#shadlan

[staurikossauruspricei]

Being obsessed with your ocs while on hyperfixation hell causes you to do shit like this.

I briefly tought 'hey thats a good way to explain my ocs' but then i look at the twins who are only dressed as Alphi and Alisae because they are also twins and alas its wrong

[staurikossauruspricei]

So i think alot about the god siblings because i love them, but one of the favourite aspects that i recently came up with is about Shadlan. She starts the story dead and we'll never see her alive, we never get to hear her side of things, never learn who she truly is. We only experience Shadlan trought the lenses of other characters.

To Akila she's weak naive and childish, someone that needs to be guided and protected by her.

To Ryu she's ignorant of their reality, kind but disingenuous with a mightier-than-thou attitude.

To Hiraki and Imay, she's mom, she's protective, she's warm, she's love incarnate.

To Mortals in general she's god, perfect and flawless, everloving and ever forgiving.

To Odira she's callous and manipulative, irresponsible and flippant.

and so on.

[staurikossauruspricei]

suddenly in the middle of the xiv hyperfixation the headworld ocs broke trought and afforded me some Toughts.

Mainly relating to the gods and demigods because they are my foucus of interest.

Shadlan loved the world despite its flaws, she knew it wasnt perfect and she wasnt going to fix it. She loved it the way it was, and fought to mantain the status quo, even at the detriment to everyone around her. She abandoned her duties as the last remainig of the Triad to live out her domestic fantasy and that was her doom.

Akila was a revolutionary. She became a villain willingly because she wanted to change the universe she lived in, but her unchecked arrogance and pride caused her to stray from her righteous objective and just become a despot. Im still debating wheter she should die at the end of the first arc or not. Because on one hand, her being the last god standing being gone, would fit thematically with humanity finally going their own way. But also her, letting go of the utopic dream of building a better world for her siblings and instead choosing the world she has in the present makes for a nice character arc too.

Ryu is cursed to walk the land as an immortal man. They abused their power and were stripped of it They dont believe in change and hasnt really tried to change. He fills his life with frivolities to pass the time as he waits for Akila to bring about the end. Nothing matters, they are all imprisioned in themselves. She just wants to forget the past, forget her regrets forget herself.

Hiraki thinks hes the saviour of the world. The sole survivor of the aftermath of his mother assasination, hes her heir, the one who will rid the world of the stain that is demons. He will bring about a new age, and will rid anyone who stands in his way. When Akila is dealt with he's ready to take her place as the resident god emperor of the world, because humanity needs a leader, and he is that guy.

Imay doesnt think about grand schemes,she's single minded foucused on the pursuit of knowledge, of strenght, of power, so no one can hurt her anymore. The fate of the world doesnt matter as much as the fate of those close to her. She wants to unravel the mystery regarding her mothers death, she wants to discover the secrets Akila has kept for her, she wants her aunt to look her in the eye with anything but contempt. She just wants a hug.

Dressia was a weapon, and a weapon is meant to be unfeeling. But she care so much, she cares about her friends, about the injustices she sees, and she wants to change it, she sees the damage the gods have caused and sees that humanity is better off without them, depsite being a demigod she refuses to take the tittle, she refuses to be their saviour. She will lead them, and she will help. But no temples will be build in her name, and no prayers will be sung. She bleeds and dies like any other after all.