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Dream little gift for Purpled and Eryn in Exile :] I'm thinking of trying to design seven gifts for each of the kids help 😭

[ari--anon]

hi (this is anon from before) still thinking abt iawwc… was wondering abt some things—forgive me if these are things that have been answered before, or if i just missed it while reading :’)

was there a paritcular reason cub was so late to reading scar’s letters abt the first assassination attempt, or was he really just busy?

also, around the end, was there a particular meaning behind the razor that cub gave scar? like a connection to when he used it to break the glyph the first time?

thanks for this fic i truly love it <3

Hiii, no I don't think anyone has asked these questions before, I'd love to answer!!

1. its been a while but if i remember correctly... elves have a very weird relationship with time. Because they live so long (~500 years?) Time moves very quickly. So something like a month feels like a week for them. Cub was extremely busy and putting off reading it, but also, a lot more time passed than he thought.

Scar doesn't have this trait because he's a half-elf, and it's a hit or miss gene ig, so that was sort of the idea. For Cub, it wasn't that long since he sent it, and when he did read it, he was over there as fast as possible. When he got there, Scar was already over it.

2. There's a connection to breaking the glyph but Also, this was the first time Scar was going to be let out of this place since he was 10. iirc Cub didn't want to intrude, he wanted scar to figure himself out and see what he wanted to do, so the razor was just a means to defend himself, first of all, but I also saw it as a present for Scar finally growing up. You know when your older brother/dad teaches you how to shave for the first time bc you're all grown up. Something something that. It's been a year so I can't remember entirely, but this was my rough thought process!

You can ask as many questions as you'd like, I love answering them!!

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Super excited for new blog! I love this au so much!!

(I also love your new style omg)

Had to whip out the gacha life for a satire joke

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Some more kids

[ari--anon]

The last chapter of I am weary with contending will come out on the 28th so watch out

[ari--anon]

I am weary with contending modern au but the house horror are just the housing prices

[ari--anon]

When writing I am weary with contending did you take inspiration from anything for mumbo and ariana's relationship, asking because it was written incredibly well and the lasting effects it had were accurately heart wrenching.

+ just curious but were there any scenes you thought about but scrapped between the two of them? And did Mumbo ever open up about the full extent if it to the other two or is he someone that's better at tackling those kind of things by himself?

Sorry if you can't tell I think about this fic *such* a normal amount (lie)

Thank you so much to give me an opportunity to rant about her :D

Funnily enough, I remember rewatching the movie Whiplash to get inspired for Ariana. For very vague, moreso aesthetic reasons I also got inspired by Slay the princess. Personality wise I knew what I wanted.

As for missing scenes... Sadly none that I've ever actually written, but I did think about her a lot to get a better picture of her and Mumbo's relationship. I certainly could've added more scenes where Ariana was friendly-er to Mumbo, or where things were 'normal' and sort of safe. That was still a big part of their relationship, because even though she wasn't a good person, she did really like Mumbo (even if it's more in a pet way than anything else). Also just for a false sense of security, lol. There probably would've been moments where Mumbo would even defend her in front of Grian, since Grian really liked to rag on her (reasonably) and Mumbo himself wouldn't really know why'd he do that (is it a sense of belonging or is it him being afraid that she'd hear, or is he geniuenly trying to defend her, etc.)

As for Mumbo telling the other two about Ariana, I'd say Grian already knows a lot about her.

He was there around the same time Mumbo was, living in the area long before they actually met. He saw a lot that went down (and maybe even saw some things without Mumbo knowing it). And much much later, as was said, Mumbo would open up about her abuse much later on in life when he felt comfortable enough to do it, and Grian would listen.

As for Scar, I feel like he'd eventually figure out though bits and pieces of them mentioning her, or whatever brief answer he'd get from asking them directly. But the only way he's getting a complete timeline is from Grian, who was involved but only on the outside looking in. The only one that could know the extent of *everything* is Mumbo himself, and sometimes, it's hard for him to know the extent of what happened.

He was affected very badly, but after the epilogue he's at a position in his life where he can settle down and let it go.

Thank you again, and I'll gladly answer any follow up questions!

[ari--anon]

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