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Magnus Chase ([personal profile] summerdude) wrote2024-02-08 03:12 pm

If Alex Came Back We'd DEFINITELY Be The Local Power Couple [open post]

Magnus has come to realize that nobody else in this entire place is presently in a relationship that has lasted nearly as long as his and Alex's. Shen Yuan's concept of "communication" "with" "Luo Binghe" is continuing to horrify him every time he thinks about it. What if there are other people who could use the advice of a sixteen-year-old twenty-five-year-old virgin who has been in a committed relationship for nearly seven years with someone to who he is probably widely known to have never verbally declared the undying depths of his love? (Gods, he hopes Alex figures out a way to do another little visit for their rapidly-approaching anniversary)

To that end, he posts an announcement sign over the welcome table, in the café, and on the door to the kitchen. It reads:
NEED RELATIONSHIP ADVICE OR FEEDBACK? Local Long-Term Relationship Expert Magnus Chase Offers His Aid.

He even lists office hours — an inoffensive parlor (meaning he can tolerate hanging out in it, and the door can close if people want privacy for their conversations) every other day for an hour, immediately following his Drosera hand-off to Galahad.
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[personal profile] lightbearinglord 2024-02-12 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
"I told him. He died. He does not remember that." Two days of a confession, enshrined in no one's memory but his own. A great deal of that pain is blunted now by the eventual happy outcome, but not all of it.
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-02-12 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh! I meant not to ask for advice on him," says Laertes, raising his hand a little in a quelling motion. "Only to commiserate--we've resolved that difference, and he speaks to me now as plainly as I should wish."
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[personal profile] sporesprouter 2024-02-12 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"We confronted her in the end. I suppose you could call it a fight."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2024-02-12 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"The new guy is lovely. --listen, folding is important work. I'll talk to Lan Wangji." His eyes sparkle with the pleasure of a New Project.
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[personal profile] untamedantinous 2024-02-12 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
“A bit of both, if I am being honest. Though for the most part I am inside these days because it is too cold outside, and I do not especially like the cold.”
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[personal profile] sagramore 2024-02-12 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Certainly." She wriggles gleefully at the opportunity to be held by a new person, licking Magnus' face as she's passed into his arms.
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[personal profile] lightbearinglord 2024-02-12 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Magnus' warmth is, indeed, comforting. His presence is even moreso. "I did." Lan Wangji had been so utterly certain of what he wanted, finally, and they had done such an abysmal job of understanding one another.
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[personal profile] lightbearinglord 2024-02-12 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have my brother to thank. I was prepared to accept that Wei Ying knew my feelings and did not return them." The specifics of some of this story are not appropriate for sharing with Magnus.
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[personal profile] sporesprouter 2024-02-12 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just a confrontation. No one really ended up getting hurt in the end, so best outcome for everyone, really."
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-02-12 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Laertes inhales. Unconsciously, he moves into the rhythm of breath that he uses for meditation. "I suppose ... what I mean to ask is how I might be a good husband, when my husband cannot bear himself. How I might lead him to see himself with as much joy and adoration as I do."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2024-02-12 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"She's a herder, not a hunter, fortunately, so I think she'll probably leave the squirrels alone. But if you could tell her not to annoy Mothwing, I'd appreciate it."
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[personal profile] tallyyoungblood 2024-02-12 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh!" Tally laughs a little. "That was kind of clever. I guess... yeah, I couldn't have known for sure." Tally still feels pretty sure a lot of it is her fault, but Magnus does make a good point. "It doesn't change how terribly it ended, though."
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[personal profile] wickedwit 2024-02-12 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"You make an excellent point. Really, it's upon him to correct you, or accept the title as given. If he's too prideful to do so, continual greetings of 'asshole' are the well-earned wages of pride." But Claudius did deliberately seek out Laertes's perspective for help reinterpreting the man's actions. Drolly, he wonders whether this is how Sagramore would train a soft dog that bristles at men who remind it of its former master -- by gradually introducing it, letting it perceive differences -- or whether he'd have something better. "He may be too shy to do so. That's what Laertes insists, at least -- that Lancelot isn't a proud man, but a shy one, uncertain of his place among men. Rather like Galahad himself." Which is irritating, given Claudius's soft spot for Galahad and shy men. He takes a long, considering drink of Jarritos, which might be improved through vodka.

"Sagramore," he continues, "described Lancelot as an arrogant and charmless man -- presumptuous and careless -- prone to wearing other men's devices in combat to improve their reputation. Cop energy, in its quintessence. Lancelot was also the best friend of the king, entangled with the king's wife, which no doubt protected him from some consequences while making him warier of others. If it were some landless, lonely stranger that Lancelot mistook for a portent, perhaps there'd be no consequences for him. But if he were a visitor in another kingdom, and struck a man of good standing there, one with a devoted lover, a loyal friend? Feuds have been started for less. I can imagine Lancelot going through life the shy, oblivious favorite of the king, unaware of who he might be insulting when wearing other knights' devices. I can imagine he made his share of enemies, started his share of feuds, and had no notion why. It nearly makes me feel sorry for him."
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