”After Everything You’ve Done, How Will You Sleep At Night?” How Can You Rest Easy Knowing Everything

I need to lay down on the surface of the sun. That would fix me I think.

It would be cozy I think, like a giant heating pad and everything would stop hurting for a while with a view of space.

I was rewatching Anthem ep. 1 as research for a fic and I realized Pyke said he’s died before? Like he literally told Waxley “it’s not the first time”. So, clearly this is a Pyke Thing, but not one well known enough for Waxley to have heard of it. But we do know that Solari are fairly rare (at least according to Overture, idk if they changed that for Anthem), so information about them may just not be common knowledge

I feel like in Overture there was metion of Rex being jealous of Pyke for having his star powers with the gauntlet and Pyke being Leo Khan's favorite or getting special training/treatment after those powers awakened or something.

If true, this could mean that all of the star powers are just a Pyke thing, or are rare for Solar elves, but this was before Anthem and the creation of Solari as a race, so it's possible that this was added as a species trait later on or that they tweaked it so that all Solari have Pyle's gauntlet blast powers now.

Anyway, Pyke has serious Main Character Energy so I wouldn't be super surprised if he was blessed by the stars or the subject of a prophecy, but it all may just be new Solari traits.

I was thinking (big mistake) and came to multiple wild scenarios due to Pyke’s phoenix features, since im really into fire themes I was really hyped when I heard anything about a phoenix (fave fantasy critter) but the more I think about it the wilder it gets. Because there are two options to this, one this is just a solari thing everyone can do and two this is a reserved for a specific group of people.

When watching the second episode it is described as just a solari feature which I guess implies that it is something everyone can do and that is so freaking insane. Imagine a whole planet, a whole race of people who don’t die when they’re killed, not only that but they IMPLODE with radiant light that DAMAGES people in a 30 foot radius.

That’s crazy, I’m sorry, yes it’s not a lot of damage and yes they don’t come back at full Health but as they grow and become stronger they come back stronger and deal more damage that’s like,,, crazy. I wonder if it’s a widely known fact or if the solari are secretive about it, if because of that maybe it’s uncommon to see them around or smt.

Does it affect old age? Like do you die bc you’re old and then you come back for a little to fix some of your shit and then the grim reaper comes for you again? In the technical sense the player can choose whether to do it or not but in the context of the universe do the solari themselves do it? Can you go “yeah this is it”? Or does it just happen sometimes and sometimes not.

How does that affect their society, their religion, culture I need to know please.

If it is reduced to a certain amount of people though is it like a recessive gene or is it tied to Pyke’s training? Or both? Is there a congregation that searches for those with this special ability to nurture them? To keep them safe? Who knows!

If this is the case it might not be widespread knowledge so imagine the outside world’s reaction to this shit.

Imagine poor Rett, he’s in the middle of a fight and suddenly this man he’s been working with for a while falls, and Rett’s seen dead bodies he knows and it’s a shock and it’s surprising and scary and brings back terrible memories and just as he’s beginning to compartmentalize, to shove it all down for now so he can focus on getting to Pyke and administering medical attention there’s this massive surge of light.

It’s bright, it’s hot, more than hot burning and it’s coming from Pyke? The fuck? Suddenly a goddamn explosion of radiant light fills the room, the enemy staggers back slightly confused and the same man he just saw lying dead on the floor STANDS BACK UP ready to keep on going, I’m sorry??? I would scream.

Andy says that Rett’s tech scares the shit out of Pyke because it’s a controlled black hole who wouldn’t be fucking terrified of that shit, but I feel like it’s mutual because what do you mean you can die and sometimes come back what do you mean.

Because death is one of the few constants of the world and he’s SUBVERTING IT took the tight line between life and death and began using it as a jumping rope.

Now picture the prison. Imagine a group of prisoners gang up on Pyke and beat the shit out of him, the guards dont get there in time, his body goes slack and everyone just kind of stands and waits for a moment in shocked silence.

Then light, tons of it, radiating like solar waves and suddenly the guy bloodied on the floor is taking in gasping lungfuls of breath and all the hair on your face got singed. The inmates are stumped, the guards are stumped, the medics are like he did what now? Me personally I wouldn’t bother that guy anymore idk about y’all.

I know that stardust is generally a soft sci-fi system so it might never be explained in detail but I personally would like to know a little more about it. Be it that it’s actually important to Pyke’s backstory or just during a QnA my brain begs for more information with its grubby little hands.

This is on the same being of Pyke just fucking sprouting wings, like even if the whole explanation is that there is an old ass legend or smt about a blessing, or that they have a connection to the stars, or that they have some inherent restorative magic that only works on themselves im really curious,,,,

Anyways give me ur theories I want to know what people think.

So. I've stared Curse of Stradanya

Clayton is such a damsel in distress I can't even. Like "Shepherd! Get in front me! Kana, save me!"

I've only even watched session 0.

Also why are some of these episodes literally 8 hours long.

Also also Shepherd! He's such a corny cowboy. His guns are named like justice and vengeance or something. I love him.

If you think about it, their names are Michael, Richard, Nicole and Andrew, and I think Mace is short for Mason? I guess Derek is just Derek. Wild to think about though

I had a terrifying thought what if Mikey and Rich's real names are actually Michael and Richard??

Wouldn't that be fucked up or what?

Reblogging so I don’t forget about this

Reg lives au where he looks so different after the cave (prosthetic leg, deep scars all up his arms and face, one dead eye, a bit of a tremor sometimes) that when Sirius eventually gets out of Azkaban and moves back in, he doesn't recognise him at all. Regulus takes it as Sirius' memory being so fuzzy due to the dementors and dark/harrowing setting that he didn't bother clinging to the memory of people he didn't care about

so from there it's easy to keep his cover as 'Lycan' long-term member of the order, dumbledore's second most trusted man, famously vague and impossible to research

The ruse only fails when one day he accidentally calls Sirius 'Ris' and he KNOWS because nobody else calls him that and oh hell how did he not recognise his own eyes looking back at him and what the fuck happened to his Reggie?

(I'm writing it guys)

I just love that part in fics when Remus realizes he's in love with Sirius, and instead of being bashful or cute, his internal monologue is just, 'FUCK, I'm in love with Sirius Black.'

Expanding on this because I have had Thoughts.

In his letter telling them to watch Torbek, Mr. Witch (or maybe Light, I don't remember) tells the Krew that Frost is fine, but will only stay fine if they watch Torbek. What if they called his bluff? What if Kremy thought he wouldn't possibly actually do something to Frost and the others agreed, and Gideon is all about freedom and Gricko, I think, out of all of them cares the most about Torbek, so they give Torbek the choice to go and explain the situation to him, probably at Gricko's insistence, just like he insists on it in Twig's Inn in the canon storyline. He decides to stay because Torbek wants to help Frost out.

So then they go back to Mr. Witch and Mr. Light and refuse to turn Torbek over, probably planning to threaten Mr. Witch and Mr. Light into giving Frost back, only they refuse to return him because they need someone to send to the Feywild and Frost was their backup all along because they saw how powerful he was in the Big Top Extravaganza and figure he could survive the torture. They do like him better than Torbek, who's been a pain in their asses for a weeks, but he did bring the happiness of the carnival down and bring up some painful memories for Mr. Light.

So Mr. Light has Burly or someone shackle Frost up (possibly with some kind of power suppressing shackles, similar to how the Krew had to distract Torbek for an hour so they could find strong enough shackles) and bring him to the mirror to Prismeer, where either one of the hag's minions or someone working for the doctor come and pick him up, and Burly uses the poem to open it, and the Krew sneaks after him and hear the password, so the Krew goes through the mirror. But because of the passing of time being all wonky, all signs of Frost are already gone.

All the regular stuff happens, but with Torbek instead of Frost. The Krew is at the Inn at the End of the Road trying to get some rest and find Frosty when they see a familiar figure out the window with a horrible magenta glow to his eyes they of course immediately recognize him, and let him in, only to realize that he's now a horrific mutated version of himself.

And then they have to fight Frosty, and I do think they would be a lot more hesitant to hurt Frost than Torbek. Gricko might just outright refuse to hurt Frosty, but Frost would still go after him and horribly injure him. And once Frost is no longer under the influence of the Witchlight he would feel horrible and try to separate himself from the others to protect them and probably refuse to see gricko because he hurt him (Grimmorning angst, romantic or no) and Kremy would feel bad because it was his idea to csl Mr. Witch and Mr. Light's bluff and look how that turned out, but of course my emotionally repressed lizard man wouldn't do anything about it. aakdmskkfjakfjfj I want this au so bad.

Spoilers for Once Upon a Witchlight Episode 8 and onward

Currently imagining an AU where instead of having them trade Torbek to get Frost back, Mr. Witch just sends Frost into the feywild to get experimented on. Frost becoming the one possessed by The Other. Frost, who so greatly values his mind and his control of it losing control. The other's reaction to learning Frost is GONE. The Krew going into the feywild to save their friend instead of Zabilna. The Krew having to fight Frosty because he lost control. Frost's guilt after attacking his family. Oh my god

Well. I finished episode 4. I guess that answers that

i'm only on episode 4 of Stardust Rhapsody but I need to talk about Leboosh using himself has a meat (well, not meat) shield for the others. This feels like Important Backstory Things I haven't yet discovered, and also might lead to his Later Fate, which I only know very vaguely from reading fics with spoilers but (spoiler warning for sdr) somehow involves him getting possessed or something? Anyway, Very Concerned about him and his always going first to shield the others. I love Leboosh so much already

i'm only on episode 4 of Stardust Rhapsody but I need to talk about Leboosh using himself has a meat (well, not meat) shield for the others. This feels like Important Backstory Things I haven't yet discovered, and also might lead to his Later Fate, which I only know very vaguely from reading fics with spoilers but (spoiler warning for sdr) somehow involves him getting possessed or something? Anyway, Very Concerned about him and his always going first to shield the others. I love Leboosh so much already

i know that people have already discussed this at length but i'm watching the patreon behind the scenes character discussion for frost and listening to derek talk about the psionic order and "mind over matter" and all that and then comparing that to frost throwing his pack in ep 46 has me feeling like the exploding galaxy brain meme. like. he has this canonically 110 pound bag or whatever and yeah that's kind of a meme bc he just picks shit up and Never uses it but that's also So interesting in the context of how he was raised to Not value physical items and give no credence to "things" but rather to ideas, thoughts, mentalities. Frost was taught to hold this value his entire life yet carries a 110 pound bag around with him everywhere. And in that same vein, the order taught him that physical relationships are also supposed to be unimportant, and having people tie him down will only block him from reaching his true potential. yet he's traveled with years with these three friends and when he's "replaced" by someone else for just a few hours on guys' night he feels sensitive and self conscious. and in the carnival horror ride we see that his worst fear is being alone. Everything about his life contradicts everything he was taught is supposed to hold dear, (and side not, i think one of the most interesting parts about this video is the discussion of whether or not frost is Aware of what he's doing, Aware that he's directly going against the pillars of his order, but that's a discussion for another time). And all of this culminates in episode 46, when frost stands alone, all of his friends dead or dying around him, and his throws his pack. on some level i already understood what this meant for him, the getting rid of everything he was saving because it doesn't matter anymore, but after approaching it more from the side of these tenants of his faith, it's like. holy shit. he just lost all his friends, this physical attachments that "tie him down," and now he's willingly giving up all his physical belongings as well, and this is it, that's the moment he reaches that pure mind over matter because he doesn't have anything anymore. there is nothing tying him down. this should be nirvana. but instead, it's the worst moment of his fucking life. everything that was supposed to bring him paradise and freedom and immortality and whatnot has only brought him unimaginable pain and grief.