#suar lucia

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In another universe, a meeting happens much sooner.

Something I’ve wanted to try my hand at for a while, was these two meeting as kids. Even if it’s a one off meeting that neither quite remember by the time canon happens.

Bonuses under the cut

What happens right after

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Why does Lucia have marks on her face? None of the other characters seem to have these? Is fur or whiskers or scars? Or because she’s shy, maybe? Thanks 😊

I don't remembered if she mentioned it on twitter or somewhere I can source easily, but I do know Purpah had said before that Lucia's cheek markings are just natural blemishes, not anything special like whiskers or fur.

If anyone has a link to where Purpah mentioned that please do reblog with it. I think it was part of the Q&A before the series was rebooted Sept 17th but I didn't actually think to get screencaps of that before it was deleted ;;>>

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First set of References for the Labyrinth AU

We’ve got Lucia taking Sarah’s place as before, Kirsi and Reimund taking the place of Sarah’s dad & stepmom, and their kid taking Toby’s place

Little Notes

Lucia’s general outfit’s meant to be comfy but practical

Kirsi and Reimund’s outfits match on purpose

Rather than just a normal date night, they’re going out for their anniversary

Apparently kids don’t get freckles til they’re about 1.5-2 years old, otherwise the kid would have them

I haven’t named him yet, if anyone has any suggestions please feel free to send them in. All I know is I don’t want to call him Toby

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Alt Take

A little fic based on what I thought was going to happen at the start of episode 4

“If I may, your Majesty…” Norrix trailed off, gazing past the King and soon to be Queen, to where Lady Lucia had run off. 

“Yes, yes, you may run off. But, I expect you to be out with your experiment on time,” King Reimund states before pausing to take a drink of his wine. “If you’re late we won’t have the pleasure of seeing Baynard turn it into scrap.”

The mage’s expression falls flat, but neither royal sees it; one focused on the tournament, the other glancing over to Lucia’s empty seat. Still, he stands up, striding out of the box to find the lady in waiting.

Even in the afternoon warmth, the metal lip of the barrel feels cool in Lucia’s grip. It’s grounding, helping her nausea ebb away. Yet her stomach still feels knotted, the image of the dead pixie still burned into her head. She can’t say why it bothers her this much, but it seems it’ll be a more common experience the longer they stay here.

“Are you feeling bette-” a voice just behind her asks, cut off as she startles and shoves its owner down. Her eyes widen as she recognizes the mage, her already flushed face burning redder in embarrassment.

“Oh Gods I am so sorry!” Lucia exclaims, offering her hand to Norrix. He grabs it with an “It’s alright.”, and together they hoist him up. Back on two feet, he dusts himself off, smiling sheepishly at her.

“Apologies, Lady Lucia I didn’t mean to alarm you.” He crosses his arms back behind his back. “I just wished to check up on you, make sure you’re alright.”

For but a moment her blood runs cold, but with a grounding breath it fades, with it the churning in her gut.

“I’m feeling better, Sir Norrix, just a little overheated.” It’s not the whole truth, and judging by the way the man purses his lips, he doesn’t quite believe her. But thankfully whatever he’s thinking he keeps to himself, choosing to take a different path.

“Just Norrix, my lady,” He corrects, before hurriedly continuing on. “If you wish, I have a tent set up, with some supplies inside. You could rest there and have a drink.”

“Water would be appreciated, but I wouldn’t want to distract you from your duties.”

“It is no problem, I am headed that way as it is.” the mage gestures deeper in the tents. “And I couldn’t in good conscience leave you on your own when you're unwell.”

She pauses, debating whether to accept the offer. Lucia knows she should try returning to the tournament, yet the image of the dead pixie; limp in the king’s grip; draws bile back up her throat. Surely by now it would have been disposed of, but that wasn’t a risk she would be willing to take.

So with a soft smile, she nods. “Thank you, Norrix. If you would lead the way?”

Returning the smile he then heads off, leading the lady through the sea of tents.

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So, some notes on the update after reading it like 10 times now.

First off I love how the bucket of water is drawn, it's just so good, and it really feels like water.

Alright, so obviously this is around sundown, with the red highlights turning blue, and the sky as it goes on becoming starry. Given how bright it is I'd wager that it's a full moon, but that's probably not a big deal.

What is a big deal is how the darkness sets the tone for the scene. It's dark, it's grim people are on edge, scared by Modeus. I could feel the tension as I read it just from this one thing.

Yet even in the darkness we still have brighness in the highlights. Primarily on Modeus, but any of the characters out in the open (save for a few minor characters). This in itself gives off a softer feel to him and helps paint him as one of our main protagonists.

The only panel where he looks truly scary is from the page boy's pov and is justified since from what he can tell Modeus is terrifying. The rest? He's either stoic, awaiting orders or seemingly confused.

On the other hand, there's one character who through the whole thing gives me bad vibes, one if the two who have no highlights whatsoever. King Reimund enters the scene clapping, and through his whole bit, he's standing, sure and confident. Stuff like that normally wouldn't be an issue but given the lighting (or lack thereof) on him and his tone ("If anything it will be amusing" comes to mind coupled with his expression) it kinda gives him a villain vibe.

This isn't wholly unsurprising given some of Purpah's posts before starting the comic, but still plans can change so who knows.

Back to Modeus but its amazing seeing how delicately he's holding the rose, not bending it in his grip, just holding it. Even when he offers it to Lucia it's still gently, where she can weave her hand around his to grab it. It just tells me this romance is going to kill me cause it's so soft

One last detail that I really love, is how Purpah uses the leaves in the whitespaces of the comic to help define the mood. A slash of black leaves to incite fear, the lavender leaves when our lovers finally actually meet, shifting into a darker tone as Lucia greets Modeus and he offers the rose, then brightening as she accepts it.

It's just, really good.

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my queue has run out so y'all get dumb headcanons from me to fill it till i can add some stuff

So food/Drink headcanons

Lucia seems to be the kind of person who favors sweeter foods and drinks but makes sure she has a healthy assortment of stuff on her plate, keeping the sweets for a treat

Lady Kirsi strikes me as having similar fancies but also having a secret love for sweet and sour together, like eating lemon tarts and drinking lemonade if she could.

King Reimund I feel like would be your classic meat and potatoes kind of guy, but also someone who could handle a decent deal of spice.

Sir Baynard probably eats healthily given his knighthood and physical needs. Drinking though, beyond water I could see him favoring a dry red wine.

I said before that Norrix looks like he'd live off coffee and I'm standing by that. He seems to be the kind of person who only eats cause he has to and not because he wants too. The only reasons there would be any seasoning or spice in his food is to make it palatable or he's eating with the nobles for some reason.

Modeus probably doesn't need to eat, but the image of him trying something Lucia gives him and it just, clanking inside of him is too funny to me.

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switching down to one post a day for now but uhhh au ideas? for the modern au i sorta started thinking of b4

Thinking maybe it's at a college with King Reimund being like one of the deans or something. Kirsi's already married to him, but when a job opens up in like the arts department (or biology I could see Lucia doing both) she pulls some strings to help get her adoptive sister a job at the school

Norrix would be a professor who is only really there for research, not that into teaching or mentoring, takes the bare minimum of responsibilities in that department. He'x probably specialize in robotics and engineering as I said before.

It could be a mix of modern and magic since that's always cool too, and would keep the license to practice thing too. In that case I think Norrix would do research in merging magic and tech aince I could see the two as traditionally being kept separate.

In either case, Modeus would be the result of Norrix's work, intended to be an AI security guard, but ofc becomes more than that because he's also designed to be able to learn and adjust and that makes him more human than intended.

Sir Baynard and Peres, along with any knights and squires would serve as campus security. They're very proud of their work and take Modeus's presence and Norrix's work as an insult.