#& I wanted to resolve the 'I don't know' answers I input so I wouldn't be a himbo. I wanted to be anything else

[gayfandomblog]

I remember the minute It was like a switch was flipped— I was just a kid who grew up strong enough To pick this armor up And suddenly, it fit God, that was so long ago, long ago, long ago... I was little, I was weak and perfectly naive And I grew up too quick Now you won’t see all that I have to lose And all I've lost in the fight to protect it I won’t let you in, I swore never again— I can't afford, no, I refuse to be rejected

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Here I am, pry me open What do you want to know? I’m just a kid who grew up scared enough To hold the door shut And bury my innocence But here's a map, here's a shovel Here’s my Achilles' heel I’m all in, palms out, I’m at your mercy now and I'm ready to begin I am strong, I am strong, I am strong enough to let you in.

Sleeping at Last - “Eight”

[excaliburofficial]

How Feral the Soul Eater Kids Are: Ranked (from Least to Most)

8. Soul Eater Evans

Soul is in the clear. He wants everyone to think he's feral but he's only like a tiny bit feral if even. The most feral thing he ever did was run away from home and ride a motorcycle. Other than that he keeps pretty calm and rational even in the worst situations even with the spooky demon guy in his brain telling him to be a reckless hoe. Do you think that's easy? No!

Even times when he is feral seems to 100% be because of others. Do you really think this guy would have fought a grim reaper on his own without the input of his buddy Black*Star? No! He is far too hinged.

Feral Rating: 0/5 Diagnosis: Not Feral

7. Liz Thompson

Yes she MAY have planned to long con a grim reaper but given what she was coming from that doesn't seem THAT unhinged. What did she have to lose really? And she succeeded in getting a better life either way so it worked out. Good for her.

Feral Rating: 1/5 Diagnosis: Feral by Circumstance

6. Tsubaki Nakatsukasa

Is mostly in the clear but with caveats. She willingly paired up with Black*Star and willingly goes along with his shit completely unconditionally. Yeah she might sit there and tell Black*Star that his ideas are dumb and reckless or outright dumb, but he doesn't listen and she knows this, and then she just goes with it anyway. Feral behavior.

But credit where credit is due, Tsubaki is very level headed and thinks things through and is clearly thinking things through when she does them, even the more feral things. Seems like she has a plan for Black*Star and is in it for the long haul.

Feral Rating: 1.5/5 Diagnosis: Feral by Proxy

5. Crona Gorgon

Crona is hard to pinpoint because we see them go through so much, but without Medusa's influence they seem pretty hinged actually! Sure, they have a lot to work through, but that's just because of how much they've been through and how scared they are. Who wouldn't be?!

We see that Crona doesn't want to hurt people or do bad things, and that they really just want to care for their friends and recover. They still have a lot to work through, but I believe that they can get there someday! (fuck off manga Crona arc we don't want you here)

Feral Rating: 3/5 Diagnosis: Work in Progress

4. Black*Star

Black*Star is pretty feral and he knows it. Like, dude straight up wants to murder god and then fucking tries it multiple times and when he screws it up is like "Ya know what?? I'll get tehre one day I just gotta beef up a bit" and then he does it?!??!!? Does he even think about it?! No! He doesn't have time for that!!

But ya know credit where credit is due, Black*Star may be inexplicably tied to the idea of surpassing a literal god, but ya know what he gets there. That requires some serious forethought and unwavering resolve there so points to him for that. Still feral but he's making it work for him.

Feral Rating: 3.5/5 Diagnosis: Feral (Ego Type)

3. Maka Albarn

Now I know what you're thinking "Is Maka really more feral than Black*Star?" and the answer is yes 100% absolutely. While she may seem pretty normal on the surface but that's where she gets you! She is unhinged!! She has absolutely no sense of self preservation!!! Or common sense!!!! Do you think Maka sees a serial killer in an alleyway and doesn't stop and think "Hmmm maybe this is dangerous and I should leave"? No! Of course not!! She sees this serial killer and thinks "I'm gonna kick his ass!" and then does it!!! No thoughts! Only destruction! She might look like this tiny twiggy perfect student but let me assure you that Maka is unhinged af and would fight someone to death for a Klondike bar if they pissed her off enough. (Which is easy to do because she's always pissed.)

Also what the fuck is that green juice she downed before studying?! Feral behavior.

Feral rating: 4/5 Diagnosis: Feral (Destructive Type)

2. Death the Kid

Unhinged. Batshit. Absolute fucking madman. Perfection and order my ass this guy would break every bone in your body twice for not putting the dishes in alphabetical order and then double over in tears about it because he didn't break your bones in the right order and is therefore terrible. Then Liz will show up and say "This is dumb lmao you should stop" and then he will and it'll be like none of it ever happened. He won't think twice about it and he probably didn't even think about it once honestly. Does he have a strict moral code? Yes! Does it make sense to literally anyone else? No! He will give you a nice long lecture on balance and protecting humanity and then immediately run you over with his skateboard. His to-do list is a mile long and he keeps erasing important meetings for shit like "rearrange the bathroom". Kid has like 8 priorities maximum and you are not one of them.

It's through sheer luck that any of us are alive at all.

Feral rating: 5/5 Diagnosis: Feral (Terminal Type)

1. Patty Thompson

Little known fact but there was actually going to be a whole arc where Patty had a little demon dude in her head of her own but Ohkubo scrapped it because he realized that the demon would be absolutely terrified of her power and leave. The only reason she didn't go and murder Asura to pieces on the moon was because Liz stopped her, not because she was scared for Patty's safety but because she was like "Yo Patty I think you're gonna destroy the moon if you do that." This was all the original plot of Soul Eater until Ohkubo changed it. (This is real I promise do you really think I would make up something like that? /j)

Not only is she unhinged but she never had a hinge to begin with. Does she know that she is unhinged? Does she care? We will never know. We probably don't want to.

Feral rating: 666/5 Diagnosis: Feral (Primordial Type)

[bookofmirth]

It's just impression, maybe.

If they're still on theory off Az and Elain's page, he disobeyed Rhys and everything and I don't think he did. If he met Elain in secret, wouldn't it look like "Hidden Love" would happen under Az's influence?

Would Elain, influenced by Az, keep it a secret instead of trying to talk to Feyre and work it out on her own?

Couldn't Elain appear to have no will of her own and let Az fight for her?

Even so, to have it, because Feyre and Nestha would put Rhys in his place if they knew that the couple "In Love" is forbidden to be together.

Sarah always does Couples inside the pages and doesn't leave the obvious in Acofs of who is next...

Her protagonist has become an extra and I can only see a part of the fandom thinking it's Elain because she's the last sister Acheron.

I think Ellucien closes Acotar with a lot of good sense and would love it.

I'm not sure you understand the essence of what I mean.

I think I got you!

There are a lot of implications of these theories that haven't been thought out. Like you said, the assumption that Azriel is willing to fight for Elain assumes that he has been disobeying Rhys, which we don't have evidence of. It also assumes that, like you said, Elain would go along with it and hide it from her sisters. And that Elain would keep being passive, letting someone else fight her battles for her. I don't think that's what anyone wants for her? For her to just be quiet and submissive and pretty and 🙂

When you say that it's under Az's influence, do you mean that he is taking charge? It does seem like he's the one who wanted to rebel, and that isn't in Elain's character. Elain is generally a people pleaser and doesn't create conflict. Nesta and Feyre are the people Elain has been closest to her whole life, so it feels out of character if she were to decide to go against Rhys, ignore what she knows about the mating bond, and have this whole relationship in secret without input or help from either Nesta or Feyre.

You're also 100% right that if Elain told either Nesta or Feyre that she wanted to be in a relationship with Azriel and that Rhys had forbidden it, Rhys would have gotten his ass kicked by one of them. He's already way too involved in that sister relationship.

But you're also right that Sarah doesn't do off-page romance. Especially the beginning of the romance. These are fantasy romance, and so it would be completely against the genre for anyone's relationship to start off page. Personally, I wouldn't be interested in that? The whole point is seeing how people overcome their internal or external conflicts and realize their feelings.

I kinda understand the argument that the next book should be Elain's based on the three sisters - however, we know there is another full book, and finishing the series with a character who isn't an Archeron? That doesn't make sense to me. In ToG, we had a story that took us away from Aelin for a minute, but then the series still closed by focusing on her. It makes sense because it makes the story come full circle.

If the next book were Elain's, we would have gotten her POV or her thoughts at some point. If the next book were Elain's and the Az chapter was the way she tried to introduce that to us, I'd be pissed because Elain is more than her sexual urges. It would frame her entire character in romantic terms, though we know she has many other issues that need to be resolved that have zero (0) to do with romance. If anyone read acosf and the valkyrie friendship and doesn't understand that friendship and family relationships are just as important to sjm as romantic relationships, then idk what to say to those people.

The Azriel chapter told us more about who he is and what he is going through. If the next book were to be about Elain, I would have expected the same - to get more insight into who she is as an individual and what she is experiencing, thinking, and feeling. I wouldn't want to be introduced to her character in 100% shipping context. If that makes sense.

Yes, we have a lot of questions about her, but that's... because we haven't had her book yet. And we are going to get it, at some point. I have a lot of questions about a lot of the characters, but that doesn't mean I assume they are going to be answered in the next book. That just makes me think that by the end of the series, I'll have most of those answers, if not all of them.

I hope that makes sense! And that I addressed your thoughts. I think you have a lot of valid points!