"In this single moment, Gertrude's dreams could crumble right in front of her. All of her work, suffering, all the begging and cheating and the corpses she climbed - for nothing."
Self Awareness Gertrude does not reflect on her actions. She truly does think in waves. The battle against the Antenora is just starting up for the Brigand crew, and I'm pretty hyped.
Meanwhile,
Right? She wished the little nagging voice in her head was more supportive.
MOOD, SONYA
I like seeing Shalikova being CO as well, her internal bitching about how much better Murati is at this has me like OMG GO SIT WITH HER ✨ I believe in her ability to do this sometime since Murati is a perfect bean and could not be more approachable if she tried. I find the icy dynamics between them fascinating though, it really seemed back at the 3rd Battle of Thassalid that Sonya outright hated Murati or smth
So here is your incredibly blursed thought for the day: They should kiss. Murati and Sonya would make kind of a fun pair... Not as much obvious chemistry as Ulyana/Aaliyah or indeed Sonya and Maryan, but the way so much of Sonya's mindshare is spent thinking jealously/in admiration about how much better of a CO and tactician Murati is... combined with that initial awkwardness, I'm seeing it already. Sonya, nervous and gay, using her reverence for Murati's battlefield acumen as a shield to hide her hopelessly gay crush. Murati is very hardheaded, but I can see her wanting to be soft on a squadmate, being taken a little with Sonya's obviously flustered demanour, and things blossoming a bit from there.
That could be a cute AU fic, I think. Writing a blursed T4T pairing for Unjust Depths cause there's not any so far? Even though it feels a bit dirty, I may or may not be willing to brutalise A) Karuniya and B) the fan-favourite cuttlefish narratively to make this happen.
shalikova should just talk to her! murati would love the chance to share wisdom
hmm, i can see it! that'd definitely be a cute au! no need to brutalize maryam at least, you could just say she made her way onto a different ship. karuniya is a tougher nut to crack. it wouldn't really feel right if she just got killed or something, maybe her and murati's fight at the very start of the story goes worse and they break up? alternatively: both murati and shalikova have two hands! though i understand if the drama is part of the appeal
YO SHE SHOULD That's what I love, it'll be great when they finally do talk, but also poor Shalikova, she must get there in her own time...
Oh, yeah I didn't mean literally brutalise lol, I meant more that while Maryan could easily still exist in this heavily cursed AU with her own arc and such, I don't think Karuniya would survive the separation process. I still must catch up, but her entire character currently orbits around everyone's favourite Husband Material, and literally the most evocative thought she's had was that bit about walking in on Murati fucking her roommate or whatever. She is nice but has not done anything yet :/ I never actually thought about having them break up in-universe but that's a good idea too... hmmmm...
I did consider doing humorous poly shenanigans, but uh I'm a monogamous nerd so I'd probably be less than equipped to write that :> easier to just AU it... Imma keep it 100 with u though, I'm actually more surprised that a massive polycule hasn't broken out on the Brigand. My goodreads marxist lady brought it up, but IRL if you put that many trans lesbians in one place, you'd need a chart like a spider web to disentangle all the poly drama right??? Maybe someday...
hmm yeah that's fair. karuniya does get some more stuff in the future but yeah, she's definitely a more periphery character. imagine the argument going worse, it leads to things being really awkward on the brigand, murati is throwing herself into her job and trying to get closer to her fellow pilots and really fixating on trying to get closer to sonya because she thinks sonya doesn't like her as sonya pushes her away because she's flustered and admiring her? this could be great
I am looking forward to Karuniya getting more stuff also!! I do think it's fun that Murati has a stabke healthy relationship, Karu has just been kinda sidelined by everything else so far...
OH NOOOOO THAT IS REALLY GOOD I HAVE TO WRITE THIS DOWN AAAAAAAA MAYBE THIS WILL HAPPEN
Okay I'm gonna catch up and then study a bunch before I even attempt this, but yeah me too. This started as a borderline showerthought when I was at work, but now I'm like "This is the secret best pairing that nobody considered!!! I must make it happen!!!"
Only 7, fr? For something with an actual fandom including a tumblr tag I'd have expected more. I make no promises but have started a note doc for a WIP. I Shall See
was thinking about this and i could see maryam getting on the brigand like in canon but getting fixated on elena who's the other character we know has psionic stuff going on rn, and is also an outsider so they'd have something to bond over. imagining them being forced to go read theory together
OH THAT WOULD BE SO GOOD, wow now I'll have to credit you whenever I finally write this. I am going to make Aaliyah bully them both, it's gonna be rad.
i imagine they keep going "what are you talking about?" whenever murati uses mordecaist jargon until everyone gets so annoyed they lock them in a room together with a copy of "mordecai for dummies"
Unjust Depths 8.8/8.9 talk
"In this single moment, Gertrude's dreams could crumble right in front of her. All of her work, suffering, all the begging and cheating and the corpses she climbed - for nothing."
Self Awareness Gertrude does not reflect on her actions. She truly does think in waves. The battle against the Antenora is just starting up for the Brigand crew, and I'm pretty hyped.
Meanwhile,
MOOD, SONYA
I like seeing Shalikova being CO as well, her internal bitching about how much better Murati is at this has me like OMG GO SIT WITH HER ✨ I believe in her ability to do this sometime since Murati is a perfect bean and could not be more approachable if she tried. I find the icy dynamics between them fascinating though, it really seemed back at the 3rd Battle of Thassalid that Sonya outright hated Murati or smth
So here is your incredibly blursed thought for the day: They should kiss. Murati and Sonya would make kind of a fun pair... Not as much obvious chemistry as Ulyana/Aaliyah or indeed Sonya and Maryan, but the way so much of Sonya's mindshare is spent thinking jealously/in admiration about how much better of a CO and tactician Murati is... combined with that initial awkwardness, I'm seeing it already. Sonya, nervous and gay, using her reverence for Murati's battlefield acumen as a shield to hide her hopelessly gay crush. Murati is very hardheaded, but I can see her wanting to be soft on a squadmate, being taken a little with Sonya's obviously flustered demanour, and things blossoming a bit from there.
That could be a cute AU fic, I think. Writing a blursed T4T pairing for Unjust Depths cause there's not any so far? Even though it feels a bit dirty, I may or may not be willing to brutalise A) Karuniya and B) the fan-favourite cuttlefish narratively to make this happen.
blursed t4t
shalikova should just talk to her! murati would love the chance to share wisdom
hmm, i can see it! that'd definitely be a cute au! no need to brutalize maryam at least, you could just say she made her way onto a different ship. karuniya is a tougher nut to crack. it wouldn't really feel right if she just got killed or something, maybe her and murati's fight at the very start of the story goes worse and they break up? alternatively: both murati and shalikova have two hands! though i understand if the drama is part of the appeal
Cursed considerations
YO SHE SHOULD
That's what I love, it'll be great when they finally do talk, but also poor Shalikova, she must get there in her own time...
Oh, yeah I didn't mean literally brutalise lol, I meant more that while Maryan could easily still exist in this heavily cursed AU with her own arc and such, I don't think Karuniya would survive the separation process. I still must catch up, but her entire character currently orbits around everyone's favourite Husband Material, and literally the most evocative thought she's had was that bit about walking in on Murati fucking her roommate or whatever. She is nice but has not done anything yet :/ I never actually thought about having them break up in-universe but that's a good idea too... hmmmm...
I did consider doing humorous poly shenanigans, but uh I'm a monogamous nerd so I'd probably be less than equipped to write that :> easier to just AU it... Imma keep it 100 with u though, I'm actually more surprised that a massive polycule hasn't broken out on the Brigand. My goodreads marxist lady brought it up, but IRL if you put that many trans lesbians in one place, you'd need a chart like a spider web to disentangle all the poly drama right??? Maybe someday...
thonk-trans
hmm yeah that's fair. karuniya does get some more stuff in the future but yeah, she's definitely a more periphery character. imagine the argument going worse, it leads to things being really awkward on the brigand, murati is throwing herself into her job and trying to get closer to her fellow pilots and really fixating on trying to get closer to sonya because she thinks sonya doesn't like her as sonya pushes her away because she's flustered and admiring her? this could be great
BIG thonk-trans
I am looking forward to Karuniya getting more stuff also!! I do think it's fun that Murati has a stabke healthy relationship, Karu has just been kinda sidelined by everything else so far...
OH NOOOOO THAT IS REALLY GOOD I HAVE TO WRITE THIS DOWN AAAAAAAA MAYBE THIS WILL HAPPEN
sicko-trans
karuniya and murati are cute and stable and not much else rn, yeah
if it happens i NEED to read it this is rapidly getting very compelling to me
power-sicko
Okay I'm gonna catch up and then study a bunch before I even attempt this, but yeah me too. This started as a borderline showerthought when I was at work, but now I'm like "This is the secret best pairing that nobody considered!!! I must make it happen!!!"
:sicko-hyper:
i would ONE HUNDREND PERCENT love to read this. i just checked ao3 and there are 7 fics in the fandom so more would certainly be appreciated
:sicko-fem:
Only 7, fr? For something with an actual fandom including a tumblr tag I'd have expected more. I make no promises but have started a note doc for a WIP. I Shall See
thonk
was thinking about this and i could see maryam getting on the brigand like in canon but getting fixated on elena who's the other character we know has psionic stuff going on rn, and is also an outsider so they'd have something to bond over. imagining them being forced to go read theory together
Incredible Things!!
OH THAT WOULD BE SO GOOD, wow now I'll have to credit you whenever I finally write this. I am going to make Aaliyah bully them both, it's gonna be rad.
spoiler
i imagine they keep going "what are you talking about?" whenever murati uses mordecaist jargon until everyone gets so annoyed they lock them in a room together with a copy of "mordecai for dummies"