was it ever mentioned how elias feeds the eye? he doesn’t seem to read statements so what exactly is keeping him alive?

same for martin– shouldn’t his adjacency to the lonely make him need to feed it?

is jon the only one who we actively see and know about how he feeds his entity?

they just don’t make characters like martin blackwood. he’s perfect in ways I didn’t know was possible. no one could ever dislikes him because every word that comes out of his mouth fills everyone with so much light and joy that it practically makes life worth living. he’s so smart and capable, but never gets an ego about it. it’s not even clear if he’s aware of how smart he is. he’s incredibly sweet and kind but still has a backbone and can and will take a stand when necessary. he deserves the world but the world doesn’t deserve him.

similarities between tma and hamlet

– catalyst of the story is the death of someone and the person filling their job position

– conflict at least partially revolves around confirming the suspicions over who killed the person who died before the story began

– protagonist is an academic of sorts

– protagonist goes on a paranoia spiral

–themes of not knowing who to trust, suspect everyone, search for answers

– HEAVY themes of self sacrifice

– ghosts

– intervention/ intervention-esque confrontations where people ask the protagonist to stop harassing everyone around them

– nearly all of the protagonist’s friends end up dead by the end

– antagonist is very interested in a crown of some sort

– story ends with protagonist successfully killing antagonist, but in a way where he sacrifices himself right in front of his boyfriend/‘best friend’

–boyfriend/'best friend’ reacts to that with 'well then I’ll gladly die too!’

–protagonist would rather that boyfriend didn’t die.

–sad sad tragic tragic cry forever ending

rip tim stoker but if I was mad at my boss for stalking me and three other people on suspicions that one of us is a violent murderer, and then we found out that TWO of us were violent murderers, not only would I not be mad at him anymore but I’d be thanking him for his service