If anyone wants an explanation for any particular choices, I'll oblige!
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August Sader: "The Golden Goose" (German)
Vulcan: "The Bad Wife" (Russian) or "Bluebeard" (German)
Japeth vs. Evelyn: "Mother Holle" (German) or "Diamonds and Toads" (French)
Sophie x Rafal: "The Three Spinners" (German)
("Rapunzel" and "Rumpelstiltskin" are more obvious but inexact answers for Sophie herself.)
Agatha x Tedros: "The Raven" (German)
Rafal: "The Peasant and the Devil" (German) or "The King of the Golden Mountain" (German)
Old TLEA Rafal: "The Duration of Life" (German) or "The Old Man Made Young Again" (German)
Prequel Rhian: "Hans in Luck" (German) or "Faithful John" (German)
Tedros: "The Pink" (German) or "Donkey Cabbages" (German)
Agatha: "The Blue Light" (German) or "Vasilisa the Fair" (Russian)
TCY Rhian: "The White Bride and the Black One" (German) (I chose this one because of the snake pit involved. Still, note the TW: racism. However, to clarify, when "black" is used to describe the devil in other fairy tales, it's not necessarily related to race in the modern sense. We, as modern readers, are probably prone to interpreting "blackness" or "dark little devils" in some tales through a modern viewpoint, so the descriptions become problematic to us, out of their original context. Yet, I will also not dismiss the point that tales can be racist. This one is, while others are more based in symbolism instead of racism directly.)
(For the first question-- I personally don't think personal interpretations are more valid than others or anything, but sometimes I think there could be "extraness" in certain depictions/opinions. I do this too, I bet, so no biggie.)
Donatella Dragna. Now, I prefer Scarlett, and there were certain parts where I didn't agree with or understand Tella at first, but I don't think she never loved her sister. Did she always love her in what we would consider a more mature way, so to speak? Maybe not. But she brought Scarlett to Caraval and even died fir her for a bit because she loved her and wanted them both to escape their abusive father. She wanted to save her from a bad marriage-- remember what she saw in the Aracle! Also, remember how Tella's mom left her. I'm sure that coupled with the abuse traumatized her. It's not Tella's fault either that Garber seems to prefer her and Legend over Scarlett and Julian. It doesn't necessarily make her a bad character. I really enjoyed her pov and how radically different than Scarletf she was. And yes, could she be imperfect? Yes! She was a very human character lmao. So where I think people get it wrong is believing Tella never really loved Scarlett that much which is just false on its face. And by the way with the whole Jacks thing, I don't see why she had to love him at all especially with what he did to her.
Rhian One. Now because of Soman's kinda rushed writing here I can see why people reduce him to sore loser. So not really a reading issue on others' parts. But I don't think he was supposed to be that way and NO Rafal was not supposed to be in the right at the very end. He was still pretty much selfish and insensitive and again, LOVE was abandoned in favor of power. Rafal constantly had this "I wanna forgive Rhian and go back to the way things were" but when has he made an effort let's be fr. Again, not saying Rafal never tried at all or never loved Rhian but it was not consistent. Rhian deals with obvious insecurities and let's face it-- Rafal is always the shining star. People hate him, adore him, admire him and dream about him. He is their god and savior or their demon. Rhian gets treated like a joke the second someone new or stronger is in the picture. And I think that's how siblings often are in real life. Envy and resentment can break up the relationship as they grow older. Rafal never really valued Rhian’s emotions, infantilized him, and acted more like a parent than a brother without him really needing to. So again not saying Rafal deserved being killed but reducing Rhian to "he bad and Rafal is an angel" misses the whole point of their characters and relationships.
(Also minor opinion: I don't think anyone can really claim TLEA Rafal was meant to be original Rafal or not. We don't really know. Idk just something that irks me, especially knowing what Soman has said in the past about naming Rafal after someone he saw for an event or whatever. I personally feel like he had bits and pieces of twin lore in his head and they were "School Masters" and he just pieced it together after he got the prequels idea. But again, I really don't know. So again I don't really care for how people feel so definitively about this when we are not in the man's mind. What bothered me about was just lack of buildup and care to make the plot twists work or the characters shine and feel true tbh rather than TLEA Rafal not being Rafal and this is also a consistent Soman trait)
Celie Tremblay, Scarlett Dragna, and pretty much any soft/traditionally feminine/maternal female characters. Or traumatized women. And oh, Rafal, Jacks, and any morally gray or villainous sexy white angry/violent fictional man. Do I really need to explain myself on this one.
Worst part of canon? Midas dying in Fall and great potential in plot and characters that was not fully met. Esteban Trueba's existence in "The House of the Spirits." Scarlett and Tella's mom dying so quickly. Main series Rafal being the twins' dad and a deadbeat one at that. With Evelyn who for whatever reason decided to birth these children regardless of how he treated her. (Not really their fault though but still. Wasn't Evelyn supposed to be feminist or something.) Cause contraceptive magic or herbs in a fantasy world apparently doesn't exist or maybe they do and an immortal school master lacks brains to make use of them. And knowing this is actually RHIAN ONE makes it better and worse at the same time.
Worst parts of fanon are just basically the weird shipping like incest (saw one with the twins) or very NSFW freaky kinky stuff with characters. Any fan that acts like their word is over anyone else’s or the author's and starts ridiculous fights. And fans who rant without actually reading the story or the racist/misogynistic ones that hate a character and oddly prefer a white character to be with their blorbo. Not saying it's wrong to prefer different ships or characters but hostile energy is there and it's a pattern. OH and white-washed fanart or edits! I HATE that. Did you read the books mf??
"Fala had been what Rhian had called him when they were children , because he couldn't pronounce Rafal's name... Rafal remembered one instance in particular, where he'd used blood magic to turn Rhian's skin see through, revealing his twin's organs and veins, which left Rhian screeching Fala, Fala, Fala, until Rafal changed it back."
"When they were children.."
Children.. meaning that Rhian and Rafal canonically had magic or had acquired magic when they were younger.
Which means theories of them getting their magic when they became older or when they officially gained the title of "School Masters" when they were teenagers have to be out.
Were they born with it then? Most children say 1-2 words at 15/16 months, and 3 or more words by 18.. by the time they are officially toddlers they can say/put together 2 word sentences. Really, it depends on Rafal's definition of the word "children" here.
So, What time period is he referring to? Since Rhian couldn't pronounce Rafal's name, and was only really screeching "Fala" we can safely say he was under 3. (Maybe 4)?
But Rafal also mentions he uses Blood magic, not the regular fingerglow type. And for him to know what he was doing, turning his twin's skin see through, and for him to be able to be using that kind of magic at a young age... He'd need to have quite a developed conscious. Or.. in his unnatural case, he'd just need a natural sense for magic.
Given that technically, they are "Wizards" and that the whole celestium idea was passed down to Japeth during TCY, and also how young Rhian and Rafal would have to be, I do think they were born with some magical identity or "wizardly power" of some sort. Their parents maybe?
Yes, they could have been at the school when they were younger than most students and gotten their powers from the Storian. But according to that first image in Rise, they were probably 16-19 when the Storian gave them the oath.
Anyway, thoughts anyone? This scene that Rafal described gave me so many questions. This one was one of my first, though. Oh how I would kill for their backstory...
Well if so, headcanon that Hort and the other boys grew their hair out a bit because they didn’t have the time to cut their hair as they were always on the run
Except Aggie finds Tedros late at night snipping his hair because “appearances! I’m the king!” “well no one thinks you are atm, come on we need to go”
Tort both asked Sophie what spells she uses to change her hair colour and length but she wouldn’t tell them because she enjoyed laughing at the long hair all too much
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 15/?
Fandom: Girl Meets World
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Lucas Friar/Maya Hart, Riley Matthews/Farkle Minkus
Characters: Maya Hart, Lucas Friar, Riley Matthews, Farkle Minkus, Missy Bradford, Isaiah “Zay” Babineaux, Isadora Smackle
Additional Tags: Pregnancy, Teen Pregnancy
Summary:
