I have this theory that Sova was spoiled by his grandma growing up (bc what grandma doesn’t spoil their grandkids) and had a major rebellious teenage phase because of that
Was a real headache to raise during this phase but got away with it bc his babushka was respected in the military (Imma connect this to that hc i saw somewhere before where his babushka was military and taught him archery)
He and his friends prolly pulled absolute stupid pranks on each other, sometimes using scraps of bullets, shells, and other shit they’d pick up from the nearby military base in Severomorsk
But he got humbled around his early 20s when he’s already in the navy and is now such a soft loving wholesome boy especially towards his babushka
That’s not to say he and his cadet friends were always on their best behavior either
But instead of being the fire starter, he’s the camera guy in every shenanigan (having a camera out in the field so often may have started his knack for intel gathering, drone piloting, and nature photography)
Reference for military shenanigans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eovfIlgiAw
(I just play the vid like I’m fiddling with Sova’s old files and every time the camera guy cackles, I imagine it’s Sova)
Would kinda explain why this guy’s so calm in the VP, man’s prolly almost done it all
Also puts some extra meaning behind Chamber’s line: “Sova, now here is a man of principle! But you have broken rules before, yes? Ah, of course you have.”
fade: you know that voice in your head that tells you that you're doing something wrong?
cypher: you mean the one that sounds like sova?
Fade: FOUR MONTHS
Sova: What’s she talking about?
Cypher: It’s not that big of a deal—
Fade: THAT’S HOW LONG YOU STOOD BY AND WATCHED ME WATER A FAKE PLANT
Cypher, talking about the blackmailer situation: I don’t think we can manipulate, mansplain, or malewife our way out of this one
Sova, cracking his knuckles: Manslaughter it is
jingrenheng is scary to me because how do you give me a ship that's exactly sun (jing yuan), stars (blade / ying xing), and moon (dan heng / yin yue) and expect me to be normal
group divorce starts in five
some of you guys might know that I m from a family thats... a lot into music, and since I m visiting them for the holidays they definitely inspired some heartsteel headcanons xD
Yone, giving Aphelios a new instrument for Christmas and Phil playing it 24/7 until Kayn starts throwing paper balls at him, Ezreal is about to cry from overstimulation and K'Sante threatens to carry him outside if he wont stop </3
Aphelios and Ezreal forcing everyone to play Christmas songs together, Yone octaves down a part thats written in treble clef to play a song for two recorders (aphelios) and piano (ez) on the cello
Kayn just sitting in the corner and laughing his ass off (he can ofc not play piano when ez plays it already, and the guitar and bass just doesnt work for classical Christmas songs!)
Sett gets a triangle bc he is the only one who doesnt play another instrument
K'Sante playing the saxophone and being too loud for Aphelion's recorder :c and starting to almost cry because the recorder, cello and piano are in c while he is stuck with a shit ton of #'s and ß's
Kayn suddenly being forced to play the piano bc ezreal wants to try out the recorder with aphelios and they need the piano, but playing with 0 practice is hard. thank god kayn knows the piano well enough...
but k'sante just stopped trying and simply improvises, he isnt playing the melody anyway so why not simply hold the #e for half the song?
can i just say that the funniest choice the valorant design team has made is giving sova, a man who's canonically born with a darker hair color than the one he has now, platinum blonde hair
this insinuates that he in fact either got it done in either a salon, by a friend who knows how to bleach, or by himself and i love that
until death do us part
Just got Blade today. My team is doing great so far!
Well, as a team, anyway