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Switching back and forth between Aine and Reynold's conversations was interesting. They both seem to be feeling and thinking a lot of the same things.
Love Kat's tiger form!
I'm curious about Violeta. She seems so broken and lost.
Reynold's ceremony, such a beautiful scene. So easy to feel his earnest desire to do right by the role he's entrusted with and his fear that he won't be able to.
I'm so glad you liked that scene, I really enjoyed writing it and I still love the pic with him with the Angel's Talon across his chest. Yeah it's gonna be a very rough ride, let's see how it goes : P
The troubles of both Aine and Reynold were very touching too, probably they have waited for long enough and could be ready to have an actual conversation quite soon... And also Oskar and Violeta gave us more questions than answers up to now, I'm really curious to learn more about them.
Seeing Kat again was very interesting too, and even more so to see that her animal form is a tiger! Now I really get why she was always so confident about her last resort in case of a fight XD
Oskar knows Reynold’s dad? That came as a surprise. Oooh dear and she called him her dad, too. I bet that’s hormones talking as well as the insecurity from what happened with Reynold, that’s making her act like that. Good guy Oskar filling the role she needs from him without a second thought. I wonder what happened to his daughter. If she’s happy somewhere, miserable somewhere, died of old age, or died of much more tragic causes.
Ah, yes, the ancient game of blame-everyone-but-themselves, or, in this case, them listening to Annoying. Yes, Gideon, focus on your kids, especially the sick one. I highly doubt he’d be able to live with himself if one or both of his kids died during winter 😕
Heh. Body heat, eh, Kat? 😆 hey, if it works, it works. Iris has a good point. Too many people never see past the image of what “success” looks like, aka, what’s fed to them by their surroundings, to see the beauty that can lie in. Well. Literally anything else.
Whoa! A tiger! Talk about powerful 😮 Haha, the contrast with Iris’s dear really is staggering there. Iris asking Kat if she thought she looked tasty made me laugh.
Violeta is a complicated person, and the trauma from days past never really goes away. I don’t blame her for letting what she’s been molded by take over. In her mind, back then, Áine was a threat. It’s hard to let go of a survival instinct like that. But she’s also lived long enough that she should see the difference between then and now. She needs to learn to grow past her own traumas. If she won't do that, that is when I’d truly blame her.
Ah, so it does seem like Ilse simply passed of old age. Oskar is great at introspection to realise about himself what makes him feel right. To have someone to look after. Also raises a ton of questions about why he can’t be with just himself but let’s park that thought there for now.
Julian’s top hat 😂 I don’t know why it makes me laugh so much but it does.
New chapter has arrived and is now on the Chapter Index. Believe it not something nice happens this chapter < 3
We also have a family recipe for it
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On a more serious note,
Every scene with Oskar is a pure delight!
The reconciliation of Reynold and Aine was beautifully done. I'm glad Reynold made it back in time for the birth.
Your screenshots still amaze me. You must put a lot of work into them. So artistic!
Oskar seems pretty nice and friendly. I’ve probably got that wrong though
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'Also raises a ton of questions about why he can’t be with just himself but let’s park that thought there for now' Oh you picked up on this...Good, good.... -u- Yeah, Oskar's had a lot of time to self-reflect, though working out what you truly want is difficult when you're immortal...at least you got plenty of time to achieve it all : P Same Julian's top hat is hilarious. It's like he's trying to look richer than he probably is XD
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The talk between Oskar and Reynold was quite deep as well, and also well-needed. Oskar surely had much more time to accept his "monster-side" as a part of himself, good to see he's trying to pass the concept to Reynold as well.
Haha, Oskar goes all-in for Winterfest and I adore him for it. Nothing tops winter decorations! Elias seems to be plenty suspicious of Reynold. Hopefully nothing bad will come of it. Fingers crossed…
LOL I agree with Reynold there: if it’s taken Oskar over a century to experiment with a dish, and it’s still not good, I don’t want to taste it either. Then again, maybe Oskar is just a really big perfectionist and his stollen is the closest thing to Ambrosia as we’re going to get?
Oskar is having entirely too much fun messing with Reynold while teaching him to accept his wolf side, lol. That picture of him jumping onto the armchair with Reynold being all 😧 made me laugh. He’s voicing what has been bothering my thoughts for quite a while now, though. Reynold was entirely too eager to blame the “wolf that he couldn’t control” for the things he did. I’m glad that someone is at least trying to hold up a mirror. Look into it, Reynold! Lookie! Look and see your fluffy ears!
Yeah, Violeta, impossible is just another kind of possible 🤣 well , he’s half-right. It has become possible. In our time. And just for women, not men. But, eh. Details.
Aw, I’m glad they made up. Sort of. There’s more important things to worry about than their secrets and misdeeds – the imminent arrival of new life and all. Oh? Reynold is now confident that he wouldn’t hurt Áine? During a full moon? That he’d just be irritable? Well that’s a giant step forward isn’t it!
Welcome to the world, little Róisín
Yup, took a verbal slap across the face from both his partner and her 'father' for Reynold to get it. Oskar's been there plenty of times himself, and just has to make it comical somehow, probably to lighten the blow of his 'pull it together, pup' speech XD and maybe to lighten the blow of those memories on himself as well. Maybe Oskar is in the wrong universe! If he were in the Aliens universe he could live the dream of having his own (purple) child! XD
I think Oskar's 'pull it together' speech got him to realise that they really could live together; it would just take a lot of communication and respecting boundaries. Werewolves still recognise the people they care about and family, probably subconscious from human form and then on top of that familiar scent or something- so it's incredibly unlikely a werewolf would do harm to loved one. They might be a bit grumpy or protective sometimes, but they'd never hurt a loved one. What happened with Reynold and Clem is something of an 'isolated incident' since that was the very first time. Now he has much more control over it, and so it's very unlikely that any harm would come to the wrong person because of it.
Little teeny tiny baby ;-;
There's also now an (in progress) lore page for this story.
Aine's curvy post-pregnancy build is lovely
YES! I’m glad both you and Yimi noticed Aine’s post pregnancy chonkiness instead of magically being skinny again. I love her so much < 3
I love the screenshot of Aine and Reynold looking at each other through the bars (the one where she is on the left side of the picture, sitting with her arms around herself). The way Aine is sitting there, watching him, seems almost childlike. She looks vulnerable, curious, and growing strong all at the same time. The composition is beautiful. It almost feels like a painting.
I know it's very soon after the last update, but it's only a short chapter. And it's only short because the next chapter will skip ahead three years, and I didn't see the point of having the timeskip in the same chapter.
And it was also nice to see both Aine and Reynold having serious talks with Clem and clarifying a few points, good for them!