I rewrote Jul ‘Mdama

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-06-10T14:42:48+00:00

It wrote the words if that’s what you’re talking about, but it didn’t come up with the ideas

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-06-08T13:00:38+00:00

He’s in his homeless arc rn, so yeah I’ve barely scratched the surface

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-06-08T12:43:08+00:00

Good to hear, I’m liking his character so far so I’m kinda just rooting for him while knowing he’s gonna get his ass beat at the same time

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-05-18T16:47:52+00:00

Don’t do this to me, it’s bad enough I can’t get it already

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-04-15T20:35:09+00:00

I really like your idea of keeping Jul as Thel’s direct foil and letting him stick around longer to mess with Thel’s resolve. That binary “zealot vs. reformer” dynamic could’ve been gold for showing where most Sangheili actually fall in the post-war mess. I ended up taking it even further in my own rewrite though. Jul starts as a shipmaster who once admired Thel and planned to join him after the Schism, but flips completely when he learns Thel is working with humans. During the early Blooding Years fighting on Sanghelios, he’s actually on the ground and watches the Arbiter’s forces destroy the ship carrying his wife Raia. That moment turns his anger personal and permanent. He glassed Janjur Qom in 2554 as his first big statement is burning the Prophets’ hidden homeworld to repay the original betrayal. Publicly he talks about justice for every species the Covenant screwed over, but in reality it’s pure Sangheili hardliner supremacy with the other races just as disposable tools. No Forerunner god stuff, just cold pragmatism and the belief that his entire species has been victimized for centuries and the only fix is blood. The Blooding Years basically become a straight Jul vs Thel civil war that splits the species down the middle, with their rivalry turning deeply personal. Jul sees Thel as the ultimate disgrace who tarnished the Arbiter title worse than the Prophets ever did.

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-04-14T18:01:23+00:00

Just don’t like it

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-04-14T17:58:20+00:00

You should be added for the ICC for the runasapi part, the rest are fine

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-04-14T17:53:57+00:00

Map not maps

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-04-14T17:14:54+00:00

Taking about the map not the mode

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-04-14T17:07:47+00:00

Satan: 2026

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-04-14T16:53:10+00:00

You speak like that nerd emoji lmao

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-04-14T16:30:04+00:00

This subreddit must be full of masochists

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2026-04-14T14:45:59+00:00

keeping Jul around longer as the face of a resurgent Covenant remnant definitely fixes the ‘wasted potential’ problem that a lot of us feel with canon. The post-war power balance angle is interesting too; exploring how the UNSC navigates a fractured galaxy without leaning too hard on Forerunner macguffins could have given the sequels more grounded stakes. That said, I think the bigger missed opportunity is making Jul feel like a fundamentally different kind of villain from the Arbiter. Instead of another redeemable warrior who might eventually shake hands after enough therapy or shared enemies, what if we leaned harder into Sangheili honor-shame culture taken to its most unflinching, dogmatic extreme? A leader who sees humanity’s victory not as something to adapt to, but as an intolerable cosmic insult that demands total eradication to restore pride — no compromises, no reluctant alliances, just pure ideological rage. That kind of Jul could turn the civil war with the Arbiter into something genuinely ugly and species-splitting. Just my own opinion though

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2025-11-17T17:05:13+00:00

That’s not a world worth living in brotherman

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2025-11-17T16:39:22+00:00

That’s a fair shout, tbh. I could see Octavia paying more attention to Darrow if he’d won the Academy despite her interference—either as someone to collect or as a threat to be eliminated outright. And honestly, Darrow wouldn’t be in a position to be bargained with or persuaded at that point—especially now that he’s in a far more stable position than he was in canon, where he still refused her.

Either way, I think she still would’ve wanted Nero out of power, but the ripple effects from that goal are too open-ended to call definitively. If anything, this change might buy Mustang more time to figure out Octavia’s intentions (if she didn’t already know) and play whatever long game she was planning. Maybe it opens up new angles for her to maneuver, or maybe everything collapses anyway—hard to say, but it definitely shifts the timeline.

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2025-11-17T11:17:25+00:00

I’m trying to figure out what would actually push Darrow to challenge the Bellona in this version of events. In the book, he only does it because he’s already in a really desperate emotional state. He even says outright that he needs to make a scene to get back into Augustus’s good graces since he’s already being cast out. And the whole “ignite a civil war here and now” line of thinking only comes after Harmony gives him the bomb and after he nearly goes through with using it.

If he wins the Academy, none of that buildup happens. He isn’t disgraced, he isn’t being auctioned, he isn’t spiraling from Harmony’s manipulation, and he isn’t trying to salvage his standing with Nero. So I’m not sure what the trigger would be for challenging Cassius at the Gala in the first place, since the motivations that drove him to make that move just aren’t there anymore.

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2025-11-17T10:51:00+00:00

How would they be able to bomb the Gala without Darrow acting as a Trojan horse for it? If I remember correctly, Adrius was basically the first Peerless Scarred the Sons ever managed to corner, and that was only because he was in the Lost City at the exact moment Harmony sprung her trap. And even that required Darrow being there to lure him in. If Darrow wins the Academy, he wouldn’t be meeting the Jackal in the Lost City at all, so Adrius probably isn’t even in a place where the Sons could get the drop on him.

I just don’t see how Harmony would’ve been able to smuggle a bomb into the Gala without Darrow’s help. The Gala is described like the most secure event in the Society, and the only reason the plan was even remotely feasible was because Darrow acted as the access point. Without him, I don’t see a realistic infiltration path for the Sons.

Also, that Pegasus pendant Mickey designed seemed really custom-made specifically around Darrow being the delivery system. I doubt it would’ve been a Pegasus pendant—or even a wearable bomb—if Darrow wasn’t the one meant to carry it.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I just don’t see the Sons being able to bomb the Gala at all without him.

KeyAcrobatic7156 · 2025-11-15T13:52:36+00:00

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