Please Let This Be A Foreshadowing Of Their Future Together.

Masterlist

Hello, everyone. I decided to organize my stories by creating a masterlist with links for easier and more convenient access.

BloodBound:

Kamilah Sayeed x MC

The Brightest Light

Fears, Doubts, and Apprehensions

Mistakes (Part 1)

Mistakes (Part 2)

A Moment Alone

The Promise

Reunited

Note: I will update this masterlist whenever I post new stories. :)

(You probably dont but..) but do you take like requests or no? I’m sorry if this was weird and out of the ordinary

Hello. Sorry for the late reply. I would love to, but due to my busy class schedule, I can't commit to taking story requests. :(

A shocking surprise? What or who could it be?

Who's willing to bet that this is Kano Yoshimasa of Japan?

What happened to Kamilah?!

Guess you can’t upgrade perfection 🤷🏽‍♀️

Some thoughts on Gaius and Kamilah’s relationship

Note: These are just my opinions on the matter. They may change depending on what the future chapters will show us.

I will be one of the first people to admit that seeing the two of them being so intimate together in the diamond scene of today’s BloodBound chapter made me feel frustrated. But after some reflection, I eventually realized that such an interaction between them makes sense.

I understand that Gaius is manipulative, power-hungry, deceptive, and cruel. But I think that it was his nature that initially drew Kamilah to him. I understand that  he Turned her against her will. She probably and most likely did not welcome her transformation immediately. And it's also likely that she initially felt anger towards Gaius for taking away her humanity.

But taking into consideration his deceptively charming and manipulative nature, as well as the fact that they spent centuries together, it should not be too surprising that Gaius was able to make Kamilah fall for him.

It's essential to first analyze the circumstances surrounding her Turning. Kamilah was an Egyptian nomarch whose guards were slaughtered by Gaius before the latter Turned her into a vampire. While it is certainly possible and likely that she might have felt anger and resentment towards him at first, he was probably able to force her to listen to him and obey him because she had no one else at the time.

Even before her Turning, Kamilah was already a mature, calculating, and logical woman. This is evidenced by the fact that she was given a position of power during a time when men were considered to be superior to women. Concerning this, it is likely that she realized that she had no choice but to follow and obey Gaius since he was the only she knew who was capable of guiding and teaching her to adapt to her new life as a vampire. She must have thought that it would have been foolish to reveal the truth to other humans. She also must have realized that she could have been destroyed had she done so.

If this were the case, then Gaius must have used her dependence on him to manipulate and convince her to believe in his ideas and views. It is possible that as time passed by, Kamilah started to share his views and eventually developed romantic feelings for him.

Another thing to consider is that they were in a romantic relationship for more than a millennia. On this, their relationship likely took years - probably even centuries, to develop into what it was. The passage of time can influence a person's way of thinking and perceiving things - and it probably caused Kamilah to see Gaius in a positive and romantic light. And Gaius probably used their time together and his deceptive charms to his advantage and made her his Queen.

So with centuries of history and experiences together, the fact that Kamilah and Gaius shared intimate and loving moments should not be too surprising. To his credit, Gaius was not always evil - at one point, he was capable of genuine sympathy and kindness. This was shown when he first met Rheya. When she was about to go into the caves, she asked for him to untie her. He did so and also gave her his dagger for protection before she ventured inside.

Another instance where Gaius exhibited kindness and compassion was when he was willing to face the Order of the Dawn all by himself to help the vampires who were being attacked and slaughtered as well as to give the surviving ones a chance to escape.

The significance of these scenes/moments is that they show that Gaius was not born evil and that before he became truly evil, he had a sense of humanity and a capacity for goodness. On this, it is likely that he did have genuine feelings for Kamilah and that he did care for her.

However, it has already been practically established that his cruelty, rage, and lust for control completely overtook whatever goodness and affection he might have once had. The darkness that grew inside of him became too much to the point that it consumed him entirely - when Adrian, who Gaius claims to have loved, turned against him, Gaius was furious and would have killed the younger vampire had Kamilah not intervened. 

Regarding that moment, I would like to give a quick analysis: Adrian is the opposite of Gaius. Whereas Gaius completely disregards humanity, Adrian understands that humanity has the potential for positive and progressive growth and that there are truly good humans. Kamilah loves Adrian as a brother. She acknowledges that Adrian has a good heart and has said herself that it's part of why she loves him. The fact that Kamilah cleaved Gaius into two indicates that she chose Adrian and his goodness over Gaius and his darkness.

This, I think, is one of the most defining points of Gaius and Kamilah's relationship. The fact that Kamilah chose to save Adrian despite having known and loved Gaius for a longer time shows that Kamilah cannot and does not condone the latter's evil. And even assuming that she did tolerate it before, she had already stopped doing so. Perhaps knowing Adrian changed her perspective - it is possible that his influence on her was strong, considering that she openly admits to loving him as a brother.

All in all, to say the least, Gaius and Kamilah's relationship was complicated. But considering all the relevant factors, it can be said that there was some degree of love and affection between the two at some point during their time together. However, it appears that whatever tenderness they might have had has no significant bearing on Kamilah's determination to stop him once and for all.

P.S.: I know that Kamilah admitted to having several lovers. With regard to that, I think that she and Gaius might have had an open relationship of some sort. It's certainly not impossible per se. The full extent and nature of their relationship are still currently unknown, though. So, I could be wrong. Like what I said, my opinions may change depending on the contents of the future chapters.

Yes! I can't wait for my MC to reunite with her Vampire Queen!

[Scene from Bloodbound Book 2, Chapter 1: The Calm]

This scene shows Kamilah explaining the difference between hers and Adrian's tastes.

[Scene from Bloodbound Book 2, Chapter 10: The Plan]

This scene illustrates the said difference between their tastes.

Kamilah can be quite sassy. Hehe.

Oh my goodness. When I saw this, I immediately thought of the fishing scene in the last chapter of It Lives Beneath. I searched for a YouTube playthrough video and took a screenshot of this:

(Taken from Abhirio's video.)

Maybe we really will get a Book 3 of the It Lives Anthology. And maybe the setting will be somewhere snowy!

This better be foreshadowing for It Lives 3 😠

The Phoenix and the Flower - An Urzai Story

Summary: As a simple countryside girl, Ursa is free-spirited, outgoing, and in love with her childhood sweetheart. Yet, her life is drastically upended when Prince Ozai claims her hand in marriage in the name of the Fire Nation Royal Family.

Knowing that she has no other viable choice, she resigns herself to the idea of living in a gilded cage within the Capital. Yet, she finds an odd form of solace in the most unexpected place – her fiancé.

OR

A retcon of how Ozai and Ursa's early relationship is depicted in 'The Search'.

Author's Note: Hello, all! So, this is my first ever Urzai fic! I was a fan of the ship during the 2010s, but I eventually moved on from ATLA after some time. Yet, I've started rewatching the series, and my interest in the Urzai ship kinda reignited. Lol.

So, just to get this out there, I ship Urzai in a healthy way. I understand that their actual relationship in canon was far from healthy and functional. But hey, this is fanfiction! We can disregard certain things from canon for the sake of our own plots. Haha.

Anyway, this fanfic of mine is a retcon of the Urzai dynamic as portrayed in 'The Search' comics. This fic is going to have more than one chapter, but it won't be too long. And I'm not going to cover the start of their relationship until the end of the 100 Year War. But at any rate, I hope that you guys will like what I write!