AU where after they rescued Prompto in Zegnautus Keep, Noct is captured and disappear for some time.
…And after researching, they found him.
Blame to Anon who asked me to join the @hurt-noct-week ~
Tag: eternal garbage dump
I swore an oath to stand with Noct and keep him safe…whatever it takes
**SPOILERS** Omfg??? More things I’m noticing??
I’m revisiting Ardyn scenes for writing, and I realize he actually makes so many death threats but he just disguises them.
“The boats bring you here. Well, they’ll not take you forth.”
Then he proceeds to throw a coin at Noctis specifically.
Doesn’t that… make no sense? First time meeting the dude, and what’s the point of throwing a coin? Then it hit me: A boat won’t take Noctis, so he’s given a coin as an “allowance”.
Like… the ferryman to the underworld story?
In Greek mythology, Charon is Hades’ ferryman, who carries newly deceased souls across the river dividing the world of the living and the dead. If he does not take you on his boat, then you are forced to wander around the shores for a hundred years.
The price for the boat ride? A single coin.
So by giving this coin to Noctis when he is unable to board the boat, he is “allowing” him passage to the land of the dead.
HE BASICALLY JUST SAID DEATH AWAITS YOU AT ALTISSA AND WE NEVER NOTICED WHAT THE FUCK. OR IT WAS JUST A BASIC DEATH THREAT. OMG.
(Of course, the symbolism as a Sheild is also there, when Gladio is the one to protect Noctis from “death” by catching the coin.)
noct sends ardyn to hell
[Ardyn looks very much surprised.]
Ardyn: Good heavens. Are you still trying to win?
[Noctis struggles to get up.]
Ardyn: You’ve got an overdeveloped sense of vengeance. It’s going to get you into trouble some day.
[Noctis watches Ardyn approach.]
Noctis: Hello. My name is Noctis Lucis Caelum. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
[Noctis stands up to defend while raising his voice.]
Noctis: Hello. My name is Noctis Lucis Caelum. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
[Some more back and forth happens. Noctis has Ardyn backed up against a table, cornered.]
Noctis: … offer me everything I ask for…
Ardyn: …anything you want…
[Noctis points the Sword of the Father to Ardyn’s chest.]
Noctis: I WANT MY FATHER BACK, YOU SON-OFA-BITCH!
What if the Lucian crest is part of the armour Noctis gets after his death (since it seems all the ancestors do)? He has that (REALLY FREAKING NICE) skull as his helmet? What if Ardyn also gets armour because he’s still of the Lucis Caelum line and it has wing details on it?
I’m all for “light doesn’t always mean good and darkness doesn’t always mean evil”, so the super scary dude with an ornate skull as his helmet is actually really nice and merciful (and it’s unique compared to the others of his lineage because he sacrificed himself while they died of natural causes/in battle/etc) and the apparent good guy that could pass as an angel is actually an evil dude that you’d be better running away from.
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