#delicolin

[emiko-matsui]

ik we all like the psychosexual shit going on with karna deli and colin but truly if my boyfriend invented a position in his court so he could keep me with him and then we break up and five years later i find out he's appointed someone else for that court position? I. would. be. CRUSHED.

[sea-buns]

From an outsider’s perspective “He’s my freaking best friend” was the funniest, most insanely untrue statement that Colin could have possibly made about his relationship to Raphaniel. But Lou going “Deli, crushed, is going to avert his eyes...” had me immediately sobering. Of course it’s gonna look like such a blatant lie to us, as we’ve had a front row seat to Raphaniel’s unhinged bullshit this entire time. But Deli is seeing them both for the first time in five years. He didn’t even notice Colin was present until he was literally crawling on top of him to get by. 

And though he’s seen some pieces of Raphaniel being senile as he runs butt-ass naked into a crater, Deli didn’t even consider doubting Colin for a second. There’s just something that’s so bare about these two. They’re the only ones that didn’t build their characters to lie, but even still, the other three make insight checks on everyone else constantly. The other three have a much longer history with each other than Colin and Deli ever did. And yet neither of them have ever questioned the honesty of the other, always taking every word at face value.

It’s true that they’ve never had a reason to lie. But you would think that when your ex-best friend that you parted with on bad terms and haven’t seen in ages says quite passionately that his new best friend is the soggy old man collecting people’s heads, that you would have some level of doubt. Hell, even if Raphaniel was normal or if it was any other person, wouldn’t you still be holding out? Searching for the faintest glimmer that you’re missed?

The way they just trust each other. The way Deli was the only person Colin ever told about his past, despite them parting on hostile terms. The way they watch each other in battle. The way they both immediately wanna stop and talk to each other. The way they care.

[meraarts]

From the preview it seems we’ll be moving on from the Colindeli divorce arc to the colindeli jealousy arc

[chiakery]

So... Instead of sleeping I wrote a very silly thing about Deli and Colin.

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

Word count: 6388

Summary:

Two years is a long time. Definitely long enough to get to know someone, befriend them, get attached, experience gay panic and then fuck everything up.

[lunylune]

Some of the many Colin and Deli sketches I did. The one in blue I did in a moving car :P

I think I have Colin down solidly. Now I just need to practice Deli a bunch. He's all my drawing problems combined. Large muscles, large hand, beautiful lips, hair tied back... male XD I'm only mostly joking. I'll learn how to draw more guys than just these two eventually.

Until then, have the fluff I guess. I think you guys can use it :)

[emiko-matsui]

im supposed to be normal over the grandson of a man who started a rebellion against a corrupt monarch and was killed in the streets for it who grew up hiding who he was since his alcoholic father also was killed for using his grandfather's name, fleeing to the sea and spending most of his life as a sailor running from his homeland, then getting hired for a mercenary job by a young prince (thane) and finds somebody he deems worthy of following and protecting, someone who could make a change in the world. he followed an honest man who invented a new position in his court to keep you around - a warrior, advisor, and poet. but war comes and you start to see a bloodthirst in his eyes, and he starts killing without thought, he grabs for the power he can get, and he's willing to sacrifice a lot to advance in the world. he says that you don't understand but he's doing everything to keep you by his side. you will be by my side as i conquer. of course you never told him the story of your grandfather, you're still terrified of meeting the same fate as your father and grandfather, but you can't stand by him anymore and betray the memory of your grandfather. so you tell him as you leave him, how you watched your dad be burned for keeping your family name, how you've run your entire life from this, you tell him your secret as you leave him and you leave your life in his hands to ruin if he wants to. you leave your position, you leave him your weapons, and you leave him your life. five years pass and your body aches. no one has come after you and you haven't even heard a whisper of your family name. and then you finally meet him again in the caves under the battlefield that would finally end the war. he's replaced you. the position he invented to keep you here he's given to a girl who so clearly revere him, but the moment he sees you life reverts back to five, six years ago. he listens to her council but all she wants is his attention. and then all his attention is focused onto you but all you ever wished was for him to listen to your council. to really listen to you. he still wants you, he still wants you back with him (he won't say it, but he wants you. he won't say it, but he still has the dagger you dropped the day you left him. he won't say it, but when you left he almost used it to cut himself up in distress), but his bloodthirst hasn't gone away, it has only grown. everyone sees it. the girl sees it too and she feeds it. you've spent the years trying to patch up the carnage his bloodlust caused. the monarchs have started a war (you helped. damn you, you helped) and somebody needs to be kind. warriors without kindness are tyrants and you have been haunted by tyrants your entire life, your entire bloodline. but do you still want him?

[emiko-matsui]

Colin, in the cave with Raphaniel: this is my worst nightmare this is hell leave me alone please do not talk to me anymore raphaniel i do not want to be a part of this

Deli, seething with jealousy: I need to get between whatever the fuck this is IMMEDIATELY

[emiko-matsui]

you can't be more unnormal than me about colin deli this last episode. "colin" "deli... you can keep going" "oh. yeah i should keep going" / "hey deli" "yeah" "i just needed to get out of that conversation" "oh so you didn't wanna talk..... ok" / "i turn away so colin can't see my face" / "raphaniel is my best friend" "deli is crushed" / "she's proven herself in a lot of ways" "so have i"