ok, so about HtN - on the acknowledgements page the author writes "Harrowhark Nonagesimus did not have anyone to put soluble banana-flavoured antipsychotics under her tongue for her condition. I do" and i am guessing that while she did have some issues from the surgery, she also has some disorder we are (at least i am) unaware of. thoughts?
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Well I’m not really a fan of the “hero has mental illness symptoms but it’s actually supernatural elements” trope, I think it’s kinda weird and cowardly, as someone who’s had the whole psychiatric hospital experience I think it’d be a much more interesting and honest story if like, the hero has a mental illness and supernatural bullshit going on. So, sure, Harrow was haunted, but why not struggling with psychosis too? Her warped sense of self, chronic guilt and emotional instability might qualify anyway