And Maya has chosen YOU as the sole person who gives her the most comfort in this horrible, monstrous world. It's beautiful, despite everything. She's had to overcome so many hardships, including losing a previous lover, and yet you give her the strength to continue to love.
He would have never imagined anyone saying anything like this to him or about him pretty much ever. Granted, he never imagined he'd be lucky enough to have a girl like Maya at all, and has considered himself unbelievably, impossibly, inconceivably blessed every single day since she said "yes" to dating him in the first place...
But for a Professional Romantic like Merlin to say it like that, and put that golden stamp of approval on their relationship?? That's gotta be worth something, right?
Hhhhhfuck. Maybe he should consider taking this to the next level...]
[Merlin is, and always will be, a romantic at heart. Even if he is forced to mourn the marriage that could've been, he'll never stop supporting true love when he sees it. It doesn't have to be his to be beautiful, and Maya and Hanna are like two peas in a pod! That's like...the golden standard where he's from.]
you *are* the pro, that's true... dunno why i ever doubted you. ;P
buuuuut uh does that mean you are going to talk to her?
cos!! i mean obviously I love her and I want to be with her for the entire ever, but I *really* want her to be okay with the idea? I don't want her to feel pressured or anything.........
[The wait between initially asking her out and her deciding to say "yes" was grueling enough as it was.... He may very well explode between now and the answer to this.]
[That's more like it! Why, yes, why WOULD Hanna ever doubt him?? His best friend and master of romance, hello?? He must be filled with so many jitters, as well as kelpie jitters on top of that, that his judgement was simply...scrambled.
yknow i had to think about it, but i really don't think anything freaks her out!
...oooutside of that one time she fought that biblically (semi)accurate angel creature at the barbecue? but to be fair, he was scary as fuck so i cant really blame her there but yeah no i dont think she's freaked out by much
but do you KNOW what it will DO to me if THIS is the thing that freaks her out? like, just go ahead and take me out behind the shed. turn me into glue. that would be a kinder fate.
[The "big one?" Why would he bow out of a big party like that, that doesn't sound like him. The only time he skipped a party was because it sounded like a horrible nightmare scenario and- OH.
OH FOR THE SAKE OF FUCK.]
I KNEW THAT WAS A HORRID IDEA!! I should've assumed there would be retaliation...from an angel no less!! Oh dear lord, it must of been that bad... And they just have...SO many powers, she's lucky to be alive!!
In her defense, I wanted to hear very little about what went on anyway. I can't say I'm terribly surprised she kept it from me, I would've totally used it as a gotcha moment. Like, seriously, I would've been completely obnoxious about it.
It's not the fighting that I'm worried about, it's the fact that her plans were so heinous that someone felt the NEED to duke it out.
I'm worried about her, Hanna. I know her reasons for getting close to the fog witch are just and good, but the disregard for human life...scares me. She could lose herself to the corruption before seeing her purpose through.
[Hnnnghh he hates being in the middle of this Fog conversation. He loves his girlfriend and trusts her decisions and her devotion (and doesn't exactly disagree with her stance, either...) but he ALSO loves his bestie and trusts his opinion on not trusting witches and gods he's unfamiliar with! But that means when it comes time to talk about this particular topic... he's stuck mentally Stretch Armstrong-ing it.
Frustrating.]
But think about it: she's been here for *years* dude. If she was gonna be corrupt, she'd be corrupt by now, y'know? Like... she's not afraid of anything. It takes fear to become corrupt!
Noooooo, it takes being exposed to this hellscape long enough that you become numb to the atrocities and thus don't see anything wrong with your actions that makes someone corrupt. You realize more often than not corruption isn't a choice, it just sort of...happens.
Which is the only reason why I try to be so gentle about it with her. I KNOW she's been here a long time, I KNOW she doesn't have much of a choice other than to adapt, I just have to....voice my concerns louder when I feel like she's slipping further than necessary. I have new eyes now, you know. I imagine they give just the worst puppy dog eyes, I'm probably way more convincing like this.
It's not like she's going and scooping up innocent women and children or something...
Hell, even for that barbecue, it was people who wanted to wipe out our neighbors, man.
[He doesn't want to say they deserved it, but it's definitely implied.]
I know she's a mermaid, but she's not slippin. She's standing pretty firmly on her own two feet when she's got'em and a level head on her shoulders! She's not looking to hurt people for funsies, she's just looking to survive and protect her people. :/ Pleeeease you gotta have more faith in her than that.
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He would have never imagined anyone saying anything like this to him or about him pretty much ever. Granted, he never imagined he'd be lucky enough to have a girl like Maya at all, and has considered himself unbelievably, impossibly, inconceivably blessed every single day since she said "yes" to dating him in the first place...
But for a Professional Romantic like Merlin to say it like that, and put that golden stamp of approval on their relationship?? That's gotta be worth something, right?
Hhhhhfuck. Maybe he should consider taking this to the next level...]
Well... When you put it like that...
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Trust me, no one knows love quite like a prince.
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buuuuut uh
does that mean you are going to talk to her?
cos!! i mean obviously I love her and I want to be with her for the entire ever, but I *really* want her to be okay with the idea? I don't want her to feel pressured or anything.........
[The wait between initially asking her out and her deciding to say "yes" was grueling enough as it was.... He may very well explode between now and the answer to this.]
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That's what Merlin is sticking with, anyway.]
I'll only talk to her if you want me to.
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iii dont want her to be freaked out by it.
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...oooutside of that one time she fought that biblically (semi)accurate angel creature at the barbecue? but to be fair, he was scary as fuck so i cant really blame her there but yeah no i dont think she's freaked out by much
but do you KNOW what it will DO to me if THIS is the thing that freaks her out? like, just go ahead and take me out behind the shed. turn me into glue. that would be a kinder fate.
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its the one you uh... gracefully bowed out of a while back. the, uh. big one.
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OH FOR THE SAKE OF FUCK.]
I KNEW THAT WAS A HORRID IDEA!! I should've assumed there would be retaliation...from an angel no less!! Oh dear lord, it must of been that bad... And they just have...SO many powers, she's lucky to be alive!!
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[And he maybe also still feels pretty bad about not being able to fight alongside her, but she insisted she do it herself...]
diiiid she really not tell you about that?
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but yeah its definitely cos she didnt want to stress you out. i know i sure didn't. :/
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My point still remains, I'll have to be more aggressive the next time she plans something like that...
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...well it's not like she was planning on having to duke it out with anybody that day...
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I'm worried about her, Hanna. I know her reasons for getting close to the fog witch are just and good, but the disregard for human life...scares me. She could lose herself to the corruption before seeing her purpose through.
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Frustrating.]
But think about it: she's been here for *years* dude. If she was gonna be corrupt, she'd be corrupt by now, y'know? Like... she's not afraid of anything. It takes fear to become corrupt!
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Which is the only reason why I try to be so gentle about it with her. I KNOW she's been here a long time, I KNOW she doesn't have much of a choice other than to adapt, I just have to....voice my concerns louder when I feel like she's slipping further than necessary. I have new eyes now, you know. I imagine they give just the worst puppy dog eyes, I'm probably way more convincing like this.
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Hell, even for that barbecue, it was people who wanted to wipe out our neighbors, man.
[He doesn't want to say they deserved it, but it's definitely implied.]
I know she's a mermaid, but she's not slippin. She's standing pretty firmly on her own two feet when she's got'em and a level head on her shoulders! She's not looking to hurt people for funsies, she's just looking to survive and protect her people. :/ Pleeeease you gotta have more faith in her than that.
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I know there was more than only the captives...
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That. was.
People making their own choices.
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cw for suicide mentions now that I can't be as vague anymore oops
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