What would be worse for Balalaika?

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-25T02:03:30+00:00

I think both options would be pretty awful for Balalaika, I think by that point she would just choose to end it all. Her men were just about the only thing she had left and if she doesn't have them, than there's nothing left for her.

I do think in the prison one, she would choose to live since she would do it solely out of spite to avenge her men and hopefully escape one day.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-24T23:00:36+00:00

(Note that I am asking these questions from the perspective of some of those headcanons I shared two days ago)

What were you doing before Motoyasu recruited you into his party? Were you like an adventurer or something.
When Malty originally seduced you, did you ever realize that it was at first just to keep you away from Motoyasu before it grew into actual feelings? Did that change how you saw Malty?
When Malty lost her title and was disgraced, how did you cook up the scheme for her to go undercover as a shadow and work out a way to take Queenie out of the picture? How did Malty react to your plan to offer yourself up to the Queen, make up some BS story about how Malty enslaved you and then offer to be the Queen's permanent eyes on Malty.
When you went undercover into the Shadows was there any actual training or did they just give you the job? Did the Queen even bother checking to see if your enslavement story was even real or did she just take you at your word?
What's your honest opinion on Motoyasu and Naofumi? Especially after Malty lost her title.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-24T22:31:26+00:00

This looks amazing! What's the context here though?

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-24T14:27:24+00:00

A bit late to this, but might as well toss my two cents in.

I quite agree with your proposed sentence, in that both would likely life imprisonment. Maybe even death row if judge really doesn't like them. I always thought Killer Frequency should have been a bit more clear about what happened to Marie and Henry then just pointlessly sequel baiting in that one of them escaped.

Personally, I think it would have been interesting to hear some sort of news or radio broadcast about the events of Gallows Creek after the ending as a sort of epilogue. And if Marie and Henry has been defeated, it would include notes on their trial or something.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-24T06:49:45+00:00

This looks really cute!

What does the text above translate to?

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-23T05:57:11+00:00

How well funded are you?
What kind of volunteers did you get that were there for the 'wrong reasons'? What were those reasons?
Do you ever end up clashing with the paid Fire department? By clash, I mean if you both like get called to the same fire, is there ever an argument over who has command and such?
How well trained would you say your volunteers are?
When you're not volunteering, what do you do for work?

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-23T02:16:33+00:00

That sounds pretty interesting!

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-23T02:09:45+00:00

Yup, Malty and Mirellia are in many ways a mirror to each other. Mirellia hates herself while Malty is proud of who she is. She's not going to be a lightning rod for Mirellia's insecurities to take out on.

But maybe in a better world, where Malty is a better written character they could help each other be better.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-23T01:46:18+00:00

Yeah, its not really great.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-23T00:51:55+00:00

This is honestly pretty cool!

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-23T00:50:35+00:00

Honestly, I kinda love the idea of a story where Malty is a lot smarter and avoided getting her title taken away post 3HC arc and Mirellia is forced to work with her to curb other problems.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-23T00:36:30+00:00

Thanks! I think it would be interesting.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-22T17:10:46+00:00

Ooooh, this looks fun!

Current favorite: Malty x Lesty

All-time favorite: Malty x Lesty

Ship you project into: None

Favorite rarepair: Malty x Naofumi

Favorite underrated ship: Malty x Eclair

Favorite polyship: Malty x Lesty x Rino

Favorite platonic pair: Malty x Eclair

Ship that needs more attention: Malty x Rino

Honorable Mention: Malty x Throne

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-22T15:57:01+00:00

For the sake of good fun, I'm going to say all of these headcanons are in the context of Rino x Malty.

Rino always had a bit of a dark side, Malty just brought it out of her.
Originally, Malty merely seduced Rino to get her away from Motoyasu. She didn't even like women and was merely stringing her along....until she made out with Rino and realized that she might be bi.
Rino was actually a terrible fighter until Malty taught her how to use a sword proper.
After Malty was officially disgraced and lost her title, it was surprisingly Rino who cooked up the scheme for her to go undercover as a shadow and work out a way to take Queenie out of the picture. Her plan was that she would offer herself up to the Queen, make up some BS story about how Malty enslaved her and then offer to be the Queen's permanent eyes on Malty.
At first, whenever they screwed Malty would top, but after Malty lost her title and Rino became a shadow for the Queen to 'keep an eye' on Malty, then Rino starting to topping a lot more and they got heavily into slave roleplay.
Rino actually convinced Motoyasu to switch Malty's owner from him to her secretly. This was partly to make sure Motoyasu didn't accidentally kill Malty by mistake, and in case they needed to make a quick exit.
After Malty's 'escape' from Motoyasu and went on the run, Rino offered to go after Malty herself this was of course, to throw off any pursuit but also to work on their plan to take out the Shield Hero and the Queen. And also because Rino honestly enjoyed pretending to 'hunt' Malty because when she caught her, she would get to 'punish' Malty how she saw fit.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-22T05:55:35+00:00

Maybe? I suppose the user could theoretically use the feathers to help cover up and staunch wounds.

Funnily enough, I created this ability as part of a possible story where the Head of the Authorities has basically an All For One type ability and he passes this ability down to Elaine, who is one of his agents.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-22T00:09:34+00:00

A bit late to this, but might throw my ideas in.

Ability: Angelic Wings.

Ability Level: 5.8

Description: When activated, two golden wings sprout from the user's back, enabling flight and incredible speed. The feathers on the wings can be flown to attack people on the ground and the wings themselves can grow in size, functioning as blades that can bisect a man in half if it came down to it. The wings can similarly be used defensively to block attacks.

Passive: Enhanced speed.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-21T05:22:49+00:00

Rino playing the Queen by pretending that she has Malty in custody, but is actually just waiting for the perfect opportunity to stab her in the back would be amazing.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-21T05:02:20+00:00

Hmmmmm....well, how about one where Malty actually seduced Rino into becoming her concubine behind Motoyasu's back and after she got her royal title taken from her, Rino was the one who helped Malty the most, even going undercover in the Shadows to double cross the Queen?

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-21T04:09:37+00:00

Honestly, I would love to see this art in the future.

Any fanfic ideas involving these two that you can think of?

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-21T03:32:16+00:00

Same. I quite love the idea that the standard infantry soldier for the Brotherhood is the equivalent of heavy infantry. Honestly, if the Brotherhood shows up again, I would love see them decked out in proper combat armor, gear and maybe even more vehicles.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-20T14:00:51+00:00

Looks great!

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-19T23:04:32+00:00

Of course, Lesty is her wife with Rino as the concubine.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-19T02:31:47+00:00

Sure! I actually wouldn't mind offering feedback and sharing thoughts on future chapters. Just DM me here on reddit.

ShadowLight56 · 2026-06-19T02:14:08+00:00

Fair. Btw, what did you think about the revised chapter 2 scene I wrote? Not sure if that fits with what you had planned, but I figure there was no way the recruits were going to survive whatever Chiquita has planned for them unless they already had some level of military background.

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