A Question: If Gil Ruled Europa, Would He Let Tarvek Run It?

A question: if Gil ruled Europa, would he let Tarvek run it?

Strong maybe.

Probably also like by accident.

Tarvek probably would just naturally take over all the intricate details and make everything actually run.

You know, like all those things that are causing Gil to not sleep? Tarvek could probably just handle them in his sleep.

I mean we’ve already seen it happen before.

Gil would remain the face of the empire barony. The press just loves him.

Of course, the best part of this is Gil would endlessly just complain about the fact that Tarvek has taken over and can’t be trusted and why hasn’t anyone done anything about this.

And then, probably, if anyone actually questioned Tarvek’s administration, they’d have to face Gil.

Wait ... hold on ... why does Gil even want to run an empire? Just ‘cause he inherited it and thinks it’s better than devolving into chaos? 

I swear I stopped writing before midnight, so here's Day 2 contribution to @girlgeniusevents​ week. Also ... can I just say ... this whole event is eerily timed with the pause of in-universe updates.

Prompt: Sturmhalten / Mechanicsburg / Paris

Summary: Set after time in Mechanicsburg has been restored, Tarvek finally has a chance to return to Sturmhalten and continue his own work.

Words: 1871

Rating: T? G? I’m going with T 'cause I don't want to be responsible for how the young ones get brought up.

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"You don't even like that place! Why are we going back?"

Tarvek didn't even bother turning away from the window at Violetta's outburst. It was a little late to have this conversation now. Besides, for all her complaints, Violetta had been the one who insisted she come without (earlier) question. If his idiot brain thought it was a good idea to go back to Sturmhalten, she was going with him, so she had argued. Even if she was technically now in the employ of Agatha. Of course, he had tried to get Agatha to stop Violetta, but Agatha had unfortunately consulted with Violetta, who had somehow managed to convince her mistress that he couldn't possibly go back to Sturmhalten without a Smoke Knight watching his back. So here they were now on a coach heading back to his ancestral castle -- a coach which started as a joke from Gil who wouldn't bear the thought of Tarvek returning home in anything less than opulently grand, and then Agatha had gone and modified to have three deathrays hidden into the design (even though Otilia would be riding with them). All told, it was an absolutely ridiculous way to travel.1

"Because it's home." He didn't bother saying he didn't hate the place. Didn't bother trying to justify the thing he hated was Family, and the citizens were, well, probably revenants, which meant they didn't count as hateable. But he'd fix that. Just as Mechanicsburg was Agatha's, Sturmhalten and all its problems were his. "You didn't have to come along."

"Of course I did," she punched him in the arm. "If you go get yourself killed, who's gonna make me a pretty dress for Agatha's ball?"

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What if ... Lars plays Lars?

Lars being dead is really the only barrier against him playing Gil in fictionalized biopics of Agatha’s life, huh.

IF YOU CAN READ THIS WITHOUT FEELING A WARM BUBBLE OF HUMAN JOY IN YOUR HEART I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR YOU

(Also I was so confused for a while because the OP totally missed a number in the thread but the story is so precious I forgive them)

Title: Dancing with the Muses

From: @shavynel​

For: @xenart​

Rating: G

Warnings: None!

Summary: Contasia has unlost herself, and Tinka wastes no time getting her sister to play musician in a plan to ensnare Agatha, Violetta, and Zeetha in dance!

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