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alina <withoutnames@gmail.com>	Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:17 PM
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Date: Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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alina
you know what
this whole fandom is bad for my brain
chilla
duder
wait, why is it bad
?
alina
exhibit a) https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/301531.html?thread=1713177051#cmt1713177051
chilla
h            a                 h   oh sweet holy mary
alina
exhibit b) do you have a bit of time to consider things
chilla
i have like 10 minutes, yes. i would have had more, but kinky homesjtuck prompts happened
i am a faaaaaaill
a pile of faaaaaaail
alina
haaaaaaah
kiiiiiiiiiinky homestuck prompts
i should be taking marusya to the vet
chilla
yes
alina
but marusya has magically disappeared
OKAY
consider this
chilla
ahahahaha
alina
ready?
altissia
chilla
ready
but with slavery? :D? :D?
alina
luna and noct did the thing, but luna is still alive and noct is knocked out but, like, conscious
and ignis finds them
chilla
oooh
alina
and like ten minutes later ardyn finds them
ardyn is Organized
(we're cutting out ravus at this point for expedience)
chilla
yes
good
alina
so ardyn does his stomp thing and the knife thing and the ring is not in sight so ignis is like omg wait what do you want i will do anything
ardyn is like, hmmmmmmmmmmm, what kinda anything. will you go with me for example and do what i say
chilla
hahahahhhhhhhh
ofc
alina
and ignis is like, i will not hurt people for you, but otherwise sure thing
chilla
AHAHAHH
alina
so ardyn says, awesome! but i need proof of concept
and throws ignis his knife
chilla
o mg
alina
and like, for example, what nice eyes you have here
and so ignis cuts out his right eye while kids watch
(ardyn might or might not eat it).
chilla
A   L I    N             A
ALINA ALINA
ALIIIIIIINA
alina
and he's like, ??? and ardyn is like, well we don't have all day, do the other one
and ignis is like, wow this is about the worst thing i ever did for noct but if i get this show on the road quickly somebody will find the kids and save them
chilla
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
LOLOL
i am like
rolling aorund here
in glee
and horror
alina
so he goes for the second eye only, you know, shock, so he cuts his nose instead, and then ardyn is like, oh right, just stab it, don't bother with finesse
dude, you know what the worst thing?
chilla
oh god
alina
this is not the worst thing yet
chilla
aliiina
alina
i told you
chilla
WHAT IS THE WORST THING
alina
bad. for. my. brain.
chilla
i am
alina
ANYWAY!
chilla
really amused
alina
ardyn takes ignis away
chilla
and kind of thrilled?
right
alina
to his swanky creepy fortress
chilla
ofc
alina
and he's like, okay, you're not generally obligated to behave right now, but consider this, while i'm busy with you, i'm not, say, sending assassins to altissia
and ignis is like, ugh, sure
chilla
LOL                                    LOL
        ______________LOL_____________
alina
and so ardyn is like, okay, so, i will suggest things to you and then you will ask for them and thank me nicely
and ignis is like, UGH SURE
chilla
aahahahahahahahahahahaa
ahahh
alina
(bear in mind: v blind ignis)
and so like
chilla
(still dripping!)
alina
the next thing ignis hears is like
chilla
a whiip?
alina
noct saying, specs, would you like me to break the fingers on your right hand?
and ignis says ...yes. please. thank  you.
chilla
omgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
alina
yeppppppppppppppppppppp
anyway! timeskip! plot goes here!
chilla
plz continue
but sec
alina
if i'm actually, god help my poor soul, to write it, i need to make up some kinda plot that does away with the whole timeskip crystal-related thing
chilla
luna being alive helps
alina
yup
idk you think about it
ANYWAY
timeskip
luna and noct and co finally storm the keep and kill ardyn whatever (or chase him away? we just do not know)
chilla
AND THEN
IGNIS THINKS
alina
and find ignis who's suuuuuuuuuper fucked up and only very sporadically healed but not really (fingers! fingers are important)
chilla
IT'S JUST MORE FUCKERY
alina
and ignis, by that time, is not really, like, all there
chilla
"HELLO 'NOCT'. WOULD YOU BREAK MORE OF ME, PLEASE."
- ignis, probably
alina
i mean, he remembered that it wasn't noctis for a while, but then he forgot, and then he forgot what he was doing there overall
chilla
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
alina
so he kinda constructed the idea, helped by ardyn, that he's done something really bad and he needs to help noctis find the sufficient way to punish him for it and then all be well
something like this, anyway
in very simple sentences
chilla
omfg
omfg, dude
alina
so when noctis goes to him he tries to, like, offer
chilla
that goes straight to the id
alina
some next thing, only he can't figure it out, he can never figure it out
chilla
yesss
he's not creative
alina
and he's doing the whole thing where he's like, full body cringing away and staying still at the same time
chilla
Noct is the creative one
alina
because noct is very scary but also, like, noct
oh yeah
very
chilla
Ignis just obeys!
yessssssssssssssss with the cringing
alina
noct: oh jesus me uncanonical christ
chilla
haahahahah
alina
thankfully, luna is with them! she kinda intuits shit with her possibly non-canonical telepathy, and tells noct to tell ignis to go to sleep
which he does
chilla
what does Ignis think he's being punished for? touching the royal ring? craving the royal lips?
niiiiice
i love luna
alina
bla-bla extraction, bla-bla hospital, bla-bla crippling injuries (do we remember fingers), he kinda-sorta comes back to his senses
but he can't really control himself about noct
noct is Le Fucked about it
chilla
yessssss
yesssssssss
so like what degree of crippling injury
is there a limp
alina
so, one night luna kind of catches ignis in his hospital bed with a scalpel
chilla
is his hands completely fucked
AHAHAHA
ALINA
alina
im thinking fucked up fingers and fucked up knee
chilla
ALINA WHAT ARE YOU DOING
alina
I TOLD YOU
chilla
a scalpel
alina
I HAD WARNED YOU WITH MY VERY WORDS
and luna is like, ignis, le fuck
chilla
you didd, you did
alina
and ignis is like, oh fuck me, can i have one moment of useful timing in my entire life, just let me do it
i can't hold a sword, i can't hold a pen, i can't walk properly, i can't stand being in one room with him without going insane, WHAT AM I EVEN DOING HERE
luna: vocally expressed sadface
chilla
sec
alina
ignis: i died in altissia, okay, it was okay, small sacrifice, greater battle, all is well, this is just untidy fucking loose ends, let me clean this up
chilla
back
Ignis voice: ugh what is this woobie bullshit
Ignis voice: give me a good clean battle death
alina
there's been a happy ending already, he has you, he has the guys, he has his kingdom, he's going to grieve for me and let it go, case closed
chilla
he'd be like a grumpy nunny
nonny
anyway
yesss
.
alina
ANYWAY
luna says, a) what the fuck, we need to invent therapy stat, and b) how about no
chilla
yessssssssssssssssssss
alina
she says, okay, i am marrying him, i was expecting to get you as his dowry for like ages
chilla
c) i am your QUEEN and i say NO
AHAHAHA
YES
EXACTLY
alina
i kept hearing about you for years, ignis this, ignis that, ignis can solve everythng, i had PLANS, okay
also, you saved me too, you owe me this
and then she shows him her oracley magic, which is one thing ardyn can't duplicate, and promises she will be always in the room with him and noct from there on, so he'll know it's a real deal
chilla
logical!
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
alina
and ignis is like, jesus christ i'm so bad with resisting authority
chilla
yessssssss oh my god what a good solution
LOL
alina
then stuff! more stuff! royal wedding! ravus stands up for ignis' honor and they drink and bitch!
chilla
:D :D :D
:D
:D
:D
:D :D :D
ravus punches somebody
alina
(ravus: now, your master gets to marry the best woman in the whole world and my poor sister is given to some lucian upstart with bad posture)
chilla
for his retainer-in-law
alina
(ignis: he can take you in a fight, you know)
(ravus: ugh dude you have such horrible taste. but anyway you saved my sister you can ask for anything you want ever, what's mine is yours, et cetera)
(dignified mutual wine-chugging)
chilla
(yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss)
alina
etc etc recovery something something probably eventual ignoctluna threesome
no timeskip
chilla
(and then someone in court calls Ignis a dog, Ravus half-murders them, and Ignis is mildly like, well yes, dogs are noble beasts and it's not a fair comparison)
alina
hahhhhh
ravus takes his feelings seriously
chilla
yes!
alina
ravus doesn't quite get the not killing people clause of normal human upbringing
SO. YOU SEE. I TOLD YOU.



alina
laaaaaaaaaa
laaaaaaaaaa
so
dat eyeball
it's getting eaten, okay
chilla
yes
absolutely
alina
okay okay like
for the road
to pull back from the eyeballs a bit
after the wedding
chilla
hah
alina
where ravus almost kills somebody and then he and ignis drink and bitch
i want noct (and luna, because noct never sees ignis w/o luna anymore) to, like, call ignis in
chilla
yeeees?
alina
and tell him that they think lord such-and-such won't really fit into the court
and was encouraged to, like, rusticate
somewhere far away
and ignis is like, 😕
chilla
hah
alina
and noct is like, yeah so i talked to ravus goddamn i was looking towards to lording him getting disorderly at our wedding but actually IA
and ignis is like, 😕 😕 😕
and then there's this like, complicated dialogue i haven't sussed out yet but
chilla
:D
:D
alina
where noct basically tells him, i know we had this thing where you compensate for any potential trouble i my way and you liked it and were proud of it
chilla
:D:D:D:D:D
alina
but like, i think on the whole it can be said you've fulfilled this particular quota FOREVER
chilla
ha
alina
like, over and under
and so from now on if i notice something that's the tiniest bit harmful to you, or ideally YOU notice something that's tiniest bit harmful to you, i fall on it like a ton of royal displeasure
chilla
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
nice
alina
which ignis is like... not sure how to feel about
so they reassure him they want to load him with a boatload of government work
chilla
but how can we make this so ignis doesnt run away screaming into the nigth
aaah
alina
and then they discuss getting him a, like, personal assistant who will type his notes, handle his schedule and check that he's wearing a right tie for big events
and ignis is like, i don't want to trouble peopl...
chilla
:D
:^D
alina
and they're like, dude, you're about to be the third most important person in the entire kingdom
people will backstab each other in dark alleys for the shot at this poisition
like come on
chilla
haaaa
hahhhah
and ignis has to rethink some things?
alina
yup
idk i still can't suss out the plot middle of the story
from hospital to wedding
but i think the end goes like
wedding - job position - seduction? - sleeping together and the necklace - sleeping together and ignis waking up flashbacking - conversations in the dark - happy end
chilla
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
does he ever see noct without luna there?
alina
like i think the very last emotional beat is ignis feeling guilty because he forgot it wasn't noct, back there; and noct saying, okay a) you didn't have a lot of choice and b) i feel like, unintentionally, i didn't give you enough to completely unambiguously believe that i would forgive you literally everything on this green earth
(nope, threesome sticks together! i'm thinking, like, in three-five years, maybe, slowly, and with some backslides)
chilla
YESSSSSS on the forgiveness
alina
(like, it's mostly muscle memory, but it's sticky; there's this initial flash of fear he can never quite suppress, and they don't want to push it b/c it would be more for noct's benefit than ignis', and they're Done with that)
and like, by this point this should be earned by noct, because he did the [big thing] in the climax, and held fast to it since
chilla
y e s
alina
like noct's arc, kind of assisted by luna, is to actually and visibly put ignis' needs over his own? like, vocally, including in recovery
chilla
yes
alina
not in a groveling way, more in like, mature way
chilla
yep
sincerely
and not like, "look how selfless i am"
alina
yes
i want his, like, turning moment to be overhearing the whole suicide hotline thing
chilla
like, he's not eating the tomatoes in a martyred way! he's asking Ignis if he wants them
alina
like, he was super upset for ignis before obviously
but it was, like, in a more normal way of things
and then he heard ignis and just like... realized the depth to which the whole thing is FUCKED THE FUCK UP
like, not that ignis went and got tortured for him, because this is like... default heroic normal
but b/c ignis considered suicide to just like... tidy up his life for him
chilla
yes.
alina
and this is when noct realizes he has to grow up
like, that very moment
shit got real
chilla
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
alina
it's kind of a like
inverse arc from the swamp fic i think
b/c there noct says wow you're fucked up but i am so hooked up on it please stay fucked up together
let's align our neuroses and ride them into sunset
but here the damage is just... to great, he can't do that
so he grows up
and becomes a king
and saves the world
and ignis sort of... eventually... accepts that even grown up noct won't abandon him, i think
that noct can love him and value him even if he's not the human magic eraser slash chef extraordinaire
chilla
back
yesssssssssssssssssssssssss this
is so delicious
to be fair, in swamp fic
he DID do the king thing
which was 10 yrs nap

alina
yup
yeah, no, like, i actually like post-timeskip noct
in-game
he's like, not doing the disaffected teenager thing anymore
he learned to say the scary sad things, good enough for me10:39 PM
so i kinda want to aim for post-timeskip noct w/o timeskip, if it makes sense