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solaire of astora ([info]sunbro) wrote in [info]valloic,
@ 2021-02-08 08:02:00

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Entry tags:!: network post, critical role: essek thelyss, dc: sara lance, she-ra: catra, ₴ inactive: alexei mashkov, ₴ inactive: eleanor shellstrop ii, ₴ inactive: nesta archeron, ₴ inactive: regina mills, ₴ inactive: solaire

Since everyone's been focusing on the upcoming holiday, I thought I'd regale you with a tale of love from my home! I'm no bard, alas, and I'm no good with any songs that don't qualify as "drinking songs", but I can tell a good story!

There once was an evil witch named Zullie who had studied in Izalith all the most horrible curses that the world had to offer. Her father had beseeched her to use these curses to create the worst one of all: a curse that would slowly waste humans to nothing but scant meat and bone, and consume their mind - for humans, it was agreed, were a scourge and unworthy to share the world with beings of magic. Zullie agreed to work with her sisters to complete this curse, and they were successful - they were able to create what is known as the Abyss, a horrific void of nothing that sprung forth the wasting curse and rendered everyone who came near hollow.

Zullie was pleased with her work, for she had made her family proud, but her father gave her another task: "Go forth and find Alva the Wanderer, a brave knight giving people hope. Go forth and make him fall in love with you, and break his heart to shatters." Hope, you see, is the only medicine strong enough to prevent the worsening of the hollow curse, and with Alva bringing people hope, it wasn't spreading as quickly as the evil wizard had hoped. Zullie agreed to find Alva the Wanderer and determine what had given him his power of hope, and to shatter any faith he might have had in gods or man.

She found him preaching in a field far west of the Undead Settlement, and was surprised to see that he was marked as nearly hollow. How could a simple hollow give hope to anyone? Zullie traveled with Alva at his side, observing him and his interactions with others. To her wonderment, Alva continuously put himself last in every event, always ensuring that people around him had comfort, food, and good companionship. He was even kind to her, asking her no questions that would have made her lies apparent.

You know where I'm going with this, don't you? Zullie fell madly in love with Alva the Wanderer, and began to follow him and help him spread hope in earnest. She confessed her true mission to him one evening while gazing over the golden city of Anor Lando, and he recoiled, horrified to hear that he was sitting next to one fo the witches who had cursed humanity. She neither begged for her life nor her innocence, instead asking that he allow her to follow him and continue his works in penance. Alva, who honored forgiveness as one of the most holy tenets of his faith, agreed, and Zullie the witch became a devoted follower.

They did, in fact, marry, and due to the fact that she was immune to her own curse, and consequently fertile, Zullie bore Alva a child - a witch, of course, with magical powers. Alva and Zullie were happy, or close enough to it (for you have to snatch happiness in handfuls in Lordran) - but things were not to stay joyful for long, for Zullie's father caught wind of his daughter's betrayal. Rather than punish her or Alva directly, he created a rumor spell, and flung it into the homes and hovels of the villagers that Zullie and Alva had not yet given hope to. The villagers rallied, furious, for Zullie's role in creating the curse of the hollows was revealed to them, and they stormed to where Alva and Zullie camped and tore her from Alva's arms and tossed her into the darkest dungeon at the edge of the world where the Abyss gathered its teeth and its claws and whispered hopelessness to her every night. Alva swore to find his wife and save her, but without his beloved, he found his own hope dwindling. He placed their daughter in a safe place, worrying for her safety, and embarked on a quest to find his wife. It isn't known what become of him, whether or not he found Zullie, whether or not they were reunited once again, whether or not they raised their daughter in secret.

A lot of people want solid endings for their stories, and I understand that, but I really rather enjoy this one - you can choose what happens to them, and your choice reflects your own reservoir of hope. I choose to believe that he was able to find her and they lived the rest of their lives in peace. This is likely foolish, as Alva was nearly hollow when he first met her, and hollows don't tend to last long once they've encountered true sorrow. But despair isn't guaranteed. And that, I think, is the point of love: believing the best despite everything realistic when your partner is in danger and needs support.

I hope I didn't depress anyone. That story always made me cry when Lautrec told it; spiky bastard.



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[info]notjane
2021-02-08 02:33 pm UTC (link)
Is there a tl;dr version of this?

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 02:34 pm UTC (link)
Love hurts, expect it, but it's usually worth it provided that your partner in love respects you and is a good communicator of course!

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[info]notjane
2021-02-08 04:58 pm UTC (link)
Worth it, yeah. But what if sometimes his respect is out of fear and he communicates his love through documentaries?

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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 05:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjane, 2021-02-08 05:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 05:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjane, 2021-02-08 06:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-09 12:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]notjane, 2021-02-09 01:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-09 01:41 am UTC
voice-to-text
[info]theblindbandit
2021-02-08 02:34 pm UTC (link)
DOES IT EVER END

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 02:35 pm UTC (link)
It doesn't; this is your life now.

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[info]theblindbandit
2021-02-08 02:36 pm UTC (link)
I don't want this

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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 02:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]theblindbandit, 2021-02-08 02:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 02:46 pm UTC

[info]mashtater
2021-02-08 02:41 pm UTC (link)
That is beautiful story. Sad, but very beautiful. I am not crying, is only dust in attic room.

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 02:49 pm UTC (link)
Lautrec always told it so well, too. He was evil as anything (circumstance put us briefly together) but he had a very nice baritone and always did the rioting mob so well. There's plenty of wrong-doing going around; I always felt sorry for Zullie rather than angry at her for what she'd done.

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[info]mashtater
2021-02-08 02:56 pm UTC (link)
I am feeling sad for her. She is raised by family who believe people not having magic are bad, family she does not want disappointing. She thinks she is doing good thing. Then she learns she is not doing good thing, and she is trying to change, make better. She make bad mistake, very bad mistake, maybe worst mistake I am ever hearing...but mistake, still, and she is paying very much for it. Why be angry then?

Who is Lautrec?

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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 03:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mashtater, 2021-02-08 03:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 03:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mashtater, 2021-02-08 03:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 03:44 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 04:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mashtater, 2021-02-08 04:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 04:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mashtater, 2021-02-08 04:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 04:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mashtater, 2021-02-08 04:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 04:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mashtater, 2021-02-08 04:47 pm UTC
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[info]fishbro
2021-02-08 02:43 pm UTC (link)
All that and there isn't even an ending. Bro.

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 02:50 pm UTC (link)
That's the point! You make up your own ending.

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[info]fishbro
2021-02-08 02:54 pm UTC (link)
Sounds like you're just saying 'ignorance is bliss.' Thought you said once your home doesn't do happy endings.

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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 03:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fishbro, 2021-02-08 03:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 03:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 03:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fishbro, 2021-02-08 03:21 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 03:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fishbro, 2021-02-08 03:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 03:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fishbro, 2021-02-08 03:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]theyellowbird, 2021-02-08 03:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fishbro, 2021-02-08 03:24 pm UTC
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[info]mashtater
2021-02-08 02:51 pm UTC (link)
Why is everyone thinking six paragraphs is long story? I am reading in third language and still is not long. Nobody is making you read Dostoevsky in high school, makes you weak readers, no attention plan.

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 02:53 pm UTC (link)
What's Dostoevsky? Did he write of doomed love?

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(no subject) - [info]mashtater, 2021-02-08 02:59 pm UTC
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[info]hisses
2021-02-08 03:01 pm UTC (link)
I can't believe I actually read this whole thing -

Zullie's dad is a dick and I'm hoping he got his in the end.

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 03:06 pm UTC (link)
He was killed by a brave knight named Artorias in the end! But unfortunately killing him didn't lift the curse. Manus was unrepentant 'til the end.

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(no subject) - [info]hisses, 2021-02-08 03:11 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 03:43 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 04:05 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 04:13 pm UTC
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[info]forkedup
2021-02-08 03:20 pm UTC (link)
Cool story, bro.

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 03:21 pm UTC (link)
Thanks!

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[info]poisonedheart
2021-02-08 03:52 pm UTC (link)
You have a good grasp on love.

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 04:05 pm UTC (link)
You sound surprised!

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(no subject) - [info]poisonedheart, 2021-02-08 04:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 04:25 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 04:31 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-08 04:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]poisonedheart, 2021-02-08 04:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sunbro, 2021-02-09 12:08 am UTC

[info]nesta
2021-02-08 04:03 pm UTC (link)
People do love a good enemies-to-lovers story, you know. Please tell me she at least put up a little bit of a fight before falling madly in love with the do-gooder?

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 04:07 pm UTC (link)
I'm indeed a sucker for enemies-to-lovers (it's my favorite sub-genre of smut to request from Chastity's Nook!). There are whole folk tales of Zullie's adventures with Alva before she confessed her love for him - a great deal of the time she would use cunning to defeat local adversaries when Alva could not succeed with his philosophies. She's known for slaying a dragon with nothing but poison knives!

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(no subject) - [info]nesta, 2021-02-08 04:22 pm UTC
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[info]shadowhand
2021-02-08 04:37 pm UTC (link)
That might be a sad tale, but I rather liked it. There is something to be said for a story of two people on opposing sides that find a mutual respect that grows beyond. And I believe you sell yourself short; you told it quite well.

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[info]sunbro
2021-02-08 04:42 pm UTC (link)
Just don't ask me to sing it to you! I'd lose all your respect immediately.

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(no subject) - [info]shadowhand, 2021-02-08 05:04 pm UTC
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[info]bendreality
2021-02-08 04:59 pm UTC (link)
Ah, is that something you find interest in?

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(no subject) - [info]shadowhand, 2021-02-08 05:11 pm UTC


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