May 7
"It seems to me the only person he actually cares about is Valkyrie Cain. For her, he’d do anything. But for Vex, or Rue, or you? What would he allow to happen to any of you, if it meant getting back to her?”
Hellllllllll!
I mean! He's uh! Not! Completely wrong! Skulduggery is! A bit obsessed with Valkyrie!
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It's not like he DOESN'T care about anyone else! It's just. . .well.
Listen I already said once I was pretty sure this man'd let the world burn as long as Valkyrie was still alive and I STILL believe that!
#god these two#em reads skulduggery pleasant#skulduggery pleasant#skulduggery pleasant spoilers#skulduggery pleasant seasons of war#nefarian serpine#the worst part?#it's MUTUAL#Valkyrie's not QUITE as insane about it as Skulduggery is but it's still there!#these two teeter that line between healthy and unhealthy relationship like they're on a dang see-saw#do i think these two would sacrifice their friends to save the other?#i don't know!#maybe!#like#they would hate themselves for it if they did!#but like!#i feel like if it was a split second decision?#if they only had time to react and not think?#they would choose each other just on INSTINCT#if they had time to think is when i think their reactions have a chance of differing#i honestly don't know which Valkyrie would choose#but i know i now REALLY wanna see a scene where they choose each other over their friends#and i want everyone to miraculously survive the experience!#so that they have to contend with the fact that to Skulduggery and Valkyrie?#everyone else is in second place :3#of course#having Serpine be wrong and subverting that would ALSO be fun!#but the angst! she calls to me!
