#ashcanon

[babyitsmagic]

what would your muse say is their biggest flaw? for apollo, ash, and naoise !

@heartfullofxfright || headcanon asks ( accepting )

Apollo:

"Oh, I do not love this question. I mean, it's absolutely my inability to successfully raise a child on my own. But it's one those things I make an active effort not to think about, thanks."

Ash:

"...it used to be that I was too soft. Sometimes I think now I've swung too far in the opposite direction."

Naoise:

"That would depend on who you ask, I suppose. I like who I am and what I am, but sometimes I think it would be nice if I felt emotions on a more human scale and not so much on the fae scale."

[babyitsmagic]

📚 for ash!!

@heartfullofxfright || 📚- What’s my muse’s favorite book? (headcanon meme)

Ash owns a book store!! He reads often and he reads widely. He'll give any book or genre a shot. But his favorite always comes back to The Mabinogian, which is a collection of Welsh short stories from the 14th century. It's older than he is, which is exciting to him, and there's something that's just... homey about it?

[babyitsmagic]

Dirty Secret! for Ash

@ofviolentdeath || Send “Dirty Secret” and my muse will confess Something dirty/naughty!

"Not a secret, but I’m still damn proud that I had a fling with Shakespeare. It was a good time. Max is sick of hearing about it. I’ll probably never get sick of sharing it.” He hummed a moment, considering something more interesting. “I did seduce my way into a politician’s house once for some piracy business. Partially on a bet. I could’ve gotten in with magic. But Arabella and Fred managed to convince me that that would be more interesting. They weren’t wrong. And I did win the bet.”​

[babyitsmagic]

The Crew

Quartermaster - Arabella - Siren

She and Max argued and butted heads on nearly everything. Max trusted her with her life and with her crew. Arabella used her siren abilities to get them out of plenty of trouble. Occasionally to get them into some. When Max chose to retire from piracy, she left the ship with Arabella. They still cross paths every now and then. They still can’t agree on anything.

fc: cIara paget

Boatswain - Fred - Fae

"Call me Fred. Like Winnifred.” The first thing she’d ever said to Max. Whatever Fred’s real name is, Max is sure it isn’t Winnifred. But it didn’t matter. What mattered was that she was a capable sailor and she was looking to cause trouble and saw this as her best option. The fae are finnicky, but Max knows Fred loved the crew-- she knows it because Fred checked in on Ash at least twice in the last two centuries, though neither have heard from her in at least 80 years. Their best guess is she’s gone back to the fae realm and lost track of time. They hope that’s the case anyway.

fc: angeI couIby

“Surgeon” - Maduka - Healer

Maduka was a friend of Ash’s before the pirate days and only joined the crew because Ash asked. But he was a talented healer and while healing isn’t outside of Ash’s magic, they wanted someone who was an expert. Maduka was the expert they desperately needed. He was arguably one of the most level headed members of the crew. Max hears he joined Doctors without Borders-- over and over under different names. She’s glad he’s still using his skills, and for arguably better causes.

fc: non.so ano.zie

Sailing Master - Sydney Walter Jones - Human

Syd wasn’t the only human ever on the crew, but it was rare. He made a shit deal with Fred that landed him as their sailing master. He was formerly a member of the British Royal Navy and Fred tricked him into gambling with her. He was fully, extremely human and had no idea what he was getting into. He hated it at first. Never wanted to be a pirate. But he was also extremely, incredibly gay, and when he realized that not a single person on the crew gave a shit about that, he warmed up to them a lot faster. He had a crush on Ash for a long time. He stayed on the crew longer than most others. When Ash and Max had both left, he was still there.

fc: Iuke thompson

[ofviolentdeath]

which type of protagonist are you?

universe’s accident

you don’t think you’re special, but you really, really are. and yeah okay, maybe you weren’t supposed to be here, but damn, we’re glad you are. whatever prank the universe pulled, it was backfired beautifully. you’re the type of protagonist whose flaws become their greatest assets. your boughts of bad luck eventually come back around as bonuses to you and what you protect as miraculous coincidences of earned convenience. always remember–there are no accidents.

tagged by: no one this time​​​

tagging: anyone that wants to do the things

[babyitsmagic]

MALEFICENT for ash, akira, and kiyoshi!

@heartfullofxfright  || meme ( accepting )

MALEFICENT - What is the cruelest thing your muse has ever done? What is the cruelest thing they’re capable of? ash, kiyoshi, akira

ash brought someone back from the dead. which was not!!! intentionally cruel!!! but he recognizes that it was not an okay thing to do and she was very much not grateful for it and it was one of those hard-learned lessons that has stuck with him for LIFE. so that’s. probably the most cruel. and as for like. how cruel he’s capable of being???? ash is. not? like maybe, maybe under the right circumstances like. if he had kids and needed to protect them. but he is soft and squishy and a marshmallow man and cruelty just. isn’t. him. it was a point of contention for his parents tbqh.

kiyoshi has the odd circumstance of growing up with a human sibling??? which has made him… nicer? to humans? not nice. he’s still very, very fae. and his concepts of kindness and cruelty are so very skewed. but he has a much, much better understanding of how terribly fragile mortals are so he doesn’t have a habit of fucking with them? he would, if one offended him, but he just… doesn’t seek them out most of the time tbh. probably the worst he’s been is to akira. for the most part they get along, but they grew up together which means they’ve had their downs and kiyoshi has been absolutely vicious in some of their arguments. he’s definitely capable of being terribly cruel though. and he’s going to outlive akira and not having that sort of anchor? i think eventually he’ll be just like any other fae. very, very dangerous.

on the flipside, akira has the weird circumstance of growing up with the fae. he’s human but… he’s got a more fae sense of right and wrong. he’s still not cruel!!! he does what he can to help others, especially other humans but he’s been known to help fae, too. but he’s dangerous. he’s learned the ways he can defend himself and the tricks he can use to survive and he knows damn well that he can’t hold back or he won’t keep surviving. akira would kill, if need be. to protect himself or someone else. it wouldn’t be slow or harsh, but he would still do it. he would kill to keep himself safe, to keep kiyoshi safe, and to protect innocent people.

[babyitsmagic]

❤️ for apollo, ash, beck, and max!!

@heartfullofxfright || headcanon meme ( accepting ) ❤️ - Does my muse believe in true love?

Apollo:

“Of course. I mean, I literally know Aphrodite and Eros, even if we’re not always on the best of terms. I think I’d still believe in it even without them, though. Maybe not in the way mortals do. I don’t think I believe there’s only one true love for everyone. Maybe that’s true for mortals, I can’t say. But I’ve been in love before and I’ll be in love again and it’s always different and unique and none of it is any less important or any less true because of the other times.”

Ash:

“...maybe? I don’t... I’m not sure, I guess. But I’m not sure about much. I used to, I think, when I was younger. Maybe it went with the optimism. I can’t say I’ve seen a lot of real life examples of it. I guess I wouldn’t rule out the possibility, but I don’t have a lot of hope for it.”

Beck:

“Love is... complicated, I think? I think true love exists, but I don’t think that means it’s easy, y’know? I think my parents are truly in love and they broke up. Mom left for a little while. But they tried again and they’re happy. I think a lot of people expect true love to not require any work or effort, but that’s not how relationships work. So yeah, I believe in it, but not like the fairytale kind. Happily ever after takes effort and that’s okay.”

Max:

“Abso-fucking-lutely. Which I know doesn’t exactly seem like a thing I’d be for, but that’s why assumptions make you an ass. But my parents were like... grossly in love. And Gael an’ Xal? Also stupidly in love, even if it took them like half a century to realize it. I dunno if true love’s for me, but I know that some people find it an’ they’re happy with it and I’d have to be an absolute dumbass to ignore the obvious evidence of it in my life.”

[babyitsmagic]

Sometimes I think about the fact that with the right coparent, Ashley’s children have the potential to go really really dark and then I just lie here in a puddle of my own feels.