probably yelling about kell

mars/lila | 16+ | any prns

[sarowsofthespire]

wasn’t gonna do a pinned but whatever

hi i’m mars (or lila!) i like lila bard and kell maresh and sometimes alucard.

i’m 16+ and disabled so don’t be weird lol

this is a sideblog dedicated to my adsom insanity :3

here is my ao3 (or rather the pseud ill be using). for fun

textposts are lila.txt! i have no other tags

dms open but id rather not be spammed ^^

[sarowsofthespire]

me and the boys (two of my friends) are trying to figure out maktahn

[badassbutterfly1987]

So you've probably seen but in case you haven't, here's @pinkcupboardwitch's glossary of canon Maktahn phrases (because it's a great resource):

Post by @pinkcupboardwitch

💬 2  🔁 20  ❤️ 29 · @justthinkofmeasthetalkingair a Maktahn glossary of all the phrases I was able to find + some basic observations. Linguis

[sarowsofthespire]

ok i hadn’t actually seen this yet but tysm!! will show my friends this also

[pinkcupboardwitch]

@justthinkofmeasthetalkingair a Maktahn glossary of all the phrases I was able to find + some basic observations. Linguists please add onto my commentary, or let me know if I missed something.

I. The text

·      Das – unknown, probably a location within London.

·      Kajt – a swear word

·      Kösa – I am sure

·      Køt - king

·      Krös Mejkt – Stone Forest

·      Makt – island where White London is located or its city-state

·      Maktahn – adjective/demonym

·      Nijk shöst – please, I beg you, I ask you

·      Nö kijn avost – I don’t fear death

·      Ön vejr tök – The story goes

·      On vis och – dawn to dusk

·      Ös reijkav vösk – you (s.) + unknown + leave (you must leave?)

·      Ös-vo tach? – are you busy?

·      Ös vosa nochten - you (s.) + your + unknown

·      Öt vosa rijke – for your loss

·      Öva sö taro – he is in the city

·      Övos norevjk - unknown

·      Rhaask – a type of alcohol

   ·   Sijlt - river in London; meaning unknown.

·      Tovach ös mostevna - unknown

·      Vosijk - unknown; possible relation to Sijlt? The ij sound is relatively common, but the sij combination is not.

·      Vösk – leave

·      Vos och? – what is it?

·      Vöxt – bound

Ia. The names:

Alox - close to Alexander, Greek, “[one who] defending men”

Astrid - Scandinavian, “god’s beloved, god’s beauty”

Athos - Greek, name of a mountain and Titan

Beloc - Catalan? Belloc, “beautiful place”

Gorst - English, “gorse-dweller”

Holland - English, ultimately derived from Dutch Holtlant, “wood land”

Nasi - a Hebrew male title meaning “prince”

Ojka - very close to Korean Okja, “jade girl”

Ros - not a name that I could find, but a common word in many languages. Take a deep breath: Latin for “dew,” Swedish for “rose,” Irish for “headland,” Danish the imperative for “praise, commend,” Dutch for “horse” or “redheaded, russet,” Romanian for “gnawed.” (I keep telling you guys, Ros totally got eaten after he died…)

Stol - Danish for “chair, heap, cluster.” (chair as in throne…?)

Talya - Hebrew for “dew of God.”

II. Miscellaneous observations + a summary on pronouns:

Ös – you are; singular, possibly informal/ vosa - your

Öva – he is

Övos – conjecture, she is

There does not seem to be a definitive first-person singular pronoun. The use of an actual pronoun (you/he/she) also seems to be rare; it is usually implied based on the verb conjugation.

Makt is lifted directly from the Swedish word for power, which itself derives from the same Old Norse word. Swedish as a language indicates the subject and object of a sentence by word order (usually subject-verb-object as English does, although in subordinate clauses it goes verb-subject-object), does not conjugate verbs based on person or number, and maintains two genders for its nouns. Old Norse indicated subject and object through the use of cases (totaling four: nominative, genitive, accusative, and dative) and had three grammatical genders.

On the other hand, the distinctive ij sound is much more characteristic of Dutch. The Dutch language typically follows the English word order of subject-verb-object, but in certain cases will also use verb-subject-object, such as yes-no questions ( “Saw you the king?” where English would have “Did you see the king?”) and imperative sentences ( “Go the book read” for “Go read the book”). Standard Dutch maintains three grammatical genders, although some regions have collapsed the difference between masculine and feminine. The use of cases is mostly obsolete.

Dane and Vortalis are not obvious fits into the language. Potential immigrants?

Of the six male names we have, five are named for some kind of feature in the landscape. A possible trend.

III. Potential applications for fic:

Kell has absolutely mixed up ön (‘the’) and on (‘dawn’) because they sound so similar to his ear.

Depending on which language influences you lean into for Maktahn, Holland might have trouble remembering the English word order of subject-verb-object (ex: “I Astrid see” instead of “I see Astrid”), assign gender to nouns that don’t have them in English (ex: “The door, she is brown.”), and/or mix up pronouns.

IV. tagging @muffinworry, @dr-dendritic-trees, and @house0fsugar who also expressed interest in this

[sarowsofthespire]

me and the boys (two of my friends) are trying to figure out maktahn

[sarowsofthespire]

the chances of making up a language with your friends are low but never zero WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED TWICE /lh (hey lev) (never stop helping me with silly bullshit like this i love you)

at least maktahn has a canon basis. segyeinko we effectively made ourselves

[sarowsofthespire]

me and the boys (two of my friends) are trying to figure out maktahn

[rovosk]

And finally, I can play Tomodachi! Here's a little meme from me (I actually have more, but I'm too lazy to draw them all—-)

[antaripirate]

holland mid conversation with ojka

[antaripirate]

couldn’t decide which i preferred so here’s both

[sarowsofthespire]

greetings :3

@crownofarnes

hi luca you’re about to meet my favourite knife /silly

[sweet-villlain]

Kell's Back story from the collector's edition

[ringneckedpheasant]

characters overextending themselves when using magic until they start bleeding from their nose/ears/etc >>>>>>

[muninnhuginn]

love it when characters do a sacrifice play ostensibly to save others but mostly so they don't have to face themselves

[sarowsofthespire]

sort of shit lila and alucard would say to each other (courtesy of a friend!)

[purplebass]

this post was inspired by @svgarbells ' post about adsom lol it got me thinking more about the way Lila got her way into Red London but also convinced Alucard to let her stay on the Night's Spire.

Lila outsmarted Kell so he would take her to red London just like she tried to outsmart Alucard when she killed his thief and wanted to get on the night spire.

In adsom, Lila argues her case and convinces Kell to take her with him even tho he knows that's risky (she's being smuggled like his objects, and she is without magic atp) but she outsmarts Kell with her logic and he accepts even though he knows it's not ideal, she could get hurt etc. etc.

One of the recurring themes of shades of magic is power and how characters manage the power they have.

Lila convincing Kell showed that magic isn't the only power in the world and isn't the only way to get what you want. Kell has magic, you'd think he's stronger than Lila but magic doesn't equal power.

Kell uses magic but always carefully and we see how the black stone takes over him. He can't manage the power he has in a way that wouldn't harm himself or others (that's why he wants to get rid of the stone after all), he's almost instantly subdued by it. But Lila can. She's street smart, knows how to manipulate people and lie to them in order to get what she wants (no wonder the first syllable of her name is pronounced lie). She can distance herself when needed be and her strong will makes her control the stone and not be controlled by it (again, due to her not trusting easily and fearing someone's control over her). Due to Kell's sometimes doormat and dummy (affectionate) personality, he's easy to manipulate, especially when the other person has a strong personality. Rhy often does this with Kell too.

Lila bribes her way on the Night Spire with Alucard the same way she convinced Kell to go with him. She kills Alucard's best thief and argues that she is the best thief - which, you know, it's half a lie. Alucard sees through Lila's shit, of course. He sees through Lila way before Kell does most times. He is very good at reading people and it's also one of his skills, knowing the magic other people have!! Alucard wants to give her the benefit of the doubt he knows that Lila is antari and that intrigues him and challenges him too. An antari wants to be on his ship?! Grab the pop corn.

Later on, Alucard shows Lila how he can outsmart her by playing her game with his skills. Luc is a charmer, generally liked by others and has positive vibes. He wants to know Lila's story but she never concedes, which entertains him because his skills don't work on her at first. He tries with wine, and at some point they kiss and that's when Lila understands that Alucard had wooed her into talking and being vulnerable. Lila hates that but she can't run away - they are on a ship. If she had to be vulnerable, it had to be at her own terms (which is what later happens in acol with Kell, and happens mostly on a ship as well, where Lila again can't run away. Kell is way too patient when it comes to Lila opening up. Alucard tries to push the truth out of her, and does so in threads as well).

So while Lila is good at outsmarting and using her skills like this, she can't fool everyone obviously (Kell is getting better at playing her game in threads though)

[svgarbelles]

okay maybe this is me overthinking but did the dane’s plan in ADSOM actually make any sense? 😂

bc genuinely what was the plan?

1. freak kell out, get him drunk so he accepts the job and smuggles the black stone back to red london (hope he is not curious or looks inside the package at all)

2. when kell gets to red London, send a few mindless, compelled mercenaries after him (hope they can defeat an antari) and retrieve the stone.

3. mercenaries bring stone to astrid-controlled red london citizen. astrid and athos cast a spell together at the same time using the stone halves. barrier comes down.

just WHAT about this required kell being the messenger? why couldn’t holland just go to red london and give the astrid-controlled citizen the stone?

“they were afraid holland might use the stone to break his soul seal” — no, they weren’t. the danes sent holland after kell to retrieve the stone. if they thought holland could use it break the seal, they never would’ve done this.

“they were afraid holland might get caught” caught doing what? smuggling the black stone to red london? have him as travars into a random red london forest with no one around, and have the astrid hand-off happen there. problem solved. holland isn’t getting caught simply transporting a stone, trust.

“they needed plausible deniability if it failed” — if what failed? the smuggling? holland is not failing to simply put a stone in astrid’s hand (see above point.) there are so many easy ways to avoid failing here that are a lot simpler than what they came up with.

remember, kell is NOT the one who was supposed to cast the door-breaking spell. he was never going to be. they can’t implicate him for that. ONLY the smuggling. they used him purely as a delivery service. supposedly because it was the best choice? when in reality, using kell required involving tons of other compelled people, stealing palace guard swords, and creating a huge trail of evidence.

basically there is NO reason for kell to act as the messenger here. holland is fully capable of doing it himself. kell was literally only used for the transfer of the stone between worlds and nothing else. bc they planned to take the stone back from him immediately (within minutes of him returning to red london, in fact). he was a drug mule. but…they…already…had…a…perfectly…good one…in holland ?

using kell just created unnecessary extra steps and complicated/risked their plans.

like what am i missing?

[rhea1212]

Emira Maresh vs Maxim Maresh: did they ever view Kell as their own?

I’ve lowkey been wanting to make a analysis kinda post on kells parental relationships and psychoanalyze it, bc I personally find it so interesting. it’s one of the most complex relationships in the trilogy, so I’m gonna organize my thoughts in a super long rant and essentially try to convince yall of my argument. there’s a tl;dr at the end if ya don’t really gaf (also this is abt to be super long), but i digress:

firstly one needs to acknowledge that this relationship dynamic is largely told in Kells POV. this means that it is largely biased to his preconceived notions and biases, and his perceptions of certain characters can be misconstrued due to emotions. basically he isn’t a reliable narrator because he’s a dynamic character with his own thoughts and beliefs. (And we all know that Kell is quite dramatic, sometimes lol). so while we can learn a whole lot thru his view of the characters, there’s going to be things that are missed. secondly, the addition of Maxim and Emira’s POVS in the third book also complicate things further, because they show us things Kell’s POV has no access to.

Furthermore, Kell is throughly convinced that both of his adoptive parents never saw him as a true son. This is said multiple times in the first book, and reiterated again in Fragile Threads, showcasing how the events of the trilogy did little to change his mind.

okay. now that we’ve got the obvious stuff out of the way, let me state my argument. Emira Maresh did like Kell, but he never was a son to her. In contrast, Maxim Maresh had always viewed Kell as his child.

**keep in mind I didn’t read the “Steel Prince” comics, so there might be some things about Maxim I don’t know. This is all in context of the three books in the ADSOM trilogy**

Book One: In ADSOM, Emira touches Kells cheek when he returns from his trips in Grey London in a motherly way. Kell mentions how she does this pretty often. She also tells him to sit because he “looks pale”—typical response of a concerned mother. Furthermore, she insists that Kells calls her “mother” rather than “my queen”. This gives us the impression that she genuinely views Kell as her own and contradicts literally everything Kell said, and continues to say in the rest of the book. It also shows her as an affectionate person with those she loves. However, this completely changes at the end when Kell returns with Lila at the end of the book bartered and bruised from his fight with the Danes to his parents. Emira, after her son being missing for days, has nothing to say to him other than “where is my son”. See here, we are shown no concern for Kell’s safety, only concern for Rhy, highlighting for the first time the Queens true opinion on Kell. Also, as noted by Kell, she didn’t say “where is Rhy”. No, she said “where is our son”, showcasing how there can only be one son she is possibly referring to. Note how she was adamant on him addressing her as “mother” when he remained unthreatening and flawless, but when he was struggling and made mistakes and things took a turn for the worse, she was quick to revoke it. This is conditional love: a love that only exists when one fits into an archetype or when the relationship faces no real trials.

Now we’ve got Maxim. Maxim Maresh, in ADSOM, is addressed by Kell as “sir”. This is very odd for a son to address his father as. However—and this is very important—Rhy also addresses Maxim as “sir” in this book. This is shown in the scene when Maxim interjects Rhy’s magic lesson to give Kell a letter for White London. This is important because it shows how Maxim makes no distinction between both his sons. Through the rest of the book, there is no indication of Maxim treating Kell any differently. In the scene at the end however, when Kell and Lila return, Maxim does not correct Emira when she says “where is my son”. This is wrong, but he can be absolved of this because it was a high stress situation and I can guarantee you other things were on his mind at the moment that it’s possible he hadn’t even caught it. ALSO, after Emira says this, Maxim asks “Is Rhy Alive?”. Note that, unlike Emira, he didn’t say “is my son alive.” No, he specified Rhy, because to him saying “son” wouldn’t make sense because he has two.This difference might be small, but it shows a great difference between the characters. Another thing: the first thing Maxim says to Kell is “what have you done”, which is a valid question, though quite tone deaf and slightly cruel as he didn’t even bother asking if Kell was okay or removing his chains. This can be attributed however to the fact that—when taking the entire trilogy into consideration, and it should be taken into consideration for character analysis—Maxim isn’t the type to show affection so openly. He doesn’t do it for Rhy or Emira either in the third book, when the stakes were even worse. His character is one that conceals his true emotions and portrays himself as unshakeable and tough, so he treats others with such a strict manner (example: rhy and kell both calling him ‘sir’ and being so formal with him). But yet again we at least see a glimmer of concern from him, in the following line he says next: “the Danes will pay for what they’ve done”. Now obviously this refers to the chaos they’ve caused the kingdom, but this also most likely includes what they’ve done to Kell specifically, showing us how he does, at least potentially, care about Kell’s wellbeing.

Book two:

Keep in mind that, like Maxim, to analyze Emira is to understand her character in all three books. Emira very clearly has severe anxiety. This is something that Kell, unfortunently, is victim to the most but we cannot blame Emira for her mental disorder because she genuinely has no control over it. Nonetheless, it does not excuse her mistreatment toward Kell particularly. Anyway. This book hardly has Emira moments. We learn that she no longer touches his face like she used to, and no longer urges Kell to call her mother. This shows us how she is struggling on how exactly to view Kell. She very obviously treats Kell as an outsider to the family, Kell recognizing her tone as “kind yet distant”, showing us how she is almost pretending to care. This shows us how she might not love him as much as she’d initially thought she did. Mind you, she has no reason to do any of this (the same cannot be said for Maxim). When Kell was arrested by the king for running away and disobeying orders, Emira remains just as distant with a detached kindness to her, showing how she isn’t bothered to see her son in a cell. Kell asks, completely vulnerable, “do you hate me, my queen?” Emira responds that she doesn’t, for how could she, when he saved her son. This is the final piece of evidence that shows us how Emira, while she does care for Kell, never ever viewed him as her child. She literally admits it here. She only likes Kell because he is kind and good and saved her biological child. Kell internally remembers that she used to insist she had two sons, but now she is saying the opposite. What we learn is this: she was willing to consider Kell her son only when he pleased her, which prior to the first book was all the time. Once he screwed up just once, he was no longer her son. Conditional love. Rhy screws up a lot more than Kell, yet this title was never removed from him. When rhy storms in the prison and demands Kell freed, he says “he is my brother—“. The queen says “He is not—“ before they get interrupted by Maxim. If it isn’t obvious that Emira doesn’t see Kell as her child by now, I dunno what else to say.

Maxim also treats Kell differently. He very obviously does not trust Kell anymore, having guards track his every move. This is also because of prudence, since Kell’s life is now tied to the prince—his youngest biological son who is the HEIR to the throne. Nonetheless, it can be interpreted that he’s doing this because he is worried about Kell, and can no longer trust that he won’t do something to hurt himself. This isn’t confirmed like the other reasons, but there is no evidence that suggests that this couldn’t also be a reason. His treatment to Kell, however, remains the same as the first book, with the occasional remark that suggests that he no longer trusts Kell (keep in mind that “mistrust” does not equal “does not love”. You can love someone, but not be able to trust them. They aren’t mutually exclusive). Up to this point, Maxim hasn’t done anything that shows he does not love Kell, even though Kell says in his internal monologue that the king does not love him. Everything he is doing is reasonable, and unlike Emira, can actually be justified under prudence and his duty to protect his sons as a father, from harm from others (rhy) and harm from themselves (kell). Later, Maxim comes to Kell and tells him that he is not allowed at the Essen Tasch. This is due to potential dangers, and it is not out of some malicious hatred toward Kell or some kind of punishment, though Kell views it as a punishment. And in hindsight, he was right. After all, Vesk was planning to assassinate the royal family. It is possible that Maxim might’ve gotten some light on some information that we as the readers didn’t get, since we are in Kell’s POV. Another important note. This is in Rhys POV, when Kell is competing against an opponent in the ring during the Essen Tasch as Kamerov. He asks the king “when will you stop punishing him” and the king says “You think I do this out of spite? Some ill borne malice? This is meant to be a lesson, Rhy. Your people will suffer when you err, and you will suffer when your people do.” This line shows us that Maxim genuinely blames himself for what happened in the Black Night and for Kells crimes, and that by doing this to Kell, he can rectify himself and make sure his people don’t suffer from his mistakes ever again. He is suffering because he caused his people to suffer, so he cannot allow himself to err again and thus this is how he justifies his treatment of Kell. Is it wrong? Yes, but it is a character flaw of Maxim—nothing to do with his love for Kell. Later in that same chapter, Rhy says “do you really think his life is in danger?” To which Maxim says (almost defensively) “it’s not his life that I’m worried about”. On the surface, it sounds like Maxim doesn’t gaf about Kell, but Rhy literally says right after that “he knows this isn’t true”. Essentially, he’s arguing that the king does actually worry about Kell’s life at least a little bit, showing us how he’s being stricter and harsher on Kell not out of malice, but out of love and fatherly concern that he isn’t willing to say out loud or even admit to himself. When he catches Kell secretly attending the Essen Tasch, he gets angry with him and confines him to his rooms like a child. He says “You didn’t listen when I asked you as your father, so now I’m asking as your king[…]”. we see him detaching himself from Kell in order to be harsher on him and almost command him. Removing himself emotionally, he can allow himself to view Kell as he wants to—an employee. Remember: Maxim was a soldier before he was a father. A strict soldier, so he isn’t going to be the most emotionally available. In addition, this is the first time we see him refer to himself as Kell’s father. Despite eveything that happened, he still sees himself and reminds Kell that he is his father.

Maxims biggest cruel injustice was when he had Kell arrested toward the end of the book. He does this because he is angry Kell will not listen to him. Rhy disobeys the king all the time, yet never arrested him. This shows us how he treated both his sons differently, a lot harsher and strict on Kell (though it can be argued that technically, Kell is more of a threat to the king because he can actually beat him if need be, but it does not justify anything.). When the others leave, he removes Kell’s cuffs and sits to talk with him. Kell notes that Maxim clearly looks exhausted. Maxim apologizes (not directly, but he basically does by admitting he lost his temper and thanking him for not leaving. It’s quite in character for Maxim, to not directly state his feelings). In their conversation, he evidently blames Kell for his situation. This is again, cruel and inconsiderate. Maxim here is shown to be a uncompassonate father, but he does not say or do anything that indicates that he views Kell as anything other than his own. When Kell started crying, Maxim hugged him. This is the most display of emotion and kindness we get from Maxim in all the trilogy, and it is shown to kell. This is significant. He hugs him and apologizes but still blames him. He tells Kell of his concerns for the kingdom and for things bigger than themselves. Again, very inconsiderate to Kell’s own feelings. This is a problem Maxim has: he is unable to understand other people’s point of view. To him, sacrifice for the kingdom is something everyone should do, and is something expected of Kell because it was expected of him. This is a character flaw and problem he has, but has nothing to do with his love for Kell. He tells Kell “you are the key to his son, my heir”. This is different than when Emira said it, because here Maxim clearly is taking about rhy by adding “my heir” right after. He doesn’t say “my son” only. He said “my heir” after, to specify because he knows he has two sons. And when Kell makes the decision to leave, in the end, Maxim lets him. He does not stop him, though he can. This shows us just how much he actually cares for kell, that he’s willing to let him have the choice to walk away. It also shows us how he sees Kell as an individual with his own agency to chose his own life, and not as a pawn for the kingdom like Kell claims.

Book three:

We learn that Emira wanted to initially raise Kell and Rhy as brothers, but changed her mind after the black night. This shows us how she was open to the idea of viewing Kell as a son, but ultimately changed her mind long ago (“I tried to raise Kell as a ward then, not a son”). Furthermore, she is clearly uncomfortable with Rhys intense love for Kell, unable to understand it and also seeing it as a threat to him:“he was supposed to be your shield, not you his”. Prior to this, there is a scene where Emira drapes a coat over Kell to keep him warm while sleeping. This shows she does care for him, even though she wishes she didn’t (she literally says she wishes she didnt). Also when Rhy is injured at the beginning of the story and Kell returns, ensuring Rhy won’t die, she hugs him and cries. This isn’t because she’s happy to see him alive—it’s because now she knows her son will be too. She’s crying with relief and utter gratitude toward Kell. She does seem to love Kell, genuinely, but not as a son as a saviour, a hero. Someone who can protect her family—a family he isn’t a part of. The last scene we get of Kell and Emira together is when Emira meets with Kell before he leaves for the inheritor. She gives him a knife, one that says K.M rather than K.L. She mentions how she had made it long ago, but never felt it right to give it to him. “People break so easily Kell, […] and I was afraid…but you have to understand that you are…have always been..” here we see that she’s basically telling Kell that she loves him like a son. Yet she is still unable to say it, unable to admit it to him and lie to herself and him like that. She is quick to say Rhy is her son. She can never say Kell is her son. She made the knife for him before, when she considered considering him her son. But the fact that she never gave it to him shows us that she was never able to fully convince herself she was his mother and he her son. But she does love him, because she touches his cheek again and tells him to come home.

Maxim, upon seeing Kell again after he was tortured in white London, also hugged Kell with Emira. Though this was less about Kell and more out of relief that everyone’s alive and well, and to comfort his wife. Later, when Maxim is going through his stuff in the map room (where he keeps his private, most precious belongings), he has a picture of both Kell AND rhy. Both his sons. When Kell breaks up the fight between the Essen tasch competitors (Brody, Losen, and Sar), Maxim is shown to be proud of him, like a father being proud of his son. When Kell makes the fatal mistake during Hollands execution that almost got him and Rhy killed when he jumped into the river, Maxim was the one to defend him in front of everyone. When Kell raised his hand defiantly to join the trip to find the inheritor, Maxim didn’t stop him. Again, showcasing how he cared about Kell’s wishes even if they went against his own. Though, it is also because he thinks this is the smartest decision and the best way to keep rhy safe. Finally, when Maxim was preparing for his final fatal stand against Osaron, he knew he was going to die. Thus, he’d left letters for his family. One for Rhy, Emira, and one for Kell. This shows us that he does view Kell as his son, because he left Kell a letter. He didn’t leave one for Tieren or Isra. No. He only left letters for his family, which includes Kell. On his final day, he let himself replay a dream. This dream was one where he was sitting and eating with his family, Kell included. “Maxim let his tired mind live with this dream, this memory, and let it carry him forward”. When facing Osaron, he mentions how Osaron looks like Kell, but was quickly repulsed by that idea because “Kell’s gaze held the warmth of a flame”. He could never view Kell in such a negative light. Finally, when he died, these were his last thoughts: Emira, Rhy, Kell. This evidently shows us how Kell is, and was always, family to Maxim Maresh.

TL;DR —> Maxim genuinely saw Kell as nothing other than his son and loved him like a father loves a child. Kell was just unable to see it because Maxim is horrible at expression emotions and is overly strict and harsh with his love. Meanwhile, while Emira is more affectionate to Kell, her kindness is all superficial and surface level. She did love Kell, but she loved him as a saviour, a hero, a close friend to the crown. He was never her son. Not like Rhy was.

If ya read all of this then I love you so much it took me hours to write this down lol

[starsailores]

some adsom tomodachi life moments i forgot about