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*jazz hands* it’sss mordred! probably looking rather shocked after Noctis invites him into a permanent spot in their party.
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sparklecryptidI have All The Feels about Mordred, and about the universe he is part of. I mean - the worldbuilding about how Galahd views natural magic-users as something Other Then Human is enthralling, and the implications of how said views influence their perspectives of Mordred himself are just - intriguing. Because if the Kings, who fight with the power of the gods at their fingertips, and the Oracles, who sing with the voices of the gods at their lips, are viewed as - monsters, essentially, benevolent ones but still frighteningly Not Human, what does that mean for Mordred, who also has abilities that reach beyond the human norm?
Who can speak with the dead, and speak for the dead?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Mordred is viewed - with respect, with kindness, but with that same inherent acknowledgement of being brushed with the touch of the Other.
And I love your view of Nyx here. Nyx is - a good person, and benevolent figure, and he’s displayed as that here as much as he is in your other works, but unlike in your other works we get to see a side of him here that is unbearably human in terms of its flaws. Nyx - Nyx knows, intellectually, that Mordred is not to blame for the Fall of Galahd. But at the same time - Nyx doesn’t like having Mordred as his ward. It’s nothing about Mordred directly, but Nyx never really had a choice about this. He does his duty to Mordred because it is a duty, and because he’s not heartless enough to leave a kid on his own - but at the same time, it’s always going to be in the back go his mind. Why Selena, and not Mordred? Why did his sister die and Mordred live? Why couldn’t Mordred, He Who Stands Between, do something?
It’s not rational and it’s not Mordred’s fault - he was a child - and Nyx knows that. But emotions are not rational, and frankly, it’s a relief to both of them when Mordred dismisses Nyx as his speaker and they both go their own way.
…the joke’s on him, to a certain extent. Mordred is perfectly aware of his feelings, but Nyx could never hate Mordred as much as he hates himself. And Mordred - well, he just might be the closest thing Eos has to an atheist. He might have believed in the gods once, he heard the gods, but - in his time of greatest need, when he begged and pleaded and promised them anything - they did not interfere. And, well, he’s made his thoughts on Bahamut perfectly clear.
…I can’t wait to see how you handle Insomnia and the Fall here.
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