#again I say Mys.tra with the Seven is NO DIFFERENT from Bha.al with the Bha.alsp.awn | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

fellsilver · 10 days

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“Recruit new Chosen, and gather them here for me to confer with. I need many, and they must be different from my daughters and from each other, for that kinship was another misstep. Yet, we both know how rarely the needed loyalty and strength are found together — and above all, I must have those I can trust.”

I have not stopped thinking about this since I read it yesterday. Makes me wanna eat drywall

#OOC / HOLLY.#like yeah it was a misstep but I'm still pissed at Mys.tra for saying it like this #she created the Seven to be used as tools. she used and destroyed both Elué and Dornal to do it #she intentionally split them up and delivered them to traumatizing childhoods to control them #they had no true choice in becoming her Chosen #i.e. when the Simbul denied it initially Mysta fought her til she was worn down #she has used them up and burnt them down and mangled every inch of their lives #she has treated her other faithful with more respect frankly #the Seven are special. they are distinct from the other faithful. but that's not necessarily good #it becomes clear that they're nor mortal and they're not divine; they're just outside of every classification #and to Mys.tra what are they but extensions of herself; incarnations of her will; a means to an end #she has never truly moved beyond seeing them that way #AT BEST it's like having a favorite work horse. oh sure you care about and for them #but they are still an animal kept for a purpose and you will put them down or sell them off when they don't work anymore #even now she's charged El with keeping one of them always alive so she has a backup when she dies again #she hasn't specified a particular one just keep a backup #'that kinship was a mistake' you are their MOTHER #so we circle back to how she's never just their mother. she is a mother to everyone; the mother of magic and mother of mysteries #mother is the same as goddess for them #again I say Mys.tra with the Seven is NO DIFFERENT from Bha.al with the Bha.alsp.awn

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