tiamat-zx:

out-there-on-the-maroon:

vohalika:

Alright,
guess I’m not gonna fanfic this any time soon, so here we go.

Pike
dragging Scanlan for calling her magic fucked up is great. So gratifying. But
you know what should truly be addressed at some point about the things he said,
and the things Pike specifically should be upset about?

When
Scanlan made the point of listing off how everyone’s got someone, and he got no
one on VM, he started with Pike and Grog who would always have each other.
Which is, as far as we know, a purely familial bond. That’s fair.

And then he
went on and listed the couples? How they’d always have each other? When I’m not
even sure Percy and Vex were all that official with everyone yet (dragons kind
of made them have bigger concerns), and also, you know, twins?

Like, real
talk. Romantic relationships come and go. I don’t see either of them going any
time soon, or ever, but how is that any more significant than, you know,
twins?!

Not to
mention that Percy and Keyleth had a very platonic to familial relationship
going on as well.

The point
is, in that speech, Scanlan’s priorities were somewhat skewered towards
romantic relationships. I don’t have someone romantically, and that’s part of
the reason why all this is happening. Which places a really, truly unfair
burden on Pike, seeing how the entire proposal thing went down.

So, if she’d
just said yes, he’d have stayed? If she’d just taken one for the team and
accepted his proposal and advances, so he could have someone, too?

That’s just
gross. So gross. Up there with calling someone who’d been looking up to you as
a father figure out for daddy issues kinds of gross, if not worse.

And the
fact that he seems to be okay now that he has people “rooting” for him doesn’t
make this any better. Someone used the Tyra Banks gif in response already, VM
was already rooting for Scanlan. They all did have each other’s backs
unconditionally, and independently of romantic or blood relationships, it’s just
that apparently, Scanlan didn’t value anything else.

He had fair
points about being treated differently for his height and Vax being bad about
his personal space, and also leaving him alone after dying was not a good move,
even without the prank which was… Welll, an entirely different cup of tea. VM
needs like an aftercare ritual after intense fights, so no one has to spend the
night alone, also independently of the romantic relationships, so the burden
doesn’t fall to one person specifically. Like Pike. Poor Pike.

“Up there with calling someone who’d been looking up to you as a father figure out for daddy issues kinds of gross, if not worse.”

I’m still not over that, at all. How dare he write off the entire Feywild arc, which included Vex facing down a manifestation of her insecurities and fears about the darkness within her, as “daddy issues.” They had to talk to the head of the city and their dad could get them in, that’s all that was. 

“VM was already rooting for Scanlan. They all did have each other’s backs unconditionally, and independently of romantic or blood relationships, it’s just that apparently, Scanlan didn’t value anything else.”

EXACTLY. THIS. THIS. A THOUSAND TIMES THIS ^

“I’m still not over that, at all. How dare he write off the entire Feywild arc, which included Vex facing down a manifestation of her insecurities and fears about the darkness within her, as “daddy issues.” They had to talk to the head of the city and their dad could get them in, that’s all that was.“

That was perhaps the biggest lie. They went to the Feywild for a Vestige. They only went to Syngorn because of the deal with Garmelie. If they hadn’t encountered him, they would’ve ignored the city and just pressed on.

Not to mention that every other point he made was an outright lie just so he could make his departure easier. Hell, he wasn’t even planning to go with Kaylie to begin with. Vex had to convince him to do so. He was going to abandon his own flesh-and-blood daughter all over again, except this time on purpose.

I always disliked Scanlan, and now that he’s pulling this shit with the party after a year and claiming that he’s a better man, my disgust towards him has grown even more intense.

There was a LOT of gaslighting in that departure speech. They went to Whitestone so Percy could feel good about his name? Riiight. Totally not because they all fucked up their legal standing with the Emon authority and were trying to exonerate themselves. We all imagined that happening.

Same with the vestige quests. Yes, the plane of fire was terrifying. Saundor was unpleasant. The fight with the horde was the closest they’d gotten to a TPK at that point. But these things were done for the VESTIGES, not so people could work out their personal issues. That was just a side effect.

And they never did anything for Scanlan? Bitch when? When basically every single member of VM at one point was ready to drop everything, expend a high level spell slot, or spend days with you on a detour so you could deal with you daughter? The only one who never assisted Scanlan with any of that was Grog. And he would have, too, had his skill set been needed.

They were also all completely ride or die about his stupid spice deal way back when. VM would drop anything for any member at any time; you just have to ask. And the few times Scanlan did ask, he received. Blegh.

…Hell, even today, Percy, of all people, just GAVE him the bullets. After Scanlan tried to extort him for them. That also kind of bothers me.