is Jamie Fraser-coded and Elain having a healing element to her story is just sooooo Claire.)

That's all. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

[mogitz]

alright Mistborn fans... give me the VERY BEST reading order. I have read Final Empire, Well of Ascension, AND I am just starting Hero of Ages. Need to keep this party going....

[erratic-dragon-fruit]

for just mistborn or the whole cosmere?

[mogitz]

The WHOLE shabang ;) (Cosmere)

[jennydolfen]

Vin and Elend. And nothing bad ever happened.

Commissions Etsy Procreate brushes Patreon Inprnt

[mogitz]

alright Mistborn fans... give me the VERY BEST reading order. I have read Final Empire, Well of Ascension, AND I am just starting Hero of Ages. Need to keep this party going....

[areyoudreaminof]

why are people crashing out over this???

credit to @bagelfyre for this masterpiece