Herta Should Pay Us More For Cosplaying Akivili

herta should pay us more for cosplaying akivili

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YES I DO ACTUALLY- Ok so... First of all, there are two known species associated with wings. He can't be a wingweaver because they seem to all follow the Abundance. He can't be a Halovian because he doesn't have a halo. Since he's male and male halovians (as shown with Gopher and Sunday) have bigger halos, it would be pretty obvious if he had one. That means his wings come from something else. What is that? The Trailblaze. We know that Trailblazers can follow other Aeons as well (Oswaldo being the best example, he's ex Nameless and now IPC). Akivili is referred to as the Cloudstrider in the Xianzhou Alliance. Gives some vaguely bird-like vibes, so it wouldn't be a super far stretch to say Sapphire's bird symbols are associated with Akivili's bird symbols. This is further backed up by the fact that sapphires can represent divine favor, so saying that Akivili gave him wings (probably because he was literally the only full blown Trailblazer (not just Nameless, Astral Express Crew) for probably about 2,300 years (Tiernan fought Zulo 2,400 years ago, Granholm was Navigator at that point and also was the last navigator before Himeko), so yeah, it's not a far stretch to say "divine favor" came into play.

Second! The colors match.

Top one is Misha's coat, bottom is Sapphire's. Same blue, same gold. Also!

Misha's gem, Sapphire's Cornerstone And even the hair colors could very well either match or make perfect sense. Sapphire's hair is dark blue under shadow, which means it could be light blue, and if that isn't true, Mikhail's hair is blue/white to begin with. If stress causes regular human hair to go silver, it seems decently logical that, for a species with hair that is already silver, stress (like having Gopher Wood within ten miles of you... or raising hundreds of children because you can't stop adopting.)

Also this section of the panel with his gryphon (who I have dubbed Estella in honor of the late Razalina Jane Estella) has the warp colors, so more ties to the Trailblaze.

... also the idea of being pushed so far for so long that you lose all sense of what you're here for and just do whatever it takes to survive compels me. The idea that at some point, using every bit of energy he had to just try to keep Dreamflux Reef safe drove Mikhail to seek a source of protection (a Cornerstone) from the very people Penacony proper was founded to fight is just... it itches my brain right. There's also the "everyone broke their promises to me so I hold promises above all else" is just... aughhhhhhh WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

And then there's the symbolism of probably too many things. 1.) Gryphons. Power (blessed by the Trailblaze as established earlier, Cornerstone), Wealth (the IPC is rich, the Watchmaker is rich), Courage (the whole knighthood thing, fighting the IPC, standing up to Gopher) and Prestige (P45 or P46, one of the single most important figures in Penacony) 2.) The name Mikhail. "Mikhail" is derived from "Michael", meaning, roughly, "He who is like god". The Cornerstones are each a piece of Qlipoth's power, but also a piece of Qlipoth's body. Having the body of an Aeon does make you somewhat like God. 3.) The name Char. One of two things. First, fairly simple, the result of fire. Very common name for dragons, a mythical beast. We establish with the gryphon that Sapphire is tied to mythical beasts. Second, "Charles", meaning "free man". Would be interesting with the kind of backwards freedom of the IPC, him having fled the Family and become more free, but of course, as a Stoneheart, "leaving" is probably more complicated than saying "I quit" and walking out the door. 4.) Sapphires. Wisdom (2,400+ years old and parent to many), royalty (major important figure in Penacony AND a super relevant, title-related hat), prophecy (time and related time telling devices), divine favor (covered above). Also, supposedly the 10 commandments were set in sapphire tablets, and Penacony has huge religion related lore drops, so... Also also, Sapphires come in any color but red, and supposedly the Watchmaker has appeared as many people, sooooooo... 5.) September. Sapphire is the birthstone of September, and September symbolizes refocusing of energy. You know, like leaving Penacony to join the IPC.

Anyways, like I said, it's a crack theory. It's almost certainly not true, but the idea does compel my gay ass.

Crack theory, Mikhail = Sapphire

Astral Express collection

(that's a lie btw if that happened he'd be the first one to rush in to help them. then if they really couldn't swim he'd force them to learn.)

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Instead of Elrond looking like some vague Finwëan-Sindar combo

Elrond looks a little different to everyone that sees him

His face doesn’t change. He is still very much Elrond Peredhel, but his features will always remind whoever sees him of some form of a regret.

He supposes it is a combination of being a healer and the descendent of Maia but he tries not to dwell too hard on it.

(It is very uncomfortable to be the image of the deepest wounds of another’s heart)

Nonetheless, it is difficult to heal one’s own soul without facing the reasons for its damage.

Elros Tar-Minyatur was the only one to ever look at Elrond and see only Elrond.

If this was because his blood matched Elrond’s, or because Elrond was Elros’ deepest regret, Elrond doesn’t particularly want to know

Maedhros, utterly predictably, saw Fingon, and in doing so, found both comfort and misery.

Occasionally he would see in Elrond the ghosts of all his brothers, and he would again face the knowledge that he was not able to save them from their doom and the dark void.

Maglor sees Maedhros, and feels regret, not for the violence or the death, but for days in far off Valinor, under the light of the Trees. Days of running off with friends, to sing, to compose, to preform for adoring fans, to do anything but stay at home and help Maitimo take care of their small army of younger siblings.

(Maybe then the title of eldest brother would weigh less heavy on Mae’s shoulders. Maybe then the responsibility of care for them all would not have driven him so far, and to such a bitter end.)

If Glorfindel is to be asked, he’d tell you Elrond appears to him as the spitting image of Turgon

If you are Erestor, you know Glorfindel mostly sees Maeglin, Maeglin young and quiet, Maeglin older and scared, but sometimes also Aredhel, defiant and ready to disappear into the woods without a sound

Elwing once looked upon her son and saw naught but the visage of her little brothers

Galadriel sees Finarfin, as does Celebrimbor, for very different reasons, but mostly because they share the same kind of kindness, and there is little that marks a person better than that

In quieter moments Galadriel will glimpse what her husband sees, Lúthien, as she was after Beren died, solemn, trapped, and entombed in misery.

During Bilbo’s final years, he can’t quite remember what he first thought upon looking on Elrond’s face (he’s sure it’s written down somewhere) but in those last days, he sometimes sees Frodo, wary and so very afraid. But mostly Elrond resembles Thorin and that is something Bilbo shall never set to paper

(Someday, in a time far beyond the counting of years, Fëanor will find himself staring at the face of his grandchild and seeing the eyes of Míriel Þerindë above the features Indis and will have a very small, very quiet meltdown.

Jade: Believe it or not, but when I was younger I used to get self-conscious over the smallest things but children let me tell you that once I had to smuggle a furious 8ft python onto the Radiant Feldspar during the Charmony Festival and not a single person noticed. Not one. If people don’t care enough to notice a shopping bag writhing and seething with barely-contained reptilian hatred then I promise you that no-one will pay any attention to that blemish you’re fretting about or how you’ve done your hair.

Topaz: This is extremely concerning and also very reassuring. Thank you and please stop bringing pythons onto private ships.