ledamemangociana:

somebody said that maybe vex and percy did the thing because of a pregancy “scare” (STOP EITHER WORSHIPPING OR DEMONIZING PREGNANCY, IT IS NOT A CONSEQUENCE, IT IS JUST A THING THAT HAPPENS, AND IT IS A REWARD ONLY IF THE PPL INVOLVED WANT IT TO BE, THAT’S NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE TO DECIDE, THANK YOUUUU) and it made a very unpleasant shiver run down my spine so allow me to offer up a diff reason

vex and percy did the thing instead of held a ceremony because they both had so much to do during their year off, almost all of which had to do with rebuilding whitestone. there was no time – and probably not enough capital and resources, anyway – to do a big thing, not when Percy was focused on taking over a lot of the things that his younger sister had to deal with while he was off adventuring, and not when vex was focused on building up her Grey Hunt and building her house and putting up the bakery and studying up on Orcus, and doing diplomatic things for/with Syngorn. maybe it was just one of those snap decisions in the middle of the night, when they were just too happy to not be running for their lives and just be able to spend some time to just be together, and one of them just went “hey, here’s a crazy idea.” maybe they did the thing because it had to just be a quick thing or else they’d never be able to do it.

and maybe they kept it a secret from the rest of VM because they didn’t know how anyone would react – not that VM would react super violently but because it was a decision they made on their own for themselves. maybe they didn’t tell at first because it was their prerogative. maybe they didn’t tell because they wanted it to be a surprise at the end of everything, something more to celebrate once they had won. maybe they didn’t tell coz they wanted to keep it a secret thing they could hold on to for themselves that wouldn’t affect or be affected by anyone else in VM. maybe they didn’t tell because they liked having a secret that’s all their own, even if it’s something as small or as big as this. or maybe they’ve been meaning to tell for a while but just never found the right time, and then there were no more right times to be had. 

idk maybe them keeping it a secret isn’t quite as big a deal as we think it is. maybe we’re reacting to it being a secret only because they were reacting to it as a secret.

Also, Matt explicitly said he isn’t going to make anyone roll for pregnancy, so the only reason for this to happen would be for the players deciding to do so. And they kind of have cantrips to avoid pregnancy? And Taliesin has gone on record on how he doesn’t want stuff like this in his escapism?

I’m not sure what to tell you guys, either your fascination with Vex’s womb is kind of creepy, or that there are prefectly vaild reasons to get married completely without pregnancy being a factor. It’s kind of sad that that’s apparently a thing people need to be told, though.