Do You Guys Think That Dragons Are Like Lizards?

Do you guys think that dragons are like lizards?

More specifically, do you think that someone tapped baby!Malleus' tail and it just popped off and both of them started crying and that stupid someone got executed that very same night and—

When all she needs, when all she wants, when all she finds When all she is and ever was is compromised 'Cause there's no one to love her ♪

Fanart for my terrible, no-good Reincarnation AU!

Silver's "thanks"... or lack thereof??

Taking the idea of not saying "thank you" to fae (seeing as doing so implies either an obligation to reciprocate or that such servitude was expected) and running with it...

From the very start, Lilia instructs Silver to not use such platitudes when expressing gratitude

However, he grows to be a frequent user of the phrase anyway, at least when in the company of his beloved, trusted family members (he's always so genuinely appreciative of them, after all, for their unending patience with him and all his shortcomings)

Lilia and Malleus have a hard time teaching a young Sebek to quit using Silver's... mistakes... against him—he's too brash, too juvenile to understand the limitations of a human body as they do

Prior to being stopped, the younger boy would often take advantage of these implied reciprocities to make his older counterpart abide by "proper fae etiquette" (i.e. not speaking to those of higher social standing until spoken to; staying in his room and keeping out of sight, out of mind; doing his betters' many, many chores...)

Silver slips up in front of an important courtier exactly once... Needless to say, the wealth of bruises and blood he returns with discourages him from taking his father's lessons lightly ever again

Thus, at NRC, Silver's reputation of being cold and distant is only ever reinforced by his refusal to verbally affirm his thankfulness—to this day, he still fears the repercussions of doing so (unless the punishment is doled out by his family, of course, for he'll take whatever measly scraps of attention they give him)

During Lilia and Malleus' meaner moods, when the stress or irritation or some other unfavorable emotion takes hold, all they have to do is wait for their beloved human to once again mess up; thankfully, it never takes more than an hour or two

The harshest punishment they've ever given him comprises an arbitrarily decided number of lashes from his belt, after which he must thank them for their efforts and start the cycle anew...

The fact that Lilia became a well-respected general long before he developed his UM speaks to his abilities as a soldier... It also tells us how profoundly his experience with egg!Malleus affected him.

Reincarnation/Isekai AU inspired by @llondonfog's recent post :D

Basically, Silver reincarnates/isekais as a child into a world in which his parents are still alive, a world in which mankind has successfully dominated all. Knowing all that was revealed to him in his past life (information that is not divulged to him during the present day, so as to keep him sweet and innocent), he is utterly horrified by this disgusting version of reality. Unfortunately, the damage has already been done and by the time he's of age to help, the state of human-fae relations will surely be beyond salvation; thus, he grows up as an extremely suicidal child, burdened with all the guilt and blood and sins of his unrepentant predecessors...

(Later, perhaps, he comes into contact with an extremely vengeful Malleus...)

Silver never losing centuries of time… Silver’s birth family never dying… Silver being enlisted in a war before he could even walk… Silver constantly having the softness—that wretched kindness—beaten out of him… Silver sobbing silently over every innocent life he’s taken… Silver only ever knowing Malleus and Lilia at the other end of a sword, five feet apart… Silver growing number, less attached to life with each passing hour… Silver’s parents dying anyway, in an attempt to rekindle their mission’s dwindling fire… Silver eventually giving up, surrendering to the men he never wanted to oppose in the first place… Silver not once begging forgiveness nor mercy, knowing full well the weight of his filthy sins…

Silver, at age 16, dying for a cause he never believed in.