my girl wronged by the narrative, my girl haunting her own story, my girl dead in the first act, my girl the blank in between the lines, my girl the phantom of the past the apparition of the future
like yes harrowhark was definitely off the wall bonkers for the self lobotomy but let’s not pretend palamedes sextus wouldn’t have done the exact same thing. my guy blew himself up bc he knew the second cam found out how much danger they were in she would’ve fallen on the sword for him. he was sorrier to leave her alone than he was to die
there’s a post going around like “catholicism is only good for sexy vampire aesthetics” WRONG its primary purpose has always been to instigate a series of events that culminated in tamsyn muir writing gideon the ninth
i can’t get over fictional characters who are doomed by the narrative simply bc they wanted love and approval. it’s like the most tragic of greek tragedies to me because their fatal flaw wasn’t a flaw at all but rather a human instinct, a need. and despite this they were punished, stoned to death. is life so cruel to punish the most human of all needs? love?