#ane lance

[ezarelz]

How I sleep knowing Lance's hand had not been held in years, if not in over a decade and that sliding our hand in his had him delighted:

(A light smile illuminated Lance's face. I feel good.)

[ezarelz]

ANE Episode 11 - Jealous!Nevra on Lance's route (if your LOM is high w/ Nevra)

Context: You're holding Lance's hand although it probably applies to all routes expect Nevra's and Nevra turns around because he wanted to ask you something. If Nevra loves you (high LOM), here is his reaction to it:

(He didn't say anything. I believe I saw the corners of his lips contract.)

(For a moment, he seemed... sad.)

END

A/N ♡: As brief as this moment was, it was my absolute favourite. It gives me "LOM does matter and affects dialogues, thus rendering the story lines more diverse", which is an element I thoroughly miss from season 1/The Origins.

If your LOM with Nevra is low, a smile creeps on his face and he turns back to ask Mathieu his questions.

[ezarelz]

LANCE’S DRAGON NATURE MAKES HIM LSS VULNERABLE THAN OTHERS TO POISONS, WHICH IS WHY HE IS THE GUINEA PIG WHEN NEEDED.

N: “It’s unfortunate, but it’s always Lance who tastes food, when we have no choice.”

L: “On the other hand, I am always the one who eats the warmest meal.”

(I was taken aback by their composure. Are they kidding...!?)

[ezarelz]

ANE episode 10 memes w/ no context

[ezarelz]

Our way (hc of ANE episode 12)

Summary: Following a peculiar meeting with your father, you're left alone and separated from your fellow Guard members. You're no longer safe, and the world around you becomes increasingly terrifying. As you make your way down a corridor, you lay eyes on a familiar silhouette...

Ship: Nevra x Gardienne

TW: None

I was walking down the seemingly unending corridor hurriedly when I finally laid eyes on him. Nevra! He had honoured his promise: he came to rescue me! I felt my heart skip a beat. Its rythm quickly fastened. It was now beating furiously. "Gardienne!" He called out in surprise. Before I knew it, I was back into his arms. Waves of warmth washed over me as I savoured his embrace. I could never leave his side. Never. In the heat of the moment, I failed to notice his lips on mine: feverish at first, our kiss slowed down into languid movements. Nevra stood back and framed my face with his hands. "I came as soon as I knew. I can't believe I almost lost you, Gardienne. Not again. Not after everything." He quickly linked his hand to mine. "Come, we need to leave. Now. The others are waiting downstairs." He said walking towards the closest emergency staircase. I struggled to keep up with his pace. I couldn't tell you if it was due to the ensemble of emotions that had just washed over me, or if it was due to the sweet glances he sometimes threw my way, as if surprised, but content to finally have me back by his side. I didn't know what the future had in store for me, but with Nevra's hand in mine, I felt as though no obstacle could stand my way. Our way.

A/N: Not a request, just a very sudden blurb I wanted to write to share this headcanon I had in mind when thinking of our reunification with the LIs after episode 11.

Headcanon: It'd be really cool if after being separated from the group, we meet again with the LI in a dramatic reunion fashion. The usual "there she was! standing across the hallway! we ran into eachothers' arms! and I /knew/ that I never wanted to leave her side, ever again."

[ezarelz]

Catch me rewriting Ezarel's route with a different protagonist who also doesn't like to be touched due to past trauma and the two naturally work through fears and discomforts together and don't push boundaries (aka ignore consent)

T H I S

You cannot know how saddened I am by the fact that they did my ex-boy wrong like that. Ezarel was literally the reason I started playing Eldarya. I loved him SO MUCH. I was soooo excited to learn what had happened, why:

1) Valkyon told us "not to fall in love with Ezarel/not to take interest in Ezarel"

2) Nevra told him to "better get used to being touched instead of limiting himself to touches he initiates".

We can also clearly infer that his responses to touch would indicate that touch is a taboo with him, rather than something he doesn't appreciate.

All these clues clearly build up to a greater plot, but then....? Nothing. Like, NOTHING. AT ALL.

Our character (MC) straight up put her hands on his waist, put her head on his shoulder, SAT ON HIM, all of these before they got together. And I was like???? So, when is he going to get mad, or tell her not to do that. Why was it so triggering before, and not anymore?

More importantly, and another consistency mistake on the writers' part, WHY WOULD MC ALLOW HERSELF TO INITIATE THOSE TOUCHES IF WE WERE CLEARLY ALL AWARE OF HIS DISCOMFORT WITH IT. It felt very "I'm special and get special rights", which okay, a lot of MCs are written this way, but where is the explanations, where is the consistency? And, by making it canon, and despite Ezarel's sudden lack of care about her initiating touch, she, again, is characterized as a boundaries-crossing MC.

You build up Ezarel's plot only to give it up when we approached the logical climax. And what did we, players who had Ezarel as cdc/lover, get instead? A shitty, shitty arc with a random h*e who got to ultimately flee and live with him. I-

You make the MC canonically cross strict physical/touch boundaries after having so many times made it clear that a character strongly feels upset when someone initiates touch.

Double homicide. But are we surprised?

I've heard that they changed the teams of writers, but if we as players are able to come to these conclusions, a team of PROFESSIONAL WORKERS PAID TO WRITE FOR THIS GAME could really have taken the time to ??? familiarize themselves ????? with the storyline and the plot of one of the MAIN characters.

Anyway, this is why my username is @ezarelz, he was my baby initially, but yo, the lack of consistency and inefficient use of Ezarel's arc led me to reconsider.

The ultimate result: I ended up with his best friend lmao, my man, Nevra. MC is still shitty with Nev at times on this route, but this post doesn't focus on that. And also, as I had a past with Ezarel, and had never kissed Nevra, I got the spiciest dialogue of the first season:

In episode 20, Nevra said, and I quote: "At first I thought I liked you because of your kiss with Ezarel. The appeal of the forbidden."

NEVRA CLASSIFIED MY GARDIENNE AS "FORBIDDEN/OFF-LIMITS" WHICH MADE HIM WANT HER EVEN MORE I- Y'all this is the b e s t line I had read in the whole game.

To have access to this part of Nevra's thoughts and imagine him longing for my gardienne in secret as he considered it "not possible" to court me due to my past with Ezarel, but still trying to spend moments with me at the Fenghuang Temple because he gave into the envy (of the forbidden), literally trying to charm me despite considering me off-limits, made me fall for him. HARD.

I know this particular route storyline isn't common, most people had kissed their final LIs prior to getting with them, so they didn't unlock this dialogue. But I did, and I did not regret it one bit. He says the same if you kissed Valkyon, I checked.

Anyway my OC's lovestory with Nevra is *chef's kiss* but,,, eh I'm drifting off. Can't make a single post without adressing my love for that man, damn.

Anyway, don't hesitate to tag me if you ever choose to publish that story! I'd love to read it, and I'm sure many others would, too!

Kisses :)

[ezarelz]

ANE episode 11 - Farewell kiss w/ Lance

(His arms reached around my chest, he pressed me against him.)

(I further pressed him against me, giving him back his kiss.)

(Our kiss has something infinitely sad, like a farewell kiss.)

(I had to gather all my will power to step away from his embrace.)

(I pushed it away with all the tenderness I was capable of.)

G: "Lance... I'll come back. I'll be back by tonight."

L: "I fully trust you. I'll be waiting for you."

(I took the time to look at him, a little while longer...)

END: The rest of the conversation follows as it does in every route!

A/N ♡ : I dedicate this post to the lovely, patient @naephra (love u girl), I didn't know Lance moments were not accessible in English! I will try to share other ones throughout the week. ♡

[ezarelz]

Me, the very SECOND Nevra or Lance is ready to open up to us:

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Needless to say, Leiftan can get it too.... if he cuts that hair tho.