of brothers and lovers; a wip thread
premise: the Pride family is not magic, but they’re not normal either. their bloodline posses a unique mutation that gives them heightened brain power, so much so that they have supernatural abilities that range from pyrokinetics to healing.
The family is large, very large, but over the years has kept the basic structure of four main branches. The family is led by the offspring of the eldest of the branch.
Though they once lived by a code and used their unique abilities for good, over the last century they’ve become autocratic and corrupt, no longer sharing their gifts with the outside world.
Liliana Pride is the granddaughter of the current patriarch of the Prides. The most powerful of her line, she is set to become the next leader of her family. It’s up to her to decide if she’s going to choose the side of the reformers in her family and try and fight for change
or if she is going to follow in the footsteps of her grandfather and rule with an iron fist. Is she going to be a ruler, or a revolutionary?
main themes:
• is power a burden?
• what responsibility does one have to ones family?
• can you still love someone who has hurt you?
• what are the different kinds of love? are they all equal? which one would you sacrifice for the other?
Liliana (Lila) Pride; “he made me into a weapon. how can you possibly love me? how can you believe i could love you?”

• fire-wielder, strongest of her line
• 20, scorpio, bisexual
• stubborn, loves hard, hates harder
• would let the world burn to save her family
William (Will) Pride; “so then what’s my purpose? what good am i to anyone? why the hell am i here?”

• water-wielder, second son of the second son
• 22, libra, gay
• lost, plagued by self-doubt, just wants to make his grandfather proud
• doesn’t really know where he fits
Sebastian Pride; “i want everything, that’s the problem. i want too much so it’s easier to pretend i want nothing at all.”

• ice-wielder, bastard son
• 20, bisexual
• outsider, unloved, just wants to be wanted
• has felt invisible for so long that being seen is terrifying
Rosalind (Rose) Pride; “he died. so why the hell am i the one who feels dead?”

• unpowered, one half of a pair of twins
• 21, lesbian
• fierce, alone, can be the sweetest or bitterest person you’ve ever met
• born without the powered gene, she’s never felt like enough
Marcellus Pride; “and so if my life is going to mean anything, i cant be selfish with it. i cant just live it for myself.”

• electricity-wielder, one half of a pair of twins
• 21, pansexual
• idealistic, earnest, grieving
• all he wants to do is keep the people he loves safe
Evan Pride; “you think we’re family? i’d die for you but how does that make us family?”

• non-powered, eldest cousin
• 25, trans
• protector, forgotten
• got sick when he was 10, lost any potential for power. now he watches as his brother excels at everything he can’t.
Thomas Rider; “i used to think the love of your life is the person you’d die for. now i’m thinking it’s the person you’d live for.”

• outsider, Lila’s best friend
• 20, bisexual
• optimistic, loyal, weighed down by the past
• has been in love with Lila since they were kids
Dhiren (Ren) Malhotra; “and i love them and love them and love them but all they do is leave. maybe my love is pushing them away. maybe it’s me.”

• outsider, lover
• 21, bisexual
• loyal, earnest, nostalgic
• has a heart too big for his body
holland durant; “did she love me? yeah, sometimes. but i always loved her back.”

• outsider, a romantic
• 22, pansexual
• soft, sensible, insecure
• uses the love she gives to others to fill up the hole inside her own heart (also she’s french so...hot)
peter incentti; “i can’t tell u how i feel because i can’t hurt u. i’d rather make myself sick with it than hurt u.”

• outsider, a cynic
• 20, queer
• sensitive, alone, trying his best to stay kind
• his sister dated marcellus and died. he resents the Prides and their powers
“i wanted to scream it in her face. break me. break me into pieces you have my permission. if i’m going to die i want it to be by your hand. at least you’ll be gentle.”
“and i try. i try to shut them out, i try to be angry. but it’s too late. i’ve given myself away. they own too much of me, and i can never leave them.”
“and when he died, something in me broke. snapped. shattered. and then faded away. there’s nothing left for you to try and fix.”
“i’ll remember you. in this life, in the next, and in all the rest to come. i’ll remember how i love you. i’ll remember how much it hurt.”
“why are you telling me this?” “because when you go back to him, i want you to remember how i made you feel when he was gone”
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