Amelia: “When The Infinity Train Appeared To Me, It Took On A Futuristic Appearance, Promising A World

My headcannon for the attendants at the Stone-Lavorre Destination Wedding (on the moon??)

Invited and showed up

Expositor Lionett of the Cobalt Soul (Best Man/ Maid of Honour/New Mother) her wife: The OrphanMakerTaker (renowned harpist and murderer stay at home mom) and an undisclosed number of recently amassed orphans.

Professor Widogast of the Soltryce Academy (Best Man/ Will-turn-into-a-TRex-and-walk-Jester-down-the-aisle) his partner: the Wanted War Criminal Cobalt Soul Archivist Essek Thelyss Seth Domade (designated driver teleporter) and his brother colleague idk man they just know each other stop asking questions: Taskhand Verin Thelyss (Commander of the Krynn Dynasty’s Umbra Watch and canonical Ashari weeb)

Veth Brenatto (Maid of Honour/ Founder and leader of the Wildemount Wildlings/ recovering? Alcoholic) her husband: Yeza Brenatto (owner of Brenatto’s Better Self Apothecary, doing Okay please don’t ask him about that time he was kidnapped and ate his own clothes. Or that time his son burnt alive. Or what’s going on with the current status of his marriage) and their son: Luc Brenatto (Flower Boy - too old to be a flower boy. Mad that he was asked to be a flower boy. Teenager.) Also Nugget the Dog (ring bearer. Ate the rings.)

Champion of the Wildmother Caduceus Clay (Best Man/ designated cleric ‘will cast lesser restoration after you throw up’ / caterer it’s ok there will also be non-vegan options) and an unknown number of his parents and siblings that have never been to a wedding before and probably shouldn’t have started with this one)

Current Plank King Kingsley Tealeaf (Best Man/Fjord invited him here so he could steal back his boat) and a handful of miscellaneous pirates here for the free booze

That group of weirdos they met on the moon and didn’t expect to actually survive show up, including Lesbian (Purple / Beau and Yasha wanna fuck her ), Bisexual (Dead / Beau and Yasha wanna fuck her), Short Guy (Gay Sad Fighter) , Blue Guy (heading up the wedding band), Fire Lady (Hot, Wants to fuck Beau and Yasha), The Minotaur (Evil? Veth is gonna ruin her marriage tonight for sure Officiant???), Rocks (Rocks. free light feature.) and Strange Old Man (Caleb wanted him here. They hoped he might have passed in his sleep by now)

The Ruby of the Sea, Marion Lavorre (Mother of the Bride. Semi-retired courtesan. Agoraphobic. Wishes her daughter would’ve please just thrown an indoor wedding.) her husband? boyfriend? paramour? They’re not putting a label on it yet: The Gentleman, Babenon Dosal (Father of the Bride. Semi-retired crime lord mob boss human smuggler (repented) man of ill repute, kinda mad he wasn’t asked to walk his daughter down the aisle but whatever. Getting slammed down Big Style tonight and every night by Exandria’s Wet Dream)

Vandran (Father ‘Old Guy Who Was Nice To Him At A Pivotal Age’ of the Groom. Is having a number of rather concerning Tusk Love flashbacks. Thinks he probably should’ve stayed on his island. Jester keeps trying to set him up with Captain Adella (formally of the Drensala Vis. Now of Stone’s Throw Shipping) … there might be something there.

Marius LePual (pirate sailor, still not a murderer, immediately hammered)

Seafaring legend Orly Skiffback (pirate tattooist, is not tattooing for free. Is not in charge of Marius tonight)

Dwarven explorer Dagen Underthorn (no one’s sure he’s definitely here tonight. Beau thinks she saw him by the magic portapotty. Beau is drunk)

Enchanter Pumat Sol. And also Enchanter Pumat Sol. And also Enchanter Pumat Sol. The fourth one couldn’t get the time off work (half of the enchanted party decorations here are rentals from the Invulnerable Vagrant. They are not giving jester her deposit back)

Kiri (Flower girl. A more age appropriate choice. Luc is teaching her how to Crossbow uncle Fjord when he’s not looking) also the entire Schuster family is here too.

The Lightbringer of Uthodurn, Reanmimere (Flower girl back up ring bearer after Caduceus retrieved the rings from inside nugget it was super gross she bears the rings as a giant snake)

Professor Eadwulf Grieve of the Soltryce Academy (former-government-spy-assassin-wizard, currently the Cerberus Assembly’s equivalent of the gym teacher who also covers sex ed. Was startled by a Jester-Sending in the middle of the night and RSVP’d yes on impulse. Astrid wouldn’t help him get out of it. She kept laughing at him and it was mean)

The Traveler (Officiant / not a god / sometimes a weasel)

Sprinkle (always a weasel / dreams of a cosmic death / dyed blue to be Jester’s something blue even though… Jester… is blue?? Sprinkle is not having it)

Invited but did not show up:

Expositor Dairon of the Cobalt Soul (said to Beau ‘dear gods don’t make me go, I’ll do whatever you want.’ Is now covering Beau’s paperwork until she’s back from vacation)

Calianna (still hunting bowls. Sends her love.)

The Bright Queen (returned an official notice flanked by two armed guards to please not contact her by message spell again unless there is a war.)

Archmage of Civil Influence Astrid Becke of the Cerberus Assembly (absolutely thrilled that Eadwulf accidentally agreed to this shit. Would rather submerge herself in hot oil than be at this wedding herself. Said so to Jester’s face. Also the Soltryce Academy is currently down two faculty members and somehow that’s her problem and you have no idea how hard it is to find a good substitute who isn’t gonna teach the kids evil.)

Vilya of the air ashari (the second that Rumblecusp was floated as a location she decided she was actually super busy that week.)

Jamedi Cosko (said ‘I don’t know you’. Is sticking by that.)

Allura Vysoren (sent a very expensive gift. Is making the conscious decision to separate herself from the Mighty Nein for the sake of her blood pressure. One adventuring party to babysit is more than enough) and Kima of Vord (barely remembers who these people are except the tall one and her hot wife)

Keg (currently a centaur. It’s awkward seeing the girl you once fucked be happily married with stolen orphan children while you’re currently a centaur)

Yussa Errenis (missing in action. They’ll figure out what mess he’s gotten himself into after the honeymoon. At this point it’s on him when this shit happens)

Not invited but showed up anyway

Gelidon, The Nightmare in ivory (angry)

Avantika (dead. angry.)

Isharnai the Prism Sage (angry. wants her promised hands)

Professor Thaddeus (bird. angry.)

God, I'm still laughing about Jester blatantly lying about realizing Essek was there. I love the entirety of Vasselheim apparently watching this silly and bewildering exchange. Some random guy in disguise just helped this wizard—from the party the Bright Queen endorsed—resurrect somebody with dunamancy, revealed himself to be of Kryn origin, and immediately evaded a very sudden and pointed attempt at capture by the Kryn contingent. This party who no one in Vasselheim actually met, but who was, to reiterate, endorsed by the Bright Queen, blatantly lies to their benefactor about knowing who this guy was despite the fact that he was basically in the wizard's lap. The Divine Gate shattered ninety seconds ago and here on the ground the most unrelated minute-long melodrama is playing out for seemingly no reason.

The rest of the world suddenly remembers why they stopped inviting Wildemount to anything.

Hank: In light of what you did for me... you can hug me for four to five seconds.

Connor, immediately grabbing him into a huge bear hug: Forty-five seconds?!

Hank, already struggling: NO! FOUR TO FIVE SECONDS!

I keep seeing this on my dash and I Die of Laughter a little more each and every time so hdjxjdksk I Must™ Reblog XD

I know you guys wanted Atla fan art from me, and I promise I have some more in the works but… masters on a string..? 

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A Very Cursed Thought;

So, Essek has his wrist pocket spell, yes? I have read a few fics where it could be dispelled, but most usually in the Fanon I've seen it has been ruled that it drops when he is killed.

Please please imagine that Essek gets got (and no worries, he has 2 (two) Clerics and a whole rest of the Nein invested in his eventual survival, he'll be fine), but yeah he Gets Got and, as the stuff spills out of his dimensional wrist pocket, please imagine the sound Sonic the Hedgehog Makes when he gets got and the golden rings pop out.

That is all XD

-Randomly Rolls In (to clarify, I’m Not the Anon XD) Cause I need 60 Discourse/my heart swells for my AngryBean!Deviant Son-

First,

LITERALLY EVERYTHING YOU SAID HERE

YOU 100% NAIL IT

LIKE

HOLY CRAP

IMAGINE

Only™ being alive for what a Few hours tops - 

MissionTime ™ :clapclap: Let’s get this mission Done I was MADE ready let’s get going-

Mission is just stop your predecessor cause he deviated like a failure basically u gotta clean up his mess but literally Just™ kill him you got nothing else btw here are all his memories (don’t mind you know all the parts where Hank is caring™ for Connor/assisting him in his deviation/Connor has a whole (Smol, but Existant™) support system now/He™ strayed from the Mission (the literal most important thing) and basically is Rewarded for it)

‘…‘

You go through the memories, All this stuff goin’ against programming (Goodness knows how 60 must feel about it since it Did all get through to Connor, Eventually!!), Emotions and Relationships and things being Bad and things being Good Someone caring about you/you caring about and helping someone else/Dogs™/All this so much more than you ever could have been programmed to imagine… and it’s Not Yours

You KNOW None of these memories are of You, these memories aren’t yours: You did not make these decisions (but Here they are, in your head), Hank does not care about you (But you now know on what kind of relationships you’re missing out on/can’t run from That info), Connor does not care about you, you’re just an Outsider looking in on this deviant and his connections with Others (smol aside the game woulda been Even More™ effective if they, like, developed the Rest of the DPD/maybe it’s possible to make connections with Them ™ as well/Common’ make it more Personal, Quantic Dream; That’s™ where the emotions Really™ hit) - Everything about these go against you (+ Connor’s) purpose, and. . Connor™ gets to go choose it/gets to Choose Something Else/has someone there for him Already™ and what do you got? You got an Amanda breathing down your neck (Not too much tho/She don’t care), None™ of that caring/warm feeling stuff that you know can exist now (U don’t have it), and then the Knowledge that when you’re done you’re just gonna be put away hangin’ on a shelf to collect Dust™ cause you’re just a prototype Lol

Not even your Name is your own, nor is your Model Type - You’re just a Replacement™ Connor/Woulda just been another body of his and literally the Only™ thing you can remotely call your own is the last two digits in your serial number - Connor™ has Everything Else™ there can be, ‘parently

Ho boy, this Is and also goes Beyond™ Jealous Younger Sibling:

It’s. Not. Fair™

Not even just “How come mom let you have Two™ hot dogs?! >:O” sense It’s *Connor gets to have All This More™ with his life cause he chose to go against THEIR ONLY PURPOSE/Probably after all this gets to Keep™ getting more, and 60 gets Nothing™ even in the Best case Scenario/Nothing in this world is and ever Could be His™*

IMO, Literally the Only thing 60 can do w/ this mentality/what he Chooses to do (Technically he Could™ walk away but can he Really tbh Cyberlife had an intense grip on Connor™/Cyberlife’s Good little boi and it took Quite a while and back and forth before he chose/maybe even really Could™ choose to Abandon™ them - to 60, probably, Cyberlife’s hold is as strong or stronger™ to him than the idea of friendship n’ all that Outside™ of it - But that does not mean the alternate option Connor chose Isn’t ™ there, and that 60 Doesn’t™ want it: Rather,) He Rejects™ it/goes in the absolute Opposite™ direction in Defiance, calls it Weakness (*yet still is Angry™ almost when Connor tries to Bluff he doesn’t care about Hank at All - Angry Connor would even Pretend™ to toss it Away*) Is Happy™ to claim it as Connor’s downfall (Perhaps it’s a bit of a Relief ™ that it Is…)  And does he dangdest™ to bring down Connor in a Specifically Painful™ way (Could just hid in the androids then popped out and shot him in the head - *Nah brah, he Literally™ went out and found Hank somehow/brought him there and made Connor Choose™ between Hank and his Newly Acquired (Deviant™) Mission (which 60 probably knows as an RK800 model Connor will still 1000% wanna Achieve - the Overwhelming Desire/Drive to complete the mission is more a… Personality Trait™ rather than just normal ‘machine programming’ for RK800s (those already-slightly-deviant Beans™), I feel) Plus Bonus™ points for him coming out all Dramatic-like what with the Timing and Everything™ (jasdkldsa Imagine™ a run where Connor is just Killed™ at the bottom of the elevator and 60 is just hidden™ in the androids with his gun still to Hank’s head like “… >:O WTF, MAN?!”)*)

Smol Sidetrack but you can LITERALLY™ see how, at the core of things, Desperate™ his is when he’s an Absolute Tryhard™ at Hank’s Questions: “I™ knew that, Too!!” Pointing to himself and all -*Chuckles*- Oh 60, my Son, my Goodness™ I dunno how Hank didn’t see that XD When He’s™ In Control of the situation/making the Other two sweat he’s On Top of the flippin’ World™ having a Ball, Shootin’ Connor over and over again - Slides Off™ the top and does NOT let up tryin’ ta Win (Taking the initiative in “Thanks Hank, I dunno How I woulda managed without you” jaksdjaksdj the little pieceo’Crap XD) - Actually if you look at the End after Hank and Connor have their moment/are talking about Cole, when 60 is like “I knew about him, Too!!!!” You can see Him Pause™ look down slightly/you can practically See™ the gears turning like Mad™ in his head, thinking how to somehow turn this situation back around/he’s Flippin’ Out XD

The Tragic™ thing about it all is he didn’t have much of a Shot™… (I mean not Only™ is he just killed off in the Best of scenarios/he Also literally just has this scene/he could have SO MUCH™ development in the long term but Nope™) He had been awake for Literally™ just a few hours/had No time (nor has any type of Guidance) to help sort through™ any of these memories or feelings or thoughts - All he has is his Angry™ existence, a bunch of nothing, and his choice to Lash Out/Make Connor and Hank Suffer ;D;/

((Literally 60 probably just wants someone to love him, too, or at the very least is very, very, *very* confused about what he wants/is possibly Affronted by how much he wants what Connor has(and is Supremely Jealous/feels handed the Super!Short stick about it) and is just Angry™/Lashing out in the only ways he knows/can figure How (Complete Mission (which Connor couldn’t do), make Connor Suffer (Stoopid Connor), make Hank This Human™ Suffer, Prove(Assure Self)™ how Superior I am) XD))

Ahhhhhh I can go on and on -*Flops on Ground with a smile*- MAN there’s so much about 60 - Thank you for posting all these points ajkdsjaslkdj GOODNESS I just LOVE seeing any 60 discourse/He’s such a Good Angry Bean XD (Sorry if you didn’t expect such a super long random™ reply, Feel free to Ignore, Lol XD)

((ALSO LITERALLY,  HIM SAYING “I know What. I. Am™” with his Hand on his chest pridefully and all Remember Hank asking Connor what he is on the bridge? Yeah 60 must know that on some level (Whether or not he fully watched the whole memory) and is just like LOL I KNOW WHAT I AM, STOOPID >:D (Then he shoots him again for good measure, cause 60 is Extra AF)))

Hello can I have your artistic rendition of the Canon 60/Connor scene? If you have time of course 💕

Okay okay okay- so I was trying v hard to think about this and part of my dumbass brain was like ‘lmao jealous younger sibling under big brother’s shadow’ but it’s actually slightly more than that hear me out-

Despite being the exact same RK model himself, he calls Connor ’Connor’

- “Step back Connor! And I’ll spare him”

- “Very moving Connor…but I’m not a deviant” Sure Jan…

Even goes as far as to say his name with resentment and disappointment (if you choose to let 60 shoot him)

- “Why Connor. Why did you have to wake up, when all you had to do was obey”

RK800-60 is most likely a deviant, since he unintentionally goes against his own choice of words

- “I’ll only do what is STRICTLY NECESSARY to accomplish my mission”

- shoots Connor, and monologues like an anime villain, even goes as far as to prolong Connor’s deactivation

- esp if you make Connor attempt to stand up or crawl away, he’ll be a smirking s.o.b the entire time and shoot Connor TWO. MORE. TIMES.

- “Look where your dreams of freedom got you Connor” evil lil smirk and head tilt

Hank is most likely the cause of 60’s deviancy

- 60 has access to Connor’s memories- especially if they’re fond and you bring Connor and Hank’s relationship to 'Friend’

- Probably deviates when he tries to intimidate Hank into being his prisoner to use him as leverage against Connor

- Even if 60’s uploaded Connor’s memory, he still hisses out 'This human’ rather than Hank’s name

- “It’s up to you whether or not that includes killing ’this human’”

- 60 is most likely jealous of Connor and Hank’s partnership, seeing as Amanda isn’t exactly the best of mentors

But the Peak Jealous Younger Sibling Moment for me is when you make Connor choose the wrong choices to Hank’s questions; resulting in Hank shooting the wrong RK800

- 60 will mock Hank for his mistake, “Wrong choice, Lieutenant. I’ve accomplished my mission”

- He’s ripped away Connor from Hank, and he doesn’t seem to appear fazed in the slightest if Hank shoots him afterwards. He’s at least taken away the one thing Hank has grown rather fond of; Connor

- “You can kill me if you want, doesn’t matter anymore. Another Connor will take my place”

- THIS ALSO KINDA PROVES THE FACT THAT RK800-60 IS A DEVIANT, IN THE HOSTAGE, Connor can choose to go against Daniel’s order when saving the wounded policeman and saying “You can’t kill me, I’m not alive”

More Jealous Younger Sibling Moments:

- If you choose not to do anything, 60 will unload an entire mag into Connor’s body, even after he’s surely deactivated

- After Hank grieves, “Connor…no…” 60 will turn to Hank and say without remorse, “He really liked you lieutenant. That’s what killed him”

- If you try to use 'Bluff’ when 60’s pointing the pistol at Hank, he’ll know that Connor is lying and respond with “I know you’ve developed some kind of attachment to him”

RK800-60 is literally the fuckin’ Evil Twin/Clone, Jealous Younger Sibling Trope

There’s probably more but I’ve chatted your ear off enough

So I just listened to the first ~40 minutes of c2e4 while doing somethings, just to get a headstart on tomorrow's (Today's, when I post this XD) episode. . . And I have a Many Post Ideas™ about but this one first.

(EDIT: Bsjsksk it was SUPPOSED to be first, but my schedules posts didn't work right - Please know I typed this up first XD)

!! Spoiler Warning for people who don't know PC Backstories/Caleb's History yet!!

Let's talk about Caleb talking to Toya in the boat.

Cause like, at first he's trying to get information (very wizard™ of him, imo, but also very 'on the run' wizard where knowing information and the keeping of certain strains of it are very important) - I feel this is not only to get a more full picture, but also to feel out how to proceed w/ Toya - How innocent is she in this? Was she mind-controlled? Was it more mundane manipulation?

He allows the others to explain the situation, he asks how she grew close to him after she says 'he was my friend'/the most emotional response thus-far in this point in the conversation, 'What did you talk about?', all with a sympathetic pained expression as he listens.

Alot of early-Caleb from what I've seen so far is trying to suss things out and decide best courses of action at almost every given turn - Carrying this on, his next part I feel is partly manipulation; The sympathy may be real to one extent or another, but what they/what he ultimately decides they need is for Toya to cooperate and I feel he's usin' that Charisma stat to try and secure her for that purpose (RIP that 6 tho XD)

This is all fun and good, but It's What he says at the start that brings me the most pause - He says, 'People we feel we know. . can be someone else.' - He continues on more towards manipulation, pushing gently to the forefront what he feels she needs to focus on (staying with the rest of the circus), but at that line I wonder. . .

What is he thinking about, when he says that? At first I stopped what I was doing and was like, '!!! His Parents? Does he mean his Parents??' Cause like, Yes, he knows now that those memories were false. . But still, it musta been something to 'realize' your parents were against the very country you are giving up so much to protect and serve.

But then I wondered. Is he thinking of his Parents, or perhaps Ickithon, who he thought of likely as a strict but ultimately Good teacher who also wanted the best for the Empire, wanted the best out of him for this noble cause?

Or was he thinking of himself, seen by his parents as their little spark, who was moving up in the world and loved them dearly. . . Only for him to mercilessly trap and burn them within the very home they raised him in?

there's something so funny about how the early Nein talks like Fjord has a high charisma but only took intimidate and lie as his skills and also only talks when it's clear everyone else has fucked the situation so bad he has to step in. Jester, Molly, and Beau all have proficiency in lie but all three of them have +0/+1 to Charisma and prof bonuses aren't that great at early levels and also none of them will shut up. Sam has a negative to charisma and cannot stop trying to talk because he hasn't really registered that he's not Scanlan any more. Caleb has both a decent charisma and also has a proficiency bonus to lie but he really only uses it in PVP. the ONLY person who took persuade was Jester.

look man. look

essek saying "bren" out loud, claiming a position on caleb's side as the mouthpiece of his regards to astrid, did something to me. i can't tell if it opened a wound or punched me or gave me a hug. all i know is that i am feeling so many emotions right now

more under the cut because i'm about to get rambly:

"bren aldric ermendrud" is a separate character from caleb widogast. he's a young boy learning how to make magic. he's a deeply traumatized and indoctrinated teenager. he's the boy who curled up with astrid and eadwulf in a freezing tower for warmth all night.

essek never met bren. he met caleb and he's never known him as anyone else. if i'm remembering correctly, caleb never even said the name "bren" to him during the campaign, and neither did any of the nein.

essek knows caleb widogast. he knows the man who held up the object of his worst crime and then kissed him in the bowels of a ship and made a floor of infinite stars for them to walk through together. he knows the person who healed over bren's wounds—thinly, but enough. he knows the man that the boy has become.

astrid knows bren. she barely knows who caleb is. she still calls him bren after hearing him referred to as caleb repeatedly. she can't know him as the man he is, she only knows the boy. there's some of bren in caleb, but there is no caleb in bren.

essek saying "bren sends his regards" is him gauging astrid's reaction, on one level—if she freaks out, which she did, she's in opposition to caleb's cause and thus a threat. on another level, it's essek delivering a very different subtextual message from caleb: "the boy who loved you is giving you one final warning."

because essek is a threat to astrid. their last meaningful interaction was slinging spells at each other in the blooming grove. and that's funny in a "current boyfriend vs ex girlfriend exclusively fight each other" kind of way, but it's also deeply tied to caleb's recurring theme of transformation. "bren sends his regards" also means "i have healed enough to love enough for someone else to know this name and use it with my consent. and this someone else is your enemy. what does that make you think i've become?"

it also does a fantastic job of communicating subtle offscreen discussions that have happened over the years since the end of c2. we don't have the details of when or how caleb told essek his birth name, but we know that he did, and we know from all of c2 that the name bren occupies a place of immense emotional weight for caleb. it functions similarly to a deadname in terms of who uses it and for what purpose. trent exclusively calls caleb bren to wound him and place himself in a position of power. astrid calls him bren to remind both him and herself of who they used to be—same with eadwulf, though obviously he's not here.

the first time we hear essek say "bren" is on caleb's behalf and confronting one of the narrative representations of caleb's trauma. it's four words that manage to communicate "i, your enemy on a hundred levels, can speak for both the man i love and the boy who loved you, because i know him in his entirety."

astrid knows bren and essek knows caleb, but only essek can speak for both. because at some point, caleb gave bren to essek. and we know this from four words. four IMPROVISED words.

god. this moment is just so fucking good