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OC Kiss Week 2026 day 4: Wedding
Seven stories about love and kisses; first kisses, long-awaited kisses, impulse kisses, premeditated kisses. Art by @friesian
In this one Elf and I came back to Johnny and Marwyd's little ranch in Harvest Den, their post-Dragon saga relationship, and what's gonna be of them in the future.
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The one true way to make sure spring had finally arrived to Harvest Den was the town coming alive with dance and song. The market was, finally, lively with chatty Kodan sharing the news of their hibernation; how the provisions had lasted, who was the first to awaken, what had been the first songbird to pierce the drowsiness and call them all back home, to the surface. And, especially, who had found their way to who's room in the meantime.
Johnny didn't understand hibernating — the idea of napping for days was tempting, but being unable to move, to walk around the forest on his now elder raptor Slow Dancer, to chop wood and to have a comfy stew in front of the fire after a day of scampering around was terrifying to him. But he did understand a thing or two about sneaking inside someone's bed, hoping for warmth, for companionship, and maybe something else.
Stoic and Poky had been clear; Harvest Den was changing, and so were the Lowland Kodan. Opening up to strangers in times of war was one thing, and opening up the doors of their homes to some faraway heroes who found themselves their neighbors was something completely different. And yet, Johnny and Marwyd had made both, and the Kodan found that they fit with each other better than they might've expected.
"It is a sight to behold," Stoic had said, glancing at Late Spring and Contemplative Dusk walk arm in arm across the market, with the seemingly permanent band playing at the center of town as a backdrop. "The winds of change arrive every season, but never seemed to touch bearkin's hearts the way they did with mountain and forest, with river and cloud. But now, some eternal frost has melted. The seasons are changing."
Every god needs its herald.
This year's outlaws halloween costume! @friesian and I got inspired by our pet story about the Elona fractal, reimagined as one of 2 high risk fractals that the wizards kept stashed away in the depths of the mists... until the dragon cycle ended and brought them all forth.
In this fractal, Marwyd never came back from death after fighting Balthazar, and a grief-striken Johnny hunted the rogue god down and killed him. However, without Marwyd to interrupt the process, Johnny's ascension was complete and he became the God of War and Fire.
His first godly act was trying to bring Marwyd back, attempting to turn him into his first forged. However, being new to his powers, something went terribly wrong. The God of War and his Bull from Hell 🔥
Did some sketches based on highlights from the Open rp night, had some great moments!
Ft: Marwyd @kralkatorrik , Zheng Hau @zhenghuaz , Sparrow Tail @sparrowchute and Niddhil @herrejorn (hope it's ok to tag y'all <3)
HI I WANTED TO ASK!! in your humble opinion, do you think marwyd and matthias would get along?? i feel as if they both come from similar angles when it comes to "guy i like??? KILL." but i wanted to hear your two cents on it 👀
Flsjvslfjwvsaljfhsl LYS IM NOT GONNA LIE IM RIGHT THERE WITH U ON ROLLING THEM AROUND IN MY HEAD TOGETHER FOR THAT REASON
I do absolutely think in theory they could get along great, but also their angles for coming at the Commander title are so starkly different I think they would clash horribly in that regard. And I think the big defining difference is the fact that Matthias doesn't just have a criminal past, his criminal past is actively hunting him with a large bounty on his head, and he's fabricated an entire nobleman false identity to hide in the very visible and thus well-protected role of Commander.
Before Aildyn knew about his past, they didn't really like him and for Very Good Reason. @ascalonianpicnic 's Aildyn is also an ex-criminal, but a known one after the end of Personal Story when their own past as a Courtier gets out. Truly, I think Marwyd could hit it off far easier with Socks' side of this duo because Aildyn isn't really hiding behind a huge lie and having to put in the work to be an insufferable human noble. It wasn't until PoF when both Aildyn and Matthias died that they finally realized they had some level of common ground, and even afterward while Aildyn went on to treasure that connection Matthias tried to ignore it entirely despite starting to grow Feelings.
I think, before he ever became Commander, Marwyd and Matthias could've totally hit it off. I think if he never became Commander they might've been able to as well! I think as Commander on his end, the two would end up at each others' throats just as much as he and Aildyn started.
But yes, he absolutely shares the "can't let anyone know I have FEELINGS" angle. Before he realized he had feelings for then the two fought OFTEN, he left them to die once in the desert, the two are known for being at each others' throats constantly and medics are so damn TIRED of the pair. Once he realized he had feelings? Fights stopped all together. Outside of work he never even acknowledged them, he avoided aildyn completely. He'd still argue during work for appearances of course, he can't Ever drop appearances, he needs that to survive here. So he also does avoid love very much like Marwyd in the "gotta leave the room now k bye" method.
Aildyn had to actively get in a huge fucking fight with him and literally corner him before they even had a chance to admit their own feelings and forcefully confront him with their confession. It was a very very violent confession of love lmao
I desperately want Marwyd and Matthias to like. Have a couple beers leaning on the railing of a porch looking out endlessly into the distance while they both think about the salad they can't eat, but also it'd 100% have to happen in a world where Matthias never took on his false identity and he really could just be a bit of a bitter ex-bandit asshole in the open
FINALLY mar reference 2026. i started this in 2025 but we stay silly.
OC Kiss Week 2026 day 5: Heated
Seven stories about love and kisses; first kisses, long-awaited kisses, impulse kisses, premeditated kisses. Art by @friesian
This is the reason why this work has the "mature" tag. I love writing Elf's Marwyd's complex relationship with desire so much. Me too man, the fuck.
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Heels bumping on the counter below, sunny hair and even sunnier smile bouncing in the waves of his conversation, Johnny was busy recounting this and that in one of his endless diatribes, changing topics just as fast as Marwyd swapped ingredients beside him. The first pieces of what would become a stew bubbled already over the fire, with only the ingredients that needed less cooking time being chopped under a recently sharp knife, and Johnny had declared that he wanted to help.
Marwyd knew that "help" from Johnny in the kitchen would mean his endless stream of thought being delivered directly into his ears, making them perk up every so often. And that was, in all honesty, all Marwyd would ever ask from Johnny.
Sunny locks, sunny smile, and even sunnier conversation up in the crown of the world, where days were sometimes short and warmth was in demand.
"Green Bean ain't bein' too nice to me I tell ya," Johnny said, the thud, thud, thud of his heels against the counter harmonizing with the chop, chop, chop of Marwyd's knife.
"Augur," his voice rumbled, as he moved to toss some northern tubers into the boiling concoction of slow-cooking meat.
"Whah— yeah! S'what I said!" Johnny replied, the constant thud pausing for a moment.
"Ain't what you said."
"Whatever, man." Johnny waved his hand in the air, blowing such concerns away. "What I'm sayin' is he tried to bite me, the mean bastard!"
"Maybe cuz yer callin' him Green Bean," Marwyd then pointed out, grabbing a Canthan cabbage and roughly chopping it. "He don't like it. And it ain't his name."
Johnny simply blew a raspberry at him. Marwyd rolled his eyes, biting down a smile but chuffing all the same as he grabbed some mushrooms to stir-fry.
first art of the year. get that blonde beast off that man.
blondie is @kamiporterbridges