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Not me though 😏👍. 🥺
I would’ve thrown myself into the sea by now, if I didn’t have you, Lizzie. You are my lighthouse point. My comfort in the night, knowing you are always here to stand against the sirens. You were made for this responsibility. I could never let you leave. I hear Charles’s words
Well this sounds abusive
If the cost of my happiness is the world’s judgment, then it is a price I’ll pay.
And I stand by that
“What do you think you’re doing? Get back here! Now!” he furiously says with his hands rather than his mouth.
Is he using sign language? Cause how else does this make sense
All those who live near the sea know hand signs so their ears can stay stuffed with cotton.
Oh okay so it is 😬 my bad, my bad
He doesn’t love me. He never did. He loves feeling needed. Important. What he loves is knowing that at any time of day, I am there to be whatever he wants. That I am here on this rock every time he leaves and am waiting every time he returns.
Damn read him like a book
Applegate Trading Company.
There they are again
My eyes are like the tempest sea, stormy grays and churned blues, as restless as my spirit.
Cause of course they are
believed those words once, that I “deserved” a happily ever after. That everyone did, whatever it looked like for each person. But now I see it for what it was: a child’s daydreams.
I fucking hate it here
And, even if there was, it would be cruel to pursue anything with them. I’m a magnet for bad luck. I am marked for death.
I hate that we’re already setting this up
There, beneath the waves, is a city of light and song.
Atlantis?
All those girls have now is their mother, the wretched woman…and
Damn even she hates your mom
It seems he picked the worst possible person for this sacrifice.
Over confident but okay
you would’ve been lost, and with you the hope of the sirens.”
Ah there it is
“Do you often ask ladies you hardly know for them to remove their clothes?”
Actually a good question sir
“I don’t ‘hardly know’ you.”
Um YES YOU DO SIR
It’s such a strange, unnatural sight. To see a human melt away into fish.
Is this a fetish I don’t know about
I know the kind of desperation that comes from trying to wrench back control from a situation turned sideways.
Ah yes the duty of a dying kingdom is just like sailing a ship
he continues to stare at me. As if…he’s waiting for something?
Bro’s horny and doesn’t know what to do with himself
Almost like he’s running away.
Acting like a elementary school kid
It helped me find my way for almost five years… Now, I must find my own direction.
Wow what a metaphor 🤓
A pack of dolphins armored with carved, wooden helmets are a blur in the distance.
I’m sorry what
The staffs the warriors carry glow brighter, as though they are banishing an evil spirit.
Aquaman shiz
notice he has six canines—four on top, two on bottom—rather than just two as humans have.
Does he have more teeth? Or is this as weird as I’m imagining it
As if his mouth is part shark.
Ew
The sheer quantity of names and places and people would be dizzying if I weren’t already accustomed to quickly learning such things for my work.
Yes cause that’s how that works
Duke of Spears?”
Quite the name
They walk awkwardly on two legs, slowly making their way to the main trunk.
Is this how we get smut?
He moves like he would in the sea, though here he soars through the air.
That imagery is very funny
“Loathsome, wretched, weak, coward,” Ilryth seethes. He grips his younger self’s hand,
Okay so we got some issues
“I need you, Ilryth.”
You’ve known each other for like 5 hours calm down
“Never compromise your worth, not for anyone, not even for family.”
Actually sound advice
“I’m going to sacrifice you to a god.” “The reminder really isn’t necessary.” I glare at him.
🙂↔️
“Sorry, ‘Crusty’ is my middle name.” He snorts. “Victoria Crusty…” “Datch,” I finish. “My family name is Datch.” “Victoria Crusty Datch.”
I hate this whole interaction
jerking in one direction.
I’m sure they were
“That’s a good wife. Now, I hope dinner is ready.”
He’s treating her like a dog
“Sorry,” I murmur. “You’ve nothing to apologize for,”
Okay kind of an icon for that
“Just because you are designated for death doesn’t mean the rest of us are. Don’t be so selfish as to think that your actions don’t impact the rest of us.”
Well I mean they kinda do my guy
“My sister made a fool of herself when she forgot her place and acted without my approval,”
And speak on that
His compliments fill me in a way that I haven’t been filled in a long time.
😏
“The rot is a product of Lord Krokan’s rage—a blight of death.
A of course
stubborn yet wanting to bend to appease others, independent yet craving approval, needy and somehow not needy enough.
I feel called out
My fingers press into his muscle and I whisper, “Thank you.” “You’re welcome.” He begins swimming.
You’re thanking him for letting you hold onto him as he swims?
brain coral,
It was a relief every time I left you, Lizzie.
I would be hurting too if someone said something like that to me
Charles might never know I’ve moved past him, but I hope that he can somehow feel it deep within his soul.
Me too bestie, me too
His tail curls up and around him, much like a cat’s. It’s oddly…adorable.
Nah, that’d give me the ick
It’s very odd to not be regularly putting on fresh clothes. But in this form, I don’t sweat; I don’t seem to collect grime.
Wow she actually addressed it
As though it is our fault he is no longer among the living.
Maybe it is
“This isn’t from the wraiths,” I murmur with a shake of my head, trying to calm myself. “It’s perfectly normal—” “I know my emotions, don’t question me on them,”
Yes the man who knows the wraiths better than you should definitely shut up
