e ♡ if i wrote a sequel

it would have to hinge upon grief and the way we reevaluate ourselves in its unending wake. the overarching idea of bury me in armor, to me, is this concept of seeing the monstrous in yourself as what makes you human, and those human acts which turn people into monsters. grief can be a monstrous thing, whether you're grieving the loss of a life you imagined for yourself or the loss of someone you love. seungcheol at the end of the fic has sort of made his peace with the fact that he is alone in this knowledge, that until minghao he had no one to recognize that in, no one to help him recognize that in himself.

in a sequel he would have to reconcile that emotion, that unimaginable loss and the freedom it came with (at least for minghao, for whom living was torture). the inciting event would have to be something that spurs seungcheol back into action. maybe his love and openness to grey morality lead him to take up his sword on behalf of other monsters -- a circe character, a siren character, another hero even, in whom he would see himself at his worst.

greek mythology was a passion of mine from a young age, and i loved the complexity of these people driven to do huge, grand things in the name of love or death or greed or some combination of them all. exploring that even further would be really incredible i think

this is such an interesting question for a fic that ended so heavily and so firmly in my eyes and really allowed me to look at it differently. thank you!!