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Cool! Love that for her. (Except maybe I’m not supposed to love that for her, because it’s a tough job.)
By the time she takes over, the position is much easier thankfully!
She was begging Gabriel for *years* to let her go out fighting with him, and he finally let her and that was the end of him being able to keep her at home XD.
Awww, Moth Prince is very cute! I like him!
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But that probably made Gabriel question his appearance more than once.
Oh yes. The hair, and the way he covers up so much made them think that, plus originally he had a more slender frame.
Now in his story as it is currently, he works with a stone mason, so he doesn’t have lithe muscle anymore.
If any of my guy charries were to be mistaken for a girl, honestly it’d be Baron rn. He’s very slender, and when his hair is long, it’s absolutely gorgeous!
Maybe the Protector role will be passed down to a girl someday
Actually…Gabriel’s successor is a girl…
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What is the reason for this?
It started because the Protector isn’t under the government, and when the First Protector appeared, the government were rightfully wary of civilians trying to mess with strange monsters.
Then it continued as partly tradition and partly that when the Protector becomes the people’s hero, it’s best to keep the personal life behind the mask so that people don’t ruin it.
Then it also works for Gabriel because of his birthmarks.
Random fact that I just pulled from the gutter of my mind: In the early concepts of Gabriel’s story, the news reported that they thought the new Protector was a girl…Gabriel, upon hearing this, was positively both offended and amused.
The setting back then was more futuristic, but I decided that didn’t fit as well as his current one. Gabriel also had a bit more fire in his personality then.
Oh my dear Lucy XD. She amuses me so much.
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That’s… cool. Yeah, very cool. SO cool. 😐
Girl, I don’t think you know what the word cool means.
Wait, wait, let me defend myself! Yes, me literally killing Baron isn’t very cool, but the realization about the Elementals that resulted from it is cool!
Btw, chest compressions save lives! Even in fiction.
*Grabs Baron, ties an evacuation label around his neck, stuffs him into a train, and sends him a thousand miles away from your WIP*
Nuh-huh! Not until you give me Sebster Gangster and Hugo!
Give Baron back! He’ll be fine!
…eventually
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Cool little thing.
So last night I wrote a scene that has been in my head where Baron’s heart literally stops. You probably all know how it goes where you write something, then add something to it that you weren’t planning on but somehow makes so much sense?
That was this.
In the scene, just before Baron dies, his connection to the wind snaps. Turns out, a single moment without that connection is the scariest thing Baron has ever experienced.
I was thinking about it and it makes so much sense. Elementals are born connected usually, they live their entire lives with something they usually don’t consider just an ability, but as a companion. That’s what leads to the personifications of elements: the fact that Elementals see their elements as a close friend or twin.
Baron doesn’t just control the wind, he’s wind’s companion. It’s his friend who loves to run off into fields and pull at him to follow.
That single moment where that connection is gone would be the first time he’s never felt the wind there. It’s always been his constant, and suddenly it wasn’t anymore. That freaks him out more than dying in that final moment, because inside is too much calm.
Also, Wind Charmers usually have ADHD! Their always off, always distracted, always have a million things running through them. I don’t think Baron is, but that’s just a fun fact.
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So it really is about passing down the knowledge from previous Protectors, not just becoming another fighter after the last one dies.
Yes. After a few decades, a Protector either becomes to old or too wounded to fight (we shall hope it’s the former for Gabriel) anymore, and that’s when they find their successor. They stay with that successor until the end of their lives as a mentor and companion. After all, the life of a Protector can be a lonely one as you aren’t supposed to let many people close.
I think if Gabriel doesn’t find the way to defeat the monsters (which he’s the main character, so probably yes, but let’s assume he isn’t a favorite of mine) he will probably age out of being the Protector. He puts his body through so much now that eventually it’ll just give up. Plus, he honestly doesn’t have the will power to keep going forever. He’s strong, but part of his “dark hour” in the story (as it is inside my head right now) is wanting to quit being the Protector because “is the world really worth saving” when they turn on the one who’s been trying to help them for years?
I can’t really blame him for thinking so. I mean, he’s been poisoned, shredded, exhausted, and almost killed so many times and yet that means nothing in a moment because of marks he was born with and a power he barely understands.
Lucy: “I guess that makes sense. I like it when I say strange things and people try to understand. Only the people who like me try to understand. You say a lot of crazy things. So… hm. So Lillian must really like you.”
Gabriel: “Yes. She loves me.” *He pauses, seeming to remember something and looks away slightly as if embarrased.*
Yes, he fell quite hard for her, didn’t he? He’s quite fun to write in a romance.
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They aren’t going to survive long without that mysterious Protector, I’m guessing.
I mean, obviously they have soldiers and guards, but yes, most of the soldiers are just young men who do the work because the pay is actually decent, but otherwise obviously would rather not fight monsters XD. The Protector is a delegation not recognized by the government who’s job is not only to rescue the people, but also to study monsters. Instead of just fighting them like a soldier would, a Protector is meant to learn every type of monster, every strategy, every venom, every poison, every antidote. They are meant to study behaviors and take notes on them. All in hopes of not only saving lives, but finding a way to stop the monsters forever.
Hopefully this makes sense. My brain is a jumbled mess XD.
Lucy: *Annoyed* “No, we’re not on fire! I don’t know what it means. You’re the boy; you’re supposed to know what it means.”
LOLLL I’m gonna dieeee! Even if Gabriel knew what that meant, I think he’d be too shy to answer her straight XD.
Gabriel: “Your world is so strange. I like Lillian because she’s…she’s gentle, sweet, she listens even if she doesn’t understand what I’m saying, she loves adventure, and has so much curiosity for things I call mundane. She’s…” *He sighs.* “You’ll like her.”
Little Relationship chart. I might change some things another time as I develop them as a couple more, but this is something I guess.
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LOLLL Soldier is something special.
Why can’t Gabriel leave the island? Are there crazy storms that make it impossible to sail away? Or is it the demon monsters that get in the way?
The island is in a state of isolationism that started 200 years ago because of the rise of the monsters. So yeah, the monsters are the reason. I am considering putting in sea monsters (still thinking on how to do that without breaking a few world rules and such), but also the water does get much more tumultuous a few miles out from shore, and the islanders aren’t permitted to make any boats to withstand the waters that far out. The island faces being wiped out by a race of humanoids on the nearest continent to them if a single monster escapes, and since they don’t know how the monsters are created, it’s safer just to cut contact and be self-sufficient.
I’m still working it fully out. It’s been a side project mostly.
Lucy: “Sometimes I ask the worker boys why they like their dates. They always say ‘because she’s sweet’ or ‘because she’s smokin’. Is Lillian sweet and smokin’?”
Gabriel: “Of course she’s sweet, but…do all the girls from your world smoke or are on fire? What do you mean by smokin’?”
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(Perhaps that is a weird thing to congratulate someone for. No matter.)
It makes sense, I don’t mind it! Just don’t say that to someone who’s scared of aging XD.
Thank you!
So she might know places beyond the island? Gabriel would surely ask her about that, even if she doesn’t know about them.
Oh yes, she knows quite a bit about things that blow Gabriel’s mind. That’s probably why it seems like such a Gabriel thing for him to love the one non-human woman on his island XD. He dreams about beyond his home, he has a burning desire to know if the things the First Protector talked about were true or legend. Not to mention he’s been abused by the people of his own home that he’s more willing to trust a complete stranger not from the island than a villager from it.
Especially since how he met her was through his island’s harshness.
Poor Lillian gets questioned regularly XD.
Lucy: “She’s a fish. You’re not a fish. You can only date her with my blessing. And I… I’m not convinced.”
(She would judge his love life. Even though she is no expert and is just as oblivious as Gabriel when Anthony likes her.)
Gabriel: “She’s a woman from the sea, not a fish.” *Chuckles, oddly happy.* “I’m sure you’ll be convinced eventually.”
(I expect nothing less from her XD.)
Yes, I can imagine they wouldn’t bat an eye XD. I’m sure one of Soldier’s kids could bring home a world-destroying ancient being as their girlfriend/boyfriend and neither he nor his wife would care about anything except if they could arm wrestle, liked honey, and were at least somewhat patriotic XD.
Meanwhile, in some of the countries in my world, taking home even just an elf can illicit reactions. If Baron started dating an elf woman, in his area, she’d be viewed with suspicion and probably avoided.
If Nahim started dating an elf girl, he’d get applauded actually. Especially by Lord Adorian who would honestly just be happy he was dating XD.
Speaking of Lord Adorian…He is such an adorable menace. He’s started becoming one of my favorites XD.
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Yeah, at this point, Baron can’t use chairs properly XD.
Wait. Wasn’t there a girl named Isabella in Gabriel’s story? I thought they were a thing for some reason. She seemed to really like him.
Yes. She had a crush on him. Did he notice? No.
This is why I call him oblivious.
I wouldn’t have expected a merfolk at all so you surprised me
Honestly, me neither. She was supposed to be normal…
But you know how it goes. I had an idea for part of Gabriel’s story where I kinda mess him up (Lucy’s reaction to such an episode would be interesting, as she would completely break or try to keep him together. I can see it going either way personally.) It snowballed into a prolonged stay at a seaside village for reasons. I already had an idea similar to Lillian before, but I decidedly didn’t like that character as much. Either way, she still ended up in this village inside my head, and slowly morphed into Lillian whom I obviously like much better.
Don’t even ask where the merfolk thing came from. I was in Driver’s ed and all my brain can remember was decided that was the way to go and sketching the design, while talking possible merfolk anatomy with my brother because we’re weird like that.
Lucy: *Looks at Lillian with suspicion* *Looks at Gabriel* “…She’s a fish.”
LOLLLLL
Gabriel: *sighs*
He genuinely would not know what to say to that XD
I love how everyone at least mentioned Baron XD
Also, happy birthday to me I guess.
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And another favorite. A quick doodle of Baron trying to get back pain at a young age XD
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Also, Ken. Sorry that it’s a little messy. The flower is Gardenia, which means “Sweet love” or “you’re lovely”
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Also, can’t remember if I posted this, but Gabriel
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Probably literally no body besides me was waiting for this for so long, but Gabriel finally has a girlfriend.
Her name is Lillian, she’s a race of merfolk.
Gabriel has had so many girls have secret crushes on him, and bro has just been oblivious to all of them. It’s genuinely crazy. The only reason he even noticed with Lillian is because she literally kissed him to get her point across. *Facepalm* My dear, dear oblivious boi.
Also, it somehow feels so ridiculously Gabriel for him to like the one girl who’s not human on probably his entire island.
@keilah-h You already know about part of this, and I teased you and didn’t tell you who. This is who. She’s a merfolk who can transform into an elf-like being. She likes living among humans because she finds them fascinating, and often treats them like fragile children XD. If it interests you at all, I have some species and culture breakdowns I might be working on…Pfp drawn by Surpent on Unvale. I'm a little obsessed so it's over here now.
@whalekeeper So accurate LOL.
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“I’m supposed to name it?” He questioned, peering at it in his free hand. For a second he had thought they were an earring until Lucy gave an explanation. “I never name things really.” He kept it in his palm, still examining it.
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