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Just read Mairuma 437, I have two theories. Spoilers for everything up to 347.
First thought: I was initially kinda annoyed that all the demons getting involved were related to people we already knew. But then I remembered that it kinda makes sense that elite demons are a small-ish social circle. And then I realized, what if it wasn't the mangaka being like 'I want everyone to be related to the characters I already have' but instead an in-story reason?
What if, instead of Ameri's birth involving certain demons because they're the relatives of the Misfit Class, Sullivan put together the Misfit Class because their parents were involved with something to do with Merize or Ameri's birth in the first place? Demons that Sullivan knows either know about humans and don't hate them, or, even if they don't know the human part, demons that were involved in the events in such a way that Sullivan could be like, 'Hey Caim Caiman, remember that time I asked to study your bloodline magic to develop a universal translation spell and gave you that pass to the succubus club? Yeah, that was so I could help Henri-kun confess his love to a human woman. Yes, humans can be romanced!' And nobody in the Caim clan would ever eat someone they could flirt with instead, let's be real.
So first theory: Sullivan made the Misfit Class out of students whose parents would be the least likely to jump straight to 'let's eat the human' if Iruma's secret got revealed while visiting a friend or something, and who Sullivan could almost certainly convince to keep Iruma's secret quiet.
Honestly with the reveal that Amaryllis was probably checking in on Merize during her pregnancy, it wouldn't surprise me if Amaryllis has already clocked Iruma as a human. Like, however it eventually comes up, I imagine her reaction to be like, 'Oh, that darling Iruma-kun? Of course he's human!' Or something.
My much darker second theory: Naberius Knightwalker was a member of the 13 Crowns. He's obviously not by the canon era. He also pretty clearly had some ulterior agenda for Merize and Ameri. Knightwalker is Narnia and Kalego's dad. Canon era, Henri is a 13 Crown, Narnia hates humans, and Henri told Ameri that there's no more beauty in his and Merize's story.
What could explain all this? I think that when Merize bleeds during the birth, it's Knightwalker who either loses it or tries to do something that will harm Merize or Ameri. Henri defends his wife and child, and kills Knightwalker to save them. That either makes Henri a 13 Crown (I could see demons having a 'promotion by combat' custom) or a solid candidate for being made one (since he defeated a 13 Crown). And one way or another, whether right after or when he takes his own place with border patrol, Narnia finds out the whole story, and blames humans for the death of his father.
Not superstitious and not not superstitious but a third secret thing (read a lot of fairytales as a child and doesn't believe them but also would never be rude to a mountain while still on it just in case)
(also I'm not going to fuck up the mycorrhizal network by trampling through a pristine ring of mushrooms that's rude. You're interrupting a conversation)
With large bloodshot eyes, the Fey finishes reading the contract. Its glamour has faded over the past few days, leaving only a resigned glare. "That's… 587 pages," he says in a dead voice. One of the team of lawyers frowns, then smiles. "Oh, you forgot the appendix H!"
Your spells are custom-made for you, by you. Usually it doesn’t change much, but tonight you were robbed and as the thief tried to cast one of your spells, he burned to a husk before he finished the first line. Your party takes a step away from the book.
I think the most hilarious place to put Post-Canon Sokka would have been the university at Ba Sing Se. I think he would have made a great unhinged professor. Also, in true Sokka fashion, he should have completely dodged fame. Momo is more famous than he is.
He wants to demonstrate to the class how this thing called electricity works, so he's going to be bringing in a Firebender, so everybody be cool, we're all friends here... and in walks Princess Azula of the Fire Nation. One-time conqueror of the city. One of the students is currently writing an essay on how her brief rule of the city affected fruit trade. She says she considers the class to still be her subjects as she doesn't acknowledge any pretenders to any of her thrones, but for now you're exempted from bowing and "Your Highness" will do. It's a really interesting lecture.
"Okay, guys - hey, listen up, everyone - I won't be here next week, me and Aang are going to-" yeah right, sure, Professor Sokka knows the Avatar. Except, of course, the Avatar walks in sheepishly and says that Appa might have gotten into Sokka's hybrid crops, and then you all have to sit there and watch your professor chase the Avatar around with a sword.
One postgrad student is specializing in Water Tribe Cultures. She's currently studying the massive cultural shift that happened in the Northern Water Tribe at the end of the war - oh, and Professor, I absolutely know that you're from the Southern Water Tribe, but it's just that the shift started with Master Katara, and of course I don't think that every person from the South knows one another haha it's just that I need to ask her some questions and I thought maybe you could help me write a letter or write a letter of introduction or...
Sokka looks at her blankly and goes "yeah, she's my sister. KATARA!" which is followed by a faint answering "fuck you!" from Somewhere and to the horror/elation of our postgrad, Master Katara bursts in and is promptly beaned in the head with a rock by Professor Sokka. Her brother. her hero and her professor are siblings and currently brawling on the floor.
Sokka does not teach or study history, but he does sometimes sit in on lectures about recent history. Whenever he does, several doctoral students flock in to sit near him (even if it's an intro course) so that they can eavesdrop on his grumbling. (No matter how they try, an "overheard utterance" is not a valid source according to their professors. No, we have no sources on the Avatar's bison taking part in combat - sky bison are not war animals and...)
He gets regular deliveries with the Beifong family crest on them, and he goes "sweet, Toph must have found some new minerals" and at this point nobody needs to ask which Toph. He seems to have friends everywhere, literally everywhere. Wang was headed out to this massive swamp to study if it's one big organism, and Sokka told him to find some guy named Hue and "don't mind the loincloth." One time the university gets shut down because the Earth King wants to visit. Oh, visit the University? What an honor- Of fucking course not, he wants to visit Professor Sokka, who yells at him and his royal guards for interrupting his day. The Earth King and his many, many royal guards then sheepishly say sorry and file out.
The last straw is when - not a week after he yelled at the Earth King - the assistant head of the Political Science dept walks in to the faculty lounge to find Sokka having tea with a nice normal man dressed in Earth greens for once, and can't resist a little joke. "Let me guess, you're having tea with the Fire Lord." And then she can instantly tell that she fucked up, because both of them go stock still.
So when the two men awkwardly stand up and proceed to introduce the Fire Lord whose portrait she has in her office because she is the assistant head of Political Science as Li, a server at the Jasmine Dragon, she just says "hello Li" and leaves to find a bottle of something strong.
The stereotype of the nerd girl taking her glasses off and suddenly she's beautiful, but in reverse. A cold tough mean office lady who glares at everyone until she gets glasses and suddenly becomes sweet, approachable and friendly since she no longer has a constant headache over not being able to fucking see, doesn't need to squint at everything, and actually remembers individual people by name now that she can tell them apart at all.
Popular culture has merged the maid with the lady in waiting. You asked your lady in waiting for advice on suitors and politics, not your maid. Maids were commoners. You could ask/bribe them to give you some information- like who was sneaking around with who or if someone had a drinking problem- but you didn’t trust them to give you political advice. Ladies in waiting were nobility themselves, and had the qualifications to give such advice. Many members of the nobility were expected to have the upper nobles and how they connected to each other memorized!
Someone as low as a Baron’s daughter wouldn’t have a lady in waiting necessarily, but she would probably aspire to be one for a higher noble. She might ask her maid for advice and be closer with her maid. Barons were practically commoners themselves, in most cases. But a duke’s daughter wouldn’t. Also, a duke’s daughter would have multiple ladies in waiting. A princess or queen would have a whole fleet of them!
Finally, your maid might not have been with you since you were young. It was a job, and people came and went just like any other. The fact that maids were typically not allowed to marry meant that many eventually left your service to start their own family. Not to mention, you didn’t necessarily bring your maid with you when you moved to the capital. You used the maids in the capital. (Some people just stayed in the royal palace, while others had two sets of servants- one for each residence.)
Contrast that with a fellow noble you’ve known most of your life, whose house is probably sworn to yours. She might be a younger sister or a cousin. You can understand why a person would trust their lady in waiting more.
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