Me, Halfway Through Listening Through A Song: Hmm This Might Have Otp Potential

Fuck it, BG3 Companions as Children's Homework Answers

Gale

Astarion

Wyll

Lae'zel

Shadowheart

Karlach

Jaheira

Halsin

Minsc

Minthara

Ahh thank you so much for the answer! This was a blast to read from start to finish <33 Given how ambiguous the situation with Leona and the Solari is in canon (please Riot just one update...), I can totally see either scenario being probable, and either way I agree that Leona needs overcoming a lot of emotional damage and personal growth in order to mend her relationship with Diana.

I love everything about Morgana and Syndra too. I never noticed how strong the parallels in their stories are, but now that you pointed it out I really would like to see them interact in canon (as improbable as it is ;-;). I agree that Morgana would opt to approach Syndra with patience. She of all beings would understand that Syndra did not enjoy the pain she inflicted on people, and that her outburst was a result of trauma and not understanding her own powers.

(Morgana as a character has so much lore potential in general... girl just gotta get out of that cave adsfdfg)

Thanks again for sharing the headcanons! Riot is painfully slow in releasing lore stuff so all this is wonderful food <3

Hi Heka, I discovered you for all your amazing Leodia art, but I genuinely enjoy everything you make! I have always wondered how you envision the reconciliation between Leona and Diana to be like? Do you think Leona will discover the error of her ways on her own, or will she require the intervention of some other person/a cathartic event?

Unrelated but I am also curious about how you think a meeting between Morgana and Syndra would turn out in the main universe, given the WIP you shared of them at Riftmas :3

Hii Explodingquails, thank you so much for your words and support!! <3 <3

And hmm, how could I answer this... Well, I have thought of this before and at the same time I have a pair of scenarios. I guess it depends on the route Leona takes? Either her tyrant route or she not know what the Solaris are doing (the lore itself is stuck between those two concepts, lord help me)

This requieres what we call a "mucho texto" (meme-ish way to say "very long text"), because for Tyrant Leona

I picture her as someone who has reached self-failure (Leona is meant to be a protector for the weak and yada yada). I don't think or picture her as brainwashed or a zealot, she knows her protective ideals, she knows the cruel actions of the Solari and is aware of their radical behavior specially because she saw how they treated Diana. But she's stuck in this radical place where the Solari can kill their own (as said in the latests story that features Atreus iirc). Leona decides to stay because she has the weight of her people + family and their expectations upon her, and has to fulfill them by the fear of dissapointment. I think some of us can relate to that.

The scenario of this route causes a conflict that escalates to war, and it's a situation that overcomes Leona psychologically. She accepts that she has become a tyrant and arrives to the conclusion that, in order to end the bloodshed, is by Diana killing her. This of course leads to a semi-god fight where Leona pretends to be cruel and ignorant as a way to anger Diana, who later notices that façade. Diana tries to reach Leona but she refuses and basically threatens Diana to make a supernova if she doesn't end her lol (extra dramatic I know). But Diana, knowing how Leona feels, just runs across the chaos and fire to hug her, which puts and end to the conflict. WOOOOOO clap clap and everyone was happy again.

That's the first reconciliation scenario I thought about. Now for the route where Leona doesn't know shit, well, I guess she would find out eventually and Diana herself or the Lunari, or the rakkor would tell her "hey the Solari are killing everyone please stop this" and Leona would go like "Wait what??" and start moving because Leona is, supposedly, a protector.

She can call out the Solari but I don't think that would go well for her lol, maybe she can try to find Diana but the Lunari take her as a prisoner because it's the enemy AND leader of the Solari, Diana finds out and both talk about the things that are happening and how Leona just didn't know. Maybe the Solari go absolute bonkers and decide to burn everything everywhere at the absence of Leona since she's a threat to their bloodshed too. It's not a polished idea so I can't say a lot more kjkjdkj but I think it would be a desperate situation that can make them fight together (A DREAM RIOT PLS) and a first step to end the conflict

Now for Morgana and Syndra

This involves that Morgana is not in Demacia (maybe when things start to go well in there she can afford traveling around), and this scenario is related to my HC of Syndra being an incognito. Not as a spy or anything, but let's say, she pretends to be a wanderer or someone who lost everything to the war.

Syndra (and this is canon) can only understand her magic fully if she discovers and knows herself, because it's driven by her emotions. So I decided to use that excuse to make her go around Ionia (and to get food and stuff because the suplies of the fortress aren't infinite, like). She doesn't think that she's making a self-discovery trip, she's not aware of that fact, but something within just tells her to go to the country she hates to the gut lmao.

While she wanders around, maybe at night but totally in the middle of the forests where she usually hides, she encounters a mysterious figure that approaches her, this being Morgana. With the "What's troubling you, child?" kind of trope.

Syndra immediately feels threatened by her because there's something about Morgana that makes her feel exposed, and emotional exposure equals danger to Syndra. She warns Morgana to stand back and leave, ready to attack. Morgana however just walks closer as she knows that Syndra cannot attack her even if she wants to.

Just as Morgana can percieve Syndra's incredible magic, Syndra notices Morgana's power, but is unable to determine what she is. She's not human, she's not an ordinary mage, nor a vastaya, or any other type of creature that comes to mind. Whatever she is, Morgana is just something superior. She knows she can't mess with her.

Morgana presents herself calm and smiling with tenderness. She explains to Syndra that her large pain caught her attention and how she understands that feeling of anger, betrayal and loliness created by her people and family, just like she felt because of Kayle. But she also senses how Syndra is trapped inside her own mind and how that torments her deeply.

Syndra somehow knows that what she says is true, so decides to accept her company even if it makes her feel vulnerable. There is something about Morgana that makes her unable to reject her.

This strong empathy that Morgana feels would drive her to share her views, teachings and wisdom to Syndra, and Syndra herself, with time, would feel free to be herself infront of a mentor and motherly figure, figures that in the past hurt her deeply. It's a dynamic that would help both characters come into terms with their personal pain and broken bonds.

Syndra's "I had a brother once, but he betrayed me instead of protecting me." which would mirror Morgana's "I had a sister once, that betrayed me instead of being by my side." You get what I mean overall.

Now this HC comes from the Kayle and Morgana's rework AMA, where a Rioter stated that the character that Morgana would feel the most empathy for, would be Syndra.

This Rioter also stated that she would make Syndra feel the pain she inflicted to others as a way to teach her (like she usually does), but I disagree with that part. Syndra's new lore puts her as a victim of family mistreatment and bullying, who developed an (almost uncontrolable) explosive temperament along with a strong distrust towards others. If Morgana tries to approach her and uses her magic to make her feel pain to learn, it just would make Syndra see Morgana as a red flag, someone like those who had hurt her.

Even if it goes against her judgement themes, I think it's something that would break the first steps of their dynamic, which are very important and fragile because they revolve around trust and being emotionally open.

Anyways I'll leave it here before I write even more LMAO hope this was at least a pleasant reading!

this is their dynamics to me

Swordtember - Sun / Moon

Felt like drawing something cute today so have a happy little sun blob.

In case it's not obvious I'm buried deep in League lore after Arcane. Might do a matching moon gif later hehe

There is exactly one Florence & the Machine song that I associate with each origin character from Baldur’s Gate 3 and I am tempted to make a list

Union

Fate decreed they be joined. Fate doomed both of them.

*shamelessly posts art of ocs on a fan art account*

Last year I visited a museum where there was an ancient sceptre on display. On it was the carving of a bird and a fish pieced together by an arrow; apparently a symbol for the conjugation of two previously warring tribes.

I decided to borrow the motif for my two shapeshifter characters, make it into a twist on the "red string of fate" trope.

Morgana and her animal friend in The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story 💜

"Lae'zel is a frog woman" "Lae'zel is a space iguana" "Lae'zel is part snake" are all extremely valid claims but I implore you to consider

So I see a lot of posts about Caitlyn hesitating to kill Jinx at the tea party scene, and how that moment probably haunts both her and Vi after.

But rewatching the scene, I noticed an important detail and realized, Caitlyn likely dodged a bullet (literally) by not shooting Jinx.

After a tense confrontation with an escaped Caitlyn and hearing Vi plead for her life, Jinx seems to yield.

We see her look around as if in contemplation, then slowly took a few steps back.

After being told to "drop the gun" a second time, Jinx finally put the handgun on the table...right in front of Silco.

We all know Powder/Jinx is incredibly intelligent. It appears to me the decision to put the handgun within Silco's reach is a deliberate one. (Silco would later grab the gun and attempt to shoot Vi.)

Silco was the only participant at the tea party who had no qualms with killing his opponents. Despite the peculiarity of the moment, Jinx knows Silco would come to her defense if anything happened to her.

This actually shows how much Jinx trusts her adoptive father even after the statue scene.

If Caitlyn shot Jinx, Silco would most likely grab the gun and fire at Caitlyn. Given the Kiramman's diverted attention and without Jinx there to stop him (why would she?), Silco would not have missed like in canon.

(I would also like to add that being shot has much graver consequences for Caitlyn compared to Jinx, who is enhanced by Shimmer.)

Now I doubt Jinx did it on purpose, but knocking Caitlyn unconscious and taking her out of the equation might have actually saved Caitlyn's life.